09-25-2012

THE NEWSPAPER OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1913 VOLUME 99, ISSUE 17

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

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Local labor unions chant remarks about Wal-Mart as they walk in unison to Golden Hill Park, the the location where Wal-Mart intends to construct its new building in San Diego.

Ana Ceballos Assistant News Editor

San Diego local labor unions gathered early Saturday morning at the Golden Hill Park to demand a meeting with WalMart representatives before new stores of the multinational retailer corporation open, replacing the historic 1.3-acre Sherman Heights site.

Hundreds of demonstrators

chanted remarks against the largest retailer in the world, marching from Golden Hill Park to the site of the future Wal-Mart, which will be constructed in the old Farmers Market building.

Banners reading, “Wal-Mart you’re no good. Treat your workers like you should” and “Wal-Mart hurts the 99 percent,” highlighted why the multibillion dollar corporation is not wanted in the community.

“We’ve seen how this company

mistreats its employees and how it bulldozes over residents in a community,” Genoveva Aguilar of Casa de Vecinos Organizados said. “We don’t need Wal-Mart to come into our city, bringing poor paying jobs and destroying our cultural history.”

In April, demonstrators went to court, hoping to prevent WalMart from being built in the community, but a judge ruled construction could proceed as planned despite the local pleads.

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Wal-Mart Senior Manager of Community Affairs Rachel Wall is quoted in a statement saying, “the majority of residents know we’re not only trying to provide communities with new options for jobs and affordable groceries, but we are also making a positive economic contribution by generating much-needed tax revenue, working with local suppliers and supporting nonWAL-MART continued on page 2

Universities plagued Colloquial use of the by bomb threats word ‘rape’ is not ok opinion

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SDSU has received two bomb threats since August. The most recent one targeted the SDSU Transit Center.

J. Hutton Marshall Managing Editor

Bomb threats have been prevalent all across the country during the last few weeks. The University of Texas at Austin coordinated a massive evacuation of its entire campus on Friday after a threat reportedly perpetrated by al-Qaida turned up

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false. A similar incident occurred just four days later at Louisiana State University. These are just a few of the many bomb threats phoned in across the country. Thankfully, all threats were unfounded and no lives have been endangered.

Two threats targeted locations on San Diego State’s campus in the latter half of 2012, which is a

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act for perpetrators and victims Madison Hopkins alike.

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Obviously, the speaker of this the word isn’t just confined to ignorant comment didn’t mean campus chitchat. Rape jokes have it literally. He was using rape to been the focus of recent attention express his apparent inability to after an incident at Laugh over pass an exam or perhaps to Factory this past summer. Daniel insinuate its difficulty. We all Tosh, a well-known comedian, know what the literal definition carelessly joked about the issue. of the word is and hopefully we After a female audience member USE OF RAPE continued on page 7 understand the seriousness of the

Aztecs come back to beat Anteaters women’s soccer

Tanner Kouba Contributor

After losing and drawing its last two matches, the San Diego State women’s soccer team took the field Friday night against UC Irvine hoping to get back to its winning ways.

Despite a slow start that left the Aztecs down early, two outstanding goals by junior forward Jensen Skinner helped the Aztecs come back for a 3-2 win and improve to 8-1-1 on the season.

The Anteaters struck early in the 13th minute when Natalia Ledezma caught sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Boaz off guard with a strike 10 yards outside the box. The goal put the Aztecs in unfamiliar territory, considering it was only the second time this season SDSU has been down in a match.

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profits.”

The main concerns for many of the demonstrators related to the corporation’s low wages and lack of employee benefits were not addressed in Wall’s statement.

The retail giant plans to open a 45,800 square-foot neighborhood market, and hire 65 employees.

Speakers at the rally included San Diego Unified School Board Trustee Richard Barrera and state Assemblyman Ben Hueso.

San Diego mayoral candidate Bob Filner was expected as a guest speaker, but did not attend.

Opponents of the big-box retailers, including members Occupy San Diego, The Unified Food and Commercial Workers International Union and the San Diego Green Party also attended.

During the event, petitions for Proposition 32, a ballot

Demonstrators hold signs representing their feelings toward WalMart while marching toward Golden Hill Park.

prohibiting unions and corporations from automatically deducting money from employee

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payroll checks for political purposes, were distributed to the crowd.

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MCT CAMPUS

Arturo Garcia Staff Writer

The last few years revealed the power of the Internet and how it has changed communication.

Social media propelled revolution in the Middle East, online dating persists with one site holding as many as 1.78 million paid subscribers and recently, online video sharing has facilitated interaction and confrontation between both hemispheres of the

world. The Internet’s ammenities continue to grow and as of the 2012 U.S. elections, California residents will be able to register to vote online.

