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Britain raises terror threat level to 'critical,' suggesting another attack could follow Suicide bomber kills at least 22 and injures 59 at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester By Christina Boyle, John Kelly and Matt Pearce LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Britain began mobilizing troops to help protect key locations Tuesday as the government warned of the potential for another terrorist attack in the wake of a suicide bombing that killed 22 people outside a Manchester arena. For the first time in 10 years, the government raised its terrorism threat level from "severe" to "critical" after the militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Monday night attack that also injured at least 59 people leaving an Ariana Grande concert. "The work undertaken throughout the day has revealed that it is a possibility we cannot ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack," Prime Minister Theresa May announced, adding that counterterrorism officials believe "not only that an attack remains highly likely, but that a further attack may be imminent." The 22-year-old bomber, identified as Salman Abedi, is an English-born son of Libyan immigrants who was a student at the University of Salford in Manchester. The attack is the latest to plunge Europe into a cycle of grief, fear and political recriminations, as Muslims in Manchester condemned the bombing, parents anguished over the many youngsters killed and injured, and authorities struggled to learn whether the bomber had help. "So many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life," President Donald Trump said while visiting Bethlehem in the West Bank. "I won't call them monsters because they would like that term, they would think that's a great name. I will call them losers because that's what they are." In Manchester, thousands of well-wishers crowded into Albert Square for a Tuesday evening vigil to hear officials pay tribute to the dead beneath the Gothic spire of the Manchester Town Hall. "Today is a day that we all hope and prayed we would not ever see. Families, young children went out last night to enjoy themselves in our wonderful city and tragically lost their lives in a horrific way," Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins told the gathering. Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation in Manchester, said the deadly explosion marked the "darkest day" in the city's history. "I love Manchester and its people. We are a resolute people and will not be divided by these barbaric animals or cowered by their violence," he said. Abedi had been investigated by British authorities for unspecified reasons, according to a U.S. law enforcement official who has been briefed on the investigation. His 23-year-old brother has also been taken into custody, the official said, but it is unclear whether he will be charged. In a statement released on social media, Islamic State said a "soldier of the (caliphate)" had "managed to place explosive devices in the midst of the gatherings of the Crusaders in ... Manchester."
It said the attack was an "endeavor to terrorize the mushrikin," using the Arabic word for polytheists, a pejorative that includes Christians, according to the group's ideology, and it threatened to carry out more attacks. "What comes next," it said, "will be more severe on the worshipers of the Cross and their allies, by Allah's permission." Claims of previous lone-wolf attacks perpetrated by Islamic State supporters have often come from the Amaq news agency before being acknowledged by Islamic State in a later statement. But Tuesday's claim first came from Islamic State's media branch, hinting the attacker had a more direct link to the group. Police said the blast was triggered by a man carrying an improvised explosive device near the exits at the arena just a few minutes after Grande had finished singing her final song, "Dangerous Woman," and left the stage. Grande was not harmed and has said she was devastated by the attack. The bomb used shrapnel designed to cut and kill, but was crudely designed and investigators are determining whether it was homemade, according to U.S. law enforcement officials briefed on the British investigation. It is unclear to U.S. intelligence officials what role, if any, Islamic State may have played in the Manchester bombing, whatever its claims of responsibility, a U.S. official said. The last time Britain's threat level was set to critical, in 2007, came a day after officials discovered two car bombs near the Haymarket neighborhood of London. The devices were disabled before they could explode. Two men who plotted to plant the car bombs went on to ram a vehicle into the international airport in Glasgow, Scotland, where one of them was captured and the other was killed. In her announcement Tuesday, May said military personnel will be deployed at key locations around the country to support the police. "This means that armed police officers responsible for duties such as guarding key sites will be replaced by members of the armed forces, which will allow the police to significantly increase the number of armed officers on patrol in key locations," May said. "You might also see military personnel deployed at certain events, such as concerts and sports matches, helping the police to keep the public safe." An investigator in protective forensic gear was photographed carrying a booklet titled "Know Your Chemicals!" out of a Manchester address linked to Abedi as officials executed search warrants on two properties in the area to determine how the bomb was assembled and whether he had any help. Abedi's parents came to Britain after fleeing Moammar Gadhafi's government in Libya and had three sons and a daughter, according to neighbors and news reports. Abedi lived quietly with his brothers in the working-class Fallowfield area of Manchester after their parents moved back to Libya in 2011 following the fall of Gadhafi's government. All of them kept to themselves, neighbors said. "I would see him walking down the street, but he would not bother to say hello," said one resident, who asked not to be identified. "The only problem I ever had _ apart from the boys kicking a football against my back fence _ was when his shed burnt down. It backs onto mine, so mine burnt down as well. I now dread to think what he was doing in there. I wonder now if he was making something like a bomb."
