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The U.S. should uphold itscommitment to combatingU.S.-Mexico border violence.

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SDSU’s and USD’s star pitcherswent head-to-head at TonyGwynn Stadium.

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Some out-of-state students are leav-ing San Diego and moving backhome because they are not able tomeet California residency require-ments for in-state tuition.

Freshmen from states other thanCalifornia are now realizing that theywill not be able to obtain in-state res-idency for their last two years at SanDiego State. For most, the financialburden of paying out-of-state tuitionall four years is too great.

Many freshmen start at SDSUwith the hope of becoming aCalifornia resident by their junioryear. Such was the case for freshmanBrittany Cragin.

Cragin, who is from Washington,felt she had taken all the necessarysteps to become a California residentby her junior year. She said it was theonly reason she came to SDSU.

However, after moving to SanDiego and attending SDSU, shebecame aware that the loans shetook out to pay for school preventedher from establishing residency.Now, Cragin has to move back toWashington. She will begin hersophomore year at the University ofWashington in the fall.

“(I’m) just kind of disappointed,”Cragin said. “I love it here and I defi-nitely wasn’t planning on goingback, but things happen.”

Freshman Brooke Shary is in asimilar position. Shary, who is fromAlaska, used her own money to payfor her first year at SDSU and intend-ed to take out loans for her secondyear, until she realized having herparents cosign the loan would pre-vent her from obtaining residency.

“There was no way that I couldgo to school here without living offof loans,” Shary said.

Shary is now facing the possibili-ty of moving back to Alaska.

Although students are surprisedto find they cannot acquire residen-cy, there have not been any changesin policies or enforcement, accord-ing to the Office of the Registrar.

According to SDSU RegistrarRayanne Williams, the policy hasalways been fully enforced andestablishing residency is a black and

white matter. The rules regardingestablishment of residency are man-dated by the California StateUniversity system and the state ofCalifornia.

The registrar’s office is in atough position because it can’toffer guidance to students as man-dated by the Office of GeneralCounsel, Williams said.

“It’s really hard for us becausewe’re here to help the students,”Williams said. “Whether or not,when the student comes in, what-ever reason ... they come in and wedon’t give them the answer thatthey want, it looks like we’re nottrying to help. But we’re herebecause the students are here,that’s the bottom line.”

When it comes to establishingresidency, students are responsiblefor educating themselves about allstipulations. The registrar’s officecan only determine if the studentsmeet residency requirements or not.

“If someone was there to helpus more, I think we would under-stand what was needed in the firstplace ... the people that are hereare supposed to help you stayhere,” Shary said.

However, students can attempt toappeal their case for residencythrough the General Counsel’s officeand are often encouraged to do so,according to Paula Ferguson, admin-istration coordinator at the regis-trar’s office.

“If a student doesn’t agree with

the outcome, the campus outcome,we always encourage them,”Ferguson said. “We highly encour-age them to use (the) Office ofGeneral Counsel.”

In the eight years she has been atSDSU, however, no student has beenable to overturn an appeal by theGeneral Counsel, Williams said. Shestill encourages students to appeal tomake sure mistakes were not madeby the registrar’s office.

“The General Counsel’s office hasreminded us to just be very thor-ough, and make sure that we are fol-lowing the guidelines for financialindependence and so forth and sup-port by parents and determination,”Williams said. “Which we had beendoing all along.”

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The state of California and the California State University system mandate the policies regarding establishment of residency. Glenn Connelly / Photo Editor

CAMPUS CRIME

Vandalism Feb. 21 – San Diego State policearrested a student for vandalism.Sean Pedeflous, 21 years old,was cited and released after hebroke a window at Piedra del SolApartments. Police received acall from a security officer afterhe heard a window break andsaw a male suspect with bloodyarms. SDSU Police Capt. LamineSecka said Pedeflous was underthe influence of alcohol whenpolice arrived at the scene.Secka said Pedeflous believed hehad locked himself out of hisapartment and that he wasbreaking the window to his ownapartment. Pedeflous brokeanother apartment window,however, according to Secka.

