El Paisano Newspaper vol. 55 issue 2

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PAISANO RIO HONDO COLLEGE NEWSPAPER est. 1964 Serving the Rio Hondo Community

Tuesday,September 12 2017

Volume 55 Issue 2

16 Years Later: Remembering the 9/11 Victims

RAMON ALVARADO Editor-in-Chief

ramon.alvarado7328@my.riohondo.edu

Monday marked the 16 year anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Rio Hondo held a memorial in the lower quad to remember all the lives we lost on that horrific day.

Clouds casted over the sun, setting the vibe for the 9/11 Memorial at Rio Hondo.

The event kicked off with student singing the National Anthem, then Robert Diaz, an Instructional Assistant in the LAC at Rio, coordinated the event.

School President Teresa Dreyfuss was first to speak to students, staff, veterans, and the Rio Hondo Police Academy Cadets who were present.

“Today we gather to remember those we lost 16 years ago on September 11 in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.,” President Dreyfuss said. “We gather

Few seats were provided, but many staff members and students gathered in the lower quad for the 9/11 Memorial. RAMON ALVARADO/ EL PAISANO

here to remember the first responders and the volunteers who lost their lives rescuing those in danger.”

Former U.S. service members who now attend Rio Hondo spoke about where they were when the disasters

unfolded on that early morning in New York, most being around 10-12 years old when it happened.

Hurricane Irma Takes a Break

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Rio Hondo Roadrunners

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JAIME APARICIO Staff Writer

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Although Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a tropical storm, the aftermath of its damage is nothing short of a disaster. As of Monday morning, September 11, 2017, Irma has left 26 people dead after passing through the Caribbean this past Friday.

Unfortunately for the citizens of Cuba, Irma was classified as a Category 5 hurricane by the time it reached the shores of the Caribbean islands. A hurricane of this magnitude is nothing new to storm watchers, but was is a surprise is that Irma wasn’t the only storm in recent news to hit the United States.

Just last month, the coast of Texas was hit with Hurricane Harvey that left

Things got really emotional in the lower quad when U.S. Navy member

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In this image, we get a look at Hurricane Irma as it heads towards the U.S. The category 5 hurricane has already flooded cities on the east side of Florida.

70 people dead and ended up leaving 40 to 52 inches of water which broke the alltime continental U.S. tropical cyclone rain record.

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With Irma still passing through northeast Florida, winds were still recorded to be at high speeds at 72 miles per hour. Irma, now being

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currently classified as a tropical storm, left 5.8 million residents without power and

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Rio Hondo College has four teams that have begun their season with three sports beginning by the end of this month. Volleyball and Soccer have begun for the women’s with water polo and soccer having started for the men’s.

Men’s basketball, wrestling, and women’s water polo will follow suite later this month to provide plenty of sporting events for students to enjoy this Fall.

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NEWS

Editorial Opiods Finding A Home In All Types Of Users.

DANIEL CAMPOS Staff Writer

In an image spread across social media and across the message boards, A four-yearold sits in the back seat of a van while his adult parents are passed out with their seatbelts still on salivating and eyes rolled back, this is a scene all-too-familiar as America is being hit with an opioid epidemic, the likes of which have never been seen before.

States are proposing and passing new laws that will help prevent the opiate and opioid crisis from growing.

Hospitals across the country are seeing a rise in heroin overdoses and they are filling up emergency rooms across the Nation. Most victims who overdose end up using Medicare or Medicaid to relieve the hospital bills but when it comes to gender both men and women are equal in the amounts of visits and the age of such visitors seems to be across the board as well.

Another looming threat to the Health Care industry is the hepatitis C contractions that can be had with shared of needle use which is often the choice of drug users to inject the body numbing drug.

The disease is treatable but not curable and takes a heavy toll on the victim it finds itself in.

What may be a blinding shock to some is a safe haven for others already political figures in Fresno County about 5 hours north of Los Angeles, have put into law, clinics where users of these drugs can use clean needles and clean up within the facilities to inject their drugs.

This comes at a time where a closely related topic of physician-assisted suicide is on the helms of political reform and the everyday population questioning the outcomes of these policies.

