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Photo | Tam Duong Jr.Freshman Veronica Fabiano sets up fellow freshman Micah Hammond for a kill at Pioneer Stadium last week.

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Hayward schools seek Mariachi class

Hayward school board member Luis Reynoso tried to garner support

from organizations and parents for the implementation of maria-chi band programs in Hayward’s high schools at the City Council meeting last Wednesday.

Teaming with Mariachi Juve-nil de Hayward, an after-school mariachi program that works through donations, Reynoso wishes to represent the Latino community further by pushing for a mariachi band to be added to school curriculums.

“This is about reaching out to our community,” Reynoso said, “we don’t really have a cultural connection [in schools] for the Latino community.”

Like any other high school ensemble, the mariachi band, would offer art credit to the stu-dent musicians, according to Reynoso’s vision.

At the meeting Reynoso men-tioned his plan for the first time, and will soon officially propose it to the board.

“We have the money now…[it] came through some of the fund-ing from the state,” said Reyno-so. “We also have money from Measure C.”

Approved by voters on the June 3 election ballot, Measure C authorized the city to increase the sales tax rate by 0.5 percent to fund the building of a new li-brary and other expenditures.

Although funding is not an is-sue, Reynoso explained, he and his team face some obstacles. “There are no credential mari-achi school teachers, but there are single subject credential mu-sic teachers,” he said.

“We can get coaches and con-sultants to guide [music teach-ers] along.”

Reynoso said the problem “will come more from the push-back.” However, he expressed optimism about the endeavor.

Reynoso said he wishes for this program to serve as an ex-ample to follow when other eth-nic groups need representation.

“This is not a program to fo-cus on one group, but rather, a program to be used as a tem-plate.”

The road trip was not kind to the Cal State East Bay women’s volleyball team.

The Southern California excur-sion ended in four losses for the Pioneers, who have lost their last eight matches in a row for a 5-13 overall record and a 2-11 record in California Collegiate Athletic As-sociation play.

The final loss came on Satur-day at the hands of the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes, 13-4 overall, 10-3 conference, who are on a streak of their own winning their last five matches.

The Pioneers were able to force the Coyotes to four sets, making every set close before falling to CSUSB 3-1.

Coach Jim Spagle remained op-timistic during his team’s tough losing streak.

“The match [Saturday] was a big step in the right direction,” Spagle said. “We played really solid volleyball, and the culture on the court was that of a team that is beginning to trust and play for one another.”

After losing the first set the Pi-oneers came back strong in the second before the Coyotes tied it at 23. Seniors Amber Hall and Samantha Bruno stepped up for CSUEB and made the final two kills taking the second set 25-23

and tying the match 1-1.Despite playing tough, the Pio-

neers lost the next two sets to the 14th ranked CSUSB Coyotes by finals of 28-26 and 25-21.

CSUEB has 17 players on their roster and 10 of them are freshman that have become major contribu-tors. Freshmen Kiani Rayford, Jo-van Turner and Micah Hammond combined for 18 kills, six digs and three blocks in the losing effort.

Senior Bruno talked about the youth on the team earlier this sea-son.

“We have a lot of new young faces on this year’s team,” Bruno said. “The freshmen have really been good this year.”

Coach Spagle was also high about the youth on this year’s squad.

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After the Sharks’ monumental 2014 playoff collapse that was the worst in franchise histo-

ry, Bay Area hockey fans, including myself, were left shattered. How could they blow a 3-0 series lead in the first round of the playoffs to the LA Kings of all teams?

What looked to be an extremely promising regular season turned out to be another disappointment. I found myself genuinely angry at the organization and players’ postsea-

son effort for a good chunk of the summer. My blood pressure has yet to come down.

Our goaltending was one giant toss-up, with Antti Niemi and Alex Stalock battling for ice time, but neither one stood up to the test that the Kings threw at us in the last four games of that series.

Our leadership was question-able, leading to Joe Thornton being stripped of the captaincy as a result of his playoff performance during the off-season. Even Drew Remenda, the beloved Sharks television com-mentator of close to 14 years, was not asked to return to the Sharks’

broadcast team for undisclosed reasons.

General Manager Doug Wil-son, seemingly as furious as any of us, promised to clean house in interviews following the playoff loss. He said he’d focus on re-building this franchise, putting more faith in younger players, but during the offseason. Only a few minor moves, like trading away the aging Brad Stuart and acquiring Tye McGinn and John Scott, were made that supported this claim.

So, why did opening night on Oct. 11 at SAP Center in San

Jose sell out? The answer is much more simple than the an-swer to the rest of the Sharks’ problems; Sharks fans are addicted to the brand and en-vironment that they’ve created over the past 25 years.

Those signature Pacific Teal sweaters, the hall-of-fame cal-iber players past and present, the ecstatic energy of the Tank that can only be felt from inside it, and the intense rivalries with so many other west coast teams keep Sharks fans com-ing back.

It’s like a bad habit. Or is it? We may live through constant playoff disappointment year in and year out, but I find myself looking forward eagerly ev-ery July, even when there are months before the next season begins.

Come October, I find myself cheering just as hard as last year when they take the ice. Maybe this year’s quick fix was announcing the outdoor game that will take place at the brand-new Levi’s stadium in February, another chance for redemption against the Kings on the big stage. They will have the eyes of the nation as they play in front of close to 80,000 people against their archrivals.

