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California Trail approved by city council

Graphic | Tam Duong Jr. By Louis LaVenture Sports Editor

he Oakland City Council approved conser vation measures on Nov. 18 allowing the Oakland Zoo to go

for ward with their California Trail project. According to the California Trail website, the project is “… an exciting new exhibit that will engage visitors in the exploration of our state’s natural past, present, and future.” The

California Trail will contain animals indigenous to the state like California Condors and Mountain Lions to name a few. The funding for the project, which is upwards of $60 million, has private funders as well as money from Oakland tax-

payers who approved Measure G in 2002 that allocated nearly $7 million to state parks. The final ruling was made official Nov. 18 and the ability to preser ve the natural habitat of the California Whip Snake was the final hurdle.

The Nov. 11 vote by the city council was also passed and essentially provides untouchable land for native plants and animals within the facility. “I think this is a great thing

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West Coast reacts to Ferguson

By Todd Washburn Contributor

Skateboarders and bikers filled the streets along with the protestors, causing a chaotic situation for Oakland police to contain. Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent told NBC Bay Area 169 protestors were arrested in 3 days last week. Of the arrests, he said, 48 percent were Oakland residents for

ow that the 2014 Major League Baseball season is over, baseball fans are left with other sports to fill the void. With months until the 2015 season begins, The Pioneer decided to compile an All-Star team of baseball players from motion pictures. Often baseball fans talk about some of the most iconic characters from the silver screen and talk about them as if they were real players on a ball field. Thanks to Hollywood, we can peek into a short time of someone’s life, experiencing the triumphs and failures from an inside perspective as if we were really there. This is one of the more imaginative and fun activities that anyone can do and The Pioneer haggled and argued to settle for the best possible lineup, after endless hours of folklore research, watching baseball movies to catch glimpses of statistics or mentions of production by players, fan websites and sports articles mentioning movie characters as if they were real players.

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See Lineup Graphic, Page 11

Graphic | Tam Duong Jr. By Bryan Cordova Metro Editor and Spanish Editor

fter the Missouri grand jury found no cause to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, protesters swarmed the streets of Oakland and Los Angeles this past week. Last Monday, thousands of protesters gathered throughout the downtown area

to demonstrate against the verdict against Mike Brown. Amongst the actions taken by the protestors was burning trashcans and rioting in the streets. Phrases like “No justice. No peace. No racist police,” were shouted along with “Shut it down for Michael Brown.” Along with blocking off interstate 880, protestors laid down in intersections to block traffic.

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2 Opinion Today’s movement needs a face By Yousuf Fahimuddin Editor-in-chief

hen I was 19, I met with an old civil rights leader who was the head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee around the time Martin Luther King died. It was on a wet, dark January night in the upper floor of a San Francisco building just outside of downtown. He and a couple other big names of that era were booked by Occupy to have an intimate dialogue with their members to discuss how some of their tactics could be applied to today. I’m not Occupy affiliated, but as a budding journalist I had no shame and went anyway and sat in on the meeting. At that time I was still halfway out of the world of political advocacy and had my foot halfway into the door of journalism. Having experienced and been threatened with a good deal of racial violence when I was younger, my heart still wanted to be part of the fight

but I was trying to take a step back to be a spectator, or a journalist, as my career. So I bit my tongue and didn’t engage in the discussion, I just sat and listened. After the meeting I sat down with this leader, and we talked indepth about the history of activism against bigotry in the Bay Area. In regards to the issues I had, we both agreed the correct solution is to fight misconceptions with positive realities, to humanize those who are dehumanized, and to give the people a leader, somebody everyone could respect and admire. I don’t feel like the black community, or any of America’s oppressed communities, has real leadership right now. According to a poll commissioned by BET founder Robert L. Johnson, 40 percent of respondents say they feel there’s nobody who represents the black community. No movement ever succeeded without leaders. The perfect example of this is Occupy. Looking back, can we really say that anything changed? The wage gap today is as big as it’s ever been. We

let the world know that we were the 99 percent, and 1 percent control all the wealth, and that we didn’t like that. But what changed? Nothing really. And the movement has fizzled out since. Truthfully we need a leader to help direct all of the emotions that come from an issue like this. Surprisingly it’s been Barack Obama, in my opinion, who has made the most decisive move after what happened in Ferguson, by advocating for police officers to wear body cams. There has been discussion of police wearing body cams for years, but it’s always just discussion and never action. While this might mean that the police

