the daily aztec - vol. 95, issue 50
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SPOTLIGHT
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SPORTS
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Vol. 95, Issue 50
Papa Roach lead singer JacobyShaddix explains why Saturday’sconcert is a must-see.
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SDSU’s football team will playits final match of the seasonthis week in Las Vegas.
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Find out how a student earnedcritical acclaim for his short film“The Last Vaquero.”
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Alumna gets an extreme gift
Having issues with a landlord orroommate? Associated Students hasa service for that.
Students now have access tofree legal and financial servicesthrough A.S. Along with legal con-sultation, students can get informa-tion about establishing and manag-ing their credit.
“Students are surprised to seehow much is on their credit cardand they don’t track it,”Curt Padilla, vice president ofBusiness Development for CLCIncorporated, said. “They spend it
like free money and easily get intodebt. There are ways to managecredit and debt.”
After a phone consultation,those seeking the service are direct-ed to a lawyer. The student is thengiven the choice to either call ormeet the lawyer for a free one-hourconsultation. If they choose to havethat lawyer represent them, they aregiven a 25-percent discount off thelawyer’s standard rates.
“Eighty percent of the time, the60-minute consultation is all thestudent needs,” Padilla said.The Aztec Legal & FinancialServices was part of a referendumthat passed in the spring of lastyear. “A survey was done to seewhat students would like to see in astudent programming referendumif we were to have one,” NatalieColli, vice president of UniversityAffairs, said. “It stems from sayingthat this is what we would like to
see on campus and we went aheadand did the referendum.”
A.S. has partnered with CLCIncorporated to provide the freelegal and financial services.The Aztec Legal & FinancialServices was implemented in the -
fall of last year but wasn’t heavilyadvertised because it was on a “testrun,” according to Alyssa Bruni,vice president of External Affairs. “It was suggested by our formerassociate executive director SusanHeiser to do a soft opening as a testrun for it’s success,” Bruni said.
A.S. continues to work with CLCto improve the results of the pro-gram, Bruni said.
“We had heard of a couple ofcomplaints about the service andthat students felt they were beingpitched more than helped,” Brunisaid. “We have worked with CLC tofix that problem and haven’t heardanything since then. CLC has con-firmed with us their follow-up con-sultation process to eliminate anyproblems that might occur duringthe phone call.”
For a consultation, students cancall 1-800-541-9701.
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saying that this iswhat we would liketo see on campusand we wentahead and did thereferendum.”
—Natalie Colli, vice president of University
Affairs
While most of us will be givingthanks tomorrow, Rita Roberson isgiving thanks today.
A group of students from thegeneral studies course, Disabilityand Society, took a cue from the tel-evision program “ExtremeMakeover: Home Edition” and vol-unteered to make over Roberson’sgarage, the place where she doesher physical therapy.
Roberson, a San Diego State alum-na, was born with cerebral palsy.
“I feel very appreciative,”Roberson, who graduated fromSDSU in 1988 with a bachelor’sdegree in recreation, said.
Roberson lives with her friendand full-time caregiver Mary-DeniseGiesing, in a small house thatrequires lots of extra space so the52-year-old can maneuver her elec-tric wheelchair. Because of this,Roberson has to keep her physicaltherapy and exercise equipment, alarge mechanical horse called theEquicizer, in her garage.
“If it would come in the house, itwould be the only thing in thehouse,” Giesing said. “It’s the size ofa real horse.”
Roberson’s Equicizer, which shenamed “Rita’s Fancy,” is an essentialpart of her therapeutic regimen. Itstrengthens her leg and torso mus-
cles, which that are necessary forstanding and balancing.
“My Equicizer is important tome because I’m almost able tostand myself up,” she said.
Mari Pflaster, a child and familydevelopment major and studentassistant for the class, headed thevolunteer project. She said thatwhat started off as an “intimidat-ing job” turned into a learningexperience. The volunteerscleaned and organized the clut-tered garage to make room for theEquicizer. They also installed insu-lation, drywall and shelving.
“Rita totally deserved to have thegarage cleaned out so she couldride her Equicizer,” Pflaster said.“Her one goal is to stand, hold herown weight, which is somethingthat none of us could really say isour goal in life.”
Meeting Roberson and complet-
ing her own community servicehours changed Pflaster.
“It made me realize that disabil-ity is something that’s natural,”Pflaster said. “It’s something thatyou don’t need to be afraid of; youdon’t need to be uncomfortablewith it.”
Students have to complete acommunity service component andspend 15 hours working withsomeone with a disability or for anorganization that works with peo-ple who have disabilities.
Mendy McClure, who teachesthe class, said the hands-on expe-rience teaches students to “under-stand that disability is not some-thing about a person that theycan’t do, but it’s about things thatpeople can do, given the opportu-nity to succeed.”
She said she hopes students usethe knowledge and experience they
acquire in the class to inform othersabout people with disabilities.
“We’ve got so many differentkinds of students in our class, sowe’re hoping that they take thatexperience with them and be ableto apply it in their real life,”McClure said.
Approximately 10 students par-ticipated in the four-day project.
