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CHELSEA’S LIGHT
IINNSSIIDDEE TTOODDAAYYOPINION
SPORTS
TODAY @ SDSU
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Monday, April 5, 2010 Vol. 95, Issue 98
All levels of government arebeing urged to consider a pizzatax to help decrease obesity.
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The Lady Aztecs fall to Duke inthe Sweet 16 round of theNCAA Tournament.
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OPINION.........................................................................2DATING & ROMANCE.................................................4SPORTS.............................................................................7CLASSIFIEDS..................................................................11THE BACK PAGE.........................................................12
NO TO PIZZA TAX
ASSAULT AWARENESS
SHORT OF ELITE
CoffeeHouse series
5 p.m.,Aztec Center Starbucks
Local musician and SDSU graduateLeah Panos will play her harp forCultural Arts & Special Events’ latestCoffeeHouse event.
Discover how Chelsea’s storyhas brought light to sexualassault awareness.
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Four of the five A.S. executive candidates ran unopposed in this year’s election. The new executive officers plan to encourage more students to participate next year.Kallie Larsen / Staff Photographer
Students visited WebPortal twoweeks ago to vote for their favoriteAssociated Students candidatesand the results came withoutmuch surprise.
Four of the five executive posi-tions ran unopposed and numer-ous council seats were left empty.
The results for A.S. executivepositions are as follows: GrantMack for A.S. President, SeanKashanchi for A.S. Executive VicePresident, Laura Schofield for A.S.Vice President of External Affairs,Amanda Pascoe for A.S. VicePresident of Finance, and CandiceLuistro for A.S. Vice President ofUniversity Affairs.
“One of the biggest goals fornext year is university accountabili-ty and holding the school responsi-ble,” Mack said. “I’m going to bepushing for many sustainableactions and restructuring A.S. sothat it is more efficient. Right nowwe have a committee set up forrestructuring.”
The new executive officerswould like to expand A.S. next yearand motivate more students tobecome involved.
“My biggest goal is to createmore leaders on campus,”Kashanchi said. “The lack of moti-vation to get involved on campuswas seen in this election. Peopleeither don’t want to get involved ordon’t know how.”
Despite the significant shortagein candidacy, a significant numberof write-in candidates appearedfrom the woodwork.
According to Schofield, the num-ber of write-in candidates in thisyear’s election greatly exceededelections in the past.
“There are a couple of short-ages (in representatives), but thathappens every year,” Schofieldsaid. “We will be a full functioningcouncil.”
Mack took the A.S. presidentialposition with 99.6 percent of thevote in his favor. The remaining .4percent of the vote went to write-incandidate Jeremy Katz. Kashanchisucceeded with 49.3 percent of thevote. He defeated Michael Toubi
and Robert Peacock in the competi-tion for the A.S. executive vice pres-idential spot, the only contestedexecutive position in this year’selection.
“I thought there was a reallyhigh competition level,”Kashanchi said. “I have a highlevel of respect for each of them. Itwas a clean race and no majorcomplaints were filed.”
Because of the number of com-plaints and concerns raised duringlast year’s election, extra precautionswere made to keep ethics and ruleviolations under control. An appealspanel was created to resolve any dis-putes that may have risen, althoughthat was not needed this yearbecause of the lack in candidacy.
The new A.S. executive officersare already planning for next year.According to Mack, nothing hasbeen set in stone, but new ideashave been discussed. He hopes tohave a plan for next year togetherbefore the end of this semester.
“I have a couple of goals, firstand foremost the budget crisis,”Schofield said. “I have been fightingit. I will help plan rallies and make
sure that the legislature knows thatwe are not going away.”
Schofield has been working toget the San Diego State StudentsAct of 2010 passed, which will openan option on statewide tax returnsfor a $5 to $10 dollar donationtoward the EducationalOpportunity Program at SDSU.Schofield and Kashanchi have alsobeen collaborating to make a calen-dar for next year.
“We have been facilitating itand have created meetings for it,”Kashanchi said. “We want to make(a calendar) that is beneficial forthe entire student body. It willallow students to go online andenter information for an upcomingevent. The event could then getapproved and then posted to theuniversity calendar.”
According to Schofield, A.S.plans to take action to get more stu-dents informed about events occur-ring on campus. She plans tostreamline communication withstudents by using Facebook, e-mailand newsletters.
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CAMPUS CRIME
VandalismApril 2 — The San Diego StatePolice were dispatched to assistsecurity officers with a man whowas reportedly being combative atAztec Corner Apartments. SDSUPolice Sgt. Steven Harshaw saidMarcos Guillen, a 20-year-old whois not affiliated with the universi-ty, “was fighting and covered inblood.” Guillen was reportedlyupset about an ex-girlfriend whenhe punched an apartment sliding
glass door and broke it, accordingto Harshaw. The door was valuedbetween $450 and $500. Guillenwas arrested and transported tojail for vandalism and publicintoxication.
March 31 — In another unrelatedvandalism case, a professorreportedly flagged down officersafter he believed his car windowwas shattered by a possible gun-shot. Harshaw said the victimwas driving west on Montezuma
Road when his front passengerwindow was hit. SDSU Policelater discovered that a slingshotwas used to hit the victim’s win-dow with a rock. Stephen Dasaro,a 20-year-old SDSU student, wasarrested and transported to jailfor throwing a substance at thevehicle, vandalism and posses-sion of marijuana.
