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Measure B Public meeting held at Chabot College By Maria Maniego
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On Wednesday, April 24, the committee overseeing budget allocations to two colleges met at Chabot and discussed progress as well as future infrastructure improvement plans. T h e Measure B Citizens’ s $498 million Oversight s Finance capi- Committee tal improvement held its secand moderniza- ond public tion projects for m e e t i n g Las Positas Col- for 2013 lege and Chabot at Chabot. College A m o n g s Chabot has the attendspent 83 percent ees were committee Chairperson Kim Huggett, district Interim Chancellor Dr. Judy E. Walters, new members Linda Smith and Helen Bridge, and Chabot student representative Andrea Preciado. The committee was appointed by the Chabot Las
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Gun control
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Danica Lopez (top) works on the board at LIVE 105.3 in San Francisco, Calif, (bottom) Lopez working the board during the show ‘Into the Pit’ on KCRH 89.9 FM at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
residents of San Lorenzo, San Leandro, Castro Valley Not many people know that and Union City. What sets KCRH tucked away, next door to the Student Health Center, 89.9FM apart is that its in room 132 at Chabot Col- staff is made up entirely of lege resides KCRH 89.9FM, Chabot College students the East Bay’s Best Variety, enrolled in the Mass Comthe only FM station licensed munications program who take what they learn in the in the city Hayward, Calif. The signal reaches the classroom and lab time in By Tammy Lee
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a state of the art production studio and apply it on the air on their own radio shifts. Chad Mark Glen, Mass Communications professor is proud of the fact that “our MCOM students are trained on the same professional equipment used in commercial radio which prepares them to start work-
ing in the industry with their AA in Radio and Television Broadcasting.” “Not only are our students trained at an FCC licensed FM broadcast station; they also leave the program with an intricate knowledge of how the industry operates on RADIO, page2
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Over 200 years after the Second Amendment was added to the constitution, the citizens and thegovernment of the United States of America are still conflicted on the meaning of “the right to bear arms.” School shootings like Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech and Colombine are becomSCENE PG. 7 ing more common, and the people of the U.S. have to reconsider who is allowed ALLEN S. LIN/STAFF PHOTO to own a gun, and what kind Tan Le (left) and Joel de Lara (right) perform an acoustic set at Chabot College’s 14th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 24, they should have access to.
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RADIO from page 1 every level.” While everyone aspires to be a radio personality, it’s a competitive field. “The MCOM students who truly have the most success in their careers in radio seem to have the following traits in common: passion, drive, eager to learn about the subject and are not just doing the course work for a grade, friendly, have people skills, and are great communicators” said Glen. He went on to say, “A student can know everything about the industry and be a pro on all the equipment in the studios, but it’s attitude that can make or break a person in this business.” Reid Alexander, current Program Director at KCRH 89.9 and recipient of the “Broadcaster of the Year” award 2 years in a row, said, “KCRH has given me a platform to use my voice and made me work harder to reach my goals.” Eric Fisher, of KMEL 106.1FM as a member of their Street Team, videographer and co-host on Drew Hef’s show on Saturday and Sunday, is a Chabot College Mass Communications alumnus. He applied everything he learned at Chabot and KCRH and brought it to his internship at KMEL, which eventually led to a permanent position. “It [KCRH] definitely prepared me a lot.
Eric Fisher, former KCRH 89.9 production director now works for KMEL as part of their street team and as a videographer.
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KCRH 89.9 FM staff members at the Annex Rehearsal Studios in San Lorenzo, Calif. after the ‘Flavors of Rock 3: Just Desserts’ show on Friday, April 19, 2013.
