Vol 48, Issue 3 (October 7, 2015)

Lariat The student voice of Saddleback College since 1968

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015

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Got grass?

California’s drought is driving people to seek artifical alternatives to grass. But there’s even bigger costs to this than just money. 4-5

Campus assault

A new study further validates that there indeed exists many cases of sexual assaults within American colleges. 2

Gauchos fight the Dons

The Santa Ana Dons found themselves unable to dominate the Saddleback Gauchos with the result being a solid victory. 2

Coach of the year

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A registered Saddleback student was killed in a hit and run Friday night in San Juan Capistrano.

Cesar Andres Medina, 23, was reportedly skateboarding across the street when a vehicle with tinted windows struck him.

According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, the suspect was driving a Dodge Ram truck, which was later traced back to his residence in Laguna Niguel.

Former Saddleback College student Andrew Christopher Michaels, 19, was arrested Saturday night in connection to the felony hit and run.

According to witnesses the suspect’s vehicle failed to stop and left the scene.

Medina was seen crossing on a green light, which had the “walk” sign.

Medina was crossing Del Obispo Street when the collision took place at approximately at 10 p.m. Police found him lying in the street where paramedics treated him on the scene and transported him to Mission Viejo Hospital. He died shortly after.

Medina’s sister Jenifer has started a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe. It was at the hospital where doctors worked to save Medina’s life. Jenifer Medina was working in the emergency department that evening when he was brought in

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THE VICTIM: Cesar Morales was a registered student at Saddleback College. Morales had yet to take any classes before he was killed in a hit and run accident. as a “John Doe.” “I was suppose to be the one in the trauma room registering him but thank goodness I wasn’t. He was a Jon Doe at first. Until the trauma team found his wallet, When I [sic] saw the wallet it looked familiar and when we open it and saw my brothers face on the ID. My whole world collapsed as I did,” wrote Jenifer Medina on the GoFundMe page.

Not knowing the identification of the driver, witnesses described the vehicle as “an early 2000 model, faded black-colored pickup truck with tinted windows,” according to a OCSD news release.

Michaels was arrested for felony hit and run, bail was originally set at $100,000 and was later increased to $500,000 according to OCSD spokesman Lt. Jeff Hallock.

As of Monday, Oct. 5, the GoFundMe campaign has raised over $11,000 in only two days.

“Andy had so many goals for his future and was taken from all of us too soon. I just want all the people he loved and loved him to get a chance to say their last good byes to him,” wrote Jenifer Medina. .

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Plans to renovate stadium move forward

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The arrest of a formet Saddleback student is the latest development in the Friday night collision

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Student killed in hit and run

Planned renovtations hope to revitalize Saddleback College’s ailing stadium

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We look at basketball coach Andy Ground and how he came to earn Orange Empire’s Conference male sport Coach of the Year award. 7

Love or hate him, the media isn’t treating Donald Trump well. Assistant Sports Editor Dominic Ebel gives his written opinion on this treatment. 3

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Built in the ‘60s, the stadium at Saddleback College is to be completely reconstructed. If planning continues on schedule, the project will begin around Saddleback’s 50th anniversary completed in 2018, according to the Saddleback website.

Backers of the new stadium hope to make the new venue a central hub for community sporting events.

“The purpose of it is that it’s a community stadium so that we can have community events there. Championship events. We can have high school championships’ football games there. Bring in the community,” said Assistant Athletics Director Jerry Hannula. “There are schools in our community, or south Orange County, that use our facilities.

Now we’re trying to make it the [main] facility of south Orange County so we can host different events … there’s no stadium like this anywhere down here.”

Hannula said a new stadium will create a new space for sporting events of all kinds.

“Behind it is another project, which will be the soccer fields, the football practice fields and the rest of the track facilities,” Hannula said. “So it will be encompassing all those sports.”

Though most of the current students won’t be attending Saddleback by the project’s completion, the football players are aware of the news.

“I know this has been in the works for a while and our coach has been pushing BETSY JOHNSON/LARIAT NEWS to get this,” said Alexander A BIG FIXER UPPER: The current state of the Coplan, 20, pre-law, a wide football stadium, especially the bleacher, is somewhat receiver for the 2015 Saddle- tragic. That’s something new renovations aim to fix. back Gauchos football team.

“Anytime you get something new, like a new stadium… the team rallies ditions and renovations in the works are “restrooms, concessions stands, lighting, [and] around it.”

According to the current plans, the new sta- field turf,” said Hannula. The current stadium dium will benefit sports beyond football. An has no easily accessible bathrooms or concesadditional lane is to be added to the current sion stands. The goal is these additions will eight-lane track, regulation soccer and la- help draw people. crosse fields, and adjacent practice facilities.

