Volume 6, Issue 2

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VOLUME 6 ISSUE 2

IN THIS ISSUE SCHOOL NEWS 1-2 | CLUB NEWS 3-4 | LOOK BOOK 8-9| vaping 10-11 | PHOTOGRAPHY WITH AN AMATEUR 12-14

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SCHOO SCHOOL N FRESHMeN BY: Nora Taing

It’s so wonderful to hear that the freshmen are having a great time here so far! Your fellow Dragon, Adelyna Chanthakone, is definitely enjoying her freshmen Fall semester so far. “I enjoy the atmosphere and how everyone is open and approachable. We get a decent amount of work which is good since we are just starting off. I am already loving middle college!” --Adelyna. We give our thanks to Adelyna for reaching out to us about her current experience as a freshman. For our freshmen readers, I would like to educate you guys about the IGETC, which is a crucial guide that you will use for transferring to a CSU or a UC. The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) states the minimum required amount of units for each subject. In addition, the courses listed under each subject are the classes you can pick to complete your units. The units completed in the general education requirements will be transferred based on your future CSU/UC. Along with the IGETC, other tools, such as your four-year plan and assist.org, will be handy in helping you pursue your college goals!

JUNIORS

BY: Danielle Tuazon

Recently the juniors took a field trip to Sacramento State University, also known as Sac State, and UC Davis. Sac State is known to be a very eco-friendly campus. They focus on recycling items and using minimal power or electricity. The Well is one of the most popular sites in the campus because it holds a lot of their fitness centers.

A cool fact about The Well is their floors are actually made of recycled bottles. Sac State is known for their business programs, political science/criminal justice program, as well as their very competitive nursing program.

UC Davis is a big campus, scaling up to 5,300 acres! Since it is difficult to walk from class to class, students usually bike their way throughout the campus. Davis has a total to about 800 clubs so, you certainly won’t have any trouble finding the right club for you. Davis is mostly known for their economics, psychology, and animal sciences majors.

Going to both campuses really opened my eyes to how many opportunities each college offered. What really impressed me was how encouraging both schools were to saving our planet and our environment. One of our juniors, Jena Tufail had this to say about the trip, “Both are very beautiful campuses and I really liked how both offer many majors, and are also very diverse.” Adding to that, Sac State and UC Davis are both really good colleges.

So if you are having trouble finding what college to go to, try checking out UC Davis and Sac State.

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Sophomores BY: Chau anh nguyen

On October 4th, the sophomore class went on their first college field trip of the year—UC Merced! Over one hour away from Delta College, UC Merced is the youngest university of all the UC’s, having opened in 2005. However, despite being just 14 years old, UC Merced has rapidly climbed the college rankings, jumping from No. 87 on the U.S. News and World Report’s Top Public Universities of 2018 list to No. 44 this year. The sophomore class left campus at 8:20 A.M. and arrived back around 4:50 P.M. Many had enjoyed their field trip, having received an interesting tour and being allowed to explore over half of the campus afterward. According to sophomore Thuy-Tien Le, “The campus was nice. It was very big and modern and open.” Because UC Merced is still a very new UC, parts of the campus are still under construction. During their campus tour, sophomores were introduced to the university’s 2020 pool project. “They’re nearly finished with the construction,” Lauren Duquez stated.

“By the time you guys get to tour UC Merced, the pool project would probably be completed.” All in all, the sophomores had a positive experience at UC Merced. Many are even planning to apply for the university in the future!

SENIORS

BY: nikaela Llosa

The seniors visited University of California, Santa Cruz, or UCSC. Before going to the campus, the seniors stopped by the boardwalk to have lunch, which was also a great opportunity for some cute pictures at the beach. During the tour at UCSC, there was a lot of great information about the college itself. Some of the most popular majors include psychology, business, sociology, and computer science. The campus has many scenic views of both the Redwood Forest and the Pacific Ocean, and it is close to the boardwalk. Although the campus may seem huge, the smaller colleges that they have within the university creates a smaller community at UCSC. The other field trip that the seniors went on was to the StudySync Film Studio in Petaluma, California. From the seniors that went on this field trip, they thought that this trip was really fun and interesting. They were able to see our Senior Video!

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Art CLUB

In Art Club, we made paper pumpkins in spirit of the upcoming coming spooky season! Art Club is held in Budd 105 on Mondays during lunch. Meetings are always open, so feel free to come and be creative! In order to make a paper pumpkin, you would need one sheet of paper, a pipe cleaner, scissors, and a hole puncher. First, cut a sheet of paper into eight strips hamburger style. Then, hole punch the two ends of the strips. Next, feed the pipe cleaner through the two holes and tie it down. Finally, fan the strips of paper out. “It was fun and inviting. It was a nice experience because everyone made jokes and goofed around. I wish I joined Art Club earlier since it was such a relaxing experience,� said Chau Anh Nguyen.

