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sept. 21 - 27, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: Emely navarro • news@thedailyaztec.com

#blackunderattacksdsu

Police address campus concerns

The Afrikan Student Union organized a silent protest outside of Manchester Hall after SDSUPD arrested a black man on campus.

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Will fritz senior staff writer ____________________________________

African American man at San Diego State surfaced, students showed mixed feelings toward the Center for Intercultural Relations for holding police office hours.

On Tuesday Sept. 13 the CIR posted that the police department’s

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Community Resource Officer, Cpl. Mark Peterson, would be having monthly office hours at the center.

The post drew backlash almost instantly.

“It’s quite obviously an attempt to surveil intimidate and control how students of color work and function in this space,” Facebook user Maureen Boyd commented.

After encountering backlash from the Facebook post, the center tried to defuse the situation by clarifying that police were invited into the space by the center.

Commenters demanded to know who invited campus police into the center. The page administrator responded by saying it did not matter.

Center for Intercultural Relations Director, Edwin Darrell said the office hours were designed to give students access to offices they may not feel comfortable going into or that simply do not have the appropriate resources to reach out to students.

On Thursday, Sept. 15, Joshua Mays, the interim chief of police, held an open forum at the center just hours before the arrest video was posted on Instagram.

At the open forum, Mays, who was not in a police uniform, expressed a desire for the police department to have a closer relationship with the community it serves.

He said he was aware of students’ concerns about police being present in the CIR, and tried to address some of these concerns by attending the forum unarmed and not in uniform.

However, many students were still not satisfied.

“Community policing means relationships and part of that relationship building is having discussions,” Mays said.“There are going to be uncomfortable conversations. That uncomfortableness is where the trust begins.”

Many students said while they felt Mays’ intentions were good, they were uncomfortable with the idea of a police officer in the center’s “safe space.”

“How are you training your officers to do the same and responding to a power dynamic that favors officers in every interaction?” a student asked during the forum.

Mays said he agreed police officers need to be trained differently. He said

that officers are trained to handle situations in one way and are trained on a threat level.

He said SDSUPD is trying to make changes, and brought in a researcher from UCI, L. Song Richardson, to educate officers about bias in policing.

“Biases are normal,” Mays said.“(Richardson) taught us how to unpack biases and how to deal with them by learning from human interactions.”

Social services senior Carlos Perez said that his biggest concern about police being at the center is that a lot of people who utilize the center have had violent encounters with police officers.

“I understand there are organizations and students who want to talk to police officers, but also understand that for safety concerns, there are other students that do not want to be talking to officers or be in a place where officers are present,” Perez said.

He said if the police department wants to have a dialogue with students, the Center for Intercultural Relations is not the place for it.

“I think they should be talking to A.S. directly, not here within the center,” Perez said. “Some do not feel comfortable or safe with an officer being here whether the officer is uniformed or not.”

Patricia Ruiz, a social work graduate student, delivered a letter of concern to Darrell.

The letter read, “As current students, on-campus workers, and lifetime alumni concerned about the integrity of the Center for Intercultural Relations, we find the decision to invite armed police officers into a historically safe space for underrepresented students deeply disturbing.”

Ruiz said her concern is having uniformed and armed police officers at the center because she has had difficult experiences with police officers.

“In terms of being on the suspect side, I was treated as less than human, I was silenced,” Ruiz said. “This is the opposite of how community policing is, and it is also contrary to the concept of wanting to get trust and respect.”

Regarding what Cpt. Mays’ statement, Ruiz agrees with the majority of what he said about creating a respecting, trusting kind of dynamic with the SDSU community.

“I question the tactics, and I question the methods,” she said. “I want to know more about how he is relating (his intentions) to officers and how officers are implementing these policies.”

Following both the backlash to officers’ presence in the CIR and the arrest video protests, Cpl. Peterson said on Friday, Sept. 16, that the police department is continuing to find ways to connect with the community.

Cpl. Peterson also said that based on the feedback, they are re-visiting holding office hours in the CIR and they will discuss this with the center.

On Thursday, Sept. 15, a non-SDSU student, Marquis Campbell, was arrested by SDSU police after he was reported for public intoxication.

His arrest was caught on video and posted to Instagram; the video led to dozens of students protesting police brutality in front of Manchester hall Thursday afternoon.

The Afrikan Student Union appeared outside of the courtroom during Campbell’s court hearing to support him and his family on Sept. 19.

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sept. 21 - 27, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: Emely navarro • news@thedailyaztec.com

#sdsurepbulicans

SDSU Republicans address stigma

The SDSU Republicans provide inclusive space for students with conservative views.

Joe kendall, staff photographer

will fritz senior staff writer ____________________________________ The San Diego State College Republicans are focusing on making students more aware of what conservatism really is and what unique opportunities the organization provides for affiliated students.

According to the club’s website, SDSU College Republicans focuses on empowering and educating young conservatives setting.

“The organization on campus is part of a larger national organization and is here to spread a conservative

voice on campus in addition to getting Republicans elected in office,” said, College Republicans Chairman Jordan Dennison.

“We try to spread awareness via our meetings, having speakers, rallies, anything that will bring positive attention to our club and show that the Republican party is not this negative concept that it’s known to be,” Dennison said.

Club members said that College Republicans are inclusive while still holding conservative views on economic issues and the role of government.

They are concerned about the negative perceptions of the Republican

party held by many college students, who tend to be liberal.

“Very often, we’re seen as a party that’s not diverse and can’t compromise, I think we are really trying to show we are the part of the party that can be diverse and can compromise” Ryan Price, marketing junior and vice chairman of internal affairs, said. “We want to show that’s what we’re all about and change the mindset of the Republican party.”

Dennison said millennial Republicans are usually more inclusive and tend to be more favorable of samesex marriage.

Club member and psychology junior Talia Raoufpur shares similar views.

Raoufpur said the club is accepting of all races, backgrounds, religions and sexual orientations.

“It’s a very diverse group of men and women who come from different cultural backgrounds. We don’t always agree on the same conservative values, which is really important,” Raoufpur said.

“We don’t follow each other’s values blindly, but we still believe in certain rights as citizens and we will stick to those beliefs.”

Price said he wants to get more millennials involved and evolve the club to be more inclusive and representative of what people want.

Many College Republicans have been able to land internships and meet local elected officials through their association with the club.

“In the past two years, I’ve had more career opportunities than I ever could have imagine,” Dennison said.

“I’ve had the time of my life. I’ve

never had a bad moment with any of these Republican officials, and they always seem to take what I say to heart.”

Raoufpur met both Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and former primary candidate Senator Ted Cruz through the club.

Monique De La Cruz, vice chairwoman of membership, said she interned for the campaign of San Diego City Councilmember Scott Sherman during the spring 2016 semester.

Vivian Herscovitz, club public relations director said she was able to get an internship with the San Diego County Republican Party.

Herscovitz said in addition to the work opportunities the club can lead to, it is also a “great place to meet people who we wouldn’t normally meet.”

Dennison said club members are planning a club trip to a shooting range, a debate watch party on Sept.

23 and a debate through Associated Students with the SDSU College Democrats.

They are also planning to attend an election night event hosted by the local republican officials, at the U.S. Grant Hotel on Nov. 8.

Dennison said the club makes announcements for meetings, events and internship opportunities through the political science department.

Dennison encourages interested students to get involved.

He also said the SDSU chapter of the College Republicans is open to students from nearby community colleges, as those campuses do not have their own chapters.

#sdsudemocrats

SDSU Democrats rally students to vote will fritz senior staff writer ____________________________________ The College Democrats of San Diego State is an association of Democratic students affiliated with the national College Democrats of America.

College Democrats President Divya Sriharan and Vice President Maddie Ryan, said the College Democrats have a lot of opportunities to offer students.

“We have a lot of people that come in and talk, like local congressmen,” Ryan said.

The club encourages anyone interested in public involvement or public affairs to join because there are a lot of opportunities to learn about politics and on a local and national level, Sriharan said.

