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NOVEMBER 5, 2014 STATEHORNET.COMISSUE 10, VOLUME 69

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Public forum drives students up-to-speed with detailed information vital for voting

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Pros and cons of propositions explainedGraphic By anthony nathan

Proposition 1 Proposition 2 Proposition 47 Proposition 48

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The state could sell $7.1 billion in addi-tional general obliga-tion bonds—as well as redirect $425 million in unsold general obliga-tion bonds that were previously approved by voters for resource-related uses— to fund various water-related programs.

The state could not sell $7.1 billion in addi-tional general obligation bonds to fund various water-related programs. In addition, $425 mil-lion in unsold general obligation bonds would continue to be available for resource-related uses as previously ap-proved by voters.

Existing state debts likely would be paid faster. There would be new rules for state budget reserves. Lo-cal school district bud-get reserves would be capped in some years.

Rules for payment of state debts, state bud-get reserves, and local school district reserves would not change.

Criminal offenders who commit certain nonserious and non-violent drug and prop-erty crimes would be sentenced to reduced penalties. State sav-ings resulting from the measure would be used to support dropout pre-vention, victim services, mental health and drug abuse treatment, and other programs to keep offenders out of prison or jail.

Penalties for offend-ers who commit certain nonserious and nonvio-lent drug and property crimes would not be reduced.

The state’s compacts with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono In-dians and the Wiyot Tribe would go into ef-fect. As a result, North Fork would be able to construct and operate a new casino in Madera Country and would be required to make vari-ous payments to state and local governments, Wiyot and other tribes.

The state’s compacts with North Fork and Wi-yot would not go into ef-fect. As a result, neither tribe could begin gam-ing unless new com-pacts were approved by the state and federal government.

The Graduate Association of Students in Public Policy and Administration, GASPPA, co-hosted a non-partisan voter in-formation forum providing pre-sentations for six propositions on the November ballot in the Alumni Center at Sacramento State on Thursday.The graduate program orga-

nized the event five days be-fore election day to inform the campus community about what the propositions will change if approved.Proposition 1, the Water Bond,

would authorize $7.12 billion in General Obligation bonds for water projects in preparation of future dry spells in the state.

California’s General Fund will pay back the issued bonds to investors, plus interest, over a period of time.Angela Marin, Public Policy

and Administration program alumna, spoke about Prop. 1 and the opposing viewpoints on the water bond initiative.“They [supporters] argue that

the water bond will help in-crease water supplies,” Marin said. “It would be promoting water supply reliability.”Support for the proposition

raised over $16.8 million for campaign funding, according to the California Secretary of State office. The opposition to Prop. 1 raised $97,999 as of Oct. 31.“Opponents, on the other hand,

is a smaller list but they mainly oppose on the basis of the fund-

ing for large infrastructure proj-ects,” Marin said.Proposition 2, the Rainy Day

Budget Stabilization Fund Act, requires an annual transfer of 1.5 percent from general fund tax revenue to the state’s budget reserve fund.The fund would be used for

repaying state debts and budget stabilization.Jennifer Krebs, second-year

student in GASPPA, said there is a provision in the measure that would put a statewide cap on how much school districts can hold in their own reserve funds.“Governor Brown is leading

the support effort under the name of fiscal prudence,” Krebs said.If the proposition is approved,

a new reserve fund would be made for K-12 and community colleges.“Local school districts are

concerned that by capping how much they can save, it will re-ally tie their hands in the future if they come across financial difficulties,” Krebs said.Proposition 45, the Public

Notice Required for Insur-ance Company Rates Initiative, would require health insurers to gain approval from an insurance commissioner before making changes to insurance rates.“It’s estimated that it would

result in administrative costs to the state,” Krebs said. “Those costs would be passed along to the insurance providers, and it’s likely they could be passed along to the consumers in the

form of fees.”Opponents of Prop. 45 raised

about $57 million in campaign funding, while supporters raised $6.2 million.“The supporters say that it

would be good to consolidate power,” Krebs said. “Opponents say it would be a disaster and it would cause extra expenses for the rate payers.”Proposition 46, the Medical

Malpractice Lawsuits Cap and Drug Testing of Doctors Initia-tive, would increase the cap for lawsuits regarding pain and suf-fering damages from $250,000 to $1.1 million and would re-quire hospitals to test certain physicians randomly for alcohol and drugs.It would also require health

care providers to consult the

state prescription drug history database before prescribing cer-tain medication with a tendency for addiction, such as vicodin or adderall.Kara Corches, first-year Pub-

lic Policy and Administration graduate student, said there are trade-offs to every proposition on the ballot.“For this one, you have drug

testing for doctors and perhaps further prevention of addic-tion,” Corches said. “But on the other hand, you may have increased medical costs that are passed down to the government and consumers. So those are choices you need to weigh when casting your ballot.”Proposition 47, the Reduced

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Forum: Propositions range from indian gaming compacts, felony policies and future water projects

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Penalties for Some Crimes Ini-tiative, would reclassify non-violent and nonserious property and drug crimes from a felony to a misdemeanor.Anyone with a previous con-

viction of a violent felony would not be eligible for re-sentencing. There are currently around 10,000 inmates who may be eligible for reclassifica-tion, according to Californians for Safety and Justice.Terra Thorne, third-year stu-

dent in GASPPA, explained the

potential impact of Prop. 47.“The LAO [Legislative Ana-

lyst’s Office] has estimated that criminal justice savings from passing the proposition could be in the hundreds of millions,” Thorne said. “Most of those savings would be from reduced incarceration costs.”If approved, savings would

be spent on school truancy and dropout prevention, men-tal health and substance abuse treatment and victim services.“If you vote yes on Prop. 47,

it means that you are support-ing the changes of these crimes

from felonies or wobblers down to misdemeanors,” Thorne said. “If you vote no on the measure, you are basically rejecting the proposed changes and the pen-alties for these crimes will not be reduced.”Proposition 48, the Referen-

dum on Indian Gaming Com-pacts, would allow two Indian tribes to build casinos on state land in return for annual pay-ments averaging around $10 million to state and local gov-ernments over a 20-year period.The proposition would ratify

a gaming compact between the

state and the North Fork Ran-cheria of Mono Indians and the Wiyot Tribe.Supporters of Prop. 48 say

it will be a one-time deal and help out an economically-struggling area. This would be the first casino in California built anywhere other than on reservation land.“So the voters have to decide

if this is okay for a one-time deal,” Krebs said. “Or if this would just be the first step in allowing a new wave of casi-nos to be built wherever we want on tribal land.”

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Student research showcase exhibits work across majors

Arena promises experiences at a cost to students

The Provost’s Student Re-search Showcase in the Red-wood Room of the University Union gave students from a va-riety of areas of study to present their research projects.The Oct. 28 event, which fea-

tured undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral student research in the form of poster presentations was organized by Dr. Frederika Harmsen, the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs as well as David Earwicker, assistant vice president to Re-search Affairs.There were 95 research post-

ers presented in total, with over 150 students contributing as au-thors or co-authors to published research.The student researchers rep-

resented 26 departments across six colleges.It offers students a chance to

present the work they have spent

considerable hours researching, analyzing and writing.One presenter was Amber

Dewey, a 24-year-old environ-mental studies major and Sacra-mento State senior. Her research project covered the topic of sustainable agriculture through aquaponic structures.“Being part of this showcase

makes me feel like I’m being recognized,” Dewey said. “I get to explain my topic and show people that there is a scientific aspect to this but people can bring these into their homes as well.”Dewey studied bluegill mating

tendencies within aquaponic structures in hopes of finding a way to improve breeding in captivity.Aquaponic structures allow for

a micro-ecosystem to create re-usable water, the only water lost being through evaporation.This structure, which does not

waste water, would be help-ful to people during times of

drought, a common occurence in California. Another student whose work

was being showcased was An-drew Carhart, a graduate stu-dent focusing on public policy and administration.His research project studies

the causation between low API scores and income discrepan-cies in communities.“We did a lot of work and

spent a lot of time gathering the information and analyzing it,” said Carhart. “It’s really hard to publicize this kind of work; this allows us to bring it down to a level where everyone can un-derstand the importance of the research.”Rachel Huizer, an English ma-

jor, had her work showcased as well.Huizer studied the Gothic-era

Mary Shelley and Ann Radcliffe and how the characters in their novels were a representation of the psychological damages on women caused by living in a pa-

triarchal society.“Being part of the research

and contributing to the aca-demia of my field is very meaningful,” Huizer said. “It’s rewarding to share with other people on campus what I’ve spent so much time on.”Dr. Ron Coleman, a biology

professor at Sac State, stressed the importance that the show-case was not only for the sci-ences but for all students who conduct research projects.This event acted as a forward

for the campus-wide Student Research Symposium on March 6, 2015 where the best projects will be awarded the Provost’s Award for Research Excellence.Other upcoming events are

the 29th annual California State University Student Re-search Competition on May 1-2 as well as the Psychol-ogy Department 2014 Annual Research Conference held on Nov. 4.

