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President presents new idea for merger By Megan Taros CH3NO2@MAIL.SFSU.EDU It’s election season at SF State, which means it’s time for students to execute their civic duty: Make signs, go campaigning, hit the polls and show pride in campus government. Right? Probably not. The polls are now open for the Associated Stu- dents Inc., student elections, but with many can- didates running unopposed, this election is not as competitive as it was last spring. However, candidates and current members of ASI are using this as an opportunity for outreach. “I know some of us will win by default, but it’s not just about winning, it’s about how we cam- paign,” said Andrew Gutierrez, the ASI presiden- tial candidate who is running unopposed. “We’re trying to get out there and talk to the students so they know who we are. That way we can be held accountable when we get into office.” Some members of ASI attribute the lack of can- didates to apathy. “There’s a lack of interest or awareness,” said Travis Northup, vice president of external affairs for ASI. “I’m not really sure what’s up with that.” About 40 applications were submitted to run for the board’s 18 positions, making Gutierrez believe that the drop in candidates is partly due to support for his slate – Achieving Community Through Integrity, Openness and Knowledge. But some students do not believe they were By Aaron Salazar AARONSAL@MAIL.SFSU.EDU In an email to faculty and staff on March 21, Pres- ident Robert A. Corrigan announced a new propos- al for the reorganization of SF State’s eight colleges. The six-college structure recommended by the University Planning Advisory Council initially re- mains intact, but the new proposal differs in where it places departments and has the potential for ad- ditional costs savings, the email said. “(The new proposal) differs from the one fa- vored in the referendum in that it doubles the dol- lar amount of administrative savings,” said Univer- sity spokeswoman Ellen Griffin. The new proposal aims to increase costs savings from $1-2 million. Elements of the old proposal, which faculty vot- ed on in February, remain the same, such as the dissolution of the College of Behavioral and So- cial Sciences and the College of Health and Human Services. But the new plan, which was approved unani- mously by UPAC, would create a College of Arts and Humanities and a College of Social and Health Sciences to absorb departments from the dissolved colleges. Also under the new proposal, the College of Education will remain the same, instead of being reduced to a freestanding school. The College of Creative Arts will be reduced to a School of the Arts housed within the College of Arts and Hu- manities. The new proposal stemmed from further consul- tation between departments and UPAC, as well as discussions of collaboration among disciplines to streamline costs, the email said. Faculty in BSS were concerned that the old proposal, which placed many BSS depart- ments into a College of Liberal Arts, would di- lute the scientific aspects of their curricula. CAMPUS.....................PG 2&3 A&E.................................PG 4 CITY ................................PG 5 SPORTS...........................PG 6 OPINION .........................PG 8 WEEKLY SURVEY .............PG 2 POLICE BLOTTER.............PG 2 REMINDER: Spring Break begins March 28. Classes resume April 4. SEE MULTIMEDIA, SLIDESHOWS, VIDEOS AND MORE ONLINE AT: GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG ] X [] GOLDEN GATE PRESS [ VOLUME LXXXX — ISSUE 9 [ X ] press The Golden Gate Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Fourth alternative joins art with humanities in college UPAC continued on Page 9 ASI continued on Page 9 ASI election loses competitive edge VOTE Student government SPORTS: Pioneers sweep Gators at the swamp Page 6 INSIDE: Former SF State student sneaks into Egypt. Page 8 SPEAK OUT: Demonstrators gather March 19 in United Nations Plaza to protest the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The rally was part of a weekend of protests aimed at drawing attention to the effects of U.S. foreign policy. JASMINE BEAGHLER — [X]PRESS PUBLICITY: Humanities representative hopeful Emily Estrada spreads the word about election week with her chihuahua March 12. GREGORY MORENO— [X]PRESS Activists call for end to conflicts U.S.-led wars, well- being of workers at center of protests By Krissa Stanton KSTANTON@MAIL.SFSU.EDU Protesters took to the streets of San Francisco Saturday to oppose the act of war – those being waged around the world as well as the figurative war on workers. Marking the eighth anniversary of the Iraq war, many people protested March 19 in hopes of end- ing war and occupation in areas all over the globe. This protest came at an interesting time consid- ering it was the first day of American and European strikes against the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qa- ddafi of Libya. Participants also gathered to bring attention to issues relating to unemployment, healthcare and education. “I agree with the goal of the march, to stop the wars abroad and to stop the war on workers at home,” said Lawrence Abbott of San Leandro. “It is an important issue. Even though I don’t really have the time, I think everyone really needs to make the time in a democracy, otherwise we won’t have a de- mocracy.” Saturday’s events began at United Nations Plaza with a noon rally that included guest speakers and a spoken word artist. At 1:30 p.m., an estimated 1,800 participants marched down Market Street carrying signs and ANTI-WAR continued on Page 9 Activists: Wikileaks source ‘tortured’ By Chase S. Kmec CKMEC@MAIL.SFSU.EDU A group of demonstrators from various an- ti-war organizations gathered Sunday at Yerba Buena Gardens and later the Metreon, brav- ing unpredictable weather to call for humane treatment of 23-year-old former U.S. Army sol- dier Bradley Manning. Manning is accused of revealing actions and policies of the U.S. military overseas – many unflattering to U.S. foreign policy – and passing them to a number of outside sources, namely Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. “They’re trying to break him,” said Richard Becker, West Coast coordinator of Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition. “He’s be- ing tortured. They’re using the same methods on him as they do with prisoners at our mili- tary bases around the world.” Manning, who is awaiting a hearing on whether he’ll face a court martial, is being guarded as a “maximum custody detainee” at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Va., where he has been since July 2010. For full story visit goldengatexpress.org

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Page 1: The Golden Gate Xpress Issue#9

President presents new idea for merger

By Megan [email protected]

It’s election season at SF State, which means it’s time for students to execute their civic duty: Make signs, go campaigning, hit the polls and show pride in campus government. Right?

Probably not.The polls are now open for the Associated Stu-

dents Inc., student elections, but with many can-didates running unopposed, this election is not as competitive as it was last spring.

