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THURSDAY JUNE 22, 2017 Summer 2017 Issue 1
Cal State East Bay has questionable water quality SEE OPINION PAGE 2
RAMADAN CHALLENGES AND REWARDS MUSLIMS
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FANIME CONVENTION TAKES OVER SAN JOSE
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What happened?
On Tuesday CBS News released survey findings that found President Donald Trump’s approval rating declined to a new low over the last few months. The new study found that just 36 percent of the 1,117 adults surveyed approved of the job Trump was doing, a new low during his presidency. CBS conducted phone interviews with people all over the United States from June 15 to 18 in order to gather the findings. Fifty-seven percent of the people polled disapproved of the job he is doing and his approval rating fell from 36 percent, the lowest it has been since he recorded a 39 percent approval rate in February. CBS found that the most popular reason people cited for their disapproval was Trump’s potential ties to Russia. The second most popular reason was his firing of former FBI Director James Comey amidst the investigation that Trump has business ties to Russia and their interference in the United States 2016 presidential election. In a statement from the White House on May 9 after he fired Comey Trump, “acted based on the clear recommendations [of the attorney general and deputy attorney general].” Sixty-three percent of people polled disagreed with his handling of these two issues, while just 28 percent approved. Other publications track approval and disapproval ratings for the president like Rasmussen Reports, an American polling company based in New Jersey, which found he had a 48 percent approval rating as of Saturday. Gallup, a consulting company based in Washington, D.C., found that his approval rating was at 38 percent as of Monday. All of the polls surveyed a minimum of 1,100 Americans via phone interviews. Participants in the CBS poll were also asked questions about issues relating to the United States in general and 39 percent of the people thought the Russian investigation was a critical national security issue while 32 percent thought it was a distraction.
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On several occasions, Reza Khorasani, finance vice-president for Associated Students Inc., complained to university officials at Cal State East Bay about the drinking water on campus. Since February, in meetings with student government officials and university President Leroy Morishita, Khorasani said he had seen discolored water in the science buildings and noticed a metallic taste when he drank the water. No action has been taken in response to Khorasani’s complaints because he never filed a formal, written complaint. Water quality tests are only performed on the CSUEB campus “if deemed necessary,” such as during construction, and according to Donna Placzek, the university’s director of environmental health and safety, no
formal complaints have been submitted regarding water quality issues on campus. Formal complaints about water or related concerns must be filed online through the CSUEB website using a Title IX link to a form called Blow the Whistle on Government Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, which is then presented to Senior Investigator Shirley Mar from the Department of Investigations. Complaints can also be filed with anyone within the Risk Management and Internal Control department on campus, according to Associate Vice President of Risk Management and Internal Control Nyassa Love Johnson. Severed water line The last water quality test that took place on the CSUEB campus was on Aug. 28, 2013 after the collapse of Warren Hall severed a water line in the library. Built in 1971, Warren Hall was deemed the most seismically unsafe building in the CSU system by the CSU Seismic Review Board. Forensic An-
alytical Laboratories Inc. tested eight samples from the University Police Department and the first and second floors of the Library, which shared the same water line as Warren Hall. The group tested for copper (Cu), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni) and lead (Pb), and determined that eight of the samples from 2013 were within federal limits. Hayward purchases its water from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, with about 85 percent of the water coming from the Hetch Hetchy watershed and the remaining 15 percent from the Alameda Watershed located in the East Bay, according to The City of Hayward’s website. According to CSUEB Director of Sustainability Jillian Buckholz, the CSU East Bay campus receives its water from the same sources, and water tests are done annually, according to the city of Hayward. “Take Back the Tap” This Spring, the Pioneer conducted an informal survey of facility workers
and students about water quality on campus. Those interviewed anecdotally described instances of yellow-colored water and blamed the poor conditions of pipes in older buildings on campus, but none ever filed a formal complaint or were aware of the process of doing so. CSUEB student Vanessa Cha, an intern for the CSUEB Director of Sustainability, believes that people's thoughts about the water on campus are purely related to word-of-mouth. This winter Cha conducted a “Take Back the Tap” campaign, meant to encourage people to drink the water on campus by proving that the water quality and taste met the people’s standards. In February, Cha asked roughly 65 students on campus to participate in water taste tests. She found that 63.1 percent of them could not tell the difference between bottled water and tap
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Meiklejohn Hall receives renovations
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A construction crew works on the roof of Meiklejohn Hall on the Hayward campus just before the break between the spring and summer quarters early June. Be sure to check out future issues of The Pioneer and our website, thepioneeronline.com, to read updates on the renovations.
