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Oakland honors Civil Rights leader SEE OPINION PAGE 2
VEGAN LIFESTYLE PRESENTS CHALLENGES
What happened? On Friday President Donald J. Trump signed 14 executive orders immediately following his inauguration ceremony. One of the orders banned immigration from seven countries. Here’s what this means:
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Tuition hikes loom for CSU By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Tuesday meeting of the CSU Board of Trustees in Long Beach was an eventful one to say the least. The hot button topic was the five percent tuition increase proposed by CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White that would amount to a $270 increase per quarter and semester for in state students. CSU Executive Vice Chancellor Steve Relyea said the record high enrollment caused a need for more classes, faculty and staff for the 23-campus system. Relyea said since the state funding was about half of what the CSU requested from Gov. Jerry Brown, the system may have to go to their “last resort,” a tuition increase, to acquire the necessary funds. Relyea said there are roughly 225,000 students that comprise nearly 60 percent of the entire CSU student population who receive full financial aid and they would not be affected by the increase. According to the CSU Budget Office, current tuition for in state students is $5,472 per semester and a little less than half of that per quarter. The board will vote on the increase proposal in March. The announcement came on the heels of the University of California Regents passing of a 2.5 percent tuition increase system wide because their state budget request was not met. According to the UC system, this was the first increase in tuition in more than six years. White’s proposal claims the five percent increase would result in nearly $80 million per year for the CSU. According to the CSU Budget Office, tuition has been the same since the 2011-2012 school year, however, since 2007-2008, tuition prices have nearly doubled. The Cal State East Bay Students for Quality Education organized a demonstration today on the Hayward campus that will end with them presenting a list of demands that includes a no tuition hike clause to President Leroy M. Morishita.
The late Japanese-American Civil Rights leader Fred T. Korematsu was honored in Oakland at The Paramount Theater in downtown on Sunday. The event featured performances and speeches with the theme of mass incarceration.
By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If Google features you on their internet page logo, you must be a big deal. The internet search engine company did just that on Monday when it honored Japanese Civil Rights activist Fred T. Korematsu on the day dedicated to him, Jan. 30. The city of Oakland took things a step further on Sunday when the iconic Paramount Theater on Broadway in downtown hosted the seventh annual Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties that honors Korematsu, who fought for the civil rights of Japanese people who were detained, following a presidential executive order after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. According to the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, the order, signed by then President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942, authorized specific areas as military zones to detain and deport Japanese, German and Italian Americans to internment camps. Korematsu refused to go to a camp, was arrested and in 1944 ruled against by the Supreme Court. According to Supreme Court records, it wasn’t until 1982 when hidden documents were discovered and his case was eventually reopened and overturned on Nov. 10, 1983. The event was hosted by Los Angeles ABC affiliate news anchor David Ono and featured a slew of performers and speakers. The theme of this year’s celebration was “Mass Incarceration
Across Communities: What’s next?” with the official program titles “Stand Up for What is Right.” Jan. 30 became the first statewide day in America to be named after an Asian American when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared it Fred T. Korematsu Day in 2010. Ethan Mitchell Garcia, an eighth grader from Fred T. Korematsu Middle School in El Cerrito won an essay contest-based on the prompt, “how standing up for what is right has influenced his life and what it means in regards to current events today.” “We all can try and achieve the American dream,” Garcia said. “Based on the content of one’s self, not their nationality, religious beliefs, race or the color of one’s skin.” The sixth-year Oak-
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Super matchup or super blowout? By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF For NFL fans the Super Bowl can be bittersweet if your team didn’t make it to the final game of the year. As an Oakland Raiders fan I can relate; it’s been 15 years since the silver and black have been to the championship match. The phrase “next year” has become commonplace in my vocabulary. However, this isn’t the case for fans of the New England Patriots or the Atlanta Falcons, who will face off on Sunday in Super Bowl LI. This year is a battle of complete opposites, featuring the iconic Patriots led by future hall of famers head coach Bill Belichick and San Mateo’s own quarterback Tom Brady. Then there are the new kids on the block with the high-flying offense, the Atlanta Falcon led by quarterback Matt Ryan and wide receiver Julio Jones. The latter duo is deadly with 83 completions for 1,409 yards this regular season. The Falcons don’t just throw the ball, they have a deadly ground attack as well. The combination of running backs Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman is a one-two punch of offensive weapons few other teams have and they combined for 1,599 yards, 19 touchdowns on 345 carries. All of this weaponry resulted in the league’s number one offense, the best
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since the 2002 St. Louis Rams earned the moniker “The Best Show on Turf” because of their record-breaking offense and the St. Louis Dome where they played their home games. Ironically, the Patriots beat the Ram’s team in Super Bowl XXXVI 2017 with few big names on defense, rely-
ing on a team strategy and an innovative plan by Belichick. Belichick relies on a defensive strategy that takes away their opponent's best player so the rest of the team can beat them. They did it in their first playoff game
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According to the order, it puts a ban on immigration for seven countries over the next 120 days. The countries included in the order are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Protests broke out all over the country on Sunday including Oakland and San Francisco International Airports in the Bay Area, according to airport officials. Thousands of protesters and even lawyers flooded the airports to offer support and legal help for those affected by the ban. Five international travellers were detained and not allowed to enter San Francisco International Airport but were eventually cleared and cheered by the crowd of thousands as they deboarded the plane. Cal State East Bay has 23 students from those countries: 19 from Iran, two from Yemen, one from Somalia and one from Iraq, according to CSUEB Executive Director of International Programs, Raymond P. Wallace. He further told The Pioneer all of these students are here through student Visas, and “I assume that students in this group will defer travel until such time as the implications of the new policy are clear.” CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White, California State Student Association President David Lopez, Academic Senate of the California State University Chair Christine Miller and all 23 campus presidents, including CSUEB President Leroy M. Morishita, issued a unified statement about the travel ban on Monday afternoon. “We are deeply troubled by President Trump’s recent executive order that stands in stark contrast to the fundamental tenets of the California State University,” according to the statement. “Therefore, we oppose the divisiveness of the recent executive order, and we stand with state and national officials in requesting that the President reconsider this policy.” According to Los Angeles-based attorney Susan Hwang, she was one of more than a dozen lawyers at SFO on Sunday in response to the International Refugee Assistance Project, who asked attorneys to help immigrants being detained at airports across the country through various internet outlets. According to IRAP, the organization unites and mobilizes law students and lawyers to help refugees and displaced people who come into situations that require legal representation, like this immigration ban. According to Hwang, several people were detained for several hours with little or no information about why. “These people are being detained based on religion,” Hwang said. “That is unconstitutional.”
