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Headless mascot spitefully haunts SOCCCD Authorities say returning head to mascot may stop evil deeds NICOLE BULLARD

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HEADACHE: The headless Gaucho holds remains of Chuck Wood, 28, genetics, who he decapitated Friday at Saddleback College.

State budget pending, SOCCCD will reward an undisclosed amount for the missing head of the Gaucho. The rougue mascot was last seen Tuesday roaming around Irvine Valley College. (Below) A timeline of events starting with when he first appeared headless.

Oct. 17, 19:33 First spotted riding through the village knocking down students.

Oct. 19 20:05 Students reports Gaucho smoking in non-smoking area by SSC.

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Oct. 20 17:21 Women’s tennis reports Gaucho was seen in locker room

Oct. 21 13:13 Saddleback Gaucho seen storing the dead bodies of students under library constructioon site.

Oct. 22 06:26 Horseman was caught urinating in the Saddleback pool.

A headless Gaucho has been haunting Saddleback and IVC since it recently chopped off its own head in protest of the ongoing mascot debate.

The last time anyone saw the Gaucho mascot was at IVC campus, and it is rumored he wants to become the new IVC mascot.

The headless Gaucho, was first seen at the Village on Oct. 17 during night classes.

Some students think the Gaucho mascot beheaded himself to spite those bureaucrats and students debating whether or not he represents a streotype.

This suspicion was confirmed when campus police found a letter written in blood posted on campus police front door. C.S.I. confirmed it was the Gaucho’s handwriting.

The note had said that if he wasn’t treated with respect he would start running over students with his horse and even stabbing students.

During the headless gaucho’s reign of terror, the night class students have reported hearing odd noises that sounded like hooves on pavement.

“While I was walking through the village I saw him run over someone with his horse.” Bailey Adams, 22, forensic science said.

Some think he is waiting to see President Burnett and confront him on the possible mascot changes.

There have been many sightings of the headless figure, and almost every single one of them during the night classes.

Hannah Pratt, 20, nursing said, “My class was over so I was walking to my car when I heard a noise behind me. It was sounded like a horse was running at me, and when I turned

Oct. 22 17:55 OC Sherrifs reports mascot headed north on the I-5.

Oct. 24 18:09 IVC student tells authorities that Gaucho destroyed IVC’s statues.

around, this man on a horse streaked right by me. He almost slashed me with his sword. He looked like our mascot, the Gaucho.”

The “headless horsemen” has been aggravating students by almost running over people with is horse. His horse is said to have red eyes and to be possessed by a demon.

Evidence shows that there is something mysterious going on at the campus. The huge wall art on a side of the village building that depicted the Saddleback mascot is inexplicably missing.

“I was walking to the cafeteria, when I noticed a big painting of the gaucho on one of the buildings was gone. There was nothing there, the wall was clean like it had never been there.” said Lisa Smith, an instructor at Saddleback.

The appearances are happening only around dusk and after.

The horsemen had been seen riding his horse all over campus and seems to never stop or rest.

If the mysterious appearances of the headless Gaucho are linked to the disappearing painting, no one will ever know.

To make the whole ordeal stranger, there have been sightings at the IVC campus as well.

Many students have been confused on why the Saddleback mascot is running around the IVC campus when their mascots are the Lasers, not Gauchos.

“He should be our new mascot, I’m sure he’d intimidate other schools. He’s like the ghost from Sleepy Hollow, it’s pretty scary,” Leah Cray, 22, culinary said, who attends the IVC campus.

The headless gaucho hasn’t been investigated in prior occurrences, but many students have taken the matter into their own hands and are following the headless specter on both IVC and Saddleback campuses.

“I saw someone try to stop him, they threw a stick at the horse but it missed.” Miranda Dunning, 19, paranormal studies said. nbullard0@saddleback.edu

Oct. 25 20:47 Gaucho made a guest appearance at Irvine’s Pumpkin Patch.

Ghosts attack to obtain revenue CASSIE ROSSEL

The ghosts of Jimmy Black and Betty Hayes have come back once more to haunt the students and faculty of Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College.

The ghosts have been spotted by several students and faculty members at various locations on the campuses of both colleges.

This isn’t the first time that Black and Hayes have been seen haunting the campuses of Saddleback and IVC. The pair have been know to plan their

appearances in the weeks preceding the night of their deaths.

Next Monday, Oct. 29, marks the 15-year anniversary of Black’s and Hayes’ untimely deaths.

It seemed like any other day for both Black and Hayes on Oct. 29, 1996, but the tragedy that struck them on that horrific night would never be forgotten.

Black was walking out of his night math class, which ended at 9 p.m., and into the parking lot at Saddleback when he was suddenly struck by a car. Black was killed instantly.

Within the same hour, Hayes

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AFTER LIFE: Betty Hayes and Jimmy Black died in 1996 and have been haunting students for revenue. The attacks have been coinciding with the headless horseman. was dismissed from her English night class at IVC, and she too was struck by a vehicle while walking to her car. Hayes was

also killed instantly.

According to police records, there were no witnesses at either scene at the time of the incident,

and there was no one to identify the vehicle or the person driving it at the time of each death.

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Aliens accused of abducting students on campus ADAM JONES The administration at Saddleback College has been making strange requests of students lately, prompting an investigation into a potential invasion by aliens.

Last Monday, 45 students went missing after an impromptu South Orange County Community College District meeting that requested the presence of students for polling purposes.

While this request was a strange one, according to students, many students obliged due to promises of $50 gift cards

for a mere 30-minute survey.

“It was really strange. I’d never heard of an impromptu meeting,” Donny Drawkcab, 24, theology said. “I go to all of the meetings, but I was skeptical of this one because of the incentive given. It was very out of character.”

Members of the Associated Student Government were unavailable for comment, as most of ASG had attended the meeting.

Students began to worry when their friends didn’t return from the meeting.

“I have no idea where my sis-

ter and her boyfriend are,” said Debbie Downer, 19, psychology. “They’ve been missing for over a week, and it is really depressing to not know what could have happened to them.”

While the majority of the administration was also unavailable for comment, Saddleback President Tod A Burnett held a news conference this morning to inform the public about the missing students.

“I just want to clear up any suspicions that aliens may be abducting students on campus.

It is very important to me that students to feel safe and are not

Candy rain smothers campus TAYLOR CARNEY Students at the Saddleback and Irvine Valley College campuses can skip out on trick-ortreating because of the edible, crazy and delicious storm that blew over the campuses on Tuesday.

The weather has fluctuated from rain to sunshine, but no one was ready for the storm of Halloween favorites dumping out of the sky. Students first started getting nervous when they saw a dark orange cloud of cotton candy approach the campus around 3:45 p.m.

‘I’ve never seen anything like it. It was creeping above the school so slowly,” said Morgan Whitney, 19, potions. “Everyone was shaking in their boots.”

Around 4 p.m., the students got a taste of candy corn sprinkling out of the sky. At first, the campus could count the candy

corn dropping out of the sky.

The drizzle quickly turned into a downpour as hundreds of candy corns started raining down.

For some students, this created a hazardous situation.

