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Strands drama may finally be over 2

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Gauchos headed to state championships

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DOMINATION: The Gauchos and cheerleaders celebrated beating Long Beach City College, 43-17. Saddleback led at halftime 30-3 and never looked back. Quarterback Johnny Stanton was named the MVP of the game and Jeff Holsinger was named defensive player of the game.

OCTA to change its bus routes

Students flood transfer fair JORDAN RANDOL CONTRIBUTOR

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The Orange County Transportation Authority plans to cut routes across Orange County. The changes also affect routes that pick up passengers at Saddleback College.

Cuts to the routes come as a response to lower ridership throughout Orange County. This has caused OCTA to take this measure. According to Joel Zlotnik, Manager of Public Information, Since 2008 OCTA has gone down from approximately 69 million riders to 48 million resulting in a reduction of about 30 percent.

“Orange County’s bus ridership has plummeted in recent years,” Zlotnik said. “OCTA needs to make changes that grow ridership and make the bus system more efficient and cost-effective.

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A NEW PATH: OCTA plans to make changes to routes due to decreased use in public transportation.

Otherwise, major service cuts and fare increases could be made in the future that would worsen the ridership decline trend.”

The changes, under the proposed 2016 Draft Bus Service Plan, aims to increase ridership by offering faster, more convenient service in areas that the bus is most used. Routes which would see cuts or, in some cases, be totally eliminated.

Four routes specifically stop to pick up and drop off passengers and students at Saddleback College: 82, 85, 91 and 191. Out of these four, three would be

changed according to Zlotnik.

“Under the draft proposal Route 82 would be cut back south of Santa Margarita at Antonio Parkway because of low ridership and Saturday would be eliminated,” Zlotnick said. “Route 85 would be cut back south of Alicia Parkway at Crown Valley Parkway, service would be reduced to every 60 minutes and Saturday service would be eliminated, Route 191 would be eliminated.”

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With another semester coming to an end, many Saddleback College students may be starting to wonder which college they would like to transfer too.

The Transfer College Fair presented an opportunity for students to come face to face with admissions representatives from a wide variety of four-year colleges on Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. through one p.m. in the campus’ main quad.

Students asked about admission and financial aid requirements, college majors, campus life and gather other vital college-planning information.

Each admission representative worked at a college table or booth with a collection of handouts and brochures, and an occasional highlighter giveaway.

Most of the students attending the fair have been at

Saddleback for a couple of years who want to achieve their desired transfer goal. It is important for the representatives to consider where the students have been, in order to best help them determine where they should be heading.

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

Lot 10 Monday, Nov. 16, 7:19 p.m.

A CSO came up on a vehicle with a male sleeping in it with an odor of marijuana emanating from vehicle.

Learning Resource Center Tuesday Nov. 17, 12:07 p.m.

Informant states he left sunglasses in a classroom, went back and saw a female sitting in the seat he was in and sunglasses were missing. She was asked if she had seen them and said no.

They suspect she stole the sunglasses and requested an officer to assist. No other reports were taken.

FA 300 Tuesday, Nov. 17, 3:25 p.m.

Officers received a call about a subject refusing to leave the classroom, causing trouble. No other reports were taken.

Student Services Center Tuesday, Nov. 17, 3:41 p.m.

The bookstore called to report that a theft had occurred. No other reports were taken.

Lot 9A Bowl Wednesday, Nov. 18, 6:58 p.m.

Informant wanted to report a suspicious barefoot male walking between staff vehicles checking them looking like he was under the influence.

Contact was made, he was advised and released.

Lot 10 Monday, Nov. 23, 2:46 p.m.

An illegally parked car was check for registration of vehicle.

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GATES STAY OPEN: A homemade sign reading ‘open’ has been placed over the restictive hours portion of the Central Strands

access point gate after a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled Dana Point City Council cannot lock out ocean access.

Drama over Strands gates may be over Five years of litigation may have finally come to an end NIKO LABARBERA PHOTO EDITOR

An ongoing battle between the Dana Point City Council and California Coastal Commission over two public access routes to Strands Beach may finally be over.

The city council voted unanimously this month to keep the electronic gates that limit public access to Strands and extend their hours of operation to one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset.

