The Daily Aztec 2/16/2022 by The Daily Aztec

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Vol. 108, Issue 17 www.thedailyaztec.com

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

NEW BRC DIRECTOR Dr. Brandon Gamble has been named director of the Black Resource Center. PAGE 2

BLACK MUSICAL IDENTITY Listening to Black artists can be a powerful tool in the journey to unlearn self-hate. PAGE 8

Black men’s mental health matters By Morgan Prickett STAFF WRITER

As the outcries of racial, social and economical injustice flood the nation, so do the words of encouragement and support regarding the ever-so-important aspect of mental health. During the course of your lifetime, you may not be diagnosed with a specific mental illness, but everyone will struggle with their mental well-being at least once. A recent study published in the International Journal of Health Services gives us a peek into how the Black population in America is affected by mental health related issues: “African American adults are 20% more likely to experience mental health issues than the rest of the population,” according to the study. In turn, “25% of African Americans seek treatment for a mental health issue, compared to 40% of white individuals.” These aren’t empty statistics — they truly mean something. As a Black man myself, I understand many things that can affect our mental health. Some factors include negative stigmas and stereotypes (and perpetuating them), living in an area and with people that we don’t associate with culturally, the fear of law enforcement, the desire to hide issues and portray a positive and masculine image, and the simple

fact that growing up I was never taught the importance of mental health. Black men’s ongoing exposure to discrimination and institutional racism has created what Dr. Brian Smedley, the chief of psychology in the public interest at the American Psychological Association, referred to in an interview with NBC News as a “mental health tsunami.” “The combination of physical distancing, economic anxiety, and — for people of color — the very real stress from racism since the pandemic means that we will have a lot of unmet mental health needs unless we can dramatically shore up the mental health infrastructure,” Smedley said. Historical adversity, which is race-based exclusion from health, educational, social and economic resources, has resulted in the lack of access to healthcare and education for some Black communities. Combining this with the well-documented racism and bias within the healthcare system, it’s easy to see why so few African Americans seek help with mental health. Aside from racial, social and economical issues, there’s another lingering issue that keeps Black men, specifically, from seeking help for their issues: the notion SEE BLACK MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH PAGE 8

MI EXPERENCIA MUSICAL Como la música afro latina y salsa me ha enseñado basante. PAGE 5

BLACK EXELLENCE Black SDSU athletes share their experience with playing sports at SDSU. PAGE 12

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Black men’s mental health is often overlooked due to societal sterotypes and lack of care.

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Feb. 16 - 22, 2022 EDITOR: Katelynn Robinson • news@thedailyaztec.com

The BRC transitions to a new director, Dr. Brandon Gamble

Dr. Brandon Gambles said the BRC is “a place where we can gather and...plan for the best in Black life.”

by Jayne Yutig MULTIMEDIA MEDIA ASSISTANT EDITOR

The Black Resource Center at San Diego State has a new director, and Dr. Brandon Gamble says he’s focused on continuity and what’s next. When Gamble was named new director of the BRC last December, cases of COVID-19 were surging across San Diego. During that time, Gamble was preparing to welcome students back to the BRC and begin his work as director. “The students have me really excited about being back,” said Gamble. “I miss being with the students. That’s what makes the BRC alive and worth getting

up and making the drive every day.” Since Gamble’s appointment, COVID-19 cases have steadily declined and students have returned to SDSU. The return of student life on campus comes as the BRC begins a month of events celebrating Black History Month. The center will host movie nights, mentoring workshops, activism discussions as part of the BRC’s month of celebrations. Student activists hosted original members of the Black Panther Party for a discussion on activism today. “One of the things people can learn from coming out to the Black Resource Center is how to have a discussion,” said Gamble.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Brandon Gamble

The events are planned to celebrate Black history, but they’re also intended to connect other communities at SDSU with the thousands of students on campus who identify as Black. On Feb. 19, SDSU Women’s basketball will feature a Black History Month themed halftime performance. The performance is titled, “Together We Rise for Black History.” “Black History Month isn’t necessarily for Black people. It’s for the rest of the world,” Gamble said. “We’re Black 365, and my father reminded me of this week. It’s for everybody. Think about it as your history, too. It’s good to learn from those who are living the history.”

Gamble’s appointment to the role comes at a time of transition: A turbulent semester for students adjusting to attending school during a pandemic. A delayed spring semester. Gamble is also taking on the role after the controversial resignation of Dr. Bonnie Reddick. Reddick resigned as BRC director on Instagram on June 2, 2021. The public resignation shocked students. But Reddick told The Daily Aztec that the resignation came after years of battling SDSU for programs and funding for the BRC. However, Gamble says students are focused on the next chapter at the BRC. “There were students who were here when that went on. But they’re still engaged and ready to move forward,” Gamble said. “The students are extremely passionate about each program that’s here. There’s something about the program or an event that happened and really touched them, and they’re carrying that forward.” Gamble’s priority as director is to continue to build on the center, which is a place many students call ‘home.’ “I feel a big duty and a burden to continue to help them have those great experiences that are life changing,” Gamble said. From his time working directly with students at Oakwood University, a small HBCU, to his time at California State University Long Beach, Gamble’s work has been dedicated to students. Gamble spent 10 years working as a school psychologist, working to create mental health and social programs to help students. During his time at CSULB, Gamble worked as a professor of educational psychology and an advisor to the African Student Union. As an SDSU alumnus, Gamble knows the campus and students. Now, he’s looking ahead to helping generations of students passing through SDSU and the BRC. “It’s a place where we can gather and affirm and also plan for the best in Black life,” said Gamble. “That sense of community will definitely stay.”

BRC Black History Month

preview: poetry, games, more by Nicholas Neikon Ebadat Katelynn Robinson STAFF WRITER AND NEWS EDITOR

The Black Resource Center at San Diego State is hosting a variety of events to honor and support students during Black History Month. Here are some events coming up this month. Protest Music: Creative Writing Workshop On Feb. 16, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. the BRC is hosting the “Protest Music” workshop in which participants will create their own poetry, according to the BRC website. Spoken word artists Alex Tha Great will lead the workshop where participants will review artists from Billie Holiday to Kendrick Lamar according to the BRC. The event link and additional information can be found on the BRC website. Stacy Dyson Poetry Event On Feb. 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Stacy Dyson will perform in the BRC Backyard in the Black Resource Center. Students in attendance will have the opportunity to share their spoken word poetry. Blackness is Queerness Event Students will learn about important Black queer figures and will paint a

character from the tv “POSE.” The event will take place in the BRC Media Room on Feb. 22 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Black Transfer Student Support Game Night Mixer Black Transfer Student Support (BTTS) is hosting a game night on Feb. 23 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the BRC. “The main principles of BTSS are networking, community building, mentorship and connecting students to campus resources and services,” the BRC website said. “Overall, we want to serve as a support system for transfer students by addressing and maximizing the transfer experience at SDSU.” Celebrate Black Voices with Let the Poets Speak Open Mic Night The BRC is hosting a poet’s open mic fundraiser to support the Association of Black Psychologists on Feb. 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. The event is expected to connect artists, small businesses, professionals and students to promote wellness within the community. Its goal is to give an opportunity to artists and students to be on stage for good causes, Mental Health Awareness and Black History month. A full list of events and resources can be found on the BRC website.

Photo courtesy of the Black Resource Center

Alex Tha Great will be the featured artist at the BRC Creative Writing Workshop: “Protest Music.”

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Title IX on CSU campuses by Isaac Coleman FROM THE CSU STUDENT WIRE

Chancellor of the California State University system Joseph Castro sent out an apology en masse on Feb. 4 to the CSU system regarding Dr. Fred Lamas being granted a $260,000 settlement and a glowing letter of recommendation from Castro after Lamas was accused of sexually harassing and bullying students and fellow faculty at Fresno State. At the time of these events, Chancellor Castro was the President of Fresno State. USA Today reported on Feb. 7 that Fresno State “stonewalled the investigation for over a year” and required non-disclosure agreements even to begin investigations into the allegations against Lamas. With the reports of Chancellor Castro’s actions surrounding the Lamas investigation, State Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino), the Chair of the Senate Education Committee, has called for an immediate investigation into the actions of Chancellor Castro. When asked about her thoughts moving forward, her office responded, “the Senator is unable to provide comment at this time related to the Chancellor’s reasoning and/or recent public comments.” She has called for the resignation of Castro if the allegations against him are proven true and stands by this position wholeheartedly. Michael Uhlenkamp, the Senior Director of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs, reiterated the message from the Chancellor and reinforced the position that Chancellor Castro has taken regarding his regret for the writing of a glowing letter of recommendation. Uhlenkamp responded that the Chancellor “would have characterized Dr. Lamas’ departure from Fresno State differently in the communications that went to the campus after the university was finally able to sever ties with him.” The question of investigation brought up by Senator Leyva will not be discussed by the CSU Board of Trustees until Feb. 17, and Chancellor Castro has welcomed an investigation into this matter as of Feb. 4.

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Dr. Fred Lamas was granted a $260,000 settlement and recieved a letter of recommendation from Joseph Castro after sexual assault allegations led to his termination.

If the Chancellor, in his position of President of Fresno State, indeed did hold off on investigations for over a year after allegations were first brought against Lamas, then his letter of remorse seems to have some misleading information surrounding the expediency of Lamas removal. If the Chancellor defended Lamas for over a year, let him leave the CSU system with over a quarter of a million dollars and a letter of recommendation that would allow him to be able to teach

and take part in academia, then there is a CSU wide concern surrounding the Chancellor’s ability to protect students and faculty if they are harassed or bullied. On Feb. 5, Fresno State students held a protest calling for the Chancellor’s resignation over his handling of Lamas. These students’ demands should be taken into account surrounding Castro’s investigation. In his message to CSU students, Chancellor Castro’s final paragraph

is: “We must do more—and we will do more. I am fully committed to working with our campus presidents and the CSU Board of Trustees on these critically important issues, and I pledge to continue to do so until the California State University becomes a national model for the prevention and redress of sexual misconduct in all its forms,” seems to struggle with the allegations now being laid against him and Fresno State.

SDSU partners with Home Start Inc. to combat homeslessness By Christian Houser STAFF WRITER

One in 10 California State University students is experiencing homelessness. San Diego State researchers and staff are working to find ways to help reduce this problem. SDSU and Home Start Inc. are in collaboration to provide hotel rooms in La Mesa to students in need of transitional housing. This effort comes from the university’s Rapid Re-Housing Program. This program aims to help students struggling with housing instability, homelessness, pre-homelessness or tenuous living situations. The Economic Crisis Response Team (ECRT) helps students in those situations find a better stable housing alternative. The ECRT is allocated funds to carry out its rapid rehousing program by California State University. “We have these funds that are dedicated to the RRH, which is for students who are the most vulnerable,” said Keiara Allen, the Housing Stability Coordinator on the ECRT. “These are students who are currently in a houselessness or homeless

situation, living off the streets, living in a car, living in a shelter, living in hotels, couch surfing. These funds are for these students.” Allen said she believes having a stable living environment is “the most integral part to achieving academic success. Without a stable place to live, you are constantly in that fight or flight mode. You are constantly trying to figure out where you are going to lay your head and what you’re going to eat.” Many factors can lead to homelessness, one of them being food insecurity. “As many as 12-59% of college students are food insecure,” according to Casey J. Roulette, Ph.D., in a published report called Food Insecurity, Housing, and Mental Distress Among EconomicallyVulnerable SDSU Students. The Social and Economic Vulnerabilities Initiative (SEVI) conducted this research on homelessness and factors leading to homelessness. SEVI is an initiative at SDSU to bring together professors of different disciplines to study the issue of homelessness together. “Imagine you are food insecure, and you don’t have enough resources, and

your friends are asking you to go out, and you have to say no all the time. That puts a strain on your personal relationships with your friend,” said Mounah AbdelSamad, Ph.D., the Director of SEVI. Abdel-Samad said he believes assistance for factors leading to homelessness is one of the best ways to prevent homelessness. “The key here is how can we do preventative measures to keep people where they are so that they don’t fall into unsheltered homelessness,” AbdelSamad said. “If we don’t provide some form of assistance to people who are most vulnerable to falling into homelessness, then we are in trouble.” Allen believes one way to combat homelessness at SDSU is to reduce the stigma surrounding homelessness. “It’s really important that we as a community destigmatize what housing insecurity is. It’s not just living on the streets,” said Allen. “Destigmatizing it as a whole so students are coming forth and sharing that they are in this situation and getting the help that they need.” Abdel-Samad believes destigmatization is essential to successfully reach out to those in need.

“First we must reduce the stigma, by reducing the stigma people will feel more at ease to share,” said Abdel-Samad.”By acknowledging that this exists, that there are individuals struggling, we can create access to services that are important and easy to access.” To request assistance for Financial Assistance, Housing Support, Food Resources, Employment Resources, Technology Support or Mental Health Support go to the ECRT Website. “We all might go through a vulnerable situation, so we all must work together to get out of that situation and excel,” said Abdel-Samad.

