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Oakland’s Parkway Speakeasy Theater provided a unique experience for moviegoers for 13 years before it closed its doors on Park Street in East Oakland for the final time in December 2009. The new version is The New Parkway Theater located in the Uptown District on 24th Street has stayed true to its roots by not just playing new releases but also older movies that date back decades, documentaries, and live events with couches, recliners, and a bistro style café. According to Freddie Francis, the assistant manager in charge of outreach and communication, there was a huge outreach by former patrons online and via social media who wanted the theater to reopen. “There was a group of people, mainly from the community that really were vocal about their wanting the theater back,” Francis said. The outreach and support led to a group of more than 50 independent investors, along with a campaign started on the Kickstarter funding website that raised more than $50,000 to re-launch the original concept as The New Parkway Theater. “In 2009 when it closed it was really sad, the community really was devastated. They had a lot of support,” Francis said. The original Parkway Speakeasy Theater was located between 18th Street and 4th Avenue in East Oakland and included some unique seating features like couches. “The old place didn’t have the food that we have, they kept it simple and traditional,” Francis said. “Our café and the couches are definitely big draws.”

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CSUEB student charged with attempted kidnappings By Shannon Stroud METRO EDITOR

Hayward police arrested a California State University, East Bay student this week in connection with three recent attempted kidnappings in Hayward. Twenty-two year old Sagar Patel, currently enrolled at CSUEB as a business administration and accounting student, was arrested March 16 at 10 a.m. on the 27000 block of Baldwin Street while leaving his home in Hayward, according to Sergeant Ryan Cantrell of the Hayward Police Department. According to Alameda County’s online inmate locator, Patel is being held at Santa Rita jail without the option of bail. On Monday, Patel was officially charged for the attempted kidnapping of three girls with the intent to commit robbery, according to documents filed in Alameda County Superior Court. Police identified no other suspects or persons of interest in these cases. “It’s with high confidence that we know he committed these crimes,” said Cantrell.

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Top: The entrance to the New Parkway Theater on 24th Street in Oakland. Bottom: The New Parkway Theater in Oakland provides a unique experience for movie goers in Oakland.

Pioneers sweep Coyotes at home By Louis LaVenture

It’s with high confidence that we know he committed these crimes. -Sergeant Ryan Cantrell Hayward Police Department

SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR Fans should have brought their brooms to Pioneer Baseball Field over the weekend in Hayward. The Cal State East Bay baseball team swept California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference foe Cal State San Bernardino during a four game home stand on the Hayward campus. The Pioneers are now 14-25 overall and 11-21 in conference play while the Coyotes fell to 9-31 overall and 7-24 in conference competition. With just eight regular season games remaining, every game holds heavy importance when it comes to postseason seeding and the conference tournament set to begin on May 7 in Stockton at Klein Family Field. Things got off to a great start for CSUEB on Friday as they dominated the Coyotes and finished with a 6-1 victory. CSUEB senior infielder Ryan Kochan singled to left field and scored sophomore outfielder Marcus Wise that gave the Pioneers an early 1-0 lead in the first inning. CSUEB kept the runs coming and added five more before the game was over thanks in large part to Kochan. Kochan was in the zone on Friday and finished the day with 4 hits in 5 at bats, knocked in 5 RBI’s, and even scored once. Kochan was involved in every scoring play for the Pioneers in the Friday triumph. “As the season has progressed, [Kochan] has shortened his swing,” CSUEB Assistant Coach Darren Lewis said. “This has allowed him to be more consistent.” Senior pitcher Michael Pope was dom-

Although Hayward Police cannot release any evidence used in this case, Contell explained that they developed enough probable cause and had the support of the district attorney to arrest Patel. The attempted kidnappings happened on Feb. 20, March 6 and March 27. All three victims were able to escape the attacker and identified that he drove a white four-door vehicle. It is unknown if the victims were called in to identify their attacker. Cantrell explained that Hayward Police would not be releasing this information to the public at this time. In a news conference held by the Hayward Police on Monday, authorities explained that a search warrant was served on Patel’s white Chevrolet on April 10. That same day a Hayward police officer saw Patel driving the car in the Tennyson Corridor. According to a representative from Santa Rita Jail, Patel had a court hearing Tuesday, and the results from that hearing will not be released to the public until later this week.