The lengthy legal battle between the city and Coastal Commission began in 2009 when the city of Dana Point built gates at the central and mid-Strands access points. They also began locking them from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. from October to April and 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. from May to September.

The Coastal Commission opposed these actions and claimed the gates violated the Coastal Act of 1976 and Local Coastal Program and responded by requiring the city to file a Coastal Development Permit to warrant these actions.

The city challenged these claims in 2010 and issued a nuisance abatement ordinance that stated the city maintained the right to regulate the access to Strands with

gates, in order to protect against potential criminal activities in the Strands Headlands development neighborhood.

After five years of court proceedings a decision was finally made this September

by San Diego Superior Court Judge Randa Trapp, who ruled in favor of the Coastal Commission and declared that the Dana Point City Council unlawfully passed the abatement ordinance and that it was passed in an attempt to avoid the Coastal Act requirements.

This judgment granted the Coastal Commission authority to overrule any further closures to the mid-Strands access point whether it be by electronic gates or restrictive hours.

The city council responded to the ruling this month by unanimously approving a coastal development permit that will keep the electronic gates at the central and mid-Strands access points, but lengthen the hours of operation to one hour before sunrise and to one hour after sunset.

It is unknown how the Coastal Commission will respond to the cities CDP, but it is safe to assume more litigation may be in store, considering the electronic gates are still in place and functioning.

The CDP that was adopted by the Dana Point city council is similar to one that was approved by the Malibu City Council and Coastal Commission and is viewed by

Dana Point as a plan that takes everybodies interests into consideration.

Dana Point local and Saddleback student Connor Dunlap disagrees with the city council’s decision and feels unregulated access to public beaches should be a freedom community members deserve.

“It’s good they extended the hours the gates operate, but I personally don’t think they should be there at all,” Dunlap said.

“They make it seem like wanting to be on the beach at night is a crime rather than a right.”

Dunlap is referring to the testimony of a Dana Point police representative identified only as Mr. Greenwood at a previous city council meeting in an attempt to justify the gates and restrictive hours along with the nuisance abatement ordinance.

Greenwood claimed removal of the gates and restrictive hours could result in “sex, drugs, and rock and roll.”

These were the speculations that Judge Randa Trapp dismissed and found to be “a good theatre against the backdrop threat of litigation from the Coastal Commission, but not rooted in reality.”

With the city council's approval of their CDP this month, the next step in seeing what happens to the gates will be to see how the Coastal Commission responds and whether or not they agree with the extended hours and continued gate closure at night.

times for passengers in the areas of the county where the service is most heavily used.”

To those impacted by the new changes, Zlotnik said he understands the frustrations of passengers affected but explains the necessity of the plan.

"Change is always difficult and we know this plan may disrupt bus service for some people,” he said, “But it’s something we have to consider for the future health of our transit system.”

Student Don Ambrosio, 60, said if the bus routes are cut, this will create difficulty as riders don’t always have alternative transportation as a backup.

“We are all affected by the [cutting of the] bus routes, especially those who take the bus

often,” Ambrosio said.

Zlotnik said that OCTA understands the plight of students who depend on the bus for travel and are affected by the changes.

He said OCTA is currently working with cities to gauge their interest in operating bus routes tailored specifically to community needs to cover some of the areas that would no longer be served by OCTA buses.

The final draft of the OCTA’s plan, as well as its changes, once approved, take effect starting this June and October. OCTA wants to hear from riders about the proposed changes. Detailed booklets with surveys will be placed on buses, passengers will be able to comment online at www. octa.net//2016BusPlan.

In the Oct. 7 issue of the Lariat, a photo caption on the front page incorrectly identified Cesar Medina as Cesar Morales.

In the Opinion section of the Sept. 23 issue in the ‘How Trump are You’ article, Madi Hawksley was misquoted saying her opinion was option B, when in fact it was option A.

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and back, would remain completely unaffected under the changes.

A draft of the plan still remains in pending status until put up for a public review this January.

Based on public input, the OCTA board enacts the final draft of the plan in February.

If passed, Zlotnik said OCTA hopes for many positive changes.

"Ninety-two percent of riders will see either improved bus service or no change in service,” Zlotnick said. “The benefits include increased bus frequency and quicker travel

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Not learning from our mistakes? Or is history repeating itself?

