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Las Vegas gets lucky with Raiders Pioneer updates on America's president
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LOCAL ARCADES KEEP NOSTALGIA ALIVE
What happened? President Donald J. Trump announced on Monday his senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, would head a new department named The White House Office of American Innovation.
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Oakland Raider fans showed at O. co Coliseum in East Oakland on Friday to encourage team officials to keep the team in the city. NFL owners approved a relocation to Las Vegas for the Raiders, which will happen in 2020.
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WATER POLO SPLITS GAMES IN HAYWARD
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Girl killed near campus was pregnant
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF After eight years of rumors and stalled negotiations between the city and the team it became official on Monday; the Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas. At the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix early Monday morning the 31 of the 32 franchise leaders approved a conditional relocation for the Oakland franchise with a 31-1 vote in favor of the move. Only 24 yes votes were needed to secure relocation.
In a statement released after the vote, Raiders owner Mark Davis said; “My father always said, 'the greatness of the Raiders is in its future,' and the opportunity to build a world-class stadium in the entertainment capital of the world is a significant step toward achieving that greatness.” The lone “no” vote came from Miami Dolphins owner and real estate mogul Stephen Ross who explained his decision in a statement after the meeting. “My position today was that we as owners and as a League owe it to fans to do everything we can to stay in the communities that have supported us until all options have been exhausted,” said Ross. Ross is a billionaire real estate developer who said he thought the team shouldn’t move to a smaller market than they were coming from.
The Raiders are the second NFL franchise to move in two and a half months. The San Diego Chargers — led by owner Dean Spanos — moved to Los Angeles on Jan. 12 and less than 15 months ago on Jan. 13, NFL owners approved the Rams’ move from St. Louis to Los Angeles. According to NFL and team statements, the Rams and Chargers will share a stadium in Inglewood, which is scheduled to open in 2019. “The Raiders were born in Oakland and Oakland will always be part of our DNA,” Davis said in a statement following the vote. “We know that some fans will be disappointed and even angry, but we hope that they do not direct that frustration to the players, coaches and staff.”
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By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sixteen-year-old Elena Mondragon of Antioch was two months pregnant when she was shot and killed on March 14 near the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus. According to her mother, Michelle Mondragon, an autopsy confirmed the teen was carrying a child in her first trimester when she died. The driver of the vehicle initially eluded law enforcement after the incident but was arrested in San Francisco the next day on March 15 on an outstanding robbery warrant, according to the San Francisco Police Department. SFPD did not release his name due to the sensitivity of the case. At the time of publication names and court date were not released and the detectives were not charged with any crimes. According to the Fremont Police Department, around 5:20 p.m. on March 14 detectives attempted to pull over a stolen vehicle that was associated with a string of robberies in Fremont and throughout the Bay Area. Fremont detectives approached the vehicle near the City View apartment complex by the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus when the driver of the car rammed the police vehicle. Detectives fired at the vehicle and struck the 16-year-old passenger, who died later that evening at a local unidentified trauma center, according to Fremont Police. A candle light vigil was held on March 15 near her home and a private funeral was held last week.
CSU trustees approve first tuition increase since 2011 By Nanette Asimov SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Over the objections of student protesters wearing graduation robes and signs showing their student-loan debt, California State University trustees narrowly approved tuition increases Wednesday for the first time since 2011. "There is zero joy in this," said Trustee Peter Taylor, chairman of the board's Finance Committee, as he blamed the tuition increase on insufficient state funding. He said he would vote for the increase because "CSU is not as good as it used to be. ... We are being asked to choose between quality and (college) access." Students in the audience at CSU's Long Beach headquarters booed. The increase takes effect in the fall. Undergraduate tuition will grow by 5 percent, adding $270 and bringing the yearly price to $5,472, not counting books and board. Graduate students will receive a 6.5 percent increase, adding $438 a year and raising tuition to $7,176. This is the first year since 2011 that CSU can raise tuition under Gov. Jerry Brown's multiyear plan for the university, which guaranteed funding increases of at least 4 percent from 2013 to 2017 if the trustees kept tuition flat. Most undergraduates won't have to pay the increase. Sixty-three percent, or about 255,000 students, receive financial
The funds would pay for nearly half of an expected shortfall of $168 million. "Please, I beg of you to vote no on the tuition increase!' sociology major Esman Asher told the trustees. She wore a sign saying she owed $60,000 in student loans. Unlike years past, when the trustees raised tuition by higher amounts, students broke no windows Wednesday,
Who is Kushner? In addition to being married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, Kushner also was the owner of real estate company Kushner Companies and Observer Media, publisher of the weekly, on-line New York Observer. Kushner resigned on Jan. 9 when his father-inlaw appointed him as a senior adviser. According to the White House website, Kushner received a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard in 2003 and a J.D. and M.B.A from New York University in 2007. Kushner has stated several times since his appointment that his lack of political experience and plethora of business experience is a benefit in his opinion. “The government should be run like a great American company,” Kushner said during an interview at the White House on Sunday. “Our hope is that we
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Students, staff and faculty protest the tuition hike on the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus in February. aid in the form of grants or waivers that cover full tuition and do not have to be repaid. The remaining 170,000 students are from families that earn too much for the subsidies. Yet many of those students say they already work two jobs and are overburdened by student-loan debt. Busloads of students began arriving in Long Beach at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to oppose the plan that is expected to raise $77.5 million for CSU.
