Oct 31, 2012 (Vol 45, Issue 6)

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SADDLEBACK AND IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGES’ STUDENT NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

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DAIS: The panel of speakers takes part in the Saddleback College gerontology department’s first career event on Tuesday Oct. 23.

Saddleback’s gerontology program holds career event A ni bal Santos

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2012 Student Voter Guide With the Nov. 6 general election looming, the Lariat breaksdown the important issues affecting students Board of Trustees seats for Areas 1, 3 and 7 are being contested. Which area are you in and who can you vote for?

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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have debated and campaigned for months.

The issues are summarized for the big decision.

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Pros and Cons on Prop 30, a divisive issue of personal and sales tax increases for school funding.

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Senate discusses current state of curriculum Jo se ph Es pirit u

Staff Writer

The Academic Senate met Wednesday to discuss the current state of the college curriculum, mid-year degrees, items discussed during student success board presentation, campus emergencies and the academic calendar for 2014 to 2015.

Psychology instructor Kris LeppienChristensen announced that the campus is looking at having a flex-week activity in the spring where an open forum will be held on curriculum issues that might not be resolved during the fall semester.

“Some of the new problems that have popped up that some of you have experienced in CurricUNET have actually been linked to the district’s end with CurricUNET,” Leppien-Christensen said, adding that it’s not a CurricUNET-centered issue. “The goal is to have someone from CurricUNET and someone from the district and hopefully we’ll get them into a room where the two can work together to resolve the issue.”

CurricUNET is a commonly used software for program content and workflow by colleges within the state and provides features that aids in streamlining the curriculum process.

Leppien-Christensen also mentioned mid-year degrees, which are specific to SB-1440 transfer degrees as they are currently awaiting approval from the state.

These specific degrees are a part of a

law passed with SB-1440, which grants students who complete the program with a 2.0 GPA or higher admittance to California State University system.

The bill does not specify a campus and states that a student cannot change their major once accepted.

“Geography and Math are ready to be submitted to the state for approval; however, whether we’ll be able to offer these degrees mid-year is still to be determined as we normally work on an academic year basis,” he said in an e-mail. “ For example, the 2012-2013 academic year consists of Fall 2012, Spring 2013, and Summer 2013. Therefore, degrees and courses normally need to be approved the academic year prior to the year in which the course is taught or the degree is offered.”

History and geology are two additional subjects being considered for transfer degrees.

The senate also covered the student success presentation by the Board of Trustees, which highlighted the relationship established by the faculty to move forward with the student success taskforce.

During the discussion some instructors voiced their concerns on conflicts that might arise between the college serving recent high school graduates, transfer and current students considering that the college is under a no– growth rule.

“We have students coming from other community colleges who cannot get their courses get courses at their colleges and they’re coming here, especially

for the online classes and we have our own population we need to take care of,” an instructor said.

“It is an issue and I know that our board is concerned when they learned that we are using our funds to educate individuals outside our district zone,” Donald Busche, the vice president of instruction said. “The feelings that I’ve heard, is that the monies that we get in this district are generated by the taxpayers in this districts and we should be serving them first then the others, but we have no way to do that - we have open enrollments so we can’t exclude people. It’s a difficult situation.”

The topic moved on to finding solutions in which a possible priority list was promoted, but Diane Pestolesi, the college’s assistant director of nursing, commented that her department was immediately told to stop by the state chancellor’s office when they found out that her department did offer priority registration for some time.

The senate, however, did agree to be more proactive in informing middle and high school students about the process of how to apply for community college.

Midway through the meeting, campus-parking coordinator Andrew Craven made an announcement about the Community Emergency Response Team certifications that the campus offered during the summer to faculty and staff.

“We now have 30 trained members,” Craven said. “Mostly staff, some managers and soon to be hopefully a lot of faculty.”

Craven said each class cost about $8,000 with the state granting $5,000 on the first one.

“California state employees need to know that we’re also disaster workers.” Craven said, adding that campus employees who haven’t signed the California Government Code Section 3100 oath are required to do so in order to be compensated during a time of disaster.

“It is a law in this state and is in our government oath,” he said.

The senate also discussed the 201415 academic calendar where they found an issue with one day per week classes held on Mondays as they might not meet the required amount of instructional hours due to holiday breaks. ”It is difficult to have the same number of each weekday when preparing the calendar so Monday, because of holidays, often has fewer days,” senate officer and geography instructor Dan Walsh said in an e-mail. “This is still being clarified as this has been done many times in the recent past.”

While there is no specific calendar deadline, the district’s Calendar Committee did meet for a meeting, Monday.

