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Parking Lot 7A, the Learning Resources Center parking, will be open and accessible from College A section of Library Drive at Drive West. Parking Lot 7 will Saddleback College will be closed only be accessible by College Drive due to construction on the new East. Tiers 1 and 2 are open for Science Building starting Tuesday, student parking and tier 3 is open for staff, but tier 4 will be closed.

Feb. 25 and reopening on April 1. “Basically what they’re doing There is additional staff parking in is closing off Library Drive for ap- the bowl. “The area will probably be used SUR[LPDWHO\ D PRQWK Âľ VDLG 2IĂ€FHU Santos Garcia of the Saddleback for construction equipment,â€? Garcia said.

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“It’s going to be inconvenient for a short period of time,� Garcia said.

However, some students feel differently. “It’s going to be frustrating and even more competition to essentially compete for parking spots,â€? said Tommy Huynh, 23-year-old psychology major. “A lot of students are late to classes or have to get here at least 45 minutes early WR Ă€QG SDUNLQJ Âľ For others, studying the parking pattern has helped the situation. “I park in the Fine Arts lot.

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Saddleback Star Contest finalists announced Kaylee Johnston

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Jean-Luc Rollando, 19, performs “I Have Nothing” during the auditions for the Saddleback Star Contest. Previous to his audition, he was practicing.

Application for graduation certificate due date approaching Steve Sohanaki

Staff Writer

Students who are completing their final semester at Saddleback College are strongly encouraged by counselors in the Transfer Center to complete an application, available on MySite, for their degree, certificate or transfer certification.

Students are instructed to

go to www.saddleback.edu and log into MySite using their username and password. Next, they should click “My Information” and “Degrees/Certs/Transfer” from the menu.

Students who don’t complete the application to petition graduation will not receive their degrees or certifications, regardless of

whether they’ve completed the requirements.

For further questions, students can contact the Office of Admissions and Records at scadmissions@saddleback. edu or call 949-582-4555.

Saddleback College commencement is scheduled for Friday, May 23.The ceremony will be held in the Gymnasium at 9 a.m.

CSUF rep. visits Saddleback Steve Sohanaki

Staff Writer

Barbara Saur, a representative from CSUF’s Center for Careers in Teaching will be visiting the Transfer Center at Saddleback College on Thursday, Feb. 27, 1-4:30 p.m.

The Center for Careers in Teaching offers resources for students that are looking to become future educators.

“The representative from Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Careers in Teaching visits about twice a month,” said Transfer Center’s Orlantha Nin. “If you’re a student who’s interested in pursuing

a teaching degree at Cal State Fullerton, it would be a good idea to schedule an appointment to speak with her.”

If students miss the opportunity to schedule an appointment with the representative, they can also attend a CSUF teaching information seminar at Saddleback.

There is only one left this semester on April 17 from 13 p.m. in the Transfer Center.

“Students can meet with college representatives or attend their teacher-information workshops,” said Transfer Center Counselor Jennifer Golden.

During the visits and semi-

nars, students get information about CSUF’s teaching program and get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions such as admission requirements, specialties of CSUF’s credential program and classes students should take at Saddleback before transferring.

To schedule an appointment with a representative or reserve a seat at the information seminar, students can call the Transfer Center at (949) 582-4328.

The Transfer Center is located on the second floor of the Student Services Center Building, Room 225B.

be provided for blood donors in a resting area where they are recommended to sit for 15 to 30 minutes after donating blood.

There are restrictions and qualifications in order to donate, including no tattoos or piercing within one year of the donation date.

A couple of the qualifications are that the donor must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health and has not donated within last 56 days.

The American Red Cross website has a full list of oth-

er circumstances that will restrict an individual in the U.S. from donating.

Students have to be at least 17-years-old to participate.

All students are encouraged to donate and those who do will be entered in a raffle.

Be The Match foundation will also be present for those interested in being listed in their bone marrow registry.

For more information on Be The Match, visit their website at bethematch.org or call their toll-free number at 1-800 MARROW2.

The first-ever Saddleback Star Competition named its finalists after auditions took place Feb. 21.

The final competition, run by commercial music instructor Ariel Alexander, will take place March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre.

“I was hired to start a commercial music program here at Saddleback and this is covering a whole new genre of music that we haven’t reached before,”Alexander said. “Because traditionally the music program has served classical and jazz musicians.”

Alexander said the program caters to kids in pop and rock and soul.

“So this event is part of our program and it’s a way to kind of publicize our new program and do something

different,” she said.

The students featured a variety of genres, from rap to pop to classic rock, and even some self-written songs, such as 20-year-old Brian Gomez’s rap “It’s So Good.”

