Vol. 47, Issue 7 (December 3, 2014)

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Changes are currently taking place in FIne Arts and Media Technology Division

origin of damage: The outdoor auto lab is under repair due to water main break from October. Currently automotive students are using the auto creepers and auto jack to work under vehicles.

Auto Tech: After the water damage Auto tech students struggle without a proper facility after water main break.

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Photo Credit: Auto tech students caution: Facilities and Maintanence tried to control the flow of

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water damage: The water leak came out under the auto lifts.

Saddleback College’s water main break in the Advanced Technology and Applied Science Division on October 7 occurred when a 30-year-old, corroded, cast iron pipe burst earlier that morning. The water leak, discovered at 4 a.m, resulted in the college’s closure that same day, as well as the following day.

The campus closure was due to water services being shut off in order to help Facilities and Maintenance repair the pipe.

The estimated cost of the damage from the water line break is $150,000, said Assistant Director of Facilities Jim Rogers.

The automotive technology department was the most affected area of ATAS. Since the water leak, students enrolled in the department have been unable to use the auto lifts due to safety concerns. The biggest concern stability of the lifts.

“We can’t work on cars using lifts that are unstable,” said David Eyraud, 22, auto tech. “It’s unsafe working on cars while lifting them up when you have lifts that are unstable.”

Currently students have been using auto jacks, jack stands and creepers to work under the vehicles, but they admit that the process is more difficult and hinders instruction.

“Doing breaks on a car on jack stands are certainly harder to do than putting them on a lift,” Eyraud said. “Lifts are vital to doing work and they are vital to being able to correct repairs efficiently. Now we don’t have the advantage of putting the car

up on the lift.”

Eyraud believes the building is in danger of further damage because the water main break caused the soil to absorb mass amounts of water.

“You don’t want someone getting crushed by a car, or it tilting over, or the lift moving because the ground is not solid,” Eyraud said. “I have heard that the foundation itself is old

“It kind of sucks that it took the college forever to make a decision on this.”

-David Eyraud and that they need to renovate the building, but [the water leak] doesn’t help.”

The college closed at 1 p.m. on the day of the water main break.

“It’s ridiculous how long it took”, he said. “It took until about 1 p.m to make a decision.

Who knows how much soil got affected and how long it’s actually going to take to dry that out to become stable again, and how far it reached.”

With the closure, water services were shut off, but Eyraud questions the college’s decision to shut the water off nine hours after it was reported.

“It kind of sucks that it took the college forever to make a decision on this,” Eyraud. said “The [college] should have made a quick decision on turning the water off because we had a bunch of water coming out.”

Facilities and Maintenance attempted to repair the leak and avoid the closure of the college, but after repeated failed attempts, they realized that the issue was more complex, resulting in the shutting off of all wa-

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ter on campus and the closure of the college for two days.

Jordan Kelly, 24, business marketing, was in the auto tech lab when the leak occurred.

“The morning of class we all came at 8 a.m. and there was flooding out in the main areas and all the students tried to help in preventing damage from flooding,” Kelly said. “We used push brooms to push [the water] into the drain. We used sandbags to re-direct the water to the drain and we did the best we could, but they didn’t turn off the water until noon or 1 p.m. in the afternoon after this water leak had happened.”

Kelly participated in an effort to lead the water into the main drain by the outdoor lab.

He says the maintenance personnel brought sandbags, placing them in a line to help lead the water into the drain.

“We did what we could to try to basically slow it down or stop it,” Kelly said. “We had to clean up some of our gutters after they became clogged because there was so much water backing up. There was only so much we could do, but the wa-

“It’s a pretty involved and complex issue.”

-Rogers said ter wasn’t shut off until many hours after that.”

Brandon Champieux, 30, auto tech, has had many of his classes affected due to the damage done by the water.

“The most hands-on class, the engine class, hasn’t been too affected, but that’s only because we don’t need stable ground and the lifts for that,” Champieux said. “[In] my suspension and alignment class, we haven’t been able to use the alignment racks, so everything we have

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learned is in theory, and that was kind of a disappointment. I actually wanted to learn which nuts affected which adjustments on your alignment, and we can’t do it.”

The ATAS building as a whole has been affected by October’s water leak according to Champieux.

