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On Saturday, Nov. 1, Switchfoot put on a hometown show at the San Diego State Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre. Two other SoCal rock bands, The Young Wild and Sir Sly, joined the San Diego natives.

It was a magical night to say the least. Audiences began filing in as The Young Wild started off the night under a crisp moonlit sky. The indie-pop band had the crowd going with its high energy. With a similar vibe to Imagine Dragons, The Young Wild used a heavy kick drum and bass to lay down a powerful beat. Adding funky electric guitar riffs and synths gave the group its unique, feel-good sound. One of the highlights of The Young Wild’s set was when it was grooving to a chromatic keyboard solo during its last song and it started raining. At a place like the Open Air Theatre, there’s nowhere to hide from the weather, so most of the crowd embraced it and rain danced until Sir Sly took the stage.

Some say it’s good luck when it rains at a concert. I personally think it’s a sign from the Universe telling us to rock on. By the time Sir Sly started its set, most of the amphitheater was full. Sir Sly is a seasoned band and was well represented at the show by its local fan base. The band’s dark, ominous intro had the crowd screaming as droplets drizzled from the

clouds. “Thanks for hanging out with us,” said

lead singer, Landon Jacobs, “I’m going to move this sound equipment so I don’t get electrocuted and die onstage.”

His voice, however, was electrifying. The band’s energy and Jacobs’ killer dance moves kept spirits high. Both opening bands thanked the crowd and community of San Diego over and over again for supporting their music. Even in the cold and rain, good vibes radiated from the stage.

The amphitheater was almost full as Switchfoot prepared for their headlining set. The general vibe from the diverse crowd was pure excitement. Switchfoot fans have a lot of love for the band. Some members of the audience had seen the group perform more than five times and keep coming back for the powerful message the members project through their songs.

Like clockwork, at 9 p.m. the sky became clear and dry and Switchfoot took the stage. They opened with the high intensity song, “Say It Like You Mean It” from “Fading West.” You could feel the band’s positive charge and excitement to be playing in their hometown in front of people they loved.

“I cannot tell you how good it is to finally be home,” said frontman Jon Foreman.

After dedicating his next song to the San Diego night sky, Foreman hopped off stage and into the crowd as he invited

fans to sing along with him to “Let it Out.” You could feel their love and humble appreciation for the community that built them. It was like watching a concert for a group of their most personal friends, and you felt like you belonged.

One of the highlights of the set was when Foreman channeled his inner Bob Dylan and incorporated a harmonica neck rack with his soft guitar for “Your Love Is A Song.” At one point the group went fully acapella and all you could hear was the crowd echoing the lyrics throughout the amphitheater.

Foreman attributed his inspiration to start a rock band to the musicians he used to watch as a kid at the Open Air Theatre. Now playing on the same stage was like coming full circle, he said.

Another highlight was when the band brought out cellist, Keith Tutt. The group played an emotional rendition of “Only Hope.” The combination of the cello and the luminous moon added a spiritual aspect to the night. The show ended on a bright note with “When We Come Alive.” Energy and inspiration were buzzing through the venue and the sense of connection was as loud as the lyrics serenading the crowd. Comments from people leaving the theater were all along the lines of “Switchfoot never fails to put on an amazing show.”

It was a radical night of music with a nod to the significance of promoting local bands. You never know who might be playing at the Open Air Theatre some day.

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Zahn Center unveils new lab, toolsJamie Ballardstaff writer_____________________________________

San Diego State’s Zahn Innovation Center recently unveiled a lab that offers a variety of tools to help teams bring their ideas to life.

The H.G. Fenton Company Idea Lab features a 3-D printer, laser cutter, computer numerical control mill and computer numerical control router, among other tools. H.G. Fenton Company, a real estate business based in San Diego, entirely funded the $100,000 lab.

“This is critical for our entrepreneurs because an idea is really only an idea until you can bring it to life with a physical product,” Zahn Center’s Executive Director Cathy Pucher said. “Part of what we do at the Zahn Center is validating people’s ideas, allowing them to build something based on their idea, so that they can show people and continue to make their product or idea CNC router better.”

These companies can all potentially benefit from various tools in the lab, as they can create prototypes of their ideas, which in turn can create better products and attract both customers and investors. 3-D printers can quickly create a prototype of nearly any shape according to specifications put in the machine. CNC routers and mills work in a similar way, through measurements that are plugged into a program that tells the machine what

shape to cut in the metal, wood, plastic or other material being used.

The tools in the lab provide a resource for students, but many may find it complicated to work the machines. The Zahn Center has brought on lab technicians to help teams operate and learn about the equipment. The two technicians have master’s degrees in mechanical engineering.

The Zahn Center unveiled the lab on Thursday, Oct. 23. Pucher estimated approximately 60 people attended, including Zahn Advisory Board members and several team members, and H.G.

Fenton Company representatives and their guests.

There were two tours of the lab and working space, as lab technicians explained the various tools and how they could be used.

“We’re very confident that we can bring to life just about any mechanically-based idea someone puts forth,” Pucher said.

Hype Audio, Soft Chomp, and ShredLights, which are all Zahn Center student teams, attended the event to explain their ideas. Hype Audio is a student-led company that creates waterproof headphones for surfers. Soft

Chomp is an infant toothbrush that is gentle enough on babies’ developing gums, but allows parents not to worry about biting. ShredLights is a company that creates headlights for skateboarders to see in the dark and avoid potentially dangerous obstacles.

“It all starts by taking the product you envision and creating a product that the customer can hold, use and love,” Pucher said. “It’s a very critical step in any business, and we in the lab help provide that for our teams.”

Pucher encourages people to visit the Zahn Center and become involved.

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EmEly Navarrostaff writer_____________________________________

Student Health Services held its first Halloween Calpulli Carnival and Open House on Oct. 29 to inform San Diego State students about health services available to them.

The event, organized by the Marketing and Communications committee of Calpulli Center, aimed to create a friendly environment for students to attain more information. Student Disability Services, Counseling and Psychological Services and Health Promotions all participated.

“A lot of the services that are here in SDSU students don’t know about, so we wanted to create an open space for students to come by and feel welcomed and know all the services that are in the Calpulli Center,” senior and Committee Member Tori Barron said.

