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Gauchos softball falls to Grossmont College after homerun is overturned in last inning.

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MEMORIAL: Locals set up a memorial where the bombings occured on April 15.

Local response to Boston Bombing After the tragedy in Boston, America is shaken.

A day after the Boston Marathon bombing killed 3 and injured more than 170, Saddleback College students and faculty share their reactions to the catastrophic event.

“This is a sad irony, the more they try to divide us, the more they bring us together,” said 76-year-old retired journalism instructor Patrick O’Brien.

Despite being on opposite coasts, students at Saddleback still have close ties to the tragedy.

“I had a close friend running the marathon there and she only

Student government elections today The Associated Student Government elections will be taking place today through April 25 at Saddleback College.

Irvine Valley College elections begin today and end tomorrow April 24.

Voting will be held online and requires students to log in using Mysite credentials.

For Saddleback College representative voting, please visit www.saddleback.edu/asg.

For Irvine Valley College representative voting, please visit www.ivc.edu.

Who will you be casting YOUR vote for?? Flip to page 2 for a full list of candidates. *Candidates featured on the Lariat are not endores by the Lariat. Candidates featured are those who responded to the Lariat’s request for features.

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In response to the recent identification of marathon bombing supects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Austin Lonsert (18, psychology major) said, “When things like these happen, the government needs to lock down.”

On the East Coast, those involved with the marathon are determined to keep the race running.

“Boston is strong. Boston is resilient. Boston is our home. And Boston has made us enormously proud in the past 24 hours. The

“When situations like this happen, it really shows the amount of love and support for Americans for each other.”

-Andre Kushnir, 20, Philosophy finished 20 minutes before the explosion and was only two blocks away,” said Niko LaBarbera, 20, political science major.

On the other hand, discovering the type of bomb that was used may indicate a general idea of where the attack is coming from.

This Boston bomb was a homemade device—a metal pressure cooker filled with nails, ball bearings, metal shards that were left in duffle bags similar to roadside bombs used against U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan various news

Boston Marathon is a deeply held tradition – an integral part of the fabric and history of our community. We are committed to continuing that tradition with the running of the 118th Boston Marathon in 2014.” said Thomas Grilk , Executive Director of the Boston Athletic Association, to the Boston Globe.

Coverage attribution: Elizabeth Ortiz and Stephanie Bearford.

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IVC--More “successful” than Saddleback Student Success scorecards give IVC higher rating Mi c h ae l G r e n n e l l

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In the recently released California Community College Student Success Scorecard, Irvine Valley College showed a higher completion rate from its students than Saddleback College.

According to the Student Success Scorecard, the completion rate is the, “percentage of degree and/or transfer-seeking students tracked for six years through 2011-12 who

completed a degree, certificate or transfer related outcomes.”

IVC had a 62.6 percent overall completion rate during the study, with a 76.5 percent completion rate among “college prepared” students.

The scorecard defines “college prepared” as, “Student’s lowest course attempted in Math and/or English was college level.” Saddleback College had a completion rate of 57.4 percent overall, and 69.7 percent among “college prepared” students.

In a press release from Saddleback College, the purpose of the Student Success Scorecards is to, “…give college-

by-college statistics of student performance and were a major recommendation of the Student Success Task Force and the Student Success Act of 2012.” The press release continues on to say that the scorecards are part of a plan implemented by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors to increase the number of students earning degrees or transferring to four year colleges.

In the press release, Saddleback College President Dr. Tod Burnett said, “Saddleback College welcomes the recommendations of the Student Success Task Force and

is grateful of the work of our state chancellor’s office for their leadership in implementing those recommendations.

While Saddleback College’s metrics shown on the Student Success Scorecard are quite positive, our goal is to continue to increase rates in persistence, completion, basic skills, and Career Technical Education. I look forward to working with our faculty, staff, and administrators to bring our college forward in advancing success for our students.”

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NEWS the Candidates

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Ji Chung

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Brian Nguyen Nguyen wants students to enjoy being on campus.

ICC President

ASIVC President

Zachary Ho

Student government has pushed Chung to be a leader and be more active.

Vice President

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Jennifer Choum

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Additional IVC Candidates

Sabahi hopes to provide stable leadership and increase student involvement.

Bahman Sabahi

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Shivani wants new ways for international students to share their experiences.

Senator for International Students

Choum wants to get students more involved with the community and wants to strengthen relations between students and staff.