“It was really, really inspiringand really cool,” Pflaster said. “All ofthe students worked really hard. Itwas cool to see them give up aweekend and do something nice forsomebody else.”
Julio Velazquez, a dance senior,said the project was not only reward-ing for Roberson, but for him, too.
“It just feels really great togive,” he said. “When someoneneeds help, it just makes you feelgood; and by helping someone,you help yourself.”
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Students help cleanup SDSU alumna’s
garage
“Her one goal is tostand, hold herown weight ...something thatnone of us couldreally say is ourgoal in life.”
—Mari Pflaster, head of volunteer project
Pictured above is Rita Roberson, a San Diego State alumna with cerebral palsy who had her garage revamped by 10 students froma disability and society class. The students cleared the way for Roberson’s Equicizer, a machine she uses for her physical therapy.
Courtesy of Mari Pflaster
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Don’t make this rock concert a ‘last resort’
The band Papa Roach broke out into themainstream in 2000 with its first album“Infest.” Now, almost a decade later, theCalifornian quartet is still at large, this timetouring America in support of its latestalbum “Metamorphosis.” Recently, The DailyAztec was able to chat with lead singerJacoby Shaddix while he was on the tourbus headed to one of his shows. Papa Roachwill be playing at 8 p.m. on Saturday atHouse of Blues.
TThhee DDaaiillyy AAzztteecc:: What is your favorite PapaRoach song and why?JJaaccoobbyy SShhaaddddiixx:: Right now it would have tobe “Into the Light” because pretty much, thesound of it, the whole thing breaks throughand lyrically to me it says a lot. It’s like I’mmy own worst enemy. The song is about get-ting outside of yourself.
DDAA:: Can you explain the name Papa Roach?JJSS:: Papa Roach came from my great-grandfa-ther who passed away. For some odd reason,I named the band after my grandfather. It’s aweird, awkward name but it’s our name.
DDAA:: Are you as wild and crazy in real life as youare on stage?JJSS:: At times, yes. But there’s a way you haveto balance out your life — that’s the mostimportant thing, is trying to find a balance.But I need the stage. I don’t know what thehell to do with myself when I’m away from itsometimes. When I take extended periodsof time off from tour I get stir-crazy.
DDAA:: What’s the craziest experience you’ve hadwith the band? JJSS:: One of them was almost dying on tour.In a van we went over a bridge and hit blackice … we were all asleep and we were slidingall over the road and crushed up against thewall. Luckily no one got hurt but it was oneof those moments where I thought my life
was going to end.
DDAA:: If Papa Roach was in the circus, which rolewould each band member serve? JJSS:: I would obviously be the ringleader. Jerry(Horton) would be a trapeze artist. Tony(Palermo), our drummer, is actually amidget. And our bass player (TobinEsperance) blows fire. I think it fits each per-son’s character. Tony (Palermo) is kind ofgoofy, Tobin (Esperance) is mysterious andf—-ing dangerous. Jerry Horton – well, he’sjust kick-ass all the way around.
DDAA:: What cheers you up on a bad day? JJSS:: It sounds kind of cliché, but if I’m havinglike a bummer day, getting on stage (makes
me) walk away happy. It’s just one of thosethings. I connect with people while I’m upthere and ultimately, I live in the moment. Ithink that’s one of the most importantthings in my life is trying to live in themoment. And when you’re playing musicand performing, you’re in the moment.
DDAA:: What are you most looking forward toabout playing in San Diego?JJSS:: Oh, dude. Obviously the great weather,f—-ing fantastic Mexican food and a kick-assrock ‘n’ roll show.
DDAA:: What questions have you always wanted tobe asked but you never have?JJSS:: Man, I’ve been asked everything. What
would be your guilty pleasure, what wouldyour fans not know about you?
DDAA:: What’s the answer?JJSS:: Well, I like to watch bad, corny, cheesyromantic movies with my wife. Like reallybad, corny, cheesy movies. And we watchreally goofy shows like “So You Think YouCan Dance?” and stuff like that.
DDAA:: Any parting words?JJSS:: Anybody out thre looking to go to abadass rock ‘n’ roll show come and see thereal deal. We put our lives and our heartsand our souls into the music and we hopethat our fans connect with that.
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Venezuelan-American singer and songwriterDevendra Banhart serves up yet anotherbilingual album with “What Will We Be.”
This 14-song folk piece is truly a delight toboth the ears and the soul. First song, “Can’tHelp But Smiling,” sets the mood with mel-low percussion and loving lyrics, which con-tinue in the next two tracks “Angelika” and“Baby.” Banhart really does upbeat andquirky like nobody else, opening a songwith the lyrics, “Replenish your blossomingbacchanal.” And he doesn’t stop there. Thealbum slows down considerably with “First
Song for B” and “Last Song for B,” in trueBanhartian fashion — think back to “SurgeryI Stole” from “The Black Babies.” The tempodoesn’t speed up, but the singer does let hiscroon out in “Meet Me At Lookout Point”and the curiously named track “Chin Chin& Muck Muck.” Those who have been wait-ing for this album will not be disappointedwith Banhart’s versatile voice and fantasticallyrics on point, all culminating in the psy-chedelic-inspired track “Rats.”