Student Health Services gave tours of the entire building, featuring every service the center has to offer.

The tour guide reminded the attendees that by attending SDSU, students pay a health fee, giving them access to all the departments of Calpulli.

However, Communication Resource Specialist Irma Murphy said students are often unaware of these services because their parents pay the health fee and students don’t utilize the services offered until they are sick.

The mandated health fee grants

access to primary and special care, the pharmacy, laboratory, physical therapy and radiology, dentistry, optometry, physical exams and a travel medical consultant.

If a student is in need of primary care, they can visit a nurse at Primary Care One on the first floor. The nurse can then look at the patient and schedule

an appointment with a doctor the same day if possible. If additional medical assistance is needed, Student Health Services can list health providers in the community compatible with the student’s specific condition.

The Counseling and Psychological Services has licensed clinical psychologists as well as marriage and

family therapists that can aid students in need of emotional, psychological or couples counseling.

Student Disability Services provides accommodations to students with learning and physical disabilities, such as quiet rooms for students to take tests and mobility services for students with conditions that make it difficult to walk around campus.

Health Promotion aims to enhance and inform students about lifelong healthy decisions and ways to be proactive about their health by informing them about the Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment program, as well as birth control and health insurance.

The eye and dental clinic on the third floor can be a point of interest for students, especially if they do not have a dentist or optometrist. Each facility has basic services such as eye exams, contact lens evaluations, fillings, crowns, teeth whitening, veneers, Invisalign, night guards and X-rays. These services are considered additional but remain available at a low cost.

“Because I already pay for this service, if I ever need it I will come down and utilize it,” journalism major Mary Borstelmann said at the carnival.

Student Health Services is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, students can call Students Health Services’ main number at 619-594-4325, or visit its website.

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The leaves are changing and the air is

getting chillier by the day — marginaly at least, considering we live in San Diego. Between Halloween, Oktoberfest and all

the new video game releases, it’s safe to say October is one of my favorite months. But for students, October was a scary month, and not because of all the dismembered plastic hands on everyone’s lawn. The problem with this time of year is the nightmarish midterms scattered throughout the month.

Granted, midterms aren’t all bad. I’d much rather take a midterm and a final instead of a grueling cumulative exam at the end of the semester. But every class has a different schedule, so midterms are spread out through the span of a month.

The reason why midterms are so stressful to begin with isn’t the increased level of difficulty, but its dispersion around our already hectic daily lives. It would be better for students if midterms had a dedicated week, without the stress of classwork, like finals.

We’re all busy people, which is why juggling essays, projects and work,

Midterm interruptions with the difficulty level of midterms being no different from final exams, the overlap of classwork and lectures is highly strenuous.

along with studying for a midterm or two, is no easy task, let alone when you have to continue this pattern for three weeks straight. Last semester, I had at least one midterm every week — some unfortunate classes have two — five weeks in a row. By the third week, the sleep deprivation left me more worn out than a favorite pair of rainbows.

If midterms were more like finals, where class time devoted a week for the sole purpose of testing, then studying would be the scholastic objective. Sure, these exams would be as stressful as finals, but the trade-off would be getting midterms out of the way as quickly as possible.

It would be like removing a band-aid, fast and relatively less painful. It’s ridiculous to prolong the mental anguish for all of October.

The whole purpose of testing is to see how well students have learned the material. Therefore, wouldn’t it be ideal to eliminate any potential interference from the other classes? Ever have two major assignments due on the same day as a midterm? Judging from experience, it isn’t much fun (in my defense, I only procrastinated a little). But it’s insane to think students are being tested on equal grounds because everyone’s situation is

different. If you have more going on in your life, you’re at a distinct disadvantage, even more so for the select few classes grading on a curve.

The only people this suggestion inconveniences are the professors who would have to reorganize their classes’ schedules. The only reason a student would be against this system is if they’re the type who enjoy slowly peeling off their bandages.

To be fair, not every class is the same either. The amount of content taught varies among classes. Not to mention some classes have three exams throughout the semester, while others have only two.

While it would be out of the question for every class to have the same format, it shouldn’t make much of a difference for classes to have a test in the middle of

the semester, naturally what a midterm indicates.

After all, a majority of classes conform to the finals’ system because unless a meeting time falls on a holiday, every teacher has the same amount of time to educate

students.Whether a teacher wants to add or

omit an extra test is entirely up to him or her. Either way, you won’t hear me complain — too much — because that decision will generally help students by giving an opportunity to perform better. San Diego State should dedicate a week to midterms because it would make our lives significantly easier without making the classes any simpler.

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an array of popular rumors, the 2014 Ebola outbreak is due to a strain of Ebola known as Ebola Zaire, not the EboBun strain for which the Center for Disease Control patent was obtained. The patent protecting the other strain of the virus is not related to the current outbreak.

Patents protecting viruses and any other life forms are difficult to understand, let alone explain to the general public in relatively simple terms. I’m not saying pharmaceuticals and agencies, such as the CDC, around the world are heaven-sent angels — in fact, they are very far from it. Although unethical practices, such as testing new drugs on subjects in the Third World, warrant serious questions regarding the organization’s motives, the answers revolve around economics not “1984” Big-Brother theories.

According to the German publication Der Speigel, popular destinations for testing are newly industrialized

counties, specifically India, Russia, Brazil and China. International drug manufacturers find it easy to test participants because they are thankful for being cared for in any way.

With epidemics as dangerous as Ebola or AIDS, it only makes sense that politics are involved among the different actors. It’s a reality that money is and always will be an aspect of large-scale issues, but that doesn’t have to mean that the powers in charge are unfairly using their control for financial gain as opposed to helping people in need.

Rather than worrying about unfounded conspiracy theories, we should be more worried about how these crises are handled and sensationalized by the media. Many news organizations want to plant the seed of fear without thinking of repercussions.

For now, let’s shelve this latest absurdity right next to the constantly evolving 9/11 theories and take this outbreak for what it is: a tragic and fatal outbreak impacting the lives of thousands around the world, which desperately requires strict, meaningful and rational attention.

