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E-mail threatens Muslim students SARAH BLACK

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DON’T STOP DANCING:World famous house DJ and Artist Kaskade performs live at the Hollywood Palladium on October 8th.

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Electronic music is on the rise SEAN LARA

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lectronic music, also known as “EDM” or Electronic Dance Music is becoming very popular amongst Saddleback and college students all over the country.

What was once an underground scene, listened to by a select few, has erupted into a very popular musical phenomenon that is starting to make its way into mainstream society.

“It’s [Electronic music] different from the usual, and people like different”, said Attila Toth, 18, undecided.

“This why it’s become so popular and a sick beat can make you have a great time!”

EDM is a style of computergenerated music that was developed in the early `70s and incorporates the sounds of disco, pop and classical music.

It was originally crafted with the sole intent to be played by DJ’s at clubs as a continuous mix but has now found its place as a legitimate genre. Combining fast beats, bass, uplifting lyrics and unique sounds, this style of music can be listened to by anyone regardless of age, and with all of the subgenres available there are styles for everyone to appreciate.

One of the main reasons this style of music has started to become popular is the availability and easy access to it. Internet websites and software such as YouTube, Facebook and iTunes have brought this up from the underground and helped spread the music quickly. In addition, the popularity of attending raves has increased which is a great setting for friends to enjoy a large variety of music. Raves, or large EDM festivals, bring

does one find this music to listen to? Well there’s a good chance at least one of your friends listens to EDM, so ask them. There are also free podcasts online which are available to download straight to your

tens of thousands of people together in one giant venue where they can enjoy their favorite artists from all around the world.

What makes this style of music so unique from other genres to see live is the relationship between the DJ and the crowd. The experience is unlike any other style of music.

The performer and the audience have what many describe as a spiritual connection with each other and as the music gets more intense, energy is fed to the DJ from the crowd which creates a feeling that cannot be described with words.

Within the Electronic genre there are a variety of subgenres to suit different tastes in music. Of the more popular are “Trance”, “House”, “Electro”, “Dubstep”, “Drum and Bass” and “Techno.”

Now the real question is how

iPod (Above & Beyond and Marcus Schossow have great podcasts). If all else fails, do some searching on YouTube or hit up your local 21+ club.

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WORKIN’ THE CROWD:EDM provides an energetic enviornment and a unique relationship between the crowd and the DJ.

Saddleback and IVC propose new calendar KYLIE CORBETT MATT GARVEY

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cademic Senate is considering an earlier start date for fall semesters and elimination of staff development days in newest calendar proposal.

The 2012-2013 calendar is up for approval at the next Academic Senate meeting.

Under the proposed calendar, fall semester would begin Aug. 13. This year classes began Aug. 23. Removal of staff development days means instructors will not have a week between summer session and fall semester to prepare for classes.

Academic Senates at both Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College are in the process of reviewing proposed calendars for the academic year 2012 to 2013.

Upon approval, both calendars will be submitted to the South Orange County Community College District for a final decision on which calendar to use.

On Sept. 29, the calendar committee at Saddleback College made a presentation about the proposed calendar for 2012-2013.

“The calendar committee looks at Ed Code, Title 5, board policy, and the faculty contract when considering a calendar

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to present to the Academic Senate,” said Distance Learning Librarian Elizabeth Horan.

“It might be a little too early,” said Hayley Wood, 21, nursing.

“I like to get in vacations during summer and have things settled before starting school.”

Staff development days are not included in the proposed calendar as they were for this year.

ASG Business Science Senator, Dustin Kachad, 20, economics, attended last week’s meeting, and commented that faculty expressed their views.

“I couldn’t say whether they were for or against [the] removal [of flex week],” said Kachad.

“I think they were concerned at whether it would affect their contractual agreements, work load,

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and other tasks they would usually perform during flex week.”

IVC’s potential calendar maintains the staff development days with fall semester beginning Aug. 27. This calendar also includes a new winter intercession in January 2013. IVC Academic Senate has already approved this calendar and is awaiting a decision from the district.

“The task of the committee calendar is to present the Academic Senate the best version of an academic calendar, [finding] the best scenario for every stakeholder in the Saddleback College community,” Horan said.

ast week the Muslim Student Union at Saddleback College received an e-mail threatening its members.

Carmenmara Hernandez-Bravo, the group’s advisor, notified campus police.

“Get the hell out of our country and school’s,” said the e-mail. “As we know, you are our enemy and we are at war with Islam and Muslims!”

