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State gives enrollment stays flat CSU’s funds By Kristine Guerra and Micah Stevenson news@statehornet.com
Sac State men’s golf and junior Jake Johnson set school record.
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ABORTION RALLY
Pro-life and pro-choice students rally to have their voices heard.
Features B2 IS IT BETTER TO STAY SINGLE?
Relationships are great, but at a certain point they start to slow you down - a lot.
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Do Sac State students have good gaydar? Or do they simply feed into common stereotypes about gays?
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By Ken Paglia kpaglia@statehornet.com Despite a major upturn in growth among Sacramento State minority students in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s, ethnic enrollment in the last decade has been flat. Since 2000, the Latino population on campus has increased by about 2 percent. Caucasian enrollment has decreased by 5 percent and Pacific Islanders by less than half a percent, according to the Office of Institutional
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Research. Trends among other ethnic groups have been similar. “It’s been a little bit up and a little bit down for every minority. All recent changes are marginal,” said Jing Wang, Sac State’s director of institutional research. The numbers might be better explained by looking outside of Sac State. “Our admissions trends have mirrored the high school graduation trends in the greater Sacramento region,” said Ed
ASI examines Well funding By Timothy Sandoval tsandoval@statehornet.com
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Associated Students Inc. President Terry Martin said he is looking into the $25 million that Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez promised to raise prior to implementing a $110 student fee increase to pay for the Well, the newly-opened wellness center for students. In the Sept. 27 edition of The State Hornet, the university acknowledged that none of the $25 million in fundraising will be used to fund the Well, leaving increased student fees to pay all costs associated with the 150,000 square-foot facility. Critics have raised questions as to why the money is not going toward the Well. Martin said he will study the situation further to decide if he will draft a resolution on the matter, but said the money should go toward its original
purpose. “If the money was raised under the preset position that it would be used specifically and only for the Well, then I believe the money should go to the Well,” Martin said. John Kepley, special assistant to Gonzalez, said the money will be used to pay costs associated with the Spanos Sports and Recreation Complex, including the Broad Athletic Facility, a field house used by the athletics department. Martin said if the original purpose of the $25 million was for the Well, Gonzalez should have received consent of the students to use the money for other purposes. According to the text of the 2004 referendum passed by students to approve construction of the Well: “The commitment of the university is to reduce the see Well | page A8
Mills, associate vice president of enrollment. “Many people look at Sac State’s population and wonder why demographics have not changed more – but it’s important to look at high school graduates vs. the population at large. In that area, there is not much variance.” However, it is still fair to say Sac State is a diverse campus, especially by national standards. Across the U.S., minority groups make up 32 percent of overall college enrollment, but at Sac State that number is
almost 50 percent, according to the Office of Institutional Research. “If you put all the ethnic groups together (at Sac State), it’s really close to the white population. Not there yet, but almost,” Wang said. Since 1973, the first year Sac State kept track of minority enrollment statistics, the number of Latinos on campus has risen from 338 students to 4,400 – an increase of more than 13 persee Diversity | page A6
Sacramento State officials are in the early stages of talking about how the recently approved state budget will impact the university. “President Gonzalez has begun discussions with his Cabinet and with the University Budget Advisory Committee to create a plan for maximizing uses of the allocations and the implications of those uses given that so much of the funding is one-time in nature,” said Joseph Sheley, provost and vice president for academic affairs. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed his last budget as governor on Oct. 8, 100 days into the fiscal year and breaking the 85-day record in 2008. The 2010-11 budget includes $199 million to restore onetime cuts to the California State University system and $60.6 million to fund enrollment. The final budget is less than the funds proposed in the governor’s May revision, which included $305 million to restore one-time cuts. This is because the last batch of stimulus funds, totaling $106 million, has been subtracted from the original proposal. “When combined with the $106 million in one-time federal stimulus funding we announced previously, the overall funding level is what we had cautiously anticipated during this year’s negotiations at the State Capitol,” Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez said in a statement last week. As of now, Sac State does not know its share of the funding. “At present, campuses are evaluating their capacity to accommodate greater spring enrollment,” Sheley said. “Once
Budget highlights: • $199 million to restore one-time cuts to the CSU • $60.6 million to fund enrollment • A $270 million increase from last year. see Budget | page A6
Most college students show strong support for Prop. 19 By Mike Suechting msuechting@statehornet.com Sacramento State students and organizations have taken a position on Proposition 19, which is the first statewide proposition in U.S. history to decriminalize marijuana or any other controlled substance since 1933 when alcohol prohibition
was repealed. According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office report, Prop 19 would allow consumption of cannabis only in private residences and other nonpublic places, and it could not be smoked in front of minors. It would not change current laws on driving under the influence and possession of controlled
substances on elementary, middle and high school grounds. The measure, however, will prevent employers from meeting the current federal drugfree workplace rules, meaning they will not be eligible to receive government contracts larger than $100,000 or receive federal grants, according to a press release from the organization No on Prop 19. The Legislative Analyst’s Office’s report states that Prop 19 will have a significant fiscal impact. It would reduce state and local correctional costs, and court and law enforcement costs. New marijuana-related businesses would be established, bringing more tax revenue to the state. Furthermore, general, excise or transfer taxes, as well as benefit assessment and fees would be imposed on all authorized marijuana-related sales,
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NEWS ROUNDUP Sac State’s weekly news briefs and campus events Causeway Classic blood drive hopes to collect more than 1,100 pints
The two-day Causeway Classic blood drive, organized by BloodSource and professor Timothy Howard’s communication studies class, ends today. Sacramento State and UC Davis are competing to collect the most pints of blood and increase the number of people to join the Be the Match Marrow Registry. Interested students can donate blood and join the marrow registry anytime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. today in the University Union Ballroom.
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Sac State to host state Senate candidates’ forum
District 6 Senate candidates Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, Republican Marcel Weiland and Libertarian Steve Torno will participate in a forum at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Ballroom. The forum, which will be moderated by the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County aims to compare candidates’ positions on certain issues. For more information, contact the Public Affairs Office at (916) 278-6156.
Sorority gives Sac State taste of Mexican Holiday
Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority will celebrate the traditional Mexican holiday Dia De
Los Muertos on Monday. The sorority invites the campus community to join them from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Redwood Room for an altar building competition among student organizations. Also featured are Ballet Folklórico, Aztec dance performances, sugar skull making and face painting. For more information, contact Brianna Garcia at bre.garcia@yahoo.com.
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Dance concert features saxophonist John Coltrane
The Sac State Sacramento/Black Art of Dance will hold the last performances of the dance concert, “Coltrane and Friends,” this week in Solano Hall Room 1010. The dance concert, which blends African, modern and Caribbean styles, features the music of saxophonist John Coltrane and his contemporaries. Performances are at 6:30 p.m. today and Thursday, 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call (916) 278-278-3569. For tickets, contact the Sac State Ticket Office at (916) 278-4323 or go to www.tickets.com.
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CSU orders Sac State alumnus to take down NoteUtopia By Laila Barakat lbarakat@statehornet.com The California State University chancellor’s office has ordered Ryan Stevens, founder of a new note-sharing website for college students, to stop his company’s operation because it violates the California Education Code. About a week and a half ago, Lori Varlotta, Sacramento State’s vice president for student affairs, sent a mass e-mail to students warning them of NoteUtopia’s note-selling feature. Erik Fallis, spokesman for the chancellor’s office, said the e-mail sent to the students was from the CSU“California Education Code section 66450 prohibits any business or person from selling or otherwise distributing or publishing class notes for a
commercial purpose,” Varlotta said in her e-mail. “This means that any CSU student selling class notes, including on the NoteUtopia website, is subject to discipline, up through and including expulsion from the University.” According to California Education Code section 66450, businesses, agencies or individuals are not allowed give, sell, transfer, distribute or publish any academic presentation, including class notes, for commercial purposes. “The California State University wanted to make students aware of these codes and the possible implications of selling class notes. (Therefore) CSU students are expected to abide by the California Education Codes and student conduct
codes,” Sac State spokeswoman Kimberly Nava said. Stevens said he is “disappointed” about the “threatening tone” of the mass e-mail sent to 30,000 students. He said Varlotta’s e-mail gave students the impression that NoteUtopia is illegal. “This move by the university is one that is intimidating, confusing to students, and one-sided,” Stevens said. “It mischaracterizes our website. We do not buy and sell notes from students. Students buy and sell notes from each other and we simply act as a facilitator.” Stevens, who said NoteUtopia will not be shutting down, said the prohibited buying and selling of notes bring up a students’ rights issue because the students’ own notes do not legally
Women’s studies program finally a bachelor’s degree By Laila Barakat lbarakat@statehornet.com Sacramento State recently became the eighth university in the California State University system to recognize the women’s studies program as its own major, which will allow students in the program to graduate with a bachelor’s degree. Before, students interested in women’s studies had to declare it as a special major and go through a “tedious petition process” to become eligible, said women’s studies professor Sujatha Moni.
to turn the program into an accredited degree, but was never able to do so because of lacking funds. Finally in August, the department received approval from the CSU chancellor’s office. Moni said an accredited degree symbolizes the recognition of the historical significance of centuries of women’s struggle for equality in society. “It gives legitimacy to women’s studies as a serious academic discipline on par with other degree programs in the university,” Moni said. Sally Wagner, a historian and
of. We were looked upon as a joke. It was not an easy thing to go through.” Wagner said a degree in women’s studies gives students basic skills, such as verbal, writing, creative thought and critical analysis, which are needed in any career. “In my experience working with employers, often time they are looking for someone who has a set of skills that will allow them to do the work,” Wagner said. “Sometimes employers will assign a special role for the employee because of their background in women’s studies.”
“We were pushing against a world where it was a natural thing for women to have a second-class status in everything. To even think about having an academic program that looked at the world through the lens of women ... was unheard of.” - Sally Wagner, founder of Sac State’s women’s studies department “Students were required to fill out a series of forms and provide justification as to why they were petitioning for a special major in women’s studies,” Moni said. “There (were) several steps and signatures that a petition goes through before it could be approved by the Office of Undergraduate Studies.” According to the university catalog, students who wanted to major or minor in women’s studies must have had a 2.5 minimum grade point average, submitted a statement outlining their educational and career goals and two or more letters of recommendation, and received the college dean’s approval. The women’s studies department has tried for several years
women’s rights activist who established Sac State’s women’s studies department in 1971, said she is thrilled that the program is now its own major. She said it is the third women’s studies program in the nation after San Diego State and State University of New York in Buffalo. She recalled the struggles she and professors went through in starting the program at Sac State. “We were pushing against a world where it was a natural thing for women to have a second-class status in everything,” she said. “To even think about a having an academic program that looked at the world through the lens of women, when every single discipline looked through the lens of a man, was unheard
Students who have completed the petition for a special major in women’s studies can choose to take 12 additional units to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in women’s studies. Junior anthropology major Erica Lee said she recently found out about the change in the program’s status, and is now in the process of requesting to change her major to women’s studies. “At my community college, I took a cultural anthropology class and my instructor focused on gender differences and similarities,” Lee said. “I do not think I will have to stay an extra semester, but if I do it will be worth it because I am majoring in something I love.”
belong to them, but rather to their professors. “The state claims the power to determine how a student can use their own handwritten notes. This statute threatens basic constitutional rights,” Stevens said. Stevens said he has asked Sac State to send a clarifying e-mail to students to let them know the site is not illegal. Nava said there are no plans to send any additional e-mails to students about NoteUtopia. Stevens, who graduated with a business degree in May 2009, said he came up with the idea for NoteUtopia one night before an economics exam. He said his professor did not give his class a breakdown of what will be in the exam. He then thought it would benefit the students if
they can go online and access notes for their classes. Stevens said he has contacted the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which advocates for online rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union office in San Francisco, hoping the organization will look further into his issue. “We can look at what happened one of two ways – the first being 30,000 students received an e-mail warning them not to use our website, laced with scary words like expulsion – or that 30,000 students now know our name,” Stevens said. “All we want is our side of the story to be heard. That is all we are asking.” Stevens said both the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties
Union said they will not look into his case at this time. “But it’s something we’ll keep poking them about. “It’s not something we’re going to give up on.”