With close by cities such as El Monte, Whittier, Pico Rivera, La Puente, all of which have seen the realities of opioid and opiate usage take its toll on the community. Checking in with local hospitals they all say they see their fair number of overdoses each month. Looking at more numbers, it is estimated that an average of 142 people in America die each day of such related overdose. That's

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more than murder victims and car accident victim deaths in a day combined. A special committee to fight the crisis has been set up and some are saying president Trump is ignoring their suggestions.

Also noted was New Revelations coming into fruition saying that doctors from lower billed medical schools tend to prescribe more of the lethal doses of drugs to patients who are abusing them.

With no laws or restrictions pertaining to what can and cannot be prescribed many times it is too late and during a lawsuit that loved ones sue doctors to try and recover any loss from a fallen family member.

Most of the time these doctors are covered by insurance in order to protect their license and business. it would take an uber Elite team of lawyers to try and fight with the pharmaceutical companies who are valued in the billions and help influence social change and legislation in Capitol Hill.

It seems as though America is ready for an entire overhaul of the opioid system from the claims of users who need it, to the doctors who prescribe it, it is readily available both legally and on the black market and proper legislation and laws need to be taken into effect in order correct the crisis that has shaken so many families to it's core.

“...it is estimated that an average of 142 people in America die each day of such related overdose.

That's more than murder victims and car accident victim deaths in a day combined.”

Hurricane Irma Continued from page 1 with Miami streets turning into raging bodies of water, the city’s airport had to be shut down due to significant water damage.

And although Irma is moving onto other parts of the U.S. such as Alabama, Tennessee and both North and South Carolina, people are urged by the local fire department “to be patient and remain sheltered in place,” says St. Augustine fire chief Carlos Aviles. Jack

Seiler, Mayor of Fort Lauderdale ads with, “Stay off the roads, stay off the streets, let us complete our assessment, clear the roads of water, power lines, trees and then you can get out there and determine what happened to your individual property or your neighborhood.”

It’s understandable for residents to feel the need to stand their ground and pursue to check on their property and belongings, but when it

comes to choosing between possessions and keeping oneself safe from harm’s way, it would probably be a wiser choice to heed the advice of professionals and keep away until the storm completely dissipates.

Though Irma seems to have finished with its destructive path on Florida, other states now prepare for what could be another disastrous headline in the days to come.

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NEWS

Montebello School District To Be “Broke” By 2019 DANTE LOPEZ-BENNETT Staff Writer

dante.lopezbennett9611@my.riohondo.edu

In a los Angeles County Office Of Education briefing to Montebello officials reported on by Hayley Munguia of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on August 24th, it is purported that the Montebello Unified School District will be “nine million in the red by the end of the 2018- 19 school year.”

This development is just hot off the heels from what was described as a series of financial mistakes, able to “adversely impact the fiscal condition of the district” by Patricia Smith, the executive director of LACOE School Financial Services, in a letter that was obtained by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

Our most recent request for comment from Division Secretary Cheryl Schissler and Interim Superintendent

9/11 memorial continued from page 1

Dominic Lopez got up to speak. He spoke about how he found out about the attack on the World Trade Center.

“I was a young boy, 18, Montebello High… went to Missouri for training…

I remember being on dozer phase, starting up our dozers,” Lopez said, as he looked up, recollecting his memories. “[I’m] getting ready, then all of a sudden our instructor tells us to shut everything down… We stood there quietly, and all of sudden [our instructor] pulled up in a little, small, beat-up, little bucket Geo… He pulled up and opened all the doors

Anthony Martinez on projections as to whether or not the allegations of misconduct are simply conjecture, and as to whether or not the troubling development that the Montebello Unified School District will not be able to financially support itself by the 2018- 19 school year, as of this writing, has not been responded to.

Back in March, El Paisano’s very own Eric Muñoz, reported on unrest in Montebello where a demonstration of students, faculty, and alumni where en route to the Montebello Unified School District headquarters to voice their grievances.

There was an atmosphere of displacement among students from all walks of life in Montebello, where just a couple months ago, they were faced with the possibility that their beloved teachers may not return due to substan-

tial efforts by the district to restructure its workforce.