The e-mail explained that the sender would come with Homeland Security leaders to scan license plates and run identity checks. They also stated how they were hopeful that some of the members’ student visas would be illegal.

The MSU had planned to host an event featuring guest speaker DJ Halal, at the time the e-mail was received.

Hernandez-Bravo searched through last year’s last meeting sign-in sheet for any potential hate mail senders. She said they have names of who may have sent the e-mail.

At this time, the sender has not been identified.

“It’s an open investigation,” campus Police Chief Harry Parmer said. “There’s one investigator assigned, [the situation] is currently being looked at.”

Parmer said there was a response e-mail sent by a member of the MSU in which “language was included” that could give rise to a “potential for conflict.”

However, Parmer doesn’t believe conflict will arise, but the campus police will make sure they have the ability to keep peace on campus.

“No previous hate crimes have occurred as long as I’ve been here,” said Parmer. “And that’s 19 years.”

Parmer said there would be no consequences for the hate mail sender because even though the message was threatening, it’s still free speech.

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects free speech. In a 1942 precendentsetting case, Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that insulting or “fighting words” must “by their very utterance, inflict injury or tend to incite an im-

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sessions, and potential impact on enrollment if Saddleback College starts two full weeks before IVC’s start date.

“Summer school ends Aug. 10 Continued from page 1 and I think starting school on the There is the possibility that following Monday does not give the district could approve both students or faculty enough time calendars, which would mean to catch their breath,” Horan Saddleback College and IVC said. “The semesters are equal. would be on different schedules In the past, the spring semesfor the first time in several years. ter has been four days longer.”

“In the past they have picked Kachad believes the issue one calenis mainly dar for both with faculty. c a m p u s e s , “I think starting “ W h a t but they may did relate approve sepa- school on the directly to rate calen- following Monday students was dars for each the syncing c o l l e g e , ” does not give of IVC’s calHoran said. students or faculty endar with “It might Saddleback,” change my enough time to catch K a c h a d mind if I their breath.” said. “The can start Academic my classes Senate dislater,” Wood said. “But it cussed how matching the two would be nice if a class at calendars would largely conSaddleback was closed and venience students and faculty then I could petition a class at who attend both campuses.”

IVC when that class starts. It The Academic Senate asked wouldn’t be such a scramble.” faculty representatives to gathRepresentatives of the Sad- er opinions about the proposal dleback College Academic and report back on WednesSenate are likely to raise ques- day at their scheduled meeting. tions about the elimination of staff development days, the kcorbett5@saddleback.edu quick turnarounds between mgarvey1@saddleback.edu

Clubs come to rush again EVELYN CAICEDO

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n Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Inter-Club Council will host its second Club Rush to encourage students to become more involved on campus.

Clubs will have booths set up for prospective new members.

“The first Club Rush was mainly to give the clubs a chance to publicize their club, purposes, events, etc.,” said Justin Huft, ICC president, said. “This next Club Rush is more of a social gathering. It will include some food, free giveaways, and more of an opportunity for the clubs to explore their creativity and get their name out there more.”

The Oct. 6 Club Rush attendance increased, considering it had to be moved inside due to rain. And many clubs received attention from students never been achieved before.

According to Huft, Psi Beta, the local chapter of the National Honor Society in Psychology, gathered four pages of names of new members.

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POETRY CLUB: (Left to Right) Brandon Hibbard, 18, music, and Loki Freeman have exceeded a record amount of 200 members.

To an addition to the success of Psi Beta, numerous of other new clubs have emerged this year, such as the Poetry Club. “[The Poetry Club] is brand new, and they are, literally, out on the Quad for eight hours a day,” Huft said. “I’m pretty sure they just broke 200 members the other day. That is pretty impressive if you ask me.”

Every year the clubs try to

have some type of activity to entice students to visit the club’s booth. This year Huft hopes that the clubs will yet again have an exciting event to allow more interaction with students. Last year, the California Student Nursing Association built a lifesized Operation game, which Huft described as “pretty rad.”

For a list of activated clubs go to: http://www.saddleback. edu/asg/clubinformation.html

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Burnett optimistic in Annual State of the College address MATT GARVEY

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addleback College President Tod A. Burnett delivered his annual State of the College speech at a breakfast Thursday morning. The speech was titled “Achieving Greatness.”

Burnett laid out his top ten projects for 2010-2011, and acknowledged the achievements of Saddleback College, and addressed areas for future improvement.

The top project for Burnett is accreditation. Accreditation is similar to a review in which all aspects of the college are reviewed to make sure certain standards are being met. An independent team will be visiting the college Oct. 18 to Oct. 21.