“The campus was radiating orange and yellow from all the candy corn. It was beautiful until I was being engulfed by the candy puddles,” said Cole Alan, 20, apocalypse, an IVC student.

If a cotton candy cloud and raining candy corn wasn’t enough, the cloud rumbled and belted out a variety of other Halloween favorites.

There was Reeses, Almond Joy, Smarties, Tootsie Rolls, Gummy Worms, lollipops and even bubblegum. This down pour of goodies lasted for twenty minutes.

“Every student on campus was in shock at first, then with eyes and arms wide open we started picking up the candy as

fast as we could as if a giant pinata was just cracked open,” said Lisa Marie, 23, witches.

“This candy is going to last me an entire year,” said Krysta Nicole, 23, potions, a Saddleback student. “I can also donate some of this candy to the local children’s hospital.”

The magical moment may have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Only the students who were on campus got to witness the downpour of treats. As soon as students left campus there was no trace of Halloween around town.

“When I got home I rushed in to tell my mom about the giant orange cloud and candy corn.

She just laughed at me and told me all the midterms must have gotten to my head. I was so upset she didn’t believe me,” said Nolan James, 20, fire. tcarney4@saddleback.edu

Giant spider terrorizes students JESSICA OSIECKI On Halloween night, there had been news of a sighting of some of the most gigantic spiders ever to be seen at a community college.

These gigantic spiders had been seen around other community colleges in Orange County as well. Irvine Valley College and Orange Coast College students saw them and freaked out.

At exactly 9 p.m., students in a Paranormal Club were investigating for any possible ghost sightings, but in return found something much more terrifying said Timmy Turner, 19, biology.

The club found a gigantic black spider that could kill a person within seconds.

Out of nowhere, members of the club began disappearing one by one, and the other members went looking for their missing team members. According to

Cornilia Strum, 22, environmental studies, they ended up finding spider webs almost half the size of an apartment complex.

As each of these students were disappearing, it turns out there was not just one gigantic spiders, there were a whole army of them.

“The students were vanishing as fast like lightning,” Strum said.

“The others did not have time to save any of them.”

It was a wide spread panic, it was not just Orange County communities, but it was other community colleges all across southern California. Students were in such panic that about 50 or more students were injured by being trampled over.

Gigantic man eating spiders the size of watermelons have taken over community colleges as far as Pasadena City College.

In other words, the whole entire school eventually created a new civilization of spiders that replaced the students at the school. The spiders gather 10 or more students at a time and then ate them as a group.

“The spiders will eventually take over all the community colleges in Southern California and then take over all other community colleges in California,” said Peter Hanson, an arachnologist for Irvine Valley.

“Not one student came out of our libraries alive.”

Students are advised not go to libraries late at night or else a spider might just come behind you and may not see the light of day again. josiecki0@saddleback.edu

Halloween, an ancient celebration KIRALYNN EDMONDSON In present day America we celebrate Halloween with parties and costumes, these American festivities can be linked back to an ancient celebration of the Celtic Lord of the Dead, Samhain.

Samhain is an ancient Celtic god that was celebrated at the end of summer, and at the start of a new year.

The end of summer is celebrated on Nov. 1 because it was known as the time of year when the dark arrives earlier.

On this night the Celts believed Samhain returned to earth to reassemble all deceased lost souls and resentence their death.

The lost souls were dead ancestors of the Celts. And to the Celts this night was the one night a year that the Celts felt a connection with the supernatural.

By re-sentencing the souls’

death Samhain would send the sinful souls of the dead back to the afterlife in the form of an inferior animal.

The good souls of the dead were sentenced to an additional twelve months back to the afterlife in the form of human beings.

The Celts believed that Samhain would be more temperate on this night if the people gave him gifts.

They would set food and wine outside their house in hopes that Samhain would send their ancestors home for one night.

Some Celtic villagers dressed in ghostly disguises on this night to blend in with the wandering spirits of the dead.

They tried to play tricks in their masks by parading in attempt to lead the spirits to the town limits.

If the Celts believed the souls would rather a friendly persuasion, they would offer gifts or

sweets to them.

“Samhain should still send home the lost spirits on Halloween night, then we can dance with the dead, lean more about our ancestors, and the afterlife.

Now that would be a spooky Halloween,” Vicky Vampira, 22, anatomy said.

The festivities that the Celts participated in are very similar to those that we take part in Halloween today, even though many people are not aware of where these ideas of dressing up, partying and trick or treating came from.

“I appreciate the Celts celebration of Samhain, it resembles what we call Halloween in America, but Samhain is more spiritual, much more interesting and meaningful than the Hallmark Halloween we celebrate today,” Ima Eatchu, 18, cannibalism said. kedmondson0@saddleback.edu

afraid to accept offers of candy and money to show up at impromptu campus events,” Burnett said. “There are absolutely no space men on the Saddleback campus.”

Burnett’s statement spawned more skepticism. “Nobody even asked Burnett about aliens. I don’t think anyone even suspected aliens!” said Nancy Negative, 21, anthropology. “Now I don’t even know what to think anymore. Aliens at Saddleback? My whole world has been turned upside-down.”

“Aliens! Jesus Christ there’s aliens at Saddleback!” said Sum

Yun-gai, 17, kinesiology, as he ran from the news conference screaming. “We’re all gonna die!”

A number of political science classes were cancelled last week due to entire classes having gone missing.

“I told my students they could go to the board meeting for extra credit. They never came back, and they’re still missing,” said Derek Reeve, a political science instructor. “I don’t feel guilty, it wasn’t my fault. They wanted the points.”

Burnett had no comment on Reeve’s statement, staring

blankly ahead while reporters berated him with questions.

When the news conference ended, Burnett stood at the lectern silently for hours before leaving.

The missing students have not yet been found, and no aliens have been discovered at Saddleback. No one received their $50 gift cards.

Concerned students should contact the Saddleback administration and schedule a private appointment with the Office of Student Services.

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puses of each college, which led officials to believe that the strange paranormal activity was due to the ghosts of Black and Hayes.

Four years later, in the week preceding the night of Black and Hayes’ deaths, sightings and strange writings were reported once again.

Tom Stone, an IVC alumni, reported an event similar to Hemmingway’s story.

The last sightings of the ghosts were in October of 2006.

Now, in the eve of the 15year anniversary of Black and Hayes’ deaths, more than 30 ghost sightings or suspicions of paranormal activity have been reported at Saddleback and IVC. Helen Taft, 19, business, is a student at Saddleback who was threatened by the ghosts on Tuesday in broad daylight.

“The ghosts appeared to be looking for someone when I came across them,” Taft said. “I stayed very quiet, so that they

wouldn’t do anything to me, but when they saw me they darted in my direction and caught me in a choke-hold. They told me to tell everyone that they want justice, and they want it now.”

Taft’s story and several others have been reported to the police. The Hayes and Black cases have now been reopened and officials are commanding a full on investigation to hunt down the driver of the vehicles who killed Black and Hayes on the night of Oct. 29, 1996.

