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Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday Nov. 16., comes a week after Donald Trump was elected president of the U.S.

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LIFE AFTER THE ELECTION

Lizeth Acevado Cano, 20, a San Diego State student and undocumented immigrant from Mexicali Baja California Mexico, has to be careful with the actions she takes because any criminal record could lead to her deportation from the United States.

Cano, a child development junior, said her friends on campus do not understand the struggles of being an undocumented student and cannot relate to her experience.

Cano was eight months old when her parents brought her to the U.S. She said being an undocumented student has been disappointing.

Cano said she remembered when her high school teacher told her class about a scholarship opportunity she met all the requirements for.

When she asked her for more information about it, her teacher told her she could not apply because she was not a U.S. citizen.

“I felt so embarrassed for thinking for one second I was just like everyone else. It was a quick reminder that I am not as privileged as others,” Cano said.

“I almost cried in class because I felt that it was so unfair. Here I am doing everything right. I have the grades, and I’m not able to apply to a scholarship all because I wasn’t born here.”

She said she felt relieved when she heard California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White said the university system and campus police will not help deport undocumented students.

This statement given at a

Trump said his policies will include deporting criminal undocumented immigrants and building a wall along the border of Mexico.

“Move criminal aliens out day one, in joint operations with local, state and federal law enforcement,” Trump said in his 10-point plan. “We will terminate the Obama administration’s deadly, nonenforcement policies that allow thousands of criminal aliens to freely roam our streets.”

Trump’s election caused fear among some undocumented students at SDSU out of worry they would be deported from the U.S. before graduating.

Daniela Marquina Cuevas, a speech language and hearing sciences senior, said when Trump initially won the election she was concerned about her mom and dad because they are undocumented, but then she was concerned about what would happen to her education.

“I began to think what would happen to all the hard work I’ve dedicated to school,” Marquina Cuevas said.

Trump’s presidential election would also impact Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival students who want to study abroad.

Maria Ibarra, department chair and undergraduate advisor of the Chicano Studies department, said that DACA provides relief from deportation for hundreds of thousands of hard-working and talented young people.

“Some of these young people are part of our campus community,” Ibarra wrote in an email. “The Chancellor’s

statement is helpful in that it affirms the University’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all of our community. It is a start. It will also be necessary to continue to build upon this start with other critical initiatives.”

An email sent to students in the San Jose State University Educational Opportunity Program said that if Presidentelect Trump does eliminate the program, it is highly-likely that as of Jan. 20, DACA students who are abroad will not be able to re-enter the U.S. “I always hear my friends talk about being able to study abroad and asking me if I’m going to as well, however that’s an opportunity I won’t be able to have because I am undocumented,” Acevedo Cano said. “It definitely makes me feel like I am missing so much out of life in some aspects.”

CHANCELLOR WHITE’S STATEMENT White said his immediate concern was for students and members of the campus community who do not have documentation and “fear actions based on the emerging national narrative of potential changes in immigration policy and related enforcement action,” in an email to the CSU community on Nov. 17.

“We are a university that prides itself on inclusion,” he said. “Anything that diminishes one member of our community diminishes us all.”

The open letter statement to all CSU students said the CSU policy directs that campus police are lawfully required to not comply with enforcements of federal immigration law, Homeland Security or state or local law enforcement agencies under the California Government Code.

SDSU Police Department,

along with the other 12 CSU police departments, cannot honor immigration hold requests or contact, detain, question or arrest individuals solely on lacking or being suspected of lacking documentation.

These policies will be followed unless violated by California Government Code or required by law, according to the email.

Marquina Cuevas said this announcement is a step forward in bringing everyone together and educating people about the undocumented students on campus.

“It does feel a little like a weight lifted off my shoulders, but I think this is just one step,” she said. “There are still families who need to be protected.”

Emilio Ulloa, director of the Equal Opportunity Program, said he thinks it is good the CSU can make the promise to not deport undocumented students at their campuses.

“Our mission is to educate, and providing a safe, welcoming environment, free from the threat of any form of persecution is critical to that mission,” Ulloa said. “It strikes me that there are only gains to be made from educating whomever we can.

Those gains are societal in nature, enjoyed by all, and far reaching.”

Cano said even though the CSU Chancellor said the university system would not be deporting students, she still does not feel safe in her community.

“Our focus is always on ensuring our campus is a safe, welcoming and inclusive community for all of our students, faculty and staff,” SDSU Chief Communications Officer Greg Block said. “As such, we will follow the policies of the CSU system, as explained

by Chancellor Timothy White.”

The two undocumented students gave The Daily Aztec permission to use their names.

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Data shows voter change in election JOCELYN MORAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER ____________________________________ David North, author of “A Quarter Century of War: The U.S. Drive for Global Hegemony,” visited San Diego State on Nov. 16 to discuss how Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election.

The event was hosted by SDSU International Youth and Students for Social Equality.

Political science graduate advisor Emanuele Saccarelli said it is significant to lay a foundation for a political response to Trump’s presidency.

Mechanical engineering sophomore Sara Arredondo said she thought the purpose of the conversation was to identify the real reason behind Trump being elected.

“North made a distinction between class and race,” Arredondo said. “He made it clear through past elections that race was not the reason as to why Trump won, but rather class.”

North said Trump’s presidency will have far-reaching consequences, and told the audience it will affect and determine the course of their lives in the years to come.

“The questions which you confront are difficult, and it’s important to understand there aren’t easy answers,” he said. “In the preparation of coming struggles, it’s important to understand what does this

mean, what are the political causes, where did this come from and why did this happen.”

He said in order to treat a disease, there has to be a proper diagnosis.

North looked at the 2016 presidential election numbers and statistics, including the popular vote. He said it is estimated Hillary Clinton would lead Trump in the popular vote by 1.5 to 2 million votes.

“This is not close,” he said. “She has won by American political traditions, a substantial popular vote victory.”

This is the fifth time in American history where the winner of the popular vote did not become president.

North said the Democratic party focused on what can be referred to as identity politics which include gender, sexual preference and race. However, it leaves out the question of class, he said.

North provided several charts and graphs from the World Socialist website that supported his claim.

One of them showed the percentage of women, Latinos, 18 to 29 year olds and African-Americans who voted for Clinton dropped from 2012.

In 2008, 2012 and 2016, the number of votes for the Republican nominee changed very little.

However, the number of votes for the Democratic nominee has dropped significantly since 2008.

North said this data shows there was a massive Republican swing this election.

SDSU International Youth and Students for Social Equality hosted a discussion with David North on Nov. 16.

JOCELYN MORAN, SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Another graph demonstrated that women the women vote for the Democratic party declined between 2012 and 2016.

The Latino vote remained about the same. The African-American vote fell significantly.

North said the decline in the AfricanAmerican voter turnout for Hillary is what cost her the election.

He said even though Trump is clearly a racist, it did not motivate AfricanAmericans to turn out for Clinton because the political problematic appeal of the party was not to them.

One of the last graphs showed people whose income was between $100,000200,000.

In this group, the Republican vote fell six percent between 2012 and 2016 and the Democratic vote rose three percent.

With people with incomes ranging from between $200,000 to 250,000, the Republican vote fell three percent and the Democratic vote rose one percent.

People with an income over $250,000, the Republican vote fell seven percent and the Democratic vote rose one percent.

North said he urged students to become involved in politics because it affects them all.

“I ask you to think seriously about committing yourself to a fight for the building of a revolutionary movement in this country that can unite the working class,” he said.

Campus community holds post-election talk ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFANA ASST. MUNDO AZTECA EDITOR ____________________________________ In response to the election of Donald Trump as president-elect of the United States, the Women’s Resource Center at San Diego State held a post-election discussion Monday Nov. 14 to address concerns about the future.

The event was originally held in Little Theater and then moved to Montezuma Theater in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union due to overcrowding.

Looking Forward and Building Power: A post-election discussion about gender, race, sexuality, immigration, and religion, had an unexpected turnout of around 300 people.

The conversation was lead by faculty and staff from the Center for Latin American Studies, African Studies, American Indian Studies, Chicano/a Studies, Religious Studies, Women’s Studies and the Women’s Resource Center.

Discussion facilitators included Roberto Hernandez, assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at SDSU, Irene Lara, associate professor of Women’s Studies and Adisa A. Alkebulan, associate professor in Africana Studies.

They expressed their frustrations with the election results and invited students, faculty and staff to share their fears and ideas for the future.

Ramona Pérez, anthropology professor and director of the Center for Latin American Studies, said university administration needs to jump in and reassure minority students that they are protected.

A statement released by California State University Chancellor Timothy White and California State University Association President David Lopez said the university system embraces its diversity and the way

Faculty, staff and student leaders offered their support to students after the 2016 election.

