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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
IINNSSIIDDEE TTOODDAAYYSTATE OF MIND
SPORTS
TODAY @ SDSU
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Vol. 95, Issue 34
The Obama administration toend medical marijuana prosecution.
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SDSU men’s soccer wins a thirdconsecutive game over a nationally ranked Pac-10 opponent.
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Photo Editor Glenn Connelly captured this moment at the San Diego State women’s soccer team’s senior day. Millie Allen (3) and Jessica Gordon (17) are hugged by
teammates in their last home game as Aztecs. SDSU won 3-1 against New Mexico.
SENIOR DAY SEND-OFF
Event to shareforeign cultureWith the help of San Diego Statestudents and the community, theKorean Student Association willhost its second annual “KoreanCulture Night” this week.
The event is an effort to createcultural awareness and promoteKorean language classes nowoffered at SDSU, according toKorean professor Dr. Sunny Jung.
Currently, Korean is offered as alinguistics class, but a Koreanminor program will be offered nextyear and a Korean major will even-tually be offered, according to Jung.
Chun Park, president of theKorean Student Association, saidhe encourages all students to con-sider attending the event. He saidmany people will find Korea’s richculture intriguing.
“I think that a lot of people havea misconception of cultural pro-grams on campus,” Park said.“They might think that it is only
for that particular culture, but itreally is open to everybody. Wewould like to see as many peopleof different ethnicities and back-grounds as possible.”
“Korean culture is so uniqueand beautiful but people don’tknow,” Jung said.
The event will take place at 6:15p.m. Thursday at the Backdoor inAztec Center and feature traditionalKorean dancing, music, a traditionalclothing fashion show, a Tae kwondo demonstration, a singing contestand a poetry reading contest.
“I know it is going to be a goodshow,” Thomas Seo, vice president ofthe Korean Student Association, said.
Jung said she hopes the show willbe more successful than last year’sevent, which 230 people attended.
Jung also emphasized a newspread of Korean culture through-out the media called the “KoreanWave,” and said the topic will bediscussed at the event. The KoreanWave will be studied next semesterin a class titled “Korean StudiesThrough Media.”
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CAMPUS CRIME
Sexual assaultOct. 18 – Police are investigat-ing a sexual assault. A femalestudent reported that six menattacked her in a dirt lotbehind Aztec Corner apart-ments at approximately 1:10 a.m.
She said that the men heldher down on the ground andpoured an unknown liquidinto her mouth.
San Diego State Police Lt.Lamine Secka said the victimdoes not have any recollectionof what happened afterward.She did tell police that she rec-ognized three of her attackers.
According to a crime alert,the victim said the men hadharassed her and two of herfriends as they were walkingto a party.
Anyone with informationregarding the case should callSDSU police at 619-594-1991or San Diego County CrimeStoppers at 619-275-8240.
BatteryOct. 15 – A 22-year-old SDSUstudent was assaulted in thealley by Sigma Alpha Epsilonin Greek Circle.
The victim was hit andkicked in the face by multiple
subjects. The victim said hisattackers were wearing Tarzancostumes. He was transportedto Scripps Mercy Hospital forhis injuries.
Police have not yet locatedthe suspects.
ThreatsOct. 15 – A man was arrestedand transported to jail aftermaking criminal threats in theUniversity Police lobby.
Terrance Parris came intothe station to try to get hisskateboard back. Secka saidthat Parris had received a cita-tion for using his skateboardon campus.
Parris became upset and onhis way out of the station, heallegedly said that he wasgoing to come back with a sui-cide bomb.
The 24-year-old, who is nota SDSU student, was found bythe trolley station where hewas arrested for allegedly mak-ing criminal threats and mak-ing a false bomb threat.
—Compiled by Senior StaffWriter Kristina Blake
The Daily AztecTuesday,
October 27, 20092 STATE OF MIND
n estimated 166 million peopleworldwide have tried or are activeusers of marijuana. If you are amember of this not-so-exclusiveclub, or even if you have never
given it a second thought, you might be opti-mistic about the legalization future of the con-troversial drug. No matter what camp youbelong to, do not simply jump on thecannabis bandwagon without critical analysisof the implications.