“It is too early to comment on this as there is no final calendar being presented to the board,” Walsh said. “It cannot go to them tonight so there is ample time before either the November or December Board meeting to come up with a calendar that we all can be happy with.” jespiritu2@saddleback.edu

The Saddleback College Socialogy Department and Gerontology Program hosted the first Gerentology Education and Career Event in the Student Services Center Room on Oct. 23.

The event was held as an opportunity for current Gerontology students to gain employment opportunities as well to inform those in attendance of the Gerontology Certificate Program.

The first year of the Gerontology program was successful,” Allison Camelot said. “The senior population has increased over the years and is continuing to increase.”

The Gerontology program launched last year in fall of 2011, but according Camelot the program has had a lot of success in helping students.

“We are looking at the field of Gerontology and the need to work with older adults has increased up to 30 percent,” Camelot said.

Companies that participated in the event are: Social Security Administration, Adapt 2 It, Age Well Senior Services, Aegis Living, Comfort Cottages, Council on Aging and the Norman P. Murray Community & Senior Center, Newport Beach’s Recreation & Senior Services Department.

“It was a little bit hard (Gerontology Program) at the beginning, but it was all worth it when you get it done,” Brandi Marchegiano 32, a human services major and the first graduate of the program said.

Marchegiano now owns an in-home senior care service named Giving Back.

Marilyn L. Ditty from the Age Well Senior Services also spoke to the audience about the importance of senior care.

According to Ditty, baby boomers are living longer that requires different types and of care.

“The challenges in this field are great, but the opportunities are endless,” Ditty said.“If you fell a strong pull toward working with the elderly I highly encourage you, we need people today who truly care.” asantos5@saddleback.edu

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NEWS

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

Romney vs.

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Mi c h ae l G r e n nell

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Three district seats up for grabs

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A brief look at the upcoming Board of Trustees election for Areas One, Three, and Seven that will be taking place Nov. 6

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Staff Writer

The general, state, and local elections will be making an appearance on Nov. 6, where local community college students will have the opportunity to elect the new members of South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) Board of Trustees for areas: one (Irvine), three (Laguna Beach, Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Newport Beach, and San Clemente), and seven (Mission Viejo).

The Board holds seven positions plus one including a non-voting student representative who is elected separately by students in the SOCCCD. Members are elected to staggered four-year terms, where voting takes place every two years for certain positions.

Board members duties include ensuring the benefit of all academic and educational programs and approving or disapproving district legislature.

Maintaining financial stability within the district is also a main focus of the trustees’ jobs.

The Area One election is comprised of candidates David B. Lang who is the current incumbent and has been elected to four consecutive trustee terms dating back to 1996 and Irvine business attorney David L. Martin.

Up for election in Area Three are incumbent William O. Jay, who has served two consecutive terms after filling in a trustee vacancy in 2004, and businesswoman and arts commissioner Arlene C. Greer, and Jennifer L. Long, a graduate student researcher.

Finally Area Seven, includes business owner and former Executive Director of the American Electronics Association Tim Jemal, Rancho Santa Margarita Catholic High School board member, and self-proclaimed “anti-corruption candidate” Mike Moodian, Jan Serrantino Cox, a University of California Irvine administrator, and former Orange County Public Administrator and district board member John S. Williams, who’s past of alleged misuse of his district position and funds make this a heated trustee race. edasilva1@saddleback.edu

Obama: Wants to further explore domestic oil as a more viable option and eliminate subsidies on fossil fuels.

Romney: Wants to make America energy independent with more domestic oil drilling, nuclear power, and various biofuels.

Obama: Wants to ban insurance companies discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions. Also looks to lower costs and guarantee more choices for people.

Romney: Wants to repeal Obama’s healthcare plan,

What your vote means: California propositions A list of state propositions from the Official Voter Information Guide

PROP 30 State would increase personal income taxes on taypayer’s making more than $250,000 per year for seven years and increase sales taxes by a quarter cent for four years. “New tax revenue used to fund schools and other programs in the state budget.”

YES

“State would not increase personal income taxes or sales taxes. State spending reductions, primarily to education programs, would take effect in 2012-13.”

NO

PROP 31 “Certain fiscal reYES sponsibilities of the

Legislature and Governor, including state and local budgeting and oversight procedures, would change.” Local governments to develop own procedures to receive funding and organize state programs.

State would not increase personal income taxes or sales taxes. State spending reductions, primarily to education programs, would take effect in 2012-13.

NO

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and start a series of reforms that would empower states and individuals while lowering healthcare costs Obama: Wants to repeal the Bush tax cuts on households that earn more than $250,000 a year, and lower taxes on the manufacturing industry. His plan implements stimulus spending and tax cuts for short-term help to grow the economy, while cutting government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy to cut the deficit.