Sexual assaultFeb. 19 – SDSU Police issued a

crime alert regarding a sexualassault that reportedly occurred ata Kappa Sigma fraternity party. Afemale student apparently wentinto a room with a man who wasunknown to her. The man report-edly locked the door and sexual-ly assaulted the victim, Seckasaid. According to Secka, the vic-tim called her friends for assis-tance after she was able to getaway. The victim’s friends noti-fied the police. The victimdescribed the suspect as dark-skinned, possibly Latino, wear-ing a black hooded sweatshirtand black basketball shorts.There is no other suspect infor-mation at this time. Police areconducting an investigation.Anyone with information shouldcontact the SDSU PoliceDepartment at 619-594-1991.

BurglaryFeb. 19 – A safe was reportedlystolen from a Peabody’s Coffeecart. The safe, which was takenfrom the cart near StudentServices, contained $385.According to Secka, an employeereported that the safe was takenbetween 7 p.m. on Feb. 18 and4:30 a.m. on Feb. 19. Secka saidit is difficult to secure the coffeecarts “because they are essential-ly giant tents” and that a numberof problems with vandalism andtheft involving the carts havebeen reported in the past.

Stay away orderFeb. 18 – A man has beenordered to stay away from theuniversity after being removedfrom the Bowling and Gamescenter at SDSU. Bruce Calhoun,

a 51-year-old who is not affiliat-ed with SDSU, was reportedlycreating a disturbance at thecenter. Secka said staff com-plained that he was actingstrange, yelling and leaving inap-propriate comment cards for thestaff. He also reportedly offeredto help the staff as if he was anemployee and became upsetafter the staff declined his assis-tance, according to Secka. Seckasaid Calhoun has been previous-ly removed from the area before.Calhoun was taken into custodyby the San Diego PoliceDepartment and arrested for twooutstanding warrants fromUCSD and Escondido. Secka saidhe does not know what the war-rants are for.

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The Daily AztecMonday,

March 1, 20102 OPINIONA GUEST’S PERSPECTIVE

he U.S.-Mexico border hasbecome a war front.

Since Mexican PresidentFelipe Calderón’s war on drug car-tels began in 2006, more than

16,000 people have died. The violencebetween competing drug cartels and Mexico’sfederal troops has left vacuums of poweralong the border that perpetuate territorialviolence. Rival cartel families are murdering,gunrunning, using prostitution, carjacking,kidnapping and supplying drugs to the U.S.,all to protect their territorial rights to theroutes that run straight through our border.Most of the violence has occurred in CiudadJuarez, Mexico which borders El Paso, Texas.Violence has also erupted in Tijuana, Mexico.

Mexico continues to be a major producerand supplier to the U.S. market of heroin,methamphetamine and marijuana and themajor transit country for cocaine sold in theU.S., according to a recent CongressionalResearch Service report. The gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border have allowed these cartels toutilize this trade to amass weapons and createnetworks of organized crime, which has per-petuated the corruption along Mexico’s bor-

der region for decades. Regardless of the politics surrounding ille-

gal immigration or the U.S. war on drugs, weneed to take cooperative measures to secureour southern border, to protect our domesticsecurity and to help Mexico halt the increas-ing death toll.

Until now, the U.S. has denied much ofits mutual responsibility for creating thisconflict. But our nation’s drug demandstarted this. We need to accept our role andbegin addressing the problem beforeCalderón’s presidential term ends just twoyears from now. Mexico’s efforts to uprootcartel control could fall apart with a newadministration and agenda.

At the Mérida Summit in March 2007, for-mer President George W. Bush and Calderónagreed that both nations needed to expandcooperation to combat drug cartels along theborder region. The result was the MéridaInitiative, a multi-year security assistancepackage for Mexico and Central America.

Mexico was guaranteed $1.4 billion to helpfight the war.

According to a Government AccountabilityOffice report released Dec. 3 of last year, only$26 million of the $1.4 billion in U.S. aid hasbeen spent as of September. Last year, 1,000violent killings occurred in 51 days inMexico. This year, 1,000 deaths took only 34days. The records for violent killings acrossthe border have been broken every year sincethe Mérida Initiative was created, and stillonly 2 percent of the dedicated funds havereached the Mexican government.

