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SDSU TALKS TED San Diego State X-Team captain Lambert Ninteman spoke about entrepreneurship at TedxAmericasFinestCity. MEGAN WOOD, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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A San Diego State student was a speaker at this year’s TEDx event hosted on Oct. 11 at the on-campus Don Powell Theater. The theme of the event was “Transformation Through Us,” which focused around an array of individuals who are responsible for some type of change occurring either in San Diego or globally. “TEDxAmericasFinestCity focuses exclusively on encouraging local involvement of San Diego-based innovation and progress,” read the event brochure. “The mission has always been to find compelling local speakers to create a platform for the community to express their ideas globally.” Business administration graduate student Lambert Ninteman was one of nine speakers, all with different stories and ideas to share with the audience. Ninteman spoke at the event about his experience as team captain of the SDSU X-Team, which consists of students and faculty from six out of the seven colleges on campus. Ninteman’s speech focused on the idea of achieving goals that are seemingly impossible to begin with. “I like that weaving of sort of team and social goals at an impossible level, and within that finding these nests of opportunity the individual members to achieve something seemingly impossible
in their own lives,” Ninteman said. “We challenge ourselves to become the best versions of ourselves. And that’s one of the most tremendous and powerful parts of this whole process.” The SDSU X-Team recently competed in the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, a bio-sensing technology challenge. Out of 312 teams that originally entered the competition, the SDSU X-Team made it to the top 21 before being eliminated in August. Ninteman recognizes the tremendous
the top ten. “Even though we didn’t make it to the top ten we are the only one — to my knowledge — of 302 teams that actually joined with a top ten team,” Ninteman said. “So the status of the X-PRIZE now is we are part of team SCANurse. So we are out but we are in, and we are going to go all the way through to the end.” The SCANurse team is building a device to measure vital signs and certain diseases, such as anemia and Hepatitis A.
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WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO BECOME THE BEST VERSIONS OF OURSELVES.”
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amount of support his team has received from SDSU throughout the whole process of this competition. He said President Hirshman paid the initial $5,000 entry fee for the XPRIZE competition. “We have had support from the ground up,” Ninteman said. “It is amazing to see how Aztecs come together. In essence, we all have something to contribute. If we each don’t have much but all pull together, then we have a lot.” After the SDSU X-Team was dropped from the competition, the team decided to merge with a team who had made it to
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Other topics discussed at the TedxAmericasFinestCity included new classroom initiatives, facial expression sensing technology and innovation through the arts. “We are so isolated,” audience member Gayle Early said. “We all have our businesses and our art projects, so it is nice to be in a community where we can actually come out and be around other people who are doing and creating. Actually seeing and hearing that people here are building communities and sharing ideas, it is exciting.”
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OCT. 13 - 15, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: DAVID HERNANDEZ • NEWS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM
#FACULTYSALARIES
Faculty seek to settle contract on salaries CAMILLE LOZANO ASSIST. NEWS EDITOR JAMIE BALLARD STAFF WRITER ____________________________________ Nearly a dozen San Diego State faculty members gathered and marched to Manchester Hall last Wednesday, where they delivered letters to President Hirshman asking for his support and attention to the need for a fair contract and higher salaries. Some faculty members carried signs that read, “Follow me for a fair contract” as they marched from their tent near the bookstore toward the president’s office. The faculty contracts across the California State University campuses expired in June and current negotiations between the California Faculty Association and the CSU chancellor have failed to bring about a consensus. Charles Toombs, a CFA representative and faculty member at SDSU, said the two entities are close to coming to an agreement but the issue remains regarding salary differences. When SDSU faculty marched to Manchester Hall Wednesday, they asked Hirshman to contribute $750,000 of the more than $315 million budget the faculty said are SDSU’s funds for the 2014-15 fiscal year. The latest budget data available online is for the 2013-14 year. This contribution would provide an
Faculty members displayed the letter they gave President Elliot Hirshman asking for a fair contract. DAVID HERNANDEZ, NEWS EDITOR
additional one percent to the CSU’s three percent salary pool. “President Hirshman warmly received us, listened to our concerns with salary and workload, and expressed his understanding that these were important issues for us,” Toombs said. President Hirshman’s office chose not to comment on the meeting. Toombs said some of the prominent issues affecting not only SDSU but also the other universities in the CSU system are the trends of inversion, progression and misclassification. Inversion refers to newly hired faculty receiving higher salaries than current faculty with the same title, while the
term progression refers to the inability of faculty to advance past their current ranks and ultimately toward receiving larger salaries. Misclassification describes the circumstance during which faculty members are placed under the wrong classification, such as a lecturer being classified as a professor. Toombs said that there has been a general decline in state support for higher education. “It impacts our ability to educate,” he said. “Our workload has increased as class sizes and committee work increase. As student enrollment gets bigger, there are fewer opportunities for one-on-one instruction.”
Pam Fox, a lecturer within the Department of Religious Studies at SDSU, said she has to borrow her boyfriend’s car to drive to work and live with her mother because she can barely afford to live and work in San Diego with her salary. “It’s been very demoralizing,” Fox said. “It’s hard to find the energy to come to class in this climate of not having a raise in 10 years. Our pay is not at the standard, or the cost of living, especially not in California. As a lecturer, we have no rights, no guarantees, and certainly no retirement.” Fox said she doesn’t want to quit or change because she believes in public education and loves teaching and helping students achieve their goals. Kim Archuletta, a lecturer for SDSU’s School of Social Work, said the lack of salary raises has affected her family. “My son had cancer, and needed expensive medical treatment,” she said. “It was difficult to afford the treatment since I haven’t had a raise since 2007.” Toombs and Archuletta both said this issue also affects students. “It’s a trickle-down effect,” Archuletta said. “There are bigger classes and fewer sections. It’s difficult to give written assignments, for example.” Toombs said that because this is affecting faculty, it also affects students. He said although the contract will not fix all the issues of the CSUs, once signed, it will be a step in the right direction.