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Ex-basquetbolista de SDSU va regresar para dar un discurso

Cortesia por Trimaine Davis

Trimaine Davis es un ex-basquetbolista de SDSU y ahora trabaja en el empoderarmiento de estudiantes de la comunidad negra.

por Noé Sandoval EDITOR DE MUNDO AZTECA

La Universidad Estatal de San Diego tiene varios eventos para el mes de la herencia negra. Aunque en el mes de febrero la media se enfoca en la comunidad negra, todavía es importante tener solidaridad todo el año . El Programa de Oportunidad Igualdad en la universidad esta organizando una platica con Trimaine Davis, graduado de SDSU y ex-basquetbolista de la

universidad. Davis dará un discurso sobre su curriculum profesional y hablar sobre su trabajo ayudando a estudiantes tradicionalmente de bajos recursos y a la comunidad negra en el sur de California. Desde 2006, Trimaine ha tenido una carrera en educación superior, trabajando como profesional de estudiante. Él ha trabajado en Los Angeles, como coordinador de retención para la Universidad de California, Los Angeles. Trimaine proporciona el soporte para cordinar todas

los eventos y actividades de diversidad relacionados con reclutamiento y matriculación de estudiantes de primera generación y de translado. Davis tiene una grande historia trabajando con poblaciones estudiantiles de bajos recursos y estudiantes de la comunidad negra. Mientras estando en la universidad, Trimaine fue asesor de la Hermandad Estudiantil Afroamericana, o SAAB por sus siglas en inglés, y Union De Estudiantes Africanos, o ASU en sus siglas en inglés.

Mientras trabajaba en CSU Northridge, Trimaine formó parte del comité que lanzó la Iniciativa de Hombres Negros (BMI) de CSUN, que actualmente se ubica como una de las mejores de la nación programas de apoyo para estudiantes afroamericanos. Por su investigación sobre cuestiones relacionadas con el rendimiento académico, Trimaine ha aparecido en paneles y se ha presentado en conferencias, incluida la Asociación Nacional de Administradores de Personal Estudiantil (NASPA), Conferencia Nacional sobre Raza y Etnicidad en América Educación más alta (NCORE), College Board, Cal-SOAP, Urban League y la Asociación Nacional para el Avancede la Gente de Color (NAACP). La devoción y la pasión de Trimiane por servir a su comunidad lo llevó a ser hornado a nivel nacional en el Super Bowl 55 de la NFL 2021 de este año como capitán honorario. A lo largo de su carrera, Trimaine ha sido un contribuyente clave para el éxito académico de estudiantes afroamericanos. Desde sus años como estudiante universitario, Trimalne ha defendido por el empoderamiento, la inclusión y justicia social para estudiantes negros y otras poblaciones de color. Este discurso se llevará a cabo virtualmente por Zoom el miércoles 16 de febrero al medio dia.

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Traducido por Noé Sandoval, editor de Mudo Azteca El Centro de Recursos para la comunidad negra, BRC por sus siglas en inglés en La Universidad Estatal de San Diego tiene un nuevo director, y el Dr. Brandon Gamble dice que está enfocado en la continuidad y lo que sigue. Cuando Gamble fue nombrado nuevo director del BRC en diciembre pasado, los casos de COVID-19 estaban aumentando en todo San Diego. Durante ese tiempo, Gamble se estaba preparando para dar la bienvenida a los estudiantes al BRC y comenzar su trabajo como director. “Los estudiantes me tienen muy entusiasmado por estar de vuelta”, dijo Gamble. “Extraño estar con los estudiantes. Eso es lo que hace que el BRC esté vivo y que valga la pena levantarse y conducir todos los días”. Desde el nombramiento de Gamble, los casos de COVID-19 han disminuido constantemente y los estudiantes han regresado a SDSU. El regreso de la vida estudiantil en el campus se

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Trimaine Davis es un ex-basquetbolista de SDSU y ahora trabaja en el empoderarmiento de estudiantes de la comunidad negra.

produce cuando BRC comienza un mes de eventos que celebran el Mes de la Historia Negra. El centro albergará noches de cine, talleres de tutoría y debates sobre activismo como parte del mes de celebraciones del BRC. Estudiantes activistas recibieron a miembros originales del Partido Pantera Negra para

una discusión sobre el activismo hoy. “Una de las cosas que la gente puede aprender al venir al centro de recursos para negros es cómo tener una discusión”, dijo Gamble. Los eventos están planeados para celebrar la historia negra. Pero también tienen la intención de conectar otras comunidades

en SDSU con los miles de estudiantes en el campus que se identifican como negros. El 19 de febrero, el baloncesto femenino de SDSU presentará una actuación de medio tiempo con el tema del Mes de la Historia Negra. La actuación se titula “Juntos nos levantamos por la historia negra”.

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Columna: Mis gustos musicales me han enseñado sobre la historia de otras culturas por Noé Sandoval EDITOR DE MUNDO AZTECA

La música siempre fue un gran parte de mi desarrollo y mi vida. Desde niño siempre me recuerdo escuchando la música de mis padres en la casa mientras limpiabamos o hacíamos los oficios de la casa. Yo tuve la oportunidad de comenzar enseñanzas de musica a la edad de 12 años empezando con el violín y después aprendiendo la flauta para tocar en la banda de la escuela secundaria. Estoy muy agradecido de haber tenido la oportunidad de involucrar la musica en mi educación. Debido a la musica he podido aprender y apreciar más a diferentes culturas. El mes de febrero es el mes de la herencia negra en Los Estados Unidos, y aunque solo se celebra este mes debería ser todo el año. Hay muchas formas de mostrar solidaridad para la comunidad negra, ya que ha habido mucha desigualdad e injusticia históricamente. Esto ha causado un gran impacto al mundo culturalmente. El continente de América ha visto los horrores que mucha gente negra tuvo que pasar. Actualmente, reconocer la cultura e historia ha sido una forma para estar en apoyo de la comunidad negra. En mi educación musical, tuve la oportunidad de aprender sobre la salsa y la musica afro latina. El director de musica en la escuela secundaria decidió formar un conjunto de salsa y musica afro latina. Estando en este conjunto, pude aprender

no solo en los componentes musicales de la salsa, como el ritmo y su instrumentación, pero también aprendi sobre la historia de la musica y de donde viene. La historia de esclavitud e injusticias de la comunidad negra sobre todo el continente de latinoamerica afectó mucho la creación de la musica en sí. Por ejemplo, una canción estándar de salsa, “La Rebelión” de Joe Arroyo, habla sobre la esclavitud en Colombia. El refrán de la canción dice “no le pegue la negra”, y esto de refiere al maltrato de esclavos durante la historia del país. A través de la musica salsa, pude aprender de muchos artistas afro-latinos como Celia Cruz, Willie Colón y Rubén Blades. Estos íconos han traído un gran impacto en contando las historias de comunidades que aun no han sido destacadas. La musica salsa tiene muchos ritmos derivados de África. Los instrumentos de percusión usados en la musica son basados en las comunidades marginalizados en todo el continente. Además de ser una música, la salsa también es un baile, y el baile de salsa representa una expresión de libertadad. En todo el continente, hay muchas historias que son contadas por la musica y eso es porque es importante. Hoy en día, afortunadamente tengo la oportunidad de continuar apreciando la musica afro-latina y me he involucrado en un conjunto de salsa llamado Bambula aqui en la universidad por unos amigos en común. Tenemos la meta de difundir la musica afro latina en San Diego.

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Yo tocando flauta en un concierto con la banda Bambula en un bar en el barrio de North Park en San Diego

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“El Mes de la Historia Negra no es necesariamente para los negros. Es para el resto del mundo”, dijo Gamble. “Somos Black 365. y mi padre me recordó esta semana. Es para todos. Piense en ello como su historia, también. Es bueno aprender de aquellos que están viviendo la historia”, dijo Gamble. El nombramiento de Gamble para el cargo llega en un momento de transición. Un semestre turbulento para los estudiantes que se adaptan a asistir a la escuela durante una pandemia. Un semestre de primavera retrasado. Gamble también asumirá el papel después de la controvertida renuncia de la Dra. Bonnie Reddick. Reddick renunció como director de BRC en Instagram el 2 de junio de 2021. La renuncia pública sorprendió a los estudiantes. Pero Reddick le dijo a The Daily Aztec que la renuncia se produjo después de años de luchar contra SDSU por programas y fondos para BRC. Sin embargo, Gamble dice que los estudiantes están enfocados en el próximo

capítulo en BRC. “Había estudiantes que estaban aquí cuando eso sucedió. Pero todavía están comprometidos y listos para seguir adelante”, dijo Gamble. “Los estudiantes son extremadamente apasionados por cada programa que hay aquí. Hay algo sobre el programa o un evento que sucedió y realmente los conmovió, y lo están llevando adelante”. La prioridad de Gamble como director es continuar construyendo el centro, que es un lugar que muchos estudiantes llaman ‘hogar’.“ Siento un gran deber y una carga de continuar ayudándolos a tener esas grandes experiencias que cambian la vida”, dijo Gamble. Desde su tiempo trabajando directamente con estudiantes en la Universidad de Oakwood, una pequeña HBCU, hasta su tiempo en la Universidad Estatal de California en Long Beach, el trabajo de Gamble ha estado dedicado a los estudiantes. Gamble pasó 10 años trabajando como psicóloga escolar, trabajando para crear programas sociales y de salud mental para ayudar a los estudiantes. Durante su tiempo en CSULB, Gamble trabajó como profesor de psicología educativa y asesor de la Unión de Estudiantes Africanos.

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Feb. 16 - 22, 2022 EDITOR: Ryan Hardison • arts@thedailyaztec.com

Student rapper blends past and present By Ryan Hardison ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

Seyi Folorunso is a senior mathematics major at San Diego State who makes rap music packed with social commentary, clever wordplay, and a heaping dose of mystique. Under his stage name Caleb Hampton, he has a seven-song solo project, “Atuk,” along with several collaborations, features, and plenty in store for 2022. Hampton began recording music in October 2017, the same year he moved to Hayward, California after graduating from secondary boarding school in Nigeria. By the time he moved to the U.S., Hampton had already been writing for years. Initially, he wrote verses, then transitioned to poetry, and eventually back to writing raps after finally finding his musical voice. “Most of the things I wrote when I first started felt like an imitation. They didn't really feel natural, so I went into poetry and then it became natural then I brought it back into music,” Hampton said. Adjusting his writing process helped

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Caleb Hampton brings a unique idenity and mindset to each new track he makes, with loose lyrics to follow.

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When making "Atuk," Hampton drew on history and memories for his resonant themes and hard-hitting lyrics.

Hampton establish a singular cadence and vocabulary. Hampton tries to make every one of his songs have its own identity — this also applies to the way he mixes his music. Keeping things unique, Hampton’s creative process differs per song. He attempts to write independently of the beat to make sure his words match up on their own regardless of production. In essence, he writes rhythmic poems before selecting a beat and then tries to piece it together from there, making only minor corrections to adjust and not watering down his verses for the sake of the beat. This ensures his verses remain strong and his rhymes stay sharp. Though it’s easy to force yourself to stay on beat 100% of the time and eliminate room for artistic improvisation, Hampton’s approach of attacking the beat with an irregular flow while still hitting all the necessary points offers a more interesting and creative alternative. This loose approach is inspired by rappers like MAVI, Navy Blue, and Billy Woods, who manipulate their flow to allow for extra words and treat their beats as adaptable soundtracks.

“I don’t usually have a layout when I make music, I’m very disorganized when I make music,” Hampton said. Hampton will get bouts of inspiration that spark him to write new songs but doesn’t like to divulge too much of his process, leaving his creations shrouded in a bit of mystery. He says his secondary school experience was pivotal in shaping his life, and one of his classmates, Dre the Monarch, is now a frequent collaborator and one of Hampton’s biggest influences. Though a specific story may be hard to place, Hampton’s past is all over his music, and it’s something that’s impossible to avoid. “My life experiences from today to years ago, they’re all in my music. Like I cannot write without incorporating my life experiences – it just doesn’t work,” Hampton said. When telling stories of his life, Hampton likes to stay adaptive and likes how rap music allows a single story to be told from increasingly compelling perspectives. This concept also applies to many artists who find new and creative ways to rap about the same subject (*cough* *cough* Pusha-T).

“I can make albums for the rest of my life based on one story in my life and I will do it a million different ways and make it more interesting every single time. And that’s the beauty of it,” Hampton said. He picks up a lot of words from watching movies and TV shows and keeps a Notes list with words he wants to incorporate in his raps when the time is right. He used to be very particular about where his rhymes sat and now is more free-flowing with his rhyme schemes. “I focus a lot on the words but I still make sure that those words are not taking away from the emotional message or aspect of what my music is supposed to be communicating,” Hampton said. When making “Atuk,” Hampton says he was hit by a quick wave of creativity, unlike with the previous projects he scrapped because the music felt too forced. “Atuk” was a natural creation, one that companies much of his interests and past experiences with an eye on Black history. He came up with a lot of ideas from the album by watching a lot of older TV shows and movies, writing the aptly named “Wiseguy” about “Goodfellas” and centering the song “Child Art” around his lifelong interest in Marvel comics. There is also a noticeable sense of urgency throughout the album, owing heavily to Hampton writing the songs during the height of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Topics discussed include the life and loss of Breonna Taylor (“Yuuf”), Nelson Mandela, and pre-colonial Nigeria (“Cape Town”), and the lowest point of Hampton’s life (“Stage Zero”). The album transitions from high to low but Hampton steadily balances his blend of perspective and actuality, shedding light on his past as well as his identity in the American landscape. Currently, Hampton is working on certain projects that are expected to come out in a month or so. Whenever it does release, expect a planned rollout with tracks, short films and journals, allowing his fans another insight into Hampton's inspirations.

