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TRANSFER: Willie Hodge, 19, mathematics/philosophy learns about transfer information to Humbolt State University at the Saddleback College transfer day.

CSU transfer requirements LAUREN ECHOLS Interested in transferring to a CSU? On Wednesday, September 29 four CSU colleges were in SSC 166 talking about their schools and informing students of all kinds of transfer information. The spokespeople for the five schools were from Cal State Fullerton, Cal State San Marcos, CSU Monterey Bay, Cal State Ploy, and Humboldt State University.

Cal State Fullerton has 105 Degree programs and the average class size is 30.2.

CSUF accepts upper division transfers only, and is an impacted school, which means all majors will be impacted and require additional admissions

requirements (e.g., higher GPA. Upper Division students must have 60 transferable units, at least 30 units of general education with ‘C’s or better, a minimum 2.0 GPA and have completed oral, and written communication, critical thinking and math).

Cal State San Marcos requires transfer students to have a completion of at least 60 semester and 90 quarter college units, completion of the four California state university basic skills courses, and cumulative grade point average in collegelevel course work. CSU San Marcos is not considering applications for admission from lower-division (freshmen or sophomore) transfer

applicants at this time. Total cost for full time enrollment is currently $21,562. Scholarship application opportunities are available, and campus tours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Admissions and recruitments information is on their website, www.csusm.edu/admissions.

CSU Monterey Bay is a small and private school, with its own private beach and ocean views from classrooms. There are currently 4600 students who attend the university.

The school offers financial aid in the form of grants, scholarships, work-studies, and loans. Approximately 70 percent of their students receive some form of financial aid. Another 10 percent

Saddleback’s master planner JULIE TRAN

The company responsible for the overseeing of Saddleback’s is called ggkworks. The Education and Facilities Master Plan (EFMP) is used to prioritize, update, and fund numerous construction projects all around Saddleback.

Every community college in California is required to submit a new master plan every five years, according to

the state’s chancellor office.

Another purpose of the EFMP is to have everyone in the college examine the upcoming .

They are a consulting firm based in Irvine that specializes with architectural and educational planning and the South Orange County Community College district (SOCCCD) retained their services to create a brand new master plan

for the college.

Ggkworks will also be responsible for surveying the Saddleback campus in order to see what aspects of the campus are mandated to be present in the college. They will look into how much space will be available for construction should new buildings be required for construction.

Gretchen Bender, Director of Planning, Research, and

of students work on campus through student assistant employment, a CSUMBfunded program. To do this students must have 60 transferable units and 30 units of general education.

Cal State Poly Pomona is a hands-on university with 1,438 acres. The university is one of six polytechnic universities nationwide. The school has 56 majors and 32 minors; average class size is 37 students. It also offers over 250 clubs and organizations.

To transfer, students need 60 units and 30 units in general education, a 2.0 GPA, and completion of courses in speech, critical thinking, college level math and English composition.

There is a $55 application fee, a tuition fee $4,806, and book supplies average $1,500.

To contact the school, send an e-mail to www. c s u p o m o n a . e d u .

Humboldt State University accepts lower division and upper division applicants. For lower division, requirements are fewer than 60 transferable semester and 90 quarter units, and a 2.0 GPA. With upper division, 60 or more transferable semester (90 quarter units) are needed.

The application mailing process opens October 1 thru November 30. If you’re interested in transferring to any of these schools, be sure to submit your applications soon. lechols1@saddleback.edu

Grants, said that the EFMP will “look into entire facilities and conditions of buildings as well as oversee if new buildings needed to be formed for the student population.” In addition, the Saddleback RENOVATION:Ggkworks is overseeing how EFMP will be much space is needed for Saddleback’s upcoming surveying the construction projects. amount of land plan in order. According to distribution necessary for Bender, Saddleback will certain facilities to be formed. be creating a brand new plan The previous EFMP was that will start in 2011 and last issued in 2005-2006 and up until the year of 2016.

Saddleback College had the choice of either revising the SEE EFMP PAGE 2 plan or creating an entire new

Colleges in and around the state give students the opportunity to intern for their specific major in order to acquire better knowledge of their work area.

In those colleges, there is a specific director of each department to organize, plan, and direct these interns into the work ward. Internships in the school have been found to be important in this day and age because experience in the designated work force has been crucial, according to National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). In a recent study done in September 2010

by NACE, they found that “approximately 42 percent of graduates with internships who applied for a job received an offer compared with only 30 percent for students who had no internships experience.”

Students are now seeking experience more than ever due to the economic hardships not only for experience but because the businesses are now wanting a more experienced employer rather than a person with a high leveled degree.

“The jobs that will be available will only require some level of education, they probably won’t require that transfer,” Eric Hilden, Career Placement Officer, said. “So the majority of jobs that will be available are the ones that will require the employees to have done internships and some level of education, perhaps an AA degree.”

So students might ask for options on finding internships within Saddleback College, which are necessary to their future careers.

At Saddleback College the process is a bit more complex to receive an internship because the school is considered to be a “decentralized system,” which is a system where no specific director coordinates it unlike the other schools.

However, Administrative Assistant Elle DuBois, from the Advanced Technology and Applied Science Center, comes close to the job of director.

DuBois believes that the program should have promotion, staffing, development, and education along with passionate people to run this program.

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Special Topic Grant deadline passes SARAH BLACK

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he application deadline for turning in ideas for ASG’s Special Topic Grant ended September 30.

The Special Topic Grant is “designed to award new and innovative campus programming that directly benefits students,” said ASG. The Special Topic Grant isThe grant will invest $10,000 for the chosen project and is intended for student-related activities. The grant will be chosen for the 2010-2011 school year.

The idea came from the ASG leadership group and is for people, “looking to start a program,” Erin Long, InterClub Council Adviser, said. “Something that benefits the campus.”

The topic was service learning, a method that allows students and others to learn by doing, for example, to learn about the environment importance of community service and enforce learning experiences and civic responsibility.

