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Fall 2015 Issue 9
ILLUSTRATION BY BRITTANY ENGLAND/THE PIONEER
SEE OPINION PAGE 8
CSUEB honors distinguished alumni SEE NEWS PAGE 7
FROM THE STUDIO TO THE JAIL CELL
PHOTO BY TAM DUONG JR./THE PIONEER
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SEA LEVELS INSPIRE EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT
Awards gala celebrates past Pioneers By Paz Sandoval STAFF WRITER
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A LOOK AT THE RAIDERS SEASON THUS FAR
After Edward George Barrett graduated in 1988 from Cal State East Bay’s College of Education with a degree in physical education, he was later hired in 1999 as Major League Baseball umpire and eventually promoted to crew chief in 2013. As a major league umpire, he has called Division Series, League Championship Series, and several World Series games, while at the same time being an ordained minister and cofounder of Calling for Christ, “a ministry for umpires, by umpires.”
Barrett was one of four alumni recognized for their accomplishments during Cal State East Bay’s Distinguished Alumni Awards Gala on Friday night in the New University Union. The event was the second event of the first annual Alumni Reunion weekend, dubbed “Forever Pioneer.” “Thanks for clapping because usually when I’m introduced I don’t hear applause,” said Barrett, known to friends and colleagues as “Ted.” “Cumulative GPA was not a factor in this,” Barrett joked after accepting his award. When doors opened at 5:30 p.m., alumni staff and CSUEB administration arrived in black tie attire and gowns to socialize and network. The area of the union where students normally line up for Panda Express and Subway had been transformed with black drapes, cocktail tables and red and black decor. In the middle of the cocktail hour, the Jazz Standards Combo class drew a crowd as they filled a corner of the room with smooth jazz. Guests filed into their seats and promptly at 7 p.m., Cal State East Bay President, Leroy M. Morishita and Vice President for Technology and Strategy for The Walt Disney Studios, Michael Jedlicka began the awards ceremony. Jedlicka, the MC for the event, entertained the crowd with Disney trivia throughout the night. The next recognized graduate from the College of Science and MBA from CSUEB alumni was Anne Foss-Durant. After graduation and for the past 20 years, she has worked at Kaiser Permanente, where she is currently the Chief
“Thanks for clapping because usually when I’m introduced I don’t hear applause.” —Ted Barrett, MLB Umpire Nursing Officer, East Bay Service Area. Along with her Distinguished Alumni Award, she has also been recognized and awarded a Nursing Research Excellence Award, Regional Nursing Research Award and a STAR Leadership Award for her nursing research. “Cal State Hayward at that time opened their doors to me,” Foss-Durant said. “Typically nurses don’t continue nursing when that happens in their life,” stated Foss-Durant, referring to the difficulty of transferring as a nursing student since the curriculum is different at every school. 1981 graduate Cheryl Hurd was the third alumni to receive the award. A Broadway dancer and mass communications major, after graduation she co-founded and reported for WB20/ KNTV in San Francisco before it was sold and she went on to work for NBC. She gave credit to how CSUEB has shaped her, “Who I am today is because of Cal State East Bay.”
Hurd has been working with NBC as a TV news reporter for more than 25 years. In 2015, Hurd also received a Northern California Area Emmy Award for “Breaking News — Asiana Flight 214 Crash Coverage.” She was previously nominated for Emmys for her 2007 and 2012 Occupy Oakland stories and the I-80/880 East Bay freeway collapse. She expressed her gratitude to her family for showing up to this event and expressed how much they supported and guided her to this position in life. Hurd also wanted to convey her love, and to thank her dad for what he’s done, knowing he would be there if he hadn’t passed away six months ago. The last honoree was a 1989 graduate from the College of Business and Economics, Bryan Neider, senior vice president of Electronic Arts Global Marketing and Publishing organization. He also focuses on serving children and adults with special needs by leading a few non-profit boards like Community Gatepath. Accompanied by his wife, children, and father, Neider choked up when he explained to the crowd that he wished his mother could be at the gala. Alumni Reunion Weekend included an alumni lunch, athletics, greek and ASI reunions and student demos. The weekend concluded with a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the multimedia graduate program.
