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Students protest DACA decision ‘Black Minds Matter’

by Amber Nelson CONTRIBUTOR

Dozens of San Diego State students participated in a rally against the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in front of Hepner Hall on Thursday.

The rally was hosted by the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán just two

days after President Trump’s announcement of the end of DACA, a program that provides temporary protection from deportation and other support to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States at a young age.

“As soon as the news came out, (the MECHA members) congregated,” said Alan Olvera, a MECHA member and computer science senior. “From there we

tried to come up with a way of presenting this to the campus and I think the best opportunity of doing so is with a rally.”

The rally lasted about an hour and many students, both those who are personally affected by DACA and those who are not, were able to speak out about SEE DACA PROTEST, PAGE 2

Photo by Jocelyn Moran

Students protest President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Estudiantes protestan la decisión de Presidente Donald Trump de revocar la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia. Ve historia completa en pagina 7.

Aztecs seeking upset over Stanford

by Abraham Jewett ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

There is a buzz around campus surrounding San Diego State football this week. The release of SDSU’s 2017 regular season schedule brought with it an elephant in the room — or, to be more specific, a tree. Now the wait is finally over: it’s time to play Stanford.

The Aztecs will take on Stanford this Saturday in an attempt to defend their home turf against an opponent that will be hungry to get back in the win column. The Cardinals, ranked

No. 19 in the AP and Coaches Poll, will be coming to town with a record of 1-1, following a tough road defeat to the University of Southern California.

SDSU, on the other hand, heads into the matchup with a two-game winning streak to start the season. Fresh off a 30-20 road win against Arizona State, their first road victory over a Pac-12 school since 1975, the Aztecs will look to continue their hot start with a third straight win over a Pac-12 opponent (including their win over University of California Berkeley in 2016).

This will be the fourth all-time

meeting between the programs, with Stanford holding a threewins-to-one advantage. The game will be nearly three decades in the making, with the last matchup in 1988 resulting in a Cardinal victory. Aztecs Head coach Rocky Long always embraces the opportunity to play schools from other conferences, and knows that a victory in this game could stir up national interest in his team.

“We have another opportunity game this week, where we’re SEE STANFORD PREVIEW, PAGE 8

class draws criticism

by Maya Carter STAFF WRITER

A new class offered to graduate students at San Diego State has garnered both criticism and support from students, administration and community members.

Black Minds Matter, created and taught by education professor J. Luke Wood, will be offered in person to roughly 30 students at SDSU, as well as online via live broadcast to approximately 10,000 participants from Oct. 23, 2017 to Dec. 11, 2017.

The course is described as a way to train educators to prepare and organize their classrooms as sites for civil resistance against racism, Wood said.

“We, often times as a community, confront justice through marches, demonstrations, sit ins, and vigils and the classroom is another site, particularly through the avenue of teaching through empowerment, that can serve for that type of civil resistance,” Wood said.

Such resistance, according to Wood, stems from the fact that black men and boys fall into two categories: one, they are undervalued in education and are assumed to be academically inferior, and two, they are criminalized in the classroom, often times assumed to be deviant or up to no good.

“The result of (these perceptions) is that (black men and boys) are exposed to exclusionary discipline or put in special education as a dumping ground for them, which really only does one thing well, and it’s to socialize people to go into the prison-industrial complex,” he said.

The course draws parallels from the Black Lives Matter movement in an attempt to change the way educators interact with black men and boys in the classroom.

“Nearly all educators are racist,” Wood said. “They are not overtly white supremacists but they harbor perceptions of black males that are informed by what they have seen in wider society through the media, news, in books and in film. They engage black males from a point of

stereotypes, microaggressions and bias.”

Wood said that he wants educators to understand where this bias comes from and to work to move away from it.

“Beyond that, we are organizing how we talk about what a new teaching and learning practice should look like through the Black Lives Matter principles of loving engagement, restorative justice and collective values,” he said.

Wood said that he did not anticipate the amount of criticism that he has received so soon before the class has begun.

“We anticipated that there would be some people who were not happy with the course, because whenever you speak love into a system of hate, there is a visceral reaction,”he said. “We did expect that there would be some concerns, but the way that the concerns are manifested have certainly taken us by surprise.”

Jon Coupal, the president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, is working to have the class cancelled, saying that it’s a waste of tax money.

“We should be spending public funds on courses that will actually prepare the next generation for meaningful jobs instead of teaching them how to be victims,” Coupal told the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Wood rebuffed this criticism.

“What you see is an organization, led by a white male, [whose] position is to advance ideas and policies that benefit those who are the ‘haves’ of our society,” Wood said.

“Our class speaks against that while providing some realistic pathways, and has a reach far beyond what a normal class would have. That, for some people, can be scary.”

Brandon Jones, the President of the San Diego State College Republicans, echoed Coupal’s criticism in a statement Sept. 12.

“Taxpayer money must not be used to fund political campaigns of any kind, especially those associated with Black Lives Matter,” said Jones. “The university must distance itself SEE BLACK MINDS MATTER, PAGE 6

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Sept. 13-19, 2017 EDITOR: Will Fritz, news@thedailyaztec.com

Meet SDSU’s new interim president

by Will Fritz NEWS EDITOR

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t was supposed to be an she could help the university that just is what it is.” ordinary day for Sally Roush. avoid an upheaval of a year: being Roush has a long history at The retired San Diego State a longtime SDSU administrator, SDSU, and at universities in administrator was spending the she said she already knew the general. day with her two grandchildren, campus and thus could be a more She graduated from the ages 7 and 2. effective president than someone University of Denver with a degree As they were leaving the park, from a different campus. in sociology before working in her phone rang.

The two agreed to discuss the a position overseeing personnel Normally, Roush doesn’t like position the following week. and payroll at the University of to answer phone numbers she “At the end of the day, he was Colorado, Denver. doesn’t recognize. But she saw persuasive and I agreed,” she said.

She accepted her first position the 562 area code and thought Roush is serving as interim at SDSU in 1982, also in human it might be someone from the president until a permanent resources.

California State University Office replacement for President From there, she gradually of the Chancellor.

Hirshman is appointed by the moved up through the ranks.

As it turned out, it was.

CSU Board of Trustees. The In 1994, then-Vice President of When she answered the phone, replacement is expected to be Business of Financial Affairs Bill she heard the voice of CSU selected and in office before Erickson, who was retiring, told Chancellor Timothy White. summer 2018.

Roush she should apply for his This was a day not long after *** position.

SDSU President Elliot Hirshman Roush is the first woman to “So I thought about it and, what announced he was leaving his serve as SDSU’s president in the was the worst that could happen? position to take I wouldn’t get the over as president job. But I still had “People know you really well when you’ve of Stevenson (my own) job.”

U n i v e r s i t y , already been somewhere, so they know your good Roush said near Baltimore, she was among qualities and also your poor qualities. I always Maryland. three finalists some students at the time. One 2016 when a police cruiser he “My first took it as a point of pride that even though they r e c o m m e n d e d of the main criticisms was that was riding in was surrounded thought was that by a national the university could use the by protesters angry about his he was calling knew the worst of me, people still recommended search committee money for the project on other response to flyers posted around to get contact me.” to Thomas Day, things, like building new parking campus naming members of Students for Justice in Palestine information for SDSU president structures or hiring more faculty.

