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Vol. 65, Ed. 10 • March 26, 2014

Petitioner’s mom responds to slap incident

WOMAN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED IN CREEK AREA BEHIND CAMPUS By Melissa Hurtado & Zach Tierney hurtadom73@gmail.com zt.ztierney@gmail.com A woman was attacked near campus at the east side of Arcade Creek near the American River College nature trail at approximately 10:20 a.m. Friday. The Los Rios Police Department posted Campus Crime Bulletins describing the incident around campus at noon that same day.

The bulletin said an unknown male grabbed the female victim, struck her, threw her on the ground and then struck her multiple times again. The attacker then pulled the woman’s pants and underwear part way down before she was able to scream and fight him off. The suspect fled east after the incident and police were unable to find him when they went to search the area. He is described as a dark-skinned African American male, about 6 feet tall in his early to mid 20s with a thin build and short hair in corn rows or dreads. The suspect was wearing a white Tshirt and dark pants and had a bicycle of

CENSORSHIP AT THE ACOUSTIC CAFE

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AS THE STORY DEVELOPS ARCURRENT.COM unknown make or model that had some pink color. After the incident, the victim went to the campus police office to report the crime and the investigation was handed off to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department since the incident happened under their jurisdiction. Messages were left with the Sheriff’s Department but no calls were returned.

MENTAL ILLNESS MAY HAVE PLAYED PART IN ATTACK By Barbara Harvey barbaraapharvey@gmail.com Following the arrest of petitioner Pavel Postelnyak for slapping theater major Peter Messick at American River College on March 4, Pavel’s mother, Larisa Postelnyak, is speaking out about what she claims is her son’s mental illness. Larisa claims that following a physical altercation that resulted in Pavel being admitted to the emergency room with a head injury, she started to notice a change in his demeanor. “We came to America when he was four years old...Everything was fine when we came to America. He was growing. We go together to the church--he was growing as normal as other boys,” Larisa said. “It was OK, until one time, he was in [a] fight with the other boys,” Larisa said. Larisa claims that Pavel, 16 years old at the time, was attempting to protect his cousin when five men, aged 19 to 20, attacked

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Courtesy of Larisa Postelnyak

Larisa Postelnyak with sons Pavel (left) and Nikolai (right).

A LOOK INSIDE

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Actions louder than words By Jonathan H. Ellyson & Michael Pacheco

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Mike DePiero, also known as J-Terrible, staged a protest at the most recent American River College acoustic cafe. After being told he would not be able to perform one of his songs the way he wanted to, he instead placed tape over his mouth and proceeded to advocate his situation through a series of written signs. “I had (two) cuss words/on the chorus/this caused controversy/in a free country!/This is college, right?” Each sign displayed a portion of DePiero’s message before being dropped to the floor. “I have been censored quite a few times here on campus, and I just kind of got tired of it,” DePiero said after the performance. “I just felt somebody needed to stand up and say ‘No.’” At open mic opportunities outside the student center, such as Beaver Week or Club Day, DePiero’s performances are often cut short because of their content. “I’ve watched people out here in front of the student center talk about offensive things, cuss, talk about sexual jokes,” DePiero said, “and it offended people in the area, and they didn’t get pulled off of the stage, but I mention the name of a drug (Methamphetamine), and I’m a problem?” The acoustic cafe is meant to be an all ages production, and all performances are auditioned for and approved by faculty adviser Eric Chun. According to Chun, all performing artists agree to follow the acoustic cafe artist agreements which include, “modification of (explicit) lyrics, showing up on time for the sound check, and adhering to the acoustic

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Photos by Michael Pacheco / mfpach@gmail.com

Mike “J Terrible” DePiero performs a silent act with tape over his mouth with “censored” written on it. DePiero was prevented from performing an original song that he wrote, so he presented his silent act in protest.

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