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University, College Republicans continue to dispute facts on Yiannopoulos cancellation

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by Will Fritz NEWS EDITOR

AZTECS ROCK HUNGER Associated Students kicks off the annual food drive.

University officials have not updated the San Diego State College Republicans on when Milo Yiannopoulos will be allowed

to come to campus, organization president Brandon Jones said Oct. 12.

In a statement released a week earlier, the SDSU College Republicans said administrators had cancelled Yiannopoulos’ Oct.

29 event, which they had just announced in September.

The club said members met with university leaders the morning of Oct. 4 to discuss the logistics and security costs of bringing the controversial figure to campus.

“Instead, we were blindsided by university leadership with the cancellation of our event,” the organization’s statement said.

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BATTLE WITH BOISE No. 19 SDSU takes on Boise State in a possible Mountain West championship preview.

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SALVADOR BARAJAS Salvador Barajas expresa su activismo a través de su arte, lo cual se ve en Chicano Park.

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Baby Kikito peers over the border fence in Tecate, Mexico, about 40 miles east of San Diego.

Bebé Kikito mira sobre la frontera hacia los Estados Unidos de Tecate, México, 40 millas de San Diego.

SUNSET SHOW The annual Symphony by the Sea shares sweet tunes with Imperial Beach.

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Borderless vision Visión sin fronteras unites U.S., Mexico une a dos países A picnic is shared on both sides of the border for last day of French artist J.R.’s installation

Un almuerzo fue compartido en ambos lados del muro para el último día de la instalación.

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A baby peering over the fence at the U.S.-Mexico border from Tecate, Mexico drew people from both sides of the border to share a picnic around a dreamer’s eyes on Oct. 8.

With it being the last day of the art installation of baby Kikito, JR, the French artist who photographed Kikito, took the opportunity to display the eyes of Mayra, a dreamer from the Bay Area who preferred not to give her last name, by having half of the tablecloth with one eye on the Mexico side and the other half with the other eye on the U.S. side.

JR said he would see people

visit the border to take a photo of the piece, and a lot of them would ask others on the other side of the fence to take a photo of it from their view.

“I realized that was happening every day, and that gave me the idea of doing a big lunch for the ending of the piece where people would eat together,” he said.

“When you look from above, you don’t see the wall anymore.

It almost looks like a little line in between the table.”

JR’s artwork of Kikito has attracted tourists from different parts of the world in the U.S. and in Mexico after it was revealed on Sept. 6 on JR’s social media.

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Un bebé mirando hacia el lado de los Estados Unidos de la frontera en Tecate, México atrajo a gente de ambos lados del muro para compartir un almuerzo alrededor de los ojos de una soñadora el 8 de octubre.

Después de un mes de anunciar la instalación de bebé Kikito, el artista francés, JR, quien fotografió a Kikito, tomó la oportunidad de unir a la gente mientras comían alrededor de los ojos de Mayra, una soñadora del Área de la Bahía. En el lado de México, la gente comía alrededor de la mitad del mantel que mostraba un ojo, y en el lado de los EE.UU., la gente comía

alrededor del otro ojo.

JR dijo que cuando personas visitaban para tomar fotos de Kikito, le daban el teléfono a las personas del otro lado del muro para que pudieran tomar una foto de sus perspectivas.

“Me dí cuenta que eso estaba pasando cada día, y eso me dio la idea de hacer un gran almuerzo para el final de la exhibición, donde la gente podía comer junta”, dijo JR. “Cuando ves desde arriba, ya no ves el muro. Se ve casi como una línea pequeña entre las mesas”.

La instalación de Kikito ha atraído a personas de diferentes partes del mundo a visitarlo en MIRA BEBÉ KIKITO EN PÁGINA 8

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continued from page 1 “I always put my artwork on walls,” JR said.

“I often dream about walls. When I heard about this wall a lot in the media recently, I wanted to go see by myself.”

JR said when he got there, he realized people were living really close to the fence and then met Kikito.

“I wondered what he was thinking at one year old,” JR said. “How do you see the wall? How do you see a fence? How do you see a frontier when you’re one year old and don’t have any political sides or choice or vision. That’s how I photographed him.”

were going (to see the art piece), and they said yes, so she went back.”

Ramirez said once she saw Border Patrol, she told Mayra she felt scared. “(Mayra) told me ‘remember, you haven’t been here in a long time and you’re going to be able to remember your pathways.’”

Ramirez said once she saw the fence, she was excited but also felt sad at the same time.

“You see this fence so tall, but you also get excited because you see how far you really are from one step toward there and one step toward here,” she said.

Mayra said she met JR at a random moment, and after talking about how he wants to make an impact in communities by capturing real people who are walking

“... the energy that happened in between people almost made us forget about the wall.”

– JR, French artist

SDSU alumnus Ralph Enriquez said he attended the picnic with his family and said it’s important to bring different kinds of ideas to the border.

“Lifestyle, art and culture are a lot greater than just politics,” Enriquez said.

Guadalupe Ramirez, Mayra’s mother, said she was scared in the car as her and her daughter were getting closer to the border.

She said she was excited because she was accompanying Mayra, but once they got on the dirt, she told Mayra to go back because she couldn’t see anyone.

“I convinced her and we were leaving,” Ramirez said. “But then, there were more people coming and she asked them if they

down the street, he asked her to use her eyes.

“I am that regular person just walking down the street,” Mayra said. “It was a connection.”

Kikito, along with his parents and community members from Tecate, attended the picnic as well.

JR said as an artist, he never knows where his image will go or what it might do.

“You hope it changes the perception, and that’s already a lot, by changing the vision we have about things,” JR said. “And today, the energy that happened in between people almost made us forget about the wall. It’s a small achievement between people.”

Oct. 11-17, 2017 EDITOR: Will Fritz, news@thedailyaztec.com

Library to expand 24/7 area after complaints about early closing

Photo by Kelly Smiley

Nutrition senior Lauren Johnson exits the library Oct. 10.

by Paulette STAFF WRITER

Villicana

The 24/7 study area in The Malcolm A. Love Library will be expanded on Oct. 11 in order to address student complaints after the main library reduced its operating hours.

The library changed its 12 a.m. regular closing time to 10:30 p.m. at the beginning of the fall semester due to the increase in the minimum wage, but is now expanding the 24/7 section due to student concerns about finding work space, Sara Baird, library access services and human resources director, said.

The 24/7 study area will be expanded by opening the first floor of the library addition — the underground area — 24 hours a day, Sunday through Thursday, she said.

“We’ve been trying to figure out what to do for almost a year,” Baird said. “But it really does appear that the library is actually busier, and this was just unanticipated.”

Baird said what they have understood from students is that it is not the service they need late at night, but the space. The new addition will more than double the study space for students, she said.

