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More options to transfer with a degree

By Danielle Bautista TSV Staff Writer

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President Regina Stanback-Stroud introduces Dr. Cornel West on the Skyline stage on Sept. 11. Dr. West, who had to cancel his scheduled talk last semester, rewarded the campus community for their patience. See more on his visit in features on page 6.

Online Education Initiative set to launch

By Shereena Singh TSV Staff Writer

Community college students all over California might have the option of taking online classes from any CCC campus.

Though this process is still in the works, eights colleges have been selected to participate in the Online Education Initiative.

Community college students all over California might have the option of taking online classes from any CCC campus.

Though this process is still in the works, eights colleges have been selected to participate in the Online Education Initiative.

The selected campuses are Mt. San Jacinto College, Butte College, Coastline Community College, Foothill College, Shasta College, Fresno City College, and Ventura College.

The project will take place from

Fall 2014 to Spring 2016.

Schools participating in the program were chosen for multiple reasons, such as their accreditation and the quality of their online degree programs. The OEI also announced an online associate degree for transfer in several different programs such as criminal justice, psychology, anthropology and many more.

There has been a dream to have an online campus since the late ‘90s, according to Pat James, the new executive director of the CCC Online Education Initiative. The online world of education has been around for more than 20 years. In 2013 and 2014 there were only 41,000 online courses available to 620,000 students statewide.

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New opportunities emerge for Skyline students as 13 Associate degrees have been added to the list of degrees for transfer. The degrees include Administration of Justice, Anthropology, Business Administration, Communication, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Teacher Education, Geology, History, Kinesiology, Mathematics, Music, Physics, and Psychology. There are also 3 degrees still pending approval. The degrees are now available to students who want to obtain an Associate Degree while planning to transfer to a California State University.

Many students have already shown interest in these degrees.

According to Skyline Counselor and Articulation Officer, Jacqueline Escobar, 97 Skyline students applied for transfer degrees during the 2013-2014 academic year- 26 applications for Fall and 71 applications for Spring.

For more information about these degrees, students should visit the Skyline College website, navigate to the Transfer Center, and click Transfer Degrees.

Skyline also offers an AA-T and AS-T Degree workshop.

Throughout the workshop, students will gain knowledge about

the requirements not only for Skyline College, but also for many other community colleges within the state of California. Students will walk out of this workshop with a clear understanding of the new associate for transfer degrees.

“In general, I think it offers more opportunities for students to achieve associates degrees, so it’s a great program. Counselor and transfer center coordinator, Suzanne Poma said.

“It makes associate degrees for students whose goal is to transfer more accessible.”

Skyline counselors are here for support and encouragement for students to get the degrees in order to ease the transfer plan.

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New degrees for transfer:

• Administration of Justice • Anthropology • Business Administration • Communications • Early Childhood Education • Elementary Teacher Education • Geology • HIstory • Kinesiology • Mathematics • Music • Physics • Psychology

Club funding gets an $11,000 boost

By Chester Mendoza TSV Staff Writer

$11,000 of funding was added to the SOCC budget this semester in an effort to increase student involvement and prevent a shortfall of funds.

The Associated Students of Skyline College receives funding from the $8 student body fee. To help the ASSC run some of their operations, the Skyline Organization Club Council has been growing over the years.

With the upcoming semester and the increasing number of clubs that are becoming active on campus, a budget increase is needed, according to Amory Cariadus, the student life and leadership manager, who cited the goal of the increased funding as, “to increase student activity and to get more students to understand the benefits of being involved in these co-curricular activities.”

SOCC plans to do this by making adjustments in other areas

so that they can make the $11,000 increase possible.

Recently, the ASSC’s budget had taken a hit in order to distribute more money to the clubs on campus.

“Now the ASSC will be more creative with the budget they have now for their events and programs,” Cariadus said. “(The SOCC budget) can now increase student activity with school events, which is the primary goal. The ASSC budget is the student body fee of $135,000 give or take…it depends on how many students enroll, how many students waive the fee, how many students are in online classes etc. “ The Administration of Justice Club at Skyline College is one of the many clubs that had troubles due to lack of funding the past. The club had to resort to fundraisers and self donations by its own members for the club to stay afloat.

“We’ve been short on money,” Steve Aurilio, advisor of the Administration of Justice Club said.

“I’ve had to donate money myself...as far as funding for the club, there are a lot of things that we tried to do through fund raising in a variety of waysholding car washes, different types of gatherings and things like that, which we will do again this year going into next.”

Most clubs on campus so far this semester have been hosting events to fund raise and be self-reliant, and to promote their club. With the Administration of Justice club and many others that already hosted their first meeting the anticipation of a share of the $11,000 increase seems very promising.

“I would imagine...that any additional funding is going to help us, and we welcome that, but also we want to be self generating, be able to earn our way and pay our way,” Aurilo said.

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Online Education Initiative creates opportunity California Community Colleges make steps toward opening online classes from all classes to all students in an effort to increase student success and convenience Continued from page 1

remains low. Supporters of the OEI hope that by bringing in more advances to technology, there will be better online student success rates.

Also in the world of online education there are several different course management systems and up to ten different subclasses within the community college system. The OEI will make the change to only one course management system to simplify things for students taking multiple courses.

On campus, students had mixed reactions to the OEI. “I get really busy with work, so taking more classes online would make my life a whole lot easier.” Leo Gi, a second year student said.

He hopes to pick up more hours at work while being able to continue his education in the best way possible for him, which would be taking online courses.

Reshmina Prasad a student who has taken most of her classes on campus, feels differently.

“I feel like online classes will make students a lot more lazier, because they are not required to come to a physical class here on campus,” Teachers on campus also have a say about the Online Education system. Sarita Santos an early childhood education teacher who has on campus classes as well as online, supports the world of online education.

“I have a student now who lives in Sacramento, and I have another student who just moved to Michigan, but is taking my online 212 class,” Santos said.

She also thinks that for every Early childhood education class that is offered, there should be an option of an online version of the class, not to take away the physical class on campus, but to give the option to students. Santos, when teaching an online class, does not intend to meet those students in person, but she does post videos online so her students are able to see and hear her voice.

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“The purpose of creating the degrees was really to facilitate transfer for students to create a very easy pathway from the community college to the university,” Escobar said, adding that statistics say students who transfer from community college with an associate’s degree tend to make more money and have a better income throughout their life.

There are 60 unit degrees at Skyline College where all you have to do is complete the courses of the major, or the CSU general education requirements. Achieving an associate’s degree allows a student to have a guarantee of only having to complete 60 units

once they enroll in a university.

“Why that’s such a big deal is because you’re seeing students graduating with 155 units, 160 units those additional units is time that the student is not out working,” Escobar said.

Achieving a degree may seem simple, however it can get complicated very fast.

“It’s very important that students meet with counselors, especially about associate degrees, because they can be sometimes complicated to fill out so it’s very critical that they make sure they have the right information and that they’re filling out the forms correctly,” Michele E. Haggar, transfer center

program services coordinator said.

