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NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR For Cal State University students at the system’s 23 campuses, things are going to change, at least for a week. The California Faculty Association held a conference call on Feb. 12 for the media to ask questions about the impending system-wide strike set for April 13 to 15, 18 and 19. CFA President and philosophy professor at Cal State East Bay, Jennifer Eagan and Communications Director, Alice Sunshine answered a variety questions from student reporters and editors from throughout the CSU system. The CFA is waiting for the report from an independent third party fact-finding panel led by professional mediator Bonnie Castrey. Legally, the CFA can’t authorize a strike until a 10day blackout period has passed after the findings are issued, which they expect to happen the second week of April and is why the dates have been scheduled for roughly 10 days later. CSU Associate Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance Brad Wells and Chair of the CFA Bargaining Team Kevin Weir are also a part of the panel. If both sides are unable to come to an agreement after the strike ends on Apr. 19, the entire staff and faculty will return to work on Apr. 20. However, the CFA will likely ask for further strike dates if a deal has not been reached. “Chancellor White and the CSU Board of Trustees have left us with no choice,” Eagan said. “This is about our salaries but it is also about the way that CSU is being mismanaged in such a way that it not only disadvantages faculty in terms of salaries but also students in terms of instruction.” According to Eagan, faculty members had no raises from 2008 to 2012, and in 2013 received an $80 per month raise. She said that most but not all fac-
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ulty members received a 1.6 percent increase in 2014, the first year of their three-year contract. CSU Director of Public Affairs Toni Molle disagreed with Eagan. “Employee salaries were held constant from 2007-12 due to declining state support during the recession,” Molle said. “CSU faculty were the
only group that received any general salary increase during this time — a 2 percent increase in 2008. During this time, the CSU continued to pay for increases in health/welfare benefits and retirement contributions.” The majority of lecture faculty are far less paid than tenure track professors and they
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San Carlos fights over dog park
By Louis LaVenture
Mollie Costello of the Alan Blueford Commission speaks at First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Oakland last Thursday.
A forum focused on police brutality drew citizens who shared testimonies of their personal experiences at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Oakland on Feb 11. The Coalition for Police Accountability hosted the forum to invite the community to speak on their experiences with police brutality at the hands of the Oakland Police Department. Amongst those that shared their experiences was Ana Biocini, sister of Hernan Jaramillo. Jaramillo, 51, was killed by Oakland Police after they suffocated him to death while detaining him in July 2013, on East 21st Street, Biocini said. An Oakland city official, who asked to remain anonymous, tearfully said she had received death threats recently on her phone. When she reported the incident to the OPD, she said they laughed. Bobby Cephus, Oscar Grant’s uncle, as well as members from the Alan Blueford Commission spoke at the event. Grant was killed by BART police in 2009, which led to widespread protests and condemnation of police violence. Alan Blueford was shot to
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By Elizabeth Avalos STAFF WRITER
The push to eliminate the state sales tax on menstrual products in the state of California is stronger than ever. In late January, the California State Board of Equalization, which oversees state taxes, endorsed a newly introduced bill that will exempt menstrual sanitary products from the state sales tax. Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (D) and her Republican colleague, Ling Ling Chang introduced AB 1561 on the basis that these products are necessary
health items, rather than luxuries and thus a sales tax should not be imposed on them. “AB 1561 is about social justice, gender equity in our tax code, it’s an opportunity to end an outdated tax that uniquely targets women for a function of their body, a function we don’t control and can’t ignore every month of our adult life,” Garcia stated in a press release. In January, writer and activist Jennifer Weiss-Wolf highlighted how poor menstrual hygiene is affecting low-income and homeless women on a global scale. In an article for the Huffington Post, she explained how a woman’s
health, productivity and dignity becomes dangerously compromised when she is unable to afford menstrual sanitary products or lacks access to hygiene facilities. Weiss-Wolf emphasized that in developing and third world countries, the consequences of poor menstrual hygiene are so horrific they can even prove deadly and many low-income women in the United States, especially those experiencing homelessness, share a similar struggle. While it varies from state to state in the United States, California is one of 40 states that presently imposes a sales tax on these products. The only states that do not impose
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The city of San Carlos opened a new off-leash dog park that had some residents bark complaints and others howl support at bi-monthly city council meetings. The facility has caused a big debate between San Carlos residents, since some believe it is in a bad location. It is surrounded by apartment complexes and disrupts what used to be a peaceful neighborhood, according to residents. The dog park is located in the downtown area on the corner of Elm Street and San Carlos Avenue next door to City Hall, the library and police department. The park is a 1.3 acre unpaved fenced piece of land, with a few benches, picnic tables and original trees that date back as far as 40 years. Since the grand opening on Sept. 14, the park has been discussed in every city council meeting, which occurs twice a month. Residents have proposed for the dog park to be relocated to one of the four original areas, first proposed by the city: Lower Vista Park, Arguello Park, North Crestview Park and Chilton Park. There haven’t been reports on which location is most favorable. “It’s the owner’s responsibility to keep control and not allow a dog to bark for 15 minutes straight at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning,” said Ivan Rodriguez, who lives in the apartment complex next door to the park. Other complaints include owners not cleaning up after their dogs, the lack of security in the early mornings and late evenings, poor lighting and the lack of parking spaces for local residents. Supporters of the park show up to every city council meeting to make sure their opinions are heard and have city officials know how important the park is to them since there are so few in the area where dogs can roam free offleash. “Complaints were based on the barking primarily,” said Parks and Recreation Director Christine Boland. Noise complaints were made at the city hall meeting and to accommodate local residents, Boland put restrictions to the hours of operation of the park. The dog park is now open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays. Before complaints were made, there were no enforced restrictions on the dog park. Reports from the San Mateo Daily Journal say the council approved spending up to $80,000 to enclose about 75 percent of the City Hall Park for a temporary off-leash program, however the status of the program approval is pending. “The city council has the power to make changes to any of the city’s infrastructure at any time, but I imagine they are going to leave this a permanent dog park,” said Boland.
