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NDNU Goes PinkArgos celebrate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Fair Trade makes an appear-ance at NDNU Fullert Franchise Bookstore.

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Fair Bargain

College Costumes What are you going to be for hal-loween? Get some ideas for some inexpensive ways to get dressed up this year.

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Let’s go to the TheatreNDNU’s Theatre Department does a rendition of Shakespere’s A Mid-summer’s Night Dream.

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Balancing ActArgo athletes deal with the strug-gle of balancing life on and off the court.

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A Look InsidePlay catch up with one of the NDNU Softball players, Breanna Young.

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the argonautThe Student Voice of Notre Dame de Namur University

VOL. 28 NO. 1 BELMONT, CA OCTOBER 10, 2014

Who Ya Gonna Call?Just in time for Halloween, NDNU’s Ralston Mansion gives students a spook.

Romina OviedoStaff Writer

Living A Hoop DreAmNDNU alum jumps into overtime for his college career.Nick SanzeriStaff Writer

At 5’11, 180lbs, Enciso has always had to outwork his opponents to succeed.

“I just have a grinders men-tality. I’ve had it my whole life.” informed Enciso.

Enciso realized his basket-ball talents could land him a college education during his junior year of high school at Terra Nova.

Simon Enciso has been play-ing basketball since he could walk. Enciso was drafted into the Philippine Basket-ball Association (PBA) out of Notre Dame de Namur University in 2014.

Enciso was drafted in the 3rd round by Cebuana Lhuillier Gems of the PBA. His story is about family and an at-titude of never giving up on his dreams. ContinueD on pAge 6

The moon shines down on Ralston Mansion on the Notre Dame de Namur Universit campus, bringing life to the now empty building. Photo by Jordan Ross

Notre Dame de Namur University is known for its academics, athletics and performances. But a haunted mansion?

Rumors of ghosts and stories of unproved events continue

to be passed down from stu-dent to student. Most of the stories center on the Ralston

ContinueD on pAge 4

Hall Mansion, built in 1867 by William Ralston.

Few people have actually witnessed paranormal sight-ings at the mansion, but some say they felt like they were being watched in the building. Alumni, staff, and students say that sometimes there’s just an eerie and weird feeling in the air.

The mansion is listed as a California Historical Land-mark by the California Of-fice of Historic Preserva-tion and has played host to many events over the centuries. With such a long history comes some mys-

terious tales. Read on, and decide for yourself if you think they’re true.

Ralston Hall Mansion was originally built by an Italian immigrant named Leonetto Cipriani. Cipriani built the house in Italy and shipped it in individual boxes to the San Francisco Bay Area.

The house was just two sto-ries tall and wasn’t called a “mansion” until William Ralston, co-founder of the Bank of California, bought the house to use as a sum-mer home and expanded it. Ralston left the origi-nal house intact and added

rooms around the perim-eter, two more stories and a basement. Ralston had a very lavish taste and used the house to throw legend-ary parties for his potential inventors and friends.

At the fall of William Ralston’s economic empire his body was found in the San Francisco Bay.

NDNU students don’t be-lieve he died swimming. The rumor on campus is that Ralston committed suicide.

Shortly after Ralston’s death his home was passed on to his business partner

NDNU alum Simon Enciso traded his Argo jersey for a spot on an international basketball team in the Philippines. Photo courtesy Simon Encisco

“It all just sounds

really weIrd to me.

Campus NewsOCTOBER 10, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 2

The Argo AngleWhat was the scariest thing to happen to you on a date?

trIstan alvaradoFresHmAn

“I tried to talk to the girl, but she wasn’t responding back to me - so I left her there to hang out with my boys!”

amI FanaIkaJunior

“I had to pick him up, and he didn’t pay for the date nor the gas!”

lauren BrownsopHomore

“He didn’t talk - he was quiet the WHOLE time.”

jose GarcIa senior

“The girl was thick, but she threw up in my mouth.”

Senior Kai LamCenteio and sophomore Cynthia Delgado show off some of the new Fair Trade apparel that the campus bookstore now sells. Photo courtesy Jim McGarry

FAir trADe, FAir BArgAinStarting this fall the campus bookstore will sell university-branded Fair Trade apparel.Sienna MannStaff Writer

Notre Dame de Namur Uni-versity’s Fullert Franchise Bookstore now offers Fair Trade apparel for sale. The sale has been extended to continue on until Oct.11 in the bookstore.