The White House Office of American Innovation Trump unveiled his plan for the new department on Monday that will be primarily responsible for an overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, which according to Trump, means to keep America at the forefront of innovation specifically in regards to technology, infrastructure and creating new jobs. The new department will tackle many of his campaign promises such as repairing the veteran care system, opioid addiction, renovating roads and public spaces. According to Kushner, the innovation office will focus on technology and data to combat issues, by analyzing data collected through surveys and questionnaires to prioritize the things Americans said they need the most to improve their daily quality of life, and is working with Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Tesla founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk. Kushner said in a statement that leading up to the creation of the office they hosted more than 100 leaders and government officials to exchange ideas and talk about issues that will “lead to change” in several key areas including veteran services, infrastructure upgrades and repairs. Some of the other members of the office include Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, Chris Liddell, assistant to the president for strategic initiatives, Reed Cordish, assistant to the president for intergovernmental and technology initiatives, Dina Powell, senior counselor to the president for economic initiatives and deputy national security adviser, and Andrew Bremberg, director of the Domestic Policy Council. In an open letter to the committee of the new office, Trump said by improving government operations and services it will lead to not only job creation but “a better quality of life” for all Americans. According to Trump, Kushner and the office will report directly to him and “bring together the best ideas from Government, the private sector, and other thought leaders to ensure that America is ready to solve today's most intractable problems.”
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By Degen Gleason-Hyman CONTRIBUTOR I started playing video games when I was around nine years old. My first gaming system was the grey, rectangular Gameboy by Nintendo. As I got older I played with more portable systems, specifically the Gameboy Advance SP, the Nintendo DS Lite and lastly the Nintendo DSi. Those kept me busy until one day in my mid-teen years I lost interest and wanted to move on to the next level of gaming: consoles. First I had the Wii, then I moved on to a Playstation 3 and now I have a Playstation 4. While I wasn’t playing video games I owned, I played arcade games every chance I got, especially “Star Wars: Trilogy Arcade,” air hockey, pinball machines and racing games. I recently found about the High Scores Arcades in Alameda and Hayward. There’s an arcade in San Francisco, which I thought was the only arcade option, but High Scores Arcades are local options for anyone living in the
East Bay like myself. It’s exciting to know that I have the option to go to these places because they are close by and inexpensive. I enjoy that I get a chance to play older games, some of which I remember playing when I was younger. I went to the Alameda arcade for my 20th birthday and I was surprised by what I saw. The best part was that it didn’t cost much to get in, the cashier just asked for a $5 donation and after that they put a paper band on my wrist and I was free to play games for one hour. I expected to need quarters or special tokens but all I had to do was press a button to get started. My aunt, my mom and my cousin Staton joined me in the arcade. My mom played Galaga and Pac-Man the most since she is a pro at both games. I think Staton had as much fun as I did, since he played platforming games like Donkey Kong with his mom and a Street Fighter game with another boy his age. I played one of the shooting games the most and a few boys part of a different family briefly joined me. Playing on my own is fun but playing with someone else is better. When I first went to the Hayward Arcade on a Fri-
day in fall 2016. While the ‘80s decor and vibe was about the same, the space was smaller and narrower, but somehow there was enough room for a center row of games back to back. I was so glad to know that arcade games from the past 30 years have been saved and passed on to new and experienced gamers. I was able to play games I had only heard of and games I had not played for years. These arcades are a great option for anyone looking for a different or nostalgic gaming experience, especially students on a budget in Hayward and Alameda who want to play games from different times at a reasonable price. Gamers of all ages can find something to play at these arcades while getting a sense of how much video games as a whole have changed. With this current generation of games everything is driven by stories, sharp graphics and gameplay options. High Scores offers a return to simplistic games that have players focus on usually one goal while admiring the graphics that each game is technically capable of.