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Pride through peaceful resistance Beyoncé’s performance ingnites debate
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Louis LaVenture used it as a platform to attack police officers who protect her... what we should be doing in the African American Community.... is build respect for police officers,” he said during an interview on Fox News Channel. Many people agreed with Giuliani: endless tweets saying Beyonce was hypocritical, shameful, ridiculous and did not glorify any other race. Though in no way did she discriminate against anyone while doing so. When a Black female artist, uses her influence to bring attention to how much she appreciates being “Black,” it is expected she will receive criticism and negative comments from individuals who do not truly understand her intentions. In saying that, too many are caught in understanding the kind of representation that only relates to them, and when it doesn’t, they downtalk ones’ actions.
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Beyoncé Knowles told the world that she loves her blackness and the world should love it back when she released her new music video and performed at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. On Feb. 6, she released a new music video and song called “Formation,” which she debuted a day later at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. In the video and halftime performance, the Houston native did something she has never done before: she strategically meshed politics with her performance by using dancers, wardrobes and choreography to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The video, the song and the performance is a tribute to black citizens — there is no denying that. Being that I am an African American female, the fact that she did this had an immense impact on me, because it felt like she was fighting for me. “Formation” is centered around the idea of embracing African American attributes, such as “afros” and “negro noses” that have been used in racial attacks against her, her husband, her daughter and Blacks in general. Black people and black women in particular, have been degraded for far too long; it was time Beyoncé used her platform to let the world know that Blacks are here, that we love us no matter what and we want the world to know how we feel. Beyoncé’s “pro-black” Super Bowl performance payed homage to multiple historic Black icons. Most prominent being the Black Panthers, a Black organization based in Oakland, as her dancers wore black berets and danced with their fist in the air. She also coordinated her dancers to form an X, which was an obvious nod to Malcolm X. Her performance provoked a massive amount of attention and controversy amongst the millions who tuned in and sparked positive and negative feedback
from news outlets and social media across the nation. While many applauded Beyonce’s show, others belittled her actions and accused her of being anti-cop, claiming she used her platform in a negative way by exhibiting racism. Rudy Giualiani, former New York Governor, showed no remorse for the star as he was convinced she attacked officers, “I thought it was really outrageous that she
Too many people have the false belief that pro-blackness equates to anti-white since pro-whiteness is enriched in racism and is connected to white power and violence. Or that fighting against specific cop’s actions is anti-cop, when it’s not. The fact that she had police officers holding their hands up in front of a black boy in her video, resembling the same attire Trayvon Martin was wearing when he was killed, is resistance. Displaying a visual in her video with a wall tagged with the phrase “Don’t shoot us” in clear view is resistance. Dressing up as Black Panthers is resistance. Expressing how she will never change who she truly is, no matter how much money she has or what platform she is placed on, is resistance. She chose not to compromise her feelings towards media, the system and society in general and bring to light social issues she felt were important. That 102 unarmed Black individuals were killed by police officers in 2015 matters to her, having pride for her culture matters to her, making others feel proud and having love for themselves matters to her. Beyoncé’s performance should matter to people all over the nation. It matters to the people who are ridiculed because of their hair, to the family and friends of the innocent lives killed by officers; it matters to every person that ever felt they were not important because of others. In the span of two days, she went from solely an entertainer, to an entertainer and activist. The lyrics, “Come on ladies now let’s get in formation,” encouraged the idea of nonviolent support, to stand up against every negative thing said or done to an individual. The 20-time Grammy Award-winning artist displayed a sense of resistance, a peaceful resistance that spoke louder than many could fathom. She expressed self-love as a response to an errant, capitalist, misogynistic system, in the most cordial way possible, undeterred by the never-ending self hate that is being fed to Blacks and other people of color.
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The art of mind-blowing sex
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Tantra practice accentuates pleasure By Wendy Medina COPY EDITOR The most powerful orgasms known to men and women exist only within the erotic art of tantric sex. It’s generally known that sex proves to have many physical and health benefits, like stress relief, improved sleep, serves as a boost to the immune system and exercise; however, tantric sex takes it to a new level. Oftentimes simply referred to as Tantra, this method of intercourse flourished from ancient Indian tradition that sought to emulate divine en-
ergy. As opposed to the western hemispheric approach of orgasm-oriented sex, the “goal” here is to experience and explore all that sexual energy as long as possible before reaching climax. In that way, one experiences more pleasure on the journey to get there. By removing orgasm from the equation, every ounce of attention is on the experience, and the mind-body connection is used prolong the moment. Health and science news site Medical Daily explains that, “Tantra distinguishes many different energy systems within us, known as chakras, which are energy centers in the body between the pelvis and the top of the head. It is through the expansion of the consciousness and the weaving of male (represented by the Hindu god, Shiva), and female (embodied by the Hindu goddess, Shakti), into a harmonious whole.”