Although the new associate degrees for transfer are presented as a degree with a guarantee; it’s more accurate to say this is a guarantee for only certain students depending on which CSU the student is planning on attending, and if their major is impacted at that CSU. If a major is impacted that student will not receive a guarantee of admissions; however, if you are applying to a CSU in a major that is not impacted and you have already finished the degree at Skyline you will have a guarantee of admissions. In addition, students applying to a CSU in an impacted major will get a GPA

bump. The GPA bump depends on where you are applying.

“It’s very common for students to pick up the degree handout and assume if they follow that, that they have everything they need to transfer to a CSU campus when in actuality to be a competitive candidate at a certain campus or different campuses, they might need additional classes so it’s important for them to meet with a counselor,” Poma said.

To get more information about these new associate degrees for transfer, students should meet with school counselors, who are available to assist with any questions.

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CCC 4-year degree bill awaits signature from Gov. Brown

By Jeanita Lyman TSV News Editor

Some California community colleges could be launching pilot four-year degree programs as soon as January 2015, depending on Gov. Brown’s decision on the senate-approved bill now at his desk.

Senate Bill 850, which was recently approved by the California senate, seeks to amend an existing law that states community colleges in the state are allowed to only offer lower-division coursework and two-year degrees. The bill would allow for the California Community Colleges Board of Governors to consult with UC and CSU officials to create four-year degrees not already offered at public universities.

“In today’s economy, many businesses require their employees to possess a four-year degree or higher skill sets than are offered through associate degree programs, even in fields such as dental hygiene or automotive technology where a two-year degree would have been sufficient in the past,” Brice W. Harris, California community colleges chancellor, said in a recent statement.

“This bill will enable California community colleges to confer bachelor’s degrees in areas not currently served by the California

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State University or University of California and help close the skills gap in our workforce. I applaud the Legislature for addressing California’s urgent workforce needs.”

“I think any change is good,” Kent Nguyen, an automotive technology student, said. “As long as the two-year option is still available, more training couldn’t hurt.”

The bill would allow for 15 community colleges in the state, which are undecided as of yet, to offer one bachelor’s degree each in fields that are not currently offered by the UC or CSU systems. The pilot program would be an experiment to analyze the effectiveness of the four-year degree offerings.

“It seems pretty cool,” kinesiology major James Doctor said. “It would be convenient for people around here. It would be beneficial, but there could be disadvantages. I wonder if it would increase costs. If it doesn’t and is still cheaper than universities that would be good.”

“I don’t know the logistics behind it, but for someone in my case it would be convenient,” added his cousin, Josh Doctor. “It would save me time…if they can pull it off.”

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Domestic violence is no joke Within the last few months there have been a string of high profile domestic violence incidents, but surprisingly society isn't united in their opinions about such actions.

By now we are all well aware of Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens' running back. Rice is on the receiving end of a media onslaught due to the fact that he violently knocked out his wife, Janay Palmer, after she spit in his face while riding a hotel elevator. The catch is that the entirety of the “altercation” was caught on the hotel security camera.

Rice viciously punched Palmer in the face, resulting in Palmer being knocked unconscious. According to hotel security on the scene; Rice was found dragging Palmer out of the elevator, attempting to justify his actions by claiming that Palmer was intoxicated and he was attempting to get her back to their room.

Early in the month of August Jon Koppenhaver, a mixed martial artist who refers to himself as “War Machine,” brutally attacked his former girlfriend, adult film actress Christy Mack. On the morning of August 8, Koppenhaver attacked both Mack and a male acquaintance at her Las Vegas residence, resulting in numerous broken bones and internal injuries for Mack. Koppenhaver is facing possible life in prison due to the 32 felony charges he is being brought up on in federal court.

The charges against him include attempted murder, domestic battery

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via strangulation, first degree kidnapping and sexual assault.

Surprisingly, some do not see these as cut and dry situations. Boxer Floyd Mayweather, who served jail time in 2012 after pleading guilty to charges of domestic violence, wished Rice “nothing but the best” during the blowback that he so rightly deserves. Utilizing social media sites, fans of Koppenhaver have been sending threatening messages to Mack. Stephen A. Smith offered advice to women in such situations in an interview with EPSN: Don't do anything to provoke a man into beating you. Smith would go on to state that it is important to recognize that there are “elements of provocation” that are not looked into enough following such cases. Support for these “men” is not limited to celebrities. Various Skyline students have voiced, often comically, that both Palmer and Mack “must have done something to deserve it,” such statements made all the more troubling and disturbing when we take into account that the students speaking aren't always men.

In the wake of such ignorant comments, as well as the violent and hateful actions that preceded them, we are forced to come to terms with one horrendous fact: Violence against women is not taken seriously enough in our current society.

Should Rice be unemployable for the remainder of his life? Absolutely.

Should he be sharing a prison cell with Koppenhaver? Most definitely.

Men and women who speak out in defense of such “human beings” should recognize that they are part of the growing problem.

Death to skinny jeans

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Enough with online trends

With Michelle Kelly, Editor-In-Chief

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Ebola. ISIS. Putin’s general hootenanny in Ukraine (I call it a Putinanny). It’s a complex, tense, scary world. As citizens, we have a civic duty to keep ourselves informed; an ignorant populous is a doomed one.

That’s why I’m here to shed light on the most troubling issue facing humanity today: skinny jeans.

I’ve never been harmed by someone wearing skinny jeans; never assaulted by a horde of mouth breathing hipsters. Hell, I’ve never even worn any. So why should I be upset about them? Why should I waste time on something so trivial?

Because I’m the kind of person who stares at the sun when I’m bored.

Maybe my hatred stems from the fact that something about skinny jeans seems inherently French. They seem like something mimes would wear while silently gallivanting about, wrestling with invisible walls and non-existent bear traps. They’re like mute soulless clowns. But I don’t need to go into my deep seated hatred of mimes here—there are plenty of busy street corners for that.

I’ve tried to take action against them. I’ve lurked around back alleys in gentrified neighborhoods, a pair of tongs in one hand and the bible in another (nothin’ like a hard covered bible to knock someone out). But my ventures into late-night vigilantism have been greeted with tazings and nightstick beatings. I guess America hates heroes.

Stop taking part in idiotic internet pranks

by William Nacouzi TSV Digital Editor

Continued diligence and the modern media It’s been over 5 weeks since the shooting of Mike Brown in Ferguson and the fervent talk of protecting unarmed black teens has wavered.

With it having been almost two years since the Newtown tragedy, the numbers of gun control proposals has slowed. Since the "Occupy" movement slowed in early 2012, the scrutiny of corporations has waned.

The common thread in social action is awareness; when an issue is at the forefront of the media the momentum behind it is strong.

However when the attention of news outlets turns elsewhere it’s difficult to make change because without that platform within mass media we can lose a lot of support. In order to create a real difference it’s necessary to keep passionate about these human issues even when interest from media is nowhere to be seen.

The period that we get when the topic is hot to voice ourselves against these wrongdoings is instrumental. While it’s easier to reach out while the focus is on it’s just as important to keep the energy going.

