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Recap: What you missed on the Mesa anthony reclusado Sports Editor ____________________________ A third time was the charm for the San Diego State football team, who finished the season in the Associated Press’ Top 25 for the first time since 1977.

The Aztecs cracked the poll twice during the regular season, but dropped out after road losses to the University of South Alabama and University of Wyoming.

SDSU also finished in the USA Today’s Top 25 poll.

“At the end of the bowl season, up until the semifinals of the playoffs, I thought we should have been a Top 25 team,” head coach Rocky Long said.

The No. 25 finishes for the Aztecs was propelled after a 3410 victory against the University of Houston in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 17. SDSU scored 34-unanswered points to claim the Aztecs first back-to-back 11-win season and consecutive bowl wins in school history.

In what was his final game as an Aztec, senior running back Donnel Pumphrey rushed for 115 yards on his way to become the NCAA’s all-time leading rusher.

While the football team was enjoying historic success, the men’s basketball team was playing on the other end of the spectrum. After an 8-4 nonconference record, the Aztecs dropped their first three games of Mountain West

play and were alone in the basement of the conference standings.

This was the first time in 15 years SDSU opened conference play with a three-game losing streak.

The losses included a 68-62 tilt to the University of New Mexico in Viejas Arena on New Year’s Day. Since the threegame losing streak, SDSU claimed a 15 and 19 point victories against San Jose State and Utah State, respectively, which is sixth in MW standings.

Sophomore guard Jeremy Hemsley is leading the team in scoring with an average of 16.1 points per game on a 46 percent clip from the floor.

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Since the San Diego Chargers recently announced its intention to leave San Diego, the remaining Qualcomm Stadium site is ripe for a number of potential uses, including as a satellite campus for San Diego State.

The Chargers announced on Jan. 12 they would be leaving San Diego for Stan Kroenke’s Inglewood stadium. SDSU President Elliot Hirshman has apparently already been in talks with the City of San Diego, which owns the stadium, regarding possible redevelopment of the site.

“We are excited about the opportunity to continue discussions with our partners, including Mayor Faulconer, the City Council and our community, about the potential to redevelop the Qualcomm Stadium site,” Hirshman said in a statement Thursday after the Chargers’ announcement. He also expressed his sympathies for Chargers fans in San Diego.

“While the discussions for the site are in the early stages, we have an opportunity to create something very special for our community,” he said.

SDSU spokesman Greg Block said a blog post of Hirshman’s from nearly a year ago represents the best explanation of Hirshman’s vision for the site.

In the blog post, dated April

5, 2016 back when the Chargers were still pursuing a downtown stadium option, Hirshman said the current SDSU campus does not have sufficient space to serve the university over the next 50 years.

“We see a future in Mission Valley with community parks and recreational opportunities, low- to medium-density housing, a small number of research/technology transfer facilities and, possibly, a stadium – one on a significantly smaller scale than Qualcomm Stadium – that could be shared

by San Diego State, a Major League Soccer franchise and other community partners,” the blog post reads.

One exciting aspect of this proposal, Hirshman said, is the existing trolley connection between the SDSU main campus and the Qualcomm site.

Students and faculty residing at the new campus could use public transportation to get to the main campus, potentially reducing traffic in Mission Valley and the College area, he wrote.

However, Hirshman did say there are some unanswered questions about redevelopment in the post.

“Who would own the redeveloped site? Who would be the development partners? How would the redevelopment be financed? The blunt answer to these questions at this moment is that we don’t know,” he wrote.

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Aztecs travel the world over winter break jamie ballard managing editor ____________________________ As many college graduates can attest to, having a long winter break is a luxury that ceases to exist in “the real world.”

Several SDSU students took advantage of this year’s winter break by traveling to far-flung destinations including Israel and Costa Rica.

Political science and international security & conflict resolution senior Erin Gonzalez spent some time in Israel, with a Fact Finders program hosted by SDSU Hillel. She said the goal of the trip is to allow SDSU students to personally experience Israel and learn about the Palestinian Authority and the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict.

“We met with various government officials, grassroots activists, and

average citizens from both sides of the conflict who shared their personal narratives with us,” she explained. “Their narratives helped me and my fellow students to come to our own conclusions and form our own perspectives about Israel, the Palestine Authority, and the conflict.”

She said there were several things that surprised her.

Before visiting, she believed she was entering something akin to “an ‘apartheid state’” but soon after landing she found religious, cultural, and ethnic diversity.

The trip also changed some of her opinions.

“Another thing that surprised me about Israel is how my perspective on the Israeli settlements in the West Bank completely changed,” she said. “Although the global community, and recently the United Nations

SDSU senior Erin Gonzalez visited the women’s section of the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem courtesy of Erin Gonzalez

have condemned the Israeli settlements as both internationally illegal and an impediment to peace, I no longer see it that way.”

Gonzalez said her group visited various settlements throughout the West Bank and she was surprised to see how many Palestinians she

saw benefitting from aspects of the settlements, including employment opportunities and social benefits.

“Throughout the entirety of our trip we encountered so many people, both Israeli and Palestinian, who were so genuinely grateful to us for visiting their homelands,”

she said. “Their gratitude was largely for us taking the time to experience their cultures and lifestyles, and not being afraid to enter the world that they live in everyday.”

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CFA report cites spending decrease While diversity within the CSU has increased, state spending per student is 41 percent lower Adriana Millar asst. news editor ____________________________________

The shift in numbers matches California’s changing demographics over the past 30 years. In 2014, Latinos officially became the largest ethnic group in California, and the number of Latinos and Asian and Pacific Islanders in the state is expected to increase.

Overall, the number of students within the CSU system has increased by 64 percent since 1985, according to the report.

However, state funding and tuition increases combined have only increased CSU funds by 41.5 percent over the same time period. In-state tuition and fees have increased by 923%, from $666 in 1985, to $7,084 in 2015.

CFA Associate Vice President Dr. Cecil E. Canton said there is a failure to grasp the devastation that structural racism, white supremacy and implicit bias have wrought on the life chances of today’s students and their families, “As the student body of the CSU became darker, funding became lighter,” he said at the report announcement.

It also highlighted increasing economic challenges for CSU students.

In 1985, CSU students had to work 199 hours at minimum wage to pay tuition and fees for an academic year at the CSU, in 2015 students had to have worked 682 hours at a minimum wage job to pay for a full year at a CSU. On Jan. 10, Governor Jerry Brown

The California Faculty Association released a report Jan. 12 that found while diversity within the California State University system has increased, public funding for the university system has decreased.

The report, “Equity, Interrupted: How California is Cheating its Future,” outlines the differences in public funding per CSU student between 1985 and 2015.

According to the report, California spends 41 percent less on each CSU student today than it did in 1985.

Although the CSU student body has grown by 64 percent over the past 30 years, the CSU budget has actually decreased by 2.9 percent over the same 30-year span, CFA President Jennifer Eagan said at the report of the announcement.

It also highlights the increase of students of color over the last 30 years.

It reads: in 2015, every three out of four students are students of color. Twenty-six percent of CSU students identify as white, while 62 percent identify themselves as belonging to another ethnic group.

However, the numbers were almost reversed in 1985. Thirty years ago, 63 percent of the CSU student body identified as white, and only 27 percent identified with another ethnic group.

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released his 2017-2018 budget proposal, which included a $162 million increase to the CSU. However, the CSU needs to more than double that amount to begin to restore some of the lost budget, Eagan said.

She said systematic reduced funding over time has severe consequences for the health of the university system and for the experiences of students.

“The imperative that we face is to always do more with less, fewer resources

per student, and less time that we can devote to each student,” she said. “Too often this thwarts our best intentions.”

The California Faculty Association represents over 27,000 faculty members throughout the 23 CSU campuses.

“Equity, Interrupted,” is the first in a new series by the organization, and future reports will examine a specific solution, Eagan said. The CFA will also hold a forum in February to discuss the report’s findings.

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These questions remain unanswered in 2017.

Hirshman’s blog post came from an idea from JMI Realty that demonstrated how San Diego State might expand into the Mission Valley site circulated publicly.

The idea, which Hirshman later said he was not specifically endorsing, featured student and faculty housing, academic structures, offices, two parking structures, an amphitheater and a smaller, 40,000seat football stadium.