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Anthony BerteAuxsenior staff columnist____________________________________

if you’ve taken any basic economic class, you should

know by now our society subsists on a system of supply and demand. The theory concludes that in a capitalist

competitive model, the prices of a good will vary depending on the units demanded by a consumer and the supply of the units provided by the producer. It’s common to think of this theory in relation to simple everyday goods, such as apples or heated blankets in the winter. However, if we took this theory to other fields we might not associate it with capitalism or a market economy. What if we applied economic theories to health care and the medical world?

Supply and demand has increasingly commercialized a health care system, which in essence is supposed to assist those in need, regardless of socioeconomic standing. In light of the Ebola outbreak, there’s startling evidence that the vaccine industry in the United States and Canada have been killing time waiting for panic to generate a demand for the Ebola vaccine, in turn maximizing profits on vaccines.

At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, I’m saying there are industries that exist solely to capitalize upon disease and health. It’s a conspiracy, that’s for sure, but it’s not a theory.

In 2009, the U.S. Government filed for a patent for the Ebola virus. The patent stated the U.S. Government held ownership to all strains of Ebola, which share 70 percent or more of the protein sequence. This gets interesting when the patent also makes sure to mention the government holds ownership of all Ebola virus strains that are “weakened” or “killed.” A vaccine, by definition, is taking a virus and weakening it so the human body can build a resistance to the virus from within. In essence, the U.S. Government was calling for ownership of all Ebola vaccines and monetary royalties for Ebola vaccines.

In fact, Ebola vaccines aren’t a recent development and have been developing for more than a decade. It was detailed in respected medical journal, Nature Medicine, where researchers from both the U.S. and Canada collaborated and tested vaccines on monkeys, finding the vaccine worked nearly perfectly. This vaccine never saw a public commercial release for reasons unknown, but if

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if you’re following the news lately, it seems as though the world’s population will cease to exist in a

horrible manner all because of an Ebola outbreak.

Yes, we should be concerned that thousands of human beings in West Africa are dying at alarming rates. Yes, we should put our first-world technology and knowledge to good use to get this fatal epidemic under control. But no, this bacterial disease is not something intentionally designed by the United States Government in an effort to maintain issues of overpopulation and seize global control.

In general, I can be pretty skeptical of what’s on the news and coming out of the mouths of our infamous politicians. But the Ebola conspiracy theories that have gained national attention take this absurdity to a new level. These outlandish theories scandalize complex issues and only serve to scare the public, in turn discouraging critical thinking.

There have been several conspiracy theories concerning the outbreak and none that have any serious validity. If someone chose to research this topic in depth, he or she would come across many obscure sites with sensationalist headlines and frightening content. But the documentation of these ridiculous ideas in no way corroborates the theories.

Even though it’s unclear how Ebola spreads from animals to humans, it is believed to involve direct contact with infected fruit bats or primates.

In West Africa, bushmeat is available even though some countries prohibit it. From lemurs, apes and fruit bats, almost all animals are sources of nourishment and hunting for these civilizations, increasing the risk of an outbreak.

Under such cultural circumstances, it isn’t hard to believe hunting and consuming Ebola-prone animals would set off this highly-contagious outbreak killing thousands of people.

A pervasive rumor is that our own government has invented and patented Ebola in efforts to control overpopulation. Queue the theories about shady deals with pharmaceutical companies and population control. This conspiracy warrants no more credibility than the laundry-list of other illogical ideas people have suggested over the years, such as the theory that the U.S. is hiding a cure to cancer away from the public.

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we look at the context of this decision, we can see the vaccine was shelved because there was no probable demand for it and therefore no profit to be generated.

Thomas W. Geisbert, an expert involved in the development of the Ebola vaccine was quoted in the New York Times stating, “there’s never been a big market for Ebola vaccines … who are they gonna sell it to? It takes a crisis sometimes to get people talking.”

If we can all recall from the past decade, had we even heard of the word “Ebola” before all this hysteria? How could there be a market demand if there’s no fear associated with Ebola?

Before today, Ebola was a rare disease with low odds of infecting others. Outbreaks often occurred in collective groups of 100 and generally plagued West Africa with no significant devastation. In a hysteric culture of epidemics SARS, HIV/AIDS, the bird flu and swine flu, a measly disease like Ebola, which didn’t threaten Western society, was barely a blip on our radar. Fast forward to current events, Ebola has claimed more than 5,000 lives worldwide, and the media hysteria surrounding it has created an almost convenient market demand for a vaccine and government response.

It’s this exact demand that has lead the World Health Organization to announce that hundreds of thousands of Ebola vaccines will be available in 2015. Almost in tandem with this announcement, stock prices of the pharmaceutical companies providing the vaccine such as Tekmira and Chimerix Inc skyrocketed. It’s these high prices that lead to many economic publications to label these stocks as the “Ebola” stocks. On top of this, Tekmira was also awarded $140 million from the U.S. Government to further develop vaccines against Ebola. With millions of dollars worth of profit involved for the pharmaceutical companies and the government, it becomes eerily obvious production of the vaccine simply existed to match the demands of wealthy Western society.

This being said, the hysteria and fears surrounding Ebola are misguided. We can deal with Ebola. What we should fear is a system seeking to profit and capitalize upon hysteria. We should be asking questions rather than being ignorant toward the complicated system of profit that ties supply and demand to a health crisis, our government and pharmaceutical companies. We know now that vaccines are being manufactured to match the demand. However, we have to ask in light of the millions of dollars in profit, was the reason for the demand also manufactured?

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as the ebola outbreak continues to spread panic through the media, the daily aztec’s opinion columnists weigh in on the various conspiracy theories dominating recent headlines.

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to improve the education system. If you want a solid economy, you need well-trained workers, making sure that we have a strong K-12 education system (and) making sure that college is affordable,” DeMaio said.

In terms of social issues, DeMaio said there should be a cohesive, bipartisan acceptance of basic personal freedoms, such as marriage equality, health care choices and privacy from the government in phone calls and emails.

“I think that politicians ought to get the hell out of our personal lives,” DeMaio said. “What’s happening right now is not only do we not have those basic guarantees, but both political parties get distracted over fighting on these issues from issues we want to see the government address, like the economy, education, and national debt.”

