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According to The Washington Post, President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week. During a meeting with Russian officials earlier this month, Trump gave classified information to the Russians in their White House meeting, according to The Washington Post who cited current and former U.S. officials, but at the time of publication their identities had not been confirmed. The information the president relayed was provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, unconfirmed officials said according to The Washington Post. While the specific details of what Trump actually said were not revealed, he took to Twitter to defend his actions, “As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining....” Trump tweeted. “...to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.” According to GQ Magazine, when The Washington Post broke the story on Monday, some White House staffers went into a “panic”. “Communications staff and senior staffers at the White House were literally “hiding in offices,” according to a senior Trump aide, as a gaggle of White House press stormed White House hallways just after the Washington Post story broke on Monday evening,” according to GQ Magazine. In response on Tuesday, Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell said the story was "false," and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said he was "in the room" and "it didn't happen."
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The Golden State Warriors celebrate their win over the San Antonio Spurs during Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference Finals on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. The Golden State Warriors defeated the San Antonio Spurs 113-111. The Warriors won game two at Oracle Arena on Tuesday136-130 and now lead the series 2-0. Two more wins and Golden State will advance to the NBA Finals for the third straight year in a row. The next game is at 6 p.m. on Saturday in San Antonio. Be sure to check our online and print coverage of the Warriors quest for a championship.
Audit raises concerns about CSU hiring practices Staffing decisions at center of issue By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR
The 23-campus Cal State University system will revise some of its management policies following a state audit that discovered discrepancies in hiring and budgetary practices last month. On April 20, the California Bureau of State Audits released the results of an audit that looked at six CSU campuses, which included Fullerton, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Sonoma, from the fiscal years of 2007-2008 through 2015-2016. Cal State East Bay was not included in the audit and President Leroy M. Morishita did not respond to the Pioneer’s inquiries into East Bay’s hiring and budgetary practices at the time of publication. Hiring practices in question Over a nine-year period, several campuses in the CSU system hired more management personnel than other campus staff and faculty members. The number of hires was disproportionate to the number of students, and CSU administration failed to provide written justification for the hirings, according to the report titled, “Stronger Oversight Is Needed for Hiring and Compensating Management Personnel and for Monitoring Campus Budgets.” Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, a Democrat from San Diego, requested the audit that was sponsored by the California State University Employees Union (CSUEU), a union that represents over 16,000 staff members on CSU campuses statewide, according
to Pat Gantt, CSUEU president. The CSUEU advocates for CSU employees by bargaining contracts and protecting wages, hours and working conditions, according to Gantt. “We looked at patterns and saw we didn’t have policies or descriptions of positions or justifications, we just saw raw numbers that appeared to be growing faster than other groups,” said Gantt. “There was no common policy or program on how managers were hired or compensated.” “The CSU maintains detailed system- and campus-level policies and procedures for the hiring of employees, and complies with state and federal laws,” CSU Manager of Public Affairs Elizabeth Chapin told the Pioneer. “These policies and procedures are evaluated regularly to ensure compliance and the implementation of best practices.” Gantt explained that the audit looked at the hiring, spending and documentation practices of the CSU to try to identify waste, fraud and abuse. While they didn't find fraud or abuse, the audit raised questions about the need for the number of management personnel that were hired. Who are “management personnel”? According to the audit, the CSU system employs several different types of employees: management personnel, which includes administrators, deans and supervisors; faculty, which includes professors, lecturers and athletic coaches; and other employees, such as parking officials and student employees. From the fiscal years of 2007-2008 to 2015-2016, the number of management personnel grew by 15 percent, from 3,447 to 3,950. In comparison, faculty grew seven percent from 20,081 to 21,409 and staff six percent from 25,343 to 26,857. The total number of
CSU employees grew 6.8 percent or 3,347. State auditors interviewed staff members in the Chancellor’s Office and other positions involved in hiring practices and found that while the campuses justified the purpose behind their hiring practices, they failed to produce written analyses that supported the need for the amount of management hired. According to Gantt, management personnel typically manage people, money and in some cases policy. Gantt said excessive increases in management personnel could create large bureaucratic structures. “Universities are bureaucracies in themselves but the difference is these are state universities and they get some donations, but the majority of income is from taxpayers, through state budget or through students and tuition,” he said. In addition, the campuses granted raises to management personnel without providing reviews that justified these increases. For example, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo gave raises to 70 management personnel positions in 2016, which totalled $175,000 annually, with no updated performance evaluations on file, according to the audit. Twenty-one out of 30 campus presidents who served in the CSU system during the nine-year audit period received six percent raises, while five received raises of 16 percent or more. All raises complied with CSU Board of Trustees policy. Over nine years, the Chancellor position’s base pay decreased by five percent from $421,500 to $400,746 and Cal State East Bay’s President’s base pay increased 16 percent, from $276,055 to $319,025. CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White was appointed to his role in 2013 and East Bay’s President Leroy M. Morishita to his position in 2012. Issues with budget management The audit also found that only two of the campuses, San Francisco and Los Angeles, kept written records of their budget
review process; none had written policies that detailed budget or employee review practices and all claimed to track budgets informally. According to the audit, campuses without written budget monitoring policies can cause doubts about their appropriate and efficient use of state funding and are at a larger risk for overspending their budgets. The audit found that none of the campuses overspent their budgets. The state budget provided the CSU with a $216.5 million increase in fiscal year 2015-2016 to increase enrollment by 10,400, hire full-time faculty and improve graduation rates. While the CSU reportedly increased enrollment by 13,000 and hired 700 new faculty members, it wasn’t required to specify how state funds were used to benefit students, according to the audit. In an effort to hold the CSU accountable for its use of state funds, in fiscal year 2016-2017, the state granted the CSU $35 million as a one-time fund to improve graduation rates, on the condition that it create a plan that details a time frame for the state-established graduation goals and the actions the CSU will take to meet them, according to the audit. An efficient use of resources? Gantt said the audit raised questions about whether the CSU system is using its resources and funding as efficiently as possible within the current management structure. “If all the students were getting into CSU, getting the classes they want and graduating four years, it would be an efficient management system, but they’re not,” said Gantt. On March 22, the CSU Board of Trustees approved a $270 tuition increase for resident undergraduate students in Fall 2017, the first increase in six years, ac-
