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New art exhibit commemorates resistance of Filipino people COURTNEE BRIGGS

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he resiliency of the Filipino people will be celebrated in the Associated Students’ Art Gallery during a new exhibit in honor of the 30th anniversary month of the People Power Revolution of the Philippines. The exhibit will highlight the role that art and culture played in mobilizing the Filipino people against dictatorship.

The exhibit, “Resiliencies: Poetics of Filipino Diaspora,” will open at the gallery in the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Feb. 4 at 5 p.m.

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SF State alumna Mona Marcos poses with a piece from the upcoming “Resiliencies: Poetics of Filipino Diaspora” exhibit on top of the Cesar Chavez Student Center, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.

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Gators softball ready to dive into new season JOSUE DE LOS SANTOS dlsjosue@mail.sfsu.edu

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Vehicles parked on Buckingham Street in University Park North on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.

Spike in car thefts near SF State results in heightened security read more on page 2

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Guzman started all 52 games as an outfielder and appeared in 20 games as a pitcher. Guzman had a .255 batting average, three home runs and 16 RBIs last season.

Guzman said she has enjoyed her return to the field with a fresh outlook for a team with a new head coach.

Compared to last year, the team attitude is on a new level – players are having more fun and have no ill feelings toward practice, according to Guzman.

She said she likes what she sees from her teammates, giving her the confidence that they can compete with the best.

“With our new attitude, new demeanor, we can compete just as much as anyone,” Guzman said. “We come to play.”

Headed into the new season, SF State’s softball team is focused on improving on their 12-40 record from last season.

First-year head coach Lisa Allen has inherited an experienced team with 14 returning players, including eight starters from last year’s team. Among them are starting pitcher Megan Clark and outfielder/pitcher Aryn Guzman.

“The girls have been working very hard to become a team that’s determined to win no matter what,” Allen said.

“They’re going to be battling more.”

Last season Clark started 24 games as a pitcher (4-18) and had a team-low 3.63 ERA. softball Continued ON PAGE 9 Allen said she has been mainly working with the pitchers during the offseason. Clark said she has learned new techniques working with the coaches.

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Spike in car thefts near SF State results in heightened security

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F State and the surrounding community has seen a recent spike in both auto burglary and vehicle theft over the last two months.

According to SF State’s crime, arrest and fire log, 10 reports concerning vehicle break-ins and thefts of vehicles were made in January alone, with the most recent report of an auto burglaries made Sunday, Jan. 31.

According to the Annual Campus Safety Plan Report, released by the University Police Department, 41 auto burglary were reported in 2015.

Jonathan Morales, director of news and news media at SF State, said that the UPD is conscious of the issue and is staying vigilant.

“The University Police are aware, and they take it very seriously,” Morales said. “They are increasing patrols in the area."

So far, UPD officials have not been able to explain the spike in crime, but vehicle theft has long been a problem in the Bay Area. In fact, San Francisco leads all metro areas in the nation for stolen cars, according to the latest “Hot Spots” report issued by the National Insurance Crime Bureau in Des Plaines, Illinois.

"California’s San FranciscoOakland-Hayward Metropolitan Statistical Area had the nation’s

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A car with a steering wheel lock parked on Buckingham Street in University Park North on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.

highest per capita vehicle theft rate in 2014,” NICB’s Director of Public Affairs Frank Scafidi said in an email.

As for ways to prevent auto burglary, the UPD's website dispenses tips on ways to discourage car theft, like removing all loose items from the car, closing the windows, locking the doors, parking in a

Mayor relocates homeless as Super Bowl and El Niño loom

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Noble Mitchell (right) holds a sign as people walk by on Drumm Street near the Super Bowl City festivities in San Francisco Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.

well-lit area and never leaving the keys in the ignition while the vehicle is unattended.

Items stolen most often include GPS's, phones, electronics, wallets, purses and other small items. The website emphasizes student awareness, calling it a "major factor in reducing these types of crimes."

Despite the added security,

some students said they were staying cautious.

“I’ve always tried to be careful with my car,” said information systems major Timothy Tran. “I used to be okay with parking on the street, but since hearing about all the crime, I started using the parking lot more often.”

Although the news of the

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As Super Bowl 50 quickly approaches, San Francisco officials are trying to relocate the city's homeless from the Embarcadero, where the Super Bowl City complex was constructed, by adding more beds to shelters around San Francisco.

Travelers from all over the world will be in the Bay Area by Sunday, Feb. 7 to see the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos live in the final football game of the season.

As of 2015, San Francisco was home to a more than 6,500 homeless people, according to a report on the city and county of San Francisco's website.