The ways we can do that is to call the people in government every day we can, create open forums for speech through social networking

or through community gatherings.

As a collective, there’s power in what we can do. It’s difficult to keep the conversation relevant while distractions tempt to move focus, but the longer we so the stronger the commentary can get. The more people involved and the more force there is behind a single issue the harder it can get for outsiders to turn a blind eye.

It’s fruitless to become angry when an issue becomes old news. it may be daunting to become that advocate to speak up, but without people brave enough to put themselves out there, there’s little that can be done. If you’re the kind of person who sees what’s happening in the news and gets fired up about it, you could be the catalyst for revolution.

It may sound grandiose to make statements like that, but if you look throughout American history it’s the people that pulled together to get themselves heard that made waves.

We are the culture makers, even when media changes their focus we must work to keep these matters alive. We all must be cognizant of the effect we make on society and to use that to the advantage of others.

I’ll be honest and to the point: "SWATting" and the majority of other online inspired pranks like it are downright stupid, and they do nothing, but put peoples' lives at risk. It’s nothing more than a waste of time and resources that can be better used doing something more beneficial to an individual or society in general.

I admit that it does have a certain “cool” and “stupid fun” factor to it, and that is what makes it appealing to people. We have to admit that there is a time and place for doing these activities; however, "swatting" is not one of them. Under no circumstances should it even be considered “fun” or appealing. Nor should it be considered “cool.” It does nothing more than waste police resources that can be better spent elsewhere.

Why? Because "swatting" involves calling the people and tricking them into thinking that there is a crime happening at the moment, which requires police to deploy SWAT teams and armed police officers to the scene to deal with the situation.

As the Urban dictionary put it, “A goal achieved by hacking where the hacker tricks 911 systems into deploying SWAT to an unsuspecting victim's home under false pretenses.”

Of course, I wouldn’t be surprised if anyone read the “deploy

SWAT teams and armed police officers to the scene and deal with the situation” part as the police getting to the scene and screwing up the situation because, well, they are the police. Especially with the number of police misconduct cases that have been reported by the mainstream news organizations over the years, with the most recent being the tragic shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Whether it was right or wrong doesn’t matter, but consider this for a moment: What happens when someone pulls another "swatting" attempt and something goes wrong on both ends? Hell, at this point credit is due to the police for responding to each incident and acting professionally, especially notable in the recent cases on Aug. 17 and 27 with YouTube users Alexander Wachs, aka Whiteboy7thst, and Jordan Matthewson, aka Kootra, targeted as victims of a "swatting" prank.

Credit is also due to the victims who themselves were sensible enough to not overreact to the police breaking down their door, again referring to the above situations.

Mattewson, according to a interview did with ABC, was aware that he was a victim of "swatting" prank. Now this may not sound like a problem, and clearly Mattewson thinks that it was someone playing a joke on him, but consider for a moment what would have happened if someone in his workplace had overacted? So don’t be a stupid and waste the time of professionals who are trying to do their job. And don’t follow online trends because of peer pressure, just use your brain and say no! it will make things easier for everyone involved if you think for yourself in the long run.

The “Gamergate” debacle

by Josh Collier TSV Special projects editor

Conflicts happen all the time.

Sometimes a side will have a noble cause. Sometimes both sides have varying opinions on one subject. Regardless of the issue, when the conflict is being “resolved” both sides should be as respectful possible.

An ongoing example of a conflict that could be handled in a better fashion would be the "Gamergate" conflict. Essentially after a recent scandal, Gamers have started to question the relationship between video game journalists and game developers. "Gamergate" has developed into something more than just that one problem, but for the sake of this argument let us leave it at that.

The whole debacle started out in a seemingly orderly fashion, gamers had questioned and called for actions against something they had seen and thought was wrong. But very soon after things became complicated, and it seems that there was a loss of perspective. Instead of the two sides coming together and addressing the issue like civilized human beings, accusations and death threats started to roll out. Nothing has been achieved, nothing gained.

While it completely makes sense that the internet is a wild and uncontrollable place, and it may be completely impossible to control what people say. The execution and manner of how the main parties involved are handling this situation is atrocious. This could have led to some great changes in gaming journalism and within the gaming community, but the way things are going at the moment, it seems no great change will come.

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Rest in peace Robin Williams

by Steve Perotti

TSV Opinions Editor

To lube or not to lube? That is the question What is lube? Lube is a water based, hypoallergenic, personal lubricant used by couples. Some people might think you never need to use lube during sex, and there are situations where it definitely doesn’t need to be used. Saliva makes a good lubricant too, which is one reason that foreplay can be such an important part of the lovemaking process.

Kissing, oral sex, fondling, any or all of the above. All of this can contribute to a smooth and easy sex session. Skipping good solid foreplay can force a couple to use lube, which isn't a bad thing.

Some women use it because being on birth control makes them rather dry, like the Sahara desert.

Other times they use it for giving a good hand job to their man because they don’t want their hands to smell like spit.

Lube can be fun. There are flavors, if you’re into that kind of stuff, and really there should be no problem with it. They teach in sex education classes that it should be used during intercourse and I never thought much of it.

When you go to the doctors they

always offer free condoms and with that they give lube as well. Even some condoms come pre-lubricated, and I think they do a pretty good job at not tearing at the delicate lady parts. It really avoids any friction between the man and woman that might occur during the lovemaking, and for that I am glad and I know I am not the only woman who feels this way.

For men I think they are convinced that if you need to use lube you aren’t doing “something” right, which I have to disagree and agree with. I disagree with the statement that “guys aren’t doing something right” if they need to use lube, I think in some situations it just makes intercourse more enjoyable.

Just think of how painful it would be to go down a water slide that has no water. It is not a typical slide and it needs much more care to get on that slide, now it is a cliché to compare this to intercourse, but it makes sense.

Less gun control and more child control

that the victim, Charles Vacca, was in the wrong but to place the blame solely on the victim is unfair. The real question is: Where were the girl’s parents? In fact, they were with her. The range where the accident took place, Last Stop outdoor shooting range, requires children under the age of 17 to be accompanied by an adult.

Did the parents of this nine year old think it would be cute to get a video of their daughter firing an Israeli made sub-machine gun?

Were they excited at the prospect of showing it at their next family function, maybe over Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? Perhaps, rather than crying out for all gun owners to be licensed and pronounced as culpable for their actions, we should be demanding the same licensing and “red tape” for lousy parents.

If all gun owners are, in fact, potential killers and/or killers, then all parents who are lacking when it comes to intelligence should be held accountable for their the actions of their children. It is, in fact, the fault of the parents for not taking the time to teach their children how to act like an somewhat intelligent member of society.

No charges have been filed against the family of the little girl, and Vacca’s death has been deemed an “industrial accident.” Hopefully, rather than fueling the outcry for harsher gun control, this incident will encourage an increase in common sense usage when it comes to “modern parenting.”

Maybe it’s time the government begins issuing parental licenses.