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By Evelyn Tijero PHOTOGRAPHER Six months ago, I decided I was tired of consuming food that put corpses on my plate, so I became vegan. Being vegan is a lifestyle that avoids all animal food products such as meat, milk, cheese, eggs and honey. It also excludes products like leather, and products tested on animals, according to The Vegan Society, a website that offers advice and support for vegans. When I became vegan, I didn’t do the transition many do by first going vegetarian and then vegan. I immediately cut all animal products out of my diet. My typical breakfast now consists of oatmeal, avocado on toast, orange juice, bananas or almond milk. For lunch I often make a chickpea “tuna” melt: chickpeas, vegan mayonnaise, bell peppers, green onion, and vegan cheese on top of a bagel or english muffin. I also make some really good sandwiches when I’m not feeling creative to cook. I have to plan ahead for dinner in case I need to go grocery shopping. I’ve made enchiladas with potatoes, vegan cheese and onion, sweet potato fries, sweet potato soup and stuffed bell peppers. For dessert I like vegan cheesecake. Becoming vegan has improved my cooking as well as my creativity. My siblings and friends keep asking me if I regret going vegan or if their is something I miss eating since not consuming any sort of animal products. But for me there’s no looking back. I don’t regret my decision whatsoever. Growing up, whenever my family would buy menudo, a typical Mexican breakfast dish, I only wanted the caldo — the savory reddish broth — not the stomach or tongue or other unmentionable pig body parts it contains. As for posole, a traditional Mexican dish, I only wanted the grains. I was picky when it came to meat, and spent so much time picking meat out of my food at events. Going out to eat, I always chose the vegetarian option. As a little girl, I once watched three yellow baby chicks running around a muddy field as I chased after them bare-footed. My blond locks swayed as I ran, I had a huge grin from ear to ear. I was promised to take home a baby chick as my first pet. When I was called for dinner that night, the fear in my eyes was evident. The hot plate in front of me contained veggies, beans, rice and the main course was
my new little friend. I was devastated and traumatized. I had lost a friend and my appetite. As traumatizing as that was for me, I continued to eat meat. Not because I loved it, but because I was forced to eat it by my parents. They said it was essential in my life. I have always loved fruits and vegetables, so when I became vegan in early August, I immediately liked it. I learned a lot from my friend Josue Aguilar who had already been vegan for two years to improve some health issues he had. I learned from him that transitioning is not difficult at all. If you’re doing it for good reasons, the process is easier. I felt at ease knowing that I had a friend to count on. It was difficult at first. My parents and siblings told me I wouldn’t last. They gave me a week. They kept asking me why I would I do such a thing. But the same question kept going through my head: how can one eat something that was once alive? How can one be disgusted about the idea of eating a dog or any type of pet, but not feel disgusted about the idea of eating a cow, or a chicken? What is the difference between domesticated animals and non-domesticated ones? They both have lives. Eating at home is difficult. Living with carnivores is not always easy, especially if they show a lack of support. My siblings would enjoy eating animal flesh in front of my face and talk about how tasty it was. They tried to break me. My willpower got me through it: I knew I was improving my health, saving an animal’s life and helping the environment. Based on my past physical exams, I was always considered to be overweight, but I am proud to say that I have lost weight. Since becoming vegan, I’ve noticed my physical performance change as well. Roughly one million Americans are vegan, and 79 percent of them are women, according to Top RN to BSN, a website for nursing students. As I continue my journey as a vegan I’m constantly learning new things. Vegan cookbooks, like “But I Could Never go Vegan” and “Decolonize your Diet” have helped me converting non-vegan foods to vegan foods. I’ve found fast and easy vegan meals through Youtube and an app called Vegan has connected me with many other vegans. My family has begun to change. They don’t plan to go vegan but they becoming more open to the idea. Communication is key. Many people ask, what do vegans even eat? Trust me, it’s not just all salads and tofu. It’s just plant-based. The next recipe I’m going to try is cauliflower buffalo wings. Knowing that my meals don’t contain any animal products makes me happy. That somewhere I prevented an animal from entering the slaughterhouse is a great feeling.
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Tech industry reacts to Trump’s order on immigration with fear, frustration By Tracey Lien LOS ANGELES TIMES The morning after Donald Trump won the presidential election, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Amr Shady called his immigration lawyer in a panic. “My 10-year-old daughter asked me, ‘Does this mean we’re going to get kicked out?’” said the 40-year-old founder of analytics start-up Reveel, who emigrated from Egypt to the Bay Area in 2015. “I had to find out what Trump winning meant for my immigration status, but also what it meant for my chief data scientist.” His lawyer, Los Angeles immigration attorney Ayda Akalin, was inundated with calls from similarly nervous clients who were either already living and working in the U.S. on visas, or had visa applications pending. At the time, Akalin assured them that nothing had yet changed, and it was too soon to be worried. But after Trump signed an executive order Friday banning citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya from entering the U.S. for 90 days, Akalin had an update for her clients, particularly those from Muslim-majority countries: Stay inside the United States. “All of my Muslim clients are scared, even those from other countries,” said Akalin, who herself is Iranian American, having immigrated to the U.S. when she was 5 years old. The move blindsided the technology industry, which thought that its main battle on the immigration front was over the number of H-1B visas -- granted to high-skilled foreign workers -- that will be made available each year. The tech sector relies heavily on foreign-born software engineers to meet its staffing needs, and it has long lobbied for the government to lift the cap on the H-1B visa program to allow more foreign workers temporary employment with U.S. firms. But H-1Bs took a backseat on Friday as tech workers and entrepreneurs already legally living and working in the U.S. worried about their own futures. Many were caught off guard by the order’s reach, which extends to lawful permanent residents -- or green card holders -- too. “For those abroad, we are telling them to come back as soon as possible, and be prepared to face questioning and possible refusal,” Akalin said. The order also compelled several big tech companies to break their silence about the Trump administration. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai slammed the order in a memo to employees.
“It’s painful to see the personal cost of this executive order on our colleagues,” Pichai wrote, according to Bloomberg News. “We’ve always made our view on immigration issues known publicly and will continue to do so.” Bloomberg reports that the memo urged employees traveling overseas who are affected by the order to seek help from the company’s security and immigration teams. More than 100 employees are affected, Pichai said. “We’re concerned about the impact of this order and any proposals that could impose restrictions on Googlers and their families, or that could create barriers to bringing great talent to the U.S.,” a Google spokesperson said. “We’ll continue to make our views on these issues known to leaders in Washington and elsewhere.” Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, also spoke out against Trump’s action, although in a less direct way, taking to his personal Facebook page to remind his millions of followers that his wife, pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan, is the daughter of refugees. “My great grandparents came from Germany, Austria and Poland. Priscilla’s parents were refugees from China and Vietnam,” Zuckerberg wrote. “The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that.” The chief executives of Uber, Netflix, Microsoft and Lyft similarly issued statements or internal memos opposing the president’s directive. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said many drivers for the ride-hailing service are immigrants from the affected countries who often visit extended families abroad and might have trouble reentering the U.S. The company is considering compensating those drivers “over the next three months to mitigate some of the financial stress and complications with supporting their families and putting food on the table.” The tech industry has in the past highlighted the value of immigrants to American culture and the economy: Steve Jobs was of Syrian descent, high-profile executives at Twitter, Yahoo, Google and eBay are of Iranian descent. Along with most of the world’s biggest technology companies, the Bay Area is home to some 250,000 Muslims, according to a study by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, of which 60% are foreign-born. Venture capital firms see Trump’s move as a slap in the face, especially since it comes less than two weeks after the Department of Homeland Security passed a rule allowing eligible foreign entrepre-
Inmate escapes custody in Hayward By Louis LaVenture A section of unincorporated North Hayward was
splitting of families,” Shady said.