“The [water leak] has affected everybody in the [auto tech] and in the whole TAS. We have doors upstairs that don’t work because the ground is moving,” Champieux said.

Currently, the Facilities and Maintenance department is assessing the location for other possible damage from where the leak originated. Rogers said he hopes to have the damaged auto hoist facility open again in the spring.

“It’s a pretty involved and complex issue,” Rogers said.

“We are trying to push the envelope to get things up and running again.”

Kelly expressed concern for the auto tech program’s future at Saddleback.

“We are very concerned about the future of the program due to the damage on the facility,” Kelly said. “We all want this facility to be here in the future after its planned rebuild.”

Eyraud hopes to finish his certificate next year and be able to look back and boast where he got his education.

“I want to be able to come here in the spring, get all my classes and in the fall, finish my classes and get my certificate so I can work,” Eyraud said. “I want to be able to tell people, ‘Hey, I went to Saddleback.’ It can’t be beat anywhere else within a reasonable drive.”

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Thanksgiving Day: a sanitized version of American history

Timothy Braatz, Saddleback history professor, speaks of Thanksgiving: “Thanksgiving Day in the USA has lost any historical meaning, thank goodness, and it’s no longer a harvest festival since the harvests are mostly controlled by agribusiness. For many, it seems to have become a celebration of gluttony, football, and shopping.

The holiday get-togethers are nice, but, for the comfortable, everyday should be thanksgiving,” said Braatz.

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“This secular holiday was put in place by the United States government to feed the socioeconomic industrial complex, while simultaneously pretending that a genocide did not occur.”

things and people we love, we realize that none of the things we are thankful for have anything to do with the Pilgrims, and everything to do with the lives of dead Indians who were massacred by the colonists in the name of Christianity.

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Thanksgiving is a holiday comprised of copious amounts of food while inadvertently chanting in pride over the slaughter of Native Americans. While some might say it is about expressing your gratitude for what you have, in all actuality it is a holiday about this land being conquered.

As a brief history lesson, Christopher Columbus discovered the native Taino-Arawak people of the Bahamas who brought Columbus and his sailors food, water, and gifts. In “A People’s History of the United States”, historian Howard Zinn writes about the reaction of the Arawak men and women who greeted Columbus and his sailors with a sincere and friendly exchange.

Columbus later wrote of the interaction in his log: “They brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned.

natives what Cortez did to the Aztecs of Mexico, slaughter and kill millions of native people. The gold, slaves and other resources that were seized from the natives were used in Europe to induce the growth of a new economy.

Your kindergarten teacher probably had you draw a cute turkey with your handprint that you brought home to your parents as a gift. In later years, knowledge could have progressed in grade school when you learned that the pilgrims held a huge dinner prompted by good harvest calling the feast, “The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth.”

The origins of this holiday have nothing to do with the United States.

Yet you’ll be sure to find the country stuffing its faces with food, blindly believing anything its told. The creation of the federal holiday by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 gave Thanksgiving a new meaning, whereas before the term colonists used to celebrate over dinner the elimination of another tribe.

Thanksgiving is celebrating the genocide of the only real Americans.

This secular holiday was put in place by the United States government to feed the socioeconomic industrial complex, while simultaneously pretending that a genocide did not occur.

Sitting with our families on Thanksgiving, taking the opportunity to give thanks and appreciation for the

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They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features. They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of sugarcane. They would make fine servants. With 50 men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”

GOBBLE GOBBLE: A turkey handprint that was always a holiday symbol that represented Thanksgiving as a child.

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Why Thanksgiving should not be celebrated, and an accurate look at the true meaning of the federal holiday.

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AR 1600: a disabling policy for student press Amarah Hernandez opinion editor & Sharon Tayler copy editor & Anibal Santos editor- in - chief

Journalism students face many nuisances when attempting to contact the board of trustees due to an unappreciated policy, AR 1600.

Have you ever tried to talk to a service representative on the phone, only to end up talking to an audio recording on a machine telling you to please leave a message for a customer service representative?

What if you needed a particular service done urgently from that company? Or simply needed an answer to a question? Chances are you have had this frustrating experience before, which is why the South Orange County Community College District’s AR 1600 policy needs to be reviewed.