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Undergraduate Jason Dunn describes his research in sampling ground water during a provost research showcase in the Union Redroom Tuesday. The showcase was intended to help students improve their presentation skills and enhance their resume.

CSU professor explains benefits of teamworkProfessor of communication

studies Mark Stoner presented at Sacramento State’s annual Livingston Lecture on Thurs-day in honor of being the most active faculty member at the University.

With over 400 faculty, stu-dents and staff inside the Red-wood Room at the University Union, Stoner presented “Are Two Heads Really Better Than One? Communication, Collabo-ration and Coalition of Minds” along with a reflection of his career.

Stoner gave reasons as to why collaborative work is better than working alone, and how in most circumstances, it would be the

best option.“Why we have so many needs

of interacting with each other with this sort of individualis-tic model, it underlies so much of what we do, it has made us lonely, and I think students are looking for some needs to not be so lonely,” said Stoner.

Teaching at Sac State for 25 years, Stoner said he was nomi-nated by his colleagues Nick Burnett and Gerri Smith to be the Livingston Lecturer, with his lecture research starting his peer coaching program.

Stoner said he and another colleague would watch and learn from each other teaching in classrooms. Collaborating helped them grow as teachers. He finished by saying although the idea might not be for ev-

eryone, most do enjoy working with each other.

Returning to Sac State for the event was retired Librar-ian Linda Guff who said she completely agreed on how two heads really are better than one.

“He was able to really focus down on something that would hit both the students and the fac-ulty,” said Guff.

Guff also said it is a good way for the community to build itself together rather than individually and to be able to get ideas from one another.

“Mark is a treasure; he re-ally has been very helpful to so many faculty to improve their teaching,” Guff said.

Sac State geology professor Thomas Krabacher said the first person to ever speak at the event

was the government professor John C. Livingston.

“In 1959 an annual lecture

began and a distinguished mem-ber of the faculty was asked to address the campus community

on a subject he or she felt was a particular significance to them.” said Krabacher.

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Faculty Senate Chair, H. Reza Peigahi, left, awards Professor Mark Stoner for the 2014-15 Livingston Lecture.

Professor Tim Howard’s public relations students have been at work this semester with a campaign that will change the face of Sacramento State: a new campus arena and event center, claimed to be the future campus gem and im-prove the college experience, at the expense of a proposed $219 student fee.

“Right now we are telling our students we are a com-muter college,” said Howard. “The college experience is to interact, have fun, and have face-to-face contact with your professors.”

To bring more beneficial ex-periences to future Sac State students, the arena, projected to seat 5,000 for commence-ment ceremonies, will also have a three-story student activity center, potentially house career fairs, have 24-hour study facilities and more restaurant choices; including a possible pub.

“This facility will give stu-dents more involvement for student life,” said campaign president Tyler Smith. “I be-lieve that this arena could be a future gem of Sacramento

State.” The facility proposed by

the current campaign first surfaced in 2004 when it was partnered with the building of The Well. A student vote failed to gain enough cam-pus support in 2006 to pass the building of the structure, with students unwilling to pay a new fee in light of tuition hikes and looming budget cuts to higher education.

If the student vote passes now, the projected $219 per semester student fee will go into effect Fall 2015, and will rise depending on inflation, making Sac State the sixth CSU campus with the highest-imposed student fees.

In order for the proposal to pass, 50 percent plus one of all student votes must be in favor of the arena and student fee, according to Smith.

“Not every student is go-ing to be voting for this,” said Howard. “On top of education costs, it’s another $219, and I get that. But this arena will be enriching the campus culture for future students.”

With college costs the high-est in history and higher edu-cation a favorite to budget cuts, some students are not

willing to pay another student fee.

“We’re adding fees onto the overall cost of our education,” said government major Sandi-Belle Khani. “With outdated computer programs and class-rooms, we’re making the pros of Sac State basically null with this facility.”

Sociology major Santos Pa-checo also disagrees with the new arena and proposed student fee, saying the focus of the stu-dent public relations campaign should be more academically focused.

“They aren’t valuing our edu-cation,” said Pacheco. “They’re valuing what our campus looks like. $219 for someone who is not going to be here when it’s built. That fee is going to af-fect 25,000 students now. How is that fee going to affect future students?”

Last month, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have given CSUs $50 million for maintenance costs.

Although all funds provided by the state would have gone into academic buildings and not independently-owned stu-dent facilities, Khani feels that campus campaigns should be focused on improving student academics.

“We want our degrees to mat-ter,” said Khani, “We should be investing in our classrooms and not outward perceptions.”

According to Smith, it is im-portant for Sac State to offer buildings that offer extra curric-ular activities, as well as build-ings that house academics.

“Non-academic buildings are the things that students remem-ber about the campus,” said Smith. “And that comes out of student fees. This arena will be a part of the student experience that we can’t get solely out of academic buildings.”

Smith, who will not see the completion of the arena or be able to graduate in it while at-tending Sac State, says that although current students will not personally experience the proposed facility, it is still an investment fror future Sac State students.

“I’m not going to have the op-portunity to graduate at the new arena either,” said Smith. “But this arena is our way of paying it forward to future generations, to make Sac State the best campus it could be.”

Students will be able to cast their vote for the proposed arena and $219 fee online on Dec. 2 and 3.

By Kellie McCown@kelliemccown200

“The college experience is to interact, have fun, and

have face-to-face contact with your professors.”

-Tim Howard,Professor

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They came by the thousands Monday to a Roseville church to say goodbye to Danny Oli-ver, the Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy killed in a two-county rampage last month that also claimed the life of a Placer County sher-iff’s detective.Sacramento County Sheriff

Scott Jones told the estimated 3,000 in attendance, including his grieving department, “We will never get over Danny’s loss, but we will get through it...until tears give way to smiles and laughter.”Jones also spoke to his fallen

deputy, his coffin draped with the American flag at the foot of the sanctuary’s stage. Law enforcement from across Cali-fornia attended the service.“To Danny, thank you. Please

know we will be there for your family, just like you’ve been there for everybody else’s,” Jones said, fighting tears.Oliver, 47, was remembered

as a leader who cared deeply for the neighborhoods he served as a Problem Oriented Policing deputy.It was in that community-

focused role that Oliver died Oct. 24. Authorities say he approached Marcelo Marquez and Janelle Marquez Monroy in their car at a Motel 6 park-ing lot near Arden Way in Sac-ramento. Marquez allegedly shot and killed Oliver with a handgun, carjacked another vehicle and later killed Placer Deputy Michael Davis Jr. in Auburn. Davis’ memorial ser-vice is scheduled for Tuesday.

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Sac State offers college advice to minoritiesSacramento State’s Graduate

Diversity Program aims to help underrepresented minorities seek a higher education through varying opportunities.Graduate Diversity and the

McNair Scholars Program host-ed this year’s Graduate School Information Day in the Library Quad on Thursday, Oct. 30. The annual event is geared toward educating Sac State students about recruitment programs for pursuing graduate and doctorate degrees.Rachel Huizar, student as-

sistant for the Graduate Diver-sity Program office and McNair Scholars Program, is applying to several master’s and doc-torate programs in Michigan,

Washington and New York. Huizar said grad fairs like Infor-mation Day are important, giv-en the massive retention rates of the diverse student population.“The fact that underrepresent-

ed students are learning about Ph.D. programs, hopefully to go into the teaching profession – [is] really important because they can motivate other students to attain a higher education,” Huizar said. “I think that it’s really important that we show them the resources that are out there because it can be hard and overwhelming if you’re not fa-miliar with them.”Information Day provided stu-

dents with information about admission procedures, policies, and financial aid. Representa-tives from over 30 universi-ties were present, including

U.C. Davis, Pepperdine, Notre Dame and the University of San Francisco.Many university representa-

tives expressed the same desire to promote higher education for disadvantaged groups.Loran Simon, assistant direc-

tor of Admissions for the San Francisco Teacher Residency Program, wants to recruit as-piring teachers to help educate disadvantaged youth in high-risk, urban communities in San

Francisco. “At the end of the day, our goal

is to transform San Francisco’s public schools and to increase the social and emotional devel-opment, and academic achieve-ment for kids who have been historically underserved,” Si-mon said.Jody O’Connor, the interna-

tional student recruitment and advising manager at California Institute of Integral Studies, suggests that including interna-

tional students is a necessary part of the learning environment on the college campus.“I think we feel that there’s

a need for this global citizen-ship – domestic students learn-ing from international people on our campus; international students learning what Califor-nia Institute of Integral Studies has to offer and how to bring that back to their country,” O’Connor said.Rey Penate, director of Admis-

sions for the Sacramento cam-pus of Argosy University, feels it is vital students from diverse backgrounds seek higher edu-cation as they become the next leaders of society with the in-tention they teach other students from diverse backgrounds.“As those future leaders begin

to become the influencing par-ties for the next generation of students – which will be even

more diverse – you would have diversity to teach diversity,” Pe-nate said. “It’s hard to imagine a person teaching about diver-sity that’s only grown up know-ing one thing and learning one thing.”Sac State freshman Vanessa

Duenas, a biological sciences major, said diverse campuses can educate students about dif-ferent cultures.“I think the more diverse [a

school] is, the better, because you get to meet a lot of people who are different and it gives you the opportunity to grow close to many of those people and learn – not only for your ed-ucation but more about different cultures,” Duenas said.Hailey Garsee, a child devel-

opment major, said while she appreciates campus diversity, her graduate school of choice will be based on the quality of the educational programs.“I think it’s awesome that Sac

State is very diverse and that there’s so many different cul-tures everywhere,” Garsee said. “I definitely think it adds value to the school, but the most im-portant thing for me is the edu-cation, and the program … that would definitely be the deciding factor for me.”