Romney: Wants to make the Bush tax cuts permanent, lower the corporate tax rate to 25 percent, cut taxes and regulations to encourage business growth, and cut government spending by 5 percent to reduce deficit.

PROP 32 deducted YES by Checks unions and cor-

porations from their employee’s paychecks cannot be used for political purposes.

Current laws regulating the ability of unions and corporations to use money deducted from employees for political purposes will remain the same.

NO

PROP 33 Insurance comYES panies could offer

PROP 34 “No offenders YES could be sentenced to

death under state law. Offenders who are currently under a sentence of death would be resentenced to life without the possibility of parole.” A grant worth $100,000 would be provided by the state to local law enforcement agencies over the next four years.

“Certain offenders convicted for murder could continue to be sentenced to death. The status of offenders currently under a sentence of death would not change.” The state is not required to provide local law enforcement agencies with additional grant funding.

NO

PROP 35 “Longer prison YES sentences and larger

fines for commiting human trafficking crimes.”

“Existing criminal penalties for human trafficking would stay in effect.

NO

PROP 36 Some criminal YES offenders with two

prior serious or violent convictions who commit certain nonserious, non-violent felonies including those serving life sentences for nonserious felonies could be resentenced to shorter prison terms.

“Offenders with two prior serious or violent felony convictions who commit any new felony could continue to receive life sentences.” Current offenders with two prior violent felony convictions who are serving life will serve the remainder of their sentences.

NO

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for 12 years to fund grades K through 12.

State personal income taxes would remain at current levels. Grades K through 12 will not recieve additonal funding.

NO

PROP 39 “Multistate business would no longer be able to choose the method for determining their state taxable income that is most advantageous for them. Some multistate business would have to pay more corporate income taxes due to this change. About half of this increased tax revenue over the next five years would be used to support energy efficiency and alternative energy projects.”

YES

“Most multistate businesses would continue to be able to choose one of two methods to determine their California taxable income.”

NO

PROP 40 “The state Senate YES district boundaries

certified by the Citizens Redistricting Commission would continue to be used.”

The California Supreme Court would appoint special masters to determine new state Senate district boundaries.

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PROP 37 Genetically enYES gineered foods sold Scan the QR within the state need to be la-

Insurers can continue providing disounts to long-term customers, but will be prohibited from offering discounts to new clients who are switching carriers.

Gentically engineered foods sold in the state will continue to not have specific lebeling requirements.

NO

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NO

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OPINION

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

The story of Proposition 30 from both sides Pros Katrina Andaya & Steven Jung

Voting “Yes” on Prop 30 has many benefits for students living in California.

For the past four years, California education, police and fire protection, healthcare and other critical services have had to cut back by $56 billion.

Teachers have been laid off which results in larger classroom sizes, loss of classes and raised tuition, especially in community colleges.

Voting yes on Prop 30 ensures that education receives the money that it needs in order to kick start California’s economy.

If Prop 30 passes, Cal State Universities will accept an additional 20,000 students this coming fall of 2013, 1,500 faculty and staff jobs will be kept and 5,500 courses will stay. It also lower tuition by $249 per semester starting fall of 2013.

Prop 30 calls for the rich, couples making more than $500,000 or more in income tax per year, to pay higher income taxes.

The higher taxes on the rich will last for only seven years and the one-quarter cent increase in sales tax only continues for the next four years.

The money set aside, according to the Prop 30 initiative, cannot be touched. According to section 2 of the initiative, “None of these new revenues can be spent on state bureaucracy or administrative costs.”

The money for the schools will be put in a separate fund that legislatures cannot touch.

This ensures that we have money for education.

Section 2 also states, “The new tax revenue is guaranteed in the Constitution to go directly to local school districts and community colleges.”

According to The Selma Enterprise (http:// www.hanfordsentinel.com), if Prop 30 passes then schools like Selma Unified School District will not have to cut another $3 million for the next school year.

According to the California Teachers Association, supporting Prop 30 will help prevent another $6 billion in budget cuts to education.

Voting yes on Prop 30 will help get money back into California’s education system, and open more seats for Cal States, while also increasing enrollment at community colleges.

Prop 30 overall helps balance California’s budget if passed.

Students should know both the pros and cons to understand how Prop 30 affects them

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Jobs, healthcare and loans on students’ minds this election Ashley Reyes

Staff Writer

Are you going to vote in this presidential election? According to recent demographics presented in television and the web, your answer is no.

According to http://onlinecolleges.net, “2008 was a landmark election year for the 18- to 29-year-old demographic, with 51 percent of qualified Americans within this age range showing up at the polls.” Recent trends in polls show that young voters are less likely to turn to the polls which is unacceptable.

Although college students seem to be the most affected by political issues, there are big issues with finding jobs after college, tuitions and loans, healthcare, gas prices and housing among many others.