Current estimates state that the stadium The bleachers will have 8,000 seats, roughly should cost between $40 and $50 millio double the seats the current facility accom- dollars, according to a report published last modates. The new bleachers will be some of month by the Orange County Register. the largest in south Orange County. Other adCONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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POLICE★BLOTTER

The following are selected incidents as reported from the daily media log, courtesy of the Saddleback College Police department.

■ BUS STOP Tuesday, Sep. 22 2015, 9:16 p.m.

A car was parked illegally in red zone by the bus stop.

There was a report completed.

■ COLLEGE EAST DRIVE, LOT 1 Wednesday, Sep. 23, 6:55 p.m.

A stalled vehicle was found causing a traffic hazard. No other reports were completed ■ LOT 7A Thursday Sept. 24, 10:21 a.m.

Three vehicles were illegally parked causing a traffic block.

Only taking about 10 minutes to clear, no other reports were filed.

■ STUDENT SERVICES CENTER Tuesday Sept. 23, 2:07 p.m.

Under suspicious circumstances there was gun in a holster either in a car or on a person.

No other reports were found.

■ BUSINESS AND GENERAL SCIENCES Monday, Sep. 28, 11:11.m.

A student fight occurred in the quad disturbing the peace last week. Upon arrival of the campus police the students had dispersed, leaving officers unable to locate the offenders.

■ LOT 9 Tuesday Sept. 29, 10:37 a.m.

A suspicious male was seen using a coat hanger to open a car door. No other report was found.

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Campus sexual assault crisis New study places sexual assaults at 1/4 women JORDAN RANGEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Approximately one in four female undergraduate students have experienced sexual misconduct. Exactly 23.1 percent have received physical force, threats of physical force or incapacitation and 10.3 percent have experienced penetration according to a survey produced by the Association of American Universities.

Although rates of sexual misconduct are high, resultant reporting on campus is low. The range from the AAU survey is five percent to 28 percent according to university officials. Reasons for females not to report offences are due to “embarrassment and emotional difficulty” and also because they “did not think anything would be done about it.”

Furthermore, approximately 50 percent of those involved in serious incidents do not report them because they felt it was not “serious enough”.

“AAU undertook this initiative to assist our universities in their ongoing efforts to address sexual assault and sexual mis-

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DEFINITE VICTIMS: A study by the Association of American Universities joins plethora of studies that continue to establish the definite existence of continuing sexual assaults on students at college campuses in America. conduct on campus,” said Hunter Rawlings,President of AAU. “The primary goal of the survey is to help them better understand the experiences and attitudes of their students with respect to this challenge.”

Another frequent problem is an encounter with an inebriated person. Nearly half of those surveyed have observed a drunken person heading for a sexual encounter and did not try to intervene. Perhaps it is because less than 25% of students feel knowledgeable about using the resources available on campus for combating and preventing

sexual assault.

The survey spread across 27 universities and over 150,000 undergraduate students participated. The survey focused on answering five primary questions regarding sexual assault.

First, how extensive is non consensual sexual misconduct?

Well, roughly 11 percent of female students are affected.

Second, how extensive is sexual harassment, talking and intimate partner violence? About 23 percent have been affected, or approximately 1 in 4 four of the female students.

Third, who are the victims? The

■ LOT 9 Thursday Oct. 1, 8:36 a.m.

A vehicle was illegally parked.

A report was completed.

■ BUS STOP Monday, Oct. 5, 9:32 a.m.

A needle was found on the ground near a suspicious vehicle. A report was taken

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IN BRIEF

Science building construction update

■ MEDICAL CENTER ENTRANCE Tuesday, Sept. 29, 7:26 p.m.

A vehicle ran out of gas causing a traffic hazard. Report was completed.

■ LOT 12 Friday, Oct. 2, 10:26 a.m.

A report was taken on a criminal for possession of less than one once of marijuana ending in a narcotics violation.

profiles differ for the victims not dependent on age or race.

Fourth, who do the students talk to about incidents? Students report to campus police or officials but, in this survey, more students did not talk about it at all.

Fifth, what is campus climate like around sexual assault? More than 60 percent of students believe it to be “very serious”.

“Participation in this and other climate surveys is an important part to combat sexual assault,” said Rawlings. “It is an epidemic that needs a cure.”

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RENOVATIONS: The press box overlooks Saddleback College’s stadium, one of many locations to be renovated.

Renovation of stadium progresses CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Deconstruction of the current fields will hopefully begin sometime in 2016, though there is still no official date for the project’s beginning.