On Oct. 19, the Obama administrationsent out new policy guidelines to federal pros-ecutors dealing with medical marijuana usersand distributors. In contrast to the policy ofthe former Bush administration, federal offi-cers will not arrest people who use or distrib-ute marijuana for medical purposes in stateswhere medical marijuana is legal, such asCalifornia, as long as they strictly adhere tostate laws.
Despite President Barack Obama’s clearopposition to decriminalizing marijuana on afederal level, with the new policy there is a pos-sibility that decriminalization on a state levelwill see compliance from the federal govern-ment. In either case, the recent policy changeshave caused advocates for the legalization ofmarijuana to proclaim that it is a significantstep forward.
Advocates for the legalization of marijuanacite the economic benefits such as its potentialfor producing governmental revenue, andbelieve it will lessen the amount of criminalsin our jail systems, which cost taxpayers bil-lions of dollars every year. Another commonargument for marijuana legalization lies in itscomparison to legal substances, such as alco-hol and cigarettes. Marijuana is said to be lessharmful than both of these substances. Also,advocates point out the medical benefits ofmarijuana, citing that it helps alleviate painand counter insomnia.
Although some arguments for legalizationof marijuana are valid, all motivations for suchreform are shortsighted. It is disturbing that somany people would jump on the bandwagonwithout considering the deeper implicationsof such policy reform. While the legalizationof marijuana may help with certain facets ofsociety, its detrimental effects would signifi-cantly outweigh its benefits.
Despite evidence supporting the positiveeconomic benefits of legalization, there is nosolid evidence that such a goal cannot be alter-natively achieved. To think this is the quick fixto our economic issues is lazy. There are moreproactive measures that could be taken, which
would not involve legalization of a potentiallyharmful and addictive drug. Such measuresinclude the re-evaluation of money flow andimplementation of policies to reform fiscallywasteful establishments.
Also, comparing marijuana to legal sub-stances such as alcohol and nicotine is not avalid argument. Proponents of legalizationpoint out that both alcohol and nicotine havea history of harmful effects on human health.When you must compare the effects of a drugto substances as controversial as alcohol andnicotine in order to show it in an agreeablelight, it is obvious that the drug’s benefits arenot significant. It is hypocritical for advocatesto argue for the legalization of one harmfuldrug by citing the negative effects of another —especially when only citing extreme cases ofits abuse.
The medical benefits of marijuana are notunique to the drug. Treatments for extremepain and insomnia exist with legal drugs. Thedriving motivation for using marijuana is, andwill continue to be a negligent way of short-cutting to false happiness and relaxation.
Keeping marijuana illegal would not inhibitthe potential for a healthier society. Nor doesits prohibition inhibit anyone’s legal rights.When all other arguments have beendebunked, people always turn to rights. Theidea that adults should be allowed to do what-ever they desire and suffer the consequencesso long as they don’t hurt anyone in theprocess does not apply to this circumstance.
Regular use of marijuana has the potentialof affecting everyone around the user. Lack ofcriticism for the implications of legalization,specifically among the demographic of col-lege students is, in itself, an implication oflacking critical thinking skills in the majorityof the population.
There is no reason that we should advo-cate for another mind-altering drug to bemore widespread, socially acceptable andeasier to obtain.
—Renee Villasenor is a journalism senior.
—This column does not necessarily reflect the opin-ion of The Daily Aztec. Send e-mail to [email protected]. Anonymous letters willnot be printed. Include your full name, major andyear in school.
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Question: Will California benefit from lack of federal prosecution for marijuana?
A GUEST’S PERSPECTIVE
Keep marijuana lawson the back burner
FLAMING LIBERAL
New policy blazes apath for legalization
n a time with limited resources, weneed to become smarter not only asa state, but as a nation, on how wedecide to use our finite resources. Allnews has been bad news until
recently. Good news is finally coming fromWashington, D.C.
