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UC tuition hike faces push-back State senate seeks alternative to increase in student fees

by Jeanita Lyman TSV news editor

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Outreach Coordinator Florentino Ubungen steps up to the microphone at Awake the Dead: An Open Mic event, hosted by the Dead-Beat Writers club in the cafeteria on Dec. 2.

Campus mourns loss of Skyline alumna

by Erin Perry

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Skyline College lost a beloved soul prior to this holiday break.

Pataine Gladstone, a former ASSC member and exuberant Skyline student lost her battle with cancer on Nov. 22. Gladstone took life into her own hands and was loved by many.

“Patty felt that it was never too late to challenge yourself and improve your life through education,” Amory Cariadus, director of student development, said.

Students from all walks of life felt the passionate essences that Gladstone expelled into her world. Gladstone carried herself with grace and purpose.

Skyline student, Gianni Grelli recalls a biology trip to an estuary in Half Moon Bay where she was unable to join the class at the tides, so they surprised her with an octopus they found when they returned to the van.

Grelli recalled that she was “always funny and optimistic” during class.

Patty was a large part of Skyline’s academic culture. She

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Pataine Gladstone poses at last year’s harvest festival in the profile picture for her memorial Facebook page was part of ASSC and Women in Transition.

Her close friends and members describe her as big hearted and determined.

“Everybody loved her,” said Gladstone’s friend Kaylyn Edwards.

Edwards and other friends of Gladstone will be hosting a memorial in her honor on Friday, Dec. 12 (room to be decided still).

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Prospective University of California students may face increased financial hurdles in the coming years.

On Nov. 19, the UC Board of Regents voted 14-7 to increase tuition at all 10 campuses if the state fails to provide additional funding to the system, despite a three-year freeze on UC tuition rates.

Tuition may be raised by up to 5 percent for the next five years and could possibly go from $12,804 to as much as $15,564 by 2020, depending on whether the state provides more funding to the UC system.

Students protested the UC Regents meeting and the subsequent announcement of their decision.

According to Senior Public Information Representative at UCSF Elizabeth Hernandez, about 300400 protesters were at the Mission Bay campus on Wednesday, where

the meeting was held. She added that student protests have occurred at UC Regents meetings in the past at UCSF, which is one of the campuses the meetings rotate through.

Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov., and former San Francisco Mayor, Gavin Newsom, and UC Student Regent Sadia Saifuddin were among those who voted against and publicly decried the tuition increase, with Gov. Brown saying that it defies his goal of making higher education more accessible to low-income students.

UC officials have pointed out that most students receive scholarships and financial aid, with roughly 30% paying full tuition.

“I don’t think it’s a good thing,” Student Dominic Geracitano, who plans to go to a UC for teaching credentials after finishing his undergraduate studies, said. “State-run schools should be affordable. But on the other hand, with a UC you pay more and get more out of it at the same time.”

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New business class focuses on marketing

by Jeanita Lyman TSV news editor

Business majors and prospective entrepreneurs will have access to a more modern approach to marketing this spring.

Bus 296, New Economy Marketing, made its debut in the spring class schedule.

“I came in and looked at curriculum with a couple groups and realized we need a class to look at marketing in a new way,” Business Professor Celia Canfield said.

The new class will focus on

new developments and trends in marketing, including social media, sustainability, customer-related marketing and localized marketing.

According to Canfield, the class will have no textbook and will replicate an agency environment by having students work in teams to produce solutions for real-life issues that clients face. Canfield will be teaching the class in conjunction with marketing and social media professional Lisa Business continued page 2

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of Gladstone’s life here at Skyline.

There will also be a memory book for guests to write down their own recollections and love for her.

Gladstone was a dominant force here at Skyline; this was her place of graduation. She majored in anthropology and graduated from Skyline in 2013.

Her love of life ranged from her involvement in WIT and ASSC to her adoration of her pets and her enthusiasm for education.

Multiple charities have been suggested as ways to ensure Gladstone’s spirit lives on through philanthropy. These include:

News Editor Jeanita lyman Features Editor Dave Newlands Opinions Editor Steve Perotti Entertainment Editor Bianca gonzalez Sports Editor Julianna Leon Chief Copy Editor David Perez

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Online editor Will nacouzi Editor at large Jordan Sweidan Special projects editor Joshua Collier

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Her friends remember her as determined and focused; recalling a day where a dying wheelchair battery still didn’t keep her from attending classes.

“I don’t think she was worried, or had any sense of anxiety,” said Professor Lori Slicton, a mentor and friend of Gladstone’s, about her final days on Earth.

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Multimedia Editor Miguel Garcia

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Honoring Our Mothers (part of WIT), Stand Up to Cancer and the S.P.C.A. There is a memorial page on Facebook for Gladstone, and links to these sites will be posted soon.

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Students have been occupying UC Berkeley’s Wheeler hall since the regents’ vote to increase tuition on Nov. 19.

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“I like to co-teach with another professor or expert with field experience, because I find we often have divergent points of view,” Canfield said.

Canfield stressed the importance of having adjunct business professors who are in touch with the business world.

“Business professors try to be as real-world as possible, and as adjunct we have more access to the industry. There’s no tried or true way(of teaching business).

We see ourselves more as trying to shake things up.”

In addition to having two teachers, the class will also feature a number of guest speakers throughout the semester, most of whom will be professionals in the field, often with ties to Silicon Valley.

Canfield encourages any students who see themselves as entrepreneurs or small-business employees in the future to take the class.

“It’s absolutely key to understand the dynamics of marketing and be savvy,” Canfield said, adding that social media and marketing skills are a huge asset in business today.

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“Of course they did,” Student Daniela Tabora said, in response to the tuition increase. “It’s more money, and at some point it just goes over the line.”

Tabora added that she would probably need financial aid in order to attend a UC. UC students system-wide protested the tuition raise, with UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz continuing protests over the weekend. On Nov. 24, a walk out by hundreds of students throughout the system was staged. UC Berkeley students have continued protests.

“We plan to continue after Thanksgiving,” UC Berkeley student Ajay Vishwanath, who was occupying the campus’s Wheeler Hall with other students the weekend after the vote, said. “We’re trying to stress open university and an open space for dialogue.”

Although numbers have died down at UC Berkeley’s Wheeler hall, protesters occupied the building over Thanksgiving break and still continue.

In light of the controversy surrounding the tuition hike, the state senate released a plan on Dec. 2 to avoid increasing in-state tuition by allotting more funding to the UC system and increasing tuition for out-of-state students.

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To whom it may concern School newspapers often clash with their school's administration, and The Skyline View is no exception. Since most educated people have a healthy distrust of the media, and most journalists have a healthy distrust of authority, some issues are bound to come up.

During the past school year; however, tension appears to have increased. While the effects of the media guidelines implemented last year have not lived up to our initial fears, and there are still staff and faculty who have been enormously helpful as sources for our stories, we have continued to have trouble accessing people and information that we need from all branches of student services, from the financial aid office, to Sparkpoint, to public safety.

Although the public information office is usually kind and accommodating when we request information, regurgitating information from public relations does not make for the best stories or writing habits, and the public-relations approved email interviews that we usually have to do to access information from student services fails to give us the reporting, research and interview skills that we are here, paying tuition, to learn. We often have inexperienced or brand new writers for our stories, who will inevitably make mistakes, but

My apologies

by Steve Perotti TSV Opinions Editor

In the wake of the tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri, and the riots taking place throughout the country, we have all come to terms with the fact that racism is very much a part of our day-to-day existence.

The majority of us seem to think that, because we were born in a generation that followed the civil rights movement, that we would be more open minded and prepared for issues of racism when they arose. But, sadly, this is not the case.

In the first week of October an editorial cartoon was published in the opinions section that painted Skyline’s president, Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud, in a negative light. The location of the cartoon, in such close proximity to the editorial pertaining to issues of bigotry on campus, was purely accidental and had no connection to the cartoon’s subject, theme or message.

It was recently brought to my attention that there was iconography alluded to in the cartoon that I was unaware of, and that these images caused pain to our president.

The pose Dr. Stanback Stroud was illustrated in was not a caricature of a power fist, or the prominent meaning behind such a stance.

The font that was used is one we have used in the past in reference to the Skyline Theater Club, but it was brought to my attention that it

bears similarities to script that was used to promote minstrel shows and entertainment degrading towards African Americans. This was, again, not our intention at all and I am deeply saddened by the misinterpretation of these images

by Dr. Stanback Stroud.

I was prepared for the repercussions that the intended message of this cartoon would cause, the opinion that events here on campus are designed more for faculty and not for students, but the blowback we received on The Skyline View was not what was expected. Over the past two months we have been on the receiving end of a salvo of letters, accusing us of gross negligence, disrespect and a lack of journalistic integrity.

If the issues of racism or the significance of the images that were used were mentioned to us in these letters we could have addressed the issue quickly, but sadly this was not the case. So rather than handling this misunderstanding, because at the end of the day that is in fact what this is, in a timely manner we were forced to endure attacks from faculty and administration on a weekly basis.