For a non-athletics student like John Pentony, 20, business and economics, the new project seems underwhelming.“From what I’ve seen [the current stadium] is not that bad of a stadium. 50 million over the course of four years could really go a long way for the students—a stadium

isn’t really that big of a deal,” he said. “I don’t know much about it, but I just think there’s better things they could spend the money on.”But for Hannula, the stadium offers a world of possibilities.

“We haven’t gone there. To see what it can be rented out for, what it can be used for. We don’t know,” he said. “We haven’t been down that road before, to see what it could be used for. We’ll see!”

Progress on Saddleback College’s upcoming school building continues. On the roof, a power connection, various controls and variable-frequency drives are still being installed. Work is being focused on installing a sheet metal and stainless steel duct connection for the north and west fume hood exhaust stacks. Light fixtures continue to be installed in all Lab & Support areas, that is a part of the plan to install a system of motion sensors throughout the building. An installation of a storefront system is being continued in the staff offices on the first and second floors. A curtain wall/storefront system is also being installed at the main entrance which leads to the second and third floor bridge landing at the southwest corner. The installation of drywall which has undergone sanding and mudding has been completed near the southern walls on all three of the building’s floors. Painting still continues throughout the building.

-Jonathan Anson

College shooting A mass shooting on the campus of of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, claimed the lives of 10 and injured seven. Original reports said 13 people were killed and 20 injured according to NBC News , but shortly before 5 p.m., Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin confirmed the estimates. Multiple sources identified the shooter as Chris Harper Mercer, 26.

The shooting was called in at 10:38 a.m., local time, and the college immediately went into lockdown mode. After the shooting had ended, some students remained inside the school awaiting proper evacuation. Other students were bused to a nearby fairgrounds. The college currently has around 3,300 full-time students and 16,000 part-time students.

-Nick Nenad

Opinion

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 2015

The United States crisis has been put on display to the public, but many conspiracy theories are being brushed aside by conservatives here in the US. It seems the mainstream media is focusing on negativity to discredit Republican candidate Donald Trump, who seeks to solve the U.S.’s $19 trillion deficit that plagues us today.

The most recent crisis to happen to western civilization, when the question of United States receiving Syria’s refugee crisis, was discussed among the G.O.P. Republican candidates. Which Trump made for his campaign our focus is we have smart people to research the best possible ways to help refugees in need to put them in a good situation.

Our priority is that we need to take care of our people here in the United States first as the refugee crisis brings over 100,000 people to the U.S. European countries, like Germany and France, who received many refugees, are having problems in their “no-go” zones that they’ve placed in their countries.

Trump is referring to I.S.I.S. attacking Syria. If Russia wants to help Syria, I say let them help Syria. Our president Obama isn’t fond of this idea, and he made this

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Trump promises the American people he will receive expert opinions to inform him in making the most optimal trade decisions. he made that he would oppose a Muslim becoming President of the United States. Since Carson’s statement, he has skyrocketed in the polls, nearly catching up to Republican candidate leader Trump, who is still leading overall by 6 percent.

Despite many media networks attempting to put a negative spin on Trump, Trump manages to take the lead in nearly every poll.

Trump is still having problems with Fox and CNN, who actively stir up controversy regarding some of Trump’s topics of discussion he campaigns he will try

countries when dealing with them to get better deals. He would use our best minds to work on making things work out better for the US. He wants our technology to be the most advanced in the world. He will put our greatest people together to solve the illegals; to be placed in the most ideal situation for them to be legalized.

The “Iran Deal” is a topic of serious discussion, and we see that this gets a lot of attention by most mainstream media. It seems, to me, to be an interesting decision by the United Nations and Obama to make the Iran

Deal work. Trump proposes that deal could have been done more in favor to protect Israel and the United States. G.O.P. Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz and Trump, however, both dislike the nuclear Iran Deal being streamlined into national news networks such as Fox and CNN. Trump preserves the constitution of the United States to team up in his campaign with Carson to stand up against the mainstream media’s attempts to discredit them. Trump believes his plan is the right plan.

Trump promises the American people he will receive expert opinions to inform him in making the most optimal trade decisions.

Currently, the US is being drained of billions in these deals in trade to foreign countries. His campaign discusses putting limits on Wall Street and promises bringing corporate businesses’ back to the U.S. It goes without stating, Americans want their country back, getting better paying jobs to them, bringing back the business and trade in favor in the US over foreign countries like China, Mexico, Brazil, and Japan.