The same report concluded that deliveryof the aid has been postponed because of“statutory conditions on the funds, challengesin fulfilling administrative procedures and theneed to enhance institutional capacity on thepart of both recipient countries and theUnited States to implement the assistance.”

In plain English: bureaucracy, legal grid-lock and neglect have forestalled the U.S.’commitment to responding to this nationalsecurity threat. The U.S. had been obligatedto provide $830 million as of last September.Some cooperation has been established so far,but not enough to decrease the violence.

Dealing with the logistics of paperwork hasallowed thousands more people to die inMexico every year.

To start, we need to get on the same emer-gency radio frequencies as Mexico and solidi-fy cooperation with the mayor of Tijuana. Weneed to increase satellite surveillance of drugtrafficking routes, identify where the gaps areand mobilize waves of multi-agency tacticalresponse, including ocean routes. We havenearly $1.37 billion left to spend on combat-ing these cartels. Let’s mobilize the technolo-gy, personnel and training needed to respondwhere it damages their routes most. In addi-tion to these tactical measures, the U.S.should provide infrastructure and temporarypersonnel to secure border crossing pointsentering Mexico. Every U.S. resident enteringMexico should provide a passport, and sec-ondary inspection stations need to beinstalled to locate money and weapon trans-ports.When cartels attempt to find an alterna-tive route, let’s use satellite imagery torespond again.

This war isn’t just affecting Mexico. Sixmen, allegedly members of a rogue faction ofthe Arellano Felix drug cartel organization,have been implicated in as many as 12 mur-ders and 20 kidnappings throughout thepast three years. The Los Angeles Timesreports they were operating in San Diego.Dozens of underground tunnels breachingthe border have been discovered in the pastseveral years. According to a report fromKPBS, the Chula Vista Police Departmentattributes 43 crimes since January of lastyear were tied to Tijuana drug cartels. A vastmajority of these crimes were kidnappingsand several were murders. This isn’t somedistant problem; Chula Vista is about 15miles from San Diego State.

We are involved in two wars in the MiddleEast, but there is another war at our own bor-der, and you can see the front line from theeighth floor of Zura Residence Hall. Asidefrom eliminating the most profitable drugtrade route into the U.S., taking effectivemeasures to secure our southern borderwould cut off the cartels’ ability to fund theirviolence. It would protect families in SanDiego from becoming victims of kidnappingand murder.

The money is already set aside. We mustuse it, and end the violence.

—Tom Hammel is a political science junior.

—This column does not necessarily reflect theopinion of The Daily Aztec. Send e-mail [email protected]. Anonymous letterswill not be printed. Include your full name,major and year in school.

The U.S. needs to uphold the Mérida Initiative in order to effectively end the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border. The violence has spilled into our communitywith drug cartels operating in San Diego and commiting crimes in the area. The U.S. must take more initiative to protect Americans and increase border security.

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LETTERS

Racial tensions are unwarrantedIn the opinion column “Racism has no placein media” from Feb. 23, Reneé Villaseñorstates that UCSD students, of mostly Africandescent, were making demands to the Uni-versity administrators, including the creationof “a safe space on campus for black stu-dents” and “free tutors for black students.”This was inspired by the infamous “Comp-ton Cookout” party that was organized earli-er this month by the Pi Kappa Alpha frater-nity at USCD.

The author opines that, “The demandsare understandable, and at best will be swift-ly implemented by campus officials.”

The “Compton Cookout” was just anoriginal theme party. Groups often throwparties with themes to make the partiesdifferent and exciting. I honestly doubtthat anybody in the Pi Kappa Alpha frater-nity is a racist. I am sure that many ofthem are very good friends with severalminorities. This was most likely a partythrown with good intentions by good-natured, hard-working UCSD students.This incident has been overblown andoverrated to leverage special treatment fora small group of people.