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When I got to KMEL, I knew a lot of things that a lot of interns didn’t know. We did a lot of live remotes here [KCRH], and that’s basically what KMEL started with,” stated Fisher. Fisher also shared, “It was basically the Street Team and promotions team so we did a lot of promotional events. So I had background in going to schools and setting up the sound system and the tent and just being good at it. Also knowing NexGen and ProTools was a bonus.” Fisher, who learned to film and edit videos while a student at Chabot, found his niche at KMEL by being primarily their videographer, where he films their events, edits and uploads it on the KMEL website. Another current mass communications student, Danica Lopez, and co-host for “Into the Pit,” KCRH’s metal show, recently got hired on at LIVE105 after interning there and as a result, was offered a permanent position as a board op. Lopez concurs with the general sentiment that KCRH has prepared her for LIVE105, “it’s been really great so far working with the “Into the Pit” guys. They’re teaching me a lot on the board, how to do interviews and talk to people, running the board better and interviewing local bands” especially recently with BFD coming up soon. Both Fisher and Lopez set themselves apart from everyone else. They were not afraid to ask questions and both took the initiative and let KMEL and LIVE105 know what their skillsets
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were and how they used those skills to make them a valuable asset to the radio stations they interned at. One thing Glen also said in all his classes is that KCRH, the radio station, and the mass communications department is one big extended family. Everyone looks out for one another. Alexander notes that Fisher was his mentor when he first joined KCRH and how he in turn mentored others. One of Glen’s former students, Aaron Axelson is now the Music Director and Assistant Program Director at LIVE 105 as well as DJ and radio host for the shows “Soundcheck” and “Subsonic” and he has mentored many Chabot College mass communications students. Alexander perhaps sums it up best when he notes that, “KCRH is for the students. We’re here to have fun but we’re here to help and we’re focused on trying to mend the relationships with the other mass communications departments so we can all work together to make it bigger.” KCRH 89.9FM plays today’s best new music as well as yesterday’s classics with a variety of specialty programs which cover many genres including but not limited to: R&B, rap, hip hop, pop, Latin, oldies, alternative, indie, metal, industrial, punk, ska, reggae, hardcore, new wave, pop, and electronica. For more information on KCRH 89.9FM, the East Bay’s Best Variety, you can visit their website at http://kcrhradio.com.
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Support for rape victims Denim Day at Chabot College By Latanya Clark
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On April 25 the Chabot College Health Center teamed up with the Students for Social Justice or SSJ for sexual assault awareness month. The event at Chabot College displayed a clothes line project which students displayed decorative jeans which hung from the trees in the courtyard. Ribbons represented one in 10 women through statistics said to be raped by the time they leave college. Dominique Hail of SSJ said out one out of four women before they graduate college worldwide will
be faced with rape, he also said “Chabot College has 8,500 students and out of those students here at Chabot 2,000 of them will be raped.” This year Denim Day in United States is encouraging all their residents and people everywhere across the nation men and women, to help bring awareness to sexual assault and give support to its survivors. Here in California the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault or CALCASA busily prepared for Denim Day by sponsoring a rally that stood at the State Capitol in Sacramento. It featured legislative speakers, volunteers, survivors, district attorneys
and advocates in the effort to bring awareness. Denim day at Chabot was geared to encourage everyone to help in the movement to symbolize this important day as well sexual awareness month for justice brought in the behalf of all women who have faced sexual violence. Many students, faculty and clubs throughout “campus believe that by preventing and changing the attitude of those that tolerate sexual assault can help in the end to all sexual assaults and speak up.” Many students present at the event replied, “There is no excuse and never an invitation to rape”.
Chabot students decorated donated jeans in support of rape victims at Chabot’s Denim Day on Thursday, April 25, 2013.