Trump claims that this plan would create growth ranging from three to six percent by lowering taxes across the board. Today, the current tax plan is at two percent. Trump’s plan could help pay off five to seven trillion dollars per year, eventually knocking off the $19 trillion deficit.

It’s clearly seen that the mainstream news is not addressing what Trump is bringing in his emergence to the political scene. Trump says what he means, and is an uncanny and a serendipitous phenomenon.

There’s more to life than college & ramen BREANNA GREENUP ONLINE EDITOR

Whoever told you that college will be the best years of your life was lying. If you think college is the best four years of your life, then good for you, but there is so much more to life than a measly four years.

Growing up, you may have heard stories reminiscent of your parent’s college years; recounting their tales of frats, parties and booze. And when it was finally time for you to enter college, you might have heard the common phrase, “Enjoy it while it lasts, these will be the best four years of your life!”

Much like high school, college is pepped up to be an amazing and life altering experience. And in many way it is. College is one of the only times that many students will be able to experience independence without the total responsibility of adulthood. But this idea of the “college experience” is often the result of the American ideal of a four-year university with

endless fun and little schoolwork.

This ideal is often connected to the likes of National Lampoon’s Animal House or PCU. However, with almost half of American students attending community colleges, living up to this “ideal” just isn’t possible. At a community college, you don’t live on campus or join Greek life. You don’t expe-

If you think college is the best four years of your life, then good for you.

rience the same amount of social opportunity. And you don’t experience the same amount of freedom.

At a community college, student’s commute to campus to focus on what actually matters— school. Besides the fact, even if a student were going to a four-year university, I would still say that this idea of “the best four best

years of your life” is still absurd.

Isn’t it just a depressing thought to know that the peak of your life was college? Why limit yourself to yourself to such a small timeframe in your life?

That is roughly four percent of the average lifespan. For many, that leaves almost a half a century to achieve and do anything you want.

It’s almost like there’s this pressure to do and achieve so much when you’re young. And then after a certain point, you can’t anymore. There are so many figures in history that prove that wrong—I wouldn’t think President Obama would say the best year of his life were in college.

College is more a time for self-discovery then trying to achieve and everything you can before you graduate. Saying that college is the highlight of your life, is basically saying that having an empty bank account and surviving off ramen noodles is ideal.

It might be somebody’s notion of being ideal, but it certainly isn’t mine.

Jeff Thomas, 26, English Major

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

to achieve as president. Trump, almost facetiously, also said he will round up the illegal immigrants in a “humane way” and his plan is “practical and one that will work.” Trump answered that: We are bringing them back legally, which the immigrants will be very happy about this and they will be in the US legally.

“Our military will be the best in the world,” Trump said, who is actively preserving welfare and social security. “Health care will be unbelievable for everyone.”

Trump stated he likes to be unpredictable if he becomes president when dealing with other

“Chew on a guitar pick, normally when I’m taking a test. I have it on me at all times.”

Nick Deitz, 41, Business Administration

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notion clear at a United Nations Conference; his comments were in effect of Syrian actions.

This became clear, since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime dropped barrel bombs on civilians while ISIS is attacking Aleppo at the same time was said. This killed harshly at least a 1000 of his own people, so that will be something Obama will have to deal with with the UN council meeting to see what his plan is to solve the Middle East wars if desired.

The mainstream media has been coming down on Republican candidate Ben Carson too, describing a controversial statement

“Picking on my hangnail on my thumb, sometimes I don’t even realize it.”

Sabrina Botros, 19, Creative Writing

Trump is here to stay, should his ideas & tax reform plans stay too?

How do you fidget? What are your personal fidgeting techniques?

“I play with my earring. I do it when I’m studying or class is taking forever. I do it all the time.”

Caleb Thomas, 18, Saddleback Basketball

Trump on talks and taxes

ampus comments

“I touch my beard when I’m studying or sitting around.”

Kevin Nguyen, 20, Business Major

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“Tapping my foot a lot, when taking a test or nervous usually”

Kayla Jones, 21, Psychology Major

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“Biting my nails all the time, every time when I get nervous.”

A closer look at California’s drought

Picture courtesy of Neil Palmer

The images below show an in-depth look at the true severity of California’s drought through past and recent photos.

Tips and tricks to help conserve water When it comes to water conservation tiny adjustments can have a major impact. Here are a few ways you can help out and do your part in this drought emergency.

Lake Oroville: Before

#1. When washing dishes by hand, don’t let the water run. #2. Shorten your shower by a minute or two and you’ll save up to 150 gallons per month.