I doubt there has ever been a student

backlash against a trailer trash party, aHawaiian backlash against a luau party or atagger backlash against a graffiti party.

Fifty-six years after Brown v. Board ofEducation of Topeka, The Daily Aztec reportsthat a group of black students wants its ownsegregated space on a local university cam-pus. If whites gathered and asked for thesedemands, they would be labeled racistsimmediately. How are minorities different?It is time to move forward, not backward.

—Morgan Myrmo, SDSU alumnus, 2007

GOP has valid concernsI’m writing to respond to Sarah Grieco’s Feb.16 column, “GOP avoids health care sum-mit.” As a consistent follower and formermember of the Opinion section, I comeacross a fair number of columns I disagreewholeheartedly with. However, as long asthey are thoughtful, well-written and sincere,I believe they add to the debate and reflectpositively on the paper.

Ms. Grieco’s column does neither.The author leads us to believe that the

Republican party is obstructing the presi-dent’s agenda because it has no plan of itsown and simply wishes to sabotage Barack

Obama. Her solution is for the Republicansto compromise with the Democrats andaccept large portions of the present bill.

This analysis reflects an utter disconnectfrom the thoughts of a majority ofAmericans who, in a recent Zogby poll, indi-cated they want Congress to start anew withthe health care bill and that it should bedone on a step-by-step basis. It also fails tomake even a cursory attempt to understandthe mindset of those opposed to a massiveincrease in public spending and governmentbureaucracy. The Republicans have rightlydetermined that no progress on health carewould be preferable to passing the unread-able, bloated, and unimaginably expensivebill currently being floated.

Obama’s publicity stunt to save his agen-da is geared toward tweaking what has beenhammered out, but because much of the billis simply non-negotiable to a party repre-senting the free market, low taxes, and limit-ed government, the incentives forRepublican concessions at Obama’s summitare nonexistent.

The political atmosphere is far too toxicand polarized for a comprehensive bill to bepassed. Instead, the administration andCongress should start small, and grab thelow hanging fruit that both parties can take

credit for. Things such as allowing the pur-chase of insurance across state lines, reform-ing the system of medical malpractice andending the practice of dropping coverageafter a certain dollar amount has been spentare all common-sense ideas moderates fromboth sides will surely vote for. The confi-dence developed between the parties can besuccessively built upon for larger and morecomplex issues, all the while gaining thetrust of a cynical electorate that has had itwith politicians of all stripes and colors.

Instead of continuing with the partisanrancor and using generic stereotypes toexplain the lack of progress, a superiorapproach would have recognized the legiti-mate concerns of the GOP and used the col-umn to suggest something realistic and con-structive, not symbolic and impractical.

—Tucker Wincele, political science senior

—The Daily Aztec welcomes letters on all sub-jects, sections and stories. Letters may be editedfor brevity, libelous and overtly offensive content.Letters must include the writer’s year in schooland major or professional title. The Daily Aztecoffices are located in the basement of theBusiness Administration building. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

Increased security will end border violence

Like many San Diego State students, criminaljustice senior Marjorie Calvillo begins hermornings at 6 a.m. She makes breakfast, getsready for work and heads out the door. Butbefore clocking in to work at the SDSUChildren’s Center, she walks her 4-year-oldson to his classroom down the hall.

When her shift ends, Calvillo attends classon campus from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and thenpicks her son up from a babysitter beforeheading home to study. As a single parent,she has learned to manage her time wiselybetween doing homework, studying forexams, attending class, working 20 hours aweek and spending time with her young son.

She would not change a thing. “Your child is always who comes first no

matter what,” Calvillo said. “It doesn’t mat-ter what you have planned or what youwant in life, it’s always going to be what’sbest for your child.”

College life can be difficult for many stu-dents, but adding a baby into an already busyschedule can become a harsh scramble fortime for parents, coupled or single, who arenot well-prepared for the challenge. Studentshave other options besides simultaneous par-enthood and college studies, including abor-

tion and adoption. Those who choose tokeep their baby while attending school facethe challenge of balancing a hectic life ofexpenses and schoolwork, in addition to thetask of raising a child. Here are a few key localresources for students who are parents.

