Vol. 47, Issue 6 (November 19, 2014)

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Why the college needs a public announce system

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SC and IVC tie in women’s soccer

Saddleback, IVC may offer bachelor’s Anibal Santos

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hannah tavares/ Lariat smoke your last: Secondhand smoke on college campuses has been addressed by the SOCCCD in the form of a smoking ban on all district campuses. Not following these new regulations will result in a verbal warning, followed by a citation as of fall 2015.

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Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College will begin transitioning to smoke-free campuses next year. Education and awareness will begin in spring 2015, and enforcement of the ban will begin in the fall of 2015, said Academic Senate President Dan Walsh.

This ban will include students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the general, visiting public attending events, according to Administrative Regulation 2150 for a smoke-free district.

SC’s Academic Senate unanimously moved to approve AR 2150 on Wednesday, Nov. 5, but students aren’t so unanimous.

“I think it’s a horrible idea,” said Eric Vasquez, 18, business.

“Everyone should have the right to do what they want.”

Under the ban, all smoking would be prohibited in all district buildings on all district properties.

Tobacco products to be prohibited include, but are not lim-

ited to, burning of any type of cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic cigarettes or vaporizers, and smokeless, chewing tobacco, according to AR 2150.

Walsh said that both chiefs from SC and IVC would enforce the new regulation when it is instated. Campus police will ask people to put out their cigarettes, and failure to do so will result in an economic citation. The ramifications of the citation are yet to be decided.

“They aren’t just going to walk up to people and say ‘Your smoking, here is a ticket,” Walsh said. “Now, if someone is a repeat offender, it’s at [the police’s] discretion.”

Enforcement of the smoking ban will be equal to that of parking regulations on the campuses, Walsh said.

“Everyone’s voice is being heard,” said Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations. Tere Fluegeman. “They have passed it, but now are waiting for the details on the way they are going to go about [enforcing] it. A lot of colleges are doing this across the state and it’s an expensive process.”

This ban comes on the heels of rising health concerns over

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Illustrtions by Anibal Santos/ Lariat prohibited paraphanalia: The South Orange County Community College District will ban use of products such as (top to bottom) smokelesss/chewing tobaco, electronic cigarettes (vapor), cigarettes and cigars on all district buildings and property.

college students being exposed to secondhand smoke.

An estimated 3,400 lung cancer deaths occur every year in non -smoking adults according to the American Cancer Society.

Ken Carandang, 23, political science, sympathizes with the

need for the smoking ban.

“Secondhand smoke is harmful to bystanders, even though it may only be to a small degree,” he said. “In light of this, the ban makes sense.” htavares.lariat@gmail.com asantos.lariat@gmail.com

Saddleback College’s Academic Senate approved a proposal for the South Orange County Community College District’s application to the state to be one of 15 California community college districts to establish a baccalaureate pilot program on Wednesday, Nov. 5.

Under California Senate Bill 850, the legislation outlining the pilot program, Saddleback may have the opportunity to offer a baccalaureate degree in applied science in sustainable environmental design.

“It’s a competitive process, finding out who the best colleges are to provide those 15 degrees,” said Anthony Teng, acting Dean of Advanced Technology & Applied Science.

“Each college would be allowed one degree,” Teng said.

“It’s not like going to a Cal State where they have all those degrees. We would just be allowed one.”

The college had to develop a degree that wasn’t being addressed by other four-year universities, so Saddleback would be the only college in California to offer a degree in applied science in sustainable environmental design.

The degree is broad, said Architecture/Drafting Instructor and Academic Senate President Elect Blake Stephens, but aspects of it focus on the human factors of sustainable design, and are cognizant of resources.

“We had to look for a program to offer that was different, or was not being offered or supported at a CSU or a UC,” Teng said.

“We couldn’t do one in environmental studies because there are environmental studies in the UCs. We couldn’t one in architecture because there is a bachelor degree for that offered at a CSU,” he said. “So that’s where we came up with [applied science in sustainable environmental design].”

“The thought process is that the CSUs and the UCs are getting overcrowded,” Teng said.

“That’s why the community colleges are getting involved.”

A lot of consideration has been given to offering the courses online. Since this is a statewide program, offering

courses for the degree online would foster Saddleback enrollment of students all across California, Teng said.

Orange County is the largest center in the United States to export all of our architecture students from the county out to schools like Cal Poly Pomona, Stephens said, which has an extremely low transfer acceptance rate. Other Saddleback students transfer out of state to receive an education in architecture.

