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Skyline View The Voice of Skyline College, San Bruno, California

Volume XXXIII- Issue 2

September 12, 2013

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Student loan regulation is voted down in state senate

Assembly bill intended to monitor fees imposed on loan debit cards fails

by Michelle Kelly TSv News Editor

Long Beach Community College students protest the then proposed bill.

Courtesy of Todd Johnson

A two-tiered registration system based on price will begin next January

by Nico Triufante TSV Staff Writer

A bill was passed that will cause California community college students to pay more money for summer and winter courses starting January 2014.

As of September 10, 2013, the Senate passed the bill AB-955, which will make California community colleges establish summer and winter courses, but for the price of $200/unit as opposed to $46/unit. The piloting schools that will take this bill into effect will include College of the Canyons, Crafton Hills College, Long Beach City College, Oxnard College,

Pasadena City College, and Solano Community College.

Assemblyman Das Williams, who proposed this bill, believes that it will be beneficial for students looking for a quicker graduation day, and a ladder to escape a pit of debt. Williams stated to The Daily Californian, “shortening the time students spend in school will keep student debt from rising.”

This policy is aimed to have students become more willing to take courses that are unavailable during the fall and spring semesters but are available during summer and winter, believing that students will be more responsible

about their money and have to worry less about financial services.

With the large amount of students taking fall and spring courses, these high-priced unit courses over the winter and summer will allow students to finish the courses they were previously unable to take, and needing to finish for transferring purposes. In addition, one-third of the money funded by the $200/unit will be used towards students using BOG waivers. Williams has found a way to satisfy quick and efficient education, while keeping together low-income and high-income students.

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An assembly bill regarding student loans was voted upon in the state senate on July 3.

The bill called AB 1162 was to hold banks accountable for their overzealous fees on students. It became defunct when the vote was tallied at two yes, three no, and four non-recorded.

Assembly member from District 11, Jim Frazier, was the sponsor of this call to action.

According to the summary of the bill by Frazier, the bill wanted to “ensure that students are protected from banks and financial firms that contract with colleges and universities for campus-affiliated banking services.”

The biggest issues cited are the fees students with these prepaid debit cards face, including perswipe fees, inactivity fees, and PIN based fees.

“Colleges and universities must set in place regulations for campus debit card programs to ensure that students are not unfairly targeted or have marketing forced upon them,” Frazier wrote as the solution in his summary of AB 1162.

The State Senate hearing that occurred on July 3 is available online at calchannel, where these testimonies regarding the bill were collected.

One of these being from Foothills Community College District student, Emily Kinner, who stated that “Students are charged to ac-

tivate their cards, charged not to use their card, [there are] fees for inactivity, activity, and replacing the card. Students are charged every time they use it as debit and students are even charged to withdraw money out of an ATM that is not campus based. And they’re charged to even find out how much money they have in their account.”

During the Senate Hearing of AB 1162, Alex Alanis representing the California Bankers Association stated his reasons of opposition for the bill, mostly delegitimizing the premise of its objective.

“Under the Card Act of 2009… a card issuer is prohibited from charging any dormancy fees until the 13th month after any kind of activity has occurred,” Alanis said. “So it’s virtually impossible to have a dormancy fee charged because every semester or quarter an activity is taking place on that card thereby resetting the clock.”

“In respect to inaccurate PIN fees, well that’s got to be the newest thing I’ve ever heard of in my entire life,” Alanis continues “I don’t know if anybody’s actually ever gone to any kind of ATM and imputed an incorrect Pin and got charged. That’s new to me.”

“Overdraft fees on ATM transactions go for everybody,” Alanis said. “That is for every single card, the one that’s in all of our wallets or your purses today. That’s protected on the electronic transfer act. You’re required to sign up for overdraft protection onto an account during account origination.

Every time a transaction or Loans continued on page 2

Campus evolves as it introduces new charging stations

The district goes electric with it’s new addition to all San Mateo County campuses

by Molly Downs TSV Staff Writer

The San Mateo Community College District supports the use of alternative energy by installing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on all three of its campuses.

After receiving a grant from the California Energy Commission, 11 charging stations were installed throughout the Skyline, CSM and Canada College campuses. One of the four Skyline units was installed in the auto-tech center for instructional purposes.

The process to install and implement the EV charging stations has been about a year in the making. Joe Fullerton, the Energy Management Coordinator, spearheaded the venture. According to Fullerton, Skyline and Canada

College collaborated on writing the grant proposal for the units about a year and half ago after various student groups and staff members showed an interest in supporting the use and needs of alternative transportation including electronic vehicles.