“When I graduated college it was nearly impossible to find a job. I lacked experience but I had a degree, it was tough,” Gabriela Martinez, recent Cal State San Marcos graduate, said.

Jobs and the economy are a clear political issue for students.

A 2010 Center for Information

and Research on Civil Learning and Engagement showed that voters between the ages 18 and 29 considered improving the economy the most pressing political issue with 59 percent reporting it as a primary concern.

Another issue is tuition and student loans, which can overwhelm students after they graduate from college. The average cost of college annual tuition at a for-profit, four-year college is $35,000. Some college students go way over that number as well.

“My loans killed me right when I graduated college. I had to take any job I could just to start paying off my loans,” Anel Altamirano, FIDM graduate, said.

Finding a job post-graduation to pay back those student loans is now harder than ever.

Some students choose not to attend college simply to avoid being in debt once they graduate. Not only are these students cheated out of an education but they also lack the necessary education to compete in today’s job market.

Healthcare has been ranked the second most major political

issue for voters between ages 18 and 29 according to the same poll. One state that has taken an active roll in making sure college students are covered is Idaho which requires all fulltime college students to carry an insurance health policy.

Gas prices although they not only affect college students are also a great concern to the college community. Their constant fluctuation gives students and uneasy worry before the beginning of each semester.

“It feels like I just woke up one day and gas prices just jumped up out of nowhere, I commute to Saddleback everyday so gas prices are my main political concern,” Joshua Reyes, Saddleback student, said.

The solution for some Saddleback students is to “go green” and put in the extra money to buy a hybrid or electric car but not everyone has that luxury available. College students should be informed on exactly what sorts of policies dictate how their oil and gas travel from underground to their vehicle.

Cons

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Prop 30’s proponents argue that Prop 30 needs to be passed and the tax increase put into effect or school funding gets gouged with the proverbial ax. First off, that doesn’t need to happen.

The fear tactic being used by Prop 30 supporters is the proposal of a $6 billion “cut” to school funding in the 2012-13 budget. That $6 billion is money that was prematurely allocated into the next year’s budget anticipating the passing of Prop 30.

You can’t cut what you don’t have.

That money could be taken from many of the overzealous and expensive failed projects the California government has put forth, such as the $5 billion put toward the “bullet train to nowhere.”

The $6 billion figure that has been presented may not even come to fruition should Prop 30 pass.

The California General Election Official Voter Information Guide itself acknowledges that the potential $6 billion in revenue is subject to “multi-billion dollar swings.” The swings come with the tax increase on the upper-income taxpayers whose income taxes sway with their investments in the volatile stock market and their business revenues.

Even if Prop 30 passes, no one can be sure where the money will truly end up.

There is a minimum portion of the funds that will go toward schools, but again the Voter Information Guide states that the remaining funds would go toward balancing the state budget. Locally, only 11 percent of the allocated funds would go toward community colleges.

While the proponents of Prop 30 also make sure to promote that part of this money would come from taxpayers making over $250,000 a year, they downplay the quarter-cent sales increase that would affect everyone. The sales tax increase would drive up the costs of everyday items.

While Prop 30 aims to address a major problem for California, it does not present the most prudent way to solve it. In fact, Prop 30 follows the line of thinking that has gotten California to where it is: spending money it does not already have.

Campus Comments:

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“What do you think about the November elections ?”

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“I definitely care. I don’t know if one person would really make that much difference. Usually there’s an instigator in a group Keaton Gallaher of all your 21, business friends, like one person that’s really passionate about it. If you’re that one person, then you can have a big impact, but it’s just individual people, it’s not really that much impact.”

“I’m ready for it I guess.

It’s really drawn out. If you’ve watched the debates it’s been Kristine Berube really bru18, political science tal towards oneanother. I’m really ready to vote, I’m tired of hearing everything on t.v.”

“I don’t think the candidates are that great right now. I don’t vote for our nation’s government.”

“I don’t really have an opinion, either way for who I’m gonna vote for I guess.”

Christopher Gomez 21, biology science

Matt Abate 18, undecided

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LIFE

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

Bullying inside the adult world

only two teammates were suspended for the bullying although it was many more students who had Bullying does not tormented her. only exist in elementary, In high school, that’s middle, and high school, just your standard bully, but college as well. Acteasing and gossiping. cording to the governThe Bullying Statistics ment website http:// website refers to five difwww.stopbullying.gov, ferent types of adult bulbullying may cause anxlies including: narcissisiety, depression, health tic adult bully, impulsive complaints, decrease in adult bully, physical bulacademic achievement, ly, verbal adult bully, and and even in more exsecondary adult bully. treme cases, death.