The items which are for sale as well as Fair Trade, earn-ing an additional 25 percent off, are those that featured in photographs below.

“The goal for introducing Fair Trade apparel was to make the NDNU campus swag store fully Fair Trade, slowly – step by step”, said Jim McGarry, director of The Dorothy Stang Center.

“Catholic Social Teaching requires that we do every-thing we can to promote just wages for all people,” informed McGarry, “This is a movement we want to be a part of.”

Notre Dame de Namur University is a member of NDNU is a member of the Fair Trade Universities and Colleges and in 2014 re-ceived a $2,000 grant, from the organization, to help cover the cost of promo-tional activities like such as NDNU’s Valentine’s event, Chocolatefest.

With this event, the Fair

Trade organization works to provide Equal Exchange chocolate as well as flowers for the event.

Although this is the first year for Fair Trade apparel to be sold on campus, it isn’t the first that Fair Trade has been implemented in the NDNU community. Last year, The Dorothy Stang Center worked with Susan Mamlock in the cafeteria, to provide products such as Fair Trade soda.

These products are recom-mended by the Fair Trade Universities and Colleges, which are commercial prod-

ucts, readily available for purchase. The name of the particular soda that is sup-plied as well as recommend is Maine Root Soda.

Products that are labeled as Fair Trade support an orga-nization that provides prod-ucts with companies that compensate their workers a living wage as informed by McGarry. The apparel being sold in the bookstore is made by Alta Gracia, a company based in the Dominican Re-public.

As stated on their website, Alta Gracia takes great pride in being the only clothing

factory in the developing world that pays a living wage to the people who make the clothes. In this case, the hourly rate is three times the minimum wage in the Dominic Republic. With this compensation an employee can afford three healthy meals a day, a safe home, transportation, healthcare and education.

Sophomore Cynthia Del-gado, chairman of the Fair Trade group for NDNU and an intern for the Fair Trade project, tells that she hopes to incorporate Fair Trade into events that are big and appeal to the student body in mass.

Slowly but surely, NDNU will be covered in Fair Trade products which will not only benefit the communities surrounding the campus, but allow those in poverty to continue to live a livable lifestyle through Fair Trade.

“Growing up , I experienced first hand what it was like for my family to receive low pay and how it affected me,” Delgado.

Before coming to NDNU, Delgado had never heard about Fair Trade. However, she understands what it’s like to see her family receive low pay, it had an affect on her growing up.

“I felt personally connected, this internship just called my name!” emphasized Delgado.

dIana enrIquez-FIeldprogrAm speCiAList

“We were at a fair and we ate corn and he had corn in his teeth the whole night.When he tried to kiss me I said no!”

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FigHting in pinkFelicia OakmonStaff Writer

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month the Argos create recognition and awareness.

Senior Tianna Sherrill poses with NDNU’s “Tree of Hope” in the quad. Just one of the many things Argos are doing to celebrate Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month. Photo by Felicia Oakmon

• One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.

• Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women wor ldwide .

• Breast cancer is the sec-ond leading cause of death among women.

These are just a few facts about breast cancer accord-ing to the National Breast Cancer Association.

Notre Dame de Namur University’s Programming Board is making sure that we stop and recognize Breast Cancer month by holding events such as; Bra pong, dye for a cause, pink out volleyball game, and hunt for a cure.

Tiana Sherrill is the lead programmer for Pink Octo-ber and has made it her goal to create awareness about breast cancer.

Sherrill said her passion for this event was fueled when her grandmother passed away after “fighting a great fight!”

The Programming Board is spreading information on campus by hosting several activitiesthat promote aware-ness of breast cancer.

“I wanted to create support and awareness to the cause”, said Sherrill.

These events for October were kicked off at the Tree of Hope in the quad.

People were asked to pin the name of a loved on the Tree of Hope in memory of those who are fighting or have fought breast cancer. The tree also had important facts attached to it.

Argos, don’t forget wear pink to show your support for breast cancer awareness.

“Breast cancer Is the most Common cancer amonG

women worldwide.

arts & CultureOctober 10, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 4

NDNU’s own, said-to-be, haunted house, Ralston Mansion looks spooky under the up the full moon. Photo by Staci Baird

WHo YA gonnA CALL?... ContinueD From pAge 1

U.S. Senator William Sharon. Sharon’s family occupied the mansion until 1897 when he passed away and the family refused to continue living in the home. Perhaps they might have witnessed strange activ-ity that drove them to leave?

