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THE UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT RUN NEWSPAPER FEBRUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 29, 2016VOLUME 76 // ISSUE 4
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In this issue:
News: Associated Students election application period closes Friday. Pg. 5
A&E: Staff Writer Nico Gray analyzes Supergroups. Pg. 6
Student Life: Teaching English in Sri Lanka.Pg. 9
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Sports: Men’s Basketball team loses in overtime. Pg. 11
Associated Students examine safety, accountability in town hall meeting
Nate GalvaN
Staff Writer
For a town hall meeting, the sheer amount of emp-ty chairs in the room may
be have been alarming to many, but not as much as the main topic of the discussion: Sexual assault on college campuses
Associated Students of Sonoma State University held a town hall meeting on Thursday, where student leaders hoped to engage in discussion with stu-dents in regards to safety and
accountability on college cam-puses.
The Campus Accountabil-ity and Safety Act, a topic of discussion at the meeting, was introduced into the U.S. Sen-ate in February 2015. The act would require institutions of higher education to describe to law enforcement serious crimes on campus, including sexual violence.
Specified information re-garding the number of sex of-fenses reported to the institu-tion would also have to be in-
cluded in their annual campus security report.
Part of the act that would require students to report sexu-al assaults to police before col-leges are allowed to investigate the claims themselves.
Students were quick to mention their overall unaware-ness of what campus police do in situations involving sexual assault.
For the approximately eight students in attendance, the climax of the discussion occurred when student leaders asked, “Why would someone
make the decision as to how and where to get support after an assault?”
Associated Students and students were quick to show understanding as to how seri-ous the aftermath of sexual as-sault is, along with the belief that the victim should be able to confide in whoever he or she feels comfortable.
The act also states heavy fines, as much as one percent of the institution’s operating budget, will be put on universi-ties who mishandle sexual as-sault cases.
This could mean a fine of over $500,000 if Sonoma State University doesn’t comply with law enforcement involving these cases on campus, or post the information on its website on how to report sexual assault and the disciplinary proce-dures.
The use of heavy fines be-ing introduced is possibly be-cause of frustration with some institutions of higher education failing
See TOWN HALL MEETING on Pg. 4
Drought still here amid El Niño
STAR // Megan Corcoran
Sonoma State University has experienced a heat wave in the last week, making students question more rain is coming.
edGar SaNchez
Staff Writer
More than 36 million Califor-nians are still living in drought-affected areas
— roughly 95 percent of the state’s population, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center. The fight to end the drought in California, is far from over.
Gov. Jerry Brown proclaimed a state of emergency for California in January of 2014 and urged residents to conserve in every way possible be-cause of the drought.
At that point, California was ex-periencing what was only the middle of four years of drought.
The year after Brown’s declara-tion marked the hottest year on re-cord, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. At that point, Sonoma County initiated a campaign called “DROUGHT IS ON: Retain it! Don’t drain it!” to encourage residents to conserve water.
During that time, the hype for the conservation of water reached its
peak. However, experts now believe it
has decreased due relief provided by recent El Niño rains.
El Niño is a sequence of climatic events in the equator that warms the waters of the ocean and affects weath-er patterns all over the world. Sci-entists predicted this year’s El Niño could bring large amounts of rain to California.
“The fact people were actually counting on El Niño to bring us back from such a significant drought, really makes a statement about how much this drought has been underestimat-ed,” said environmental science major Jorge Casanova.
In reality, the effects of El Niño are still uncertain, and Californians might have to wait a few more months to experience its full potency.
The National Oceanic and At-mospheric Administration predicts El Niño could strike California harder during the month of March.
“El Niño will be beneficial to us, but we need to think of other avenues in which we can conserve water and get out of the drought,” said Casanova.
Sonoma State University prides
itself in being committed to sustain-ability and water conservation. Recre-ation Center Coordinator Ryan Walsh explained the ways in which the center saves water.
“The REC uses reclaimed water in all of the bathrooms of the build-ing, thanks to this, we are able to save thousand of drinking gallons of water each year,” said Walsh.
Reclaimed water is only one of the many ways the Recreation Center and Darwin Hall practice sustainabil-ity.
On Feb. 2, the state of California announced state residents have re-duced water use by 25.5 percent since June. Although these numbers are a sign of improvement, legislators want to remind citizens it’s still not enough, and must continue their efforts to save water through the winter.
When asked why water conserva-tion and sustainability are important to the Recreation Center, Walsh said, “As far as we know, planet earth is the only place known to harbor life, so we must conserve where we can and be efficient with our current needs so that we don’t compromise the needs of future generation.”
Police identify suspect in recent campus break-ins
Nicole detmerS
Staff Writer
Sonoma State University police intend to charge an individual suspected
to have committed one of two burglaries that occurred on campus this semester.
The case is still open and the burglaries are still under investigation, though police have identified an in-dividual whom they believe is responsible for a car bur-glary that occurred earlier this semester. Because the case is still under investiga-tion, Police Services could not disclose the suspect’s name.
“The case noted in the Timely Warning is still open and under investigation,” Captain David Dougherty said. “Additionally, thanks to Corporal Leroy Swice-good’s excellent work, we will be submitting a request for
charges to the Sonoma Coun-ty District Attorney’s Office for a person we believe was responsible for an auto bur-glary that occurred within our jurisdiction.”
On Jan. 26, students in Tuscany Village dorm woke to find doors wide open and window busted in, according to one of the residents, Natalie Mandeville. Personal items including a laptop were stolen.
Through the following days, a series of car burglaries occurred in campus parking lots. Soon after, police ser-vices issued a warning notice addressed to student emails to create awareness and pro-vide a message that students should exercise caution.
According to Dougherty, measures are being taken to increase safety on campus.
“[Campus police] seeks opportunities to communi
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Symptoms may include headaches, nausea, loss of memory, loss of academic,
professional and financial stabil-ity as well as loss of loved ones - and even death. Perhaps if alcohol introduced itself in a drug com-mercial, college students would think twice about over-indulging.
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1,825 college stu-dents between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries.
For many college students, drinking heavily is just a part of the college experience. Some jus-tify getting wasted every week because college is said to be a time to let loose and experience things you haven’t before.
That being said, there is a difference between drinking ca-sually and abusing alcohol.
“Once I went to a bonfire party, and people pressured me to chug vodka from the bottle,” said a Sonoma State University soph-omore business major. “I blacked out. I don’t remember much from that night, but my friend ex-plained everything the next day. Apparently I started crying and sat near the fire pit until some-one came over to check on me. When I tried to stand up, I al-most fell into the fire. Thankfully my friend caught me. I threw up about seven times that night.”
Accounts like this aren’t rare in campus conversation.
Since alcohol is so easily ac-
cessible and so often consumed by college students, it’s diffi-cult to notice the signs of alcohol abuse.
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, binge drinking is when the consumption of alcohol brings one’s blood alcohol con-centration level to 0.08 percent or higher. This concentration level is generally reached by having five or more drinks for men, or four or more drinks for women within a two-hour period.
College students are, under-standably, under a great amount of pressure, keeping up with classes, work, as well as hav-ing friends and family issues. Pile this all on top of navigating through one of the biggest transi-tional phases in life, you may feel hopeless and stressed out.
But when trying to forget about each day turns into forgot-ten nights, you’re just adding fuel to the fire.
The signs of alcohol abuse in college students include: De-creased interest in classes and extracurricular activities, drastic change in grades or academic performance, shifts in sleeping patterns or fluctuations in weight, time spent in new social circles, especially among those who have a reputation of abuse, withdraw-ing from friends or acting secre-tive, unexplained changes in be-havior or personality, uncharac-teristic mood swings, depression or irritability.
When you add alcohol to an already unstable situation, you aren’t providing a long-term so-lution, you’re making it worse. Drinking can even affect those around you Repeatedly giving that responsibility to your friends is inconsiderate and makes you look incredibly disrespectful of others around you. Self control is key.
These all-too-common drinking habits can also transfer into life after college. If you learn to drink to “solve” your problems in school, you will not suddenly unlearn that habit when you grad-uate.
This is often times how ex-cessive drinking turns into alco-holism, a disease in which you become mentally and physically dependent on alcohol. In short, the spur-of-the-moment decisions that you make in college can af-fect the rest of your life.
The truth is, drinking in moderation along with knowing the risks that come with drinking is the safest way to enjoy alcohol, even in college. Each person has his or her limit when it comes to alcohol and college might be a good time and place to discover your limit.
We don’t want to act as your parents or claim that alcohol will dissolve your future and ruin your life. We are acting as the friend who holds your hair back as you throw up after a night of heavy drinking and reminds you about it the next day.
Alcoholism can start in college. We want it to end it there
Holding back your hairCOURTESY // Michael Morelli
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A student-athlete
NaamaN HigHtower
Staff Writer
“Oh, you’re an athlete? Teachers must love you! I bet you get it so easy.” This common phrase doesn’t hold true in my experience whatsoever. Not only does being a student athlete compound things when it comes to time man-
agement, but the student-teacher relationship is met with judgment, stereotypes and preju-dice. You think your college experience has been tough? Step into the day in the life of a student-athlete.
The alarm on my iPhone sounds at 5 a.m. Great. With preseason workouts at 6 a.m., that leaves me 40 minutes to shower, get dressed and try to stomach something that will give me enough energy to last through a grueling three hour practice. Collegiate sports from basketball to tennis are no joke. The competition in practice forces me to push my body to the limit on a daily basis. As much as basketball is a physical sport, our coaches also challenge us mentally on a daily basis. Intellectually, I have to be constantly on point, because every detail is crucial to our success as a team. After a three hour physical and mental workout is complete, time for class.
After rushing through a two-minute shower, somehow I get to class on time. As a very disciplined student-athlete, much of which my coaches have taught me to be, I choose sit in the first two rows of every class I attend. While I walk into my class, I feel the eyes of my peers and my professor glance my direction. Granted, I am 6-foot-7 inches tall and African American at a school that is nearly 65 percent white, I understand the glances.