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OCT. 13 - 15, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: DAVID HERNANDEZ • NEWS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM
#FRAUD
SDSU hosts talk on Internet scams J.D. HODGES STAFF WRITER _____________________________________ San Diego State’s Information Security Officer gave a presentation on avoiding fraud and identity theft last Thursday at the Student Life and Leadership office in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union. Felecia Vlahos first stressed that there is a difference between fraud and identity. Fraud is the act of deception for financial or personal gain, such as when an individual uses someone else’s credit card or forges checks. Identity theft is defined as the act of obtaining someone’s identification data for personal or economic gain, such as when an individual applies for a new credit card in someone else’s name or establishes a new address in another person’s name. Vlahos said being a victim of fraud and identity theft can be avoided by taking basic precautions, and described three mistakes she sees people make consistently. “People reuse their passwords, click on anything online and always put up a picture on some social media network showing where they are when they go out,” Vlahos said. Vlahos recommends passwords be more than 10 characters long, have upper and lower case letters, and include numbers and special characters. She said she realizes it is hard to keep track
Information Security Officer Felicia Vlahos explained the difference between identity theft and fraud. KRISTIAN CARREON, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
of passwords and encourages people to write down their usernames and passwords, but to be sure that they kept it in a safe place. Seeing ads or links that show up on websites can be tempting to click on, but Vlahos recommended thinking twice. Often those ads are links to malicious websites that Vlahos said can infect your computer. The practice of sharing a location on social networks is a common practice, but Vlahos cautioned against this. “When you put up that you are somewhere else other than your home, it
can be an invitation to potential thieves to go to your home and take what they want,” Vlahos said. She also recommended using anti-virus software on your computer. Students in campus housing can download free antivirus software from RezCon, computer support specialists for students in dorms. Those living off campus should check with their Internet service providers to receive free anti-virus software. Freshman Linda Dawood attended the presentation, which impressed upon her the importance of being aware online. She said she plans on implementing several
things she learned at the presentation. “My dad’s credit card was compromised once, and I don’t want that to happen to me,” Dawood said. Vlahos said she doesn’t want people to feel unsafe because of the threat of fraud or identity theft, but to be aware and safe. “Be empowered,” Vlahos said. “Don’t feel like you can’t do things online, but enjoy yourself and be safe. Just be aware and wise. Just like all the other crimes we see on the news and we are warned to be aware of our surroundings, we need to be aware of what is going on around us online.”
#AUTHORSERIES
Author shares life-inspired stories at SDSU LAUREN SPINELLI CONTRIBUTOR _____________________________________ San Diego State hosted author Toni Jensen last Wednesday, Oct. 8 at the Love Library as part of the Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series. At the event, made possible by the Laurie Okuma Memorial Reading, Jensen read her award-winning story “At the Powwow Hotel,” which is completely written in prose, repeated phrases and sentence fragments. Jensen said the idea to write the story in sentence fragments came from a college professor who was known for assigning strange projects to his classes.
Jensen said “At the Powwow Hotel” was written in an afternoon at a coffee shop in Lubbock, Texas. She had the ideas for a story in her head for months, but it was written that day. The story was “a gift that came fully formed,” she said The plot behind “At the Powwow Hotel” derived from a true story Jensen heard from an old boyfriend. He lived in west Texas and went to an old hotel with his friends all the time and some of his friends were arrested one night for trespassing. “At the Powwow Hotel” is part of Jensen’s “From the Hilltop,” a collection of linked stories published through the University of Nebraska Press. Jensen tells stories that reference American Indian oral traditions
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and her own Métis upbringing, according to the University of Arkansas website. Jensen’s stories seem to be revolved around one town or place. The author attributes this to growing up in a small town in Iowa and not really moving around until she was an adult. “I’m interested in how places shift around over time,” Jensen said. “The first question I ask is, ‘Where are you from?’” Jensen said her work was influenced by author Louise Erdrich, who writes novels, poetry, and children’s books featuring Native American characters and settings, according to the Poetry Foundation. Jensen has often been compared to Erdrich in her career. Jensen describes her writing style
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as “formally experimental” to explain the types of stories found in “From the Hilltop.” “Different stories call for different forms,” Jensen said. The author is working on new projects, including a novel, “The Space Coast,” based around the 2008 recession and set in central Florida. The novel specifically focuses on military soldiers coming home to changing times and NASA shutting down, resulting in a loss of jobs and foreclosures, Jensen said. She is also working on a novel called “Heart of Lubbock,” which is a Texasbased story about the socio-economical depression in the area and the problems with the drought conditions.
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4 OPINION
OCT. 13 - 15, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: ELPIN KESHISHZADEH • OPINION@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM
Who’sWho?