Years after Sharon’s death, the property was sold to a physician named Dr. Aldean Gardner. Gardner converted the mansion into California’s first private mental sanitari-um on August 8, 1900. Talk about crazy!

The sanitarium specialized in substance abuse, mental disorders and helping people recover from very serious illnesses. Gardner, weirdly enough, ended up dying as a patient in his own sanitarium.

His son then took over the practice and kept the mental hospital running until 1922. Could the disturbances and the creaks heard late in the night be caused by the spirit of one Dr. Aldean Gardner?

It seems that something, or someone, stayed with the home when the Sisters of Notre Dame bought the prop-erty in 1923.

The sisters relocated from San Jose, Calif. and convert-ed the sanitarium and estate into the College of Notre

Dame. It is rumored that even the Sisters themselves might have witnessed some paranormal activity.

The mansion had remnants of metal shackles that were attached to the basement which had once served to hold patients of the sanitar-ium. Legend has it that the Sisters heard the shackles rattling against the ground late at night. This led them to remove the shackles from the basement floor.

Junior Melissa Padilla has a paranormal story of her own. As a vocal performance ma-jor she spent countless hours around the mansion before it was closed. One night she was standing in a dark area of the mansion when some-thing suddenly appeared in front of her.

“I turned around to talk back to my friends and something looked like it passed right in front of me,” says Padilla, “I don’t know what I saw, but I’m pretty sure I saw something.”

Another myth floating around campus is the story of the sounds coming from the mysterious bowling ally. William Ralston built himself a bowling ally on the fourth floor of his estate for entertainment.

There is no bowling ally there today, but it’s said that before the mansion was closed down you could sometimes hear a distant, yet distinct sound of a bowl-ing ball rolling against the floor, hitting bowling pins and knocking them to the ground.

Junior Reinita Matthews says she has heard the story about the bowling alley, but never witnessed any paranormal activity. Teach-

ers have told her the story many times, but she’s a nonbeliever.

“It all just sounds really weird to me,” said Matthews,“I’m not sure if that could really be possible.”

Today, Ralston Hall Mansion is closed for renovations and unavailable for use because it’s deemed unsafe to be in-side during an earthquake. The mansion used to house the offices of NDNU faculty and staff, classes and drama productions.

The building is so beauti-ful that people outside the university would often rent it out for weddings, ga-las and parties. Dr. Peggy Koshland-Crane, director of the Academic Success Center has not witnessed any paranormal activity, but sees why students think it could be haunted. “The furniture is all antique and it’s really beautiful,” says Dr. Koshland-Crane, “The old furnishings might give the students more of a reason to think it is haunted.

Since the mansion is now unused, spooky rumors are making the rounds with a whole new class of students. Some stories may be based on fact, but most are likely simply fantastical ghost sto-ries.

With the sudden stop of foot traffic in the mansion, the late night disturbances may also come to a hault…or will they? William Ralston, Wil-liam Sharon and Dr. Aldean Gardner could very well be roaming the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University!

Who do you think is roaming those beautiful halls?

“I don’t know WHAt

I saw, But I’m pretty sure I saw something.

CoLLege stuDents HeLp tenDerLoin kiDs

Argonauts create a safe environment for children to trick or treat.Mia AckleyStaff WriterWhile most college-aged students spend Halloween gearing up for the night’s wild and spooky festivities, a special group of Notre Dame de Namur University students spend it in a much different way.

For 18 years, NDNU’s Streetwise Sociology class, a course lead by Dr. Don Stannard-Friel, has been celebrating Halloween in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco.

Due to the high crime and drug usage that plagues the Tenderloin streets, many children living there do not have the chance to enjoy a fun and safe Halloween. Along with many local or-ganizations, NDNU brings a a vibrant and exciting Halloween to the Tenderloin district youth.

During the fall semester, the

Streetwise Sociology class works hard to prepare for the Halloween Festival. Along with The Boys and Girls Club, an organization that helps urban children grow and learn, the class works to assign around 50 safe sites for trick or treating in the Tenderloin.

According to Dr. Don, any-where from 200-300 chil-dren participate each year and an event this big could not be done without the help of many local organizations and volunteers.