Influencing change on a local level is a factor that drew DeMaio to politics. He ran two companies, one in San Diego and one in Washington, D.C., and was frustrated with problems affecting his business. He decided to become more involved with local politics in an effort to create change in San Diego.

“I believe we can make San Diego just an extraordinary success, and improve our quality of life, if we had more accountable government at the federal, state and local level,” DeMaio said.

But DeMaio does not see politics as a permanent solution to many of the

problems San Diego faces.“Politics should not be a

career,” he said. “Politics should be more a service to the public that you are willing to endure because

you want to get something done that you really

believe in. There are too many politicians that see this as the best job they’ve ever had. They love the title, they love the perks. That’s one of the reasons why our political system is broken.”

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Republican Carl DeMaio previously worked to reform the budget of San Diego, finding many problems with the way San Diego county officials handled money. He led the Citizen’s Budget Act, which focused on exposing and reforming the problems found in the San Diego budget.

“The politicians at the time denied there was a financial crisis in the city,” DeMaio said. “I underwrote a project to hire college researchers to pore through the budgets and do public records requests so we could get the information out there to the public as to what was really going on with their money.”

DeMaio ran for mayor of San Diego in 2012 and lost to Bob Filner. He then announced his intention to campaign for congress in May 2013. Following the scandal that led to Bob Filner’s resignation in August 2013, DeMaio opted out of the following November 2013 mayoral special election. He was already beginning his congressional campaign, and changes put into effect by Filner reinforced his decision.

“In 2012 and into 2013 things dramatically changed … Bob Filner pushed through and approved a five-year labor contract, which locked into place how the city operates … meaning that I would have to wait for a full term before I could actually start fashioning the city government I think we ought to have,” DeMaio said. So ultimately I felt that I could make a bigger impact on the national level.”

The impact DeMaio wants to make on the national level includes aiming to resolve economic issues and working to improve the education system. For him, the matter of job creation and education go hand-in-hand.

“Job creation, economic revitalization has to be the cornerstone, the starting point for our elected official’s focus. Second, we really need

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Democrat Scott Peters served locally on the City Council from 2000 to 2008. He became the city council’s first president in 2004, when a new form of mayoral structure allowed him to serve as the chief officer of the city’s new legislative branch. Peters ran for the 52nd Congressional District in 2012 and defeated incumbent Republican Brian Bilbray by 6,956 votes. He assumed office as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2013.

Peters calls himself a “product of financial aid” who knows the difficulties of paying for an education.

“I knew that if I studied hard and got the grades to go to college that my parents could pay for it because we had grants, we had low interest loans and I got a work study job,” Peters said.

Peters is currently working on legislation that would keep all federal loans below four percent.

“If we’re charging six (or) eight percent, the federal government is making money on those loans and we’re telling students, ‘we want you to pay for the federal deficit,’ which is the wrong thing to do,” Peters said.

Another way Peters hopes to help students with debt is through a bill that will incentivize employers to pay back their employees’ student loans and give a tax benefit to the company.

Peters stresses the importance of getting an education because that was how he built his career.

“We can’t exactly compete in a brain-powered economy if we’re not powering our brains,” he said.

Peters wants to make education a priority in the federal budget, which he pegs as a main difference b e t w e e n h i m and his

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Candidates talk congressional race after months of campaigning, democratic incumbent scott Peters and republican carl demaio face off on nov. 4 to become next term’s representative for california’s 52nd district

opponent, Republican Carl DeMaio.Peters’ record also shows that

sustainability and climate action have a place in his campaign. If is re-elected to Congress, he plans to make climate action a priority. Peters has a few bills designed to propel sustainability forward.

One of the bills tries to prepare communities for extreme weather, which he said is a result of climate change.

He is also working closely with the military to invest in biofuels and other alternative energies.

“If we can just do small investments in alternative energy in the military, they could have a huge impact in San Diego,” Peters said.

He supports Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s Climate Action Plan that puts San Diego on track to reduce greenhouse emissions and addresses other city sustainability issues.

When it comes to eduction, Peters’ wants to impact students directly by helping ease the process of paying back loans. Because he went through the experience of having to take on student loans, he says that he realizes how important it was for his success.

He also hopes to revitalize the economy and make sure that there are jobs when students graduate, which he said is affected by a combination of tax reform, immigration reform, and

investing in infrastructure. Peters wants to make basic

investments in science a budget priority in San Diego.

“I’m big on investing in jobs of the future, specifically biotechnology has been a priority of mine,” he said.

Peters advised young voters to voice their

thoughts on issues that are important to them.

“If you want people to stop talking about old-people issues, which are also important ... you have to speak up, and the best way to do that is to

vote.”

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Creating hope for small conference teams

ryan posnerstaff writer___________________________________

The San Diego State Aztecs dropped to second place in the Mountain West’s Western division after they were defeated 30-14 by the University of Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack last Saturday in Reno.

Sophomore running back Donnel Pumphrey eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards on the season during the game, but struggled rushing for 86 yards on 13 carries, and no touchdowns. It marked the third time this season that Pumphrey did not exceed 100 yards, and was his lowest yardage total since he rushed for 89 against Oregon State University.

What was more uncharacteristic of Pumphrey’s game was the fact that he fumbled twice, including once in the red-zone. As a team, the Aztecs turned the ball over three times.

“Turnovers killed us,” head coach Rocky Long said after the game. “We had what looked like pretty good drives going and the turnovers killed us. It doesn’t matter who does it, it is disappointing when someone fumbles.”

Even with the turnovers, SDSU managed to hold a 14-10 lead at halftime, thanks to a 21-yard pitch and catch from senior quarterback Quinn Kaehler to junior wide receiver Jemond Hazely for his first career touchdown.

The second half was a different story, though. The Wolf Pack was able to take advantage of an SDSU defense that played well, but was gassed because the offense could not stay on the field.

SDSU’s defense held tough, despite a couple of poor punts that gave

Nevada great field position, limiting Wolf Pack senior quarterback Cody Fajardo to four yards rushing and 109 yards passing. In the past, Fajardo has torched the Aztecs. This year, it was Nevada’s running backs that did the damage, out-rushing SDSU 229 to 135.