The stereotype of male athletes in general is we get it easy. Professors know our coaches, so the easy A is a virtual guarantee. Wrong. Personally, I have had professors point me out in class to challenge my intellect as if I am not supposed to take my educa-tion seriously. Once, I had a college professor tell the class to stand up and applaud me for receiving the highest grade on a research paper. The stereotype that all I’m only on this campus to do is play basketball and win games has lead to unfair stereotyping on innocent students.
Somehow I make it noon, snacking on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and fruit snacks to please my roaring stomach. Phew, finally the day is over. Wrong again. Time for my 1 p.m. descriptive physics class. Doesn’t everybody just love physics? For the record, eight hours have passed since a full healthy meal was consumed. The class makes a joke out of how many times my stomach is going to interrupt the teaching of Professor Su-Young.
Class ends, but the day is just beginning. Academic meetings follow a very tiring day of practice and classes. The time has come for our academic advisor, Mr. Libbon, to make sure I’m on track with all of my classes. As we go down the list of classes, I feel my eyes starting to drift. Pinching myself as to not disrespect the very old school Mr. Libbon, we fi-nally reach the checkered flag. The time has come for some food, but not before a two-mile bike ride back to my apartment. Reaching home sweet home, I try to make the healthiest choice possible, but Panda Express is smelling too good to pass up. Besides, it’s right next to my job. Didn’t I mention I have an eight-hour shift to look forward too? With no time for a nap, I get to it.
However, everyday is not as rigorous as this. According to NCAA rules, Sonoma State is mandated to give us one off day every week. Some days are easier than others. Now, you might say, “Didn’t you sign up for this? Nobody is forcing you to do all of that.” This is very true.
We as student-athletes don’t want sympathy, but empathy. Simply knowing what our schedules are like can make the regular student, 89 percent of the campus according to Sonoma State, put things in perspective.
A wine tender
misHa Herbert
Staff Writer
Barrel tasting is a two-weekend event in the beginning of March that oc-curs all over Sonoma County.
Sadly, the prevalence of belligerent twenty-somethings has begun to leave a bad taste in the mouths of participat-ing wineries and event-goers. As both an employee of the wine industry and a col-lege student, I feel compelled to appeal to my like-minded counterparts.
Wine enthusiasts from across the nation come together for the chance to taste wines right out of the barrel from over 200 wineries in the Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys.
Ticket prices of $45 for an entire week-end of virtually limitless wine-tasting make this event a killer deal. Considering a stan-dard tasting can run anywhere from $10-20 for a single winery visit, it’s no wonder why this event is a big hit with drinking age col-lege students.
While barrel tasting is an awesome chance to drink a lot of wine for a pretty good price, there’s definitely a right and wrong way to participate in the event.
This event offers a unique opportunity for many people to meet and talk with lo-cal winemakers and winery owners. For
those unfamiliar with drinking wine, this is a great chance to figure out what wines you may or may not like, and even learn a little about wine making in the process.
Whether you like it or not, you are rep-resenting Sonoma State University when you go out into the “real world.” Being from the first college in the U.S. to offer an un-dergraduate degree, MBA and Executive MBA in wine business, you’ll be expected to know wine, at least a little bit.
Barrel tasting gives you a chance to gain that knowledge, all while sipping on some seriously good stuff. Take advantage of this opportunity, you’ll thank yourself later!
One of the biggest mistakes people make while wine tasting is forgetting to eat and drink water along the way. I’ve seen it far too many times in the tasting room at work: Some poor soul is on their fourth winery of the day, and the situation is quick-ly going downhill. It’s not pretty.
Although it’s not publicized as a food pairing event, many places will provide snacks or palette cleansers to wine tasters. These little snacks are your friend if you want to survive through the weekend. Or better yet, bring a lunch. Many wineries have beautiful picnic areas, and if you ask nicely, most won’t mind you having a picnic while overlooking the vineyards.
Lastly, and most importantly, make sure you have a sober driver to take that hot mess express from one winery to another. This is just common sense, people.
While the one-ounce pours may not seem like a lot of alcohol, they can quickly sneak up on you. Sonoma County police officers will be on the roads, and it’s truly not worth the risk of driving drunk. You can thank your designated driver by buy-ing them a bottle of delicious local wines. Everybody wins.
A Charlie Brown’s Cafe barista
olivia HuNt Staff Writer
From an outside perspective, the be-loved Charlie Brown’s Cafe is just a quick stop you make on the way to
class in order to ease the agony of sitting through a 4 hour lecture.
Before I was employed there, I would only go inside to get my typical “pesto bagel with two cream cheese” order. I never pro-cessed the entirely different perspective of the workers until I was thrown into the line of fire myself.
The amount of dedication, communica-tion and focus that goes into each working day never ceases to amaze me. The speed and effectiveness wouldn’t be possible with-out teamwork, or without our manager Vic-toria Rhodes, aka “Mama Vic,” who begins setting up for the day at 4:30 a.m. Without her incredible leadership and devotion to the venue, nothing would run as smoothly as it does.
Whether you have an opening shift at 6:45 a.m., a closing shift at 8 p.m. or anything
in between, the one thing that’s certain is experiencing a “rush.” The typical image of Charlie Brown’s is having a line out the door, but it’s not always like this. Usually, we brace ourselves for an influx of caffeine-fiending students at hours such as 9 a.m., noon, and 5 p.m. These are the common times one would want to avoid. Everyone has their designated station whether it’s the cashier, grill, smooth-ie or barista. Overdrive mode kicks in, and within minutes, there’s a line of cups piling up, and three plates of sandwiches waiting to be microwaved and grilled.
Cashiers struggle to hear customers over the deafening sound of the blenders, get irritated when the sharpie to write on the sal-ads is dry and run back and forth from the pastry case strategically shoving oversized cinnamon buns into small parchment bags.
If we’re lucky enough to have what we call a “runner” on shift, they swiftly ma-neuver around and fill up cups with scorch-ing hot water and try not to burn themselves while pouring a soup of the day.
Anyone who has the time to run the sal-ads to the back, accepts the fate that their fin-gers will smell like anchovy dressing for the rest of the day. It’s not uncommon during a rush to look down at your shirt at the end to find it permanently stained with some sort of food residue.
Every employee quickly learns the ne-cessity of yelling “corner” when coming to or from the back to avoid a literal head on collision with whoever happens to be back there. When the last transaction is complete, a row of high fives ensues and a sigh of re-lief is taken. Once the rush finally ends, our work is far from over. We take a few minutes
to gather our bearings, then prepare for the next rush by stocking lids, cups, pastries, the panini case, the drink fridge and cleaning the mountain of blenders left behind. The three R’s: Rush, recuperate and repeat. There’s al-ways something that needs to be tended to, leaving no time for dull moments.
If you think we move fast during open hours, you would be overwhelmed by the concentration that carries on when no one’s watching. At 7 p.m, the doors are locked and it’s go time. Four workers miraculously com-plete the countless tasks of what should, in actuality, take at least six people to effective-ly finish. One would assume it wouldn’t be especially painstaking to close down a little cafe. Think again. Everyone has an assigned station to shut down and a list of things which need to be wrapped and stocked. Every sur-face must be wiped down, every syrup filled,
coffee and teas are drained, washed and pol-ished. Every fridge must be full, every trash bag taken out. We work in teams to efficient-ly refill chips, cliff bars, candy and suncakes. The final steps are pulling mats, sweeping thoroughly, mopping and cleaning drains.
These tasks do not seem extremely daunting, yet there have been a handful of times that I have walked away with bleach either in my eye or my mouth. As we cash out the last drawer, turn off the lights and walk sideways on our feet as to not dirty the newly mopped floor, we exit the building — often sweating and hyperventilating — finalizing another successful night.
By experiencing the amount of love and hard work which goes into running the most popular venue on campus, I am proud to call myself a member of the Charlie Brown’s family.
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Networking workshop prepares students for career fair on Thursday
Shane Welch
Staff Writer
Focused on helping students gain business experience, Sonoma State University’s Career Services Cen-
ter held a workshop Feb. 17 on using the business networking website LinkedIn to stand out among career prospects. The workshop was part of a week-long series of business workshops and demonstrated how using the networking website can help students connect with recruiters at the career fair happening on Thursday.
“Over 80 percent of job openings are never advertised,” said Kimberly Jones, an assistant with the Career Services Cen-ter and student at Sonoma State.
With around 15 students in atten-dance and an hour in length, the network-ing workshop primarily covered how to build a profile on the business networking website. Subtopics on business network-ing using LinkedIn included how to maxi-mize a profile’s networking effectiveness
by differentiating a profile from others, five heavy weighted parts of a profile, four factors that bring a profile to the top of a search, the do’s and don’ts of maintaining a profile that’s interesting to recruiters and a 5 Minute LinkedIn Marketing Plan.”
The marketing plan is an infograph-ic put together by a company named Bluewire Media and is found on the Ca-reer Services Pinterest page. The slide presentation used during the networking workshop is also found on the Sonoma State Career Services web page under on-line resources at sonoma.edu/career/stu-dent_services/.
During the workshop, Career Ser-vices stressed using LinkedIn to network will help students stand out at the career fair. “We are giving students the skills to connect with employers that they’ll be meeting at the fair,” said Jones. “It will broaden their career opportunities.”
The workshop also demonstrated how using the business networking website can increase a student’s chances at finding connections even if an organization is not
looking for the positions that students are interested in getting into.
“Maybe they’re not recruiting for the department you are looking for, but the recruiters would know someone that is, that is why networking is important,” said Carrie Klaphake, a Career Services adviser. “We encourage students to con-nect with those employers so they can in-troduce them to their fellow colleagues at that company.”
Career Services also elaborated on how using LinkedIn as a networking tool can help students meet recruiters at the upcoming career fair.
“LinkedIn provides opportunities to engage and connect that students would not have been engaged to before,” said Klaphake.
One hundred and twelve companies want to recruit and hire Sonoma State stu-dents at the career fair on Feb. 25.
“I’m hoping to meet some people and find out what opportunities are out there,” said Christina Blount, a senior who at-tended the workshop. “My LinkedIn pro-
file is very sparse and I wanted to know how to use it.”
