Volume 25: Issue 11

VOLU ME 25

ISSUE 11

CHAFFEY

B R E E Z E MONDAY + MAR CH 9 , 2015

NEWS

Have Your Pi Day and Eat it Too

A&E

Revenge of the Film Festival

OPINION

Leonard Nimoy: Man, Myth, Logic

SPORTS

Profile: Brendan Hornung

AMAN/AWOMAN: campus March for Justice

Faculty advisor Donna Colondres (third from left) marches with members of the AMAN/AWOMAN club on Feb. 25.

Emotions stirred in the quad on Feb. 25 when the AMAN/AWOMAN club came marching in the name of justice.

What began as a small lineup of 20 people in front of the library grew to nearly 50 as they reached the quad.

Students and faculty linked arms and chanted, “Black Lives Matter-JUSTICE!” The group’s primary goal was to have a moment and evoke emotion for a cause, to encourage students to gain awareness of what’s happening around the world.

“We are talking about sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, that were lost because of stupid things,” said club mem-

ber Summayah Freeman. “We have to actively participate in educating ourselves so that we can have a greater appreciation for human life.”

As they marched, students would stop what they were doing and join.

Although these are concerns not commonly discussed, students agreed and were inspired.

“We need to keep marching forward because we are going to be the change for this country,” student Jose Camacho said.

Club president Sara Wobil and four other members presented a demonstration in expression of large-scale occurrences around the world, repre-

senting Black lives, Paris lives, Nigerian lives and Muslim lives with facts and statistical research.

“I had to take a lot of breaks to collect myself while doing research,” Wobil said. “It bothered me that my hand started cramping after a while, and I couldn’t write down any more information because there are so many lives that have been lost unjustly.”

For each group of lives represented, one of the four members would fall to the ground in symbolism of death.

The AMAN/AWOMAN club is a branch of a larger organization called Umoja and serves as a resource for under-resourced students.

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According to club advisor Dona Colondres, the organized march motivated students to move toward something greater than themselves, inspiring students to express tolerance and create change.

“You don’t have to wait to go to university to make a difference, you can make it right here, at Chaffey,” she said.

“That’s where it starts.”

JULIETA VAZQUEZ @chaffeybreeze

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March 09, 2015

Campus Calendar Monday, March 9

March 16-21 Spring Break

Freedom for all! Or is it for some?

Speak with our Vice President Dr. Eric Bishop.

Voice your thoughts regarding the open speech area.

Make your voice heard. This event will be held in Student Activities Lounge from 12:30- 2 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11 Career Expo Looking for a career that’s right for you? Join us at the Career Expo on Wednesday, March 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rancho Cucamonga Campus Quad.

There will be live hands-on demonstrations, faculty representation and student participation. For additional information, contact Maria Beck, Counselor (909) 652-6213.

Thursday, March 12 Student Elections Student government election petitions are available in the Student Activities office. Anyone who wishes to run for office for the 2015-2016 academic school year must submit their petitions by noon Thursday, March 12 to Student Activities.

Food Pantry Student Activities and ASCC will once again offer a food pantry. If you are able to donate food to your fellow students, Student Activities is accepting donations of non-perishable items and grocery store gift cards.

Donations will be accepted at CCE/Student Activities Lounge at 1 p.m. For more information please contact Susan Stewart at 909-652-6591.

Saturday, March 14 Signs and Symbols The CAA Student Gallery, (u)ntitled, and the ASL club are pleased to present Signs and Symbols. For decades the deaf community has used art as a way of expressing their unique experiences living in a hearing world. Through visual arts they detail not only their struggles and oppression, but also their pride in being part of such a close knit community. The exhibit runs through March 14.

Editor-In-Chief Erynn M. Affeldt erynn.affeldt@gmail.com Managing Editor Chris Salazar Online Editor Calvin Huang Photo Editor Michelle Menes

Moday, March 23 ASCC to award $100,000 in scholarships ASCC and Student Activities will award over 125 scholarships this semester. Applications and individual scholarship criteria are available online at www. chaffey.edu/stuactiv/scholarship. Applications must be turned in by March 23.

Saturday, March 28 Casino Night Fundraiser Join Chaffey College Classified Senate and the Chaffey SkillsUSA team for a casino night fundraiser at the Chino Community Center from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Playing tables include Texas Hold’em, Let It Ride, Three Card and Fortne Pai Gow PoPoker for adults 21 and over. Pre-sale tickets are available until March 20 at $20 and $25 at the door.

Prices include 2,500 in gaming chips and dinner.

To purchase pre-sale tickets call Trisha Albertsen at (909)652-6033, Corrie Verhagen at (909)652-6828 or Sherm Taylor at (909)652-6860.

Wednesday, March 25 One Book, One College

The One Book, One College Committee is accepting essays for this year’s College Book Essay Contest through Wednesday, March 25, at 1 p.m. The One Book, One College Committee encourages you to share your original nonfiction writing that relates to Daytripper.

Submit a hard copy of your essay to Mary Thomas in Language Arts Room 107 on the Rancho campus any time before the deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted. Please do not write your name on the essay; instead, include a separate cover sheet with the title of your essay, your name, phone number and student ID number. Please also include your title on the first page of the essay and number your pages. Essays should be between two and five double-spaced pages. Essays will be judged on originality, compelling content and the quality of written expression. Finalists will receive a cash prize and will read their essays at an awards ceremony in April.