According to SOCCCD’s recent Administrative Regulation brief 1600, the following procedure is mandatory: “Communications produced by dissemination to the general public and students must comply with relevant laws and regulations and shall be reviewed for accuracy by the responsible administrator. Communications subject to review include, but are not limited to, district and college mass communications, class schedules and catalogs, external and promotional newsletters, recruitment/marketing materials, websites, social media sites and other forms of electronic media.

Exceptions include routine email messages, memoranda, correspondence,

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AN EMPTY OFFICE: Not having an effective way to reach the people that make decisions for the student body is becoming increasingly more frustrating and counterproductive for student journalists. voicemail, and department/school reports.”

If a student wished to contact a member of the board to obtain information affecting the student body or their college campus, whether for an article or personal knowledge, they would be made to feel as if they were trying to contact the Pope.

The problem with AR 1600 is that it prohibits the press from efficiently informing the student body of the board’s decisions that will affect them and their education.

In other words, one must go through a maze of bureaucracy, a river of red tape, and a human obstacle course to actually talk to someone on

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the board, or at least someone who has the answers to questions being asked.

“The problem with AR 1600 is that it prohibits the press from efficiently informing the student body of the board’s decisions that will affect them and their education.”

Representatives at the district have told the Lariat that the board is very busy, and that they will submit our questions for review as soon as possible. However, there is no guarantee that the questions will ever reach the

eyes and ears of the board members.

Further, there is no guarantee that our questions will remain intact or untampered.

The other small dilemma in AR 1600 is timeliness. Will we even get those answers back by deadline? Journalism is a deadline-based job. Will the answers to our questions even matter by the time we get them back? Is the dilemma obvious?

As a reminder, here are the goals of the SOCCC district and its strategic plan for 2011-2014: + District-wide Goal 1. SOCCCD will create a district-wide culture which is characterized by mutual respect and collaboration and which

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“Collaborative, transparent, efficient and effective” are adjectives the district uses to describe their goals.

If the board of trustees truly honors these guiding principles, then AR 1600 should be reviewed to help bridge the gap between itself and the students it serves.

As it stands, the present method with which we are required to communicate with our elected board of trustees, clearly explains to us that they are anything but collaborative or transparent. ahernandez.lariat@gmail.com asantos.lariat@gmail.com stayler.lariat@gmail.com

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Listen to a podcast with speech instructor Kimberly Stankovich at Lariat.com to discover the greatest gift you can give during the holidays

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‘Tis the season to communicate with family and loved ones Elizabeth Ortiz Life editor

Holiday visits can lead to stress especially when forced to be with unfavorable relatives.

The following is a Q & A with Saddleback College’s interpersonal communication skills instructor, Kimberly Stankovich on improving relational struggles, Q: What are some tools that can be used to effectively communicate with others throughout the holidays?

“The skills used to communicate with loved ones should be practiced on a daily basis. However, the people or in-laws that are seen once a year can possibly be tolerated during one turkey meal,” said Stankovich said. “It’s a matter of making a choice and realizing that emotions and feelings are stronger during this time.

Knowing how to use “assertion” is valuable in communication and is a learned skill that takes some time to get right and one way is to exchange the word “but” for the word “and” in a sentence.”

Instead, Stankovich suggests one could say, ‘I want to go to Aunt Hilda’s and I want to study for finals,’ rather than, ‘I want to go to Aunt Hilda’s, but I have finals.’

“It creates equal feelings between two people,” Stankovich said. “My want and your want are on the same level.”

Also using “I” statements rather than “you” statements can deviate from making the other person feel judged. For example, I feel embarrassed when you call me “chubby” because I want to feel loved by my family and it makes me feel inferior.

“You are in control of how you feel and by using ‘I’ statements you are taking ownership of your own feelings and wants by handling it in an assertive way,” Stankovich said.

“Something to keep in mind, is each person is in control of his or her own emotions and no one can make someone feel or respond in a certain way because it’s each person’s own choice,” Stankovich said.

Q: What is one way to avoid being hurt or angry when someone tends to give you a “wintery” cold shoulder?

Stankovich feels it’s important not to assume the other person is having issues about you. It helps you to slow down and not jump to conclusions.

Suspending judgment is something you should keep in mind and instead, try implementing the skill of “perspective check-

ing.”

“There are three basic steps to perspective checking,” Stankovich said. “The first step is to describe the behavior of the action or words said by the other person. The second step is to offer two possible and different interpretations of the behavior and the third is to request feedback from the person.”