Roush defended the signage as terrorists. But she stands by someone to talk at the time. the decisions her previous bosses improvement project. about the position,” Roush said. institution’s 120-year history.

Ultimately, Day selected her.

There are many things at a have made.

Close, but not quite.

With her appointment, the CSU “There’s a dynamic around “I’m not going to secondInstead, White asked her to now has more female presidents that,” Roush said. “People know university that must be attended consider taking over for now- than male ones. you really well when you’ve to, she said, and there is never guess anything that president(s) former President Hirshman until But she said these aren’t facts already been somewhere, so they a singular focus on any one Hirshman, Weber or Day did,” Roush said. the CSU could find a permanent she really thinks about. know your good qualities and particular issue.

She brought up the recent “Because if you disregard how replacement.

“I actually think it’s sad that also your poor qualities. I always “I was just speechless,” Roush we have to talk about it, because took it as a point of pride that the classrooms are kept up, events in Charlottesville, Virginia, said. “He said, ‘You don’t have I think after so much time has even though they knew the worst if the classrooms aren’t clean, where white supremacist and to decide right now,’ and I said, passed, the notion that a woman of me, people still recommended then you’re not gonna have the neo-Nazi groups held a rally same quality of educational that resulted in clashes between ‘Well, that’s good because I’m at has achieved something and it’s me.” the wild animal park, I’ve got somehow noteworthy is a sad Roush spent 31 years working experience,” Roush said. “And protesters and counter-protesters, if people are always getting lost and killed one woman. The the 2-year-old in the stroller, commentary that we have a lot at SDSU. and I think I need to pull off the further to go than I thought we She said one reason for staying when they come to campus, it’s president of the University of pathway here.” did,” Roush said in an interview in San Diego so long was her a frustration, they don’t want to Virginia received some criticism Roush said she had to think Aug. 14. “I’m pretty sure that isn’t children. “When I moved here, come back. So you have to weigh for her failure to explicitly name white supremacy in her statement about the decision long and why the chancellor asked me to my daughters were very young,” all those sorts of things.”

And she said the new signage about the rally. hard. It would be a significant do the job. I do know that he’s she said. “They were 5 and 7. So “I’m the first one to say that it time commitment, and would committed to getting the best in part, having them not move was quite a worthy improvement over the old sign system, which shouldn’t be held against people take her time away from her candidate for every position and again was important.” when they make an error in grandchildren. But she also felt if it’s now more women than men, It also helped that she enjoyed she described as “a mess.”

“Have you ever tried to tell judgement,” Roush said. “You both the university and her job.

“I quickly loved San Diego somebody how to get to North know, she said what she said, State,” she said. “I worked with Life Science on their first day of she did what she did. She didn’t intend to be irresponsible or wonderful people. I’ve worked class? I rest my case.” program.

Roush also helped the CSU hurtful, but they were caught offover the years with three “(San Diego’s) diversity is presidents of the university’s system by advising Cal Poly San guard.” continued from page 1 critical to preparing our students eight, which is pretty remarkable. Luis Obispo and Sonoma State Roush said she’s not sure she to work in San Diego’s binational And there was or anyone else economy and a global workforce,” know how never a day that I the president’s decision to end “I quickly loved San Diego State. I worked with would the letter read.

“Our students, to handle such was bored.” this program. Even though not regardless of their immigration an incident 100 She also said she wonderful people.

I’ve worked over the years everyone at the rally will be percent correctly. directly affected by the end of status, are valued members of our sees the purpose of with three presidents of the university’s eight, “I would have her job as one that DACA, many showed support for educational community.”

After Trump’ s announcement to say if we ended she values highly: which is pretty remarkable. those affected. on Tuesday, Sept.

5, SDSU up with people to contribute to “Right now, they’re targeting another statement the here marching education this DACA population, and if no released reassuring students of “San Diego with torches on a Friday night, University.

And she served as an of future citizens.

It’ s work that one does anything about it then State University’ s commitment to it would be pretty remarkable,” interim chief financial officer for Roush said she finds rewarding it’s going to be another group the chancellor’s office for about Roush said. “We would have to that will be attacked,” said Vivian providing a safe and welcoming and fulfilling.

“We do it sometimes against six months — which is how do the best we could.”

Reyes, a comparative international environment for all students, She said if something like what all odds with budget reductions Chancellor White knew her. studies senior. “It’s just going to faculty and staff.”

Some students were dissatisfied happened in Charlottesville ever So when White asked Roush to and rules and regulations that just get worse until it targets you.” with the statements released by were to come to SDSU’s campus, accept the interim presidency at seem to come out of nowhere and Many students at the rally displayed a message of solidarity SDSU, including Olvera, who through it all, we, I think, do a SDSU, it was already the second she would lean on her cabinet for very incredible job of providing a time she had been asked to come guidance. with DACA recipients and called it “more PR.” “I feel like the school can do “I have a lot of confidence great education for our students,” out of retirement. undocumented immigrants, a lot more for undocumented in the people within our “It’ s only a year,” she said.

“But Roush said. including Susana Monzon, an organization whose job and skill Even after her retirement in it’s also a year.”

SDSU graduate with a degree in students across campus,” he said.

According to Olvera, there will 2013, she’s maintained some it is to respond to situations like *** Chicana and Chicano studies. be a MECHA meeting held on that,” she said. “There are lots of After 31 years at SDSU, Roush involvement with the university.

“I feel like we need to be here Tuesday, Sept.

12 to discuss more people that can get involved in a knows university presidents are Roush advised the university to support and show that with circumstance like that and help numbers we can do something,” ways to get their message about for Destination SDSU, a $1.3 no strangers to controversy.

DACA out to the community at defuse the tensions, help decide President Hirshman was million project to improve signage Monzon said.

SDSU. what is the right thing or not to criticized for many of his actions on campus that was announced in SDSU released a letter on “There’ s always more we can over the course of his six-year spring 2016.

Monday, Sept. 4, urging President SEE PRESIDENT ROUSH, It was a project that angered tenure, most notably in April Donald Trump to retain the do,” he said.

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Organizaciones de San Diego State protestan para defender a DACA

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Estudiante expresa su apoyo hacia los estudiantes protegidos bajo DACA mientras habla a los manifestantes.

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Brenda Gregorio-Nieto

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Las organizaciones Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, Educación Sin Fronteras y la Asociación de Chicana Activistas se reunieron para traer a cabo una congregación en apoyo de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia el 7 de septiembre.

Esto ocurrió solo dos días después de que Fiscal General Jeff Sessions anunció la decisión de Presidente Trump en terminar con DACA, lo cual ha estado protegiendo a aproximadamente 800.000 jóvenes.

Alan Olvera, estudiante de cuarto año de ciencias de computación y miembro de M.E.Ch.A, participó en esta manifestación para apoyar a los estudiantes afectados por la decisión.

“Sí me duele en tener

amigos y familiares quienes son beneficiarios de DACA”, dijo Olvera. “Es feo que tan fácil puedan perder sus oportunidades de obtener una educación y el poder de ejercer una carrera”.

DACA les daba a estos jóvenes un permiso para trabajar y les daba protección de deportación por dos años, lo cual se podía renovar.

La revocación de DACA afecta a 38.000 jóvenes en San Diego.