However, candidates and current members of ASI are using this as an opportunity for outreach.

“I know some of us will win by default, but it’s not just about winning, it’s about how we cam-paign,” said Andrew Gutierrez, the ASI presiden-

tial candidate who is running unopposed. “We’re trying to get out there and talk to the students so they know who we are. That way we can be held accountable when we get into office.”

Some members of ASI attribute the lack of can-didates to apathy.

“There’s a lack of interest or awareness,” said Travis Northup, vice president of external affairs for ASI. “I’m not really sure what’s up with that.”

About 40 applications were submitted to run for the board’s 18 positions, making Gutierrez believe that the drop in candidates is partly due to support for his slate – Achieving Community Through Integrity, Openness and Knowledge.

But some students do not believe they were

By Aaron [email protected]

In an email to faculty and staff on March 21, Pres-ident Robert A. Corrigan announced a new propos-al for the reorganization of SF State’s eight colleges.

The six-college structure recommended by the University Planning Advisory Council initially re-mains intact, but the new proposal differs in where it places departments and has the potential for ad-ditional costs savings, the email said.

“(The new proposal) differs from the one fa-vored in the referendum in that it doubles the dol-lar amount of administrative savings,” said Univer-sity spokeswoman Ellen Griffin.

The new proposal aims to increase costs savings from $1-2 million.

Elements of the old proposal, which faculty vot-ed on in February, remain the same, such as the dissolution of the College of Behavioral and So-cial Sciences and the College of Health and Human Services.

But the new plan, which was approved unani-mously by UPAC, would create a College of Arts and Humanities and a College of Social and Health Sciences to absorb departments from the dissolved colleges.

Also under the new proposal, the College of Education will remain the same, instead of being reduced to a freestanding school. The College of Creative Arts will be reduced to a School of the Arts housed within the College of Arts and Hu-manities.

The new proposal stemmed from further consul-tation between departments and UPAC, as well as discussions of collaboration among disciplines to streamline costs, the email said.

Faculty in BSS were concerned that the old proposal, which placed many BSS depart-ments into a College of Liberal Arts, would di-lute the scientific aspects of their curricula.

CAMPUS.....................PG 2&3A&E.................................PG 4 CITY................................PG 5SPORTS...........................PG 6OPINION .........................PG 8WEEKLY SURVEY.............PG 2

POLICE BLOTTER.............PG 2

REMINDER: Spring Break begins March 28. Classes resume April 4.

SEE MULTIMEDIA, SLIDESHOWS, VIDEOS AND MORE ONLINE AT:

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VOLUME LXXXX — ISSUE 9

[X]pressThe Golden Gate

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Fourth alternative joins art with humanities in college

UPAC continued on Page 9

ASI continued on Page 9

ASI election loses competitive edge VOTE Student government

SPORTS: Pioneers sweep Gatorsat the swampPage 6

INSIDE: Former

SF State student

sneaks into Egypt.

Page 8

SPEAK OUT: Demonstrators gather March 19 in United Nations Plaza to protest the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The rally was part of a weekend of protests aimed at drawing attention to the effects of U.S. foreign policy.

JASMINE BEAGHLER — [X]PRESS

PUBLICITY: Humanities representative hopeful Emily Estrada spreads the word about election week with her chihuahua March 12.

GREGORY MORENO— [X]PRESS

Activists call for end to conflictsU.S.-led

wars, well-

being of workers

at center

of protests

By Krissa [email protected]

Protesters took to the streets of San Francisco Saturday to oppose the act of war – those being waged around the world as well as the figurative war on workers.

Marking the eighth anniversary of the Iraq war, many people protested March 19 in hopes of end-ing war and occupation in areas all over the globe.

This protest came at an interesting time consid-ering it was the first day of American and European strikes against the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qa-ddafi of Libya.

Participants also gathered to bring attention to issues relating to unemployment, healthcare and education.

“I agree with the goal of the march, to stop the wars abroad and to stop the war on workers at home,” said Lawrence Abbott of San Leandro. “It is an important issue. Even though I don’t really have the time, I think everyone really needs to make the time in a democracy, otherwise we won’t have a de-mocracy.”

Saturday’s events began at United Nations Plaza with a noon rally that included guest speakers and a spoken word artist.

At 1:30 p.m., an estimated 1,800 participants marched down Market Street carrying signs and

ANTI-WAR continued on Page 9

Activists: Wikileaks source ‘tortured’

By Chase S. [email protected]

A group of demonstrators from various an-ti-war organizations gathered Sunday at Yerba Buena Gardens and later the Metreon, brav-ing unpredictable weather to call for humane treatment of 23-year-old former U.S. Army sol-dier Bradley Manning.

Manning is accused of revealing actions and policies of the U.S. military overseas – many unflattering to U.S. foreign policy – and passing them to a number of outside sources, namely Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

“They’re trying to break him,” said Richard Becker, West Coast coordinator of Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition. “He’s be-ing tortured. They’re using the same methods on him as they do with prisoners at our mili-tary bases around the world.”

Manning, who is awaiting a hearing on whether he’ll face a court martial, is being guarded as a “maximum custody detainee” at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Va., where he has been since July 2010.

For full story visit goldengatexpress.org

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By Megan [email protected]

The California State Univer-sity system’s Board of Trustees met yesterday to discuss the best course of action in coping with a potential $500 million cut to its budget for the 2011-12 academic year.

Also, $50 mil-lion in mandato-ry costs, mainly related to em-ployee health care and en-ergy expendi-tures, must be factored in and will be further compounded by an additional 10 percent tuition increase as well as a 10,000-student drop in fund-ed enrollment and a cut to per-sonnel.

“These are the kinds of costs where even if the budget increas-es, they stay the same,” said CSU

spokesman Erik Fallis. “For ex-ample, just because a school gets more money, it doesn’t change the electric bill. They are critical to keep the University function-ing. The CSU does not control these costs.”