Until then, and until the Sharks finally bring a Stanley Cup to the Bay Area, we’ll con-tinue to celebrate the joy that the game of hockey brings us, and the environment that it lets us be a part of. This will have to do until the day that we have something more to celebrate, and the Stanley Cup parade rolls through downtown San Jose.

BEAT LA. Matt Nieto, San Jose Sharks Left Wing, observes the action during a game earlier this season.

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Zagster rental stations give students anouther way to get around campus.

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T he Physics Department is invit-ing students to catch the last solar eclipse of the year today at noon

Physics lecturer William Pezzaglia, along with his students, are holding the event with the goal of helping students learn more and be curious about science and as-tronomy.

Their group will meet behind the Science

buildings and view the eclipse through fil-tered telescopes and pinhole cameras to protect their eyes from the sun.

According to the event organizer Taic-hi Inaki, the actual eclipse starts between 1:30 to 2 p.m. and will be at peak visibil-ity between 3 to 3:30 p.m. Inaki said they plan to set up the telescopes by 11 a.m. and will be there until the eclipse fades away by 4:30 p.m.

“Most importantly, I should mention all of this is weather permitting,” said Inaki.

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The eclipse will be viewed behind the Science Building today at noon.

Students can get around in a more timely fashion thanks to an hourly bicycle rental

service on campus.Derrick Lobo, manager of park-

ing and transportation services, collaborated with Chandra Kohler, director of campus recreation and university unions, to hire Zagster, a North American bicycle-renting company, to bring the bicycle rental service to campus. The service be-gan Sept. 30.

So far there are a total of 10 bikes at two locations, the Recreation and Wellness Center and the Univer-sity Village, where bicycles can be returned or checked out. University Village is located at the intersection of Carlos Bee Boulevard and Hay-ward Boulevard.

“School housing is at it’s maxi-mum capacity, so over 80 students are staying at University Village,” Lobo said. “The bicycles can help students travel more quickly from University Village to campus.”

Lobo said bicycling to campus is beneficial for students, will help the environment and cut down time looking for parking.

“This will also reduce the vehi-cles around campus and contribute to reducing carbon footprints, allow-ing our university to demonstrate commitment to the planet,” Lobo said.

Each bike is costing CSUEB $100 a month per bike, a total of $1,000 monthly. A portions of student fees

A faster way to zig zag around campusare being used to pay for the new bi-cycle service.

Prices for riders begin at $2 an hour with a cap of $10 per day, and a $15 one-time membership fee. The first three hours are free, “so if stu-dents only have one class a day, or want to grab something to eat, they are able to go within the time frame,” Lobo said.

Students, staff and faculty can ac-cess the bikes by creating a Zagster account using the Zagster mobile application or online at zagster.com/csueb.

In order to rent a bicycle, riders sign in to their account and enter the identification number of the bike they wish to use. The application provides an access code for the lock box, which can be used to lock and unlock the bicycle anywhere along their trip.

Once the bike is returned to a Zag-ster location, the touch of a button ends the rental and makes it avail-able for the next user.

Users are charged a $20 late fee for keeping a bike over 24 hours. Bikes can be taken round trip or one-way, but must be returned to a Zag-ster bike location.

Zagster covers all maintenance, but riders may be responsible for the cost of repairs if Zagster deter-mines the rider was intentionally negligent. “The maintenance is done on a regular basis,” said John Wil-liams, president of Scoville Public Relations, on behalf of Zagster. “If a bike is reported to have an issue it is immediately removed from active service and is not available again un-til a Zagster-certified mechanic has inspected it and confirmed it is ready

to ride.”“We are hoping this program is

a success and we are able to renew our one-year lease, and add more bi-cycle stations at different locations with the revenue that will be made,”

said Kohler. Zagster provides full access to an

online dashboard where the univer-sity can monitor and view data about bike sharing to ensure success.

The number of Zagster users on

campus is confidential, but Wil-liams said, “We’re pleased with what we’re seeing and it’s par with our expectations.”

“I believe that all-ages gigs are extremely important. We grew up going to all ages gigs ourselves [before many of the laws changed],” said Craig. “It’s an important part of get-ting into bands.”

Aussies stomp through Berkeley

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Courtesy | Philip Liborio GangiThe Bennies perform their only show during a 12-hour trip through Northern California.

Courtesy | Philip Liborio GangiMFB’s Julian Trevizo looks into the crowd during his set.

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With no member sporting hair shorter than shoul-der-length, The Bennies,

all the way from Melbourne, Austra-lia, arrived Sunday at 924 Gilman St in a rental car with guitars in hand.

“What’s in there that they don’t want us to see?” asked lead vocalist Anty, noticing a chained-off busi-ness in the back alleyway of the venue.

“Doesn’t look like something I’d want to go in anyway, or maybe it’s a guitar factory and I would like to go in there!” bassist Craig chimed in.

Band members asked that their last names remain undisclosed.

The Bennies took the stage with borrowed instruments and a sound so loud and booming that it belonged at a festival. Synchro-nized head bangs accompanied

the beats to their songs with their shoulder-length hair swinging along made for an energetic stage show.

