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- VOLUME LXXXXVII • ISSUE 3

September 11, 2013

SF STATE profes-

sor Joe Tuman announced last July his plan to run for Oakland city mayor for the second time in the 2014 election.

His second bid for mayor comes at a time of high crime rates in Oakland. Many consider the police department to be understaffed and overwhelmed, creating what Tu-man describes as a lack of safety for the city’s residents. Tuman runs on a platform focused on public safety and promoting health and wellness.

“Crime is the dominant narrative of the city,” said Tuman. “Violence itself is like a disease and I feel I can make a difference there.”

Tuman said his experience in arbitration, labor issues and running a large educational department gives him the needed experience to lower Oakland’s crime rate and promote the health and well-being of citizens throughout the city.

Feed the late-night urge

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SF STATE’S TOP

cross-country runner, Bruk Assefa, went back to Ethi-opia — his homeland — over the

summer, and did what few people experience in their lifetime: train with an Olym-pic gold medalist.

Assefa, the senior business admin-istration major, admitted he was nervous WKH�¿UVW�WLPH�he ran with Haile Geb-reslassie, a two-time Olym-pic gold medal-ist and owner of 26 world records. Assefa hopes his hours training with Gebreslassie’s crew of professional runners will prepare him for the season to come.

“To run with the other guys was pretty tough be-cause they are amazing,” said Assefa.

Assefa returns to SF State for a fourth year after a VXFFHVVIXO������VHDVRQ��+H�¿QLVKHG�HYHU\�PHHW�KH�SDU-ticipated in with a top ten time — except at the NCAA Division II Championship, where he placed 45th out of 245 runners overall.

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GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG NEWS 09.11.132 |

SF STATE SPEAKS OUT

TREVOR PELLEGRINI, 22PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR

JENNIE CHOW, 23 COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR

MORGAN JARRELL, 22KINESIOLOGY MAJOR

GERALD MORGAN, 24 MATH MAJOR

In the parking garage, stick to the lower levels because the upper levels are always full. And expect your car to get KLW�HYHQWXDOO\³�LW·V�JRLQJ�WR�happen with the way people park and drive around here.

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WHAT ADVICE CAN YOU GIVE

ABOUT PARKING ON CAMPUS?

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After Timothy White was appointed CSU Chancellor last December, he made a personal commitment to visit each of WKH����&68�FDPSXVHV�GXULQJ�KLV�¿UVW�\HDU�on the job. His visit to SF State last week marked the thirteenth stop on his tour.

During his two-day visit to the campus the chancellor engaged with students and faculty, asking them about their own experiences at the University. On his last day, White opened up to the Golden Gate Xpress by answering questions concern-ing SF State students, such as the possible outcome of City College of San Francis-co’s accreditation crisis and its effects on SF State. He also voiced his thoughts on tuition hikes and his own experience JURZLQJ�XS�DV�D�¿UVW�JHQHUDWLRQ�college student.

“As an immigrant kid, like so many of our students and faculty, the California State University and com-munity colleges gave me dimension to the things that I took on,” White said. “One of the reasons I wanted to do this (visit the CSUs), was to make sure each of the 23 campuses emerge into the points of excellence that matter the most to that campus.”

With City College at risk of los-ing its accreditation, White said the issue was serious and takes a special SODFH�LQ�KLV�KHDUW�DV�D�¿UVW�JHQHUD-tion student.

“If I hadn’t gone to community college, instead of becoming an as-set to society I would be a burden,” he said.

“This is not about good or bad administration or accreditation, this is about students and their lives today and their lives in the future,” said White. “If we as a Cal State system focus on this piece, we will provide whatever assistance we can

necessary to make sure that the individual students don’t get hurt.”

SF State student Genevieve Leigh-ton-Armah commented on the importance of there being a community college in San Francisco.

“A lot of students take classes at SF State and at City College to reach their American dream, (if City College losses their accreditation) it will affect all of San Francisco,” said Leighton-Armah, 22, criminal justice major.

SF State President Leslie E. Wong, said he has coordinated meetings with Northern California CSU campuses to discuss the concern for City College stu-

dent’s accessibility to CSUs.Both White and Wong have discussed

the issue over past occasions, emphasiz-ing that SF State would, by no means, serve as a community college, White said referring to Wong’s previous editorial letter to the San Francisco Chronicle.

