VOLU ME 25
ISSUE 1
CHAFFEY
B R E E Z E MONDAY + AUGUST 18, 2014 REVIEWS
FEATURE
OPINION
SPORTS
Top Five Summer Films
Disability Programs & Services
Death, Taxes and Regret
Athlete Couples: Jacko & Coffee
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Map of Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga campus.
Zero Park Thirty Next to having a late registration date, finding parking during the first few weeks of school is perhaps the most frustrating experience students have to endure. Luckily here are a few pro-tips from veteran parking vultures: 1. The best way to avoid parking headaches is to plan ahead and claim your parking space early. If your class is later in the day, you may still be in for a wait, but at
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least you won’t be late for class. Bring a roll of quarters just in case you need to use metered parking. The administration parking lot is usually vacated during lunch, making it a perfect time to nab yourself a parking space. Don’t be afraid to ask students exiting class if their parking space is available. If need be, park outside campus, but watch out for signs prohibit-
ing student parking. 6. There’s also an overflow lot by the football field for students with a parking permit. 7. The CAA lot usually fills up the slowest. 8. During the first week of school, you can place a printout of your parking permit purchase receipt on your dashboard to avoid being ticketed until you get your temporary or permanent parking permit.
Last but not least, carpooling can save you time and money while reducing the parking problem on campus.
Calvin Huang @resilien7
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Calendar
August 18, 2014
Monday, August 18
Monday, August 25
Ongoing
Student Health Services Starting Aug. 18, the Chaffey Student Health Services facilities will be available to all students currently enrolled in credited classes during the fall semester. Services include physical examinations, emergency care, and birth control as well as drug and alcohol, anger management, and depression counseling. Students will be required to bring their student ID, registration receipt and $5.
Fall Musical Auditions Auditions for the rock musical Spring Awakening will be held on Aug 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Chaffey Theater Main Stage. Students interested in auditioning will be required to prepare a one-minute contemporary musical or rock song and to bring the approprite sheet music or CD.
CCFA Rep Council Meeting The Chaffey College Faculty Association is hosting meetings every other Monday from 12:30 to 1:50 p.m. in the Berz Excellence Building room 204.
Monday, September 1 Labor Day Holiday
August 18 — August 21 PAWS Booth Rancho Campus PAWS booth will be available this Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Promenade below the Library. Volunteers will be handing out campus maps, department brochures, and information about financial aid and course schedules.
Monday, August 25 Late Registration Period Aug. 18-25 will be the late registration period. Add codes will be required throughout this period with the last day to add full-term classes be Aug. 25.
Editor-In-Chief Calvin Huang calvin@resilien7.com Online Editor Hanajun Chung Photo Editor Michelle Menes A & E Editors Erynn Affeldt Nesha Dickson News Editor Roberto Hernandez
Monday, September 1 Refund Deadline for Full-Term Classes
Monday, September 8 Deadline to Drop without a “W”
Veterans Club Meeting The Veterans Club meets on Fridays from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Veterans Resource Center (VRC).
Philosophy Club Meeting Philosophy Club is held every Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. in SS 102.
Campus Police Station The Campus Police’s new hours are now Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Today — October 26 School Tools Supply Drive The Inland Empire United Way is collecting donations for school supplies to help disadvantaged children in local schools. Among the donations accepted are crayons, scissors, pencils, pens, filler paper, and spiral notebooks. They ask that all items be unused. Donation boxes are located in the Student Activities building, IS buildingPresident’s Office, Fontana Admissions Office and Chino Admissions Office. The supply drive ends Oct. 26.
Design Editor Erynn Affeldt Sports Editor Robert Schmitt Opinion Editor Joshua Arnao Reviews Editor Hanajun Chung
Tuberculosis Tests Student Health Services will be providing TB tests from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Students should bring their school ID, registration receipt and $5 cash. Faculty can bring a driver’s license and $20 cash.