The ISIS-led attack on Paris has resulted in a global-wide onslaught of different reactions and buzz about solutions to prevent another terrorist attack. However, not all of them could be classified as rational or fair.

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factors like ISIS who continue to drive immigrants from their country in great droves to seek solace in others. Like in times before, people seek to keep them out, rather than seeking rational solutions to ensure the right people get in.

Putting a lock on the door or making that door hard to open for

immigrants, especially those fleeing Syria, is not reasonable We need rational, sane and grounded solutions to make sure we ensure fairness and it is impossible to achieve those if fear, ignorance, xenophobia and most of all, a refusal to learn from past mistakes possess our minds.

Online, offline: teach me your ways Online classes have only gotten more popular, but are they worth their digital weight?

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LIFE/FEATURE EDITOR

It really is a small world, after all. Technology has opened windows and doors connecting just about everyone, especially students. When it comes to learning about foreign languages and cultures, the Internet has helped a great deal.

Statistics show that by 2018, one in four students will enroll in an online foreign-language class.

In a quantitative study conducted in 2012 by the NEAD, it showed 80 percent of students achieved a B or higher and a concurrent qualitative study showed students felt confident in reading, writing and speaking the foreign-language.

However, a recent survey by U.S. News of professors shows that “nearly half of those who had taught an online course felt that online students received an inferior education” compared to lecture-based courses.

So, what’s better? A high pass rate for a substandard education or a better education, period? I would say that a better education, period, is better. Who cares if students do well in a mediocre class?

Schools that only want to show high statistics, maybe, but their students deserve better.

It’s not fair to offer only online classes for certain courses, especially in the foreign-language department. How is it possible to really learn about a new language, a new culture, online? How can a student get the real experience of what the country may be like by staring at a computer screen?

Despite these legitimate concerns, Saddleback College has still decided to only offer an online class for French 2 for the Spring 2016 semester.

From an informal conversation with classmates in a lecture-based French 1 class, I found that the majority of students are very concerned about being able to truly grasp a foreign language in an online learning setting.

In an online class, how can students practice conversation and really work on their accents?

By video conferencing with the professor? Is that really a good solution?

I know from personal experience (I took four years of high school Spanish, I’m taking French now, and I learned Hebrew all throughout elementary and middle school) that perfecting the accent of a foreign-language is just as important as mastering the grammar and vocabulary of the language. No one takes you seriously if you sound like an American trying to speak French or Spanish or Hebrew.

Let’s say you go to France, after learning French through an online college course. You thought you had mastered the

language because you knew the vocabulary and tense structure.

However, you hadn’t practiced speaking very much.

Upon arrival in France, you went to one of the best-rated restaurants in Paris. You tried to order, in French of course, and while you thought you sounded amazing, the waiter’s response was not at all positive or encouraging.

“Sale Americain!” was the lovely waiter’s response, which translates roughly to “dirty American” in English.

Now, you only received such a terrifying response because your French accent sounded so abysmally American. If you had actually taken a French class with a real teacher, this humiliating experience may not have happened.

Let’s say you next traveled to Israel and found yourself in the outdoor market. In this outdoor market, if one comes across as foreigner, with a foreign-sounding accent, the shopkeeper can definitely tell. Most likely, since the shopkeeper assumes that you are foreign, he will think that he can get away with charging you double the amount that you would pay if you sounded native.

The best place, in my opinion, to perfect your accent is in a real classroom, with a real live teacher, in order to get the best feedback without the pitfall that you would receive in the actual country.

So, the moral of the story is save money later and go to class, now.

“I personally don’t think my bus has been affected, I ride the 82 to an from occasionally.

I believe it is major inconvenience for most people. I have epilepsy, so I can’t drive. I rely on transportation.”

Lincoln Nelson, 18 Economics

A political cartoon from 1882, showing a Chinese man being barred entry to the “Golden Gate of Liberty”. The caption reads, “We must draw the line somewhere, you know.” (Frank Leslie’s illustrated newspaper, vol. 54 (1882 April 1), p. 96 | Public domain, Library of Congress)

Emily Hardy, 17 Chemistry

“I personally am not affected, my bus still hits to the campus.

I feel that this is a huge inconvenience for most students that do take buses…because that makes it harder for them to get here, attend and pass classes.”