Farhad Moayedi, Alex Castellanos, 20, biology major, who former linebacker for moved from Iran 3 years the Saddleback Gauago, admits to being bulchos, said that as footlied ever since he got to ball players some always California. laughed and made fun “Some would call my of other people but not friends terrorist,” Moayeto the point where the di said, “ They would acvictims could hear what cuse me of this behind my they were saying ... he back.” doesn’t, think he beAlthough he said, it lieves doesn’t bother him, he “A few of the footconfesses later that he ball players would fight would be sad and upset physically and verbally, when he got home. but I wouldn’t consider Maybe the reason why it bullying,” Castellanos the word bullying isn’t proceeds. necessarily used in col“Once you’re in college because the word lege you deal with what has been changed into a is thrown at you. If you more dangerous synonym have a sensitive mind such as: harassment, verthen you won’t survive,” Photo illustration by Anibal santos / Lariat bal or physical abuse, or Castellanos said.

Bullying: The bullying issue isn’t only in elementary, middle, and high school but in fact has come into college amongst young adult students. torment Castellanos said there Deputy Chief of Police at a matter of mentally dealing with the punches. consequences, like suspension, expulsion, detenwere petty fights with some of his former Saddleback College, Jim Pyle, advises that if any The word bullying is almost silly to him he said, tion and most times, nothing but an eyebrow raise teammates. Some were about girlfriends, some student is harassed or bullied, police can take a as this word is typically related to school children. since according to the http://www.promotepreabout being kicked off the team, jealousy, and so report on what happened and interview the other The government owned http://www.StopBulvent.org, there are 47 states that have regulations on he said.. party involved. lying.gov site defines bullying as: “Behaviors against bullying.

In other cases in the adult world one of the bigCampus police would decide what kind of isUnfortunately this was the case for the most gest inducements for bullying, aside from being that are traditionally considered bullying among sue it was, whether it was verbal or physical and school-aged youth often require new attention recent reported death of Felicia Garcia who was gay or the way you look, is racial segregation. take the story to the vice president of student serand strategies in young adults and college stubullied to death Oct. 24.

New York Daily News “Teammates would call me ‘beaner’ in high vices.

If it was only verbal, the police would handents.

Many of these behaviors are considered reported recently, Garcia, 15, was a student from school, and by the time I reached Saddleback dle it as an administrative issue and sit down with crimes under state and federal law and may trigStaten Island who was always bullied for the way College, I didn’t care anymore,” Castellanos said, both parties and take various steps to find a soluger serious consequences after the age of 18.” she looked, and for allegedly having consen“you find ways to put up with it.” tion to the problem.

If it was a physical incident, Now there is clarification as to the difference sual sex with some football players in her high So is this form of desensitizing oneself just anthen they would take legal action immediately. between children bullies and adult bullies.

It isn’t school team which led her to jump in front of a other form of avoiding what you really feel? until one is 18 years old that bullying may have a train last week after being harassed at school.

AcCastellanos had witnessed physical and verbal apineda7@saddleback.edu bullying in and outside of practice, he said it was legal impact, whereas children may suffer lesser cording to the news site http://www.gather.com An gi e L. Pineda

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Rate My Professor for students

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Staff Writer Rate my professor is a website designed specifically to rate a certain professor based on five attributes that students find appealing. The website boasts to have the “largest online destination for professor ratings. With 7,500 schools and over 14 million entirely student-generated comments and ratings, http://RateMyProfessors.com is the highest-trafficked, free site for quickly researching and rating 1.7 million professors from colleges and universities across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.”

Students can look up a professor and determine from prior students who have taken the class through Angie l. pineda / Lariat their comments whether that proEthics: Journalist and professor Marc Cooper lectures students on ethics. fessor suits them. For some referring to this website is almost as important as taking the class itself.

Oliver Jully, 23, Kinesiology Angi e L. Pineda major talked about how the site Staff Writer greatly affects his decision making in choosing a professor because USC’s Annenberg School for Communications of the way he is used to learnand Journalism invited all communications majors ing things, “It really helps me if I who are currently studying in community colleges know the style and the way he/(she) to mentor, prep, and guide Oct. 26. teaches the material. I feel like it gives me an edge in how I should The event was anticipated by communication approach it because I know what students and journalist students around California he/(she) expects of me.” with speakers such as Geneva Overholser, DirecHe added,” ... for rate my protor at USC’s communication school, Gale Holfessor, I would like to know if my land, journalist for the Los Angeles Times, Robteachers are good teachers, bad ert Hernandez, the “scientist” of web journalism, (and) lazy. Also for myself, if I Marc Cooper, renowned journalist and author, and ever become a teacher, I would Stephen Randall, Deputy Editor of “Playboy.” want to know what are my pros and Many eager journalists filled the Annenberg cons from the students so I can improve as a teacher.”

