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current Vol. 66, Ed. 4 • October 22, 2014

ARC blood drive turns away gay student

‘OUTDATED’ POLICY STILL IN EFFECT

By Emily K. Rabasto rabastoe@gmail.com

Patrick O’Reilly has been comfortable with his sexuality for only a few years, but feels devastated after he says he was turned away from a blood drive at American River College after checking “Yes” in the box next to the question “Have you ever had sexual contact with another male even once?”

What the federal Food and Drug Administration calls a risk factor, O’Reilly calls unfair.

“It’s the first time I’ve put myself out there and experienced that kind of discrimination,” he said.

The FDA’s current policy, originally put in place in 1985, says that any man who has had sex with another man, also known as MSM, after 1977 even once receives a lifelong ban from donating blood.

The policy was drafted due to the AIDS epidemic in the U.S., but has not been changed since newer scientific advances for screening blood started being used.

ARC and BloodSource organizes a blood drive every semester and O’Reilly is one of many gay students that attend ARC who are never allowed to donate blood due to their sexual history, even if they do not carry any diseases on the deferral list.

He argues that the policy banning MSM blood donations, “was meant to be discriminatory, but now it’s discriminatory for a different reason. It’s outdated.

“With the fact that they screen all the blood regardless of who the donor is, the policy doesn’t make sense to me now,” O’Reilly said.

In June 2010, the Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability met to discuss the possibility of a revision of the FDA MSM lifetime deferral policy.

According to Paul Richards, the public affairs specialist for the Center of Biologics Evaluation and Research at the FDA, “The committee found the current

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Courtesy of Devin Johnson

HE WALKS

A screen shot from the video Devin Johnson posted to his Facebook page on Oct. 16. shows Johnson walking unassisted for the first time since his injury.

Walking was “out of the question.”

Former mixed martial artist and ARC student Devin Johnson was 22 years old when an injury suffered during MMA practice left him fighting for his life. When he woke up from the two-week medically-induced coma doctors put him in to save his life, he was paralyzed from the neck down, having broken his fourth cervical vertebrae.

Doctors told his mother that there was just a three percent chance he would ever regain any movement below his neck.

AGAIN

FORMER MMA FIGHTER RE-LEARNS TO WALK AT ARC PROGRAM AFTER BEING PARALYZED DURING TRAINING

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ARC takes No. 1 from San Mateo OFF TO A 6-0 START, THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS BEEN TOP IN STATE FOR TWO WEEKS

By Kameron Schmid kameronschmid@gmail.com

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Wide receiver Will McClure dodges a tackle during a game against College of San Mateo on Oct. 4.

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Opinion page 11 News pages 2 & 3 A&C pages 7 & 8 Sports pages 4, 5 & 6 Scene pages 9 & 10

American River College’s football team is undefeated and ranked first in the state after beating College of the Siskiyous over the weekend, 33-31, with starting quarterback Tanner Trosin throwing five touchdowns.

The top ranking came two weeks ago, after a home victory against then No. 1-ranked and undefeated College of San Mateo propelled ARC (6-0) to be voted No. 1 by the California Community College Football Coaches Association.

One main concern of first-time head coach Jon Osterhout was his team’s frequency to turn the ball over. Against San Mateo, ARC had six total turnovers; four fumbles and two interceptions.

Osterhout was confident that it was a problem that could be corrected, and said, “We’re gonna continue to get better, because these kids practice hard, do things in the right way, and they believe.”

Against Siskiyous (3-3), the Beavers had

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October 22, 2014

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News

Blood: FDA still rejects gay donors

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 donor deferral policies to be suboptimal ... but voted in favor of retaining the existing policy and identified areas requiring further research.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that HIV can be accurately detected in someone who has had a possible exposure in a relatively short period of time.

Most people will develop detectable antibodies within two to eight weeks after exposure, but in very rare cases, it takes up to six months to accurately detect HIV. The most recent case of someone being infected with HIV by blood transfusion was in 2008 when a male donor contracted the disease very shortly before donating, therefore having such low trace amounts it was undetected during the screening processes before being transfused to two different patients, one of whom was confirmed to be infected by

the donor.

The FDA, however, says that human error while testing blood for diseases is the biggest risk factor regarding blood donations, not MSM. Questionnaire screening processes are required to be filled out before any person can donate. In the questionnaire, there are waiting periods in place for people who have traveled to certain countries, but no waiting period of any amount for MSM prospective donors, even though the technology to accurately detect harmful diseases including HIV is used by all blood donation testing labs.

In the case report regarding the 2008 HIV transmission by blood transfusion, the CDC said, “It is the responsibility of persons who donate blood to answer screening questionnaires accurately to ensure the safest blood supply possible.”

According to a study conducted by the CDC in 2010, the most affected subpopulations infected with HIV from 2007 to 2010 were

38 percent white MSM and 36 percent black MSM with 22 percent Latino MSM. Closely following the Latino MSM subpopulation in numbers were heterosexual black females with an estimate of only 1,400 less people infected than gay Latino men. These women are able to give blood after a waiting period of one year, while the Latino MSM are banned for life from donating, due to the current policy.

“Deferral of MSM from donation of blood and tissues is based on well-documented observations of much higher rates of transmissible diseases among some MSM than in the non-MSM general population,” Richards said.

“I don’t know if it is an effort to save money from screening where they think that more of it would be rejected,” O’Reilly said. “I don’t think a modern heterosexual man who is promiscuous is going to be any less likely than a modern homosexual man who is also promiscuous to have HIV.”

Report: crime decreased at ARC

PRESIDENT GREENE CREATING A TASK FORCE TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY ON CAMPUS

By John Ferrannini jferr1995@gmail.com Most criminal offenses, arrests and judicial referrals at American River College reported on the annual Clery Report decreased or remained the same in 2013.

However, there are concerns as to the report’s relevance as ARC President Thomas Greene convenes a group of administrators to talk about crime on campus.

Sgt. Mike Olson of the Los Rios Police Department says that the Clery Report doesn’t list all the crimes committed on campus.

“The Clery reporting system — the crimes reported — are not the only crimes that occur on campus,” Olson said. “In many cases, they are not the most numerous crimes that occur on campus.

“There are many more crimes that occur that affect our students as well that are not a part of our reporting process.”

Olson said he hopes the drop in what he calls “the most serious crimes that can be committed on campus” is evidence that the police department is doing well.

“I’d like to say we’re doing our job well,” Olson said. “But that is purely subjective. We have a good team, we have a good department.

We are proactive and all statistics that we can find anywhere say those are elements for successful crime suppression.”

The Clery Act, a federal law signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, requires colleges

that receive federal funding to release information regarding crime on campus.

It is named after 19-year-old Jeanne Clery, who was raped and murdered in her dorm room in Pennsylvania in 1986.

From 2012 to 2013, robberies listed on the Clery Report went from three to two. Cases of aggravated assault went from two to one. Cases of motor vehicle theft remained the same at six per year.

