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As news spread about the disappearance of SF State alumna Michelle Le in May, Jason Manalang could do nothing but be still. Everything in his life was starting to get on track until he saw his former girlfriend’s face all over the TV.

“I was frozen,” Manalang said. “For hours I could do nothing but sit there. I couldn’t accept it.”

Now, three months later, Manalang is working toward graduating in the spring while facing the reality that Le’s not coming back. He admitted he was only able to gather enough strength to attend the ¿�UVW�VHDUFK�SDUW\�

³,�KRQHVWO\�GLGQ¶W�ZDQW�WR�¿�QG�KHU�ERG\�´�Manalang said. “I don’t know what I would’ve felt if I found her, but I owed it to her to support her family.”

Manalang said being at the fundraising events for /H�DOVR�SURYHG�GLI¿�FXOW�DV�IRUFLQJ�D�VPLOH�EHFDPH�the norm while he secretly dealt with the tragedy. Attending the public funeral service for Le was even harder because his normally strong exterior was un-able to withstand the emotional breakdown of more than 150 people.

“I’ve been known to be this ‘Super Manalang’ that’s supposed to be strong through anything,” Manalang said. “But seeing her whole family and friends hurting, I couldn’t help but break down.”

Manalang described Le as the prototypical “ride or die chick” with a smile that still burns an image in his head today. He said he and Le had their tough times together, but through it all she was always there by his side. Despite everything that happened between them, they always kept in touch with one another.

“I never stopped loving her even after we broke up,” Manalang said. “She meant so much to me.”

Manalang’s older cousin Danny Manalang said although it wasn’t the end result they were looking for, Jason was always positive throughout the ordeal, delivering wristbands and shirts made with Le’s name, hoping it would bring her home.

“It was a tough situation for anyone to face, but with all things considered he’s handled it well,” Danny Manalang said.

Manalang said Le’s death brought him one of the darkest moments in his life, but he strives on try-

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After the tragedy of losing his father to cancer and the murder of his former girlfriend, Jason Manalang turned his despair into determination by running marathons and inspiring others.

FORMER BOYFRIEND OF MICHELLE LE RUNS MARATHONS IN LOVED ONES’ MEMORY

WOMAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN SF

STATE DORM ROOMMany SF State students were shocked to hear

about the sexual assault that occurred in the Towers at Centennial Square dormitories between 5-8 p.m Friday, Sept. 30.

$FFRUGLQJ�WR�8QLYHUVLW\�SROLFH��DQ�XQLGHQWL¿�HG�woman, who was not an SF State student, was lured

into the building’s elevator by a man who said he knew of the party she was going to attend in the dorms and was going to take her there. The woman told police that the suspect took her to an XQNQRZQ�À�RRU�DQG�room and proceeded to sexually assault her.

The subject is described by Univer-sity police as being between 18 and 22

years old, about 5 feet 8 inches, mixed race and with short hair.

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“I’m shocked,” said Rebecca Corona who has lived in the Towers for the last year. “I feel ex-tremely safe (on campus).”

What may come as a surprise is the comparable recent crimes that have occurred on campus. While petty theft and vandalism are the most common criminal acts, within the last two weeks police have also investigated a sexual battery case and a report of a stalker.

The sexual battery case was closed when police UHVSRQGHG�WR�WKH�¿�JKW�WKDW�DOVR�RFFXUUHG�DW�WKH�7RZ�ers, where they arrested a suspect, according to the University police crime log.

The incident involving a stalker was closed at the scene after police took a report Saturday, Oct. 1 from Stevy Shadwick, who said a man chased her home. Shadwick, who lives in the Village at Centennial Square, said the man was someone she had met before, but he followed her home on Muni after she repeatedly asked to be left alone.

“I was, like, running through campus on the phone with my roommate,” Shadwick said. “He was a creep. When he actually followed me back to my building I called the (University) police.”

Shadwick said she used to feel relatively safe on campus, and consistently saw campus police “hanging around,” but now she is more aware of her surroundings.

According to the annual Campus Security and Fire Report, which was published in late Septem-ber, there were a total of three sex offenses on campus last year.

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A woman in search of a party at the Towers at Centennial Square was coaxed into an unkown room in the building before the attack took place.

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SOME STUDENTS CAN handle it, while others fall victim to it.