Mayor Ed Lee has added 500 extra beds around San Francisco in addition to the 1,233 permanent beds already in the city, including a 150-bed shelter at Pier 80, according to SF Gate. The official reason for the Pier 80 shelter is the increased rain caused by the El Niño weather event, but some citizens cite statements Lee made to KPIX 5 last August about the city's homeless population and the Super Bowl.

"We are always going to be supportive, but you are going to have to leave the streets,” Lee told the news channel.

However, the city maintains that the Pier 80 shelter is a direct response to El Niño.

"The urgency to get people inside is driven only

by El Niño, period," Trent Rhorer, head of the Human Services Agency, said to SF Gate. "If anyone’s moving anyone out for the Super Bowl, I don’t know about it."

Quinn Easter, a tourist from Southern California, traveled on BART and said the homeless people may

spike has concerned students and resulted in heightened security, UPD recovered five stolen vehicles in the last month and either returned them to their owners or transported them to storage.

be off the streets, but they are still around and in places that aren't so apparent.

"It looks cleaner on the outside, but I don’t know if it's any cleaner overall," Easter said. "I don’t know if they have fully addressed the homeless problem.”

A local homeless man, who performs at Pier 39 and is known as Silver Man, said it's unfair to push out the people who don't have money for the people who do.

“I mean, they shouldn’t really be doing that shit here if that’s how they feel about unfortunate people," said Silver Man. “It ain't their fault that they're in that predicament, and, I mean, I know there’s going to be a lot of people out here, there’s going to be a lot of money and all that, why can’t they enjoy the festivities, because they’re not rich?”

Not everyone disagrees with the homeless relocation. San Francisco resident Brooks Blodgett believes this could be a positive thing for the less fortunate.

“Hopefully the homeless shelters will take in more people. They're homeless; they don’t really have anywhere else to go, so they need to have somewhere dry to sleep,” said Blodgett. “I used to live downtown for a long time, so it never really bothered me, but they are obviously going to try to come down here anyways to ask for money.”

Although some people are concerned with cleaning up the city in time for the Super Bowl, other residents are still worried the city is forgetting about the people who still live there.

"The streets gotta look clean and everything, but people are a part of the city too," Silver Man said.

"They're a part of the city just as well as the people with money."

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Oscar nominations spark strong opinions among cinema students and faculty JEREMY PORR

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his year’s Academy Awards nominations were greeted with a large amount of controversy after it was revealed that every actor and actress that received a major nomination was white. #OscarsStillSoWhite began trending on social media this year after the list of nominees that was revealed appeared to be even whiter than past years.

Junior cinema student Nicole Chandler said she thinks diversity is definitely an issue in the film industry.

"I think we see a better, more diverse set of people on television but not in film," Chandler said.

2014 did include wins for "12 Years A Slave," which received an Oscar for Best Picture and won Lupita Nyong’o an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Latinos also earned recognition with Alfonso Cuaron’s Best Director win for his film ‘Gravity’.

The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag first made its appearance on social media last year after it was revealed in The Atlantic that 94 percent of academy voters were white, 76 percent were male and the average age amongst the group was 63 years old.

"The Oscars have always been geared towards old white men," Chandler said. "I never used to watch it anyway, so I probably won't watch it this year either."

Cinema professor Steve Choe cited the work done by black actors like Michael B. Jordan in "Creed" and Idris Elba in "Beasts of No Nation," as excellent performances that were worthy of a nomination.

"It's not racist to remain

critical of race in the nomination process," Choe said. "Perhaps the academy needs younger voters."

Larry Clark, a professor in the cinema department, agrees that the film industry isn't in tune with current audiences.

"The film industry has almost always been behind the curve of the youth and what they want to see on screen," Clark said.

Shortly after the uproar over the this year's

nominee diversity, new rules were put in place that prevent academy members from voting after 10 years of inactivity. Actor Will Smith said he was "very pleased with how quickly and aggressively" the academy responded with their new rules.

Alex Ajayi, a junior cinema student, was also among those that were let down with this year’s nominees.

“I’m disappointed, but not too surprised," Ajayi said. "In

2012 we had Ang Lee win for 'Life of Pi,' and '12 Years A Slave' won in 2014. After such big wins for people of color in years past, it was sad to see this year’s list of nominees.”

Clark said he thinks it's important to recognize the progress the industry has made, but also to recognize that the issue isn't solely centered around awards ceremonies.

“There have been some positive influences but it needs to be sustained," Clark said.

"The problem isn't the Oscars, the problem is systemic."

Chandler agrees with Clark that the issue of diversity in film is a systemic problem, and one that stems from executives at the top and trickles down to the actors or actresses that they hire for their films.

A 2015 UCLA study showed that while casting of actors and actresses of color may be on the rise, they are still outnumbered 2-to-1 when it comes to being cast in lead roles.