“Personally I’m not affected, but I could see why this would be a really big problem for a lot of people. Really, the public transit system has been a really big problem right now, because it’s losing money.”

Dulce Ortega, 19, Early Child Development

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tries. Only a maximum of just two percent of people from that country, who were already living in the U.S., could be admitted under the law.

This law resulted in the American government, during 1939, to refuse to accept 908 German refugees escaping Nazi persecution traveling aboard the MS St. Louis ship from being admitted into America. The two percent quota had been reached. The American government forced the ship to leave without allowing any refugees to disembark.

Passengers instead disembarked at Belgium, France, Antwerp and the Netherlands, all of which became heavily bombarded and 227 are estimated to have died due to the attacks.

It’s 2015 and like in 1882, the wave of Syrian immigrants can be owed primarily to the blowback of consistent and needless foreign intrusion into the Middle East by many foreign societies such as America.

This has taken the form of

“I personally haven’t, but I would, because people use [the buses] for transportation.

It’s a good fare, it gets you from point A to point B, but they shouldn’t do that.”

Hector Cervantes, 20, Illustration

Here in the United States, people have seized upon the opportunity to speak and act negatively against the Syrian refugees and Muslims in general. In the political realm especially where, surprisingly, there’s bilateral agreement between political parties.

And it isn’t good. Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have voted to pass the SAFE Act, a bill that experts say will make the already hugely restrictive and bureaucratic process of being vetting even more bloated, unbalanced and unfair.

As students, one thing we are required to study to attain a degree is history. Even if its not relevant to our majors, it’s an understanding In fact a quick glance back at history shows that the U.S. is no stranger to being very discriminatory towards immigrants.

A notable example was 1882 when the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act due to the general fear of huge numbers of people from East Asia coming to totally wipe out America. The primary reason was immigration due to the coercive imperalism of foreign powers such as Europe and America.

Worse still, the act was constantly adding to by both federal and local laws which eventually reached their zenith with the Immigration Act of 1924. Moving from beyond limiting just East Asians, the act greatly restricted all immigrants of non-U.S. coun-

Dimitri Young, 18 Pyschology

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“Pretty much whoever is taking a bus, it pretty much affects them. I take the bus home, so I really need transportation to my house, you know?”

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The Vintage Shores affordable housing units is located off Camino de Estrella in Capistrano Beach, California.

Mendocino Talega apartments the Mendocino at Talega Apartments have 185 affordable housing units, but they are all currently occupied.

The entrance to the Mendocino at Talega Apartment guides off Avenida Pico Avenue in San Clemente, California.

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Avenida Serra the Avenida Serra Apartments are currently accepting aplications and will move the first renter in before the end of the year.

The Mendocino at Talega apartments leasing office.

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hat is “affordable housing,” anyways? When most people think of the notion that something is “affordable,” they picture being able to buy and pay for things relatively within their spending level and affordable housing is not much different.

California has some of the most costly housing in the country, and trying to find affordable housing can be a significant hurdle to low and middle-income families in areas such as Southern California. Now, more than ever, “affordable housing” is not just for those among the far

We are amidst an affordable housing crisis and with some of the most expensive real estate present in California only becoming more expensive, people begin to question where our minds and money should go reaches of the socioeconomic spectrum, however, but to even average college students, veterans and disabled with little income.

About 400,000 houses participate in the affordable housing program, which provides the original house’s landlord with government payments, known as housing vouchers, on the behalf of low-income tenants for a portion of the rent’s monthly cost.

Another method the government can step in and aide low-income tenants is by imposing “rent control,” where local governments can limit how much landlords may increase rent prices year-over-year for existing tenants.

The availability of homes which participate in the affordable housing program is expected to increase, too.

In June of this year, the California Supreme Court concluded, in a seven to none ruling, that housing project developers can be required, as per the city’s or county’s it resides in discretion, to include some amount of affordable housing available to the public.

This ruling came at a time where Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote that we are among an affordable housing crisis which is of “epic proportions in many of the state’s localities” which has a “scarcity of affordable housing.”

Eligibility to affordable housing varies from county to county, however, most specify the basic limits to income, documentation and classification.