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Why a babysitter’s schedule works well for college students By Veronica Hall LAYOUT DESIGNER I used to have baby fever, until I started babysitting. I’m not talking about a once-in-awhile babysitting gig for date nights. No, I mean eight-hour shifts, multiple days a week for three different families. Sometimes for two families in one day, all consisting of children six months to four years old. I’ve made myself my own babysitters club. But being a one-woman show isn’t always the easiest while also keeping my ‘hyphy’ 22-year-old wild ways. Babysitting can make me a little scatterbrained and an abundance of thoughts run through my head, sometimes not always the most becoming of a babysitter. But it’s a good thing my actions don’t show it. Here’s what a typical day can look like with my imaginative reflections included. Getting ready, arriving Whenever I prepare to babysit, I get ready to be pulled at constantly. Although I love my big hoop earrings and wearing my hair down, it’s a guarantee that they’re going to be tugged on in a surprisingly painful manner. When I arrive in the early afternoon, I pray for quiet time or at least for the thought of a nap to cross the child’s mind. Babysitting But why nap when ‘Onica’ is here? Not only can these children not pronounce my name yet, I’m so cool that they don’t want to sleep. That is, I’m cool only until I make a snack a different way or place a toy in a new area -- then it’s waterworks city. Who knew toddlers had such bad OCD? Hearing children cry has now triggered a response in my brain to want to cry too. We can’t forget the best part, going to the bathroom! Now, I still want to cry, but I also want to throw up. These kids may be the healthiest eaters, but they also take the most massive dumps I’ve ever seen.
I used to have baby fever, until I started babysitting. I’m not talking about a once-in-awhile babysitting gig for date nights, I mean eight-hour shifts, multiple days a week for three different families. At this point, I think about slamming a beer and taking a breather, but there is no time for any of that. It’s time to answer about fifty questions of “Why?” Best believe that any answer will be gracefully repeated so there are no whispering of curse words because the last thing I want is for the parents to come home to their child chanting words that are usually bleeped out. By this time, I opt to go outside to run around and make the kid tired or put on a show or movie that will allow for some small amount of distraction and as a result, momentary peace. Wrapping up Usually I get an “omw” text from the parent, which allows me some time to clean up and make their child look like the little blessing the parents believe their kid to be. Once they walk in the door, it’s my favorite time of day: payment time. I accept cash, Venmo, PayPal, checks; any way that you want to give me money, I’ll work with you. I give a rundown to the parent of our time together, what they ate, when we went outside, and if or when they used the bathroom. There’s some small talk and then I’m blasting out the door, blowing kisses to the little girl and trying to shake the smell of baby wipes from my clothes. This is just a brief snippet of my day, but every child I watch is different and growing constantly. I
never know what I’m going to walk into, especially when it comes to a child’s emotions. There are plenty of times that the kids look at me and immediately start bawling. But I’m becoming a part of their lives, one day of babysitting at a time. An understanding develops between the two of us and I help them to grow up. I’ve worked with kids through potty training to the time they prepare for preschool. As they get older and more talkative, I can see my influence on their young souls. These kids have gone from grabbing my nose ring and shoving their fingers up my nose to telling me they want one because it looks cool. It’s a huge responsibility and something I never thought I’d be doing as my prominent source of income. I babysat sporadically in high school but it was nothing like babysitting in college. While parents trusted me enough with their kids then, it was a more relaxed atmosphere. Being older and in college, there’s a stronger connection between the parents and me. They don’t look at me as just a babysitter anymore; I’m older and wiser and therefore a trustworthy specimen to trust with their precious angels. I’ve built a reputation for myself using sites like Care.com but also from word of mouth, thanks to my mom jabbering to everyone with a child about how I’m available to look after them anytime. Also, being from Alameda, many people know each other, and so when one family likes me, they refer me to other families they know. While some days can be hard, I wouldn’t change my schedule for anything. I get a great, untaxed income, have some downtime to finish homework, and I’m playing a major role in a child’s blossoming life. I’ve become a more patient and understanding person in all aspects. As a communications major, I see the importance of childhood interactions and even some entrepreneurship factors within my own self. Such as setting my own schedule and deciding what works best for me. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I am definitely nowhere near ready to have a kid, but babysitting has become a birth control that I don’t mind. I don’t see myself going into childcare as a profession, but it’s a great experience with constant demand. In the meantime, I’m cool with being ‘Onica’ and I look forward to the future for both myself and the children I look after.