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A new era of Disney remakes
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I’ve been a Disney lover ever since I was a child. I’ve always loved how Disney makes me feel happy, and the uniqueness of each story. One of my favorite Disney movies is not an original but a remake. 2014’s “Maleficent” tells the tale of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of its iconic villainess. Maleficent was appealing to me because she was a hopeless romantic who fell in love with the wrong person, and that man betrayed her by ripping her beautiful wings off. It was heartbreaking seeing her cry in the movie, but “Maleficent” is my favorite because it’s a story about a villainess, not your average Disney princess story. And it shows why the villainess became evil in the first place. Maleficent is part of a new Disney trend: to remake or reinterpret classic animated tales as live-action films and produce sequels to some of those timeless stories. Live-action versions of Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, the Jungle Book, and Beauty and the Beast have already hit theaters in the past several years. And luckily for fans like me, more remakes are on the way. Disney recently announced that they are coming out with at least a dozen or more live-action remakes of their old animated movies and new sequels as well. “Maleficent 2” is set to come out between 2018 and 2019. Disney will also remake “Mulan,” and have started to develop “Aladdin” and an adaptation of “The Little Mermaid,” according to news reports. Emma Stone is set to start in a “101 Dalmatians” remake called “Cruella.” According to news reports, Disney is releasing more live-action movies based on the success of “The Jungle Book” and “Maleficent.” Disney’s new strategy is to mine its own archives for new material. The current resurgence began back in 2010, when Tim Burton turned Disney’s 1951 classic “Alice in Wonderland” into a vibrant vehicle for Johnny Depp. It was a massive financial success, raking in more than a billion dollars at the global box office. The studio took note, and last year followed it up with a reimagined “Sleep-
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Disney is remaking many of their iconic animated movies with live-action versions. “Beauty and the Beast” was one of the first of their remakes that came out earlier this year and set several box office records for ticket sales.
ing Beauty” — the villain-centric “Maleficent,” which grossed more than $750 million worldwide. These creative, alternative takes on the classics were inspiring and seemed to lay the groundwork for an exciting era at Disney. Disney’s 1964 movie Mary Poppins, which earned Julie Andrews an academy award for best actress, is getting a sequel with a new cast. “Mary Poppins Returns,” starring British actress Emi-
ly Blunt, is set to come out on Dec. 25, 2018, and will closely follow the plot of the book series by P. L. Travers, according to the New York Times. The project has drawn criticism from some fans of the original film, but Ms. Andrews, 81, has reportedly given her blessing to the sequel. Disney’s efforts to produce sequels and live-action movies has generated mixed reviews. Disney’s remake of Beauty and the Beast “isn’t just a remake; it’s
an act of cinematic upholstery, with all the padding that implies,” according to Los Angeles Times. “The Jungle Book” and “Cinderella” garnered more positive reviews. These new releases will give Disney lovers something new — yet classic — to look forward to in a different way. It’s a smart way to keep those fans’ childhood memories alive, and something committed fans no doubt hoped Disney would eventually do.
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Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” sparks more controversy with second season Scenes involving rape, suicide, and bullying will resume By Gabriel Rubio CONTRIBUTOR In the month and a half since its release, the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” has generated a surge of controversy over its not-so-subtle subject matter: teen rape, suicide, and bullying. The story focuses on the suicidal death of high school student Hannah Baker, who leaves behind 13 cassette tapes that explain her decision to take her life and to name the people she blames for her suicide. Classmate and friend Clay Jensen, after hearing the tapes, spends the majority of the series seeking retribution by exposing the truth about what lead to Hannah’s suicide. The Netflix series first premiered March 31 and was mentioned in more than three million tweets within the first week of its release, classifying it as the most talked about Netflix original series on Twitter, according to Fizziology, a research firm that analyzes social media data. The series is an adaptation of Jay Asher’s 2007 novel “Thirteen Reasons Why” and incorporates graphic scenes of rape, aggressive bullying, and a suicide. Earlier this month, executive producer Selena Gomez announced on Instagram on May 7 that there will be a second season with the words, “The story isn’t over.” Her teaser generated 8 million views and approximately 250,000 comments, according to Instagram. Although the fictional acts of rape and bullying are just a television per-
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formance, and can potentially educate viewers, critics have said that the physical and mental abuse depicted will inspire future acts of sexual violence, suicidal thoughts in teens, and is “triggering.” Just like Hannah, 17 percent of American women are victim of sexual assault at some point in their lives, numerous rape victims have suicidal thoughts, and many die by suicide, according to suicide.org. Schools and Netflix are taking precautionary measures
by warnings viewers of sensitive subject matter in written statements. School officials nationwide have become proactive since the release of “13 Reasons Why.” In New York, City Department of Education officials encouraged principals to forward a letter that notify parents about the Netflix show and requests parents to assure their children that if they have questions relating to the subject matter, there are professionals and parents available to
help, according to the New York Post. Netflix acknowledged concerns by adding statements at the beginning of episodes to warn about sensitive content and advise viewer discretion. “There has been a tremendous amount of discussion about our series ‘13 Reasons Why,’ Netflix said in a statement May 1. “While many of our members find the show to be a valuable driver for starting important conversations with their families, we have also heard concern from those who
feel the series should carry additional advisories.” Although the premiere date for season 2 has yet to be announced, the second installment will show how the 13 people from the original tapes come to terms with Hannah’s suicide, according to producer Brian Yorkey, who told Entertainment Weekly that although the series has been controversial, sensitive subject matter should be enforced in visual media to open the conversation on teen suicide, bullying, and rape.
