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Kevin Smead staff writer Early yesterday morning, police officers responded to what they would later discover to be a stabbing, which is one of several uncommon reports during the past weekend. Another crime reported last weekend was one of sexual assault. At 12:30 a.m. yesterday, police responded to a call regarding a fight that took place on the 5500 block of Hardy Ave. When officers arrived on
the scene, they were able to break up the fight which involved several students. However, one of the students was reportedly stabbed. The victim was immediately taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital for treatment of a one-centimeter cut to his abdomen. The students were reportedly seen leaving a large party when the altercation occurred, which then led to the 18-year-old student’s wound. At this time, there are no suspects for this case. At about 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, a female was sexually assaulted. The victim was reportedly walking on El
Cajon Boulevard when an unknown male drove next to her and offered her a ride home. The female accepted, but the driver instead took her to an alley near College Avenue and Lindo Paseo, where he sexually assaulted her. The suspect was reported to be a Hispanic male in his mid-20s wearing dark clothing. He was seen driving a fourdoor silver sedan. Also, following up on the Chemical Sciences Laboratory burglary reported last week, police responded to a suspicious persons report Sunday evening at the same laboratory. The person in question
was a 25-year-old male seen wearing a black sweatshirt and jeans. He was seen standing outside the building on the third floor requesting entry. The suspect was believed to be a transient and the reporting caller believed he may have intended to steal something from the building. Officers arrived on scene and advised the man to leave the area. If you have any information regarding these incidents, contact the San Diego Police Department at (619) 531-2000, or the San Diego State Police Department at (619) 594-1991 and at police@mail.sdsu.edu.
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Visiting SDSU inspires students Bill Crotty news editor Last week, the Paloma Valley High School girls soccer team took a tour of San Diego State and found a campus even greater than they expected. A few of them even plan to add SDSU to their college of choice because of the trip. “My group of young ladies is very hardworking and passionate about life,” PVHS Soccer Coach Marie Dillon said. “We took the trip to SDSU so that it could inspire and show them the opportunities they have both in life and college.” During the visit, the girls received the customary campus tour, but were also able to start the day off with a team-building activity and
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rock wall-climbing program at the Aztec Recreation Center. Dillon attended SDSU from 1995 to 1998 and played for the women’s soccer team. “As a former Aztec, it was really exciting to show my players around the campus where I once roamed myself,” Dillon said. “A few of them told me, ‘That is the college I want to go to.’” To end the day, the team cheered on the SDSU women’s soccer team as it took on New Mexico. Afterward, the team had a chance to talk with the coaching staff and tour the sports facilities. “A few of them said it was an inspiration to talk to the coaches,” Dillon said. “Even with the game, they took the time to talk to the girls and show them around.”
The Fall 2011 Recruitment Week hosted by San Diego State’s Interfraternity Council organizations was radically different from previous years because of a recent restructuring of its recruitment process and a new level of involvement by IFC members. The IFC is the governing body of the nationally recognized fraternities at SDSU. The changes in rush week were organized and implemented by IFC Recruitment Director Barzeen Barzanji and IFC President Matt Cecil, who explained they were created to formalize the process and make it more professional. In previous years, the process of getting a bid was far more haphazard; houses handed out paper bids that were often given to ineligible students or those with no intentions of joining a fraternity. Students would become “lost” in the process of handing out bids; they were misplaced or lost, and many students
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would never receive bids because of a lack of organization within different chapters. The new process requires students to register online at the SDSU website, an idea adopted from other university Greek systems. The registration releases the students’ grades and judicial standings to each fraternity, so the fraternities can get a better idea of the students trying to join their houses. At the end of rush, each fraternity submits a list of highlighted names of students whom the fraternity is interested in, and those students then choose from the houses that extended them a bid. This new process makes it easier for chapters to keep track of potential new members and monitor who receives bids. Another difference in this semester’s recruitment was IFC’s involvement and enforcement of pre-rush and inter-rush
rules. Freshmen and non-Greek members not allowed in the fraternity houses before rush, and the events were monitored to ensure compliance with IFC rules. A strict 9 p.m. curfew was enforced during rush week to prevent unauthorized social events from swaying students’ decisions. Cecil felt this would ensure students joined fraternities for the brotherhood and ethical values rather than the social scene. There were some setbacks with the new system though: Some students did not understand how the registration worked, while others were not used to the new rules. However, the IFC hopes the end result will be larger and stronger new classes. This semester’s rush had an increase in attendance from last year’s event with 475 students, up from 250 in 2010. —Compiled by contributor Sean Guardian
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Ongaro leads Aztecs past the Golden Bears Ryan Schuler contributor Sunday’s home game could not have gone much better for San Diego State redshirt sophomore forward Jordan Ongaro. “This is one he’ll sit in a rocking chair for generations to come and remember,” SDSU men’s soccer head coach Lev Kirshner said. Ongaro single-handedly defeated the UC Berkley Golden Bears (3-4-2) 2-1, scoring both goals, including the game-winner in the 85th minute. The Aztecs (7-1-2) extended their unbeaten streak to seven games and improved to 2-0 in Pacific-12 conference play. The 2-0 conference record is the best start SDSU 2 since a 3-0 mark in 2007 ties SDSU for first CAL 1 and place in the Pac-12 standings with UCLA. “I just had a lot of confidence coming in (to the game),” Ongaro said. “I had to prove a point that I can score goals and just took every shot I could make. At this point, we feel we can beat anyone if we continue to work hard and keep playing like we are.”
