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STRUGGLING FROM behind the arc, the Gators needed another option to score against the Golden Eagles. Senior big man Max Fodor was that option.
Fodor took advantage of his size, leading the team
with 15 points and crashing the boards on both ends to grab a game-high 10 rebounds to help give the Gators a 63-58 win against Cal State L.A. at The Swamp Saturday.
With the Golden Eagles close to the lead, trailing 51-50 with 7:32 left in the game,
Fodor scored on back-to-back buckets, help-ing the Gators outscore CSULA 12-8 the rest of the way.
“It was all really give-and-go’s for me, just a lot of hustle plays trying to get rebounds, trying to do things that we always preach in practice,” Fodor said. “I tried to do all that today and play really hard and it worked out pretty well for me.”
The Gators shot 2-18 from the three-
point line; well below their 35 percent season DYHUDJH��6HQLRU�JXDUGV�1H¿�3HUGRPR�DQG�:LOO�Overton, Jr. both scored nine points apiece and senior guard Bennie Rhodes and junior forward Udun Osakue each chipped in with eight.
“It was a very important game because ZH¶UH�¿JKWLQJ�IRU�D�SOD\RII�VSRW�VR�HYHU\-body’s just trying to give it all they got,” 3HUGRPR�VDLG�
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
TRIPLE THREAT: SF State Gator Bren Haley looks for a clear pass during a game against
CSULA Golden Eagles Saturday, Feb. 8.
FORUM: Congresswoman Jack-
ie Speier hugs San Francisco
District 7 Supervisor Norman
Yee at the Health Fair in the Ce-
sar Chavez Center Friday, Feb. 7.
ERICA MARQUEZ / SPECIAL TO XPRESS
RYAN LEIBRICH / XPRESS
SF State sweeps weekend games,
moves into fourth place in CCAA
BY NELSON AMAYA _�[email protected]
Congresswoman Jackie Spei-er visited SF State to encourage students to sign up for healthcare insurance during an information session in the Cesar Chavez Stu-dent Center last Friday morning.
Speier told students that if they are not currently insured or enrolled under the Affordable Care Act, they needed to sign up.
“If you’re smart enough to be at San Francisco State, then you’re smart enough to enroll in the Affordable Care Act because you recognize the great values that it provides for you,” said Speier.
Students were able to sign up to speak with Covered Califor-nia insurance agents privately about their options.
Health Educator Aimee Wil-liams said the event was needed because it helps educate the im-portance of the ACA and gives them the chance to enroll in it. She said the event demonstrated KRZ�WKH�3UHVLGHQW�DQG�JRYHUQ-ment employees are dedicated to the University and its students.
BY JAYDA [email protected]
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Getting more classes and getting people the classes
that they need.
What would you want SF State to spend $2 Million
dollars on?
Photos by: Jessica Christian
Reporting by: Marc Arguello
SONYA SOLTANI COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES
It should be used on subsidizing stu-
dent transportation discounts on Muni
and Bart.
PHILLIP MENDOZA BECA MAJOR
We need a better student gym. The basketball courts are awesome, but the weight room could be improved.
LEANNA LYTLE BOTANY MAJOR
We could use better lab equipment and
updated labs.
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According to a poll con-ducted by the California State University system, many college students do not currently have health insurance because they can’t afford it, they don’t want it or they don’t believe need it.
Speier said she could relate to this. When she was in her twenties, she was injured while traveling, but was fortunate enough to have health insur-ance. She wants students to take personal responsibility for their own healthcare.
Speier said the reason why there is no cost for services such as mammograms, annual SK\VLFDOV�DQG�SUHVFULSWLRQ�UH¿OOV�is because the ACA aims to provide preventative health care to every American.
³7KH�EHQH¿WV�DUH�WKHUH�IRU�you to take full advantage of,” said Speier.
The event featured a variety of free health screenings for stu-dents, including blood pressure tests, smoking cessation consola-tions and immunizations.
Nutritional advice was also available to students and repre-sentatives from health organi-zation Shape Up San Francisco, which encouraged students to avoid consuming sugary drinks and opt for drinking water or unsweetened beverages.
The National Psoriasis Foun-dation provided booklets to edu-cate students about the importance of asking a doctor if they have psoriasis, how to treat it and un-
derstand that it is not contagious.SF State President Leslie E.
Wong told students during the closing remarks that they should talk to their friends and family about enrolling and make sure their healthcare needs are covered.
“I think a fundamental issue of social justice is to make sure that we care for one another in very fundamental ways,” said Wong.
Marissa Ryan, a senior health education major, said that since
the event was located on campus, LW�EHQH¿WHG�VWXGHQWV�E\�JLYLQJ�them access to vital services in a safe location.
“Since San Francisco State is a commuter campus it can EH�GLI¿FXOW�WR�JHW�VWXGHQWV�WR�interact on a meaningful lev-el,” said Ryan. “I feel like this event allowed students to access important health screenings and health insurance services in an easy-going environment.”