There’s something very spiritual about tantric sex because not only was the concept derived from teachings to pathways of “universal energy,” enlightenment or ascension to nirvana, but elements of these ideas are intertwined within the physical act. Sexual energy should first blossom through eye contact, and be maintained throughout. It may be awkward at first, but eye contact is the sense of connection that’s necessary to enjoy tantric sex. What’s significant in the tantra practice is once relaxed and comfortable, it is through this gaze into the “window to the soul” that masculine and feminine energies are to be united. It’s important to understand there is no timeline in tantric sex because there isn’t suppose to be an endgame; many tantric sex articles emphasized, there is no beginning (foreplay), middle (penetration) or end (climax). The point is to
ride the waves endlessly and lose sense of time to become one with the journey instead of hungering for the instant sexual satisfaction, as established by our social constructs in todays time. According to psychology author Dr. Roger R. Hock and countless other scientific studies, polls and surveys that can easily be found with the click of a button, male stamina ranges approximately 2 to 7 minutes, while some articles dared exclaim up to 13 minutes. Accordingly, since premature ejaculation is known to be a common issue, through practice, building endurance is a major perk to tantric sex. If performed correctly, one session should last four hours or more. Think of it as to almost reach the peak but loll back and not quite get there. The longer held off the better, because all that energy and tension is supposed to eventually build throughout. This isn’t
about speed, but about taking it slow to elongate contact. Methods of delayed climax include techniques used in meditation and breath control that can include clearing one’s mind through practicing concentration, paced synchronized breaths with your partner and learned awareness of the energy, being immersed in something so intense. This isn’t to say that orgasm doesn’t exist in the tantric sex practice, but the main intention is to strive away from the reward-oriented thought and focus on the immersion of the sex. Such rich intimacy provides both an emotional and physical release that can only conclude in, what are deemed, the best orgasms ever experienced, due to the gradual buildup of sensation. This type of sexual healing is not only one of the body, but of the mind, the spirit and great o-faces.
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Museum and film archive re-opens in Berkeley
The project cost $112 million and was funded by a philanthropic capital campaign along with donations from alumni of UC Berkeley and individual donations. The new build-
ing covers 83,000 square feet and was built by architects of High Line in New York City, the Broad in Los Angeles, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art and Dillar Scofidio + Renfro, a New York City-based firm. The museum was previously housed in the old building on Bancroft Way in downtown Berkeley, which closed Dec. 21, 2014 and was shuttered for more than a year due to “very poor” seismic standards. The old building was however, approximately 20,000 square feet larger. Its new location is just under a mile away on Center Street. “The difference is that the new museum uses the gallery spaces more flexible,” Peter Cavagnaro, the museum’s media relations manager said. “Even though the current space is smaller, we still have the capability to pull it off because there is actually more linear space with four walls in each gallery.” The old building had only three walls for each gallery. “There is no other museum in the country that is half art and half film,” Cavagnaro said. “The closest is the Museum of Modern Art in New York but it pales in comparison.” The film archive is home to the biggest collection of Japanese films in the world other than Japan. It is also home to 17,500 pieces of cinema from the Soviet Union, West Coast avant-garde film and films from major studios. Film reviews, posters, articles and miscellaneous artifacts are collected in the Film Library and Study Center for an experience in the history of film. “I appreciate the design of the building,” Sherry Anderson, a local artist that visited the museum, said on opening day. “I love that there are more ways to experience different forms of art here.”
than $20 million per year, but firmly believes it is unfair for women to carry the weight of such a sizable profit alone. “By putting that money back in the hands of women, we are creating greater access to a very important health product, especially in low-income and homeless populations,” Chang added. Still, states will be forced to figure out where to make up the lost revenue and an increased sales tax on other items could happen as a result. The push for menstrual equity has been so prevalent within the past year that Cosmopolitan Magazine even nicknamed 2015 “The Year the Period Went Public.” The magazine also joined forces with Weiss-Wolf to create a petition, “to spread awareness and acceptance of women’s (totally natural and healthy!) periods and galvanize a No Tax On Tampons campaign in the U.S.” The petition encouraged women to sign and help warn state legislatures who financially profit from women’s periods that women will not stand for it. So far, it has accumulated 53,600 supporters online.
“Aunt Flo is one helluva house guest,” the petition reads. “She can be painful, messy, and just keeps coming back each month. And, oh yeah, expensive! As anyone who menstruates knows, dealing with a period is a monthly necessity — and a costly one at that. Women spend upwards of $70 a year on sanitary products like tampons and pads.” For low-income and homeless women, this is a sum that proves difficult to afford. Efforts to achieve menstrual equity have not been exclusive to California or the United States, for that matter. In June 2015, Canada eliminated their tampon-tax and similar efforts have taken place in Australia and throughout parts of Europe. In a recent interview with Youtube personality Ingrid Nelson, President Obama also weighed in on the tampon-tax debate and admitted he was unaware of it until Nelson brought it to his attention. He stated that he assumes they exist, “because men were making the laws when those taxes were passed,” and believes “it’s pretty sensible for women in those states to get those taxes removed.”