So far, The Bennies have gotten by just fine borrowing instruments from bands at each stop, and are very grateful for the bands that let them borrow along the way.

“I don’t think that sentiment echos in other genres. I know it doesn’t hap-pen in metal, pretty sure it doesn’t happen in straight-up cock rock,” said Craig. “Punk rock is a real kin-ship, and it’s pretty awesome.”

Describing themselves as “Psy-chedelic Reggae Ska Doom Metal Punk Rock From Hell,” The Bennies have their hands in plenty of styles of music, but this particular show was labeled a ska night.

“There’s no ska scene,” said Anty of the genre in Australia. “There’s a few bands that play, definitely, but not like a vibrant ska scene at all. It’s more of a family than a scene.”

Melbourne, one of the southern-

most cities in Australia, is considered the musical hub of the country.

“Bands that want to push it a bit further move to Melbourne,” said Anty.

The chance to play an all ages show “pretty much doesn’t exist in Australia, they’re really hard to do,” said Anty.

In Australia, the drinking age is 18, so many bars put on bands as an after-thought because they are more concerned with making their money off of al-cohol, whereas they would lose that money if they opened these shows to people younger than 18, Anty explained.

However, The Bennies are familiar with the expe-rience of playing to younger kids that seem to be just discovering new styles of music.

“I believe that all-ages gigs are extremely import-ant. We grew up going to all ages gigs ourselves

[before many of the laws changed],” said Craig. “It’s an important part of getting into bands.”

“Adults, you have more freedoms than you do as an underage person to do what you want to do and explore the ideas that you want to,” said Anty. “When you’re underage, you’re really limited, and I think gigs are a really, really, healthy, positive outlet for people who are underage.”

The curious Australian group is on its first US tour. Playing mostly in Southern California on their West Coast run, Berkeley is their only Northern California stop before jumping on a 7 a.m. flight to New York to start the East Coast leg of the tour.

“Its amazing to be here, soaking up the history [of 924 Gilman St.] and putting our stamp on it,” said Anty.

The Bennies did not get much time to explore the Bay Area.

Spending a total of 12 hours in Northern Califor-nia, most of their time was spent playing their set, and looking for a bag that would be strong enough to hold and protect their merchandise on the six-hour flight to New York.

“In terms of places that we would love to check out, San Francisco and Berkeley are like the highest on the list, and we’re spending less than 12 hours in the whole area,” said Craig.

Touring in the US has a few differences compared to their native home of Australia. “Here, it’s interest-ing that you need a car no matter what,” said Anty. “In Australia, you can fly in to Brisbane, get a taxi to your venue, take public transportation around, and get a flight home, you don’t need to touch a car that isn’t yours.”

The Bennies will continue its US tour in New York, Michigan, Ohio, and Florida before returning home to support California punk legends NOFX on an Aus-tralian national tour that runs through the middle of November.

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After two years of advising the Greek community, Megan Lebre is leaving California State University, East

Bay. She is moving to advise students at University of California, Berkeley for the department of microbiology and cellular de-velopment.

Lebre came to CSUEB two years ago, then as Megan Bebb, with a goal to help bring more community to the Greek orga-nizations on campus. Her last day was Oc-tober 21.

During her time she helped restructure the Greek organizations, dedicating time to meeting with all the presidents one on one during her first year. She influenced orga-nizations to work together and bring new events as building blocks for future years.

“The policies here were great, but stu-dents that were in office felt very disjointed;

they did not have an understanding of each other,” said Lebre.

One of the new structures she brought was the expansion process for organiza-tions to start chapters here. With the new procedure, the university now has an estab-lished chapter of Lambda Theta Nu Latin sorority.

As well, two new interests groups, the interested ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha sorority and Zeta Omega, are looking to be-come established chapters at the university.

Along with new policies, she worked with Student Life and Leadership to create new programs, including “Intro to Greek Life” for incoming students during orientation. The Greek workshop increased the amount of participants in the 2014 Fall Rush Week.

Most organizations give out bids, or a for-mal invitation, to people who attend rush, and if they accept they move on to the or-ganizations individual process of becoming members.

One of the biggest increases in bids being

given out was with Panhellenic, the joint rushing committee of multiple national so-rorities in the United States. PanHellenic at CSUEB consists of two national sororities, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Phi. This year, Panhellenic gave out about 80 bids, compared to 58 last year.

“I really think the Greek workshop helped get more students interested in the commu-nity, and get them excited to participate and join,” she explained.

Megan is an alumnus of Delta Gamma, another national sorority that is a part of Panhellenic, so advising them was very fa-miliar to her.

The Greek Council of East Bay was made up of only eight Greek chapters a few years ago.

Along with a redesigned election pro-cess for the board and changes made to the council constitution, there are now 13 chap-ters and interest groups that are a part of it thanks to Lebre’s advising and approach toward Greek life on campus.

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6 MetroSufi thinker urges pro-west attitude

Local poets tackle Oakland politics

W ith the general election right around the corner, New Way Media Fest

held the second annual Voices and Votes, an event designed to bring poets and artists from the Bay Area together in Berkeley and give them a platform to express their feelings on the upcoming general election.