Most transfer students that pursue a degree in architecture pay around $26,000 a year in colleges like the New School of Architecture in San Diego and University of Southern California’s School of Architecture, Stephens said. Tuition can even get up to $65,000 a year at those colleges.

The fee for upper division courses in Saddleback’s proposed degree is currently limited to $84 per unit.

“The program would be available in the fall of 2017 and the group of students going into [the program] would have to finish the degree by the summer of 2023, so basically they have 6 years to finish,” Teng said.

The SOCCCD will have to look over and approve Saddleback’s proposed degree program before it’s submitted to the state for consideration.

“What happened in senate is not a done deal yet because we still need to coordinate within our district that both Irvine Valley College and Saddleback agree that this is going to be the program the district should support,” Teng said. “[The district is] only allowed to support one program, so if IVC wants a different program, there has to be a discussion on which is the better program to [submit to the state],” he said. “It’s not a sure thing yet, but it’s a good idea.”

If the program goes well, more than 15 degrees in 15 districts may be offered, but for now, Saddleback is competing against all 112 California community colleges for the program, Teng said. “The whole idea of this is to meet local work needs, [and offer a program] where the jobs are.”

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Say goodbye to the Gauchos’ mascot Anibal Santos

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On Nov. 5, Saddleback College’s Academic Senate reaffirmed that the Gauchos’ mascot is not to be used by any college entity for any purposes moving forward. The issue of the culturally insensitive [Argentinian] riding a horse should completely be banned, said Academic Senate President Dan Walsh.

The Academic Senate had taken a stance against the

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mascot years ago.

“We actually passed a resolution, saying to remove the Gauchos’ mascot and the students did as well,” Walsh said.

The college’s Associated Student Government and the Consultation Council had both passed a resolution to take down the mascot.

“We thought it was going to be a done deal. We were not going to have the logo anymore, but it started showing up again,” Walsh said.

As of now there is no set

date to when the mascot’s image will be completely removed from the college, or replaced with a different mascot.

“Athletics has had very little to say about [the mascot],” said Assistant Athletic Director Jerry Hannula, though the image is displayed in almost all athletic forums on campus.

Hannula said that in his 24 years at Saddleback, no one has complained to him directly about the mascot. It was not until four years ago that a few students raised a complaint

against it.

In 2010, the ASG passed a resolution to change the representation of the Gauchos’ mascot. The vote was passed with a majority of the vote to help change the mascot to become more culturally appropriate.

At the time, the removal of the image from the sports fields and gymnasium was stalled due to lack of funds.

The mascot is currently displayed in 95% of the Athletics Division, Hannula said.

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Saddleback’s lack of a PA system is a communication breakdown lariat staff

The lack of a Public Announcement system as a part of campus is just one aspect of a larger communication problem at Saddleback College. Not only did a lack of effective communication during the water main break leave students unsure if they should attend their next class, wait around, or go home, but it left faculty and classified staff questioning their next steps as well. Students, unaware of what was taking place, turned to their instructors for information, but they had none to give, causing students to linger long after they were expected to go home, leaving instructors unsure of whether they should wait things out and remain to teach their classes.

Though the administration intended to evacuate students from the school before classified staff could be released to leave, many staff members either didn’t receive any message on what to do.

When the LRC Building was constructed, the builders did not install a PA system, which would bring issues for bringing awareness to students on potential campus emergencies. The college used the desk phone speakers to announce the Great California ShakeOut and the water main break situation, which proved itself to be ineffective because the volume was too low to hear beyond a short distance from the desk speaker itself.

“Most of us didn’t know about it because none of us have been notified of it. In the LRC, the alarms

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never went off,” said Librarian Ana Maria Cobos about the miscommunication problems that arose from the Great California Shakeout Certain students complained about what a poor job the college had done informing the student body about the closure. Most students became aware of the situation by word of mouth from their peers, making the emergency email sent by Saddleback a lost cause.

What if this was a real emergency? What would happen if there was a shooter on campus? A former Saddleback College computer science major, Ali Syed, went on a shooting rampage off-campus injuring three and killing three people just last year before putting the gun to his own head taking his life. We just had Elliot Rodger from Santa Barbara City

“Certain students complained about what a poor job the college had done informing the student body about the closure.”

College go on a killing spree at UC Santa Barbara.