By Ian-James Vitaga CONTRIBUTOR
Twelve thousand five hundred Bay Area residents flooded the grand opening of the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film archive on Jan. 31 in downtown Berkeley, owned and operated by UC Berkeley. Opening day was filled with people of all ages, pets and live music from DJ Luciano Chessa and the group Musical Youth. The new museum is designed with different rooms — some for viewing and some for interaction. The activity rooms were filled with art supplies and children accompanied by parents. Community rooms were dedicated to live performances, and during opening day Salta, a dance collective from Oakland, performed. The new museum is home to over 19,000 pieces of art, some of which date back to around 3000 BCE — before the Common Era. The museum plans to host more than 400 film screenings and 20 art exhibitions yearly and children of all ages will be given the opportunity to work with artists 12 weekends out of the year. Elementary schools in the area will also have access to free guided tours. There are three floors and the cafe is on the third, which is open to the public without having to buy an art gallery ticket. The building has two film theaters: one seats 232 and is the size of an average movie theater, while the other has 33 seats and two film viewing booths accessible only by appointment. On the backside of the building there is a grass area with an outdoor screen. The art galleries fill up 25,000 square feet of exhibition space. Five rooms spread over 6,225 square feet
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Strike From Page 1 have reasons to be less vocal because they believe their jobs may be at stake if they speak up, Eagan also expressed. She stated that the way CSU spends its money has become less transparent over time, there have been less audits for us to see how they spent money and they have a reserve of funds that is large and doesn’t make sense for an institution that is supposed to support the public. “It’s nice to have some saved for a rainy day, but why so much?” Eagan said. “A lot of this is because they are saving money on paying faculty and staff.” However, according to Molle, “In the past two years, the CSU has in-
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Attendees browse art and films at the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive on Jan. 31.
“There is no other museum in the country that is half art and half film.” -Peter Cavagnaro, Media Relations Manager will be dedicated to education, including the Steven Leiber Conceptual Art Study Center, Film Library Study Center, Asian Art Study Center, Works on Paper Study Center
vested more than $129.6 million to enhance employee compensation, including $65.2 million in compensation increases for faculty. In 2015-16, the CSU is investing another $65.5 million in employee compensation. Another $17 million to date has been invested in equity programs to enhance salaries for faculty and lecturers.” On Nov. 4, 2015, union members voted 95 percent in favor of a strike authorization. Staff and faculty from all 23 CSU campuses then attended a march and rally at the CSU Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach on Nov. 17, 2015. This would be the second system-wide strike for the CSU system and the first since the 1980s. However, in 2011, CSUEB and CSU Dominguez Hills staged a one day work stoppage and strike to protest faculty and staff wages. Molle said that all 23 campuses would remain open during the strike and, “many classes will be held as scheduled.”
and Art Lab. A spacious community room with wooden seating built in a semicircle like a small amphitheatre sits near the entrance to the museum.
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Tampons From Page 1 a specific sales tax include Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and New Jersey. The remaining five states do not have a state sales tax. “If we think about who has been passing laws and regulations in these institutions of power, they’ve been governed by men and so they haven’t thought about it, and so maybe if a man got his period, yeah, we would have had this discussion sooner,” Garcia stated. However, whereas the exemption of menstrual products from the state sales tax mitigates the financial burden that women have lived with, there is a separate concern regarding loss of revenue. Garcia acknowledged that the new bill would cost California more
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Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has done things different his entire career. So why would retirement be any different? It wasn’t. While the Denver Broncos and legendary quarterback Peyton Manning were on the verge of an NFL championship, Lynch made his exit from the league. At 6:46 p.m. on Feb. 7 he announced his retirement via his @MoneyLynch Twitter account, not with words, simply with a pair of cleats hung from power lines and a peace sign emoji. It was the perfect end to a career for somebody who has made a living out of doing things different. Lynch is not a fan of the media. He rarely does in-depth interviews and generally only fulfills his NFL requirement of media availability. He gained some worldwide notoriety at last year’s Super Bowl 49 media day leading up to his team’s loss to the New England Patriots. For four minutes and 51 seconds he replied to 29 questions with a variation of the answer, “I’m just here so I won’t get fined,” to avoid a $500,000 fine from the NFL which requires players to make themselves available to the media for questions. His defiant nature matched his playing style on the field as well. Lynch ran the ball like he had no concern for the safety of his body or others. He looked for contact and sought out his opponents to deliver the blow, a style not taken by many running backs because of the toll it takes on the body. In a wildcard playoff game against the New Orleans Saints in 2011, Lynch batter-rammed his way for a 67-yard touchdown that won the game and helped coin his nickname
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“Beast Mode.” While most athletes fine tune their bodies with select foods, Lynch relied on the candy Skittles on the sideline for his extra boost, a tradition his mother started while he played football for the Oakland Dynamites in his youth. Lynch is a North Oakland native from a tough neighborhood commonly referred to as “Ice City” by locals. His Bay Area roots shine in interviews when he makes references to Bay Area culture and music, something that fit his retirement announcement. While most media outlets took the cleats hanging from power or telephone lines as a symbolism of hanging up his cleats, the reference went much deeper than that. In urban inner city areas like the one Lynch is from, this is a symbol for drug dealing hotbeds. Dealers would throw shoes on the lines near locations where drugs were sold as advertisement for those who were interested. Again, Lynch did things different by connecting his NFL career to his tough upbringing in drug-infested Oakland, something most superstars would stray from. He bucks the trends even further when it comes to finances. While many players blow through their salaries through extravagant lifestyles, Lynch has done quite the opposite, living off of his endorsement income while he has conserved his nearly $50 million worth of career contract earnings, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. According to Forbes Magazine, Lynch earns nearly $5 million a year through endorsements with Nike, Pepsi, Skittles, Progressive and Activision. Lynch recently put some of those savings to use when he opened
a Beast Mode clothing store on Broadway in Downtown Oakland. Lynch’s cousin, fellow Oakland native and NFL quarterback Josh Johnson attended the store’s grand opening where Mayor Libby Schaaf gave a proclamation before the ribbon cutting ceremony on Feb. 5 during Super Bowl 50 weekend. “This man has done so much for so many people,” Johnson said. “This store is just another way of him giving back to Oakland. He’s all about trying to pick this city up, positive change.” Johnson and Lynch originally started Fam 1st Family Foundation in 2006 and officially in March 2011, “to improve the lives of children by mentoring them on the importance of education, literacy and self-esteem,” according to the foundation’s website. Lynch and Johnson both grew up in troubled communities as underprivileged youth in Oakland and were passionate about helping others in the same situation long before their NFL days. While there has been no official retirement announcement by Lynch or his camp, fans may have to settle for his original social media sendoff. Whether it was getting fined for wearing cleats with Skittles images on them during a game or doing donuts in a golf cart on the field after a win with the Buffalo Bills, Lynch has always done things the way he wants to. His retirement and post career choices should be no different.