Black historical landmarks in San Diego County By Eugènie Budnik STAFF WRITER

One way to celebrate Black History Month this February is by visiting several prominent monuments dedicated to the struggles and triumphs of African Americans in San Diego. Julian Hotel, located 50 miles east of campus, in Julian, is the oldest continuously run hotel in California. The quaint country-style hotel is also one of the first Black-owned businesses in San Diego County, which was founded by Albert Robinson and his wife Margaret Robinson in 1897. Albert Robinson was a freed slave from Missouri who moved to Julian during the California Gold Rush. According to the original hotel registers, several prominent San Diego families such as the Scripps, the Whitneys and various senators frequented the Julian Hotel. The hotel has received the honor of being listed in the National Register of Historic Places and remains a testament of Black innovation within the San Diego community. Located in San Diego’s Gaslamp District along the Martin Luther King Jr. promenade is the “Breaking of the Chains” monument created by Melvin Edwards. The monument, which was installed in 1995, is a chilling steel structure meant

to depict the breaking of the “chains” of discrimination. A plaque located next to the monument is inscribed with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. and reads “along the way of life, someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate.” The art piece’s centralized location means thousands of San Diego natives and tourists alike pass and reflect upon its message. The World Beat Center, located in Balboa Park, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, presenting, and preserving the African Diaspora and Indigenous cultures of the world. The World Beat Center strives to create unity in the community through art, music, dance and other forms of expression. The building itself is brightly decorated with art created by local artists celebrating various African cultures, and the exterior is surrounded by a healing peace garden. The center holds events throughout the year, such as reggae tributes, group meditations and art exhibits which are open to the public. The World Beat Center even has a vegan cafe where you can get delicious cultural meals such as Jamaican red curry or Louisiana Creole gumbo! Another location of interest located in Balboa Park is the San Diego History Center. Currently, the museum has an exhibit titled “Celebrate San Diego: Black

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Before becoming the Julian Gold Rush Hotel, Albert Robinson's business opened as Hotel Robinson, and was immediately an important part of Julian, certifying itself as a landmark that's now been around for generations.

History and Heritage” on display for Black History Month. The exhibition includes both virtual and physical displays which highlights Black San Diegans who have made big contributions to the county, as well as historical civil rights cases which took place in the county. San Diego History Center also has an exhibit on the life of Nathan Harrison, a freed slave from Kentucky who came to live in a small cabin on Palomar Mountain during the California Gold Rush. These two exhibits emphasize the vibrant and long-running

African American community in San Diego, while also bringing awareness to the discrimination that was and still is faced by many Black San Diegans today. Diversity is an important element of what makes San Diego the county it is today, and the African American community is a huge part of that. It is important to celebrate the Black San Diegans who have made a difference, while also recognizing the injustice faced by African Americans both historically and in modern times.

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Navigating interracial dating on campus By Trinity Bland MANAGING EDITOR

At San Diego State, celebration rests in the romantic love shared between individuals of different cultural backgrounds. This can be a vibrant way to experience healthy love — something everyone deserves. Legend Foster, a fourth-year chemistry major, identifies as a Black woman from Atlanta, Georgia, and attributes her first glimpse of an interracial relationship to the 1997 remake of “Cinderella.” “My childhood crush was on Brandy’s Prince, Paolo Montalban, and I would watch ‘The Karate Kid’ from 1984 and I was just in love with Ralph Macchio. There are so many different actors, musicians and entertainers that weren't Black and I was very vocal about my attraction to them.” Dating Richard, who identifies as Vietnamese American, has provided Foster with a new lens to deeper appreciate her Blackness and believes having uncomfortable conversations about culture is why they’ve lasted. “Before we started dating, there were things Richard thought about African Americans or wasn’t aware of certain microaggressions until I would say, ‘Did you hear yourself, did you hear what you just said? You don't think anything's wrong with that?’” Foster said. “He's always been receptive, never defensive and he's always open to having conversations for an overall different mindset that’s more conducive to interacting with Black people outside of me.”

Elise Gary, a first-year public health major, who began dating her white partner in January 2020, believes it’s time to normalize interracial relationships. “You're going to meet different people from different walks of life, so it should be pretty normal,” Gary said. “We may share the same racial background but it doesn't mean they’ll be the person to satisfy my needs and wants. It’s about the person who's going to treat me right and likes the same nerdy things I like.” Gary, a Black woman, is a member of BlacQ Space and said fellow club members expressed support when she told them about her relationship. Her family is also supportive but made jokes at first. “Some of them will crack a few jokes about my boyfriend being a white dude, like ‘Can he handle spice?’ or ‘Can he dance?’, The answer is no, he cannot dance, but we are working on that.” Identifying as queer, Gary appreciates her partner’s acceptance of her full identity. “Sometimes, you have to reiterate all Black lives matter because people forget Black queer people exist and my life matters too,” Gary said. “My partner accepts me and doesn't sexualize my queerness.” Gary said her partner makes an honest effort to also educate himself about social issues within the Black community. “It’s really comforting to not have to sit down and say, ‘These are Black people, this is what we do.’ If he doesn't know something, he’ll say, ‘I know you aren't the person to give me all this information,

I can Google it but I want to know your perspective too,’ and as a Black woman, to be listened to is very rare,” Gary said. Ashlie Wakatani, a fourth-year accounting major, says her family considers it taboo to marry someone of a different ethnicity until someone is brave enough to do so first. “My cousin married someone white and everyone was like ‘Okay, now you're able to marry a white person,’” Wakatani said. Wakatani identifies as JapaneseAmerican and has felt supported when introducing boyfriend Michael, who is white and Japanese, to her friends. “It’s kind of funny to bring cultural differences together, it almost feels like I’m introducing my friends to new foods,” Wakatani said. Interracial relationships shouldn’t be objectified or sexualized – nor should they be regarded as a brochure, a political statement and certainly not a fetish of any kind. “I know lots of people whose parents are a white man and an Asian woman, and I feel like that's normalized, especially when you look at TikTok and jokes online about fetishizing,” Wakatani said. “Michael doesn’t do that to me, he’s never done that.” Foster believes SDSU's efforts to strengthen the interracial relationship culture on campus could use some improvements. “SDSU doesn't really do a good job at bridging even friendships, let alone romantic relationships with race relations on campus,” Foster said. “In general, they

need to do better with incorporating the non-Black sector of students and faculty to the Black population on campus.” Conversely, Wakatani appreciates SDSU’s resources to raise awareness surrounding social issues that may affect her relationship with Michael. “SDSU’s diversity and inclusion training helps with learning about bias against interracial relationships and it opened my eyes to know more about interracial dating, systemic racism and performative activism,” Wakatani said. “I didn't know about them before and I feel like I wouldn't have without those workshops.” Students like Foster, Gary, Wakatani and many others have fruitfully chosen to explore interracial dating. By doing so, they are breaking barriers and rewriting cultural perceptions – bold concepts SDSU students embrace.

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Many students at SDSU are part of interracial relationships, each with different ups and downs.

Review: Aminé pays homage to Portland roots at SOMA By Noelani Sapla

crowd sang along to “NEO.” Fans also got a taste of the rapper's previous projects, songs like “Reel it in,” “Woodlawn,” and “Redmercedes” were performed. While sitting on a stool, Aminé slowed the tempo down and played “Burden,” a song off his sophomore album “LIMBO.” The artist’s range was well exhibited through playful choruses, upbeat tempos, and high-pitched vocals. The show truly captured the intentions of the album: having fun, dancing and enjoying life. Aminé fans were relentless, keeping the energy at a high level. The packed venue sang along with the rapper the whole night and Aminé said “San Diego, I think this is the littest show of the tour so far!” Fans left the show drenched in sweat and sore from jumping all night long. It couldn’t have gone any better.

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According to Aminé, Tuesdays in San Diego are for sold out music shows at SOMA. On Feb. 8, Aminé traveled to the West Coast for the fifth stop on his Best Tour Ever Tour. SOMA, a local music venue, hosted the Portland, Oregon-based rapper, along with special guest artists 454 and Chochise. Anime announced his 33 stop tour to perform his new EP/ mixtape named “TWOPOINTFIVE.” The bright neon colored cover art hinted at the fun, hyperpop music fans could expect to hear from this project. Aminé first gained popularity following his debut single “Caroline” in 2016, which landed 11th on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Since then, Aminé has dropped three albums/mixtapes, “Good for you,” “OnePointFive” and “Limbo.” These were all different projects that showed the rapper’s unique vocals, hard verses and creative fun cadences. “TWOPOINTFIVE” was nothing short of his previous successes. Fans of all ages lined up two hours outside before the doors opened to the venue. Florida rapper 454 opened the show, followed by the rapper Chochise. When Aminé jumped on stage through the door props of his neighborhood market singing “Mad Funny Freestyle,” fans were given a tour of his city in Portland, specifically his neighborhood Woodlawn Park. Accompanying him on stage was a 10-foot statue of his dog Oliver, which can also be seen in the music video for the song “Charmander.” A neon colored sign onstage shaped as the state of Oregon read, The Best Tour Ever Tour. Aminé spoke about the lifesized Alberta Market, which he claims “is the best place to get fried chicken in Portland.'' Also onstage was a replica

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Besides his Portland iconogoraphy, Aminé's stage featured a neon sign illuminating the background.

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Aminé's Best Tour Ever Tour setup included several landmarks from his hometown of Portland.

of the Broadway Bridge, and a sign that read Woodlawn Park open 5 a.m. to midnight. Aminé’s shirt paid homage to his hometown where he grew up with the street crossing sign of Dekum and Martin Luther King Jr. His pants were branded with patches of states his tour had visited. In the beginning of the show, the Portland rapper joined by DJ Madison, asked the concert goers to scream “I know” after each time they said “You’re beautiful”. They continued this as the night went on. “TWOPOINTFIVE” showcased a new sound of strong melodic hooks accompanied with less aggressive drums, the true mix of pop-rap. Aminé performed most of the songs on the new mixtape like “YiPiYaY,” which has an upbeat tempo and catchy lyrics. He then broke into dance onstage while the

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Black musical artists have powerful influence in Black identity and image by aaliyah alexander OPINION EDITOR

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Black artists and musicians offer the Black community something to relate to while navigating life as miniorities.

Religious communities should honor Black history by samantha festin CONTRIBUTOR

Christians of all backgrounds should observe Black History Month as a remembrance of good faith, unity, strength and perseverance. Powerful leaders such as Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman all shared common characteristics. These civil rights activists were heroes who believed in equity, justice, peace and freedom. These brave souls used effective ideas and methods to fight against racial discrimination and slavery. King Jr. presented his “I Have a Dream” speech to address segregation, racism and inequality. He encouraged peaceful protests to stand up for social justice. Parks joined King Jr. in the Montgomery bus boycott that stood against racial segregation in public transit. After the boycott ended, King Jr. helped develop the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which operated to end segregation in the Southern states. Douglass believed in Christian ethics and leading by example. In his autobiography, “Narrative of Frederick Douglass, an

American Slave,” he expressed his stance against hypocrisy. “I love the pure, peaceable and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed, I can see no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling the religion of this land Christianity. I look upon it as the climax of all misnomers, the boldest of all frauds and the grossest of all libels,” he wrote. Douglass concluded that Christianity should involve moral behavior, reasonable acts and hearts that reflect empathy for others. Tubman escaped slavery and risked her life to lead others to freedom. She was an abolitionist who guided enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad. She put her faith over fear as she attributed her achievements to God. “It wasn’t me, it was the Lord! I always told him, ‘I trust you. I don’t know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,’ and he always did. I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since,” Tubman said. Douglass commended Tubman for her humility and commitment. He wrote her a letter in 1868 that honored her fearlessness. “I have had the applause of the crowd and the satisfaction that comes from being approved by the multitude, while the most that you have done has been witnessed by a few trembling, scarred and foot-sore bondmen and women, whom you have led out of the house of bondage, and whose heartfelt ‘God bless you’ has been your only reward,” Douglass wrote. SEE ONLINE

“Who taught you to hate the color of your skin?” Malcom X asked a predominantly Black audience during a speech. “Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair? Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose and the shape of your lips?” Self-hatred runs deep in the Black community. It’s obvious why, but if you’re not aware it’s simple: Black people were taught for centuries that everything about them is “wrong.” To validate the agenda of white supremacy during the enslavement and segregation of Black Americans, they had to use a dichotomy. In the world of dichotomies, there is always opposition — light and dark, good and evil, love and hate. For this argument, our dichotomy is white versus black whereas whiteness is considered “right and good” and blackness is considered “wrong and evil.” As the saying goes, “people aren’t born to hate, they’re taught it.” Using this line of logic, many Black individuals fall victim to lies that condemn their worth and uniqueness. The lies that were taught to our ancestors made their way from generation to generation, all the way into the minds of many of my peers. However, there were some people, past and present, who pushed against the grain and uplifted Black culture through various mediums, one being music. Nina Simone’s 1970s song “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black” is amongst one of my favorite anthems. I could relate to Simone when she sang the lyrics “Oh, how I long to know the truth / There are times when

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that seeking help for mental health goes directly against the traditional masculine norms of Black men. In other words, if I were to share my feelings and emotions, I would be seen as vulnerable and less of a man. I know this isn’t true but when you grow up with these norms, it can make you reluctant to seek help and it teaches you to suppress your emotions. The social expectations that come with Black masculinity have created a toxic environment for Black men resulting in psychological and emotional health effects with long-term struggles such as feeling unheard or unaccepted, failure to express emotions and clinical mental illnesses. Demography also plays a role mentally. According to the most recent census data available, 55% of all Black and African American people lived in the South, 18% lived in the Midwest, 17% in the Northeast, and 10% in the West. This makes it even harder for African Americans to become accustomed in areas such as California where they aren’t in the top three of the state’s racial population. I’ve spent my whole life adjusting to the customs of each community I resided in, not knowing how important it was to embrace my roots and be myself. Pile all these stressors on with the craziness of the pandemic and the everyday life of the typical college student, and you’ve got yourself a messy jumbo bacon mental health cheeseburger. There’s a simple lesson I’m trying to get

I look back / And I am haunted by my youth.” Since kindergarten, I’ve attended predominantly white institutions where I often felt out of place and was forced to assimilate to the culture around me. Everything to the way I dressed and fixed my hair throughout middle school and high school was influenced by what I continuously saw around me. I often cringe when I look at old photos because I can clearly recall how hard it was for me to accept myself as I was. Songs like “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black” are what helped me unlearn the anti-blackness propaganda I’ve been taught through mainstream society. Hearing Beyonce sing “I like my baby heir with baby hair and afros / I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils” in 2016 was the first time I looked at my natural features differently. Three years later, “Brown Skin Girl” was released, taking my self-love to a whole new level. I can accredit a significant portion of my self-image to the Black artists who exude the energy of “I’m Black and I’m proud” in their lyrics. Seeing my favorite artists such as Masego, J. Cole, OSHUN and Kendrick Lamar create music celebrating their culture was (and still is) much needed. Even though we, as Black people, weren’t the ones to teach ourselves to hate the color of our skin, the texture of our hair or the shape of our nose and lips, we can be the ones to teach ourselves how to love them. In the process of unlearning, music by talented Black artists can be a powerful tool in your journey. Aaliyah Alexander is a junior studying journalism and international studies. Follow her on Twitter @aaliyahdanyell. across here: Black men, despite what you may have been told, our mental health is important. It’s evident that the topic of Black men tending to their mental health has been brushed aside for generations, but now is the time to change that stigma. You are not alone. Even the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly suffered from severe depression during periods of his life and refused treatment, even when urged to seek care by his staff. Find help, talk to a friend, take a break; whatever it is that makes you feel more like yourself. Do it, because at the end of the day the most important thing is your happiness and peace of mind. Morgan Prickett is a junior studying journalism. Follow him on Twitter @ morganprickett1.