By Gregory Allen@thestatehornet “I think that it’s really important that we show them the resources that

are out there because it can be hard and overwhelming if you’re not familiar with them.”

-Rachel Huizar,student assistant for the Graduate Diversity office

and McNair Scholars Program

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HORNETS STUN UC DAVISThe softball team celebrates after winning its double header against North Dakota March 21, 2014.

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The Sacramento State soft-ball program, under the direc-tion of second-year head coach Lori Perez and an experienced roster, will look to build on its second place finish in confer-ence a season ago.

After leading the Hornets to a 12-4 record in conference last season, the best effort for the softball program in over 20 years, Perez had the interim coach label removed after one season and is now the perma-nent head coach. But that does not mean anything will change

with her coaching philosophy.“It helps with recruiting for

players coming in to know that I’ll be here,” Perez said. “My drive and desire for what I want for the program hasn’t changed with the title.”

A main focus for the team stressed by Perez and the coach-ing staff early on in the year is to work on the mental aspect of the game and to improve on building team chemistry. This transition will be easier for the Hornets as they are bringing back 21 out of 25 players from a season ago.

“We haven’t had to spend much time teaching the system

to many players,” Perez said. “We’re working in between the ears and on having our players to be able to mentally manage the game at a higher level.”

With so many returning play-ers, the Hornets hope to get over the hump of losing confer-ence by 1/2 a game last season and start strong right out of the gates. The team significantly picked up their game in the sec-ond half of the year and finished 17-8 in the final 25 games after starting 8-13.

The approach to the season for the Hornets is to worry about one game at a time and not think too far into their schedule.

“We got the ability to win conference this year and win our tournaments,” Perez said. “We just take it day by day and game by game.”

Jennifer Hartman,w a pitcher for the Hornets, said one change from previous years is the team mentality to focus and develop individual performance .

“It’s about evaluating our-selves and how we can get bet-ter,” Hartman said. “ We’ve also put more importance on being a well-rounded team in different ways such as being involved in the community, socially get-

The Sacramento State wom-en’s basketball team might be young and inexperienced, but they are prepared to compete against a rigorous non-confer-ence schedule with second-year coach Bunky Harkleroad and his “run-and-gun” offense.

The team will play four con-secutive road games against Pac-12 competition, starting at Cal Berkeley on Dec. 3 before facing Oregon State for the third consecutive season, then off to UCLA and USC.

Cal Berkeley, Oregon State, and USC represented the Pac-12 in the NCAA Tournament last season.

The Hornets will also face three other 2014 NCAA Tour-nament teams, CSU Northridge, Idaho and North Dakota, for a total of eight games against teams that played in the NCAA Tournament last season.

The question is, can the Hor-nets compete against top-ranked competition despite the fact that they have so many young, new players?

The team will have the fewest combined years of experience of any team in the Big Sky Con-ference.

The Hornets welcomes nine new players to the team and re-turn only seven team members from the 2013-14 season. Only six out of the 16 players on the current roster played for Sac State last season and three of them were freshmen.

Returning sophomores Ash-lyn Crenshaw, Margaret Hun-tington and Hallie Gennett all were important players on last year’s team.

Gennett broke the single-sea-son program records last season for three-pointers made (85) and three-pointers attempted (263). She is looking to step up and become more of a leader for a team that is so young.

“Individually, I just want to be a leader and always be encouraging my teammates,” Gennett stated. “I like that [the new players] came in and they were ready to leave everything they have on the court every single day. That’s what our sys-tem needs, is hard workers.”

The three other returning players from last season are all seniors which includes Fantasia Hilliard, Takara Burse and An-drea Chenier.

The 5-foot-3-inch point guard Fantasia Hilliard is the captain and the returning leading-scorer for the team after she averaged 11.8 points per game last sea-

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Grizzlies at home, dominate HornetsThe Sacramento State foot-

ball team has its first losing re-cord of the season as their 31-13 loss to 12th-ranked Montana dropped the Hornets to 4-5.

Sac State had opportunities early on but had trouble con-verting in the red zone, while also going 4-of-15 on third-down conversions.

The Hornets struck first on a 27-yard field goal from kicker Brad Cornish at the 8:36 mark of the opening quarter. Mon-

tana responded with a strong first drive of nine plays for 80 yards, capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Jordan Canada.

The Grizzlies went up 10-3 on a 29-yard field goal by Dan-iel Sullivan just three minutes into the second quarter and never looked back. Montana led 17-6 at halftime after Cornish’s second field goal of the day.

Sac State quarterback Garrett Safron was held without a pass-ing touchdown for the first time this season. He completed 27 of 48 attempts for 262 yards and

one interception.The quarterback accepted re-

sponsibility for a disappointing performance from an offense that came in averaging 39.2 points per game.

“The coaches came up with a great game plan for us, and it was up to us to execute,” Safron said. “We just left a few plays out there on the field and it cost us late in the game.”

Safron continued to be effec-tive with his legs, as he scored the Hornets’ only touchdown of

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Sacramento State men’s soc-cer (6-9-3, 4-4-1 Big West) knocked off division leader UC Davis (6-3-9, 4-3-2 Big West) on the road 3-2 in overtime Sat-urday afternoon.

The Hornets’ second consec-utive road win put themselves in third place with 13 points in the North Division and only one point behind UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis for first place.

“It was one of the craziest games I have ever been a part of,” said Hornets coach Mi-chael Linenberger. “The three points puts us directly in the mix for a playoff spot.”

The game was one of the most physical of the season and resulted in a combined three red cards, seven yellow cards and 22 fouls.

UC Davis earned two red cards in the first half alone, with the first one resulting in the third minute of the game when UC Davis midfielder Ed-die Manella committed a hard foul. The red cards left UC Da-vis short-handed for the entire game and allowed the Hornets to take advantage early.

Hornets sophomore defender Andrew Gosselin scored his first goal of the season and the first goal of the game off a cross from sophomore Bert Corona in the 29th minute.

UC Davis tied the game in the 54th minute after senior forward Matt Sheldon drilled a shot in from only three yards out.

The Hornets responded in the 69th minute after freshman midfielder Paul Geyer scored on a shot to the far post from the left side of the box to take the lead 2-1.

However, UC Davis would not give up despite playing 9-on-11 for the majority of the match.

UC Davis tied the game 2-2 at the 75th minute after Ramon Martin Del Campo scored his second goal of the season off of

a penalty kick.Neither team scored for the

remaining 16 minutes and the game went into

overtime with the Hornets l o s i n g Chimdum Mez in the 90th minute due to a red card. The ejec-tion changed the game to a 9-on-10 contest with UC Davis still being down one man.

Mez will miss the final game of the season because of the red card.

The Hornets Gosselin scored the game-winning goal in the 98th minute after Andres Gar-cia crossed the ball into the box off a free kick and Gosselin fin-ished it with a header.

Gosselin was congratulated by Mez and the rest of his team-mates after the game, as his ef-fort was essential for the win.

“I’m glad we kept on fight-ing and I’m really proud of An-drew for his two goals today,” Mez said. “Now we got to take care of business on Wednesday so we qualify for the tour-nament and I have plenty of confidence that our team will do so.”

Linenberger knows this vic-tory was the biggest of the sea-son for the Hornets because it keeps them alive in the hunt for the playoffs.

Hornets goalkeeper Philip Bru was happy for the win, but realizes the team could have executed play better with UC Davis being outmanned nearly the whole game.

“We didn’t play nearly as good as we needed to and we made it very difficult on our-selves,” Bru said. “But at the end of the day, the win puts us in a great position to get into the playoffs.”