However, the CSU system has also undergone its own share of turmoil. The SDVW�GHFDGH¶V�¿QDQFLDO�FULVLV�FRQWLQXHG�last school year with a 9 percent tuition increase, according to SFGate, creating a higher cost for lower quality education.

'HVSLWH�WKH�GLI¿FXOW\�SUHVHQWHG�E\�WKHVH�¿QDQFLDOO\�GLI¿FXOW�WLPHV��:KLWH�said the CSUs have managed to increase

graduation rates by 7 percent even with a 6 percent decline in employees and a 5 percent increase in student popula-tion.

“People who say we are not doing our job are crazy, the strength of the university is many things but none more than its people,” said White.

5HFHQWO\��WKH�&68¶V�¿QDQFLDO�SRVL-tion has improved due to the passage of Proposition 30 last November, which has increased taxes to support public education.

“It’s passage allowed the CSU Board of Trustees to rescind a fee increase saving students $249 per semester,” Wong said.

Proposition 30 has also provided the CSUs the opportunity to reinvest in new resources and technology that would enhance the quality of higher education through online courses and additional faculty, White said.

Despite the challenges facing the new chancellor he was able to enjoy his visit at SF State and the University’s commitment to diversity.

“It’s a vibrant integrated place that is leaning forward,” said White.

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IN ROOM 151 OF THE Creative Arts Building, the students of design and indus-try 300 — amid the sound of tearing paper and energetic chatter — brainstorm ideas for this year’s Park(ing) Day.

Park(ing) Day is the vision of Rebar, a San Francisco based art and design studio, which transformed a parking spot in San Francisco into a park for two hours back in 2005. The event was created to bring awareness to the lack of open spaces in urban settings, by transforming metered parking spots into parks. Today, Park(ing) Day spans six continents and more than 30 countries. 7KH�¿UVW�3DUN�LQJ��'D\�ZDV�D�PRGHVW�patch of grass, a tree and a bench, but since then the installments have gotten more elaborate.

“The idea is really strong,” explained Justin Pagilinan, a visual communica-tions major. “It’s a great way to reinvent a space into something more useful.”

This year will mark the University’s ¿IWK�\HDU�RI�LQYROYHPHQW�LQ�WKH�HYHQW�

The imagination is the only barrier to the installments, which have included benches, pools, yoga classes, barbecues, ball pits and even swings. Students at SF State will use materials such as astro turf,

tires, empty bottles and plants to decorate their parks.

Four spaces were chosen as locations for the installments: 19th and Holloway Avenues, Malcolm X Plaza, Tapia Ave-nue and Centennial Way.

To create a park, participants need only deposit enough money in the park-ing meter to claim their space before they

begin to decorate.“We want to raise a question: Are

there better ways of utilizing public space?” said Ricardo Gomes.

7KLV�HYHQW�LV�QRW�QHZ�WR�¿YH�\HDU�YHWHUDQ�&DLWOLQ�6WHHOH�RI�WKH�2I¿FH�RI�Sustainability.

“Park(ing) Day is a temporary art installment meant to make people rethink how we use space,” said Steele.

1LFN�.RUGHVFK��WKH�2I¿FH�RI�6XVWDLQ-ability program coordinator, explained “the way we use our space in the city has a lot to say about sustainability, the fact that we use most of our space for cars says a lot.”

But it’s not just faculty and students who are getting involved in Park(ing) Day.

“It’s fun to come to school and see fresh blood and new ways of looking at things,” said Ed Kim, of WRNS Studio, a studio that specializes in sustainable architecture and design.

WRNS has been working with the University on Park(ing) day since 2009 and has been a fountain of knowledge for students working on their installments for the event.

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GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG NEWS 09.11.134 |

With items

like con-

doms and

aspirin in

addition to

a variety of

foods and

drinks, the

new Shop 24 vending machine is bring-

ing the luxury of a convenience store to

students on campus.

The new machine, which is located

on campus between the Administration

Building and the J. Paul Leonard Library,

is open 24 hours a day and offers almost

200 different items that can be purchased

with cash, credit cards or student ID cards

through the University’s currency, Gator

Dollars.