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Sac State creates new way to fulfill general education By Michelle Curtis mcurtis@statehornet.com Sacramento State fall 2011 freshmen can opt to fulfill general education requirements by taking nine-unit courses that combine subject areas rather than taking individual threeunit courses. The general education pilot program, also called Sacramento State Studies, is made of “learning collaboratives,” each of which combines three three-unit general education classes to total nine units, said Sheree Meyer, associate dean for undergraduate studies. Anthony Sheppard, chair of the Faculty Senate, said the program offers a new way to fulfill lower division general education requirements. Meyer said each collaborative course is still being designed and it is unknown how many collaborative courses the university will offer. She said the pilot program specifically targets first-time freshmen. “Start with first year students because we really want to give our first year students every advantage and option and have programming that gets them involved in the university and engaged in their courses,” Meyer said. Meyer said combining the general education courses into nine-unit collaboratives enables faculty members to work together to develop lectures and field experiences. She said three professors will teach one collaborative because each is essentially three classes molded into one.
Sheppard said professors will coordinate course content into complementary modules. “Imagine a hypothetical collaborative that looked at art, culture, and history - perhaps one week students might study certain historical events as they have been depicted in works of art and literature,” Sheppard said. The pilot program will also allow students to see how a course they are taking in one general education section connects with another in a different section, Meyer said. “The GE pilot program and other GE reforms have risen in part to help students connect the dots and furthermore create a more exciting, more integrated GE option,” Meyer said. The current general education curriculum is divided into five major areas, A to E, and each has its sub-areas. One of the pilot program’s criteria is that one collaborative would fulfill three sub-areas. Meyer said students will receive three grades after completing a nine-unit collaborative, just as though they were taking the classes separately. She said the pilot program will consist of 150 students for each
collaborative. To create smaller class sizes, instructors might break the class into groups and/ or have an online hybrid component, Meyer said. Sheppard said the total seats in the pilot program will be limited to approximately 20 percent of incoming freshmen. The learning style in the pilot program was done not to improve the current general education curriculum, but to see how things could be done differently, Meyer said. “The pilot provides an option for (those) whose schedules allow for it,” Meyer said. The current general education curriculum, Sheppard said, can make deciding which classes to take quite complicated for students because of the array of classes available. He also said the program might not be an option for students whose majors have high-unit requirements. Senior business major Jabulile Rankins said she prefers the current general education curriculum because it gives students a broad sense of knowledge because they get to try a bit of everything.
Features of the general education pilot program • Consists of nine-unit “learning collaboratives” that combine three three-unit lower division courses. • Three professors, who will coordinate course content, will each teach one collaborative course. • Students will receive three grades, one from each three-unit course.
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Motive, resolution in last year’s homicide still unknown
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Quran Jones listens to Assistant Public Defender Jeffrey Barbour after his court appearance in January.
By Ken Paglia kpaglia@statehornet.com Thursday will be one year since Sacramento State dorm resident Scott Hawkins was brutally beaten to death with a baseball bat, allegedly at the hands of roommate Quran Jones. There’s still no hint of a resolution in the case, although Jones, 20, has a preliminary hearing set for Friday. His court hearings have been delayed seven times since January, according to court records. A reason for the delays was not given. But a Sac State Police case synopsis in Jones’ court file may
offer a glimpse of his state-ofmind before the killing. The synopsis quotes a note found by investigators in a trash can at the dorm room, which states, “If Quran Muhammed Jones ever dies He Quran Muhammed Jones orders you to put his body in an incinerator so that every atom of his body is burned away. Thank you.” No one connected to the Jones case would comment on the note, but a local attorney offered his opinion. “Prosecutors would find that note compelling evidence that Mr. Jones was planning the murder, with the thought he may get killed in the process
by the cops, or by the victim,” said attorney Erik Davenport, a former El Dorado County prosecutor who now does criminal defense. An officer who responded to the crime scene and was also quoted in the synopsis, reportedly saw Jones “stabbing himself ” with a kitchen knife in the dorm room. Dorm resident Taegay Arefaine told officers that Jones was “bashing (the baseball bat) against his own head,” the synopsis states. “Suicide by cop” was proposed as a motive for the killing last year by a Sac State Police Department investigator who said Jones lunged at officers with a knife as they entered the dorm. “It has been my experience … that frequently people with suicidal thoughts will attack officers in order to cause their own death,” Detective Thomas Higgins wrote in the search warrant affidavit. Officers responded to the incident last year after Jason Molay, Sac State residence hall adviser, called 911 to report Jones was acting crazy and throwing things into the dorm courtyard, according to a Sac State police case summary. When officers arrived, Jones had barricaded himself inside
the dorm room, and would not let anyone inside, according to the summary. When Jones allegedly attacked officers with the knife they fired several pepper ball spray shots into Jones’ chest and abdomen, but he continued to come at them, according to the summary. Officers, fearing for their safety, shot Jones in the arm and buttocks, the summary states, and he was then taken into custody. Hawkins was found inside the dorm room bleeding from the head and unconscious, the summary states. He was transported to the UC Davis Medical Center, where he died from blunt force trauma to the head, according to police reports. Jones’ defense attorney could use the note to try to show his client suffered from emotional issues, and then ask for a mental evaluation, Davenport said. But if the case ever went to trial, it might be difficult to admit the note into evidence, said Penne Usher, a Sac State alumnus who now covers crime for the Folsom Telegraph and Auburn Journal newspapers. “First, attorneys have to prove it was written by Jones. That may be difficult, and they may have to call in experts,” Usher said. “It’s possible the defense
could connect the note to Jones’ state of mind, and that he was suicidal. But it’s pure speculation to connect the note to his motive for murder.” Jones was described as having “a crazed look in his eye” by officers entering the dorm room last year, Sac State Police Cpl. Jeff Solomon states in the synopsis. Officer Thelma Mathews said Jones’ “eyes were wide open, and one eye was looking one way, and the other was looking the other way. His tongue was hanging out of his mouth. He looked really strange,” according to the synopsis. The Sac State Police Depart-
ment declined to comment for this story, as did Jones’ attorney Barbour. At Jones’ preliminary hearing Friday, a judge will decide if there is sufficient evidence to move the case into the trial phase. “An agreement or plea bargain can still be made at any time,” Shelly Orio, spokeswoman for the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, said last week, though she declined to comment further on the case. Jones is being held without bail in the Sacramento County Jail.
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Higher student-to-teacher Crocker Museum showcases ratio after lecturer cutbacks professors’ digital artwork By Michelle Curtis mcurtis@statehornet.com
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Class sizes have increased from 40 to 60 students in some classes as approximately 200 part-time lecturers have lost their jobs last school year. Lois Boulgarides, interim president of the Capitol chapter of the California Faculty Association, said this created a larger student-to-teacher ratio. She said lecturers used to have an average of 40-to-1 student-tolecturer ratio, but with cutbacks, some now have a 60-to-1 ratio. Others have a 120-to-1 ratio. Boulgarides said fewer lecturers, larger class sizes and less variety in courses defeat the university’s mission, which is to provide quality education to students. “Lecturers consist of 45 percent of the head count of university employees,” Boulgarides said. “Lecturers and students are tied together; they are both essential to the mission of the university.” Each department examines faculty members’ contracts to decide whom the university should let go. Part-time faculty or lecturers with three-year contracts are chosen first, then full-time faculty with three-year contracts. Department and student evaluations are also taken into consideration, Boulgarides said. Sacramento State spokeswoman Kimberly Nava said it depends on the department whether faculty members come back to work. Boulgarides said lecturers found out they will not be teaching the following semester when their departments did not
Sacramento State music professor Stephen Blumberg and his wife, art professor Rachel Clarke, had the opportunity to display one of their original collaborations as part of the Crocker Art Museum collection. Blumberg, who teaches musical theory and composition, and Clarke, who teaches electronic art, recently created a piece titled, “Hang at the Crocker: A Crocker Mosaic” for the museum’s grand opening held earlier this month. “Hang at the Crocker,” which is a celebration of the museum’s members, is a 10-minute, threedimensional video presentation of more than 500 moving images arranged by Crocker and choreographed to Blumberg’s music. The entire presentation is then projected onto a curved wall. “The intent was everything from serious and heartfelt to completely humorous. I was fascinated by the range of works submitted - the mosaic is like a slice of life, and the dynamism in the piece is created by the random juxtaposition of these images,” Clarke said. “The underlying theme of the mosaic is to embrace and celebrate the richness and vitality of a diverse community.” The presentation consists of personal photographs of family members, friends, nature, food, as well as images of the members’ artwork, such as ceramics, paintings and sketches. It is set to remain in the museum for another year, Clarke said.
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give them classes. “They don’t even have to lay (part-time lecturers) off. They just don’t get give (part-time lecturers) work,” Boulgarides said. Government department lecturer Steve Iverson said he did not find out until the end of December 2009 that he was not going to teach in spring 2010. When he officially lost his job on Jan. 4, he had to go on unemployment insurance and lost all his benefits. “(I) looked for other possibilities in community colleges, out of state, and internationally,” said Iverson, who was notified in July that he will be teaching again this semester. Even though Iverson was given back his job at Sac State, and stimulus funds have made the future look better for the university, he said he expects more layoffs in the next few years. Boulgarides said part-time lecturers do not have job security regardless of how many years they have been teaching. Moreover, because professors have to have a minimum of a
six-unit teaching load to receive health benefits, some had chosen to retire early to keep their benefits instead of losing them due to reduced teaching loads. “They lost all priority of ever being able to teach here again,” she said. Boulgarides said part-time lecturers have also lost classes because of financial cutbacks on tenure-track professors’ nonteaching work, such as advising, directing graduate students and coordinating programs. She said because there is less funding for non-teaching work, tenure-track professors have started teaching more classes, leaving fewer classes for parttime lecturers. Tenure-track professors are expected to teach more classes while still having to do scholarly work and service to the university without reimbursement, Boulgarides said. Boulgarides said there are no numbers on faculty members who have lost their jobs for this school year.
