How safe are Hayward high schools?
Cody Davis and Louis LaVenture,
Contributor and Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2017
Filed under Metro, Showcase
On Jan. 11 at a school board meeting Ladale Slocum, a campus safety officer for Tennyson High School in South Hayward, discussed the functionality of security cameras at high schools within the Hayward Unified School District. “Our camera system has been down for at least a couple of years now,” sai...
Boxing champion looks to ‘bring belt back to Vallejo’
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
March 8, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase, Sports
At 8 p.m. last Thursday night, 28-year-old Ryan “Rhino” Bourland — Global Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion — was at the Pro-Faction Martial Arts and Fitness gym in Benicia training his last student of the night. The champion has been training for the past eight weeks in preparation for h...
Cutting through the tattoo stigma
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
March 8, 2017
Filed under Arts & Life, Opinion, Showcase
As I sat sweating in the leather chair in a hole-in-the-wall tattoo parlor in Concord on a recent Saturday, the smell of the sterilization spray was uncomfortably reminiscent of a doctor’s office. While I am deathly afraid of shots and will pass out at the sight of blood draws, it wasn’t t...
Women’s basketball repeats as conference champs
Marissa Marshall,
Staff Writer
March 8, 2017
Filed under Showcase, Sports
Two-peat! The California State East Bay women’s basketball team won the California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament championship for the second year in a row on Saturday, March 5. Despite losing head coach Suzy Barcomb and six seniors who were also the the top scorers on the team last year, East Bay m...
Community helps Hayward keep clean and green
Tishauna Carrell,
Staff Writer
March 8, 2017
Filed under Features, Metro, Showcase
Jillian Hogan moved from San Jose to Hayward three years ago to be closer to her job in San Leandro. But she quickly noticed lots of fast food bags, chips and other garbage floating around in her neighborhood. “It’s kinda windy out here so the stuff would blow into my front yard,” Hogan said. ...
Student government leaders meet with students
Veronica Hall,
Layout Designer
March 8, 2017
Filed under Campus, Features, Showcase
Members of Cal State East Bay’s student government hosted a “Meet Your Senators” event outside the Old University Union on Feb. 23, at which students were given the opportunity to speak with student-elected senators and board members and ask them questions. The event was coordinated by the senator of ...
Women win, advance in conference tournament
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2017
Filed under Showcase, Sports
The women's basketball team advanced to the second round of the California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference tournament on Tuesday when they defeated seventh-seeded Chico State 68-55. Senior guard Shomari Harris led the way for the Pioneers with a game-high 20 points while freshma...
CSU system to protect undocumented students
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
March 1, 2017
Filed under Campus, Showcase
The California State University system reaffirmed its stance against President Donald Trump’s deportation policies in a statement issued by CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White to the campus community on Feb. 22. White said the CSU system will not enforce federal immigration executive orders, unless required by...
Oscar flub just one flaw in show
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2017
Filed under Arts & Life, Opinion, Showcase
As I watched the cast and crew of “La La Land” accept the best picture award at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday, I was mad. I thought about how African Americans won both best supporting actress, Viola Davis for “Fences” and best supporting actor, Mahershala Ali for “Moonlight.” And yet a...
Is skateboarding becoming the new wave?
Jalen Francis,
Contributor
March 1, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase, Sports
To understand the full impact skateboarding has today globally and within the Bay Area community, a group of four Cal State East Bay professors spent the past 2 years investigating skateboarding, one of the fastest growing youth sports in America. The research team explored the sport from its outsider roots ...
Cal State East Bay revives ‘Cabaret’ play
Evelyn Tijero,
Photographer
March 1, 2017
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus, Features, Showcase
On March 4 at 7:30 p.m. the theater and dance department will set the Cal State East Bay stage in dissipated WWII Berlin, Germany. “Cabaret” is based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis rose to power that focuses on the nightlife scene at the fictional ...
Donald Trump bashes media
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase
On Feb. 18 the president of the United States of America let the media have it. According to CNN, thousands of supporters attended while hundreds protested outside a rally in Florida on Saturday, at which Trump called the news media in America, “the enemy of the American people.” Trump began S...
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