Stress is nothing new. The never-ending mountain of homework, papers, proj-

ects and midterms combined with trying WR�PDNH�¿QDQFLDO�HQGV�PHHW�DUH�RQO\�D�IHZ�variables resulting in its total amount.

Beatrice Dillon, a peer counselor with the Counseling and Psychological Services Center at SF State, said stress is based on a combination of trying to succeed in school while having time for them that puts added stress onto a student outside of work and home.

“A lot of students overwhelm them-selves,” Dillon said. “It usually takes them a year to realize that they can’t do everything before they have to say to them, ‘I can only do so much.’”

What students aren’t doing is taking advantage of the their on-campus op-tions. The Student Health Center provides students with free stress related resources, including meditation workshops, which occur monthly, as well as stress manage-ment workshops.

The stress management workshops offer students to identify stress origins like anxiety, fear, procrastination and lack of organization.

The Counseling and Psychological Ser-vices Center allows students up to six free counseling sessions, another student-aided

program that comes from semester fees.Although many students attend these

workshops many do it for the extra credit incentives from their classes, according to Dillon.

However, according to the spring 2011 PULSE survey done by SF State, only 4 percent of students said they would consult on-campus counseling if they

were stressed while 85.5 percent said they would consult a friend or family member instead.

Dillon said most students either don’t know these services exist or simply don’t feel the need to utilize them.

It doesn’t help that in recent years stress levels have increased.

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The study, which surveyed more than 200,000 incoming freshmen of four-year universities, also claimed that much of the

stress is due to maintaining scholarships and taking out loans just to pay tuition.

While students juggle academics, extracurricular activities, internships and jobs, the stress continues to overwhelm many.

“I have to take a break to calm down,” said Marcia Barnard, SF State psychology major.

When Barnard feels the pull of stress coming on, she usually opts to distract herself by doing something she enjoys like listening to music or watching television.

Barnard said doing this allows her to collect herself and feel mentally prepared to take on the task again, this time without stress.

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Shafeen Saheed, an SF State health education graduate student, knows about the on-campus resources, but doesn’t utilize them.

Saheed represents one of the many who relies on close friends or co-workers, but at times Saheed admits that even they can be just as lost as she is.

The main idea behind creating work-shops and offering free services to students is so that students have options, according to Dillon.

“We’re not here to be their parents and say they have to use them but to educate them on what’s available to them,” Dillon said.

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TRIPLE WHAMMYA person was found near Mary Park Hall last Friday

drunk, under-aged and wielding a knife. Talk about a triple whammy. In order to prevent the nightmare that the combination of those items could become, campus police arrested the individual and sent them to the hospital for a medical evaluation. Remember kids - alcohol and weapons don’t mix.

PEW PEW PEWWhile laser pointers are often used in educational or

business settings to point at items on a PowerPoint (or at home to entertain house cats), some people prefer to use the tool to blind passers-by and police officers. Some SF State students near The Towers practiced their aiming skills last Friday, hoping the police would chase the dot like Francis the cat (Xpress likes to think Francis is a great cat name). Here’s a pro tip: the police don’t like it when random lasers, mimicking laser sights on weapons, are pointed at them or others. The subjects were found, cited and released.

HIDE YO’ BIKES While Xpress has written about bicycle theft this

semester, it seems like either no one read the article “Your bicycles are going to be stolen, watch them,” or thieves are sharpening their theft skills. At any rate, a student con-tacted campus police to let them know their bike was sto-len. The theft happened Friday between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition created a form in which bike owners can describe their bike in advance and use the information if it’s ever stolen. Check the form out at: http://bit.ly/sfbikeform (it’s a PDF).

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and avoiding use of excessive alcohol, as it interferes with clear thinking.

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Other students who heard of the sexual assault Friday night are not feeling safe. Brian Farmer, a resident of the Towers, said that the possibility that a fellow resident could have com-mitted the assault is frightening.

“It’s scary knowing someone in the building might’ve (done it),” Farmer said. “They should put video cameras, at least in elevators. There’s, like, none now.”

Although the news of the assault did alarm many students, most did not share Farmer’s concern.

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Danielle Rosen believes campus life continues to have a safe atmosphere.

“I don’t feel threatened,” Rosen said. “Mostly, I feel pretty safe, and I don’t feel like that (assault) portrays regular campus life.”

A brochure called “Preventing Sexual Assault” can be found on the campus police website. Any information regard-ing the sexual assault should be reported to campus police immediately, according to University police.

