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‘Coach O’ recalls his time with NFL’s Suh OSTERHOUT HELPED COACH DEFENSIVE LINE AT NEBRASKA

By Matthew Peirson and Kevin Sheridan matthewpeirson@gmail.com kevinsheridan56@gmail.com Most people who extensively watch the NFL know Ndamukong Suh as being a dominant, albeit controversial player who has routinely been fined by the league.

American River College football head coach Jon Osterhout, who coached Suh at his alma mater of Nebraska while working as a graduate assistant in 2006 and 2007, says this perception is wrong.

An All-American offensive lineman following his senior season at Sacramento State University in 1999, Osterhout described Suh as being mature beyond his years

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Nobel laureate and molecular biologist Carol Greider spoke to two seperate packed audiences at American River College during her visit March 16.

Nobel winner speaks GREIDER OVERCAME OBSTACLES TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR HER CANCER RESEARCH

By Kameron Schmid

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kameronschmid@gmail.com Nobel laureate and Johns Hopkins professor Carol Greider wasn’t sure if she’d ever stepped foot on American River College’s main campus before Monday. The only time she had a reason to was in 1967, when her mother was in her first year as a botany professor at ARC. Tragically, Jean Foley Greider’s time at ARC ended the same year it began when, according to her daughter, she took her own life.

Grieder was six at the time, and “didn’t really know” her mother before her death.

Part of Greider’s reason for visiting that

Page 3: A grove on campus is dedicated to Carol Greider’s mother, a former ARC professor.

Online: Students react to the visit from the Nobel prize winner. day was to find out more about her mother and her time teaching at ARC. Greider’s mother held a PhD in botany from UC Berkeley and taught for a year at ARC while the Greider family, which included

her father, Kenneth Greider, a physicist and professor at UC Davis, and her older brother Mark Greider, lived in Davis.

After Jean’s death, a redwood tree near the horticulture area of campus was named after her. Now, multiple trees have grown around the original and the area is called the Greider Grove.

A plaque was installed in Jean’s memory on Monday at the grove, which Greider and her daughter, Gwendolyn, were present for.

With a set of parents like Greider’s, one could expect that the Nobel laureate was always a scientist waiting to happen. But Greider had apparent dyslexia from an early age,

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Where’s Warhol?

WORKS OF THE FAMOUS POP ARTIST ARE SCATTERED AT ARC By john Ferrannini jferr1995@gmail.com

Photo courtesy of the University of Nebraska

Ndamukong Suh worked closely with ARC head football coach Jon Osterhout at the University of Nebraska, where Osterhout was a graduate assistant.

Art professor Ken Magri said that when he found out years ago that Sacramento State University and the University of California, Davis received donations of Andy Warhol’s art, it felt like “we didn’t get invited to the prom.”

But after having what he calls “the audacity to ask,” American River College became the only California community college to have works by the man considered to be the father of American pop art.

Five rejected Andy Warhol silkscreens and dozens of polaroid prints are on display throughout the campus, mostly in inconspic-

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This off-color silkscreen of “Sitting Bull” by the famous artist Andy Warhol hangs above a desk on the second floor of the library, with no plaque to identify it as a Warhol piece.

uous places.

“They’re off-editions, leftover surplus stuff, where the paper cut was wrong,” said Magri.

“He never wanted to throw anything away.”

One of the more prominently placed silkscreens, “Annie Oakley,” is in the office of ARC President Thomas Greene.

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“Art serves multiple purposes,” said Greene. “It is an opportunity to inspire the creative process … part of what I’m trying to do is to create an opportunity for others to appreciate and see this art.”

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@ARCurrent The first Native-American woman to win a Grammy is also an ARC alumn and came to campus to speak and perform.

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Son convicted for murder POSTELNYAK’S MOTHER SAYS SHE WAS REMOVED FROM COURT FOR TRANSLATING THE TRIAL

By John Ferrannini jferr1995@gmail.com Larisa Postelnyak said that when her son was convicted of first-degree murder yesterday, she wasn’t allowed to be in the courtroom.

“I haven’t eaten anything, I don’t know how long,” Larisa said. “He’s not a monster. Maybe we still have a chance for him to come out alive when I’m alive.”

Larisa’s son Pavel, 24, was convicted yesterday in the May murder of co-worker Anthony Johnson, 28.

According to the Sacramento Bee, they both worked at Democracy Resources, a company that gathers signatures for petitions.

Larisa said she was removed from the proceedings by a security guard after translating for her mother what was being said by those on the witness stand.

Larisa and her mother are both immigrants from the Ukraine, and she said it was hard to follow what she saw of her son’s trial.

“I feel like I’m (a) stupid person. English makes me feel this way,” said Larisa. “Some is much higher than ESL (English as a second language education) and what we took in the college.”

Larisa said that her son’s lawyer told her that the defendant was the only person entitled to a translator.

“Pavel’s attorney, he told (me) this is his case, not mine,” said Larisa. “He said Pavel doesn’t need an interpreter and I said ‘yes, but what about my mother and me?’”

After she was told to leave the court, she came back the next day

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with tape over her mouth and a sign reading “Human Rights: ‘Mother NOT a HUMAN (?)’”

She says she wasn’t allowed back in the courtroom for the remainder of the trial, finding out her son was convicted from friends.

“He said you don’t have to be here and I left and cried,” she said. “I don’t feel anything, I’m just crying and shaking. I just stay on my legs and pray.”

Pavel was gathering signatures on the American River College campus last March when he was arrested for slapping a student.

It was shortly after that incident that Larisa initially reached out to the Current, saying that Pavel was mentally ill. “(The illness) makes him listen to voices,” said Larisa.

Pavel attended Rio Linda High School and Sacramento City College.

Larisa says Pavel doesn’t want to speak with her anymore.

“It cuts my heart,” she said.

“One time I come to my son and he said ‘don’t come to visit.’ He said it was because ‘you told them I’m mental.’”

Nevertheless, Larisa finds comfort in the faith that she says drew her family to America in the first place.

“I pray about him (Anthony Johnson), about the judge. I told Jesus please bless them and give them a good heart. I didn’t see it, only you see what’s going on,” said Larisa.

According to the Sacramento Bee, Pavel is to be sentenced April 17.

I don’t feel anything, I’m just crying and shaking. I just stay on my legs and pray.”

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By Joseph Daniels joseph64daniels@gmail.com Sen. David Hylton accused Sen. Garrett Kegel of having an ulterior motive for proposing the bill that enforces term limits on Associated Student Body Student Senate members as elections quickly approach.

Sen. David Hylton motioned for the term limits to be reconsidered at this week’s board meeting.

According to Robert’s Rules of Order, a person who voted for the bill must be the one to motion for reconsideration, said Dean of Student Development Manuel Perez. “(Robert’s Rules of Order) are created for the purpose for allowing public notice for a potential decision to be made, and if we feel there is a mistake being made, then it comes from the prevailing side,” Perez said.

Hylton said that he is suspicious that the person who wrote the bill for the term limits is now running for ASB Student Senate president.

It has been confirmed by Tamara Dunning, who is acting as ASB Student Senate president, that David Hylton will be running for ASB Student Senate president.

“The reason why I think he’s trying to do

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Top: Pavel Postelnyak’s mother wears tape over her mouth and holds up a sign to protest being removed from her son’s murder trial last week. She said she was translating the case for her mother. Bottom: Pavel, left, poses for a photo with his mother Larisa, center, and his brother Nikolai, right.