In the opinion of students like John Rivas, an organizer/ senior who was on hand for the demonstrations just last March, the decision to upend the lives of faculty and students due to money, is appalling.

In an interview with CBSLA he went on to make it a point that teachers “who have worked countless hours to give us an education” being fired, could in no way amount to sufficient justice.

With new reports of the district facing financial hardship, fates may once again be uncertain in Montebello, where a growing demand for answers has lingered since the start of the new year.

While students march, officials wonder, and the weary faculty of Montebello ponder, changes to the

Montebello Unified School District are presenting themselves to be an intricate series of affairs that will undoubtedly take time to be resolved.

and turned on the radio...

We’re just sitting there quietly, listening to descriptions about smoke, glass, and screaming… but we have yet to know what’s going on, and I remember, finally, they said that the U.S. is under attack.”

Lopez then spoke on his love for his country: “I just love this country,” assured Lopez. “Even on its worse days, this is still the greatest country. Even with everything...everything we’re going through, people are still coming here.”

The 9/11 Memorial Monday morning reminded us that, while it was a horrific incident, the only thing those terrorist attacks did was make the U.S. stronger.

“I think the one thing we can takeaway is, just like Isoroku Yaramoto said in World War II, I think [the attacks] ‘awoken a sleeping giant.’“ Lopez said. “…and that’s all [9/11] really did, was make us stronger and more united.”

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OPINION

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Speakout

What are your thoughts on the president’s decision to eliminate DACA?

Editor-in-Chief RAMON ALVARADO A&E Editor DANIELLE ANZURES

By

Managing Editor DIANA JUAREZ

paña s E o rt Gilbe “It’s one of the craziest things that I have seen a president do since it will be affecting hundreds of thousands of young people who were raised in this country and their families. I don’t think it’s fair as everyone should have the same opportunity to succeed in life. I believe DACA should not be eliminated, but expanded as it gives several “dreamers” the chance to get a better life.”

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“I think that it shouldn’t be eliminated because it gives many DACA recipients the opportunity to go to college and have a career. By removing DACA it would also affect dreamers.”

Copy Editors MEGAN DE LARA MICHAEL KHURAIBET Advisor WENDY CARRERA

Reporters

JOHAN ALFARO ANAMARIA APARICIO JAMIE APARICIO ANDREW BAROCIO ARLINE CHAIDEZ DANIEL CAMPOS GILBERTO ESPAÑA JEREMY FOSTER JACOBO GARRIDO LUIS GUTIERREZ AUTUMN LEWIS DANTE LOPEZ-BENNETT MALENA LOPEZ BLANCA MARTIN DANIEL MENDEZ JONATHAN MEZA ANTHONY MORENO ANTHONY NAJAR CYNTHIA OLVERA RYAN RIVERA ESTEPHANY RODRIGUEZ DAVID SOLORZANO

Jackie Barragan

“It’s really bad since they don’t give the “dreamers” a chance to get a better life. Everyone should have a right to be educated.

You never know one of those young kids might be our future president and expand the policy.”

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Why Hollywood Critics Are Ruining Movies

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Everybody’s a movie critic nowadays with the internet.

Luis Gutierrez Staff Writer

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Before movies come out the first thing you’ll see is it’s Rotten Tomatoes score, or what it scored on IMDB. People are frequently letting

others tell them what is and isn’t a good movie. For this reason alone it’s ruining films for moviegoers everywhere.

One of the perfect examples of this is when Batman vs Superman came out, the early reviews on the movie had already doomed it for potential viewers. For those that went out of their way to see it, they had the mentality that it wasn’t going to be good at all and left the film with the same opinion because of its score on Rotten Tomatoes.

This alone is robbing people of forming their own opinion.

Creating a mob mentality just because a group of people hated whatever movie it was you have to hate it too, or fear being made fun of.

For the few that actually liked a movie that received bad reviews it makes them afraid to come out and say it was a good film, because of the ridicule they’ll receive from others around them.

It has the same effect for movies that get good ratings as well. If you sit through a whole movie that is deemed good by many but not by you, you’ll get tons of backlash if you decide to voice your opin-

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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T-Mobile Offers Netflix Subscription To Unlimted Data Famly Plan Users

T-Mobile offers Netflix for their service if you are a T-Mobile ONE subsriber and have two or more voice lines.