“It seems like the only way to stop these hauntings is by bringing Black and Hayes’ murderer to justice, the perpetrator will be given the punishment he or she deserves,” said Paul Hamlet, Chief of Paranormal Activity at the Orange County Sheriff Department.

To report any recent sightings or paranormal occurrences, contact the campus police immediately.

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There is no proof that ties the two murders together, but police records suggest that the two deaths were caused by the same person.

No evidence ever turned up to lead police to the perpetrators of the murders, and justice has yet to be served.

One year to the date of Black and Hayes’ deaths, the first ghost sightings and strange acts of vandalism were reported at both IVC and Saddleback.

Paula Hemmingway, an economics instructor at Saddleback, recalls the first time she saw the ghosts of Black and Hayes.

“I was walking out of my last class for the night when I saw two figures coming towards me,” Hemmingway said. “Out of nowhere, they came at me and started throwing me up against the wall. All they kept saying to me was ‘Where is he?

Where is he?’”

The words “Jimmy and Betty are out to get you” were written on several walls of various buildings throughout the cam-

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3 Controversial mascot image remains on Saddleback campus LA R I AT

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MICHAEL DORAME The Gaucho has been an icon of Saddleback College for more than forty years, but the current depiction of the mascot is up for debate.

In 2010, the Associated Student Government resolution to change the visual portrayal of the Gaucho mascot at Saddleback was passed by “a majority voice vote to support the efforts of the students to change the image of the Gaucho to one that is more culturally sensitive,” in the Academic Senate and then approved by the consultation council.

The approved and passed resolution states, “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Diversity Student Council of Saddleback College requests the halt of Saddleback College merchandise and school publications with the image of the current Gaucho.”

However, items are still being sold at the college bookstore bearing the image.

The resolution further stated, “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Diversity Student Council of Saddleback College supports the reforma-

Illustration by Michael Dorame/Lariat

GAUCHOS: Other schools use the Gaucho mascot. Saddleback is considering changing the image. tion of the Gaucho.”

This “reformation” pertained to the remaking of the Gaucho image itself, not to choosing a new mascot, which has not happened either.

“The marketing committee will work on recommendations for a new college mascot image,” according to the April 27, 2010 consultation council minutes.

Yet the image still covers the campus, and the marketing committee has not chosen a new image.

A Canadian company drafted

four images, and these images were shown at a marketing committee meeting, but a decision was not reached regarding which one to use.

The marketing committee agreed to give it over to the athletics department since they were to be effected by the changing of the mascot image the most.

“95 percent of its use is done here in athletics,” said assistant athletics director Jerry Hannula.

“We should have a voice.”

“Our Mascot is not offensive,” Hannula said. “They’re

spending a lot of time on a little issue.”

He said it would be a very large and costly endeavor to change the image on everything.

The current Gaucho image can be seen on buildings, scoreboards, and uniforms belonging the tennis, softball and basketball teams.

Hannula said these changes would be costly, and that the athletics department just didn’t have the money.

Hannula said no one has clarified who was offended and specifically why. He also was

Saddleback students volunteer at local school CASSIE ROSSEL Several Saddleback College students have decided to step up and become helping hands to the children and staff of a local school.

Kinoshita Elementary School is a low-income institution located in San Juan Capistrano.

Due to the school’s low test scores, it does not receive as much state funding as it needs, and therefore is in need of volunteers.

Brooke Howell, 19, psychology, first started volunteering at Kinoshita in the beginning of October as an assignment for her psychology class, but now that she has finished her required hours she has decided to stay and continue to assist the school in any way possible.

Over the first three weeks she spent volunteering, Howell grew close to the kids at the school.

“I just grew so attached to the kids here, and I wouldn’t be able to leave them,” Howell said.

She decided to stay and continue volunteering even after the required hours were finished because of her love for the children and the school.

Photo by Alyssa Hunter/Lariat

MENTOR: Saddleback students like Brooke Howell, pictured, volunteer at Kinoshita Elementary School in San Juan Capistrano to help keep kids in school and encourage them in their education.

Howell has been working alongside Scott Boelman, a fifth grade teacher at Kinoshita, during her time at the school.

Because of the lack of resources at the school, the ratio of 26 children to one teacher is not an uncommon scene. Boelman is just one teacher who has become accustomed to these ratios, and he acknowledged that having a volunteer in the classroom greatly relieves some of the pressures.

“If a student needs a little extra help, she [Brooke] steps

right in,” Boelman said.

The volunteer program at Kinoshita began four years ago to help kids stay out of gangs and to motivate them into pursuing college. There is also a lack of parent volunteers at the school because many parents either hold multiple jobs or are unable to speak English.

Gila Jones, the current volunteer coordinator at Kinoshita, has been involved in the program since the very beginning.

She took on the role of coordinator last year and has already

doubled the amount of volunteers at the school.

Peggy Baerst, the principal of Kinoshita, voiced her gratitude towards Howell and other Saddleback students who volunteer at the school.

“We’re really interested in working with Saddleback College students, in particular, because [they’re] perfect models for where we want our kids to go,” Baerst said. crossell0@saddleback.edu

In Brief Flu shots are currently being offered at Irvine Valley College through the Health and Wellness Center. Among those eligible for the injections, students, faculty, staff, and administrators can get poked for $15 on a first come, first served basis.

The Health and Wellness Center is located in Student Center 150 and focuses on educating students concerning healthy lifestyles and also offers students personal counseling in regards to medical concerns and treats acute injuries in addition to assessing and treating acute illnesses.

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unclear on what would be considered acceptable and said he didn’t have enough information to make a decision.

“They don’t really say what’s acceptable,” Hannula said.

He said athletics is the most diverse out of any division on campus, and he would be open to a meeting with ASG concerning the matter.

ASG president Joseph Hassine said, “ASG and the Diversity Student Council really need to formulate a very concrete plan.”

A possible part of that plan would include a student contest to draft a new image.

Regarding money concerns, Hassine said, “I definitely think, that if possible, it shouldn’t all come from athletics.”

In a list of top things Hassine plans on doing this year, he included “complete the mascot project or make tremendous efforts to do so.”

Hassine also said he would be assigning DSC officers to focus on the matter.

With all the different views and concerns, expressed by both students and staff the mascot image issue at Saddleback is far from being over. mdorame0@saddleback.edu

IVC foundation director seeks new opportunities TAYLOR CARNEY Irvine Valley College welcomes a new Executive Director, Richard H. Morley said he plans to make good changes to campus revenue this year.

“In my conversations with IVC President Roquemore, we want to take the IVC Foundation to higher levels of revenue and visibility to become more like a Cal State or other major college fund raising program,” Morley said.

“IVC’s staff and students deserve this type of community support for all of the great things that are being done on campus,” Morley said.

Morley is nationally recognized as being a Certified Fundraising Executive and Certified Specialist in Planned Giving.

He has created 110 scholarships through his fundraising and helped grow revenue for other colleges in California.

The position for Executive Director opened up at IVC this fall, and Morley jumped on the opportunity.

“After nearly four years at Mt. San Antonio College, when the IVC position became available, I looked at it very closely.

It’s much closer to my home, and raising money in Irvine, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and Orange County overall is enticing. The greatest centers of wealth are right here in Orange County,” Morley said.