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Hailing from Houston, Devendra Banhart blossomed as a musician in The Castro District of San Francisco.Amazon.com
““I think that’s one of themost important thingsin my life is trying tolive in the moment. Andwhen you’re playingmusic and performing,you’re in the moment.”
—Jacoby Shaddix, Papa Roach
Vacaville natives PapaRoach will be performingin San Diego on Saturday
Banhart’s bilingual album offers varied tempos
Artist: Devendra BanhartAlbum: What Will We BeLabel: Reprise RecordsGrade: A
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“Precious” has been slowly rolling out tomovie theaters these past few weeks, taggedwith Oprah Winfrey’s seal of approval. Forsome, the “seal” means a sheep-like herdingtoward anything being pimped out by thequeen of media.
For others (this reviewer included), anOprah recommendation comes with a grainof salt, given her recent track record withfilms (see: “The Secret Life of Bees.” On sec-ond thought, don’t).
But, with “Precious” having its San Diegodebut last week after screenings in LosAngeles and New York, it turns out itdeserves every extra audience memberOprah brings it.
It tells a story that deserves to be seen, andit tells it in a way that never lets the audiencecome up for air as they’re sucked into thepower of the story.
The title character is an overweightHarlem high-schooler, kicked out of schoolafter getting pregnant for the second time —by her own father.
Comedian Mo’Nique turns in the stand-outperformance of Precious’ abusive mother, con-stantly berating her daughter for her weightand for “stealing her man.” But she keepsPrecious around, nonetheless, in a slave-likeatmosphere to continue collecting welfare.
And that man being Precious’ own fatheronly adds to the drama, as well as the agoniz-ing tragedy of her life.
The film could easily veer off into overlymelodramatic territory, but the director and
screenwriter add a nice touch by allowingPrecious to escape into a heightened dreamworld whenever traumatic events happen.Whether it be her father raping her, hermother criticizing her, or peers teasing her,
the audience quickly gets taken to the insideof Precious’ mind where she imagines life as apopular singer or imagines her mother as akinder, more loving personality or any kindof life other than her own.
By giving Precious a sense of humor,which allows her to build relationships withthe people in her life outside of her family, thefilm allows the audience to remain hopefulfor her life and for her two children that shecares so much for, despite those details ofhow she got pregnant.
Despite a strong example of a hateful,resentful mother in her own life, Precious staysoptimistic, with the obvious and occasionalsetback, and continues to push forward.
“Push,” by the way, is the name of thebook by author Sapphire, which the film isbased on. It’s a 1996 novel that stemmedfrom Sapphire’s encounters with a young girlwhile teaching in Harlem.
The realism and immediacy of all thedrama in the story easily takes the audiencein and creates something much more thanentertainment, forcing viewers to becomeinvested in Precious’ life.
Nice pick, O. Sorry for doubting you.
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Movie: PreciousDirected by: Lee DanielsDistributed by: LionsgateGrade: A
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It’s been quite a year for Brooklyn-based indieband Animal Collective. While the band is nostranger to receiving glowing reviews fromcritics, its most successful and accessiblealbum to date, “Merriweather Post Pavilion,”was released in January of this year. Takingadvantage of its growing success and creativepeak, Animal Collective has released aremarkable new EP titled “Fall Be Kind.” Thetitle is a play on “fall behind,” referring to thechanging of the clocks during the fall season.The EP features five newly recorded tracks,most of which were developed from recentlive performances.
While “Merriweather Post Pavilion” wasmore of a spritely, warm collection of songs,
“Fall Be Kind” sounds a little more dense anddreary, but in an appealing, complementarysort of way. Listening to it induces similarfeelings as floating around the air on a cloudyday. “What Would I Want? Sky,” is a perfectculmination of the band’s creative style andmusical potential, taking the first ever legallylicensed Grateful Dead sample from the song“Unbroken Chain” and making it the band’sown by creating a strangely uplifting psyche-delic-pop anthem with lyrics such as “And thesky got filled up too fast / And the taxi man’ssaying, ‘You betta / Give him your money / Stopdaydreaming dude!”
Opening track “Graze” is an interestingtwo-part song complete with an elfish pan-flute melody. The center of the album holdsthe slower, more repetitive song “Bleed,”which achieves mesmerizing vocal harmoniesdespite its subtle creepiness and the touch-
ingly vulnerable “On a Highway.” The finaltrack, “I Think I Can” begins with ghostlysynthesizers and evolves into an astounding-ly intricate and rhythmic vocal jam.
The album falls just short of 30 minuteslong, but its rich, dark texture combined withcatchy pop melodies will likely have listenerskeeping this one on repeat for a while.
“Fall Be Kind” was released digitallyMonday on iTunes. It will be released on CDand LP Dec. 15 via Domino Records. AnimalCollective is currently touring in Australia.
To preorder a copy of “Fall Be Kind” or formore information visit www.dominorecordco.us.