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A CSUEB base runner dives safely back to first base on Saturday at the Pioneer Baseball Field. inant on the mound and threw a shutout in 7 innings on the hill for CSUEB. Pope recorded 4 strikeouts and allowed just 3 hits in his third victory of the season. “Getting a balance, staying relaxed

and pitching my game,” Pope said about his performance. “I don’t try and do too much, just my role on the team.” Kochan picked up where he left off on Friday in game two and knocked in Wise

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Autism

By Kern Wallace CONTRIBUTOR It’s rare for me to be asked what it’s like to live with autism, mostly because I rarely mention the fact. But I do live with it. I was diagnosed in third grade but my parents were aware that I was different by the time I was three, which is when the traits become obvious to my parents and childcare providers. April may be Autism Awareness Month, but for me having autism is a constant state of being. Here’s what autism is like: imagine that after taking a few years of high school Spanish classes, you take a trip to Spain and start talking with a local. You quickly find out that communicating with the local is not as easy as you thought. As long as the subject is kept simple or on familiar topics, you feel confident in your ability to fit in but as soon as the conversation turns to more subtle or specialized topics, you become nervous and it is easy to begin stuttering and stumbling over your words. You look down at your feet rather than the eyes of the person you’re talking to. In the end, even if the other person is perfectly accepting of your fumbles, you feel embarrassed, like you’ve made a total fool of yourself. This, more or less, is what its like to be me. I do things that I know other people find odd. I’m obsessed with symmetry: if I step on any cracks in the sidewalk with my left foot, I feel a need to step on an equal number of cracks with my right foot. When I’m not in class, I take a walk

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along the same route every hour. I constantly have a need to do things with my hands, like spinning pens or fiddling with my glasses. I often have a desire to get up and pace. While I don’t always act on these feelings, the desire to do so never really goes away, like an itch that you can’t scratch. I have bad habits

like a wandering attention span and a tendency toward unhealthy eating. Students with autism at CSU East Bay are lucky as far as resources go. Like other college campuses, it has an Accessibility Services center that serves students with learning disabilities by offering accommodations such

as extra time on tests, testing rooms with minimal distractions and hiring note-takers for classes. It is also home to the College Link Program, a program created for the explicit purpose of helping students on the autism spectrum get through college. It does so with coaches that help in academic subjects and independent living matters and, in collaboration with the Communicative Science Disorders department, has created a “Conversation Club” for students to learn social skills. While I am glad for what CSU East Bay has, I am worried about what the future holds, for others and myself. Far more attention is paid to children with autism than adults. Of the 23,281 peer-reviewed English language articles on autism available through Academic Search Complete, 911 of them have research focused on adults, compared to 8,697 articles with research focused on children instead. Similarly, there are far more programs focused on helping individuals with autism who are children rather than adolescents or adults. This often leaves individuals with autism unprepared for the differences between the more structured high school experience and the more freeform college experience. Students are often not used to taking the initiative in seeking help from the administration. Looking forward, I want adults on the autism spectrum to have support and research like children with autism do. What I want is a future that I, and others like me, can look forward to. But that future doesn’t look like it will come within the next few years. What kind of support can my fellows and I expect? Will I be able to avoid falling into my bad habits when my support lessens? I don’t have the answers, and that worries me.

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By Shannon Stroud METRO EDITOR Emergencies can happen at any moment. They don’t work around a schedule, and they take no prisoners. To help prepare for an emergency situation the City of Hayward will hold a countywide Emergency Preparedness Expo. Saturday, Hayward will hold their fifth annual Emergency Preparedness Expo, dubbed “Operation Independence V” by the City of Hayward. The free, family-friendly event will be offered in English and Spanish and is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. and run until 4:30 p.m. at Hayward City Hall. “This year we are focusing more on families, while last year’s event, it was a come one, come all. This year we are still open to everyone but we want families to come and get every-

one to know their part,” said City of Hayward’s Public Relations and Media Officer Frank Holland. Holland explained that the transition to focus on families was made to make sure that a person at any age would know what their roles were during an emergency. The focus on family was to ensure anyone from child to parent would understand how to handle a disaster. “The name ‘Operation Independence V’ comes from the notion of independence, we can’t be reliant on first responders when something bad happens, it’s going to take a while for them [to] address all the issues at hand,” said Holland. Holland explained that this expo is especially important to Hayward residents because they live in a highrisk earthquake zone, so being prepared for an earthquake is on top of everyone’s minds.