After

Folsom Dam: Before

After

Map of California Drought

D0 Abnormally Dry D1 Moderate Drought D2 Severe Drought D3 Extreme Drought D4 Exceptional Drought

Looking at a drought map of California more than 50 percent of it is rated D4.

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alifornia is looking very brown these days. Water conservation is a constant in California and lawns that were once green are now on the verge of death. You might even see some residents sporting artificial turf. California residents and communities are looking for other alternatives. Residents have turned to California native plants, such as bark mulch and other sustainable landscaping options. However, some residents either ignore the drought or leave their lawns to die. While others turn to long lasting alter-

natives such as artificial turf.

California residents and communities are looking for other alternatives. Residents have turned to California native plants, such as bark mulch and other sustainable landscaping options. However, some residents either ignore the drought or leave their lawns to die. While others turn to long lasting alternatives such as artificial turf.

Residents are starting to opt for artificial turf and turf removal especially since California Gov. Jerry Brown called for the removal of 50 million square feet of lawn in the state. Brown has called for the state to offer turf removal rebates for $3.75 a foot.

“It is completely hassle-free,” said radio host Fred Hoffman in an article by the Sacramento Bee. “It still looks good since the day we installed it.”

Despite the apparent benefits, faculty and

students of Saddleback College’s landscaping and horticulture program disagree with artificial turf as an alternative.

“People are trying to reduce water consumption, some [are] going the right way,” said Robert Farnsworth, horticulture department chair and instructor at Saddleback.

“Others [are] using astro-turf and cement [and there are many problems with astro-turf, we’ve analyzed the situation].”

Artificial turf has been a growing trend in California; people believe it is a viable alternative to water consuming lawns and water bills. But, there may be some draw backs with artificial turf.

“We teach about a sustainable approach to this drought, there really is no strong ben-

By Breanna Greenup

efit to the drought, except to make the desert look green,” Farnsworth said.

Artificial turf has long-term negative effects on the environment. To start, it sterilizes soil.

“One, the astro-turf adds a lot of heat because of its black rubber mixed in there and then the cement prevents water from going into the water tables,” said Daniel Jacques, a studen tin the horticulture and landscaping design program at Saddleback. “We have too much of that right now, added with all the roads.”

Experts agree that about 70 percent of California’s residential water is used outdoors and opting for a more water conscious landscape would change that statistic.

“It has blood, spit and vomit on it,” Farnsworth said. “It doesn’t go away with the chop of a mower. Often times it ends up go-

ing to a landfill for hundreds of years.”

Regardless of what residents do to change their landscape, they often run into additional problems with cities or neighborhood associations’ different community standards, creating conflict with city ordinances.

“Many cities and homeowner associations are not communicating,” said Melissa Adylia Calasanz, a student in the horticulture and landscaping design program.

“They’re not all congruent with their goals, restrictions, and turf removal. There are even conflicts with the types of vegetation, rock or any type of landscaping.”

One positive of the drought is a surge of business opportunities for Saddleback students and landscaping and horticulture professionals. Artificial turf companies have taken up the opportunity the drought has provided.

“I’m doing turf conversions, we change a lot of turf area’s into drought tolerant landscapes,” said Mitchell Inokuchi, account specialist at Valley Crest Landscape Management.

Faculty and students of the program don’t agree with artificial turf or cement, but they are still working on adapting and cultivating a program that is consistently up to date with technology and developments.

The drought has changed the way landscapers and horticulturist approach their methods. The program has made changes over the past couple of years that supports sustainable and drought tolerant landscapes.

While other programs still stick to standard practices, Saddleback has adjusted their program to suit the water tolerance.

“In the past it was pretty much regular, standard practice; a by the book traditional program,” said Janine Deemer, a student of the program at Saddleback College.

While its prospects may appear dreary it gives the Saddleback horticulture and design program opportunities for the program and its students.

“Things are great due to the drought. Op-

ing for a California native based landscape.

Landscapers and horticulturists often have to work together to create a landscape design that looks good and is sustainable for the environment. This collaboration creates developments everyday that will reduce water and retain sustainability.

“As an educator, the mission is that we like to educate people to understand what is being sustainable,” said Ken Lee, horticulture and landscape design instructor at Saddleback.

The issue is retaining the idea of a sustainable landscape. You just can’t make it stick if it doesn’t have any curb appeal.”

Curb appeal is a difficult task. People have to like the natural landscape better than a traditional lawn. Also, –Mitchell Inokuchi, account specialist at Valley Crest landscape designs must Landscape Management be approved by an association and a city before portunities are very strong for our students, it can be put into use. club and our graduates,” said Farnsworth.