ASG’s intent for the grant was to “prompt the creation of substantive and rich service opportunities on campus,” said ASG. And while instruction cannot be funded by ASG for this grant, ASG expressed their hope that campus partners will come forward to provide ideas regardless.

The grant will be funded by ASG, which is in turn funded by the district from contracts.

Once the grant has been awarded the recipient will be given flexibility to spend the awarded money on the student-oriented event.

The applications will be reviewed by the Planning and Budget Steering Committee (PBSC), said Long. PBSC is run by Gretchen Bender, the director of planning, research, and grants, and Fiscal Director Carol Hilton.

The applications should be brought up in the next PBSC meeting, said Bender, and they will work with an analyst to choose the application that is right for Saddleback campus.

After an application is chosen, it is up to the clubs or division awarded to put on the event themselves. “Student Development will notify each grant recipient of the award via e-mail no later than October 29,” said ASG. sblack15@saddleback.edu Sean Lara/Lariat Staff

MAINTENANCE UPDATES: More restrooms needed to be added on campus for athletes.

EFMP Continued from page 1

One of the purposes of the EFMP is to distribute and prioritize budgets for certain projects and renovations in the campus.

Although ggkworks and Saddleback College will be doing a broad inspection of the campus, there are some changes needed in the school.

Tony Lipold, Dean and Ath-

California budget to be voted on soon

without a budget, a tentative agreement has been met that would end the stalemate.

The proposed solution would include no new taxes, which has been a demand of Republicans since the start of the negotiations. To make up the deficit, $7.5 billion worth of spending cuts would be made.

Key to the new agreement includes improved projections for revenue from an improving economy. Also an expected increase of $1.4 billion from the federal government would

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alifornia state legislators are expected to vote on a budget this week.

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letic director of Physical Education/Kinesiology listed numerous problems regarding the conditions of the athletic facilities.

There is a significant lack of restrooms around the football fields, soccer fields, and the softball fields, said Lipold.

In order for an athlete to use the restrooms, he or she has to leave the fields and walk at least 400 yards to the gym’s restrooms or use the restrooms in the locker rooms. In addition, the existing restrooms in the P.E. facilities are inadequate to the athletes’ needs due to shoddy doors and small amounts of restrooms overall, he said.

Games at Saddleback College can be an issue to both spectators and the athletes since there is a lack of seating for both home spectators and visitors alike. In spite of these issues, Lipold said, “We’re lucky to have such good students and coaches to overcome these difficulties.”

Despite the fact that Saddleback’s Education and Facilities Master Plan will be issued out in 2011, there is some prospect of hope present.

Bender wishes that the EFMP would have everyone thinking in terms of colleges providing better resources for the students.

Not only will the EFMP create a better environment for students to learn in, but also it can aid into creating a safer place for people to attend to, Bender said.

For more information regarding the Education and Facilities Master Plan, check out the EFMP website at http://www.socccdefmp.com/. jtran82@ivc.edu create a balanced budget.

Republican support is needed to reach a two-thirds majority to pass the budget. Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta, expects there will be enough republican votes.

Some democrats are still unsure if they will vote for a budget if it cuts education and social services. Deals and small changes are expected to be made as the vote nears. The vote is planned for Thursday. mgarvey1@saddleback.edu

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Out-of-state and UC college workshops ANDRE MAHMOUDIAN Four college transfer workshops were held last Wednesday, September 29 at Saddleback College.

Representatives from the California State University system and University of California system were present at the different meetings, along with representatives from a variety of in-state private col-

leges and out-of-state colleges.

The workshops offered general information for future transfer students about application dates, housing, tuition and many other things.

Beginning at 1 p.m. was an out-of-state college workshop.

Representatives from American International College, American University, Arizona State University, Cornell University, Maryville University, Sam Houston State University and other schools attended the event.

The colleges showed prospective students power points and their school websites, answered questions, and gave them brochures and contact cards.

At 2 p.m. another workshop for representatives from the

University of California system was held. Representatives from University of California, Irvine, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, San Diego, and University of California, Santa Barbara all attended the event.

The event reflected much of the out-of-state college workshop, since many of the University of California schools have similar tuition costs and housing costs many questions were asked throughout the afternoon.

Specific questions students were interested in knowing included the quality of living accommodations and whether certain majors are easier to get into than other majors. amahmoudian1@saddleback.edu

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Library offers YouTube site KYLIE CORBETT

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addleback College’s Library now has a YouTube channel that allows students to find all the library videos located in one convenient place.

“It was a suggestion of Dr. Bob Bramuchi (Vice Chancellor of Technology and Learning services) and the librarians agreed this was a great idea,” Distance Learning Librarian and creator of the channel Elizabeth Horan said.

Each video contains answers to everyday questions that several staff mem-

bers of the library are asked.

The videos range in length from about 2 minutes to more than 7 minutes.

Topics range from introductions to academic journal sites like Academic OneFile and Proquest, to accessing testbooks online.

“Not only can students find videos the Saddleback Library has created, but YouTube links to other related videos that will also help them,” Horan said.

Horan believes that most students are not aware of the resources that the Library has to offer. “I hope the SaddlebackLIBRARY YouTube channel will introduce students to these resources and show them how to use them,” Horan said.

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“I love Google and use it all the time, but not for assignments. The Library has so many resources available to students (for free) that will save them so much time when it comes to finding what they need for their classes,” she said.

The channel was created on Sept. 16, 2010, and will continue to have new videos posted.

“I have a long list of videos I am in the process of making.

My goal is to have a place students can go for answers when the library is closed, or whenever they need them,” Horan said.

In the near future, Horan wants to see the channel develop more, as well as to expand the content for students. “I look at

the SaddlebackLIBRARY YouTube channel as a work in progress. I will always be working to make it better and more useful for the students,” Horan said.

This channel on YouTube adds a unique spin to Saddleback’s campus. “There are a lot of universities that have YouTube channels, but not very many community colleges,” Horan said.

Further suggestions or comments regarding the channel can be e-mailed to ehoran@saddleback.edu. “At this time I am mainly getting feedback from faculty and a few comments on the YouTube page, but I would love feedback,” Horan said.