“We are going to be gating off some hallways so we needed to purchase the mobile gates so we were waiting for all these things to come together,” Baird said.

In addition to new gates, she said they will also be hiring another security guard, as well as ensuring the library is meeting safety

Yiannopoulos:

continued from page 1 However, university spokesperson Christine Hutchins disputed the accuracy of this. “(T)he university did not ‘cancel’ the Milo Yiannopoulos speaking engagement as there was no confirmed event to cancel,” Hutchins said in an email Oct. 10.

She said the College Republicans had only asked the university to place a hold on Montezuma Hall in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union for Oct. 29. The hold, Hutchins said, was subject to certain conditions, including the submission of a draft speaker contract and a security needs assessment from the San Diego State University Police Department.

Because of a church service event held in the union an hour before the Yiannopoulos event’s proposed 9 p.m. start time, Hutchins said police determined a security inspection would not be feasible.

“The Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union venue’s footprint is over 200,000 square feet,” Hutchins said in an email. “Based on collective input from the law enforcement planning team, a six-hour lead time is necessary … estimates of approximately 1520 bomb dogs were noted.”

Hutchins also said the university has a “long-standing commitment to free and open inquiry.”

SDSU supports and promotes freedom of

and access requirements.

International business junior Estefania Corona said she spends most of her time studying in the library’s 24/7 area. She said she was concerned about what she saw as a lack of tables and computers provided after 10:30 p.m. in the section.

“I’m always in the 24/7 area, I’m not really in the library, but when it’s 10:30 p.m. I see a bunch of people coming into the 24/7 and it gets super full,” Corona said.

“There’s a bunch of people (who) are trying to use the computers and they’re not able to do homework.”

In addition to a perceived lack of space, economics senior Cesar Gonzalez said he doesn’t like having to study in the 24/7 area because of the noise issue.

“I have concentration problems so being at the library helps a lot,” Gonzalez said. “When it’s loud, sometimes I put my headphones on with nothing playing just because it’s so loud.”

The main library will continue to close at 10:30 p.m., but it will remain open for 24 hours during finals, as it has in years past, Baird said. The library also began closing at 5 p.m. on Fridays at the beginning of the semester, but will now close an hour later at 6 p.m., she said.

“We had all the best intentions, and it was an attempt to try to make sure that we’re spending students’ money wisely,” Baird said. “If we’re cramming their ability to study then that’s not doing the right thing.”

expression by all students, faculty and staff, subject to regulations regarding appropriate time, place and manner, and is willing to work with the College Republicans to find a later date for the Yiannopoulos event, she said.

Jones said he thinks the university is paying lip service but is doing little to actually make the event — which was arranged for Montezuma Hall, a small part of the entire student union — happen.

“They feel like they keep having to reiterate that they have this long-standing commitment to free and open inquiry,” he said. “I think they do, I think they’re right.

They do for leftist students. I don’t think that they have that same feeling toward conservative students on campus.”

If the university wanted the Yiannopoulos event to happen, Jones said, administrators would make it happen.

“If it takes 15-20 bomb dogs to do it in six hours, I think they should find 45-50 bomb dogs to cut it down and have the manpower to do it in two hours.”

He also said he knows from experience that the university can speed things up if they want to.

“For all student organizations, it takes three weeks to request a meeting space,” he said. “We were able to do it in less than 24 hours and have a meeting space for the rest of the semester. So, yes they have guidelines set in place. But I think if they want to expedite that process, it is well within their power.”

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Aztecs Rock Hunger strives to break record

by Bella Ross STAFF WRITER

Associated Students’ campaign for addressing local food insecurity is officially in full effect and aims to collect a total of 500,000 pounds of food within its threeweek span.

A.S. Vice President of Financial Affairs Hayden Willis said Aztecs Rock Hunger raised over 450,000 pounds of food last year.

Willis and A.S. Marketing Communications Commissioner Sam Emami both described the prevalence of food insecurity within SDSU and the city of San Diego as a motivating factor for the campaign.

“Every year we’ve been exponentially growing,” Emami said. “Us, as a school, can utilize all our resources and utilize our platform to raise money and donate to help fix that problem.”

“In San Diego, there are over 400,000 people that were estimated to have food insecurities, some of which are on our very campus,” Willis said.

Aztecs Rock Hunger, a campaign that began in 2010, will once again be teaming up with the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank to help reach their goal.

Funding from the campaign will help to pay for food through Jacobs and Cushman, some of which will go back into the A.S. Food Pantry.

Twenty percent of funds raised will also go to the Economic Crisis Response Team

on campus, helping fund meal plan cards for students experiencing food insecurity, according to the Aztecs Rock Hunger website.

“The easiest way for everyone to donate with the biggest impact is to simply donate $1 via Venmo, because $1 stretches to 5 to 6 pounds of food,” Emami said.

There are other ways to donate to the cause.

Anya Shutouska, a student-at-large representative for the A.S. Board of Directors, said students and community members can donate through the online virtual food pantry (which is tax-deductible) via Venmo (@AztecsRockHunger2017), through collections at Aztec football and soccer games and when they are checking out in any Aztec Market or through the Aztec Proud campaign.

“Donating through Aztec Shops works very well for our on-campus residents who have the meal plan, since they’re able to donate the rest of their meal plan when they’re spending at Starbucks or University Towers Kitchen or something of that sort,” Shutouska said.

Through the Venmo account, which was started last year, A.S. hopes to foster more competition between student organizations, a new approach in the Aztecs Rock Hunger campaign. The incentive would be recognition at an awards ceremony in November, Shutouska said.

Also new this year, the campaign is seeking to extend their reach through new marketing tactics, aiming at getting the

Photo by Kelly Smiley

There are a variety of Aztecs Rock Hunger donation bins around campus.

surrounding community and SDSU alumni involved.

“Local businesses are a great outlet for the local community to get involved,” Willis said.

This could include donating a percentage of their proceeds for a certain day to the campaign or having collection bins at their locations for non-perishable donations, Willis said.

The local business that provides the most donations will also be recognized at the ceremony in November, he said.

“One thing that is new this year is that we’re reaching out to our SDSU alumni,” Shutouska said.“Many of them were very passionate in the past as well.”

Shutouska, Willis and Emami all recognize that the issue of food insecurity

goes far beyond just these three weeks in October.

“While this is a three-week campaign, we understand that this is a year round issue,” Willis said.

Willis recommends that, for students who want to help eradicate the issue of food insecurity year-round, there are opportunities to help through campus organizations such as A.S. No Waste, CalFresh and the A.S. Food Pantry, which is always taking in new volunteers.

There are also opportunities to volunteer through the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank.