won’t be able to let us go for speeding anymore, it could mean lives are saved and people are sacked when they should be, instead of given extended vacations as was the case with Johannes Mehserle. Every movement needs a leader. And the process of that happening is a long and dirty one. Some folks are skeptical to call it this but we really are living in the midst of a second civil rights movement, if you’re of the belief that the first one ever ended. I look forward to the day we can all clamor around a leader who can actually deliver hope and change, and not around the bodies of slain kids. Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Alan Blueford, Emmitt Till. The list goes on.

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Letter to the Editor Mike Brown Your name has rang through the ears of Black Americans, Americans and people across other lands since the day you were murdered. They deemed you the “gentle giant” and somewhere along the lines your humanity and dignity was tossed aside. It wasn’t just a race issue, yet your death heavily involved you being black and you being from the South. Where our ancestrous roots of laboring on our feet day and night make it so hard to lightly tread and avoid the trembling that runs down a Black persons mind when considering having to enter those time-frozen areas. Where majority of the public is Black yet the mayor, city officials, and majority of police force is white. Where the history of your city and it’s racist policies decided where you would live to make others comfortable and avoid contact with you and other “giants,” that weren’t at all scary but just living and try-

CONTACT US ing to survive. Where poverty and classism turns to you and decides that you aren’t worthy. Well Mike you were. It may be 2014 and we may be entering a new year, yet the familiar racial circumstances that surround us all are very familiar: an old television show no one wanted to see, but keeps rerunning and showing itself to be harder to watch each time. The brutality of Mike’s death was reminiscent of Trayvon Martin’s, and Martin’s reminiscent of Emmett Till’s, and well, Till’s reminiscent of the rotten “Strange Fruit” that Nina Simone described dreadfully. It’s more than unfortunate that you and others had to be subjected to American structured society: where the dead are raised to be targeted, crucified, and killed again. It’s repetitive and evokes anger and pain over and over again…. Yet the marching can never end, because injustice has proven to be well alive. And so I say thank you to protestors, marchers, social activist for you are all greatly ap-

preciated. The sacrifices of your precious bodies, precious time, and your fragile freedom is not in vain: the world is watching and so is the next generation of young people whom will have to carry on the fight. To the parents whose children’s lives were cut short out of their own power there’s nothing one can really express or say to comfort that never- closing wound, but your strength strengthens us all, and your encouragement to strive for righteousness is most definitely empowering: keep your head up. A man named Jimi Hendrix once said “when the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” To this I say keep striving for love and justice: two things that never come easy, but are always worth fighting for and toward. Imani Sanders CSUEB Sophomore/Junior

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Science students offered teaching class By Jevohn Newsome Contributor

ndergraduate students interested in science and teaching will be able to get some hands on experience next quarter through a class that works with local middle school students. “We are in need of a more STEM-literate workforce,” says Danika LeDuc, professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry. “More and more jobs in the future are going to require STEM know how.” LeDuc created the program, called the

Hands On Science Teaching Labs, and designed it to revolve around both the undergraduates and the middle school students. The undergraduates “learn the science more deeply” since they have to relay all their scientific knowledge to the younger minds in a “creative and coherent way.” Science majors can take part in this program through a 2-unit workshop course offered each quarter. This quarter students could have taken CHEM 3080 to be part of the program. Moving forward, students may sign up for PHYS 3080 in the winter quarter, BIOL 3080 in spring and GEOL 3080 in fall 2015.

The winter class will run Tuesdays from 9:20 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. and will be taught by Assistant Professor Erik Helgren, Ph.D., though the timing and schedule is subject to change per quarter, according to their website. About five to six times per quarter, the institute hosts field trips to CSUEB for middle school students. The students enter the classroom, where it’s left up to the undergraduates to teach these students through a station-to-station based group activity. The middle school students rotate to each station and the undergraduates give presentations and work with the students in hopes of getting them interested in science and math. LeDuc said the goal is for the middle schoolers to be challenged by activities that require more individual reasoning. For example, the density columns experiment, where students are directed to pour several liquids of various densities into a glass tube. Since liquids with relative densities do not mix, the liquids form very distinctive layers in the tube, but the students are not informed of this which leads them to rely on their critical thinking skills and inquisition. They are told make their own predictions of what will occur and after seeing the results they use their own logic to figure out why. “We’ve tried to make the science activities more open-ended and require them to make predictions, communicate their observations, and argue from evidence,” said LeDuc. All of this is inspired by the Next Generation Science Standards, developed by the California Department of Education, which involves a revamped science curriculum for California public schools. LeDuc wants future teachers and students alike to be prepared for these upcoming changes in expectations.