According to the San Diego UnionTribune, the plan was presented at a briefing sponsored by SDSU’s real estate center, where the presenters suggested donating the Qualcomm site to San Diego State or University of California, San Diego. Whichever institution received the land would then be ultimately responsible for planning the project.

“The current Qualcomm site is an empty canvas of 166 acres that is filled with potential,” read a statement from the office of San Diego City Councilmember

Scott Sherman, who represents the area in which Qualcomm Stadium is located.

“In the coming months, our office is looking forward to hearing ideas and speaking with all parties on how to best utilize this site. San Diego State will be an important part of that conversation.”

Jeff Powell, Sherman’s communications director, said Sherman would be supportive of using the Qualcomm site as a new stadium for the Aztecs, and possibly also as a Major League Soccer Stadium or new parkland along the San Diego River.

However, Powell said he believes Sherman would not support outright giving any of the land to San Diego State without any compensation.

“Obviously, San Diego State is important to that site. We want them to be a part of it, but I believe the councilmember doesn’t think it would be the best use of taxpayer funds just to give it away,” he said.

Neither UC San Diego nor a representative of Mayor Kevin Faulconer responded to a request from The Daily Aztec for comment on the matter.

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Jewish students welcome at State Jasmine Bermudez Senior staff writer ____________________________________

Tolley said students have told her that the article is a real distortion of what SDSU is like for Jewish students.

“Our Jewish students thought the title of the article was ridiculous,” she The Algemeiner, a Jewish newspaper in said. “Our Jewish community is thriving New York, named SDSU one of “The 40 at SDSU and these kinds of articles Worst Colleges for Jewish Students in discourage Jewish parents and students 2016” on Jan. 12. from considering certain universities.”

Director of Hillel of San Diego SDSU, Graduate student Jessica Meyer said Jackie Tolley said that she thinks the list is the article was difficult to read. unreliable.

“I was in shock when I saw that SDSU “I think the article is absurd,” she was on the list,” she said. said. “There is no credible method for Meyer said before she came to SDSU generating such a list.” she did not want anything to do with her Tolley said The Algemeiner’s headline Judaism. is misleading.

“SDSU has helped me grow into my “If you want to have a list of incidents Judaism and to love it and be proud of it,” that happened on these campuses, that she said. “I wanted to be on the Jewish is one thing,” she said. “However, putting Student Union board for three years and a provocative headline saying SDSU is do my internship at Hillel, no one forced one of the 40 worst colleges for Jewish me to do it.” students is ludicrous.”

Meyer said she now teaches at a Tolley said the three pieces of evidence Hebrew school. listed on the article are real events that She said it is something she never happened at SDSU. would have “When considered something Don’t go by what you read doing before happens on on this list.” attending campus we - Jessica Meyer, SDSU. have to deal Graduate Student “Being with those Jewish at San issues but Diego State was the first time in my life those isolated incidents should not be I had ever felt comfortable and proud of used to label a university,” she said. being Jewish,” she said. “I felt the Jewish The Algemeiner mentioned posters community was amazingly supporting on campus that accused students of and truly was my home away from being allied with Palestinian terrorists, a home.” failed BDS referendum and Miko Peled’s Meyer said the SDSU Jewish canceled lecture.

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community made a huge campus feel incredibly small and welcoming.

“Hillel and the Jewish Student Union were always open and supportive places for me,” she said. “They supported me on my journey of finding out who I was as a Jew and what being Jewish meant to me and empowered me to take control of this part of my identity and allowed me to define it for myself.”

Meyer urges people who are considering attending SDSU to talk to current SDSU Jewish students.

“Don’t go by what you read on this list,” she said. “Ask them what their experience

is.”

Vice President of Social Affairs for the Jewish Student Union, Andrew Kaitcer said he believes SDSU is one of the best schools for Jewish students.

“There are many ways for Jewish students to get involved and there really is something for everyone,” he said.

He said people need to come to SDSU and see how great the environment is for themselves.

“We are so much more than those three things that were listed,” Meyer said. “Those things don’t define our community, we define it for ourselves.”

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Jan. 18 - 24, 2017 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: Andrew Dyer • opinion@thedailyaztec.com

Embattled brand a bust American Apparel’s bankruptcy signals the sinking state of fashion and sustainability in the age of fast fashion.

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Sydney Sweeney Staff columnist ____________________________________ A year’s beginning is generally recognized to be a period of positive rebirth, but, for American Apparel, 2017 could not be bleaker. The Los Angeles-based clothing company has lost the financial war it has been waging for the last eight years, and the brand was officially sold to Canada’s Gildan Activewear last week.

Such an acquisition is not necessarily shocking, but there was a point when American Apparel, founded in 1989

by Canadian artist Dov Charney, was delightfully raking in the dough. This monetary success is what propelled the company to expand its presence beyond the low-key warehouses of wholesale and into the battleground of retail in the early 2000s. And in just three years, the brand’s iconic Helvetica-indebted marquee could be found illuminating the streets and malls of nearly a dozen countries.

Still, the glory days were not glorious enough to keep American Apparel afloat past 2009 – the last year the company made a profit. Two filings for chapter 11 bankruptcy ultimately followed, and for the brand’s supporters, it was clear that the end was imminent.

Nonetheless, it is peculiar to witness the demise of a clothing company that has sprouted to be such a defining facet of millennial culture. American Apparel’s brand pervasiveness is so astounding that every young person exposed to trending fashion has, perhaps unconsciously, cultivated an opinion on the alliterative moniker, be it positive or panning. Even those who hate the company will admit to not necessarily disliking American Apparel products – simple, wellconstructed wardrobe basics – but rather the subjective unaffordability of 20-dollar t-shirts, or the hip, arguably cavalier types that peruse the store’s racks. Only heightening the appeal of the brand are these ‘dislikeable’ characteristics, and for 20 and 30-somethings, American Apparel mirrors the former exclusivity of Jordache or Guess – premium brands that today’s middle-aged folks lusted after in their college days. Indeed, the designs offered in fast fashion retailers like H&M or Asos is evidence of how desired the American Apparel image remains, even through the company’s failure.

However, of greater importance than brand aesthetics and exclusivity was American Apparel’s ethical conscious that was maintained until its denouement. As a vertically integrated company, Charney’s anti-outsourcing brainchild relied on itself to not only manufacture its product, but design, distribute, market and sell it, too.

This production system was based out of a seven-story, 800,000 square-foot factory in downtown Los Angeles, where garment laborers’ averaged a wage of 12 dollars an hour, plus benefits such as health care and paid time off.

In a perfect world, American Apparel’s practices would not be unique – they would be a standard. Yet, as the Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel continue to report that tens of billions of imports continue to dominate the U.S. apparel market, people are reminded of why, exactly, outsourcing and overseas manufacturing’s popularity dwarfs the chances of shoppers seeing “Made in the USA” tags on their favorite, low-cost products – fewer expenses.

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Many people would rather not question why a US-made Patagonia down sweater jacket is $175, while an imported look-a-like can be found at H&M for less than a fourth of the price. They choose to not acknowledge how these apparel companies ruthlessly search across the world for foreign workers to exploit. A cheap coat from the mall has more value than the plight of the sweatshop laborer who was paid a 12-cent hourly wage to make it. From its conception nearly 30 years ago, the American Apparel brand stood for nothing short of its most promise — to make good products in an ethical way. And although the company loudly voiced its unique values whenever it could – storefronts of its retail stores boasted of bold “Made in the USA, sweatshop free” signs – too many consumers ignored those values.

In 2017, the fashion industry’s reprehensible immorality is no longer a secret. Aside from human suffering the industry is environmentally unsustainable.

The fast fashion industry – referring to the business of offering cheap clothing that mimics high-end fashion trends – threatens the environment, and this relatively new method of production has allowed for the entire fashion industry to become the second largest polluter in the world, behind the oil industry.

A variety factors are to blame, such as irresponsible uses of chemicals, water and the reckless disposal of garments.

Half a trillion gallons of fresh water are used to dye textiles every year, but the dye wastewater, rife with chemicals, spreads throughout the oceans globally. This negative environmental impact is hardly worth an 8-dollar turtleneck from Forever 21 destined for the trash by the end of winter. Americans throw away 85 percent of their clothing, accounting for 9 percent of unrecycled waste.

