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San Diego leaders gather to endorse SDSU West initiative

by David Santillan ASST. NEWS EDITOR

New Lyft service replaces safety escort program

by Johann Derek CONTRIBUTOR

Former San Diego State Interim President Sally Roush and others came out together in support of SDSU West, or Measure G, during a press conference on Oct. 15.

With less than four weeks before San Diego voters decide the future of the Mission Valley site, former university president Roush, City Councilmember Barbara Bry, former District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and others are the latest to endorse the SDSU West initiative and condemn the opposing SoccerCity initiative, or Measure E. These latest endorsements are not the only win Measure G secured this week. On Sunday, Oct. 14, a SurveyUSA poll commissioned by the San Diego Union-Tribune and 10News showed the majority of San Diegans favor Measure G. Currently, 57 percent of voters are in favor of Measure G, while 32 percent said they’re in favor of Measure E. “Measure G is the only

humanities-based but will more likely be within social science related classes, said Shultz.

Students will now only have to take three courses from Area C and one course from Area E to fulfill four GE lower division requirements.

“In order to pick up those units and not add credits to general

Following the retirement of the safety escort program, the university has partnered with the ride service Lyft to provide students with low-cost rides home from campus.

According to an email sent to SDSU students by Parking and Transportation Services, students can now request up to three rides on the ridesharing app within the campus jurisdiction on weeknights between midnight and 4 a.m.. Through this program, students will not be able to take Lyfts from residence halls, only from academic buildings.

Up to $5 will be waived from each ride. If a ride surpasses $5, the user will be charged the remaining balance.

In an email from the Director of Parking and Transportation Services, Debbie Richeson said the new program is supposed to make campus a safer place at night.

“The purpose of this program is to assist students who are on campus studying late at night,” Richeson said.

In an August interview with The Daily Aztec, university police spokesperson Raquel Herriott said the retirement of the safety escort program resulted primarily from SDSUPD being understaffed during the later hours.

“The problem that we were having with the escort program was that people wanted an escort off campus and we were only allowing for escorts within campus and within certain jurisdictions,” Herriott said. “It became a little bit more difficult to take on all of the different requests, especially with the amount of resources that we had.”

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Former SDSU interim president Sally Roush addressed the press on Oct. 15 to express her support for the SDSU West initiative.

initiative developed with the best interest of San Diego State and the entire city in mind,” Bry said during the press conference. “An investment in education is an investment in San Diego.”

Bry said the existing stadium site would be one of the final chances for the university

to expand, adding that the expansion would accommodate thousands of San Diegans with access to higher education.

Roush, who served as SDSU’s interim president from 201718, said she knows firsthand the need for the university to expand.

“This is truly a once-in-ageneration opportunity for the university to receive the land it needs to grow,” Roush said during the press conference.

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CSU implements changes to GE requirements Lower requirement for cultural identity classes leads to protests on other CSU campuses.

by Aretha Matsushima CONTRIBUTOR

California State University-wide changes to general education requirements, which have not yet been implemented at San Diego State, means students will be taking fewer classes in the humanities category.

Currently, there are four areas of courses students must take in the Foundations of Learning

and Explorations of Human Experience category while they are students at SDSU to get a bachelor’s degree. The humanities courses for lower division students are listed under Area C of the A-D general education requirements.

Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Achievement Norah Shultz said in the past, students were required to take four courses

in Area C within five categories which included literature, arts, history, philosophy and foreign language.

As of summer 2017, the chancellor’s office issued a revision to reduce the number of GE humanities courses required within Area C and instead create an additional category, Area E, which specializes in lifelong learning skills. Courses offered within this category may be

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continued from page 1 education and make it more burdensome, we are going to only have three courses in Area C and the one area will become Area E,” Shultz said.

The five categories of the GE humanities are to be consolidated into two more broad subareas. Category one will contain arts-related courses, while category two will be a combination of humanities and literature.

Shultz said the CSU system made the revision in order to streamline all CSU colleges so the requirements remain the same throughout all schools. Transfer students from community colleges and across the state will be able to match up with the material, making it easier for students to graduate on time.

While many CSU colleges have already implemented the new curriculum this school year, SDSU was approved to delay the addition until 2019 to finalize changes within Area C and the new Area E. In response to the decision to reduce humanities courses, other schools within the CSU system have expressed extreme opposition. Students at CSU Northridge protested the executive order due to the belief it threatens opportunities for students to learn about culture and diversity, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.

Students at SDSU have also found this change to negatively impact their ability to learn in a diverse environment.

Speech language and hearing sciences junior Michelle Harrison said he is concerned about those who are not in majors that would generally focus on

Lyft:

continued from page 1 Association, Parking and Transportation Services was able to discuss possible partnerships with companies like Lyft and Uber. Their knowledge of these companies’ programs on other campuses led them to choose Lyft.

“We felt Lyft was more prepared to partner with us due to their partnerships with other universities, and we liked the background checks they require for their drivers,” Richeson said.

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The decrease in the number of humanitites courses required to graduate has led to outrage on other CSU campuses where some students claim this decision will limit students’ exposure to varying cultural perspectives.

humanities.

“This affects students essentially because some students don’t necessarily choose majors that have to do with the humanities, and those kinds of classes are very important in finding out your identity and how you can be proud of that,” Harrison said.

Humanities-based courses involve topics like Africana studies, Women’s Studies, Chicana and Chicano studies,

Mythology, Music and various other cultural classes.

In a formal statement, the Asian Pacific Student Alliance, one of many cultural groups on campus, said the decision will limit the perspectives students will be informed of through their courses.

“As a college of diverse students, we must promote an education that reflects our diverse population and reminds students that there is more culture to

be learned beyond the Eurocentric perspective,” they said in their statement.

Harrison said, with this, there is the threat students may not experience the benefits of being part of a cultural community.

“Culture gives you a community and makes you feel more aware of what’s going on,” said Harrison.

The program began on Oct. 1, and is still in an early pilot phase. Parking and Transportation Services are currently awaiting statistical data from Lyft that could help improve the program. Despite that, various students have provided suggestions for improving this service.

“Making it available seven days a week would make it more way more useful (to students),” aerospace engineering junior Michael Grisanti said.

Grisanti also said, despite its purpose in assisting students studying late night during the week, many students are on campus studying during the weekends too, especially during testing seasons.

Students have also indicated the purpose and usage of this Lyft program should be shifted from students studying to maintaining student safety whenever students go out, such as when they go to parties.

“I feel like it would be a lot more useful during the weekends,” accounting junior Damian Orozco said. “Instead of being available Monday through Thursday, maybe switch those days to Thursday through Sunday.”

Orozco also said this would help ensure the program would be beneficial and utilized more during the weekends, whenever students party late at night and may need a ride home.

ISCOR and French junior Alexandra Davidovich said the university should

consider the idea of implementing a flat rate for the service.

“If they expanded the hours and not made them free rides (for rides up to $5 which may only cover a small distance), but give a low flat reduced rate (for all places on or near campus), I would do that a lot,” Davidovich said.

With this being a pilot program, SDSU Parking and Transportation Services is welcoming feedback and encouraging students to contact them if they have any suggestions or requests.

It has also stated it will consider the future of the program once it has gathered the appropriate data. It cannot say if this program will be a permanent option for SDSU students.

SDSU West:

manager Nick Stone said he was proud of the endorsements Measure E has received, adding that their endorsements have been based on merit instead of “insider politics, personal relationships or financial contributions.”

“Our supporters know that SoccerCity will generate twice as much tax revenue as the competing measure and not require the use of any taxpayer money or any increase in student fees,” Stone said in an email response.

A letter issued by SDSU this past September accused the SoccerCity campaign of making misleading claims regarding how the university would pay for the stadium. The letter, written by Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs and Chief Financial Officer Tom McCarron, said the SoccerCity statements claiming the university would require new student fees or taxpayer money to fund Measure G, are false.

SoccerCity responded with their own 12-page letter, denying any false claims were made in their campaign.

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The new Lyft partnership with SDSU allows students to take discounted Lyft rides from academic buildnigs on campus.

from providing SDSU with the opportunity to grow.”

Friends of SDSU Steering Committee member Fred Pierce said, through an open and transparent process, Measure G would transform the current stadium into a new academic community for the university.

“Measure G invests in the university while Measure E fails to accommodate the university’s critical need to expand,” Pierce said during the press conference.

This week has seen a heavy influx of endorsements for Measure G. On Oct. 10, the San Diego Stadium Coalition announced its endorsement for Measure G, followed by the League of Women Voters on Oct. 11. A group of environmental leaders then endorsed Measure G at a press conference on Friday, Oct. 12.

Despite this, SoccerCity project

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Dockless Razor scooters pop up on campus

by Olivia Li STAFF WRITER

Electric Razor scooters are the latest addition to the list of dockless transportation options that have been introduced to San Diego State’s campus.

