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Men’s Soccer closes Spring season against Bakersfield
Mexican League All-Stars. See story on Page 8.
Glee airs season finale on June 8. See story on Page 3.
Vol. 35, No. 23
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Free 4 All brought rock bands to the Brighthouse
Networks Amphitheater. See story on Page 3.
May 26, 2010
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Gender
Matters
By Alex Mitts
Staff Writer
[email protected]
On May 21, 2010, California
State University, Bakersfield’s
Women and Gender Studies
(WGS) Dept. and The
Women’s Network presented
students with the second annual
“Gender
Matters”
Symposium.
While it may be easy to
accuse the presenters of using a
ten-cent-word where a fivecent-word would have sufficed, symposium is an appropriate title for this even.
According
to
Webster’s
Dictionary, a symposium is, “A
social gathering at which there
is free interchange of ideas.”
The line between the words
“sex” and “gender” have been
redrawn throughout time.
Today, “sex” is the biological
component of what makes
humans men or women.
“Gender” describes whether or
not these individuals possess
feminine or masculine characteristics.
This particular symposium
deals with gender rights as a
whole, but particularly stresses
the issue amongst the student
body and faculty.
This event is not a group of
experts in a particular field
preaching ideas within his particular field of expertise that
he/she feels students ought to
know. The symposium allows
students who identify with the
related topic to express themselves to students who want to
learn more about their ideas or
feel they share a similar connection.
Johnny Davies, a presenter at
the symposium as well as a
[See GENDER, Page 5]
Lauren Ogle/The Runner
‘Greek Week’ brought fun activities to campus such as Tug-o-war and Human Sundae.
Let the games begin
By Zaina Madain
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Last week, CSUB had it’s annual
Greek Week, held by all of the campus’ Greek organizations.
Greek Week consisted of a variety
of friendly, competitive activities,
and free food for all.
The week started off with house
buildings. Every organization had to
build a house on campus that matches their superhero theme.
CSUB had Powder Puff Girls, Super
Mario Brothers, Transformers,
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy,
Batman, X-Men, Sailor Moon and
Superman all running around its
campus trying to win the week-long
competition, and trying to entertain
their fellow non-Greek peers at the
same time.
At the end of Greek Week, the
results of first place, second place,
and third place winners are revealed.
For each activity, such as Tug-OWar, an activity where Kappa Sigma
is undefeated, balloon toss, and the
popular talent show, each group gets
awarded points by their performance.
There are four judges that are randomly selected to distribute these
points. All the organizations were
blind in points this year, meaning,
[See GREEK, Page 5]
Final ‘Jazz Coffeehouse’ ASI hosts
Spring
Fling
By Ian Nemeschy
Assistant Editor
[email protected]
While there was no coffee served at
California State University Bakersfield’s
Jazz Coffee House, last Saturday, there was
plenty of hot steaming jazz to compensate,
and a foot-tapping good time was had by all
in attendance in the music building studio.
The CSUB Music Department has been
conducting the event for over 30 years,
according to music professor and director
of the event Dr. Jim Scully.
The event is held three times throughout
the year, one time for each quarter, excluding summer.
Four ensembles performed throughout the
two hour and forty five minute event. They
performed “some standards made famous
Herbst on upright bass, Devery Sturges
and Todd Holliday on electric guitar and
Brian Long on drums. The group performed “Francing” by Pat Metheaney,
who Sturges called “god.”
The piece featured a blusie guitar
melody, which was echoed by Scully on
piano. Sturges’ guitar fingering was complex.
The music rocked, but at times the
acoustics of the small music studio
seemed wrong for such loud music.
Before the next set began, Scully said of
Ian Nemeschy/The Runner this school year, “We had a few incoming
freshman who really can play they were
Devery Sturges plays the guitar.
able to do some fun stuff from week one
by jazz greats,” said Scully, as well as some
in September.”
original compositions.
The set included Scully on electric bass,
The evening began with a five piece
Merritt Holloway on piano, Amin Kargaran
ensemble, with Scully on piano, Whitney
[See JAZZ, Page 3]
CSUB holds auction to help save sports
By Olivia Duncan
Entertainment Editor
[email protected]
California State University, Bakersfield
held an event at the Jam Event Center on
Saturday, May 15, in an effort to raise
enough money to save four sports teams.
This event included a buffet dinner for
all in attendance and a silent and live auction.
Men’s wrestling, woman’s tennis and
men and women’s golf are the four sports
facing cuts due to budget issues. Their
goal is to raise $1.4 million, which will be
enough to save the programs for the next
two seasons.
“I was pretty upset that my program got
cut, then we found out the problems and
started being proactive about it,” said
Mitchell Monterio, member of the men’s
wrestling team.
Runner file photo Before Saturday’s event the programs
Mitch Monteiro is one of the wrestlers that attended the auction.
[See AUCTION, Page 5]
By Ashton Summers
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Lights will be flashing, subs will be thumping as
the night burns this Friday.
Get ready to “Get jiggy with it” because you are
invited to ASI’s first Spring Fling Dance to be
held on May 28 at Runner Park.
The quiet grass area outside the Student Union
will be transformed into an outdoor nightclub and
do not expect just a lowly tent.
Instead expect a large structure surrounded by
white walls will rise over the club furniture, cocktail tables and dance floor below.
ASI is working with Freestyle Entertainment to
set off the venue, including the fancy lights.
While ASI is going beyond CSUB to hold the
event, our own DJ Rick will be providing the
tunes.
“We wanted to end the year with a big event,”
said VP of Programming and Publicity Nancy
Solis.
Spring Fling is a response to the administration’s
cancellation of the big concert that was originally
scheduled for the Spring Quarter.
Big dances are no stranger to CSUB, but in the
past many of the events have been held off campus such as the Fall Luau, which was held at
Replay.
“Dances here are sometimes successful and
sometimes not, because you can’t have alcohol
and it is an on-campus dance which doesn’t sound
as fun as going to a club,” said Solis.
This is why Solis and ASI have gone to great
lengths to bring the “club feel” here.
She reminisces that the campus dances of old
[See FLING, Page 5]
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Opinions
May 26, 2010
R U N N E R O N T HE S T R E E T
By Manny Beltran, Sports Editor; Zaina Madain, Staff Wrier
This week, The Runner asked, “Do you think upcoming events on campus are properly advertised?”
Ryane Petersen
Junior,
PEAK
Maritz Rumbo
Sophomore,
Business
Management
“They could be
advertised better.”
“No, the athletes
don’t know enough
about other events
such as Greek
Week.”