Good riddance to the quarter system at CSUEB Cal State East Bay converting to semesters in Fall 2018 By Tishauna Carrell STAFF WRITER I came to CSUEB straight from high school in 2012. I grew up in Southern California and chose CSUEB to get away from home and experience being on my own. I came straight from a semester school, so I didn’t really understand what the quarter system was. I just knew that for some odd reason, I started school in September while my friends started in August. During my sophomore and junior year of college at Cal State East Bay, I bragged to my friends who attended colleges on a semester system that in our quarter system, we spend 10 weeks in our courses instead of their long, 15week semesters. I loved the quarter system because I could speed through the classes I dreaded and had no interest in, such as Intro to Psychology, Math and History. But once I started taking classes in my major, Communications, my love of the quarter system started to fade. Unlike most of my GE classes, I actually looked forward to my Communication and Media Production courses. When learning how to use a camera and edit images in Photoshop, the quicker pace of the quarter system made me feel rushed. Those type of skills are technical and involve
more down time to understand. Another problem surfaced: most summer internships I wanted to apply for revolved around the semester system. Some internships would start late May to early June, which did not align with my quarters class schedule. However some of these issues may soon go away. Cal State East Bay is currently in the midst of a multi-year effort to transition the campus from a quarter to a semester calendar, a decision President Leroy Morishita has called a “critical strategic priority” for the University. The California State University Chancellor’s Office has been encouraging campuses to use semesters for years, for better transferability between CSU campuses, and outside colleges, university officials have said In the quarter system, students are required to complete 180 units, but when the conversion is complete, students will only have to complete 120. Some argue that the quarter system helps students graduate within four years or faster, however some studies show that semesters may actually provide students with a better quality education. Oregon’s Corncadia University determined that the longer semester calendar allows for better quality of instruction, giving students more time to learn beyond basic facts. Students need time to absorb new concepts, and forcing them to learn at a quicker pace proves to be inadequate, they determined. I am a fifth-year student, graduating in June, and it’s rare for me meet other students who are graduating within four years. “On-time” graduation rates are low is because of a high demand for remedial classes and the unavailabili-
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ty of courses, and juggling outside responsibilities, according to a study by Complete College America, a nonprofit organization. In American higher education, the standard graduation rates at four-year colleges are now on a six-year time frame. The quarter system has allowed me to explore a plethora of classes within a 10-month period, which allowed me to
get the gist of a variety of subjects and become well-rounded. Quarter-credit systems expose students to more courses during their degree tenure, which benefits them in terms of career preparation and personal growth, according to Best Schools.org, a website that provides resources regarding choosing colleges and career paths. While the quarter system has allowed
me to experiment with classes, I really only skimmed the surface in general education classes. I enjoyed many courses but did I did not gain the type of in-depth knowledge I was hoping for. I am confident with the skills I have learned, but I am concerned that my peers from semester-based schools might have more experience and knowledge than me and my classmates here.
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Good chimneys make good neighbors Sharing the air with the Valero oil refinery By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR
When I moved less than three miles away from the Valero oil refinery in Benicia just over two years ago, I wondered if it was safe to live so close to a compound designed solely to process toxic materials. From time to time I catch a whiff of rotten eggs, indicating the presence of sulfur in the breeze, but I never had cause to second-guess my decision until a few weeks ago. On May 9, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, a government agency that regulates air pollution in the bay area, issued the refinery six violations; four for excess visible emissions and two public nuisance violations, for a flaring incident that occurred the week prior, according to a BAAQMD press release On May 5 at approximately 6:45 a.m. Valero lost power due to a PG&E outage, which caused thick black smoke to flare from refinery stacks, officials from Valero, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Benicia confirmed during an emergency press conference the morning of the incident. The smoke contained levels of hydrogen sulfide and sulphur dioxide gases, which are byproducts of the crude oil and refinery process and can present wide variety of health detriments, Steve Calanog, U.S. EPA Federal On-Scene Coordinator, confirmed. On Friday, refinery employees alerted city officials of the incident, who at 7:30 evacuated the Benicia Industrial Park, which houses 450 businesses and 6,500 employees, according to the City of Benicia Office of Economic Development. CalTrans closed the 680 on-ramps leading to the park and the city issued a precautionary shelter-in-place notice for Matthew Turner and Robert Semple Elementary Schools, the closest schools to the refinery. Residents in these areas were not formally asked to shelter in place but those who asked were advised to bring pets indoors and stay inside with the windows closed, according to Jim Lydon, Benicia Fire Chief and Acting Assistant City Manager. My house is sandwiched right between Robert Semple and Valero and I blissfully slept through the entire incident, completely unaware of the poisonous air outside. The air monitoring, conducted by EPA personnel, Benicia Fire Department, Bay Area Air Quality Management
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"When I moved less than three miles away from the Valero oil refinery in Benicia just over two years ago, I wondered if it was safe to live so close to a compound designed solely to process toxic materials." Turns out it wasn't. District, California Air Resources Board, Solano County Department of Health and the Solano County Office of Emergency Services, revealed peak readings of up to 10 times the normal levels of the aforementioned gases, Calanog confirmed. The evening before the incident, the weather was hot so all of the windows in my house were open all night, since I have no air conditioning and live in an in-law unit on top of a house. The air showed signs of non-detect for the substances at 2 p.m. and the evacuation and shelter-in-place warnings were lifted at that time, confirmed Michele Huitric, EPA spokesperson. During situations like this, the city of Benicia relies on seven emergency sirens placed throughout the community to notify residents, Lydon confirmed. It also broadcasts on the city’s local TV station, posts on the city’s website and various social media outlets, and uses AlertBenicia, an emergency notification system that utilizes 911 contact data and contacts people through cell phone numbers and email addresses of those who manually registered on the site. However I didn’t hear about the incident that happened practically in my
backyard from any of these alert methods; I found out thanks to a KRON4 news article that popped up oh my Twitter feed later that day. My ignorance about the incident was alarming and immediately made me question the competency of the city’s emergency alert system. After checking the city’s Facebook page, which provided live updates throughout the day, I discovered that other residents voiced similar concerns about not receiving an official alert from the city. Lydon told the Pioneer that the city received comments from various people who didn’t hear the sirens and pointed out that these reports were likely based on factors, including whether windows were closed or what activities people were doing when the sirens were deployed. Lydon said nevertheless, the city intends to analyze the siren and system’s scope of coverage. This was the first shelter-in-place order issued in the city since April 2013, Lydon told the Pioneer. A 2010 incident activated the city’s emergency alert sirens, however a shelter in place warning wasn’t issued at that time and the city has no record of a shelter in place order before 2010.