Cases of arson went from four to one. Arrests went from 12 to seven.

The only criminal offense that increased in 2013 were cases of burglary, which went from one case in 2012 to three cases in 2013.

ARC President Thomas Greene said that the Clery Report shows positive trends.

“When you look at the reported crimes on campus ... you can see there’s a downward trend in the total number of those crimes,” Greene said. “The number of incidences that have been reported over the last three years has declined steadily. Does that mean there’s not more that we can do?

Absolutely not. There’s always more that you can do.”

Greene is putting “a small group together to start asking questions about and exploring what are some things we can do to enhance safety on this campus.”

The group tentatively includes Greene, Captain John McPeak of the Los Rios Police Department, Vice President of Student Services Jef-

ASBNOTEBOOK

By Thomas Santos thmssnts.1@gmail.com In the most recent meetings of the Associated Student Body, Student Senate and CAEB have been discussing the upcoming accreditation process, General Assembly and Club Day. The ASB Student Senate meeting on Oct. 3 was dominated by discussion of the students’ roles in the accreditation process.

“Accreditation is a process we are going through right now,” said Ken Kubo, interim Dean of Biotechnology. “It’s a way where we can take a look at ourselves and how we can improve as a school.”

School accreditation is faculty driven, and is a strict documentation of a school’s mission statement.

“Accreditation gives credit to our school and

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american river

current Editor-in-Chief Barbara Har vey

Managing Editors Ed Gebing Jr. Emily K. Rabasto

News Editor John Ferrannini

Sports Editor Ashlynn Johnson

Arts & Culture Editor Kameron Schmid

Scene Editor Kevin Sheridan

Opinion Editor Matthew Peirson

Design Editor Adnan Ramic

Web Editor

Brandon Nelson

Multimedia Editor Emily K. Rabasto

Advertising Manager Ed Gebing Jr.

Staff

William Cameron Quincy Clavelle Joseph Daniels Jose Garcia Breana Herndon Walter Jones Lindsey Mar tin Thomas Santos Jessica Vang Cameron Weaver Matthew Wilke

Information gathered from the LRCCD Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act Report.

frey Stephenson and ARC public information officer Scott Crow.

Greene wants a culture of “shared responsibility” on campus.

“I’m interested in moving safety away from the assumption that it’s just the responsibility of just our police force or it’s just the responsibility of the college admin-

istration or the employees of the college,” Greene said.

“It’s all of our responsibility, including each other. If we can identify programming that identifies tools in order to achieve that, that would be one of our goals.”

Added Crow, “One thing we can all do is be an ambassador in a small way.”

STUDENT SENATE GETS INVOLVED IN ACCREDITATION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

gives validity to what you have learned in school,” said professor Amanda Corcoran.

Another main issue being discussed is student advocacy during the next General Assembly.

Members of the Student Senate board are planning to make a trip to Los Angeles to discuss student leadership with members of other Student Senates from around the state. The General Assembly will be held Nov. 14 to Nov. 16.

Clubs are demanding more expressions of diversity at the Club Day scheduled for Oct. 30.

Latinos Unidas Club President Jose Rubio expressed his concerns over what music should be played during Club Day. “There are a lot of Latinos on campus who want to show their pride for their heritage,” said Rubio. “Having a Latino soundplay will give them that.”

“This event only has a two-hour slot,” CAEB

President Jeremy Diefenbacher responded.

“There will not be enough time to accommodate all the heritage clubs.”

Jorge Riley, who was elected ASB Student Senate President over Tamara Dunning by a margin of 62 votes, but whose election was invalidated for reasons the administration and the ASB have not disclosed, said that he would have been lobbying for summer bus passes by now.

“I would have had my emerging issues brought forward, such as summer bus passes,” Riley said.

“Anything I think that’s a serious issue would have been brought by now. If you haven’t brought anything to the Board of Trustees by now, the chances of getting anything through are almost nothing. I also would have made sure I reached out to the students and done a survey of the campus to see what they’d have happen.”

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News

October 22, 2014

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LRCCD says no to degrees BACHELOR’S DEGREES WILL NOT BE OFFERED AT ARC

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The 2012 elections had a voter turnout of 54 percent, whereas the midterm elections of 2010 had a 37 percent voter turn out, according to Pewresearch.org.

Forum educates on election PROFESSORS OF ARC GIVE PREDICTIONS FOR MIDTERMS

By John Ferrannini jferr1995@gmail.com A forum on the general elections to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4 was presented in Raef Hall on Oct. 9.

“Gearing up for the General Election” was put on by political science professors Tressa Tabares, Alana Jeydel and Cynthia Unmack.

Tabares began by discussing which offices are up for election this November, which include all statewide offices including Governor, all State Assembly offices, half of State Senate offices and the office of U.S. Representative in the House of Representatives.

Professor Jeydel discussed tight races around the country, including the race in the seventh congressional district — which covers most of Sacramento county — between congressman Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove, and former congressman Doug Ose, R-Sacramento.

Bera won the last election by only 9,000 votes.

“The district is very evenly split in terms of Republicans versus Democrats,” Jeydel said. “This is an exciting House race. It’s essentially a tie and to be honest it will come to turnout and the weather.”

“If you have any free time in the next month, both of these campaigns are looking for volunteers and interns. I know actually that the Doug Ose campaign contacted me and they’re paying for people to come in in November and do get-out-the-

CORRECTIONS

In Volume 66, Edition 3 of the Current, the following corrections are listed: On page 1, the amount of hops in the basic ingredients for beer should be 1-2 ounces, not 5-7 pounds.

On page 9, in “Historical heritage oak cut down” faculty are not administration and staff are not faculty. The story uses them interchangeably.

On page 9, in “Historical heritage oak cut down” trimmings, stumps and trunk are incorrectly used interchangably.

vote work,” she added.

Jeydel said that if Ose could pull out a win, it would benefit “moderate Republicans” around the country.

“Doug Ose is a moderate Republican,” she said. “This sends a message to moderate Republicans that they can win races.”

Jeydel said that the gubernatorial race between Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Oakland, and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Neel Kashkari, R-Laguna Beach, is going to end in a landslide for Gov. Brown.

Cynthia Unmack had predictions for how the election will turn out.

“Voter turnout will be low. Really low,” read a slide she presented.

“If it goes above 40 percent of eligible voters, I told my class I’ll bring cookies,” she said. “I don’t think it will go above 35 percent. There are some people who need a reason to vote.”

Unmack also predicted that the Democrats will sweep the statewide offices.

“There are things that are going to change in California, and it’s going to be interesting — there’s enough on the ballot that you should vote,” she said.

Prospective voters must have registered to vote by Oct. 20. In order to register to vote in California, one must be at least 18 years old by the time of the election, a resident of California, not in prison, on parole, or probation for a felony conviction, and not be judged by a court to be mentally incompetent to register to vote.

Voters can vote either in person at a designated polling place, or via mail.