TheftMarch 30 — A man was arrested
after he reportedly stole a bicycle.Harshaw said officers spotted twomales tampering with a bike nearAztec Center. One of the suspectsremoved the bike and proceededsouth. Ross Miller, a 50-year-oldwho is not affiliated with the uni-versity, was consequently arrestedand transported to jail for pettytheft with a prior arrest and pos-session of drug paraphernalia.
—Compiled by Assistant City EditorKristina Blake
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The Daily AztecMonday,
April 5, 20102 OPINIONFLAMING LIBERAL
FREEDOM HAWK
Whitburn, best choice for students’ votesollege students are infamousfor being unaware of our neigh-borhoods and what importantsocial services are needed tokeep our community healthy
and safe. This needs to change now.If students don’t participate in our
local government, then we allow others tomake decisions for us. Sure, in recentmonths, students have taken a biggerinterest in the legislative process that pro-duces the state and federal budgets oursocial and public services function on, butlocal offices have a much larger impact onus and the issues we care about.
At San Diego State, we have organiza-tions that bring attention to social serv-ices issues such as homelessness, hungerand lack of health services for the needy.These are issues we care about, yet wehave not connected our grassrootsefforts with those who are responsiblefor the allocating funds and implement-ing these social services.
Take the San Diego County Board ofSupervisors. Most students don’t think ofthe board when they think of local gov-ernment — largely because most don’teven know what these elected officials do.We have had the same five people repre-senting us on the board for about 15years or more — five white Republicans.Part of the ignorance is because there isnever any dialogue with young voters. Theboard is composed of the same like-mind-ed individuals who are not responsive tothe needs of our community.
The Board of Supervisors oversees andadministers state laws, land use and socialand health services for the county. Theimportant social programs and servicesstudents are fighting for are often con-trolled by our supervisors. Their deliveryon important services such as foodstamps, CalWORKs and Medicare ispathetic. They have gotten comfortablewith their jobs and aren’t trying hard toimprove our communities.
Reform is needed. This election cycle,voters will have the opportunity to changethe board of supervisors. SDSU is in dis-trict four, represented by Ron Roberts.District four includes the mid-city neigh-borhoods, University City and Miramar tothe north, and Paradise Hills to the south.This district has a Democratic registrationadvantage. A strong challenger could stepup and make sure Roberts doesn’t win thisseat outright in June.
Four Democratic challengers havestepped forward as alternatives to Roberts:San Diego Unified School Board TrusteeShelia Jackson, housing advocate Juan delRio, retired schoolteacher Margaret Moodyand community activist and former SanDiego City Council candidate StephenWhitburn.
This heated five-person race should def-initely be the one for college students towatch and get actively involved in andfight for change. My donkey in the race isopenly gay community activist StephenWhitburn. (Full disclosure: I have beeninvolved in campaigning for Whitburn inthe past.)
As an award-winning journalist, Vice-Chair of the North Park PlanningCommittee and an employee of theAmerican Red Cross, Whitburn has theright skills and experience to administer thedisbursement of resources that deal withland use and health and human services.
Whitburn supports Proposition B,which will be on the San Diego Countyballot to place term limits on the board ofsupervisors and put an end to theentrenched incumbents we are facing now.
He has also taken a pledge to not acceptany gifts when elected; people should berunning for office to do the right thing, notfor special perks. Whitburn understandsthat ... something his incumbent opponentmay not grasp. Roberts made at least sixtrips to China financed by the San DiegoWorld Trade Center, which in turn hasreceived more than $850,000 in countyfunds that were under Robert’s discretion.See, the board’s budget includes $10 mil-lion that is divided evenly among the fivesupervisors; basically, a $2 million slushfund for each to disperse as he or she seesfit. Roberts’ use of these funds — labeled asintended for “neighborhood reinvestment”— for what appears to be trading favorsshould be more than enough to raise a feweyebrows around the county, yet nothing isbeing done to stop it.
Whitburn knows how to ask the toughquestions and put citizens first. The pro-gressive issues college students care aboutmost are often administered by the boardof supervisors. If we really want to make achange in our community, we should help
elect Whitburn as our next supervisor.Whitburn has already received wide
support from youth organizations such asthe Stonewall Young Democrats of SanDiego and the San Diego County YoungDemocrats, according to his campaign Website. (Full disclosure: I am an active mem-ber of both organizations.)
With so many budget cuts and socialservices being underfunded, we need tohave at least one supervisor who will fight
for those who don’t have a voice. As stu-dents, we should be part of this fight.
—Allan Acevedo is a political science and com-parative literature 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 fullname, major and year in school.
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Whitburn works for community interests and can bring much needed change to the board of supervisors.Courtesy www..stephenwhitburn.com
ndoubtedly, there is a weightissue in America. But the govern-ment has no right to ignore ourliberties and act like neo-mon-archs in an attempt to control
every detail of our lives.In an effort to curb health care costs, the
American Medical Association has urgedgovernments at the local, state and nationallevels to institute a pizza tax to deter peoplefrom consuming pizza. This solution wasderived after the association conducted astudy found if pizza and soda were smackedwith an 18 percent tax, it would reduceAmericans’ intake of calories and slashhealth care costs by $147 billion per year,according to www.dailyfinance.com.