School, rushing passed each other from the first Oliver’s story might reflect the level of the building to the second level, filling up Angie L. Pineda / Lariat hundreds and thousands of students each assigned class and auditorium.

Usc: The JACC was held at the Annenburg building using the service online. Since there A small team of Saddleback students attended is no prior meeting with the profesdifferent workshops as there were few informative sor it makes the experience of other lectures offered. students who have taken the class The workshops consisted of sharpening your that much more important. It gives skills in the world of journalism technology, photo a sense of security knowing that a journalism, tablet journalism, sports writing, ethlot of people said the same thing about someone so there are fewer ics and creditability, tools to help personal sites, things to expect. and magazine journalism.

“It depends ... If there (are) only USC professors offered tips and views concerning what is new in journalism today and different school newspapers. “Print and text will a few students giving a comment explained their personal views on the evolving continue forever, but the digital mode is the pri- on that certain teacher, then I would just go and take the class. But if mary carrier.” world of journalism. it’s five or more students giving “You will perish if you do not have a website!” the same opinion on that particular

USC mentors community college students

“My default position is that I’m nice and polite, but then I can get really nasty.”

-Marc Cooper

Cooper urged the staff writers that belonged to

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LRC: Steven Perez,18, undecided scans the Rate my Professor website..

“I would like to know if my teachers are good teachers, bad (and) lazy.”

-Oliver Jully teacher, then I would trust them,” Oliver said.

Jesicris Bato, 25, Sociology major also gave his colorful opinion about what Rate my Professor is for him. “ The idea of rate my professor conjures only one satisfactory statement that is completely prevalent as to what I think ... and that is I extremely hate Rate my Professor.”

When asked about why such distaste for Rate my Professor, Mr. Bato responded with this. “ ... ummm I say that because you are judging who you are going to spend the rest of the semester with based on people that you don’t even know. You would sacrifice you’re whole learning experience based on a stranger that could be just hating on that professor. For all

you know it was that idiot across the street or is a person that you highly dislike so why should I trust someone who I have no means of validation from based on if he/(she) is trustworthy or not?”

Mr. Bato also brings up some very important things that can be overlooked by some. His perspective carries the weight of something very intangible to some: the values perspective. He approaches the issue with the idea of trust first personally while Mr. Jully approaches it with the idea of gaining a sense of familiarity first and trusting the people that went through it before him.

Either way it all comes down to preference. If someone wants to get first-hand knowledge before going through with something, then that person should do what he/she thinks is best for him/herself. Based on what these two contrasting opinions have offered, Rate my professor may be highly liked or highly disliked by the student masses.

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Going Deep: Gauchos quarterback Tim Belman looks for an open receiver in a loss to Riverside College earlier this season. Belman finished Saturday night completing 27 of 42 passes for 290 yards and a touchdown.

Comets fall, Gauchos in playoff hunt Gauchos improve to 4-4 to keep playoff hopes alive in a tightening Southern Conference E ri k Woods

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As the eighth game of the season concluded, a new team has emerged from the struggles and trials that every sports team faces at one point during their season.

The Gauchos started the season on a very low note at a record of 1-3 and now find themselves in a four-way tie for the division. The 35-21 win over

the Comets on Saturday night have the Gauchos at 4-4, not an amazing record, but one that few probably expected early in the season.

This new team is playing with more passion, more dedication, and as Coach McElroy said last week - a sense of family, united under one goal, to reach the playoffs. The Gauchos must still win the rest of their games to qualify for the playoffs, but in the position the team finds itself, it couldn’t be better.

The Gauchos defense was the big story of the night, as they made six interceptions during the contest. It was not just a matter of interceptions, but the Gauchos defense also had to be

stellar due to the “fumble bug,” that caused the Gauchos to forfeit the ball four different times.

The six interceptions were completed by six different Gauchos: Darnell Morris, Doug Ruggles, Doak Workman, Miles Edwards, and Denzel Wilson. Only Workman and Riggles interceptions had any significant gain, a mild 14 yards for Workman and 11 yards for Riggles.

Starting quarterback Tim Belman had 27 completions on 42 pass attempts. Not his best game, but he was never sacked, nor did he throw an interception. Belman and the rest of the team seem to have found the desired

consistency, as he put it after the match against Orange Coast, “We are firing on all cylinders right now.”

Anthony Cade continues to dominate offensively for the Gauchos as well, Cade ran for 109 rushing yards, while Eric Lauderdale continued to be the primary receiver for Belman and attributed 72 receiving yards.

The real player highlight this week would have to go to James Marshall.

Marshall scored four touchdowns for the Gauchos (a personal best), three rushing and one receiving. No other Gaucho scored during the game.