Doctors and medical insuranceChoosing the right OB-GYN is an importantfirst step, because he or she will be closelyinvolved throughout the pregnancy processand help deliver the baby. Students can askfriends or relatives who have recently givenbirth for recommendations or search onlinefor doctors and clinics, SDSU sexual healtheducator Angela Basham said.

The Perinatal Care Network aids expec-tant mothers in finding a prenatal careprovider in their area, applying for Medi-Calinsurance, scheduling doctor appointmentsfor free health check-ups and shots for infantsand obtaining free bus and trolley tokens forprenatal care appointments. Call the net-work’s toll-free hotline at 800-675-2229 forfurther assistance.

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Pregnant women should avoid undercookedmeat and poultry because it may cause foodpoising, according to past research. Shrimp andsalmon are healthy in moderation, but expec-tant mothers should avoid fish that are raw orhigh in mercury. Pregnant women should alsoavoid caffeine, smoking, alcohol and drugs. Forthose who think they may be at risk, call theCalifornia Pregnancy Risk Information Line at800-532-3749.

Housing and utilitiesSan Diego Gas and Electric Company helps fam-ilies save money on energy bills by providing dis-count programs online at www.sdge.com/residen-tial/assistance. For couples planning to move intogether, or for single parents, there are afford-able housing options offered on a sliding scale orreduced rate to those who qualify.

One resource is South Bay CommunityServices, which provides low-cost housing toworking families. The Community DevelopmentDepartment also offers support to residents infair housing assistance, financial literacy, coun-seling, job readiness and training. For more infor-mation visit www.southbaycommunityservices.orgor call 619-420-3620.

Baby food, diapers and others suppliesBirthline of San Diego County provides free babyfood and clothing to mothers in need. Diapers,formula, baby food and adult food, as well as newand used clothes for mothers, infants and youngchildren are available in the Clairemont or ChulaVista offices. For more information visitwww.birthlineofsandiego.org or call 619-425-5012.

The federally funded program Women,Infants and Children provides vouchers for nutri-

tious foods that are high in vitamins and essentialnutrients, including eggs, milk, cheese andpeanut butter. Nutrition counseling, cookingdemonstrations, breastfeeding classes and com-munity referral assistance are other free servicesthat are available to those who qualify.

Eligibility for WIC is based on family size andincome. WIC covers women who are pregnant orbreastfeeding and infants and children youngerthan 5 years old. To enroll by phone, contact theAmerican Red Cross WIC program at 800-500-6411 or visit www.sandiegowic.org.

Daycare expenses and schoolThe SDSU Children’s Center, located on the edgeof campus near the Cuicacalli suites, provides aconvenient child care solution for students.Approximately 30 percent of enrollees are chil-dren of current students, according to the cen-ter’s director, Robin Judd.

Other programs, such as those through theCalifornia Department of Education, aid studentsin paying for childcare services. The maximumincome level a family can have and receive assis-tance is capped at 75 percent of the state medianincome, which is less than $45,000 for a family ofthree. Many families who qualify pay a smallerfee, and some may not have to pay a fee at all.

Calvillo, origionally from Fresno County,has been attending SDSU for more than twoyears and understands the challenges as a sin-gle-parent and full-time student. She advisesfuture parents to stay in school and never giveup on their goals.

“I’ve been through so much, especially beinga single parent,” she said. “You just have to be astrong-willed person. I have no family here at all;it’s just me and my son. If I could move awayfrom all my family and come to school, I don’t seewhy anybody else couldn’t do it ... Having a babyshouldn’t stop you.”

As if college wasn’t hard enough, students with kids have to balance childcare and work responsibilities. Paige Nelson / Staff Photographer

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A professor can be an adviser, a confidant, aninspiration and a friend. Students often look totheir professors to lead them through their aca-demic and personal experiences in college. Butwhile some students stay after class, visit a pro-fessor’s office hours regularly and becomeinvolved in their professor’s academic and per-sonal lives, other students keep their distance.