On page 9, the oak tree is reported to be 400-600 years old, but there is no evidence that the tree was that old before it was cut down.

On page 10, the beer dictionary is not cited correctly. The information was obtained from beer-faq. com.

On page 11, in the editorial, it falsely states that the state mandates curriculum. School departments control curriculum, which is then approved by the district, not state mandates.

On page 11, the rating system for video games does not control the selling of video games to minors.

The Los Rios Community College District is reportedly not interested in seeking to offer baccalaureate degree programs, although Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last month allowing up to 15 California Community Colleges to launch such programs in some vocational fields.

Mitchel Benson, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications and Media Relations for Los Rios, said that although Los Rios supports the new law it is not interested in bachelor’s degree programs for itself.

“The Los Rios district is not considering it at this time,” Benson said. “Chancellor Brian King sent a letter in support to Gov. Brown, but we have no plans to propose baccalaureate programs.”

The reason, Benson said, is that the district is focusing on other priorities.

“Our priorities are with the Associate’s Degree for Transfer and for more ways for students to transfer to state universities,” he said.

Jane Harmon, President of Yuba College in Marysville, said that her college is interested in one of the pilot programs for baccalaureate degrees.

“We have to apply to be part of the pilot program,” she said. “The discussion on our campus is number one, what do we want to pilot? And number two, what degree?

What I can tell you is that I’m from Minnesota and this is something that 21 states have. In many ways, it’s very similar to the technical degrees in Europe.”

“I’m thrilled California is looking at this,” she said.

The legislation, which was signed by Brown, was introduced by State Sen. Marty Block, D-San Diego.

In a press release by California Commu-

nity College Chancellor Brice W. Harris, the chancellor praised the passage of the law as a way to improve job opportunities for community college students.

“Employers in California seek candidates with advanced credentials and many struggle to fill positions in some of the fields that will be covered under the new program,” Harris said. “This law will help us to meet California’s workforce needs, does not duplicate CSU or UC degree programs, and gives more Californians access to affordable higher education that can enable them to obtain well-paying jobs.”

Vincent Stewart, the Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations for the California Community College Chancellor’s office, said, “The law allows for 15 pilot programs at 15 different districts. At districts with multiple colleges, it’s only one campus per district.”

The law also only allows for community college baccalaureate programs to be programs that are not offered by any state university.

“Language in the legislation prohibits duplicating degrees that are available at the University of California or the California State University,” Stewart said. “There would be a degree that would be different, more applied in nature, and based on the economy and workforce needs of the region in which they would be offered.”

The times in which colleges can apply to start a baccalaureate degree program have not been set yet by the chancellor’s office, but they hope to have colleges begin to apply shortly after the law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2015.

“Programs are to begin no later than the 2017-2018 academic year,” Stewart said.

“Our expectation is sooner based on the interests that we’ve been made aware of.”

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Sports

Cross-country wants a four-peat

HEAD COACH AND HIS RUNNERS ARE PUSHING FOR ANOTHER STATE TITLE

By Thomas Santos thmssnts.1@gmail.com American River College’s men’s cross-country team is gearing up for their fourth straight championship at the Big 8 Conference and they are confident about this year’s meet.

With the Big 8 Conference championships coming up at the end of the month, the men’s team is staying focused and determined to take the championship home in hopes of solidifying their undisputed record for the past three years in the district.

With the best time at 5:00.8 for the mile, the majority of the team ran the mile in under 5:30 during their last invitational.

“We have 12-13 runners that are better than most schools top 2 or 3,” said Anderson. “This season we have good recruits and good athletes.”

Most notably, Patrick Jagerson and Sean Jagerson, fraternal twins both in their sophomore year at ARC, are both top runners at the school and are at the top of their game, both ranking in the top 15 during their last meet at

the Crystal Springs Invitational.

“Our strategy is to run as fast as we can and not to worry about what the other teams are doing,” said Anderson.

ARC’s reign has remained unquestioned in the past and in the Big 8 will add to yet another record that the ARC cross-country has set.

“We have been doing well. Very well. And we are going to get better. A lot better,” said Anderson, confident in this year’s squadron.

The team is excited and ready for the invitation, training hard and taking extra precautions in preparing for the upcoming event.

Freshman Abdul Hamid is excited for the upcoming challenge.

“I want to be the top runner in the school,” said Hamid. “I want to break 25 minutes in the 8k event. I’m practicing high mileage and doing high mileage at faster paces.”

The ARC cross-country team has been competing and has been ranked in the top 10 since the 1960s. Their latest feat includes three straight state championships, four straight NorCal cham-

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The men’s cross country team’s first place state championship awards from 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2005.

pionships, and eight straight Big 8 championships consecutively.

“Last school to win four cham-

pionships in a row was San Bernadino,” said Coach Anderson.

“It would be nice to bring home

ARC volleyball team just keeps on winning

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ARC defender Alexandrea Ramos, left, fights off Diablo Valley mid-fielder Callie Goodman.

MEN’S SOCCER The team continues their winless season after two losses and a tie against College of the Sequoias, West Hills Lemoore College and Fresno City College on Oct. 10, 14 and 17.

ARC tied against COS 1-1, lost 3-0 against WHLC, and lost 1-0 against FCC. This leaves their record at 0-12-3.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

After a four game losing streak, the team pulled off two wins to advance their record to 5-5-2. ARC beat Diablo Valley College 1-0 at home Oct. 10, with Audrey Soto scoring the only goal of the game. ARC won 6-0 over Sacramento City College on Oct. 14, with Theresa Cooper scoring three out of six goals for ARC.

WATER POLO

The men’s team is 6-10 after losing 11-5 to Sierra College onWednesday.

The women’s team lost three games and won one, making their record 9-13 for the season. The team lost 7-6 against Golden West College and beat Cerritos College 7-4 on Thursday. They then lost to Long Beach City College 10-9 and 13-5 to Riverside Community College Friday.

five in a row … But first we have to bring home the four.”

The win streak continued for the American River College volleyball team after a 25-20, 25-15, 25-21 victory against Santa Rosa Junior College on Oct. 15.

Their win streak now stands at seven.

Even though the record book shows a win, the team is not satisfied with just that.

“We’ve played better than that before.

We know our potential, so we really didn’t beat them,” said setter Leila Whaley, one of the team’s captains.

Whaley said the team “started off slow,” and that they just need to get better at starting strong.

SRJC scored the first points during each game of the match.

During the first game, ARC and SRJC seemed evenly matched, but ARC eventually prevailed with a 25-20 victory.

During the second game, SRJC seemed to lose momentum, giving ARC a 25-15 win.

Erianna Williams, the team’s middle hit-

ter, also agrees that there is room for improvement.

“We did pretty good, but we need to get better at talking more and improve our hitting and passing,” Williams said after the win.

SRJC led during the first half of the third game, until ARC’s Monica Udahl served an ace to tie the score 20-20.

Udahl’s ace caused SRJC to call a timeout in an attempt to slow down ARC’s momentum, which did not happen.

