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GRADUATION EDITION 2015
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SPECIAL ISSUE THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2015 Spring 2015 Issue 11
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THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2015
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Life after graduation
EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Shannon Stroud
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Ideas to consider post-college By Kris Stewart ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR If you’re a graduating senior, chances are that you’ve been bombarded with questions surrounding what you’ll do after graduation. While some may have their life planned out down to the colors of their wedding that will happen in two and half years at a winery in Napa in the middle of June, others have no clue as to what they’re going to do next. Aside from the traditional “get a job” mantra that looms over your head like a halo, here are a few other ideas to consider after the rented cap and gown has been returned and Cal State East Bay has stopped retweeting everything with the hashtag #Pioneers2015 across social media. Celebrate. No, seriously, treat yo’ self. Reward yourself with a mini-celebration. Throw a party or a small hangout with the people who supported you throughout your journey. Do something that acknowledges the achievement you’ve just made and offers you a pat on the back. Do Nothing. I know it sounds crazy but doing nothing could be just what you need once you escape the hustle and bustle of college life. You’ve spent the last four to five years consumed with assignments and tests, grinding to ensure your grades don’t drop below an acceptable average. Don’t you think it’s time you had a break? Allowing yourself a few weeks or even months to breathe will help you reboot and give your mind a clear space to think about your next move instead of jumping head first [this, too, is usually shown as one word, not two] into a job that you may or may not really want. Clean house. This is a great time for you to clean house both figuratively and literally. If you’re anything like me, during finals week housework gets neglected. Netflix looks better after you’ve gotten rid of the inches of dust mounted on top of your flat screen TV. That T-shirt you got for free at the last campus event -- you don’t need that.
Organizing consultant, Marie Kondo offers great advice and suggests the best way to de-clutter is to take each item and ask yourself whether or not it sparks joy. If it doesn’t spark joy, then throw it away. Another way to clean house is to tidy up your social media networks. In this digital age, majority of jobs you apply for will look at your social media. Cleaning it up will show hiring committees or snapchat followers that you use social media but also use it responsibly. Get the twerking and ratchetry off of Instagram. While transitioning into the next chapter of life, it’s also a good idea to evaluate the people around you and decide whether or not they can join you in the future. Travel. Shake the cash out of those “Congratulations Graduate” Hallmark cards from friends and family and take a trip. Traveling abroad opens you up to a new culture, which can broaden your perspective and ignite inspiration. You never know, you could go to Spain and decide to never return to the U.S. There’s several ways to get overseas without having to empty out your entire bank account. Internships, volunteer work and teaching opportunities can get you out of the country and catapult you into your career. Read. Haven’t you ever heard reading is fundamental? Well, it is. Reading is a great way to travel without leaving your home. Learn about different lifestyles and cultures with a simple “click to download” on your Amazon Kindle app. Reading improves your writing ability. Read more books, you’ll write better and that makes you a stronger candidate when you do decide to enter the workforce. Intern. Internships are fun — or even if not always, they are a great way to explore career options without the commitment of having to be there forever. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development show that in 2012, 37 percent of college grads wish they would have been more careful about selecting their major or wish they would’ve chosen a different major. Degrees aren’t life sentences. Take the time to explore different options. Volunteer. Yes, I know you need money. Don’t we all. However, volunteering will help you get in touch with
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a community you may have neglected while focusing on your studies. It can offer a new outlook on life; looks great on a resume and helping others is an all around feel good experience. Volunteering abroad is a great way to afford travel as well as offer inspiration while figuring out what you want to do. This is an exciting time. The decisions you make after graduation can take you on a number of different paths. Yes, you may regret some of the choices you make, but the road will eventually lead you to the place you’re meant to be. Don’t be afraid to say “yes” to opportunities and don’t let the need for cash deter you from enjoying life. Congrats Pios! You did it!
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Alumni blends comics with education
COURTESY OF GENE YANG
By Kris Stewart ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Born and raised in Alameda, Gene Yang, a Chinese American writer of graphic novels and comics, had an interest in art at a young age. Some of his most memorable childhood moments include going to the comic book store with his brother and friends. Yang’s interest in art centers on the idea of visually telling stories. As a child he drew all of the time. He loved comic books, cartoon strips, animated shows and anything that told stories through drawings. “I love being able to use drawings to tell stories, to convey information, and to teach,” said Yang. “I’ve loved art -- specifically cartoons -- since I was a kid. I also love education. I taught high school computer science for over a decade and a half.” Yang’s process is similar to that of most graphic novelists. First, he writes the story. Afterwards, he pencils, or draws, what he envisions for the story.