“There’s a lot of ways to get involved (and) get jobs in politics, and not even just politics but also in the community,” Sriharan said.

Ryan said low voter turnout among young people motivates her to be active in College Democrats and in spreading awareness about political issues.

“Honestly, I think Bernie could have won because of us, but I don’t think anyone actually voted. And then people get really upset and are wondering ‘why did Bernie not win?’ … it’s because they didn’t vote,” Ryan said “Obviously if we had all the people who were tweeting about it, then he would’ve won.”

Sriharan said she thinks it is the lack of knowledge that causes low voter turnout for the younger generation.

“It’s not necessarily their fault,we don’t learn about the political system enough, so people don’t really know how it works and when they don’t know how it works, they’re not engaged,” Sriharan said.

Sriharan said that recreational marijuana legalization, an issue important to some college students, is on the California ballot this year as Proposition 64.

“There’s all kinds of stuff, and those are things that could change very easily if we get our voices out and if we actually vote,” Sriharan said.

Another issue for Sriharan and Ryan is the cost of higher education.

“Everyone knows college is insanely expensive and they know there are a lot of things we wish we could change,” Sriharan said.

Political science senior, Christopher Vallejo, who attended the College Democrats’ meeting on Sept. 7, said he was at the meeting because he believes higher education should be more financially accessible.

Struggling to pay for school shouldn’t be an issue students have to face he said.

“More money should be spent on higher education instead of the military,”Vallejo said. “ Some of my friends have dropped out (because they can’t afford college), and some couldn’t even afford it in the beginning. Some have gotten stuck in community college

Students in the SDSU Democrats club encourage students to vote in the upcoming election.

Elissa Tausche, Staff PhotograPher

for three or four years,” he said.

Another meeting attendee, junior English major Will Wilson said what he enjoys most about the College Democrats is the conversations he can have with other club members.

“I like that I’m learning more about political issues and that I’m able to discuss my opinions with people who share my political views,” Wilson said.

Sriharan said anyone can join the club or go to the meetings even if they are not

involved in local politics.

“The point of our club isn’t to make people want to go into politics or be political science majors or anything,” Sriharan said.

“It’s to make people care about civics and the issues that are going to affect them.”

The College Democrats hold bi-weekly meetings on Fridays at 4 p.m. in the Aztlan suite of the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union.

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sept. 21 - 27, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: Andrew Dyer • opinion@thedailyaztec.com

Who’sWho?

#blackunderattacksdsu

Protest a message to cops kemi giwa staff columnist ____________________________________ I had rushed out of class to try to catch the last couple of minutes of the weekly Afrikan Student Union meeting last week when I received a text message from a friend.

“A black man was unjustly and violently arrested on campus today and we’re protesting in front of President Hirshman’s office,” it read. “Come join!”

My first thought was this has got to be a joke. Incidents like this happen all over the country, but at my school? No way.

I bumped into a group of at least 75 people silently protesting with their fists up and their mouths closed. My first instinct was to join in.

But I realized I had no idea what had transpired. The best thing for me to do would be to follow them and get the full story.

We made our way to President Hirshman’s office. A line formed and members of the protest gathered into a straight line, in front of his office, waiting for him. I joined in on the line while I began researching the events on Twitter.

We were soon informed that the President had locked the doors — a red flag. A large group of students were expressing pain, fear and confusion and

his first response was to lock them out.

After watching the video, a couple of things ran through my mind.

Police said force was necessary to subdue the suspect, who they believed was under the influence, trespassing and posing a threat to students on campus but they do not react with a similar level of force to all the belligerent drunk white frat boys that cause trouble on campus.

I also agreed the lack of compliance on the suspect’s part justified the use of force. From what was on video the suspect was acting erratically and it looked as though he was not willing to cooperate.

It was not what I would characterize as police brutality.

Although I understood the purpose of the protest, I stepped out of the line.

However, things could have been handled better. Rather than immediately protesting, we could have used that time to organize and wait for all the facts to come to light. I fully understand the impulse given the climate in this country surrounding black people and law enforcement.

My community knows the pain all too well.

I no longer give officers the benefit of the doubt.

Abuses of power and mishandled situations are too frequent and too common. But I get it.

asst. News Editor Kayla Jimenez Sports Editor Anthony Reclusado asst. sports Editor Zachary Engberg ARTS & culture Editor Christine Whitman asst. ARTS & culture Editor Lilly Glenister SDSU’s Interim Chief of Police Jushua Mays.

Andrew dyer, opinion editor

I understood and understand still. No one had anything to lose by participating in the protest. In fact, the black community was able to come together and be there to support one another.

I do not know the best way for police to handle non-compliant individuals.

Sometimes force is required, but people of color are disproportionately on the receiving end of that force.

Communities of color do not always trust police. Nor do we always feel safe in their presence. It is important that we continue to keep a close eye on law enforcement and hold them accountable.

If the SDSU Police could take one lesson from Thursday’s protest, it is this: We are watching you.

Microaggression misunderstood The first time I heard someone say the word “microaggression” was when a former roommate and I were arguing about our living space.

I despised how she left her grime on the bathroom counter, and she said my microaggressions were hurtful and rude. I was unapologetic, but fell for her fabricated definition of the term.

Spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with insisting the shower is cleaned on a weekly basis.

“Sometimes people use the term ‘microaggression’ and apply it to passive aggressive behavior,” Jessica Nare, SDSU’s Women’s Resource Center Coordinator said. “But really (a microaggression) is a small act of violence against someone based on their identity.”

As a woman of color, I am subjected to backhanded compliments and foolish inquiries every day. The 15-year-old me, a girl insecure about her blackness, accepted when peers said I was “totally a white girl on the inside.” The rush of satisfaction I felt from hearing identityinvalidating microaggressions was disturbing, but at that time, irrepressible.

American society trained me to believe something was wrong with the color of my skin well before adolescence. In high school, I had no interest in learning about black culture or the challenges marginalized communities face.

I wised up during the latter half of my sophomore year of college. I became interested in sociocultural issues after I finished my first women’s studies course, and deplored my myopic high school self for trying to assimilate into white America.

I learned what a lot of misunderstood

terms meant, along with what people frequently think they mean.

My roommate’s incorrect use of the word ‘microaggression’ in reference to my actions — I was passive and inconsiderate of her preferences — is an example of such misinterpretation.

Microaggression theory has evolved since being coined by Harvard University psychiatrist Chester M. Pierce, but its core has remained. To be the target of a microaggression is to be casually denigrated due to membership in a marginalized group.

I was not being hostile toward my roommate because I took issue with her identity as a black woman. I just really hate messy surroundings. Our misunderstanding of the concept is proof that even those who are part of a minority group may not be familiar with the concept of microaggressions.

A microaggression is asking a black woman “Can I please touch your hair?” or asking ethnically mixed people, “Wait, what even are you?”

These cringe-worthy scenarios exemplify the microaggressions that make our ears bleed every day.

The term “marginalized” is also often misused because people are not correctly identifying which groups have access to power and which groups have faced institutional barriers, Nare said.

A few examples of marginalized groups include people of color, LGBT folks, the working poor, people with disabilities and women. Members of these groups can be targets of microaggression. It would be incorrect to say white people are victims of race-based marginalization. Therefore, it is impossible for them to be the subject of racial microaggressions.

The presence of casual degradation in American society is bothersome.

Managing Editor Jamie Ballard News Editor Emely Navarro

#microaggressions

Sydney Sweeney staff Columnist ____________________________________

Editor In Chief Jacob Sisneros

For myself and others who belong to marginalized groups, years of harmful and even well-intentioned behaviors can damage self-esteem, cause poor mental health and prevent one from taking pride in their sociocultural distinction.

“Microaggressions add to a climate where it’s acceptable to alienate or ‘other’ people who are different from you,” Nare said. “We have to change our institutions, but also collectively change our language and levels of understanding so we can be more inclusive and thoughtful about the comments we make every day.”

