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Winter 2017 Issue 8
Donald Trump bashes media Pioneer updates on America's president
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NBA ALL-STAR GAME NEEDS TO BE SAVED
On Monday, President Donald Trump named Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster his new national security advisor to replace former national security advisor and retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, who was fired last week for withholding information from Vice President Mike Pence.
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Cops Corner By Sheryl Boykins CSUEB POLICE CHIEF Dear Campus Community, Warmer, drier weather is coming, I promise. The question of the day is: What is SUSPICIOUS (Activity, Behavior, Items)? Much like profanity, it is difficult to define, but you know it when you are faced with it. Recently a “Suspicious Person” was seen in the area of the Pioneer Newspaper offices, in Meiklejohn (MI) Hall. It was a normal afternoon where people were in and out of the lower level of MI. A male subject walked out of the office area and a Pioneer staff member asked another “Who’s that guy?” Neither staff member knew the subject, so one asked the subject, “can I help you?” The subject pushed past the staff member and didn’t reply. The staff member followed the subject into the hall area and watched as he entered the men’s restroom, then returned to the office and asked the co-worker to call University Police Department (UPD) as something just didn’t feel right. UPD arrived and was told that some guy had walked out of the private office area of the Pioneer and was not recognized as a staff member. UPD was directed to the men’s restroom where the subject was last seen. UPD shouted for anyone in the restroom to come out, and seconds later the subject emerged and was identified as the person who had been in the office area. The subject was identified as X, Ford, a habitual burglar who had been arrested several times on CSUEB campus for committing burglaries. He had been issued a court issued to stay away order, to stay away from the campus. The UPD officer asked the staff member what was suspicious about the subject. The reply was “I don’t know, he just seemed suspicious." CSUEB is an open accessible campus that invites all types of people. If you encounter someone, something or witness a behavior you feel is suspicious, call UPD (510.885-3791). We operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, fifty two weeks a year. Suspicious is difficult to define, but you know it when you see it. See it, hear it, report it.
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President continues to scold 'fake news' sources By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On Feb. 18 the president of the United States of America let the media have it. According to CNN, thousands of supporters attended while hundreds
protested outside a rally in Florida on Saturday, at which Trump called the news media in America, “the enemy of the American people.” Trump began Saturday’s campaign-style rally at an airport hangar with a clear agenda against news organizations that the president does not agree with. “The dishonest media which has published one false story after another, with no sources, even though they pretend they have them, they make them
up in many cases,” Trump said. “They just don't want to report the truth.” Two days before the rally on Feb. 16, Trump took to Twitter to let his feelings for the media be known: “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @CNN, @NBCNews and many more) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People. SICK!” The message was almost instantly deleted and 16 minutes later it was replaced with an
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Hayward Police Department releases new information in 2016 murder By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Earlier this month, the Hayward Police Department released new information from investigative leads in a 2016 murder. On Aug. 6, 2016 around 7:30 p.m. a 17-year-old male was shot and killed on Muir Street, just down the street from the Cal State East Bay’s Hayward campus. HPD never released the victim’s name because he was a minor, however, neighbors and friends confirmed to The Pioneer that the teen was Justo Cea. Cea was leaving a house party in the area near Muir Street and Culp Avenue when he was shot and killed. HPD announced on Feb. 10 that new investigative leads resulted in sketches of two suspects and a description of the vehicle they fled in. HPD Sgt. Ryan Cantrell said the sketches and vehicle information were obtained by HPD detectives following up on leads, but could not elaborate further due to the sensitivity of the case. According to HPD, the first suspect is a black adult male in his early 20’s, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall with a “heavy build.” The second suspect was described as a Hispanic adult male in his early to mid 20’s, between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 4 inches tall and also with a “heavy
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Top left: The first suspect in the Aug. 2016 murder of Justo Cea is a black adult male in his early 20’s, between five feet seven inches and five feet ten inches tall with a “heavy build.” Top right: The second suspect was described as a Hispanic adult male in his early to mid 20’s, between five feet two inches and five feet four inches tall and also with a “heavy build.” Above: An early 2000s model white, four-door Isuzu Axiom SUV was seen fleeing the scene immediately after the shooting. build.” According Cantrell, an early 2000’s model white, four-door Isuzu Axiom SUV was seen fleeing the scene imme-
diately after the shooting. Anybody with information can remain anonymous and should call 510-293-7176 or email HomicideTips@hayward-ca.gov.
