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Agustin Gonzalez staff writer LAS VEGAS — The San Diego State football team has set a trend this season that has been so consistent, it could almost be scripted: start out sluggish in the first half, fall into an early hole, then turn on the jets in the second half and come out with the win in the end. That’s exactly what SDSU did against UNLV on the road on Saturday night, holding the Rebels scoreless in the second half and scoring 31 unanswered points to leave Las Vegas with a 31-14 victory. “We care and we try to address it

every week,” head coach Rocky Long said about the slow start. “We talk about it all the time, we try to train it by the way we practice. I don’t know why, on defense that’s SDSU 31 the way we’ve been all seaOn UNLV 14 son. offense that’s kind of a new phenomenon here in the last three or four weeks, so maybe they’re taking their lessons from the defense.” Sophomore running back Ronnie Hillman brushed off a high-ankle sprain to rush for 192 yards and two touchdowns against UNLV, and surpassed 3,000 rushing yards for his career. Senior quarterback Ryan

Lindley had a poor first half, going 5for-14 with an interception before intermission, but tossed a couple of touchdowns to sophomore receivers Colin Lockett and Dylan Denso in the second half. Lindley also added another school record to his résumé, breaking Todd Santos’ career completions record. But what really won the game for the Aztecs was their second half defense. Out of the 265 points SDSU has allowed this season, only 65 were allowed in the second half. On Saturday, the Aztecs only gave up 28 yards of offense after halftime and UNLV’s drives finished with a punt, punt, turnover on downs, punt and interception. “It’s been the same story for 11

games now,” senior defensive lineman Larry Gibbs said. “It’s a really interesting story because nothing is said, nothing is changed, we just have to come out and play better. That’s all (Coach) tells us, and that’s exactly what we do.” The victory gives the Aztecs a 7-4 record, and with Air Force beating Colorado State, the Mountain West now has five bowl-eligible teams for four bowl berths – making SDSU’s bowl picture even murkier with only one more game remaining against Fresno State. “I don’t feel confident at all,” Long said. “I told some people at the beginning of the week I don’t think it matters if we’re 8-4, 7-5 or 6-6. I think it’s all the luck of the draw now.”

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Thames tames the Gauchos in win SDSU won its fourth straight game by less than four points Ryan Schuler staff writer It was like déja vu. Everything was basically the same. It was a Saturday game against a Big West Conference opponent. There was overtime. And sophomore guard Jamaal Franklin hit key free throws in the closing seconds to seal the victory. The only difference: the venue. Franklin hit three free throws in the final 15 seconds of overtime as SDSU (7-1) defeated UC Santa Barbara on the road, 76-75, in a game that looked much like the Aztecs’ overtime win against Long Beach State earlier this season. “We just found a way to win,” junior guard James Rahon said. “That’s all I can say. We’re all winners, and we just find a way – even when things aren’t going well.” With the win, the Aztecs have won 48 straight against unranked opponents, 18 straight against California universities and nine straight against teams from the Big West Conference, which may turn out to be SDSU’s new home after the conference realign-

ments are all said and done. Sophomore guard Xavier Thames recorded his first career double-double by scoring 20 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. Chase Tapley finished the game with 16 points, while Franklin contributed 12 points and six rebounds off the bench. The defining moment of the game came in overtime. UCSB (4-1) was down by three with just secSDSU 76 onds left as O r l a n d o UCSB 75 Johnson dove for a loose ball. A Gaucho player proceeded to call a timeout, despite not having any remaining. This is much like when Chris Webber called a timeout for Coach Steve Fisher’s Michigan Wolverines team in the 1993 NCAA championship game. And just like in 1993, the result was a technical foul. Johnson scored a game-high 26 points for the Gauchos, while James Nunnally added 16. “It’s the will to win, you know what I mean?” senior forward Tim Shelton said. “The guys just banded together and we got a win. We’re competitive and we believe we’re going to win. Put that together and add some heart, and this is what can happen.” The Aztecs will try to continue their winning ways as Creighton visits for a game at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Viejas Arena.

“Since ... 1998, Reed has overseen an increase in student fees of 263 percent ... (and) average faculty salaries have decreased when adjusted for inflation, while administrators’ salaries have increased.”

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Students important to mayoral candidate Dumanis identifies with students and local community

Dumanis said she wants to bring in more jobs, or least secure the ones that currently exist in San Diego by shaking things up and fixing areas needing improvement. If she can help secure jobs, she said that could help graduating students by encouraging more Elizabeth Palacz internships, which showcase the skills contributor they have and could possibly lead to more opportunities. This year, the first openly lesbian disShe used this strategy at the district trict attorney, Bonnie Dumanis, is runattorney’s office to make improvening for mayor. Many core issues of ments. Dumanis said she plans to do her campaign focus on students, parthis again if elected. ticularly those at San Diego State Dumanis said it is her priority to be a where increasing debt and cost to role model to students, not only as a attend classes has become the norm. woman and a politician, but also as a Dumanis has lesbian. been a substitute “It means a lot to professor at SDSU me when people and an instructor at come up to me and many other schools, talk to me about including University being openly gay of San Diego. She because they felt like has also been a local they were being lawyer and judge, heard,” Dumanis and is now the city’s said. “We need peodistrict attorney. ple who are role She said reaching models that reflect out to students is the rich diversity we one of the most live in. We need to important things she take advantage of could do as mayor. Bonnie Dumanis, the opportunities “Students should 2012 candidate for that are thrown our know that I am way and to keep mayor of San Diego going to represent going up the ladder.” all of San Diego,” Although she difDumanis said. “I am fers from the other candidates for She said she is also dedicated to going to fight for them and make sure many reasons, Dumanis said her previwe reach out to them, so we know helping small business owners, so ous life experiences make her stand businesses can once again prosper what is important.” out. According to Dumanis, these Recently, the CSU system and hire new employees. Currently, experiences have taught her how to increased tuition. Students can about 90 percent of small businesses run large organizations of people. in San Diego need help recovering expect to pay approximately $7,000 in Dumanis said she has lived in the tuition next year. With this in mind, from the unstable economy. San Diego community for more than 38 years, which contributes to her ability to relate to the people who live here. According to Dumanis, a mayor must know how San Diego has grown 76% of undergraduates 91% of undergraduates throughout the years in order to run it, have at least one credit card have at least one credit card and the most important thing students can do is to make their voices heard. To find out more information about Dumanis’ campaign, visit her website · The average undergrad student carries $3,173 in credit card debt, the highat bonnieforsandiego.com. est since the study began. The average senior will graduate with $4,100 in Dumanis said she knows and understands a college education is not as easy to pay for as it once was. “Student loans now are more than credit card debt and it is a huge problem,” she said. “What I can do as mayor is leverage my contacts in the federal and state areas, and work in the local government to try and get more scholarship money, like with the SDSU Alumni Association.” Dumanis wants students to get an education because with that, she said, comes additional job opportunities. Dumanis said she believes San Diego will become more economically stable with an increasing job market.