“IVC is delighted to have Richard as part of our team. He possesses a tremendous amount of experience and expertise that will take our Foundation to the next level,” said IVC President Glenn R. Roquemore.

“His extensive background in donor cultivation will assist IVC in securing new avenues of fundraising,” Roquemore said.

“His experience in the nonprofit and planned giving arena in Southern California will be extremely beneficial, as the

Foundation seeks to find donors who believe in and support the education mission of IVC,” Roquemore said.

Morley identifies the lack of support in many California Community College’s foundations and plans on gaining more support for IVC to grow the overall operations to raise a larger amount of money.

“This is a developmental process and will occur over the next few years,” Morley said.

On June 30, 2010 the total value of the IVC Foundation’s assets, including investments that return interest and money for scholarships and programs, was $1,197,555 according to Morley.

As of June 30, 2011 the total assets was $1,571,614.

“The IVC Foundation has steadily raised a good sum of money over the last few years,” Morley said.

“Personally, I believe the potential is here to double or triple our income over the next few years, and that will be our goal,” Morley said.

According to Morley, The American Fundraising Professionals says that it is unethical to pay fundraisers based on the percentage of monies raised and thus gets paid a regular salary like other employees.

“Certainly my overall evaluation will take into consideration the overall success and revenues of the IVC Foundation,” Morley said.

“IVC has a great future with our successful programs, our talented students, and our dedicated faculty and administration,” Morley said.

“The IVC Foundation will increasingly become more visible in the community and more robust in our fundraising capabilities and successes. There’s a great base in place for us to build on,” Morley said. tcarney4@saddleback.edu

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Digital photography with a foundation in fine arts MELANIE ROBERTS The photography department at Saddleback College teaches digital photography with a basis in fine art.

They decided to change to all digital photography due to expense and that the field is going digital, said Kenneth Kinder, senior lab technician, photography.

Kinder said, “Work flow is faster with digital work, because you don’t have to change film frequently.”

The entire photography staff at Saddleback, including Even, Kinder, Leighton, Tom Lamb, Bill Agee, Jennifer Porter, Julie Shafer, Sylvia Montana, and Mark Tsang, all either work in the field, practice fine arts, or have work experience. Tsang teaches photography at Mission Viejo High School.

“We are all working together for the student benefit,” Kinder said. His main job is to support

instructors and students.

Classes range from beginning Adobe Photoshop, Photo 50, to advanced classes where students can tweak their talents and learn special skills, such as portrait shooting.

Some advanced classes have live demonstrations to show techniques on how to use different parts of your camera and receive different results.

Demonstrations may include assignments like motion blur, depth of field, or how to control the end result of your photographs.

The most basic class offered is an 8 week course teaching students the features on their cameras, said Kinder.

Photoshop Lightroom is used as a teaching tool in all classes to help students organize their work and have everything in one program.

According to the Adobe website, “Lightroom boosts your creativity and saves you time.

Photo by Malanie Roberts/Lariat

MODERNIZING: Kenneth Kinder, senior lab technician, photography (left) and Ryan Even, head of photography department (left back) help students with recent projects and photo editing in the lab.

Built to be fast, intuitive, and easy to use, it’s the efficient assistant you need — one set of powerful tools for your photography tasks, whether you’re adjusting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds, or organizing thousands.”

Instructors require students entering beginning classes to have their own manual adjustment cameras like a digital single-lens reflex or as its commonly known DSLR. However, in the intermediate courses and above, special lenses and equipment can be checked out. Cannon equipment is used throughout the department.

“It’s really about the final print,” said Ryan Even, photography department chair. “Here we show students how to use printers and show their final presentation. There is a value in knowing large format.”

Even took over as department chair this year since Ron

Leighton’s retirement after thirty years.

Leighton still teaches advanced classes.

Even is excited to move into the bottom of the new library building over the summer.

“We will have a dedicated shooting studio that we can use for demonstration and critique as well,” Even said. “With the space we have now, there is not enough room to do much of anything.”

The new space will give them room to mount and mat photos and students will have the availability to shoot outside of class.

There will also then be time for open lab, where now all classes are on a compacted schedule.

Future plans for the department also include, having their own classroom and partial use of another. Classes will be in the new building starting fall 2012. mroberts32@saddleback.edu

Culinary department adopts a professional posture NICOLE BULLARD The culinary department has been spicing up their program, including competitions and catering large events accommodating food for up to five hundred people.

There have been previous competitions and events like the “Chili Bowl Cook-Off” and C.C.C.F.C.S .

Symposium(California Community College Family Consumer Sciences Symposium). Yes, they know it is a long title.

The winner of C.C.C.F.C.S. Symposium was Armando Contreras, a student in the Culinary Dept. at Saddleback.

Chef Lisa Inlow, talks about the new changes the Culinary Department has been developing to enhance student experience and success.

“The program has been more of a Home Economics, like a stir-and-pour kind of thing.

Now that they’ve decided that they want it to be more professional, we’re getting there.

I’m in the middle of tech review right now, so I’m rewriting this program so it’s more professional.

Last year I was able to make a lot of changes. We’re in uniform now.” Inlow said.

So the program is being rewritten completely to make it more professional for students striving to create a career for themselves.

and our students catered the entire Gala for three hundred people.” said Chef Inlow.

The next Gala the culinary students will be catering for will be next year on March 31st, and will be prepared to cater for over three hundred people.

To put some of the culinary classes in the spotlight, there are many different specialties offered for the student either trying their hand in a certain genre of cooking, or even the student who wants to be well educated in all the genres.

“So we have a French Cuisine class, which is more French style cooking. We have Italian, and we have contemporary,

which is a type of food. We have an American Regional class, which we start East and work our way West. It’s a lot of technique then it goes into taste, different flavours of food.”

The Culinary Dept. has a lot to offer any students striving for a career in the culinary business, or even just an interest in food.

The classes are all designed to teach the students proper technique and taste.

“I love this program, and I just think it’s great.” said Borgeson.

The Culinary Dept. has a couple of events they will be catering too on campus, mainly in November.

“My catering class is going

to be catering “Family Night”.

Then the club will represent themselves there.” The catering class is also catering another event called “The Feast of Lights” which is a concert series in the beginning of December.”

The Culinary Dept. is advancing in leaps and bounds.

They have created a great atmosphere for ambitious culinary students and offer the structure of a real culinary kitchen in addition to career opportunities.

“We have so much we look forward to in the future with this.” said Borgeson. nbullard0@saddleback.edu

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PREPARTION: Chefs at Saddleback serve up a Gaucho omlette The program is trying to create an environment in the likeness of a real culinary workplace.

“I was talking to Chef, and one of the first classes was Microwave Cooking. That shows you the difference.” said Andrew Borgeson, who is involved in the culinary club “Gastronomers Anonymous”.

The Culinary Program has been consistently advancing, from Microwave Cooking to classes like Garde Manger, Catering and Banquets, and French Cuisine.

“We actually have classes which are contemporary cooking, and what we do is, we take everyday food like a pasta dish with marinara and we try and take that and make it as

healthy as possible. So instead of cream or sour cream we use yogurt. That’s where I think the future of food is going.” said Borgeson.