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‘Art Outlaw’ aims to make audience think By Shannon Stroud Contributor

amie DeWolf is a performer, writer, director and self-proclaimed “art outlaw.” DeWolf recalls that people have always tried to censor his art. He created the variety show “Tourettes Without Regrets” in hopes to combat censorship and give artists the opportunity to say what they really want to say. The show features poetry slams, rap battles, freak show performances, burlesque artists and more. “Tourettes started when I was in a small town. There was nothing there that showcased all the different types of arts genres that I was into,” explains DeWolf. “Over the years, Tourettes has become this crazy playground for all performers.” This year they will be celebrating its 15 year anniversary. DeWolf says that although the production of the show has evolved, the concept has always stayed the same. “I wanted to create a show that I would want to see. With Tourettes, it’s this beautiful collision of different genres blending to-

gether. Over the years the artistry has just gotten even more diverse and wild,” he says. The first show called “Bringin’ it since ‘99” was in Benicia in 1999, where it started in a small venue with about 50 people. Now the show is hosted at the Oakland Metro Opera house, its home for the last nine years, and brings in around 300 people on the first Thursday of every month. DeWolf labels the first couple of years running TWR as the “dark years.” During that period the event faced a lot of venue issues. It would lose the venue at the last minute, or the police would come to shut it down for capacity or noise violations. “In the beginning, things would get chaotic. If the event would get shut down we would just pick up and go into the parking lot and do it there. Once I had everyone come back to my place. That was crazy, I had 150 people in my tiny ass living room doing a rap battle,” recalls DeWolf. After finding a more permanent residence for the show, he was able to put together a staff for the show that helps control the chaos and come up with a more permanent name for the show. The name “Tourettes Without Regrets” came from an experience DeWolf

encountered in the past. “It started because I got in trouble for my writing all the time, even as a kid. My writing was too dark, too twisted, I had to put a straight jacket on my tongue, but this was wasn’t free expression. At one show, someone accused me of having Tourette’s syndrome for what I was saying,” DeWolf said. DeWolf claims that there hasn’t been very much backlash from the name of the show. Instead, there has been more people offended by the content of the show. DeWolf understands that no matter what the performers do at his show, someone will always be offended, but he cannot change a show for one person. “I’m not going to hold performers back from what they are doing. If people have a problem with Tourettes then they need to go deeper and really think ‘why are we pushing their boundaries?’ Then they need to question ‘Why are those my boundaries, and did I choose them or were they forced upon me by society?’” said DeWolf. While TWR has featured artists each month, DeWolf says that the show would not be possible without audience participation.

“The audience is the performers as well. They sign up for rap battles and slam poetry in the beginning of the show and they perform that night. Not just that, but we also pull people from the audience to judge the performers,” said DeWolf. The cover charge from the show takes care of venue costs, but $200 goes to the winner of the rap battle and $100 goes to the winners of the poetry; all in which are awarded by the audience based judges. Among the many performers over the years, Tourettes has been a diving board for up and coming artists including Watch D and Kid Beyond. “Tourettes celebrates underground performers, the kinds you won’t see on TV shows like ‘The Voice’ It’s all original artists, who aren’t doing this to be glorified, but to share their art,” said DeWolf. The goal of each show it to get the audience inspired. DeWolf wants audience members to walk away vibrating with a need to create. He explains that he wants people to go home wanting to write, paint, sing, dance, and then come back and sign up to preform.