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students, faculty and staff excel through inclusion.

“We are unequivocally committed to supporting all members of our community,” the statement said. “That is who we are. It is a core strength and part of our DNA.” SDSU released a statement in regards to the election results and the effect it may have on some of the university’s population. The campus wide email said the university reaffirms their commitment to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all members of the community.

“It takes strength to say this is where we are and this is where we are going and this is where we want to be,” Pérez said. “What we didn’t know is that it would drive people to this kind of response. Let’s not be passive, lets join together and figure out how to do this.”

Doreen Mattingly, chair of the women’s studies department, said the thing she hates to hear the most is “get over it”.

On Nov. 10, the Women’s Studies Department released a statement that said the department does not support Trump.

The statement had over 150 faculty, staff and student names who agreed with the department.

Those in attendance had the

opportunity to express their feelings about the election.

Freshman psychology major Christine Vargas stood in front of the crowd wearing a shirt that read, “I just look illegal,” and shared her concerns for her grandmother’s health as a result of Trump’s win.

President-elect Trump expressed his stance on Obamacare in the second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton.

“We have to repeal it and replace it with something absolutely much less expensive and something that works, where your plan can actually be tailored,” Trump said.

Vargas said her grandmother is an immigrant and has breast cancer so Trump’s win had an effect on how she reacted because of his idea of repealing the Affordable Care Act. Students belonging to different organizations offered their support to those who felt marginalized or unsafe on campus.

Associated Students President Jamie Miller expressed her feelings toward the robbery of an SDSU Muslim student a day after the election.

“It was very disheartening for me to learn about what happened on our campus,” Miller said. “I really hope that we

can move on together.”

History and political Science sophomore, Jade Connolly-Cepurac offered her friendship to students who are immigrants since her parents immigrated from Northern Ireland and Serbia.

Administrative Coordinator for the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, Bertha Hernández advocated against the use of vocabulary that stigmatized immigrants.

“One thing that I will plead is to please not use the word illegal,” Hernández said. “Scratch that word out of your vocabulary.”

Junior political science and public health major Chase Whittaker said he understood why people protest, but that it is important not to lose focus with the message that is being conveyed.

Students held a protest Nov. 10 at SDSU where many expressed frustrations with the incident of the burglary and Trump’s win.

Whittaker said he understands the passion and anger so many people are feeling, but instead of chanting “F-ck Donald Trump” it is also important to include people who, although they might have voted for Trump due to party affiliation, hated his rhetoric.

“We have to stop trying to say ‘we hate all Republicans’ or ‘anyone who supported Trump is a misogynist or racist’ because that’s just not true,” Whittaker said.

Jessica Nare, Women’s Resource Center coordinator, reminded students that there are resources on campus such as Counseling and Psychological Services located in the Calpulli Center for any student who might feel they need professional help and also offered the WRC as a safe space.

Dean of Students, Randy Timm, offered his help to students and everyone else present.

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Feminist punk artist discusses memoir TASHfina rahman Staff writer ____________________________________ On Nov.16., Alice Bag, also known as Alice Armendariz, spoke to San Diego State students about her memoir “Violence Girl, East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage: A Chicana Punk Story.

In addition to being a feminist author, Bag is also a former teacher and musician.

Bag is the former singer of The Bags, which was a leading band of the punk movement in Hollywood.

The Bags were popular during the 1970s, even appearing in a documentary about the Los Angeles punk movement called, “The Decline of Western Civilization.”

Bag said she named her book “Violence Girl” because violence seemed to be something that was a part of her life from an early age.

“I think at a certain point in my life, I figured out how to take the anger and rage that was inside of me and turn it into energy that could be channeled in ways that I chose to channel them,” Bag said.

Bag spoke about her experience

growing up amongst the Chicano movement in east Los Angeles and how it inspired one of the stories in her novel titled, “Chicano Power.”

“This story is from when I was eleven years old. At the time, my experiences with the Chicano movement was zero,” Bag said. “I really didn’t realize that I was part of a minority group because I grew up in east L.A. and everybody around me looked like me. I hadn’t yet noticed that the positions of power were not reflecting me.”

Bag said she did not become politically involved as soon as she had liked to, due to her feelings of isolation during her early years of high school.

“I was kind of a weirdo like I am now, except I was younger, so people’s opinions really hurt me,” she said. “I remember being in high school and wanting to be part of the Chicano movement at my school. I went up to try to join MEChA one day and the people that were sitting at the table laughed at me and I was hurt and walked away.”

However, Bag said she later found acceptance with other like-minded young people living in Hollywood in 1977. Soon after meeting these friends, Bag formed her first band, The Bags,

and started to enter the punk scene.

“One of the reasons I enjoyed being a part of the punk community was that I had rage that had not been released and I had things to say that I had not been able to say. I realized it right on stage.”

Bag said her performances and the way she was able to move the crowd and affect people helped her realize that she could impact people in a much bigger way.

“I remember this one specific instance. I’m singing and I know that if I dance harder, people are gonna dance harder. If I move over here, they’re gonna be looking my way,” she said. “I knew that I was controlling this situation and I looked out into the darkness and I had an epiphany.

I realized that what we were doing in that room, working together and feeling together could happen on a much, much larger scale.”

Bag ended the event by talking about her teaching career and how she was driven by her own experience in public school as a non-English speaker.

“Until I was five, I basically spoke no English. This is why I wanted to teach students in similar situations. I wanted to validate their culture and make them

feel comfortable.”

Yetta Howard professor in the department of English and comparative literature brought Alice Bag to SDSU after teaching her memoir in her graduate seminar, Auditory Cultures and Sound Studies.

“It’s absolutely necessary to bring cultural innovators such as Alice Bag to campus,” Howard said. “Subcultural and underground cultural contexts provide innovative approaches to learning about gender, ethnic and sexual difference.”

Howard said she thinks the event was very successful due to the fact that it was a standing room only crowd.

“I think bringing people like Alice Bag to campus allows students to see a first-hand example of what they can do and achieve,” anthropology sophomore Gavin Smith said.

“It was nice to hear her experiences with the movement and the punk scene, how it shaped her life choices and that she never once regretted doing what she did in that time of her life,” advertising sophomore Alexis Millias said. “Listening to her read from her memoir and belt out a couple lines lines from her songs was really cool too.”

City minimum wage does not apply at SDSU Jamie Ballard managing editor ____________________________________ Why doesn’t San Diego State University pay ALL student employees the city minimum wage?

Psychology sophomore Kiana Wiley has worked in the serials department in the San Diego State library through the Federal Work-Study program since June.

When she heard that the City of San Diego was raising the minimum wage to $10.50 an hour in July, she naturally assumed her wages would increase since she works within the city of San Diego geographic limits.

Wiley said when she and her boss began to look at her wages, they were told by SDSU that the university would not be increasing her wage to $10.50 because the school was exempt from local laws pertaining to minimum wage.

However, the federal government’s Student Aid Handbook reads “If a state or local law requires a higher minimum wage, the school must pay the (Federal Work-Study) student that higher wage.”

“It might not seem like a huge deal, but the increase would make a difference for many college students,” Wiley said.

A lawyer from the California State University Office of General Counsel, Marc Mootchnik said the handbook correctly states the requirement, but CSUs are exempt from the local law.

Gina Jacobs, a spokeswoman for the university, said 41 percent of student assistants for non-auxiliary branches are currently making equal to or above the San Diego minimum wage of $10.50.

The other 59 percent, many of whom may pay for rent, groceries, transportation and other costs in the city of San Diego, are not making the current city minimum wage of $10.50.

Associated Students, Aztec Shops and the university

Why is the university exempt?

Students like Wiley who work directly for the university may also be making less than their peers who work for Associated Students and Aztec Shops on campus.

Senior public information officer for the City of San Diego Racquel Vasquez explained that since the university is performing a governmental function, the city minimum wage ordinance does not apply. But since Aztec Shops is proprietary rather than governmental, the ordinance does apply.

“A Rubio’s or Starbucks located at SDSU is likely not providing a government function of SDSU and would be subject to the City’s Minimum Wage and Earned Sick Leave Ordinance,” she wrote.

A similar rule applies to Associated Students, which oversees the Aztec Recreation Center, the Aquaplex and the Mission Bay Aquatic Center, among other areas.

Patty Rea, human resources director for Associated Students, said A.S. is a separate non-profit auxiliary corporation of the university.

“Therefore, we are subject to all federal, state and local city ordinances, including the recent San Diego Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Ordinance,” she wrote in an email.

The SDSU Research Foundation is another exception.

Jacobs said in an e-mail that the foundation employs 431 students and as an auxiliary is required to pay the city minimum wage of $10.50 or more.

