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Tenth issue of the fall 2011 Golden Gate XpressTRANSCRIPT
HALLWAYHALLWAY
WHAT SEPARATES man from animals? Some would say it’s opposable thumbs, others the use of tools, while
a more select group would say that it’s the ability to do the perfect non-literal cat walk.
The Fashion Network Association, based out of SF State, is preparing its fall showcase, set for Dec. 9, which will highlight specifi c looks that can be seen in the fi nal show in the spring semester. The FNA is a group of current students and alumni that work to learn about, plan, design and produce fashion events and publications.
Stephanie Starr, president of the FNA, said one of the most distinct things about the shows is that they are very campus-centric. Using only SF State designers and models, Starr hopes the FNA can bring San Francisco’s fashion identity to light.
“We want to showcase our school and what we are all about,” Starr said. “It showcases our students because a lot of people don’t know that a fashion program like this even exists here.”
FNA’s faculty adviser, Dr. Connie
RUNWAYStudent designers begin to prep for their upcoming fall showcase with search for diverse models.
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BY SPENCER [email protected]
SEE MODELS ON PAGE 6
Robert Jackson was 18 when he en-tered college as a freshman and 35 years old when he fi nally received his bach-elor’s degree in Spanish last spring, 17 years since he enrolled in his fi rst college course.
Although most students take less than 17 years in their educational journey, Jackson is part of a number of students proving that achieving a degree in four years is becoming more diffi cult due to vari-ous fi nancial, economic and planning-related reasons. The term super senior in-formally refers to students who take more than four years to complete a bachelor’s degree.
“I had a job offer so I de-cided to take one semester off, and one semester became two semesters and it just kind of went from there,” said Jackson, explaining why he took several year-long breaks from school between 1994 and 2011.
According to the U.S. Department of Educa-tion, more than 30 percent of students earned their bachelor’s degrees within fi ve years, while 20 percent took six years in 2009.
In a report by the Offi ce of Academic Institutional Re-search for SF State, 8 percent of fall 2004 freshman were still working on their four-year degrees in 2010.
Kim Altura, director of SF State’s advising center, noted she had seen an increase in students taking longer to graduate and cited economic factors as a key component.
“You can’t underestimate that we live in a really expensive area, and a lot of students have to work during school,” Altura said. “Students end up taking only 12 units a semester. You can do the math: It’ll take 5 years to graduate at the earliest.”
Jo Volkert, SF State’s vice president of enroll-ment management, said for at least the past decade, four-year degrees have taken longer to earn on a national scale, a number she said that is steadily improving.
“Five years is the norm,” Volkert said. “But we’ve put certain things in place to improve these rates.”
SUPER SENIORSDIVERTED FROM DEGREE
From economic hardships to diffi culty getting into crowded classes, students face an uphill battle trying to fi nish their bachelor’s degree in the expected four years.
BY KATHERINE [email protected]
ART BY SARA [email protected]
SEE GRADUATION ON PAGE 2
WHY THE GATOR CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS ARE MOVING MOUNTAINS
Ryan Woods races during the CCAA Championships at Spring Lake Regional Park in Santa Rosa Saturday. The squad now looks to the NCAA West Regional Championship in Novemeber.PHOTO BY NELSON ESTRADA.
SEE STEP IT UPPAGE 4
WE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THIS BLOCK OF ICE AND SHAVED A PATH IN THE MIDDLE.
THEN WE’D DUMP THESE SHOTS OF LIQUOR DOWN
THEM AND PEOPLE WOULD CATCH IT AT THE END. WE CALLED IT THE
LIQUOR LUGE.
ANTHONY AGRESTITHEATER ARTS, SENIOR
THERE WAS THIS PARTY IN BEVERLY HILLS UP IN THIS RICH, EXPENSIVE HOUSE. THESE GROUP OF KIDS WITH A LOT OF MONEY WERE TRYING TO RECREATE A KEN
KESEY ACID TRIP. THEY WERE DROPPING ACID ON
PEOPLES TONGUES OLD FASHIONED STYLE.
NEIL PETTIJOHNPHILOSOPHY,
GRAD STUDENT
SF SPEAKS OUT
PHOTOS BY GREGORY MORENOCOMPILED BY MIKE HUBER
WHAT’S YOUR
CRAZIEST
HALLOWEEN
STORY?
MY FIRST HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE THAT
COMES TO MIND IS MY FIRST KISS. IT WAS WITH THE FIRST GIRLFRIEND I
HAD AND WE WERE BOTH PIRATES.
TAYLOR JOHNSONBECA, JUNIOR
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DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR?While driving in San Francisco can be a hassle, it is
often faster than waiting for the 28 or 29 busses. One individual took it upon himself last Saturday to forgo waiting for Muni and went “shopping” at one of the largest auto malls near SF State: the Stonestown Mall parking lot. While inspecting a car (probably with a bent coat hanger) campus police caught and arrested the individual.
HALL OF (DE)FAMERemember sore losers back in elementary school? There
was always some kid yelling at everyone on their team because their team lost. While this often disappears by adulthood (for some), it apparently didn’t for one person who decided to damage the SF State Hall of Fame photos in the gym last Wednesday, October 19. Perhaps they were infuriated at the excellence that the Gators sports teams have put forth over the years? Or maybe it was jealous lover tampering with the photo of a former companion? Either way, police are looking into the matter.
HOLLER, HOLLER, HOLLER, HOLLER, HOLLERWhile dodging cat-callers on the street isn’t always too
difficult, it’s harder when they do it in a dorm hallway. Just that happened last Saturday when a man followed a female student and her friends all the way to her dorm in Mary Ward Hall. The man, who was described as a black male with a red shirt and beard, was cited and barred from the campus. While his description could account for several thousand different people in San Francisco alone, it’s worth nothing for future reference.
10.19 through 10.24Compiled by Aaron Williams
CRIME BLOTTER
SF STATE, WITH THE COOPERATION OF its organizations and departments, will promote envi-ronmentally friendly lifestyles through events and awareness for Sustainability Days, which began Monday.