“I think this change is most important for the younger generation because we are very technologically based” business management senior Michael Manacop said.

The online registration system was made available last week. To register, applicants

simply fill out an online form at registertovote.ca.gov.

The method of identification is simple. A California driver’s license or identification number is needed in order to submit an electronic signature. Applicants must include their date of birth and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Arizona was the first state to implement online voting registration in 2002. Voter registrations increased by 9.5 percent in Arizona from 2002 to 2004.

In July, Washington became the first state in the nation to allow residents to register to vote via a Facebook app, according to the Huffington Post.

Paper registration forms are still available at county election offices and some public libraries and post offices.

According to the California Voter Foundation, about 28 percent of the 23.7 million eligible voters in California are not yet registered. The deadline for voter registration is Oct. 22, 15 days prior to the Nov. 6 general election.

“Even having the ability to actually vote online would be something cool to have someday in the future,” Manacop said.

Candidates talk marijuana

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Tara Millspaugh News Editor

The two San Diego mayoral candidates, Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner, have agreed on almost nothing since their campaigns began.

However, Republican DeMaio and Democratic Rep. Filner appear to have similar opinions when it comes to medical marijuana.

Both candidates say, if they are elected mayor, they will support the use of medical marijuana.

An ordinance passed in 2011 by the

too few, and to be too cautious rather than risk being too lax. significant number considering there Director of Media Relations and have been only three bomb threats New Media Greg Block is part of on SDSU’s campus in the last four SDSU’s administration charged years, including the most recent with alerting everyone potentially two. endangered by a bomb threat, SDSU Police Department Capt. working closely with SDSUPD to Lamine Secka said he’s confident alleviate some of their burdens the two incidents are unrelated, during emergency situations. Secka and couldn’t speculate about the said SDSUPD alerts the public to significance of the sudden spike the best of its ability, but it also has in bomb threats, both locally and to direct a lot of attention to the around the country. immediate threat at hand.

Although Secka has never “We try to prioritize it as best responded to a bomb threat that we can,” Secka said. “(SDSU’s proved legitimate, he said SDSUPD administration) takes that load of responds to every bomb threat with notification off our shoulders.” the utmost gravity.

Block and others at SDSU have “We investigate every (bomb seen a significant change in the way threat) we get as fully as we can,” they are able to reach students in Secka said. “Because the first one situations like these. They now utilize we don’t take texting, email seriously, that’ll and Twitter, all be the one that which can The threat was believed of ends up being be accessed at a to have been called in real.” moment’s notice.

S D S U P D by a disgruntled cus“I got a call responded to a from SDSUPD bomb threat at tomer at a different U.S. when we received the U.S. Bank in Bank branch. the bomb threat West Commons at the trolley in late August. station,” Block The threat was said. “I sent texts believed to have been called in by a out on my computer from my home disgruntled customer at a different and drove to campus. I got there 15 U.S. Bank branch. This incident minutes later, and they had already marked the first threat of an explosive cleared the area by then.” being on campus since a suspiciousWhile there was no danger in this looking bag was left in the trolley situation, the ability to alert people station approximately a year and a of an emergency situation at the drop half ago. More recently, someone of a hat could save lives. Block urges called in a threat, saying explosives students to go to SDSU’s website had been planted in the SDSU and register their cell phones with Transit Center. The call reportedly the police department’s database. came from the phone booth directly Students won’t receive spam, just above the underground trolley stop. crime alerts and information on SDSUPD currently has no leads on potentially dangerous situations. the person behind the call.

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City Council limited dispensaries to some commercial and industrial areas.

The ordinance lasted three months because marijuana supporters held a signature drive complaining about the distance of the dispensaries.

“The challenge, is how do we regulate it?” DeMaio said at a recent debate. “That’s why I have been working with the medical marijuana community on a targeted, strict ordinance that would allow us to permit certain delivery services and dispensaries in the city of San Diego.”

Activists have conflicting views on DeMaio’s stance, including Eugene

Davidovich, a member of San Diego’s Americans for Safe Access and lobbier on the issue said, “he is the biggest opponent to medical cannabis regulations.”

Filner did not approve of the ordinance in 2011 because he felt there were too many barriers restricting patients from receiving their medicine.

“I want to make sure it’s available for those who are suffering from illness, but that neighbors are protected, kids are protected from any use or recreational use,” Filner said during a debate.

World Beat Eleven die in avalanche An unexpected avalanche on the world’s eighth-highest peak Mount Manaslu in Nepal took the lives of 11 people Sunday morning.

According to CNN, 38 people are still reported missing. The CNN report says the avalanche was caused by a large piece of ice that fell from a glacier above the climbers’ campsite.