To check out the page on YouTube, go to www.youtube. com/SaddlebackLIBRARY. kcorbett5@saddleback.edu

ATEP and IVC merge MATT GARVEY Advanced Technology Education Park (ATEP) is now administered by Irvine Valley College.

The South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) Board of Trustees approved the reorganization of ATEP September 27.

ATEP was founded in 2007,and the campus, which is located in Tustin, has at times had 1,400 students enrolled.

It is currently a 1.5-acre campus with plans to increase to 68 acres in the future.

ATEP has been a unique project for the SOCCCD. The mission has been to provide an innovated education focused on emerging technology markets. It attempts to bring together business, community, and the technology industry to form effective partnerships.

The day-to-day operations of ATEP will now be under the supervision of IVC Dean of Career and Technical Education and Workforce Development Dr. David Gatewood. ATEP Provost Randy Pepples will be moving to the district offices.

“I recommended these changes to help prepare our colleges to meet current

accreditation standards and the rigorous review during the accreditation site visits next month. These changes were the result of many weeks of deliberation with (Saddleback College) President Tod Burnett, (IVC) President Glenn Roquemore, Vice Chancellor David Bugay, Vice Chancellor Bob Bramucci and (ATEP) Provost Randy Peebles,” Acting Chancellor Dixie Bullock said.

The role of Dr. Peebles at the district office was described as “Dr. Peebles will continue reporting to the Chancellor, focusing on management of the ATEP site development, working with the city of Tustin, and promoting education and business partnerships to build out the 68 acre site,” said Bullock.

The reorganization means that ATEP employees will be moved to new positions throughout the district.

At Saddleback College the former Dean of Instruction and Student Services will become the new Dean of Business Science and Economic and Workforce Development.

Grant analysts and program technicians from IVC will be moved to the ATEP campus.

“I want to express my appreciation to every member of the ATEP Team, each of whom has worked tirelessly to provide expanding opportunities to our students,” said Chancellor Bullock. mgarvey1@saddleback.edu

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YOUTUBE CHANNEL: Library staff April Cunningham demonstrates the library’s new YouTube channel for students.

Internships

that it would be a detriment because of the percentages of success with internships.

“There are a lot of students that are working; it is offered as an academic addition to support students that are working in their designed major,” Hilden said.

“Our campus only offers the occupational CWE. So it really is meant to enhance that major and enhance that student’s connection to the major into the industry,” he said.

Therefore, students can only participate in internships that correspond to their future careers.

“The numbers are then huge if and when the students actually receive the credit for it and have the support from

Once students have been successfully approved for CWE, units are then given.

Unit count depends on the Continued from page 1 major, ranging from 2-3 units, and the student must first “Ultimately it needs full-time have 12 units in the semespersonnel, whether that be a ter in addition to interning. classified person, a manager, However, they are hoping or a director of that program to make the units more flexto really be able to organize, ible in order for students to get plan and direct the whole inthe most out of their internternship program on campus,” ship experiences, said DuBois.

Hilden said. “Because right Progressive movements now it really is a limited serthe internships should be vice from lots of different considered to be more units people. It kind of has to be censo students could then take tralized by one main person.” more classes and have more Another fault of the system units total in a semester. includes no listings of the CoDubois said that it is really operative Work Experience important for students to get (CWE) classes in the catalog of internships and it is classes and so students not available to the Available CWE Programs: are not easily aware of student population.

Department of Aquarium and these opportunities.

When students Aquaculture Sciences, Automotive “That then leaves go to internships Technology, Business Management, many gaps in each outside of SaddleCommunication department. Are each back the question of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fashion of those departments whether the company marketing the pro- Merchandising, Food and Nutrition, Health obliges to the Fedgram? Do they have Science, Horticulture and Landscape, Child eral Department of flexibility in funds Development and Educational Studies, Labor Laws is an unand resources to realInterior Design, Phlebotomy, Travel considered question. ly engaging students In the journalManagement, Journalism, and Nursing. to let them know how ism department stuexactly get a hold of dents have gone to that CWE program?” Hilden the college,” Hilden said. places such as San Clemente In each department certain resaid. “An unfortunate the trend Times, San Clemente Jouracross the state is that is [intern- quirements must be met such as nal, Orange County Register, ships] even a value? Does that courses and classes, which must Surfers Magazine, Bike Magaeven a program that need to be taken, before the students can zine, Casa Romantica, Saddlecontinue?” DuBois said that the actually apply for internships. back College Public InformaThere are requirements to tion Office, Long Beach Press instructors of these classes are now upset because their CWE have a foundation of knowl- Telegram, and many more. classes are not on the sched- edge; a foundation of skills, “The students need to be aware ule and only a few students and then the student will be of not being taken advantage of, are in each of their classes. ready to be put out into the to be aware of the consequences Deans have even con- work place. Knowing that and the risks to take an internsidered cancelling the pro- they will be successful there. ship that is not associated with For journalism majors there the college and to really have gram because there are not enough people in the class is a requirement of one or a clear understanding of what when the minimum amount more journalism classes and the students are getting into.” of people in the class is 18. to have completed English 1A Students must be aware To apply to CWE, students that internships are available, “College officials are not providing sufficient information to must already have an intern- whether it is outside of the eligible students of legitimate, ship available and must be campus or through the camchallenging, creditable learning locked into the position. Then pus with the CWE program. opportunities,” William Thom- the process of being accepted “Internships will soon be vital as, Associate Faculty, said. and denied occurs, said DuBois. with where our nation is going Students are denied CWE and what our federal governAs well as in other campuses there has been a drop in credit if the student does ment wants. So it will be imCWE courses because of the not already have an intern- portant to gather directors to lack of resources to keep the ship at hand, or have an promote them to our students.” application. program going. Hilden said incomplete ecaicedo0@saddleback.edu

Nursing Accreditation passes DYLAN LUJANO

The National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission held a public meeting on September 30.

The program was found to be in compliance in all six standards and received a recommendation for approval for 8 more years.