The SFPD-Tenderloin Sta-tion not only provides secu-rity at the festival, but hot dogs and drinks as well. The Recreation and Park staff at Tenderloin Children’s Playground, the hosts of the event, work with radio sta-tion KMEL to provide a disc jockey during the festivities. ContinueD on pAge 5

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tHe DreAm oF tHe nigHtNDNU Theatre and Drama Department presents Shakespeare comedy A Midsummers Night’s Dream.Vanessa FullerStaff Writer

Notre Dame de Namur Uni-versity’s Theatre and Drama Department presents Wil-liam Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Notre Dame Theatre Oct. 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream tells the story of four young lovers, Hermia (Lil-ian Mangrobang), Lysander (Terry Kitagawa), Helena (Chiarra Sorci) and Deme-trius (Jay Sharma) and their interactions with woodland fairies, a duke and duchess.

“This story is relevant to students today because it’s about young adults who learn about themselves so they can better their futures,” said sophomore Lilian Man-grobang, who plays Hermia.

Senior Fiona McVicar, who plays Hippolyta, is really excited for the play.

“I think the show was cast excellently and in a way that will really display the strengths of our actors,” said McVicar.

According to McVicar for many underclassmen it’s the first time they are given the opportunity to challenge themselves theatrically

Right now the cast is in the middle of rehearsals and get-ting the show up on its feet to work out the blocking and staging.

“We have rehearsal for about four hours a night and six on Saturdays,” said McVicar.

During this time the actors will work on memorizing the lines, blocking the scenes, and working with the direc-tor on the styling of the show. All of these things must be done before the show can move on.

Next, the actors will advance to the tech rehearsals where sound, light, costumes, and makeup are all integrated together.

“That is a really long process where the rehearsal lasts

for hours while we make sure everything is perfect for opening night,” said McVicar.

Once all of the hard work is done and the lines are memo-rized the fun part comes. The curtain is draw and it is lights, camera, action time.

“After a week of tech we open and run for two week-ends plus a Thursday matinee for the local high schools,” said McVicar.

“In order to really put on a great show everyone in-volved needs to be abso-lutely committed. It’s a lot of work and the hours are long, but if the work is put in then the show will be great,” said McVicar.

Like in every other activity you must have full commit-ment of everyone involved. Along with the actors you have a team of a tech crew doing lights and sound. Makeup and costume artists. A director and also the heads of the theatre department.

This performance includes a professional director, cos-tumer and makeup designer. And students are given am-ple opportunity to peruse other interests be like make-up, costumes and lighting design.

“Really the whole process is a ton of work and for the students it can be hard to balance rehearsal with ev-erything else we have to do (homework, class, work), but it’s really worth it,” said McVicar.

Everyone in the department is being trained to be em-ployable actors so the work-load is what’s to be expected in the real world.

“While it is a lot of work, it’s really fun to be a part of and the end result is absolutely worth it. Nothing is better then putting on a great per-formance,” said McVicar.

notre dame theatre where “a mIdsummers nIGht’s dream” wIll Be showInG. the shows start on octoBer 10, 11, 17, and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and on octoBer 19 at 2:00 p.m..

tenDerLoin kiDs ... ContinueD From pAge 4

Many other community or-ganizations work with others to raise funds for the event and obtain pumpkins, prizes, face paint, and other activi-ties the children partake in each year at the festival.

While it is apparent that the class does a great thing for the people of the Tenderloin, the students receive hands-on experience in an urban environment and education beyond classroom walls in return.

“The purpose of the class

is not just to organize the Halloween Festival but to immerse ourselves in the Tenderloin to discover what a vibrant community the inner city really is,” said Stannard-Friel.

While the contribution of a fun and safe Halloween to the Tenderloin is truly remarkable, the class can also offer much more to the children.

Dr. Don understands that by just being there and offering a safe place to play, the stu-dents “model what is is like

to be a college student” to the children of the Tenderloin and can be seen as mentors and role models.

The Streetwise Sociology class will be recruiting 70 volunteers to help with the event, which is open to all NDNU students and faculty that wish to participate.

Halloween in the Tenderloin will take place on Friday, Oct. 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Tenderloin Chil-dren’s Playground located at 570 Ellis St., San Francisco (between Leavenworth St.

A NDNU student paints a child’s face at the 2013 Halloween at the Tenderloin Children’s Playground. Photo courtsey Notre Dame de Namur University Facebook page.

sportsOctober 10, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 6

“I had a good junior year, and thats when local college started coming after me. Do-minican and SF State were the two local colleges who recruited me. It was around that time when I realized that I had a chance to pay for my college education by playing basketball at a high level”.