“Even if it were just one student with food insecurities, that’s one too many and enough of a reason for us to do something about it,” Willis said.

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Oct. 11 - Oct. 17, 2017 EDITOR: Dana Tsuri-Etzioni, opinion@thedailyaztec.com

Vegas revealed need for regulations

by Gustavo Cristobal STAFF WRITER

It’s been more than a week now since the shooting that occurred in Las Vegas took place. The shooter’s actions will affect everyone in the U.S. in ways that will cost certain rights and privileges.

The Las Vegas shooter’s motives behind the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival are unknown.

Although it may be tempting to call Stephen Paddock a terrorist, he does not fit into the definition of one because there are no known political ties or motives behind the shooting.

There could be ways to make sure something like this never happens again, but they come at the cost of privacy ranging from getting your bags checked at hotels, to having a database of people’s mass communication activity.

Paddock took advantage of the Mandalay Bay’s policy of not searching his bags. He brought in 10 suitcases filled with about two dozen firearms, according to police.

According to Business Insider, the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas

added new security measures after the shooting by scanning guests with metal detectors and putting bags through X-ray machines.

The Mandalay Bay and other MGM Resorts also have increased security. One may start wondering how far things will go in order to create a safer environment.

Although an inconvenience to guests, the security measures currently placed in Las Vegas will start to be phased out over time.

Howard Safir, a former New York City police commissioner, believes that more is needed to further ensure the safety of Americans.

“I believe the No. 1 civil right is to be free from harm. And in order to do that in a civilized society ... we maybe have to give up a little bit of our privacy,” Safir said in an interview in CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”

However, when it comes to issues such as these mass shootings that are committed by “lone wolves,” the drastic security measures in tourist-designated areas are not necessarily the answer to ensure safety for citizens. Yes, having more security staff in place to monitor for suspicious activity

is acceptable, but having TSAstyled inspections at hotels sets a precedent that we should live our lives in fear — to exchange our privacy for security.

The Fourth Amendment — which protects from unlawful searches and seizures — does not need to be weakened further. The USA Freedom Act has already created a database containing the metadata of every single individual’s online/ telecommunications activity.

Has all this information collected by spying on Americans through mass surveillance actually stopped terrorist attacks from happening? It didn’t stop Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik from killing 14 people in San Bernardino. It didn’t stop Omar Mateen from killing 49 people and wounding 58 others in the Orlando shooting. It also didn’t stop Adam Lanza from killing 20 children and six adults in the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting.

The focus should instead be placed on reconfiguring the Second Amendment. There’s nothing wrong with owning firearms, but there needs to

be stricter regulations. These regulations should take the place of further invasion of privacy.

Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and co-author of the USA Patriot Act, said in an interview with International Business Times, “What you’re trying to do is look for relationships and connections that raise a red flag, which then may or may not prompt a closer look,” Chertoff said. “The challenge is fundamentally collecting the haystack and giving yourself the ability to find the needle” 33 out of Paddock’s 47 guns were bought across different gun stores in different states. Stricter gun tracking, along with the required background checks, could help authorities.

Progress is being made.

Understanding that stricter gun laws laws should be put in place rather than further privacy breaches is the first step. But for now, it’s important to remember to not live life in fear. That only puts more power in the hand of the perpetrators.

Gustavo Cristobal is a junior studying journalism.

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Why I don’t play post-date texting games

by Cassidy McCombs STAFF WRITER

Last weekend I met a guy. Well, I’ve met him a few times over the course of this year. But last Saturday night my friend convinced me that this guy was into me, he was cute and that I needed to change my taste in men. So, we hung out for the evening. It was a run-of-the-mill Saturday night fling. I found the night to be typical of any weekend night that I meet some guy and talk to him all night.

He left in the morning, alongside a couple of other friends who spent the night at my house. He told me that he wanted to take me to dinner, and his persistence to take me on a proper date had me rolling my eyes all night.

It was refreshing to have a follow up of wanting to pursue a proper courtship. But I also have become skeptic of guys expressing their infatuation with me.

The questions started in my head within the next few hours.

His phone was dead, how is he going to reach out if he doesn’t have my phone number? When he said date, did he really mean romantic or did he mean a hang out? Is this something to tell my friends? Should I wait?

I stopped waiting. I don’t think I’ve been rejected as many times in my life as I have this past year. My newfound ability to text a guy first has become my Achilles’ heel. But with every rejection comes an imperious need to continue texting first.

On last week’s episode of the Hidden Brain podcast, titled “Hookup Culture: The Unspoken Rules Of Sex On College

Campuses,” host Shankar Vedantam addressed the social norms of modern day hook-up culture for college-aged people.

In this podcast sociologist Lisa Wade presented a study from her book, “American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus”.

The study found — emotional attachment is social suicide and the dichotomy between meaningful and meaningless sex is at an all-time high. Beyond just not “catching feelings”, this game of apathy has evolved into a game of caring even less than the other person.

For something that by definition should be low-key, casual sex and hook-up culture yield a list of unspoken rules.

One of them being who texts first. It’s safe to assume that this story is heteronormative.

I’m a cis-gendered heterosexual female. And for that, I only have limited experience in the dating sphere. But something that is applicable across all games of romantic pursuit is whether to text first. Games — a term of intent to describe the millennial dating scene – are for family nights. I don’t play games in my dating life and I don’t play games with other people’s feelings.

I ended up not texting. Our mutual friend awkwardly shared our contact information in a group chat — the guy left his sunglasses at my house. But after a short conversation of when to meet up, the last exchange we did have consisted of me trying to follow up about plans and him texting me a day later with an apology for getting drunk and having his phone dead all day and night. His excuse reads into a whole other topic of dating partiers and people unable to

attend to another’s emotional needs. But this was the last exchange we had.

It’s strange how friends, family and romantic interests can compliment you, call you a catch, but all agree that texting — a simple act of pursuit and

“Yes, I text first, but I also don’t waste my time anymore.” a clarification of interest — can be a be-all-end-all act. I freaked him out. I was too aggressive. I followed up with him. He made a comment to my face about raising children together and yet a text from my end results in a ghosting.

The way culture presents the idea of a man traditionally pursuing a female is based on a patriarchal, sexist and dated nuclear family unit. The man is bold, smart and demanding while the woman is sweet, submissive and attentive.

I started texting first out of spite. I feel like guys assume women are more into them than they want, and that they must keep the “crazies” at bay.

I didn’t feel crazy. I felt like the things I wanted or said were normal, but that the backlash from the guys around me was dramatic. So, I started just doing

what I wanted. I didn’t wait around for a guy to text me. I stopped missing out on plans I could have with friends in favor of hanging out all night with some guy who couldn’t care less about me.

