12-09-2015 by The Daily Aztec

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DEC. 9 - 15, 2015 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: QUINN OWEN • NEWS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

#AZTECSROCKHUNGER

Food drive raises 414K pounds ADRIANA MILLAR SENIOR STAFF WRITER ____________________________________ San Diego State’s annual food drive, Aztecs Rock Hunger, raised more than 414,000 pounds of food this year, shattering last year’s previous record of 304,000. The new record was announced at the Aztecs Rock Hunger closing event on Dec. 2, where President Elliot Hirshman spoke. “Today is a day to be proud of what our students have accomplished and to recognize that through all things, when this community works together, we can accomplish extraordinary things,” he said. The food drive, which took place from Oct. 22 through Nov. 15, was in partnership with the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank. President and CEO James Floros also spoke at the event. “It really takes a community to support a community, and the Aztecs Rock Hunger food drive has done tremendous things throughout the years,” he said. “We’re feeding about 400,000 people every single month … so this will go a long way toward helping those people in need.” In previous years, SDSU would compete against universities in the area to raise the most amount of food in a competition called Colleges Rock Hunger.

Floros said SDSU’s high contributions were the reason the competition between local universities ended. “It wasn’t fair, because you guys do that well,” he said. “And obviously you’re much bigger, but I’m a University of San Diego alum, and they don’t even do the food drive, so I’m a little embarrassed, so I say hats off to San Diego State, you guys killed it.” Associated Students Vice President of Finance Dominic Bilotti credited students for helping surpass this year’s goal to match 300,000. “It has to do with Associated Students and the campaign, but what it really has to do with is the students on campus,” he said. “The students on campus took the initiative, and they’ll continue to take the initiative.” For the first time this year, Alumni Engagement also partnered with the food drive and helped raise 23,000 pounds of food, Bilotti said. Aztec Shops donated the most to the food drive with 260,000 pounds of food. Vice Chair of Judicial Affairs Council Jordan Maharaj was part of one student group which received awards for its contribution to the food drive. The Judicial Affairs Council, a group of seven students, helped collect 690 pounds of food “We just knew it was such a huge campaign,” Maharaj said. “Being one of the A.S. boards, we had to be able to

San Diego State Associated Students coordinated the record-breaking food drive. ADRIANA MILLAR, SENIOR STAFF WRITER

support it.” For the first time, 10 percent of monetary donations will go to SDSU’s Economic Response Team. This year, $6,800 will go to help students on campus with food insecurities. The Economic Response Team was created last year out of student activism against campus homelessness and food insecurities on campus. The team aids students with food insecurities on a caseby-case basis and helps create long-term plans for students with food insecurities, Bilotti said. Bilotti told A.S. members at a College

Life Council meeting later that day that A.S. Government Affairs Manager Jennifer Esquivel-Parker had pranked him, saying the Aztecs Rock Hunger food drive had collected fewer pounds. Bilotti went into the closing ceremony thinking A.S. had raised only 318,000 pounds instead of more than 400,000. “This year was something else,” Bilotti said. “You guys made sure we didn’t just break the goal, we shattered it.” Senior Staff Writer Jacob Sisneros contributed to this report.

