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IVC awards teacher of the year TAMEEM SERAJ

Irvine Valley College announced its teacher of the year winners that included the categories of full time, part time, and Emeritus instructors.

Marie de la Palme was awarded the full time teacher of the year honor. De la Palme is a ballet instructor at IVC and has been teaching there for four years.

De la Palme is a native of France and has performed with numerous dance groups such as Alvin Ailey III, Trisler Danscompany, Keith Lee Ballets and others. She graduated from Princess Grace Academie, Monte Carlo.

De la Palme found her inspiration for ballet when she attended a ballet show in New York when she was eight years old. She is thankful for her students for their extra effort to help her win the award.

“This award means a lot because the kids took the time to write and that means more than anything to me,” de la Palme said. “They didn’t just take the class, they took the extra step to download the form and write something meaningful and submit it and that’s huge, so for me it’s a huge rush of affection for my kids.”

De la Palme is currently the artistic director of IVC’s Performing Dance Ensemble and the dance company Motion/ Tribe.

The part time teacher of the year award was given to art and design instructor Joseph Gerges. Gerges has been an instructor at IVC for two

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just dance: Ballet instructor Marie de la Palme leads her class in warm-ups. De la Palme is a full-time instrcutor at Irvine Valley College, and has been teaching ballet there for four years.

De la Palme, originally from France, has been interested in ballet since the age of eight when she saw her first performance. She is also the artistic director of IVC’s Performing Dance Ensemble.

years.

Gerges is a first generation Egyptian-American and graduated from Art Center College of Design and earned his masters in drawing and design from California State University, Fullerton.

Gerges has been painting since his early teens and his drawings tackle topics like conflict, discrimination and class structure. In addition to drawing he also directed a film documentary titled Solo.

Gerges has also worked with

elite studios such as Paramount and Universal.

Becky Rigali won the Emeritus teacher of the year honor.

Rigali teaches Pilates and fitness courses to elderly adults as part of IVC’s Emeritus Institute. She has been at IVC

since 2008.

Rigali is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton earning her bachelor’s degree in gerokinesiology and her master’s in public health.

Rigali is a former personal trainer for Total Woman Gym

and Day Spa and gets to know her students individually so she can cater to their needs.

Rigali volunteers as a guest speaker to numerous group fitness courses. tseraj0@ivc.edu

Scholarship act receives support State Assembly is reviewing proposal to close corporate tax loophole California State Assembly speaker John A. Pérez has recently been receiving massive college student support for his proposed Middle Class Scholarship Act, which aims to slash state college fees by two-thirds.

Ever since Pérez introduced his plan to the State Assembly in February, he has been traveling to different college campuses and sending out press packages soliciting support for the act with positive results.

On March 5, an estimated 10,000 protesters made up of UC students marched to the State Capitol in Sacramento as part of the 10th Annual UC Student Lobby Conference to lobby the passing of the act’s two Assembly Bills, the AB 1500 and the AB 1501. The former closes the Single Sales Factor loophole and redirects funds into the Middle Class

Scholarship Fund, while the latter establishes the Middle Class Scholarship program to distribute the funds.

“We need to close the Single Sales Factor loophole,” Perez said. “Too many out-of-state companies can choose their own tax rates for California.”

In addition, the SLC also advocated for the Working Families Student Fee Transparency and Accountability Act (AB 970) and Same Day Voter Registration (AB 1436).

The act intends to address the Single Sales Factor tax loophole and redirect the revenue lost to out-of-state corporations into the Middle Class Scholarship program, which provides scholarships for students in the California State University and University of California systems as well as funding for California Community Colleges.

The target recipients are students whose family have an income of less than $150,000 but do not qualify for any kind of financial aid.

“With the collapse of our economy, we have made our colleges and universities more

expensive and less accessible,” Pérez said. “The Middle Class Scholarship Act intends to turn that around.”

California Community Colleges students will not receive direct scholarships, but $150 million will be allocated to the CCC system to alleviate its financial burden in order to reduce costs for students, according to Pérez.