The top six teams from both the North and South Division of the Big West Conference play

in the conference tournament. The playoff picture will be more clear after this weekend’s games with only one game re-maining in the Big West season on Wednesday.

Cal Poly against UC Santa Barbara

game this S u n -

day w i l l determine the standings in the North Divi-sion before each team’s fi-nal game.

UC Santa Barbara goes on the road to play Cal Poly on Sunday at 5 p.m. If Cal Poly loses, the Hornets will remain in third place in the division. If Caly Poly wins, then there will be a three-way tie for the North Division lead be-tween UC Davis, UC San-

ta Barbara and Cal

Poly with each team having 14 points.

If the Hornets win on Wednesday against UC Santa Barbara they are guaranteed a spot in the Big West postseason.

The Hornets have their fi-nal game of the season at home 2 p.m. Wednesday against UC Santa Bar-bara.

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son. Hilliard enters this season as the all-time program leader with 529 career assists and is tied for second all-time in career steals with 209. Hilliard is also just eight points shy of record-ing 1,000 career points.

“We are really fast and we are still learning,” Hilliard says. “We have a lot of new players, so things are starting to come along. All the new players are starting to get used to our sys-tem.”

Coach Harkleroad recruited specific players to complement his uptempo style of play.

Harkelroad recruited a major-ity of junior college talent from different parts of the country to help bolster the roster. He added post players Sydonia Daniels and Kyhonta Doughty, guards Ericka Magaña and Adella Ran-dle-El and forward Gretchen Harrigan.

Harkelroad also added four true freshmen with intriguing resumes who will be expected to contribute early: Kelli Robin-son, a guard from Irvine who led Orange County in three-pointers made with 270 from 2011-14; Justyce Dawson, a point guard who played at Long Beach Poly High School; Maranne John-son, a guard who led her team to a 10-0 conference record; and Taylor Brown, a guard who led her team to three Mt. Baldy League Championships.

Harkleroad said the biggest challenge this season will be getting the players comfortable with his uptempo system. The system can be difficult to grasp at first because many players have never experienced a play-ing style that is so demanding on both sides of the court. The new players were recruited spe-cifically because they are will-

ing to learn and adapt to a style of play.

“We try to shoot at least a hun-dred times a game,” Harkleroad said. “We try to shoot at least 45 threes. We try to get 35 percent of our offensive rebounds. So it’s a very fast-paced offense based off our fast break.”

Due to this “run-and-gun” type of offense, all 16 players on the roster will be expected to play and contribute in every game. Unlike most basketball teams, all healthy players that are available to play will see game time because of the de-manding style of play.

The Hornets open up Big

Sky play on New Year’s Day at Northern Arizona and will play eight road games and just one home game between Nov. 20 and Jan. 8.

Sac State’s Big Sky home opener is against last year’s Big Sky Champion North Dakota Thursday Jan. 8.

The Hornets, who last year went 18-12 overall and qualified for the Big Sky Tournament for the third consecutive season and will host one exhibition game to open the season. The women are set to face Chico State 6 p.m. Nov. 8.

Football: Despite loss in Montana, Hornets’ offense led in total yards

File Photo by eric leljA - stAte hornet Fantasia Hilliard dribbles to the basket against Weber State on Feb. 27. Hillard had 8 assists and helped the Hornets overcome the Wildcats 76-60.

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the day on a 1-yard keeper with just 32 seconds left in the game. His late push for the Hornets’ offense included five comple-tions to receiver DeAndre Cart-er, who continues to move up the school’s all-time receiving charts.

Safety Robbie Kendall and the rest of the Sac State defense had a tough time containing the running back duo of Canada, who finished with 12 carries for 109 yards and two touchdowns, as well as Travon Van who ran eight times for 42 yards and one score.

“They were really consistent on third down,” Kendall said. “We’d have some nice stops but

then miss a tackle here or there.”“They made plays, and we

didn’t,” he concluded.Even with the Grizzlies domi-

nating the scoreboard, the Hor-nets managed to lead in total yards of offense, with 356 yards compared to Montana’s 339, as well as a 21-15 advantage in first downs. The Hornets also had a six-minute time of posses-sion advantage at 31:31 to the Grizzlies 25:30.

Sac State coach Jody Sears was disappointed in the out-come of a game that was hyped as potential high-scoring match-up.

“I saw inconsistency on both sides of the ball,” Sears said. “There were a couple of times we gave up the big run, which

has been a nemesis of ours this year.”

“You’ve got to tip your hat to [Montana],” he added. “They made some great plays.”

Sears still took time to re-flect on the bright notes to take from a tough loss. The Hornets still have a chance to finish the season with a winning record as three games remain, with two of those contests at home.

“I really can’t say anything but positive things about our kids, and the fight, grit, and heart that they show,” Sears said. “We just have work on those incon-sistencies and paddle on. I’m going to keep on coaching.”

Sac State will return to Hor-net Stadium to face Southern Utah Saturday Nov. 8.

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Sophomore Courtney Dietrich prepares to spike a ball during a match against North Dakota Thursday night, Oct. 30. The women’s game on Saturday marked the program’s 500th win in the Division I era which puts them at the 500-299 mark. Sac State was able to win its second Big Sky Conference game this season against Portland State and snapped its six-game losing streak in Portland. The Hornets last win at Stott Center came in 2008. The women are now 2-10 in Big Sky play and 7-20 overall.

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Sacramento State baseball competed in its second annual Halloween game Oct. 30 at John Smith Field. The team was in the middle of the Hornet World Series in which the squad was split into a gold and black team. Heading into the game Thursday the black team was ahead in the series 2-1 and held on to their 3-1 lead in game four to win the series.

Women’s soccer team closes regular season

With a potential playoff berth still in sight for the Hornets heading into their final match of the regular season, the women had to come away with a win to stay in the mix for a postseason appearance. However, the wom-en were handed an 0-2 shutout loss on the road against Portland State Oct. 31

Despite ending the season earlier than the women hoped (9-10-0, 4-6-0 Big Sky), Sac-ramento State women's soccer finished contending for an op-portunity to compete for the Big Sky Conference title.

The team believed they fought hard and were involved in a lot of close games all season long. Throughout the year, there were a lot of positives from both the defense and the offense.

Coach Randy Dedini said he was proud of what the team had accomplished this season and the heart his players put into the 2014 season.

"Even the games that we had lost, we felt like we had played well in those games," Dedini said. "It created chances to score all season long."

Senior forward Kristen Bridg-es led the way in scoring for the Hornets with six goals on the season, which is her career high. Bridges said she appreciated her teammates as they fought hard all season long in her final year with the team.

"The journey has been incred-ible and I'm so blessed to be a part of this team," Bridges said. "We didn't have the best start to conference but the fight through the end has been incredible. It's a fun journey to be a part of and

I'm super proud of this team."Defensively, the Hornets had

a total of six shutouts during season, which was led by se-nior goalkeeper Kimberly Mata. In addition to the shutouts, the women won three games by al-lowing two goals or fewer.

Sophomore defender Regan Smithers credits the team's posi-tive attitude as one of the main reasons for their successes this season.

"I think we started out a little rough, but with the wins came our confidence," Smithers said. "Our freshmen coming in, as well as the other transfers, our confidence was raising up and our senior's and upper classmen stepped up this season."

Sac State had an abundance of new faces on the team, which included nine freshmen on the 28-player roster.

For the Hornets, there were some comeback victories this season as they became a domi-nant second half team through-out the year. Bridges noted the team did not seem to panic when they were down. To the senior, it was a matter of finish-ing off games that would have made all the difference.

"I think that it tells a lot about a team if you're able to come from behind and come out on top in the end," Bridges said.

Freshman midfielder Chelsea Arnold said the team has had a lot of great communication. The athletes would motivate one an-other to make themselves better soccer players.

"The season coming to an end now, I think the chemistry has improved a ton especially on the field," Arnold said. "As a freshman, playing games with the women it's even better to be

able to play with people when you know what they're going to do with the ball."

Despite losing their leading goal scorer from last season-junior forward Alyssa Ander-son due to an injury-the offense found different ways to score goals from multiple players.

This season there were 14 players who created at least one goal, which dictates how the team spread their offense around from player-to-player.

Despite some injuries from key players this season, Bridges was still confident the offense would be great.

"We've been super strong since the beginning of the sea-son and it just continues to get stronger," Bridges said. "We work on getting the ball from the backline to the midfield to the forward's feet and then we work off of that."

Arnold stated the defense has been a strength of this team led by Mata whose been playing ex-cellent soccer.

"I definitely think the defense has stepped up this year, when you look at how many goals we're led in it's really few and our offense has stepped it up the past five games," Arnold said. "I think the defense is one of the main parts of holding us togeth-er throughout this whole year."