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#SDSUPOLICE

College dorms: Hotbed of sex crime EMELY NAVARRO SENIOR STAFF WRITER ____________________________________ Most of the violent sexual offenses reported to San Diego State Police over the past three years occurred in campus residence halls. While reporting on data regarding campus sexual assaults, The Daily Aztec discovered SDSU Police misprinted the number of total rape cases reported in 2012 and 2014. More cases were reported than were calculated in the original added totals. In 2012, the total number of rape reports was originally written as 12. The correct figure is 18. In 2014, the original number was 18 and the correct number is 20. SDSU confirmed those corrected figures to The Daily Aztec. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act requires the department to record and publish these numbers on College Area sexual violence each year. A look at the department’s security report revealed 24 sexual assaults were reported most recently in 2014. Eleven of those occurred in student housing. Residential advisor and journalism junior Juwan Armstrong said offenders have easy access to victims in the dorms. “The residents are close to one another and, statistically proven, many assaults are committed by someone who that person knows,” Armstrong said. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, four in five assaults are committed by someone the victim knows. Comparative international studies sophomore Marissa Zuniga said there is a lot of trust between residents in the dorms, which can make it easy for offenders to commit assault. “No one really locks their doors and not everyone knocks, so anyone can come into your room,” Zuniga said. “Because there is a lot of drinking (in the dorms), it is possible for someone who is drunk and might not even live there to walk in someone’s room and take advantage.” Sexual Assault Detective Carrie Hogan said another reason these sexual assaults are highly reported in the residence halls may be because residential advisors are mandated to disclose any sexual assault a resident tells them. “Sometimes, the RA does not have a lot of details about where this sexual assault took place,” Hogan said. “Because the police department does not have all the evidence, but they have to make record of the incident, they say

that the issue occurred in the dorms because it is where (the assault) was reported.” While the amount of

but SDSU Police Cpt. Joshua Mays said the increase in reported sexual assaults at SDSU residence halls may be due to the

university’s updated outreach program. Every new SDSU student must go through orientation and at this orientation there is a section where students are given resources and taught how to handle sexual assault. This segment of the orientation previously lasted between 10 and 15 minutes, but in 2014, the university increased the segment to 30 minutes. Mays said more reports mean the campus community is doing a better job at making sure the campus is safe and educating students. “You can’t really say that there are more sexual assault on campus, and that they happen in the dorms,” Mays said. “But, (what) we can say is that there are more people reporting it and involving the police, which is a good thing.” Check for updates on this story online at thedailyaztec. com.

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reported total sex crimes dipped in 2013, the number reported in student housing still represented a high percentage. Five sexual crimes on campus that year were rapes, four of which occurred in the residence halls. In 2012 there was a total of 12 sexual crimes reported, 10 of which were rapes and nine of which occurred in the residence halls. High amounts of sexual offenses reported in residence halls is not a statistic unique to San Diego State. UC San Diego’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report recorded nine oncampus rapes, all of which occurred in a residence hall. In 2013, 16 of 20 sexual offenses also occurred in a residential building on campus. Cal State San Marcos reported 10 sexual assaults in 2014, all of which occurred in campus housing. However, not all San Diego universities have reported large amounts of on-campus sexual assault. The University of San Diego did not record any sexual assaults in 2014 and Point Loma Nazarene University has reported only one sexual crime since 2012. There is not one definite reason why most reported sexual offenses in the county occur in the residential facilities,

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4 SPORTS

DEC. 9 - 15, 2015 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: PATRICK CARR • SPORTS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

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#NCAA

Stipends give recruiting edge? JACOB SISNEROS SENIOR STAFF WRITER ____________________________ Ten months ago the NCAA voted to approve a measure that requires the Power Five conferences to cover the full cost of attendance for scholarship student-athletes. So far this historic vote has raised more questions than answers, but here’s what is constant: The additional money comes as part of a cost of attendance stipend that student-athletes receive each semester. It is in addition to the money student-athletes receive as part of the full grant and aid. The cost of attendance stipend is calculated by adding together the transportation and miscellaneous costs calculated by each university’s financial aid department. The money for these stipends comes out of the university’s scholarship fund. The resolution means more money for student-athletes who have been pushing to get compensation from universities profiting off of their exploits. However, there is little regulation of the process by which the financial aid departments calculate the estimates for transportation and miscellaneous costs. This results in a wide range of money that different schools around the Mountain West can offer athletes, and that creates an unanswered question of what effect these stipends will have on college recruiting. Jake Garlock, assistant athletics director of compliance at Utah State, said he thinks coaches will talk about their cost of attendance stipend numbers when