To Dr. Stanback Stroud I offer my apologies. It was not, in anyway shape or form, my intention to offend or hurt you. The message we were trying to get across in the cartoon was not intended to be an attack against you, and had nothing to do with race or bigotry

cutting off information from us will not stop that from happening and will not help us learn.

Information from student services has either become more difficult to attain, or we've become more aware of the difficulty this semester. In addition, we've managed to greatly upset a number of staff and faculty members, including Skyline President Regina Stanback-Stroud herself, with our editorial cartoon earlier in the semester. It took months for us to become aware of some of the exact reasons that people were upset, and although we feel terrible about how it was interpreted, it's been a learning experience for us.

However, the opinions section of the paper is labeled as such for a reason, and views expressed in it belong to whoever produced the content. Editorial cartoons are frequently scathing and critical of public figures, and major publications often receive negative feedback on them as well. It's not always pretty, but the opinions section and the editorial cartoon are expressions of first amendment rights, whether people like it or not, and as journalists we value our right to free speech. Opinions are not intended to be informative in the way that news or features are, but rather an expression of the writer's thoughts and a platform

for opening dialogue about various issues, which, regardless of public opinion, our editorial cartoon did accomplish.

Some of the criticism we've received has been discouraging, to say the least, especially when we already feel that our publication and department are not supported or respected by much of the administrative staff. Given that our requests for interviews and information are often dismissed or refused and many people don't trust us or think we're competent enough to cover some of the stories that we do, we've been surprised that something in the opinions section has garnered such a strong reaction. If we're not going to be respected or taken seriously anyway, it's unreasonable for our entire publication to be criticized as much as it has been for a cartoon, and further drives home our sense that there is a rift between us and administration.

In the end, The Skyline View and administration have the same goal: to serve and educate students.

We're unable to do that to our fullest capacity without accommodation from school officials and, as a result, it should be no surprise that we're disenchanted and critical of administration.

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Thanksgiving is a sham The pilgrims did not sit down with Native Americans and have dinner on the

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Police and body worn cameras: Will it help?

We can debate the series of events that occurred the night Michael Brown was shot, but we shouldn’t have to.

If every officer in the country had to wear a camera, there would be nothing to argue.

Our government puts complete control in the hands of law enforcement with little to no conditions. There’s no video of what transpired between Michael Brown and Darren Wilson and there’s only one side of the story being told.

The goal of our justice system is transparency and there’s nothing more transparent than concrete evidence like video.

President Obama is allocating $75 million dollars to equipping 50,000 officers with body-worn cameras.

This would only be a percentage of the force, as The Verge reports there are almost 750,000 police officers in the country.

However, as small of a change it seems, the body-worn cameras will be a step in keeping law enforcement honest about the interactions they have with citizens.

In the meantime it’s important to note that if you are in public it is perfectly legal for you to record a

police officer. It is illegal for them to try to delete any footage or take your recording device without a search warrant.

It’s necessary to know the rights you have when interacting with law enforcement because a video could be definitive proof to support you instead of having their word against yours.

It’s not unusual to have surveillance of people on the job, every person in retail or food service, as well as many others, are accountable for their actions through recording. Especially considering the stakes are much higher for those in active duty law enforcement, it would be beneficial to have that layer of liability.

It will protect cops too, having the world they interact with documented will help when they’re being criticized. The body camera will help those who are innocent; regardless of the side of the law they’re on.

Putting cameras in action with officers would only create more visibility and openness. A camera would have prevented Ferguson and implementing them among the entirety of the workforce would prevent any future tragedies.

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Have you ever sat back and really thought about what Thanksgiving means?

As little children in elementary schools we were all told, at one point or another, that Thanksgiving was created to immortalize the connection made between the pilgrims and their Native American “friends.” That the turkey and assorted side dishes we would be eating with our families was in reference to the food shared between the fledgling pilgrim settlers and their indigenous settlers. But, as we’ve grown older, the majority of us have not bothered to sit back and really question the validity of this mindset. Why not? Is it because early settlers did not, in fact, sit down and bond with America’s indigenous tribal representatives over maize and turkey? Is it because trying to sell a holiday where we celebrate the combination of ruining a virgin land while being responsible for a near genocide of an entire culture would be near impossible?

Let’s be honest with ourselves.

The men and women who settled America for the European empires, regardless of whether or not they were trying to achieve “religious freedom” or a foothold to reach China and Japan for trade, were

not saints. And they did not make friends with the men and women who were already living here. Let’s dispel that myth right now. The pilgrims did not walk into the camps of the Native Americans and ask

we were told as children. One of the greatest travesties committed in the history of this planet is the treatment that the American Indians received once Europeans appeared on the scene. Wholesale genocide and the destruction of the lands that were sacred to everyone other than European settlers.

“If you still think that early And we celebrate this first colonists were on the best of interaction with a holiday terms with the tribes that they called Thanksgiving?

There is nothing whatwere living next to than, sadsoever that we should be ly, you are living in a dream.” thankful for in a historical sense when looking back the interactions be-Steve Perotti on tween settlers and the men and women that they stole from and murdered.

Will this mindset change in future generafor a proverbial cup of sugar. And tions? Most likely it will not. Will the children of these early settlers our own children, assuming we did not view the progeny of Native have any of course, be correctly Americans as equal. If you still educated about the earliest interthink that early colonists were on actions between European settlers the best of terms with the tribes and American Natives? Chances that they were living next to than, are very slim. And it is that fact sadly, you are living in a dream. that makes this situation all the Ask any man or woman, demore sad and infuriating for those scended from any Native Ameriwho know the truth. So when you can tribe, what stories they were are sitting down to a turkey meal told pertaining to Thanksgiving with your family, at least be aware while growing up. Chances are of what really happened, and don’t relatively high that the stories buy into the myth that we were all they told around the table will be told as children. drastically different than the ones

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by Steve Perotti TSV Opinions Editor

Charles Manson, the pseudo father figure to the commune turned killer Manson Family of the 1960s, is getting married early next year.

The kicker? His bride-to-be is 26 years old. Sadly, this is a very real thing. “ Manson, who has been married two times before, is supposedly set to wed Afton Elaine Burton, a 26 year old who met and fell in love with Manson while she was still just in her teens. The reasoning behind the marriage is raising numerous questions, along with cries of distaste and rage from those affected by Manson's special type of insanity. While it is being labeled as a publicity stunt by some and a con by others, none of this seems to make a difference to Burton, whose love for her fiancé seems to be on the level and unshakeable.

But this raises interesting questions from the general public, such as why is this being allowed to happen at all? The California government can't be too pleased with this, since Manson has been one of the state's premiere inmates since the 70's serving a life sentence for his part in the Manson Family murders. Why is Manson still alive at all? Because California is not a death penalty state, so the now 80-year-old Manson sits in a cell most likely receiving truckloads of fan mail from disenchanted youths such as Burton, who apparently moved to Corcoran, CA, in order

to be closer to the man she would grow to wed.

What is it, exactly, that possesses someone to try and marry a man like Manson? Is this one of those situations we've all grown accustomed to seeing, where a good man or a good woman partners up with a dead beat stooge in the hopes that they can be saved?

Here's a fun fact for you: When Burton was born, Manson was 54 years old. Doesn't that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy in the bottom of your heart? Or, like most, does that thought make you want to gag and curl up into the fetal position as you strive not to be scream at the top of your lungs?

Sadly this wedding seems on schedule and should be occurring sometime early next year. In all honesty it seems that this is just another vain attempt by Manson to stay relevant and in the forefront of discussion with a generation that has all but forgotten about his existence. It is true that when most young people these days hear the name Manson they are thinking of Marilyn Manson, and not the leader of one of the nations most depraved cults, who was responsible for the so many deaths in his day.

I'm sure if Burton were questioned as to why she is marrying Mason she would give us all an intricate story about how he is a sweet, gentle man who just wants to be happy. Did you feel that? There's another one of those collective gags in the fetal position we were just talking about.

Stop begging for attention

by Steve Perotti TSV Opinions Editor

Have you ever been talking with someone, over the phone or via messaging, for a long period of time, only for them to drop the partner bomb on you?

What is a partner bomb? When someone tells you, out of nowhere, that they are dating someone, or that they're in a committed relationship while they've been chatting with you. Chances are relatively high that we all know someone who has experienced this first hand, especially with today's various social media sites allowing for different kinds of messaging.

This is not a gender specific phenomenon; both men and women are guilty of dropping the partner bomb on unsuspecting innocent bystanders. There have been countless instances of someone thinking that they were getting somewhere with a possible romantic relationship only to be bludgeoned by the partner bomb.

If leading someone on, regardless if it is a man or a woman on either end, is your vain attempt at getting attention than you should do us all a favor and just get a pet.