One needs to have a salary within a

specificed bracket to be eligible for low-income housing, with different amounts of income providing different levels of “income classification” relating to The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s, or HUD’s, guidelines.

Low-income units become available to households with annual incomes at 80 percent, or low-income, 50 percent, or very low-income and 30 percent, or extremely low-income, all of which are eligible for a

dents are] not stigmatized for their income level. It helps people move up in the community and live in a nicer area.”

Daniel Vasquez, of Foothill Ranch, is eligible for the program. He thinks some of the stigma surrounding affordable housing can be removed.

“Success is limited to one’s perception.

The way I see it, is I’m paying less and I have a nicer apartment than anyone I know,” Vasquez said. “I could be living here and be lazy and have no aspiration to ‘suc“Since the people who live in their don’t ceed.’It’s not where know which are the affordable units, they’re you live or how much your rent not stigmatized for their income level. It is, it’s where your helps people move up in the community heart and mind is leading you.” and live in a nicer area” when asked as to The city of Lathe benefits of affordable housing.” guna Niguel is Mayor Jerry McCloskey of Laguna Niguel close to meeting its affordable housing public housing unit. allocation, or Regional Housing Needs AsRegarding Section 8 households, howev- sessment (RHNA). er, one’s household income may not exceed “Our RHNA was 73, we are at 67, and 50 percent of the area’s median income. we’re only two years in. So we’re doing a “It helps diversify our community. We really good job are providing housing for get all income levels, which is good” said people who make 50 to 80 percent of the Mayor Jerry McCloskey of Laguna Niguel. median income,” said Jonathan Orduña, the “It allows people to live in nicer neighbor- Laguna Niguel Senior Planner. “When you hoods typically.” have affordable housing, there are obviousMcCloskey said the anonimity provided ly jobs in the city that fall within the income to those living in low-income housing helps ranges, so that allows the people that have some of the stigma. those jobs to live closer to where they work, “Since the people who live in there don’t which reduces traffic in the area. That’s one know which are the affordable units, [resi- benefit of affordable housing.”

Affordable housing by the numbers participation: 400,000 houses populatiuon: 38,802,500 area: 234.0 sq. mi

ELIGIBILITY Just because you are eligible for low-income housing in one area does not make it so in another.

CLASSIFICATION HUD categorizes low-income households as low income 80%, very low income - 50%, and extremely low income - 30% of area’s median annual income figure.

INCOME Low-income units become available to households with annual incomes at 80 percent (low-income), 50 percent (very low-income) and 30 percent (extremely low-income) all of which are eligible for a public housing unit.

SECTION 8 Section 8 households one’s income may not exceed 50 percent of the area’s median income.

DOCUMENTATION One needs to verify their income with HUD to be eligible for lowincome housing. IRS tax returns can be used to verify eligibility.

CONSIDERATIONS Just because you are eligible for low-income housing in one area does not make it so in another.

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IN SOLIDARITY WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES: Merchants and locals stroll through Avenida Del Mar Saturday night to help support small businesses.

San Clemente raises the‘Glitz’

So Cal residents show support of small business owners in San Clemente

Claus and Disney characters, horsedrawn buggy rides and other entertainment.

Local Erica Florimonte attended the 2014 and 2015 ‘Puttin’ on the Glitz’ and believes 2015 has been JORDAN RANGEL the best yet. Also, she says the DBA EDITOR IN-CHIEF has stepped it up this year because The opening of the San Clemente of the new Outlets off Avenida VisOutlets have sparked more fierce ta Hermosa. competition from the Downtown “There is a lot going on this year.

Business Association (DBA) of San There are more people, more photo Clemente during this years “Puttin’ booths and they even have a huge on the Glitz.” projector screen playing movies,” Avenida Del Mar was blocked said Florimonte. “They have probaoff by The Orange County Sheriff’s bly done this so they can prove that Department and Youth Explorers for smaller business can compete with people to enjoy a safe stroll, shop the bigger outlet stores.” small businesses and eat among the The stores along Avenida Del 13 restaurants on the street.

Mar have seen an increase in profThe city has also provided sev- it and clientele from the previous eral food trucks such as Dogzilla, year. food stands like popcorn and chest“It was crazy busy, I didn’t even nuts, free films, photos with Santa have a chance to sit down, we were

giving all the dogs cookies and refrigerated treats,” said Hailey, a Three Dog Bakery Sales Associate.