Deputy Attorney General David W.Ogden issued a memorandum in which theObama administration stated it would refo-cus the use of enforcement resources at anational level in fighting medical marijuana.The memorandum stated that “making effi-cient and rational use of its limited investiga-tive and prosecutorial resources” would be apriority of the new administration, andessentially allowed for the recognition ofstate laws legalizing medical marijuana.
This is an important step in the rightdirection. Many states that allow for the useof marijuana for medical purposes haveextremely vague laws on the books thatleave room for misinterpretation. Currently,13 states have laws with such provisions.The people voted on California’s medicalmarijuana laws in 1996, when Proposition215 passed by 56 percent. Despite havingthis law for more than a decade, its legalityand implementation has been questionableand never fully defined.
Medical marijuana laws allow for a closedsystem of use and demand. It provides forthe issuing of medical marijuana cards thatallow a patient or a primary caregiver togrow their own marijuana, or trade with oth-ers in a cooperative or collective group. Theproblem with the provisions is people whoare really sick may not be able to grow theirown marijuana. Also, not every person has aclose friend or relative to serve as their pri-mary health provider to go to for medicine.
There is a need for alternate distribution,which this memo finally states that the feder-al government will allow. Medical marijuananeeds to be treated like any other drug andtherefore allow for storefront dispensaries toallow sick people easy assess to neededmedicine, like any other medication.
Some prosecutors claim current lawsdon’t permit storefronts, but when dispen-saries are excessively regulated or shutdown, it forces ill people to look for alterna-tives ways of obtaining their medicine.
Regardless of your personal stance onmedical marijuana, allowing for a legalprocess for patients to obtain medicineshould be provided.
In this tough economy, we need to
reassess where we’re spending our resourcesand where we can bring in more revenue. AnOakland committee issued a report in 2007in which it estimated the revenue and taxesearned by the state through current medicalmarijuana processes. The report estimatedCalifornians were consuming between $870million and $2 billion worth of marijuana ayear, of which an estimated $70 million to$120 million would come back to the statein sales tax revenues.
The report also estimated that only 10percent of Californians use marijuana formedicinal purposes. The other 90 percentwould use it illegally for recreational purpos-es. This translates to $160 million wastedannually in arresting, prosecuting andimprisoning marijuana offenders.
This is a flagrant waste of resources. It’sclear the movement to legalize medical mari-juana has not worked in implementationbecause most of the users are not patients. Ifwe really want to fix the economy and elimi-nate wasteful policies around moral laws, weneed to outright legalize marijuana.
San Francisco Assemblyman TomAmmiano introduced a bill in the legislatureearlier this year that would have done justthat. Assembly Bill 390, The MarijuanaControl, Regulation and Education Actwould have reformed the California prison,budget and economy in a year when we aredesperate for solutions.
The bill would allow people age 21 andolder to purchase marijuana legally.Allowing a legal process for the sale of mar-ijuana could bring the state an estimated$1 billion in taxes and as much as $12 bil-lion to $18 billion in additional economicactivity such as employment, industrydevelopment and businesses.
We spend millions to arrest people whenwe could be making billions by implement-ing forward-thinking laws that recognize thecurrent economy and morals of the state.
—Allan Acevedo is a comparative literature andpolitical science junior.
—This column does not necessarily reflect theopinion of The Daily Aztec. Send e-mail [email protected]. Anonymous let-ters will not be printed. Include your full name,major and year in school.
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California laws allow the distribution of medical marijuana, which gives an alternative for patients who do not respond well to prescriptions. A new policy by the Obama administration dictates federal officers will nolonger be able to prosecute those in possession of medical marijuana in states where it is legal. Californians who use marijuana for medical purposes are safe and therefore cannot be arrested for possessing the drug.
MCT Campus
Tuesday,October 27, 2009
ro-environment fadsin this country arequickly being discard-ed one after another.
With failed effortssuch as the ethanol initiative andAssociated Students’ “Green Love”program, a more practical greenstrategy has come to the forefrontof the battle against global warm-ing. Zero-waste, anti-garbagestrategies have already proven towork on larger scales, and it’stime America implements anation-wide policy.