#FEMINISM
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Feminism: a man’s game Recent events in history have reshaped the stigmatic meaning of feminism from a women’s issue to a gender equality movement. EMMILLY NGUYEN STAFF COLUMNIST ____________________________________
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evin T. Robinson X, also known as “Egypt,” the world renowned poet, lectured at San Diego State on Sept. 17 about masculinity and the friend zone. He spoke of his life, the nature of relationships, what it means to be masculine and of how to get out and avoid the friend zone. “What invalidates or validates a man’s masculinity?” Egypt said in his novel. “If he cries, is depressed, loses his job or is confused about his future, does that injure his masculinity? What if he likes men, does that decrease his masculinity? What if he’s abusive to women or womanizes, will that increase his masculinity?” We often talk about women and feminism. We talk about what it means to be a woman and the plight women face to get what they want out of society. We neglect to talk about what it means to be a man and how men are vital to the plight toward gender equality, especially in regard to everyday relations on campus. In recent news, Emma Watson, the “Harry Potter” star and Ivy League graduate, addressed the United Nations with a speech about equal rights. She spoke of feminism being something of importance to both men and women. She proclaimed equality, primarily in the hands of men, would be granted to society as a whole once society broke the gender molds. Men are allowed to feel and be
emotional just as women are, and women are allowed to be strong just as men are. Throughout recent universityrelated events, it has become clear SDSU falls short when it comes to gender equality. For instance, the recent sexual assault cases at SDSU demonstrate how much still needs to be done. Students have voiced their concerns at rallies. A sign at the Sept. 20 protest really resonated with the masses — it read: “It is men’s responsibility to make spaces safe for women.” The male students at SDSU need to step it up. Many don’t believe it’s their responsibility to make our school a safe place for the female population. Although they claim female students (and women in general) deserve to feel and be safe, they don’t think it’s their
Sometimes, men believe giving women equality, like equal pay, takes away from what they’ve worked so hard to earn. This contradiction is exemplified by a situation some might recognize. A male student dates multiple girls, but is praised by his friend for being a ladies man. But a girl who dates an equal amount doesn’t receive the same admiration from her peers. She is ridiculed and shamed, and if something tragic were to happen to her, she brought it upon herself. Either men should be subjected to the same rules, or society should make an effort to reduce the burden of the double standard. It is the men who give women proper respect who should be considered masculine. They don’t infringe on the
WE NEGLECT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN AND HOW MEN ARE VITAL TO THE PLIGHT TOWARD GENDER EQUALITY, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO EVERYDAY RELATIONS ON CAMPUS. responsibility to make it a reality. Gender equality needs to be the effort of both sides. Equality isn’t a woman thing, it’s a human thing. Like Egypt said, what validates and invalidates masculinity? Does womanizing make a man manly? Does liking men make a man less masculine?
rights of others to feel more manly and they choose to coexist with female students. We like those guys. Be those guys. It’s masculine to believe in equality for all genders. It’s masculine to be respectful of women, no matter how they’re dressed or present themselves. It’s masculine to be a feminist.
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Obesity study blankets problem Tabi hoshmand Staff columnist ____________________________________
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n Oct. 2011, San Diego State was one of the three grant recipient sites for a research project studying childhood obesity in Imperial County. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded more than $6 million to focus on children and families with exercise and nutritional challenges. The Imperial County Public Health is a partner of this project and spends time focusing on children and their families in Imperial County cities. By honing in on clinics, schools, recreation centers, childcare centers and restaurants, the project can monitor the impact it has on the health of the children. With this increase in awareness of obesity, it’s time for a real step toward a better community. Unfortunately, obesity is intertwined with many other problems that must be addressed. Thomas McKenzie, professor of exercise and nutritional sciences and co-investigator of this project, explained that the weather conditions in Imperial County cause challenges. “There are very warm and windy conditions (in Imperial County) often with no indoor exercise space and no physical education teachers,” McKenzie
said. Are these unfortunate conditions a real excuse for the obesity problem? By blaming environmental conditions, we’re ignoring the fact that other counties deal with this problem as well and have found ways to work around them. Aside from weather conditions, demographic is a crucial component of this issue that has seemingly been overlooked. The Hispanic population of Imperial
income for households in this county is $39,402, in comparison to the $61,632 for California. With such high poverty rates, proper nutrition becomes hard to maintain. Healthy eating is expensive, so the easy way out is by making unhealthy choices. Adapting to a healthier lifestyle is much easier said than done and will require a lot more time and money than this project is offering. If the reason obesity is such a large scale epidemic is because of poverty
County in 2010 was 77 percent. When comparing the average income of this county in comparison to the state as a whole, it is no secret as to why obesity rates are as high as they are. “Childhood obesity among Latinos is reported as high as 50 percent in Imperial County, which adds many more risk factors for premature death,” Principal Investigator and professor of public health Guadalupe Ayala said. The harsh reality is the average
rates, then the change must stem from that level first. In order to permanently tackle obesity issues, there must be an alteration in helping decrease the poverty rates. With that, there comes the issues of side-stepping obesity and delaying the transition. Tackling obesity has many steps and this project is here to find a way to skip a few of them. Unfortunately, skipping steps is difficult — therefore, this project could be a complete failure. The project’s focus is on children and
because children learn eating habits at a young age, it’s important to start with them. Eating habits is a learned behavior that develops with children as they grow. However, they can’t work alone and that is why community involvement is important. But not everyone can be on board with a project that can be hard to implement when no financial assistance is being provided. You can’t fix a financial issue with the same allocation of funds. This research project has four main components; exercise, nutrition, sleep and decreased consumption of sugary beverages. The habits of 1,200 children, ages 2 to 11, will be monitored over a period of 18 months. The results will be analyzed for improvements. Even if the results throughout the 18 months prove to be an utter success, it doesn’t mean counties across the nation, especially those with financial barriers, can implement these actions toward its obesity problems. Though this project seems to be taking a step in the right direction, a whole nation’s problem can’t be fixed with one county. Approximately one year is left in this study and hopefully within that year, researchers will understand the difficulties in letting these children facilitate the same habits taught to them without the help of someone professional.