McMaster is a decorated military powerhouse with a Ph.D. in military history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, according to CNN. He currently serves as the director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, an organization of military professionals that develops new concepts to strengthen the army, a position he has held since 2014, according to the ACI center. According to CNN, he is the first active-duty military officer to claim the position since Gen. Colin Powell served as former President Ronald Reagan’s advisor from 1987 to 1989. McMaster replaced Flynn, who resigned on Feb. 13, after only 24 days on the job. Flynn admitted to providing Vice President Pence with an incomplete briefing about his correspondence with the Russian ambassador to the United States, according to the New York Times. David Baggins, Cal State East Bay professor in the department of political science described McMaster as a relief to the military establishment, as he represents a return to professionalism. His appointment signifies a continuation of prior policies due to his views on China and Russia as threats, NATO as an ally and the Middle East as a “complex tragedy in which the U.S. must not be involved,” said Baggins. “He is a counterbalance to the Trump ideas that [the] U.S. can partner with Russia for mutual benefit,” he said. Over the past month, numerous other high-ranking officials have abandoned their posts for various reasons; several for making critical comments about Trump. Craig Deare, former head of the National Security Council’s Western Hemisphere Division was fired on Feb. 19 for criticizing Trump, his chief strategist Steve Bannon and the disorganization of the White House at a private roundtable attended by two dozen scholars, according to Mother Jones. Shermichael Singleton, a senior advisor in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, was also fired on Feb. 15 after vetting revealed that he wrote critically about Trump in the past, according to the New York Times. The New York Times described McMaster as “one of the military’s most independent-minded officers” with a track record of challenging “conventional thinking.” He is particularly well-known for his command of troops during the Persian Gulf War — which earned him a silver star — and for his expert strategizing during the second Iraq War in 2010, according to the New York Times. McMaster wasn’t Trump’s first pick for the position; he first offered the job to United States Navy’s Vice Admiral Robert Harward, who turned it down due to concerns over the operation of the White House, CNN reported. However, McMaster is known for being outspoken and brazen almost to a fault; a trait he and Trump have in common. Early traces of this quality can be
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2017
THE PIONEER
NBA all-star game needs a reset
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Annual mid-season classic robs true fans of real basketball By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In the second half of the 66th annual NBA All-Star game on Sunday in New Orleans, two big men from the Eastern Conference squad had a breakaway two-on-one opportunity. The only player left to defend them was Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry. How did Curry respond? He laid down on his stomach at the free throw line, covered his ears with his hands and waited for Milwaukee Bucks big man Giannis Antetokounmpo to throw down a thunderous dunk that nearly broke the backboard. Curry got up and shrugged his shoulders like the famous Kanye West pose, preferring to be safe instead of on a poster. This was a microcosm of the entire game that has become a lackluster spectacle of dunks and no defense, a far cry from what it used to be. It used to mean something more than just the acquired status of being an all-star; these are the best basketball players in the world and they took pride in winning the exhibition. In 1992, despite retiring before the season began, Los Angeles Lakers guard Earvin “Magic” Johnson was voted into the game by the fans even though he announced that he contracted the HIV virus. Public knowledge of the disease was nowhere near the level it is in 2017 and many feared he could give somebody the virus through the
physicality of the sport. Johnson went on to help the Western Conference win as he went toeto-toe with Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas from the Eastern Conference en route to a most valuable player award in the game. A court full of hall of famers in an exhibition game and all they wanted to do was win. This is a far cry from what fans got on Sunday. These players are voted into the game because of what they do in real games that matter when the pressure is on. Is it unfair to not expect that from the midseason classic? The most recent version of the game had absolutely no defense and set several offensive records that included most points scored in a game. The hometown New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis was constantly fed the ball by his teammates on his way to the record-breaking 52-point and Most Valuable Player Award performance. The game set records for most points in a game by a team, 196, most points in a game by both teams, 374, most points in a half, 97, most points in a half for both teams, 189; not to mention it shattered all of the shooting records as well. Guys don’t run full speed, they let offensive players fly by them and don’t even attempt to stop alley-oop dunks. The league and commissioner Adam Silver need to revisit the game that has become a glorified street-ball game, in order to return it to a somewhat competitive stature. I miss the days where guys blocked shots and played defense instead of worried about being labeled as the guy who goes too hard and alienates his fellow superstars. I like offense, but I would also love the game to mean something for the fans who, instead of seeing the best players in the world go at each other, get a dunk contest instead.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2017
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African-American history needs an upgrade now
Workshop helps CSUEB students manage stress Programs aims to tackle mental health By Tishauna Carrell STAFF WRITER
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From left: director Theodore Melfi, producer Mimi Valdés, American singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams, American actor, film director, and producer Kevin Costner, American musical recording artist, actress, and model Janelle Monáe, American actress Octavia Spencer, and American actress and singer Taraji P. Henson, are seen on stage prior to a screening of the film “Hidden Figures” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 in Washington DC.