“The average UC student will save about $8,200 a year,” Pérez said. “For CSU students, they would save approximately $4,000 per year.”

In order to pass, the corresponding bills require twothirds votes from each house of the California State Legislature.

If the act passes, California will join 23 other states including Texas and New York, that do not have this tax loophole.

The Single Sales Factor allows out-of-state corporations to enjoy large tax breaks even if they only have a small number of employees or very little involvement in California.

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Emeritus student Jose D. Thomas will be displaying his art work this Friday.

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Saddleback holds its annual fashion show fantasy and fairy tale meets nightmare.

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The Jewelry Club and Environmental Awareness Club will be hosting a jewelry sale.

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Saddleback third baseman Josh Fuentes talks about his experiences on the diamond.

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Yummy YUMMY: Students create delectable desserts which help to create a foundation for their future culinary career goals. Students are required to create every aspect of their dessert including sauces and presentation.

Students bake cake and eat it, too NICOLE BULLARD Saddleback College culinary instructor, Guenter Rehm, teaches baking basics on campus and also advanced baking along with three separate classes that specialize in cake making.

These classes are designed in mind for students who would like to build a foundation for

their future in a commercial culinary career. The baking basics class focuses on the baking and dessert aspect, including bread, pies, custards, muffins and many European breads.

Advanced baking educates students on how to temper chocolate and different chocolate and caramel sauces. His three cake classes all incorporate different structures of cake making.

The final in advanced baking is what Rehm calls “hotel desserts,” because they are the type of dessert served in a hotel. Each student must make the dessert including the sauces and condiments that go with it. The baking basics class can choose from either making a bread or pound cake.

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Members of the Lariat staff attended the state conference of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges held March 22-24 in Burbank. (L to R) Front: Nicole Bullard, Anna Gleason, Tameem Seraj, and Jason Chung. Back: Ali Dorri and MaryAnne Shults. Advisor Paul McLeod, not pictured.

Lariat receives top award in national journalism competition lariat staff The Saddleback College Lariat has been named Most Outstanding Community College newspaper in the nation by the American Scholastic Press Association from New York.

For the second time, the Lariat also topped the category of First Place with Special Merit.

The student-run publication was chosen over three other

California community college newspapers to win its awards, including Chapparal from College of the Desert in Palm Desert, The Collegian at Los Angeles City College and The Roundup from Pierce College in Woodland Hills.

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Correction In the April 4 issue of the Lariat Arts and Entertainment section, a pull-out quote attributed to director Steve Miles was actually made by assistant director Josh Landa.

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Pinterest is the new digital scrapbooking nicole bullard Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that allows its users to unleash all their pent-up creativity, collect photos and videos of places and things they normally could only dream of and organize their future goals with the use of multimedia found on the Internet.

The website became available to the public as a invitation-only open beta in March 2010.

According to techcrunch. com, Pinterest has over 10.4 million registered users, 9 million monthly Facebook-connected users and 2 million daily Facebook users. Techcrunch. com also wrote that over 97 percent of Pinterest’s users are women.

The main goal of their website is to find interesting things

for people around the globe to share on their virtual pinboard.

It’s easy to share beautiful photos of “interesting things.”

To post a photo on Pinterest is called a “pin.”

Trending pins are fashion, art, food, and interior design.

Although it might seem narrowminded to say Pinterest is blatantly aimed at the female population, this is not the website’s fault.

After all, the user decides how they want to apply the website to their lives. And with things like photos of the latest fashion and cute throw pillows, it’s no surprise people assume.

One of the growing benefits of Pinterest is blogs are getting far more traffic than they used to. People will look for the photo they want, and can often find it on a blog. Pinterest is a great opportunity to take advantage

of, especially if one wants to promote their writing or photography.

The website is also an efficient organizer. Imagine if instead of having to make a complicated list and to decide on very important choices based on an image only in our thoughts, it could be planned out visually on a pinboard—that’s what Pinterest excels in.

It allows people who are visual learners to organize their book clubs, companies, fundraisers, photography, recipes and much more.