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Hearing the word “poetry” might put some

to sleep, but post-modern American prose isn’t

anything like Emily Dickinson.

SF State’s creative writing Professor Paul

Hoover was selected by publishing giant W.

W. Norton & Company to edit a post-modern

American poetry anthology that will feature ex-

perimental forms of written word. The anthology

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World War II era.

“It’s a movement toward conceptual poetry,”

said Hoover, who edited a version of the post-

modern American poetry anthology 17 years ago.

“You could say the outrageous comes forward.

It’s art because we say it’s art.”

Hoover described post-modern poetry to

include poems with stanzas transcribed from dis-

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He attributed the shift in artistic expression

to technological advances, which spurred him to

create a second version of the anthology.

“The media itself is part of the story,” Hoover

said. “There’s a difference of temperament that

occurred between the last edition and this one,

and it’s a movement away from the romantic.

The tone has changed.”

Ada Ha, a creative writing senior in Hoover’s

American poetry class, described post-modern

poetry’s boundless nature as being emblematic of

creative writing students’ tendency to break the

mold.

“They say creative writing students are the

worst students possible because we can’t follow

rules, were trained not to,” said Ha, who remem-

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room to speak your mind without being critiqued

in a way.”

Hoover said the anthology will feature many

local poets such as Michael Palmer, Kathleen

Fraiser and Maxine Chernoff, the chair of SF

State’s creative writing department.

“There are two major poetry towns in this

country: New York and San Francisco,” Hoover

said. “You could fall over and hit a poet in these

towns.”

While anthologies have potential to promote

a writer, one who will be featured in the new

edition acknowledged the limiting nature of a

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they’re very powerful,” said Armantrout, who

earned her master’s degree in creative writing in

1975. “So the selection that a particular editor

will make will represent your work, and perhaps

not in a way that you would have. After you’re

dead and gone, (readers) may only see your work

in an anthology.”

According to English Professor Bruce Avery,

being chosen to compile a Norton collection is

prestigious.

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pay respect to the artists in his anthology, which

he expects to be completed in three to four

months.

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ture because I’ve followed it my whole career,”

Hoover said. “I feel somewhat responsible for it,

that it be treated well and that it receive notice.”

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and classism within the community, according to head

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with her own personal experience.

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SF State’s Early Childhood Education Center receives 36 percent of the ASI budget to provide student parents with affordable childcare services.

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WHAT STARTED AS A

typically peaceful Metro ride to school in Santiago, Chile for international relations and Spanish major Frank Polizzi slowly turned sour as the smell of tear gas permeated the

train.When he exited the train, the streets were littered

with signs and broken glass from protests turned vio-lent. This was not part of Polizzi’s reality when he was packing his bags and embarking on a new journey in a new country.

A large protest took place in Santiago Thursday morning — one of many in the past weeks.

“They started at 10 a.m. and I was getting on the Metro at 10:30 to go to school and you could already smell the smell of tear gas in the air. When I got off the metro to go home there was just glass all over the street and broken rocks. I think today was pretty crazy,” said 3ROL]]L������ZKR�LV�VWXG\LQJ�DEURDG�DW�WKH�3RQWL¿FDO�Catholic University.

Polizzi was originally supposed to study abroad in Mexico, but the program was suspended this year by the California State University International Programs because of travel warnings to Mexico.

“We like to say that the program was suspended be-cause we do expect to send students to Mexico again,” said Leo Van Cleve, director of the CSU IP.

According to Van Cleve, 33 students within the CSU system were accepted into the Mexico program. After the program was suspended, CSU IP handled the situa-tion by allowing students to choose any country within the program to study in if they were still interested. Chile and Spain were the most popular choices by those who chose to continue with the application process, as many set to go to Mexico intended to study Spanish.

In Chile, students have been taking to the streets in protest since May, demanding equal access to educa-tion, to stop the escalating costs and for education to be free for all. Students who graduate from universities in Chile are subject to large personal debt because of the IRU�SUR¿W�HGXFDWLRQ�V\VWHP�DQG�WKH�ODFN�RI�VXSSRUW�IRU�quality education.

“Ironically, I came here and it was kind of crazy,” Polizzi said. “When we got here, the CSU didn’t warn us really of anything about the student protests. I read the news so I know it was going on, but I didn’t under-stand the extent to which it was going on... It seems like they didn’t really investigate Chile thoroughly enough.”