The CSU budget office calcu-lates the approximate mandatory costs.

The actual amount is set by ex-ternal factors such as the state.

CSU campuses statewide are being asked to reduce their bud-gets by $281 million.

“We are doing everything we can, and that includes not serv-

ing more stu-dents than we can provide a quality educa-tion to,” Fallis said.

Gov. Jerry Brown original-ly proposed a $500 million cut to the CSU sys-tem in his bud-get.

If his pro-posed tax extension does not pass in July’s special election, the cuts will reach $1 billion.

“We have been exploring a va-riety of cost-saving options for more than a year now and will

implement a series of measures that will allow us to operate with-in this austere budget,” said Uni-versity spokeswoman Ellen Grif-fin. “Fourteen cost-saving efforts are already underway, and our ef-forts to find and implement more savings will continue.”

The legislative analyst’s office has already proposed a series of solutions if the system is cut by $1 billion.

This will include a 5 percent reduction in allotted enrollment, which would reduce the number of students served by 20,000.

It would also entail a 10 per-cent tuition increase on top of the 15 percent fee increase al-ready in place for the fall 2011 se-mester.

Furthermore, the increase would generate $120 million in revenue for the University while also constituting a 5 percent fac-ulty and staff decrease that is projected to save about $158 mil-lion if put in place immediately.

Even with these proposals, the CSU system would still face a $162 million budget shortfall in the coming year.

Ramon Castellblanch, presi-dent of SF State’s California Fac-ulty Association, said there are funds being handled that are not being made public.

“The CFA is urging everyone to consider both non-academic as well as academic funds,” Cas-tellblanch said. “We want to use the reserves to the extent fea-sible. We want to see more ac-countability with the auxiliary funds so we know what’s going on.”

He anticipates that many stu-dents will be set back if faculty is cut, as fewer classes will be of-fered and class sizes will grow.

“It’s a problem for quality edu-cation,” he said. “A lot of students are going to get hung up if this is going to require a cut in faculty. It will create a serious problem for students.”

Levels of funding are current-ly where they were in 1999-2000, even though the system now serves 70,000 more students.

A $1 billion cut would drop funding to $1.79 million, which is below the level of the 1997-98 academic year when there were 100,000 less students.

Students looking to attend a CSU in the fall are encouraged to apply to several schools at a time in order to increase chances of admission.

“The CSU’s preference is to admit all who are qualified,” Fal-lis said. “We still want to provide a level of access to students.”

Campus2 Wednesday, March 23, 2011 goldengatexpress.org- GOLDEN GATE [X]PRESS

“Out on the lawn or in the annex.”

Ritika Rai, English/cre-ative writing, freshman, 18

“Where is the best place to study for midterms on campus?”

Reporting by Geena Stellato,Photos by Sam E. Heller

SF STATE SPEAKS

OUT

“I like being outside - the student cen-ter is a little noisy.”

Haley Day,classics, senior, 24

“The library. I usually study at home but I can’t focus there so I go to the library.”

Ellison Hu, criminal jus-

tice, senior, 22

“Probably in a random computer lab.”

Chelsea Ru-dolph, liberal studies, senior, 23

A weekly unscientific survey of SF State students.

“I usually do my study-ing at the cafeteria. I just grab a table, put my headphones in and do a little study-ing.”

Rico Jones, kinesiology, junior, 21

[X]PRESS ONLINEFeatured media for this week

Student freestyles his way to hip-hop fame

SF State student Ethan “Emoney” Cohen used to imitate rappers such as 50 Cent and Eminem with his friends in middle school—now he’s aiming to top the hip-hop charts himself one day.

Throughout high school,

Cohen had a love for the art but never thought he could have a career doing it.

“I (have) to be realistic,” said Cohen. “The percentage of rappers that make a living on what they love to do is pretty slim. With that said I feel like I am ahead of the game.”

- Brittany Doohan

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Board of Trustees meets to discuss CSU budget cuts

Preserving an education

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THE BLOTTER Campus crime log from the past week

Peepin’ and creepin’ While on patrol March 18, an

officer spotted a suspicious in-dividual lurking in the bushes along Denslowe Drive around midnight. When the officer at-tempted to make contact, the suspect ran and a foot pursuit followed. The 18-year-old sub-ject was apprehended and cited for resisting a peace officer. He was not detained.

Tag, you’re detainedAn officer spotted a subject

vandalizing the Creative Arts building around 1 a.m. on March 19. The suspect was apprehended after a brief foot pursuit during which he allegedly assaulted the officer. The 19-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with vandalism, obstructing a public officer and one felony charge of battery on a police officer.

Don’t whoop that trickWhile patrolling the Towers

at Centennial Square around 2 a.m. on March 20, an officer spotted a male subject push his girlfriend. The subject was ar-rested and charged with misde-meanor spousal battery.

— Compiled by Tom Garcia

SF State to offer an ‘Early Start’ on remedial classes

By Aaron [email protected]

This summer, the mathemat-ics department at SF State will launch its pilot online course for the new Mandatory Early Start Program, requiring incom-ing freshmen to begin remedial courses before their first semes-ter in the California State Univer-sity system.

The pilot program at SF State consists of modules on the iLearn website that students can com-plete at their own pace, said co-creator of the program and math-ematics lecturer Andy Beyer.

Students will incur no addi-tional costs to regular tuition for taking the class.

“We’re trying to give students an opportunity to get a jump start on the remediation process so that they can take more college-level courses during the semes-ter,” Beyer said.

The modules reflect high school-level material in the same way remedial courses, such as Math 60, function during the se-mester.

In addition to completing re-mediation, the online summer course will allow students to be-gin preparation for quantitative

reasoning requirements like in-troductory statistics or business calculus.

“We’re trying to create new opportunities,” Beyer said, who co-created the summer course with mathematics department chair David Boa.

Graduate students will be available for support through email, and Math 60 and Math 70 will still be offered during the se-mester for students who do not complete the summer program, Beyer said.