In the current state, the Gauchos look like they could pull off a serious

season turn around.

The team will have to continue to push this Saturday night when they play host to Grossmont. This next game will be arguably the most difficult challenge the Gauchos face this season. As of Saturday, Grossmont was 5-3 overall, and 3-0 in the conference.

This is also the final home game for the Gauchos who will finish the regular season on the road against Golden West.

Game time is set for 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. ewoods.lariat@gmail.com

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GOAL: Freshman defender Tatiana Bush approaches the Mustangs goal. Seconds later, she scores the second

goal of the half for the Lasers. This proved to be the team’s final goal in the 3-2 loss to Norco.

Irvine Valley falls to Norco 3-2, remains winless in conference Mi chael Grennell

Staff Writer

Disappointment was written across the faces of the athletes on the Lasers women’s soccer team on Friday afternoon and there was little doubt as to why.

After taking a 2-0 lead going into halftime, the Lasers surrendered three unanswered goals to the Norco Mustangs as Irvine Valley dropped to 0-10-2 in conference play.

“I thought we had a great first half,” Coach Joe Supe said. “We were able to find each other and communicate. In the second half we were kind of flat, we weren’t finding the passing lanes anymore.”

Freshman defender Desirae Santana opened the scoring for the Lasers, scoring the first goal of the game, and her first goal of the season, in the 15th minute.

The Lasers second goal came with one minute left before half time, when freshman defender Tatiana Bush scored her first goal of the season on a shot that just trickled past the Mustangs keeper.

Looking to the team’s upcoming games, Supe said that finding passing lanes and improving communication are key to the Lasers’ success.

Irvine Valley (2-12-2, 0-10-2) hits the road for their next two games, first playing Saddleback (5-8-3, 3-7-3), and then Santiago Canyon (15-0-1, 11-0-1)­.

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California Art: New “Horizons” art exhibit at Saddleback College featuring six different artists depicts the landscapes and coasts of California.

New exhibit depicts California landscapes Ani bal Santos

Staff Writer

“Horizons,” the landscape group-themed art exhibit, opened on Thursday in the Saddleback College Art Gallery for its artist reception.

The opening featured appearances from five out of six artists featured in the show: Paul Bond, Deborah Davidson, Rick J. Delanty, Robin Hall and Mark Jacobucci.

Artist Lee Munsell was not able to attend the show.

The show’s theme is the landscape and coast of California. Most of the works are of oil or acrylic media.

Featured artist Rick J. Delanty had two works in the exhibition.

His work incorporates spiritual undertones.

“The basic point I’m making in my paintings are they are super-

natural, and that means that they have something in this earth … something in them,” Delanty said. “That there is something in them that there is more to that because, like life, there is more to this.”

Deborah Davidson has works which have a strong surrealist influence. Two of her paintings feature figures juggling circles or attempting to enter a large circle using a unicycle.

Circles were a common element in Davidson’s paintings, which helps to set her apart from other artist’s paintings.

According to Davidson, meditation is the meaning behind the circles in many of her paintings.

“A lot of the things I’m doing right now are circle-orientated,” Davidson said. “A lot of them have to do with balance and lessons of life, they are literally more than a person balancing themselves on a unicycle.”

Robin Hall was one of few artists to feature artwork that was

based on observation rather than surrealist imaginary work.

She believes artists have an important responsibility to the viewer.

“In reality we are all self-taught because we have to pick and choose the information that we want and we have to work at it,” Hall said. “We are the ones ultimately responsible for how we want to paint and what we want to interpret to the audience.”

“Horizons” will be open to the audience Monday through Wednesday from noon to 4 p.m., and on Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. until Nov. 15.

The gallery will also be open on Saturday, Nov. 3.

Admission is free for students and the general audience. asantos5@saddleback.edu

Rapper finds his “Wing$” in OC E va n Da S i lva

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Musical Flow: Saddleback College Student Brian Gomez freestyles in his home studio.

B-Rhymin dedicates new EP to Al Green K atr i n a Andaya

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With a new EP coming out in the next couple of weeks, Saddleback College student Brian Gomez, 18, is ready to introduce his latest tracks to those hip-hop heads out there or to just anyone interested in listening to his music.

Gomez who goes by the name of BRhymin for his music, raps, writes, and also produces beats on the side. His music consists mainly of hip-hop, but his music style and beats range to other genres of music.

Gomez has already put out two mixtapes and an EP called “Ups and Downs, Love as Sounds” which was released in August, consisting of love songs about the ups and downs of love expressed through music.

His new EP coming out called “NaturAL GREEN,” which he hopes to release before his birthday, Nov. 16, is a tribute to Al Green and he hopes to release seven tracks.