The alternate venues of disseminating information through the college weren’t efficient enough on their own. An alert text message, which all students should have received unless they specifically opted out at registration, should have been sent around the same time the

announcements were being giving over the phone speakers, said Director of Marketing and Communications Jennie McCue. However, many students, faculty and staff said they either didn’t receive a text message, or they received them at different times then others did, leaving some uninformed and still confused while others seemed to know what to do.

These flaws could have been alleviated in some way had the initial informative alert system through phone speakers, been loud enough to hear and available across campus in the first place. In its current form, the speaker system is not as efficient as it should be. A PA system could remedy that.

Though communication did become more coordinated and available as the day went on, an initial response in the face of a crisis is the most critical and, arguably, influential in determining an outcome in the face of actual danger. In this sense, Saddleback has fallen short of showing collegiate preparedness and ensuring student safety.

With all the current construction happening on campus and the future renovations happening next year, it would be a better benefit for the college to install a PA system. It is hard for the college to use lack of funds as reason for not having one, take one walk around campus and you will see or hear construction vehicles.

The college has the capacity to make just about anything happen, it is just a matter of making it a priority.

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Film Review

Fatalism unites ‘Fury’ David Ayer divulges into the World War II movie genre, exceeding the expectation in this objective presentation.

Amarah Hernandez opinion editor

“Fury” is a film among the crowded World War II genre, but what sets it apart from the others is the perspective from which the story is being told.

The movie follows the battle-tested crew of a tank named Fury, that has traveled from Northern Africa to France and now Germany where warfare and its aftermath are blatantly exposed.

“Fury” writer and director, David Ayer portrays brotherhood brilliantly, showing the confined tank quarters as “the best job I ever had.” Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt) and his crew lost a fallen soldier in battle, replacing him was clerk-typist, Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), whose sensitive persona morphed to the disturbing sights of war after Wardaddy literally takes Norman’s hand to force his first kill.

The five-man crew amidst enemy lines: the Christian philosophizer, Boyd Swan (Shia LaBeouf); the His-

panic Nazi hunter, Trini Garcia (Michael Pena); the country mechanic, Grady Travis (Jon Bernthal); the warscarred, Sgt. Don Collier (Brad Pitt); and the rookie of the tank, Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), whose initiation into the band of brotherhood is revealed through the bloody forecast of war.

The cast was incredible, each crew member portrayed the kinship of soldiers facing death beautifully.

Looking through the periscope, mutilated bodies lie dead with no end in sight for the soldiers. The gritty atmosphere of close quarters in the tank really brought it to life.

Ayer reflected on the sexual politics during warfare, in one of the only scenes shot outside of the tank in the home of a German woman and her pretty cousin, played by Anamaria Marcina and Alicia Von Rittberg.

Norman and Wardaddy make themselves at home while the women attend to their domestic needs.

The women of the town are paraded around by the soldiers, leaving a du-

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photo CREDIT: columbia studios Band of Soldiers: “Fury” cast of actors (right to left) Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Brad Pitt, Michael Pena and Jon Bernthal sit on top of the tank named Fury in this film that takes place during the traumatic era of World War II.

bious aftertaste of the lives of women affected by war.

While swimming through corpses, the post-traumatic visions of combat are portrayed so realistically in “Fury.”

It seems that while Ayer illuminates a patriotic conviction, he also

presents the viewpoint of the Germans. In a scene where Sgt. Collier is forcing the hands of Norman to shoot a German in his back, the enemy is surrendering with his arms waving in the air. Ayer divulges into the emotions of all humans, enemy or ally.

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Saddleback’s Advance Beauty School collaborates with photography students for beautifully scary photo shoot results. (Upper left) Lauren Williams finds her inner David Bowie. (Lower left) Lauren Knoll is dressed as a military uniformed skull girl. (Center) Kara Van Hogenstyn is a vampire and her victim is Christina Cook. (Right) Rebekah Blacks Lydia is taken from the ‘80s film “Beetlejuice.”

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Cosmetology, photography, collaborate for first time Elizabeth Ortiz Life editor

A team of eight photographers from Saddleback College’s more advanced photography class, Photo 190, gathered equipment and made their way to Saddleback’s Advance Beauty School to do a photo shoot on Oct. 31.

“This is the first time that the photography department worked with the cosmetology department to do a photo shoot,” said Jim Langford, 57, lab technician at Saddleback.