THE RUNNER
Volume XXXV, Issue 23
The Runner
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PHOTO EDITOR
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Porshay Spencer, Ashton
Summers, Scott Roberts, Juan
Torres, Eloy Vieyra
ABOUT
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Communications at California
State University, Bakersfield.
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guarantee its accuracy or be
responsible for its outcome.
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Jose Alvarez
Freshman,
Chemistry
“No, it’s always a
surprise to me.”
Maghann Tolbert
Junior,
Sociology/Art
“No, makes you think
what ASi is doing.”
Grow farms: Marijuana Mania
By Geoffrey Taylor
Assistant Copy Editor
[email protected]
In 1996, the voters of California
approved a groundbreaking
proposition allowing for the
medicinal use of marijuana, or
cannabis, with the recommendation of a physician. Over time,
California became the new
mecca for marijuana. With a
proposition to legalize cannabis
in California on the ballot in
November, tensions are running
high within the medical cannabis
community.
“What we do is grow medicine
for critically ill patients,” said
Mike C., a Bakersfield medical
cannabis cultivator.
“We’re doing this to show compassion for the sick patients in our community.”
Walking through the indiscrete
entrance of a warehouse in central
Bakersfield, the sudden smell of
growing ganja hits my nose like a
quick right hook. The grower leads
me into the flowering room, the
place where his medical cannabis
crop is in its vegetative state.
“This is the new gold rush,” said
Jay J., a local medical cannabis
farmer and California State
garage can become a $30,000 a
month farm and an average backyard
can produce more than $200,000 in
one season.
For example, over 4.4 million marijuana plants were seized in
California last year by the Campaign
Against Marijuana Production alone.
Though some of the grows that were
seized may have been medical
grows, many were illicit and illegal,
both by state and federal law.
With the influx of Mexican and
Cambodian drug cartels trashing
public lands by growing millions of
plants irresponsibly, marijuana cultivation is becoming a nuisance to
Geoffrey Taylor/The Runner rural residents and these legal farms
and farmers are getting a terrible repYoung plants in a legal “grow farm” somewhere here in Bakersfield.
utation in the public eye.
“We’re responsible, we produce all
University, Bakersfield criminal jus- quality medical cannabis possible
tice major,
within minutes of the Bakersfield natural products. We care for our
“Everyone and his brother is rush- Police Department headquarters. It plants,” said Mike C.,
“Me and my partner can hardly
ing to set up their medical marijuana takes a true green thumb to grow
manage a warehouse, how could two
grow and cash in on this. It’s like quality medicine legally.
1849 in 2010.”
“This farm has been inspected by of us manage 20,000 illicit plants up
This is no normal farm. There’s still BPD,” said Jay J., “They saw that it in the Sierras? It’s impossible and
dirt, fertilizer and farming supplies was running in compliance with the irresponsible.”
Criminals will always exist no matscattered around the warehouse, but laws, so they left well enough alone.
this is a different kind of farm. It’s a They have bigger issues than busting ter the circumstance but medical
cannabis growers are setting the bar
sophisticated and intricate balance of a grower’s co-op.”
managing high heat from indoor
This is becoming the norm in every by providing high-quality alternative
grow lights, keeping optimal temper- region of California. As the economy medicines to those who choose a difature for proper plant growth and continues to tank and people are left ferent path in their pursuit of health
honing in on growing the highest without a steady income, a two car and well-being.
Letters to the Editor
Legal online suicide assistance
By David Nunlist
CSUB Student
There have been several
national news stories over
the past several months that
dealt with Internet bullying
and its devastating effects on
families.
Unfortunately,
another wide scale problem
currently exists on the internet that has received little to
no coverage in the media.
There are several web sites
that are specifically created
to assist those who want to
commit suicide. The majority of the individuals who
access these types of web
sites are not those who are
suffering from a life threatening illnesses, they are people, particularly younger
individuals,
who
have
become depressed. Instead
of turning to professionals,
or family members, they
have turned to complete
strangers who don’t care or
even know them. The sad
thing about this is that it is
totally and completely legal
to not only encourage someone to commit suicide but
also to give explicit directions on how to go through
with the act. There are even
some individuals out there
who will assist you in writing a goodbye letter to your
family.
Currently there are no laws
Campus event previews
By Adele Davis
CSUB Student
I continue to wonder about the purpose of
the Runner. In the last edition, articles were
written about events that were over but
would possibly have been of great interest
for CSUB students to attend. The Relay for
Life was a huge event, the biggest in the
USA, I am told, and it was on the CSUB
campus. To preview it would have given a
“heads-up” for students to have their own
teams, if they had wished.
Another event was the Bakersfield Jazz
Festival which raises money for CSUB
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS. This year,
because of the ASI sponsorship, EVERY
CSUB STUDENT was FREE each day, by
showing their student ID card. There was
great food, great weather, world class musicians, and fireworks. When did the Runner
have an article? ONE WEEK AFTER IT
WAS OVER and some information was
incorrect. The article said that it was May
8 and 9. It was, in fact, May 7 and 8. The
pictures were great and I give credit to the
photographer for capturing the spirit of the
event, but, for the life of me, I cannot
understand why you chose not to advertise
an event that was to benefit the students
and, this year, was for the students.
Somehow, the importance of events on
campus seem to be missed by those in
charge of informing your public, CSUB
students.
Editor’s Response:
See the Relay for Life preview in our April
14, 2010 Edition of the Runner and the Jazz
Festival preview in the April 21, 2010
Edition. Continue to read The Runner every
week for previews and reviews on the various events on campus we have the
resources to cover.
All our past issues from this quarter can be
found on our Web site under “Back Issues”
at: www.csub.edu/runner.
that make this type of activity illegal; it’s proponents
claim it is covered by the
freedom of speech. Were it
done in person it would be
illegal; however, it is perfectly legal to do it on the
Internet. On February 4,
2009, Congressman Wally
Herger of California’s 2nd
District introduced a bill to
the United States House of
Representatives that would
make it a crime to use the
Internet to promote or
encourage suicide. This bill,
H.R. 853, is the Suzanne
Gonzales Suicide Prevention
Act of 2009. This law is
named after a young
California woman named
Suzanne Gonzalez; Suzy was
a national Hispanic scholar
finalist and earned a fouryear, full-ride scholarship to
Florida State University. She
easily made friends wherever
she went and always applied
herself fully to whatever she
was doing. While away at
college
Suzy
became
depressed. Instead of turning
to family or professionals for
help, she turned to online
suicide groups which helped
her end her life. The group
even assisted her in setting
up a time-delayed email that
went to her parents, best
friend and the police
announcing that she had
taken her own life.
You can help make this bill
become law by writing or
calling your local congressman and asking them to
express their support for H.R
853. For more information
please
visit
www.suzyslaw.com.