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Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, Theatreeȅ Ǡƺǩǿ ƺ ǉȅǾȒǹǓȠǓ ȣǿǏǓȖșȠƺǿǏǩǿǠ ȅǟ ȠǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓॹ ȠǦǓ ȣǿǩΚǓȖșǩȠΡ Λǩǹǹ ǦȅșȠ ƺ șǓȖǩǓș ȅǟ ȅȒǓǿ ǟȅȖȣǾș ƺǿǏ ǉȅǿșȣǹȠƺȠǩȅǿș ΛǩȠǦ ǩǿȠǓȖǓșȠǓǏॹ ȖǓǠȣǹƺȖǹΡ ǓǿȖȅǹǹǓǏ ^ ^h șȠȣǏǓǿȠșॹ ǩǿǉǹȣǏǩǿǠ ȠǦȅșǓ ǓΠǉǹȣșǩΚǓǹΡ ƺȠȠǓǿǏǩǿǠ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ শƺǿǏ Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, Suite 250 Center for Intercultural Relations ǓΠǉǹȣǏǩǿǠ ȠǦȅșǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǓΠǉǹȣșǩΚǓǹΡ ǓǿȖȅǹǹǓǏ ǩǿ (ǹȅǈƺǹ ƺǾȒȣș ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾșষঀ eǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ ȅȒȠǩȅǿș Price Center Multipurpose Room Women’s Resource Center and Pride Center ǟȅȖ ǉȅǿșǩǏǓȖƺȠǩȅǿ ƺȖǓ ǓǩȠǦǓȖ ੢ࢳࢵࢺॹ ੢ࢲࢺࢺॹ ȅȖ ੢ࢲࢸࢵ ȒǓȖ șǓǾǓșȠǓȖ শǏȣȖǩǿǠ ǟƺǹǹ ƺǿǏ șȒȖǩǿǠষ ƺǿǏ ǓǩȠǦǓȖ ੢ࢲࢱࢱ ȅȖ ੢ࢹࢱॹ ȅȖ ੢ࢸࢱ ǟȅȖ ȠǦǓ șȣǾǾǓȖ SDSU-IV Calexico Campus ȠǓȖǾঀ eǦǓ ǟǓǓ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǈǓǠǩǿ ǩǿ 'ƺǹǹ ࢳࢱࢳࢳ ƺǿǏ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǈǓ ƺǏǴȣșȠǓǏ ƺǿǿȣƺǹǹΡ ȣșǩǿǠ ȠǦǓ /ǩǠǦǓȖ ǏȣǉƺȠǩȅǿ XȖǩǉǓ 2ǿǏǓΠ শ/ X2ষॹ șȠƺȖȠǩǿǠ ǩǿ ȠǦǓ 'ƺǹǹ ࢳࢱࢳࢴঀ SDSU-IV Calexico Campus Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, Theatre KȒǓǿ 'ȅȖȣǾ ƺȠǓș ƺǿǏ @ȅǉƺȠǩȅǿș West Commons 115 Native Resource Center eǦǓ ȅȒǓǿ ǟȅȖȣǾșॹ ȅȒǓǿ Ƞȅ ^ ^h șȠȣǏǓǿȠșॹ ǟƺǉȣǹȠΡॹ ƺǿǏ șȠƺǟǟॹ Λǩǹǹ ȅǉǉȣȖ ǩǿ ^ȒȖǩǿǠ ȅǟ ࢳࢱࢳࢳঀ XǹǓƺșǓ ΚǩșǩȠ șǏșȣঀǓǏȣইƺǹȠǓȖǿƺȠǩΚǓǉȅǿșȣǹȠ EOP Student Services East 2109 EO P ǟȅȖ ȠǦǓ ǾȅșȠ ǉȣȖȖǓǿȠ ǹǩșȠ ȅǟ șǉǦǓǏȣǹǓǏ ǟȅȖȣǾșঀ Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, State Suite Undeclared College Council XȣȖȒȅșǓ ȅǟ ȠǦǓ 'ǓǓ Latinx Resource Center Student Services East Lipinsky Conference Room ȒȖȅȒȅșǓș ȠǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, APIDA ^ ^h Center APIDA Resource Center 'ǓǓ Ƞȅ ȖǓǹǩƺǈǹΡ ǟȣǿǏ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓॹ ǩǿǿȅΚƺȠǩȅǿॹ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ șǓȖΚǩǉǓșॹ ƺǿǏ ǓǉȅǹȅǠǩǉƺǹ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǩǿǩȠǩƺȠǩΚǓșॹ ƺǿǏ Ƞȅ ǓǿșȣȖǓ ȠǦǓ ȣǿǩΚǓȖșǩȠΡ ǉƺǿ ǉȅǿȠǩǿȣǓ Ƞȅ ǾǓǓȠ ȠǦǓ ǠȖȅΛǩǿǠ ǏǓǾƺǿǏș ȅǿ th FratManners/SISSTER Calpulli 4 Floor Conference Center Room #3

ǩǿǟȅȖǾƺtion technologies, and students’ sustainability goals and aspirations.

If you require an accommodation for your participation in a scheduled open forum, please contact the Student Ability Success Center at either (619) 594-6473 or sascinfo@sdsu.edu. ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ tȅǩǉǓ

2ǟ ƺȒpȖȅΚǓǏॹ ǓȕȣǩȠƺǈǹǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȖǓȒȖǓșǓǿȠƺȠǩȅǿॹ ǩǿǉǹȣǏǩǿǠ ȣǿǏǓȖǠȖƺǏȣƺȠǓ ƺǿǏ ǠȖƺǏȣƺȠǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǟȖȅǾ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ For students who are unable to attend a scheduled open forum, you may come to SDSU Testing Services starting Tuesday, February 15th through Friday, March 4th. Students can drop in between the hours of 8:30am and 3:00pm. Please bring your SDSUcard and plan on tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓș ΛȅȣǹǏ șǓȖΚǓ ȅǿ ȠǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǉȅǾǾǩȠȠǓǓșॹ ƺǿǏ ΛȅȣǹǏ ȒȖȅΚǩǏǓ ƺǿǿȣƺǹ ǩǿȒȣȠ ƺǿǏ being there for 45 minutes to watch the full presentation and to complete your feedback ƺȒȒȖȅΚƺǹ ȅǿ ȠǦǓ ȒȅȖȠǩȅǿș ȅǟ ȠǦǓ ǟǓǓ șȣȒȒȅȖȠǩǿǠ ȠǦǓ ǏǩșǉȖǓȠǩȅǿƺȖΡ ǈȣǏǠǓȠș ǟȅȖ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓে form.ǟȣǿǏǓǏ ǓǟǟȅȖȠș șȣǉǦ ƺș ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾǾǩǿǠॹ ȒȖȅǉȣȖǓǾǓǿȠ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓșॹ ǾǩǉȖȅেǠȖƺǿȠ ƺǏǾǩǿǩșȠȖƺȠǩȅǿॹ ǿǓΛ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠșॹ șȅǟȠΛƺȖǓ ƺǿǏ ȠȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓșঀ

For SDSU Imperial Valley students who are unable to attend a scheduled open forum, you may come to SDSU Imperial Valley Library starting Tuesday, February 15th through ' Λǩǹǹ ȖǓǉǓǩΚǓ ƺǿǿȣƺǹ ȣȒǏƺȠǓș ȅǿ ǦȅΛ ȠǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ ǩș ǈǓǩǿǠ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǓǏॹ ƺș ΛǓǹǹ ƺș ȅȣȠǉȅǾǓș Friday, March 4th. Students can drop in between the hours of 12 noon and 5:00 pm. Please bring your SDSUcard and plan on being there for 45 minutes to watch the full ȖǓǹƺȠǓǏ Ƞȅ ȠǦǓ ǟǓǓঀ presentation and to complete your feedback form. Students can check in at the circulation desk near the entrance of the library. ^ȣǾǾƺȖΡ ȅǟ ȠǦǓ 2șșȣǓș

If you are interested in hosting an open forum, please contact CFAC at cfac@sdsu.edu. ȖǓǉȅǾǾǓǿǏƺȠǩȅǿ ǩǿ ǾǙ͠Ȥȵ ȅǟ ȠǦǓ ȒȖȅȒȅșǓǏ ǟǓǓ ǾǓƺǿșॸ