Even though this doesn’t happen often, it was still a wake-up call for me that there are risks associated with living next door to an oil refinery. In comparison to other oil refineries, Benicia’s Valero refinery is one of the safest in the state. The Benicia refinery is one of two in California to earn the Voluntary Protection Program “Star Site� designation for health and safety programs that successfully control occupational hazards, according to Valero public affairs manager Sue Fisher Jones. The Benicia refinery has passed two recertification audits since earning the title in 2006. According to an Environmental Impact Report supplied by the city of Benicia, the Valero refinery currently produces ten percent of the gasoline used in California, and 25 percent of the gasoline used in the Bay Area. The 900 acre refinery provides approximately 400 jobs, both to Benicia
residents and nonresidents, according to Valero, and is the largest employer in the city. Don Cuffel, director of health, safety and environmental affairs at Valero, explained at the emergency press conference that the flaring was an indication that the system was working properly. Flares are an industrial safety device that burns hydrocarbons that can’t be safely stored in a controlled manner during power outages and other situations, according to Cuffel. If the equipment didn’t flare off the gases that were trapped and built up mid-operation, the equipment would combust. “Flaring is a necessary part of a safety system for a refinery to have,� he said. “Without the flare you can’t protect your equipment or your community. So as much as people may not want to see it, I would say ‘look at the flare when its going off, it’s your friend because it’s doing what it’s exactly supposed to do.’� In a refinery, the equipment made to minimize larger risks can be dangerous itself. While I never got sick from the incident, two people who were evacuated from the Industrial Park reported respiratory distress with the city, according to Lydon. The city’s operating under a sense of false security because these things don’t happen very often. But they do happen and the city of Benicia will need to dust the cobwebs off the sirens to ensure that it’s prepared for when it does.
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Un senior de la Universidad Estatal de la Área Este de la bahía refleja sobre su vida como estudiante indocumentado Por Daisy Ortiz EDITOR DEL ESPANOL
Senior de La Universidad Estatal de la Área Este de la Bahía Alejandro Bautista estudió en la Ciudad de México este otoño 2016, pero Bautista, un recipiente de la Acción Diferida (DACA), durante su estancia temió tal vez no poder regresar al país cuando acabara su programa de estudiar en el extranjero. No habria razon por cual Bautista debería estar preocupado. El tenía un documento de Advance Parole que permite inmigrantes sin residencia permanente viajar fuera de los Estados Unidos y volver al país si ya han sido aprobados por DACA, lo cual si estaba. Su estatus de DACA legalmente permite que asista la universidad y trabajé sin amenaza de ser deportado. Pero por la retórica anti-inmigrante que lleno la campaña presidencial de Donald Trump en el otoño, la CSU le recomendó a el y otros con su misma estatus que regresaran a los Estados Unidos antes de que Trump tomará el mandato porque la universidad no podría garantizar su regreso a los EEUU. Bautista ignoró las recomendaciones y decidió quedarse en la Ciudad de México hasta mediados de diciembre y terminar sus estudios. En la inspección de seguridad rutinaria regresando a los EEUU, un oficial, después de haber vis-
to los documentos de DACA y Advance Parole de Bautista, le dijo que ‘lo tenía fácil’ porque él estaba ‘burlando el sistema’. Pero a pesar de ver sus documentos, el oficial continuó a cuestionarlo sobre por qué aún no había arreglado su estatus a residente legal y cuando lo iba hacer pero eventualmente lo dejo pasar. El programa DACA, implementado por Barack Obama en el 2012 ha aprobado más de 750,000 personas, según El Servicios de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS). Los requisitos para DACA incluyen tener menos de los 31 años antes del 15 de Junio, 2012, haber llegado a los EEUU antes de los 16 años, no haber cometido ningunas delitos y ser un estudiante o haberse graduado, según el sitio web de USCIS. Sin embargo, durante sus primeros 100 días en el mandato, Trump ha hecho mucho por rechazar las pólizas de Obama. Firmo órdenes ejecutivas para la construcción del muro entre la frontera de México y los EEUU, ha incrementado Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), y ha amenazado desfinanciar ciudades santuarias. En Noviembre del 2016, el rector de la CSU Timothy P. White mandó un mensaje a todo el sistema y prometía que la CSU no iba colaborar en enforzar las leyes migratorias federales al menos requerido por la ley. Una semana después, el presidente de CSU East Bay Leroy M. Morishita re-
Las actualizaciones del Pioneer sobre el Presidente Rastreador de Trump Por Louis LaVenture EDITOR EN JEFE
Traducción por Daisy Ortiz ¿Que paso? Según el Washington Post, el Presidente Donald Trump revelo informacion altamente clasificada al embajador y ministro de relaciones exteriores de Rusia durante una junta en la Casa Blanca la semana pasada. Durante una junta con funcionarios de Rusia al principio del mes, Trump les dio a los Rusos información altamente clasificada en su junta de la Casa Blanca, según The Washington Post quienes mencionaron funcionarios de los EEUU recientes y anteriores, pero cuáles identidades no fueron confirmadas a la hora de publicación. Según The Washington Post, unos funcionarios no confirmados dijeron que la información cual el presidente retransmitió fue proporcionada por un socio de los EEUU a través de un arreglo de intercambio de inteligencia considerado tan sensible que detalles
han sido retenidas de aliados y hasta estrechamente restringidas dentro del propio gobierno estadunidense. Aunque los detalles específicos de lo que Trump dijo en realidad no fueron revelados, se fue a Twitter para defender sus acciones, “Como presidente quise compartir con Rusia (en una junta abiertamente programada) lo cual tengo absolutamente todo el derecho de hacerlo, hechos perteneciente….” Trump tuiteó. “...al terrorismo y seguridad de vuelos. Razones humanitarias, además quiero que Rusia avance en su lucha contra ISIS y el terrorismo.” Según la revista GQ y The Washington Post, “El personal de comunicaciones y senior personales en la Casa Blanca estaban literalmente “escondiéndose en sus oficinas,” según el senior ayudante de Trump, mientras una manada de periodistas de la Casa Blanca estampaban los pasillos de la Casa Blanca justo después que salió la nota del Washington Post el lunes en la tarde.” El martes la asesora adjunta de la Seguridad Nacional Dina Powell respondió a la nota diciendo que era “falsa,” y el asesor de la Seguridad Nacional H.R. McMaster dijo que él estaba “en el cuarto” y “eso no paso.”
