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The Student-Run Newspaper of Fresno City College

MARIACHI, FOLKLORICO, FESTIVITY Gabriela Espinoza performs with the FCC Folklorico Dancers during the Mexican Independence Day Celebration in Fresno City College’s Free Speech Area, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. The event included performances by Mariachi de la Tierra, FCC Folklorico Dancers, and Ricardo Ramirez & the Flamenco Art Academy Dancers, as well as food booths and a Grito contest. (Photo/Darlene Wendels) Visit: TheRampageOnline.com for our coverage of Mexican Independence Day.

Construction reveals new landscape Renewal of hazardous floors affects existing construction plans

BY AIDYL MOLINA

Reporter amolina@therampageonline.com

The unf inished construction occurring at the west entrance of campus in between the Library and Student Services will be finalized on Oct. 1 this year.

What started out as a small project to treat strips of broken concrete became part of a larger framework of the State Center Community College District’s Facilities Master Plan of reconstructing and modernizing the college campus from now until 2025.

The construction had been prompted by a raised, broken piece of concrete outside the Student Services building that created a trip-and- fall hazard.

Cheryl Sullivan, the vice president of Administrative Services, said that this project began as a means to prevent injurious incidents from happening.

“Every year, health and safety is a very big issue for

us,” she said. “It really takes it was buried under. precedence over many things “That was our big break that we do.” ...,” Miktarian said. “Because Sullivan said that once of the type of pipe it was, the the SCCCD Board of Trustees impact just cracked it and we approved the tentative budget had to fix that [which] took a and the concrete work, con- while.” struction began in mid-June Little to no documentawith the expectation that it tion of the underground infrawould be finished before the structure limited preventative start of fall semester. action. But the digitization Delay of blueprints which started Unfortunately, con- about six years ago, Miktarian struction suffered unexpected said, points to more effective setbacks during the summer and permanent record keepthat prolonged its course well ing for future purposes. into the fall semester.

Today, the construction According to Construc- moves toward unimpeded tion Services manager Chris- progress as it looks to be no tine Miktarian, the digging longer shadowing the main process affected unforeseen entrance of the library as it irrigation and water lines did at the beginning of fall sewhich tremendously halted mester. And only a few weeks progress. remain until the landscape is The f irst instance of completed. damage involved a contracProject Installations and tor’s debris truck impacting Amenities a fragile Transite pipe made Fixing the concrete was of asbestos cement. The truck only a step towards the bigger damaged the pipe while sim- picture. ply driving on top of the land The Master Plan adl SEE CONSTRUCTION ON PAGE 3

Bike policing aids in campus safety

BY PABEL LOPEZ

News Editor plopez@therampageonline.com

Fresno City College students returned to a new sight on campus in the fall semester of 2013 -- two police officers now patrol the campus on bicycles.

This is markedly different from past semesters when policing consisted of officers sitting in cars parked near the fountain or Free Speech area.

The officers only became visible if an arrest was imminent.

Officers Rodney Zumkehr and Felipe Uribe are in charge of the bicycle unit.

Both officers are avid bikers and practice road cycling in their off -time.

“The assignment was developed by us,” said Zumkehr. “We saw there was a need to get officers into the campuses, the malls and areas where you couldn’t get into with a car.”

The bike unit was in the planning stages for the past year, finally coming to fruition this semester.

Zumkehr said he reached out to local bike

shops for help in developing the program and to assemble needed supplies.

The department acquired the bikes from a local company Geil Enterprises when the owner of the company overheard Zumkehr discussing the program with Ben Medrano of local bike shop Rubber Soul, another major contributor to the program.

Zumkehr and Uribe say that the program has many advantages, particularly in granting officers access into places that regular patrol vehicles would have difficulty reaching and in very little time.

“On the campus and in the close proximity to [the campus] the bicycle patrol has been extremely effective,” Zumkehr said.

Another advantage of the program is that it falls in line with the department’s new desire to increase visibility on campus.

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MUSIC CLASSES CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT

BY KEVYNN GOMEZ

Opinion Editor kgomez@therampageonline.com

Six music classes originally offered at Fresno City College this semester are no longer available. Classes such as jazz combos and advanced woodwinds were cut at the beginning of the fall 2013 semester after student demand was not sufficient enough to continue them.

Some of the six classes cut were part of the major courses needed by music majors, potentially forcing ontrack music students to wait another semester to fulfill their requirements.

Other students may need to sign up for classes they do not need in order to fulfill work study needs.

According to Larry Honda, chair of the music department, several of these classes were cut because of the department’s inability to “meet capacity”- or enroll enough students to create a sizeable class plus late registration and conf licting Title 5 repeatability regulations.

In the past, students had been allowed to register late for music classes by using add slips during the first week of the semester; this process creates ongoing challenge for Honda and his music department colleagues.

“Traditionally with our classes, the students don’t sign up until after the first day of school,” Honda said.

“They know they’re going to be in, say, the woodwind group or the jazz combos and they just figure, ‘I’ll sign up, I’ll get an add slip.”

Many music classes such as jazz combos rely on auditions before accepting students into the course and registering them, a central reason why

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The regulation also allows for athletics courses, such as conditioning classes, and courses designed specifically for vocational and academic competitions.

These changes were made to regulation 55041 among others Title 5 sections in Sept. 2012 by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

For students like Byers, however, such legalities and educational codes are no consolation for the abrupt and unexpected changes made to their classes. Byers is now taking a jazz ensemble class which he finds especially challenging. Although the course satisfies his major requirements, he is still concerned about the impact taking an unexpected class will have on his education.

“I’ve just been thrown into it is because the class was cancelled,” he said concerning his new class.

Honda said that he was informed a week before school started in August about the impending class cuts. He admits to being surprised and upset by the cuts.

“I was saddened by it. And it’s a let-down to the students,” he said.

Yet Honda is not dwelling on the problems of this semester. He is already planning for positive change in the following years and ways to prevent this from happening again.

The cancelled classes may be offered next semester.

“I think if we look ahead to fall 2014 and spring 2014,” he said. “We need to make sure those classes are filling up nicely.” l TWITTER.COM/THEONLYKEVYNN

10 transfer degree programs approved

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more advanced music classes are so small. Honda’s jazz combos class, for instance, only had eight students enrolled.

In contrast to large classes like music appreciation or beginning guitar or piano, advanced classes are attended by students usually participating in choir or orchestra- a small minority of FCC’s more than 20,000 student population.

Micah Byers, a piano and guitar performance major, was enrolled in Honda’s jazz combos class and had expected to finish his major requirements after taking the class.

“Mr. Honda started off the first class by saying that these classes are going to be cancelled and we need at least eleven people and we have eight people registered,” Byers said. “It’s always worked out, and it’s never not worked out.”

The class only met three times before it was discontinued with an announcement by Mr. Honda. Other music classes were dismissed when yellow notification flyers were posted in the Music Speech Building informing people of classes that were “no longer offered.”

Students taking unique classes with consecutive yet similar course paths are expected to take “family classes” that upgrade their curriculum with each following class, yet address the same subject matter in each class.

The Title 5 stance on course repeatability, according to the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges website, states that under regulation 55041, repetitive courses necessary to “complete or gain entry into a bachelor’s degree program at any CSU or UC campus in any discipline”

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Ten majors at Fresno City College have been approved and now meet the requirements for the Transfer Model Curriculum also known as transfer degrees.

The approved majors are business, communication studies, early childhood studies, geology, mathematics, political science, psychology, sociology, theater arts and philosophy.

The English degree is expected to be approved later in the semester.

The TMC was started in 2010 by legislation sponsored by Senator Alex Padilla to help community college students transfer to California State Universities with an associate degree.

Faculty from both the community college system and the CSU system are working together to mold curriculum that both organizations can agree on and benefits students the most.

However, this kind of collaboration can be arduous.

“We have run into some kinks trying to get everyone on the same page,” said Kerry Ybarra, philosophy instructor and chair of the curriculum

committee at FCC. The mandate for institutions to comply with the program comes from the State Chancellor’s office.

Ybarra said the goal for community colleges was to have 100 percent of the majors done by 2014, but she doesn’t know if that goal will be met.

She believes that many of the remaining majors may not go through until the middle of next year.

In a Feb. 2013 news conference, Erik Skinner, deputy chancellor for California Community Colleges, said the goal of the program was to save money and make more room in community colleges and four-year universities.

The degrees have different names, which may cause some confusion for students. The degrees will be known as “associate degrees for transfers” or ADTs, as opposed to the traditional AA and AS degrees.