Transforming SF State into a more environ-mentally friendly campus has been priority since
2007 when President Robert A. Corrigan signed the American Col-lege and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.
This year the campus was named one of the greenest in the country by Princeton Review in part because of the Climate Action Plan that was comprised in 2009.
In order to achieve the goals of the CAP and to raise awareness among students and faculty, Physical Planning & Development, the Dietetics department and ECO Students put together a series of on-campus events to take place this week. These events focus on how to live a lifestyle that isn’t damaging to the natural surround-ings.
Liza Sternik, student sustainability coordinator at SF State, has been helping to plan Sustainability Days since she started working for the PP&D in September.
“Having sustainability in the curriculum and in the school environment is so crucial for our future generations to be able to fully understand the problems and the issues that are facing this world, I think for me is the most important thing,” said Sternick of the upcoming events.
Monday was Sustainable Food Day. Activities promoted eating more organic and locally-grown produce along with meat that has been raised in a healthy and humane environment.
Michelle Gallemore is a 24-year-old environmental studies junior and campaign co-chair of ECO Students.
“San Francisco being a progressive city, we need to have a progressive school as well and we need to be proactive instead of
reactive,” Gallemore said.Davin Wentworth-Thrasher, technical services coordinator at
SF State, helped put together the Veggie Iron Chef contest, which took place Monday.
Students from the dietetics program gathered in BH 406 to cook with an assortment of fresh produce. Local vendors donated the majority of the food including fresh corn, Thai basil and cauliflower, which was complemented by edible flowers and fresh flavors gathered from the herb spiral located in front of Burk Hall.
What started off as a competition turned into a collaborated team effort.
“I think we did a really amazing job,” said Erin Lares, a dietet-ics senior who helped to prepare the food. “We only had two hours and so many ingredients.”
The students made a variety of dishes including squash pasta in a cheese sauce, sauteed chard with sun chokes and horseradish hummus with flat bread.
“What we’re really trying to do in a gentle way is talk about the values of reducing meat consumption and make it a fun social space,” Wentworth-Thrasher said.
Other events Monday included a photo petition for better food on campus, meatless Monday at the Vista Room and a screening of the film “In Search of Good Food” directed by local San Francis-can Antonio Roman-Alcala.
“If we want to change our food policies on campus at SF State, to have that community, student support is very important,” Sternick said.
Wednesday is Campus Sustainability Day, which includes two education sessions about compost and recycling and a clothing swap. Students can help improve the campus by joining the Volun-teer Work Park Thursday by the Science building on 19th Avenue, where they will be rolling out native meadow grass.
“If this event affects one person and one person decided to make a change, I think it’s totally worth it,” Gallemore said.
For more information about the events visit the Sustainable SF State events website.
CHOP: Erin Lares, a senior dietetics major, chops fresh cauliflower for a roasted vegetable dish during the Veggie Iron Chef in Burk Hall Monday. PHOTO BY REBEKAH DIDLAKE
BY DEVERY SHEFFER [email protected]
Sustainability events taking place on campus this week intend to provide fun ways to learn how to compost, eat organically and to become enviornmentally friendly.
Learning to live
organically
Volkert cited developments such as academic road maps and re-strictions that prohibit students from repeating courses infinitely as measures that aim to help students speed up their progress.
Volkert also said students changing majors, enrolling part time for work and taking semester-long breaks are other reasons students take longer to graduate.
Altura said that while students come to plan their schedules, they don’t do so on a long term basis and lack the classes to graduate.
Super senior Karina Magana is in her fifth year of school, and is double majoring in Latino/a studies and history, because she didn’t know Latino/a majors weren’t accepted by the teach-ing program.
“You have to study what you’re teaching and Raza studies isn’t accepted by the teaching program,” Magana said. “But I have to study what I am passionate about.”
Even with the roadblocks students face toward graduation, Altura said not all students have to be in school for longer than they need.
“With careful planning, it’s still possible to graduate in four years,” Altura said.
Despite the long journey and academic difficulties, Jackson said he benefited from the setbacks.
“I would definitely say I was a lot more serious when I came back a second time around,” said Jackson who is current-ly exploring his options as a translator for start-up companies in downtown San Francisco.
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HARD TO LEAVE: GRADUATION HARD TO DO
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TYLER CORNFIELD WAS NEARLY six thousand miles away from home when he ran out of money. He had to make a choice.
The lanky SF State student, who majors in Spanish and Creative Writing, had been living in Madrid
through the school’s International Program for almost a year. When the semester ended in May, most of the other students went home. Cornfield, whose pockets were penniless by that point, had time to kill.
“My flight wasn’t until July,” Cornfield said with a slight grin. “So I decided to make the best of it.”
Before the trip, Cornfield worked at SF State as a resident assistant in the dorms on campus and also as the chairman of the board for the Cesar Chavez Student Center in between classes. The adventurous musician, known as Wes Leslie when he’s sporting a guitar or freestyle rapping, decided Spain would be a fun place to study abroad and went for it.
But at that point in May, trapped in Spain without a work visa and with dwindling funds, he turned to teaching English under the table. By using the Span-ish version of Craigslist to score clients, Cornfield was able to set up lessons in coffee shops and bars. The few extra Euros kept him traveling.
“I didn’t have any money,” Cornfield said. “I was just looking for the cheapest place I could go.”
And so with his last 15 Euro he bought a one-way flight to Poland. It was “the best bang for the buck.”
Cornfield still needed money to survive in Poland though, and this is where he got creative. He could have kept teaching his underground English lessons for a few bucks here and there, but instead he used his knack for marketing and took to the internet. With the help of a filmmaker friend in Spain, Cornfield put
together a sort of modern day SOS broadcast – a video on YouTube.
In the video he used cheesy after-effects and a sar-
castic car salesman approach to get his message across. He stood by himself in the streets of Madrid with a series of signs explaining his situation and asking for donations to continue his trip around Europe – the signs were a nod to Bob Dylan’s music video for the song “Subterranean Homesick Blues” admitted Cornfield.