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By Justin Shiu CONTRIBUTOR Despite President Trump’s mocking attitude towards immigrants and anti-immigrant policies, immigrants in California and other “blue” states continue to support Trump. This confuses me. I am the son of conservative Chinese-American immigrants, so I questioned a few of my relatives and friends to get some answers about why they support Trump. Their stances are based on notions about the alleged abuse of welfare and government benefits, opposition to illegal immigrants and the boldness of Trump’s statements. “Trump has the guts to take necessary actions. He’s not scared to do what is needed,” my aunt Amanda Tran told me. “Everyone says he’s a racist but honestly, maybe he is. But what he says is true. He tells it like it is.” Her sister Lynda added, “Why should we be scared of Trump? We came here legally.” Tran remembers her days spent in a Malaysian camp as she and her family waited for their chance to be screened before being let into the U.S. “We waited in the camp and got in after being screened, so why can’t other immigrants and refugees do the same?” She believes that the U.S. should allow refugees in, but only after screening them. She is proud to have come to this country legally. Each one of them came from Vietnam as young children in the mid-1970s, fleeing the communist regime. They have little recollection of life there, but the examples shown by family elders reinforced values like individual responsibility and working hard for a new beginning in America. “Why should we pay for those who take advantage of the system,” Lynda said, referring to people who receive food stamps and unemployment benefits. “We work hard and pay taxes so that the people
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who sit out there doing nothing can get money from the government. These sentiments are very popular in the conservative Chinese-American immigrant community, many of whom believe that success is based on how clever and hardworking an individual is. Those who abuse the system are considered “parasites.” “Hard working people make money so they can pay for their own medical insurance but some illegal immigrant can go to the ER and get free healthcare when they get hurt,” Amanda said as an example. Though they are led by the belief that illegal immigrants drain the system, their contempt for other immigrants and the less fortunate matches their fervor for
Trump. Many of the members of this community say they see in him a successful businessman who can provide better opportunities; a bold entrepreneur who does not mince words. They say they think he is smart and successful. I can understand the reasoning behind my family’s support of Trump. I understand that for my family, it was a struggle to get into this country by legal means. For them, it is like watching the kid who cheated on the test get a special reward, while the ones that studied and worked hard get cheated by the winner. I see both sides of the argument, but I don’t necessarily agree with the outcome.
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THE PIONEER Tuition From Page 1 and no one was arrested. They still made their objections known, with about 50 outside the auditorium and 40 inside. "What about the students?" the protesters cried, interrupting the trustees' discussion of a building plan for Cal State San Marcos. And to Chancellor Timothy White, who proposed the tuition increase, they cried: "Chancellor White! Do what's right!" Students said that even a seemingly small increase would impact them harshly. "We are hanging by a thread. Grants and loans still don't cover expenses," Celia LoBuono Gonzalez, a student from San Francisco State, told the trustees. "Some students eat only one time a day." Chief financial officer Steve Relyea told the trustees the higher price was needed to advance CSU's plan for graduating an additional 500,000 students in
Raiders From Page 1 Several local groups, organizations and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tried to persuade the franchise to stay in Oakland. At a gathering at Oakland City Hall on Saturday Schaaf said, “There is a story out there, and it is a myth that we are here to dispel. And it goes something like this: People are saying that Oakland's efforts to build a new stadium have been stalled for years. Nothing has changed, and therefore the Raiders have no choice but to leave. We are calling bulls--t on that.” In response to Schaaf, the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement to the mayor and the city that said this stadium deal has been in the works for eight years and there are no current viable options from Oakland. Fans and groups including Stay in Oakland, an organization dedicated to keeping the franchise in the city came out in the hundreds, possibly thou-
10 years, doubling the current rate. "Students don't need this graduation initiative!" San Jose State student Iritzi Torres Mendoza told the trustees. "They need mental health services!" Eight trustees of the 19 trustees on the board voted against the tuition increase, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom; Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Los Angeles; and state schools chief Tom Torlakson. "We've got to make better decisions," Newsom said, telling his colleagues they shouldn't "do the job of the Legislature and the governor," which is to fund CSU. Rendon said, "It's absurdly ironic that a week ago in the state Assembly we held a conference about debtfree college education and now we're talking about fee increases." But in the end, most trustees said they reluctantly agreed with the chancellor that the Legislature is unlikely to give CSU the money it needs, and that higher tuition is the way to close the gap. As students shouted: "No justice! No peace," Gonzalez told a reporter: "I feel betrayed."