JACOBO GARRIDO Staff Writer

jacobo.garrido9991@my.riohondo.edu

Free Netflix? With T-Mobile’s latest subscription package, family plan members with unlimited data will be receiving a free subscription to Netflix streaming, signaling for the decline of tv bundles as a whole. Addition-

ally, video streaming services will also be accessible to members on mobile phone plans.

This package follows the recent bundle with AT&T’s HBO giveaway back in April.

T-Mobile hopes to keep existing members while enticing new subscribers to the family plan, boosting their overall sales and customer growth.

This will also help boost Netflix’ US audience that increased by 10 percent in the last year, leaving it just shy of 52 viewers.

While this move seemed profitable to T-Mobile in increasing membership, investors are more thrilled for Netflix. As its shares gained two percent while T-Mobile’s stayed stagnant.

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Members who are already active with two or more lines will receive standard Netflix subscription which cost $10 per month. Benefitting almost all the plans, members who were previously subscribed to the video streaming program with T-Mobile will also receive a free Netflix subscription.

This promotion was

started in 2013 by CEO John Legere. The plan being offered by Netflix streams in high definition and will allow two users to be logged on at the same time.

Though this is not the only quality that is available, 4K ultra-high definition content can be obtained through the premium plan which is $12 a month.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nanomachines: Killing Cancer

An Ancient Past Long Forgotten

LUIS GUTIERREZ DAVID SOLOZANO Staff Writer

david.solorzano8032@my.riohondo.edu

Every location around the world, regardless of how similar it can be to another, has its own stories of past events filled with rich history. Some of these recorded events are only ever told by word of mouth, so most think nothing of them. That was exactly the case on the Island of Triquet in British Columbia where the Heiltsuk nation is found. They have a verbal history, passed down for generations, that tells of the migratory time for their people during the Ice Age.

This oral telling of history was merely a verbal tale to most until archeologist Alisha Gauvreau, a student of the University of Victoria and a scholar of the research institute Hakai, along with her team team began excavation late 2016 on Triquet Island.

They dug up many artifacts

that appeared to be from an ancient village. Everything from carved wooden tools to charcoal found in a thin layer known as “Paleosol.” They were able to carbon date the charcoal flakes in a lab and pinpoint the date back between 13,600 to 14,100 years ago. This discovery would make the civilization older than the pyramids in Egypt.

The tools and other artifacts are some of the oldest remnants of ancient settlements ever found in North America.

Thanks to Gauvreau’s most recent discovery, we can now date human civilization in the west coast of North America closer to the time when humans first migrated and settled in North America.

Prior to this, archeologists believed that civilization sprouted 800 to 13,800 years ago. Further research will only reveal new information that can give us better insight to our history.

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Staff Writer

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What a time to be alive.

Scientist have developed nanomachines that can kill cancer in 60 seconds. The way they’re worked is by little molecules that are driven by light that make their way through the cell lining then activate. A test done at Durham University took about one to three minutes to totally kill prostate cancer.

“We are moving towards realising our ambition to be able to use light-activated nanomachines to target cancer cells such as those in breast tumours and skin melanomas, including those that are resistant to existing chemotherapy,” explained Dr. Robert Pal of the University

of Durham, “Once developed, this approach could provide a potential step change in non-invasive cancer treatment and greatly improve survival rates and patient welfare globally.”

In order for this to work the nanomachines need to spin about two to three million times per second. The molecules being transferred as a therapeutic agent, or a killer, open tumor membranes.

Dr. James Tour, a member of Rice University in Houston, stated “These nanomachines are so small that we could park 50,000 of them across the diameter of a human hair, yet they have the targeting and actuating components combined in that diminutive package to make molecular machines a reality for treat-

ing disease.” This is a huge breakthrough in the world of modern medicine. Because, if perfected, this could be used to kill all sorts of cancer, as well as deliver medicine at a faster and more effect way.