In putting the project together, Blumberg first composed his music. Clark then inserted the music files into her animation timeline. “The way I see it, the music creates the emotional mood,” Clarke said. He (Blumberg) created this emotional mood for the whole piece so it was really critical working with the music, it wasn’t like plug the music in afterwards, it was really integral to the whole structure of the piece.” Clarke said it took her about three and a half months to complete the presentation, working 10 hours a day every day during that time. “(It was) very intense in those final stages, from June until towards the end of September, I was working on it constantly,” said Clarke, who is on sabbatical this semester. Clarke and Blumberg choreographed the presentation with the idea of a mosaic, where each tile or image plays a part in
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Rachel Clarke and Stephen Blumberg’s creation features moving images projected onto a wall.
forming a bigger pattern. “So in this piece, the images move across the surface or up and down. Sometimes they form patterns or interweave. In other places, I create a virtual space by using 3D effects,” Clarke said. “In these parts, it feels like you are going into the space or the images are coming out at you, and they form into architectural structures or 3D forms.” Clarke, who is originally from the United Kingdom, has studied art and exhibited original pieces both nationally and internationally. The Arts and Business Council of Sacramento has also named her Artist of the Year. Blumberg, a New York native, had studied in Paris and received degrees from UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. He had also performed in Amsterdam, Warsaw, Prague, France and all over the United States. Blumberg, who usually composes instrumental “avantgarde” music, said this piece is a little bit different from what he usually does. “It’s more traditional in a lot of ways than some of my previous works, although I think it’s still very much of today - a number of contemporary composers are writing in a neo-tonal language,” he said. “Hang at the Crocker” is the fourth project on which Clarke and Blumberg have collaborated. “Rachel and I actually got to know each other through collaborating on our first project together , and it was through this process of creative interaction that we came together as a couple and eventually got married,” Blumberg said.
Guess Who’s Gay event looks beyond common stereotypes By Micah Stevenson mstevenson@statehornet.com By asking random questions, students determined the sexual orientations of a group of people at the Sacramento State PRIDE Center’s annual Guess Who’s Gay event held Thursday in the University Union’s Redwood Room. “There are a lot of misconceptions and preconceived notions that people have of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and straight individuals,” said junior public relations major Jackson Harris, programs and events coordinator of the PRIDE Center. “Guess Who’s Gay shows that their sexual orientation has nothing to do with their interests, appearance or their mannerisms.” Joshua O’Connor, host of Guess Who’s Gay and conduct coordinator at the UC Davis residence halls, reserved the right to reject any question if it would too easily reveal the 10 panelists’ sexual orientations. Otherwise, members of the crowd were allowed and encouraged to ask anything they wanted. “Some people really do think that questions like, ‘boxers or briefs,’ or, ‘tacos or burritos,’ are going to determine someone’s sexual orientation,” Harris said. The panelists, if too uncomfortable, also had the right to
not answer any of the questions. “It was a little nerve-wracking, especially with the fact that people just assume a lot of things about me, but I really appreciated it,” said senior sociology major Addison Pressnall-Duff, a Guess Who’s Gay panelist. Members of the audience asked the panelists questions about their Halloween costumes this year, their majors, their favorite Lady Gaga songs, favorite colors, their relationships with their mothers and their opinions on Justin Bieber. They also asked the panelists if they know how to change a tire, how long it takes for them to wake up and get ready in the morning and how much money they spend on a single article of clothing. About 250 people, most of whom were students, filled the Redwood Room to watch the interactive show. Junior biology major Georgina Rodriguez said she has attended the event several times because as a gay individual, she
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Senior sociology major Addison Pressnall-Duff, one of the panelists, shows off her dance moves at the Guess Who’s Gay event Thursday in the Redwood Room.
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wanted to be more involved with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, Ally community. “It’s funny, it’s very comfortable, very open, and it’s just fun to come and hang out with this bunch of people,” Rodriguez said. “You never expect the outcome of the people.” The second portion of Guess Who’s Gay was for the crowd to determine by a show of hands whom it considered homosexual, heterosexual or bisexual. After the panelists each revealed their sexual orientation, O’Connor asked the members of the audience to raise their hands if they correctly guessed all 10 of the contestants’ sexualities. One hand was raised. Words have so much power and by using the right or wrong ones, a straight person has the power to strongly comfort or hurt a gay individual, O’Connor said. He also referenced to the injuries and suicides that occurred in the United States last month because of anti-gay bullying. “… and these were just the cases that were reported,” O’Connor said. “This is so real.” O’Connor told the students they can be allies of the LGBT community by simply avoiding hateful jokes. “I think that Sac State is in
a unique position of being a university in the most diverse city in the country,” Harris said. “And it’s really important to celebrate that diversity.” Aside from Guess Who’s Gay, the PRIDE Center will also show the documentary “Is it a Boy or is it a Girl?” at noon Tuesday in the Union’s Oak Room. The documentary aims to promote awareness of the intersex community, which, Harris said, is often invisible. “The PRIDE Center seeks to bring about awareness of all aspects of the queer community – all of the LGBTIQQA community,” Harris said. “That ‘I’, that ‘Intersex’, gets ignored a lot, and so this movie talks about the struggle and explains what intersex is and talks about how people are treated as intersex individuals in this country and others.” Queer History Month was established on October 1994 in the U.S. and originated during the Civil Rights Era, according to the GLBT History Month website. “(Queer History Month is) a month that brings awareness of queer identity, queer community and contributions that queer-identified individuals have brought to the world,” Harris said.
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Campus police department tackles how to prevent thefts Get answers to all of your questions about the Sacramento State Police Department affairs. This week, public information officer Scott Christian talks about theft prevention. One of the most important things that can be done to prevent becoming a victim of a property theft is to not leave personal belongings unattended, whether it is a backpack, laptop computer, purse, or books. Typically, victims of theft report they left their property unattended for a few minutes
or less. Sadly, a few minutes is all the time it takes for a theft to occur. A question that officers ask when taking a property theft report is the value of the property that was taken. In some theft cases, victims have reported having several hundred dollars worth of property stolen, simply because they left it unattended. If asked, most of the victims would say they would not leave a $5 bill out in the open, unattended, even for a few minutes. Yet, time and again, officers find that victims have left their property unattended. Needless to say, leaving
personal property unattended is just an invitation for a thief, and the easiest way to prevent becoming a victim of a theft is keeping your property under your control at all times, regardless of the inconvenience it may cause. One of the most important things that a theft victim should do after discovering the theft is to report the theft to the police department. A delay in reporting severely limits the ability of the police department to recover any property taken in a theft. Also, if the property taken includes credit cards, ATM cards or a checkbook, victims also
need to immediately notify the bank of the theft. It doesn’t take long for a thief to make several hundred dollars worth of purchases. The hassle of getting the charges reversed can usually be avoided by quick and timely notification to their bank. A preventative measure that can be taken to assist the police in property recovery in the event of a theft, as well as the notification of banks and insurance companies, is to maintain a document containing the make, model and serial numbers of all electronic equipment, as well as credit card numbers and bank contact information. The document should always
include the name and contact information for all banks and credit card companies, the IMEI/MEID numbers of all cellular telephones owned and pictures of all property in the document. This document should be reviewed and updated on a regular basis, and be kept in a safe, readily accessible location. Most importantly of all, students should report all suspicious persons and activity to the campus police dispatchers. Our number is (916) 278-6851. We’re always on duty, 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
If you have a question for the police officers, dispatchers, and administrative staff members of the Sacramento State Police Department, e-mail the question to asktheofficer@csus.edu, and your question may be answered in a future column.
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Oct. 11 A Hornet Bookstore bag containing a mini-computer, books and external hard drive was reported stolen at Mariposa Hall. Oct. 13 A suspicious individual was cited for trespassing in the University Union. Officers responded to a man and a woman arguing in the Hornet Bookstore and cited the man for trespassing. A bicycle was reported stolen from the bike compound in front of Riverside Hall. Thursday A bicycle was reported stolen at the Well. Friday Louis Small, 44, was arrested in the Alumni Center on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol. Cory Franz, 46, was arrested at the Hornet Stadium on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol. A locked bicycle was reported stolen at El Dorado Hall. Sunday Caleb McCracken, 28, was arrested at the Library on suspicion of public intoxication.
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Continued | page A1 cent, according to the Office of Institutional Research. Latinos now make up about 18 percent of the student population. The Southeast Asian popula-
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tion went from zero students in the 1970s, to fewer than 100 in the late 1980s, to more than 1,300 students in 2009, according to the Office of Institutional Research. “We do have a richly diverse
campus, as most California campuses do. It’s a reflection of the rich diversity of our state,” Mills said. Minority enrollment across the 23-campus CSU system has not changed drastically in the
last decade either. Total enrollment among Mexican-Americans went from 15.1 percent in 1999 to 17.9 percent in 2008, according to CSU statistical reports. In 2008, there were 64,900 Mexican-American
students enrolled across the CSU system, the reports state. Caucasian enrollment at CSU went from 37.8 percent in 1999 to 35.5 percent in 2008, the reports state. There were 128,600 white students enrolled at the CSU in 2008. Pacific Islander enrollment increased by just .2 percent from 1999 to 2008, the reports state. Enrollment changes for other ethnic groups were similarly minor. The CSU actively reaches out to minority groups in providing information about applying to the CSU, said spokesman Erik Fallis. However, ethnicity is not a factor in CSU admissions decisions, Fallis said. “Diversity is very important to our university, and the CSU is among the most diverse public higher education systems in the nation,” Fallis said.
Budget: Sac State expects to meet enrollment goal Continued | page A1 campuses have indicated their capacity and plans in the regard, we’ll be allocated the appropriate funds.” With the final budget signed, Gonzalez said Sac State expects to meet enrollment goals set by the CSU for this spring. The CSU will admit up to 30,000 qualified applicants for the spring and winter semesters. The last batch of stimulus funds allowed Sac State to admit approximately 3,000 qualified applicants, according to a recent campus press release. “In order to meet new enrollment targets, we will need to open many more course
sections and be responsive to more students needing services,” Sheley said. Sheley said other issues, such as restoring services and bringing back professors and employees who have been laid off, will be addressed as “temporary in nature” because much of the restored funds are one-time allocations. The 2010-11 budget increases the CSU system’s General Fund support from $2.35 billion last year to $2.62 billion this year. This marks the first restoration of state funding to the CSU since 2007. Lois Boulgarides, interim president of the Capitol chapter
of the California Faculty Association, called the final budget a “wonderful first step forward.” “I’m very happy that we ended up with as much money as we ended up with, and I think that faculty and students and the community have to just keep working as hard as we can to keep education on the forefront because I think we can do better than that,” Boulgarides said. As of now, Sheley said much is still uncertain. “Revenue projections and assumptions that may need to be revisited, a new governor. Effects have yet to be known,” Sheley said.