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Students paying for teacher’s safety net Daniela cOntreras Contributor ____________________________________
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rofessors are the rulers and the classrooms are the realm. Professors are incredibly influential people. They have the ability to encourage, discourage and enlighten. As employees, they also have a right to protect themselves from any unjust treatment. Tenure means professors can’t be fired without evidence of incompetence, unprofessional behavior, or the closure of an academic department due to budget cuts. I get it. Professors shouldn’t get fired for one or two bad reviews on RateMyProfessors. There should be enough evidence to prove a professor is clearly not serving his or her students justly, but what does this safety net mean for students’ learning? Professors should be just as accountable to students as they are to their higher ups. For the most part, students enrolled in any university should be mature enough to express their opinions about professors and their methodologies. As students, we should have a bigger say in the faculty we help pay for. We should have a right to have above-average professors after they’ve virtually secured their job. According to the National Education Association, it’s difficult to become a tenured professor. The probationary period lasts about seven years at fouryear colleges. During the probationary period, almost all colleges can choose
not to renew faculty contracts without a reason or cause. Senior professors and administrators evaluate the work of new faculty members, research and service before deciding to recommend tenure or not. Research and paperwork only goes so far. If serving students is the first priority, then it sure doesn’t seem like it. One would expect the opinion of students to play a larger role in this equation. A professor could be ideal on paper and fulfill all the administrative requirements for teaching a class, but it takes interpersonal skills, a high sense of awareness and even compassion to make an impression on students. It takes more than a good resume to help students become critical thinkers in society. I don’t pretend to know what being a professor entails, but as a student, I can distinguish professors who care from those who do it for the money. Teaching is a vocation, not an occupation one should fall back on. Teaching demands a high standard for evaluation that takes many factors into account — not only the amount of years a professor has worked or the amount of research he or she has done. Adjuncts, teachers not working on tenure, run a higher risk of being terminated. They must prove themselves as a valuable faculty member semester after semester. The fact that universities employ the tenure system as well as hiring adjuncts begs the question: If teachers must prove themselves after being hired, why bother hiring them at all? According to Naomi Schaefer Riley’s
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article in the Wall Street Journal, adjuncts are under more pressure than other professors to make a good impression on students, because they’re judged only by student evaluations, leading to grade inflation. Adjuncts usually don’t have offices or office hours and, in many cases, run from one campus to the next to make a living. Tenure brushes off the duty of teaching. It compromises the quality of education by preferring job security above the current needs of students and places unnecessary pressure on the newlyhired. The hiring of professors, especially in a university, is a serious matter. If someone’s hired, it should be because
of his or her qualifications. Then all professors should be subject to frequent evaluations, while keeping student opinions in mind. There are already many aspects of American universities that trivialize education itself. High tuition costs and profit-dripping athletic teams are only a couple of examples. Education is a growing creature requiring attention and action. Relying on faculty members who have proved themselves in the past doesn’t cut it anymore. Tenure is a system that perpetuates unnecessary competition within a faculty; competition that should be eliminated altogether.
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OCT. 13 - 15, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: KRISTIAN IBARRA • SPORTS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM
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Junior running back Chase Price ran for 141 yards on 17 carries in Friday’s win against the Lobos. JENNA MACKEY, PHOTO EDITOR
Pumphrey, Price propel Aztecs in win RYAN POSNER STAFF WRITER _____________________________________ The San Diego State Aztecs (3-3, 2-1 MW) defeated the University of New Mexico Lobos (2-4, 0-2 MW) 24-14 on Friday night in New Mexico. Sophomore running back Donnel Pumphrey ran for a career-high 246 yards with two touchdowns, aided by an offensive line that opened up huge holes against a lackluster defense. “I thought the offensive line played outstanding, and I thought D.J. (Pumphrey) and Chase Price ran the ball pretty well,” head coach Rocky Long said post-game to GoAztecs.com. One of Pumphrey’s touchdowns was a 93-yard scamper in the third quarter, which tied for the longest run in school history. “The offensive line gave him a huge hole, so he makes one guy miss near the line of scrimmage and outruns the rest of
them,” Long said. Long, however, was not ecstatic with the overall performance of his running backs, who fumbled the ball twice in opponent’s territory. “You can’t get ready to score touchdowns, then fumble the ball, and have a great day,” Long said. “If they wouldn’t have fumbled we would have played real good and won by four touchdowns.” It was that kind of night for the Aztecs; the offense committed four turnovers overall — four in six plays at one point. True freshman Nick Bawden garnered his second career start, but was replaced in the beginning of the third quarter by senior quarterback Quinn Kaehler, who had been nursing a shoulder injury. Bawden finished the game 4 of 13 with 63 passing yards and seven rushing yards. Quarterbacks did not play a huge role in this game, as there were just 41 passing attempts between both teams compared to 84 rushing attempts. Kaehler only
attempted three passes in the game for 10 yards, and threw an interception. SDSU’s defense answered the bell though, and held the eighth-best rushing offense in the nation to 177 yards in the night. Senior linebacker Josh Gavert intercepted his first pass of the season, marking the seventh straight game that the Aztecs have collected an interception. “I thought (the defense) played outstanding late in the game when we turned the ball over four times in six plays,” Long said. “I’m proud of the way they hung in there and rose to the occasion when things looked bad.” Make no mistake though — the MVP of the night was Pumphrey and the rest of the SDSU rushing attack. Junior running back Chase Price eclipsed 100 rushing yards for the first time in his career, rushing for 142 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries. “I feel like we controlled the line the whole game,” Pumphrey said. “The offensive line played well the whole
game.” SDSU ran for 397 yards overall against the Lobos which was the eighth most in school history, and the most since Nov. 2012. New Mexico also experienced a midgame change at quarterback and was forced to turn to redshirt freshman Lamar Jordan after starting quarterback junior Cole Gautsche exited the game with an injury. Jordan finished the game 8 of 18 with a touchdown and 52 yards on the ground. In front of a crowd of 19,497 people, the Aztecs were able to go on the road and pick up their second conference win, exactly a week after losing at Fresno. “I’d say this is a big win for our program, we’re back on the winning side now,” Pumphrey said. “ (We’re) just ready to prepare for Hawaii and get back home.” Next on the schedule is the University of Hawaii (2-4, 1-0 MWC). That game will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Qualcomm Stadium.