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Entertainment
May 26, 2010
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Free 4 All brought various rock bands
By Miguel A. Ceja
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Saturday’s Free 4 All free concert presented
by Monster Energy Drink and KRAB radio
was definitely “a day to remember.”
The show was set to start at 5 p.m. but the
venue allowed for fans to listen in and watch
during sound check and mingle around hours
before the first band hit the stage.
The Park at Riverwalk’s Brighthouse
Networks Amphitheater hosted dozens of
booths, bounce houses and even a rock
climbing wall and hours before the concert
was set to begin people of every age, scene,
and color mingled throughout the park catching some sun and striking up conversations.
By 4 hundreds of fans began to flock into
the seating area and dozens of others decided
to lay-out in the grassy hillside behind as
Carney began their sound check.
Ryan Cummins and Mariah Tatem, sophomore students at Frontier High School, were
there “for the music and for A Day to
Remember.”
Daniel Contreras, a freshman at Fresno
State University, had a similar statement.
“I came to see to see A Day to Remember. I
like their music and its
By the time they played their single, “Animal” the crowd seemed
hardcore-pop-punkcertainly excited.
like style” Contreras
Lead vocalist, Tyler Glenn, gave
said, “Plus, it’s free. It
can get pretty expenprops to the city of Bakersfield for
sive to keep going to
hosting Free 4 All. After asking the
crowd, “Do you like growing up
shows and it’s cool to
here kids?” and a “No!” from the
see all these bands and
crowd, the Temecula, Calif., native
not have to pay anything out of my pocket.
responded, “You should be grateI don’t even listen to
ful.” Because his hometown never
did anything like that.
Hawthorne Heights as
Carney followed Neon Trees, and
much and I’m still
then NeedToBreathe took the stage
excited to see them
too.”
followed by Hawthorne Heights. All
the bands certainly commanded the
“I’m excited to see
crowd and put on a great show. A
Carney” said CSUB
Day to Remember closed the night
junior Eliana Leyva,
and mosh pits took to the water as
responding “I love it.”
Miguel Ceja/The Runner
when asked what she
fans dodged security and hopped the
Free 4 All was hosted by Monster Energy Drink, KRAB radio and the
fence surrounding the moat which
thought about the conUnited States Army.
separated the seating area and the
cert being free.
The same feelings were shared by her up the show by 5:20 p.m. with their song stage.
friends, Bakersfield College students Daisy “Love and Affection.”
“Bakersfield set it off. The stage was surEarlier on Saturday the band had taken to rounded by a moat and people jumped in it,”
Tamayo and Berenice Morfin.
The two rushed behind Leyva to find seats Twitter stating, “Bakersfield even though tweeted ADTR’s vocalist Jeremy Mckinnon,
as close as possible, anxious to see their Tyler is a little sick we are here to play for “Thank for hanging out with us tonight
favorite group of the night, Neon Trees, and you, so get excited. We want to do our best guys!”
their wait didn’t last long as the band opened for you!”
All good shows must come to an end
By Scott Roberts
Staff Writer
[email protected]
With summer approaching, one usually
assumes that any hopes of watching new
episodes of their favorite shows is coming to an end. The season of hot weather, swimming pools, cookouts and television re-runs is almost upon us. Here is a
look at the 2009-2010 season of television.
Ranked by number of viewers,
“American Idol” topped the charts in the
Nielson Ratings with 48,873,000 viewers
for the Tuesday and Wednesday night
broadcasts combined.
Coming in second was “Dancing With
Above: Photo courtesy of independent.co.uk
The Stars” with 19,743,000 viewers, folTop Right: Photo courtesy of wordpress.com
lowed by “Sunday Night Football,”
Bottom Right: Photo courtesy of mlive.com
“NCIS,” “Undercover Boss,” “The Both Lost (Above) and 24 (Top Right) ended its series this week.
Mentalist,” “CSI,” “NCIS: Los
Dancing With the Stars just had it season finale.
Angeles,” “Two And A Half Men” and
“The Big Bang Theory” coming in 10th.
Some very popular and long-running
episode leaves you waiting for the next one,” said
shows will see their last episode air this week.
Walkup.
In its sixth and final season, the season finale for the
Fans of the show may not think that it ending is a
extremely popular “Lost” aired Sunday, May 23.
bad thing.
“It’s kind of sad that it’s ending, I would always anticipate
“I think it’s good that it’s ending now before it goes
the next episode the entire week, and now all I’ll have are downhill,” he said.
the DVDs,” said Josephine Sanders, 19.
Also on Monday, “Law and Order” aired its last
“For the past two seasons, all of my friends and I would get episode. The episode featured gold medalist
together and have a “Lost” party when it was on. It is a good Lindsay Vonn. The show’s prolific stay on televishow with great acting and good story lines,” said Sanders. sion lasted 20 seasons.
The action drama “24” also aired its last episode on
“Law and Order” fans need not be too disappointMonday. The series ran for eight seasons and starred Kiefer ed though, as NBC announced the new show “Law
Sutherland as special agent Jack Baur. The show’s unique- and Order: Los Angeles,” as well as voiced their
ness was in its use of real time – each episode lasting an hour plans to renew “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.”
and each season containing 24 episodes. The date of the last
Other noteworthy shows that recently aired their season
show was fittingly May 24.
finale, but will be back again next season, was “Gossip Girl”
Dustin Walkup, 22, is a current student at California State on May, 17, “Modern Family” on May, 19, and “30 Rock”
University, Bakersfield and has been a fan of the show since on May, 20.
its first season.
Wednesday, May 26, is a good television night for season
“I thought it was a really creative concept and every finales that you can still catch.
“American Idol” airs on FOX at 8 p.m., “Criminal Minds
“on CBS at 9 p.m. and “CSI: New York” at 10 p.m., also on
CBS.
After a four-month hiatus, the hit show “Glee” returned in
April to finish out the remaining nine episodes of the show’s
first season. The season finale of “Glee” will air on
Tuesday, June 8.
Editors' favorite Saturday Night Live skit
Ashley Sizemore,
Editor-in-Chief
Mark Nessia,
Managing Editor
Racella De Guia,
News
The Hyper Hypo
with Mike Myers
and Nicole
Kidman.
“Old....but classic”
Matt Foley –
Motivational
Speaker
“I am 35 years
old, I am divorced
and I live in a van
down by the river.”
Omletteville by
Justin
Timberlake
“It’s so funny.”
Melissa
Villagomez,
Features
Dick in a Box
“It’s the perfect
gift any girl
would be happy
to receive!”