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New film embracestragedy, family and incestin a tearful yet real way
‘Precious’ will assuredly pull viewers’ heartstrings
Animal Collective changes colors on ‘Fall Be Kind’
Artist: Animal CollectiveAlbum: Fall Be KindLabel: Domino RecordsGrade: A
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San Diego State alumnus JT Tyler recentlygave a guest lecture in Noah Arceneaux’s(assistant professor of journalism & mediastudies) media convergence class, alongwith longtime friend Richard Piety (CSULong Beach) and freelance iPhone program-mer Randy Hsiao (Cornell). The topic ofdiscussion was the iPhone application FreeFalling, which the three of them createdtogether. After getting their applicationapproved by Apple, it was featured in theNew and Noteworthy section of the AppStore on iTunes.
Free Falling is a simple yet addicting gamein which the player must keep his or her ballfrom hitting the top of the screen by causingit to fall through gaps in the solid platforms.To make things difficult, the level scrolls upmore rapidly with each new level. The gamehas five levels, each with its own unique back-grounds, music and powerups that fit thetheme. Different levels include a city skyline
with fireworks, an underwater theme, a flam-ing hot level, a freezing cold level (watch outfor the ice cubes) and an outer space level.
Tyler and Piety got the idea for FreeFalling from a similar, even more simplifiedTI-83 calculator game Fall Down. They didsome of their own online research to makesure the game was not copyright protected,then started developing ideas to make asimilar game for the iPhone. Once theythought of the idea for the App, they beganlooking for a local iPhone programmer whothey could partner with to start game devel-opment. While searching on GoogleGroups, they found Hsiao. Hsiao is aCornell graduate who had worked forRockstar Games for seven years. However,he left the company because he wanted tohave full control of game design.
During the guest lecture, Hsiao spokeabout the iPhone submission process. Appleoffers an iPhone Developer Program for $100a year. The program offers all necessary devel-opment tools such as coding equipment, aniPhone simulator, performance data and aninterface builder.
Tyler and Piety released the App with theirnewly formed company, Good Times andDidge, which is a business partnership thatthey created while traveling abroad inAustralia. Faced with a tight budget, Tylercomposed and recorded all the music for thegame, while Piety used images from servicessuch as www.istockphoto.com.
It typically takes about two to four weeksfor an iPhone application to get approvedonce it has been submitted. Apple takes allaspects of each App submission into account,including the description and keywordsattributed to each App. Free Falling tookabout three weeks to get approved before itwas featured in the App Store. After beingtested by Apple, the game was selected fromthousands of new applications to be featuredin the New and Noteworthy section of theiTunes store for about two weeks.
As far as advice for students who may havetheir own ideas for iPhone applications, Tyler,Piety and Hsiao recommend that if studentsget a good idea for an App, they should act onit as soon as they can before somebody elsegets the same idea. Having a solid, mar-
ketable idea is more important than knowingthe actual iPhone technology.
Free Falling is currently available in theiTunes App Store for $1.99.
For more information on Good Times andDidge, visit www.goodtimesanddidge.com. Formore information on the iPhone DeveloperProgram visit developer.apple.com/iphone/pro-gram.
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Apple, Inc.’s cellular sensation, the iPhone, now carries more than 4,000 applications including themes of cooking, gambling, rhyming, riddling and shopping. It is the perfect gift for the multitasking student.MCT Campus
For those who like to rock ‘n’ roll all night andparty every day, the perfect concert has arrived.
The band KISS is back, this time touringthe U.S. on the Alive / 35 tour in support ofits latest album “Sonic Boom.” The tour’sname comes from the group’s celebration ofits 35th anniversary, and it is the first majortour since the Rock The Nation tour in 2004.
Although the only two original membersperforming will be singer and bassist GeneSimmons and singer and guitarist PaulStanley, the show still promises to be a nightof intense excitement with all the expectedKISS theatrics. Plus, drummer Eric Singerand lead guitarist Tommy Thayer, replacingPeter Criss and Ace Frehley, respectively,promise to be just as good as the originals.
KISS, who made it big in the late ‘70s, ismost famous for hits such as “Detroit RockCity,” “Rock and Roll All Nite” and “HotterThan Hell,” as well as other antics includingits infamous makeup and putting its ownblood into the red ink of KISS comic books.
The group will be stopping in San Diegoat 7:30 p.m. this Friday at the San DiegoSports Arena, with opening act Buckcherry.Tickets range from $15.50 to $126. Formore information, go to www.kissonline.com.
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““Once they thought ofthe idea for the App,they began lookingfor a local iPhoneprogrammer whothey could partnerwith to start gamedevelopment.”
SDSU grad develops ‘new and noteworthy’ iPhone application
Honored heavy metal band to ‘rock and roll all nite’ at Sports Arena
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While teens and young adults are asking forthe latest Guitar Hero games this holiday sea-son, an authentic guitar hero hit the stage at8 p.m. last Sunday at Belly Up Tavern inSolana Beach. Silver-haired for years, blueslegend B.B. King showed no signs of stoppingas he let his soulful set of pipes soar to a sold-out crowd, but not before calling on LukasNelson and Promise of the Real to open theshow. This band, hands down, is one of thegreatest opening bands anyone can be fortu-nate enough to see. Fans of blues-rock suchas The Black Keys or even the vocal stylingsof Jeff Buckley absolutely must give thisgroup a listen. Nelson, who just happens tobe one of Willie Nelson’s many children, fol-lows in his father’s musical footsteps in allthe right ways. Formed recently, this banddoesn’t have an album available onwww.Amazon.com, but inquiring minds canfind tracks and purchase “Brandos ParadiseSessions EP” on its Web site.