ARC’s momentum continued to grow with each point scored.

The third game was a battle for every point that ended with two solid serves from outside hitter Taylor Bunger, and the opposing team tipping the ball out of bounds on match point.

“They have some competition, they played with all their hearts,” said Williams.

The team will attempt to continue their streak on Oct. 24 in a home game against Consumnes River College at 6:30 p.m.

“I have high hopes — we have progressed so much since we met. Our whole team. Every single one us,” Williams said.

CROSS-COUNTRY

The men’s cross-country team placed first at the Jim Middleton Invitational with a time of 1:53:00 and a score of 19. Nine runners placed in the top 10 of the individual results with an average time of 5:40 per mile. The women’s team placed third with a time of 1:50:45 and a score of 52. Freshmen Jenica Dodge and Ashlyn Hardin both placed in the top 10.

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The American River College volleyball team watches as Santa Rosa Junior College scores against them in a game on Oct. 15.

Sports

October 22, 2014

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Football: ARC climbs to top spot

Freshman runner fastest on her team FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STAR ATHLETE SHOWS PROMISE AT ARC

By Jessica Vang jessicavang20@gmail.com American River College cross country runner Jenica Dodge may only be a freshman, but is already the fastest on her team.

She ranked second at the Crystal Springs Invitational and Lou Vasquez Invitational, and she finished at a time of 18:43 at the Fresno Invitational.

As for her all time best, she says it’s at 18:33, during her senior year at the California state meet.

Dodge has ran cross country ever since she was eleven years old.

She was the top track distance girl all four years of highschool, and was also the fastest female runner for her cross country team during her senior year.

“Being the fastest runner doesn’t have a feeling that I can describe, but leading them is a privilege, and I love being able to lead such an awesome group of girls,” said Dodge.

As part of her training regiment, Dodge and her cross country team do different types of workouts, from tempo workouts, long runs, cross training, swimming in the pool, riding on bikes and weight training.

As for the upcoming competitions, “I am really excited for our Mt. SAC, which is in Los Angeles.

This race is really important because it’s a nationwide known course,” she said.

When it comes to the future in cross country for Dodge, she hopes to keep racing well at ARC, and though she doesn’t know where she’s transferring to yet, she hopes to keep running in college.

For Dodge, cross country is a very rewarding sport.

“When I was eleven, I heard that they were starting cross country in elementary school. I

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Jenica Dodge, the fastest runner on American River College’s crosscountry team, warms up.

also took after my dad, who’s a runner too, so he was my main inspiration in the first place,” she said.

“My dad, who’s basically my coach, and essentially my biggest fan, (is my biggest supporter) because he will talk about running with me and he’s my biggest inspiration as well,” Dodge said.

Dodge’s coach, Jeanette Powless, who’s been coaching for 30 years, feels grateful for having Dodge on her team, “We’re very blessed, she comes to us from Whitney High School, and we’re hoping she gets better. She ranks at top ten, and we’re hoping she gets a scholarship soon,” said.

Powless.

“We have a 100 percent graduation rate for our women’s cross country team plus graduation into a four-year University from American River College.”

Powless feels hopeful for her cross country team. “I’m very blessed to be with this group, because they’re a very good group of ladies. This season, I’m blessed. It’s a very great (one) for us this year,” Powless said.

As for the upcoming competitions, the cross country team will have a Big 8 conference on Oct. 31, at Granite Regional Park in Sacramento, in which Powless said her team will make their big emphasis.

The cross country team will have a total of four more competitions, including the NorCal and State Championships in Nov.

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William Vi of American River College turns to face the crowd during the game to get the attendees excited. Vi often stands in as the team cheerleader during home games.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 only two turnovers, an interception and a fumble. Not perfect, but possibly a step forward.

Another good sign was Trosin’s play. Against San Mateo, Trosin was inconsistent, and threw two interceptions and lost one fumble.

Despite his turnovers, Trosin also lead the team as a dual threat early in the game, helping them get out to a 14-0 lead.

“It’s just how you respond back on the next play,” Trosin said of the turnovers. “You don’t look back on what you’ve done, you move forward.”

Against Siskiyous, the scrambling quarterback and the rest of

the offense came up empty after their first three drives, but Trosin threw touchdowns on the fourth and fifth drives.

Trosin was then taken out the next drive for backup Peyton Wilfley, who has received playing time in every game this season. Wilfley threw two passes, the second being an interception returned by Siskiyous’ Anthony Ocasio for a touchdown.

Wilfley didn’t see the field again, and Trosin came back into the game and threw three more touchdowns, finishing the game 24-33, for 278 yards and five touchdown passes total.

The two point win wouldn’t have looked so close if not for the

Siskiyous’ two touchdowns in the last five minutes of the game.

ARC’s goal going forward will be to keep the streak alive, something the team failed to do last year after a 7-0 start.

Sophomore receiver Jjuan Muldrow, who caught two touchdown passes from Trosin against Siskiyous, said after defeating San Mateo that he believes ARC deserved to be ranked first, and that he also thinks going undefeated in the regular season is an attainable goal.

“We just got to push harder now because every team is gonna want the best shot of us since we just beat the number one team,” Muldrow said.

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Sports

Two quarterbacks pose dual threat STARTER TROSIN AND BACKUP WILFLEY BOTH SEE ACTION DURING EACH GAME

By Kevin Sheridan kevinsheridan56@gmail. com Typically, playing two quarterbacks in the same game is unusual. Despite this, the American River College football team plays two of their five quarterbacks every game.

Sophomore Tanner Trosin and freshman Peyton Wilfley split playing time during games, with both seeing the field at different points in the game.

Trosin is the team’s starter, with Wilfley starting the first series of the second quarter and then the quarterbacks are alternated throughout the game.

Trosin was a highly sought wide receiver coming out of Folsom High School, where he helped his team win a state championship in 2010.

Wilfley was first team All-Metro for Casa Roble High School his senior year at Casa Roble.

Beaver head coach Jon Osterhout says ARC used a two quarterback system last season and that he feels comfortable with the ability of both quarterbacks.

“The main reason we’re playing two quarterbacks is because we’re comfortable with their ability to run our offense,” Osterhout said.

According to Osterhout, there was a competition at quarterback during the summer, and that whoever ended up being the number two was going to have the opportunity to play.

Despite the situation being uncommon, both quarterbacks said they liked the idea when it was first proposed to them.

“I honestly liked it, being in a (junior college), obviously the goal is to win games with the ultimate goal (being) to move onto the next level, so doing this, it gives us the opportunity to get plays and to have an opportunity to build a resume and eventually

go on to a four-year so I kinda liked it because it gives people an opportunity,” said Wilfley.

Both Wilfley and Trosin are athletic enough to make plays with their legs, one of the features Osterhout looks for in a quarterback.

“We’re looking for someone (with) leadership ability, poise in the pocket, poise during the game and someone who can manage the game,” said Osterhout.

Despite having to split time, Osterhout says both players must put aside their egos for the good of the team.