Students who attended the workshop are hoping to use LinkedIn and its net-working tools in order to help their future career prospects.
“I thought it would be a valuable lesson on networking,” said Justin Na-thanson, a senior at the workshop. “Im looking to get knowledge to advance my LinkedIn profile for when I graduate in the spring.”
The networking workshop was part of a week long series of career oriented programs designed to help students maxi-mize their career assets called Profession-al Development week.
Other workshops that Career Services covered during Professional Development week include resume building, proper business etiquette and “Resumania!”, a workshop in which industry professionals give feedback to students on their resume.
The Career Fair is scheduled to be held on Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.
STAR // Sara Wildman
Sonoma State University students now have cars at their disposal with the addition of Zipcars to campus. For a fee, students can rent a car for up to seven days from Parking Lot D.
Campus welcomes Zipcar, a transportation alternative
nicole DetmerS
Staff Writer
The car-share company, Zipcar is now available at Sonoma State. Students and staff can use the cars by register-
ing online, paying a fee to reserve the cars and using them for a day – or seven. Ac-cording to Zipcar, the company provides members with all of the freedoms of own-ing a car, without the hassle. The company provides the gas, insurance, allowing rent-ers to drive a maximum of 180 miles per day.
To participate in this alternative to car ownership, students must be 18 years of age with a valid driver’s license to register for the program and receive a membership dis-counted by the school, leaving the total cost to $15.
Parking Services Manager Cody Smith has seen cars frequently being used by stu-dents, especially by those living on campus. He said during the first week of service, Zipcar experienced a high volume of check-outs.
“We constantly hear about students asking their friends for rides or asking to borrow their car for something as simple as going to the grocery store,” said Smith. “With Zipcar, that’s no longer necessary. This is going to be a very convenient option for any student living on campus who does not have a car. Whether you’re running an errand or getting out of town for the day, now you’ll have a car available for use.
Zipcar is now available at Sonoma State because an initiative by the Police Services and Transportation Committee. Other programs provided include: Bike to work day, ride share – Alternate Rides, traf-fic calming and pedestrian safety and bike registration days.
“We chose to bring Zipcar to Sonoma State University after receiving several inquiries pertaining to whether or not we offered a car sharing program on campus. The program appeared to be successful at other campuses within the CSU. The implementation process moved forward
after initial discussions with Zipcar,” said Smith,.“Police Chief Nate Johnson and I presented the proposal to the Transporta-tion Committee, whose members unani-mously supported the concept.“
The cars are parked in the back corner of the Parking Lot D behind the Student Center and near Police Services. Zipcar parking spots are marked by green signs.
“When parking on campus the Zipcars must be parked in either of the two desig-nated spaces in Lot D. Zipcars parked any-where else on campus will need to park in a timed zone or obtain a parking permit,” said Smith, “Those using Zipcar can al-ways contact Parking Services for further clarification on the whereabouts of where to park.”
To utilize Zipcar, users can create an account online and pay the fee. Zipcar will send you a “Zip Card” which is used to lock and unlock the car. The keys are located in the car and remain there at all times.
The company recommends that in-dividuals examine the cars inside and out including looking at mirrors, headlights, air conditioning, windshield wipers and the radio. Similarly to a rental car, report the condition of the car to Zip Car and get to the road. Cars are available for reservation for as little as an hour to seven days.
“I strongly encourage students to uti-lize the Zipcar program. In using Zipcar, students will reduce the number of single occupant vehicles on campus and free up more available parking,” said Smith. “This program will assist the campus in provid-ing vehicle reduction strategies as required by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). This is something that our department is delighted to offer the community and we look forward to seeing its potential unfold.”
Police services later issued a state-ment detailing that Zipcar is not approved for official Sonoma State business and any attempt to claim reimbursements for using Zipcar.
Police Services plans to release a press release soon. For more information visit zipcar.com/universities/sonoma-state.
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to comply with Title IX. Title IX is a federal law that says all federally funded education programs cannot discriminate based on sex.
While it’s unclear where the Department of Education will use the money collected from fines, As-sociated Students President Brandon Mercer discussed how he agreed with the idea of schools being fined if they didn’t comply with the act.
“While I do understand it can be easy to be one sided in these discus-sions,” said Mercer. “I do feel that giving a fine to a school that doesn’t follow protocol is a great idea.”
While the town hall meeting was informative and Associated Students was prepared for an intense discussion they couldn’t fully get students’ opin-ion based on minimal attendance.
“I think it’s a combination of both time and awareness,” said a stu-dent government coordinator in at-
tendance. “We have started to look at how to not only get students to come here but also how we can reach out to them.”
Associated Students discussed ways of reaching out to students by making cards or pamphlets on issues that will be brought up in meetings or written in resolutions.
The real goal of these handouts would be to start conversation with students and get their feedback which would come if they were to go to a town hall meeting.
Mercer and Associated Students Vice President Kate Chavez are hop-ing to travel to Washington D.C, in the upcoming months to discuss the act and make a resolution possibly sup-porting the act depending on changes in the language.
The next town hall meeting is scheduled to be held on March 10 at the Student Center in the Sonoma Valley Room at 5 p.m.
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STAR // Kayla E. Galloway
Tuition costs in the California State University system have steadily risen over the past decade, making financial aid an even more important resource for students. With the FAFSA deadline quickly approaching, university officials encourage students to apply.
Students urged to apply for financial aid before deadline next week
Sarah FiShback Staff Writer
For the 2015-16 academic year, full-time tuition costs Sonoma State Uni-
versity students roughly $3,665 for the fall semester and $3,667 for the spring semester. Out-of-state students have to pay an ad-ditional $372 per unit. Paying for college is extremely costly — but thankfully, there are multiple op-portunities for students to apply for both financial aid and schol-arships.
One of those opportunities is the FAFSA, or the Free Appli-cation for Federal Student Aid, which gives students the oppor-tunity to receive federal and state aid to offset the costs of higher education. The FAFSA deadline is quickly approaching, with the priority deadline of March 2.
Susan Gutierrez, director for the Office of Financial Aid at Sonoma State has worked in the Financial Aid Office since 2000 and is informed about the whole process of applying for FAFSA.
“All students who meet the basic eligibility criteria will qualify for the federal Direct Loan program,” said Gutierrez. She reiterated any students eligi-ble for FAFSA can apply and see what loans and scholarships they can receive.
“Applying for FAFSA is a big inconvenience, and when I first started applying for FAFSA I had no idea what I was getting myself into,” said Undeclared Sopho-more Jessica Raquel. “Having to reapply every year is annoy-ing even though FAFSA is really helpful in the end” she said.
However, in addition to the cost of attending a California State University such as Sonoma State, there multiple costs that students have to worry about as well such as housing.
Students living on cam-pus, have to pay approximately $6,407 per semester, an amount that differs based on what village one lives in. Meanwhile, students who live off campus pay around $6,717 depending on location.
“The first step [in applying for the FAFSA] is to establish a
[federal student aid] ID if you don’t already have one,” said Gutierrez. “Students who have to provide their parents’ finan-cial information on the FAFSA should also have at least one par-ent establish an FSA ID.”
Gutierrez said a common concern among students is that their families don’t have their federal income taxes completed by the March 2 priority deadline for the FAFSA.
“Having filed federal tax-es early and electronically can make the entire application pro-cess easier,” said Gutierrez. “However, it’s fine for families to use estimated income if that’s the only way to meet the March 2 deadline.
They can always make cor-rections after their taxes are filed.”
To apply for the FAFSA, student are encouraged to visit fafsa.edu.gov prior to the March 2 deadline and visit the Financial Aid Office in Salazar Hall with any questions relating to the ap-plication and eligibility.
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Associated Student filing deadline on
FridayJoSeph encinaS
Asst. News Editor
With the 2015-16 academic year ending, a new
batch of students finds themselves preparing to campaign and take part in the Associated Students election. With the Friday filing deadline fast ap-proaching, Associated Students is working to ensure that applications are plentiful as to make the election process more competitive.
“I have seen some elections through the past few years, and every year I would always like to see more people run-ning for positions,” said Daniel Gil, senior electri-cal engineering major at Sonoma State University. “The more people that run for positions leads to more discussion, which inevi-tably leads to better solu-tions.”
Associated Students is focusing on spreading the word about the upcom-ing elections, as well as pushing to make sure that every position has a pos-sible candidate. The orga-nization is trying to avoid having vacant seats at the start of the fall 2016 se-mester did in the fall 2015 semester when the vice president position was va-cant were left vacant.
“This year, the AS Senate has made the com-mitment that each and ev-ery Senator will recruit at least two students to run for their position,” said President of Associated Students Brandon Mercer.
Recruiting for each position is very dependent upon holding each officer accountable, which Mer-cer and Student Govern-ment Coordinator Asha Nettles have been doing to keep track of each of-ficer’s progress.
On top of trying to personally find people suitable for a position in AS, the group is also mak-ing a big push on social media.
“While we can use the official Associated Students accounts, the
real success is when our officers take it upon them-selves to spread the word through their own person-al accounts,” said Mercer.
Once the candidates are announced, a tough month lies ahead of them as campaigning will be-gin. According to Mercer, the campaign process is tough and full of emotion, but there are some keys to remember during this time.
“While confidence is key, mapping out exactly what a candidate wants to get done helps,” said Mercer. “Coordinating the logistics and surrounding themselves with a great team is paramount. I was lucky enough to have an incredible group of friends to keep my spirits up and keep my message out there in front of the students.”
Students also take no-tice of campaigns and the candidates who go above and beyond to ensure that their face and name be-comes known.
With every seat up for grabs, student leaders want student to remem-ber what can be gained by holding an Associated Students position. Stu-dents who take the oppor-tunity to apply and run for a seat can benefit person-ally and professionally by being the direct link be-tween administration and students.
Associated Students may seem small, but the organization includes Stu-dent Government, Associ-ated Student Productions, Join Us Making Progress (JUMP) and the Chil-dren’s School.
“My time in Associ-ated Students has been without a doubt the great-est learning experience of my life,” said Mercer, “Al-though tough, I wouldn’t trade my time as president for anything.”