LETTER: Protesters should wait for facts I watched with amusement the protesters who were upset over the arrest of an African-American by campus police.

I would suggest that these well meaning civil rights activists wait for facts before marching. In this case, the man in question was not a student, jumped a construction fence at the open air theater, was reported by at least two observers and suspected of being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Should he not have been arrested? If he were not African-American would there have been protests?

Mark Heinz Alumni

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#nuevaclase

Nueva clase crea oportunidades

Los estudiantes de ambas universidades aprenden juntos con profesores de la SDSU y UABC foto de Alana RODRIGUEZ

Monserrat Torres escritora ____________________________________ Una nueva clase en la ciudad de Tijuana está disponible para los estudiantes de la San Diego State mediante el departamento de estudios latinoamericanos de la San Diego State University.

La clase se llama LATAM 350: Globalización y las Américas y ya se había enseñado en la SDSU en años anteriores.

Pero esta es la primera vez que las clases se dan en la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC).

El curso trabaja con las definiciones de globalización como un proceso y examina los retos y beneficios

experimentados en sus contextos locales de las américas con un enfoque en Latinoamérica.

A la vez, narra cómo la gente han sido agentes y sujetos de globalización a lo largo de la historia, explicó Alana Rodríguez, coordinadora del departamento de estudios latinoamericanos de la SDSU. “El plan es ofrecer un curso en el campus de UABC cada semestre”, dijo Rodríguez. “Esperamos que el programa siga creciendo y que los estudiantes alrededor del campus de SDSU tomen partida de la maravillosa oportunidad de experimentar un curso en una universidad mexicana, esencialmente estudiar en el extranjero sin tener que dejar casa”.

Para los que están buscando cubrir el requisito de estudiar en el extranjero, esta podría ser la excusa perfecta para tomar clases en los Estados Unidos y México sin costo alguno.

Anteriormente ya se habían ofrecido otros cursos en la frontera pero esta nueva clase espera crear una conexión entre ambos países, mejorar la comunicación, dar más oportunidades de estudio en el extranjero a precios accesibles y que los estudiantes tengan noción de lo que realmente pasa del otro lado de la frontera y que vean las similitudes que se viven con México.

El profesor David J. Wysocki de la SDSU está enseñando el curso con la colaboración del maestro Alejandro Monjaraz, de la UABC, quien participa en las discusiones y lecciones de la clase.

El profesor Wysocki piensa que muchas personas de San Diego están mal informadas de lo que se vive día en Tijuana y muchos de estas personas ni siquiera han visitado la ciudad.

“La realidad es que como una región binacional compartimos muchos de los

problemas del ambiente, salud pública, negocios, y mucho más, pero también pasamos por diferentes obstáculos para encontrar la solución a estos problemas”, dijo Wysocki. “Como departamento, nos sentimos que es imperativo para nuestros estudiantes que participen en actividades que ayudan a mejorar la región de la frontera, ponerle fin a los estereotipos, y contribuir al cambio positivo y creación de relaciones como líderes regionales, ciudadanos, y profesionales sin importar sus carreras”.

Los temas del curso incluyen liberalismo, conservatismo, música, movimientos sociales, migración y más, particularmente todo lo que pasa entre la región de San Diego y Tijuana.

La clase se dará en inglés con el fin de que los estudiantes americanos puedan entender y que los estudiantes mexicanos puedan practicar su inglés.

Los estudiantes se reúnen en la garita de Otay y caminan juntos hacia Tijuana.

AhÍ los espera su transporte cortesía de la UABC el cual los recoge y los lleva a la universidad. Una vez concluida la clase los lleva de regreso a la frontera.

Alumnos de ambas universidades están cursando la clase. Por el momento hay 15 alumnos provenientes de la SDSU y 10 de la UABC. Para Sofía Escandón, estudiante de comunicación y español, esta podría ser una buena oportunidad para tomar clases en el extranjero siempre y cuando su horario se lo permitiera.

“Al estar haciendo un carrera en español, saber que estudiar en Tijuana cumple con mis requisitos de ir al extranjero definitivamente influye en el considerar ir a clases allá”, dijo Escandón.

Las expectativas son muchas, y se espera que en los próximos semestres más estudiantes participen en la clase.

#MSA

Grupo estudiantil desea más reconocimiento andrea lopez-villafaÑa asst. editorial de mundo azteca ____________________________________ Ahmed Buzeriba nunca imagino ser presidente de la Asociación de Estudiantes Musulmanes en la San Diego State University, hoy cumple dos años a cargo de este grupo.

Buzeriba como otros estudiantes que tienen muchas responsabilidades, no estaba interesado en ser parte de ninguna organización, pero su hermana lo convenció a asistir a una junta.

El estudiante de salud pública tenía que esperar a su hermana para llevarla a casa, y decidio ir a ver que ofrecia esta organizacion.

“Me involucre en el aspecto social y fue muy bueno porque conocí gente que ahora considero mis mejores amigos”, dijo Buzeriba.

La organización fue fundada con el enfoque de promover el Islam, unir estudiantes musulmanes y llegar hasta la comunidad que no son musulmanes en la universidad.

Tessa Wiwy estudiante de último año se unió a la MSA durante su primer año en la SDSU y después se hizo musulmán.

“Encontre una comunidad con MSA y sentia mucho apoyo”, dijo Wiwy.

Ella dijo que sus amigos en la organización la ayudaron a salir

adelante durante su primer año en la SDSU. Wiwy dijo que la organización crea un medio ambiente de bienvenida y un lugar donde se sienten en casa.

“Si eres musulmán, es un lugar perfecto para encontrar una comunidad donde sientes que perteneces y aunque no seas musulmán también es un lugar donde puedes conocer a gente activa y para aprender más sobre la religion”, dijo Wiwy.

Sus metas para este semestre de la organización es aumentar membresía y ser más reconocidos.

“Queremos estar seguros que estudiantes musulmanes y los que no sean musulmanes estén enterados que hay una organización musulmán en la escuela”, Buzeriba dijo.

Unos de los eventos más grandes para la organización es la semana de conocimiento de el Islam, durante el semestre de primavera y su propósito es de llegar a la comunidad de estudiantes que no son musulmán.

Rodrigo Lopez un estudiante de biología de último año dijo que una organización como la MSA hace la diversidad cultural en la SDSU más prominente.

“Tenemos tantas organizaciones desde religiosas, sociales y políticas que se enfocan en tantas cosa y empujan diferentes fronteras que nunca pensarías

El grupo tiene como propósito principal incursionar a otros estudiantes del campus. foto de Ahmed Buzeriba.

fueran cruzadas”, dijo Lopez.

Lopez se convirtió al Islam hace dos años. Aunque no es un miembro de la MSA él cree que organizaciones como esa permiten que exista un lugar para la creatividad y para compartir ideas.

“Queremos que la población general de la SDSU sepa que somos inclusivos y que queremos que haya más gente en nuestros eventos para aprender mas de nuestras pruebas y como nosotros como musulmanes vemos el mundo y américa”, dijo Buzeriba.

Con todo lo que está pasando en el

aspectopolítico, esto tiene un efecto en el modo que la gente ve Islam y aunque esos problemas son mas grandes tambien tiene una influencia en la universidad Buzeriba dijo.

“Estamos preparados para trabajar con organizaciones en la universidad para promover una visión positiva de humanidad”, dijo Buzeriba.

MSA tiene su primer evento de este semestre el 23 de septiembre a la 5 p.m.

Están localizados en el Center for Intercultural Relations en el Student Union de la universidad.

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SEPT. 21 - 27, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: Emely navarro • news@thedailyaztec.com

#plannedparenthood

Generation Action plans for election Tashfina rahman contributor ____________________________________ Planned Parenthood Generation Action is a network of young leaders who are fighting for reproductive rights and hoping to spread awareness regarding reproductive health.

The organization came to San Diego State in the fall of 2014.