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The one Republican that can unify the House
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SPANISH EDITOR By Fernando J. Ramírez CONTRIBUTOR
A new political chapter began last week as Paul Ryan, the congressman from Wisconsin, was elected to replace John Boehner as speaker of the House of Representatives. A young new face with creative ideas, Paul Ryan is the youngest speaker of the House in more than a century. The 45-year-old obtained 236 of 435 votes — and is viewed as one of the few people that could unite a struggling Republican party. Long before he got into national politics, responsibility was thrust upon Ryan at age 16 when his father passed away. Ryan was the one that discovered his father’s body in his parent’s bedroom. Rather than succumb to depression, he went out and got his first job, ran for his high school’s class president and won. This sense of responsibility and leadership is something the congressman has carried with him throughout his six terms in the House of Representatives. Ryan has been the lead author on a wide range of bills, from fixing the country’s tax code to reforming the entitlement system. His efforts to tackle the nation’s fis-
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cal problems while in Congress have inspired many Republicans to view him as an ideological leader. Rep. Dave Reichert from Washington told The Huffington Post, “I would love to see tax reform accomplished, and I think it can best be accomplished if Paul is the chair.” No major legislation has made it through Congress in years, so the fact that Ryan has authored two huge potential bills gives him far more credibility and insight into getting laws passed. The new speaker has an admirable reputation as someone that will not only take on tough issues but will lead us through them.
Ryan knows what parts of his bills are necessary, and what parts can be compromised on, so he should have the best chance of getting both Democrats and Republicans to take action. The simple act of bringing bills up for votes has been a problem in recent years because Boehner has always blocked them. Boehner is known for blocking votes on popular bills in matters of infrastructure, employment and immigration, according to Politica USA. Ryan is different: he’s already shown a track record for getting things done — by sponsoring bills and working with the
Democratic party. He will be far more likely to make other representatives cast votes to show the electorate that they can agree and work together. Boehner lost the support of his fellow Republicans precisely because he wouldn’t fight for their ideas by bringing any bills to the floor that the President opposed. Boehner also punished those on his side by taking away their spots on different committees if they didn’t go along with what he wanted. On both of these fronts, Ryan promised to act different because he wants differing opinions to be expressed without fear of reprisals. It is for all of these reasons that Ryan is the perfect fit to deal with the problems that are currently affecting the nation. In the current dysfunctional political environment, where collaboration across party lines rarely happens, it is impossible to see a Republican or Democrat that could convince all members of the opposing party to pass bipartisan legislation as much as Ryan will. Ryan is the only one that can unify his party while crafting solutions that some Democrats should be willing to support.
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Alumni From Page 1
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Top left: Alumna Anne Foss-Durant gives an acceptance speech at the Alumni Gala. Top right: Bay Area News reporter, Cheryl Hurd, sits with her husband during the awards on Friday. Bottom left: Ted Barrett MLB umpire and pastor, speaks at the gala in the New University Union. Middle bottom: Event MC Michael Jedlicka gives President Leroy M. Morishita a pair of Mickey Mouse ears for the event. Bottom right: Honoree, Bryan Neider accepts his award at the event in front of his family and fellow award winners.
