Trustee exit is personal

With the resignation of the stu-dent trustee the district board of trustees and campus student sen-ates are left scrambling to create a policy to deal with the vacancy.

“He sent a letter of resigna-tion for personal reasons,” said Patricia Miljanich, President of the Board of Trustees, of former Student Trustee Rajiv “Father J” Maharaj.

A problem arises, however, as the policy currently in place, un-der article 6 of the Student Trustee regulations, dictates that one of the remaining nominees from the previous election should be seated by the selection panel— but there were no other nominees in the election in the spring. According to current policy the only other option to replace the student is to hold a special election.

“Student body presidents could sit while you work on the next trustee,” said Cañada’s Student Senate President Darnell Spell-man, offering a stopgap solution to the board at the Board of Trust-ees meeting on Oct. 13.

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“I would welcome the presence of students. In the absence of a student trustee, I think it’s a great idea,” said trustee David Man-delkern.

In the meantime, the board is working to draft a policy to cover the new circumstance, and is ask-ing the student senates of each campus for their input. A draft of proposed changes has been sent to each senate for review.

“I don’t know how long it will take us to go through this process, to tell the truth,” said Miljanich at the Oct. 13 trustee meeting.

The problem arose because there was only one nominee in the spring 2010 district-wide trustee election, from CSM.

“What effort was made with the other colleges to recruit a candidate?” asked trustee Karen Schwarz.

“I know I spoke to six students,” said Amory Cariadus, student ser-vices coordinator at Skyline. “But they were hesitant to run because they didn’t know if they could handle the responsibility.”

“Is it better to keep the posi-tion vacant than to not have a

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‘Best selling’ author tells students to just keep writing

Best-selling author Anne La-mott advised students to manage the time to creatively write, and write whatever comes to mind, in her lecture Wednesday, Oct. 27.

“A carbonated form of holiness is laughter,” said Lamott, 55, one of many aphorisms of her speech.

“All stories begin with shitty rough drafts,” said Lamott. “Ev-eryone starts with bad drafts and these allow you to understand your characters.” She also said

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that getting feedback from others on your drafts gives you an honest opinion.

She also emphasized that in-spiration isn’t key to writing. You have the ability to create stories without having inspiration. “Put aside the belief to be inspired,” she said. “You can then write a 4 page essay and then you’ll be 4 pages ahead.”

Lamott also told the audience that our minds have 37 voices speaking at the same time. A very small portion of those voices have meaning. “Three of those voices

love the way you talk and the nat-ural rhythm of your speech,” she said. “The internal critics in your mind are your everyday battle. You need to somehow learn to quiet down your mind.”

Keeping your internal voices down will allow you to not criti-cize yourself during your writing process and allow you to take no-tice of the small things in life she explained.

She emphasized that these in-ternal conflicts can also be solved by simply writing them down— keeping a journal of these events

representative candidate?” asked Mandelkern. The current policy would require a special election if the position were left open, how-ever, and special elections cost money— which would strain the budgets of student activities on each campus.

give you a reference when other things come up in the future.

Dera Goepel, 18, said she en-joyed Lamott’s speech. “It was very enlightening,” she said. “It gave me in-site on setting aside time to write.”

Lamott also explained how most students have so many things to do in a busy schedule, that creative writing is near im-possible. “If your creative writ-ing gets pushed aside,” she said “ you’re gonna kick yourself.”

She explained her belief that if you want to write, but don’t get

around to it, you’ll regret it in the long run. It will hurt you deeply to look back on your life and realize that you could have written some-thing. Life has a lot of movement, and during those movements, writing should be managed into your time. “You should be doing it by prearrangement as a debt of honor for yourself,” said Lamott, stressing the importance of plan-ning to write.

Brayan Pelayo, 19, said it was interesting. “It was transforma-tional,” he said. “It was educa-tional instead of distracting.”

“It sounds like the onus was really on the three advisers to go out and recruit candidates,” said District Chancellor Ron Galatolo. “I really think we should run the student trustee first, then if a stu-dent doesn’t get it, they can run for something else,” he added.

Bust a moveBulldogs quarterback Miles Freeman (No. 2) making a cut to dodge Foothill Owl

linebacker DeAndre Smith (No. 20), before Owl defensive lineman Eric Banford (No. 5) can catch him, at the Saturday, Oct. 23 game at College Heights Stadium.

Photo by Petero Qauqau of The San Matean

The first draft of policy changes sent to the student senates by the board focuses on just that— a change of election date for the student trustee position, from May 25 to March 30. It remains to be seen what further changes will come of the process.

Photo by Jessica Ritter of The San Matean

Barry Chin and the new Building 10 dining area’s pizza oven.

New building features some nice stuff: bookstore, dining area, etc.

The largest swath of construc-tion on campus, Building 10 to be, is progressing as planned and is now scheduled to open in the coming Spring.