"What stood out to me the most is

that it has such a wide variety of drinks.

Usually with these vending machines you

can only get sodas," said Luis Salas, a

freshman biology major.

The machine dispenses anything from

full-sized bags of potato chips to various

soft drinks and juices. But items like a

$2.30 Durex Pleasure Pack of condoms

and bottles of mouthwash make it less

of a snack dispenser and more of a mini

7-Eleven.

Chris Farmer, director of business

services, said the response from a survey

of food options that was conducted last

semester on campus led the University to

install the machine.

“The responses we got showed stu-

dents were interested in shorter lines, a va-

riety of food and specialty items, and the

ability to buy items late at night,” Farmer

said.

The SFSU Gator Group, a new divi-

sion of the University Corporation that

handles alternative food options for the

University, like the food trucks that visit

the campus weekly, helped bring Shop 24

to campus.

"The point of Gator Group is really to

bring amenities to the campus to enrich

the campus experience," said Constance

Cavallas, a representative of the Gator

Group. "Shop 24 was brought to cam-

SXV�WR�IXO¿OO�QHHGV�IRU�IRRG�RSWLRQV�DIWHU�hours."

In the United States, Shop 24 ma-

chines are in malls and airports, but the

only three Shop 24 machines in Califor-

nia can be found at Cal State Fullerton,

Cal Poly Pomona and now the SF State

campus.

According to Cal State Fullerton's

website that details a list of the universi-

ty's completed projects, the Shop 24 ma-

chine on its campus cost

nearly $55,000 and was

constructed in December

2010.

Farmer said the

machine was strategically

placed on campus near

the library for students

who often study late at

night long after most food

locations on campus have

closed.

However, it seems

most students aren't quite

sure what the Shop 24 ma-

chine is until they walk up

to the metal hut and pe-

ruse through the catalogue

of items.

Hundreds turned out

for the grand opening of

the machine that the SFSU

Gator Group held last

Friday where people were

allowed one free item

from the machine between

11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

"A big part of the

event was to get people

to try the machine for the

¿UVW�WLPH���)DUPHU�VDLG���,�WKLQN�HYHU\RQH�seemed impressed with its capabilities."

According to Farmer, sales from the

machine have been positive since it was

installed on campus in July. During the

summer, the machine had sales of $200 to

$300 per day. Now that school has begun

and more students are on campus, sales

from the machine have increased and have

seen as much as $1000 worth of sales in a

single day.

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Students flock to new eatsFor Muhammad Awadalla's father,

Nizario, opening a pizzeria at his alma

mater SF State has been a dream. Al-

PRVW����\HDUV�VLQFH�WKH�¿UVW�1L]DULRV�Pizza has opened, that dream is now

a reality.

Nizario's Pizza, Awadalla's father's

namesake, and new snack shop,

Quickly, are two new campus eateries

that have opened this semester.

"The pizzeria was started by my

father in 1983 on 16th and Guerrero,"

Mohammad Awadalla said. "Since

then we've opened up lots of loca-

WLRQV�LQ�WKH�FLW\�DQG�WKLV�LV�RXU�¿IWK�one now."

Some students, such as Yaman

Ahmed, 22, biology major, have

already made Nizario's, located on

the Lower Level of the Cesar Chavez

Student Center, a favorite option to eat

on campus.

�,�VDZ�VRPH�À\HUV�DURXQG�FDP-

pus for it and decided to try it out,"

Ahmed said. "It's a really good spot

and the pizza has been great."

Abdul Awadalla, one of Moham-

mad's three brothers who all work at

the campus chain together, said they

began working in the family business

at a young age.

"I've been working since I was about

16," Abdul Awadalla, now 30, said. "It's

fun hanging out and working with your

brothers. My father's brothers, each one

takes care of a different store."

Abdul Awadalla estimates more than

50 whole pizzas per day are produced

by the campus location.

Quickly, the other new vendor to

open on campus, located on the west

side of Cesar Chavez Student Center

has also been a long time coming for

manager Victor Wu.