Gomez started getting really into hip hop during his middle school years, but he didn’t start writing until his sophomore year of high school.

Gomez’s biggest struggle when it comes to music is writing and just being inspired to write.

“I’m my biggest critic,” Gomez said.

“I have a lot of stuff that I’ve written that will never see the light of day just because I don’t think its that good. I don’t want anything to be half-assed.”

Gomez commends himself on his unique style and flow when he writes and raps.

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“When I write I try and make everything flow together so it’s not choppy,” Gomez said. “I rap about something and it leads up to the chorus and it’s like writing an essay and having good transitions. Everything just flows and progresses really nice.”

Gomez has performed in local coffee shops, but his fondest memory consists of a show in front of a crowd of students at his former high school where he felt the most freeing.

“I feel like if I can just perform on stage in front of thousands of people like that again. That’s what kind of like drives me ... to be performing live, not just recording music,” Gomez said.

He hopes to share his music and hopefully get as high up as it can take him.

“I just want to get as far up there as I can. It would be cool to be like an Eminem, one of those big guys, a classic, like an emcee,” Gomez said. “There’s a difference between a rapper and an emcee. A rapper is just someone who can just rhyme over a beat but an MC to me is someone who has meaning. You say something meaningful and people will listen to them forever.”

Writing music and rapping just seems to be Gomez’s calling. It’s what he loves to do and what fits him the best.

“When I’m talking I kind of just ramble and don’t make sense,” Gomez said. “I kind of suck at talking, but when I rap it all makes sense.” http://facebook.com/brhyminmusic kandaya0@saddleback.edu

Last Friday, Oct. 26 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, the indie hip-hop duo from Seattle, Washington, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis made another stop on their 50-city, world tour celebrating the release of their debut album The Heist.

The group consisting of Ben Haggerty (Macklemore) and his beat producer and DJ, Ryan Lewis, met in 2008, after Haggerty had just finished his stint in rehab for oxycontin and codeine addiction. Until the release of The Heist on Oct. 9, 2012, the duo had only managed three short pieces of work including The Vs. EP, The Unplanned Mixtape, and finally, The Vs. Redux.

Along with these EPs, the two also created five singles, being “The Town,” “My Oh My,” “Wing$,” “Can’t Hold Us,” and “Make the Money.”

Throughout the night the two used a fair mix of old and new work.

They opened with “Ten Thousand Hours” the first track off their new album, and while commenting on the variety of Californian hairstyles in the audience, Macklemore transitioned into one of his first hit songs entitled “Crew Cuts” which samples The Bravery’s “Believe.”

Following it up would be another early work, “Life is Cinema,” which samples The Killers “All These Things That I’ve Done” and had the entire Observatory singing “I got soul but I’m not a soldier” in unison.

After, Haggerty and Lewis would head back to The Heist and drop the funky and almost Beastie Boys-like “Thrift Shop,” to which fake fur coats and leather jackets could be seen being flailed across the venue.

The show would take a more sober turn for some time as “Otherside,” which touches on Macklemore’s struggles with substance abuse as an emerging rapper, and the same sex marriage advocating “Same Love” would drop. After finishing the song, Haggerty announced that the group had been contacted by the show “Ellen” and would be making its national television debut on Oct. 30. The two will also be preforming Dec. 10 on the Jimmy Fallon Show.

Once finishing their next song

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The Heist: Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) performs “Tem Thousand Hours.”

“My Oh My,” which is a tribute to the late Seattle Mariners’ play-byplay announcer David Niehaus, the duo brought on what may be their most popular song, “Can’t Hold Us” to which a Macklemore stage-dive led to an absolute frenzy in the pit below the stage.“The Town” epitomized the group’s love of their Seattle home, “Wing$” brought the crowd’s word for word harmonizing, “Gold” supplied more Lewis and Haggerty stage dives, and “Awake” provided a soothing change of pace to rest the venue which had been nothing short of manic the entire night.

“Victory Lap” was just that, an appropriate end to an absolute champion of a set and it ushered in one of the most incredible encores The Observatory had ever seen.

The encore began with “Castle,” by far the strangest but one of the

catchiest songs on The Heist, and the fan favorite “And We Danced” followed. “Irish Celebration” however was in a league of its own. A song that celebrates both Haggerty and Lewis’ strong Irish roots cause dabsolute pandemonium with green, orange, and white strobes and flood lights, Irish flags throughout the entire crowd and again, stage dives that rocked the venue. It took Macklemore three solid minutes before being able to make his way back up to the stage, after circumventing the entire pit and stopping to dance with his awestruck fans.

They thanked the entire city of Santa Ana for their hospitality and proclaimed it as their favorite stop on the world tour to this point.

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