meeting with recruits. “Coaches are professional recruiters and they know how to make their universities sound appealing to recruits,” he said. “There are going to be competitive aspects to it,” said Chris Collins, San Diego State’s associate director of financial aid. “If school A can offer more money than school B, then that gives them a recruiting advantage.” Boise State has the highest cost of attendance stipend among MW schools at $5,100. The disparity can be traced to the school’s estimate of miscellaneous costs, which, at $3,182, is about $1,800 higher than Colorado State — the MW university with the lowest cost of attendance number, $2,400, and a miscellaneous cost estimate of $1,360. There is no regulation for what is included in miscellaneous costs, but most universities estimate based on laundry, food and toiletries. Some universities take a survey of students’ miscellaneous spending habits and some universities base their calculation on the consumer price index and U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics for the state. It’s entirely up to each financial aid department to come up with an estimate of the cost of attendance. “Every institution could look at these (figures) in a different way,” said Chuck Lang, SDSU associate athletic director of business administration. “The situations are different, the institution’s goals are different (and) they may have regulations that are different.” The federal government tracks colleges’ cost of attendance numbers and colleges must justify the amounts in some way. Collins said the Chancellor’s

office for the California State University system set a standard miscellaneous cost estimate of $1,392 in 2013 for all CSU schools. This miscellaneous cost estimate includes only education expenses and doesn’t factor in entertainment costs for students, such as phone bills, cable expenses and weekly spending money. The difference in cost of attendance stipend money between CSU schools is based on the estimated transportation costs for each student. Universities typically have four different cost of attendance stipend numbers based on whether the scholarship student-athlete is a resident or an out-ofstate student living on or off campus. Diana Fairchild, director of financial aid at Boise State, said to get the estimate for transportation costs her department looks at prices for a roundtrip flight to various places including California, Alaska and Colorado, and averages the cost of the tickets. “You’ll find a lot of different ways schools calculate those costs, we are all doing it independently,” Fairchild said. “It’s not that there is one right and one wrong to calculate it. Now only because of schools opting to pay athletes it’s become an issue.” Fairchild said Boise State includes entertainment costs in its estimates for miscellaneous costs. The miscellaneous cost estimate plays a role in determining the amount of money schools can give athletes as part of the cost of attendance stipend. But it also determines how much students are owed

through the Pell Grant and how much students are allowed to take out in federal loans. The establishment of the stipend could put a strain on the relationship between the financial aid and athletic departments because financial aid departments have traditionally tried to keep their cost of attendance estimates as low as possible. Now the higher the number is for transportation and miscellaneous costs, the more money athletic departments can give to scholarship student-athletes. University of Nevada Financial Aid Director Tim Wolfe said his department has weekly meetings with the athletic department to discuss various matters including the cost of attendance stipend. Nevada offers the secondlargest cost of attendance stipend in the MW at $4,800 and its miscellaneous cost estimate is $2,500. Lang said the food needs of student-athletes are often higher than the university calculates and the cost of attendance stipend is there to help with those costs. “We can ask questions and bring things up that are of concern to us, but we’re just one voice of that,” Lang said. “We want it to be accurate for everybody, which is the important part.” As far as athletic departments influencing financial departments’ cost of attendance numbers, Garlock is skeptical. “I don’t know that you would be able to prove (athletic departments influence financial aid calculations) for any particular school,” he said. “Sometimes you look at those numbers and it kind of raises an eyebrow.”

