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Pacif c will host a memorial service for inspirational music professor, Dr. Eric Hammer. PC: University of the Pacif c

Carlos Flores mer’s career began with his says Lauren Gibson ‘17, they personally believed they “Pacif c Hail” in his honor as Editor-in-Chief undergraduate education here who served as his Graduate were capable of.” Burns Tower began to play the at University of the Pacif c, Assistant as she earned her T e community that he school’s alma mater. Af er a ______where he graduated in 1973 master’s degree from Pacif c. loved, was quick to celebrate brief silence, the students and On Monday, January before earning his master’s “He taught me not just about his life, with a candlelight vigil faculty in attendance began 28th, the Pacif c communi- and doctorate degrees at the the intricacies of music, ed- being held the night that the to tell their stories of their ex- ty suf ered a loss that came University of Oregon. ucation, and conducting, but news broke of his passing. periences with Dr. Hammer, seemingly out of nowhere. “Dr. Hammer was one also how to be the best person Pacif c students, faculty, and eulogozing the man who had Dr. Eric Hammer, Director of of the most inspirational one could be. He always want- alumni all gathered outside of ______Bands at Pacif c’s Conservato- humans I have ever had the ed everyone to be the absolute Faye Spanos Concert Hall at ry of Music, passed away af er privilege of knowing. Every DR. HAMMER best they could be and of en 11pm, as the community that complications following a single person he knew was Continued on Page 2 Hammer was 68. pushed them beyond what mourned Dr. Hammer sang recent back surgery. Dr. Ham- welcomed into his family,” ______PC: University of the Pacif c The Pacifican | 2 News Thursday, february 07, 2019 ______Services Coordinator Jennifer one of the main rea- DR. HAMMER Goodwin. “Eric knew exactly Continued from Page 1 how to make me feel appreci- sons the Conservatory ______ated and like I was making a undoubtedly changed hun- is so special. I don’t diference.” think there is a person dreds of lives in his 26 years Afer the event, a difcult at Pacifc. week followed as the Pacifc who embodies Pacifc Te tributes included sen- community grieved, tried to more than Dr. Ham- timental stories, funny stories, heal, and most important of mer.” and fraternity songs from Phi all, made music in memory of Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the music Dr. Eric Hammer. fraternity into which he was Te Pacifc Pep Band took Memories recounted by initiated in 1970. Te front a temporary absence from students and alumni reveal entrance to the Faye Spanos the women’s basketball game the tremendous infuence Dr. Concert Hall was lit for the on the 31st, but was flled in Hammer has had on hundreds occasion, and will remain lit by the local band programs of Pacifc students. until his memorial service. from Lincoln and Tracy High “I honestly can’t count how School. many lessons I learned from “Eric knew exactly Both present and past him,” says Brandt Nishida ‘13. “Even afer I lef Pacifc he how to make me feel members of the pep band then sang “Pacifc Hail” at continued make an impact on appreciated and like I half time in honor of their my life. I think he is one of the was making a difer- long time advisor. Te game main reasons the Conser- vatory is so special. I don’t ence.” also initiated an honorary moment of silence before tip think there is a person who of, concluded by Dr. Ham- embodies Pacifc more than Dr. Hammer has been mer’s signature phrase, which Dr. Hammer.” a positive force among the has alwats appeared at the It was a sentiment shared Conservatory’s faculty during end of all of his correspon- by others. his decades at Pacifc. dence: “Onward.” “Dr. Hammer was always “Eric would stop into my very hard on me because he Dr. Hammer was preparing for his fnal semester before retirement. ofce ofen to tell me I was “Even afer I lef believed in me and knew I PC: University of the Pacifc doing an amazing job and he Pacifc he continued could do better, even when I thought we were similar in did not believe in myself. He who I am without his infu- changed my life.” ary 10th, at 10am in the Alex how we cared about students,” make an impact on pushed me to become a better ence,” says current student Dr. Hammer’s memorial Spanos Center Te memorial says Conservatory Student my life. I think he is educator and I would not be Allie VanderMolen, ‘19. “He service will be Sunday, Febru- is open to the public.