" Sabes la diferencia entre lo bueno y lo malo aunque no seas estudiante de DACA pero siéndolo te hace más consciente de ello. Salgan, es un tiempo espantoso pero no son los únicos. Tenemos que crear un sentido de comunidad entre nosotros." -Alejandro Bautista, Estudiante de CSUEB iteró la posición de White ha como seria en el campus de CSUEB. En ese mismo correo electrónico Morishita recomendó que los estudiantes y facultad participaran en entrenamientos patrocinados por UndocuAlly, un programa en el campus que proporciona recursos para estudiantes indocumentados como información de contacto para abogados de inmigración. Hace 3 semanas, CSUEB anedio UndocuAlly al sitio web oficial de la universidad como un recurso para los estudiantes. Anteriormente solo había disponible un enlace para el bil 540 en
el sitio web de CSUEB segun Melissa Cervantes. También describe AB540 y AB2000 — las dos cuales excusan a estudiantes indocumentados de pagar la colegiatura como extranjero — al igual que información sobre el California Dream Act, lo cual permite que estudiantes elegibles reciban ayuda financiera del estado. El programa de DACA permite que los estudiantes indocumentados legalmente trabajen solo si ciertos requisitos son cumplidos. UndocuAlly también es un programa que equipa a estudiantes y facultad
con herramientas para mejor ayudar a estudiantes indocumentados, como información de abogados no tan costosos dijo coordinadora del programa GANAS Melissa Cervantes, quien es una de las entrenadoras para UndocuAlly en el campus de East Bay con Carolina Hernández, consejera de EOP. Bautista ha trabajado en Gaining Access ‘N Academic Success (GANAS) — un programa de retención dirigido a estudiantes Latinos y estudiantes que se transfieren a la universidad — desde que se transfirió a CSUEB en el otoño del 2015, y GANAS lo ha hecho sentir parte de un grupo o club. Servicios como GANAS y UndocuAlly lo han hecho sentir bienvenido y arraigado al campus. “Melissa me ha animado a salirme de mi zona de confort y usar mi voz,” dijo Bautista. Aunque hay recursos disponibles y Bautista tiene un buen sistema de apoyo aún se preocupa por su familia. El gobierno ahora tiene su información al igual que la información de su familia gracias a su aplicación de DACA. “Sabes la diferencia entre lo bueno y lo malo aunque no seas estudiante de DACA pero siéndolo te hace más consciente de ello,” dijo Bautista. Le gustaría recordarle a los estudiantes de DACA que “Salgan, es un tiempo espantoso pero no son los únicos. Tenemos que crear un sentido de comunidad entre nosotros.”
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FEATURES 9
THURSDAY MAY 18, 2017
THE PIONEER
Addiction stories prevalent among young adults Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 18–25 in the past decade By Samerah Begzad CONTRIBUTOR When the pain brought on by a minor back surgery became unbearable, doctors put a close friend of mine on opiate painkillers for two months. When the prescription ran out, he started to feel sick in a way he never felt before, but didn't know why. While taking the opiates, my friend — who we’ll identify as Solmone for this story — had been hanging out frequently with his cousin, who, unbeknownst to Solmone, was also an opiate user. His cousin knew Solmone was sick from taking the pills and knew how to help. He gave him the “little blue pill,” which was 30 milligrams of oxycodone, an opioid pain medication commonly used to treat moderate to severe pain. Fifteen minutes later, all the aching left his body, and he felt great. For the next three months he spent $110 a day on those blue oxycodone pills, which he purchased from acquaintances. As each month went by, his tolerance became stronger. After six months, he was taking approximately 12 pills everyday, which eventually exhausted all of his funds. When he then couldn't afford to buy the pills anymore, he became sick every other day. That's when he reached out for a cheaper option: heroine. His first experience with heroine was not what he thought it would be. He thought
he was going to smoke it but that wasn’t the case. It came in a powder form stuffed into a balloon, and he snorted it. When he first started, he spent $25 a day and bought it from someone he knew had it, which was much cheaper than oxycodone and provided a stronger high. His tolerance quickly grew again. He started spending $100 a day for the first five months of heroin use, then began selling it. He bought raw heroine in bulk from a street. He began smoking heroine instead of snorting it, smoking gave him more of a euphoric high. He bought an ounce a week for personal use, spending up to $1,400. Solmone is not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and among all income levels. Some of the greatest increases have occurred in groups with historically low rates of heroin use, such as women, the privately insured, and people with higher incomes. Not only are people using heroin, they are also abusing multiple other substances at the same time. Particularly cocaine and prescription opioid painkillers, according to the CDC. As heroin use has increased, so have heroin-related overdose deaths. Between 2002 and 2013, the rate of heroin-related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled, and more than 8,200 people died in 2013. Heroin use more than doubled
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among young adults ages 18–25 in the past decade. More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug. Forty-five percent of people who used heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers. According to The Centers for disease Control and Prevention. After one year He couldn't afford his addiction anymore and was forced to quit. The first three days was “the hell period.” He said it felt as if his bones were breaking with every movement. He had hot and cold sweats every day. He was unable to eat, sleep or function and hee laid in bed for the first seven days of withdrawal and did not move. Solmone thought he was dying, but he wasn’t. Heroin withdrawal symptoms are rarely fatal and they typically peak in severity within 48 and 72 hours
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cording to a CSU press release. The raise will generate $77.5 million, to be used for Graduation Initiative 2025, which aims to graduate 500,000 students over the next decade, according to the CSU. The CSU is the largest four-year public university system in the country with 474,600 students and 49,000 faculty and staff members, according to the audit. Campus presidents are responsible for managing their own campus’ finances, hiring practices and reporting systems. “So much of the CSU authority has been transferred to the campuses and they tend to do what they want,” said Gantt. “That’s why you end up with different is-
CSU will comply with recommendations Audit recommendations for the Chancellor included the development of a policy that requires written justification for management personnel based on a workload staffing analysis, as well as the implementation of employee evaluations. In regard to budget management, the audit recommended that the CSU submit an annual report detailing which actions it took to meet the state’s goals for student success. Chapin confirmed that the CSU will work with the State Auditor to implement the recommendations in “a timely manner.” According to Chapin, there is no set timeline at the moment.