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PERSONAL ACCUSATIONS FLY AS ASB STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS APPROACH

this is because David Hylton does want to run as Student Senate president, and the term limits are actually in his way,” said Kegel.

Kegel said one of the reasons why he wants to pass term limits is to prevent Jorge Riley from running again for a position within the Senate.

Riley was elected ASB Student Senate president in last spring’s election over Dunning by a margin of 62 votes, but his election was invalidated for reasons the administration and the ASB have not disclosed.

“We had candidates that committed campaign violations last election,” said Kegel. “To be honest anyone who commits an election violation is probably someone who shouldn’t be running in the first place.”

ASB Student Senate Director of Public Relations Cameron Weaver said that he now intends to run for Los Rios Student Trustee.

Sen. Samuel Kinsey confirmed that he seeks to run for the office of ASB Student Senate vice president.

The campaign period will open up from April 6 to 15, and elections will be held on April 14 and 15.

“I think it’s my destiny, it’s my time, to keep moving up,” said Kinsey. “I think vice president would be great for me just because I’m

aggressive, I know I’m a born leader, and I can lead others.”

The Spring 2015 General Assembly of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges will be held in Ontario, California between May 1 and 3.

The legislation introduced allows up to six students and two advisors to attend to the tune of $7,500.

The General Assembly was a source of controversy last semester after two high-ranking members of ASB, including Hylton, were sent home early after an incident “regarding substances,” according to Weaver.

Senate is in discussions to help fund an event run by the Association of Veterans that will be held on April 17.

Some of the issues that the event will highlight are student veterans issues, students who lost registration priority, veterans mental health and veterans having to pay nonresidential fees.

“The idea is that not only the veterans could participate, but it’s also open to homeless veterans too, who at the end of it can actually file claims, we can give them services, and medical,” said Laprea Drake, the president of Association of Veterans.

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Grove dedicated to mother of Nobel laureate COLLEAGUE OF FORMER AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE PROFESSOR SHARED MEMORIES AT LAST WEEK’S EVENT

By Joseph Daniels joseph64daniels@gmail.com Jean Foley Greider was so well liked by students that her former colleague Bill Becker joked that she should have a fan club dedicated to her.

Becker was present at the unveiling of the Greider Grove, a tribute to the late American River College professor and the mother of Nobel laureate Carol Greider.

Carol won the Nobel prize in Medicine or Physiology in 2009 for being a part of the discovery of the enzyme telomerase.

Her mother, Jean, taught botany courses at ARC for one semester in 1967.

Becker recalled memories of working with Jean at ARC as he gave a speech during the dedication ceremony.

It was Jean’s idea to take the students around campus to identify the different plant life that could be found on campus, a common tradition among biology and horticulture students at ARC today.

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“We probably look like two characters out of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel,” Becker recalled Jean saying, as they scavenged around the school with magnifying glasses looking for plants.

Carol said that the time that Jean spent in Sacramento was one of the times she didn’t know much about, and that coming to ARC helped to fill in the gaps.

Becker gave Carol his faculty yearbook from the year that her mother worked at the college.

“It’s a very wonderful gift that I’m very happy to have,” said Carol.

Added Carol: “I think it’s a very lovely event. It’s nice to have the dedication, but it’s also nice to meet the people to make the personal connections.”

Carol was accompanied to the event with her daughter Gwendolyn.

“It’s really nice to come here to meet all these people who she was very good friends with,” said Gwendolyn.

Becker said that the nostalgia almost brought him to tears.

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American River College President Thomas Greene, left, shows Carol Greider, middle, and her daughter Gwendolyn, right, the plaque dedicating an on-campus grove of redwood trees to Carol’s mother Jean, a former ARC professor.

One of 11 women to win award CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 at a time when people with the condition, she said, “were just considered dull.”

“It wasn’t really talked about,” Greider said. “It wasn’t until I went to college or later that they found out it had to do with interpreting language. It turns out that if you just put your blinders on and do what you want to do, those things don’t get in your way.”

Greider first found an interest in science during high school, when she was particularly drawn to marine biology, and was encouraged to study it by a “young and enthusiastic” teacher.

She then transferred to UC Santa Barbara with a focus in marine biology, but shifted to molecular biology soon after, with the encouragement of a professor, Patricia Sweazy, who had collaborated with Greider’s mother during her time at Yale.

Part of the switch was motivated by Greider’s lack of interest in the statistics and observation of marine biology, as compared to her interest in the cause-and-ef-

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Carol Greider, left, and science professor Joan Brenchley-Jackson, right, speak to students and teachers during a question and answer session.

fect of molecular biology.

“A lot of things in marine biology are more descriptive,” said Greider. “I love being out in the ocean and seeing things, but molecular biology is more about mechanistic understanding. That’s what I find more gratifying; going in and doing and experiment and actually manipulating something, and seeing what the outcome is.”

Greider transferred to Berkeley for her graduate program, and eventually began working in a lab for professor Elizabeth Blackburn, studying telomeres, with the biggest question being how they elongated

CORRECTIONS In Volume 66, Editions 8-9 of The Current, the following corrections are listed:

In Vol. 66, Ed. 9, on page 1, it is inaccurately In Vol. 66, Ed. 8, on page 2, it is inaccurately reported that the outer space themed club day was scheduled for March 12. In fact, it was always scheduled for March 19.

In Vol. 66, Ed. 8, on page 11, it is inaccurately reported that the Associated Student Body Student Senate has “invested thousands of dollars each year” in the March in March. In fact, the total actually spent by ASB in 2014 was less than one thousand dollars.

reported that Sgt. Mike Olson of the Los Rios Police Department said that bathrooms at ARC are places where students engage in sexual activities. In fact, this was said by Cpl. Alex Conroy.

In Vol. 66, Ed. 9, on page 11, it is inaccurately reported that the play “Blues for Mr. Charlie” would be premiering the Friday after publication at 8:00 p.m. In fact, the play premiered several weeks earlier and had closed by the time of publication.

over time.

“Every time a cell divides, there’s a little bit of shortening. Of course, that can’t go on forever, or we wouldn’t be here on Earth,” Greider explained.

Greider and her lab partners discovered in 1985 that telomeres are made of “nonsense” DNA that act as a buffer for the ends of chromosomes. The research was groundbreaking, but it wasn’t until 2009 that Greider, Blackburn and lab member Jack. K Szostak were rewarded for their work with a Nobel Prize in Medicine of Physiology.

Greider and Blackburn are two of the six women Nobel laureates in the category, and 11 women have won it in Nobel history.

Greider joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1997, and was named the Daniel Nathans professor and director of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

Prior to speaking at ARC on Monday, she had already made appearances at Ohio State University and Middlebury College.

Her lab at Johns Hopkins, which consists of her and 10 other people, is still researching telomeres and telomerase.

As chairwoman of her department, there are 14 other faculty members working with her; simultaneously, she’s leading recruitment for her department, as 300 people just applied for one open position

ON THE WEB Read how students reacted to Greider’s presentation on our website, arcurrent.com/news for assistant professor.

As Greider puts it, she’s “a little busy.”

And during one of her two lectures at ARC, she gave the audience details on how the work being done by her lab could possibly cure cancer or age-related illnesses.