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DEC. 9 - 15, 2015 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: PATRICK CARR • SPORTS@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

#AZTECCLUBHOCKEY

SDSU tries new hockey coach again MEGHAN LANIGAN CONTRIBUTOR ____________________________ The men’s hockey club at San Diego State began its 2015-16 season in much the same way as it has the last four years: with a new coach. Ted Powers, the newest head coach at SDSU, planned this past summer on coming to the school to be the assistant coach working in a volunteer position. “I was supposed to take over in two to three years,” Powers said. Except that didn’t happen. The previous head coach, Ryan Weston, had to leave unexpectedly when Weston’s fiancé was relocated to Orange County for a job three weeks before the hockey season started. Weston knew Powers personally because he’s engaged to Powers’ sister’s best friend. It sounds confusing, except these two men had one thing in common. “We both have similar views on hockey,” Powers said. “His weaknesses were my strengths and my weaknesses were his strengths.” Even though Powers wasn’t supposed to be the head coach

this season, the Aztecs having a winning record and sit in 16th place in the West division of the American Collegiate Hockey Association for Division II. The other interesting factor about coach Powers? His age. He just turned 25 this June. “My plan was to keep my age under wraps,” Powers said. Coaching players only a few years younger than him has its advantages and disadvantages. “I was afraid I wouldn’t get as much respect being 25,” Powers said. One advantage is he just graduated from University of Arizona three years ago, so he knows what his players are going through trying to balance school, work and hockey. “It’s been a hard balancing act maintaining respect and being a peer,” Powers said. Powers recalled giving college advice to his players a few weeks ago and remembered receiving the same advice his parents gave him. “I’m turning into my mom,” Powers said. The other advantage about being a young coach is he speaks the language of his players. “It has been kind of nice,” Powers said. “We can make the

same jokes.” Forward Anthony Mata said what Powers brings to the team is different, but it works. “He talks about routine and, you know, I’ve been learning even since last year that routines are important,” Mata said. Powers grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where hockey was not a prevalent sport. When Powers was about 10, he went to one of his best friend’s roller hockey games and told his dad he wanted to play sports, namely baseball and hockey. Powers said his dad came home a couple days after that and said he was signed up for hockey. He started the following week, just like that. Powers played hockey through college and was also a founding member of the youth hockey league, Wildcat Hockey Youth Association. Hockey is a club sport at SDSU, which means it doesn’t fall in with the 19 NCAA sports under SDSU’s athletics department. This can cause a problem. Forward Brandon Vara had to miss the games this past weekend in Arizona because there was a test he couldn’t get

The San Diego State hockey club has a winning record under first-year head coach Ted Powers. MEGHAN MCCARRON, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

out of. “If he was on the football team, that wouldn’t be a problem,” Powers said. Even though there’s still another semester left of hockey, Powers is looking forward to next season. “I feel like I’ll know the lay of the land,” Powers said. “We can really do some damage.” The one common theme the players and Powers talk

about consistently is the team’s chemistry this season. “I love that we’re all in this together and there’s not one person who thinks they’re better than any other,” Mata said. Powers said he would love to say their record this season is because of his coaching ability, but he said he knows that’s not true. “I’m running on the coattails of some great kids,” he said.

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DEC. 9 - 15, 2015 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: JOSEPH CIOLINO • OPINION@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

#DORMOPTIONS

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MACKENZIE BOSS CONTRIBUTOR ____________________________ Living on campus has many benefits besides convenience alone. Research conducted by San Diego State has shown that freshmen living on campus have a higher GPA and lower academic probation rates. That research also shows students living on campus are more likely to return their sophomore year and stay steady on a path to graduation. However, even with these benefits, SDSU should change the current system it uses for students’ residence hall assignments. By choosing to alter its current system, SDSU would

have the opportunity to allow students to benefit even more from living on campus in different ways. Many other universities across the country allow their students to have the option to rank their residence hall preferences. With this comes having the option to be able to pay more if a student wants to be placed in a nicer hall. By changing this system SDSU would greatly increase profits brought in by the resident halls. The extra money could even give SDSU the option to build newer dorms or renovate older dorms. “Our current rate structure now will allow us to eventually invest in the improvement of all of the facilities,” said Eric J.