After high school, Enciso originally signed a scholar-ship to a college in Dallas, Texas.

“The school in Texas didn’t work out and Notre Dame was the only school that of-fered after that.”

Most players would have given up after the their first choice of college did not work out. Enciso decided it was time to take his game to the next level.

Prior to attending to Notre Dame, Enciso decided to go to Skyline College in San Bruno to sharpen his all-around game.

“My time at Skyline definite-ly made me a better student-athlete and taught me how to deal with basketball and school. Skyline taught me how to have a tough men-tality.”

After two outstanding sea-sons at Skyline for the Tro-jans, NDNU again recruited Enciso, this time success-fully.

“When NDNU recruited me out of Skyline, it made it seem real. I thought to myself, now I can get my education.”

Enciso averaged 8 points per game during his time at NDNU and was the point guard. He also led the team in 3 point field goals with 28 during the 2012-2013 season.

Enciso’s time at NDNU helped take his basketball talents to the next level.

“There wasn’t one specific coach at Notre Dame that made me into the player I am today, it was the entire staff. They pushed me everyday at practice and in the weight room to become the best I could be. The competitive practices definitely made me a better player. The family mentality on the team also had a big impact on me as a player.”

NDNU alum Simon Enciso (first row, second from the left) poses with his new team the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems in the Philippines. Photo courtesy Simon Enciso

“There wasn’t one

specific coach at Notre Dame that made me into the player I am today, it was the entire staff.

The Argonaut StaffSienna MannEditor-in-Chief

Mia AckleyArts & Culture

Editor& Reporter

James NorthupSports Editor& Reporter

Hayley DabellVisual EditorCampus News

Reporter

Felicia OakmanCampus News

Editor& Reporter

Nick SanzeriWeb Manager

Sports Reporter

Vanessa FullerSocial Media Editor

Arts & Culture Reporter

Jordan RossPhoto Editor

Campus News Reporter

Brandon DavisSports Reporter

Martin LagunaCampus News

Reporter

Tatiana GuzmanCampus News

Reporter

Jazymne HollySports Reporter

Romina OviedoArts & Culture

Reporter

Staci BairdFaculty Advisor

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Sophomore student-athlete Kyle Geib studies for class in the Gellert Library. Keeping grades up is just one of the many responsibilities student-athletes have. Photo by Jordan Ross

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tHe triALs AnD triBuLAtions oF Being A CoLLege AtHLete

Making or breaking it is about more than the game. Sophomore lacrosse player Brandon Davis says being an athelete at NDNU is a full time job.Brandon DavisStaff Writer

not only earn your spot on the team but you have to deal with all the adversities that come with being a freshman.

“Your team is your family so you have to pick and chose your battles to be able to help your family,” said freshman lacrosse player Tristan Al-varado.

As a new face on campus another challenge is to make new friends and be involved around campus. Many upper classmen stress this to the freshmen, that you cannot be scared to try new things, you have to broaden your horizons in college.

“Be involved and don’t be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone because you might discover something new that you may love is probably the best advice I’ve been given,” said fresh-man basketball player Mitch Fulfer.

“As a collegiate athlete, my teammates and I face huge amounts of varying pres-sures daily on and of the field,” said junior lacrosse player Jimmy Plain.

With so many new chal-lenges, many athletes have to think outside of the box to be able to conquer these adversities. Student athletes are not only looked at as role models but their every move is also observed and scrutinized.

Any small mistake may make or break an athlete, seeing as being able to play on a college team, no matter the division, is a privilege that can be taken and not a right.

“It’s a special opportunity to be apart of a selected few,” said head lacrosse coach Kevin Arabejo.

“As a freshman with such a large workload, I utilize my older teammates to help me be successful off the field,” said freshman soccer player Marissa Torres.

Without having good grades, athletes are not allowed to play.

Freshmen athletes look up to their upper classmen team-mates for advice and support throughout the year. Being a freshman means you have to

“Be in-volved and

don’t Be AFrAiD to step outside oF your comfort zone.

NDNU student-athletes on the lacrosse team study together in the Gellert Library. There are certain days and times that athletes have to attend mandatory study halls. Photo by Brandon Davis

Intramural BasketBall schedule for octoBer

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