“For example if you text someone and this person doesn’t text back right away, you may start thinking the person is upset or not caring. So instead of allowing your mind to come up with a thousand reasons of misinformation, try using these steps to get your answer and avoid or reduce unnecessary conflict. Remember your “I” statements in the process.”

“I sent you two text messages and I didn’t hear back from you as quickly as I usually do.

I’m wondering if I did something to upset you or you are just busy with finals. What’s going on?”

Then wait for the response and remember to accept his or her answer. It helps the relationship to not judge the person. This helps the person process what you want or need.

They may not be ready to give a valid answer at that exact moment. However, at a later time he or she may be ready and is

more likely to remember that you are a safe person to go to.

This skill is known for its relationship-building qualities.

Q: What is the greatest gift you can give someone this holiday season?

“The greatest gift one can give to someone during the holiday season is just be quiet and listen,” Stankovich said.

She stressed the most valuable communication skill is listening.

“Being mindful to just sit and listen to someone can be an act of kindness during the holiday season. If you try this, remember to act interested, point out certain words to keep the person’s trust open and repeat part of their sentence,” she said. “Continue to remain quiet without adding your input or judgment unless they ask for your advice. Respect their request, even if they start to judge you. Remember you will have your chance at another time.”

“If you can learn to become a more effective listener, I think it’s the one skill that will get you through life,” Stankovich said.

“If you have a strained relationship and there is one thing you can change, it would be to listen and everything will start to fall into place. If you can say to the person ‘How was your day?’ and the person says

#RAK@S campaign combines both social media marketing and kindness Students step up to the plate and act upon kindness by paying it forward to their fellow students Sharon Taylor Copy Editor

Did you ever wish someone would give up their parking space for you? Perhaps, amidst heavy traffic, did you wish someone would let you

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lane-change without an attitude?

Let’s make it even more personal. Do you return your grocery baskets at the grocery store? Have you taken the time to text, email, or contact a loved one and tell them that you are just thinking of them and that you love them? Is there an elderly relative or friend you need to visit? As the on-going Nike commercial says, “Just do it.”

Better yet, partici-

GIVING: #RAKaS is the hashtag for instructor Rebecca Knapp’s

“random acts of kindness” social media campaign at Saddleback.

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“The hunt’s goal is to integrate emerging social media and technology tools with real-life experiences...”

—Rebecca Knapp pate in Saddleback College’s #RAK@S, or spelled out, “Random Acts of Kindness @ Saddleback.” Its logo says, “Believe there is good in the world,” or utilizing the first few words, one also derives the phrase, “Be the good.”

As stated in its website, Random Acts of Kindness at Saddleback, or #RAK@S is a “wildly interactive, academically-focused, and a little bit heart-warming scavenger hunt designed by instructor Rebecca Knapp...,” who teaches Social Media Marketing and Social Entrepreneurship at Saddleback College.

“The hunt’s goal is to integrate emerging social media and technology tools with real-life experiences, while also making the world a better place at a time when many are questioning if good is still in the world,” Knapp said.

According to the website,

the idea was inspired by the following: 1. GISHWHES, the fivetime Guinness World Record breaking scavenger hunt hosted by Misha Collins of Supernatural.

2. The teaching style and creativity of former educator Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture.

3. The Summer 2014 Social Media Marketing students at Saddleback College.

The Saddleback community can follow this creative and innovative, heart-warming idea through #RAK@S’s numerous sites: YouTube Channel. Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram.

“It is our grassroots effort of spreading joy, fun, and kindness at Saddleback College,” Knapp said. “It is also a powerful way to show the influence that the “#” generates.”

The Lariat staff was the recipient of #RAK@S recently when one of Knapp’s students presented Lariat staff members with her presentation and flowers. It is nice to be pleasantly surprised by a random act of kindness, anytime, anywhere.

So “Be The Good,” to someone today. Pay it forward.

Kindness never goes out of style.

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‘tough.’ Then instead of interjecting and telling them about your day, stop and reply with ‘tough?’ and simply be quiet and listen. And if they criticize you, then just say ‘What else?’

She added humans like to vent and it may have nothing to do with the other person.

“Somet imes they may take it out on you, but continue to say ‘what else?’ This is the best gift you can give to someone you care about.”