Not only does the Culinary Dept. participate in competitions but they cater as well.

There are catering classes for students who would like to become involved in the catering business whether for experience or as a career.

Normally, the more advanced students handle the catering ideas, like what will the theme be and organizing the whole thing.

The culinary students even catered for the Gala last year.

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‘The Thing’ (2011) is a prequel to the 1982 science fiction movie ‘John Carpenter’s The Thing’. In the 1982 movie the story stars a young Kurt Russel, beginning with scientists at a remote antarctic base getting a rude awakening when two foreign men from another base arrive to kill a dog that they have been pursuing.

The two foreign scientists died in an accidental explosion and the dog was adopted by the American scientists. Unfortunately they had no idea that the dog was not what it seemed to be.

‘The Thing’ written in 2011 movie deals with who the two men were and what happened at their own base.

Having much to work with in terms of retroactive continuity, the movie had much promise but flopped in many points.

First off, why do the two movies have the same name? It’s not a remake but a prequel. Having a separation of the two would have been much less confusing.

The 1982 movie’s theme is all about not trusting people. The Thing eats and then assumes the form and shape of the people it consumes.

Essentially the tension and horror that are supposed to affect the audience are brought on by extreme paranoia.

In the 1982 film, the Thing would only reveal itself when it was obvious that everybody knew who it was imitating.

Conversely in the 2011 film, the creature revealed itself for no reason other than to have cool special effects to terrorize the audience.

Unfortunately in the most recent movie, the Thing’s motives are quite different than in the original movie that it is based on.

In the 1982 movie, the Thing

wanted to go to civilization to infect the world.

Almost at every turn in the 2011 movie, the monster seemed like it didn’t want to leave the base, even going so far as to destroy the helicopter as it’s leaving for civilization. This conflicts to the very idea of the Thing and it’s original motives.

All in all the 2011 movie didn’t need to be made. Other than to have better special effects which are quite redundant as the 1982 movie special effects are still effective.

While the production team had much to work with in telling a story that hadn’t been thoroughly told, all they did was retell the same story all over again, even having a character fill the role that Kurt Russel supplied in the original.

They do that managing to sweep away virtually all of the parts of the story that connect to the movie that it was prequel to.

So as a prequel it was not very good, but if seen without expectations it can still be enjoyable. dgutman1@saddleback.edu

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California Dream Act fullfills dreams of Grammar suffers in a texting world citizenship for illegal immigrant families MELANIE ROBERTS

KIRALYNN EDMONSON The dream act that was passed allowing illegal immigrants to enter the financial aid system is very helpful to generations who were brought to America before they had the choice, but the bill can be costly and leave less space in classrooms for citizens.

The bill requires illegal immigrant students to have attended three years of California high school education and to have graduated in order to access state financial aid.

But the question is, if they set these requirements on them, and it makes them eligible for our funding,why not make them a citizen as well?

“These students have played by the rules, learned our language and have been admitted to our highest levels of education.” said assemblymen Gil Cedillo.

If these students are going to be tapping into our funding and

going to be put in the system, it should be mandatory that they become citizens. Why call them ‘illegal immigrants’ if most of their education is coming from America?

Many families with young children come to the United States illegally.

If the children are willing to work hard for an education in America, then they should have one, as well as citizenship.

Since the Assembly Bill 131 that Gov. Jerry Brown approved there is no denying the facts.

Estimated costs, according to the State Department of Finance, $25.5 million for state aid including fee waivers for community colleges, and financial aid provided by individual campuses.

There will be additional students on campus and the competition for classes will become higher.

This calls for a demand in more teachers and more funding for colleges, which was an

issue prior to the DREAM Act. This is something we cannot stop from happening.

Whether the DREAM act was put in to effect or not, there will still be a great competition out there for us as students, this will just make the competition that much more of a challenge.

Which is good, competition in this day in age in inevitable, and no matter what it will be a challenge.

Although the AB131 can raise illegal immigration, at least it has the set requirements that narrow the amount of immigrants that are eligible for state financial aid.

For the students that will be attending college in effect of AB131, it is completely fair.

These students have obviously stayed focused throughout tough times, studied in California and they deserve a clear shot at an education.

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Japanese anime vs American cartoons: what is the difference?

JESSICA OSIECKI Famous anime like Dragon Ball Z, mecha anime like the Gundam series, Macross 7, Bleach, Naruto.

In America the opposite can be found in Rugrats and Spongebob Squarepants.

There are people out there that like one better than other and that is fine, but to me I like to flip both sides of the coin.

Anime is really popular, they even have a class all about the history of anime and manga at Irvine Valley College.

Cartoons are really popular as well, but most cartoons are being watched by children these days.

Like I mentioned in the beginning, most students watch cartoons like Spongebob.

Speaking of Spongebob, there was an article on MSNBC when kids who watched a cartoon of Spongebob had worse attention spans than those who watched a PBS cartoon for the same amount of time.

Animes however are enjoyed

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When the flashing lights and purring began, viewers knew that the cat costume was next to take the stage.

“I was so fierce on the catwalk. I knew I had the best costume in the whole event. Many students will wear my costume after seeing me in it,” Zara Freight, 18, felinology. “The designers, Frank and Mary, reinvented the older version of the costume and transformed it to something amazing.”

Last on the list to show was the zombie attire.

Mellow music set the runway and model Coral Black, 25, education stumbled toward the audience in her teared up clothing and black makeup.

by different varieties of demographics around the world, because there are shows that specifically target an audience.

There are fans of anime who do not like being compared to cartoons here in America, it annoys them to no end.

In short, American animation is mainly aimed at children, promoting views that there is a “good” side and a “bad” side, with one “right” answer in the end.

It is episodic so that children will never have to worry about missing the odd episode, and won’t have to follow a complex storyline or character development usually present in series’.

It is designed to be an escape from the harsh world of reality, from which we all want to protect our children.

There are times when even us students at Saddleback and IVC watch cartoons or anime to get away from the problems and dramas that happen at home, even me.

On the other hand, Japanese animation is somewhat different. Often referred to as anime

, it is a form of mass media that has an audience of all ages.

There are sometimes people out there that call people that like anime and cartoons geeks or dorks.

I am in the anime club here at Saddleback and I am always on my laptop all the time, so I am sorry to say that I am indeed a geek and I do not care what other people say about me..

“Being last to walk was very nerve-racking for me, but I think I did a good job acting like a zombie,” Black said.

“The contest at the end of the

and super heroes as they are not in trend this fall.

“What I got out of the runway show is to be a character from Twilight or Teen Wolf and I will be in-fashion,” said Kyran Hale, 19, biology, an audience member. “I always follow the Halloween Style department every year, because I like to be the coolest person trick-or-treating.”

Complete costumes from the runway show will be sold at the College Halloween Store near the Student Services Center bookstore for $10 or more.

The departments next runway show will feature holiday wear for the winter season.

Stay tuned if the “grandma sweatshirt” will be in or out of style.