The pencil is traced with ink and then he usually sends the piece over to a colorist to finish the illustrations. He added, “I enjoy inking the most. It’s the most relaxing.” Themes woven in his work tend to surround identity. “I write about identity a lot,” said Yang. “I write about culture, religion, and other ways we humans find our place in the world. Stories are a sustained conversation about what it means to be human.” “American Boy Chinese” was Yang’s first big graphic novel. Over 200 pages long, Yang took five years to write and draw the novel. “I felt amazingly good when I finished. I felt grateful,” confessed Yang. This was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award in addition to being the first to win the American Library Association’s Printz Award. The graphic novel also took home an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New. His mother always shared his interest in art and was supportive of his passion while his father was a traditional immigrant dad who wanted him to pursue a more practical occupation like a doctor, lawyer or engineer. Yang graduated from California State University, East Bay in 2003 with a graduate degree in education. “I did my final project on using comics in the classroom,” he said adding that comics can assist students with learning core principles presented in STEM education. Prior to starting a new project, Yang spends a lot of time reading and researching. Before starting on his graph-
ic novel “Boxers and Saints,” Yang spent a year and a half reading about the Boxer Rebellion, an anti-imperialist uprising that occurred in China in 1899, before he picked up a pen to write or draw. Yang’s newest project, a collaboration with cartoonist Mike Holmes, is a novel series geared towards middle schoolers called “Secret Coders.” The plot resembles that of Harry Potter. Tweens find a hidden school — where in lies a world filled with new knowledge — and are exposed to new unimaginable things. However, instead of the school teaching magic, it teaches computer coding. “We’re hoping that as our protagonists become coders, our readers will too,” reads the description on Yang’s website. “It’s my first explicitly educational project,” he explained. “I’m incorporating some of the concepts I learned through my master’s.” Yang was a part of the online program and rarely needed to visit the campus. He completed his graduate degree at CSUEB while teaching highschool computer science full-time. “Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks” was first comic Yang completed as an adult. “My stories, no matter how fantastical, are rooted in my own life,” said Yang. This can be seen in Yang’s story of Yamamoto, which surrounds a high school student who learns a valuable life lesson after getting a spaceship stuck in his nose. “It was inspired by my lifelong struggle with suns problems,” explained Yang. According to Yang computer science and art are intimately linked. “Both coding and comics require sequential thinking. You have to break large, complex concepts into small, discrete piec-
COURTESY OF MIKE HOLMES
es,” he said. Besides comics, Yang was employed as a software developer right after receiving his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and worked for two years before teaching computer science at a high school. While Yang wouldn’t mind returning to CSUEB as a teacher at some point in the future, he holds a full plate with a variety of upcoming projects. In addition to Secret Coders, he is currently writing popular Nickelodeon cartoon “Avatar:
The Last Airbender” graphic novel series for Dark Horse Comics as well as “Superman” for DC Comics. As students graduate and enter the next chapter of their lives, Yang offers words of encouragement, “Work hard. And don’t worry if you feel afraid or discouraged at different points in your career. Everybody feels those things. Just push through – you won’t feel like that forever.” The first volume of “Secret Coders” will be available this September.
Construction project nears completion Warren Hall replacement building should be complete in August By Louis LaVenture SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR Time flies when you’re replacing buildings. It’s been just about two years, but the new replacement building for the old Warren Hall is nearly complete. Unfortunately for graduates and students that have been here since Warren Hall closed in 2011, they will not get to enjoy the fruits of Cal State East Bay’s labor. “I park in the back every day so it is pretty cool to see the progress and how far the process has come,” CSUEB senior Randy Medina said. “Sucks I won’t get to actually use it since I’ll be gone, but it’s great for the school.” Warren Hall was demolished on August 17, 2013, primarily because of concerns over the safety of the building during an earthquake. According to the CSUEB Facilities Development and Operations Department website, the “Major Project” was scheduled to be completed this month. However, according to Keat Saw, CSUEB Director of Planning, Design and Construction, “The June completion date was an early estimate. The contractual completion deadline was always late August.” The project costs $38 million to complete and according to the FDO Department the funding comes from “a lease revenue bond from the chancellor’s office that was provided by the state government.” The new five-story building, which has been named the Academic Services Building, will be over 67,000 square feet and house not only student support and administrative functions, but also over 100 faculty offices, according to the project summary.
On Jan. 22, 2013 the CSU Board of Trustees approved $50 million to replace Warren Hall, which was rated the least safe building in an earthquake for any campus by the CSU Seismic Review Board in 2010. CSU officials said in a press release on their website that Warren Hall could have been seismically retrofitted for $31 million, but officials decided to demolish it and build the new one instead. For CSUEB senior transfer student from Ohlone College in Fremont, Bryan Makanpa, the construction on campus is nothing new. He was a student at the junior college during part of its major campus renovation. “My last year at Ohlone they were doing construction and it sucked,” Makanpa said. “It changed everything, I actually had a class in a portable. Here [CSUEB], it isn’t that bad at all. I guess I’m just used to being on a campus with buildings I won’t get to use.” According to the project summary, the new building has been built with sustainability in mind and, “will be a gravity load-bearing steel structure with special reinforced concrete shear walls designed to support the cantilevered upper levels.” It also states that the exterior of the building will also contain precast concrete, a material that is “supposed to require minimal maintenance.” Several sustainable features are part of the new building that include water-efficient landscaping and plumbing fixtures, high efficiency HVAC, day lighting and a ‘cool roof’ which is “a white thermoplastic PVC membrane roofing material with a solar reflective index higher than 104,” designed to increase sustainability according to Saw. Accessibility Services, DCIE (Continuing Education, American Language Program, International Education), Educational Opportunity Program, Faculty Development, Service Learning, Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, Academic Senate, Parking Services and the Welcome Center will all call the new
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The Warren Hall replacement building will be complete in August according to school officials. building home once it is complete in late August. In addition to the new building, new parking lots where Warren Hall used to stand are set to be complete by the Fall 2015 quarter. CSUEB Parking and Transportation Services Manager Derrick Lobo told The Pioneer in April that as many as 400 spaces will be split between the new two lots, one for staff and the other for general student parking. These are just two of several projects listed as complete or in progress on the CSUEB FDO website and there are no future projects, major or minor, currently listed. For new and current students these facilities will make life at CSUEB much easier, but for graduating seniors the construction will just be a part of their college experience.