You’re required to pass a background check when you’re buying a firearm, is it too much to ask that the same requirements be expected when contemplating children?

Should prospective parents need a license to bear children?

by Steve Perotti TSV Opinions Editor

Rather than crying out for stricter gun control, we should ask: is it time for stricter parenting controls?

On the morning of Aug. 25, a man was killed at an Arizona shooting range. The cause of his death was not a self-inflicted gunshot, or from natural causes. He was, sadly, accidentally killed by a nine-yearold girl who he was in the process of helping. While many have said that he was, in fact, at fault for standing to the left of the girl when he should have been standing behind her and to the right, the resounding question has been this: Who in their right mind thought it would be a good idea to let a little girl attempt to fire a 9mm sub-machine gun in the first place?

The majority of the American public seem to forget one thing: firearms are not sentient. They don’t have a mind of their own. They are, for all intents and purposes, tools.

Machines. Weapons. They are designed and built with the knowledge that the individual holding the gun has a brain in their head. This is one factoid that most pro-gun control advocates seem to forget. There’s no such thing as a bad gun, just the bad person that’s holding it.

Granted many professionals, including police and government officials, have gone on record saying

In the wake of Robin Williams’ tragic suicide he has been labeled by some as craven, but nothing about his death makes him a coward.

One of the obvious downfalls of being a celebrity is that everyone thinks they have you figured out.

We, as the audience, see actors and comedians so many times playing the same roles that we think we know them. We believe we have them figured out. That the roles that they’re playing on a stage or a screen are the true reflection of who they are in their personal lives. The late, and great, Robin Williams was an icon for countless movie goers and comedic fans. Last week Williams decided to take his life, shattering the persona we had all created for him in our minds, leaving his wife and children to mourn his passing along with the rest of us. As in the case of suicides the loss has been met with outcries of cowardice and weakness, many claiming that Williams “gave up” rather than choosing to fight on in the face of whatever adversity encouraged his death.

Nothing about Williams’ decision to end his own life is cowardly, and we need to accept that.

Williams’ widow, Susan Schneider, announced after his death that her late husband had been diagnosed with an early form of Parkinson’s disease. When this is taken into account with the depression that Williams had been battling for years it is understandable why he made the decision that he did. After the autopsy it was revealed that Williams was sober when he decided to go through with it, so no one

Social cowardice

by Steve Perotti TSV Opinions Editor

Have you ever sat back and asked yourself, what happened to our society to make us such cowards?

With the advent of camera phones, along with the growing presence of social media and streaming sites, we have all come to grow familiar with interesting and surprising videos. Ranging from seconds to minutes in length there are videos of various types. If you want to see cute, adorable kitten videos there is a niche for that. If you're interested in watching clips of soldiers coming home from oversees to joyous tears of welcome, the internet has you covered too. Maybe you want to watch a video of a street fight between numerous men and/ or women? Yup, there are plenty of those going around as well.

The problem isn't necessarily the fact that such fights are being recorded. The problem comes when an elderly man, or a young mother, is attacked by a man, or a group of men, and the resulting violence is recorded and later uploaded to one of numerous social media sites. This begs the ultimate question: Why not do something to stop it if you had the time to record it? Is it because it is less shocking to let something like this happen than it is to intervene on a victim's behalf? Or are we too cowardly to do something about it, but not too scared to film it and share it in the hopes of getting more views on our respected pages, walls and/ or timelines?

One such site, World Star Hip Hop, is notorious for uploading and sharing hundreds of violent fight

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can sit back and try to say that he wasn’t in his “right mind.” He made a conscious decision, as an adult, to end his own life rather than succumb to the debilitations of Parkinson’s.

This is a decision that should be respected, not jeered at or labeled as cowardice. We are not members of the Williams family, no matter how badly we may wish to be; therefore, our opinions on the matter are moot.

The world is a sadder, somber place without Williams in it, and this is something we are all going to have to live with as time moves on, but to discredit and smear his legacy and name because we are unhappy with his decision is not fair to the memory of the man who made us all laugh.

To add insult to injury Williams’ daughter, Zelda Williams, was the target of harassment via social media for a time due to her father’s decision to end his own life. Imagine you’ve just lost a loved one, a parent, and while mourning their death someone comes up to you and begins to jeer and poke at you. How well would you take this? If you were diagnosed with a terminal disease, something that would wear away at you throughout the coming years and render you incapable of taking care of yourself, would you want to endure such hardships if you didn’t have to? It is our prerogative, as human beings, to decide when enough is enough. Yes, there will be people left wondering “Why?” when all is said and done, and that is most likely something that Williams took into account before he made his decision, but it is not right for anyone to label him as a weakling simply because he decided to end his life on his own terms. If anything his decision took the utmost courage and discipline, not the opposite. videos. In one such video, during an altercation in what appears to be a subway station, one of the two men involved is stabbed repeatedly in the torso. Does the individual recording the incident do anything to stop this possible attempted murder?

Of course not. But he does point out how it is a black on black crime, and that he is amazed at how no one in the surrounding crowd is doing anything to stop the stabbing that is occurring right in front of their eyes.

Another instance occurred in Memphis, Tennessee, when a "flash mob" decided to play the knockout game. Three random bystanders were viciously attacked by well over 100 participants of the "game," and while the individuals who filmed the incident made sure to mention how idiotic it was, that doesn't change the fact that they sat back and acted as spectators rather than doing something about it.

This seems to be a growing trend in our modern society. Ranging from attacks on buses to elderly men being robbed and beaten in gas station parking lots. And let's not forget the “knock out” game that was so popular this past year. Did anyone take the time to step in and possibly help the victims? Of course not, but they did share it for the viewing pleasure of the masses. The saddest thing is, rather than speak out and demand the removal of such videos and such sites, we all sit back and enjoy the show. Have we sacrificed our dignity as a people, along with the courage to do what's right and just, for the bells and whistles of being a modern and cutting edge society?

Perhaps we've simply lost the ability to know the difference between what is right and what is wrong while we are viewing life through the lens of a camera phone.

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Enough with the ice buckets What’s worse: ALS or the California drought?

by Steve Perotti TSV Opinions Editor

Regardless of the good intentions behind it, the ALS Ice Bucket challenge is an idiotic waste of time.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is one of the most publicized and hot topics of discussion as of late. Everyone, from celebrities to your garden variety high school student, is taking part in the challenge to raise money for further research to cure the disease.

The social phenomenon kicked into high gear this last June as more and more celebrities and media personalities have taken part in the act of dumping ice water on themselves, challenging others to take part and donate in the hopes of raising awareness and money for ALS research.

But, contrary to popular opinions, the challenge and the resulting proceeds may not be as needed as we’ve all been led to believe.

According to the alsa.org, where donations towards curing the disease can be made, in the year 2012 the non-profit organization made over $55 million when all was said and done. The shock comes when you find out that less than 8 percent of that money went towards research, while over 10 percent was used to pay the salaries of the men and women in key positions within the company. A staggering 18 percent, double the amount of money allocated towards further research for a cure, was used for fundraising in order to get more money in future donations.