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Meetings 5 p.m. on Mondays at the Smith Lounge The Pacifican | 3 News Thursday, february 07, 2019 Holocaust Survivor Shares His Story With Students

Sami Steigmann speaks to the crowd at University of the Pacifc. He is a Holocaust survivor who spoke about love. PC: Ramesh Borad

Scarlett Green love for one another in spite of hate them,” says Steigmann, day,” says Lauren Hudson, to such a powerful speech we Upon hearing that he would our diferences. “So that’s why you should treat International Relations ‘21. “I have to thank President of be traveling to California, she Opinion Editor Steigmann opened up to each person as an individual, thought it was really interest- Pacifc Hillel, Shiri Warshawsky, immediately reached out to the audience about how he had not as a group, and be willing ing that he was able to fnd a Pre-Medical ‘21. “UOP has a him to ask if he would come On Tursday Januarty 24th, at one time let hatred destroy to talk. And if you talk you’ll message through the pain that very small Jewish population to visit Pacifc. She explains Pacifc students had the once relationships in his life that fnd out you have a lot more he had and even go further but I really wanted to make this that Steigmann treated her like in a lifetime opportunity to were very dear to him. With in common than diferences.” to discuss more moral issues a big event, especially because family and that his kindness listen to a lecture given by reference to this experience, he In this way, he encouraged that had to do with human Sami came all the way from made putting on the event an Sami Steigmann, a survivor urged students to show love, students to avoid stereotypes interaction.” New York,” she says. “To be even greater experience. of the Holocaust, in the DUC especially to those who seem and instead fnd common Hudson went on to say that honest I did encounter a lot of Steigmann’s lecture taught Ballroom. Te Ballroom was the most undeserving of it. ground upon which you may she admired Steigmann’s brav- people who seemed indiferent stu dents to listen, learn, and packed with students and staf He even says that he has have the chance to gain a new ery for speaking to so many [to the idea of hearing Steig- above all, be kind. as Steigmann spoke in detail spoken with and befriended perspective or share your own people about his personal mann speak], but I’m really If you didn’t get to see about his experience as a former members of the Nazi with someone else. experiences. She says that she happy with how it turned out.” Steigmann’s lecture in person Jewish person dealing with an- party in order to show them “Because he was so young believes that many people can Warshawsky says that she was or missed our livestream, stay ti-Semitism. However, he took the perspective of the people when he was taken to the beneft from using patience able to reach out to Steigmann tuned to the Pacifcan news- the time to make it clear that he they had been oppressing. camps, he couldn’t remember and kind words in order to through a mutual connection paper’s Facebook page where fghts not just anti-Semitism, “You hate people because everything that he had been encourage others to listen to she had made during a trip we will be posting a video but hatred in general. you don’t know them. You through but he still feels the your point of view. abroad with a Jewish student depicting the highlights of the Te theme of the lecture don’t know them because you pain from the experience each For the opportunity to listen organization. event! surrounded the idea of having The Pacifican | 4 Opinion Thursday, february 07, 2019 Pacifc Film Club Award Nominations and Winners UoP Film Club Contributor

In our frst ofcial article, the UOP Film Club would like to announce our personal nominations for the 2018 flm year! In what has been an astounding year for flm, it takes a lot to make the impact these movies had on us members. Between all of us, we’ve seen around 120 diferent movies, so the diversity of options made it hard to narrow down, but hopefully you like our choices. Below are the nominees in our 6 categories and their winners. Te winner for Best Sup- porting Actress is…Rachel McAdams in Game Night! Alfonso Cuaron wins Best Director for his flm Roma. PC: Time Magazine “... While being argu- gest snub of this year’s Oscars, journey of extreme sadness pulling his audience in past demolished the competition and torture to a fnale of utter the terrible prosthetic teeth ably the biggest snub for us. Such a sobering and insanity that has to be seen to and dubbed over singing. In of this year’s Oscars, haunting portrayal of a real be believed. a mixed flm, he became a demolished the man that not only reminds And the winner for Best shining star which I’m sure us of the horror of addiction Lead Actor is…Rami Malek Mercury would be proud of. competition.” but also how many of us at in Bohemian Rhapsody! And the winner for Best the cusp of adulthood are still Director is…Alfonso Cuaron Hereditary wins the award for Best Picture. PC: Collider While the flm itself is fairly a child inside and how terri- for Roma! unassuming - a generically “In a mixed flm, he fying the world can be when A truly masterful work of named comedy coming out we’re thrust into it. became a shining star art in a continuing dominance in February from directors And the winner for Best Lead which I’m sure from Mexican-born directors, with a very poor past (2015’s journey into grief and worship Actress is…Toni Collette in Cuaron’s direction is one of “...Ari Aster’s journey Vacation reboot) - it created Mercury would be gave fans of horror another Hereditary! utter confdence. into grief and worship one of the funniest comedies glimmer of hope as to what And here’s yet another proud of” With most shots going of the year with a stunning gave fans of horror an- passionate flmmakers can do massive snub the Academy on for minutes at a time and performance from McAdams. with their genre. made. Tis decade so far has I mean, what else is there? working with largely frst-time other glimmer of hope She lights up every scene she’s With pitch-performances been demonstrably strong In the bonafde four-quad- actors, the flm maintains as to what passionate in with a unique comic timing from the entire cast, a tight with horror, especially the last rant smash of 2018, Malek to be a riveting journey that that seems incredibly difcult flmmakers can do script that makes time for 5 years. Studios like A24 have absolutely destroyed the captures the life many women to pull of. quiet moments of self-refec- helped produce this new wave competition. had to face in 1970’s Mexico with their genre.” Te scene above is prob- tion in the characters, and of horror flmmaking, spon- In November when Bohe- and expanding upon it by ably the highlight of the flm an iconic tic that lef many soring directors with unique mian Rhapsody destroyed the contrasting these visages Every year seems to have showing of what a talented fans shaking in their boots visions and strong direction. box ofce, and has continued of a collapsing family with its own horror masterpiece comedian can do with the at the sound of a little click, Collette works wonders under to do so to the tune of over images of monumental natural this decade. Ex Machina, Te right material. Hereditary establishes itself that, being largely forgotten $800 million, he transformed disasters. VVitch, It Follows; all elevat- And the winner of Best as 2018’s horror masterpiece about to the mainstream since into rock legend Freddie Cuaron dominates this ing the genre and giving hope Supporting Actor is…Timo- that will infuence generations 1999’s Te Sixth Sense and Mercury, astounding not only labor of love in a once-in-a- to fans who drag themselves thee Chalamet in Beautiful to come as to what kind of has now suddenly broken the the rabid fanbase but also the lifestyle fashion that has to be to the deluge of studio cash Boy! nightmare-fueled magic can mold and became a household current members of Queen. seen to be believed. grabs just to support their Stan Twitter’s boyfriend, be created with passion and name again. Her performance He became an instant star And now, the winner of movie love. while being arguably the big- replicating the unique and Tis year, Ari Aster’s a sick sense of flmmaking is a revelation, going on a Best Picture. …Hereditary! prowess. The Pacifican | 5 Opinion Thursday, february 07, 2019 Pacifc Film Club nominates contenders in 5 categories