“We can preach all sorts of things,” Lee “With the drought, everybody is changing said. “That this is the right thing to do, but if their landscape design.” it doesn’t have curb appeal, people just don’t Residents are now more than ever con- do it. It’s as simple as this.” sidering a change in their landscape, but are With the right design and a certain amount often overwhelmed when faced with the task of curb appeal, landscapers and horticulalone. Residents will often turn to artificial turists can work together to create a more grass just for the curb appeal instead of opt- drought resistant terrain.

“I’M DOING TURF CONVERSIONS, WE

CHANGE A LOT OF TURF AREA’S INTO DROUGHT

TOLERANT LANDSCAPES.”

#3. Turn off the water while you brush your teeth and save up to 4 gallons a minute. That’s up to 200 gallons a week for a family of four. #4. When doing laundry, match the water level to the size of the load. #5. Soak pots and pans instead of letting the water run while you scrape them clean. #6. Washing dark clothes in cold water saves water and energy, and helps your clothes retain their color. #7. Toilet leaks can be silent! Be sure to test your toilet for leaks at least once a year. #8. Consider buying a dual-flush toilet. It has two flush options: a half-flush for liquid waste and a full-flush for solid waste. #9. Teach children to turn off faucets tightly after each use. #10. Learn how to use your water meter to check for leaks. #11. Run your washer and dishwasher only when they are full. You can save up to 1,000 gallons a month. #12. Encourage your school system and local government to develop and promote water conservation among children and adults.

Source: wateruseitwisely.com

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‘UnSlut’ screens on campus Sierra’s met BETSY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

By most definitions, a slut is a person who has many sexual partners or low standards of cleanliness.

In the 1970s, a popular filmmaker like Roman Polanski could be accused of raping a 13-year-old girl and get away with it. But, thanks to the Internet, accusers face more challenges, claims multiple sources from the new documentary “UnSlut,” which screened last week on Saddleback College’s campus.

“Today when I see this happen to girls, it seems so much more intense,” said Polanski’s victim Samantha Gailey Geimer in the documentary. “And with the Internet and social media, people just tear into people with like no feeling and no consequences, and it’s a much harder, meaner environment.”

Before the Internet, women were harassed with prank phone calls, graffiti on cars or being called a slut in person.

Now with social media there is no escape.

“With social media there is a lot of pressure for young females in particular to display their bodies all the time,” said Leora Tanenbaum, author of “Slut: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation,” in the documentary. “And yet they don’t really control their image because the consumers of that image who may be their peers, and maybe their friends can turn that around and say, ‘Oh my God, she looks like such a slut.’”

UNSLUT DOCTUMENTARY

“UnSlut,” a documentary film by Emily Lindin, highlights six victims of sexual abuse who suffer slut shaming

Emily Lindin decided to create “UnSlut” when she heard about a girl who killed herself after constant harassment. For Lindin, this incident brought back memories of her own childhood when her old boyfriend went too far. They broke up, but he spread rumors, and “slut” followed her until the last few years of high school.

Former professional wrestler Mick Foley is part of the Rape Abuse Incest National Network and has helped over 1,000 survivors through the Internet hotline.

“What’s heartbreaking about slut shaming and sexual violence is that 100 percent

of these incidents are avoidable,” Foley said in the film.

“We can stop it, it just requires some effort and some of the most basic human decency.”

Feeling that name calling needed to end, Lindin decided to make a blog about her own experiences.

Women around the world could share their own stories as well. Lindin decided to start this documentary to show how damaging bullying and name-calling can be.

The UnSlut Project sent out emails of the trailer to schools, grassroots organizations and anyone else willing

to host a screening. Christina Ghanbarpour, co-chair of the Women Studies Advisory Committee at Saddleback College, received this email and knew she wanted to set up an event.

“Assumptions about people haven’t changed,” Ghanbarpour said. “When looking at women and the clothes they wear, they are automatically judged. Some are either too conservative, or not conservative enough, then being stereotyped as a slut.”

With an attendance of over 100 people, Ghanbarpour tried to show students the damage bullying can cause.

For Lindin, the positive feedback makes her hopeful that awareness can raise and change can happen.

“There is still no program at Saddleback College for students, because it is still too new,” Ghanbarpour said.

“But people who were, they loved it.”

By changing the way one looks at another we can start with looking at ourselves and working on our attitudes, we can raise awareness by standing up for others and support blogs and cause a social change.

“I encourage you to think the ways in which you can start discovering confidence and using it to work against bullying,” Lindin said.

“Whether you’re the victim, witness, a bully yourself or all three of these things, at different points which is the case for most of us, you can discover confidence and you can use it, and you can start now.”