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Manchester From Page 1 Farag Elkailani, a 53-year-old car mechanic, said Abedi went to the local mosque five times a day and often led prayers. "He never looked as if he had been radicalized," he said. "I never really thought he was that religious despite his prayers." One local imam said Abedi had looked at him with hatred after the imam gave a speech denouncing terrorism and Islamic State in 2015. "I could understand that he was not happy with me because I did combat (Islamic State) in that Friday sermon sometimes," Mohammed Saeed El-Saeiti told the Telegraph newspaper. The youngest victim of the attack to be named so far is Saffie Rose Roussos, 8. She was at the concert with her mother and older sister, who were injured and later found in separate hospitals, the Manchester Evening News reported. "Saffie was simply a beautiful little girl in every aspect of the word," her school principal, Chris Upton, said in a statement. Manchester's city center was in lockdown Tuesday. Armed police walked the streets, traffic was at a standstill on roads close to the arena, and a police cordon kept passersby and drivers at least 150 yards from the point of the blast. Coincidentally, the bomb appeared to have been detonated just around the corner from where the Irish Republican Army unleashed its biggest-ever bomb on the British mainland in 1996. In that attack, people were given 90 minutes' warning before 3,300 pounds of explosives loaded into a truck shattered the city; on Monday, there was no such warning. On the main road behind the arena, a small crowd gathered to pay its respects and quietly contemplate the events. Brian Crawford, 45, said he had been in the area Monday night, seconds after the explosion, but was unaware of the severity of what had taken place. He had been to a yoga class and was walking to his car as the alarms at Victoria Railway Station went off, sending a
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Police and other emergency services are seen near the Manchester Arena on Monday, May 22, 2017 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England after reports of an explosion. Manchester police reported “a number of confirmed fatalities and others injured� as hundreds fled the arena following an Ariana Grande concert at the venue. deafening noise across the city. "All I could hear was three long shrieks of the sirens and then an automated voice warning people something was wrong," he said. "Then it would repeat. I could not even tell what the voice was saying, but I knew something was wrong." Emergency vehicles with sirens shrieking soon came roaring past. "I saw a row of about 10 ambulances going in, and I just got out as quick as I could." Campaigning for the June 8 parliamentary elections was suspended, and May urged the public to stand united in the days ahead. "The terrorists will
never win, and our values, our country and our way of life will always prevail," she said. Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the evening vigil was intended as a place for grieving members of the community to come together. "For individuals to go there and seek to terrorize those children and those young people and their families in that way is the most appalling evil I can imagine," he told reporters. "The individual who carried this out is an extremist and doesn't represent any of our communities, does not represent the people of Greater Manchester in
any way, shape or form." Officials in Brussels said they would not be deploying additional security measures for Trump, who arrives Wednesday and attends a summit the following day at NATO headquarters. "We have already taken the maximum security measures," said Brussels Mayor Yvan Mayeur, noting that more than 4,000 police officers would be deployed in the Belgian capital during the summit. Since the city was the target of deadly suicide bombings last year, he said, the possibility of an attack and ways to respond to it are "systematically consid-
ered." Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron called May to offer his country's sympathy and support. "It is all of Europe, free Europe, that has been attacked," he told reporters at the British Embassy in Paris, where he signed a book of condolences for the victims of the bombing. Macron said he would convene a Defense Council meeting Wednesday to begin forming an anti-Islamic State task force, a key campaign promise. "It is also our wish to reinforce European cooperation in the fight against terrorism," he said.
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Pioneer updates on America's president What happened?