"I think people are hesitant when creating different roles," Chandler said. "It's odd because in other forms of entertainment, like on Broadway, we see much more diversity, even for nonblack people of color."

Ajayi said he feels as though people of color are underrepresented because those within the industry aren't demanding for more immediate representation.

“I feel like visibility for people of color in the film industry has vastly improved since the '80s, but we should always be pushing for more,” Ajayi said.

Celebrities like Jada PinkettSmith and Spike Lee have both spoken out against this year’s nominees due to the fact that black actors were largely ignored, and both insisted on a boycott for the awards ceremony, which takes place Feb. 28. Despite this recent call to action, Clark insists the issue of diversity in Hollywood is not a new one.

“This has been with us since the film industry began years ago – it's not something new,” Clark said. "Hollywood tends to take five steps forward and then two steps back when it comes to making progress on this front."

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New art exhibit commemorates resistance of Filipino people art exhibit Continued from the front The exhibition is a collaboration between the gallery and the League of Filipino Students, an organization on campus that is based out of the Philippines. SF State’s LFS chapter is the only one located in the U.S. and works closely with workers’ and youth organizations within the Bay Area.

“We try to bridge the gap in understanding that all the issues that we face here as Filipino Americans are inherently tied back to the issues that our people face in the Philippines,” said Patrick Racela, a member of LFS and a senior political science major.

Racela, who took part in the exhibit’s conception, said the goal is to not only engage Filipino students on campus but to spark a conversation about what the People Power Revolution meant in the past and what it means for the future.

The revolution was a social movement that ultimately ended Ferdinand Marcos’ presidency Feb. 26, 1986.

“Very often our IMANI MILLER / XPRESS

SF State alumna Mona Marcos poses with a piece from the upcoming “Resiliencies: Poetics of Filipino Diaspora” exhibit on top of the Cesar Chavez Student Center Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.

history is left out of the textbooks, and we feel that it’s important to showcase it in a way that’s different,” Racela said.

Racela, along with LFS, reached out to the art gallery over the summer in hopes of building an exhibit that would showcase the history of Filipino culture.

“Each artist brings a different perspective reflecting their own personal commentaries, whether it relates directly to the revolution or as oblique connections that strive to make parallels,” said Topher Maka, the assistant manager of the art gallery. “Because each artist is from a different generation, the breadth of the exhibit is outstanding.”

According to Maka, the gallery will feature pieces ranging from street photography to textiles created by an assortment of SF State students, alumni as well as other artists located in the Bay Area and the Philippines.

Mona Marcos, an SF State alumna and artist featured in the exhibit, created a piece she said was inspired by her own

upbringing. Marcos’ parents fled hardships in the Philippines and moved to the U.S. Growing up, Marcos recalls her mother repurposing things instead of tossing them out, so Marcos now takes discarded objects and transforms them into art.

Marcos’ piece in the exhibit is a woven sculpture made up of two wooden panels bolted together in the shape of a leaf, with yarn weaving back and forth.

“For my piece, it’s utilizing what my parents went through and to appreciate everyday life to its fullest because you never know what’s going to happen,” Marcos said.

Like Racela, Marcos hopes the art showcased in this installation educates people on Filipino history and the hardships that people faced in the Philippines.

“It’s a great opportunity for this exhibit to showcase what these artists have, how they were brought up, what influenced them and how they’re giving back to the community as well,” Marcos said.

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Student DJ mixes music and academics

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SF State student Gilbert Adam Guillen performs his DJ set at the Horizon Lounge in San Francisco’s Financial District, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016.

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azzling colored lights illuminated the dance floor, strobe lights flickered and sound waves of throwback hip hop ricocheted off the walls. Gilbert Adam Guillen, a 21-year-old SF State student, had the crowd getting down by dropping beats, leaving them in awe at the Horizon Lounge.

Guillen, a senior majoring in health education at SF State, is a barista and student by day and a DJ performer by night. Guillen is currently working with Underworld Productions, a company that focuses on promoting and hosting clubs from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The production company relocates him to new clubs every week throughout the Bay Area, such as Horizon or Hue

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Lounge and Night Club.

He believes that staying original as an artist is an important element, so his stage name, Adam Treblig, has a unique story of its own.

“I wanted something that was really going to set me and my name apart from anybody else,” Guillen said. “So my middle name is Adam and my first name is Gilbert, so Gilbert backwards is Treblig, so I decided to go with Adam Treblig.”

His father, Gilbert Guillen Sr., first introduced Guillen to DJing at age 10.

“I love how he taught me how to be open to everything because you can get bigger crowds,” Guillen said. “You get new people like that.”

As he got older, he started playing school events, like pep rallies and football games at

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Guillen, a health education major, works as a barista during the day and a DJ at night. Here, Guillen DJs at the Horizon Lounge Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016.

La Puente High School in California’s San Gabriel Valley.