For the six seniors on the ros-ter, this was a bitterswweet year as they were within a few points of clinching a spot in the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

By Eric S. Torres@eric40torres

Baseball’s Halloween scrimmage

Softball: Perez’s coaching styleto shift attention back to the basics

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Sacramento State’s cross country team competed in the 2014 Big Sky Conference Championships on Saturday in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where senior Chloe Berlioux was a bright spot amidst some struggles.

Berlioux finished third over-all in the women’s 5K as the team took ninth place among the 12 conference teams, and Tyler Sickler was Sac State’s leader on the men’s side as the team took 11th place in the 8K race.

“I felt pretty good,” Berlioux said. “I was really trying to be at least in the top three today, and it was a lot harder than I wanted it to be, but I’m pretty happy about the finish.”

Berlioux’s time of 17:18.8 was nearly a minute faster than that of Sac State’s next finisher in the 5K, Lauren Mugnaini, who finished in 18:15.3 for a 38th place finish overall. There were 89 runners total on the women’s side.

Berlioux felt that she could have performed even better, particularly near the end of the race.

Coach Joe Eby was pleased with Berlioux’s performance.

“Chloe Berlioux had a phe-nomenal race and stuck her nose in it,” Eby said. “She ended up third, running really, really well.”

Amanda Garcia completed the course in 18:28.3 and Teresa Mallory finished in 18:33.7, tak-ing 49th and 53rd respectively.

The Hornets finished ninth on the women’s side with a score of 204, just behind Montana

who finished with 202. North-ern Arizona won the conference championship with a score of 61.

A crosswind between 25 and 35 mph made both the women’s 5K and the men’s 8K challeng-ing for the Hornets.

“It was definitely not com-fortable, and I think everybody put in their best effort and that’s really all you can ask for in a conference championship meet,” Berlioux said.

Eby added that there is no way to simulate these kinds of winds in Sacramento this time of year.

On the men’s side, Tyler Sick-ler ran the 8K course in 26:21.7, finishing 47th overall among 87 runners. It was Sickler’s first race leading the team this sea-son.

“A lot of us were kind of bat-tling some injuries in this race,” Sickler said. “It felt really good being up there, though, playing the leadership role. So it was a cool experience.”

The Hornets’ next four finish-ers crossed the line within 30 seconds of one another. Jacob Huston took 52nd overall with a time of 26:28.5. Sam Scheuer ran the course in 26:44.1, tak-ing 57th place, and Eric Molina finished 59th with a time of 26:45.8. Abe Espinoza came in 67th place at 26:58.3.

Senior Drew Azevedo did not compete due to an injury.

“Our plan was to pack up for the first three miles and move up,” Sickler said. “We actually executed that pretty well. But just that last half, I guess some us just weren’t able to go.”

Sac State’s men’s team fin-ished 11th of 12 with a score of 282, behind Portland State at

278. Northern Arizona domi-nated the men’s race, winning first place with a score of 24 and taking the top three spots in the 8K.

Eby explained that although the team had a rough day, he was happy with the efforts put in by some of his younger runners, including Sickler, Scheuer and Molina.

“Overall, I felt like we had some young guys that executed the plan well and ran tough,” Eby said. “We’re just a real young team and very inexpe-rienced, and I don’t think they were quite ready for the level that our conference meet is at.”

Eby added that the women’s team will need to have a “short memory” about Saturday’s race as they prepare for the up-coming NCAA Division I West Regional which will be run Nov. 14 at Stanford.

The Hornets’ next scheduled meet is the Doc Adams Invita-tional Nov. 8 at Davis.

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ting along and being good role models.”

Hartman returns to the Hor-nets pitching staff along with junior Kaitlyn Yerby and se-nior Caitlin Brooks. These three were the core of a pitch-ing staff that lead the Big Sky in pitching by over a run with a 2.83 ERA.

The team has responded ex-tremely well to Perez’s coach-ing style and have had no prob-lem adapting to a new system the past two seasons when long-time softball head coach, Kathy Strahan, announced her retirement. Hartman said all it took was the team to be open-minded to new changes in the practices and the transition was simple.

“She kept a lot of the stuff the same,” Hartman said. “ She’s always been very involved in our practices and is just as in-volved now. We just had to get used to as a team in practicing things a different way.”

Alexa Chattleton, senior communications major and second-year captain with the team, recognizes Perez’s ability to reach and inspire the team as one of her strengths as a coach.

“She always knows the right thing to say in a situation and can really influence a game with her speeches,” Chattleton said.

The team has started out strong in the fall preseason capped off with a win against UC Davis. More importantly for the coaching staff and the team though is evaluating the team progress and finding areas for improvement.

“We really want to get back to basics and break everyone down,” said assistant coach Danielle Kaminaka. “While we’re a very competitive team

and always want to win, the games weren’t as important as making sure everyone stays focused through the Christmas break.”

Chattleton also saw the fall ball schedule as a great oppor-tunity for the team to grow and learn what needs to get better.

“We try and have the same mind-set in every game we go into,” Chattleton said. “In the back of our minds, we know we’re playing our rival, but I don’t think anyone really push-es knowing we’re playing our rivals. But it is always nice to beat them though!”

As a captain, Chattleton is one of the vocal leaders on the team and sees building team chemistry as something she can help along by being there for the new players on the team.

“I feel I know what I need to bring to the table in my second year captain to help the team,” Chattleton said. “We have four new freshman this season and I try to make them as comfortable as possible and make sure they meet our team expectations.”

Softball begins its season Feb. 6 at the So Cal Collegiate Classic.

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By Mike McGough @mike_mcgough

Junior outfielder Paige Martin throws to the cutoff in left field. She finished last season with a .342 batting average.

Big Sky Championships,North Dakota

Men's 8k Team Results

Women's 6k Team Results

1. Northern Arizona 242. Southern Utah 663. Weber State 674. Idaho 1455. Montana State1476. Eastern Washington 15111. Sacramento State 282

1. Northern Arizona 612. Weber State 803. Montana State 1224. Eastern Washington 1365. Idaho State 1586. Portland State 1729. Sacramento State 204

When J.K. Rowling posted a riddle on her Twitter account, fans went crazy trying to decode it. They concluded she was working on something amazing and hoped it was another series about Harry Potter. “I would really like to find out about other parts of the HP world,” said religious studies major Jessica Kimbrell. “More back story, specifically related to the HP story would be great, but I would love to read more about other people and other places in the HP world.”J.K. Rowling said she has no plans of writing more Harry Potter books, but she said to ‘never say never’ because she might have a brilliant idea in the future.“I would like a prequel or a sequel, but I would prefer a sequel because I just wanna know what happens in that in between time, like how Harry becomes an auror or how they decide to raise their children,” said journalism major Isaac Lee.Rowling might not be writing more Harry Potter books, but she is going to keep the wizarding world alive.She is working on a screenplay for a series called “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” which is a Harry Potter textbook for the fictional class Care of Magical Creatures.“I am super excited about the new screenplays,” Kimbrell said. “My son was too young to attend the midnight releases of the HP movies and he wasn’t even around yet for the books, so these movies will provide a new way to share the world of HP with a new generation.”The series will be about Rowling’s fictional author Newt Scamander and all of his wild tales about the magical

beasts he runs into. There will be three movies set for release in 2016, 2018 and 2020.“I’m really excited about it because I’ve read all the [Harry Potter books],” Lee said. “I like how it ties into the actual series because it’s the textbook they use.”Some people feel that Rowling ended the Harry Potter books very well and does not need to continue writing about the beloved characters of the series. Other people feel they would like to read more about his life after Voldemort.

“[I would like] Harry Potter’s adult life, the adventures of raising his children and the trouble they would get into and how to get them out of it,” said earth science major Jasmine Bell.Rowling launched a website called Pottermore, which allows fans to explore each book in-depth and explains small details, such as why she named the Dursley’s street Privet Drive.“I have heard of Pottermore but haven’t spent much time on there,” Kimbrell said. “Maybe when the semester’s over, I can go poke around and see what I’m missing.”Pottermore is free to sign up and is much more than just exploring the books. People get sorted into one of

the four houses, get to explore Diagon Alley and receive points to win the house cup.

“I think that Pottermore is great for Harry Potter fans because it gives an extra dimension and it’s interactive,” Lee said. “Personally, it’s just too interactive for me and there’s too much going on.”People can keep their favorite characters alive in other ways such as Pottermore or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.“My favorite character in Harry Potter, I guess I’d have to say Professor Umbridge because I really like a good villain and she was just such a good villain, like she was conniving and sly,” Lee said.While some students loved the villains, others liked the heroes and the lessons they taught people as a child.“Hermione is my favorite character because she illustrates that no matter where you come from you can be successful in your studies,” Bell said. “Where you come from does not make you who you are.”