“It’s (about) them understanding their role within the program.

We play the best guy,” said Osterhout.

One of the reasons a two quarterback system is not used by other teams is because the team’s receivers can often have a difficult time adjusting to the cadence of a different quarterback, resulting in a lack of chemistry between the receivers and the quarterback.

Despite this, Osterhout says his receivers feel comfortable with catching passes from two different quarterbacks.

“I think the receivers feel comfortable with the quarterbacks.

It’s about the ability to throw the ball,” said Osterhout.

Trosin says he is more than willing to share knowledge and experience with Wilfley for the sake of the team.

“Trying to get better is what we do. If I got knowledge that maybe he doesn’t know, I’m gonna give him so that he can take that on the field so we’re both giving each other knowledge so that when we go out there on the field, we’re well prepared to do our job,” said Trosin.

For continued coverage of ARC’s football team, go to arcurrent.com and follow @ARCSports on Twitter for live game coverage.

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Backup quarterback Peyton Wilfley, a freshman, has been brought in during the second quarter of every game.

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Art New Media 359, one of the three classes that all work to publish the American River Review, has top of the line hardware and software for students to learn and to create the literary magazine.

ARC’s award-winning magazine THE AMERICAN RIVER REVIEW IS PRODUCED BY THREE SEPERATE CLASSES AND RECEIVES NATIONAL PRAISE

By Adnan Ramic adiramic@gmail.com Art can be found all over the campus at American River College. From sculptures and artwork in and around the fine arts department to the Kaneko Art Gallery and poetry recitals.

But not many students on campus realize that there is an award-winning literary journal published from ARC’s campus, and that it’s all done by students of three separate classes.

The American River Review is a magazine made yearly that displays various types of art including literary works, poems, paintings, sculptures and fashion. In past issues, they even included culinary food with recipes and simple instructions for the cooking process.

Each edition is a three semester process that starts concurrently with the previous issue’s third and final semester. It is also split up into three separate classes, with English Creative Writing 450 occurring during the spring and fall semesters and Art New Media 358 and 359 occurring spring and fall exclusively respectively.

The English creative writing class handles obtaining the literary works.

Professor Michael Spurgeon describes the environment in his class as “ordered chaos.”

Bethanie Humphreys serves as editorin-chief for the class and holds firm that they are responsible for every word and semicolon that goes into the magazine.

Humphreys served as editor-in-chief on the magazine last semester and describes it as a “dream second job.”

During the spring semester, the class will spend most of their time getting a variety works and spend the fall semester getting them finalized and proofread before sending it all to the Art New Media class to put on the pages.

According to Humphreys, this year’s issue is going to be very fiction heavy.

Students of the class can submit literary works of their own, but have to be under a pen name that only the professor knows. Literary works that are submitted, including their own, will be discussed in class.

Sometimes the students will be in class when their work is discussed, unbeknownst to their classmates that they wrote it.

Humphreys said that she has four pieces that are going to be included in the two hundred page or so magazine.

Humphreys spends a lot of time working on the magazine outside of class, and

met with other classmates over the summer multiple times to help them meet a deadline they have during the third week at the beginning of this semester.

Around the fifth week, there is a deadline for everything that needs to be turned in for the current edition so they can be sent to the Art New Media class.

When the Art New Media class receives the works, they come up with creative briefs, which can provide multiple ways that the stories can be displayed on page in a creative way that helps tell the story and make it more than just text on a page.

The class is split into four general areas: design, production, gallery and fashion. Fashion and gallery have two active members that deal with their section which tackles a less amount of pages but puts in a large amount of work.

Fashion has four categories in which

According to Larissa Kimmey, who serves as the gallery editor, there are 95 paintings going into the gallery section.

The role of the production section is very heavy on photo editing and involves taking photos of sculptures and three dimensional artwork and cropping any unnecessary things out and color correcting them. As a result, they have to be very precise with each piece that they do.

Production editor Tashelle Miller is in her fourth semester working on the magazine.

With around eleven people in the production section, most students will work on editing at most six different pieces.

According to Miller, the amount is based on the patience and skill of the student.

There are times where Miller says she likes to go into “OCD mode” and go into fine detail and precisely edit photos.

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Larissa Kimmey, photography major, lays out the art pieces in the gallery section.

it displays clothing by means of a photoshoot. With mens and womens fashion, they also include a kids and punk themed fashion photoshoot.

Gallery has more to do with painting artworks being put together in a number of pages and determining which paintings would look good with other paintings.

The deadline for the production section to get all of the pieces edited is typically before Thanksgiving holiday.

Miller, like many other students, will come in a few times on Saturdays to get work done.

Sometimes a movie or music plays in the classroom, but that doesn’t stop them from getting their work done.

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The gallery section will display paintings made by students and will contain 95 pieces of submitted work.

In terms of overall design, Amanda Layng-Martinez takes on the role of design editor for the magazine.

Concepts for the magazine get thrown around, and one has really stuck around.

Layng-Martinez says that, as a whole, the magazine is going for a art new vogue style while being geometric and organized, while not becoming too contemporary.

The magazine will be 9 inches by 9 inches and the style will also have an influence of naturality in terms of design.

The American River Review has won awards on a national level, winning the National Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press in 2012.

There is a certain pressure that goes along with being a part of such a large and accoladed production.

Layng-Martinez likes the pressure and is “positive and excited” about working on it. However, she feels most of the pressure from herself and sees herself as her own worst critic.

Overseeing the design side of the magazine are Professors Craig Martinez and Jeffrey Rochford.

Martinez is in his fifth year as instructor for the magazine, and was a professional designer before coming to ARC. Martinez believes that this class is similar to a professional design studio in terms of behavior and the work itself.

Having students who are committed and working together makes it enjoyable for Martinez.

When the semester starts, Martinez likes to play “bad cop” in an effort to get students to be committed and to weed out all of the students who don’t have the dedication to the paper.

As for maintaining the workflow, Martinez likes to hover and make sure students are being productive. He will have music playing in the background as he works on some of the production pieces.

For this issue, the class is on schedule and “so far, so good.” Martinez says the issue will be successful given the variables that they work with.

The pressure of the issue is always in the back of Martinez’s head. However, he believes that his students seize the opportunity.

“If I give them the opportunity to do good, they do,” says Martinez.

The deadline to submit any literary work for the 2015 issue is on Oct. 31.

Folders are posted on numerous announcement boards around campus.

Submissions can also be dropped off at Spurgeon’s mailbox in the English area of third floor Davies Hall.

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The final design will be 9 inches by 9 inches with geometric, art new vogue styling.

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Two club members play “Super Smash Brothers: Brawl” during a meeting on Oct. 10.

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Photos by Brandon Nelson / brandon.nelson916@gmail.com

Club president Vlad Zebrov, right, and treasurer Ashton Nazeri, left, play a Nintendo 64 game.