New Way Media Fest is an inde-pendent community based organi-zation that has held multiple events over the last 10 years, showcasing artists of all kinds. This event was held at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists.

Event host and author of “World of Change,” David James Randolph described the event as “poets for change.” Randolph introduced the artists as “poets with a sense of re-ality.”

The first poet to approach the stage was New Way Media Fest co-founder and event emcee, David Madgalene, who performed four songs for the audience, consisting of “Don’t Call Me Shmarta,” “Invisible Government,” “Lazarus,” and “Blind Dog.”

In the song “Blind Dog” he sang, “Blind dog he’s a hazard to your community…I’m just a blind dog looking for a seeing eye man.” In the

song, the blind dog represented an uninformed voter who listens to the seeing eye man, or the popular opinion.

After Madgalene left the stage, five featured artists and three open mic performers shared their work. Each poet and singer touched on topics relating to the upcoming election.

Along with political poems, a small audience of artists listened to a variety of subjects ranging from fantasy topics to personal statements.

The only artist to discuss a ballot measure directly was pub-lished poet, Kirk Lumpkin. Prior to sharing his poems he admitted, “I didn’t have time to write new stuff that would really leave an im-pact about the election, so most my poems can be loosely correlated to the election.”

Lumpkin then shares his poem, “Crow Encounters Orange Food Like Substance” which he relates to Measure D, the Healthy Child Initiative.

Lumpkin used his poem to ex-amine the health issues the com-munity faces when consuming sugary, high-calorie drinks. Af-ter his poem, Lumpkin urged the crowd to support Measure D and recited three more poems, “The Guardian,” “Savior” and “Prayer Flags.”

The show ended with harpist

Susan Mashiyama, who sang three beautiful songs, her second of which addressed the California drought.

With audience participation she sang a song in which she apologized for the negligence of our ecosystem and asked for rain in return.

The Voices and Votes event sought to hear from poets who had opinions

about local government, to listen to alternative voices about change, and inspire the crowd to really think about the election.

Although New Way Media Fest is not currently planning any up-coming events, there are upcoming projects from those who performed. Mashiyama has an album coming

out soon that is being funded by a kickstarter campaign and singer Clara Bellino has a campaign called “Leave it To Me” where donations are always accepted.

More information regarding New Way Media Fest can be found on their blog at www.newwaymediaf-est.blogspot.com.

I n the wake of the recent ISIS threat, Maruf Khan, a member of the Naqshbandi Sunni Sufi Or-

der in the Bay Area, asked audience members to abandon anti-western attitudes and consider its positive effects.

The Bay Area Cultural Connec-tions, Pacifica Institute, in Albany, Calif., held a community brunch on Sunday, where Khan delivered his controversial speech on what he calls “the most pressing problem in the Islamic world.”

Khan claims that the “state of de-nial, [the] blaming of others conspir-ing against Islam.”

He asked for Muslims to take re-sponsibility for the problems in their own society, especially in the radi-cal movements of ISIS and Al-Qae-da who believe the west is the sole cause of all of Islam’s problems.

According to him, to have prog-ress in the Middle East the an-ti-western attitude must be replaced with a pro-western one. “If we be-come pro-west, do we win or do we lose?” asked Khan.

Khan says that a pro-western mentality would remove any room for radicalism and extremism, citing formerly British dominated coun-tries like Malaysia as examples of

more moderate societies. He went on to list the times when

western civilization had given sup-port to the Islamic world: President Ford sending free food during the Bangladesh Famine and the west-ern world coming to Bosnia’s aid during the Bosnian War.

Discussion remained civil and passionate as the community members were allowed to discuss and criticize Khan’s points during a question and answer period. Some disagreed with Khan’s re-marks about the term ‘pro-west’, and defended their positions.

One woman, who did not share her name, said that asking the Is-lamic world to cast out all of the negative effects the west had on Is-lam over centuries of colonialism and western involvement isn’t as easy as it seems.

She argued that especially with the years of U.S. military presence in the Middle East, it seems diffi-cult for the community to forget all past tension between the west and the Middle East.

Others agreed with the notion that Islam is being far too critical of the west.

A man named Fazil Yousuf stood up and stated that during the weekly Friday prayer sermon there is a lack of discussion of the violence in Islam.

When they do mention, it how-

ever, it’s blamed solely on the military presence of the west. His concern wasn’t being pro-west or anti-west but rather, discussing ways to stop killing in the Islamic world.

“Killing thousands of people in the name of religion…we never want to take a look at ourselves: What do I have to do? What am I getting out of this world? Is there some moral duty that I have to speak up?” said Yousuf. “We ought to do something rather than blaming others.”

Khan listed his criteria for “Good Muslims” as ethical, tolerant, civilized and spiritualistic as opposed to ritual-istic, he claimed.

Khan presented his list of who he believes are the best Muslims, start-ing with the spiritual and mystic Su-fis, then Shias, then pro-western Mus-lims and then the historical figures in Islam’s past.

“Never look down on a religion because every religion is the same to God based on the devotion,” said Khan, which is a virtue he was taught by his Sufi parents.

Khan qualified his controversial statements by admitting these are generalizations and observations pri-marily based on personal experience. However, he stated that he remains certain that these qualities are vital to changing the Islamic community for the better.