Table tops

Table Top Games is held on Fridays in Budd 105 from 4:30 to 5:30. It is a great club that allows you to relax and play board games with your friends.

I highly recommend you guys to come and experience the club if you have never been! This club can be used as a relieving time to hang out with your friends or make new ones! Recently, the club announced their new representatives! Congratulations to everyone! Table Top Games hosts a big event at our school every semester which is Table Top Game Night! Table Top Game Night was on Friday, October 25th.

There was an escape room and many games like Just Dance and Monopoly for you to play with your friends.

This year’s spirit rally was a success, and it was a really fun experience! Seeing all the classes cheer for the talent show performances, and seeing them unite and cheer for each other was such a heartwarming experience. I can’t wait for next semester—maybe it’ll be as great as this semester’s.

BY: Charlene Nguyen

SPIRIT WEEK + RALLY SPIRIT WEEK + RALLY SPIRIT WEEK + RALLY

Congratulations Class of ‘22 for winning this semester’s spirit week! You guys did amazing and your lipsync battle was so adorable! Everyone did so well and it was great seeing all of the acts for the talent show! Thank you to the MCs, staff, and Student Government who managed to make this spirit week and Fall Rally amazing! This spirit week was so great and seeing everyone participate and get creative with their looks was amazing. Starting off with spirit day, everyone looked very fresh and fancy with their looks. Twin Day was also a blast seeing how many people managed to coordinate their outfits so well. Web Day was one of the most chaotic days I’ve seen for spirit week. Seeing the sea of e-girls/e-boys was an impressive sight with, of course, the soft girls/boys, VSCO girls/boys, and memes that were floating around campus.

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LA LA LAND VS. MOONLIGHT: TWO YEARS LATER The day is February 26th, 2017. In the face of celebrity faces and velveteen chairs, I am sitting on the floor of my living room eating a slicepiece of Domino’s pizza. Today is the Oscars, an award show dedicated to celebrating the best and brightest of the cinema. Every year, I sit down on the same floor to watch the Oscars. Every year, I eat the same slice of pineapple pizza (an unfortunate coincidence). It’s nearing the end of the night and the grand slam is approaching: the best motion picture of 2017.

Two years ago, the wrong winner was announced for the best motion picture of 2017. When the cast of La La Land came up to accept their award, it was swiftly revealed that Moonlight had actually won. It was almost impossible not to cringe while watching the La La Land cast try to graciously pass the trophy to the Moonlight cast. “We lost, by the way,” Fred Berger spoke stoically into the microphone. For a moment, the celebrities at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and I were exactly alike: mouth agape and suddenly awake. This mixup seemed to inevitably cause the heated debate which would soon surround these two movies. Who deserved to win Best Picture, Moonlight or La La Land? Slowly but unsurprisingly, politics started to seep into the conversation- with race at the forefront. The internet was awash with theories and speculation, like the mixup being intentionally staged for a political grandstanding stunt. It was only one year ago in 2016 that the Academy was in hot water for its lack of representation, the year of #OscarsSoWhite. How fitting that in 2017, a predominantly white cast was called onto the stage only for a predominantly black cast to be revealed the true winner. Perhaps the Academy surreptitiously arranged for this to happen.

Perhaps the Academy didn’t arrange for the mixup to happen, but nevertheless only awarded Moonlight to pander to the liberal masses. Perhaps-- and listen closely-- they just mixed up the envelopes.

It’s almost poetic how different La La Land and Moonlight areis, almost as if the gods of symbolism personally picked out the two for controversy. Beautiful and theatrical, La La Land stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, a pair of struggling artists who fall in love in Los Angeles. On the search for stardom, they battle through bouts of jealousy, hopelessness, and failed endeavors. An ode to the golden age of Hollywood, the movie is reminiscent of the musicals that dominated that era. Technically and structurally, La La Land is almost a perfect movie. It is a production that is loud, bold, and well-funded: the epitome of tinseltown. Moonlight, on the other hand, is what one would call an art house/indie movie. Barry Jenkins, the director of Moonlight, claimed his goal was to bring “art house to the hood.” Very unlike La La Land, Moonlight follows the story of a young black man coming to terms with his sexuality in the ghetto. Split into three parts, the movie visits Chiron in different parts of his life: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Even though Moonlight deals with problems of poverty and racial disparity, it never rings preachy. There isn’t a message that gets shoved down our throats-- it simply asks us to empathize with Chiron, to see his pain and to understand it. In a way, Moonlight does what every piece of social activism strives to do: see from the other side.