Long blamed himself for taking chances on defense that may not have been warranted, and ended up giving Nevada opportunities.

“You can put the two long runs on me,

we couldn’t move the ball on offense and we couldn’t score any points, we took some chances that we hadn’t taken the whole game up to that point,” Long said. “We took some chances and tried to blitz the run and try to hit a guy in the backfield, maybe cause a fumble, and turn the momentum in our way.”

The “home runs” that Long was referring to were a 43-yard touchdown run by freshman running back James Butler and a 47-yard run by junior

running back Don Jackson, both of which occurred late in the fourth quarter. Jackson would end up scoring on a one-yard touchdown following his big run.

SDSU had relief on defense with the return of junior linebacker Jake Fely, who tied for a team-leading six tackles. Junior defensive linemen Christian Heyward and Jon Sanchez also had good games with two tackles for a loss and a sack each, but the big plays from the Wolf Pack sealed the Aztecs’ fate.

Despite the turnovers and the big plays given up on defense, SDSU led 14-13 heading into the fourth quarter. The offense was not able to consistently move the ball down field, even with senior wide receiver Ezell Ruffin returning from injury.

“I am always disappointed when we don’t win a game, and tonight’s game we had a lot of people responsible,” Long said. “In the second half you have to give them credit for playing defense because we didn’t move the ball consistently in the second half at all.”

Senior quarterback Quinn Kaehler started the game five of five passing, but finished 21 of 36 with 189 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

He was not able to utilize Ruffin much in his return, as he caught only three passes for 21 yards.

With the loss, Nevada took sole possession of first place in the MW’s Western division, thanks to a loss from California State University, Fresno.

The Aztecs will not have a chance to improve their MW record this week as they return home to play University of Idaho (1-7, 1-5 Sun Belt), a non-conference opponent at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Qualcomm Stadium.

Cameron salCestaff columnist___________________________________

Jim Mora’s famous press conference meltdown perfectly portrays every San Diego State

football fan’s attitude toward the College Football Playoff. “Playoffs? Don’t talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me? You want to talk about playoffs? I just hope we can win a game.”

Every power conference in the NCAA, except the Southeastern Conference, is complaining about possibly being left out of the first annual College Football Playoff. The way the playoffs are currently constructed, many wonder if the Mountain West Conference could ever have a team in the mix.

The College Football Playoff essentially pairs the top four teams in the country in head-to-head matchups. The No. 1 team in the nation plays No. 4 and No. 2 plays against No. 3. A 13-member selection committee decides who these four teams are. The group mainly consists of former coaches and former athletic directors, as well as former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Last week the selection committee put out its first top 25 rankings — essentially putting out the first playoff projections of the year. It included defending National Champion Florida State University from the ACC and SEC

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teams Mississippi State University, Auburn University and University of Mississippi.

Where does that leave SDSU or any Mountain West Conference team’s chances to make it into the College Football Playoff? While there have been Mountain West teams such as Boise State University to make BCS bowl games in the recent history, the conference lacks one stand-out premiere football team. By most accounts, the conference has almost zero chance of ever making it into a

four team-formatted playoff. A MWC team would likely have to have an undefeated regular season with a remarkably strong non-conference schedule stacked with ranked opponents before handily winning the MWC championship game to even get a whiff of the College Football Playoff.

After this year’s College Football Playoff, we’ll all have a better understanding of how the selection committee chooses the top four

teams. Until then, we don’t know if the committee thinks a one-loss team from a particular conference should be ranked higher than undefeated team from another conference.

Currently there are three college football teams without a blemish on their records. Of these three teams, only Marshall University is not in a power five conference. Marshall is in Conference USA, a conference that provides a worse strength of schedule than even the Mountain West. If the Thundering Herd remain undefeated

at the end of the season and don’t get into the College Football Playoff, Aztec fans can pretty much kiss their future playoff hopes goodbye as well.

One way to make the College Football Playoff more exciting and less conference biased would be to reconstruct the way the playoff is formatted altogether. There should be 12 teams in the College Football Playoff: the 11 champions from each conference in Division I and one wild

card top non-champion team. It would be single elimination and the top four teams would get a bye. The NFL uses this type of format with all division winners being represented in the playoffs and two wild card teams.

This would bring an NCAA-basketball-tournament feel to the College Football Playoff, giving the non-power conference teams such as SDSU a shot to take down a perennial powerhouse team from a power five conference.

This alternative playoff format would also put more incentive on teams winning their respective conferences, which would make conference games must-wins and conference championship games play-in games into the tournament.

On the other hand, this hypothetical format has its flaws just like the current College Football Playoff does. My suggested format would make many power five conference fans laugh, claiming that most champions from lesser conferences don’t belong on the same field with SEC, Big 12, or Pacific-12 conference champions.

However, last year the University of Connecticut’s men’s basketball team showed the entire nation that a National Champion isn’t always highly ranked and expected to win at the start of the tournament. The beauty of the Big Dance is that some of the teams that face off in the first round are thought of as David vs. Goliath matchups, where David often wins.

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Ethan BailEySenior Staff ColumniSt____________________________________

the night after Halloween had a scary ending

for the San Diego State football team after another solid defensive outing was clouded by inconsistent offense.

I know, I know — you’ve seen me write about play-calling woes a few times this season already. But the inconvenient truth is that the Aztecs’ offense continues to become stagnant in games after starting red-hot.

Against the University of Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack on Saturday, SDSU senior quarterback Quinn Kaehler started the game completing five of five passes for 52 yards, including a 23-yard throw to get the Aztecs in the red zone on the team’s second possession.

One play later, sophomore standout running back Donnel Pumphrey fumbled the ball in the middle of a gain. Deflating? Yes, but not the end of the world.

Keep trying to pound the ball, Aztecs.But they didn’t. Instead, the Aztecs

threw the ball and although Kaehler moved the team, the drives stalled and didn’t result in many scores.

Consider this: Kaehler attempted 36 passes and the Aztec backfield combined for 25 total carries. Against the Wolf Pack, the Aztecs used six different players to run the ball including wide receivers Lloyd Mills and Ezell Ruffin. That’s an average of four carries per player, which is too thinly spread out to create any consistency in the running game. Pumphrey led the

team in carries with 13, which is five less than what he’s averaging on the season.