“Our college will be ready for this visit,” said Burnett, “I am confident that our college’s accreditation will be reaffirmed with flying colors.”

An important issue included in the top ten projects was economic workforce development.

High unemployment rates and a struggling economy mean there is an increased need for Career and Technical Education. Citing the recent Community College Summit held by the White House, Burnett said that leaders are beginning real-

ize that a community college education is an excellent option.

“Community college is where it’s at,” Burnett said, “We will expand and strengthen our partnerships with the community and find new ways to provide job and career opportunities for our students.”

Alumni outreach was also mentioned as a top priority for Burnett. He recognized that in the past the school has only reached out to a small group of alumni. He admitted that this needs to change. In the last week the President’s staff compiled a 540,000-name list of alumni which Burnett hopes will be a jumping off point for future alumni involvement.

Burnett and the Saddleback College Foundation are also actively raising money for the Osher Scholarship Fund. This matching scholarship fund could result in a $1.3 million endowment to help pay for the costs of a higher education.

Beyond the top ten project list, the State of College breakfast allowed Burnett to recognize the achievements of students and staff at Saddleback College over the last year.

Burnett recognized the achievements of the nursing program. For the second year in a row, the nursing program was number one in the nation in passing the nursing licensing exam

with a 100 percent pass rate.

Burnett has been a very strong supporter of the nursing department,” said Donna Rane-Szostak, dean of Health Sciences and Human Services.

“We know he is behind us.”

Members and representatives of the South Orange County Community College District were in attendance. President Burnett applauded their fiscal management of the district.

“We are, if the not the best, one of the best fiscally run districts in the state,” Burnett said.

“It’s the result of the wonderful work done by our district board.”

Another achievement for the college has been the hiring of new faculty members.

“Most colleges haven’t been hiring faculty. Since they are not hiring we’ve seen one of the best pools of talent to hire from in a long time,” Burnett said.

“I was very thrilled we hired 16 wonderful new faculty.”

In the coming years there are still challenges to be addressed.

Most immediate is the growing demand of students to take community college courses while classes are already impacted. Burnett believes that Saddleback College will be able to meet this challenge citing the fiscal health of the district.

More long-term challenges lie in the maintenance of buildings and facilities.

“Saddleback College is a 42-year-old campus,” Burnett said. “Most of our buildings have not been maintained or renovated to keep up with the times.”

Burnett said Saddleback’s priority should be the Math, Science and Engineering Building.

“A new science building is long overdue and we will work with the district to ensure initiation of the design phase,” Burnett said. “It’s the domino that will get renovations moving.”

Burnett concluded, “I am very optimistic about the college’s future and I know that together we can achieve greatness.”

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YEARLY SPEECH: Saddleback College President Tod A. Burnett delivers his annual State of the College address on Oct. 7.

New money to be deferred to next fiscal year Chancellor Jack Scott has mixed feelings for new funding allocations MATT GARVEY

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alifornia Legislature passed a budget package Friday night nearly three months after the start of the fiscal year.

The $17.9 billion shortfall is made up for through spending cuts in social services, deferred payments to K-12 public schools and community colleges, and increased federal aid.

The agreement includes an overall increase in funding for community colleges. The increase will expand workforce training programs and enrollment.

However, the $189 million dollars of increased funds will not be paid until next fiscal year.

“I’m pleased our legislative leaders agreed to augment our budget to help us serve more students in 2010-11, and expand workforce training programs,” said California Community Colleges Chancellor

Jack Scott. “However, the budget also defers $189 million of the money promised us until the next year. This action tends to undermine the funding increases by obligating our system to expand this year, but does not provide colleges with the resources to do so until next year.”

The deferral of payments may result in community col-

“The deferral still puts us in a tough spot.

Our credit card is getting pretty heavy here.” leges having to borrow from private institutions.

This would result in interest payments and fees that would diminish the deferred payment.

Demand for job certification programs and students looking to avoid the high cost of tuition means community colleges have to provide services for more students. “The enrollment funding will help our colleges respond

to the tremendous demand they are experiencing,” said Scott, “but the deferral still puts us in a tough spot. Our credit card is getting pretty heavy here.”

Cuts to social services include $256 million from a childcare program for families coming off welfare and $133 million from mental health services for special education students. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made these cuts using his line-item veto. $5.4 billion in new federal aid will also play a part in making up the budget shortfall. A portion of this will fund education and welfare payments. $2.4 billion will come from higher tax revenue by delaying a corporate tax break.