One effective method of fighting against the fashion industry’s unsustainable practices is a no-brainer – people must invest in better-quality clothing. Uncoincidentally, luxury brands – those that manufacture their products with dignity, and sell them at a premium, of course – rarely come under fire for ethics issues in comparison to fast fashion companies. And as more socially responsible companies are cropping up and making money in the online retail sphere, it is becoming easier to give up wasteful fashion habits. Everlane,

one of the most successful online-only, sustainable fashion retailers, preaches “modern basics, radical transparency,” with a focus on wardrobe necessities.

The company, started in 2011, and today, is doing so well that Business Insider reports the San Francisco startup is giving shoppers the opportunity to choose how much they pay for the luxe garments.

In fact, it is the success of new, conscious companies like Everlane that reasonably justify the belief that American Apparel was simply ahead of its time and caught in a period of vast insecurity. Unlike the downfall of other specialty retailers, such as the dying Aeropostale or Abercrombie & Fitch, there was nothing unpopular or unstylish about the image or lifestyle that American Apparel symbolized.

Regardless of what Gildan decides to do with the brand, its original aesthetic will be remembered as highly sought-after until the company’s last days. However, there was a slew of mismanaged dilemmas, including the too-late ousting of Charney – he sexually harassed multiple women, including American Apparel employees during his time with the company – and the Great Recession, when the company began its spiral into debt. But it is worth considering that if Charney had started his business in today’s world, where people are more likely to consider the effects of fashion in relation to ethics, American Apparel would still be going strong.

Even as fashion consumers begin making more conscientious decisions, the success of the fast fashion industry continues to outshine that of sustainable fashion. And for budgeting college students, saying “no” to the walletfriendly sale racks of Topshop and Zara is tough, particularly because these retailers target American’s most infamously poor age-bracket – millennials, in or fresh out of college. Representing a fourth of the population and more than $200 billion in U.S. buying power, millennials are the only demographic than can seriously make waves in the fashion industry.

Whether it’s promising to keep garments for longer than six months, choosing to invest in sustainable fashion or altogether leaving fast fashion behind, it is crucial to prioritize social responsibility – the importance of fellow humans and planet Earth – over the longing for the latest trends at dubiously low prices.

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Disneyland a pricey waste of money Talia Raoufpur staff columnist ____________________________________ “The Happiest Place on Earth” is welcoming 2017 by introducing a new, three-day pass to all residents of Southern California and Northern Baja California.

The pass costs $149 to enter Disneyland and $189 to enter both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.

While it may seem like a value, it is not.

Disneyland is scamming us.

The issue is not particular to the high cost of tickets, but rather to the psychological manipulation of the park stating to patrons that Disneyland is the epitome of happiness.

The average person surely cannot be amused standing in line to ride Space Mountain for two hours, walking around the park with a stomach full of sugary, processed Franken-foods, or later reviewing their monthly credit card statements, detailing every frivolous item purchased at the park.

While all theme parks in the U.S. advocate for a positive, friendly experience, Disneyland takes it too far.

Multiple family and parenting blogs advocate that attendees hop on popular rides early in the morning – around 9 a.m.

It may be true, the early bird catches the worm, but the bird did not have to pay hundreds of dollars for the opportunity.

While most of us might complain while waiting in line to purchase groceries, textbooks or at the DMV, we recognize the value in it. Yet, many of us will spend hundreds of dollars to wait hours in an infinite line that will eventually place

ourselves on a ride that only lasts for two to three minutes.

Most college students agonize over the high price of textbooks. Heaven forbid a book cost more than $30. However, make note that if a textbook is used regularly, the information learned can become beneficial in the long run. Disneyland has managed to cast a spell on its customers, which has enabled them to accept the long lines and agony that accompanies them.

The seemingly “low” price is simply an entry fee.

The costs of attendance can skyrocket when traveling with multiple people. This deal results in a family of five spending an average amount of $1,050 during the three-day adventure. While all theme parks are expensive, overcrowded and serve processed, unhealthy foods, Disneyland is unique to these qualities, due to its excessive promotion and promise to patrons that they will find happiness at their parks and resorts.

A day spent at Disneyland will only live on as a memory, and as another item on a credit card statement. The park has programmed adults and children to believe their hard-earned dollars should be thrown at a company that peddles empty promises of joy without a hitch.

Disneyland is no different from any other capitalist company in the United States. Americans, quick to investigate the unhealthy kitchens of McDonald’s, or the clothing factories in Bangladesh, show no hesitation in pulling out their wallets for Disney.

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mistreatments in which Disneyland has partaken.

According to the Orange County Register, the park earned a staggering $4.4 billion during the park company’s third fiscal quarter, which ended in July 2016, a six percent increase from the previous quarter. As consumers, we must have a greater sense of awareness towards all companies’ marketing techniques.

In December 2015, Disneyland experienced a measles outbreak.

According to the Los Angeles Times, five park employees were infected and 42 cases were diagnosed in California, including a four-month-old infant.

Just two months after the outbreak, Disneyland increased its standard, oneday, ticket price from $96 to $99 for one park. For children ages three to nine, their ticket prices increased an additional three dollars, from $90 to $93. While Disneyland has a history of increasing ticket prices, one would assume that the

health scare would entice the park to ensure tits prices remain the same or offer an incentive for its patrons still willing to visit.

Sacrifices are to be expected when traveling, especially with a large group of people. However, Disneyland is just not worth it. Spending thousands of dollars to spend days behind fences and gates surrounded by hordes of people is not worth the financial sacrifice.

The issue is Disneyland’s manipulation of consumer’s minds and brainwashing them into believing in the theme park’s magical properties. While selling the notion that the park fosters happiness, there is little attention brought to the high costs consumer are forced to pay when attending the facility. Having fun does not need to cost money, especially not at the rates Disneyland charges.

While it may be a small world, but Disneyland’s sole magic trick is its ability to make our our wallets smaller.

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Obama, first family will be missed

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Eight years ago, families across the country watched with shock as the first black President of the United States was sworn into the most important job in the country.

All over the country, black families, including grandparents and greatgrandparents who had suffered through the era of Jim Crow and segregation, wept as they witnessed this historical moment.

An instance many never imagined they would live to see.

Though a significant historical marker for the entire country, President Obama’s election was of particular importance to black families.

With portraits of the first family destined to be found somewhere in the house, it is safe to say that almost immediately they became a part of the family in black homes everywhere.

President Obama exemplified an idea black parents have been telling their kids for years: “You could be the president one day, too.”

What makes President Obama so significant for so many is what he represents — a vision of hope, specifically for those who grew up in single-parent households, those with families who struggled financially, those who have grown up to believe that success would never be more than just a dream and ultimately for black people

Life is full of decisions. We decide what to eat, wear, who we surround ourselves with and many other simple commitments that detail our daily lives. When it comes to big decisions, however, that is when we must actually think. Recently, the hit movie “La La Land” was released to critical acclaim, winning various Golden Globe awards. Its popularity was not only due to its creativity and execution, but also how relatable it was to audiences.

The main characters, Mia and Sebastian, are faced with decisions they must make that can shape the rest of their lives.

Mia wants to be a successful actress, while Sebastian wants to bring back pure and classic Jazz. The conflict in the film the difficulty each face in achieving their dreams while staying together.

As college students, many of us had to make a similar decision when choosing which school we would attend.

We may have had to leave a relationship behind in order to fulfill our goals. Even if the college decision was not difficult, students will have to make life-changing decisions in the future — and they might come with sacrifices. Whether it is studying abroad or taking a job after graduation, one might need to choose between ambition and leaving a

relationship behind.

A decision must be made. Do you follow your goals and ambitions even if they take you far away, or do you stay with the person you love? There is no right answer to this question, but there is one that is probably more reasonable.

“Follow your heart,” the saying goes, not “follow your brain.” However, while love might seem like the best choice, love and commitment are not guaranteed to last.

Individual achievements, on the other hand, are one’s own and are things that cannot be taken away. Focusing on one’s goals and hoping that love will work itself out, while not the most romantic option, is more predictable than people.