“The result is, if we’re all insured the population will stay healthy and the cost of health insurance will go down,” said Speier.
Since Jan. 1, 2014, coverage began in the Health Insurance Marketplace, a website designed WR�KHOS�SHRSOH�¿QG�TXDOLW\�KHDOWK�coverage that is right for them. The deadline for open enroll-ment is March 31, 2014.
THE SF STATE gymnasium and its locker rooms will undergo a $2.1 million renovation beginning at the
end of the Spring 2014 semester.The extreme makeover,
which includes improvements to WKH�ORFNHU�URRPV��D�QHZ�ÀRRU�IRU�the main gym and a new unisex bathroom, will be funded with University money.
“Students complain constant-ly,” said women’s locker room attendant Christine Hintermann. “They’re expecting shiny and brand new.”
The locker rooms will get QHZ�ÀRRUV�WR�UHSODFH�WKH�GHQWHG�and cracked concrete ones they currently have and the 60-year-old lockers will be replaced with new full-length ones, according to Hintermann.
Campus planner Wendy Bloom said that the locker rooms will also get three new showers that are compliant with the Amer-icans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the women’s locker room will get new laundry facilities.
New team rooms will be added to the locker room area, giving sports teams a place to meet during game breaks. Teams now have no place to meet other
than the hallway, according to Hintermann.
The other major change will EH�D�QHZ�ÀRRU�IRU�WKH�PDLQ�J\P��7KH�ÀRRULQJ�ZLOO�EH�UH¿QLVKHG�IRU�WKH�¿UVW�WLPH�LQ�LWV����\HDU�history. After decades of use, the PDLQ�J\P�ÀRRU�KDV�ZRUQ�GRZQ�and become thinner, which could pose a safety hazard, according to Bloom. She also said that the bleachers will be refurbished to be accessible for people with disabilities, making them ADA-compliant.
Many students who use the
gym agree that the facilities need a makeover.
“This is a spot for us to be at school and be active,” said Da-vid Leon, a business and market-ing major who plays basketball recreationally and is a referee for intramural basketball. “Other CSUs have better facilities. This (renovation) couldn’t come soon enough.”
Not all students who use the gym are happy with the use of the funds.
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Ochoa. “The money should go more toward the educational aspect (of the school).” Ochoa added that he thinks increased tutoring and counseling services would be a better use of the money.
The current gymnasium was constructed in 1951 and is one of the oldest buildings on campus. Several features, such as the lockers, have been in use for more than 60 years. The outside structure, however, will not be renovated.
“It kind of sucks that it’s coming out of our pockets,” said Brendon Kerr, kinesiology major and student manager for the bas-ketball team. “But if it’s about our safety, then it’s worth it.”
Kerr said that the changes will also give the gym facilities a more modern look. “It brings a new look to the university,” he said.
“It’s great what they’re doing,” said history major Tiana Wills, who is on the women’s track team. Wills added that she greatly appreciates President Leslie E. Wong’s goal to focus more on sports at SF State.
The gym and locker room renovations will begin at the end of the spring semester and is expected to end before the start of the Fall 2014 semester.
Congresswoman gives SF State a lesson in health care
Gynasium locker rooms scheduled to undergo full-scale overhaul
CONTINUED FROM THE FRONT PAGE
SHOTS: Rosa Marron, senior in the Nursing program, gives Richard Weed, senior, a flu shot during the SF
State Health Fair in the Cesar Chavez Student Center Friday, Feb. 7.
RYAN LEIBRICH / XPRESS
PADLOCKS: The $2.1 million renovations will make improvements to
the gym and the 60-year-old locker rooms.
JESSICA CHRISTIAN / XPRESS
BY CHLOE JOHNSON _�[email protected]
GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG NEWS02.12.14 3|
A letter fromBY ANDREW CULLEN _�[email protected]
LAST WEEK, SF STATE’S GOLDEN GATE Xpress published an article noting the newest developments regarding our campus Science Building. Within that article, lay a few errors.
The story implied that Robert Shearer worked at SF State in August 2013, which is false. We also implied that information was compared from an audit in 2007, when it was
actually from a report in 2001 following initial contamination reports surrounding Native American artifacts that SF State obtained in 2000. Additionally, Niccolo Caldararo is in fact a lecturer at SF State.
We made further statements that an audit performed in 2013 was the same as a CSU-wide audit in 2007, when it was actually a separate type of environmental audit. Also, my sincerest apologies are extended to Chip Prokop, whose name was incorrectly spelt as “Propok.”
As Editor-in-Chief of the Golden Gate Xpress, I would like to personally apologize to my team as well as the campus community, for the errors in last week’s publication.
Until next time,
Andrew CullenEditor-in-ChiefGolden Gate Xpress
SF State
CRIME BLOTTER
Between 2/5 and 2/9 the University Police Department responded
to 17 incidents. Here are some of the highlights.