Smart, talented Black women at center of film ‘Hidden Figures’ By Michelle Johnson CONTRIBUTOR On a recent Sunday, I saw the film “Hidden Figures” at a small theater in El Cerrito with my mother. I had heard great reviews about the movie and I love the leading actresses — Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae — who portray women engineers in NASA’s Project Mercury that launched astronaut John Glenn into orbit in 1962, among many other missions. Keeping with the spirit of Black History Month, I felt this was a great film for my mother and I to watch. I walked into the small theater filled with a large crowd of both women and men of different races and ages. I was surprised by the diversity of the crowd. It was so packed that my mother and I had to sit in the front row. The first scene painted a picture of the 1960s, from the clothing to the cars. I felt a mixture of emotions as scenes jumped from comical to serious. Bouts of sadness and anger arose in me as I watched the segregation and coldheartedness towards the women of color in the NASA program; particularly the scene of Katherine G. Johnson running to and from her desk to go to a colored bathroom in another building half a mile away. I couldn’t help but think about what it must have been like for my African-American
grandparents and great-grandparents at that time. Besides the sadness, I also felt a sense of pride and motivation as I watched these gifted women use their talents and drive to defy the odds and accomplish one of the most significant feats in American history. Although segregation wasn’t that long ago, so much has changed since 1968 that it’s hard to picture not being able to go to the bathroom wherever I wanted or having to go to a “blacks only” library. “Hidden Figures” was based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly. The movie was directed by Theodore Melfi, who co-wrote it with Allison Schroeder. The film received sixty-four nominations and won twenty-five awards, including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture on Feb. 11 and a Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture on Jan. 29. As I watched the different reactions from the crowd, I wondered what others of different races felt watching the same scenes and whether anyone in the audience had experienced the same things the film portrayed. The film ended with a round of applause. After the movie, my mom reflected on her own dreams as a child and how her career could have played out differently. “I feel [cheated],” my mom said. “If I would have known about these women when I was growing up, I would have done more to pursue a career in science.” My mom always wanted to be a biologist because she loved science. She wasn’t a genius in the subject, especially not in math, but she would have at least tried if she had had more African-Amer-
ican role models in the field. She ended up finding a career as a preschool teacher, which she loves. Schools often teach about the same historical figures over and over and fail to acknowledge the many black men and women who made contributions to science, technology, mathematics and other fields. “At most schools you’ll be lucky to get a lesson beyond Martin Luther King’s dream and Rosa Parks’ defiant bus ride,” blogger Dion Rabouin wrote in a 2013 article for the Huffington Post. “Perhaps some devoted professors will pay a nod to Booker T. Washington or Jackie Robinson or, in recent years, President Barack Obama, but that seems to be about where it ends.” It’s important that schools have a curriculum that encompasses the wide scope in which blacks made advancements and contributions. We need to learn more about individuals like St. Elmo Brady, the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in the United States. He also established undergraduate curricula and graduate programs for four historically black colleges and universities. Young people — especially in the black community — who dream of becoming a biologist, engineer or physician could benefit from having role models like the women at NASA for motivation. “I feel it’s too late for me to become a biologist but I’m glad I learned about these women now,” my mom said on the drive back home from the theater. Neither one of us had any prior knowledge about the women at NASA until we saw the film. I realized just how much of our history is hidden. We need to see a major change in the way we are taught about black history.