Lauren Ogle,
Photos
Manny Beltran,
Sports
Olivia Duncan,
Entertainment
Derek Bato,
Web and Opinions
Dissin’ Your Dog
“All puppies
should be
trained with
mockery and
verval humiliation.”
Cowbell
“Cause you get the
essentials: Will
Ferrell comedy,
Jimmy Fallon breaking character, and of
course Christopher
Walken”
“I don’t have a
favorite
because I don’t
like the show”
Celebrity Jeopardy
“I have a question
about the ‘Penis
Mightier.’”
“Mr. Connery,
that’s ‘The Pen Is
Mightier.’”
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News
May 26, 2010
Porshay Spencer/The Runner
Cornucopia opened May 6 and is at the Todd Madigan Gallery.
A ‘Cornucopia’ of art
By Porshay Spencer
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Cornucopia is a horn of plenty, it
is also a symbol of a horn-shaped
wicker basket filled with various
kinds of fruits and vegetables and
the title of the newest show at
California
State
University
Bakersfield’s, Todd Madigan
Gallery.
The title Cornucopia was chosen
by Director/Curator Joey Kötting to
represent the abundance and diversity of graduating seniors’ work
currently on display at the gallery.
Admission to the show is free to
everyone. It opened May 6 and will
continue until June 12. Operating
hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and
Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 5.p.m.
The show displays art forms of
various mediums, from paintings to
3D sculptures, abstract to formal
and pigs to predators. The diversity
of the artworks challenged curator
Kötting to try to create a sense of
unity. He said, “I try to create
themes amongst everything—a dialogue.”
Showcasing work in this show is
not only a privilege but an
announcement of commencement,
since this is a graduating requirement for students enrolled in Art
491 Senior Art Project. Students
must address and explain their
work in an artist statement to prove
that they have made the grade by
not only being a well rounded artist
but an eloquent communicator of
their work’s directions and meaning. Kötting explains that the student has to be able to demonstrate a
clear understanding of his or her
work.
Among the students who met
those requirements was Steven
Martinez, who deals with different
mediums and enjoys pieces that
challenge him to new heights.
Martinez designed and accurately
created a replica of a Sci-Fi character. He said of the inspiration, “The
predator piece was really about
testing myself to see how far I
could take a concept to its ultimate
state. I also love art that is highly
conceptual, which is another reason
I felt that predator was a perfect test
for me to take on.”
Another one of his pieces was a 3D self-image as he faces the constraints of being an artist.
He said, “The breakthrough: This
piece was all about capturing the
moment that a breakthrough happens upon an artist going through a
creative block. I ended up sculpting
a caricature of myself in my own
room made out of plexi-glass.”
Also in the show is senior Alfredo
Delgado, who also faced a need for
Tour of California
pedaled out of town
By Eloy Vieyra
Staff Writer
[email protected]
On your marks, get set, go! And just like
that the 2010 Amgen Tour of California
was underway.
Founded in 2005 by Amgen, Breakaway
from Cancer is a national initiative to
increase awareness of the important
resources available to people affected by
cancer from prevention to survivorship.
The initiative supports the valuable support, education and advocacy resources
offered by Prevent Cancer Foundation,
Cancer Support Community, Patient
Advocate Foundation and National
Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Cyclists from all over the world rode
through Northern California and made
their way down to Southern California,
which consisted of eight stages and took
from May 16 through 23.
Each rider competed to win stages,
which passed through several cities
throughout California. After each stage,
the rider with the best time would be
awarded winner of the stage.
The overall times would then be added
up and the rider with the best time would
be the overall leader, which meant they
would have the privilege of wearing the
yellow jacket. It represented the leader of
the event and stood for cancer awareness.
Stages 1-4 of the tour began in Nevada
City and made its way down to San
Francisco and Santa Cruz and ending
Modesto.
The tour continued its way down
California. Stage 5 began in Visalia and
ended in Bakersfield.
The Bakersfield finish line was held on
Panorama Drive in the Bakersfield
[See TOUR, Page 7]
Upcoming composers concert
By Alyssa Fechner
Staff Writer
[email protected]
On Friday June 5 the CSUB concert band
will host a guest composers concert.
This show will feature the university’s concert band performing original pieces from
several composers, including Gregory
Yasinitsky and Shirley Mier.
Yasinitsky holds composition degrees from
Eastman School of Music and San Francisco
State University. He currently teaches at
Washington State University.
The CSUB concert band will perform
Yasinitsky’s “First Flight.”
Mier, a professor of music at Century
College in Minnesota, has been composing
and teaching music for over 20 years. Mier
has master’s and doctorate degrees in music
and composition from the University of
Minnesota.
The band will perform Mier’s “Theme and
Deviations for Band,” which was a winner of
the Robert Reynolds’s National Wind
Ensemble Competition.
Along with music from these composers,
the CSUB concert band will also perform
premieres of two pieces by CSUB students.
An original composition by Kevin Calvin
titled “Lost Lament” will be debuted at the
composers concert.
Also being debuted will be a Hoagy
Carmichael piece arranged by band member
Marc Oliver.
A special introductory commentary will
begin at 7 p.m., and the show will begin at
7:30 p.m. General admission is $10.
Students and seniors over the age of 60 are
$6 while children under 12 are admitted for
free.
a breakthrough
as
he
c o n fronts
society
views on
sexuality.
Delgado
says of his work, “Well my art has
to do with gender identity and
androgyny. My work deals with
some of the issues I dealt with
growing up gay. I was picked on in
high school and I bottled everything inside. People misperceive
gay men and women as either being
feminine or masculine. So, I want
to portray that in my paintings.”
His paintings and mixed medium
pieces require the viewer to bring
their own preconceived notions of
sexuality face to face with someone
who deals with the scrutiny of a
judgmental society.
Delgado uses himself in his art as
an advocate and reminder of the
beauty of accepting identity as
ambiguous. Delgado said, “I took
pictures of myself with lipstick and
I stepped out of my comfort zone.
Ultimately, I just wanted to express
how I felt those tough years in high
school and hiding who I was.’
All the students presenting in
Cornucopia have made the gallery
a very well prepared, fulfilling and
interesting shows.
Jazz Coffeehouse
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on various percussion
instruments, Chris Nguyen
on tenor saxophone and
Nathan Yeasley on drums.
Scully introduced Yeasley
as the Music Department’s
outstanding graduating student, due to his compositions and performances.
The first piece the group
performed was written by
Holloway.
He called it “A tune for
Amin,” because it was written
to
accommodate
Kargaran’s unique far eastern percussion talents.
Kargaran played on the
cajon, a wooden box he sat
on and tapped with his fingers and finger nails, creating a staccato march like
sound.
The ensemble also performed “India” by John
Coltrane.