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OCT. 13 - 15, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: JENNA MACKEY • PHOTO@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM
Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center
Apollo’s Grove
at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center JENNA MACKEY
PHOTO EDITOR
On Oct. 9, San Diego State freshmen Jack DePuy and John Doyle, along with their band, Apollo’s Grove, played at Queen Bee’s in North Park. The band performed a few of its most popular songs in front of a packed venue. Apollo’s Grove music is an eclectic mix of original rock songs, such as the soulful “Charlie’s Window” as well as a few covers from popular bands. For more information about upcoming shows and new song releases, check them out on Facebook.
Steven Teixeira, lead guitar
Emily Hajj, keyboard
John Doyle, rhythm guitar and vocals
Sean Garcia, percussion
Jack DePuy, bass and lead vocals
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OCT. 13 - 15, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: KRISTIAN IBARRA • SPORTS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM
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Blame the NCAA, not the ‘zebras’ MIKE HERAL SENIOR STAFF COLUMNIST _____________________________________
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t’s that time of year again. That time when people of normally sound minds stand in their living rooms, dorms and bars to scream at television sets as if the broadcast image is capable of hearing them. Yep, it’s football season. We love football season. But we despise football officiating — really, really despise them. Most especially those Mountain West “zebras,” who were so bad that the conference uncharacteristically apologized to San Diego State for nine incorrect calls made against SDSU in just one game. Yeah, refs stink. But I didn’t come here to bury them. Instead, let’s look at this from a different angle. Is it possible that the problem of poor officiating is actually the way they are placed on the field, as well as the way rules are written? First, I myself am an official. I don’t referee football, but I do umpire baseball. That’s a potential conflict of interest, but the thing about officiating is the more you care about doing it right, the more you realize that making the right call is more important than wanting to be liked. In other words, there are times the fans, coaches and players are wrong, but there are also times when the officials deserve the blame. The first thing to understand is that officials have assigned mechanics. If you watch baseball, hockey or basketball officials, you’ll notice that they are almost always standing still. There’s a reason for that. When you’re still, your
The Mountain West Conference apologized to San Diego State for the nine officiating mistakes committed last week in Fresno. JENNA MACKEY, PHOTO EDITOR
eyes aren’t bouncing around. Still eyes make for clearer vision and, hopefully, that makes for better calls. There are football officials who stay stationary, too. We all notice the poor umpire getting hit by passes and players running up the middle, but that’s where he’s supposed to stand. It’s the ones who are rarely stationary causing the most controversies. Those three officials lining up in the defensive backfield are always moving because they can’t keep up with the players. Is it any wonder, then, that they miss all those pass interference calls that leave us choking on our popcorn? With pass interference becoming more of an issue every year, the NCAA — and the
NFL, too — must find a way to position those officials that minimizes their movements. At other times the rulebook creates problems unnecessarily. Baseball rules are relatively simple. A runner is safe unless he’s out and, believe or not, the strike zone is precisely defined. But football leaves too much up to an official’s discretion. The NCAA rulebook’s interpretation of a legal catch covers two pages, but still relies on the confusing “perform an act common to the game” part. It tries to define that, but something so bizarrely worded eludes definition. Interestingly, the rule book also covers the philosophical quandary known as
“moving laces.” Watch any telecast and you’re bound to hear the announcers exclaiming that the football’s laces were moving while the ball was being cradled by a receiver. They’ll say that proves the receiver didn’t catch it. However, the rulebook clearly states that a moving football doesn’t signify loss of control. Yet, that’ll also be what the referee defaults to in the final ruling, even though he or she should know better. Rules can be simplified, or just written with clear, concise wording. Either repositioning or adding more officials can reduce blurry eyes caused by officials making calls on the run. And the game can be made better as a result. The question is: Does the NCAA want to?
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Aztecs pick Wolf Pack apart in 5-1 win ANTHONY RECLUSADO STAFF WRITER _____________________________________ The San Diego State women’s soccer team continued its domination of the Mountain West Conference as its match against University of Nevada, Reno was never in question. SDSU went on to win 5-1 last Friday in Reno. This victory marked the Aztecs’ sixth straight win and improved their conference record to 5-0 on the season. SDSU (10-2-1, 5-0 MW) came into this matchup leading in almost every statistical category in the conference. This includes goals (26), assists (23), shots (237), points (75), shutouts (5) and corners (91). On the other side was Nevada (4-9-1, 1-4 MW), who was near the bottom in all these categories, which should not be surprising that the Aztecs were able to pounce on the Wolf Pack early and often. Senior midfielder Katie Perry opened up the scoring in the 16th minute as she launched a rocket that deflected off a Nevada player and easily found the back of the net. The Mission Viejo product was fed by fellow senior Haley Locker, who notched her third assist of the season. SDSU struck again in less than four minutes when junior defender Meggie Gulczynski took a free kick from 30 yards out that sophomore defender Jen Rupey was able to tip in from point blank to slip one past Nevada’s junior goalkeeper Devyn Bryar.
