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Suites modified for more students

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BART closed for city communters By Shannon Stroud EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BART will be closed this weekend to East Bay commuters trying to get into San Francisco. Tracks will be closed from the last BART ride on Friday night at midnight until the first ride at 4 a.m. Monday morning. BART will close the West Oakland Station and will not run trains between the West Oakland and Embarcadero stations. The tracks will be closed due to a repair needed near the Transbay Tube. Because of any inconveniences this may cause riders, BART will run a bus service from 19th Street in Oakland and the temporary Transbay Terminal in San Francisco, there will be accommodations for people with disabilities. The bus line will run all weekend during BART hours of operation of 6 a.m. to midnight on Saturday and 8 a.m. to midnight on Sunday over the weekend. The additional bus line is intended only for those who have no other options, according to a statement released from BART officials. According to the release, there will be no additional charges for the bus, but the bus will cause a one to two hour delay for some customers. BART will attempt to battle any inconveniences by providing a shuttle from West Oakland Station to 19th Street Station every 15 minutes for residents only. During this weekend’s shutdown, train services within the East Bay will be more frequent than normal and train times will be updated on the BART website. BART will also be closed during the upcoming Labor Day weekend, Sept. 5 through 7.

Cal State East Bay’s student apartments, Pioneer Heights, will expand this fall and a few rooms will be converted from double space bedrooms to triple space bedrooms, according to their website. Freshman suites previously consisted of four spaces with two bedrooms per space, a kitchenette, a living room, two bathrooms and two showers that accommodated eight total students. Some of the spaces will now have a bunk bed and a single bed to accommodate a third student and increase the suite capacity to 10 students. The plan was created earlier this summer as a temporary solution to the

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200 plus student wait list, while the development of the fourth apartment complex of housing is still in its approval process through the Chancellor’s Office with no date set. “The wait list for first year freshman was over 200 [students], with the addition of these bed spaces the waitlist will be brought down below 200 as of today, July 28,” said Mark Almeida, Associate Director of Housing and Dining Operations. Two years ago, Pioneer Heights converted 12 study lounges in the freshman halls into bedroom spaces that gave students access to the apartment from the hallway. According to housing, Hayward’s Fire Marshall required modifications to the rooms due to the lack of sufficient exits from the study lounges in case of emergency. The solution was

to convert the rooms into the apartments, eliminating the door and having two rooms connected with one door to enter both. That same year CSUEB Housing converted 48 of their double room suites into triples, which is the same model currently being used for the freshman halls. “We sent out a survey to the incoming freshman who applied for housing and the majority of them responded they are willing to live in a triple room,” said Kimberly Reyes, Pioneer Heights Housing Analyst. According to Reyes, students who have signed up for their housing portal after applying were given the survey prior to the contracts being sent out. Residents were able to log into the Housing Portal, the online communication service offered by Pioneer Heights, and switch

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CSUEB converts to By Brianna Leahy CONTRIBUTOR Beginning in Fall 2018, Cal State East Bay will be a semester system university. The transition from quarters to semesters is a process that takes about three years to implement and is currently underway, according to Eileen Barrett, co-director of the Semester Conversion Initiative. The primary reason to for “semester conversion, then, would be to smooth the transition for students, enabling them to transfer

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Campus is all that jazz By Louis LaVenture SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR The tunes will be plentiful on Saturday at Cal State East Bay’s Pioneer Amphitheater when several well-known musicians take the stage at the 5th annual Oakland Jazz Festival. Kem, Eric Benet, Lalah Hathaway, Euge Groove, Peter White and Pete Escovedo & The Family will play their classics, some covers and new music from recent projects at the East Bay festival. All of the featured artists receive regular radio play and in the last two years Hathaway has racked up two Grammy Awards. In 2014 she won the Best R&B Performance for “Something” with Snarky Puppy and this year she won the 2015 Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Jesus Children” with Robert Glasper Experiment and Malcolm-Jamal Warner who is best-known for his role as Theo Huxtable on the award-winning The Cosby Show. Benet is the former husband of actress Halle Berry and is best known for his 1999 hit “Spend My Life with You” featuring Tamia, that reached the number one spot on United States Billboard R&B chart. Kem is a soulful R&B crooner that has also found success in particular with his two singles “Why Would You Stay” and “Share My Life” off the “Intimacy: Album III” LP in 2010 which both reached the top 20 Billboard U.S. R&B charts. Pete Escovedo is a Bay Area native, born in Pittsburg, and will also have a celebration of sorts for his 80th birthday that passed on July 13. Escovedo is a true musician and along with his brother Coke played in the Carlos Santana Band for many years. His family has gotten in on the act as well, his daughter Sheila E., has topped the charts with many of her electronic freestyle R&B style songs. Shelia E. played with artists like George Duke, Lionel Richie, Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock, and Diana Ross before she was 30. The Oakland native also famously collaborated with Prince on many of the Purple Rain songs for the movie in 1984. His son Michael was also featured on The Wayne Brady Show and he has two other children and several siblings in the music industry. Michael Escovedo is the biological father of Nicole Richie who was raised by music icon R&B signer Lionel Richie. Steven Eugene Grove known as Euge Groove, a jazz saxophonist from Maryland, will also take the stage on Saturday. Groove has played saxophone for many well-known artists and is mostly known for his role in the band Tower of Power where he took over for longtime T.O.P. saxphone player Richard Elliot. There will also be food, drinks as well as games and activities for attendees to experience. The doors will open at 10 a.m. and tickets are still available online and by phone.