BY XPRESS STAFF
the editor
News BriefsHuman Resources
associate vice president
candidates visit
campus this week
Maureen Pasag
appointed director of
the Audit and Advisory
Services Department
Human Resources
Safety and Risk
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Goldman Chair in
American Jewish
Studies candidates
to visit campus
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After a search for viable candidates, Maureen Pasag has been appointed
director of the Audit and Advisory Services department effective Dec. 16. Pasag previ-RXVO\�ZRUNHG�DW�WKH�2I¿FH�RI�WKH�8QLYHUVLW\�$XGLWRU�DW�WKH�&KDQFHOORU¶V�2I¿FH��ZKHUH�VKH�has worked for the last three years.
Pasag has performed various types of reviews including construction and special subject area audits, as well as advisory ser-vices projects. Pasag has more than 13 years RI�H[SHULHQFH�LQ�¿QDQFH�DQG�DXGLWV��LQ�ERWK�private and public sectors. This includes more than eight years of government audit experi-ence. Pasag received her B.A. in accounting at Cal State Northridge and is a CPA for the State of California.
The Human Resources Safety and Risk Management Depart-ment will begin its new HR2U program Feb. 18. A team of HRSRM subject matter experts will set up shop in HSS 233 from 5 to 7 p.m. to provide services to anyone, staff or student. The HR2U program is aimed at pro-viding assistance with issues such DV�SD\��EHQH¿WV�DQG�HPSOR\PHQW��at a time that is convenient for busy staff and students. Snacks will be provided.
The Department of Jewish 6WXGLHV�LV�FXUUHQWO\�VHHNLQJ�WR�¿OO�the position of Goldman Chair in American Jewish Studies. Throughout the month of Febru-DU\��WKH�¿QDOLVWV�IRU�WKH�SRVLWLRQ�will visit campus for interviews and to give lectures. To see more information about the candidates for the Goldman Chair in American -HZLVK�6WXGLHV��LQFOXGLQJ�VSHFL¿F�lecture times and room locations, visit the SF State campus memo.
COMPILED BY MARC ARGUELLO _�[email protected]
2/5 Public NudityFour people ran naked near the Student Center, police caught one person with alcohol who was not 21. The others were not found.
2/6 Noise ComplaintPolice arrested a party-goer for public intoxication after responding to a noise complaint for a party on Buckingham Way.
2/6 Intoxicated Police found an intoxicated man who was unable to care for himself, he was taken to UCSF to be evalu-ated by medical staff.
2/6 Fake ID2I¿FHUV�ZHUH�JLYHQ�D�IDNH�,'�E\�D�resident of University Park North, after police confronted the person about a noise complaint.
2/7 IntoxicatedAn overly-intoxicated woman was found in the Humanities Building at 11:12 p.m, police arrived and and took her to UCSF.
2/9 Fighting7ZR�SHRSOH�ZHUH�LQMXUHG�LQ�D�¿JKW�on Cambon Drive, police and SFFD arrived to treat the injured and arrest one person involved.
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DINING: Emma Ponikvak, a hospitality and tourism student, serves SF State philoso-phy department chair Anita Silvers (center) and SF State history professors Jessica Elkind (left), Eva Sheppard Wolf, Dawn Mabalon and Charles Postel Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the Vista Room.
JENNY SOLOKOVA / XPRESS
PRUNING: Linda Jo Morton, gardening specialist for University Property Management, and Alex Kimble, grounds student assistant, trim damaged leaves from an agave plant in Parkmerced Monday, Feb. 11. UPM has replaced small lawns with drought-tolerant plants in an effort to reduce water use on campus.
RYAN LEIBRICH / XPRESS
Conservation efforts thrive during
California drought
Students get crash course in formal dining at campus restaurant
BY JULIA MIDDLEMISS _�[email protected]
BY JENNIE [email protected]
SF STATE WILL GET
a little taste of Holly-
wood when screenwriter
Michael Grais comes to
campus to speak about
the profession’s evolving
presence in the city.
Grais is set to speak from 5:15
to 7:55 p.m. on Feb. 13, at Coppola
7KHDWUH��+H�LV�WKH�¿UVW�IHDWXUHG�JXHVW�in a three-part speaker series hosted on
campus by Cinema Assistant Professor
Julian Hoxter.
Hoxter is the screenwriting co-
ordinator for the cinema department
and put together similar series in the
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workshop is a one-unit class taught by
Grais on Thursday, Feb. 13, but the
class is full.
Grais would not disclose too many
details of his talk, but Hoxter seems
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“Michael is funny and opinionat-
ed,” Hoxter said. “He has very direct
views on screenwriting in Hollywood.”
Grais began writing in the sixth
grade. He attended New York Univer-
sity Film School for three years and
later received his master’s degree in
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hit-movies, such as “Poltergeist”
and “Poltergeist II,” “Cool World,”
“Great Balls of Fire” and “Marked for
Death.” His television series credits
include “The Immortal,” “Visitors
from the Unknown” and the Internet
series “The Promised Land.”
Grais said one of his favorite
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has made as they are not only great
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getting on the big screen.”