One of its main focuses this semester will be to encourage students to register to vote.

“At the end of the month, we will be having a huge registration event

7:30 p.m.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action also hosts a variety of events during the year to promote reproductive health and awareness within the SDSU community.

Last year the club had Pink Out Day to show support for Planned Parenthood. Director of External Affairs for the club Kerri Rudolph said hosting events like this is important because people are always trying to defund the organization.

“There are only about 700 locations throughout the nation and we need more of those clinics so we can help

“ We are all student organizations that should

Planned Parenthood Generation Action promotes safe sex and reproductive rights on campus.

Photo courtesy of Planned paenthood generation action

benefit SDSU IN A POSITIVE WAY.”

- Shannon Martenson, PPGA Vice President of Finance

and we will be partnering up with The National Young Democrats, as well as SDSU Democrats,” senior president of Planned Parenthood Generation Action, Amanda Pham said.

Pham also said the club will be phone banking at the Planned Parenthood headquarters every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30 to

with STI’s and unwanted pregnancies, as well as spreading awareness and providing people with information,” Rudolph said.

On Sept. 24, Planned Parenthood Generation Action will be volunteering at an AIDS walk.

October, members of the club will be attending the Youth Power Summit.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action encourages everyone to join regardless of their views or beliefs.

Vice President of Finance Shannon Martensen said she wants people to see they are more than just a proabortion organization.

“There are groups on campus with different views than us,” Martensen said.

“We want them to know that despite what we think or what they think,

we are all student organizations that should benefit SDSU in a positive way.”

This year, Planned Parenthood Generation Action aims to focus on issues that affect college campuses, including sexually transmitted infections and the promotion of safe and protected sex.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action meets every other Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Tehuanco room in the Conrad Prebys Student Union.

#asl

ASL silent awareness chandler atkins contributor ____________________________________ The American Sign Language club is open to all San Diego State students to help spread awareness about the deaf community and culture.

Public Relations Officer Joseph Gill has been in the ASL club since last fall and has seen a tremendous growth in the club’s campus presence.

“We have a lot more community outreach from tabling at diversity events and speaking to various classes about what we are all about,” Gill said.

Although joining the ASL club is a way for students to broaden their horizons, many have misperceptions about deaf culture that hinders them from reaching out.

American Sign Language professor Janette Dorricott said the false assumption that people who cannot hear are depressed causes a huge separation between the deaf and hearing communities.

According to the Deaf Counseling Center, a company focused on providing equal therapy to deaf individuals, “being deaf itself is not the cause of depression.”

“The medical viewpoint that being deaf is a negative and needs to be fixed is completely false,” ASL President Amanda Miller said.

“The deaf community sees being deaf as a positive, and their life is not hindered but made richer because of it.”

With an invisible wall separating the hearing and deaf community, understanding the latter can be challenging, especially when the former believes they can’t take action due to their inability to sign, Dorricott

Students practicing signing in the student union.

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said.

“Coming into it, I wasn’t sure if you had to be proficient in ASL, but when I showed up I realized they speak as well as sign. Anybody can join, and you don’t have to know ASL to be a part of the club,” said new member and freshman women’s studies major Kate Fahy.

The ASL club is hosting Music for My Eyes, a collaborative performance of visual art, on Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. in the Goldberg Courtyard in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union.

The club’s executive board members hope to foster communication between the hearing and deaf community to ultimately disassemble the invisible barrier separating the two.

The ASL club holds meetings Wednesdays at the Starbucks courtyard in the Conrad Prebys Student Union at 4:00pm, as well as social gatherings Thursday’s at 7 p.m. inside Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Company on campus.

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#entrepreneursociety

Society builds future entrepreneurs Mary Vitale staff writer ____________________________________ The Entrepreneur Society at San Diego State continues to increase its presence on campus by bringing in business owners and companies to speak to students.

The society holds several workshops and events for students each year, providing them with opportunities to network with each other and learn how to make a money-making business.

Junior business management major David Shadi, who joined as a freshman, is the president of the Entrepreneur Society.

“We are the biggest and strongest organization on campus for a reason.

Each week, students have the opportunity to walk away with more knowledge,” Shadi said.

Several entrepreneurial SDSU alumni have launched successful businesses after graduating.

Ralph Rubio, who started the popular food chain, Rubio’s, graduated from SDSU in 1978.

Jim Sinegal co-founded Costco in 1983 and graduated from SDSU in 1959.

Thom McElroy, who co-founded Volcom graduated in 1989.

The organization is open to all majors across campus and is located

Entrepreneur Society students bring out potential in aspiring entrepreneurs.

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in the Lavin Entrepreneur Center on Campanile Drive.

“For just a small fee, our members can network with the most motivated people on campus, get internship opportunities and gain knowledge about business on a weekly basis,” Shadi said. Students who pay a membership fee also have access to exclusive events, merchandise, trips and chances to win cash prizes.

The society hosts weekly events every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Park Blvd. room on the first floor of the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union.

The society invites successful speakers to come to events on campus. In the past, the Entrepreneur Society has invited speakers like the co-founder of Stance and the vicepresident of Vans.

The Entrepreneur Society also holds Padres nights where they take members to a San Diego Padres baseball game to network with each other and speak with representatives of the Padres.

“We want all of our members to reach their full potential,” Shadi said.

“I believe that it is our job to help

students get reach their goals by giving them knowledge, business experience and internship opportunities.”

Jack Doheny, society member of two years, described the society as,“the ecosystem that encourages my risk taking endeavors. Failures are celebrated, and more than often learning experiences garner more growth than earning experiences.”

Students interested in joining the Entrepreneur Society or looking for more information on events happening through the society can log on to their website.

#olivetreeinitiative

Olive Tree educates on Middle East conflict Rebeca reyes contributor ____________________________________

The Olive Tree Initiative is an organization on campus that aims to educate students about conflicts in the Middle East.

With many branches throughout the world, the initiative is a club with goals set to spread awareness of the situations between the Israeli-Palestine nations from an educational approach.

“I like that it is education focused, and so the whole point is to get a balanced perspective of the conflict, which is hard,” senior Spanish and speech pathology major Rita Purcell said. “The people are so emotionally charged about this conflict, and that’s what makes it so interesting. That’s also what makes it so difficult to find an organization that’s just focused on learning about it and not focused on pushing a political agenda.”

Purcell has been a member since her freshman year.

The organization also provides a place for expression.

“I think we provide a safe space for people to talk about the conflict and discuss their opinions without being attacked for that,” Purcell said.

Shaila Homan, a senior international security and conflict resolution major, said OTI is about learning.

“Whether you’re already very opinionated and have a lot of background knowledge, or came on with very little, it’s just a place to learn and there’s been people in this club with very different opinions,” she said.

Homan and her group went on a trip with the organization to several cities.

They started in Washington D.C. where they visited the White House, then went

The Olive Tree Initiative in Jersualem Photo courtesy of the olive tree initiative

to New York where they visited the United Nations and headquarters of Al Jazeera Bureau in addition to the Israeli embassy. They also went to different peace organizations and nonprofit organizations before heading to Israel and Palestine.

“One of my favorite parts about the trip was going to meet with students from different regions,” Homan said.

“I think that’s when you get to see and hear all of this information and it’s like very powerful and sometimes is very heartbreaking but then when you get to talk to people your own age about it, you get this whole different perspective.”

Sophomore international security and conflict resolution major Aishwaryaa Dev has been part of the

OTI since her freshman year.

“I stayed because people here are amazing and when I went to other clubs relating to Israel-Palestine, I always saw a bias and it was sad to see that because I understand where they come from,” Dev said. “It was just great to see how, even though there are people who have an Arab background or Israeli background, they’re not as biased as soon as they enter the club.”

Senior journalism major Liza Stephanian is the president of OTI on campus. She has been involved in the club since 2012 and went on the trip to Turkey and Armenia in 2014.