In what should have been a routine play between defender and goalkeeper, turned disastrous for Nevada. The defender attempted to kick the ball back to her keeper, however, Bryar went up to play the ball and left the net wide open and the ball trickled in for an own goal in the 29th minute. The Wolf Pack was able to redeem itself for an embarrassing miscue and netted its only goal of the match when freshman forward Angel Meriwether was able to find the back of the net in the 40th minute. It took 30 minutes into the second half for the Aztecs to add to their lead. Sophomore Morgan Darling took full advantage of the penalty kick she was awarded after being taken down in the box. Perry had her number called to take the kick and continued the perfect streak on penalty kicks for SDSU. The final goal of the game came just two minutes later as senior forward Kelsey Booth tapped the ball into the corner of the net, who was assisted by Locker, for her second of the game. Booth’s goal marked the sixth straight game she has found the back of the net. Nevada never threatened again and the Aztecs went on to finish the game comfortably. The five goals scored by SDSU, along with the four-goal differential, were the most for the Aztecs on the season. Be sure to check out TheDailyAztec.com for a recap of Sunday’s matchup between SDSU and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Senior midfielder Katie Perry scored two goals in San Diego State victory against Nevada. KRISTIAN CARREON, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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OCT. 13 - 15, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: KRISTIAN IBARRA • SPORTS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM
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Blunders thwart Aztec potential ETHAN BAILEY SENIOR STAFF COLUMNIST ____________________________________
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he San Diego State Aztecs football team went on the road and defeated Mountain West Conference rival University of New Mexico 24-14 last Friday, posting nearly 400 rushing yards thanks to running backs Donnel Pumphrey and Chase Price. Unfortunately, the Aztecs’ dominant rushing performance shouldn’t be the reason many people remember this game. Instead, they should remember the way the Aztec offense turned the ball over four times in six snaps in the second half before finishing the game in underwhelming fashion. No, that isn’t a typo — SDSU threw two interceptions and Price and Pumphrey each had a fumble in a span of just six plays. Perhaps the most ironic part is the interceptions weren’t thrown by freshman starting quarterback Nick Bawden. Instead, SDSU’s first interception was thrown by redshirt freshman wide receiver Chase Favreau on a trick play. Favreau came across the field as if he was going to take the ball and run with it, but rolled to the left sideline and slung the ball deep down the field into tight coverage and the pass was intercepted. It was another questionable play selection from the Aztec coaches, seeing as SDSU was protecting a lead and running the ball well. Have I talked about similar situations before? Because I feel like bad play selection is becoming a normal part of these columns. On the next possession, Pumphrey fumbled the ball after a decent gain on the ground deep in New Mexico territory. In his last 242 carries, Pumphrey has
The San Diego State coaching staff made some questionable calls in Friday’s win against the Lobos. JENNA MACKEY, STAFF PHOTO EDITOR
only fumbled twice. We’ll forgive him for this one since his 246-yard rushing performance against the Lobos was the best of his career. You still have to hang onto that ball, though. The Aztec defense then held the hapless Lobo offense and gave SDSU another possession, which ended in another interception. This one was thrown by senior quarterback Quinn Kaehler, who was inexplicably put in the game at the start of the second half.
The play call? A deep bomb down the right sideline into tight coverage. It’s important to note Kaehler has been nursing an injury to his throwing shoulder for the last few weeks, so looking to hit a deep pass truly seemed like a forced play selection. While we’re on the subject of quarterbacks, it’s curious why Kaehler was put in the game in the first place. In the first half Bawden didn’t do anything spectacular but didn’t make any egregious errors, either. Bawden
finished completing 4 of 13 pass attempts for 63 yards with neither a touchdown nor an interception. Kaehler finished 1 of 10 for 10 yards and the interception. Was it really worth the switch, coach? There’s no better time than the present to give a young freshman quarterback the essential game reps needed for him to get better, especially against a terrible New Mexico team. The fourth turnover came from Price, who looked like he was going to score a touchdown but fumbled inside the Lobos’ 10-yard line. “It’s not like it matters, Ethan,” the masses will say. “New Mexico couldn’t capitalize on the mistakes anyway.” Too true, informed readers of mine. The Aztecs are lucky they play in the Mountain West — the conference seems to look worse every week. But that’s part of where the problem lies. The Aztecs are talented enough to annihilate most other Mountain West teams but it hasn’t translated to the field, which is worrisome moving forward. The Aztecs also couldn’t commit to a healthy quarterback and elected to play an injured Kaehler in the second half. That’s worrisome as well. It’s tough to be too critical in a week when the team won. Winning is what teams strive for. This game will end up in the win column despite its ugly nature, which is something we can all be thankful for. It’s just disappointing to see an otherwise dominant win marred by needless mistakes. Last week, I wrote that this team needs to learn to finish games. Friday indicates they still have a long way to go on that front. I still think this team can be conference champions this season; but if the head-scratching decisions from the sideline continue, the Aztecs might find themselves trying harder to overcome their own mistakes than to beat opposing teams.
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Aztecs underwhelm in attempt for upset PATRICK CARR STAFF WRITER ____________________________________
Despite his efforts, junior midfielder Mark Revell was unable to help the Aztecs top Stanford. SARAH SMITH, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sometimes a trip up to the Bay Area can be just what a person needs: a calm, relaxing excursion into a place where temperatures lower than 100 degrees actually exist. For San Diego State’s men’s soccer team, the trip got off to a bad start Thursday night when it was thoroughly beaten 2-0 by Stanford University. “Stanford was absolutely phenomenal,” head coach Lev Kirshner said. “They’re a shove-itdown-your throat, deliberate and very physical team.” The statistics only backed up what Kirshner said. Stanford outshot SDSU by an overwhelming 21-5 in the match. However, the Aztecs came out flat in the first half against a Stanford team eager to avenge its loss at the hands of No. 1-ranked University of Washington. SDSU didn’t get a shot off until the 14th minute when freshman forward David Olsen, the Aztecs’ leading scorer, shot wide of the Cardinal’s goal. The Aztecs were playing on the back
foot the entire night, but it was a slip of misfortune on SDSU’s part that gave Stanford their first goal. In the 22nd minute, the Cardinal’s senior defender Jimmy Callinan drove into the penalty box from the right side and sent a cross to the back post that Aztecs’ sophomore midfielder Mark Revell just missed, allowing Stanford’s senior forward Zach Batteer to score on a header for a 1-0 lead. Kirshner said that SDSU was overrun in the first half and that they were very lucky to only be trailing 1-0. The Aztecs came back in the second half and played the Cardinal at the level needed to win, but Stanford grabbed a second goal in the 72nd minute to shut the door on the young SDSU squad. The Cardinal’s junior defender Brandon Vincent got the ball around 25 yards and unleashed a powerful shot that blew past the hand of Aztec redshirt freshman keeper Adam Allmaras for the final 2-0 lead. SDSU drops to 6-5 on the season and is still winless in conference play. Check out TheDailyAztec.com to see how the Aztecs fared in their Sunday match against University of California, Berkeley.