Super Bowl From Page 1 against the Houston Texans in a 34-16 win on the road. Belichick and his defense took away Texans
in the AFC Conference Championship game when they held arguably the league's best receiver, Anto-
shutdown on Tuesday morning when a 27-year-old inmate managed to elude law enforcement custody.
nio Brown, to 7 catches for 77 yards and no touchdowns.
According to Alameda County Sheriff Sgt. Ray Kel-
Despite having the league’s best scoring defense, the Patriots can score too. Brady is on fire to the tune of 671 passing yards and 5 touchdowns this
ly, Shawn New escaped from a rental car driven by Kentucky authorities around 9:45 a.m. New was being
postseason, making him and Ryan the number one and two rated quarterbacks in the regular and postseasons.
transported from Santa Rita County Jail in Dublin to San Francisco International airport where he was going to be flown back to Kentucky to face fraud and PHOTO COURTESY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF’S
The car was traveling south on Interstate 880 when traffic came to a standstill. Kelly said a handcuffed New got out of the vehicle and jumped over a wall near the A Street exit where he disappeared into a neighborhood. The sheriff’s department teamed up with the Hayward Police Department and the California Highway Patrol to set up a perimeter near the escape, but as of publication time he still was not in custody. Kelly said a helicopter helped in the search but shortly after 1:30 p.m., the perimeter in the North Hayward neighborhood surrounding the A Street freeway exit was no longer in place. New is 6-feet-one-inch, 165 pounds and was last seen in handcuffs. He had on a blue plaid shirt, blue jeans, brown shoes and anybody who sees him is encouraged to call 911.
Middle East. It’s an anxiety, that things are beyond your control.” That anxiety is shared by other technologists and entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. Shady, the Egyptian entrepreneur, is also in the U.S. on an EB-1 visa. He and his children have Canadian citizenship, but his wife is an Egyptian citizen. “So what does that mean?” he said. “If Egypt is on the list three months from now, what does that mean for our family?” The American Civil Liberties Union on Saturday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of two men who were detained at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport while traveling back to the U.S. after Trump’s immigration crackdown. Silicon Valley venture capitalist Chris Sacca tweeted that he would match donations to the ACLU up to $25,000. Tech CEOs are slowly raising their voices. Immigration lawyers are advising their clients to stay put. And in a Silicon Valley mosque where Shady attended Friday prayers, the sheikh preached that everyone needs to stand against injustice toward all communities, even if their own is not directly affected. “This is the most important thing for me right now because, even though it doesn’t affect me directly, it’s important for us to all understand what it means to stand against unfairness and the
running back Lamar Miller and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, limiting the pair to 139 total yards and no touchdowns. Their defense did even better
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neurs to work in the U.S. for up to five years. The rule change -- which Silicon Valley saw as a boon, and is expected to take effect July 17 -- was proposed by President Obama last summer. “We felt that, finally, things were moving forward,” said Zafer Younis, a partner at venture capital firm 500 Startups, which prides itself on its international investments, many of which are in countries that are predominantly Muslim. “This new development really dampened it.” The executive order increases the uncertainty and risk of investing internationally, Younis said. And while 500 Startups will continue investing abroad, there’s concern that other venture capital firms that were once eyeing international opportunities will now get cold feet. “It changes the risk profile all of a sudden,” he said. But for Younis, it’s personal, too. Originally from Jordan, Younis has lived in the Bay Area for the past two years on an EB-1 visa -- a green card that is granted to those deemed to have “extraordinary ability.” Though Jordan is not on Trump’s list of countries whose citizens are banned from entering the U.S., it is a Muslim-majority nation, and it has given him pause. “My wife is here. I have upcoming business trips to Japan and Europe. I’m not affected, yet I have to think twice -- do I really need to travel or not?” he said. “It’s a feeling I thought I left back in the
Las Vegas odds makers have New England as a three-point favorite going into Sunday’s game. A spread that probably would have been much higher if the Patriots had their all-pro tight end Rob Gronkowski, who is currently sidelined with a season-ending back injury. The Falcons aren’t strangers to injury either, Jones has been hampered all year by a nagging toe injury and in last week’s NFC Championship win against the Green Bay Packers, center Alex Mack suffered a gruesome lower leg injury; his game status will be released today. Atlanta is one of 13 NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl. The Falcons will look to end that 51-year streak on Sunday at Reliant Stadium in Houston at 3:30 p.m.
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CSUEB embraces drag with fifth annual show By Veronica Hall LAYOUT DESIGNER Laughter and make-up powder filled the dressing room at Cal State East Bay’s University Theater as drag queens prepared their finishing looks and began to get into character in preparation for an evening of big wigs, singing, lip synching, dancing, jokes, props and audience participation. Co-hosts Scarlett Letters and Laundra Tyme hosted the fifth annual event, put on Jan. 27 by the university’s Diversity and Inclusion Student Center. As students and staff filed into the theater for the show, music by RuPaul and other upbeat pop ballads played, setting the tone for a night of drag entertainment Soon the music faded out, lights switched off and a single spotlight lit up the stage. The crowd erupted as Tyme came out in a light green pantsuit and performed her lip syncing rendition of Janis Joplin’s “Piece of my Heart.” As she swayed across the stage with outstretched arms, it was as if time rewound and everyone was watching a show from the 1960s. Tyme’s 1960s aesthetic is one of her signature looks. She described her style as “a cool mom, power beige, the absence of color.” But there's a deeper reason why Tyme and many other drag performers chose to stay vintage in their routines. The 1960s and 1970s were a revolutionary time for the art of drag and the queens apart of the movement. According to the website HashtagDrag, the visibility of drag queens increased alongside that of LGBT communities in the late 1960s. By one estimate cited in the seminal book on early drag queen culture, "Mother Camp," the United States was home to about 500 regularly performing drag queens by July 1966. Performers often choose routines cultivating vintage themes so the audience can get a taste of drag roots, especially if in a setting where there are newcomers
who haven’t seen a drag show before. “I’m definitely doing old school drag, with some old standards, especially disco,” performer Vivvyanne Forevermore! said. Suppositori Spelling was the first to jump into the audience mid-performance. She hair flipped, lip synched, stood on the seats and surprised the audience by running out of the theater at one point. Another long time returning performer, Honey Mahogany, expressed the sultry and sexy side of drag. While her performance was more of a monologue, that did not stop her from doing a chair dance that left the crowd mesmerized. Vain Hein took the stage riding in on a pink toddler car while holding a naked male doll. As green hues spilled over the stage and techno pop blasted, Vain Hein did a contemporary piece. She teased and licked her doll while rolling around the stage and shaking her big pink wig to the music. No one act was like the other, and each drag queen had their own individual look. The majority of the queens at the Jan. 27 performance got their start at Stud-SF, a gay bar in San Francisco with specific drag nights, and have now performed all over San Francisco, the Bay Area and even as far as the UK. “We have a real theater now,” Honey Mahogany said. Laundra Tyme continued, “It used to just be a conference room kind of thing.” A few days after the inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump administration officials removed LGBTQ content from federal websites. When asked about the recent actions, the queens had a good laugh. “Personally, it lights a fire into my ass,” Vain Hein said. “As an artist who writes and produces my own music, it just makes me want to be weirder and keep doing more work. It’s my way of expressing and pushing against everything that was pushed against me my entire life.”