If students would like the chance to represent your fellow students, the application can be found online at the Associated Students OrgSync page and must be turned in by 5 p.m. on Feb 26.
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cate preventative measures to com-munity members when potential is-sues are observed. [While] increasing police patrol activity in affected and other areas,” said Dougherty, “[Cam-pus police] utilize[s] our Community Service Specialists and Parking staff to observe and report suspicious ac-tivity and persons, and contact suspi-cious persons who are either observed by the police officers or reported to the police by community members or other staff members.”
According to the campus crime log, just under half of all crime on campus is burglary, robbery or petty theft of some kind. The campus crime log reported five burglaries, robberies or petty theft this month. Since September, 56 instances of theft or burglary were reported; most of them petty theft.
The trend of reported thefts has decreased significantly since Sep-tember, at 23, comparable to all five reported thefts in January.
According to collegeparents.org, from 2010 to 2012 about 33,883 rob-beries and burglaries occurred in col-
lege residence halls across the United States.
Campus police have also sent out a newsletter to student with news regarding transportation around cam-pus as well as crime prevention tips.
Dougherty said, “We at Police and Safety Services would like to thank our community for their con-tinued support and partnership as we work together to make Sonoma State University a safe place to learn, live, and work.”
To report a crime, students are encouraged to contact Sonoma State Police Services at 707-644-4444.
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Sonoma State University Police Services have indentified a suspect they believe is responsible for a car break-in that occured last month.
SUSPECT: Nearly half of campus crime is theft, burglary, according to crime log
California According to WIRED magazine, a court order was placed on Apple by Magistrate of the U.S. District Court of Central California Sheri Pym to provide the FBI with software, which enables them to bypass the iPhone’s “self-destruct” process. This means the FBI would have access to data, which would usually be automatically deleted after ten failed attempts at a password on iPhones. This issue follows an attempt by the FBI to unlock an iPhone left behind by one attacker from the San Bernardino shooting, which left 14 dead.
South CarolinaJeb Bush officially ended his campaign on Saturday according to The New York Times. With a lot of money on his shoulders, Bush’s campaign totalled $84 million in advertising, $94,100 on dinners and social events and almost $5,000 on pizza. The New York Times also reported the total amount raised on his campaign was $157.6 million and he and his team managed to spend $130 million collectively. Jeb Bush didn’t win a single state throughout his campaign.
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The supergroup: Music’s alloy of acclaimed artistsNico Gray
Staff Writer
When considering the all-time great bands, the term “supergroup” won’t always cross listeners’ minds. For many, it conjures thoughts of creative minds trapped in their own egotistical doldrums. For others, a musical mashup is a creation of artistically impeccable sounds that when put together amplify any individual style.
Regardless of how successful supergroups have become, fans of music cannot deny the aptitude and expertise they have possessed. Since the introduction of what was arguably the first supergroup in 1966, numerous star-studded bands have changed the standard of music making. Even with attached stigmas of individual sounds and personalities, a few albums stand on their own as respective musical brilliance.
James Burrows brings the gang back together
Jessica shipma
Staff Writer
The tribute to director James Bur-rows aired on NBC Sunday night. The two hour special
opened in a comedic fashion with Jim Parsons telephoning Sean Hayes to ask for his help putting together a last minute tribute for Burrows. The sketch continued with other actors who have worked closely with Burrows being asked to attend this event, including Charlie Sheen answering the phone call from Hayes while in confession.
Cohen went on to ask Megan Mul-lally about her character’s voice to which she responded with, “It kept get-ting higher and higher. I wanted to do it in the beginning but I felt like I’d get fired.”
Jane Lynch went on to introduce the cast of “Cheers.” The cast men-tioned they would shoot spitballs at each other while filming. The cast was certain Burrows had no idea but he con-firmed that he cut these scenes during the editing process.
When asked what the key to the success of a show was, Danny DeVito said, “Great writers. And we felt like a family with Jimmy. It wasn’t like going to work, it was like going to fun.”
Patrick Warburton took to the stage to congratulate Burrows on di-recting his 1,000th episode which hap-pened to be the pilot for the new series “Crowded.”
Kelsey Grammer then introduced the cast of “Frasier” with a pre-recorded video tape. In another pre-recorded clip, the cast discussed the oddness of the theme song. It appeared to be one large joke between the cast mates.
After an hour and a half, the long awaited “Friends” reunion began with
Cohen introducing episode clips of some of America’s favorite “Friends” episodes. Matthew Perry, on a pre-re-corded tape, apologized that he could not be there due to rehearsals in Lon-don for the play “The End of Longing,” and introduced the cast. After playing around on the couch in a very “Friends” fashion, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc took their seats.
Aniston thanked Burrows for “probably the best 10 years of our act-ing careers” and acknowledged how he “encouraged us all to get along and sup-port one another.”
Kudrow went on to state that Bur-rows once gave them his dressing room so they could all play poker. An episode was later written and filmed about it.
Cohen then asked what most Friends fanatics have always wondered, “Did you all sign contracts saying that you wouldn’t sleep with each other?”
“I was not asked to sign anything,” said Kudrow in typical Phoebe fashion.
Cox told Cohen the three girls had lunch together every single day for those 10 years. They ate what she affec-tionately called a “Jennifer salad.”
“I asked [Burrows] if I could watch him and follow him,” said Schwim-mer. “He graciously took me under his wings.”
After a touching tribute from pre-vious cast members, Burrows was wel-comed to the stage.
“Seany, I’m so glad you did this while I’m still around because I wouldn’t want to miss it,” said Burrows.
He went on to thank the viewers, show-runners, writers, actors, crew and management team.
“I’m not here for a long time,” Bur-rows said. “I’m here for a good time. Thank you all.”
Noe Felix
Staff Writer
Commentary
The Grammys have always been seen as this all-knowing music committee that is able to recognize truly unique and
outstanding talent. However, why is it that they never truly award those who sincerely deserve it, especially if it’s in a genre that is generally frowned upon in White America?
The 58th Grammy Awards took place last Monday, and not shockingly, outrage shook the music industry, especially in the hip-hop com-munity. Taylor Swift’s “1989” beat out Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp A Butterfly” in the Album of the Year category. However, many feel as though Lamar was robbed of a category that was meant to be his, and they couldn’t be more right.
First off, Swift is an amazingly talented woman who has helped shape the music indus-try. She knows how to a write a hit single, as well as make a compelling body of work. Swift’s “1989” was a breath of fresh air, thanks to its luscious productions and catchy tunes. It’s light-hearted, fun, bright and a prime example of what pop albums should aspire to be. However, when compared to Lamar’s immaculate “To Pimp A Butterfly,” “1989” isn’t even in the same league.
The Grammy’s have never shown love for hip-hop. In its entire history, they have only given Album of the Year awards to a total of two hip-hop artists. Lauryn Hill won the award in 1999 for “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” ,and Outkast in 2004 for “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.” Why is that music’s most influen-tial genre fails to receive the highest honor?
Hip-hop has always been synonymous with a wrong way of life. Conventional wisdom seems to dictate that hip-hop is all about drugs, money, the b*tches and the ho*s. Yes, some hip-hop artists thrive on that, but that’s not what hip-hop is. Hip-hop is universal, it’s transcen-dent and when at it’s full potential, it’s a way of spreading messages and emotion. Hip-hop is a way of showing one’s strife and hope, as well as spreading awareness of realities. It’s music that can connect with listeners in a way no other genre can. That’s what Lamar’s album did.
Lamar’s album is a masterpiece and show’s what hip-hop can do when at its peak. “To Pimp A Butterfly” wasn’t an album chopped up of
surefire number one singles. It was an album that documented the black experience in Amer-ica. It showed the harsh injustices and struggles that African Americans face in their day-to-day lives. The album took inspiration from hip-hop roots, implementing jazz, funk and soul for an organic sound. Its lyrics are deep, meaningful, thought provoking. It’s a dark album for the dark times we currently live in. With topics of police brutality, black on black crime, poverty, etc. “To Pimp A Butterfly” is an album all about social issues. There are no club hits here, rather songs that make you realize the dire situations of oth-ers and make you think about the status quo.
When you compare a song like Swift’s “Shake It Off,” which is a poppy song about loving yourself and compare it to Lamar’s “The Blacker the Berry,” a song about black-on-black crime and addresses institutionalized stereo-types embedded within the Black community, it’s easy to see who truly had a more powerful song. Lamar’s “Alright” addresses the issue of police brutality and the senseless loss of lives. “N**ga, and we hate po-po/ Wanna kill us dead in the streets fo’ sho’/ N**ga, I’m at the preach-ers door,” he raps. With eye opening lyrics like that, it’s unbelievable that he didn’t win the most prestigious award.
Injustices such as this provoke the question: are the Grammys really a show that awards its most talented peers, or is it more of a popularity contest?
3. “Temple of the Dog” –Temple of the Dog
The band’s creation was dif-ferent from most supergroups as Chris Cornell of Soundgarden conceived the group as a tribute to his late friend and Mother Love Bone singer, Andrew Wood. Cor-nell, along with Wood’s ex band mates and members of what even-tually became Pearl Jam, helped record this one, very impactful album.
Musically, the sound was much different than the destruc-tive style that Soundgarden played with. It was much slower with greater melodic harmonies. “Tem-ple of the Dog” incorporates mes-sages of loss, drug use and remem-brance with scorching vocals and soothing melodies.
The song “Say Hello 2 Heav-en” was a direct homage to their fallen friend and his struggles. Lyrics like “And he hurt so bad / like a soul breaking / but he never said nothing to me” helps shine a light on the tragic event. With two other singles “Hunger Strike” and “Pushin Forward Back,” listeners cans sense the sincere and emo-tional introspection coming from an album of such perpetuity.
2. “Audioslave” –Audioslave Once again Soundgarden’s
Chris Cornell is making leg-endary music - but this time with a different band.
He teamed up with then former members of Rage Against the Machine to create a trademark sound.
The music scene from the early 90s, alternative inf lu-ence from Soundgarden along with Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and his unconventional playing style and solos created a sound that asserted their own separate identity.