Razor’s electric scooters launched in San Diego in late August to compete with other popular electric scooter companies, such as Bird. San Diego was Razor’s second launch location, and the scooters have quickly made their way onto campus in the past month, despite the university not having a partnership with the company. “They came out of nowhere,� Associated Students Green Love and Sustainability Commissioner Cassie Weinberg said. “All of the sudden, there are a lot of them.�

SDSU does not have a partnership with any electric scooter company on campus, even though the scooters are a popular form of transportation for many students. Currently, the university only has a relationship with the bike sharing company Ofo, which began earlier this year and had more than 40,000 rides and 5,000 users in the beginning two months of the partnership.

Weinberg said, despite an official partnership, the scooters still help to fulfill the campus’s goal of easing student’s lives while also creating a more sustainable campus. “The purpose is to make students have their on-campus commute a little bit more attainable,� Weinberg said. “If they live right off campus, it will make things a little bit easier than driving to school and causing more traffic congestion and carbon emissions.�

According to Razor’s website, the scooters are different from other companies’ scooters because they feature air-filled front tires, a steel frame and a deck wide enough for two feet to stand side-by-side. Razor also has local team members committed

to charging, inspecting and maintaining the scooters every night, similar to the competing dockless scooter company Bird.

Political science sophomore Max Johnson said he prefers the Razor scooters over Birds. “They are the most reliable,� Johnson said. “They go quicker than all the scooters that I’ve been on and the charge lasts the longest.�

Johnson also said he uses the Razor scooters frequently to get to and from campus. “I use the scooters to get from my

apartment to class,� Johnson said. “I live super far away, and I don’t have my car with me, so it’s pretty economical and saves a lot of money.�

However, some students, like nursing junior Frederick Dillon, are opposed to the electric scooters. “They are great alternatives,� Dillon said. “But what I’ve noticed is that students often park the scooters in ridiculous places.

Sometimes the sidewalks are really small – they would park it on the sidewalks, and as a result, they block the way and make it more congested.�

While Bird scooters remain the more popular choice for students, aerospace engineering freshman Jonathan Morales said if he needed to, he would give Razor scooters a try. “Yeah I would try it,� Morales said. “Bird was the first one that I got the app for, and they are pretty much everywhere so I didn’t feel the need to get the Razor app.

But, I’m not opposed to Razors.�

As of now, the university has no plans to partner with an electric scooter company due to security problems and need for strict regulations.

Photo by Abraham Jewett

The presence on dockless Razor scooters on campus has increased in the past month, despite not being regulated by the university.

SDSU applicants brace for stiff admissions competition

by Gian Matteo STAFF WRITER

Sacchetti

Last year, San Diego State saw the number of incoming applications soar to a record of 93,610. With undergraduate applications having opened Oct. 1, students can expect to face some of the stiffest competition in admissions in the university’s history.

This would mark the fifth consecutive year the university has seen an increase in the number of undergraduate applications.

Last year was the first time the number of applicants ever exceeded 90,000. On top of this, there has been a 21.4 percent boost in the number of prospective freshmen since fall 2014, according to SDSU Analytical Studies and Institutional Research website.

Last year, the record number of applications was a surprise for the admissions office. Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Sandra Cook said it is too early to know if this year will see a similar increase in applications. “I know we have been growing steadily in the number of applications, but (last year) was a bigger jump than usual,� Cook said. “We are not going to have enough information until the application period ends on Nov. 30.�

Cook said there is the fact the California State University System had changed the application process from previous years could explain the abnormal increase in application numbers. “I don’t know if it is connected, but (the

increase in the number of applications) coincided with a new admission application,� Cook said. “Before, we had CSU Mentor and now we have a new one called Cal State Apply. It is an updated and better application that takes more advantage of technology. It is just supposed to be easier to use for students.�

The number of applications is not the only data that improved over the last six years. SDSU, according to U.S. News & World Report’s new rankings of the nation’s best colleges, is now ranked number 60. It is the highest rank the university has ever reached, according to a university press release.

Cook said the university getting more recognition in terms of rankings is another consideration to take into account when looking at these unusual numbers. “San Diego State is seen as a great institution,� Cook said. “It has the ranking. It has wonderful faculty that cares about the students. There are many opportunities for students, like study abroad, undergraduate research, internships and leadership positions.

SDSU has been on a pathway of getting better and better, and students have noticed that.�

Another reason behind the increase of prospective students is the college being more affordable when compared to others, Cook said. “Students think paying $6000 a year is a lot of money, but the rest of the country spends $20,000 or even $30,000 a year,�

Cook said. “It is very affordable and if

students are not able to pay, there is financial aid that can cover it.�

The process to get accepted at SDSU is competitive as GPA and SAT score average among accepted applicants are higher than those of most universities. On top of this, all majors are impacted, meaning they can accept a limited number of students.

The enrollment target for fall 2019 will be established further along the school year. The admissions office will be able to check how many students are graduating in spring and decide the overall number of students that will be accepted based on that figure.

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Oct. 17-23, 2018 EDITOR: Kemi Giwa • opinion@thedailyaztec.com

Dating for college students isn’t necesarily a bad thing

by Shayne Jones STAFF WRITER

Dating for college students.

Now that is a million dollar idea.

When I was about to fly the coop to embark on my big four years, my mom basically had one, single piece of advice for me: Don’t get into a relationship.

Yeah, even my mother said it.

But I, the girl who wears her heart on her sleeve and feels every conceivable feeling within the human psyche (and deeply, too) found that adage just a little bit difficult to execute.

I met a boy. I started spending time with him, and then seven months later he told me that he couldn’t commit to a relationship because “I’d want to spend all of my time with you, and I don’t think I could handle that right now.”

Then he ghosted me.

Since then, the trend has fought valiantly to survive.

About a week ago, I had another ending with a boy who was worth it to me.

It started out casual as I’d originally intended it to be and then the feelings crept up.

This boy had made it clear to me at the beginning he was not

interested in a relationship, so I knew it would be best for both of us if I forced myself to move on.

But before we parted ways, he said something that struck me harder than I’d anticipated.

“After my last relationship, I conditioned myself to not feel things past a certain point for anybody,” he told me. “I just can’t be in a relationship in college.”

It was that word, “conditioned,”

because it’s not socially acceptable at this stage of life.

Of course, to each his own, but the taboo is pandemic across all university campuses.

Hookup culture is glamorized, and people pursue friends with benefits instead of real, long — lasting, beneficial, romantic relationships.

Has it always been this way?

Why is it this way?

College is conceptualized as the time when you’re supposed

relationship, and it’s amplified in the college setting…but what if you meet the person of your dreams, and you let her slip through your fingers because of a social expectation?

Love is an extraordinary, enveloping, radiant miracle.

Some people find it ten times in their lifetimes.

Some find it once. Some never find it.

I’m not advocating for you to jump up and go searching for a relationship in college; that

“I met a boy, I started spending time with him, and then several months later he told me that he couldn’t commit to a relationship because ‘I’d want to spend all of my time with you, and I don’t think I could handle that right now. Then he ghosted me. ”

We have all heard the jokes about how vegans just have to let you know they’re vegan, right?

Or what about the joke that suggests they are constantly trying to guilt trip you into being vegan?

While they are jokes, I can’t lie — there is a little bit of truth behind them.

I’ve been vegetarian for four years now and was vegan for a year about two years ago.

I thought the diet would be the most difficult aspect of veganism, and though it was a major challenge, there was another hurdle I faced — the community that surrounds the diet and lifestyle of veganism.

I first recognized the judgment by those in the vegan community when I became a member of it.

I felt as if I wasn’t allowed to transition from eating dairy and other animal products.

It was like I had to go cold turkey or else it meant I didn’t care the way the other vegans I saw on social media did.

God forbid, I ate a candy bar that contained dairy or maybe a homemade cookie.

I had one girl almost yell at me saying, “you can’t call yourself vegan if you knowingly eat anything that has animal products in it.”

The community acts so holy and righteous, they commit their entire lives to this diet and act better than any minor mistakes.

There is more forgiveness in

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which rocked me.

Is the prospect of a relationship or feeling deeply for someone so taboo, so unnatural in college that boys (and some girls) feel the need to train their hearts not to reach that point?

I was, as the kids say these days, shook.

I don’t think it’s fair to rob yourself of a potentially lifechanging experience chiefly

to experience everything (you have the rest of your life to be shackled up, so why settle down now?).

And I get it, I do.

A relationship is not easy.

A good friend puts his arm around you, and he’s suddenly coming on to you.

A girl snapchats you a couple times and you’re a cheater.

Jealousy runs rampant in every

would be just as intense as advocating that you don’t.

What I want for you is the freedom to feel.

The freedom to do what makes you happy.

Society has already taken enough happiness from our generation.

Don’t let it take your heart, too.

Shayne Jones is a senior studying

Vegan culture is harmful and judgemental, so I left

by Kayla Henrikson CONTRIBUTOR

EDITOR IN CHIEF Will Fritz

religion than in that community.

You can sin and all will be forgiven, but you eat one bit of cheese or a slice of regular cake, then to them, you might as well have eaten a whole cow.