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Charity begins at home. That’s what I’ve always been told. Which is why Cal State East Bay’s recent decision to donate furniture to other countries in need confuses me. The university plans to donate desks and other items to students in Nicaragua. But how many organizations in the Bay Area could benefit from these items? Perhaps we could recycle the material to create minimalist homeless shelters or shaded areas to help the homeless. The Bay Area’s homeless population is at peak rates similar to the Great Recession, according to the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies. Their recent study showed that more than one in 10 Bay Area residents are living in poverty. In this country, we’re willing to reach across borders to help out but not extend a helping hand to our own people. Here in Hayward, it’s illegal to feed the homeless. Why? On airplanes they tell you in case of an emergency, secure your oxygen mask before placing it on another. The Bay Area needs oxygen. There are people suffering here that would love the opportunity to breathe easy for a while. Mark Zuckerberg, who lives in San Francisco, recently donated locally: the Facebook founder gave five million dollars in scholar-

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EDITORIAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ships to undocumented students in the Bay Area. “If we help more young immigrants climb the ladder to new opportunities, then our country will make greater progress,” Zuckerberg said in a public statement. His goal is to give college scholarships to more than 400 young Bay Area immigrants in the next five years. Zuckerberg considers immigration the biggest civil rights issue of our time. But how many local meals or local housing opportunities could Zuckerberg create with $5 million? And how many students from anywhere in America will Zuckerberg hire to work for him? According to the Institute for College Access and Success, 46 percent of Cal State East Bay graduates leave school with approximately $19,594 of debt: the state average is $20,340 for 55 percent of graduates. How many of our American students could benefit from an economic boost to help them pay back their college loans? It is difficult to understand why resources and finances are given to those abroad while people are suffering less than 50 miles away from those who have the means to help. We need to sweep around our own front door.

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End of Summer Calendar Editor’s August picks by Pioneer Staff

August is right around the corner, which means that summer is near the end. With just a month left until school starts, the East Bay has plenty of activities for residents to enjoy. Check out our Editor’s picks for end of summer events.

Saturday and Sunday

Golden Gate Bridge Inside Fremont Festival of the ArtsView: Art, Architecture, Photography Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Adobo Festival

Oakland Art + Soul Festival

Laurel Street Fair

Location: Paseo Time: 7 p.m. to 8Padre p.m. Parkway and Mowry Avenue, Fremont Cost: Free

Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Kennedy Park, 1333 Decoto Rd., Union City

Time: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location: 14th Street and Broadway, Oakland

beloved icon of the Bay Area.

Join the Bay Area’s Filipino community for the 10th annual Adobo Festival, a celebration of Pinoy culture, arts and cuisine. A variety of Filipino dishes will be available and a myriad of Filipino artists will perform throughout the day, including local artists. A kiddie popstar contest for children ages 6 -10 will take place along with other activities designed for children. Numerous vendors will also be selling traditional crafts and a Vinta traditional boat that can be found on the island of Mindanao will be on display.

The Oakland Art + Soul Festival comes to downtown Oakland for the 15th time. Art + Soul, named the Best Music Festival by the East Bay Express, is weekend with a variety of different activities, including the “Oaktown Throwdown” a BBQ completion where 40 professionals will compete for a cash prize. Event attendees can listen to local jazz musicians, hear a poetry slam, or watch aerialist, acrobats and clowns from the Oakland circus school preform. Admission to the festival is $12 for adults, $7 for seniors (65+), youth (1317), and free kids under the age of 12.

Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Location: MacArthur Blvd between 35th Ave and 38th Avenue, Oakland

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Saturday

Barks and Brass Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: Daughtrey Building, 3295 Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley Bring along your best friend and wag your tails to the beat of the music at this special event to celebrate young musicians and their four legged friends. Grab a snack from one of the food trucks present and listen to budding musicians perform throughout the event. Enjoy pet contests, an adopt-a-thon and the fun pet parade. There will also be local veterinarians in attendance and giveaways at booths throughout. Registration opens at 10 a.m. for those looking to join in select activities throughout the day.

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Shakespeare in the Park: “Macbeth” Time: 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Location: Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, 2465 34th Avenue, Oakland Grab a blanket, some snacks and enjoy a summer afternoon at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park in Oakland as Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park puts on their annual summer show. The play “Macbeth” is free to all ages and will be performed on both Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, filled with murder, witches, mistrust, and misplaced ambition. Enjoy the drama of this play by having a Sunday picnic with friends and family but please leave all lawn chairs at home.

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Set against the scenic backdrop of Lake Elizabeth the Summer Concert Series comes to a close in Fremont with headliners East Bay Mudd. As this big horn band plays R&B hits there will be mouthwatering BBQ cooking and a variety of snacks available for purchase. A bouncy house and other assorted kids activities will be available for children as well. Stop by the Recreation Services booth for a chance to win a 4-pack of tickets to the Aqua Adventure Waterpark.

The third week in August should be dedicated to Zucchini and the City of Hayward does just that as it hosts its 33rd Zucchini Festival This years festival – dubbed “Back to the Zucchini Festival” has live music, food tasting, rides, arts and crafts for kids and zucchini growing contest. General admission into the event is $10 and $5 for seniors (55+), juniors (5-12) and handicapped. One of the events bigger draws is the zucchini cook off where local chefs create their homemade dishes around zucchini.

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Time: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Location: Hayward Main Library, 835 C St., Hayward

Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Location: University Avenue from Webster to High Street, Palo Alto

Looking for legal advice? Then be sure to make it out for a free 15 minute session with a licensed attorney, sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association. Registration begins 30 minutes before the event and must be done in person. Since space is limited consultation will be done by lottery. Don’t miss out on this opportunity if you have pressing legal questions.

Looking for feedback on your writing? This is a great opportunity to learn and interact with your peers in a meeting facilitated by Bay Area writer and journalist Dani Clark, recipient of the Leonard Michaels Award for Literary Excellence and the Jeanine Cooney Award for Fiction. Be sure to bring along several copies of your work to get the most feedback possible from those in attendance.

In the heart of downtown, right on University Avenue Palo Alto Festival of the Arts will celebrate their 34th annual event. The festival has over 300 artisans who will sell and show their work ranging from painting, photography, to ceramic and jewelry. The art festival also features musical entertainment on two stages, demonstrations of artist creating their work, and a kids’ art studio. One of the biggest draws of this festival is the chalk art on the pavement created by street artists.

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Walk the free labyrinth at Grace North Church, surrounded by 97 candles lighting the path, while the Winding Way musicians play a variety of music from around the world designed to inspire inner peace. The labyrinth is open to people of all walks of life. Those interested in the meditative qualities of a labyrinth walk are encouraged to attend and can optionally RSVP at eventbrite.com.

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Time: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Location: Kennedy Park, 19501 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward

Time: 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Location: Hayward Weekes Branch Library, 27300 Patrick Ave., Hayward

Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location: Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar St., Berkeley

Saturday and Sunday

Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: Central Park Performance Pavilion, 39770 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont

Palo Alto Festival of the Arts

Candle Lit Labyrinth Walk and Live Music

The Laurel Street Fair is celebrating it’s 16th year of maintaining an admission free, all ages, and outdoor festival. The street fair features over three blocks of locally made accessories’ and crafts, visual and performance artists, free community yoga, and a children’s carnival equipped with a petting zoo. Besides different activities and performances the event also highlights local chefs, pop-up kitchens and over 20 local craft beers.