Apparently over $100 million has been raised as of the first of this month, with the president of the ALSA announcing that the money would be used to fund “cutting edge research” as well as care for future patients. As of now, 32 percent of the budget is being used for educational purposes with 28 percent going towards further research.

This leaves 19 percent for patient and community help, 14 percent for further fundraising and 7 percent for administration costs.

Let us not forget that California is still in the midst of a horrible drought, one of the worst the state has seen in years. A five gallon bucket, which tends to be the bucket of choice when used in this challenge, holds almost 19 liters of water. How many videos have we seen in the past few months showing people dumping buckets of ice water on themselves and others? Now multiply each bucket by 19 and you’ll get the general idea. Rather than playing along with this modern day chain letter, dragging people into this social media charity in the hopes of outdoing one another, we should just donate if we want to donate. An act of charity done in the hopes of public recognition doesn’t quite ring true when you take the time to stop and think about it.

So, when a friend or acquaintance of yours “challenges” you to waste some water in the hopes of getting out of a $100 donation, keep in mind all of the particulars that are going into the act. Where is the money really going, and how much water can we as Californians afford to waste right now?

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An education with

Cornel West After an unexpected

cancellation last spring, Skyline finally got the chance to meet world-class scholar and author Dr. Cornel West.

Doctor Cornel West drops some knowledge on the audience during his talk for the Skyline lecture series on Thursday Sept. 11. Photo courtesy of Will Nacouzi/Skyline View.

by Jeanita Lyman TSV News Editor

While students and faculty alike had been disappointed by the last-minute cancellation of his scheduled talk last semester, they were rewarded for their patience with Dr.Cornel West’s visit on Sept. 11.

The talk was part of the college’s Call to Consciousness series of lectures.

“The call to consciousness has been such a great thing,” former ASSC president Jose Luis Sanchez said. “We have had great poets; we’ve had great orators...I think it’s one of the best things that’s happened, at least that I’ve seen that we’ve put...some capital to.”

Dr. West was introduced with quick talks by Nathan Jones and Skyline President Regina Stanback-Stroud, whom he referred to as his “dear sister president,” upon taking the stage.

He announced that he would be conducting a Q&A session afterward, and said that while he was not in a hurry, he would be leaving and going to see his mother in Sacramento as soon as the opportunity to exit arose.

West went on to ask four questions that he said he’d been struggling with all his life, which would shape the rest of his talk.

“How does integrity face oppression?

“What does honesty do in the face of deception?

“What does decency do in the face of insult?

“How shall virtue meet brute force?”

He told his story of where he’d been on Sept. 11, 2001.

“I happened to be in New York

City the day those planes crashed Kymberly Jackson by name and called on her from the audience into the towers,” West says. during his Q&A session, which He’d been at the top of the she appreciated.

Marriot hotel in Times Square “I very much enjoyed the shout campaigning with Fernando out,” Jackson said. “We only “Freddy” Ferrer, who was met maybe half an hour ago and running for mayor of New York I watched City in that as he day’s election, “Keep in mind the four remembered which was later pillars integrity, honesty, certain folks’ canceled. He names, not saw the second decency, and virtue just mine, plane strike. especially in the face of but some “...I said to other folks myself ‘my brute force.” as well, and God, again. included Another act of - Dr. Cornel West that in his martyr-ism... lecture. Very Another act personable...I dug that. I think of brutality. As a black man in the most powerful thing for me America, 400 years had already was to see my students stand up, taught me to be on intimate say things and feel comfortable terms with being unsafe, speaking. I felt some ownership unprotected, subject to random in that.” violence, hated for who I am.’”

“Dr. West is such a poignant West went on to address the and charismatic speaker,” issues facing the nation prior Cariadus said. ”He really has to and in the wake of the World a lot of good things to say.

Trade Center attack and address A lot of things that are really concerns and questions from the eye-opening, that really cause audience. people to think...get us all to “Dr. West is such a poignant think outside of how we operate and charismatic speaker,” Amory in our daily lives. So I think Cariadus, director of student that’s the gift for our students development, said. ”He really here...just to provide them with has a lot of good things to say. an opportunity to think about A lot of things that are really the gift that they’re offering us eye-opening, that really cause and to reflect upon that and then people to think...get us all to move forward with however they think outside of how we operate want to deal with the information in our daily lives. So I think they were given tonight.” that’s the gift for our students here...just to provide them with an opportunity to think about the gift that they’re offering us and to reflect upon that and then move forward with however they want to deal with the information they were given tonight.”

West mentioned music teacher

Dr. West poses for a photo op with Skyline graduate Sarah Funes. Photo courtesy of Will Nacouzi/Skyline View

ASSC President Nicole Harris and Professor Nathan Jones present Dr. West with a token of appreciation. Photo courtesy of Will Nacouzi/Skyline View

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The real skyline view An introduction to the historic Sweeny Ridge Trail just outside the entrance to Skyline College

by Jeanita Lyman TSV News Editor

You may or may not be aware of our school’s namesake. Given how often we’re engulfed in fog and have little visibility of the actual sky, Skyline can seem like an ironic name at times, but if you’ve ever parked in the lot behind building eight or done some exploring on foot, you’ve probably encountered the vista point on campus with a scenic view of the ocean, mountains and surrounding communities, on a clear day. The vista point is also at the head of the Sweeney Ridge trail, which provides an outlet for both casual hikers and overwhelmed students who want to run for the hills.

The Skyline portion of the trail is a modest 2 miles round trip, according the City of Pacifica’s website, although there are some steep slopes. The trail is

Views of the Sweeny Ridge Trail. Photos courtesy of Justin Chadwick Yuen.

adorned with wildflowers and continued views of the ocean and mountains throughout. Hawks can be seen soaring above the park and the area is known to be home to intriguing and adorable wildlife, such as rabbits and deer, but it is also a haven for ticks.

Bring bug spray.

The trail leads to a network of longer trails, including Mori Ridge trail, which leads all the way to the ocean. Although it’s possible and somewhat tempting to run away for a beach day, sticking with the Sweeney Ridge trail means a much shorter and easier walk back to school and the additional benefit of leading to two historic landmarks Closest to campus is the Nike SF-51 missile launch site, which was built during the panic of the Cold War. It housed an arsenal of nuclear missiles through the 1960’s and was militarily

advantageous due to views of the ocean and shore. However, it was disarmed and abandoned by 1974 due to an arms reduction treaty.

The trail continues to the site of Captain Juan Gaspar de Portolá’s accidental “discovery” of the San Francisco Bay, which made him the first known European explorer to encounter the area. He’d been on a mission to find Monterey, but failed to recognize it once he got there and continued north, leading him to Sweeney Ridge. Although it wasn’t their intent, the Spanish wound up realizing how valuable the San Francisco Bay was and established the Presidio just seven years after Portola’s mishap. There’s a small marker commemorating and identifying the sight.