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"Afro Room" first of its kind at CSUEB By Briana Wharton CONTRIBUTOR
In December, a group of Black students at Cal State East Bay gathered on campus — wearing all black — with an aim to “take a stand against all of the current injustices happening to Black people and students nationwide.” A month prior, they had formed a GroupMe chat named BlackOut, then began to circulate the words “East Bay Blackout” with a silhouette of a fist and the hashtag #BlackAtTheBay on Instagram and Facebook. Members of the group, not a formal club, were acquainted through other African American clubs and organizations concerned with the quality of support and educational development for Black students on campus. They shared a list of 10 demands for the University, listing a need for greater resources as well as services and academic support for Black students. More than 100 people signed a petition in support of the group’s demands. They raised $400 in donations on their first day, funds designated for future BlackOut events and seed money to establish a Black Student Government they would like to see on campus. This winter, the collective has focused entirely on obtaining a room. Since the Blackout, members have held additional meetings, and have now approached the university again to ask for the following specific things: a room exclusively dedicated to serving the needs of Black students, sensitivity training for campus police and staff, and more Black faculty and counselors. Students introduced the idea of an “Afro Room” first to ASI’s external affairs committee on Jan. 15 and then passed it on to student government board of directors on Jan. 20. Both groups voted unanimously to approve the room, explained David Lopez, ASI president. To fund this room, the student gov-
ernment board of directors want to gain support from all other 22 CSU campuses ASI boards to see if they have an “Afro Room” on their campus. The ASI student government’s task force is now looking into space availability on campus, the potential cost of a remodel or rebuild and any necessary staff that the Afro Room would require. At the President’s Luncheon in February ASI board members gave a presentation to President Leroy M. Morishita about the Afro Room. They are still awaiting his response but if he approves, the president will then work with his task force on an agreed budget for the room. “The more support and facts we have, the more the president will take this situation seriously,” said Lopez. Members of Blackout argued that current campus services — the Kaleidoscope Mentoring Program and the Educational Opportunity Program — don’t do enough to serve Black students. The goal of the Afro Room is to do something these other services don’t or perhaps can’t: assist Black students exclusively. “The room will be inclusive for all black students no matter what financial background or years of completion they have done in college, and the room will also serve as a sanctuary where we can feel comfortable, throw events and support one another”, said Cynthia Husband, a Blackout participant who was involved in presenting the idea for the Afro Room. The room has no official opening date and it may take until Fall 2018 to allocate the space and obtain the required funds and staff, but many people believe that the room will open sooner than that. “I think it’s necessary to have this Afro room on campus,” said, Brenda Brown, a fourth year student at CSUEB. “I’m excited, I can picture it now. It’s a powerful thing to see black students come together for something great. Hopefully it opens before I graduate.”
CSUEB students gather at El Dorado Hall on the Hayward Campus on Dec. 2 to discuss issues that affect Black students. Among the topics discussed was a potential "Afro Room" on campus.
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Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost: Free, $3 donations welcomed Location: Jack London Square, Broadway and Embarcadero, Oakland
Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: Free Location: San Leandro Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro
Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $5 Location: Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St., Hayward
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Experience what it was like to walk the plank, of sorts. Take this tour of historic pirate ships like the Lady Washington, which has been used in shows like “Once Upon a Time,” and Hawaiian Chieftain, two historic vessel recreations from the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority. Crews will be on hand in period costume to answer questions and share classic pirate stories.
Celebrate the Year of the Monkey with residents of San Leandro. There will be live music, lion dancing and bright costumes galore, along with food and beverages available for purchase. Children can enjoy craft-making sessions courtesy of the Asian Community Cultural Association of San Leandro. For more information call (510) 577-3971.
Come enjoy a collection of true stories from Bay Area natives centered on the theme of “Narrow Escapes.” From times people squeaked out of relationships, sticky situations, work or life and death circumstances, the evening will be filled with stories of people just barely making it. Some stories may even touch on situations people would have rather not escaped from. Seating is open and tickets can be purchased at the event.