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Drag performers get ready backstage in the Cal State East Bay Theater during last year's drag show. The fifth annual CSUEB Drag Show was last Thursday on the Hayward campus.
Berkeley celebrates Barack Obama era Residents participate in New Orleans-inspired parade By Marcus Bishop CONTRIBUTOR Attendees greeted each other with hugs and high-fives. They drank beer, embraced, smiled, laughed and danced to the brass band sounds of “The Saints Go Marching In,” “Lean on Me” and “The Hokie Pokie.” It seemed as if they already knew one another, but many were complete strangers before they showed up to the parade. On Jan. 28 more than 100 people joined the “Goodbye Obama” parade, a New Orleans-inspired line parade that celebrated Barack Obama’s two terms as president. The crowd — many of them dressed in top hats, pin stripes, boas and blazers — met at Fellini’s Coffeebar in Berkeley and danced its way down University Avenue until reaching Strawberry Creek Park, about 10 minutes away. There, people enjoyed food, drinks and music together. Jolie Karno, a Louisiana native and Berkeley local, organized the event to commemorate former president Barack Obama. Karno hopes to begin a non-profit social organization this year. “I’m a native of New Orleans, so I couldn’t think of anything more fun and positive than a second line parade in his honor,” Karno said. In President Donald Trump’s first week in office, he implemented several controversial executive orders, including clearance of the Dakota Access Pipeline, construction of “The Wall” at the US-Mexico border and a ban on refugees from 7
primarily Muslim countries. “I don’t know about you, but if your Facebook newsfeed is like mine, it’s been armageddon for the last week,” said Josh Kaplin, a Berkeley resident. “Today is a bright spot in all the darkness.” Onlookers applauded and shouted in support of the parade and Obama. Some of them joined the festivities. “Hoorays” and chants echoed down University Avenue as Underpass Brass, an Oakland-based brass band, played music. The energy of the band, coupled with the second line parade goers in New Orleans costume, left some looking confused, others curious. Parade-goers interviewed by the Pioneer discussed the election, its implications and the future of our country. “I would like to see California remain as strong and beautiful as it’s always been and to potentially chart it’s own path, should the rest of nation descend into madness,” said Javier Ruiz of Berkeley. People at the event also discussed Obamacare, an affordable — and highly criticized — healthcare plan and one of the cornerstones of Obama’s time in office. “I was between jobs and couldn’t afford medical coverage, but with [Obamacare], I was able to,” said Andrea Mauer of Berkeley. “Without having that, I wouldn’t have been able to obtain birth control or get my annual wellness check.” There was consensus among parade goers when it came to respect and admiration for Obama. Many shared why Barack Obama was inspirational to them, and why he was such a unique president. “He provided me with a vision of what a person of color looks like in the highest office in our country,” said Mauer. “He inspired the idea that it could even become a possibility.”
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THE PIONEER If you could have anybody come to campus and perform who would it be and why? By Evelyn Tijero PHOTOGRAPHER
“I don’t know. I’m pretty sure we don’t have the funds for this, but Beyonce would be pretty cool. She’s like a diva and I like her music and others do too.” “I would bring Drake because he spits top fire and he has the ability to make you cry and feel hard at the same time.”
- Alexy Villalobos, 21 Kinesiology, Senior
- Dimitri Castro, 22 Kinesiology, Senior
“Alli Wong, she’s an Asian American comedian, and she’s a writer for Fresh off the Boat, which is a comedy sitcoms for Asian American households. I really enjoy her content because there isn't a lot of Asian Americans in the entertainment industry. I really relate to her stories and background. Also she puts in comedic twist on certain topics regarding women issues that aren't commonly discussed.” - Allison Vu, 21 Business Administration, Senior
“I don’t know, to be honest I feel like someone like Kendrick Lamar would be dope. Just because that’s what I listen to, rappers and all.” - Christian Martinez, 19 Biology, Sophomore
“Little B aka the Based God. The reason why I would like him to come and preform is because I like his music. He has also spoken in other college campuses across the country spreading love, positivity, motivation, equality and inspiring others. And he’s a rapper, someone you wouldn’t imagine doing this; one of the many reasons I would like to see him perform.” - Mario Franco, 21 Business Administration, Senior NEWS
Hayward adds new city council members By Maira Sanchez CONTRIBUTOR The Hayward city council appointed four new members to the Personnel Commission on Jan. 17: Hayward natives Allen Zargar, Giancarlo Scalise, Jose Guadamuz and Rachel Lucas, who range in age from 26 to 40. The Personnel Commission handles the city’s employment lists, Affirmative Action plan and job descriptions for the city government, according to the city
council website. It also holds hearings for employee grievances and appeals for disciplinary action, for which it issues an advisory decision to the city manager. The commission is made up of seven members who serve four-year terms. Zargar, Scalise, Guadamuz and Lucas all have had prior experience serving on a city council commission.
“Childish Gambino, he’s a guy on Community and Atlanta, and he’s an actor. He’s a rapper now and is lyrically talented and he’s not afraid to expand his musical horizon.” - Aileen Macaraeg, 23 Health Science, Senior
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THE PIONEER Korematsu From Page 1 land-based organization “Young, Gifted and Black,” comprised of students from elementary to high school in 31 schools throughout the Bay Area, performed a powerful spoken word with a message heavily influenced by the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Ono led the panel with the President and Executive Director of Muslim Advocates, Farhana Khera and teacher and former prison inmate Timothy Long. San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi presented his short eight minute film titled “Racial Facial” a composition of powerful images and video from throughout America’s history from Native Americans and slaves to our new President Donald J. Trump. San Francisco based rapper Equipto performed a few songs with messages about people taking back the power. Equipto gained some national notoriety last year as part of the “Frisco 5” a group of five people who went on a hunger strike to protest police violence and abuse. “Power to the workers, power to the working class,” Equipto rapped. The most powerful words of the day came from Japanese-American writer and actor Hiroshi Kashiwagi. From 1942 to March 1946 Kashiwagi was detained at Tule Lake Segregation Center in Newell until it was closed down. The Sacramento-born and Loomis-raised Kashiwagi stressed the importance of not being afraid to speak up, a phrase made famous by Korematsu. “When Fred Korematsu defied the order, he proved that the dissent is a patriotic act preserved by constitutional rights,” Kashiwagi said. “We can’t be afraid to speak up, Fred Korematsu taught us that.”
Above: Oakland based organization Young, Black & Gifted perform spoken word on Sunday in downtown Oakland. Right: San Francisco rapper Equipto raps lyrics from an original song. Below: Drummers perform during the day dedicated to Fred T. Korematsu, a Japanese-American Civil Rights activist who refused to go to an internment camp and eventually won his case.