Hayward Zucchini Festival

Writers’ Group

Fremont Summer Concert Series

Lawyer in the Library

Saturday

Adventure Run Scavenger Hunt and Beer Garden Time: 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: Road Runner Sports, 1326 10th St., Berkeley Run your way through this fun filled scavenger hunt in Berkeley. The 60-minute scavenger fun run lets you choose your own route to the end as you collect as many raffle tickets from checkpoints as you can. At the end of the run turn in your raffle tickets for a chance to win up to $3,000 in prizes. Bring an ID to show you are 21 and older enjoy the Pyramid Beer Garden as you cool off following the run. The event is free but an RSVP is required at www. adventurerun.com/berkeley.

Monday

Hayward Farmers Market

Car Free Sunday on Telegraph

Off the Grid Mobile Food Trucks

Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Watkins between B Street and C Street, Hayward

Time: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Telegraph Avenue and Dwight Avenue, Berkeley

Time: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: City Hall, Watkins Street (Between B and C Streets), Hayward

Enjoy a street free of cars and full of entertainment at the last Car Free Sunday on Telegraph for the summer. Listen to the jazz stylings of the Craig Browning Trio, the combination of piano and guitar courtesy of Eric Benson and band, as well as the Celtic tradition in the music of the Belinda Salvidge Minstrels. Find restaurant seating outside while you enjoy the sights and sounds or visit one of the many vendors that will be present selling food, crafts and trinkets.

Those looking to have a variety of grub from a myriad of food trucks are invited to come out and enjoy this community event. Whether you just want a quick bite, have a favorite food truck, or want to get a little taste of everything, Off the Grid has you covered.

Those looking for fresh, locally grown produce come check out the Hayward Farmers Market. Sporting a diversity of fruits, vegetables, gourmet specialties, fresh fish and freshly cut flowers the market is a great place to get just what you need. Network with local growers and enjoy an autumn day in Hayward. Those interested in becoming vendors can fill out an application at www.agriculturalinstitute.org.

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Hayward City Council seeks community center By Ian James Vitaga CONTRIBUTOR

Hayward currently has seven community centers that aim to serve its community in a variety of ways: some have basketball gyms, a few have pool tables, but most generally have scattered picnic tables and open halls for private or public events. A new community center may be added to the mix. Hayward Mayor, Barbara Halliday, along with all six city council members, met July 7 for a regularly scheduled city council meeting to discuss the proposed community project, which could potentially be built on Tennyson and Ruus roads. The new community center, according to city officials, would cater to an all-age group, which will make it the only one of its kind in Hayward. Existing community centers focus mostly on youth, but the new center would provide employment services, health services, financial stability classes, a new tech center for adults as well as youth, a pediatric center, job training, and services for the homeless. The specifics of the proposed center have not been finalized. The estimated cost of the project is about $25 million. City Manager Fran David, stated at the July 7 meeting that the funding is about $8 to $10 million away from its goal. Alameda County has contributed $9.6 million and the ACOE has contributed $2.2 million. Newly appointed President of the Alameda County Board of Education and long time resident of Hayward, Aisha Knowles, said. “I stand here as a product of this fine city and as someone who is continuing to contribute to not only help create better opportunities for youth within Hayward and within the county to ask for your support for the project as well, thank you.” There are three potential site locations within the Tennyson Park street block, which already contains the Matt Jimenez Community Center, the Eden

Youth and Family Center, Tennyson Park and a skate park. Two of the three potential locations are right next to the MJCC and the EYFC. The third location is in front of the skate park on the corner of Huntwood Avenue and Panjon Street. “This particular zip code has the highest placement of folks leaving incarceration, it is one of the most diverse places in the country, it has super high asthma rates, it has diabetes rates...” said Council member Sara Lamnin.

Campus Housing From Page 1 their first preference to Triple Occupancy Freshman Suite. The triple rooms are priced at a little over $10,000 whereas the double rooms are $12,000 per year. The triple rooms allow student to save more than $1000 dollars per year to live on campus, and will be receiving new furniture to accommodate the space.

The response of support from incoming students sparked the plan for the room change to move forward to move forward with the state and university facilities to have the rooms ready by the fall. There will be a total of 40 bedrooms converted; this will allow 40 additional students to live on campus.

“They are things that are absolutely opportunities for our community and so to have a center and to work with our partners that have so generously stepped forward, to start to address these things and not just survey them.” There has not been a set date for all this to come together. This is the first big step in the process of building the center and there will be future meetings with the City of Hayward and the stakeholders to develop plans on what’s next.

