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Faculty association votes to strikeJoseph encinas

Staff Writer

In a crowded classroom filled with reporters and faculty in the engineer-

ing building of San Jose State University, the California Faculty Association held the CFA Voting Results Confer-ence, marking a new chapter in the wage dispute between the association and the Cali-fornia State University.

From Oct. 19-28, the fac-ulty association held a strike authorization vote after at-tempts to get the Office of the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees to grant a 5 per-cent increase in wages in-stead of the offered 2 percent increase that is being offered. The faculty of the univer-sity system overwhelmingly voted to authorize the as-sociation’s leadership to put a strike in motion, or other concerted activities.

“For those of you not in here in the room, that union clap was because of the 94.4 percent vote to strike,” said Jennifer Eagan, president of the Association and professor at CSU East Bay.

Faculty association members say that the vote makes it clear the association is ready to stand up and send a clear message to the Chan-cellor’s Office.

According to Andy Mer-rifield, member of the bar-gaining team for the Cali-

fornia Faculty Association, the message the faculty as-sociation wants to send is a 2 percent raise is not a fair amount and until 5 percent is proposed, the association will not budge.

“Maybe a 94.4 [percent] strike vote will get their at-tention,” said Kevin Wear, chairman of the association’s bargaining team. “Because their 2 percent proposal is terrible.”

According to a statement released by the Office of the Chancellor, the university system wants to ensure that students and spectators alike understand that the results of this vote allows leadership of the association to permit a strike only after the statutory process has run its course and both sides are still unable to reach an agreement. As of right now, it’s clear where both parties stand, but how do the students in the California State University system feel about a possible strike if a so-

lution cannot be found?“I believe that the faculty

is not asking for too much,” said Grant Peters, A fresh-man at Sonoma State. “Ev-eryone that works to keep this university system going deserves to make a reason-able living, especially those who prepare the next genera-tion of workers and innova-tors.”

The reason the CSU cites for not allowing a 5 percent wage increase concerns the budget; the budget the Cali-fornia State University sys-tem has been allotted does not allow for that much of a raise in faculty wages, ac-cording to officials.

“It is hard for the CSU administration to grant the raise with money they do not have,” said Jacob Virissimo, freshman computer science major at Sonoma State Uni-versity. ”It’s like tying their hands behind their back and telling them to get out of the rope.”

With a new page being turned, the chapter of fact-finding can begin. Even though the faculty did vote in favor of an authorization of a strike, nothing they voted to allow can take place until the statutory process has run its course; the statutory process is the last chance both sides get to find an agreement be-fore the association turns to

See STRIKE on Pg. 5

Courtesy // Sue Pak

The California Faculty Association voted to strike last Wednesday with a 94.4 percent majority vote. Jennifer Ea-gan, president of the association, and other representatives announced the result of the strike vote at San Jose State University, pictured above.

“The CSU is a public insti-tution and it should start

acting like one by paying their

employees a decent wage,”

said Eagan.

Spring registration approaching with new

scheduling resourcenikki Bridges

Staff Writer

The often anticipated time of the semester, registration, has come

yet again. With a brand new addition to the registration process, the Seawolf Sched-uler hopes to ease students’ worries, making it much sim-pler to find classes that fit stu-dent preferences for the next academic semester.

The Seawolf Scheduler was made to help students manage time, stress and get the classes they need sooner during registration for years to come.

The scheduler is located in the top left corner of stu-dents’ MySSU, in the online ‘Student Center’. Students can plug in all the courses they want to take and the program will generate all the different options of class schedules, making sure none of them overlap each other. Once the student likes a class at a cer-tain time they can lock it in so it will show up on all their schedule choices.

The program will also compare possible classes side-by-side so students can see the different class options. One of

the most user-friendly com-ponents of the program is the option to put in breaks in the schedule for work or extracur-riculars

During registration the Seawolf Scheduler will update every 60 seconds so students can get an accurate assess-ment of which classes still have open seats.

Once students are happy with the schedule they have laid out, they can send it to their shopping cart where it will then be ready for enroll-ment.

“We usually see about 1,500 students per semester for help during registration time,” said Senior Early Child-hood Studies major and peer advisor Tyler Sewell. “Peer advising is seeing its peak of students with the weeks lead-ing up to it and we have hired new staff members to accom-modate for everyone.”

Along with the Sea-wolf Scheduler there are new courses coming for the spring 2016 semester. These include a Portuguese language class, a new women and gender’s studies course and a sopho-more year experience course similar to the freshman year experiences classes.

These classes will all be added to the general education requirements that students must meet to graduate.

To help students prepare for spring registration, peer advisers are holding work-shops in the Tuscany residence halls. The advising center is located in Salazar Hall, where students can met with student advisers and career advis-ers to prepare their future at Sonoma State.

“We added these classes to help increase diversity and to give students different op-tions for their C3 language category in the general educa-tion pattern,” said Academic Advisor Michael Balasek.

“I’m really nervous to register by myself,” said freshman psychology major Kelsey Harrison. “But a lot of my upperclassman friends have been giving me advice to make multiple schedules for options and to go to peer ad-vising.”

Priority registration for disabled students and student athletes begins on Nov. 13, and regular registration will begin Nov 16 and will end on Dec. 31. Students’ registra-tion times and dates are up on MySSU now.

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Sonoma State University recognized 1,100 college stu-dents, on average, who’s lives are claimed by suicide nationwide with paper hearts hanging in the Salazar Quad on Monday.

University supports mental health with new program

rachael newman

Staff Writer

The second annual Mental Health awareness week at Sonoma State University is

happening this week, and a new resource has been introduced to the California State University system that supports students’ mental health.

The new resource, titled ‘The Red Folder’ intends to help CSU faculty and staff notice and be-come more alert to the signs and symptoms of a student in dis-tress. This year’s Mental Health Awareness week is about promot-ing mental health and wellness, acording to Sonoma State Psy-chologist and Outreach Coordina-

tor Joe Puentes.“We know some of the great-

est barriers to academic success are stress, anxiety and depression. These programs, Mental Health Awareness Week, the Red Folder, and CAPS services are aimed to help students care for and address those issues so that they can suc-ceed,” said Puentes. “Students are as dynamic, creative and insight-ful as ever, but they also carry a great deal of stress and pressure. For students to be at their best, for the campus to be at its best, we have got to address stress and pro-mote mental health.”

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It’s tough enough to juggle school work alone, but Sonoma State University student-athletes not only earn stellar grades but NCAA playoff births as well. Staff Writer and student-athlete Aubrie Tolliver jour-nals about her experiences on and off the field and answers the question: “Why continue as a student-

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College is more than the classes one takes—it’s an experience entirely

unique to the individual that can’t be judged by anyone other than the student.

The Economist Magazine released a ranking of universi-ties in the U.S. in October based off of the economic value of a degree from each respective college. Out of 1,275 colleges, Sonoma State University was ranked 1,030th and among other California State University’s, Sonoma State was ranked last for economic value of the de-gree.

In the same study, Sonoma State finished ahead of UC Berkely, Brown and Yale Uni-versity (with Yale finishing ing in the bottom 10 in the nation) This study not only brings to question the credibility of col-lege rankings in general but also whether a ranking system is an effective and honest rep-resentation of a university’s worth.

According to The Econo-mist’s ranking, the average sal-ary of a Sonoma State graduate is $45,600. Can the value of a college degree be solely based on a monetary figure?

The answer is no. College is an experience made up of classes, extracurricular ac-tivities and most importantly, memories—memories that can’t be ranked by a dollar amount.

Those memories and expe-riences someone has in college are unique to the individual and a ranking or a magazine article can’t tell a college graduate their degree is worth more or less than someone else’s. Even if the college one attends is not labeled “prestigious,” a college education is about what the stu-dent makes of themselves at the school, not the school itself.

A student could be going to Stanford and learn absolutely nothing or on the other hand, a student could be going to a humble community college and come out a well-rounded, edu-cated person.

Another respected publica-tion, U.S News and World Re-port, released its annual college rankings last week as well, iron-ically ranking Sonoma State as one of the top public university in the western region as no. 48 out of 87 colleges. With both The Economist and U.S News and World Report known as credible and respected sources, why is there such a disconnect between the two rankings?

Some may consider Sonoma State to be a liberal arts college, with the focus of students’ stud-ies being on a broad array of subjects rather than one special-ized or specific research topic. With that said, Sonoma State is the only CSU to be a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges—proving its sta-

tus as a liberal arts college.Could the ranking by The

Economist be based on the fact that the education students’ re-ceive at Sonoma State leans to-ward that of liberal arts rather than specialized research?

A 2010 article from CBS News lists five reasons why students should attend a liberal arts university instead of an Ivy League or research-focused university.

Among those reasons, the author puts an emphasis on how liberal arts colleges often have small class sizes, student-fo-cused professors and a more af-fordable price tag—statements all true to Sonoma State.