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JUEVES 2 DE FEBRERO DE 2017 Invierno 2017, volumen 5
Super enfrentamiento o triunfo súper fácil Por Louis LaVenture EDITOR EN JEFE
Traducción por Wendy Medina
porada regular. Los Falcons no sólo lanzan la pelota, también tienen un mortal ataque de tierra. La combinación de corredores
EDITORA DE COPIA Para los fanáticos de la NFL, el Super Bowl puede ser agridulce si su equipo no llega al último partido del año. Como un aficionado de los Raiders de Oakland puedo relacionarme; han pasado 15 años desde que el equipo de plata y negro han sido parte del campeonato. La frase "el próximo año" se ha convertido en un lugar común en mi vocabulario. Sin embargo, este no es el caso para los fanáticos de los Patriots de Nueva Inglaterra o los Falcons de Atlanta, que se enfrentarán el domingo en el Super Bowl LI. Este año es una batalla entre opuestos completos, presentando a los icónicos Patriots, dirigidos por futuro entrenador estrella Bill Belichick y el propio mariscal de San Mateo, Tom Brady. Luego están los nuevos chicos en la cuadra con la ofensiva de alto vuelo, los Falcons de Atlanta, liderados por el mariscal Matt Ryan y receptor Julio Jones. Este último dúo es mortal con 83 terminaciones en 1,409 yardas en esta tem-
Devonta Freeman y Tevin Coleman es un golpe de dos armas ofensivas porque pocos otros equipos lo tienen y se combinaron para 1,599 yardas, 19 touchdowns en 345 acarreos. Todo este armamento resultó en la ofensiva número uno de la liga, la mejor desde que los Rams de St. Louis ganaron el apodo "The Best Show on Turf" en 2002, debido a su ofensa récord y la Cúpula de St. Louis donde jugaron sus partidos en casa. Irónicamente, los Patriots vencieron al equipo de los Rams en el Super Bowl XXXVI 20-17 con pocos nombres grandes en la defensa, confiando en una estrategia de equipo y un plan innovador de Belichick. Belichick confía en una estrategia defensiva que le quita al mejor jugador del equipo oponente para que el resto del equipo pueda vencerlos. Lo hicieron en su primer juego eliminatorio contra los Texans de Houston en una victoria 34-16 en la carretera. Belichick y su defensa le quitaron al corredor Lamar Miller y al receptor DeAndre Hopkins, limitando el par a 139 yardas totales y sin touchdow ns.
Su defensa lo hizo aún mejor en el juego del Campeonato de la Conferencia de la AFC cuando sostuvieron posiblemente el mejor receptor de la liga, Antonio
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Brown, a 7 capturas para 77 yardas y ningún touchdowns. A pesar de contar con la mejor defensa de la liga, los Patriots también pueden anotar. Brady está en llamas a la melodía de 671 yardas pasadas y 5 touchdowns esta postemporada, haciéndolo a el y Ryan los mariscales número uno y dos, clasificados en la temporada regular y postseasons. Los probadores de probabilidades de Las Vegas tienen a Nueva Inglaterra como un favorito de tres puntos en el partido del domingo. Una propagación que probablemente habría sido mucho más alta si los Patriots tuviesen su ala cerrada, Rob Gronkowski, quien actualmente está marginado con una lesión en la espalda que terminó su temporada. Los Falcons no son extraños a la lesión, Jones ha sido obstaculizado durante todo el año por una lesión de dedo y en el triunfo de la semana pasada en el campeonato NFC contra los Green Bay Packers, el centro Alex Mack sufrió una horrible lesión en la parte inferior de la pierna; su estado del juego será publicado hoy. Atlanta es uno de los 13 equipos de la NFL que nunca han ganado un Super Bowl. Los Falcons buscarán terminar esa racha de 51 años el domingo en Reliant Stadium en Houston a las 3:30 p.m.
Baloncesto masculino sin ganar durante el fin de semana Por Marissa Marshall
ESCRITORA DEL PERSONAL
Traducción por Wendy Medina EDITORA DE COPIA
Tiros sucios, pérdidas de balón y disparos perdidos fue todo lo que se vio durante el fin de semana del equipo de baloncesto masculino de la Universidad Estatal Californiana East Bay. La temporada comenzó con la promesa, ya que completaron una racha ganadora de siete partidos desde el principio del curso y subieron en la clasificación
dos equipos consiguieron un total de 45 faltas en el juego. En la primera mitad, otro armador de cuarto año Jalen Richard generó cierto impulso para los Pioneers cuando anotó un triple con 10 minutos para poner a UECBE 22-19. A partir de ese momento, los hombres se mantuvieron a la delantera y consiguieron algo de emoción con una clavada de ataque rápido por el guardia de primer año Druce Asah y otra clavada por el centro juvenil Kyle Frakes.
de la División II de la NCAA, pero desde que empezó la conferencia de la Asocia-
En la segunda mitad, los Lumberjacks consiguieron lo mejor de East Bay debido al número de faltas. Con 3:38
ción Colegiata Atlética de California, el equipo ha tenido problemas y derrota.
minutos sobrando, el juego estaba empatado a 72, pero todos los últimos 13
"Las pérdidas de balón, los rebotes y las faltas han sido un tema clave en nuestras derrotas," dijo el armador de
puntos de Humboldt fueron de la línea de tiros libres que últimamente les dio la
cuarto año Paramvir Singh. "Nunca es una buena señal si tenemos más pérdidas de balón y faltas que el otro equipo.
victoria de 82-79. "Las faltas se van a ser señaladas porque somos un equipo realmente físi-
Todos nuestros juegos han estado muy cerca, por lo que en última instancia es
co y nos enfocamos en ser resistente y físicos en nuestras prácticas," dijo el guardia de segundo año Juwan Ander-
cuestión de un rebote o un balón perdido."
son. "Tenemos que ajustarnos a la forma en que los árbitros están llamando a las
En sus juegos consecutivos el viernes y el sábado contra la Universidad Estatal Californiana de Humboldt y Cal Poly
faltas durante todo el partido porque algunos árbitros piensan que la fisicalidad
frentamiento vio un total de 59 faltas, en lo que resultó ser un juego lento y frus-
de la mitad y superaron a los Pioneers en la segunda mitad 32-44, que aseguró la
do manteniéndose sólido en la defensa y haciendo más jugadas ganadoras. Es
es una falta." Richard tuvo su séptimo juego seguido de puntos de doble figura, con 18, 12
trante. Los Pioneers entraron en la segunda
victoria 60-67 sobre East Bay. Los Pioneers vieron su menor por-
mitad siendo el líder del juego, 28-23, pero de nuevo fue su estrategia de la segunda mitad que los puso en problemas.
centaje de tiros de la temporada, con un 29.4 por ciento desde el campo. "Tenemos que estar más en control y
esencial que obtengamos paradas sin que resulten en una falta para mantener el ritmo."