The Aztecs outshot Cal 20-7, including 13-4 in the second half, and held an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal. SDSU had all eight corner kicks in the match. Junior midfielder Jose Altamirano led all shooters with six shots, while Ongaro, sophomore forward Miles Byass and redshirt sophomore midfielder John Pegg contributed three shots each. Senior defender Daniel Steres, freshman midfielder Tyler Smith and junior midfielder Abraham Villon were all credited with assists. Yet, despite the impressive statistics from the entire SDSU team, the day belonged to Ongaro. With his two-goal performance on Sunday, Ongaro now leads the team with four goals scored and is tied with Byass in points with 10. “Basically with Jordan, the timing of his runs were excellent, and he just finished,” Kirshner said. “Jordan has had a lot of chances this year, as well as our forwards in general. The difference today was his finishing was impeccable. Both were fantastic goals.” The Aztecs hope to continue their unbeaten streak and stay undefeated in conference play at 7 p.m. on Friday when they travel to Corvallis, Ore. to take on the Oregon State Beavers.
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Aztecs fall in four sets to No.21 CSU SDSU managed a split in its two conference games this weekend Laura Barrick contributor
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Danielle Gaut contributor The San Diego State women’s soccer team was shut out by Santa Clara, allowing five unanswered goals in spite of a dominating second half. SDSU (5-5-3) traveled to Northern California this past Sunday where it suffered a difficult 50 loss to No. 16 Santa Clara (7-1-4), a team it has never beaten. It only took seven minutes for the Aztecs S. CLARA 5 to fall behind in the first SDSU 0 half as a Broncos’ forward headed the ball into the back of the net. Within minutes, a second goal was added, extending Santa Clara’s lead to 2-0. In the 18th minute of match play, a third goal was scored after freshman goalkeeper Rachel Boaz made a save but was unable to securely hold onto the ball. The play resulted in a collision, which prevented Boaz from playing the rest of the game. From that point on, SDSU was unable to generate the offense it needed and was outshot 13-3 by the end of the first half. At halftime, the score was 3-0.
“Unfortunately, we didn’t start the game off well with some early goals,” head coach Mike Friesen said. Within minutes of the second half commencing, something snapped for the Aztecs and they instantly took control of the final third with two near-goal opportunities by redshirt senior midfielder Cat Walker and sophomore forward Jensen Skinner. “Cat Walker was dangerous. The other team had to foul her so she wouldn’t score,” Friesen said. SDSU continued to dominate the Broncos’ half of the field and did a much better job at slowing down Santa Clara’s pace on the ball. “The second half was more of an even game,” Friesen said. Despite allowing two back-to-back goals in the 63rd and 64th minute, the Aztecs outshot the Broncos 12-8 and earned seven more corner kicks in the second half. “We had a tough first half but we came back for a better second half and are now looking at our next game against TCU,” Friesen said. On Friday, SDSU played its first Mountain West Conference game against New Mexico, which resulted in a double-overtime, scoreless tie. The Aztecs did manage to edge out New Mexico in shots on goal 4-2. “We came out really hard. It’s a bummer we couldn’t finish opportunities but all in all it’s a good start and we can only go up from here,” sophomore defender Kory Spotts said.
This past weekend was a crucial one for the San Diego State Volleyball team in terms of how it would match up not only in the Mountain West Conference, but the entire NCAA. Last Thursday, SDSU hosted the University of Wyoming Cowgirls, an MW rival. SDSU started and ended with incredible intensity and couldn’t be stopped throughout the game. The Aztecs’ defense was flawless and returned almost everything Wyoming served. The Cowgirls struggled as SDSU won three sets in a row, 25-19, 25-11 and 25-20. A few days later the stands of the Peterson Gym were packed with fans anxiously waiting, as SDSU was prepared to take on the 21st-ranked Colorado State University Rams. Despite the fact the Aztecs had a rocky start at CSU 25 the beginning, the first and set was up for SDSU 18 second grabs for both teams.