The purpose of the nursing program is to provide the education necessary to develop competent practitioners nursing and to provide a base for the continuing development of the student as an individual. Completion of the nursing program allows the student to sit for the State of California National Licensure Exam (NCLEX) exam.

“We hold high educational standards that students and faculty have to meet,” said Tammy Rice, Assistant Dean of Health Sciences & Human Services.

Although 75 percent of faculty has a master’s degree in nursing, the success of the student can vary. However, the program has a 95 percent completion rate.

Students can take a leave of absence since the program is very intense and a stressful environment. The program is No. 1 out of 92, for all the programs in the jurisdiction.

The accrediting team is a group of state visitors who come to campus to ensure students are satisfied, and evaluate how they are learning.

The program admits only 60 students a semester. Last school year in 2009-2010, 99 percent of students that took the NCLEX had a 100 percent pass rate.

The program is also No. 1 out 972 nursing programs nationwide in universities and community colleges. Rice, though not at the meeting, assured that “they did very well.” dlujano0@saddleback.edu

New features coming online for students LAUREN ECHOLS

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ew features will be added online to the custom-created student information system, coming out in a few weeks.

Jim Gaston, Associate Director, and Robert Bramucci, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, have been working on the features, which include a “smart app” that will automatically suggest classes for students rather than having to wait for students to enter what they want to take.

The issue of students trying to enter full classes has become a frequent at Saddleback.

Going back to look through all other options to try and find another class available was an inconvenience Bramucci and Gaston were hoping to correct.

With the new program students won’t have to do all that work, Bramucci said. If one desired class is full, the new smart app system will automatically direct the student to the subject and to open classes of similar subject matter.

Another great thing the program, said Bramucci, is that the new feature offers students to manage class scheduling easily.

Classes should be better planned

to fit the student’s schedule, Bramucci said.

Classes won’t conflict because the program will prevent students from choosing inconvenient class times by alerting the student to the conflict.

The program that has been created is to help students and Saddleback is now the only school with this program, said Bramucci. Students were intimately involved on the design team. Gaston and Bramucci have a team of students they have help with the program.

The idea is they show the students ideas for programming and get feedback on the positives and negatives of their products.

If students don’t like something, then Bramucci and Gaston will listen to them and try to figure out another way to make it work.

Feedback for the smart app is much appreciated, said Bramucci. The option to comment on the feature will be made available on Saddleback’s “mysite” website.

The program is meant to help everyone, Bramucci said.

Ideas for the program or other things are also appreciated.

Any student interested in the involvement of the design team for this new feature can contact Robert Bramucci at 949-582-4960 or contact Jim Gaston at 949-582-4336.

More students’ help in making this new feature will help them become a success and help students find more ease in choosing classes. lechols0@saddleback.edu

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Bat Boy sighted inside theater DAVID GUTMAN

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n enigma, that’s what the creature is. Bat Boy represents what is dark and lurking around the corner, but can he be tamed?

Since September 1st the only thing that has been on the mind of the Musical Theatre group here at Saddleback College: The mysterious Bat Boy. Bat Boy is a musical directed by Dan Travino and Choreographed

by Ellen Prince, and is sure to entertain audience members this

Halloween.

As rehearsal officially begins, role call is started. It is very crucial that everybody goes to all the practices as one mistake can hurt the entire show.

Once all cast members arrive, they stand side by side around the piano and warm-up. Next they back up into a larger circle as the main characters stand out singing their solos.

The set is admiringly simple, consisting of two levels being accessible from staircases and hidden ladders. The stairs themselves can be removed in between scenes to widen the set.

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from a musician behind a panel on the set. In including in the music he also makes the crucial sound effects.

Once Mrs. Prince arrives, the cast prepare to rehearse the actual play. First, they go over problem areas from last night’s rehearsal. Making a musical is very demanding work, and the choreographer makes sure that the students don’t forget this fact. Nearly every number she has something to say to one of the players to improve his performance and sharpen him up for opening night.

The story is about a young boy captured by the authorities, and

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unfortunately for him he has the appearance of a human-bat hybrid. The local veterinarian: Dr. Parker and his family agree to help the boy and passionately name him Edgar. With the help of theDr.Parker’swifeanddaughter, Edgar learns to be civilized and how to cope in society.

For older readers Bat Boy may ring bells not heard in same time.

In 1992 the tabloid:WeeklyWorld News created the story of Bat Boy. WWN is a newspaper that claims to be reporting on fantastic things but mostly sensationalist stories such as reporting on things such as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster. Bat Boy was created

by WWN editor-in-chief Dick Kulpa as a hoax and has become a very popular character. The tabloid also features Ed Anger as

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BAT BOY: This is a poster promoting Bat Boy the Musical. Was first adapted to the stage in 1997.

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THE PERFORMERS: Pictured are two of the main characters: Micheal Mayo, 23, theatre and Hannah Schwartz, 18, theatre. Micheal and Hannah had to audition for placement in the musical and have been rehersing since the first of September. They are very excited about the production and hope that people come and see it.

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SAXAPHONE POWER: Pictured from left to right: Jerry Pinter, Ken Sill, Chris Carbajal, and Vince Mizon. The band consists of many different people from doctors to current students. These men also double their talent on different instruments that don’t call for the saxaphone. The band members play many big band era songs but are most well known for their improvisational performances.

he Saddleback Big Band will be holding their first concert of the fall semester today, Oct. 6th at 7pm in the McKinney Theatre.

Conducted by Director of Jazz Studies Joey Sellers, this outstanding ensemble focuses on great swinging standards.

The Saddleback Big Band is a standard size big band that explores wide stylistic territory. Most concerts feature a world premier combined with music of historical importance.

The band consists of five saxophone players, (who also double on different woodwinds) 5 trumpets and five trombonist, one pianist, guitarist, bass player, drums and vocalist.

“Members of the band should have some knowledge and experience of playing in a big band, improvising and be a good sign readers,” said Sellers. This is what makes a band “This ensemble includes students of all ages and ethnicities.

We have some of our applied music students involved, a math professor, a medical doctor, business men, young “professionals” and a host of other wonderful people that comprise the big band,” said Sellers.