Zero-waste is the effort to bangarbage that is not biodegradable.It supports the maximum amountof recycling and composting inorder to eliminate the release ofgreenhouse gases that are other-wise released into the atmospherewhen garbage is incinerated orwhen it sits in landfills for longperiods of time.
Americans are still the heavy-weights of garbage, dumping 4.6pounds per person on a dailybasis in 1999, according to theEnvironmental Protection Agency.The problem with this excessivedumping is it is becoming increas-ingly harder to find places to putit. The difficulty of securing per-mits for landfills is soaringbecause people simply do notwant landfills located near them.Landfills release methane gas,which is a greenhouse gas con-tributing to global warming. As aresult, this puts rightful pressure onexisting landfills to resist buryingeverything that comes their way.
The U.S. needs to work towardthis easily attainable goal, andsome have already started takingsteps toward change. The produc-tion of bioplastics, made fromplant materials such as cornstarchthat imitate plastic, is a massivestep in the right direction.
The number of companiesmaking products that can be com-posted for food service providershas doubled since 2006, and theyhave moved on to items such asshopping bags and food packaging,according to The New York Times.
Despite the benefits, someargue against the implementationof zero-waste policies. The mostparamount of these argumentsinvolves education. While busi-nesses and private companiescould convert to zero-waste stan-dards fairly quickly, it would takesignificantly longer to get the gen-
eral public accustomed to a zero-waste environment.
While the public might takelonger to acclimate itself to zero-waste policies, this is not a justi-fied reason to kick the idea to thecurb. The public is already on themove, which shows people’s desirefor environmentally friendly change.
For example, some restaurantsin Atlanta collect uneaten foodand take it to a compost heapbehind the building as opposed tosending it away in a dump truck,where it will contribute to globalwarming. Honda has implementedsuch effective sustainability effortsthat its dumpsters at factorieswere completely eliminated.Yellowstone National Park hasalready gone forward with bioutensils that instantly dissolvewhen heated.
The policy has already beensuccessful in the island resortcommunity of Nantucket, Mass.Space for landfills became scarce,then non-existent, and drasticmeasures had to be taken. Becauseshipping the island trash to themainland was too expensive, astrict, zero-waste policy was imple-mented. With trash taxes puttingpressure on island residents, theygrew accustomed to sorting theirtrash on a regular basis. Thissmall success could easily beexpanded on a countrywide scale.
I agree with many who sayglobal warming has been co-optedby Democratic propaganda. Whileit is a ploy to advance greenefforts in the U.S., this does notmean global warming does notexist. The world will not heat soquickly and incinerate every oneof us right we stand, but it is truethat our actions are having animpact on the planet. We do needto take steps to curb our negativeeffects on the Earth and implement-ing zero-waste policies is just thefirst step, and the most effective.
—T.J. Bronson is a journalism andfinance senior.
—This column does not necessarilyreflect the opinion of The DailyAztec. Send e-mail [email protected] letters will not be print-ed. Include your full name, majorand year in school.
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By the end of last year,there were 7,211 con-firmed cases of illegal
immigrant children cominginto America alone. The legalissues surrounding the immi-gration issue do not concernchildren. Most cross in hopesof being reunited with theirfamilies or to experience a bet-ter life in the U.S. But evenwith innocent ideas, about 50percent of the children getdeported without a fair trial.Most do not receive properlegal guidance, even infantshave had to stand before ajudge without representation.Several organizations areworking to eliminate unfairrulings towards illegal chil-dren but face the problem ofnot having enough lawyers torepresent these cases. After a$5 million grant from theOffice of Refugee Resettlementwas awarded to the VeraInstitute, 14 nonprofit organi-zations received aid. The sup-port of more representationfor illegal children could deter-mine the rest of their lives.
North Korea has experi-enced a decrease ininternational aid, which
has led to a food shortage.Before the middle of this year,about six million people werereceiving help from the WorldFood Programme. Now, onlyabout two million people seethe help they desperatelyneed. The scarce help is goingto receive stricter rules andpolicies from aid organiza-tions. Efforts to improve theeconomy have resulted in theneglecting of women. They arenot allowed to use bicycles as aform of transportation, mustwear skirts and are notallowed to work. Both of theseoccurrences are thought to beresults of the nuclear and mis-sile tests. Although the deputyU.N. Ambassador Pak Tok-hunrefused to report these inci-dents, they were uncovered bya U.N. special rapporteur.