“The video was very over-the-top shameless self promotion,” Cornfield said. “I love marketing, I think it’s hilarious. But I have no respect for it.”
He wasn’t, however, just panhandling for money. With each contribution, Cornfield offered the donators special gifts such as custom postcards, short stories, limericks, or songs. He also made it clear that he was willing to do things such as giving himself a ridiculous haircut or getting a tattoo of the donator’s choice on his butt cheek.
One of the more heartfelt things that Cornfield did was a ballad.
“I wrote a song and shot a video for this guy whose wife is pregnant and they’re having their first child,” Cornfield said. “He wanted me to write the ballad of them. So I did. And he gave me $120 for it.”
In the end there were no silly hairstyles or tattoos, but Cornfield did receive a fair amount of donations and managed to collect a little more than $300 to help continue his travels across Europe. The only reason he came back was to attend his brother’s wedding.
“I tried to convince him to push it back another year, but he’s Christian and was abstaining from sex until marriage,” Cornfield said. “So I understand his hurry.”
One of the contributors was former American Idol finalist Rachel Zevita, who met Cornfield previously while traveling through Israel. She purchased a Skype date with Cornfield, hoping to catch up with an old friend and possibly work on music together.
“My first thought when I saw the video was ‘Oh
ENTERPRISING: Tyler Cornfield, SF State Spanish major, went broke while traveling in Spain and used YouTube and social media websites to fund the rest of his travels. PHOTO BY ANDREW LOPEZ
SF State student resorts to YouTube and social media to earn money to fund travels after exchange program.
BY HUNTER [email protected]
TRAVELING EUROPE BY THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS
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PLAYERof the
WEEKZULEIMA JIMENEZ
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
The Xpress sports staff has again chosen Zuleima Jimenez as our athlete of the week. Jimenez was voted by the coaches of the CCAA as the 2011 Conference Newcomer of the Year. She fi nished fourth in Saturday’s CCAA championship. Her 22:30 time set a new SF State record for a 6km race.
PHOTO BY TYLER DENISTON/SF STATE SPORTS
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However, take a look at the 2011 SF State cross country squad. Watch the crimson mane of Will Zentmeyer or Ernesto Rodriguez’s onyx locks as they bounce behind them like a blur streak from a car-toon. See Tyler Deniston’s Ralph Macchio headband. View the electric pulse of the fl uorescent green kicks strapped to the feet of Zuleima Jimenez.
These Gators have a swagger that is usually reserved for the glory-hog sports. Coach Tom Lyons’ squad is, especially for a bunch of skinny people wearing purple short-shorts, a little bit badass.
Winning is a great way to add to your street cred. Both the men’s and women’s squads had banner years for the program.
The men’s team has done nothing but win all year. They fi nished their regular season slate undefeated, having fi nished fi rst in each of their four meets.
This feat is made more impressive when consider-ing the fact that no previous men’s team on record has won more than two meets in a season.
The Gators also had a record showing at the Cali-fornia Collegiate Athletic Association championship. Their second-place fi nish was the highest any SF State cross country squad has ever ranked.
It has been a collaborative effort for the men this season. Three different runners have fi nished a meet as the number one Gator. Not one Gator has fi nished as the top runner overall in a given race, but strong team scores have given SF State the win each time. A number of times this year, the top-fi ve scoring pack for the Gators has fi nished within ten seconds of each other.
The emotional leaders of the team are Deniston and fellow junior Brian Trejo. Other standout runners include Rodriguez, sophomore Bruk Assefa, sopho-more Ryan Chio, and junior Will Zentmyer.
Rodriguez and Assefa earned all-conference honors by virtue of their top-15 fi nishes at the CCAA
fi nals.The women’s team has not had the resounding
success of the men’s, but still has much to be proud of for their 2011 season.
They fi nished in the top fi ve of each of their regular season meets and sixth in the CCAA champi-onship.
Two newcomers to the squad established them-selves as front runners. Jimenez, a sophomore trans-fer student, and freshman Paxton Cota have led the Gators in each race.
Cota opened the season by being named confer-ence runner of the week for her second-overall fi nish in the Notre Dame De Namur Invitational.
Jimenez was the fi rst Gator fi nisher in each of the other four races on the year. She fi nished in the top fi ve in every meet.
Jimenez had a day for the record books at Satur-day’s CCAA championship. Her 22 minute, 30 sec-ond time in the 6 km race shattered the school record at that distance by 22 seconds.
Jimenez fi nished in fourth place at the race, which featured all-American level competition. Conference coaches voted Jimenez as the CCAA female confer-ence newcomer of the year.
Cota also earned all-conference honors by fi nish-ing fourteenth in the fi nals.
The Gator women are bolstered by a strong pack, including Sue Choi, Kendall Dye and Courtney Ste-phens.
Six SF State runners in history have earned all-CCAA honors before this season. Four Gators accom-plished the feat this year.
The squad now turns its attention to the NCAA Division II West Regional Championship Nov. 5 at Spokane, Wash. A top-four fi nish there would mean a bid to the national fi nals.
For a squad that has only ever known the doldrums of conference competition, it’s remarkable for them to be thinking about competing for a national title.
That’s pretty badass.
IT’S HARD FOR A CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TO BE BADASS. IT’S JUST NOT ONE OF THOSE SPORTS. THERE’S NO CONTACT. THE ATHLETES ARE PETITE BY NECESSITY. NOTHING ABOUT
CROSS COUNTRY IS INHERENTLY COOL.
PUSHING IT: Ernesto Rodriguez is trailed by teammate Bruk Assefa as they run to the finish line as both SF State cross country athletes finish a race Saturday at the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championships at Spring Lake Regional Park in Santa Rosa, Calif. PHOTO BY NELSON ESTRADA
CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS STEP IT UPEarning high marks as individuals, the squad now turns its attention to up-coming regional championship.
BY MICHAEL [email protected]
The case of the Recreation Department is a peculiar one. While it grows ever-larger and more rapidly than any other group on campus, the reach of its resources is actually getting thinner.
The department collects student fees of $9 per semester to cover facilities, equipment and wages for employees.