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To the newbies, words from the wise By Andréa Duprée COPY EDITOR As a fairly seasoned, semi-older, soon-to-be alumna, my heart goes out to the incoming freshman and transfer students. I’ve seen quite a few “Hello Freshman, Goodbye Senior” pieces, and none of them mentioned transfers; so I, of all people, know transfers should be included. Whether you’ve had a little bit of college experience or this is completely new to you, my heartstrings are tugged for any newbie that may be in need of learning the ropes of a new school. A few quick tips for newbies. Parking is going to suck. No matter what. For some, it’s not about the expensive parking permits; it’s the lack of unoccupied spaces. I’ve always envied students who live on campus and don’t have to worry about parking wars. Unless you roll in with the morning dew, the mission to find a place to park can be tough. Those who can’t BART it and take the free shuttle often have to resort to parking lot stalking to find a spot. Just be prepared, even with a new lot coming in
place of Warren Hall, I foresee parking continuing to be an absolute nightmare. To ensure academic success don’t be afraid to make friends. Not the kind that will let you copy off your test. We don’t want enablers. That may have worked in high school, but if you want your college education to show that you actually retain and apply knowledge, get a group of friends you can study with. Any professional will tell you that networking is important. This goes the same for those you surround yourself with in school. If you miss class, or you are having trouble with curriculum, a solid group of study buddies is essential. Get to know your professors. It’s just about those participation points People. Yes, participate in class, but also go to office hours. If you allow your professors the chance to get to know you, they will have no problems giving you that Letter of Recommendation when you inevitably start applying to internships or jobs. They can’t recommend someone they don’t know. Knowing your professor also helps if in the case of an emergency you need an extension. Don’t be afraid to ask, in pri-
vate of course. Just make sure you don’t abuse their kindness, some of these professors have been at this for quite some time and can see right through you. Caffeine is a must. If coffee is your go to for caffeinated fixes, you have to know there are other options besides our jampacked Starbucks on campus. If you’re like me and were just in too much of a rush to bring coffee from home, you can grab an energy drink from the POD or the bookstore. The bookstore also has a nice stash of Peet’s coffee. Sometimes the coffee in the POD tastes like the bottom of an ashtray but with a splash of cream it tastes decent enough to actually swallow. Pay attention. Don’t ignore your enrollment appointments. I cannot tell you how many times I have had classmates that could not get into classes because they “forgot” to enroll. If you are trying to finish on time, then utilize those smartphones and set reminders. You can even put your courses in your shopping cart on MyCSUEB ahead of time and just add them as soon as your enrollment appointment comes. If financial aid is not paying for your classes, you
have to make sure your payments are made on time or you WILL be dropped from your classes. No amount of smiling and begging is going to get you into a packed class. Technology is great. Used incorrectly it is a distraction, but used in the right way it ensures ease. Whether you have a laptop, smartphone, or tablet, apps to help you stay organized are key. From downloading the Blackboard app, to simply utilizing your device’s calendar, you can stay current on To-Do’s and assignments. It is too easy to fall behind if you’re not keeping track of what is going on in your classes. There are also a ton of task management apps that will help you manage time and stay focused. Find out what ASI does, other than give out free scantrons. When you find out, please let me know. I heard they are in charge of putting on events for students, but the amount of money they get from our tuition payments, and the amount of times they “host” events doesn’t add up to me. They can be mad at me for saying this, but I’m on my way out anyway. Let me know exactly what that new
building is for. We graduating seniors know it well, even though many of us never set foot in it because it was seismically unsafe. Warren Hall. You newbies may need to Google it. When Warren Hall was standing, you could see our school from the freeway and flatlands. The school has spent a bajillion dollars on the new, fancy Tetris looking building in the back of the school, that no one can see from afar. Please. Tell me what it’s for. I will be long gone by the time it is open. At least it will have elevators that are up to code. As a graduating senior myself, I can’t help but to throw a little bit of motherly advice to the newcomers. Make good choices, but also, have a blast. Participate in any extracurricular activity you can, whether it be Greek life, clubs, or sports to enrich your college experience. Make sure to study hard because I promise you, as a senior, you will look at your GPA and realize what you should have done differently. College is all about finding the right balance. Good luck, and welcome to Cal State East Bay.
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A journey worth taking together By Andréa Duprée COPY EDITOR Those of us who are prepared to cry at commencement are ready to do so for a number of possible reasons. 1. Joy and a heart swelling with pride at this major accomplishment. 2. Relief that it is finally over. 3. Misery because while it is the end, it is also the beginning because you’ve decided to go to graduate school. 4. Your parents calculated how much rent you can pay them now that you have a degree and will be getting a job. 5. You realize how much college has really cost you and you just want to be a kid again. 6. You’re not really done with school, you’ve just been inside the Matrix and have a year left. 7. You’ve just gone through all of this education and still have no idea what you want to do. 8. You and your college bud-
dies are going your separate ways. 9. You found out your favorite professor actually hated your guts. 10. You can finally apply to your dream job because you have the education to do it. Regardless of whether you cry, laugh, or just blankly stare because you’re numb, just know that you made it. Maybe it took you three, four, five or, like me, 14 years to complete. So what? This marks the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. If you have chosen to walk the stage, or if your last final is enough to signal your completion, you should be proud. I almost didn’t participate in commencement. As a 30-something single mother, I convinced myself I was just tired of always having to pay for everything. So I told myself, and a few others who dared question my newly acquired all knowingness, the added expense of my regalia was not something I needed to shell out. As one of the students accepted into this summer’s British Docu-
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mentary Experience course set for London, I stubbornly proclaimed the $92 needed for my cap and gown would go into my DreaGoesToLondon fund. A few close friends and family faced with the task of talking sense into me swiftly knocked me down, ironically gently, from my high horse. A friend sent a text to encourage me, and my grandmother had a few words for me on Facebook, of all places. However, it was the look in my dad’s eyes when he said, “This isn’t about you,” that ultimately changed my mind. My father smiled and nodded as I explained my reasons for not wanting to participate in commencement. He’s a great listener. He let me finish and he said, “We’ve been right there with you, we need to see you finish. Your daughter needs to see you finish.” How can I argue with that? Well I can, but I’m not a monster. It was the, Your daughter needs to see you finish, that hit me the hardest. Fourteen years I’ve been pursuing a degree. I’ve transferred
schools a couple times, but on and off I have been working on a bachelor’s since I was 19, and my daughter was 9 months old. She’ll be fourteen soon, a freshman in high school, and she has promised to cry with me and scream the loudest at the commencement ceremony on Saturday. While I have been largely financially responsible for myself and my daughter, that doesn’t mean I didn’t have support. Throughout my various transitions in life, the breaks from school I’ve needed in order to take care of my child and myself, my family and closest friends have been there. They’ve watched me grow, watched me cry, cried with me, prayed for me, prayed with me, laughed with me, hugged me when I needed it. They’ve been there through it all. My dad helped me realize that this is their commencement too. Every person that has ever supported me on this journey, whether the way has been large or small, will walk the stage with me.