San Diego sometimes has the reputationof not taking too kindly to most opening acts.However, when Nelson started playing hisguitar with his teeth, concertgoers tooknotice. Sometimes musicians try this as agimmick, hoping to imitate a guitar greatsuch as Jimi Hendrix, but usually it just endsup sounding muddled or messy. Yet forNelson, even with the six strings to his lips,every note sounded perfect and with pas-sionate nuance not often seen in youngerplayers. By the conclusion of its lively set, itwas easy to tell that Promise of the Real hadrecruited some new fans.
After a short break to reset the stage, theB.B. King blues band came out for an approx-imately 20-minute instrumental set, especial-ly showing off the chops of the brass and sax-ophone players. While some had beenexpecting a solo performance from the kingof blues, the full-ensemble sound was a wel-
come addition as the intimate venue eruptedwith the amazing sounds of the blues band.Finally, King walked on stage to the soundsof his band mixed with the incredible volumeof the audience. King played hits such as1964’s “Rock Me Baby” and 1970’s “TheThrill is Gone” but also mixed in a couple ofsoul and folk standards, including Lou Baxter
and Johnny Moore’s “Merry Christmas, Baby”and the old-time classic “You Are MySunshine.” For the latter, King dedicated thesong to “all the ladies.” At the end of the song,he asked for the house lights to come up,counted to four and kindly asked for all thecouples in attendance to kiss. It was a light-hearted and sweet moment and a lovely way
to kick off the holidays, which all too oftencan be overshadowed with stress. Even loveli-er was King’s humble conclusion to theevening, part prayer and part gratitude: “I’veplayed in over 90 countries, some I wouldlove to go back to and others I’m afraid to goback to. If I am allowed to keep playing andcome back here, I will.”
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B.B. King and company created a warm and intimate setting at the Belly Up Tavern on Sunday night, offering the perfect beginning to the holiday season.David J. Olender / Staff Photographer
“The Boondock Saints” was in theaters foronly two weeks back in 1999. It wasn’t untilits DVD release that teenage boys and menaround the nation made the “shoot ‘em up”revenge flick a cult favorite.
Ten years later, “The Boondock Saints II:All Saints Day” has finally been made, anddirector Troy Duffy had a lot to say about the
decade-long process. The Daily Aztec satdown with Duffy, the film’s producer ChrisBrinker, a former San Diego State student aswell as one of the Saints himself, SeanPatrick Flanery.
Expletives were aplenty during the inter-view, proving that these guys like their four-letter words.
After the first film had a limited releasebecause of the Columbine shooting, it failedto find that initial audience in the theaters.Duffy saw the sequel as “an honest chance
to succeed,” adding that, “We’re going tonow see what Boondock can really do andhow many fans there are really out there.”
When describing the process of why ittook so long to get made, the aspect of thescreenwriting immediately came up. He hadseen his fair share of failed sequels (“TheMatrix” is an example, the original whichcame out the same year as “The BoondockSaints”) and was intent on doing it right,waiting for an idea fitting enough to bringthe saints back into action.
Brinker elaborates on the situation by say-ing that as soon as a script was done, “Therewas interest from a distributor, so we foundourselves in a perfect position to go make thismovie, not only the one he wanted to makebut under terms that were acceptable.”
With “Boondock Saints II: All SaintsDay” released in San Diego on Nov. 13, localfans of the original can now decide whatthey think of those terms in which Duffymade his sequel.
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‘Boondock’ sequel producer and director chat on decade-long gap
Blues legend B.B. King graciously welcomed at recent show
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Documenting livesand inspiring his own
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Sitting in his warm, Rwandan classroom, 9-year-oldEmmanuel Rudatsikira remembers when his princi-pal told the class to run for their lives.
“I had polio when I was three, but I ran as fastas my weak legs could take me,” associate profes-sor and director of San Diego State’s GlobalEmergency Preparedness and Response ProgramRudatsikira said.
“When I got home,” he said, “everyone had goneinto hiding. Many people were killed on that day.”
For Rudatsikira, being born and raised in theWestern part of Rwanda — and still being alive totalk about it — is no small feat.
Brutal clashes between the Hutu and Tutsi peo-ple have plagued Rwanda with perpetual violencesince it achieved independence in 1962. Militarycoups and the genocidal acts of the Hutu govern-ment have shaken the country’s stability and safety,throwing it into utter chaos and killing thousands ofmen, women and children along the way.
Running on tired, wobbling legs, Rudatsikira sur-vived that gruesome day.
“Since then,” Rudatsikira said, “I have nevertaken neither life nor safety for granted.”
Rudatsikira believes he was spared from themassacre for one reason.