Pizza was focused on because, like soda,its real price — versus inflation, at leastthrough 2006 — decreased with time, butprices for seemingly healthier foods such aswhole milk increased throughout the 20-year period in the study.
Increasing the price of pizza to curbhealth care costs is absurd. If people areoverweight, it’s up to the individual or fami-ly to decide whether to get into shape or tolive unhealthily. The more government con-tinues to tax our liberties, the more it willfeel justified to manipulate our lives. Withthe government running the health care sys-
tem, it could — and probably will — use itsbully pulpit to try and influence what wecan and can’t eat or smoke, for example. Ihave philosophical grievances associatedwith the control this study implies, reminis-cent of bringing “Big Brother” down on theAmerican people because they can’t seem tolive healthy lives on their own. But there aremany objections I have with the study itself.
Comparatively, pizza is not that bad foryou, amounting about 300 calories a slicefor cheese-only, according to the Web sitewww.calorieking.com, and whole milk has147 calories for an 8-ounce serving. Whenconsidering the amount of calories packedinto a salad, depending on the dressing, orthe McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with 410calories, there are worse foods out there, soI don’t see the the AMA decided to wage awar on pizza.
Theoretically the study is right, if youincrease the price of something, in general,the consumption will decrease. But not allfood experts agree. Keri Gans, a registereddietitian in New York and a spokeswomanfor the American Dietetic Association, toldwww.dailyfinance.com, “I don’t think you can
single out one food or two foods as a causeof obesity. People love their high-calorie cof-fee drinks that cost a fortune.”
The pizza industry, including both hugechains and local pizzerias, accounts for a$50 billion business in the U.S. Volatilecommodity prices and cash-strapped cus-tomers have damaged the industrythroughout the last couple of years. Somefamilies find it is more practical to eat fast-food than at a restaurant. “An 18 percenttax increase on pizza and soda would bedevastating to the industry, which countson soda sales to boost its profits,” JenniferLitz, editor of an industry Web site calledPizza Marketplace, said.
Others representing the pizza industryvoiced concern and wonder why they arebeing scapegoated for the obesity problemin the U.S. Tim McIntyre, vice president forcommunications at Domino’s Pizza Inc. toldwww.dailyfinance.com, “Pizza is completelycustomizable — you can make it as healthyor as indulgent as you want.” It is all up tothe consumer as to how many calories he orshe consumes.
Taxing people into better health hasgained popularity in America. Soda taxes arealready being discussed in New York andPhiladelphia. Federal-level taxes are being
looked into as well. The American HeartAssociation and the director of the U.S.Centers for Disease Control support sodataxes, according to www.healthandage.com.But such taxes will be proportionally unfairto lower-income citizens, who spend moreof their money on fast food. Sallie James, apolicy analyst from the Libertarian CatoInstitute, lashed out at this governmentcontrol that may be forced upon people’slives. “It’s no one’s business what anybodyputs in their mouths,” James said in aninterview with www.dailyfinance.com. “I sus-pect some lawmakers are attracted to it fora revenue source.”
Now that the federal government hastaken control of health care, it will havemore power to tax food items and otherindulgences as it sees fit, in order to deterAmericans from consuming them ... all inthe name of lowering health care costs. Thisis exactly what many warned could happen.
—Patrick Walsh is a political 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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Pizza tax would violate citizens’ free will
OPINIONMonday,April 5, 2010 The Daily Aztec 3THE REALIST
wo days after taking office,President Barack Obama issued anexecutive order pledging to closethe Guantanamo Bay prison inCuba within a year. More than one
year and two months later, the wartimeprison camp for suspected terrorist detaineesis still in use. There are still 183 suspectedterrorist detainees in Guantanamo Bay.
Obama made this promise to show theU.S. and the world that he was prepared tochange the way our nation treated and dealtwith its prisoners of war. The GuantanamoBay prison conveniently stood as the mostvisible symbol of Bush-era policies thatturned the world against the U.S. wars in Iraqand Afghanistan. Prison guards became noto-rious for the alleged use of waterboardingand holding hundreds of suspected terroristdetainees without trial for years.
The plan to close the prison was impracti-cal from the beginning. It was ultimately justanother part of Obama’s elaborate campaignrhetoric. Now, according to The New YorkTimes, the Obama administration has no
timetable for shutting it down and is stilldebating about “how broadly to define thetypes of terrorism suspects who may bedetained without trials as wartime prisoners.”
It is absolutely senseless to get rid of adetention facility for enemy combatants forthe sole reason that it is a symbol of outdat-ed policies. It is far too late to change theminds of the millions of Americans andabroad who continue to unconditionally crit-icize our nation for creating a two-front warin the Middle East to get retribution on AlQaeda and the Taliban for orchestrating theSept. 11 attacks. This generational attitudewas developed throughout the past nineyears and it will endure far past when theU.S. finally withdraws from the wars in Iraqand Afghanistan.