Dating is difficult to say the least. To put it bluntly dating is a masochistic trial of errors where we are forced to try over and over again to make connections with people we don't know. The process is made all more complicated and painful now with the introduction of these attention seeking partner bombardiers. Will we waste

weeks at a time talking to someone, thinking that we are moving closer to our ultimate goal, only to be bashed over the head with the knowledge that they are in a relationship with someone else already? Are we all auditioning for front row seats in the friend zone now?

If you want unconditional attention and love while you're in a relationship with someone, then do us all a favor and get a dog. Rather than leading someone on, sending them pictures of yourself in the hopes of keeping their attention, then just do the right thing and keep your selfish tendencies to yourself. Dating someone already and they're not paying sufficient amounts of attention to you?

Dump them and find someone else.

Rather than inflicting the death of a thousand pictures on some naive bystander just do us all a favor and keep your narcissistic tendencies to yourself.

Granted if someone makes the assumption that they're getting somewhere with someone else just because they get a risqué picture sent to them via message then they are, technically, at fault because they are making an assumption in the first place. But, regardless of this assumption, this growing trend needs to stop for the sake of our collective sanity. Keep your attention seeking needs to yourself and, if anything, get over yourself in the process. Your arrogance and ego are hurting other people who aren't prepared for the partner bomb to level their self-esteem.

Kinkiness and communication: Kinky sex is great if both parties are into it One of the most important questions when it comes to sex it this: How kinky is too kinky?

Now we’ve all been with at least one person, sexually, who wanted us to do…weird things.

When it comes to sex there are dozens of things someone can ask you to do that may surprise you: Strangulation, cutting, physical abuse (punching, slapping, etc.) and the list goes on. They say variety is the spice of life, but eventually we all have to start asking ourselves what is acceptable in the bedroom and what is not.

In all honesty, I think its all fair game as long as both parties are comfortable with it. If a guy wants his woman to tie him up, slip a ball gag in his mouth and step on him while she’s wearing high heels, and she’s okay doing it of course, then have at it. If a woman wants her man to surprise her when

she gets home, dragging her into the bedroom before she knows what’s going on and rip all of her clothes off, then she should get it.

Sex isn’t about following rules or guidelines, but it is about two-way communication and trust.

Is it acceptable for someone to assume that they know what their partner wants and just act on it? No. You can’t initiate rough sex with someone and just hope that they’re into it because you think they might be. Does taking the time to talk about it lessen the mood of the moment? Of course, but it shows your partner that you respect them and care enough about them to be sure about it before you start breaking out the whips and chains. You might learn in the process of this two-way communication that your partner is, in fact, not into the things you thought they might be. You just

saved yourself from a possible relationship-ruining experience. No one wants to lose a good relationship because of a stupid assumption and misunderstanding.

The silver lining to this proposal is this: Maybe they’re into something you didn’t think of.

Perhaps, while you were brain storming of your little sexual escapades, your partner was thinking of something else entirely. Maybe they’re as kinky, if not more so, than you are, but just in a different direction. If it’s something you can both agree on, then who says you can’t have your cake and eat it to?

Take the time to get to know the men and/or women you’re having sex with. Chances are the time you dedicate to getting to know their desires will be reciprocated back to you, and sex is always more enjoyable when it’s a two-way street.

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by Miguel Garcia TSV Multi Media editor

Parents can be really strict sometimes, and it’s understandable because they want to protect their children and discipline them properly. Some parents just take it a bit too far, though.

A lot of people in the 18-25 age demographic live with their parents still, me being one of them.

I actually have a lot of freedom, though, so I essentially don’t even feel like I live with my parents anymore, like they’re my landlords, really. Then there are parents who give their children little to no freedom. It makes it so much harder to socialize with them.

People who are already 21 tend to still have a curfew, which is really funny since their essentially responsible for their own selves at that point because they can legally do whatever they want. Then again, if they live with their parents, that’s a completely different story.

It’s really weird how people who are of the same age, but live on their own or on campus in a dorm, have so much freedom. But then, for some of those who live with their parents, it’s like they are 13 all over again.

I really don’t understand these kinds of parents, how are their kids supposed to learn about responsibilities as an adult if they

don’t let them have the “hands-on” experience in order to mature into something they wouldn’t need to watch over anymore. From how I see it, it’s a hassle for a lot of parents to watch over their kids, especially when they’re in their teens. Many parents tend to have this bittersweet feeling when their kids finally grow up and move out too. They don’t need to watch over their kids anymore, but then their kids won’t be around anymore either.

Then there’s that one daughter who's dad doesn’t let her do anything. It’s like she’s this “princess” that’s trapped in a tower and their dad is waiting for the right “prince charming” to find her.

Case in point: I’m here trying to get to know this girl, maybe hang out, all the innocent little intentions that I have, but she doesn’t have any sort of freedom to even hang out with her friends often. It’s really weird too because it’s pretty much a double standard in their household. She has a twin brother who can essentially go wherever he wants; he doesn’t have as many restrictions as his sister. I really don’t understand the logic here, it’s almost sexist, in a way. Her own dad won’t trust her going out with friends when her brother can essentially hang out with his buddies if so he pleases. I definitely won’t be that kind of dad.

theskylineview@gmail.com Opinions Life is too amazing for a word like “simply” Rather than hiding behind a word like “simply” it is better to embrace the emotions and power that is a part of life

by Erin Perry TSV Staff Writer

Stop using “simply.”

Why simplify life? Why portray something as less than it is?

Life isn’t simple. There is nothing simple about being alive.

So why put this unnecessary word before adjectives?

“Simply delicious,” “simply incredible,” “simply delightful.”

All of these gorgeous, descriptive words are taken down a notch with this added simplifier.

It’s like saying that the meal you are eating is “just delicious,” why can’t it be delicious? Delicious, with all its corresponding layers and facets.

Every inch of life is complex and emotional, and language has been designed to reflect that complexity.

Then we get the word “simply,” and that complexity is thrown out the window.

I think what bothers me is that we feel the necessity to limit these descriptions, and take their power away from them. When we put the word “simply” before an adjective, the reader’s attention is now on this predecessor rather than the adjective that is actually describing something.

We have this abundance of multifaceted linguistic gifts and we choose to inhibit the performance of them.

Why can’t the view be beautiful and invigorating? Why is it “simply beautiful?" Beauty is not simple. When we use “simply,” there is little room for improvement or for development. It is done, the description and the experience is over at that word. And we can’t take it back.

Once we brand something with the unforgiving “simply,” then we are stuck with a two-dimensional version of what could have been an engaging sensory experience.

Don’t take the raw power of a word away with this crippling additive.

Not to mention, you sound snobbish. Simply is the bourgeois word for not wanting to elaborate. It’s as if putting it before a description entitles you to just stop talking without the need to evolve your opinion.

Why is it beautiful? How is it beautiful? What emotions does it stir in you?

Apparently none worth noting.

We are given these words, all of these succulent words and we don’t use them the way they could be--to their fullest potential.

Simply, is a way to dumb down an explanation; to cut around the edges, avoiding substance and actual emotion. It is a cowardly description.

Do not be afraid of words.

Do not be afraid to feel. Sights

are supposed to astound you and leave you breathless, not wordless.

Experiences are supposed to shock you, but not leave you mute to the descriptive power of the written language.

Use it! All of it; every inch of it. There’s no need to simplify your expressions. Readers want to know more.

Humans are naturally curious; we are born hungry to live vicariously through the words and eyes of others. So give us that.

Feed us with your colorful language and your inspired philosophies. Don’t deprive your readers or listeners of the knowledge and insight that you possess inside of you.

It’s a selfish act to use the word “simply.” You swindle the audience and yourself of a potentially rewarding moment.

Just think for a moment about how many words you know—how many possibilities you have to express the opinions that you are entitled to.

Then think for a moment again, and don’t make one of those words “simply.”

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Let your senses w rk f r y u Unconventional study techniques to help achieve peak performance during stressful finals week.

by Lea Naqishbendi TSV Correspondent

Anxiety, the feeling that your brain is overloaded with information, that apprehensive memory block as you look upon the last test of the semester. These can be a real struggle for students to deal with, and to some extent can be expected around exam time.

There are, however, some tricks you might not expect to help you through this overwhelming and exhausting time we’ve come to know as finals. Whether the issue is lacking the ability to recall information you’ve studied or overcoming that fight or flight feeling to stay in your seat and get the exam done, these five

unconventional tips can help to enhance your test taking ability by boosting your brain power and memory so that your grade actually correlates with all your hard work and preparation.

Let’s face it, because school is challenging we can use all the help we can get. So why not use all your five senses?