“I was spared to serve,” he said. Earning a medical degree in Africa, Rudatsikira
came to the United States as a refugee. Unwillingto stop his education with only a bachelor of artsdegree, he went back to school to earn a doctor-ate in public health epidemiology, a field thatfocuses on both global and individual health.
Different disciplines are integrated into the stud-ies, such as biomedical, genetic, psychosocial,cultural, environmental, societal and politicalinfluences, according to the Web site of SDSU’sGraduate School of Public Health.
Rudatsikira’s background has led to an unparal-leled expertise in refugee health, disaster manage-ment and violence prevention. Last year he accept-ed an invitation to lead the Global EmergencyPreparedness and Response Program at SDSU.
“It was a great opportunity to train a world-classworkforce that will effectively address the challengesassociated with natural and man-made disasters ona global scale,” Rudatsikira said.
Guiding a generation that can address disastersis not only a profession forRudatsikira, but also a pas-sion. Living through disasterhimself, the professor under-stands the importance ofpeople who know how to rec-tify world crises.
After witnessing thedestruction of health infra-structure that had taken
years to build in his country and many preventabledeaths because of man-made and natural disasters,Rudatsikira knew he’d pursue a field in emergencypreparedness and response.
Since earning his doctorate, Rudatsikira has writ-ten numerous publications on global health, com-mitted to project coordination in Africa and Asia andtaken up research in more than 30 countries in thesix regions of the World Health Organization.
Rudatsikira’s story of service and success in theface of seemingly unbeatable odds is inspiring andundeniably exceptional, yet he believes that any per-son can achieve great things — even when the situ-ation feels hopeless. His solution is simple.
“Trust in God and focus on your studies,” hesaid. “Always keep in mind that, if you do not giveup, the best is yet to come.”
For more information on Emmanuel Rudatsikiraor to contact him, visit www.publichealth.sdsu.edu.
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When people hear the word “cowboy,” they oftenthink of the hat-wearing, lasso-throwing, gun-shoot-ing glamorized actors riding horseback in oldHollywood Western films. And while these portrayalsmay be close to the real thing, many do not realizethe values of family, honor, hospitality and resource-fulness one can learn from a cowboy.
Stephen Crutchfield, graduate student in thedepartment of television, film and new media at SanDiego State, set out with his camera, boom micro-phone and lighting equipment to a hidden ranch inDescanso in search of vaqueros (Spanish cowboys).What he captured was hours of raw footage thatrecounts the history of the fading culture from thosewho are still alive to tell the tale.
Crutchfield directed,edited and produced a14-minute documentarytitled, “The Last Vaquero.”He entered it into theCalifornia StateUniversity’s 19th annualSummer Arts Media ArtsFestival and won secondplace for documentarieslast month.
Every year, MAF show-cases some of the beststudent work in anima-tion, documentary, experi-mental, interactive, music video, narrative, televi-sion, feature screenplay and short screenplay fromthe 23 CSU campuses. This year the judges chose30 finalists among 171 entries. Crutchfield was theonly student from SDSU chosen as a finalist.
“I really enjoyed ‘The Last Vaquero,’” MAFDirector Joanne Sharp said. “It had an interestingcinematic style and truly captured a fading lifestyle.”
“The Last Vaquero” was screened before an audi-ence of industry professionals, professors and stu-dents at the MAF in Fullerton before winners wereannounced. Crutchfield did not attend the ceremonyand was out of town celebrating his 10-year weddinganniversary when the good news was announced.
Crutchfield first became intrigued with the vaque-ro lifestyle and began researching it after attendingand videotaping a cowboy poetry event, which is aform of Western storytelling usually told throughsong and playing a guitar.
“Most of what we know about the American cow-boy today started with the vaquero,” Crutchfieldsaid. “The vaquero was perhaps the most skillfulhorseman the world had ever seen and many believethe vaquero way of ranching is more beneficial foranimals than today’s modern ranching techniques.”
After years of researching vintage magazines,books and Internet sources, he met a saddlemaker in Descanso. Crutchfield found an articleby Garry McClintock titled “Hey, Mr. Vaquero!”that outlined the vaquero lifestyle and talkedabout McClintock’s friend, Granville “Granny”Martin, whom many claim to be the lastvaquero.
Martin, who died in 1991, is themain figure in the documentary.
Martin was resourceful, self-suffi-cient and could survive in the back-country for weeks.
Black-and-white footage ofMartin making a reata (lasso)weaves back and forth with newfootage of McClintock teachingthe same process to a youngcowboy, who wants to learn thetraditional techniques of makinga rawhide lasso.
Crutchfield developed aclose bond with McClintock andMartin’s family through the filmingprocess and became a part of thetight-knit ranch community.
“It’s a great honor to tell these stories ofwhat the world was like 100 years ago and try to
learn something from that,” Crutchfield said. “Thosewho knew him well exclaimed that if you spent anytime with Granny ‘and had at least a half a brain’you’d learn something.”
After numerous interviews, days of shooting, 50pages of transcripts and 12 hours of raw footage,Crutchfield was ready to begin editing.
“Sometimes it felt like it would not be possible toedit a scene together (because) the challengeseemed too great,” he said. “Then, by process ofelimination and refinement, a scene was created.”