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impact to students by committing to raise $25 million (cash and/or contract) prior to the ($110) fee being implemented.” The referendum does not say the funding would be used for other purposes besides the Well, and is unclear on how the fundraising dollars are to be spent. It also notes the $110 student fee increase would rise based on inflation, but would not exceed the average Bay Area Consumer Price Index. Former ASI President Angel Barajas said he disagrees with the university’s decision to use the money for other purposes. “The $25 million in fundraising was meant to solely reduce the monetary impact on students in regards to the costs associated with the Recreation/Wellness/Events Center, as stated in the referendum language,” Barajas said in an e-mail to The Hornet. “Six years later, President Gonzalez has yet to demonstrate the ability to reduce the monetary impact for students by the money he has raised.” The university has received commitments from donors for $25 million, and has collected $5 million from fundraisers so far, said Sac State spokeswoman Kim Nava. She said the $5 million was used to fund construction of Broad Athletic Facility, which replaced the Athletic Field House that was in the way of construction of the Well. In 2006, Barajas and other ASI board members asked Gonzalez not to use money from the $25 million in fundraising for the Broad Athletic Facility because it was not mentioned in the 2004 referendum. Despite their concerns, Gonzalez went ahead with the plan. “Remember, this is not an ASI project. This is not a consensus
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or a democracy,” Gonzalez said, as quoted in a 2006 Hornet article. Gonzalez also noted in a letter to the university that: “While we did not specifically mention it in the student referendum two years ago, we have always known the old field house would need to be replaced.” Gonzalez also noted in his letter that he had spoken with the university’s legal counsel, who had determined that the fundraising dollars had not been misused. In 2006, ASI board members drafted a resolution seeking their own legal counsel to determine if the fundraising dollars and student fees used to plan and construct the field house were used improperly. The result: the university had not misused the funds, said ASI Legal Counsel Lawrence B. Garcia, in a privileged and confidential legal opinion to the ASI board members. “The obligations of the University under the Referendum are very general and do not impose a significant commitment other than the ‘commitment’ to raise $25 million in funding,” said the June 2006 legal docu-
ment, obtained by The Hornet under the California Public Records Act. Furthermore, according to the legal opinion, the vagueness of the referendum, and the fact that it could be reasonably assumed the supposedly 260,000-square-foot wellness center would impact other facilities like the old field house, gave the university the legal justification to use the money to replace the old field house. The legal opinion notes that election materials at the time notified students that the Well would contain storage rooms, offices, lockers, an equipment room and an academic center for the athletics department. The legal opinion also notes that election materials opposing the referendum at the time noted that supporters of The Well had not “publicized the estimated costs for (the Well), time period in which student fee increases would support the project, and plans for the current athletic and health facilities.” The referendum passed with 55 percent of the vote. “While we are sensitive to the fact there are differing views on whether the athletic facilities
were an integral component to the planning activities of (the Well) … A careful review of the language of the referendum reveals that the commitment of the University is described only in vague terms, and does not commit the university to any particular scope of facilities or programs for (the Well),” according to the legal opinion. Garcia declined to comment on his legal opinion. As Barajas graduated in May of that year, the newly elected ASI President Angela Arriola and the ASI Broad Board, accepted the legal findings and issued a statement saying the university had not misused the fundraising dollars or student fees, but called for more transparency into the use of student funds and fundraising dollars for the project. Nava said she thought the legal opinion had stated ASI’s position, and was surprised to see recently that controversy had arisen on how the fundraising dollars were used. “But maybe there is a new group of students and maybe they don’t understand, and need to be reminded of what happened,” Nava said.
according to the report. The report also said the measure would increase the number of individuals who seek publicly funded medical services and substance abuse treatments. Because of this, many of the taxes earned from marijuana would go to such programs. Seventy percent of college students and people between ages 18 and 34 strongly support Prop 19, according to PollTracker. A Public Policy Institute of California survey released last month showed that 52 percent of Californians support Prop 19, while 41 percent are against it. The organization Yes on 19 calls the measure “common sense control of marijuana” for several reasons. “I’m voting yes,” said senior communication studies major Karen Castaneda. “I just think it will help the economy because everybody smokes it anyways. Why not legalize it and make money off of it?” According to Yes on 19’s website, millions of dollars in taxpayer revenue are being used to enforce a failed prohibition and is wasted on targeting non-violent offenders, while $14 billion in annual marijuana sales goes untaxed. The organization argues that marijuana is easier for children to get than alcohol, “because dealers don’t require an ID,” according to its website. The opposing group, No on Prop 19, calls the proposition “a jumbled, legal nightmare.” According to No on Prop 19, the proposition would force employers to allow their employees to smoke marijuana
at work because it prohibits the denial of privileges and rights. It would also keep employers from taking disciplinary actions on employees for using marijuana unless their productivity was affected. The organization also argues the driving-under-the-influence portion of the law does not have concrete standards. People are allowed to grow marijuana in their front or back yards without restrictions on how close they are to police stations, courthouses, jails, hospitals or schools. “I am firmly against Prop 19 because I believe Prop 19 is, in the long run, going to slow down productivity,” said senior psychology major Kyle Silver. The measure also has no unified regulatory standard; instead, independent towns, cities and counties would individually regulate marijuana, according to No on Prop 19. John Ryan, president of the Sac State chapter of College Democrats, said his organization technically has not endorsed any propositions, but it was part of the coalition that supports Prop 19. “We empathetically feel that there are far more important issues than this,” Ryan said. “Gay rights and student fees are far more important than pot.” Ryan said the College Democrats feel the illegality of the use of marijuana disproportionately targets minorities. He also said there has been an aggressive growth in violent trafficking of the substance. “At the end of the day a joint is not any more dangerous than a bottle of tequila. It’s not the 1950s anymore; let’s grow up,” Ryan said.
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Revamp GE program major,” Meyer said. She said while high school does help prepare us for the real world - critical thinking, oral and written communication and quantitative literacy skills are all developed further in college. GE is a way for students to rise to the academic level of students in other countries. Roberto Pomo, professor of theater and dance, helped start the Sac State GE Honors Program. He is a firm believer in having a public education grounded in GE classes. “We have a problem in this country; we’re not international enough as a society,” Pomo said. “Our students don’t speak two, three, four languages.” He said that while students in other countries speak many languages, we do not have this kind of an intellectual foundation. Already, we have some catching up to do in terms of our GE program standards. Sac State, as well as other universities, already distinguishes itself from trade schools by striving to produce “educated” people, according to its GE program standards. These people are intellectuals who are well versed in subjects other than their major field of study. While this is a good reason to have a GE program, several problems remain with
the way it is. Pomo pointed out that our GE is very unstructured, does not have a sense of focus, and contains too many courses to choose from. He said a better GE foundation would give students a focused global perspective, particularly focusing on what humanity is doing to improve the world, and would utilize technology in the classrooms. Such a program would force our minds to think outside of the box. It would engage us in the subject matter in interactive and interesting ways. Overall, it would help us be more successful citizens of our communities that we will eventually serve when we get out and get on with our careers. With the way the program is right now, students often choose the easiest classes in order to fulfill their requirements. While it is good to have choices, it is sometimes hard to make the right one. Students should feel interested in the classes they are taking, as opposed to just doing enough to pass them to graduate. “(If) it’s going to be (just) another requirement to fulfill to get the diploma – that’s not an education,” Pomo said. Pomo said that student input is vital to creating a
Some of Sac State’s requirements for graduation • At least 51 units of general education classes, fulfilling areas A through E • A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 • A second-semester composition course such as
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The Sacramento State general education program has kept on the same course for a long time now, and has certainly been a valuable part of education at the university. But unless the program starts providing students with a new, fresh educational experience, it is not doing its job. Students are being required to take classes they have already completed in high school like history, math, English, and science. Why should we have to prove our proficiency in these courses again? High school was meant to teach us most of these concepts. And if the high schools are not doing their job in accomplishing this, then maybe the high school curriculum needs to be restructured alongside our university’s GE program revamp. Granted, a high school education might not be on the same level as a college education, and students might be less motivated to learn there, but they still somehow make it to college in hopes of getting a career. However, going to college is not simply to gain the skills required for a specific job. Part of the reason students should go to college is to be exposed to different subjects, ideas and to challenge their personal beliefs through the classes they take. Sheree Meyer, associate dean for undergraduate studies, said GE programs are meant to complement a student’s major studies. “There are certain kinds of knowledge, abilities and skills that are important for all students, regardless of
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successful GE program. A GE pilot, called Sacramento State Studies, which will be phased-in starting in spring of 2011, is on the right track by incorporating student input into its final design. Janet Hecsh, a chair for the faculty committee that oversaw the drafting of the pilot, said student panels in 2008 and 2009 reviewed the proposal, 100 student participants were surveyed regarding the program, and Associated Students Inc. reviewed the program twice. At first, this GE pilot will be available to only a select group of students, beginning with second-semester freshmen. It would fulfill 36 units of lower-division undergraduate work with its four 9-unit classes. Each 9-unit class will satisfy three GE content areas. The classes will be interdisciplinary, team-taught, and would incorporate library research, according to the GE pilot outline. This is a great step toward building a more coherent GE program for the university. Attending college should not feel like we are repeating our high school classes again. The GE program needs to be reworked to have a clear focus so that students do not question its presence. From the moment students arrive at Sac State, their educational experience should be fresh, engaging, and based upon their suggestions. See related news story on A3
Relationships are secondary
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Whether it is your boyfriend, girlfriend, or your best friend, our interpersonal relationships can be toxic when we allow these relationships to hinder us. Judson Landis, sociology professor, said these rela-
outside of college. Kevin Wehr, sociology professor, said we gain support, understanding, love and acceptance from interpersonal relationships. “This need to be loved and accepted causes people in (connection) with one another to have supplementary influence over each other,” Wehr said. But do not make decisions such as when to study or not, based on what your significant other wants at the time. Flunking a midterm or even a class, just because a relationship got in the way, is not worth it. Although, at times, the
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tionships are important to us as human beings because we live in social environments. “Relationships are a part of social life, therefore we crave social interactions; we are social animals,” Landis said. Although it is important to have these types of relationships, students should not allow the relationships to hinder them from exploring their interests and accomplishing goals while in college. Pursuing personal ambitions is vital to future success
point of a relationship is to be less selfish, this does not mean completely neglecting personal needs and feelings. Discuss your ambitions with your boyfriend or girlfriend, or even friends, when you feel a relationship is negatively affecting you. Not doing this will only contribute to stress later on. Identify where your friends and partner fit into your life before you allow them to determine the direction of yours.
Public displays of affection need to be regulated
By Dante Frattini dfrattini@statehornet.com
You see it. You cringe. But you cannot look away. No, I am not describing the aftermath of a 12-car pileup on the freeway. It is what I see nearly every time I walk through the Sacramento
State campus. I am talking about public displays of affection; I shudder at the mere thought of it. The rise of public displays of affection, or PDA, can be observed nearly everywhere. “(I was) just studying when I looked over and saw this couple making out and groping each other,” said sophomore undeclared major Kia Yamamoto. We get it - you have someone who loves you back. Stop flaunting it! I do not mind seeing PDA when it is done tactfully and in moderation. Since that is so rarely seen, however,
I assume that most people are not well versed in those notions. It is a matter of consideration, said Alison Willard, freshman undelcared major, who is a barista at a Tupelo Coffee House. She described a particularly stomach-turning event involving a female customer. The girl bought a muffin and fed it to her boyfriend right in front of Willard, almost causing her to throw up. Incidents like that are why I am proposing the following set of PDA guidelines. These guidelines are broken into
three sections. Always allowed: handholding, the seated armaround, extended hugs, and a goodbye kiss (no tongue, two-second limit, lips only partially parted and no multiple rapid-fire pecks because you just cannot bear to be apart from your honey bear.) Sometimes allowed: cuddling while lying on grass, lying with your head on your partner’s lap while he or she sits and reads, and silently staring into each other’s eyes. Never allowed: any kiss involving tongue, tickling, that thing where people
touch the tip of their finger to someone’s nose and say “boop!”, and of course, no act of PDA inside a classroom. Actually, I better make that its own rule. I do not think these rules are unfair. Just a little discretion, please. We as a society should recognize that even love should have some limits, at least when it comes to my eyes and your bodily fluids. Not everyone agrees with regulation, however. “I feel like (rules) would make people want to do it more,” Yamamoto said. Sure, college students may
not respond well to authority, but do people of our age really need a reason to “do it” more? Public displays of affection are not intrinsically bad. It is how people use them that lends to their poor reputation. PDA can actually do a lot of good. I would not mind if my dad saw me hold the hand of a gorgeous girl. Maybe then he would finally believe me when I say that I’m strai-. Actually, specifics are not important. PDA can be great for those involved without being an Ipecac for others. Win-win.