On Saturday, President Donald Trump left the United States for his first trip abroad as president. In a weekly address he delivered on Friday, Trump announced that his destinations will include Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Vatican City, Brussels, and Italy. “I will be visiting with the leaders of many different countries to strengthen our old friendships, build new partnerships and unite the civilized world in a fight against terrorism,” Trump emphasized last Friday. Bethlehem Trump visited Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on Tuesday and the two leaders reaffirmed a commitment to work together to “counter terrorist financing and combat extremist ideology,” according to a White House press release. In a speech given at the Arab Islamic American Summit, a historic event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Trump named Iran as a major supplier of weapons, funder and trainer of terrorist organizations and extremist groups. Last June, the State Department listed Iran is the top state sponsor of terrorism, based on the results of annual report on global terrorist activity, according to CNN. He then called on leaders from Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Vatican to unify with the United States to dismantle terrorism in the Middle East.“Starving terrorists of their territory, their funding, and the false allure of their craven ideology, will be the basis for defeating them,” said Trump. Jerusalem On Monday, Trump met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and later President Reuven Rivlin, the tenth and current president of Israel. Trump and Netanyahu agreed to work together on a number of issues, including cyber security, trade, technology, innovation and research, in an effort to improve relations between the U.S. and Israel, according to a White House press release. The leaders also discussed the importance of strengthening “military capabilities” and agreed to join forces against terrorism in the Middle East. During his meeting with Rivlin, Trump stressed America’s commitment to Israel’s security and agreed to strengthen the bond between the U.S. and Israel, according to a White House press release. During his visit to Jerusalem, Trump became the first president to visit the Western Wall while serving in office, the remains of a sacred Jewish holy temple that was mostly destroyed by the Romans in the year 70 CE, according to the Jewish Virtual Library, a faction of the nonprofit organization, American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE). Saudi Arabia On Saturday, Trump met with the leader of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and emphasized policies and goals to eradicate terrorism on a global scale in a speech delivered at the Arab Islamic American Summit, according to a White House transcript of the speech. He also referenced an agreement that will invest $400 billion in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and create “many
With undercover Instagram account, DEA nabs alleged Bay Area drug dealer By Nate Gartrell EAST BAY TIMES While a Hayward man allegedly was posting pictures of Xanax, pot, and guns for sale on Instagram, Drug Enforcement Administration agents were busy taking screenshots. Last week, federal authorities made their move, arresting 20-year-old Marcos Hatch on charges of trafficking alprazolam, a drug used to treat anxiety. He faces five years in prison, but court documents indicate that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is reviewing the case to recommend federal gun charges be filed as well. According to a DEA affidavit released Friday, authorities came across Hatch's Instagram account while researching another suspected drug dealer named Christian Vanleer. It all started when an undercover Oakland policeman requested to follow Vanleer on Instagram and he accepted, unwittingly allowing the feds access to his pictures and follower lists. Police also requested to follow some of Vanleer's followers, including one named "triggerplayornoplay" (sic), who was later identified as Hatch, according to federal agents. Authorities then began monitoring Hatch's account day-to-day. They identified about 20 pictures advertising prescription painkillers and Xanax, and believe he used the hashtag #Holla to invite customers to purchase illegal drugs. In other pictures, other users would do business with Hatch in the com-
ments section. For instance, one user commented on a picture of marijuana, "How much for (an ounce)?" and Hatch replied, "200," according to federal agents. Other photos showed stacks of U.S. currency, including one where authorities say Hatch showed his face. It was hashtagged #Takenpenitentiarychances (sic), an indication that, "(Hatch) obtained the large amount of money shown by selling controlled substances, and he was taking a chance that if he got caught, he would be arrested and go to jail," a federal agent wrote in the affidavit. In April, more than a month before Hatch was arrested, authorities were given a search warrant to his account and began electronically monitoring his personal messages. They say he had numerous conversations involving the purchasing or selling of handguns and prescription drugs. On May 16, authorities searched Hatch's home and seized numerous guns, including an AK-47 in Hatch's bedroom. They found small amounts of various drugs, clear plastic baggies, scales, and other evidence of drug sales, according to the DEA. Meanwhile, Vanleer, as it turned out, was being investigated for his alleged role in an unrelated Bay Area drug trafficking ring centered in Discovery Bay, and headed by a man named Oscar Escalante. Authorities say its members distributed heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana and prescription pills all over the Bay Area and beyond. Court documents say federal agents seized hundreds of thousands in cash,
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Marcos Hatch, seen here in a post from his Instagram account, was arrested last week and charged with drug trafficking thanks in large part to undercover police officers monitoring his social media activity. dozens of guns, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition when they raided stash houses and marijuana grows
associated with the ring. The 2016 case against Escalante, Vanleer, and 14 other defendants is still pending.