“We shot the Halloween extravaganza.”

Langford said the photographers were able to effectively work with the cosmetology department and get names of those interested in doing makeup for other future projects.

He recently won the People’s Choice Award in the Student Photography Gallery exhibition as a student and then was hired on as the new photography technician.

“I was humbled to receive the award and it was also published in the ’Wall’,” Langford said.

Langford said his goal is to get students in the field to work

as a team on projects that resemble real life situations.

“The fact that we had a band of photographers work together in a group helped all of us because each person had a different skill that we could learn,” said Shirley Marin, 24, anthropology/photography. “We got the experience of working as if it was real and collaborated together to build our portfolios.”

Marin is the president of the new Saddleback College Photography Club and said the most important skill she learned during the photo shoot was how to work in a small space, which sometimes was the only space available, and then try not to miss a moment because each second counts.

She said that the club’s main purpose in the future will be to prepare for working in the field of photography.

“The hardest challenge was to try and not get in the way of each other,” said Bernard Macaya, 21, photography. “The best tip I can give someone is to come prepared, know your equipment and be confident.”

Macaya is the Saddleback College Photography Club treasurer and said the event was fun, but busy.

“It was hectic to work in a

small area but good to connect with other people that want to work with makeup,” said James Phan, 25, photography. “Because I do a lot of portraits that derive from my imagination, I like creating fantasy sets.”

Phan said that his one word of advice is to bring equipment and lots of it. He suggests pocket wizards, sync-lights and little stuff like that because there’s never enough.

“The most challenging aspect was judging the contest but it was successful and everyone had a good time,” said Karissa Fett, 25, cosmetology instructor.

A whole day was dedicated to the photo shoot and Fett said they had to combine scheduled classes at Saddleback’s Advance Beauty College. Palettes of makeup were set on top of mirrored workstations and large amounts of glitter dust was flying through the air.

“For us [cosmetologists] it was also a contest to win beauty products donated to winners,” said Jessica Rowley, 20, cosmetology. “I was an alien with a third eye and my biggest challenge was using a fishnet stocking to put the scales of an alien on my face.”

Rowley said she used a cir-

cle patterned fishnet stocking held up to her face like a stencil while brushing powered eye shadow on top of something that adhered to make it stick.

She made sure to have a cape on to avoid staining her clothes.

“Everyone was working in teams and beginning to transform. I created the Cheshire cat from a picture I found on Pinterest because it was the first time I did costume makeup,” said Kacey Crews, 22 cosmetology. “I used a black eyeliner pencil for the mouth to draw lines, and found that it works better to use a liquid eyeliner so it doesn’t run.”

Crews said students learn the basics of color theory for makeup in training, but other than that not too much has been taught on the subject. It was a contest/photo shoot with real judges.

“Make sure you have enough time, stay organized and be prepared and always be confident,” said Hayley Lorden, 20, cosmetology.

Lorden was in costume as a dead Barbie. She gets her inspiration from watching scary movies and said YouTube is great for editorials.

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Student chefs recruit at Family Night Advanced culinary students serve smoked salmon hors d’oeuvres to potential students and their families as part of a recruiting effort.

Elizabeth Ortiz Life Editor

Little bites of bread decorated with smoked salmon and garnish were served to those who came to the 11th Annual Family Night, Nov. 12, in the Student Service Center catered by the advanced cooking students who are currently seeking future chefs for the culinary department.

The social mixer was opened to new students interested in coming to Saddleback College and to those who have families wanting to see what campus life is like. Topics discussed included financial aid, student preparation, transferring and career choices all while attendees ate tasty foods.

“Family Night is one of the most special nights of the year and [it] promotes 300 degrees and certificates that are currently offered at Saddleback College,” said Tod Burnett, president of Saddleback College.

Burnett hopes the event will promote the different opportunities departments offer, including the culinary department that fed those who visited.

“We set up to serve 500 people by pre-

paring, making and transporting food,” said Lillian Bodane, culinary lab tech,” and for a potential crowd that big, it’s a huge production.”

Bodane said the department had three times as much to spend for the Family Night event than the recent Food Day event, so Family Night presents itself a “bit fancier.” Food Day was more of a class project designed for first-time culinary art students and the more advanced culinary students prepared for Family Night.

“Family Night is one of the most special nights of the year and [it] promotes 300 degrees and certificates that are currently offered at Saddleback College.”