“Después que escuchamos lo que había pasado, nos pusimos a planear y escoger la mejor manera para presentar esto al campus”, dijo Olvera. “Y, pues, decidimos que congregarnos era lo mejor”.

Estudiante de tercer año de trabajo social Marlene Martínez brindó su apoyo a este evento.

“Es importante dar el apoyo físicamente y mentalmente, ya que son tiempos duros y tenemos que estar

apoyándonos”, dijo ella.

Durante la protesta, un estudiante dijo que porque la organización Republicanos de SDSU no estaba allí, especialmente después de publicar una declaración en donde expresaron su apoyo con la decisión de revocar a DACA. El presidente de la organización Republicanos de SDSU Brandon Jones dijo que él, con otro miembro de la organización, fueron a Hepner Hall a las 12:10 p.m. ese día porque entendían que la protesta iba a ocurrir a las 12 p.m. Jones dijo que se fue a casa después de no ver a nadie allí.

Sin embargo, dijo que fue a las medias sociales después y vio que la manifestación sí estaba pasando.

“No tuve la oportunidad de ir, pero no tengo un problema con la protesta”, dijo Jones.

Jones dijo que la organización no piensa que la gente debe

de ser deportados en ninguna capacidad, sino que su declaración fue simplemente dirigido al hecho de que la decisión de Presidente Obama de implementar DACA fue inconstitucional.

Durante la protesta, Martínez empezó a hablar a los reúnidos, dirigiéndose hacia la organización Republicanos de SDSU. “Yo tengo algo que decirles”, dijo Martínez. “Ten algo de compasión en tu corazón.

Estos estudiantes solo quieren ser exitosos en la vida. No quieren causar ningún tipo de daño. Los millones de personas indocumentados vinieron aquí para tener una vida mejor”.

Jones dijo que las personas quienes leyeron su declaración y están saliendo contra ellos, no están separando la política y la problema humanitaria.

“Estamos en el mismo lado del problema humanitario en

donde no estamos pidiendo que la gente sea deportados”, dijo Jones. “No estamos pidiendo que la gente sea mandados a un país que nunca han vivido en o visitado”.

El presidente de SDSU, Sally Roush, mandó un correo electrónico el 5 de septiembre avisando que la escuela va a apoyar a los jóvenes protegidos con DACA y recordándoles que su estatus migratorio está protegido bajo la ley de Derechos Educativos y Privacidad Familiar (FERPA).

Martínez dijo que hay más que SDSU puede hacer para los estudiantes.

“Sí me gusto, pero todavía tienen que hacer más acciones, como amplificar el área de recursos para estudiantes indocumentados”.

El área de recursos para estudiantes indocumentados está localizado en las oficinas de EOP.

Estudiante protegido bajo DACA comparte su historia por Jocelyn Moran EDITORA DE MUNDO AZTECA

Estudiante de cuarto año de San Diego State de relaciones públicas Héctor Manuel Zermeño vino a los Estados Unidos de México cuando tenía solo 12 años. Desde el 10 de septiembre de este año, ha vivido acá por 15 años.

Zermeño aplicó para Acción Diferida para los Llegados de Infancia en 2012 y recibió su permiso de trabajo en 2013.

“No siento que conozco a mi país de origen tan bueno como lo conocía antes”, dijo Zermeño.

“Me costaría mucho poder empezar una vida de nuevo si yo fuera a ser mandado para atras”.

Zermeño dijo que el fin de semana antes del martes, 5 de septiembre, fue uno lleno de

mucha ansiedad y sin mucho descanso a pensar que no sabía lo que iba a pasar con él.

“Mi peor temor fue si iba a ser deportado antes de que pudiera terminar mi licenciatura”, dijo él.

El anuncio de revocar a DACA fue uno temido por muchos.

Afecta a casi 800.000 personas quienes están protegidos bajo DACA y a aproximadamente 38.000 en San Diego.

Zermeño dijo que él sí se ha sentido apoyado por la universidad, especialmente por Programa de Oportunidades Educativas, mejor conocido como EOP. “Pienso que necesitamos ser representados y escuchados”, dijo él. “Mi futuro está en la línea si no defiendo a mis derechos y los beneficios que DACA me ha dado”.

Zermeño dijo que él sí va a poder graduarse de SDSU

“No ven otra cosa más que la raza y el estatus legal.

Tienen que conocer las historias de las personas que son beneficiados por DACA”.

– Héctor Manuel Zermeño, Estudiante de cuarto año de relaciones públicas porque su permiso no termina hasta el 2019.

“Quisiera poder quedarme

para que pueda terminar mi licenciatura en este país porque ha sido el que he crecido a amar desde que vine aquí”, dijo él.

El congreso tiene seis meses para desarrollar legislación para los afectados antes de que DACA se expire el 5 de marzo.

“Ahorrita, el congreso tiene el poder de ayudarnos”, dijo Zermeño. “Yo les diría que tengan mucha compasión, que vean los efectos que va a tener si no nos ayudan. Muchas vidas van a ser destruidas”.

Zermeño dijo que para los que apoyan la decisión de terminar DACA, les aconsejara que piensen otra vez de su posición.

“Yo les diría que platiquen con alguien quien ha recibido los beneficios de DACA”, dijo Zermeño. “De allí, aprendaran mucho porque ellos solo lo están viendo como parte de raza. No

ven otra cosa más que la raza y el estatus legal. Tienen que conocer las historias de las personas que son beneficiados por DACA”.

Aunque el anuncio de la revocación ha dejado a muchos con preocupaciones y incertidumbre, Zermeño dijo que tiene fé para el futuro.

“Hay mucha gente que está de nuestro lado”, dijo Zermeño.

“Las voces no serán callados por un simple mandato”.

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Estudiante levanta un cartel en la protesta.

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Why we should stop arguing DACA under capitalist ideals Immigrants are part of the San Diego State campus and compassion for them is necessary.

by Cassidy McCombs STAFF WRITER

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is the most talked about story in America. DACA was implemented in 2012 and allows certain immigrants — specifically young undocumented adults brought here as children — to legally work and attend school. San Diego, a city that was once part of Mexico and prides itself on a diverse community, is home to an abundance of people directly affected by Trump’s decision to end DACA. California has been supporting affordable education opportunities regardless of immigrant status since 2001, when AB 540 was instated.

AB 540 allows students who attended California schools and received a high school diploma to pay resident tuition fees at state universities. The issue of educating all Americans has been a priority in California long before DACA was established.

By law, undocumented students have a right to an education from Kindergarten to 12th grade. While a college education may not be a right, it is a growing necessity. According to the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium, there are about 40,000 DACA recipients

in San Diego. It is not just a bill affecting the lives of others.

An argument against ending DACA that has flooded social media is the effect the loss of these individuals will have on the U.S. economy. Educating all people in the U.S. is vital to their human rights beyond their

important for students at SDSU to humanize the situation at hand and be proactive with their college community.

It is one thing to look at the number of DACA participants and be concerned about the economy, but looking at the faces of students walking SDSU

“Morality knows no ethnicity, culture or borders.” contributions to the workforce.

To argue in support of DACA through an economic lense is dehumanizing. DACA recipients alongside other immigrants would have more drive to contribute to society if their ability to stay in the United States was not threatened by their way of arrival.

There are about 800,000 people protected under DACA according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Human lives are more important than numbers and jobs. Families. Friends. Partners.