sands, on Saturday at the meeting and at the stadium. According to Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, the new stadium will be a domed 65,000-seat facility that will cost $1.9 billion. According to Davis, the Raiders committed $500 million toward the new stadium while $750 million will come from a hotel tax passed by the Nevada Legislature in October. Davis informed the NFL earlier this month that Bank of America will help cover the remaining funds after billionaire Sheldon Adelson withdrew his $650 million pledge in January. Sandoval told reporters last month the facility will be shared with the University of Nevada Las Vegas and will not open until 2020. Raiders owner Mark Davis told ESPN he plans on staying in Oakland the next two seasons since the team has a pair of one-year options at the Oakland Coliseum. This will be the third move for the Raiders in franchise history after they moved to Los Angeles in 1982 and then back to Oakland in 1995.
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Students, staff and faculty marched on campus near the Arts and Education Building on the Hayward campus in February to protest a tuition increase. Last week the CSU Board of Trustees approved a 5 percent tuition hike for all 23 CSU campuses.
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trol of your energy use. The rate changes that took effect on March 1—developed jointly between PG&E, the CPUC, and many consumer groups—align customers’ bills with the cost of service being provided and encourage extremely high energy users to conserve energy. Additionally there was a 2.1 percent increase in electric rates for residential customers, and a decrease in the California Climate Credit, a state program
that is fighting climate change. This is a lot of change at once and we are here to help. PG&E has a variety of tools and programs that give you the information you need to make the best energy choices for your family.All of us who live and work in the East Bay are ready to help answer your questions. For more information please visit us online at pge.com/ratechoices or call our rates hotline for more information at 1-800-743-0514.
Trump Tracker From Page 1 can achieve successes and efficiencies for our customers, who are the citizens.” Now Kushner and his wife Ivanka, who is not an official hire of her father’s, both have offices in the West Wing just feet from the Oval Office. As of publication time neither Ivanka nor her father have announced if she has an official position within the White House.
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Fremont exhibit displays college protest art By Mathew Weber CONTRIBUTOR On March 19, the Fremont Art Association—in partnership with Dr. Sharat Lin of the San Jose Peace and Justice Center—hosted a special event at their gallery in the Niles district of Fremont to commemorate their Art of Protest exhibit. In a presentation at the event, organizers examined the historical context and significance of a set of 22 original silkscreen protest posters produced for college campus movements in the 1960s and ‘70s. On display in the gallery throughout February and March, the posters were chosen by Lin from a collection of 26 originals, most of which he acquired as a student at UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley in the ‘60s and ‘70s. After an event had passed, he would find a poster in good condition and add it to his collection. “Art is a way of escaping from the world, and yet, protest art is a way of making art powerful in the world,” Denny Stein, president of the Fremont Art Association, said at the event. The posters were not intended to be preserved, as they were printed on inexpensive paper and generally for a specific event on college campuses, Lin said. The exhibit was hosted alongside a larger event that honored the Nobel Prize-winning songwriter Bob Dylan, who has produced numerous protest songs. While not on the same platform as the work of Dylan, the posters represent their own power and passion, according to Lin. “What gets people out in the streets is not simply their beliefs, but a passion that has excited them,” Lin said. The 1960s and 70s represent a time for many in which people protested and exhibited strong passions about social issues such as Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, the President Richard Nixon administration, and the Black Panther movement, according to Lin. These passions were prevalent on college campuses across the country, and the artwork provides a record of the protests led by students. Many of the posters were produced for specific purposes and required little context to communicate their meaning, Lin said. One such poster displayed at UC Santa Cruz was examined during the presentation because of its few words. “It doesn’t need to say much, it is only intended for use on campus,” noted Lin. The poster had only the day of the week, next Thursday, a three word description, a time, and a location, the Quarry. The location is one word, and according to Lin, “every student on campus knows what the quarry is. That’s all you need.” The contextual nature of the posters resonated with Matt Levy, 52, of Fre-
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The Fremont Art Association hosted an exhibit at their art gallery in the Niles district of Fremont in February and March. The art featured were protest signs from college campuses in California during the 1960s and 1970s. mont, who said he passed by and decided to check out the gallery. “I walked in and saw these old protest posters, and I saw one that said ‘Quarry’ and immediately thought, ‘UC Santa Cruz Quarry?’” said Levy. The posters were made over a decade before Levy went to school at UCSC, but he was struck by the fact they were made by alumni of his alma mater. For Ron Cueba, 69, of San Jose, a re-
tired history teacher, the connection is closer to home. “I remember the war protests very vividly,” Cueba said, recalling his time in the military reserves and the friends he lost in Vietnam, a “really bad chapter in American history” that Cueba believes parallels the invasion of Iraq, where his son was wounded while serving in the military. “We lost a lot of kids. For what? A mistake? It was just plain stupid.”