Hansen , SDSU housing office director. Students placed in a double room in the luxurious apartment-style dorm Granada are paying the same price as students placed in a double in the rundown Chapultepec or Tenochca. While this works out great for the student placed in Granada, there are many students who would be willing to pay the extra money to ensure they are placed in a nicer dorm. “We have found that students are now truly choosing the residential communities the best suites their interests,” Hansen said. The current system only allows the student to input a ranking with preferences regarding whether he or she

prefers a single, double or triple. SDSU could also benefit from allowing students to rank the order in which dorms they would prefer to be placed. Of course the preference would not be a guarantee that they would get their first choice. If SDSU revamped its current assignment system, the number of dorm changes requested would decrease greatly due to the fact that a large majority of students would be happy with their first dorm assignment. Granada or any other apartment-style dormitory will no longer be used for freshmen housing next year now that the Zura renovation is completed and South Campus Plaza will be

completed in the fall. In 2012, SDSU shifted to the current pay structure that allows students to select their dorm based off residential communities and their interests. Basing residential communities off student interests is a great idea and SDSU would not have to change that in a new dormitory placement system. Rather, SDSU could leave residential communities as a housing option and also give the option of requesting nicer dorms. By allowing students to have the option to rank their dorm preferences, many more students would be happier with their living situation and, therefore, a happier student in general.

#GREEKDIVERSITY

What causes lack of Greek life diversity? KEMI GIWA CONTRIBUTOR ___________________________ San Diego State Greek life organizations are a part of campus life and everyone should feel welcomed, no matter what their background is. “I don’t think I would be what the majority of SDSU’s Greek life clubs are looking for,” freshman Yaa Mensah said. “There’s absolutely no one I can physically identify with in many of them, very little diversity. What does that say to me as a black girl who is already underrepresented on campus? I’m not going to feel comfortable.” This seems to be the white elephant in the room for many students on campus.

Why aren’t there more minorities involved with

“At first I was a little skeptical about joining a sorority,

“ I KNOW NOT ALL OF GREEK LIFE IS LIKE THIS, BUT I WOULD

RATHER NOT TAKE A CHANCE ... ”

- Najja Wilson, freshman

Greek life? Are fraternities and sororities not pushing for diversity? Or are minorities simply not rushing? Because joining Greek life is optional, it is common to brush off the lack of minority students as merely self-segregation. But when one takes an indepth look at fraternity and sorority numbers, the lack of minorities is striking.

especially being originally from a racially segregated area, but I love my sorority,” said Hunter Midgett, freshman and member of Alpha Chi Omega at SDSU. “I feel like me being one of the very few black members can hopefully spur the diversity that is much needed and allow me to educate my sorority about issues that plague the black community.”

Others, however, hold very different views. “When I first got to SDSU I thought about joining a fraternity,” freshman Jean Trevion said. “Then I looked at the fraternities and just did not think I would fit in. There is just a different culture. I act and speak differently than them and I do not want to be marginalized because of that.” Some base their opinions on personal experiences. “Why would I want to be a part of Greek life?” freshman Najja Wilson said. “Not only did I watch a fraternity invite a group of girls into their house with open arms right after they turned my friends and I away, but I was told that large groups of minorities were not typically welcomed into frat parties because it attracted police

quicker. I know not all of Greek is like this, but I would rather not take a chance with organizations like that.” It is unclear whether the lack of representation in Greek life is a result of fraternities’ and sororities’ failures to seek diversity and inclusion, or whether it is a result of minorities solely not wanting to join. But the two are likely connected. Now, ethnic groups are not formally discouraged to rush. Why are the numbers of minority memberships still so low then? What must happen to increase diversity in Greek life? For starters, sororities and fraternities need to make a stronger, more blatant effort to promote and celebrate diversity among the Greek life clubs.