They were both good, ok.

Unfortunately, the internet couldn’t just accept the fact. Pretty soon, it was not a matter of which film you liked more. It was a matter of politics-- which meant there had to be a right answer. Moonlight became liberal garbage and La La Land became the paragon of white privilege. Slowly, people stopped watching the films and feeling it for themselves. What people didn’t realize is that the fight between Moonlight and La La Land is futile. How can there be a “best picture” if art is subjective? Above all, storytelling should be the transmission of empathy. At the 2017 Oscars, we abandoned it.

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(And if you were wondering, I liked Moonlight more.)

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WHY BANNING VAPE IS A BAD IDEA BY: REAGAN ANDERSON

There is a gas station that I pass on the way home that advertises Juul. It wears the sign like a badge of honor. By many, this badge of honor is seen as controversial. It represents all that is wrong with the American youth: social status, horrendous spending habits, and a general lack of self-care. However, this ideology is not right to have. Recently, America has seen a rise in lung injuries associated with vaping. Along with this, there have been at least 26 deaths associated with said injuries. States such as New York have even gone as far as completely banning flavored vapes. This approach though, is a complete step in the wrong direction. In fact, this drastic response to the issue may be making it worse rather than better.

A majority of the knowledge that you think you know is not correct. This “epidemic� does not center around the use of E-cigarettes or flavored vapes such as Juul. It centers around the use of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) vaping products such as E-joints or dab pens. THC is the chemical in marijuana that causes the high associated with the drug. According to the Washington Post, as much as 77% of the reported illnesses are connected to THC vaping products rather than nicotine vaping products. However, the harm in these products do not lie in the THC, it lies in the additional chemicals that are put in. THC oil is naturally a thick substance, causing it to get clogged in vaping cartridges. Due to this companies must 10

put in a thinning agent for the vape to work properly. In states where recreational marijuana is legal, manufacturer uses the chemical Terpenes to thin out the oil. Healthcare professionals believe that this may be where the harm of these vapes come from. While Terpenes does occur naturally, the effects of using it in large quantities is unknown.

Another issue that is overlooked is the “black market” of vaping.There are an infinite amount of fake vape company on the internet. In fact, in that case of TKO Products, a California licensed vape company, the knockoff company had more Instagram followers than the real one. These companies do not follow any regulations and put very dangerous chemicals in their products. Referring back to the thinning agents, many knockoff companies use a chemical called Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) as their thinner. Vitamin E is safe for topical use, however when inhaled it can be harmful to the lungs. These fake companies span over the entire vaping industry. There have been many reports of teenagers using knockoff Juul pods because they cannot legally buy real ones. Aforementioned, it is nearly impossible for the average person to know what is in these knockoff pods and often they had toxic additives.

So, what should happen to improve on the issue?

The simplest answer, education. Vaping products and e-cigarettes have been around for decades. So why have they never been taught about in schools? According to the American Health and Services Department, cigarette smoking among high school seniors have gone down from 28.8% in 1977 to 3.6% in 2018. This drop is related to the awareness and education of the dangers of smoking cigarettes. As proven by past statistics educating kids on the dangers of vaping would help with lowering the number of kids vaping in future generations.

While education is very helpful for future generations, what can be done to help people who currently vape? The answer may seem a little counterproductive.... legalize it. By “it” I mean marijuana. Marijuana laws differ greatly from state to state. In places such as California where marijuana is legal for recreational use, there are regulations for what a company can and cannot put in their THC vaping products. However, in places like Idaho where marijuana is still completely illegal, there are no regulations for what people can put in these products.

Just because it is illegal, does not mean that people are not going to do it. Marijuana is in high demand across the US and America’s insistence on keeping it federally illegal is only hurting people rather than protecting them.

NBC news recently bought a cartilage of THC vape from a licensed California dispensary and a cartilage from an unlicensed knockoff dealer to compare the ingredients.

The tests showed that the knockoff cartilage had substances such as pesticides and hydrogen cyanide in them. The licensed cartilage had none of these substances. By keeping marijuana a federally illegal drugs, we are only encouraging people to go out and buy the knockoff products. Also,

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legalizing marijuana would make THC pens in lower demand.