It’s no surprise that Pinterest has become like a visual board for people. They see delicious food on the Internet so they make a pinboard with photos of food on it. Someone sees a cute photo of a Victorian-themed room, so they make a pinboard of interior design. It’s so simple

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VIRTUAL SCRAPS: In December 2011 Pinterest became one of the 10 largest social network services, according to Hitwise data, with 11 million total visits per week. The next month, it drove more referral traffic to retailers than LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google+. In Febuary, TechCrunch also named it the best new startup of 2011.

and to the point. It’s brilliant.

After all, before Pinterest existed people were still scrapbooking. It’s the same thing, just now it no longer requires glue sticks and an album book.

Also, people who join Pinterest tend to be artistic, which you can observe as a Pinterest user.

It’s a website of art, imagination

orwegian terrorist too crazy N Editorial: for insanity claim

The Norwegian terrorist and mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who was convicted of acts of terror and voluntary homicide, has pleaded not guilty to the charges on April 16.

Breivik had open-fired on a Labour Party youth camp on Utoya Island, killing 69 people, and car-bombed a government building only 25 miles away in Oslo, killing eight, on the same day last summer.

On the date of his trial, he openly denied to recognize the authority of the Norwegian court as well as the judge, citing they receive their mandate from a government that supports multiculturalism as his reason.

Although he denies criminal guilt, he admitted to committing the acts. This man truly believes from the bottom of his heart that he killed all those people in self-defense because, according to him, anyone who supports multiculturalism and pro-immigration policies are a threat to the purity of Norwegian blood.

This man is clearly insane. His monstrous acts of random violence in the name of ethnic cleansing has caused much grief around the globe.

The fact that he believes himself not guilty, even with hundreds of witnesses, is an outrage.

The trial is expected to only last up to ten weeks, according

to CNN.com. And the only thing keeping him from prison is the possibility that his crimes could be seen as psychotic.

Whether Breivik is psychotic or not is being evaluated by experts and they’ve concluded his sanity will determine his punishment.

It is still uncertain whether he will imprisoned or placed in a mental facility.

But Breivik’s lawyer Geir Lippestad is trying to not pull the insanity card.

The even crazier part is, Breivik was the one who refused to be classified as insane, calling it a worse fate than death.

Not a wise move on his part, but at least it will increase the chances of him being convicted.

In the 1,500-page manifesto he released online before the killings, Breivik claimed he intends to use the court trial as a media platform to spread his extreme views, which is what he doesn’t want to be called insanity and have his message revoked.

This is evidence that this person is seriously messed up in the head. Every second he spends in publicity is an eyesore to the rest of the world.

He should be quickly labeled insane and be jailed or convicted and start serving his life sentence.

North American currency union: The next euro flop Jason chung The idea of combining the currencies of the three North American countries, namely Canada, the United States, and Mexico, has been entertained by various parties following the launch of the euro in Jan. 1999, but nothing ever became of it because many thought it was impractical for the continent at the time.

But now that stories of how the euro is about to fail have began to circulate, coupled with the declining influence of the U.S. dollar, many economists are juggling with the concept again.

Although no one is seriously considering combining the currencies, for the purposes of debate, let’s discuss why it would be a bad idea.

The new currency, referred to as the amero, was first proposed

by Herbert Grubel, a former Canadian politician and now emeritus professor of economics at the Simon Fraser University in

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Vancouver, in a research study he wrote for the Canadian public policy think tank Fraser Institute in Sept. 1999.

Titled “The Case of the Amero,” Grubel argued primarily from Canada’s standpoint. At the time of his study, he feared the newly launched euro would become so successful that it would replace the U.S. dollar’s usage in many parts of the world.

He believed by introducing the amero, the risks associated with currency trading in North America could be eliminated and bring about price stability for essential resources such as oil and food.

But most importantly, it would lower the interest rates for the money Canada and Mexico borrowed from other countries. He admitted that although the proposal did have immediate benefits for Canada and Mexico, the U.S. wouldn’t see much improvement.