Smell the rosemary By using what psychologists call the olfactory system to study, odors can help to associate what you’ve learned to those smells paired with the event. Specifically, smelling a sprig of rosemary or a drop

Listen to classical Classical music isn’t just for those with powdered wigs, but in fact might help with what’s underneath. In a recent case study performed

by Skyline student and early childhood education major

Eat walnuts Not only do walnuts look like brains, but they can actually help with strengthening your brain functions and cellular development. In a recent study published by DementiaToday

Clench your fist When we think of people who are under stress, frustrated, or even upset, we usually can picture them with clenched fists as we see in most cartoons. Although the same feelings can come up during finals, it’s an unlikely

Use your mind’s eye Though this may be the last tip, visualization certainly isn’t the least, as it is highly considered in learning circles to be one of the most powerful techniques for increasing memory of mundane or boring Photos courtesy of creative commons.

of the plant’s oil as you study and again as you test can help reactivate those memories you thought you lost during stress and cramming. Though the herb is most often thought of in terms of cooking, psychologists have dubbed it the “remembrance herb” as it has been found to be highly effective in long-term

memory retention and mental arithmetic. A little rosemary aroma goes a long way when it comes to sharpening your mind for test day.

Gabriela Saucedo, findings suggest this to be especially true. After asking two groups of participants to read the Oct. 6 Legislative Update, one group having listened to classical instrumental music and the other not, students recited what information they could recall back to Saucedo afterwards.

“The students who listened to the music while reading gave 75 percent more detail than those who did not listen to music while reading the article,” Saucedo said.

So, avoid that test day brain fart with some Mozart while you study.

where the effects of ingesting walnuts has on learning skills, anxiety, and memory were analyzed, findings suggest that daily consumption of 1 to 1.5 ounces of walnuts, which are high in Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, and other minerals, may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a condition that affects the

human memory. Even better, you don’t have to have AD to reap the benefits. Add walnuts to your morning yogurt before a test to help you from going nuts on your exam.

picture to see students doing the same in class. In a study published by scientific journal PLOS ONE, those who struggle with recalling memory should actually be doing just that. According to their results, “Individuals who encoded language-based information immediately following right hand clenching

(left hemisphere activation), and recalled such information immediately following left hand clenching (right hemisphere activation), demonstrated superior episodic memory.” There really is a method behind putting your dukes up when it comes to fighting for that passing grade.

facts. By using visual bright, vivid colors or objects to correspond to terms, events, or people you may need to remember, you can ensure more success in recalling that information. Another aspect of visualization that can aid with test anxiety is what athletes call “shadow training.” When injured, athletes will review

their moves in their head as a way to remain fit and return to their sport just as strong as they were before, if not stronger. By being a brain athlete and visualizing a positive test taking experience move for move prior to your exams, you can reduce stress and increase success the day of.

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Education knows no borders Skyline professor raises awareness of educational obstacles in Southeast Asia with a travel book of photography and essays

by Chris DeJohn

villages have them, but to go to secondary school was few and far Educator, humanitarian, between.” photographer, philanthropist, avid Tsuchida said the reason cyclist, cool dude, journalist and secondary school doesn’t happen author are only a few words that for most kids is because of the might describe math professor, long travel time between home and Tadashi Tsuchida. A 15-plusschool. Plus, most families are very year veteran at Skyline College, poor and they need the help of the Tsuchida completely obliterates the kids at home so there isn’t much nerdy lab-coat-pocket-protectortime for them to go to school. bespectacled-math-professor “For example, in Cambodia, if caricature stereotype. Tsuchida your family is too poor to afford a plays electric guitar, rides a $30 bicycle, you won’t be able to motorcycle and travels the world. go to secondary school because it’s Starting out in college as a too far to walk and you won’t make music major, it wasn’t long before it there and back home in time to Tsuchida dropped out, joined a help out with the family,” Tsuchida band and began chasing a dream of said. “In Nepal, most people that I being a professional guitarist and talked to who completed secondary vocalist. Tsuchida is quick to admit school had to walk two hours to he eventually grew sick of eating school and two hours back, over a steady diet of Top-Ramen so he extremely rugged mountainous decided to go back to school when terrain in the Himalayas.” he was about 25 Tsuchida says that years old. it’s amazing what Never “We were completely people do to get an intending to education when they blown away to hear value it so much and study math, Tsuchida how hard it was just compiling all the says he had a material for his book for people to complete completely changed “great calcprofessor” a basic high-school the way he thinks who got him about things and it education.” changed he and his hooked, and he discovered wife’s lives. that he really “We realized how far - Tadashi Tsuchida enjoyed it. a dollar goes in these At the same places,” Tsuchida time Tsuchida said. “We found that received an offer to try his hand at in the highlands of Vietnam that teaching at a local high school as for about $100 a year we could pay a math tutor, which, only two days for a young girl’s school and pay later, blossomed into him becoming for her room and board at school. “the science teacher.” He says that So basically for about $15 a month, he really enjoyed that experience you can totally change someone’s and it just “clicked” with him. life.”

Tsuchida then began teaching While not what one would college classes while he was consider wealthy, Tsuchida and his attending grad-school at San wife have helped a number of kids Francisco State University. Here in a number of countries pursue an we are 15 years later and he still education in some way or another. loves it. I can tell you first hand With their book, “No Lunch, that his energy is infectious.

No Money…” they are raising Tsuchida is also a world traveler awareness of just how little it takes who enjoys photography and to help someone less fortunate. writing. After quite a few trips here “When you meet somebody who and there, on the recommendation is struggling so hard and wants of a photographer friend, Tsuchida it so bad and are so bright and and his wife (also a college math talented, and all they’re looking for professor) traveled to Cambodia, is just a crack for the door to open Vietnam and Thailand in 2004. just a little bit of an opportunity, This is where Tsuchida and his why not do that,” Tsuchida said. wife got the idea to began writing, “You know, it’s money that’s “No Lunch, No Money, No Rice: extremely well spent. It makes us The pursuit of Education in Asia” feel good and it gives someone a a book full of interviews and real opportunity.” absolutely beautiful photographs “No Lunch, No Money, No that chronicles the lives of Rice; The Pursuit of Education Southeast Asian children struggling in Asia” by Tadashi Tsuchida and to get an education.

Katrina Keating can be purchased “Being teachers, my wife and from www.nolunch.org and you I would naturally ask questions can check it out at facebook. about people’s education. We were com/nolunch.org. Purchase one completely blown away to hear and you’re not only getting an how hard it was just for people extremely informative read with to complete a basic high-school absolutely brilliant photographs, education,” Tsuchida said. “One you’re also boosting the of the major themes we saw was educational opportunity of someone that it wasn’t necessarily hard to in need. go to primary school because most

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Tadashi’s photo, Prayer Wheels, Khumjung, Nepal

Tadashi’s photo, Fishermen, Ko Samui, Thailand

Tadashi’s photo, Women’s Work, Nepal All photos courtesy and copyright of Tadashi Tsuchida.

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Free flu shots and more Skyline health center provides a number of free or inexpensive services including free flu shots

by Erin Perry

TSV Staff Writer

Flu season is upon us and the recent change in weather isn’t going to help combat it.

Fortunately, The Skyline Health Center offers a variety of services to students, including free flu shots.

The Health Center is open daily, closed on weekends, to students for drop-in visits starting at 9 a.m.

However, flu shots aren’t the only assistance that the Health Center offers to the students of Skyline. Immunizations, vaccinations and blood work are just a few of the other options offered at the Health Center.

Terri Sofarelli, a physician assistant at the Health Center said that the center offers “rapid tests we can do right in the clinic.”

Students can stop by for

any ailment, without making a previous appointment. The health center handles everything from pregnancy tests to TB (tuberculosis) testing, all for little to no cost.

The Health Center is able to offer this affordable care due to a fee that every Skyline student pays each semester as part of their total registration cost.

“We don’t accept insurance,” says Sofarelli in regards to the low cost of services provided.

Being currently enrolled is the only thing a student needs to do to gain access to the Health Center.

Besides the tests and care offered, the center can also provide an assortment of overthe-counter treatments or acute care for injuries suffered while on campus.

The center is also partnered closely with the counseling

services offered here at Skyline.

Students can come to counseling center drop-in hours for any psychological or emotional distress they may be experiencing, or an appointment can be made in advance.

Planned Parenthood also partners with the Health Center and is on campus most Wednesdays to provide insight and assistance in that field.

Condoms and lubricants, as well as informational pamphlets or professional advice is readily available at the center as well.

Lately, the Health Center has been advertising the free flu shot service. These shots are available to all currently enrolled Skyline students. However, these immunizations are provided from larger health clinics, and are restocked as they are used.

There is “not an infinite supply,”

Terri Sofarelli administers a flu shot at the Skyline health center.

Photo by Erin Perry/TSV

Sofarelli said.

Already 300 students have taken advantage of these immunizations, but there are roughly 10,000 students enrolled this semester.

There are only a few weeks left before winter break, but the flu has already begun to run its seasonal course.

Sofarelli spoke about the goals of the Health Center. Not only do they aim to provide medical care to the students of Skyline,

but they also wish to educate them. The hallway of the health center has dozens of pamphlets and handouts regarding a diverse arrangement of health or mental issues that are readily available to students.

Preventative care is as important to them as acute care.