A relationship between students andprofessors can be defined as the way inwhich both parties interact in the classroomand, in some cases, outside of campus.Some see close interaction with professorsas beneficial to doing well in their course —others consider it out of line.

“Professors who have controversial, artis-tic or subversive lectures seem, to me, to bemore open-minded about interacting in andoutside of class with their students,” RachelJames, a comparative literature student,said. She often had close relationships withher professors. “Then, there are some pro-fessors who strictly draw the line andenlarge the teacher-student gap.”

James said that the professors who do notengage with their students make her feel intim-idated and inferior, which she thinks is worsethan professors who get too close.

“This social distance between professorsand students is institutionally mandated notbecause relationships between teachers andstudents are inappropriate, but because mostprofessors can’t relate,” Dr. Michael Mahin, anadjunct professor in English and comparativeliterature, said. “They are too distant, self-obsessed and removed from the reality of theirstudents … So the institutional mandatebecomes an excuse for what is really a person-al choice.”

When a student is openly close with a pro-fessor, other students may often attribute it toulterior motives, such as attempting to gain“points” for a better grade. Other students may

perceive that professors giving grade advan-tages based on personal preferences, or even aromantic relationship.

“Learning is an intimate experience,”Mahin said. “It requires you to share space,share ideas and share yourselves. Of course thisis where things get complicated, because anytime trust is involved, you have the potential forabuses of that trust.”

Mahin, known as “Dr. Mike” to students,said he thinks that the issue is not student /professor relationships themselves, becausetwo consenting adults should be able to do asthey please. Rather, issues arise when one par-ticipant abuses his or her professional power tomanipulate the other person involved.

“The professor / student relationship isinherently unequal,” Dr. Noah Arceneaux, anadjunct professor in the School of Journalismand Media Studies, said. “The professor haspower over a student, so any kind of intimaterelationship is immediately suspected. Did theprofessor coerce the student, or is the studenttrying to gain an advantage in class?”

Even when both individuals do like eachother, according to Arceneaux, it may give theimpression that personal professor / studentrelationships are necessary to get a good grade.

Because professors are subject to suchassumptions when developing close relation-ships with their students, the question remains— how close is too close?

“It only becomes a problem when someonefeels uncomfortable,” James said. “From myown experience, I’ve had professors who havedirectly hit on me, which made me feel as ifmaybe my work is being graded well notbecause of my intelligence, but because thatprofessor has feelings for me.”

When such situations occur, students maylose respect for the professor’s position as aneducator and feel as though their trust andsecurity once given to them has been violated.As a professor, avoiding crossing a student’s“line” of comfort and maintaining objectivegrading may be difficult.

“Every class is different, but in general, Ibelieve that professors need to maintain somekind of distance from their students,”Arceneaux said. “If you get too friendly withstudents, it makes evaluating them more diffi-cult, as the natural human tendency is (to) bemore lenient with your friends.”

Spending any amount of time with a stu-dent in a social environment could be a prob-lem even if the professor isn’t doing anythingwrong. This includes going to a party with stu-dents, which seems inappropriate, unless thewhole class is invited, according to Arceneaux.

Student / professor interaction is essen-tially up to the professors’ judgment, butgeneral guidelines are stated in each year’sFaculty Handbook. The “personal relation-ships with students” section of the hand-book states, “Faculty members should beespecially cautious about socializing withstudents in environments that serve alcoholand should never drink with underage stu-dents,” as well as stating that faculty shouldnot engage in sexual relationships with stu-

dents currently enrolled in their courses.These are some of the direct guidelinesaboutwhat is and isn’t appropriate. If what is andisn’t appropriate isn’t explicitly stated, pro-fessors and students are often left to inter-pret themselves what is “right” and “wrong.”

“The issue whether or not to ‘friend’ a stu-dent on Facebook is an interesting dilemma,”Arceneaux said. “I refuse to friend a studentwho is currently enrolled in my class because itgives the impression of playing favorites.”

Mahin believes cultural taboos hinder theability of professors to reach their full teachingcapacity and connect with those he teaches.