Q: What if I try these tools,

but I can’t seem to get past the hurt?

“These skills take practice and the intentions are meant to be helpful,” Stankovich said.

“There are some folks out there that probably need professional help or medication and that’s OK, there are some concerns and life issues that go way beyond the scope of an introductory human level communications course and we are just scratching the surface.” eortiz.lariat@gmail.com

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Saddleback wins second tourney of the year Gauchos look great to start the season, with big test coming up Nick Nenad

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Saddleback men’s basketball completed another tournament sweep this past weekend in the Palomar College Tournament.

The Gauchos finished the weekend off with a 61-45 win against Southwestern College in the tournament finals.

Saddleback now has an overall record of 9-1, their only loss coming to San Bernardino Valley College. This is the second tournament the Gauchos have won this season, which has contributed to their good start.

Saddleback opened up the tournament with a 68-50 victory over Los Angeles Harbor College.

Head coach Andy Ground shared his thoughts on why he thought the Gauchos played so well this tournament.

“We have got a lot of contributions from many different players” said Ground, “Guys from our bench could play at most JC’s.”

Specifically speaking, coach

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CHAMPS: Saddleback men’s basketball team has a 9-1 overall record to start season after defeating Southwestern College, 61-45 in the Palomar College Tournament.

Ground is talking about the College 97-57 last season. reasons they were able to win upcoming tournament features continue to improve on the desix players that scored in dou- Freshman, guard, Dusty Baker the game. eight teams that are ranked in fensive side of the ball.” ble figures during Saddleback’s finished with 15 points, which “Always have,” when Ground the top 15 in Southern CaliforSaddleback will play Contra semifinal game against Los led the team. was asked about whether he nia. The tournament is hosted Costa College, who is traveling Angeles Trade-Technical ColIn the tournament champi- focused on defense going into by Riverside Community Col- all the way down from Northlege. The Gauchos defeated LA onship game, Saddleback de- games. lege. ern California. The game will Trade-Tech, 95-63, which was feated Southwestern College, The Gauchos now will sad“We will try to go in there be this Wednesday at 1 p.m. their largest margin of victory 61-45. The Gauchos, lockdown dle up for one of their toughest with the same game plan,” said nnenad.lariat@gmail.com since defeating Orange Coast defense was one of the many tournaments of the year. The Ground. “Hopefully we can

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PLAYOFFS: Freshman, forward, Rosa Soto-Aleman kicks the ball away from a Cypress defender. The Lasers finished off the season with an overall record of 12-4-6.

Lasers unable to hold off Cypress in overtime Irvine Valley College’s season ends with a loss away from home to Cypress College Dominic Ebel

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In the Southern California Regional playoffs, Irvine Valley College women’s soccer team lost in a close overtime game, 1-0 against the Cypress Chargers. The game was played on Cypress’ home field. As a reult, the Lasers are now eliminated from the playoffs and will not play another game this season.

IVC’s play has improved greatly under head coach Joe Supe this season, given that they came up short losing by only a penalty kick in overtime.

“It was a good game,” Supe said. “Unfortunately one mistake [and] we paid the price.

Everyone put [in] their 100 percent effort and there were no negatives in this match.”

The Lasers offensive strikers only had a few opportunities to take shots on goal.

Cypress’ defensive play was strong, constantly stopping IVC’s strikers on goal.

“As far as this group of athletes goes, they played with a lot of heart which was fantastic,” Supe said. “The Lasers players had their chances to put up the win as freshmen.

Rosa Soto-Aleman put forth tremendous effort. She always put shots up on goal.

Our chances of winning were close in regulation time with her just missing over the [goal].”

IVC’s sophomore, defender, Emely Portillo’s play helped keep IVC’s defense strong in this game as well as for the entire season.

“It was an awesome experience to be in the playoffs this year,” Portillo said. “It was what we wanted to do.”

Sophomore, forward, Tiana Salazar will be hard to replace, having taken her team into the Orange Empire Conference ranking them No.3 in the playoffs.

The Lasers unfortunately will be losing some players after this season. Celica Chang, Kailey Ortiz, Kristen Ostler, Tiana Salazar, Courtney Smith and Emely Portillo will not be returning to the team next season. nnenad.lariat@gmail.com

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