Many students perform much better in an environ-ment where their education is more individually-based rather than competitive performance-based. Students have to find the college environment that best suits their needs, not pick one from a biased and skewed rank-ing list.

Students often hear college is what you make it—and re-gardless of how cliché that might sounds, it proves to be true.

The Internet is filled with an endless amount of college rankings and reviews, but when it comes to the worth of an edu-cation, no one can put a price-tag on a degree, not even The Economist.

For what it’s worthCOURTESY // Gustavo Vasquez

Decide your school’s value for yourself

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The faculty across the CSU system have voted to call a strike, asking for a 5 percent

salary increase. According to the California Faculty Administra-tion, 94 percent of members voted ‘yes’ to the strike. It seems fairly straightforward, but it isn’t as sim-ple as ‘please sir, can I have some more?”

Teachers, professors and edu-cators all across the country are not payed nearly as much as they should. This is because they aren’t taken seriously (the saying ‘those who can’t do, teach’).

But think about it: literally ev-eryone in the modern world goes to school. They go to school to learn what they need to know for the rest of their lives, basics in every sub-ject. This is why it is arguably the most important profession in the world.

For the most important profes-sion in the world, a meager sal-ary is unacceptable. On Sonoma State’s website, the most recent salary schedule is available. The

document states that tenure-track professors earn between $74,256 and $89,412 annually. While that might not seem so bad, the annual cost of living in Sonoma County is around $62,000 (assuming people live with their families), according to livingwage.mit.edu.

So the strike and salary in-crease is reasonable. The Cali-fornia Faculty Administration is asking for a 5 percent increase. But where would the money come from?

The CSU system has a $65.5 million budget this year, according to Toni Molle, director of Public Affairs for the CSU office of the chancellor. Molle said that the sum needed to accomplish the 5 percent increase would “amount to a total of $101.7 million”. This amount greatly exceeds the CSU system’s operating budget.

The problem moves a notch higher, from the CSU system to the government. According to the White House, President Obama al-lotted $70.7 billion to the Depart-ment of Education this fiscal year.

Whereas he gave $561 billion to the Department of Defense. The $101.7 million needed to give teach-ers their 5 percent increase is two millionths of $561 billion. Can’t it be used to make some teachers happy, and in turn, their students?

Teachers get enough disrespect as it is. Imagine having to conduct a classroom of rowdy toddlers, mis-chievous children, sarcastic teens, or lazy college students? I can’t as-sume that all classrooms apply to those ideas, but I know that every

teacher I’ve ever had has been the recipient of some sort of disrespect, and it has almost always come from students.

The saying still goes ‘those who can’t do, teach’. But between managing students, grading pa-pers, teaching classes, studying coursework, and maintaining their own lives, I’d have to say that teachers ‘do’ quite a lot.

The fact that we can’t pay them little more than a living wage dis-gusts me. These people put so much effort into molding the future gen-erations of America, yet we divert hundreds of billions of dollars to-wards the next new deadly weapon.

Some might argue that bombs cost more than books, and in this college setting, I could disagree. But while it may be true, I’d rather my tax dollars be used to better our own country than to bomb another.

Quality education worth striking for Social media: Creating a false

reality?

Olivia Hunt

Staff Writer

“Quick, go like my picture,” said a girl to her friend. “Oh, I must have missed it, when did you post it?” her friend

replies. “Just now.” This exchange of words is progressively be-

coming more popular among today’s youth as the era of social media continues to alter our sense of priorities and sets up a falsified reality.

We have fallen victim to the idea that we must uphold a certain image of ourselves in or-der to maintain a consistent image to others.

Although all social media outlets are guilty of perpetuating this, Facebook and Instagram are predominantly the gateways to these paral-lel universes.

These media platforms can be very benefi-cial in keeping in touch with people that would otherwise become ghosts of your past. They are also helpful for classes and events; let’s be real, we wouldn’t remember most people’s birthdays without it.

At the same time, social media allows peo-ple to create any image of themselves they want, thus creating an inaccurate representation.

The problem with this is it only shows one side of someone’s experience and what is ex-posed is completely in the hands of the user.

Someone could come off as seeming happy when they may actually be struggling. The de-ceptive nature of social media also has the po-tential to mislead anyone who views these posts. Seeing friends post about their seemingly happy lives makes us question our own experiences.

Speaking from personal experience, it can really affect someone’s mind set who may not be doing well themselves. During high school I deleted my Facebook for two years after find-ing myself comparing my life to everyone else’s supposed happiness, as I was struggling with my own.

The idea that other people’s happiness can cause others sadness is no new concept. Mon-tesquieu said “If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.”

By showcasing the most positive, joy-filled moments of people’s lives, social media is ex-ploiting the Achilles heel of human nature.

In a Stanford study, researchers asked 80 freshman to report whether they or their peers had recently experienced various negative and positive emotional events. Time and again, the subjects underestimated how many negative experiences their peers were having. They also overestimated how much fun these same peers were having.

In another sample of 140 students, research-ers found students were unable to accurately gauge others’ happiness even when they were evaluating the moods of people they were close to.

In a third study also by Stanford, they found that the more students underestimated others’ negative emotions, the more they tended to re-port feeling lonely and brooding over their own miseries.

In the past week, an Australian teenager with more than 612,000 Instagram followers radically rewrote her “self-promoting” history on social media. Essena O’Neill, 18, said she was able to make an impressive income from marketing products to her followers.

She describes Instagram as “contrived per-fection made to get attention” and deleted more than 2,000 photos “that served no real purpose other than self-promotion.”

On top of this, she dramatically changed the captions to the remaining photos in a way that shed light on the distortion of social media.

Although debunking social media expecta-tions is progressive in changing the dynamic of the online world, inconsistencies are inevitable according to BBC news.

Some researchers have coined the term “friendship paradox” meaning that no matter what, there will always be people on social me-dia happier and more successful than you.

According to Nathan Hodas at the Univer-sity of Southern California, the friendship para-dox holds true for more than 98 percent of Twit-ter users.

With all of this in mind, it’s important to remind ourselves that there are many differ-ing realities that people have, and the one that is portrayed on social media is not an accurate representation of their entire being.

FlORencia HassOn

Staff Writer

There was absolutely nothing I could, or what’s worse, should do about the situation I was in.

The feeling was so infuriating. I was stuck in a car with a group

of people that I came to realize would judge and dislike me no matter what I said.

Martina; a roommate of mine in Madrid, and I had decided to take a trip to Valencia for the weekend to partake in celebrations signifying the conclusion of a cul-tural festival that had been taking place that week.

It was the first time I’d used BlaBlaCar, the new popular ride-share website that provided Euro-peans with cheap and easy ways to find rides across the continent. The service is similar to Uber but on a much larger scale.

Forty minutes in, we stopped to pick up another guy on the way to Valencia, a 25 to 30-year-old, attractive young man, native Va-lenciano named Javier.

The conversation quickly started up again between the cou-ple providing the ride, my Italian roommate, Javier and I.

Small talk quickly took a rath-er large turn in an ugly direction, and 9/11 conspiracy theories are brought up.

“I, and I believe the rest of us are and should be afraid of the U.S.,” Javier begins to say in refer-ence to his shared 9/11 theory.

I was in no haste to change the fact that he had not yet realized there was an American sitting right next to him in the car, all thanks to my native Uruguayan mother who taught me Spanish well.

Martina piped up to warn him that he was in the presence of an American before he treaded into deeper waters. I chuckled because

I wasn’t offended in the slightest by his comment.

The older lady driving, Toni, who already knew I was Ameri-can, then attempted to “clear the air” and said; “no, I am most afraid of the Jews.”

Double whammy! Little did she know a big, old, scary Jew, was sitting in her backseat.

Anti-Semitism is shockingly still alive in 2015, and even more so in certain areas over others.

Having lived in Europe for a year, I got used to seeing drawn swastikas, crossed out swasti-kas and a variety of other graffiti along the same lines.

My favorite one was an angry pacman eating a swastika, I’m still not sure if it was a jew-friendly piece, but I choose to believe that it was.

Growing up in liberal San Francisco created a bubble to the beliefs of a lot of the rest of the world. Even when I moved up to Sonoma I encountered weird chuckles or surprised expressions when me being Jewish came up.

I’ve never felt discouraged or threatened by these strange pauses in conversation, but I’ve always wondered what the other person is thinking; why is me being Jewish so strange and surprising?

For thousands and thousands of years Jews have been persecut-ed. We call ourselves a nomadic tribe, if it wasn’t f leeing Egypt then it was the Spanish inquisi-tion, or even more recently Ger-many during the Holocaust.

I came to the realization that being Jewish in Europe was a rare thing to find. I was the first Jew the majority of my European friends had ever met. During my year away I witnessed many anti-Semitic encounters.

In Copenhagen, a Holocaust memorial was defaced with a swastika on Holocaust remem-brance day.

In Rome I was taking a pic-ture of some pro-Palestine graffiti and a guy we had met that night blatantly said “I hate the Jews”

without blinking or thinking twice.