According to Scully, the
piece was composed by
Coltrane in the latter years
of his life, when he was trying to write as much music
as possible, often throwing
out form and many other
conventions.
He said he “was hipped to
it along time ago by Kris
Tiner.”
The piece emphasized
Kargaran on daf, a Persian
style instrument, resembling
a large frame drum, similar
to a tambourine, with small
cymbals inside of it.
Kargaran beat and rocked it
until it appeared it would fly
out of his hands, but it never
did.
The group also performed
on the side stage at the
CSUB Jazz Festival, performing original compositions, according to Scully.
After an intermission,
Scully introduced the next
set, “CSUB Jazz Players,”
as a good cross section of
our program,” because
music students of various
years performed. He nicknamed the group as “two
thirds on Friday” because
the performers were rarely
able to meet at the same
time and place.
The set featured Holloway
on piano, Michael Dandy on
electric guitar, James Dandy
on electric bass, Mat Willis
on alto saxophone, Nguyen
on tenor saxophone, Daniel
Musquez on trumpet and
Yeasley on drums. They
performed
Holloway’s
“Bash, Bash.”
Next, Sylvia Alvarez took
the stage to play the euphonium in the piece “Love
Bird.”
The next piece was written
by the drummer, Yeasley,
and was titled “Deja Blue.”
It opened with a bass line
and featured both alto and
tenor saxophone, drums,
piano, electric bass and
Nguyen on congo drums.
Fredrick Chopin’s
“Nocturn in B Flat Minor”
was performed next, as
arranged by pianist Skylar
Johnson, who said “We like
to take ideas and make them
our own.” The piece opened
with Johnson’s classical
piano solo, with drummer
Cameron Poehner playing
cymbals, creating a wind
like sound.
The set finished with a
composition by guitarist
Michael Dandy called
“Starlight Zone,” inspired
by the Sonic the Hedge Hog
video game. Johnson played
the piano, Michael Dandy
played the electric guitar,
James Dandy played the
electric bass, Willis played
the alto saxophone and
Nguyen played the tenor
saxophone.
CSUB alumni David
Baron Stevens performed
next, with Daniel Musquez
on trumpet, Daniel Saldana
on electric guitar, Anthony
Bollanos on drums, and
Stevens on saxophone,
vocals and piano.
The ensemble played the
basa nova jazz standard
“Autumn Leaves” with
Stevens
singing
and
Musquez accompanying
him on trumpet. They next
performed a ballad written
by Michelle DeGrande,
from the movie “Summer of
‘42,” a ballad which Stevens
said “is not performed
enough.”
Stevens played the saxophone and invited Yeasley
to play the congo drums.
The evening concluded
with Stevens’ band performing a Latin jazz original
entitled “Evil Emu.”
Free sodas and bags of flavored popcorn were offered
throughout the evening, as
were compact discs of past
Jazz Coffeehouse recordings, with a suggested donation of between $2 and
$100, according to Scully.
Features
May 26, 2010
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‘Greek Week’ brought superheroes to campus
Above: Batman
and The
Incredibles
houses built
and displayed
for Greek
Week; Left:
Tug-of-war was
one of the
many games
played for
points by the
Greek organizations.
All photos by Lauren Ogle, Photo Editor
[email protected]
[GREEKS, from Page 1]
none of the groups knew how many points
they got until the very end of Greek Week.
The prizes awarded to the winning organizations are $250, $150, and $100. Individual
awards are also given out such as Greek God
or Goddess.
Saul Lewis, freshman whose major is undeclared, said the top winners also get “harmless” bragging rights.
The winners this year include: first place,
DZT; second place, Gamma Phi Beta; and
third place, Phi Sigma Sigma. Greek God
went to Ben Russell from Kappa Sigma and
Greek Goddess went to Linda Lara from Nu
Phi Chi.
Kappa Sigma brothers, Lewis and James
Wilson, said that they had a good number of
non-Greeks come out and see the different
attractions such as the houses and the talent
show.
The members of the Greek organizations
like it when their peers come out and become
more and more interested about joining after
seeing Greek Week.
Wilson said that joining one of these organizations is an easy and great way to make
friends, and it’s also good for networking.
Don’t let the rivalries among these organizations fool you.
Lewis, freshman, said “at the end of the day
we all realize that we’re all Greeks, and all
our chapters have amazing things to offer to
CSUB, and to the Bakersfield community.”
CSUB’s sororities and fraternities would
like to thank all their non-Greek peers for
their support.
Auction benefits
endangered athletics
[AUCTION, from Page 1]
had collected about $408,000.
At the auction alone it is estimated that the programs
raised $84,000 and this
amount does not include ticket sales or the silent auction.
Former CSUB 2-time
NCAA wrestling champion
and current New England
Patriots offensive lineman,
Stephen Neal, headlined this
event.
“What I learned from Cal
State is you don’t go into life
hoping for something, you go
expecting success. And that
hard work pays off,” said
Neal about how CSUB
helped him get to the place he
is in today.
The auction, which was
hosted by KBAK 29
Eyewitness News’s anchor,
Greg Kerr, had an array of
prizes to offer.
Some of the items included
two tickets to a New England
Patriots game with airfare and
hotel included, a Philip
Rivers signed San Diego
Chargers helmet, a box for a
Los Angeles Dodgers game
with parking included and a
donated guitar by Garth
Brooks with the winner getting it personalized.
“We have some great auction items. Stephen Neal and
other supporters have done a
great job getting some amazing things for the auction,”
said Mike Mendoza, CSUB
wrestling coach.
For some of the athletes
affected by the sports cuts,
saving these teams has a more
personal meaning that hits
close to home.
Riley Orozco, current CSUB
student and wrestler, said,
“Wrestling kept me stable in a
very dark time in my life
when I could have made bad
choices. Wrestling kept me
on the straight path. We will
come out of this stronger and
I believe we are going to be
back.”
Mendoza had also made
mention of the tremendous
support and outreach that the
community has given to the
school since the proposed
cuts were announced back on
Feb. 21.
“The feeling is that we can
do it and that this town can do
it. There is money in this
town for this and the people
here feel we can do it. We
have a good group of supporters. It takes a lot of people
out there who have to do a lot
of asking. This is a wrestling
town. There are a lot of connections with wrestling in this
community. It is exploding
right now. The university may
realize that bringing wrestling
back can bring fans to the university. It is a small campus
and city. The university
needs the community’s support here. We are looking
very good with our efforts,”
said Mendoza.
CSUB Wrestling has also set
up a Web site, www.savebakersfieldwrestling.com, and
there you can find a form to
print, fill out and send in your
contribution.