When faced with this dilemma myself, I realized I had to follow my own goals instead of his.

A few months into my college career, I realized that I would need to live in a big city to pursue my dreams, a place he could not see himself living. Although we love each other, we broke up, and now I am following my own ambition and paving my own path.

“If you love somebody, set them free,” the cliché goes. It can be interpreted in different ways, but in this context it means setting them free to work on themselves and their dreams.

So, if you love somebody, set them free — and if they love you, they will set you free as well.

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across the country who struggle with the horrific recent past that still pervades every aspect of present-day life.

These are the reasons black people cared for President Obama, despite what can be seen as unequal dedication on his part, specifically when it came to alleviating woes in the black community.

Sure, he has said Black Lives Matter, but has he enforced laws and policies dedicated to ending police violence in poor black communities? Has he used his enormous platform to hold police accountable?

This is not to suggest that it is solely the black president’s responsibility to “fix” problems in the black community.

However, a president willing to tackle the issues that plague the black community has been long overdue, and the expectation was that a black man with a black family would make that a priority.

Despite these shortcomings, including an unemployment rate of 14.1 percent for black people in 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics report, black people proportionately outvoted white people in 2012 for the first time since 1968, with 93 percent supporting President Obama.

Black people have been amongst President Obama’s most loyal supporters.

Overall, the first family’s eight-year presence in a house built by slaves is not only a deep blow to 400 years of black enslavement, but an important symbol for generations to come.

Regardless of politics and party lines, President Obama will be dearly missed.

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Jan. 18 - 24, 2017 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: Kayla Jimenez • news@thedailyaztec.com

83K potential Aztecs apply to SDSU Jocelyn Moran Senior Staff Writter ____________________________________ San Diego State continued to attract a high number of students in fall 2017, receiving more than 83,000 undergraduate applications for the second year in a row.

The applications consisted of 59,920 incoming freshmen and 22,755 transfer students.

Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Sandra Cook said SDSU will be accepting 5,000 freshmen and 3,473 transfers for Fall 2017.

Director of Media Relations Gina Jacobs said because of the amount of applications, admission into SDSU will be more competitive.

“Those who are admitted will be exceptionally qualified and poised to be successful SDSU students,” Jacobs said.

“The Fall 2017 incoming class will join an already high achieving student body,” Jacobs said.

For Fall 2016 admitted freshmen, the average high school GPA was 3.85. The average ACT score, not including writing, was a 27, and the average SAT reasoning score was an 1174. This only included critical reading and math.

SDSU student admission representative Isaac Diaz said first-time freshmen need to complete the A-G requirements and take the SAT or ACT. Students need to take a certain number of years of specific classes as part of the

A-G requirements in high school.

“We would want them to complete those courses and be as competitive as possible,” Diaz said.

Diaz said students should try to beat the 2016 averages.

Cook said students compete against each other based on their major.

“We rank them by major, their eligibility index and we split them by the students who are local and students who are not local,” Cook said. “We do give a little bit extra considerations to the students who are local.”

She said there is even a bigger priority to local transfer students.

Transfer students must turn in a supplemental application in addition to the CSU mentor application in January to demonstrate what they did in the fall and what they plan on doing in the spring.

“It’s not ranking them by GPA,” Cook said. “We’re looking at the actual courses they’re going to have completed by the time they transfer here, which is most important.”

Child and family development freshman Andrea Hernandez had a 3.8 GPA in high school. She said she fell in love with SDSU after visiting it because the people were genuine and friendly.

“I met with my major advisors, and it was nice to talk to the people I’d be acquainted with,” Hernandez said. “I didn’t get that same connection with the other schools I applied to.”

SDSU has also climbed up in rankings under U.S. News & World Report’s

SDSU received over 83,000 applications for the second year in a row, and accepted almost 8,000 new students.

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America’s Best Colleges. It is ranked 74 among public universities in the U.S. and 146 overall in the U.S. The overall number has increased by 37 spots since 2011.

“The growth SDSU has seen in national rankings can be attributed to our improving graduation rates, our high continuation rates and the excellent student support and academic programs

we have on campus,” Jacobs said.

SDSU’s graduation rates increased six percent from last year with 74 percent of first-time freshmen graduating in six years or less.

SDSU President Elliot Hirshman told SDSU NewsCenter the interest in SDSU is due to the faculty and staff, its national reputation and the accomplishments of alumni and students.

New prep program Preview summer aids future educators classes on WebPortal Gina Vargas Staff Writer ____________________________________

Bezuk said some of the benefits of creating this new program are students will save money on at least one year of tuition and begin their teaching careers earlier. She said the school district will San Diego State is being awarded close to also have more educators to relieve the $750,000 in grants to expand its education shortage. program and create a four-year teacher SDSU has already started to plan preparation program. the new programs that will be open for SDSU received three grants from the students this month.

Commission on Teacher Credentialing, “There’s never been a better time the most out of the 17 California State to enter the profession given these University campuses that received grants new flexible this year. credentialing SDSU will options and create an financial integrated There’s never been a ” said program better time to enter the incentives, Marquita Grenotwith the profession.”

Scheyer, assistant grants that - Marquia Grenot-Scheyer, vice chancellor will allow Assistant Vice Chancellor of Teacher students to of Teacher Education Education graduate Program and with their Public School Programs. teaching credentials in four years instead SDSU will also begin reaching out to of five. high school students to tell them about The current education program the new program. requires students to get their This semester, SDSU will also host undergraduate degree and attend an a conference for high school and extra year of college to obtain teaching undergraduate students on campus to credentials. inform them about careers in education “Students will benefit from having K-12 along with workshops, discussion panels, teaching experience since their freshmen and a college fair. year instead of waiting to do so in their “We are working collaboratively with fifth year,” Director of Teacher Education community colleges to prepare students Nadine Bezuk said. who want to become teachers to get the The integrated programs will focus same experience in college,” Bezuk said. on math and science education, special Community college students will be education and bilingual credentials to given the opportunity to be a part of the help the teacher shortages in these areas. integrated programs and transfer to SDSU The San Diego Unified School District without falling behind on credentials or reported in the fall that there are nearly teaching experience.

2,000 teachers eligible to retire, which The new four-year programs will begin means that teaching jobs may be opening admission for students fall 2018. for future graduates.

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Rebeca Reyes staff writer ____________________________________ The summer class schedule is available now for students to plan their courses ahead of time.

For the first time, the summer class schedule was made available in November, along with the spring class schedule.

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Sandra Cook said the goal is to allow students to plan their year ahead, retake classes and graduate in four years or two if they are transfer students.

Cook said the waitlist system allows enrollment services to know which courses are most needed and demanded by students. In the past it was not possible, because students would “crash” classes in person, and there was no way to track who wanted a class.

Last year, there were approximately 16,000 students enrolled for summer classes.

There will be 20 new sections this summer, adding on to the 537 sections available last summer. Likewise, most classes will be available online for students who do not live in the San Diego area or have to work during summer.

Cook also said that in April, the Fall 2017 and spring and summer 2018 class schedules will be available.

In February there will be a campaign aimed to encourage students to take summer classes and inform them about tuition and fees.

Information about the summer schedule is displayed on the SDSU website home page, as well as SDSU Webportal.

It is also required for student to take six

Students can make class plans for summer 2018.

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units to register for summer classes.

Some students shared if they plan to take summer classes through a survey.

Public relations senior Whitney Whitehill and journalism and public relations junior Jeffrey Chacon said they both plan on taking summer classes for their majors. Whitehill said she is planning on taking summer classes for her major.

Junior journalism and public relations major Jeffrey Chacon said he is also planning to take summer classes for his major.

Psychology sophomore Jessica Slagle said she was not sure if she would take summer classes.

There are three session options available. The first is a six-week session starting on May 22 to June 30. The registration time is from April 10 to May 31.

The second option is a thirteen-week summer session starting on May 22 until Aug. 16. Registration starts on April 10 and closes June 2.

The third summer session starts on July 6 and lasts until August 16. Registration is from April 10 to July 14.

For more information about deadline, visit the Summer 2017 academic calendar.