Not only was the diet and the judgement something I struggled with, but when it came to the whole lifestyle that was expected and pushed onto me, I felt pressured to get rid of all my leather and suede, and never wear or buy it again.

Though this is an unrealistic expectation, and not one that everyone should or can be expected to do, I made the effort not to buy it anymore, and I still try not to, but sometimes it’s too expensive not to buy, or I simply don’t pay attention to all of the materials my clothing consists of.

Either way, it’s rather odd to police or judge the clothing someone wears.

Being judged for wearing certain sorts of clothing ignores a very important point: Some people don’t have the money to invest in clothing that doesn’t contain 100 percent completely environmentally friendly material.

Do vegans care about that at all?

Another thing that bothers me about the vegan community is how many refuse to acknowledge the benefits that vegetarians bring to the earth.

They see vegetarians as less than because they aren’t as hardcore as them.

You’d think they’d be happy

considering the fact that vegetarianism is one step closer to veganism.

Though it’s not quite veganism, isn’t it better than not commiting to either diet?

Instead they judge vegeterians and consider them just as

“There is more forgiveness in religion than in that community. You eat one bit of cheese or a slice of regular cake, then to them, you might as well have eaten a whole cow.” “bad” as those who indulge in consistent meat eating.

Just the other day I met a new kid while eating at East Commons.

He told me he recently decided to give up red meat.

Instead of lecturing him about getting his act together and cutting all meat out all at once, I showed him I was excited for him, and I asked him about how the process was going.

It actually even sparked a conversation between the other people I was eating with and I got to explain the reasons, largely environmental, for why I eat the way I do.

We were able to engage in

productive conversation about the reasons for going vegeterian and how it will benefit society.

Much vegans seem to fight their battles with aggression, condescension and brute force.

This is not an effective way to convince someone to transition to veganism.

Instead, it does the exact opposite, it creates a fear or distaste for a whole community which could potentially cause people to steer clear of it forever.

Rather than alienating the people on the other side, try and make them feel welcome to dip their toes in and try something new.

Help them start slowly.

Encourage the little things like not buying fur, eating vegan for one day a week or even one meal a day.

Tell them you’ll help them through the process.

If you’re really that passionate about it, encourage them to look to you as a mentor, someone they can reach out to whenever they feel like they need some help.

I can promise you guilt tripping people into adopting a diet many have never even tried before is the wrong approach.

It’ll turn people off.

One day I wouldn’t mind being vegan again, but I don’t know if I’d ever be able to embrace that title so long as the toxicity within the community remains.

Kayla Henrikson is a freshman studying journalism.

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Makeup companies still miss the mark when it comes to inclusivity

by Shalika oza CONTRIBUTOR

Rihanna's Fenty Beauty foundation line took the world by storm with its 40 stunning shades.

Ranging from really fair to really deep shades the world was finally experiencing a significant change in the beauty industry.

Though the push for catering to darker skin did not start with the Fenty Beauty launch, it most definitely did appear to make a tremendous impact on beauty brands.

Afterward, beauty brands were suddenly scrambling to revamp their existing foundation ranges while creating new ones with even wider ranges of color Recently, though, it seems as if darker-skin-friendly makeup tones have died down.

This is unfortunate because a brand’s lack of representation or lack of shade variety marginalizes those with darker skin tones.

People with darker skin tones should not have to work around what a brand has to offer them.

A brand should be willing to put in the time and effort to cater to all potential customers.

Makeup is supposed to make

people feel more beautiful, but by ignoring so many skin tones, companies overlook these people's beauty.

This becomes almost an exclusion of an entire group of people over something so seemingly trivial — makeup.

Throughout history, people of color have been excluded from many important narratives, even

tones.

Racism is prevalent in our society, and with the impact and reach the beauty industry has, their refusal to cater to darker skin tones seems like an encouragement of this exclusion.

Ultimately, it really is the little things, like makeup, that represent something much bigger.

A wide variety of makeup being

but all.

By preaching and commercializing their so-called inclusion, but displaying the opposite, these beauty companies are willfully exercising disregard for dark-skinned women.

Beauty brands have evolved with the emergence of social media and a more diverse pool of models and social media influencers.

But, how much have they really

“Makeup may seem like a low-priority cause, but it is such a large industry with an enormous impacton the world, so much so that it really does have the power to influence its consumers and the way they feel about themselves. ” though they have just as much right to be here as anyone else Makeup may seem like a lowpriority cause, but it is such a large industry with an enormous impact on the world, so much so that it really does have the power to influence its consumers and the way they feel about themselves.

By leaving out so many skin tones, consumers have been conditioned to think that people with darker skin tones are not as important as those with fair skin

unavailable to people with darker skin tones actually destroys the idea of beauty and the message that most makeup companies try to send about beauty across all skin tones and in all forms.

What excludes African Americans and those with darker skin tones from this narrative?

What excludes these individuals from “all forms”?

All means all, not some or half,

evolved if they are not catering to every single woman?

As human beings we are constantly evolving, both physically and intellectually.

Our ability to create and innovate expands, and over time, our ability to reason gets better and better.

However, we seem to be stuck when it comes to race.

Whether it’s the beauty industry’s lack of inclusivity

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or the nation’s difficulty with overcoming racism, many people seem to be taking steps backward, instead of forward.

We should be thinking ahead into the future and a great place to start is by acknowledging the beauty that stems from darker skin tones.

It’s infuriating that in 2018, we’re still urging companies to be more inclusive, to represent all women, not just white women.

It’s infuriating that many young girls and women have to go from store to store just to find the right shade of foundation.

Meanwhile, a bunch of different shades of white fill the counter.

Beauty companies must make it their mission to cater to these groups of women properly and consistently.

The beauty industry is a billiondollar industry, they have the time, resources and the money to dedicate to creating makeup suitable for everyone, not just those who fit into Euro-centric beauty standards.

It is time to call for the makeup industry to recognize all of our beauty.

Shalika Oza is a freshman studying journalism.

Knowledge gets rid of any and all fear Put down your phone,

by Jermelle STAFF WRITER

Macleod

Fear is defined as an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat.

By this definition, we all have fear. But the root of this fear isn’t the fear itself, but what follows the fear or what we believe the fear to be, both of which can be curbed by knowledge.

For example, most people feel afraid when giving a speech in public but they aren’t afraid of the action of speaking, they’re afraid of the judgments that their peers will have if they fail.

We care too much about what other people think, and this causes us to be afraid of something we have absolutely no control over; the thoughts and opinions of others.

Epictetus was a Stoic philosopher that lived during the Hellenistic period.

Epictetus believed that we can curb our fears by knowing what is, and isn’t under our control.

He believed that, “some things are in our control and others not.

“Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions.

“Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.”

When we know what is in our control, we have no need to fear or be afraid of the things we cannot control.

It doesn’t make any logical

sense. Why fear things you can’t control or have no influence over?

Why be afraid of the weather?

You can’t control the weather, only your response to it.

Why be afraid of what others think?

You can’t control their thoughts, you can’t control what goes in and out of another’s head, you can only be the image of yourself you’d like them to see and hope that that’s the image they see of you.

Why be afraid of the future?

You can only control your own actions which take place in the present.

Epicurus, another philosopher, believed that knowledge of the natural sciences would rid our fear of unexpected phenomena.

For example, having knowledge of why rain happens will cause us to realize it’s all a part of the nature of things, and not some scary heavenly phenomena in which the gods intend to smite and punish us.

He faithfully believed that “one cannot rid himself of his primal fears if he does not understand the nature of the universe, but instead suspects the truth of some mythical story.

So without the study of nature, there can be no enjoyment of pure pleasure.

All in all, there’s no need to cry over small parts of life no matter how big they may seem in the moment; life will go on and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it, so why weep?

If you intend to cry about something, cry about how we’re all slowly dying, how every moment is flying away and

leading you closer and closer to your death.

If you’re going to cry; truly cry.

But why not just accept what is and learn to move on?

After all, we can all control our actions, so we can control what we cry over.

Or, we can use this energy and channel it into something positive and productive so we can grow as people.

It’s impossible to enjoy life when living in constant fear of things that need not be feared.

I find this to be self-evident, but if you truly need an example, think about a time when you were afraid of something you need not be afraid of, and realize how you either grew out of the fear, or beat yourself up over being so fearful.

To avoid this feeling of regret and sorrow, when I fear something or feel my heart beginning to speed up, I stop and ask myself: “What am I afraid of? Why am I feeling this anxiety?” and every time I ask myself those questions, I realize that I’m afraid of something I can’t control or something I don't understand.

Knowledge of what you can’t control will rid your fears of the things you can’t influence, and knowledge of the sciences will rid yourself of the fear of myth, superstition and what you don’t understand thus allowing you to live fully in the moment and enjoy the moments you have in front of you.

And to be quite frank, such moments are all you truly have.

Jermelle MacLeod is a freshman studying philosophy. You can follow him on Twitter @jermelle_m.

focus on staying safe

by Hannah Goldstone CONTRIBUTOR

It seems like robbery and other crimes have died down around campus and the surrounding neighborhoods.