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Ramadan challenges, rewards
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Sacred month has lasting impact on practicing Muslims “The Holy month of Ramadan should open people’s By Samerah Begzad CONTRIBUTOR As a Muslim American, I was taught from a young age the importance of celebrating the Holy month of Ramadan. In Islam, we are taught to fulfill the five pillars: Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca. Ramadan, during which we are not supposed to eat for the majority of the day, is meant to fulfill our fasting commitment. The Holy month of Ramadan began for Muslims in California on May 28 and ends at the end of June. Nothing, including water, is consumed until the sun sets, which is about 8:30 p.m. The idea is to strengthen one’s relationship with Allah (god in Arabic) and cultivate self-discipline. Each evening, the fast is broken with an iftar—or dinner—meal. I’ve been doing this every year since I was 14 years old, and I can say it is tough but it’s also very rewarding. When I fast, I feel good about myself, and it’s not just about food. During Ramadan I try to cut out bad habits like using bad language, which has to be my number one bad habit, especially when I get angry. I also let go of grudges and try to see the good in people. In our faith, Allah wants you to better yourself in every way, not just this month but throughout your entire life. Nobody is perfect and there’s always room for improvement. Ramadan is also challenging because it makes
eyes who judge Islam and Muslims. If you do your research on Islam and the Holy Quran, you will see what Islam is really about and not believe what the media tells you.”
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me feel tired and lazy. Normally I exercise at the gym for an hour Monday through Friday, but while I’m fasting I limit my gym visits to twice a week, and can only go late at night after I’ve eaten. But I know the gym will always be there and I can always get back to my old routine once Ramadan is over. After Ramadan ends, Muslims around the world gather with their family and friends to celebrate Eid. Eid is a celebration for Muslims who have finished the month of Ramadan. We wear new clothes and eat meat and sweets. It’s a happy feeling, especially for children, who typically receive money. In the Holy Quran, the Islamic religion is one of peace, which is why it makes me sad to see reports of the recent attacks in London and Manchester. Attacks like these give innocent Muslims like myself a bad name. President Donald Trump banned Muslims with an executive order released in March, which instituted a 90-day ban on people entering the U.S. from six Muslim-majority countries; Iran, Libya,
Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, according to NPR. Trump doing this has really made me look at how uneducated that decision was. Every religion has its good and bad people; you can’t blame the whole religion of Islam for the terrorist acts of a few. During high school I lived in Livermore for one year. When I was in class a Hispanic girl looked at me and said, “it was you people who bombed us in 911.” She literally blamed my people for that incident. I was born and raised in the Bay Area. My religion is a religion of peace and love. My mom wears a headscarf to this day and some people give her dirty looks or assume she can’t speak English. In Islam, wearing a headscarf is a way to show modesty, the way nuns wear their a veil and habit as religious clothing. The Holy month of Ramadan should open people’s eyes who judge Islam and Muslims. If you do your research on Islam and the Holy Quran, you will see what Islam is really about and not believe what the media tells you.
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THE PIONEER Water From Page 1 water. The remaining 36.9 percent of students who could tell the difference consumed tap water more regularly. And yet, even Cha said that she did not trust the water in the science buildings — the same buildings Khorasani complained about — mainly because of what people have told her anecdotally about their experiences.