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An Evening with Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Cost: $10-15 Location: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar St. Berkeley The Middle East Children’s Alliance presents a special evening with Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi to celebrate his new book, “Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising up from Brooklyn to Palestine.” Kanazi’s book captures the struggle for Palestinians at home and as refugees across the world, while also commenting on racism in America, police brutality and Islamophobia.
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Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $20-25 Location: Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Ave., Alameda
Time: 12 p.m to 2 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Hayward Weekes Branch Library, 27300 Patrick Ave., Hayward
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Cost: Free Location: The Churchward Pub, 1515 Park St., Alameda
Rhythmix presents an evening of blues, folk and rock as Tracy Blackman & Friends stop by to perform. Blackman has performed and recorded with such artists as Carlos Santana, Dirty Cello, Train and members of Jefferson Starship. A Bay Area native, Blackman was once considered one of the top 10 unsigned artists in the area by SF Weekly. For tickets visit www.rhythmix.org.
Looking for legal advice? Then be sure to make it out for a free 15 minute session with a licensed attorney, sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association. Registration begins 30 minutes before the event and must be done in person. Since space is limited and consultation will be done by lottery. Don’t miss out on this opportunity if you have pressing legal questions.
Unleash your inner trivia nerd at this weekly event hosted by the Churchward Pub. Bring along some of your knowledgeable friends and see if you can take down the friendly competition. Free prizes for the winning team may include free rounds of beer, shots and Churchward Pub branded merchandise, among others. So bring your best and show people what it means to be a trivia nerd.
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Does more rain and snow equal rising water levels? By Raymundo Pedroza CONTRIBUTOR
It isn’t a secret that California has recently experienced one of the worst droughts in over 100 years. However, that changed this past month: Bay Area streets flooded, coastal properties were destroyed and traffic increased, as the region saw above-average levels of rain and snow in the region. Stephanie Nevins, the county’s water conservation supervisor, stated that to date this year, precipitation is on the high side of Alameda County’s Water District’s area. “But we had four very dry years,” Nevins said. “It is going to take more than a high average to pull us completely out of the drought, but of course it has helped us.” According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the tri-city area — Newark, Fremont, Union City — received two to three inches of rain in December, up from less than .10 inches in December 2011, when the drought started. Elizabeth Scott, public affairs spokeswoman for California Department of Water Resources, stated that historically California’s multi year droughts have ended by with an above-average water year. A “water year” begins in October and to date the statewide water year precipitation is 105 percent above average, Scott explained. January was an above average precipitation month for California, with a statewide precipitation was 135 percent of average, according to the California Climate Tracker at the Western Region Climate Center. Although this put a huge dent in our current drought problem, California is a long way from drought free. This El Niño season is now tied with with the one from 1997-98 for the strongest on record, Mike Halpert, deputy director of the Federal Climate Prediction Center, explained to the Associated Press on Jan. 5.
The end of a drought is determined by many factors. In California’s case, it relies heavily on snowpack, the total amount of snow and ice on the ground. California’s water is supplied in part by the snowpack in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges. After winter flood season has passed and the warmer months come, snowmelt runoff for later in the season can begin, Scott said. According to the California Department of Water Resources, in a normal year the snowpack supplies about 30 percent of California’s water needs as it melts in the spring and early summer. The greater the snowpack water content, the greater the likelihood California’s reservoirs will receive ample runoff as the snowpack melts to meet the state’s water demand in the summer and fall of 2016. On Feb. 2, the DWR conducted their second snow survey of the winter at the Phillips snow course, which lies 90 miles east of Sacramento. Surveyors found the snowpack water content there much improved compared to the early February survey last year. The team led by Frank Gehrke, chief of the California cooperative snow surveys program, found snow water to be 130 percent above Februarys normal average of 19.5 inches since 1966, this year. Last year, Gehrke recorded a water content of just 2.5 inches in the February survey. Both the depth and water content at Phillips today were the highest since 2005 with other 10 times more water content, according to the DWR. Although the state has been blessed with rising rain and snow levels, it is still important for Californians to conserve as much water as possible. A press release from the DWR urges that, “Each individual act of conservation such as letting the lawn go brown or replacing a washer in a faucet to stop a leak, makes a difference over time.”