Denise O’Donnell, owner of Three Dog Bakery, located on Avenida Del Mar, says that this year they did a little bit better than last year and that is because many of the shops also set up tents to become vendors in order to maximize their space on the street.

Other businesses like Hobie Surf Shop attracted customers by providing a bake sale that would benefit the Boys and Girls Club of America. In addition, customers could also donate to a specific child in need of financial assistance. As of Nov. 29 all children had been supported but one.

“I think people were stoked to help others,” said Bri Latendresse, assistant manager at Hobie Surf Shop, talking about their bake sale.

Vendors and business did not seem concerned or intimidated by the new stores opening in the Outlets. In fact, some shops on Avenida Del Mar will use the Outlets as a way for marketing and plan to cooperate with them.

“Everything with the outlets will be positive, we plan on building a relationship with them and cross advertise,” said O’Donnell.

Latendresse doesn’t fear her clientele will shift to the outlets because she has helped build routine customers to her shop.

“We will combat the Outlets by providing great customer service and top-quality products,” said Latendresse.

San Clemente merchants can only wait to see if combat or cooperation will further their dominance in the city.

Charlie Brown comes to Saddleback College COLE GRAVES CONTRIBUTOR

Gather the family and head down to Saddleback Community College to celebrate the holidays Charlie Brown style. Saddleback’s very own preforming arts and theatre crew will be preforming “A Charlie Brown Christmas” musical to celebrate the series 50th year anniversary.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” is based on the comic strip, “Peanuts”

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Chris Fine plays Charlie Brown.

by Charles M. Schulz. Although “Peanuts” has been a comic strip since 1950, it wasn’t until 1965 that it was televised. The first of the many seasonal “Peanuts” comics to be aired started off with the wildly famous “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

It originally aired on CBS on December 9, 1965. Since then, the Charlie Brown Christmas special has been running every year during

the holiday season. The series became so popular that it has one a series of awards.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” has won an Emmy award and the “Peanuts” series winning a total of four Emmy awards. In fact, “Peanuts” was declared second in a list of the greatest comics of the 20th century, commissioned by The Comics Journal in 1999.

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FLAPPY BIRD: Hummingbirds will be the main subject of a presentation.

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AN ARTFUL GRIZZLY BEAR: The Angels for the Arts mosaic bear art instillation is currently located outside the Learning Resource Center. Statues there such as this one will remain presented for a limited time until this January.

Mosaic animal statues installed on college grounds The latest contribution

by Angels for the Arts celebrates the diversity of culture and ethnicity NICHOLAS LABARBERA PHOTO EDITOR

Saddleback College has undergone a number of transformations this semester and the newest addition to campus is now on display outside the main entrance to the Learning Resource Center.

Nine life sized bears each representing a different culture or ethnicity that makes up the Mission Viejo community now sit perched outside the LRC. Joy Aldrich, teacher and founder of Aldrich School of Art, along with Aileen May, a local artist and member of the Art Academy Alumni Association, were the masterminds behind the mosaic bear project which took over three years to complete (2012-2015).

Both Aldrich and May are members of the visual and performing arts fundraising organization Angels for the Arts, who with help from the the city of Mission Viejo’s Friends of the Arts organization,

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brought the Bear Project to Saddleback College.

The nine bears were created by Aldrich and May, but were designed by over 1,000 community members with mosaics to highlight the nine different cultures and ethnicities that help make up the Mission Viejo community.

The cultures and ethnicities represented include a Persian, Native American, African, European, Margarita, Mexican, Asian, South American and Pacific Island bear each decorated in a unique way to express their cultural heritages.

Community members who participated in the art project ranged from infants to senior citizens as the Bear project brought together a wide variety of contributors in an attempt to “celebrate diversity that fosters unity” according to the Angels for the Arts website.

The bear project is the second art instillation to be placed at Saddleback this semester following the Wonder letters that are currently located between the fine arts building and LRC. The bears arrived to campus on Nov, 9 and will remain in front of the LRC until Jan, 10, 2016.