“I’m very proud of him,” Guillen Sr. said. “I know how much he loves his music and he’s done a lot more with it by posting his mixes and doing competitions.

It’s something that is in his blood.”

In 2011, Guillen’s passion for

music grew after performing for a crowd of 15,000 attendees at the annual Youth Day convention held by the Religious Education Congress in Anaheim. Although the gospel event had never had a DJ perform, Guillen said the event coordinators allowed it in hope that it would make gospel music trendier.

“You just have to be comfortable in front of a small crowd or no crowd if you’re ever going to play in front of a huge crowd,” Guillen said. “You have to understand the difference. You have to know where you came from and you have to know where you want to go.”

Following his move to the Bay Area, Guillen won the 2014 Campus DJ regional final at SF State, a competition that includes DJs from more than 210 colleges, according to Campus DJ’s website. His triumph earned him a spot in the final 12 in Hollywood.

“You’re up on stage, and people are just staring you down, and there are so many lights on you, and you’re just nervous,” Guillen said. “When I had my name called out, I (kind of) hesitated. I didn’t believe it.”

After the competition, Guillen took a four-month hiatus from music because he said he felt he needed to focus more on family and education. He eventually realized he couldn’t give up on what makes him happy.

“I almost lost interest, but what really brought it back was the way music brought me out of things, so as soon as I left it, I came back to it right away,” Guillen said. “It was the only thing that really grounded me in my life and the only thing that made me confident to do anything.”

Mark Saur, Guillen’s roommate and a biology major at SF State, said Guillen puts a lot of time and passion into his craft.

“I believe that the way he makes his music is through emotion,” Saur said. “He always has a headset on, and he’s always mixing day and night.”

Guillen said he plans to continue his dream as a DJ and focus on his academics. He also said he plans to participate in the 2016 Campus DJ competition and will spin in nightclubs as preparation. He said he loves to play at clubs because of the opportunity, not for the money.

“In five years I see myself playing in bigger clubs, having people come see my name,” Guillen said. “When I play I like to instill a message. I like it when people feel something when I play my music.”

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Super Bowl city Event Calendar Wednesday, Feb.3:

Matt Nathanson concert Where: Super Bowl City -The City Stage, Sue Bierman Park area Matt Nathanson performs at Super Bowl City at 7:30 p.m.

This event is free and open to all ages.

Friday, Feb. 5: PopScene and FLOOD Magazine present FMLYBND and TOR MILLER Where: Rickshaw Stop — 155 Fell Street near Van Ness FLOOD Magazine presents FMLYBND and TOR MILLER for a night of EDM and a selection of PopScene DJs at the Rickshaw Stop at 9 p.m. This event is 18+ and tickets are $15 on SnagTickets.

Chairman’s Party ft.

Tiesto Where: Nob Hill Masonic Center — 1111 California Street San Francisco Tiesto and DJ Ruckus play the Chairman’s Party at the Nob Hill Masonic Center from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Enjoy an open bar and late-night snacks by local chef Michael Tusk of Quince and Cotogna.

This event is 21+ and tickets start at $265 on Eventbrite.

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DJ Khaled Super Bowl 50 Party Where: The Grand — 520 4th Street, San Francisco DJ Khaled’s spinning at The Grand from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

This event is 21+, with a required dress code and tickets starting at $53 on Eventbrite.

OneRepublic concert with Macy's Fireworks Show Where: Super Bowl City — The City Stage, Sue Bierman Park area OneRepublic performs at Super Bowl City at 7:30 p.m.

This event is free and open to all ages.

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Playboy Super Bowl Party ft. Alesso Where: Lot A of AT&T Park The Playboy bunnies host a top-shelf, celebrity-filled party at AT&T Park at 9 p.m., featuring Alesso, according to the Cali Party Bus website. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $844 on VividSeats and $25,000 for a VIP table.

Touchdown Comedy Jam Show and Party ft.

Eric Blake Where: Russell City Sports Bar & Grill — 25037 Clawiter Road, Hayward Comedians, NFL players and a surprise DJ are getting together at Russell City Sports Bar & Lounge in Hayward from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $12 on Eventbrite.

HUE Super Bowl Kickoff Where: HUE Lounge & Nightclub — 447 Broadway, San Francisco HUE hosts NFL celebrities and Diddy’s official DJ, “The Ciroc Boy,” among others, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Special invited guests include the Golden State Warriors. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $75 on Eventbrite.

Ne-Yo Live Super Bowl Friday! with Special Guest Where: HUE Lounge & Nightclub — 447 Broadway, San Francisco Ne-Yo and a special guest perform at HUE Lounge & Nightclub from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $75 on the HUE SF website.