Best Supporting Best Supporting Best Actress Best Actor Best Director Best Picture Best Picture Actress Actor (Cont.) Rachel McAdams, Mahershala Ali, Lady Gaga, Josh Brolin, Christopher American Animals Blindspotting Game Night Green Book A Star is Born Avengers: Infnity McQuarrie, War Mission Impossible: Fallout

Emma Stone, Timothee Elsie Fisher, Nicolas Cage, Berry Jenkins, Annihilation Bohemian Te Favorite Chalamet, Eighth Grade Mandy If Beale Street Rhapsody Beautiful Boy Could Talk

Regina King, Adam Driver, Natalie Portman, Rami Malek, Alfonso Cuaron, Avengers: Infnity Hereditary If Beale Street BlacKkKlansman Annihilation Bohemian Roma War Could Talk Rhapsody

Emily Blunt, Alex Wolf, Toni Collette, Bradley Cooper, Spike Lee, Bandersnatch A Quiet Place A Quiet Place Hereditary Hereditary A Star is Born BlacKkKlansman

Blake Lively, Michael B. Jordan, Joanna Kulig, John David Alex Garland BlacKkKlansman Roma A Simple Favor Black Panther Cold War Washington, Annihilation BlacKkKlansman The Pacifican | 6 Lifestyles Thursday, february 07, 2019 Pacifc Smasher Sparks National Interest Carlos Flores Editor-in-Chief