A change to the pension system was also included in the new budget. All state employees hired after Nov. 1 will receive lower benefits than current employees.

This has been the longest budget delay in California history. It will undoubtedly impact Proposition 25 on this year’s ballot. Prop 25 would change budget approval from a twothirds vote to a simple majority.

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CEREMONIAL SAUNA: This sweat lodge is one of the many cultural aspects present in the Hupa tribeÕ s religious practices.

Former student gives out anthropology lecture on Hupa tribe LAUREN ECHOLS

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ontrary to the popular historical discourse depicting California Indians as passive actors against power, native culture has played an active roll in the shaping of history.

Former Saddleback College student Dr. Brian Gleeson will present a discussion on how Hupa culture played an active role in the passage of the HupaYurok Settlement Act (HYSA) of 1988.

“Aside from gaining some specific information about this particular tribe and it’s recent history, I hope that listeners will gain the broader insight that American Indians and indigenous people around the world are active agents in the shaping of their history,” said Dr. Gleeson. “Cultural perspectives have a significant influence on paths that unfold.”

Examining this critical historical moment through the lens of culture shows the active influence Hupa culture had in shaping the outcome of events.

In 1988, due to tribe members protesting in Sacramento and Washington D.C., the Hupa were finally recognized as a Sovereign Territory by the federal government.

Ronald Reagan signed the treaty, which put an end to the union of the Hupa and Yurok reservations, causing strain between lumber issues. Every year in the second week of August, this day is celebrated as Sovereign Day. Today the Sovereign Tribal Council resembles the ancient tribal government.

The long-term goals include the development of the local economy by using the natural resources land without upsetting the delicate balance of nature.

Over the last century and a half, the Hupa people have undergone a racial transition.

Through it all they have maintained a strong sense of cultural identity, which survives today.

The Hupa have incorporated aspects of the new outside culture without losing sight of their heritage.

“As an undergraduate I began studying with Dr. Lee Davis at San Francisco State University,” Gleeson said. [Davis] has worked with the Hupa for decades and through working with her I learned a lot of very interesting things about the Hupa that captured my attention.

“Moreover, the Hupa link into the wider area of California Indian tribes via a shared world renewal religion and a common political history,” he said.

About his focus on the northwest region of California, Dr. Gleeson said, “In my view, if you want to do good anthropol-

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MOVE FOR ME: Kaskade performs his song Ò DonÕ t Stop DancingÓ live at the Hollywood Palladium.

ogy you need to focus on specific topics and know them well in order to link the micro to the macro. This is a classic research strategy in anthropology.

The trick is balancing and distinguishing things that are culturally specific and commonly shared.

Often this depends on what lens you are applying to a subject or question, and ideally the methodology should be applicable in other settings.

I’ve spent a lot of time focusing on the Hupa and Northwestern California, but I feel I could have researched similar questions in New Zealand, Hawaii, Chile, or even Orange County.

That said, studying in California certainly hits home, because what I learn about is directly linked to my own history.

The lecture will take place on Thursday Oct. 14 from 12 - 1 p.m in HS (Health Science) 145. lechols5@saddleback.edu

his year Carmenmara Hernandez-Bravo, the Department Chair of the International Languages and the Language Lab, will host an International Film Festival where they will play the film The White Ribbon.

The White Ribbon will be shown on Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in SSC 212 and will be “free to the public and open to students and the community,” HernandezBravo said.

There will be a small reception with food, drinks and a discussion.

The film has won two academy award nominations in 2009 for Best Foreign Language Film

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and Best Cinematography.

The film also was the winner of the Golden Globe Award in 2009. The film also took first place at the 2009 Palme D’Or, Cannes Film Festival.

Hernandez-Bravo who is also a professor of the Spanish language, civilization and literature, hopes to show all the films that were nominated for the Oscar as the Best Foreign film.

The film’s plot takes place on July 1913 from the time of the outbreak of World War I. Extraordinary events start to arise in a small village in northern Germany which the Germans believe it to be a ritual punishment.

The children appear to be the center of these mysterious actions. Hernandez-Bravo said, “It is a great film that shows the roots of Nazi terror” The Los Angeles Film Club is sponsoring this film as well as the Associated Student Government. ecaicedo0@saddleback.edu

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Being a leftist, I’ve gotten used to being called everything from a Commie to an idiot by my conservative friends.