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College and University Reps on Campus Many university representatives will be on the Chaffey College campuses this semester. For a complete calendar, please visit www.chaffey.edu/transfer by the Transfer Center in SSA at the Rancho Cucamonga Campus. Transfer Center staff are available at the Fontana Campus on Mondays from 1:30-4:30 p.m. and at the Chino Campus on Tuesdays from 1:30-4 p.m.

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Metamorphoses Join the theatre department for the presentation of Metamorphoses on March 26, 27, 28 and April 3 and 4. The shows, directed by Kelly Ford, all begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $14 and available through the online box office at www.chaffey. edu/theatre_tickets.

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March 9, 2015

Adjuncts Struggle For Equitable Employment To increase awareness of the inequitable pay, hours, job security and working conditions adjunct professors currently face, colleagues from Chaffey College joined in spirit while the rest of the nation’s colleges participated in National Adjunct Walkout Day on Feb. 25.

The Chaffey College Faculty Association (CCFA), the union representing Chaffey faculty, did not endorse any faculty member who participated in the event as faculty are contractually bound.

“While the Chaffey College Faculty Association does not endorse any faculty walking off the job on this day due to our contractual agreement with the college,” CCFA said in a letter to faculty. “CCFA urges all Chaffey faculty members to conduct educational activities, individually and collectively, to raise the level of awareness of all sectors of our college community about the wages, hours, and working conditions adjunct faculty face today.”

An adjunct professor is a part-time instructor who is employed and bound on a contractual basis. Adjuncts currently do not receive any form of employment benefits, such as health care or pension plans. They do not get paid for the time spent grading and preparing outside of class, and may be terminated at any time with no given reason.

“According to Ed Code, part-time faculty can be fired at the end of any week, day, or month,” CCFA Grievance Committee member Jonathan Ausubel said. “They’re not paid for office hours.

They receive no healthcare. They’re on their own.”

“The adjuncts don’t want to talk to the administration because most of them are afraid.”

The current number of full-time faculty employed at Chaffey is 207, and the number of part-time faculty is 654. Most adjuncts are living within the poverty threshold level. The average pay an adjunct professor makes at Chaffey is $3,675 for a 3-unit course before taxes. They do not receive a yearly salary, and the number fluctuates depending on how long the adjunct has worked at Chaffey. Full-time faculty typically receives a payment of $80,000 to $90,000 a year, and that number too fluctuates.

The CCFA is currently negotiating the 2011 to 2014 Agreement with administration, a contract set to expire in

2014, but was delayed to due ongoing negotiations. The contract, if ratified, will allow adjuncts to receive healthcare provisions, paid office hours, a due process for fair and proper termination of adjuncts, and a right of first refusal, which will ensure that an adjunct will be offered an opening position before an adjunct with less experience.

However the chances of the contract passing are slim despite no costs needed for a due process or right of first refusal, according to CCFA President Bret McMurran.

“They have no benefits. They have no healthcare. We’re also at the table trying to get that as well. We’ve tried

that in the past. They’ve always said no,” he said. “And we’re trying to get pay for them for office hours, and every time we do that administration says no.”

Fear is quite common among adjuncts for fear of job termination. As previously stated adjunct faculty may be terminated at any time with no given reason. One faculty member whose name will not be disclosed in order to protect his job, believes adjunct inequality needs to be resolved.

“The adjuncts don’t want to talk to the administration because most of them are afraid,” he said. “Every time you talk to a dean, it’s like you’re interviewing to keep your job. Most adjuncts I talk to avoid being in contact with their deans as much as possible.

They don’t even want to be in the same room as the person.”

Fear of losing their jobs drives adjuncts to avoid joining the CCFA and public discussions of topics regarding adjunct equity are avoided.

“I think administrators have to realize that when you have that kind of fear, whatever discussion that adjuncts are going to have about their plight, the fear pushes it underground,” the anonymous adjunct faculty member said. “If they had some sort of guarantee, some sort of stability, or some kind of safety, they’ll be willing to have these discussions openly on campus. But because they’re afraid, they can’t and they refuse to by and large. I really like my job.

I like teaching. I just wish there was some more equality in it.”

JULLIAN AIDEN BRAVO @chaffeybreeze

students march to state capitol, advocate increased funding Chaffey students went to the state capitol on March 2 to lobby senators and Assembly Members who head up Chaffey’s district and allocate funds for education.

With a strict itinerary in hand, Chaffey Government Relations Manager Lorena Corona was in charge of the trip. From planning to hailing a shuttle, she was the leading force for taking the students to Sacramento.

Students were hand-picked to attend the trip based off of their applications and written essays. They met at the rainy Ontario airport at 4:30 a.m. ready for a hectic day. Touching down in the gloom of Sacramento around 7 a.m. the students were whisked away by caravan to the capitol.

After a quick breakfast, they toured the capitol with their quirky guide and prepared to talk to politicians. Knocking on doors and talking to staff members was the least daunting task of the day. By 10 a.m. the students found themselves in Assembly woman Cheryl Brown’s(D-San Bernardino) office.

The group covered three main points that they found of utmost importance to represent the almost 19,000 students of Chaffey: capital for renovation and new facilities, hiring more full-time faculty, and dual-enrollment.

After speaking with Brown, she asked for the group to attend the Assembly meeting at noon to recognize Chaffey and all of their efforts toward the betterment of not only their college, but all community colleges in the state.

The students never had a second to catch their breath as they hopped from assembly member to senator to scheduled meetings and so on. State Senator Connie Leyva(D-Chino) personally asked for the representative students to be at the Senate meeting at noon as well, to be introduced to the Califor-

the students took that opportunity to lobby their key points.

After the shock of standing on the Senate floor, the students bounced from office to office once again to talk to more assembly members in hope of making an impact.