York, Los Angeles in particular, speaks not for the people, but for the special interests,” Trump said. “The public doesn’t believe you people anymore. Now, maybe I had something to do with that. I don’t know. But they don’t believe you.” “The news media, like academics, is drawn from a sociology, perhaps call it the international agreement of liberal globalization culture,” Cal State East Bay political science Professor
Emeritus David Baggins said. “President Trump and his constituency are opposite of that culture, believing in ‘America First’ backing the police, denouncing the culture of the Middle East, supporting Russia and its centuries old conflict with the Ottomans, embracing capitalism, rejecting further immigration, etc. However, that thesis over-legitimates Donald Trump, who has a low regard for getting facts right.”
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Trump From Page 1 eerily similar one that added ABC and CBS, and deleted the word “SICK.” Trump clarified his stance at Saturday’s rally. “Much of the media in Washington, D.C., along with New
As she sat against a folded, hand-woven Mexican blanket, Cal State East Bay Health and Services counselor Sarah Barnard passed around peppermint and lavender essential oils to students and told them to choose one and to smell it or massage it into their hands. “Scent is one of the ways to bring yourself down to a very rudimentary, simple principle level and essential oils is a simple and accessible way to do that,” said Barnard. Three students gathered with Barnard in the Wellness Center room inside the Recreation and Wellness Center on Feb. 9, for “Calm and Clear: Mindfulness Tools For YOU,” a workshop held twice a week to help students reduce stress by providing them with guided mindfulness tools like meditation and self-care practices. The workshop takes place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the Wellness room at the RAW Center. Barnard then asked students how they felt about their week, and students reported stress from school work and irritation from problems in their personal relationships. Barnard guided attendees in breathing exercises to help center their mindsets. She often employs “square breathe,” a technique used to help calm and ground themselves by exhaling and inhaling for a same amount of time. “It’s hard for your mind to wander when you’re focused in that way,” said Barnard. Barnard is a registered yoga instructor and often uses yoga-inspired exercises to help attendees relieve stress and stay focused on the present moment. “To notice how you’re feeling and then to name it aloud can sometimes be in of itself a self-care practice,” she says. “[Mindfulness] is like strengthening a muscle of focus… and so it’s kinda practicing what it’s like to be in the present moment.” Every fourth Thursday of the month, students who show up for Barnard’s mindfulness session can also
participate in coloring or other self-expression activities like inspirational collages, or vision boards. “For a grounding and centering creative experience, coloring has been shown to be a helpful and simple self-care practice,” said Barnard. During the last 30 days of the 2016 spring quarter, 11 percent of CSUEB students felt hopeless, 19.1 percent felt overwhelmed, 16.9 percent felt exhausted — not from physical activity — and 11.7 percent felt lonely, according to the National College Health Assessment, a national survey conducted by the NCHA every two years to collect data on students’ behavior to assist college health educators, counselors and other services. After seeing the NCHA 2016 results, CSUEB health educator Elizabeth Ghobrial thought students would benefit from a safe space on campus to practice mindfulness and meditation to help them cope with anxiety and stress. Ghobrial asked Barnard to collaborate with her “Self-Care Program” to create a weekly outlet to help students focus on their mental health and practice self-care by using mindfulness techniques. Ghobrial and Barnard launched their first two pilots of “Calm and Clear” during the fall 2016 term with the help of RAW interns and other student participants. Students reportedly enjoyed learning new stress relief tools, and the session had a peaceful environment. After receiving positive feedback, Ghobrial and Barnard officially launched the program the second week of the winter 2017 term. “We care about the holistic health of a student; their mental, physical, emotional health,” Ghobrial said. “We care about their academic [well-being] so that we can support them to graduate and help them fulfill their goals and the reason why they came here.” Ghobrial, who runs a self-care program in the RAW center, believes that students who have busy schedules forget that their own mental health is a priority as well. If not taken care of, it could affect their academics performance, she said. “If you don’t focus on yourself and take care of yourself, you’ll have nothing left to give,” said Ghobrial. “It might seem selfish but when you focus on caring for yourself and your own needs, you are making a statement that you are valuable enough to be taken care of.”