The two are caused by different telomerase tendencies; an abundance of telomerase is typical in cancer cells, while shorter telomeres can trigger degenerative diseases.

As Greider puts it, there are hundreds of labs working on telomerase-based research now, a level of competition she welcomes.

“They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” Greider said with a laugh.

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Suh: Osterhout recalls a mature, young player CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and determined to become the best player he could be.

Osterhout also believes that Suh is extremely effective in the game, but admits that “there’s some instances where he’s gone overboard.”

Suh played at Nebraska from 2005 to 2009 and was selected with the second overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions.

Since being drafted, Suh has dominated opponents. He has arguably been the top defensive tackle in the NFL, having amassed 36 sacks in his first five professional seasons, the most in the league among active players at his position.

Suh signed a six year, $114 million contract with the Miami Dolphins on March 11, making him the highest paid nonquarterback player in the NFL. Osterhout said he believes Suh earned every dime in his new contract, of which $60 million is guaranteed.

“I think it’s well deserved. I think it’s nice that defensive linemen are getting paid handsomely for the work they’ve put in,” he said.

But Suh has also gained a reputation as one of the nastiest players in the league, racking up a total of $216,875 in fines for unsportsmanlike plays over the course of his professional career.

Some of those plays include a game where he kicked then-Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in the groin, stomped on then-Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith’s arm, and another game in which he stepped on the ankle of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Despite his reputation, Osterhout says Suh was liked by his teammates on and off the field and was mature for his young

age.

Osterhout has followed Suh’s NFL career closely, although the two have not spoken since his second year in the NFL. “We developed a close relationship,” Osterhout said about their conversations.

“He’s from the Pacific Northwest and that’s where my wife’s from. We had some common people that we knew.

“We talked about a lot of different things, but more small talk on a personal level,” said Osterhout.

Kevin Cosgrove, currently the defensive coordinator at the University of New Mexico, served as Nebraska’s defensive coordinator during part of Suh’s time in college and agreed with Osterhout about Suh’s talent and passion for the game.

“We knew he was going to be a great player,” Cosgrove said.

Cosgrove wasn’t only impressed with Suh’s talent, but also his mindset.

“He was a smart, tough and dependable guy ... he really didn’t say a whole lot. He was a respectful guy as a young man,” Cosgrove said.

Cosgrove concurred with Osterhout’s view on the negative spotlight Suh is sometimes placed under.

“He was nothing like that,” he said. “As a coordinator, I never had one problem with him.

“He’s an outgoing guy,” said Cosgrove.

“Outgoing, but nowhere near obnoxious.”

Suh was incredibly respectful of his coaches and teammates even as a young man, according to Cosgrove.

“It makes you proud you had the opportunity to coach him,” he said. “I’m glad I had the opportunity (to) coach him and I wish I could’ve done it longer.”

Cosgrove said he doesn’t get to follow the NFL much because of his responsibilities at New Mexico, but isn’t surprised by the contract figures.

Former ARC player named All-American JORDAN CARRELL TRANSFERS TO COLORADO AFTER 61 TACKLES, EIGHT SACKS IN FINAL SEASON AT ARC

By Kevin Sheridan kevinsheridan56@gmail.com Former American River College defensive lineman Jordan Carrell has been named an All-American for the 2014 season.

Carrell played for ARC during the 2013-2014 seasons, finishing the 2014 season as NorCal defensive MVP, a season in which he registered eight sacks, 61 tackles and one forced fumble.

He signed with the University of Colorado, being one of four ARC football players to sign with a Division I school for national signing day.

Carrell says that playing for ARC was a great honor, and added that he could not have reached the point he did without the support of his coaches and teammates.

“Overall it was a great two years,” said Carrell. “I would not have wanted to play for any other junior college. Looking back I have no regrets.”

Head Coach Jon Osterhout, who coached Carrell both as a defensive line coach and a head coach, called Carrell an extremely hard worker who loves the game of football.

“The Junior College All-American award is due to his hard work and dedication. He earned the respect of opposing coaches and players,” Osterhout said.

Osterhout added that Carrell was an integral part of what ARC did defensively,

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I would not have wanted to play for any other junior college. Looking back I have no regrets.”

JordanCarrell and that some of the younger players will need to step up their game to fill in the void he left.

Osterhout says he also viewed Carrell as being a leader in the locker room.

“We have leadership and character development on the team,” said Osterhout.

“Hopefully someone will emerge. (The) guys had a terrific example of guys to look up to.”

Carrell will join a defense that ranked 87th in the nation in sacks with 22 through 12 games.

Despite the change of scenery, Osterhout believes Carrell will earn the respect of his new teammates.

“In terms of him going to Colorado, he’s gonna earn the respect of his teammates and the coaching staff and he’s going to do it the only way he knows how, through his work ethic,” said Osterhout.

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Jon Osterhout coached Ndamukong Suh at Nebraska while working as a graduate assistant.

“That describes what the Miami Dolphins think of him,” he said. “They think he’s pretty special.”

Osterhout said Suh was always upfront in learning more and trying to get better.

“He’s absorbed things like a sponge,” he said. “He wanted to be a great player.”

Cosgrove agreed with Osterhout, and said Suh’s drive helped his overall development.

“Even as a young guy, he was very confident,” said Cosgrove. “And if you’re going to be a great player, you better be confi-

dent.”

Despite not having a conversation with Suh in the last few years, Osterhout said his message to him would be quite simple if the two were to speak face-to-face again.

“I would just tell him how proud of him I am and of what he’s done in his short career ... tell him to continue to develop in all phases of his life,” said Osterhout.

“I’m sure we’ll cross paths here at some point.”

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Baseball looks to fix weaknesses OFFENSE GETTING OFF TO SLOW STARTS, STRUGGLING WITH LEAVING RUNNERS ON BASE, IN SCORING POSITION

By Matthew Peirson matthewpeirson@gmail.com After two straight wins against Sacramento City College to start its conference schedule on March 10 and March 12, American River College’s baseball team (10-11 overall, 2-4 conference) has lost four games in a row, including being swept in a three game series last week against undefeated San Joaquin Delta College.

The team fell in the final matchup of three games against Sac City on March 14, which snapped a seven game road winning streak.

ARC played two of three games at home against SJDC, keeping close in an 8-5 loss and falling just short of coming back in Saturday’s game.

In last Thursday’s matchup, ARC was out right from the start in a 10-1 blowout loss.

Outside of Matt Gunter, (5-2, 2.79 ERA), ARC’s pitching has struggled mightily, with only Kirby Broadbent and Christian Savage holding ERA’s under four.

The team’s offense has also been slow of late, failing to score in the first three innings of every game in the series against SJDC. Five members of the team, Alex Gaskin, Colton Freeman, Dalton Devries, Cameron Bennett and Broadbent hold batting averages over .300 despite the overall recent struggles of the team, led by Broadbent’s .359.

The team faced Cosumnes River College on Tuesday at CRC. Cosumnes has also lost four straight coming into the series, and holds an identical 2-4 conference record.

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Designated hitter Dalton Devries is one of five ARC players batting over .300. ARC is 10-11 after three straight losses against San Joaquin Delta College.

Runners left on base killer

While the offense has put up decent numbers in recent games, the team has left a glaring 25 runners on base in the midst of its losing streak, including eight stranded in Saturday’s 5-4 loss.