During the trip to Israel and Palestine this year Stephanian said there were students from several schools including UCLA, UCI and UC Berkeley in addition

to two students from SDSU. “Going into it I thought I was very much in favor of one side, but some of my perceptions have changed,” she said.

“We met with eighty different speakers over the span of three weeks,” Stephanian said. “We’re constantly moving, meetings every day, very busy, very fun but exhilarating, and so informative and so eye-opening. I just don’t think that there’s any other program like this.”

She said that being apart of OTI has made her a better leader.

“Real people are living the realities of this country on a daily basis,” Stephanian said. “I think that as human beings it’s important for us to be aware of what other human beings are going through around the world.”

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SEPT. 21 - 27, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: Emely navarro • news@thedailyaztec.com

#musicismedicine

Students heal patients with music jocelyn moran staff writer ____________________________________ Students in Music is Medicine are using their musical talents to impact patients’ lives in nursing homes, children’s hospitals and dementia care centers.

This is the second active semester for Music is Medicine at San Diego State.

Club members dedicate part of their weekend to play instruments and sing for patients who spend most of their time in facilities.

“When we do these kinds of performances, the people are just so thankful we are there,” vice president of the club Marshall Kanute said. “It’s really fun to be a part of, we’re trying to create a community within San Diego State.”

President of Music is Medicine, Kelly Dinh, said the club is open to all majors, but knowing how to play an instrument or being able to sing is a requirement.

“Having it open to every major really brings together a bunch of musicians,” Dinh said. “There are so many talented people who are not music majors.

In a way, we want to bring those communities together.”

Dinh said she was interning at a hospital and playing music for patients and elders in retirement homes before starting the club.

Kanute said he approached Dinh and

asked how he could do the same. It was because of this that Dinh suggested starting Music is Medicine.

“There’s this patient that usually doesn’t talk, but when I played for her, she just started clapping,” Dinh said.

“Seeing that change in someone’s behavior, even a smile or a clap, really meant so much to me. It made me realize I could impact other people through music.”

Kanute said when the patients see them with their guitars and hear they are back, they start wheeling themselves out, anxious to hear them.

“You start to get to know them, and that just makes it even better,” Kanute said. “Someone might not be able to dance, but they’ll be on their chair going all over the place, and they are loving it.”

Sophomore jazz studies major Andrew Snyder, said he originally joined Music is Medicine for performance practice. However, as he spent more time in the group, his motivations changed.

“As I was doing it more and more, I enjoyed the fact you get to play for people who really need it in a very healing and spiritual way,” he said.

“Getting to see other people be touched by what you do is very rewarding.”

Snyder said there was a time he was playing at a dementia care center when a man came up to him with tears in his eyes and a big smile on his face. The

Students in Music is Medicine perform for patients in nursing homes, hospitals, and care centers.

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man said the music brought him back to being at a jazz festival.

“He was saying how us playing music brought back really strong, vivid memories that brought him back to a good place, and he thanked us for that,” Snyder said. “That was really touching.”

The music also helps the workers at facilities.

Dinh said she was playing in the lobby of a hospital when a worker came up to her and told her he was really anxious because it was his first day and her music helped ease his nerves.

Club meetings are held every

other week and performances start in October, but students can join throughout the year.

Dinh said music majors can benefit from performance experience.

“This is how I got over my performance anxiety,” Dinh said.

“Playing in front of people and having the most appreciative crowd calmed my nerves. If I mess up, they don’t care.

They just want to listen to you.”

“We’re still students,” Dinh said.

“We’re not doctors yet, but I feel like through this club, it’s a step toward helping someone at our level.”

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#Salsaclub

Salsa Club dances through campus jasmine bermudez staff writer ____________________________________ The San Diego State Salsa Club has been welcoming students of all dance skill levels since 2013.

The organization’s purpose is to foster a salsa and latin dance community on campus and educate SDSU students on technique and musicality, Salsa Club President Brianna Zantnan said.

The club includes three teams: a beginner level SDSU salsa performance team, an intermediate Pa’Xango performance team, and an advanced level Pa’Xango competition team.

Zantnan said professional dancers Silvia Linares-Ruelas and Gonzalo Ruelas teach the Pa’Xango Competition Team and they compete with other CSUs along the California coast.

“This year we are so fired up,” Zantnan said. “We are in it to win it.”

Senior biology major Jeffrey Abrenica said he wants the team to leave a legacy this year.

“I want us to be known as the up and coming club that was successful in introducing the Latin dance community to the SDSU community,”Abrenica said.

Zantnan said she is going to be implementing some changes to get people more involved in the club this year.

“I want the team to really get to

The SDSU Salsa Club welcomes dancers of all skill levels.

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know each other and become a family,” Zantnan said.

Sophomore criminal justice and political science major Sebastian Sanchez said partner dancing is his favorite part of the club.

“It helped me be more social because you really have to get to know the person you are dancing with,” he said.

Zantnan said during club practices the team switches dancing partners. She said it is important for the dancers to feel a variety of lead and follow styles.

“When you are dancing with someone

and have this great dance chemistry it is absolutely magical,” she said.

Zantnan encourages all people to join the Salsa Club.

“Everyone starts at beginner level, you just have to stay motivated and keep going,” Zantnan said.

Abrenica said he joined Salsa Club last year to get more involved on campus.

He said it was intimidating to go out and dance with no prior experience, but the members helped him feel comfortable.

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“I was a complete mess and had two left feet, but Salsa Club kept pushing and encouraging me,” Abrenica said. “They have given me patience, nurturing, and reassurance.”

Junior music vocal performance major Joseph Durant said he has gained many skills from the club.

“Salsa club has made it easier to go up to someone and shake their hand and introduce myself,” he said.

Durant said his favorite part of the club is “feeling the groove and locking in with the rhythm of the music.”

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involvement

#sjp

SJP club: 7 years

Mustafa Aleni, political science major tabling for Students for Justice in Palestine.

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The club was founded during the 200809 school year.

It is one of the many clubs of its kind throughout the country.

The organization’s first meeting for the semester was held on Sept. 8. Members of SJP gathered at Metztli in the Student Union.

One the missions is to inform and educate those who wish to learn more about the history of Palestine and its current situation from of people who are familiar with it.

during the summer we kind of put together this board and started working on stuff to plan out this year.”

Nabulsi said SJP is an important organization.

“I tend to visit when I can and it’s really hard, so ever since I was little I would go to Palestine and I would see these things with my own eyes so it kinda has a special place on my heart,” Nabulsi said.

“Even though I’m here across the world, it’s my way of feeling like I can actually do something for the cause.”

As a member of the club, Nabulsi said he hopes to meet more people, educate others and get more knowledge about Palestine himself.

“There’s a lot of things that some people know that I don’t know and it’s not just introducing your ideas. It’s about getting different perspectives to look at things,” Nabulsi said.

“ it’s about getting different perspectives to look at things.”

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“I feel like there’s a lot of people here that don’t know about this stuff or are not aware of it” said, junior business management student Rubina Popal.

Popal said she heard about the organization through friends.

Popal said she is hoping to learn more about Palestine through her involvement in SJP. Sophomore computer science major Farris Nabulsi is a member of the SJP board. He said he heard about the club through his older friends.

“I’m a local in San Diego and my older friends and mentors have always been involved in SJP,” Nabulsi said.

“I was always at the events and they kinda just handed it off to me. I was actually involved last year and then

Senior psychology major Halima Eid, said the club is important at SDSU. “I’m Palestinian American,” Eid said.

“I want to help bring awareness to the Palestinian cause and occupation.”

She has been part of the organization for almost a year and is now the events coordinator of the board.

“Our main goal is not to tell them to go for Palestine or go for this or go against,” Eid said.

“Our point is for them to know what is going on by themselves, so they can know the facts, know what’s going on and hear it from a Palestinian, the people that have experienced it.”

SJP meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Metztli suite in the Conrad Prebys Student Union.