“There’s no reason why professors and stu-dents shouldn’t be allowed to meet socially, geta coffee, exchange recipes, see a movie, whatev-er,” Mahin said. “The assumption seems to bethat professors and students can’t and should-n’t be friends. That relationship must remainon campus. Why is that?”

Editor’s note: Student’s name has been changed forconfidentiality.

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Monday,March 1, 2010 The Daily Aztec 5SPORTSBASEBALL

The four-game matchup betweenSan Diego State and cross townrival No. 19 USD started heavily,with a battle of the All-Americanclosers. Both pitchers are now thenumber one starters for theirrespective teams.

Tony Gwynn Stadium hosted apitching showdown Thursday night

between juniorheavyweightAddison Reedand visitingTorero AJGriffin that

ended in favor of SDSU, 5-2.Reed got the job done, allowing

only one earned run and staying onthe mound all nine innings. TheAztecs gave up just four hits andonly one walk the entire game,making it the third consecutivegame when SDSU allowed only onebase on balls.

USD scored first with a solohome run in the top of the thirdinning, but the Aztecs met it imme-diately with a run in the bottom.

Griffin gave up two walks in arow, leaving a man on first and sec-ond. Both runners were able tomove ahead one base thanks to asacrifice bunt by senior outfielderJosh Chasse, and one scoredbecause of a base hit by senior sec-ond baseman Mitch Blackburn.

The rest of SDSU’s runs came

from power hitting. First, juniorcenter fielder Cory Vaughnknocked out a solo homer in thebottom of the sixth. It was his sec-ond home run of the season and hissecond in two games, both of whichwere at home. Vaughn now leadsthe team with nine hits, five runs,and six RBIs.

Griffin tired out in the bottom ofthe seventh after giving up a doubleand a base hit. USD’s relievingpitcher’s first pitch went to Chasse,who was able to take it over the leftfield wall for a three-run home run.

The Aztecs benefited from thehome field advantage, taking the 5-2 win from the nationally rankedToreros (19).

The second matchup betweenSDSU and the Toreros did notmaintain the same level of offense.Friday’s game took the Aztecsacross town to their first away gameof the season.

The outcome of the entire gameall came down to the swing of onebat — unfortunately the bat was notred and black. SDSU freshmanpitcher Bryan Crabb gave up a two-run homer in the third inning,which would remain the only scoreon the board.

The Aztecs’ 2-0 loss Friday takesthem to 2-5 for the season thus far,and USD to a record of 4-3.

The two teams were scheduledto play at SDSU on Saturday, butthe game was postponed because ofinclement weather.

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One more hit, one more out or onemore strike and the story of theCathedral City Classic would havebeen very different for the SanDiego State softball team.

SDSU (8-8) battled a gauntletof ranked opponents such asOklahoma, Texas A&M andCalifornia, but couldn’t hold onlong enough for a victory in any ofthose contests, going 1-4 in thetournament.

“We had our ups and downs allover the place this weekend,” headcoach Kathy Van Wyk said. “Welearned a lot, we felt a lot of pain inlosing and we just kept fighting.That’s the one thing we did all tour-nament, was continue to fight.”

The Aztecs began the difficultweekend against the No. 12Sooners and struggled to find theiroffense in the contest. They man-aged to get only one hit in the gamethat stayed scoreless for five and ahalf innings. With two outs in thebottom of the sixth, a SDSU field-ing error extended the inning, andallowed Oklahoma to take advan-tage by scoring four runs and even-tually win with a score of 4-0.

“We were right there for almostall of the Oklahoma game against anationally recognized pitcher,”Van Wyk said. “But the problem

was that we were almost there forthe whole game.”

The Aztecs’ only win of the clas-sic would come against FordhamUniversity at 3-1. Following thevictory against the Rams, SDSUwas routed by Baylor, 11-0.

“To lose so big after our winreally took a lot out of us mental-ly,” Van Wyk said. “All the momen-tum we had going for us vanishedand the rest of the classic was anuphill battle.”