“We’re not trying to make a substitute for personal contact,” Beyer said. “We’re trying to give the opportunity for supplemen-tation through the Internet.”

Last November, each CSU campus was asked to submit a proposal to the Board of Trust-ees addressing how to implement MESP.

Administrators in Academic Affairs Division of Undergradu-ate Studies, who helped draft the SF State MESP proposal, de-clined to comment because the program is still being developed.

According to the CSU website, an online pilot program has al-ready taken place at CSU Fuller-ton with more than 85 percent of participants completing their re-mediation for math.

Also according to the website, more than 60 percent of all CSU first-time freshman need remedi-ation because they did not score

high enough on their entry-level math or English placement ex-ams.

However, the faculty and staff have scrutinized MESP for possi-bly restricting access to the CSU for low-income students and stu-dents of color who have higher rates of remediation, said Kim-berly King, associate professor and director of the social justice and community psychology lab at CSU Los Angeles.

In a MESP presentation at SF State on March 9, King said 53 percent of black freshmen need-ed remedial courses, along with 74 percent of Mexican-Ameri-cans and 60 percent of Asian-Americans.

“The University should be fa-cilitating students’ educational progress, not putting up more barriers,” King said. “We have to raise people’s consciousness, and one way is to focus on specific policies that hold us down.”

Enrollment restrictions, which were a byproduct of the $1.4 bil-lion budget cuts the CSU has suffered over the last two years, created the need for MESP, King said.

However, MESP might be an-other barrier for thousands of eligible students who are unable to complete summer courses be-cause they have to work to sup-port their families, King said.

Kimberly Vargas, a Latina hos-pitality management and tourism

major, had a 3.8 high school GPA when she applied to SF State, but needed to take remedial math classes before she could begin major coursework.

Vargas, now a junior, said she wouldn’t have been able to start classes in the summer because she worked two jobs to supple-ment her mother’s $13,000 yearly salary.

“I’m one of those statistics,” Vargas said.

New Gators to get new opportunity

“Fourteen cost-saving efforts are

already underway, and our efforts to find and implement more savings will continue.”

Ellen Griffin, University Spokeswoman

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TOUCH ME: Three students test out the new iPad 2 at the SF State bookstore on March 16.

SAM E. HELLER — [X]PRESS

ACTION: Kelly Carson and Jeff Wilks perform their rehearsed scene for Acting 2 on March 16.

KAREN M. KINNEY — [X]PRESS

SPINNING: MPHD DJs at Noise Complaint on March 18. The concert in the Cesar Chavez Student Center was a part of the Rhythms Music Festival.

GREGORY MORENO — [X]PRESS

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By Spencer [email protected]

Hercules. Hector. Achilles. Odysseus. Much like the glorious heroes of mythology, champions walk among us today, fighting for dominance in their field. Weapon of choice: electric guitar.

The DNA Lounge in downtown San Francisco served as the venue for the start of a six-month se-ries of “Battle of the Bands” shows.

Every month eight bands will play a 30-minute set with the hopes of moving on to the finals in ear-ly September.

Each band used its time to the fullest, pumping out hits with electric guitars, bass guitars, drum sets and sometimes even a keytar in the mix. Sean Johnson, lead singer of the band West of Sunset, a local band that is less than a year old, said the op-portunity to battle was a great benefit.

“You get a lot more exposure from doing this,” Johnson said. “A bunch of new fans make their way out of the woodwork and then start moving to the music you’re making.”

Genres ranged from metal and hard rock to screamo, inciting the audience to haphazard-ly swing their limbs in a wild dance. However, it wasn’t only the audience with energetic reactions to the music. Eli Contreras, lead singer of Mirrors, was right in there swinging as well.

“Playing in shows where nobody does anything is boring,” Contreras said. “If a band has the will-power to get up there and play, then I think the least we can do is participate, and that’s why I hope I leave here bleeding.”

Contreras knew why he was there, though, and

that was for the passion of the music.“We played this show because we wanted a show,

and also we all wanted to try something different,” Contreras said. “We play this type of music because there’s a passion and strength behind it.”

Although the venue itself was dark, the show had an assortment of lights and smoke that bombard-ed the stage with special effects. Projected light shapes darted from the ceiling onto the audience.

While the Battle of the Bands is a competition, there is more meaning for some of the contestants.

“I’d say that the best part of it all is making con-nections with other bands from all over,” said Will Ehlert, lead singer and guitarist for Raised Thresh-old. “We love hooking up with newer bands and just letting them know the things that we’re doing.”

Ehlert seemed to lead his band with confidence, at one point pulling out an electric violin. However, the contest was not life or death for Ehlert.

“We’re in this to play music and have a show,” Ehlert said. “If we happen to win, well then that would be so freaking awesome.”

More than just random fans, Battle of the Bands was home to a decent amount of family members coming to support their own. Val Argate said that he came to the show to see his cousin Matthew Es-talano’s band Abandon Ship, a newer band com-posed of high school students.

“They’re young compared to everyone else and maybe lack some of the confidence that experience brings, but it’s good to get new groups out there to interact and get exposure,” Argate said. “The event overall is all right; I’m not quite feeling the screamo bands, but that’s just me.”

Elizabeth Simon, promoter representative for Gorilla Productions, the producer putting on the series of Battle of the Bands shows in San Francis-co, kept the mood light with jokes and high energy.

“It can be stressful because it’s dealing with mu-sicians and all of their fans in an uncertain envi-

ronment,” Simon said. “In the end, though, it is fun because everyone I’ve worked with is really cool here.”

After almost seven hours of music, all the bands had performed and a weary-but-pumped audience cast their votes.

The members of the crowd chose two bands to advance past the first round by applauding for their favorite group. The winners were the last two bands to play: West of Sunset and The Weather-men. The finals will be in September.

DNA Lounge hosts series ofmusical group competitions

Bands begin battle for six-month crown title

BAND: Abandon Ship performs at the Battle of Bands event at the DNA Lounge located the SOMA district on March 20.