Cyberbullying hurts even more than traditional bullying
By Cole Mayer cmayer@statehornet.com
When I was young, bullying was not much of a problem. I did not start wearing glasses until middle school and my short height was not apparent until about the same age. I surrounded myself with friends while at school, so no one bothered to bully me after middle school. But what if the bullies had attacked me on a social networking website? With
a recent epidemic of teen suicides, such attacks have been brought to the forefront of media. The relentless, sometimes anonymous cyberbullying is far worse than the traditional face-toface bullying. Juliana Raskauskas, psychology professor, has studied both traditional bullying and cyberbullying. “My research indicates that being cyberbullied is associated with low academic performance, low connection to school and depressive symptoms,” Raskauskas said. She said while the effects of cyberbullying sound much like traditional bullying, they are quite a bit worse. Cyber-bullies have 24-hour access to their victims. This makes the bully, what
the denizens of the Internet would call, an “Internet tough guy,” said Kennedy Youmans, junior music education major. “(The bully) is just trying to feel strong over the Internet,” he said. Raskauskas said cyberbullies feed from the sense that the victims have no escape from torment. One of Raskauskas’ studies showed that those who encountered both styles of bullying had “significantly higher depressive symptoms” than those only bullied by either in-person or cyberbullying alone. While I have not been cyberbullied, I was bullied by one guy in middle school for a while, who made fun of my height, intelligence and verbose speech style. I cannot
imagine having it happen all day and every day. “We know from the research that students’ sexual orientation is the most common area of attack for bullies in adolescence,” Raskauskas said. “Homosexual teens are more at risk for being targeted for traditional bullying.” Recently, Tyler Clementi, a student at Rutgers University in New Jersey, jumped off the George Washington Bridge after a video of him engaged in sexual conduct with another man appeared on the Internet. Clementi had not yet opened up to others about his sexuality. Clementi’s roommate, Dharun Ravi, allegedly enlisted the help of classmate Molly Wei to videotape Clementi and then posted the video online because he was
against Clementi’s sexual orientation. This is infuriating because Ravi could have dealt with this in other peaceful ways. With Facebook, college students are connected to each other all hours of the day. I often see friends taking jabs at each other online. The comments may not be as
harsh as to warrant being called bullying, but they can still sting. The next time you tweet or update your status poking fun at someone, even if it is just in light-hearted jest, stop and think for a moment. You might want to hit the delete key and stop being a an ignorant human being.
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Latin band binds cultures together By Leia Ostermann lostermann@statehornet.com
Ozomatli, a multicultural fusion band from Los Angeles, is a grassroots music uprising that stands for peace, justice and connecting cultures, said Wildog Abers, one of the creators of the band. Ozomatli is all about combining diverse cultures and diverse styles to create a new type of dance music. Their music is a combination of urban-Latino-hop-salsadance-cumbia-funk-merengueR&B-reggae and more, said Zenia LaPorte, director of UNIQUE programs. “Every band has their own built in audience. If you are an indie rock band, you have a scene and a market built for you. There is no music scene for us. So we created our own music scene,” Abers said. It is a combination of many genres that all blend together, whether it is the punk rocker or the indie guitar player, LaPorte said. “We would teach each other how to play different styles,” Abers said. “Then we would just try it out. It’s just like everything we do; you have to just try it out.” Even the back row of the crowd was jumping and dancing during Ozomatli’s Sunday concert at Sacramento State’s University Union Ballroom. “It’s never a real Ozo show
unless you sing along,” said Raul Pacheco, guitarist and lead singer for the band. The whole band was very involved in their audience and invited everyone to hang out with them all night. “It is a treat for us to be on a college campus,” Abers said, “We used to be younger and able to relate a lot more but we still have a youthful energy.” Ozomalti, an Aztec word for monkey, is a multi-ethnic, seven-piece band that combines elements of Aztec cultural dancing, Danza. “It is more of a dance party than a concert,” LaPorte said. Other than the fact people have demanded they come back to Sacramento State over the past 12 years, LaPorte said she loves having Ozomatli come because they are fun live performers and even more fun as people. “They bond cultures together without really standing up there and talking about it. They just encourage everyone to come together no matter your age, culture or economics,” LaPorte said. The group was formed 15 years ago when Abers worked for the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, a community-based program to help inner-city kids find jobs. The jobs were meaningless, Abers said, not providing any hope of advancement for the youth and merely
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Top Left: Justin, member of Grammy award-winning Los Angeles-based group Ozomatli, pumps up the crowd while showing off his dance moves. Bottom left: Asdru plays the Trumpet during the Ozomatli performance Sunday night in the University ballroom. Bottom right: Wil-Dog performs with Ozomatli, the group is well-known worldwide for not only their music but their political work as well. The band said their music stands for peace, justice and connecting cultures.
becoming the statistic for politicians to prove that they help people. Abers and the original drummer from the band decided to start a union in order to receive the benefits they were promised. They were instead fired. Still wanting to help the community, they began the Peace and Justice Center, which was devoted to arts and inner-city kids. “There were classes and instruments and dancing and the whole center was covered in graffiti,” Abers said. “It was the only place in the city where graffiti was not only allowed but we supplied the paint.” Ozomatli began as a way to raise money. The band has now played for crowds of 300 to 30,000. They have travelled through Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, India and North and South America. From each country, Ozomatli took a little piece of music, like the Malagasy style from Madagascar. In this way, the L.A. band is not only the voice of their city, but citizens of the world, Abers said. “On a basic human level, when looking at everything we have learned, we all need that cultural exchange, we are trying to share the music of the U.S. and connect with people,” Abers said. A few years ago the U.S. State Department approached Ozomatli and asked them to be cultural ambassadors for the U.S. in a primary tour to India and Nepal. This was an honor that no musician has been given since Louis Armstrong, Abers said. “Every country we go to we share that we don’t support American foreign policy but it is a wonderful cultural experience and understanding,” Abers said. Even in the U.S., Abers said Ozomatli is a cultural ambassador representing politics and diversity. “We are trying to encourage people to go out and vote. Young people are not represented and politicians are representing corporations instead of people,” Abers said. Ozomatli is participating in the sound-strike against Arizona, along with Hall and Oates and Maroon 5 in order to show their disapproval of racial stereotyping laws, Abers said. The entire band is a close-knit group after so many years of touring together. “We are brothers. We are a family. More than friends and less than lovers,” Abers said.
Former student drops out, wins Sammie award about starting a band at a high school party. Thompson said the boys were friends and knew they had mutual love for the same kind of music from seeing each other at punk rock shows. Marsullo said the boys used to go punk rock shows and get beat up in the mosh pit, and one day he thought about what it would be like to be the guy on stage looking down on the mosh pit, instead of the guy inside it.
three months at a time living out of a van or trailer. “We didn’t have a bus, we’d drive eight hours every night to Former Sacramento State the next town,” Marsullo said. student and vocalist Josh Another Damn DisappointThompson decided 11 years ago ment developed a reputation to leave college for life on the for being the “wild party band” road when his band Another while on the road. Bands that Damn Disappointment received they had looked up for years a record deal that required them took notice of their free-spirited to perform on the Warped Tour. personas and musical talent. “It was an easy decision, when “For me there’s been a lot of Warped Tour came around, that bands we was the greatgrew up on est thing ever as kids and back in the we’ve looked “We got asked to play at Warped Tour, like the day,” he said. up to that we whole thing and it was not even a debate, we were “Then we got got to meet asked to play, going. I don’t care what anyone has to say,” and open up like the whole - Josh Thompson, vocalist for shows for entire thing, Another Damn Disappointment. them,” Marand it was not sullo said. “We even a debate, became friends it was like were Getting shows was difficult for with guys we really looked up going, I don’t care what anyone the band at first. to.” has to say.” “We had a big group of friends The band has gone through Aside from Warped Tour and who came out to our shows that four drummers and now has winning the Sammie award for made us seem bigger than we Carl Chang as a drummer. They best punk rock group, the band actually were and all the sudden have also added another guitarhas also been featured on MTV ist, Aaron Welch. we grew a fan base off that,” Japan and toured with groups “We saw five member bands Marsullo said. like Gutter Mouth. that sounded great together so The band began practicing in The group, originally known we wanted another guitarist,” Marsullo’s parents’ garage and as ADD, was started in 1999, Thompson said. in 2004 they finally received a when Thompson overheard As for drummers, that is what record deal. bassist Casey Marsullo and the group’s one weak point has The band enjoyed freedom on guitarist Ross Standley speaking been, Marsullo said. the road as they headed out for By Miriam Arghandiwal arghandiwal@statehornet.com
“Our first few drummers weren’t into punk rock, so we had a drummers that were like, ‘OK, we’ll play for you,’ but really weren’t into the kind of music we were into and after a
while (they) kind of wanted to move on,” he said. Chang is one of the best things to have happened to the group, Marsullo said - the drummer grew up on the same music the
rest of the band has and fits in. Besides the adversity of switching drummers, Thompson said the band really has not See ADD| page B2
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Another Damn Disappointment won the Sammie award for best punk rock band last weekend. The band has been together for 11 years and performed at Warped Tour.