“People spend more on food in one day than it takes to run our department,” said Ajani Byrd, campus recreation director. “(We) run less than a meal deal at McDonald’s costs.”
Almost all of these teams play and practice in the gym because despite growing participation, funding restricts alternative options.
“Field space is a major issue for our sports,” said Ryan Fetzer, intramural and sports club coordinator. “This department is very impacted…we’re not allowed access to Cox Stadium or other campus facilities except for the gym.”
There are 11 club and three intramural sports that use the gym.
“It would be great if we could play outside,” said Emily Clark, a senior at SF State who has played intramural soccer for two semesters. “It gets really hot in the gym and (indoor soccer) is totally different than outdoor.”
More than 70 of the department’s employees are stu-dents, who participate in athletic events such as referee-
ing soccer games.“I believe in putting money back into your pockets,”
said Byrd, who emphasized the importance of the pro-gram being student-run. “All student positions develop leadership.”
Ajani said the minimal funding the department receives is suffi cient, but in the future there will need to be an increase.
These increases will come from the set student fee committed to the department. “I do not want to ask for more money from students,” Ajani said. “But we’ve grown exponentially, so I try to spread that money thin. I break pennies in half.”
In 2009 Associated Students Inc. cleared a student petition for the construction of a recreation center; the building’s estimated completion is 2017.
“There’s not really any other venue to support (rec-reational sports),” said Franko Ali, ASI vice president of university affairs. “Making more space for recreational sports was a big part of why (the project) was pursued.”
The construction for the recreation center is a mul-timillion dollar project that will take years to complete, but Ali said the process has started. Students pay a $35 fee included in their tuition to help fund the construc-tion, but Ali said that fee would probably be increased when construction starts.
Until the center is complete, the Recreation Depart-ment has looked into alternative possibilities within budget to provide more space for their programs. Byrd and Fetzer said the department has looked into off-campus facilities.
“We’ve looked at other options,” said Fetzer, who also commented that any alternatives would need fur-ther funding. “Like renting out the fi eld at Lowell (High School) or gaining access to Cox Stadium.”
Fetzer said club and intramural sports aren’t permit-ted to use Cox Stadium and the baseball fi elds because offi cial athletic games take priority and there is concern the fi eld will be further damaged.
“I’d rather be outdoors, obviously,” Clark said. “But I’m just happy I get the chance to play.”
Intramural teams are impacted by lack of access to fi elds, but hope that approved rec center will be a solution.
JUST FOR KICKS: Meteb Alfaez, a member of the intramural soccer team at SF State, plays in a game at the gym Monday. The team must play indoors because club sports are denied access to Cox Stadium. PHOTO BY HENRY NGUYEN
BY KEALAN [email protected]
CLUB SPORTS RUNNING LOW ON CASH, SPACE
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Oct. 21 SF State at Cal State Los Angeles 0-3
Oct. 21 SF State vs. Cal State Stanislaus 3-1
Oct. 21 SF State at Cal State Los Angeles 2-3
Oct. 23 SF State at CSU Dominguez Hills 2-6
Oct. 22 CCAA Championships (67 points)
Oct. 22 CCAA Championships (129 points)
Oct. 22 SF State vs. Chico State 3-1
Oct. 23 SF State at CSU Dominguez Hills 0-1
SCORES FROM THE LAST WEEK OF GATOR SPORTS
LOSS
LOSS
WIN
LOSS
2nd of 8
6th of 12
LOSS
WIN
MEN’S SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY
WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY
WOMEN’S SOCCER
GATORS’ SPORTS SCHEDULEFRIDAY, OCT. 28
MEN’S SOCCERSF State at UC San Diego at
4:30 p.m. (San Diego, Calif.)
WOMEN’S SOCCERSF State at UC San Diego at
7 p.m.(San Diego, Calif.)
VOLLEYBALLSF State at Cal State East Bay
7 p.m. (Hayward, Calif.)
SATURDAY, OCT. 29
VOLLEYBALLSF State at Cal State Monterey
Bay at 7 p.m.(Monterey, Calif.)
SUNDAY, OCT. 30
MEN’S SOCCERSF State at Cal State San Bernardino at 11:30 a.m.(San Bernardino, Calif.)
WOMEN’S SOCCERSF State at Cal State San
Bernardino at 2 p.m.(San Bernardino, Calif.)
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AN XPRESS GUIDE TO DINING IN THE CITY. COMPILED BY
A&E REPORTER KC CROWELL, WHO WENT TO SCHOOL FOR BAKING AND PASTRY ARTS,
AND HAS COOKED HER WAY THROUGH A NUMBER OF RESPECTED BAY AREA
RESTAURANTS.
HAIGHT STREET EDITIONFor many, Haight Street might conjure up images of hippies with flowers stuck into their
long hair, but the truth is that this street runs through two
distinct neighborhoods. While the Upper Haight is still a
hotbed of counterculture, the Lower Haight offers a much
more contemporary atmosphere. There are a wealth of dining
options regardless of which side of Divisadero you’re on.
SWEET TOOTH
COCO LUXEHINT: This shop takes the classic
chocolate truffles and dresses them up with a hit of original
flavors like angel food cake and malted milk. Don’t miss their
seasonal chocolate truffles with flavors like candy cane and
champagne.
1673 Haight St.
CHEAP EATS
ROSAMUNDE SAUSAGE GRILLHINT: There are two kinds of people: those who are in love with the sausages served out of this hole in the wall, and
those who have yet to discover its wonders. It’s no surprise to regulars that there’s usually a line out the door for their beer
sausage.
545 Haight St.
ROMANTIC
WILDCARD
UVA ENOTECAHINT: This sweet little Italian restaurant is the perfect cozy
hideout for a date. Split one of their thin crust pizzas and a
bottle of wine from their long list of moderately priced bottles
for a romantic night out.
568 Haight St.
CHA CHA CHAHINT: One of the best places
in the city for a night out with friends. Order a pitcher of their
signature sangria and choose from a wide selection of tapas
plates that offer everything from spicy shrimp to spinach and
bacon salad.