The bulk of politicians that the stu-

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Chaffey students pose with State Senator Connie Leyva on the California Senate Floor after the Senate floor meeting on March 2.

nia Senate and to be recognized for the lobbying efforts of the students. The group split in two in order to be at both of the very important meetings.

After the Senate meeting, Sen. Leyva invited the students to be on the prestigious Senate floor and take pictures,

dents met had started at community colleges, along with their staff and legislative aides. The longer the students lobbied at the capitol and the more politicians they spoke with, the more they realized how much community college has impacted some of the upper-rank

government.

“Politicians are ostracized and deemed ‘power hungry’,” Political Science major and active ASCC senator, Marlyn Ruiz, said. “However, very often they resemble us, and for the most part they were once community college students too.”

These Politicians were just like every student at Chaffey: the community college blood runs thick. One Assembly Member actually passes by Chaffey everyday on his way to the office.

Although he didn’t attend Chaffey, he did get his associates at a community college up north and was very grateful for all that it had to offer.

“The issue is that our representatives at the Capitol assume to know what we as students want,” Ruiz said.

“It’s important for us to tell them what students need. That’s the only way they will get it right.”

After six hours straight of lobbying, the students shuttled back to the Sacramento Airport. Their scheduled flight was delayed for two hours, so they had time to discuss what happened that day and where to go from there.

“Politicians really care about our opinions and thoughts,” ASCC President Carlotta Bohon said.” The best way they can represent their people is by hearing from them.”

SADIE GRIBBON @sadiegrib

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March 9, 2015

A celebration of days gone Pi Few things in life are certain. Thankfully, there is a mathematical constant that keeps the world going round.

Pi As any sixth grader can tell you, Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number, meaning that when it’s written as a decimal, it will go on forever without any repeating pattern. Pi is represented by the Greek letter π.

Math geeks celebrate Pi Day on March 14 because the sequential date, 3/14, represents the first 3 digits of Pi. This year’s Pi Day is extra special because the sequence is expanded to 5 digits of Pi using the mm/dd/yy format, 3.1415.

The most devoted Pi enthusiasts will expand the sequence even further and celebrate the precise moment at 9:26:53, which represents 10 digits of Pi, 3.141592653.

This opportunity won’t present itself again for another 100 years.

Pi Day was founded by San Francisco's science museum, the Exploratorium, in 1988.

In 2009, Congress supported the designation of a ‘Pi Day’ to “encourage schools and educators to observe the day with appropriate activities that teach students about Pi and engage them about the study of mathematics.”

But why celebrate Pi and not any other irrational number?

According to Professor Doug Yegge, it’s just another number, which happens to have interesting applications

in trigonometry and calculus. He said there is also some intrigue that surrounds it.

“Pi is an interesting number because it seems to have this mysticism attached to it,” Yegge said. “People know about it, but they don’t always know what the significance is and perhaps making it a national holiday gets people to be a little more aware.”

The Exploratorium suggest Pi-related activities including baking pie, reciting Pi-ku, doing Pi themed crafts, and wearing Pi inspired clothing.

“It’s become more of a novelty,” Yegge said, “but if that’s what the mathematical world needs to share the beauty of mathematics with the masses, then so be it.”

One thing is for certain, the world’s fascination with Pi will go on forever.

MICHELLE MENES @michelle_menes

Albert Einstein was born on Pi Day in 1879.

If the circumference of the earth were calculated using Pi rounded to the ninth decimal place, it would be accurate to a quarter of an inch.

The United States is the only country that uses the mm/dd date format, so celebrating Pi Day on March 14 is as American as apple pie.

In 2013, Shigeru Kondo and Alexander Yee claim to have computed 12.1 trillion digits of Pi. The computation took 60.2 TiB of disk space to perform and required 9.20 TiB of disk space to store the compressed digit output.

“I prefer Pi” is a palindrome.

Chao Lu of China holds the world record for memorizing Pi to 67,890 places.

In an episode of Mythbusters, Grant Imahara wore a prison uniform with the inmate number 3.14.

Do you like Pie Guy? He’ll have his own booth at the Claremont Pie Festival on March 14th from 11a.m. to 4pm. You’ll be able to buy Pie Guy shirts, buttons, stickers, prints and even a collection of all of the Been Better comics featuring Pie Guy.

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News

March 9, 2015

Check out People Instead of Books Books will be replaced with humans on Sept. 9.

The library plans a series of Human Library events beginning this fall, which will focus on different themes every semester. The first event will initiate the first Human Library and will focus on majors, careers and the Human Library. Next spring will focus on diversity and student equity.

Reference librarian, Annette Young is emulating the event after the first Human Library in Denmark by a youth group called “Stop the Violence.”

“The purpose of our Human Library Careers/Majors event is to start a dialogue that will promote better understandings of different careers and majors,” Young said. “We would like books and patrons to present themselves in an authentic way through a positive exchange.”

Students should mark their calendars for Wednesday, Sept. 9, where human books are willing to share their story.

Students, faculty and staff will be directed to a browsing area where they will find information on the “human books” available for checkout. Once the human book is checked out, they will have 20 minutes to engage in a conversation.

“Each human book

will have a loan period of 20 minutes.”

“The librarians view the library as a hub of scholarly activity with wide ranging resources,” Young said.

The Human Library has three confirmed human books. As a preview, one of the books will be City of Rancho Cucamonga Mayor L. Dennis Michael. All the “books” will answer any questions, give advice, and are for motivation.

“Each human book will have a loan period of 20 minutes,” Young said, “with the possibility of renewal and holds.”