Pepsi Super Friday Night ft. Pharrell Where: Pier 70 — 22nd Street & Illinois, San Francisco Pharrell is taking over Pier 70 for Pepsi Super Friday at 10 p.m. with a special after-show set by DJ Khaled. This event is 21+ and tickets are $75 on Ticketmaster.

Thursday, Feb.4:

Meet Me at the 50!

Super Bowl Reception Where: San Francisco, location provided upon purchase.

Join NFL legends for a VIP reception from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., featuring Pandora music, five-star food and designer pop-up shops. This event is all ages and tickets start at $78 on Eventbrite.

The Band Perry concert Where: Super Bowl City — The City Stage, Sue Bierman Park area The Band Perry performs at Super Bowl City at 7:30 p.m.

This event is free and open to all ages.

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Beer Blitz Pre-Party Sponsored by Bud Light, hosted by The Beerwalk and Santana Row. Where: Santana Row, San Jose San Jose’s Santana Row is offering a beer walk from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., featuring unlimited tastings and a free Super Bowl souvenir bag. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $103 on Eventbrite. Designated drivers do not need to purchase tickets.

Rings of Honor Kickoff Celebration Where: Roccapulco Supper Club — 3140 Mission Street, San Francisco Former NFL champions are celebrating with DJ Supreme and Pos Red at Roccapulco Supper Club from 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. The event is 21+ and tickets start at $50 on Eventbrite, but $3,000 gets you a VIP table.

The Black Card Experience: A Super Bowl Fashion and Style Event Where: Bently Reserve — 301 Battery Street, San Francisco Get the Black Card experience in the Financial District from 7 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.

Enjoy a raw oyster bar, foie gras and whiskey pairings, with complimentary spa services on site. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $54 on Eventbrite.

Super Bowl Karaoke and Kickoff Party Where: Russell City Sports Bar & Grill — 25037 Clawiter Road, Hayward Russell City Sports Bar & Grill is hosting a karaoke Super Bowl kickoff party from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. This event is 21+ and entrance is free.

“1955” Where: Rickshaw Stop — 155 Fell Street near Van Ness Rock out to 1955, Smoke Season and The Slants at the Rickshaw Stop from 8 p.m. to close. Tickets are $10 and open to all ages.

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Saturday, Feb.6:

Goapele and Alicia Keys performances Where: Super Bowl City — The City Stage, Sue Bierman Park area Grammy-winning Alicia Keys and Oakland’s own Goapele perform at Super Bowl City at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to all ages.

Latin Super Bowl Live Salsa Party Where: Space 550 — 550 Barneveld Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94124 Join Production 1 at Space 550 for two live bands and a free salsa lesson at their Latin Super Bowl Party from 8 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. This event is 21+ and tickets are $22 on Eventbrite.

Super City 50 Urban EDM Festival Where: Oakland Coliseum The Bay Area’s biggest EDM festival takes over the Oakland Coliseum starting at 1 p.m., featuring performances by Diplo, Alesso, The Chainsmokers, Chromeo, Chuckie, Showtex and more. This event is 18+ and tickets start at $78 on Ticketmaster.

The Chainsmokers Super City 50 Block Party Where: The Grand — 520 4th Street, San Francisco The Chainsmokers perform at The Grand from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $106 on Eventbrite.

Sunday, Feb. 7:

Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble, John Brothers Piano Company, Glide Ensemble Where: Super Bowl City — The City Stage, Sue Bierman Park area The Latin Youth Ensemble, John Brothers Piano Company and Glide Ensemble perform at Super Bowl City at noon. This event is free and open to all ages.

The Players Super Bowl Tailgate Party Where: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara The official player’s Super Bowl 50 tailgate party at Levi’s Stadium kicks off at 10 a.m. This event is all ages, but there’s an open bar for the 21+ crowd. Tickets start at $700 on the Bullseye Event Group website.

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Bootie SF: Mardi Gras Mashquerade Where: DNA Lounge — 375 Eleventh Street, between Folsom and Harrison, San Francisco DNA Lounge hosts a MardiGras-meets-pirate theme party at 9 p.m., complete with a burlesque show and a selection of DJs spinning all night. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $15 on the DNA Lounge website.

Rick Ross Super Bowl 50 Sunday Afterparty Where: Roccapulco — 3140 Mission Street, San Francisco Rick Ross and DJ Drama perform at Roccapulco from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. This event has a strict dress code and is 21+. Tickets start at $54 on Eventbrite.

Lil' Wayne Super Bowl 50 Sunday After Party Where: The Grand — 520 4th Street, San Francisco Lil’ Wayne performs at The Grand, open from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. This event is 21+ and tickets start at $106 on Eventbrite.

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Substantial returning class bolsters Gators baseball depth

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ith the 2016 season set to begin this Friday, the SF State baseball team is looking to some unfamiliar faces to help it bounce back from last year’s disappointing 19-29 season, including new head coach Tony Schifano.