It’s understandable that Pumphrey didn’t get too many carries. After all, he did fumble twice in situations that both proved to be costly for the team. It was a rare night when Pumphrey wasn’t going to be the workhorse for SDSU’s offense, which is why it’s important to have a reliable second-string running back.

The Aztecs have one in sophomore Chase Price, who showed power and speed on multiple runs including a one-yard touchdown carry. It was the only rushing touchdown of the night for SDSU.

Price finished the game with eight carries for 58 yards and the touchdown. His 7.3 yards-per-carry average was nearly a whole yard better than Pumphrey’s, yet he only got to carry the ball eight times the entire night. It’s frustrating to watch a player have success and then disappear for unapparent reasons.

It’s even more frustrating because for a good portion of the game, the Aztecs

were protecting a lead. Heading into the fourth quarter, the team was ahead by one point despite Pumphrey’s two fumbles and a Kaehler interception.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it doesn’t seem as if the defense is what’s costing SDSU tight games this season.

“But Ethan, the defense gave up 17 points in the fourth quarter,” you’ll say. “Isn’t that why we lost the game?”

Technically speaking, yes. Two big runs both came on plays where the Aztecs’ safeties got out of position. One of them was a 43-yard touchdown.

But it’s important to put things in context, so here we go.

Nevada started its late scoring run when SDSU squandered an opportunity after intercepting Wolf Pack senior quarterback Cody Fajardo late in the third quarter. The Aztecs started the drive at their own 37-yard line and three plays later punted from their own 40.

The Wolf Pack drove down the field but was held to a field goal, putting them up 16-14.

It was crunch time for the Aztecs, who

needed to sustain a long drive and put points on the board. Unfortunately, they gained seven yards on another three-play drive composed of one run and two throws. SDSU punted and Nevada scored a touchdown on the following drive.

__________________________ Down by nine with about five minutes left in the game, it was make-or-break for SDSU. A first-down run was followed by a sack on second down and a botched snap on third down.

Not clutch, Aztecs. Even worse is none of those three

drives lasted longer than three minutes, possibly contributing to the defense’s fatigue late in the game. The total time of possession was in Nevada’s favor by almost five minutes.

If the Aztecs are going to win the Mountain West Conference, the offense has to help the defense by calling better plays and executing at a high level. If it doesn’t, SDSU will be looking up at conference foes they lost to in winnable games at the end of the season.

jack haworthStaff writer____________________________________

The San Diego State volleyball team played in two hard-fought battles at home over the weekend and came away even.

The Aztecs lost to No. 7 Colorado State University Rams in five sets (25-15, 23-25, 20-25, 25-17, 15-5) on Thursday night at Aztec Court but beat the University of Wyoming Cowgirls in five sets (25-14, 15-25, 25-21, 19-25, 15-8) on Saturday afternoon.

SDSU’s record now stands at 11-11 and 6-5 in Mountain West play. Meanwhile the Rams extended their 19-match winning streak while the Cowgirls saw their six-match win streak come to an end.

Colorado State started out very strong in the first set of the match and used 17 kills to cruise to an easy 10-point victory. In the second set SDSU would find some life to battle through and get the victory.

The set saw the two teams not separated by more than a point for the majority of the time. However, the Aztecs managed to get two straight points after the score was tied at 23 to claim a two-point victory.

During the third set, SDSU used five straight late points and a .053 attack percentage by the Rams to win the set and take a 2-1-match lead. Unfortunately for the Aztecs, that is where they seemed

to have run out of steam.Colorado State led the fourth set for a

majority of the competition. While the Aztecs were able to pull within one at 18-17, they would not score another point as the Rams forced a fifth set with an eight-point victory.

The Rams, who were helped by an eight-point run, dominated the fifth set.

SDSU only mustered three kills and a -.125 hit percentage in the final set of the match.

Senior right-side hitter Chaiymin Steel and redshirt freshman outside hitter Alexis Cage led all Aztecs with 12 kills. In addition, freshman setter Courtney Eckenrode had a strong game by recording her fifth double-double of the

season with 44 assists and 14 digs. Saturday night featured another tough

fought five-set match for the Aztecs. The only difference was that this time SDSU would come away with the win.

The first set of the night started close but the Aztecs would go on a six-point run to break free and cruise to an 11-point victory. The second set would see the Cowgirls dominate the second half and eventually tally a 10-point win to even the match.

Set three was a close affair with the score eventually being knotted at 20 points apiece. Luckily for the Aztecs, they got a run at just the right time by scoring four straight points en route to the victory.

The Cowgirls were not ready to give up quite yet though. In set four they took an early lead and continued to build on it on the way to a six-point victory.

That of course would force the final and match-deciding fifth set. The Aztecs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the set and never looked back going on to a seven-point victory.

Cage continued her impressive season by recording 19 total kills, the most by any Aztec this season. Steel also matched her career high with 15 kills and Eckenrode notched her sixth double-double of the year with 47 assists and 13 digs.

Up next for SDSU will be a two-game conference road trip, which will begin when the Aztecs face Air Force Academy on Thursday, Oct. 6 in Colorado Springs.

nov. 3 - nov. 5, 2014 • THE DAILY AZTECEDITor: kelly hillock • features@thedailyaztec.com10features

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new club searches local adventurealicia chavezsenior staff Writer___________________________________

For some students bitten by the travel-bug, having the desire to travel with bank account unwilling to support such venturesome aspirations is a challenge.

However, San Diego State recently welcomed a new organization for students looking for adventure and excitement.

Wanderlust was founded last spring by current president and psychology senior Kandy Saldivar and aims to provide students with the opportunity to satisfy their travel cravings by taking some of the financial responsibility off their shoulders.

As a team, the organization plans several fundraisers to broaden their cultural borders.

“It started off the idea that we wanted students to be able to travel without having to spend a lot of money,” Saldivar said.

Third year speech-language pathology student Rosamaria Pablo is a new member this semester and is already excited for the future plans currently in motion.

Pablo traveled abroad last spring in Turkey and enjoyed having a small circle of friends with the same desire to travel.

After returning to San Diego, Pablo was in search for a similar community of students with the same adventurous passion.