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New project proposed for empty Mervyn’s site By Yesenia Martinez Politics Editor

ayward’s city council is considering yet another plan to develop the empty 11-acre lot on Foothill Boulevard where Mervyn’s headquarters once stood. A preliminary review of the proposed project was presented last night to the city council to build new residential and commercial space at the site. Dollinger Properties, Retail West, Inc., and Johnson Lyman Architects presented potential plans for the development project. The ground-level retail plan will encompass 66,000 square feet of the property and some of the proposed vendors are Whole Foods Market, Bed Bath & Beyond, Chipotle, Panera, and local start-up ice cream company, Smitten Ice Cream. The site has been empty since 2008 when Mervyn’s, a retail department store chain, filed for bankrupt-

cy and went out of business. The 5-story residential living space will contain 545 apartment units with up to 150 designated parking stalls. Units will be one or two bedrooms with modern amenities on the property such as a tennis court, club room, pool, and fitness center. The presentation emphasized the target demographic is a “quality tenant mix” and specifically in terms of residents “targeting millennials and lower to middle class…college students and faculty.” A similar proposal was previously presented to the city council and they expressed that it needed improvement regarding the plan not being green enough and sustainable; this current proposal takes into account those concerns and addresses the issue of sustainability by complying with and meeting LEED-gold certification. Following the presentation, council members made comments and voiced concerns on the project proposal.

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Trail From Page 1 for everybody that is a fan of the zoo,” Oakland resident John Mackovich said. “I have been going to the zoo for over 30 years and it is going to be great to have some local animals on display.” Sixteen years after its original proposal the project is now moving forward with an official groundbreaking ceremony tentatively scheduled for the upcoming spring of 2015. “It is going to take about two to three years to build the California Trail,” East Bay Zoological Society Chief Financial Officer Nik Dehejia said. “We are hopeful that the project will open in 2017 now that we have gotten passed most of the legal obstacles.” The vote passed by a margin of 6-2 allowing the zoo to finally begin the project that received its initial approval in 1998. The city council then approved a master plan for the project as well as renovations and additions to the entire facility. In 2008 after completing renovations the zoo made modifications to the project and went through an environmental review when it was discovered that the California Whip Snake was found to be living on the proposed land.

In 2011 following the second environmental review, the zoo and the city were sued by the Friends of Knowland Park as well as the California Native Plant Society. The lawsuit claimed that the modifications made to the original plan in 1998 required a new project requiring more inquiries from state and federal agencies. “The zoo and the city were both taken to court through the lawsuits and it certainly slowed us down,” Dehejia said. “It took some time to get past it but once we did things really started rolling.” However, not everybody is on board with the plans to go forward with the new attraction. “So we just have to get rid of California animals to get new California animals?” Animal rights activist Gordon Bostick said. “They have so much land to build on and it seems to defeat the purpose of displacing animals to showcase new animals.” With nearly 490 acres of land within the zoo and Knowland Park the project would not be possible on existing land within the park. “People say that the land is already there and we don’t need to utilize other areas,” Dehejia said. “After all of our research and studies we found that the project was just not feasible with the existing land.”

Voter turnout in decline more questions than answers. “I can’t quite pinpoint why the numbers are down, we haven’t done a study of why they’re down, but we’re doing everything we can to provide information how to register and the different ways to vote,” Dupuis commented. Despite the fact that there are 150,000 more registered voters in Alameda County than there were in 2006, there were actually less ballots cast in 2014 than 2006. Dupuis said he wouldn’t speculate as to why this trend is happening, but it’s worth noting that the problem isn’t local. It’s not just a Bay Area or California trend. Low voter turnout is not only an Alameda County problem: Los Angeles County officials reported the lowest turnout (25.2 percent) in their 150 year history last Tuesday, and the state of New York reported its lowest percentage of registered voters at the polls (32.5 percent) since the 1870s. Among other cities claiming their lowest turnout in more than a century were Detroit and Chicago. Could this trend just be attributed to the fact that there was no presidential election, no senate races, and a one-sided gubernatorial election on the ballot this year? Or is there something else at play such as voter dissatisfaction with government? Political Science Professor

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n this year Alameda County citizens cast a total of 366,599 ballots in the midterm general election. This number represents 45 percent of the total registered voters in the county, down from 74 percent in 2012’s general election. This drop could normally be attributed to the election being a “midterm” election with no Presidential race, but the percentage is actually a severe drop from a 61 percent turnout in both the 2010 and 2006 midterms. Between 2010 midterms and 2014, the county gained over 45,000 new registered voters but received 100,000 less ballots cast due to the 16 percent decline at the polls. Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis says that every effort was made to get out the vote this year. “Our county advisory groups attended over 100 community outreach events since January,” Dupuis noted, “we’re constantly sending out information in a variety of languages at these events, whether it’s how to register or how to get involved with the voting process.” As for why the percentage of voters at the polls has declined so sharply since 2010, Dupuis has