Perla Montes-Vice President Gabriel Masri-ICC President Joshua Pham-ICC President Xiao Li-Business Science Christina Ha-Fine Arts Tania Guzman-Fine Arts Aaron Dean-Humanities and Languages Sebastian Roberts-Humanities and Languages Medhi Talle-Life and Technology Raumi Kinan-Life and Technology Alan Xu-Math-Computer Information Sciences and Engineering Huayang Xie-Math, Computer Information Sciences and Engineering Brian Tong-Physical Sciences and Technology Tarek Kabbara-Physical Sciences and Technology Amira Brown-Physical Sciences and Technology

Additional Saddleback Candidates

Saddleback Shivani Khosla

Shay Sharp-ICC Chair Shayan Akhavan-Chair Events Cabinet Briana Cooke-ASG Vice President Lily Rahmani-Chair of Senate Photos provided by candindates

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W HY YO U Need To Vote

If you don’t know, it’s okay

Voting in your student government election has more of an impact than you think.

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Every year elections are held to elect a new board of student officers, to run student government at both Saddleback and Irvine Valley Colleges. Though an effort to advertise and promote candidates is made, many students seem uninterested.

However, more students should care and become involved in the voting process, because student government is at the center of student activities and has the power to make waves and enact important changes on campus.

“Student government should cater to the needs and interests of its main focus, students,” said Zachary Ho, vice presidential candidate and associate justice for the Associated Students of Irvine Valley College. “Whether through leadership opportunities or to simply let others become more involved with what IVC has to offer, student government should do so while fostering an open, honest and spirited environment.”

It’s important to vote for the officers that serve on Associated Student Government at Saddleback and ASIVC, because they are advocates for student interest and have the money to make changes.

From 2011 to 2012, Saddleback ASG worked with a budget of $847,052, and used the funds for campus life ($205,490), cocurricular programs ($120, 419), student support ($168, 491), operational expenses ($109, 050) and contingency, allocation for anticipated mid-year requests and scholarships ($243, 602).

They work with a budget to provide students with activities, scholarships, programs and

support. ASG puts their money where their mouth is, but if the student public doesn’t voice their demands or concerns, ASG cannot accurately represent them. Voting is key to being more involved in the process of spending this money and having a collective student voice.

Sadly, many students don’t know that student government is valuable or does much for the school, so they don’t care about voting for the new officers.

“I don’t give two pennies about elections, especially something as mediocre as student elections,” Michael Sanchez, 19 said.

Students feeling apathetic about voting need to understand that ASG is responsible for more than they realize.

Anytime there is a blood drive, movie night, fundraiser, or an event in the quad, it is most likely put together by ASG. According to their website, the student government, “plans, organizes, promotes, sponsors, and finances a comprehensive program of activities and services for all Saddleback College students.”

Saddleback and IVC students should vote in the upcoming elections, because ASG can bring student issues to the attention of higher-ups, and really make changes to campus life. Most importantly, ASG and ASIVC wield the money. Dan Deacon once said in reference to voting that “your apathy is their reward”, and it’s true. If students don’t tell their associated government what they want, how can ASG and ASIVC possibly make it happen?

The student elections this year will be held from April 23 to April 28 in front of the ASG office and Gaucho Lounge, SSC 211, and at other polling locations throughout campus.

H. Margaret Slye Opinion Editor

Choosing a career path can put students under major pressure, pun intended.

When I was fifteen, I had trouble choosing what color I wanted the bands on my braces to be from week to week, let alone choosing what career path to begin to tread on.

Even in middle school, there were kids and parents who were already immersed in the college planning process. I did not have any part of it.

That was for kids whose parents were the kind of people who put ice in their orange juice and make you take your shoes off in the house.

The pressure to pick a major still hasn’t subsided after four years of high school and three years of community college. I’m greatful that my parents never forced me down a particular path, but the power to choose your own comes with the weight of so many options.

“We see a lot of students come through that don’t have a major in mind,” Mary Ann McCarthy, counselor at Saddleback College, said, “It’s particularly difficult when they’ve got all their general education, done but then not their major preparation.”

In high school and middle school it’s harder to explore a wide variety of disciplines than it is in college. Students should be encouraged to explore their interests when they get to higher education rather than be pressured to get in, get out and know exactly what they want to do. “[In] eighth grade I knew what I wanted to do, and for like five years I was set on being a psychologist,” said Maria Lopez, 18, communication disorders. “But coming into college I changed it to speech pathology.”

McCarthy says that stumped students can take Applied Psychology 140 and 160 at Saddleback to explore their options and match career paths with personality types and interests. This is something she reccomends particularly to younger students.

“There are very few students who really know from a young age what they want to do,” McCarthy said, “They are few and far between; Most students do struggle with that.”

Students still asking the question, “what do I do if I don’t know” can be sure that they’re not alone.

I still feel like society is expecting me to know what I want to do, where I want to go and get in get out and get on my way so that I can get to a place where I’m making a pretty penny. For now however, I’m choosing to work the system and explore my interests. The more you see the less you know, and I may never know. But at least I’ll see a lot in the process.