It is obvious our country needs a facilityto hold enemy combatants as long as we are
in this war. By closing the facility to appeasethose fixated on the previous administra-tion, we would be forced to shift that finan-cial and security burden to the states andwould have to hold terrorism detaineeswithin our borders.
For the past two months, American opin-ion in favor of this plan has corroded. OnJan. 22, the day Guantanamo Bay was sched-uled to close, 47 percent of the publicfavored keeping it. According to a CNN pollreleased two months later, 60 percent ofAmericans favor continuing to operate theprison camps. To follow through with thisplan now would not only defy strategic andfinancial sensibility, it would defy the opin-ions of the majority of the American public.
Through decisive legal action, Obama isable to prove he is dedicated to a new posi-tion toward war that could effectively dealwith enemy captives while still respectinginternational law. He could do this withoutshutting down Guantanamo Bay and insteadsimply changing the trial process.
According to an estimate released by The
Pentagon in January, 20 percent of the 560detainees released from Guantanamo Bayhave returned to the Middle East andrejoined terrorist organizations. This is unac-ceptable. We need to create an effective tribu-nal system that can prosecute Al Qaeda com-batants and affiliates for taking hostile actionagainst the U.S. Conservatives argue for theuse of military tribunals, but only threedetainees have been sentenced through thisprocess. And these tribunals do not abide byrecognized international law.
In contrast, we have prosecuted more than400 terrorism detainees in U.S. federal courts,granting suspected Al Qaeda insurgents moredue process rights. We have granted all butthree terrorism detainees the rights of a U.S.civilian facing criminal charges during theirtrials regardless of the fact that we capturedthem while fighting a war.
The Obama administration needs to stopdebating and decide who can legally be con-sidered an “enemy combatant” so it can takedecisive action and solidify a legal standardfor dealing with current detainees. This willallow us to weigh the risk of releasing theremaining 183 in a single court system, pro-vide them with a trial and more effectivelyensure they will not return to the front line.All of this should be done through a com-pletely modified and restructured military tri-bunal court system built into theGuantanamo Bay facility. This will eliminatethe cost and security risk of transportingdetainees into the country for trial in civiliancourts in the U.S. Furthermore, Obamashould alter this military court system tomeet the basic rights requirements of interna-tional law, such as withholding testimoniesgathered during interrogations from courtand informing detainees of the charges heldagainst them.
Guantanamo Bay should not be closedand only remembered as a symbol ofunchecked presidential power. It is a facilitythat can serve a greater purpose for our coun-try than it has in the past.
—Tom Hammel is a political science sophomore.
—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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Abdul Salam Zaeef has lived under house arrest since released from Guantanamo Bay prison in 2005. Proposed closure of the prison poses a threat to national security.MCT Campus
It is absolutely senseless to get rid ofa detention facility forenemy combatants forthe sole reason that itis a symbol of outdatedpolicies.
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Students prioritizecareers and love
The end of another school year is near,which can mean life-changing decisions areat the horizon. These decisions sometimescause one to relocate to another area, whichcan impact major aspects of life, includingrelationships.
When partners are faced with having torelocate, either for work or school, the sepa-ration can cause problems and the relation-ship can become difficult to maintain.
It may be more challenging to communi-cate or bond with a partner because interac-tion can often be limited to Skype or tele-phone conversations. There may also betemptations to get intimately involved withsomeone else to fill the void.
With these potential consequences ofrelocating while in a committed relationship,it is common for students to consider theimpact of leaving their partner before makingthe decision to move.
With a 3.89 high school GPA and a scoreof 1800 on the SAT, Cuyamaca College stu-dent Jeff Sinkiewicz decided not to apply toany colleges that would force him to moveaway from his girlfriend.
“A relationship is teamwork; it is a teamthing,” Sinkiewicz said. “It is where you putsomeone before yourself.”
Although Sinkiewicz and his girlfriend atthe time broke up just before his first semes-ter of college, he said he understands why hemade his decision.
“When you’re scared and you’re backed
into a corner, you go to your partner,”Sinkiewicz said. “How can you throw thatcomfort away? It’s the comfort factor.”
Some people, such as Sinkiewicz, mayvalue a relationship more than personalexperiences, making them more suscepti-ble to pass opportunities in their career orpersonal life. Others may believe thesesame opportunities should be embraced,regardless of whether they must sacrificetheir relationship.
Grossmont College student Rebecca Oglemade the decision to take advantage of avacation to Germany that she’s recently beenoffered. Ogle will be away from her boyfriendall summer.
“Overall, I think that the decision inmaking plans to travel should not be at allaffected by a partner,” Ogle said. “If it’s any-thing serious or worth continuing, yourpartner should still be waiting for you whenyou return.”
Ogle said this probably won’t be her lastor longest trip and going away will be a goodexperience for her and her partner. Shebelieves this trip will test how well their rela-tionship will hold.
Although their perspectives may differ,both Ogle and Sinkiewicz share the belief thatevery situation is different and a decision canbe made based on their personal priorities.
It can be a difficult decision to make and isone that requires thought and consideration.
When students are faced with these deci-sions after graduation or for various otherreasons such as studying abroad, they canquestion whether their relationship or theopportunity before them is a higher priority.