‘Super Smash’ fans have a new favorite club

By Brandon Nelson brandon.nelson916@gmail.com “Super Smash Brothers” has been a cornerstone for Nintendo gaming consoles for over a decade. Because some students have grown up with the series, it’s no wonder there is now a “Smash” club at American River College.

Now in it’s second semester, the club was created by ARC students Vlad Zebrov, Ashton Nazeri and Jacob Bubela.

All three share a love for the series that goes back to the original game for the Nintendo 64. “‘Smash Brothers’ brings people together, thats what makes it better (than other games),” said Nazeri, club treasurer.

“Super Smash Brothers” Club was created with the goal of being a fun club on campus and offering students who enjoy the same video game to have a place to get together.

“Its a good way for gamers to get together ... I enjoy sitting down on the couch with your buddies and just having a good time,” said Bubela, club vice president.

Even though the club was made to spend time with like minded people, Zebrov, club

president, plans to have tournaments within the club to bring an air of competition.

In order for students to be able to play “Smash” at school, Zebrov, Nazeri and Bebela bring their own TVs, gaming consoles, controllers and games to ARC. Sadly, “Super Smash Brothers” Club will be short lived. The club will have to disband at the conclusion of next semester due to the three officers leaving ARC. “We don’t have anybody to take over. It’s just me and a couple of my friends,” said Zebrov.

“Smash” has had five titles, most recently one for the Nintendo 3DS, and a soon to be released Wii U game.

While the 3DS game is not provided by the club to play at the meetings, the club does plan to have the Wii U game available when it is released on Nov. 21.

Club faculty adviser Larry Dumais agreed to be the adviser because it sounded like a fun idea.

“Its a nice environment, it reminds me of when my kids were younger,” said Dumais.

“Super Smash Brothers” Club meets every Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. in room 104 of the Arts and Science building, with a typical attendance of a dozen or so students.

“Super Smash Bros.,” the first release of the “Smash” series by Nintendo, came out in 1999 on the Nintendo 64. It has since become one of the most popular multiplayer games in the world.

IN YOUR HEADS

STUDENTS ON CAMPUS SHARE WHAT THEIR FAVORITE HORROR MOVIES ARE “‘Drag Me to Hell’, its like some sick twisted voodoo type witchcraft type shit ... that really got under my skin. A lot of scary movies I watch, I laugh at them. Thats the only scary movie I’ve watched in the last couple of years.”

- Manjaroe Zachi, film. “‘Scary Movie’, any one, 1, 2 or 3, however many there are. I like it because it’s very humorous. It gets me to laugh everytime, no matter what.”

- Ryan Farrell, undecided.

“‘Hocus Pocus’, because its a classic.”

- Camron Portman, business.

“Either the original ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ or ‘Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,’ just because I think Freddy Krueger is an absolutely horrifying villain.”

- Danielle Niles, psychology. “‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, its so gory and the chainsaw scares me the most because thats a real fear of mine.”

- Mariso Tolentino, undecided

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Walking: Former fighter no longer paralyzed CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 During his adaptive PE class at ARC on Thursday, Johnson, now 24, did precisely what his doctors had said was out of the question — he walked.

“They already have walkers there at the school, so I asked (my friend) if she could grab it,” said Johnson.

“When I got on the walker, I took a few steps — then I walked around the whole room in a big circle. I was really surprised.

I didn’t expect it. But I know what I can do now.”

The process of regaining control over his lower body has been slow but steady, according to Johnson.

“I was injured May 2012,” said Johnson. “I broke my neck and was paralyzed immediately. At first I couldn’t move my arms or my legs, or my fingers, or anything. It was depressing.”

Johnson’s injury, known as a C4 fracture, is a catastrophic injury that has the potential to disrupt breathing, and can result in death from asphyxiation.

Encouraging signs came next. Johnson started to regain some movement in his limbs. He didn’t hesitate to get back in the gym, and back to the life he’d always known.

“I started working out immediately from there, getting better, I guess, every time.

It’s hard to work out some parts of your body. Some parts of your body work, and some don’t. You have to force those parts to work, even though they don’t want to,” said Johnson.

Johnson has been enrolled in the adaptive PE class at ARC for four semesters, and says that the class, along with the support of the staff, has been instrumental in his

Photo courtesy of Devin Johnson

An X-ray of Johnson’s injury post-surgery. C4 fractures can result in death from asphyxiation.

recovery.

“I honestly don’t have a clue where I would be if I wasn’t working out as much as I do with them,” Johnson said.

Johnson has previously walked with the assistance of support braces and parallel bars, a walkway mounted to the floor that is designed to help physical therapy patients regain ambulatory skills, often used in conjunction with the assistance of a physical therapist. This time, however, was the first time he’s walked with nothing more than a walker.

“I was scared because I didn’t have anybody — someone was there with me, but

it was all me. I didn’t have any braces on, or anything. I could have fallen at any moment. I was super scared,” said Johnson.

“I just put my trust in God, said ‘Whatever, just go with it,’ and I didn’t fall.”

Johnson was with adaptive P.E. instructional aide Brian Sprinkle, who he’s been working with for two semesters, during his walk. Sprinkle says he’s “not surprised” that Johnson began to walk, rather, he’s surprised how quickly Johnson has progressed.

“Since (his injury), he’s been doing nothing but trying to walk again,” said Sprinkle.

“He stays every day, pretty much, at least

an hour over, just to keep working.”

Adaptive P.E. professor and women’s softball coach Lisa Delgado agrees with Sprinkle that Johnson’s work ethic is incomparable.

“There’s lots of people in here that are in wheelchairs, but I don’t know that anyone has the desire that he has to get out of it,” Delgado said. “After you watch Devin, I just think anything is possible.”

“He takes away the fact that we complain about our day and what’s wrong in our lives. He comes in with the greatest mood, he’s always got a smile on his face,” said Sprinkle. “But at the same time, he works really hard. A lot of the times where we might quit because it’s so hard, he knows he can’t quit. He wants to be fully functional again. He wants to walk around campus and live a normal life.”

The process hasn’t been easy. Johnson’s voice started to falter as he spoke about the bad days.

“There were some days where I tried to stand, and … there are just some days where I just can’t do it. Some days your legs just don’t want to work. But (friends in adaptive P.E.) motivate me to just keep pushing,” said Johnson.

Johnson was only informed months after the fact what doctors initially told his mother.

“I was in a coma for two weeks. So (the doctors) told my mom that I would have a three percent chance — they didn’t even bring walking into the category, that was out of the question — there was a three percent chance of moving anything from my neck down,” said Johnson.

“I’m glad they didn’t tell me that.”

TAKETHISCLASS Homeland Security 304: Border Security

By Cameron Weaver cameron.weaver.arc@gmail.com Amidst the hot-button issues of illegal immigration and border security, American River College is offering Homeland Security-sponsored courses at its off-campus McClellan center to assist students looking to further their educational goals in the field.

Transportation and Border Security is a three unit course required in order to attain a certificate in Homeland Security, which requires nine units for completion.