2F'K[E e2KF X EX/@ e ^ F 2 (K ^e e hF2t [^2e| X[KXK^ @ [ e2F( e / F ^h^e 2F 2@2e| ' KΚǓȖΚǩǓΛ ^ ^h ǩș ǉȅǿșǩǏǓȖǩǿǠ ȠǦǓ ǓșȠƺǈǹǩșǦǾǓǿȠ ȅǟ ƺ ǾƺǿǏƺȠȅȖΡ ƺȠǓǠȅȖΡ 22 ǟǓǓ Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǿǓǓǏǓǏ ǩǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠș ǟȅȖ ǩǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ শǾƺǿΡ ȅǟ ΛǦǩǉǦ ΛǓȖǓ ȒȖǓΚǩȅȣșǹΡ șȣȒȒȅȖȠǓǏ ȠǦȖȅȣǠǦ ȅǿǓেȠǩǾǓ ǟȣǿǏǩǿǠষॹ ƺǿǏ Ƞȅ ǩǿǩȠǩƺȠǓ ǿǓΛ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠে ƺǿǏ ȣǿǩΚǓȖșǩȠΡে șǓȖΚǩǿǠ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ƺǿǏ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǩǿǩȠǩƺȠǩΚǓșঀ eȅ Ǡƺǩǿ ƺ ǉȅǾȒǹǓȠǓ ȣǿǏǓȖșȠƺǿǏǩǿǠ ȅǟ ȠǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓॹ ȠǦǓ ȣǿǩΚǓȖșǩȠΡ Λǩǹǹ ǦȅșȠ ƺ șǓȖǩǓș ȅǟ ȅȒǓǿ ǟȅȖȣǾș ƺǿǏ ǉȅǿșȣǹȠƺȠǩȅǿș ΛǩȠǦ ǩǿȠǓȖǓșȠǓǏॹ ȖǓǠȣǹƺȖǹΡ ǓǿȖȅǹǹǓǏ ^ ^h șȠȣǏǓǿȠșॹ ǩǿǉǹȣǏǩǿǠ ȠǦȅșǓ ǓΠǉǹȣșǩΚǓǹΡ ƺȠȠǓǿǏǩǿǠ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ শƺǿǏ ǓΠǉǹȣǏǩǿǠ ȠǦȅșǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǓΠǉǹȣșǩΚǓǹΡ ǓǿȖȅǹǹǓǏ ǩǿ (ǹȅǈƺǹ ƺǾȒȣș ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾșষঀ eǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ ȅȒȠǩȅǿș ǟȅȖ ǉȅǿșǩǏǓȖƺȠǩȅǿ ƺȖǓ ǓǩȠǦǓȖ ੢ࢳࢵࢺॹ ੢ࢲࢺࢺॹ ȅȖ ੢ࢲࢸࢵ ȒǓȖ șǓǾǓșȠǓȖ শǏȣȖǩǿǠ ǟƺǹǹ ƺǿǏ șȒȖǩǿǠষ ƺǿǏ ǓǩȠǦǓȖ ੢ࢲࢱࢱ ȅȖ ੢ࢹࢱॹ ȅȖ ੢ࢸࢱ ǟȅȖ ȠǦǓ șȣǾǾǓȖ ȠǓȖǾঀ eǦǓ ǟǓǓ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǈǓǠǩǿ ǩǿ 'ƺǹǹ ࢳࢱࢳࢳ ƺǿǏ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǈǓ ƺǏǴȣșȠǓǏ ƺǿǿȣƺǹǹΡ ȣșǩǿǠ ȠǦǓ /ǩǠǦǓȖ ǏȣǉƺȠǩȅǿ XȖǩǉǓ 2ǿǏǓΠ শ/ X2ষॹ șȠƺȖȠǩǿǠ ǩǿ ȠǦǓ 'ƺǹǹ ࢳࢱࢳࢴঀ KȒǓǿ 'ȅȖȣǾ ƺȠǓș ƺǿǏ @ȅǉƺȠǩȅǿș eǦǓ ȅȒǓǿ ǟȅȖȣǾșॹ ȅȒǓǿ Ƞȅ ^ ^h șȠȣǏǓǿȠșॹ ǟƺǉȣǹȠΡॹ ƺǿǏ șȠƺǟǟॹ Λǩǹǹ ȅǉǉȣȖ ǩǿ ^ȒȖǩǿǠ ȅǟ ࢳࢱࢳࢳঀ XǹǓƺșǓ ΚǩșǩȠ șǏșȣঀǓǏȣইƺǹȠǓȖǿƺȠǩΚǓǉȅǿșȣǹȠ ǟȅȖ ȠǦǓ ǾȅșȠ ǉȣȖȖǓǿȠ ǹǩșȠ ȅǟ șǉǦǓǏȣǹǓǏ ǟȅȖȣǾșঀ XȣȖȒȅșǓ ȅǟ ȠǦǓ 'ǓǓ ^ ^h ȒȖȅȒȅșǓș ȠǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ Ƞȅ ȖǓǹǩƺǈǹΡ ǟȣǿǏ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓॹ ǩǿǿȅΚƺȠǩȅǿॹ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ șǓȖΚǩǉǓșॹ ƺǿǏ ǓǉȅǹȅǠǩǉƺǹ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǩǿǩȠǩƺȠǩΚǓșॹ ƺǿǏ Ƞȅ ǓǿșȣȖǓ ȠǦǓ ȣǿǩΚǓȖșǩȠΡ ǉƺǿ ǉȅǿȠǩǿȣǓ Ƞȅ ǾǓǓȠ ȠǦǓ ǠȖȅΛǩǿǠ ǏǓǾƺǿǏș ȅǿ ǩǿǟȅȖǾƺtion technologies, and students’ sustainability goals and aspirations. ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ tȅǩǉǓ 2ǟ ƺȒpȖȅΚǓǏॹ ǓȕȣǩȠƺǈǹǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȖǓȒȖǓșǓǿȠƺȠǩȅǿॹ ǩǿǉǹȣǏǩǿǠ ȣǿǏǓȖǠȖƺǏȣƺȠǓ ƺǿǏ ǠȖƺǏȣƺȠǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǟȖȅǾ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓș ΛȅȣǹǏ șǓȖΚǓ ȅǿ ȠǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǉȅǾǾǩȠȠǓǓșॹ ƺǿǏ ΛȅȣǹǏ ȒȖȅΚǩǏǓ ƺǿǿȣƺǹ ǩǿȒȣȠ ƺǿǏ ƺȒȒȖȅΚƺǹ ȅǿ ȠǦǓ ȒȅȖȠǩȅǿș ȅǟ ȠǦǓ ǟǓǓ șȣȒȒȅȖȠǩǿǠ ȠǦǓ ǏǩșǉȖǓȠǩȅǿƺȖΡ ǈȣǏǠǓȠș ǟȅȖ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓে ǟȣǿǏǓǏ ǓǟǟȅȖȠș șȣǉǦ ƺș ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾǾǩǿǠॹ ȒȖȅǉȣȖǓǾǓǿȠ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓșॹ ǾǩǉȖȅেǠȖƺǿȠ ƺǏǾǩǿǩșȠȖƺȠǩȅǿॹ ǿǓΛ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠșॹ șȅǟȠΛƺȖǓ ƺǿǏ ȠȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓșঀ ' Λǩǹǹ ȖǓǉǓǩΚǓ ƺǿǿȣƺǹ ȣȒǏƺȠǓș ȅǿ ǦȅΛ ȠǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ ǩș ǈǓǩǿǠ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǓǏॹ ƺș ΛǓǹǹ ƺș ȅȣȠǉȅǾǓș ȖǓǹƺȠǓǏ Ƞȅ ȠǦǓ ǟǓǓঀ ^ȣǾǾƺȖΡ ȅǟ ȠǦǓ 2șșȣǓș ȖǓǉȅǾǾǓǿǏƺȠǩȅǿ ǩǿ ǾǙ͠Ȥȵ ȅǟ ȠǦǓ ȒȖȅȒȅșǓǏ ǟǓǓ ǾǓƺǿșॸ ࢲঀ eǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǈǓ ǩǾȒǹǓǾǓǿȠǓǏঀ ࢳঀ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿǩǿǠ ȖȅǈȣșȠ ǏǩǠǩȠƺǹ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ƺǿǏ șǓȖΚǩǉǓș ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǩǿǉǹȣǏǩǿǠॸ ○ ƺ ǈȖȅƺǏǓȖ ȒȅȖȠǟȅǹǩȅ ȅǟ șȅǟȠΛƺȖǓ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǩǿ ƺȖǓƺș ǩǿǉǹȣǏǩǿǠ șǓǉȣȖǩȠΡॹ ȒȖȅǏȣǉȠǩΚǩȠΡॹ ƺǿǏ ǩǿșȠȖȣǉȠǩȅǿঀ ○ ǈǓȠȠǓȖ ΛǩȖǓǹǓșș ǉȅǿǿǓǉȠǩΚǩȠΡ ƺǉȖȅșș ǉƺǾȒȣș শǩǿǏȅȅȖ ƺǿǏ ȅȣȠǏȅȅȖষ ƺȠ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓș ○ ǓǿǦƺǿǉǓǏ șǓȖΚǩǉǓ ȅǟǟǓȖǩǿǠ ǟȅȖ ȠǦǓ ^ ^h ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȅǾȒȣȠǩǿǠ /ȣǈ ΛǩȠǦ ǾȅȖǓ șȠƺǟǟ ƺǿǏ ǈǓȠȠǓȖ șȠƺǟǟেȠȅেșȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȖƺȠǩȅș ○ ǩǾȒȖȅΚǓǏ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ শࢳࢵইࢸইࢴࢷࢶষ ǟȅȖ ȠǦǓ ǹǓƺȖǿǩǿǠ ǾƺǿƺǠǓǾǓǿȠ șΡșȠǓǾ ○ ǾȅǏǓȖǿ ǏǩǠǩȠƺǹ ǉǹƺșșȖȅȅǾș ΛǩȠǦ ȠǦǓ ǾȅȖǓ ǉƺȒƺǉǩȠΡ Ƞȅ ǉƺȒȠȣȖǓ ƺǿǏ ǉƺȒȠǩȅǿ ǹǓǉȠȣȖǓș

ࢲঀ eǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǈǓ ǩǾȒǹǓǾǓǿȠǓǏঀ ࢳঀ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿǩǿǠ ȖȅǈȣșȠ ǏǩǠǩȠƺǹ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ƺǿǏ șǓȖΚǩǉǓș ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǩǿǉǹȣǏǩǿǠॸ ○ ƺ ǈȖȅƺǏǓȖ ȒȅȖȠǟȅǹǩȅ ȅǟ șȅǟȠΛƺȖǓ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǩǿ ƺȖǓƺș ǩǿǉǹȣǏǩǿǠ șǓǉȣȖǩȠΡॹ ȒȖȅǏȣǉȠǩΚǩȠΡॹ ƺǿǏ ǩǿșȠȖȣǉȠǩȅǿঀ ○ ǈǓȠȠǓȖ ΛǩȖǓǹǓșș ǉȅǿǿǓǉȠǩΚǩȠΡ ƺǉȖȅșș ǉƺǾȒȣș শǩǿǏȅȅȖ ƺǿǏ ȅȣȠǏȅȅȖষ ƺȠ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓș ○ ǓǿǦƺǿǉǓǏ șǓȖΚǩǉǓ ȅǟǟǓȖǩǿǠ ǟȅȖ ȠǦǓ ^ ^h ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȅǾȒȣȠǩǿǠ /ȣǈ ΛǩȠǦ ǾȅȖǓ șȠƺǟǟ ƺǿǏ ǈǓȠȠǓȖ șȠƺǟǟেȠȅেșȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȖƺȠǩȅș ○ ǩǾȒȖȅΚǓǏ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ শࢳࢵইࢸইࢴࢷࢶষ ǟȅȖ ȠǦǓ ǹǓƺȖǿǩǿǠ ǾƺǿƺǠǓǾǓǿȠ șΡșȠǓǾ ○ ǾȅǏǓȖǿ ǏǩǠǩȠƺǹ ǉǹƺșșȖȅȅǾș ΛǩȠǦ ȠǦǓ ǾȅȖǓ ǉƺȒƺǉǩȠΡ Ƞȅ ǉƺȒȠȣȖǓ ƺǿǏ ǉƺȒȠǩȅǿ ǹǓǉȠȣȖǓș ○ șȣșȠƺǩǿǓǏ ǩǿেȒǓȖșȅǿ ƺǿǏ ƺșΡǿǉǦȖȅǿȅȣș ȠȖƺǩǿǩǿǠ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ○ ǩǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ ǩǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ȖǓșǓƺȖǉǦ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ○ ΚǩȖȠȣƺǹǩΦƺȠǩȅǿ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ƺǿΡȠǩǾǓইƺǿΡΛǦǓȖǓইƺǿΡ ǏǓΚǩǉǓ ǉȅǾȒȣȠǩǿǠ ○ ȒƺǩǏ ǩǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ǩǿȠǓȖǿșǦǩȒș শșȠȣǏǓǿȠ ƺșșǩșȠƺǿȠ ƺȒȒȅǩǿȠǾǓǿȠșষ ࢴঀ (ȖǓƺȠǓȖ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș Ƞȅ ǩǿǉǓǿȠǩΚǩΦǓ ȣșǓ ȅǟ Ǿƺșș ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ƺǿǏ ȖǓǏȣǉǓ ȠǦǓ ǉƺȖǈȅǿ ǟȅȅȠȒȖǩǿȠ ȅǟ ǉȅǾǾȣȠǓȖș ǟȅȖ ǈȅȠǦ