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The Breeze’s top 5 summer picks Films
Can’t decide whether to spend your evening on a romance about teenage cancer patients or watching Mark Wahlberg fight a Transformer? Here are the five can’t-miss films of summer.
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Edge of Tomorrow Directed by Doug Liman
Liman delivers a clever sci-fi action flick (based on a Japanese manga and novel) that excites and intrigues. Tom Cruise plays a soldier in the future who dies on the battlefield and wakes up a day before, only to repeat the day while retaining his memory. Borrowing the narrative device of Harrold Ramis’s modern-classic “Groundhog Day,” the film’s unique structure not only allows for inventive storytelling, but more importantly provides Cruise’s character arc that audiences can root for on and off the battlefield. —B
Scene from “Guardians of the Galaxy” (Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Motion Pictures)
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Guardians of the Galaxy Directed by James Gunn
Scene from “Snowpiercer” (CJ Entertainment / Weinstein Company)
“Edge of Tomorrow” promotional image (Village Roardshow / 20th Century Fox)
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Snowpiercer Directed by BONG Joon-Ho
In an icy apocalyptic future, the remnants of humanity survive on a rentless locomotive housing the wealthy in the front and the poor in the back. A simple tale of revolution from the frustrated tail-section (led by an amazing Chris Evans) turns into a dark, twisted metaphor commenting on class division before delving into something much colder. Despite its plot holes, this film is a technical marvel presenting a surreal world realized beautifully through costume, lighting, and set design. Few films go from eight theaters to 250 the following week unless it was something special. — B
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attention to elicit a sequel that hits all the right marks. The world and mythology are expanded in interesting ways. Our characters have grown physically and matured from the events in the last film. But what sets this apart from other recent children’s flicks are the risks taken with the plot — something that hasn’t been attempted since Disney’s “The Lion King.” Also, it’s stunningly animated — nothing is as exhilarating as soaring through the skies amidst a blaze of dragons. It’s the second best sequel this summer. — B+
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The first film didn’t premiere to high numbers, yet garnered enough
Honorable Mentions
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Directed by Matt Reeves
Sorry dragons, the apes take the title for best sequel. This film unbe-
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Directed by Dean DeBlois
animation and story. Actor Andy Serkis and the animators at WETA have done an outstanding job bringing to life a society of apes. A decade after “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” ten-
“How to Train Your Dragon 2” promo image (DreamWorks Animation / 20th Century Fox)
lievably tops its predecessor in both
Gunn presents one hell of an adventure, besting even most of the previous films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Its story isn’t new: a rag-tag group of rough but lovable outsiders band together to stop evil forces from destroying the galaxy. The premise is pretty much the original “Star Wars,” but the formula isn’t squandered here like countless imitators. Characters direct the story, not the other way around. Borrowing from adventure blockbusters (huge nod to the “Indiana Jones” franchise) and classic comedies like “Ghostbusters” and “Beverly Hills Cop,” it’s also one of the year’s funniest films, not to mention Marvel’s best-looking film to date, with color and personality in every frame and topped with the year’s best soundtrack full of classic hits. — A
Scene from “Dawn of the Planet of the apes” (Chernin Entertainment / 20th Century Fox)
sions rise when the freed apes discover a human camp. But despite the VFX, this is an emotionally rich experience about two warring factions and their struggle for peace. Comedian Kumail Nanjiani said it best: “’Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ is the only big-budget action movie in which I did not want any fighting to happen.” — A-
• 22 Jump Street • x-men: Days of Future past • blue ruin • the fault in our stars • godzilla • the Purge: Anarchy
top 5 summer’s worst 1. Transformers: Age of extinction 2. Blended 3. The amazing spiderman 2 4. teenage mutant ninja turtles 5. Hercules Hanajun Chung @hanajun
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Reviews
August 18, 2014
five awesome summer discoveries and finds for students One thing you can always expect every summer is to make a new discovery. The summer of 2014 was no exception. Moviegoers, literary junkies, music lovers and the social media obsessed all had something to look forward to this year.