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By Christine [email protected]

Dressed in sturdy running shoes, jog-ging pants, and thick sweaters and jackets, runners were undeterred by the cold rain as they hunted to find mystery items in a competition of will, wit and fitness.

Approximately 13 runners gathered at Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park in the early morning hours March 19, ready to partake in a scavenger run sponsored by The Half Full Running Club.

“Mieke (Strand), one of the runners, came up with the idea initially about a month and a half ago,” said Tom Collier, the event’s coordinator. “We started to put the details together and ended up picking one of the rainiest weekends.”

The runners explored the park in teams and brought back photographic proof of the 10 mystery items scattered throughout the park, running about four miles in the process.

Each team had to submit all the photos on one camera as a way to encourage the teams to stick together.

“A part of this is just to have fun for our members, but it’s also to bring people from outside the club, introduce our club and hopefully get some new members that way,” said Collier, an avid runner for 20 years.

Some of the mystery items were ob-vious, like the colossal statue of Francis Scott Key, while others were more sub-tle, such as mystery item No. 6 entitled “A

Living Roof.” That clue led runners to the iconic living roof of the California Acad-emy of Sciences.

Other mystery items included a turtle, a slide, a large mammal and a boat on the water.

“Golden Gate Park is one of my favor-ite places to run,” Collier said. “You’re not surrounded by concrete or stop lights, so you can just run unfettered. There’s also a lot of cool things to find in the park.”

Collier said the event was intended for everyone, but while some participants were experienced runners, others had a difficult time keeping speed.

Mark Lantz, who began running a month ago, had difficulty keeping up with his teammates’ pace.

Lantz’s team was assembled that morn-ing and its members were unaware of each other’s diverse abilities.

Unlike Lantz’s team, Benjy Weinberger, Mieke Strand and Angela Nguyen-Dinh’s team has been running together for two years. Because they knew each member’s strengths, the team ran at the same pace, jogging together in search of the mystery items.

“What’s great about running? It’s the only opportunity where you really get someone’s exclusive time to have a re-ally good conversation for two hours at a time,” Nguyen-Dinh said. “Otherwise, you have your phone and kids, and things are happening. While running you get to know people.”

Nguyen-Dinh’s team teamwork was solid. Weinberger was the photographer, Strand was the map carrier and Nguyen-Dinh was the clue holder.

Through the vigorous hunt across the park, they kept the mood light – laughing often.

Collier said it was a close race, with the

second team arriving just two minutes af-ter the first team.

“Some people got different pictures for different things but the first and second-place teams pretty much got very similar pictures.” Collier said. “So looks like they kind of (followed) each other the whole way. Probably back and forth.”

Despite their determination, Weinberg-er, Strand and Nguyen-Dinh finished last after running for 1 hour and 24 minutes.

However, disappointment did not show on their faces as they waited for the win-ners to be announced. Some even left without claiming their prizes.

“They would’ve come even if there weren’t prizes,” Collier said. “I think it’s the competition and the element of fun.”

The Half Full Running Club plans to host another scavenger hunt at the Embar-cadero, but have yet to schedule a date, ac-cording to Collier.

Explorers chase mysteries in GG ParkNovice, experienced joggers team up for scavenger hunt event

WINNING: Club member Jay Kloepfer (right) listens as event coordinator Tom Collier announces the winners of the Half Full Running Club’s scavenger run March 19. The group focuses on training runners for half and full marathons.

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By Natasha [email protected]

From the screech of sneakers on the wooden floor of the gym to the “got it!” repeatedly shouted out, SF State’s women’s club volleyball team is hard at work preparing for their biggest com-petition of the season.

Beginning Saturday, the team will be competing in the Northern California Collegiate Volleyball League Champi-onships hosted at San Jose State Uni-versity.

“Our team is a young team, and we are really hoping to do well during the first round,” said head coach Trung Le.

With half of their team consisting of freshmen and sophomores, the players are not as seasoned as their Division II counterparts UC Davis, San Jose State and UC Berkeley.

“Playing club volleyball at SFSU is one of the best decisions I ever made,” said libero and defensive specialist Sara Shantz.

The 18-year-old child and adolescent development major, who has been with the team since last semester, acknowl-edges that while the team can let their nerves get the better of them, they are more than capable of competing on the same level as their opponents.

Having played competitively since seventh grade, Shantz found that not

only did club volleyball present her with a chance to continue playing a sport that she loves but allowed her to establish new friendships.

“It was tough being so far from home and having no real connection to SFSU,” said Shantz, a San Diego native.

Away from home as well, middle block-er and outside hitter Kathy Palencia was drawn to club volley-ball for the same rea-sons.

“It’s good to be on a team,” Palencia said. “I grew up with that.”

Palencia, 19, has played competitive-ly since attending Mt. Whitney High School in her hometown of Visalia, Calif., along with a few sea-sons on volleyball clubs Sequoia Crush and Side-Out.

The transition from high school ath-lete to collegiate athlete was not an easy one.

In her freshmen year at SF State in fall 2009, Palencia tried out for the club team but didn’t make the cut.

“It was the worst feeling ever,” Palencia said with a sigh. “I definitely let myself down.”

Devastated by the outcome of her tryouts, the 5-foot-6-inch former cross-country runner was hesitant in repeat-ing the process this past fall. After toss-ing the idea around for several weeks, she mustered up the strength to give the club one last shot.

When the roster was finalized, Palen-cia was elated and relieved to find out she had finally made it.

Being able to compete competitively on a collegiate level was both exciting and nerve-wracking for Palencia.

Making her first official appearance for the team against UC Davis, Palencia was not sure what to expect.

“I was so nervous,” Palencia said. “And I totally messed up.”

The team lost to Davis 13-25 and 20-25, affecting Palencia deeply. Feeling like she let not only her-self down but also her

teammates, the sophomore internal-ized her feelings of failure and became overly stressed.

“I was kind of hard on myself, but with the support of my teammates they helped me out,” Palencia said.

Since then, Palencia has become more confident in the club.