They are after all, a college campus health clinic.

“We want to provide health and wellness to students through care and education,” Sofarelli said.

Skyline speaks:

Finals week exam schedule:

With finals looming, this issue of the View is focused on helping students ace their exams. To go along with our tips for finals studying, we asked you what techniques you use to ensure finals success.

The semester is winding down, and events are few and far between. The semester’s biggest event is on the way. Finals week is coming up so for the swamped students of Skyline, here is the final exam schedule in full.

“Study for 45 minutes, and take a 20 minute break.”

- Marcus Wilson

Business Admin

“Start studying two weeks before, if you know the material.”

- Chris Guillen

Communications

“Classical music and coffee.”

Weekday classes: 8:10 a.m.

MWF, MW, daily

8:10-10:40 a.m.

Friday, Dec 19

8:10 a.m.

TTh, T, Th

8:10-10:40 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec 16

9:10 a.m.

MWF, MW, daily

8:10-10:40 a.m.

Wednesday, Dec 17

9:35 a.m.

TTh, T, Th

8:10-10:40 a.m.

Thursday, Dec 18

10:10 a.m.

MWF, MW, daily

8:10-10:40 a.m.

Monday, Dec 15

11:10 a.m.

TTh, T, Th

11:10-1:40 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec 16

11:10 a.m.

MWF, MW, daily

11:10-1:40 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec 17

12:10 p.m.

MWF, MW, daily

11:10-1:40 p.m.

Monday, Dec 15

12:35 p.m.

TTh, T, Th

11:10-1:40 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec 18

1:10/1:35 p.m.

MWF. MW, daily

2:10-4:40 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec 17

1:10 p.m.

TTh, T, Th

2:10-4:40 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec 16

2:10 p.m.

MWF, MW, daily

2:10-4:40 p.m.

Monday, Dec 15

2:10 p.m.

TTh, T, Th

2:10-4:40 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec 18

11:10-1:40 p.m.

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- Monique Fabris Business

Evening and weekend: “I don’t party beforehand and I stay home and cram as much as I can. I get a good night’s rest and I eat breakfast before I take my exam.”

- Isin al-Otat Photos and interviews by Lea Naqishbendi/TSV

Finals for all short term evening and weekend classes are on the last meeting of the class. For these classes, even during finals week, all class sessions are mandatory.

For full term courses, finals meet on the following days:

Saturday: Saturday, Dec 13 Sunday: Sunday, Dec 14 Monday: Monday, Dec 15 Tuesday: Tuesday, Dec 16 Wednesday: Wednesday, Dec 17 Thursday: Thursday, Dec 18 Friday: Friday, Dec 19

Special Section on Social Media

and how it’s having an effect on our current generation

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Twitter making my world bitter

by Jordan Sweidan

TSV Editor at large

Twitter: the social media that seems to be dragged down thanks to today’s youth and its trends.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy using Twitter on a daily basis, specifically to keep up to date with sports teams, technology, and news.

However, there is nothing I hate more on Twitter than seeing subtweets; specifically from people who claim they are above subtweets. #hypocrite

I get it. There may be beef between two people, and one may want to rant, but is it necessary to bring that drama to a much larger network?

A much larger network filled with people who could seriously care less about your whining. #keeptoyourself

Also, there’s no need to have a long threaded conversation that could easily be taking place via text message. Nobody wants to see that.

Unless you have the cooking skills of Bobby Flay, nobody wants to see what you’re eating, or even the #PSL you’re currently drinking. #basic

Skyline Speaks How has social media effected your and interviews by Haley personal relationships? Photos Holmes and Angelica Fregoso Special to the TSV

“Well, I probably would have lost contact with all of my friends if it wasn’t for social media.”

“I use it to communicate with my friends a lot more. I probably would have lost contact with a lot of people if it wasn’t for social media.”

“There’s really not a lot of negative because I know my friends personally. Most of my Facebook friendsare friends i hang out with and my family.”

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Topic: Is social media a problem in our society?

Social media is a waste of time

by Steve Perotti

that go hand in hand with social media sites. How many fights, both verbal and physical, have been started because of Though considered by many to be a someone read, or said, on a social site ground breaking contribution to society as like Facebook? Have you ever been a whole, social media is one of the most looking through posts on Instagram and idiotic and pointless creations mankind been shocked and/or appalled by the has ever seen. photos people are posting? How many Can you rememknuckle dragging ber your life prior to imbeciles have besites like Myspace and “Can you remem- come famous simply Facebook? You might of sites like spend an estimated one ber your life prior to because Vine and Myspace? to two hours on the inHow have people like ternet and, if you were, sites like Myspace Nash Grier and Tila it was always with a and Facebook?”

Tequila contributed purpose. You might be to society? The world doing some homework does not need more or preparing a paper - Steve Perotti instant internet “cefor work, something lebrities” muddying along those lines. You the proverbial waters know, productive work for us. that adults do in the Obviously there real world. That kind of thing. But now, are positives to social media. Allowing thanks to social media and its boatloads us to keep in touch with family memof mindless drivel, we see the majority of bers and friends, make connections mankind spending countless hours trolling with people on the other side of the through feed after feed, post after post, planet, blah, blah, blah. We all know the wall after wall all under the failed notion good things, but are they worth the bad that they are being “sociable.” things? Wouldn’t it be a fair trade off Of course there a few people out there to simply call your cousins in Europe that are capable of weaning themselves off on the phone and not have to deal with of this technological opiate substitute. But the idiotic need to check a mobile app these individuals, with their hardy constifor some social media site every 15 tutions, are few and far between. More ofminutes? Social media sites are the new ten than not we see people spending more reality show for the modern generation. time staring at their screens, both cell Intelligent people question the need for phone sized and desktop sized, than doing them while the mindless masses log on anything productive with the technology daily for their entertainment fix. that is, quite literally, at their fingertips.

Let us not leave out all of the issues TSV Opinions Editor

The tool is not the problem it’s the people person uses it. Whether they use it correctly or incorrectly, we as indiTSV Digital Editor vidual's don't have a say on it unless we start by restricting there freedom of speech, even though said freedom A majority of social media is used of speech doesn't apply to the whole in idiotic ways, in that it does nothing world. more than waste people's time. The fact The problem isn't with social meof the matter is that the development dia, it's with the people of the internet and who end up using it social media in for the wrong reasons, general has done “The problem isn’t just so that they can nothing more then with social media, it’s keep themselves enmanifest problems with the people who end tertained for one more that would have still They clearly occurred in real life up using it for the wrong minute. have problems, just as for the most part. reasons” much as people who Social media can can't live five minutes be endless hours checking their of looking up cat - Will without social media profiles. videos, verbal beat We don't need downs/battles bemore instant internet tween people, and celebrities. Sites such so on. However, as Vine, Facebook, and other social one has to understand that the internet medias are a part of the problem, and social media brings millions of but they do service a positive point. pieces of content produced by people However this is even questionable across the world to a person's finger considering even when they are used tips, as long as you have stable internet correctly, other factors come into connection that is. play depending on the organization Just as much as there are problems that are using it. manifested by social media and the In short, social media is a tool and internet in general it does lead to one the problem isn't with social media question: Whether the problem is with but the people using it. They are social media or the people using it. the problem and the tool isn't to be The internet, like many things creatblamed. ed by humanity, is a tool that is meant to allow people to communicate with each other. Social media is the same. It is a tool to be used by people and like any tool we can't control how the individual

by William Nacouzi

To connect or disconnect?

by Anamei Sicat

Special to the TSV

Amanda Samujh and her friends went to Disneyland for their senior trip and realized one of their friends was constantly on her phone—even on the rides.

They told her to get off her phone because it was their last trip before they went off on their separate ways, but she attempted to hide it and continue using it.

Phones are wireless devices to connect and communicate with others. It’s a way to associate with one another electronically, just like using mail without taking such a long period of time, in which it has shown how different people behave with mobile devices and what it’s done to them.

“Everyone wants to feel like their connected, but sometimes I don’t think it’s good because you really lose fact of what happening in the real world instead of just what’s on Instagram and stuff,” Samujh said. “I think now people get a little too obsessed with their phones.”

Skyline professor Jessica Hurless believes cell phones enable convenience to stay connected with a form of instant feedback.

She gave an example how a cell phone user could check e-mails, texting, social media all at the same time, but it can be hard to disconnect.

Our mobile devices can lead us to information, communication, social media, and etc., but it can also teach us how to connect verbally, in which we aren’t really communicating face-to-face.

“Sometimes what we are lacking is the empathy and understanding of one another, because we are generally just talking to a screen, which lacks the human emotion and nonverbal communication that is required for successful verbal communication skills,” Hurless said in an e-mail.

Skyline professor Danielle Powell believes the reason why people are on their mobile devices are to connect with others, to get information they need, checking

their social medias, look at people they like to follow, and etc.