Angelina Jolie is the eponymous Maleficent. (Walt Disney)
5. Goodreads (Book App) For any bookworm who has ever wanted to join a book club but couldn’t find the time, receive recommendations for new releases in your favorite literary genres, or simply wanted to keep track of the books on the long mental to-read lis — the Goodreads app makes this all possible. Goodreads is a not just an book app, it’s a literary community where book lovers can share with one
another as well as keep up with what is current in the world of literature. 4. About Time (Directed by Richard Curtis) Albeit a late discovery, the release of About Time on DVD (starring Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams) brought in a refreshing and original romantic comedy suitable for any summer date night. On paper, the story line has enough complexity to be intriguing — a man is blessed with a genetic gift to travel back in time and thereby change his fate and the fate of those around him. However, it is the simplicity in which this seemingly complex tale is told that makes the movie both memorable and worth watching. 3. The Selection Trilogy (by Kiera Cass) Dystopian fiction just got a whole lot better with the release of The Selection Trilogy. Lead character America Singer’s world is turned upside down when she is chosen to participate in a competition know as The Selection - a chance to marry prince Maxon Schreave and become queen of Illéa. With equal parts
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romance and rebellion, this three book series is a well-rounded story with so much to offer to the world young-adult fiction. Author Kiera Cass just celebrated the release of the final book in the trilogy, “The One,” on May 6.
Cover for Kiera Cass’s “The Selection.” (Harper Teens)
2. Ed Sheeran (New Album: X) Ed Sheeran is arguably one of the few mainstream music artists of substance currently making a name for himself. When Sheeran released his single “Sing” from his sophomore album X, fans of the thought provoking single “A Team” from Sheeran’s last album may have been taken by surprise with his new pop inspired song. That being said, Sheeran’s new single shows that the British singer/songwriter audiences have come to know and love is extremely versatile. The new album proves Sheeran can have a good time with music and experiment, all the while creating a quality, well-rounded album.
Ed Sheeran’s album cover for “X” (Atlantic)
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1. Maleficent (Directed by Robert Stromberg) One of the most anticipated blockbusters this summer was Maleficent (starring Angelina Jolie). Maleficent tells the untold story of the self-proclaimed Mistress of Evil in which audiences discovers the truth behind the act that made her one of the most memorable Disney villains of all time — the unbreakable curse of Princess Aurora (also known as Sleeping Beauty). Angelina Jolie gives a stunning performance as she enlightens the audience, showing that not all fairy tales are entirely accurate. NESHA DICKSON @neshamishle
News
August 18, 2014
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Denise Johnson: the adjunct’s dilemna
Union advocate for part timers finds herself walking same path For the past four years, art history instructor, Denise Johnson, has been an advocate for adjunct, or part-time faculty, who currently make up 77 percent of the teachers on the various Chaffey campuses. As the union representative for part time teachers in the Chaffey College Faculty Association, she currently represents some 650 part time teachers. Then in the spring of 2014, Johnson found herself a victim of the circumstances many adjunct teachers must deal with semester after semester. A sudden and unexplained change came in the fall schedule, reducing her course load and income by two thirds. She has been an art history teacher at Chaffey for nine years and for seven years has taught a course she considered herself uniquely qualified to teach, the history of women in art, focusing on issues of feminism. A graduate of Cal Arts, she aimed the classes at undergraduate students just beginning their college careers. And successfully introduced many to new ideas and insights through the study of women in art history. But this spring, she found herself eliminated from the fall schedule, except for a class in the history of photography. The college has no obligation to explain its actions and legally can hire and fire adjuncts at will. Johnson had to learn from a statement made at a public Governing Board meeting that the new transfer standards (ATT) eliminated her course because it was too much like upper-division offerings at the four year colleges. She also heard she was not considered qualified to teach Art 1, contemporary art history, although she had been doing so for seven years. Her students were devastated to hear the news and organized a petition drive and appeals to the Governing Board on her behalf. On April 24, an online petition of 600 and testimonials from many former students joined a chorus of voices in support of Johnson. Sara Goding, a past editor of The Breeze, Sheila Taylor, instructional aid and past president of (u)ntitled, students Inkyung Sung, Megan Flanders protested against the elimination of Art 6, women in art history, and in support of Johnson. In California, adjunct faculty are not legally entitled to “due process,” that is, the right to know the reasons for dismissal or to hear about any charges levied against them. They do not have the right to a hearing before a faculty committee to answer those charges. Earlier in the year, another adjunct faculty member was summarily dismissed in the middle of the fall semester, despite having taught at Chaffey for seven years. Stefan Veldhuis, instructor of political science, had been involved in reporting misconduct of another Chaffey staff member. He believed he was summarily dismissed because he was “whistle-blowing,” according to an interview in Inside Higher Ed, an online educational journal. Neither Veldhuis nor Johnson are legally entitled to a discuss these is-