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Monday,April 5, 2010 The Daily Aztec 5CHELSEA’S LIGHT
Brent and Kelly Kingtalk after the tragedy
Community unites to ‘Finish Chelsea’s Run’
One day before the four week anniversary ofChelsea King’s disappearance and murder,The Daily Aztec was fortunate enough to talkwith her parents, Kelly and Brent King. TheDaily Aztec would like to express gratitude tothe King family for their time during this diffi-cult period, and offers condolences.
TThhee DDaaiillyy AAzztteecc:: Can you explain what Chelsea’sLight is and the process of establishing it?BBrreenntt KKiinngg:: We’re brand new to this estab-lishing of a foundation. We’ve never done itbefore; we’ve never thought about it. Sowe’re still learning. But the whole goal of theChelsea’s Light Foundation is to ensure thatno child is harmed by sexual predators.That’s our aim.
DDAA:: What is the ultimate goal of the 100,000changemaker challenge?BBKK:: We want to give the community one loud,strong voice. And when I say community, Imean not just San Diego but I mean the com-munity at large, that wants to make change tohelp better protect our children.KKeellllyy KKiinngg:: Also, it’s a great way to be able togather people from all walks of life and to getacross the country and the world. So it allowsus to really reach out beyond our immediatecommunity and tap into all the support andall the willingness that everyone has to helpus make these changes. And to make it andkind of bring all of us together as one strongvoice as opposed to individual voices.
DDAA:: What did “Finish Chelsea’s Run” and otherevents planned in Chelsea’s name mean to you?BBKK:: It means everything. It’s such an outreachfrom the community of trying to heal, tryingto help, trying to contribute. It really actuallygives us tremendous, driven hope, that notonly are we going to get Chelsea’s Law passedbut we’re going to change a whole lot of otherthings as well.
DDAA:: What is your reaction to the community’soutpouring of support? Did you ever think itcould come together in such a way?KKKK:: We’ve been nothing short of amazed,overwhelmed, blessed, I don’t think anyonecould imagine the type of support that we’vereceived. It has been unlike anything I’ve
known and I could go from now until the endof time and not express how thankful we arefor everything that everyone’s done and con-tinues to do.BBKK:: I can tell you that we’ve received lettersfrom all across the country. We’ve actuallyreceived letters, or e-mails from around theworld; all the way from soldiers inAfghanistan across to families in Guam, writ-ing us beautiful letters. And what that tells youis it’s time for change. As a society, we’re alltrying now to say it’s time for change.
DDAA:: What positive outcomes, in terms of raisedawareness for women, have you seen or couldforesee in the future? What do you hope teenagegirls will learn from stories like Chelsea’s?BBKK:: I will tell you that we’ve already seensome positive change with inside of Californiaas they start to examine some of the systemsand processes they have in place that failed.They’re starting to examine some of that sothat’s a great start. We’ve seen … people justbeing much more in tune and in touch witheach other. Which I think will, it’ll reflect, italready has started to reflect greatly on ourlocal community, and it’s going to spread thatpeople are hopefully really going to treat eachother a lot better and move in that direction.
DDAA:: In light of this month being Sexual AssaultAwareness Month, have you heard of any self-defense classes available to the public?KKKK:: We’re living in a tunnel, so to speak rightnow, and so we’ve been very focused on ourson Tyler and on healing and trying to getsome of these changes ready to go. So, in thebroader sense, being aware of what’s going onaround us, not so much.
DDAA::What can you say about the importance oftaking such classes?BBKK:: I think it’s very important that the com-munity educates themselves and throughawareness, and obviously, if there’s self-defense classes offered and you feel comfort-able taking them, please, do it. Anything wecan do on that side of it, we will support.
For more information on the Chelsea’s LightFoundation, please visit its Facebook page,www.facebook.com/chelseaslight.
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On the morning of March 20, a lively anddetermined community took back the parkthat was tragically taken from it more thanthree weeks prior.
Marred by the murder of Poway teenChelsea King on Feb. 25, the RanchoBernardo Community Park sprung to lifeagain during the Finish Chelsea’s Runevent. An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 peoplejoined together to remember and cele-brate King by walking the trail that shenever came home from. A colorful ribbonof supporters clung to the route sur-rounding the shores of Lake Hodges,exuding a spirit that mirrored the event’sthemes of hope and tribute.
“We would’ve been happy if 100 peopleshowed up,” Todd Velazquez, one of thefour organizers of the event and a San DiegoState alumnus, said. “We want this to be aonetime event that we never have to doagain.” Velazquez had also attended PowayHigh School and ran on the school’s trackteam, guided by the same coach as King.
Velazquez’s fellow organizers includedDave Jewell, Andy Voggenthelar andTommy Sablan, producer of the radio showthe “Jeff and Jer Showgram,” who spoke tothe crowd at the event’s start at 9 a.m.
Large pictures of King were hung alongthe trail, blue ribbons were tied to fencesand volunteers handed out wildflowerseeds for supporters of all generations tospread as they walked.
“Chelsea gave me a wonderful gift ofstrength yesterday to be able to greetthose who finished Chelsea’s run,” King’smother, Kelly King said on the Chelsea’sLight Facebook page. “Your hugs andwords meant so much and I can’t begin toexpress the depth of my gratitude to eachand every one of you. Please continue tostand together and fight for what is rightand good. Let Chelsea’s love ... of life anddetermination to change the world contin-ue to resonate in all of us.”
