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Winter 2016 Issue 3
Student and staff say goodbye to professors
Why ‘The Donald’ is the renewer of democracy
By Lisette Torres
By Yousuf Fahimuddin
ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
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It is a somber time for Cal State East Bay, as students, faculty and staff say goodbye to three professors and pioneers this month: Dr. Delmo Della-Dora, Dr. Douglas Sprague and Dr. Diane Satin. The Office of Academic Affairs informed the university of the passing of Della-Dora, Professor Emeritus of Teacher Education who was a faculty member from 1973 to 1992 and was recognized for his community involvement. He served as president to local, non-profit organization, Ruby’s Place, a domestic-violence shelter, for many years. Memorial services will be Jan. 23 at 3 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church in Castro Valley. His cause of death is unknown at this time. The Academic Affair’s office also confirmed the passing of Dr. Douglas Sprague, Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology on Jan. 6. Dr. Sprague was a faculty member for 40 years. His memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 30th, at 2 p.m., at Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church in Hayward. His cause of death was also undisclosed at the time of publication. School officials announced the passing of professor Dr. Diane Satin on Jan. 9. The Department of Accounting and Finance shared the sad news with faculty members and students on Jan. 14. According to the department, Dr. Satin was deeply involved with numerous university groups and served on various committees. Dr. Satin was an active professor, teaching three accounting courses this quarter. Her career at CSUEB began in September 1990 and she contributed greatly to the department since. The university held a memorial service for Dr. Satin on Wednesday in the New University Union. Many attended the service to remember and pay their respects. “She would always request larger classes to accommodate her students,” Dr. Nancy Marigold, accounting and finance chair, recalled as she held back tears, “she was doing what she loved to do.”
“The Donald” is a gift to democracy. Donald Trump’s existence as a candidate is a movement within itself. Trump is like a piece of art, he’s got value, but is often misunderstood. He is to the political process what Occupy Wall Street was to, well, Wall Street. Maybe not intentionally, but that’s what he is. Hear me out. Donald Trump is a grotesque candidate and that’s what makes him fantastic, because even though most Americans despise his tendency to devolve into hate speech, we still love to hear it because it’s entertaining. The media is obsessed with him — since the start of his campaign there have been 2,159 reports about him, and that’s just from CNN alone, according to media analytics cruncher Zignal Labs. In total, Trump was the story in reports by CNN, FOX and MSNBC more than 5,000 times during the period of June 16, 2015 to Sept. 14, 2015. Three months of “Trump-mania” figures out to about 55 new stories about him, every day. Naturally his rise in the polls match the proportion of media coverage he’s received. In a field filled with the usual serial politicians peddling lies to the American people like Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and actual closeted extremists like Ted Cruz or Mike Huckabee, it’s been interesting to watch a candidate make a mockery of the presidential voting process that has become so fake and plastic.
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Kavanagh Liquors #1, literally Customers line up at Kavanagh Liquors #1 in San Lorenzo on Jan. 13 to purchase tickets for the $1.6 billion drawing.
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Poets get paid through contest By Wendy Medina COPY EDITOR
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Attention Bay Area: The Super Bowl is coming Region will be flooded with people for the football festivities By Louis LaVenture SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR Despite the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers’ absence from the 2016 NFL postseason, the Bay Area will feel the impact of Super Bowl 50. The big game will be at the home of the 49ers, Levi’s Stadium, on Feb. 7 in Santa Clara, which brings with it a unique set of situations. With
the entire sports and media world focused on the final game, it was estimated by Sports Illustrated Magazine that hundreds of thousands to potentially millions of people could visit the city and surrounding areas. This means the East Bay will feel that presence of visitors as well. According to a statement released by the NFL, San Jose, Santa Clara, Oakland and San Francisco will all host events related to the game, which should drive up hotels, restaurants and retail profits for the Bay Area. According to the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona which hosted Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, the city as well as the surrounding cities like Phoe-
nix, Scottsdale, Mesa and Tempe all reported increases in tourism spending upwards of 120 percent above the normal rate for that same time of year traditionally. As most of the events, like concerts by Alicia Keys and OneRepublic in San Francisco, fans will have to look to surrounding cities for places to stay and shop. “Bay Area traffic is already very congested, especially during peak traffic times,” Michael Cassidy, UC Berkeley Professor of Transportation Engineering said. “If those numbers are accurate, with an additional million or so people in the greater Bay
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Cal State East Bay’s English department is offering cash for all original poetry. The 11th annual Helen “Jackie” DeClercq Prize for Poetry is open to all enrolled undergraduate and graduate level CSUEB students, regardless of major. Original poems may be submitted — on any subject, however family-life oriented pieces are especially welcomed — to the English Department office located in room 2579 in the Music Building. Poems submitted have a chance to win a cash prize and be published in CSUEB’s literary magazine Occam’s Razor. Prizes for the best three poems range from $250, $100 and $50. Entries must be typed and on a separate sheet of paper include your name, address, phone, email and title of poem. The limit of submissions is 3 per student and no email entries will be accepted. Previous first place winners are not eligible to enter and all entries are considered to be published in this year’s issue Occam’s Razor. The deadline for the DeClercq Poetry Contest is Feb. 12. Winners will be announced during spring quarter 2016.