“I kind of missed having a group of

people willing to travel locally,” Pablo said. “Having that group of people you can rely on to just go anywhere.”

Although members possess the desire to travel abroad, the organization is currently exploring the local area. However, there are plans en route to coordinate a trip up the north-west coast.

“I want our members to experience different cultures and diversify,” Saldivar said. “Traveling gives you this new perspective of the world, even if

it’s within the United States.”Last semester, the Wanderlusters

took a day trip to Los Angeles during spring break. Even though the trip was last minute, all expenses were paid for besides food. This semester the organization has already traveled to Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve in San Diego and hopes to return to the LA area soon.

While traveling, students are expected to have an open-mind when learning about new cultures and

meeting new people in the surrounding environment, as well as within the organization.

Wanderlust encourages members to build friendships with one another in order to create a comfortable traveling experience for everyone.

Saldivar remembers the very first Wanderlust meeting last spring and immediately making connections with new members.

After extending the meeting past the designated time, the organization moved the meeting to Aztec Lanes to play pool and bowl. In fact, spending time after the meeting has become routine for the organization.

“We really didn’t advertise for the first meeting and didn’t know how many people were going to show up,” Saldivar said. “It ended up going really well and after I remember thinking all these people are already my friends.”

Saldivar hopes to continue providing students with an opportunity to experience different cultures within and outside the United States.

“As president, I want this to be a long-lasting organization,” Saldivar said. “I want it to be enjoyable for students and to continue having the opportunity to travel without having to pay for much.”

As a future officer, Pablo hopes to continue allowing students to travel while in college, with a reduced cost.

Wanderlust welcomes students of all majors to join the adventure.

The only requirement is having the desire to travel and having an open-mind to meeting new people.

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Flying Samaritans soar to new heightsalexandra rangelcontributor____________________________________

San Diego State’s Flying Samaritans travel monthly to the impoverished community of Ejido Matamoros, Mexico, where they provide free medical care to patients. This organization’s mix of students in health and medical related fields not only enjoy caring for patients, but they have a passion for serving others in the community.

“We all care about this field and service and we get to experience what it is to give your life to others,” medical student and President of FS Adriana Celeste Guzman said.

FS, along with the guidance and help of health professionals, carpool every second Saturday of the month to Tijuana and the Ejido of Matamoros. Just fifteen minutes upon crossing the Otay, San Diego, border is a community in Matamoros that does not have the means necessary to see a doctor or to even buy medication.

“They are very poor, you cross the border and there are beautiful houses in gated communities, you drive a little further down and it’s the complete opposite,” medical student and FS Vice President Michael Bazzi said. “You start seeing houses that are just torn and people living in tents, something I wasn’t used to seeing.”

The community of Ejido Matamoros is one that FS has built a love for and the patients have built a love for them.

“They are honestly the best patients, I don’t even speak Spanish and I still manage to communicate with hand

gestures,” Bazzi said. “They are so loving and grateful. The returning patients, especially the older ladies just want to hug and kiss you because they are so thankful.”

FS takes their equipment and supplies to Matamoros and sets up a clinic at a church where they register the patients and use their skills to provide triage and lab, as well as pharmaceutical needs to about 50-70 patients. Many of the patients they treat suffer from diabetes and as high blood pressure.

Guzman says some of the patients that have diabetes and high blood pressure are not educated on what their diet should consist of and, even with the knowledge of proper eating habits, do not have the resources to buy healthy food.

FS public health committee chairs Jonah Gevercer and Elli Rezaii dovote time during the clinic educating patients and children on health concerns and healthy eating. Gevercer and Rezaii gather resources to provide informational pamphlets, health supply bags and food giveaways for patients.

Guzman says that the impact FS has made on this community would have been impossible without the consistent help of surgeon Dr. Danish Farook and physician assistant Lindsay Ambur, who both work in the San Diego community.

FS students have the opportunity to shadow doctors and health professionals that volunteer at the clinics and they get hands on experience with the patients. Bazzi, who is applying for medical school in the summer, says the exposure to medicine he has gained has been immense.

“I’ve been exposed to medicine in a setting that most people aren’t used to, I could volunteer at a hospital, but I wouldn’t be as involved with patients because of the regulations at hospitals,” Bazzi said.

Bazzi is currently preparing for next month’s hybrid clinic on Nov. 8, which will be focused on women’s health and general health. Bazzi’s goal is to have an OBGYN at the clinic to meet some of the women’s needs at the clinic.

FS functions with the help of volunteers and the donations of local clinics who give medical supplies. The organization also puts a lot of effort into fundraising. Guzman says the funds allow the organization to fully thrive so they can provide their members and patients with the supplies necessary to work.

“It’s a lot of work to gather resources, but the resources are there,” Guzman said. “It just takes initiative to do the work and provide this service to the community.”

Running FS is tough work, but Guzman says it is well worth it because it has assured her that helping and serving others is what she wants to do with her life. Flying Samaritans is preparing future nurses, doctors and leaders who love serving and will one day be working in the medical and health community.

Guzman says that FS has shown great progression since the organization began in 2011.

“We have a solid consistent group now and it’s a group that wants to improve patient care,” Guzman said. “We have learned what the patients needs are and what the community needs are.”

current Wanderlust club officers pose beneath the logo. Wanderlust joins students by a love of travel.CourTEsY of wAnDErLusT

members of flying samaritans assist patients in ejido matamoros, mexico, where the club visits monthly.CourTEsY of fLYIng sAmArITAns

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Day of the Dead show keeps art alive

Sarah Tanoristaff writer____________________________________

On Saturday, Nov. 1, La Bodega Gallery in Barrio Logan held a group art show from 5-10 p.m. in honor of Dia de los Muertos. Walls covered with traditional skulls and decorated in varying styles enclosed the gallery as homage to the celebration for the dead.

Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday celebrated from Nov. 1-2 to recognize and embrace death as well as loved ones that have passed. This festivity consists of parades, music, food, altars, sugar skull face painting and traditional Mexican attire.