The euro was issued following the same logic. Among the 27 countries that are members of the European Union, 17 of

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them thought merging currencies would eliminate heavy currency conversion costs in their close-knitted trade network and establish interdependence between the countries so they can back each other up financially, according to a Time Moneyland blog post by financial analyst Michael Sivy.

But geographically speaking, North American countries are very unlike countries in Europe.

European countries exist within close proximity of one another, and are often surrounded by two to four countries on each side.

A product being traded across half a dozen countries over there in a single day is not surprising.

That is why a common currency was more convenient for them.

North America, on the other hand, is clearly divided into three sections with the U.S. separating the Canadian and Mexican borders. We already have the North American Free Trade Agreement in place to ensure tariff-free trading as a way to stimulate investments. Therefore, having the amero would

not do us much good.

Besides, having a central monetary policy will only become a burden when problems arise.

Just take a look at the situation in Greece right now. In the past, its solution to debts and other financial problem was to print more drachmas. But now that they belong to the eurozone, the EU cannot print more euros just for them. So instead, they are being asked to make drastic cuts to their budgets, according to an CNN. Same thing for North America. If one of the countries happen to fall into financial crisis while the other two are not in a position to help, the entire union will get dragged down.

This is because the country that fell behind either has to make huge cuts to its budget, or the other two countries will have to lend money to the first.

Seriously. If we ever get to vote on combining North America’s currency, don’t do it. It will just end in a nasty breakup eventually. jchung52@ivc.edu

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and creativity- but it’s also a website of wishes. People are always wishing and wanting more than they have.

We always want to feel complete, and sometimes it seems easier to satisfy our wants with clothes, food and products.

So maybe Pinterest is really just cure for shopaholics?

Doubt it, but it would probably work.

Whether Pinterest be crowded with fashionistas, designers or people planning their future company, it will be interesting to see what’s trending. nbullard0@saddleback.edu

Saddleback concentrates on student success Carmen Ulloa

All students, however, can Special to the Lariat benefit from this program, including students who are alGiven state-wide concern ready getting “A” grades and with student’s lack of basic just need to reduce stress or beskills to perform successfully come more efficient with time at the college level, Saddleback management, she said. Students College has formed committees who are first generation college to recommend and implement students and need more stratestrategies leading to better stu- gies to achieve academic sucdent achievement and success in cess will be able to use the recommendations to achieve their the classroom.

Leading this effort through goals.

Students who find it difficult the college’s Liberal Arts Division is English instructor Re- to cope, either because they nee Bangerter. Using the input lack motivation or because they from members of the Liberal lack a vision of what their fuArts Division Student Success ture holds with find concrete Committee, she has developed recommendations to find focus, a series of videos outlining the said Mike Reed, journalism decharacteristics of a successful partment chair and Liberal Arts Student Success Committee student.

The videos are intended to member.

Reed sees the state-level task encourage students to be active, organized and responsible force leaning toward supporting learners. Students are urged to only students who are seeking follow specific guidelines to degrees or certificates.

“There will be less room for help them experience a higher level of academic achievement. students who don’t have specif“We are developing a re- ic academic goals set and there source that instructors can use in will be pressure to see progress their respective classrooms that toward that goal,” he said. “The will outline specific recommen- emphasis will be on transfer dations leading to higher levels with more support for programs of student success,” Bangerter that help students toward that goal.” said.

“That is the goal of SaddleWith input from several different academic areas, strate- back’s Student Success Comgies to help instructors encour- mittee, we are developing lists age student participation and of specific characteristics and enhance student achievement skill sets for students and instructors to focus on that lead to are also included.

The college’s effort puts it in more student success,” Bangertthe forefront of a state mandate er said.

Titles of specific videos that for more accountability in the state-wide community colleges. will be available to students and “A state task force has been faculty include: “Setting Up For Success: formed to come up with recommendations from instructors, Characteristics of Successful students and representatives in Students” “Being Active, Being Inall disciplines, regarding how to make decisions how to fund volved” “Staying Ahead of the Game” programs and prioritize educa“As an associate faulty memtion at the community college ber, I’m looking forward to havlevel,” Bangerter said.