Grais’ advice for students wanting
to pursue a screenwriting profession
is simply to treat everyone with a high
level of respect. This is something
he said he wishes he had been told
starting out.
“Treat everyone as if they’re going
to be an executive sometime, no
matter what level they’re at,” Grais
said.
The speaker series is sponsored
by the CSU Entertainment Industry
Initiative, which seeks to connect
CSU campuses and students with the
entertainment industry. Scott Patter-
son, BECA professor and executive
director of the initiative, said one of
its focuses is to increase awareness
and pride among students and alumni
for their achievements, and that the
VFUHHQZULWLQJ�VHULHV�H[HPSOL¿HV�WKLV�mission.
“A series of masterclass is an
excellent example of increasing that
connectedness,” Patterson said.
Following Grais in the speaker
series will be Sam Hamm’s talk about
the pleasures and pitfalls of genre
screenwriting Thursday, Feb. 20.
Concluding the series will be Pamela
Gray on writing the female-centered
screenplay Thursday, March 6.
Hoxter said positive feedback from
students about previous screenwriting
events led him to coordinate this cur-
rent series, which he believes students
ZLOO�HQMR\�“We felt that it was time to take
it to another level, as they say and to
really try and put a coherent series
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Treat everyone as if they’re going to be an executive
sometime, no matter what level they’re at.
Michael Grais
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BY ANNA HECHT _�[email protected]
Co-writer of “Poltergeist” to give advice on screenwriting in SF
Happy Valentine’s
Dayfrom,
“Flower Power” exhibit opening offers students
an eye into SF history
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The first of a three-part speakers series hosted by the CSU EII, Michael Grais will give students insight into his profession during a one-unit workshop Feb. 13
The 200-photo exhibit opening began with a film
screening and interactive art project. Former Black Panther member, Elaine Brown, later shared her experiences in the
movement.
EXHIBIT: Barbara Gainer, a soul singer and SF State alum, performs at the Black Power Flower Power exhibit reception at the Cesar Chavez Center Thursday, Feb. 6.
RACHEL ASTON / XPRESS
As rain fell from the sky, beer poured from the kegs Fri-day night, marking the begin-ning of SF Beer Week.
Started in 2009 by Jay Brooks and a few local brew-ers, the celebration has since grown to one of the biggest beer festivals in the country. Entering its sixth year, SF Beer Week will celebrate craft beer, Bay Area brewers and beer culture from Feb. 7 through Feb. 16.
Now sponsored by the San Francisco Brewers Guild, the festival features more than 500 beer-themed events around the Bay Area crammed into the 10-day schedulwe. This year’s events include opportunities to meet the brewers and tap take-overs, in which a bar will offer only a certain brewer’s beers for a night.
Restaurants and breweries also offer exclusive beer and food pairing menus, workshops and talks to learn the art of brewing. Some brewers will release special or rare craft beers exclusive to SF Beer Week.
The event is a big deal for self-declared “beer snobs” like SF State senior and history major Carlos Chavez.
“You’ll never catch me drink-ing a Bud Light,” he said.
Chavez said he attended his ¿UVW�%HHU�:HHN�HYHQW�ODVW�\HDU�going to the Barleywine Festival at Toronado in the Lower Haight district, one of the more popular
events in SF Beer Week drawing in a very large crowd each year.
This year Chavez will attend another popular SF Beer Week event, titled the Double IPA Festival hosted by The Bistro in Hayward wand 540 Club, where they will release rare and limited batches from Ballast Point, De-schutes and Anchor Steam brew-eries. In order to spread the word
and good beer, Chavez said that he is bringing a couple friends to experience Beer Week.
For senior Ryan Rumney, a marketing major, the Double ,3$�)HVWLYDO�ZLOO�EH�KLV�¿UVW�%HHU�Week event.
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Rumney’s experience is very similar to a lot of SF Beer Week newbies. Many event goers hear about the festival through word-of-mouth or by friends who invite them along to the celebra-tion’s events.
Another SF Beer Week ¿UVW�WLPHU��%LOO�*UDI�����ZDV�introduced to Beer Week through friends’ invitations to SF Beer
Week events around the city. Graf attended a tap takeover at Zeitgeist and Mad Dog in the Fog’s “Hops and Scoops” event on Saturday and said he is enjoy-ing the festival so far.
“I’ll do it again next year. Everybody is friendly, I’m trying new beers and having a good time,” he said.
Every year, the young fes-tival’s popularity continues to JURZ��DQG�WKLV�\HDU����EUHZHULHV�and more than 2,500 people at-tended the Friday night opening gala, held in the East Hall of the Concourse Exhibition Center. Tickets for the gala sold out weeks before the event began.
SF Beer Week in 2012 held only 300 scheduled events and the opening gala featured only ���EUHZHUV��EXW�DOVR�VROG�RXW�tickets. Two years later, these numbers have near doubled.