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Discover friends with Best Buddies kellie ferguson staff writer ____________________________________ Anthony K. Shriver founded Best Buddies International in 1989. This organization spans the U.S., with 26 separate states supporting local chapters in their schools. According to their website, Best Buddies International is “dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” This means that a person who has an intellectual and developmental disability and a person who does not are paired together. Here at San Diego State, Best Buddies fosters friendships between young adults with an IDD and SDSU students who do not have an IDD. The organization works with San Diego Transition Resources for Adult Community Education. The TRACE program helps find people with IDD’s who are interested in joining Best Buddies. Then, the person is paired with an SDSU student. Through fun group events, such as bowling, minigolfing and movie nights, the pair can begin to develop a friendship. An SDSU student can join the club as an associate member as well. An associate member is someone who joins Best Buddies and is not paired up. These members are expected to attend the events and meetings held once a month. Peer buddies who are paired are also expected to attend events, as well as meet and communicate with each other once a month in addition to the group outings. Psychology and child family development senior Jane Kwon is the
Best Buddies recently held a social event at Aztec Lanes for its members. megan wood, Staff PhotograPher
president of SDSU’s chapter of Best Buddies. Alongside her studies, she helped to reinstate the group at SDSU last year. For Kwon, Best Buddies has provided a message about the importance of friendship. “For me, the biggest thing I have gotten from Best Buddies is the reminder about how genuinely happy human interaction and friendship can make people,” Kwon said. In addition to building friendships, Best Buddies assists individuals with an IDD who may be struggling to develop essential skills, such as cooking, cleaning or using public transportation. Best Buddies does not focus only on assisting the individual with the IDD. It also helps students without disabilities develop a greater understanding about people who are facing challenges that may be
different than the ones they face. “For the peer buddies without an IDD, it is definitely a helpful club because some of them haven’t been in settings where they interact with people with disabilities,” Kwon said. The SDSU chapter is just a small part of a larger organization. Many of the other San Diego Best Buddies chapters are located in high schools around the county. In fact, SDSU contains the only college chapter of Best Buddies in San Diego. Best Buddies International is the name of the entire organization. It works on a larger scale to promote friendships, provide resources and develop chapters in schools around the country. Right now, Best Buddies International is working to develop a wider understanding about the hurtful and negative connotations associated
with the word “retarded.” “Best Buddies International promotes Spread the Word to End the Word,” Kwon said. “This spreads the word that using the ‘r-word’ is not politically correct and hurts the intellectually disabled community.” Kwon is an advocate for this campaign within the SDSU chapter. “Best Buddies reminds people without disabilities that just because someone has a disability, whether intellectual or physical, it doesn’t mean they aren’t fully human.” Best Buddies is a meaningful organization that not only develops friendships and life skills within each individual chapter, but also increases social awareness surrounding the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in the community at large.
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Student develops fantasy video game rosaura wardsworth staff writer ____________________________________ When it comes to paying for college tuition, or even next month’s rent, college students struggle. To combat the overwhelming amount of bills coming in, many college students get jobs or take out student loans. San Diego State television, film and new media freshman Jake Santos took a different approach. Santos spent the better part of his summer developing his own video game, which will be released in late November. Santos’ video game, “The Secret Testament,” is a role playing game based on the Bible. The goal of the game is for Jesus to stop the devil from taking over the universe. With the help from characters like Zeph, the enforcer of God’s Laws, and Leila, the administrator of God’s love, stopping the devil and the evil sorcerers should be exhilarating. “A big part of the reason I wanted to develop a religion-oriented video game was because I am Christian and most of the epic Christian games out right now are lame and do not focus enough on the action, ” Santos said. When asked what current video games
are most similar to his own Santos compared his game to “Final Fantasy” and “Golden Sun,” both of which are science-fantasy role playing games. At the moment, “The Secret Testament” is a single player game but Santos is determined the sequel to the game will be multiplayer. In order to develop this video game in a timely matter Santos had to enlist some help, so he turned to a website known as Fiver. Fiver is an online marketplace designed to offer a medium where people can sell their goods and services starting at just $5. But Santos warns that you be cautious when using Fiver because sometimes users are selling some weird stuff. Through Fiver, Santos hired artists, marketers, graphic designers and musical composers all for just $5 each, saving him a substantial amount of out-of-pocket cost. But there were some parts of Santos’ game he just had to do himself, such as writing the story and doing the coding. Santos has advice for students who want to get into developing video games. “Ideas are like seeds. Plant them and see what grows,” he said. “If it turns out rotten just start over again.” He also recommended that students
San Diego State freshman Jake Santos developed his own video game, “The Secret Testament.” courtesy of jake santos
join Esports. Esports is a club on campus that strives to unite students interested in all aspects of gaming. Their mission is to create an environment where SDSU students can organize, improve and compete in Esports all while having a great time. Esports meets every 3:45-5:45 p.m. on Fridays in Peterson Gym 242. In the future Santos hopes to become a digital media producer but said he would not mind developing video
games just for fun. It’s clear to see how much joy gaming brings Santos, which is probably why when his game is released in late November it will be free for the public. “The Secret Testament” will be available on Steam, which is the Windows app store, iTunes and Google Play, but for those of you who want a taste of what the game will look like you can go to his website, thesecrettestament.com.