The event will be held as an open house, people can stop by at any time during the day to participate in handson training, emergency preparedness workshops, emergency, equipment demonstration, exhibits and presentations. The Red Cross, Community Resource for Independent Living, Collaborating Agencies, Responding to Disaster and The Hayward Fire Department are just a few of the organizations that will be holding classes at the Expo, explained Jakki Bedsole, event coordinator volunteer. Individuals interested in attending the event but are unable to can also check out emergency preparedness classes offered through Hayward’s Fire Department, as they offer classes for the community like their community emergency response team class which teaches students how to handle emergencies in a community setting.

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Distinguished Writers Series features poet Marilyn Chin By Beatriz Alvarez CONTRIBUTOR

Poet Marilyn Chin, who has described her own writings about life as an Asian American as “daring, both technically and thematically,” will read excerpts from her book “Hard Love Province” on April 27 in the Hayward campus library hosted by California State University, East Bay’s English department. A Hong Kong native, Chin was raised in Portland, Oregon. She has published four books of poetry and one of prose, been awarded five Pushcart prizes, the PEN/Josephine Miles Award, and numerous fellowships and residencies. “Marilyn Chin plays many roles in the writing community,” said CSUEB English Professor Jacqueline Doyle. “In addition to teaching in the MFA program at San Diego State and the low residency MFA program at City University of Hong Kong, she is a poet, novelist, translator, anthologist, and activist.” She describes Chin’s writing as “audacious, political, experimental, erotic, elegiac.” The position of overseeing the event and selecting an author usually rotates among the creative writing faculty, and Doyle is in charge of the series this year. Doyle, who is an avid fan of creative nonfiction and an instructor of the genre, was interested in featuring creative nonfiction writers this year. Authors chosen are based on their ability to enrich the student audience. Matthew Rothschild, who is a senior editor at The Progressive, a cultural magazine based in Wisconsin, noted

that Chin “has a voice all her own—witty, epigraphic, idiomatic, elegiac, earthy... She covers the canvas of cultural assimilation with an intensely personal brush.” At a Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference in October 2014, when questioned on her style of writing, Chin said, “I’m having a lot of fun, making hybrid forms, going back and forth from both eastern and western traditions and playing with form. It’s just endless, endless fun. We just go writing the best we can and working on our craft.” Her book “Hard Love Province” is a volume of poems composed of sensual elegies in which the speaker grieves for the loss of her beloved. It is the winner of the 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Poetry, an award that recognizes books that contribute to our understanding of racism and cultural diversity. “It is inspiring to hear a good writer read his or her work,” Doyle said. “We have many aspiring student writers and lovers of literature, many of whom have never attended an author reading. It’s an exciting opportunity for them.” CSUEB’s Distinguished Writers Series has been running for nearly 10 years and features at least one poet and one fiction writer at its quarterly events. CSUEB alumni, Stan Pisle, who also provides donations for the English department’s national literary magazine Arroyo, funds the writer series along with matched funds contributed by his employer, AT&T, Inc. Admission is free for the event, which will take place on Monday, April 27 in the Biella Room at 6 p.m.

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“There was a group of people, mainly from the community that really were vocal about their wanting the theater back,” Francis said. The outreach and support led to a group of more than 50 independent investors, along with a campaign started on the Kickstarter funding website that raised more than $50,000 to re-launch the original concept, but this time as The New Parkway Theater. “In 2009 when it closed it was really sad, the community really was devastated. They had a lot of support,” Francis said. The original Parkway Speakeasy Theater was located between 18th Street and 4th Avenue in East Oakland and included some unique seating features like couches and bean bags. “The old place didn’t have the food that we have, they kept it simple and traditional,” Francis said. “Our café and the couches are definitely big draws.”