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Student government elections By Edrene Abueg
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From May 1 through May 2, 2013, students have the opportunity to vote on who they want to represent the student body at Chabot. There are two separate elections being held for two important roles, the president and vice president positions. There are three candidates who will be running for president. The first candidate running for president is Emaun
Eta Barfei. Barfei, a political science major has had previous leadership position before while attending high school. “I wish to serve as president because I care about how our school functions. I intend to work with the student senate, faculty senate, and the Board of Trustees to better the educational opportunities available at Chabot College, “says Barfei. “I hope to work with the student senate as a team to ensure that all committee needs
are met, whether it is campus safety, scholarships, or working with our clubs.” The second candidate is Erika Cortez, a criminal justice major. Cortez feels that the leadership skills she gained from the Puente program which included acquiring great listening skills and understanding the importance of teamwork will help her become a good president. “I believe I can bring these skills to SSCC and enhance student ELECTIONS, page 4
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Ribbons planted on the lawn of Ceasar Chavez Plaza, each one represents ten rape victims at Chabot’s Denim Day on Thursday, April 25, 2013. TAMMY LEE/STAFF PHOTO
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MEASURE from page 1 Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees to “[assure] voters that proceeds of the $498 million bond are spent as required by the ballot measure,” as stated in their annual report addressed to the community. In 2004, voters passed Measure B – a general obligation facilities bond - to finance capital improvement and modernization projects for Las Positas College and Chabot College. In addition to quarterly meetings, annual reports are distributed to households within the area. Project planner Doug Horner discussed updates and future construction plans for Chabot. As of Feb. 28, 2013, Chabot has spent 83 percent, or $211 million of its total budget allocation, as stated in the project progress report. Among the renovations done were: seismic upgrade; plumbing; A/V equipment, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning or HVAC systems, telecommunication, and electrical system upgrades. The project also included computer
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Chabot students vote in the cafeteria lobby during student election day, on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. DAVIS DICHOSO/STAFF PHOTO
involvement within SSCC,” says Cortez. The third candidate running for president is Andrew Michael Quirk. Quirk has also been part of the student body before as activities director for the ASCC student government. “To truly make significant change and create a global mind shift, we need to begin to build stronger networks and connections with one another creating a sustainable sense of community,” says Quirk. “Chabot is full of talented people. We need to build support for one another at Chabot. We need a stronger community to make sure folks don’t fall through the cracks and reach the success they deserve.” There are two candidates running for vice president. The first is Christopher Gutierrez, an English major. Guitierrez feels that the experience he gained by writing proposals, joining commitees, and advocating for the student voice will help him with being vice president. “I believe I’d be an exceptional candidate for vice president because I’m a professional, dedicated, innovative leader who has the best interest of the students at heart.” says Guitierrez “I am honest, enthusiastic, committed, and helpful! More importantly, I’m a great listener, observer, and writer.” The opposing candidate running against Gutierrez is Vanessa Sadsad, a political science major. Sadsad has had previous leadership experience with the Political Science Club and also was the ICC Chair for the ASCC. “I firmly believe that, we, as Chabot College students are the keepers of our legacy I want to collaborate with our Board of Trustees in order to ensure transparency, quality, and affordability within our district of CLPCCD.” Voting will take place May 1, 2013 and May 2, 2013 in the cafeteria lobby 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
labs and lecture spaces. Construction on Buildings 1800 and 1700 were 50 percent funded by the state, according to Horner. The former is now completed while planning and construction on Building 1700 is ongoing. Construction on Building 1200/School of the Arts (SOTA) Plaza was also finished with a new “state of the art instructional recording studio.” The P.E. Complex renovation is now on its final phase of construction. According to the report, “the scope of the project is the renovation of 70,700 square feet of academic, special program, athletic and office space.” The project is said to be completed by December 2013. Construction on Building 3400, which houses the BMW Automotive Technology program, will be completed by November 2013. The report also stated that planning is underway for the renovation of Building 100 or the library. Renovation will include a remodel of the first floor, lighting, furnishing, and HVAC. It will also “consolidate the Center for Teaching
and Learning programs into one space.” New signage and landscaping for the Hesperian Boulevard frontage project are underway. Also, a security project for parking lots G, H, F, and J is currently out to bid. Helen Bridge commended the project and said, “I think that the money was used very well to get the new computers and to get the arrangements made so that everybody can contact everybody at anytime.” Bridge was mainly impressed by “the way the buildings are now wirelessly connected.” She is representative for the senior citizen organizations. The next committee meeting will be held on July 24, 6 p.m. at Las Positas College. The project progress report, Measure B annual report, and meeting minutes are available on the website: www.clpccd.org/bond. As mentioned by district Facilities Specialist Zahra Noorivaziri, the meetings “[are] for the taxpayers.” Community members are always welcome to participate.