"SFSU is the biggest university in

the area," Wu said. "We've opened up

Quickly in many different countries all

over the world, and with the University

LW�¿WV�LQWR�RXU�EXVLQHVV�VW\OH��Wu said that Quickly has received

a warm welcome on campus in recent

days.

"We get a lot of support from

student organizations," Wu said. "They

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ciation brings its' members here."

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than 3,000 locations all around the

world. Boba, milk tea that comes with

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students, said Wu.

"I just got a milk tea right now

because I'm broke," Dominic Tobola,

19, biology major, said about his drink

in hand. "But my favorite drink is an

avocado snow with boba. My friends

in high school, I guess, kind of got me

into that stuff. Also, one just opened

up a couple of weeks ago by my house,

so I go there too."

Many students, such as Rochelle

Anicete, 19, biology major, are already

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see one on campus.

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mango icy with boba. I really like boba,

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for every country, every location has a

different need," Wu said. "Every store

picks its favorite item to sell, but pretty

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Tuman began his career at SF State in 1987, teaching polit-ical and legal communication and now serves as the commu-nication studies department chair. He has published numerous books and occasionally provides political analysis for CBS5 news and KCBS radio.

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An Oakland resident for almost 30 years, Tuman said his approach to increase public safety would be different from that RI�SDVW�RI¿FLDOV�

Recognizing many of the deep-seated problems, Tuman said he would educate children on crime to stop problems from ever beginning.

"Schools are a great place for inoculating ideas," said Tuman. "We teach kids about safe sex, avoiding drugs and alcohol, but not about avoiding violence."

Some SF State students like 23-year-old criminal jus-tice major Junior Tabi said he thinks the professor should take a different approach in his bid for mayor.

“The community of Oakland trusts no one,” Tabi said. “It’s going to be very GLI¿FXOW�IRU�KLP�WR�ZLQ�WKH�trust of the people. For him to change that should be his ¿UVW�SULRULW\�RU�WKH�SURJUDPV�in schools and such will be ineffective.”

Tuman said he would also bring his love of health DQG�¿WQHVV�WR�WKH�RI¿FH�DQG�KH�ZRXOG�¿JKW�WR�LQFUHDVH�access to healthy foods for all residents.

Other SF State students like 20-year-old nursing major Katy Yukawa said WKH\�WKLQN�7XPDQ�VKRXOG�¿UVW�

focus on more pressing issues rather than on resident access to big box grocery stores.

<XNDZD�VDLG�7XPDQ�ZRXOG�EH�PLVJXLGHG�LI�KH�GRHVQW�¿UVW�focus on educating Oakland's poor on nutrition and exercise before installing new grocery stores.

"If there is no education on how to eat healthily and on which foods are the most nutritious, the installation of these new grocery stores isn't going to be effective," Yukawa said. "People will go to them, yes, but they will buy the same junk that they were buying at the corner liquor stores."

If elected mayor, Tuman said he would hope to take a leave of absence from the University and return when his term was complete.

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The SF State Foundation struggles to meet student demand to divest from companies that invest in fossil fuels because it might scare away potential investors, said Vice President of External Affairs Sonya Soltani.

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Jules Tygiel Memorial Forum on Post 9/11 World Affairs, a continuing forum that brings together SF State professors to discuss issues like U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

With the looming possibility of another U.S. military intervention in the Middle East, many of the discussions scheduled for today will center around the humanitarian crisis in Syria, a result of the now almost three-year-old civil war.

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toward center stage

as the pianist, Alex

Chien, sat at the

black grand piano.

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keys and his head followed the melody

of Franz Liszt’s “Rhapsodie Espagnole.”

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rose and thanked the clapping audience,

including his dad who stood in the back

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notes, took a bow with a grin on his face.

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name being called, and then afterwards

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liked me.’”

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who performed Friday, Sept. 6 in the

Creative Art’s Knuth Hall for the “Win-

ners of the 31st Annual San Francisco

Young Pianists Competition” showcase.

The concert allowed the winners from

the June 16 competition to share their

talents with the SF State community.

The summer competition, which

took place in Knuth Hall, was presented

by SF State School of Music and Dance

and Victoria Neve, adviser and professor

of piano performance.

Neve founded the competition 31

years ago and has hosted it at SF State

ever since.