Lives are affected by DACA, not just the economy. It is

hallways, is heartbreaking. It is a privilege to feel safe walking on campus and to feel a sense of permanence. According to the Migration Policy Institute, a good amount of DACA students, about 30,000, call San Diego home. They crossed the border at a young age, and do not know anything different. They are, despite lack of official papers, American. Students at SDSU who aren’t from San Diego have a home they know and love, they miss their friends and family beyond their campus life. DACA students do not have another home, they have a place their family is from, but they grew up

in the U.S.. A lot of them have never left the country due to immigration regulations, unlike a lot of other students who have had family vacations or studied abroad. Leaving America is leaving the only place they physically know.

While DACA may not affect someone directly, it affects what the Constitution stands for.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is something that this country stands behind, and is a human right. Morality knows no ethnicity, culture or borders.

Arguing DACA for the sake of the economy misses the larger issue of basic human rights.

It promotes capitalism over equality.

Looking at immigrants as good or bad, naming them as criminals rather than people, is an issue in and of itself. It is dehumanizing.

As a resident in San Diego, and a student at SDSU, look at the peers on campus rather than what the media represents as a good and a bad immigrant. No one is good or bad, people are human. And no human being is illegal.

Cassidy McCombs is a junior studying journalism and media studies. Connect with her on Twitter @Cassidy_McCombs and Instagram @cassidyemily.

Unreasonable backlash against new black minds matter course lacks tact

by Kemi Giwa STAFF WRITER

It’s about time one of the many racial opportunity gaps found in the U.S. is addressed.

Many people like to think that K-12 schools in America are the pillars of fairness. However, — for young black men and boys — statistics show otherwise.

According to the National Education Association black boys are three times more likely to be suspended or expelled from school than their white peers, are more likely to be placed in special education and are more likely to attend schools without the adequate resources to educate them.

These facts make it impossible to ignore the parallels that exist between black boys and men, and how the less than satisfactory performance and treatment of black boys in schools, spill over into their progress in society.

For these reasons, Professor J. Luke Wood at San Diego State University, developed the doctoral course, “Black Minds Matter: A Focus on Black Boys and Men in Education.”

one to be leaders and owners of production, while the other group, being black boys and men, train to be prisoners and members of the underclass.”

Despite the clear purpose

“Educators should take a different approach towards effectively teaching and motivating black boys.”

The course was developed to address the experiences and realities of black males in education while offering research-based strategies on ways to improve their success.

“The school system is failing,” said Wood. “The system is designed to take two different groups of students and prepare

of the course, Wood has faced some major criticism from individuals who suggest that the course incites violence and will encourage students, professors and administrators to participate in the so-called “political movement” that they believe Black Lives Matter is.

According to Dr. Wood, “This

course is an affirmative statement of value for a group that has not been valued. Our minds don’t matter more or less, but they certainly do matter.”

Unlike the critics suggest, Black Minds Matter isn’t a class designed to indoctrinate, but rather to educate.

This class will teach aspiring teachers on how to recognize the patterns of criminalization that exist in the education system.

Once these patterns are recognized, they can learn strategies on ways to overcome them.

Educators should take a different approach towards effectively teaching and motivating black boys.

It’ll make all the difference in the crime statistics of the future.

Which in turn, will lead to a stronger, educated generation of black boys.

Kemi Giwa is a junior studying public relations with a minor in political science. Connect with her on Twitter @_KemiG.

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by Talia Raoufpur SENIOR STAFF WRITER

It’s that time of year again.

Students are faced with high textbook costs and with the pressure to purchase them to avoid a negative grade or feeling left behind. In some classes, students are required to purchase textbooks their instructors wrote — which is a conflict of interest.

According to NBC News, the price of textbooks increased by over 70 percent since 2006.

Instructors should not gain financial benefits from students’ learning experiences. The goal should not be to profit from the educational tools needed to earn a high grade.

According to San Diego State’s University Senate Policy File, “it shall be a conflict of interest and a violation of professional ethics for a faculty member or academic department or school, or segment thereof to accept or solicit payment of royalties or commissions for assigned course materials, other than those published for general (national or international) sale.”

Although the rules do not prohibit instructors from requiring their own published tools for their course, it’s a contradiction to the spirit of academic teaching.

Supplemental teaching guides, or “course readers,” are also instructional materials that are written by faculty and required for students to purchase.

Course readers can only be purchased at the SDSU Bookstore and often must be new, since the material may change each semester.

Astronomy 101 professor Douglas Leonard, who has a doctorate in astrophysics,

is one of the professors that has a course reader for his class. His material sells for $43.99.

“I do not receive any royalties from this course reader and have never even thought about the possibility of receiving any possible royalties,” he said.

His reader contains the course syllabus, weekly outlines, all his PowerPoint slides and supplemental required readings.

He claims the course reader to be a “cost-saver” for students since he no longer requires his

of interest. He claims it would only be acceptable to receive the royalties if the book is used in other universities.

Not all professors are as considerate to their students’ wallets as Leonard.

If a professor requires their students to purchase their own material, it must be the most comprehensive book given the course subject. Even then, professors should keep the costs as low as possible.

Charles Tatum, who has a

bookstore and the publisher’s website. Tatum’s book is not cheap. A student enrolled in four or more courses per semester may need to purchase a textbook for each class. He says that he likes the results and has received positive feedback from students.

It would be valid for a professor to require their book out of necessity or expertise.

Jewish Studies professor Yale Strom says his required books satisfy both. In his 11 years at SDSU, Dr. Strom says he believed

“There is a conflict of interest if the instructor’s publishing is a required source. However the professor’s reasoning determines if this conflict will hinder their students’ learning.” students to purchase multiple textbooks. He has since consolidated the necessary readings into one reader.

Students solely pay for the publishers’ royalties. The photos featured in his PowerPoint slides are free and the required readings have been printed on less pages, reducing the cost of printing and copyrights.

When asked about professors who require students to purchase their own books, Leonard said if he was in such a position, he would consider issuing a refund to his students from the royalties he earned to avoid a conflict

doctorate in psychology, has been teaching the psychology and learning course at SDSU for 30 years and has mandated his students to purchase his own textbook for the last five.

He says he never found a book on the market that was good enough to be used in his class.

“I could do a better job writing a book,” he said.

Tatum receives approximately a five percent royalty per book and says that if the material is published by a certified publisher, there is no conflict of interest.

His book retails for $65 at the

that there were no books on the market that would be able to explain Jewish ethnography as well as his own.

“There is no book like it—it’s one-of-a-kind. What better way to teach my own field research.

It gives a personal insight to the course,” he said.

Strom’s expertise is evident in the various books he assigns to his students. In his case, the books serve to enrich their learning of Jewish ethnography through his own experiences— which is often a rare experience for college students. Students’ education comes before any

other aspect of college, with the cost having to come second at times. Strom’s literary works— which can be purchased online for less than $10 meet the criteria for both responsibilities.

None of his texts exceed the price of $30.

“I am one of the known people in the world to know what was Jewish life during the communist era. It’s my craft. I’m a writer, a composer, musician and photographer—so that all comes through in this book,” Strom said.

Accounting junior Alex Renard says that her English 220 professor required her class to purchase a $15 novel written by her professor.

“If it’s a random novel and one of many books required, then it’s pushing it,” she said.