In an effort to slow therate of polar bear extinc-tion, the federal govern-
ment has proposed to desig-
nate land strictly for the bears.Alaska has been chosen as thebest-suited geographical loca-tion for this project. Asidefrom the location being closeto their habitat, monitoringthe species will be easier. A20,054-square mile area willbe devoted exclusively to polarbear activity. Although thebears are active on the threat-ened species list, that effortalone was not enough. Thebiggest threats to the bears areglobal warming and oildrilling, and this new area wasnot designed to protect themfrom such hazards. Instead, thebears were given a place wherethey could maintain their lifein a stable environment.
A recent proposal fromthe Schwarzeneggeradministration that
would aim to eliminate prisonovercrowding was rejected lastWednesday by three federaljudges. This was not the firsttime it was sent back. The firstproblem was the proposal’sinability to specify how manyinmates would be released in afixed period of time, rangingfrom six to 24 months. Thegoal is to reduce the number ofinmates by 40,000 in twoyears. The push for a solutionto the overcrowding of prisonsstarted after the acknowledge-ment that poor medical andhealth care conditioning waslinked to the incarceration ofabout 170,000 people in theprison system. Although therejection was yet another set-back for the proposal, aspokeswoman for Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger has assuredthey will meet the Nov. 12deadline. If the proposal is notagreed on for a third time, thefederal judges have warned thatthey will take charge of the planand create a better solution.
European astronomersusing the EuropeanSouthern Observatory
telescope in Chili have discov-ered 32 new planets outsideour solar system, bringing the
number of planets discoveredto more than 400. Most of theplanets found were approxi-mately the size of Jupiter orlarger, with one being fivetimes larger than Jupiter. Twoof the planets discovered wereapproximately five times largerthan Earth. This discoveryimplies that planets that aresimilar to the Earth’s mass arecommon. According toastronomer Alan Boss, thissuggests “the universe mustindeed be crowded with habit-able worlds,” especiallybecause approximately 40 per-cent of stars similar to the sunhave planets that are closer tothe Earth’s size. These discov-eries show that planet forma-tion is not as rare as oncehypothesized and is especiallyprevalent among commonstars similar to the sun.
There is wide supportfor a new bill that grantsthe Food and Drug
Administration more power toregulate the nation’s food sup-ply. The bill is aimed toimprove the quality of import-ed food and better regulatefood facilities, therefore pro-tecting consumers from food-borne illnesses and contami-nants. Annual food-borne ill-nesses in the United States arethe cause of 325,000 hospital-izations, 5,000 deaths and mil-lions of dollars in lost rev-enues for the food industry.This bill will cost an estimated$3.7 billion during the nextfive years and funding will pro-vide quicker responses to con-taminant outbreaks. In arecent poll, 90 percent of vot-ers supported similar meas-ures to be made. The bill isstrongly backed by businesses inthe food industry and the public.If the bill passes, the FDA has theauthority to recall products with-out the permission of the indus-try and will reduce the numberof illnesses and lost dollars forrecalled products.
—Compiled by State of MindContributor Aileen Pantoja
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Traffic, technology and a large population areunavoidable aspects of the San Diego city life.But they don’t have to be.
How about backpacking 10,834 feet at SanJacinto Peak, going on a sea kayaking expedi-tion in Baja, Mexico hiking through under-ground mud caves or just making s’moresunder the desert stars with new friends?Students interested in outdoor activities likethese can turn to Aztec Adventures. This pro-gram, sponsored by Associated Students,focuses on outdoor education, preservationand recreation for SDSU students and com-munity members with multiple trips.Canoeing, camping, hiking, backpacking andmountain biking are among the many activi-ties offered.
According to Outdoor ProgramsCoordinator Jim Lustig, Aztec Adventures is asafe and friendly organization.