ȠǦǓ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓșঀ ࢵঀ ǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ șȠƺǟǟǩǿǠ Ƞȅ ƺǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǓ ǩǾȒǹǓǾǓǿȠƺȠǩȅǿ ȅǟ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȖǩȅȖǩȠǩǓșঀ ࢶঀ ǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ǓǟǟȅȖȠș ǟȅȖ ȒȖȅǟǓșșǩȅǿƺǹ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǓǏȣǉƺȠǩȅǿ ƺǿǏ ǹǩȠǓȖƺǉΡ ǟȅȖ ǉƺǾȒȣș șȠƺǷǓǦȅǹǏǓȖș ȅǿ ǩǿǏǩΚǩǏȣƺǹ ƺǿǏ ǉƺǾȒȣșেΛǩǏǓ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȖǩȅȖǩȠǩǓș ƺǿǏ ǩǾȒƺǉȠș ȅǟ ȅȒǓȖƺȠǩȅǿșঀ ࢷঀ ǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ǟȣǿǏǩǿǠ Ƞȅ ȅǟǟșǓȠ ǦǩǠǦǓȖ ǩǿǩȠǩƺǹ ǉȅșȠș ȅǟ ǾȅΚǩǿǠ Ƞȅ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ȣȠǩǹǩȠΡ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ǩǿ ǿǓΛ ƺǿǏ ȖǓǿȅΚƺȠǩȅǿ ǉȅǿșȠȖȣǉȠǩȅǿ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠșঀ 7. ǿǓΛ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ǩǿǿȅΚƺȠǩȅǿ ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾ ȠǦƺȠ Λǩǹǹ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǓেșȒȅȖȠșॹ ǾȅǈǩǹǓ ƺȒȒș ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ șǾƺȖȠȒǦȅǿǓșॹ ǓǹǓǉȠȖȅǿǩǉ ΛȅȖǷǟǹȅΛș Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ȒƺȒǓȖǹǓșș șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȒȖȅǉǓșșǓșॹ ƺ ǿǓΛ ǓেșȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾॹ ƺǿǏ ǠȖǓƺȠǓȖ ƺǉǉǓșș Ƞȅ ǹǓƺǏǩǿǠেǓǏǠǓ Ǔ{ȠǓǿǏǓǏ [ǓƺǹǩȠΡ শ{[ষ ƺǿǏ ΚǩȖȠȣƺǹ ȖǓƺǹǩȠΡ ǓǿΚǩȖȅǿǾǓǿȠș ƺǿǏ șȅǟȠΛƺȖǓঀ ȖǓǉȅǾǾǓǿǏƺȠǩȅǿ ǩǿ ȤȱȱȤȸȈȿȈȤȞ Ƞȅ ȠǦǓ ȒȖȅȒȅșǓǏ ǟǓǓ ǾǓƺǿșॸ ࢲঀ eǦǓ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǿȅȠ ǈǓ ǩǾȒǹǓǾǓǿȠǓǏঀ ࢳঀ ǩȖǓǉȠ ǉȅșȠșॹ ǹǓșș șȣȒȒȅȖȠॹ ƺǿǏ ȖǓǏȣǉȠǩȅǿ ȅǟ șǓȖΚǩǉǓș ƺǿǏ ȅȒȒȅȖȠȣǿǩȠǩǓș ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠșॸ ƺঀ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠș Λǩǹǹ ǿǓǓǏ Ƞȅ ȒƺΡ ǟȅȖ ǾȅȖǓ șȅǟȠΛƺȖǓ ǈঀ ǓǉȖǓƺșǓǏ șǓȖΚǩǉǓș ƺǿǏ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ࢲঀ ǏǓǉȖǓƺșǓǏ ΛǩȖǓǹǓșș ǉȅǿǿǓǉȠǩΚǩȠΡ ƺǉȖȅșș ǉƺǾȒȣș শǩǿǏȅȅȖ ƺǿǏ ȅȣȠǏȅȅȖষ ƺȠ ^ ^h ƺǿǏ ^ ^hে2t ࢳঀ ǹȅΛǓȖ șȠƺǟǟǩǿǠ ȖƺȠǩȅș ΛǩȠǦǩǿ ȠǦǓ ^ ^h ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȅǾȒȣȠǩǿǠ /ȣǈ ࢴঀ șǹȅΛǓȖ ǩǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠș ǩǿ ǉǹƺșșȖȅȅǾș ΛǩȠǦ ȠǦǓ ǉƺȒƺǉǩȠΡ Ƞȅ ǉƺȒȠȣȖǓ ƺǿǏ ǉƺȒȠǩȅǿ ǹǓǉȠȣȖǓș ࢵঀ limited training for students on how to use SDSU’s infrastructure and supported sofȠΛƺȖǓ Ƞȅȅǹș ࢶঀ ΚǓȖΡ ǹǩǾǩȠǓǏ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǓΠȒǓȖǩǓǿǉǓ ΛǩȠǦ ȖǓșǓƺȖǉǦ ǩǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ ȠǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ࢴঀ @ǩǾǩȠǓǏ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș Ƞȅ ǩǿǉǓǿȠǩΚǩΦǓ ȣșǓ ȅǟ Ǿƺșș ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ƺǿǏ Ƞȅ ȖǓǏȣǉǓ ȠǦǓ ǉƺȖǈȅǿ ǟȅȅȠȒȖǩǿȠ ȅǟ ǉȅǾǾȣȠǓȖșঀ ࢵঀ ^ȠƺȠȣș ȕȣȅ ǓǟǟȅȖȠș ǈƺșǓǏ șȅǹǓǹΡ ȅǿ ^ȠƺȠǓেǟȣǿǏǩǿǠ ǟȅȖ ǩǾȒǹǓǾǓǿȠƺȠǩȅǿ ȅǟ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȖǩȅȖǩȠǩǓșঀ ࢶঀ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǓǏȣǉƺȠǩȅǿ ƺǿǏ ǹǩȠǓȖƺǉΡ ǟȅȖ ǉƺǾȒȣș șȠƺǷǓǦȅǹǏǓȖș ȅǿ ƺ ΚȅǹȣǿȠǓǓȖ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǈƺșǩș ǟȅȖ ȖƺǩșǩǿǠ ƺΛƺȖǓǿǓșș ȅǟ ǩǿǏǩΚǩǏȣƺǹ ƺǿǏ ǉƺǾȒȣșেΛǩǏǓ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȖǩȅȖǩȠǩǓș ƺǿǏ ǩǾȒƺǉȠș ȅǟ ȅȒǓȖƺȠǩȅǿșঀ ࢷঀ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓș ǟȖȅǾ ȠǦǓ ȒȖȅȒȅșǓǏ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǟǓǓ Λǩǹǹ ǿȅȠ ǈǓ ƺΚƺǩǹƺǈǹǓ Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ȅǟǟșǓȠ ǦǩǠǦǓȖ ǩǿǩȠǩƺǹ ǉȅșȠș ȅǟ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ȣȠǩǹǩȠΡ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ǩǿ ǿǓΛ ƺǿǏ ȖǓǿȅΚƺȠǩȅǿ ǉȅǿșȠȖȣǉȠǩȅǿ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠșঀ ࢸঀ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓ ǟȖȅǾ ȠǦǓ ȒȖȅȒȅșǓǏ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǟǓǓ Λǩǹǹ ǿȅȠ ǈǓ ƺΚƺǩǹƺǈǹǓ Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǩǿǿȅΚƺȠǩȅǿ ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾș șȣǉǦ ƺș ǓেșȒȅȖȠș ƺǿǏ ƺǿ ^ ^h ǾȅǈǩǹǓ ƺȒȒ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ șǾƺȖȠȒǦȅǿǓșॹ ǉȅǿȠǩǿȣǓǏ ȖǓǹǩƺǿǉǓ ȅǿ ȒƺȒǓȖেǈƺșǓǏ ȒȖȅǉǓșșǓș ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠșॹ ǿȅ ǓেșȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾॹ ƺǿǏ ǹǩǾǩȠǓǏ ƺǉǉǓșș Ƞȅ Ǔ{ȠǓǿǏǓǏ [ǓƺǹǩȠΡ শ{[ষ ƺǿǏ ΚǩȖȠȣƺǹ ȖǓƺǹǩȠΡ ǩǾǾǓȖșǩΚǓ ǹǓƺȖǿǩǿǠ ȅȒȒȅȖȠȣǿǩȠǩǓșঀ

'ǩǿƺǿǉǩƺǹ ǿƺǹΡșǩș ǟȅȖ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ শ e^ষ 'ǓǓ ǟȅȖ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ƺǾȒȣșǓș

2ȠǓǾș Ƞȅ ^ǉƺǹǓ ƺșǓǏ ȅǿ 'ǓǓ

Fȅ e^ 'ǓǓ শ^ȠƺȠȣș Zȣȅষ

KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢲ ੢ࢲࢸࢵইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয শ੢ࢲࢳE ǿǿȣƺǹ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ

KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢳ KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢴ ੢ࢲࢺࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয ੢ࢳࢵࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয শ੢ࢲࢵE ǿǿȣƺǹ শ੢ࢲࢹE ǿǿȣƺǹ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ

ࢸঀ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓ ǟȖȅǾ ȠǦǓ ȒȖȅȒȅșǓǏ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǟǓǓ Λǩǹǹ ǿȅȠ ǈǓ ƺΚƺǩǹƺǈǹǓ Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǩǿǿȅΚƺȠǩȅǿ ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾș șȣǉǦ ƺș ǓেșȒȅȖȠș ƺǿǏ ƺǿ ^ ^h ǾȅǈǩǹǓ ƺȒȒ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ șǾƺȖȠȒǦȅǿǓșॹ ǉȅǿȠǩǿȣǓǏ ȖǓǹǩƺǿǉǓ ȅǿ ȒƺȒǓȖেǈƺșǓǏ ȒȖȅǉǓșșǓș ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠșॹ ǿȅ ǓেșȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȖȅǠȖƺǾॹ ƺǿǏ ǹǩǾǩȠǓǏ ƺǉǉǓșș Ƞȅ Ǔ{ȠǓǿǏǓǏ [ǓƺǹǩȠΡ শ{[ষ ƺǿǏ ΚǩȖȠȣƺǹ ȖǓƺǹǩȠΡ ǩǾǾǓȖșǩΚǓ ǹǓƺȖǿǩǿǠ ȅȒȒȅȖȠȣǿǩȠǩǓșঀ

'ǩǿƺǿǉǩƺǹ ǿƺǹΡșǩș ǟȅȖ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ শ e^ষ 'ǓǓ The Daily Aztec ǟȅȖ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ƺǾȒȣșǓș

2ȠǓǾș Ƞȅ ^ǉƺǹǓ ƺșǓǏ ȅǿ 'ǓǓ [ǓȠȣȖǿ Ƞȅ ǩǏ মࢳয ǏΚƺǿǉǩǿǠ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ^ȅǟȠΛƺȖǓ ǟȅȖ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǿǦƺǿǉǓǏ vǩȖǓǹǓșș

Fȅ e^ 'ǓǓ শ^ȠƺȠȣș Zȣȅষ

KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢲ ੢ࢲࢸࢵইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয শ੢ࢲࢳE ǿǿȣƺǹ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ

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KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢳ KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢴ ੢ࢲࢺࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয ੢ࢳࢵࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয শ੢ࢲࢵE ǿǿȣƺǹ শ੢ࢲࢹE ǿǿȣƺǹ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ ࢴઔ ȅǟ [ǓΚǓǿȣǓ

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ǿǦƺǿǉǓǏ KȣȠǏȅȅȖ

ǿǦƺǿǉǓǏ 2ǿǏȅȅȖ ƺǿǏ KȣȠǏȅȅȖ

^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǓǿȠȖǩǉ /ǓǹȒ ǓǉȖǓƺșǓǏ ^ȠƺǟǟǩǿǠ ࢴ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ șȠƺǟǟ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ǩǠǩȠƺǹ ȠȖƺǩǿǩǿǠ ǟȅȖ ș ǩșॹ ȒȖȅΚǩǏǓǏ ǈΡ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ ƺǿǏ 'ƺǉȣǹȠΡ ΚǓǿǏȅȖ

ࢶ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ șȠƺǟǟ ǟȅȖ ࢶ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ șȠƺǟǟ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ƺǿǏ ǓǿǦƺǿǉǓǏ Ǧȣǈ ǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ

tǓǿǏȅȖ XȖȅΚǩǏǓǏ

^ ^h ȖǓƺȠǓǏ

tǓǿǏȅȖ XȖȅΚǩǏǓǏ ƺǿǏ ^ ^h ȖǓƺȠǓǏ

মࢵয ^ȒǓǉǩǟǩǉ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ƺǿǏ ǾǩΠ Λǩǹǹ ǈǓ ȒȖȅȒȅșǓǏ ǈΡ ǟȣǹǹেȠǩǾǓ șȠƺǟǟ ƺǿǏ ǏǓȠǓȖǾǩǿǓǏ ΛǩȠǦ ǩǿȒȣȠ ƺǿǏ ƺȒȒȖȅΚƺǹ ǟȖȅǾ ȖǓȒȖǓșǓǿȠƺȠǩΚǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǹǓƺǏǓȖș ǟȖȅǾ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓșঀ Feb. 16-22, 2022 ^ȠƺȠǓǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ 'ƺΚȅȖ ȅǟ ƺǿ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ Dear Campus Fee Advisory Committee, I believe that the Accelerating Technology and Sustainability Fee is beneficial in the development of esports related opportunities here at SDSU. With the increase in other collegiate gaming facilities and programs at schools such as UCSD and UCI, I think SDSU following suite would help the university stay competitive in the SoCal region. According to a March 2021 survey, currently almost half of CSU schools have some type of gaming space on campus which further proves that gaming is becoming a larger part of the collegiate space. The current gaming space within the Student Union bowling alley is not up to par with spaces that other universities currently possess, with investment into a proper space and equipment we can provide students with a program that will introduce them to the esports, technology, and gaming industry. This opens the door to a variety of professions from marketing, management, production, and product design. Having a dedicated program that oversees an official gaming space and esports teams will give experience to students who wish to pursue post-graduation jobs in the gaming/esports industry. The current student run club, Aztec Gaming, has had several of its members move onto be successful in the industry with companies like CORSAIR, MSI, and Sony. To gain these positions, they use the skills gained when leading the club. For example, they learned how to do event planning, leadership, graphic design, community building, and sponsorship management. Creating a program based off the already existing leadership and community will not only allow SDSU to offer a broader range of experience for students but attract further growth of gaming and esports businesses within the San Diego area to potentially become an influential region.

^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ 2ǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ 2ǿȠǓȖǿșǦǩȒș ƺǿǏ ǾȒǹȅΡǾǓǿȠ মࢴয

ǓǉȖǓƺșǓǏ ǓǾȒǹȅΡǾǓǿȠ ȅȒȒȅȖȠȣǿǩȠǩǓș

ࢳࢶ ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș

ࢶࢱ ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș

ࢸࢶ ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș

@ǓƺȖǿǩǿǠ EƺǿƺǠǓǾǓǿȠ ^ΡșȠǓǾ শ@E^ষ ^ȣȒȒȅȖȠ ƺǿǏ tǩǏǓȅ 'ǓƺȠȣȖǓș

Fȅ ࢳࢵইࢸইࢴࢷࢶ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ƺǿǏ ǓǹǩǾǩǿƺȠǩȅǿ ȅǟ ǩǿȠǓǠȖƺȠǓǏ @E^ ΚǩǏǓȅ ȒǹƺȠǟȅȖǾ

ࢳࢵইࢸইࢴࢷࢶ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ

ࢳࢵইࢸইࢴࢷࢶ șȣȒȒȅȖȠআ 2ǿȠǓǠȖƺȠǓǏ ΚǩǏǓȅ ǟǓƺȠȣȖǓ

In terms of immediate benefits for students on campus, a dedicated facility will create equal opportunities for all students to participate in personal entertainment activities. Pulling from data within Aztec Gaming, over 1,700 members have expressed an interest in gaming in some capacity. Based off this, it is likely that many students would find use if a gaming facility was available to them. The proposed items would also help to engage STEM students and increase overall retention rates of students.

ȅǿǿǓǉȠǓǏ ǹƺșșȖȅȅǾș

Kǉǉƺșǩȅǿƺǹ ǩǾȒȖȅΚǓǾǓǿȠș

ࢲࢱেΡǓƺȖ ȖǓǟȖǓșǦ ǟȅȖ ǉǹƺșșȖȅȅǾș

ࢸেΡǓƺȖ ȖǓǟȖǓșǦ ǟȅȖ ǉǹƺșșȖȅȅǾș

ࢶেΡǓƺȖ ȖǓǟȖǓșǦ ǟȅȖ ǉǹƺșșȖȅȅǾș

Fȅ

|Ǔș

If this facility is to function in a similar way to Aztec Recreation facilities where admission is already paid with tuition and fees, students would have the opportunity to relax and improve their mental health. Analogous to the popular activity of working out where students can unwind, some students, including myself, unwind through gaming. Giving students access to the expensive equipment needed to play and/or compete at a high level is one benefit of this fee not to mention current supply chain shortages with electronics.