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#drones

Drones take flight above ENS field

Left: 12 members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Aztec Aeronautical Integrated Robtocis pose for a group photo in front of their teams handiwork.

Right: Club Vice President Eric Johnson connects the drones to batteries that allow the drone roughly 15 minutes of flight time.

Aztec AIR is an offshoot of the San Diego State’s Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. They specialize in the building and flight of piloted and autonomous drones and quadcopters. If you are interested in joining the IEEE or Aztec A.I.R. information can be found on their website.

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#Aztecelectric

Club prepares to race to the top emely navarro news editor ____________________________________ Aztec Electric Racing made a strong entrance to San Diego State this semester with more than 100 club sign-ups after the first meeting.

Kelsey Winter, a mechanical engineer graduate student, and Greg Sawvelle, a mechanical engineer senior created the club.

Winter and Sawvelle were originally a part of Aztec Racing, another club on campus that builds internal combustion formula racing cars, which run on gas.

After completing the formula one car with Aztec Racing, Winter said they realized making electric vehicle cars was really where the future was moving to.

“Eventually we are going to have to move there because fuel is not necessarily a sustainable source of energy unless we change the type of fuel that we are running our cars off of,” Winter said. “Obviously it is a cleaner air source.”

After realizing the future was moving towards more sustainable cars, Winter and Sawvelle decided to start an electric vehicle racing club while at a Formula Society of Automotive Engineers competition because competing electric cars was still relatively new.

Winter said getting into the competition early is easier because they can see it evolve over the years and get on the ground floor working on the cars while everyone is on the same level.

Aztec Electric Racing and Aztec Racing participate in the same competitions and build the same but AER’s cars are electrically powered.

Their first competition is the Formula

The Aztec Electric Racing club poses outside Hepner Hall for a group picture.

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SAE Electric competition that will take place in June 2017 in Nebraska.

The club is preparing for the completion in three phases: design, manufacturing and testing.

They plan to spend 100 days on each phase.

Dec. 1 is the end of the design phase.

They begin building the car over winter break and by spring break they will begin to test the car.

This year the goal of the team is to win first place at the competition. Next year the goal is to take the car internationally, Winter said.

The club will be applying for the

Student Success Fee but is currently receiving funding from student dues, corporate sponsorships and a university sponsorship.

The estimate for the building budget is $75,000 for the first year and about $50,000 for the car next year, Winter said.

So far, the club has gotten its members from tabling at orientations and from people crossing over from the Aztec Racing club.

John Berger, a mechanical engineering freshman, joined the club this semester after seeing Winter and Sawvelle at his orientation.

“I’ve been extremely interested in

racing cars for quite a while now and having the opportunity to build one myself was something I couldn’t pass up,” Berger said.

Winter and Sawvelle said they encourage people of all majors to join the club because there is more to it than building cars.

“We have structured this team like an engineering firm,” Winter said. “We need business people, we need graphic designers, it’s not just about building a car but it’s about building a racing team.”

They club meets biweekly on Fridays at 6 p.m. in the Pride Suite in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union.

12 SPORTS

sept. 21 - 27, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: anthony reclusado • sports@thedailyaztec.com

#Aztecfootball

SDSU football is feeling 22

Senior linebacker Calvin Munson eyeing his opponent before a play.

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Anthony reclusado Sports editor ____________________________________ For the first time in 21 years, San Diego State is featured in the AP Top 25 at No. 22. The last time the Aztecs cracked the AP Top 25 was on Nov. 7, 1995, at No. 25.

The Aztecs jumped six spots from last week’s poll at No. 28 and gained 132 votes in the process.

The ranking, which was released earlier this week, is SDSU’s highest since 1992 when it was No. 21 heading into a Week 3 matchup against UCLA. The men from the Mesa were able to jump into the Top 25 with then No. 13 Iowa, No. 18 Notre Dame and No. 22 University of Oregon dropping their respective matches over the weekend.

The defending national champion University of Alabama remained in the poll position. Rounding out the top five

are Ohio State, University of Louisville, University of Michigan and Clemson University.

The University of Houston, the only other Group of 5 program in the ranking, remained at No. 6.

Behind SDSU are No. 23 Ole Miss and No. 25 University of Oklahoma, both with a 1-2 record. University of Utah (30) falls at No. 24.

The Aztecs were listed in the last six AP polls dating back to last season in the “others receiving votes” category, prior to this week’s ranking.

With a 3-0 start, including Saturday’s 42-28 win over Northern Illinois University on the road, SDSU is off to its best start since 2011 and for just the second time in the last 35 seasons.

The Aztecs’ stock was aided by UC Berkeley’s shootout victory over then No. 11 University of Texas, 50-43, Saturday night.

Despite the 45-40 victory over Cal, SDSU’s ranking fate will be tied to the Golden Bears, which is listed as the equivalent of No. 31 this week, for the remainder of the season.

As the only Power 5 team on the schedule and what will be determined as the Aztecs best win of the season by strength of schedule, SDSU will receive a boost from AP voters if Cal proves to be a power in the Pacific-12 Conference.

The Aztecs have a bye this week and will pick up play next week against the University of South Alabama on Oct. 1 in Mobile, Alabama.

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#Aztecfootball

Football’s rise is this school’s pride Brendan price staff columnist ____________________________________ National recognition is nice, isn’t it?

The San Diego State football team woke up and found themselves planted in the AP Top 25, No. 22 to be precise, for the first time since the Clinton administration.

A ranking is a big deal to a school and a program because it elevates your program into the “must watch” or “should watch” pantheon of the college football feast that occurs each weekend. But on the Mesa,

the focus is on what lies ahead, both on the field and on the campus.

The headliner of the Aztec wagon that is careening into national acclaim is undoubtedly senior running back Donnel Pumphrey.

I am not going to waste time and column space in order to regurgitate the superlatives that everyone uses to describe his game, because if you’ve seen him in action, you know.

If you haven’t, you need to, no room for argument.

The bigger news for the team going forward is all of the other weapons and positions that are developing ahead of

time and will be key cogs in the Aztec future.

Offensively, junior running back Rashaad Penny has electrified on special teams and as the secondary running option, and both he and redshirt freshman Juwan Washington look more than capable of inheriting the Aztec backfield.

Redshirt sophomore quarterback

Aztec football around campus and it is paramount that it is capitalized on.

It’s a massive accomplishment and a mammoth stepping stone for SDSU to jump into the polls at the expense of the likes of the University of Iowa and Notre Dame.

Looking ahead, the goal is that the excitement is captured and not a momentary mirage.

The campus is now the focal point of San Diego atheltics...

Christian Chapman looks mobile and increasingly poised in the pocket. Junior wide receiver Mikah Holder is on the cusp of being a bona fide top receiver, the talent is there and the consistency is improving.

Defensively, barring any unlikely defections to the professional ranks, junior defensive backs Trey Lomax, Derek Babiash and Billy Vaughn Jr. will all return.

Sophomore linebacker Ronley Lakalaka has patrolled the interior with a ferocity and speed that is key to head coach Rocky Long’s trademark 3-3-5 defense.

With one more non-conference matchup to go and then the familiarity of the Mountain West, the men from “America’s Finest City” can make a bigger statement than they already have.

Moving forward, the Aztecs have gotten the national audience to notice what they’ve spent the better part of three years building.

However, the excitement generated around campus and the community is arguably more important.

There is a tangible buzz surrounding

The campus is now the focal point of San Diego athletics, the mecca of San Diego sports and the campus should revel in it.

The atmosphere at the last home game against UC Berkeley was how it should be every night - a frenzied and engaged student section buoyed by a crowd of enthusiastic Aztec football fans.

The ranking gives fans a reason to come out and cheer on a team that has been judged as being in the top 25 out of 128 teams at the FBS level, and North Dakota State University, a Football Championship Subdivision program.

It is completely worth the ten minute trolley ride over to Qualcomm.

The excitement is important on campus because the increased exposure for the football program can lead to exposure for other athletic and academic programs.