Hacia mediados de la segunda mitad, los Pioneers obtuvieron una ventaja de 11
mantenerse a punto cuando las cosas no van a nuestra manera," dijo Singh. "Tenemos que jugar a la defensa sin
Pomona, respectivamente, los Pioneers fueron 0-2 en partidos cercanos y frustrantes. Viernes, se enfrentaron a un equipo a quien bían perdido antes del juego de la conferencia, Humboldt State University (10-10 en general, 5-8 conferencia) en otro juego que estaba lleno de faltas. Los
de ellos anotaciones de triple puntos. Asah y el delantero Micah Dunhour también añadieron 18 puntos y Frakes tuvo 12 puntos y 8 rebotes. Al día siguiente, East Bay se enfrentó a Cal Poly Pomona (7-10, 5-8). Este en-
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Estudiante de segundo año Juwan Anderson busca un compañero de equipo libre durante el partido contra Cal Poly Pomona en el gimnasio Pioneer el sábado en Hayward.
puntos, pero no duró mucho. El puntaje los Broncos siguió a 26-17 hacia el final
seguir y seguir el desempate del parti-
East Bay ahora es 12-9 global y 5-8 en el juego de la conferencia. Ellos viajarán al sur de California una vez más este fin de semana para jugar contra Cal State San Bernardino (9-8, 5-7) y UC San Diego (15-5, 10-3) el sábado.
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Oakland honra a Fred T. Korematsu Por Louis LaVenture EDITOR EN JEFE
Traducción por Wendy Medina EDITORA DE COPIA
Si Google te presenta en su logotipo de página de Internet, debes ser una gran cosa. La compañía de sitio de búsqueda hizo eso el lunes cuando honró al activista de derechos civiles japonés Fred T. Korematsu en el día dedicado a él, el 30 de enero. La ciudad de Oakland dio un paso más allá el domingo cuando el icónico teatro Paramount en Broadway en el centro de la ciudad organizó el séptimo anual Fred T. Korematsu dia de las libertades civiles, que honra a Korematsu porque luchó por los derechos civiles de la gente japonés que fueron detenidos después que una orden ejecutiva presidencial siguiendo del bombardeo de Pearl Harbor en 1941. Según el Instituto Fred T. Korematsu, la orden, firmada por el entonces presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt el 19 de febrero de 1942, autorizaba áreas específicas como zonas militares para detener y deportar a japoneses, alemanes e italianos a campos de internamiento. Korematsu se negó a ir a un campamento, fue arrestado y en 1944 fue condenado por la Corte Suprema. Según los registros de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, no fue hasta 1982 cuando se descubrieron documentos ocultos, que su caso finalmente fue reabierto y anulado el 10 de noviembre de 1983. El evento fue organizado por un afiliado del noticiero NBC de Los Ángeles, presentador de noticias David Ono, y presentó una gran cantidad de artistas y oradores. El tema de la celebración de este año fue "La encarcelación masiva en todas las comunidades: ¿qué sigue?" Con los títulos oficiales del programa "Defende lo que es correcto." El 30 de enero se convirtió en el primer día estatal en los Estados Unidos que recibió el nombre de un estadounidense de origen asiático cuando el ex gobernador Arnold Schwarzenegger declaró el día de Fred T. Korematsu en 2010. Ethan Mitchell García, un estudiante de octavo grado de la Escuela Intermedia Fred T. Korematsu en El Cerrito ganó un concurso de composición basado en el mensaje: "Cómo defender lo que es correcto ha influido su vida y lo que significa en relación con los acontecimientos actuales de hoy.” "Todos podemos intentar alcanzar el sueño americano," dijo García. "Basado en el contenido de uno mismo, no en su nacionalidad, creencias religiosas, raza o el color de su propia piel." El sexto año de la organización basada en Oakland “Joven, Dotado y Negro,” fue compuesta por estudiantes de primaria y secundaria en 31 escuelas, en toda el área de la bahía, realizó una poderosa palabra hablada con un mensaje fuertemente influenciado por el movimiento "Black Lives Matter." Ono encabezó el panel con el Presidente y Director Ejecutivo de defensores de los Musulmanes, Farhana Khera y el profesor y ex preso Timothy Long. El Defensor Público de San Francisco, Jeff Adachi, presentó su película de ocho minutos titulada "Racial Facial," una composición de imágenes y video de gran alcance de toda la historia de Estados Unidos, desde los nativos americanos y esclavos, a nuestro nuevo presidente Donald J. Trump. Un rapero de San Francisco, Equipto, realizó algunas canciones con mensajes acerca de que la gente recupere el poder. Equipto ganó cierta notoriedad nacional el año pasado como parte del "Frisco 5," un grupo de cinco personas que hicieron una huelga de hambre para protestar por la violencia y el abuso de la policía. "Poder a los trabajadores, poder a la clase obrera," golpeó Equipto. Las palabras más poderosas del día vinieron del escritor y actor japonés-americano Hiroshi Kashiwagi. De 1942 a marzo de 1946, Kashiwagi fue detenido en el Centro de Segregación del Lago Tule en Newell hasta que fue cerrado. Kashiwagi, nacido en Sacramento y Loomis, subrayó la importancia de no tener miedo de hablar, una frase que se hizo famosa por Korematsu. "Cuando Fred Korematsu desafió la orden, demostró que la disidencia es un acto patriótico preservado por los derechos constitucionales," dijo Kashiwagi. "No podemos tener miedo de hablar, Fred Korematsu nos enseñó eso."
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By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR A black fashion doll, clothed in a black dress and a neon pink “pussy” hat, stark against a sea of protesters at the Oakland Women’s March on Jan. 21, her creator Steven Davidich held her high above the chaos to snap a photo. Her name is Deja Dohl and Davidich crafted her out of a wax mold and resin. Her hair is styled in cornrows made of Velcro and all her clothes are handmade by him. The hat was made out of a white Sunday-school style sock from a dollar store, accentuated with hot glue and a pink highlighter pen the morning of the march. “I didn’t have time to break out the sewing machine,” he said. Davidich has been sculpting since 1980. He discovered his interest in art as a kid when he made his first figurine at Clear Lake Camp in Michigan. His mother, who majored in art in college and ran the ceramics department at the camp, got him in for free. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a major in fine arts and a minor in industrial technology, which allowed him to make electronic sculptures, and work with metal and plastics. In 1988, the year before he moved to the Bay Area, he found a niche in the doll community. Davidich has spent 11 years working to perfect Deja’s image. Deja is a character as much as she is a sculpture, who represents different women he’s known throughout his life. “Her character is a girl in college who is very politically aware,” he said. “She is also an alter ego for me and expresses my views.” Deja’s creation is tied to a group called the Black and Beautiful Doll Club, a club dedicated to black fashion dolls that was established by Brenda Blanchard in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. In 2006 the club hosted the National Barbie Convention which featured the first black official convention Doll, according to the Black and Beautiful Doll Club’s Facebook page. The event was promoted by Mattel. After Blanchard passed away suddenly in 2011, Davidich and another member kept the club alive through Facebook. Mattel’s lack of diversification in their Barbie doll line has long been a topic of discussion within the club, according to Davidich. According to the group’s Facebook
Sculptor Steve Davidich holds 'Deja Dohl,' a fashion doll made out of resin, at the Oakland Women's March on Jan. 21 page, there was no black option for the official convention dolls before 2004, so collectors of color were forced to buy an extra doll so they could re-dress their black doll in the white convention doll’s outfit “to simulate a convention doll that represented them.” The first black fashion doll made by Mattel was Christie in 1968 in an effort to align with the Civil Rights Movement.