“I was so fierce on the catwalk. I knew I had the best costume in the whole event...” show will tell all.”

The contest will determine which costume got the most votes and what students will wear this fall.

According to Zombay, if students do not wear one of the outfits on the runway it is important to stay away from princesses, inanimate objects,

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When I first started watching Naruto and Spiderman. I thought that the animation that they had done was amazing, and that it would be awesome to have the abilities possible to be able to draw characters like that.

Unfortunately I do not have that ability, but it does not matter, because in the end I still get to watch my favorite animes and cartoons.

Hopefully people will be able to understand both Japanese and American culture and that it can be diverse when comes to their animation. josiecki0@saddleback.edu

Proper grammar is depleting in everyday language as more people rely on spellcheck and “text speak.”

With text messaging being a popular way to communicate, especially amongst high school and college students, texting vernacular has seeped into everyday language.

A popular way to denote the words “your” and “you’re” is to use the letters “u” and “r” together.

For example, “Ur going to love my new dress.”

By using this for both the word “your” and the contraction of “you are,” it confuses teens about how to use it properly.

Because of this, I find even intellectual people like honors students and English majors in my classes, confusing these two words in everyday speech.

Don’t get me wrong, as a teen, I love texting and find it to be an excellent way to communicate.

The only difference is that I can decipher between “text speak” and writing an essay for my English class.

Sadly, many teens are unable to do so, and in that lies the problem.

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without any of them catching the error.

If retail stores are printing poor grammar on tees, then how are teens supposed to know the correct way to use grammar and contractions?

Answer- they won’t, and they may start to believe that the wrong way is correct.

I for one don’t understand why it is so difficult to figure out contractions, when they were created to make things easier.

If you can’t figure them out, please write out both words.

Teens often look up to celebrities as role models, which is why it is pitiful to see celebrities like Rhianna getting foreign tattoos with incorrect grammar.

Her tattoo read “Rebelle Fleur,” to mean “Rebel Flower.”

However, in French, the words should be reversed to be correct grammar.

So now the tattoo reads “Flower Rebel,” which is more confusing than edgy.

When people use incorrect grammar, it makes them seem less intelligent and others don’t take them as seriously.

That is why it is so important to learn accurate syntax. mroberts32@saddleback.edu

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may be that people are writing more, and that is always a plus.

That being said however, writing the wrong form of words constantly or using incorrect spelling may prove harmful when you try to write a professional document, like college essays.

There are too many common mistakes to cover in one article, but the most frequent seem to be using the wrong form of their, there, and they’re, as well as “could of/ should of” when the right form would be “could have/ should have.”

Other mistakes don’t stand out as blatantly such as of/off and know/no.

While it is easy to say that teens are the only ones using grammar improperly, that is not necessarily the case.

Many adults are also caught using grammatical errors.

The retail company Old Navy, was criticized for using incorrect grammar on college T-shirts they put out this summer.

The T-shirts read “Lets Go” followed by a specific college team each shirt represented.

The correct phrase would have been “Let’s Go,” with an apostrophe before the “s.”

It’s sad to think that those Tshirts passed through approval of several head executives

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ShakeOut rattles campus This previous Thursday, there was a earthquake preparation drill for all of the students on campus at 10:10 a.m.

The drill mainly focused on the procedure of “Drop, Cover, and Hold On”, one of the agreed upon techniques to be safe in a earthquake, according to emergency managers, researchers and school safety advocates.

Formally known as “The Great California Shakeout”, it covers all the concerns people might have about what to do if there is an earthquake.

Although earthquakes have happened in the past, what could we do if in the future there was a more destructive type of earthquake that could cause substantial damage?

If an earthquake were to happen, there are several things you could do to prevent yourself from being hurt.

The most common safety procedure is the “Drop, Cover, And Hold On” which is basically crawling under a desk or piece of furniture to protect yourself from falling objects.

“Drop, Cover, and Hold On” is when you get under your structure, such as a desk, cover your head and neck and hold onto to the structure as well.

During an earthquake it can be impossible to walk or run, and most people will fall so the

safest place to be is already on the ground.

Being under a desk will enhance your chances of staying safe and has been known to protect people from severe damage during an earthquake, according to the emergency managers, researchers, and school safety advocates.

If it is impossible to find a desk or piece of furniture, stay inside and close to interior walls because exterior walls and windows tend to collapse in a destructive earthquake.

While “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” is a great safety measure all people can do, there are some that are not so safe and are actually a myth.

The “triangle of life” is the belief that it is safe to be next to a structure instead of underneath it.

The problem with the “triangle of life” is that it is based on poorly made assumptions, according to earthquake safety specialists.

The assumptions are based on anticipating the ways a building can collapse, which is almost impossible to foresee.

In an earthquake, it is not always an easy task to protect yourself from injury. Programs like “The Great California Shakeout” is a way to teach students to react quickly during the event of an earthquake. nbullard0@saddleback.edu

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Live performance: Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear of the Foo Fighters playing the first of two shows at The Forum on Thursday, October 13th.

Foo Fighters come to California First of two shows rocked The Forum in early October cassie rossel

Clay art gallery in Orange County melanie roberts The Art Gallery has brought back a series of ceramic artists in the show, “Clay Today: Contemporary Orange County Ceramics,” this November.

In 1995, the gallery presented this same series, which then included fourteen professional ceramics artists that were active in the community.

With its return in November

the show will include thirteen ceramic artists. Seven of the artists that were asked back by the curator, Scott Young, will be returning. The other six new artists will accompany them.

The show runs Wednesday, Nov. 2 through Wednesday, Nov. 23 in the Saddleback Art Gallery.The artists’ reception will be held on Nov. 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. mroberts32@saddleback.edu

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food drive: Kaylan Pham, a citizen of Orange County donates to Second Harvest Food Bank for local families in need.

Second Harvest Food Bank at Great Park kiralynn edmondson The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County collected non-perishable goods for the needy on Saturday at The Great Park.

The Great Park was celebrating a Pumpkin Harvest where

children under 12 participated in picking their own free pumpkins, along with crafts, and games.

The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County has been a link between food suppliers and agencies that feed the hungry for the last 26 years.

They ask for donations from

Foo Fighters blew the roof off The Forum in Inglewood with their nearly three hour performance on Oct. 13, almost two weeks ago.

Due to the heavy rocking out that occurs at all Foo Fighters shows, many fans left The Forum with a constant ringing in their ears and, most likely, a loss of voice from the continuous screaming.

Aside from those obvious indications of a great show, there was not one fan who left without the most unmistakable sign the public and volunteers help to package up food and send out to those who need it.

“We’re here to accept donations and inform the public more about our services,” said Mark Ragland Ragland started to volunteer nine months ago and is already an Ambassador.

He sorts through foods and ships out packages.

“I never thought that I would be offering up free labor, but I get so much satisfaction out of it, its something I feel good to be associated with it,” he said.

The Great Park Pumpkin Harvest was Ragland’s first Ambassador event.

“You can volunteer on a walk in basis on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, the weekend gets really busy there is usually a waiting list.

You can also help grow and harvest fruits and vegetables from the Second Harvest Food Bank Edible Park,” Ragland said.