Fidget your way to a longer life The more you fidget, the better chance you have of living longer, study shows KSENIYA TARANYUK FEATURE EDITOR

That person sitting next to you irritatingly tapping their leg, they might be on to something. A lot of people nowadays seem to be living more sedentary lives, which can wreak havoc on your health, but now there might be a solution.

“Those of us who are more fidgety seem to have better long term health outcomes,” said Janet Cade, professor of nutritional epidemiology at the University of Leeds. “It might be a good thing to fidget. I don’t think we are going to train people to fidget for health reasons, but it’s interesting that these small, active movements could be beneficial.”

Cade divided 12,778 women, in an experiment, into groups of low, medium and high fidgeters.

She found that those in the low fidget-

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Even when meeting ideal requirement for rest and physical activity it’s still possible for adult to be sitting dormant for large portions of their day. ers group, who sat seven or more hours a day were 30 percent more likely to die from any cause, while those in the middle and high had no greater risk when sitting for just as long.

Even when meeting ideal requirements for rest and physical activity, it’s still possible for an adult to be sitting dormant for large portions of their day.

Studies done by researchers in Toronto analyzing 47 investigations of sedentary behaviors showed that sitting can lead to death from cardiovascular issues and cancer, as well as chronic conditions

such as Type 2 diabetes.

This is all because our bodies aren’t designed to be sitting for such long periods of time. This new digital age caters to a lifestyle where you can do just about anything by simply clicking a mouse or using your smartphone.

Our bodies need movement, which is most likely why many people tap their feet or clicking their pen, instead of staying completely inactive. It’s your bodies way of saying I’m trying to help you live longer, even though it can get pretty annoying.

with smiles as students head out JULIA MCCLOSKEY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

In a three-day expedition to the Northwestern region of the Sierra Mountains, Saddleback students are invited to participate in learning, identifying and understanding the origins of various minerals and geographic structures that lie in the California, as led by the geology department’s chair, Professor Jim Repka.

After students pay the meager $50 dollar enrollment fee, which covers both food and transport, an informational brief is held the week before students depart, providing an itinerary for the weekend outing.

The itinerary, while outlining the Friday-Saturday-Sunday activities, also lists items for the enrollees to bring. This list includes standard camping equipment such as backpacks, self and personal-care products, hiking boots, bug spray, layered clothes, sunscreen and a journal for note taking. Other items, such as tents, sleeping bags or water are requested, but not required for students to bring and can be supplied by the department upon request.

In the trip towards the Sierra mountains, stops such as a roadside view of Mount McKinley mountain range and a walk around the bone-dry Fossil Falls provides a much-needed stretch for all.

After a grueling six hour drive in a van up to the mountainous Inyo National Park, the warm Friday afternoon sunset welcomes students to the quiet campground alongside a nearby stream and crisp pine forests. That evening is spent deploying most of the camp materials, with dinner prepared by the time the sun sets.

After dinner, s’mores and the warm aura of a campfire awaits.

Saturday morning, only the sounds of scrambled eggs on a propane grill and the howling air are present. At 8 a.m. sharp, students and instructors head towards Owen’s Valley, with a 30-mile drive and a two-mile hike to reach the lake summit. As a result of the roughly 9,500 foot elevation of the valley, students are strongly suggested to pace themselves. Lunch is eaten alongside the shore of the lake, and the return time is 2 p.m. to head back to camp.

A two-hour rest and relax time is offered until the departure of 4 p.m., where after an hour drive, the group reaches their second destination, an obsidian caldera known as the Obsidian Dome. The group arrives back at camp around 6 p.m., where meals such as chicken fajitas served with fresh cut veggies and meat are prepared.

Sunday, the day begins with students having to pack up their tents and baggage, serve and eat breakfast and leave the campgrounds spotless all before 8 a.m., at which the group departs toward Mammoth Mountain, and eventually Devil’s Postpile. There is no easy way to describe Devil’s Postpile, other than an anomaly; a freak of nature. Massive 120-foot near-perfect hexagonal pillars are hidden under the ground as only the top 20 feet are exposed to the elements. Much of the landscape has been carved by the previous Ice Age’s glaciers, making the top of Devil’s Postpile a smooth surface, perfect for visitors to glimpse down at this freakishly beautiful landscape.

Lunch is met with smiles, as students and instructors alike are glad to be heading home, despite being met with the now seven hour drive back home due to the Sunday afternoon Greater Los Angeles traffic.

