VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE
RAMPAGE May 15, 2017 | Volume 42| No. 4
“The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.” Bertrand Russell
Forgotten Anthropology By Charlene Altwine Reporter
The Anthropology club was originally started at Victor Valley College (VVC) in 1998 and is currently looking for interested students to revitalize the club. Stephanie Evans, an Anthropology major and returning VVC student, was originally a member of the club from 2003-2005. Evans is hoping to find students who would like to help restart the club. She currently has 10 students who are interested. Ac-
cording to Evans, one of the goals of the Anthropology club is "Community outreach to possibly get students interested or involved at a younger age in Anthropology." Richard Cerreto, the chair of the Anthropology department at VVC, is the advisor of the club. Anthropology is much more than just digging in the dirt to find some broken pieces of pottery or a couple bones from someone who died 300 plus years ago--to put it simply, Anthropology the study of
people and how human beings have changed throughout history. Anthropology has four different fields: Linguistic, Cultural, Physical, and Archeology. The four fields of Anthropology combined are used to study past and present humans to examine how they survive in their environments. Evans is hoping to get the approvals needed by the end of the Spring semester to begin creating a more cohesive plan for the club. The original plan
By Aurelia Dennis Reporter
On Thursday, April 27, Camreen Taylor was named the winner of the Victor Valley College (VVC) Public Speaking Contest. The theme was, “How will your time at VVC impact your future?” While all the contestants had powerful speeches, Taylor’s speech resonated with the judges and audience. The
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Bloodhounds on Fire By Joel Johnson Reporter
Saturday, April 22, 2017, Dr. Lisa Harvey and her research class presented their research to Santa Clara University winning 1st and 2nd place. The research they presented was on the use of bloodhounds for arson investigations, and using hounds for discrimination of human odor type utilizing isolated eccrine sweat and sebaceous gland secretions. Dr. Harvey and her team that includes: Trey Brooks, Kerstin Saruwatari, Thea McCleign, Alex Menjivar, Jason Filice ,Tahnee Score, Josiah Salazar, and Sierra Hewitt competed against 301 other teams at the 42nd annual West Coast Biological Science
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Undergraduate Research Conference (WCBSURC). Students came from all over the country including: California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida, and even Alaska to compete and display their research to the judges. Victor Valley College won in both the morning oral presentations of their research, and the afternoon display of their research poster sessions. Their research in using hounds for arson winning first, and using hounds to discriminate secretions winning 2nd. Their research on arson is important for the science and
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investigative world. Because of the difficulty of most evidence being destroyed with the fire, Dr. Harvey’s research were able to find that blood-
hounds can detect the residual evidence even after burning. They are able to track the scent with high accuracy. Though, if used with an accelerant, the hounds had more incorrect “tags” (“tags” being
grand prize was $150 with smaller cash prizes awarded to second, third, and fourth places. All other speakers were awarded certificates of participation and gift cards to Starbucks. The prizes were sponsored by the Associated Student Body and the contest itself was organized by the Communication Studies Department. The contest was judged by several members of the community and a few notable members of the faculty, including the Dean of the
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