JAN. 18 - 24, 2017 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA • MUNDO@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

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Alternativos para alumnos de DACA ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA EDITORA DE MUNDO AZTECA ____________________________________ Una gran cantidad de estudiantes regresan a su segundo semestre en San Diego State University con la emoción de tener nuevas oportunidades y experiencias, sin embargo otros regresan con la incertidumbre sobre sus futuros.

Desde la elección de Donald Trump como presidente de los Estados Unidos, estudiantes conocidos como “Dreamers” han sido vocales sobre sus preocupaciones de ser deportados.

Estudiantes indocumentados quienes sus padres los trajeron a los EE.UU., como menores de edad que cumplieron ciertos criterios pudieron calificar para la Consideración de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia.

Conocida como DACA, acción diferida no da estatus legal pero protege al individuo de deportación por dos años y da autorización para trabajar legalmente en el país.

Durante la campaña del presidente electo Trump, el prometió deshacerse de DACA pero no ha dicho nada oficial desde su elección.

Por lo tanto, varias universidades incluyendo el sistema de California State University anunciaron que no ayudaran con la deportación de estudiantes.

“La universidad se ha puesto en

contacto con estudiantes quienes se han nombrado bajo DACA para explicarles la situación y los recursos que pueden buscar”, escribió en un email, la Directora de relaciones con los medios para SDSU, Gina Jacobs.

“Estudiantes que están preocupados por su estado legal deberían contactar la oficina de Educational Opportunity Program”.

La oficina de EOP en un documento de preguntas y respuestas ofrece ayuda para estudiantes indocumentados que tiene miedo de que DACA sea anulada.

Según el documento, si DACA es anulada los estudiantes no serán afectados en seguir sus estudios en la universidad.

El documento recomienda que estudiantes contacten al decano de su respectivas carreras.

Si Trump decide quitar DACA, eso tendrá efecto sobre las oportunidades que estudiantes tiene como practicas profesionales y estudios al extranjero.

Según el sito web del Centro de Estudiante Internacionales de SDSU, 32 carreras de estudio en la universidad requieren algún estudio en el extranjero para graduar.

Inemesit Williams, asistente directora de la oficina de estudios al extranjero de SDSU, dijo que la oficina no esta en cargo de encontrar alternativas para estudiantes más bien cada departamento de estudios es responsable.

“En nuestra oficina estamos mas

que felices de discutir los diferente alternativos y como tener una experiencia internacional con cultura pero en un modo mas local, pero los departamentos académicos son los que determinarían el alternativo”, escribió Williams.

Según Williams, al momento de aplicar para estudiar en el extranjero no tiene que identificarse como estudiantes bajo DACA pero si se requiere enseñar un pasaporte.

Estudiantes que estaban en otro país fueron informados que deberían regresar a los EE.UU., antes del 20 de enero.

Según el documento de EOP, los alumnos quienes desean tener una practica profesional no podrán ser empleados si DACA es anulada.

También hay alternativas que los departamentos de cada carrera pueden encontrar para las practicas profesionales de estos estudiantes.

Daniela Marquina Cuevas, estudiante de cuarto año dijo que lidiar con la posibilidad de que DACA sea anulada es algo muy difícil especialmente porque ella planea graduarse este semestre.

“Siento como si todo mi trabajo ha sido de nada si DACA es anulada porque no voy a poder trabajar en mi carrera”, dijo Marquina Cuevas.

Ella es parte de una investigación bajo la doctora Jessica Barlow en un proyecto que incluye analizando información sobre la influencia del

Estudiantes bajo DACA esperan una decisión final.

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lenguaje de una persona y su lenguaje nativo.

Marquina Cuevas desea continuar sus estudios y tener una maestría en Speech Language Pathology.

“Hay tiempos que siento que no tengo esperanza pero también siento que tengo que tomar todo al tiempo y esperar que DACA no sea anulada”, dijo ella. “Por ahora estoy tomando todo poco a poco y seguir trabajando igual de duro que todos estos años”.

DACA todavía no ha sido anulada y el presidente electo Trump no ha dado una decisión final.

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JAN. 18 - 24, 2017 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: ANTHONY RECLUSADO • SPORTS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

Aztecs recognized during the break

TWO FUTURE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS HONORED FOR TALENTS

ANTHONY RECLUSADO SPORTS EDITOR

San Diego State women’s basketball team ended its nonconference schedule with three straight wins.

However, they are sporting a 2-3 conference record, including wins against the University of Nevada, Reno and Boise State. Two players not yet with the squad are already making headlines.

Two of the team’s National-Letterof-Intent signees for next season, Tea Adams and Kiara Edwards, were named All-American nominees. Both were nominated to play in the 2017

McDonald’s All-American Games.

Neither player was selected to play in the game, however, they will bring their talent to a squad that hasn’t finished with a winning record since the 2012-13 season.

Adams is a three-star recruit per ESPN and was named a three-time All-KingCo 2A/3A First Team member.

Edwards was ranked a four-star recruit by Prospect Nation and was invited to the 2016 USA Basketball Women’s U17 World Championship team trials last year.

MARSHALL FAULK INDUCTED INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

AUSTIN GAYLE ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Former San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk became the fourth Aztec in school history - George Brown (1985), Fred Dyer (1997) and former head coach Don Coryell (1999) - to be announced to the College Football Hall of Fame on Jan. 9.

Running with the Scarlet and Black from 1991-93, Faulk led the nation in rushing for back-to-back seasons to start his Aztec career. He left SDSU after three seasons with 4,589 career rushing yards and 57 touchdowns. Both were program

records before senior running back Donnel Pumphrey surpassed Faulk during the 2016 season.

Faulk, however, still owns the NCAA FBS record for points per game (12.1) and ranks among the top 10 in rushing yards per game (148.0) and all-purpose yards per game (180.5).

Though Faulk has seemingly passed the Aztec spear to Pumphrey, his legendary status strong still holds on the Mesa, leaving little reason not to solidify him in the College Football Hall of Fame.

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JAN. 18 - 24, 2017 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: ANTHONY RECLUSADO • SPORTS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

New year, new outlook for Aztecs SWIMMING & DIVING After a perfect 6-0 record in dual meets and numerous top-three finishes in various tournaments, the San Diego State swimming and diving team began the new year with a first-place finish in the UCSD Invitational.

The Aztecs beat out five other teams, including Boise State and San Jose State.

Diver Alexandra Caplan proved to be a stalwart at the UCLA Diving Invitational with a final placing of third.

Her showing at the competition earned her Mountain West Women’s Diver of the Week honors.

AZTECS TAKE CENTER STAGE WITH CHARGERS DEPARTURE

AUSTIN GAYLE ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The San Diego Chargers have packed their bags for Los Angeles, a story that is becoming as repeated as it is devastating to the San Diego community.

After 56 years in San Diego, the Chargers have jumped ship to play in StubHub Center, home of the MLS’ Los Angeles Galaxy, until the Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park rises in Inglewood, Calif. in 2019.

However, the Bolts’ departure to the City of Angels doesn’t have to be all bad news.

With the Chargers taking on a supporting role in Los Angeles, San Diego State football can now take center stage at Qualcomm Stadium. With two years left on their lease at Qualcomm, the Aztecs can fill the void left in San Diego’s heart as the sole inhabitant of the Q. SDSU will be the only NCAA program playing in an NFL stadium without the professional tenat.

Despite speculation of sharing a stadium with an MLS team, nothing is set in stone yet.

ANTHONY RECLUSADO SPORTS EDITOR

MEN’S TENNIS The San Diego State men’s tennis team opened the year with a victory of the University of Hawaii, 5-2, in Honolulu.

They quickly captured the doubles point and won four straight set matches in singles play to claim the victory.

However, the team was unable to follow up the win the following day against UC Santa Barbara, 7-0.