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Junkman strives for a better world chris cantwell Saddleback athletic director, Jerry Hannula has been recycling used phones and ink cartridges for exactly four years now.

He plans on recycling for as long as he can because he wants to help “change the world.”

It is a very simple concept, he gave them to recyclers to be doctored up, so they can be sold.

“I give them to a recycler and they gut them and make new

cartridges out of them so they don’t go to waste,” Hannula said.

“The phones go to a company that remakes them and gets them in working order. They use them for any type of crisis like floods, hurricanes, or anything where people need emergency contact.”

There are some good deals when it comes to purchasing the remade phones and cartridges.

“You can buy them through our system and it’s a buy one get one free deal,” Hannula said.

“You get a good deal too.”

The Junkman has always been a very strong supporter of recycling, and a green and better world.

“I’m conscientious about recycling especially at home, I’m not giving them up to landfills with stuff that does not decompose,” Hannula said. “They could reuse them instead of just burying them.”

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of satisfaction, a giant smile, filling each Foo lover’s face from ear to ear.

The energy in the room was unlike any other I’ve experienced before, and that was before Foo Fighters even started performing.

The excitement only escalated as the time grew nearer for the headliners to take the stage.

Finally, after the second of two opening acts, Cage the Elephant, finished their set, the moment everyone had been waiting for had finally arrived. The lights went out, and there was not one person in the room who wasn’t screaming out of excitement as they awaited the first

guitar riffs and drumbeats of the band they so devotedly came to experience.

The Foo Fighters opened up the night with two songs off their newest album, “Bridge Burning” and “Rope,” along with two others that everyone must have known the words to, “The Pretender,” and “My Hero.”

After tearing through the first four songs, front-man Dave Grohl revealed the evident fact that the Foos weren’t like all the other bands who play a typical two hour show, “No no no,” he said, “Who wants to get to f***ing three [hours] tonight!”

The crowd grew wild at

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Grohl’s remark, and just when I thought the energy level couldn’t possibly get any greater, I was proven wrong, so wrong.

As the night went on, the band continued to melt faces with perfect renditions of their best songs, including “Skin and Bones” and “Breakout,” along with some insane guitar and drum solos, courtesy of drummer Taylor Hawkins, lead guitarist Chris Shiflett, and of course, Grohl.

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CANDY: For Halloween, many people give out candy purchased candy or even make their own tasty treats.

Candy corn, lollipops, and candy bars, but which taste the best?

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Angelene Caballero, 20, nursing “Today is yesterday and tomorrow is today.”

Raul Nolasco, 21, computer science “I don’t even want to have a tombstone.”

Stephanie Johnson, 41, medical billing

Bryan Baird, 21, computer science

“See, I really was sick.”

“Life sucks.”

Jennifer Bartawzzi, 37, medical assistant

Jared Moser, 18, biology

“Never take ‘no’ for an answer.”

“Do whatever you want because life is short.”

Around this time of year, when children are anxiously waiting for that one day in which they can march up to the homes of strangers and make their sweet demands known, candy is on the mind.

So what should you give out?

Give them a pencil, you get egged, toothbrush, egged, apple, you better believe you’re going to get egged, unless it’s a caramel apple.

Those egg wielding brats want candy. And it had better be the good stuff, or you may find yourself stepping into a flaming sack of fecal matter the next morning as a final insult.

So which are the good stuff?

There are three determining factors: taste, duration of consumption, and satisfaction.

Let’s just get the lame candy out of the way.

Sweetarts blow, Smarties taste stupid, Candy-Corn says “I’m frugal” and raisins bite, even the chocolate covered ones. I don’t want to see raisins unless they’re in my oatmeal.

Jolly Ranchers are great, considering all of the colorful flavors, but they don’t last very long, and when that psychedelic flavor trip is over, an empty feeling fills your once elated mouth.

Bubble gum never burst my bubble, but it’s not really candy.

I’m a sucker for Dum-Dums, but that smart talking owl convinced me that tootsie pops are better. How many licks does it take?

As for Skittles, M&M’s, and Nerds, Skittles taste good, but leave a weird taste in your mouth, M&M’s just don’t last and Nerds are just dorky pieces of sugar.

Remember pixie sticks? All I remember is kids at my middle school snorting them up their noses and ending up in the ER. Regarding gummy bears, gummy worms and Dots, all I can say is I hope you don’t

have braces, even if you don’t, little pieces of gummy junk will be chilling between your teeth for days.

Mike and Ike’s, Now and Laters’, Air-Heads, and StarBursts are all a techno-rave in your mouth, however none of them really satisfy.

Twizzlers and Red Vines.

Stick them in my root bear float, not my tricks or treats bag.

Reese’s pieces and peanut butter cups make me want to vomit, that’s all I‘ll say about that.

Tootsie rolls: boring, flavored tootsie rolls: still boring.

Whoppers and Milk Duds are great for sneaking into the picture show, but the tiny amounts packaged for the average trick or treator are a whopper of a disappointment.

Snicker if you will, but a full sized candy bar just can’t be beat. Almost every kid loves chocolate, and there are so many to choose from, Three Musketeers, Milky Way, 100 Grand bar, Baby Ruth, Butterfingers, Willy Wonka and many more.

Slap me off a piece of that mouth watering, delicious, precious, chocolate covered goodness and stuff it down my gullet any day.

I pick candy bars as the top choice for treats when it comes down to taste, longevity and satisfaction.

So if you want to ensure that your residence won’t be vandalized this year, or if you want your party not to suck, stock up on candy bars.

My personal favorite is the Willy Wonka chocolate bar.

You can find them at Toys R Us if you were wondering.

They consist of little shards of golden gram crackers covered with lip smacking milk chocolate that is stamped with the Willy Wonka seal, and you might win a golden ticket, but probably not. mdorame0@saddelabck.edu

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Talia Billings, 18, liberal studies

“No regrets and do your best.”

“‘Remember life is great’ because that is what my grandpa has on his.”

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Shan Asrar, 19, electronic engineer

“A life worth lived.”

“I love my life! I love my life! I love my life! I love my life! I love my life!”

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Drawlan Teng, 19, English

“The greatest thing in life is to love and be loved in return.”

“All things are chances, no exclusions.”

Liana Gheouma, 19, psychology

Ryan Brandom, 25, anthropology

“One minute you’re on top. The next you’re not watch it drop. Making your heart stop. Just before you hit the floor.

One minute you’re on top.

Next you’re not missed your shot. Making you’re heart stop. You think you’ve won. And then its all gone.”

“And finally my karmic debt is balanced and my ancestral spirit loves you and lives on. I am still yours to call upon.”

Halloween fashion show informs students of what is hot and not EVELYN CAICEDO

Emily Swigart, 26, MIT

Heidi Wentzel, 18, genetics

“I want to be cremated.”

“Out of the many lives I have seen, mine has obviously been the most awesome.”

From the looks of the Halloween Runway show at Saddleback College Monday in the Quad, there were many examples of characters to wear this fall.

All students that didn’t get to watch to show are asking some big questions, what trends were shown, what is hot and what is not. The “What is Hot” list included zombies, cats, werewolves, vampires, or a scary costume.