On the weekend of Super Bowl LIII, as much of the American population geared themselves up for a clash of the titans between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots in Atlanta, Georgia, an entirely diferent population of people prepared themselves for battle at the Oakland Convention Center. Over 3000 people gathered in Oakland, California for one of the biggest Super Smash Bros. tournaments in the world, a yearly major tournament known as Genesis. In Genesis’ sixth iteration, top players from countries including but not limited to the United States, Japan, Sweden, and Mexico vied to compete for prize money and glory both at the Convention Center and on the grand fnals stage at Oakland’s Paramount Teater. Te Super Smash Bros. community is unique to its other eSports counterparts. It comprises of multiple games: the original Super Smash Bros. Pacifc Student Zaid Ali is currently ranked #53 in the world for Super Smash Bros. Melee. PC: Amaris Woo game, released for the Nin- tendo 64 in 1999; its sequel, thousands of people trying to placed Ali as the 4th best Melee placing within the top 50 out competitors tout sponsors in the Melee doubles tourna- Super Smash Bros. Melee, reach the top of the compet- player in Northern California, of thousands of competitors from professional gaming ment with Binyan “Darkatma” released for the Nintendo itive Smash world, only 100 a state that boasts some of the at every major tournament he organizations, and the end Lin, and also placing 33rd out Gamecube in 2001; and the players from the Melee and game’s top talent, and as the attended, while still earning of 2018 saw Ali sponsored of over 200 teams. most recently released Super Ultimate scenes are consid- 53rd best Super Smash Bros. top placements at local tour- by professional gaming or- “Te goals I have set for my- Smash Bros. Ultimate for the ered to be within the top Melee player in the world. naments. His highest placing ganization True AmBition, self aren’t exactly set in stone,” Nintendo Switch. Te compet- echelon of players. Among “Being acknowledged by your throughout 2018’s major as he went on to place 33rd Ali explained, “but I want to itive Smash Bros. community those 100 is Pacifc computer community for all the efort tournaments included placing out of over 1000 competitors be very close to the world’s is wide and far reaching, and science student Zaid Ali ‘21, you’ve put in truly is a wonder- 17th out of over 1000 com- at Genesis 6. He chalked up players in terms of perfor- even has its own club at Pa- better known in the Smash ful feeling,” says Ali, “To have petitors at the eighth Michi- wins against players such as mance and decision-making cifc that meets weekly in the world by his alias, “Spark.” risen in rank is rewarding as gan-based major tournament 33rd ranked Grifn “Captain by the end of the year.” Spruce Room every Wednes- Tis is Ali’s ffh year playing well, since it shows not only known as Te Big House. Faceroll” Williams. Ali’s Te man known as Spark day night at 7pm. Howev- competitive Smash, and in to everyone, but also to myself While this is his second year placing of 33rd was par for continues to make waves, with er, Pacifc has what many those fve years he has quickly that I haven’t grown complacent ranked in the top 100, having the course as far as his previ- many notable wins already other schools with competitive risen through the ranks in with the fact that I’ve made it on been ranked 61st the prior ous placings throughout the under his belt. He will be sure Smash communities do not: Northern California, winning the rankings.” year, Ali went into Genesis year, though he also spent to collect more as his career one of the best Smash players his frst local tournament in 2018 had Ali show some of the with something he had never the weekend competing in continues, and as his star con- in the world. August of 2015. Te commu- best placings in his competi- had before: a professional three other events simulta- tinues to rise, more eyes will Out of the thousands and nity’s most recent rankings tive career, always consistently sponsor. Many of gaming’s top neously, as he also competed surely be on Zaid “Spark” Ali. The Pacifican | 7 Lifestyles Thursday, february 07, 2019 Members of Swim and Dive Create Sci-Fi Movie Malavika Raj havoc on Earth. Comple- mented by characters played Lifestyles Editor by their teammates and the song “Sexy and I Know It” If you’re really, really bored accompanying their ultimate and a Friday night with gory battle scene, the brothers, absolutely nothing to do and who are not even vaguely nowhere to go, head over to similar to one another, put YouTube and type in Alien their dif erences aside and Demon- you will witness the device a plan to take down the most entertaining 46 minutes Alien Demon. Swim and Dive of your life. head coach,Peter Richardson, Students on the Pacif c even made a cameo as a news men’s swim team, directed reporter. by Erik Clemensen ‘20, T e movie was shot around created a sci-f thriller movie the university, primarily centered around three long Mendocino Street and Pacif c lost brothers who come to- campus facilities. Clemenson gether to defeat the the most and Reno are credited as the obscure viridescent creature producers of the movie. unknown to man - the Unscripted, packed with Alien Demon, played by Jan goofy jokes, and a lighthearted Schlegel ‘21, who was coated plot line, the movie premiered thoroughly head to toe in at the Janet Leigh theater on green paint. December 7th. Pacif c’s swim Partially shirtless, wearing and dive team was excited to T e stars of Alien Demon line up for a picture including Brandon Reno, Jan Schlegal, Eric T ias, Erik Clemensen, Peter Richardson at sunglasses, and in style, the see their teammates’ creation. the premier of the movie. PC: UOP Swimming and Diving three brothers played by “It took them six months to Bromley ‘21. Students dressed some; there was a small red to tease Alien Demon. When asked if she would Clemenson himself, Brandon make. We were surprised on up in semi formal attire took carpet. More people than I In fact, the ending of the want to see their sophomore Reno ‘20, and Eric T ias ‘21 how well put together it was. pictures on the “red carpet” thought showed up,” she says. movie sparks a possibility for production, Bromley simply search for the Alien Demon It was very well coordinated,” for the premier. “It was awe- T ree trailers were released a sequel. answered, “yes.” to destroy af er it wreaks says fellow teammate Kendall

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