Lin views protests as a “last resort” for times when the system doesn't respond to what people think is right. “It is said that one person can make a difference, but the real difference is made by a lot of people working together,” he said. When it comes to protest, Lin sees students as having always been “at the leading edge, and not just because of their idealism,” said Lin. “They know in their hearts when something is wrong.”
In his view, the best path forward for social change is one, which combines the experience of the older generation with the passion of youth. The exhibit, which ends its run at the Fremont Art Association Gallery tomorrow, is available for viewing online through the King Library Digital Collection courtesy of San Jose State University, at http://http://digitalcollections. sjlibrary.org/.
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In Trump's America, UC researchers learning to advocate for science By Lisa M. Krieger MERCURY NEWS Scientists are trained to collect data in quiet labs, not engage in contentious public debate. But faced with threats to future funding and fact-finding, UC-San Francisco is launching a series of "Science Advocacy" workshops to give its researchers the information, tools and skills needed to defend America's leadership in research. "We cannot stay silent," Keith R. Yamamoto, who oversees research activities at UCSF's school of medicine, told a standing-room-only crowd at the series' first event, "Science Adocacy 101," this week at the university's Mission Bay campus. "We are in a situation where science is not just ignored, but actively denigrated in ways no one anticipated," he said. "We need to commit in a very explicit way -- to engage in conversation with policymakers about our discoveries, our
technologies and the ways they will be used for the betterment of all people." The university joins a growing chorus of concern about the Trump Administration's policies and proposed funding cuts from the nation's top scientists and non-partisan American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific organization. In the workshop, researchers learned lessons never taught in PhD programs: Develop a short story -- an "elevator pitch," in essence -- that distills your message. Tell this story in terms that are easily understood by your listener. Provide specific information that supports your story. Finally, make an "ask" -- that is, what would you like your listener to do? "Scientists aren't used to speaking in these venues, where they might be perceived as non-scientific or worried about industry attack" about the neutrality of their scholarship, said professor Tracey Woodruff of the UCSF Environmental Health Initiative, who co-organized a
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End of isolation in sight for juvenile offenders Senator sponsors bill to limit solitary confinement By John Lam JOURNALISM GUILD WRITER
The use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities in the state of California may be coming to an end. Recent reforms of practices in juvenile detention facilities represent a growing consensus that the use of solitary confinement is harmful for children, said California Democratic State Sen. Mark Leno, who is sponsoring a bill that severely limits the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities. Leno’s bill models on a class action settlement against Contra Costa County, for locking young children with disabilities in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day. “Cici” the mother of a named plaintiff who spent three weeks in solitary confinement, said, “Juvenile Hall has taken a kid who’s made a mistake and completely tried to take (away) all of his hopes and dreams.” Her son was hospitalized for three weeks for a mental breakdown after being found smearing feces on the walls, and has since been sent back to Juvenile Hall. “Even though by law juvenile halls in California exist solely for the purpose of rehabilitation, not punishment, children with disabilities at the
Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall are being subjected to egregious and inhumane maximum security-like prison conditions,” said Public Counsel Education Rights Director Laura Faer, co-counsel on the lawsuit. “They are routinely locked for days and weeks at a time in cells that have barely enough room for a bed and only a narrow window the width of a hand.” “Rehabilitation means going to school, getting help for your mental health or learning disability,” Faer said. “It means coming out better prepared for life than when you went in.” Solitary confinement points: • Contra Costa Probation Department agreed to isolate youth for a maximum of four hours and only when a youth’s behavior poses an immediate safety risk to other youth or staff at facilities – terms that are included in Senate Bill 1143. • In January, President Obama banned the use of solitary confinement in federal facilities. • In May, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to restrict drastically the use of solitary confinement for youth in its juvenile detention facilities. (L.A. County oversees the largest juvenile justice system in the nation.) • Senate Bill 1143 is supported by the Chief Probation Officers of California, which has in the past fought against bills restricting the use of solitary confinement. • The American Correctional Association supports a national moratorium on solitary confinement for kids.