But that’s not to say you should rest easy.

“Please put down your phones when you’re outside and remember that you are at the mercy of cars and possibly dangerous humans who aren’t paying attention.”

People are too trusting and too oblivious to the possible dangers and perils outside in public.

The cause?

Oftentimes, it’s the curse of our phones. Being so preoccupied with them during all hours of the day is actually extremely risky.

So many times I’ve seen students almost get hit by cars in the crosswalk because they stepped onto busy streets while on their phones.

People need to remember that although pedestrians have the right-of-way, it doesn’t guarantee that cars won't hit you.

Drivers are usually rushing and

extremely inattentive, too.

Please put down your phones when you’re outside, and remember that you are at the mercy of drivers who may not be paying attention or would be robbers looking for a target.

As cliché as it sounds, remember that your life is a lot more valuable, and far more important than a text message or your best friend’s latest tweet or Instragram post.

The best way to be safe is to be an active pedestrian.

With that, I advise you to try a few extra steps, in addition to putting the phone down, in order to better protect yourselves: 1.

Always walk with purpose. Look like you’re going somewhere.

When you walk, swing your arms and synchronize them with your steps.

When interviewed about how perpetrators or muggers chose their victims, oftentimes, they choose to go after someone who looks uncoordinated.

Whether that be from intoxication or a timid walk, they’re easier to overpower.

2. Walk with your head up, face forward and make sure to occasionally scan your periphery.

This shows that you’re actively paying attention to your surroundings and more likely to notice someone or something advancing on you.

3. Stay in well-lit areas, travel in groups and put the device away.

Hannah Golstone is a junior studying journalism.

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Oct. 17-23, 2018 EDITOR: Abraham Jewett • sports@thedailyaztec.com

Hockey has goal parade against USD

by Tayza Than CONTRIBUTOR

San Diego State hockey crushed the University of San Diego 13-4 in the team’s home opener on Friday night at the Joan Kroc Center.

The win was the first of the season for the Aztecs, who improved to a record of 1-2.

Left winger Patrick Miller said getting the win was a great way to start off the

home schedule.

“It feels amazing, hopefully it is the first of many,” Miller said. “It’s always good playing at home, happy with the turnout we got. We always play better when there are some butts in the stands.”

The game started quickly for SDSU, after winger Isaac Miller snuck the puck past the net during the game’s fourth minute.

Trouble loomed later in the first period after Mason Cook was penalized for slashing, but the Aztecs rallied behind senior center

Aaron Mayer and Patrick Miller to quickly get not one, but two shorthanded goals.

The combination of Mayer and Patrick Miller proved effective, and the Aztecs led 5-1 by the end of the first period.

The goals kept piling on, and by the end of the second period, the score was 10-4 in favor of SDSU. Right winger Derian Theberge had three goals, and said he enjoyed playing on the right side of a blowout victory.

“It was awesome,” Theberge said. “It was

so fun, I was really lucky to be playing with Patrick and Aaron” The game slowed down during the third period, but the Aztecs were able to extend their lead to nine.

Head coach Phil Bateman said the team will be able to build on such a large victory.

“Every game we’re playing catch up,” Bateman said. “We’ve got to get the timing, we’ve got to get the game conditioning, and no matter what the opponent is, we’ve gotta get up to speed.”

Aztecs’ winning streak halted at five, following loss

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SDSU junior outside hitter Ashlynn Dunbar goes up for the spike against Wyoming on Sept. 29 at Peterson Gym.

by Breven Honda STAFF WRITER

San Diego State volleyball ended their fivegame winning streak by losing in four sets (17-25, 21-25, 25-17, 28-30) to UNLV on Saturday evening at Peterson Gym. After dropping the first set, the Aztecs (615, 4-4 MW) had a 7-3 lead in set two before the Rebels went on a 7-0 run to take the lead for good.

In an elimination third set, SDSU jumped to a 10-4 lead.

However, when the Aztecs led 20-15, a tip violation prompted head coach Deitre Collins-Parker to challenge the call. As a result, the Aztecs won the point and an eventual third set win.

Collins-Parker said the team did not play

up to their standards against UNLV (14-6, 5-3 MW).

“We saw that we can play with (UNLV)… and those are always the things that you are willing to learn,” Collins-Parker said. “Maybe you have to struggle so you can come back and pick your game back up.”

The fourth set saw UNLV jump out to an 8-4 lead, but the Aztecs would not give in.

SDSU would tie at 21, take a 23-22 lead, and have three chances to win the set. However, on the third match point opportunity for the Rebels, they would score the point and win the match, 30-28.

Collins-Parker said a win in set four would have given the Aztecs all the momentum the rest of the way.

“I felt that if we (won) game four, we were going to win the match,” Collins-Parker said.

The Aztecs had some individual bright spots such as junior outside hitter Hannah Turnlund.

Collins-Parker said Turnlund, who led the way with a game-high 16 kills, played admirably.

“I was really proud of Hannah all the way around,” Collins-Parker said. “Not just at the net, but back row, she just played solid for us.”

The 16 kills for Turnlund marks the 14th time she has recorded 10 or more kills in a match this season.

The Aztecs head off to a four-game road trip, beginning with San Jose State and followed by Nevada, Colorado State and Wyoming.

Collins-Parker said the road trip will present a significant challenge for SDSU moving forward.

“Our travel in our conference is difficult… so it is tough,” Collins-Parker said. “(Elevation is) probably the worst part about going to Wyoming and (Colorado).”

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Men’s soccer falls to UCLA in thriller

by Cristian STAFF WRITER

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San Diego State men’s soccer lost 2-1 against UCLA in extra time on Saturday evening at the SDSU Sports Deck.

The matchup against UCLA marked SDSU’s fifth Pac-12 Conference game and third home loss this season.

The Bruins pressed aggressively in the opening minutes by maintaining ball possession and attacking style of play. It was difficult for the Aztecs to be pushed back so early on in the match.

SDSU sophomore defender Dane Rozas felt that even though UCLA forced pressure early, the team remained collective as a unit.

“The first ten to fifteen minutes, they were on our heels,” Rozas said. “They were pressing us a little bit. We started to settle down and play our game.”

The flow of the game changed thirty minutes in when SDSU began to counter attack from loose balls. Some opportunities appeared in the final fifteen minutes, but no goals were claimed as a result.

Despite the chances created by both teams, the game remained scoreless in the first half.

The Bruins took a 1-0 lead within the first minute of the second half. A loose ball made its way into the box which landed on the feet of UCLA freshman midfielder Frankie Amaya.

Amaya chipped a shot over SDSU junior goalkeeper Max Watkin to open up the scoring in the match.

SDSU kept its composure and continued to fight for the tying goal.

Photo by David Pradel

SDSU redshirt freshman midfielder Laukoa Santos (left) and junior midfielder Emil Kjelker (right) fight for the ball over UCLA freshman midfielder Frankie Amaya in the Aztecs’ 2-1 loss against the Bruins on Oct. 13 at the SDSU Sports Deck.

The Aztecs’ response came in the 72nd minute when a cross from redshirt freshman Chad Morgan connected with junior midfielder Adam Vargas for the 1-1 equalizer.

The goal was Vargas’ first in an Aztec uniform.

In spite of ending in defeat, Vargas said he was pleased with contributing to the team’s only goal of the night.

“I just saw Chad (Morgan) lining up on the sideline making a good cross and I got into a good position,” said Vargas. “It felt really good to score for the team.”

SDSU head coach Lev Kirshner admired his team’s reaction to the opening goal and

overall performance in the last 45 minutes.

He said he was proud of his team in the second half.

“I thought our team response to giving up that goal was fantastic,” Kirshner said.

“I can’t speak highly enough of that second half.”

Still, SDSU continued to press for a second goal.

UCLA settled to defend for most of the second half, doing everything they could to stop the Aztecs from scoring.

Opportunities were no issue as both teams finished the match with nine shots each, while SDSU had a six to two corner kicks

advantage over the Bruins.

However, neither team managed to put away more goals at the end of 90 minutes.

This led to two 10-minute extra periods with sudden death stipulations.

It only took eight minutes into the first half of extra time for the Bruins to score once again.

UCLA senior midfielder Joab Santoyo hit a low cross from the right side of the field that aligned perfectly for freshman midfielder Cody Sundquist’s kick to go into the back of the net.

SDSU’s next match will be at crosstownrival University of San Diego on Oct. 19.

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Oct. 17-23, 2018 EDITOR: Abraham Jewett • sports@thedailyaztec.com

Aztecs overcome Air Force, weather

by Kyle Saunders STAFF WRITER

San Diego State football won its fifth straight game on Friday night, defeating Air Force 21-17 while overcoming a 67-minute lightning delay at SDCCU stadium.

Lightning in the area prompted a 30-minute delay with 5:50 left in the third quarter. The game was delayed multiple times after lightning reappeared within an eight-mile radius, each time resetting the 30-minute delay due to NCAA rules.