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Hispanic, low-income students receive funds By Valerie Salcido CONTRIBUTOR Cal State East Bay was awarded a $2.6 million grant, last month, through the Hispanic Serving Institution Program, a national organization created to help universities with high percentages of Hispanic and low-income student populations. To be considered a Hispanic Serving Institution, a university needs to have at least 25 percent hispanic full-time undergraduates enrollment by the end of the award year and at least half of the institution’s students must be low income, according to Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The current Hispanic population at CSUEB is roughly 30 percent, up from 23 percent in 2013. CSUEB is the first university in the region to be awarded this grant. Only 96 institutions were selected for the HSI grant in the nation out of thousands of people that applied. Gustavo Vasquez is the first one in his family to attend college. He works two jobs: one to help support his mother and the other to help himself. Every year he is forced to take out student loans to fund his education. Vasquez, a junior at CSUEB, tries to balance the responsibilities that come with being a low income first generation student and attending school that is far away from family. “A lot of students are not only supporting their families financially, but they are the primary breadwinners that support their parents, siblings and often their grandparents,” said Melissa Cervantez, “Gaining Access ‘N Academic Success,” GANAS, program co-
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ordinator at CSUEB. According to the GANAS website, the program helps Latino and Hispanic students with the transition from community college to CSUEB. The $2.6 million will be distributed over a five-year period and will amount to $520,000 each year, according to Diana Balgas, director of assessment for student affairs at CSUEB and co-principal investigator for the grant. “This grant is for any student underserved, there is no ethnicity attached to low-income,” Balgas said. The grant will be used to fund summer academies that will target
low-income second year students. The summer program will provide peer mentoring, financial literacy courses, both an online and in class learning community where students will be provided with tools to help them make it through college. “I was walking through the financial aid department and I heard someone tell a student ‘we didn’t bring you here so you can buy shoes’,” said Dianne Rush Woods, Diversity officer at CSUEB said. “The funds will help provide mentors who will say, here is [a] lesson to be learned, and I’m here to support you.”
Most low-income students have never received large sums of money, so budgeting financial aid distributions can be a challenge. They are also often the first generation to attend college in their families, so they can’t go to their parents for the type of guidance they would need, Rush Woods said. “Part of our job is to help students find that balance when they find themselves stuck,” said Balgas. The grant will fund campus mentors that can help students like Vasquez in difficult times. “We have a rich freshman experience, but what happens then?” asked
Rush Woods. “So folks aren’t feeling less supported, we build a community where students are able to grow and transform through support mentorship that will help them feel as the fabric of institution.” CSUEB President Leroy M. Morishita and his team had to choose between the HSI grant and the Asian American Serving Institution grant, because federal law prohibits any large university from accepting multiple “Serving Institution” grants. Students at CSUEB can expect to see the summer academies and peer mentor programs in 2016.
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Oakland rapper charged with sex trafficking By Louis LaVenture NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR
Four months ago, Oakland rapper Joshua Richard Durham — known as “Five Hunnet” — was hard at work on a hip-hop album called “Five Star Lifestyle.” Durham had been working with Curtis Young, the son of legendary producer Dr. Dre, and several other Los Angeles artists in an attempt to create a bridge between the two areas. In a video interview in July at a Spotify publicity event in LA, Durham talked with Young about his plans. “I been in the game for a long time,” Durham said. “This project is a result of a lot of hard work and it really marks the connection of the Bay and LA.” According to Durham, he signed a deal with Universal Distribution to release the album, the most recent project in a lengthy rap career that dates back to the early 2000s, according to his website.
“Five Star Lifestyle” has yet to be released, and may never be. According to the Pittsburg Police Department, Durham was charged in late October with human trafficking of a minor, forced oral copulation with a minor, having sex with a minor and providing drugs to a minor to keep her under his control. Durham pleaded not guilty to all of the charges at his first court appearance on Oct. 28 in Martinez, and his bail was set at $1.2 million. He is still in custody. Durham’s plans to finish the album are now on hold indefinitely, which will leave Durham far from his comfort, the studio, which has been home for him. He has produced projects for himself and several Bay Area rappers like The Jacka, Husalah, San Quinn, Rydah J. Klyde and HD. Durham used several studios throughout the Bay Area and produced and recorded songs at several local facilities including 51 Hertz in Hayward.