1801 Haight St.
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Wednesday, Oct. 26 9 p.m.
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS: WOMEN AND
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Friday, Oct. 28All Day at SF
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Room 587
DOWNTOWN THROWDOWN
2011: URBAN SNOWBOARDING
Saturday, Oct. 2912 p.m. to 4 p.m.
at Fulton and Larkin streets
CAPTURE THE FLAG: HALLOWEEN EDITION
COSTUME ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!
Saturday, Oct. 29
12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at AIDS Memorial Grove
Golden Gate Park
MOLDING MODELS: Fashioning an educationUlasewicz, an associate profes-
sor in fashion merchandising, said that the FNA is necessary because clothes have a deeper meaning than just cloth.
“What people should know is that we all communicate through clothes and what we put on our bod-ies,” Ulasewicz said. “This group is people who like to take that idea and play with it and explore fashion.”
Last week the FNA invited po-tential models, some with no training at all, to fi ll out a form, get photo-graphed, measured and to practice their model walk. In some ways it was more model training than model selection, which is set to happen this week.
There were no unfair expecta-tions on the models, as they were allowed to mess up and try again with constructive notes from Starr and other organizers. Starr said that designers and models came from all sorts of different majors from English to biology, and she knew not all of them would be trained professionals.
“Our models are different because nobody in San Francisco is normal,”
Starr said. “None of the models are going to look alike, especially when you hit a college campus because they are just people.”
Ulasewicz said that the universal-ity of clothing made a lot of tradition-al fashion choices seem ridiculous.
“Clothing is something we all wear, everyone participates,” Ulasewicz said. “The idea of who is a model is false because we are all models, and you don’t have to be an anorexic wafer to be one because these are real people.”
Giovanni Vito, an 18-year-old freshman and Japanese major, embodies the FNA spirit. Vito, with his own style and charm, does not have the traditional model look or background, but quickly began to adapt.
Vito said he hadn’t had much interest in clothing until his sopho-more year of high school, and since then the idea of wearing clothes suited for him caught hold.
“It sounded fun and seemed like a good opportunity,” Vito said. “I hope to get more insight into the world of modeling and help build myself some more self-confi dence.”
The theme for the show has been labeled “Impressions,” and Starr says this refers to the subjectivity of fash-ion. The audience can look at a piece and get a million different things from it, and everyone’s opinion on a design is different.
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WHO: Fashion Network Assn.
WHAT: Fall Showcase highlighting specific looks that can be seen
in the final show in the spring semester.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Dec. 9
WHERE: Jack Adams Hall
WALK IT: SF State freshman Leah Blumenthai, 18 (right), practices her runway walk down the fourth floor hallway of Burk Hall for the Fashion Network Association model call Oct. 18. SF State student Crystal Ricca, 25 (left), preps clothing for the show. PHOTOS BY HENRY NGUYEN
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RADIO BRINGS MANY THINGS to a modern world, like irrelevant one-hit-wonders from the ‘90s, that dream doctor show at obsolete hours and ... the condemnation of
Roman generals to Hades?Assistant professor of musical theater at SF
State Barbara Damashek, along with master’s degree graduate coordinator and theater profes-sor Joel Schechter, bring to the stage a re-imagined version of “The Trial of Lucullus,” a play intended for the radio by German dramatist Berolt Brecht. Instead of its original home on the radio, Damashek and Schechter have made it a visual piece by having actors play it all out on an SF State stage this week.
The performance details the trial of a harsh Roman general named Lucullus whose fate must be determined: send him to Hades or the Elysian fields, where the virtuous and heroic go to rest.
Schechter said they had to re-imagine the piece as a whole in order to create a staged version.
“It’s an experiment in the sense that it’s not staged very often and it’s a challenge to do so along with the songs and dialogue,” Schechter said. “We are in re-hearsal trying new things out every night until we figure out exactly what we want.”
As a radio adaptation, certain homages to its original format are woven into the new staging of the piece. Most of the winks to radio are subtle, like the unique contrast of pure narration versus dramatized staging, while some, like the “On Air” sign that glows on stage, serve to remind the audience of the piece’s roots.
Julia Letzel, a 20-year-old junior and theater major who plays several roles in the performance, said that Schechter and Damashek want to draw a full and in-formed performance from all the actors.
“They both drill us with information about the piece,
when it was written and why it was written,” Letzel said. “They really want us to know the intention of our characters and understand why we are saying what we are.”
One intricate part of Damashek and Schechter’s co-directed piece is the music, which Damashek looked over as musical director of the performance.
Casey Robbins, a 21-year-old theater major who plays Lucullus, said the music is his favorite part.
“I love working with Barbara and the music she found from the Brecht library, and also the music she produced herself for the piece,” Robbins said. “It’s a challenge figuring out where to put music in a show that is not a musical.”
Schechter said that he thinks the political turmoil and questioning of officials is something that speaks directly to current day issues.
“There was no Occupy Wall Street or SF when we
started, but this does deal with the distribution of wealth among the few versus the many, as well as the actions of government during war time,” Schech-ter said.
Robbins agreed that the message of war was a prevalent one in the piece and also spoke to a very current environment.
“The play really asks the question, ‘In war, where does responsibil-ity lie?’” Robbins said. “It asks, ‘In the end, is there anything such as real patriotism in the sense that whatever is good for Rome or the United States is the one good?’”
Robbins said that the ideas were present and
relatable, but are never quite addressed in a societal context.
“Can you benefit from society without hurting an-other society?” Robbins said. “When you get something for your own society, are you not by its own nature tak-ing from another?”
Beyond the imaginative staging and stringing to-gether the essence of both radio and theater, Schechter wishes to have audiences leave with more than they came with.
“I hope audience members will leave with a greater appreciation of Brecht and the capacity of the theater to reconsider history and so called ‘victories’ of the past,” Schechter said. “What Romans saw as a victory we can now see as an error and a grave loss of human life.”
“The Trial of Lucullus” opens in the SF State Studio Theater, running tomorrow and Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5.