The troubling weather was reminiscent of SDSU’s matchup against Air Force (2-4, 0-3 MW) last season in Colorado, which saw an 88-minute lightning delay.

SDSU head coach Rocky Long said it was odd for a weather delay to occur in back-to-back years against the Falcons.

“What a coincidence that is, not only the lightning delay, but it’s the same teams that played,” Long said.

The end result remained the same, a win for the Aztecs (5-1, 2-0 MW).

Down 17-14 with 9:18 left to play in the game, SDSU junior quarterback Ryan Agnew led the offense on a game-winning touchdown drive that started from its own six-yard line.

Agnew made two key third-down plays on the drive, one with his arm and one with his legs.

On third-and-nine, Agnew scrambled 32 yards to get SDSU out of its own seven-yard line. Three plays later, Agnew, rolling to his right, found freshman wide receiver Kobe Smith to get the Aztecs to Air Force’s 24-yard line.

Agnew said he felt he had to make big plays for his team.

“You know in that moment, backed up with that scramble, I try to find a couple

guys that weren’t there,” Agnew said. “At that point, you can’t really think, you’ve just got to go and make a play for the team.”

The drive was capped off with a 29yard touchdown pass to junior tight end Parker Houston, giving SDSU the 21-17 lead with 6:10 left.

The Falcons had one final opportunity with 3:42 to play, but senior defensive back Parker Baldwin intercepted Falcons junior quarterback Isaiah Sanders to seal the Aztecs’ victory Baldwin said he was relieved to redeem himself after missing a potential interception earlier in the game.

“I was just glad I bounced back,” Baldwin said. “Luckily, I got another chance and made it happen.”

The Aztecs capitalized on turnovers throughout the game.

With 18 seconds left in the first half, Air Force punter Charlie Scott bobbled a snap, allowing SDSU sophomore linebacker Kaelin Himphill to block his punt attempt.

Sophomore defensive back Trenton Thompson recovered the fumble, and ran it in for a touchdown to give the Aztecs a 14-9 lead heading into halftime.

Long said Thompson’s touchdown gave the Aztecs a momentum swing going into the locker room.

“Picking (the blocked punt) up was a huge lift going into halftime,” Long said.

The Aztecs struck first, wasting no time on their opening drive as sophomore running back Chase Jasmin punched in a four-yard rushing touchdown to give SDSU a 7-0 lead with 13:49 to play in the first.

The touchdown was Jasmin’s highlight of the night, as he was held to 74 yards on 18 rushes for the rest of the evening.

Photo by Weicheng Han

SDSU senior wide reciever Fred Trevillion (left) and junior tight end Parker Houston (right) embrace each other during the Aztecs’ 21-17 win over Air Force on Oct. 12 at SDCCU Stadium.

Long said the running attack was neutralized by a strong Air Force defensive line.

“I thought both teams played really well up front on defense,” Long said.

“Our defensive line played well and (Air Force’s) defensive line played well.”

SDSU had previously not allowed a run longer than 20 yards all season going into the game, but the Falcons would eclipse that number two times.

The Aztecs found themselves without junior defensive end Myles Cheatham

for the majority of the second half, after he was ejected for targeting on Falcons quarterback Isaiah Sanders.

That was one of nine penalties the Aztecs committed for 114 yards, while Air Force was penalized five times for 56 yards.

Long said the penalties affected both teams.

“They had a couple penalties that really hurt them too,” Long said. “If you get a 15 yard penalty, no matter which team you are, it hurts.”

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SDSU thriving in close games during five-game streak

by Kyle Betz STAFF WRITER

At the halfway point of the San Diego State football season, the Aztecs (5-1) have collected five straight come-frombehind victories.

Three of the five SDSU comebacks have occurred in the fourth quarter or later.

SDSU trailed Sacramento State 1413 in the fourth quarter of the Aztecs’ home opener on Sept. 8. A pair of touchdowns by junior running back Juwan Washington led the Aztecs to a 28-14 victory.

On Sept. 22, SDSU found itself in a three-point deficit against Eastern Michigan in the final two minutes of regulation.

Senior kicker John Baron nailed the game-tying field goal with 1:16 left in the fourth quarter.

In the overtime period, redshirt freshman cornerback Darren Hall made an interception to set up the gamewinning field goal. Baron nailed the winning field goal from 38 yards to give the Aztecs a 23-20 win.

SDSU’s most recent comeback victory came in the last seven minutes against Air Force on Oct. 12.

Junior quarterback Ryan Agnew led an eight-play, 94-yard drive that ended with a 29-yard touchdown pass to junior tight end Parker Houston.

With 3:42 left to play, senior defensive back Parker Baldwin secured the gamewinning interception to seal the 21-17 victory.

Horton said winning close games demonstrates the resiliency of the team.

“Hopefully it says a lot,” Horton said.

quarter).”

There is a total of twenty-three freshmen and redshirt freshmen listed on the travel squad prior to the Aztecs’ game against Air Force.

Head coach Rocky Long said youth could be a contributing factor to playing in close games.

“What you see is exactly who we are,” Long said. “Any thought that we’re gonna

“Every game comes down to the same thing: one team or the other, someone’s going to make a play.”

- Zach Arnett, defensive coordinator

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Junior tight end Parker Houston celebrates after scoring the game-winning touchdown in the Aztecs’ 21-17 win against Air Force on Oct. 12 at SDCCU Stadium.

“That’s what gives you hope that we could have something special: that (the team) didn’t tank out; they kept battling, kept fighting.”

Horton said SDSU coaches stress the Aztecs’ need to find a way to win in close games.

“We always tell them, ‘(It) might not be pretty, but we’ve got to find a way,’” Horton said. “Really proud of those guys that when it had to happen, they found a way to get it done.”

Offense, defense and special teams have all played significant roles in comeback wins this season.

Houston, who has 109 yards and two touchdowns on eight receptions this season, said the SDSU offense would like to put up more points going into the fourth quarter, rather than having to pull off a comeback.

“We’d like to stop doing that,” Houston said. “We’d like to be ahead by a couple more touchdowns going in (to the fourth

beat anybody bad is ridiculous. We’re gonna hang in the game and we’re gonna try to win it at the end.”

The Aztecs are no strangers to performing well in crunch-time situations.

Defensive coordinator Zach Arnett said the potential winner of close games can depend on which team is able to make crucial plays.

“Every game comes down to the same thing: one team or the other, someone’s going to make a play,” Arnett said. “The game comes down to a handful of plays, those big important plays, who makes them. Fortunately, we’ve been able to make a few of those plays on defense here lately.”

SDSU will be successful if they continue to find the winning formula in close games.

Oct. 17-23, 2018 EDITOR: Vladimir Salazar • mundoazteca@thedailyaztec.com

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Jardín curativo se inaugurará a principios del semestre de primavera por Diane ESCRITORA

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En el 2008 se aprobó un jardín base indígena en la Universidad Estatal de San Diego. Debido a la carencia de fondos el proceso para el jardín no se inició hasta 10 años después y está estimado estar listo para el semestre de primavera del 2019.

Profesora y directora de estudios Latinoamericanos, Ramona Perez tuvo la idea de un jardín con bases indígenas para que la comunidad aprenda más sobre las culturas como la Naua. “‘Tuve la idea del jardín y dije ‘hay que convertirlo en un jardín curativo’”, dijo Pérez. “Donde podamos sanar de la energía negativa, donde nos podríamos reunir para pensar acerca de la meditación, el respeto y el honor”.

“Mi idea es tener consejos de varios curanderos indígenas para ayudarnos a pensar y decirnos que se necesita”, dijo Pérez.

“También pedirles que nos ayuden a nombrar cada planta para saber todas las formas diferentes que se usa en cada grupo”.

El jardín curativo costará alrededor de $1.2 millones, y una parte está siendo financiada por el grupo de Estudiantes Asociados quienes empezaron ahorrar

En este espacio, se establecerá el jardín curativo al lado del edificio de la facultad de comunicaciones.

dinero desde el 2008.

La oficina del presidente también está contribuyendo al proyecto y se espera recibir más donativos de alumnos.

Adela de la Torre, la presidente de SDSU, junto con Pérez, decidieron hacer un jardín botánico donde la comunidad pueda entrar al campus y cosechar las hierbas y plantas.

“Queremos que sea un lugar tranquilo para que las personas

puedan sentarse en el jardín”, dijo Pérez. “Tendrá tantas hierbas y diferentes tipos de plantas curativas que será un lugar muy hermoso para estar”.

Asimismo, Pérez dijo que se colocará el jardín frente al edificio de comunicaciones porque estará en lo alto y tendrá vista a San Diego y mejor lugar no hay.

“Yo pienso que un jardín curativo en nuestro campus sería muy útil durante la semanas de ex-

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ámenes finales o durante cualquier examen”, dijo Alexis Román, estudiante de cuarto año de SDSU. “Pienso tambien que seria un lugar para sentarse y relajarse para leer un libro o estudiar. Es como encontrar una paz diferente con todas las plantas que serán escogidas”.