3ROL]]L�VSHQW�PRVW�RI�KLV�WLPH�GXULQJ�WKH�¿UVW�ZHHN�touring Santiago with the other students. In the begin-ning, things in the city were mostly calm.

Outside of the University, the whole building was FRYHUHG�LQ�EDQQHUV��JUDI¿WL�DQG�DUWZRUN�IRU�WKH�SURWHVWV��Students were selling merchandise related to the protest and a man would sit outside with a microphone and play music around the clock.

As the situation began to get more dangerous, the resident director informed students not to participate or even attend the protests, noting that if they did, the con-sequences could be getting arrested and being deported back to the United States. Only three weeks into his stay, Polizzi got the experience of a lifetime.

“I go and I am walking and it looks like there is nothing there,” Polizzi said. “Then I came on to a cor-ner and I turned onto the main street and it just looked like a war zone. All the things are on ¿UH��WKHUH�LV�JODVV�HYHU\ZKHUH�DQG�there were just cops dressed in riot gear that is really intimidating look-ing. All of a sudden I was sucked into a huge crowd.”

+H�H[SODLQHG�WKDW�ZKHQ�KH�¿UVW�entered the street police used water cannons, which were suspected to contain chemicals, and tear gas as a way to break up the protest.

“Everyone kind of starts pan-icking, but I didn’t really get wet because I was pretty deep into the crowd,” Polizzi said. “I was kind of thinking like ‘Oh shit what did I get myself into? This is for real.’ Then all of a sudden a cop car drives by and throws tear gas canisters, like ¿YH�IHHW�DZD\�IURP�PH��,�VHH�LW�KLW�the ground and explode and the gas just starts going and everyone just takes off and starts running, running, running. Instantly I was so close to it that your eyes and your whole face burns, your eyes start crying and your nose is running, and everything hurts.”

As the riots centralized in front of the main cam-SXV�RI�WKH�8QLYHUVLW\�RI�&KLOH��HYHU\WKLQJ�ZDV�RQ�¿UH��People were ripping down street signs, pulling kiosks out of buildings and the protest evolved into a full-scale riot. Polizzi said he was trapped there for hours with police on one side and students on the other.

On his way back home there was debris in the PLGGOH�RI�LQWHUVHFWLRQV�RQ�¿UH��EURNHQ�VWUHHW�VLJQV�RQ�the ground and glass shattered everywhere. Polizzi thinks this protest got so huge because the government didn’t authorize the protesters the full route that they had wanted.

Polizzi said that after witnessing what is taking place in Chile, it will be hard for him to be okay with what is happening in the CSU system once he is back at SF State.

“I have seen people getting beat by cops and things like that, just all that they are doing I think that we can learn that there is something we can do to make our voice heard in California and that if we don’t do anything then they will just keep raising tuition because they will think we are okay with it,” Polizzi said.

In the past decade, tuition and fees in the CSU system have risen more than 300 percent. Currently, a full-time undergraduate student at SF State pays $6,276 a year for tuition, not including books and housing. The CSU Board of Trustees approved two separate tuition increases for the fall 2011 semester alone totaling more than 22 percent.

“Students, most of them simply pay because that is just all they know, just shameful. I just want to give hope to my students, it isn’t that you are going to win overnight,” said Carlos Baron, professor of theater arts.

“Hope, we can hope. Also, if ZH�KRSH�ZH�FDQ�¿JKW�IRU�RXU�hope and don’t take no for DQ�DQVZHU��<RX�QHHG�WR�¿JKW�for your life, and that I feel is important. You are indeed important.”

Baron grew up in Chile and is inspired by what is taking place in the country.

“I am very inspired by the movement, it has been a long time coming. There is a generation that is not directly affected by the op-pression, but is following the democratic oppression and they have a different way of thinking and they are demanding changes,” Baron said. “They are ready, they are ready for something else.”

Since being in Chile, Polizzi said that he has learned about many forms of protests, other than just

marching, occupation and rioting.Cacerolazos is a type of protest where participants

bang pots and pans out of their windows in order to call attention to an issue. It has become more common over the past couple months. Kiss-a-thons have taken place where people gather and kiss for to represent passion in the student movement. Marathons have continued to take place around the La Moneda, which is the Chilean equivalent of the White House, where students plan to run 1,800 miles is to symbolize the $1.8 billion they are demanding being invested in public education.