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This is not to make those who have chosen not to walk for whatever reason feel bad, or feel like you’ve missed out. I encourage all to do what is best for you. However at least take a minute to acknowledge and appreciate this milestone. Not everyone in college comes in right out of high school; I know this because I didn’t come to CSUEB until I was in my late 20s. Some students have already had careers, or came back to school to tie up loose ends. That’s great. Once you’ve finished take a breather. Not all of us can afford to run off on a vaycay or do nothing right after graduation. At least take a few days and let your brain relax, pick a show to binge watch on Netflix. However you choose to celebrate, or not celebrate, at least take some time to brainstorm the title of the newest chapter coming up in your life. You may not acknowledge it now, but no matter the amount of time it took you to complete, your undergraduate degree is a huge accomplishment. It’s okay to revel in it.
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EDITORIAL JEFE EDITORIAL
Shannon Stroud
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JEFE DE REDACCIÓN
Bryan Cordova
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EDITOR DE COPIA
Andréa Duprée
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El tiempo vuela cuando se están reemplazando e dificios. Han pasado alrededor de nomás dos años, pero el nuevo reemplazo del edificio Warren esta a punto de finalizar El edificio Warren fue demolido el 17 de agosto de 2013, principalmente debido a las preocupaciones sobre la seguridad del edificio durante un terremoto. De acuerdo con el Desarrollo de Instalaciones y el Departamento de Operaciones de la UECBE, el “Proyecto Principal” fue programado para ser completado este mes. Sin embargo, de acuerdo con Keat Saw, Directora de Planificación, Diseño y Construcción de la UECBE, “La fecha de finalización de junio fue una estimación temprana. El plazo de ejecución contractual siempre fue a finales de agosto”. El proyecto costó $38 millones para completar y de acuerdo con el sitio web del Departamento de la FDO, la financiación proviene de “un vínculo de ingresos para arrendamiento de la oficina del canciller que fue proporcionada por el gobierno del estado.” El nuevo edificio de cinco pisos, nombrado edifico de Servicios Académicos, será de más de 67,000 pies cuadrados y acogerá no solo apoyo para estudiantes y funciones administrativas, pero también servirá como oficina para mas de 100 miembros de la facultad, de acuerdo con el resumen del proyecto. El 22 de enero de 2013, la Junta de Síndicos de la UEC aprobó $50 millones para reemplazar el edificio Warren, que fue calificado como el edificio menos seguro en caso de terremoto para cualquier campus por la Junta de Revisión Sísmica de la UEC en 2010. De acuerdo a la página web de la UEC, Warren Hall podría ser reconstruida para soportar terremotos por $31 millones, pero los oficiales decidieron demolerlo y construir uno nuevo en su lugar. De acuerdo con el resumen del proyecto, el edifico se ha construido con su sostenibilidad en mente y, “será una estructura de acero que soporta la carga de gravedad con paredes escarpadas especiales de hormigón armado diseñados para soportar los niveles superiores en voladizo. El exterior del edificio constará de elementos prefabricados de hormigón, un material duradero que requiere un mantenimiento mínimo”. Varias características sostenibles son parte del nuevo edificio que incluye paisajismo de uso eficiente de agua y accesorios de plomería, HVAC de alta eficiencia, iluminación diurna y un “techo frío”, que es “un material para techos con una membrana de PVC termoplástica blanca con un índice de reflexión solar superior a 104,” diseñado para aumentar la sostenibilidad de acuerdo a Saw. Servicios de Accesibilidad, DCIE (Educación Continua, Programa de Lengua Americana, Educación Internacional),
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Graduaciones deben celebrar juntos Por Ryan Griggs CONTRIBUYENTE Traducción por Pavel Radostev Pushina UEC Bahía del Este será el anfitrión de un total de cinco ceremonias de graduación para los graduados del 2015. Estas diversas ceremonias representan un salto catastrófica en cuanto a progreso social. Lamentablemente, ninguno de nosotros es lo suficiente mente mayor como para recordar los tiempos de América y educación superior en particular, cuándo el éxito no se basaba en el color y lo que verdaderamente importaba no era dictado por lo que tienes entre las piernas ni tu tono de pigmentación. La administración de la UEC Bahía del Este debería poner fin a todas las ceremonias de graduación no académi-
cas en nombre de la paz y la meritocracia. En el mundo real, no se obtienen puntos extra por ser negro, blanco. Mejicano, homosexual, heterosexual, hombre o mujer. Lo que verdaderamente importa son aquellos individuos que son honestos, persiguen la inteligencia y promueven la integridad. Lapsos momentáneos en juicio que se manifiestan en la exclusión racial o de exclusión de género son castigados de manera rápida y eficiente en el mercado. Los empresarios no se atreven a rechazar los servicios a las personas de cierta raza o sexo. Esto no se debe únicamente a que hay leyes que prohíben la discriminación. La creencia en la idea de que las leyes de discriminación son las que impiden la discriminación es un engaño. El mecanismo de lucro detiene la discriminación. Discriminar por razón de género o raza genera un odio en ne-
gocios entre la comunidad, la pérdida de beneficios, y, finalmente, la quiebra. Tengan en mente que a pesar de todas las leyes de justicia social políticamente correctas contra la discriminación, hombres y mujeres de negocios siguen teniendo derecho a rechazar el servicio a cualquiera, por cualquier razón. Si fuera que los racistas canallas pudieran pisotear a estas minorías y no por la fuerza del estado, este derecho de rechazar servicios se ejercería con frecuencia. Pero no lo es. El constante enfoque en la raza y el sexo, que se manifiestan en dedicarles verdaderas ceremonia de graduación, son el alma del racismo y la discriminación de género. Para sofocar el racismo y la discriminación sexual, las autoridades universitarias deberían centrarse en el mérito, y los individuos deberían centrarse en las virtudes. No en raza. Tampoco en género.