SCULPTING IMAGINATION: Drew Reitz and Monica Lenk rehearse for the upcoming play “The Trial of Lucul-lus,” opening tomorrow in the SF State Studio Theater. PHOTO BY CINDY WATERS.
Sound to Sight: Lucullus’ plightGiving it a body to match its voice, SF State theater group reimagines radio play on stage.
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CASSIE BECKERCOPY CHIEF
JUSTIN OROZCO CIRCULATION
AFTER NEARLY nine years of occupy-ing Iraq, President Barack Obama has announced the complete withdrawal of American troops
by December. I know what you’re think-ing — fi nally, right? — but if Iraq wasn’t stable enough for troops to pull out years ago, what is the difference now? Should we still have an American presence in Iraq, or is the withdrawal of troops just a political ploy by Obama to keep another campaign promise in hopes of re-election?
I believe it’s time and it’s better late then never. As students, we must under-stand why the Iraq war has provided more problems than solutions for our ravaged nation.
Nearly 4,400 military members have been killed overseas, while 32,000 have been severely injured since the Iraq inva-sion in 2003. Do we need to lose more
lives while families get torn apart with a loss of a child, parent or signifi cant other?
Let’s not forget these soldiers gave their lives for our country fi ghting a war fueled by vengeance.
After the terrorist attack on 9/11 the Bush Administration invaded Afghanistan, but came up empty handed. In an attempt to grab onto something productive many soldiers were redeployed to Iraq in search of weapons of mass destruction and Sad-dam Hussein. After Hussein’s capture in 2003, the Obama Administration killed the original target earlier this year: Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Now that the jobs are done I don’t see a real need for troops to still be in the Middle East.
With the troops withdrawing from Iraq, the country will now have an oppor-tunity to govern their future without the oppression of a dictator or pressure from the United States military. This is what in-dependence is all about, right? The United States fought hard for the freedoms of the Iraqi people, now let’s allow them to fi x
their fragile government and make their own decisions.
With the fi nancial crisis hitting the U.S. hard, we have to invest all resources back into our own economy.
The Iraq war cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion. According to the Congressio-nal Budget Offi ce we will be spending $1 billion to withdraw, but it is nominal com-pared to the estimated $30 billion spent from 2010 to 2011 on additional operating and personnel costs.
With the complete withdrawal from Iraq, Obama can now focus problems within our own nation. Let’s make sure troops will at least have a stable economy to come back to.
Both countries can now look forward to rebuilding their nations. Obama keeps his promise of ending the Iraq war, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s gets rid of the American military presence and moves forward to a solid government.
After all the money and lives that were given to the war efforts in Iraq, now is the time to fi nally bring the troops back home.
BY BRIAN [email protected]
Withdrawal brings sigh of reliefCOLUMN
ART BY SARA [email protected]
Let’s tell the truth, almost no one gets their bachelor’s degree in four years anymore.
That’s why super seniors exist, college students who take fi ve or more years to complete their “four-year degree.”
And what can anyone expect when you can’t expand an 168-hour week, and have an essential need to sleep.
According to the University, more than 80 percent of SF State students take classes full time, a minimum of 12 units each se-mester. Three units can mean up to nine hours per week of outside class work. For 12 units that’s up to 36 hours a week of home-work, and about 10 hours of class time.
That leaves only 122 hours of free time a week. Get a part-time job, subtract 30 hours, and all that is left is about 13 hours a day.
Take away the eight hours of suggested sleep, and you’re left with fi ve hours to eat, be merry and get the required reading done on the toilet.
Too bad for the students who have to commute.
If the CSU system could lower tuition, then maybe the part-time job could be sub-tracted.
The recent 22 percent tuition increase doesn’t make anything easier or faster for anyone on a college schedule.
Each semester, students cram into classes to see if they can even get a seat in their major courses. Unable to get those classes, students often end up taking classes that don’t pertain to their degree paths just to meet the minimum units to maintain residency and fi nancial aid benefi ts.
In 2010, of the 2,649 classes offered, more than half had more than 30 students, according to the University common data set of 2010-2011.
More students pack into the classroom as the number of pro-fessors lowers.
From 1991 to 2010 the percentage of tenure-tracked professors in the CSU system dropped by 14.2 percent.
Yet the number of students in CSUs has only dropped by about one percent.
With so many students in class, maybe the system can just skip faculty in the classroom altogether and we can start teaching each other.
One out of 30 plus students should know the ancient history of Mesopotamia.
Or not.
The super senior label seems to fi t just right because facing more than four years of these challenges does create a type of academic superstar.
Here are some tips to quicker graduation from the Xpress seniors:
-Freshmen: Get your GEs out of the way but have a clear plan as to what your major and minors are so that the classes you choose all have an impact on your ability to graduate faster.
- If you’re unsure of what you want your major to be, take classes at community colleges while fi guring it out to save money. We no longer are afforded the leisure of being able to take classes just because.
- If you know what you want your major to be, declare it early. Some-times majors change from one year to another, and often include adding extra classes.
- If you have questions about your major, your department chair is your best bet.
- Check, double check and triple check your University bulletin. It will act as a road map to your next few years in college. Follow the guide-lines exactly, making sure to check pre requisites and exactly how many of each categorized classes you need so you’re not taking too many or registering for something you are not eligible for.
- Prioritize classes. Don’t assume that no one will sign up for something you really need. Other students are scrambling just as much as you are, and that boring class you fi gured would get overlooked will probably be full by your next registration date. If you are having trouble deciding on a hierarchy of classes to register for, start planning for the next semester so you can get a picture of what classes are urgent and others that can be
pushed around.- Students can get their segment III
classes to also fulfi ll requirements for their majors or minors at the same time. Kill two birds with one stone.
- If transferring, check which classes carry over. Look at www.assist.org for help.
- Take every exemption test you can. They cost between $20-30 and can get you out of taking a three-unit class. http://www.sfsu.edu/~testing/tests.html
- If you have the luxury of picking between different profes-sors for the same class, check out www.ratemyprofessor.com for reviews. It’s a lot easier to make it through a semester when you like the person teaching you.