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Science lecture series ends with an exploation of bird life Dr. Chris Clark will explain the various mechanisms of birds NICHOLAS LABARBERA PHOTO EDITOR

The Science Lecture Series is a forum designed to allow Saddleback students and the neighboring community to attend a science lecture hosted by leading scientists in their field of study. These lectures are approximately two hours and cover a wide range of topics, all carrying scientific relevance and value. This provides students with a chance to become more interactive and informed about breakthroughs and research advances within the scientific community.

For the final lecture of the fall semester Dr. Chris Clark an expert in animal flight, bioacoustics, biomechanics and courtship displays discussed his research on small birds, in particular hummingbird courtship displays that use biomechanics to produce bioacoustics.

His research began with the Anna’s hummingbird and the common notion that all noises heard from the animal where vocal, like most other mammals.

A rather rare topic in the science community, one would wonder how an individual could take such great interest in the subject?

A love for small birds, or sounds caused my aerial vibration?

“I had no interest at all,” Clark said. “It just fell into my lap.”

Through extensive hours in the field “literally,” Clark implemented many technologies and techniques to collect sound data and explain where it came from. His first scientific technique was to bait male hummingbirds using dead female hummingbirds perched on

a limb and observe the males courtship display. This mating display is a swift dive by the male followed by a short bioacoustic sound. He later perfected his hummingbird catching techniques and began using live females once the males realized their potential mate was unresponsive and quickly lost interest. “ It was to interesting to pass up,” Clark said.

Clark captured the Anna’s hummingbird’s mating behavior using high-speed cameras, special microphones and a science laboratory with a wind tunnel system. Clark would place a feather or feathers in the wind tunnel in what he later concluded was the wrong angle to measure the maximum vibration and sound particular tail feathers made. The wind tunnel experiment also tests the relation of the feathers structural relevance based on how the surrounding feathers manipulate the vibrations of another feather to generate a specific sound.

The use of this technology helped Clark conclude that the sounds made by the birds observed and tested were a result of the feathers and their unique structure to produce specific bioacoustics using biomechanics while in flight.

The silent flight of owls was also briefly discussed which is thought to use the same principles discovered that make bioacoustics, can also be used to decrease sound as well.

While biomechanics has been widely studied, bioacoustics is a new filed of study with its findings still not yet making its way into new technological advances relating to sound vibrations and wind. With more research being conducted, bioacoustics will carry many uses that will eventually be used to improve our technology and daily lives.

Sports

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Gauchos axe Vikings, 43-17 Saddleback routes Long Beach City College to capture SCFA championship NICK NENAD

MANAGING EDITOR

Out of all of the community college football teams in Southern California, the Saddleback Gauchos are the best. This was proved Saturday when Saddleback (10-2) defeated Long Beach City College (10-2), 4317 in the Southern California Football Association championship game.

“This was really just the second week of the playoffs, so we’re really looking forward to that state championship,” said sophomore quarterback Johnny Stanton. “We didn’t look past Long Beach at all ... we knew this is more of a playoff game then a championship.”

The Gauchos dominated from the start, both offensively and defensively, getting out to a 20-3 lead after the first quarter.

Stanton had three touchdown passes in the quarter alone, connecting with sophomore receiver Cody White twice and sophomore receiver Dominik Collins once.

“I thought I played pretty

CLIFF ROBBINS

Saddleback sophomore Cody White (red, extending the ball) dives for his second touchdown of the game. The Gauchos will play City College of San Francisco for the state championship. good in the first half,” White said. “Me and Dominik had a height advantage and we knew we could make some plays on [their cornerbacks].”

On the defensive side of the ball, the Gauchos got big

plays from sophomores Zachary Wade, Kai Ross, Anthony Hickey and freshmen Karson Block and the defensive player of the game Jeff Holsinger.

“Everybody came together, we all did our parts, we stayed

true to the defense we were running,” Holsinger said. “We really grinded for this and we deserve it.”

In the second quarter, Saddleback continued their on-slot on the Vikings. They got a field

goal and a 13-yard touchdown rush from freshman running back Marvin Marshall to make it 30-3 at halftime.

The second half was more difficult for the Gauchos, but it was self-inflicted errors that caused most of it.

Saddleback fumbled on their opening drive, gave up a touchdown, missed a field goal, fumbled again and gave up another touchdown. After all of that, the Gauchos lead was only 3017 with 11:59 left in the game.