La propuesta aquí no es hacer caso omiso de las diferencias de raza y género. La propuesta consiste en reconocerlos como una condición general de la humanidad y luego centrarse rápidamente en las cosas que realmente importan. En la universidad, el éxito académico es lo que importa, y únicamente eso, debería ser celebrado. En la vida, la bondad, la integridad, la honestidad, y la determinación son lo que importa. En tu vida después de la graduación, celebra eso y serás celebrado por ponerlos en práctica. Sin duda, voy a ser acusado de hablar de los privilegios de los hombres blancos por la multitud políticamente cor-
recta en justicia social. Estas personas son ignorantes de mi expediente que habla en contra de la violencia discriminatoria (por lo general por el gobierno). En cambio, lo que propongo aquí es rechazar radicalmente y desafiantemente la narrativa cultural que la sociedad nos a educado. Rechacen la obsesión religiosa de raza. Rechacen la obsesión religiosa de género. Celebren a otros por el contenido de su mente y corazón, no por su piel ni por su género. “Los puntos de vista y opiniones expresadas en este artículo son las del autor y no reflejan necesariamente la posición de el periódico Pionero”.
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“Good experience because of the faculty and staff who helped me to succeed. I’m working with the WorkAbility IV counselor on campus and also with some other agencies to help me find a sustainable, paid job.”
“It’s a chill campus. I go to both campuses, but I liked the Concord one more. It’s a little more hands-on. Teachers were pretty decent; I transferred from a community college so it was a little better. They understand that you have a life going on outside of school so they are a little more lenient with due dates and stuff. I’m getting in the credential program here.”
“I had a good experience at East Bay. At the beginning I came here to play baseball and met a lot of good people there and in my classes. My teachers were understanding and they taught the classes well. I can’t complain about the five years I spent here. I’m going to take a year off to do some travel to the Dominican Republic. I’ll spend about three months down there and then I’ll be going to Italy in the spring to visit my girlfriend while she’s abroad. Then hopefully apply to the police or fire academy and start a career. I do have worries about finding my path or a job. With police and fire departments it’s all about who’s hiring. I want to try and stay in the Bay Area. They hire about every three years.”
“The professors are pretty nice. Some of them are a pain in the ass, but overall most of the Criminal Justice teachers were great. After graduation I’m planning on working in Law Enforcement somewhere in the Bay Area. It’s a long process and they don’t take people right away. Every police officer that you see is like 26 or 27. Its gonna be at least a two year process, so I have to get a full time job on the side.”
“My experience was a very interesting one where I met a lot of different people, they all accepted me and teachers were nice. My post-graduation plans are to apply to grad school, get in, finish that, and hopefully either find a job or start my own company. I’m not sure how to pay for grad school. I’m trying to save money right now. Once I save money there’s always more expenses, so I’m worried about not having enough money.”
“I think that we have quality professors and students take it seriously. Getting to know these folks and building a strong network were probably the two things that helped out a lot. This coming year I’ll be working on a fundraising campaign for a supervisor who is running for District Nine. I’ll be applying to law school in November. I think I’m fortunate in that I came back to school after working.”
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Chinese students choose a home By Xuqin Pan and Xiaomeng Wu CONTRIBUTORS
Gowns, caps, and tassels — another graduation season is here. The final week of spring quarter means a new chapter for graduates. It’s a period of high anxiety, uncertainty and decision-making as many enter the competitive job market, but for many Chinese International students in the U.S. the core question is which country to choose: China or America? There are 37,500 Chinese International students in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to official Chinese Embassy records. They are an ethnic minority on American university campuses; sometimes confused with other international students from Japan or Korea; often, professors say, they appear shy. Still, as years of western education have challenged their traditional culture, many Chinese International students say their choice to stay is based on a unique perspective of themselves -- straddling cultures and transferring their skills. “I’d like to stay here [in the United States], definitely. Because, it is my American Dream,” said Yaqiong Guo, a Cal State East Bay graduate who majored in accounting. “To work in the U.S. was my goal even before I came here. Thus, I am going to do anything that could help me stay.” Guo echoes the sentiments of many Chinese international students in the Bay Area. Some choose to continue on to graduate schools, others look for an internship. If neither works, they have to leave to face other challenges in China. Guo is now preparing for her Certified Public Accountant examination; she also has been accepted into Prudent University’s graduate school. She has internship experiences both in China and America, but she prefers working in the U.S. because she said she finds fair payment more attractive.