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Ferguson From Page 1 misdemeanor crimes. The remaining charges included vandalism, burglary, and one arrest for battery of a police officer, and one for arson. Protesters managed to shut down BART for nearly two hours this past Friday, linking themselves into chains, as reported by ABC News 7. There were 14 demonstrators, who eventually were cuffed and taken by BART

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Metro 7 police. Of those arrested, the charged included interfering with the operation of the train, as well as trespassing. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, an unlawful assembly marched down the freeways of Los Angeles, with people laying across the highway and others going against traffic forcing the shutdown of the 101 freeway in downtown the night before Thanksgiving. Chants of “Whose streets, our streets” attempted to make drivers leave their vehicles to join the rally. The protesters stampeded down with their picket signs against police brutality, shouting for justice for the brutal killing of Michael Brown. Police officers arrived and swayed the protesters to move off the freeways back into

the streets, and blocked roads leading to the freeway causing a stand off. “Let me walk through, what are you gonna do beat me?” a woman in the front of the crowd demanded to stonewalled officers. Screams of warnings and swears spewed as protesters tried to ran across streets and into alleyways in retaliation to make it back to the 101 freeway causing a riot. The rioters whipped out their cell phones ready to record as police started arresting people for becoming violent shouting “This is for our safety.” Hundreds of others marched and bicycled down Grand Avenue in Los Angeles chanting “Hands up, Don’t shoot” or “No Justice, No Peace.” Some protesters surrounded police

cars and jumped onto them; at one point a police officer was struck on the head with a frozen water bottle. At least 130 protesters were detained in Los Angeles for refusing to disperse according to CBS LA. “We want to make sure everybody knows that we absolutely support the First Amendment, we support people’s right to assemble and to lawfully speak out on issues that are a great concern to them,” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said during a news conference Tuesday. Beck said most of the arrests made would result in a misdemeanor charge, with bail set at $500.”We cannot support and we will not allow people to use their rights to trample on the rights of others.”

How Obama’s speech affects students lives O

n Nov. 20, President Obama spoke to the nation and outlined a plan he would enact through executive action to provide undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country for more than five years a path to citizenship. Here, two students explain how American citizenship affects their lives.

my father. Today it is the most wonderful thing that I am thankful for. We can now live life to the extreme fullest with confidence knowing that my hero will never be taken away from me.

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By Megan Fontata-Juarez Contributor Going through life knowing that at any moment your parent could be deported was one of the toughest things I went through, although I never talked about it. I never thought about what could happen when I heard stories of other families being torn apart due to deportation; it never occurred to me that it was a possibility. My father was an immigrant from Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. He came to the United States to make a better life for himself as well as his future family. When I was between the ages of 13 and 16 my father took me out and told me about his situation; I was shocked and scared of what could happen. My father only had a work permit; he didn’t have a green card; so he couldn’t leave the country. I had always wondered why he never went back to Mexico when his father passed away and now it made sense; he couldn’t go back because he wouldn’t be able to come home. As the years went by we struggled with that fact that it was taking such a long time to get his residence papers; it took over 20 years after retaining an attorney. Five years after getting his residency, he was able to apply for citizenship. My mother spent months quizzing my dad on the questions he needed to pass the oral exam. As the day of the exam neared, we were all nervous but confident in my dad. He did it! There was breath of relief when he passed and the day came where we got to see him become a citizen. It was one of the best days of my life, I was so proud of my dad. After he became a citizen he took me back to his home town. It is a trip I will never forget. I got to leave the country with my dad and visit his place of birth. We stayed in the house that his father built for them when he was a kid. As we stayed in Mexico, he showed me where he played, went to school, the pastures of where he would watch the cows and the best part was when he took me to his favorite restaurant as a kid. I dreamed of the day we could do this and in the back of my head I was always scared it wouldn’t happen, but I never stopped believing in the fighter that is inside