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Super Bowl creates big business in the Bay By Sean McCarthy CONTRIBUTOR The Super Bowl can be a very lucrative event for many cities: New Orleans made a profit of $480 million when the final tally came in, as reported by Mark Waller of nola.com. It allegedly saved the city from a complete financial and political collapse following Hurricane Katrina. Dallas was also reported to have made a profit of $28 million when they hosted the Super Bowl in 2011, as reported by Mike Florio. However, the Super Bowl is not always a profitable event. In 2008, Glendale, Arizona spent millions of dollars for the hiring of security, public service agents, and on building renovations and infrastructure – expecting future tourism – but they ended up losing $1.6 million. Gluttons for punishment, the city hosted the Super Bowl again in 2015. “I totally believe we will lose money on this,” Mayor Jerry Weiers told ESPN, and Weiers was right: the city lost $2 million in 2015. The 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl -- Super Bowl 50 -- was hosted in our backyard, Santa Clara. Despite the fact that some other host cities have lost money, the Bay Area stands to profit from the Super Bowl in a major way, similar to New Orleans and Dallas. At least one million people were expected to attend the week-long festivities. San Francisco created a budget
of $4.8 million to include the costs of transportation, security, municipal staff, and event space. According to San Francisco’s budget and legislative analyst, Severin Campbell, 1 million visitors would cover San Francisco’s costs of the Super Bowl if each were taxed $4.89, theoretically. These taxes come from the 8.75 percent sales tax, 14 percent hotel tax, and 25 percent tourism tax that is applied to incity valet services. Businesses such as AirBnB and the Fairmont stood to make a large amount due to the 1 million visitors expected to come in. “11,000 guests would be staying in roughly 4,000 listings across the Bay Area over Super Bowl weekend,” according to Tim Marcin in an article in the International Business Times, with the average AirBnB rental running at $211 a night. For listings on AirBnB, people who rented out their aparement over the weekend were hopeful that they could have paid off a months rent or more. For a modest $150,000, guests at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose were offered eight tickets in Section 300, 3 nights stay in their four-bedroom Presidential Luxury Suite, 2 chauffeured Escalades to and from the game, a complimentary private bar and butler, and Saturday trip to Wine Country where there is an option between hitting the greens or getting a massage. The Fairmont in San Francisco offered a $1 million package that included 22 tickets in a catered Gold Suite, photo
ops with football legends, entry to celebrity parties, a 4 night stay for up to 6 in their penthouse suite which includes an open bar and snacks, transportation and a donation of $150,000 in the guest’s name to the 50 Fund, a Bay Area group who aims to help local children through football. The Top 10 restaurants in San Francisco were almost completely booked throughout the weekend with handful of tables left for 2 at 5:00pm on Friday, according to OpenTable bookings. Nationally acclaimed Tony’s Pizza Napotelana offered 50 “Super Gold Pizza” which featured gold flakes, white truffles, 24 month-aged prosciutto and local mushrooms, all for $100. Servers and bartenders at popular Bay Area restaurants likely saw an increase on their weekly tip sheets. The Super Bowl gave everyone an excuse to spend but that did not mean that every business felt a dramatic increase in volume. “We still have people coming in for last minute reservations and we are not fully booked… We haven’t had the need for extra staff… It’s business as usual.” says Daniel Dinh, 25, an Account Manager at TownePark which operates valet and bellmen services to various hotels. The Super Bowl was feared to bring about a myriad of traffic and commuting issues by local residents but ended up being very well coordinated by all the workers involved. Time will tell if the Super Bowl was a boost to our economy or if it was a gigantic flop. The Bay Area was a premiere destination before the
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game and will remain one after the NFL is packed up and gone. The event brought
extra attention to Bay Area amenities and will end up being a win.
Rocky road trip for water polo
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A CSUEB goalkeeper makes a save attempt during a home game last month at Pioneer Pool in Hayward 7-4, followed by a loss in their final game to By Louis LaVenture Cal State Northridge, 8-6. NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR Despite the below average record, the Pioneers entered the tournament as the The road was unkind to the Cal State #25 ranked team in NCAA Division II. UnEast Bay women’s water polo team over the fortunately for CSUEB, there were some other ranked teams in La Jolla as well that weekend. CSUEB fell to 3-6 overall after they went included the #5 Sun Devils (2-0) and the 1-3 in the UC San Diego Triton Invitational #21 team in the division the Wolves (3-9). Arizona State handed the Pioneers their on Feb. 13 and 14. The Pioneers lost both of their matches on Saturday, first to Arizona first loss of the tournament led by senior State, 16-5, and then to Marist College, 6-4. defender Katie Sverchek who had a gameHowever, East Bay bounced back on Valen- high 4 goals on 4 shots. Her teammate, tine’s Day with a victory over Santa Clara, sophomore utility player Taylor Bertrand,
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was also perfect on the day as she chipped in 3 goals on 3 shots. The second game was much different from the first and the Pioneers almost pulled out a win over Marist College, but they couldn’t find any offense in the last two periods and fell 6-4. It was tied 4-4 after two periods and the Wolves added one goal in each of the last periods to secure the win. It was a battle of goalkeepers that saw CSUEB’s junior Nikki Vaughn recorded a game-high 9 saves in the close loss. That momentum must have carried over to Valentine’s Day because the Pioneers came out hot against Santa Clara (2-4), and handed the Broncos a 7-4 loss, East Bay’s first win in the tournament. CSUEB senior utility player Tori Dettloff led the charge for the Pioneers and overwhelmed the Santa Clara senior goalkeeper Sydni Estrella, as she amassed 3 goals on 8 shots, a steal and an assist. Vaughn was solid again in the net for East Bay as she tallied 9 saves and a steal. “They’re fast,” Estrella said. “We could have had better communication. We just could have been better.” In the final game of the tournament for the Pioneers, they played another close contest against the Cal State Northridge Matadors (5-5), but eventually fell, 8-6. This time it was a pair of utility players for CSUEB who did most of the scoring damage, senior Taylor cross scored 2 goals and junior Brandi Carroll pitched in with 2 goals as well. Matador’s sophomore attacker Madeleine Sanchez had a game-high 4 goals on 4 shots and drew 2 exclusions in the win. Dettloff and Cross lead the team in goals with 14 and 13, respectively, while Rushforth leads the team in assists with 15. The road trip will continue for East Bay when they travel to Rohnert Park to take on Sonoma State (2-7) at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Rudloff Pool. The squad will finally return home on Saturday when they host Fresno Pacific (2-2) at Pioneer Pool on the Hayward campus at 1 p.m.