I took control of my own selfworth. It’s easy to get wrapped up in wanting a guy to like you.

And it’s fun to be pursued. Guys that pursue me tend to be the guys I’m meanest to and the guys I like tend to run away out of fear that I’ll trap them into a relationship.

That’s college hook-up culture in a nutshell.

But I am worth more than that, and what’s ironic is I don’t even want a relationship. The less I try to explain myself to a guy, the more I start to see what stereotypes they project onto me. So yes, I text first, but I also don’t waste my time anymore.

If a text sends a message to a guy that you’re too aggressive, he isn’t worth your time anyways.

It’s better to figure that out sooner rather than later.

Now, I make plans with my friends and I don’t compromise my schedule. If I’m interested in hanging out with someone, a friend or romantic interest, I ask. And the greatest guys I’ve met usually don’t give me time to overthink the idea of texting first. I don’t let guys objectify me via silence and I don’t put my self-worth up for grabs because I want to see if some guy will reach out to me. This is why I put the control in my own hands — why I always text first.

Cassidy McCombs is a junior studying journalism and media studies. Connect with her on Twitter @Cassidy_McCombs.

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SDSU struts into MW bout with Boise The No. 19 Aztecs face off with the Broncos for the first time since 2014. A lot has changed since their last matchup.

by Abraham Jewett ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The last time San Diego State football played Boise State University, the Broncos were at the top of the Mountain West Conference and weeks away from a New Year’s Eve victory in the 2014 Vizio Fiesta Bowl.

Boise defeated the Aztecs that season by a score of 38-29, and looked to have cemented themselves as the darlings of the MWC. Oh, how times have changed.

No. 19 SDSU has reached the halfway mark of the season with an unblemished record of 6-0, has been in the AP Top 25 Poll and Amway Coaches Poll four consecutive weeks, and heads into its matchup against the Broncos on Saturday as two-time defending MWC champions.

Boise State (3-2, 1-0 MWC) comes to San Diego following a 24-7 victory over Brigham Young University, and will try to knock off a ranked opponent for the first time since it defeated then-No. 11 University of Arizona in that 2014 Vizio Fiesta Bowl.

“We’re playing a very good football team that has some very talented players that seemed to get healthy and hit their stride last week,” SDSU head coach Rocky Long said.

The Broncos shot into the national spotlight back in the 2006 season, when the team – then of the Western Athletic Conference – defeated the University of Oklahoma, 43-42, in overtime to win the 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

“They’ve got the mystique, and deservedly so,” SDSU offensive coordinator Jeff Horton said. “They won a lot of games for a lot of years.”

Leading the way for the Aztecs this season is senior running back Rashaad Penny, a Heisman Trophy contender who ranks second in the nation with 993 rushing yards and first with 1,325 all-purpose yards.

Against the Broncos, Penny will face the conference’s stingiest rush defense, which allows 105.80 rushing yards per game.

“They like to put pressure on you, like to

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Sophomore running back Juwan Washington, senior wide receiver Mikah Holder, sophomore linebacker Kyavha Tezino and senior fullback Nick Bawden lead SDSU onto the field before its opening game win over UC Davis Sept. 2.

give you a lot of different looks in the back end,” Horton said. “We’ll have to do a good job on first and second down trying to mix things up.”

Even though the Aztecs are the defending MWC champions, not having played Boise State since 2014 has left the conversation open about who the best team in the conference is.

Junior quarterback Christian Chapman, who will be starting his 22nd straight game for SDSU, said a win this weekend could put an end to that discussion.

“The notion has always been around that Boise is one of the top programs,” Chapman said. “Beating a team like that it could potentially make you… top dog in the conference.”

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Redshirt freshman offensive lineman Keith Ismael celebrates after the game-winning touchdown by senior tight end David Wells in SDSU’s 20-17 win over Stanford on Sept. 16.

Chapman also said that this weekend’s game could be a preview of the MWC Championship.

“For our side of the conference it’s us, and on their side a lot of people see Boise,” Chapman said. “This could be an indicator of the championship game a little bit, two top programs in our conference going head to head.”

Chapman hasn’t thrown an interception in five consecutive weeks, and benefited from a big game by senior wide receiver Mikah Holder in the Aztecs 41-10 victory over University of Nevada, Las Vegas last weekend.

Holder recorded a season high ninecatches for 144 yards, and could be in line for another big performance against a Boise defense which gives up an average of 219.2 yards through the air per game.

“He really stepped up,” Horton said. “I thought that was the best he had played in the past really two years.”

Starting at quarterback for Boise State will be junior Brett Rypien, who has split reps with senior quarterback Montell Cozart at times this year.

Cozart transferred to the Broncos from the University of Kansas before the season, and is a threat to rush the ball when he goes under center.

“He’s athletic, he throws it good enough that he can beat you with his arm,” SDSU defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales said. “I don’t think he throws it as good as (Rypien), but (Rypien) will stand back there and pick you apart if you let him, so we have to make those guys uncomfortable.”

Gonzales said the two-quarterback dynamic makes the Broncos offense more dangerous, but views Rypien as the clear starter on the depth chart.

“As long as he’s healthy it’s going to be Rypien with a taste of Cozart, and I mean it gives them an advantage if they execute it,” Gonzales said.

Broncos sophomore running back Alexander Mattison leads the team in rushing with 284 yards on 69 attempts, and is coming off his best performance of the season against BYU, when he rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns.

“He’s downhill physical, he tries to run over the first guy…you get him lined up he’s going to try and make you pay,” Gonzales said. “We’ve got to do a good job of beating up on him, every chance he gets the ball we got to hit him lay on him make him cough it up.”

This will be the fourth meeting between the Aztecs and Broncos, with each school winning two games apiece.

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Volleyball coach cultivates success by sydney northcutt STAFF WRITER

When San Diego State volleyball head coach Deitre Collins-Parker was told she had just earned her 300th career victory, all she could do is laugh.

“I didn’t even know I was at 299,” Collins-Parker said.

SDSU’s win against Air Force Academy on Saturday night gave Collins-Parker the career feat.

Another milestone victory came in 2012, when the Aztecs earned the program’s first ever Mountain West title, under CollinsParker’s guidance.

Collins-Parker had a prolific playing career, earning some of the most prestigious accolades offered in the NCAA and moving on to play professionally.

In 1983 and 1984 Collins-Parker was named national collegiate player of the year out of the University of Hawaii, and is a part of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

She was the recipient of the Broderick Cup in 1984, an award given to the nation’s best collegiate athlete across all sports.

Collins-Parker then went on to play for the U.S. national team, starting at middle blocker on the 1988 Olympic team that competed in Seoul, South Korea, and was an alternate on the 1992 team that competed in the Barcelona, Spain Olympic Games.