Occasionally he’d jump between the terms ‘generalization’ and ‘objec-

tive’ which at times muddled up his intentions, especially to some of the community members.

Fatih Ferdi Ates, director of the Pacifica Institute, moderated both Khan’s introductory lecture and the community conversation.

The Pacifica Institute holds lec-tures and community discussions several times a year with very sim-ilar topics.

For more group conversations and future events, be sure to visit http://pacificasv.org.

Manuf Khan said Muslims need to abandon anti-western attitudes.

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Hayward surprised by unused $1.4 million

RUN 10 FEED 10 races to end hunger

After a financial review on Hay-ward’s federally funded Com-munity Development Block

Grant, the federal government found close to $1.4 million in leftover funds from 1976 to the present. Now, the city doesn’t know what to do with it.

“Never has a $1.4 million dollar windfall been so frustrating,” said Councilman Al Mendall.

The city receives these funds through the US Department of Hous-ing and Urban Development and they must be used in lower income areas in the city.

The funds must be used within 12 months otherwise the federal govern-ment will reabsorb them. The city, after much deliberation, decided to use the funds to improve roads in the Jackson Triangle neighborhood near Harder Elementary in Hayward. Typically the city spends close to $4 million on roads per year on general renovations, Mendall mentioned.

The proposed roads to see reno-vations include Langley Way, Tio-ga Road, Muir Street, Arvilla Lane, Frederic Avenue, Culp Avenue, Don-ald Avenue, Charles Avenue, and Brooks Way.

Other proposed projects by the city for the money included building a second community health clinic at a fire station, reconstructing the Eden Youth and Family Center, and social services for the homeless. However, none of those plans fit the require-ments from HUD for use of those

funds.Non-profits in Hayward who are

funded by the CDBG grants weren’t happy with the decision. Sue Meryl of the South Hayward Parish and others at the meeting offered oth-er ways to use the money, such as building accommodations for the homeless within the city. Another woman proposed introducing a mo-bile shower for homeless to use like the LavaMe group in San Francisco.

Sean Reinhart, director of librar-ies and community services, deemed these proposals infeasible. He said that a fair and professional process of accepting ideas and holding com-munity meetings and judging the fea-sibility of these ideas from all inter-ested parties in Hayward would take close to a year and would not be com-pleted within the 12 month period.

The council decided to move for-ward with the road reconstruction project largely to keep these funds within the city and not let the federal government take them back.

Councilman Marvin Peixoto spec-ulated that HUD and Congress could be conducting these audits in an at-tempt to scrounge up revenues to fund ongoing war operations.

“They’re under tremendous pres-sure from Congress, they have wars to fight, and other things to do,” said Peixoto. “There’s not much inter-est, so they’re trying to cover them-selves.”

The council approved the action, with Councilwoman Sara Lamnin absent and Councilman Francis-co Zermeno casting the sole vote against.

Women’s Health Maga-zine will host the Run 10 FEED 10 race at Cris-

sy Field in hopes of spreading the awareness of hunger within local communities Oct. 26 at 8 a.m. The 10K run will stretch over the Golden Gate Bridge and end at the Golden Gate Promenade.

“Hunger affects so many hard-working families across the country. 49 million Americans are food inse-cure and millions more are working just to make ends meet,” said Melis-sa Crossley, the Feed Foundation’s Manager of Sales and Operations.

“In fact, 1 in 6 children in the U.S. do not have enough nutritious food to enable them to learn, grow and thrive.”

After seeing such surprising

numbers, Women’s Health maga-zine decided to partner up with Feed three years ago and aid the individ-uals facing the hunger problem in America by creating this nationwide race.

Run 10 FEED 10 is an annual race touring across the country from Chicago, to New York City and to San Francisco with opportunities for other local communities to reach out and host a run of their own.

The event provides individuals the opportunity to get involved in their community and host their own 10K run since the race only visits three major cities.

A total of eight other cities cur-rently host ‘fun runs’ fighting for the same cause.

“I’d encourage CSU East Bay students to get involved with Run 10 FEED 10 because each runner and every donation truly makes an im-

pact,” said Crossley. This event not only challenges

personal fitness levels and capabili-ties but also gives people an exciting chance to participate in giving back to children going hungry in their own neighborhoods in time for the holiday season.

A donation of 10 meals will be made automatically when a person registers for the race.

Participants will also receive a complimentary ‘FEED’ bag, de-signed to raise funds for the Feed Foundation.

In addition to donating canned goods at grocery stores for the hol-idays, running this race will not only provide a fun opportunity to give back to the community but also provide a fulfilling goal to reach among peers.

Everyone is allowed and en-couraged to participate in this

timed race and eligible to win a prize if they are placed in the top three places, but not to worry, all partici-pants will be getting a bunch of free goodies on the day of the race.

“In the past, over 30,000 runners and spectators and fundraisers have participated. We’re really excited because we expect 2014 to be our biggest turn out yet,” said Crossley.

“At last year’s races, I saw about an equal number of male and female runners. I think the mission of Run 10 FEED 10 is so powerful that is really brings everyone together to run,” she said.

While early registration is closed,

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there is still a chance to register for $55 up until the day of the race or un-til all spots are sold out.