These videos are part of the ing these videos available to Basic Skills Initiative at the col- show to students.

The strategies outlined will lege, Bangerter said.

“The success of these vid- make a difference to both ineos will be measured looking structors and students who utiat better student performance lize them,” said Debbie Thierin the basic skills courses,” she cof, ESL instructor and Liberal said. “Success will be measured Arts committee member.

The college plans to make looking at matriculation numbers. A decrease in the number these videos available on the of students enrolled in basic college Web Site. skills programs and better student performance in the courses taken will be important measurements.”

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Chai one on with a batch of custom tea For all those college students tired of dishing out around five bucks for a simple caffeinated beverage at Starbucks, there’s a solution. This recipe for hot chai tea is relatively simple with fragrant spices like cinnamon and clove. This chai tea recipe is only 111 calories, which can be compared to a grande sized Tazo Chai Tea Latte from Starbucks which clocks in at 200 calories.

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Ingredients:

Fantasy fashion to grace McKinney for annual festival NICOLE BULLARD

One cup milk One cup water One large strip of orange peel Three whole cloves One (3 inch) cinnamon stick Three whole black peppercorns One pinch ground nutmeg Four teaspoons white sugar Two teaspoons black tea leaves

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Combine the milk and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Once this mixture has warmed, place the orange peel, cloves, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, nutmeg, sugar and tea leaves into the pan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the color deepens to your liking. Strain out spices, and pour into cups. Enjoy!

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Emeritus artist’s regional paintings to be showcased at Library Writing Lab JASON CHUNG The paintings of Emeritus student Jose D. Thomas will be displayed in honor of his artistic contributions to Saddleback College on Friday, April 20, at the Library Writing Lab. The Emeritus Institute, along with Saddleback’s Liberal Arts Division and the Writing Center, will host an artist reception for Thomas from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Village #8.

Admission is free and refreshments will be provided.

Thomas will be showcasing

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Emeritus painter Jose D. Thomas.

his paintings of state, regional and county parks throughout Southern California. The painting exhibition is entitled Plein Air. Plein Air is a style of painting that gained popularity in

the early 19th century when paint manufacturers developed pre-mixed oil pigments, which finally allowed painters to take their tools outdoor with ease, according to PBS.org.

The term takes reference from the French expression “en plein air”, which means “in the open air” when translated to English, to reflect the use of natural sunlight, as opposed to artificial light sources inside a studio, in rendering the paintings, according to About.com. jchung52@ivc.edu

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The Saddleback College Annual Fashion Show will be showing off its student designs including corsets and evening wear.

The theme is fantasy and fairytale meets nightmare, with inspiration from movies such as A Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice In Wonderland and Snow White and the Huntsman.

Produced by Fashion 147, the show will also have Athena College of Beauty for hair and makeup styling, hors d’oeuvres prepared by the culinary arts department and the whole show will be taped by communication arts students.

Student design categories include corsets, evening-wear, ready-to-wear and fantasy. The Best in Show Award will be $500.

Along with Saddleback students, there will be several boutiques attending, including Buffalo Exchange, Muse, The Lobby, Luna B. and Shangri-La. The reception begins at 5:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:00 p.m. in the McKinney Theater on Saturday, May 5.

Presale tickets cost $15 and at the door is $20. Tickets are available through the McKinney box office. For further information, contact Diane McGroarty at dmcgroarty@ saddleback.edu. nbullard0@saddleback.edu

World-renowned pianist to visit Saddleback for recital The proffesional pianist Daniel Pollack will be performing at the McKinney.

NICOLE BULLARD The department of music at Saddleback College will be holding a piano recital fundraiser for the Saddleback Piano Program, starring pianist Daniel Pollack.

The performance is being held on Sunday, April 29 at 3 p.m. in the McKinney Theater, and a meet-the artist champagne ticketed reception at $10 per person will follow the recital.