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Mental health survey at Cal State Hayward By Sandy Barnett July 12, 1989 A recent study here on campus examining student attitudes toward mental health concluded that many people continue to attach a negative stigma toward mental illness. The study conducted last quarter by CSUH sociology major Sylvia Wright, questioned 134 students about their attitude toward mental illness.

The result of the study seem to indicate that when a person is labeled “mentally ill,” it strongly affects the reaction other people have toward them. The study also indicated that the majority of students are wary of trusting a person with mental illness. When asked if they would hire a person just released from a mental institution, just over half said they didn’t know, with only one out of 10 stating that they probably would. “The people who have the most prejudice against mental health care are people who have not been in the mental health system,” says John Ouse, a staff

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People with any kind of mental illness are still stigmatized and associated with aggression in today’s society. A majority of the news portrays people with mental illness as dangerous and characters portrayed in entertainment follow the same stereotype. One of the most popular shows airing now is Bates Motel, which chronicles the teenage years of iconic character Norman Bates. Set as the prequel to the 1950s classic movie “Psycho,” arguably the start of the slasher film genre, Bates is a schizophrenic man who dresses as his mother and murders guests in his hotel. The film received critical acclaim, four Academy Awards, and was deemed by the US Library of Congress as “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant.” The movie itself did not start the stigma towards people with schizophrenia, but it is one of the earliest examples of the culture of violence that surrounds the mental illness. Bates displayed a violent nature, and was a dangerous person who happened to have a violent type of schizophrenia. The National Institute of Mental Health defines schizophrenia as a disabling brain disorder that causes people to hear voices inside their head. People with the disorder may believe people around them are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to hurt them, which can lead to fear and agitation but most people with schizophrenia do not commit violent crimes, according to the NIMH.

The American Psychology Association published a study of crime rates in 2014 that revealed 4% were directly related to symptoms of schizophrenia disorders. “When we hear about crimes committed by people with mental illness, they tend to be big headline-making crimes so they get stuck in people’s heads,” wrote lead researcher of the study Jillian Peterson, PhD. “The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent, not criminal and notdangerous.” The rate of violence against others is smaller than the rate of suicide amongst people with the illness. About 10 percent of people with schizophrenia die by suicide, but it’s still hard to predict which schizophrenia type is more prone to suicide, according the NIMH. There are different types of schizophrenia: — Paranoid, which leads people to feel suspicious, persecuted, and judged. — Disorganized, where a person is incoherent in speech and thoughts. — Catatonic, when a person is mute, negative, and moves their body into unusual positions. — Residual, where a person no longer experiences delusions or hallucinations but loses their interest in participating in life. — Schizoaffective, a dual disorder where a person has both schizophrenic symptoms and depression. There is no cure for schizophrenia yet, but with proper treatment many people with the illness can live productive and fulfilling lives.

counselor at Cal State’s Counseling Center in Warren Hall. If a person is in enough distress that they feel the need to seek professional help, the state “becomes” less stigmatized for them and they have less prejudice against it,” said Rouse, “whereas that person who never gets to the place where they need to see somebody professionally, their attitudes can still be fairly entrenched.” Rouse cited a nationwide study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health focusing on attitudes about mental health. The study found that 30 to 40 per-

cent of those questioned had been distressed enough to seek counseling, but due to their misconceptions about mental health only six to 10 percent actually went to see someone. In the study conducted here on campus, not all students had a negative reaction to mental illness, however. When asked if they agreed with the phrase” Once a mental patient, always a mental patient,” most students disagreed, indicating that there is some knowledge that mental illness is not a permanent condition and can be cured. Most students also disagreed that individuals with mental illness remain

dependent on mental health services indefinitely. Rouse concurred, saying that the belief that once a person is mentally ill, he or she will always be dependent on the system is a “ faulty conception.” The results of the campus study indicate that the reactions of the students were tied to their experience or lack of experience with the mentally ill. Rouse feels that the way the media portrays mental illness could also contribute to the misconceptions people have about the mentally ill. “It has a lot to do with positive exposure as opposed to negative exposure.”