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thousands of jobs” in both countries. The agreement includes a $110 billion “Saudi-funded defense purchase,” which would “help the Saudi military to take a greater role in security operations,” according to Trump. The partnership also includes the opening of a new Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology, a facility that will track “extremist” communications in real time, according to The Atlantic. “Here at this summit we will discuss many interests we share together,” stated Trump at the event on Sunday. “But above all we must be united in pursuing the one goal that transcends every other consideration. That goal is to meet history’s great test—to conquer extremism and vanquish the forces of terrorism.” Trump will make his way to Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday and Thursday and conclude his trip at Taormina, Italy on Thursday and Friday, according to the Washington Post. He will return to the U.S. on Friday.
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Oakland jazz festival honors Malcolm X Civil Rights leader at center of nonprofit musical event By Mat Weber CONTRIBUTOR The 17th annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts festival took place in Oakland on Saturday, filling San Antonio Park with music, spoken word, local artists, community activists, and a variety of other events. The free festival was originally started in 2000 by the East Side Arts Alliance, a nonprofit community cultural center, and celebrates jazz as a Black cultural art form and the legacy of civil rights leader Malcolm X. “We put this together 17 years ago to show what a cultural center could do for the community,” said Elena Serrano, a founding member of the group and one of the organizers for this year’s festival. According to Serrano the alliance worked collectively to choose the event lineup, focusing their support on over two dozen community artists across three stages. The Pioneer estimates over 1500 people attended throughout the day. With jazz as backdrop, other areas of the festival focused more heavily on the legacy of Malcolm X. “Are you awake and conscious?” asked multi-modal artist Mawauzo Fikira of a man who was purchasing a Malcolm X button from him. “We have to educate one another. We can’t rely on the system. Supporting your community has to be a way of life,” added Fikira. His words parallelled those of Malcolm X, who in June of 1964 famously told his audience, “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.” While Fikira believes the education system is a site of struggle in the endeavor to be more awake and conscious, others at the event were more hopeful for the future of the institution. “The youth in Oakland are unafraid to question,” says Cecelia Jordan, a history teacher at Ralph Bunche High School who performed a spoken word poem at the festival. “They have the intellect to read social theory, they get it, but it’s a challenge to put social movement into their language.” Jordan moved to California from Texas to teach at Ralph Bunche after hearing about the school's restorative justice program, which approaches student discipline by repairing harm instead of zero-tolerance punishment. Coming from a background teaching at preparatory schools where students were less likely to challenge her, Jordan said she has learned from her students in Oakland. “You have to be open to listening, even if it sounds like disrespect,” she said. “They’ve taught me so much.” The sentiment of openness was echoed by Yeni Lucero, a dance teacher at Elmhurst Community Prep middle school in Oakland. "These kids bring traumas with them to school, and we use dance to help identify these traumas in the community.” Her students from the school's dance team performed a choreographed routine alongside music from Kendrick Lamar, Common, and excerpts from the Netflix documentary 13th by Ava Duvernay which addresses inequality in the justice system. Lucero says the performance calls attention to injustices in the U.S. prison system, an issue close to her heart after she spent three years working with youth at the Alameda County Juvenile Hall. “Some of these kids, their father is locked up, their mother was shot, and we’re treating them like adult criminals, when they’re just kids,” says Lucero. She sees the dance program as an important intervention to help kids stay out of trouble and build positive relationships. “These kids weren’t friends before, now they’re sisters.”
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The 17th annual Malcolm X Jazz Festival had plenty of entertainment for attendees to watch and enjoy on Saturday at San Antonio Park in Oakland. Dancers, artists, poets, singers and many others performed at the festival that was sponsored by the East Side Arts Alliance, a nonprofit center based in East Oakland.