Many people choose to use THC pens because they are more discreet than other methods such as joints or pipes. Legalization would eliminate the need to be super discreet. While legalization would not completely erase the need or want for THC pens it would improve on it. It would also make it so that people who still did want to vape THC where doing it in a regulated way.

Along with the legalization of marijuana, lowering the drinking and smoking age would improve upon this problem. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that around 36% of patients that have lung issues related to vaping are under 21. Most of these people under 21 are not getting legitimate vaping products. They are getting the knockoff products with questionable ingredients. Lowering the drinking and smoking age would make it so that these people who are vaping can at least buy the legitimate products instead of questionable knockoffs. Also, America has one of the highest legal drinking and smoking age in the world and it is just ridiculous. Why is an 18 year old trusted to make serious political decisions, but they are not trusted to drink alcohol?

So why is banning vape a bad idea? Because this vaping “epidemic” is simply not about nicotine vape, like many states are banning. It’s about THC, and moreso, it’s about the legalization of marijuana. By banning these products, states are only encouraging people to buy knockoffs with poisonous ingredients. I would like to emphasize at the end of this that I nor anyone on Deadline encourages the use of vape, nicotine or THC.

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PHOTOGRAPHY WITH AN AMATEUR CHOOSING YOUR CAMERA

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So, maybe starting with shutter speed, aperture, and ISO was me throwing you all a bit too quickly into the “deep end” of this pool, but I hope I still have all of you here. Today, we are going to be talking about cameras! “Well duh,” is probably what you are thinking, but what I mean is camera sensors and bodies and how these two help determine the camera you may want to own.

are you a pixel peeper?

How important are megapixels when deciding what camera you want? What is too little? What is too much? 8 megapixels? How about 12? 20.4? 52? 100+? However much you need is completely up to you and the work you would like to do. If you have tens of thousands of dollars to spend on a 100+ megapixel camera, then by all means, go for it.

As much as I spend on cameras (quite literally having multiple), always remember that gear does not make a photographer (usually). Note: Okay, please ignore the “usually” for a bit. How a camera is being used and what it is capturing is what is important. Now, back to megapixels. The amount of megapixels determines the amount of data being captured in an image. Many people will argue that it is an absolute must to have as many megapixels as possible; I am of the few that tell you the opposite. A huge amount of cropping or shooting in low light situations are possible reasons you may need so many megapixels. Note: It is a heck of a lot better to get closer to your subject rather than cropping in post anyway. Get intimate. A photo is just a photo unless there’s a story—even if you’re the only person that knows how an image came to be, it’s still extremely satisfying. I am not saying stay away from copious amounts of megapixels in cameras. In fact, most all cameras start at around 12~20 megapixels nowadays. Camera companies put out camera bodies with huge amounts of megapixels. What I am intending to say here is that you shouldn’t disregard a camera because it has 12 megapixels in comparison to professional bodies at about 24 or even 50 megapixels. Don’t be a pixel peeper.

TYPES OF SENSORS

Now that you have a rough idea about how many megapixels to possibly be looking for, think about the type of sensor you want or need. The camera’s sensor is the modern equivalent to film. As light was exposed to film in the past, light is now exposed to sensors to produce the photographs that you see on a camera’s LCD (the screen thingy) (2).

Different cameras have different sensors and sensor sizes.

Relating to the OG 35 millimeter film (1), full-frame sensors are the same size as the film we all know and love. Full-frame sensors are arguably better for low light situations and are said to retain more information than the other sensor types.

Examples of full-frame camera bodies are the Sony a7 line-up, the Sony a9, Canon professional bodies like the 1DX, the EOS R and RP, Nikon’s D5 and D850, and so on. Following the full-frame sensor is Canon‘s crop sensors with a 1.6x crop in comparison to a 35mm full-frame sensor. Note: Bare with me.

It will sound more complicated than everything actually is.

Essentially, a crop multiplies the 35mm sensor size by whatever the crop is. Following Canon’s crop is the general 1.5x crop of other crop sensors. Last, is a micro four-third sensor with a 2x crop. To shine a light on all of these numbers, crop sensors affect focal length of lenses, data retention, and may not be for you depending on what you plan on shooting. To apply these numbers to situations that apply to you, we will use my camera as an example. I own a Canon EOS 80D that has a cropped sensor (Canon’s obviously) with a 1.6x crop.