“The word is out that this competi-

tion is at a very high level, so it is rare

to receive an application from someone

who hasn’t been studying

piano very seriously for

many years,” Neve said.

“I’ve been at the compe-

tition every one of those

years and feel the contes-

tants just get better and

better every year.”

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open to anyone ages 15

to 25. According to Neve,

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around six to eight who

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testants must present three

pieces from various style

periods from the standard

solo repertoire and all their

pieces must be memorized.

“I practice three to four

hours on a school day, but honestly even

then the pieces I’m playing with the

length and the degree is not necessarily

enough time,” said Chien, student at

Bellarmine College Preparatory School

in San Jose. “With these two pieces I

played today I’ve been practicing for

four hours a day and I can barely get

through one of them.”

In June, Chien performed Liszt’s

“Rhapsodie Espagnole” and won The

Keyboard Educators Prize of $750,

given by the Keyboard Educators, Inc.

Catherine Xu, 17, won The Piano Tech-

nicians Guild Prize for $600, given by

the SF Chapter of the Piano Technicians

Guild and Jeremiah Trujillo, 21, won

The Special Prize of $300 for the Inter-

pretation of a Romantic Work, given by

Professor Anita Silvers in memory of

her mother, Sarah Silvers.

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teacher. But her ultimate dream was to

become a concert pianist.

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wanted to do something for individuals

like her who might also be dreaming

of being concert pianists,” Silvers said.

“So I made this prize, which is very

small, to honor them in a way my mom

would have appreciated.”

Neve hopes that the pianists take this

competition and showcase as a learning

experience and continue to practice and

present their musical craft with others.

“The classical piano world is very

competitive, and even the most talented

and hardworking need a little luck along

the way, so I would advise them to also

take advantage of good luck when it

presents itself,” Neve said. “I would tell

young pianists to keep working at that

level and to take every opportunity they

can to perform, share their music, and

give this gift of music to the world.”

For more events hosted by the Col-

lege of Liberal and Creative Arts check

out their list of events at http://creatives-

tate.sfsu.edu/.

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Eighty-nine percent of SF State students live off-campus, which makes transportation critical to our University’s success. But out of all 23 CSU campuses, SF State is the only one that does not of-fer a parking permit that covers off-cam-pus students for every day of the week for an entire semester.

SFBay recently reported that a number of California colleges aid students in transportation dues. With the cost of living higher than ever in San Francisco, relief on the transportation front would certainly help ease the strain on SF State students.

The University offers very little in the way of cost relief to students that take public transportation.

6)�6WDWH�KDV�WKH�¿IWK�ODUJHVW�VWXGHQW�population out of the entire CSU system. It is widely recognized as a commuter school. The large off-campus population of SF State is a testament to that.

A limited allotment of parking permits for off-campus students are sold at the start of the semester for Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday blocks. The cost is $192, and allows students to park in Lot 20, while a daily parking pass is $6 versus the two-hour pass at $3.

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scheduled street cleaning takes place between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. nearly every week on some streets.

Transportation woes don’t end with those who drive to school. Muni passes run $66 a month, adding up to around $264 in a single semester, not including BART fare if needed.

To help stu-dents, the University has a shuttle that picks up students and takes them to and from the Daly City BART station at no cost. There is also a free roundtrip Muni transfer available to board the 28 bus to SF State from the same BART station if the student is trans-ferring from BART with a Clipper card.

Both options provide a no-cost method for students to take advantage of, but other CSUs go even further.

San Jose State University has a deal with Santa Clara’s Valley Transportation Authority to issue public transit passes — known as ECO passes — for students on a per-semester basis. With an ECO pass, students can enjoy unlimited free rides on the Santa Clara VTA busses or light rails for free.

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DEFINING YOUR own beliefs and de-veloping a philoso-phy on life outside those taught by your parents is one of greatest things one can accomplish

in growing older. Many of us are tethered to the religions, expectations and dreams of our parents, and some never venture further than a moderate view of what their parents think.

The point is not to say that your par-ents or role models automatically have it wrong. Part of being a well-rounded and critically functioning being is to question your own beliefs. Be comfortable with the possibility you may be wrong and do not know something.