“The crown jewel of the CSM campus” said Barry Chin, Design Manager of the Construction Plan-ning Department, when describ-ing the importance of Building 10. Many programs are awaiting the coming move— student services, the bookstore, dining area, a copy and shipping center, faculty of-

fices, president and vice president offices, digital media programs, and the counseling department, as well as many others.

The kitchen and dining area will provide a dining experience that is missing on campus today. The kitchen includes a large grill and several fryers for the “American Grill,” a large stone pizza oven, and a full salad bar. The dining area is modeled after the previous campus cafeteria, but has been up-dated into an open room in order to encourage interaction between students. There is also a patio din-ing area with heating lamps so

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students can eat outside no mat-ter what the weather is like.

The student services area will be a one-stop arrangement for students. The intent of the ar-rangements is to expedite the ap-pointments made by students for services like counseling, finan-cial aide and ESL.

There is also a lot of glass used throughout the building, especially in the counseling de-partment, to provide comfort for students in appointments with counselors and to give students

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Dia de los MuertosMonday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Outside Building 17

University of California Berkley Campus VisitMonday, Nov. 1, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.Bldg. 1, Room 115

UC Application/Personal Statement WorkshopTuesday, Nov. 2, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Bldg. 17, Room 112, Office of Student Life

University of California, Santa Cruz Campus VisitTuesday, Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Bldg. 1, Room 115

San Mateo’s Farmers MarketEvery Wednesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.CSM Lot 1B

Casino DayWednesday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Building 17 Student Life Office

Social Innovation ClubWednesday, Nov. 3, 1:15 pmBldg. 18, Room 207

CSM Blood DriveWednesday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to 2:30p.m.Parking Lot 1B

CSU Application WorkshopWednesday, Nov. 3, 1 to 2 p.m.Bldg. 17, Room 112, Office of Student Life

Dental Assisting Offering X-raysMonday, Nov. 8, All Day EventBuilding 5

University of Phoenix Campus VisitTuesday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Building 16, Lobby

Autumn Job FairWednesday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.CSM Campus

Philosophy and Psychology in Contemporary filmsFriday, Nov. 5, 6:30 to 9 p.m.Building 3, Theater

Flag Raising CeremonyThursday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.Building 5, Plaza

Sports

CSM Football v.s. Laney CollegeFriday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.Laney Community College

CSM Women’s Basketball v.s. De Anza CollegeFriday, Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m.College of San Mateo

13th Annual John Noce Golf ClassicFriday, Nov. 5, noonPoplar Creek Golf Course

CSM Cross Country Nor-Cal MeetFriday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m.Folsom

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Campus Blotter Thursday, Oct. 14, 12:45 p.m. — A student reported seeing what he believed to be a drug deal in one of the parking lots. Information was passed on to the Narcotics Unit and it’s under investigation.

Saturday, Oct. 16, 11 p.m. — A student was contacted in a beige station wagon for doing “donuts” in the parking lot by the theater.

Monday, Oct. 25, 4 p.m. — A car was broken into in lot 11A, over $500 in audio equipment were stolen. There are no suspects.

Monday, Oct. 25, 8:30 p.m. — A car was broken into in lot 2D and an mp3 player, valued at $100 and a school permit for two semester s, valued at $70 were stolen. There are no suspects.

Information provided by John Wells, Chief Public Safety Officer, and Sergeant Dave Norris of The San Mateo Police Department.

— Sylvia VasquezThe San Matean

A Patch.com editor describes that fast-paced news media can be reported without getting dressed in the morning.

David Carini, 29, editor of Mill-brae based Patch.com and Sarah Yokubaitis, 23, editor of Foster City based Patch.com, spoke in Ed Remitz’s Digital Media 100 class on Friday, Oct. 15.

The two started off their talk by letting the class know that they could ask questions at any time, then began talking about both their experiences as journalists and working for Patch.

Patch.com is an online newspa-per, started by AOL, which focuses its aim locally.

Both speakers had experience working in journalism before work-ing at Patch, Yokubaitis working on newspapers since she was 17 and Carini with a Journalism degree. The two conveyed the importance of journalism, describing it as a public service.

“They don’t understand we’re working for the public and so are they,” Carini said in regards to covering city council and school board meetings.

A common theme that came up is the change news coverage is undergoing. Moving into a techno-

logical society, immediacy is more important than before and they are required to Tweet 2-5 times daily. They both said they liked Twitter. “I’ve been on Twitter since it first came out. My friends and I are media geeks,” Yokubaitis said.

The two encouraged the students to continue in the journalism field. “Write and read all the time. Try to copy a reporter you like and you will develop your style,” Carini explained. “Start now, start refining your skills and you’ll have a better chance,” Yokubaitis continued.