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Antoinette Duke, professor Denise Johnson and Rachel D’Alba pose for pictures at the Banana Blitz in the quad on April 24. Johnson has participated in student fundraisers, curated a number of the Wignall’s art exhibits, including The Girly Show and Separation Anxiety.
sues before a forum of their peers. Johnson feels she “has not been part of the conversation.” She has had to learn of the reasons she was eliminated from the schedule from public statements. In her experience, Johnson found that adjunct faculty who go through this rarely challenge the process, lacking the legal and financial resources to mount a challenge in the face of legal indifference. They simply put their heads down and look for “other teaching opportunities,” because the vast majority need and are grateful for any
teaching job they can get. Attempts to grant adjuncts due process rights through legislation have failed in the California Assembly. A 1999 legal study of the predicament of adjunct faculty by Texas law professor, John Duncan, observed that, “In this half of the twentieth century, the academic equivalent of the indentured servant is the adjunct faculty member in higher education. Adjuncts cannot say or do much about their plight. If they try to seek redress, they will simply not be rehired.”
EDITORS NOTE: As of Aug. 13, Denise Johnson has resigned as the part-time faculty representative on the Chaffey College Faculty Assocation’s Rep. Council.
JULIE COSGROVE @jyfcos2
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Features
August 18, 2014
DPS: disability programs and services Caitlin Robertson of Fontana wears a blue baseball cap and matching blue jacket as she makes her way around the Disabily Programs and Services office at Chaffey Community College. Walking on crutches, she wears wornout gray Converse, size 13 in men’s, because that’s what is most comfortable. Her blue jeans are faded and loose, but she still manages to have a big smile on her face as she greets the student workers at the front desk. Roberston has nuerofibromatosis Type 1. Nuerofibromatosis is a genetic disorder that disturbs cell growth in the nervous system causing tumors to form in the nerve tissue. These tumors may develop anywhere in the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and nerves. It is usually diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood. JULIE COSGROVE “It consists of spots all over The wall leading to the DPS Office is decorated withinformation about the variety of disabilities faced by students and portraits of sucmy body, muscle weaknesses, cessful people who have had to struggle with disabilities. and there are tumors that are not visible but I have them all “The reason why it’s more imfall under the IDEA Act,” Miller to attend the session, that really over,” Robertson said. portant for a person with a disabilTo make sure nothing is irregular said. “It was a legal system set up to helped me a lot,” McNellis said. The accommodations have been ity to receive a bachelor’s degree is or abnormal she has an MRI brain ensure kids with disabilities got the just to prove to an employer that scan every year. Her feet and head same opportunity to get a quality extremely helpful. “I get extra time on tests, a tape despite having a disability, they can according to doctors are unusually education as everybody else.” Miller says this act was set up recorder because I have a hard time still be successful in college,” Miller large, and she suffers from learning during the 1970s. Before that, when reading, and even get to use a cal- said, “and that helps them get a job.” disabilities. For students like Robertson, the a student had a disability they often culator in my math class,” McNellis said. transition from high school to col- weren’t sent to school. Chaffey College’s DPS program When a student reaches 18, they lege can be rough and terrifying. Many students are used to the con- fall under the Americans with Dis- works to provide students with the stant reassurance of parents and abilities Act of 1990. It prohibits support they need to succeed in col- BRITTNY DELGADO Special Contributor teachers looking over them to make private employers, state and local lege. sure they carry out their daily re- governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discrimsponsibilities. Chaffey College’s Disability Pro- inating against qualified individuals gram and Services helps to provide with disabilities in job application resources and support to help