Nestle Accountant. The retail cost of one bottle is averaged at about $4 dollars bringing the total to $1,513 per month, or roughly $18,000 per year. All tap water in the United States is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and every state must meet certain criteria put in place by the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. This act “set maximum contaminant levels and/
“During construction, like the work underway in the science buildings, construction crews are supposed to run faucets to allow the water to clear to stop contaminates, but according to Student Affairs Associate Vice President Martin Castillo, “that doesn’t always happen.” 389 water jugs each month Out of the 10 water fountains in Meiklejohn Hall, some on the east side have been non-functioning for some time. The new fountains that have been installed have not been equipped with filters yet, because the university is waiting for a quote, according to Supervising Plumber Eldrick Oubre. Once filters are put on, they will need to be changed every three months, Oubre said. During construction, like the work underway in the science buildings, construction crews are supposed to run faucets to allow the water to clear to stop contaminates, but according to Student Affairs Associate Vice President Martin Castillo, “that doesn’t always happen.” Nestle and Arrowhead Water trucks drop off 389 3 to 5-gallon water jugs to each building according to a Cathleen, a
or treatment technique requirements for over 90 different contaminants in public drinking water” according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Some of these contaminants include microorganisms, disinfection byproducts, inorganic and organic chemicals, and radionuclides. According to the CDC, the U.S. has one of the safest drinking water sources compared to other countries. However, water contaminations can still occur which includes sewage releases, naturally occurring chemicals and minerals, land practices, manufacturing processes, and malfunctioning on-site wastewater treatment systems. According to Placzek, CSUEB has great water that is received from SFPUC, and without a formal complaint actions can not be taken to investigate an issue.
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San Leandro poised to OK pot testing, manufacturing businesses By Darin Moriki EAST BAY TIMES Marijuana growing, testing and processing facilities may be coming soon to San Leandro’s industrial areas under proposed new zoning and land use laws. The San Leandro City Council on Monday unanimously gave an initial nod to the changes, which could allow marijuana testing facilities and up to five cannabis product manufacturers to operate in some of San Leandro’s industrial areas. The city already has issued marijuana dispensary permits to Blum Oakland, Harborside Health Center of Oakland, and Davis Street Wellness Center of San Leandro in 2015 and 2016, but none of them have opened yet. “We always say in San Leandro that we make things, and this is an opportunity to continue to showcase that,” Councilman Lee Thomas said. “At the same time, I think five is also a good
number because we have learned, or our residents have seen, what happens when you go with a low number because that’s when the lobbying starts for more. I think this is just an opportunity to avoid that situation; we were going to go with one cannabis dispensary but then the lobbying started, so then there was a second and a third,” he said. The council will vote on the zoning and land use changes again on July 3. Laboratory businesses allowed under new land use laws include those that conduct safety, quality control and testing services for cannabis or cannabis-derived products. A separate permitted land use would be reserved for businesses that manufacture, process and package cannabis-derived or -infused products, including edibles, concentrates and extracts for retail sale or wholesale distribution. Those businesses would have to apply for conditional use permits, which “regulate land uses with the potential to create nuisances or undesirable im-
pacts,” city planning manager Andrew Mogensen said. Those permits are vetted by the city Board of Zoning Adjustments, which may impose additional restrictions. “This proposal will enable cannabis manufacturing and testing laboratories to consider moving their operations to the city of San Leandro, and that furthers the city’s goal of promoting active manufacturing and technology jobs,” Mogensen said. “It’s important to note that these new land uses will provide a source of revenue and employment for the city,” he said. The land use requirements, however, are slightly stricter for marijuana manufacturing businesses, which must have a state-required license to operate and limit the sale of manufactured products to licensed dispensaries. These manufacturers must submit detailed information when applying for a permit, including building plans, along with noise and odor studies, Mogensen said.
The proposed land use changes would require manufacturing facilities be located where sensitive land uses, such as homes, child care centers and schools “will not be adversely impacted,” not place a disproportionate burden on public services compared with other industrial uses, and be “secure and aesthetically compatible with the surrounding area.” Only five permits would be granted to cannabis product manufacturing facilities as part of a pilot program that will monitor the permitting process and success of the businesses, Mogensen said. “We feel that five is an appropriate number, and we also feel that this number will have a very limited impact on things like (industrial) rent,” Mogensen said. Councilman Pete Ballew disagreed, saying the number of laboratory facilities should also be capped and that the number of manufacturing facilities should be limited to one or two when the pilot program is initially rolled out.
“I’m afraid we may be biting off more than we can chew only because it’s quick money,” Ballew said. “While I support this type of business -- it’s great for jobs and San Leandro -I think that just putting a blanket five without going through a public process is problematic,” he said. Revenue generated by business taxes on cannabis testing and product manufacturing facilities will bolster the city’s coffers and provide some wiggle room during tough economic times, former city Councilman Jim Prola said. The 6 percent tax on all marijuana businesses, including dispensaries, was approved by the City Council in April and is set to rise gradually until it reaches 8 percent by 2021. “There are plenty of safeguards, and this has the potential to bring even more revenue into our city,” Prola told the council. “Right now, we have a (budget) surplus ... but, in a few years, we’ll have a deficit unless we bring in more revenue,” he said.