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Campus Comments: “Yes, because I feel like they help out with organizations on campus and to me that is important.”

“I don’t even know what the student government does on the campus. I didn’t vote for anyone.

For all I know it could be a class or something.”

Shannon Duffy, 19, Undecided

Michael Hendrick, 19, Graphic Design

Do you think the student government on campus is beneficial?

“I don’t really find them beneficial. I haven’t been influenced enough to get involved in school activities.”

“I think it is fun and interesting that there is programs or the government organizing fun events for students.”

Kassandra Santos, 18 Kinesiology

Isamar Negret, 18, Political Science

“I see random flyers around for ASG but that is about it.”

Laura Young, 18, Nursing

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Agony of Defeat: Freshman McRae Cayton gets checked out by team trainers after col- Out of Reach: Freshman Tiffany McCracken watches the ball fly over the glove of the liding with a teammate in the fourth inning. Cayton left the game with a minor ankle injury, but Griffins’ shortstop as she runs to first base. This single was her lone hit of the day, as she later returned. She finished the day 2-3 with a double, a walk, and two stolen bases. finished 1-3 with a strikeout.

Gauchos roughed up in 5-1 loss A potential seventh inning rally for Saddleback dies after a key home run call is overturned Mi chael Grennell

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Controversy hit the Gauchos softball team in the seventh inning of their 5-1 loss to Grossmont College.

Moments after freshman McRae Cayton launched a two run home run to make it a 5-3 game, the Grossmont coaches called the home plate umpire over to the dugout to talk. After several minutes, the umpire walked over to Saddleback head coach Nick Trani and informed him that the home run would not count, and Cayton would instead be called out for batter’s interference for batting out of order.

The batter’s interference call came from a lineup change earlier in the game.

Cayton was removed from the lineup in the fourth inning after colliding with freshman Christina Pantages while attempting to make a play in right field.

After the game, Cayton said that there had been some miscommunication between her and Pantages on the play, and she ended up rolling her ankle in the collision.

Cayton returned to the dugout where she had her ankle attended to, and eventually returned to the game. Head coach Nick Trani said it was at that point when he sent her back out that he made a mistake.

“I took her out when she was hurt earlier, and I didn’t reenter her [into the lineup] when she went back in,” Trani said. “That was my bad. First time I’ve done that in 25 years. It happens.”

Because of that, Cayton’s home run in the seventh was nullified, and the next batter, freshman Sydney Abounassar, struck out to end the game. Cayton said

“That was my bad. First time I’ve done that in 25 years. It happens.”

-Softball head coach Nick Trani on game changing lineup mistake after the game that she was disappointed about the outcome of that call.

“I knew we had to get four runs to come back and tie it,” Cayton said. “So I was doing whatever it would take to do it.”

Freshman Jordan Hodge was tagged with her first loss of the season--pitching five innings and surrendering four runs while allowing 10 runners to reach base.

Abounassar came in to pitch two innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits and three walks while striking out one.

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“[Hodge] did a great job coming in for her first start,” Trani said. “If we hold a team to five runs we would normally win. We just didn’t hit today in the clutch spots.”

Saddleback had only seven hits in the loss, with Cayton the lone player to have more than one. The Gauchos lone run came in the fifth inning when sophomore Kelsey Hodge hit a single to centerfield, driving in pinch runner Bailey Benoit.

“I think we did well, but we could have done a lot better,” Cayton said. “We weren’t on our ‘A’ game with our hitting.”

The Gauchos final game of the regular season will be on Wednesday April 24 when they host the Santiago Canyon College Hawks. Saddleback beat Santiago Canyon 7-6 in their last matchup earlier this month.

On Tuesday, the Saddleback College Athletics Department announced that two-time Orange Empire Conference coMVP Josh Smith had committed to Concordia University in Irvine.

Smith averaged 9.4 pointsper-game and 6.4 rebounds-pergame in his two years at Saddleback. He also made 96 blocks while helping the Gauchos to a 47-14 record during his career.

The Concordia Eagles ended their 2013 season at 23-11, after winning the Golden State Athletic Conference Championship, and advancing to the Sweet 16 round in the NAIA championship.

Saddleback College hires new women’s volleyball coach After a disappointing season in 2012, the Saddleback College women’s volleyball team will be looking for guidance from new head coach Michelle Quon.

The Saddleback Athletics Department announced the hiring of Quon on Wednesday, as well as the departure of former head coach Carmen Stratton.

The coaching change comes following a second-to-last place finish in the Orange Empire Conference with a 5-18 record.

Quon was an assistant coach under Stratton during the 2008 season, when the Gauchos finished with a 4-17 record. Over their last six seasons, the Gauchos have a combined 29-97 record (13-71 in conference play).

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