Football is garnering the attention from the casual fans, and from there, that casual interest can branch into all sorts of uncharted waters, a huge deal for the university.

Going forward, this ranking is just the beginning.

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The Aztecs’ 21-year path to No. 22

Senior running back Donnel Pumphrey bounces a run outside with a block from junior wide receiver Mikah Holder.

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zach engberg asst. sports editor ____________________________________ Nov. 13, 1995.

That was the last time San Diego State football found itself in the AP Top 25-until now.

When the AP Top 25 poll ranked the

Aztecs at No. 22 last Sunday, it ended a streak of 20 years, 10 months and 12 days since the last time they held the honor.

At that time, Bill Clinton was the President of the United States of America, O.J. Simpson had just completed his murder trial and the San Diego Chargers made it to the Super Bowl, losing to the San Francisco 49ers

49-26.

Surprisingly, while occurring two decades apart, the two Aztec teams have a lot in common.

Much like the current team, the 1995 SDSU squad, led by then head coach Ted Tollner, saw a winning streak, lasting six games, vault the program into national recognition.

The Aztecs won the six games by an average of 17 points per game, three of them coming by 24-or-more points.

The current SDSU winning streak has doubled the 1995 one, and at 13 games, it does not appear that it will stop anytime soon.

The Aztecs have only one remaining non-conference game against University of South Alabama, whom the Aztecs lost to 34-27 in 2015.

From there, SDSU will turn its attention towards the Mountain West, playing its final eight regular season games against conference foes.

That year also saw the Aztecs upset UC Berkeley, as they did two weeks ago, although it was a more robust beatdown with a final score of 33-9.

The most glaring similarity, however, is that of the dominant running back.

In 1995, George Jones commanded the SDSU backfield, rushing for a then-school record 1,842 yards and 23 touchdowns.

That mark was broken by senior running back Donnel Pumphrey, who was only 11 months old the last time SDSU cracked the Top 25, in 2014.

That year, Pumphrey rushed for 1,867 yards on 276 carries, 29 less touches than Jones had.

Pumphrey has elevated his game to a new level in 2016, rushing for an FBShigh 599 yards in his first three games.

That total features two consecutive 200-yard games, something Pumphrey has never done in his Aztec career, and something Jones never accomplished at SDSU. If Pumphrey ran at this pace for the entirety of 2016, he would end the season with 2,795 yards, assuming SDSU plays 14 games like it did in 2015.

That mark would not only shatter Pumphrey’s previous single-season school record, but NFL Hall of Famers Barry Sanders’ FBS record of 2,678 yards that he has held since 1988.

Even if he doesn’t break that all-time mark, Pumphrey has a chance in 2016 to redefine the meaning of running back at SDSU. And he will be a key reason why the Aztecs find sustained success in 2016if they end up in the top 25 for longer than the 1995 team could.

The 1995 season did not turn out as the Aztecs wished, as they finished 8-4 after losing two of their final three games.

But the 2016 Aztecs, who have earned more national respect and attention than any team in the program’s history, have a chance to finish the season with the number attached to their hip.

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Aztecs ready to wrangle the Aggies kills last season against the Aztecs.

Meanwhile, Harris was recently named Mountain West Women’s Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week as she averaged .909 hitting percentage.

Harris puts up an aggressive block at the net and stops many balls from passing her fingertips.

Aztec head coach Deitre CollinsParker, a two-time national collegiate player of the year and AVCA Hall of Fame member, attributes her team’s success to a shift in their offensive game plan.

“Switching offensively from a 6-2 to a 5-1 has been very beneficial for

Freshman outside hitter Ashlynn Dunbar celebrates after scoring a point against Long Beach State.

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Sydney Williams Contributor ____________________________________ This weekend the San Diego State women’s volleyball team (8-6, 0-0 Mountain West) will take on visiting Utah State (5-6, 0-0 MW).

The Aztecs will have to regather themselves after their four-game winning streak was snapped against the University of San Diego on Tuesday. The Toreros entered the match No. 7 in the country and swept SDSU (25-21, 25-19, 26-24).

USD took SDSU out of their game that

was so successful over their winning streak.

Toreros’ sophomore outside hitter Lauren Fuller and redshirt senior middle blocker Lisa Kramer combined for 21 kills.

Similar to the Aztecs, USU will enter Saturday’s match coming off a 3-0 loss to the University of Utah (22-25, 15-25, 24-26) The Aggies junior middle blocker Carly Lenzen will be a challenge for SDSU’s sophomore middle blocker Deja Harris. Both stand similar in height, as Lenzen stand at 6-feet and Harris tops at 6-foot-2.

On the court, Lenzen tallied 14

the team.,” she said. “Our passing has steadied out so we are able to dominate offensively.”

The Aztecs have increased their dominance as a defensive and offensive team.

Junior libero Devyn Prichard motor has translated into results, as she has totaled 90 digs in 13 games.

She is superb on the back end and will be an enormous asset against the Aggies.

They are now 8-6 and are headed into conference play and look to avenge their loss to USD. SDSU’s match against USU will start at 6 p.m. on Aztec Court.

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#descendents

Becoming pioneers of pop punk Sarah Tanori Staff Writer ____________________________________ Coffee, farts and self-deprecation.

These aren’t the usual themes a band of 50-somethings would be singing about, but to punk legends, Descendents, it’s the lifeline to its die-hard fan base and youthful energy.

The band is set to perform Sept. 22 at Soma in San Diego, touring in support of its latest album, “Hypercaffium Spazzinate.”

Descendents formed in 1977 in Manhattan Beach, California.

Originally a project built for fun among friends, its members went on to become the pioneers of hardcore and pop punk.

The 1980s were a time when punk was violent, aggressive and mean, and the Descendents were none of these things.

The band marked its territory with its signature dorky and relatable sound starting with lead singer, Milo Aukerman, the face of the band and a self-proclaimed nerd.

“Punk music was a complete game changer for me developing as a human,” Aukerman said. “It probably has a lot to do with the fact that I was a geeky nerd guy and punk speaks to that spastic element in all of this where you want to bounce off the walls and go ape sh-t and punk made it okay to do that.”

This unusual element quickly became a large part of the band’s charm and continues to draw fans to this day.

Nearly four decades later, the band has released its sixth studio album after a 12-year hiatus from music. Aukerman describesd the band’s return as a reunion and a new beginning.

Since the formation of Descendents, its members knew of Aukerman’s aspirations to become a biologist and researcher.

This inspired its seminal release, “Milo Goes to College,” a farewell to the lead singer as he started school at UC San Diego.

Science often came before music which explains the sometimes large gaps between the band’s albums. However, this never meddled with its bond or sound.

What eventually brought the band together for good is drummer Bill Stevenson.

In 2009, he suffered a pulmonary embolism, undergoing surgery in order to remove a tumor from his brain.

This life-threatening experience reconnected the band members and

Punk legends Descendents will be performing Sept. 22 at in Soma San Diego.

Courtesy of Kevin Scanlon

motivated them to start writing songs in 2010 for their latest album.

“I kind of think this record is a culmination of that kind of rediscovery of the important things for us, you know what’s important in life and for me having a friend like that who was close to death and he’s my best friend and I mean I think a lot of the record speaks to that and there’s a few songs on there that are specifically about Bill’s recovery,” said Aukerman. “I think at the end of the record there’s a kind of like celebratory feel to it saying you know we made it we survived that period and we’re just extremely happy to continue on this path in the future.”

“Hypercaffium Spazzinate” is an homage to getting older but never changing.

Its melodic and fast tracks stay true to the band’s punk sound while the lyrics have a more mature voice, with songs like, “Comeback Kid” and “Beyond the Music” that come from a more reflective place.

However, like all its other albums, the band’s latest serves as a humorous commentary on the nature of life by speaking from personal experience in order to humanize both the musicians and the listener.