“I started out rapping when I was like 15 as a joke with my friends, and then I realized I was actually pretty good,” Gomez said.

“After that, I just started writing some stuff — nothing crazy — but when I was 17 I actually tried to do this (rapping) and that’s when I started taking it more seriously.”

Although auditions had been on a sign-up basis, it was mostly walk-ins that took the stage in FA 101.

The show costs $10 general and $7 students/ seniors. For tickets call the ticket office at 9495824656 or visit www.sad-

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Chasen Tengwall Brian Gomez Alexandra Rivera Paloma Pallante Anastasya Korol Jean-Luc Rollando Meryl Lumboy Ariana Mozafari Evito Romero Maureen Eberhardt Laurie Lewins Isamar Negrete Meghan Riopelle Joe Marx Mercedes Mears Thorin Murphy-Fahlgren

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ASG holds blood drive Danny Pestolesi

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There is an Associated Student Government-sponsored blood drive today in the Gaucho Lounge from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Appointments can be made for donations but walkins are accepted.

It is recommended that people eat a full breakfast before donating blood and do not engage in excessive exercise after donating.

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Sophomore No. 1 Kiana Hein serves against the Fullerton Hornets on Feb. 20.

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Lady Gauchos stung by Hornets last Thursday Stefan Stenroos multimedia editor

After having a relatively easy season so far, the Lady Gauchos Tennis team had a two-game winning streak going into Thursday’s home match against the Fullerton Hornets.

However, the Hornets proved to be a formidable opponent and the Lady Gauchos lost 6-3.

Coach Jay Amos and the team had hoped to split the split the singles matches and then win on strong doubles

play.

Things did not go exactly to plan as the Hornets routed the Lady Gauchos 5-1 in singles play. While the Lady Gauchos did improve in doubles, winning two games to one, the deficit was too much to make up in the end.

Fullerton’s prowess was not unexpected though, says Coach Amos. “They are our first conference opponent this season,” he said, “So far we’ve played some pret-

ty easy teams. Once we start playing Conference teams, that’s where it starts getting tough.”

Despite the loss, the Lady Gauchos retain a winning record of 5-3. Their next game is at home next Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 2p.m. against Orange Coast.

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Gauchos three-time conference champs Adam Kolvites Sports Editor

Defeating Fullerton College 78-63 at home, Saddleback College’s basketball team completes the hat trick for having won three Orange Empire Conference titles in a row.

A collected Gaucho Head Coach Andy Ground said, “We still have to know where we are in the playoffs.” Ground has to put this one behind him as he now has to focus on the playoffs.

Even though the Hornets held on to a close score at half time 32-30 and lead throughout the majority of the first and in the second half, the Gauchos outplayed them overall. With the Gauchos 20-46 at field

goal range combined with 39 rebounds over the Hornets 2054 and 27 rebounds the Hornets lead did not hold. Also with 20 points over the Hornets in the paint (38-18) the Gauchos had the numbers to defeat the Hornets in The Bummel Dome.

Hornet guard Joel Brokenbrough shot 10-19 field goals with four steals on the night leading Fullerton in points and steals on the night with 30.

The Gauchos took the winning lead by lay-up from forward Eric Thompson improving the Gauchos 41-40.

Thompson scored 12 on the night with 5-5 field goals made and leading the team with sev-

en total rebounds.

Toward the end of the second half after fouling Hornet Roger Hamel near the Hornet foul line, Gaucho Rashad Davis did not agree with the call and had a few inaudible words with the referee causing the ref to charge Davis with a technical foul. Resulting in Hamel shooting two technical foul shots and a additional two from the originally fouled shot attempt.

The Gauchos playoff schedule is to be announced, check in with CCCAAsports.org for updated brackets. akolvites.lariat@gmail.com

Goodbye, Sochi: The Lariat Recap of the 2014 Winter Olympics Stefan Stenroos Multimedia Editor

This February, Russia hosted its first Olympics since the fall of the Soviet Union. There were triumphs, letdowns, and surprises. Now that the Sochi games have come and gone, we review the top five things that caught our attention the most.

1. O, Canada!

The US Women’s Hockey Team had a two goal lead in the 3rd quarter of the Gold Medal hockey game. With 3 minutes remaining on the clock, Canada rallied to score two goals and tie the game up at the end of regulation, with another goal in overtime to win the gold. The US and Canada have never really liked each other when it comes to Hockey. The Sochi games didn’t change that.

2. O, Canada! Again!

The US Men’s Hockey Team faced off against Canada in the semi-finals. Hoping to redeem the choke job pulled off by the Women, our boys in Red, White, and Blue instead ran into a confident group of Canucks who scored five uncontested goals. While the Canadians advanced to the Gold Medal round, the US headed to the Bronze Medal match with Finland, where they were knocked out again. Seems like we’ll have to wait another four years to get revenge on our neighbors to the north.