“When you add together all of the students employed on campus by the University or one of its auxiliaries, more than 70 percent are making the City minimum wage or higher,” she wrote.

Students who work for nonauxiliary university divisions such as Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, University Relations and Development, Undergraduate Studies and other university departments are not subject to the minimum wage law.

Mootchnik said since SDSU is a state entity, it is not bound by local laws despite being within the geographic boundary of the city.

“San Diego State is part of the CSU system, which is a state government entity,” Mootchnik said. “It isn’t bound by local laws, similar to how the federal government isn’t bound by state laws, for example.”

Vasquez confirmed in an email that the city can not interfere with SDSU’s decisions on minimum wage.

“The sovereign powers doctrine bars the City from interfering with the sovereign power of a public agency to set employee compensation,” she wrote. “As such, students who are directly employed by SDSU are not subject to the law.”

Mootchnik said decisions on whether or not to adhere to local ordinances is determined on a case-by-case basis, and up to individual departments.

Director of Human Resources for SDSU Thom Harpole said it was important to note the university didn’t make a “valuebased judgment” when it decided to continue paying some of its student employees the state wage of $10.00 an hour rather than increase to $10.50.

“It was a legal issue, not a value-based judgment,” he said. “There weren’t deliberations, it was just the legal opinion of applicability.”

‘It’s still not right’ Wiley said even if it’s legal for SDSU to not pay all students the minimum wage, she does not believe it is right.

“I think it’s taking advantage of the students because they’re trying to get an education, trying to move forward in life and (paying lower wages) seems like people are taking advantage,” she said. “It seems like we’re already having to work more than a lot of previous generations, so it seems a little backwards...it’s like they’re fighting for us, but they’re really not.”

A student who works 20 hours a week at $10.50 an hour would make $10 more than a student working the same amount of hours at $10 an hour.

A study done at CSU Long Beach found that approximately 21 percent of CSU students reported food insecurity, and 9 percent reported displacement which means that making an extra $10 a week could make a difference.

A smaller study at SDSU surveyed 266 students and found “nine percent reported that, during their time at the university, there were times when they did not know where they would sleep at night. According to their data, 83 percent claimed to have eaten food that was not nutritious and 80 percent skipped meals due to money constraints.”

“I’m happy to hear that the school isn’t breaking the law, but it’s still not right, in my opinion,” Wiley said. “But I guess I’ll have to live with it. Getting 50 cents more an hour would definitely make a difference, but if I can’t do anything about it, I can’t do anything.”

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New housing policy & laws New city ordinances and SDSU’s Sophomore Success Program are bad news for students and seem targeted at Greek houses. emily alvarenga staff columnist ____________________________________ New housing policy and city ordinance changes are poised to adversely affect the San Diego State Greek community for years to come.

In addition to SDSU’s new Sophomore Success Program, the city of San Diego passed a new housing ordinance targeting mini-dorms in the College Area and increased the maximum fine for municipal code violations.

Both have the potential to negatively affect students living in and around SDSU for years to come.

SOPHOMORE SUCCESS PROGRAM Beginning in fall 2018, the Sophomore Success Program will require sophomores from a handful of majors and out-of-state students to live on campus. By fall 2019, all non-local sophomores will fall under the program.

According to SDSU’s housing website, sophomores who live on campus are more likely to stay in school.

While the program could be beneficial to certain students, some believe SDSU is simply looking to make more money by forcing students to live on campus instead of in cheaper off-campus housing.

SDSU claims its on-campus housing is competitively priced. A comparison between prices on the housing website and those of Aztec Corner, Campanile Apartments and Lindo Paseo revealed that off-campus apartments were approximately $200 cheaper per month for similar amenities.

This program will have a great impact on the Greeks because sophomores make up the majority of the residents in Greek houses and hold most executive board positions.

“It is crucial that the executive board of our sorority lives-in so any issues that arise can be dealt with quickly and effectively,” said Carmel Alon, Associated

Students representative of College of Arts and Letters and president of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

“This program would leave a gap in our leadership, triggering catastrophic outcomes in the way our sorority is run and organized.”

The Greek community will not be exempt from this program. The executive boards of both the Panhellenic and Interfraternity Councils have met with the housing administration but encountered resistance to requests for exception.

Almost 15 percent of students are members of Greek organizations. They agree with the program’s goals but already have quite a few aspects of the program in place.

“We have live-in faculty and chapter advisors, GPA requirements and mentorship programs that make sure chapter members are excelling in school,” Alon said. “And if that’s not enough, the cost of living in a sorority house is much more affordable than any price SDSU could offer. Not only does it cover room and board, but it also covers utilities and three meals a day during the week cooked by a personal chef.”

Being in a Greek organization gives students a sense of community, an opportunity to show leadership and ensures they are meeting academic requirements — exactly what SDSU is aiming for with the Sophomore Success Program. If Greeks can meet the requirements set by the new program on their own, they should be allowed to live in their chapter houses.

COLLEGE AREA ORDINANCEs More than 150 students, mostly members of the Greek community, attended the Nov. 14 San Diego city council meeting to oppose two new ordinances. The first ordinance targets the number of minidorms in the College Area and will limit the number of bedrooms and parking spaces a single-family home in the can have.

A “mini-dorm” refers to a house that has been remodeled to more than the

typical five or six bedrooms. Neighbors are not happy and complain these houses cause a nuisance and have made the neighborhood much noisier.

The second ordinance raised the maximum fine for municipal code violations from $2,500 to $10,000. There is concern that this increase would also apply to College Area Party Plan (CAPP) fines, although officials in San Diego city councilmember Marti Emerald’s office said it would not.

Both passed with a 6-3 vote.

Dylan Colliflower, the Associated Students vice president of external relations and member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, fought against the ordinance. He said mini-dorms are a necessity because students cannot afford the College Area’s high rents.

Students, alumni and parents alike oppose these ordinances and agree that students should not be punished for acting like students. Colliflower created a petition in opposition of the ordinances and gathering more than 2,000 signatures. Alumni paid for buses so students could attend the city council meeting. Their efforts were not enough.

“Although the results were not in our favor, I felt that this was the first time student’s voices were heard in a discussion,” the president of the Interfraternity Council, Scotty Semel, said. “Students stayed at the city council all night waiting to be heard. Going forward I hope that we are able to interest even more students in our local government and ensure that we have leaders advocating for our rights.”

The mini-dorm problem has been on the rise in the past few years as rents countywide have increased. NBC San Diego reported there are approximately 700 mini-dorms in the College Area.

Students should be aware of the potential costs of these ordinances and prepare themselves for changes. We cannot change these results but must learn from them instead.

Our opinions are undervalued. If we do not stand up for ourselves, we will continue to be disregarded.

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It is that time of year again when people take down their Halloween decorations, sip the last of their pumpkin spice latte and mentally prepare for the hectic and expensive holiday season. Many of us commemorate the holidays by decorating our homes and dorms with trees, ornaments, menorahs and dreidels.

Retailers do it, too.

For example, Starbucks serves coffee in nondenominational red cups and its gift card collection depicts multiple holidays — including Christmas and Chanukah.

Department stores like Nordstrom engage in the holiday spirit in a similar fashion. While most of their stores feature a prominent Christmas tree in the heart of the store, their holiday collections also include Chanukah themed socks, sweaters, pillows and mugs, adorned with traditional Jewish symbols and phrases.

As a Jewish student, I feel that my faith and the holidays I celebrate are being ignored by the SDSU bookstore.

At a university whose Jewish student population was ranked 59th in the nation

by Hillel International and is governed by a Jewish president, why is Christmas the only holiday on display? There are trees of various sizes adorned with ornaments all over the store. The bookstore might only be trying to encourage consumerism and milk a few extra dollars out of students and their families, but there should be a balance of Christmas and Chanukah décor throughout.

I asked a manager for an explanation and he said that they were expecting a shipment of Chanukah decorations soon and have plans to implement them somewhere in the store. This was two weeks ago — where are they? Not a single Chanukah decoration has been put in since our conversation.

The lack of Jewish representation by the bookstore in unjust. Perhaps he

was attempting to save his face and shirk responsibility, but his manner was dismissive and explanation unacceptable.

How does SDSU, a public school whose curriculum does not correspond with any specific religion, have no issue with its bookstore engaging in religious favoritism?

I am tired of my faith being forgotten.

Like Christmas, Chanukah is a remarkable holiday worthy of recognition. I feel betrayed by a retail establishment in which I have spent hundreds of dollars.

I want to be excited about the holidays like anyone and have the validation of experience Christians must encounter with their various accoutrements garishly displayed everywhere they turn.