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Fanime convention descends on South Bay
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A cosplayer dressed as Spider-Man shoots a web at attendees of the Fanime Convention at the San Jose Convention Center at the end of May. FanimeCon is Northern California’s largest anime convention and included nonstop video programming, costumes, music, games, tournaments, panels, and international guests. The celebration annually showcases Japanese art and popular culture. Last year more than 30,000 people attended and this year was expected to draw similar numbers, according to event organizers.
Left: An attendee dressed as a video game and television that was fully functional allowing others to play it. Top: The crowd gathered in part of the venue during the fanime convention. Above: A cosplayer dressed as the character Guile from the video game franchise Street Fighter II poses for pictures at the Fanime Convention at the San Jose Convention Center in late May.
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Campus exhibition highlights native Californians
An exhibit entitled “Against All Odds: Native Californian Stories of Endurance & Continuance” was on display in Meiklejohn Hall on the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus from Feb. 27 to June 10. The Gallery focused on the family of Ruth Orta, how large of a family it was and depicted how their Native Californian blood is still strong throughout their family. Through murals, tools, and quotes attendees interacted with the exhibit and experienced traditional Native California culture.
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Why don't mountain lions attack more people? New UC study solves mystery By Paul Rogers MERCURY NEWS
Like great white sharks and grizzly bears, mountain lions are one of the most fearsome wild animals for many Americans. But new research shows that the lions may be more afraid of us than we are of them. Scientists at UC Santa Cruz placed audio and video equipment in the Santa Cruz Mountains near areas where lions had killed deer and other animals. When a lion came to feed, a motion-activated device broadcast the sounds of people talking and Pacific tree frogs croaking, in addition to turning on a tiny hidden video camera. In 29 experiments with 17 lions from December 2015 to June 2016, the lions ran away in 83 percent of cases as soon as they heard human voices -- and only once when they heard the frog sounds. "People allude to this idea all the time -- that mountain lions are more afraid of us than we are of them. But science has never shown that before," said Chris Wilmers, an associate professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz who worked on the study. "When people go out hiking, some have a fear that mountain lions are going to attack them. But it turns out that mountain lions are quite afraid of people." The study was published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a scientific journal published by the Royal Society of London. It is part of broader research that UC Santa Cruz's Puma Project has conducted since 2008 in which the biologists track lions, shoot them with tranquilizer darts, fit them with GPS collars and track their behavior with computers. All 17 of the lions, also called pumas and cougars, studied in the sound experiment were fitted with GPS collars. They come into contact regularly with communities in the Skyline area, the Lexington Basin near Los Gatos and near Big Basin State Park. "They get quite close. We've had mountain lions kill deer within a few feet of people's homes," said Justine Smith, lead author of the study, and now a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley. "People send us videos of pumas walking through their yards, standing on their cars. But we almost never hear of direct physical encounters. "For some people it's creepy," Smith said. "For others, it's reassuring to know they have been around the whole time but they avoid us. They keep out of the way for the most part." The recordings that were played in the lion experiment were snippets of shows of TV and talk radio personalities, including liberal Rachel Maddow and conservative Rush Limbaugh.
A photographer captured a Mountain Lion in Northern California on April 13, 2015. "We used them because they were high-quality recordings," Smith said. "But the pumas showed no partisanship. They all ran away from everyone." The research could not only help reassure people who may be afraid of mountain lions, but also be used to help develop tools to keep them away from rural homes and farms, said Lynn Cullens, executive director of the Mountain Lion Foundation, a nonprofit in Sacramento. "It's rational to be afraid of an animal that could do damage to you," she said. "But it's important to put that in perspective. If you normally take a hike in the woods with your friend or your spouse in the evening, the risk of being attacked by a mountain lion is so low that the risk is greater to your health if you don't take your walk." Mountain lions are found across the American West. Adult males can reach up to 9 feet long and weigh 200 pounds. They mostly eat deer, but also will eat wild boar, raccoons, opossums and other animals, including livestock and pets at times.