The La Bodega Gallery event encompassed just that by emphasizing the sugar skull. More than 50 artists got together to create their own unique takes on the quintessential Mexican symbol. They varied from decorative, brightly colored skulls to more meaningful pieces illustrating heritage, religion and beyond. All finished skulls were up for sale with prices ranging from $40 to $400.

In the back of the gallery was a large altar for the public to contribute their

photos, flowers and quirky offerings for friends and family that have died. At the end of the exhibit was a secluded studio where artist David Van Gough held his art pieces.

Van Gough’s presence was especially fitting for Dia de los Muertos. He draws inspiration from surrealism, realism, and 19th century artists, and he first discovered his style when looking at a monograph of Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights.” He categorizes his style as necrorealism, an art style that brings life to death. All of his pieces consist of dark colors and motifs for mortality. The recent “Purgatorium” exhibition by Van Gough displays that with pieces presenting the contrast of the darkness of hell and light in dying itself.

Van Gough’s collection “Visage” deviates from his typical art pieces as it is portraiture. Nevertheless, the artist was able to incorporate his style into portraits, painting historical figures at an older age and displaying their aging lines with a precise finish. The Dia de los Muertos group art show, held by La Bodega gallery, paid respects to this celebration and shed new light on the theme of mortality for all.

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la Bodega gallery displayed sugar skulls in honor of dia de los muertos.

marissa ochoastaff columnist___________________________________

Break out the perfume and cologne. Cover

your faces because guess what, our school stinks. And I mean that in the most literal sense. San Diego State has

been taken over by the overwhelming smell of fertilizer. It’s the morning, the weather is beautiful and students are walking to class with one hand tightly squeezing his or her nose to avoid the overbearing smell that has plagued all parts of the campus.

We’ve all been there. Right as you pass Love Library, there’s a sudden stench that everybody silently ignores until he or she has exited the danger zone and can finally breathe easy. It’s gotten to a point where I’m constantly wearing my shirt over my face when I have to walk across campus. Don’t even get me started with the Mediterranean Garden near Hepner Hall. It’s either I’m the only one bothered by this or the school has gone nose blind (let’s hope not).

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aRiES (March 21 - April 19) - Today is a 7 - Make an investment (of time or money) for your family's future. Plant a tree, maybe. You have the confidence for action today and tomorrow. Collaborate with your team. Travel or send someone else ahead. Reach out.tauRuS (April 20 - May 20) - Today is an 8 - The intensity could seem to increase. Slow down and contemplate, over the next two days. Conclude arrangements and plans. Teamwork is a given. Acquiesce with a partner. Clarify your direction with friends.GEmini (May 21 - June 21) - Today is an 8 - Team projects go well over the next two days, and community participation provides satisfaction. Consolidate your position by handling what you said you would. Your friends are your inspiration. Set up meetings. Together, get a pleasant surprise.CanCER (June 22 - July 22) - Today is a 9 - Focus on your career. The next two days are good for decisions and transformations. Get clear on your aim. What's the result you want to produce? What's the most fun you can imagine having? And with whom?LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) - Today is an 8 - Dream big. Make an interesting discovery about love. Family comes first. Today and tomorrow favor study and research. You're very persuasive now. Grasp an opportunity, or take a trip. Provide leadership. Speak out.ViRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) - Today is a 9 - Pay bills and handle financial matters over the next two days. Wheeling and dealing may be required, or a decision. Provide well for family. Your communications get farther than expected. Talk about love.LiBRa (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) - Today is a 9 - Go along with a decisive person who agrees with you. Together, you can commit to what you want, despite fears. Your money goes farther today. Negotiate for the long run. Listen graciously, and study the situation.SCORPiO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) - Today is an 8 - It's action packed, today and tomorrow. Lurch ahead suddenly. Get back to work, big time. Provide great service, and invoice for it. Imagine where you see yourself in five years, in your perfect fantasy. Nurture health.SaGittaRiuS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) - Today is a 7 - Plan some fun for today and tomorrow. Friends offer good advice. Your loved ones encourage you to take on a new challenge. Play around with it, consider from many angles, and choose one. You're gaining wisdom.CaPRiCORn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) - Today is an 8 - Home calls to you today and tomorrow. Get into a domestic project. Use the grapevine to find connections. Pay back a debt. Store resources, and nurture what you have. Play in the garden, and invite friends.aquaRiuS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) - Today is a 9 - You can absorb and report facts well over the next few days. Clear communications come easily. Hone your persuasive skill. Practice something you love to do. Imagine the professional status you'd like. Romance your competitor and learn.PiSCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) - Today is a 9 - The next two days could get busy and profitable. Pay expenses, and stash savings. Invest in your career. Travels or studies can take you farther than imagined. Discovery, exploration and adventure calls. Add it to the budget.

manure stinks up campus#StinKy

It’s not that things shouldn’t be planted. By all means, plant flowers and bushes to one’s desires. Heck, go ahead and even plant that tree if you like. But please do so when there isn’t such a high traffic of students that like to sit outside and enjoy the weather. It’s spoiling one of the best perks SDSU has to offer.

The timing of fertilizing new shrubbery could not have been worse. It’s the middle of fall semester, the weather is hotter than ever and the school decides now would be the best time to start sprinkling manure in some of the more populated areas on campus.

Did we not just have three months over summer where the campus was virtually empty? But campus authorities thought, “No, let’s wait for school to start. Students love the smell

of manure in the morning.”Sometimes I smell it even in areas

that have no plants in sight. I think they’re just hiding little manure Easter eggs around campus to mess with us.

I’m sure having a non-fertilized area wouldn’t be a deal breaker for students that are currently on campus either. Could this not have waited until even winter break? At least then there would be some weeks where nobody would be present.

Yes, I know everybody is trying to beautify the campus but at what cost? I honestly take longer routes sometimes just so I can avoid the smelly areas. It starts to linger around and sneak up on unsuspecting students. Then students have to justify that the smell isn’t coming from them, it’s the area. But of course, that sometimes isn’t believed.

Stop ruining everybody’s day. It’s exhausting to always arrive on campus knowing full well that at some point you’re going to encounter the disgusting smell. Enough with the fertilizer. Students aren’t rioting

because an area doesn’t have any pretty flowers, so calm down with

the manure.I would rather have a nice smelling campus

with less greenery than the other way

around.

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