There is an abundance of variety in the type of music they perform, from 30’s and 40’s era big band swing to completely improvised group excursions.

Adryon Gross, 28, business administration, is the

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PLAY IN TIME: Pictured from left to right: Matt Heath Guitar , Mike Mays on Saxaphone, Ken Kawamoka on Saxaphone. Joey Sellers is conducting. Mr. Sellers has been teaching the Jazz studies class at Saddleback. To become a member of the band one needs to audition and know how to play at least two instruments well and have an imagination for the improvised songs.

an opinion columnist; however Mr. Anger is in fact a pseudonym used by some of the writing staff.

In homage to the character of Ed Anger, the writers of the musical named Bat Boy: Edgar.

Since his creation: Bat Boy has been the tabloids mascot and was the inspiration for the musical.

Shortly after the first Bat Boy story was published, two writers: Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming wrote the screenplay for what would become Bat Boy, music and lyrics were written by Laurence O’Keefe. Bat Boy the Musical premiered at the Actors Gang Theatre in 1997 and has since run on the off-Broadway

circuit.

Bat Boy features Mike Mayo, 23, Theatre as the infamous Bat Boy and the Hannah Shwartz, 18, Theatre as Shelley Parker and many others dying to show the campus their talent in the first musical theatre production of the semester.

The play is very grim in some places but uplifting and delightful to counter-act the dark settings.

Overall this is a play that must not be missed. Tickets go on sale now and opening night is October 8 at 8 p.m.

sole vocalist for the Big Band and has been a member for five semesters. She is also the only girl in the band! “I love singing, I have been singing since I was really young, about three or four years old.”

Her influences are Jill Scott, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, India Arie and she also listens to soul and RnB. Collin Watson, 27, music, who is one of the five saxophonists.

Like Gross, he has been performing/playing since he was very young. That is how he became as talented as he is. “I love playing (big band) type of music, “ said Watson.

The Saddleback Big Band has had several wonderful guest artists over the years, specifically on Jazz Day, which is held in February. Artists include: Frank Foster (Count Basie), Jane Ira Bloom (Pulitzer Winner), James Moody (Dizzy Gillespie legend), Wayne Bergeron (“The Incredibles”), Dave Liebman (Miles Davis Colleague), Bill Holman (Grammy winning jazz composer) and many others.

“Since the big band is a community oriented band at a very high level of performance, it would be unethical for us to compete against college age students in competitions, the big band performs frequently in the community for special civic engagements,” said Sellers.

“The Jazz Lab Ensemble occasionally engages in those activities (competitions) and does very well,” Sellers said.

“The college big band was one of the first ensembles established in the Music Department along with our wonderful Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, and Choral ensembles.

All of these ensembles are an important component of any music program,” said Sellers.

“We are all here to play creative music in the big band tradition. Between the Saddleback Big Band, the Jazz Lab Ensemble, and our eight combos, we are able to be very inclusive and still maintain a very high artistic standard. There are no other ensembles I know of that play the eclectic nature of literature that the Saddleback Big Band tackles,” Sellers said.

“They are also frequently the featured ensemble at jazz festivals and jazz venues throughout the Southland,” said Nina Welch, Fine Arts Public Information Officer. Nina Welch remains closly involved with many arts department activities.

Tickets are $10 general and $7 students/seniors. Call the ticket office at 949-582-4656, Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4pm or order your tickets online at www.saddleback.edu/arts.

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n this playful comedy, Emma Stone stars as the whitty and rule-breaking Olive who becomes inspired by the age old novel “The Scarlett Letter”, the book currently being read in her English class.

Olive attends a California Community College, described as more of a “high school” atmosphere than collegate, where Olive is looked over as a “nobody”. Soon though, an innocent plan to help a friend in need turns into a downward spiral of “sexual” favors in exchange for giftcards and money.

Little does the populous of the campus know that these “sexual” favors are infact just

gossip started by Olive herself.

Unsurprisingly, Olive finds herself in a bit of turmoil as her “favors” get out of hand.

There could have been more character developement on the part of Woodchuck Todd, played by Penn Badgley, who is the main love interest of Olive.

Yet they only meet in passing a few times throughout the flick.

At least Badgley plays the allaround nice guy.

After the success of last year’s Zombieland, Stone is back in great leading-lady style. Stone carries her lead role with great strength and humor, proving she indeed does have a good sense of comedic timing. jfink3@saddleback.edu

Rating: PG-13, for Mature thematic elements involving teen sexuality, language and some drug material Appropriate for: Dates, girls night out, just a laid back movie night.

Not appropriate for children. Both guys and girls will find this flick entertaining!

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Appropriate for: Younger generations.

The film is generational for teens to mid-twenty year olds.

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he wait is over. One of the most anticipated films of the year came out on Friday to great reviews.

Inspired by the book “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich, The Social Network follows the founders of Facebook, the most popular social networking site to date with over 500 million current members.

The cast is diverse, incorporating newcomers, singers, and popular talent into one film.

Jesse Eisenburg (most famous for his recent roles in Zombieland and Adventureland) plays Mark Zuckerburg, one of

the founders of the Facebook franchaise. Zuckerburg is portreyed by Eisenburg as an antisocial computer nerd, who fails with relationships (both romantic and friendly). His character has depth and intrigue, something that is somewhat lacking in Justin Timberlake’s character.

Timberlake portreys Napster founder Sean Parker, a dark horse who imposes bad a bad influence on Zuckerburg.

Timberlake lacks the depth in acting that Eisenberg brings to the table, yet is understandable because of his minimal acting experience.

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Boasting a slick user interface and incredible graphics, Civ 5 continues the tradtion of brilliantly made, gorgeously presented turn-based strategy games. You’ll guide your picked civilization (choices include old-time favorites like China and Germany, as well as newcomers like Siam and Songhai) through thousands of years of history, , and you won’t realize you haven’t slept until you see the sun start to rise.