Spring dance free for
all students
[Fling, from Page 1]
were held in either the cafeteria or the multipurpose room and said that they just did
not have the big venue feel.
Water and soda will be provided free of
charge, and while alcohol will not be provided; Wahoo’s will be open till midnight.
Best of all by having a CSUB ID your
name is on the guest list. Yes the event is
free to all students, including one guest that
is 18 years or older.
“As far as music, we will have the regular
hip-hop, and we have also asked DJ Rick to
have some Latin music, because many of
our students are Hispanic,” said Solis.
About $8,500 has been spent on the event,
so ASI hopes that it will be popular with the
students.
The funding comes from the programming
budget and from a few of ASI’s line items.
Therefore the money is being reinvested
into the student body.
If the event is well received, then there are
possibilities that the Spring Fling would
become an annual event.
As far as turn out, Solis is hoping to see
about 300 guests all together.
The evening before the dance from 5 - 8
they will have another Open Mic at
Wahoo’s as event publicity.
ASI is making sure that people hear about
this event as they have been advertising it
with some very attractive looking posters,
Facebook, Myspace and of course their Web
page at www.csub.edu/asi.
Solis had just one thing to say to those
who plan to come.
“Come out dance and have fun.”
Alex Mitts/The Runner
Attendees listened to various topics regarding gender roles.
Symposium raises
gender issues
{[GENDER, from Page 1]
CSUB student, clarified:
“Just because one is a member of a marginalized group,
that does not make [them] an
enlightened or progressive
member of that group.”
The event featured many
project boards with information and opinions regarding
roles and issues regarding
gender in today’s society.
Other student contributions
included several constituents
of Freddy Delgado’s genderinspired artwork including a
photo-collage, a large canvas
painting, and subtle, phallic
sculpture.
Presenters spoke for
approximately three hours on
many different topics that
fall under the umbrella of
gender roles, including feminism, politics, the role of the
modern dad, gender & litera-
ture in film, and an excerpt
from Michael Pawlowski’s
short film titled “The LGBT
[Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender] Community at
CSUB.”
Also, the symposium provided a community resource
panel, which allowed members of the functioning community to participate by
sharing their ideas and experiences concerning gender
roles.
Some
resources
included Andy Morris from
the Bakersfield Police
Department. and Guadalupe
Perez from Kern County
Probation.
The
event
wrapped
up
with
writer/director
Michael
Mejia’s
one-act-play,
“Unwrapped.”
WGS Chair, Dr. Anne
Duran, publicly rewarded
this year’s presenters with
Barnes & Noble gift cards,
which she hopes will entice
even more students to step
forward and share their ideas
at next year’s symposium.
If interested, a student may
participate in next year’s
symposium as well as learn
more about women & gender
studies by contacting Dr.
Duran in the psychology
Department., by visiting
DDH D119, by calling 661654-2287 or by e-mailing her
at [email protected] for
more information.
This year’s event was held
in the Student Union
Multipurpose Room and was
catered
by
Togo’s
Sandwiches. The event was
funded
by
Associated
Students,
Inc.,
and
Instructionally
Related
Activities.
Check out our website, updated
weekly at:
www.csub.edu/runner
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Features
May 26, 2010
Romancing the ‘Merry Wives’
By Vincent Jose
Staff Writer
[email protected]
When one thinks of theater,
the first thought to come to
mind is Shakespeare.
Sure everyone knows of
Romeo and Juliet or has at
least seen an otherwise modern version of it (a la
DiCaprio), but very rarely is
it that a common undergrad
with scarce knowledge of
theatre and art will have any
recollection
of
Shakespeare’s more seldom
heard works such as “The
Merry Wives of Windsor.”
I am that common undergrad, so when I heard of our
very
own
Theatre
Department’s production of
the play, I was quite perplexed in the work of choice.
But since I, in very small
ways, helped build the set as
part of technical theatre lab, I
had a good reason to see the
show.
“The Merry Wives of
Windsor” is one of William
Shakespeare’s comedies that
tells an Elizabethan-era tale
of a fat knight by the name of
Sir John Falstaff, played by
Justin Thompson, and his
nizance, I had a good time
laughing at what I could
grasp. One example of
hilarity for any audience
had to have been the faux
sword duel between Sir
Hugh Evans, played by
Drew Hallum, and Dr.
Caius, played by Miguel
S. Torres. Though I
wouldn’t recommend this
performance to anyone
that needs 3D glasses to
sit down for two hours,
any fan of theatre and
written works of art would
find this production very
entertaining. What the
producers of this play will
do
with
a
Photo courtesy of Theater Department “Congratulations” from a
A painting of characters of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” by philistine such as myself I
Adolf Schrödter.
do not know, but I am glad
attempts in courtship with which is why we have the to leave a theater with a
two
wealthy,
married idiom “Break a leg.”
ripped ticket and a program.
women: the lovely Mistress
The cast of this quarter’s
The next show times for
Ford, played by Jessica Bole, production did not need any “The Merry Wives of
and Mistress Page, played by luck or fractured limbs for Windsor” at The Doré
Emily Candia. At the same this presentation as they have Theatre are Thursday, May
time, three different men achieved excellence. The 27 through Saturday, May 29
attempt to win Mistress Anne actors did not act but take on at 8 p.m. and a final showing
Page’s hand in marriage. the persona for this perform- on Sunday, May 30 at 2 p.m.
Maria-Tania Becerra is ance and the stage was mere- Tickets are $10 for general
director for this production.
ly a portal into Shakespeare’s admission, $8 for senior citiAnyone that’s seen “The world.
zens
and
CSUB
Producers” would know that
Despite my taste for low- Faculty/Staff and $5 for stuit’s bad luck to say “Good brow entertainment and dents with Runner ID.
luck” on opening night, occasional slipping of cog-
Big turnout for Stage 5 of
the Amgen Tour of California
[TOUR, from Page 4]
College parking lot. Riders raced
down Panorama, where spectators
rang cowbells and cheered them on.
Before the riders fought their way
to the finish, organizers of the tour
invited the city of Bakersfield to
join in the Bakersfield College
parking where vendors set up their
booths.
There was plenty of delicious
food, ranging from BBQ sandwiches and corndogs to refreshing
lemonade and snow cones.
“I was surprised to see how many
people came out to support. We
weren’t expecting this many people
to come out and see the finish in
Bakersfield. We are very pleased
with the turnout here today.” said
Linda Freeman, a volunteer at the
event.
Vendors also had cycling merchandise available for people want-
ing to purchase t-shirts in support of
cancer research.
The Tour of California represented
cancer awareness had a walk for
cancer survivors. They wore blue
shirts and their supporters who
wore white shirts. The survivors
and their supporters walked down
Panorama drive and spectators
cheered their victory over cancer.