“I think it went well,” said Carini of the talk. “At least two people were awake. I hope I got people ex-cited about journalism in general.”

Counsellor ‘Bo’ dies at 81Jessica Ritter

The San Matean

3 car break-ins on the west side of campus

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Twenty year veteran of the com-munity college district counselling services for EOPS, Yoneo “Bo” Yoshimura died at age 81, Oct. 11, 2010 of cancer.

Mr. Yoshimura was a dedicated and caring counselor, and a gener-ous and loving friend who will be greatly missed by all of us in the Multicultural Center/EOPS fam-ily,” said Sylvia Aguirre-Alberto, Ruth Turner agreed.

“Bo retired from CSM in 1998, but was around the EOPS/Multi-cultural center all the time espe-cially when things got busy,” said Aguirre-Alberto.

Mr. Yoshimura was originally hired as a counselor in the College Readiness Program, which became the multicultural center.

“Bo always kept in touch with his counsellees,” said Aguirre-Alberto, “going with them to dinner.”

Mr. Yoshimura volunteered at the San Mateo Japanese Ameri-can Citizens League, Japanese American National Library and Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California. He was also on the board of the Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, volunteered at the Asian American Recovery Services and helped at a San Francisco elementary school.

“He was humble, he didn’t like to be photographed, he was always in photos with someone else. He didn’t like wearing suits,” said Aguirre-Alberto.

“When you met him, it felt like you knew him your whole life. His spirit, his calm, and caring, even though I had just met him,” said Patrice Reed-Fort.

Mr. Yoshimura is survived by his sister Naoko Anne Ito, brothers Akira and Sakaye Yoshimura, and sister-in-law Agnes Yoshimura.

Services will be held Sunday, Oct. 31, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Japan-town at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California at 1840 Sutter St., San Francisco, Ca.

Photo courtesy of Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California

Yoneo “Bo” Yoshimura

Patch’s news sites after stories

A series of three car break-ins on Monday, Oct. 25 prompted an increase in security on campus.

All three break-ins were on the west side of campus and valuables were taken from each of the cars.

In lot 2D between the hours of noon and 8:30 p.m. a car was broken into and an mp3 player valued at

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$100 and a two semester permit valued at $70 were taken.

The report didn’t say how the car was broken into.

In lot 11A between the hours of 2:30 and 4 p.m. another car was broken into and a car stereo system valued at $350 and iPod valued at $150 and $20 cash were taken.

There was no evidence of how the break-in was done and there was no damage done to the car.

There was a third break in but there are no details since the vehicle owner called campus security but didn’t file a report with them or with the police department.

Students are advised not to leave valuables in sight and keep car doors locked at all times.

Don’t give people any reason, or temptation, to try to break-in. Report any suspicious activity to campus security.

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Photo by Jessica Ritter of The San Matean

Photo by Rachel Nielsen of the San Matean

(From left) Counselling interns: Candice Yu Simon, Betty Wu, Kathryn Hedjasi, Kristina Hagar, Michael Robert Lai, Jesenia Diaz, Melissa Ris-so, Travis Woodmansee

Congresswoman Jackie Speier spoke on campus Monday, Oct. 18 to roughly 100 students about citizen safety and federal issue funding.

Frank Damon, adjunct profes-sor of political science, introduced Speier to his class and a number of other students who also attended.

Speier opened with a bill target-ing utility companies to prevent disasters like the San Bruno Fire happening again. She introduced to the House late September.

The bill requires utility compa-nies to do three things:

1. Install automatic or remote shut-off valves onto all gas trans-mission pipe lines. By doing so, if something like the San Bruno Fire occurs again, the gas lines will be

turned off within minutes, which would have allowed fire fighters to aggressively attack the fire.

2. Inform any home owner or property owner if they are within 2000 feet of a transmission line.

3. Train local law enforcement and first responders to be aware of the emergency plans for that par-ticular utility.

Who would fund the bill would be decided through a process by the California Public Utilities Commission, Speier told students.

She then went on to take ques-tions.

“The stimulus was supposed to lower unemployment; unemploy-ment went up. Then Obama want-ed a second stimulus when there’s already money in the stimulus that hasn’t been spent. Spend that money before you make another stimulus,” said Yuri Zinger.

“It’s real easy to say things don’t work. What if we didn’t do the stimulus, do you think we would have 25 percent of the population

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Speier on campus to address concerns

Jackie Speier addresses student concerns.

unemployed?” retorted Speier.“Possible,” replied Zinger.“Possible. Right, and then we

would clearly be in a depression

because the great depression of the 1930s, 25 percent of the popu-lation was unemployed and while our numbers are at 12 or 13 per-cent --and some argue it might be slightly higher-- I guarantee you there will be another three million people unemployed in this coun-try,” said Speier.