Chanukah entails eight nights of celebration while reminding ourselves of just another one of the tumultuous battles the Jews fought in order to exercise our religious freedom. Who would have thought, that as Jews, we would be continuing this fight, 2000 years later?

General Manager/adviser Jay Harn

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Los obstáculos de una inmigrante ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA ASSISTENTE DE MUNDO AZTECA ____________________________________ Por primera vez Melody Schiaffino, profesora de San Diego State University, compartió con un grupo de estudiantes el 17 de noviembre que ella era una inmigrante Mexicana.

Schiaffino es una profesora asistente de la División de Salud y Política, además tiene publicaciones en revistas de salud y ha presentado en el Instituto Nacional de Salud como invitada.

Ella llegó a los Estados Unidos cuando tenia seis años.

La primera vez que Schiaffino supo que era una inmigrante y que era diferente de los demás, fue durante el primer día de cuarto año en la primaria.

Ella tuvo que pasar su primer día de clases en las oficinas de inmigración.

Ella dijo que el próxima día fue a la escuela, y cuando les dijo a sus compañeros que estuvo en inmigración todos le preguntaron qué era eso.

Entonces fue cuando se dio cuenta que nadie más que ella hacía eso.

“Momentos como ese continuaron a recordarme que yo no era exactamente normal”, Schiaffino dijo.

Por las reformas migratorias durante la presidencia de Ronald Reagan en 1986 Schiaffino pudo recibir su ciudadanía.

Reagan les dio amnistía a inmigrantes indocumentados que hayan entrado al

país antes de 1982.

Schiaffino dijo que tuvo malas experiencias con gente usando palabras ofensivas en contra de ella, y que la gente dudaba de sus habilidades por ser una inmigrante.

Ella dijo que a pesar de todo eso, se dedicó a enfocarse en sus estudios.

Sus maestros y mucha gente le decían que ella no iba a lograr nada en su vida.

“La persistencia que aprendí y la resistencia que tuve que aprender las tuve que aprender como una inmigrante”, dijo Schiaffino.

Ella recibió su doctorado de la Universidad de Florida en el 2014 y tuvo el gran honor de presentar para el Instituto Nacional de Salud que es el más alto honor en su especialidad Schiaffino dijo.

Ella dijo pesar de su éxito en la presentación, un periodista le preguntó si estaba en el país legalmente.

“El mensaje es que siempre va a ocurrir”, dijo Schiaffino. “Nunca va a desaparecer, y siempre me van a preguntar si estoy aquí legalmente, pero eso no es lo que importa”.

Yea-Wen Chen, asistente profesora de Comunicación Intercultural, dijo que investiga los retos que profesoras inmigrantes tiene en las universidades.

“La idea de que eres el “otro” en maneras diferentes, y la gente cuestiona tus calificaciones”, dijo Chen.

Estudiante de administración de negocios, Kambridge Van Der Veur, dijo

Schiaffino compartió los obstáculos que tuvo que sobrepasar como una inmigrante.

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que muchas personas que ella conoce dicen que el tema no les afecta así que no importa.

“Yo no puedo estar sentada al lado de alguien y saber que están pasando por ese dolor”, dijo Van Der Veur.

Antwanisha Alomeen-Shavers, asistente profesora de Estudios Africanos, dijo que si no tratas de entender la historia de alguien, estás sofocando su realidad.

“Si no escuchas mi historia como

vamos a causar algún tipo de cambio”, dijo Alomeen-Shavers.

Schiaffino dijo que en el ambiente político es importante proteger a los estudiantes, seguir la conversación y no perder la esperanza.

“La fuente del poder de la opresión es el silencio y eso es lo único que sí sabemos que podemos controlar”, dijo Schiaffino.

“Debemos seguir hablando, seguir reportando y mantener la voz alta”.

Discusión sobre el futuro abajo de Trump ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA ASSISTENTE DE MUNDO AZTECA ____________________________________ En el centro de recursos para mujeres de San Diego State University dio un discurso sobre los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales del 14 de noviembre para compartir las preocupaciones de varios estudiantes, facultad y empleados.

Alrededor de 300 personas asistieron al evento y por tal motivo tuvieron que moverse al Montezuma Theater por la gran cantidad de asistentes.

La conversación fue dirigida por la facultad de el Centro de Estudios Latinoamericano, Estudios Africanos, Estudios de American Indian, Estudios Chicanos, Estudios de Religión, Estudios de Mujer y el centro de recursos para mujeres (WRC).

Los que dirigieron la plática expresaron sus frustraciones con los resultados de la elección y invitaron estudiantes, facultad y empleados a compartir sus preocupaciones y ideas para el futuro.

Ramona Pérez, profesora de antropología y directora del Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos dijo que la administración de la universidad tiene que responder y asegurarles a los estudiantes que son minorías que estan protegidos.

El rector del sistema de California State University, Timothy White anuncio miércoles 16 de noviembre que al menos que sea enfocado por ley, el sistema no ayudaría con el proceso de deportación.

“Toma fortaleza decir aquí es donde estamos y aquí es donde vamos y aquí es donde queremos estar”, dijo Pérez.

Pérez dijo que nosotros estábamos conscientes del miedo contra la gente de otros lenguajes, situaciones económicas, colores de piel y cultura

diferente de los Estados Unidos.

“Lo que no sabíamos es que eso llevaría a gente a responder de este modo”, dijo Pérez. “No hay que ser pasivos hay que unirnos y tratar de resolver esto”.

La Presidenta del Departamento de Estudios de Mujeres, Doreen Mattingly, dijo que lo que más odia escuchar es que digan, “Hazte a la idea”.

“Yo pienso que es muy peligroso”, dijo Mattingly. “Estamos en una época donde la completa existencia de alguien está siendo marginado”.

El Departamento de Estudios de Mujeres anunció el 10 de noviembre que van a respaldar a los grupos que están marginados y la declaración fue firmada por más de 150 empleados, facultad y estudiantes de SDSU. Los que asisitieron el evento tuvieron la oportunidad de expresar sus sentimientos sobre la elección presidencial.

Christine Vargas, Estudiante de psicología, dijo que tenia miedo de saber que le pudiera pasar con el Affordable Care Act de su abuela porque tiene cáncer de mama.

El Presidente electo Donald Trump dijo que él desea reemplazar Obamacare en el segunda debate presidencial el pasado 9 de octubre.

Varios estudiantes de diferentes organizaciones ofrecieron su ayuda a los que estaban presentes.

Jamie Miller, presidenta de Associated Students, compartió sus sentimientos contra el asalto que le ocurrió a una estudiante musulmana de SDSU. “Me decepciono escuchar de lo que paso en nuestro campus”, dijo Miller.

“Espero que podamos seguir adelante”.

Bertha Hernández, administradora del Departamento de Estudios Chicanos dijo que porfavor no usen vocabulario que estigmatiza

La discusion toco temas como inmigracion, raza, mujeres y muchos mas.

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inmigrantes.

“Una cosa que suplico que no usen la palabra ilegal”, Hernández. “Quiten esa palabra de sus vocabularios”.

Chase Whittaker, estudiante de ciencias políticas y salud pública, dijo que entiende porque la gente protesta pero tienen que enfocarse en su mensaje.

Estudiantes protestaron el 10 de noviembre en SDSU donde muchos expresaron sus frustraciones con el incidente que le asaltó en campus y la elección de Trump.

Whittaker dijo que él entiende la pasión y el coraje que muchos están sintiendo pero en lugar de decir “F-ck Donald Trump” y uniendo gente de los partidos opuestos es importante incluir a gente que haya votado por Trump

por seguir a su partido pero no apoyan lo que el dice.

“Debemos de parar de decir que odiamos a todos los republicanos o que gente que apoyó a Trump es racista y misógino porque eso no es cierto”, dijo Whittaker. “Debemos decir cosas como, somos uno o el amor triunfa el odio”.

Jessica Nare, coordinadora de WRC, dijo que hay ayuda en la universidad para estudiantes que lo necesitan, como Counseling and Psychological Services. También ofreció el WRC como un lugar seguro.

Randy Timm, decano de estudiantes ofreció su ayuda a todos presentes.

“Me comprometo en ayudarlos”, dijo Timm. “Somos una comunidad y vamos a dirigir esto juntos”.

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CSU dice que va protejer dreamers

Estudiantes indocumentados de SDSU comparten preocupaciones de ser deportados

California State Universty no va a ayudar con las deportaciónes de sus estudiantes.

Emely navarro, editora de noticias

emely navarro editora de noticias ____________________________________ Lizeth Acevedo Cano, estudiante de desarrollo infantil nació en Mexicali y vino a los Estados Unidos cuando tenia ocho meses.

Ahora ella tiene 20 años y es una estudiante indocumentada de San Diego State University.