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Living life with allergies Seasonal allergies create problems By Samantha Torres CONTRIBUTOR

For many people, spring is the best time of year. Trees and plants are blooming, days get longer, and weather gets warmer. For students, summer is just a few short months away. Unlike most people, however, to me spring is the worst time of year. I suffer from seasonal allergies, along with 20 to 30 percent of other Americans, according to the Allergy and Asthma Medical Group of the Bay Area. It is estimated that there are as many as 40 million people in the world suffering from seasonal allergies, according to the Allergy and Asthma Association of America. The AAFA defines an allergy as “an overreaction of the human immune system to a foreign protein substance [or allergen] that is eaten, breathed into the lungs, injected or touched.” These include grass, pollen, trees, and dust to name a few. Allergies are now fifth on the most recent list of most common chronic diseases according to WebMD’s medical team made up of more than 100 doctors and health experts nationwide. The amount of people who suffer from these seasonal allergies has steadily increased during the last few years. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology approximately 16.9 million adults suffer from seasonal allergies. What is living with seasonal allergies like? It begins with itchy, red eyes that become redder throughout the day, to

the point that people question if I am taking drugs. It involves sneezing all day long, so much that it causes me to draw attention and forces people to move at least 10 feet away from me. It involves constantly having to carry around tissues in my pocket; for fear that my nose might run on to my paper as I struggle to finish my midterm. For me, living with allergies means having excruciatingly long and embarrassing days. My most recent horrific allergy experience took place during the first week of spring quarter. Both of my eyes began to water, so much that it looked as if I had been crying for hours. My nose ran so much that I went through an entire pack of tissues and had to make multiple trips to the trashcan. Imagine meeting a group of people for the very first time and having not one person sit next to you due to the pile of tissues on your desk. I felt like a social pariah in my classroom. My symptoms contributed to a daylong migraine that caused me to leave class early with quite a few stares from my classmates, and leave my job earlier than scheduled — much to the anger of my boss — to try and get my allergies under control. Seasonal allergies affect every aspect of my life, including having to miss classes and work, being able drive with my windows down, wanting to go somewhere with my friends, and the everyday decision of whether or not going outside is worth having a possible allergy attack. SFGate reported that those who suffer from tree allergies would continue to suffer due to the lack of rainfall trees, such as Junipers, pollinating and cre-

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ating allergens a whole month earlier than usual. Those who look for allergy relief from rain washing off the pollen that grows on these trees are out of luck. Without this rainfall the pollen will continue to pile up on the trees and cause more allergens to be exposed. People who suffer from seasonal allergies must find creative and effective ways to deal with them. Companies have created mobile and web applications that help those who suffer from allergies by tracking what allergens are high in certain areas. Season allergy sufferers must find creative and effective ways to deal with the allergies. Companies have created applications that let you input your allergy symptoms, where you live and then app will let you know what the allergy rates are in that area. The two most popular apps are WebMD Allergy and Zyrtec. Even regular websites such as the Weather Channel are beginning

to have places on their site for people to track allergens. Recently I have found and begun using the WebMD Allergy app for my iPhone 6. It is extremely helpful because it can better prepare me for the day by determining how I am going to handle my allergies on that given day. Just this morning it warned me that tree allergens are high and to avoid going outside until 11 a.m. Luckily I have found a usually effective way to battle my allergies. With the possibility of a long drought coming to the state of California, allergy sufferers need to find smart and different ways to combat their allergy symptoms as well. They could always take a page out of my book and take an allergy survival kit with them wherever they go by carrying multiple packs of tissues, eye drops, cough drops, Benadryl packs, and even more tissues come in handy more often than anyone can even begin to describe.

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HUSD hosts second annual Education Summit

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Left: President of the College Bound Brotherhood, Abdul Meskienyar, watches a presentation during the Made in Hayward discussion panel at Hayward City Hall on Saturday. Upper right: Education professionals prepare to present during the Made in Hayward discussion panel at Hayward City Hall on Saturday. Bottom right: Students, parents and members of the community gather in the lobby of City Hall during the 2nd annual Education Summit on Saturday to watch students perform.