Renard says that even though her professor said the subject of the novel correlated with the subject of the class, it seemed like he wanted them to read the book because he wrote it.

One way to prevent the rise of costs is for professors to create addendums rather than publish updated editions of their textbooks.

There is a conflict of interest if the instructor’s publishing is a required source. However, their reasoning determines if this conflict will hinder their students’ learning.

Talia Raoufpur is a senior studying psychology and communication. Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter @TaliaRaoufpur

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Black Minds Matter:

to have a response in a systematic way to some of those challenges that they voiced.”

Second year doctoral student Michelle DeJohnette said that she is very excited continued from page 1 for the class and is especially interested in learning how to teach in a manner that from this project and others like it is culturally responsible. that teach students to become victims “What I hope to learn in the class is instead of preparing them to become about how comparing black and white contributing members of society.” children is inherently racist, and how we Despite efforts from many to have the can make education for black children class cancelled, Wood said university more equitable and what that will look administration has remained supportive. like in the classroom,” DeJohnette “We know that by fourth grade, only 14 said. “It’s classes like this where the percent of black males will be proficient counter narrative is told and hopefully in reading, [black males] are two times practitioners will get an insight on what more likely to be suspended, three times African American students need to be more likely to be expelled, only 52 successful.” percent will Wood said graduate from that in contrast “What they call indoctrination, I high school, to many critics call education and what they call and most of labeling his them who course as education, I call indoctrination” go to college indoctrination, won’t finish,” he aims to – J. Luke Wood, Wood said. to provide a Black Minds Matter professor “Obviously true education what we’re which shows doing [in education] is not working how racially charged systems manifest and I think that campus administration and how they adversely affect our recognizes that and recognizes the need community. for the course.”

“I would say that indoctrination is Wood said that black doctoral students putting a black child in a classroom and are a large part of the inspiration for the stealing their desire to learn, teaching class. them that they can be nothing more than “Last year when Alfred Olango was a criminal or an entertainer and exposing killed in El Cajon, another example them to teachers who prepare them for of an unarmed black (man) being shot the prison industry.” Wood said. “What by police, we had a lot of our black they call indoctrination, I call education doctoral students who were involved and what they call education, I call in the organizing and demonstrations indoctrination.” around that,” Wood said. “This class is the outgrowth of conversations that came from that event and from the desire

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say, so I have a lot of confidence in those individuals.”

And even after just a couple of months as university president, Roush has already found herself facing some criticism, albeit on a smaller scale.

At a CSU Board of Trustees meeting in May, some trustees expressed concern about administrators’ pay, including that of Roush, who will be paid a salary of about $428,000 during her time as interim president. In June, San Diego Reader released a piece referring to Roush as “queen of the doubledippers” for receiving her salary — the highest of any CSU president — in addition to her approximately $175,000 pension from the CSU. “It’s the salary the chancellor assigned,” Roush said of the criticism. “I didn’t ask for it.”

The decision on Roush’s salary came around the same time the CSU system elected to raise students’ tuition, citing a lack of necessary funding from the state government.

Beginning in the 2017-18 academic year, tuition went up to $5,742 per year for a full-time undergraduate student — a $270 increase.

Credential and graduate students saw their tuition rise by $312 and $438, respectively.

“For students who can’t afford tuition, we have a lot of financial aid programs,” Roush said. “State university grant programs, plus scholarships, pell grants, so there is a lot of financial aid.” *** In her year in SDSU’s top office, Roush said she hopes to keep things much the same as they were when President Hirshman was

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She said it’s important for her to maintain the financial stability she says Hirshman, who is renowned for his fundraising skills, worked hard to create.

“Mostly (I want to be) keeping things fairly routine so people aren’t worried about a lot of new changes because of a new president,” she said. “There are enough changes coming down from the CSU system — Graduation Initiative 2025 and all those sorts of things — that are moving fairly quickly, so I don’t want to upset the ‘apple cart’ in any way.”

There is one big change she wants to get accomplished before the end of her tenure, though.

SDSU and La Jolla-based FS Investors both floated rival plans to the San Diego City Council in recent months to redevelop the Mission Valley stadium site now that the Chargers have left for Los Angeles.

The university seeks to turn the site into a “west campus” and new football stadium for the Aztecs, while FS hopes to build “Soccer City,” proposed as a mixed-use neighborhood with a stadium for a potential Major League Soccer soccer team.

For now, SDSU’s contract to use Mission Valley for its football team extends through the 2018 season. From there, it’s unclear whether the city will extend the contract or close the stadium.

“A new president shouldn’t have to be worrying about that as opposed to setting his or her vision for the university moving forward, so it would be nice if I could get that done,” Roush said.

Though the outcome of the stadium site is uncertain, Roush’s familiarity with SDSU makes it likely she will pick up the stadium question right where Hirshman left off. If FS Investors had hoped to get an interim president who wouldn’t be up to the challenge of fighting for the Mission Valley site, they won’t find that in Roush.

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Stanford preview: continued from page 1

playing somebody from another conference,” Long said. “If you can play well against the 19th ranked team in the country you ought to get a little national exposure.”

SDSU senior running back Rashaad Penny leads the nation in rushing with 413 yards, and it took him less than half a quarter to stun a packed ASU stadium last weekend. Starting with his back against his own end zone, Penny burst through a hole in the left side of the line and ran 95 yards for a touchdown.

Penny finished the game with 216 rushing yards to go along with one receiving touchdown and a 99-yard kick return touchdown.

Only two hours earlier, Stanford junior running back Bryce Love was doing some running of his own.

With his team trailing in the first quarter, Love -- who finished with 160 yards on 17 carries -- took a pitch from senior quarterback Keller Chryst, found a hole in the left side, and sprinted 75 yards down the sideline for a game-tying touchdown.

Love is currently fourth overall in the country with 340 total rushing yards, and with neither team’s lead back showing signs of slowing down, the question isn’t who will rush for 100 yards in this game, but instead how many snaps it will take.

“Maybe it’ll be the shortest game in college football history,” SDSU defensive coordinator, Danny Gonzales, said. “Both teams are going to line up and they’re going to run the ball at each other.”

Stanford struggled on the defensive side of the ball against USC, giving up 623 total yards of offense, including 309 yards on the ground. However, the Cardinal bring a level of athleticism and size to the Mesa that the Aztecs have not faced this season.

“The USC game means nothing,” Long said. “I think that Stanford is truly one of the top 20 teams in the country.”

A player to watch for Stanford will be senior defensive tackle Harrison Phillips, who leads the team in tackles with 16, including 11 against USC. Phillips measures in at 6-foot-4, 295 pounds, and headlines a defensive line full of players who will pose another tough test for a young Aztecs O-line, which is comprised of four out of five starters who had not started a game before this season, two of which are redshirt freshmen.

The only returner is senior offensive lineman Antonio Rosales.

While the line has performed well in SDSU’s first two games, it will have to step up in a big way against the size and strength of Stanford.

“I thought Arizona State was athletic…

Stanford’s probably even bigger and

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San Diego State football enters the field before its opening game victory over UC Davis at San Diego Stadium on Sept. 2, 2017. The Aztecs will play their second home game of the season against Stanford this weekend.

better,” SDSU offensive coordinator Jeff Horton said.

Stanford may also have the edge at quarterback. Chryst is averaging 212.5 yards-per-game to go along with four touchdown and no interceptions this season.