Leticia Canales, head of the transfer center at FCC, praises the program and its purpose of streamlining the transfer process but also said that the responsibility falls on students to be informed and aware of what requirements they need to

transfer with the new degrees.

“Students need to do some research on what pathway is best for them, again,” Canales said. “It’s ultimately the student’s decision on what they want to do so that [counselors] can do our job in setting up the plan.”

Ybarra has also been doing her part to inform students and staff of changes to the programs. She met with counselors to make sure they were informed about the changes.

Despite the progress the program has made, fully intergrating it into students’ plans is an ongoing process.

“We’re going to be in a phase of transition for some time until we see a lot more of these [transfer degrees] and people are going to say ‘I’m willing to do that,’” said Canales.

The future for the transfer degrees is bright and Canales says that it is progress that will allow more students to able to leave FCC with something to show for their work.

She said, “We’re going to see a lot more transfer degree completions of students transferring with these degrees.” l TWITTER.COM/BYPABELLOPEZ

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Plans for Veterans Resource Center on course

BY BRANDALYN HASTINGS

Reporter bhastings@therampageonline.com

Plans to open a Veterans Resource Center on the Fresno City College campus and improve veteran student life continue to develop.

The Veterans Resource Center had been set to open in “the old business office sometime during the fall 2013 semester,” according to a story in the Rampage, published in the spring semester of 2013.

Even though the resource center is still going to open, the earliest that it could happen is at the end of the fall 2013 semester, and the location in which it is going to be placed has yet to be decided.

“Right now we’re going through a process,” said Tony Cantu, president of FCC. “The Facilities Committee is reviewing proposals. That is our process. So I’m waiting for the committee to go through its process and make a recommendation to me.”

Construction dresses the lack of amenities that enhance student life on campus. It depicts the area which is currently under construction as part of the “West Glade.”

In the booklet on Page 71, it says that this area will be a new “front door” to the west and will serve as a supplemental ground for various assemblies and activities that encourage a collegiate atmosphere.

Sullivan said establishments include a total of six trees with seating areas beneath each, more additional seating in front of the library, bike rack locations and a center pedestal with skateboard deterrents.

Relocated in close proximity to the center pedestal is Rocky, or “Sam the Ram,” a topiary donated by the Associated Student Government. Rocky will function more as a central piece in this new symbolic West Glade.

For Miktarian, this is a place “where students can get together and socialize and feel like they belong at school and not just go to class and leave.”

Cost of Construction Sullivan estimated total cost of construction at $360,000. Unlike the Old Administration Building parking project in the west lawn, this concrete project is funded by the campus, not the district. And the money comes from the annual lottery funds and re-

Once the recommendations are made, the plans for the resource center are able to move forward, but nothing is set until then.

The old business office on the west side of the FCC campus is but one of the options that the Facilities Committee is looking at for the center.

“It’s an action plan that they [the veteran’s office] submitted and it’s considered with other action plans,” said Cantu.

Securing a new location for the Veterans Resource Center is top priority. Cantu recognizes the problems posed by the size of the current center.

“It’s really rather small,” Cantu said.

The Veterans Resource Center is envisioned to be a place where student veterans can go to receive help for their academic endeavors, find out about local resources, and most

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available to veterans say in Fresno,” said Cantu.

Along with possibly involving AMVETS more on campus, some of the college’s faculty have taken trips to other resource centers down south to study different models of what’s out there and figure out what would work best for FCC. The veteran’s office staff is excited about plans to improve veteran student life on campus.

Mary Alfieris, veterans certification specialist at FCC, said that veterans are a different kind of student.

Alfieris said veterans have different challenges than their average FCC classmates.

So the resource center will be beneficial to them because they can “share their experiences, and strengthen one another.” l TWITTER.COM/BRANDALYNJANAE

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“We were a little surprised when it did come in at that price,” Sullivan said. “Originally we were really looking at about half of that.”

To explain this double price leap, Sullivan points to the difference of having a concrete slab and a concrete project, and the inflated price of concrete.

On a larger scope, choosing the concrete project entails a significant aesthetic difference which directly reflects the Master Plan instead of doing spot treatment of cracked cement.

FCC Librarian Laurel Doud, who has observed the cause and effect of this ongoing construction, agreed on the campus’ allocation of funds.

“I find it nice that we’re spending money ...because we are an old campus and we do need a little shot to upgrade,” she said.

Manageable Inconvenience Unfortunately, the construction site sits next to Parking Lot A by the west lawn which, by nature of its mass land occupation, blocks a direct passageway for anyone heading in or out of school.

But students say it’s not too big of a deal.

Student Ambassador Kiana Woods determined that this project is a “mild inconvenience” as students

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of all, create a community support group where the veterans can interact and help each other navigate through college life.

Even though the veteran’s office is at a standstill in creating community because of their small space, the office is making progressing in providing more resources available to the veteran students.

Just recently, the campus received a visit from team AMVETS, a branch of the Department of California Service Foundation that is dedicated to serving the needs of veterans.

It is likely that it will see many more visits like it from them in the future.

“There will be somebody from [AMVETS] on campus on a regular basis, maybe once a week, that becomes the main resource. So they almost consolidate all of the resources that are

Crew members from R&C Construction level forms in preparation to pour one of the many concrete benches in front of the Student Services Building on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. (Photo by/David Bennett) travel from “point A to point B.” For new student Alicia Zabala, who is a wheelchair user, taking a longer route only slows her by “a few extra minutes” and it has yet to cause her tardiness in any of her classes.

Plans for the Future The SCCCD Facilities Master Plan entirely specifies construction modifications and additions. According to the Plan, FCC is expected to be transformed in the coming years.

FCC President Tony Cantu wrote in the Master Plan booklet that the plan would help “prioritize much needed improvements” and develop

“possible new construction.”

He also wrote that the Master Plan looks at “reconfiguring roads and walkways,” additional parking, and the preservation of “green areas” -conducive to campus environmental concern.

In any existing or possible new construction at FCC, Construction Services refer to the Master Plan and its vision.

Miktarian said, “It gives us a guide for the future.”

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Environmentalist encourages awareness

BY AUGUST PROMNITZ

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Bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben was the keynote speaker at a free seminar on global warming and other environmental concerns held in the auditorium of the Old Administration Building on Saturday.

“Last summer, the Arctic melted so thoroughly that about 80 percent of the sea ice that was there 30 years ago is gone,” McKibben said to the audience. “Think [about] how much heat energy it takes to melt feet upon feet of old ice across this vast area.”

Regarded as one of the top environmental journalists in the United States, McKibben was one of the first writers to warn about climate change and its impact on the environment.

His book “The End of Nature” was published in 1989. He has since founded 350.org, an environmental awareness group.

He was arrested in 2011 in Washington, D.C. after staging a protest against the Keystone XL pipeline and spent three days in the Washington, D.C. city jail.

McKibben has, however, remained undeterred in his cause of concern for the climate and stability of the Earth. In his lecture, he explained that humans are excessively using energy.

“Currently, because of the whole of the gas that we’ve burned and because of the carbon dioxide that we’ve put into the atmosphere,” he said, “we’re trapping heat equivalent to

Psychological Services luncheon wraps up ‘Suicide Prevention Week’

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400,000 Hiroshima explosions daily.”

He also praised the heightened awareness of global climate change on Earth, but quickly cautioned that awareness alone will not put an end to the problem.

“We’ve already won the argument many times over... we’re just losing the fight,” McKibben said.

Ashley Werner, a Leadership Council for Justice and Accountability employee who attended the event, said the event was a learning experience.

“I learned more about the movement they’re trying to create to bring attention to climate change, the causes of it and getting our political leaders to take action,” she said.

Also in the audience was Katherina Thiesen, a junior at University High School.

“I never understood global warming very much but he [McKibben] explained it a lot more and it brings me to want to do something,” said Thiesen.

At the conclusion of the seminar, McKibben stayed to answer the audience’s questions and to give advice on the environment.

“All we are asking for is a planet to live on that works a little bit like the one we were born onto,” McKibben said. “That’s not a radical demand at all. If you think about it, that’s a very conservative demand.” l TWITTER.COM/FCCRAMPAGE

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Fresno City College Psychological Services hosted the “Save a Life” luncheon on Friday to wrap up Suicide Prevention Week.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college-age students, but FCC psychological services is doing its part to change that.

“Suicide is preventable,” said Dr. Brian Olowude, director of Psychological Services. “Ask for help and ask someone, if you are worried about them.”

With more than 38,000 suicides every year in the United States and around 1,100 of those college students, suicide creeps into many lives and should be taken seriously at all times.