Brent King, King’s father, said he wasunable to attend the walk because of priorcommitments to his son, Tyler.
Everyone in attendance had their ownspecial connection to King. Some werefriends, some were classmates and some
were family. Some never got the chance tomeet King, but were getting to know herthrough memorial after memorial, newsstory after news story.
Poway High School freshman ParkMaskerson, who attended the run withher friend and classmate Jessalyn Baljon,ran with King on the school’s cross-coun-try team. Maskerson said the event wasvaluable because it was able to “bringeveryone together some more.” Baljoncommented that the large turnout couldhave even been expected.
“We’ve all stuck together through thewhole thing,” she said. “So we’re not reallysurprised that they all came out today.”
As a result of their loss, the King familyhas done something to benefit others in atime of loss and sorrow.
The Chelsea’s Light Foundation, a non-profit corporation, according to itsFacebook page, was created by Kelly andBrent with the intent of raising awarenessabout the kinds of events that took theirdaughter from them. Originally a Web pageto aid in the search for Chelsea, it has nowbeen transformed into the organization’sWeb site. The King family has acknowl-edged that the path ahead is an uneasy,unfamiliar one, but their determination isexemplified in Chelsea’s Light.
“The whole goal of the Chelsea’s LightFoundation is to ensure that no child isharmed by sexual predators,” Brent said.“That’s our aim.”
Along with a small army of helpful vol-unteers, the Kings have been working withState Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher to cre-ate and pass a bill named after King.“Chelsea’s Law” is intended to strengthenthe laws and processes in a broken system,the Kings explained.
“Our Chelsea’s Law partner,Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, reportsprogress in Sacramento yesterday on parolereform,” Chelsea’s Light Facebook page’sstatus said on March 26. “Unanimous sup-port was expressed by the CaliforniaAssembly Committee on Accountability andAdministrative Review for AssemblymanFletcher’s proposal to improve record keep-ing for violent criminals.”
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She was a runner and a student, a daughter and a friend, unaware of the possible harm someone was capable of inflicting upon her. The community was unsettled after the murder of ChelseaKing, an incident that has served as a reminder ... she could have been any of us. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and The Daily Aztec had the opportunity to interview King’s parentsand remind students that assault can happen to anyone. By raising awareness, citizens have the opportunity to protect themselves against assault and learn from King’s story.
To read the full interview with the Kings, visit TheDaily Aztec Web site: www.thedailyaztec.com
To read the rest of the story, visit The Daily AztecWeb site: www.thedailyaztec.com
Monday,April 5, 2010 The Daily Aztec 7SPORTS
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Bittersweet ending
The term “scrappy” may come across as con-descending, but it’s hard to avoid the adjec-tive when talking about the 11-seeded SanDiego State women’s basketball team’s run inthis year’s NCAA Tournament.
SDSU beat 6-seeded Texas on its ownfloor in Austin in the first round and thenpulled off another upset against 3-seededWest Virginia to advance to its first-ever Sweet16 in school history.
But that’s where the magical run endedas 2-seeded Duke dominated the secondhalf and denied the Aztecs a spot in theElite Eight, 66-58.
Despite giving up 12 steals and 13turnovers in the first half, SDSU was down byjust one point at the break and seemedpoised to keep its magical March going.
“Sometimes you are in games and can’twait until halftime,” head coach Beth Burnssaid. “But in this game, I was like, ‘Let’s justhuddle and keep going.’ I didn’t want them tosit down and regroup. I thought it would beimportant for us to keep momentum.”
Unfortunately for the Aztecs, that’s exactlywhat happened.
The Blue Devils nearly doubled-up SDSUin terms of rebounds in the second half,pulling down 15 defensive boards to theAztecs’ nine and a staggering 12 offensiverebounds to SDSU’s five. Duke also got to thecharity stripe seemingly at will. After taking
just five penalty shots in the first half, thewomen in blue took 17 trips to the line in thesecond half, connecting on 13 of those shots.
“Our defense was really working for us (inthe second half),” Duke senior forward JoyCheek said. “We were having fun on thedefensive end, and we just wanted to keepgoing at them. We had a goal in mind andthat was to win.”
The loss meant the end of a collegecareer for two of the greatest players in —not just Aztec women’s basketball — butSDSU sports in general.
Senior guard Jené Morris averaged morethan 20 points in her five career NCAATournament games and is the first player inprogram history to be named conferenceDefensive Player of the Year twice.
Fellow senior guard Quenese Davis is theteam’s all-time leader in assists and wasnamed MVP of the Aztecs’ 2010 MountainWest Conference Tournament championship.
While Morris has been invited to attendthe WNBA Draft and Davis will likewise beworking out for WNBA scouts, the finalityof their time on Montezuma Mesa was notlost on their coach.
“I am as proud as I can be of the twowomen to my right (Morris and Davis) andthe third senior who is sitting in the lockerroom (guard Kim Spinardi). They came to a0-16 operation and made it look pretty good.Everybody who is returning to San DiegoState has big shoes to fill because we don’tintend to take a step back. We intend to bebetter tomorrow than we were today.”
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BASEBALL
The San Diego State baseball team’s secondgame against TCU opened with fireworks,but didn’t end with them.