In contrast, SDSU redshirt junior quarterback Christian Chapman has struggled to find his rhythm, and threw for only 73 yards in the victory over ASU. “We’ve just got to play catch better,” Horton said. “Keep trying to get the ball downfield, keep trying to make plays.

We’ve just got to continue to work.”

On defense SDSU is known for its physicality, and will look to stay aggressive against Stanford after sacking ASU’s quarterback five times.

“It’s going to be a physical fun game, and that’s the kind of games that we brand ourselves around here,” Gonzales said.

“We’re going to be smashmouth.”

Gonzales takes nothing away from Stanford’s high-octane offense, and acknowledged that it won’t be easy to contain the amount of weapons the Cardinal have at their disposal.

“They’ve got really good players, they’re big up front… it’ll be a really big challenge and we’re excited to have it,” Gonzales said.

SDSU junior defensive lineman Noble Hall will continue to attack the quarterback, after he co-led the team in sacks with one-and-a-half against ASU. Three other Aztecs also recorded sacks, all coming in the second half of the win.

Hall, who was named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week, said he feels well prepared coming into the game, and is looking forward to competing in front of a wider audience.

“I’m coming into this game playing faster, I’m noticing more schemes, so I think it’ll be good for me,” Hall said. “I feel like if I do good I’ll really get more publicity for myself, get my name out there, because that’s big time football.”

The rest of the Aztecs will be ready to show the country that they belong in the national conversation as well.

“Our kids think they’re as good as anybody,” Long said. “They’ve just got to play that way.”

Saturday’s game will kick off from San Diego Stadium at 7:30 p.m., and will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.

SDSU needs fans to fill out stadium for Stanford

by Zach Engberg SPORTS EDITOR

For a little over 20 years, San Diego State football was virtually nonexistent in the scope of San Diego sports.

Playing in old Qualcomm Stadium, the Aztecs were more of a relic of successes past, a reminder of the exciting team that once was than an enjoyable Saturday night event.

Years of ineptitude clouded the shining lights of Marshall Faulk and Don Coryell, pushing SDSU out of the limelight.

But things have changed.

One thing that has not changed, however, is attendance.

Despite the dramatic improvements of the team, fans have not come out to see the new product.

Following in the footsteps of Brady Hoke, Head coach Rocky Long has led the Aztecs to the top of the Mountain West Conference, winning two consecutive MWC championships. And after sitting out of the postseason for 11 years, SDSU has played in a bowl game in seven straight years, winning the last two in convincing fashion.

It is a new era of Aztecs’ football, one of sustained success and competitive play, one for breaking records and setting new standards for future teams to follow.

And SDSU’s matchup with No. 19 Stanford this weekend is indicative of everything that the program has accomplished the last few years.

So this Saturday, there is no other place that SDSU fans, students and alumni should be than San Diego Stadium.

In years past, this game would be decided long before the coin toss. Stanford would come to San Diego and decimate the Aztecs, stealing their spear and slaughtering them for sport.

But times have changed. Fans just have to follow suit.

With an average of just over 37,000 fans per game in 2016, San Diego Stadium was

rarely close to filling out Only one time in recent memory has the crowd every played a factor - SDSU’s 2015 MWC championship game win over Air Force Academy, and even then the attendance was less than 21,000. The fans that did come out, however, impacted the game, helping shift the momentum of the contentious game.

Against a team like Stanford -- a powerfive conference team with three Rose Bowl appearances in the last five years -- the Aztecs need all the home field advantage they can get.

Remember the glory days of The Show?

Remember the difference that a crowd full of energetic, loud, raucous fans made?

What launched SDSU basketball into the stratosphere was it’s dominanace at home, and a major reason it was hard to beat at home was because of the fans.

There are many things to come out to the game for.

Come out to see senior running back Rashaad Penny continue to demoralize defenses, and even force his way into the Heisman Trophy conversation, just as Donnel Pumphrey did in SDSU’s 45-40 win over University of California, Berkeley in 2016.

Come to see two big, strong, smashmouth football teams relentlessly run the ball without remorse.

Come to see Stanford, possibly the most physically imposing and talented team that has SDSU has ever hosted.

Imagine this: Fans come out in full force, and the Aztecs upset Stanford.

Running off the energy of the biggest win in program history and the outpouring of fan support, SDSU rolls through the rest of its non-conference schedule, and continues its MW dominance.

Then, after their third straight MWC championsip, the undefeated Aztecs, behind Heisman Trophy finalist Rashaad Penny, are selected for a New Year’s Six Bowl, cementing their place in the national spotlight. And it all began when fans came out for the biggest game in SDSU history.

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Chapman is key in marquee matchup No. 19 Stanford visits San Diego Stadium this Saturday and poses a unique challenge for the Aztecs’ quarterback.

by Kyle Saunders STAFF COLUMNIST

Saturday night is going to make or break San Diego State football’s season. In one of the biggest games to date, Pac12-powerhouse Stanford University travels south to play the Scarlet and Black.

SDSU enters the game boasting the Walter Camp National FBS Player Of The Week in senior running back Rashaad Penny, who single-handedly dismantled Arizona State on the road last week

to ignite is there, with new 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-4 starting receivers in Isaiah Macklin and Tim Wilson Jr., Chapman has red zone targets to complement his speedy slot receivers, seniors Quest Truxton and Mikah Holder.

Stanford is going to force offensive coordinator Jeff Horton’s hand in regards to his passing offense, which mostly consists of short and safe routes and an under center “I” formation.

SDSU will need long throws and shots to the end zone to get defenders out of the box, which will give Penny room to work with.

“If Chapman puts up the same passing performance as he did against ASU, this game won’t even be close.” resulting in a 30-20 victory. SDSU has one of the best run games in the country, and subsequently depends on their ground game, and Stanford knows this.

“Some of it is by design, but as always players win and players lose,” Head coach Rocky Long said. “Coaches can lose a game for you by not giving the players a proper chance to play well, by giving them a lousy scheme compared to who they are playing against.”

In their win over ASU, the Aztecs’ passing game was nonexistent. If you disregard the 30-yard passing touchdown to Penny that the star running back turned from a dump off into a highlight play, junior quarterback Christian Chapman’s night was forgettable, compiling 73 yards with a 50 percent completion rate.

Stanford’s defensive gameplan will be simple Saturday night: Shut down the run game.

Chapman will have to step up and command his squad to a win against a nationally ranked team with one of the best secondaries in college football.

If Chapman puts up the same passing performance as he did against ASU, this game won’t even be close.

The potential for the passing game

Without a threatening passing game, Stanford will put seven or eight defenders at the line of scrimmage to stuff the run and stall SDSU’s offense, destroying its chances of winning.

Defensively, SDSU has proven time and again over the years that it can hang with the Cardinal offense.

If the Aztecs can play with minimal mistakes on defense, they have enough speed and size to play against a power five school. That proved that last Saturday as they contained ASU’s offense for most of the game.

Chapman has played in big games before, winning two consecutive Mountain West Conference championship games and leading SDSU to two straight dominant bowl wins over American Athletic Conference opponents. But never agaisnt a team the likes of Stanford.

Saturday is everything for SDSU football. With a win it could reach heights that haven’t been explored since 1977 when it finished the season ranked No. 16 in the AP polls.

The team is on the verge of glory.