She also played professionally overseas, competing in Italian and French leagues.

Originally, coaching wasn’t something Collins-Parker saw herself doing.

“I never really thought about coaching, I didn’t realize it could be a career,” CollinsParker said.

However, when the opportunity presented itself, Collins-Parker decided to give it a shot.

“I was playing internationally and would come back and coach camps during the summer at the University of Houston,” Collins-Parker said. “Their coach said if I ever wanted to coach he would give me a job, and so when I went out in the real world and realized it wasn’t very fulfilling I decided to try it.”

Before becoming the Aztecs head coach in 2009, Collins-Parker had one year assistant coaching stints at the University of Houston, Northern Arizona University and the University of South Alabama.

Her first head coaching experience came when she was hired at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1996, where she stayed until 2004, when she began a five-year head coaching stay at Cornell University.

Collins-Parker also coached internationally, serving as the head coach of the 1998 U.S. junior national team.

Lauren Salisbury played under CollinsParker in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, and experienced the transition between her and former SDSU head coach Mark Warner.

“There was a lot of change going on, but it was very smooth with her and a very quick buy in,” Salisbury said. “Her vision was clear for what she wanted to do at SDSU.” Salisbury said that the impact CollinsParker left on her was invaluable on and off the court.

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Head coach Deitre Collins-Parker focuses during SDSU’s win over Air Force on Oct. 8, her 300th win at SDSU.

“She is somebody who really cares about her student athletes, not only in volleyball, but in life,” Salisbury said. “It’s nice to have a coach that understands the things we go through, the challenges on and off the court, and makes us successful people and athletes.”

SDSU junior middle blocker Deja Harris began her career as an Aztec with relatively little volleyball experience, and credited Collins-Parker for her role in her development.

“Coming into college I was a very young volleyball athlete. I came in just trusting her coaching and 100 percent I have evolved and am continuing to evolve because of her,” Harris said. “Every single day she comes in and encourages me, but also makes me work my butt off in practice.”

Collins-Parker’s time on the Mesa has proven to be successful, however there’s one thing she would want to change.

“I wish I could’ve gotten here sooner,” Collins-Parker said.

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SDSU bamboozled by biased rankings

by Mayer Pohlod STAFF COLUMNIST

If the college football season ended today, the 2017 campaign for San Diego State would have been a success.

An undefeated 6-0 record, two wins against Pac-12 Conference opponents – including a top-25 victory against Stanford – and commanding wins against everyone else have made this arguably the best season in school history.

The sad thing is that it seems as if no one outside of Southern California truly recognizes just how special this year has been for the program and for the city.

Yes, SDSU is currently ranked No. 19 in the country in the AP poll and No. 18 in the Amway Coaches poll. Yes, this is the Aztecs’ best ranking since the 1977 season, when they were ranked No. 16 going into the final week of that season.

But you know what? Their ranking this week just isn’t good enough.

Whether it’s playing in the Mountain West Conference or the fact that all of the Aztecs’ games start at 10:30 p.m. on the east coast, there is a lot of bias behind SDSU’s ranking.

The Men on the Mesa kept their 19th spot in the rankings after trouncing University of Nevada, Las Vegas at home, 41-10. Normally, this would make sense the Rebels don’t exactly boast the best FBS program in the country.

However, another look at the top 25 from week six to seven begs the question: if SDSU’s blowout victory against a 2-3 team isn’t enough for a significant rise, why does Notre Dame’s victory against a 1-5

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Redshirt junior quarterback Christian Chapman cocks back for a pass during SDSU’s win over Stanford on Sept. 16.

team warrant a five-spot increase, one that leapfrogs them over the Aztecs?

The easy answer? No. It doesn’t justify it at all, and it’s not even close.

The Fighting Irish went from No. 21 to No. 16. They’ve played one top 25 team, No. 15 University of Georgia. Even though their loss was by one point and the Bulldogs are now No. 4, they still don’t have any

significant wins this year.

The only other victory of note is their 38-18 win against Michigan State, who jumped into to top 25 with their upset of the University of Michigan.

Either way, Notre Dame has done nothing else to show it deserves to be three spots ahead of the Scarlet and Black.

The Aztecs are just one of 13 teams in the

country that are still undefeated. Narrowed down to 6-0 teams and SDSU joins an elite group comprised of Univeristy of Alabama, University of Clemson, Penn State University, Georgia, University of Washington and Washington State University.

The Aztecs find themselves ranked lowest on that list by far - the next closest is Washington State, which comes in at No. 8.

A whole 11 spots ahead of SDSU. This isn’t to say that the Aztecs are automatically deserving of a top-10 spot.

Unfortunately, they don’t have a strength of schedule during the regular season strong enough to warrant that with authority.

There’s also a lot of games left to be played, and a lot can change.

However, being ranked in the same spot while getting jumped by another program that hasn’t done anything to warrant it shows there is a clear bias against SDSU. I’ve said it before, and I’m going to keep saying it until the Aztecs start getting the recognition they deserve: There isn’t much else they can do to prove themselves. I can’t see a single reason why teams like Notre Dame would jump that far ahead, except for basing it on previous success.

If that’s the case, then the system is flawed.

SDSU is officially the premier football program, and with apologies to the Padres, might even be the premier sports team, for the city of San Diego.

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Las personas preparan el mantel que demuestrá los ojos de la soñadora Mayra.

Instalación de Kikito: continuado de página 1 México como en los EE.UU. “Yo siempre pongo mi arte en muros”, dijo JR. “Yo sueño con muros. Cuando oí de este muro mucho en los medios de comunicación recientemente, quería ir a ver solo”.

JR dijo que cuando llegó, se dio cuenta que había personas quienes estaban viviendo muy cerca del muro, y después, conoció a Kikito.

“Me preguntaba qué estaba pensando a un año de edad”, dijo JR. “¿Cómo ves el muro? ¿Cómo ves la frontera? ¿Cómo ves una frontera cuando tienes un año y no tienes ningún lado político, decisión o visión. Así fue cómo lo fotografié”.

Ralph Enríquez, graduado de San Diego State, dijo que asistió el almuerzo con su familia y que es importante traer ideas diferentes a la frontera.

“El estilo de vida, el arte y la cultura es mucho más que la política”, dijo Enríquez.

Guadalupe Ramírez, mamá de Mayra, dijo que tenía miedo en el carro mientras manejaba hacia el muro. Dijo que estaba emocionada porque estaba acompañando a Mayra, pero cuando llegaron a la tierra, le dijo a Mayra que se regresaran porque no veía a nadie.

“La convencí un poco, y nos regresamos”, dijo Ramírez. “Y luego, venía otra gente, y (Mayra) les preguntó si venían para acá, y les dijo que sí y (Mayra) se vino”.