Tickets are $20 general and $15 for students and seniors.

Music teachers with a MTAC or CAPMT ID receive a two for one discount.

The starring pianist, Daniel Pollack was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, began his studies at the age of four and made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of nine, performing the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1.

He is a graduate of the Juilliard School from the class of the legendary Rosina Lhévinne.

Audiences worldwide recognize the pianism of Daniel Pollack for its signature colors in sound, coupled with overthe-edge thrilling virtuosity, giving his performances an electrifying element that catches the imagination of concert goers. nbullard0@saddleback.edu

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“There’s three nights on cake decorating, the first class is when you make the cakes,” Rehm said, “the second is when you make all the buttercreams and fillings and the third is when we sample the cake.”

There’s a lot of information provided in his cake classes, which is why he divided them into three corresponding classes.

According to the book “How Baking Works: Exploring the Fundamentals of Baking Science” by Paula I. Figoni, “Today, bakers and pastry chefs have more challenges. They must master more skills. They must adapt to faster-changing trends. They must learn to use a wider array of ingredients from different cultures. They must learn all this in a shorter amount of time. Baking and pastry programs in colleges and universities are laying the foundation to meet these new challenges.”

Just as Figoni said, college baking classes are beginning to stand in a more energetic stance and honing professional culinary skills. However, it is indeed demanding on instructors and students.

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“Until I came on board, they had a kind of home economics class, we would like to make it more commercial and get the students prepared for a job, not just home use.” Rehm said.

As a result of the lingering home economics feel to the culinary department, Rehm sees a lot of students enrolling in his classes purely for home use, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but his hopes for his class are that finding job opportunities as culinary students will be a piece of cake.

“I’d like to see that Saddleback is going more commercial to train the students, and it looks like it’s going that way, but it takes money,” Rehm said, “they’d have to invest more money into the culinary department.”

In his advanced baking class, Rehm mentions there are students who know little about baking but are still placed in the advanced class.

“The reason why is there wouldn’t be enough students to fill the class, you need 20 students in a class,” Rehm said, “so it’s difficult when some students have no baking skills.”

His class is on Mondays from 6 p.m. to 9:50 p.m.

“There’s three nights on cake decorating, the first class is when you make the cakes,” Rehm said, “the second is when you make all the buttercreams and fillings and the third is when we sample the cake.”

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Jewelry sale will feature ‘steampunk’ in honor of Earth Week jason chung Students and faculty from Saddleback College’s jewelry classes will be selling their creations and demonstrating jewelry-making at the annual Spring Jewelry Sale on Wednesday, April 25.

Organized by the Jewelry Club in conjunction with the Environmental Awareness Club, the event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Student Services Center, Room 212. “[In honor of] Earth Week,” said event coordinator Gloria

Gimbrone, “we will do a form of jewelry called steampunk.

It’s the recycling of found objects.”

The sale will also feature other one-of-a-kind, handmade jewelry pieces crafted by students and faculty from a variety of materials such as new gold, copper and sterling silver. The items will include rings, bracelets, necklaces, glass beads, and even sculptures.

“It’s all handcrafted,” Gimbrone said. “Nothing can be purchased. They must make everything.”

Prices for the jewelry will range from $10 to several hundred dollars, depending on the cost of the materials and the designs.

“We will be demonstrating different techniques,” Gimbrone said. “There will be beading, but none of the heavy stuff.

So [the attendees] will be able to observe [and] actually see what’s going on.”

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Fuentes leads struggling Gauchos Chris Cantwell Special to the Lariat

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FLY BALL: Second baseman Josh Fuentes catches a pop fly during a game against Golden West on March 30.

Saddleback Men’s tennis ends title drought Tameem Seraj Saddleback College men’s tennis team wins Orange Empire Conference crown with a 9-1 record.

The lone loss of the season was to district rival Irvine Valley College on March 27 in a hard fought 3-6 match.

The team finished 15-5 overall this season and await the decision of the seeding committee to see what seed they are placed.