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Trump Tracker From Page 1 detected in a dissertation he wrote for the University of North Carolina, which criticized the actions of the joint chief of staff during the Vietnam War, according to the New York Times. The dissertation was later published as a
book in 1997. The decision follows Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order that promises to strengthen the military through new new ships, planes, weapons and a revamping of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, according to the Washington Post. Trump’s appointment was hailed by Republicans — even those who have spoken out against Trump like Sen. John McCain — as “an outstanding choice.”
Correction In an article titled “Adobe Art Gallery explores future of art” in the Jan. 26 issue of The Pioneer there were several attribution errors that are clarified below; “Art fans everywhere have a wonderful opportunity to see the breadth and talent of East Bay Area artists,” was attributed to gallery director Leah Virsik but it was actually said by Bruce Roberts. “Moving Forward” was attributed to Virsik, however, it was Valerie Snart who said it. “One of Castro Valley’s best kept secrets,” was attributed to Virsik but it was Snart who said it.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2017
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You can still be tickled pink about Valentine’s Day
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By Veronica Hall LAYOUT DESIGNER In elementary school, Valentine’s Day was a fun experience. We ate candy with our friends and made heart-shaped arts and crafts, all while passing out Valentines Day cards to the whole class. Back then, everyone was our valentine. Fast forward to college, where the Valentine’s Day experience is more complicated. Although enjoyable to some, Feb. 14 can be difficult if you don’t have a “valentine” to spend the day with. I recently became single, so I was dreading the day of love, but I decided to keep that same enjoyable outlook from grade school and apply it to this Valentine’s Day. After hours of scrolling through dating apps and denying offers by my taken friends to join them as a third wheel, I decided there had to be a better way to celebrate being a “free woman.” I took to Google and searched for events around the Bay for Valentine’s Day weekend. I decided not to plan anything, because nothing ever really goes according to plan.
I decided to stay positive and hope for the best. I have always been a fan of Valentine’s Day, and looked forward to it. Maybe it was because my name started with a “V” or that I got to wear pink, but the day always gave me a fuzzy feeling. As years passed and I saw Valentine’s Day excitement dwindle, I couldn’t figure out why. Yes, it was a day aimed at couples, but what about showing love to everyone in your life? In grade school, we’re taught to love each other, but in adulthood we’re shown that you can’t celebrate Valentine’s Day unless you’re in love and in a relationship or married. While a lot of that is based on advertising portrays the holiday, it’s also how we let our feelings change from growing up. Valentine’s Day is not just another day or a stupid holiday, it’s a day dedicated to love in all of its forms. I was lucky enough to have a mother that bought my brother and me Valentine’s Day gifts every year. As we both got older, we would then get her something as well. It wasn’t about the gifts, it was about giving love to the people closest to us. We saw her face light up as we walked in with her
two favorite things, flowers and chocolates, and I knew there was no better feeling. Being single has shown me that I still have a lot of love to give. It’s easy to get caught up in the “relationship” aspect of Valentine’s Day, but it’s not just about that. It’s about what makes your heart happy and who in your life does that for you. Valentine's Day is often coined as a gratuitous Hallmark holiday. According to Nielsen, an organization that studies consumer trends, about 35 million heart shaped boxes of chocolate are sold and 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year. The way people view Valentine’s Day has also evolved in recent years. Feb. 15 is now the designated Singles Awareness Day, which gives single people a day to celebrate or to commiserate in their single status, according to singlesawareness.com. In Finland, Valentine’s Day is called “Ystävänpäivä,” which translates into “Friend’s day” according to the Biginfinland.com blog. It's more about enjoying your buddies and offering them caring gestures, rather than a romantic partner. Feb. 13 is celebrated as “Galentine’s Day” which
was coined in 2010 on the popular comedy show Parks and Recreation, according to the Independent. The day was specifically created for girlfriends to celebrate their friendship. Whether in a relationship, single or in a committed relationship with your friends, these days there is something for everyone. This Valentine’s Day, I woke up to a card from my mom. I spammed my friends with hearts in our group text, and I went to work babysitting a young girl whose eyes lit up when I gave her a cupid monkey stuffed animal. As she ran up to hug me and I saw the joy in her face, I knew once again that love had no boundaries. We love so much as kids, and it’s important to still carry that idea into adulthood. As college students, we get easily wrapped up in our busy worlds, especially since Cal State East Bay’s quarter system causes Valentine’s Day to fall right around midterms. But no matter what your relationship status is, there are tons of people who love you. Use the holiday as a day to love in every way that you can. Remember: there is still an adoring child in all of us.