“In U.S., how much you earn is proportional to how much effort you put in your work. But in China, this is not always the case,” she said. She and other students point out that an American university diploma, by itself, has become less valuable than before because so many students have been
China, we are more likely thinking on one side of an issue.” She and other business and liberal arts students agree that analysis and questioning to is rarely encouraged in Chinese education. “I [learned] how to critical thinking here. A lot of classes emphasize on
lor’s degree could expect $806.28, according to the Blue Book. According to a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, it explained that in China’s job market, there is little difference between the salaries of a student who has studied overseas and that of a local university graduate.
I’m going to graduate this year. Ideally, I hope I can get a job in China and the salary can be about 10,000 RMB [$1,611.37 in U.S. currency] monthly. But the reality is not optimistic,” said Wenyi Xu, a student at San Jose State University. -Yaqiong Guo CSUEB graduate studying here in recent years. Of course, some students say, an Ivy League school diploma makes a difference, but the majority of Chinese International students in the U.S. don’t pursue that route because of how competitive the application process is. Consequently graduates seek to add an advantage – additional skills through an internship. “The most useful thing I learned here may not always be my professional knowledge, but is being open-minded,” Guo added. “With the diversity here, I learned understanding things in different aspects and always being critical. In
it. But it’s a very vague concept in Chinese higher education,” Yuchang Liu, a student at CSUEB majoring in business administration said. According to the Chinese Blue Book of Returnee Employment, 353,500 students who studied overseas returned to their home country in 2013. Of those, 63 percent had a master’s degree, 30 percent had a bachelor’s degree and six percent had a doctorate. Those who held a master’s degree or doctorate degree could expect a monthly salary between $806.28 to $1,612.57, while people who do not have a bache-
“I’m going to graduate this year. Ideally, I hope I can get a job in China and the salary can be about 10,000 RMB [$1,611.37 in U.S. currency] monthly. But the reality is not optimistic,” said Wenyi Xu, a student at San Jose State University. Unlike Guo, she is not interested in American culture, and prefers to work in the big cities in China. “I had to prepare both ways,” said Guo. “One is applying for an OPT (Optional Practice Training), if it can lead me to an H1-B visa (permits the bearer to work in U.S.) which is perfect, I can stay here; if not, the working
experience in a foreign company also benefits me when I go back to China looking for a job.” An internship in an American enterprise adds value to an international student’s experience. After graduation, a one-year OPT is a popular choice for the Chinese International students. Whether in China or the United States, working experience is the most important factor in a job application resume, especially when the experience is related to the industry the applicant will join. Sometimes the skills that students learn in the U.S. may not always transfer well or lead to favorable jobs. For example, journalism practiced in the U.S. is different in China press where a supervisor or editor has the final say on whether a story is published because of government censorship. Yifan Wu, a journalism major student at CSUEB, explained that looking for a job as an anchorwoman in China was really difficult. “It’s hard to practice my broadcasting knowledge in a local Chinese television station,” Yifan explained. “Their rundown and news routine is totally different. You need to be really careful about the word you manipulate to avoid provoking the censorship department.” Yifan gave up seeking positions in the mainstream media and turned to a sub-culture media company. She finally got a job at Bon TV, an English-language television news network, as an anchorwoman in China. On the other hand, STEM —science, technology, engineering, and mathematics— major graduate students have fewer problems to transfer their skills working in China. “The development of technology in U.S. is definitely faster than China, so I believe my computer science knowledge will advance me among the competitors,” said Zhen Wu, a CSUEB computer science student.
Grad ceremonies should be combined By Ryan Griggs CONTRIBUTOR
CSU East Bay will host a total of five commencement ceremonies for 2015 graduates. The nature of these various ceremonies represents a catastrophic leap backwards in social progress. Sadly, none of us is quite old enough to remember a time in America and in higher education in particular when success wasn’t color-coded and what mattered wasn’t between your legs or woven into your pigment. CSU East Bay administration should end all non-academic graduation ceremonies in the name of peace and meritocracy. In the real world, you don’t get brownie points for being Black, white, Mexican, gay, straight, male, or female. Glass ceilings are quietly shattered every day by individuals who practice honesty, pursue intelligence, and promote integrity. Momentary lapses in judgment that manifest themselves in racial or sex-biased exclusion are quickly and efficiently punished in the marketplace. Busi-
nessmen do not dare to refuse services to people of a certain race or sex. This is not because there are laws against discrimination. Belief in the idea that discrimination laws are what stops discrimination is a delusion. The profit mechanism stops discrimination. Discriminating based on sex or race earns a business hatred amongst the community, loss of profit, and eventually bankruptcy. Keep in mind that despite all the politically correct social justice laws against discrimination, businessmen and women still have the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason. If it were, in fact, true that rogue racists would stomp on minorities if not for the force of the state, then this right to refuse service would be exercised frequently. But it’s not. Constant focus on race and sex, manifested in devoting actual graduation ceremonies to them, is the lifeblood of racism and sex discrimination. To suffocate racism and sexual discrimination, college authorities should focus on merit, and individuals should focus on virtues. Not on race. Not on sex. The proposal here is not to ignore dif-
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ferences in race and sex. The proposal is to acknowledge them as a general condition of humanity and then to quickly focus on things that actually matter. In college, academic success is what matters and that, and that alone, should be celebrated. In life, kindness, integrity, honesty, and determination matter. In your life after graduation, celebrate those and you will be celebrated for practicing them. I’ll undoubtedly be accused of speaking from white, male privilege by the politically correct social justice crowd. These individuals are ignorant of my published record that speaks against violent discrimination (usually by the government). Instead, what I propose here is to radically and defiantly reject the racist cultural narrative that society has beaten into us. Reject religious race-obsession. Reject religious sex-obsession. Celebrate others for the content of their mind and heart, not for their skin and sex.