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Harry Potter fans may be in for a few surprisesBy Justyce Mirjanovic@_jmirjanovic

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CULTURE 2THE STATE HORNET

Rules are meant to be broken

There are dozens, hundreds, perhaps even thousands of rules students encounter daily. There are rules for parking and rules for walking on pathways; rules that help us succeed, rules that seem to make work infinitely more challenging and rules that simply do not make sense.

While students agree that rules are unquestionably necessary in society, they do admit that some rules can be broken.

Brittanie Clendinin is a sophomore chemistry student and said rules are definitely necessary in the world.

“Obviously, ‘thou shall not kill’ [is the most important rule],” she said laughing.

But, she believes it is almost impossible not to break some rules in life.

“There are a lot of stupid [rules] out there,” Clendinin said. “Definitely the

speed limit [is one of them].”Other students argue even the little

rules are created for a purpose and they should be followed, regardless, to stay

safe.“I think rules are necessary,” freshman

sociology major Paola Lomeli said. “They are like limits we have because there are some people who go too far.”

She said without rules, life would be a mess and they help keep people out of harm’s way.

Farahnaz Bahramand is a junior health science major and agrees with Clendinin that she makes the occasional traffic violation, but said it is the socially-created rules on the road that annoy her the most .

“I don’t put my blinker on every time I change lanes,” Bahramand said. “But tailgating really pisses me off.”

While some students find flexibility in bending some explicit rules set forth by authorities, they find it most irritating

when common courtesy rules are broken.“I wouldn’t want people in my

personal bubble,” Bahramand said about standing too close to someone in line. “People have their personal space, and if someone is too close, it’s uncomfortable.”

Clendinin also said socially-constructed rules are most obnoxious when broken.

“Parking should be more enforced,” she said. “People who park crooked ruin my day.”

Despite the dozens of rules posted throughout campus, Clendinin said she does not find campus rules restrictive. She brushes it off when she sees someone riding their bike or skateboard on walkways that clearly post signs saying otherwise.

But social rule violations are by far the most irritating when broken for students; It is a type of common courtesy expected by everyone.

By Marisa Hildebrand@mareesabrand

The skewed representation of minorities in news media

The media has the power of information; there is no tool with which people can be more easily shaped than that. Because media has the power of information it is also important to be able to identify when the media is being one-sided or misrepresentative of a subject.

One such example of misrepresented populations is American minorities.

News outlets online, on television or on the radio are partially responsible for the state of race relations within America.

There are many instances in which media overlooks accuracy in order to gain a larger audience. This sensationalist tactic can be detrimental to race relations because it may not allow for a minority group to be accurately represented.

Groups that are most commonly affected by this are African Americans, Latinos as well as Middle Eastern Americans.

Sacramento State student, Jose Zacarias, feels Mexican-Americans are associated with crime and negative immigration sentiments in the media.

“We are associated with negative human rights violations of drug cartels and an inadequate Mexican government,” said

Zacarias. “Which solidifies the view that the Latino community in the United States does not contribute positively to the overall growth of U.S. culture but rather degrades its peace and stability.”

News outlets mainly focus on breaking news, world affairs, crime and politics when reporting. They often do not put out a well-rounded representation of a specific ethnic group.

“No one talks about the hardworking Mexican culture. The proud people that never give up, those willing to sell roses on a corner rather than stand at an intersection with a sign that simply asks for money,” Zacarias said.

Often times there is no clear distinction made between the sensationalized news and the reality of the Mexican-American community many Americans tend to subconsciously associate the Latino community with violence.

“They could change things by reporting more even news,” Zacarias said. “Like covering both the good and the bad not just constantly the bad.”

With immigration reform being a topic of intense strife within California and on a national level the representation of the Mexican-American community is being overshadowed by sensationalism and

political propaganda.“The U.S. dependence on cheap

and exploitable labor that the Mexican community contributes is an area that the media should address,” said Zacarias.”Thus bringing about a change in the way the Mexican community is portrayed from a negative to a community of exploited people due to their documented status.”

Media can also distort the representation of certain religious groups as well.

The Islamophobia that is rampant throughout America is caused by the news and media outlets sharing stories that are over the top or extreme examples of the Muslim community.

Samira Habibi, a 26-year-old history major has experienced the detrimental effects of the misrepresentation of Muslims in the media.

“Many people are surprised when they find out I am Muslim since I don’t dress like one it gets some off guard. Not all Muslims, hijabi or not are like what the media says we are,” Habibi said. “We are not all part of ISIS or other radical groups.”

Most people get their information about the Muslim community through news; this can be especially skewed due to religious conflicts in the Middle East.

“I am an open minded person that does

not judge other religions or people,” Habibi said. “I respect them the way I want to be respected for who I am.”

Examples of violent backlash caused by media misrepresentation of Muslim-Americans were especially prevalent after 9/11.

The media has given Americans a picture of what Muslims are like despite the fact that millions of peaceful Muslims live in America.

African-Americans also have experienced racial tension brought on by media misrepresentation of their communities.

Tyler Williams,21, a communication studies major said the misrepresentation of African-Americans in the news is dangerous because it influences public opinion and is very biased.

“The news casts black people wrongly, as apathetic and criminally-prone,” Williams said. “It almost always fails to address systematic barriers that have a high level of culpability for behaviors that somehow get attributed to ‘the way we are.’”

If media gave consumers a more well-rounded view of the cultural diversity that makes up America, some of the tension of racial stereotyping could be eased.

By Rian Edington@rianedington

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It is not unusual for people to grapple with finding their identity. However, a unique experience exists for people who must traverse a world while contending with having dual identities that literally, make them a whole: people who identify as biracial.

While many people will admit to trying to find balance between the various parts that make them a whole, those who are biracial must deal with it at face value.

Jason Granfelt, an 18-year-old psychology freshman, remembers certain comments made during his younger years that served as a constant reminder that he was different from others.

Granfelt is half black and half white and was raised primarily around Caucasians, but grew up in a predominately black neighborhood, and recounts the difficulty that came with trying to find his voice in such a mixed environment.

“Because I would use lotion [sometimes], [my family] would be like, ‘Why are you acting black?,’ because during the summer I would get darker and my skin is gonna get all dry and chalky, [and] it’s not OK,” Granfelt said. “When I was younger I would be like, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t do [things like] this.,’ but now I’m just like, ‘This is what I want to do.’ You just have to develop a thicker skin.”

For 18-year-old physics freshman Bianca Hill, being biracial has come with its own share of issues that she was forced to deal with throughout her childhood, and now into her present.

“Growing up I was surrounded by a lot of my family ... so I had a lot of diversity, a lot of culture growing up, but as I got older through the years, my dad didn’t take me around his family as much because my whole life, I’ve been going through

Catholic private schools, so they always thought I was better than them, and he didn’t want me to be around them,” Hill said.

Hill, who is half black and half filipino,

acknowledges that her relationship with her dad’s side of the family has gotten better, but admits the strain impacted her when she was younger as her confidence was lowered.

For many biracial people, the struggle is internal as they maneuver through various

hoops in an attempt to discover

where they fit in and who they are.During his childhood, Granfelt

oftentimes felt like he had to align with one side of his racial identity in order to find acceptance.

“It was harder, I would say, as a child from ages 6-12, because of how light I am. When you’re younger, you don’t have as much confidence, or assert yourself as much, like now when people say, ‘Oh you dress white.,’ [now] it’s like, ‘No, I’m black and white,’ but back then it was like, ‘Oh, maybe I should just act white.’”

Jennifer Devera, a 22-year-old communication studies senior, agrees with Granfelt’s comments in the sense that she felt the need to conform more to the stereotypes associated with her Peruvian side, as opposed to those of her Filipino side.

“When I was little, I used to live in the Bay and I got made fun of a lot for being Asian. It didn’t even matter to them what kind of Asian it was, just because the

school I went to was primarily white and [Latino]. That being that, I tried to adhere more to my Peruvian side, so I went through like, a little chola phase before

I moved to Stockton,” said Devera.The disconnect many biracial people

feel with one side of their ethnicities can oftentimes make them feel as if they missed out on certain events or experiences

in relations to their ethnicity.Nino Hoder, a 23-year-old social work

senior who is half black and half white, explains the disconnection from his black side caused him to feel unprepared for some of the realities he would face growing up as a biracial man.

“I was raised by my white, single mother, so that was more or less a little bit of a culture shock. Growing up mixed in San Francisco, being raised by a white single mother, you know, kind of puts you out of perspective of what your culture is about,” Hoder said. “I definitely missed out on some experiences that a black male should [know about] as a child, but that came later in my life.”

Hoder explains incidents such as people questioning his mother as to whether or not she was in fact his mom, or seeing people cross to the other side of the street as he was walking down, served as eye-openers.