It wasn’t until 1980 that Mattel made an African American version of Barbie, according to Davidich. Last January, Mattel released three new body types for Barbie; tall, curvy and petite, as well as seven skin tones, 24 hairstyles and 22 eye colors, according to Mattel. The idea for Deja materialized in 1999 from club discussions about
the lack of black dolls on the market. It wasn’t until 2006, through the urging of the club, that Davidich decided to create his own black doll. Deja was born out of rich tradition of handmade black dolls that dates back to the days of slavery, according to Davidich. Within the club, she has become an emblem for a political movement to help the black community improve its self-image. “When you see me protesting, holding my doll, it’s the tip of the iceberg with these people in the Barbie community,” said Davidich. Although she resembles a Barbie doll, Davidich said she is anything but. A standard Barbie is just under 12 inches, but Deja measures 16. She was largely inspired by Shani, a black fashion doll with a more “ethnic shape” than Barbie that was released in 1991, according to Davidich. Davidich used a silicone mold to cast the doll in resin. However his first attempt didn’t go as planned: the resin leaked and the silicone formed bubbles, creating what looked like craters and warts on her surface. Davidich had no choice but to start over, creating the version of Deja that he carries today. “When you're in that zone it’s just so amazing, and there are times when it’s so frustrating,” he said. “I’m still recovering from that. Even though I've come past the technical issues, the feelings of redoing something ten times over is really, really difficult.” Davidich said the wax can cost anywhere from $50 to $80 and silicone molds around $300. He made his own presPHOTOS BY KALI PERSALL/THE PIONEER sure chamber, used to compress the silicone bubbles, out of an air conditioner compressor. He wanted Deja to look as life-like as possible, so he fashioned her with movable joints. The inspiration for her facial features came from photographs. “I work mostly off of photographs,” he said. “If I have a good front and side view of a face, I can pretty much reconstruct it.” Davidich plans to create two other ethnic dolls with different skin tones, body types and features as part of a series, along with Deja. He also aims to create dolls to sell as “mannequins,” to other artists to customize. “When you're doing art and you get into zone and the whole world disappears and it’s just you and your piece, you get extremely focused,” said Davidich. “It's the closest thing to nirvana that you can get to.”
Sustainability club aims to keep campus, community green By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR On the stormy morning of Jan. 20, seven students met at Cal State East Bay’s Meiklejohn Hall armed with garbage bags, metal claws and gloves to rid the campus of litter. Despite the rain and small turnout, in less than two hours, the crew cleaned up 30 pounds of trash. The clean-up was the first event organized by the Sustain East Bay Club, which was created by 15 sustainability ambassadors, students who work in the campus’s Office of Sustainability, last November. Ambassadors are paid interns who work under the CSUEB Director of Sustainability Jillian Buckholz to each create and implement a sustainability project on campus, according to Buckholz. The office hires up to 10 positions annually. The club gives students a way to be involved in sustainability efforts on campus, according to Jericho Apo, the club’s social media strategist. “We wanted to show other students that there are like-minded students out there who are taking action in leaving a positive impact on the Earth and that they can too,” he said. Apo said when the ambassadors tabled on campus; they encountered students showed interest in current initiatives, such as the gooseneck water fountains that refill water bottles
around campus. They decided to form the club as a way to get students involved in susta efforts, according to Apo. The club didn’t become active until December 2016. Apo said the club meets every Friday at 2 p.m. in the Student Administration building on the Hayward campus and is led by President John Zamora, a fourth-year Computer Science major. “We want more students to join and get involved in sustainable ways,” said Apo. “Not a lot of people know that Starbucks cups and straws can’t be recycled unless they’re washed. If everyone composted, if people didn’t waste water, it would be a different world I think.” The club has held seven meetings so far, which typically last about an hour and focus on recruiting members, brainstorming ways to ramp up student involvement, discussing what changes students want to see on campus and teaching student’s sustainable practices, such as how to properly dispose of batteries. Not many people know they can’t be thrown in the trash can, according to Apo. “Sustainability isn’t just about recycling,” said Apo. “It’s about food and electricity and anything in terms of not leaving a large carbon footprint.” Sustainable Campus Projects The club is a sister to the Office of Sustainability, which is working on various projects that range from saving
water to trash reduction, according to Apo. On Monday, garbage cans across campus will be replaced by bins that separate compost, recycling and landfill in an effort to transition the campus to a triple-stream waste system, a project led by Cerys Evans, ambassador and leader of the office’s Zero Waste Project. The new bins will be both indoors and outdoors around campus, according to Evans. Compost sections will be placed mainly around food areas and the cement receptacles in the parking lots will be rearranged so the lids are color-coded according to stream: green for compost, blue for recycling and black for landfill. Buckholz said the conversation started in the Facilities Development and Operations department in October 2014, after AB 1826, a bill that went into effect last April, required businesses to generate a certain amount of organic waste per week. However, the decision to implement the new system wasn’t made until after a waste audit in fall 2015. According to Buckholz, the general campus currently uses a single stream waste management system, which means that compost, recyclables and trash are all put into one container. From there, waste is picked up by Waste Management and taken to the Davis Street Transfer Station, where it is sorted into compost, recycling and landfill streams. With the triple stream system, Waste
Management will no longer need to sort off-site, said Buckholz. Each waste stream will be delivered directly to the corresponding site at the Davis Street Transfer Station. The RAW Center, Student and Faculty Support building and Pioneer Heights are already using the triple-stream system, according to Buckholz. The waste system is managed by the Facilities Development and Operations department, which is currently involved in a Request for Proposals process “to improve how waste is hauled from campus, the way data is received from the waste hauler, and potentially find a new waste hauler,” according to Buckholz. Evans said the goal is not to “save waste,” but rather to divert it out of the landfill stream and into the compost and recycling system. Club Activities Friday’s clean-up produced a lower turn-out than expected because the club didn’t have time to properly advertise, except on social media, said Apo. The event was organized at the last minute and the club didn’t have funding from ASI at that time, although they are expecting to receive it. Apo said the heavy rain was also a deterrent. According to Zamora, the club has received less than $100 in funding from ASI, which has mostly been spent on materials and food. Zamora said in order to receive ASI
funding for an event, the club has to apply three weeks ahead of time. So far ASI hasn’t been able to approve the funding prior to the club’s events, so they’ve been funded out of pocket. The club is hoping to get reimbursed. The Facilities Development and Operations department at East Bay provided the metal claws and gloves, while the garbage bags and pizza lunch were provided by club members, who paid for them out of pocket, according to Apo. The club will receive funding from ASI. The amount and how the money will be used has still been undetermined at the time of publication, according to Apo. The club didn’t have a specific goal for how much trash they wanted to collect at the clean-up, instead they wanted to use the event as an opportunity to generate student interest, said Apo. Apo said he has always been interested in sustainability efforts, but wasn’t motivated to actively get involved in a club or organization throughout high school or junior college until he transferred to East Bay, when he applied for a paid internship as a sustainability ambassador. Apo coordinates social media for the club, which so far has a following of 200 on Facebook and nearly 300 in Instagram. “We’re all students that just work together and we share the same cause; leaving the earth better than how we found it,” said Apo.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2017
THE PIONEER New regime begins for baseball team
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By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The annual baseball alumni game kicked off a new season with a new coaching staff at Cal State East Bay’s Hayward campus on Saturday. The game featured the current men’s baseball team who took on former Pioneers of all ages. This was the first game for new interim head coach Mike Cummins and his staff. Cummins took over for Bob Ralston and Darren Lewis who both resigned after they coached the team to the best season in school history last year at 33-22 overall, and an NCAA West Regional postseason appearance. Cummins has some big shoes to fill, but has some solid NCAA Division I experience, especially at his last stint at San Jose State and his time as the head man at San Francisco State for six years. He kept second-year assistant coach and former Pioneer Nick Hudson and added a new assistant in Andrew Ayers, who was previously the director of baseball operations at Sacramento State. With 35 players on the 2017 roster and just five of them listed as freshman, experience will be a huge factor for this year’s squad. Fourteen seniors and 13 juniors, including a slew of returners with valuable game experience, will be asked to anchor the team this season.