Hiding in the Shadows

Growing up with two undocumented parents, there always was a constant fear that our family would be separated. Through my grandmother, my dad was able to obtain citizenship in 2011. We spent numerous nights studying American history and English. When he passed his citizenship exam, we were immensely proud and felt a huge relief. Unfortunately, the road to legalization is not as simple for my mother. When she first attempted crossing the border in 1994, she used a fake passport, just like my dad did a few weeks earlier without incident. But unlike my dad, she was caught, her fingerprints were taken, and she was sent back to Mexico. The second time, my mother met with my now godfather, and used the Coyotes to jump the border. My mother has not been in Mexico in 21 years and she has no family here in the states, besides my brother and I. Currently, she works 10-13 hours daily, getting paid less than minimum wage. We’ve consulted several lawyers and attended immigration workshops regarding my mother’s status. My mother could get residence and then citizenship, through my dad, brother or me, but the main issue is the fingerprints that were taken. If any paperwork were to be submitted, my mother could be punished for crossing illegally by being deported for a year or more. My mother is the one who takes care of my little brother and has always said, if she gets deported, she will be taking him with her. This would literally and emotionally tear my family apart. With President Obama’s recent speech regarding immigration, it gives me and my family new hope. My mother would qualify for all these requirements, but then again, what is a “criminal background?” Is it crimes committed here in America or does it include the actual illegal crossing? Until my family can verify this with a lawyer, my mother will probably continue to hide in the so-called “shadows.” There is a small ray of hope, but we won’t give up and hopefully one day we can live without the constant fear of separation.

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Racism is alive and Keep the rage— temper it with love! well in America Gloria Enguidanos Tuesday, May 12, 1992

o you think I’m angry? No, I’m enraged. When I heard the news about the Rodney King verdict I also felt violence in me. I felt like I wanted to throw something out of my Warren Hall office window!! I also wanted to cry, but my rage would not allow it. Is there racism in our campus? You bet there is. It’s in the classrooms, the halls, and the meetings we attend. Sometimes it’s veiled, and sometimes it’s blatant. We people of color are so used to racism that our guts scream at us every time we feel it—even when we can’t put our finger on it. When my students bring me a corrected paper with huge writing in red pencil and a note saying, “Where did you learn your English?” that is racism. But it is also violence. When a teacher expects an Asian student to do well only in business because they’re Asian, that is racism. When you believe that a person with a foreign accent is dumb, that is racism. Are you aware that they know more than you in more than one language? I went to a rally in Oakland to be with people who felt the same way I did and who saw beyond the Los Angeles violence. It felt good. There was a bilingual sign in English and Spanish that read: “The law protects the police. Who protects us?” While reading the sign I was hearing Angela Davis telling us that she was tired of being a target of racism and tired of being tired. Yes, Angela, so am I. Poverty is violence. Not caring for our children’s health and education is violence. Not treating out elderly with care and respect is

violence. Judging others by the color of their skin is violence. Chief Gates is racist and violent. And not only did he allow the victimization, he also allowed more violence in the aftermath of what he created. You bet I’m angry and frustrated. At the Oakland rally, a Native American man reminded us that the earth does not belong to us, but we belong to the earth. He also told us that everything is connected. Violence, my friends, creates violence, and love brings love. I am calling to all my brothers and sisters on campus to keep the rage and not forget two months from now what happened here in California. Lets keep this rage to empower ourselves, to empower each other and not forget the dream. But let’s temper it with love. We are right. The racist, violent people are wrong. In California we are the majority. The racist, violent people know that and because of it they are afraid of losing their power. Keep the rage alive to bring about the change, because only then will we win. And let me remind our campus community that multiculturalism is for everyone because we live in a multicultural society. By understanding each other we can create a stronger society with less fear and consequently less violence. On our campus I marched with our students, faculty and staff together in a multi-color rainbow. I was proud of the students and the way we held hands in civil disobedience. I was also proud of my heritage and who I am. I was even proud and thankful of our police who made sure no one was hurt. They even helped some tired old bones up the hill!