“Hope is what keeps people alive, and we just want everyone to know that,” said Dr. Olowude “This is just the beginning of the kinds of things that Psychological Services is going to do here to raise awareness and eventually this really will save lives,” said Sarah Hays, president of Active Minds, the student club that works with Psychological Services.

During the luncheon, Psychological Services unveiled a collaborative piece of artwork between Reedley College, Willow International and FCC called “Let Hope Fly.” “The students participated by decorating butterflies, which are the

national symbol for suicide prevention. “.Some are dedicated to people who have been lost to suicide, others are just messages to those who are affected,” said Olowude.

In addition, the numbers for veterans and suicide were also highlighted. There are more than 20 veteran suicides every day.

“We lose more veterans to suicide than we do combat,” said Olowude.

This is why there was also information for the 11th Annual Fun Run/ Walk that is put on by Fresno Survivors of Suicide Loss and the Veterans Administration of Central California Health Care System.

The Run/Walk will take place in Woodward Park in the Mountain View Shelter on Sept. 24 at 8 a.m.

There was also information from other local groups and individuals that share the goal of reducing the number of suicides on every table.

The luncheon took place in Old Administration Building room 251 and food was provided, although they quickly ran out of food after feeding the more than 140 people that attended.

“That gives me hope for next year,” said Olowude of the high attendance.

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around and make sure everything’s OK, which is understandable,” said Jacob Hatashita, a business major who waits in the east side pit between classes.

According to Zumkehr he and Uribe attended a 40hour training session in Sacramento that dealt “just with bicycle patrolling.” This training included instruction in “slow riding maneuvers, agility, obstacle course, shooting obstacle course, legal, traffic control, emergency maneuvers, riding up and downstairs, and in layman’s terms handto-hand combat,” according to Zumkehr.

Zumkehr added that the training was “the most rigorous training he has done since his time at the [police] academy.”

The techniques that the officers learned have already been put to use and the efficacy of the program is evident.

“The first day that we rolled out the bicycle unit at about 7:15 in the morning, we received a call about a disturbance over towards the cafeteria area,” Zumkehr said.

“A marked vehicle arrived in the area and I arrived on the bicycle. During that time we had a foot chase, one of the suspects ran from us and ran

Officer Felipe Uribe (left) and Officer Rodney Zumkehr (right) make their rounds at Fresno City College Campus on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. (Photo/Karen West) down a narrow construction area, down a one-way street that you wouldn’t have been able to traverse in a vehicle.”

While the program has met a few of its goals on campus, it still has its flaws.

“The bike patrol does not replace vehicle patrol,” Zumkehr said. “Bikes can’t transport suspects if you arrest somebody, or transport

civilians if they need to be transported from location to location.”

Noah Friederich, a student who has been at FCC for a year and a half, said that he feels the program makes the campus safer.

As for the future of the program, Zumkehr looks to increase resources, manpower and attention. One of the

changes he hopes to make is to acquire a bike rack for a district police vehicle and be able to transport the bikes to other campuses.

Zumkehr also hopes to use the program at other campuses that are a part of the state district, where different policing environments bring up different policing problems.

“There will be a good application for this on the Reedley campus especially in the agricultural area,” Zumkher said. “The Oakhurst campus has walking trails and parks nearby where homelessness and vagrancy has been a serious policing issue for that campus.” l TWITTER.COM/BYPABELLOPEZ

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PIANIST SHARES INSIGHT INTO WORKS OF CHOPIN

Christopher Guerriero at the piano before his Recital held on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 in the recital hall of Fresno City College. (Photo/David Bennett)

BY AIDYL MOLINA

Reporter amolina@therampageonline.com

Musicians define success in many ways. For Christopher Guerriero, musical success is about improvement as he underscored this perpetual state to be the “cornerstone of art.”

On Monday, Sept. 16, Guerriero hosted a lecture recital in the Fresno City College Recital Hall which focused on the first twelve Chopin etudes. At the event, Guerriero displayed what

has resulted from years of accumulated experience in stage performance and education.

Guerriero is an American pianist, born in Los Angeles, Calif. Some of his notable appearances include performances with the Fresno Philharmonic, Honolulu and Santa Cruz Symphonies, Aspen Music Festival and the Senate Chambers in Washington, D.C.

Before he even laid his hands on the Steinway grand piano, or the “Ferrari” of pianos as he called it, Guerriero taught the audience about the Polish composer Frederic Chopin who “crystallized the etude as specifically challenging.”

It was a crucial purpose of his lecture to highlight the inspirational point for Chopin, whose work still permeates the Classical arts, and to convey the evolution of his etudes as they became progressively more complex and refined through time.

His role in music is to be a “gatekeeper,” he said. And the value of this role is captured through the preservation of the Classics, i.e. upholding its “musical standards.”

“I felt like I had to help the tradition of great art and piano music to continue on,” he said.

Guerriero played a series of etudes from Chopin’s Opus 10. He played them with emotional vibrancy as he swayed his head and struck the keys according to the attitude of each etude.

“He has a really lyrical style of playing, kind of poetic ... coupled with a really fine technique,” said Olga Quercia, instructor and head of Piano Studies at FCC. In his mid-twenties, Guerriero’s endeavor in musical career and education began after a conscious decision to commit his life to the arts.

He spent eight years as an un-

dergraduate at both the University of California, Berkeley, and as a transfer student at Utah State University.

Unlike some college students who “hit the ground running,” Guerriero was explorative and it took him three years to declare his major in music.

“The personal challenge is really just deciding to do it,” he said.

It was not until he became a student at California State University, Fresno, in pursuit of a master’s degree that he reached a pivotal point of having “uplifting experiences” that ref lected his love and commitment to music.

As his most recent pursuit, Guerriero is midway through a doctorate program in musical arts at the University of Southern California while teaching at a private school in Los Angeles.

Attendants were composed of music appreciation students, music majors, staff, colleagues of Guerriero at Fresno State, and some residents of the Fresno community with their children. Larry Honda, instructor and Department Chair of the music department, said that the event had a good turn out.

His live performance created an invaluable experience for everyone in the hall with him that afternoon.

According to Quercia, “the piano is best heard live.” l TWITTER.COM/FCCRAMPAGE

Fall plays feature both culture and conflict

BY KEVYNN GOMEZ

Opinion Editor kgomez@therampageonline.com

This fall semester, Fresno City College will see the premiere of two distinctively modern plays that unite themes of Americanization, bullying, family conflict and more with the passion of local college theatre.

“From Up Here,” directed by Janine Christl, premieres Oct. 4, while “Year Zero,” directed by Chuck Erven, premieres Nov. 15.

Christl’s play has been cast and is now in the process of rehearsing with

Theatre arts instructor Chuck Erven discusses the upcoming play “Year Zero” in the Theatre Arts Building at Fresno City College Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013.

(Photo/Darlene Wendels)

student actors daily. The four-member cast of “Year Zero” begins practicing on Sept. 30.

Both shows are significant because they examine contemporary American issues that “period pieces” such as Edwardian dramas or the work of Shakespeare may handle differently.

“From Up Here,” written by Liz Flahive, looks into the issues of bullying, school violence and our nation’s collective treatment of those creating school violence.

“Really what the core of it is about is the support system that you develop during trauma, and the way that you rise above trauma and come out on top,” Christl said.

The main character Kenny struggles to create balance between his stressful home life, the unexpected support and love from another student, a counselor and a traveling aunt, and his complicated quest for redemption after bringing a gun to school a year before due to being bullied.

For assistant director Alyssa Holste, an FCC student, “From Up Here” is about “learning how to survive, whether its in a literal sense ... or surviving high school from Kenny’s perspective.”

“Year Zero,” written by Michael Golamco, similarly addresses conflicts of the younger generations, yet also digs into a distinctive aspect of American society: the history and presence of non-white immigrants and the legacy of their second-generation children.

Vuthy and Ra may be secondgeneration Cambodian-Americans

born to an immigrant mother, but that doesn’t stop them from adapting to a vastly different society found in modern America.

When their mother unexpectedly dies, the siblings are forced to deal with the trauma of their mother’s experience with the Cambodian genocide, as well as hidden conflicts of family communication and Americanization.

“There are issues of what it means to an American on some level.

There are issues of culture ... so all of that’s sort of in there,” Erven stated about the central issues tackled in “Year Zero.”

Yet “Year Zero” is ultimately a comedy and a slice-of-life, Erven explains, ensuring that the injection of humor into a very serious topic is definitely not an attempted distraction.

Ultimately, it is a play consisting of much more than genocide or Cambodian culture.

“It’s a script that speaks to lot of people ... there’s a lot of people in the Valley, that this is their story,” he said.

“Year Zero” proves that individualism is not overshadowed by family history or trauma, allowing the light to shine on the personal experience of these individuals and not simply on such a historical tragedy.