The songs convey messag-es of sobriety, death and self-realization as the group re-minds listeners where main-stream rock once stood.
Songs such as “Cochise,” which is inf luenced by the last American Indian chief to die as a free man, and “Like a Stone,” a song about the perfect after-life, show Cornell’s powerful lyricism and the unique and raunchy sound that made them unique.
Other singles including “Show Me How To Live” and “What You Are” let the listen-ers hear the battles each mem-ber has been through and what it took to get back to the top.
After listening to this de-but album, fans knew they were once again a slave to the music.
4. “Contraband” –Velvet RevolverThis 2004 album debuted
at number one on the Billboard 200 and rightfully so. This all-star line up included former members of Guns n’ Roses, Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kush-ner of Wasted Youth and for-mer Stone Temple Pilots lead singer,Scott Weiland.
“Contraband” helped intro-duce a flurry of hard rock sounds that hadn’t been heard together in a number of years. The gritty, energetic influence from G N’R along with the soothing yet rough singing style of Weiland brought together the sounds both groups were known for. Slash’s energetic solos with fast-paced riffs and all around powerful tone created a style no one was expecting. It also in-corporated a mature depiction of drug abuse and its toll on re-lationships, as well as the crazy rock n’ roll lifestyle on the road.
The singles “Slither,” which is known for its unmis-takably, catchy riff, along with “Fall to Pieces,” and “Dirty Little Thing,” bring together the heavy, bashing sound that helped the band reach commer-cial success.
The band’s time together was short lived with the depar-ture of Weiland in 2008 and his eventual death in 2015, making this one of those amazingly rare collaborations.
1. “Above” –Mad SeasonPerhaps one of the most un-
derrated albums of all time, Mad Season’s only album, “Above” took incredible risks with its writing and its music style. The band consisted of members from Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees, all popular bands in the Seattle grun-ge movement in the early ‘90s.
“Above” was somewhat a crossover of the three bands it stemmed from, while incorpo-rating jazz, blues and arena rock influences that most rock albums wouldn’t touch.
The majority of the writing was done by lead singer Layne Stal-ey as he dealt with a struggle with addiction. The raw, artistic sound comes out in full force through the single, “Long Gone Day.” Staley sings, “Lord it’s a storm and I’m heading to fall / these sins are mine and I’ve done wrong.”
Their most popular song, “I Don’t Know Anything” still re-ceives radio play to this day. With only two of the original members still alive today, the album provides a remembrance of a classic, musical era, and an honest sound that didn’t leave fans swimming in a “River of Deceit.”
5. “Disraeli Gears” –CreamThe original supergroup,
Cream and their 1967 album, “Dis-raeli Gears” created the founda-tion for what a supergroup was in-tended to be. The album’s singles, “Strange Brew” and “Sunshine of Your Love” incorporate lead singer-guitarists, Eric Clapton’s poise and finesse on the ax, along with Jack Bruce’s eye-catching bass playing, along with drummer Ginger Bak-er’s unique and hammering sound.
The album content is distinc-tive and beautiful, incorporating some of the most widely known riffs and the psychedelic, hard rock sound that was so popular in the ‘60s.
Other songs like “Outside Woman Blues” and “Take It Back” incorporate the more popu-lar blues influenced sound Cream was known for. In 1999, “Disraeli Gears” was inducted into the Gram-my Hall of Fame and was ranked 114th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003.
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Jesse Owens is a man who knows how to get what he wants. Despite facing in-credible odds, the character wins the
audience over with his outspoken personal-ity and unlimited drive to achieve his goals. Owens is the fastest man alive, but protests surrounding human rights issues in Nazi Germany threaten to take away his chance to compete in the Olympics. “Race” tells the story of a man who would not let anything get in his way even during a time in history when African Americans were highly dis-criminated against and meant to be seen but not heard.
The year was 1936. Tensions in a de-feated Germany are reaching an all-time high as Chancellor Adolf Hitler prepares the country for war. The world’s best ath-letes find themselves on the biggest stage in the world competing for a chance to take the gold and the glory back to their home coun-tries. Little does the world know, Hitler and the Nazi party are using the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin as a platform for propa-ganda and as a manipulation tool. The Nazi party attempts to make it seem as though they are an egalitarian nation, using the Olympics to serve as a distraction from the horrible atrocities they were carrying out against the jewish people during that time.
Although Jews faced the harshest dis-crimination in history during the Nazi re-gime in Germany, people of color were not all that welcomed in Berlin, host of the summer Olympics. Director Stephen Hop-kins does a wonderful job of telling Owen’s captivating story. Hopkins is best known for his earlier films, “Lost in Space” and “Predator 2,” in which he also collaborated with cinematographer Peter Levy. The duo took a break from alien-battling to get in touch with a much more meaningful topic centered around the on-going discussion of inequality.
“Race” has everything one looks for in a biographical picture, while the title takes on a double meaning. The film certainly evokes emotion from the audience, as we all understand that racism is alive as ever, even in our “progressive” society. The char-acter development is strong and is what re-ally makes us root for Owens from start to finish. The lead role is played by Stephan James, a talented 22-year-old hailing from Toronto, Canada. James is also known for his role in “Selma,” the 2014 Oscar-winning film. Clearly, James is no stranger to docu-drama style acting.
The other leading role of Owens’ Coach, played by Jason Sudeikis, was a temporary departure from this funny-man’s typical comedic role. Sudeikis, who
is known for his part in “Horrible Bosses,” made an impressive transition into a much more serious role in “Race.” The bond built between coach and athlete is a strong one, and the on-screen chemistry between James and Sudeikis is evident in this film. With that said, you don’t have to be a sports fa-natic to enjoy this heart-warming success story. There were certain lines through-out the film, however, that were a little bit cheesy and predictable.
Shanice Banton fills the role of Owens’ wife, Ruth Solomon. Their relationship in the film has its ups and downs, but she clearly plays an important role in Owens’ success and as a driving positive force in his life. German-born actor Barnaby Metsch-urat gives a particularly memorable perfor-mance as Joseph Goebbels, one of Hitler’s Nazi associates. It’s hard not to hate his character, who is menacingly creepy, and has the authentic demeanor of one of these sadistic Nazi party officials.
The set design and cinematography are spot-on. This historical film takes you back to this era and confronts the audience with a still very relevant social issue: rac-ism. As shocking as the Holocaust was, the discrimination that African-Americans received at home spotlighted the hypocrisy of America’s stance on Nazi Germany in the pre-war era. the film begs the question, ‘How can America take a critical stance against Germany’s discrimination against Jews competing in the Berlin Olympics, when America felt the same hatred towards people of color?’
The most important take away of the film is the fact that one man could out-perform Hitler’s Aryan idealized competi-tors, and one man single-handedly proved Hitler’s theory wrong. His claim that the white race was superior on all fronts was debunked for the entire world to see. This did not, however, deter him from his final mission of wiping out all Jews, but Owens’ story helps to highlight the absurdity of Hit-ler’s delusions.
“Race” is sure to inspire, and movie-goers, sports fans as well as history enthu-siasts alike will all have an opportunity to be transported to Berlin during those 1936 Summer Olympics and experience this true tale of the triumphs of Owens.
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‘Deadpool’ could be a trailblazer
sean Curzon
Staff Writer
Commentary
“De a d p o o l ” broke onto the scene like
a kick in the face. Released Feb. 12, “Deadpool” made $132 million in its open-ing weekend; $152 million if President’s Day is in-cluded. This gives “Dead-pool” the largest February opening weekend, largest President’s Day weekend opening and largest open-ing for a R-rated film. It also made more money in its opening weekend than Fox’s last superhero film, “Fantastic Four,” did in its entire run. Not bad for a movie made on a budget of $58 million. In the wake of its success Fox has already announced that the third Wolverine movie is antici-pating a R-rating.
“Deadpool” follows the titular “hero” (Ryan Reynolds) as he hacks, slashes and shoots his way to the people who experi-mented on him and scarred his face. The film perfectly captures the madcap na-ture of Deadpool’s charac-ter, with meta humor.
“Deadpool” breaks away from the more grounded tone that past superhero movies have had in the past decade and de-
cided to embrace the com-ic book style.
Deadpool is a charac-ter who first appeared in Marvel’s X-men comics. As such, he is an X-men character and his film rights belong to Fox. Mar-vel licensed off the film rights for the X-men before they decided to cut out the middle man and opened their own studio. While Deadpool started off as a villain, he quickly devel-oped an odd sense of hu-mor and became more of an anti-hero. He is a mer-cenary who was experi-mented on by the Weapon X Program (they’re the people who put metal on Wolverine’s bones) giving him self-healing abilities. Unfortunately, the experi-ments also drives him in-sane.
The fourth wall-breaking started out as Deadpool narrating the recap of the last issue and reading fan letters. His talking to the audi-ence bleeds into his story throughout the film.
While “Deadpool” was by no means the first superhero movie to be rated R, or even the first R-rated superhero movie to make good money, the fact it made so much mon-ey so quickly could mean a whole slew of superhe-roes movies being rated R comedies. This is not
unheard of. When “The Dark Knight” became a hit, many movies tried to emulate its grounded re-alistic tone. When “The Avengers” took off, many other movie studios an-nounced their cinematic universe. Marvel Studios seemed content letting their more mature proper-ties like “Daredevil” and “The Punisher” become Netflix shows, but it would be interesting to see if they will try an R-rated movie.
On the flip side of that, when studios try to copy the success of a popular movie, they often miss the point. That grounded realistic tone didn’t work for “Fantastic Four.” How many other cinematic universes that have been announced have come to fruition?
“So, over the next few months, if you pay atten-tion to the trades, you’ll see Hollywood misunder-standing the lesson they should be learning with ‘Deadpool,’” said “Guard-ians of the Galaxy” di-rector James Gunn over Facebook. “They’ll be green lighting films ‘like Deadpool’ - but, by that, they won’t mean ‘good and original’ but ‘a raunchy su-perhero film’ or ‘it breaks the fourth wall.’ They’ll treat you like you’re stu-pid, which is the one thing Deadpool didn’t do.”