To register for this event or for more information you can go to http://run10feed10.com/ and to learn more about the Feed Foundation, please visit www.FEEDprojects.com.

“Hunger affects so many hardworking families across the

country.”

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Photo | Bryan CordovaDan Siegel responds passionately on police brutality during Occupy Oakland.

Photo | Bryan CordovaThe audience largely agreed with the topics discussed at the event.

F remont school officials say they need $1.6 billion dollars to renovate and modernize schools in its district, but

they’ve raised less than half the funds esti-mated to complete the project.

Only a portion of the funds needed is avail-able, according to statements made at a joint meeting of the Fremont City Council and Fre-mont Unified School District Board.

“Our newest school [was built] in 1990,” said Therese Gain, director of facilities. “We have 31 schools that are over 50 years old…technology, infrastructure, class technology, lighting, plumbing, restrooms, alarm sys-tems, roofs, walls, windows, doors, ceilings,

C onversations on cultural growth, education reform and the police force flooded the First African Methodist

Episcopal Church in Oakland on Saturday, at a panel hosted by mayoral candidate Dan Siegel, former legal advisor to Mayor Jean Quan.

At the event, speakers like Maria Po-blet, executive director of the “Causa Justa” movement, spoke on the diverse communi-ties and the many languages that used to fill the Oakland streets.

“You would hear Tagalog, Laotian, and the language of my ancestors, Spanish,” she said.

Poblet said the recent increase in rent caused a shift in the diversity of Oakland. According to the census of Alameda, Oak-land lost more than 25 percent of its Afri-can American population as families were priced out and moved to Antioch and Her-cules.

She argued that those families do not re-ceive the cultural support in those commu-nities that they would receive if they were able to stay in Oakland. She referred to Sie-gel’s time on the Rent Stabilization Board in Berkeley and the need to be able to help bring prices back down.

Social activist and author Tom Hayden praised Oakland for what he saw as its high level of activism compared to the rest of the United States. Hayden, a childhood friend of Siegel, hopes Siegel will bring progress into politics.

Hayden ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Los Angeles back in 1997, and tried to ex-plain why he believes it is difficult for some individuals to get elected. Hayden claimed he carried a majority of the minority vote in the election but lost a substantial part of the white vote. He believes the odd years of vot-ing for city electoral years play a huge role in outcomes.

Hayden called out the University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley, for how “shameful” its ad-mission rate from Oakland is, and that pub-lic education in Oakland needs rectifying.

Speaking on behalf of Siegel’s education reform plan was Melanie Cervantes, Bay Area artist and founder of “Dignidad Rebel-de.” She discussed how graphic art projects translate community engagement into visu-al language, and helps civilians see unity for themselves.

Cervantes pointed out that Oakland schools have campus security, and security from the school district’s police department, on top of Oakland City’s Police Department. In light of this, she supports Siegel’s plan to shift funds away from security to bring the art and afterschool programs back into Oakland.

Also at the event was former Congress-man Dennis Kucinich, who condemned the use of police weapons on civilians during past Occupy Oakland protests, the same issue that led to Siegel’s resignation as Quan’s legal adviser.

“If I am elected there will be zero toler-ance for police abuse, the job of the police is to work with neighbors, with communities, and send back the military equipment and protect people’s rights,” Siegel said.

[and] security” of most schools need to be fixed she said.

The district has about 30,000 students across 42 schools.

The FUSD board also wishes to revamp schools with a sleek 21st century style inte-rior, including flexible furniture, Gain said. “Tallying up all the needs for renovation, our need [is] looking like $1.6 billion,” she con-cluded.

Measure E was approved by 61 percent of the voters on June 3, authorizing the district to increase its debt by $650 million by issuing general obligation bonds.

The plan is to pay off the debt by 2051 through the increase of property taxes.

The FUSD did not comment on how to come up with the remaining $950 million,

nor does Measure E outline how to meet this need, despite winning majority

Measure E, supported by Mayor Bill Har-rison and other council members, stirred up much debate.

Some citizens and city government offi-cials said they wonder if $650 million dollars in bonds was too drastic and the subsequent tax burden too heavy, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Taxpayers who own a $350,000 home, would roughly double the tax levy for bonds to about $94 annually, while a home of $450,000 would be set to see its property taxes increase from $191 per year to $479 per year in 2018, according to the Contra Costa Times.

The first move of Measure E, according to Gain, is to “convert the [7th to 8th] junior

highs to a 6th to 8th grade model…providing instant relief for the elementary schools.”

She said this will reduce overcrowded classrooms for a more intimate learning ex-perience and help Fremont schools adopt a

21st century school system.The task force has hired Harris & Asso-

ciates, a construction management firm “to monitor the projects” said Gain.

“Tallying up all the needs for renovation, our need [is] look-

ing like $1.6 billion.”

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Trick or Treat on Safety StreetTime: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.Cost: $9 advance, $15 at the door Location: Centerville Community Center, 3355 Country Dr., Fremont

If you are looking for a safe environment for kids to trick or treat in then look no further. This indoor event allows kids to trick or treat between miniature houses throughout the center. There will be snacks, crafts, and a playroom with themes from favorite children’s stories and films. Those interested can buy tickets in advance at www.fremont.gov.