Ramírez dijo que cuando vio la Patrulla Fronteriza, le dijo a Mayra que tenía miedo. “(Mayra) dijo ‘acuérdate, no has estado acá en mucho tiempo y te vas a recordar de

tus caminos’, y le dije ‘okay, pues vamos’”.

Ramírez dijo que cuando vió el muro, sintió emoción y tristeza.

“Ves un muro tan alto, pero también se emociona uno porque dice qué tanto estás de un paso para alla y otro paso para acá”, dijo ella. “Se emociona uno, pero siente uno tristeza también”.

Mayra dijo que después de conocer a

“Hoy, la energía entre la gente ya casi nos hizo olvidar el muro. Es un logro pequeño entre la gente”.

– JR Artista francés

JR y hablar sobre cómo él quiere hacer un impacto en las comunidades a través de capturando a gente real quien está caminando por las calles, le preguntó si podía usar sus ojos.

“Yo soy esa persona regular caminando en la calle”, dijo Mayra. “Fue una conexión”.

Kikito también asistió al almuerzo, acompañado de su familia y gente de la comunidad de Tecate.

JR dijo que como artista, él nunca sabe qué tan lejos puede llegar su imagen o qué es capaz de hacer.

“Esperas que cambie la percepción, y eso ya es mucho, por cambiar la visión que tenemos sobre cosas”, dijo JR. “Y hoy, la energía entre la gente ya casi nos hizo olvidar el muro. Es un logro pequeño entre la gente”.

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Un agente de la patrulla fronteriza se ríe con JR.

Kikito mira a través del muro al lado de los EE.UU. de Tecate, México.

Las servilletas muestran el ojo de Mayra, una soñadora del Área de la Bahía.

Foto por Jocelyn Moran

Foto por Jocelyn Moran

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Salvador Barajas expresa su activismo a través de su arte Fotos y Historia por Brenda Gregorio-Nieto

Barajas muestra su diseño que estará pintado en Chicano Park en Barrio Logan.

“Participar es muy importante, que se envuelvan con su comunidad para que puedan ellos con el tiempo contribuir”.

Barajas enseña el carte de Hermán Baca, un activista Chicano en San Diego, que diseño.

– Salvador Barajas Artista

Barajas enseña un cartel de Diseños de Motivación que diseño que dice “Educación Trae Éxito”.

“Voy hablar con los estudiantes, y doy todavía más de lo que puedo dar a mi comunidad. Estoy constantemente haciendo eso porque si no lo hago yo, pues, al ratito me muero y se quedó bastante de esa información sin ningún beneficio”.

– Salvador Barajas Artista

Pintura de jugadores minorías de béisbol que han jugado por el equipo de Los Padres de San Diego

Barajas muestra varios de sus diseños de su compañía, Diseños de Motivación.

Salvador Barajas, mejor conocido como Sal, es un esposo, papá, artista y activista de la comunidad latina.

Barajas dijo que siempre quiso ayudar a su comunidad hispana y encontró que con el arte podría traer a la luz minorías y también sus dificultades con las que se topan.

“Cuando estaba trabajando, no podía hacer lo que quería y ahora sí”, dijo Barajas, “Lo hago por placer para ayudar a mi comunidad”.

Nació en Sinaloa, México, pero a la temprana edad, su familia se mudó a Colonia Libertad en Tijuana.

Después, a los 17 años de edad, su familia decidió venir a los Estados Unidos, y fue aquí donde pudo seguir estudiando.

“Entré al servicio militar, y primero, me mandaron a la Fuerza Aérea”, dijo Barajas, “Pero no estaba conforme. Entonces, presente algunos diseños a unos oficiales y me cambiaron a trabajar en el arte (como ilustrador técnico), y después de cuatro años, salí y fue cuando entré a la escuela de arte formalmente”.

Después de salir del servicio, Barajas se fue a estudiar Diseño y Artes Gráficas en Los Ángeles. También hizo un semestre en San Francisco, y estudió en SDSU. “Entre màs clases de arte que tomaba, era mejor para mi”, dijo Barajas.

Cuando Barajas se graduó, se fue a trabajar como director de arte y diseñador en varias compañías, pero después de 30 años, decidió retirarse y empezó a trabajar más en su propia compañía que se llama Diseños de Motivación.

Diseños de Motivación son piezas de ilustración que se dedican a promover la educación bilingüe, diversidad y aprecio al patrimonio.

“Soy unas de las pocas personas que ha dedicado un tipo de esfuerzo a promover la educación bilingüe”, dijo Barajas.

Barajas dijo que cuando empezó su trayectoria en la educación, se sentía solo porque no sentía el apoyo de sus papás, y cuando el tuvo sus hijos, decidió cambiar eso.

Se dedicó intensamente en su educación.

“Los papás tienen que tener el papel proactivo en la educación de sus hijos”, dijo Barajas. “Esto hará una gran diferencia en sus vidas”.

Los cuatro hijos de Barajas se han graduado de universidades y todos en menos de cinco años.

Barajas también asiste a escuelas donde va hablar con los jóvenes para motivarlos en no dejar los estudios.

Los diseños de Diseños de Motivación

son dedicados a los maestros, consejeros, padres y también estudiantes para enseñarles que sí pueden alcanzar su sueño de asistir a la universidad Los diseños les enseña que hacer bilingüe es muy importante.

“Voy hablar con los estudiantes y doy todavía más de lo que puedo dar a mi comunidad”, dijo Barajas. “Estoy constantemente haciendo eso porque si no lo hago yo pues, al ratito me muero y se quedó bastante de esa información sin ningún beneficio”.

Barajas dijo que en su tiempo libre, se dedica en pintar murales.

Ha pintado murales en escuelas, restaurantes y Chicano Park. El pintó unos de los primeros murales en Chicano Park en 1973.

“Yo soy de esa generación donde no había estudios chicanos Hasta la primera época de los 70’s fue cuando pusieron estudios chicanos”, dijo Barajas.

“Fue cuando se hizo protestas de latinos y afroamericanos para exigir derechos, y fue muy importante para mi pintar este mural con las caras de los revolucionasrios”.

Los murales que ha pintado Barajas representan a las minorías. Él a pintado a personas históricas como Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Benito Juarez, Cesar Chávez y Dolores Huerta.

Recientemente pintó un mural, con la ayuda de Los Ángeles de la Frontera, representando las dificultades que personas indocumentadas encuentran viviendo en los EE.UU. Se puede ver en Chicano Park en Barrio Logan.

También, ha pintado recuerdos de béisbol como bates, zapatos y base de bateador, pero ha pintado los jugadores quienes son minorías en el béisbol.