For more information about becoming a book or about the event, contact Young at Annette.young@ chaffey.edu, or visit her at the reference desk inside the library.

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A&E

March 9, 2015

night of the living chaffey review

Third annual Chaffey Review Film Festival is a hit.

ROBERTO HERNANDEZ A long exposure effect is used to show attendees waiting outside the theater during an intermission on February 22.

The Chaffey Review successfully hosted its third annual film festival in the theatre Feb. 22, drawing in a large audience and featuring a variety of films, ultimately awarding one director with the People's Choice Award.

“I’ll definitely love to submit it to the Chaffey Review Film Festival. It’s been a really good experience.”

"I was very pleased with the caliber of films that we got and we had a really responsive crowd," Student Director of the Committee Courtney Crowley said. "I thought it was a very successful festival."

"The Chaffey Review started the film festival because we wanted to expand out to different art forms," Michelle Dowd advisor of the Chaffey Review, said, "And I'm very pleased with our third one, this was more student run than the past and I think the students who have been doing it for three years are capable of leadership."

Of the featured films, only one director was awarded the People's Choice Award and that director was writer, producer and director John

Tuccillo Jr. for his comedy short film "The Dinner Guest."

"I feel great," Tuccillo said. "The response was overwhelming I didn't know what to expect. I was really excited to show [my movies] to a college demographic."

"The Dinner Guest" tells the story of Nick, a pothead who is urged by his sister to act politely during a family dinner with her new boyfriend, Derrick. When Nick becomes suspicious of Derrick's behavior, he goes out of his way to uncover the secret, spiraling dinner into comical chaos.

"I'm originally from New York so I moved out here in September to pursue filmmaking," Tuccillo said.

"I haven't been here too long but I love it, for filmmaking you have to be in this general area."

Tuccillo began making films in 2005 in his home state of New York.

Starting in high school making YouTube videos. Tuccillo would write, sketch and improvise in front of a camera.

This isn't the first time Tuccillo was awarded for his filmmaking.

His comedy short film, "The Dinner Guest," won best comedy short at the Houston Comedy Film Festival and "That's Not Mine" was also awarded best micro short.

Tuccillo's films will also be featured in the Iron Mule Comedy Film Festival in New York on March 1.

"There's a bunch I have to go to in a couple of months," Tuccillo said. "When I have something else I'll definitely love to submit it to the Chaffey Review Film Festival. It's been a really good experience."

JULIAN AIDEN BRAVO @ChaffeyBreeze

Featured Films: 1) “The Collection” by Jimmy Moreno.

2) “Friendstrual Cycle” by Andrew Becker 3) “Blank Pages” by Richard Martinez 4) “Feral” by Christopher Nunez 5) “He Came From the Sky” by Theodoric Ripper 6) “Child’s Tale” by Michael Anthony Pierce 7) “The Dinner Guest” & “That’s Not Mine” by John Tuccillo Jr. 8) “The Plug” by Lino Valles.

9) “Momentos de Solidad/Moments of Solitude” by Emmanuel Ramos Barajas.

10) “Phoenix” by Edgar Muniz

of ebony embers: vignettes Of Ebony Embers: Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance, written

by Akin Babatunde, original stage adaptation by Saundra McClain and Directed by Fiona Choi, is a dynamic and ambitious performance celebrating black artists of the Harlem Renaissance for Black History Month.

It is set during the time of Prohibition, the Charleston, Speakeasies and Flappers. Numerous African American artists seek equality through artistry, a quest for equality that is still active to this day.

Each vignette included a monologue scene portrayal of the artist along with a performance by the musical trio. The trio played compositions of the most influential black artists of the Harlem Renaissance, including composers Thelonius Monk and Duke Ellington.

BRITANY HAMMONS @chaffeybreeze

A&E

March 9, 2015

new art installation

There is no need for paper to tell a story when you have a cup that says it all.

Artist and Gulf War veteran Ehren Tool was part of the 2013 art show held at the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art.

ley. Tool resides with his family in Berkeley and occasionally teaches at the university.

He lets his fired ceramic cups speak for him and his war experiences.

“I just make cups,” he said, indicating that the cups should be here for a good while and will serve as war memorial.

Jennifer Gomez, undeclared major, heard about the new art installa-

“...every cup had a story.”

Tool has donated 10 fired ceramic cups from his collection, “Some of Thousands,” to the college. They are on display for students and faculty to view on the second floor of the SSA building near human resources.

Tool’s work is influenced by his service in the Marines Corps during the 1991 Gulf War and his return to the civilian world. He received his bachelor of fine arts from the University of Southern California in 2000 and MFA in 2005 from the University of California at Berke-

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tion and went to view it for herself.

“I went to look at the display and noticed that every cup had a story,” Gomez said. “One had a skull which I assumed was resembling death seen at war.”

In his artist statement, Tool writes that the cups are the perfect way to talk about war. Tool goes on to describe that for the most part, people are against war and are not fond of talking about it. Some of the cups have images that are graphic and not easy to look at.

“Detailed isn’t justice for what you are looking at,” Gomez said.

“You can see emotion far beyond the clay and glaze.”

BRENDA VILLA @chaffeybreeze

Art installation of ceramic cups by Ehren Tool, selected his collection of thousands of hand made cups are displayed in the SSA building near Human Office.

‘Project Almanac’: nauseating cliché "Project Almanac," another time-travel film from Paramount Pictures for “generation selfie,” serves as a reminder of the modern day sense of self entitlement.