“I’m so glad Bakersfield stepped
up and came out to support the tour
and also support cancer awareness.
My family is very grateful to see
people support and cheer the cancer
survivors.” said Mario Verdugo, a
supporter whose family was affected by cancer.
The day conclude when everyone
stopped shopping and eating so
they could fight their way to the
gates to see the finale.
Sagan Peter fought his way to the
front of the pack and crossed the
finish line as the winner of stage 5.
Stage 6 continued in Palmdale and
ended in Big Bear Lake. From there
riders went to Los Angeles to compete in a time trial. The final stage
of the tour was a circuit race in
Thousand Oaks.
In the end there was only one rider
who stood high on the winner’s
podium. Michael Rodgers was the
winner of the Tour of California.
Bakersfield hopes to host the event
next year and maybe host the event
for years to come. Organizers were
pleased with the turnout and said
they would discuss having the
event again in Bakersfield two
weeks after the tour was finished.
For more information about the
Tour of California, log onto
www.amgentourofcalifornia.com.
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Variety, prices
hurting CSUB
By Stephanie Chavez
Staff Writer
[email protected]
When it comes to food people take the subject very seriously.
California State University
Bakersfield is a small campus compared to other universities, so when it comes to
the variety of food choices
on campus, its students are at
the shorter end of the stick.
“I remember being surprised the first time I stepped
on campus with the lack of
food choices the university
had,” said freshman Alma
Gutierrez, “When I’d first
seen all the different food
places Fresno State had to
offer its students I figured
CSUB would be the same
way, but it’s not.”
CSUB is getting a little better when it comes to food
choices on campus.
As of fall 2009, the students
and staff were given all new
choices to choose from when
it came to lunch.
The latest addition to our
campus, Wahoo’s, located in
the Student Union, opened
its doors and gave the campus a healthy look to
Mexican food.
However, with the Pub, a
campus favorite being shut
down and Wahoo’s being
added in its place, students
are very unhappy with the
higher prices.
“I never eat at Wahoo’s
because it is way too expensive,”
said
freshman
Shannon Smith-Conrad, “I
went in Wahoo’s to buy an
ice-cream sandwich and they
wanted to charge me almost
$4. I was so mad because I
can get the same ice-cream
for $1 from the ice-cream
man.”
The university has made
many changes to its campus
restaurants. Togo’s, located
in Science III, is the only
restaurant located in that area
of campus. Togo’s gave the
business and math students a
chance to grab a quick bite to
eat instead of having to walk
further to the Runner Café.
“I love eating at Togo’s
because it’s delicious. I feel
good about my healthy
choice when I eat there,”
said senior Jannette Frausto.
However, some students
don’t feel the same about
Togo’s.
“I have no classes around
Science III so I never eat at
Togo’s,” said Smith-Conrad,
“It’s just too time consuming
for me to walk way over
there when I have the Café in
the middle of campus.”
“I feel that CSUB just needs
more variety on campus,”
said
freshman
Karla
Mancilla, “If I had to pick a
place to eat on campus I
would have to choose the
Café.”
With the remodel of the
Café also came new places to
eat. Student’s can find
Sbarro Pizza, Runner Grille
and Stir Crazy all in one
place. The new cozy chairs
and flat screen TVs make the
Café a popular choice
amongst CSUB students.
After a survey was taken, 50
students chose the Café as
the place they eat the most
due to the location, variety
and price.
Another survey was taken
however this time students
were asked if they could pick
one restaurant to add to campus and with no hesitation
Chipotle was the overall
choice amongst CSUB students.
However, when it comes to
prices, students feel CSUB is
way too expensive for the
food they offer.
“We are college students,
the university should understand that if they expect us to
pay all this money for classes they should at least lower
its prices on food,” said
Smith-Conrad.
“Wahoo’s is too expensive,
Togo’s is too expensive and
so is the Café,” said graduate
student Suzanne Mendoza.
It all comes down to if the
prices are too high; students
choose to leave campus for
lunch.
“I prefer to eat off campus
due to the prices CSUB has.
Why can’t they give us a $1
menu,” said Frausto.
CSUB has given its students new options to food the
past year, however now it’s
not just variety that students
are concerned with, the
prices have always been a
huge factor.
Internships help jumpstart careers
By Breanna Cooper
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Why is it important for students to
get involved in an internship before
completion of their graduation?
Many students feel like they may
not have time or they will be better
off getting experience after graduation so that they can focus, but at
CSUB there are opportunities for
students to intern at organizations
that provide salary or an internship
that can provide academic credit.
“I was so worried that it was going
to be hard to add a paper and weekly homework to my already heavy
load, but it was actually really fun,”
said Jodi Bowen, a senior and psychology major.
While interning, students must
submit information to a professor
within their major. The only information students need to include is
the tasks that are involved at their
internship.
Students choose how many hours
they would like to volunteer and
there are many organizations to
choose from through the Center for
Community Engagement and
Career Education office located
west of the Runner Cafe.
If a student wants to work 10
hours, they will receive five units
worth of credit and from there the
credits dwindle down to two units,
which is only two hours per week.
“Because they are academic
internships they have to be related
to the student’s major, students
can’t volunteer anywhere and get
credit for it,” said Melanie Butler, a
career counselor.
Before Tanya Boone began her
incredible career as a Psychology
professor and faculty coordinator
for the CECE at CSUB she interned
at the University of Washington in
Seattle, her psychology degree program required her to be involved in
an intern.
The non-profit organization at
which she interned offered classes
for “at-risk youth and their families,” said Boone.
“One of my first projects was to
facilitate an anger management
workshop for teenagers. I also cofacilitated a parenting class, and
developed a self esteem class for
grade schoolers,” said Boone,
“After graduation, I was hired by
that organization, where I continued to teach parenting classes and
started to learn the ins and outs of
fundraising.”
It is imperative that students know
that they need to put their best foot
forward while involved in an
internship because an internship
can be the start of their first career
opportunity after graduation.
Here is an example of a student
who is really involved in his internship and not pushed off to the side
to file papers. Jose Silva is a junior
and majoring in marketing – he
interns at Watson/Touchstone
Realty.
“I’m a marketing intern, and at the
moment I’m working on a project
that involves the Bakersfield
Recreation and Parks. We are sponsoring the “Movies at the Park”
project that they put on every year.
In the beginning of my internship I
was working on video blogs that I
posted on the company’s Facebook
account, but now I have been put in
charge of ‘Generation’ a great project that benefits both the community and the company as a whole,”
said Silva.
Director of CECE Jane Evarian
said, “In terms of the internships
the RunnerLink system, which is
our career services management
system, is where our employers
post jobs.”