The popularity of SF Beer Week is also a testament of San Francisco’s growing reputation as a top beer city, and GQ and CNN Travel both listed San Francisco on their lists of top beer cities in America.
SF Beer Week has a full schedule on its website and there is an app available for iPhone and Android phones that lets festival attendants track out their week itinerary. The website just added an option to post your itin-erary on Facebook and compare among friends.
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ON WEDNESDAY afternoon, while most students were in class, Knuth Hall reverberated with
the sound of classical music, as vi-olinist Jassen Todorov and pianist Adrian Borcea performed several of Mozart’s sonatas.
The room erupted in ap-plause as Todorov and Borcea walked onto the low, wooden stage and took their positions. The audience fell silent as they waited for the show to begin. %RUFHD¶V�SDJH�WXUQHU�ÀLSSHG�KLV�VKHHW�PXVLF�DV�KLV�¿QJHUV�began to graze across the piano keys while Todorov’s violin bow glided over the strings of his instrument.
Todorov grew up around music in Bulgaria. His father was a violinist and his mother was a SLDQLVW��+H�¿UVW�SLFNHG�XS�WKH�YLR-OLQ�ZKHQ�KH�ZDV�¿YH�\HDUV�ROG�DQG�said he has been playing nearly every day for the past 34 years.
“Music is not easy,” he said. “It’s (both) an ongoing frustra-tion and pleasure.”
The violinist came to Ameri-ca in 1992 when he was offered a full scholarship to Idyllwild Arts Academy in Southern California.
Todorov describes it as “very picturesque, but a bit like a jail.” Despite this isolation, Todorov said it allowed him to rigorously study and play music.
Upon graduating high school, he went to Harid Conservatory in
Boca Raton, Fla. for his bach-elor’s degree in violin perfor-mance and received his master’s degree from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. He worked as a teaching assistant in New York from 2000 to 2003, but recalls falling in love with San Francisco when he visited the city while attending Idyllwild Arts Academy.
He has been teaching violin at SF State since August 2003.
“Who knew that 11 years later, I’d be moving here?” he said. “One of my dreams was IXO¿OOHG�´
Having performed all over the world, Todorov said he en-joys playing at SF State because of the warm, friendly atmo-sphere.
“I like playing for students, faculty, peers… for people who come with all the best inten-tions,” said the musician. “It’s feels like home here.”
This is the third performance Todorov and Borcea have done WRJHWKHU��WKH�¿UVW�RI�ZKLFK�ZDV�last semester. They met when Borcea took a class with the violinist and Todorov recognized his talent, said the musicians.
Borcea, 30, began playing SLDQR�ZKHQ�KH�ZDV�¿YH�DQG�LV�FXUUHQWO\�¿QLVKLQJ�KLV�PDVWHU¶V�degree in music at SF State. He moved to the U.S. from Romania
in 2000 and began studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2002. He transferred to SF State two years later.
“(Learning an instrument is) GLI¿FXOW�LQ�WKH�EHJLQQLQJ�´�KH�said. “You feel like you’re not making any progress. But if you stick with it and invest the time, you can go somewhere.”
Performing in front of an audience is both nerve-wracking and gratifying, the pianist said.
“It’s pretty cool when we have a lot of people and every-body’s quiet and paying attention to you,” said Borcea. “It also makes you kind of nervous. You don’t necessarily enjoy it, but afterwards you realize those tension moments are some of the best moments, as well.”
“It’s amazing how two instru-PHQWV�FDQ�¿OO�D�URRP�ZLWK�VRXQG�without any equalization,” said Steven Mortimer, who has been studying music at San Francisco State for two and a half years.
Borcea and Todorov said they eventually hope to record all of Mozart’s sonatas together and produce several albums. Bor-cea’s ultimate goal, however, is to teach music at a university.
“As musicians, we have all sorts of dreams,” Borcea said. “But there comes a time to wake up to reality and get a job that will pay the bills.”
DUO: Associate Professor Jassen Todorv (left) and graduate student
Adrian Borcea play three of Mozart’s sonatas on violin and piano in
Knuth Hall Wednesday, Feb. 5.
DRINKING BUDDIES: William Graf (right) plays pool while his friends Nancy Droege (left) and Sonny
Huynh enjoy beer and watch from the side at The Mad Dog in the Fog bar to celebrate SF Beer Week
Saturday, Feb. 8.
LORISA SALVATIN / XPRESS
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BY MADISON RUTHERFORD _�[email protected]
Classical musicians serenade students in Knuth Hall
Thousands gather in bars for city-wide party during sixth annual SF Beer Week
BY APRIL HALOG _�[email protected]
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Misconstrued defintions of love and romancelead to a falsely celebrated holiday
BY DAVID MARIUZ _�[email protected]
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MAZIN MAHGOUB, JUNIORINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAJOR
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BEN GERSHEN, JUNIOR POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR
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LOVE: IT’S MORE THAN just a feeling. It’s a biological entity and one of the driving forces in life. Romance on the other hand, is the explanation we tell ourselves to describe these feelings.