I understand the motivations of my Pro-life friend who vehemently insists that abortion is murder. I get why my Republican friend keeps insisting that free markets make free people. I know where my libertarian friend is coming from when he tells me that the Federal Reserve is an evil cabal of bankers and that the gold standard makes sense. But I am surprised and saddened by where the most vicious and personal comments have come from. It’s not some rightwing kook, it’s my otherwise perfectly normal Democratvoting friends.

When I get in arguments with people over how the Obama administration is conducting itself, it’s usually not with my right-wing friends, but with my Democratic friends, who maintain that “he’s doing the best he can” and “he’s not a miracle worker.” Of course, I understand that Obama is just the head of the Executive Branch, and can’t miraculously transform the country into a socialist utopia overnight.

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or many people, a meal simply isn’t simply a meal if there’s a protein component gracing the plate.

Whether it is a piece of chicken, a pork chop, or piece of meatloaf, animal proteins are the typical norm in the American diet.

As much as I love munching on a medium-rare steak, I feel a bit unhealthy afterwards and I want to hit the gym to burn off the calories. Being raised in an Asian household, meat was used more of a garnish while fresh vegetables and rice took the dinner spotlight. With our integration into American society, we found ourselves eating the typical “meat and potatoes” meals popularized in

for the Republicans in office if I was of age. I’m unhappy with the Obama administration because they killed the public option in the healthcare debate (which a majority of Americans support); because of their continuing unconditional support for Israel (even when they kill, imprison, or injure American citizens: 19-year old citizen Furkan Dogan was shot to death by Israeli commandos last June when an international aid flotilla was illegally boarded

by Israeli forces); because it was complicit in the wateringdown of the financial reform bill to the point of absurdity (sadly, the bill passed fails even to regulate financial derivatives, the nightmarishly complicated financial deals that caused the economy to collapse in the first place); because it has time and time again shown that it will back conservative Blue-Dogs over progressives in Congress; because its Attorney General Eric Holder has refused to act against sexual abuse in the prison system (he missed the June deadline for setting national standards imposed by the bipartisan National Prison Rape Elimination Commission); because of its failure to stop the incredibly wasteful and unsuccessful War on Drugs; and

because of its escalation of the unwinnable war in Afghanistan (now entering it’s tenth year).

If this were 2007, and it was the Bush administration doing these things, my Democrat friends would be just as angry and disappointed as I am today.

But in 2010, they’re the ones who will leap to Obama’s defense.

“You have to be pragmatic”, is the justification they give to explain illegal torture and extrajudicial assassinations.

“The Republicans would be worse,” is the excuse for a healthcare reform bill that gives insurance companies 30 million new customers and a financial reform bill that does nothing to address fundamental problems.

“The Democrats just have so much on their plate” is how they explain the fact that nothing is being done to address the fact that 40 million Americans now live in poverty, that one percent of our population live in our prisons, that half of all children in America and 90 percent of black children will be on food stamps during some point in their childhood. One can only hope that in the coming years, American liberals will stop voting for a party that takes their support for granted. I know I will.

American sitcoms and whatnot.

I ate fairly healthy when I was a kid, with fruit serving as my dessert after dinner as well as having red meat once or twice a month. Nowadays, my intake of fruits and vegetables has been decreasing and I find myself instead reaching for processed, refined, and high-calorie foods to quell my hunger. My energy levels used to be quite high when I was younger but now I feel lethargic and irritable.

As much as I loved eating different foods, it was time for me to find an intervention to improve my well-being.

While perusing a few of my favorite food blogs, I found a movement that inspired me to get my diet back in gear. Called “Meatless Mondays”, it’s a

social phenomenon created by the non-profit organization The Monday Campaigns. They are affiliated with the John Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health and they hope to decrease the average American’s meat consumption by 15 percent. By doing so, they hope to not only increase a person’s health but also decrease the environmental impact meat processing has in the world.

Now, before people cry out the words, “hippie” or “treehugger,” let me tell you this.

According to the Meatless Monday website, presidents such as Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman, and Franklin Roosevelt issued out voluntary meat-free days during World War I and World War II.

Many people participated in the event and to this day, it is seeing a comeback.

Mondays are usually the most stressful day for the average American and the last thing on a person’s mind when he or she comes home is the preparation of dinner. Leftovers, take-out, or frozen food take the stage for a Monday dinner, but why not change things up a bit?

A tofu stir-fry, lentil soup, or a tray of cheese enchiladas can be a tasty and meat-free way to spice up your dinner night. If everyone does this once a day for every week, then we can truly see a greater impact on the environment as well as our waistlines.

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he world has gone viral. The Internet provides just about everything at the click of a mouse or a quick search on Google. Websites like YouTube. com and Hulu.com seem to take precedence over the television industry these days.