While Hoder and others who are biracial are able to stand strong in who they are, they are still forced to deal with labels thrust upon them by other people.

“Now I get from a lot of people, ‘Why do you act black?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t act anything.’ This is who I am,” Granfelt said.

Though a majority of people who are biracial cite numerous incidents of racially insensitive comments hurled their way, and other derogatory experiences due to their

mixed background, most acknowledge their past experiences helped shape who they are.

“[My experiences] made me who I am today. [They] made me a stronger person, and I know how to deal with... people who are racist and stereotypical towards me,” Hill said.

While many biracial people admit to embracing their past experiences, they also admit to wishing they had an easier time melding both sides of their ethnicities when they were younger.

“ ... Accepting that I was more Filipino instead of [just] my hispanic side, I wish if I would have done that, I would [probably] have had a different set of friends in the Bay area,” Devera said.

In spite of how they may be perceived by people, those who are biracial have learned to embrace their differences, and hope other people will be able to do the same.

“People who are biracial or like, mixed, they just have to embrace themselves and be confident with who they are and what their background is because that’s what makes a person confident. That’s what makes them who they are. And for people who aren’t biracial and they’re just one culture [or] one ethnicity, they just have to be open to everybody, and learn about it and educate themselves, and not be ignorant about the topic,” Hill said.


By Kevin Hendricks Jr.@seekevrun

The biracial experience in America for students

illustration byAnthony Nathan

“When I was little, I used to live in the Bay and I got made fun of a lot for being Asian.” – Jennifer Devera

“Now I get from a lot of people, ‘Why do you act black?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t act anything.’ This is who I am.” – Jason Granfelt


Problems with anonymity on campus

The popular Yik Yak application may seem like fun and games on the surface, but some Sacramento State students are becoming concerned with how their peers are using the service.

“I’ve seen some really awful stuff on the app,” said junior communication studies major Loren Jones. “I can’t believe some of the things people are willing to put out there for to see.”

Yik Yak is a proximity-based message board, developed to let specifically college students share their thoughts with those around them. The majority of messages are of typical collegiate issues, from a bad midterm result to a bad roommate situation.

What frightens some students about the app is its defining feature. Yik Yak messages are posted as either anonymous, the most common way, or under a temporary pseudonym.

You don’t need a username or even a password to post messages near your location.

But some students feel that the anonymity given through applications like Yik Yak or other services, run the risk of destroying the free expression that they try to promote against bullying and potential harassment.

“I remember reading a conversation by a few people about a girl in the library,” said Jones. “They described

what she was wearing in detail, gave her exact location, and then started talking about the things they wanted to do to her. It honestly made me scared because I was in the same area.”

Jones immediately deleted the application after this occurrence, but admits that she often thinks about how many people are using the application on campus and what kind of things are being said.

The mobile application reflects the same main issues of giving anonymity to every person. While some will use it as a harmless public dumping ground of thoughts that cannot be associated with a name or face like on Twitter, there are those who will use the service to share personal information and openly commit libel upon other students.

“I remember in high school when my friends were all really into talking to strangers through Omegle,” said sophomore economics major Kevin Moore. “You’d get some really weird conversations going on that site, but I didn’t think it was too crazy. Just kind of fun.”

Because of the addition of close proximity, Moore said he feels that Yik Yak could be crossing into dangerous territory.

“It seems like someone could get hurt using it. I know most people use it for fun, but it only takes a few people sharing a stranger’s location and description before something gets out of control,” Moore said.

Web services that give their users the freedom to be

anonyomous have always been followed closely by controversy. Omegle, Chatroulette, and the recently released Facebook Rooms have all suffered from content and privacy issues.

However, not everything is so bleak.After learning about the multiple accounts of their

application being used to spread bullying through high school campuses, CEOs Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington immediately began working on the less-savory side of Yik Yak.

The app’s rating is now listed for ages 17 and older and uses information from geographic data aggregator Maponics to prevent high school students and younger from accessing the application while on campus.

This still leaves the application open to the targeted demographic of college students like the Sac State community.

“It comes the ability to build a community through a fun platform, but also the ability to put our peers in danger if used without regards to others,” said David Blanche, senior English major. “I just hope Sac State students are responsible enough to understand where to draw the line.”

For now it seems most college students will continue to explore the uses of anonymity, all the while with the faint time-worn warning of, “don’t talk to strangers” still in the back of their minds.

By Virginia McCormick@ gin_mccormick

illustration byEddie Roth


Students are often criticized about how attached they are to their mobile devices, especially around the holidays when time is expected to be spent around family instead of a digital screen.

While there is a definite need to disconnect from media during holiday dinners, those same criticisms have slightly less validity.

Students are now exploring the use of a plethora of helpful applications to get them through the semester.

Finances are often on the forefront of a person’s priorities, especially so if they are a student balancing tuition, books and food.

Several applications have set out to make the budgeting experience less painful, even with a suffering wallet.

“I use Mint [Mint.com Personal Finance] to deal with my money,” said computer sciences major Allen Rodgers. “It makes it super simple to see where I’m spending money and what I can cut back on when things get tough. And it’s well-designed in my opinion; very user friendly.”

There is a sense of satisfaction that many people get from being able to cross off things on a list of things to do. The application Any.do gives students an easy and quick way to mark down things that need to be done and cross them off as they are accomplished.

However, for those who need a cleanly designed and helpful calendar to keep track of class schedules, projects and homework deadlines, Studious has been getting great

Applications to curb the college woesBy Virginia McCormick@ gin_mccormick

reviews.With four stars on the Google Play marketplace for

Android, the application creates a personalized calendar so a busy student can make sure they accurately schedule their lives.

Studious even has a unique feature that will automatically silence a phone based on an imputed class schedule and the corresponding start times of the student’s classes, meaning no more embarrassing ringtones interrupting class when you have accidentally forgotten to silence your phone.

Several students have found the application SelfControl, which blocks certain websites for a set amount of time, almost essential when it comes to paying better attention in class.

“I get distracted way too easily when I’m in class, especially big lecture classes when the professor doesn’t

care about phones,” said communication studies major Marie Hicks, who was convinced by a friend to download the blocking application. “Once I set the timer, I just seem to focus better.”

Hicks exhibits a common mentality when using a blocking application: by just denying access to any form of social media, it becomes easier to get classwork done.

While some can do this through personal self control, applications can help students who struggle with staying away from Twitter or Facebook feeds.

However, not all applications that are beneficial to students revolve around finances and organization.

iTunes U began as a large collection of free videos and podcasts, collected by a variety of universities, focused on educational material.

While it had a slow start, the application has been

getting some traction as improvements like personalized note-taking and new subjects are being added.

“I have a four hour break between my classes on Mondays and Wednesdays,” said sophomore government major Jessica Ruiz. “Normally I’d watch a movie or whatever, but lately I’ve been watching more educational stuff through iTunes [U] because it’s free.”

While the iTunes U application is primarily available for Apple products, Android users are not to be left out. The companion app, TuneSpace, allows Android users to access the application easily and quickly.

All previously mentioned applications are free, with the exception of Studious on iTunes, and are available for download on both Apple and Android marketplaces.

“I use Mint [Mint.com Personal Finance] to deal with my money, It makes it super simple to see where I’m spending money and what I can cut back on when things get tough. And it’s well-designed in my opinion; very user friendly.”– Allen Rodgers


Religous dietary laws bring clarity

Religion is not just about following a set of rules or guidelines. It can provide mental peace for certain individuals and give a feeling of solidarity. It can also boost one’s self-confidence and make them feel like they are a part of something important.

Religion is a way to establish oneself or identify with a certain group or culture. When some people think about religious restrictions, they may have a negative perception and not understand what it is about.

“For me, religion is a personal connection I have with God,” said Ugbad Farah, sophomore biochemistry major. “I do not have to worry about how the people around me perceive me once my intentions are good.”

In different religions there are certain foods which are considered forbidden or impermissible. In Islam and Judaism, it is against their religion to eat pork, and this can be attributed to a number of different reasons.

“All of the restrictions on what can be eaten are to only benefit us, minimize the pain inflicted on animals, and to protect us from harm,” Farah said.

Humanities and religious studies professor Harvey Stark said there are a number of ways one can look at the dietary restrictions of a religion. A group can simply be trying to separate themselves from another group, there can be health issues involved, and there is the idea that killing is wrong.

“Certain foods are impure or they may be part of the sacrifice or ritual of another group that you’ve decided that you don’t want to be identified with,” Stark said.

Stark said the development to the dietary laws is referred to as Kosher in Judaism, which basically means what you can eat and cannot eat.

Kosher laws state that mammals need to have cloven hooves and regurgitate their food, fish need to have fins and scales and scavengers are impermissible. This explains why in Judaism pork is not eaten.