March 3 campus event called "Going Public: The Risks and Responsibilities of Sharing your Impactful Science." "But the public invests in our science, so it is our responsibility to tell them what we are finding," said Woodruff, who studies how exposure to environmental chemicals affects early human development. Any UC scientist can voice their personal opinions, said deputy campus counsel Darnele Liautaud Wright. But if speaking on behalf of the university, use caution, she warned. Scientists can represent the university only when reiterating positions taken by the UC Regents. And because UC is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, supported by taxpayer dollars, it doesn't take positions that are partisan -- that is, explicitly pro-Democrat or pro-Republican. It doesn't support specific candidates. It doesn't weigh in on ballot initiatives. Still, UCSF scientists are alarmed by the Trump Administration's rejection of vaccines, climate change and oth-
er well-documented scientific truths. They're also anxious about a proposed budget that slashes research funding, saying it would lead to fewer success stories in science, medicine, energy, the environment and technology. "We are now in an incredibly different world than we were before November 8," said Yamamoto. For eight years, the research community has enjoyed a science-friendly administration -- so it hasn't needed to practice its advocacy skills, he said. There is historic precedent for scientists' involvement in political and social causes. For instance, researchers working on the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bombs, in 1945 founded the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists -- stating that they "'could not remain aloof to the consequences of their work." UCSF has a long tradition of supporting scientists who use their findings to influence public policy, said Diana Laird, associate professor in UCSF's
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, who co-organized the March 3 campus event. By speaking up, UCSF scientists have helped turned the tide on such public health threats as cigarette smoking, air pollution, HIV prevention and maternal and childhood toxics, said Laird, who studies infertility and the origin of birth defects. Because much of the America's research budget is spent on research projects at campuses like UCSF, Stanford and UC Berkeley, cutbacks could undermine the fiscal stability of these Bay Area universities. To be sure, a presidential budget request is only a proposal, not a done deal. But it is the starting point for negotiations in Congress -- which is why scientists need to speak up, said Yamamoto. "Everybody in this room is an expert in something that other people don't know about," said Yamamoto. "We don't want to wake up 10 years from now in a bad situation and think: 'We should have done more.' "
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THURSDAY MARCH 30, 2017
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Water polo goes 1-1 after invitational Women begin conference play
By Victoria Groenewold CONTRIBUTOR
By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER The California State East Bay water polo team split their games over the weekend versus the California State Monterey Bay Otters and the UC San Diego Tritons, both of which were Women’s Water Polo Association games. On Friday, East Bay opened conference play against Cal State Monterey Bay (6-9 overall, 0-2 conference) in a close game. East Bay made a comeback after being down 6-2 going into the second half. The team had a complete momentum shift in the second half led by a flurry of goals, as they scored 9 to complete the complete the comeback 11-10. “We were able to adjust and score on Monterey by pushing up the tempo with our speed and counter attacking,” Tully said. Freshman utility player Auriel Bill led the team in goals with 4. Tully and junior 2-Meter Leilani Vazquez added 2, while junior utility Rocio Fesembeck added 3. On Monday, East Bay played another conference game against No.19 UC San Diego (14-12, 3-0). The Tritons jumped out to an early lead, as they scored 4 goals in the first quarter and only allowed the Pioneers 1 goal with just 26 seconds in the quarter. “San Diego was able to capitalize on our mistakes, a lot better than Monterey in the previous game,” senior goalkeeper Nikki Vaughan said. “In water polo it is all about which team can make the least amount of mistakes.” East Bay tried to fight their way back against the Tritons as Tully scored 4 goals, 2 in the second quarter and 2 in the third, but the Tritons continued to have success on offense through crisp
Bay Area baseball back in play The 2017 baseball season starts this weekend and both the Giants and the A’s made roster moves to improve on last season’s results.