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD American River College Sophomore Xavier Howell finished third in the high jump with a distance of 2.07-meters in the Hornet Invitational. Freshman Doug Aaron-Able finished first in 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.61 seconds.

Lunardelli injured

Starting left fielder Jimmy Lunardelli was struck in the forearm by a pitch in the fourth inning of Saturday’s game, in obvious pain immediately after being hit. Lunardelli was checked by several

members of the coaching staff and ARC’s athletic trainers, and was taken out of the game and replaced by James Boitano to start the fifth inning.

Lunardelli will be in a brace for about a week but no fracture was

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WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Freshman runner Morgan Simpson finished second in the women’s 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute, 14 seconds in the Hornet Invitational on March 21. Fellow freshman runner Kandace Compton finished first in the women’s 800-meter dash with a time of 2 minutes, 14.71 seconds in the same meet.

detected from X-Rays, according to head coach Doug Jumelet. Losing Lunardelli could be significant for ARC as he leads the team with 10 extra base hits and is hitting .284 this season.

MEN’S TENNIS

SOFTBALL

American River College won its last match against Folsom Lake College 9-0. The win means ARC finished its regular season with a record of 13-1, first in the Big 8 North Conference.

The match was the team’s last before it takes part in the Big 8 Conference Tournament from April 2-4 at ARC.

Softball lost its most recent game at Cosumnes River College 9-3 last Friday.

The loss drops its overall record to 1410 overall, and the team has dropped its last three games in a row. Its next games will be in a doubleheader at Modesto on March 28.

MARCH’S HOME GAMES 03/26 Baseball vs. Cosumnes 2:30 p.m.

03/27 Track, AR Invitational and Multis 11 a.m.

03/27 Swim, Sprint Pentathalon 11 a.m.

03/28 Track, AR Invitational and Multis 10 a.m.

03/31 Baseball vs. Modesto 2:30 p.m.

ON THE WEB Read stories about games daily in the sports section of our website,

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Freshman Ane Archuleta hands off the baton in the 2x800-relay to sophomore Kandace Compton at American River College’s 28th annual Beaver Relays on March 7.

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Michael Reid, ARC’s sprint head coach, was diagnosed with level four throat and lung cancer in January 2007. Reid will turn 57 in May, and said he does not plan to retire as coach anytime soon.

Cancer did not deter ARC coach

SPRINT HEAD COACH REID NEVER MISSED PRACTICE OR MEETS DESPITE 10 WEEKS OF RADIATION TREATMENTS

By Cheynne Drury cheyennemdrury@gmail.com Not even the diagnosis of stage four throat and lung cancer could deter track and field coach Michael Reid from training his athletes.

Reid, the head coach of American River College’s sprint team was diagnosed in January 2007 and began to lose mobility in his jaw and shortly thereafter went to a clinic. He was immediately referred to the UC Davis cancer center who then sent him to the emergency room.

Reid endured 10 weeks of radiation for one hour and 20 minutes a day for five days a week.

Despite these six treatments, Reid never missed a track meet or a practice.

The extensive radiation that Reid underwent has left him with a totally burnt esophagus which, to this day, has made him incapable of eating and has made him totally dependent on receiving nutrition through a feeding tube.

Hearing in his right ear declined by nearly 30 percent and he lost 23 of his

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My doctor told me that sometimes the cure is worse than the illness ... you just got to remember that there’s always somebody out there worse off than you.”

MICHAELREID

teeth with the remaining ones in deterioration. “(Doctors) expected me not to make it and they gave me maybe six months but I knew I was going to get better,” Reid said.

That season, ARC’s track team won the 2007 track and field state championships.

At the end of the meet, Reid was so exhausted that he had to be carried off the field by his brother.

“The one thing that kept me alive was my sincere desire to come out for my athletes. These kids and this sport kept me alive. My wife was there for me the whole time and my faith in God,” said Reid.

During his treatments, one of Reid’s doctors said something to him that has stuck with him to this day.

Michael Reid, near left, went into remission eight years ago after being diagnosed with level four throat and lung cancer in January 2007.

“My doctor told me that sometimes the cure is worse than the illness. I know my limitations and that’s what can be so dangerous, you start reminiscing about what you used to be and you just got to remember that there’s always somebody out there worse off than you,” said Reid.

Reid commented on the changes in his post-cancer life.

“I used to sleep and now I don’t sleep at all. I sleep in one hour increments. My energy levels are much lower and I need caffeine. Give me a caramel macchiato with extra shots or a mountain dew.

“I was not a smoker or a drinker. Some of the healthiest people I know are dead and my wife hates when I am morbid like

that but it’s not a matter of prevention it’s a matter of not wasting time,” he said.

In September 2007, Reid was declared cancer free.

Reid, who will turn 57 in May, said he doesn’t see himself retiring anytime soon.

“I have an excellent relationship with the other track coaches and I love my job,” said Reid.

Reid is held in high regards by many of his athletes.

“I admire coach Reid’s intense commitment, dedication and love he has for each of his athletes and his ability to push us past our perceived limit in preparation for competition and life in general,” said sophomore and mid-distant runner Kandace Compton.

Reid said the experience has given him a ‘newfound appreciation’ for life.

“For me the big change is appreciating the time that I have. I used to look to the future … where I am going to be or what I am going to be doing five years from now.

You have to get everything done in the time that you have,” he said.

ARC coach Michael Reid shakes hands with a member of the track team during the Beaver Relays on March 7.

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Grammy winner visits ARC YOUNGBLOOD, AN ARC ALUMN AND ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN A GRAMMY, SPOKE AND PERFORMED

By Cheyenne Drury cheyennemdrury@gmail.com

The only Native American woman to receive a Grammy, for music composed with the flute, came to American River College in professor Van Regenmorter’s world music class on Monday.

Mary Youngblood was awarded two Grammys for “Best Native American Music Album,” the first entitled, “Beneath the Raven Moon,” in 2002, and the second entitled “Dance with the Wind,” in 2006.

Youngblood began playing the classical flute at nine years old.

“When I was in fourth grade my family moved from Seattle to Tuscan, and fourth grade is the year you can join the school band. Well since we moved in the middle of the year all of the instruments had been taken except the flute and I didn’t care what I played as long as I could play something,” Youngblood said.

It wasn’t until Youngblood was in her mid-30’s that she started to play the Native flute.

“I was working at a Native American gallery in Old Sacramento and befriended a gentleman (owner of store) across the street. He needed a ride back to South Dakota and was so selling flutes to pay the way. So my boss bought four of them and he said I should be playing a Native flute since I was Native,” said Youngblood.

After Youngblood got her first Native flute, she began practicing everyday and even performed for customers. In fact, the first time after she played, people in the store clapped for her.

“The Native American flute is mainly improvised. It is played from the heart,” said Youngblood.

Youngblood was adopted when she was a child and commented on how music helped her deal with her upbringing.

“I was adopted and raised in a non-Indian home. The journey was very painful.

Music helped me to express that frustration, angst, and pain,” said Youngblood.

“That is how I dealt with my pain.”

More than anything, Youngblood feels playing music gives her a voice.

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mouth to talk, too much pain. For me it’s healing,” said Youngblood.

She gave more than just a few performances for the world music class. Youngblood gave her advice and wisdom in regards to making it in the music industry.