By Shannon Stroud METRO EDITOR On Saturday morning, hundreds of students, parents and community members filled Hayward City Hall’s first floor and lined the staircase to the second floor as they came together for Hayward Unified School District’s second annual Education Summit. The summit, dubbed “Cradle to Career,” took place as part of the HUSD “Made in Hayward” campaign, a six month campaign designed to foster educational excellence in Hayward schools. The event included student perfor-

mances, discussion panels between students and educators, and allowed event attendees and different educational organizations in Hayward to talk directly with each other. Superintendent Stan Dobbs explained in a message about the Education Summit, that the goal of the event was to raise awareness and engagement in the education of Hayward students and to strengthen the education reputation for students in Hayward. The Education Summit brought together public schools, private schools and charter schools in Hayward as they discussed the progress their students have made in the last couple of years.

In 2008, 64 percent of Hayward students graduated. In the last year, there was an increase to 77 percent of students graduating according to Dr. Lisa Davies, area director for HUSD. “Now we are striving to change that 77 percent to 80 percent and that 80 percent to 100 percent,” said Davies. One of the organizations represented at the summit was College Bound Brotherhood. The students of the organization shared their college bound pledge and then interacted with the event attendees discussing their role in College Bound. Last year the HUSD adopted College Bound, which is a weekend program for high school students that provide them

with services that will prepare them for admission and graduation of a higher learning four-year institution. Shortly after HUSD started College Bound, the “Made in Hayward” campaign kicked off in 2014. Now the two programs work closely together to make sure students are college ready. With the start of the “Made in Hayward” campaign, the school district asked that all Hayward students take a pledge that said, “I am a Hayward student and proud to be college bound. I pledge to join the 1000’s of other Hayward students on the pathway to college.” Dianna Griffin a substitute teach-

er for the College Bound program explained that the students in the program meet one Saturday a month to participate in different activities like educational workshops and community service opportunities. She explained that the students also work on public speaking, leadership skills, financial literacy and career opportunities. “Being a part of College Bound Brotherhood brought up my grades and after our spring break college tour, I know I want to go to DVC [Diablo Valley College] and transfer to UCLA,” said senior and President of the College Bound Brotherhood Abdul Meskienyar.

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Songs for the Spirit Time: 7:30 p.m. Cost: $20 general admission, $10 students Location: Zaytuna College, 2401 Le Conta Ave., Berkeley Join the Aswat Sacred Music Ensemble for this special benefit concert for Islamophobia research and documentation. The performance will explore spirituality through music, dancing and visual art. The Aswat Sacred Music Ensemble is the Bay Area’s premier sacred Arab and Turkish ensemble.

Saturday

The Book Shop 55th Anniversary Time: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: The Book Shop, 1007 B St., Hayward Celebrate the 55th anniversary of The Book Shop in Downtown Hayward. Originally opened in April 1960 this local bookstore has been serving Hayward and Bay Area readers ever since. Attendees will receive a 10 percent discount on all purchases, a birthday cake, a ‘60s inspired soundtrack throughout the day, giveaways and drawings for gift certificates.

Sunday

Needle Crafters Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Cost: Free Location: San Leandro Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro The Needle Crafters are available to help you on any needle crafting projects you may have, including knitting, crocheting, embroidering, cross-stitching and more. This informal group welcomes beginners and experts alike to craft together while discussing books, travels, movies and life stories.

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the bottom of the eighth inning when CSUEB junior utility player Rudy Navarro blasted a home run to left field that put the Pioneers up for good. CSUEB senior pitcher Jacob Phillips recorded six innings on the bump but left the game when it was tied and Julian Garcia finished the game and nabbed his second win of the season. The two pitchers combined to allow just 2 runs on 6 hits in the game, but it was the Coyotes who were their own worst enemy. CSUSB committed 5 errors that gave the Pioneers several scoring opportunities to capitalize on. Kochan and Marcus Williams, a junior utility player from Oakland, led the way for the Pioneers in game three and combined for half of their team’s 12 hits in the 7-2 winning effort. CSUEB freshman pitcher Alex Vesia was nearly perfect on the mound and allowed just 1 earned run in a complete game win for the freshman. The Pioneers got a challenge in the