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Will “Putin-gate” derail progressive resistance? By Craig Collins Ph.D. CSUEB LECTURER
Craig Collins, Ph.D. teaches political science and environmental law at California State University East Bay and was a founding member of the Green Party of California. If events in Washington (and Moscow) continue to unfold as they have over the last few months, it appears that the groundswell of popular opposition to Trump’s crackpot, right-wing, authoritarian agenda may soon become upstaged and sidelined by a Republican-led impeachment circus. It appears that Vladimir Putin has discovered CIA moles planted within the highest levels of his security apparatus. They were caught leaking information to the Western press about Putin’s clandestine efforts to skew the elections and help Trump win the presidency. Putin has accused these high-ranking intelligence officers of the FSB (Russia’s renamed KGB) of high treason and they have disappeared into Russian prisons. If these were indeed CIA moles inside the Kremlin, this new turn of events reveals how far the CIA has committed itself to removing Trump from power. Double agents within the Putin regime are extremely valuable. The CIA would not compromise or sacrifice them without a very crucial overriding objective. The decision to order these double agents to leak Putin’s scheme to the Western press exposed them to discovery and great danger. At some point the CIA must have decided that revealing Trump’s covert affair with Putin was worth the risk of provoking a mole hunt and losing its valuable spy network within the Kremlin. Throughout Trump’s campaign, the corporate media and the intelligence establishment were constant targets of
his bombastic vitriol. His attacks only escalated after the election, putting his presidency on a collision course with these prevailing bastions of institutional power. One major source of conflict between the National Security Establishment and Trump has been his cozy relationship with Putin and his dismissal of NATO as an effective alliance for containing Russian power in Eurasia. This position directly conflicts with the prevailing position of the National Security State which seeks to maintain and even escalate tensions between the US and Russia to justify continued American military hegemony over Europe and the oil rich Middle East. Once Trump assumed office his conflict with the intelligence community intensified when he chose former Exxon CEO, Rex Tillerson, as Secretary of State. Because Tillerson is a well-known friend of the Putin regime, Trump appeared to be repaying Putin for his covert assistance to defeat Clinton. Tillerson’s appointment was quickly followed by the removal of high-level state department officials opposed to Tillerson’s appointment. This has provoked further push back in the intelligence establishment. But there may be even greater reasons why the National Security State has decided that Trump must go and the Republicans must do the job of removing him from office. Trump’s repugnant form of “alt-charisma” has managed to accomplish something that hasn’t been done for generations—galvanize and energize an outraged progressive populism to oppose his demagogic, Rightwing agenda. This grassroots populism gained popularity during Bernie Sander’s challenge to Clinton’s corporate liberalism. It lost some steam after Clinton took the primaries, but has rebounded dramatically since Trump’s election. Unlike Trump’s xenophobic populism, this movement is serious about challenging corporate power over
Washington and taking America in a new democratic direction. To those at the highest levels of the American power elite, this is a movement that cannot continue to gain steam. A Republican-led impeachment of Donald Trump might divert and diffuse it before it grows ever larger in the coming years. If the decision to remove Trump has been made at the highest levels of the National Security State, the next step should be a full-scale media campaign to isolate and discredit him. This will probably take the form of a constant and escalating series of calculated intelligence leaks that reveal Trump’s clandestine collaboration with the Kremlin to win the White House. Once this series of scandals becomes a fullscale “Putin-gate” the pressure on Republicans in Congress to embark on impeachment proceedings will become irresistible. Faced with believable evidence—either real or manufactured— that Trump conspired with the Kremlin to tilt the election in his favor, Republicans would be compelled to save themselves by impeaching their own president. This maneuver would allow the Republicans to oust Trump while holding on to their power over Congress and the White House. It would give them— and not the mounting progressive resistance—all the credit for dumping Trump. Republicans could portray themselves as staunch American patriots who found it necessary to remove a president who conspired with a rival power to game the electoral the process, thus delegitimizing his presidency and compromising national security. A media-hyped impeachment circus could easily sideline and overshadow grassroots resistance to the threat the Republican agenda poses to environmental, economic and social justice. It’s time to start thinking about how to prevent this.