“For many years I never had envisioned the nanomachines being used medically, I thought they were way too small, because they are much much smaller than a cell, but now this work has really changed my thoughts on this and I think therapeutically this will be a whole new way to treat patients, it’s going to be an excellent application for cancer treatment, not just for killing of cells but for the treatment of cells, interacting with the human body using molecular machines,” said Dr. Tour.

“It’s going to be an excellent application for cancer treatment, not just for killing of cells but for the treatment of cells, interacting with the human body using molecular machines.”

-Dr. James Tour

Self-Driving Cars An Inevitable Future

Modern Technology successfully funded by government to speed up self-driving cars.

LUIS GUTIERREZ Staff Writer

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DIANA JUAREZ Managing Editor

diana.juarez8805@my.riohondo.edu

Self driving cars are becom Self-driving cars are trending as technology improves, so much so that a bill was passed to speed up production.

Demand for these vehicles surpassed the extremely expensive and limited supply, but hopefully with this new

bill, the price will drop.

State government officials were concerned with the federal government limiting their ability to protect their citizens by giving up the sole means of authority to regulate vehicles to the federal government.

Which is new because usually the federal government regulates drivers while state government regulates vehicles.

To no surprise, automotive companies supported this bill, claiming that it

would lower traffic fatalities by a significant number, as well as many other benefits.

They even stated that early estimates of crashes last year had 40,000 fatalities, according to ABC News. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated that 94 percent of all crashes are due to human error and not machines.

The house of representatives is working closely with both Democrats and Republicans to see this bill go through. It seems to be

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/JAKE LAUREL working because Michigan’s congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D) said that the bill “... is fundamentally an issue of American competitiveness.”

“[The bill] gives the auto industry the tools to revolutionize how we’re going to get around for generations to come,” said Michigan congressman Fred Upton (R).

The bill in question will allow up to 25,00 self-driving cars its first year, while rising 100,000 yearly by its third year. Even though the government is on board, it

doesn’t mean a lot of the public is.

Automakers feel that the typical requirements for safety, such as brake pedals and steering wheels, don’t make sense. This is something that concerns safety groups and consumers alike and they claim that the chances of a defect happening could lead to more accidents. Of course, the government could still enforce and even create strict safety tests.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

“It”: A Terrifyingly Amazing Experience NOAH GARCIA

News Editor

noah.garcia3720@my.riohondo.edu

A major problem a lot of horror movies have today is that they never really feel like they have a satisfying ending. Yes the heroes of the story usually win, but they usually don’t have the right emotional atmosphere created by the end. They usually seem unfinished and unresolved. With It however, the ending was thematically and emotionally satisfying; leaving the audience with a mix of a fulfilling resolution and somehow lingering thought of what will come next. There’s several main aspects of the film that makes it really stand out from other horror movies released today.

One exciting part about the film is the fact that it’s actually frightening. While there are several uses of popular scare tactics in the film like jump scares, the horror in this film is great and ranges from making you super uncomfortable to jumping out of your seat. It dances in between this spectrum of scary, giving

it a great medium that both casual and hardcore horror fans can enjoy.

The film based on a Stephen King novel is so brilliantly scary and it’s great seeing it so well transcribed onto the big screen. Although there are some details left out of the film from the novel, most noticeably one near the end of the first half, although the changes don’t really affect the film and doesn’t hinder it whatsoever.

Every actor, from child to adult not only worked hard, but they were unbelievably impressive. There’s a certain stigma that goes along with child actors, but their portrayal of these characters were simply amazing. Each of the children have gone through their own share of trauma which eventually makes them realize that growing up means that they have to make a choice to save themselves. Once they venture on into adulthood they have no choice, but to face their problems head on. The creature from the film, Pennywise the Dancing Clown; works well not only as an

actual physical threat, but as a creepy metaphor for childhood trauma. The juxtapose of real world believable trauma and the psychological affects that all culminate into the real world danger of the clown all works so well.

The greatest accomplishment of this film is that it gets us to care about these characters so that when bad things do happen to them, we as an audience cares. Most horror movies rely on tropes or small details assigned to a character so that the audience cares, but the kids in It are endearing and likeable. If you have a chance I recommend you to go watch it, so you can not only see for yourself why this film is gaining so much attention, but so you can be part of the narrative itself.