No one expects to actually meet a Jew because they think they’re all gone; boy was he sur-prised.

I take these encounters as an opportunity to open up a conver-sation about why, and specifically where does this hatred of Jews come from? It’s definitely been a part of our history but without reason, just like the hatred or op-pression of any other race or group of people.

In 2015, you’ll more likely get lashed for being homophobic rath-er than being anti-Semitic.

Today, people’s dislike for the state of Israel and their politics translates into an excuse for be-ing anti-Semitic, but what a lot of people forget or don’t realize is that being Jewish doesn’t make you a Zionist (the belief that Jews should have their own nation), and that the nation should be Israel.

This is very important to re-member because disliking the politics of one country shouldn’t be the sole backbone in your ar-gument against an entire group of people.

Ideal differences shouldn’t be used as an excuse to hate Jews, the way I have seen Zionism used. There are many Jews who aren’t Zionist. There is no easy solution to the Israel-Palestine conf lict and whatever the outcome no one will have truly won.

Having said that, I am a Zion-ist and strongly believe now more than ever that there should be a country; Israel, where Jews are accepted and won’t be persecuted the way history has seemed to repeat; however, the problem be-tween Israel and Palestine stems much deeper than that.

I only wish there was a way for there to be a two-state solution that could truly work but so far this hasn’t been the case.

It’s 2015 and our array of so-cial issues across the world are still much too alive.

Equality of all races, reli-gions, sexes and/or social groups is a never ending fight.

When will we be able to uni-versally think and work together and coexist as one, all brothers and sisters of the same world and life which we cherish?

Age-old discrimination still alive

Courtesy // Tiffany McGaughey

Anti-Semitism is shockingly still alive in 2015.

AnnA Kehrlein

Staff Writer

Students may already know that sources like U.S. News and World

Report and College Board have been releasing college rankings for years, but re-cently The Economist joined in with its first ever college ranking system; a list with a slightly different approach. Rather than ranking colleges

based on graduates’ aver-age salary, or the niceness of their dorms, The Economist ranked each college based on the economic value of its degree.

Sonoma State Univer-sity was ranked dead last among other California State Universities.

To determine a degree’s economic value, The Econo-mist first calculated how much students should po-

tentionally be making after graduating from a particular school.

For each college, they looked at their freshman class of 2001 and deter-mined average SAT score, ratio of male to female, racial demographics, students’ ma-jors, the size of the college, and the wealth of the state.

In addition, they ac-counted for the type of col-lege; whether it was public

or private, a liberal arts, engineering, or business school, and lastly, its reli-gious affiliation, if any. Ac-cording to the results from their formula, students who graduate with a degree from Sonoma State are estimated to earn an annual income of $48,462.

To determine the col-lege’s ranking, The Econo-mist compared this number to how much students actu-

ally made in 2011. On aver-age, the freshman class of 2001 made $45,600 a year, $2,862 less than predicted, placing Sonoma State at 1,032 out of the 1,275 four-year colleges on the list.

This spurs the question: why?

Brandon Mercer, presi-dent of Associated Students, believes Sonoma State’s lackluster ranking may be due to its status as a liberal arts college.

“We invest in students to be well-rounded citizens when we send them out into California’s economy and so, it’s not just what you’ve learned in the classroom,” said Mercer. “It’s the lead-ership skills you’ve learned, it’s the interpersonal skills, and that’s something that we’re focused on. We’re fo-cused on the holistic devel-opment of our students not just the dollar amount that they get offered when they walk out of our doors.”

According to Erik Dick-son, Associated Students’ executive director, a liberal arts education at Sonoma State is still valuable.

“It’s that breadth of education, it’s that looking at all things from different per-spectives, which is generally the value of a liberal arts ed-ucation,” Dickson said. “The ability to get it at Sonoma State in a public institution, a public CSU, which also is an institution which has excel-lent programs in business, in sciences, in those sorts of places, gives you a little bit of a liberal arts approach with the opportunity to be a wine business student, or be a biology major, or be some-thing that isn’t necessarily tied directly to liberal arts.”

Economics Profes-sor Robert Eyler agrees with Mercer and Dickson that Sonoma State’s liberal arts focus draws more lib-eral arts majors who tend to

make less money right out of college than mathematically based majors, like engineer-ing. However, Eyler also attributes part of Sonoma State’s placement to the Bay Area’s high cost of living, which causes students to ac-cumulate more debt.

Despite this, Eyler doesn’t think the value of a Sonoma State degree can be accurately measured from The Economist’s formula.

“To me, a better way of thinking about the worth of a degree is what does it do over your lifetime, because a lot of people will get a good job right out of the gate, en-gineering is a great example of this, but at a certain point, engineering will plateau, and the flexibility of an engi-neer from one job to another without another degree over time is somewhat limited,” Eyler said. “So a lot of the arguments that degrees are starting to become worth-less are somewhat in the eye of the beholder. A lot of law-yers are English majors or philosophy majors because they leverage that bachelor’s degree to go to law school. You need to be a good writ-er, good logic: philosophy and English.”

Eyler thinks that a good way for Sonoma State to in-crease the economic value of its degree would be to be-come more of a pipeline for local, high-paying employ-ers.

“When our majors come out, we should ask our students to do what makes them more marketable,” Eyler said. “If you knew in January that you were going to graduate in May, but there were three or four jobs lined up for you, and you had pre-pared for those jobs because when you were a sophomore because we told you what classes to take, you’ll have something to differentiate you from the pack.”

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liberal arts education

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The Economist Magazine published a college ranking article in October, basing the rank of universities on their economic value. The graph above shows the average incomes of gradu-ates of multiple California universities according to The Economist study.

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using its economic weapon – a strike.

The process begins later this month and continues through ear-ly December, meaning if a strike were to commence, it could take place early next year. Although this strike vote is attracting quite the buzz, it’s not the first time the

faculty have resorted to this mea-sure. In fact, the faculty have had four strike authorization votes, with one leading to strikes at the campuses of Cal State East Bay and Cal State Dominguez Hills.

“The CSU is a public institu-tion and it should start acting like one by paying their employees a decent wage,” said Eagen.

The next demonstration that

is catching the eyes of the public is scheduled to be held on Nov. 17 in Long Beach where the Board of Trustees will be meeting with the Office of the Chancellor. Faculty from all 23 campuses, students and the association’s la-bor and community allies will be there ready to make a statement to the Chancellor regarding their proposition.

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Something, is designed to assist university em-ployees in recognizing signs and then taking cau-tious steps when trying to help a student suffering from a mental illness. With this new resource, fac-ulty and staff will be prepared to help or reach out to a student experiencing symptoms of mental ill-ness.

The Red Folder also includes a step-by-step guide of how to help students that may be of harm to themselves, whether police need to take action and intervene in the situation, as well as to refer a stu-dent to the Counseling and Psychological Services that are available.

According to Laura Williams, director of Sonoma State’s Counseling and Psychological Ser-vices, some of the services available for students are individual group and couple’s counseling, dis-cussion groups, outreach events like Mental Health Awareness Week and Sexual Assault Awareness Month Programming, workshops like training for suicide prevention, crisis/victim’s advocacy servic-es, and consultations for concerned students regard-ing the mental health of friends.

The current counseling program has been in place for a couple decades and the Red Folder is another addition to the CSU’s Mental Health Initia-tive.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, roughly 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience mental illness and only 41 percent of adults with a mental health condition used or accepted mental

health services in the past year. Nearly seven percent of adults, or about 16 mil-

lion people, experienced one extreme depressive episode in the last year. Eighteen percent of adults have or have experienced an anxiety disorder like post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compul-sive disorder and specific phobias.

“The old stigma is that to care about your men-tal health you must be ‘crazy’,” said Puentes. “For-tunately this perspective is shifting toward the rec-ognition that to take care of health, both mental and physical, is wise, courageous and a lifelong invest-ment in yourself and the world around you.”

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness week at Sonoma State, an exhibit with 1,100 hearts hung from trees in front of Salazar Hall represent-ing 1,100 college students that have died by suicide. On the hearts there are messages of hope, support, and encouragement to show compassion for the is-sue.

“We’ve seen over 550 students this year in in-dividual or group counseling,” said Williams. “We have interacted with many more through consulta-tions, outreach programming and workshops [like] Gender Identity Discussion Group [and] Women of Color Discussion Group and training.”

The Red Folder is available in various forms;hard copy, online, and a mobile application. The Coun-seling and Psychological Services phone number is (707) 664-2153 and is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 1088 Stevenson Hall. For 24 hour service call Police Services at (707) 664-4444 or Sonoma County Crisis Line at (707) 576-8181.