“Ha visto muchos jugadores mexicanos pero nadie conoce sus trayectorias, entonces, yo quise traerlo a la luz”, dijo Barajas, “Cosas como estas no nadamas hacen historia si no también pongo en practica mi pintura en algo productivo” Barajas dedica su tiempo a su comunidad, algo que él dice no podía hacer antes. Él es una voz para una comunidad que a veces no tiene voz.

Barajas dijo que su consejo para los que quieren dar a su comunidad es ser participante de él.

“Los quien agarra sus PhD o maestría, que no regresan y se olvidan de su comunidad”, dijo Barajas. “Participar es muy importante, que se envuelvan con su comunidad para que puedan ellos con el tiempo contribuir”.

El cuadro muestra la biografía de la vida de Barajas, lo cual lo escribió y diseñó él mismo.

Barajas muestra su diseño de un base de béisbol con la cara de jugador Jackie Robinson.

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Author IDs victims of 1948 plane crash

by Anna Waletzko STAFF WRITER

O

n Jan. 28, 1948 more than 100 people witnessed a fiery aircraft spiral out of control and crash into a mountain range in the California Central Valley.

On board were 28 Mexican citizens who were being deported from Oakland, California to the Mexico border.

All 28 Mexican citizens, along with the four crew members on board, were killed.

Media outlets at the time largely omitted the names of the 28 passengers.

Tim Hernandez, a Coloradobased artist, writer and poet who grew up in Central Valley farm towns, set out to find the names of those killed after reading about the tragedy in an old newspaper headline.

Hernandez will visit San Diego State on Oct. 12 to deliver a storytelling performance based on his research and his book, “All They Will Call You,” wherein he identified all 28 passengers and gave names to the nameless.

His work has been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, The San Francisco Chronicle and on National Public Radio.

In his book he writes, “You won’t have your names when you ride the big airplane, all they will call you will be ‘deportees.’”

After the plane crash, all 28 Mexican citizens were buried in a mass grave in Fresno, California.

Folk artist Woody Guthrie immortalized the crash with the song “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportees).”

Guthrie’s song was an attempt to restore the dignity of those passengers.

For Hernandez, the research process on identifying the victims was a personal journey influenced by his own experiences growing up.

He described a time back in his early 20s when baseball and painting came first – before he wanted to be a writer – when he watched those he loved be silenced by society.

His novel begins with the

story of his grandfather, a migrant farm worker who was thrown out of a truck and broke his back.

He was given no compensation and was later fired without explanation.

“He didn’t know the power of his own voice,” Hernandez

rode the truck till they took down and died.”

After a year and a half of searching death records and working with the cemetery director in Fresno, he decided to put out an ad in a bilingual newspaper looking for anyone who had a relative or knew

Consulate that had a complete and correct list of the victim’s names.

What followed were years of tracking down the family members of victims and conducting interviews.

This also included interviews with the families of the four crew

Tim Hernandez is set to visit SDSU for a storytelling performance from his book “All They Will Call You” on Oct. 12.

said. “Those injustices that had to do with silencing or erasing someone’s dignity are what really prompted me.”

In his novel he writes, “My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees, and they

about the accident.

Within a week, he was contacted by a family whose relative had died in the accident.

The family provided Hernandez with an old newspaper from the Mexican

Courtesy of Tim Hernandez

members who died.

In one case, Hernandez interviewed a woman in her mid-80s whose fiancé was killed in the crash.

“You could see it in her eyes, that she was a 20-year-old

These are the names of the 28 passengers who died in the 1948 plane crash: Miguel Negrete Álvarez, Tomás Aviña de Gracia, Francisco Llamas Durán, Santiago García Elizondo, Rosalio Padilla Estrada, Tomás Padilla Márquez, Bernabé López Garcia, Salvador Sandoval Hernández, Severo Medina Lára, Elías Trujillo Macias, José Rodriguez Macias, Luis López Medina, Manuel Calderón Merino, Luis Cuevas Miranda, Martin Razo Navarro. Ignacio Pérez Navarro, Román Ochoa Ochoa, Ramón Paredes Gonzalez, Guadalupe Ramírez Lára, Apolonio Ramírez Placencia, Alberto Carlos Raygoza, Guadalupe Hernández Rodríguez, Maria Santana Rodríguez, Juan Valenzuela Ruiz, Wenceslao Flores Ruiz, José Valdívia Sánchez, Jesús Meza Santos, Baldomero Marcas Torres.

again,” Hernandez said. “The love was still palpable.”

He writes in his book, “Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita. Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria.”

Hernandez said throughout his search for the 28 names, there was a recurring theme of music.

While interviewing a woman whose father was on board the plane that January morning, she told Hernandez about a song her father used to sing to her as a child.

Another woman Hernandez interviewed described the last conversation with her husband who said he was coming back to Mexico and would bring her a mariachi.

“Everybody attaches their fondest memories or most important parts of their life to music,” Hernandez said.

He writes, “Who are all these friends, all scattered like dry leaves? The radio says, “They are just deportees.”

Hernandez largely focuses on the word “deportee” in his work.

He describes it as an abstraction, a word used to generalize a group of people, telling us nothing about who they were as human beings.

“It’s happened all across time and it continues to happen,” Hernandez said. “I felt like my job was to put that humanity back in to who we’re talking about.”

Hernandez’s Oct. 12 performance aims to honor those who died and works to highlight the idea that people have more in common than they do differences.

“Despite our different ethnic makeups, political beliefs, social statuses, we are all hurling in one ship towards a common fate,” Hernandez said.

The event will be held from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in Smith Recital Hall and features special guest and folk musician Joel Rafael, as well as a Q&A with the author.

The performance is organized

by SDSU Downtown Gallery Director, Chantel Paul, in conjunction with the We Are Here/Estamos Aquí exhibit on display at the SDSU Downtown Gallery.

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Sunset symphony scores big at the beach

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San Diego State’s Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony performed during sunset in Imperial Beach at the annual Symphony by the Sea on Saturday, Oct. 7.

by Sydney Faulkner CONTRIBUTOR

The third annual Symphony by the Sea was conducted during a scenic sunset hour at Imperial Beach on Saturday, Oct. 7.

This free concert, sponsored by the San Diego Unified Port District and the City of Imperial Beach, was open to the public and featured San Diego State’s Wind Symphony and

Symphony Orchestra.

Crowds were easily drawn in by the beautiful musical pieces all while being able to watch the sunset.

On average, Symphony by the Sea gathers around 2,000 audience members each year.

“This performance really brings music to the masses,” Symphony Orchestra conductor Shannon Kitelinger said. “We get such a diverse audience

that might not normally hear symphony pieces.”

Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina opened the performance with a few words, raving about his love for this event each year.