By Tiffany Jones Managing Editor How much has really changed since May 12, 1992? Not much has changed. Racism is alive and thriving today, and this is apparent not only in every day society, but in national events like the beating of Rodney King, to more recent events like the Jena Six case in 2007, and the Trayvon Martin case in 2012. And now, the Michael Brown case. Decades of anger have erupted in rage in recent weeks as protests, riots, and looting after white officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed 18-year-old, Michael Brown on Aug. 9 of this year. There is simply no justice in the “justice” system. Anyone who believes that racism is a thing of the past is completely ignorant to the struggles that other races feel every single day. Racism is not gone; many just over look it. Friends call friends the “n word” and music seems to advertise and promote it. To be black, is less than to be white. To be Asian, is to be smarter than other races. The list goes on and on. Although many see racism as only between black and white, racism exists within every race. Racism is in the workplace. Racism is in school. Racism is online. Racism is on television, and movies. Racism is in music. Racism is EVERYWHERE. How in the world is it okay to find “The Racial Slur Database” on Google? Anyone who believes racism is over needs a serious reality check. According to dosomething.org, “in 2012,

51 percent of Americans expressed anti-black sentiments in a poll; a 3 percent increase from 2008. A survey by the same researchers in 2011 revealed that 52 percent of non-Hispanic whites expressed anti-Hispanic attitudes.” You tell me, when will the racism really end?

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Happenings in and around Hayward December 4, 2014 – December 10, 2014

Thursday

Hayward’s Light Up the Season Celebration

Holiday Greeting Card Workshop

Time: 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: B Street between Foothill Boulevard and Watkins Street, Hayward

Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Fremont Chamber of Commerce, 39488 Stevenson Pl. 100, Fremont

Join Hayward in celebrating the holiday season. There will be a tree lighting ceremony, activities for families, holiday wares from local vendors, ice-skating and entertainment throughout. Bring a new unwrapped toy for the Toys for Kids Drive sponsored by the Hayward Fire Department and you’ll receive a raffle ticket to be entered into a drawing for a family fun basket.

Those local businesses and entrepreneurs looking to get the leg up on the holiday season are invited to this workshop focused on holiday greeting cards. The workshop will cover different ways to quickly customize individual greeting cards, efficient ways to manage and track your greeting cards, and gift ideas to go along with some cards.

Sunday

Monday

Exploratorium Free Day: Science of Sharing Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: Free Location: The Exploratorium, Pier 15, San Francisco The Exploratorium invites you to this day focused on the science of sharing by sharing their space to you for free. The Exploratorium is a learning laboratory that explores the tinkering and tweaking in science through hundreds of varied exhibits. Be sure to come early to secure admission as entry is limited by capacity.

Saturday

Sunday

Critical Hit Comedy Show

Kabuki on Film

Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cost: Free Location: It’s Your Move Game Store, 4928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: San Mateo Japanese American Community Center, 415 S. Claremont St., San Mateo

Laugh like crazy while ‘nerding out’ at the Critical Hit Comedy Show, courtesy of Dash Kwiatkowski and host Hayden Greif-Neill. Enjoy some free food and free candy during the show courtesy of It’s Your Move Game Store. Beverages will also be available for purchase at the event or you are welcome to bring your own.

Tuesday

The San Mateo Japanese American Community Center invites you to this event focused on Kabuki theatrical performances on film. Films are showed in Japanese, with introductions and synopsis in English prior to the screening. Passionate and knowledgeable experts lead the event on Kabuki, so come enjoy the unique qualities of Kabuki theatre, whether you are an admirer or just someone interested in learning about Kabuki.

Wednesday

Cyberpunk Cinema

Arts and Draughts Art Party

Dub Club Afterschool Program

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Cost: Free Location: The Knockout, 3223 Mission St., San Francisco

Time: 8 p.m. Cost: Free, Must be 21 or older Location: Era Art Bar, 19 Grand Ave., Oakland

Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: San Leandro Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro

If you love cyberpunk or just want to see what the genre is all about then this event is right for you. The event will begin with an episode of “Cowboy Bebop” followed by “Strange Days.” Come early and enjoy an evening of science fiction.

If you are looking for a night filled with creativity and artistic energy look no further. Take advantage of this opportunity to exchange ideas and work on your dry media art while having a few drinks and listening to a live DJ. Activities will be available throughout and pieces will be on display from resident artists.

The Dub Club is a free afterschool program designed for kids in the fifth grade through eighth grade. The program has snacks, games and help for students to do homework. For more information on the Dub Club please call the San Leandro Library Children’s Desk at 510-577-3960.