Asked about the money being taken out of K-12 education in the new Budget, Speier respond-ed by pointing out that education funding is by the state. We have increased Pell grants so more community college and state col-lege students are more eligible for them, she said.

Speier ended by telling the students that voting is an under appreciated, unused right and privilege. Students should vote on huge issues because each vote does count, she said.

New counselling interns mix with the returning

A meet-and-greet was held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 20, to welcome eight interns, some new and several re-turning. While some are still finish-ing school, others have graduated already, three being from Santa Clara University.

“I work and intern at CSM and am blessed to get it all done here,” said Jesenia Diaz, 35, a graduate of Argosy University in Alameda. “I hope and wish more students are aware we’re here.”

Many interns have also expressed appreciation for the diversity here on campus. “I believe that the work that students can receive without payment is a great resource,” said Betty Wu, 39, graduate of the Insti-

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tute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto.

While some of the interns have worked in other fields, a common theme amongst the group was appreciation. “I’ve worked with children prior, but I like that ev-eryone is so friendly and I get to work with great supervisors,” said Melissa Risso, 25, a recent graduate of Santa Clara University.

In addition to their excitement, many described their background. “Most people have overcome some-thing in this field, that’s why they are in it,” said Kathryn Hedjasi, 37, graduate of Santa Clara University.

“I’m thrilled about the new interns. CSM has a long standing history of using interns in psycho-logical careers. CSM is a model intern program,” said Jennifer

Hughes, VP of Student Services, adding how lucky everyone feels to have the interns.

While a majority of the interns will be spending the academic year in psychological services, three will be in career counseling. “I have three interns. I’m lucky. They all have different strengths and every time I get new interns I learn something new, as well,” said Eileen O’Brien, Coordinator of Career Services.

The interns need a cumulative of 3,000 hours of experience, which many obtain by working on campus in adjunct to completing their hours.

and faculty the opportunity to take in the campus’ view.

The classrooms in Building 10 are all considered smart class-rooms, equipped with digital pro-jectors and “smart” whiteboards which make multimedia applica-tions simpler, said Chin. There are also three large classrooms which can seat up to 100 students and are modeled after more traditional university classrooms.

The bookstore is two stories and will be much more open than the current bookstore.

The new learning center is also a notable improvement to the stu-dent services offered on campus.

It includes a very large workspace for students to work together in their studies, as well as four small study rooms, two large study rooms, and one large speech room equipped with cameras and other accessories for the speech depart-ment.

A lot of the faculty will also be moving their offices into Build-ing 10 so that Building 17 won’t have to be remodeled. Not hav-ing to remodel Building 17 gives the construction team much more money to use on the much larger Building 10 and will also have the campus construction-free sooner, said Chin.

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“Arielle.”

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In the Mix By Nick O’Shea and Sylvia Vasquez

Quincy, 2.5,

“Batman.”

Luke, 3

“Spiderman.”

Aleya, 4

“Arielle.”

Katherine, 4

“Queen.”

Student musicians put on free showErasmo Martinez and

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Music department students put together and performed at a free music concert on Friday, Oct. 22, showcasing the campus’s musical talent.

The concert dubbed “Student Speak,” ran from noon to 1 p.m., in Building 2. About 20 students performed pieces and a few played semi-original compositions.

The event was free and small donations were being accepted.

Laurel Shimer, 53, a continuing education student, was among the performers. She sang a song in Ital-ian and played a piano piece called “Dragon Dance.” She performed a complicated piece that required a lot of practice. “For the Italian song, I practiced a lot to get the vocal technique down,” she said. “On stage, I felt very good and in the moment.”

Another notable performance was by students Belen Alvarez,

22, and Joey Hassid, 18. They per-formed the song “Plasir D’ Amor”, with Alvarez singing and Hassid playing the piano. Both students take electronic music together and decided to collaborate. “It was very

nerve recking,” said Alvarez, as she recalls performing. “I got stage fright.” Even with the stage fright, the audience responded well to the performance.

Eligio Tapia, a student in Elec-tronic Music, Piano 2, and Guitar 3, performed his original composi-tion. “I have been playing the piano for about a year, and the guitar for seven years now,” said Tapia, “ I get a lot of inspiration from heavy metal bands like ‘In Flames’.”

Ben Mitchell, 20, and Bryan Ellison, 20, took to the stage with a soothing acoustic performance.

Mitchell, a “hard rock” guy, used a Giannini Craviola guitar, while El-lison sang and used an Ibanez guitar. “Ben and I had gotten together a few weeks ago,” said Ellison. “We practiced at his house to get the song

down.” They played “Holding On”, a piece that Mitchell had written. “For years I’ve been building my music knowledge,” he said. “I’m gonna see where it takes me.”

Mike Galisatus, a music pro-fessor, said that everyone did an excellent job. “It’s a relatively new thing,” he said. “It keeps getting better. I’m very impressed with the students.”