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Cal State East Bay senior goalkeeper Nikki Vaughan tries to block a shot during the game against UC San Diego Tritons on Monday at Pioneer Pool on the Hayward campus. The women lost to the Tritons 13-8. passes. San Diego scored 3 goals in a row to extend their lead to 11-5 after Tully narrowed the lead to 3. “It felt good to score 4 goals, my mindset was to go in and take advantage of the opportunities given, but it would have felt better if we had won,” Tully said. The Pioneers fell to to San Diego 13-8, which put them at 1-1 in conference play and 10-11 overall. Vaughan had 11 saves in the game, with several
key stops to help the Pioneers stay in the game, but it was not enough. Last weekend, East Bay played in the Roadrunner Invitational hosted by California State Bakersfield, where they matched up against top their NCAA Division 1 teams. These teams included No.6 Arizona State, No.22 CSU Bakersfield, No. 12 San Diego State, and No.11 Princeton. “Playing against top their teams was
definitely an experience,” junior utility player Alicia Tully said. “It was definitely a learning experience, as a player it requires an open mind going in. Before games you can't have a negative attitude because of how good the team is.” The women lost every game against the four Division 1 opponents, but kept games close, as they only lost to Princeton by 3 points, 11-8.
Softball team sweeps Stanislaus
Above: Cal State East Bay freshman pitcher Abby Greer throws a ball ball during the game against the Stanislaus State Warriors held on Saturday at Pioneer Softball Field on the Hayward campus. Below right: Freshman infielder Sarah Fukushima runs the bases after hitting a homerun in the bottom of the first inning during their victory against the Warriors. Above right: Freshman infielder Jennifer Palmares hits a ball during the Saturday home game against Stanislaus State. The Pioneers swept a four-game home series with Stanislaus State on Thursday and Saturday. Cal State East Bay is now 18-12 overall and 14-12 in California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference games so far this season.
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San Francisco Giants This season, Giants fans will notice some star players absent from the roster. Relief pitcher Santiago Casilla signed with the Oakland Athletics for a two-year contract and pitcher Sergio Romo signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a one-year contract. However, the Giants signed powerhouse veteran pitcher Mark Melancon to a four-year contract. Melancon is one of the best relievers in the game and had 65 strikeouts in 71.3 innings pitched with 47 saves last season. In last season’s National League Divisional Series playoff game four, the Giants faced the eventual World Series Champions, Chicago Cubs, with a chance to advance to another World Series. The Giants had a 5-2 lead over the Cubs throughout the game until the ninth inning. The Cubs advanced as the Giants bullpen collapsed and gave up 4 runs. A two-run single by catcher Willson Contreras had tied the game and infielder Javier Baez delivered a single which would end up being the go-ahead and winning run. Cubs pitcher and high powered arm Aroldis Chapman finished the game by striking out Giants first baseman Brandon Belt. The Cubs won 6-5 and eliminated the Giants. It was the first time in six years that the Giants did not advance to the World Series in an even year as they had done in 2010, 2012 and 2014. The Giants ended the season in second place in the NL West with a record of of 87-75. Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics ended their 2016 season 69-93, which placed them last in the American League West. Unlike the Giants, the A’s haven’t been to the playoffs since the 2014 season when they had a record of 88-74 before they lost to the Kansas City Royals in a wild card game. During the offseason, significant changes were made to the A’s roster. Pitcher Dillon Overton was traded to the Seattle Mariners in return for minor league catcher Jason Goldstein and centerfielder Brett Eibner was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league third baseman Jordan Tarsovich. The team signed several free agents including third baseman Trevor Plouffe, outfielder Alejandro De Aza, infielder Adam Rosales, infielder Josh Rodriguez, catcher Matt McBride, pitcher Tyler Sturdevant, pitcher Cesar Valdez, right fielder and first baseman Chris Parmelee, catcher Ryan Lavarnway, outfielder Jaff Decker, outfielder Matt Joyce, pitcher Simon Castro and left fielder Jermaine Curtis. There has also been discussion about changes to the Athletics ballpark. The Golden State Warriors are moving to San Francisco and with the Oakland Raiders’ impending move to Las Vegas, A’s President Dave Kaval stated to fans at the team's annual ‘Fanfest’ event there are four locations being considered for a new stadium, including their current home, O. co Coliseum. While the Giants are looking to make another run at a championship if their key players play at a high level. There are many question marks such as outfield play, the number five starting pitching position in the rotation and a potential weak bench. As for the A’s, they’re looking to the future to see if they can get back to being a respected team in the league.