Tech nerd David (Jonny Weston) and younger sister Christina (Virginia Gardner) go rummaging through the attic one day when they stumble across their deceased father's old video camera with footage from David's 7th birthday.

While examining the footage they discover a blurry image of what appears to be present-day David in the background.

With the help of best friends Adam (Allen Evangelista) and Quinn (Sam Lerner), David finds a trap door in the basement, hidden beneath are blueprints to a 'temporal displacement device.'

As they work together to construct the machine from materials bought at their local Home Depot, the bond between characters is authentic and the actors fall into their roles naturally.

In particular, actors Evangelista and Sam Lerner who flawlessly play David's fellow tech-nerd best friends.

Throughout the process of building the machine, the reasons behind every modification to the machine were explained in what was nearly layman terms.

This, along with the several trial and error attempts, added a sense of realism to the construction of the movie.

Photo Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

The use of a hand-held camera felt unnatural during personal scenes, it was justifiable throughout the building process of the machine and for testing.

Realistically, if you're waking up next to a beautiful naked woman, your initial reaction isn't to dig up an old video camera and start filming. The same goes for the couples arguments.

Although the movie was cliched it had perfectly executed moments

of witty humor, natural dialogue and intense suspense.

One particular scene stood out like a glittering gem. When David has reached the end of the line and is at the brink of losing everything, an amazing action-packed moment with blood-boiling anxiety stirs the plot in what could have been a unique direction, but resulted in the same predictable path traveled many times before.

The good: the acting and dialogue was natural The weird: visual overload with the hand-held camera The bad: overused theme of teen time travel Overall: CJULIETA VAZQUEZ @ChaffeyBreeze

8 Feature

March 9, 2015

alumni honoree inspires veterans Vietnam Veteran shares how Chaffey changed his life Author and one of Chaffey’s Alumni of the Year honorees, Roy Akers, 75, spoke to Veteran’s club members at the Veteran’s Resource Center on Feb. 20.

His soft-spoken speech was supportive and insightful, filled with a great amount of gratitude for the Veterans Resource Center and what it represented to him during his years on campus.

“There are times when you want to quit,” Akers said. “Remember you are here to better your life.”

Akers served on the Naval ship, USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36) from 1956-1960 as a storekeeper second class.

He was in his early twenties when he began working for Kaiser Steel of Fontana in 1966 as a clerk.

Later, he was offered a position as a manager trainee. A training program was established between Chaffey and Kaiser Steel.

During his attendance at Chaffey, Akers was on the Dean’s list every quarter and did not require academic counseling but met with Chaffey veterans and academic counselor Dave Hafiz a few times times a month.

“Dave was outstanding,” Akers said, “There were times when I just needed to talk to somebody. Those were some of the best times of my life, being able

to express myself.”

“I asked myself, ‘Do I really want to work at Kaiser Steel for the rest of my life? ‘” Akers said, “Is that what I want to do?”

During his college experience, Akers worked 40 hour weeks, watched his kids and simultaneously completed his homeward each week, while his wife worked the night shift.

Akers saw many life changes in 1968, including graduating from Chaffey with a degree in industrial management, the birth of his son, and the unfortunate death of his brother in the Vietnam War during the Tet Offensive.

“You really need to encourage more vets to join this organization,” Akers said.

His book “A Long Road Home” was recently published, and he is currently working on the final touches of his fourth book, “A New Earth.”

Akers and his fellow honorees will be celebrated on April 7 at the Alumni of The Year and Athletic Hall of Fame dinner.

For more information on all of the previous and current alumni honorees, or attending the Alumni of the year and Athletic Hall of Fame dinner, contact the Panther Alumni Office at: (909) 652-6545

JANET TRENIER

Author and one of Chaffey’s Alumni of the Year honorees, Roy Akers, 75, speaks to Veteran’s club members at the Veteran’s Resource Center on Feb. 20.

Information about Akers and his written work is available at: royakers. tateauthor.com

JANET TRENIER @chaffeybreeze

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Cortney Thomas and Macie Heacox work on fellow classmate Amanda Villegas on Feb. 26, getting hands-on training in the dental assisting program.

Student smiles have never been brighter. The Dental Clinic, offered to enrolled students, has services normally averaging hundreds of dollars and are being given to students for the low cost of $10.

Services are provided by the Chaffey College dental assisting program along with Western University of Health Sciences School of Dental Medicines dental students.

Services include emergency services, fillings, root canals and much

more but do not include teeth cleanings.

Sedation is also not being offered.

Only numbing medicine is used as an anesthetic for dental procedures.

Students interested in these services have to submit a request including Student ID number and need for visit via email to: dentalclinic@chaffey.edu.

The dental department will respond with appointment time and any further information regarding a visit. The department is currently making appoint-

ments approximately three weeks in advance.

X-rays are also offered 4 days a week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The clinic recommends getting your x-rays done before your dental visit.

Dr. Hilo and Dr. Martinez are the Licensed professionals overseeing the operation and helping students with their dental needs.

Since last spring, the dental clinic has been open and spent over $60,000 on dental procedures for its students, made possible by grants.

“This program is targeted to help students who don’t have dental insurance and can’t get the treatments they need,” said Beverly Cox, dental assisting Professor and clinic coordinator.

“One student had a full mouth reconstruction costing approximately $5,000 alone, procedures including root canals, extractions, fillings and more.”

Cox said that students need to know dentistry is a major part of health.

Many heart issues start in your mouth.

Students can prevent such issues by utilizing the low cost dental clinic right on campus.

“Many dentistry’s would be very jealous,” said Cox. “We’re the only community college in California doing this.”