“If you’re in a public space; like on a subway, train, bus, in a public space and by yourself, a lot of people do it because you are alone and its a way to not feel awkward,” Powell said. “Cause now-a-days, you know I grew up in a time—I’m old enough where people didn’t have cellphones, so if we were in a public space we either read a book, we struck a conversation with someone next to us, and we just sat and we thought about—you know reflect on our day, but we didn’t have these devices to distract us so primary

people do it they just need to see whats going on.”

Powell said if we didn’t have cellphones today, it would be more like when she was our age.

Since there wasn’t any cellphones during her time, people would talk more with each other and write letters. They would wait near the phone to talk to someone.

A good example of someone who is constantly on their phone is from the ABC show Selfie. A girl named Eliza, who was famous through social media, only cared about herself. She never interacted with people at work,

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home, etc. She only concerned herself about what her followers thought. One of her co-workers, Henry, tried to help her be more out there and care for other people she didn’t know such as other co-workers, neighbors, and etc.

She started realizing that she was actually changing into a better person because of him. The show was recently cancelled.

“We are so focused on ourselves and our screens that we forget the humans that are standing right next to us,” Hurless said in an e-mail.

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by Danielle Bautista TSV Staff Writer

Are you selfie obsessed? The trend of selfies is growing and taking over social media sites. A selfie is a picture someone takes of themselves and posts on a social media site. Many companies are even coming out with new gadgets to help people capture the perfect selfie. There is a new electronic called a gopro which is a mini camera and video camera all in one.

They also make a waterproof case for it, which is great for adventurous selfie takers who want to take a picture of themselves while surfing or swimming. There is also a “selfie stick” which is a long stick that you hold on one end and attach your camera onto the other end. The “selfie stick” helps people capture the full background and beautiful scenery in their selfies that normal cameras would not be able to capture.

On the other hand, there has been a lot of controversy over the selfie trend. Some people think the selfie overload is foolish. They find that these excessive selfies simply show how someone can be so full of himself or herself. Some people think that selfies portray others as very conceited and stuck up.

In some cases people are gossiped about because of the numerous selfies they post of themselves on social media sites. The biggest selfie site to date is Instagram.

Many people immediately judge someone by just looking at how many pictures he or she posts of themselves.

However, just because someone enjoys taking pictures of themselves does not mean they are narcissistic. Some people believe that taking selfies is empowering and uplifting. Why should someone be gossiped about just because he or she is confident in his or her appearance and enjoys posting pictures of themselves? There could be an upside to taking selfies.

Since there are people who go on vacations alone, in order for them to capture a photo with them and the beautiful scenery they utilize the selfie trend.

Furthermore, there may be something influencing us to join this selfie trend. Our favorite celebrities, who engage in this selfie trend as well, might be influencing us. Kim Kardashian West is a famous celebrity with a strong selfie game on her Instagram.

She even made a selfie book for her husband filled with dozens of pictures of herself. For her selfie book, she bought a selfie stick to take along with her on her vacation to capture the gorgeous views and scenery in her selfies.

Seeing your favorite celebrities join the selfie trend might even influence and inspire others to be brave, and find that inner confi-

Photo by William Nacouzi/ The Skyline View

dence in themselves to post a selfie of their own. However, when a celebrity posts excessive selfies it can also create this image in a person’s mind that this is what they are supposed to look like.

“It creates competition towards other girls and makes them have low self-esteem and confidence,” Skyline student, Jamie Kullman, said.

Young girls might think they need to wear a lot of makeup and look a certain way after spending so much time looking at these celebrity’s selfies.

Selfies can sometimes also be misleading when people apply filters and Photoshop to their photos. Some people love the idea of selfies because they can put out these photos of how they want the world to view them.

“Selfies is just a variation of this idea of this is how I want to be seen,” Photography Professor, Arthur Takayama, said.

There was even an ABC show

The yak from here

by Michelle Kelly

TSV Editor-In-Chief

According to BBC News, the state of New York banned “tiger selfies,” because many people were taking photos with tigers and posting the pictures on the social media dating site, Tinder.

Some men did this to portray themselves as brave and/or courageous to the potential partners they met on the dating site.

There has also been an ongoing issue with people where taking selfies was the cause of their death.

According to Mirror Online, a teen died as she was taking a selfie on a railway bridge, which led to her death. The trend of selfies is growing rapidly around the world and continuing to dominate social media sites.

“With a regular camera, unless you have a tripod or a timer you can only take the picture of the other person, with a selfie you can be in it,” Skyline's Sociology Professor, Michael H. Moynihan, said.

How will social media impact interpersonal interactions namely that when it comes down to social media, by all means use it to stay TSV Digital Editor connected with friends, relatives, and so on but also remember that it can be Social media is all around us and, used to stay informed about the world. for the past decade, it has hit everyone Social media can be used to explore at full force. In a way it could be said different views other than your own. that society itself is still adjusting Just be patient and opened minded to this new reality brought about by enough to be willing to take the time this change, but one has to wonder and consider the point that these other about what it means for humanity in views are trying to make. general.

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by William Nacouzi

The anonymity the Internet provides is a double-edged sword, allowing freedom to speak out can quickly become detrimental to the health and safety of others.

An app that capitalizes on the anonymous nature of being online, called Yik Yak, is becoming a college campus staple. It allows users to post short comments to people in their area without any identifiers on who they are.

For the most part this app seems light-hearted and fun. Many posts on the Skyline campus are jokes about classes and finals. But there are also inappropriate posts, people sharing their innermost dialogue for the world, or rather for those in range, to see.

It could be enlightening to know how the people we see on campus are actually feeling, but it could also be a bit too much information. At times we learn about the dietary and sleeping habits of these people and other times the app becomes a cesspool of racism and sexism.

When no one has to be at fault for what they post, the forum can deteriorate into name-calling and cruelty. One aspect of the app that helps protect us from this downward spiral is the user moderation in effect of up votes and down votes, when too many of the latter occur the app deletes the post. While this isn’t a foolproof system, it’s a necessary precaution.

As ill-willed as some "yakkers" can be, the app still serves a need; a lot of college students are looking to connect with others. It can be daunting to reach out and meet new people on campus or even to find someone to talk to. Yik Yak can let people express their thoughts without the fear of rejection.

However you decide to use Yik Yak, all I ask is for you to be courteous to others. You don’t have to censor yourself; go ahead and talk about how boring your professor is or how much you love the monkey mocha at the World Cup Coffee and tea, but please don’t target other students.

As much as we’d like to forget it, this campus is a learning environment and as one it should be inviting to all. The people on Yik Yak are the people we pass in the halls and see in our classes everyday. The posts you make don't exist in a vacuum, if you post something hurtful you’re hurting your classmates.

called, “Selfies” that was about a girl who was fascinated with the fact that you could become famous through social media sites, like Instagram, where she posted all her selfies. The show was later cancelled.

There is also a trend on Instagram where you can hash tag “Selfie Sunday” and post a proud selfie.

“In my opinion, you want to be seen, you want to be heard and it is a form of expression,” Communications Professor, Danielle Powell said.

Hash tagging encourages people from all around the world to post their selfies and join the trend.

Although there could be a downside to this selfie trend, there have been a couple incidents where taking a selfie has put people in a dangerous situation. People go to great lengths to capture that perfect selfie, which can put them in very risky situations.

One example is “tiger selfies.”

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Concert

Watsky performs homecoming show

Erin Perry

TSV Staff Writer

The Bay Area has been the birthplace of dozens of musically inclined individuals.

This past Friday, one of those artists visited their hometown for two nights of shows at the Regency Ballroom.

George Watsky, who goes by Watsky, played a sold-out show on Black Friday.

Three opening acts introduced him and got the audience prepared for the interactive, passionate, headlining performance.

Watsky came onto the stage in a Giants hat and an SF sweatshirt greeting the vivacious crowd of San Franciscans.

His body language reflected the power that his words held. His arms would rise as he continued to step closer and closer to the audience with a dominating presence and insightful lyrics.

The playlist consisted of his newer work, from the album “All You Can Do,” some older work and even some pieces that included his opening act Anderson.Paak.

Watsky spoke about the influence that spoken word has had on his career and his involvement with the San Francisco bred program, Youth Speaks. He physically

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The Skyline View/ Erin Perry A collection of Watsky’s abums.

Watsky is seen on stage with his father in San Francisco.

displayed the emotional impact that poetry has had on him by molding into the crowd and performing some of his own spoken word pieces.

To further showcase his love for poetry and for the city, he brought his father on stage to perform some of his old-school poetry. Watsky sat down near the drum set after setting up the mic for his dad and smiled as he listened to the poetry that his dad read to an attentive

audience.

The night was filled with lifted lighters, laughter, and advice. He read a letter from a fan and at one point put on a tie-dye shirt that had made it to the stage.

Watsky’s lyrics are observational, insightful, and playful. All of these facets were presented through his performance.

A sense of community was felt through the venue. He felt close to the crowd, and like he was com-

fortable in the setting. This is his scene; this city and neighborhood.