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Dr. Loco rocks the schoolhouse Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeño Band kicked off Skyline’s Latino Heritage Month festivities.

by Chester Mendoza TSV Staff Writer

With Latino heritage month happening in full swing here at Skyline College with full support from the Latin American Student Organization. Following the event on Tuesday LASO hosted a Latino heritage event with guest speaker Sandra Garcia Rivera, a local poet, musician, and instructor in Potrero Hill and Oakland. Her poetry has been heavily inspired by elders of the same heritage and seems to be influenced by the hardships we encounter on a day-to-day basis.

Rivera was accompanied by a local band from here in the Bay Area, The Rockin’ Jalapeño Band.

“The Rockin’ Jalapeño Band has been playing all over the bay area for about 30 years,” said lead

singer, Dr. Loco. Their music is a rich mélange of mestizo and mulatto styles in celebration of the diverse origins of their MexicanAmerican musical heritage.

Rivera and the band went back and forth, taking turns leading the show followed by a first time exclusive improvisation between the two. Rivera took turns reciting her poems while the band jammed out and issued a call response to the lead in which the instrument player responds with a note back to the singer or dancer. So for example when Rivera recited her poem with an emphasis of anger the drummer would hit a sharp note on his instrument.

The nature of the visit was not just for the sake of the LASO, but to celebrate the independence from

Spain for all the Latin American countries. Another reason for their visit was to also empower the Latin community to express their joy and pain in hopes for a better tomorrow. Also with the intent to increase student activity for the club and invite all students to join in and immerse themselves with Latino culture.

It appears a good majority of the people came for the music and poetry slam, and to also show their support for LASO. Many came to support the Latino heritage.

“I wanted to show my support for Latino heritage,” said Rebecca Campos. There were also some who came in to show support for the band and the music that is dedicated to Latino heritage.

“I like the music. It’s pretty

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Dr. Loco and the Rockin’ Jalapeño Band help Skyline celebrate Latin Heritage Month during an event on Tuesday, Sept 16. calm, makes everybody happy,” said Skyline student, Cesar Cervantes.

LASO advisor John Saenz wanted to kick off Latino heritage month celebrating the liberation from Spain for the Latin American countries.

Upcoming events on campus

Constitution Day was celebrated on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

While ASSC, with the help of an inflatable Uncle Sam, handed out pocket Constitutions in the quad, you told us what your favorite amendments are.

“The Fourth Amendment. To protect yourself from searches and seizures. So like you got the cops busting down your door because you’re having a loud party, they can’t come in.”

September 18 Model UN guest lecture: Nobue Ozawa Ozawa, head of educational affairs for the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, will be speaking on Japan’s role in the United Nations, with a Q&A session to follow. Thursday, Sept. 18, 12 p.m. in bldg 6, rooms 6202 and 6204. attendance is free and open to all.

September 20

- Peter Walls Surgical Tech major

Transfer conference Six workshops on transferring, financial aid, and careers. Includes breakfast and lunch. Saturday, Sept. 20, 8:30 a.m.-2:30p.m. bldg 6, 2nd floor. Scan the code to register ahead of the event, but guests will be able to register at the door.

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“The amendment to free the slaves (13th) would be my favorite one.

I wouldn’t be talking to you if it wasn’t passed” - Jazmine Ewing Surgical Tech major

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September 20 China Dance School performance The China Dance School & Theater of San Francisco performance is the featured event of Skyline’s Asian Culture Week.

Sauturday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.. in the Skyline Theater blgd 1. Call 650-738-4194 for tickets. $20.

“Freedome of speech. I feel that if you can a articulate a argument and support that argument then you should be able to voice that without any repercussions.”

September 23 Food security forum A discussion of access to safe and affordable food.

There will be a food demonstration and a meal provided. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. bldg. 6, rms 6204 and 6206. Contact mairj@smccd.edu for more information.

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“Freedom of speech. As college students it gives us the ability to expand our minds, and learn about peoples ideas.”

- Marlon Gaytan Jr. Civil Engineering major

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“I wanted to show my support for Latino heritage month,” said Saenz. With an event offering The Rockin’ Jalapeño band that reflects their culture; followed by a guest poet speaker whose poetry reflects the Latino culture.

September 26 2nd Annual Skyline Success Summit The summit offers an opportunity to mingle with “experts and key decision makers within the county” to discuss the future of business and the community.

Breakfast is included. Friday, Sept. 26, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the 2nd floor of building 6. There is a $75 registration fee.

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"The November Man" Review : Been there, done that

by Chester Mendoza TSV Staff Writer

Well it is truly the end of the summer for movies that’s for sure. What’s there to say, I mean just looking at the cast for "November Man," there’s former Bond Pierce Brosnan, a former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, and Luke Bracey who showed a lot of potential.

The cast did a great job and I can’t lie, I was brought into the film for the nostalgia of a former Bond in a spy action film back on the big screen. The movie had a cool "spy vs. protégé, things go wrong and spy retires" theme. Then we have the time fast forward and somehow he needs to get back in the game and from there things go wrong.

Now that’s all fair game, it hooked me for the first 20 minutes with that scenario I explained earlier. But then I wondered to myself: How can this movie differentiate itself to the other spy action films that came before it? To put it bluntly, it didn't. The movie didn’t attempt to innovate the spy action genre whatsoever.

You get a feel that this has been done before and executed much more efficiently to be honest.

The film’s script was just nothing more than cliché’s left and right

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Pierce Brosnan in “November Man” walking away from crime scene.

after the somewhat long first half. One example of the many cliché’s was when cartoony Russian goons and a CIA spy being unmercifully slaughtered in a very cliché fashion spree.

Trust me the first half made me wonder what was it trying to accomplish. When you get to the second half I was left like oh this is like the "Bourne" films I saw a couple of years back.

Aside from the been there done that feel the whole premise of the master spy vs. protégé almost worked, but failed to reach its full potential due to a subpar script and poor directing.

I just wanted to get up and go; but to be honest, Olga Kury Lenko’s character was much more interesting than the whole master vs. protégé conflict. On the bright side it’s wasn't a complete drag

to finish the film, but it does make you want to stop watching at times, I can’t blame anyone who does either of the two.

The movie as a whole didn’t have a solid script and you can tell there were multiple rewrites here and there and directing wasn’t bang on. With this kind of cast that not only has experience in other spy action films and new faces with potential it was just a

cast effort wasted to be honest.

My suggestion would be just to catch this on Red Box for it will make that movie night feel decent with this killing spree walking away without looking back explosions fix with no problem. Or you can just catch on TV when you just flip through channels because it will deliver at least some sort of amusement.

“The Crew” beta impressions

by Miguel Garcia

TSV Multimedia editor

I played the PC version of “The Crew” beta because the console versions aren’t out yet. “The Crew” is an open-world racing game set in the entirety of the U.S. ­­­brought to you by the developers behind other open-world games such as “Assassin’s Creed,” “Far Cry,” and “Watch Dogs.” Ubisoft is back at the open-world, free-roaming, gameplay style with a racing game. The first ever openworld racing game from Ubisoft, “The Crew,” looks promising.