after the last dose of heroin, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Many people who go through heroin withdrawal report that the physical symptoms of withdrawal feel a lot like a terrible case of the flu. However, these physical symptoms aren’t the only signs of heroin withdrawal. In addition to feeling physically lousy, addicts might also feel a deep and persistent craving to use heroin again. This isn’t a passing, mild craving you might feel when walking by an ice cream truck on a hot summer afternoon. These are like cravings you might feel for water when you’re walking across a desert. They are deep and persistent and hard to ignore. Many people report that these cravings are the hardest part of heroin withdrawal as they are so strong and they don’t seem to abate with time.
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THURSDAY MAY 18, 2017
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How Kimberly Guilfoyle went from San Francisco's first lady to Trump's short list for press secretary By Casey Tolan EAST BAY TIMES
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former first lady of San Francisco turned Fox News host, confirmed in an interview Monday night that she's talked to White House officials about taking on one of the toughest jobs on the planet: President Donald Trump's press secretary. That news and the speculation surrounding it might surprise Bay Area residents who know her as the ex-wife of Gavin Newsom, one of California's most liberal politicians. Newsom seems happy -- sort of, Guilfoyle said in the interview with the Bay Area News Group at Fox News headquarters on Monday night. "He was cracking up," Guilfoyle said. "He's like, 'Oh my goodness you're a rockstar, you'd be fantastic, but oh man.''' The 48-year-old Guilfoyle said the idea of her taking the job had been "raised by a number of people" in the Trump administration," adding that she communicates regularly with the administration and considers herself a friend of the Trump family. "I'm a patriot, and it would be an honor to serve the country," she said. But Fox News obviously wouldn't be happy to see her go, particularly after the recent departures of Megyn Kelly and Bill O'Reilly. In a statement Tuesday, the network said Guilfoyle was "a valued member of the Fox News primetime lineup -- and is under a long-term contract with the network." The night before, Guilfoyle spoke to a reporter in her small office, which is dominated by a massive rack of dresses that span every color of the rainbow. Below is a phalanx of heels -- at least one pair from Ivanka Trump's collection. If Trump offers Guilfoyle the job, he'll be choosing someone who's adept at cable news sparring and often defends his presidency on the air already. But it would be a far cry from her previous political life, when she campaigned for Newsom, a former San Francisco mayor
who is now California's lieutenant governor and hoping to drop the "lieutenant." Guilfoyle, who's funny and personable off-camera, would also be coming aboard at a time of increased White House turmoil, with a new controversy shaking the administration nearly every day. "It's the hardest job in politics under the best of circumstances, but now it's a lot harder with Trump," said Dan Schnur, a veteran political analyst at the University of Southern California. "She's clearly a very smart and a very articulate person, but the challenge in this job isn't intelligence or adroitness. Rather, it's adjusting to a president whose messaging is very inconsistent." Asked if this would be the hardest job in the country, Guilfoyle said with a laugh: "Other than president." San Francisco native If she ends up as press secretary, Guilfoyle would be informed by experiences on both sides of the American political divide. She grew up in San Francisco's Mission district. Her mother, Mercedes Marie Gerena, moved from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and worked as a teacher. Her father, Anthony Guilfoyle, immigrated from County Clare, Ireland, when he was 21, working in construction and real estate and serving in the U.S. military. Her mother died of leukemia when Guilfoyle was 11 years old. "It really did a lot to shape me into the person I am -- to be very resilient but also very empathetic to other people and the struggles and things they may have going on," she said. She said she got into politics while studying Ronald Reagan as a student at UC Davis, where she first registered as a Republican and joined the Young Republicans club: "There were like six of us," she said. She graduated magna cum laude, modeling to put herself through school, and got her law degree from the University of San Francisco. Guilfoyle went on to work as a prosecutor in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Her co-workers remember her as ambitious and driven. Stephen Kay, who
was Guilfoyle's boss in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, said she was an "exceptionally talented" trial lawyer with a powerful courtroom presence. "She just knew how to get jurors to eat out of the palm of her hand," Kay said. "She was a natural at it." In L.A., while handling gang prosecutions, Guilfoyle had "a couple contracts out on my life from the different gangs, which are no longer valid, thankfully," she said. Her career move to television was kick-started by her work as a prosecutor on a grisly 2001 murder-by-dogmauling case in San Francisco. National media attention led Guilfoyle to jobs at Court TV, "Good Morning America" and CNN before she landed at Fox. Her prosecutorial experience means that she doesn't get nervous on TV, Guilfoyle said. "Try getting up in front of a jury and arguing a homicide case with a life without the possibility of parole or handling death penalty cases," she said. "That will make you a little bit nervous." 'The New Kennedys' Guilfoyle married Newsom, then a San Francisco city supervisor, in 2001, and her father was a close political advisor of Newsom's. The glamorous couple were seen by some in the city as "The New Kennedys," as a 2004 magazine spread declared them -- with a photo of the two lying on the plush rug of the Getty mansion in Pacific Heights. "We were so young and so enthusiastic," Guilfoyle said, remembering how people would approach them on the street. But the attention wasn't always easy -- protesters once burned a couch in front of their house to protest Newsom's tough-love policies on homelessness. One of Guilfoyle's favorite memories as first lady was hosting Prince Charles and Princess Camilla for one of their first official visits to the U.S. An Anglophile, Guilfoyle showed the couple around the city, and she laughs over memories of the prince sharing his dessert with her. The two divorced in 2005, after she started her TV career in New York. Guilfoyle later married Eric Villency, the