Despite a home run for SDSU in the firstat bat of the game, theAztecs allowed TCU toblow them out of thewater late in the ballgame for the secondnight in a row.
On Friday night the Horned Frogs host-ed game two of Mountain West Conferenceplay against SDSU, serving a disappointingloss for the Aztecs, 11-5.
The game was a fairly close matchupuntil the bottom of the seventh inning.Facing freshman pitcher Kyle Shaver, TCUwas able to build five additional runs tomake it 6-5.
Out-hitting the Horned Frogs 12-11,SDSU’s loss was built by leaving nine run-ners on base compared to TCU’s six.
Senior second baseman MitchBlackburn opened the game with a solohomer into left field, and was able to takeanother one out of the park in the thirdinning as well. They were his first homeruns for the season.
Another strong offensive performancefor the Aztecs came from sophomore out-fielder Brandon Meredith. The right field-er went 3-5 Friday, with a double and twosingles, but was not able to score.Meredith now leads the team with a .340batting average.
Fellow outfielder junior Cory Vaughnwas able to find the plate in the fifth how-ever, and would be the last SDSU player tocross home. Vaughn leads the team withfour home runs and seven doubles this year.
“Putting up stats is nice,” Vaughn said.“It feels great getting knocks here and there,but in the end it’s all about getting a W.”
Breakout star, freshman pitcher Bryan
Crabb had a rough night. In his fifth start ofthe season, Crabb was retired to the dugoutafter giving up six runs, including a homerun in the sixth, totaling 5.1 innings for thenight. The loss in Fort Worth, Texas dropshis record to 2-3 as a starter.
Following Crabb was Shaver and juniorRyan Wynveen, who both appeared duringthe inning when TCU sealed the game, put-ting up five runs.
Senior reliever Drew Leary came inand closed the eighth with a short, three-batter inning.
The two devastating defeats from theHorned Frogs, and the swept series in NewMexico last weekend give the Aztecs a con-ference record of 0-5.
“It’s really frustrating,” Vaughn said, “butwe try not to think about our record andplay game by game.”
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SOFTBALL
S o p h o m o re first baseman Justeen Maeva wasu n s toppable at the plate Friday night against th eUn i versity of San Diego; the problem was herSan Diego State softball teammates stru g gled toget the ball into play.
The sophomore designated player score d
b o th runs for SDSU (21 -10) by hitting for a dou-ble and a triple in its 3-2 loss to the To re ros.
In a th i rd loss out of 50games against USD, theAztecs stru g gled on bothsides of the field. SDSU ga veup two unearned runs earlyon defense and had six play-
ers in its lineup go a combined 0-fo r-14 .Aztec senior center fielder Britta ny Knudsen
s i n gled and stole a base in the first inning to ge ti n to scoring position. Maeva knocked a triple ather first at bat to bring Knudsen in and giveSDSU the first lead of the game at 1-0.
In the bottom of the first, the Aztec defe n s emade one error that led to two runs. To re ro s
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Celeste Soto and Carey Casciola both sin-gled in the inning to give USD a 2-1 lead.
The To re ros extended their lead in th eb o t tom of the th i rd by tacking on anoth e rrun, making their lead 3-1.
In the top of the fi f th, SDSU tried to rallya nd tie the game. Sophomore left fi e l d e rFelicia Reifschneider led off the inningw i th a single and Maeva got back up tothe plate to drive Reifschneider in with adouble to center field to get the Aztecsw i thin one run.
H owe ve r, th ey would get no further asthe rally would end and SDSU failed toget any other offe n s i ve production for th erest of the ga m e .
Aztec sta rting pitcher sophomore BaileyMicetich re c e i ved the loss, allowing onlyone earned run and two unearned on onlysix hits in th ree innings.
Junior pitcher Samantha Beasley entere dthe game as relief for the last th ree innings.While on the mound, Beasley blanke dUSD. She didn’t allow a single hit in herth ree innings, striking out fi ve and allow i n gonly two walks .
The To re ros’ win is also their fi r s ta gainst SDSU at home in 27 games and isat the expense of the Aztecs’ short th re e -game win stre a k .
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WATER POLO
SDSU’s final push for the win drowns out Cal Baptist
With a minute remaining before halftime, theSan Diego State water polo team trailed CalBaptist by three goals.
SDSU was withinreach of the Lancers,but needed a momen-tum boost going intothe half.
Junior driver Sarah Brady provided thatboost, scoring as time expired to get theAztecs back in the game.“I feel like that goal, to me, was the turningpoint,” head coach Carin Crawford said. “As(long) as we are only down by two. I know ifwe get the next goal, that we’re going to winthis game.”
No. 14 SDSU did exactly that, scoringtwice in the third and fourth periods to defeatCal Baptist 10-9 on Friday afternoon at theAztec Aquaplex.
The Lancers didn’t waste any time in thefirst quarter, scoring just 36 seconds intothe game. But the Aztecs quickly respond-ed, getting consecutive goals from seniordriver Melissa de Jonckheere. SDSU hadthe lead, but it allowed Cal Baptist to scorefour straight to take a 5-2 advantage. TheAztecs were held scoreless for the remain-der of the first, until freshman utilityAmber Pezzolla converted a 6-on-5 oppor-tunity with 47 seconds left.