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Against Asian-Americans Today, it is important for the Public to know that our US Federal Government has secretly STOLEN, DESTROYED, AND ENSLAVED our FREEDOM, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY by secretly NOT ENFORCING AND NOT DEFENDING our 14th Amendment (to provide all its citizens “equal protection of the laws� against Crime and Racism) as NBC continues to secretly maintain and enjoy Their UNCIVILIZED ‘RACIST GRIP OF CRIME AND TERROR AGAINST THEIR KIDNAPPED AND TORTURED’ Asian-American Hostages who still seek TRUTH AND JUSTICE after being severely punished and confined by the US Federal Government (for 29 years) for being the ‘INNOCENT VICTIMS’ of Federal Crimes by NBC.
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THURSDAY MAY 25, 2017
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Dreams turning into reality for aspiring broadcaster My summer internship with the Los Angeles Sparks By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER I’m in the middle of work, and I get a phone call. Usually, I don’t answer calls from numbers I don’t know, but this was different. It was an area code from my hometown Los Angeles, so I was under the impression a family member was giving me a call, so I answered. The caller on the other end said, “Hello, this is Debra Moton calling from the Los Angeles Sparks.” My heart dropped. Was this the WNBA team Los Angeles Sparks? The team that just won the Women’s National Basketball Association championship last year? The team that plays in the Staples Center in my hometown? Yes it was. Moton called to tell me I received an internship for game operations, promotions, and entertainment relations for the organization for the summer, which is also when the WNBA season takes place. I almost cried tears of joy. I was one step closer to my dream career, being a sports broadcaster. I was going to be working in the legendary Staples Center, which was the home venue for the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers. Prior to this call, I received rejections from nearly 60 other internships I applied for, I was told primarily because of my age, lack of experience or because I am only going into my junior year of college. I never let that put me down. I kept applying, making phone calls and sending out my resume and articles I wrote. I knew someone would give me an opportunity; I knew what I was capable of regardless of what other people thought. That confidence in myself opened the door for this opportunity. It is not often you get to work with a professional team at the age of 20, but when you believe in yourself, opportunity will present itself. This position means the absolute world to me. I will be surrounded by professional players and
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A view of the outside of the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Staples Center is the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Kings and the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. work alongside other professionals in positions I envision myself being. Working in a legendary arena notably adds to my resume and also helps me pursue my ultimate career goal. I will be required to attend every Sparks home game in the Staples Center as well as other duties, which include executing in-game programs and
assisting in the implementation of game day plans. I will develop live game coordination skills for the sponsorship department on game-day projects including all on-court and halftime promotions, and more. All of these duties will ultimately help me advance my pursuit in the sports broadcasting industry at a high level, as well as be introduced to
promotions and marketing duties. Perhaps the the most prominent bonus of this entire opportunity is the fact that the internship is located in my favorite place in the entire world, which is also my home town; Los Angeles. It does not really get much better than that. When you work hard, believe, and apply yourself there are no limits to what can happen for you.
NEWS
Sewage cover comes loose on Hayward campus
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University Police Department officers divert traffic on Wednesday afternoon in order to prevent accidents caused by a loose manhole cover on West Loop Road adjacent to the Meiklejohn Hall building on the Hayward campus. According to a UPD officer, the hazard was temporarily blocked by a campus employee.