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NEWS 7
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2017
THE PIONEER Student government holds town hall meeting
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Fearing deportation, California's "Dreamers" are skipping out on financial aid By Tatiana Sanchez and Katy Murphy MERCURY NEWS
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By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On Feb. 15 the Cal State East Bay Associated Students Inc. held a town hall style meeting in Lassen Hall on the Hayward campus.
According to ASI Vice President of University Affairs Louie C. Ramos, thepurpose of the meeting was to educate students on the tuition increase, why it is happening and how to advocate against it. Students asked questions and filled out postcards with statements about how the increase would affect
them, which according to Ramos will be sent to state legislators and the CSU Board of Trustees. In addition to the CSUEB ASI representatives, California State Student Association members David Lopez and Jorge Reyes-Salinas also attended the meetings. Above: California State Student Association (CSSA) President David Lopez, left, CSSA Vice President of University Affairs Jorge Reyes-Salinas, center, and Cal State East Bay Associated Students Inc. (ASI) President Hendrix Erhahon talk to students about the tuition increase on Feb. 15 in Lassen Hall on the Hayward campus. Left: Students listen to the CSSA and ASI representatives.
The number of undocumented immigrant students in California applying for college financial aid has dropped precipitously as widespread fears of deportation sweep the state, new data show. Under the California Dream Act, undocumented students -- often known as "Dreamers" -- enrolled in state colleges and universities are eligible for in-state tuition and for different forms of financial aid. But with the new administration significantly clamping down on illegal immigration, students have become reluctant to share any personal information with the government, afraid that it'll put them at risk of deportation. As of last Friday, the California Student Aid Commission, which receives the applications, had only 19,768 new and renewed Dream Act applications, compared to 34,162 last year. That includes just 8,600 new applications compared to 13,200 at the same time last year, according to data provided by the commission. The priority financial aid deadline for most colleges and universities is March 2.
"The numbers are really, really low," said Patti Colston, a spokeswoman for the commission. Colston said that the only federal agency that receives some student data is the Selective Service System, which is voluntary for applicants interested in joining the military. The commission has not received other requests from the federal government for student data, she said, and does not plan to share it. "This is a state program funded by state funds," she said. "That's the assumption we're operating under." On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced new deportation regulations in which anyone in the country illegally who is charged with any offense or is suspected of committing a crime could be a target for deportation. Assemblymembers Jose Medina, D-Riverside, Rob Bonta, D-Oakland and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego, will hold a press conference at the state capital Wednesday afternoon to encourage Dreamers to apply for financial aid, despite their concerns. More than 20,000 California students have received state grant aid under the Dream Act since it took effect in 2013, according to politicians. The state became one of the first to give undocumented students who attended California high schools in-state tuition rates, based on a bill signed into law in 2001 known as AB 540.