Crutchfield said he wants to tell stories that areinteresting to him as well as others. His film wasshown to colleagues and professors to critique andseveral edits had to be made before the final cut.
“‘The Last Vaquero’ is a thoroughly profession-al documentary,”TFM professor MarkFreeman said.“Because Stephen isa tenacious andmeticulous filmmak-er, his researchuncovered a little-known story. Hisdocumentary isbeautifully shot andwell written.”
One of the advis-ers who oversaw the
project, TFM professor Greg Durbin, said Crutchfieldhas an abundance of innate talent.
“Stephen did an excellent job structuring thematerial so that it captured the viewer’s imaginationand even had a dramatic shape,” Durbin said. “Ifound myself quite caught up in how a leather lassois made, something I would not have guessed wouldinterest me before watching this doc.”
Before filming “The Last Vaquero,” Crutchfielddirected the short narrative film, “One Cold Night”and directed “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” His docu-mentary titled “Tissiack: The Great Northwest Face,”won first place from Videomaker magazine in 2007.
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“It used to be, ‘Well, Richie’s supposedto lead us; Zo’s supposed to lead us,’” sen-ior guard Kelvin Davis said of last year’sSDSU men’s basketball team. “Now it’slike, ‘Well, who’s going to have a greatgame? Who’s going to speak up?’”
It’s one of the more popular questionssurrounding the 2009-10 version of theAztecs. The team has plenty of talent, butwhere’s the leadership and chemistrygoing to come from?
Early on in this season, the answer isstill unclear. Against UC San Diego in theseason opener, junior forward MalcolmThomas led the team with 20 points.Against Saint Mary’s, it was hard to findanybody who stepped up in a 22-pointblowout. Against Santa Clara, junior for-ward Billy White seemed to be the man,scoring a game-high 17 points.
Four games into the season, no onereally knows SDSU’s true identity. But,according to Davis, that’s the beauty ofthis year’s Aztec squad.
“We don’t have to go out there and thisperson has to get 15 shots,” Davis said.“Everybody can score 20 one night andhave five the next night.”
Last year, the team had its chiefs and its
Indians. Williams led the team on the court,Wade was the leader off of it and Spain andAmoroso were the role-players, filling inwhenever Williams or Wade couldn’t. Thisyear, though, things are a little different.
“With this group, everybody came intogether, so everybody is together now,”Davis said. “It’s not like, ‘Well, they’ve beenhere …’ No, it’s a team, it’s like a big family.”
The team hasn’t had much timetogether because of injuries, which maybe the reason SDSU hasn’t found its iden-tity yet. White missed time in Octoberwith a bruised wrist, sophomore guard /forward Tyrone Shelley missed time witha foot injury and both Thomas and soph-omore forward Tim Shelton missed timewith knee injuries.
Everyone except Shelton has returnedto the floor, which has helped the Aztecsdevelop some continuity these past fewweeks. SDSU will have a chance to gel evenmore when it finishes the West CoastClassic today against Pacific and Saturdayagainst Northern Arizona.
“Everybody’s chemistry is comingtogether because everybody is playing theirrole really well,” Davis said. “Once we real-ly gel and get everybody on the same page,it’s going to be so much easier.”
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Newcomers Kawhi Leonard and Brian Carlwell have replaced veterans such as Lorrenzo Wade and Kyle Spain.Lindsey Martin / Assistant Photo Editor
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With each energy-sapping dog paddle orinvoluntary gulp of water that went downhis throat, San Diego State triathlon teamcaptain Shane Bond could have given up.
But quitting isn’t something Bond iscomfortable with. And besides, it was hisfirst triathlon and he wasn’t going to let hisinability to swim keep him from finishing.
Bond had never been a good swimmer.One time as a child, Bond was clinging tothe edge of a pool in the deep end when helost his grip and began to sink. Had Bond’sbrother not been there to pull him out, hecould have drowned.
The incident frightened young Bondand he stayed out of the deep end until hiseighth grade graduation party where hefinally captured the courage to leap intothe water. After jumping in, Bond dog pad-dled to the shallow end.
In his first triathlon, nearly a decadeafter his eighth grade graduation party,Bond once again leapt into the water notknowing how to swim properly. Only thistime, the shallow end was 500 metersaway.
“It took me basically 40 minutes of dogpaddling, backstroking and whatever elseyou want to name that ugly stroke that Iwas doing,” Bond said.
Even though Bond admitted doubt lin-gered in his mind as he swam, he didn’t letit drag him down. Bond had always seeninspirational stories on television aboutpeople defying great odds to finish atriathlon. One story that left a strongimpression on Bond was about a man withLou Gehrig’s disease, who said that hewould complete the Ironman in Hawaiieven if it meant he had to be rolled acrossthe finish line.
So, when lifeguards kept asking if Bondwas OK after coughing up water, Bondkept paddling as if he were.
“That’s one thing about this sport that Ithink I love the most,” Bond said. “You seethose stories and it’s just like, ‘what is myexcuse?’ If they can do it, then why can’t Iget my butt off the couch and go do it too?There’s something about it. You just can’tquit. It’s powerful.”