stu- procedures according to the U.S. dents make the transition into col- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This includes everylege successfully. “I’ve had a lot of bullies over thing from hiring and firing, to job the years because the sound of my training and promotions. “A big piece of the ADA is your voice, how tall I am, how big my feet are, especially the feet,” Robertson right to privacy,” Miller said. When a student interacts with said. Her college experience has been a professor, it’s the law that the instructor not share this personal entirely different. “College is more of a profession- business with other classmates or al stage, there’s people here to help faculty. For Chaffey student Sarah Mcyou, and people take you seriously,” Nellis, 27, of Ontario, the right of Robertson said. According to The National Cen- privacy is something that is importer For Learning Disabilities, ob- tant to her. She suffers from ADHD, dystaining a degree beyond high school is crucial for individuals to compete lexia, and has a learning disability. She remembers elementary school in today’s labor market. “Chaffey’s program has helped being rough. Students constantly me tremendously,” Robertson said. made fun of her. It was hard for her “First all the test-taking, I have to make friends and she would rely more time, I feel more independent, on teachers and staff to accompany I get the classes I need, the coun- her during lunch periods. In high selor’s and teachers are amazing school, she said her experience was and then Bill, who’s helped me out the same and she didn’t do to well academically. so much.” “But then when I got to Chaffey William “Bill” Miller, 36, of San Bernardino, is the director of College, they actually sit you down and help you find the classes that Chaffey’s DPS. “When a student is in K-12, they you need and even allow parents
Opinions
August 18, 2014
DEATH, TAXES and REGRET Generally Opinionated
make it better and if all works out to give something to generations to come. Something gets lost in translation sometimes. Few people will regret receiving a higher education. Few people will regret doing the leg work towards a high paying and satisfying career. What may be regrettable though are the moments that get missed in the process of knocking out assignments and finishing projects.
Someone once said that only two things are certain in life, death and taxes. Please allow that incredibly happy note resonate with you for a moment before adding a third. Regret. I wish I had. Why Didn’t I? I should have. As the promise of another semester begins it is easy to overlook the moment for the future. Yes, the goal of this fine institution and others like is to prepare its students to carve a space in the world. To somehow
students seek creative outlets New pencils, new paper, new notebooks; there are many exciting “new” things associated with the beginning of the academic year, and some not so exciting: new sources of stress. The spring 2013 edition of the National College Health Assessment, reported that almost half all undergraduate students surveyed felt trauma or overwhelmed in regard to their academic responsibilities, and reported they have more than average or extreme stress.
Life isn’t about position or finances but rather moments and memories. It’s about random friendships. It’s about late night trips to Corky’s with your classmates. It’s about those stupid jokes that you and your inner circle just get. This isn’t a don’t do your best in school piece. You should knock you assignments out of the park and work harder than everyone in your classes. Do not accept anything less than the best. Do all of that, but don’t stop there. Make new friends—lots of them. Many seven years old, and painting when he was 19. “Drawing sometimes is a nice distraction for me,” Hunter-Harris said. “It gives me the chance to take a break from schooling and gives me a clear head to try to overcome whatever challenges I may be facing, rather than dealing with school, or even my personal life.” Like Hunter Harris, Carlotta Bohon, sociology major, has a creative outlet that she says she turns to when life gets overwhelming. She finds painting with acrylics to be a great stress reliever. “It allows me to paint my emotion. Some people talk about how they feel, or write about it in a journal. That is what painting does for me, I can express myself in a relaxing way,” she said. “The way a paintbrush glides on paper is very smooth and calming,
students go to school full time and work. Time is a valuable commodity in that situation, but if the thought of not having time for friends creeps in, there is no better time to close the MacBook and go grab coffee. Work your tail off so you have no regrets on every paper you turn in, every essay you write and every final you take. Put that same mentality into “you” as well. Tell the cute girl in algebra that you think she is cute. Join the clubs that you have always been interested in but felt like there was never enough time for. Write an opinion piece for the Chaffey Breeze (I apologize for the shameless plug). This year, be it your first or last or somewhere in-between, is the beginning of something. That something is left unwritten, unshaped and undefined. Make sure you don’t regret what it ends up being. Also, pay your taxes.