“In this day and age with the music industry morphing and changing the way it is you have to be your own music expertise,” said Youngblood “Spending time in the studio with your music engineer and understanding everything is what you have to do.”

Youngblood elaborated on this idea by pointing out an artist she felt had remade herself.

“I gave Lady Gaga a standing ovation at the Grammys and Oscars. She reinvented

Warhol: Works are located all over ARC CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Magri, who was instrumental in bringing the art to ARC, said his main motivation was “jealousy.”

“I’m dead serious. I read in the (Sacramento) Bee that the Warhol Foundation was giving 150 photos to U.C. Davis and Sacramento State and I got jealous,” said Magri. “I don’t want to be a wallflower.”

Magri said he reached out to the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, not expecting to hear back from them.

“For one-and-a-half years they never got back to me, and then they got back and I thought ‘Oh my God, they’re actually considering this,’” said Magri. “Then one day, we got an inventory list.”

The foundation originally donated several dozen polaroid prints, which were displayed in the James Kaneko Gallery in March 2012 before they were spread throughout the campus.

In 2014, the foundation donated the five rejected silkscreens to ARC. Silkscreens are copies of the painting made by pressing a silk mesh against the original. They are intended to have a limited run.

“One could do a walking tour of the

Warhol’s on campus,” said Magri. “That’s what the Warhol people had in mind. They wanted to get it out where the people could see it.”

Magri said that ARC has done original research on some of the artwork.

Next to “Committee 2000” in the Oak Cafe is the Warhol polaroid “Cornelia Guest and Unidentified Man.” “We found out who certain people are in certain photographs. We called Cornelia Guest and she told us it was taken in Regine’s, a discotheque in New York,” said Magri. “We asked her who the man was and she said ‘that’s my brother.’”

Andy Warhol’s artwork, both photography and paintings, broke significant ground in chronicling American popular culture.

In addition to the famous multicolor portraits of Marilyn Monroe and the canvas of 32 Campbell’s soup cans, Warhol is credited with coining the phrase “15 minutes of fame” to refer to the suddenly wellknown.

Magri said that he met Andy Warhol in 1981 when he visited Sacramento.

“Warhol is one of my favorite artists,” said Magri. “He came to Sacramento and I met him. I thought how many times does this guy come to Sacramento? I got to talk

herself. What she did at the Oscars was kick it,” said Youngblood.

Youngblood gave insight into how she is currently trying to reinvent herself by looking to work with R&B artists such as John Legend and Pharrel Williams.

Beyond being a two time Grammy winner Youngblood also gives back to the community. She works with men of color in Folsom prison and feels the flute is therapeutic for the inmates.

“If everyone had a flute in prison how awesome would that be?” asked Youngblood.

She has also done work with and continues to do work with hospice patients.

“I think this instrument should be the one to be in hospice all the time,” said

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Youngblood.

Her music collection is quite impressive and goes beyond just flutes.

“I have over 250 flutes, maybe twenty are in pitch,” said Youngblood “Drum kits, an upright piano, a keyboard with fully weighted keys and eight guitars among many other obscure instruments.”

Professor Van Regenmorter was glad to have Youngblood come speak and perform for his class.

“Having Youngblood provides something I can’t do on my own, because for one I don’t play the flute, but also she has the background and culture,” said Van Regenmorter. “She offers a perspective that is great for students to hear and understand.”

I read in the (Sacramento) Bee that the Warhol Foundation was giving 150 photos to U.C. Davis and Sacramento State and I got jealous.”

KENMAGRI to him alone for about a minute.”

Magri said that he was “mostly” responsible for the decision as to where the art should go.

“We decided to put them in fewer locations but in larger groups of photographs,” said Magri. “We were looking for somewhere safe but with visibility. President Greene asked for the ‘Annie Oakley’ for his office.”

The four other Warhol silkscreens on campus are “Committee 2000,” which hangs in the new Oak Cafe adjacent to the bar, two silkscreens of “Hans Christian Andersen,” which hang in the counseling center and on the first floor of the library and “Sitting Bull,” which is on the second floor of the library.

While “Annie Oakley” and “Committee 2000” have a plaque next to them with the name of the piece and Warhol’s name, the three other rejected silkscreens do not.

Some ARC students did not know the art was present where they regularly take classes and pass by.

Kristan Jackson, a culinary arts major, did not notice “Committee 2000” hanging in the Oak Cafe.

“I’ve actually never noticed it,” she said.

“It’s cool to know they are there. It’s nice to see artwork rather than plain walls.”

Clusters of black and white photographs and polaroid prints are located in the ARC Foundation office, the Oak Cafe and in the division offices of Fine and Applied Arts, Health and Education and Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Scott Crow, ARC’s public relations officer, had a print of a 1980 portrait of Sylvester Stallone in his administrative building office.

“I won’t claim to be an art history expert, but what’s so unique about Andy’s work is that it is so relevant to today’s culture of celebrity,” said Crow.

Magri, who says he is retiring after the Spring 2016 semester, says that his experience with the Warhol art has taught him an important lesson.

“I never actually believed this was going to happen,” said Magri. “Once we got those, we got on the list. It was because we had the audacity to ask. If you don’t ask, you’ll never find out that the answer is yes.”

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Choirs perform at spring invitational HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS INVITED TO SHARE STAGE WITH ARC’S CHAMBER SINGERS AND CONCERT CHOIR

By Meredith Durham meredithdurham7@gmail.com The chamber singers and concert choir of American River College held their first concert of the season, the Spring Choral Invitational, Wednesday, which also invited Folsom High School’s chamber singers and, for the first time, John Adams Academy Virtus Chamber Choir to perform.

It was the first time performing in front of a live audience for some in the ARC concert choir, but the nerves did not show as they started off the concert with four diverse songs ranging from an Israeli folk song to a piece from the blockbuster hit, “Into the Woods”.

Director of Choral Activities Dr. Ralph E. Hughes, who conducted the concert choir, welcomed John Adams Academy Choir to the stage following ARC’s performance.

The group from the academy was led through a series of religious, classical, and American folk songs by their conductor, Greg Blankenbehler. The choir also displayed young soloists and even a folk dance during their performance.

“This was their first time? Come back, come back!” said Hughes after returning to the stage during their ovation.

The Folsom High School Chamber Singers performed after, giving a performance of religious-themed songs as well as alto and tenor solos.

ARC’s chamber singers ended the evening’s performances with songs themed around moonlight and nighttime.

One song was arranged in sixteen different voice lines, and the singers changed formation to span the entire stage.

The audience received the final song, led by tenor soloist Justin Hampe and played by an Andean band about Venezuelan men of the plains, with an ovation.

Kassie Rivera, a music major who has been with the choir for five years, was impressed with the outcome of the first concert of the season.

“I think all the choirs were amazing,” said Rivera. “[The] John Adams Academy choir was the best part. I was so excited to hear them,” Rivera said.

“I’ve been in this choir for five years, but it’s been a great five years, especially when concerts go like this,” added Rivera.

Courtesy of Katrina Fradel

American River College student, Shane Tiller’s current band, Small Talk, pictured together.

Left to right, Ryan Logan, Natalie Cottle, Tiller and Alex Thompson.