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In the real world, you don’t get brownie points for being Black, white, Mexican, gay, straight, male, or female. Glass ceilings are quietly shattered every day by individuals who practice honesty, pursue intelligence, and promote integrity. -Ryan Griggs, CSUEB student
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A family of Pioneers CLASS OF 2015 By Shannon Stroud EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Founded in 1957, over the last 58 years, California State University, East Bay has had a large influence on my family, as my dad, brother and uncle are all graduates from this campus. Coming this fall, I hope to follow the footsteps of my relatives, as I become the fourth person in my family to graduate from Cal State East Bay. When I graduated high school, I re-
CLASS OF 2010 By Christopher Stroud Brother Bear While writing this article, I’m on a bus traveling in rural China from Guilin province to Yangshuo province. I’ve never been to China before, and it’s surreal to be here, in a culture and society that I only know through a western veil up until now. Life experiences like this trip is a personal rule that I set for myself in my early 20s, which is to always be learning. Like China, my time at California State University, East Bay is another experience that put me outside of my comfort zone and exposed me to a variety of ideas and people that have expanded the depth and range of how I view the world and in turn how I view myself. At CSUEB I earned my Bachelor of Science in kinesiology, which allowed
CLASS OF 1977 By Michael Stroud Papa Bear As all of my formal schooling was in Hayward -- John Muir Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, Bowman Elementary, La Vista Intermediate, now Cesar E. Chavez Middle School, Tennyson High School, and Chabot College -– I was probably fated to attend Cal State East Bay. I was in high school in 1961 when the work began on the hilltop campus. At the time, I worked at Big Top Market on Mission Boulevard across from the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, and I closely tracked the construction of the Harder Road extension up to the campus. When I was younger, my parents often drove up Highland Boulevard to a dairy ranch near the future campus to purchase fresh milk. At that time, there were only grazing cattle on the future campus site. Initially, I took a few Economic and History classes in 1968-69, primarily in the Music Building and Meiklejohn Hall. Subsequently, I did some traveling, married, and began working at a pet hospital, which started me thinking about becoming a veterinarian. With that in mind, I headed back to Cal State in 1973 to study biology, consequently spending most of my time in the classrooms and laboratories of the Science Building. In the summer of 1974, I was completing my upper division classes and took the required ecology class. Now in science, you measure everything, collect “tons” of data, and learn a myriad of techniques for handling and interpreting results. Nonetheless, it wasn’t until that summer that I really found an orderly and coherent approach to data analysis -– my ecology class turned out to be a class in applied statistics -– fas-
ally didn’t know what path I was going to take in regards to school. I went to three community colleges: Chabot in Hayward, Ohlone in Fremont and De Anza in Cupertino. I was all over the place, and I didn’t know what direction I should start walking towards, but what I did know was that I wanted to get a bachelor’s degree. From a young age, my parents instilled in my brothers and myself the importance of education. They always told us that there was no downside to a college degree and that it would just continue to open different doors for us in the realms of employment and academics. By the time I had finished all my general studies, I decided I wanted to pursue my degree in English. After bounc-
me to learn about two of my life-long passions: fitness and human performance. I was fortunate that while studying in my junior and senior year I was able to supplement my learning by working as an athletic trainer and athlete right here in the East Bay. While working at the gym, I was able to take theory I was learning in the classroom and apply to not only my clients but also incorporated it into my own workout routines as well. The skills and theories that I was learning paid off in 2008, when I participated in the CrossFit games and was ranked in the top 100 strongest men. That ranking wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for the support of my professors and classmates. At some point, my time at East Bay had to come to an end, in Spring 2010 I graduated. Like many 20-somethings, my life has been about figuring things out, finding my footing and settling on a path that I find interesting and makes me happy. I strongly believe that new graduates
cinating, I was hooked. Fortunately, Cal State was the only state college at the time that had a standalone Statistics Department. In addition, the department offered a double major in Statistics and Biology and by then I had already completed most of the requirements for the biology degree. So in the fall quarter I began taking the necessary probability and statistics classes to complete the double major. The statistics department was located in the Science Building and embraced a small, close-knit staff and facility that were very supportive and positive -– it was really a delightful, enjoyable group to be around and associate with. Being surrounded by the statistics and computer science community, I had decided to not become a veterinarian. I completed my Bachelor of Science in statistics and biology in 1975, and I decided to begin graduate study. Again, Cal State as the only statistics department in the state college system offered a unique Master of Science degree program –- similar to what would now be termed a professional master’s degree -- and so I determined to move forward with graduate study. The department offered me a graduate assistantship, which turned out to be quite a useful experience. I corrected a ton of homework papers and exams, helped run the calculator lab -– remember it was 1975 and personal computers were a few years away— I wrote computer programs, developed a deep practice in the use of commercial statistical software packages, gained some solid statistical consulting experience and taught a few lower division statistics courses. I was very busy but persisted and earned a Master of Science in statistics in 1977. I’m now retired, but after graduating from Cal State I worked continuously across a diversity of fields and disciplines including criminology; health insurance; consumer, sensory, and market research; and consumer goods packaging, processing, and product research
ing around different campuses, I was craving a permanent residence. It was important to me that I go to a school where I could get to know my department and bond with classmates and professors -- Cal State East Bay was exactly what I needed. While the English and communication departments have become second homes to me, nothing beats going to my actual home and talking to my dad and brother about our school. My brother likes to ask me if different professors are still on campus while my dad asks what buildings still exist, he also encourages me to hang out in his second home -- the statistics department. Common questions I get from the both of them are, “How’s the parking? Is
it still bad?” My brother, dad and me have a special bond because we are a family of Pioneers. I have seen how much their time at East Bay has shaped their lives. Their years here gave them the tools and skills they needed at the time to conquer the world. Without East Bay, my brother wouldn’t be starting his second year in graduate school and my dad wouldn’t be enjoying his retirement. As I’m finish my last two quarters before I’m officially done with my undergraduate career, I’m excited to be in the same position my family was at during this point of their life: a college graduate, who is ready and prepared to take over the world.