Approximately 231 mountaineers from 25 teams attempted to climb the mountain. Officials are still waiting on furthering search efforts because of the harsh weather conditions.

Pakistani minister offers money for filmmaker’s death A $100,000 reward is offered to the person who kills the maker of “Innocence of Muslims,” the anti-Islamic film that sparked the radical protests in the Muslim world.

According to CNN, Pakistani government minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, who considers himself “a Muslim first, and then a governmental representative,” said this is a personal offer and the government was not involved.

Bilour has invited the Taliban and al-Qaida to also take part

in the offer.

A spokesman for Bilour’s political party demonstrated concerns toward his approach, saying the Awami National Party does not condone violence, and announcements such as Bilour’s are not what the political party stands for.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf condemned Bilour’s announcement.

New genetics of breast cancer discovered Scientists found four major classes of breast cancer after completing a major analysis of cancer genetics, according to The Associated Press.

This discovery will help scientists identify better cancer treatments. The new findings show one type of breast cancer might be more vulnerable to drugs used to treat ovarian cancer.

The report also suggests one type of breast cancer has similar biological developments to ovarian cancers because of the similarity in the cancer’s genetics.

The report was released by the Cancer Genome Atlas last Sunday.

—Compiled by Assistant News Editor Ana Ceballos

ENTERTAINMENT Eastwood’s career goes to extra innings, finds some ‘Trouble’ pass the popcorn

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker “Modern Family,” ABC OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES Louis C.K. “Louie,” FX Networks “Pregnant”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES Steven Levitan, Director “Modern Family,” ABC “Baby On Board” OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Jon Cryer as Alan Harper “Two And A Half Men,” CBS Mickey (Amy Adams) and Gus (Clint Eastwood) star in Robert Lorenz’s perfunctory new film “Trouble with the Curve.”

Andrew Younger Assistant Entertainment Editor

After Clint Eastwood’s career capstone as a racist with a heart of gold in 2008’s “Gran Torino,” the octogenarian actor announced it would be his last performance in front of the camera.

“You always want to quit while you’re ahead,” Eastwood listed as his reason for bowing out gracefully from the silver screen.

“You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.” Eastwood would have done well to take his own advice.

His new film “Trouble with the Curve” swaps the aforementioned boxing comparison for an equally strained baseball metaphor about elderly talent scout Gus (Eastwood) and his inability to give up the game. Look no further for dramatic irony. In a perfect inversion of “Moneyball,” Gus’ career is under threat by sabermetric-wielding number crunchers who don’t understand the “heart of the game.” The film panders to an older audience by pitting Gus’ life experiences

The film panders to an older audience by pitting Gus’ life experiences against slimy usurper Phillip... against slimy usurper Phillip Sanderson’s (Matthew Lillard) computer skills, the bane of senior citizenry, to determine the Atlanta Braves’ first round draft pick. Gus travels out to a Field of Dreams in North Carolina in order to scout high school slugger Bo Gentry (Joe Massingill). Should Gus make the wrong decision about Bo, Phillip and the rest of the Braves will put him out to pasture.

To make matters worse, Gus’ eyesight has degenerated to the point where he stumbles into objects like Mr. Magoo, while Eastwood stumbles through lines possibly intended for “Grumpy Old Men”-era Walter Matthau.

Thankfully, geriatric wish fulfillment triumphs as Gus’ estranged daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) leaves her career at a high-powered law firm long enough to tag along to North Carolina. At the expense of her case and her fiancé, Mickey cares for her ailing, curmudgeoned father while simultaneously falling for fellow talent scout Johnny (Justin Timberlake).

As Bo becomes a hot prospect for numerous teams, intuition battles statistics and burgeoning relationships quickly reach their breaking point.

After “Million Dollar Baby” and “Gran Torino,” both of which feature Eastwood’s character throwing himself into his work because of a strained relationship with his daughter, “Trouble with the Curve” addresses the same material in the least challenging way possible. Director Robert Lorenz, a longtime assistant to Eastwood, telegraphs key plot points early undermining any tension in the story while making the audience wait for the plot to catch up to his directing. Pacing aside, the plot is problematic because Adams’ character is the one who transforms throughout the course of the film ostensibly making “Trouble with the Curve” her story despite her character being the least interesting one in the film. Rather than commit Eastwood to a feature-length comedy or provide Adams with a How Mickey Got Her Groove Back romance, Lorenz splits the difference and it doesn’t pay off for anyone.

As Adams’ character struggles with a business decision late in the film, Eastwood reminds her, “Don’t be afraid to walk away.”

If only he followed his own advice as much as he gave it.