These are his people. And you could definitely feel that through his interactions.

The concert was long, especially with the number of opening acts, but there was never a dull moment. There was even a point where he asked everyone to take a break--kneel or sit down, and just listen. Everyone followed suit and sat with each other, looking up at

Watsky as he shared another poetic story.

I think the best word to describe the experience is unity. Each act shared the stage at some point with members of other groups.

Everyone was smiling and completely submerged in the moment.

And Watsky connected with the audience on such a level that it felt like a natural, down-to-earth show rather than a disassociated, rockstar performance.

Movie

Infernal Affairs: A thrilling ride

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TSV Digital Editor

of the Five Armies Infernal Affairs, well at least the first movie of the trilogy, is a very well thought out and tense filled movie that keeps the audiences on the edge of their seats for its full length. It has everything required in a movie about cops and organized crime, but more importantly the movie does a good job of showing us care about the characters, the motivations they have and what drives them.

This is done through the four main characters that the audience comes to know over the course of the movie. Superintendent Wong Chi-shing, Triad boss Hon Sam, undercover cop Chan Wingyan and undercover Triad agent Senior Inspector Lau Kin-ming.

All four characters end up taking part in a massive game of chess between cops and criminals throughout the film.

And while this chess game between characters rises to a tension, it is ultimately the movie four main characters that carry the movie towards the end, as the audience will soon find themselves caring about them. A part of this is because the characters aren’t simply black and white, but pretty much very complex in motivation. However this especially applies to Senior Inspector Kin-ming and undercover cop Wing-yan.

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In doing this, it adds to the atmosphere of the movie, driving home the risk that all the characters face if they are to lose the game. Nothing is held back, towards the characters as they face one challenge after the other, as they try to survive the events of the movie and the outcome of each other’s moves.

Characters wise, while Superintendent Chi-shing and Traid boss Hon Sam’s background story aren’t explored in this movie, undercover cop Wing-yan and Senior Inspector Kin-ming are the main focus in which the audience is able to see the hardship they face and the knife edge that they are both at.

In short, Infernal Affairs does a good job of creating an interesting story that will keep the audience engrossed in the story and the characters.

Of course, like any movie there are always negatives and Infernal Affairs does have a few. The majority of the music doesn’t stand out but there are a few piece that do and add to the movie overall atmosphere. And the massive cast of main characters does make the movie a little to long, as it moves from one developing plot to another. Also for some, it can make plot a little hard to follow especially if a viewer isn’t paying attention.

Still despite this the movie

does a good job, showing us the characters and what drives them towards their own goals.

It wouldn’t be surprising if you ended up cheering or supporting more then one character in the movie.

Anyways, if this all sound familiar, it should because Infernal Affairs is the movie which The Departed is based on. In terms of which is better, well it’s up to the viewer to decide for themselves after watching both movies.

Infernal Affairs was released in 2002 and while it hasn’t aged since, the plot and the characters still hold up. If anyone is interested in watching the movie, it’s available on Netflix now.

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Back on black: Vinyl records make a comeback

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Haley Holmes

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First was vinyl. Then cassette.

Then 8-Track, CD, and MP3. Next is...vinyl?

In recent years, a sudden resurgence in record production has occurred. Some of the more popular bands and musicians of recent years, like Lorde and Jack White, have started releasing their music on vinyl, as well as CDs and iTunes. In fact, Jack White's album "Lazaretto" broke a record this year, selling 40,000 copies, on vinyl, in one week.The previous record was Pearl Jam's "Vitalogy" in 1991, with 32,000 copies sold in one week.

Though an enormous majority of music sales still happen digitally, some brick and mortar stores have brought actual records back into their inventory. Stores like Amoeba and Rasputin have sold records for years so it's no wonder they still sell them, but lately more modern stores like Barnes & Noble, Urban Outfitters, and even some Hot Topic stores have added vinyl to their inventory. Why might this trend be coming about now? One would think that iPods, mp3s,YouTube, and all other digital music options would have made the record completely obsolete by now. But, online music source acloserlisten.com states that vinyl is doing better than it has in over a decade. In fact, sales of LPs have increased six-fold, going from 1 million total units sold in 1993, to over 6 million units sold in 2013.

As of now, vinyl is the only physical music medium that is on the

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CDs and Vinyls still exist despite falling out of popularity.

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rise instead of decline. And many audiophiles couldn't be happier.

"There's something about the clicking in old processing equipment that's comforting," Skyline music major, Kenny van Dam-Ballard, said. "It speaks to a simpler time."

But times certainly have changed. An enormous number of retailers are taking to vinyl sales, because that's what is selling now.

"This is definitely an area of music that consumers are telling us they’re more and more interested

in," , Christopher Bennett, Guitar Center's Vice President of Corporate Affairs, told Billboard.com in an interview.

So interested, in fact, that a new line of record players is slated for Guitar Center shelves in 2015. Retailers aren't the only ones happy about selling more vinyl; many musicians prefer the trend as well.

"Its really cool, I think," local independent musician, George Obregon, said. "It was always great buying records in the store, being excited to own this new

music. I think it's great that people are buying music again."

But what does this really mean for music as a whole? It certainly doesn't mean digital will die any time soon. In fact, many new records come with download codes so you can have a digital copy of the physical record you just bought. The resurgence of vinyl simply means that the masses are getting interested in the medium again. There's always been a niche for records though, so much so that Record Store Day takes place on

the third Saturday in April every year. The niche for records was never in danger in fact it's getting bigger.

This may be due in part to the fact that the "hipster" culture and obsession with all things "vintage" is also on the rise, but one can't know for sure. All that is true at this point is that sales of vinyl are up, and so are the hopes of record-lovers everywhere.

"Vinyl never died," Van Dam-Ballard said. "It just went to sleep for a while."

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I Am Ali (2014) Drive Hard (2014) Available Dec. 10 A Haunted House 2 (2014) Available Dec. 11 The Village (2004) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Broadchurch (Season 1) Marco Polo (Season 1, Netflix Original) Nick Offerman: American Ham

• Don't Blink (2014) • Available Dec. 15 • Jake Squared (2014) Available Dec. 18 • Ragnarok (2014) Available Dec. 20 • The Honourable • Paranormal Woman (Season 1) Activity: The Available Dec. 19 Marked Ones • All Hail King Extended Edition Julien (Netflix (2014) Original) Available Dec. 22 • Dark Skies (2013) • Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) Left photo: Anchorman 2 premieres on Netflix on Dec. 6.

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Fashionable fitness

When play and work collide the lines are blurred between high fashion and active wear

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Would it be fair to fire a sports reporter for being too “hot”?

“The devaluation i feel about women in sports is the same devaluation i feel about women everywhere.”

-Adam Bea

“I think it’s ridiculous. Everyone should be equal.”

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“I think that’s bad.

Just because you’re pretty and you’re a girl, it shouldn’t matter. I’ve always believed in equality.”

Mary Katranzou collection for Adidas (above) available in stores now.

Students Jerry Agcoili and Dayaneira Jerez (right) demonstrate how joggers can carry them through the day.

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by Julianna Leon

TSV Sports Editor

Workout gear is no longer just with friends. Fabrics like neoprene apt for the gym, lately these clothes and cotton stand out among this are becoming trendy enough to be style, along with abstract and appropriate for work or any other colorful prints, zippers, pleats, and mundane event not including mesh. These new additions breathe working up a sweat given their new life into otherwise unreversatility. markable attire such as hoodies, With the clothing materisweatpants and leggings. als becoming lighter and more “I wear clothes that put emphasis functional, the lines are blurring on movement, that are flattering between active wear and prêt-àbut stretchy and comfy,” said Skyporter (ready line student to wear). The “This trend is important to us Dayaneira re-emergence because women are looking for Jerez “I of joggers has match my comfort especially during the clothes been substantial fall season, and this inclination always and in their simple and slouchy like to dress to look and feel relaxed but nature, paired up, but when stylish is on the rise.” with all manner I dance I of V neck shirts wear loose -Daniel del Castillo allows the conshirts and sumer to either non-restricdress the look tive clothing up or dress it so finding a down. Following the same aesthetbalance has significant importance ic, the use of more elaborate fabrics to me” with sweats, which have become To capitalize on the consummore tapered and pleated, make ers craving for this all-purpose it harder to distinguish between style, sports industry giants such hangout clothes and the sleeker, as Adidas have partnered with sharper guise that sports attire has high end fashion designers Yohji adopted.

Yamamoto, Raf Simons, and most The cross functional allure of notably Stella McCartney. Even these hybrid items is that they are muscician, Pharrell Williams and, not only comfortable, but mostly more recently Mary Katrantzou adaptable for work or hanging out have collaborated with Adidas.

Other brands include Lululemon Athletica Inc. and BLOOM known for their line of leggings and who have been pivotal in making it fully acceptable to wear workout apparel in day-to-day life. For chain stores like H&M and Macy’s this growing casual meets chic coalescence has manifested in the form of increased sales. According to the NPD Group, a market research company estimated that the global sports apparel market is expected to grow $178 billion by 2019, according to Boston-based marketing firm Trefis.