should find their path in happiness and not chasing jobs just for the sake of having a job. Find something that makes you want to wake up and go to work and sometimes that means trial and error before you figure out what that is. So what makes me happy? Career wise, since I’ve graduated, I’ve done a handful of things. I’ve owned and operated my own athletic training business for four years. Then I started two tech fitness companies that expand past the East Bay and reaches people all over the world. Now, I’ve embarked on a familiar yet very different journey, as once again I am a student. I’ve just finished my first year of graduate school at the University of San Francisco where I am working towards my masters in Business. This graduate program has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences in my life, but in the end I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the skills and tools I learned at East Bay.
“It’s been a rich and rewarding career and much of my success I attribute to my time at Cal State.” -Michael Stroud, CSUEB Alumni
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and development. In addition, I developed and delivered a range of statistical classes for a broad and diverse R&D audience -– my Cal State teaching experience provided me
with the confidence that I could stand in front of a classroom and teach statistics. It’s been a rich and rewarding career and much of my success I attribute to my time at Cal State.
12 NEWS
THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2015
THE PIONEER
STEM field leads employment rates for graduates
California unemployment rate higher than the United States average By Louis LaVenture
SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR The unemployment rate in California is higher than the country average according to a 2014 Labor Market Information report by the State of California Employment Development Department. In the United States 5.4 percent of the population is unemployed, however, in California that number is 6.3 percent, which means 1,199,100 of the state’s 18,953,700 workers in the labor force are out of work. For CSU and UC graduates the rates aren’t much better. According to a poll from earlier this year conducted by Gallup, the unemployment rate for California college graduates is nearly seven times the national average in the United States at just under 45 percent. “I didn’t think it would be this hard to find a job with a degree,” San Francisco State graduate Raul Nieves said. “I should have listened to my mom and majored in the medical field.” Nieves graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and has been unemployed for nearly a year, since he
graduated from SFSU last year. The Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM, fields have seen the opposite effect and all have seen their employment statistics rise recently. According to the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Statistics, “In May 2015 healthcare added 47,000 jobs from April. Within the industry, employment in ambulatory care services (which includes home health care services and outpatient care centers) rose by 28,000 and hospitals added 16,000 jobs over the month. Over the past year, health care has added 408,000 jobs.” The survey also showed that several areas of study were traditionally low in employment rates for recent college graduates. According to the survey, Psychology and Sociology majors who graduated with a bachelor’s degree are employed in their field of study at just 2.8 percent. A master’s degree or secondary education degree in the graduates field of study increased the employment number to 3.5 percent. The CSUEB Continuing Education Department conducted a survey of CSUEB alumni and found that students who enroll in continuing education after obtaining a bachelor’s degree have nearly a 100 percent employment rate. “Ninety-six percent of secondary education graduates are currently employed or continuing their education,” according to the CSUEB Continuing Education
Department’s website. The department also found, “CSUEB graduates report above average levels of satisfaction with their earnings, placing themselves 56 percent above the national average.” The survey also revealed that 83 percent of graduates received a promotion, salary increase or additional job responsibilities at their employer following their experience at CSUEB. In 2013 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York conducted their own survey on college graduates, which produced some interesting statistics. They used data from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to conclude,
“in 2012, about 44 percent of grads were working in jobs that didn’t require a college degree.” The study also found that about 23 percent of underemployed recent graduates were working at least part-time in 2011-2012. Despite the seemingly low numbers, the FRBNY report discovered that college graduate workers generally make more money than non-college graduate workers. “Workers with at least a bachelor’s degree had median annual earnings of $45,500, well over the medians for people with only some college, $30,000, or a high-school diploma, $28,000,” according to the most recent report.
Many of the students surveyed in these studies and at the CSUEB Hayward campus feel that despite what the statistics say college is worth it. CSUEB senior Meghan Ferris is confident that her degree in environmental studies will help secure her a better job after graduation in her major field of study. “In my field, a master’s degree or some type of graduate school could help land a better job,” Ferris said. “However with a bachelor’s and some great field and real world experience this field can really open up for a recent graduate. Field work with experienced professionals is priceless.”
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LOUIS LAVENTURE AND BRYAN CORDOVA/THE PIONEER
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