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American Horror Story: Cult made its premiere on Tuesday, September 5, just in time to keep viewers spooked all Fall.

The first episode used the 2016 election to set up the events for the seventh season of the award-winning show.

The first episode, titled “Election Night,” kicks off with Donald Trump winning the presidency over Hillary Clinton. The news instills fear into Ally, played by Sarah Paulson, her partner Ivy, played by Alison Pill, and their friends

who support their samesex relationship.

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Pennywise was updated to fit modern horror monsters

While Ally and her partner are distraught at the result of the election and what it may mean for their relationship, we are given a look at Evan Peter’s season seven character, Kai. The outcome of the election couldn’t be any better for Kai. “The revolution has begun,” proclaims Kai after seeing Trump has won. We continue to see him boast the victory in front of his television, chanting “U! S! A!” and yelling “Freedom!”

As the episode continues, we begin to see the

lasting-effects the election has on Ally and Kai. Ally is so devastated by the news of the election, that her phobias begin to come back to light for her. Her fears of clowns and holes in objects, also known as trypophobia, begin to haunt her through hallucinations.

Ally’s fears seem to be set as the main source of terror for this season of American Horror Story.

Ally struggles all throughout the episode.

Kai, on the other hand, is feeling brave and outspoken in light of the election. “Election Night” gracefully flows around Ally and Kai;

Arclight in Hollywood Theater Review JAIME APARICIO Staff Writer

Photo edi done by Noah Garcia

“American Horror Story: Cult” Rings in Trump Era RAMON ALVARADO Editor-in-Chief

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even giving us an interaction between the two.

“Election Night” ends with both Ally and Kai in a questionable position, leaving viewers wondering what’s in store for them the rest of this season. American Horror Story: Cult will continue to air Tuesdays on FX at 10 p.m.

It’s no surprise that going to the theater has become more expensive, with minimum wage and prices slowly rising, movie goers who still enjoy going to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster or indie film, now have to strategize on which location they prefer going to.

Simply going to the nearest theater is not worth it anymore unless the distance is not a problem.

Moviegoers who don’t live close to a theater now have to consider the drive time, gas price, and ticket price when picking their place of entertainment.

With money probably being the main issue, independent and well known theater chains have to offer an incentive to justify the raise in ticket prices with the experience of going to the theater, sitting down in a ac auditorium and watching a movie on the silver screen.

The Arclight Hollywood in Los Angeles offers an enjoyable experience worthy of multiple trips along with screenings of classic films that captured the excitement of going to the movies in the first place.

Going to the Arclight theater is a fancy experience as there is a mini restaurant inside the theater along with a bar area that allows you to take purchased drinks inside the auditorium, which can enhance the experience for some.

While ticket can be expensive at 16 dollars, not including the parking price, what justifies the price of everything else is the enjoyment of sitting in the auditorium with a cold drink in hand and seeing the film itself in a well-lit screen with exceptional sound. Happy viewing.

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The Sunstock Solar Festival ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ Contributing Photographer

alexis.rodriguez7226@my.riohondo.edu

The Sunstock Solar Festival is an event hosted at the Magicbox benefiting grid alternatives with solar powered stages. Big names where there like Ra Ra Riot and Robert Delong to help support.

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LIFESTYLES

Rio Hondo DACA Student Speaks on Its Impact JOHAN ALFARO Staff Writer

johan.alfaro2536@my.riohondo.edu

The crucial decision that President Donald Trump made against DACA, on September 5, will be affecting about 800,000 young, hardworking and innocent dreamers.

One in particular, who attends Rio Hondo College. Ricardo Montero, a 3.5 GPA sophomore who is not only one of most full time college students but is currently applying for a second job to hopefully help destress his parents with monthly bills.

His daily agenda, Monday through Thursday, consists of morning classes from 9:00 am to 3 pm, rushes home, to eat and shower quickly to get to work by 4 pm and clocks out at 12 am.

He then tries to complete half his homework before bed and other half, later that morning before class starts. His second job will only be on the weekends as a server at a local restaurant.