Both plays focus on the powerful ability to overcome hardships and thrive once again, as well as the importance and healing power of human interaction. l TWITTER.COM/THEONLYKEVYNN

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Filmmaking isn’t just for Hollywood anymore

BY TAZE RANEY

Online Photo Editor traney@therampageonline.com

Filmmaking without a doubt is an art form, and that art form can be done right here at home. Most, if not all of the films that are released into theatres these days are “big budget” films. “Argo” for example, went on to win an Academy Award for Best Picture while “The Dark Knight” made $158 million in its opening weekend alone. But just like there are different ways to paint a canvas, there are different ways to make a film.

Every once in a while you see films like “Pulp Fiction” or “500 Days of Summer” that were filmed on relatively small budgets and produced independently from the big studio system but still made it into theaters and sustained a healthy income of ticket sales.

Different brush strokes, same painting.

Raul Cantu, a Creative Director for Valley PBS here in Fresno, has been working within the television and film industry for quite some time now. He has even gone as far as producing his own short films independently here in the Valley.

“Unions. It really all comes down to that. When you go the studio route, you have hundreds of people working for you, and everyone has their set job,” said Cantu. “When you go indie, you just pull a few friends together and everyone does two, three maybe even four different jobs.”

He remembers a few years ago that independent films were being produced in and around Los Angeles and the unions were upset because the independent productions were taking them out of the job.

“Who are they to say that’s the only way a movie can be made? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of the art form in the first place?” said Cantu Chris Lofing, a Nebraska native, now lives here in the Valley. At the age of 23, he and his business partner Travis Cluff have independently produced not one, but two feature films in and around the Fresno area. They’ve also started their own production company under the name Tremendum Pictures.

“We knew there was an opportunity to do this in

Fresno,” said Lofing. “There are lots of people here in the Valley that still view filmmaking as an exciting experience and something that’s fun, not something to make money off of.”

Lof ing and Cluff recently finished production on their second feature film that was entirely shot here in Fresno.

“It really is exciting to see your plan become a reality. When you take on an endeavor like making a movie, especially something of the feature film capacity it’s a lot of hard work, but if you stick with it and are willing to do it, it’s a really satisfying feeling to see it all completed,” said Lofing.

Within recent years, independent filmmaking has become more and more accessible to your average person.

With the large amount of relatively inexpensive digital filmmaking equipment available on the market today, almost anyone can pick up a camera and become the next Martin Scorsese.

The immense cost of post-production work has also been simplified with the creation of digital editing

software like Final-Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere which is readily available for download onto your computer so you can start slicing away like the best of them.

And, with innovative funding platform sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, obtaining the money that you need in order to make the next “Gone with the Wind” is right there waiting for you; all you have to do is ask for it.

“If you’re going to go

indie, go indie. We don’t live in L.A., not every guy bussing tables is trying to be an actor. But we have acting houses here,” said Cantu. “It is possible. Go to those places, network, and make friends. Find people that are as passionate about it as you are ... They’ll help you fulfill your dreams, because they’ll be vicariously fulfilling theirs. But most of all and arguably most important: you’ll have fun.” l TWITTER.COM/TAZE_ME_BRO

‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ brings fear to life

BY VICTOR APARICIO

Production Manager vaparicio@therampageonline.com

Some horror movies these days consist of people getting slaughtered left and right with at least one sex scene stalked by a masked psychopath because why not, right? “Insidious: Chapter 2” doesn’t bother with blade wielding murderers or blood pouring like a river.

This film is a return to the classic kind of horror that makes the viewer tense and uncomfortable through the use of camera angles and eerie sounds rather than ubiquitous violence.

Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell decided to pick up the plot immediately where that of the the first movie left off. The odd thing is, the first couple of scenes heavily involve the father, Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) for reasons that are only known from watching the first film.

Though the story of the first “Insidious” is explained throughout the movie, I felt that you can be easily lost if you’re not paying full attention.

So without spoiling anything, the conf lict from the first movie is extended

Dalton Lambert played by Ty Simpkins in “Insidious: Chapter 2.” (Photo/Sony Pictures) into “Insidious 2.” The spirits of the disgruntled deceased continue to torture Josh and his family. Characters old and new need to figure out why they’re still being haunted.

Having watched both movies, I found the experience of watching “Insidious 2” to be fuller. It is almost as if the two films make up one larger one.

There are scenes that nicely intertwined with the first film. If you haven’t seen the first film, be attentive so your experience doesn’t seem

too hollow.

In terms of the sequel, “Insidious 2” keeps the familiar camera techniques and sounds while adding new ones.

One thing I’ve noticed is more use of the “shaky handy cam” that slowly creeps through the halls or rapidly follows characters as they panic.

The big question of which movie was scarier has mixed answers. In “Insidious 2,” the first half of the movie was quite weak despite it priming the audience as the conf licts are introducing

themselves.

The rest of the film was better but the “scares” are more of intense surprises and you could actually see some of

them coming. I’m in no way a tough customer, but I remember the first “Insidious” making me freak out once or twice. “Insidious 2” is more of a very tense and uncomfortable film in comparison.

Because “Insidious: Chapter 2” is an extension of the first movie, it’s recommended to see the first film.

The movie does its best to catch up those who didn’t, but focuses more on the current events.

If the director did more to make scenes more heart -wrenching, shortened the slow start and better explained the previous movie, “Insidious 2” would have been great as a sequel or a stand alone. And Patrick Wilson makes a good creepy guy. You’ll see why.

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THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN FRESNO

Penne pesto con pollo from Oggi Cosi Si Mangia photographed on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. The restaurant is regarded as “the best kept secret” for traditional fine Italian dining in the Tower District of Fresno, Calif. (Photo/Michael Monroy)

BY COLBY TIBBET

Online Opinion Editor ctibbet@therampageonline.com

We often think of the high-end restaurants in Fresno to all reside on the north side of Shaw. However, There is one fine-dining establishment known to its patrons as “The best kept secret in Fresno.”

Oggi Cosi Si Mangia, which roughly translates to “This is how to eat today,” is located just south of the Van Ness and Olive intersection.

As it lays on a one-way street it is quite easy to miss, which I believe is part of its elusiveness, or its reputation as the

best kept secret in town.

Stepping inside Oggi, you realize the lengths at which they have tried to create the Trattoria-style (a casual, yet fine Italian dining establishment) within their modest surroundings of Central Fresno.

Small lights are strung alongside the woodpaneled ceilings, with the bar and kitchen visible immediately as you walk in.

It was a feeling of comfort I haven’t experienced in a fine-dining restaurant before; just because the prices are double digits doesn’t mean it has to feel stuffy, brimming

with pretentiousness and entitlement. The owner was behind the bar, welcomed us immediately and gave us an attentiveness that never felt forced.

We were seated quickly, and the service was what you would expect from a high-end restaurant.

The waiter thoroughly explained the menu, maintained eye contact with the whole party and added small snippets of personality to relax the patrons.

Each entree looked to have its own style instead of merely being a duplicate of others.

I ordered the “Penne Pesto con Pollo,” along with the soup of the day, which was Italian sausage in a thinly creamed broth, with fresh kale, chickpea beans and small gold potatoes.

As someone who has made homemade, authentic pesto in the past, the pesto in the “Penne Pesto con Pollo” was perfectly balanced, with a great aroma and texture.

The pasta had panseared chicken, with a thinly-glazed balsamic reduction sauce that was so sweet that it balanced the pesto quite well.

Peppered over the chicken and pasta was locally-harvest-

ed fresh basil and tomatoes.

I was thoroughly impressed.

The presentation, delivery and taste succeeded my expectations.

Although the prices may not be easy enough on everyone for them to become a regular at Oggi Cosi Si Mangia, (every entree was in the double digits) this is the perfect place for birthdays, special events or a nice date on a Friday night.

Even though this Italian joint is “Fresno’s best kept secret,” this is one secret that you can share. l TWITTER.COM/ROBOTMILK

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Sexploration with Troy and Lauren

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“Can you tell someone’s sexual behavior based on how they appear or interact?”

THE GAY PERSPECTIVE

BY TROY POPE

Editor-in-Chief tpope@therampageonline.com

No. It is best to never judge someone at all, let alone judge their sexual prowess or speculate as to their sexual proclivities.

As humans, we have preconceptions as to who people really are just by looking at them. This can’t be further from reality in 99 percent of cases.

Just because you meet a guy that is quiet and seemingly timid, do not allow yourself to believe that he will be the same way in the bedroom; you may just find yourself at the whim of a madman.