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Sacramento

California State University, Sac-ramento student Luis Ortiz, found out he had a live tapeworm liv-ing in his head after going to the emergency room for a head-ache and nausea in September. A resident of Napa, Ortiz visited a local hospital and was told he needed immediate surgery to remove the tapeworm, accord-ing to the Associated Press. Ac-cording to the college student’s surgeon, if the tapeworm had remained in his brain for another 30 minutes, Ortiz would’ve died. Ortiz has now dropped out of school and moved home. He is looking forward to returning to Sacramento in the future.

Columbia, Mo.

The president of the University of Missouri system, Tim Wolfe and Chancellor of the system’s flag-ship campus, R. Bowen Loftin, resigned on Monday in response to students protesting that ad-ministrators aren’t doing enough to resist racism on campus. Stu-dents and faculty at the Univer-sity of Missouri, Columbia have threatened to strike because of how administrators have handled racial incidents at the campus. The university’s foot-ball team has gained national media attention this weekend after refusing to attend team activities until the president of the university system resigned. Head coach and athletic direc-tor at the University of Missouri, Columbia confirmed the foot-ball team will resume normal team activities as of Monday.

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Footage surfaced Monday of three Tuscaloosa, Ala. police officers forcefully removing and arresting three University of Ala-bama students from their apart-ment early Sunday morning. The police officers have been placed on paid leave because of their actions captured on the cell phone footage. According to a statement from the Tuscalo-osa Police released Monday, of-ficers were called out the apart-ment becuase of a loud music complaint at 3:19 a.m. Sunday morning. The three students were charged with multiple of-fenses including harassment and obstruction of governmental operations.

Richmond, Va.

Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia filed a law-suit for defamation against Roll-ing Stone Magazine on Monday for the article about an alleged gang rape of a female student in 2012 at a fraternity house. The fraternity said the Rolling Stone article made the organization and its members “the object of an avalanche of condemnation worldwide.”

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Art by students, for students

‘The Hummingbird Wars’ sings

Christine edwards

Staff Writer

The bare walls and bland corners of the Student Center will soon be filled with works of art by the student artists of

Sonoma State University. A new exhibit is set to be ready for viewing next spring semester, and students are welcome to submit any type of art from photography, paintings, drawings and sculptures.

The Sonoma State Student Center Board of Advisors is funding and organizing the ex-hibit, which is being led by Jessica Way, presi-dent designee. Fellow board member Laura Mitchel, future officer’s program coordinator, is also assisting, along with student council members Mary LoFranco, Hilary Stewart and Olivia Smith.

Smith expressed to the STAR how impor-tant the project is to her.

“I’m all about promoting diversity and showing that we’re proud of our students at Sonoma State,” said Smith. “I felt that the Stu-dent Center was empty and needed to be per-sonalized to students and given a homey feel.”

The department expects that they will re-ceive many submissions for this exhibit and plans to spread the works of art throughout the student center. Smith recognizes that there are many skilled artists on campus, and aims to showcase the potential of student artists.

“We really want to get a bunch of diverse art out there, and not only can art students submit, it can be any student artist at Sonoma State,” she said.

The exhibit is a new idea being launched by the Arts and Humanities Department and it is scheduled to run for the duration of the spring 2016 semester.

“We want this to be an ongoing project,” Smith said. “In the future we’re planning on the exhibit being up for an entire year with submissions being accepted in the fall.”

The only potential obstacles that stand in the way of launching this exhibit are getting enough submissions to fill the allotted space within the Student Center.

“We have a really good art program here and it represents a big chunk of Sonoma State,” Smith said. “We can show a positive image (of this campus) through art.”

Sophomore business major Rheannon Eisworth shares these values.

“I’ve been drawing for my entire life, and I think this exhibit would be an incredible ad-dition to the student center,” said Eisworth. “Art inspires people to be creative and think outside the box. Since SSU is a liberal arts school, art should be important to all in our community, if not a priority.”

Smith and her team behind this project will be placing promotional posters through-out campus, as well as going to classrooms to get the word out about this event.

“We just need submissions to come in as quickly as possible so we can get this out by spring semester,” Smith said.

A unique aspect of participating in this exhibit is that the student artists that have their work on display also have the option of selling their art. Students set the prices for their art, and any potential buyer that would like to purchase the art can do so. This can be a way to not only gain exposure, but to make some cash on the side as well.

There is no limit on the number of pieces of art they are considering to place in the ex-hibit, but all submissions must be received by Dec. 4. The application can be found on the art department’s web page under the student opportunities link at sonoma.edu/art.

Justin Freeman

Staff Writer

Review

What is it that makes a play good? Is it solid perfor-mances of memorable characters? Is it an intriguing, relevant story that draws the interest of the audience?

Or is it in the little things, such as the props or well-placed sound effects? Well, whatever makes a play good, the Sonoma State University Theater Department’s rendition of “The Humming-bird Wars,” directed by Judy Navas, includes all of the above.

Written by Carter W. Lewis, “The Hummingbird Wars” is an existentially-themed, socially conscious play that addresses a number of issues relevant to our everyday lives. A dark comedy, it follows the blunders of a disturbed American family who is struggling to keep their lives together in the face of a hostile, bu-reaucratic world defined by corporate interests and psychological turmoil.

Throughout the story, the home of this family is literally crumbling under threat of being demolished out of eminent domain. Warren (David O’Connell), a Medal of Honor recipi-ent and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, suffers from PTSD and never leaves the house, except for when he stands outside and emptily stares at his family through the kitchen window. His wife Mel (Ashlyn Kelley) is a university professor and social ac-tivist who constantly worries and feels as if her own significance to the world is diminishing. Their ahead-of-his-years adolescent son, Pete (Carlos Rodriguez) has an unsettling obsession with guns, as well as trouble coping with the hardships of high school. His sister, Kate (Rosemarie Kingfisher), is a poet at heart, tor-mented by cyber harassment by her ex-boyfriend and terrified of the influence corporations seem to have over her life. Kate’s girl-friend Tracey (Renee Hardin) is arguably the wackiest character of the bunch. Tracey, who seems slightly schizophrenic, needs to take heavy medication in order to partially mitigate her eccentric and unpredictable behavior.

Hardin’s portrayal of this character is the most memorable, as she effortlessly transitions from one extreme emotion to the next in a very believable fashion. Truly though, all the actors

seem comfortable with their characters and well-suited for their roles, and do a more-than-ample job of bringing this fictional family to life.

While “The Hummingbird Wars” doesn’t follow the typical formula of conflict, rising action, and eventual resolution, the play is absolutely stuffed with witty observations about our ever-changing and interconnected world.

During the opening scene, Pete laments the fact that he has to go to school, and lambasts the public education system, which he sees as an absurd arrangement of pointless memory exercises and never-ending popularity contests. Later in the story, when a water main breaks near the house, the father, Warren, notes that it takes the bureaucratic say-so of the government, a private con-tractor, and an insurance company to simply turn a knob.

Persisting throughout this play is the theme of entirely apa-thetic, bloated organizations surrounding the middle class family on all sides, crushing them with nigh systematic efficiency. What does one do when their medical bills cost more than the mort-gage, when their personal information is being spread all over the internet, when their FDA-approved food is unsuitable to eat, when their house is flooding, and their family is gradually losing themselves to the madness? There are many relevant issues that “The Hummingbird Wars” explores, that it’s hard to remember them all.

Beneath the thick jungle of corporate greed and psychologi-cal trauma that dominate the lives of the characters, there is a looming existential crisis that the whole family shares. Impend-ing doom is constantly mentioned, whether it’s through the planned demolition of the house or the death of a hummingbird.

All the main characters struggle with a mutual loss of agen-cy, all of them being treated like dirt in a debilitating world of manipulative marketing strategies, pre-recorded telephone op-erators, and ever-encroaching reasons to despair.

While this play was obviously written for contemporary au-diences, these thematic qualities make the play more universally relevant, as all people of all eras have to deal with the unstop-pable disintegration of everything around them.

In short, “The Hummingbird Wars” is clever, socially rel-evant, disturbing and hilarious all at once. While there are some imperfections, such as some misleading character development in the opening scene and a somewhat crammed stage, the overall production is well done and worthy of appreciation.

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‘The Hummingbird Wars’ explores several modern-day adversities in an all-too-real family setting.

Sean Curzon

Staff Writer

Review

After more than 40 years, James Bond’s great-est foe Ernst Stavro Blofeld, head of the Special Executive for Counterintelligence,

Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion returns to the big screen in “Spectre.” The film doesn’t have the stron-gest narrative, but it’s a fun action-adventure worthy of the James Bond name.

“Spectre” is the 24th film of the Eon Productions Bond franchise and the fourth to star Daniel Craig. In addition, Ben Whishaw (Q), Naomie Harris (Miss Moneypenny) and Ralph Fiennes (M) return as well. Newcomers include Dave Batista as the chief hench-man Mr. Hinx and Andrew Scott as the mole Max Denbigh. Lea Seydoux plays the latest Bond girl, Madeline Swann.

Director of the last Bond movie, “Skyfall,” Sam Mendes, returns once again with this film. The film follows Bond as he tracks down a mysterious organi-zation from his past.