Friday Night Outdoor Movie: “Ghostbusters”Time: 7:15 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: McCoppin Square, Taraval and 23rd Ave., San Francisco

Who you gonna call? Fans new and old can enjoy this evening showing of the comedy classic “Ghostbusters.” Those who arrive early can receive coupons for local eateries, meet some furry friends brought by Animal Care and Control, and meet local mer-chants. Be sure to bring something to snack on and a blanket to keep warm.

Taiko Drumming and Japanese MusicTime: 5 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Hotel Nikko San Francisco, 222 Mason St., San Francisco

Enjoy the power and subtlety on display when Maikaze Daiko and Friends showcase the unique music and style of Japanese Taiko drumming, alongside an assortment of other traditional Japanese instruments. There is a little bit of everything on display with a musical range of calm and melodious to thunderous and booming rhythm.

Midnight Rollers: Outdoor Roller Skate DJ PartyTime: 8:45 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: San Francisco Ferry Building, 1 Sausalito, San Francisco

Break out you roller skates and enjoy this 10-mile skate tour and party around San Francisco. The event starts at the Ferry Plaza with dancing and music before taking off along a route between famous locations around San Francisco, including the water-front, Pier 39, Fisherman’s Wharf, Ft. Mason, the Broadway Tunnel and more.

Coffee With A Cop Time: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Cost: FreeLocation: John Muir Center, 24823 Soto Rd., Hayward

The Hayward Police Department is hosting this event open to all residents for an opportunity to come meet their local law enforcement. Grab a refreshment and get a chance to talk directly to the HPD, whether you have questions, suggestions or simply want to get to know them a bit better.

The Beatles Choir: Volunteer Sing-alongTime: 9:30 a.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Laguna Honda Hospital, 375 Lagu-na Honda Blvd., San Francisco

Enjoy your day off by bringing joy to others and join The Beatles Choir in bringing the music of the Fab Four alive for the residents and staff of Laguna Honda Hospital. Laguna Honda is a nursing and rehabilitation center for seniors and adults with disabilities. Come in a black shirt and meet choir directors Christie Chew and Matt Ridenour in the Lagu-na Honda lobby to rehearse.

Peer Writers’ GroupTime: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Hayward Main Library, 835 C St., Hayward

Looking for feedback on your writing? This is a great opportunity to learn and interact with your peers in a meeting facilitated by Ali Eteraz, noted Bay Area author of “Children of Dust: A Portrait of a Muslim as a Young Man.” Be sure to bring along several copies of your work to get the most feedback possible from those in attendance.

Sea Chantey Sing AlongTime: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.Cost: Free, RSVP RequiredLocation: San Francisco Maritime Nation-al Historical Park, 499 Jefferson St., San Francisco

Prepare for a night of traditional sea songs and chanteys aboard a historic ship. Let out your inner sailor (or pirate), bring a mug for some free hot cider and sing along. Just be sure to RSVP to have your spot saved by calling 415-561-7171 or emailing peter_ka-sin@nps.gov.

“Cars and Croissants” Exotic Car ShowTime: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Santana Row, 368 Santana Row, San Jose

This monthly gathering of exotic car owners and enthusiasts regularly features up to 50 cars including Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Maseratis, Aston Martins and much more. Complimentary coffee and croissants are served as long as supplies last. So come early to grab a croissant and view some of the most exotic and gorgeous cars seen on Bay Area streets.

Water Efficient Landscape ClassTime: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.Cost: Free, Registration RequiredLocation: Hayward City Hall, Conference Room 2A, 777 B St., Hayward

This class will cover water-wise edible gar-dening for those interested in saving water for their edible garden needs. The class will cover “cool season” vegetables that can be grown and harvested all winter long with minimal water use. Bring a 6” pot with you and you’ll receive some of these vegetables for your own garden. Registration is required and can be done at www.bawsca.org/class-es or by calling 510-583-4700.

Hayward Farmers MarketTime: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Cost: Free, Prices vary by boothLocation: Watkins between B Street and C Street, Hayward

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

Cafe FlamencoTime: 7 p.m.Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 ages 12 and underLocation: Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Ave., Alameda

The Caminos Flamencos return to the Bay Area for this unique performance. Incor-porating elements of the nuevo flamenco movement, the performance is being choreo-graphed by Emmy award winner Yaelisa. The performance seeks to capture the changing elements of flamenco and showcase the artistic heritage of Spain. Those interested in advance tickets can do so at www.rhythmix.org.

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“Baghdad Wedding” Theatre PerformanceTime: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.Cost: Free, RSVP RequiredLocation: Thick House, 1695 18th St., San Francisco

Take in this performance of the London hit “Baghdad Wedding” by Hassan Abdulraz-zak, presented by Golden Thread Produc-tion. The play follows three Iraqis who return to their country after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, exploring their experi-ences coming back home. Tickets are free but you must RSVP for the performance by emailing information@goldenthread.org.

Simpsons Trivia Night and Watch PartyTime: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: The Knockout, 3223 Mission St., San Francisco

Whether you want to test how well you know “The Simpsons” or just want to re-watch some of your favorite classic episodes this event is right for you. There will be prizes throughout the night for the trivia competi-tion while episodes from earlier seasons play throughout the event.