The Lancers would score first in the sec-ond quarter, but SDSU stayed right withthem matching each of their three goals.The second half was a completely differentstory for the Aztecs.
Not only did the offense give SDSU thelead and eventually the win, but the defensekept Cal Baptist off the board for most of thesecond half.
“Cal Baptist is a very strong team,”Crawford said. “And for us to be able to comefrom behind to get that win was a really goodexperience for this young team. We had tofight hard for it and I think we really showedour character.”
Earlier in the day, the Aztecs snapped theirtwo-game losing streak by handily defeatingNo. 20 Brown by a score of 10-5. Pezzolla ledthe SDSU offensive attack with five goals, thesecond time she’s accomplished it this year.Earlier this season, she notched five againstUC Davis in an 11-8 victory.
“Teams pay a lot of attention to her defen-
sively,” Crawford said of Pezzolla. “So hergoals are hard to come by. She’s always got agood defensive matchup and she has to workreally hard. So I was thrilled that she had abreakout game.”
The Aztecs will now prepare for a SeniorDay matchup at 1 p.m. this Saturday againstUCLA at the Aztec Aquaplex. The last time
the two teams met, the game went into dou-ble overtime before SDSU pulled off a 7-6upset of the Bruins.
“Senior Day is always a special day forus,” Crawford said. “And it’s important for usto send MJ (de Jonckheere) out with a winand we beat (UCLA) before, so I think wecan do it again.”
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ARIES (March 21 - April 19) - Today is a 8 -Group interactions prove profitable whenyou state your feelings early and then sitback and listen. Body language speaks vol-umes. Pay attention.
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GEMINI (May 21 - June 21) - Today is a 6 -The stars align for people you haven'tseen for a long time. Share their joy, andbring a memento home with you. Leavethem with your blessings.
CANCER (June 22 - July 22) - Today is a 6 -A close friend or partner does exactly theright thing to make you comfortable.Accept help today and be thankful. Gatherstrength and recuperate.
LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) - Today is a 7 - Apersonal relationship benefits from anactive imagination.This is no time todepend on practical measures. Instead,make an extravagant speech or gesture.
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willingly everyone comes together to cre-ate what you need. Success blossoms.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) - Today is an 8 -Pull out all the stops to inject glamour intoan otherwise dull experience. Bring sou-venirs and memories for the scrapbook athome.
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CITY OF ANGELS
HUMOR: TWISTED WIT
My Spring Break trip to Venices far back as I canremember, I’ve livedin San Diego.Although I love ithere, living in one
city your whole life is like onlywearing your oldest pair ofused underwear for months onend — it might be familiar andcomfortable, but oh God is ittime for a change.
It’s sort of my own traditionto hit the road every SpringBreak and see something newand unique. This time around, Idecided to go to Venice Beachwith my brother. I’ve been therea few times before, but it’salways proven to be an interest-ing place, and definitely worththe trip to experience it again.
After loading up my Camrywith enough caffeinated beveragesto rival several coffee manufactur-ing Guatemalan villages, we beganour speedy ascent up the coast.The sun pounded on my car thewhole ride, but it was pretty farinto the trip that I realized I hadmade a terrible mistake.
When you are traveling inenough heat to sufficiently cookmost family meals, it’s generallya good idea to keep your armsinside the vehicle.
My left arm, which I hadabsentmindedly left outside theopen window in the heat
throughout the ride, had burnedto the color of a ripening tomato.I yelled in horror at my newlyorange limb. After witnessing mysmall panic attack, my brotherreminded me that many womennowadays pay good money forsuch tans.
This, oddly enough, made mefeel a little better about mypredicament, and I made a silentvow to myself to eventually tanthe other arm to roughly thesame color at another time.
We continued along the coastfor another few hours until wefinally arrived at our destination.The complete diversity of thepeople along the boardwalk’ssoggy sidewalk proved to be fas-cinating and wonderful.
Musclemen lifted massiveiron weights like popsicle sticksin the intense heat, remindingme of the limitations of myarguably lacking muscles.Dozens of hippies resemblingbiblical figures with long scrag-gly beards pounded furiouslyaway on drums in all-day drumcircles. Punks, stoners and con-siderably over-pierced individu-als walked alongside families inbeach attire on the pavement,
in all shapes, sizes and yes,even smells.
After spending a few hourswalking the boardwalk and accu-mulating a few bags of swag, mybrother and I returned to the carand made it back to San Diegowith absolutely no problems.
Just kidding.About halfway back to San
Diego, my car crapped out onme like a stuttering kid at aspelling bee. Honestly, I musthave accidentally defiled an oldautomobile burying ground orsacred car shrine somewherealong the line. My previous cardied less than a month ago. Afterbabying the overheating enginewith enough water to make itback San Diego, I brought mycar to its final resting place —right in front of my parents’house. It is great to be home.
Venice Beach, you fantasticand wonderful harmony ofstrange individuals, I’ll be backsomeday — just as soon as Iobtain a reliable car.
—Chris Pocock is an English sopho-more and quite possibly a hitchhik-er for the next few months.
—This column does not necessarilyreflect the opinions of The DailyAztec.
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