“He was about his money I know that,” said StackBeats, a producer and rapper out of Hayward, who worked with Durham on several songs in the late 2000s in several Hayward studios. “I never saw any women at the studio when we was working. He was trying to get s--done. Make good music and make good money.” He stated that while the two did smoke marijuana, he never saw any other drugs when he worked with Durham. “I didn’t see him selling no girls,” StackBeats said. “He wasn’t about that when I was f--- with him. Or at least I never saw that kind of s---.” Many of the rapper’s songs reference selling women. The song “It’s The Hustle,” released in August 2012 by The Jacka, features Durham rapping about being a pimp and profiting from it. “She a snow bunny, she wanna hoe for me, so I told her just hoe for me, it’s five double-O, I’ll never be
“I been in the game for a long time, this project is a result of a lot of hard work and it really marks the connection of the Bay and LA.” —Joshua Richard Durham, "Five Hunnet", Rapper
phony,” Durham raps in the song. In “The Weekend,” a song featuring HD off of his 2014 album “Rags 2 Fortunes,” Durham has a conversation with himself in which he raps about a woman calling him a pimp and Durham confirms it. The 30-year-old came under investigation by the PPD in August after the victim reached out to family members and told them that he was making her perform sexual acts on others for money. According to PPD, they began to monitor Durham in person and online where they found evidence he was soliciting the minor on social media websites like Instagram. According to the District Attorney prosecuting the case there was evidence collected by investigators that showed he was soliciting the girl. His attorney, Julian Ross was unavailable for comment at the time of publication. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for later this month in Contra Costa County.
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Paris From Page 1 By Audrey Bretaud-Kelle CONTRIBUTOR
Friday, 13th of November 2015, was a turning point in the history of terrorism in France and Europe. Only 10 months after the cruelty of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack, ISIS attacked Paris again that night with extreme violence, in several places but with the same mission: generate fear, create terror and kill not only as many people as they could, but also the strong life-values that France embodies. Paris, Mon Amour I am an exchange student from France here at Cal State East Bay and on Friday night, I watched with tremendous horror on television as my home, Paris, was attacked. I sent messages to all my close ones to make sure they were safe or simply to hear their voice, I watched the news unable to speak nor cry. In this moment, several feelings hit me: sadness and fear at first, but quickly joined by anger, incomprehension, disgust and of course, a powerful desire to not let them win this war. Paris is the city of freedom. Where you get to be who you want to be. This is the city where you have a glass of wine or a beer on the terrace of a café after work and then at the same café you can enjoy a pain au chocolat or a croissant and a coffee in the morning. The city where everyone is always in a hurry, but everyone will stop to admire the sparkling lights of the Eiffel Tower at night. This is a place where you feel free to kiss someone you just met on the cheeks to say “Hi.” A place where you laugh and you
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enjoy music from the street, the subway stations, the free piano from the train stations or from a concert hall. Paris is the city where you are free to be different — where you can be forever young. On Friday, the world watched with horror as my beautiful Paris became a city filled with terror, tears and deaths. Paris in Horror A Friday night in Paris is a night of enjoying life, drinking, and celebrating for whatever reason. Last Friday, people were celebrating the friendly soccer game between France and Germany in the Stade De France, two miles north of Paris. This is where it began, around 9:20 p.m., a bomb exploded outside the stadium. The attacker carried the bomb on his belt then blew himself up, killing one civilian in the way. A few minutes later, a second bomb exploded near the location of the first. No casualties this time but the MO was the same: a suicide bombing. Inside the stadium, the game was still playing and no one knew what was going on outside. Everyone, French and Germans, were enjoying the game rooting for their national teams. They heard the explosions, but assumed they were probably just some fireworks to cheer on the teams. The French President, François Hollande, was immediately evacuated from the stadium discretely. And for good reason: outside the walls of the Stade de France, war was already on its way. At 9:25 p.m., shooters arrived at the terrace of a restaurant in the 10th arrondissement of the capital in a black car and immediately started shooting at the terrace of “Le petit Cambodge.” Fifteen people died. At 9:32 p.m., another terrace, another restaurant, another massacre. Five people were found dead at “A la bonne Bière.” At 9:36 p.m., a third restaurant, “La Belle Equipe,” in the 11th arrondissement: several shooters fired more than a hundred bullets,