FEATURES 11
THURSDAY MAY 25, 2017
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May is month to honor Asian Pacific Islanders Festival, spring show highlights East Bay’s API Heritage Month By Kamille De Guzman CONTRIBUTOR Earlier this month, when our family celebrated Mother’s Day, my mother chose a Korean BBQ place to have our family dinner. She would never pick Korean BBQ on her own, but chose it to please my brother, sister and I because eating at a fancy Korean BBQ place is the in-thing to do in my generation. My mother said she genuinely wanted to eat at the restaurant, but I knew deep down, she just wanted to make us happy. All parents traditionally make sacrifices for the people they love, and this is especially true for Asian parents of a certain age and demographic, who came to America and in many ways became bread-winners for family back home. Both my grandmothers and uncles still live in the Philippines, and my mom is the only member of her immediate family living here in the U.S. It might seem trivial, but even though my mother said she wanted to eat at the restaurant, it was a true Mother’s Day gesture. The Mother’s Day meal got me thinking about the larger Asian-Pacific Islander community in the Bay Area in May, which happens to be Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. “Asian Pacific Islander month is a celebration of identity, family and culture,” said Janice Bulayo of the Asian Pacific-Islander Faculty and Staff Association at Cal State East Bay. “It helps us reflect on our past history and be thankful for where you are today. We are able to create an interconnection with the generations
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Performers take over the Cal State East Bay Theater stage on May 18 during the annual Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Festival that featured several activities and performances. prior to us and build community of those that identify with the API culture.” Congress voted to designate the month of May as API heritage month in 1992, to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843. It also marks the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, on which a majority of
Cal State Cuba Students make trek from Hayward to Havana this summer By Stephen Freitas CONTRIBUTOR On June 30, approximately 25 Cal State East Bay students — including myself — will fly from Los Angeles to Havana, Cuba, where we will take classes in documentary film and photojournalism, and produce our own films, long-form articles and photo essays as part of a new study abroad program created by the university. As the trip draws closer, I can feel my heartbeat speed up in anticipation of the journey, as excitement swells over me. I’m eager to experience a different culture and produce a film about the transformative experience of such a trip. For some, it will be their first trip out of the country. For most of us, it will be our first experience in a Communist country. I have wanted to study abroad for the last two years but never actually applied. My passion for travel and experiencing different cultures started during my military service from 2009-2013. I trained in South Korea and went to the Demilitarized Zone, and saw parts of North Korean policy first-hand. Seeing a Communist country up close can really open your eyes to how different other countries are from the United States. This is what fascinates me about Cuba: we will be fully immersed in a country with Communist roots, and experience the differences in culture, government, and foreign policy from ours. It will also be fascinating to see some of the locations my father got to see as a child when his father was stationed in Cuba with the US Navy in the 1950s, when relations between our two countries were still favorable. During our 17-day trip, we’ll take classes on shooting techniques in the morning, and work on individual projects in film, photography,
and writing in the afternoons. We will learn from well-known photojournalist Roberto Salas and hear from CNN and the Associated Press. We will also visit the newly-reopened U.S. Embassy, which was shuttered for more than 50 years. Evenings and weekends will be free for us experience Havana: Cuban food and swimming at the beach. This trip could never have happened for the past five decades but is now possible due to steps taken by the Obama administration to strengthen U.S. and Cuba relations. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the first of these steps took place in 2008, a few weeks after Obama took office, when he eased travel restrictions to Cuba to allow for religious or educational activities and allowed Cuban Americans to transfer unlimited funds to family members. In 2014, Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro reestablished full diplomatic ties between the two countries, and Obama removed Cuba from the U.S. blacklist, a list comprised of terrorism sponsors. This is a huge step from more than 58 years of tensions between our two countries. These tensions started in 1959 with the overthrowing of our US backed government by Fidel Castro. Tensions were further worsened following the events of The Bay of Pigs invasion by John F. Kennedy and Cuba’s involvement during the Cold War. Going to Cuba isn’t the same as going to Italy, London, or France. There is little we have been able to learn about Cuba since it the tension between our two countries began. Traveling to Cuba as students, we will be able to learn about the history that has happened since 1959. Not only that, but we will be some of the first generation to learn and experience modern-day Cuba. We will be immersed in a mainly Spanish speaking country with little to no American influence in the past five decades. Combined with the different governmental and political structure, studying abroad in Cuba will be a life changing experience for all of us going.
the workers were Chinese immigrants. On May 18, CSUEB held its annual Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Festival. The festival included various student organizations, such as; Student Service Operation for Success, Pilipinx American Student Association, and the Diversity and Inclusion Center. The event also included free food, provided by
the Associated Students Inc. CSUEB staff and faculty participated in Taiko Drumming, a Japanese percussion drum, and members of the Pilipinx American Student Association performed a variety of Filipino Folk Dances, including Tinikling, a traditional provincial dance, and Mazurka Boholana, a Spanish-influenced couple dance. “It was great to get a sense of the Asian Pacific culture by looking at what people wear at traditional weddings or banquets,” said Irene Bangi of the Asian Pacific-Islander Faculty and Staff Association. “They also had a booth called “Moana Deconstruction” where they broke down stereotypes of Polynesian and Pacific Islander culture.” During the night of Friday and Saturday, at the CSUEB Theatre, the Pilipinx American Student Association (PASA) of CSUEB held its annual student-directed spring showcase, Pilipinx Consciousness Night (PCN). Pilipinx Consciousness Night is where students perform Filipino cultural dances along with a portrayal of a storyline. This year’s storyline followed a young Pilipina undocumented college student named Gabriella Mangabel, who struggles with the possibility of deportation and sees America as an opportunity to grant her family a better life back home. She is pressured by her family to follow the career path of becoming a nurse, but she later realizes that the career path is not for her. This month helped me reflect on the values I’ve grown up with. My parents have always instilled in me how valuable education is and how important it is to help family in all aspects. It’s one to say you identify with a certain heritage but it’s another to openly learn more about your culture and share it with your community. All in all, it was refreshing to see that my identity was being celebrated in this diverse campus.