Halloween Parade and Mini-CarnivalTime: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Hayward Main Library, 835 C St., Hayward

The Hayward Library invites you and your children to this pre-Halloween event intend-ed for children ages 3 to 11. Children are invited to wear their Halloween costume, get a chance to play some fun games and collect goodies along the way.

Final Paws on the Square: Doggie Musical Chairs and Puppy PamperingTime: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.Cost: Free eventLocation: Jack London Square, Broadway and Embarcadero, Oakland

Bring your favorite pooch out for this final evening of pampering at Jack London Square. The event will have treats, dog walkers, caricature artists, doggie musical chairs, educational sessions, canine mas-sages and K9 presentations by the Oakland Police Department.

LEAF Community Garden Ribbon CuttingTime: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: 36501 Niles Blvd., Fremont

Celebrate this opening ceremony for the Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont community garden, the first public commu-nity garden in the city of Fremont. Those residents interested in the garden and LEAF can go to www.fremontleaf.org for more in-formation or can speak to several members who will be in attendance at the opening.

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Unexplained bleeding, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever are all symptoms of

having Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever or Ebola Virus Disease, which causes severe and often fatal illness in hu-mans, according to the Center for Disease Control.

Now that Ebola has reached America it is no longer a problem that can be addressed from a dis-tance.

At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, former World Health Organization employee Dr. Patricia Omidian, will participate in a panel discussion at Cal State East Bay in LI 2126 titled, “Misunderstandings and Lost Op-portunities: Responses to Ebola in

Liberia”.Omidian worked as a medical

anthropologist during her time with WHO while stationed in Liberia.

Since March 2014, Ebola has rav-aged West Africa, killing as many as 50 percent of the people who come into contact with the disease.

With 3,800 deaths and counting it is the largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history, according to the World Health Organization. With no licensed vaccine, these statistics can be worrisome and frightening; and with the recent death in Dallas, Texas, fear hits close to home.

According to the CDC, Ebola originates in animals and is trans-ferred to humans through contact with infected bats or through the consumption of “bushmeat”- meat from butchered wild animals. Ebola virus disease then spreads through

human-to-human transmission.After a human is infected with

Ebola, transmission occurs when bodily fluids including blood, feces, urine, saliva and sweat come into contact with one’s mucous mem-branes such as eyes, nose, and mouth or through broken skin, as described by the CDC.

As described by the CDC, contact with contaminated surfaces, bed-ding, and clothing can also spread the infection. Individuals are not considered to be contagious until symptomatic; however symptoms may not appear until up to 21 days after exposure. The average incuba-tion period is 8 to 10 days.

Much of Ebola’s fatalities have been attributed to what the CDC term poor health care and living conditions including a lack of prop-er hygiene, inaccessibility to basic

sanitary supplies such as gloves and masks, as well as an absence of knowledge of how the disease is spread.

In August, locals destroyed a healthcare facility treating Ebola patients in Liberia.

In favor of their own methods for health care, many locals are afraid of doctors, believing they are the ones spreading the disease.

Bodies of deceased infected indi-viduals are still sources of transmis-sion that can create a difficult situ-ation for those seeking to perform burial practices and those trying to eradicate the spread of the disease.

Healthcare workers exposed to those with the disease require com-plete protective clothing, says the CDC website. Sterilization of both facilities and deceased individuals is also vital to prohibiting transmis-

sion. For those not in direct contact

with Ebola, proper hand-washing, avoiding those infected (including contaminated items), and isolation of infected individuals are key to preventing transmission.

There are a range of potential treatments being evaluated, includ-ing blood products, immune ther-apies, drug therapies, and two po-tential vaccines undergoing human safety testing. However, the WHO reports no FDA-approved vaccine currently available for the Ebola vi-rus.

The effort to control current and future outbreaks is therefore a glob-al public health issue, focused on disseminating knowledge, main-taining surveillance, and supporting at-risk countries to develop pre-paredness plans.

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“With the addition of 10 new faces this season, the challenge has, and continues to be the blending of all of the personalities, styles of play and skills into a cohesive team that com-petes as one,” Spagle said. “I have seen some light bulbs go on the past couple of matches, so I am confident

with continued focus and desire, this team can really do some damage in the CCAA the last month of the sea-son.”

Bruno had a team-high with 16 kills in the match and fellow senior Hall finished just behind her with 15 kills of her own. Seniors Ashia Joseph and Veronica Sanchez also had big statis-tical days for the Pioneers with 31 and

15 digs respectively. “We really have to get to know

each other and play our system to be successful,” Sanchez said at a practice earlier this season.

Junior Angie Maina led CSUEB in digs on the day finishing with a total of 26.

The Pioneers will be looking for some hometown magic as they return

to Hayward for their next five matches. “The team is looking forward to

playing in front of a home crowd, and continuing the transformation from a large group of individually talented volleyball players to a team that com-petes and deeply believes in one anoth-er,” Spagle said.

The next two matches will be against teams having struggles of

their own this season in the forms of Cal State Stanislaus tomorrow and Chico State on Saturday.

The Warriors have lost their last two matches and have a record of 2-15 overall and 2-11 in conference compe-tition. The Chico State Wildcats have been a little better in the 2014 season, amassing an 8-9 overall record and a 6-7 CCAA conference record.