killing at least nineteen people, some of them still as of today, between life and death. At 9:43 p.m., same arrondissement, different restaurant, a terrorist blew himself up. There were no casualties. At 9:51 p.m. in a McDonald’s near the Stade De France, a fourth suicide bomber blew himself up, fortunately killing only himself in the process. And then, 9:53 p.m., the Bataclan — a concert hall where the California band Eagles of Death Metal were playing for more than a thousand people — the unspeakable happened. At least three terrorists entered and started killing people, executing them one by one. The crowd screamed, hid, ran, fell and died. From this time until 12:20 a.m., people were held hostage. The Bataclan was a room filled with blood, dead bodies and hostages everywhere. “[It was] a pool of blood,” said Cecile in an interview with Le Monde.fr, whose last name was redacted to protect her privacy. “I had other people blood’s on me, flesh in my hair.” Outside the Bataclan, neighbors heard screaming and shooting, the sound of a city being held in terror. They heard the sound of Paris being attacked by ISIS. In the Bataclan, at least 89 people would die, some of them still fighting for life as these lines are being printed. The RAID, equivalent of SWAT, entered the concert hall at 12:20 a.m. and evacuated the room and places where people hid: lodges, restrooms, the roof, under dead bodies. “We had to play dead in order to live,” said survivor Anthony to Le Monde.fr. “They were executing us without mercy, without masks.” Two of the three terrorists blew themselves up and the third one was killed by RAID. Among the eight terrorists attackers claimed by ISIS, seven are dead and the last one, believed to be the brains of the operation, is being hunted. According to officials in charge of the
investigation in Paris, more terrorists could have been involved. In fact, an international wanted notice has been released for the Abdeslam brothers, Brahim and Salah, police officials said. As ISIS claims the second terrorist attack on Paris, only 10 months after Charlie Hebdo, France mourns as authorities confirm 129 deaths and hundreds of injured. Never on our knees While Paris is the center of a massive attack against the people of France, those same people have become more unified than ever. On Twitter, Parisians opened their doors with #PorteOuverte to people unable to go home as the public transportation system was shutting down. Jane Roussel, 22 years old, shared her address on Twitter to rescue and host people in need. “I put a lot of messages on Twitter but no one turned out to need it, I stayed with friends all night long at my place,” Roussel said. So many messages were being sent to help and rescue and 9,000 people donated their blood on Friday night and Saturday. France is staying united under these tough times and always will be. As far as I am from my home, I am with them still and I know French people all over the world are as well. Not only French people; the world is with Paris. ISIS targeted youth in Paris that night, but we are still here. Those 129 people are still here. Charlie is still here. Cabu, the emblematic drawer who died in January in the Charlie Hebdo attack, said “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” Never, ever we will be put down and stay on our knees. “I am gonna go home and tell the people I love that I love them and hug them. And I love you too Audrey and I miss you,” said Louise Guibert, one of my closest friends who lives in Paris. Because love is what we have — something that they, ISIS, does not and will never
have. This so called religion is nothing but hate, this is not religion. France is already fighting back, bombing ISIS camp bases in Syria. Is that a solution? Fight violence with violence? I have no idea what will work on them because they are so far away from the definition of human beings. I will let those in charge decide this for us and pray their solution will be the one that eradicates this hate, this violence from the free world. Today we cry, tomorrow we live My heart is broken, I felt sick as I watched the number of deaths increase on Friday night. I know what France embodies; I know what Paris stands for. I want to fight for that: fight for happiness, for love, for freedom. Of course we are afraid, we will be for a while. But let us not yield to this, let us keep living our life and enjoy it with a glass of wine or a macaroon. Fear should push us forward and not backward, let us not be paralyzed by fear. Let hope, love, strength and bravery help us move forward. Let one single voice scream that France is not afraid. Terrorism is not an act that solely affects Paris. Terrorism regards every soul who wants to fight against injustice and violence, every soul who wants to be free, everyone who wants peace. Terrorism is everyone’s business. They can look us in the eye while they are trying to put us down. What will they see? Union, fierce, strength, determination of the free world to eradicate them and their violence. And above all, love. Make them understand that this light in our eyes will never go away. To all the Charlies in the world, all the free spirits, to the people of France whom I proudly stand amongst, to all the Parisians: I implore you, keep living. We will not let them take more lives. We will not let them keep us from enjoying life. Today we cry, but tomorrow we live.