“The restrictions on food are to benefit those who adhere to it- for example, wine and alcohol,” Farah said. “[In Islam] they are considered forbidden since they have a wide variety of harms both to the body and to society as a whole, due to the intoxicating influence they give off.”

In Islam, foods that are permissible are

referred to as Halal. Alcohol, pork, carnivorous animals, blood, and meat that is not slaughtered in a certain way are all considered to be impermissible.

“God’s laws regarding food restrictions are to insure that Muslims consume what is good and not what is harmful,” Farah said.

In Islam, they may not eat animals who have been strangled to death, fallen to death, beaten to death or an animal that may have died from disease.

These are two of the most known religions that practice certain dietary restrictions.

In Buddhism, there were no dietary laws laid out as in Judaism and Islam. During the days of Buddha, they were to eat whatever was in their bowl, but in some other cultures of Buddhism, they choose not to eat meat because they do not believe in harming because they believe in reincarnation.

Buddhists believe at some point one’s soul may inhabit an animal, and therefore killing it would be considered murder. They are very aware of one’s mind and body and believe alcohol makes them less aware, so they refrain from drinking it.

Catholics did not adopt any real form of dietary restriction except for the practice of not eating meat on Ash Wednesday and any friday during the 40 day period of Lent. Lent is supposed to be a time when Catholics apologize for their sins and make peace with God.

“To me, and I don’t know what theology of it is, but I think the aspect of that is denying oneself luxuries at a time,” Stark said. “It has the same idea that fasting has, you know, fasting is purification.”

Vegetarianism is way of life for a group of people called Jains. In Jainism, meat, fish, eggs, butter, honey, alcohol, and figs are forbidden to consume. They believe in coexisting with all living beings.

“One of their principal ideas is something called ahimsa, which is an idea of nonviolent, you don’t hurt anything,” Stark said. “Watch out for stepping on a bug for instance, I mean just as a far off example.”

All religions have their set way of living and ideas that they practice. Religion helps bring different cultures and ideas to the world and all have their beliefs about the origins of life.

“Religion is not about being strung up about every little thing each day, it’s about living and loving in the most peaceful and just way,” Farah said.

By Justyce Mirjanovic@_jmirjanovic

Flickr Creative Commons: LenDog64 / Photo was Cropped and Grayscaled Religious practices provide mental peace for some and can give a feeling of solidarity.

“Dear White People” is a movie that tells the story of four African-American students attending an Ivy League university and the weeks leading up to a racially-charged incident resulting from an “African-American themed” party hosted by white students.

The main characters include Lionel (Tyler James Williams), a journalism student who is ostracized from multiple university houses because he is openly gay and is deemed “too black” for the white students and “too white” for the black students; Sam (Tessa Thompson), a film student who runs a campus radio show with a “Dear White People” segment and is pressured by her peers to be a radical activist; Troy (Brandon Bell) the son of the dean (Dennis Haysbert) who is being groomed by his father to be a flawless politician; and Coco (Teyonah Parris) who has reality TV aspirations and wants to distance herself from her “blackness”.

Johanna's Reaction:The thing which initially makes “Dear White People”

difficult to critique is there is nothing to compare it to; there are no other movies out there centered around African-American students struggling with identity on a college campus.

This fact is also what makes the film a noteworthy achievement in itself.

The film already surpasses the usual, limited portrayal of African-American characters in comparison to mainstream films; “Dear White People” allows there to be multiple, complex depictions of black people and puts their stories and character development at the forefront of the film.

“Dear White People” is not, in fact, for white people.It was made for the voices of black youth that have to

function daily in a society that does not completely accept them. There are ways in which this film addressed racial issues in very obvious ways, like the outraged reactions to a white student proclaiming there is no racism in America anymore and that the hardest thing to be in this country is an affluent white male.

But there were also subtle moments which brought the points to light.

Whenever Lionel would silently grimace when offensive comments were casually said to him such as, “you’re only technically black,” effectively said just as much about the internalized grievances and discomfort than a monologue could have.

This is the first feature film by screenwriter and director Justin Simien, 31, and at times it uses witty and humorous dialogue -- “My hair is like a black hole for white fingers” -- as a vehicle for serious social commentary.

Some could argue this film unfairly offers black people a one-sided soapbox to stand on, but the film addresses this within the first few minutes.

A caller to Sam’s radio show asks, “Well, how would you feel if there was a ‘Dear Black People’?”, to which she responds that all she has to do is consult media and popular culture to see the degrading ways in which some

white people regard black people. This was her platform to enlighten people on an issue she feels does not get the opportunity to be heard.

The point is not to blindly hail this film as the best thing since Meryl Streep -- like any work, it has flaws -- the point is the fact this well-written and relatable commentary on how it is to be a black student in America, exists right now and people are seeing it as a feat in of itself.

Rian's ReactionDespite the title, this movie is not for white people

although it would do many white people good to watch it with an open mind.

“Dear White People” touches upon a topic that is largely overlooked in today’s film industry: young black people struggling to find their identity in a predominately white culture.

There are many movies that cast African-American youth, but these films do not portray a complex character that develops throughout the film.

The stereotypical sassy black friend, athlete or villain caricatures are intentionally missing from “Dear White People.”

This film allows the audience to see on-screen, for the first time, a realistic depiction of the internal struggle that many African-American youth face.

Questions regarding a persons’ level of “blackness,” pressure to assimilate with white culture and pressure to be a spokesperson for their race, are all showcased on screen through the variety of complex black characters.

As a white American who is conscious of racial tension, I was pleased to see certain behaviors that white people demonstrate deemed as inappropriate. It was the first time that a film called out such behaviors as racially insensitive, whether intentional or not.

There is a silent majority of white Americans who stay out of discussions on race issues because it is an uncomfortable topic. Because they do not try to empathize with the black perspective, their ignorance leads to offensive comments, actions or behaviors that they do not realize negatively affect their African-American peers.

The film uses examples such as white people touching black peoples’ hair without permission, asking a black woman if her hair is “weaved,” stating that there is no longer racism in America, or calling someone “technically black,” as remarks or actions that are offensive to African-Americans.

The African-American audience can easily identify with these aspects of the film in that at some point they have had to experience these types of behaviors.

On the other hand, the white audience can identify with these instances from the perspective that they have at some point done or said these things.

The film does not offer a justification or comedic relief for this uncomfortable realization, but rather a very clear message: this is not acceptable.

Most movies cater to white audiences; because of this, there are very few movies that stand to make white people feel uncomfortable about their prejudices or ignorant viewpoints.

“Dear White People” does not try to make white people feel better about themselves or their blissful ignorance; it instead makes white people very aware of their flippant attitudes towards racial issues.

This film offers an honest portrayal of the struggles of African-American students. It allows for the audience to take a step back and evaluate how they interact with other races and how their words and actions affect other people.

“Dear White People” is a unique film and the first of its kind in many aspects. There are some points of the film that are lacking in substance, but overall the film has a refreshing and honest message.

There were some instances in the film where I thought instead of toning down the message, they should have said it louder.

The conflict between the dean and the president was made to seem very personal, going on since they went to college together.

To me this took away from the truth of institutionalized racism in the sense that it made the conflict seem petty, like they were using their sons as pawns in their personal game.

Though the dean did make it clear to Troy the president was less qualified than he was to lead the school, it shows an example of the institutionalized racism that African-Americans face.

One part of the film that made the struggles of being black in a white society very clear was Coco’s reaction to the blackface party.

She had been trying everything in her power to appease the white culture she was surrounded by, yet nothing would make them accept her for who she was.

The culmination of Coco’s frustrations came to a head when she finally realizes that her white peers have no interest in accepting her, despite her best efforts to assimilate.

This instance was very representative of the internal struggle many African-Americans face when trying to forge their identity during their college years.

[Bios]:My name is Johanna Pugh. I am an African-American

and Filipino woman. Growing up, I became aware of how much my biracial background affected both how I perceive the world and how society views me. I grew up hearing a lot of different perceptions of who I was thought to be -- I wasn’t black enough, I was too black, I wasn’t Asian enough, I was more Asian than black, I acted too white -- I never really fit the molds or stereotypes people had for me, and it took me a long time to come to terms with my identity and realize I do not want to fit other people’s molds. I am a journalism major and a theatre minor, and I want to be able to use my outlet as a writer to tell stories that shine light on social justice issues.

My name is Rian Edington and I grew up in Kent, Washington. I am a Norwegian-American woman who grew up with family who is white, black, and Asian. I identify with the “other tradition” ideology and was raised to be conscious of the race issues and realities within America. I am a journalism major and have a minor in ethnic studies. I hope to use my investigative journalism skills to be a human rights activist.


By Johanna Pugh & Rian Edington@jo_pugh & @rianedington

The dual perspective of “Dear White People”

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