REVIEW Movie: trouble with the curve Director: Robert Lorenz Release Date: Sept. 21 RATING:

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Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 64th Primetime Emmy Award Recipients

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“Breaking Bad,” AMC OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Alex Gansa, Howard Gordo, Gideon Raff “Homeland,” Showtime “Pilot” OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham “Downton Abbey,” PBS OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Tim Van Patten “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO “To The Lost” OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody “Homeland,” Showtime OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison “Homeland,” Showtime OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL Louis C.K. “Louis C.K. Live At The Beacon Theatre,” FX Networks OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL Glenn Weiss, “65th Annual Tony Awards,” CBS OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING

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Aztecs turn away Rebels, win three games straight men’s soccer

Adriana Bush Staff Writer

The San Diego State men’s soccer team now has a three-game winning streak after defeating the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 3-1 on Friday at the SDSU Sports Deck.

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junior midfielder Blake Wise with the Aztecs’ second goal of the game in the 30th minute.

The goal, which was Blake’s first of the season, was an incredible 40yarder right over the goalkeeper into the net. The assist was Sacco’s third of the season.

“It was a pretty nice goal,” Wise said. “I scored with about 20 minutes left in the half and when you score a goal, it gives your team a confidence boost and we really

It was a pretty nice goal. I scored with about 20 minutes left in the half and when you score a goal, it gives your team a confidence boost and we really needed that going into the half.

Evyn Hewett wasted no time scoring SDSU’s first goal in the ninth minute with a header from a cross from senior midfielder Jose Altamirano. The goal was Hewett’s first of the season.

“I received the ball from Casey Meuser and I fake shot it with my left and crossed it with my right, and then Hewett headed the ball in,” Altamirano said.

The Aztecs controlled the tempo of the game and continued to fire off shots before finally putting one in the back of the net.

Well into the first half, junior midfielder Morgan Sacco assisted

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needed that going into the half.”

The Rebels entered the second half trailing behind the Aztecs 2-0, but made it a game when a UNLV player was taken down in the box and sophomore midfielder Julian Portugal scored on a penalty kick in the 54th minute.

It was the Rebels’ first and only goal of the game.

The Aztecs sealed the win against UNLV when junior midfielder Kevin Bick scored SDSU’s third and final goal with a shot in the lower left corner of the net from

15 yards out in the 74th minute with assistance from Altamirano.

“I thought we played really well as a team,” Wise said. “There was a lot of really good moments and there was a couple of hiccups during the play. But overall, as a team I thought we played really well and I was really happy with our performance.”

The Aztecs outshot the Rebels 12-8 in the first half and 12-11 in the second half. Bick had three shots on goal, while Altamirano, Meuser, Wise and Hewett each had one shot on goal.

Defensively, junior goalkeeper Blake Hylen had a total of nine saves against UNLV. The Aztecs will start conference play at 4:30 p.m. on Friday against the California Bears in Berkeley before taking on the Stanford Cardinals on Sunday.

“I feel like we are getting stronger and stronger together as a team,” Altamirano said. “It’s just fun to see the team progress every game.”

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SDSU drop Mountain West opener to Nevada on the road volleyball

Courtney Miller

The San Diego State women’s swimming and diving team defeated the University of San Diego, 71-22, in a pentathlon meet on Friday at the Aztec Aquaplex.

Junior Mikaela Macklin won the individual title for the second consecutive year, while the Aztecs grabbed in eight of the top 10 finished in the final individual standings.

The meet consisted of the 100 freestyle, 100 fly, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley.

Macklin finished with four second-place and one third-place finishes with an overall time of 4:54.06.

Following behind Macklin was senior Leona Jennings, who finished second for the second consecutive year and ended with an overall time of 4:56.87 in the five events.

The Aztecs begin their regular season this Saturday at the Aztec Aquaplex against Mountain West Conference rival UNLV.

Women’s basketball preseason rank

Lindy’s Sports ranked the SDSU women’s basketball team No. 25 in its College Basketball Preseason Top-25 poll.

The Aztecs, who were the MW regular-season and tournament champions, return four starters and nine letterwinners after finishing 25-7 and advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

The 2012 MW Player of the Year and the Associated Press

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Corey Tobin’s hands and just managed to make its way past the goal line.

But the Anteaters would soon respond with their own goal to once again take the lead. UC Irvine’s

All-American Courtney Clements, who averaged 17.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game last season, and MW Newcome of the Year and first-team all- MW selection Chelsea Hopkins, who averaged 10.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.5 assists last year during her first season on Montezuma Mesa, highlight the returning starters.

SDSU plays an exhibition game against Cal Lutheran at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 at Viejas Arena.