ARC student plays in two bands THE SOUNDS OF A BABY GRAND PIANO AND A FUNERAL ON A SPACESHIP MADE TWO BANDS

By Cheyenne Drury cheyennemdrury@gmail.com One week in an old pastor’s mansion in El Dorado and a baby grand piano is all it took for American River College student Shane Tiller to write the songs for his band Smalltalk and the sound of a “funeral on a spaceship” is all it took for his previous band Man in the Planet to get a crowd following.

Smalltalk has been together since summer 2013. It consists of counseling psychology major Tiller as lead vocalist and on guitar, Alex Thompson on lead guitar, Natalie Cottle on keyboard and piano and Michael Strand on bass.

The band has released one album, titled “Smalltalk.” Released in December 2014, it contains five full length tracks that can be bought on iTunes or found on Spotify.

Tiller started playing guitar when he was five and started singing at 15 when he joined the choir for El Camino High School.

In his freshman year of high school, Tiller saw the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” He said that had “an effect on all my artistic endeavors.”

At this time all of the members, with the exception of Tiller, are in Portland so

the band is on temporary hiatus.

Some of the band’s influences include Ryan Adams, Radiohead, Kings of Leon, Beck and Elliot Smith.

Their most frequented venues have been in downtown Sacramento at the Naked Lounge and Blue Lamp in East Sacramento.

Tiller also mentioned that his previous band Man in the Planet has been talking about getting back together.

“We had a really good following with the same people at most of our shows,” said Tiller about Man in the Planet.

Man in the Planet is under the genre of post punk and darkwave with Tiller on lead guitar, Evan Michaels singing vocals and on guitar, Brittany Crockett on keyboard and piano and Nick Michaels on drums.

“The best way to describe the sound would be like a funeral on a spaceship,” said Tiller.

“Out of any band I have been in it definitely had the possibility of getting signed,” he added.

Tiller’s girlfriend and AR student undeclared major, Canessa Lewis, has only been to one of her boyfriends bands shows and described it as being “a very eye opening and very cool experience.”

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Director of Choral Activities Dr. Ralph E. Hughes, conducted the choir during the Spring Invitational Concert which was held at American River College on March 10.

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Native American women face harsh duality ONE IN THREE ARE BEING ASSAULTED OR RAPED IN THE US TODAY, ACCORDING TO COLLEGE HOUR SPEAKER

By Meredith Durham

meredithdurham7@gmail.com The second week of college hour sessions covering women’s history featured a discussion on the mistreatment of Native American women, including topics such as domestic abuse and sexism.

Sacramento State graduate student Dayna Barrios, who was the guest speaker for the event, began Thursday’s college hour by sharing a personal story of domestic abuse - her mother had been raped years before she was born, and her mother’s parents did nothing about it, believing that it was her own fault.

“One in three Native American women are assaulted or raped in the United States today,” Barrios stated. “This is extremely disturbing.”

Barrios presented a history of Native American women, specifically the Ventureno Chumash tribes in southern California.

She described how Native American societies are often matrilineal, a hereditary succession that passes beliefs and traditions through the female line, and that men and women in Native communities share responsibilities.

She went on to explain how the value of Native American women has eroded over time through colonization.

Women were forced to take on the societal structure of their European colonizers, which was a crucial shift from

shared decision making with Native men to being treated like second-class citizens.

Barrios noted several stereotypes that plague Native American women today, like “the sexy squaw”.

She also listed several YouTube clips of documentaries that expose the dark reality that rape and other abuse of Native women is not being talked about enough.

Angela Gutierrez, an art major at ARC who attended the college hour, felt the impact of Barrios’s discussion.

“I think its awful how so many women have some kind of abuse happen to them, and can’t do anything about it,” Gutierrez said. “It’s not fair at all.”

Barrios repeated throughout her presentation that the college hour was a safe place to share stories of abuse, and that it was okay if anyone felt the need to excuse themselves if the graphic statistics and clips were too much.

“I’ve been researching the horrible nature of domestic abuse of Native women, and I wanted women especially to know that it’s okay to talk about it,” Barrios stressed. “We need to talk about it more, so that it becomes a solvable issue, not one that is hidden.”

She included various hotlines and groups in her presentation for anyone who needs to talk about domestic abuse.

W.E.A.V.E., or Women Escaping A Violent Environment, is a 24-hour hotline available for people to reach out anonymously.

Emily K. Rabasto / rabastoe@gmail.com

Sacramento State Anthropology student Dayna Barrios’ presentation focused on Native American women and the abuse, struggles and successes that surround their lives.

Monterey bay volunteers talk sea otters

By Jose Garcia jig.garcia1995@gmail.com Sea otters were the topic of discussion at a college hour held Friday, which invited researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium to speak with students about the importance of the species as a whole and the conservation work they are doing to help save them.

The event was organized by professor Diane Carney so students in her marine biology class and students outside of her class could learn and ask questions to two Monterey Bay Aquarium volunteers about sea otters.

“What do Einstein and otters have in common?” said Ron Eby, one of the volunteers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

“They’re both keystone species, a species that plays an important role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, which means they affect other organisms in an ecosystem.”

Eby and his co-worker, Robert Scoles, gave a presentation on the work they do with sea otters.

The presentation began by showing a few slides filled with facts about sea otters.

Some of the provided information included in the slide stated that otters are the heaviest member of the weasel family, they are the latest marine mammal to evolve, they have the densest fur of any animal and they were hunted to near extinction in the 1800s.

Following the slideshow, Eby and Scoles explained the work they do at the Elkhorn Slough on Monterey Bay and how it has been beneficial for sea otters.

Elkhorn Slough is one of the 13 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries that were established in 1992.

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Photo courtesy of elkhornslough.org

A sea otter pup lies resting in sea grass at the Elkhorn Slough while its mother forages for food. The Elkhorn Slough is one of the largest estuaries in California and the population of sea otters there shows the species has adapted well to the habitat.

The Slough houses over 100 sea otters, and it may be the key to the recovery of the southern sea otter.

Eby and Scoles have been going out to the Slough to collect data on the otters, such as how much they forage and what they spend their free time doing.

To better chart the activity of the sea otters, the otters are tagged with radio devices so they can be monitored at all times.

CAMPUS PU SE “I can’t stand them.

I feel like they do unnecessary stuff.

You don’t need to harass me to do your job.”

-QUENTINDAVIS major

The sea otters at the Elkhorn Slough spend 34% of their time foraging and the rest of their time resting, whereas the coastal sea otters spend 44% of their time foraging and the rest of their time resting.

Eby and Scoles’ research has also shown that the otters at the Elkhorn Slough are heavier and healthier due to more prey, like sheep crabs, being readily available, and by having better living conditions.

“What do you think about cops in Sacramento?”

“I haven’t had much experience with them other than at the state fair, and they’re super racist.”

-JUMARIEARAFILES Kinesiology/Psychology

“I feel like there are good cops and bad cops.

There are ones who do their job and ones who add unnecessary rudeness and attitude.”

-OZJALAIADAMS Psychology

After the presentation, students from Carney’s class began to ask questions about the sea otters and what steps one would take to begin volunteering to work with otters.

“There are many paths you have to take along the journey to get to where you want to be,” said Scoles. “Most importantly, don’t give up and don’t let anyone tell you what you can’t do.”

“They’re shady and don’t care to talk to you. All they want to do is give you tickets.”