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REALITY CHECK: 4 years in college is a miscalculationEDITORIAL
my god, I miss Tyler so much!’” Zevita said. “This is the free spirited, hilarious, talented person who I fell in love with on a soulful lev-el. He’s one of those people who is so talented that he makes you feel bad about yourself.”
Zevita, who is currently in Los Angeles working on her music career, credits part of that to Cornfield.
“Seeing Tyler just travel through Europe just by the seat of his pants inspired me to get off my butt in New York and pursue my dream,” Zevita said. “So in his own way, with-out even really realizing it, he kind of inspired me to get the ball rolling on my career.”
Another donor was long time friend Chris-tian Bannister. For his donation Bannister received a unique and personal postcard made by Cornfield on one of his train rides through Warsaw.
Bannister said that Cornfield has a long
history of thinking outside the box when it comes to earning money.
“If he wanted to he could have sold some-thing on eBay and gave something away, like material possessions, but instead he wanted to find a more creative and enticing way of earn-ing money,” Bannister said. “It’s kind of what he does.”
These days, Tyler is completing his final semester at SF State and working as a resident assistant in University Park North. He sings and plays guitar in his six person band, Wes Leslie and his Deadly Medley, and plans to stick around San Francisco if they do well. If not, he wants to move to Berlin after graduat-ing.
He’s also busy dreaming up his next adventure.
“I’m thinking of taking a solo road trip through the South,” Cornfield said with that same grin. “I’ve never been there before.”
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TRAVEL FUNDED BY CREATIVITY
FIRST DATES USUALLY start with conversations about music preferences, living situations and work.
But most people won’t declare “Just so you know, I’m not monogamous,” as SF
State senior Emily Irving, 21, does.Irving is in a polyamorous relationship
with Philip Russo, 36, who introduced her to the lifestyle. They have been together for three years.
Polyamory, a relationship that involves open and multiple partners, is an alternative to monogamy.
“I really liked him and I thought that, maybe if I didn’t understand the idea of it at first, a few dates couldn’t hurt me,” Irving said. “I went out with him and we talked about it more and I really liked the idea of being that unrestricted and un-smothered in a relation-ship.”
Irving then entered a serious relationship with Russo, who at the time was already see-ing two other women. She then began living with Russo and one of the women, which she described as a challenge.
“It was all about balancing time and mak-ing sure that I got to sleep in Emily’s bed two times a week and negotiating things with Terry so that she didn’t feel left out,” Russo said.
The relationships not only depend heav-ily on juggling schedules, but also largely on trust.
“It’s very much about trust. It’s not like monogamy where I trust you not to go falling in love and sleeping with other people,” Irving said. “But that I trust you to be an individual and do whatever you like to do because I know you trust me just the same.”
One misconception is that polygamy is the same as polyamory.
“It generally is defined as consensual, mu-tual, intimate sexual relations among multiple adults,” said Associate Professor of sociology at SF State Christopher Carrington.
Irving feels that polyamory is the oppo-site of cheating because her relationship with Russo is open and honest.
If she feels attracted to someone or feels jealous, she will tell Russo.
“The main point is that it’s not so much about sex but it’s about falling in love with people. In monogamy, you can’t tell someone if you’re attracted to someone because that’s not what you’re supposed to do,” Russo said. “We talk about it. Polyamory is about open-ness, trust and communication.”
Russo and Irving feel that their rela-tionship is as legitimate as a monogamous couple’s.
“People think that it’s this weird sex fest orgy,” Russo said. “We have a house, I have a job, she goes to school and has straight As. We’re normal, upstanding citizens.”
Russo and Irving plan to move to New York City after she graduates in the spring.
In the case that they decide to have chil-dren, Irving and Russo will raise the kids with their other partners.
“With something like a relationship like ours, if she had another partner and I had another partner, that just adds to the people that can build the family and that can actually effectively raise a child,” Russo said.
Even then, Irving and Russo are deter-mined to stay who they are.
“When they ask me, well why isn’t one partner enough? Well, is one friend enough? Is having one child in your life enough? Is hav-ing one pet enough? I don’t see why a sexual relationship with someone has to be exclusive when no other one is,” Irving said.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE
MULTIPLE PARTNERS: SF State student Emily Irving and her boyfriend Phil Russo pose for a portrait. They are in a polyamorous relationship. PHOTO BYNICK MOONE
PART TWO IN A RELATIONSHIP SERIES
BY RUBY [email protected]
THE WAR ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA took a new turn recently as landlords who rent to medical marijuana dispensa-ries were threatened with prosecution by the federal government in California.
Earlier this month, dozens of dispensaries were ordered to shut down within 45 days. If the owners or landlords do not comply with the warning, they face criminal charges or seizure of
their property, according to a press release issued by the Department of Justice.Federal procedures could have sizable consequences in California, where an
estimated $1.5 billion medical marijuana transactions have taken place annually, accord-ing to an economic analysis by California’s National Organiza-tion for the Reform of Mari-juana Laws.
California receives roughly $100 million in sales taxes from dispensaries yearly. Numerous cities, including Sacramento, have sought to make up for depleted assets by taxing local medical marijuana dispensaries.
“They don’t have the reasonable amount of money to shut down every dispensary in the state,” said Dale Jones, spokeswoman for “Yes on Proposition 19 also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act” and also execu-tive chancellor at cannabis trade school Oaksterdam University in Oakland. “It’s going to be like a tornado - some will get destroyed while others will be left untouched.”
Federal officials are primar-ily going after medical dispensa-ries that may be near children.
“Marijuana stores operating in proximity to schools, parks and other areas where children are present send the wrong message to those in our society who are the most impres-sionable,” said Melinda Haag, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, in the DOJ press release. “Although our initial efforts in the Northern Dis-trict focus on only certain marijuana stores, we will almost certainly be taking action against others. None are immune from action by the federal government.”
Dispensaries in the Bay Area, including San Francisco and Marin counties, were sent letters warning that California’s medical marijuana law does not protect against property seizure or prosecution under federal law.