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Chabot’s KCRH 89.9FM reaches out to local students By Marisol Cabrera Contributing Writer
KCRH 89.9 FM Students host assembly for Ochoa Middle school “Find your own greatness”. On Friday, April 19, the staff from Chabot’s KCRH radio hosted an assembly for the students and staff at Ochoa Middle School. The outreach that the KCRH team had to present was provided by Principal Ariel Dolowich which stated, “Find your own greatness.” Although the KCRH team hosted two assemblies; one for the sixth and seventh graders, and the other for the eighth graders, they managed to maintain their spirits and energy in high levels in order to encourage the students to search for their inner greatness all while having a great time. In order to maintain the students involved, the KCRH staff decided to include the students as part of the event by hosting games such as cake eating contest, Polynesian dancers and freestyle dancing. Not to mention dancing along as Rayven Justice performed on stage. Ochoa counselor, Bonnie Lewis states that the reason for the assembly was to encourage the students to excel in their upcoming examinations as well as making their yearly transition to the following year and even into high school. The assembly was also expressed as a stress reliever from all the studying the students must partake for the last two months of school left. “Where getting ready for our [California Standardized Testing] and were just trying to get the kids motivated, excited about learning [and about] finding their greatness,” Lewis said. “Chabot College radio always comes here and they work to motivate the kids and the kids enjoy what they bring and so do I.” Lewis also stated that she hopes to see
the KCRH staff back again soon. KCRH member Lucia Cabrera, “Lovely Luci,” explained how the assembly helped the students to come out, participate and show their own greatness. “They [showed] the courage to go onstage and expressed what they were able to do, like in one of the games and the dance battle. It was a very fun experience for them as well as other students to see that they can also find the same courage that their classmates had.” The assembly consisted of two games, and one musical performance that the students seemed to enjoy as DJ Reid and DJ Lyvell hosted humorously both assemblies. “This event was like amazing, unbelievable,” anonymous eighth grade student and participant in the dance battle said. The two Polynesian sisters who also performed for the students, Leilua and Sala Malieitulua shared how their performance connected with the students. “It encourages them to enjoy of different cultures, to embrace diversities. We just hope they enjoy and pursue their dreams.” As the games and fun progressed, the message sank in deeper into the minds of the students as explained by Music Director for the top 40 Jesus Cabrera, “Classy J” who stated that one of their goals was to find common ground with the students and to help them realize that there is motivation out there, “that we once had the same shoes that their wearing right now. So don’t be afraid to be yourself.” KCRH Music Director, Yazmin Suarez, “Super Yazzy,” gives the main goal they managed to implement on the students. “The message is find your own greatness and don’t be afraid to find what you’re good at because that will take you far in life.”
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Community San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery Friends Group Meeting on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6 p.m. • • •
Join the efforts to preserve historic San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery for future generations. Meet at 22380 Foothill Boulevard, Hayward, Calif. For more information, call (510) 581-1202
Music San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery Clean-Up on Saturday, May 4, 2013 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. • • • •
Help clean up Pioneer Cemetery. Meet at the corner of Usher Street and College Street and bring gloves and rakes. Water and light snacks will be provided. For more information, call (510) 581-1202
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Thomas Boots and Kurbie Brodie of KCRH 89.9FM, the East Bay’s Best Variety, will be hosting a Cinco de Mayo event Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Pizza Ultimate, 32681 Mission Boulevard located in Hayward, Calif. showcasing local bands. Scheduled to perform include Just Like the Movies, The Çires, Old Devil Moon and Margaret the King. The show begins at 6 p.m. It’s free and all ages are welcomed. Come support a local business and local talent.
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La Alianza de Hayward will be hosting the annual Cinco de Mayo celebration this Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Hayward City Hall Plaza located in downtown Hayward. Admission to the celebration will be free of charge and will take place starting 10 a.m. with various entertainment, performances, and festivities throughout the day.