Ongaro wins several awards

Junior forward Jordan Ongaro and the rest of the men’s soccer team have had quite a week.

The Aztecs went 3-0 in their past three games, including a 90 trashing of North Florida, and Ongaro was also recognized for his outstanding play.

Most recently, Ongaro was named to the Soccer America Team of the Week. This award comes after the Canadian landed a spot on TopDrawerSoccer.com and College Sports Madness’ national team of the week, as well as being named the conference player of the week by the Pacific-12 Conference and CSM. Since Sept. 14, Ongaro has scored four goals and added an assist, highlighted by a hat trick against North Florida. In addition, he was also named to the all-tournament team at the UCR/Courtyard by Marriott Soccer Invitational in Riverside last week.

“It was a very big surprise to me,” Ongaro said. “It’s a great feeling to be honored.”

her second goal of the game.

“She’s (Skinner) been on the verge of scoring and was frustrated about it,” SDSU head coach Mike Friesen said. “She’s spent extra time after training all week working on her finishing, so for her to get those two goals is just awesome.”

SDSU outshot UC Irvine 12-3 in the first half and 11-3 in the second

... the Aztecs looked to grab the lead for the first time in the game. A short two minutes later, Skinner struck again, this time with the game-winner and her second goal of the game.

Contributor

Coming off a strong weekend at the Fullerton Classic, the San Diego State volleyball team fell to Nevada in its Mountain West season opener Saturday at Virginia Street Gym. The Aztecs traveled to Reno, Nev. to take on the Mountain West newcomer, but ultimately lost a hard fought game in five sets. The Aztecs dropped to an overall record of 8-4 and 0-1 in conference play, while Nevada improved to 4-10 on the year and 1-0 in MW play.

SDSU came out strong in the first set, winning 25-16 against the Wolf Pack as the Aztecs led by as many as nine points at one time. However, the second set went to Nevada as they outscored the Aztecs 25-17, scoring seven of the final eight points to tie the match at one. Both teams exchanged the third and fourth sets with identical scores as SDSU took the third set 25-23 and Nevada took the fourth set with the same score of 25-23.

With the game tied at two sets each, both teams battled tough for every ball, but the fifth and final set went to the Wolf Pack 15-13, after SDSU made several costly hitting errors.

“I thought at times we played well,” SDSU head coach Deitre Collins-Parker said after the loss. “I think Nevada is an exceptionally, incredibly athletic team. When they

SDSU swimming and diving defeats USD

paige nelson , photo editor Senior middle blocker Andrea Hannasch recorded nine kills, 11 digs and a team-high six blocks against Nevada in the Mountain West Conference opener. The Aztecs are 8-4 on the season.

get on a roll, they are difficult to stop. However, I think we sort of shot ourselves in the foot. We really struggled in passing.”

Despite the loss, there were several strong performances by the Aztecs.

Sophomore outside hitter Michelle Waber had 12 kills and three blocks in her MW debut after transferring from University of Hawaii last year.

Junior outside hitter Summer Nash also finished the game with 12 kills and three blocks for the Red and Black. Senior middle blocker Andrea Hannasch had a stellar game in her final MW conference opener, as she recorded nine kills, 11 digs and a team-high six blocks.

Sophomore setter Chloe Mathis led the team with 13 digs.

“I’m really disappointed in this loss,” Collins-Parker said. “I would

consider it a setback to where we anticipated being right now. So, we are still talented, we just have some work to do to get to where we need to be now.”

The Aztec volleyball team continues its conference play on the road as it travels to face the Wyoming Cowgirls at 7 p.m. MT this Thursday in Laramie, Wyo. at the UniWyo Sports Complex.

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senior midfielder Jackie Samis took a pass from Ledezma and chipped a shot over Boaz, making the score 2-1.

After halftime, the Aztecs picked up the pace, firing off five consecutive shots on goal until senior forward Megan Jurado broke through with the equalizer in the 57th minute. A solid pass by sophomore forward Hannah Keane set up Jurado for what was one of the most impressive goals of the

She’s (Skinner) been on the verge of scoring and was frustrated...

half.

“We didn’t come out and play like we are capable of in the first half,” Friesen said. “What an outstanding second half we played.

To come back from a goal down and win 3-2 in regulation—I couldn’t be happier about that part, but definitely want to have that be the lesson learned on not playing our best soccer in the first half.”

The Aztecs would earn another win Sunday, defeating UC Santa Barbara 3-1 on the road. Jurado scored a game-high two goals against the Gauchos.

The Aztecs are now a perfect 60 at home. SDSU opens conference play at 7 p.m. on Friday at the SDSU Sports Deck against Nevada.

Mike Friesen SDSU head coach season, a line drive shot from just outside the box into the top right corner of the goal.