CEO of an interior design firm. The two, who are now divorced, have a 10-yearold son, Ronan. Now, Newsom is the front-runner in the 2018 gubernatorial race. And despite their political differences -- she's bashed "sanctuary city" policies, he's backed them; she's a gun rights advocate, gun control is a big issue for him -- Guilfoyle had kind words about Newsom's campaign. "I think that he will be governor of California. I think he will do an outstanding job," she said. "I respectfully disagree with some of his positions that I don't believe in. However, I think he's authentic in terms of what he believes and what he's willing to fight for and I think that's really the most you can ask for of our politicians." The two are still close friends, Guilfoyle said. Some California Democrats say that having Newsom's ex-wife at the podium defending Trump could make for uncomfortable news during his gubernatorial campaign. But "Gavin Newsom has been attacking Donald Trump's policies for over two years now every single day, and I don't expect that will change just because of the slightly awkward personal dynamic," said Nathan Ballard, a California political consultant who is close with Newsom (who declined to comment for this story). If she were press secretary, "if I had to go after him, I would," Guilfoyle said. "But I'd be fair." On air Guilfoyle's current show, "The Five," was conceived as a political version of ABC's "The View." It features a host of five panelists -- four conservatives, one liberal -- discussing the political news of the day. The show recently moved to a prime-time 9 p.m. weekday time slot in the aftermath of O'Reilly's departure, amid allegations that he sexually harassed female employees. It's filmed each weeknight in a glasswalled studio at street level at Fox News headquarters, and sometimes passersby stop to gawk. In the minutes before airtime on Monday night, Guilfoyle -- in
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a black dress and red heels -- practiced her intro as two makeup artists adjusted her hair. As the camera rolled, Guilfoyle introduced the top story: a Washington Post report that Trump had shared classified information with Russian officials. Most of the discussion focused on who had leaked information about the meeting to the Post, instead of whether Trump had done something wrong. Eighteen minutes into the hourlong show, they moved on, with Guilfoyle transitioning to a speech Trump gave in support of police officers. The show -- at times combative, at times irreverent -- feels a little like a political argument around a Thanksgiving table, or with friends over a few beers. The banter continues even when the cameras go off: As they waited for the end of one commercial break, the hosts debated whether Sean Spicer had been "in" or "among" bushes during a recent run-in with reporters. They joked around and practiced their lines. It's not an act, Guilfoyle said. The group, she added, actually enjoys hanging out with each other. "They are not only my co-hosts; they're my very close friends," she said. "They're my family. Having lost both my parents, this has been my surrogate family." It's a family that would be difficult to leave behind for any new job, she said, stressing she's happy at Fox. Guilfoyle has been loyal to the network. When female employees at Fox first accused former executive Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, Guilfoyle publicly defended him, calling him a "champion of women." In the interview Monday, she said she was speaking just from her personal experience, adding, "I don't condone in any way sexual harassment or a hostile work environment." When she stares into the camera each night, Guilfoyle said that she knows that Trump may be watching from the White House -- but she doesn't dwell on it. "He's one of millions and millions of viewers that are tuning in," she said, before flashing a smile. "He's an important one."
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SPORTS 11
THURSDAY MAY 18, 2017
THE PIONEER
Cal State East Bay athletic fields fit for pros Groundskeepers take pride in upkeep By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER As you walk up to the Pioneer Baseball and Softball Fields on the Hayward campus, you see lush green grass, manicured dirt infields and immaculately clean facilities. East Bay’s baseball and softball fields get consistent praise from players and visitors who pass by for their supreme quality. Producing those fields is a tedious and time-consuming job that must be taken seriously, but it is often overlooked by individuals who aren’t aware of the work it requires. The time the groundskeepers spend on the fields is dependent on how many games East Bay hosts in a given week. Francisco Camarillo is an older man with grey hair, who wears his clear work shades whether he is working on fields or not. He’s been the groundskeeper here at East Bay for 13 years and is one of the two that work for the university. He and his partner take the utmost pride in working on the tennis courts, soccer, baseball and softball fields on the campus and even the local off campus golf course that the Pioneers compete on. “If you do not keep the fields in good shape, it reflects on our players,” Camarillo said. “They won’t feel motivated to go out and play every day if the fields are not up to par. Quality fields give players a sense of comfortability and appreciation to play for the program. We do it for them.” Camarillo’s main focus is the baseball and softball fields, and he works on a different area every time he steps out onto them to be sure they remain in playable and immaculate condition. In the process of maintaining, he mows twice a week, using a push mower for the infield, a wheel mower for outfield,
and a pavement machine for the dirt. While they are also responsible for other facilities like the tennis courts and soccer field, the baseball and softball fields are the primary focus. In addition he edges and sets the sprinkler timers to water in the middle of the night. This way, it is less susceptible to evaporate, allowing the grass to grow more efficiently and stay balanced. Watering in the day time causes the water to evaporate and sets the groundskeeping process back, because they have to water again and it strips
“If you do not keep the fields in good shape, it reflects on our players.” —Francisco Camarillo Groundskeeper away from their time to work throughout the day. Camarillo keeps records of all the games, and continuously communicates with coaches to be sure he is updated on any changes. These changes usually have to do with game changes, or if schedules are altered. Camarillo would then have to shift his focus to the fields in order to make sure they are prepared for the game. He has to be very accurate and make sure his dimensions are precise when it comes to measuring the fields. This includes using long white high-strength cotton strings kept in a string winder, that can be up to 500 feet to make sure the fields have straight lines. Unlike
The grass is bright and green on Pioneer Baseball Field on the Hayward campus.
other sports, umpires can cancel games due to measurement discrepancies. “My partner and I have to be ready at all times,” Camarillo said. “Whether that is for the games, a special event, that’s the most vital part of our job. We have to have good communication at all times in order for the fields to stay in good condition.”
In my 12 years as an athlete and a sports writer, I have caught myself only seeing the surface and overlooking the hard and dedicated work that Camarillo and other groundskeepers do in order to produce the beautiful fields we have and that I have played on. Camarillo takes delight and seriousness in his job and strives to at-
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tract prospective student-athletes who take visits to the school, to help win them over, and also keep our current student-athletes satisfied so they can achieve out on the field. “Every day I can improve my efficiency in order for these fields to be more beautiful than the day before,” Camarillo said.