All it has to do is close the deal.

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Volleyball found hidden gem in Harris

by Sydney Northcutt CONTRIBUTOR

If you follow SDSU Athletics on Twitter, have ever been to a San Diego State women’s volleyball game or follow Mountain West Conference volleyball in general, chances are you have heard of junior middle blocker Deja Harris.

She’s mentioned quite a bit.

At 6-foot-2-inches, Harris possesses a dynamic skillset that allows her to dominate not only the front row but the service line as well.

But there’s much more to Harris than her presence on the court.

In the present-day volleyball world where most collegiate athletes begin playing as early as elementary school and specialize in volleyball by the time they reach middle school, Harris defies the norm.

Harris only began playing volleyball her freshman year at Calvary Chapel High School, a small Christian school in her hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Even rarer, Harris only began playing club volleyball for Vegas Encore as a junior in high school. Harris also played center and forward on Calvary Chapel’s basketball ream. It was a hard pill to swallow at first for her former pro-basketball player mom when Harris chose volleyball.

“I thought with volleyball I could show off more of my talent,” Harris said. “I jumped pretty high and I could use more of my strength in volleyball. There’s just more going on (in volleyball), it’s more competitive.”

Once Harris centered her focus on volleyball, the offers started coming in, but one stood out.

“I had my criteria listed out. I don’t like the cold, so I cut out the east coast,” Harris said. “I wanted my family to be able to get to my games pretty easily. I have four sisters and I wanted to go somewhere my whole family could drive or fly to.”

Harris always had the athletic gene on her side. Her mother, Merelynn, was a professional basketball player in Europe and in the WNBA, as well as a member of the Canadian Olympic team. Her father Adrian played football at University of Nevada Las Vegas. The experience and guidance her parents gace proved valuable to Harris’ own athletic career.

“My parents have always pushed me to try new things,” Harris said. “Having them by my side when choosing a school was so helpful. They were able to guide me through the process; I don’t know where I would be without them.”

To add on to the ranks, Harris’ little sister Alexis is on the volleyball team as well.

“It’s so much fun. We’re best friends,

we’re super tight. We both made varsity as freshmen so we’ve played together for a very long time,” Harris said.

She said she is looking to stay in the sports field when her time at San Diego State is over. Pursuing an interdisciplinary studies major, Harris hopes to become a sports psychologist at a university.

Harris been successful on the court and has proven to be a star in the MWC. Harris was named to the All-Mountain West team which traveled to Europe and played Croatia, Austria and Germany, among other national teams Harris also played for the U.S. Collegiate National TeamMinneapolis Program over the summer, part of USA Volleyball’s High Performance pipeline which is considered a second tryout for the U.S. Women’s National Team.

“It was an amazing opportunity.,” Harris said. “I got to meet a whole bunch of talented girls who totally expanded my game. I’m a baby when it comes to volleyball and they taught me so many things. My confidence level skyrocketed and meeting so many amazing girls really upped my game.”

Harris has proven herself a valuable asset to not only the volleyball program but the Aztec community as a whole.

With two years under her belt, look for Harris to continue to flourish and fill up the highlight reel.

Photo by Weicheng Han

Junior middle blocker Deja Harris gets ready for the next set of a match against Loyola Marymount on Sept.

8, 2017.

Allmaras acts as SDSU’s backbone on and off the field

by Tony Zarate STAFF WRITER

San Diego State men’s soccer has high expectations for the 2017 season after finishing last year 9-4-6 and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2005 season.

Behind every great team is a leader.

This year, the Aztecs will rally around team co-captain and redshirt senior goalkeeper Adam Allmaras.

Allmaras has stacked up the accolades during his SDSU career, and is one of the most decorated athletes on the team’s roster.

Allmaras earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mentions during his sophomore and junior seasons. He was also named to

Photo by Elissa Tauscher

Redshirt senior goalkeeper Adam Allmaras sets up a goal kick during a game against University of San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2017. SDSU lost, 2-1.

said that he is a dynamic personality in the locker room.

“Wearing the armband, he has to be more serious, but at the same time, can still be that funny guy in the locker room,” he said.

Allmaras said he still has a lot left in the tank for his senior season, and hopes that his presence will be felt by the soccer team long after leaves SDSU. “My optimal goal is to leave the batch in a better place,” Allmaras said. “That means a lot of things; a team with a good attitude, teaching everyone underneath us as much as possible and creating a good culture, a culture of winning.”

Allmaras’ will lead the Aztecs in search of another NCAA tournament berth, but it is going to be no easy feat.

In a stacked Pac-12 conference

“My optimal goal is to leave the batch in a better place. That means a lot of things; a team with a good attitude, teaching everyone underneath me as much as possible and creating a good culture.”

– Adam Allmaras, redshirt senior goalkeeper

two Pac-12 All-Academic Second Teams, in addition to a Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection in 2014.

Allmaras did not allow a single goal in the first seven games last season, helping lead the Aztecs to a tie for the Pac-12 lead with 11 shutouts in 2016.

With a .856 save percentage, he led the conference, and was fourth in the nation, and was twice named the Pac-12 Player of the Week.

“On the field his goalkeeping game does the talking,” redshirt sophomore midfielder, Pablo Pelaez, said. “His numbers from last year prove that.”

Allmaras is looking to build on his 2016 campaign this season, and has already collected 14 saves in five games.

Allmaras has proven to be a leader off the field as well as in the locker room.

Senior midfielder Thom Van den Berg

that includes UCLA, Stanford and Washington, the Aztecs are going to have their skills tested and endurance pushed to the limit.

But Allmaras has handled the pressure before, and he will be expected to again if SDSU has any chance of getting back to the NCAA Tournament.

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PISA looks to expand and educate

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PISA members Antoinette Sharpe, Anuhea Tufaga, Nash Salas, Tiffany Pascua and Myrna Gungon pose after performing a dance at the club’s annual scholarship luau last year.

by Nicole Badgley SENIOR STAFF WRITER

San Diego State’s Pacific Islander Student Association is a cultural student organization that strives to educate members and the community about the various cultures from the Pacific Islands.

Kinesiology junior Anuhea Tao Tufaga is the current PISA President for the 2017-2018 school year.

She has been a member of PISA for three years.

Tufaga’s father, Louie Tufaga, founded the SDSU chapter of PISA in 1996.

She said she’s been a part of the organization since she was born.

Tufaga said she is Hawaiian and Samoan. She said her parents both participated in dancing growing up and her mother used to be a hula teacher.

“On my Pacific Islander side,

I’ve danced for different groups so that really taught me a lot about my culture,” Tufaga said.

“Through this club I’m learning more and more about my culture as well.”

Tufaga said her initiative this year as the organization’s newest president is to promote that PISA is not just for Pacific Islanders.

She said the club is for anyone who is interested in joining and learning about the culture.

“My favorite part is spreading the culture because it’s not only just for Pacific Islander people,” Tufaga said. “It’s for learning new things.”

Tufaga said another PISA initiative is to raise awareness for education of Pacific Islander youth.

One of PISA’s major events promoting education is its annual High School Conference, where a large effort to inform Pacific Islander students about the importance of higher education is made.

With just 0.3 percent of students at SDSU being from Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander descent, according to SDSU’s Office of Analytic Studies and Institutional Research, there is a need for organizations like PISA and its outreach regarding higher education for Pacific Islander youth.