‘Race’ sprints beyond the finish line
Gallery: Bruce and Jean Conner piece together art with scissors and glue
STAR // Megan Corcoran
The University Art Gallery hosted the opening reception for its newest exhibit, “YES! Glue: A Half-Century of Collage by Bruce and Jean Conner,” on Thursday. The gallery features pieces by the two artists that incorporate images from different sources, pieced together to create new work with new meaning.
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“Deadpool,” starring Ryan Reynolds, broke several box-office records during its opening weekend on Feb. 12.
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“Race,” a film that documents the story of Jesse Owens, achieves new docu-drama heights.
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Campus fashion watch
Shorts and a tank tops are always a go-to for the warm springtime weather. Every girl has her favorite pair of denim shorts she
can pull out of their closet when the sun comes out.
These thrift store denim shorts were a great find that students can pair with any tank in their closet.
I chose to pair these shorts with this flowy white tank top because the two items are very simple yet have trendy characteristics to them.
In order to bring a pop of color, I dressed her in a mint lace bralette to show through the white shirt as well as cute and fashionable round pink sunglasses.
Keeping the clothing items neutral makes it super easy to add color to the outfit. Adding pas-tel colors makes the outfit pop and is perfect for the springtime.
In order to keep this outfit balanced, I paired it with these brown Steve Madden sandals and a brown tote bag to match. This outfit can accom-modate to any girl who loves neutral or color in their outfits. It’s a fantastic way to look cute no matter where you are.
Keeping it simple is always a good idea when it comes to dressing yourself for class. The say-ing “less is more” can be used to describe
this simple yet trendy outfit. Whether you are going to class or getting lunch
with a friend, these light washed ripped jeans are great for any occasion.
Pair them with a cute flannel, some spring time booties and your favorite pair of sunglasses and you are ready to go. This outfit can be dressed up or down which is why it’s a great statement for the spring time.
Adding any type of jewelry and a cute bag can dress it up for whatever occasion while leaving it plainer can make it more suitable for an afternoon class. No matter what your style is, this outfit can be worn in various ways with just the addition of your very own personal touch.
Every girl knows it’s nice to dress up every once in a while. That’s why this outfit is one of my favorites for the springtime. This affordable
Forever 21 romper really makes a bold statement wher-ever you go. The bright blue and the floral print mix together perfectly to create an appealing piece of cloth-ing that is perfect for the warm weather.
If bold statements are not one’s style, there are many ways to dress this romper down. Although the black booties add something extra to the outfit, stu-dents can always pair this romper with a cute sandal as well. I paired this romper with a Brandy Melville backpack to keep it campus acceptable.
This outfit can be worn almost anywhere depend-ing on how you accessorize. Whether you keep it ca-sual or make it trendy, this romper is a hit this spring season.
Spring editionAndres serles
Staff Writer
Spring is in the air for Sonoma State University students. With it being the fourth week back after winter break, students are just beginning to get into the flow of things. With the sun shinning brighter and the weather getting hotter, students are taking advantage of beautiful Rohnert Park. Seeing students go from jeans and a hoodie to shorts and a tank is just the first sign that the spring semester is here. It’s never too early to start dressing trends in mind and I’m here to help the women of Sonoma State University
with fashion ideas for the spring.
COURTESY // Andrea Serles
COURTESY // Andrea Serles
COURTESY //Andrea Serles
‘Resumania!’ assists graduates with career planning
rAchel Mccloskey
Staff Writer
As students walked into Salazar Hall and looked through the glass win-
dows of the Career Services of-fice, they could see the many different recruiters they were about to encounter.
Students were greeted by two of Career Services student staff and the Career Services Advisor, Carrie Klaphake, who all collaborated to plan the event that was about to take place, Re-sumania.
Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Tar-get, Sonoma State HR and Toma-tina were just some of the com-panies present at this year’s ‘Re-sumania!’. ‘Resumania!’ took place this past Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m..
Students were able to come in and out of the event and f loat between the 12 different tables of recruiters.
Students were given the op-portunity to have a one on one conversation with each of the professional recruiters that par-ticipated in the event.
Those one-on-one conversa-tions also gave students the chance to practice their elevator pitches and overall introduction skills.
The recruiters helped stu-dents fine tune their resume, and told them what they typically look for in a resume when hir-ing.
The recruiters also went over different ways to change your resume based on what
type of job you are applying for, whether it be a summer intern-ship, a part time job or a full time position.
‘Resumania!’ was attended by students of all grades, but was highly attended by students that are graduating this upcoming se-mester.
“I heard about ‘Resumania!’ through the Career Services Facebook page,” said senior communications major Emily Johnstone. “I was really excited about it because you typically don’t get the chance to have someone you want to hire you to give you tips on your resume.”
The advice given to students mostly pertained to the format-ting and style of their resume. When The Star spoke to differ-ent recruiters, one of the most common pieces of advice heard was “put your education and es-timated graduation date first.”
The recruiters said one of the things they are always look-ing for when hiring a potential intern/employee is when they are graduating. When that infor-mation is given, they know what kind of position the applicant is looking for and how long the company would be able to keep the potential employee.
“I feel like I got a lot out of Resumania, and that I am a lot more prepared for the Career Fair than I was before,” said Johnstone.
Many of the recruiters that were at ‘Resumania!’ will also be at the Career Fair, is sched-uled to take place this Thursday in the Student Center Ballroom from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m..
Multicultural dinner presents foods from around the world
ethAn helMs
Staff Writer
Sonoma State University creates outlets to help students represent the various cultures that are coexisting on cam-
pus. Recently, the Multicultural Organiza-
tion Club and Alliance, or MOCA, held a multicultural dinner in the Kitchens to help spread awareness about other cultures.
“I think that our biggest challenge was choosing which activities to do at the din-ner, because we had a long list of ideas,” senior Soshana Falk said.
Falk, President of Sonoma Hillel, has been a member of MOCA since it began in August 2005.
Since it’s creation, MOCA has been creating opportunities to spread culture by hosting multicultural events or supporting other cultural club’s events.
On Thursday MOCA helped broaden student horizons by highlighting meals from various cultures.
“The beneficial aspect of the MOCA dinner is that students know that there are different cultural organizations represented at Sonoma State University.
The dinner allowed students to learn about each organization through food, edu-cational material, and by participating in the ‘communi-tree’ activity,” Falk said.
Falk explained that the participating multicultural organizations each sent in a menu, which were then combined to create the menu for the dinner.
Although the food wasn’t prepared by the students of each culture, there were plenty of different dishes.
“This event is important because now more students are aware of the different cul-tures represented on campus and were able to learn more about each of them by try-ing the different foods and learning about them,” Falk said.
Although some students didn’t head to the dining hall for cultural education, that is exactly what they received.
The meal included Jewish, Latino, Fili-pino and African dishes among others.
“Next time we have another MOCA dinner, I think we can encourage more cul-tures to participate so that students are able to learn about even more cultures,” Falk said.
According to the Sonoma State website roughly 65 percent of the campus popula-tion is caucasian, while 15 percent are la-tino and 6 percent are multiracial.
Although the numbers don’t suggest an abundance of diversity, there is still a broad collection of cultures around campus.
“I think that students did learn about other cultures as a result of the multicul-tural dinner,” sophomore Taylor Ohrt said.
Although some students didn’t pay at-tention to the multicultural menu that night, many did take note of the different cultures being showcased.
“I think passing out informational f ly-ers after people walk into the Kitchens would be beneficial, because then students would know why the Kitchens has food rep-resented from different cultures,” Falk said.
Some students didn’t know about the dinner beforehand, but were still pleasantly surprised to see the event and various cul-tures.
Part of the success of the dinner, is due to the student body at Sonoma State being so interested in the culture of others.
Instead of simply eating and leaving, the students were interested in the cultures to which they were being introduced.
“Overall, our first MOCA dinner was a big success. Many students ate at the Kitch-ens that night and were able to try the dif-ferent foods from various cultures. Also, MOCA is happy that we were able to show-case our cultures to the larger Sonoma State community,” Falk said.
Student Life 9Page
Feb. 23 - Feb. 29, 2016sonomastatestar.com
Carly Saber
Staff Writer
Many people come to college not knowing what they will do with their degree. Stu-
dents change their major, some mul-tiple times, and struggle to find their calling. For student Halia Daugherty, things are finally clicking into place.
Daugherty is currently a chem-istry major, but she is working hard to switch into a psychology major, while minoring in chemistry.
She is currently working with the autistic clients at the special educa-tion school, ACES, where she is a be-havioral interventionist.
“I was searching for a summer internship in the field of Psychology. I expected to find one in the bay area but when I came across SLV online I got hooked,” said Daugherty.
SLV, or Sri Lanka Volunteers, is a volunteer program for psychology undergraduate and graduate students.
“Four times a year SLV travels with a team to Sri Lanka for a vari-ous number of weeks dedicating their time and care to special needs and mental health patients, while also teaching the English language,” said Daugherty.
Because Daugherty has little ex-perience in the world of mental health, she was worried that she would not be accepted into the program.
However, after a lengthy applica-tion process, she was selected to be a part of the special needs team and travel to Sri Lanka for five weeks be-ginning in the end of June.
“I’ve been put into the special needs program where five days a week I will be visiting special needs patients at SLV’s warehouse in Sri Lanka and at hospitals. I will be teaching English and helping patients with day-to-day activities that will heighten their cognitive functioning. I expect to gain loads of hands-on-
experience in the field,” said Daugh-erty.
This experience is something that Daugherty will be able to use for her future goals.
“With my future career in psy-chology, I plan to go to graduate school and receive my PhD in psy-chology with a concentration in bio-psychology, a form of neurosci-ence,” said Daugherty. “I want to do research for the rest of my life in the field of Psychology while traveling to third-world countries, to dedicate myself to those in need.”
During the program, Daugherty will be staying with a local family that resides in the outskirts of Co-lombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.
The program works hard to keep costs as low as possible for volun-teers.
They do want money to be the reason someone cannot be a part of a team. That said, the cost to travel abroad is never cheap.
Daugherty has a gofundme ac-count where anyone can donate mon-ey to help with the expenses. The page can be found at gofundme.com/ctbybt5h.