This film marks the return of both the organiza-tion SPECTRE and its leader Blofeld, played in this film by Christoph Waltz. Blofeld and SPECTRE were major threats to Bond during the Sean Connery era, and became a key part of the James Bond mythos.

Unfortunately, due to complicated legal issues, both Blofeld and SPECTRE were not allowed to be in any Bond films and haven’t since 1971’s “Diamonds are Forever.” However, Eon Productions finally got the rights to the characters again; and thank goodness for it, since Blofeld is the best aspect of this movie.

Waltz plays Blofeld with an odd mix of giddiness and cold detachment. It shouldn’t work, but it does. It paints a picture of this guy who one can believe he can actually rule the world. Waltz’s natural charisma pulls it off nicely.

The other actors are good as well. Fiennes is great as M. He does a good job of playing a very hands-on leader who is frustrated with Bond’s “take things on his own” attitude. Batista is frighteningly intimidating as a SPECTRE assassin.

The film’s cinematography is gorgeous. Each shot is crafted with detailed care. Mendes blends shadow and light into the sets to help create a pow-erful environment. He plays with the camera focus to mess with the audience’s expectations and creates

interesting scenes. Mendes uses the camera to show off large and impressive sets. The action scenes are framed and planned so well that it’s like watching a carefully choreographed ballet. Still, the scenes nev-er lose their sense of suspense and danger.

The film’s major fault is its weak script. The events never feel personal as they are meant to. In one scene, Bond meets an old nemesis, Mr. White and the film doesn’t convey the history of the characters. The setting jumps around too often and too quickly. Globetrotting was always a part of the James Bond franchise, but it’s distracting when every other scene takes place on a different continent.

“Spectre” tries to tie the other three Craig films together with mixed success. The evil group Quan-tum from the movies “Casino Royale” and “Quan-tum,” tries to be part of SPECTRE but never explains how. Was it a front for SPECTRE? Was it a branch of SPECTRE? Did SPECTRE contract them out? The film touches on the spy groundwork relevance in an age of internet surveillance and droids which would be fine if “Skyfall” didn’t emphasize the exact same theme.

The relationship between Bond and Dr. Swann is good, if not a little cliché; Craig and Seydoux do have appropriate chemistry. The only problem is that it doesn’t give the relationship time to develop.

“Spectre” could’ve used some work on the story-line but makes up for it with beautiful cinematog-raphy and strong performances. Bond once again proves why he has a license to kill.

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Ellie Goulding

Cinematography unshaken, storyline absurd

Keep your eye on ‘Blindspot’

noe Felix

Staff Writer

Review

It’s not often that a new show pops up out of nowhere and delivers something new to the table. Nowa-

days, we are used to spin-offs and re-turning shows and we rarely get some-thing different. Who doesn’t get tired of the same-old, mundane shows that plague most networks?

NBC seemingly heard our con-cerns and decided to put out a good and brand new show that started this fall. “Blindspot” might have the potential to be on the top of everyone’s DVR list.

The show is about a woman with amnesia who is found naked and cov-ered in complex tattoos in the middle of Time Square. The FBI takes her into custody, only to discover her tattoos are actually clues to crimes that have yet to happen. The tattoos begin to unweave a conspiracy happening in the U.S., making her the most important FBI as-set. Every case they solve brings them closer to discovering the identity of the amnesiac.

The show boasts a great cast that

sells you on the characters they portray. Jaime Alexander plays the lead as Jane Doe, the tattooed woman. Alexander’s portrayal is nothing less than outstand-ing, as she makes the viewers feel for Jane Doe. When the drama kicks in, her eyes make the most lasting impres-sion, as they truly portray her emotion. Alexander has a way of creating a char-acter out of thin air. Knowing nothing about her past, it really is up to Alexan-der to create Jane Doe.

Her story is mysterious, and Alex-ander’s performance is sure to leave viewers with goosebumps. Sullivan Stapleton plays Kurt Weller, the lead FBI agent on Jane Doe’s case. Weller plays an intricate part of the story, as his name is tattooed on the back of Jane Doe. Knowing nothing about her, Weller begins to help uncover clues regarding her true identity. Stapleton’s performance is good, however, not on the level of Alexander’s.

Ashley Johnson plays Patterson, an upbeat tech specialist. Johnson of-fers most of the comic relief in the show, with ease some might say, as her charm and charisma are hard to avoid. It’s hard to not fall in love with her dorky-ness, and her performance stands out as one of the best in the show.

Rob Brown and Audrey Esparza round out the show as Edgar Reed and

Tasha Zapata. Both do a fine job in their performances, however, they fall under cliché characters that we’ve seen in other crime shows.

The character development is by far an integral part of the show. Wheth-er it’s the relationship between Jane and Weller growing through the missions they undertake, or Zapata’s gambling addiction, the show continues to un-ravel the characters in interesting ways.

“Blindspot” has it flaws, like any other TV show. There are things that could be improved. Some of the epi-sodes, while interesting, fall to old troupes in its genre. Furthermore, the show can be too serious at times. It’s a gritty show, however, that doesn’t mean it has to be devoid of humor. With only Patterson offering comic relief, the show suffers from its rough and tum-ble-ness.

While the drama that fills the se-ries is to be craved, audiences will find themselves wanting the show to be slightly more “fun.” The show is pick-ing up more steam, as they begin to dis-cover who Jane Doe really is.

“Blindspot” has the potential to become something great, provided that it fixes some of its problems. With a great cast and solid premise, “Blindspot” is a show you’ll want to keep your eye on.

Kaila SanderS

Staff Writer

Review

The anticipation has certainly built up as fans have patiently waited for global pop star, El-lie Goulding to release her third studio al-

bum, “Delirium.” The album was released on Nov. 6 and is Goulding’s first full-length work in three years.

“Delirium” is an expansive 21-track collection of mainstream dance-pop songs that are jam-packed with punchy tunes. To help make the al-bum possible, Goulding teamed up with some of the biggest names in the business. Max Martin has been creating memorable hits since Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC and now in more recent years, Taylor Swift. Greg Kurstin and Ryan Tedder have also worked with some of the best in the busi-ness, like Katy Perry, Beyoncé and Adele.

As an artist, Goulding has been defined by her well-known ‘club bangers’ that have filled previ-ous albums, “Lights” and “Halycon.” The same dance-f loor-heavy sound dominates “Delirium,” except this time the ambitious UK native is clearly commanding a bigger stage. Though Goulding’s past work has always felt somewhat cinematic, this time around the instrumentation is certainly a bit more forceful.

In a field already dominated by such larger-than-life personalities, it can be difficult to stand out as a distinct individual artist. Although Gould-ing has certainly established herself in the world of pop music, “Delirium” will unlikely carve out a niche in the field.

“Delirium” is sure to produce a handful of ma-jor hits, however, 21 tracks is just slightly over the top for an album of this nature. Goulding’s voice is certainly not her shining instrument and remains average, while her music is generally all-out bom-bastic.

The album’s first single, “On My Mind” is a catchy tune where Goulding questions why a past f ling keeps revisiting her thoughts. The song pos-sibly stemmed from tabloid rumors surround-ing her sexual rendezvous with tattooed artist, Ed Sheeran. If the song is in fact about Sheeran, Goulding hits him with a low blow, singing, “Next thing that I know I’m in the hotel with you/ You were talking deep like it was mad love to you/ You wanted my heart but I just liked your tattoos.”

Standing out among the pop anthems is the beautiful ballad, “Love Me Like You Do,” from the “Fifty Shades of Gray” soundtrack. Goulding’s voice is innocent as she effortlessly sings the sen-sually-obsessed lyrics that, when taken in context of the film, subtly reference BDSM.

“You’re the color of my blood/ You’re the cure, you’re the pain…You’re the fear, I don’t care/ ‘Cause I’ve never been so high,” she sings. “Love Me Like You Do” is the album’s biggest highlight and demonstrates that Goulding can thrive in more than just fast-paced, upbeat club music.

The rhythmic beat on “Keep On Dancin’” is accompanied by background whistles and elec-tronic synths, producing an overwhelming abun-dance of different sounds. “Something In The Way You Move” is a catchy, dance-f loor track filled with hypnotic synths and electronic pulses.

“Don’t Need Nobody” fuses slight moments of R&B with pop, while songs, “Don’t Panic” “Around U” and “We Can’t Move to This” stick to the album’s dominant poppy production.

As an ode to her best friend, “Army” is one of the rare moments Goulding reveals her personal life, as she sings about her teenage adventures back in her hometown.

“16 and you never even judged me/ All the nights we’ve been drunk on the f loor/ And yet you understand/Yeah like no one can,” she sings.

“Delirium” is by no means a terrible album, though the songs are slightly bland, generally lacking depth. Unless you are intently listening, the songs tend to all blur together. Although many of the songs are unfortunately forgettable, a num-ber of them will undoubtedly be heating up the dance f loor at clubs around the world.