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Students “feel the world” in a new way while experimenting with drugs.
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A look at CSUEB after students drop acid
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By Wendy Medina COPY EDITOR
It begins in a dorm at University Village; walls covered with posters and artwork, string lights hanging above us like stars and a tiny acid tab slowly dissolving under our tongues leaving a metallic taste. Thirty to 90 minutes is usually how long it takes for LSD to kick in. My friend and I find ourselves asking each other the perpetual stoner question, “Do you feel it yet?” every 15 minutes dropping. I anticipated the typical eight hourlong trip. This was my third time and my friend’s first; I tried to set the mood as best I could with some Van Morrison, after all, LSD is very much environment-based. Slowly, patterns of the kaleidoscope effect begin to ebb and flow in our vision, colors explode with vibrancy and rainbow waves seem to radiate off of everything. It doesn’t seem real enough just yet, but something began to fester. One thing I didn’t exactly know until I almost puked my guts out the first time was that it is not advised to eat before
tripping because like other psychedelics, it causes nausea; thankfully, this time, we only started sweating it out. Suddenly, our eyes were stuck on a vinyl cover that had an image of the Milky Way and it literally projected itself to us. Right then we knew, it was as if our minds were connected and we both felt the wonderful tingling sensation of waves washing through our bodies, the trip announced its arrival. CSUEB psychology professor, Dr. Judith Chapman explained to me, “What most influences the experience is the environment. If you’re in an environment where you feel safe and secure then it could be a more benign experience. On the other hand, if you were in a place where you don’t have the support, or feeling a bit paranoid or angry, then you create a risk for bad things happening.” If a bad trip starts to occur, the answer simply lies within moving locations or clearing one’s mind from negative thoughts, which is easier said than done. Unfortunately for me, that Milky Way turned into a black hole that distorted everything on the wall with demon-esque darkness and began to suck up the world around me, so I knew I had to get the hell out of University Village. Really, with any drug, it’s always up to the person to use one’s best judge-
ment, or have a friend facilitate. In my case, I somehow managed to call up another friend, who besides becoming our facilitator, became our DJ for the night. This was a major bonus because it is impossible to even unlock your phone, without becoming lost in what the pixels are whispering much less get far enough to decide what song to play. In seemingly flashes of transporting from one spot to the other, we reached our peak in 2-3 hours, as is standard; we made our way to the stadium on campus. The view of the Bay was spectacular. It was an oil painting of the East Bay’s lights that morphed into something of an acid-fueled starry night. The night sky was set ablaze by an ever-changing spectrum of colors and time elapsing, the trees on the opposite side of the stadium glowed and danced so gracefully with each note of Moonlight Sonata that had become part of the playlist. The city breathed alongside us. Anywhere with that view — the roofs of the science buildings, the stadium, the hills behind the Dining Commons, the trail that leads to the creek behind the dorms, the roof of the library — are optimal spots when tripping at night on campus. “Bright neon tinted and multi-layered geometric patterns and trails blew my mind, along with the feeling of pure bliss,
contentment and happiness,” said junior Marissa Mendoza, fellow acid-tripper. “Knowing life would be okay. I watched mother nature breathe and my friends laugh and cry and smile with the biggest smiles to warm my soul.” Because all the buildings on campus are left open at all hours, the trail of us headed into the Music Building where we began to draw what we were seeing on the blackboards. Time became something intangible, so we were unaware how long we admired our artwork before we started to come down. To put it simply, it was intense, orgasmic, exceedingly personal, euphoric, therapeutic — one is left with a feeling of tranquility and universal truth. The “acid culture” within our school is a quiet, but strong one. I’m always surprised by the amount of people I’ve met who have dropped while becoming submersed into this community. Whispers of finding the next strongest connect can be heard throughout the halls of the Music and Science Buildings and I’m sure everywhere else. Experienced tripper senior Aaron Roiz couldn’t have put it better: “On LSD, chaos becomes clarity; the thin dreamy veil allows us an unclouded revelatory look at our very being.”