Both Shantz and Palencia are opti-mistic about the club’s performance during the last stretch of the season.

Saturday’s games will allow the team to showcase their talents against the likes of UC Berkeley, Cal Poly San Lou-is Obispo, San Jose State University, and University of Nevada-Reno .

“I have all the faith in the world that if we play to the best of our ability, we will be very successful this weekend,” Shantz said.

By Juan [email protected]

Strong winds and non-stop rain combined to dramatically affect an outdoor spring sport this past week-end.

Unforeseen weather delayed the SF State men’s baseball team’s scheduled March 18 road contest against the Cal State East Bay Pioneers.

“I’d be surprised if anybody was tired,” said head coach Mike Cum-mins. “If anything, they might be mentally tired.”

The Gators quickly resumed their season Tuesday, hosting the Pioneers for a doubleheader game at “The Swamp” despite the looming rain pre-dicted to fall later in the day.

SF State led in both games, but Cal State East Bay battled back and even-tually swept the series 2-0: The Pio-neers defeated the Gators 4-3 in game one and 9-7 in game two.

“We go in the gym or we’ll even come out in the rain and hit in the cage,” coach Cummins said about having games postponed and can-celled due to the weather. “We just try and do as much as we can. Plus, we need to take care of the field and all that too. That takes the most time, getting the field ready to play.”

Starting game one for the Gators was Junior left-hander Steven Dea who would pitch four innings.

Dea got off to a rocky start in the top of the first inning when he al-lowed an earned run after giving up a single to junior catcher Jake Davis, who scored the game’s first run on se-nior infielder Nick McManus’ single to right field.

“I can’t knock anything that Cal State East Bay did,” said Gators’ se-nior catcher Kevin Dultz. “They bat-tled. Three runs aren’t going to win a game in college baseball.”

The Gators responded in the same inning by scoring some runs of their own: Senior infielder Drew Andersen reached base with a base hit to center and advanced to third on an error that

put Dultz on first. Junior outfielder Ian Fregosi sin-

gled to center field, driving in the two runners.

However, the Pioneers took con-trol of the game in the fourth inning as they scored three runs on five hits. Sophomore outfielder Charlie Sharrer singled to center field with the bases loaded, scoring junior infielder Chris Houston.

Senior infielder Nick McManus and junior infielder Andrew Woolfe also scored on an SF State double play and freshmen infielder Dylan Johnson’s single to the right side of the field.

“We’re just not tough enough right now to win close games,” Cummins said. “We’ve lost a bunch of close games lately, and it’s because I don’t think we’re tough enough.”

Although players did not admit that the wet field was the reason why they lost, SF State did struggle defensively.

They finished the first game with three errors.

According to Dultz, it’s a mystery why the team is not making routine plays and getting easy outs.

“I don’t know if we are playing tight or what,” he said. “It just hap-pens. One ground ball can extend or end an inning.”

Just as in game one, the Gators found ways to score runs in the sec-ond contest.

They jumped ahead of the Pioneers 3-0 in the third inning.

Junior infielder Thomas Wood scored the first run for SF State from second base on a double by junior in-fielder Will Klein, his first of the sea-son.

Two at-bats later, Klein scored and was followed by senior outfielder Ben Mielke, who scored when Dultz hit a single to third base.

“I came into this series struggling and in a slump,” Dultz said. “I tried to not overreact on bad calls or bad plays. I just take one at-bat at a time.”

Still, the Pioneers fought back and exploded in the seventh and final in-ning of the doubleheader.

Down 3-1, Cal State East Bay put up eight runs. Of the eight runs, four came courtesy of senior outfielder Jared Berrier.

With the bases full, Berrier drilled a ball off of junior right-handed pitch-er/shortstop Matthew Cummins for a grand slam.

Thanks to an RBI-single by Dultz, the Gators went on a run of their own in the bottom of the seventh.

They ended the inning by scor-ing four runs, but could not hold on as they failed to score two more that would have sent the game into extra innings.

“We didn’t finish the game,” coach

Cummins said. “We didn’t make the plays when we needed to, and we didn’t add any runs during the game at all to make it a little easier for us.”

In losing the series, SF State is 8-12 overall and 3-11 in the California Col-legiate Athletic Association.

According to Dultz, the Gators can’t worry about today’s result be-cause they have to compete in seven back-to-back games in just five days.

“That’s what college baseball is,” Dultz said. “We have Hillsdale Col-lege tomorrow. I’m not even worried about the two doubleheaders against Chico State on March 25 and 26. I only look at one game at a time.”

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Baseball3/23 at Hills-dale College

(at College of San Mateo) 10

a.m.

3/25 vs. Chico State 3 p.m.

3/26 vs. Chico State 11 a.m.

3/27 at Chico State (DH) 11

a.m.

3/29 at Cal State East Bay

12 p.m.

4/1 vs. Cal State San Ber-nardino 3 p.m.

4/2 vs. Cal State San

Bernardino 11 a.m.

4/3 vs. Cal State San

Bernardino 11 a.m.

Softball3/24 vs. Cal

State East Bay (DH) 2 p.m.

3/26 vs. Cal State East Bay

(DH) 12 p.m.

4/1 vs. Central Washington 6

p.m.

4/1 vs. Notre Dame de

Namur 8:15 p.m.

For more information

on game dates, visit www.

sfstategators.com

CURVEBALL: SF State junior Branden Petrangelo pitches in the rain during the first game of a double header against Cal State East Bay at Mahoney Field on March 22.