“We do nothing that the SDSU studentscouldn’t be successful at,” Lustig said.
A few other benefits of the programinclude fully provided equipment, socializingand amazing food.
“All of our trips are small group travel ofabout 12, so whether you like it or not, you’re(going to) get to know everybody,” Lustigsaid. “We have had people meet on our tripsand become lifelong friends or married withoffspring.”
According to the Aztec Adventures Web site,the next trip will be an overnight campingexcursion at the Anza-Borrego Desert MudCaves from this Friday to Saturday. Cave-exploring and star-gazing are among the activi-ties planned. Instead of taking a road trip toSanta Barbara, students will be canoeing theColorado River on the “Haunted” MountainsHalloween Float trip from Friday to Sunday.Participants will canoe a total of 32 miles, andalthough that may seem extreme, it is a goodtrip for beginners according to the Web site.
From Nov. 6 to Nov. 8 Aztec Adventureswill be rock climbing at Joshua Tree NationalPark. This famous area offers 4,500 rockclimbing routes. If adventurers would ratherswing through trees than climb the rocks,High Ropes Course Training will take place at
Camp Stevens in Julian Nov. 7 to Nov. 8. Otherupcoming events include a horseback ridingand sustainable tourism trip to Rancho LaMentada, in Baja California. Instead of sleep-ing on the ground, trip members will stay atthe 13,000-acre cattle ranch and visit anIndian reservation.
If adventurers are tired of the traditionalturkey holiday, the fourth annual “WorldFamous” National Parks Road Trip is a greatalternative to the typical Thanksgiving celebra-tion. The trip, scheduled from Nov. 24 to Nov.29, will begin at Joshua Tree National Park,stopping at the Grand Canyon, Zion NationalPark, Cedar Breaks National Monument andends at Bryce Canyon National Park.
“Since 1976 we have had an opportunity tointroduce thousands of students to the out-doors for the first time in their lives,” Lustigsaid. “It’s an honor.”
Aztec Adventures offers other excursionssuch as whale watching and a yoga retreats.According to the Web site, most of the AztecAdventures trips range from $225 to morethan $1,000.
According to Lustig, students can evenreceive academic credit for some of the trips.This spring, Lustig and his staff are teaching1-unit courses for backpacking, hiking, whitewater rafting and more. For more informa-tion on trips and registration visitwww.aztecadventures.sdsu.edu or go to theAztec Recreation Center.
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““This program, sponsoredby Associated Students,focuses on outdoor education, preservationand recreation for SDSUstudents and communitymembers with multipletrips. Canoeing, camping,hiking, backpacking andmountain biking areamong the activitiesoffered.”
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Average goals per game for the Aztecs this season
Corner kicks taken by SDSU this year
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Total assists for Jessica Gordon this season, a team-high
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Goals for Cat Walker this year, the highest of any Aztec
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FOR SDSU WOMEN’S SOCCER
MEN’S SOCCER
Sunday was a rarity and a game RaymundoReza will add to his collection of outstand-ing performances. The junior forward didsomething he has only done twice in hiscareer and one other time this season forthe San Diego State men’s soccer team: tallytwo goals in a single game.
Reza’s two goals would set the tone andend for the game, as SDSU (6-4-4) wouldshut down No. 11 California getting its sec-ond victory against the Bears in one weekon the road.
“Ray (Reza) is just simply good,” redshirtsenior tri-captain forward Matt McManus
said. “He has beenstepping up and per-forming like we haveneeded him to. He isimportant up there,especially with the
absence of Evan (Toft). Ray (Reza) has real-ly gotten us some of the most importantgoals of the season.”
Reza has climbed to the top of the chartsfor the Aztecs, leading in goals and pointsso far this season with six goals and 15points as they beat California 2-0.
“Reza has been amazing for us,” redshirtsenior tri-captain midfielder Jamel Wallacesaid. “With our injuries and not being at fullstrength, we are just getting there. Reza hasdone what he does best, scoring goals, andwe are getting healthy and meshing.”