Thursday

December

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Join us for a Holiday Craft Mixer! Ever wish you could make holiday gifts yourself instead of running from store to store trying to find something unique? Join us for a fun night of crafting! We’ll provide supplies for various projects, or bring one that you’re already working on. Holiday drinks will be available for purchase at the Cannery Cafe.

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If baseball movies were real Here is our fantasy team of players plucked straight from the silver screen Graphic by Louis LaVenture and Content by Todd Washburn

Jack Parkman Major League II Batting Average .260, 75 Runs, 30 Home Runs, 88 Runs Batted In

Jimmy Dugan A League Of Their Own 1936 Stats: Batting Average .290, 56 Home Runs, 105 RBI’s

Willie “Mays” Hayes Major League 1989 Stats: Batting Average .292, 105 Runs, 48 Runs Batted In, 100 Stolen Bases

Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez The Sandlot Batting Average .276, 98 Runs, 20 Home Runs, 50 HR’s

Roy Hobbs The Natural 1939 Stats: Batting Average .350, 92 Runs, 44 Home Runs, 106 Runs Batted In

Marla Hooch A League Of Their Own Projected Stats: 60 Runs, 15 Home Runs, 60 Runs Batted In Nick Laloosh Bull Durham 1988 Stats: 24 Appearances, 12 Wins, 174 Strikeouts, 3.28 Earned Run Average

Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn Major League I & II 1989 Stats: 41 Appearances, 1 Win, 4 Losses, 5 Saves

Crash Davis Bull Durham Projected Stats: Batting Average .248 55 Runs, 12 Home Runs, 44 RBI’s

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Pioneers survive attack from Bristol Bears By Louis LaVenture Sports Editor

t was a tale of two halves for the Cal State East Bay men’s basketball team on Saturday at Pioneer Gymnasium. Despite being outscored in the second half, the Pioneers were able to secure their second victory of the season, defeating Bristol University from Anaheim 69-64. CSUEB is now 2-2 overall with California Collegiate Athletic Association play slated to begin on Friday against Cal Poly Pomona. The Pioneers came out on fire shooting 47.8 percent from the field outscoring the Bears (1-3 overall) 34-24 taking a 10-point lead going into halftime with the offensive surge. CSUEB jumped out to a quick 16-4 advantage triggered by junior guard Jack Pasquini who scored the first seven points for the Pioneers to open the game. “The difference between the two halves was our aggressiveness,” senior guard Jacari Whitfield said. “In the first half we were more aggressive and we didn’t settle for jump shots.” CSUEB struggled in the second half allowing the Bristol Bears to claw their way back into the game. Eight turnovers and a 38.5 shooting percentage from the field for the Pioneers allowed Bristol to come within two points with just over five minutes to play after freshman forward Bryan Mahood nailed a three-pointer for the Bears. Mahood was impressive for the Bears scoring 12 points in just 11 minutes on the floor in the second half. Mahood finished the game with a team-high 18 points in just 26 minutes of playing time for Bristol. Seventeen CSUEB turnovers and shooting 50 percent from the field in the second half allowed the Bears to narrow the gap again to just one point with 2:15 remaining. Whitfield was able to draw a foul and connect on two clutch free throws putting the Pioneers up 6562 with 2:03 left in the game.

CSUEB senior Jarred Jourdan shoots a fade away during an exhibition game earlier this month at SJSU. After a Pioneer defensive stop, Whitfield came through again late nailing a threepointer and putting CSUEB up 68-62 securing the second win of the season. Whitfield has made the most three-point field goals in CSUEB history now tallying 140 in his career. “Tonight, we made clutch free throws down the stretch and made big defensive stops,”

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Photos | Tam Duong Jr. Junior Tre Mauldin runs the offense for CSUEB in an exhibition game against SJSU last month.

CSUEB Head Coach Gus Argenal said. “Jacari Whitfield made big play after big play, and I was really pleased with his leadership.” Fremont native Juawnn Springfield, a guard, was impressive for the Pioneers amassing 13 points, nine rebounds, and four assists in 34 minutes on the floor. Whitfield finished with 11 points and eight assists while freshman

forward Patrick Marr totaled 10 points and five rebounds in just 17 minutes on the court. CCAA play begins on Friday for the Pioneers in their first conference match as they go up against the visiting Cal Poly Pomona Broncos (3-2 overall, 0-1 conference). Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Pioneer Gymnasium in Hayward.