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Est. 190'} © THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016 • VOL. 114, ISSUE 5 NEWS SCENE OPINION SPORTS 03 The McCarthy Center hosts California State Senate Race Debate between Jane Kim and Scott Wiener. 07 Check out the best short student films produced for the 2016 Campus MovieFest. 08 For politics to evolve, writes freshman Daaniyal Mulyadi, we must accept there will be conflict along the way. 11 HoopSFest rang in the new basketball season with intros, dancing, lip-syncing, prize winning and all-around fun for everyone. Our opinion editor made his way to Novato in Marin County to observe a Trump watch party. GABRIEL GRESCHLER/FOGHORN A BLUE DOT IN A RED SEA: Liberal Observations of the Second Debate from Trump Headquarters, Marin GABRIEL GRESCHLER Opinion Editor After having watched the first presidential debate with liberals in San Francisco, I was curious what the second debate would be like in a room full of conservatives. It was then that I called up the Marin GOP Election Headquarters to reserve a spot for their debate watch party this past Sunday. I found it necessary to shed my own identity as a Clinton supporter, and instead donned a bright red polo shirt ro fully adopt the aura of a Trump crusader, as I believed people would be more forthcoming with their opinions about Trump with me. With this identity, however, I have chosen to censor out any interviews, as it would not be fair to the interviewee. My job that night was to be an observer, and I intended to watch the second debate as if I was a conservative, since I feel there is a lack of understanding among liberals concerning sup- portets of Trump. While I strongly condemn and disagree with his rhetoric, I am as much concerned about the polarization of our politics. San Francisco is indeed a bubble that I hoped to pop. An hour before the debate, my ftiend Mustafa and I made our way across the Golden Gate Bridge and into the knobbly, green hills of Marin County. We drove into Novato, a city in northern Marin County, eventually rolling into a cul-de-sac that would reveal what we had been looking for: a building adorned in randomly assorted Trump banners, posters, and American flags. Heading up the stairs of the musty office building, we were greeted in the lobby by a gathering of hospitable and eager voters milling around sporting "Make America Great Again" t-shirts. The demographics of the headquarters was a culture-shock coming from USF, yet predictable for Marin County. With a median age ten years older than that of the rest of California, Mustafa and I were the youngest attendees of the watch party; almost 30 yeats younger than anyone else. Looking around the room, it was apparent that the diversity in the room was lacking. We were surrounded by the old, white vestiges of Novato. We wete approached a few times with the question: "You both are so young... do you even support Trump?" It was as if they thought someone our age could never support him. There was an electric excitement in the air as the clock counted down to the start of the debate. This crackling optimism refused to be dampened by the damaging news of a tape released by the Washington Post two days prior, with Trump having been caught saying sexually suggestive comments, some amounting it to sexual assault. I had been expecting was a group of CONTINUED ON PG. 9 ^ SFFOGHORN.ORG @SFFOGHORN ^SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN
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Publication Date | 2016-10-13 |
Volume | 114 |
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Issue Title | San Francisco Foghorn Volume 114 Issue 05 |
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Transcript | Est. 190'} © THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016 • VOL. 114, ISSUE 5 NEWS SCENE OPINION SPORTS 03 The McCarthy Center hosts California State Senate Race Debate between Jane Kim and Scott Wiener. 07 Check out the best short student films produced for the 2016 Campus MovieFest. 08 For politics to evolve, writes freshman Daaniyal Mulyadi, we must accept there will be conflict along the way. 11 HoopSFest rang in the new basketball season with intros, dancing, lip-syncing, prize winning and all-around fun for everyone. Our opinion editor made his way to Novato in Marin County to observe a Trump watch party. GABRIEL GRESCHLER/FOGHORN A BLUE DOT IN A RED SEA: Liberal Observations of the Second Debate from Trump Headquarters, Marin GABRIEL GRESCHLER Opinion Editor After having watched the first presidential debate with liberals in San Francisco, I was curious what the second debate would be like in a room full of conservatives. It was then that I called up the Marin GOP Election Headquarters to reserve a spot for their debate watch party this past Sunday. I found it necessary to shed my own identity as a Clinton supporter, and instead donned a bright red polo shirt ro fully adopt the aura of a Trump crusader, as I believed people would be more forthcoming with their opinions about Trump with me. With this identity, however, I have chosen to censor out any interviews, as it would not be fair to the interviewee. My job that night was to be an observer, and I intended to watch the second debate as if I was a conservative, since I feel there is a lack of understanding among liberals concerning sup- portets of Trump. While I strongly condemn and disagree with his rhetoric, I am as much concerned about the polarization of our politics. San Francisco is indeed a bubble that I hoped to pop. An hour before the debate, my ftiend Mustafa and I made our way across the Golden Gate Bridge and into the knobbly, green hills of Marin County. We drove into Novato, a city in northern Marin County, eventually rolling into a cul-de-sac that would reveal what we had been looking for: a building adorned in randomly assorted Trump banners, posters, and American flags. Heading up the stairs of the musty office building, we were greeted in the lobby by a gathering of hospitable and eager voters milling around sporting "Make America Great Again" t-shirts. The demographics of the headquarters was a culture-shock coming from USF, yet predictable for Marin County. With a median age ten years older than that of the rest of California, Mustafa and I were the youngest attendees of the watch party; almost 30 yeats younger than anyone else. Looking around the room, it was apparent that the diversity in the room was lacking. We were surrounded by the old, white vestiges of Novato. We wete approached a few times with the question: "You both are so young... do you even support Trump?" It was as if they thought someone our age could never support him. There was an electric excitement in the air as the clock counted down to the start of the debate. This crackling optimism refused to be dampened by the damaging news of a tape released by the Washington Post two days prior, with Trump having been caught saying sexually suggestive comments, some amounting it to sexual assault. I had been expecting was a group of CONTINUED ON PG. 9 ^ SFFOGHORN.ORG @SFFOGHORN ^SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN |
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