If they are the higher seed then the Gauchos will have home court advantage in the first round of regional

Courtesy of Saddleback College

CHAMPION: Coach Bud Davis. playoffs. The first round match was yesterday, check http:// www.saddleback.edu/athletics/ Tennis/ for results.

This is the first title for the

team since 2004 and the first under coach Bud Davis.

This is Davis’ third season as coach. He has completely turned the program around from his first season when the team went winless in conference play.

The seven year conference title draught was unusual for a program that has a history of winning.

Prior to the draught the Gauchos had won 12 straight conference titles and 25 titles in a 26-year span dating back to 1979. tseraj0@ivc.edu

Saddleback infielder Josh Fuentes, 19, undecided, is putting up great numbers so far this season. He has a .342 batting average and 13 runs-batted-in.

“One word to describe my baseball career is passion. I play with so much heart and pure love for the game. I couldn’t think of doing anything else but playing ball,” Fuentes said.

Fuentes is from Mission Viejo, but he has lived in Rancho Santa Margarita for most of his life. Fuentes’ high school team was very successful his senior year.

“I started off slow my freshman and sophomore years at Trabuco Hills, but then I worked hard and hit every single day and became a good player,” Fuentes said.

“We won league my senior year,” he said.

Like most athletes, he learned to play his favorite sport at a very young age. Fuentes’ father and his cousin were his biggest teachers and role models.

His father, Justo Fuentes, introduced him to the game when he was six years old. He has six

cousins, and they played almost every day whether it was Wiffle Ball in the backyard or bouncing balls off the garage.

“I was always around the game,” Fuentes said. His cousin Nolan Arenado plays for the double-A minor league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.

“He taught me to play with fire and to want it more than anyone else on the field. That goes through my mind every time I step in between those lines,” Fuentes said.

Fuentes loves playing for the Gauchos and loves playing with his teammates and helping them win in any way he can. Coach Sommer McCartney would always contact him telling him to go to Saddleback, and he decided to play for the Gauchos.

“I love our team here at Saddleback. We have a solid group of guys who want to get better individually and as a team,” Fuentes said. “When I come to hit early, I always see guys strolling in to hit with me. We really gel.”

Fuentes’ favorite baseball team is the San Francisco Giants, and his favorite player is Troy Tulowitzki of the Colorado Rockies.

“Troy plays with such fire and energy and that’s my game too. The way he plays defense inspires me,” Fuentes said. “My older brother loved the Dodgers and we were rivals, so naturally my team was the Giants.”

Fuentes’ goal is very similar to the majority of college athletes. His goal is to get drafted out of Saddleback or play at a four-year university.

“Getting an education is so important, and I would have no problem going that route, but if the opportunity of getting drafted arose, that would be a dream come true,” Fuentes said.

The Gauchos are currently 8-15 and are looking to improve themselves in every way possible. Fuentes believes that anything is attainable.

“Every goal I have is an achievable goal for me,” he said.

“Nothing is out of reach. Persistence and being focused on the task helps to achieve it.

“Nothing is ever going to be smooth sailing. When you have setbacks, those who are persistent enough get back up and continue to tackle it and have success. I live by that,” Fuentes said.

IVC men’s volleyball entered playoffs Tuesday night Lasers reach playoffs with stunning comeback win against Grossmont.

Tameem Seraj Irvine Valley College men’s volleyball team clinched playoff berth by finishing second in the Pacific Coast Conference with an 8-3 record.

The Lasers are 10-7 overall this season and are led by sophomore middle blocker Mark Metrakos. The Lasers are the

Courtesy of Irvine Valley College

BLOCKER: Mark Metrakos. defending state champions but were almost eliminated from playoff contention.

If they had lost to Grossmont College on April 6, their hopes of the postseason would have been over. IVC was down two sets to none but rallied to win in five sets in a match where Grossmont had three match points. Metrakos had 26 kills in the match.

The Lasers hosted the Moorpark College Raiders last night, check http://www.ivc.edu/athletics/mvolleyball/Pages/default.aspx for the result of the match. tseraj0@ivc.edu