Community Fairy Houses & Gnome Homes at the McConaghy House on Saturday, May 11,2013 at 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. • •
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Community Marble & Molding at the Meek Mansion on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10 a.m. • • • •
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Puente presents ‘Fiesta Caliente’ Raising money for scholarships with a fun time dancing By Omar Gonzales
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On Friday, April 26, 2013, Chabot College’s Puente program held their annual Fiesta Caliente at the campus cafeteria to help students raise money for future scholarships. Many Chabot College students and dozen other community members from other schools attended the schools dance event which was organized by the clubs president of the Puente Program, Hector Huerta. “The purpose of this event is to raise money for scholarships and we want students to have fun and
sic which everyone attending enjoyed. Students that attended, mentioned they like the school event and hope to see it return again next year. Chabot College student Christopher Gutierrez said “I went to last year’s Fiesta Caliente and it was really cool and I really enjoy it and there were a lot of people who attended the event.” Friends and family non chabot students also mentioned “We like coming to events like this one because it is a safe event and we really like that Chabot ColPuente program host its annual Fiesta Caliente dance with band Banda Rio Verde at Chabot’s cafetelege do events like this.” ria, on Friday, April 26, 2013. DAVIS DICHOSO/STAFF PHOTO For other questions also we have live Banda said. “The event is open to schools too.” regarding events from music. We had Fiesta Cali- everyone, they’re people The event included a the Puente program ente last year and it was that attend Chabot College Mexican food truck, a live you can contact Hecgreat, we hope to have it and also there’s people from D.J. and a live Mexican tor Huerta at hhuerta@ again.” Hector Huerta also high schools and middle band that played great mu- chabotcollege.edu.
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International Night By Ryan Rasberry
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Ballet folklorico de James Logan at Chabot College’s 14th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in the Litttle Theater at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif..
International night proved to be a big success. The event was hosted by the International Club in the Little Theatre on Wednesday April 24, 2013. The event was tasteful and portrayed the beauty of diversity in other cultures, something students may not have an opportunity to see. International Night had representations of the Japanese, Mexican, Indian, Irish, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Filipino and Nigerian cultures. Acts included music, singing, and dancing. Occasionally, the audience participated with the acts creating a friendly and
more enjoyable environment. Students participating in the Vietnamese and Filipino acts even got a standing ovation supported by fellow students and family. The Heiwa Taiko was one of the stand out performances with an all female group with the average age of 72! Krista Schaarschmidt, a high school student from Moreau Catholic performed a Celtic folksong that impressed everyone in the theatre. Dr. Marshall Mitzman , member of the Board of Trustees marveled about the event. “I’ve been coming to International Night for about seven years. It’s a wonderful presentation of
our international students and we’re so proud of them. There’s no better year than the othe. However, International Night is usually held in the cafeteria and I think holding it in the newly renovated Little Theatre was a bit more intimate with the lighting.” Schaarschmidt said, “I heard about International Night three weeks earlier, the piano player at my parish asked me to perform. We started to prepare for it and it was really fun, I really enjoyed myself.” International Night has become one of the many treasures on campus. It makes people appreciate others and where they come from. If you would like to get involved with International Night contact the International Club for more information.
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Chabot International Club students Jolie Luu sings Vietnamese pop songs while Tan Le (left) plays an acoustic guitar and joel de Lara (right) plays on an electric guitar at Chabot College’s 14th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in the Litttle Theater at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.
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Chabot International Club students and volunteers at Chabot College’s 14th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in the Litttle Theater at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.