Ella dijo que su corazón se quebro cuando vio que fue elegido presidente Donald Trump el 8 de Nov. Durante su campaña, Trump dijo que sus políticas incluirían deportar inmigrantes indocumentados con registro criminal y construir un muro a lo largo de la frontera de México.

Daniela Marquina Cuevas, estudiante de cuarto año y indocumentada, dijo que durante la elección ella trato de ser optimista.

“Me sentí triste y confundida al principio porque casi toda mi familia es indocumentada así que mi primer pensamiento fue lo que va a pasar a mi mamá y papá”, Marquina Cuevas dijo. “Después comencé a pensar qué pasaría con todo el trabajo duro que he dedicado a la escuela”?

Cano dijo que ella no podia creer que Trump ganó la elección y no sabía cómo explicarles a sus padres que él iba a ser el proximo presidente.

Ella dijo que lloró la noche de la elección porque como una estudiante indocumentada su vida en general es difícil pero ahora que Trump ganó la presidencia ella sabe que va a tener mas obstaculos.

“Me sentí traicionada, pensé que el país en el que vivía no permitiría que alguien como él llegara hasta aquí, pero estaba equivocada”, dijo Cano. “Incluso

esto en la Reunión del Consejo de Administración el martes 16 de noviembre.

“Somos una universidad que se enorgullece de la inclusión. Cualquier cosa que disminuya a un miembro de nuestra comunidad nos disminuye a todos”, dijo White en un correo electrónico enviado a CSU el 17 de noviembre.

“ He tenido que trabajar dos veces mÁs para llegar a donde estoy ahora.”

- Lizeth Aceved Cano, estudiante de desarrollo infantil

ahora estoy todavía en la incredulidad y preocupado por lo que mi futuro podría parecer, o si aún tengo un futuro aquí”.

Su miedo de no poder terminar la escuela y de ser deportada en escuela cambió un poco cuando el rector de California State University anunció que el sistema CSU no iba ayudar el gobierno a deportar sus estudiantes indocumentados.

El Rector, Timothy P. White, dijo

Cano dijo que es bueno que White dijo que no iba a deportar estudiantes indocumentados pero ella todavía tiene inseguridad en su futuro por que no está garantizado su permiso por el nuevo presidente.

Marquina Cuevas dijo que la promesa del CSU es un alivio, pero es sólo el primer paso.

Emilio Ulloa, director del Programa de Igualdad de Oportunidades (EOP),

dijo que es bueno que la CSU pueda hacer la promesa de no deportar a estudiantes indocumentados en sus campus.

“Nuestra misión es educar y proveer un ambiente seguro y acogedor, libre de la amenaza de cualquier forma de persecución es crítico para esa misión”, dijo Ulloa. “Me parece que sólo hay ganancias por educar a quien queramos. Esas ganancias son de naturaleza social, disfrutadas por todos y de gran alcance “.

Cano dijo que como una estudiante indocumentada ella ha pasado por muchas decepciones.

Ella dijo que cuando estaba en bachillerato una maestra anunció una oportunidad para una beca.

Ella cumplio con todos los requisitos, tenía altas calificaciones, estaba involucrado en el campus, y estaba en la lista de honor cada año. Cuando ella le pregunto a su maestra por más informacion se dio cuenta que no podia aplicar porque no nacio en los Estados Unidos.

“Me sentí tan avergonzada por pensar por un segundo que era como todos los demás, me recordó muy rápido de que no tengo los privilegios de los demás”, dijo Cano. “Casi lloré en clase porque sentí que era tan injusto, aquí estoy haciendo todo bien, tengo las calificaciones y no puedo aplicar a una beca porque no nací aquí. Me sentí desanimado y sentí que mi trabajo duro era todo por nada”.

Ella también dijo que está triste que no puede participar en programas de estudio en el extranjero.

“Definitivamente me hace sentir como si me falta tanto de la vida en algunos aspectos”, dijo Cano.

Aunque ella tenido que sobrepasar muchos obstáculos, ella dice que está orgullosa de decir que es la primera persona en su familia de graduarse de bachillerato y de ir a la universidad.

“He tenido que trabajar dos veces más para llegar a donde estoy ahora”, Cano dijo. “Y para las personas que no creen en los inmigrantes que tienen éxito, la prueba de que están equivocados, estará allí cuando me pongo mi gorra y vestido sosteniendo mi Diploma y haciendo que mi familia esté orgullosa”.

Las dos estudiantes indocumentada dio permiso a The Daily Aztec para usar sus nombres.

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Aztecs outshot by Rebels on PKs

The men’s soccer team stand and watch as UNLV attempt a penalty kick.

CHRISTIAN HICKS, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

ASHLEY WASHBURN STAFF WRITER ____________________________________

soccer team fell to UNLV in PKs during the Mountain West championship game.

Although the red and black may have not advanced, this season was one for the record books. Thursday’s game marked SDSU’s ninth appearance in the NCAA tournament and first time in 10 years.

“It’s been a very emotional evening for us,” Head Coach Lev Kirshner

No. 19 San Diego State men’s soccer (9-5-5) closed its season Thursday night after being outshot 6-5 in penalty kicks by UNLV (11-11-1) in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.

A similar fate occurred two weeks ago on the same field, as the women’s

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said. “This group has constructed an enormous amount of history within this program. This is a team who is incredibly driven as you saw, but losing on penalty kicks is very difficult.

We didn’t lose, they’re only moving on because of penalty kicks.”

In the first half, the Rebels took an early lead in the match after sophomore defender Adam Musovski scored on a header in the 30th minute, assisted by junior midfielder Oscar Velasquez.

Despite UNLV’s goal in the first half, the Aztecs dominated on offense, outshooting the vistors 12-4.

SDSU had many looks and opportunities to score, but was not able to convert their shots into goals.

Coming out of halftime, the red and black took control over the field almost immediately, resulting in a quick score by midfielder AJ Vergara.

The true freshman broke away from UNLV’s defense and shot the ball from 32 yards out to score the gametying goal a minute and a half into the second frame.

The rest of the half remained scoreless, which eventually lead to two overtimes and penalty kicks to end the game.

In the first round, the Aztecs missed their first penalty kick, which the Rebels capitalized on putting them at an early 1-0 lead.

SDSU was able to tie up the score 3-3 during the fourth round with

redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Adam Allmaras’ diving save.

In the sixth and seventh round, both teams hit two PKs tying it at 5-5 heading into the last round of shots.

SDSU freshman forward Daniel Sagano shot the ball far left, missing the penalty kick and giving UNLV a chance to finish it off.

Junior midfielder Oscar Velazquez squared up to kick and rocketed a ball past Allmaras to win the game.

Statistically, the Aztecs finished their season 10th in the nation in goals against average (.62), only allowing 14 goals on the season.

Allmaras finished fifth in the nation with an .855 save percentage.

The San Diego native finished the year leading the conference in saves (77) and shutouts (11), which earned him Honorable Mention from the Pac12.

In total, seven Aztecs received all conference honors, including Second Team accolades for redshirt senior forward Travis Nicklaw and redshirt freshman midfielder Pablo Pelaez.

Senior defender Matt Callahan, senior midfielder Casey Macias, junior forward Jeroen Meefout and senior forward Michael Sauers all received Honorable Mentions.

“I’m very proud of my team, I’ve been proud of them all year,” Kirshner said. “It’s been one of the most impressive groups I’ve had in my career, if not the most impressive.”

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Loss ends Pumphrey’s Heisman run

Senior running back Donnel Pumphrey finds a hole against UC Berkeley.

Kelly Smiley, Photo Editor

Brendan Price Staff Columnist ____________________________________ Heading into last Saturday’s contest against the University of Wyoming, San Diego State senior running back Donnel Pumphrey’s Heisman Trophy candidacy was gaining momentum as his assault on the NCAA record books continued.

A pedestrian performance by University of Louisville sophomore quarterback Lamar Jackson in a loss Thursday to the University of Houston meant the #Pumphrey4Heisman campaign could gain even more ground in the race.

But in SDSU’s loss in Laramie, Wyo.,

Pumphrey rushed for just 76 yards on 17 carries with a fumble, adding five receptions for 52 yards, both of which led all Aztec receivers.

The performance was not terrible, but merely average.

However, to win the Heisman Trophy playing in a Group of 5 conference, average is not enough to permanently derail Jackson’s Heisman train.

The senior from Las Vegas had two positive things going for him while pursuing the Heisman: his pursuit of the all-time NCAA rushing record and being a running back.

As of now, Pumphrey sits at 6,127 career rushing yards and has three games left

to play, including the Mountain West championship game and the Aztecs’ bowl game.

He is just 272 yards short of breaking former Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne’s record of 6,397 yards.