Let’s be real, a lot of serial killers and lone gunmen had friends and neighbors that said, “He was always so nice, so quiet.” Don’t be the victim that the bystanders are shocked about.

Just because someone is reserved in life does not mean they are reserved in bed, and the reverse is true as well.

If someone is cocky about their sexual prowess and conquests, they are likely to not know what they’re doing in the bedroom.

Someone that is talented in bed has no need to brag of it; leave that for the children and the novices.

You can really never tell something so personal about a person, unless that person’s identity is rooted in their sexual identity. Some people just love showing off their business.

Those people love to openly talk about their debauchery in order to shock people and make themselves feel good.

However, most people are not

like that (thankfully). After all, sex should be something that is between you and your man.

If a guy dresses in a way that can only be described as “slutty,” you cannot dismiss him as such just by appearance alone, as much as you may like to.

People are defined by their actions, and really shouldn’t ever be defined by their sexual activities or the way they dress. You are not your sexual identity or orientation.

If your best friend is into BDSM, t h a t ’ s their private business, and you know w h a t ?

M o r e power to them for knowing what they like. Some people are far too shy to admit what they want in bed, even to their b o y friend.

The real question is, why do you care?

What business is it of yours to know the dark details about someone you have no intention of interacting with?

And if you do intend on having sex with that person, isn’t it more fun to discover these things as they occur? l TWITTER.COM/DARKTROY

THE STRAIGHT PERSPECTIVE

BY LAUREN BAKER

Art Director lbaker@therampageonline.com

There are many things you notice in a person you’re attracted to when you first meet them, be it their smile, the clothes they wear or the way they carry themselves. Eventually, you go on that first date and you get to know them a little more and get to see the things that make them tick.

That being said, can you apply this to sex? Can one really know what a person is like in bed based on one’s personality?

In many ways no, but there are various instances where the latter can be true.

For in stance, it’s a common cliche that a girl that comes off as timid or shy is likely to be a “closet freak,” someone that is so wound up that all her sexual impulses just explode (for lack of a better, yet appropriate term) on the first fellow that happens to strike her whimsy.

I find, more often than not, that many girls on the mellow end of the spectrum tend to translate this into their sex lives as well. Many would opt for love-making as opposed to a “rigorous romp.” That’s not to say that reserved women wouldn’t appreciate a night of “carnage,” it’s simply a

matter of personal preference at the the end of the day.

When it comes to men, the cliche is that their main goal is to have sex.

And it is cliche for a reason. But that’s not to say that all men fall under this category; there are men out there that look for more in a woman than her sexual prowess and how much she’ll let him do.

Can one find the tell-tale quirks that would suggest one’s sexual tendencies? Very much so. Look at the way they carry themselves, as well as the things they’re passionate about (or lack thereof). Men with passion will often take that with them to the bedroom, varying between intensity and sexual aggression.

Men lacking passion or any sense of positive direction will more often than not be more passive, and in some cases, can also be more on the aggressive side.

If you’re seeing someone with qualities that are less than you would prefer, you should probably reconsider the situation. If the guy is coming off as a jerk on this first date, the question of his sexual stamina should not even be on your radar.

Look at other aspects as well, like attentiveness. A man that takes care of you and goes out of his way to make you happy during the day will be just as attentive with (and to) you at night.

Sex can be more than one crazy night; it’s also a wonderful bonding experience between two people that care for one another. Regardless of his sensual style, at the end of the day what matters most is that you reserve that kind of intimacy for a man that truly deserves it. l TWITTER.COM/ELBTHEHERO

5 things you should never apologize for

BY TROY POPE

Editor-in-chief tpope@therampageonline.com

Apologies are sentiments meant to convey regret or request forgiveness for a fault or a mistake. When a behavior you perform is seen as offensive, it is typically expected of you to apologize.

However, there are certain things that no one should ever have apologize for de-

spite widespread sensitivity.

Here are five of those things.

1. Being good at something If you’re talented, don’t let it bother you if people resent you for it. There is no need to feel bad for being better at something than another person. Let the haters hate.

Don’t apologize, just remember to be the better person; don’t ever put someone down for not being on your level and be humble.

2. Being honest A healthy dose of honesty can prove to be an effective way to improve personal relationships. It doesn’t come as a surprise that some people prefer to be lied to, but that doesn’t mean that you should apologize for your truthfulness. Such individuals need reassurance from others because they’re insecure about themselves.

That’s fine, but if this

person manages to also think that they are better than some others, and has no problem voicing it, then feel free to unapologetically knock them off of their pedestal and bring them back down to reality. It’s the only way for them to build character and they should thank you for it.

3. Not being ready for a relationship The hardest thing for a person to do in life is to live up to someone else’s expectations in a relationship.

Connecting with people is challenging and even if you connect, it doesn’t guarantee that things are going to work out.

Sometimes- and it’s hard to deal with- you just never get on the same page. You are into the relationship, but they aren’t feeling it. They’re into you, but you aren’t prepared for what that means. You just

aren’t ready. Don’t feel bad because it happens. Sometimes things just don’t work and it’s nobody’s fault. It will happen to the other person someday so don’t apologize. One day, you’ll know how it feels to experience rejection because the other person is not ready for a relationship.

4. Your sexual orientation You are who you are.

Don’t apologize to someone who doesn’t accept you. Those hang-ups belong to them, so don’t allow people to drag you down with their issues. One day, they’ll apologize to you for being so sadly narrowminded. Coming out is hard to do, and you should be focusing on yourself and not what others might think of you.

What will make you happy? Don’t think about what will make your family and friends happy. Some people spend their entire lives liv-

ing a lie because they never figured out how to be honest with the people around them.

These people might even go as far as to lie to themselves because it’s just easier than being happy and coming out.

Be who you are with no shame or regret.

5. Saying I love you It’s possible to fall in love when you didn’t mean to. Sometimes you fall for somebody close to you, somebody you already cared about greatly. It’s extremely possible that those feelings won’t be reciprocated. After all, real life isn’t a romantic comedy.

Even though you’re the one that succumbed to your feelings and it may have damaged your friendship, you cannot be responsible for feeling how you feel. Stand by the way you felt, get over it and move on. l TWITTER.COM/DARKTROY

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DESTRUCTION OF HOMELESS Campus Voices ENCAMPMENTS IS OUTRAGEOUS

BY RAMPAGE EDITORIAL BOARD

Have fast food companies gone too far with extreme options?

Elizabeth Bush Music “I don’t think they have, I mean some of them use a lot of those products for [their] fundraisers.”

Keith Alsing Nursing

“I always get the dollar menu because everything else is too much.”

Amanda Guerrero Animal Science

“I think it’s gone way too far because it’s making America fat.”

Audree Alvarado Nursing

“Yes. It’s more expensive.”

WRITTEN & PHOTOGRAPHED BY: BRANDALYN HASTINGS

editorial@therampageonline.com

The City of Fresno has destroyed The destruction of encampments homeless find homes. Homeless peothree homeless encampments in three may make some business and property ple in Fresno are left with no options. weeks, the encampment on H Street owners in the downtown area happy Without a specific place to go, what being the most recent. This “cleanup” because they may associate this “aes- can they do except create another crusade thrashes human dignity for thetically” pleasing downtown Fresno camp elsewhere? the sake of aesthetics. with higher property values. RegardAnyone who has ever been Mayor Ashley Swearengin talks less, the value of property should homeless can attest to what happens of getting the homeless into housing never trump the value of human lives. to a person who has lost their space. before worrying about “other issues” Now, the community does not A home is more than a physical related to their situation. have to deal with the reality that is the address, but still, a physical address What are those issues? What else homeless. It is much easier to ignore is necessary to get benefits or jobs, to can be bigger than displacing more if all the signs are swept away. That is have a sense of self or simply a place than 250 people from their homes? until it explodes and manifests itself to call home. So you can’t get a job According to the Fresno City and in other forms. because you don’t have an address, County Plan ranging from 2008 to There is a deeper issue here that and you can’t get an address because 2018, Fresno had 4,247 homeless; 941 those in City Hall are ignoring. These you don’t have a job. Homelessness or 22 percent are chronically home- homeless encampments are homes is a continuous cycle. Instead of colless. for people who have already been dis- lectively mirroring Pontius Pilate and The U.S. Department of Housing placed many times in their lives by wiping our hands of the situation, we and Urban Development estimates unyielding and uncaring bureaucra- need to come up with real solutions that the homeless population for any cies who are more about process than to reduce homelessness. given area in the country With 19.4 percent ranges from 1-2 percent. of the homeless popuAccording to studies, as lation suffering from much as 19.4 percent of the mental illness, mental homeless population suffers health services would from mental illness; 21.8 perbe a great place to start. cent are chronic substance Kings View Behavioral abusers and 4.1 percent are Health System serves the veterans. A significant numhomeless or at-risk popuber of the homeless have lation, but the location is HIV/AIDS, or are victims of out in Tulare. How many domestic violence. Some in of the homeless populathe homeless population are tion will be able to travel unaccompanied youth. out to Tulare for help?