With the score tied, the Aztecs looked to grab the lead for the first time in the game. Less than two minutes later, Skinner struck again, this time with the game-winner and

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Professor lives life to fullest outside of class

Aisha Bela Staff Writer

Strolling down campus every morning in funky Hawaiian shirts, Ronald King seems like any other political science professor to most students. There is an air of intelligence about him. However, he is anything but ordinary. If you get to know him, you’ll learn of his many eclectic interests which range from competitive fencing to participating almost every year in Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

As a political science professor at San Diego State, he has an understanding of life and feels it’s his responsibility to “adjust

Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, King has an impressive career in academics.

He previously taught at Cornell and Tulane universities, and teaches “just about the same material with just about the same standards for SDSU students.”

King is often 35,000 feet in the air, flying to different parts of the world as a scholar. His interest in Romanian politics began in 1995. “(I was) invited to visit Romania through the Fulbright Program and teach research methods to the first postrevolutionary graduating class in political science,” King said.

He continues to visit Romania annually to mentor and co-author

Being able to say something that is both a sound bite and somewhat profound in bringing in scholarship is a real art, and hard to do in six sentences.

Ronald King SDSU Political Science Professor

for these complications.” If a student has to miss an exam because she has to take care of her sick daughter, then he will accommodate her.

An Oxford graduate with a

with young scholars.

He met his wife, “a brilliant, red-haired woman from Transylvania,” at his keynote address conference in Sibiu.

Someone had told him Ms.

Adriana Groza was “interested in cross-cultural conversation and spoke good English,” which motivated him to meet her.

Their conversations continued for many years.

“It was a long-distance relationship. It took us a while to get into the same time zone.”

They got married and Groza moved to the U.S. She is currently a professor at SDSU’s Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies.

When King is not traveling around the world as a scholar, he is touring as a competitive fencer, representing the U.S. internationally. King played many different sports growing up. He discovered fencing at a summer camp he attended in high school and enjoyed it so much he decided to train seriously. By the time he was in college, he was a member of the NCAA championship team.

King currently fences in the U.S. Fencing League in the veteran’s circuit. According to USA Fencing, King made the last three U.S. Veteran World Championship teams, placed sixth in the world in his age bracket in 2009 in Moscow and 13th i n the 2010 Veteran World Championship in Croatia.

A man of diverse interests, King is a member of the Jefferson City Buzzards, which was founded in 1890 and is the oldest marching club in New Orleans Mardi Gras.

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Professor King showcases one of his many Mardi Gras outfits in New Orleans.

He is an active participant at the event every year.

He lived in New Orleans for 15 to be able to make a difference, years and visits almost every year and he did. While he was chair, to attend Mardi Gras, spreading the department ranked among joy throughout the neighborhood the top 100 political science with other members dressed in departments in the nation. He colorful carnival costumes. They gave up his administrative hand out silk flowers to children, duties two academic years ago old women and sometimes pretty to return to the faculty because girls according to King. On the “universities are dependent on rare occasion he is in San Diego self-government, and the next during Mardi Gras, he can be generation was ready to take seen sporting beads on campus over” his responsibilities. and spreading Mardi Gras spirit King often deals with the media, to his students. commenting on politics and says King attributes his unique it is an art some people are better outlook on the world to his at than others. experiences living in many “I’m not that good at it, but I different cities around the globe. try. Being able to say something He developed an interest in that is both a sound bite and politics from a very young age. somewhat profound in bringing “I grew up in New York City in scholarship is a real art, and across the street from a welfare very hard to do in six sentences.” housing project. I could see out my His colleague professor, Kristin window the towers of Manhattan Maher thinks he is just being ccourtesy ronald king

Professor King warming up as a representative for the U.S. fencing team. Professor King has placed in the top 15 in the last two Veteran World Championships.

I’ve had a resonably successful career and there aren’t many hurdles left in front of me.

I am pretty content continuing to do what I do for as long as I can do it.

Ronald King SDSU Political Science Professor

and so questions of wealth and inequality were always in front of my mind.” He decided he wanted to be a scholar when he was 20 years old and has been pursuing an academic career ever since.

He is a published author of four books and roughly 40 articles.

“But I don’t keep count,” he says, laughing.

“I came to SDSU because I decided I wanted to administer.

There is no sense administering in a university like Tulane, where they have all the resources and everything is easy.” He wanted

modest. She believes he’s “quickwitted on his feet” and therefore great at dealing with the media and providing intelligent commentary.

Reflecting on his career, King believes he’s reached a level of self-fulfillment.

“I’ve had a reasonably successful career and there aren’t many hurdles left in front of me.

I am pretty content continuing to do what I do for as long as I can do it,” he says, with a glimmer in his eyes.