The Wind Symphony took the stage first, followed by the Symphony Orchestra.

The Wind Symphony opened its performance with the national anthem as the diverse array of concertgoers stood

attentively.

When the song concluded, the crowd enthusiastically praised them.

The Wind Symphony was conducted by Michael Gerdes and all of this year’s pieces were written by American composers.

Gerdes said the pieces performed were classic American hits from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

“We are closing with a Star Wars suite and it has been so much fun,” Gerdes said.

Kitelinger said every year the symphony performs patriotic pieces, but this year was a bit different.

“This year we added a fun, new element of planetary space,” Kitelinger said. “We also have an exciting piece, Phantom of the Empire.”

This year was music freshman Sarah Pierce’s first time performing in Symphony by the Sea. “I love the planetary pieces we are doing, the brass sounds have such power,” Pierce said. “I also love that we are able to share our music with those who aren’t usually exposed.”

Both Gerdes and Kitelinger agreed that the scenic coastal venue could not be beat.

“The city has invested in us by

building us this amazing stage,” Kitelinger said. “We couldn’t be more thankful.”

Kitelinger said that before the performance started, he posted a picture of the venue on his Facebook page and all of his conducting colleagues from across the nation were jealous of his scenic playground.

“Not every college has the opportunity to play on the beach, so we are so lucky to be here,” he said.

The students performing in the concert also agreed the Imperial Beach venue and planetary themed sets were the highlights of the entire event.

“I love the planetary pieces we are doing in the concert,” music junior and Symphony Orchestra musician, Joey Ortiz, said. “They are so intense and require a whole other level of commitment and musicianship.”

Music junior Kennan Langsford of the Wind Symphony said his favorite part of the performance was seeing all of the different audience members enjoy the concert.

The conductors, performers and crowds in attendance of Symphony by the Sea enjoyed the coastal melodies in a way only San Diego can do best.

University Mock Trial team pleads its case on campus

Courtesy of Mock Trial

by Kayleigh STAFF WRITER

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San Diego State’s Mock Trial organization gives its members the opportunity to experience what it would be like to participate in an actual trial out in the professional world.

The organization mostly appeals to criminal justice and political science majors, however it does not turn away perspective members and accepts anyone who makes it through tryouts.

Criminal justice senior Gaby Rosales is the current Mock Trial president and was one of the founding members.

She spends her time as president coaching members rather than competing herself.

“Everyone gets assigned a role,” Rosales said. “Either as a prosecuting attorney, defense attorney or witness. (Members) are either the victim, the defendant, the police officer or even the victim’s friend or child.”

To join Mock Trial, students audition for the role of attorney or witness while being judged by practicing attorneys and the club’s officers.

SDSU Mock Trial receives a case in August, and focuses on it for the entire year, leading up to its scrimmage in November at the University of California San Diego.

The organization competes at the scrimmage against other Southern California chapters to prepare for their regional

competition in Los Angeles at the end of February.

The competition is open for the public to attend.

The club has previously tackled civil cases that surround issues like discrimination and police entrapment.

This year however, the organization will be dealing with an attempted murder case.

“This year it’s murder, so we are really excited,” Rosales said.

“I do want to go to law school and I do want to study criminal law, so this is something that is right up my alley.”

Not only does Mock Trial give aspiring attorneys a taste of what being in the courtroom is like, but the organization also provides its members with many opportunities to network for their career.

The team is judged at the competition by practicing attorneys in the field.

Rosales said that prior to her presidency, the club’s main focus was the competition aspect of the organization.

She now feels that it is important the organization guides its members by providing insight on how to get internships related to the law field.

International business junior Kyndall Slotemaker spoke highly of her team.

“The best part about Mock Trial is that it is truly a home for any aspiring attorney on our campus,” Slotemaker said.

“The lasting friendships and connections are definitely irreplaceable. It has been an unforgettable, challenging and highly rewarding experience

that I am so proud to be a part of.”

Mock Trial currently has over 45 paid members and two

passed, but Mock Trial accepts members year-round.

All newcomers start at a lower level than the veteran members.

“This year it’s murder, so we are really excited.”

– Gaby Rosales, SDSU Mock Trial president

attorney coaches.

Rosales said that this is the first year the organization has two competing teams due to its large size.

Auditions have already

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by Mary York DIGITAL SPORTS EDITOR

As someone who spent an extraordinarily long time in community college, followed by an extraordinarily long time in this place they call “adult life,” coming to the hallowed halls and sun-filled courtyards of San Diego State this semester has reminded me why we all try so hard to eventually leave college in the first place.

Now that we’re officially finished with the first full month back at school, I’d like to share my list of all the true things about college life that I’d forgotten in my absence.

1. The freshman fifteen is not a joke.

It is serious. It is very, very serious.Beware of East Commons and their so-called “healthy options.”

2. Putting money on your print-card for the library may mean surviving on a smaller gas budget, but there’s no way you’re giving up your daily coffee ritual. Keep your priorities straight, bro.

3. There is no right way to make friends in class. That’s what the first day of classes is for, scope out the potential homies or potential nobodies. Everyone is just going to feel very awkward until after midterms. Get used to it.

4. Leggings, leggings, leggings.

If I had a dollar for every person I saw wearing black leggings, I could actually pay my tuition. (Back in my day, we wore sweatpants.)

5. Three sequential weeks at the same desk confirms place ownership. If someone takes your spot at anytime after the three

week mark, it is within your legal right to Regina-George-glare them into humiliation. Sure there are no name tags, but girl, what’s mine is mine.

6. Procrastination has a whole new meaning. Well, the meaning is the same, the demonstration just becomes a little more prolific.

mascara. People on this campus literally do not wear shoes, so major props to the frat bros in full suits.

12. Crying on the first day of class will brand you for the rest of the semester by everyone who has figured out how to juggle classes and jobs and transportation like real adults already.

Don’t be the person who cries on the first day. Be the person who cries on the second day.

13. People who try having existential discussions before your early morning class have not yet realized that college is just glorified high school and no one cares about their opinion before eight o’clock in the morning.

It’s early, and I should be in bed. You are not obligated to talk to them pre-coffee.

14. There is such a thing as “pre-coffee.”

15. Group projects Graphic by Mirella Lopez are where teachers send smart kids to die.

16. To the people 7. Netflix. who send out accurate and 8. Bus schedules, student detailed Google docs prior to parking and scantrons become exams, we all sincerly thank you. a much bigger part of your life To the people who copy-paste than you ever wanted or hoped online exam answers in those for. And even worse, paying for a Google docs and disqualify all of scantron should be illigal. I have us, I hope your houseplants all die more important things to budget long and slowly. into my day, like coffee obviously.

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