I really enjoyed the game. The whole concept of progression and racing put together is perfect.

Having the entirety of the U.S. as your playground is a huge plus.

The car models look beautiful, and they implemented the real-life vehicle details down to the engine.

There were four starter cars, and one purchasable. There’s a good variety of vehicles that you can use in the game, ranging from muscle cars such as the Dodge Challenger, to tuner Asian imports like the Nissan Skyline GT-R, to a tricked out Porsche Cayman that was tuned up to be a 4×4. I was also quite surprised at how good the damage physics were. Normally, racing games that have actual brand name cars in them don’t really go for great damage physics, as it gives the cars a “bad image.” But “The Crew” was able to get away with

The Crew website

their physics engine, and your cars can get wrecked pretty badly, they even have a damage system.

They have a couple of landmarks in the game which were pretty fun to see including the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge, even Lombard Street, but unfortunately, no Twin Peaks.

The weather system is also worthy of praise. The rain really feels like it’s hitting your car, and you can see the amount of detail that

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was put into the weather dynamics. If you were to drive on a dirt road, your car would actually pick up dust, and if you were to drive in snow, your car would get covered in snow, and the rain would wash all that away.

Unfortunately, the game isn’t drawn to scale. I was literally able to drive from Chicago to Las Vegas in just an hour. It would have been great if the trip was actually that short. I

can’t complain too much because an accurately scaled map would just be too big to produce in this game, especially with the amount of detail they put into the car models and environments.

Though, one of the things that really bugged me was that you can just teleport to your buddies in-game. When you want to start a race, only one of your friends have to be present at the race’s start, and they can just invite you to the

race and have you teleport over.

Sure, it’s convenient and makes things quicker, but it really does defeat the purpose of riding out as a “crew.” The customization is also a little difficult to understand, not in terms of what parts do what, but why are some cars able to upgrade way further than others?

All-in-all, “The Crew” is a really fun game but there are some mechanics that I just don’t agree with, and I don’t think Ubisoft will be “fixing” these issues. They seem like features that are always present in Ubisoft games, so they are most likely keeping them. “The Crew” is an enjoyable game, and its issues shouldn’t really be seen as a hindrance since they don’t really “break” the game. “The Crew” will also have a second beta late in September that will also be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. “The Crew” is set to launch on Nov. 11, 2014.

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YouTube beauty guru on campus: MakeupAndSpaaarkles

by Bianca Gonzalez

TSV Entertainment Editor

Aracellys aka MakeupAndSpaaarkles Vega a student at Skyline, as a hobby makes YouTube videos about beauty, hair and fashion. She began making videos as she herself was a viewer of other women on YouTube who make beauty videos. The inspiration for her videos came from watching other beauty gurus.

Aracellys has been working at a Sephora makeup counter for two years, she learned to do makeup by watching other YouTubers, and if she wanted to buy a beauty product she would go to YouTube to find reviews.

“I mainly film makeup tutorials.

They're brief tutorials on how to do eyeliner, eyeshadow, foundation, and how to use the products. I also like to film reviews on products I personally think are good and worth the price. I have filmed a couple hair tutorials as well.”

Vega plans to transfer to a four year college and pursue a degree in health science, then apply to a master’s program in nursing.

Vega experienced as a YouTuber a lot of positive feedback from her viewers. She is active in the comments and responds to the majority of her viewers. With 15,000 subscribers she has other

Screenshot of MakeupAnSpaaarkles makeup videos.

goals in mind and her YouTube success is a fun hobby to have.

Most YouTubers begin to make money when they start to have a big audience of subscribers, people who like the videos, and also sharing the videos.

Companies send out clothing or hair tools and makeup for free just to be mentioned in beauty videos and Vega has also been sent products for mentions.

Vega shows the way she uses skin care products and makeup in her videos and sees that she

has helped out a lot of other girls in the videos she puts out.

Some of the challenges Vega had, had to do with finding good lighting and good angles, she already had experience with the iMovie editing program on her MacBook. Vega would watch tech tutorials to learn how to better her editing skills, and in turn this benefitted her videos.

Vega is very humbled and says that she is rarely ever approached by viewers in public that recognize her videos. She feels as though

Screenshot by Bianca Gonzalez/The SkylineView from YouTube

she is just a regular student and girl who does makeup, but obviously she has many accomplishments and a few words of advice for anyone who is thinking of making videos for YouTube.

“Just go for it. The feedback is positive and kind through YouTube. Start off by filming whatever makes you comfortable, whether it’s makeup tutorials, cooking tutorials, ‘how to draw,’ etc., there's about everything on YouTube.”

A dark twist on indie pop: Sir Sly’s debut album

by Michelle Kelly

TSV editor In Chief

The Los Angeles based band Sir Sly released their debut album “You Haunt Me” on Sept. 16, incorporating releases from their earlier "Gold" EP. The band is classified under what you would call “indie pop,” but the trio, singer Landon Jacobs, drummer Hayden Coplen, and bassist Jason Suwito, create a sound that’s different from their genre.

Sir Sly works off of beats with dark edgy undertones, but keeps an up-tempo rhythm that juxtaposes their lyrics. In the opening track “Where I’m Going” it’s almost impossible to refrain from a foot tap at the very least while lead singer Landon utters things like “You know I’m gonna come for you.”

The new tracks begin with “Nowhere/Bloodlines Part I” which moves seamlessly from the EP making the album feel like a full piece, furthered by the fact that the bloodlines melody bookends the new material.

Having long awaited this LP from what was heard of their singles like “Ghost,” it could become easy to misjudge the direction Sir Sly was heading, but they very much stayed aligned to the omnipresent gloom that fuels them. In tracks like “Floods” they drop the tempo into a softer ballad that flowed well in an almost tiered movement of energy from song to song.

“Too Far Gone” is a stand out track as it marries that incredible knack for hooks Sir Sly encompasses a perfect melancholy synth.

The chorus is jarring in its ability to stay dark, but all the while holding on to that gripping rhythm.

To write a review of this album would be a disservice without mentioning the formidable presence this band has on stage.

Having seen them twice, it’s easy to say they’re the rare band that is better in person than on their perfectly produced tracks. These songs lend themselves greatly to the energy brought out by the live performance of this trio.

In every way “You Found Me” has all of the necessary attributes for an indie pop record but it also in every way differentiates itself. With a full sound of pulsating percussion and gripping guitar riffs they make an experience that’s separate from their contemporaries.

Scan this QR code to see more of Aracellys and her YouTube channel.

Concerts: -Sept. 18, CHVRCHES at Fox Theatre Oakland -Oct. 2, Lorde at Greek Theatre Berkeley Elton John at SAP Center -Oct. 5, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Steve Windwood at SAP Center -Oct. 17, Hall and Oates at Nob Hill Masonic -Oct. 25, Charli XCX at Slims

Movies: -Sept. 19, “The Maze Runner,” Rated: PG-13. (Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy) “Tusk,” Rated: R. (Horror) “This Is Where I Leave You,” Rated: R. (Comedy)

Books: Photo Credit Michelle Kelly Top photo: Lead singer Landon Jacobs takes center stage at a concert in Sacramento Calif. on Aug. 13. (bassist Jason Suwito on right)

Check out the album on iTunes!