California placed a bounty on mountain lions from 1907 to 1963, paying anyone who would kill one. Sport-hunting of lions followed, but was banned in 1971 under a law signed by then Gov. Ronald Reagan. After that law expired in 1986, California voters banned sport hunting of cougars mountain lions in 1990 with the passage of Proposition 117. Today it's estimated that between 4,000 and 6,000 mountain lions live in the state. Attacks on people are extremely rare. There have been 14 mountain lion attacks on humans since 1986 in California, three of them fatal. Far more people die from dog attacks, hitting deer with cars and other animal encounters. The most recent fatality was Mark Reynolds, 35, who was killed in 2004 at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in southern Orange County while he was crouching to fix the chain on his mountain bike. California state law allows for mountain lions that threaten people, or which attack pets or live-
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stock, to be killed by holders of so-called depredation permits. In 2015, the most recent year for which data is available, 101 mountain lions were legally killed statewide, including five in Sonoma County, three in San Mateo County, two in Monterey County, and one in Alameda and Napa counties. None were killed in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, Solano and San Benito counties. The county where the most were killed was El Dorado, in the Sierra Nevada. The UC Santa Cruz research showed that lions exposed to a human voice were slower to return to their dead deer to feed on later, and spent half as much time with the carcass as lions who did not hear human voices. To make up for the lack of food, they have to kill more deer than if they had not encountered humans, which Smith said demonstrates that as more people move into mountain lion habitat they will impact the food chain even if they are never seen by their biggest predators.
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NBA Draft could be record breaker for the Pac-12
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Left to right: UCLA's Lonzo Ball, Washington's Markelle Fultz, UC Berekeley and Bishop O'Dowd's Ivan Rabb, are all projected to be first round picks from the Pac-12 Conference in the July NBA draft.
MERCURY NEWS The Pac-12 finished a few picks short of a record first-round haul in the NFL Draft. Eight weeks later, it's once again in range of uncharted territory. The conference record for first-round picks in the NBA Draft is seven, set in 2008. It's unlikely the 2017 class will surpass the '08 mark for top-tier talent -- there were five Lottery Picks that year -- but it wouldn't take much to set a record for total first-round selections. I covered most of the top prospects in a recent podcast with NBA.com draft analyst Scott Howard-Cooper. (He has seven Pac-12 players going in the first round in his latest mock, by the way, and an eighth at the very top of the second.) Here's the Pac-12's basic breakdown: First-round locks (five): Washington's Markelle Fultz, Arizona's Lauri Markkanen and UCLA's Lonzo Ball, T.J. Leaf and Ike Anigbogu, First-round possibilities (four): Colorado's Derrick White, Utah's Kyle Kuzma, Oregon's Jordan Bell and Cal's Ivan Rabb. If all breaks right, that's nine out of 30. If just four of the borderline prospects end up in the first round, it's a conference record -- one helped, it would seem, by the fact that there are 12 teams, not 10. The Hotline projects seven first rounders: Fultz, Ball, Markkanen, Leaf, Anigbogu, Rabb and Bell. (One of the teams drafting late in the
first round will be hooked by Bell's athleticism and potential for instant-impact on defense.) It also seems highly likely that Fultz and Ball will be the top picks, which would mark the first time a conference has produced the No. 1 and 2 selections in the same draft since a single team (Kentucky) managed the feat in 2012 with Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Oh, and if you're wondering: The Pac12 hasn't produced the top overall selection since it was the Pac-8 ... since Bill Walton went No. 1 in the '74 draft. Not once in the 40+ years since Walton has the Pac-whatever claimed the No. 1 pick -- not Sean Elliott or Gary Payton or Jason Kidd or Shareef Abdur-Rahim or Mike Bibby or Baron Davis or James Harden. In that span, the Mountain West has had three No. 1s. The University of the Pacific has had one. Other than the overall first-round tally, potential draft night storylines for the Pac-12 include: * Ball not going No. 2 to the Lakers. * Rabb, a likely Lottery Pick last year, falling all the way out of the first round. * Bell not being the first Oregon player off the board. * A fourth player (Leaf? Anigbogu?) jumping into the Lottery. * Oregon's Dillon Brooks, the conference player of the year (psst: he shouldn't have been), not getting drafted. * None of the four borderline prospects going in the first round.
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