A big return on the ensuing kickoff would change the momentum for Saddleback and they would march down the field and get a 5-yard touchdown catch from Collins who was practically playing on one leg.

“I got my knee stepped on pretty good,” Collins said. “I had to suck it up, this could have been our last game, so you gotta suck it up and go hard.”

Saddleback never looked back from that drive and commanded the game the rest of the way. When all was said and done the final score was 43-17.

“It feels great for this team, I mean this team really bonded and they played well as an entire team and I’m so proud of them,” said Saddleback head coach Mark McElroy.

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The voice behind Saddleback sports PA announcer Steve Henkle has been the voice of the Gauchos for the past decade BREANNA GREENUP ONLINE EDITOR

It’s that busy time of the year again, but for Saddleback College’s public address announcer Steve Henkle, it isn’t just about the turkey—it’s about the sports.

Henkle is an avid sports fan whose favorite sports team’s include the Green Bay Packers, the St. Louis Cardinals and to his recent dismay—UCLA football.

Henkle’s career in PA announcing began 10 years ago, starting only 3 days after his retirement when friend and current Saddleback Athletic Director Tony Lipold offered him the job. Two days later, Henkle came in, filled out the paperwork and was announcing for Saddleback basketball that same week.

“I started PA announcing at Saddleback, all because of

Tony—if I had not run into him on that Saturday, I probably wouldn’t be here, just the way life works,” Henkle said.

However, Henkle’s path is not typical, transitioning into the world of sports announcing after 34 years of teaching English and government to the High School students of the Garden Grove Unified District.

In fact, he even recounts that as a kid he would have never thought of doing a job like this.

“If you would of told me that I would be doing this as a kid, I would of said no way—I was so shy, I wouldn’t have had said 3 words,” Henkle said.

In Henkle’s case, his biggest weakness became his biggest strength. And by having two jobs that require speaking in front of people on a daily basis, it was clear that it was something he had to overcome.

This is something that he attributes to one of his high school teachers, whom even though wasn’t particularly his favorite, was the key to the beginning of his success in public speaking. It was in this English class which Henkle says that the teacher would randomly call on students to get up to give extemporaneous little talks, where

they only had 5 minutes to prepare.

“I was just in eternal fear, just hoping that she wouldn’t call on me and sure enough one day it happened and she asks ‘what’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you’ and that was horrible,” Henkle said.

“I just wanted to disappear and I

it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger, you realize that all that fear was misplaced.”

From there on Henkle embraced his fear and channeled it into a career in teaching. For him, teaching has brought personal satisfaction in the fact that he could help a student really understand a concept or have

“The game tells a story. There’s no doubt about that. It’s about the game.

It’s about the people on the field, but you have to have some fun yourself and make it more entertaining and interesting for the audience.”

Steve Henkle just didn’t want to be up in front of people that I knew, but I got up and told this story and people were laughing and I got through with it.”

It was in that moment in which Henkle realized that he had feared something that he would later find to be a lot of fun.

“That’s when I realized ‘wait a minute, it wasn’t all that bad and it was kind of fun’, so from then on—as I’ve said before if

an “aha” moment. He had also loved being in the classroom as a student and cites his teachers as some of his biggest inspirations.

“I had some very good teachers that were really inspirational to me, and I thought these guys they’re doing the right thing, they’re giving something back,” Henkle said. “So that was always my thing: ‘leave it better than you found it, pay it for-

ward’.”

While still teaching, Henkle had the opportunity to rack up experience in sports by not only coaching, but also announcing for his school’s teams. Throughout his tenure, he coached swimming, water polo, soccer and football. All while taking the time to announce for both football and basketball.

Henkle particularly enjoys PA announcing for basketball games, which he says is a bit easier to call than football.

“I like calling basketball, because you’re a lot closer to the game—it’s a lot more connection to what’s happening in front of you and basketball is an easy game to call, you just follow the ball,” Henkle said. “While football there is a rhythm to it— there’s play, there’s action, then it stops, then there’s play.”

Along with PA announcing, Henkle does radio. He says that on radio, the hardest sport to call is baseball simply because there can be a lot of dead time.

However, Henkle solves this problem by adding a bit of entertainment value to it.

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