“Lately there has been an increase in the amount of joggers, hooded sweaters and crew necks sold,” said H&M sales associate Daniel del Castillo “this trend is important to us because women are looking for comfort especially during the fall season, and this inclination to look and feel relaxed but stylish is on the rise.”

Amber Steele, skyline’s dance and fitness instructor, embraces sportswear becoming more trendy because her job consists of constant movement and comfort is of major importance to her.

“I miss dressing in nice clothes, I can’t take it when my clothes are not stretchy and I’m spoiled and picky when it comes to active wear,” said Steele.

-Jose Dueñas

“I feel like morally its unjust, I’m pro-equality, no to discrimination.”

-Gianni Grelli

“I don’t believe that the body should not be ignored, sometimes less is more comfortable but being surrounded by hormonal boys you should dress modestly.”

-Victoria Houston

Bi-weekly results

Trojans results for the semesters

Women’s basketball

Gavilan College, Nov. 25

Volleyball Coast South Division/Conference

Placement

Points

GP

Record

Win percentage

Last 10

6th

N/A

10

12-14

0.462

2-8

Coast North Division/Conference

Placement

Points

GP

Record

Win percentage

Last 10

3th

13

20

11-8-1

0.575

5-4-1

Men’s Soccer Coast North Division/Conference

Men’s basketball

Gavilan College, Nov. 25

Volleyball

Canada College, Nov. 19

Women’s Soccer

Placement

Points

GP

Record

Win percentage

Last 10

4th

9

19

3-15-1

0.184

3-7

69-54

Wrestling

Honorable mentions Jamie Cruz Anwar Haiteh Eric Royfman Jimmy Felix Angelo Goumenidis Dupra Goodman Chad Thodos

61-43 3-2

Name Francisco Vargas

Weight Class 197

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Men’s Basketball

Dec. 8 @ Gavilan College, 7 p.m.

Dec. 12 @ Fresno City Tournament, 7 p.m.

Dec. 4 @ DeAnza College, 7 p.m.

Dec. 12 vs. West Valley College, 6 p.m.

Wrestling Dec. 6 @ Chabot College, in CCCAA Regional Tournament, 9 a.m.

The women’s basketball team takes home another win

Trojans ensure victory early in the game versus Gavilan College

by William Nacouzi TSV Online Editor

On Nov. 25 the women’s basketball team faced off against Gavilan College, a match that they won 61-43.

The match began with the Trojans gaining a lead of six points before their opponents managed to score their first points, placing them on the board and leaving both teams at 6-3. Yet even though the Trojans were in the lead, Gavilan women’s team put up a strong fight that would remain evident throughout the game as they refused to go down without a fight.

Despite this, Gavilan still made mistakes during the course of the game that allowed the Trojans to take advantage of their mistakes.

Even so, the Trojans themselves still made mistakes that also clearly allowed Gavilan to take advantage of their mistakes but, as evident from the final score, the team with the least amount of mistakes won the day.

An example of this is the

countless turnovers by the Trojans throughout the game, with one of them during the first half at roughly the 12 minute mark when the Trojans’ Jazel Talauta (#15) managed to intercept the ball and run it to the other side of the court scoring a two pointer. This was followed by another interception

by Trojans’ Monque Garrett (#32), in the first half.

As the end of the first half approached it was clear that the Trojans had the lead firmly in hand, with both teams not giving up as time-outs were called and advise given in order to fix errors and mistakes that were made on the court. By the end of the first half, the Trojans were at 33 while Gavilan was behind with 24 points.

As such the second half offered a better view of both teams abilities and how they adapted to each other. Gavilan’s defenses increased with them blocking off the Trojans from getting inside and scoring

two pointers, forcing them to make do with three pointers or breaking through the Trojans defenses. They were able to achieve this a few times during the second half of the game, compared to the first half when they couldn’t.

As such, the second half broke down into both teams attempting to overcome each others defenses and staying very mobile, keeping the ball moving from one player to the other. Showing that both teams were carefully adapting to each others game play style. Yet the Trojans themselves weren’t perfect as, by the end of the game, they had seven fouls compared to Gavilan’s two.

In the end, both teams made mistakes but they clearly adapted to each other and learned from their mistake throughout the game.

Skyline’s Trojans would go on to achieve a score of 61 as opposed to Gavilan’s 43.

sports opinions

The plights of being a woman in sports media then and now Reporter nearly loses her job by rendering atheletes speechless

by Michelle Kelly

TSV Editor In Chief

Have you ever encountered a person so good looking it’s hard to even think? Well that almost got a sports reporter fired.

Katarina Sreckovic, a 25-year-old journalist, was faced with this predicament. She was deemed “too good looking” to interview the players without distraction.

She was able to keep her job because she insisted the team would get accustomed to seeing her.

“I admit it was a problem at the start, but I think they’ve got used to me now,” Sreckvoic told The Independent. “It was tough though because for a while it seemed as if they might not be able to work with me at all.”

This isn’t the first time women were barred in one way or another from reporting on sports.

Chicago sports reporter Cheryl Raye-Stout wrote in a post on her website about the discrimination she faced on the sidelines.

“Chicago locker rooms were a territory just beginning to open up to women reporters,” RayeStout wrote. “I was beginning that obstacle alone and meeting some challenges along the way during the early to mid-’80s. The Bears were a huge challenge. There was no interference after games when I started covering them at Soldier Field in 1985.”

Raye-Stout explains the obstacles she faced trying to get the same

Screenshot by Julianna Leon/The Skyline View

Screenshot taken from Red Star Belgrade TV presenter Katarina Sreckovic’s instagram @ sreckoviceva story as her male colleagues. This didn’t change until Jim Harbaugh was drafted to the Bears and was incredulous at the idea of not allowing her into the locker room.

Female sports reporters are still fighting for that even playing field.

Anne Doyle, former Detroit sports reporter spoke to the Association of Women in Sports Media.

“The women of my generation, we worked very hard almost to neutralize our femininity. We were fighting for credibility, “ Doyle told the AWSM. “Any woman who thinks that she can play that sexy card and still be taken seriously really doesn’t understand men.

You flash that card, that’s the game you’re playing.”

Sports are a very male dominated field and can sometimes become a boys only club. We don’t see many women as analysts on ESPN or FOX. We do see a lot of women in Sports Illustrated and on the sidelines as cheerleaders. Of course women can express themselves and their bodies in any way they want, but we should also have an equal stand in other aspects of the industry.

It shouldn’t only be about how women look in sports, but rather what they have to offer.

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Trojans steal the ball on Nov. 25 in a game against Gavilan College.

Focus on the sport, not the scandal Sports media sensationalizes the personal lives of athletes instead of focusing on the game itself

by Maeva ALavarez Special to TSV

When did sports have to do with the game and not the scandals off playing field. Sports fans have noticed there’s more drama in sports news than ever before. There’s not enough talk about the game itself and more gossip about the players’ personal lives.

In the past sports news was about drafts, game scores, rule changes, trades, strategy and game planning.

Fans could read an article or tune in to the sports stations and get real sports news. As sports evolved and became more popular, the media got involved.

To understand this collaboration between sports and the media, we have to go back and take a look at one of the oldest recorded games in American history, Major League Baseball. The sport dates back to 1889 in Philadelphia.

During the late 1800s the game of “Base” ball was referenced as “The National Pastime,” in the New York Mercury newspaper in 1856.

Baseball teams were financed by outside investors, baseball players weren’t paid to play and if they were, they lost their credibility.

That changed in 1869 when the first Pro Team the Cincinnati Red Stockings where a group of Ohio Investors paid players a monthly salary.

Owners had full control of the league and players’ salaries. There was strict regulation and players who complained about their wages were either fired of blacklisted.

The game of baseball became a business and its players seen as entertainers. Since the players were considered entertainers, they were also celebrities. Fans grew attached to the baseball sluggers of their time and wanted to know more about the men they paid to go see. Athletes were notably seen as God’s on the field. The media took on the challenge to dig deep into the lives of players and humanized them.

Fans saw star players like Babe Ruth also known as “The Great Bambino” as a cigar-smoking, home-run slugger, while the media portrayed him as a drunken adulterer. Issues stemming from alcoholism, drug use, adultery and steroids have been soaked up and spit out by the media; opening the door for fans, spectators and fanatics to criticize the character of the players.

Baseball isn’t the only sport where the players’ lives are publicized.

The NFL and NBA have their fair share of scandal from drug abuse, domestic violence and rape. With the media drowning sports news in scandals, they have lost the integrity of the game and at times cross some ethical issues. The idolization of individual players doesn’t make the game what it is. As a sports fan you have to discipline yourself and learn to understand the game and how it’s played to respect it. The scandal and controversy leave it to the fanatics to indulge.