The class provides discussion on a broad spectrum of modern security challenges for the United States, including border security and transportation.

“Given the homeland security situation in the United States over the last several years, it offers students an insight into Homeland Security and to learn how it actually works,” said Steve Segura, dean of the Sacramento Regional Public Safety Training/McClellan Center.

“Our ability to offer courses in this field opens doors for individuals looking to gain background in homeland security. We’re trying to give an advantage to people looking to advance in this field,” Segura said.

Elisa Jensen, who has a degree in Criminology and has been in the security and

counseling fields for the last eight years, has been an avid supporter of the Transportation and Border Security course since it started being offered in spring 2013.

“The students in my classes had their childhoods and early adult lives transformed by the events of 9/11 … offering a certificate program that could lead to a four year degree in Homeland Security is an immense opportunity for these students provided by ARC,” Jensen said.

“The interest in this field is phenomenal, as more threatening terrorist groups emerge such as ISIS, we need educated people working for our government,” said Jensen.

Career fields in the Homeland Security department certificate program are varied.

According to the 2014-2015 ARC course catalog, the certificate can lead to careers in law enforcement at the local, state, and federal level, with the increased ability to branch out into Homeland Security-related occupations.

Omba Kipuke, 25, who majors in Homeland Security and is the 2014 Student Trustee for the Los Rios District encompassing four different community colleges, says he finds the course engaging and very relevant in today’s world.

“The professors do a great job of keeping us current,” Kipuke said. “You feel like you can leave the class, hear something on the

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Homeland Security 304: Transportation and Border Security, a course taught by Elisa Jensen at the off-campus McClellan center, focuses on modern security challenges in the United States.

news, and instantly know how to react.”

Such an example includes a group-scenario the students of Jensen’s class experienced during lecture.

Students were divided into two groups, with a courthouse being the setting for this hypothetical scenario. One group represented “terrorists,” tasked with doing anything and everything possible to destroy the courthouse and cause as much damage as possible.

The other group’s duty was to defend the courthouse as efficiently as possible, with access to limited provisions and materials to do so.

“Examples like the group project are realistic,” Kipuke said. “They are up to date, as well as challenging.”

HLS 304 is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the ARC’s off-campus site at McClellan from 5 p.m. - 8:05 p.m.

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Jorge Riley, an ARC student currently enrolled in 15 units and a father of two children, typically brings his 6-year-old son Jacob to ARC once a week, calling a babysitter when he is in class.

Parents of ARC make college a family affair STUDENTS RAISING CHILDREN OFTEN FIND IT NECESSARY TO BRING THEIR KIDS TO CAMPUS WITH THEM

By Matthew Wilke mattwilke675@gmail.com Everyday the average student at American River College must juggle school, work and their social life. However, there are students on campus that deal with all these obstacles while also raising a child.

As most parents know, raising a child can be very time consuming. Yet there are many students at ARC that are working through school while also taking care of their young ones.

Many of these moms and dads cherish the opportunity to bring their children to school. Most say they like to spend quality time together and don’t see their presence as a distraction.

One such student, Mary-Grace Hassebrock, is taking general education courses while raising two children. She has people to look after her kids while she is in class, but the rest of her time is put into caring for her 3-year-old son, Scotty, and her 5-year-old daughter, Marie.

At home, Hassebrock’s husband works late, so she has to wait for her kids to go to bed before she can start on school work.

She says it’s very time consuming and on most nights she goes to bed late.

Sleep deprived and working extra hours at night to study makes it hard to keep up with the pace. Still, many of these mothers and fathers have the willpower to complete their everyday tasks.

Another student-parent at ARC, Summer Rocha, takes care of her daughter Erin

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ARC student Mary-Grace Hassebrock is pursuing her general education while raising two kids.

while attending classes.

Rocha emphasized that it is important to have people who can help you manage the stresses of raising a child and going to school at the same time.

“Register for child development early,

CAMPUS PU SE “I feel safe, but I can see how other people don’t feel safe … Since I’ve been here, I’ve heard of a lot of things happening, so it is kind of freaky.”

-JONATHANALCALA Business

and have other people that can help you,” said Rocha.

Rocha says the only drawback is having less time to study, but spending time with her daughter makes up for it.

Jorge Riley, who was elected ASB Stu-

Do you feel safe on campus at night?

“I go through phases where I’m like, ‘Alright,’ and other times where I’m like ‘No, it’s not alright. I’m not okay, I’m going to hold my keys like swords and hope nobody rapes me.’

But, rape culture.”

-IZABELLEWOODS Business

“Sometimes it’s kind of scary.”

-CHABLIJOHNSON Wildlife conservation

dent Senate president in last spring’s election over opponent Tamara Dunning by a margin of 62 votes, but whose election was invalidated for reasons the administration and the ASB have not disclosed, is a proud father of two children, 6-year-old Jacob Riley and 10-year-old Katlyn Riley. Riley says he only brings his son to school about once a week and calls a babysitter when he is class.

Riley is currently taking 15 units while also homeschooling his son. However, Riley enjoys being able to teach his son and prepare him for a successful future.

“Whatever it is I do, I do for my children,” said Riley.

Riley enjoys bringing his son to campus because it allows him to see Jacob interact with other students.

“Have faith in what kids do, and let kids explore and make corrections as needed,” said Riley.

Riley also says bringing kids to the campus reminds students that this is a family based campus.

Many parents who have children drop out of school because it becomes too much pressure. Despite this pressure, these parents are determined to make a better life for themselves and for their children.

ARC offers child day care programs for parents, including their toddler program, their preschool program and their program for school age children.

Students looking into this daycare program are advised to prepare ahead of time, and to make sure they qualify for these programs.

“By myself, it’s a little iffy. I kind of power walk to the car. But we usually have buddy systems that we stick to.”

-TESSAMICHEL Environmental conservation

October 22, 2014

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NO BACHELOR’S DEGREES?

THIRD LARGEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE OFFERING STUDENTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES Bachelor’s degrees for select vocations will be offered at 15 California community colleges beginning in 2017, but, somehow, not at American River College.

With ARC being the third largest community college in the state and in close proximity to the capital city, the Los Rios Community College District should be eager at the chance for bachelor’s degrees to be offered here.

The Los Rios district is focusing on other priorities, according to the associate vice chancellor for communications and media relations for Los Rios Mitchel Benson.

“Our priorities are with the Associate Degree for Transfer and for more ways for students to transfer to state universities,” Benson said.

The Associate Degree for Transfer, or ADT, allows Los Rios students to gain units towards a bachelor’s degree if they transfer to a California State University school that accepts the program.

The bachelor’s degree programs that would be offered by community colleges, however, are limited to fields for which the California State University and the University of California have no bachelor’s degree programs for.

Jane Harmon, president of Yuba College in Marysville, said that her college is interested in offering a program in machine manufacturing.

Sacramento County has an unemployment rate of 7.3 percent, higher than the national average.