The question is not if Pumphrey will break the record, but when.

Even if he averages 90.3 yards the rest of the year, Pumphrey would still break the record. He started the year outside of the all-time top 20, and has vaulted his way into the elite annals of collegiate history with a steady diet of outstanding performances.

The second thing Pumphrey had working in his favor was the fact that being an elite running back in the college game over the past decade is a rarity, especially with the type of workload the Aztec tailback is responsible for.

In the past decade, there have only been three years where a running back wasn’t among the finalists for the Heisman Trophy at the end of the season.

In an era where passing and spread offenses are the rage, having a running back consistently hammer defenses is impressive to Heisman voters.

However, his candidacy has come to an abrupt end because of one reason: he plays for a Group of 5 school.

To be fair, Heisman voters are not a forgiving bunch in general, but even an average performance by Pumphrey doomed his Heisman hopes.

The fact that Pumphrey’s lackluster game came against the Cowboys in the MW, instead of UH or a Power 5 school, is an unfair bias, but a bias that exists.

In order for a player outside the national consciousness to emerge in the awards race, they have to do something record breaking and have a headline-grabbing

performance, like Pumphrey’s pursuit of the all-time record and his 310 total yards and three touchdowns against UC Berkeley.

Even with national headlines, most voters won’t have the opportunity to watch Pumphrey play because of the fact that the Aztecs don’t play any easily watchable primetime games. The MW, along with other small conferences, don’t have television deals that make it easy for a national audience to reliably find games without extra cable packages or online streaming.

Additionally, the bias is found in the fact that an average game is just a blip for a candidate from a major conference, like Lamar Jackson, but for SDSU’s star rusher, it is catastrophic.

Jackson has had back-to-back average games, but they were against Wake Forest and Houston, so it isn’t viewed as that big of a deal.

There’s a reason that in the last 20 years, only two players from Group of 5 conferences have been finalists for the Heisman trophy. The TV coverage is non-existent and the qualifications and penalties for poor play are gargantuanly higher.

It took Pumphrey nearly a month to finally break into the national limelight and become a serious Heisman candidate and one average game to end it, whereas it took Lamar Jackson a couple of weeks to enter the conversation and he hasn’t left it.

By season’s end, the all-time leading rusher in NCAA history will be a 5-foot-9 player from the Mesa.

He should be the first Heisman candidate in SDSU history since the days of Marshall Faulk.

It’s just a shame that his conference will be what knocks him out of the race.

Meyer leads swimming to second place finish

An SDSU swimmer competes in the breaststroke discipline in a meet. courtesty of SDSU athletics

Joe Faria Staff writer ____________________________________ Both San Diego State swimming and diving competed in meets this weekend.

Swimming finished second at the threeday A3 Performance Invitational in Monterey Park, California, and diving was in Flagstaff, Arizona, for the two-day Lumberjack Diving Invitational.

A total of 10 teams participated in the A3 Performance Invitational, including UCLA, University of Hawaii, UC Santa

Barbara, Fresno State, Loyola Marymount University and host UC San Diego.

On Thursday, swimming found itself in third (286) behind second-place Hawaii (296) and first-place UCLA (427.5).

The lone individual first-place finish for the Aztecs on the day was freshman McKenna Meyer.

She recorded a time of 4:46.62 in the 500-yard freestyle. This was the third fastest time in program history.

There were two second-place finishes on the day, which came from freshman Alma Thormalm and junior Frida

Berggren. Thormalm swam for a time of 23.20 seconds in the 50-yard free and Berggren a time of 2:00.21 in the 200-yard individual medley.

On Friday, the Aztecs jumped Hawaii to take second overall in the meet. Their score of 779.5 trailed UCLA (909.5), which remained in first.

Once again, Meyer captured the only first-place finish in the individual races.

The talented freshman recorded the fourth-fastest time in school history at 4:13.28 in the 400-yard medley.

Junior Summer Harrison found success on the day as she placed third in the 100yard butterfly (53.88).

An additional third-place finish came from freshman Morganne McKennan in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.30). Her time marked the fifth-fastest in SDSU history.

Moving on to Saturday back at Monterey Park, SDSU swimming wrapped up its meet. The team’s total score of 1138.5 was not enough to overcome UCLA’s score of 1400.5, who took the crown.

Meyer was impressive once again as she captured fifth at the 1650-yard freestyle race (16:43.85). Junior Corinn Casper finished in the top 10 behind Meyer in eighth (17:07.72).

Other notable performances were Thormalm’s fourth place finish in the 100-yard free (50.23), Berggren’s third place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (1:59.57) and a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:21.59) by the quartet of Thormalm, Berggren, freshman

Peyton Wilson and senior Samantha Guttmacher.

At the same time, over 450 miles east of Monterey Park in Flagstaff, SDSU diving was getting under way with the Lumberjack Diving Invitational.

There were a total of six schools competing, including Boise State, San Jose State, New Mexico State, University of Nevada, Reno, and host Northern Arizona University.

Junior Alexandra Caplan continued her dominance from last weekend as she placed sixth in the one-meter final (271.95). Freshman Marie Yacopino also qualified for the final and landed in 12th (233.35).

Juniors Nicole Dutton and Payton Gabris led the way on the platform dive.

Dutton’s score of 210.75 was good for second and Gabris’ of 198.75 was good for eighth.

On the final day at NAU, diving saw two of its athletes in the three-meter board final. Caplan ended the event in fourth with a score of 283.55 and Yacopino came in 11th with a mark of 226.15.

Collectively, SDSU swimming and diving performed at a high level in their respective meets.

Meyer proved to be the top scorer for swimming while Caplan was the top scorer for diving during the weekend.

Caplan’s performance comes one week after being named the Mountain West Diver of the Week.

Both clubs will enjoy the Thanksgiving break and return to action on Friday, Dec. 2, when they face Pepperdine University.

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Cowboys wrangle Aztec defense

Junior running back Rashaad Penny runs for a touchdown against the University of Hawaii.

KELLY SMILEY, PHOTO EDITOR

AUSTIN GAYLE STAFF COLUMNIST ____________________________________ San Diego State football traveled to the Rocky Mountains to take on the University of Wyoming with the nation’s fifth-ranked defense likely sitting first class.

But the Cowboys ultimately battered the Aztecs’ once impenetrable shield, forcing them back onto the plane

on the heels of their worst defensive performance this season.

SDSU kept this game within reach because of the small flashes they had on offense and their outstanding efforts on special teams, clinging on to its aspirations of playing in a New Year’s Six bowl up until the final play of the contest.

The Aztecs fell to the Cowboys, 3433 after failing to convert on a twopoint conversion with no time left in regulation.

The Aztecs’ failed point after attempt was ultimately the final nail in the coffin, but it was just one of many hammered in by the Cowboys.

Wyoming’s sophomore quarterback Josh Allen held the most sizable hammer, as he clobbered the Aztecs for 338 total yards (282 passing and 56 rushing) and two passing touchdowns, both in the fourth quarter.

At 6-foot-5, 222 pounds, Allen used his towering stature to his advantage, often bullying the SDSU defense in short yardage situations and on critical downs.

Of his 15 carries, 10 went for first downs and eight of those 10 came on third or fourth down.

Wyoming junior running back Brian Hill had similar success, as he carried the ball 31 times for 131 yards and two touchdowns. He is the first back to reach 100 yards against the Aztecs’ defense in 12 games.

With Allen finding great success on the later downs, Hill was at his best on first down. On 21 first down carries, Hill gained 99 yards and ran in both of his touchdowns, which in turn regularly gave the Cowboys manageable third down situations.

Wyoming converted nine of 17 third down attempts, earning first downs on eight of nine attempts at six yards or less.

A majority of the Cowboys’ offensive success came against the center of the Aztecs’ defense and in the trenches.

Wyoming’s big offensive line invited SDSU’s interior defensive linemen and

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inside linebackers to a physical, callous contest, but the men in Scarlet and Black decided against sending an RSVP. SDSU made a constant effort to maintain a rotating carousel along the defensive line to keep their men in the trenches fresh, but no Aztec was able to hold their ground or create penetration with consistency. Regardless of whose name was called, the Cowboys’ offensive line branded Aztec defenders for four quarters.

At the second level, sophomore linebacker Ronley Lakalaka and senior linebacker Calvin Munson led the Aztecs’ defense with 12 and 11 total tackles, respectively, but their efforts weren’t strong enough to lasso the Cowboys.

Both Munson and Lakalaka missed tackles in the open field, and when the two finally found their way to the ball carrier, they were unable to stop them on first contact.

Both Allen and Hill often carried SDSU’s linebackers for extra yards through contact, effectively turning what would be three-yard gains into five and six-yard gains.