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Made by Seawolves store to open this month

Sammuel DaviS

Staff Writer

Sonoma state University is opening an exclusive store for students to show off their creativity. Seawolf entrepreneurs

will soon have their own store and the oppor-tunity to sell their creative and innovative products. This new store will be called Made by Seawolves.

The main emphasis of the store is to edu-cate, evolve and promote entrepreneurship at Sonoma State. The store will be located on the first f loor of the Student Center, on the corner near Parking Lot D. The soft open-ing is scheduled for Nov. 18. The store will hold a grand opening at the beginning of next semester.

Made by Seawolves will pride itself on student entrepreneurship to create, sell and inspire. The student run store will look to manage the store in a sustainable manner.

“The store is exclusively for students to sell their own products as well as students running the store from the management team, student vendors, and student volun-teers,” said store manager Justin Nathanson.

The students will create all the products that will be sold at the store. Made by Sea-wolves is giving all students of different academic backgrounds a chance to show off their business side.

“We have an incredibly entrepreneurial student body that hides their light under the bushel of academics. It seems like everytime I turn around I find a student who is already running their own business or who is work-ing on it,” said accounting professor Kristen Ely. “I’m proud to be able to work with the

student team that is using their entrepre-neurial energy to provide a resource for their entrepreneurial colleagues that gives them a low-risk way of trying their concepts while getting their name out there.”

The products sold at the store will show the diversity of Sonoma State. “The store vendors will fill the store of their student-made products. At the moment we have prod-ucts from music, clothing, jewelry, knitted items, paintings/drawings, candles, ceramics and more,” said Nathanson.

Advertising Manager for Made by Sea-wolves, Katie Caughlin, is excited to be able to see the doors open. “I started a year ago when it was still an idea and there was noth-ing tangible associated with it. There wasn’t even a logo. So to see it come alive is incred-ible,” said Caughlin. “I have learned a lot while being on the MBS team. Thanks to the patience of the team I have learned how to use the resources available and how to mar-ket to our students and surrounding commu-nity. This store is here for students and I’m thrilled to be a part of it.”

It’s advised by Jessica Way, Director of the Student Center and Ely. The store is also working with a group of first-time students in a leadership class as well.

If one is interested in creating products for Made by Seawolves this semester, email madebyseawolves@gmail.com for an appli-cation or general information. Made By Sea-wolves is also on Twitter and Facebook.

Made by Seawolves is one of a kind. “The student management team is work-ing extremely hard to get the store open for business. We’re offering a once in a lifetime chance for these students who have a product to sell on campus at a state university,” said Nathanson.

Laverne Cox to speak on gender issues lawrence ricarDo

Staff Writer

Laverne Cox, American actress, reality television star, and LGBT advocate will spend time at Sonoma State University on Nov. 12 as part of the Women In Leadership lineup of the On Campus Presents programming at the Green

Music Center. “We are in a place now where more and more trans people want to come for-

ward and say, ‘This is who I am,’” said Laverne Cox in TIMES magazine.Cox is best known for her portrayal of Sophia Burset on the Netflix television

series “Orange Is the New Black” as a transgender woman who is sent to prison for credit-card fraud.

First appearing as a contestant on the first season of “I Want to Work for Did-dy,” she went on to produce and star in her own TV show, “TRANSform Me.” Both shows were nominated for the GLAAD media awards with “I Want to Work for Diddy” winning in 2009.

As the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a primetime Emmy award in the actress category, Cox will use her time to inspire and educate students

on the transgender community and share insight and perspective on the changing role of women in leadership.

“I think it’s incredible that we live in a time where we have a black, female, trans supporting character in an award winning TV series,” said sophomore Colin Chinn. “In addition to that fact, being a queer person myself as well as a strong proponent for human rights, I absolutely love what she is doing in the trans com-munity.”

As the event is already sold out, this marks as the first time the Green Music Center sells out with a majority of the patrons being Sonoma State Students. Early childhood studies major and women’s health minor Jenny Mangandi is looking for-ward to a special event that relates heavily on what she is in school for.

“Watching Laverne Cox will allow me to become more educated on the LG-BTQ community that she is a part of,” said Mangandi.

Aside from her advocacy tour, Cox will participate in the TV movie remake of the Halloween cult movie, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in which she plays crossdresser, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. “I’m excited to see who she is as a person,” says communications major Megan Kleszcz.

The program will include a moderated discussion following with a Q&A. Stu-dents will become acquainted with the struggles of being a successful advocate in the community on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Seawolf Scheduler may not be helpful

afterall

aubrey anzelmo

Staff Writer

Commentary

Mark your calendars and let the one-week countdown to the most stressful event of the school year begin. This event may include tears, frustration and anxiety, so come pre-

pared. Registration at Sonoma State University can be one of the most

terrifying and overwhelming experiences a college student may face. It seems that the general education classes fill up almost im-mediately, so if you don’t have a good registration time then good luck.

No matter how many schedule scenarios you make, something can still go wrong when registration time comes. It’s a race against the clock, since you are competing with a large majority of students from Sonoma State for a spot in that specific class you want.

Another common issue can be the incapability to create a schedule, which incorporates all the classes one needs. Registra-tion isn’t only a problem at Sonoma State, but at numerous other universities as well.

Sonoma State is making an effort to eliminate some of the stress induced my registration by creating the Seawolf Scheduler. The program, which launched Oct. 30, allows students to input times they are unavailable to take a class, and it will automatically create multiple schedules with the classes the student selected to take, based on their availability.

Previously, students would create their own schedule scenari-os. Sean Johnson, senior director of records, reporting and analyt-ics said the seawolf scheduler “allows students to manage their time in a more efficient way.” This new scheduling system is part of the California State University’s E-Advising Initiative. The seawolf scheduler is Sonoma State’s version of the College Scheduler used at nine other CSU campuses.

Melanie Yeoman, a junior early childhood studies major dis-likes the current registration system. “It’s frustrating for the most because classes are never available even if they are your major classes which is why it is unheard of for people to graduate on time. The seawolf scheduler is a good idea but in my opinion it doesn’t fix the actual problem which is the lack of classes and professors to teach these classes,” Yeoman said.

After using the seawolf scheduler, I would agree the system is useful in creating a class schedule that actually incorporates the classes I need to take, while still including my other obligations including work. It saved time from having to go and look up all the available times of the classes.

“Registration was so stressful. I didn’t understand the numbers or the abbreviations; but I’m happy that my orientation leader helped me understand and make a schedule. However, I am nervous for registration this year because I wont have the help of my ori-entation leader anymore,” said undelcared freshman Daisy Agers.

The program also includes the prerequisites required for the course, which was helpful to see before determining if the class was one I actually needed to take. It will be helpful when my time comes to register this week. However, this scheduler still does not eliminate the problem of the limited number of classes and faculty to teach the classes.

Registration will forever give college students headaches, and there most likely will not be any software programs that can be developed to ease them.

STAR // Brennan Chin

The Made by Seawolves store is planning on opening Nov. 18 with a grand open-ing scheduled for early next semester. The store will feature items made by fellow students and will be located in front of the Student Center.

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SafeTrek app brings safety to students’ fingertips

Jerri Cohen

Staff Writer

Commentary

Feeling vulnerable and unsafe at night on campus is common for most students walking home, to

and from their car, or even walking next door to pick up a coffee for some late night studying. The SafeTrek personal safety app, now available on Apple’s App Store for free, intends to create a solution for all students who feel unsafe, often or seldom, there is help available whenever they should need it.

“We started SafeTrek almost 2 years ago to solve the safety problem on cam-puses and have grown to over 300,000 us-ers in the United States,” said creator of the app, Zach Winkler. “We're one of the only safety apps that actually connects users to the people who are best suited to provide assistance - the police. Other safety apps notify you friends and family members when you are in danger - neither can help you in an emergency.”

The app aims to connect users to the nearest police department available, af-ter having activated his or her account. Once the account is activated and con-nected, the user’s route is able to be tracked by GPS to ensure that they travel in the safest way possible.

The app has created as an easy and simple connection to the police depart-ment in order to seek help or protection when needed. The app appears to be smooth to navigate for all users. In order to use the app correctly, he or she must turn on the app when feeling unsafe. Keeping his or her fingers on the screen until they arrive at a safe and sheltered destination will ensure the police de-partment that all is okay.

If something abrupt or endangering

should take place in the meantime, the user can simply lift his or her fingers off of the screen, which will notify the police that somebody is in danger. The police will be dispatched to the specific location if his or her predetermined pin number, is not entered within 10 seconds of the lifting of his or her finger.

“I think it is a good idea and defi-nitely makes me feel more comfort-able walking to and from the library at night,” said Sophomore Sara Citti. “I just don’t know that I would go through the effort of downloading the app and trying to learn how to navigate it. As a girl, I try to go places with friends at night anyways so I don’t think I would necessarily use the app.”