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called him out for his thoughtless humor, Tosh responded by joking about gang raping her. The comedian received justifiably strong negative feedback.

Another outlet infamous among San Diego State students for its audacity is the ethically dubious, alternative newspaper, The Koala. I admit to being an occasional reader and sometimes appreciating its uncensored humor, but it often crosses the line. In Volume 6 Issue 6, the article “How to Not Get Raped!

Take the Quiz to Find Out if You’re Really the Victim” was published. The quiz goes on to give an array of ways a girl can victimize herself and allow men no other option than to rape her.

Yes, this is clearly meant as a joke and is not to be taken seriously.

The real issue is a society which considers comedy such as this to be funny at all. If we continue to reaffirm harmful misconceptions about sexual harassment, we encourage rape in our culture, pressing women into silence. We

all have a responsibility to refrain from using such offensive humor and discourage those who do.

The fact is, rape and sexual harassment are real issues that are not to be taken lightly.

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, more than 200,000 rapes and other sexual assaults happen every year. If this number is too abstract for you, let me bring it closer to home. This is more than the entire population of Oceanside.

The problem only gets worse on college campuses. Nearly 20 percent of female college students will be the victim of sexual assaults, including failed attempts, during their college careers. SDSU Police Department reported 11 forcible sex offenses in 2010, and four in 2011.

Even these numbers are grossly underreported. In fact, the Crisis Connection reported only 10 percent of rapes experienced by college women are reported.

With that logic, we could assume there have been more than 100 victims during the past two years on our campus.

This new colloquial definition is used as another word to show domination ... It is still rooted in the actual meaning of the word, showing we understand, but we just don’t care.

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Exploitation of the word rape creates an unfriendly environment for those wishing to be taken seriously. Even if you have never experienced anything as serious as rape, we need to legitimize the needs of those who have instead of making jokes at their expense.

People find it easier to use the word rape in other situations rather than deal with the severity the actual definition

brings. This new colloquial definition is used as another word to show domination of something or someone. It is still rooted in the actual meaning of the word, showing we do understand, but we just don’t care.

The word rape represents a violent and horrific act. Victims deal with traumatic physical and psychosocial repercussions.

They do not need the added fear caused by stigmatization

of rape. Those who have been hurt deserve a safe environment to come forward with their experiences. They deserve encouraging understanding of the issues and they do not deserve a term describing their experiences to be exploited for personal amusement. A test, bank account or game cannot be raped and cannot harm you in return, so please do not tell me they can.

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“W

hat are we doing here, Grigori?”

“You’re here, Cato because you owe your God a favor and I’m here to make sure you follow through. If you do this right, then who knows ... You might just get invited back,” Grigori chuckled.

“So what? Does God want a fallen’s help and his top angel to do today on a plane of all places?” asked Cato.

“We’re here for her,” Greg said, pointing at a nervous-looking, blonde-haired girl.

“And how is she important?”

Cato asked.

“For someone who’s supposed to be all-knowing, Cato you’re incredibly dense. Her name is Cassidy Linette, and she’s currently having an allergic reaction from something she ate. Ah, looks like a peanut allergy with something in the ice cream. An EpiPen? Of course it’s in the bag above her.”

The girl was frozen in fear, her eyes darting back and forth, unable to cry out. “From the looks of it, no one has noticed because it’s attacking her nervous system.

“This is why we’re here, Cato,” Greg said walking up to the girl.

“Hello Cassidy, you mind if we call you Cassi? Great. Now I know you’re really confused right now.

But just to be clear, we’re the good guys. Well, I am at least, this guy.”

He said gesturing to Cato, “Let’s just say he isn’t exactly in God’s favor as of late. Now, it’s important to note that in approximately four minutes you will die from this overreaction to your allergies. I know what you’re thinking ‘Why is this happening to me? I live a good life.’ Well unfortunately, you’re due for a

visit. Only you can see us in the last moments of your life.”

Her eyes were full of wonder and fear, as she was unable to speak.

“Greg, she’s going to die before you can do your little holier-thanthou speech if you don’t help her,” Cato interjected.

“Alright then, time to play doctor. We need to kill some time before we kill her.” Cassidy’s eyes bulged and she tried to cry out at this new development. “Gotcha!

Sorry didn’t mean that. We don’t get a lot of chances up in heaven for humor with mortals. Such fragile creatures, you humans,” he said, caressing her cheek before departing for the bathroom. Cato took Cassidy’s hand and calmly tried to comfort her.

“I’m sorry that this is happening to you. Because Grigori spends all of his time in the clouds, he’s become a little … desensitized to human suffering. He’s only brought me here so that I can watch and become like him—callous to the pains of mortals. It’s a sick game, one that I was cast out of heaven once for defying. Just hold on.”