8 SPORTS
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2017
THE PIONEER
Pioneers win final pre-season series By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER While the women’s softball team was forced to cancel their games, the men’s baseball team was lucky enough to only deal with delays — and went on to win their final pre-season series. The team went head-to-head against Holy Names University (3-10) in a fourgame series over the weekend. When you take a glance at East Bay’s record (9-3) compared to Holy Names, it looked as if the Pioneers would have easily sweep their opponent, but sports aren’t always that simple. On Saturday, East Bay played their first game of the series on their home field, and the result was unexpected. The Pioneers trailed early in the game and were down 4-1 by the bottom of the second inning. The Holy Names Hawks were on fire at the plate. “I feel like the team as a whole did not play like themselves, it was tough,” junior pitcher Alex Vesia said. East Bay made some critical mistakes on the defensive end, with 5 errors that resulted in 5 unearned runs. The errors didn’t help the Pioneers as the Hawks were already on fire on the offensive end. “We came out really flat, we did not come out like we should have and Holy Names did a great job coming out and kept stacking runs on us,” junior utility player Dallas Dey added. Holy Names would hold the Pioneers to just 1 run through 7 innings as they went up 9-1 by the top of the eighth inning, which sealed the deal for them. Senior catcher Zack Perugia and senior first baseman Troy Resch each scored runs in the final innings, but that was
all the Hawks allowed. The Pioneers gave up 2 more runs to the Hawks in the ninth inning, which resulted in a 11-3 loss for East Bay. This was the biggest loss for the Pioneer’s so far this season. Despite the uncharacteristic play by the men, they had to shift their focus to the second game of the series, which immediately followed the first game “After the loss, coach gave us a good talk in left field and we brought up our energy and were to determined to make things happen,” Vesia said. This time around, the game was much different. East Bay allowed far less runs and kept the contest close. East Bay sophomore pitcher Joel Lamont and Holy Names senior pitcher Ricardo Torres both had strong performances on the mound, which led to a low scoring game that was tied at zero in the bottom of the fourth inning. In the bottom of the fourth inning, senior infielder Michael Thomas filed out to center field, which plated senior outfielder Marcus Wise and put the Pioneers up 1-0. Before scoring Wise stole second base on the first pitch and reached third base before Thomas stepped up to bat and knocked him in. By the top of the sixth inning, Holy names put themselves on the board and managed to take the lead. Sophomore utility player Chris Gnos doubled to left field, which gave the Hawks 2 runs as
senior outfielder Jordan Zaragoza and junior infielder Alex Denobriga scored, putting them up 2-1 over the Pioneers. The Pioneers didn’t let the shift of momentum shake them and bounced back strong. In the bottom of the sixth inning, East Bay scored thanks to Wise and Thomas again. Thomas singled to right field, which scored Wise again. Shortly after, senior Wyatt Foreman advanced to second base on a wild pitch, and Thomas scored. East Bay went on to secure a 3-2 win with the 2 runs. Wise went 2-for-3 at bat and had 2 runs while both Thomas and Dey went 1-for-2 at the plate. “No one likes getting kicked in the mouth on their home field and we got
a fresh start in game two and took advantage of that,” Dey said. “Joel threw a great game.” On Sunday, the men continued the rest of the four game series after nearly a two hour rain delay. In the first game, the Pioneers got off to an early lead in the top of the first inning. Thomas doubled to left field and senior outfielder Kirs Bartlett scored. In the second inning the Pioneers added 5 runs, which put them up 6-0 against Holy Names. Those was the only runs the Pioneers score, but it was enough. Junior pitcher Jacob Call, allowed 1 run in the bottom of the fourth inning, but aside from that, he preserved the Pioneers 6-1 win. Call struck out 6 Holy
Names players on his way to the win. East Bay was on a roll, and carried the stellar play into the final game of the series, which was a blowout. Both Thomas and Wise went 4-for-6 at bat, with Wise adding 3 runs and Thomas 2. Dey and Foreman also added 2 runs each in the winning effort. The team exploded offensively for 21 hits in the game. They also drew 7 walks and scored on 4 of the Holy Names errors. East Bay only allowed 3 runs in comparison to their 17. They also scored in 4 straight innings. It made up for their blowout loss in the first game of the series versus the Hawks. “Coach tells us the same thing every time, grind out at-bats and play good defense,” said Dey. “It does not change whether we score 17 or they do.” So far in every series the Pioneers have played in this season, they lost the first game and managed to win the rest. This weekend was no different. East Bay lost the first game and went on to sweep Holy Names in the final three. The Pioneers have now won each series they have played this season and look prepared to start conference play. The team will face California State Monterey Bay (7-3) in an away game at 2 p.m. on Friday for their first California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference contest.
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