DEC. 9 - 15, 2015 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: OLIVIA LITSEY • FEATURES@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

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#ANXIETY

Student success plagued by anxiety KALAH SIEGEL STAFF WRITER ____________________________ Stress — the all-encompassing word that describes daily life as a young adult. Thank endocrinologist Hans Selye for the term’s modern meaning related to emotional and mental strain. Until about 50 years ago, “stress” was used mainly to describe physical pressure on an object, but Selye managed to renovate the term with a psychological connotation — just in time for millennials to coin it as their credo. Many San Diego State students feel the weight of the word daily, and with finals looming, the side effects of stress seem amplified. “It’s challenging to simultaneously get good marks in school, maintain relationships, participate in extracurriculars and seek outside work experience,” senior marketing major Hunter Podell said. In SDSU’s 2010 Healthy Minds Survey, 37 percent of students believed they needed help for mental and emotional problems and 18 percent reported 3-5 days of academic impairment from poor mental health. SDSU has not conducted a mental health survey since 2010, but is planning on participating in the upcoming National College Health Assessment in February 2016. “Going to school and working full-time creates a daily burden of stress,” English junior Kristen Henry said. “I know so many people in the same situation who need to work to support their education. Evening classes are limited. The school pushes for students to take full course loads and to graduate in four years. It’s a lot.” The 2010 assessment deemed schoolwork the most significant source of stress for students, followed by financial concerns. It also found 17 percent of

SDSU students were struggling with depression or anxiety — a phenomenon only expected to increase in correlation to recent national statistics. “Anxiety is replacing depression as the top issue,” Counseling and Psychological Services Director Jennifer Rikard said. “It’s the national trend and the trend at SDSU. After anxiety and depression, people most often come in for relationship counseling, school-related stress and financial concerns.” The idea that anxiety is tipping the scale of work-life balance on campus is not unique to SDSU. On a national level, millennials are struggling with mental health at staggering rates. More than 85 percent of college students felt overwhelmed by all they had to do at least once within the past year, according to the American College Health Association. More than half of survey participants felt that way within two weeks of taking ACHA’s 2015 National College Health Assessment — the same assessment SDSU will use next semester. Almost 57 percent of this national sample reported feeling overwhelming anxiety in the past year, but only 15.8 percent sought professional help related to their anxiety. When presented with a list of 12 common aspects of life, survey respondents chose academics most often as the primary source of stress and 45.1 percent of respondents reported schoolwork to be “traumatic or very difficult to handle” within the past year. The increasing levels of poor mental health have been a popular topic among psychologists in recent years. The cause of this overarching generational mood swing is rooted in early childhood development. Essentially, babyboomer parents raised now college-aged children to have high expectations for themselves

DEPRESSION

Almost 57 percent of a national sample reported feeling overwhelming anxiety in the past year, but only 15.8 percent sought professional help related to their anxiety.

ANXIETY

GRAPHIC CREATED BY HANNAH LINGLE-VEALE, STATS FROM ACHA’S 2015 NATIONAL COLLEGE HEALTH ASSESSMENT

and, moreover, raised kids to believe they could reach any goal, no matter the feat. Millennials grew up hearing, “You can do anything if you work hard.” Now, young adults face a significant discrepancy between expectations and reality in college and in the workplace. In his article “Why Generation Y Yuppies are Unhappy,” blogger Tim Urban simplifies the story with this formula: Happiness = Reality – Expectations. It’s dangerous to assume an individual’s “grass will be greener” than their peers simply as a result of working hard, Urban writes. “‘Generation Me’ (young people born between 19702000) has been taught to expect more out of life at the very time when good jobs and nice houses are increasingly difficult to obtain,” SDSU psychology professor Jean Twenge wrote in her recent book, “Generation Me.” “All too often, the result is crippling anxiety and crushing depression.” Twenge’s research also indicates the time period when people are born is four times more likely to affect anxiety