Jane Jackson, an assistant pro-fessor, organized the concert. She started producing them two years ago after noticing guitar teachers would hold guitar concerts and

vocal teachers would hold vocal concerts. She wanted an oppor-tunity for students to perform for each other.

Concerts are now performed twice a semester, the next one being

“It keeps getting better. I’m very impressed with the students.”

-Mike Galisatus, Professor

Photo by Roger Boucher of The San Matean

Yoko Ogawa playing a classical six-string guitar.

on Dec. 3. The music department is growing and Jackson wants to show it. “It’s a great way of bring-ing awareness to the music depart-ment,” she said. “It’s active. People should come and check it out.”

Mixer goes a long way toward shaking clubs upJeffrey GonzalezThe San Matean

The student life center was packed with members from every club of CSM as they gathered for the Inter-Club Council Mixer.

Food, refreshments, and interac-tive games were provided to the roughly 100 person crowd by the ICC on Oct. 20. ICC Chair Barry Jointer, along with the council, organized the event to get clubs mingling.

“We’ve got over 15 student clubs at CSM, but at the same time, members [of different clubs] don’t really interact with each other,”

said Jointer. “[The ICC Mixer] is a good way to get people to meet each other.”

Club members were given “hu-man bingo” cards, where their task was to find a person to fulfill each description on the card (i.e. some-one from another country, musician, etc.), in hopes they would take the chance to meet new people. “It’s exciting. There’s definitely a lot of faces I’ve never seen before,’ said Architecture Club member Nicolette Topper.

Along with the interactive game and food, attendees were also given a presentation by the Pacific Islander Club, where they

performed ritual dances of New Zealand natives. Male members of the group did the Maori Haka: Ka Mate Kate, a traditional war dance done in preparation for battle.

“We like to perform for other people so you guys can get a little taste for how we do it in the is-lands,” said Peni Tafuna,Islander Club member.

“I think [the turnout] was excel-lent. We got a lot of people coming in. We had a great show. Everyone enjoyed the food,” said Nicole Deo-careza, Spirit Squad member and ICC Vice Chair. The pizza, Hooters buffalo wings, and sushi was gone within a half hour she said.

“We definitely improved from last year,” she said. Last year’s ICC Mixer was held in a classroom and hosted about 50 people.

Jointer says he hopes spring semester’s mixer will have as good of a turnout, as well as more performances.

Photo by Jason Pun of The San Matean

Peni Naufahu (left) and Mosese Latu (right) performing the Maori Haka

College of Spook Mateo goes mad for Halloween week eventsBruno ManriqueThe San Matean

Pumpkin carving and beer pong kick off Halloween Week.

The Student Senate organized a series of contests and activities going from Wednesday Oct. 27 to

Friday Oct. 29 for Halloween Week. Halloween Week is ASCSM’s

annual Halloween event, organized by the Programs and Services Committee.

“We want to add to the campus atmosphere and show that it can be as fun as a four-year school.” said

Stephanie Chiou, 19.A pumpkin carving contest

highlighted the activities for Wednesday. Students were en-couraged to participate voting for favorite designs by clicking “like” in ASCSM’s facebook page on the photo of the best design.

A beer (orange soda) pong tour-nament ran all three days; Prize: the event’s official beer pong table.

Thursday featured a costume contest, judged in five categories – scariest, most creative, best group, best celebrity look-a-like, as well as impromptu costumes.

“We’re looking forward to the costume contest, it’s fun to see what people come up with,” said Regina Ramos, 19.

Friday closed out with a bang with spirit day and a pumpkin pie eating contest.

Most of the contests had a prize.

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There’s talk that the 2010 mid-term elections on Nov. 2 are im-portant, and the voter information guide this time around is thick— “do I really have to read all of that?” many are asking.

The answer is no. It’s not a bad idea to read it, but the information can be summarized right here— and then more research can be done.

Prop. 19: “Legalizes marijuana under California but not Federal Law,” says the information guide. Basically, everyone in the state, 21 and older, will be handed a prescrip-tion. The League of Women Voters,

Propositions made easy to chew on

Charity Aughenbaugh, 20Early Childhood, San Mateo

“Prop. 19 will be interesting to watch, just to see if they pass it.”

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“I’m definitely against Proposition 23.”

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Prop. 20: “Redistricting of Congressional Districts,” says the information guide. Transfers power of deciding the boundaries of Con-gressional Districts to the Citizens Redistricting Commission, made up of five Democrats, five Repub-licans, and four independent com-missioners. The League of Women Voters opposes Proposition 20.

Prop. 21: “Establishes $18 annual vehicle license surcharge to help fund state parks and wildlife pro-grams,” says the voters’ information guide. The proposition is basically a few bucks from all vehicle owner to cover some environmental good-

ies. Each voter needs to decide if it’s worth the money. The League of Women Voters has no position.