Daugherty and her best friend Nisha Tidwell have been friends since 7th grade.
“I’m happy for her and excited but I am nervous because it’s go-ing to be a completely different en-vironment than she’s used to,” said Tidwell. “People [when they go on these types of trips] end up discov-ering who they really are and what they want. I hope she feels accom-plished and revitalized. Also I hope she learns a lot from the people she’ll be working with in order to help her with her career.”
This will be her first trip out of the United States.
“I couldn’t be more excited. I hope to return to California with a new perspective,” said Daugherty.
STAR // Brennan Chin
Halia Daugherty hopes to travel to Sir Lanka for five weeks this summer to study mental health. During her internship, she plans to have hands-on expe-riences with the patients to help highten their cognitive functioning.
Helping others in Sri Lanka
A day in the life of a student gamer
Her Campus brought back to Sonoma State Diana arroyo
Staff Writer
Her Campus is an online magazine specially designed for young women that is entirely written by top-college journalists. Founded by a group of undergraduate students at Harvard College, this magazine received many
prestigious awards and press like being named top small business of the year.With over 290 campus chapters around the nation and in several countries,
Her Campus has been re-established here at Sonoma State University. This re-launch, a few years since this organization was canceled, officially began Feb. 9 with campus correspondents Carly Saber and Sara Wildman leading it.
The role for members of Sonoma State’s Her Campus chapter are to pitch story ideas and write them. They’re also responsible for the website itself which is completely edited and run by students.
This organization is known for giving young journalists many career and internship opportunities for big magazine companies such as Vogue, Vanity Fair and The Washington Post.
“[Her Campus] offers the opportunity for students to be a part of an organi-zation that is dedicated to writing and editing articles about different topics whether it’s topics like love, break ups, how to be fit and healthy, and even ar-ticles on politics,” said Edith Ayala, a Sonoma State Her Campus writer.
This online magazine includes many different links and articles that could apply to any young striving college woman. It includes various sections rang-ing from health to career based issues. There are also articles about on-campus events and stories as well as style tips and world news which serve as a way for student readers to be aware of everything going on around them.
“Myself and Carly Saber took the initiative to launch Her Campus because
we felt that it would be a great opportunity to gain experience in the world of communications as well as create a platform for the women of Sonoma State to have their voices heard,” said Wildman, a Sonoma State Her Campus correspon-dent. “Her Campus will act as a great place for students to gain advice about a va-riety of topics and explore issues and ideas that others may not outwardly voice.”
Articles in the Sonoma State Her Campus page include “Why should college women care about politics?” which brings to light the low voting turnout within college-age individuals and asserts that students should become more aware it being election year.
“Boba: the new hit drink of Rohnert Park” showcases a new drink place available near campus where students can try boba and hangout. Her Campus also includes a variety of profiles of professors and students on campus.
Many of the articles specially designed for Sonoma State students while oth-ers are general which makes a good fit for anyone to read. The topics of these articles range from serious to fun advice and tips given from college students to other colleagues.
Just like other magazine like Seventeen, Her Campus includes chances for readers to win giveaways, take online quizzes on their personalities and sub-scribe so they don’t miss anything.
Students can also sign up through their email for a Her Campus study break newsletter which will be emailed three times a week with the best study tips, love advice and style inspiration right to one’s inbox.
Not only is Her Campus a way of entertainment, but it’s also an opportunity for students to get involved themselves. Aspiring writers and journalists can get involved by visiting hercampus.com/school/sonoma-state if they wish to become a writer or just give story ideas they would like to see.
Students interested can follow Her Campus on Twitter, Instagram and Face-book.
renee De amaral Staff Writer
Often times I have to ask myself “Oh no, is that the sun?” I’ll break my eyes away from my T.V. screen and see light creeping in from my window. Instant panic sets in, I drop my controller on my bed and check my phone, only to discover
that it is six in the morning and I have class at 2 p.m. and haven’t slept at all. A casual one hour gaming break that started at 8 p.m. turned into a 10 hour gaming binge.
Then the rush begins, the rush to check and see if I have a test that day or any homework due that I should’ve done the night before. The rush to get a few hours of sleep, the rush to make myself get up and get ready and kick myself for not putting my retainer in the night before. And finally grab breakfast and rush out the door.
Sitting in an almost 4 hour class, which normally isn’t so bad, turns into a dead tired, under-caffeinated nightmare. I pray I can stay awake until break so I can run to
the University Store, Charlie Brown’s Cafe or Sip for some much needed caffeine. Finally, class ends and I can head home for some sleep. I walk to my dorm and into
my room and the first thing I see are my various game systems, all loaded with my cur-rent favorites. It takes all my strength to not hop right back into each of their respective worlds. Now once I’m done with dinner, homework or studying, you’d think I would head straight to bed right? Well that’s always my intention, but the call of “Fallout”, “Mass Effect”, “Dragon Age” and the “Legend of Zelda” are too strong to deny.
I wouldn’t have it any other way. Video games are too important for me to just stop playing. The stories, the charac-
ters, even the worlds I’m dropped into are so important to who I am. Whenever I load a game and hear the opening music, it feels as if I’m being welcomed home. Playing video games isn’t just about staying up late and being tired in class. It’s about the experience while playing.
It’s about talking with my friends who are playing the game the same time I am. It’s about going to conventions and events like E3 just to learn about sequels and new games coming out in the next few years. It’s about going to Gamestop and pre-ordering and spending part of your paycheck for a brand new highly anticipated game. It’s about meeting new people who also love the same games that you do
There’s also a stigma to being a gamer, especially a female gamer. A lot of people, primarily guys, believe that we don’t belong or should “stay in the kitchen.” That we’re fake or that we game to get attention from guys. Yeah they’re right, I put over one hun-dred and fifty hours into “Dragon Age: Inquisition” or “Fallout 4” individually to so I can get attention from guys. As if I don’t have better things to do with my time.
Even though I may receive a lot of hate and negative comments, whether it’s online or at the video game store where I work. I wouldn’t change it. If I stopped playing video games, I would be removing a major part of my life that makes me, me.
Feb. 23 - Feb. 29, 2016Page
sonomastatestar.com10 SportsBaseball team woes continue with 2-3 homestand
Bianca SanBorn Staff Writer
The Sonoma State baseball team had a busy week on the Seawolf Diamond. After playing five games against two non-conference opponents, the Seawolves
end the home stand with two wins and three losses.After a 4-2 loss to Academy of Art Tuesday, the Sea-
wolves went on to play the Concordia Cavaliers on Saturday and Sunday, ending the four-game series with a split of two wins and two losses.
Tied at zero in the start of the seventh inning Tuesday afternoon, Academy of Art hit four back-to-back singles, stacking the advantage to 4-0. A late recovery in the ninth inning with RBIs by Matthew Richards and Ryan O’Malley weren’t enough to save the game, as the Urban Knights pre-served their 4-2 victory.
Four days later, the Seawolves faced off against Concor-dia University in the first doubleheader of the weekend. Sonoma State gained the lead early when Spencer Neve and Adam Manzer crossed the plate, scoring two runs in the sec-ond and fourth innings. Senior pitcher Ryan Luna kept the Cavaliers off of the bases and the scoreboard, allowing just one hit over six innings. Luna was replaced by Aldo Severson in the seventh who shut out the Cavaliers for the remainder of the game and secured the 4-0 win.
In the second game of the double dip Saturday, Sonoma State led 3-1 in the seventh and final inning. But, the ‘Cavs, with two outs away, were able to tie it up with a double down the left field line. The Seawolves came up short in the last
half of the inning and both teams headed into extras. Concordia added two more runs in the top of the eighth and the Seawolves couldn’t catch up, losing by a final score of 5-3.
The next day, Concordia obtained its second win of the season, gaining a strong 7-3 lead with only one inning left in the game. The Seawolves, however, were not going down without a fight and attempted a comeback in ninth inning. Two singles by Brian Bynum and Trevor Abrams scored two runs and cut the Cavaliers’ lead to just two. But, despite their best efforts, Sonoma State was unable to match Concordia, who won 7-5.
“We felt like we played well in all four games this week-end,” said O’Malley. “We just weren’t able to execute in cru-cial situations in the games we lost.”
Sonoma State refused to let Concordia leave the Seawolf Diamond with another win, rallying for a powerful defeat over the Cavaliers in the second game on Sunday. Down by three in the fourth inning, Rupert Watson was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, which secured the first run for Sonoma State.
The Seawolves’ O’Malley and Grant St. Martin helped to continue the rally, contributing three runs batted in. An-other run for the Seawolves in the fifth inning put the icing on the cake and secured the 5-3 victory.
“Our energy was a big factor in our performance,” said Manzer, a senior utility player for the Seawolves.
“When we play as a team and put together great at bats in an inning we have opportunities to get big hits from guys like O’Malley and Morris.”
With a 3-8 overall record and a 1-2 record against CCAA
o p p o -nents, Sonoma State looks to re-cover from a shaky sea-son start with a win against San Francisco State on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
“We’ve definitely struggled this season so far but we still feel like we’re the team to beat,” said O’Malley.
The Seawolves will look to gain ground in the conference standings at the Seawolf Diamond against Cal State Dominguez Hills on Sat-urday and Sunday in a four-game series.
First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. on each
day.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Concordia: 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 7 12 1
Sonoma State: 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 10 2
Game One v. Concordia 2/21 :
W: Gerhett Moser (1-1) L: Cal Becker (0-2)
STAR// Megan Corcoran
Left: Haydon Turpin winding up against Concordia. Right: Cody Morris attempts a pick off at first base. Bottom: Daniel Caresio in the batters box.
Baseball Scoreboard:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Concordia: 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2
Sonoma State: 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 X 5 5 2
Game Two v. Concordia 2/21 :
W: Haydon Turpin (1-0) L: Quinn Eldridge (0-1) S: Jackson Zarubin (1)
Seawolves snap seven-game losing streakHailee ZaStrow
Staff Writer
After seven straight losses, the Sonoma State University women’s basketball team came home with a victory. The Seawolves battled
against San Francisco State Saturday night and were able to steal a much needed win in the hostile environ-ment known as The Swamp Arena in San Francisco.