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Pro-life and pro-choice students step up and take action Students for life participate in Pro-choice students rally against 40 Days for Life to spread message Fiorina to keep abortion legal side the center. The club goes to the clinic every Wednesday for the duration of the 40 Days for Life. There are Students for Life clubs on many campuses across the nation. Redmond said she keeps in touch with other clubs in California. The clubs in California meet for a conference every spring. Participants of 40 Days for Life do not fast in regard to not eating or drinking, but instead choose to give something up for the duration of the event. Hagus-Tabarez said she gave up computers for 40 days. Redmond said participating in the event is rewarding because she feels she is helping the community and making a personal difference. She said the club is there to give a helping hand to women who are considering abortions or have had one in the past. The club gives support by giving out their phone numbers and being available to talk to people about the issue. On Oct. 3, Life Chain prayer filled protests were held across the nation, coinciding with the 40 Days for Life. Hagus-Tabarez helped organize the Life Chain protest on Arden Way in front of the mall. About 20 peaceful protesters held up signs on both sides of the sidewalk throughout the afternoon with phrases such as “pray to end abortion” and “abortion hurts women.” Some pro-life groups use graphic pictures to send a message. Participants in the Life Chain event in front of the Arden Fair Mall did not because it distances some people, Hagus-Tabarez said. Daniel Ward State Hornet Paul Merriam, a Sac State Top: Paul Merriam, Sac State alumnus, stands in front of alumnus, protested at the Life the Univision Television station on Arden Way with the Chain event on Arden Way. 40 Days for Life program on Oct. 3. Protestors displayed He said communication about their effort to abolish abortion. Bottom: Protesters had when and where Life Chain various signs to pick from, some displaying a simple events are held has not been message while others where more direct. that good, but it has improved because of e-mail. By Tzahuiztil Sanchez tion Center on F Street from 7 The Students for Life meet tsanchez@statehornet.com a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday Friday. She said that protesters in Tahoe Hall, Room 1025. An international event, 40 do not antagonize people enterToday, the club will have a preDays for Life, urges pro-life ing the clinic, but instead work sentation called the “Best Sex supporters to join together and to educate them about alternaEver” in the American River spread their message. Through tives. Courtyard dorms. It will focus Oct. 31, people around the world Meghan Redmond, senior on the science and bonding will participate in the event. nutrition major and president in sex, Redmond said. At 5:30 Participants use prayer and of the Students for Life club, p.m. on Oct. 27, the club will fasting, constant vigil and comsaid she regularly goes to the hold an event titled “Contramunity outreach in order to Pregnancy Consultation Center ception Deception” in their spread their message about abor- to talk to women about alternameeting room. tion. All students are Since welcome. 2007, Redmond there “We just want people to talk about (abortions) and welcomes anyone have been learn for themselves what it’s really about,” to check out their six 40 - Meghan Redmond, president of Students for Life events and club Days for meetings. Life events. “We really want to Protestspur discussion on abortions. ers aim to have constant vigil tives to abortion. The club has We don’t want to force everyoutside of places where abortions seven dedicated members and one to believe that abortion take place. Peggy Hagus-Tabarez, supporters throughout the cama Sacramento resident who is pus, Redmond said. She said that is wrong, we just want people to talk about it and learn for participating in 40 Days for Life, different church groups sign up themselves what it’s really said that locals are protesting in for shifts on certain days of the about,” Redmond said. front of the Pregnancy Consulta- week to peacefully protest out-
ADD: 11 years later, band still thrives Continued | page B1 had any other hardships they have gone through. Thompson said the group has managed to stay together throughout so many years because all of his band members are easy to get along with and are good friends. The band is still friends with their ex-members as well, he said. “We pretty much do whatever we want, there is no one in the band who wants to bully anyone else around,” Thompson said. “When it comes to writing songs, if someone has an idea, it doesn’t matter if you don’t agree with it, you still have to at least try it out a couple times.” Some groups have big egos; Another Damn Disappointment does not have that problem said Thompson. “Lots of bands take themselves
too seriously and then that’s when it doesn’t work out for them,” Thompson said. Chang said the band has succeeded in staying together all these years because they have stuck to the true nature of what it started out to be and that is wanting to play punk rock and have fun. “I love to play. (Now) if I get to play, I get to play it with some of the best people I’ve ever played with in my life,” Chang said. The bands’ touring days have slowed down, they have settled and found side jobs. The band is working to release their fourth album and has winded down from touring for a few months to a few weeks. Chang said their music life will not end anytime soon. “This band is for life, there is no easy way of getting out of it,” he said.
By Miriam Arghandiwal arghandiwal@statehornet.com Pro-choice groups, Feminist Majority and pro-choice students for reelection of Senator Barbara rallied outside of the Sacramento Convention Center on Friday, against Boxer’s opponent Carly Fiorina. “We’re here trying to get the message out that Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Carly Fiorina and Fiorina’s stance on abortion rights, immigrants’ rights, environmental issues as well as equality and marriage are too extreme for California,” said Laura Coker, graduate liberal arts student and co-president of the Women’s Studies Student Association. Coker said she supports Boxer because she has consistently supported pro-choice and has attempted to fund safe access for women to clinics that offer services such as abortions and cancer screenings. Emily Leon, organizer for Pro-Choice Students for Barbara Boxer, said California has consistently voted pro-choice throughout the years. Boxer has also voted pro-choice while both Fiorina and gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman have said they would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions. “We’re out here to make it clear that, that’s not what the people of California want,” Leon said. Coker said the pro-choice position should be important to everyone because it is a personal choice of an individual. No one has the right to tell someone whether or not they should do Robert Linggi State Hornet something in their personal life, Top: Two protesters outside the Sacramento Convenshe said. tion Center show their distaste for the abortion policies Leon said that being proof Former Alaska governor Sarah Plain and U.S. Senate choice is essential because contender Carly Fiorina on Oct. 15. despite one’s personal choices, Bottom: Protestors hold signs to rally against Fiorina. every person walks a different path. “You’re terminating a pregthe 100-foot no-campaigning “I have no idea what someone nancy, but as a woman you need zone around polling locations else is living with and we can’t to do what is best for your future with signs that will oppose take away a right to make a family and for yourself because Fiorina. personal decision for a woman you’re the one who’s going to be Kenke said immediate conseso it’s really important that pro taking care of that child when quences of overturning Roe v. choice stays legal because people they’re born,” she said. Wade would be women trying need safe access to abortion,” Kenke said a pro-choice sena- to figure out how to terminate she said. tor will protect the clinics that pregnancies illegally, which is Maryanne Kenke, Sacramento are currently open and hopewhat occurred before the SuState alumna and founder of fully support and promote more preme Court made its ruling. Sac State’s Feminist Majority access for reproductive health “It was referred to as backLeadership Alliance, which was services including birth control, alley abortions, and is absolutely formed in 1998, said abortion not just abortion. harmful to women,” she said. is a very difficult decision, and Leon said with women facilities like need to Planned Parenthave the hood, women “The state needs to keep their laws off my body,” right to are able to know - Maryanne Kenke, founder of Sac State make that what they are Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance decision doing when they and be get abortions, ready to raise because the clinics a child if they so choose. Coker said efforts will congo over all options available to “The state needs to keep their tinue throughout Election Day. them and then let them decide. laws off my body,” she said. “We’ll be tabling every day on Leon said what she hoped campus in the Library Quad to people would understand is that make announcements and find no pro-choice supporter is a more support,” she said. monster and no one is excited to Coker said the group plans to have an abortion, she said. have protesters stand beyond
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Running back Brian Hilliard is proving he knows what a comeback is. Hilliard was Sacramento State’s secondary running back behind University of Washington transfer Curtis Shaw at the start of this season. But after Shaw suffered a concussion in week two against Weber State University, Hilliard was thrust back into the role he held two seasons ago before undergoing surgery on both shoulders in 2009. Hilliard’s last season was in 2008 when he rushed for 1,082 yards. Even those numbers would pale in comparison to what he is setting himself up for in 2010. Hilliard has now rushed for more than 100 yards in five consecutive games. He has three multi-touchdown games, and is fifth all-time in school history for most 100yard games with 13. Hilliard’s 722 rushing yards is only 12 yards behind Big Sky Conference leader Taiwan Jones of Eastern Washington University. Hilliard is averaging five yards per carry and has seven touchdowns for the season. “I just play within my role. I’m doing what it takes to win. If the records come, they come. But if they don’t, they don’t. At the end of the day, I just want to win and have fun with my teammates,” said Hilliard, who has seen highs and lows throughout his college career. He rushed for 823 yards and in 2007 earned Big Sky honorable mention honors as a true freshman at Sac State. In 2008, Hilliard was named second team all Big Sky and finished the season with 12 touchdowns, averaging 4.6 yards per carry in 10 games. But Hilliard missed the entire 2009 season after having off-season surgery on both shoulders. Hilliard was forced to watch from the sideline as the Hornets’ season went by. “I knew I had one (shoulder injury) but I didn’t know about the other one,” Hilliard said.
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“The other one came to me as a surprise, so I just had to sit out and be more of an inspirational teammate because I couldn’t do it on the field.” For the first time in a year, Hilliard was on the field backing up Shaw in week one at Stanford. Hilliard rushed for 30 yards against Stanford which is now ranked 12th in the AP Poll. After his week one performance, Hilliard broke the 100-yard mark in every game. “You come to expect it from him,” said head coach Marshall Sperbeck. “He’s been so consistent and done it for so long now, that’s just kind of what you get from Brian. It’s a nice thing to have.” When quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson suffered an ankle injury at Stanford, next see Football| page B5
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Top: Running back Bryan Hilliard runs past a Bobcats defender. Bottom: Hilliard looks to run upfield for a gain. Hilliard is the conference’s second-leading rusher.
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By Cassie Kolias ckolias@statehornet.com October baseball is one of the most exciting times of the year. Being a baseball nerd, it’s almost magical. Miracles happen. Most Valuable Players are made. Legends are born. Pretty cheesy, right? Well it’s true.
With postseason baseball in full swing, I felt it’d only be right to honor Bay Area baseball by recapping the top postseason moments of the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants.
Snow, who was running home on a two-run triple by Kenny Lofton, scooped up Darren Baker an pulled him out of the way before he was pummeled by David Bell - who was running home too.
6. JT Snow picking up Dusty Baker’s kid in the 2002 World Series First baseman for the San Francisco Giants in 2002, JT Snow made one amazing save during a game five of the World Series. It was during the eighth inning that manager Dusty Baker’s kid, who was three at the time, wandered onto the field and near home plate.
5. Marco Scutaro In 2006, when the Oakland A’s were going into the third game of the ALDS, they were already up two games in the series against the Minnesota Twins. You’d think they had this win in the bag, right? Well that’s pretty wrong. Going into the 2006 season, the A’s had lost the ALDS four years in a row, so the see Bay Area| page B6
By AJ Taylor ataylor@statehornet.com Sacramento’s own Morris League and non-profit organization Dream.Develop.Do. raised $6,000 for scholarships and league expansion at their home run derby fundraiser on
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A batter swings at the ball during the Morris League’s fundraising event.
Saturday. The event titled ‘A Night at the Ballpark’ featured a home run derby between some of the Morris Leaguers and was held just outside the Sacramento State campus in McAuliffe Field. Members of the Morris League had a fun competition on who could hit the most home runs. Sac State alumnus and founder of Dream.Develop.Do. Robert Graham has promised to use the money for scholarships and a possible Morris League expansion to the Bay Area. Both Dream.Develop.Do. and the Morris League have roots at Sac State. The Morris League was founded by Dominic and see Morris| page B5
Men’s golf breaks school records at invitational By Marshall Hampson sports@statehornet.com Junior Jake Johnson and the rest of the men’s golf team set school records and came away with a win at the Purple and Red Invitational on Oct. 12 at Valley View Golf Club in Layton, Utah. After being down by 10 strokes at the start of the final round, Sacramento State came back to beat out Washington State University by one stroke setting the team 54-hole school record with a score of 857. Johnson helped spark the
rally and shot a 65 and a 69 in the final two rounds to set the individual 54-hole school record with a 204. His threeround score of 70-65-69 beat the school record by five strokes. “It’s a cool thing to have a piece of Sac State history that might stand up for a while. This was kind of a relief for me,” Johnson said. “During the summer, I put myself in contention about 4-5 times and never came out with a win. So being able to pull it off and play well in the third round was an awesome experience.”