“It is really a learning experience and it is kind of like everything happens for a reason. I didn’t know too much about Chile and then coming here and have a totally life changing experience, eye-opening experi-ence...you are never going to learn this unless you are totally immersed,” Polizzi said.

“I have seen people getting beat by cops...all that

(Chileans) are doing I think that we can learn that there is something we can do to make our voice heard in California and that if we

don’t do anything then they will just keep raising tuition because they will think we

are okay with it

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CAUGHT IN CHAOS: STUDENT STUMBLES UPON CHILEAN PROTEST

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AN XPRESS GUIDE TO DINING IN THE CITY. COMPILED BY

A&E REPORTER KC CROWELL, WHO WENT TO SCHOOL

FOR BAKING AND PASTRY ARTS, AND HAS COOKED HER WAY THROUGH A NUMBER OF RESPECTED BAY AREA

RESTAURANTS.

SOMA EDITIONThe South of Market district,

otherwise known as SoMa, is a neighborhood of contrasts. It experienced a fair amount

of growth during the height of the tech boom and continues to attract a large number of startups and entrepreneurs.

Sprinkled between condos and nightclubs are some great eats - you just may have to look a

little harder to find them in this neighborhood.

SWEET TOOTH

PINKIE’S BAKERYHINT: Pinkies hasn’t been in

the neighborhood too long, but when you come bearing treats like bacon and cheddar brioche

and sea salt chocolate cake, you’re sure to be a hit. If the

ultra-sweet isn’t your taste they also have an array of delicious

breads.

1196 Folsom St.

CHEAP EATS

DELI BOARDHINT: This spot delivers some

killer sandwiches for $10 or less, and they aren’t your regular turkey and swiss cheese. The

menu changes daily but portions are always generous. Ingredients

include combinations of their signature spreads and sauces and

the best gourmet meats.

1058 Folsom St.

ROMANTIC

WILDCARD

RADIUSHINT: This restaurant boasts an upscale dining room as well as a cafe and takeout counter but

both are low-key and welcoming. The food is a combination of

classic French and American. Be sure to try the fried chicken.

1123 Folsom St.

CREPES A GO GOHINT: This truck was pumping

out crepes from its nook between buildings way before food trucks

became trendy. Mainly serving to the nightclub crowd, the truck opens at 6 p.m. and doesn’t stop

slinging the Nutella-covered creations until way after the bars

close.

350 11th St.

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Arts & Entertainment 2 BLOCKS OF ART-ART WALK

Friday, Oct. 144 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Sixth Street between Market

and Howard streets

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CLANS

Saturday, Oct. 153 p.m.

at Dolores Park

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HILL

Sunday, Oct. 1610 a.m. to 6 p.m. at

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SEEING PIXELS IN VIDEO games or in art seems to have become a thing of the past. Artists and designers are always doing what they can to create the clean-est lines and the most realistic video games.

However, the “Now in Pixel” art exhibit featured on campus is throwing attendees back to a time when pixels were the newest technology. From a totem poll that looks like it was made from an old-school video game to grainy photographs and pixel paintings, nine artists are taking viewers back in time.

The exhibit, which started Oct. 6 and runs through Friday in the Martin :RQJ�*DOOHU\�RQ�WKH�VHFRQG�À�RRU�RI�WKH�Creative Arts building, features art in a variety of forms. The gallery highlights the work of two photographers, as well as the work of several painters and artists who work with digital media. Although the artists have united in the creation

of pixel art, the inspiration for the art is extremely different.

“It’s something everyone can relate to in a sense,” said Nicole Wolfram, an art history major and curator of the event. “It brings people back to their childhood.”

Micaela Rodriguez, a 21-year-old art education graduate student, faced a lot of challenges with her art piece, a painting RI�WKH�KXPDQ�¿�JXUH�LQ�SL[HOV��$OWKRXJK�LW�is a two-dimensional piece, she was able to give the picture movement by scatter-LQJ�WKH�SL[HOV�DQG�WKH�¿�JXUH�DFURVV�WKH�canvas.

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Donald Hanson, 21, a visual commu-nication major, said he doesn’t quite know what he is getting into when he starts a project.

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Hanson describes his art as sym-metrical and often he uses several mirror images. He was approached by Wolfram

to participate in the show and also create the show’s logo.