The dental assisting program on the Rancho Cucamonga campus uses top-

of-the-line, high-tech heat sterilization along with digital x-rays.

The dental clinic being offered not only benefits students but also the dental assisting program. After students get their x-rays taken, the dental assisting students can display x-rays of selected patients on 52-inch screen monitors and show presentations of different procedures.

“Chaffey College went all out for the dental program,” Cox said. “It says a lot about our Governing Board.”

Cox stated that the dental assisting program is highly professional, teaching its students to do everything like an actual dentist office with hands-on programs.

In a Chaffey news release Cox specified that the clinic wouldn’t be open if it weren’t from the support received from Dr. Martinez and the superior dental students at Western University.

The dental clinic is located in the newly renovated Health Sciences center on the Rancho Cucamonga campus and is open almost every Friday. Walkins are accepted from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

For more information please contact Beverly Cox at (909) 652-6678

REANNA FLORES @NaaNaaLovee

Feature 9

March 9, 2015

Baha’i student entrepreneur Business major and student president of the Chaffey Baha’i Club, Mary Sullivan, is full of surprises. She has within her lineage the beginning of our nation and the spark of a genius.

Sullivan, an artistic soul with a prosperous economic vision grew up in beautiful Alta Dena, California where she recalls her father, the typical nerdy physicist, bicycled to work every day when he worked at Jet Propulsion Laboratories.

Interestingly, Sullivan has several claims to fame few can make: her birthday is Pi Day, and her dad, Dwight C. Moody, was a computer engineer for NASA whose calculations helped to solve the issues encountered when they tried to photograph the cosmos in zero gravity.

The lenses in the Hubble Space Telescope were originally adjusted for the conditions present on Earth – the effects of gravity alter the quality of the image – but the environment in space proved problematic for high-resolution interstellar photographs.

“I thought he knew everything. He was like a god,” said Sullivan when recalling the experiences of her early father-daughter relationship. “He used to read to me all the time. I always had questions and he always had answers.”

It appears Mr. Moody’s reputation

for ‘always having answers’ remains unscathed, following the adjustments he made to the Hubble Space Telescope’s camera.

We all have a history. Sullivan’s just happens to include a hereditary line traceable to the Mayflower. Both Marilyn Monroe and John Adams share a similar bloodline.

Francis Drew Moody, Sullivan’s grandmother, belongs to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants – also referred to as the Mayflower Society – an organization of individuals whose ancestry descends from one of the 102 passengers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The organization was founded in 1897 to “honor the memory of those who made that perilous journey.”

Like her pioneering forebears and resourceful father before her, Sullivan hopes to unite her talents, her passions and her faith to create a lasting impact.

“I’m a Baha’is,” said Sullivan. “I want to be a service to mankind.”

The Baha’i faith is a relatively new world religion which emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind. According to Baha’is, the world’s religious history and spiritual evolution has unfolded through a series of divine messengers. Each of which was par-

“I thought he knew everything.

He was like a god.”

ticularly suited to guide and transform the moral character of the culture they belonged to.

From this perspective, religion is seen as an orderly, unified and progressive force in the world. In other words, each manifestation brings about a broader and more advanced revelation.

Originally, Sullivan’s father grew up Christian but he later converted to Baha’i after he was sent to Fiji when he joined the Peace Corp for fear of being drafted to fight in Vietnam. Iliana, a Baha’i pioneer, similar to a Christian missionary, was Mr. Doody’s spiritual catalyst. She later became his wife.

Sullivan came to Chaffey to study business and hopes to transfer to the University of California, Berkeley, where she’ll pursue her Bachelor’s degree in Social Entrepreneurship.

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“It became more and more obvious the more and more jobs I took that they [companies] don’t really have the interest of their employees in mind. The bottom line is about making money,” said Sullivan.

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10 Opinion

March 9, 2015

Leonard nimoy: The Man, The myth, The logic “Live Long and Prosper.”

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Leonard Nimoy displays Vulcan salute.

“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP” — Leonard Nimoy’s last tweet.

In a time of reality stars and quickly passing fame it is rare to go from television/film star to a permanent fixture in pop lore.

Leonard Nimoy did just that. He took a character off of the screen and into his audiences’ hearts. Maybe your parents were die-hard “trekkies.” Maybe

the shiny lights and fresh coat of paint applied recently to the Star Trek franchise, by J.J. Abrams, introduced you to the new incarnation of the character he made famous. In some way he mattered to each of us, and that is something to commend.

When Star Trek was rebooted, many of its die hard fans were excited to introduce something they had loved to a new generation. The next generation, if you will. Even with a new cast, an all new or-

igin story, and a newly thought up series of adventures to unfold before our eyes there was still a need for something that couldn’t be replaced.

Today the world learned what Abrams had learned before. You can’t replace Nimoy. You can recreate his characters, you can reimagine his storylines, but you can’t replace the man.

Leonard Simon Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931, in Boston, Massachusetts. His long list of acting credits include Dragnet, The Rough Riders, Sea Hunt, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildaire, Perry Mason and the role that most people will forever know him for as Spock in the original television and movie versions of Star Trek. Star Trek premiered in 1966, launching Nimoy superstar status.

Besides his acting career, Nimoy was also an author and a strong proponent for full figured women, which was put on display in his 2007 photographic work, The Full Body Project.

In February 2014, Leonard Nimoy revealed he was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The progressive lung disease makes it increasingly difficult to breathe and is primarily caused by smoking. “I quit smoking 30 years ago. Not soon enough.

I have COPD. Grandpa says, quit now!!