Because the Aztecs’ defense is loaded with speedy, athletic defenders, opposing offenses have previously struggled to attack the edges of SDSU’s defense on the ground.

Wyoming, on the other hand, targeted SDSU’s interior defense and effectively hit them in the mouth, leaving the Aztecs no choice but to return home with a busted lip and their second loss of the season.

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10 ARTS & CULTURE

NOV 21 - 29, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: CHRISTINE WHITMAN • FEATURES@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

Artist turns typical trash to treasure JULIANNA RESS SENIOR STAFF WRITER ____________________________________ When most people see empty milk cartons, they see trash.

But, when painting and printmaking graduate student Moses Muturi sees empty milk cartons, he sees an opportunity to create art.

Muturi said art was essential to his upbringing and he saw it as a way of life rather than a hobby.

“I developed an interest in (art) at a young age and just continued to grow ever since,” he said.

Muturi said his mediums are as eclectic as his unmatched artistic style.

“I make sculptures, I do paintings and mixed media,” he said. “But mostly you will find me making sculptures.

(My art) has kind of a contemporary feel but with a traditional touch to it.”

Muturi said he typically creates sculptures because he feels that medium is more in line with his hands-on approach to artwork.

“I like anything that’s handson, something that I can create an

end product out of,” Muturi said.

“Something you would not have imagined before.”

He describes his artwork as being a mixed bag and often uses everyday items such as paper, milk cartons, empty packages, recyclables and other typical “trash” in his pieces.

“I rarely buy stuff from the art store,” Muturi said. “I generally like collecting objects, anything that you can think of. Just stuff you would find among the home or office.”

He said he finds that he is drawn to everyday objects due to their general disassociation with art.

“The fact that (an everyday object) was not meant to be used as art in itself attracts me to it because I see the potential of art in it,” Muturi said. “So I want to explore what can be done to it, in terms of modifying it or displaying it from a different angle or different perspective. That way I challenge myself to make art out of it in a way that most people don’t even think of.”

Muturi said his art falls somewhere between abstract and realism, but typically leans toward the abstract end

of the spectrum.

He said he additionally tries to incorporate his culture and heritage into his pieces.

“I also like exploring traditional themes of my African background but giving it a modern interpretation and balancing it between Western and African art,” Muturi said.

He expresses his African background in his art through colors, symbols and the stories behind his pieces.

Fellow painting and printmaking graduate student Abraham Romero said he feels Muturi’s art is layered and contains meaning.

“I think what I enjoy most about (Muturi’s) art is the simplicity of it,” he said. “But what’s in that simplicity is more complex, underlying ideas and messages that refer to his youth.”

Muturi’s art has been featured in the Panache Art Auction in Escondido annually for the past three years.

The Panache Art Auction is held annually by the Escondido Arts Partnership and other organizations to celebrate award winning artists in Southern California.

He said this honor is one of his proudest accomplishments as an artist.

Muturi said he was drawn to the art department at San Diego State due to its hands-off approach and to its willingness to let students explore their own artistic identity.

“We are given a lot of freedom to develop our own styles and take (our art) in the direction we want it to go,” he said.

Muturi said his classmates and the access to various departments and tools have been the most helpful aspects of the art program.

In the future, he said his goals are to create art that makes a statement and be invited to show his pieces in galleries.

He said he sees himself working in interior design, producing custom made sculptures and wall hangings.

Muturi said he encourages students and faculty to visit the art department to view the pieces he and other art students are working on.

He said he hopes to create a website in the future to act as an additional method of viewing his artwork.

Graduate student crafts jewelry from metals CEIGHLEE FENNEL STAFF WRITER ____________________________________ Lissy Selvius grew up around crafty family members her whole life.

As an undergraduate, she was focused on ceramics and eventually wanted to get involved with art education.

But over time, she said she felt confined by the pressures of having a steady job and income because she was not able to make art herself.

The now third year graduate student is in the master of fine arts program for jewelry and metalwork. She crafts jewelry pieces out of aluminum at her on-campus studio.

Currently working on a 40-page thesis to be presented in April, Selvius is focused on making her pieces into amulets that represent protection from negative emotions.

She said she wants to create a visual understanding of her pieces without contextual explanations.

Selvius said she was inspired to work on this idea while working on her advancement piece in her second year as a master’s student.

While working to prove she was ready to move on to her senior thesis, Selvius said it was all about externalizing internal emotions.

“For the most part, my thesis is what I’m focusing on because I’m trying to do something rather ambitious,” Selvius said.

Aluminum was the perfect physical form for Selvius to work with because she said she is able to freeze it between a liquid and a solid.

Selvius said the aluminum is a symbol, or a physical form, of the negative emotions people feel.

The amulets she creates are meant to shield the wearers from the negative emotions that the warped aluminum symbolizes.

Recently, Selvius made some production pieces for a jewelry sale Nov. 15 and 16 in the foyer of the Everett Gee Jackson Gallery in the

Art+Design building.

These production pieces were smaller and more easily wearable than the usual pieces she creates.

Selvius is also involved in the art community on and off campus.

She works for Arts Alive as a lead interactive programming facilitator.

In this role, she coordinates the interactive programs at the farmer’s market on campus and also manages four other graduate student facilitators, and helps them with whatever they need.

During her first year as a graduate student, Selvius went with a group to a professional art conference called Snag and put on a pop-up exhibition called AKA Wear It. AKA Wear It was meant to create conversation about the jewelry the students made and have people interact with it by putting it on for pictures in a photo booth they provided.

Eventually, the exhibition was brought back to the farmer’s market on campus and to SDSU’s Downtown Gallery.

Selvius has also participated in art shows on campus like the Student Award Exhibition and the Graduate Review Exhibitions.

During her time at SDSU, she has also been the officer of the Jewelry Students Co-op.

“Lissy is a really dedicated and hard worker,” said Leslie Shershow, a firstyear graduate student in the master of fine arts program for jewelry and metalwork. “She was extremely helpful during our transition and is always continually helping us whenever we have questions.”

Selvius said she has mixed emotions about the location of the art buildings on campus.

“The art buildings on campus are isolated and confusing like a maze,“ she said. “This confusion seperates students who have no idea about what art majors really do because they’re not exposed to it, from the art students who interact with art daily.”

Eventually, Selvius would like her art

Master of fine arts student Lissy Selvius lives to create jewelry out of aluminum.

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to be in professional galleries, but the process to have your work displayed is extensive as students have to submit a statement, media and photographs of their pieces.

After that information is reviewed, the gallery decides which artists they want to feature in their gallery. The process is called open calls. Selvius said the compulsion to create is what motivates her to produce her art.

She said art is her passion and she can’t imagine her life without making

and creating things with her hands.

If she goes too long without being in the studio, she said she feels pent-up energy.

She said she always wants to make and create more and she always thinks there is more time than there actually is.

“There is meaning to the work, it isn’t just something to fortify your body with or just an ornament on your body,” Selvius said. “It can be so much more than that. It can be wearable art.”

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NOV 21 - 29, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: CHRISTINE WHITMAN • FEATURES@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

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Student uses dance as inspiration MAYA CARTER CONTRIBUTOR ____________________________________ During the four years that dance senior Nhu Nguyen has been at San Diego State, she has begun to make a name for herself among the dance community.

Born in Vietnam, Nhu said she started dancing at the age of four as a way to stay active and she has not stopped since.

“As a child you’re going to want to run around and do things,” she said.

“For me, dancing acted as an outlet and was (a) fun activity.”

She said that she started dancing professionally around age seven at the Academy of Dance in Vietnam.

Nhu said that she recalls a time in her youth that made her realize that dance was her passion.

After moving to the United States from Vietnam at 15, Nhu said she stopped dancing for two years in order to focus more on assimilating to Western culture.

She said that in the span of those two years, she started to feel like she was “going crazy” because she didn’t have her creative outlet.

When she began dancing again at age 17, she said she realized she wanted to make a career out of dance instead of just doing it for fun.

In high school, Nhu was a member of the dance team for three years and served as the team captain for two.

She also said that she worked with a non-profit organization called Transcendance Youth Art Project as

a performance group member before being asked to be a choreographer and artistic director.

Nhu said she has been in more shows than she can count. She recently danced in Los Angeles in collaboration with other artists as part of a first generation artist showcase.

The showcase highlighted many

Nhu said that of all the dance classes she has taken at SDSU, her favorite is dance making.

The class was formed in 2015 and focuses on the use of a combination of choreography and improvisational dance to create dance routines.

Nhu said the rigor of her dance training schedule is taxing on both the

“ ... BEING AVAILIBLE AND VERSATILE TO PROBLEM-SOLVE IN WAYS THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON MY ARTISTIC PROCESS.”