This season will be Schifano’s first as a head coach.

He played for four years at UC Davis and 10 years at the professional level. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Florida Marlins in 1997, and worked his way up to the Triple-A level with the Houston Astros in 2001. Schifano also spent seven years as an assistant coach at UC Davis.

Schifano said he is confident he can bolster a program that hasn’t recorded a winning season since 2004, despite his lack of head coaching

experience. He said he will implement what he has learned from coaches he played for and coached under.

“So what you try to do is take a little bit from everybody,

“Out of all the years I’ve been here, this is the most focused I’ve ever seen our team.”

-Peter Reyes then kind of make it your own,” Schifano said. “If you look at every one of those coaches, it was always about playing the game hard, being aggressive, being disciplined to your approach and staying in your

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SF State first baseman Chad Thurston (6) locks onto the ball against CETYS Universidad during the first game of a doubleheader exhibition game at Maloney Field Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016.

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SF State Gators pitcher Matthew Hernandez (32) in action against CETYS Universidad during the first game of a doubleheader exhibition at Maloney Field Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016.

routine.”

The Gators have 13 players returning this season, including seven starters. Redshirt sophomore Chad Thurston and junior Nick Jackson are two returning players, and both were named to the All-CCAA second team last year.

Thurston hit for a .322 average and 20 RBIs in 115 plate appearances last season.

Jackson hit for a .302 average and 16 RBIs in 162 plate appearances.

Schifano said he likes the effort he has seen in practice and remains optimistic about the team’s future.

“It’s been a lot of work,

but they’re starting to come together,” Schifano said. “I hate to use the old cliché, ‘They’re buying in,’ but there is definitely a huge buy in.”

Being hired in the summer, Schifano missed out on the opportunity to recruit a lot of high school players but was able to add depth with college transfers. The Gators added two players from Division I programs and 15 from community colleges.

Returning senior first basemen Ryan Burke said it has been great learning from Schifano and first year assistant coach Tyler LaTorre.

“It’s a little different,”

Burke said. “Just the knowledge that they’ve brought to us, I think, for all of the returners has been awesome.”

Starting pitcher Peter Reyes said the players and coaches will have to mesh well in order to win this season.

“Out of all the years I’ve been here, this is the most focused I’ve ever seen our team at this point (in the season),” Reyes said.

The Gators’ first game will be against Holy Names University at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 at College of Alameda.

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Megan Clark (17) pitches at SF State Gators softball team practice Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. The Gators open the season at home with a double-header against Northwest Nazarene University on Feb. 12 at 1 p.m.

Gators softball ready to slide into new season Softball continued from front Guzman and Clark will look to improve their play under the tutelage of Allen, who spent the last seven years coaching at Montana State University Billings and led the Yellowjackets to 31 victories last season. The Yellowjackets won the 2015 Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament championship under Allen and appeared in the NCAA regional tournament twice. Her team was runner-up in the NCAA sub-region championship game, according to the SF State athletics website.

To be the top team, players must give their best in order to compete in a conference that’s highly competitive and prepares teams for the postseason, Allen said.

Allen said she will not have any captains on her team because she wants everyone to feel like a leader at some point during the season. Allen said being a captain comes with added pressure and higher expectations, which isn’t fair to ask of a player.

“Someone’s going to help us win a game every time, and someone’s going to have a bad game,” Allen said.

Allen said that throughout the season the team must stick to Gator softball and focus on the fundamentals: base running, hitting and pitching, which they’ve been working on the last two weeks. They can’t dwell on games not going in their favor. The team must learn from their previous mistakes, adjust and move on.

“I think we’re going to surprise a lot of people and different teams,” Clark said.

Having a large returning class will help over the course of the season because the players know their conference opponents, Allen said.

“With our new attitude, new demeanor, we can compete just as much as anyone. We come to play.”

-Aryn Guzman Guzman and Clark said they each have games they have circled in their personal calendar. Guzman looks

forward to playing against Cal State Stanislaus and Clark has her own rivalry against Cal State Monterey Bay. Clark spoke confidently about the level of competitiveness the team will show throughout the season.

“Numbers are just numbers,” Clark said. “When it comes to the field, we have the heart. Even if we do lose, it’s definitely going to be a tough fight.”

The five-game opening weekend will be challenging, according to Allen, but should provide insight on what the team needs to work on.

The Gators open the season at home with a double-header against Northwest Nazarene University on Feb. 12 at 1 p.m.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016 goldengatexpress.org

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The influence of the first presidential primary shouldn’t be limited to Iowa

T

he mind of the average voter during the United States presidential primary season is an incredibly fickle thing. Though some people inform themselves on important issues and every candidate’s positions, many rely on major campaign and media events to help them make their choice.