Juliana Huaroc, estudiante de segundo año de maestría y coordinadora de pasantías de estudios latinoamericanos de SDSU,

formó parte del programa Agricultura Urbana Sostenible y Optimizada Impulsada por Latinos (SOULA), donde ayudó a estudiantes de estudios latinoamericanos para aprender sobre técnicas, cultivo y tecnología sobre agricultura en Oaxaca.

“Yo no estoy involucrada directamente en el jardín, sé por ello por medio de la Dr. Pérez”, dijo Huaroc. “Creo que es una gran manera para los estudiantes, especialmente los de SOULA, que tengan experiencia de primera mano y que reciban aprendizaje profundo sobre el tema”.

Huaroc dijo que algunos estudiantes que estarán involucrados en la creación del jardín, fueron a Oaxaca en el verano para aprender sobre técnicas relacionadas con la agricultura.

“El tener un jardín aquí en la universidad es una gran manera de continuar con el propósito de informar a la gente sobre las comunidades indígenas”, dijo Huaroc. “También muestra el valor que se le tiene a las técnicas de agricultura”.

“Es nuestro jardín y sería un espacio de enseñanza, un espacio de sanación y una forma en la que las personas en este campus puedan comprender lo que significa mantener la identidad azteca”, dijo Pérez.

Barrio Art Crawl, una opción diferente para ir a comer y conocer arte en las calles de Barrio Logan por Diane ESCRITORA

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Cada segundo y cuarto sábado del mes, la comunidad de San Diego se reúne para compartir arte, música en vivo, comida y más en la calles de Barrio Logan.

El 13 de octubre, la comunidad estuvo expuesta a galerías, comida, y de los diferentes puestos del mercado de Barrio Logan en lo que llaman Barrio Art Crawl.

El Barrio Art Crawl, un evento familiar, es un evento que consiste de murales, galerías, y negocios locales de comida y arte de la comunidad de Barrio Logan.

La base de los puestos dentro del Barrio Art Crawl son de orígenes chicanos. El evento toma lugar en las calles de Barrio Logan, donde los puestos de comida y los vendedores locales ponen carpas para vender sus productos.

“Mucha gente viene aquí y puedes conocer personas de todas partes del mundo y hablar de cosas que tienen en común”, dijo María Pisano, vendedora del mercado y egresada de la Universidad Estatal de San Diego. “Puedes ir a la galería para ver el arte, tomar un cafecito para platicar o puedes caminar a Chicano Park para tomar fotos. Es algo muy bonito para la comunidad”.

El Chicano Art Gallery y Food Karma tuvo disponible varios puestos de comida. Tuvo disponibles platillos tradicionales

mexicanos como pozole, tamales, quesadillas y tacos.

Varios vendedores vienen a Barrio Logan de diferente partes del Condado de San Diego para vender sus productos y darse a conocer. La vendimia de comida también cuenta con cocineros de otras ciudades como de la ciudad de Mexicali, Baja California.

Food Karma, una cocina itinerante vegana, se inició en Mexicali en febrero y ha formado parte de este evento desde abril.

Fernando Cerecer, un cocinero de Food Karma, dijo que mucha gente que consume en el mercado de Barrio Logan no son veganos y se quedan sorprendidos con la comida al momento de probarla.

“Creo que es importante estar en Barrio Logan porque tiene las mismas raíces que nuestra cocina porque proviene de la tradición mexicana”, dijo Cerecer. “Estamos veganizando comida mexicana tradicional como pozole, birria, mole y tamales. Estamos convirtiendo Barrio Logan en un lugar popular para comida vegana”.

Para varios de los vendedores, es la primera vez que vienen a vender al mercado de Barrio Logan y dijeron que esperan ser invitados otra vez.

José Cabrera, el dueño de Cultura Catering, dijo que su negocio empezó este año en abril y es la primera vez que va a Barrio Logan para vender comida.

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Food Karma es un puesto de comida vegana que forma parte del Barrio Art Crawl.

“Fuimos invitados, y por eso decidimos venir hoy,” dijo Cabrera. “Estando en Barrio Logan atrae muchos latinos. Es una vibra de toda la cultura latina y también es una experiencia increíble”.

Además de la comida, también hubo puestos que vendían artículos y galerías de arte base latina.

Para algunas personas de la comunidad, el Barrio Art Crawl es un evento donde pueden ir a caminar, disfrutar y estar expuestos a diferentes culturas dentro del Condado de San Diego.

“Hemos venido un par de veces, y venimos por nuestra cultura mexicana porque es un evento donde podemos reunirnos con nuestra cultura”, dijo Wendy Fuentes, estudiante de San Diego Mesa College. “Es un lugar donde podemos venir y sentirnos en casa”.

Jessica Cortez, una de las vendedoras de artesanías dijo que la razón por la cual va al Barrio Art Crawl es porque lo ve como un lugar con oportunidades para promover sus productos .

“Estoy aquí para compartir la sanación”, dijo Cortez. “Creo que hay una gran influencia de estar aquí hay muchas cosas de mí que quiero compartir”.

El Barrio Art Crawl tiene la misma estructura que un swapmeet pero está ubicado en Barrio Logan. En el, se integran los negocios que ya existen dentro de las calles como Por Vida o la cervecería Border X Brewing, además de puestos de comida, artesanías y pomadas curativas.

Esto ocurre cada quincena.

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Presentan documental Dolores, sobre Dolores Huerta seguido de un panel de las activistas Líderes Campesinas por Alejandra ESCRITORA

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El 10 de octubre, el documental “Dolores” fue presentado en el teatro de la Universidad Estatal de San Diego. El documental relata la vida de Dolores Huerta quien a muy temprana edad decidió ser activista para apoyar a campesinos y a las mujeres peleando por sus derechos.

En este documental, los universitarios conocieron más de la vida de Huerta y todos los obstáculos que tuvo que enfrentar para lograr que los campesinos dejaran de ser esclavizados.

El documental tuvo una duración de una hora y treinta minutos, en donde se trató completamente en el activismo y en la vida de Dolores Huerta. Aunque mencionaron brevemente a su compañero César Chávez, el enfoque fue completamente en Huerta.

Para algunos estudiantes, Huerta es una de las mujeres más empoderadas e importantes de EEUU y orgullo latino.

“Dolores Huerta es una mujer como nosotras como todas las que conocemos, es igual que nuestras madres”, dijo Citlali Sánchez, estudiante de segundo año. “Lo que me inspiró fue su perseverancia en seguir y seguir y seguir aunque todos le tiraban

insultos y todo”.

Después de que terminara el documental, Líderes Campesinas, un grupo de Oxnard, California que se dedica a promover y pelear por los derechos de campesinos, interactuó con los estudiantes respondiendo algunas preguntas de la audiencia, e hicieron una representación de lo que las campesinas vivían sin tener la protección de una unión.

La Misión de Líderes Campesinas fue creada para que las campesinas se sientan apoyadas entre ellas mismas y puedan aportar cambios sociales, económicos y políticos donde sus derechos humanos sean siempre respetados.

“Escuché de Líderes Campesinas, y comencé a buscar información(del grupo)”, dijo Elvira Herrera, una activista de la organización. “Hay mujeres ahí afuera ayudando a otras mujeres empoderandolas y quería continuar haciendo eso”.

No solo mujeres mayores de edad forman parte de esta organización sino también menores de edad quienes están en el grupo de jóvenes apoyando a sus familiares y aprendiendo sobre los derechos de mujeres campesinas.

“Mi mamá me incluyó en todo esto porque ella llegaba del trabajo y me decía todo lo que hacía”, dijo Naya Rivera Nuñez de 11 años de edad. “Estoy orgullosa de

estar aquí porque les puedo confiar lo que me pasa y ellas pueden confiar en mí. Estoy muy cerca de ellas y no me obligan a nada si no lo quiero hacer”.

Rivera se interesó desde muy pequeña en participar en la organización, sin embargo, tuvo que esperar hasta cumplir los 11 años de edad para poder asistir al grupo de jóvenes y ser parte de Líderes Campesinas. Ahora, ha ido a varios lugar para platicar sobre la organización tales como la Universidad de California Davis donde gracias a esto, ha conocido a mucha gente.

Líderes Campesinas no solo ayuda a mujeres que se encuentran trabajando en el campo, sino también ayudan a mujeres con baja autoestima, pláticas educativas, violencia doméstica, por mencionar algunas.

“Yo entré con Líderes Campesinas por medio de reuniones educativas”, dijo Ramona Félix, activista de la organización desde hace 17 años. “Yo lo que busco es que toda la comunidad en el estado de California conozca sobre sus derechos. Mi propósito es que la gente conozca, que sepa que hay derechos, que hay agencias y servicios donde nos pueden ayudar y son gratuitos”.

Al terminar el documental, la audiencia tuvo la oportunidad de acercarse con cada una de las

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Mandiles hechos a mano por activistas en donde pusieron mensajes de su comunidad fueron exhibidos en el teatro el 10 de octubre.

presentes para conocer más de sus vidas y Líderes Campesinas.