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“I wanted to place people in familiar places,” said Nunez about the photos he took. “It’s interesting because photogra-phy already has pixels incorporated.”

Wolfram was inspired to curate the event by the people in her life.

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The next show in the gallery will be a Dia De Los Muertos exhibit starting Oct. 24, which is now calling for artistic submissions.

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BRINGING VISITORS BACK TO THE SUPER MARIO BROS.

DAYS

What happens when the magic from the forest of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is mixed with the shyness and the charm of the 1950s? Well, other than a very eloquent malted shake order, the two create the innovative SF State theatrical FUHDWLRQ�³:DOOÀ�RZHU�´

³:DOOÀ�RZHU´�LV�D�GHYLVHG�WKHDWUL�cal piece led by guest artist, director and adjunct professor Mark Jackson. Devised work, Jackson said, refers to the process in which no script is provided, but designers, actors and the director collaboratively cre-ate an outline, choreography and lyrics for the entire piece by just doing it.

Nicole Mischke, a junior and dance major, said she loved being able to work with others in order to make something beautiful.

“It’s a really cool experience with everyone working together and creating something,” Mischke said. “My favorite part is working with all these people be-cause I’ve never made friends like this and everyone is so talented.”

Gabby Battista, a junior and theater major who has been involved in several SF State theatrical productions, said the pro-cess was far different because everyone played an intricate role.

“It feels good to give my ideas and have them be used because it gets me really geared up to give them,” Battista said. “Sometimes I feel I put too many ideas or I’m a loud mouth, and LW¶V�GH¿�QLWHO\�D�VWUXJJOH�WR�NQRZ�ZKHQ�WR�SXW�LGHDV�RXW�WKHUH�RU�be patient, but you have to give and take with both.”

Mark Jackson said that, while the piece itself is beautiful and unique, there’s nothing like the process and what it offers to all involved - crew, actors and audience alike.

“Actors have to think like playwrights, designers like actors, and hang egos at the door,” Jackson said. “The differences be-tween them make it so touching when they come together and create something.”

Set in the theme of the American 1950s, but in a place outside of time, Jackson said that the characters exist not in a setting but rather in a feeling and a magical place that allows them to be. Jackson said the title ³:DOOÀ�RZHU´�UHIHUV�WR�D�ELJ�WKHPH�RI�WKH�show: the ability to express openness and break down walls.

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THROWBACK

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Oct. 7 SF State at Cal State East Bay 0-1

Oct. 7 SF State vs. Humboldt State 3-0

Oct. 7 SF State at Cal State East Bay 1-0

Oct. 9 SF State at Cal Poly Pomona 1-2

Oct. 7 SF State Invi-tational 1st of 16 (68 points)

Oct. 7 SF State Invita-tional 4th of 13 (99 points)

Oct. 9 SF State vs. Sonoma State 0-3

Oct. 9 SF State at Cal Poly Pomona 2-3

SCORES FROM THE LAST WEEK OF GATOR SPORTS

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With her 8th double-double game Friday night, featuring 42 assists and 15 digs, volleyball player Iris Tolenada jumped to the lead in the California Collegiate Athletic Association individual assist category. Tolenada had been third in the standings despite having the most assists overall. She now leads the CCAA with a 10.75 average per set and is the Xpress Player of the Week.3+272�%<�7</(5�'(1,6721�

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VOLLEYBALLSF State vs. UC San Diego at 7 p.m. ( San Francisco,

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SATURDAY, OCT. 15

VOLLEYBALLSF State vs. Cal State San

Bernardino at 7 p.m. (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Invitational (Sunnyvale, Calif.)

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Stanislaus at 11:30 a.m. (San Francisco, Calif.)

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TENNIS ON A TIME CRUNCH

AFTER A HARD WEEK of classes there may be nothing more enjoyable than blowing off some steam with friends.

One group, tennis team Ca-sual Sets, serves up laughs and exercise with the University’s intramural tennis league once a week.

“We don’t judge each other, you know, we laugh it off,” said team cap-tain Sara Suter.

Suter created the team with a group of friends, fellow sophomores Devon Brush, Angela Cooper-man, Shelby Watson and Gabe Price. The four of them wanted the camaraderie and work of a team, but not the time commit-ment for anything more than once or twice a week, usually on Thursdays at 5 p.m.

“I like it because I feel like this year is really stressful and we don’t get to see each other as much,” Brush said. “This kind of gives us a break from our homework and relieves stress.”