If American River College decides to pursue bachelor’s degree programs, students here can pursue a level of training in their chosen field that they can’t currently attain, as well as training for jobs that are open but lack qualified candidates.

The state is investing in student success not just because education is a social good and gives graduates a higher quality of life, but because people with higher incomes can contribute more to the economy and to the government through tax revenue.

Not everyone can afford a university education, and not everyone wants or needs a liberal arts or science degree.

Doesn’t it make sense for the college to respond first and foremost not to a 54-year-old state plan for education, but

to our immediate needs and those of the workforce in this area?

Gov. Jerry Brown has given us the chance to do just this. We should be champing at the bit to answer his call.

Why should the college deny all tens of thousands of us students the opportunity to improve our society and economy at the same time while allowing other people to jump at those selfsame opportunities?

Our school needs to advocate for us and not pass up a chance to be the effective instrument it should be to broaden opportunity — and return on the state’s investment in the community college system.

Student loans not worth risk

By Cameron Weaver cameron.weaver.arc@ gmail.com

Photo Illustration by Adnan Ramic

Undocumented students are now able to receive student loans to attend public universities due to Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of the California Dream Loan Program.

Share the American dream

UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN CHANCE TO SUCCEED

By John Ferrannini jferr1995@gmail.com Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a law that would allow students who have entered the U.S. illegally to receive loans to attend California public universities. I support this law.

Because of their undocumented status, these students are ineligible to receive both federal and private loans. This means that undocumented students in the country have a shortfall of between $3,000 and $6,000 per year if they want to attend a public university, according to University of California Public Relations Director Nadia LealCarrillo.

The California Dream Loan Program makes $9.2 million accessible to undocumented students in the country, according to the Sacramento Bee. Students who have entered the country illegally will be able to take out a loan of up to $4,000 per year.

According to the Los Angeles Almanac, there are almost three million people who entered the country illegally residing in the

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IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW I AM AN AMERICAN, AN UNDOCUMENTED AMERICAN. I’M NOT A FOREIGNER, I’M HERE.

DianaCampos ARC Student state of California. Surely, all of these people cannot reasonably or feasibly be deported from the U.S. Are we to make these people, some of whom came at young ages with their parents, a permanent underclass living in the shadows of our society?

Diana Campos, 20, is a student at American River College.

According to KCRA, she came to the country illegally as a child.

“It’s important to know I am an American, an undocumented

American,” she told KCRA. “I’m not a foreigner, I’m here.”

It was once said by author John Steinbeck that “my whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.”

People who attend college, especially universities, are able to make more money and contribute more to both the economy and the government through tax revenue.

Rather than creating a permanent underclass, we should — in absence of any action on this issue from Washington — give those who entered the country illegally hope for a better future as full, contributing members of our society.

Let us respond to the call of the better angels of our nature.

My great-grandparents came over to the U.S. from Italy one hundred years ago and were able to build a better life for their children, their children’s children, and myself. I’m sure your ancestors also came from somewhere else in this world.

Now it’s up to us to make sure the lifeblood of the American dream is renewed.

Earlier this month, Gov. Jerry Brown signed three immigration reform bills into law, granting state public universities the ability to provide $9.2 million in loans to undocumented students via the California Dream Loan Program.

Legislation of this nature is completely counter-productive, leads to further unpayable student debt and deprives people — documented or not — the opportunity to receive federal grants that help to cover the outrageous educational expenses in the U.S. Don’t just take my word for it.

According to reports published by the Federal Reserve in 2013, national student debt totaled to $966 billion dollars — nearly 6 percent of the U.S.’s $16.4 trillion in outstanding debt at the time.

How is helping California citizens plunge themselves into further debt — regardless of if they are documented — going to help create jobs in fields that students are unable to find jobs in upon graduation?

Rather, the subject of debate should be vested in financial aid, and federal grants like the Pell Grant, which give students debtfree financial assistance in pursuit of their educational goals.

According to Department of Education figures, $3,651 of Pell Grant federal aid was given to students on average for the 2013-2014 school year, with the maximum cap having been set at $5,645, which has since been raised to $5,730 for the 20142015 year.

And what exactly is the average cost of tuition for a full-time college student?

According to The College Board’s 2013 Annual Survey of Colleges, 2013-2014 tuition and fees for a student attending a public four year in-state college averaged to $8,893.

It’s time to put this all in perspective: It costs an average student attending a public college almost $10,000 annually to cover the costs of their education, including tuition and expenses (which, of course, vary among location and demographic), yet the average student will only receive

around $3,500 in Pell Grants.

With a gap of over $6,000 left to cover (and remember, these are national averages; the situation is horrific in higher-cost regions), is it any wonder why aspiring students, who are seeking to make better their life in the pursuit of knowledge and future economic prosperity, are forced to take out loans so they can finish their college year and still afford a roof over their heads and food on the table?

The answer is to not extend the student debt bubble further by giving undocumented students the chance to perpetuate this cycle via further loans.

A complete re-examination of federal financial aid allocation and disbursement, which has been clamored for by countless organizations for decades, is what needs to take place instead.

Where is the pressure from our state government to hold the federal government accountable for its grossly-lampooned overspending? Why is it that funding for anything that benefits the future backbone of American society is continually decreased, stripped, or forgotten about altogether?

Finally, why is it that our government, which is host to a nation that is still, in 2014, considered the sole superpower of the entire world, continues to insist that a college student must risk putting themselves in perpetual debt for the rest of their lives in order to achieve a higher education?

The answer to furthering educational opportunities to undocumented students has not existed, and will not exist, in immediate short-term compromises like extending loan opportunities. Doing so only continues to perpetuate the U.S. as the number one largest student-debt carrying nation in the world.

We need to start holding our federal and — perhaps even more importantly, our state — governments accountable, and work together with current and emerging legislators to focus on getting financial assistance to students nationwide, without having to potentially ruin their futures in the process with more loans and costly interest.

Rodney Reibel, who plays Frankenstein’s monster, sits for makeup designer Shelby Brown. The process of applying Reibel’s makeup takes longer than any other cast member in the show.

Creating a MONSTER

BEHIND THE SCENES AT ‘YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN’

Photos by Kameron Schmid / kameronschmid@gmail.com

REMAINING DATES: Wigs and hairstyles for “Young Frankenstein,” all designed by Corey Winfield.

Micah Smith, who plays Igor, applies his makeup backstage before the show.

OCT. 23 AT 6:30 P.M. OCT. 24 AT MIDNIGHT OCT. 25 AT 8 P.M. OCT. 26 AT 2 P.M.

Most audience members of any live show don’t realize how complex and detailed a musical like “Young Frankenstein” can be, with 34 cast members and four costume changes throughout.

Director Pamela Downs wants that effect, though.

“We want them to see one scene flow into another, and not that fourteen people are running in at a specific cue to move a certain thing to a certain place at a certain point in the music.”

Read a review of “Young Frankenstein” at ARCurrent.com

Frankenstein’s table of instruments features in the character’s opening number during the show, “The Brain.”