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Top left: Stairs at the EYFC in Hayward lead to a computer area for guests to utilize. Top right: The front of the Eden Youth and Family Center on Tennyson and Ruus roads in South Hayward. Bottom right: A mother and daughter leave the EYFC on Tuesday afternoon on Tennyson Road.

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Conversion

“The faculty sees this as an opportunity to transform the curriculum.”

From Page 1 course credits more easily and apply them towards degree completion,” according to the Framework for Semester Conversion. President Leroy Morishita called this 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, according to Barrett. In the quarter system, students are required to complete 180 units, but when the conversion is complete, students will only have to complete 120. Rather than having four 10-week sessions per year, the school year will consist of two 15week sessions, with an eight-week summer program, according to the quarter-to-semester conversion calculator on CSUEB’s website. The summer class offerings will remain limited, but available for those students who need to complete classes outside of the Fall and Spring semester

- Eileen Barrett, Co-Director of Semester Conversion Initiative sessions. This is a chance, Barrett explains, “for improving pedagogy [of classes], rather than adding more content.” Because classes will be extended from 10 weeks to 15 weeks, it will put pressure on the instructor to not just present all of the information to the students, but to increase both the breadth and depth of the information being presented. With a longer session it will give instructors a chance to present information in a less-rushed way, and give students more chance to understand

and absorb the teachings, according to Barrett. Armed with the responsibility of the semester conversion process is the Semester Conversion Steering Committee or the SCSC. The committee released a framework explaining the “Institutional Learning Outcomes and the University-wide process used to develop them,” as well as a pledge to the students. The SCSC “Pledge To Our Students” was the first approved document concerning the conversion, and is, Barrett says, “the single most important doc-

ument to our students.” The pledge states six promises made to the students, including that students will not lose credits in the conversions and cost of three quarters will equal the cost of two semesters, with adjustment of fees deemed necessary and approved by the board of trustees. The pledge was approved February 2, 2015, and is available on the semester conversion website. The steering committee has drawn information from other schools that

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have transitioned to semesters in recent years. Eastern Washington State University, for example, converted recently and our campus has gathered insight on that process, according to Barrett. The California State University system has a total of 23 campuses and only six currently use the quarter system. This transition will aid students who transfer from different schools, and allow their credits to be viable when they arrive at East Bay or another CSU campus. When CSUEB transitions, the campus will be following closely behind CSU Los Angeles and Bakersfield, who will have completely converted to semesters in Fall of 2016. Converting the same year as CSUEB is CSU Pomona. CSU San Bernardino will be converting in Fall of 2019. San Luis Obispo will be staying on the quarter system, according to Barrett. Over 90 percent of colleges and universities nationwide are currently on the semester system and roughly 70 percent of CSUEB students are not native to the East Bay campus, meaning that they have transferred from a different school, according to the Framework. Of the 112 California Community Colleges, 109 are on the semester system, according to the semester conversion website.

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Ayunta miento busca centro urbano Por Ian James Vitaga CONTRIBUANTE

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Hayward actualmente cuenta con siete centros de la comunidad que tienen como objetivo servir a su comunidad en una variedad de maneras: algunas tienen gimnasios de baloncesto, unos pocos tienen mesas de billar, pero más en general, tienen una dispersión de las mesas de picnic y salas abiertas para eventos privados o públicos. Un nuevo centro comunitario se pueden añadir a la mezcla. El alcalde de Hayward, Barbara Halliday, junto con los seis miembros del consejo de la ciudad se reunió el 7 de julio para una reunión del consejo municipal programada regularmente para discutir el proyecto propuesto, lo que podría ser construida en Tennyson y Ruus carretera. El nuevo centro de la comunidad, de acuerdo con funcionarios de la ciudad , sería atender a un grupo de todas las edades, lo que hará que el único de su tipo en Hayward. Centros comunitarios existentes se centran principalmente en los jóvenes, pero el nuevo centro proporcionarían