If I were to use a professional lens like an EF Zoom 24-17 F/4L and set it to 24mm, I would multiply 24mm by 1.6 to

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find the focal length the camera sensor is shooting at--in this case, roughly 38mm. For some people, this crop is welcomed; for others, they want the focal length to be true to the lens, and they desire a full-frame sensor. What do you need? Does the crop of the lens affect what you need? Do you plan on shooting in low-light situations(3)? Have you seen the color reproduction of the camera’s sensors that you’re interested in? It is a lot to take in and think about for sure, but but but it honestly doesn’t have to be if you just plan on shooting.

Note: I also don’t know where to put this, so I will mention it here. Everyone has a budget of course, so be considerate of budget. If the amount you want to or can spend on a camera is the ultimate decider, try to find whatever you believe to be the best deal/package within your price range.

Button layouts + Camera Menus

There are three main camera brands that people know: Canon, Nikon, and Sony. If you didn’t know, there are certainly more camera brands out there: Leica, Fujifilm, Pentax, Sigma, Olympus, and Panasonic are a few of the other camera companies around. For the sake of time and ease, I will absolutely be brief with button layouts and camera menus. Note: The best way to figure out what button layouts you prefer, you have to jump into camera bodies on your own. For example, many beginner Nikon DSLRs have their buttons on the left side of the LCD display. Most beginner Canon cameras have their buttons on the right side of the camera bodies. Another example is the budget you have in order to have more buttons and dials. Note: Having a dedicated dial to adjust aperature while shooting rather than having to open a menu makes shooting a whole lot easier. So, visit a camera store or roam around the internet to find camera bodies. Now, for menus, most camera menus are straightforward If I had to put it on a scale though, Sony is at the difficult end, while Leica is at the easier end. Everything else is in between the two.

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MS. MASON

For me, walking into Budd 105 is like walking into a sea of nostalgia. The university flags, the small college desks, and the circular sink that vaguely resembles an animal feeder—all ubiquitous symbols of Budd. Back in my freshman year, I could always expect to see Ms. Ogden or Ms. Dueltgen in their shared office or walking around the room. This time, when I walk into Budd 105, I walk into the office to see Ms. Heather Mason, our new AVID 9 and English 9 teacher. Nicknamed as the “den mom,” Ms. Mason has been teaching for three years— the majority of which being at Rio Vista High School, a high school approximately thirty minutes away from Middle College.

Are there any differences between Rio Vista and Middle College?

“Yes! A lot. You guys care more… Rio Vista had 450 kids and I thought, ‘That was a small school.’ Then I came here to 250 [students] and I thought, ‘Oh my, this is a REALLY small school. But I like it because you guys all know each other… the freshmen, they all came from so many different schools, and they all had to meet one another.

Meanwhile, at the other school, all of the cliques were strongly formed. So I’m really enjoying seeing all of the new friendships and relationships.”

BY: KAREN Nguyen Vo

So what do you like to do when you’re not teaching, grading papers, or doing any other teacher stuff?

“I watch a lot of Netflix, and on the weekends I am volunteering at the Bradshaw Animal Shelter. I’m actually one of the coordinators for the teen outreach program. So [during the weekends] I supervise teenagers again! I can’t get rid of them. We help clean the shelter, and I teach the teens about the animals and train them on animal safety.”

So the teen outreach program and the animal shelter are part of the same program?

“Yeah! They’re the same thing. So for some weekends, I just hang out with the dogs. If it’s a ‘teen’ weekend, I hang out with more teenagers… I make a joke that I talk to more teenagers than adults.”

At least you have Ms. Dueltgen in this office with you.

“Thank God! Let me tell you, she keeps me from going insane from teenagers.”

So, since we were talking about Netflix earlier, are there any TV shows that you’re binge watching at the moment?

“I am SO CLOSE to being done with Friends… I’m on Season 10, we’re getting there. I’ve also seen The Office too many times, and I’m always going back to watch Gilmore Girls. I’ve probably gone through it two or three dozen times. Gilmore Girls has probably been my favorite show since before you guys were born. Lately, my fiancé and I are catching up on My Hero Academia.”

Since you only teach freshmen, not a lot of the upperclassmen know you. Is there anything you want them to know?

“I’m really sarcastic, and I feel like I’ve said things to the juniors and seniors where they think I’m really mean. I find myself to be hysterical, but unfortunately, not everyone finds me quite as funny or just doesn’t get it yet. The freshmen are finally starting to understand my humor, so we’re getting there. I’m nice, friendly, and approachable. I love coffee and dogs.

I still play Pokémon Go. I actually wasn’t in college all that long ago, so I do have a newer perspective on college.”

Finally, do you have any advice for Middle College students?

“Calm down. Relax, take a deep breath. It’s all going to be fine. It’s okay if you don’t get the A, I promise.”

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November 2019

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