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CSU had dominating middle blockers, which made it hard for SDSU to respond defensively. It seemed as though nothing could stop CSU’s teamwork, consequently leaving SDSU with a loss of 25-19 in the first set, and 25-20 in the second set. The Aztecs seemed to gain their momentum back in the match’s third set. SDSU adjusted to CSU’s playing style and positioned itself on the court in ways that made it stronger both offensively and defensively. The Aztecs clearly wanted the win and scraped out a 2521 victory in the third set. In the fourth set the Rams held a six-point lead most of the match, which they played to their advantage. CSU took the fourth set for the game win, 25-18. When it comes to what could have been done differently to obtain a win against CSU, head coach Deitre Collins-Parker’s answer was as simple as Volleyball 101. “We could have passed a little better,” she said. “We have to take this game, learn from it and prepare for the next game. CSU was a very good team, so I’m not upset. We are still a young team so it’s exciting to see what we can do.” On Thursday the Aztecs will travel to Fort Worth, Texas to play TCU, another MW competitor.
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Cupcake sale crumbles affirmative action debate ew things are less controversial in our hyperpartisan world than cupcakes. Yet last week cupcakes found themselves at the heart of a heated debate concerning racism and affirmative action. The tension began with the University of California Berkeley’s College Republican Club’s “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” and its unusual price structure. The suggested prices for cupcakes sold at the bake sale were $2 for whites, $1.50 for Asians, $1 for Latinos, 75 cents for blacks and 25 cents for Native Americans. Women got 25 cents off any pastry.
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Leonardo Castaneda senior staff columnist The bake sale was met with the expected counter-protests: Some protesters handed out complimentary “cupcakes of conscience.” Others lay down in front of the sale, presumably to make a point about either discrimination or standing. What the protesters were arguing is that it’s wrong to charge individuals different prices based on race or gender. They are right. It is intrinsically wrong to treat anyone
... proponents of affirmative action fail to see the hypocrisy in their reasoning. They fail to see how their ... plans to create diversity are discriminatory ... The clearly discriminatory stunt was held in protest of a phone bank set up on UC Berkeley’s campus by the Associated Students in favor of a new affirmative action law awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature. The law, SB 185, would allow the UC and California State University systems to consider ethnicity and gender for admission decisions. If signed, the new law would directly challenge the voter-approved Prop. 209 passed in 1996 that forbade schools from giving exactly that kind of preferential treatment.
differently because of their gender or ethnicity. Even the Berkeley College Republicans agree, which is why they hosted the sale in the first place, hoping to draw a parallel between it and the affirmative action policies of SB 185. Of course, supporters of affirmative action refuse to draw such connections. They claim minorities in this country face special challenges brought on by decades of racism and discrimination. For example, Latinos, African-Americans and Native Americans tend to be substantially
less wealthy, with median incomes about $20,000 less than whites and Asians. Proponents of affirmative action say affirmative action is simply giving minorities their due, making up for long-standing policies that for generations gave preferential treatment to certain ethnic groups and genders ahead of others. Somehow, proponents of affirmative action fail to see the hypocrisy in their reasoning. They fail to see how their wellmeaning plans to create diversity are innately discriminatory and wrong. To start, SB 185 fails to explain who decides which minorities get preferential treatment and how much of it. One method to do so is to determine how well-represented a group is within the UC system. But this tactic causes problems: Asians are overrepresented by almost 200 percent and women by 10 - 15 percent in college. With a finite number of students in the UC system, does that mean the goal of SB 185 is to reduce the number of Asians and women in UC schools — two of the very minorities affirmative action pledges to defend? Maybe a different method would be better. Supporters of affirmative action love to talk about historic inequalities. Ironically, whites are currently underrepresented in college by nearly 30 percent. Some believe Native Americans should get the most preferential treatment because they are usually the numerically smallest ethnicity in colleges. However, AfricanAmericans and Latinos are statistically less represented. Eventually affirmative action becomes little more than a discriminatory quota based on outdated ideas of race, gender and the definition of a diverse school. To create such a blanket policy of who needs help based on race or gender is innately inefficient and morally wrong. It saddles individuals with “historic challenges” they may or may not have actually faced. And it draws attention away from those who are truly in need. Preference should be earned by overcoming demonstrable personal challenges, not won by genetic happenstance. There are many better ways to increase diversity. Giving preference to applicants from schools with particularly high drop-out rates or from families without a history of college education is easily done. It rewards individual achievement. And minorities who tend to face those challenges more because of historic inequalities will receive the majority of the preferential treatment. Not because of genetic luck, but because they have shown they truly need it. It is wrong to assume an individual is less able to afford a cupcake because of his or her race or gender. And it is wrong to assume that same individual is less able to be a competitive college applicant because of his or her race or gender. Until we understand that, discriminatory policies such as SB 185 will continue to exist. LEO CASTANEDA IS AN ECONOMICS AND JOURNALISM SOPHOMORE.
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