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$9 million levee project begins in East Bay By Michele Dennis CONTRIBUTOR The threat of rising sea levels inspired a new experimental project that is underway at San Lorenzo’s recently updated Oro Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant. A special event to introduce the project to the public was held on Saturday. More than 200 people came to the Oro Loma Sanitary District’s plant to learn about the new $9 million levee project at the event, hosted by the Oro Loma Plant and Save the Bay, a volunteer nonprofit. Funding for the project was provided by Oro Loma and Castro Valley Sanitary Districts and a $2.1 million grant from the Integrated Regional Water Management Program. Project manager and civil engineer, Jason Warner, along with other scientists gave several presentations to the crowd and explained how the marsh plain could protect the coastline from extreme weather, acting as a natural buffer. The levee project mimics a wetland ecosystem — water will first flow through a wetland basin, through the levee, which will sustain native plants, act as a filter and slow down waves, according to San Jose Mercury News. The project is being installed and managed by the Oro Loma Sanitary District in conjunction with UC Berkeley. If successful, the experiment will
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demonstrate that the natural horizontal levee design will thrive on the wastewater used to irrigate it, and that the natural environment it creates will become a valuable and natural eco-system that will benefit native animals and fauna. The native plants used for the initial planting, were chosen for their ability to process and neutralize potentially damaging nitrogen and phosphorus from the wastewater. Levees such as these could potentially help protect crucial infrastructure at the bay’s edge, including our 10 existing waste water purification sites, thousands of homes, dozens of hazardous waste sites, highways, roads and railway tracks; all at risk from an anticipated sea rise of 15 to 55 inches over the next 50 to 100 years, due to global warming, according to the Oro Loma Sanitary District website. The Oro Loma Wastewater Treatment and Purification Plant serves several communities, including San Lorenzo and parts ofunincorporatedSanLeandroandCastro Valley. Water biologists from the plant have worked with scientists from UC Berkeley and members from Save The Bay coalition on the new experimental horizontal levee. The initial 400 by 200 foot levee is a design developed by coastal ecologist and botanist, Dr. Peter Baye and his team from UC Berkeley. They seek to create a terrestrial, not tidal habitat, modeled after natural environments once found all over the bay’s edge. “Responding to sea level rise in an environmentally friendly way is a decent win; but it can be a grand slam if it succeeds in addressing the water quality, flooding and habitat problems we face on our shorelines all at once,” Warner said. The levee design will also serve as a reservoir for emergency sewage overflows and will protect the bay from
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sewage pollution from occurrences like those at Marin Country’s Sausalito-Marin water treatment plant in the past years, which were responsible for dumping millions of gallons of raw sewage into the bay. This new concept was proposed in 2012, but was only begun earlier this year. The public was invited to tour the entire water-plant, including the native plant beds and the outlying area con-
taining the site and the infrastructure of the new levee. The project’s expansion will require overcoming ecologic and economic hurdles currently posed by regulatory issues and funding. Volunteers from Save the Bay have already begun planting 70,000 native plants selected by plant ecologists for their ability to grow and adapt in this environment. The plants will become an important part of the habitat and will support
the bay’s existing eco-system of birds, mammals and insects, crucial to a healthy bio-system. If the plantings survive and the experiment is successful, the marsh plain area at the plant will be increased at a later date. The plan would also be extended to other parts of the San Francisco Bay coastline as well. It seems that everyone could be a winner if this concept of “sustainability meets practicality” does well.