—Tod Burnett “We are finally a tuned machine,” said Antoinette Marano, advanced culinary arts student.

The students were able to successfully demonstrate what they had learned during the Picnic: Food day held Oct. 20.

Food Day promotes health awareness, affordability, care to the environment’s animals, as well as to the people who do the growing and harvesting of the food.

“We had students ask about the program while being amazed by the presentation on campus,” said Kimberly Dan-

iels-Norris, advanced culinary student.

“We served roasted butternut squash, apple pie on a stick and meatballs with an Euro-Asian infusion that was developed

by Saddleback culinary student Brandon Hobbs.”

Saddleback instructors from different departments came to the event and had a chance to try pudding tarts with raspberry whipped cream, a top seller.

“The green grape and cucumber-gazpacho shooters without the alcohol made a beautiful presentation with added edible pansies,” Daniels-Norris said.

Bodane said the biggest challenge for all campus events is keeping food at proper temperatures.

Lisa Inlow, the culinary department co-chair, leads students through the program which is “everyone’s favorite,” she said. “We have huge plans for developing the program’s growth.”

She envisions coordinating with the cafeteria and horticulture department to cook what the students grow. Inlow also wants to work with the business department to create these future plans.

She said she gets excited to see the expressions on students’ faces when the crowd-pleasing appetizers go around the room. Meatballs by student Hobb’s recipe were served during the Food Day event.

“It’s a Euro-Asian fusion-delight,” said Daniels-Norris. “I was the one who made the meatballs at the event.”

photo courtesy of bernard macaya BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Hayley Lorden transformed herself into “Barbie Undead.” She said she gets her inspiration from watching scary movies and ideas from YouTube videos.

and when I started helping someone with their idea, I ended up taking over,” said Chynna Gilreath, 18, cosmetology.

“I learned anything is possible and this project opened up another door that day within myself, all because I agreed to help.”

Gilreath, who won for best Halloween make-up, suggested always using white base on the face to make color pop and by

using blue-on-blue, the color will be drawn out.

“I discovered that I have good students and didn’t expect the students to have so much creativity and passion,” Victoria Dorfman, 70, cosmetology instructor, whose specialty is hair.

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Euro-Asian Meatball Recipe 2 lbs. sausage 1 cup breadcrumbs 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. onion powder 1 tsp. salt ¼ cup milk For sauce: ½ cup sweet soy sauce ½ cup water 1 cup crushed pineapple 2 Tbsp. vinegar 1 Tbsp. fresh ginger • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray.

Combine all ingredients for the meatballs in a large bowl.

• Mix everything together. Roll into 1 ½ inch balls and place on baking sheet 1-2 inches apart. Bake for 20 minutes or until browned and cooked through.

• In a medium sauce pan combine all sauce ingredients. Bring sauce to a boil.

Reduce to simmer until meatballs are finished cooking • Serve meatballs and top with sauce.

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Women’s rivalry game ends in draw Physical contest fuels rivalry between Lasers and Gauchos Dominic Ebel

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Saddleback College women’s soccer team tied 1-1 to rival Irvine Valley College on Monday.

Saddlback currently stands in fifth place in the Orange Empire Conference standings.

The Gauchos stayed undefeated at their home stadium and hope for a playoff spot to play another game this season.

“Every time we play Irvine Valley College we are going to play them close,” said head coach BJ McNicol. “It’s always

been a one-goal game or a tie.”

Saddleback has its top scoring individual in sophomore, forward, Danyella Allen. Her stats show a lead in goals (21), points (46), and shots (69).

At the 33 minute mark, Allen scored the first goal in the contest making it 1-0.

“We were a little unlucky a goal was called back,” McNicol said. ”We also had to make some key saves to keep it a draw.”

IVC fershman, forward, Crystal Lefebve, who was coming off the winning goal against Cypress, came through for the Lasers again with a goal in the 46 minute markmaking it a 1-1 tie.

“It was a tough game. Our defense did all they could do,

said sophomore, goalkeeper, Alexandria Scott. “We played a good game.”

The Saddleback defensive play makers were focused on stopping the IVC offense, as only one goal was made by the Lasers. Freshman, halfback, Julianne Caldwell led the defense making key passes to her teammates and cutting down IVC offensive opportunities to score.

“We should have won,” Caldwell said. “I will be here next year for sure.”

Saddleback and IVC created a fun challenge in playing for a championship cup trophy between the two teams.