servicios de empleo, servicios de salud, clases de estabilidad financiera, un nuevo centro de tecnología para los adultos, así como los jóvenes, un centro pediátrico, capacitación laboral y servicios para personas sin hogar. Los detalles del centro propuesto no se han finalizado. Hay tres posibles ubicaciones de los sitios dentro del bloque calle Tennyson Park, que ya contiene el centro comunitario Matt Jiménez, el Edén de la Juventud y el Centro de la Familia, Tennyson Park y un skatepark. Dos de los tres posibles ubicaciones son justo al lado del MJCC y la EYFC. La tercera ubicación es frente al parque de patinaje en la esquina de la avenida y Huntwood Panjon Street. El costo estimado del proyecto es de aproximadamente $ 25 millones. Administrador Municipal Fran David, declaró en la reunión 07 de julio que la financiación es alrededor de $ 8 a $ 10 millones de distancia de su objetivo. Contribuyentes probables incluyen Kaiser Permanente, el condado de Alameda, y la Oficina del Condado de Alameda de Educación. Condado de Alameda ha contribuido $ 9.6 millones y la ACOE ha contribuido con $ 2,2 millones. “Estoy aquí para hablar en apoyo del

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proyecto actual que se está discutiendo...”, recién nombrado presidente de la Junta de Educación del Condado de Alameda y residente de mucho tiempo de Hayward, Aisha Knowles, dijo. “Yo estoy aquí como un producto de esta hermosa ciudad y como alguien que se sigue contribuyendo no sólo para ayudar a crear mejores oportunidades para los jóvenes dentro de Hayward y dentro del condado para pedir su apoyo para el proyecto, así, gracias.” Este centro servirá una variedad de necesidades de la comunidad de que ningún otro centro comunitario en Hayward tiene por atender a todos los grupos demográficos de su ubicación. “Este código postal en particular tiene la mayor colocación de personas

que salen de la cárcel, que es uno de los lugares más diversos en el país, que tiene muy altos índices de asma, tiene tasas de diabetes .. “, dijo la concejal Sara Lamnin.”Son cosas que son absolutamente oportunidades para nuestra comunidad y así tener un centro y de trabajar con nuestros socios que tienen tan generosamente dado un paso adelante, para empezar a hacer frente a estas cosas y no sólo estudiar ellos. “Noha sido una fecha determinada para que todo esto se unen. Este es el primer gran paso en el proceso de la construcción del centro y habrá reuniones futuras con la Ciudad de Hayward y las partes interesadas para desarrollar planes sobre lo que se viene.

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Estudiantiles apartamentos de Cal State East Bay, Pioneer Heights, ampliarán este otoño con habitaciones que se convierten de habitaciones dobles espaciales dormitorios espaciales triples, según su página web. Suites Freshman anteriormente consistían en cuatro espacios con dos dormitorios por el espacio, una pequeña cocina, un sala de estar, dos baños y dos duchas que alojan ocho estudiantes. Algunos de los espacios tendrán ahora una litera y una cama individual para acomodar a un tercer estudiante, aumentando la capacidad suite con 10 alumnos. El plan fue creado a principios de este verano como una solución temporal a la lista de espera de 200 más estudiantes mientras que el desarrollo de el cuarto complejo de apartamentos de la vivien-

da se encuentra todavía en su proceso de aprobación con la Oficina del Canciller. “Lalista de espera para el primer año de primer año fue de más de 200, con la adición de los estos espacios de cama la lista de espera se trajo abajo 200 a partir de hoy, julio 28 “, dijo Mark Almeida, Director Asociado de Vivienda y Operaciones de restauración. Según CSUEB Matrícula y Planificación, las estimaciones de la universidad alrededor de 16.000 estudiantes en el otoño, con un grupo de 4.000 estudiantes de primer año que requeriráen el campus de la vivienda. haceDos años, Pioneer Heights convirtió 12 salones de estudio en los salones de primer año en espacios dormitorio con estudiantes capaces de acceder al apartamento desde el pasillo. De acuerdo a la vivienda, de Hayward Bomberos requiere modificaciones en las habitaciones debido a la falta de salidas suficientes en caso de emergencia de los salones de estudio.

La solución fue convertir las habitaciones en los apartamentos, la eliminación de la puerta y que tiene dos habitaciones conectadas con una puerta para entrar en ambos. Ese mismo año CSUEB Vivienda convirtió 48 de sus habitaciones dobles trajes en triples, que es el mismo modelo que se utiliza para el primer año salas actualmente. “Nos enviaron una encuesta a la estudiante de primer año que aplicó para la vivienda, y la mayoría de ellos respondió que están dispuestos a vivir en una habitación triple,” dijo Kimberly Reyes,Pioneer Heights analista deVivienda. Según Reyes,de los estudiantes que se han inscrito para supuerto de la viviendasiendo enviadoaldespués de la aplicación se les dio esta encuesta previa a los contratos a cabo. Los residentes registran en el Portal de la Vivienda, el servicio de comunicación en línea ofrecidas por Pioneer