I asked him why one job wasn’t enough for him, he explained, it wasn’t enough because

Ricardo Montero, a DACA recipient from Rio Hondo stands in defense of Dreamers everywhere.

he would hand 80% of his check to his parents, leaving him with only 20%, “That wasn’t enough and drove me nuts because I couldn’t satisfy my wants… made me feel stressed” Ricardo added.

I followed by asking him how he was going to manage his time after having school, work and social life on his back.

His response made it clear to me he wasn’t how Trump thinks all immigrants are, “people like me must work harder or else we can’t live. People born here have all the advantages over immigrants”.

DACA recipients had to be in the US before 2007 and had to be younger than 15 years old.

Ricardo grew up along-

side citizens in El Monte where he fit perfectly but noticed a difference, a feeling of discomfort, when he was put in a program with students that were also not from here.

He said he felt that way because there were students who were born in the states that couldn’t pronounce certain words and needed much more help

JOHAN ALFARO/EL PAISANO than him, “that’s when I got a hint of injustice” he added.

Ricardo believes Trump should help not only people who fall under DACA but the older generation because they have been working hard for many years with fear.

Rio Hondo Student Lands Internship at JPL

SARA HARDING Lifestyles Editor

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Rio Hondo student Joshua Orozco received a prestigious internship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) this Fall Semester. Located in Pasadena, JPL is a federally funded research and development center.

It is the leading center in the United States responsible for robotic exploration of the solar system. Joshua will be working alongside other bright minds who are responsible for getting spacecrafts and instruments on every planet in the solar system.

During his 10 week internship, Joshua will design new ways to study stars, investigate icy moons thought to be hospitable to life, and even help choose a landing spot for the next Mars

rover. Thousands of science and engineering students apply each year for this internship. Joshua is one of just seven hundred students who were selected to have this opportunity for learning and

development. MESA Director Dr. Spieler notified Joshua that this internship was available, while Dr. Cristian Vaca helped him with the application process. Joshua didn’t hear back from JPL for almost six weeks into summer, until he got the phone call. Joshua said that he is “thankful for the faculty at Rio Hondo who have inspired and helped him throughout his years here”.

“Dr. Baca, Dr. Joseph Reed, Dr. Speiler, Dean Dr. Van Priest, those are all very influential people that have guided and help me through this whole process.”

This Aerospace Engineer major has big goals for his future. When asked about his

future career, Joshua said, “Preferably I’d like to work on new technology, work on spacecrafts.

Probably not in the private industry, I’m thinking about going into a government job, where the money is more stable.”

Joshua’s drive, focus, and determination will help him open the door to great opportunities. This fall semester, he plans on applying to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California Berkeley, and University of California Los Angeles . Even though MIT only accepted 1 transfer student last year, Joshua is confident that he can be the next transfer student to call this school his new home.

When asked if he had advice for anyone that wants to pursue a STEM major, Joshua said, “Maybe for anyone who wants to pursue STEM, don’t be worried about the amount of time that it’s going to take because everyone here works equally hard. It’s only about how consistent you and your desire to pursue your education because these are not easy classes, but anyone can do them.

There are people in MESA who have started at Math 20, and have gone all the way up to differential equations and they transfer to a really good school.

Anyone can do it, you just have to find the resources and you need to allocate your time correctly.”

“Maybe for anyone who wants to pursue STEM, don’t be worried about the amount of time that it’s going to take because everyone here works equally hard.”

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SPORTS

Rio Hondo Sports Preview continued from page 1

Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer team have begun their season 3-1-2 with the latest match ending in a 0-0 draw against Mira Costa on Friday. The Roadrunners started their season with a 1-0 away victory over Irvine Valley College followed by a 3-2 defeat to San Bernardino Valley. Since then, the Runners have gone three games unbeaten including two wins last weekend at the Azteca Soccer Tournament in Mt. SAC.

Women’s Soccer

Much like the men’s team, the Women’s Soccer squad tied against Orange Coast College on Wednesday 1-1 taking their record to 1-1-1 after starting the season with a win 2-1 against

San Diego Mesa and a 3-1 loss to Diablo Valley College last week.

The Lady Roadrunners defeated Fullerton on Friday with a score of 1-0. Next for women’s soccer is a showdown with Ventura Sept. 15 which will be their fifth and final away game to start the season.