Despite last week’s wild weather the team showed up UHDG\�WR�SOD\��RQO\�WR�¿QG�WKH�other team forfeited due to ill-ness. Still, there were no long faces.

“You play for fun,” Suter said. “It’s a good workout. It’s pretty intense sometimes but (today) it’s just casual.”

:KLOH�6XWHU�ZDV�DEOH�WR�¿QG�IULHQGV�with whom she could form her own team, anyone can become a “Free Agent” DQG�¿QG�D�WHDP�WR�SOD\�ZLWK�WKURXJK�WKH�school’s Campus Recreation Department. ,QWHUHVWHG�SDUWLHV�FDQ�DOVR�¿QG�PRUH�LQIRU-mation at www.imleagues.com, and there’s a lot more than just tennis available. Sports

include basketball, indoor soccer, and even billiards.

“(Being on an intramural team) lets us come out here and have fun and play together,” Brush said.

It’s also an opportunity for groups to get creative, especially with the team name.

“There’s a lot of other team names that are funny,” Suter said. “We were going to do ‘Sets in the City’ but we chose (Casual Sets) because you know, innuendo, it’s funny. We’re college kids, we get it.”

While the other teams wear regular athletic gear, the Casual Sets crew plans to take the next step and make team shirts to

play in.Don’t let the tongue-

in-cheek names fool you, however. These players take the game seriously.

“A lot of people are very intense,” said Brush, who sprained her ankle in a recent game. “I wasn’t expecting it because it is intramural.”

Since the league is coed they needed at least one man on the team, so they asked Watson’s boyfriend.

“I’m not against it,” Price said, about being the lone man on the team. He likes to joke about the team name a lot, Watson said.

Almost everyone on the team had to purchase rackets so they could play, Suter said, although most had

played before.During matches they keep score on

their own and there’s no coach to correct their swings, but they’re clearly happy with the status quo.

“We’re not too serious, but it’s fun. It’s intramural; we’re not going to be that great - though we are pretty freaking awesome,” she said, drawing laughs from her team-mates.

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“We’re not too serious, but it’s fun. It’s

intramural; we’re not going to be

that great - though we are pretty

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The Golden Gate Bridge is con-

sidered by most to be San Fran-

cisco’s most beautiful landmark,

but the neighboring Bay Bridge

boasts the most attention with

more than 280,000 vehicles

traveling across the span every day.

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Bridge researchers began exploring how they

can make the bridge strong enough to with-

stand a large-scale earthquake.

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around the world has gone into making the Bay

Bridge the most advanced seismic structure in

the world,” Ney said.

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phase involves widening the incline section

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looking forward to the bridge closing down for

construction.

SF State nursing student Dolores Benitez

remembers feeling claustrophobic riding

BART for the few days when the bridge was

closed last year.

“I hated riding the BART,” said Benitez

who commutes from American Canyon. “But

I’m not going to pay for the over-priced ferry

or travel out of my way and take the Golden

Gate Bridge.”

Funding for the new $6 billion span comes

primarily from toll proceeds. Last year the Bay

Area Toll Authority changed the toll cost on

most bridges from $4 to $5, while also charg-

ing the usually free-to-cross car poolers $2.50.

Joseph Manansala has been carpooling to

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side-by-side open skyway showcasing the San

Francisco skyline. The Golden State Warriors

basketball team are already using the image of

the new span as part of their uniform.

“The Bay Bridge is going to be something

more than an A to Z bridge,” Ney said. “All the

time and effort put into the design of the bridge

will make it one of the most unique and iconic

bridges in the world.”

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NEW AND IMPROVED BAY BRIDGE SLATED TO OPEN BY 2013

ing to jump over another hurdle.

“I can’t feel sad and I can’t be hurt when

I still have my life to live. I have to live it

to it’s fullest,” Manalang said. “It’s what

Michelle would have wanted.”

Now an avid marathon runner, Manalang

uses the loss of not only Michelle, but also

his father, to inspire him. Last December he

VHW�RXW�D�JRDO�WR�UXQ����PDUDWKRQV�LQ�D�\HDU�in honor of his dad who passed away from

cancer. Only four marathons away from ac-

complishing his goal, he is dedicating the last

few runs to the memory of Le.

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Manalang’s older sister Cathy Manalang

said he turned his life around when their dad

passed away. She said she admires how her

brother handled the pressure of becoming the

man of the house at a young age.