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Heights, y cambió su primera preferencia a Triple Ocupación Freshman Suite. Las habitaciones triples tienen un precio un poco más de $ 10.000, mientras que las habitaciones dobles están en $ 12.000. “Esto les permite a los residentes a ahorrar más de $ 1,000 por año y reciben nuevos muebles que mejor optimiza el espacio de la habitación”, dijo Almeida. La respuesta de apoyo por parte del alumnos de nuevo ingreso provocó el plan de convergencia para sentar a cabo. La oficina del Jefe de Bomberos del Estado aprobó el plan el martespasado. "Instalacionesy Bomberos del Estado marshall, así como consultoría con los vendedores de muebles actuales que verifica que el compromiso de añadir los espacios adicionales era posible dentro del marco de tiemponecesario.”, Dijo Almeida. Habrá un total de 40 habitaciones convertidas; esto permitirá que 40 estudiantes adicionales a vivir en el campus.

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East Bay hockey arena trades ice for air By Louis LaVenture SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR When most people think about hockey in the Bay Area in all likelihood the San Jose Sharks are the first thing that comes to mind. However, an East Bay inline hockey facility is trying to change that perspective one person at a time. At first glance, the Dry Ice Roller Hockey Arena in Oakland looks like any other facility, but when you take a closer look the differences are apparent. First, these players are on inline skates, not

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ice skates and the surface is not ice, it’s called dry ice and looks very similar to the top of a classic air hockey table with holes and air shooting through. The players are also very different and in the summer leagues they range from 18-year-olds to 60-yearolds like Brian Young. He plays for the Tornadoes in the Bronze League, which has no checking and is for people with a lower skill level who want to enjoy the game and the physical benefits it provides. “I’m 60 and a half and I don’t think anybody else out here is over 50,” Young said. “As long as I can do it and not embarrass myself out here I’m going to continue to play.” Young, like many other people in the Bronze League, simply play because they love the game that his son also played as a youth. Female hockey player Lauren Graham is on the team that defeated the Tornadoes 6-4 on Sunday. For Graham, it’s bigger than gender; it’s about family too. Not only does she play in the Bronze League, but she also plays in the co-ed league on a team with her husband. Graham’s son also plays in the youth league that is on hiatus for the summer because of low sign up numbers , which is common in the summer. “Women are just as aggressive as men,” Graham said. “Females have just as many demons to get out too, and this is a great place to do that.” Graham nearly scored a goal after a scuffle in the crease with the Tornadoes “goalie-for-hire” Dave Sublett and the two jokingly screamed at each other before smiling at one another. “It was nothing,” Graham said. “Goals are hard to come by so when you get that close it gets intense.” Sublett has a unique role at the arena where he is a referee on Wednesdays and lends out his goalie services to teams in need when they are short players. Sublett said he has been playing inline hockey for 15 years and the family atmosphere at the East Oakland arena is one of the major factors that keeps bringing him back to the arena. “This rink is a community,” Sublett said. “It’s a second family here, so sometimes people miss and I fill in for teams. No matter how many goals I give up or how pissed they get they’re willing to buy me a beer after no matter what.” The rink uses plastic pucks that slide and there are

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The Dry Ice Roller Hockey Arena in Oakland has become a haven for players in the Bay Area. The facility has a surface called “dry ice” and players utilize inline skates and rubber pucks during games. only four players and a goalie allowed on the ice at a time for teams and there are currently 74 teams in 10 different skill level leagues according to rink manager Jenna McLane. During the other seasons, there are also adult leagues but during the summer season they offer free learn to play clinics for youths and adults. “Hockey in the Bay Area is a huge community,” Sublett said. “The San Jose Sharks have been getting a lot of fans interested which is great for the sport and places like this. This will help the sport grow and bring more kids in.” A 2013 study by United States Hockey showed that

youth involvement in organized leagues rose by 9,000 kids in 2013 and 7,000 the year before in 2012, which were both records. The study also showed that California youth participation in hockey is at an all-time high and continues to rise. Much of the popularity increase has been attributed to the success of the three in state teams and the golden state now boasts over 25,000 youth hockey players. “Despite what people may think this is a huge hockey area,” Sublett said. “I guess because it doesn’t snow here we get the wrap that we don’t play hockey. They’re wrong.”

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