It’s a problem, and it’s an even bigger one when the first event the media pays serious attention to is inherently flawed.

Primary season in the United States officially began Monday with Ted Cruz’s surprising victory over Donald Trump in the Iowa Republican caucus and Bernie Sanders’ and Hillary Clinton’s neck-and-neck outcome in the Democratic one.

Traditionally, Iowa is the first state to hold primary elections, which determine the candidates who will run in the general election.

Unfortunately, Iowa is a state that makes up less than 1 percent of the U.S. population and is dramatically less diverse than the rest of the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the states with the first three

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Rotating among the states to host the earliest primaries could help eliminate some of the inherent problems in having those three rural states always vote first.

Even though politicians will inevitably continue to pander to the states holding the earliest primaries, at least candidates would pander to a diverse range of voters. Perhaps they would even peddle something that’s beneficial for the country as a whole.

Winning the Iowa caucus is by no means a guarantee of securing the party nomination, but losing big in Iowa all but completely dashes the hopes of any aspiring candidate.

If we want an equitable democracy that addresses the needs of all our citizens, we need concrete primary reform to stop the agricultural lobby’s bully pulpit from dictating our national agenda.

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Social media used as perpetual ego boost

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primaries, have populations that are far more rural than the U.S. as a whole, according to census data compiled by Iowa State University. This ensures that the national political agenda is skewed in favor of rural and agricultural communities by members of Congress with presidential aspirations, who don’t want to agitate the powerful lobbies in those states.

In 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a ban on gestation crates for pigs – a ban supported by more than 90 percent of New Jersey voters – in an obvious attempt to curry favor with the Iowa pork industry for the 2016 primary. New Jersey is home to only 9,000 pigs, the New York Times reported, while Iowa is home to 20 million, nearly one-third of all pigs in the U.S. The Iowa caucus is the first electoral event where other voters can get a real sense of which candidates are favored by actual votes, instead of polls.

Because these states represent such a narrow margin of the U.S. as a whole, it is shameful that they garner so much attention every four years and have such a profound effect on the early stages of the nomination

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According to most people’s Instagram accounts and Snapchat stories, a typical week consists of house parties, crowded bars and shenanigans with their roommates. And cats, because for some reason, this generation really loves cat pictures. For most young people, however, a normal week actually just consists of work and/or school, a couple of nights spent Netflixing (with or without the “chilling”) and maybe hanging out with a few friends.

We, as millennials, as much as I hate to use that word, essentially use social media as a self-validation outlet. Social media platforms weren’t necessarily originally intended as such, but the ways in which we use them have turned them into one big, portable ego boost we can access whenever we so choose.

For example, Facebook was intended as a way for college students to connect with other college students, but has morphed into a place to post political articles alongside two-paragraph-long rants to enlighten our Facebook “friends” about how socially aware we are.

Although Instagram was initially created as a space for photographers to showcase their work and connect with other photographers, we collectively use it for our super-filtered pre-party selfies and to enlighten the world as to what we’re having for breakfast so everyone knows how healthy we are. Except for hipsters, who use it for strategically angled pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge and black and white photos of their friends’ band practice.

Hipster or not, however, we all see Instagram as a sort of competition— whether or not we admit it, we’re constantly comparing our likes and follower count to those of our friends, and worrying if our pictures aren’t getting as much attention as we think they should.

Just like in The Chainsmoker’s viral #Selfie song, “I only got 10 likes in the past five minutes. Do you think I should take it down?”

I myself am guilty of sending a picture

to friends to ask them if I should post it, asking my brother to come up with witty captions for my bar photos and getting my roommate to filter pictures before I put them on Instagram.

Similarly, Snapchat is rumored to have been created as a way for college kids to “sext” each other, since the videos and pictures sent over the app disappear after ten seconds. Although some people undoubtedly use the app for this purpose, we primarily use it to take blurry videos of whichever club we’re at, to show the world how cute our collective cats are, and to demonstrate how healthy and artfully arranged our meals are. Like the old adage goes, if bae makes dinner and nobody is around to Snapchat it, did it get eaten?

Thanks to Snapchat’s feature allowing users to see who views the content

they post to their stories, the Snapchat equivalent to a Facebook status, we can see exactly how many people are looking at our respective club vids, cat pics and food photos, which can either contribute to or detract from the size of our egos. Just yesterday someone was complaining to me that “only 85” people had viewed his Snap story that day.

Instead of using our numbers of likes, followers and views to feel better about ourselves, we should use social media for ourselves. Facebook posts, Instagram photos and Snapchat stories can be a good way to remember the most interesting political articles we’ve read, document the especially poppin’ clubs we’ve been to and remember the most exceptional things our cats have done. It’s only when we use them as a competition that it becomes excessive.