Prop. 22: “Prohibits the state from borrowing or taking funds used for transportation, redevelop-ment, or local government projects and services,” says the voters’ infor-mation guide. A proposition aimed at prohibiting the state from using portions of local funding to balance the continuing budget shortfalls, no matter how dire the shortfalls faced by the state. The League of Women Voters has no position.

Prop. 23: “Suspends implemen-tation of air pollution control law (AB32) ... until unemployment drops to 5.5 percent or less for full

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year,” says the voters’ guide. The odds of unemployment dropping below 5.5 percent anytime soon is negligible. This proposition will, therefore, suspend environmental laws indefinitely. The League of Women Voters opposes.

Prop. 24: “Repeals recent legisla-tion that would allow businesses to lower their tax liability,” says the voters’ guide. Basically, allows businesses to juggle tax liabilities, presumably to allow more tax breaks. The League of Women Voters has no position.

Prop. 25: “Changes legislative vote requirement to pass budget and budget-related legislation from two-thirds to a simple majority,”

says the voters’ guide. This proposi-tion, would allow a simple majority to pass a budget in California. The League of Women Voters.

Prop. 26: “Requires that certain state and local fees be approved by two-thirds vote,” says the voters’ guide. Basically requires 2/3 vote to pass even fees, for polluters or for new regulations. The League of Women Voters oppose.

Prop. 27: “Eliminates State Com-mission on Redistricting,” says the voters’ guide. Basically overturns the new-ish Schwarzenegger-backed law and gives power back to legislature.The League of Women Voters is not convinced, they sug-gest a no vote on this proposition.

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Many Bulldogs, 15 in all, will continue their playing careers at four year institutions, 12 of them on full scholarships.

Head CSM Baseball Coach Doug Williams recently announced that 15 of his players from the 2010 baseball team will be moving on past CSM.

Joey Wallace, runner-up MVP of the Coast Conference last season, is heading to UC Santa Barbara. Last season Wallace led the Bulldogs in batting average (.421), runs scored (44), hits (56), RBI (49), total bases (104), slugging percentage (.782), and on base percentage (.500).

15 Bulldogs leave for new ‘field of dreams’“Joey had an unbelievable

offensive year,” said Williams. “We’ve had some good ones here and he ranks right up there. With the numbers he put up last season he was awarded a nice scholarship to the University of Santa Barbara and he is a big part of their plans this season,” Williams said.

Nick White, a first team All-Conference designated hitter, was second on the team in batting aver-age at a .390 clip and third on the team in hits with 46. He has signed to play at Sonoma State University. Joining White at Sonama State will be O’Koyea Dickson. Dickson led the Bulldogs with 10 home runs and was a unanimous first team All-Conference selection at desig-

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nated hitter.Ryan Allgrove, who led the squad

in triples (4), base on balls (19), and stolen bases (18) will be taking his talents to UC Davis. Allgrove was also selected first team All-Conference as an infielder. Steve Riddle, who played in 23 games last season for the Bulldogs will be headed to the University of Hawaii-Hilo. Pat Buford, who batted .326 and had a .465 slugging percentage will be headed east to York College in Nebraska.

Thomas Wood, a second team All-Conference infield selection, will be one of four Bulldogs suiting up for San Francisco State this year. Last year Wood batted .342 and had 14 stolen bases. Catcher Andrew

Suvannacheun, who threw out 9 of 16 base stealers will be joining Wood along with Chris Schindler and Trevor Pasiecznik. Pasiecznik was a second team All-Conference outfielder who batted .292 with 13 extra base hits.

Pitcher Justin Burns, a first team All-Conference relief pitcher, will be taking the mound this season at UC San Diego. Burns had a stellar season last year for the Bulldogs as he led the team with a 7-0 record and a miniscule 1.21 earned run average. Fellow pitcher Josh Trejo, who lead the team in games started (13) and was second in innings pitched and strikeouts, will be join-ing Buford at York College. Josh Saio, who was 4-0 with an earned run average under three last sea-son will be playing for Concordia University.

Rounding out the list of players headed to four year institutions are Glenn Wallace and Joe Biagini. Wallace, a pitcher, was second in games started for the Bulldogs with ten and compiled a 4-4 record with an earned run average of 3.32. He

lead the Bulldogs in innings pitched (65.0) and strikeouts (57). He was selected second team All-Con-ference and won the Gold Glove award for his position. Wallace will be suiting up at Oregon State this season. Biagini will be joining Allgrove at UC Davis.

“To have a good team like we did last year and to finish second in the state, you need good players,” said Williams. “It is nice to see them move on academically as well as better their baseball talents. It will be fun to watch as their four year college careers unfold,” Williams said.