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Manalang said. “Once he sets his mind on a

certain goal he becomes so focused and dedi-

FDWHG�WR�¿QLVKLQJ��,W�EHFRPHV�KDUG�WR�PDWFK�his work ethic.”

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struggle for him to keep up with his six class-

es, he tallies it up as just another obstacle in

his lifelong marathon. In his seventh year in

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Manalang said. “As the end gets closer I feel

I have to push harder.”

Manalang’s fraternity brother and friend

Chris Tran knows all too well the struggles

Manalang had to face, but proudly explained

that Manalang never quit.

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said whenever he

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moment he

shared with his

dad before he

passed away.

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private time his

dad squeezed his

hand with what

little strength

he had left and

made him make

him a promise

“to look after our

ladies,” meaning

his mom, older

sister and niece.

“That’s when I knew I had to grow up,”

Manalang said. “I needed to get my life

together to do good for my family and for

myself, but in the end I just hope I made my

dad proud.”

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The debate around the legalization of marijuana is always a fun one to watch, espe-cially for those who enjoy catching argumen-tative fallacies.

There is a special kind of hyperbole swung around by both sides.

According to those who are against any form of legalization, their opponents are just a bunch of stoned hippies. According to every-one for legalization, their opponents are just a bunch of squares who probably took “Reefer Madness” a bit too seriously.

The problem is that both sides miss some really crucial middle ground, middle ground that didn’t go away when this state legalized marijuana for medical purposes. This was a debate that received a good chunk of attention last year with the proposal and subsequent defeat of Proposition 19. And during that debate, both sides still managed to miss that middle ground.

But the middle ground most likely to be accessible to both sides doesn’t lie in legaliza-tion. It lies in decriminalization. This distinc-tion makes all the difference.

When something goes from being illegal to legal, it is legitimized. It is also taxed, regu-lated, administrated and generally run through the ringer of bureaucracy.

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largely decriminalized, and it works. Decrimi-nalization doesn’t mean trying to legislate marijuana, just putting the enforcement of marijuana-related crimes on a much lower priority.

<HV��\RX�VWLOO�PLJKW�IDFH�D�VPDOO�¿�QH�IRU�possessing an ounce or less of marijuana. That is much better than Oklahoma, where according to The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws a measure was just signed into law that makes the minimum penalty for cultivation two years in jail. The maximum is life. Ouch.

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Strike justified; pay faculty more

The California Faculty Association decided last Wednesday to move IRUZDUG�ZLWK�SODQV�WR�VWULNH��$�¿�QDO�GHFLVLRQ�ZLOO�EH�JLYHQ�ODWHU�WKLV�month.

We support the association’s position.The CFA, which consists of 24,000 faculty members, wanted pay in-

creases in the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years, but Chancellor Charles B. Reed said they wouldn’t receive a raise due to budget cuts. This year Reed cited the $650 million cut as the reason for delayed pay increases.

But in the last 13 years faculty members have only received a 27 percent increase in wages, while CSU executives raked in the money with a 71 percent raise in the same amount of time.

So that explains where the money is going.We want more money to go to the men and women who teach us. We

support the professors, lecturers, counselors, librarians and coaches who FRQWLQXH�WR�VKRZ�XS�IRU�XV�GHVSLWH�WKH�IDFW�WKDW�WKH\�JHW�SDLG�VLJQL¿�FDQWO\�less than they deserve.

Let’s trim some of the fat off Chancellor Reed’s $412,500 salary and give it to the faculty. Or what about his provided housing? Maybe we can sell the house and cut the faculty a check.

There are other options.Let’s not forget about San Diego State President Elliot Hirshman. His

$400,000 salary, which is $100,000 more than his predecessor, was ap-proved in the same meeting students were asked to pay 22 percent more tuition this year. He probably won’t starve on $300,000 a year.

The average salary for a faculty member for an academic year in fall 2010 was $78,916 - less than a quarter of what the chancellor makes.

At the same time, faculty is being asked to live off less while work-ing more, with longer hours and more classes to teach, in order to cover for colleagues lost during budget cuts. Nine percent of CSU employees have been laid off since 2008.

Enough is enough.They have to make a move now or they may never see their raise,

with another $100 million cut looming.CSU administration needs to wise up and put the money where it mat-

ters most.Give the faculty the compensation that has been a long time coming.

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