This year’s conference is set to take place Saturday, Nov. 4.

Another large part of PISA’s education emphasis involves dance.

“We teach (students) the basics,” Tufaga said. “We’ll teach them a song, but we teach them the meaning of the song first and then teach them the dance.”

She said the organization tries to involve itself in the Pacific Islander community by doing regular volunteer events.

This includes making pareos, the traditional wraparound skirt that Pacific Islander dancers wear, and making new plans to

get involved with the larger San Diego Pacific Islander community.

Electrical engineering junior Romanique Borja joined PISA this year.

He believes it is important to have a social organization like PISA where students who share the same experiences can rely on each other and learn from one another.

Borja said being a part of the Pacific Islander community is largely based off community.

“A big thing in the Pacific Islander culture is to be around other Islanders and experience your culture,” Borja said. “It’s all about family.”

Growing up in Oceanside, Borja said there are many Pacific Islanders, especially of Samoan origin.

Growing up in that community, as well as being around his own family, has taught him a lot about his own culture.

“Even though I wasn’t raised in the islands I am from, whenever my family is together we always instill that culture,” Borja said.

“I’ve always tried to go back to my roots and figure out who I am and where I come from.”

By joining PISA, Borja said he hopes to gain lifelong friendships and be apart of a SDSU family that understands his experiences and culture.

The first PISA meeting for the semester is from 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, in the Park Blvd. room of the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union.

Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” revisited for anniversary

Graphic by Aidan Prehatny

by Noah Callahan CONTRIBUTER

From crushing, jagged beats that move rapidly, to vulnerably dreadful piano solos, “In Rainbows” continues to provoke an astounding array of emotion after 10 years.

Released in 2007, Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” maintains a fresh, colorful and thrilling sound that displays some of the band’s best work.

The progression the album sustains from front to back is astonishing, holding together juxtaposed tracks that vary in sound.

From the striking lyrics Thom Yorke sings in an unforgettable performance, to unique drum patterns that veer from tradition, to dynamic string sections, swirling guitar licks, bass lines and emotional piano chord progressions and melodies, every moment of the album is unforgettable.

Radiohead explores some of its most raw, abrasive elements in this album.

One example is “Bodysnatchers,” a raw, inyour-face distorted track where

basslines race throughout.

As Yorke’s vocals come in, he remains calm, juxtaposing the bass line and rapid drums. These vocals fade through the end of the opening chorus. The music slowly rises in intensity alongside Yorke’s backing improvisations through the rest of the track.

After hitting the apex of “Bodysnatchers,” the song dives into raw guitar licks and driving drums as Yorke’s increasingly eager and anxious vocals repeat “They’ve seen it coming.”

On “In Rainbows,” Radiohead allows the string section to make its way to the front of the mix, driving the tracks.

This is best showcased on “Faust Arp,” as sweeping strings glide in quick succession.

Faust Arp opens with arpeggiating guitars that fill the track with melodic rhythms that are quickly engulfed by growing strings.

The strings begin to fade into the track low with rhythmic bass lines that linger. Slowly these low melodies are accompanied with high, accented strings that parade the track with impressive velocity.

The forward mixed strings give

this album a unique, stand-out sound.

Radiohead drives this album with full bass lines alongside stunning vocal performances that can not be forgotten.

For example, “All I Need” opens with heavenly low-passfiltered strings mixed alongside rhythmic drums which soon become overpowered by a rich, heartbreaking bass line that resonates through the mix.

This helps amplify Yorke’s rich vocal performance as he’s placed in front of everything else in the mix.

To replicate the rippling bass, his close proximity to the recording microphone allows his voice to carry across the track.

As this track comes to an end, Radiohead incorporates emotional piano chords.

Nowhere is this album more emotional, and nowhere is Yorke more vulnerable, than when he and the piano are brought to the front of the mix together.

Radiohead does this best on the track “Videotape.”

“Videotape” opens with heartbreaking piano chords that are shortly accompanied

by Yorke’s depressing vocal performance.

The occasional bass throughout the beginning track emphasizes the piano, increasing the emotional intensity. Alongside this, another piano plays occasional, high velocity notes to shape the landscape of the track.

The piano emphasizes Yorke’s

vocal performance as the second verse comes to an end with Yorke singing in an emotionally drained tone “I shouldn’t be afraid because I know today has been the most perfect day I’ve ever seen.”

The track goes on without Yorke, with strange, distorted

live drum samples and subtle, electronic drums that ride alongside the emotional chords of the piano.

As this song and the album come to a close, all that is left is the emotional chords of the piano to end “In Rainbows.”

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Scene at State: with Lex Millias

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s the semester blazes on, the San Diego sun follows suit, making any sane student wary of what they choose to wear to class.

Ninety degrees can definitely limit one’s wardrobe, and when trekking to Peterson Gym from Hepner Hall with a backpack full of textbooks, 90 degrees quickly feels closer to 100.

For many, dressing for school becomes more of a hassle than an exciting addition to a morning routine.

Amidst the sea of gym shorts and bro tanks, a few lone fashionistas brave the heat. Why should a little sweat stop students from expressing themselves?

Lex Millias, a junior majoring in journalism with an emphasis in advertising and a minor in women’s studies, floated across Campanile in a simple black jumpsuit layered over a white baby tee.

Her checkered Vans matched her literal cherry red earrings, accented by a dainty silver tooth hanging on a chain around her neck.

Lindsey O’Brien, Lex’s roommate and fellow student, giggled next to her friend — it appeared as though this wasn’t the first time Lex had been stopped for a photo of her outfit of the day.

“She has the best style,” O’Brien said. “She owns just copious amounts of amazing vintage denim.”

How do you define your style?

“Eclectic. Always changing. A lot depends on the color of my hair, especially – it definitely influences the way I dress.”

Where do you draw your inspiration from?

“I draw inspiration from vintage photographs, a lot of the time. I really, really admire Jemima Kirke because she’s kind of the same way (as me), she was super bohemian and dressed a certain way when she had long hair, but once she chopped it off and dyed it, that influenced how she dressed.

“I also draw a lot of inspiration from moms, very trendy moms,

A couple of cherry earrings from Depop and one sweet tooth necklace make this Brandy Melville tee pop.

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because I love clogs and jeans, and a good piece of vintage denim is my THING.” What do you reach for first when crafting an outfit?

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“Pants. I love pants. I always pick my pants first before I pick out anything else.”

Where are your favorite places to shop?

“I like to thrift and I work at Free People, so obviously I like to shop there because I’m surrounded by their clothing. I get to help style other people in it, which gives me ideas for styling myself.

“I also really like Etsy. It’s a little different thriftingwise because it’s online, but once you know your measurements you can find such good pieces, ones you couldn’t find anywhere else.”

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What trends are you excited about for fall?

“Oh! I have a ton of coats. Down here I can’t wear them that much, but at home ( in the Bay Area) it gets pretty cold, so I’m excited to break them out!

“I also love cropped wideleg pants and I’m excited for when it gets a little chillier to break some of those out.”

Go to outfit for walking to class?

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“Levi’s and a tee, and sunglasses always.”

This black Urban Outfitters jumpsuit pairs perfectly with Millias’ red checkered Vans. The comfortable look is a great way to beat the heat while repping Aztec colors in the process. Nail polish accesorized to match.

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