STEVE HE BELIEVES THAT WE WILL WIN. COACH STEVE FISHER HAS BUILT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM IN SDSU HISTORY, AND MODELED THE UNIVERSITY’S MANTRA, “LEADERSHIP STARTS HERE,” FOR A CADRE OF TALENTED YOUNG STUDENT-ATHLETES. TO HONOR HIS LEGACY, SDSU CREATED THE STEVE FISHER ENDOWMENT, WHICH WILL SUPPORT AZTEC BASKETBALL EXCELLENCE FOR DECADES TO COME. VISIT CAMPAIGN.SDSU.EDU

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JAN. 18 - 24, 2017 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: ANTHONY RECLUSADO • SPORTS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

Men’s hoops due for a turnaround

San Diego Stae men’s basketball head coach Steve Fisher watches the Aztecs play against Arizona State FILE PHOTO

BRENDAN PRICE SPORTS COLUMNIST ____________________________________ Before winter break, the San Diego State men’s basketball team sat at 5-4, heading toward conference play as the preseason favorite in the Mountain West as they looked for redemption following an up and down non-conference schedule.

Now, they’re 10-7, and 2-3 in MW play, sitting, which is good enough for sixth place. Right in the middle. The journey there has been far from average, though.

The Aztecs opened conference play by dropping three games in a row, something that hasn’t happened in nearly a decade under head coach Steve Fisher. After notching 15 and 19-point wins over San Jose State and Utah State, respectively, the ship has seemed to right itself.

There were, and still are, many factors that have worked against the Aztecs in the MW. On the Mesa, the encouraging return and performance of junior forward Malik Pope cannot be overstated. In his first game in conference play, Pope finished with nine points, five rebounds, an assist and provided a much needed boost going

forward.

However, the bigger story through five conference games is junior guard Trey Kell’s startlingly bad shooting. His field goal shooting is below 40 percent and in MW play, he’s gone only 4-for-21 from 3-point range. He showed signs of life in the game against Utah State, adjusting to being a drive heavy, mid-range shooter to regain some confidence.

This kind of slump is new territory at the college level for the San Diego native.

The positive going forward is that he is, indeed, showing signs of breaking out of the rut. Coupled with the emergence of redshirt senior Matt Shrigley’s perimeter shooting, the Scarlet and Black will even out as conference play progresses.

The lack of shooting from Kell, previous absence of Pope and lack of depth have become glaringly visible in the second half of games. The Aztecs have been outscored in the second half four times in conference play and nine times this season.

It is the reason they lost their conference opener at home to the University of New Mexico and couldn’t catch up to Boise State on the road.

When only eight or nine deep at best — especially shallow down in the post —

teams are able to attack the Aztecs, put them in foul trouble and use their depth to their advantage.

Fisher is giving more minutes in conference play to the quartet of sophomore Montaque Gill-Caesar, Shrigley, sophomore Max Hoetzel and graduate transfer Valentine Izundu. But it isn’t enough. The addition of Malik Pope couldn’t have come at a better time.

Beyond looking inward, the parity of the MW this season has caught nearly everyone by surprise. Every team has at least a pair of conference wins so far. The predicted top of the conference hasn’t been as good as expected nor has the cellar been as gloomy. Not only has that been linked to some of SDSU’s struggles, but many other teams and results early in conference play have reflected it. This year, more than most, there truly are no easy games nor guaranteed wins. The Aztecs seem to have learned that lesson, not letting up in home victories over SJSU and USU. Individually, in the top-10 scorers, eight different teams are represented.

Everyone has one “go-to-guy” this season and a top-level talent in the MW, it isn’t all pooled at the top.

Finally, the Aztecs’ schedule so far has

contributed to their surprisingly poor performance thus far in conference play. The Scarlet and Black have already played the two best teams, the University of Nevada-Reno and the Broncos on the road. They played the Lobos once already, losing at Viejas Arena.

The next stretch of conference games is as favorable as any, including games against the Air Force Academy and a rematch with the Spartans, coupled with a home date against a struggling University of Wyoming. Optimistically, it could easily end with a 5-1 record for the Aztecs heading into a home showdown with the UNR Wolf Pack.

This optimism isn’t without precedent.

In 2012, conference champion Boise State lost at Loyola University Chicago heading into conference play and lost a home stunner to Utah State, starting 0-3 without their leading scorer Anthony Drmic. Then, the Broncos won 13 of their next 14 games to finish in a regular season tie for first place.

The bottom line is that hurdles happen, and there are signs that the Aztecs are leaping over them. There is still a path for the Aztecs to revive their NCAA Tournament dreams, and it’s already begun.

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Jan. 18 - 24, 2017 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: anthony reclusado • sports@thedailyaztec.com

Aztecs finish season in AP Top 25 to the University of South Alabama removed SDSU from the limelight.

Then, after stringing together six consecutive wins, the Scarlet and Black returned as the No. 24 ranked team.

But history repeated itself and SDSU fell out of the rankings after losing on the final play to the University of Wyoming.

SDSU tallied another loss to Colorado State University before defeating Wyoming in a rematch in the Mountain West championship to close out the regular season at No. 34 in the AP’s poll.

Needing to climb nine spots to return to the AP‘s Top 25, the Aztecs added a second exclamation mark to the end of their season with a 34-10 win over Houston.

The Aztecs scored 34 unanswered points to rally back from a 10-0 deficit in the first quarter to defeat the Cougars, marking their second consecutive season with a MW

the Top 25 teams was what mattered most.

“It won’t matter to most people unless we finish the season in the Top 25,” Long said when SDSU was first ranked earlier in the season. “If we finish the season in the Top 25, obviously, it will make a big deal to our team, our fans and it will make a huge deal in recruiting.”

The“big deal” Long spoke to has already come into effect.

SDSU’s Director of Athletics John David Wicker has voiced his commitment to Long and the success of the Aztecs’ football program.

“Rocky’s our head coach and I want him to be our head coach as long as he wants to be a head coach,” Wicker said.

“We’ll sit down and talk about what length of extension that would be.”

Long, of course, believes an extension is what’s best for SDSU’s long-term success.

“It’s a statement that the program

“ it won’t matter to most people unless we finish in the top 25.”

SDSU head coach Rocky Long looks on as the Aztecs take on the University of California Kelly Smiley, Photo editor

austin Gayle asst. sports editor ____________________________________ San Diego State football finished the 2016 season on a high note with a win over the University of Houston in the Las Vegas bowl on Dec. 17, securing their spot as the No. 25 team in both the Associated Press’ and USA Today

Coaches Top 25 poll.

Finishing the season among the nation’s top 25 teams is a feat unachieved by SDSU since they were ranked No. 25 in the CNN/USA Today poll at the conclusion of the 1986 season.

The Aztecs were ranked as high as No. 19 on the AP’s poll five weeks into the season, but a loss on the road

- Rocky Long, SDSU football head coach

championship and bowl victory.

Additionally, senior running back Donnel Pumphrey rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown against Houston’s No. 3 ranked run defense to surpass former Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne as the NCAA’s all-time career rushing yards leader.

SDSU head coach Rocky Long, however, paid no attention the Aztecs’ roller coaster ride in the AP’s Top 25 poll.

He knew finishing the season among

is stable and that any young man who wants to come to this program is going to be coached by a good coaching staff with a lot of veterans, and it’s a good place to go,” Long said. “I think (other schools) will use that against you in recruiting unless I have five years on my contract.”

With Long’s run-heavy, defensive approach to the game here to stay, the Aztecs should remain dominant within the MW and continue their ascent in the college football rankings in 2017.

Returning to the past in SDSU sports history Sydney Olmstead asst. sports editor, club sports ____________________________________ This week in SDSU history Aztec Athletics took a big step forward with the hiring of two legendary coaches.

The return of the Super Fan Apathy toward San Diego State sports teams was widespread before Steve Fisher was hired as the men’s basketball head coach in 1999. Before Fisher’s

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arrival on campus, the Aztecs had suffered losing seasons in 13 of their last 14 years.

So it goes without saying that fans were pretty pumped after the team finished 21-12 in its 2002 season and earned its first Mountain West title. An 11-5 start to the 2003 season and even some ESPN exposure sparked the birth of a lively new student section for SDSU: The Show.

The Show started out small, though.

Two super fans, San Diego State alumni Travis McMehan and Chris Swinko, were stoked about the recent hiring of Fisher, but both saw that The Show had seemingly gone off the air.

They decided to breathe life into the section by wearing eccentric outfits with afros and sombreros to the games. With that, the 2002-03 basketball season saw the rebirth of the super fan. As of Jan. 18, 2003 there were six more afros at the game against Utah University.