Grigori stepped into the bathroom, assuming the form of a person before returning to Cassidy.

This is going to be fun he thought.

He walked forward and approached Cassidy in the guise of a doctor.

“Ma’am are you alright?” he inquired taking her shoulder and rubbing it. Her frozen face told the whole story. “Excuse me, stewardess. This woman is going into some type of anaphylactic shock! Do you have any gear? I’m a doctor!”

His words brought a worried stewardess with a first aid-kit and a defibrillator. As Greg spoke medical commands to the stewardess, the real meaning of his words filtered to Cassidy and Cato only.

“Cassidy Linette, you stand

accused of violating God’s law of blah blah blah. The point is that you can’t even speak because that allergy is attacking your throat and swelling it up.” He snickered maniacally. “You’ve been up to the devil’s business haven’t you, Linette?” Cassidy opened her mouth and desperately tried to cough out what words she could.

“No … not … true …”

Grigori nodded his head empathetically.

“I know sweetie, but the thing is, I have a quota to fill and you just find yourself in an easy position to be harvested. But don’t worry, this is less of a task for you than it is for my associate here,” he snarled, looking up at Cato. “He gets the honor of removing you from this miserable plane called existence.” He handed Cato a syringe. “It’s her EpiPen, brother. You can choose to give it to her, saving her life but violating His will. For that transgression, you will burn forever. If you choose not to give it to her, you can rejoin us back in heaven.”

Cato stared at the outstretched syringe. He glanced at Cassidy’s frozen eyes. The passengers were pushing to get a look at what was going on. Cato took it in his hands.

Grigori’s eyes pierced his soul and he uttered in a dark snarl, “Your God demands this Cato.”

Cato met his stare, “If that’s what He wants, then He’s no God of mine.

If I’m meant to burn, then I will burn!” he declared, stabbing Cassidy in the chest with the pen. A bright light exploded and surrounded them.

White everywhere. Grigori strode up, clad in a white Armani suit.

“Always the dramatic, eh Cato?”

“Hey, if the mortals never got an angel swearing to burn for them, they’d never be obedient. And the girl?”

“Yes, yes she lived. She’s found her faith.

She’ll never be the same.” Cato glanced down at Earth. “They never are.”

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Today’s Birthday (9/25/12) - It looks like a year of exploration and adventure, with travel, education and communication.

Philosophy, other cultures and spirituality stir your curiosity. Continue living within your means. After November you may be able to buy something special.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21 - April 19) - Today is a 6 - You know just what to say. Share ideas and ideals. Whisper sweet nothings. Details fall into place and you get rewarded. Friends are here for you. Sleep well tonight.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) - Today is a 6 - A friend leads you farther ahead (as if you’re not already super-efficient). Keep going, there’s more work coming in. Smile at your good fortune. Make plans with friends later.

Gemini (May 21 - June 21) - Today is a 6 - Intuition reveals an opportunity. You may discover that all is not as you’d expected, and that’s good. Delight in the new experiences.

Contact associates for news or work.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) - Today is a 5 - You all advance to the next level (even if you don’t feel like it). Don’t worry, you gain experience and it all turns out for the better.

Allow others to contribute. Send a press release.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) - Today is a 6 - You’re drawing positive attention. Others ask your advice. Share your ideas, but not the personal stuff. Be bold when asking for money. You’ll accomplish more than you think possible.

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) - Today is a 5 -

Friends and family of friends are very helpful, if you allow it. Get it in writing. Listen to an interesting suggestion (and to your intuition).

Your partner gets a lucky break.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) - Today is a 7 - You’re becoming more interesting. Choose a person who’s fun and talented, create seemingly-impossible plans, and then make them happen together. Preparation and dedication make it work.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) - Today is a 7 - Create your own opportunities for financial success and fun. Surround yourself with friends that know what they want, and that bring you joy. Share the love. You can solve a puzzle.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) - Today is a 6 - Everything clicks in your communications. A lovely moment’s possible now. Improve your living conditions, and invest in newer technology. Get another perspective before purchasing.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) - Today is a 5 - Stop, and listen. You get a brilliant idea.

Keep working at it until you get it, trying new creative steps each time. No one expected this. An investment at home is okay. Expand your vision.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) - Today is a 7 - Every suggestion won’t work, but you won’t know unless you try. Your influence grows; don’t be afraid to use this in a positive way.

Your family and community want to help.

Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) - Today is a 5 - You’ll get a lot of your questions answered when you listen. Don’t act yet. Share results first. Everything seems possible, but choose your next steps carefully. ©2012, TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES INC.

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