FȅǿǓ

|Ǔș

Fȅ e^ 'ǓǓ শ^ȠƺȠȣș Zȣȅষ

KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢲ ੢ࢲࢸࢵইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয শ੢ࢲࢳE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ

ে^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ

FȅǿǓ

েΛƺșȠǓ

েΛƺșȠǓॹ șǾƺȖȠ ǉǦƺȖǠǩǿǠ

েΛƺșȠǓॹ șǾƺȖȠ ǉǦƺȖǠǩǿǠॹ ƺǿǏ ǩǿȠǓǹǹǩǠǓǿȠ ȒȖǩǿȠǩǿǠ

ে(ƺǾǩǿǠ ই ে^ȒȅȖȠș

FȅǿǓ

@ƺǈș

eǓƺǾș

^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ XȖȅǉǓșșǓș ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș

FȅǿǓ

|Ǔș

tǩȖȠȣƺǹǩΦƺȠǩȅǿ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ

FȅǿǓ

|Ǔș

2ǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ [ǓșǓƺȖǉǦ 2ǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ

FȅǿǓ

EǩǿȅȖ মࢵয 2ǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ 2ǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ

EȅǏǓșȠ মࢵয 2ǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ 2ǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠș

EƺǴȅȖ মࢵয 2ǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ 2ǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ

EǩǿȅȖ মࢵয 2ǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ

EȅǏǓșȠ মࢵয 2ǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ

EƺǴȅȖ মࢵয 2ǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ

ΠǩșȠǩǿǠ

|Ǔș

FȅǿǓ

^Ƞƺǟǟ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ

@ƺǈș

ȅȖǓ ǟƺǉǩǹǩȠǩǓș

ΠȠǓǿǏǓǏ ǹƺșșȖȅȅǾ ^ȣȒȒȅȖȠ /ȅȣȖș ^ ^h EȅǈǩǹǓ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȒȒ 2ȠǓǾș Ƞȅ ^ǉƺǹǓ ƺșǓǏ ȅǿ 'ǓǓ

ȣǠǾǓǿȠǓǏ ƺǿǏ tǩȖȠȣƺǹ @ǩǾǩȠǓǏ Ƞȅ KǿǓে [ǓƺǹǩȠΡ @ƺǈș মࢵয eǩǾǓ 'ȣǿǏș EȅǈǩǹǓ ^ƺǟǓȠΡ ȒȒǹǩǉƺȠǩȅǿ ΡǈǓȖǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡমࢵয

KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢳ KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢴ ੢ࢲࢺࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয ੢ࢳࢵࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয শ੢ࢲࢵE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ শ੢ࢲࢹE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ

KǟǟǩǉǓ ȅǟ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ࢳ ǟȣǹǹেȠǩǾǓ KǟǟǩǉǓ ࢳ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ KǟǟǩǉǓ ȅǟ ࢴ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ KǟǟǩǉǓ ȅǟ ࢵ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ KǟǟǩǉǓ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ মࢴয

ȅǟ ǿǓȖǠΡ ૭ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș

ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ

ȅǟ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ

ࢶ ȒƺȖȠেȠǩǾǓ শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢵষ ƺǿǏ ࢳ ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢶষ ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢷষ KǟǟǩǉǓ ȅǟ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ࢳ ǟȣǹǹেȠǩǾǓ KǟǟǩǉǓ ࢳ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ KǟǟǩǉǓ ȅǟ ࢴ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ KǟǟǩǉǓ ȅǟ ࢵ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ KǟǟǩǉǓ ƺǿǏ ࢵ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǩǿȠǓȖǿș ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ȒƺȖȠেȠǩǾǓ ƺǿǏ ࢴ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ মࢴয

ȅǟ ǿǓȖǠΡ ૭ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ȅǟ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ȒƺȖȠেȠǩǾǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǩǿȠǓȖǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȒƺȖȠেȠǩǾǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ

ȅǟ ࢸষ

ࢶ ȒƺȖȠেȠǩǾǓ

শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢵষ ƺǿǏ ࢳ

ǩǿȠǓȖǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢹষ

ǩǿȠǓȖǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢺষ

ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢶষ ȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢷষ

^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ XȖȅǠȖƺǾ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǩǿȠǓȖǿș EǩǿǩǾƺǹ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ȒƺȖȠেȠǩǾǓ EǩǿȅȖ মࢵয ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ EȅǏǓșȠ মࢵয EƺǴȅȖ মࢵয ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ƺǿǏ ࢴ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ƺǿǏ ࢵ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ȒƺȖȠেȠǩǾǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ȒƺȖȠেȠǩǾǓ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ 'ȣǿǏș মࢵয ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǩǿȠǓȖǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ȅǟ ࢸষ ǩǿȠǓȖǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢹষ ǩǿȠǓȖǿș শȠȅȠƺǹ ȅǟ ࢺষ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǟȅȖ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ

ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș মࢵয

EǩǿǩǾƺǹ EƺǴȅȖ মࢵয ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ EǩǿȅȖ মࢵয ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș EȅǏǓșȠ মࢵয ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ǟȅȖ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ

ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ

^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ

Fȅ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ

XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș

^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ

XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș EǩǉȖȅ (ȖƺǿȠș XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ

ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ EǩǉȖȅ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ Fȅ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ EǩǉȖȅ (ȖƺǿȠș (ȖƺǿȠ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ EǩǉȖȅ

2ȠǓǾș Ƞȅ ^ǉƺǹǓ ƺșǓǏ ȅǿ 'ǓǓ

ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ

XȖȅǠȖƺǾ 'ȣǿǏș ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ

^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ EǩǉȖȅ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ EǩǉȖȅ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ (ȖƺǿȠș ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ (ȖƺǿȠș ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ

^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ EǩǉȖȅ

KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢲ KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢳ KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢴ (ȖƺǿȠș (ȖƺǿȠș ੢ࢲࢸࢵইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয ੢ࢲࢺࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয ੢ࢳࢵࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয শ੢ࢲࢳE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢳ শ੢ࢲࢵE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ শ੢ࢲࢹE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢲ KȒȠǩȅǿ ࢴ

(ȖƺǿȠ Fȅ e^ 'ǓǓ শ^ȠƺȠȣș Zȣȅষ

Considering all of the topics included with this fee, I have determined that the $249 tier is the most beneficial but also recognize that the $199 tier is a reasonable compromise between additional costs and benefits to create an esports facility and program. Keon Moore, SDSU Senior [ǓǈȣȠȠƺǹ Ƞȅ ^ȠƺȠǓǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ 'ƺΚȅȖ ȅǟ ƺǿ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ While e-sports facilities could benefit the university, the addition of this fee is not the way to fund them. Historically, student organizations have been funded through the Student Body Association fee, which costs students only $35/semester and pays for the activities of recognized student organizations. If SDSU really wants an e-sports team, they should explore this channel first. The proposed fee places an annual expense between $12 and $18 million per year on the entire student body, of which only a small portion would be allocated to the e-sports item - a benefit that would in turn be used by only a small portion of the student body. The rest would be allocated to a variety of items whose benefits do not seem to outweigh the increased financial burden they entail.

Cayton Larmer, SDSU Junior ^ȠƺȠǓǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ KȒȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿ ȅǟ ƺǿ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ While many of the items outlined by this initiative are important, the proposed fee is not the solution. Existing tuition and cost-of-living expenses for students already impose a significant financial burden on a population with necessarily limited resources. Furthermore, many of the items in this initiative (such as the E-sports and virtual reality labs) look excellent on a university brochure, but will not necessarily materially help the vast majority of students who end up paying for them. San Diego State University is currently engaged in a number of other projects and expansions. While nice quality-of-life improvements, not all of these can be seen as critical to the continued function of the university as a whole. If the items in this initiative are as important as the university says, why were the funds currently being spent on these other projects not put towards the initiative items in the first place? Cayton Larmer, SDSU Junior [ǓǈȣȠȠƺǹ Ƞȅ ^ȠƺȠǓǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ KȒȒȅșǩȠǩȅǿ ȅǟ ƺǿ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ While this fee will overall bring beneficial improvements to SDSU, it’s understandable that current tuition and fees impose a financial burden on students and that additional fees can worsen this. Though I cannot influence the way the school allocates its money currently I’d like to compare this new fee with existing similar fees. The current fees listed on SDSU’s webpage shows that ones like the Instructional Related Activity Fee use three quarters of the $249 mandatory fee on athletics. This is an area that only a fraction of students will see the benefits from. It could be argued that items listed on the Accelerating Tech and Sustainability fee such as the esports, augmented, and virtual reality labs would be more efficient in their implementation due to the lower funding per item while influencing similar student numbers or more. Furthermore, it could be argued that quality-of-life items are what contribute to an overall impactful college experience. These quality-of-life items are not only nice to haves, but they serve to engage students and keep them interested in their campus and improve overall retention. While esports, augmented, and virtual reality labs may not be as immediately useful as a gym, they still serve as incredible opportunities for students and faculty in the changing world. Lastly, the bigger picture often gets lost in the debate of how something like fees impacts students now rather than in the long term. Investments in our campus now would allow it to be better for those to come. Keon Moore, SDSU Senior 2ǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ ȒƺǾȒǦǹǓȠ ƺȒȒȖȅΚǓǏ ǈΡ ȠǦǓ ƺǾȒȣș 'ǓǓ ǏΚǩșȅȖΡ ȅǾǾǩȠȠǓǓ শ ' ষঀ ^ȣǈǾǩȠ ƺ ǉȅǾǾǓǿȠইȕȣǓșȠǩȅǿ Ƞȅ ' ǉǟƺǉ૬șǏșȣঀǓǏȣ

2ȠǓǾș Ƞȅ ^ǉƺǹǓ ƺșǓǏ ੢ࢲࢺࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয ੢ࢳࢵࢺইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǿǓȖǠΡ মࢵয Fȅ e^ 'ǓǓ @ǩǾǩȠǓǏ Ƞȅ KǿǓে੢ࢲࢸࢵইșǓǾǓșȠǓȖ মࢲয EǩǿȅȖ মࢵয ȅǿেǠȅǩǿǠ EȅǏǓșȠ মࢵয ȅǿেǠȅǩǿǠ EƺǴȅȖ মࢵয ȅǿেǠȅǩǿǠ ȅǿ 'ǓǓ শ^ȠƺȠȣș Zȣȅষ শ੢ࢲࢳE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ শ੢ࢲࢵE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ শ੢ࢲࢹE [ǓΚǓǿȣǓষ

eǩǾǓ 'ȣǿǏș

^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǿǓȖǠΡ মࢵয @ǩǾǩȠǓǏ Ƞȅ KǿǓে eǩǾǓ 'ȣǿǏș

ǩǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ ǩǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ ǩǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ EȅǏǓșȠ মࢵয ȅǿেǠȅǩǿǠ EƺǴȅȖ মࢵয ȅǿেǠȅǩǿǠ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ

EǩǿȅȖ মࢵয ȅǿেǠȅǩǿǠ ǩǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ

ǩǿΚǓșȠǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ

ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠș Ƞȅ ȖǓǏȣǉǓ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠș Ƞȅ ȖǓǏȣǉǓ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠș Ƞȅ ȖǓǏȣǉǓ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ

ǠȖǓǓǿǦȅȣșǓ Ǡƺș ƺǿǏ ǠȖǓǓǿǦȅȣșǓ Ǡƺș ƺǿǏ ǠȖǓǓǿǦȅȣșǓ Ǡƺș ƺǿǏ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠș Ƞȅ ȖǓǏȣǉǓ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠș Ƞȅ ȖǓǏȣǉǓ ȒȖȅǴǓǉȠș Ƞȅ ȖǓǏȣǉǓ

ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ Ƞȅ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ Ƞȅ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ Ƞȅ ǠȖǓǓǿǦȅȣșǓ Ǡƺș ƺǿǏ ǠȖǓǓǿǦȅȣșǓ Ǡƺș ƺǿǏ ǠȖǓǓǿǦȅȣșǓ Ǡƺș ƺǿǏ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ Ƞȅ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ Ƞȅ ǩǿǟȖƺșȠȖȣǉȠȣȖǓ Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șƺΚǩǿǠ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șƺΚǩǿǠ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ ǾǓƺșȣȖǓș șȣȒȒȅȖȠ ǓǿǓȖǠΡ șƺΚǩǿǠ ǾǓƺșȣȖǓș șƺΚǩǿǠ ǾǓƺșȣȖǓș ǾǓƺșȣȖǓș

șƺΚǩǿǠ ǾǓƺșȣȖǓș

EǩǿȅȖ মࢵয ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ

EȅǏǓșȠ মࢵয

EƺǴȅȖ মࢵয ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ

ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ ƺǿǏইȅȖ șǦȣȠȠǹǓ

ǟȅȖ Ǿƺșș ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ

ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ ƺǿǏইȅȖ

^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǹǓ ΠǩșȠǩǿǠ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș

EǩǿȅȖ মࢵয ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ

EȅǏǓșȠ মࢵয

EƺǴȅȖ মࢵয ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ

eȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ ^ȣǈșǩǏΡ ǟȅȖ Ǿƺșș ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș ǟȅȖ Ǿƺșș ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș ǟȅȖ Ǿƺșș eȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ ^ȣǈșǩǏΡ ǟȅȖ Ǿƺșș ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș ǟȅȖ Ǿƺșș ƺǏǏǩȠǩȅǿƺǹ șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș șȣǈșǩǏǩǓș ǟȅȖ Ǿƺșș মࢵয ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ ƺǿǏইȅȖ șǦȣȠȠǹǓ ǟȅȖ Ǿƺșș ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ ȠȖƺǿșǩȠ ƺǿǏইȅȖ মࢵয

ȠȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ^ƺǿ ƺǿǏইȅȖ șǦȣȠȠǹǓ șǦȣȠȠǹǓ ȠȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ^ƺǿ ƺǿǏইȅȖ șǦȣȠȠǹǓ