Our fast paced world only becomes faster every day, and it is no wonder why such video hosting sites are becoming more popular than ever. Less commercials mean less waiting around for a show to start. Now add in DVR technology. Just call us Generation Impatient.

Sadly teenagers today have little to no attention span. With so much to do why is everyone always bored? Maybe it’s because ever since childhood,

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this modern generation has been given technology to keep us entertained. From being plopped in front of a television to playing on a Nintendo DS. We were never taught how to entertain ourselves without the bells and whistles of technology. Bring on YouTube, a procrastinator’s dream and a boss’ nightmare.

Even though it has been sued several times over for copyright infringement, most recently the large controversy with VEVO, YouTube is growing stronger than ever. Youtube hosts over two billion videos daily, a number nearly twice that of the views of the US primetime’s three major television networks combined.

According to Education Magazine, 65 percent of Americans spend more time on their computers than with their spouses. That is, of course, excluding the people who are

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not already married to their computers. For a while now, people have been asking the question “YouTube or TV?” Coming from an avid Youtube addict, I side with the Youtube community. The video hosting website gives filmmakers and vloggers (the name for a blogger who makes videos instead of writing) the chance to have their videos published and chucked out into cyberspace, professional or not. Oh and did I mention membership is free?

If a vlogger obtains enough subscribers and views on their videos, then they are able to apply for partnership. This means payment from advertiser sponsors for the amount of views on each of their videos.

YouTube splits profits with partners 50-50. Such vloggers include PhilipdeFranco, iJustine, and ShaneDawson to

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“No. I’ve never voted before. I’m not interested in politics. I don’t think my vote really makes a difference. I’m more Democrat, but I do like Meg Whitman only because she isn’t a career politician. “

“Yes, I’m a registered Republican. This election is really important. I think we need to get the Democrats out of office, They are not doing a good job and are wasting all of our money. I don’t smoke but I am voting yes on Proposition 19 because it will being in lots of money.”

David Martinez, 20, undecided

Ian Maclean, 18, undecided

“Yes I am. I am still looking into the candidates but most likely Democrat.”

“Hell ya! Proposition 19 hopefully will pass.

I’m registered as an Independent, but I’ll probably be voting for Jerry Brown.”

Sadaf Tahery, 19, civil engineer

April Vandegriff, 19, nursing

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name a few. They have created careers out of something they love to do. Videos are usually under five minutes in length, in order to maintain the attention of their impatient audiences.

The shorter the better according to the YouTube video tips page.

Unlike television, these videos are available any time, and for free to anyone with access to a computer or smartphone.

Television seems to be a thing of the past. People can easily access television shows online, legally or illegally, sometimes before the show has even aired. There may be no need to purchase both a computer and television in the future. Just a computer will do. It seems to be the direction our society is headed.

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But the root of my frustration, and of many Americans on the political left, is not President Obama not acting quickly or decisively enough, it’s that the worst excesses of the Bush administration are still being carried out under the Obama administration.

Remember when candidate Obama said he was going to close Guantanamo Bay in one year’s time and curtail the worst civil-rights abuses that happened under President Bush? It’s still open and running at near capacity.

Worse, some policies that even the Bush administration shied away from are now being implemented in the rebranded War on Terror. Drone strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan have targeted expatriate American citizens suspected of “terrorist activities” without any sort of due process or judicial oversight. Why do my Democrat friends support the Obama administration when these problems, the same that moved them to such outspoken rage when Bush was doing it, still exist?

Why do they look at me with such distaste when I tell them that I’m not voting for Obama or the Democrats? I’m doing it for largely the same reasons I wouldn’t have voted

Meatless Monday

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Bat Boy bites back at saddleback’s McKinney theater on opening night DAVID GUTMAN

be a rat and too small to be anything else: It’s Bat Boy. n, Friday Bat Boy fiThe story is about young nally made his presBat Boy, captured and forced ence known to the to be rehabilitated into a world outside world when Saddlethat doesn’t want him. The first back College’s fall musical scene consists of Bat Boy being theatre production of “Bat Boy: captured and taken to the town The Musical” opened in the Veterinarian Studio Theatre. who would All the pa“The vocals were decide on his trons, most fate of either family memfunny, the set was putting him bers of the perdown or sparefficient, with formers waited ing him. Bat outside, anxthe choreography Boy has aliously waiting ready injured complementing it for the door to one person swing open. all.” and the town Because is frantic the show was to be rid of performed in the smaller thethis stain in their community. atre, all the seats offered an The show was very funny intimate perspective for the paand entertaining, consisting of trons. The performers seemed tongue-in-cheek dialogue, great within arms’ reach, not by costume designs and some unmistake since the audience expected scene-stealing perforwas unaware of their pendmances by the various actors. ing interaction with the cast.