“We also have workshops that
help students become more aware
of interning and volunteering
because both of those experiences
can be incredibly valuable to help
students affirm their major, network and to help them think about
different career paths,” said
Evarian
RunnerLink is valuable for students who are also interested in
interning in cities other than
Bakersfield.
“Certain kinds of internships such
as overseas or national internships,
students need to come into the
office and get help to find them, but
if it’s an internship for example at
Chevron the RunnerLink has information on how to apply for that
specific internship,” said Butler.
“Our new RunnerLink system that
we are going to be launching this
Fall will also give students the
option to receive text message from
us” said Evarian. These text messages will notify students of job
opportunities and also internships.
“Through internships, students are
able to augment their educational
experience and facilitate their
career development. This is a great
way to explore career options to
network with potential future
employers, and to make connections with leaders in the community,” said Boone.
It does not take long for students
to
get
started.
Go
to
www.csub.edu/cece and click on
RunnerLink.
“It only took about a week and I
heard back from two locations I emailed,” said Bowen.
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Sports
May 26, 2010
Male Athlete of the Week
Courtesy of Sports Information
Sophomore forward Evan Fassler scored two
goals against the Bakersfield Mexican League
All-Stars on Saturday, May 22. Fassler was a red
shirt last year and looks to contribute to a team
that posted a winning record last season, its first
since transitioning to Division I. With the win,
the ’Runners conclude the spring season in
preparation for the upcoming regular season. The
’Runners return to action Aug. 21 against The
Master’s College.
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Freshman forward Ernesto Hinojosa hurdles over a slide tackle attempt by a member
of the Bakersfield Mexican League All-Stars.
Local Mexican soccer All-Star team
can’t compete against the ’Runners
By Mark Nessia
Managing Editor
[email protected]
For CSUB men’s soccer coach Simon
Tobin, the spring season is useful for a team
with a lot of returning players – something
his squad has. The Roadrunners are coming
off their first winning season since the transition to Division I and feature 17 returning
players.
The ’Runners finished the 2009 season with
an 8-7-2 record, placing fourth in the
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation with a 34 record.
And with the upcoming fall season being
the first since completing the transition to
Division I, Tobin said this year’s spring season has been one of the most beneficial.
“It’s our first year that we can go to postseason, so for me, it’s our most important season
in our history,” he said.
The ’Runners’ spring season wrapped up
Saturday with a 7-0 win over the Bakersfield
Mexican League All-Stars.
The ’Runners got on the board early, scoring within the first minute of play. Five different players scored in the contest, with redshirt freshman Evan Fassler and freshman
Ernesto Hinojosa scoring two goals each.
“I think it was good,” junior midfielder
Alberto Navarro said of his team’s performance. “Maybe our opponent wasn’t up to the
level we’re used to, but it was good to see
that the boys still stayed prepared and mentally focused; we played simple and didn’t
get too fancy.”
Tobin said the contest was more of a “community exercise to foster some relationship
between the Hispanic community.” It is
something he wants to make an annual event.
The ’Runners took on Cal, CSUN, The
Master’s College and Cal State L.A. prior to
Saturday’s game. They beat Cal State L.A.,
1-0, tied The Master’s College, 1-1, and lost
to Cal and CSUN, 2-0 and 1-0, respectively.
Tobin said he thought his team played
“quite well” during the four games against
college teams, noting his team’s performance
against Cal.
“That’s the level we have to beat to be an
NCAA Division I playoff team,” Tobin said.
“I think we played them pretty straight up.
We have a lot of returners coming for next
year, so we’ve done an awful lot of hard
work. I think the spring’s gone very well.”
Navarro also thought the spring season went
well. He said the team set goals and took the
spring season as an opportunity to work on
some things for the fall.
Since he enters his senior season in the fall,
Navarro said it is a big year for him.
“I have a lot to prove if I want to play at the
next level,” he said. “Not only me, but all the
other seniors have a lot to prove. Hopefully it
will go well.”
As for the team’s success in his final collegiate season, Navarro’s sights are set high.
“Overall, the goal is to go as far as we can,”
Navarro said. “We do have a chance at a
national title. It sounds a bit optimistic to say
that our first year in it we can take it, but I
think if we aim high we will have a good season.
“We did have our first winning season, and
it was good for our confidence. We were able
to see that we’re able to compete with the
teams at Division I. This upcoming year, we
should have a pretty good season.”
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Top: Redshirt freshman Evan Fassler attempts to get by a defender.
Bottom: Freshman forward Kory Kindle fights for the ball during the first half.
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Senior Alyson Moss added another accolade to her
already impressive career by being named to ESPN
The Magazine’s Academic All-District women’s at
large second team. Water Polo’s Moss is scheduled
to earn a 3.96 GPA for her collegiate career and
graduate with a degree in history. Moss earned
first-team All-WWPA honors for the regular season
and the WWPA tournament. To be considered for
the award student-athletes must carry a 3.0 GPA or
higher and be a major contributor to their team.
’Runners have a tough time
trying to figure out No. 6 TCU
By Manny Beltran
Sports Editor
[email protected]
The CSUB baseball team faced its stiffest
competition against No. 6-ranked TCU for a
three-game series in Fort Worth, Texas.
The No. 6-ranked TCU Horned Frogs were
the highest ranked opponent in the program’s young two-year history and TCU’s
ranking showed as they swept the threegame series and dominated the ’Runners
winning the games 13-1, 12-0 and 7-0.
In the three games combined, the ’Runners
managed just one run on 16 hits. TCU,
meanwhile, had 32 runs on 34 hits.
The ’Runners’ bats, which have been the
main component for the majority of their
wins this season, were quieted by the TCU
pitching, which struck out 25 hitters in the
series.
Only four CSUB players managed more
than one hit in any of the games: Jeremy
Rodriguez and Martin Medina both went 2
for 4 in the series opener, while Kyle
Richardson and Kevin Younger went 2 for 4
and 2 for 3 respectively in the second game.
Nothing seemed to go right for the
’Runners as they committed costly errors in
the three games that were capitalized by
TCU in the form of runs. The ’Runners committed 13 errors for the series.
The three losses dropped the ’Runners to a
record of 23-28. With five games remaining
in their schedule, the ’Runners look to close
out the season with a .500 record.
The ’Runners will stay on the road for the
remainder of their season and will face UC
Santa Barbara on Tuesday, May 25, then
head out to LMU for a make-up game on
Wednesday, May 26, before finishing up the
second season in its history with a threegame weekend series against Cal Poly starting Friday, May 28.
Regardless of the final five games, the
’Runners have almost doubled its inaugural
season’s record of 13-37.