I have a fear of raising my children in any particular religion. This fear comes from my personal experience, one that may be biased, as being raised by my mother as a Jehovah’s Witness.

Though I never paid much attention to the Christian-rooted doctrine of the Witnesses while growing up, I pledged my life to the organization through bap-tism at age 16. Half of my family were all Witnesses, and most of my friends were Witnesses as well, so the social com-fort was there. It was hard to mentally

overcome the possibility that my closest friends and family were all wrong in their beliefs. At the time, the beliefs seemed to make sense.

I didn’t stay a Wit-ness for long. Within a year, I left on my own accord, and wrote a letter of formal “disas-sociation” from the or-ganization, asking that I no longer be considered a Witness. I left because I didn’t consider myself philosophically a Wit-ness anymore, nor did I want anything to do with any religion.

The Witnesses have a practice of “shunning” anyone who is kicked out of, or formally leaves the religion. They do this to keep “bad association” away from God’s people, to show the ex-Witness what happens when they abandon the “truth,” and to hopeful-ly compel the ex-Witness to come back.

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a partner — are not lifelong. If they’re ended over absurd reasons, the more absurd, the easier I’ve found it to move on. I found the Witness’ cookie-cutter

nature of shunning to be one of the most unloving and intol-erant practices, and beyond hypocritical to the ideals of any religion claiming to be God-inspired.

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In the very end, if their association with you depends on accepting everything they believe without questioning it, perhaps you should take another look at how much value you place on that person’s word.

Choose beliefs free of your upbringing

Part of being a well-rounded and

critically functioning being is to question your own beliefs. Be comfortable with the possibility you may

be wrong and do not know something.

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coach, Jill Muhe, SF State volleyball started its season on a high note this past weekend as champions of the Cal State Monterey Bay Otter Classic.

The Gators defeated the Academy of Art Knights in three

hard-fought sets (31-29, 25-19, 25-16) for the title, avenging their only loss of the tournament. The cham-pionship appearance gave SF State a 3-1 record over-all and the team boasted three all-tournament players: junior Jacquie Brice and sophomores Jaclyn Clark and Meagan Wright. Wright was also named MVP of the Classic, after racking up 55 kills and 37 digs over the course of the tournament.

“It was great to get on the court and get the season started with a win,” said Muhe. “Both offensively and defensively we were able to execute many of the things we worked on in practice, and that is very exciting.”

7KH�*DWRUV¶�¿UVW�PDWFK�RI�WKH�2WWHU�&ODVVLF�ZDV�Friday, Sept. 6, against Cal Baptist, a team that narrowly trumped them last season in a close 3-2 de-cision at the Cal State East Bay Route 92 Showdown. This time around, Cal Baptist was no match for the Gators: the Lancers played catch-up for most of the game. Ultimately, the Gators put them away in three sets, with Melissa Horton’s double-double (11 kills, 15 digs) and Jacquie Brice’s 31 assists leading the offensive attack.

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SF State’s win against Dominican University secured the team a spot in the Otter Classic champi-onship game against the Academy of Art team that had defeated them the previous day. It was a shot at redemption, and the Gators rose to the occasion.

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Besides his impressive times, As-sefa won the All-CCAA Performance Award at the CCAA Championship last October in La Jolla, Calif. and the All-Region Performance Award at the NCAA Division II West Regional Championship in Kahuku, Hawaii.

Fellow cross-country runner Ryan Woods teammate Ryan Chio visited Assefa in Ethiopia. Although Woods and Chio didn’t get to train with Geb-reslassie, they got to sit down and talk with the running legend.

“He is (Ethiopia’s) Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Derek Jeter. He’s a big, big name,” said Woods.

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“He made me run for a month and a half,” said Assefa. His daily routine while home, he said, was to run, eat, sleep and run.

Woods, a senior accounting major, invited Assefa and Chio to his family’s home in Hawaii last sum-mer. This year, Assefa returned the favor.

“We tried to plan most of our days around running, and (tried) to get really high mileage while we were in altitude,” said Woods.

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“It was fun running everyday, but at the same time exhausting because of the high altitude,” said Chio.

But for Assefa, the trails in San Francisco have more to offer than a lower altitude.

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