final game of the series on Sunday but were able to put away the Coyotes 7-6 to complete the series sweep. CSUEB was down 6-3 in the eighth inning when junior catcher Chris Porter blasted a home run that made the score 6-5 going in to the ninth inning. Williams tied the game at 7 in the bottom of the ninth inning when he singled to left field and scored Kochan. Junior outfielder Myles Babitt hit a popup to center field that scored senior outfielder Devin Higgins for the game winning play and score. “They have some great hitters on their team,” CSUSB shortstop Kevin Meriwether said. “All the teams in this conference are tough, this was a great example.” CSUEB pitcher and infielder Jason Fletcher was a perfect four-for-four in the game at the plate and junior pitcher Angel Lara picked up his first win of the season on the hill for the Pioneers. Next up for the Pioneers is a road trip to take on Chico State this weekend at Nettleton Stadium. The Wildcats are 1722 overall and 16-20 in conference competition this season.

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Pioneers come back from deep end against UCSD Tritons Women’s softball wins both games on senior day By Louis LaVenture

SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR Back-to-back losses on Friday could have ruined senior day on Saturday for the Cal State East Bay softball team. However, the Pioneers bounced back and won both games against the UC San Diego Tritons to make senior day a memorable one. The Pioneers are now 25-22 overall and 13-19 in California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference play this season. The Tritons are now 24-22 overall and 14-18 in CCAA conference games this regular season. After a 10-0 drubbing by UCSD in game one, the Pioneers bounced back in game two thanks in large part to a dominant pitching performance from senior Emily Perlich. Perlich threw 156 pitches in 10 innings and gave up just one earned run despite pitching through a shoulder injury from earlier in the season. However, the Pioneers couldn’t muster up enough offense despite the strong performance from Perlich and fell by a final of 1-0. “It felt like the longest game of my life, to be honest,” Perlich said. “I’m still in disbelief that I was able to throw all of those innings with my shoulder injury, but it’s just a testament to my teammates for their support the entire time. I couldn’t have made it through without them and they came through and never gave up in every game, win or lose.” Perlich injured her shoulder last season and rehabilitated her pinched bicep tendon and degenerative tearing on her labrum all summer to be ready for this, her final season at CSUEB. The game was scoreless in the top of the tenth inning when Tritons freshman

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CSUEB seniors Alex Vela (left) and Jaynie MacDonald celebrate a scoring play earlier this month at Pioneer Softball Field on the Hayward campus. catcher Lauren Sanders laced a single to left center field that plated UC San Diego sophomore Bianca Devoto for the game winning score. “Offensively we put ourselves in a position to win. Unfortunately they just scored first,” CSUEB Head Coach Barbara Pierce said. “It was a great bounce back game for us. We showed character in coming back after the opening game.” The losses could have easily dampened the senior day festivities on Saturday, but the Pioneers won both games and sent their eight seniors home with wins in their final home games. CSUEB won the first game 5-2, and dominated in the final game of the series that ended with a final of 8-0. “I think the difference between the two days came down to the adjustments we made offensively and defensively,” Perlich said. “We made better decisions and ultimately, the outcome came out better for us.” Perlich picked up the win in game one, her third of the season and junior Gabby Gonzalez led the way with three hits in four at bats and drove in two runs in the victory. Senior outfielder Jaynie MacDon-

ald also knocked in two runs when she belted her team-high 13th home run this season to right center field in the bottom of the third inning. MacDonald stayed hot and blasted her 14th home run of the season in the bottom of the third inning and also recorded 2 hits and 3 RBI’s. Junior pitcher Sierra Clark picked up her 12th win of the season for CSUEB as she gave up just 3 hits and no runs in a 5 inning complete game effort. “With it being senior day everyone had a sense of urgency,” CSUEB senior Kelsey LaVaute said. “We wanted to play for each other and the other seniors. We went out and had fun instead of being uptight because we have nothing to lose at this point. We want to get a .500 season, but playoffs are gone for us so we came together and are working towards that goal.” The Pioneers have just four games remaining in the regular season on a road trip to San Francisco to take on SFSU (11-37 overall, 6-26 conference) on Friday and Saturday. The teams will play a doubleheader on both days at SFSU softball field at 1 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday.