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BASEBALL CCAA OVERALLUC San Diego 14-5 20-6Sonoma State 14-6 18-9Chico State 11-5 14-7CSU Dominguez Hills 11-9 17-13CSU San Bernardino 13-11 21-13CSU Stanislaus 11-13 14-18CSU East Bay 8-12 11-13Humboldt State 6-10 11-12CSU Monterey Bay 7-12 9-18SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY 4-16 6-19

SOFTBALL CCAA OVERALLChico State 8-2 14-3CSU LA 11-5 16-8UC San Diego 10-6 17-7Sonoma State 9-6 16-6CSU San Bernardino 8-6 11-11Cal Poly Pomona 9-7 15-7CSU Monterey Bay 8-7 11-12CSU Stanislaus 8-8 14-8CSU Dominguez Hills 6-14 10-17SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY 3-10 8-11CSU East Bay 3-13 6-18

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Club Volleyball preparing for title Athletes offered the chance to compete

DOUBLE HEADER Seven games in five days

“Playing club volleyball at SFSU

is one of the best decisions I have ever made.”

Sara Shantz, libero and defensive specialist

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University President Robert A. Corrigan’s email to faculty March 21, which detailed his newest proposal to reduce the number of colleges from

eight to six and suggested that faculty participate in another campus-wide referendum, comes as no surprise.

When the first referendum was in progress Feb. 11-22, it was the common perception that the vote was merely a way to allow the president and his administration to save face. Still, voter turnout was the highest in University history; the faculty widely opposed options one and three, and narrowly accepted alternative two – the least of three evils. Once the referendum ended, however, [X]press was pessimistic that Corrigan would follow the faculty’s decision.

In the email to faculty, Corrigan spoke of interdepartmental conversation and cooperation between the faculty and himself. Yet the email spoke in generalities and offered no concrete evidence of such work. Despite a resounding plea from the SF State community for more transparency, Corrigan and the University Planning Advisory Council have yet to do so.

While we disagree with his tactics, the proposal

Corrigan has set forth is relatively acceptable. It keeps ethnic studies intact. The departments within the College of Business remain stable, the only additions being economics and labor studies; both rational choices. The College of Education is also unchanged. However, the proposal oversimplifies the different processes of the social and health sciences, combining them based seemingly on name alone.

Given the circumstances, Corrigan has created a far more acceptable proposal for the college merger. But, again, it is not without faults.

[X]press continues to believe that the college merger is the reactionary decision of a panicked, struggling University and should not been seen to completion.

But, if we must move forward with this merger, Corrigan’s newest proposal is a step in the right direction, but it is not yet there.

The administration cannot alter the entire foundation of the University without ensuring the best possible alternative.

You’re getting closer, Corrigan. But for now, do not proceed with another referendum and instead go back to the drawing board.

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EDITORIAL Merger proposal

AARON TEIXEIRA Investigative Cartoonist

MEDIA Panic and exaggeration

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kelsey Avers - [email protected]

MANAGING EDITORChris Haire - [email protected]

MANAGING EDITORAudrey Arthur - [email protected]

CONTRIBUTOR Middle East uprising

Keep trying Corrigan

Real journalists check the facts, don’t incite fear

Experiencing Egypt’s revolution, witnessing national pride

By Kelsey [email protected]

Within minutes of Japan being hit with the largest recorded earth-quake in its history as well as an ensuing tsunami on March 11, jour-

nalists were on their feet, ready to provide the pub-lic with fair and balanced information, and continu-ing coverage of the catastrophe, as is their duty.

But some self-proclaimed “journalists” didn’t re-ally get on their feet. Instead, they sat down in a comfortable chair, touched up their foundation and prepared to report the news by reading off of a tele-prompter from the comforts of an air-conditioned room.

Even through such a horrendous disaster, which to date has killed more than 9,000 people, network news kept their focus on the entertaining and tear-jerking aspects of the damage done, and didn’t even bother to check their facts.

In a rush for ratings, sensationalism and sloppy reporting quickly controlled these “expert” report-ers, and they shied away from their responsibilities as a journalist.

In America, FOX News lost credibility by inac-curately reporting that if another large earthquake were to hit Tokyo, residents should evacuate in or-der to avoid a nuclear meltdown at the “Shibuya Eggman nuclear reactor.” FOX News displayed the name on a map that showed nuclear plants in Japan that were in danger of a meltdown. The problem: Shibuya Eggman does not have a nuclear plant, as it is a nightclub and music venue in Shibuya.

It wasn’t just our national reporting that sensa-tionalized the impact of the disaster. Taiwan exag-gerated the news also, using words such as “dooms-day” and “flee” to describe the disaster and let residents know what they should be doing, result-ing in complaints from residents of the unneces-sary panic resulting from the reports.

Television news reporters provided the pub-lic not with timely, essential information, but with highly sensationalized, incomplete and sometimes incorrect news. This is a full disservice to a public that most likely kept their television on news chan-nels to keep track of the earthquake and tsunami coverage.

It’s already difficult enough to tune the televi-sion to a local news station and actually end up in a positive mood about the continuing coverage of depressing and horrific stories. Where has the sig-nificance, accuracy and fair and balanced news in broadcast media gone? Television journalists need to follow the duties and ethics of fair and balanced reporting that they have vowed to uphold, whether the situation be as catastrophic as this earthquake or as boring as an annual town event, and follow the lead of the true journalists that are risking their lives to get the most accurate facts that will not only inform the public, but will also help them as well.

By Samuel [email protected]

Samuel Vengrinovich has a bach-elor’s degree in international relations from SF State and a master’s degree in diplomacy and conflict studies from The Interdisciplinary Center in Israel. He currently lives in Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Everyone has his own defini-tion of what opportunity is.

For me, it was the chance to get to Cairo a

few days after former President Hos-ni Mubarak’s regime fell.

While most foreigners were flee-ing the country, I was waiting for the opportune time to get into the coun-try and be on the ground to document

what was happening.Living in Tel Aviv, Israel, I was only

a few hundred kilometers away by land to Cairo. I took an overnight bus to the border and paid my way into Egypt.

The next task was arranging a ride with the local Bedouins to drive me to Cairo. I passed through nearly 10 military checkpoints on the way to Egypt’s capital. At one of them, I was caught photographing by an ecstatic young Egyptian soldier.

The Egyptian military detained me for about an hour and examined all my photos. They told me they had heard I was photographing them. That was the first of many arrests.

I got arrested, detained and inter-rogated a few more times.