On Sept. 22 the women’s team will have their home opener by welcoming Santa Monica to The Hondo at 2 pm.

Women’s Volleyball After a rocky 1-5 start to the year, the Women’s Volleyball team had gone 3-1 in their last four games bringing their record to 3-5 in eight matches.

Victories against Glendale, Fullerton, and, most recently, Antelope Valley have shown signs of optimism for the Lady

Roadrunners when things started off looking to be difficult for head coach Teddi Esko.

Losses to LA Pierce, Bakersfield, Golden West, Pasadena City, and Desert to start the year have now been answered positively despite two losses on Friday to Antelope Valley and Saddleback.

The next home game is on Sept.

13 against San Diego City at the Rio Hondo gym with a 5 pm start time.

Men’s Water Polo

The men’s water polo team continues their season this weekend at the Citrus College Tournament with games against the Owls, Santa Monica, and a team yet to be determined.

The Roadrunners began their season on Saturday with a win

and a loss at Miramar College against the Jets (W, 17-5) and Grossmont College (L, 16-6) and roll into the Citrus Tournament looking to establish momentum going into their conference opener on Sept. 13 against Chaffey College at The Hondo (4:30 start time).

Women’s Water Polo

The Women’s Water Polo team will also participate at a tournament this weekend at Saddleback College.

It will signal the start of their season with a game against the Gauchos and two other opponents yet to be determined. The Lady Roadrunners look to begin their season on the right foot at the Saddleback Tournament as they head into conference play next week.

Wrestling The Wrestling team is in preparation to open their season with a set of three Saturday tournaments starting with the Mt. SAC Dual Tournament on Sept. 16, West Hills Tournament (9/23), and Santa Ana Tournament (9/30).

The Roadrunners’ first home dual will be on Oct. 4 against East Los Angeles College.

Men’s Basketball The Men’s Basketball team will open their season Sept. 15 at Cerritos College with the Fall Classic as a brief preseason warm up before coming back in November for the Miramar Tournament and non-conference play.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

El Paisano Tuesday September 12, 2017

* = City of Whittier Events

EVENTS

LOCATION

TIME

Tue. September 12 *City Council Meeting...................................................@ City Hall............................................ 6:30 PM Loan Workshop..............................................................@ SS-305............................................... 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM Opening Reception: SUR...............................................@ Rio Art Gallery.................................. 5:00 PM- 9:00 PM Rio Hondo 101...............................................................@ TBD................................................... 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM DACA Update.................................................................@ LR-128.............................................. 4:30 PM- 5:00 PM

Wed. Septeber 13 Loan Work.....................................................................@ SS-305............................................... 10:00 AM- 11:00 AM RioHondo 101................................................................@ SS-305............................................... 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Board Meeting...............................................................@ Board Room- A102............................ 6:00 PM WOMEN’S WATERPOLO................................................@ RIO HONDO COLLEGE..................... 3:00 PM MEN’S WATERPOLO......................................................@ RIO HONDO COLLEGE..................... 4:30 PM WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL...............................................@ RIO HONDO COLLEGE..................... 5:00 PM

Thur. September 14 *Design Review Board Meeting.....................................@ City Hall............................................ 4:00 PM Time Management.........................................................@ TBD................................................... 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM

Fri. September 15 MEN’S BASKETBALL.....................................................@ CERRITOS COLLEGE........................ TBD MEN’S SOCCER.............................................................@ RIO HONDO COLLEGE..................... 6:00 PM MEN’S WATERPOLO......................................................@ MT. SAC............................................ ALL DAY WOMEN’S SOCCER.......................................................@ VENTURA COLLEGE......................... 6:00 PM

Sat. September 16 MEN’S BASKETBALL.....................................................@ CERRITOS COLLEGE........................ TBD MEN’S WATERPOLO......................................................@ CITRUS COLLEGE............................. 4:30 PM

Mon. September 18 Loan Workshop..............................................................@ SS-305............................................... 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM Ballin” on a Budget........................................................@ LR-101.............................................. 10:00 AM- 11:00 AM Study Skills: English Grammar......................................@ LR114................................................ 4:30 PM- 5:30 PM