LLAP,” Nimoy tweeted, using the acronym LLAP for Spock’s famous line “Live long and prosper.”

There was something special about Nimoy that is hard to eloquently put into words. He was more than his characters, and his audience openly welcomed him into their homes more like a relative than a distraction from reality like most stars.

Maybe that’s what it truly means to “live long and prosper.” We didn’t know the man but we wanted to. We didn’t know the man personally but we felt like we did. To quote Spock speaking to Captain Kirk, “I have been, and always shall be, your friend.” That’s what Nimoy and his characters became to the audiences that welcomed him into their homes as a friend. It’s never easy to say goodbye to a friend.

JOSHUA ARNAO @joshuaarnao

adversity: Language is arguably humankind’s greatest asset, but movement—the kinetic energy inherent to our human experience – changes the people we become.

Ask those who have undergone a physical transformation and you’ll find that their mentality followed suit.

It’s interesting that western thought has been rather dismissive of the body as simply being a vehicle for the mind. Eastern philosophy, in contrast, explores the pursuit of wisdom in a more holistic fashion: The body is a vehicle toward enlightenment, not an impediment.

Wisdom, then, at least partially, is sensitizing ourselves to our bodies’ aliveness, its fluidity — if we but ease the burden of our intellect.

In this same vain, boxing has altered my condition.

That is to say, through boxing I have come to realize the paradoxical nature of effort: the less of it I exert, the more I increase my speed and power.

Of course, different physical endeavors introduce us to different truths, and there is something to be said about the insight combat sports provide, namely, the need to absorb punishment and carry on.

It’s inside the ring that we receive concentrated doses of what essentially amounts to self-knowledge.

Though grueling, it is also fulfilling.

The ability to “roll with the punches” allows us to feel more at home within ourselves. It’s liberating. Developing courage in the face of adversity is elemental to honest self-expression and to setting straight that which needs repair.

Change mandates resilience. A movement of innovation — the cultural equivalent of kinetic energy inherent in the socio-political climate — changes what the collective can become.

Recently, MTV Insights, a part of the MTV research team that helps their partners see the world through young people’s eyes, conducted a study entitled “Generation Innovation.” The study looked at the capacities of a millennial generation pushing back against entire infrastructures in disarray: the economy, the environment, the education system etc.

What they found was a strong and vibrant culture of “fixers, builders and makers” where nearly 3 in 4 millennials believe “our generation is on a mission to change old, outdated systems.”

The credo of the blossoming group is opportunistic. When asked, “What word best describes the DNA of your generation?” Respondents overwhelmingly chose “creative” and “self-expressive.”

It’s a strategic boom after an economic bust.

Boxing humbles. Likewise the great recession. Both allow a particular knowledge of oneself to bloom.

Adversity is not an impediment to, but rather, a catalyst toward enlightenment.

CHRIS SALAZAR @chriseclectic23

Notes 11

March 9, 2015

Letter to the editor: food court response I want to thank you for the opportunity to allow us to respond to your food court article in the Chaffey Breeze Volume 25 Issue #10 page 4.

1.) Our guacamole is made fresh every morning with all fresh ingredients and we haven’t raised our price for guacamole in almost 4 years and is $0.99. It is very popular with our regulars.

2.) The design of our service area was an existing design and has been very challenging to have a solution for the congestion which develops during peak times. We actually added the third register recently to facilitate peak times. Before, our customers would wait in two lines, one to order food and then another to pay for their food.

We had customers ordering food and when it was time to pay, they either did

On page two of every issue in The Breeze there is a Calendar section. In every Calendar section, the crime log from the last two weeks is reported in the bottom right of that section. Readers were concerned when they glanced at the Crime Log of volume ten, issue two and saw that there was a “Rape by force/fear/etc” posted in the bottom of the list that is usually compiled of petty crimes and misdemeanors.

With all open investigations, very little information is disclosed. Espe-

not have enough money, forgot their money in the car or simply ate their food and walked out before paying. We wanted to eliminate the wasting of food because if a customer could not pay then we were left having to throw away the food. We also deal with theft issues as well. We certainly try our very best to accommodate our customers and as always, I too think about how can we speed up service. We welcome pre pay customers. Some of our customers come in and pre pay for their order, let us know what time they will be picking it up and it is ready and waiting for them when they want it.

3.) Our teriyaki bowls are freshly made every day. To speed up service, sometimes we will have them premade and placed in our warmer ready for

cially with a case so sensitive, it is to be treated with utmost respect of confidentiality and is still under investigation so there isn’t very much information Campus Police are willing to say.

What is definite right now is that the encounter happened over a year ago and was reported through a third party.

This means that the actual victim was not the person to go to the police, making this case even more challenging for Campus Police to solve and assist in.

The point that the Campus Police

our customers. If our customers would rather we not do that, and they are willing to wait, we can do that too. Just let us know and we would be more than happy to.

4.) We can certainly use our customers help in speeding up service if they can have their form of payment ready when they approach our cashiers. That would certainly speed things up and make everyone happier. But we also understand that sometimes it is tough digging for their wallets that has ended up in the bottom of their backpacks.

Having form of payment ready would definitely help during peak times.

5.) Our vegetarian burritos are actually smaller than the burritos with meat because of the fact that the meat is missing for the burrito which affects

size. Customers are also paying less for a vegetarian burrito so I hope no one feels like they are not getting value.

6.) If any of our customers has any questions or feedback please feel free to contact me, Maria Earlywine. We are also on Facebook, Chaffey College Foodservice. I often let our students that “like” us on Facebook know our $5 Student Specials and other specials that we have each day.