There are many unfortunate inci-dents that could occur while a student is simply walking home from class, a club meeting, or late night studying with a friend in the library.

Although a positive light is shed on this idea, I do not know how effective The SafeTrek app will be amongst stu-dents. Many campuses provide security, and extensive facilities that are open at late hours to ensure the safety of stu-dents.

Personally, I found the app to be clear and effortless, however, some would argue that it is unnecessary and does not enhance the safeness of being on campus. This being said solely be-cause students are not likely to down-load this app. Students usually feel safe on their own campuses until something happens to them or somebody they know.

There are a select few students that will put in the effort to learn how to navigate the app in order to ensure their own safety, however, the vast majority of Sonoma State’s student body feels safe and have neglected to seek help op-tions until they think they need to.

Megan CorCoran

Staff Writer

As a McNair Scholar and a recipient of the Sally Casanova award, Don-ald Williams is making his name

known at Sonoma State University. Set to graduate in the spring of 2016, his future is looking more promising than ever. But what most people don’t know is that Donald came from practically nothing to be where he is today.

Donald was born in Santa Rosa to a young teen mother. With his father passing away from a car accident when Donny was just two-years-old, life was throwing him curveballs from the start. At the age of 16, he ran away from an abusive home and was homeless until he was 19-years-old.

With just a GED, Donny worked low- paying jobs until he decided to return to school. At the age of 25 he began his college education at the Santa Rosa Junior College. Starting in remedial classes, Donny worked tirelessly to succeed. “He is the only person that I know that would get up every morning at 4 a.m. to teach himself math,” said Don-ny’s girlfriend Natasha Fronce.

“Through a determination to better my life, I excelled in all of my classes,” Don-ny said. “With a new-found confidence, I changed my major from Art to Psychology, with an emphasis on Biological Psychology.”

Now 30-years-old, Donny transferred to Sonoma State just last year and took on two minors, biology and statistics.

With a recommendation from a profes-sor, Donny became part of the McNair Scholar program at Sonoma State. “Much of my success can be attributed to my own de-termination and the support I have received through McNair,” Donny said.

McNair Research Coordinator Mariana Garcia Martinez said, “I can honestly tell you I have never met someone so dedicated to making his goals a reality and he will be leaving a long impression.”

As a McNair Scholar Donny was a member of Dr. Karin Jaffe’s Primate Ethol-ogy Lab and had the opportunity to study the effects of behavioral enrichment on Man-drills at the San Francisco Zoo. He then pre-sented the research at the annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists in Bend, Oregon.

“I feel tremendously lucky to have been able to work so closely with such an amazing young man,” Dr. Jaffe said. “I’m excited to see what his future holds.”

Shortly after he presented his research in Oregon, Donny found out he had been cho-sen to receive the Sally Casanova Award.

“My adviser, Dr. Jaffe, posted on Face-book that one of her students just made a great presentation,” Donny said. “In response, the director of the Sally Casanova made a com-ment on that post that I was chosen to be a

Sally Casanova Scholar.” As a Sally Casano-va Scholar, students have unique opportuni-ties to explore and continue their educational careers in doctoral programs.

“I was very excited, as it is a very presti-gious award,” Donny said. “It was very com-petitive so I think my GPA and letters of rec-ommendation helped.”

Donny is the only Sally Casanova Scholar from Sonoma State this year.

With each educational accomplishment Donny was offered more incredible oppor-tunities. “He is the first student that I have worked with that got accepted to not just one summer research opportunity program but three,” said Martinez. Accepted into Ohio State University, Iowa State and Emory Uni-versity, he chose the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program at Emory University.

As a research assistant Donny spent the entire summer conducting extensive studies on the White Throated Sparrow, and then presented the findings at SURE’s annual symposium.

Donny is now applying to many top Ph.D. programs in the country. “My goals are to earn a Ph.D., conduct great research, and to work with underrepresented students, such as minority and first-generation students,” said Donny.

He hopes to receive a multi-million dol-lar grant from the National Institute of Health or National Science Foundation to start his own lab and continue his research on how paternal absence affects the maternal brain, behavior, and health.

To top it all off, Donny is the father of two young boys and in his spare time he coaches youth baseball. “My kids are my passion. Because I did not have a father, I am especially dedicated to being a good dad,” Donny said. “They are the first children in my family to have parents that go to college.”

His hope is that when he goes to school for his doctoral studies, his boys come with him to live in campus housing as a unique experience for them.

Student Spotlight: Donald Williams

Tuesday,

Nov. 10

Mental Health

Promotional Fair

11 a.m.

Seawolf Plaza

War and Peace

Lecture Series:

Veteran’s Panel

5:30 p.m.

Ives 101

Who Owns Your Stuff?

Copyright, EULAs,

and the Future of User

Control

12 p.m.

Stevenson 1002

Wednesday,

Nov. 11

On Campus Presents:

Matisyahu

7:30 p.m.

Weill Hall

Thursday,

Nov. 12

The Hummingbird Wars

7:30 p.m.

Ives Hall Studio 76

Mental Health

Awareness Walk

4 p.m.

Sauvignon Green

Self Care Through Art

5p.m.

Cooperage

On Campus Presents:

Laverne Cox

7:30 p.m.

Weill Hall

Friday,

Nov. 13

Public Viewing Nights

at SSU Observatory

The Observatory

COURTESY // Donny Williams

Donald Williams is the only Sonoma State student to be a Sally Casanova Scholar.

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Men’s soccer at NCAA First & Second Rounds

Women’s soccer at NCAA First & Second Rounds

Friday, Nov. 13Men’s soccer

at NCAA First & Second Rounds

Women’s soccer at NCAA First & Second Rounds

Women’s basketball

vs Holy Namesin Chico, CA

5:30 p.m.

Women’s volleyball

vs Stanislaus State

7:00 p.m.

Men’s basketball

at Dominican7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14

Men’s soccerat NCAA First & Second Rounds

Women’s soccer at NCAA First & Second Rounds

Men’s basketball

vs Academy of Art

in San Rafael, CA

5:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball

vs Notre Dame de Namur

in Chico, CA5:30 p.m.

Women’s volleyball

vs Chico State7:00 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 15

Men’s soccer at NCAA First & Second Rounds

Women’s soccer at NCAA First & Second Rounds

Aubrie Tolliver

Staff Writer

My shirt was drenched in sweat and cov-ered in dirt. My legs could barely sup-port the weight of my body. I was count-

ing down the minutes until I finally got to sit down and eat. It had probably been five or six hours since my last meal.

That was when I looked over to my fellow freshman teammate, who was walking beside me and with despair in my voice, I asked, “Do you realize we have four years of this?”

What made it worse, was coming home from morning practice at the softball field and seeing my roommates just waking up. They could go out to lunch but I had to be at a team meeting. They could study for a midterm dur-ing the day but I had to stay up until midnight doing it.

I was envious of them. Even now, going into my fourth season, I

still am. I found myself constantly asking ques-tions like, “Why are you doing this to your-self?” and “Is it worth it?”

Today, the perception is that the purpose of college athletics is to provide a gateway into professional sports.

At least that’s what I thought, as well. But, according to research conducted by

the NCAA, only 8.6 percent of college base-ball players play professionally, which was the highest of all the men’s sports. Most of the oth-er men’s sports fall under two percent, such as football and basketball.

As for women, like me, women’s basketball holds the highest probability of going pro, with a whopping 0.9 percent.

So, if I have a slim-to-none chance of play-ing professionally, then the question still re-mains, why play?

Why put myself through the workouts where I am constantly on the verge of passing out or throwing up? Why practice when I know

there is a girl better than I am, who is probably going to be given the starting spot?

It may have taken me three years, but I have finally found the answers.

“Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life,” said Ray Lewis, former linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens.

In an essay written by the U.S. Sports Academy in 2012, “Athletic programs were first incorporated into institutions of higher learning because it was believed that participa-tion in sports helped to build character.”

That is exactly what my sport has done for me.

From my sport, I learned how to compete; whether it was for a starting spot in the lineup or the highest grade on a test, I learned how to be resilient and pick myself up during my weakest moments. I learned how to manage my time and honor my commitments. And all of these lessons were taught on the field, not in a classroom.

Now, I no longer envy my roommates or the normal students, because although they get more time to sleep, study and hang out, they will never know how it feels to complete an intense workout that pushes your physical and mental limits, hit a game-winning homerun or hold a championship banner.

I would do it all over again and I am sure most student-athletes would say they would too.

Our shirts may be sweat-stained from the day we had practice in 100-degree heat. Our sneakers are probably destroyed from that one time coach told our team to sprint through that muddy field.

So if you see us in your night class, we just got done with practice and no, we haven’t had time to shower, change our clothes, or eat.

But, we are okay with that because the les-sons we learn are ones that can’t be taught on a whiteboard or a PowerPoint.

These lessons teach us about life and how to cope with the adversity and struggle that comes our way. We know that we will over-come such difficulties because we have trained for it; because we know what a reward it is to be called a student-athlete.