According to SF State English Professor Bruce Avery, “We have a sheer biological need to procreate and romances are the stories we tell ourselves to make that biology seem meaningful, in a non-biological way.”
Valentine’s Day can be a confusing time of year because many people get romance DQG�ORYH�PL[HG�XS��+RZHYHU��WKHLU�GH¿QL-tions are very different.
Love in one sense is strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, but it’s also attraction based on sexual desire, according to Merriam-Webster.
Romance is a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure or the supernat-XUDO��,W�FDQ�DOVR�EH�GH¿QHG�DV�a prose narrative with imag-inary characters involved in events remote in time or place that are usually heroic, adventurous or mysterious, according to Merriam-Webster.
They both involve physical attraction, which is caused by the belief that being with another person will make us complete.
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There are traditions associated with human attraction that help us understand how we feel about our biological needs. However, they get falsely encapsulated in things such as books, movies, poetry and songs.
In “Something” by George Harrison he sings, “Something in the way she moves/Attracts me like no other lover/Something in the way she woos me.”
It sounds very sweet, innocent and romantic when you only hear the song, but don’t actually listen to the lyrics.
Although, you don’t have to think too KDUG�WR�¿JXUH�RXW�ZKDW�WKLV�JLUO¶V�³VRPH-thing” is that Harrison is really referring to.
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rio to “draw me like one of your French girls.”Enough with the awful innuendos.People often end up disappointed with
love because their ideals about romance have EHHQ�IRUPHG�E\�¿FWLRQDO�VWRULHV��7KLV�EULQJV�us back to the origin of romance.
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for love was even more preposterous. During this time, marriage would happen within nobility to mate-ULDOLVWLFDOO\�EHQH¿W�HDFK�RWKHU��
according to an article written by Cal Poly English Profes-sor Dr. Debora Schwartz.
Romance was concep-tualized within the idea of money and wealth, which it still revolves around to this day.
7KLV�¿QDOO\�EULQJV�XV�back to Valentine’s Day.
If you’re paying for an expensive dinner with the hope of winning another person’s affection this Friday, keep in mind that it’s because you’re a romantic.
Love is free.
ART BY JORDAN CERMINARA
GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG OPINION02.12.14 9|
WE’VE heard it all: Val-entine’s Day is a commer-
cial holiday, a Hallmark holi-day, a day created by greeting card and chocolate companies to celebrate something that really should be manifested all year long.
It has suffered the same fate as Christmas – a day buried beneath so much consumerism that it is no longer associated with its original meaning or purpose. Feb. 14 is a “holiday” that many of us have pondered the basis of its existence, gen-erally when we have no one to celebrate it with.
At least it does not con-done alcoholism without any regard for historical accuracy or political correctness, such as Independence Day, St. Pat-rick’s Day or Cinco de Mayo. But what purpose does a day pervaded with chocolate, candy hearts, giant teddy bears and red roses serve in our society?
It doesn’t serve any purpose at all, other than to demon-strate the greed and narcissism RI�D�FRXQWU\�¿OOHG�ZLWK�SHRSOH�ignorant enough to fall for a day all about “proving your love” through possessions.
You may be found with \RXU�VLJQL¿FDQW�RWKHU�VLSSLQJ�champagne by candlelight, or maybe in a Mission dive bar, surrounded by empty shot glasses. No matter the context, Valentine’s Day has a very ob-vious presence in our culture.
For single folk, the exces-sive post-Christmas presence of Valentine’s gear in every Wal Mart and Target throughout the country is a not-so-subtle wake-up call that you are alone. For some people it’s just another day, which is an idea the rest of the country should follow.
It’s not a real holiday unless we get school off. And unlike Martin Luther King Jr. and Christopher Columbus, the government apparently doesn’t
deem St. Valentine worthy of pausing the education system, so it really shouldn’t be such a big deal.
Why, you may ask? Well, let’s just examine several rea-sons why Valentine’s Day isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
The day is derived from an extremely depressing history beginning with the beheading of Saint Valentine on Feb. 14, 926 for illegally wedding Christian couples. Then in 1929, the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre occurred in Chicago between two powerful gangs. It was ODWHU�FODVVL¿HG�DV�RQH�RI�WKH�most violent and bloody gang ¿JKWV�LQ�KLVWRU\�
While it is one of the most popular days of the year for MHZHOHUV��ÀRULVWV�DQG�FKRF-olatiers, it is also a busy day for suicide hotlines. Beginning around Valentine’s Day and continuing through spring, sui-cide rates increase nationally, Di-rector of Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast Diane Brice said, according to City on a Hill Press.
In addition, two weeks before Valentine’s Day Amer-ican jewelry sales accumu-late 34 million tons of mine waste worldwide every year, DFFRUGLQJ�WR�WKH�QRQSUR¿W�organization Earthworks. Also damaging our environment and rapidly exhausting fossil fuels is the vast number of red roses being cut, sold and shipped annually from South America WR�WKH�8QLWHG�6WDWHV�WR�IXO¿OO�buyers’ needs to impress.