Reza’s goals came within seven minutesof each other, the first at the 30-minutemark while the second followed shortlyafter in the 37th minute. And with the winSDSU collected a 4-2-1 record against nation-ally ranked opponents, 3-0-1 against thoseteams specifically ranked in the top 15.
“Sweeping Cal has turned into some-thing we just tend to do,” Wallace said. “Wehave established a solid record against themand we enjoyed getting two good, solid winsagainst them this season.”
Before collecting their second winagainst the Bears, the Aztecs had a chance toexact revenge against No. 17 Stanford. TheCardinals handed SDSU a loss in overtimethe week prior and the Aztecs were lookingto make sure that Stanford would notescape with another win.
“We were really focused, really rollingheading into Stanford,” McManus said. “Wejust came off the big win against Cal and wewanted to get back at Stanford, so we didwhat we needed to do. Not only was it astrong win against a top-ranked team but aPac-10 team as well.”
The weekend’s two wins extended theirPac-10 record to 3-2-2, getting them above.500 in conference play for the first timethis season.
“We have gotten some solid wins and weneed to continue to build off of them,”Wallace said. “But at the same time the mostimportant thing to do is take one game at atime, and head into every game with a solidgame plan to extend our streak and headdown the final half of the season well.”
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
On Oct. 26,The Daily Aztec incorrectly credited the photo of Ryan Lindley on the Sports page to Glenn Connelly,Photo Editor. The credit should have gone to Ernie Anderson of SDSU Athletics. The Daily Aztec regrets the error.
FOR THE RECORD
Raymundo Reza was the only player to score in Sunday’s game against No. 11 California. The 2-0victory was the third consecutive win for SDSU, which is 4-2-1 against ranked opponents this year.
Glenn Connelly / Photo Editor
Aztecs shut out Caland improve to 6-4-4
There’s something to be said for a team thatcan set a goal and meet it consistently.
“These last five games we outlined a goalfor ourselves,” head coach Mike Friesen said.“It was to score in the first 15 minutes, get ashutout and win.”
Sunday’s game in Las Vegas followed thatoutline, continuing the success the San DiegoState women’s soccer team has ignited.
With the first goal met around the seven-minute mark, senior for-ward Jessica Gordon setthe score to where itwould remain for thewhole game. This is thethird game in a row that
SDSU has scored within the first 15 minutes.“I was joking with the team that maybe we
should up our goal to scoring a second goalso that it’s not so stressful.” Friesen said.
The unassisted goal started as a strugglefor control in the UNLV goalkeeper’s box,where Gordon was the quickest to get in andtake care of business for the Aztecs.
“Being a senior and seeing how good we’redoing is exciting,” Gordon said. “All of us as agroup are so focused on our goals. We wantto keep going forward, win (the) conferencetournament, and go to the NCAAs.”
With only one game left before the regularseason is retired, SDSU had to maintain itsintensity to earn its spot in the MountainWest Conference rankings, where they nowstand in second.
“We knew that today UNLV was going tobattle for their lives,” Gordon said. “It’s beena little bit of a rivalry and we knew we weregoing to have to put up some good plays andscore. Whoever scored and battled through-out the whole game was going to come outwith the win.”
Play was mostly even for all 90 minutes ofthe game. The Rebels out-fouled the Aztecs 6-4 while both teams had three corner kicks.With a slight advantage in shots of 12-11,SDSU was lucky to keep the score at 1-0.
“Without playing our best today, we stillfound a way to win,” Friesen said.
The key factor in the Aztecs’ defense onSunday took place at the end of the fieldwhere junior goalkeeper Aubree Southwickracked up another five saves to add to herrecord-setting total. Starting the season with159 saves, Southwick’s new total of 228 willcontinue to build through the end of the sea-son, having already surpassed SDSU’s recordof 204 set in 1993. Southwick also holds therecord for most saves in a single season forher 2007 mark of 106.
“Not just me, but the team as well is confi-dent in our ability to win games,” Friesensaid. “We’ve demonstrated that over the lastsix or seven weeks. Nobody’s been able tobeat us.”