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credit card debt, an increase of 41% from the same study conducted in 2004. (Source: Sallie Mae, “How Undergraduate Students Use Credit Cards: Sallie Mae’s National Study of Usage Rates and Trends 2009”) · 92% of undergraduates use credit cards to pay for educational expenses and 30% admitted to using their credit cards to pay for college tuition. (Source: Sallie Mae, “How Undergraduate Students Use Credit Cards: Sallie Mae’s National Study of Usage Rates and Trends 2009”) · Two-thirds of college seniors who graduated in 2010 carried an average of $25,000 in student loan debt. (Source: The Institute for College Access & Success, “Student Debt and the Class of 2010”) · 7.2% of students drop out of college because of debt or financial pressures. (Source: Duck 9)

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’m a professor of Africana studies. In this discipline students learn about oppression and how African-descended peoples have resisted it. Students learn to value social, political, economic and cultural justice as a fundamental human right. I teach students and learn from them about living in a democracy where all people should be valued and where all people should expect fairness and respect. We talk about those who have led our country throughout history and the impact of that leadership on the lives and experiences of African-Americans. We critique the folly of that leadership when it was wrong or harmful to African-Americans and praise it when it was right and beneficial. We discuss people who remained silent when injustices were inflicted upon Africandescended peoples and those courageous people who spoke out against such injustices. In recent weeks, faculty members at San Diego State have refused to remain silent and have been speaking out against unfairness, lack of respect, flawed California State University leader-

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Dr. Charles Toombs associate professor of Africana studies ty, affordable and accessible education. Our working conditions are our students’ learning conditions, and both are in jeopardy in the CSU. The recent faculty actions are a response to faculty concerns. Higher fees for students and poor pay for faculty are interrelated: Students cannot afford to learn and faculty cannot afford to teach. Faculty and students are in the same boat, and we need to stand together and speak out against the flawed leadership of Reed and the Board of Trustees. We see examples of this flawed leadership in the skewed CSU priorities that do not serve students. Since becoming the head of the CSU in 1998, Reed has overseen an increase in student fees of 263 percent, with an additional 9 percent approved on Nov. 16 by the CSU Board of Trustees. At the same time, faculty voted to take a 10 percent pay cut to help with the budget crisis by going on furlough in 2009 to 2010. In fact, since 1998 average faculty salaries have actually decreased when adjusted for inflation, while administrators’ salaries have increased. In the 13 years that Reed has been Chancellor, the number of administrators has gone up while there has been zero growth in tenured / tenure track faculty and a loss of lecturers. Administrators don’t teach; faculty do. Meanwhile, students and faculty feel the direct impact of CSU management decisions. During Reed’s administration, student fees have skyrocketed with, as stated above, an additional 9 percent approved by the Board of Trustees on Nov. 16. CFA has always opposed these student fee increases; the CSU Board of Trustees always approves them. Indeed, academic professional organizations, such as the Modern Language Association, are calling on “Congress, state legislatures, and institutions of higher education to calibrate costs and student aid in ways that will keep student debt within strict limits” and “to hold in check tuition increases” (MLA “Statement on Student Debt”). In addition to higher fees, students cannot get classes, class sizes are larger, and fewer sections are offered. It is time for Reed, the Board of Trustees and CSU management to adjust their priorities and give respect and fair treatment to the people who directly fulfill the mission of the university — students, faculty and staff.

concerned about their working conditions and their ability to deliver a ... quality, affordable and accessible education. Our working conditions are our students’ learning conditions, and both are in jeopardy ...” ship and injustice. Faculty members have signed commit cards indicating their support of the California Faculty Association’s Board of Directors to authorize a strike on one or more of the CSU campuses, have participated in Informational Picketing, Nov. 9, on campus and have traveled to CSU Dominguez Hills to support colleagues there in their one-day strike on Nov. 17. On Nov. 17, faculty across the 23-campus CSU system sent the message “Enough is Enough.” On that day, members of the California Faculty Association — librarians, counselors, coaches and faculty — went on strike at CSU Dominguez Hills and CSU East Bay for the first time in the history of CFA. “Enough is Enough” reflects anger at Chancellor Charles Reed and CSU executives who give themselves significant bonuses, equity increases and raises rather than support courses for students and the faculty who teach them. Faculty members are deeply concerned about their working conditions and their ability to continue to deliver to their students a quali-

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