Johnson is the first Hornet to win a tournament since Scott DeBorba in March of 2009. After ending the 19-monthlong drought, Johnson said one reason his win finally came was because Valley View Golf Club is built for his style of play. “There is just something about that course,” Johnson said. “Every hole on that course seems to be set up really well for me and I feel really comfortable because I played really well at that course last year.” Johnson said after he birdied see Golf| page B5
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Jake Johnson led the men’s golf team to a school record, while breaking an individual school record.
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Struggling women’s golf team optimistic for spring season By Matt Harrington mharrington@statehornet.com The Sacramento State women’s golf team is on a muchneeded month long break as they prepare for the Cal Poly Lamkin Grip Invitational Nov. 1 in Arroyo Grande.
Junior Julie Shutler said the break has helped the team by allowing them time to fix the mechanical problems they might not otherwise get to iron out if they were competing. “The season has been tough so far because we hit a rough patch in the beginning. We had
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Top: Julie Shutler watches her ball go down the fairway. Shutler earned All-Conference honors last season. Right: Shutler prepares for her drive on a hole. Shutler set a school record last year for the lowest singleseason average. She maintained an average of 76.31 strokes throughout 26 rounds. The team looks to rebound after a rough start.
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three tournaments in a row, without any practice time in between,” Shutler said. “Personally, I wasn’t hitting the ball very well and it kept getting worse with each tournament. With a month off from tournament play, we have had time get our games back and I feel we will come back stronger after the rough start that we had.” The Hornets on Sept. 20 went into Pullman, Wash., for the Cougar Cup. Out of 12 teams entered, Sac State finished in 10th place with a score of 961 in three days of play. Finally, in the Golfweek Conference Challenge Sept. 26 in Vail, Colo., the Hornets finished 17th out of 18 teams in the tournament. Sac State posted a score of 963 for the three-day tournament. Head coach David Sutherland said spectators should not get caught up in the early results as there is a bigger prize at the end of the season. “Golf is a sport where it is very different than most other sports on campus. For the reason that a person can’t really overreact to the highs and the lows of the sport,” Sutherland said. “I still feel like we have a very competitive team. I feel we are one of the teams to beat when it comes time for the conference championship in the spring.” Sutherland said the team will need to rely on returning golf-
ers to lead them into conference play. “We lost two really reliable seniors from last year’s team. It is almost impossible to replace them skill-wise,” Sutherland said. “But we do have three women on our team that have been all-conference players and a sophomore who was possibly one of the top three or four freshmen golfers in the conference last year.” Sutherland said the two players to watch in the 2010-11 season are senior Samantha Saffold and junior Julie Shutler. Both have earned all-conference honors during their time at Sac State. As this year’s team captain, Saffold said the team needs to grow with each tournament going into the conference championship at the end of the season. “We need to develop more as the season goes on. We haven’t started out well,” Saffold said. “But I do feel we are progressing as a team. And we really want to win conference and if we start to do well, that will help our confidence and allow us to play much better.” Saffold said junior Julie Shutler is a player on the team with the potential to make a big impact for the team late in the season. “Julie definitely has the ability to stand out. She had the lowest scoring average out of everyone
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Junior Julie Shutler follows her ball after driving it down the hole during a tournament. on the team,” Saffold said. “She has a great personality, firm in her decision-making process and I feel that she will make a great team captain come next season.” Shutler was the lone Hornet to earn All-Conference honors for the 2009-10 season. She also set a school record for the lowest single-season scoring average with 76.31 strokes in 26 rounds of golf. Shutler said with the golf team’s history and with potential prospects to come, other schools should look to them to be moving into the elite ranks. “In the past few years, we have really done some great things on the golf course, she
said. “I feel we are going to be a team to watch for the rest of this season and into the future. Saffold said the team’s track record in tournaments will speak for itself as they are in contention when it counts. “We have proven that we are a great team time and again. Last year we were two strokes back from winning the whole thing,” she said. “We may not be leading the tournament the first day or even the second day, but we have proven that we can contend in the last round. So every team should be wary of us because we are bound to win the championship at some point, I just hope it is this year.”
Ranked duo finds way into Mountain Lions raise funds main draw at championship for the Discovery Museum By Alyssa Huskinson ahuskinson@statehornet.com On Oct. 7 No. 43-ranked Tatsiana Kapshai and Rebeca Delgado became the first doubles team to advance to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association/ Riviera Women’s All-American Championship main draw in Sacramento State history. Four women and two men from Sac State were selected by their coaches to play against some of the top Division I players ranked by the ITA. Of those top players representing Sac State were Kapshai, Delgado, Clarisse Baca and Maria Meliuk. Senior Kiryl Harbatsiuk and junior Jason Smith represented for the men’s team. During the All-American Tennis Championships held on Oct. 2-10, both the men
20th, from Marshall University in round two. With these wins the women advanced to the main draw. Round one of the main draw was a match against 32ndranked University of Wyoming, which Kapshai and Delgado lost to senior Kim van Ginkel and sophomore Simona Synkova. “They played great,” said head coach Dima Hrynashka. “They lost in the first round of the main draw, but they produced results.” Kapshai defeated senior Anna Edelman of Binghamton University in round one of prequalifying singles. Although she had a successful round one, she later fell in round two to sixth-ranked senior Ecaterina Vasenina from the University of South Florida. “In round two, I played a re-
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Top: Tatsiana Kapshai forehands the ball across the court. Right: Rebeca Delgado looks to hit the ball during a game. Delgado and Kapshai became the first doubles team to advance to the ITA Championships. and women’s tennis teams were competing 1,469 miles apart. The women’s tennis team played at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, while the men’s team was competing at the University of Oklahoma. “It feels great that we made a record at the All-American Championship,” Kapshai said. “We just went on the court and played our best.” In round one of the qualifying round, the duo defeated 41st-ranked freshman Keri Frankenberger and sophomore Whitney Wolf from Louisiana State University. Then Delgado and Kapshai defeated junior Michaela Kissell and freshman Dominika Zaprazna, ranked
ally good girl from Florida. Our match ended up being really long,” Kapshai said. “It was a really tough match for me.” Round one for Delgado in pre-qualifying singles mirrored her teammate Kapshai. Delgado defeated junior Shinann Featherston of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Then in round two, she lost to UCLA freshman Courtney Dolehide. The second women’s double team, Baca and Meliuk, began in the pre-qualifying round. In round one, the women defeated sophomore Jaklin Alawi and junior Anais Dallara from Long Beach State. The women then defeated senior Khunpak Issara
and junior Ali Walters from Pepperdine University in round two. The third round managed to be a rough one for Baca and Meliuk, as they lost to junior McCall Jones and freshman Pamela Montez of UCLA. “We had this goal - to make it as far as possible,” Kapshai said. Last season, all four women’s players earned first team All-Big Sky Conference accolades and Kapshai received the league’s Most Valuable Player award. “I’ve seen so much improvement already,” Hrynashka said. “Especially with Regional coming up, we will try to play our best game.” Although, the women were making school history in California, the men were proving to succeed at the ITA/D’Novo Men’s All-American Tennis Championship. Harbatsiuk is a two-time Big Sky MVP and a three-time first team all-conference. He was joined by Smith, who in his first two seasons was named first team all-league. In round one of the singles qualifying round, 75th-ranked Harbatsiuk defeated junior Steven Williams from Ohio State University. Then in round two, he defeated sophomore Idan Mark from Tulane University. The first two rounds proved to be victorious for Harbatsiuk, but in round three, he fell to 6th-ranked Nick Meister from UCLA. “We played alright, we beat some good players,” Harbatsiuk said. “When you lose, you have to practice more.” In the doubles qualifying round Harbatsiuk and Smith defeated junior Zach Hunter and sophomore William Parker of UNC. Progressing to the second round, Harbatsiuk and Smith were defeated by junior Nicholas Andrews and senior Jonathan Dahan from California-Berkley. The women will conclude their fall season at the Regional Championships Thursday through Sunday at Stanford. If both the men and the women win at the Regional Championships, they will continue to the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championship at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Nov. 4-7 in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The women’s team has won nine consecutive conference championships and the men’s team has won nine Big Sky championships over the past 13 years. “We’re progressing,” Kapshai said. “Hopefully we will get to the finals at Regionals.”
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are able to tap into a network of the community that they wouldn’t have reached other wise. “Charities have a wide range of ways to connect with Sacramento for us,” Wagoner said. “Whether it’s e-mail, Facebook, Twitter or word of mouth from people associated with the organization, we reap the benefits.” The Mountain Lions were expecting the Discovery Museum to sell about 1,000 tickets and at $20 a ticket, that will net the museum a $10,000 profit.
& Space Center will feature exhibit space for current and traveling exhibits as well as a The Sacramento Mountain newly expanded and updated Lions continue to show their Planetarium and Challenger support for local organizations Learning Center. by teaming up with The DiscovMovies, laser shows, asery Museum in the fight to raise tronomy programs and a café money for their new science with outdoor seating will also and space center, The Powerbe a part of the museums new house Science & Space Center. headquarters. The Discovery Museum was As the Mountain Lions the Mountain Lions non-profit continue the effort of expandhonoree for last weekend’s game ing their popularity within the against the Las Vegas Locomocommunity, organizations like tives. At half-time the museum the Discovery Museum are received a eager to lend check for a helping $15,000 hand. from Intel “We are and $3,000 happy to from a welcome the portion of Mountain the games Lions to ticket Sacramento sales. and happy “We have to support been very them,” Callafortunate han said. “We to partner feel educawith great tion and Sacrarecreation mento go hand and organizahand, so the tions like our partnerIntel and ship works the Mounvery well. The Robert Linggi State Hornet tain Lions,” Mountain Intel presents the Powerhouse Science and Space Center said PowLions’ cheererhouse Sci- with a $15,000 check at the Sacramento Mountain Lions leaders have ence Center game on Oct. 15. The Mountain Lions also donated 50 perspent time at Director of cent of the ticket sales to the Powerhouse Science Center. the museum Development meeting fans Peter Willson. and signing The Discovery Museum will Each one of the Mountain autographs, which is something put the money raised towards Lion’s home games this season we really appreciate.” the construction of the centers will have a featured charity that The next Mountain Lions is given the opportunity to raise new location at the PG&E game will be against the Florida money for themselves by selling Power Station on the Sacramen- Tuskers on Thursday and will to River in Old Sacramento. tickets. host its next home game on The center includes a nature “The Mountain Lions do such Oct. 30 against the Hartford discovery center where people a good job promoting their Colonials, as the Mountain from all ages can learn and get a Lions look to improve its 1-3 games that we were actually hands-on, interactive experihaving a hard time findingz record for the season. ence with birds, mammals, people to go to the game that The charity program is more reptiles, amphibians, fish and didn’t already have tickets,” proof that the Mountain Lions invertebrates. Willson said. are trying to cement their stay The Discovery Science Center here in Sacramento. Keaton Raphael Memorial has nearly 30 founding partners was the featured charity for By making connections with that are helping them raise the the Mountain Lions first home businesses and organizations $50 million that is needed for game. they are both building great the project. Goodwill and Autism Speaks relationships and gaining some Among the 30 partners is will be the featured charities in much needed promotion. the remaining two home games. Hewlett Packard, who has “You can always spend a lot pledged to providing the Pow“We ask the community to of money in advertisements, erhouse Science & Space Center which we do,” Wagoner said. believe in what we do and since with it’s infrastructure and we haven’t existed very long, “But you just can’t beat word of Synergy, has pledged to provide mouth marketing. There is no we are really trying to sell air,” the center with a hydrogen fuel said Mountain Lions Director substitute for getting people to cell. of Business Management Joe talk about being excited about “We have been in Sacramento your product.” Wagoner. “So besides just being for 60 years and with 90,000 the right thing to do, there are For more information about visitors each year we have benefits to tying ourselves to the new Powerhouse Science finally outgrown our current something that the community Center project and how to help quarters,” said Beth Callahan, is familiar with.” sponsor the new building, go to By partnering with local the Museum’s development and www.thediscovery.org. organizations like the Discovery marketing director. Museum, the Mountain Lions The Powerhouse Science
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On Second Thought: Sports Sex Scandals Which sports sex scandals were our staff’s favorite? Was it the recent Brett Favre incident?