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levels than family environment. It seems millennials have a predisposition to be more stressed, anxious and depressed than their parents and grandparents. Fortunately, there’s a silver lining. In addition to the classic remedy of exercise and proper nutrition, there are several habits, as well as resources available on campus, young adults can utilize to improve their outlook on life. One practice in Urban’s toolbox is to stay wildly ambitious and resilient. Another is to unplug. Millennials use social media, where everyone is distorting their lives to seem perfect, as a benchmark for reality, thus fueling unrealistic standards. If perception practices aren’t enough, there are resources available for SDSU students at Psychological Services, located at the Calpulli Center in room 4401. The center offers private and group counseling for stress, anxiety, depression and overall well-being, including grief counseling specific to young adults. One of the paramount workshops, COPE, is a customized program specifically

tailored to students with hindering stress. “My stress has probably quadrupled after the transition from pre-major to major,” a senior nursing student who wished to remain anonymous said. “Psychological Services is helping me to be proactive in trying to handle my anxiety in a healthy way.” Psychological Services also acts as a hub for wellness, welcoming students to drop in and enjoy hands-on relaxation activities and a comfortable place to study. One fan favorite feature is the Alpha Chambers, the egg-shaped relaxation pods designed to increase alpha waves in the brain and reduce stress. Additionally, during finals week, keep an eye out for the “relaxation station” for free Scantrons, water, food, advice and quality time with beloved therapy dogs. Students can start services with a phone consultation (619594-5220), where a therapist will help determine the bestsuited program. If someone is experiencing a mental health emergency, call the Counseling Access and Crisis Line. The 24hour service can be reached at 1-800-479-3339.

DEC. 9 - 15, 2015 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: MATTHEW BAIN • ME@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

#SENIORFAREWELLS

A farewell from DA seniors Every semester, The Daily Aztec allows graduating seniors to write a final farewell column. Sports Editor Patrick Carr and Assistant News Editor Torrey Bailey will graduate this December. We wish them well.

PATRICK CARR SPORTS EDITOR

__________________________________ Look, I could write as cliché of a farewell column as anyone could want, but I won’t. I don’t need to. I don’t want to. I’m not going on winter break like most of the students. I don’t have winter break anymore, I have life. It’s weird when you think about

TORREY BAILEY ASST. NEWS EDITOR

__________________________________ Before I became an official member of the editorial team, I always heard the staff asking each other, “Are you going back to the office?” I never understood why they would be so willing to go back to the work space when all their work was done. Now, I get it. Throughout the semester, it became my on-campus home. I often ate more than meal per day there, I spent hours hanging out between classes there, and I’ve

next month and you have no clue where you’re going to be or what you’re going to do. Because when you graduate high school, your next thought is, ‘Oh I’m going to college in three months.’ Did I learn a lot here? Yes. How much of it am I going to use in the real world? Surprisingly more than I thought, especially as a journalism major, where you get thrust into real life as part of class assignments and you essentially have someone there to scare the hell out of you enough to get an internship. I never thought I’d get this far, and I’m not even started. One thing’s for sure. I wouldn’t be here without my support network. Mom, Dad, Grandma, Aunt Sue, Paul, Miller, James, Meg, Roger, Scott, Sid, Fluffy (rest in peace), Lanie, Nicole, Jess. Take the time to thank the important people in your life, because if you watch the news anymore these days, those people might not be here tomorrow.

even caught Photo Editor Meg Wood brushing her teeth in there. Not only is it a welcoming space, it’s a mecca teeming with journalistic creativity only word nerds like ourselves would appreciate so much. As a writer at The Daily Aztec, I didn’t feel wildly connected to the publication or even the university the way I do now. My time as part of the editorial staff completed my college experience before I even realized it. The amount I’ve learned over these past few months has catapulted my eligibility to enter the real world of journalism. To see a publication from the inside is an invaluable experience. I understood all the coordination and teamwork required to get a paper on the stands, and I’m proud to be part of that team. For any student considering becoming a writer, and any writer considering becoming an editor shouldn’t hesitate. This is a unique opportunity to become part of a niche group on campus that is a platform for student issues and achievements. Thanks to my top tier family and my newsies for all the silliness and craziness. My only regret with The Daily Aztec is that I didn’t start sooner.