Ty Blach, Brandon Belt, Christian Arroyo help Giants beat Dodgers By John Shea SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE The Giants’ unexpected slow start to 2017 was attributed to all sorts of reasons, and somewhere high on the deficiency list was the lack of success in the No. 1 spot in the rotation. With or without Madison Bumgarner. The Giants had been 0-8 in four games started by Bumgarner and four by his replacement, Ty Blach, who helped end the streak on a chilly Tuesday night with seven impressive innings during a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers. It was the Giants’ fifth straight win and sixth in seven games and put them in position for their first series sweep of the season. All they must do in Wednesday’s matinee is solve a fellow named Clayton Kershaw. “We’ve had clutch hitting, guys coming through, phenomenal pitching -all of it is kind of coming together,” said rookie Christian Arroyo, who made several nice plays in his first big-league innings at second base. The Giants’ offense, which was in a power outage much of the season, continues to be homer happy. These aren’t just any homers, mind you, but solo homers. Brandon Belt’s was the Giants’ 12th straight blast with nobody on base. Belt connected in the fourth inning off Rich Hill, who seemed to stay clear of his persistent blister problems to
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The San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey is hit by a pitch from Cincinnati Reds pitcher Barrett Astin in the second inning on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif. get through five solid innings, keeping batters off balance with a barrage of curves while striking out six and walking none. The Dodgers tied it when Blach surrendered Chris Taylor’s homer in the
sixth. The Giants broke the tie in the home half of the inning with Belt scoring again. He legged out an infield hit, advanced to second on a wild pitch and took third on Buster Posey’s groundout
to the right side. With the infield in, Brandon Crawford singled sharply to center to score Belt. Bumgarner and Blach certainly had pitched winnable games but often were derailed by a lack of offensive support,
and Blach had only one awful start, a stinker in Cincinnati. Manager Bruce Bochy said the lefty has “great poise and focus out there, and he’s unflappable.” Particularly against the Dodgers, giving up one run in 23 innings over four outings dating to last season. “Just executing pitches,” Blach said. “There are certain teams where certain styles work better. Buster does a great job behind the plate against these guys. He knows the hitters so well. Having confidence in him makes it a lot easier.” On Tuesday, Blach was relieved after 109 pitches. Hunter Strickland pitched a scoreless eighth despite giving up two hits, and Derek Law finished it in the ninth for his fourth save. Arroyo played second for a resting Joe Panik and right away got action. He turned a double play in the first inning, made a fine throw home to nail Justin Turner in the fourth and robbed Joc Pederson with a diving stop in the grass in the seventh. Arroyo had more trouble with Hill than with his position. His first two at-bats, he took strike three: first a fastball, then a sidearm curve. His next at-bat, with a man in scoring position, he grounded out. With Hill gone, Arroyo singled sharply against Josh Fields in his final at-bat. “After my first two at-bats, it was easy to get your head down,” Arroyo said. “I tried not to take my at-bats out to the field. I tried to make plays to prevent them from having a long inning or scoring a run, just had to switch my focus from offense to defense.”
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The Oakland Athletics still aren’t good Professional baseball looks bleak for East Bay By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER It’s an ongoing sad story for Oakland’s home squad, the Oakland Athletics. They still are not good. For the past two years the A’s have had a losing record, 69-93 in 2016, 6894 in 2015, and this year has been no better as their record stands at 17-22 so far. That record is the worst in the Western conference of the American league, according to the Major League Baseball standings. The A’s are tied with Kansas City for the worst record in the American League overall and hold the 7th worst record in the entire league, as they are tied for 23rd place overall. It must suck to be an A’s fan. The team has an ongoing streak of bad luck. Last weekend the team was swept by the Texas Rangers (19-20) in a 3-game series. “There’s 162 games this year,” said A’s pitcher Kendall Graven after Sunday’s loss. “There’s going to be times where stuff like this happens. I have full confidence we’ll bounce back.” In the first game on Friday, the two teams were both slow in producing runs, and neither of them scored till the 5th inning. Right fielder Matt Joyce then homered on a fly ball to right center field in the top of the 5th to put the A’s up 1-0. Shortly after, the Rangers’ left fielder Delino DeShields hit a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the 5th, which sent Carlos Gomez to home plate to tie it up 1-1. An inning passed, the Oakland’s first baseman Mark Canha doubled on a line drive to the Rangers DeShields and then the A’s Trevor Plouffe scored. Being only up one towards the end of the game in baseball is never ideal, especially if you are the Oakland A’s. Oakland was up 2-1 going into the bottom of the ninth, but the Rangers brought nothing but heat in this last inning. Texas’ first baseman Mike Napoli got out on a sacrifice fly to left field, which led to a Texas run, to tie the game up 2-2. Shortly after, third baseman Joel Gallo earned his team the win on a
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The throw to Oakland Athletics second baseman Jed Lowrie is high, but he manages to tag out the stealing Danny Valencia of the Seattle Mariners, in the second inning on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Safeco Field in Seattle.
Andrus said after the final game on Sunday and coming back in 4 straight games. “Regardless if we are down…we still believe we can pull it off.” The moment he exited the game, the Rangers capitalized on his absence and scored 4 runs in the bottom of the seventh to seal a 6-5 win over Oakland. Despite the A’s efficiency at the plate on Sunday, they still were unable to gain a win over Texas. Oakland hit a total of 3 home runs in the game by 3 different players, but it was not enough.
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three-run, walk off home run as he homered on a fly ball to right field to win the game 5-2; that good ol’ A’s bad luck. In the second game of the series on Saturday, Oakland’s pitcher Sonny Gray threw a season-high 106 pitches and kept the A’s in the game. After he finished pitching through 6 innings, Oakland led by 2. “As a team we believe we can win every game,” Rangers infielder Elvis
Oakland led 4-2 going into the bottom of the seventh inning and the Rangers added 3 runs to the scoreboard in that inning and 1 more in the bottom of the 8th, which gave them the 6-4 win and helped them sweep the A’s. The A’s need to find a way to not only win, but maintain their leads and instill some type of consistency in pitching rotations, defensively, and appoint a reliable closer in order to maintain their leads, or this will be a long, long season.
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