Bond has since competed in approxi-mately 15 other triathlons including a HalfIronman in Oceanside. And it wasn’t untilafter his second triathlon that Bond finallylearned from a book how to swim efficient-ly. After teaching himself to swim, it tookBond the same amount of time to do the1.2-mile course in the Half Ironman as itdid for him to swim his first triathlon,which was a quarter of the length.
While Bond may have been a latebloomer in terms of the swimming compo-nent of triathlons, he has had an easiertime with the running and cycling por-tions. Just the other week, Bond rode hisbicycle to Disneyland, stopping only onceto buy a Gatorade, an AriZona Tea and abrownie. Bond nonchalantly said heenjoyed Disneyland and the time he spentthere gave him a chance to loosen his legs.
But the triathlon Bond is planning to doin the spring won’t be like a walk in thetheme park. It’s a new Ironman, said to beone of the most brutal of them all. The racehappened to be announced on Bond’sbirthday and it will take place in Utah justtwo weeks after Bond and the rest of hisSDSU club team competes at the USATCollegiate Nationals. Bond’s goal is to fin-ish the race within 12 hours.
“It’s about pushing yourself and show-ing yourself that you can set a limit thatyou never thought you had,” Bond said.“And then it’s about going past it.”
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Despite struggling in the swimming portion of his first two triathlons, Shane Bond excelled on land with his runningand cycling. Bond and the rest of the SDSU triathlon team will compete in the USAT Collegiate Nationals.
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Thanksgiving, I love younever thought I’d saythis, but Thanksgiving ismy favorite holiday.
I’ve always loved it,but I think it may have
officially jumped Christmas tomake it to the top of my list.
First of all, you wake up andyour house already smells like deli-ciousness and by the time youmake it out of your room and turnthe TV on, the Detroit Lions arealready down by four touchdowns.
If that’s not enough, footballgoes on all day and is capped offby the greatest food ever (notserved at La Casita’s): Pie.
Football, pie and … well Iguess that’s it. But those two aregood enough to pushThanksgiving, or “T-Gives,” as Ilike to call it, to the top. I’m get-ting excited just thinking about it.
You know what? This is awk-ward. I’m sorry, I’m not very goodat writing about things I like. I’mmuch more proficient at writingabout things I hate, such as themeparties. I hate theme parties.
Theme parties were fun backin the day. We all went to an ‘80sparty freshman year and gawkedat the girls in spandex, but it’stime to move on.
Just this last weekend I hadtwo theme parties to go to. Thefirst was a wig party inClairemont. I wanted to dress as aWhig. You know, a member ofthe 1800s American politicalparty? Yeah, no one else seemedto get it either.
Next up was “Rock Stars andDivas” for my female friend’s21st birthday. Now that’s annoy-ing enough in and of itself, butthis wasn’t even a house party;we were going to TyphoonSaloon in Pacific Beach.
I really didn’t want to dress upat all, but my buddy Robbie waswearing skintight red pants,absurd high-top sneakers and aFreddie Mercury moustache toboot, so I felt like I needed some-thing. I put on reasonably tightgray jeans, a too-small, fadedblack T-shirt and some Vans fromhigh school with a studded belt. Iwas adorable while Robbielooked so ridiculous he wouldn’tget out of the car when we wentto pick up liquor.
So when we arrive at the pre-party in PB, sure enough, we werethe only guys in attendance thatmade even the slightest attemptto dress up. Robbie thenannounces, “Well this sucks, I’mglad I brought a change ofclothes, I’m about to walk back tomy truck and change.”
Oh sweet. Guess what? I donot have a change of clothes.Now suddenly I’m the over-dressed one. On top of that, I did-n’t even really look like a rockstar, I just looked like a 14-year-old who shops at Hot Topic.
At that point, I basically guar-
anteed that everyone in the barwould look down on me andthere was no way I was gettinglaid. In other words, it was likeevery other Saturday night.
I did, however, end up con-suming enough alcohol to stopcaring about the beginning of thenight. You know you’re having agood time when your buddygrabs you and says, “Time to go.”Then when you ask him why, hesays, “The bar is closing” andyou’re completely shocked.
“What? This bar closes at 10?How lame.”
“It’s 1:30, Pope, and you’rewearing some girl’s jacket. Itstime to go.”
“Touché, moustache man.Touché.”
So I leave you with this: Whileyou’re enjoying your turkey andcranberry sauce during this won-derful holiday, don’t forget whatyou should really be thankful for.
For me, it’s pie, Aaron Rodgersand those of you who read thesecolumns and don’t threaten to lit-erally knock my teeth out.
No but really, thank you. It’smy awesome readers that give methe confidence to continually getrejected by girls at bars anddenied by girls in my classes.
And that’s from the heart.
—David Pope is an English senior.
—This column does not necessarilyreflect the opinions of The DailyAztec.
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LOOKING THOUGH OUR LENS
PURE PIER LIGHTS
Assistant Photo Editor Lindsay Martin captured this captivating view of the pier at Ocean Beach as the last breaths
of sun peaked over the ocean horizon.