Como también, pudieron ver la exhibición de mandiles creados por la asociación donde cada mandil representa el pensamiento de las activistas.

“Vine porque soy parte también de la identidad latina que tiene que ver con este entorno y abuso sexual que es el problema que afecta a muchas personas”, dijo Marcos Rodríguez, estudiante de cuarto año de la universidad. “Siento que es muy importante seguir, el trabajo no acaba, se necesita apoyo”, dijo sobre el documental de Dolores.

Aurora Valdez, estudiante de quinto año también asistió al documental para conocer más sobre Huerta y aprender cómo apoyarse entre mujeres.

“Vine porque es importante apoyarnos las mujeres unas a las otras”, dijo Váldez, estudiante de estudios chicanos. “Es importante ser fuertes, tomar los riesgos y no quedarnos calladas”.

Hoy en día existe la Fundación Dolores Huerta, la cual fue creada por ella con el propósito de ayudar a las comunidades de bajos recursos, promover la igualdad y defender los derechos de las personas.

Opinión: La universidad necesita tener espacios designados para estudiantes que fuman cigarros. por Vladimir Salazar EDITOR DE MUNDO AZTECA

Estoy consciente que mi adicción al cigarro es probablemente lo más estúpido o lo más dañino que le hago a mi cuerpo. El fumar aproximadamente 60 cigarrillos por semana, lo cual serían 240 por mes, o 2,880 al año es algo bastante peligroso para mi salud.

Llevo alrededor de siete años fumando cigarros, y aunque es una adicción de la cual no estoy bastante orgulloso, es algo que me ayuda a lidiar con estrés, ansiedad y hasta en momentos, de soledad.

Una de las primeras cosas que noté cuando me transferí a la Universidad Estatal de San Diego del colegio comunitario fue lo difícil que era fumar cigarros en el campus.

El fumar cigarro está prohibido en el campus de la universidad, y es difícil encontrar un lugar designado para poder fumar. La universidad necesita tener lugares designados para poder fumar cigarro. Entiendo que el fumar cigarrillos está prohibido por distintas razones. Estoy seguro que la mayoría de esas razones son vistas como puntos válidos y positivos para no permitir a los estudiantes fumar en el campus, pero aun así es un hecho que ocurre siempre, y el que traten de otorgar multas de $75 si te ven fumando, no ayuda a nadie.

Si caminas por el campus,

puedes ver que en ciertos lugares hay colillas de cigarro en campus.

Y esto ocurre a pesar de que está prohibido el fumar cigarrillos.

Estudiantes como yo encontrarán espacios en donde no transite mucha gente para poder fumar sin penas y sin problemas.

Un lugar que se ha convertido en el lugar designado no oficial para fumar es cerca de Hepner Hall, en unas bancas que están antes de bajar al área donde está el estanque de tortugas. Esa banca siempre está llena de fumadores o de gente que usa cigarrillos electrónicos.

De las veces que he llegado a fumar en este espacio no designado, nunca he recibido una queja de alguien que pase y le moleste el humo. Lo que acaba ocurriendo, es que como no hay ceniceros o botes de basura, las colillas de cigarro son tiradas en este espacio. Si este lugar fuera un espacio para fumar asignado y contará con un cenicero, no habría basura causada por los fumadores o colillas tiradas ensuciando el campus.

Otra de las razones por las cuales he visto que se prohíbe el fumar en campus universitarios en California es debido a que quieren disminuir el número de fumadores. El prohibir completamente el fumar en un campus no creo que ayude en hacer que la gente que ya fuma deje de hacerlo. Una persona con una adicción no se va limitar al hecho de que

Foto por Vladimir Salazar

En muchos lugares del campus puedes encontrar colillas de cigarros en el suelo.

sea prohibido para no realizar dicha adicción. Yo llevo desde los 16 años haciéndolo, y aunque he querido dejarlo el hecho de que esté prohibido en la universidad, no es una de las razones por las cual estoy tratando de dejar el cigarro.

Si prohíben ciertos actos disfrazado de la fachada de que lo hacen por la salud y por el bien de los estudiantes, entonces deberían de prohibir la venta de otros productos que igual terminan siendo dañinos.

Uno al fumar sabe en lo que se está metiendo. Las cajetillas de cigarros que se compran en

México contienen imágenes con el propósito de hacer que una persona deje de fumar. Algunas imágenes tienen pulmones negros, dientes sucios por causa del tabaco, o pies con gangrena. Aun así la gente fuma cigarros.

Y aunque si pienso en dejar de fumar completamente, no pienso hacerlo en un futuro cercano y no pienso hacerlo mientras siga siendo estudiante de SDSU. El fumar me ayuda calmar los nervios y la ansiedad que a veces es provocada por el estrés de ser estudiante de último año. No necesito estar estresado o buscando un lugar aislado dentro del campus

de la universidad para fumar sin problemas o tener el miedo de ser multado.

El fumar en SDSU en este momento está prohibido, pero aun así, gente como yo que necesita satisfacer sus ganas insaciables de estar inhalando tabaco encontrará un lugar en dónde hacerlo y lo seguirá haciendo.

Puede que mi adicción sea estúpida y ocasione en el futuro mi muerte, pero es más estúpido el hecho de que traten de prohibir algo que es legal de hacer. Hasta Disneylandia cuenta con lugares designados para fumar, y es un parque de diversiones familiar.

Oct. 17-23, 2018 EDITOR: Julianna Ress • arts@thedailyaztec.com

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Up-and-coming pop vocalist Kim Petras to perform at SDSU with Troye Sivan

by Julianna Ress ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

Troye Sivan is one of 2018’s biggest breakout pop stars with the release of his second album, “Bloom,” and for the tour in support of the record, he’s enlisted German recording artist Kim Petras as the opening act, a conceptualist pop sensation on the rise herself.

After spending her teen years writing songs and using GarageBand to record her first demos, Petras relocated to Los Angeles to fully focus on pop.

It wasn’t until 2017 that she had her breakthrough, when her self-released single “I Don’t Want It at All” went viral, topping Spotify’s Global Viral Top 50 chart.

Centered around the hook, “I want all my clothes designer / I want someone else to buy them / If I cannot get it right now / I don’t want it, I don’t want it, I don’t want it at all,” the song is an ode to a credit card-wielding millennial material girl akin to Regina George of “Mean Girls.”

In an interview with The Daily Aztec, Petras said the song is not a reflection of her life at the time of writing it, and she cited iconic brats throughout pop culture like Veruca Salt in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” Audrey Hepburn’s role in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and Marilyn Monroe’s turn in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” as inspiration for the character.

“I’m all about escapism,” she said. “Not everything I do is completely autobiographical. I was writing ‘I Don’t Want It at All’ when I was like, sleeping on a futon. I was not balling in any kind of way … That song just kind of happened from a girl at Sephora at checkout saying, ‘Just close your eyes and swipe it, sweetie.’ And I was just like, ‘That is an amazing lyric.’”

While reclaiming feminine stereotypes in her music, another major goal in Petras’s songwriting is making music that people can have fun to.

“The things I sing about are the things that matter in my life,” she said. “I really just make music for me and the people that I love and the kind of music that we all want to go out and dance to. It’s really that simple, but at the same time the songs mean a lot to me because there’s a lot of personal stuff in them.”

In addition to investing time in music, Petras spent her teens featured in German documentaries highlighting her transgender identity, as she was one of the earliest children to receive hormone therapy covered by German health care.

She had fully transitioned by age 16.

Petras has since established a fanbase largely identifying with the LGBTQ community.

“I can find friends anywhere in the world in the LGBT community,” she said. “They really started (my career) and built it from the ground up and started the hype about me ...

I’m always an activist for the LGBT community. I love being with them and I love that they love my music. It means the world.”

San Diego State alumnus and Petras fan Matthew Martinez said, as a member of the LGBTQ community himself, he sees Petras joining the long history of pop stars finding support in queer communities.

“In the gay community, we love our pop queens,” he said.

“It’s cool to see someone who is trans and just living her life. It’s normalizing it, which is what the LGBT community is trying to do.”

He said he became a fan of Petras when the music video for “I Don’t Want It at All,” which features Paris Hilton, appeared on his Twitter feed. Petras’s rich, impressive voice along with her affinity for irresistible earworms under a sheen of glossy pop production have led him to continue following her. “(Her music is) very uptempo, very fun and very pop, but different from what other people are doing right

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Petras said her wide array of inspirations include Destiny’s Child, The Killers and Billy Idol.

now,” Martinez said. “The late ’90s, early 2000s, that’s the stuff that I’m really into. (Her music) kind of reminds me of that, but it’s still very new to me.”

Petras said the nostalgia element in her music is not intentional, but is ingrained in her songwriting due to her expansive pop culture reference points extending across decades. Single “Hillside Boys” sonically harkens back to Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” while Charli XCX’s track “Unlock It” featuring Petras evokes bubblegum themes over the forward-thinking production of experimental electronic label PC Music.