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Cal State East Bay junior pitcher Alex Vesia throws a pitch during the annual alumni game held at Pioneer Baseball Field on the Hayward campus.
Women’s water polo loses at home to CSU Northridge
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Top left: Cal State East Bay senior Katelyn Clark looks for an open teammate during the game against Cal State Northridge Matadors held on Sunday at Pioneer Pool Hayward. Top right: Cal State East Bay junior Leilani Vazquez tries to score against Cal State Northridge on Sunday in Hayward. Above: CSUEB senior goalkeeper Nikki Vaughan attempts to block a shot during their Sunday loss to Cal State Northridge at Pioneer Pool on the Hayward campus. CSUEB is now 1-1 overall.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2017
THE PIONEER
Shomari Harris: Cal State East Bay game changer By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER The California State East Bay Women’s basketball team is on a four-game winning streak, largely due to Senior Guard Shomari Harris. Harris, a 5-foot-five-inch Las Vegas native who transferred to East Bay this year from Texas A&MCommerce has added nothing but improvement to East Bay’s program this season. “Transferring to East Bay for my last collegiate career has worked out for me in so many ways and it was honestly the best thing I could have done,” Harris told the Pioneer. “This program accepts me and I enjoy giving my all to people who need and appreciate it. I have been feeling really relaxed and confident in our games.” That relaxation and confidence shows in her game. Harris plays over 30 minutes each game and has 16 games in double figures this season. She scored 20 points or more in nine of those games. The team has played 19 games so far. On the week of January 16-22, Harris was selected as the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, the first player to earn this title for the team this season. During that weekend the team faced California State Los Angeles and California State Dominguez Hills and earned 2 wins. Harris averaged 29.5 points, 7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and completed 18 of 22 free throws. Against LA she scored
29 points, 17 of those in the fourth quarter alone and against Dominguez she scored a career high of 30 points with 6 assists. “My mindset is always do what is necessary for the team. If that means talking, leading, or scoring I will do it. I will do anything that will lead us to a victory,” Harris said.
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“My coach tells me to be a leader. It sounds cliche, but that is my job and I take that seriously. I have to lead the team every night, because they look up to me, they believe in me and that lights up a fire in me even more.”
This past weekend against Cal Poly Pomona, Harris scored 26 points and went 7-8 from the three-point line with 4 assists, in what was the team’s fourth win in a row. Harris’ play led her to become not only the CCAA’s leading scorer (17.2
ppg), but she also helped the Pioneers work their way up to second place in the CCAA standings, behind UC San Diego, with field goals (300) and assists (4.4 apg). “I feel great about my play and our win streak and everything, but this
is honestly a humbling experience for us,” she said. “It took a while to get to the point of being able to be consistent and play East Bay Basketball, so we cannot get ahead of ourselves, we have to stay focused. We are not satisfied.”
Men’s basketball winless over weekend By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER Foul shots, turnovers and missed shots was all you saw over the weekend from the California State East Bay men's basketball team. The season started with promise as they completed a seven-game winning streak early on and made their way up in the NCA A Division II rankings, but since California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference play started, the team has experienced problems and defeat. “Turnovers, rebounding and fouls have been a key issue in our losses,” senior guard Paramvir Singh said. “It is never a good sign if we have more turnovers and fouls than the other team. All of our games have been really close, so it is ultimately a matter of one rebound or one turnover.” In their back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday against Humboldt State University and Cal Poly Pomona respectively, the Pioneers went 0-2 in close, frustrating games. Friday they faced a team they lost to earlier in conference play, Humboldt State University (10-10 overall, 5-8 conference) in a game that was full of fouls. The two teams compiled a total of 45 fouls in the game. In the first half, senior guard Jalen Richard sparked some momentum for the Pioneers when he hit a three pointer with 10 minutes left that put East Bay up 22-19. From then on, the
men kept the lead and added some excitement with a fast break dunk from freshman guard Druce Asah and another dunk from junior center Kyle Frakes. In the second half, the Lumberjacks got the best of East Bay due to the number of foul shots. With 3:38 left, the game was tied at 72, but Humboldt’s last 13 points were all from the free-throw line and ultimately gave them the 82-79 win. “Fouls are going to be called because we are a really physical team and we focus on being tough and physical in our practices,” said sophomore guard Juwan Anderson. “We have to adjust to the way the refs are calling the fouls throughout the game because some refs think physicality is fouling.” Richard had his seventh game in a row of double figure points, with 18, 12 of them on three-pointers. Asah and senior forward Micah Dunhour also added 18 points and Frakes had 12 points and 8 rebounds. The next day East Bay faced Cal Poly Pomona (7-10, 5-8). This matchup saw a total of 59 fouls in what turned out to be a slow, frustrating game. The Pioneers went into the second half leading the game 28-23, but again it was their second-half play that got them in trouble. Towards the middle of the second half, the Pioneers gained an 11-point lead, but it didn’t last long. The Broncos went on a 26-17 run towards the end of the half and outscored the Pioneers in the second half 32-44, which secured the
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Cal State East Bay senior guard Pierre Carter looks for an open teammate during the game against Cal Poly Pomona held in Pioneer Gymnasium on Saturday on the Hayward campus. 60-67 win over East Bay. The Pioneers saw their lowest shooting percentage of the season, at 29.4 percent from the field. “We have to be more in control and stay poised when things are not going our way,” Singh said.
“We need to play defense without following and follow the game playoff staying solid on defense and making more winning plays. It is essential that we get stops without it leading to a foul in order to keep a rhythm going.”
East Bay is now 12-9 overall and 5-8 in conference play. They travel to Southern California once again this weekend to play Cal State San Bernardino (9-8, 5-7) and UC San Diego (15-5, 10-3) on Saturday.