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OCT. 13 - 15, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: NICK KNOTT • ENTERTAINMENT@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM
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Farrar leads ‘Cult Rap’ movement NICK KNOTT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR ____________________________________ The relationship between the media and hip-hop artists is a fickle one. It’s hard to picture a rapper perusing the venue and chitchatting with the media post interview. It takes a lot of humility to do so. And Charlotte, North Carolina rapper Deniro Farrar exemplifies that level of humility. Farrar made his way to America’s Finest City on Sept. 27 as part of his Bow Down tour, and he shut down Porter’s Pub with a raucous set. Farrar always knew he wanted to be well known. Growing up he was an avid basketball player and hip-hop fan. He always wanted to be somebody that everyone knew, Farar said. He finally got that opportunity in 2010 when he was discovered outside a club in his hometown. “I was rapping outside a club, I met these guys who owned a record company in my city, “ Farrar said. “They heard me freestyle, told me I was a star and gave me the opportunity to put me in a video.” From that point on it was all uphill for Farrar. This year he earned a nomination
for XXL Magazine’s Freshman Top 10 list. Although he didn’t make the final list, Farrar pushes on creating music that connects to his fans on a deeper level than most. Farrar’s lyrics are deep and emotionally moving, which is an aspect of hip-hop that seems lost in today’s contemporary genre. He speaks from the heart and it allows listeners to get a glance at what life was like for Farrar growing up in Charlotte. “I don’t glorify vanity,” Farrar said. “I just rap about everyday stuff.” The deep and emotional lyrics connect Farrar to his dedicated following. He is the self-proclaimed “Leader of Cult Rap,” which is a movement he created to describe his connection to his fans. What sets this movement apart is Farrar’s dedication, which is refreshing compared to some other movements in hip-hop that show vain interaction between artists and their fans. “The whole Cult Rap movement is based off an organic following and fan base,” Farrar said. “You know, it’s people who genuinely f--- with the music.” Farrar, like most rappers, has his eyes on achieving success. He attributes his success thus far to his Cult Rap following. “It’s not up to me, if it was I would
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McGuire AFB and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst 42 Youngest goal scorer in MLS history 43 Hops kiln 45 Took top honors 46 Exasperated cry 48 Trader who doesn’t take the market seriously? 52 Some runners 55 Betrayed, in a way 56 Like most tupelo leaves 57 His epitaph reads “And the beat goes on” 59 Part of a roof 63 Classified instrument? 66 Language that gave us “plaid”
Deniro Farrar visited San Diego on Sept. 27 as part of the artist’s Bow Down tour. ANDY FARRA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
already be there,” Farrar said. “It’s up to the people.” With the Bow Down tour winding down at the end of the month, Farrar looks to take his music across the pond to new countries and continents. Trying to tap into the European market is one of
his main goals right now, Farrar said. In addition to taking his talents overseas, Farrar is looking to release an LP and EP. Both should be filled with more deep songs with emotive lyrics that will make any new listener a follower of the Cult Rap movement.
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Double trouble with twins annie beltran staff writer ____________________________________
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he night before I began middle school I had to have a serious conversation with my mother. I was a 12-year-old who had very concerning issues my mother needed to address at that very moment. I knew there was a possibility of breaking her heart, but the first day of my adult life was literally 12 hours away. Something had to be done about her actions — she was holding us back, and if I didn’t make a move my identical twin sister and I were doomed. This was the moment I had to become my own person, and it was going to start in that shower. “Mom, I need to talk to you.” Once gaining her full attention, I took a breath to prepare myself for the lifebomb I was about to drop on her heart: “Tonight I’m going to shave my legs and tomorrow I don’t want to dress like Abbie anymore.” Every set of twins I’ve met has spent some years dressed exactly like their twin sibling. Twins are so cute. It’s absolutely unavoidable for parents not to dress them in the same clothes. Identical twins, especially as children, can hardly walk for 20 minutes in public without people staring at the
look-alikes. Often times people would start reminiscing with us about some twin relatives who were nowhere near the situation but also look exactly alike. My childhood identity isn’t a story about the life Annie, because I started life in an un-detachable relationship with Abbie. She is the only person who has ever shared amniotic fluid with me. She is my womb-mate. Our childhood identities were so connected to each other, that we were a single persona without even the slightest millisecond of pause between
Separation anxiety was the worst when it came to public restrooms our two names. No one said Annie and Abbie, they said ‘AnnieAbbie’ or ‘AbbieAnnie’, or chanted the two names back and forth depending on how cute they thought my sister and I were as we stood in front of them. We had all the classic twin traits people talk about “twin baby language” and early symptoms of separation anxiety.
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For 6-year-old Abbie, separation anxiety was the worst when it came to public restrooms. This situation used to annoy me to no recoverable end. Not only were we two adorable 6-year-old twin girls who were dressed alike, now Abbie put us in the cutest possible situation for any adult to witness in a public restroom. Two small 6-year-old identical twin girls, dressed in matching jellybean tights and pink Winnie the Pooh shirts, arguing in the same restroom stall without any regard for what others were hearing. We would flush the toilet, open the stall door, lock hands, then walk over to the sinks into a sea of gawks, comments and questions. Yes, lady, we are twins. She’s scared of being in the damn stall alone and my mother is an enabler of this nonsense because the amount of cuteness has clouded her better judgment. You see, as we flash back to that day before I started middle school, when I decided to separate my sense of self from my co-identity, I knew the situation meant more than an inevitable separation of our bunk beds. For my mother, this separation was an end to her life with ‘AnnieAbbie’ and the beginning of a new life with her adolescent twins who were each simultaneously seeking individual personalities.
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