Her wide array of influences prove her eclectic sources of inspiration, as well. She cited Madonna, Beyoncé, The Cardigans, The Killers, Sam Smith, Tina Turner and Billy Idol among her most prominent influences.

To support her encyclopedic knowledge of pop, Petras has regularly worked with producer Lukasz Gottwald, known professionally as Dr. Luke, who’s responsible for producing a catalog of 21st century pop smashes for artists like Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson and Kesha.

Petras’s working relationship with the producer has been subject to criticism, since many artists cut ties with Dr. Luke after Kesha filed a lawsuit against him in 2014 for emotional abuse and sexual assault.

Petras was involved in subsequent controversy when she defended her work with Dr. Luke in several interviews, calling him “amazing” and “supportive” in a New York Times profile, and telling NME in April, “I would like my fans to know that I wouldn’t work with somebody I believe to be an abuser of women, definitely not.”

For these reasons, some of Sivan’s fans expressed anger on social media after Petras was announced as the opening act on the “Bloom” tour, leading both Sivan and Petras to make statements on the situation.

“I was not aware of some of the comments Kim has made in the past,” Sivan said in his statement, shared via Twitter on June 2. “I since have read them and was troubled by them, like you. The opinions communicated in these interviews don’t align with my personal values or the values of the tour … I have always said that it’s how you grow and learn from your mistakes that truly matters, and I want to treat Kim the same way I’d like to be treated when my inevitable big mess up comes.”

Petras apologized for her past comments, but has since continued working with Dr. Luke.

“While I’ve been open and honest about my positive experience with Dr. Luke, that does not negate or dismiss the experience of others or suggest that multiple perspectives cannot exist at once,” she said in her statement, posted on Twitter June 1. “I didn’t communicate this clearly in the past.”

Since these events have transpired, Petras said she regrets Sivan enduring backlash

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German recording artist Kim Petras is supporting Troye Sivan on his “Bloom” tour this year.

for her actions.

“I just didn’t like involving him into it because he has nothing to do with it,” Petras told The Daily Aztec. “It’s a complicated situation because it’s between two people that I respect a lot, and what’s going on between them doesn’t really involve me. I’m just focused on making music and going on tour and having fun. I’m just glad that Troye asked me to be on tour with him, and I want that to be the focus of things.”

Accounting senior Rachel Hauprich, a Sivan fan who will be attending the “Bloom” tour stop in San Diego, said she was not aware of Petras before she was announced as Sivan’s opening act, but upon learning of her relationship with Dr. Luke she was not deterred from attending the tour. “(Sivan’s) choice in an opening act isn’t an endorsement for everything she’s ever thought or said out loud,” Hauprich said.

“He probably just thought she was a cool artist.”

Petras’s most recent release, “Turn Off the Lights, Vol. 1,” a Halloween-themed EP, was produced entirely by Dr. Luke, but marked a foray into darker imagery she had not yet explored in her music.

Hoping to continue to expand her sound and network in the future, Petras said a collaboration with surrealist electropop producer Sophie is in the works, and that she’d love to work with hip-hop artists like Murda Beatz and Rae Sremmurd.

“I don’t ever want to repeat myself,” the singer said. “I feel like so many things are pop and can be pop. It’s really just limitless, which I think is really freeing and really great about music right now. It’s just a blur of genres and something new

that happens through that ...

I always want to evolve and I always want to get better.”

Yet to release a full-length project, Petras is performing a collection of singles, including this year’s excellent lovesick jam “Heart to Break” and the bouncy shout-along “All the Time,” on the “Bloom” tour, as well as songs from “Turn Off the Light.”

Calling the tour an “amazing 20-gay-teen moment,” using an internet-bred portmanteau referring to the thrive of queer culture in 2018, Petras said it’s her first tour of this caliber and she’s excited to be a part of it.

“It’s going to be so much fun to see both of us on tour together,” she said. “I just love playing live. I really can’t wait to go all over the country and meet all of my fans and hug them all.”

Petras and Sivan will perform at SDSU’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on Oct. 25. It will be Petras’s first San Diego show since performing at San Diego Pride in July.

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5 Seconds of Summer meld 2018 pop with punk roots at SDSU concert

by Julianna Ress ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

Four-piece Australian pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer took its “Meet You There” tour to San Diego State’s CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre Oct. 2, bringing songs from its hugely successful third album “Youngblood” to its legion of loyal fans.

After taking a three-year break following their second album, “Sounds Good Feels Good,” “Youngblood,” released in June of this year, brought 5SOS back to the cultural zeitgeist. The album debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, beating out Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s surprisereleased “Everything is Love,” which came out the same week.

As evidenced by the band’s debut single, “She Looks So Perfect,” released back in 2013, 5SOS came up with roots in late-’90s to mid-’00s pop-punk. Even frontman Luke Hemmings’s voice hits the sweet spot between sneering and earnestness, akin to Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump or Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge, though Hemmings’s voice is more polished.

Still, the band always kept a foot in the door of going full-on pop. Often characterized as a boy band, though they play instruments, 5SOS toured alongside One Direction in 2013, and were seen as the reflection of the “What Makes You Beautiful” singers that was a bit rougher around the edges. While overlapping in fanbases of young women, One Direction was influenced by parent-friendly classic rock and kept its lyrics clean, while 5SOS was indebted to a pop-punk background, used swear words and made explicit sexual references in lyrics, like, “She looks so perfect standing there in my American Apparel underwear.”

On “Youngblood,” it’s clear the band is

paying attention to current pop trends, and this was made visibly obvious in the aesthetic choices for the “Meet You There” tour. With Hemmings clad in a crimson satin blouse and a cropped blazer, and vocalist/bassist Calum Hood in a shimmering red suit, it seemed the band was taking fashion cues from current pop troubadours Harry Styles and Shawn Mendes. Plus, the minimalism in the ethereal, neon lighting illuminating the stage was reminiscent of the 1975’s consistent color palette.

This shift toward straightforward pop was evident in the music, too. 5SOS opened the show with “Babylon,” a cut from the deluxe edition of “Youngblood.” It’s a song that skews toward the kind of guitar music that’s played on the radio in 2018, trading gang vocals for rolling verses and a searing, melodic hook. It actually is comparable to more recent Fall Out Boy singles, as they also turned toward pop later in their career and continued churning out hits.

Another highlight from the show was album track “Lie to Me,” which Hemmings told the audience is his favorite off “Youngblood.” Crooning over plucked acoustic guitar and snaps on the original recording, Hemmings opted for piano for the live version of the first verse.

“I know that you don’t, but if I ask you if you love me / I hope you lie, lie, lie, lie, lie to me,” he sang to a swooning audience.

Interestingly, 5SOS kept the banter with the crowd to a minimum, with the band’s history and confessional lyrics doing the heavylifting in maintaining the sense of connection between the band and its fans.

“I think that a lot of their topics are pretty relatable, especially for people our age,” journalism sophomore Reese Savoie, who attended the concert, said of 5SOS.

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5 Seconds of Summer frontman Luke Hemmings opened the show with “Youngblood” bonus track “Babylon.”

“I feel like a lot of their songs appeal to people of our generation just because they started when we were young and we grew up listening to them.”

In between additional “Youngblood” tracks like “Moving Along,” “Why Won’t You Love Me” and “Valentine,” 5SOS tapped into the earlier years of their catalogue throughout the set so as not to shake those punk and emo influences that made them a novel pop act in the first place.

“Amnesia,” a ballad with tinges of Dashboard Confessional and Plain White T’s from 5SOS’s debut record, was greeted with a hearty singalong from the audience.

Tongue-in-cheek bad boy anthem “She’s Kinda Hot,” cowritten by Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte for “Sounds Good Feels Good,” put the band’s outcast image front and center, along with an anthemic chorus and instantly recognizable riff.

However, the set closed out with “Want You Back,” the lead single from “Youngblood” and one of the most definitively pop songs in 5SOS’s repertoire.

Brilliant in its simplicity, it utilizes synthy keys commonplace in the 2018 mainstream to build up to an incredibly

infectious chorus. Paired with Hemmings’s convincingly lovestruck voice singing absurd specificities like, “I remember the roses on your shirt when you told me this would never work,” “Want You Back” is one of the best songs of the year.

5SOS encored with “She Looks So Perfect” and “Youngblood’s” title track, the latter being the current no. 8 song in America and the band’s highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 so far in its career.

With a relentless, pounding chorus juxtaposed with soft, intimate verses, “Youngblood” ended the night most effectively blending both ends of 5SOS’s pop and punk spectrum.

“Say you want me, say you want me out of your life / And I’m just a dead man walking tonight,” the crowd chanted along with the band.

The show exhibited 5SOS’s willingness to toy with its sound, and closing with “Youngblood,” a combination of the members’ influences, cleverly ended the night with the question of where the band will go next.

If 5SOS’s growing success is any indication, it’ll surely be something as savvy as it is sincere.

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Bassist/vocalist Calum Hood performed to a sold-out crowd of loyal fans.

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