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THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 2015 Summer 2015 Issue 8
Provost set to resign
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
PHOTO COURTESY OF CSUEB
By Louis LaVenture
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SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR
STATEWIDE EDUCATION SUMMIT HELD AT CSUEB
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TRACK COACH RESIGNS AFTER FIVE SEASONS
Raiders stadium deal takes a turn By Louis LaVenture SPORTS AND CAMPUS EDITOR When NFL Executive Vice President Eric Grubman visited the East Bay on Aug. 5 to meet with Oakland Raiders officials and discuss the team’s stadium issues, he was greeted with some surprising news. According to county officials, Alameda County has decided to pull out of the deal with the city of Oakland and San Diego businessman Floyd W. Kephart to keep the Raiders in Oakland. The decision now gives Oakland full control over the East Bay professional football franchise. However, the silver and black are also pursuing a joint stadium venture in Carson with the San Diego Chargers. The two teams invested $900,000 to get a ballot initiative fast tracked which would speed up the process of getting the Carson stadium built, according to reports filed on Aug. 3. The Chargers rejected a $1 billion stadium proposal from the city of San Diego on Monday to keep the franchise in the city, according to Chargers team officials. In April, Carson City Council members approved a measure that allowed the $1.7 billion plan to bypass the environmental review process. The St. Louis Rams are also interested in a Southern California stadium in Inglewood and owner Stan Kroenke has spent nearly $2 million on getting the project approved. All three teams met with the NFL on Tuesday and gave fact finding updates on their current and future deals. The Raiders have responded with three clear factors for the team to stay in Oakland; free land, the city of Oakland covers the cost of new infrastructure and the Raiders would not be responsible for the remaining costs of over $100 million for renovations made to O.co Coliseum in 1995 when the team returned from Los Angeles.
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By Vanessa Pineda CONTRIBUTOR My 11-year-old brother David is fiercely playing with his Kendama as we’re walking through Valley Fair Mall in San Jose. Another young boy approaches him and says, “Wanna play?” and David says “Yes.” The two begin to perform tricks, seeing who can land the most and claim victory. The Kendama is a wooden toy which has a handle known as the “ken” connected by a string, to a ball known as the “tama.” The goal is to learn and land new tricks. As a beginner start with bending your knees and then popping the ball up onto one of the cups. Once
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GRAPHIC BY TAM DUONG JR./THE PIONEER
Distillery to open in Hayward By Alfonso Galindo CONTRIBUTOR Buffalo Bill’s Brewery and restaurant is in the process of expanding its inventory from beer, burgers and wings to include liquor: owners are in the process of creating a distillery right behind the brewery on B Street. The new Russell City Distillery will produce its own vodka, gin and rum on-site. They will also produce an agave spirit, which is tequila, mezcal, sotol, raicilla, bacanora and comiteca. The distillery will feature walk-in tours, tasting rooms, and a retail store will open also right inside the distillery, according the distillery’s website. Havilah Kapellas, Public Relations Manager for Buffalo Bill’s, explained that Russell City Distillery would stay in Hayward because of the amount of success Buffalo Bill’s has had. “ P e o ple love the brew pub and have always shown their love and loyalty for Buffalo Bills so our customers are excited for the distillery,” Kapellas said. There are over 86 different types of licenses that a distillery must have in order to operate. One of the licenses that a distillery will have to acquire is a permit for On-Sale General for Public Premises license, which is the authorization to sell all types of alcohol, namely
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PHOTO BY TAM DUONG JR./THE PIONEER
Patrons drink and dine at Buffalo Bill's Brewery, the sister restaraunt to Russell City Distillery in Downtown Hayward which will be adjacent to Buffalo Bill's.
“People love the brew pub and have always shown their love and loyalty for Buffalo Bills so our customers are excited for the distillery.” - Havilah Kapellas, Public Relations Manager for Buffalo Bill’s
Last Friday Cal State East Bay President Leroy M. Morishita announced that Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs James Houpis would step down from his positions on Aug. 21. Morishita said Houpis will rejoin CSUEB in January 2016 when the winter quarter begins where Houpis will join the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences after taking the fall quarter off, “pursuing several interests,” according to Morishita. Houpis has held both positions at CSUEB since he was hired in January 2010. He also held a variety of positions at Chico State since 2001, where he was employed as the Dean of the College of Natural Sciences before coming to East Bay in 2010. According to the Provost and VP of Academic Affairs website, the goal of the position is to, “provide high academic standards along with services and support that ensure each student the opportunity for success, a learning-centered experience where teaching is lively and engaging and individual differences are appreciated; and dedication to open-minded inquiry, especially with regard to major social and global issues.” President Morishita credited Houpis with several key innovations during his tenure at CSUEB, most notably the “Academic Access, Enhancement and Excellence Fee (A2E2 fee) to improve student retention and success through the provision of educational resources, high impact programs, enhanced teaching, learning and support systems, and access to educational learning materials,” according to Morishita. On Wednesday the Office of the President announced that the current CSUEB Dean of the College of Education and Allied Studies department Carolyn Nelson would take over the vacant positions on August 22 the day after Houpis is set to resign. According the statement from Morishita's office, Nelson worked at San Jose State University for 19 years before coming to CSUEB in 2009. Nelson also received a bachelor of science degree in education from the University of Nebraska. She also received a master's degree and a doctorate from the University of San Francisco.
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