“The Halloween Style department really came through this year in their runway show,” Emma Zombay, 20, witchcraft said. “It is so nice to finally see the models strut werewolf wear.”

While the new album of Count Dracula and Mike the Zombies blasted through the speakers, the first model Kay-

lob Hunt, 20, cynology came out with a werewolf costume and scared the entire audience Zombay said.

“The first piece was to capture the audience’s attention,” Zombay said. “For this look we wanted it to attract both men and women on campus.

The full body suit will be very popular to wear.”

The second model, Emmett Scarame, 22, potions, wore a vampire costume which audience members seem to gravitate toward.

“I loved getting to model the vampire costume and the campus seemed to love me in it too,” Scarame said. “It is more than a costume for me, I finally get to be a character I have admired for many years. I will definitely be wearing it on Halloween.” continued on page 5

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Football team turns into zombies

Hurricane of chocolate at Saddleback

chris cantwell

A large toxic sewage spill leaked on to Saddleback College’s football field during practice, turning all the football players into blood thirsty zombies.

These football zombies stampeded through the college looking to eat every student that was in their way.

They tackled the students and began feeding on their carcases.

Then they would rip their heads off and eat the brains.

“I have never in my life seen anything like this, these zombies were the hungriest creatures that I have ever seen” Chris Farley, 19, business said.

“They should have just gone to IHOP. That’s where I would eat if I was a zombie.”This was the worst pandemic that Saddleback had ever seen.

Count Chocula visits campus and makes a mess out of the public facilities.

Students and staff are on the hunt to find the mastermind criminal. riley tanner A hurricane of chocolate.

Ideal in a ice cream sunday, but less so in a public restroom.

The janitorial staff has actively begun hunting the fugitive “Count” Chocula, as he has been vandalizing lavatories around Saddleback all October.

While some may snicker and say chocolate is a lot more fun to clean up than the usual refuse that gathers in bathrooms, the staff is mortified and is forced to use up large amounts of freshman in its cleaning.

Opinions are mixed around campus.

Some view Count Chocula’s actions as a harmless prank, others take a very different stance.

“It was horrible, he just kept spewing chocolate all over the bathroom. The floors, the walls, that sick bastard even got it on the ceiling,” said Jenny Summers, 19, Gossip major.

“The smell was overpowering. But the worst part is he looked directly into my eyes the whole time.”

Many students who witness the count in action wind up in hospitals. Not for physical damage, but viewing the manner in which the Count despoils the facilities has undoubtedly traumatized at least twelve and a half students.

The janitors are made of sterner stuff however.

“We’re gonna find him, and we’re gonna put a sharpened mop right through his Reese’s peanut butter cup.” said Tony Danza, executive janitor in chief.

“There is no way we can let a psycho like that keep destroying bathrooms”.

One can only hope that we find more hard evidence proving Count Chocula guilty. He has been brought to court numerous times, but as the heir to the Van Chocolate fortune, he’s always managed to escape conviction to his infamous and incalculably expensive lawyer: Malcom X. rtanner0@ivc.com

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The school was so excited about how well their football team was playing, and all of a sudden they were feeding on their peers.

The good thing about this though is that they could definitely win the national championship.

They could eat all the competition and wouldn’t have to worry about losing a game, but if they didn’t feast on the referees as well then they would probably be disqualified.“We should have no problem winning nationals now,” Michael Jordan, 20, kinesiology said. “Our team will just eat everyone and we will win.”Winning nationals was very important to Saddleback, but not as important as the students well being.

A cure needed to be found.

“We went to several science labs in Orange County looking

for a cure and we found nothing,” Charlie Sheen, 21, winning said. “I went home and watched Zombieland to try to figure out a cure.”What could cure these football zombies and stop all of the mayhem at Saddleback College?“After a great zombie movie and some booze, I realized how much Woody Harrelson loved Twinkies in Zombieland,” Sheen said.

“Why not give it a shot.”

Sheen bought a truckload of Twinkies and gave them to the zombies. After they devoured those foamy treats, they changed back into the football players that we all grew to love.

We all had Sheen to thank for his heroics and money to buy all those Twinkies.“Those zombies got a dose of Charlie Sheen,” Sheen said. “Winning.” ccantwell0@saddleback.edu

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Bobbing for Apples: Young girl celebrates halloween during Saddleback’s annual bobbing for apples event. Younger partcipants used their own bucket for the festivities.

Bobbing for apples in the campus pool Anyone who particpated in the bobbing for apples event enjoyed an exquisite experience. taylor carney Saddleback students and athletes went head first into the campus pool for apples on Saturday for the Halloween spirit.

The bobbing for apples event required good strategy and technique like many other sports.

“I didn’t think that a simple game that involved apples could be so difficult. There were people pushing, shoving and even headbutting one another in order to get those things in their mouths,” said Ray Theo, 21, ghouls, a Gaucho athlete.

The game is simple. The pool was filled with 400 apples, and there was about 65 students participating in the game. The object of the game is to get as many apples as you can, the person with the most apples wins.

Sounds simple right? Well there’s a catch. Every student has to tie their hands behind there back, thus leaving them to use only their mouths to retrieve the apples.

“I thought the game was pretty easy,” Eugene Richard, 24,

spells said. “At home, we have a family tradition of bobbing for apples, but we are blind folded and have our hands tied behind our back.”

The game had three rounds, of course each time using new apples, the participants got to experience a lot of exciting cheers from the crowd.

Maggie May, 34, undecided, won the first round, Thomas Punn, 15, broomstick science won the second round and Gil Gilmore, 19, undecided won the third round.

Each winner was rewarded with a spiderweb trophy and a bag full of candy.

The aftermath of the game left the pool thrashed, but luckily janitors on campus helped revive the mess.

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invisible children activities: Former football player has become ill by the zombie apocolypse. This photo was shot after the group tackled students and devoured their carcases.

“Lucille Taylor, 19, witches said, ‘I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween.”

“It only took 2 hours to play the game, but it took a whole day to clean the mess,” said Tom Cruise, the campus janitor. “I’m glad everyone had a great time.”

Lucille Taylor, 19, witches said, “Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween.” tcarney4@saddleback.edu

Cup of Worms and Dirt Nicole Bullad A “Cup of worms and dirt” is not really full of worms and dirt but is actually a chocolate desserts with gummy candies and cookies. Not convinced? Here’s a list of ingredients and how to make this fabulously gross recipe that is also amazingly simple.

Serving size 1-2 people Ingredients3-4 packs of chocolate pudding 1 pack of Oreo cookies 1 pack of gummy worms Preparation 1. Unseal the packs of chocolate pudding and place in a medium sized bowl.

2. Crush Oreo cookies into small pieces.

3. Sprinkle crushed Oreo cookies into the chocolate pudding.

4. Mix in the package of gummy worms.

This recipe is extremely easy and only requires a quick trip to the grocery store and a walk down the candy aisle. If you want to make the recipe for several people you can be creative and get some Halloween themed cups for you “Cup of worms and dirt” recipe.

Enjoy!

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