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and I can mix colors based on how I am feeling.” Her work is often inspired by the work of Georgia O’Keeffe, and revolves around animal skulls and flowers. “Instead of focusing on my stress, I focus instead on finishing the painting and making it look the way I want it to,” Bohon said. With school getting underway, time management is a key element in reducing stress, but creative outlets such as painting, drawing, or any other art form can help students clear their head and refocus on their studies, and getting back to all the new, exciting things in the academic year.
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Jason Hunter-Harris
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Chaffey students know that stress is a part of going to college, and use creative outlets to help relieve some of that tension. Jason Hunter-Harris, visual communications major, has an artistic outlet as a stress reliever. He started drawing when he was
Carlotta Bohon
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Sports
August 18, 2014
Athlete Couples: Jacko and coffee We watched in agony last spring as men’s basketball toyed with our emotions during their march to the California State Final Four. Adom Jacko led a team that gave gut wrenching games for Panther fans to watch. One fan in particular was Sonja Coffee, mother of Taylor Coffee. “We went to one of the playoff games and it was 68-68. My mom’s like ‘oh my gosh I can’t watch,’” Taylor recalls. “She’s worse than me.” Taylor was at every one of those playoff games in Jacko’s corner as his Mia Hamm to her Nomar Garciaparra. Taylor is in her first semester at Chaffey, and is a member of this year’s volleyball team. A team that has last year’s Foothill Conference title to defend. Jacko will more than likely be attending Cal State Fullerton to play basketball a year from now and Coffee hopes to land a scholarship playing volleyball. For now, Jacko is glad to be on campus with his new sweetheart. His decision to stay close to home had a lot to do with the fact that he would be
with a sharp glance at Jacko. They became best friends at Alta Loma, but the couple recalls that all of their friends would tell them that they saw them together in the future. It wasn’t long before Jacko finally realized what all of their friends had a while back. The script flipped and it was he who was on the chase. “It was that birthday text. The birthday text got her,” Jacko said. After that, the magic that happens on Chaffey College campus took its course. Taylor started coming to Adom’s games and before long they were officially a couple. Today, it’s ambition and focus that is keeping the couple together on a course towards a bright future. Jacko has his sights set on an NBA career, but at the very least he can have his choice of professional basketball leagues over seas. He currently plays in the Drew League, the west coast’s premier basketball summer league. Coffee’s ambition has her eyes set on a volleyball scholarship and her academics have her on track to be a pediatric nurse. Right now, Coffee is focused on her upcoming season which starts on Aug 23 in an 8 a.m. home scrimmage. In preparation, she is working out with last year’s Foothill Conference MVP, Ashanti Banks. Coffee wants to follow the training regiment that allows Banks to jump high enough to grab a basketball rim, in hopes to dominate the Foothill Conference herself. “I definitely want her to be the best out there,” Jacko said. True to the athletes they are, the
Photo Courtesy of Taylor Coffee
Coffee and Jacko enjoy a rollerskate date night.