Killing trees has even become a tradition for Valen-tine’s Day with approximately 145 million cards being sent in the U.S. this year, Director of Communications for Greeting Card Association Kathy Krass-ner said. Apparently, hitting that special someone with
Cupid’s bow also means hitting the ozone layer.
Whether you are giving your whole heart to someone or just wholeheartedly cele-brating single awareness day, it doesn’t change the fact that Valentine’s Day is a bogus hol-iday shrouded in commercial-ism and ignorance. Though it’s virtually harmless to eat a few conversation hearts or become someone’s secret admirer, this holiday is founded on ques-tionable morals.
Try something different this year and simply spend time with the one you love or give the money you would spend RQ�D�ÀLPV\�YDOHQWLQH�RU�FKHHV\�stuffed animal to someone who actually needs it. Really spread the love instead of buying into the wasteful and just plain stu-pid traditions of this contrived day of affection.
BY MADISON RUTHERFORD _�[email protected]
ART BY JORDAN CERMINARA
Valentine’s Day: Opposing outlooks on love
Avoid the corporate
kiss of death on love’sholiday
Embrace the cheesiness
of red hearts andchocolate
When most people think of Valentine’s Day,
they imagine one of three things: a doe-eyed, heart-shar-ing half of a relationship; a sad, usually female, single person; or the anti-Valentine’s Day propagandist who likely ¿QGV�QR�KLJKHU�MR\�LQ�OLIH�than earning another follower on their Tumblr blog.
However, many neither giggle nor cry when Feb. 14 rolls around. Instead, many of us young singles ignore the annual pity party and appreciate the holiday for the blatant cheesiness that all ages are meant to enjoy.
Come Valentine’s Day, some women put on a red dress, catch a taxi to a crowded restaurant or bar and proceed to drink a few too many sangrias, which
eventually leads to a failed attempt at public swing
dancing. Some friends stay in to celebrate and drown them-selves in red wine
and video games. Others cuddle up in
bed for the evening to watch “A Walk to Remember” and fall asleep early in preparation for work the next day.
Not all single women treat being single on Valentine’s Day as a curse. Logic-based reasoning is not thrown out the window and replaced with the fear that you are forever alone. The holiday has continued year after year because of its ability to make people feel like teenag-ers in love again and participate in fun, sugarcoated events.
However, what really grinds my gears is the fact that people can get upset because of the holiday. This isn’t Christmas, people. There isn’t a full turkey feast expected to feed two booze DQG�RSLQLRQ�¿OOHG�IDPLOLHV��You don’t have to spend $80 to secure a table at a local bar and count down until midnight in a scratchy, sequin dress.
Often, couples will get in ¿JKWV�DERXW�XQIXO¿OOHG�H[SHF-tations of Valentine’s Day. Tim Smith from Yahoo Shine gives his readers multiple tips on how WR�DYRLG�JHWWLQJ�LQWR�D�¿JKW�
ZLWK�D�VLJQL¿FDQW�RWKHU�on Valentine’s Day. )URP�EX\LQJ�ÀRZHUV��cards and candy to
embracing the fact that “she has expectations,” Smith and many
others attack the negative side of the holiday
from all the wrong angles.Who cares if your signif-
icant other didn’t drop $120 on a cliché, heart-shaped, fake diamond necklace from Target? Cities like San Francisco offer free and fun alternatives to stan-dard, expensive dinners, such as the annual Valentine’s Day Pil-low Fight that draws an average 1,000 attendees who “lovingly beat the crap out of each other,” according to FunCheapSF.
This year, Harwinton Consolidated School in Con-necticut has placed a candy ban on the Valentine’s Day card exchange. How dare they. Principal Megan Mazzei said that the school is “working to encourage healthy practices, as well as manage food choices in classrooms where food allergies are present in order to maintain a safe environment.”
If kids can’t expect to be on an all-day sugar high come Feb. 14, why bother getting out of bed? Bans such as this are another reason this country is slowly, yet surely, ripping the joy out of Valentine’s Day.
America, don’t get frustrated by Valentine’s Day. Don’t be dramatic. Don’t go to bed angry EHFDXVH�\RXU�VLJQL¿FDQW�RWKHU�didn’t give you the perfect eve-ning or because you don’t have a VLJQL¿FDQW�RWKHU��(QMR\�WKH�SLQN��the red, the candy (unless you attend Harwinton) and the ines-capable cheesiness of Feb. 14 this year, simply because it’s fun.
BY LAUREN SEWARD _�[email protected]
THE SF STATE
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BY HALEY [email protected]
LORISA SALVATIN / XPRESS
I really don’t know how I did it, I was actually re-ally stressed out before the meet and I had a lot
going on that week.Tiana Wills
GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG SPORTS02.12.14 11|
SF State fails to gain ground in conference
Dean’s list honors athletes who juggle school, work and sports
After a large victory against Cal State Los Angeles Jan. 3, SF State’s women’s basketball team suffered a surprising loss 67-55 during last weekend’s game..