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San Lorenzo store luckiest in the state By Louis LaVenture NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR For the past two weeks the Powerball lottery had people in frenzy. Lines wrapped around stores and went on for blocks for a chance to purchase tickets to win a $900 million jackpot and then $1.6 billion just a few days later. Three people won the big jackpot including one ticket that was sold at a 7-11 in Chino Hills, in San Bernardino County. Large lines and crowds were the norm during the time of increased jackpots and prizes. Kavanagh Liquors #1 in San Lorenzo was no different and saw massive crowds. However, this store has history
to back it up. In a recent study by the California Lottery, they listed the liquor store as one of the luckiest in the state because of its huge payouts. According to the California Lottery, since 1985, Kavanagh has had five lottery winners of more than $1 million — three more occurrences than any other store on the list of luckiest stores. Earlier this month, a Union City resident won $1 million during the $900 million drawing after he matched five numbers, but not the powerball #. “It’s not just the jackpot,” San Leandro resident Michael Gaines said while in line at Kavanagh. “When it gets this high just a few numbers can make you a millionaire. Momma didn’t raise no fool.” Gaines bought 40 quick picks for the $900 million drawing and he won $27. He came back for the $1.6 billion drawing and spent $40 again on quick picks. “Somebody’s gotta win,” Gaines said. “Why not me?”
Winners can choose two methods of payment, a lump sum, or 30 annual payments. The 30 annual payment option receives more money overall however, both options have their drawbacks. After taxes and fees, winners get anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of the total jackpot. The three winners of the $1.6 billion jackpot each receive about $533 million before taxes and fees which will leave them each with roughly $327.8 million each. As recent as 2012, California Lottery officials said the average payout for jackpots is roughly 35 percent of the total prize. Stores also benefit from ticket sales not just winners. Participating retailers receive 4.5 to six percent sales commission on total ticket sales and one half of one percent on winning tickets. However, the store can only receive a maximum of $1 million on winning tickets no matter how large the jackpot is. “It gets pretty crazy when the lot-
to goes up,” Kavanagh manager David Spahn said. “We have to make special lines and yell a lot. Some customers get mad about the crowds but hey, everybody wants a shot at the millions.” Former CSUEB and Ohlone math instructor, Dang To said that the probability of winning the lottery is one in nearly 300 billion people. “It’s fun to buy tickets and dream of what could happen,” To said. “But the odds are not good, most people will be throwing away money.” However, that money will not just be thrown away. Kindergarten through 12th grade schools are a direct beneficiary of lottery taxes and unclaimed prizes, especially when ticket sales rise for large jackpots. Last year $1.3 billion was given to K-12 schools from money brought in by lotto ticket sales. With 2016 beginning with such a large jackpot, officials believe that number could increase this year.
“Everybody wins,” Spahn said. “Except the losers.” Kavanagh’s last big winner was in 2013 when an 87-year-old woman took home an $11 million SuperLotto Plus prize. Of the store’s five winners of more than $1 million, the largest, $28.5 million, remains unclaimed. California Lottery representative Ling Yin said that winning tickets are valid for 180 days before they expire and they are then donated to “public education.” There are also nine lottery district offices throughout California, including one on Industrial Boulevard in west Hayward. “Those offices are more for sales reps,” Yin said. “Players can get help with questions or assistance claiming their prizes there but they don’t award prizes.” The ticket was sold in 2003 and at the time it was the largest SuperLotto Plus prize ever won and remains one of the largest unclaimed prizes in the country.