Growing student interest throughout the season led to The Show becoming what it is today. With the growth of the student section came the invention of the “big heads,” blown-up printouts of celebrities’ faces meant to distract the opposing team. The first big head was Michael Jackson, which succeeded in causing a Long Beach player to start laughing hard enough to miss his free

throw.

The Show has used an estimated 125 big heads since then.

Since January 2003, The Show has become widely known as one of the most energetic and proud student sections in college basketball.

The beginning of the Gwynn era Major League Baseball and SDSU legend Tony Gwynn took over as head coach of the SDSU baseball team in the 2003 season. His first regular-season game with the team was against Arizona State on Jan. 24. ASU had six College World Series Championships and a top10 national ranking at the time.

The Aztecs lost their opener against the Sun Devils, as well as the following three games before earning their first season victory against UC Santa Barbara.

Despite getting off to a losing start, the team went 14-9 and even made it to the MW title game that season. Gwynn went on to lead the team to a MW title in 2004 and took the team to its first NCAA regionals since 1991 just five years later.

Gwynn was named the MW Conference Coach of the Year in just his second season coaching the Aztecs.

Jan. 18 - 24, 2017 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: christine whitman• features@thedailyaztec.com

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Difficulty drives music student Julianna Ress Senior staff Writer ____________________________________ Music performance sophomore Jesus Cervantes takes on two of the toughest instruments to master on a daily basis.

Cervantes has been playing guitar since age 10, and picked up violin a few years later when he joined his middle school orchestra.

“The amount of focus and dedication it takes to really master (these instruments is what drives me to continue playing them,” he said.

Cervantes is currently a member of San Diego State’s symphony, as well as the symphony orchestra for the City Ballet of San Diego. He also teaches private violin and guitar lessons to high school students.

However, Cervantes said his most memorable music experience was when he toured China in summer of 2015 with the San Diego Youth Symphony, playing four sold out concerts.

“It was cool to interact with the culture in China and share the music that we have,” he said.

Cervantes additionally enjoys writing original compositions and expressing emotion through his instruments.

“Writing music is always drawing on your life experiences and your emotions that you’re going through,” he said. “Using techniques that I’ve learned in music theory, there are certain things you can convey to certain chord progressions or styles that you use in composition.”

Music performance freshman and

fellow member of the SDSU symphony, Diego Guerra, said Cervantes does not treat music as pure academia, and always values the art in it.

“I appreciate (Cervantes’s) dedication to the music,” Guerra said. “While he slaves in the practice room to learn the notes, he is unique in that he never forgets about the art form.”

Cervantes’s compositions often draw inspiration from his favorite composers, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, as well as contemporary jazz band Snarky Puppy.

He describes most of the music he plays as classical music.

“You don’t really hear classical music on the radio as much, and people don’t listen to it as much as contemporary styles,” Cervantes said. “I like it because it’s a lot more of an academic music, and it’s a lot more complex than today’s music.”

He said he hopes to reach wider audiences with his music and make classical music a more accessible genre. “(Classical music) is not really the most prominent genre right now,” he said. “I definitely try to reach out to audiences who wouldn’t normally listen to classical music because I think that’s a huge part of exposing more people to it.”

Although most people do not actively listen to classical music, Cervantes finds that people respond well to it due to their ingrained familiarity with the genre. “(Classical music) is something a lot of people can relate to even if they don’t know they would relate to it,” he said.

“Most people know at least a couple classical pieces, but even when you’re

North Park restaurant serves uniqueness

Located on Adams Avenue in North Park, Soda and Swine offers an array of interesting items on its menu.

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Thalia Bernal Staff writer ____________________________________ Bacon on mac and cheese?

Count me in.

Today we live for weird, yet delicious combinations of food and it’s always nice to try new foods that don’t exist on every restaurant’s menu.

This break, I decided to take my taste buds to North Park and feel fine at Soda and Swine, located on Adams Avenue.

As soon as you walk in and grab a menu, you’ll stand in line staring at the menu trying to figure out if you should be adventurous and try the Broccolini. Or, maybe you might be feeling the Smashed potatoes. Yes, that’s correct. SMASHED potatoes. Although the menu is brief, with only two columns, you can easily stare at it for 10 minutes trying to make a decision. Everything sounds so different, yet so good.

Who would have ever thought fried pizza knots were a thing?

The ordering process is kind of similar to how a food truck functions. You place your order at the small window and then pay before you get your food.

I finally decided on a swine slider, which is a mini version of a hamburger. It consisted of smoked pork with chipotle barbecue sauce and pepper jack cheese.

And no, I didn’t stop there.

I also ordered Mac and Cheese (with bacon, of course) and smashed potatoes.

Sounds like a lot, right? I feel as if I got the most bang for my buck, especially since I ordered some of the top items on the menu.

I instantly fell in love with the interior design at Soda and Swine. There are two long horizontal tables that run across the entire restaurant. You can sit on a short, super comfy, red bar stool chair and hang out in a hip environment. It felt as if I was in a garden, but also at home, at the same time. The restaurant’s atmosphere was perfect while I sat back and enjoyed its interesting and delicious food.

Music performance senior, Jesus Cervantes, is working to master two of the most difficult instruments.

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watching a movie the score is usually grounded in classical music. So people aren’t too shocked when they hear classical music because they usually have at least some understanding of it even if they don’t know that they do.”

Cervantes said an effective way of appealing classical music to wider audiences is to combine it with contemporary styles.

“On my Instagram account I try to do a combination of classical music and covers of contemporary music to have a variety of things on there and not limit myself to just one genre,” he said.

In addition to his style of playing, Guerra said people are intrigued by Cervantes’s live performances as well. “(Cervantes’s) performances are always sincere,” Guerra said. “He is able to share

the music with the audience and make people lean forward in their seats.”

Some of Cervantes’s biggest goals and dreams are to be a member of a professional symphony orchestra and to score a movie.

He said he could also see himself working as a studio musician for pop or hip hop artists.

“A lot of new albums, like Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly” or J. Cole’s new album, they use a lot of strings in them or have jazz influences,” Cervantes said. “So it’s kind of something that’s coming back in popular music.”

Along with his Instagram account, Cervantes said he hopes to start a YouTube channel for his music, and said any future projects he releases will be on that channel as well as SoundCloud.

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Students explore new countries TRAVEL, from P1 Across the globe, mechanical engineering senior Shelby Pfeifer spent nearly two weeks exploring the west coast of Costa Rica, including Tamarindo, La Fortuna, Monteverde, Santa Teresa, Montezuma, Nosara, Sámara, Bijagua, Arenal and Liberia.

She began her journey at the Desert Hearts Festival in Guanacaste with two friends, and later hit the road for a solo adventure.

Though the journey wasn’t always easy — her rental car got two flat tires almost simultaneously, she was sick for part of the trip, and she had to make a visit to a medical clinic for an eye condition — she said people in Costa Rica were very helpful and kind.

“Ticos are very friendly people,” she said. “It is common to great people as you pass by them on the street with a ‘Hola’ or ‘Pura vida’. This was a little bit of a culture shock coming from California where people barely make eye contact when the walk past each other.”

Pfeifer said one of her favorite parts of the trips was horseback riding on the beach.

“I used to ride horses a lot growing up and it was amazing being able do it again in such a gorgeous location … although it was without a helmet or liability waiver,” she said.

Both Pfeifer and Gonzalez had advice for those considering similar trips.

“My advice is to be 100 percent open minded about what you are going to experience,” Gonzalez said.

“There are so many incredible nuances that make up the ‘whole picture’ of this society and you must be open minded in order to fully experience and understand them,” she said.

She also emphasized that it is important to do your research before visiting, especially when it comes to religious customs.

Pfeifer said she would tell people to stay in hostels when possible.

“They are a great way to meet people and learn about cool activities,” she said.

While staying at a hostel, she dropped in on a yoga class and was able to meet other travelers.

Additionally, hostels can be a budgetfriendly option for students. Of Costa Rica in particular, she said “The road conditions are poor and you may find yourself crossing shallow rivers in order to get to your destination, so if you’re renting a car, get a 4x4 with decent clearance.”

Traveling over breaks can be a good option for students who cannot study abroad for long periods of time due to financial or academic concerns. In addition to semester and year-long study abroad programs, SDSU offers shorter-term programs during winter, summer, and spring breaks. For more information, visit the International Student Center at SDSU.