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Keep your moans to a murmur EMILY CHAVOUS

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I get it. Noisy sex gets you off. Maybe all the moaning turns you on. Maybe it’s the thought that someone might be listening. But some of us have 8 a.m. classes and don’t want to be able to impersonate the bleating crescendo of your climax. Here’s an idea: Remember the “quiet game” you played as a kid? First person to break the silence loses.

Try it.

If you claim that there’s no way for you to keep it down, you are completely misguided—and apparently, wholly unaware of the way your body works.

According to a 2011 study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, those oohs and aahs are just a performance.

They’re not an automatic reflex. They aren’t part of an uncontrollable spasm.

Maybe you’re moaning to encourage your bed buddy.

Maybe it’s an effort to please them. Science says it’s a conscious decision. Whatever your reason, if you’re living in close quarters with other people, you’ve got to tone it down.

There’s nothing wrong with a little coital vocalization, but be mindful of your neighbors.

Understand that they’re probably not down with drifting off to dreamland to the sounds of your sexcapades. (Or maybe that is their thing. No judgement.)

I’ve been on the other side of your wall, and it’s really hard to sleep.

Whether you’re banging a longtime partner or just freewheeling, trying to hit it and quit it, you’ve got to maintain

a certain awareness of your surroundings – the thin walls, the open windows, the shared spaces.

Remember, you have to face your housemates in the morning.

Why make such a fuss?

It’s perfectly acceptable, and sometimes even more exciting, to keep things muzzled.

The modern accessibility of Internet pornography, and all of its cinematic wails, creates this misconception among firsttimers that good sex is always loud.

“Somewhere along the line, we forgot to tell young people that [porn] is not intended to be sex instruction,” said Dr. Sandra L. Caron, a professor at the University of Maine who conducted a sexuality survey of more than 5,000 college students over the last 25 years, in a September 2015 press release.

One-quarter of college-aged men report feigning an orgasm, as do nearly three-quarters of women, according to Caron’s findings. At least, those are the few who copped to it. Frankly, no one cares if you’re faking it.

Just do it quietly.

Have some respect. Without appropriate communication between tenants, frustrations are bound to boil. And no one wants to feel uncomfortable in their own home.

So, take a little time to set some house rules with your roommates, and don’t shy away from discussing those inevitable late night encounters.

And if your partner’s the screamer? You’ve got a hand.

Use it. They’ll probably like it.

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Gay bars provide a safe environment for women amidst a culture of harassment AMANDA ARAGONA

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W

hen planning a girls' night out, my friends and I end up in the Castro 90 percent of the time. Although we like going out there because of the great dance music and $1 drinks at Q Bar, most importantly, it's a place where we can feel safe drinking and dancing without men in our group.

Contrary to popular belief, we go out for girls' nights to hang out with each other, not to try to meet guys to go home with.

That’s why gay bars have become the straight girl’s favorite place to go out.

Gay bars are a safe haven for homosexual men who want to dance and drink with each other without the fear of sexual abuse, violence, hate, scrutiny or judgement from the heteronormative

community. This is where the LGBTQ community and straight women's desires overlap in a sense. We too would like to go out and dance and drink with each other without those fears weighing on us.

According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1 in 5 women will experience sexual assault in their lifetime. It's a statistic we as women are used to hearing. It's why we second-guess what we wear before we leave the house, it's why our parents buy us pepper spray when we move away to college and it's why when we want to go out drinking we feel safer choosing to go to gay bars.

For me and my friends, going to straight bars consists of constantly getting hit on, groped or covering our drinks with napkins because we are

paranoid about getting drugged. People make jokes about girls “always having to go to the bathroom together,” but the reality is, we were trained to go places in packs because our mothers have taught us we are less likely to get sexually assaulted that way.

In my experience, the guys at gay bars don’t notice me, and if they do, they’re not trying to sleep with me. I've still been hit on by women in gay bars, but in the past when I've told another woman I'm not interested, they've accepted it and moved on. However, when I've said the same thing to straight men hitting on me in a bar, they continue to harass me, even if I tell them I have a boyfriend. The only reason guys walk away is because they are respecting another man’s property, not the fact that I'm not interested in them.

In straight bars I am constantly in a state of anxiety. I'm always covering the top of my drink with my hand, I'm always avoiding eye contact with men near me, I'm worrying not only about myself but my friends. I make sure I use the bathroom before I leave the house, hoping that I won't have to make that trek to the bar bathroom through all the men that, without fail, always grope me on the way. At gay bars, I feel free to dance with my friends without worrying that if I accidentally bump into a guy he will grab me and start grinding.

I can smile at someone with ease and maybe even make a new friend. Most importantly, I feel safe and secure in my environment, free of worry, and ready to have a great night.

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