Right photo: Album cover for Sir Sly’s debut album “You Haunt Me”

-Sept. 30, “Shouldn’t You Be In School?” Lemony Snicket.

-Sept. 22, “Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgramage of the Flesh,” by John Lahr.

-Sept. 23, “Gutenberg’s Apprentice,” by Alix Christie.

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Baseball aggression raises safety concerns

Recent freak injuries in baseball rekindle classic debates about the sport.

by Dave Newlands

TSV Features Editor

On the night of Sept. 12, Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins was hit in the face by an 85 mph fastball in a moment that will likely reinvigorate the talk of more safety equipment for ballplayers, but should start the conversation about aggression and respect in the game.

The injury occurred against the Milwaukee Brewers, a team that is playing for their postseason lives in a close wildcard race that they are trailing after sitting atop the National

League Central division for most of the season. The Brewers have a lot to lose in every remaining game this season. The Marlins, on the other hand, had very little to lose. They are all but statistically eliminated from the playoffs after a fair to middling season. They did, however, have an all star outfielder and league-leading hitter in Stanton, who was due for a franchise-level contract after this season.

After Stanton was carted off the field, the very next pitch came high and inside once more, tagging Stanton’s replacement in the hands. The benches cleared and a brawl ensued.

Players and managers were ejected.

Later in the game, Marlins’ pitcher Anthony Desclafani hit a Brewers’ batter with a pitch. Once again the benches cleared, and once again players and managers were ejected.

Meanwhile on the East Coast the Yankees’ third baseman Chase Headley was hit in the chin by a 96 mph pitch thrown by Tampa Bay pitcher Jake McGee. There was no brawl. There was no retaliation.

There were no ejections.

Perhaps the difference between the two games was that neither the Yankees nor the Rays had anything to gain by playing to the death.

The Yankees let the incident go

as an errant brushback that, unfortunately, got out of McGee’s control.

Brushback pitches are a part of baseball, much like home plate collisions used to be before Buster Posey’s season ending collision instigated a rule against hitting the catcher.

So does the devastating injury to a star player incite calls for full-face helmets and padded hats, or does the Chase Headley incident remind us that athletes are at risk for injury and we should leave the sport well enough alone?

Changes to the sport will certainly be instituted at the collegiate level before being attempted in the pros, but college teams are currently

getting used to bats that perform more like wood bats in order to tone down the bombastic offense and make college more like the pro ball that purists love so much.

Hopefully the lesson baseball takes away from this is that escalation of safety regulations doesn’t solve any more problems than escalation of aggression. In this case, the Yankees, who like to proclaim themselves the poster boys of baseball, may in fact be.

Play the game as it was meant to be played, beanballs and all.

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Does on-field aggresive behavior make athletes prone to conflict

by Aaron Washington Special to the View

This has potentially been the worst week in the history of the NFL. When you hear a statement like this, the first assumption would be that it concerns a lack of quality play on the field, but it concerns something far more disturbing.

Domestic violence has once again joined the national discussion due to the actions of a few select NFL players.

At the forefront of this is Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, who punched his wife in elevator causing a turn of events that has fans screaming that the NFL tried to cover up the situation. A video of him attacking his

wife was released by TMZ, which caused a national uproar considering Rice had already been suspended for two games. The Ravens have terminated Rice’s contract and he has been suspended indefinitely.

There are also two other NFL players who are feeling national pressure due to their involvement in domestic violence cases, Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers and Ray Macdonald of the San Francisco 49ers. While these cases may not be as severe as Rice’s, they still raise a serious question. Is there a connection between the violence on the field and violence in the home?

There’s a few ways

to answer this question. One way is that there is no connection and they have more to do with the person rather than the sport. But considering that NFL players are paid to be as aggressive as possible six days a week, it would be impossible to keep all that aggression on the field at certain points.

That’s not to say that all NFL players abuse their significant others, there’s just a few bad apples in this bunch.

Currently, there are fourteen active NFL players with a history of domestic violence.

This number is changing the national view of football players as out of control.

While this couldn’t be further from the truth, the fact is that is must have something to

do with the violent play they have taken part for most of their lives.

While we may never get a definitive answer about why domestic violence has become so prevalent in sports, the violence in the sport of football may be one of the main factors among others. Hopefully, this trend will change going forward and stories like these will not dominate an entire week’s worth of news. But for now we are forced to take a look at domestic violence and the reason it continues to occur.

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Ray Rice caught on video assaulting his wife Janay Palmer in elevator.

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by William Nacouzi

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The Trojans started the season with a clean slate and revamped teams. This past week featured various games.

Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams played against Mendocino College at Ukiah. The September 16th games both unfortunately ended with a loss. The men played first and finished 0-1, while the women finished 0-2.

The upcoming soccer games will be Sept. 19. The women’s game will be at Livermore against Las Positas College at 4:00p.m. Meanwhile, the men’s soccer team will be here at Skyline’s soccer field facing the College of Marin at 3:00p.m.

For volleyball the Trojans faced Chabot College at Sacramento on Sept. 12 and won 3-1. Their next game is an away game against the City College of San Francisco on Sept. 19 at 6:30p.m.

Men’s Soccer Aug. 29 vs. San Joaquin Delta College T, 1-1 Sep. 2 vs. Santa Rosa JC, L. 6-0 Sep. 12 vs. Contra Costa College L, 2-1

Women’s Soccer Sep. 2 vs. Modesto JC L 8-0

Sep. 4 vs. Cuesta College L, 1-0.

Sep. 6 vs. Allan Hancock College W, 5-1 Sep. 9 vs. Contra Costa College W, 5-0 Sep. 10 vs. College of Marin W, 5-0 Sep. 12 vs. Shasta College W, 2-0

Vollyball Aug. 29 Alameda Classic vs. Lassen L, 3-2 March 13 Bay Valley Classic vs. Contracosta File photo/ The Skyline View

W, 3-0 vs. College of Marin W, 3-0 Sep. 5 Solano Classic vs. Napa Valley College W, 3-0 vs. Solano College W, 3-0 Sep. 6 Reedley Classic vs. Reedley College L, 3-0 Sep. 12 vs. Chabot College W, 3-1

2014 Skyline Men’s Basketball

by Erin Perry

Special to the View

For all the basketball fans, the Trojans’ pre-season showcase will be a twoday event on Sept. 25 and Sept. 26. These will be all-day events for the men’s basketball team and will take place at Chabot College at Hayward. The Trojans will officially start this season on Nov. 11, against Columbia College. When asked about the prospects for this season, assistant coach, Eddy Harris said, “Our guys are in the gym every day, working hard, getting better. And we are excited for the upcoming season.” After completing an energetic season last year, which ended on a high note by finishing with a victorious sweep against Cañada, this new season is sure to be exciting.