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Many citizens see the right to bear arms as an essential natural right. With the power to kill a person with a small movement of one finger, guns are a powerful method of self-protection. Actual use of a gun is not necessary to reap the benefits of owning protection; the presence is enough of a threat. However, the issue with guns arises with misuse, not mere ownership. The Assault Weapons Ban, proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein, aimed to eliminate access to guns that are able to fire multiple rounds with one press of the trigger. These military style guns are designed to hit multiple targets at one time without having to stop and reload frequently. Such guns carry more than just a threat against an intruder; they carry the threat of causing harm to multiple people within a few seconds. Designed for warfare, it is hard to see a reason to need one in their home,for protection or for sport. Beyond the presence of guns, the availability of assault rifles also contributes to the misuse. Criminal background checks
www.thechabotspectator.com are a part of current gun laws, but these checks are not mandatory for all sales. The recently proposed Toomey-Manchin By Lucrecia Ugarte amendment would extend these lugarte@thechabotspectator.com background checks to gun sales over the Internet and transac- More than 100 years have tions at gun shows, where back- passed since the first film ground checks are not currently- was adapted from a book. mandatory, but would not affect In 1896, “Trilby and gun transfers between family Little Billee”, by Gerald and friends. Du Maurier was adapted Despite 83 percent support to the screen. Nowadays from voters, the Toomey-Man- novels turned into movies chin amendment was rejected are becoming more popuby the Senate in April and the lar. assault weapons ban is not exEvery few decades pected to pass. there would be a couple With no changes to current books that get adapted gun control, it is unclear how fu- onto the screen which ture mass shootings can hope to would make fans excited be prevented. to see the words on the pages come to life. But does the film hold the Did you know? same expectation of the book or does it lack imagination? Many directors take on their interpretation of how A 2005 nationwide Gallup the book is and realize poll of 1,012 adults stated they own firearms for the folmany points that were imlowing reasons: portant in the book. Many films that were adapted Protection Against from novels have built up Crime ...................... 67% a fan base with the people Target Shooting ...... 66% that have read the novel Hunting ................... 58% and a bigger fan base is built when announceINFOGRAPHIC BY ALLEN S . LIN
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ments are being made of a movie coming out. Audiences are curious to see how their favorite novel will jump out at them visually instead of reading descriptions on the pages. The biggest concern for many fans is how true the characters’ appearances will be like in the film compared to the book. Many films have come out in the last couple of years such as the Twilight Series, The Hunger Games, Beautiful Creatures, I am Number 4 and The Host. These series are popular now with the fantasy genre especially among teenagers and young adults. Many fans that read the Twilight series were severely disappointed with how the film turned out because of the special effects and certain scenes that were cut out. Michelle, who blogged about the first Twilight movie said, “When I first saw the movie with my cousin, I was very disappointed, because like you said, the movie was too short, I anticipated the parts were cut, the part like
Thursday, May 2, 2013 where they had blood typing in their Biology class, Edward listening through Jessica’s mind about how much Bella liked him… etc.) but however, I liked the parts where Edward drives Bella to school; his charming smile, the funny looks on people’s faces when they see them together.” People who haven’t read the series got lost during some of the scenes where certain supernatural terms were used that were perfectly defined in the book but not in the movie. If you didn’t read the book then you wouldn’t understand what “imprinting” on someone meant, which is meeting someone for the first time and there’s an instant connection to be with him or her as a brother/sister or a lover to always protect them. Many readers imagine a certain way that the character looks, how their personality is and have a perfect understanding with the character. You either root for the main character or despise their enemy.
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Hayward, California
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Track championships come to Chabot
Arthur Ruvalcaba a coast conference champion By Chris Booker
cbooker@thechabotspectator.com
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, Chabot College was able to host the event this year Coast Conference Track Championships and their track team hoped to showcase their talents to the rest of the conference as well as compete with the schools in their conference. The event exhibited events such as: the 100-meter dash, javelin throw, the high jump, the pole vault, and countless of other events. Chabot participated in all of these events, and their goals for each of them were simple, and that was to try and win each of them. During the event, two members of the Chabot Track and Field Team were able to talk about what ex-