We work very hard for our customers and deeply appreciate their patience and patronage.

want to make clear is that there is no evidence that points to the accident occurring on Chaffey’s campus. Without hearing from the victim it is hard to determine exactly where the crime scene was, but Officer Stephen Lux reassures the campus community that the crime did not happen on or near Campus.

Once the Campus Police are able to pin-point where the crime happened, they intend on passing it onto the jurisdiction where it belongs.

Potential criminal actions and any emergency on campus, including medical emergencies, should be reported directly to the Campus Police by dialing

campus extension 6911 or 911.

The Campus Police station is located between the food commons and the bookstore. It is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

In case of Emergency the Campus Police can be reached (909)652-6911 or by simply hitting the button on the blue emergency poles located around campus.

- Maria Earlywine, Director of Dining Services

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Sports

March 9, 2015

Pitcher recovers from accident Last season, pitcher Brendan Hornung was hit in the right temple during a home game against L.A. Harbor.

“I didn’t want to go to the hospital,” Hornung said.

However, after insistence by the team athletic trainer, an ambulance was called to the scene.

Hornung said he recalls the paramedics telling him to stay awake as they took him to the hospital, having made him wait 25 minutes to arrive on campus in the first place. At the hospital, Hornung said he did more waiting until his mother, a nurse, insisted her son was seen by doctors.

After this, Hornung said he does not recall much of what happened. He knows, however, that he was rushed into neurosurgery and now has five titanium plates in his head.

“The first day I was released I visited the team,” he said.

Hornung, who started playing baseball at just four years old, said he wanted to visit the team because his teammates had made sure to visit him nearly every day while he was in the hospital, but he did not want to make his presence immediately known because the team was in the middle of a game.

“They were mostly shocked to see me,” he said.

The then sophomore pitcher was put on complete bed rest after leaving his week-long stay in the intensive care unit and required the assistance of a walker to get around. Once his doctors gave him the OK, Hornung was training to get back in shape for baseball.

“I wasn’t scared to play again,” Hornung said. “I mean, everyone has fears, but you just have to face them.”

Hornung said he is back at the level he was playing at when the Feb. 26

“I’m the guy who got hit in the head” accident occurred, physically and academically.

“When I got out of the hospital, I had to drop all my classes,” he said.

“But I usually try to aim for 15 units a semester.”

At this point in his academic career, Hornung said he has approximately 58 units meaning he hopes to graduate this spring.

Hornung, while not sure on what he will major in, said he hopes to do something which will allow him to continue being part of the sports world in his life.

While Hornung acknowledges that his accident did take a toll on him, he said he does not believe it has impacted him as an athlete.

“Some guys would say they have migraines all the time or have vision problems,” he said, “but I don’t. I’ve had no repercussions.”

Hornung said he benefited from the accident because he got to meet some professional athletes, including Brandan McCarthy, pitcher for the San Diego Padres whom he still keeps in contact with to this day.

Hornung said he knows his injury could have been worse than what it was, but he said he just has to move on with his life.

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MICHELLE MENES Brendan Hornung pitches in Chaffey’s first conference game against Cerro Coso on Feb. 21, 2015.

Softball stays optimistic despite tough start to season

MICHAEL RAVENELLE

Dominique Acosta keeps her eye on the ball during practice on March 5.

It’s been a disappointing season for the Panthers softball team thus far, but that hasn’t kept Head Coach Jim Rodriguez and the ladies from staying positive.

An 0-12 start came to an end on Feb. 27 when the Lady Panthers destroyed Victor Valley 25-7, giving them their first win of the season and a 1-0 record in conference play.

“It doesn’t seem like it’s a losing

season,” Rodriguez said. “The girls get along well, they have great attitudes, they’re learning every day.”

It does not come as much of a surprise to see the Lady Panthers struggle.

So far Rodriguez has a 15-player roster and only one is a sophomore, Lauren Avila. Unfortunately for Rodriguez and the Lady Panthers, some of his returning players are not on the team due to academics.

“We lost some players we were hoping to have come back,” Rodriguez said.

“We all have to understand it’s academics first.”

Rodriguez did acknowledge there are some positives to a disappointing year as of now: pitchers Monique Bernal and Dominique Acosta.

“I have two capable pitchers,” Rodriguez said. “Without pitchers you have no game.”

Acosta, a freshman from Rancho Cucamonga High School, has pitched in 26 innings and has racked up 14 strikeouts. She has started in eight games for the Panthers but has yet to get a victory.

Like Rodriguez, Acosta acknowledged the team has kept a positive outlook on the season and credits her teammates for staying motivated.

“The fact that the girls didn’t give up made me really want to help them,” Acosta said.

Acosta hopes getting their first win can be the first step to a new start for the remaining 15 games of the season with two tournaments in between.

“I hope that the fire starts, and it doesn’t give out, it just keeps going,” Acosta said.

Freshman catcher Sabrina Garcia, who plays third base as well, believes the team is improving and learning

“Every game we improve, every game we learm what we have to do better” more with every game.

“Every game we improve; every game we learn what we have to do better,” Garcia said.

Like fellow teammate Acosta, Garcia says her teammates keep her motivated despite having lost 12 games in a row. “[They are] showing that they want to be here, showing that they want to improve,” Garcia said.

It’s all about improvement for Rodriguez and his team. It has been a rough start for Chaffey to say the least, but nevertheless they’re all in it together.

“Now that we’re finally clicking,” Acosta said. “I feel we’re going to be a lot better.”

ALEX MUNOZ @ChaffeyBreeze