In Alexandria, I was arrested at a checkpoint and moved from one loca-tion to another throughout the night until 5 a.m. They asked me what I was doing in Egypt. They were convinced that I spoke Arabic fluently.

The Egyptian intelligence officers were intently trying to figure me out. At the end of my interrogations, one of them quietly asked me: “No one cared about Egypt before. Now the whole world cares. Why?”

Events happened so quickly for Egyptians that they could not even comprehend what was going on in their own country. They were tired.

One of the Egyptian navy officers told me he hadn’t slept properly or been home in weeks. They were all on call, tired, and acting as both po-

lice officers and the army at the same time. His last words to me before they dropped me off at the checkpoint where I was arrested were: “Do you have Facebook? I hope you do posi-tive things with the photos and vid-eos you have.”

I constantly get asked why I want-ed to go to Tahrir Square. And I al-ways think to myself, who wouldn’t? There are probably millions of peo-ple around the world who would have loved to experience what I did: the chance to witness the physical and emotional release of Egyptians after decades of pent up emotions under Mubarak’s rule combined with the overwhelming optimism and hope they now have for their country’s fu-ture.

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Anti-war: Protest draws attention to U.S. policiescontinued from Page 1

chanting. The march stopped traffic and disrupted public trans-portation before ending at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, where another rally took place concern-ing contract issues between the hotel and its workers.

“We always love people com-ing out and protesting,” said Frank Lara, an SF State student in the teaching credential program. “We don’t measure the success of a protest by numbers, but the consciousness of the people at the protest.”

The Act Now to Stop War and End Racism coalition initiated the march. ANSWER is com-posed of hundreds of organiza-tions and individuals from across the U.S. It campaigns for civil rights and social and economic justice for working and lower-income employees. They are also against U.S. intervention in other regions of the world.

Alongside the ANSWER coali-tion, other participating groups included Unite Here Local 2, San Francisco Labor Council, Ameri-can Indian Movement, Jobs with Justice – SF, United Educators of SF, and SF Hotel Workers Union.

“You can see that here people

are coming together and making the connections and thoughts of all these cuts,” said Lara, who also served as the master of ceremo-nies for the U.N. Plaza rally. “All the different oppression is tied to the United States war machine. It was really great to see people out here and enthusiastic.”

Many who participated carried signs, some of which read “One More Death Dollar Day,” “U.S. Out of the Middle East,” “Stop U.S. Aid to Israel” and “Capital-ism is Organized Crime.”

“People have so many of their own issues,” said Cheryl Koza-nitas, an SF State alumnus who participated in the march with a sign that read “General Strike.” “Sometimes it is really hard for somebody to come to something like this.”

She also said that the turnout was impressive given the time that has elapsed since the U.S. launched its campaign in Iraq.

“I think it is pretty good con-sidering this is the eighth com-memoration of the invasion and occupation of Iraq,” Kozanitas said. “It is hard for some people to maintain interest.”

The next demonstration is scheduled for April 10 at Dolores Park in the Mission district.

ASI: Elections underwaycontinued from Page 1

informed enough about the can-didates to make a decision.

“It’s important to participate in these elections, but I feel like you need to know the people who are running to actually be able to vote,” said Muriel Eastman, com-munications major. “That’s why I’m not voting.”

Besides the candidates, a ma-jor issue in this election is a pro-posed referendum set to increase the $42 student fee that funds ASI by $12 over three years. The refer-endum would increase the fee $9 in the first year, $2 in the second and $1 in the third.

“I’m interested in students voicing their opinion on this,” Northup said. “I don’t necessar-ily agree with it, but without it, it could spell doom for ASI.”

The idea for an increase stems from cuts to ASI, such as lower enrollment and making summer session a part of the College of Extended Learning.

“We can’t really do anything about the CSU raising tuition, but student fees are something we can work with,” Gutierrez

said. “I’m in support of it because it can be used to provide students with so many more services.”

With the loss of funding cre-ating a situation where ASI be-comes unsustainable and unable to provide support to students, some find the increase necessary.

“It’s worth it,” said Margarita Gonzalez, an international rela-tions major. “If it’s going toward students and it’s just a few more dollars, it’s not a big deal.”

Tuition increases and a pos-sible cut of $500 million or more due to Gov. Jerry Brown’s pro-posed budget lead some to be-lieve the fee increase is inappro-priate.

“I personally don’t even see a lot of the money going toward ASI being reflected on the cam-pus,” Eastman said. “I disagree with the increase and think it’s the wrong time to be asking for one.”

Gutierrez believes that stu-dents should vote not only to make their voices heard, but also to build a rapport with the can-didates.

The polls close March 26. View ballots at sfsu.votenet.com/sfsu.

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UPAC: New vote comingcontinued from Page 1

“A College of Liberal Arts doesn’t take into account the methods involved in disciplines like sociology,” said Andreana Clay, associate professor in the sociology department. “I’m not in favor of the University re-structuring as it is, but we’re do-ing with it what we can.”

The president asked the Aca-demic Senate to conduct another faculty referendum for the new proposal, and the email urged teachers to voice their opinions.

“Everything is still subject to change,” said Maxine Chernoff, chair of the creative writing de-partment, which is housed in the College of Humanities and would be designated to the Col-lege of Arts and Humanities.

“I think it’s fine as long as the departments have had their input

and their identities stay intact,” she said. “People should be sat-isfied with where their depart-ment ends up.”

The new proposal also creates a School of Public Affairs/Public Policy within the College of So-cial and Health Sciences.

UPAC hopes to have the re-organization finalized by July 1, which is the beginning of the next fiscal year, Chernoff said.

Students have yet to be con-sulted about the proposed re-organization of the University, leaving some confused and upset. One student did sit on UPAC, but graduated in May 2010.

“(UPAC) should inform the students on any talks of trans-formation,” said Mia Hunt, a 24-year-old theatre arts ma-jor. “We are paying to be edu-cated, and I don’t understand why it’s OK not to inform us.”

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