The city of Fresno’s acThe Fresno County First tions ignore the complexities Step Outreach serves the of the homeless situation. homeless population, but Those complexities consist only those ages 18 and of the many causes of homeabove. lessness and according to Places like the PoHomeAid, an organization City of Fresno personnel clear a homeless encampment on Ven- verello House and the devoted to ending homeless- tura Street on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (Photo/Cambra Chavez) encampments formed ness, these causes are tragic by the homeless are oflife occurrences such as job loss, do- saving real lives. ten the only places that salvation can mestic violence, divorce, family disWhere is the outrage? Where are be found. Think about what it would putes, depression, untreated mental our values? What shall we teach the be like to sleep on a park bench or illness, post traumatic stress disorder next generation about human dignity? sidewalk or to be condemned by soand physical disabilities.

Instead of destroying what is ciety for a way of life that is beyond Demolishing the homeless en- viewed as ugly or inappropriate, the your control. Think about how much campments is about applying a su- community should rally to aid the we take for granted before making a perficial fix to a multifaceted issue, homeless to improve their plight. judgment about someone else’s life. like treating a symptom rather than Where are the displaced homeThe homeless have nothing in addressing real causes. less to go? According to a Sept. 9 story this world but themselves, and the sad Yes, bring out the bulldozers by Jim Guy and George Hostetter in part is that they have more strength and sweep the lives of others into a the Fresno Bee, “a task force of police and perseverance than any of us will trash bin. How does that begin to fix and code enforcement officers will ever understand. They deserve a the mental illness or substance abuse ensure the camps don’t return.” chance to salvage whatever human or the larger issues that plague this There’s nothing about provid- dignity they have left. population? ing more housing or how to help the l TWITTER.COM/FCCRAMPAGE

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Of Batmen and Ben Affleck

BY LAUREN BAKER

Art Director lbaker@therampageonline.com

It goes without saying that the recent development concerning the new Man of Steel cross over-sequel hybrid has been...well.. disconcerting.

But honestly, considering the long standing cinematic history of Batman’spast, can any of us really be that surprised?

At this point, taking a crack at ruining the good name of Batman has practically become a Hollywood right of passage.

In the pool of comparison, we have the following actors who have given their greatest effort in trying to portray the perfect Batman: Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, and now...Ben Affleck.

Personally, the best will always be Michael Keaton. I know some of you Christian Bale fans are probably hyperventilating right now, but hear me out. While I do love Christian Bale as much as the next, Michael Keaton portrayed a much more believable version of Batman and Bruce Wayne without sounding like a dork with throat cancer. Bale’s version of Wayne in my eyes came off as whiny, spoiled, and at times, arrogant.

Don’t get me wrong, any billionaire playboy would certainly have his narcissistic moments. It’s a front of course, but it seemed to seep in beyond what he displayed to the public. Keaton gave us a more genuine Bruce Wayne, one that maintained respectability and honor even though he was haunted by the past.

He could be charming without the arrogance; he didn’t need to out-do someone else in order to obtain a woman he was interested in.

Both men do a great job of playing Batman in the medium allotted for them. Michael Keaton plays the best Batman in a fantasy-based world whereas Christian Bale plays the best Batman in a reality-based world.

I get that Bale would alter his voice for the sake of his identity, but honestly, not everyone will know his voiceand it was god-awful.

It’s the same principle with Adam West; he played the best Batman for his time and the most entertaining by far.

I’d like to see Ben Affleck top that bomb scene.

Then, Joel Schumacher enters the scene and threatens to ruin the franchise so many love and adore. We all suffered through awful puns and f lashes of anatomicallycorrect rubber pieces to scar

us for life. There are few movies that Val Kilmer cannot save, and Batman Forever is unfortunately one of them.

Sure, there was great potential with a star-studded cast that featured names like Nicole Kidman and Jim Carrey.

But once you install another movie and cast George Clooney- an actor incapable of acting or making a different facial expression, for that matter- as Batman, there is no hope of redemption.

It took about 4 to 5 years for Hollywood to reboot the Batman franchise, and fans owe a great deal to Christopher Nolan for fixing a series that almost had no potential to rise again.

While I’m sure most of us can agree that Nolan’s decision to alter Batman’s voice was annoying as well as questionable, he also took a great deal of care and attentiveness to this series that was not readily evident in past films.

“Batman Begins” was a great, quick start to the trilogy. The movies went in-depth into Bruce Wayne’s past in a way that no Batman film has done thus far.

The Dark Knight was the second Batman film to win an Academy Award; the “Batman” film directed by Tim Burton won an Oscar for “Best Art Direction” and a Grammy for “Best Instrumental Composition.” It also won an Academy Award for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role”(accepted by the family of the late Heath Ledger), in addition to seven other Academy Awards.

Then there’s Ben Affleck, who hasn’t shown any particular talent since “Argo.”

Certainly, he has Oscar nods (and wins) to his belt. But there is no past role or anything he’s ever done that would suggest he would fill these shoes well.

“Daredevil” should be a testament to that, aside from global fan dismay. He’s not a terrible actor; he’s just not worthy of that caliber of a role.

Affleck would be doing

himself a greater service if he continues to stick to romancecomedy films.

Take “He’s Just Not That Into You,” for instance. It is a great modern romance-comedy that tried to match “When Harry Met Sally” in the ‘90s (and failed). This movie was exceptional in its own right, and it was one of the films at which Affleck excelled.

Granted, it wasn’t that demanding of a role. Affleck

played the longtime boyfriend of Jennifer Aniston’s character, of whom he kept in the girlfriend zone because he felt marriage was a pointless endeavor.

He did a great job getting the audience to resent him for being the lack-luster boyfriend and redeeming himself in the end by eventually marrying the girlfriend.

I’m not trying to deliberately “hate” on Ben Affleck.

The memory of the media frenzy surrounding Heath Ledger after being cast as The Joker is far from forgotten, especially now. No one wanted Ledger to be in that role after his best previous films were “Brokeback Mountain” and “A Knight’s Tale.”

Even though Ledger was notably a talented actor, fans panicked for fear that he would ruin a role as equal to Batman in the comic book world. I’m sure I speak for many when I say fans were more than pleasantly surprised.

Ledger’s performance breathed new life and appreciation into a role that was last played by Jack Nicholson.

If Affleck can pull off the same feat, or anything close to that, I will be happy. While the odds are not quite in his favor, one can only hope he proves his doubters wrong and ends the cycle of regression towards the progress DC Comics films have finally began to make.

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BY PATRICK FORREST

Arts & Entertainment Editor pforrest@therampageonline.com

Normally I am in favor of expanding your horizons, but the seemingly extreme lengths that fast food restaurants has taken is a bit ridiculous.

After such “masterpieces” as KFC’s Double Down, Taco Bell’s Waffle Taco along with their Doritos Locos Tacos, Burger King’s bacon sundae and Carl Jr’s Strawberry Pop-Tart Ice Cream sandwich, the fast food industry has overstepped their bounds.

There was once a time when companies would release similar ideas and it was the marketing plans that would separate them. After weeks of commercials and press releases, an item would be released and the free market would decide what would survive.

That has turned into a circus where companies want the craziest idea instead of the best idea. They have taken the old saying of “there is no such thing as bad press”’ to a whole new level.

Now in fairness, this is not a new phenomenon. The beginnings of this self-destructive cycle can be traced back to 1981.

The McDonald’s McRib came into existence and has been a limitedtime item ever since. The mass popularity of this item created an implicit understanding between the other restaurants that they needed to step up.

McDonald’s is not the only culprit. A couple of years ago KFC announced their ‘Double Down chicken sandwich.’ A meal with so much chicken that they “didn’t have room for a bun.”

Measuring in at 600 calories, this atrocity has been gracing the menu for the past three years, and sadly doesn’t look like it will be leaving anytime soon.

My next complaint centers around recent Taco Bell creations: the waffle taco and the Doritos Locos tacos. The waffle taco is an addition to its breakfast menu and does not compare at all to the Doritos Locos Taco, offered in both nacho cheese and cool ranch.

Essentially taking an average breakfast of a waff le, sausage patty and eggs, Taco Bell attempted to turn this into a new creation that it could pass off as “Mexican” by folding it into the shape of a taco.