-ZAIDALKAYSSI Engineering

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A lecture on the physics of stars PROFESSOR OUTLINES THE NATURE OF HOW A STAR IS CONSTRUCTED, INCLUDING ITS SPHERICAL SYMMETRY

By Meredith Durham meredithdurham7@gmail. com Physics professor Victor Zarate gave a lecture about the physics of stars to a room full of math and science majors on March 11.

Every seat was taken up during the hourlong lecture, when Zarate utilized an intensive slideshow to display the physical makeup of the brightest stars in our sky.

The lecture was mostly occupied by Zarate’s Physics 410 classes, who received extra credit for attending.

Zarate began by discussing the density of the sun, and the characteristics of its surface.

Students eagerly took notes throughout the lecture, as there were no shortage of valuable equations shown on Zarate’s slides.

Zarate frequently paused to help students along with the equations to help them understand.

An American River College math major who attended the lecture, Jeremy Bauer, pointed out how hard it was to keep up.

“It’s a lot to take in, and I haven’t taken 410 yet, so I was a little lost at times during [the lecture],” said Bauer. “It fascinated me, but I still have a lot more math to take.”

“So what is a star?” Zarate asked frequently. “Think about it

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Physics professor Victor Zarate answers questions at a lecture on the physics of stars on March 11, which was attended by math and science majors.

from a physics standpoint.”

A star has spherical symmetry, and exists only when there is equal pressure, temperature and density in that sphere.

Zarate’s slides shown during

the lecture informed the audience that the biggest star in our solar system is the Sun, and 95 percent of its mass is concentrated in its center.

The remaining 5 percent is

Emotional film ‘Girl Rising’ shown

near its surface, and is the luminescent and fiery glow that we see from Earth.

Zarate emphasized how critical Newton’s first law of hydrostatic equilibrium is to understanding

how stars function.

“The pressure of a star must balance the gravity,” Zarate said.

“Those things aren’t just floating in the sky, even though it looks that way.”

DOCUMENTARY BROUGHT ATTENDEES TO TEARS

By Meredith Durham meredithdurham7@gmail.com Thursday’s college hour was transformed from a lecture hour to a video screening, and it was an emotional ride for some in attendance.

“I can’t believe she can’t even show her face, or read,” said Marina Stefanova, a pre-nursing major who cried during the narration of one of the girl’s story.

Author and ARC adjunct professor Erika Mailman hosted the screening of the powerful documentary “Girl Rising,” which tells the story of nine girls from all around the globe as they try to achieve success, be it in school, or simply functioning as a human.

Since the movie is quite long, Mailman only showed clips of it, and focused on three of the nine girls examined in the documentary.

The featured girls of the film were all under 18 years old. Wadley, the youngest, is only 8 years old and from Haiti. Senna is from Peru and Amina is from Afghanistan.

Amina’s story was particularly gripping for the audience, and some people were visibly emotional.

“It seems barbaric to not be free to learn or even be able to speak freely to her own husband. 11 years old getting married?

She’s a child, and I have [a] daughter who is 13, and I want her to have everything I didn’t growing up in Russia as a child,” said Stefanova.

The clips from the movie are stories

written by journalists from each girls’ nation documenting the hardships they went through.

Minnie Driver and Anne Hathaway were two of the narrators of the stories the audience saw.

Amina was not shown in person, for fear it would bring danger to her, so an actress represented her in the documentary.

Each of the three girls who were presented endured some trauma, be it the earthquake that ravaged Haiti in 2010 or the harsh laws governing women in Afghanistan.

Senna from Peru played herself in the documentary, and told her story about living in the high Andes mountains in a poor coal mining town.

Her father died from complications from an injury within the mine, and she never went to formal school until she found a way to make money to do so.

Mailman stressed that the movie is available on Netflix, and can be streamed on Youtube as well for any who want to see the whole film.

Mailman created a list of questions for those who attended the college hour to discuss the stories they had seen, and some students did stay afterward for some discussion.

“You know, we have truancy, we have people who skip school, and around the world people would kill to be able to go to school,” Mailman said after the screening.

“I just felt like it opened my eyes about how hard so many people have it around the world, to have to pay to go to school.”

Bryce Fraser / brycefraser180@gmail.com

Erika Mailman, an author and ARC adjunct professor, hosted a screening of scenes from “Girl Rising”, an emotional documentary about young girls from different areas of the world.

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GENERATION OF APATHY

BEFORE FREE COLLEGE CAN HAPPEN, SACRIFICES MUST BE MADE AND AN ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY HAS GOT TO GO American River College is very diverse. On this campus, one can find students of every age, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic background.

Unfortunately, ARC is representative of society in another way: there is a widespread culture of entitlement among our students.

President Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union address that he wanted two years of community college to be free of charge to students with certain conditions.

The President said he wanted “two years of college (to become) as free and universal in America as high school is today.”

Whether this idea is good or bad, it is important to note that Oregon – which had the lowest high school graduation rate for

HOMOPHOBIC QUOTE WAS OUT OF PLACE IN THE ‘PEEPHOLE’ STORY To the editorial staff of the Current: I was very discouraged and incensed to see that the Current allowed the printing of an article containing outright homophobic and irrelevant statements in a non-opinion-piece article. I am referring to the “Campus Peephole Problem” article written by Matthew Wilke and published in the March 9th edition of the Current. The very last line of the article includes a homophobic statement taken from a student and seemingly included in the article for no perceivable reason.

I am referring to this quote, the last line in the article: “Culinary arts student Mtayari Umoja said, “I don’t agree with homosexual lifestyle. I have a serious problem with a dude looking at me.””

This statement comes at the end of an otherwise fact-based and decent article about the actual bathroom stall problems. Is there really a need in this article for a student opinion, let alone a derogatory and inflammatory quote? Was this student really the only student whom the author could find to give a quote about their feelings on this bathroom stall matter and why didn’t the author use better judgment than to include such a statement in the article? In fact, I would love to hear the author’s reasoning as to why this statement was included!

I strongly encourage the Current to edit this article, re-post it with an apology for the humongous lapse in judgement in publishing it, and to reaffirm that the Current adheres to and encourages the campuses Diversity Value statement (taken from the 2015 Course Catalog PDF available online): “Diversity Because ARC is a community valuing the varied perspectives and experiences of students, faculty and staff, the college offers educational opportunities for enhancing cultural awareness, supporting diversity, and promoting

the class of 2013 according to the federal government – has a higher graduation rate than ARC has for transfers and graduations combined.

Why should the taxpayers of this country invest in community colleges when over 35 percent of ARC students do not end up leaving here with a degree or a transfer?

ARC is not even a poorly performing community college in this regard. It is ranked number 23 of the thousands of community colleges in the nation.

Whether community college should be free is the wrong question for students to ask. The right question to ask is what can we do with the opportunities we have been given.

You are not owed a college de-

gree.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 58 percent of the U.S. population does not have any college degree.

68 percent of the population does not have a bachelor’s degree.

A college degree means something. It means that even though there were challenges, even though there were late nights spent typing papers or wiping curly, red eraser shavings off binder paper while drinking endless cups of coffee and heating up a sodium-laced bowl of Top Ramen, you pushed through it and achieved your goals.

There is a bridge between your dreams and your realities, and it is your will to work hard no matter the cost.

It might be a good idea to make community college free of tuition.

It is definitely good for the economic well being of college students to earn a degree.

But why is it that we spend so much time and effort coming up with a scapegoat for our problems rather than trying to solve those problems ourselves?