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It might crash often, eat up your time, and possess graphics only slightly better than an Atari, but the gameplay consists solely of building enormous edifices limited only by your creativity. Built giant castles, floating cities, and enormous underground mining complexes. The best part? It’s only 15 bucks if you download it online.

Tina Fey and Steve Carell star in this hilarious overthe-top comedy about an ordinary date night gone wrong. Mila Kunis and James Franco also make an apperance.

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Based off the Saturday Night live skit by the same name, McGruber follows the hyjinx of a “wanna-be” action star. Mullets, cheesy movie faux-pas, and overthe-line humor make this movie less than great.

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he first Monday in October is when the Supreme Court begins its term. For the first time in American history three women will be on the bench. Two of the women were appointed by President Obama. It’s probably not his biggest accomplishment of the last two years but it is an accomplishment none the less.

This administration has been hounded by the loud barks of Tea Party activists from the beginning of his presidency. A cable news outlet has crafted a narrative to make President Obama seem ineffective, out of touch, and dangerous. This noise seems to dominate in large parts of our community so I want to try to shut all of that out and look at the achievements of President Obama. Let’s start with what the 2008 election was all about before the meltdown of the financial markets – Iraq.

The war had become the most glaring distinction between the Democrats and Republicans.

The purpose of the mission seemed to have been lost and Americans wanted to end the then five year struggle. The campaign promise that led to the election of President Obama was an end to the war in his first two years in office. This summer the last combat troops

left the country. There still may be violence in the country and the role of private contractors is still large but America has made tremendous progress in bringing the war to an end.

But even war was shadowed by the ever growing financial crisis. When President Obama

was sworn in, America had lost four million jobs and 750,000 in January 2008 alone. To combat the fear in markets and to protect against even more job losses the Congress and President Obama passed the

stimulus. In polls the majority of Americans disapprove of the stimulus but most economists agree that the stimulus created nearly three million jobs. The private sector has seen job growth for eight consecutive months. He learned from history and used government

spending to save and create jobs which protected us from another great depression. If you ask me, it worked. My only complaint might be that it wasn’t large enough.

Now onto health care. The

debate was mind numbingly boring, tedious and took the better part of a year. When a vote seemed close it was pushed back. The bill grew bigger and bigger and citizens lost trust in Congress. But because of a last minute deal made by President Obama in regards to abortion the bill was passed. It’s the biggest change to American health care in history. More people will be covered, changes to Medicare will help cut the long term debt, and on a personal note I will be covered

by Mom’s insurance policy until I’m 26 years old and that makes me really happy. A quick list of other accomplishments: saving General Motors and returning it to private hands, student loan reform which will save students thousands, Wall Street reform which will end tax-payer bailouts, credit card reform, and a renewed effort in Afghanistan with every indication that American withdrawal from that country is fast approaching.

So has President Obama been able to bring change to Washington? I think so. He described change throughout that campaign as taking the responsibility to deal with the big issues that our country was facing.

And that’s exactly what this President and Congress have done.

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are the most painless experience I’ve ever run into as they only ask for a user name and password. The service allows for limitless additions to your music profile and is amazing for when you don’t know exactly what you want to listen to. If launched with iTunes the program will scrobble your every track and make a playlist for every artist, genre and just overall your music. Last. fm is available for a number of hardware other than your computer. Xbox 360, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, as well as a number of speaker systems listed on the Last.fm website.

“Since we started back in 2000, we’ve carefully listened to the songs of tens of thousands of different artists … and analyzed

“We had to invent a word for this, it’s called scrobbling. -Last.fm”

“Since we started back in 2000, we’ve carefully listened to the songs of tens of thousands of different artists … and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. -Tim Westergren, founder” the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time.

-Time Westergren, founder” Pandora was the best Internet radio out there when it was first launched back in 2000, but with the amount of ads, limits on time and playlists the service has declined for the free crowd.

Pandora is also available for a number of mobile devices and some hardware speakers- full list on their website. Pandora isn’t all that bad! It’s great when all you have in an Internet browser for music. All you need is an email and a password and you get 100 radio stations that

will follow you wherever you log into. If you haven’t already heard of these two radio services please do yourself, your family, your children, your husband and or your wife a favor and look into these radio services.

Whether you’re student or faculty tune in, tune out, drop in drop out, switch on switch off and explode with internet radio.

in an episode of Glee after Madonna and Lady Gaga were both on the show. Britney has been twittering up a storm, giving her fans a little hint on Monday leading up to the show, “Can’t wait for GLEE tomorrow night. I’m going to tweet along as it airs on the West Coast so

show in our society. Shedding light to the musical theater world, but more importantly the kids that are often tormented in schools everyday. Yet they have become the most popular high schoolers on TV. Glee covers topics that are controversial, which I think is great for our younger generations to watch, allowing them to become open and accepting to all types of people. There’s one thing that brings them altogether on every episode, and that’s music–what is better then that.

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he second season of Glee just started back up, and its bringing out the big guns. The phenomenon has brought musical theater back into the spotlight of everyday television. The show continues to cover popular songs from all different eras, and styles of music. When a song is covered on Glee, it usually shoots to the #1 spot on itunes. This makes the show a great marketing tool for fallen artists, and rising stars alike. It has revived many lost songs, including “Physical,” by Oliva Newton john, and “Dream On,” by Aerosmith. Many wellknown actors have been featured

L ariat Jennifer Fink Managing Editor Stephanie Plese Sports Editor Julie Tran Life Editor

on the show such as Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel and William Patrick Harris; I was pleasantly surprised with vocal talents that I didn’t think they had. Tuesday night featured Britney Spears back in action with a tribute episode. Making it the highest rated Glee episode

“I loved it! Thank you guys SO much for making this happen! –Brit.” to date. It featured the character “Brittany,” playing the real Britney, in some of the pop stars most iconic performances.

Britney wanted to be included

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we can watch together. –Brit.”

Glee is an uplifting program that showcases great acting, and even better vocals. It’s definitely becoming a huge

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CAMPUS COMMENT Courtney Hunter, Ashley Peterson & Dylan Lujano

Do you think government should provide internet and cellular services?