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East Bay basketball takes on new season Hoop squads eager to succeed By Marquis Jaramillo CONTRIBUTOR
East Bay basketball madness is here and started on Nov. 13 with the conference challenge in Pioneer Gymnasium. Both teams hope to start the season strong. The men look to make their first playoff berth since joining NCAA Division II and the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 2009-2010; the women hope to make it back to where they ended last year, the CCAA conference championship. The men ended the 2014-2015 season with a 6-22 overall record and 4-18 in conference play and finished 11th in the 12 team CCAA conference. One of the largest issues the men suffered was a short roster, since at one point of the season they only had 8-9 players to rotate, compared to 12 normally. This season bench players will be one thing the team will not lack. “We’re looking to really compete this year,” said senior shooting guard Alex Carmon from Long Beach, California. “We’ve been coming in and working hard, preparing, taking the right measures. We’re out for blood.” The team struggled last year primarily because they lacked depth and scoring. Seniors Tre Mauldin and Jack Pasquini provide experience for the squad and Carmon explained that depth wouldn’t be a problem this year.
“We got a couple guys that could really go,” Carmon said. “They can put the ball on the ground, knock down shots, and create for themselves.” Something that this team desperately needed. Carmon has high hopes for his team this season, and he can feel it out on the practice f loor. “We’re trying our best to really not give up any easy opportunities,” he said. “Coach really emphasizes defense and I couldn’t respect that more. I honestly have wanted to become a better defender myself.” The team is also looking to score a lot more easily. They want to work for easy shots, and look to make that extra pass, “something like the Spurs offense,” Carmon said with a smile on his face. “You get an open shot but pass it over for a better shot.” That’s what they want to do, they want to be opportune, take advantage and be prepared. However, for the women, their 2014-2015 season was a different story. This team finished with a regular season record of 20-11 overall and 13-9 in the CCAA, which earned them the 6th and final seed to make it to the CCAA playoffs last year. In the playoffs, the women came up with two tough wins against third ranked Cal Poly Pomona, 7570 and second ranked Humboldt State, 73-67, sending them into the finals. They then met number one seeded Cal State Dominguez Hills in the conference championship game but came up short with a heartbreaking loss, 57-76. While they made it within one game of conquering their confer-
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Top: CSUEB junior guard Ashleigh Anderson looks for an open teammate on Saturday in Hayward. Bottom: Freshman Alex Manu drives past a defender at Pioneer Gymnasium in Hayward on Saturday.
ence, the women look to use this experience as motivation to propel them even further this year, ac-
cording to senior point guard Lacie Effenbeger and junior center Remy Puou.
“We have higher expectations for ourselves this season with knowing that we can get that far,” Effenberger said. “We work well as a team and it’s exciting.” Puou made it clear that their expectations are through the roof this season for the Pioneers. “Our goal is to obviously get a banner, make it as far as we can and like Lacie said, we have good chemistry and a lot of great players that have come in and are returners,” Puou said. Last year the team had a steady f low of offense from senior shooting guard Stephanie Lopez. Lopez was second in the CCAA conference in points per game with an 18.4 average. Puou explained that they will miss her, but they look to fill that gap with multiple player contributions. “Last year Stephanie Lopez was our main scorer, so now it’s going to be more of a team sport,” Puou said. “Everyone is going to have to score and contribute offensively and defensively.” Effenberger agreed with her teammate, stating, “It’s going to take a lot of the little things too. With the bench and even the people coming off the bench, we’re going to have to play deep and be a collective unit in order to get to where we want to get.” Effenberger’s last words describing her and the team’s hopes for this season: “Now that we know what it feels like to make it to the playoffs and to the championship round, we want that feeling again, and we want to get just as far and get even further.”
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