Johnathan Gopen, who As the people packed into played the character of Doctor their seats, the sole musician Parker, has a very dark intenwarmed up for the first scene. sity about him that unsettled Right before the curtain some of the audience with his raised for the show the Director, threats towards Bat Boy. MiDan Travino, and Ellen Prince, chael Groover, managed to choreographer, arrive and sat in grip the audience in the palm their front row seats, softly comof his hand with his hilarimenting on their nervousness. ous portrayals of several difSuddenly the house goes ferent characters in the show. black and in the dark siMichael Mayo’s performance lence, the audience hears the of Bat Boy elicited laugher sound of someone scurryfrom the audience, but more ing on the ground, too big to importantly, made them feel the plight of a boy desperate to find

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Fangs for the memories: Pictured from left to right: Julie Wickstrom, Michael Mayo, and Johnathan Gopen. Michael Mayo plays a character who changes constantly during the show: from animal to upstanding citizen. Johnathan Gopen and Julie Wickstrom play Meridith Parker and Dr. Thomas Parker. They take Bat Boy in, naming him Edagar and loving him like a part of their family.

humanity in himself. Ironically some of his costumes were very reminiscent of Dracula.

“Overall it was great,” said Amanda Moore, 18, culinary arts “The vocals were fun, the set was small but very ef-

ficient, with the choreography complementing it all.”

The show was very entertaining but it should be cautioned that this play is not intended for young children.

After Bat Boy finishes its run, the next shows in the semester will be Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs in November and A Christmas Carol in December.

Bat Boy is defiantly worth seeing at least once, and for some people a second time would not be out of the question. dgutman1@saddleback.edu

Orchestra entrances IVC ASHLEY PETERSON

a very avant garde show, on Saturday, Oct. 23. at 7:30 p.m.

“I came to support the The Irvine Valley College Orchestra performed their first con- students, it was phenomcert of the semester on Sunday enal. Very pleasant show,” in the Performing Arts Center. said guest Chris Keisser.

Clara Girardet, audience The students’ black and white attire proper- member, said she liked the ly matched their cherry- clarinet duet the best. “The inwood colored intruments. tonation was really good, just The orchestra performed five like the entire show,” she said.

The musicians said they were songs and in addition, there was a woodwind duet featuring Ma- pleased with the performance.

Viola player thieu Girardet Joel Preciaand Laren do said, “It Yehude on “I thought our was good. It clarinet perwent pretty forming show was good, well for the “Duet for and I was surprised first one of Two Clarithe year.” nets” and how great we did!

Vi o l i n i s t s “Sonatime”, Yash Attal accompanied It was the first one and Donna by Ashley Cho agreed. of the year. I was Chun Yen “ O u r Wu on piano. really nervous, but show was Giradet good, I was was recently it was beautiful.” surprised awarded the Preciado: Viola we did Tonya Reed great,” said Gardner Attal.

“It Memorial was the first Musically one of the Endowed year. I was scholorship for the clarinet. nervous.

It was beautiful.”

The Performing Arts Center “We did well for the first was filled to near capacity for the Sunday evening show. performance of the year. We all The after-reception offered worked so hard for this and it the concertgoers refreshments. all came together,” said Cho. Further information on upStarting again in December there will be other shows coming events by students and in the PAC with the orchestra. faculty at Irvine Valley College There are also fundrais- as well as ticket information er benefit events scheduled is available on the IVC weband that will have its pro- site at http://www.ivcarts.org. ceeds matched by the school. The season ends Dec. 12 with There will also be an upcom- the Master Chorale and Woming student showcase, “Princi- en’s Chorus Benefit Concert. ples of Sufficient Irritation,” that apeterson16@saddleback.edu will include six hand clappers,

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Beautiful Music: The orchestra has been practicing since the beggining of the semester. This is their first concert as a group and many of the students and performers were very nervous. Instructor Stephen Rochford conducted throughout the concert, except during the bonus performances by individual performers: Mathieu Giradet and Lauren Yehuda on clarinet, and Ashley Chun Yen Wu on the piano. Mathieu Giradet was also this years recipient of the Tonya Reed Memorial Scholorship for his prowess on the clarient featured in the concert. The orchestra included musicians of many ages ranging from young adults to older musicians studying for a higher degree.