The Gators couldn’t make a comeback as CSULA’s bench outscored their entire team, dropping them to 8-8 in CCAA and 12-10 overall.
“It just didn’t make any sense because we beat Cal State LA by (23) at their home last time,” Van Sickel said. “So it was kind of surreal because I thought we were going to smash on them.”
With the loss, SF State could QRW�SXOO�LQWR�D�WLH�IRU�¿IWK�SODFH�in the conference and now sit one game behind Cal State Stan-islaus and Cal State East Bay.
Guard Angela Van Sickel led the Gators with a total of 17
points, scoring 13 in the second half.
“I thought the second half, offensively, we played a little bit better,” head coach Joaquin Wal-lace said regarding the team’s overall efforts.
“We came into the second half with one assist and eight points, which was better.”
Turnovers were a problem for the Gators all game, as they couldn’t take care of the ball and committed a season-high 19 turnovers.
Guard Katie Batlin scored 12 points with eight rebounds, while forward Lauren Varney scored 11 points with nine rebounds.
Cal State Los Angeles for-ward Aiwekhoe Okungbowa led the Golden Eagles with a game high of 26 points.
The Golden Eagles have had SF State’s number the past
couple years, as the Gators’ win earlier this year improved them to 1-5 against CSULA since the 2011-12 season.
SF State beat the Golden Ea-JOHV�������-DQ����IRU�WKH�¿UVW�ZLQ�against them in three years.
The Gators played the night before when they trumped the Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros 66-53. Katie Batlin and Lauren Varney led the game against the Toros, scoring 16 points each.
“It was all about energy tonight and we just didn’t have it,” Van Sickel said. “We have only won one Saturday game this season. We are just so tired from our Friday games and need to learn to get past that.”
SF State will host two games next weekend, Feb. 14 and 15 against Humboldt State Univer-sity and No. 16 ranked Cal Poly Pomona.
BEING A student is a full-time job in itself to most, but some students not only excel in school but
also are able to accommodate athletics and jobs.
One hundred nineteen full-time student athletes were named to the department of athletics honor roll by keeping up a min-imum GPA of 3.0. Out of those students, 94 of them achieved at least a 3.25, earning them dean’s list recognition.
Colt Reichl, a sophomore on SF State’s men’s soccer team, achieved a 3.6 grade point av-erage, landing him a spot on the University’s dean’s list.
With a previous semester on honor roll, this is Reichl’s ¿UVW�WLPH�REWDLQLQJ�GHDQ¶V�OLVW�recognition. He stated that it is GH¿QLWHO\�QRW�HDV\�DFFRPPRGDWH�schoolwork and athletics, but it is possible with a sense of time management and self-discipline.
“Everything is doable,” said Reichl. “I haven’t had a teacher that has asked more of me than I can give, but if you don’t put the time in and don’t do the home-
work, it will be hard for you.”The baseball team was well
represented as they led the sports with 20 of their players making the list. Only six players on the team were unable to attain honor roll status.
Almost all of the student athletes named to honor roll and the dean’s list claimed that time management was the key component to balancing all their responsibilities.
Landing a spot on the dean’s list four years in a row, Angela Van Sickel balances the respon-sibilities of an athlete, a full-time student and a part-time employee as the intramural sports man-ager for the campus recreation department. “It isn’t easy,” she said. “It takes a lot of honesty and self-discipline.”
“I just have to just be honest with myself,” said Van Sickel. “If I have too much homework, then I can’t practice basketball that day. I am here on an aca-demic scholarship, so school has DOZD\V�FRPH�¿UVW�IRU�PH�´
When it comes to complet-ing homework assignments and tests, one would think that traveling would obstruct student
athletes’ essential study time, but it is surprisingly easily arranged.
Without excusing any of the workload, professors adhere to student athletes’ schedules by being lenient on attendance as long as they schedule turn-in dates ahead of time.
“My professors are all pretty understanding to my situation while I am traveling,” Reichl said. “A lot of times I just ask if it is okay to take the test while my coach watches over me, and usual-ly they’re pretty accommodating.”
Professor Mark Calkins of comparative world literature and classics explains that working around student athletes’ travel schedules is not usually stressful RU�GLI¿FXOW��6WXGHQW�DWKOHWHV�RI�KLV�haven’t missed important tests in the past, but if they did, alterna-tives can easily be arranged.
“Most student athletes I have had as students bring the focus and discipline they need as athletes into the classroom,” said Calkins about the drive his student athletes had. “My ex-perience is that student athletes are in general somewhat more conscientious about their school-work than many other students.”
BY TAYLOR LONIGRO _�[email protected]
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
DISHED: Michelle Sutton makes a pass while being covered by Cal State LA’s Aiwekhoe Okung-
bowa and Tina Fantroy during their game at The Swamp Saturday, Feb. 8.
RACHEL ASTON / XPRESS
BY TAYLOR [email protected]