couple is competitive with each other. They banter back and forth, Jacko telling her she was too late on a block and Coffee reminding him to stay on his feet and not foul, constantly pushing each other to be better, to have a better life together. “I don’t want our lives to be how our parents were, where we struggle for money,” Coffee said. “We’re working together, that’s what we’re doing.” The cohesion between the couple that stems from years of friendship before a romantic relationship is eerily apparent on a daily basis. The couple recall a story where they met up with a friend at different times. The friend was in awe when Jacko and Coffee separately greeted him with the exact same phrase. These are frequent occurrences with the couple who have the “finish each other’s sentence” vibe. “I feel like I’ve been with him for five years,” Coffee said. “We don’t even notice it anymore, it’s normal now.” They act like a couple that has a lot
Photo Courtesy of Taylor Coffee
Coffee’s graduation night. Alta Loma Class of 2014.
able to stay close to his girl. “Once I found out I can actually stay here so I could finish out, I was like ‘Oh! That’s even better because I get to watch her,’” Jacko said. Their chemistry is apparent when you see them walking on campus together. His 6’8” gigantic frame not leaving an inch between her 5’ 11” frame ideal for an opposite. An on-looker would say they are probably in that initial honeymoon stage, but that’s not the case. “That’s how it is all the time.” said Coffee. “We’re really affectionate, but we’re not like ‘oh my god I miss you’ all the time.” Coffee and Jacko go way back. They both attended Alta Loma High School together, but were not a couple during those years. Back then, if sophomore Coffee were to tie up senior basketball star Jacko, she would have been on top of the high school social stratosphere. “He coulda had me a long time ago,” Coffee said. “He friend-zoned me bad,”
Note From the Editor
The Breeze Sports Desk is making a few enhancements to the way sports are covered on campus. Previous issues of The Breeze Sports section contained coverage of games three, four, sometimes five days old. A minimal amount of games were able to be covered, as The Breeze is a bi-weekly newspaper. To give readers more content, we will be placing game coverage on the web at thebreezeonline.com. The Sports Desk will try to cover as many Panther games as possible from all of the sports on campus. To keep the content current we will be sure to have an article online 48 hours after the conclusion of any game being covered by The Breeze. Public interest stories on the athletes themselves will take the place of game coverage previously found in the newspaper. We want to give as much access of the sports teams as possible, to the campus population. Panther student athletes deserve
recognition for their hard work and success. As Chaffey College students and faculty, we have the duty to support these athletes who represent us in the field, on the court and in the classroom. Fall Sports include: Football, Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Water Polo, and the Spirit Squad. The Breeze Sports Desk wishes all teams best of luck, success and health.
of years together. Jacko told a story with gleeful pride about his catch. The couple were together at one of his Drew League games where the rapper, The Game, was playing the same day. As they entered the gym, The Game took notice, but not because Jacko entered. “The Game checked out my girlfriend!” Jacko said. “I was hyped.” Coffee spoke with sheepish pride of her catch. A viral video had Jacko in the background showing exuberance over a basketball dunk. The comments in the video and the comments from their friends ignored the dunk and spoke only about the guy in the background — Jacko. “Ya, that’s mine, I guess,” Coffee said with a grin. Their social media accounts both show how truly proud they are of their relationship. Each of their Twitter profile’s display a dedication to one another. Their Instagram accounts show the couple at the beach, showing off the other’s athletic talents, and even a recent trip to prom. For Coffee, the days of high school proms and friend-zones are in the past. For Jacko, he is one step closer to realizing his professional dream. They both have their minds set on individual growth as well as long term plans as a couple. It is now Jacko’s turn to support Coffee and women’s volleyball as they work to make a deep run into the playoffs come November. Coffee’s ready to make her statement on the collegiate level. “It’s time, I got this.” ROBERT SCHMITT @RobertSchmitt02
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Upcoming Home Games Men’s Soccer
8/27 @4pm 9/3 @4pm
Women’s Soccer
8/27 @2pm 9/3 @2pm
Volleyball
9/3 @5:30pm
Men’s Water Polo
9/6 @9am @1pm