“We started a fun challenge earning a cup a few years back,” McNicol said. “We were sec-

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ond to last and IVC was dead last, and now we’re both playoff teams that are capable of big things.” IVC placed third in the OEC with a record 9-3-4 OEC/12-3-6 overall.

“The trophy really changed from something that we wanted the girls to focus on, to something on the end of the season,” McNicol said.” So now it’s a bigger deal.”

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Gauchos football ends season on a high note Saddleback earns bowl game with win over Golden West College Sharon Tayler Copy Editor

Saddleback College’s football team scored one last victory Saturday evening as they defeated Golden West College, 37-22. The Gauchos’ record is now 5-5 and they have

become bowl-eligible. wThis is the third consecutive season Saddleback has made it to a bowl game and the second straight season with five losses in the regular season.

The Gauchos led 20-0 at halftime. They heightened the score to 30-0 in the third quarter before taking their foot off the gas and eventually giving up 22 points in the second

half. In spite of the fact that it was Golden West’s homecoming game, the Gauchos came away with a big win.

“I thought we played pretty well the first half. Offensively, we were moving the ball up and down at will. The second half there was just a slight defensive lapse for about seven or eight minutes that allowed Golden West to get back into the game,” said coach Kevin

Schick. “We pulled through and came away with a huge ‘W’ and that gave us another opportunity to play another game in a bowl game.”

Quarterback Ricky Bautista threw 147 yards and had two touchdown passes before being taken out of the game to give backup Anthony Berg some snaps in what had become a blowout. Sophomore, wide receiver, Christopher

Dimry had a big day, catching five passes for 143 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore, running back, Drake Griffin also had a good day, scoring two touchdowns and getting 69 yards overall.

Saddleback will now move to play a bowl game. The opponent and date of the game have not yet been announced.

“This game really goes to show that if you stick together

as a team, play hard, you can overcome any odds,” sophomore, offensive lineman, Tyler Wilemon said. “This is just a great team win. The defense played a heck of a game, offense scored some points. I’m just glad to see we got a win, and hopefully we’ll get the bowl win.” stayler.lariat@gmail.com

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Courtesy of Saddleback College athletic office ENCOURAGED: Head coach Andy Ground was satisfied with his team’s tournament performance.

Saddleback basketball is off to a hot start The Gauchos win their first tournament of the season and start 3-0

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Sports Editor

The Saddleback College men’s basketball team is 5-1 after winning the College of the Desert Tournament November 9, and reaching the finals of the San Bernardino Valley College Tournament before losing their first game to host SBVC. Saddleback won its first game at the desert tourney 7163, behind sophomore guard, Andrew Bournes and sophomore center, Conor Clifford.

Clifford, who recently transfered from UC Irvine, had 22 points and Bournes had 24 points. Head coach Andy Ground likes how Clifford fits into the offense, and how the offense complements him.

“We run the offense through him,” Ground said.

“He poses a big threat for opposing teams.”

In the semifinals, Saddleback defeated San Bernardino 83-78. Clifford again had a big game, scoring 21 points and grabbing 8 rebounds. Other contributors were Bournes who had 16 points, freshman guard, Dusty Baker who had 13, and freshman guard, Jalen Hall had 12 points.

“It was good to see them respond the way they did in a tight situation,” Ground told saddlebackgauchos.com. “Tomorrow they will see how it feels to be in a championship game. Hopefully they come ready to play.”

The final game of the tournament was the Gauchos’ most lopsided victory, defeating host Desert by the score of 99-88. Baker led the team in points and assists with 23 and 7 respectively. Saddleback shot just above 62 percent from the field and got 42 points from its bench.

In addition to Baker, freshman guard, Maurice Jones had 16 points and freshman forward, Brandon Fagins had 14 points.

“It was an encouraging way to start the season, given we knew absolutely nothing about the opponent,” Ground said to saddlebackgauchos.com. “We saw plenty to be happy with, but also saw a lot of things we need to work on.”

The Gauchos played in the SBVC Tournament this past weekend and reached the championship game, but ultimately lost to the host Wolverines, 63-51. Saddleback defeated Pasadena City College, 78-72 and Antelope Valley College, 76-63 en route to the final game. The loss to SBVC was the Gauchos first blemish of the season.

Saddleback will play at Mt. San Jacinto Community College Saturday at 3 p.m. nnenad.lariat@gmail.com

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