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From Page 1 More often than not Trump preaches awful ideas. A wall across the 1,989 mile border with Mexico would cost absurd amounts of money. Despite that, the media is forced to cover him in order to get better ratings and better pageviews. In his absurdity he becomes a more and more popular candidate, not because he’s viable but because he’s fun. And in the process the whole idea of voting for the best candidate to become the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, kind of falls to the wayside. It’s not like Donald Trump is actually going to put Muslims in internment camps, 57 percent of the country would oppose that, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll taken after the San Bernardino attack. Nor is he going to actually build a wall on the Mexican border. Did Obama shut down Guantanamo? Of course not, they’re both just rallying their respective bases; the Republican hardliners are scared of Muslims and want them out because they’re all terrorists, and the far-left Liberals think Guantanamo is illegal and want it shut down. Even if Obama were to shut down Guantanamo via executive action, that’s easily overturned once he’s out of office. Both actions are so far on the extreme end of things, they’ll never happen. Sometimes I think Trump himself is running this campaign to show people that the election process is corrupt and clearly doesn’t work. Trump openly revolts against the system by refusing to take donations from corporate investors or Political Action Committees. He retweets memes and satires of himself. His attacks on women, and then subsequent backpedaling, is that of a man who truly doesn’t care, about anything. He said in an interview with Esquire, impressively attacking both women and the news industry at the same time,“You know, it really doesn’t matter what the
From Page 1 Area for the game, the traffic could get worse than many residents have ever seen.” Several police departments that include the cities of Mountain View, San Jose, Santa Clara and Milpitas have all released official statements warning their residents about the impending influx of people to the area. Police told residents not to leave any valuables in their vehicles, lock their homes and expect longer than normal commute and traveling times. Many cities, like Mountain View, will have several of their streets blocked off the weekend of Super Bowl 50, which could lead to even worse traffic conditions in other cities as well. Ashley Wilson works at Extended Stay America Hotel in Fremont and said the crowds are evident when big events occur. “Anytime there is a really big concert or show, especially in San Jose, we get a lot more customers than normal,” Wilson said. “We sold out of rooms for an entire week when Beyonce and Sam Smith were in town last year.” Wilson said with the big game so close to Fremont she is expecting more guests than normal for January and February. ILLUSTRATION BY BRITTANY ENGLAND/THE PIONEER
media writes as long as you’ve got a young, and beautiful piece of ass.” A candidate who does all this can’t possibly be taking himself seriously. He just doesn’t care. And maybe that’s the point we’re all missing. Even if Trump is serious and wants to get rid of all the brown people, it doesn’t
matter anyway, because Trump won’t be elected. He’s incredibly unpopular amongst general election voters, according to a recent piece by Nate Silver’s political number crunching blog FiveThirtyEight. If this was Europe and Trump was running for office I’d be concerned, but this is the United States, we’re much
more tolerant and welcoming than we give ourselves credit for. Trump is great because he’s ridiculous and raises important questions that would not otherwise be raised in a regular droll presidential race come this far. Ultimately, his campaign forces us to reexamine the political election process.
If a guy can become a frontrunner by insulting a bunch of people and being racist, then our system is heavily flawed. Trump said, “One of they key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace. Good people don’t go into government.” Sometimes, he gets some things right.