“I feel like their band is genuine. You listen to their albums and each CD is a relatable theme, Milo goes to college, I could really relate to that,” said Karen Huie, a child and family development

senior. “It’s cool cause they’re a punk band but they have all these songs like “I’m Not a Punk” where they’re okay with not being a part of that scene and doing their own thing. This has really influenced others, you listen to bands like Weezer and love them but you gotta acknowledge this aesthetic came from Milo first.”

While many artists attempt to reconnect

with audiences by trying to seem younger, the Descendents have forged this attachment through unapologetic honesty. Descendents takes its fans along with its growing pains, no matter what age or circumstance. This band teaches audiences that some degree of maturity is inevitable, but there’s always room to laugh at one’s self and hate life too.

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#politicalscience

Putting a new Twist on education David ayala Contributor ____________________________________ Twenty-sixteen is a big year for political science professor Kim Twist.

She moved to San Diego last June, began teaching at San Diego State this fall and is in the process of planning her December wedding.

“I can say that I enthusiastically and happily hired her,” chair of the political department Ronnee Schreiber said.

“She’s fantastic. She makes an excellent colleague: she’s organized, smart, productive and collegial.”

But how is it that a Western European politics professor from Philadelphia ends up teaching at SDSU? The story begins when she arrived at New York University in Manhattan.

“I wanted to move into a big city, I wanted to be a journalist, a big city is the right place for that… the big city life was totally for me,” Twist said.

After deciding she didn’t want to be a reporter anymore, Twist spent time figuring out what she wanted to study.

“I worked a lot of jobs, I worked at publishing for a time, and I was a wedding planner,” she said.

It was only after a semester abroad in London that Twist became clear about what her true passion was.

“I wasn’t a politically active prodigy, but when I was undergrad … I went to the campus in London and I took classes on (European Union) politics,” Twist said.

Political science professor Kim Twist teaches Introduction to Comparative Politics at San Diego State.

Courtesy of kim twist

“I remember sitting in class and thinking, this is fascinating.

There was something about immersing yourself in another country’s culture, reading the newspaper, seeing what people are talking about, hearing what matters to them.”

Her newly found passion prompted her to get a master’s degree, and then it was off to her next destination: UC Berkeley.

“I did not want to leave the East Coast ... I came for a visit and I loved it, it felt comfortable,” Twist said. “The (Berkeley)

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Some of the people she named as inspirations are Tony Judt, a historian who also teaches at NYU, and David Art, a political scientist and writer.

“They are people who can take something that is very dense and make it in a very way for anyone without political knowledge to just pick up and read,” she said. I think that that’s something all academics should inspire to do, be able

to communicate in a way anyone can understand.”

After completing her doctorate and being named a recipient of teaching honors by UC Irvine and UC Berkeley, Twist made SDSU her next stop.

“I want to meet people; I’m new here (at SDSU). I would like to get a sense here of what people are all about.”

Despite having to make adjustments for living in Southern California, Twist said she is enjoying San Diego.

“So far, so good in San Diego! The weather, obviously, is as advertised ... and the more relaxed lifestyle. I regularly feel like I’m the only one in a hurry,” Twist said.

Twist’s area of expertise is European politics, focusing on how mainstream and extreme parties interact with voters and with each other, according to the political science department’s website.

This semester, she’s teaching Introduction to Comparative Politics, where students learn analytical models and techniques to examine problems of decision making and control in political systems.

When she’s not teaching, Twist enjoys baking, pop quizzes and playing sports Despite having just started her career here at SDSU, Twist hopes to make an impact on the campus community.

“Maybe having (students) think about the world in a slightly different way, if there is one thing I could share with them that leads them to leave the class thinking a slightly different way than they did when they came in, I think that that’s it,” Twist said.

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#growingup

Chance resonates with a generation Juliana Ress senior staff writer ____________________________________

I

t was the first show of the Magnificent Coloring World Tour and I sat in my seat at the Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater on Thursday, Sept. 15, waiting for Chance the Rapper to perform as my friend turned to me and said, “It’s been really cool watching Chance grow up.”

The comment instantly took me back to high school, listening to “10 Day” and “Acid Rap” on my iPod Classic during class despite my teachers’ rules, the kind of rebellion young Chance would’ve certainly supported.

I remembered telling my friends about this rapper they should check out, and subsequently blasting “Favorite Song” on the drive home from football games.

The theme of growing up is what fueled the stage design and Chance’s youthful energy as he started the night by running on the stage yelling, “I got my city doing front flips!” sending the crowd into a frenzied sing-along of “Angels.”

The characters and props used in the show formed a plot through the songs in Chance’s set.

The stage was adorned with animatronic puppets resembling unconventional stuffed animals, perhaps Chance’s childhood imaginary friends.

Throughout the show Chance bantered with a life-size anthropomorphic lion with a familiar voice.

The recurring lion constantly reminded Chance to “not forget the message” and to “play the old stuff.” Chance complied by performing “Brain Cells,” “Cocoa Butter Kisses, and “Smoke Again,” but eventually opted for material from his latest album “Coloring Book.”

“I think they like the new stuff,” Chance said to the lion after an enthusiastic performance of “Mixtape.”

The lion accused Chance of “forgetting the message” and essentially turning into the big shot star Chance always promised he wouldn’t become.

“I don’t need no friends, I don’t need no label,” Chance replied, “and I certainly don’t need no problems.”

“You don’t want zero problems, big fella!” the lion shouted the trademark phrase from “No Problem” over the

sang to the old friend. “Don’t you miss the danger?”

Chance also performed a string of the religious inspired songs on “Coloring Book,” proving to the lion that he hadn’t forgotten ‘the message’.

He stood before the crowd in chants of “Are you ready for your blessings?” as if conducting the world’s largest gospel choir.

Walking offstage after the religious section of the set, Chance encored with “Summer Friends,” leaving us with the

The Theme of growing up is what fueled the stage design and chance's useful energy as he started the night by running on the stage yelling, "i got my city doing front flips!" sending the crowd into a frenzied sing-along of "angels."

crowd’s cheers in response, and I finally realized where I knew his voice from.

Chance calmed down the energy for a moving performance of “Same Drugs,” a duet with another life-size anthropomorphic stuffed animal.

This visual confirmed my theory that the stuffed animals represented Chance’s childhood imaginary friends, as the lyrics of “Same Drugs” describe growing apart from a childhood friend.

“Don’t you miss the days?” Chance

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taste of nostalgia so signature of his music.

By the end of the show, Chance had played “Coloring Book” in its entirety, along with a number of songs from “Acid Rap” and even his guest verses on Action Bronson’s “Baby Blue” and Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam.”

His inclusions of fan favorites and his most well-known features in his set went along with the theme of the night; Chance hadn’t forgotten where he came

from.

I looked around at the sold-out crowd and my friend’s remark rang true to me as I realized how strangely proud I was of Chance for how far he’s come.

His sense of camaraderie with his fan base especially plays into the recurring themes of nostalgia in his music. From “10 Day’s” “Prom Night,” to “Acid Rap’s” “Cocoa Butter Kisses,” to “Coloring Book’s” “Same Drugs,” Chance is always looking back at his past in a different light depending on his stage in life.

Just as he says in “Same Drugs,” I thought Chance would never grow up, and the youthfulness of his set did not prove to me his immortality.

Instead, it showed me that he would never shake the ‘one of us’ attitude that helps him resonate with my generation.

His refusal to sign with a label, the references to cartoons and video games that riddle his music, and his visible idolization in the artists he grew up listening to all contribute to fans looking to Chance as a friend, someone they can relate to.

My biggest takeaway of the night was that in watching Chance grow up, I realized I had too. I was no longer the high school kid tuning my teachers out with Chance’s music blasting through my headphones, I was watching him in a sold-out crowd on my college campus, validating the personal connection with his music my high school self felt. In evolving his music, Chance still turns to adolescence to humble and inspire him, looking to our shared generation with such a fondness that I can’t help but reminisce along with him.

Chance the Rapper couldn’t be a kid forever, but his world will always be colored with tints of youth.

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