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Pioneer of the Week: Ryan Kochan By Louis LaVenture

SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR Cal State East Bay senior infielder Ryan Kochan is the Pioneer of the Week. Kochan was huge offensively in a four game sweep over the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes over the weekend for the Pioneers. The third baseman from San Ramon was a force at the plate as he amassed 11 hits in 19 plate appearances in the home stand that included eight runs batted in and four doubles. “Ryan has been our most consistent player all year and he plays a mean third base,” CSUEB Assistant Coach Darren Lewis said. “He will be a tough player to replace next year.” Kochan posted an impressive .579 batting average against the Coyotes and also went four-for-five at the plate and was involved in every scoring play in the series opening victory on Friday at Pioneer Baseball Field on the CSUEB Hayward campus. “I was just looking for a fastball up that I could do something with,” Kochan said. “I tried to drive it up the middle to get a few runs in.”

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Kochan is in his second season with the Pioneers after transferring from Diablo Valley College in 2013. He attended University of the Pacific in Stockton for one year prior to his time at DVC but never used any eligibility after he red-

shirted during his one-year stint there. The Business Administration major was proud of not only his performance, but also the teams’ which gives CSUEB some momentum with just four regular season games remaining.

“We did a lot of good things offensively, defensively, and on the mound,” Kochan said. This season Kochan has been an anchor at third base for the Pioneers starting in 35 of the 36 games he has appeared in at the hot corner. Kochan has

amassed team-highs in several categories including batting average .336, hits 41, doubles 11, and RBI’s with 29, while committing just four errors for a .960 fielding percentage at one of the most demanding positions on the field.

Track teams tune up for championship runs

By Louis LaVenture

SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR In the final tuneup before the California Collegiate Athletics Association Conference Championships, Cal State East Bay men’s and women’s track teams hosted teams from all over the state in the Cal State East Bay Legacy Invitational at Chabot College on Friday and Saturday in Hayward. The CSUEB women took home fourth place in the invitational that honored former Pioneers who previously won national championships in track and field events as a Pioneer. CSUEB junior Oddessy Tapia had the

best finish of the meet for the Pioneers as she took home a first place finish in the 3000 meter steeplechase event with a time of 11:56.20, a season best for the junior. Pioneers junior Suzanne Bateson took home third in the 400-meters in a career best time of 58.46. Bateson anchored the 4x400 meter relay team for the Pioneers that finished in third place with a time of 4:04.24. Freshman Ravyn Miller, senior Samira Foy, and junior Corryn Barney rounded out the third place relay team for Cal State East Bay. Sophomore and Hayward High School alum Camille Hansen also set a personal best in an event as she posted a time of 4:42.20 which was good enough for a third place finish in the event. “Today was a proud day as we celebrated our program’s history and had a good tune-up as we prepare for CCAA championships,” CSUEB Head Coach Ralph Jones said. “We had some standout performances on the women’s side. I think we’re getting healthy and strong at the right time.” The men had a huge day from junior Marquise Cherry who took home first place finishes in three events, long jump, 100-meter, and 200-meter events. Cherry jumped 23-feet-4-inches in the first place long jump finish.

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He also set personal bests in the 100 and 200 events with times of 10.72 and 21.97 respectively. Cherry’s first place finishes helped CSUEB place sixth overall as a team in

the Hayward invitational. Junior from Oakland Leo Theus III placed seventh in the 400-meters with a season best 50.31. The men also took home fourth place in the 4x400 relay

race with a final time of 3:46.76. in the event. This was the final event before the CCAA championships at Cox Stadium in San Francisco on May 9 at 10 a.m.

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Top left: CSUEB junior Leo Theus III competes in the 400-meters on Saturday at Chabot College. Above: CSUEB junior Marquise Cherry competes at the invitational in Hayward at Chabot College on Saturday.