- Zack King, dance and theatre freshman

artists who were the first in the family to attend school for their artistic passions.

Although she knew dance was her passion, Nhu originally started at the university as an interior design major, because she said she didn’t know about the dance program initially.

Nhu was invited to audition for the program after a coordinator saw her performing at a show with Transcendance Youth Art Project.

Nhu said she enjoys being in the dance program because of its small size.

“Everyone knows everyone,” she said. “There’s a close and personal mentorship with the professors.”

mind and the body.

She said that dancing is an art form that requires use of one’s entire self to create art. “Everything that is part of my person is an instrument to my practice,” she said.

Nhu is focusing on modern dance and said she is constantly challenged to more further out of her comfort zone. Modern dance encompasses so many different styles, making the possibilities endless.

“Being uncomfortable is part of my daily practice,” she said.

Nhu said she is most inspired by the people that she has been dancing with since coming to school in San Diego, most of them being the dance

professors she has had over the course of her four years.

“They have been a constant source of inspiration and help me to push through even the most difficult days,” she said.

Nhu said she also attributes her success to her life partner who has constantly expanded her mind and vision and encouraged her to follow her passion.

She said that her “hero” is Sara Shelton Mann, an artist based in San Francisco.

“Her work is larger than life and larger than herself,” she said. “She continues to inspire me constantly.”

Zack King, a junior double majoring in dance and theater, has worked with Nhu as both a directorial collaborator and as a dancer.

He said that one of his biggest takeaways working with Nhu was learning how to enter a project with the goal of achieving a specific vision.

“Problem solving looks different every time we begin a new project,” King said. “Being available and versatile to problem-solve in ways that are unfamiliar has had a profound impact on my artistic process.”

Upon graduating, Nhu said she wants to travel and collaborate with different people from all around the world.

“Dance is universal, it’s the first language of humans in a sense,” she said.

Nhu said she wants to use dance to make a connection with other artists who come from all different walks of life.

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35 Fencing weapon 36 Malleable metal 37 Historic events at Gettysburg and Vicksburg 41 Sister of Zsa Zsa 42 Ye __ Shoppe 44 Spoil 45 Word with circle or tube 47 Miracle-Gro, e.g.

50 Flower usually sold by the dozen 51 Ivory source 52 Upper crust 54 NFL Hall of Famer Bart 57 Dreaded high school spots?

59 Baker’s amts.

62 Part of an Aretha Franklin refrain about fools ... and a hint to the

ends of 17-, 28and 47-Across 65 Swiss river 66 Congressional confidante 67 Florida city on the Gulf Coast 68 Waitstaff rewards 69 Post-combat affliction, briefly 70 Sharply inclined DOWN 1 Chicago mayor Emanuel 2 Thought 3 Big bamboo muncher 4 “Peekaboo!”

5 Boy king 6 Online service for booking rooms with local hosts 7 Guilty, for one

8 Ump’s cry before the first pitch 9 “For shame!”

10 Mentored person 11 Roast, in Dijon 12 Oil cartel acronym 13 Actor Lugosi 18 Arthur of “Maude” 19 “Incredible” superhero 24 Chicago daily, familiarly 26 Frozen drink brand 27 Sty supper 29 Keno kin 30 Ali Baba’s magic words 31 “Drove my Chevy to the __”: “American Pie” lyric 32 Luv 33 “Knock it off!”

38 Kennel cacophony 39 Suffered financially 40 iPhone’s voiceactivated app 43 Postings in ledgers 46 “Please, anything else!”

48 Right or left, while driving 49 Didn’t admit 53 Sportscaster Berman 54 Ella’s expertise 55 Spicy Asian cuisine 56 Boomers’ lobbying group 58 Scoundrels 60 Water carrier 61 “Just like that!” fingers sound 63 Put a limit on 64 Dol.’s 100

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nov. 21 - 29, 2016 • THE DAILY AZTEC editor: Christine Whitman • FEATURES@thedailyaztec.com

The McRib is greater than humanity

ahmad dixon staff writer ____________________________________

S

ince this year is wrapping up, I have been thinking a lot about the past.

In the spirit of looking backwards, I present: Ahmad Dixon’s Brief History of Humanity.

“Editor’s Note: This may or may not be an accurate depiction of the history of humanity. Dates may or may not be accurate.”

Humans first evolved on planet Earth 5-7 million years ago in Africa.

It took McDonald’s until 1981 to create the McRib, so in my opinion the years between arrival of one of the greatest things to happen to humanity and 1981 were a complete waste of time and energy.

Humans first created tools around 2.5 million years ago.

These tools included spears, pointed rocks, AR-15 assault rifles and Apache helicopters, to name a few.

These tools allowed us, humans, to switch from a diet made entirely of plants to a omnivore diet, putting in motion the necessary components for the arrival of the McRib to planet Earth.

Early humans started migrating out of Africa around 2 million years ago, probably due to gentrification driving up of housing prices in traditionally working and middle-class neighborhoods.

Language developed 500,000 years ago, I think.

Scientists hypothesize the development of language to fill that awkward silence early humans experienced during dates.

The prevailing theory is that early

small talk was about the weather and whether or not the sun would rise the next day.

As it turned out, the sun did rise the next morning.

Writing was first developed at about 3200 BCE by ancient Sumerians, so if you don’t like this article blame them.

Beer followed soon after causing many Sumerians to drunkenly write their ex-lovers a letter in cuneiform at 3 a.m.

In 2580 BCE a bunch of space aliens got enormously bored and created a giant stone Pyramid in Egypt just for fun.

Did you know that Pyramid is considered one of the wonders of the world? And people think aliens don’t exist.

Then nothing of note happens for 2000 years and Socrates is born in 481 BC. Socrates is famous for his quote, “I know that I know nothing.”

I don’t know anything either, as evidenced by this article, but you don’t see me making people sculpt marble statues of me.

Although I am still waiting for a university trash can to commemorate me.

Anyway, Socrates goes around questioning people and ruining everyone’s good time by making them think about trash like knowledge, virtue and politics, leading him to be forced to commit suicide by drinking hemlock.

But before that, Socrates is able to teach Plato, who is less of a jerk so he isn’t forced to kill himself.

Plato teaches Aristotle, who probably knew even less than Socrates, and Aristotle taught Alexander the Great, who despite the name accomplished

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nothing.

The Roman Empire is founded in 27 BCE, conquered the known world, had some neat parties, fought some barbarians and fell because of reasons I don’t care enough to write about.

This whole time Africa, Asia, Australia and the America’s are up to stuff but I don’t know enough about those areas to superficially make fun of them.

I’ll just assume they also had empires that also fell because of other reasons.

Skipping ahead a few centuries because the Byzantine Empire and the Crusades are dull, we get to the United States.

The United States was settled by a whole bunch of white dudes who wore dumb hats and burned woman alive if they said their hats were silly.

In the 1770s a group of landowners traded in their dumb hats for dumb wigs and decided to wage war on the greatest Navy in the world because of taxes or something.

They somehow won and a new representative democracy was born in 1789 and would last until November of 2016.

The French will try to do the same shortly after leading to mass beheadings, the Napoleonic Wars, and an okay Coldplay song.

The 1800s were a happening time for the U.S. It became a transcontinental nation due to Thomas Jefferson making a savvy real estate move and because James K. Polk shot a whole bunch of people.

The Civil War happened and continues to happen over and over again due to middle aged men reenacting the damn thing every summer.

In the 1900s Europe would fall apart twice and take the whole world with it.

Then the world collectively decided that if it were to have another world war this one would be for keeps, so it created Hydrogen Bombs and surface to air missiles.

So far no incident too catastrophic has occurred, but all it takes is one spilled coffee on one control panel somewhere in either Siberia or the American Southwest to end all life on this planet.

Post-World War Two is plagued by proxy wars between the United States and the Union Soviet Socialist Republic, various coups in the developing world and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

However all of the above is small potatoes when compared to the achievement that is the McRib. With 500 calories, 22 grams of Protein and 11 grams of sugar the McRib is the pinnacle of human achievement.

All events listed before this point fail in comparison to the majesty that is the McRib. At only $2.99 the McRib is the perfect lunch item for those on the go.

Why not add a large Sprite for a dollar more?

I hope you learned something from this brief history of civilization.

It’s quite astonishing what we can learn about ourselves by simply looking back and seeing the trials and tribulations our ancestors faced.

Goodbye 2016 you now belong to the absurd, strange and terrible saga we call history.

“Editor’s Note: I have never tried a McRib, but there has been a confirmed McRib sighting on Monday, Nov. 21 at the McDonald’s on 2345 El. Cajon Blvd., San Diego.”

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