actly brought them to be a part of this team, and what their motivations are. Gladiator Arthur Ruvalcaba was able to finish in first place overall in the men’s 1500-meter event. As a business major at Chabot College, he received a time of 4:06.47 which was good enough to capture the top spot in the race. “Just beating the next person,” Arthur said when asked what is his main motivation is, “just being the fastest.” When asked why he runs he responded by saying, “Honestly, I started because I was bored. My best friend joined track and I didn’t have anything to do, so I joined. Then it turned out that I was pretty good so I continued with it.” The second athlete for Chabot was freshman Da’rell Calvin who currently is undeclared for his major. In his event, the 110-meter hurdle, he was
Gladiator Arthur Ruvalcaba (13) wins the 3,000 meter steeple chase in 9:37.94 overall, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID SORIANO
able to finish in third place with a time of 15.89. For his motivation he said, “First it was football that motivated me. Another reason was my cousin, he did track, and he was killed at a young age. He inspired me to do track.” He runs because, “It’s a
Chabot College Gladiators swim for 2013 Coast Conference Championships
Kelly Arth practicing her butterfly stroke on March 26, 2013 at the Chabot College swimming pool. By Tammy Lee
tlee@thechabotspectator.com
The 2013 Coast Conference Championships were held over April 18-20 at DeAnza College in Cupertino, Calif. Tyler Tomei, a swimmer on the Chabot College Men’s Swim Team says, “We had a very young team this year, and had a lot of improvements from the beginning of the season.” The team however is really proud of Kelly Arth, a second year Chabot College student who swam the 50 Fly at the Coast Conference April 18, 2013 and got her “A Cut” in (meaning she placed in the top 16 in the state thereby securing her a
spot to compete at State). Having placed second for her 500 Free at the Coast Conference last year and almost qualified for State “but just wasn’t there yet.” Arth notes that moment was the turning point and she “made the commitment to work really hard so that I would make it to State this year.” Making it to State, Arth says, “was by far the biggest accomplishment in my swimming career.” At State, Arth swam the 50 Fly, the 100 Fly and the 50 Free, the same events she swam at the Coast Conference. Going into State, Arth was ranked number 12 in
TAMMY LEE/STAFF PHOTO
all of California and is now number 15. Reflecting on her accomplishment, Arth says reaching her goal to go to State has been bittersweet given that this her last year competing for Chabot. Tomei said it best when he summed up the season and what they have accomplished together and the direction the Chabot Swim Team is headed, “The team is very excited for next year and to move up in the standings due to the amount of returners that will be coming back and the men’s team will be a contender for a conference championship next year!”
good way to just stay out of trouble.” The Chabot Track and Field Men’s Team finished with an overall score of fifteen points, which had them finish in sixth place in the tourney. The Women’s Team finished with a final score of
two points, which had them finish in last. Chabot’s next event will be the NorCal Community College Championships 2013 at American River College. The event will start on May 5, 2013 and conclude on May 11, 2013.
OVERVIEW
Gladiators end their seasons strong
ming and tennis programs. Baseball finished off the The Spring sport season is season as conference chamover and some of our teams pion and is seeded fifth in are in post season play. NorCal to face number 12 Swimming and ten- seed Sacramento City Colnis finished off their state lege this weekend May 3-4. Championship contention This will a two of three this past weekend. Congrat- game series. Friday game ulation to both the swim- will start at 2 p.m. and Saturday’s game will begin at BASEBALL DIVISION 11 a.m. Once again, ConConf. ALL W-L W-L gratulations to the Chabot Baseball Program for the Chabot 17-5 24-12 conference title. San Mateo 16-6 22-14 Track and Field will be Mission 12-10 22-13 competing in the Norcal West Valley 11-11 16-20 Championships this week at De Anza 9-13 16-19 American River College. San Francisco 4-18 7-29 Chabot women’s track will be represented by TySOFTBALL DIVISION ler Alsobrook (400-meter), Conf. ALL Janae Mayfield (800-meW-L W-L ter), Kelsea Bowersmith San Mateo 15-3 36-4 (100-meter hurdles) BreDe Anza 11-7 21-14 onna Alexander (400-meFoothill 9-9 20-18 ter hurdles). Chabot men’s Ohlone 9-9 20-19 track will represented by San Francisco 4-14 10-21 Will Latin (400-meter), Mission 3-15 5-25 Jared Shohfi (800-meter), Arthur Ruvalcaba & Jesse Chabot 1-17 3-34 Chestnut (1500-meter), BASEBALL Abraham Espinoza (10K), May 4 - 5 Calif. State TBA Da’Rell Calvin (110-mePlayoffs ter Hurdles and 400-meMay 11 - 13 Calif. State TBA ter Hurdles), Mareek Scott Playoffs (110-meter hurdles), Chabot May 18 - 20 Calif. State TBA will team a 4x400 team, JePlayoffs sus Morales, Inder Takhar, Trevor Hubby (pole Vault), SOFTBALL Ron Taylor (long jump), May 4 - 5 Regionals TBA Paul Fifita and Mick McElMay 10 - 12 Regionals TBA vogue (discus), and Travis May 17 - 19 State TourTBA Vandegriff (Javelin). nament By Jose Lopez
Contributing Writer