Coach Williams, entering his eighteenth year at the helm for the Bulldogs, has sent 174 of the 183 players who have put on the Bulldog uniform to a four year institution or signed professional contracts. Williams, who recorded his 500th victory last season and led the Bull-dogs to the state championship, has two players currently in the major leagues— Scott Feldman, Texas Rangers pitcher, and outfielder Daniel Nava, Boston Red Sox.

Last minute touchdown dooms ‘DogsCalvin Schmidtke, Foothill Col-

lege’s quarterback, threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Travis Reyes, with 57 seconds remaining, for the win over the previously undefeated Bulldogs, 31-28, Saturday, Oct. 23 at College Heights Stadium.

Schmidtke finished the game 29-55 for 420 yards and two touchdown passes, both to Reyes.

Reyes finished with 9 catches for 153 yards.

The Bulldogs (6-1 overall, 1-1 in conference) entered the game leading the state in pass defense rating at 82.5 and was sixth in the state in opponents passing yards per game at 160.5 per game.

The Bulldogs took a 28-24 lead with less then four minutes to go in the game. Slot receiver Therman McGowan picked up a Vaughn Smith fumble and took it 24 yards

for the then go-ahead touchdown. The game seemed locked up for the Bulldogs when defensive end Sosefa Maka sacked Schmidtke on fourth down, deep in Foothill territory, but a Bulldog face-mask penalty kept the eventual game winning drive alive.

The Bulldogs finished with eight penalties for 95 yards.

Bulldog wide receiver Rahsaan Vaughn had touchdown receptions of 10 and 80 yards from backup quarterback Miles Freeman. Free-man, starting for the injured Julian Bernard, finished the game 7-21 for 198 yards with an interception. Freeman led the ground attack as well, rushing for 69 yards on 20 carries, while Smith had 66 yards and McGowan had 57 yards.

Rahsaan Vaughn finished with three catches for 96 yards.

The Bulldogs came into the game leading the state with 528 yards of total offense per game but were

outgained 512-422 by Foothill, 420 of those yards coming through the air. Schmidtke connected with wide receiver Michael Scott and Trenton Hart eight times each.

“Our defensive line played real well,” Pollack said “but Schmidtke kept a couple of plays alive with his feet which led to defensive break-downs in the secondary.”

Schmidtke was hit by Bulldog players 26 times throughout the game, a high amount of hits for a quarterback to take. “We kept hitting him and he kept getting up. A testament to what kind of kid he is,” Pollack said.

This week the Bulldogs travel to play No. 1 ranked City College of San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. The game features the two highest scoring offenses in the state, with the Bulldogs leading the state averaging 44.2 points per game while City College of San Francisco averages 42.1.

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Where All Your Possibilities Come Into View.

I am an orange-and-black-blood-ed San Francisco Giants fan and the Giants are the sole possessors of the National League Pennant.

It still feels so “epic”— as closer Brian Wilson described striking out three time all-star Ryan Howard to seal the final win of the series.

This misfit group of abandoned veterans and young professionals have come together like a true team. But, as Ashkon’s YouTube video reminds us, we aren’t done yet!

Instead of basking in the glory of upsetting the two-time defending national league champions, instead of thinking about how amazing it feels to watch the three-four-five hitters for the Phils (all of whom are all-stars) combine for 27 total bases while our three-four-five hit-ters (none of whom are all-stars) combine for 32 total bases, we should begin to look ahead.

The Texas Rangers were also underdogs going into the league championship series. But, unlike the Giants, the Rangers had the home field against the Yankees.

Giant’s answer: PhinishedCounter Opinion —Tyler Huffman, The San Matean

The Rangers are led by Josh Ham-ilton who has rewritten his legacy and gone from bust to American League all-star center fielder. The catcher for the Rangers is Bengie Molina, the same guy that squatted behind the plate for the Giants but was traded away to make room for Buster Posey. Molina definitely knows a lot about Giants pitching and home field— I’m sure he’ll tell his teammates all he knows.

The Giants will also be facing off against pitcher Cliff Lee who, through 24 innings pitched this postseason, has tallied 3 wins, 34 strikeouts, and only one walk. Allowing an ERA of .75, Lee has done his part to help the Rangers past both the Rays and Yankees.

Instead of predictions about who’ll win, in how many games, we should remember that, on any given day, the Giants can beat any team.

I also want to mention that our Sports Editor, Jeffry Aldinger, ad-mits his prediction of the Phillies beating the Giants in six games was... wrong.

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The new scientific method

Observe. Predict. Research and test. Analyze. Theorize.Well, that’s one way to get to the truth. But who really wants to go

through all those steps when you have wonderful things like Google? Going to the library is a thing of the past, made ancient by Wikipedia. If we need to keep up with current events, we learn about them through headlines on Yahoo.