So, if I have a slim-to-none chance of play-ing professionally,

then the question still remains, why play?

Diary of a student-athlete

JusTin bArrienTos

Staff Writer

Saturday afternoon in the Big Apple, the Sonoma State University men’s basketball team took to the hardwood to face off against a struggling Division I St. Johns University team in exhibition play.

In a game that was available for students to stream on either ESPN 3 or the WatchESPN mobile app, the Seawolves looked to capitalize on St. John’s re-cent woes, having lost their first exhibition game to another Division II team St. Thomas Aquinas, by an astonishing 32 points at home earlier in the week.

In what was a hard-fought battle, with surges of promising play, the Sea-wolves failed to put together a consistent effort and fell to the Red Storm by a margin of 64-46.

Head coach Pat Fuscaldo and the Seawolves are coming off of a 12-14 season in which they finished in a tie for seventh place in the CCAA with a 9-13 mark.

In their only warm-up for the upcoming regular season, the Seawolves were ice cold. The game started off promisingly for Sonoma State, as the teams traded baskets for the first five minutes of the game.

The Seawolves then proceeded to go on a 9-0 scoring run, leading to their largest lead of the night, just under 10 minutes into the game.

The teams proceeded to trade baskets until the score was tied 20-20 with 6:43 left to play in the first half.

However, the Red Storm went on to pull away after a 16-2 scoring streak, putting the Seawolves down 36-22 at the half.

The Seawolves continued their uphill battle in the second half, pulling within seven points with just over five minutes left in the game.

However, continuing with the games previous trends, the Red Storm made one final run, scoring the last 11 points of the game to put the final score at 64-46.

It was a rough shooting night for the Seawolves, as they shot a dismal 22.4 percent from the field, including just 12 percent from beyond the arc. Fur-thermore, while they were able to get to the charity stripe 25 times, they missed eight free throws, putting them at 68 percent for the game.

In contrast to St. Johns, the Seawolves shot 11.8 percent worse from the field and were outrebounded (44-35) and out blocked (11-1) as well.

A positive note to be taken from the game for the Seawolves was the distribu-tion of points.

Senior James Davis and freshman Brandon Tillis lead the way with nine points apiece, while senior Andy Mitchell and junior Jimmy Golden both netted seven points of their own.

Fortunately for the Seawolves, the game was merely an exhibition against a Division I opponent and is intended to work out the kinks and allow the team to warm up before the season begins.

Look for the Seawolves to rebound and start the season off with a win, as they face the Dominican University Penguins on Friday in San Rafael at 7:30 p.m.

Men’s basketball slips up against Division 1 St. John’s

COURTESY // sonomaseawolves.com

Freshman Brandon Tillis lead the Seawolves with nine points in their exhi-bition agianst St. John’s.

COURTESY // sonomaseawolves.com

The exhibition game against St. John’s was nationally televised on ESPN3 and was available for students to stream through the Watch ESPN App.

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Olivia lucchese Staff Writer

Has one ever wondered how the student-athletes at Sonoma State University are able to have a voice heard on campus?

At Sonoma State, the student-athletes work hand in hand with the Athletic Department to get the athletes involved with the community as well as the school. This committee is called the SAAC or Students Athlete Advisor Com-mittee.

The SAAC is a committee consisting of various student-athletes in order to voice their opinions and views on the way their athletics are handled. The com-mittee provides direct communication between student-athletes and the Athletic Department. It also involves student athletes in community service events and provides activities for Sonoma State’s Intercollegiate Athletic teams.

The committee of athletes, who put together a majority of the events, pro-vides community outreach for other student athletes here on campus along, with giving back to the community.

“Juggling all of these leadership roles can be tough at times, but having my other leaders really helps a lot,” said senior president and soccer player Marissa Marable. “They work so hard and we all work well together and communicate so that the projects are put together correctly.”

There are a variety of leadership roles in SAAC such as President, Vice Presi-dent of Internal Affairs, Finance and Budget Coordinator and a Social Media, Marketing and Communications Coordinator.

Senior softball player Ally Bryant is the Vice President of Community Out-reach for SAAC and oversees the different community involvements such as Tick-et to Success, Midnight Madness and the Canned Food Drive.

“What I like most, is knowing exactly what is going on in athletics and where the money is going and being able to have a say,” said Bryant. “I also really liked going to the CCAA SAAC conference a couple weeks ago, and getting to know other school representatives and getting ideas on what their SAAC does on their campus.”

These leaders, along with two representatives from each sport, open up doors

of communication for the athletes at Sonoma State. It is a safe learning space where the athletes can exchange their thoughts and

questions and get a professional response back. “All of the people involved in the SAAC carry leadership qualities for their

team and community,” said Bryant. Different student-athletes are chosen each year as leaders and for new posi-

tions. They have social media pages available with information on how to attend

events, upcoming games, and the CCAA player of the week. The website also includes links to ways to support the committee and how to be involved in the surrounding community.

SAAC provides outlet for student-athletes

COURTESY // Connor Gibson

The Student Athlete Advisory Committee provides an opprotunity for student athletes to be able to interact and communicate with the athletic department on campus as well as the local community.

TOmmy call

Asst. Sports Editor

The taste of defeat is an unusual sensation for the Sonoma State University women’s soccer team. The No. 10 Seawolves were shockingly upset

by the UC San Diego Tritons in the semifinals of the CCAA championship tournament in Pomona last week.

However, the Seawolves were still able to earn themselves an at-large bid for the NCAA Division II tournament with a No. 3 seed in the West region, af-ter being decided by a selection committee on Mon-day afternoon.

The Seawolves have now qualified for the tour-nament three times in the last four years.

Going into the match, Sonoma State boasted the second ranked defense in division II, led by CCAA defensive player of the year, senior Carolyn Greco. Sonoma State has only allowed 0.28 goals per match throughout the entire season.

The Seawolves have only given up five total goals all season long and hadn’t lost in their last 15 matches.

CCAA first-team goalie junior Ashley Luis just had her historic 958-minute scoreless streak broken last week against Cal Poly Pomona.

However, Luis and the Seawolf defense surren-dered two goals in the first half against UC San Di-ego.

The Tritons added another goal in the second half that sealed the victory for UCSD, knocking the Sea-wolves out of the CCAA playoffs and handing the girls their first loss since September 5th.

“The game plan was basically to go out there and do what we had been doing all year,” said Senior Ma-rissa Marable, who was also given the first team all CCAA nod.

“We knew what we needed to do to beat them, but we ended up having some breakdowns that led to them capitalizing on our mistakes.”

The Seawolves had a shaky start to the match, which led to some uncharacteristic mistakes on de-fense.

The Tritons’ Kiera Bocchino snuck a goal by Luis in minute 12 to give UC San Diego the early lead.

Just four minutes later, UCSD added their second goal of the day to knock up the score to 2-0.

The Seawolves looked on to the second half to try to get an offensive spark.

Instead, the Seawolves went in reverse and gave up their third goal of the game, when Bocchino was able to score her second goal of the match.

Sonoma State tried to start a furious rally behind their offense, firing 15 shots at the UC San Diego goalkeeper.

But, no improbable comeback was able to gain any steam as the Seawolves were upset by UC San Diego with a final score of 3-0.

The Seawolves tried to keep their heads held high after their disappointing loss to UCSD.

”Even though we did lose, the team fought hard the whole game,” said Marable. “This team is full of heart and dedicated women.”

Marable expressed that one loss cannot sum up the Seawolves’ memorable season.

“This loss does not at all diminish the progress

that we have worked hard for this season,” said Marable. “We finished first, only had two losses, went undefeated in league and were only scored on five times. There are so many things this team has accomplished that one loss cannot overshadow.”

UC San Diego went on to beat Stanislaus State in the CCAA championship finale, capturing their ninth CCAA title and gained an automatic berth to the NCAA Division II Championship tournament.

The Seawolves will head south to Azusa to face No. 6 seed Point Loma for the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Sonoma State and Point Loma have only faced each other twice in their respective histories, with the Seawolves coming out on top, 1-0, both times.

Their match will take place on Thursday, Novem-ber 12 at 7:30 p.m.

The winner of Thursday’s match will advance to the second round and play Azusa Pacific on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Marable says the team now has their eyes on the ultimate prize.

“We are now focusing on a national champion-ship,” said Marable. “We aren’t done yet.”

Women’s soccer upset in CCAA semi-final but still earns bid

COURTESY // sonomaseawolves.com

Goalkeeper Ashley Luis makes her best attempt to protect her goal against UC San Diego. De-spite the loss, the Seawolves still earned an at-large bid for the NCCA Division II tournament.

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Tracy (played by Renee Hardin), left, and Kate (played by Rosemarie Kingfisher), right, shared a kiss during the play. Read the full story on pg. 6.

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Warren (played by David O’Connel), right, attempted to get his family to reason with him. Read the full story on pg. 6.