The second game of the double-header pitted the Aztecs against theNo. 24 Aggies. The game turnedinto an offensive showdown as itentered extra innings and eventual-ly, the international tiebreaker rule.Texas A&M would convert butSDSU left its runner on base anddropped the contest 7-6.

After the heartbreaking loss, theAztecs set their sights on trying tosteal a victory to close out the clas-sic against the No. 13 GoldenBears. SDSU found itself downentering the sixth inning, needingto overcome a four-run deficit.

The Aztecs gave Cal their bestshot, but would come up just short,scoring three runs and losing 5-4.

“The message from this week-end is we never gave up,” Van Wyksaid. “We battled in every singlecontest and when they didn’t endup the way we wanted, we movedon and fought the next opponent.Where we go from here is improv-ing and knowing that one differentbounce of the ball and we can beatthose teams.”

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Even I won’t drive a Vespaike many of you stu-dents out there, Ihave what experts inthe automotive fieldcall a POS: a car that

stalls while driving over the sim-plest of hills, goes from 0 to 60mph in a brisk minute and ahalf, and has more miles on thespeedometer than several third-world countries’ GDPs.

Admittedly, I don’t take verygood care of my car. I’m of thephilosophy that as long as my carcan hobble its way to campus, fix-up funds could instead be usedfor things such as near-daily stopsfor Mexican food or shennani-gans on the weekend. But recent-ly it’s become painfully obviousthat that strategy can only workfor so long. Because of increasingdifficulty with steering and brak-ing, I was forced to bring my carto an automotive repair shop.

When I went to pick up mycar from the auto shop, I washardly surprised when I receiveda rather large list of problems.It’s reasonable to assume, afterall, that a car might developsome problems after 25 years. Iwas, however, distraught afterdiscovering that driving anotherfew miles in my car would haveinevitably resulted in a cata-clysmic Michael Bay-worthyexplosion.

Considering I’m not practicingto be a stunt double for the next“Die Hard” — I’ve never lookedgood bald — I concluded thatinvesting in another car might

prove to be a wise decision. After a thorough scouring of

Craigslist turned fruitless, I wasforced to consider searching oneof the many used car lots of thisfine city. Now don’t get mewrong, used car lots have donenothing to personally offend me.I’ve just always tended to viewthem in much the same light asLady GaGa: dirty and full of gim-micks. My recent experience atthe used car lot seemed tostrengthen these views.

I arrived at the used lot withlittle hope and an even smallerbudget. Despite the lot’s some-what disorganized appearance, itdid seem to have cars of all vari-eties and conditions — musclecars were strategically placed nearthe front, and seemed to calltoward men in various stages ofmid-life crises. A few cars fromrecent years sat in the middle ofthe lot, but carried with themenormous price tags. Most of thelot consisted of so-called “eco-nomically friendly” cars thatdwelled in the back — coupes,sedans and trucks with flat tires,rust and smashed windows.

As soon as I set foot on the lot,a small, balding man in a leatherjacket with a pencil-thin mous-tache and clumps of exposedchest hair approached me. WhileI stood there, wondering whyevery used car salesmen appears

as though they moonlight in theadult film industry, he startedtelling me the details of each carin a thick Italian accent.

After a small speech — andrepeated elbow nudging — abouthow his sports cars have anunofficial guarantee to “get thegirls,” I explained I could affordno such vehicle. After I informedhim of the meager state of mysavings account, he nodded andtold me that he had just theright one for me.

A few minutes passed andfinally he came out from behindthe back of the lot, rolling a dustyand dented Vespa in front of him.Friends, even I have limits.Buying a Vespa is like picking thefat kid for your basketball team —you did it because you had to, butthey’re still never going to scoreyou any points. After feebleattempts to convince me thatVespas are all the rage in Italy(which is not where I’d be driv-ing) and practically the same as amotorcycle (more like its mental-ly challenged half-brother), I leftthe lot and walked home.

San Diego public transporta-tion, it looks like we’ll becomefairly well acquainted in theweeks to come.

—Chris Pocock is an English sopho-more.

—This column does not necessarilyreflect the opinions of The DailyAztec.

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