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Kensington Café welcomes students Austin Gayle asst. sports editor ____________________________________ Customers flood Kensington Café’s corner location to enjoy “healthy, decadent options” ranging from its vegetarian-friendly Spanish Revival to the carnivore classic Pulled Pork Hash.

Kensington’s loyal patrons, however, return simply because it feels like home.

“To say I come just for the food would be a mistake,” liberal studies senior at San Diego State and frequent visitor to Kensington Café, Hailee Stanton, said. “It’s more than just a local breakfast spot. It’s a place in which I find comfort both in what I’m eating and where I’m sitting.”

Located on the corner of Adams Avenue and Marlborough Drive in the Kensington neighborhood, the cafe prides itself in its ability to provide a warm, friendly atmosphere to the San Diego community and local college students. It does so with eye-pleasing paintings pinned to Columbia blue walls paired with an amiable crew of servers.

The restaurant’s manager, Nate Noriega, said he prioritizes the café’s neighborly atmosphere.

“Our ideal goal is to have a neighborhood cafe that is friendly to those who live in the neighborhood and those who are visiting the neighborhood as well,” he said.

“We’re in central San Diego, so we’re right in between several of the major

universities, including (SDSU) of course.”

In addition to its admirable ambiance, Kensington Café provides local college students a safe haven to take advantage of free Wi-Fi and enjoy coffee and espresso purchased from San Diego’s very own WestBean Coffee Roasters.

“I’m not too much of a coffee drinker, but I always tend to grab a cup when (studying) at (Kensington Café),” Stanton said. “And the coffee always goes great with practically anything on the menu.”

The diverse menu offered at Kensington Café preaches variety, making a clear effort to attest to every palette in the San Diego area.

The aforementioned Pulled Pork Hash, Kensington’s top-seller, pulls the customer in with its savory pulled pork tucked beneath a blanket of two over easy eggs a fork-poke away from spilling over the plate.

However, the bed of spiced sweet potatoes resting below the marinated meat keeps the fork from resting on the table.

If breakfast isn’t in the cards, Kensington Café offers a variety of hot sandwiches, including the Montezuma.

Loaded with grilled chicken, Swiss cheese, green chillies and a delightful spicy aioli, the Montezuma draws in customers in search of a solid sandwich, but it pivots to perfection when paired with one the cafe’s best soups, the tomato bisque.

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Across 1 Early sitcom costar Arnaz 5 It’s over a foot 9 Zagreb native 14 Wolfs down 15 Madre’s boy 16 Toy in many “Peanuts” panels 17 Not a fearful place for acrophobia sufferers 20 Casino lineup 21 Starting on 22 Palette choices 23 Morose 25 Droop in the garden 27 Tight hold 29 401(k) alternative, briefly 32 Went ballistic 36 Not a fearful fund for agoraphobia sufferers

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The “Montezuma” sandwhich at Kensington Cafe is a popular menu item.

Austin Gayle, Asst. Sports editor

Biting into the Montezuma by itself draws a smile; biting into the Montezuma after dunking it in the tomato bisque quickly draws another bite.

The menu continues to impress in its vegetarian options, as the Tree Hugger, an egg scramble featuring spinach, mushroom and feta cheese, and the avocado-dependent and aptly named Sandy Eggan stand as two favorable dishes for those looking to keep meat off their plate.

Kensington Café is also the place to

be for those looking to keep money in their wallet.

“Our prices are very reasonable,” Noriega said. “Let’s be honest, sometimes when you’re in college that’s a big thing that you look for, reasonable prices and still a good quantity, a good amount of food that you’re receiving for your buck.”

Keeping cost in the picture, Kensington Café continues to check all of the boxes for local college students, making it a no-brainer for Aztecs to check off their list.

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Trump's *real* first day in office AHMAD DIXON STAFF WRITER ____________________________________

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ometimes it’s hard to imagine what the job of the President of the United States actually entails, but sometimes we have the opportunity to peer behind the curtain and get a glimpse of what may be the hardest job in the world.

With the help of a few “eyewitnesses” and a bit of “investigative reporting,” I have compiled this totally accurate timeline of President-Elect Trump’s first day in office.

Editor’s note: This article may or may not be an accurate representation of what President-Elect Trump may or may not do during his first day in office after Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.

6:00 a.m. Rise.

6:30 a.m. Skims through the “New York Times,” now renamed the “Totally Biased Liberal Media Times” due to an executive order, to see what “lies” were recently printed about him.

7:15 a.m. Breakfast with wife number three, browse through catalogue for wife number four and mistress number … 412.

7:50 a.m. Visits Hillary Clinton in the federal penitentiary. Brings bag full of peanuts to throw, while continuing to gloat over presidential win.

8:55 a.m. Attends daily “League of Evil” meeting. Members include: Lex Luthor, The Joker, The Riddler and Chief White House Strategist Steve Bannon.

11:50 a.m. Prank calls Mitt Romney to offer him the Secretary of State job.

12:00 p.m. Lunch date with Vladimir Putin. Trump orders a well-done steak.

Putin orders a cow, kills it and then proceeds to eat the entire animal raw all in one gulp, without chewing.

12:45 p.m. Actual governing.

12:46 p.m. Pushes big red button with the purpose of “seeing what would happen.”

12:55 p.m. Meets with top generals, scientists, economists and elected officials.

Topic of the day, “Reasons you shouldn’t do things for the sole purpose of ‘seeing what would happen.’”

1:00 p.m. Charges all top generals, scientist, economists and elected officials with high treason for disagreeing with him.

1:05 p.m. Presses big red button again with purpose of “seeing what would happen a second time.”

1:35 p.m. Receives angry phone call from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnball demanding an explanation on why he ordered an airstrike on the Great Barrier Reef, twice. Trump, in desperation, blames Vice President Pence and slams the phone back on the hook.

2:00 p.m. Assists secret service in luring Vice President Pence into a wooden crate, which will be shipped overnight to Australia where Pence will be tried for being a National annoyance.

2:30 p.m. Begins search for new vice

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president. Calls Mitt Romney as a joke then appoints Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter.

3:05 p.m. Due to an obscure portion of the constitution, Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan is forced to give Trump a piggyback ride through the White House rose garden.

5:00 p.m. Sits on top of the Washington Memorial with a pair of binoculars and a high-powered rifle. As commander in chief, Trump must be vigilant of terror plots abroad, but especially at home.

6:00 p.m. Digs holes around the White House lawn in a scheme to find Joe Biden’s secret gold stash.

6:05 p.m. Cashes gold at pawnshop increases gross domestic product by five percent.

6:45 p.m. Orders State Department to graffiti “Taiwan Rules” on a wall at the Chinese Embassy.

7:05 p.m. Awards self Presidential Medal of Freedom due to advancing American Literature with “the Art of the Deal.”

“I always wanted one of these, fantastic,” Trump would say.

8:00 p.m. Goes to Home Depot to get a free estimate on that wall.

8:30 p.m. Dinner with Ivanka, Donald Jr., and Eric. They discuss business, which is totally not a conflict of interest. Believe me…

9:25 p.m. Contemplates letting Tiffany out

of her cage, decides against it.

10:00 p.m. Trump sits in the White House library, rereading the Constitution. Around him are the works of great American authors: Twain, Whitman, Faulkner, Dickinson and Frost, all of which have inspired him in his darkest moments.

A roaring fire illuminates the room.

Trump checks on Baron, his youngest, to remind him why he does what he does.

Then he returns to the library and looks up to the portrait of George Washington and is immediately humbled, thinking of the great men who have filled his position and how he will never be able to live up to their legacy.

Trump sheds a single tear and feels a sense of absolute patriotism.

In an angelic voice, only known to his closest confidants, Trump sings the “Star Spangled Banner” trying to hold back more tears, but not missing a single note.

Secret Service men stationed in the hallway struggle to keep up their stoic expressions, but they are so moved.

Trump retires to his wooden rocking chair, stroking his chin and contemplates how he can make this country better for the American people and get the economy working for the little guy.

10:30 p.m. Sleep.

3:30 a.m. Wakes up to call an SNL cast member fat on Twitter then immediately falls back to sleep.

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