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Being the product of a fast food franchise, this menu item is far from being considered healthy. The waffle taco has 460 calories and 30 grams of fat despite an unimpressive size.

Taco Bell is a repeat offender becuse of their nacho cheese Doritos Locos taco created in March of 2012. An idea which had people raving in anticipation- yet what really only amounts to putting flavored powder on a taco shell.

Fast food companies haven’t been much better with desserts either. Burger King recently unveiled a bacon sundae consisting of vanilla ice cream topped with fudge, caramel and bacon. It is just as unhealthy as it sounds, coming in at 510 calories, 75 carbs and 670 miligrams of sodium.

The concoction is not a good idea, and once and for all disproves the theory that “bacon makes everything better.”

You can also grab a Strawberry Pop Tart Ice Cream Sandwich from Carl’s Jr. This is actually the least creative of them all.

I love Pop Tarts and I love ice cream, but paying for the two in a combination seems blasphemous.

This idea is particularly insulting to the fast food-buying public. It has always been known that various

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BY COLBY TIBBET

Online Opinion Editor ctibbet@therampageonline.com

Taco Bell sells Mountain Dew as a breakfast drink. Yes, I’m serious. And no, this is not a scene from the film Idiocracy. The kitchen-cleaner colored soft drink is mixed with Tropicana Orange juice to form a Mountain Dew mimosa concoction. They call it “Mtn Dew A.M.” - as if adding the time of the day masks the fact that you are still indeed drinking Mountain Dew in the morning.

This is just one of many ideas that the fast-food industry has come

The Strawberry Pop Tart Ice Cream Sandwich from Carl’s Jr. (Photo/Abel Cortez) items on fast food menus could be made at home, but for an establishment to be lazy enough to combine, repackage and sell off two items that I could purchase on my own seems to be outright repulsive.

Although the entire industry has, at one point or another, been guilty of these atrocities, it does not excuse any of the companies that long ago crossed the moral line of what they supply to their public.

Their irresponsible nature has taken the entire nation down a dark and doomed road towards obesity, heart disease and death.

The fast food industry has long had their sins laid out in front of them by groups such as the American Heart Association and Slow Food USA. They have known these sins and it is time for them to stop.

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up with along with many other crazy food ideas. Some say its unhealthy and ridiculous to have these items on the market. I, however, believe they should keep this trend going, and see where this sugar-induced trip takes us.

The recent craze of fast food and chain restaurants creating unconventional food products is something that should be embraced by every American. It’s a natural reaction to our current state as a society.

Hopefully making inane and unhealthy food will become an American standard. Most importantly, the irony and self-awareness of creating outlandish food products is a great marketing tool, garnering millions of dollars for fast food companies.

One of the first signs of the popularity of outrageous food creations was infamously made by fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken. The Double Down sandwich, which started out as an April Fool’s joke, is bacon,

melted cheese, and two chicken filets that serve the purpose of the bun.This created national attention, and people went out of their way to “experience” the Double Down sandwich novelty.

This is an important aspect to understand. I believe that most people that order these products do so for the thrill of it, not because they are hungry. It’s like a carnival ride, but you’re in a drive-thru.

You go out with a group, take some pictures of you eating a Double Down sandwich, post it on your Instagram, and laugh about it later with your friends as your blood sugar spikes, causing you to sit down for a bit as you reevaluate your decision and think, “why did I eat that?” That can be a Friday night for some people.

I find it hard to believe that people unironically order these food products. No one ever goes “You know what sounds good for a snack? A fat scoop of ice cream with two Pop Tarts smashed on their sides!”

By the way, this is an actual product. It’s disturbingly self-indulgent and downright clever.

As a disclaimer, I don’t eat fast food. I can’t do it. I haven’t had Taco Bell in about eight years. To me, there is very little difference between ordering a Double Down at KFC or the obscene yet hilarious bacon-flavored milkshake they serve at Denny’s. All in all, it’s the same stuff.

However, I fully embrace the idea of these crazy products. Who knows what these food maestros can orchestrate for us to eat, tweet or talk about at the water cooler, which is the whole point of this weird food trend.

This unconventional food craze has even permeated the Internet and popular web series’ such as Epic Meal Time, a cooking show that is dedicated to making absurd, extremely unhealthy recipes.

Their YouTube channel has millions of views with videos about how to make such things as a bacon-only lasagna, or even red velvet onion rings. The website has become an Internet phenomenon, with countless imitations and new cooking shows conjuring up creative recipes.

People might say this trend or fad is unhealthy or outrageous, but in actuality, it’s not that far from what people generally eat on a regular basis. People lose their minds over McDonald’s Mcrib sandwiches, and God knows what is in that thing!

The Doritos Locos Taco is a normal Taco Bell taco, just with a little Dorito dust sprinkled on.

Another argument could be, “Where does it end? What obscene, artery-clogging, grease-filled food can they can come up with next?”

I don’t know if the fast-food industry can continue to convince Americans to purchase unconventional food products- but keep it coming.

Let’s see where this train takes us.

Who knows, it might lead us to something with actual nutritional value.

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The lost art of being a gentleman

BY AUGUST PROMNITZ

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A saddening number of men today have forgotten how to treat the women in their lives, bringing down the male gender with them. Men have forgotten the fine art of gentlemanly conduct.

It seems increasingly hard to believe that there was a time when men were expected to pick up the check for a woman or open the car door for them - customs increasingly lost in American culture.

Instead, many men have taken women for granted, making a sport of objectifying them and making them believe they have to show skin to be noticed and respected. Our reference to them went from “ladies” to “chicks,” and eventually to the name used for a female dog.

The first thing you must realize as men is that if you cannot respect the women in your lives, you don’t deserve them.

Only a gentleman is worthy of a woman, and it’s more than just doing the occasional nice thing for her that makes you a part of this vanishing

group of men; it’s your attitude and mindset that should be altered.

You have to recognize that your significant other is important to you

and should always be of the utmost importance. Be grateful that she even wants anything to do with you and never forget that the minute you stop respecting her is the minute you stop deserving her company.

Yes, always pick up the tab and get the door, massage her, listen to her and always show respect. Most importantly, if you really are a gentleman, then your partner in romance will always take priority over you.

As for women, there’s a lesson here for you as well. You deserve better. Don’t let any man trick you into believing you aren’t good enough.

You hold the keys to a relationship and the minute he stops respecting you or tries to make you believe you have to be something or someone else for him, draw the line.

Remind him of the luck he has in being with you and never forget that you shouldn’t ever be afraid to demand his respect. l TWITTER.COM/FCCRAMPAGE

Look deeper into the transfer process Crucial steps in transferring to California colleges beyond Fresno City College

BY LOREN DANIELS

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Making sure you’re doing what it takes to transfer to the University of California or California State University can end up turning into a laundry list of check-marked boxes and a load of stress.

Here are five tips on how you can better prepare yourself for applying to UCs and CSUs as an undergraduate student looking to transfer.

READ TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS Before making your checklist of CSUs and UCs you’re interested in applying to, visit the Transfer Requirements section on Fresno City College’s website for information you need to know when applying to the California State University and the University of California.

If you need to find out which credits are transferable, or which courses you may have already taken that are allowed for selecting your major, visit the school’s individual website. Here are a couple deadlines to keep in mind: Registration deadlines are November 1 – 30, 2013 for UCs, and October 1 - November 30, 2013 for CSUs. REQUEST OFFICIAL COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS Start submitting your transcripts to the UC and CSU ahead of time. Be urged to submit official transcripts

as soon as possible to ensure that the information you’ve submitted online is accurate. The earlier you send your information out the sooner you may get a response.

COMPLETE 2013-2014 FAFSA APPLICATION Filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid is your first step to securing financial assistance from federal, state and other options being offered by the specific colleges you are applying to.

The FAFSA will determine your eligibility for financial assistance, so if you have yet to do so, visit WWW. FAFSA.ED.GOV. Don’t forget to list the federal school codes that you are applying for financial aid to!

KNOW YOUR RESOURCES Whether you’re struggling in a specific subject in class and you’re seeking a tutor that fits your individual need, or you’re stressing over the application process and you might just need special assistance from a counselor or advisor on campus - listed below are couple of resources you should consider that are geared towards benefiting you as the transfer student.

Whether you have a quick question or you require counseling that is

more in-depth, academic counseling can be accessed or requested online at Fresno City College’s Online Academic Counseling Services. Making an appointment by phone is recommended to see a counselor in person.

For details or any other information on finding the counseling option that is right for you, visit the Counseling Department in the Student Services Building on campus located on the second floor.

Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) is a comprehensive program of services for students of lower-income, or who may be at an academic advantage. Academic counseling, tutorial assistance, and priority registration are just some of the benefits offered to students who qualify for EOPS. Use this link to see if you qualify and apply to the EOPS program at Fresno City College, or visit the EOPS/ CARE office located in ST 101 in the Student Services Building.

GET INVOLVED ON CAMPUS Find your niche on campus, become a member of a club in a subject you’re passionate about - make your mark early on campus! Colleges want well-rounded students who exhibit confidence in achieving success in their studies who are also individuals who play a significant role in their communities.

Here are ways you can make

your extra-curricular footprint: Get involved with the Associated Student Government at FCC. ASG represents the collective student voice at Fresno City College. Elected officials advocate for students in representation of various committees.

Visit the ASG Office (SC – 205) or contact the ASG by phone at (559) 442 – 8275.

There are always opportunities to be a voice for your cause by becoming a volunteer in your community.

Student Activities at FCC seek to engage students in service learning experiences that are meaningful to them scholastically while getting them involved with actions in the community.

Interested students can visit Fresno City College’s Volunteer Services page for a full list of available organizations to volunteer with.Visit the Transfer Center online, or visit their office on the second floor of the Student Services Building.

You don’t have to let nerves and anxiety get in the way of you getting the most out of the admissions process. Manage your time well and don’t procrastinate to get a head start on your transfer application.

Stay on the right track by continuing to practice healthy study habits, and strive for a high GPA. Good luck on your admission to transfer to the 4-year college of your choice!

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and more so noticeably by skilled defender Moriah Rodriguez. “Every year there’s a new group of girls coming in, half of the team leaves,” said Rodriguez. On whether the team saw improving in communication skills as an issue, Rodriguez adds “We’ve gotten a lot better... we are starting to click more.”

FCC goalie Tara Togami agrees that communication between players is crucial.

“It makes it easier,” Togami said.After what appeared to be an easy comeback for FCC, the Rams went into game six with improvement in player communication and strengthened offensive tactics on the field. The Rams managed to pull an impressive win Fresno City College’s Rianna Chavez dribbles the ball at a game against Napa Valley College Friday, Sept. in Tuesday’s game against San Joaquin Delta (4-1), but 13, 2013, at Ratcliffe Stadium. The Rams won 9-0. (Photo/Darlene Wendels) Coach Oliver Germond says Canyon Hawks. improvements on player com- there is always room for imBY LOREN DANIELS Reporter The Rams got off to an munication. Ten minutes into provement. “We’ve done well ldaniels@therampageonline.com aggressive start early in the the second half, Penuna saw as far as dominating games Freshman’s First Goal first half, which resulted in the opportunity to score and and [with the] pressure of the Ends Game 5 in Tie: Women’s a goalie injury for the Hawks seized it, kicking the goal that teams,” said FCC head coach Soccer Goes On to Dominate and a subsequent penalty for would eventually end the Oliver Germond. “We played Fresno City College’s the FCC Rams. Santiago Can- game in a tie for both teams. Tuesday and won, but our enwomen’s soccer team fin- yon seized the advantage by Penuna plays outside-mid ergy was kind of down.” ished the fifth game of the scoring a goal with less than and appeared humbled by When asked how the season in a draw marked by 15 minutes remaining in the her achievement early in the women’s soccer team planned season. freshman midfielder Vanessa first half. on preparing for Friday’s game Following halftime, the Halfway through the against Napa Valley, Germond Penuna’s first goal of the season against the number two Rams returned to the field second half FCC maintained stated the importance of the nationally ranked Santiago with energized spirits and exceptional field coverage, players to concentrate on fin-

ishing the game strong.

The next game, similar to the Santiago Canyon were the difference between winning and losing lies in a technicality like giving up goals due to a penalty. Germond believes in utilizing other methods of keeping the players excited with the game.

“This week was actually interesting because I felt the girls needed a break from the everyday routine of being out here in the super hot sun,” he said. “I felt like they were worn out and it’s always important to try to keep things exciting and lively.” Things certainly did get lively, as the women’s soccer team maintained their momentum by achieving another win in game seven on Friday.

With an impressive presence on the field for the Rams, entire team exhibited exceptional improvement in strong finishes.

In the f irst half, the Rams took firm to the field and scored three goals, but it was the second half where we saw the women’s soccer team dominate by scoring twice as many goals, bringing game seven to a devastating 9-1 loss for Napa Valley.

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Life of a college student can be very strenuous. A large course load in the day and work at night can keep a student from staying in shape and being healthy as possible.

Fresno CIty College Head Men’s Basketball coach Ed Madec on how the average college student can stay in shape Todays college students are a enormous and growing population and are establishing lifestyles and behavior patterns. Health can also affect how well a student does in the classroom.

For the college student who doesn’t have much time on his/her hands what advice would you give them?

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“Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, 80 percent of your diet should consist of these two food groups” “Padlock your refrigerator after 6pm to keep yourself from overeating” “Eat organic bread, high in fiber and helps clean out your system” “Exercise four to five times a week, will keep yourself in shape” “Focus on nutrient diets” “Get your rest at night, a full 8 hours of sleep” “ Cut out all soda, fast food and other harmful food”

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The Fresno City College football team dominated the Merced Blue Devils, 76-19. The Rams went into the first home game of the season undefeated due to their road victory against the West Hills Falcons.

At the start of the game, FCC quickly scored two touchdowns in the first 4 minutes of the game. On the defensive side of the ball, they forced Merced to punt the ball multiple times.

Merced did not score any points until 15 minutes into the first half. At that time, the Rams had 21 points on the board. By halftime, the score was 49-13.

FCC’s freshman standout running backs Micah Ledezma, Errian Wingfield, Elijah Shufford all scored touchdowns.

“We have player that we think have great play capabilities and we want to get them in positions where they can make plays,” said head coach Tony Caviglia.

The rams frequently rotated the quarterback position between Sophomores Marcus Montero, Robert Bender as well as Sacramento State transfer Nolan Sorensen.

Fresno City College Rams’ quarterback Nolan Sorensen (16) hands off to Rams’ running back Alek Mechikoff (22) while Merced College Blue Devils’ defensive lineman Sione Tongamoa (50) tries to tackle Mechikoff during the football game on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 at Ratcliffe Stadium. (Photo/Karen West) “We are looking at them all, we are not sure actually what we are going to do with our quarterback position,” said Caviglia.

“To win this game, we needed to limit our mistakes, execute more on offense and put numbers on the board. That’s what we did,” said sophomore tight end Ralph Fautanu.

After halftime, the

Rams continued to play hard. They played as a team and seemed unwilling to slow down their pace despite the large gap on the scoreboard.

“It was fun blowing them out but we still had in the back of our mind that they could come back at anytime,” said freshman wide receiver Justin Lea. The secondary players were able to play much of the

second half, in which they continued the relentless pressure. The cooperation of the primary and secondary players was a major part of what led the Rams to victory.

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Coach Rhonda Williams was named the interim athletic director of Fresno City College following the retirement of Susan Yates. Photo taken in her office on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (Photo/Darlene

Head women’s golf and softball coach Rhonda Williams has been named the interim athletic director at Fresno City College for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year.

The announcement was made at the retirement ceremony of former athletic director Susan Yates on Aug. 31.

Williams is taking on the task of immediately succeeding Yates, whose 10 years as the sole athletic director included FCC’s first Junior/ Community College Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, the highest national athletic award for a community college, for the 2011-2012 season.

Yates retired on Sept. 1.

“She [Yates] set the bar very high, and it’s definitely going to be a challenge to pick up from where she left off and continue to move forward,” Williams said.

Williams said that becoming involved in athletic administration has always been her interest. During her Master’s degree program at Fresno State, her emphasis was in athletic administration.

When the interim athletic director position was opened up for full-time coaches at FCC

to apply, Williams took the opportunity.

“I always had thoughts of moving in that direction… I thought that [ the interim AD position] was a great opportunity that I couldn’t pass up,” Williams said.

While Williams plans to keep the athletics program “at a high level,” in conjunction with athletic success, Williams also plans to continue to stress academic success. She plans to grow “The Zone,” a student success program for studentathletes. She expects to see a lot of progress in The Zone’s impact on academics amongst student-athletes.

With limited guaranteed time at the helm, Williams plans to learn as much as possible and “keep my head above water.” However, even with an interim status, Williams has no plans to settle.

“This program is built on excellence, on the field, on the court and in the classroom,” Williams said. “We need to keep moving forward in both athletics and academics.”

Williams will not be the women’s golf or softball coach this year. Jenine Paniccia has been named the interim women’s golf coach. The interim softball coach has not been announced.

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