3. Lady Gaucho Ashley Wagner skates well, talks trash, and creates a meme US Figure Skater Ashley Wagner was in the media a lot during the Sochi Olympics. From the incredulous face she made that was turned into a meme, to her complaining about the nature of

Figure Skating and the controversial Gold won

by Russia. For all her talk, Wagner did not provide a performance worthy of a medal. While we wish Ms. Wagner all the best in her career, we think Gracie Gold is a better skater – and a lot cuter.

4. Un, Deux, Trois Medals for the United States in Slopestyle The United States did well this Olympics, and even sweeped the Slopestyle Ski event. Americans Josh Christensen, Gus Kenworthy, and Nick Goepper locked out the podium. Only Russia and France could equal our feat, where they sweeped in 50km Cross Country and Ski-Cross respectively. Hopefully it’s a something we can repeat in 2018. Better luck next time, rest of the world!

5. Huge Creepy Bears and Rings That Won’t Open Russia wanted to prove they were capable of throwing a grand spectacle at the Sochi games, and they certainly succeeded. That doesn’t mean the Opening and Closing ceremonies didn’t have their own hiccups. From one of the Olympic Rings not opening, to a giant Animatronic bear that probably freaked out 90% of the world. The Sochi Games were a success, but these ceremonies had Vladimir Putin asking “Where’s the Vodka?” stefanstenroos@gmail.com

Gaucho women’s basketball wins Orange Empire Conference title Allison Gale Freelance Writer

Deja Brooks scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds to help women’s basketball clinch the Orange Empire Conference, with a 54-35 win over the Fullerton Titans on Friday night.

Orange Coast College lost in an upset to Riverside the same night, the ladies are first place outright in the conference.

The women proudly celebrated their first conference title since the 2002-03 season at the Saddleback Gymnasium with loud cheers from their fans and families.

Saddleback won with 53 percent shooting in the second half after they came back from a slow start with only 18 percent

shooting in the first.

The Gauchos had 18 assists, 10 steals and 43 rebounds while shooting 50 percent of their free throws to seal the win.

Brooks also had four assists making her the standout player of the game for the Gauchos.

Guard Shannon Abdulla scored eight points, had four rebounds and four assists to help fuel the win for the women.

Scoring seven points and fighting for two rebounds, guard Lillie Rellin also assisted the team to almost beat the Titans by 20 points.

Forward Tatiana Moana had 10 rebounds, four assists and another seven points that helped prove that the ladies of Fullerton

were no match against the Gauchos.

During the first half, Danielle Munson had one assist when she caught a rebound off Fullerton’s board, passing then to Brooks who made a three-pointer to bring the game to 17-13 at the break.

After the break is when the women raised their shooting percentage, scoring 37 points.

Reserve LaTisha Bell also helped grab seven rebounds to put the score at 51-30 with 2:58 to play.

The Gauchos are currently waiting to hear a playoff seeding announcement on Monday in order to know where and when they play their next game. allisongale8@gmail.com

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Gaucho bats stay hot MAtthew Corkill Photo Editor

The Gauchos jumped out to an early lead from the first hitter of the home half and never looked back in Saddleback’s victory against Cuesta, 6-2, at Doug Fritz field on Friday.

Saddleback continued to stroke the ball with 13 hits today against the Cougars, bringing their season total up to 129, with no less than seven hits in each of their 11 games so far this season.

Freshman Dylan Diaz led the game off with a double to left and was immediately brought in by a single to center by freshman Luke Jarvis.

Diaz is batting .500 on the season so far, going 20-40 at the plate with eight doubles, two triples, a home run and five RBIs. Sophomore Trey Ferketic (1-1) pitched seven shut down innings, striking out six, before running into trouble during the top of the eighth when he gave up a single and double that eventu-

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ally scored two, cutting the lead to 4-2. If not for a diving play at third base by sophomore Louie Payetta to end the inning, the lead could have been erased or worse. The Gaucho bats responded quickly to answer the two runs plated in the top half by the Cougars with two of their own, to jump to a 6-2, final lead.

“Trey had his best start of the season and he did a great job,” head coach Sommer McCartney said after the win. “We had some timely hitting and that play that Payetta made at third was a big play that stopped their momentum.”

Saddleback (7-4) wraps up their set against Cuesta College (4-8) here at Doug Fritz field on Saturday at 1 p.m. Looking ahead, Conference play begins at Irvine Valley College on Thursday at 2 p.m.

Trey Ferketic getting locked in for his start.

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