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Coach Ground receives conference award Gauchos men’s basketball coach receives top honors JOSHUA ZENT SPORTS EDITOR

The Saddleback College men’s basketball team has been nothing short of stellar in recent years, continuously making the playoffs and earning two state championships. The success is attributed to the players and coaches alike, but the man who’s been at the helm of these teams is head coach Andy Ground.

Ground started as the assistant coach for seven years before becoming head coach of the Gauchos in 2008. In his first season as head coach, Ground led Saddleback to the state championship and taking second place. The en-

suing year the Gauchos won the 2010 state championship. After making the postseason every year since, last season Saddleback regained the spot atop the podium becoming the 2015 state champions.

Saddleback College athletics competes in the Orange Empire Conference, one of nine other community colleges in the greater Southern California area.

Ground has achieved great success at Saddleback and has recently received the 2015 Orange Empire Male Sport Coach of the Year award.

Ground remains modest and attributes his success to the players and coaching staff around him.

“It’s a very humbling feeling,” Ground said. “It’s about the players and their commitment.”

Ground is also the recipient of four consecutive men’s basketball coach of the year awards and is

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THE NET: Basketball head coach Andy Ground victoriously holds up the net after winning the regional championship. very gracious for all the awards he has received.

“I’m humbled by all of them, they are no different from others I have received,” Ground said.

The players under Ground have been recipients of several

accomplishments. A large number of Ground’s players have moved on to four-year universities.

Last season’s sophomore center Conor Clifford was awarded the Orange Empire Conference

MVP and CCCAA (California Community College Athletic Association) player of the year.

Freshmen guard Dusty Baker was named the state tournament MVP. A season ago, the men’s basketball team had an average 2.83 GPA. Ground gives credit to Saddleback College’s and the resources available for his athletes.

“It’s the resources available at Saddleback. They’ve given student athletes the tools to become successful students,” said Ground.

This year Ground and the Gauchos will make a push to defend their state championship.

A tall task in the Orange Empire conference, but with coach Ground in control it’s a goal that can be accomplished.

Saddleback will start the 2015-16 season on Nov. 6 against West Valley College at the Cuesta tournament at Cuesta College.

Men’s, Women’s water polo teams defeated by Riverside Despite best effort Gauchos sunk by visiting Tigers JONATHAN ANSON NEWS EDITOR

The men and women’s water polo teams played two back-toback games Wednesday against the opposing Riverside City College Tigers at Saddleback College.

The women started the double billing scoring two points in the first quarter. Riverside quickly took the lead with a strong counter-attack in the quarter earning five points.

Despite their best efforts to retaliate after the Tigers earned another five points during the half-time period, the Gauchos were only able to score two more points during the final quarter.

The win marks the fifth win in a row for the Riverside women’s team.

Center defensive player, Mikayla Kosmala, despite the loss, said she was proud of her team’s efforts to win.

“I believe we played strong throughout the whole game. We fought back every single time. We didn’t care about the score, we kept trying. So I think we put up a good fight against Riverside,” Kosmala said.

The men attempted to make up for the women’s loss playing against the Riverside men immediately after.

Like the women’s team, Saddleback began strong with the first point being scored by Colton Wood.

Riverside quickly applied a strong offensive taking the lead with five points and only allowing Saddleback to gain one more point during this quarter.

Despite an excellent effort, the men’s team was only able to score

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TREADING WATER: Saddleback freshmen goalie Emily Christiansen prepares to rise up and defend a shot from the Riverside Tigers.

10 more points, failing to surpass the consistently strong offensive and defensive tactics of Riverside. The Tigers scored a total of 19 to win the game.

Max Maysushima, captain and field player for the men’s team, was impressed with Riverside’s performance and hopes his team will improve for their next game.

“It was a pretty clean game. I think they [Riverside] were better swimmers than we expected.

But other than that, I think we were just making a lot of mistakes on our end on the offensive end. We just need to shore that up for the next games,” Maysushima said.

Pat Higginson, head coach for the men’s water polo team, was also impressed with Riverside and shared Max’s hope that the men’s team improves.

“Riverside, first of all, brought in a very good team,” Higginson

said. “We played okay, we’re still trying to catch our rhythm, I think. The guys played pretty decent, but we need to start working better as a team.”

Despite losing both games, Jennifer Higginson, head coach for the women’s water polo team, showed great appreciation for the efforts made by both teams.

“Both teams are very, very good. The women’s will be the top, probably four, in the state

as they have been in the past and the guy’s, they will be up there as well. They’re very strong this year.”

The women’s water polo team faces off on the road against Golden West College, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m.

The men’s team goes into the first game of the Saddleback Invitational against El Camino College Thursday at 4 p.m. at Saddleback College.

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