Generations past didn’t survive a Great Depression, win World War II, and land on the moon because they passed the buck to someone else. They saw what had to be done and they made sacrifices to do it.

Show up to class. Do homework. Make sacrifices with your financial aid. Your degree will be worth so much more than if you just did the minimum.

We live in a culture of entitle-

ment. We are made to feel entitled to a degree, entitled to the best of everything.

But life is not about doing what you want, it’s about doing what you and others need.

We spend too much time on Facebook blaming Republicans, Democrats, the military, banks, unions, religious people, atheists and everyone for our problems except for ourselves.

We spend too little time improving our lives and enriching our society with the tools we are given.

We are not entitled to college.

We are not entitled to a perfect life and a perfect world. But we do have some rights, and one of them is the right to make an actual difference.

the free exchange of ideas and the development of a culturally competent and inclusive college community.”

I believe the Current primarily produces good articles from talented student writers and was shocked to see such blatantly intolerant speech in the Current.

Sincerely, Kara DeSouza, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty in Behavioral and Social Sciences

or historical context. Finally, implied in the article are behaviors associated with what may be, depending on the circumstances, a paraphilic disorder and/or illegal behavior: voyeurism, one type of which is “peeping”, is not an expression of any sexual orientation. Neither is vandalism.

Thank you, American River Current, for highlighting the work of our maintenance staff and police officers in their efforts to keep everyone in the community safe. For any student wishing to seek out, understand, and apply evidence-based conclusions about sexuality, I suggest taking one of the very popular psychology courses on human sexuality taught at ARC.

still have space after everyone else has registered, so it would be almost impossible for us to take class space from another student.

I have not seen any information that this has been the case, so if you have evidence to the contrary, I would love to examine it.

Some of us enroll in low-enrollment classes, sometimes purposefully to keep the class from being dropped for other students who need the class.

I have not personally heard of a student being turned away from a community college due to impacted enrollment or of BOGG waivers running out. In fact, my understanding is that we are currently in an enrollment downturn. Again, if you have evidence to the contrary, I would love to examine it.

Life usually consists of one or a combination of the following activities, if desired and you can afford it: Working – if you can get a job Classes – if you have a college with the desired classes nearby Hobbies - if you have them Family life – if you have one Travel Volunteering Activism Hedonism – if that rings your bell Isolation/agoraphobia Depression In order to avoid the last two and keep the brain nimble, some of us choose education. Hey, maybe it keeps us from becoming senior delinquents, or joining an elder gang.

I believe that all students benefit from having a diverse student pool with whom to take classes.

Some students thrive under the personal mentoring of another student rather than on formal programs, e.g., tutoring.

Some students experience illness, injury, or trauma either before or while enrolled in community college, e.g., some veterans and/or survivors of domestic, employment and/or sexual violence, necessitating longer attendance due to taking a class at a time, possibly intermittently.

One of our CAEB t-shirts for the March 19 “Outer Space” Club Day says, “ARC Beavers have more degrees than the sun”. I do note that Beavers is plural. Some of us have more than one degree ourselves, although my personal

goal is not to have more than the sun - 10,000 degrees F surface; 27 million degrees F core. See, I have learned something. Did you know that? Although I just googled it and did not have to be in school to learn that. But maybe I was taking up internet space.

Laurie Jones, director of finance for ASB Student Government

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The report, while commendable in interviewing the maintenance staff and police officers who are working to keep everyone in our campus community safe, ended with a quote that is based on faulty assumptions and unrelated to the article’s topic.

The concluding sentence of the article, “I don’t agree with homosexual lifestyle (sic). I have a serious problem with a dude looking at me”, does not fit with the rest of the report which is about the campus response to holes drilled into bathroom stalls and possible – though the article does not state whether this has actually happened – “peeping”.

“Peeping” is not reflective of any sexual orientation and the assumptions inherent in that quote are reflective of misinformation on the part of the student who made the statement and the reporter and editor who agreed to include that statement in the article. Granted, the quote came from a student and students are by definition in the process of learning. College may be the first time for many when assumptions are challenged: exposure to varying points of view and learning to seek out, understand, and apply evidence-based conclusions are sometimes first encountered in college. One overt piece of misinformation in the quote is the reference to the “homosexual lifestyle”.

There is no “homosexual lifestyle” just as there is no “heterosexual lifestyle”. Irrespective of orientation, lifestyle may change across the course of a lifetime, e.g., “sowing one’s oats”, “settling down”, and so on. Lifestyle depends on the political, social, economic, and historical contexts in which people live. People of all sexual orientations, however, are found across the globe irrespective of political, social, economic,

N. Fratello Professor of Psychology American River College

LIFELONG LEARNING IS PART OF ARC’S EDUCATIONAL GOAL Junior colleges became community colleges in the 1970’s, offering education to the community. Lifelong learning is a goal.

Most people do not know why any particular student is in community college several years.

Many of us are re-entry students with previous degrees or at least some college attendance. Some of us pursue related degrees to be more interdisciplinary, providing a broader perspective, rather than the tunnel vision of a single focus. For some of us, the degree or career requirements have changed, necessitating longer attendance. Some of us are attempting to change fields or update skills, which does not always go smoothly. Some of us finish degrees only to find that the jobs do not materialize because the economy has tanked, trends have trended elsewhere, experience is preferred for entry-level jobs, etc.

Some of us do not qualify for financial aid and/or are low income and therefore cannot transfer to a more expensive, 4-year college.

Most of us have last priority registration and therefore can only register for the apparently least-desired classes that

COMMENDING THE CURRENT’S WORK

Dear Editor, First I’d like to commend the American River College Current for being a valuable student resource. Your organization brings important issues, stories, and opinions to the student populace.

I was once told by a political science professor that democracy can only be effective when the governed populace is enlightened and informed about the issues that are present and occurring. The Current does very well in bringing forth valuable and relevant information, especially in reference to the articles about the Associated Student Body Student Government.

Although there may be members of each of the respective boards, CAEB and Student Senate, who disagree with articles that have been written by members of The Current, I can say that the articles say exactly what any ethical, respectable media entity should write about. The Current is doing their job. The Editors are doing their jobs. You all deserve praise for your hard work and dedication to promoting awareness of issues concerning students and most importantly, enlightening and informing our local American River College student populace.

For this, I thank you for promoting democracy, I thank you for promoting free speech, and most importantly, I thank you for advocating for the individual student who may feel unheard or misrepresented.

All the best, Garrett Kegel, American River College Student, Physics Student, CAEB Vice President, Director of Activities, ASB Student Senate

The Design Department held a model casting in search for models of different shapes, sizes, age and gender. A line formed early and extended into the parking lot late into the night.

Kelsey Lightwood, fashion illustration major, was one of many who attended the model call.

Dillon Thuss-Shelly, theater major, attended the model call.

Calling all models

Photos by Matthew Wilke

Taylor Wing, fashion design major, poses on the runway at model call

Model casting was held by American River College’s fashion department Friday in Arts and Science building STUDIO 105. The event welcomed men and women ages 15 to 45 and boys and girls ages five to nine. All sizes were welcomed and women were asked to bring four inch heels and minimal makeup.

ON THE WEB

Read the full story about the model call and more leading up to May’s fashion show at our website

ARcurrent.com/ arts-culture People signing consent forms in order to participate during the model call held by the fashion department.