Alexis Murine, 19, creative writing, “No. I think we should still pay for it.

Wi-Fi is available in many public places already.”

Spring Riddle, 23, psychology “I don’t think internet and cell phones should be provided by the government. It’s a priviliege and it’s not an invididual right or need to sustain life.”

Andrew Garg-Meyer, 20, film “No if the government gives free access then they can regulate it and that will interfere with peoples freedom of speech.”

Tommy MacLean, 25, accounting “No I don’t think they should provide it. I think it’s an amenity that [you] should provide for yourself.”

Ramon Hernandez, 22, psychology “Yes. That would be so cool! It would make it easier to communicate with people.”

Benjamin Brunner, 24, political science “No. The government is already too big and they don’t need control over anything else.”

Neda Rashti, 25, public health science “No. I just think the government shouldn’t waste money when it really isn’t needed.

It’s not a necessity, it’s optional.”

Jeremy Reguerin, 19, kinesiology “I don’t think so.

There are some people who would take advantage of the service and abuse it.”

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KYLE MILLER

usic is great and all, but it sure does get expensive buying all of your favorite songs from iTunes… Surely there must be a better way! Indeed there is, and don’t call me Shirley.

Personally I rarely find myself downloading music anymore because of how easy the Internet makes for streaming music. Two services headline on this subject, “Pandora radio” and “Last.fm”. last.fm lets you effortlessly keep a record of what you listen to from any player. Based on your taste, Last.fm recommends you more music and concerts! “We had to invent a word for this, it’s called scrobbling. -Last.fm” Last.fm is great for the way it expands your music library, and it’s completely free. Sign ups

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Eager students seek out college transfer opportunities in quad Saddleback’s Transfer Day brings in college officials SARAH BLACK

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ollege and university representatives came from all over the country to answer questions at Saddleback’s Transfer Day Sept. 29.

Transfer Day is Saddleback’s #1 annual event, hosting nearly 70 colleges and universities including locals like California State Fullerton and University of California Los Angeles and cross-country schools like Cornell University and University of Hawai’i.

Julie Cahill, International Admissions Counselor representing University of Montana, has been coming intensely to California for five years.

The number of California applicants to University of Montana has tripled, which she believes is due to the university’s location and economic value.

While tuition has increased in California, more students are finding better options going out-of-state, Cahill said. Scholarships like the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), which pays more than half of tuition, are giving students variety and flexibility.

But not all colleges are open to new students. California State Fullerton (CSUF) has recently announced a full major impaction. All majors offered

by CSUF will be limited and cut down effective fall 2011.

Despite this, there has been an 80 percent increase in applicants. “You say you’re impacted and everyone wants to come,”

Photos by Sean Lara/Lariat Staff

ASSISTANCE: Students gathered in the Quad to talk to various college and university representatives from both in-state colleges as well as some out-of-state colleges. said Barbara Schiller, University Outreach of CSUF. Eligibility requirements have become stricter.

When once in-area students could be accepted with a 2.0 minimum grade point average, that may no longer be the case.

Academic merit will play a bigger role in being accepted to CSUF, said Schiller.

Matthew Dunlevie, 19, biomedical engineering, was already impacted when he learned

at Transfer Day that University of California San Diego (UCSD) no longer offers his major.

“All bioscience and engineering majors have been impacted by the respective departments’ ability to graduate students,” said Debbie O’Hagar, UCSD Admissions and Relations. Getting into UCSD is now competitive as needing a 3.0 GPA minimum.

But transferring locally is the

decision some students decide to take due to financial woes.

Mahtab Namakian, 18, undecided, is looking for a college with a nearby location for financial reasons.

“I really want to go to Chapman, but I can only go if I get scholarships,” Katie Anderson, 22, journalism, said. With issues like location and finances, transferring is a confusing process, she said, “I have no idea what to do.” Transfer Day enabled the

opportunity for students to find out much information on colleges and universities.

“I feel like the Transfer Center doesn’t have enough outlets to get information I need,” said Lauren Meyer, 20, history of public policy. “Information is scattered.”

The benefit of Transfer Day is that it provided close-up and more personal interviews with students’preferred college choices. “We wanted to give

students the opportunity to talk to schools from in-state privates and out-of-state privates, as well as UCs and state schools,” said Barbara Benavides, Senior Transfer Center Specialist.

So while the college representatives have gone home, information can still be gathered at the Transfer Center.

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Football players leave Hawaii to play for Saddleback NATHANIEL VAMVAS

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any Hawaiians share the dream of playing college football one day. Unfortunately there are no junior colleges on any of the 8 main Hawaiian Islands that offer football to student athletes.

Hawaiian students looking to further their dreams of playing football must travel to the mainland in order to do so. Saddleback has many foreign students who are willing to apply themselves and show their full dedication to college athletics.

Travis Nakamura, 21, Bo Valeria, 20, and Canaan Bernard, 19 are all kinesiology majors who come from the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Football has been a part of there since they were young boys playing Pop Warner as early as 5th grade.

Nakamura played in the Pee Wee league with Bernard. They went on to play high school ball, however playing on opposing teams. Nakamura and Valeria played for Kapal High School while Bernard played for Kauai High School. “It was fun but we still competed,” said Nakamura.

Hoping of playing college football one day, these players met a major setback in their homeland. In all of Hawaii there are no community colleges that offer football.

Therefore, Nakamura moved

to California to play ball for the Saddleback Gauchos. He is currently playing his third season for Saddleback.

Following Nakamura, Bernard and Valeria were influenced to travel to the mainland to play college ball for Saddleback as

“In the mainland, everything is more fast-paced.” well. Bernard and Valeria are currently playing their second season for the Gauchos.

They have been living together in Mission Viejo, CA for about two years now. Eventually, a group decision was made to move in together. Becoming roommates has made their life-

style more convenient.

They are able to motivate one another and keep each other on track athletically as well as academically. Also, because they have grown up together and have been very close for many years they can trust each other entirely. College here on the mainland differs vastly from college life on the islands. “In the mainland everything is more fast paced,” said Nakamura, “back home it’s more calm and mellow.”