Under state law, dispensaries cannot operate within 600 feet of schools. However, under federal law Title 21 USC 860, dispensaries can be subjected to penalization if they participate in the sale or distribution of controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary, vocational or secondary school, or a public or private
college, junior college or university.In addition, dispensaries can be penalized if they
are within 100 feet of a public or private youth cen-ter, public swimming pool or video arcade facility.
Among the local medical dispensaries that are located close to schools are 208 Valencia Street Caregivers and Medithrive.
A worker at Medithrive, who wishes to remain anonymous, said the landlord has not given them any notice to leave and that, as far as they know, they are not being affected.
Peter Avila, the principal at Marshall Elementary, said that even though the school is located right behind Medithrive, he does not have any issues with the dispensary.
“Alcohol and other il-licit drugs are much more of a problem in our neighborhood,” Avila said. “I have not had one complaint about Medithrive, not one.”
The Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana also re-ceived a letter asking the land-lord to evict the dispensary or risk imprisonment.
Greg Anton, a lawyer who represents MAMM, said that the federal government is going to accomplish the exact opposite of what they are try-ing to do.
“The federal government is indirectly supplying marijuana to children,” Anton said. “If they close dispensaries down, people will take marijuana to the streets where there won’t be any regulation.”
According to Anton, MAMM is one of the oldest and longest running dispensa-ries in the state.
“It will probably close down after 15 years of no complaints,” Anton said.
In 2009, the DOJ sent out a memo saying that prosecu-tors would not seek to arrest
medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they complied with state laws. How-ever, federal prosecutors and the DEA have continued to arrest and prosecute medical marijuana providers.
Students at SF State have mixed feeling about the consumption of cannabis.“The traditional ways that people use marijuana, like for getting in touch with
the spirits or for medical use, is fine by me,” said Chantal Roberts, 23, consumer and family sciences major. “But right now a lot of people are abusing it and it’s getting harder to regulate.”
Gary Lamb, 33, psychology major, believes that while the use of medical mari-juana is understandable, it’s also understudied in terms of its effects.
“It’s kind of hypocritical because alcohol is just as dangerous,” Lamb said. “But more research needs to be done on the effects that marijuana has on the brain before we try to legalize it.”
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WITH BUDGETS ALWAYS being cut, the commute to SF State isn’t getting any easier. A change was made October 17 to the frequency of the 28-L, a crucial route for SF State
students. The Limited will stop serving the Golden Gate Bridge, but will extend to Fort Mason.
The most notable stop eliminations for the Outbound limited, which is used to commute to SF State, are Park Presidio and Balboa, 19th and Noriega, and 19th and Eucalyptus. This greatly affects students commute to SF State because the frequency of the 28 is already low.
“It’s a pilot project, a test,” said Paul Rose, a spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency. “Every month we audit some of our worst performing lines. We talk to riders and operators to see if there are ways to improve the service. The changes made are reflections on those conversa-tions.”
During peak hours, it’s not uncommon for commuters to see a fully packed 28 bus pass by without stopping. There is little that people can do as they desperately count down the minutes in their head until they are late for class or work. However, both sides
acknowledge the reality and the budgetary constraints under which Muni operates.
“I work at SF State and I used to live on 19th Avenue,” said Lane Hollister, formal post-bachelor’s admissions coordinator. “I have to be there very early
in the morning so when a fully-packed 28 blows by me while I’m waiting and in a rush it’s not a good thing. The Limited is a great alternative but it’s unreliable at best.
Now that they are cutting some stops it’s going to be even harder to make it outbound to campus. With all the financial problems though, I’m sure they are trying to do their best.”
SF State students are facing similar problems.
“The Limited is way bet-ter and way faster,” said Serra Naiman, a junior theater major at SF State. “I take it almost every day to go to and from work. I didn’t even know they cut it.
Wow, that really sucks.”The only thing anyone can do is
wait and see if the changes will have a positive or negative impact.
“We’re going to see how it works and take it from there,” Rose said . “This is going to be an ongoing process.”
MEDITHRIVING: Medical marijuana dispensary Medithrive employee Tiana Fields, 22, helps regular Joshua Pritchard, 24, Monday. “This is the only place I go,” Pritchard said. “Everyone is really cool and helpful.” Medithrive is located in close proximity to Marshall Elementary school, but the principal said he has never had any issues with the dispensary. PHOTO BY JESSICA GOSS
BY SANDRA [email protected]
Dispensaries in California face a new threat as federal prosecutors warn landlords to shut down clinics or face property seizure.
MEDICINAL MARIJUANA: THE BAT TLE CONTINUES
WAITING: Passengers wait for the 28 Muni line at Holloway Avenue Monday. The route of the 28 Limited was recently changed, which will impact the line as a whole. PHOTO BY ERIK VERDUZCO
BY MICHAEL [email protected]
Route changed for busy line
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY CANDIDATES
is a veteran prosecutor of Iranian descent in the Alameda County district
attorney’s office. With her 22 years of experience,
Bock hopes to curtail and prevent violent crime in San
Francisco.
is a former deputy public defender and currently is the Commissioner for the State Bar of California’s Criminal Law Advisory Commission. Trinh intends to improve current law enforcement,
correct the criminal justice system and make courts cost efficient and open.
former police commissioner and criminal justice expert, intends to forge partnerships between communities and
law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer. Onek wants to completely reform and refocus the criminal justice system.
who ran for district attorney once before in 1995, is seeking
the position once again. Fazio is currently a defense attorney in
San Francisco. He intends to focus on prosecuting serious crimes,
avoiding the death penalty and the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.
is the current DA. He served as chief of police prior to replacing
Kamala Harris, who left to become state Attorney General. Gascón intends to focus on improving neighborhood safety, reducing
crime and protecting crime victims.
SHARMIN BOCKVU VUONG TRINH
DAVID ONEK
BILL FAZIOGEORGE GASCÓN
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The duties of the district attorney are to manage the prosecutor’s
office, investigate alleged crimes in cooperation with law enforcement and file criminal
charges or bring evidence before the Grand Jury. George Gascón is
the current district attorney.
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