Roberta Piket trio stops by Saddleback

Blue Note, Birdland, and Dizzy’s at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

In recent years, Roberta has n Wednesday, Octo- become one of the few musiber 20 at 7 pm, guest cians in New York who is reperformer Roberta spected for both her swinging Piket and her and inventive band will be straight-ahead “I’m looking forward making an apjazz playpearance at to playing with the ing as well as Saddleback. her powerful trio in [mission] This reand sensitive m a r k a b l e viejo.”-Roberta Piket work in cretrio will play ative improan eclectic vised music. mix of standard arrangements For Roberta, there are no genre and idiosyncratic originals. boundaries, only good music to Pianist Roberta Piket and be made. Looking forward to drummer Billy Mintz have her performance at Saddleback played together consis- College, with a post on her blog, tently process both as indi“I’m looking forward to playvidual artists and as a group. ing with the Trio in Los Angeles, Pianist/composer Roberta South Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Piket is from Queens, NY. Ro- Mission Viejo... I’ll be blogging berta’s trio has toured Japan the tour and posting some picand Spain as well as the U.S. tures of the music and, of course, She has performed her music the food.”-Roberta Piket. at the Kennedy Center (Washbe sure not to miss these ington, D.C.), at the Earshot phenominal musician perFestival (Seattle), at the Roch- form at saddleback college ester (NY) Jazz Festival, and in New York at Small’s, the dlujano0@saddleback.edu DYLAN LUJANO

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In perfect key: Roberta plays the piano. She has performed solo and with her group. The group has toured many countries such as Japan and Spain.

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Men’s water polo continues to heat up pool

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GUARD IT: Maxx Matsushima gaurds the ball as he looks for someone to pass to in Santa Monica territory. The Gaucho’s beat Santa Monica like they did in their game Wednesday against Santa Ana. STEPHANIE PLEŠE

The Dons started the game off strong brining the score to 5-3 in the second quarter.

Saddleback would not let the quarter end that way as they scored five goals.

Santa Ana scored two more goals bringing the half to a tie.

The Gauchos had help from players Paul Schneringer and Matthew Vianueva.

Schneringer, Saddleback

freshman from San Clemente High School, had four goals in the game and Vianeuva finished the game with three goals.

Both teams finished the

third quarter without any goals leaving the fourth quarter the time to take the game.

Saddleback scored six goals in the final quarter while Santa Ana only scored two.

The final score was 14-10 for Saddleback. The Gauchos play again next Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Riverside.

Sean Reilly and running backs Rodney Woodland and Donnell Dickerson on the offensive side of the ball.

Two weeks ago the offense put it into high gear by scoring 28

points against Cerritos College.

On the defensive side of the ball Saddleback has had five players from the defensive backfield commit to fouryear universities this season.

Dominique Vinson, recently committed to Colorado State, leads the pass defense

against the Grossmont Griffins.

Grossmont, ranked No. 19, bring an undefeated record (5-0) to Saddleback Stadium. The match up will be crucial in deciding the OEC champion this season.

Both teams are coming off a bye week.

The coaches have had two weeks to prepare game plans. In a game that could come down to the wire the better coaching staff might be the deciding factor.

Homecoming festivities will start at 4 p.m. and kickoff will follow at 6 p.m. on Saturday night.

G Top teams to meet at homecoming aucho water polo won against Santa Ana College Wednesday 14-10.

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homecoming game this Saturday.

The battle of top 20 national teams will display some of the best talent in the country.

The No. 13 Gauchos (41) are led by quarterback

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Valerie Hlozek Valerie Hlozek is a

She graduated from Tesoro high school in 2010.

Hlozek had two goals in Saddleback’s game against IVC last Friday.

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Paul Schneringer Paul Schneringer is in his first season of water polo at Saddleback. He graduated from San Clemente High School where he was the team captain.

Schneringer has lead the Gauchos in scoring for the past four out of five games, the same five games the Gauchos have won.

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Saddleback vs. Irvine Valley Women’s Soccer addleback and IVC played each other this Friday resulting in a Saddleback win 3-0.

freshmen soccer

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The Gauchos started off the game strong with two goals in the first half.

Both Goals came from Valerie Hlozek with assists from Baliey

Marquez and Diana Kim. Hlozek also picked up a yellow card along with Brittney Pesch.

Pesch picked up the third goal of the game

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the second half.

After playing the entire game, goalkeeper, Kristen Egner finished the game with a shut out. splese0@saddleback.edu