It was the Gators’ Senior Night but it was the Seawolves’ senior Hannah Sourek that stole the show. Sourek led the team with 13 points and eight rebounds playing in 24 minutes. With Sourek’s career winding down and only two more games to play, she says she will be treasuring every moment.
“It felt absolutely amazing to be able to contrib-ute to this team,” said Sourek. “I only have a couple games left so I am just playing my hardest and doing everything I can to help this team be as successful as we can be.”
Sonoma State started strong in the first, finishing the quarter 11-5. Their energy carried over to the sec-ond quarter where they expanded their lead to 15, fin-ishing the half up at 30-15. Headed to halftime with the lead, it was the Seawolves’ game to lose.
The Gators came back after the half to give the Seawolves a run for their money, but they had just enough of a lead to stay on top. The Gators outscored the Seawolves in the third quarter 15-10 and in the fourth quarter 14-10 but still fell by six.
The Seawolves were looking for redemption against the Gators, who beat them 63-46 earlier this month. The headed to the City ready to battle, said sophomore guard Madison Burroughs.
“Our team was well prepared to face San Fran-
cisco,” said Burroughs. “The team’s attitude was good and we were all supportive of each other, especially since our coach talked to us about doing a few things differently for this game.”
Burroughs said Head Coach Mark Rigby made a few adjustments after their devastating loss to Cal State San Marcos last weekend on Senior Day.
“The subbing by our coach was well thought out and we had a better rotation than normal,” Burroughs said.
The Seawolves’ field goal percentage was only slightly above 31 percent compared to the Gators’ 30.8 percentage but the Seawolves’ rebound power is what gave them the edge. The Seawolves crashed the net and came up with 45 rebounds compared to the Gators’ 36.
“It felt well deserved to finally get a win after los-ing so many close scoring games,” said Burroughs. “We still need to work on controlling the pace of the game and I feel like we made a step towards that goal after last night.”
Burroughs contributed with eight points to the Seawolf victory while senior guard Taylor Acosta ended the night with eight points of her own in 30 minutes of play.
The Seawolves will have a chance to improve on their 9-18 overall record and 4-14 CCAA conference record with their final two games of the season this weekend. They will travel to Cal State San Bernardi-no’s Coussoulis Arena for a Friday night face-off be-fore closing out their season against UC San Diego at RIMAC Arena in La Jolla. Tipoff for both match-ups are at 5:30 p.m. They are looking to finishing the 2015-2016 season strong after suffering losses to both teams earlier in the season.
STAR// Connor Gibson
Kylie Kiech eyes an SFSU player while on de-fense.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 F
SF State 5 10 15 14 46
Sonoma State 11 19 10 10 50
Hannah Sourek: 13 pts, 8 reb, 1/4 3PFG
Madison Burroughs: 8 pts, 3 ast, 2 stl
SEAWOLFSPORTS
Courtesy of sonomaseawolves.com
Sports 11Page
Feb. 23 - Feb. 29, 2016sonomastatestar.com
Tuesday 2/22
Women’s Golf St. Edward’s Invitational
All DayMen’s GolfCoyote Classic
All DayBaseball
@ San Francisco State2:00 p.m.
Friday 2/26
Softball vs Cal State East Bay
Noon & 2:00 p.m.Men’s Tennis
@ UC San Diego3:00 p.m.
Women’s Basketball@ Cal State San Ber-
nardino5:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball @ Cal State San Ber-
nardino7:30 p.m.
Saturday 2/27
Women’s TrackJohnny Mathis Invita-
tional9:00 a.m.Softball
vs Cal State East BaySeawolf Diamond
11:00 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Saturday 2/27
Baseball vs Cal State Dominguez
HillsSeawolf Diamond
11:00 a.m.& 2 p.m. Women’s Tennis
@ Dominican University 11:00 a.m.Softball
vs Cal State East Bay 11 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Men’s Tennis vs Western New Mexico
2:00 p.m.Women’s Basketball
@ UC San Diego5:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball @ UC San Diego
7:30 p.m.
Sunday 2/28
Baseball vs Cal State Dominguez
Hills11:00 a.m.
Seawolf DiamondWomen’s Tennis
vs Stanislaus State12:00 p.m.
SSU Tennis Court
Monday 2/29
Men’s GolfTearney Pioneer Shootout
All Day
Vasilios loufas
Staff Writer
The Sonoma State men’s golf team hit the fairways in the East-West Invitational last Mon-day and Tuesday at The Course at Wente Vineyards in Livermore. Justin Shluker led the way for the Seawolves and earned the team a respectable third place finish.
The course proved to be a difficult one for the Seawolves as they began the second day in fourth place. But, by the time the day concluded, Sonoma State would put a solid score of 302 as a team, which would be sufficient enough to bump them up to a third place with Western Washington.
“It was a good tournament to start off the year at a very challenging golf course,” said Shluker. “Although we had hoped to play better, we know we have to stick to our process and take one tournament at a time.
Shluker paved the way for the Seawolves, ending with a score of 227 (73-76-78), 11-over-par. Senior Brandon Lee’s 229 (+13) finish was enough to earn him a 14th finish in the invita-tional with scores of 75, 80, and 74. Both Spencer Clapp and Nicholas Daniels finished with a 234, 18-over-par, which had them tied for 18th overall by the end of the tourney.
Senior Kenny Maroney went (81-81-73), ending the final day with a team-leading score of 73. His full score added to 235, 19-over-par, placed Maroney in 21st place overall.
The Seawolves were only one stroke behind second place finisher Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and eight strokes behind tournament champion Saint Martin’s. The tournament featured 55 golfers from different colleges.
“We went in believing we could win and that is what we need to do at every tournament we enter,” said Shulker. “We need to continue to work hard and the results will show. As a team really look forward to competing in every event we play while continuing to contend in each tournament as well.”
Sonoma State started its second tournament of the season at the Coyote Classic in San Bernardino yesterday and will continue today as they hope to out shoot the tournament host Cal State San Bernardino and ten other NCAA Division II schools at the Arrowhead Country Club.
Golf team places third in first tournament of spring
COURTESY// sonomaseawolves.com
Justin Shulker tee’s off in the East-West Invitational.
Kristen spear
Staff Writer
After fifty-five minutes of intense and emo-tional basketball between the Sonoma State University men’s team and and San
Francisco State - a battle which took them into triple overtime for first time since 1989 - the Seawolves end short of a victory, falling 80 - 76 to the Gators in The Swamp Saturday night in San Francisco.
“Our team showed that we never give up,” said senior forward James Slade. “It sucks losing a game like that, but I’m proud of how we played and how we competed throughout the game.”
The refrees stepped in early and often. Sonoma State sent the Gators into the double bonus catego-ry, committing 29 personal fouls and two members of the squad being fouled out.
San Francisco State capitalized on the Sea-wolves’ blunders, making 21 of its 24 free throws.
Sonoma State, on the other hand, suffered in that department only making 64.4 percent of their shots from the charity stripe.
The Gators took a commanding lead through-out the entire first half, going in halftime with a 35-26 lead.
But, the Seawolves roared back into the game in the second half and were able to cut the deficit down to just three with 30 seconds to go.
James Davis drained a 3-point shot, his first of the night, with 29.2 seconds left, completing the comeback and tying the game at 55 a piece.
With less than a second less on the clock, the Gator fanbase watched in panic as Davis launched a hail mary shot at half court. It seemed like it had a chance as it sailed through the air only to brush the bottom of the net, sending the game into overtime.
“Our goals were to stick to our fundamentals and keep them from driving to the basket,” said se-nior guard Andy Mitchell on returning back to the court at the start of overtime. “We also needed to focus more when we were at the free throw line.”
Luke Cochran was the savior in the first over-time when he swatted away a Gator desperation shot 24.6 seconds left in the period. David Ahern tracked down the loose ball and was fouled sending Ahern to the line down by two. All eyes on him, he stepped up and overcame the pressure, making both free throw shots and extending the game into the second overtime with the score at 61 all.
The Seawolves had its largest lead of the game near the end of second overtime but only by a nar-row three points. This time the Gators were able to come up clutch burrying a late 3-point shot of its own to send the game into triple overtime with a score of 69-69.
The Gators jumped ahead to a five-point lead in the final five minutes. It proved to be all San Francisco State needed to put an end to game, giv-ing Sonoma State the heartbreaking loss.
“We’ve all been playing sports for quite awhile now and at one time or another we’ve played in a game where it’s been emotional like this game,” said Slade. “I think having heart and character are the main ways to maintain the focus.”
Davis put up 21 points for the Seawolves while Ahern followed right behind with 20 points. Mitch-ell was a key contributor on defense, grabbing 10 rebounds but Cochran added a career-high and game-best 14 rebounds while also adding 17 points on the board.
“Personally, the more emotional a game is, the more focused I get because I end up having more fun,” said Cochran.
With two more games in the regular season, the Seawolves stand with an 8-10 record against CCAA opponents and are 13-11 on the season. Having already secured a spot in the CCAA tourna-ment, the team will look to add two more wins to its record, which will qualify the team for the playoffs.
“Overall it was a great game to be apart of and even though we came up short, I couldn’t be more proud of my team,” said Mitchell.
The Seawolves will finish up its regular season this weekend as they are scheduled to face Cal State San Bernardino at the Coussoulis Arean in San Bernardino Friday night before heading to La Jolla the following night to take on UC San Diego at the RIMAC Arena Saturday. Both games with tip-off at 7:30 p.m.
Basketball team falters late in triple OT thriller
“It was a great game to be apart of and even
though we came up short, I couldn’t be more
proud of my team,” said Andy Mitchell.
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Luke Cochran battles Gators defender for a rebound
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SF State 26 29
Sonoma State 35 20
OVERTIME OT1 OT2 OT3 FSF State 6 6 11 80Sonoma State 6 6 8 76
Luke Cochran: 17 pts, 14 reb, FG%: 88James Davis: 21 pts, 2 ast, 3 stl, 3/9 3FG
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