When asked why they chose to play football for Saddleback rather than any other college in the country, Nakamura said, “I had uncles and other friends that went here and they said it was super good. I talked to the coaches and they said to come check it out... from there I made the decision to come and play for Saddleback.”

Nakamura was immediately attracted to the college and athletic department. His decision to play for Saddleback influenced others to follow.

Although the Gauchos have had a victorious season in 2010 overall, the team took home their first loss off the season to Bakersfield during their second playoff.

Nakamura stated, “It was just a hard one... we just have to correct our mistakes.” It definitely seems that they have corrected their mistakes as they have won every game since.

Coming from an island off the coast, the players were determined to adjust to college life in California. Commenting on his favorite aspect of college life, Nakamura said, “For me it is living on our own because we have our own responsibilities.”

Bernard had a slightly different view on his favorite aspect of college living, “The women are definitely one of my favorite parts of living near Saddleback.”

Also, the Hawaiian natives have made many friends here, especially on the football team in particular. Nakamura will be accepting his Associate’s Degree this year and will be returning to the islands of Hawaii.

He says he would accept a scholarship to play football for any university and is not necessarily particular. However, Nakamura has something to fall back on in his homeland. A company run by his uncle creates many possible opportunities for a future career when he returns The players only get to travel home from college twice a year.

Once during Christmas vacation and once during summer break.

However, they have to cut their summer vacation short in order to return for the beginning of practice for the following fall season. Football will always be a part of their lives. They love playing football most on the

“We just have to correct our mistakes.” beaches of Kauai. Even though they are constantly teased about their complexion becoming lighter, they claim that they will always be islanders at heart.

Coming from Hawaii, the foreign players are required to pay an out-of-state tuition. This means they pay $234 per unit rather than a California resident paying $26 a unit. Regardless,

they show much dedication to their sport of football as a huge part of their lives. “It is always difficult, football drains you.” Nakamura said. “If you don’t keep up with your grades then you can’t play.”

All football players spend approximately 45 hours a week with academics and team practice. These three Hawaiian athletes claim that they will not return to their homeland until they have reached their goals here at Saddleback.

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Photos by Nathaniel Vamvas

GAUCHO PRIDE: Canaan Bernard (#21), Travis “Naka” Nakamura (#22), and Bo Valera (#11) are the Hawaiian football players who are a part of the Saddleback Gauchos football team.

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Gauchos clinch crucial win

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he underdog football team at Saddleback College defeated host Cerritos College Saturday, 28-24.

Ninth-ranked Cerritos opened the scoring in the first quarter but the team quickly proved that they came to play. The Gauchos responded by putting themselves on the scoreboard within five minutes with a touch down pass from quarterback Sean Reilly to wide receiver Tavaurs Abram.

Michael Frisina kicked the point after touchdown.

The Gauchos, who came into the game ranked 21st in the state, came into the second quarter with a 7-7 tie only to prove to Cerritos that they wanted the win. The Gauchos received their second touch down two minutes into the second with 6-yard run

by John Akiba. Michael Frisina helped the Gaucho’s get to 14-7 with the extra kick.

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The Gauchos now have a record of 4-1 “We proved that we came to win,” sophomore line backer Scott Graves said.

Graves helped lead the defense with 10 tackles.

Graves also had three tackles for lost yardage, 15-yard fumble return and two quarterback hurries.

“We were the underdogs in this situation and our team produced the win.”

Graves added.

“Offense came to play,” sophomore safety Matt Reza said.

Reza also contributed his own ten tackles in the game on Saturday.

Abram caught five passes for 59 yards and contributed two touchdowns.

The Gauchos have a bye this week leaving more practice time for their homecoming game on Oct. 16 against Grossmont College at 6:00 p.m.

Going for the touch down: Gaucho offense grabs the recovery against Chaffey[above] like they did saturday at Cerritos

on downs later Saddleback received its third touchdown of the game with a pass

from Reilly to Abram, with Frisina on the extra point.

Close to the end of the

second both teams had moments for the blooper reel with three fumbles in two minutes ending in Saddleback with the recovery and an attempt for the field goal.

After half time Cerritos gained an interception resulting in a touchdown bringing the score to 14-21.

The Gaucho defense held the Falcons until the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Cerritos came back with a touchdown tying the score.

The Falcons did not stop there, after a turnover on a

fumble they finished a field goal bringing them to the lead.

The Gauchos did not waste any time gaining back the lead. Saddleback got a touchdown with an 1-yard run from Donell Dickerson, who had 18 carries for 122 yards.

Cerritos tried to gain some sort of momentum but the Gauchos finished the game with a sack from Devin Thurman and Thomas Graff.

Saddleback, who was No. 21 last week is now 14 in the state according to www.jcgridiron.rivals.com.

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vs 6 p.m. at Saddleback Stadium Gauchos homecoming game against Grossmont Oct. 16.

PHOTO BY STEPHANIE PLESE/ SPORTS EDITOR

GOING FOR THE GOAL: Dennis White winds up for the goal in the game vs. santa monica

Water polo ends tournament 3-1 STEPHANIE PLEŠE

Saddleback men’s water polo hosted their first tournament of the year last weekend.

The Gauchos played their first match against Santa Monica on Friday. Starting with a strong lead, the team continued through out the game to bring the final score to 13-5. Cody Casey had four goals and Paul Schering-

er ended the game with five.

Saddleback had its next game Friday afternoon in which they dominated El Camino College 177. Scheringer also contributed to this game immensely with five points.

In the third game of the tournament, on Saturday, Gauchos took another win in their game against Santa Ana. The resulting score was 13-5 with two

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goals from Max Matsushima and Dennis White.

Saddleback did not have the perfect record they were hoping for after their last game against Palomar. The Gauchos kept the game close with a score of 17-10 but could not swim out with the win.

The tournament brings the Gaucho record to 4-6 and the men play against Santa Ana at their home today at 3 p.m. splese0@saddleback.edu

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CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Brandman University is accredited by, and is a member of, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

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