șǦȣȠȠǹǓ

ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ ȠȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ȠȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ ȠȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ ȠȖƺǿșȒȅȖȠƺȠǩȅǿ ǟȅȖ

tƺǹǹǓΡ ƺǾȒȣșǓș ǟȅȖ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ tƺǹǹǓΡ ƺǾȒȣșǓș ǟȅȖ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ ࢵॹࢱࢱࢱ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ࢵॹࢱࢱࢱ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ƺǾȒȣșǓș ǟȅȖ ࢵॹࢱࢱࢱ ƺǾȒȣșǓș ƺǾȒȣșǓș ƺǾȒȣșǓș ǟȅȖ ࢵॹࢱࢱࢱ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș șȠȣǏǓǿȠș

মࢲয ǿǿȣƺǹ ǟǓǓ ǩǿǉȖǓƺșǓ ǈƺșǓǏ ȅǿ /ǩǠǦǓȖ ǏȣǉƺȠǩȅǿ XȖǩǉǓ 2ǿǏǓΠ șȠƺȖȠǩǿǠ ǩǿ 'ƺǹǹ ࢳࢱࢳࢴ মࢲয ǿǿȣƺǹ ǟǓǓ ǩǿǉȖǓƺșǓ ǈƺșǓǏ ȅǿ /ǩǠǦǓȖ ǏȣǉƺȠǩȅǿ XȖǩǉǓ 2ǿǏǓΠ șȠƺȖȠǩǿǠ ǩǿ 'ƺǹǹ ࢳࢱࢳࢴ মࢳয ࢴઔ ȖǓȠȣȖǿ Ƞȅ ƺǩǏ ǉȅǾȒȅǿǓǿȠ Ƞȅ ǦǓǹȒ ȅǟǟșǓȠ ȠǦǓ ǩǾȒƺǉȠ ȅǟ ȠǦǩș ǟǓǓ Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ΛǦȅ ƺȖǓ ǓΠȒǓȖǩǓǿǉǩǿǠ ǟǩǿƺǿǉǩƺǹ ǦƺȖǏșǦǩȒঀ মࢳয ࢴઔ ȖǓȠȣȖǿ Ƞȅ ƺǩǏ ǉȅǾȒȅǿǓǿȠ Ƞȅ ǦǓǹȒ ȅǟǟșǓȠ ȠǦǓ ǩǾȒƺǉȠ ȅǟ ȠǦǩș ǟǓǓ Ƞȅ șȣȒȒȅȖȠ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ΛǦȅ ƺȖǓ ǓΠȒǓȖǩǓǿǉǩǿǠ ǟǩǿƺǿǉǩƺǹ ǦƺȖǏșǦǩȒঀ মࢴয KȒȒȅȖȠȣǿǩȠǩǓș ǟȅȖ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ 2ǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ƺǿǏ KǟǟǩǉǓ ȅǟ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǩǿȠǓȖǿșǦǩȒș ƺǿǏ মࢴয KȒȒȅȖȠȣǿǩȠǩǓș ǟȅȖ ^ȠȣǏǓǿȠ 2ǿǟȅȖǾƺȠǩȅǿ eǓǉǦǿȅǹȅǠΡ ƺǿǏ KǟǟǩǉǓ ȅǟ ǿǓȖǠΡ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǩǿȠǓȖǿșǦǩȒș ƺǿǏ ǓǾȒǹȅΡǾǓǿȠ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǈǓ ƺΚƺǩǹƺǈǹǓ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ȅǿ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓșঀ মࢵয ^ȒǓǉǩǟǩǉ ƺǹǹȅǉƺȠǩȅǿ ƺǿǏ ǾǩΠ Λǩǹǹ ǈǓ ȒȖȅȒȅșǓǏ ǈΡ ǟȣǹǹেȠǩǾǓ șȠƺǟǟ ƺǿǏ ǏǓȠǓȖǾǩǿǓǏ ΛǩȠǦ ǩǿȒȣȠ ƺǿǏ ƺȒȒȖȅΚƺǹ ǟȖȅǾ ȖǓȒȖǓșǓǿȠƺȠǩΚǓ ǓǾȒǹȅΡǾǓǿȠ ΛȅȣǹǏ ǈǓ ƺΚƺǩǹƺǈǹǓ ǟȅȖ șȠȣǏǓǿȠș ȅǿ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓșঀ șȠȣǏǓǿȠ ǹǓƺǏǓȖș ǟȖȅǾ ǈȅȠǦ ^ƺǿ ǩǓǠȅ ƺǿǏ 2ǾȒǓȖǩƺǹ tƺǹǹǓΡ ǉƺǾȒȣșǓșঀ ^ȠƺȠǓǾǓǿȠ ǩǿ 'ƺΚȅȖ ȅǟ ƺǿ ǉǉǓǹǓȖƺȠǩǿǠ eǓǉǦ ƺǿǏ ^ȣșȠƺǩǿƺǈǩǹǩȠΡ 'ǓǓ Dear Campus Fee Advisory Committee,

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Dance places at UDA College Nationals By Sumaia Wegner STAFF WRITER

After a two-year pause, San Diego State’s dance team returned to Orlando, Florida to compete in the Universal Dance Association College Nationals at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex from Jan. 14 to Jan. 16. The prestigious three-day event takes place annually where college dance teams (and cheerleading teams [Universal Cheerleaders Association]) compete in a variety of categories ranging in divisions and styles of dance. SDSU placed fourth this year in D1A Hip-Hop with a score of 93.6. In January 2020, SDSU brought home the championship as they placed first in D1A Hip-Hop. “In the past, we have enjoyed the opportunity to showcase our diversity by competing in multiple categories. However, this year we felt it was best to compete in one division and we chose hip-hop because of the outcome in 2020, senior Briana Eubanks said. “We wanted to go back and continue to have SDSU be competitive in that category, and I would say we accomplished that goal.” Eubanks is a fourth-year SDSU dance team veteran who is majoring in liberal studies: elementary education. She, along with the other dancers from SDSU,

represented the Scarlet and Black school spirit of the Aztecs at the competition passionately. This year also came with some changes in the competition. In 2020, one less school competed in the D1 Hip-Hop division while each team was allowed to have eighteen competitors. “We were able to compete with more dancers this year than in 2020. By putting eighteen on the floor, it allowed our team to utilize more space, offer more variety in the formations, and increase the difficulty and visuals,” Eubanks said. “Just being back at nationals after a long two years means everything to the dance team. We were so lucky to get the opportunity to travel and represent our school at the collegiate level. It was such a rewarding experience.” When asked what school spirit means to her as a dancer, Eubanks said. “As one of the twenty-one sport club teams managed by Associated Students Aztec Recreation, school spirit is a big part of what we do. Our job as a collegiate dance team is to attend sporting events and provide support and school spirit. It is an amazing experience and opportunity to be able to represent our university. I can speak for everyone on the team when I say that we love the Aztecs, and it is an honor to be able to represent our SDSU.”

Photo Courtesy of Briana Eubanks

San Diego State’s dance team placed fourth at this year’s UDA College Nationals. It’s the second time in a row the team has placed at Nationals after placing first in 2020.

The SDSU dance team performs at all women and men’s basketball home games. They will be performing their nationals

routine on Thursday, March 3 at the men’s basketball game against Fresno State at halftime.

Cal Poly gets served by SDSU Women’s Tennis By Morgan Prickett STAFF WRITER

The San Diego State University women’s tennis team (5-1) handed out two straight shutouts this weekend at the Aztec Tennis Center, winning 4-0 on Friday, Feb. 11 against Long Beach State University (12) and 7-0 on Saturday, Feb. 12 against California Polytechnic State University (41). The two wins eclipsed an Aztec milestone, making this the best start to any SDSU women’s tennis season since 1994. “I’m proud to be their coach and I hope that they’re proud to be members of this team. I just reminded them of how lucky we all are, so it feels good. We have a good group and we knew that going in. We’re just going to try and keep getting better every day and keep it rolling,” head coach Peter Mattera said. “I know we’ve had some really good teams in the past; we have a legacy here that we’re trying to uphold so it feels good to be one of the best teams we’ve had in a long while. But we’re only as good as our next match so we’re gonna keep it rolling.” Versus LBSU Despite the final scores of both matches this weekend, this was some of the most competitive tennis the Aztecs have played this season. The day started off with the 49ers grabbing a win in a doubles match that featured some of the best players in the country. The elite duo of freshman Sheena Masuda and junior Zara Lennon — ranked 48th nationally — handed SDSU’s top duo of seniors Bunyawi Thamchaiwat — ranked 80th nationally — and Tamara Arnold their first loss of the season. The Aztecs didn’t take kindly to the loss and would go on to win every single remaining game. Seniors Nnena Nadozie and Alicia Melosch evened the score with a 6-3 win over LBSU freshmen Nikola Homolkova and Claire Le du. This meant the Aztecs would win the doubles point in the final doubles game as senior Regina Pitts and junior Cécile Morin recorded a 6-4 victory over freshmen Arina Babkova and Peppi Ramstedt. Up 1-0, the Aztecs then went on to thrash the 49ers, winning all six singles

Photos by Morgan Prickett

(Top) The senior duo of Bunyawi Thamchaiwat and Tamara Arnold shake hands after a set against the Cal Poly Mustangs. (Bottom) Nnena Nadozie shakes hands with her opponent after winning her singled match.

games. The singles matchups were highlighted by Thamchaiwat and Arnold’s stellar performances. Arnold improved to 3-1 on the season with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Masuda while Thamchaiwat surrendered only three games in a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Homolkova moving her to 4-0 on the season.

Arnold and Thamcahiwat both expressed their gratitude for being able to play alongside one another after both transferring from Oklahoma State University. “Playing with Bunyawi is so much fun on the court. It‘s so relaxed and easy,” said Arnold.

“We’re good partners. At OSU I feel as if we played really well. We know each other, we know the game, and we’re really connected,” Thamchaiwat said. With the win, the Aztecs snapped a 14-match losing streak to the 49ers, posting their first victory against LBSU since April 12, 2005. Versus Cal Poly On Saturday the Aztecs welcomed the Mustangs from Cal Poly to the Mesa. Doubles action began with a win for each side. Thamchaiwat and Arnold defeated juniors Emily Ackerman and Kim Bhunu 6-4 while Cal Poly sophomores Delanie Dunkle and Melissa LaMette evened it up in a 6-3 win over Nadozie and Melosch. The doubles point would come down to a nailbiter where Pitts and Morin narrowly defeated freshmen Eliza Bates and Peyton Dunkle 7-5. After the Aztecs took the doubles point, they once again set the pace for a dominant singles run where the Aztecs went undefeated. The final game of the day came down to Nadozie as she eked out a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 over Ackerman to the rejoice of her Aztec teammate and sealed the day for the Aztecs with a dominant 7-0 win. The two wins extended the Aztecs’ home win streak to eight in a row. “It’s always very helpful to play in your home environment and on the courts where we feel comfortable. Its conditions that we’re used to,” Mattera said. “Last week on the road we had some wind and a little bit of elevation which is a bit different. It’s always harder in any sport to win on the road.” Mattera and his players all share the same fondness for playing at the Aztec Tennis Center. “If you ask anyone on the team, everyone will say that they love to play here,” Arnold said. “It’s our home, we know the people that are here, we know the courts, we know the balls, we know the weather conditions and we have a couple of fans that feel like they’re a part of the program.” The Aztecs will look to continue their hot start to the season and home winning streak as the University of Hawaii visits Friday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. and the University of California, Berkeley visits on Sunday, Feb. 19 at noon.

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Black excellence in SDSU Athletics By Jayden Hanzy STAFF WRITER

During the annual celebration of Black History Month it is important to acknowledge and honor all of the accomplishments of African-American athletes. For centuries, sports have been something that has brought communities together, entertained and inspired the people who consume them. It is important to honor and praise the athletes who dedicate their lives to winning and succeeding in their respective sports. Plenty of Black athletes around the world have brought communities together, entertained, and changed lives in doing so. Not only are sports important for the people who watch them but they

are also good for the athletes involved. “I think the lessons that sports have taught me, need to be taught to other young black athletes,” assistant football coach Hunkie Cooper said when asked about what sports mean to Black athletes. SDSU’s athletic program has benefited from the African-American athletes that have been involved with the sports program. Former Aztecs such as Kawhi Leonard, Michael Cage, Marshall Faulk, Herman Edwards, Tony Gwynn, Kieshsha Garnes, and Chana Perry are perfect examples of Black excellence through athletes on campus. These alumni have broken records, won championships, all while wearing their African-American and Aztec pride on their sleeves. Fastforwarding to the current state of SDSU, the group of Black athletes are

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Wide reciever Kobe Smith said it can be challenging being a Black athlete at a predominantly white school, but that the black athletes around campus love what they do.

continuing to carry the torch lit by the Aztecs of the past. All of the African-American students, not just athletes, have a tight bond that keeps the culture so strong at SDSU. The African-American population on campus intends to leave their mark while representing the people that have come before them. “Being a Black athlete at a predominantly white school has its challenges. Overall though I can’t complain about the different scenery because it’s life,” senior wide receiver Kobe Smith said when asked what being a black athlete meant to him. “The Black athletes around this campus want to be heard and they love what they do, if not they wouldn’t be here.” Being a Black athlete is not an easy feat

to accomplish on a campus when there aren’t that many African-Americans. “A challenge that I face being a Black athlete is being stereotyped as just another black athlete, which causes me to be more cautious of my actions,” sophomore guard Lamont Butler said about the challenges of being a black athlete. “What makes it worthwhile is the footprint that I can leave in the world and an opportunity to change my family’s life.” The African-American athlete experience at SDSU is worthwhile because of the greatness that has been accomplished in the past, current, and will be accomplished in the future. Without these athletes, the Aztec legacy would not be the same. For more on these student athletes, go to goaztecs.com.

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Sophomore guard Lamont Butler said being labled as “just another Black athlete” causes him to be more cautious with his actions, but he believes that it’ll be “worthwhile” to leave his footprint in the world, and it’s an opportunity to change his family’s life.

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