By Brad Schmidt bschmidt@statehornet.com The ancient Norwegian Vikings used their “longships” for exploration of the waters surrounding Northern Europe. The Minnesota Vikings allegedly used their charter boats for lavish sex parties.
My, how Vikings have evolved. On Oct. 6, 2005, an alleged sex party occurred on Lake Minnetonka involving 17 of the teams’ key members. The boats’ cleaning crew reported finding used condoms, K-Y Jelly, Handi-Wipes and wrappers for sex toys after the two rented boats were returned. Previous to the Vikings’ loveboat adventure, they were struggling through a 1-3 start to the season. The best part is that the loveboat plan actually worked. The team followed the incident by winning seven of its next nine games. Just the idea it had something to do with their season’s turnaround makes it my favorite sports sex scandal of all time.
By Alyssa Huskinson ahuskinson@statehornet.com The NFL is prompting an investigation into the kinky affair of Jenn Sterger, a sports reporter who was employed by the New York Jets, and former Jets quarterback Brett Favre. Now in the midst of a heated
sex scandal, Favre is not dominating the headlines because of his play. Allegations posted by Deadspin.com showed they received photographic proof Favre had sent X-rated pictures and racy audio messages to Sterger. Not only will Favre damage his image and lose endorsements like every other person who has ever been involved in a sex scandal, but his marriage will most likely suffer the same fate. Favre just threw his 501st touchdown pass against the Jets this season and all everyone wants to discuss is the sex scandal. Favre is not only throwing passes on the field, but off the field as well.
By AJ Taylor ataylor@statehornet.com In the summer of 2003, Kobe Bryant was put on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting and raping 19-year-old Katelyn Faber. Not a whole lot was ever made out of the case. Bryant denied the claims of sexual assault and
rape. After Kobe took a voluntary lie detector test and submitted what is called a rape test kit, the Eagle County Sheriff ’s office decided to issue an arrest warrant for Bryant. Bryant immediately turned himself in and was likewise released on $25,000 bail. Bryant was formally charged with sexual assault, the penalty for which ranged from simple probation to life in prison. What a ridiculous range of punishments. The case was eventually dropped after Bryant made a public apology, proving once and for all that the superstars in the NBA are allowed to get away with way more fouls than everyone else.
Football: Fourth quarter star on a roll Morris: Sac State alumnus founder of local non-profit Continued | page B3
Continued | page B3 Donte Morris, after they failed to make the baseball team at the school. Graham founded Dream.Develop.Do. in October 2009 and is the president of the non-profit organization. Since Dream.Develop.Do’s inception one year ago, Graham has given out many scholarships including two $1,000 scholarships for under-served youth. Since Morris League’s debut season in 2007, the student-run league for players of any type within the ages 18 and 25 has expanded from two teams to 10 - including one branch located in Davis. “Last year we had a branch out in Davis and we’re looking to go to the Bay Area, then try to go down to Southern California as well.” Donte Morris said. The event, which cost $7, invited all to come to participate in the Morris League’s Fall season “All-Star Break.” A dunk-tank, raffles and vendors were the night’s supporting attractions. “We put on a fundraiser last spring to raise money for educational scholarships for traditionally underrepre-
sented or under-served youth,” Graham said. “Morris League came to our fundraiser and they liked what we did and they approached us and they said ‘We’d like to get together and do a fundraiser.’ So here we are today it’s actually been two and a half to three months in the making for this it turned out pretty well.” The fundraiser earned $6,000, but hoped to make about $4,000 more throughout that night. Graham said he feels that both sides are doing their part helping the community. In the same way that Graham has worked to do his part for the Sacramento community, the Morris League has established a baseball league that is constantly bringing in new recruits. “You don’t have to be a Sac State student. If you want to play ball and somebody tells you that you can’t play ball, this is where you can always come and play,” said Oliver Boykin, league commissioner. “It’s real competitive and we’re always looking for new players and always looking to have fun.” For more information visit DreamDevelopDo.org and MorrisLeague.com
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Members of the Morris League and Dream.Develop.Do pose for a group photograph after the fundraiser.
in line was Jeff Fleming - who was so new to the school and team, he had not even finished moving into his dorm room at Sac State yet. “Having a great running game really balances your passing attack. Having a guy that they have to specifically make a game plan for and is that big of a threat - really helps to open up the passing game,” Fleming said. “If you throw him a little play-action, they really have to bite to the run because they’ve got to honor his capabilities as a running back.” Hilliard has a reputation of being one of the strongest runners in the Big Sky. Even after all the opposition’s preparation, Sperbeck said Hilliard still manages to be a game-changer every time he steps on the field.
“He’s a big strong runner that you don’t bring down with one tackle. It usually takes two or three guys to bring him down,” Sperbeck said. “I think one thing he’s done a good job of is being stronger as the game goes on. You see him really get stronger in the fourth quarter and he’s really done a good job the more he’s gotten the ball.” Hilliard rushed for 89 yards and 65 yards in the fourth quarter against Montana State University and Western Oregon University, respectively. Those quarters in each game were close. Against Montana State, Sac State led 45-44 entering the fourth quarter, another rushing touchdown added to Hilliard’s total and a successful two point conversion made the game 53-47. Dreams of All-American
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Running back Bryan Hilliard breaks away from the Montana State University defender. honors, or MVP awards might creep into one’s head, but Hilliard does not have much to say about any of that. “(My goals) are pretty much
open right now, just to continue to be successful,” Hilliard said. Coming from a man with few words, his stats can speak for themselves.
Golf: Team gets first win since March 2009 after escaping 10-stroke deficit Continued | page B3 the 11th hole, he felt he had the tournament locked up. “I started out with the lead at the start of the round and was even par through eight,” Johnson said. “I knew that I was giving a chance for everybody to get back in it and then I birdied the ninth, 10th and 11th hole to put me at 3-under. That’s when I knew that this was the week I could win it.” The men’s golf team has not won a tournament since 2009 at the Cal Poly Men’s Invitational. But with a second place finish by junior Grant Rappleye at the Purple and Red Invitational, the men were able to get a victory. “We all played well and we haven’t played well all year, so we were all wondering when it was all going to click,” Rappleye said. “That’s our main goal - just keep winning.”
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Grant Rappleye finishes a swing during a tournament. Rappleye finished second overall at the Purple and Red Invitational in Layton, Utah. Rappleye shot a 70-69-70209 to beat out third place Tyson McFarland of Utah State University. With a score of 209, Rappleye is now tied for second all-time in school history with the best 54-hole score.
His brother Cameron Rappleye finished tied for 31st with a three-round score of 220. Director of golf David Sutherland said having the five guys that were selected for this tournament play well, including Jake Pieno and Jordan Weir, made
the team a strong force. “I think we a have a really cohesive team,” Sutherland said. “I mean, after the first round, we were the last to leave the course. If you get two guys playing really well and two or three guys playing solid golf, you’re going to be really tough to beat.” Pineo finished the tournament with a score of 227, while Weir shot a 229. With solid play from a young team, Sutherland said he is looking forward to the team’s capability for the rest of the season. “The one thing you have to look at with the win at Utah was that there was not a senior on that team,” Sutherland said. The Hornets look to carry the momentum at the Bill Cullum Invitational in Simi Valley, Calif., on Oct. 25. “I expect this team is going to win the next two or three tournaments they play in,” Sutherland said.
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Bay Area: Playoff memories are being written this year Continued | page B3 A’s fans didn’t want to get too excited just yet. It’s the bottom of the seventh inning, the A’s winning by 5-2 with the bases loaded, and in comes Marco Scutaro. With the fans chanting, Scutaro blasts a shot to the right field corner, clearing the bases to give the A’s an 8-2 lead.
that has accomplished this feat is the New York Yankees. The A’s took home the win in game five against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were only in the lead by one run, and the Dodgers were trying to pull off an eighth inning rally. Bill Bucker of the Dodgers hit a line drive, and the ball was misplayed in the field, advancing Buckner
grounder through his legs in the ninth, bringing the Giants on top. And finally in Game four Cody Ross hit a solo home run and batted in the second run of the night. The Giants will take on the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS on Saturday. 1. The 1989 World Series Obviously the 1989 World Series is as good as it gets. Battle of the Bay. And that battle was epic. It’s like one of those series that may only ever happen once in a lifetime. The A’s had won the first two of the series. Game one was a shutout, and game two wasn’t much different. By game three it was time to take it to the city.
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Cody Ross of the San Francisco Giants celebrates Saturday with his second home run during the fifth inning in game one of the National League Championship Series in Philadelphia.
But just minutes before the first pitch, the infamous 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake hit. Ten days after the earthquake hit, play resumed. And the break wasn’t beneficial to the Giants. The A’s
4. 1989 NLCS This was a big win for the Giants, and it would be the first time that the Giants won the National League Pennant since 1962. The Chicago Cubs took the first two out of the series, and the Giants took the second two. The series was spilt going into game five. Will Clark wasn’t going to let the Cubs have a victory. He nailed the final two runs batted in and when he crushed a single up the middle of the diamond, he secured himself the NLCS MVP award. 3. 1974 World Series The A’s made history in this series. Oakland clinched their third consecutive World Series title. The only one other team
to second base. However, his greed got the best of him and he attempted to stretch the hit into a triple. Reggie Jackson fired the ball to second baseman Dick Green, who threw Buckner out at third. And the A’s took the title.
then pounded on the Giants in
2. The 2010 NLDS Sunday night, the Giants beat out the Atlanta Braves in four games to solidify their trip to the NLCS. Each game of the series was intense, and played extremely well. In game one, ace pitcher Tim Lincecum struck out a franchise postseason high of 14 batters, and held the Braves to a two-hit shutout. In Game three, Braves’ infielder Brooks Conrad allowed Freddy Sanchez to score after he let a
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the next two games. The Giants put up sufficient runs, but it wasn’t enough. The A’s went on to sweep the Giants in four. It’s pretty easy to see that down some exciting postseason moments that lefts its fans with dropped jaws. This October has already seen the Giants have more success than they have had in the past eight years. Keep watching, I have a feeling this postseason will be one that the Bay Area wouldn’t mind remembering.
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