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Pioneers win streak snapped at home Women’s hoops finally lose a game By Louis LaVenture NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR
All good things must come to an end. For the first time since November 2015, the Cal State East Bay women’s basketball team lost. The Pioneers dropped two close home games; first to UC San Diego (14-2 overall, 9-1 conference) on Friday, 56-54, and then to Cal State San Bernardino (95, 6-4) 64-63 on Saturday. CSUEB is now 13-4 overall and 7-2 in California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference games this season, which puts them at fourth overall in the CCAA. “Our league is talented and with the demanding back to back games we must have a greater sense of urgency and resiliency,” CSUEB Head Coach Suzy Barcomb said. “There are always bumps along the season, it is not so much about when these challenges arise, it is about how the team responds.” Senior guard Shannon Bland, fresh off her CCAA player of the week award, was still hot for the Pioneers and helped keep both contests close. Bland and CSUEB saw their 11 game win streak fall on Friday when the
Tritons squeaked out a two-point victory late in the game. Senior forward Bianca Littleton secured a rebound and put home a layup to tie the game at 47 with just over six minutes left, that capped off a 7-0 Pioneer run. Both teams exchanged baskets and with 33 seconds left in the contest, Bland nailed two free throws that made the score 54-55 in favor of UCSD. The Pioneers elected to play defense on the last possession for the Tritons and they stopped them, but forward Tanite Taylor grabbed the offensive rebound and hit one of two free throws as the clock ran out. Bland led the way for CSUEB again with a game-high 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Junior from Hayward Remy Puou poured in 10 points in just 12 minutes on the floor. “[Bland] is unselfish, she understands what is expected of her on a daily basis and she delivers,” Barcomb said. “Shannon is all about PHOTO BY KRISTIANA FEDERE/THE PIONEER the team. She will do whatever is necessary to help this team and our Cal State East Bay senior guard Ashleigh Anderson uses her wing span to defend an inbound play on Saturday at the program achieve our goals. The ex- Pioneer Gymnasium in Hayward during a loss to Cal State San Bernardino. tra hours of work she puts into her craft are now coming to the forefront just under two minutes left in the game, giving CSUEB their second just trying to improve everyday.” game, senior guard Laci Effenberger consecutive loss of the season. Once Seniors Tori Breshers and Bland during the games.” The Pioneers had another home hit a three point shot that put the Pi- again, Bland led the way with a ca- both rank in the top ten in scoring reer-high 26 points in the loss. in the conference. The Pioneers have game the next day against the Coy- oneers up 59-54. Bland drilled a layup to tie the “Even when teams make runs on to go on the road now for three conotes, and it was more of the same late game drama. CSUEB tried to avenge score at 61, but San Bernardino se- us that’s when we have to keep fight- secutive games. Their first test will their first CCAA conference loss but nior guard Sophie Bhasin hit a three ing and know that we can win,” Bland be tomorrow when they travel to San San Bernardino outlasted the Pio- to put them up for good. The Coyotes said. “Success is hard, but my team Francisco State (4-11, 2-7) to take on neers for the one point triumph. With went on a 10-4 run to close out the is accepting the challenge and we’re the Gators at 5:30 p.m.
CSUEB loses on home turf Basketball falls to 2-7 in conference
a team-high 12 points in the loss. Senior guard Alex Carmon also chipped in with 8 points for East Bay. The Pioneers came back on Saturday with a renewed intensity. They challenged shots and fought for rebounds, which was reflected on the scoreboard. This time the Pioneers went By Louis LaVenture into halftime down just one point, 39-38 NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR against the coyotes. CSUEB Head The struggles Coach Gus Arcontinued for the genal said that his Cal State East team’s defensive Bay men’s basketperformance was ball team over the “solid,” but he exweekend. pected better exeCSUEB fell to cution offensively 6-10 overall and and rebounding. 2-7 in California The game went Collegiate Athback and forth and letic Association with just 21 seccontests, after onds left, CSUEB they lost two home freshman guard games at Pioneer Jordan Balser Gymnasium. UC grabbed a rebound San Diego (13-3 and scored on a overall, 8-2 conputback to make ference) handily the score 74-73. beat the Pioneers The Pioneers were 64-43 on Friday, forced to foul and and Cal State San the Coyotes nailed Bernardino (5their free throws 9, 2-8) edged out to give them the CSUEB in a close 78-75 conference 78-73 victory. victory. The Tritons It was Okwudidominated East bonye again who PHOTO BY MELODY PLATT/CONTRIBUTOR Bay and took a had a game-high ten point advan26 points and tage into the half Senior forward Ryan Okwudibonye 8 rebounds in at 28-18. It was goes up for a shot on the Hayward the loss for the more of the same campus during a loss on Friday. Pioneers. Jufrom UCSD in nior guard Jalen the second half as they extended their Richard also helped CSUEB stay in the advantage to 21 points by the end of the contest with his 14 points but was also game. Senior forward Drew Dyer set the credited with 9 turnovers. Richard is pace for the Tritons with 17 points in the eighth overall in the CCAA conference winning effort. in scoring, as he averages 15.3 points per “We came out here focused,” Dyer game for the Pioneers. said. “We’re always focused, but on the The men’s basketball team will go on road you have to turn it up some.” the road looking to rebound against San CSUEB senior forward Ryan Okwudi- Francisco State (9-6, 3-6) tomorrow at bonye led the way for the Pioneers with 7:30 p.m.