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death in a one-sided shooting, where the only person who fired was, Oakland police officer Miguel Masso in 2012. “In the 40s and the 50s the Oakland police department went down south to Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, those places to recruit these racist police officers to continue this Jim Crow attitude that they had back there,” alleged Cephus. “This adversarial relationship that is here was established by the Oakland police department and has not left their culture.” The community forum was held because federal monitors reviewing the Oakland Police Department were interested in hearing the community’s experiences with the police. OPD has been under review by a federal monitor team since 2003 as part of the negotiated settlement in the case of Allen v. City of Oakland, which required the department to make several key reforms to ensure stronger accountability and “required major changes in how
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the Department reports and investigates use of force.” The case came after police officers known as “The Riders” were caught planting evidence on suspects, using excessive force and fabricating police reports. The monitor recommended the police department expand the scope of its own internal review on officer involved shootings last July. As of 2015, the department is still not in full compliance with the federal requirement, however the number of officer involved shootings has declined significantly in the last 3 years, according to the SF Chronicle. On average there were 8 officer involved shootings per year from 2000 to 2012, however in 2015 there were 6. The OPD reported there have been 53 officer involved shootings on behalf of its officers between 2000 and July 2015, according to a public records request released to The Pioneer.
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Baseball splits home series with Wolves By Louis LaVenture NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR New season, new opponents. That must be the mindset for the Cal State East Bay baseball team who welcomed the Western Oregon University Wolves to Pioneer Baseball Field for the first time since at least 2009. The Pioneers (5-2 overall) had to settle for a split after the three-day series that saw CSUEB win two closely engaged one run contests, 3-2 on Friday and 7-6 on Sunday. Pitching dominated the first game and despite both starters logging six innings on the mound, neither factored in the decision. Western Oregon jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when senior catcher Caleb Falck knocked in senior outfielder Cody Sullivan to start the scoring. CSUEB responded in the bottom of the fourth inning when senior outfielder Myles Babitt scored on an error by WOU’s second baseman that tied the game at 1-1. Babitt was key in the win and came through for the Pioneers again in the bottom of the sixth inning when his fielders choice knocked in his senior teammate Rudy Navarro that made the score 2-1. The Pioneers finished the scoring in the bottom of the eighth inning when sophomore infielder Dakota Conners drove in freshman Joey Dice that made the final 3-1. Sophomore pitcher Andrew Fernandez picked up his first win of the season and junior reliever Derek Oetken nabbed his second save of the year. The Wolves managed to take both games of the doubleheader on Saturday,
8-1 and 5-2. Senior first baseman Nathan Etheridge had a huge day for the Wolves, knocked in four runs in consecutive innings on a double and a triple late in the game that helped secure their first win of the day. “I was picking up the ball really good,” Etheridge said. “It felt great to hit it hard and pick up my teammates.” Navarro drove in the lone run for CSUEB in the first inning when he singled to left field and drove in junior outfielder Kris Bartlett. Wolves catcher Trevor Podratz drove in a run on a single, but he came up just short of two home runs after he hit two pop ups to the warning track just short of the fence in his last two plate appearances. “Where was the wind when you need it?” Podratz said. “Just missed em I guess.” The Pioneers managed to keep the third game closer, but the Wolves were able to score some late runs and secure the 5-2 triumph. Wolves senior pitcher Darrien Moran gave up 2 runs and 6 hits on his way to his first win of the year. Former Ohlone College transfer, Elias Bedolla picked up the save, also his second of the year. CSUEB took an early 2-1 lead after they scored both times in the bottom of the first inning. The lead held up all the way until the top of the sixth inning when the Wolves rallied to score 3 runs and take a 4-2 advantage. WOU added another run in their last at bat in the top of the seventh inning that made the final 5-2. The Pioneers didn’t let the back to back losses discourage them and showed some toughness on Valentine’s Day when they took the final game of
the series 7-6 in thrilling fashion. The Wolves were down 6-4 in the top of the ninth inning and scored 2 runs to tie the game at 6 a piece. CSUEB junior outfielder Daniel Goodrich got things started in the bottom of the ninth with a double to left field. Senior catcher Chris Porter bunted Goodrich to third base on a sacrifice and senior infielder Ryan Wheat finished the job after he drove in Goodrich on a game-winning popup to left field for the series split, 2-2. CSUEB will host the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds (5-3) in a four game series that starts today at 2 p.m. at Pioneer Baseball Field on the Hayward campus. The two teams will also play at 2 p.m. on Friday and a doubleheader that starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
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Top: CSUEB senior outfielder Myles Babitt runs to first base after he hit a single in an 8-1 loss to Western Oregon University at Pioneer Baseball Field on Saturday. Bottom: Junior First baseman Troy Resch puts a tag on Wolves outfielder Cody Sullivan in Hayward on Saturday
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ALICE GOFFMAN, urban ethnographer and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, speaks about the problems of mass incarceration and hidden systems of policing, as explored in her book On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City.
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Noon-1 p.m. “In Our Own Words: Dreamers”
2-4 p.m. Underwater Dreams
4-5 p.m., Music Bldg., Rm. 1055 WILLIAM BOLC0M’S musical production The Mask performed by The East Bay Singers, Buddy James (conductor), and Jeffrey Sykes (piano). The Mask is a compilation of five poems, each written by a different African American poet, plus an interlude by William Bolcom.
WEDNESDAY, 2/24 First-Generation College Student Winter Mixer University Union, Rm. 311, 3-5:30 p.m. An invitation-only event for firstgeneration students.
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