With only one regular season game leftbefore the MWC Tournament begins, theAztecs are definitely not shaking in theircleats. SDSU is undefeated as of the last 12games, and doesn’t plan on losing before theseason ends.
“What we did today and this week isbased on us concentrating on our end goal,which is we want to get to the NCAA tourna-ment,” Friesen said. “In order to do that, wehave to win these conference games.”
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Junior goalkeeper Aubree Southwick recorded hereighth shutout of the year against UNLV on Sunday.
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““(We are) confident inour ability to win games.We’ve demonstratedthat over the last six orseven weeks. Nobody’sbeen able to beat us.”
—Mike Friesen, head coach
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’m not sure how many ofyou actually remember your“first time,” but mine wasone that’s hard to forget.For those who remember it
as awkward or embarrassing, I canassure you my story will help easeyour pain.
I normally don’t spend my dayreminiscing about my first timehaving sex, but while on Facebook,something caught my eye. At thetop of my news feed was whatwould become the topic of my firstBack Page column, glowing like abeacon from God saying, “Here,my child, humor the world withyour misdeeds.”
The first line of the feed was ofmy ex’s picture staring at me. Nextto him was an icon of Kanye Westand his result to the “How willKanye interrupt you?” quiz.
As a side note: As if Kanye did-n’t already get enough recogni-tion as being the world’s biggestdouche, now we continue to per-petuate his stardom by givinghim recognition in a covetedFacebook quiz?
But I digress. Apparently, Kanyewill interrupt my ex during his“first time.” And, my ex in his infi-nite wisdom commented on theresult by saying, “WTF, he wasn’tthere.” I wanted so badly to reply,“Kanye wasn’t, but your mom surewas,” but then realized I wouldhave been taking a jab at myselfas we were both virgins beforewe dated. That’s right, the day Itraded in my v-card, his motherinterrupted us.
I remember it as clear as day.We had gone back to his houseone day after school sophomore
year. His house was cold, asalways, because we lived inNorthern California at the time.We were snuggling under theblankets when things progressedpast second base and then, slowlypast third.
It all started happening ratherquickly at this point, much likeputting a new driver behind thewheel of a car without first teach-ing them about brakes. My mindseemed to forget every piece ofsex advice ever received and myview of waiting for marriage wastossed out the window much likea cigarette on a freeway.
I have to give him credit for atleast asking if I was ready, but atthat point, it was like asking adrug addict if they want to govisit a dealer — there was just nosaying no.
So our intimacies proceededand after about a minute, hisphone rang, and he answered. Itwas his mom saying that she wasupstairs and needed help with thegroceries. Needless to say, thesex ended almost as fast as ithad started.
He got up and ran to the bath-room to clean up before his momcame downstairs. I lay there andlooked out the sliding glass dooronly to see his dog looking up atme and realized she had beenthere the whole time.
It was then that I heard hismom’s heels on the tile as shereached the floor we were on. Myheart stopped. I was lying naked in
her son’s bed, just as he had leftme seconds before. I looked up tosee that my ex had also forgottento close the door to the room inhis hurry to get cleaned up.
I heard her steps down the hall-way and quickly threw the blanketover my body. She reached thedoor, peered in and saw me hud-dled under her son’s blankets. Imust have had the dumbstruckdeer-in-the-headlights look as Iwondered, “How did I end up inthis situation?”
Her quizzical expression wasquickly wiped off her face when Ilooked up at her.
She then asked where her sonwas hiding and if I planned onstaying for dinner. I mumbled aquick “hello” and a polite “no” todinner and something about mymom expecting me home early.She then turned on her heel,leaving the room.
My ex finally came out of thebathroom, which is when Iquickly gave him a kiss goodbyeand made my escape. My carhappened to be across from hismom’s, which, conveniently, waswhere the groceries were.
I pretended to be a secret agentand stealthily snuck to my car.Luckily it was parked on adownward-sloping hill, allowingme to throw it in neutral andcoast away, a perfect escape toan embarrassing first time.
—Mallory Sharp is a journalismjunior.
—This column does not necessarilyreflect the opinion of The DailyAztec.
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