While it is true that the advent of the internet brought a revolution to the distribution of information, making almost everything accessible to almost everyone,—we thank you Al Gore—it has since slowly been diminishing our standards of truth. As much as it is being used as a tool of education, the internet is also one of the key factors dumbing down the nation, if not the world.

Giving a home to scientists and historians right next door to crackpots and crazy conspiracy theorists, the internet creates a magnificently jux-tapositional realm of data that can be heralded or, just as easily, laughed at. As college students, we have all had occasion to run to Wikipedia, the venus fly trap of convenient research. Even though we know we aren’t supposed to trust it, we regard that information as a legitimate source.

Then there are the people that believe everything they read. They go to websites which claim that there is irrefutable evidence that 9/11 was a government conspiracy; that JFK shot Tupac; or that vaccinations cause autism. There are sects in society that believe the moon doesn’t exist. Now, this isn’t the Internet’s fault. Long before the internet came along, society had a sheepish state of mind, believing the easiest belief to believe—Mr. Joseph McCarthy proves that— but the internet has helped perpetuate laziness on a mass scale.

We, that have the power to change things, must stop relying on the first link that Yahoo gives us. We must stop using “google” as a verb. We have to get back out into the libraries and do legitimate research.

“Thank God for the internet?” If we keep at it, soon enough we’ll be thanking Internet for the god.

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This generation of up and coming voters have become the target for political puppetry. Being constantly plagued with campaign slogans of “you don’t vote, you don’t count,” the registered voting population is led to assume that voting is the right thing to do. Mass media has even gone as far as threatening the average voter by crying out “vote or die.” However, despite the persistent nagging from every direction, even peers, the percent of the eligible voters who actually participate in the political process is still laughable. In the view of high society, this is appalling. Voting was a right long fought for by names like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X, and Alice Paul. However, with an America forever changed by the 15th and 19th amendments, there are still lazy citizens who consistently stiff their responsibility to the voting booths. During the last presidential election, 42 percent of vote-capable Americans cast ballots. This was praised as one of the greatest voter turn outs in American history, however, what about the remaining 58 percent? If these 58 percent of Americans don’t care enough to go to the voting booth, or cast an absentee ballot, then why attempt to entice them? If soci-ety barked, heckled, and held the hands of every non-voter, and took them to any of the numerous voting stations, would that really be beneficial to the country? Apathy, though dangerous to the democracy, a government of the people, is on par with every bandwagon voter who votes merely to count. While media pushes the necessity of citizen participation in American politics, they neglect the importance of being informed. The uninformed voter is a dangerous, however utilizable, political tool. The slander campaigns are focused towards every American who can be swayed by the lengthening of a politicians nose, or out of context quote comparison. To be a valuable participant in the voting process, one would have to inform themselves. Without proper knowledge about the bills or politicians on the ballot, trying to choose between the two is like buying a vaguely described app. They all promise similar solutions to a problem, have a 50-50 chance of being effective or a waste of space, and will inevitably cost money. The generation of voters living under the catchy motto of “you don’t vote, you don’t count,” should un-derstand a neglected subtitle. If you don’t know, you shouldn’t vote, so know, so you can vote, so you can count. Granted, it’s a lengthy process. However, if picking a political party is dependent upon one issue a voter feels passionately about, then abstain. Throwing darts could be just as effective, if not at least just as random.

—Jason PunThe San Matean

Learning beyond grades

A tip of the hat to State Sen. Leland Yee

What costume on apolitician wins your vote?

Back Talkby Nick O’Shea

Ben Holliday, 19English, Pacifica

“A vampire costume.”

Joel Simon, 19Undecided, Millbrea

“A gigolo suit. That’d be hella funny”

Danny Vargas, 18Undecided, Hayward

“If they wore that Borat costume.”

Isaac Altamirano, 20Graphic Design, Peru

“A nice bright suit that gets attention.”

Priscilla Carmona, 18Nursing, San Jose

“I’d say a clown costume.”

Salina Kwan, 18Anibal Bio., S.F.

“Maybe something funny and creative.”

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State Sen. Leland Yee has been selected as the sole recipient of the 2010 “Profile in Courage” Award by the Arc of San Francisco. The Arc of San Francisco was founded by a small group of parents who were concerned about the lack of services for their children with develop-mental disabilities.

The Arc of California made the selection after Yee took a principled stand against the State Budget and voted against severe cuts to social services and education. In retaliation, Yee was stripped of his leader-ship position as Assistant President pro Tem and was removed as the author of a bill to assist victims of the San Bruno tragedy.

The San Matean would also like to salute the courage of senator Yee for standing up and voting against a budget which included such cuts, in the face of apparent party pressures. We can only lament that the Democratic Party as a whole would choose not only to negotiate away the needs of segments of the party’s rhetorical base, but would then go on to take measures to punish those that opposed doing so.

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