OPINION
Golden State Warriors clinch third straight finals appearance By Bryon Pointer CONTRIBUTOR
The Golden State Warriors annihilated the San Antonio Spurs Monday in the fourth and final game of the Western Conference finals, and are now the only team in playoff history to go into the NBA finals at 12-0. Stephen Curry, with an astounding 36 points in the final game, led the Warriors to another clean sweep. MVP finalist Kawhi Leonard remained sidelined due to his tweaked ankle, so the Spurs were no match. From the beginning of the series, it seemed farfetched that the Warriors would sweep the Spurs. The team barely prevailed in game one with a score of 113-111, and the Spurs controlled the tempo for the majority of the game. That was until Leonard tweaked his ankle again. After Leonard checked himself out of the game, Curry and the Warriors exposed the weaknesses in the Spur’s defense and made a monster comeback from a 25-point deficit to winning the game by 2, putting the Warriors at 1-0 in the series and 9-0 in playoff record. In Game 2, Gregg Popovich made the conscious decision to sit out Leonard, as his ankle was still not up to par. A source told ESPN’s Michael C. Wright after Leonard was ruled out for Game 3 the Spurs “will always prioritize a player’s long-term health over single games,” even when the playoffs are involved. The Warriors capitalized on the situation, placing the western conference finals at a 2-0 record. The Warriors dismantled the Spurs with a final score of 136-100. Game 3 ended much the same as game 2: Kevin Durant and Splash brother Curry contin-
ued to bombard the Spurs with another victory. The score concluded at 120-108 in game 3. The pressure is high as the Warriors prepare themselves for another finals appearance. Fans are witnessing history in the making, as the Warriors chase another championship to solidify their place in basketball history. This will be the Warriors’ third finals appearance in three seasons.The Cavs lead the series 3-1 against the Boston Celtics. Assuming the Cavaliers (12-1) prevail in the Eastern Conference Finals tonight, the rivalry between the Warriors and the Cavaliers will go down as one of the best in history: Magic Johnson vs Larry Bird in the Lakers vs Celtics finals in 1959, Michael Jordan and the Bulls vs the Bad Boys Detroit Pistons from 1988 to 1991, and NBA MVP Kobe Bryant vs the big three Celtics Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen in 2008 and 2010. Last year in the NBA finals, the Warriors gave up a 3-0 lead and lost in Game 7 against Lebron James and the Cavaliers. Lebron performed miraculously in last year’s finals, and he’s performing phenomenally now. His aggressive approach to the game, assertiveness on the floor, and killer instinct is ascending him as a player. The Warriors cannot afford to get comfortable or complacent. They must capitalize on their wave of wins and come out strong. The real battle has yet to come: The King vs. the Baby Face Killer. The Warriors will have to be cool, calm, and collective throughout the Championship series. It will have to be a perfect mix of Warrior basketball and playoff basketball. A bout of reduced turnovers, constructive possessions, and keen decision making. Now we get to witness another epic showdown between an unstoppable force and an unmovable object.
Stephen Curry, with an astounding 36 points in the final game, led the Warriors to another clean sweep.
12 SPORTS
THURSDAY MAY 25, 2017
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Together, We’re Rising in the East Congratulations to the Class of 2017! We are proud of your success and look forward to celebrating with you at commencement. Go Pioneers! — President Leroy M. Morishita, Provost Ed Inch, Vice President Debbie Chaw, Vice President Julie Wong, Interim Vice President Don Sawyer, University Diversity Officer Dianne Rush-Woods and Chief of Staff Derek Aiken