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The library gets stuffy after a while. Your headphones start to feel tight and your contacts dry out staring at a hastily assembled Google Doc study guide. You need a break — badly. We at The Daily Aztec have put together our bi-annual Fun and Games Issue to give you the break you’re looking for. Check out the Aztec version of “Where’s Waldo?” on p. 11-12 and p. 18-19. For the maze fans out there, we’ve got four ranging from easy to hard on p. 15. Sudoku lovers, head to p. 17 and you coloring book fiends out there should flip to p. 14. Hopefully these little games can put a smile on your face before diving back into your studies. CMLaw15 Ads_Fowler15Cal State Northridge ad 10_33X8 10/29/15 12:04 PM Page 1

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Hot dogs are delicious, but not when there’s an Aztec Warrior in yours! Count how many Aztec Warriors you find in the hot dogs. THINKSTOCK

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#GAMES

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Relive childhood in these mazes

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DEC. 9 - 15, 2015 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: MATTHEW BAIN • ME@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

Cross the dorm bridge, play Bridge

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#SUDOKU

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There can never too much Sudoku

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There are 3 Aztec Warriors in this...

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HORIZONTAL

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There are 3 of them here, as well

MEGAN WOOD, PHOTO EDITOR

CROSSWORDS

ACROSS 1 Under the weather 7 Like cotton candy 11 Fund-raising org. 14 Provoke 15 Subtle glow 16 Trip segment 17 Utopian 18 WWI aircraft 20 They may coordinate with floor mats 22 Quarterback’s target 23 Payroll deduction 24 Volcanic debris 25 Big maker of chips 27 Till compartment 29 Bedstead part 33 MSN, for one 36 Meander

37 Under the weather 38 Went different ways ... or what each of six sets of circled letters literally represents 42 Homer’s path 43 Middle name on many patents 44 BYU or NYU 45 In the opposite order 48 Modern address starter 52 Tickle 53 __ in November 56 Mama bear, in Madrid 57 1980s Peppard co-star 58 Some deal closers 62 Hit-by-pitch consequence 64 West Point students

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65 Corner key 66 Italian noble family 67 Danish port named for a Norse god 68 Pen 69 Hammerwielding god 70 Got nervous, with “up” DOWN 1 Deliberately misinforms 2 Like llamas 3 Mountaineering aid 4 Effort 5 City in New York’s Mohawk Valley 6 Cowboy legend __ Bill 7 Fill and then some

8 Run smoothly 9 “The Haj” novelist 10 Siesta 11 Often-fried tropical fruit 12 With affection 13 “Act your __!” 19 Fallon’s predecessor 21 TV channels 2-13 25 Computer debut of 1981 26 Cholesterol initials 28 Title for Noël Coward 30 Seal-hunting swimmers 31 Valentine card hugs 32 Flat hats 34 Barrel support 35 Soccer legend who turned 75 in 2015 38 Most like a schoolmarm 39 Precision 40 Device for binge-watching 41 “How relaxing!” 42 Gardner of the silver screen 46 Cornerstone abbr. 47 Furthermore 49 Arcade coins 50 African threat 51 Got a C in, say 54 Knotted neckwear 55 Relief from the sun 58 Diner breakfast order 59 Chorus line? 60 Card or D’back 61 Yemeni seaport 62 __ Moines 63 Wager

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LOOKING FOR HOROSCOPES?

DEC. 9 - 15, 2015 • THE DAILY AZTEC EDITOR: OLIVIA LITSEY • FEATURES@THEDAILYAZTEC.COM

We moved them online. Find them at thedailyaztec.com/horoscopes

#DASNAPSHOTS

SUDOKU HOW TO PLAY: Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box contains every digit 1 to 9. DIFFICULTY LEVEL:

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OH HOW SWEET IT FEELS

Photo Editor Megan Wood snapped this photo of junior safety Trey Lomax celebrating the Mountain West football championship.