The grant covered the cost for all 11 units; each unit roughly costing $10,000-12,000retail. The district covered the infrastructure costs at about $100,000.

The charging stations have been up and running since August and are on a trial basis for the next 6 to 12 months free of charge to students and faculty. Fullerton said that the EV units can track and collect data, pinpointing peak usage times and quantity. The district will use this information to decide Charging continued on page 2

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An electric car fills up at Skyline’s new charging station.

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Editor In Chief Will Nacouzi News Editor Michelle Kelly Features Editor Haider Mashal Opinions Editor Josh Collier Entertainment Editor Jordan Sweidan Sports Editor Reynaldo Garcia Staff Writers Michael tolentino Matt Floyd Molly Downs Bianca Gonzalez Steve Perotti Chris Guillen Nico Triufante Lea Naqishbndi David Perez Nick Major Christopher Christenson Alex Maffei Gabriela Saucedo Shaquill Stewart Ivan Van Perre David Martinez John Mark Pablo Senior Staff Writers Renee Abu-Zaghbra Aaron Washington Vincent Biancalana Nick Major Faculty Advisor Nancy Kaplan-Biegel

New clubs on campus debut this fall Skyline welcomes new clubs

by Bianca Gonzalez TSV Staff Writer

The new clubs are Skyline Women Engineers, Career Advancement Association, and Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers.

Starting new clubs on campus is a lot of work including going to the Skyline College Organization and Club Council (SOCC), going to meetings, and following guidelines that are in a handbook of rules in which to comply to be a successful club.

These clubs have been started by students with a passion for supporting their engineering, science, and career planning communities.

Some of the students involved shared their experience with their disciplines and excitement for the new clubs on campus.

“For the most part, they offer support for students that are interested in the same areas,” wrote Priscilla Sanchez, SOCC president, via email. “Other [clubs] give a broader view of the the major they are focusing the club on. There are others that give more of a hands on experience. It really depends on the club itself.”

One of the new clubs on campus is the Skyline Women’s Engineering Club founded by student Jenny Minh- Ai Vo Phamhi.

“I felt that this club was important to begin in order to bring

Students gather in the quad on Skyline campus.

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a community of young women together and know that they have support from other females with an interest in engineering and science,” Phamhi said. “Something essential to starting a new club is having the support of your peers and many faculty advisors”.

“The objective of the club is to inspire, promote and encourage women’s engineers through career building and network opportunities.” Phamhi said.

Another student, John Gutierrez, involved in Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, shared that this process has also been challenging and there is a lot of paperwork to deal with before a club can become official and have funds. Gutierrez mentioned that he plans to collaborate on projects with the other clubs like: Mathematical Engineering Science Achievement(MESA), Society for the Advancement of Native

Americans, Chicanos in Science(SACNAS), and the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).

He spoke about a potential project, a kite building contest that would be held on campus soon in addition to another potential project he’s planning. Gutierrez explains he wants to include his club in building a boat equipped with solar panels this spring semester.

The Career Advancement Association president, Virginia Rosales, said that “the club will expose students to professional businesses and focus on being proactive in the transition from college into the real world. They will be encouraged to be leaders of themselves.’

“The Career Networking Association was established in an effort to reach out to students who are interested in exploring different career pathways.” Rosales wrote via email. “Our goal is to cater to

our student and members’ interests by visiting different professional business sites that will give our students a personal in-depth perspective of the working world.

Students will gain insight to assist in making better informed decisions regarding their major and career pathways.”

In addition, Skyline student and the president of the Associated Students of Skyline College, Kayla Razavi, shared that her experience joining one of the clubs on campus helped her gain a different view on what she wanted to pursue before she wanted to study psychology. Now, she is interested in politics and working in the government.

Razavi is an advocate for joining clubs because, in her personal experience, it allowed her to “meet new people, learn what they like, explore majors, and help change majors.”

and therefore providing the one million workers needed to satisfy California’s economy.

The Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) is against this bill for legitimate reasons such as saving money, and the overall morality of what a community college stands for.

According to a coalition letter signed by the FACCC, “The creation of a two-tiered fee structure for credit classroom instruction sends the public a message that educational access and opportunity are only for students of financial means who can ‘pay to

play.”

Agreeable opinions also float around Skyline College.

“It’s not going to help people finish faster,” said Pricsilla Sanchez of the Associated Students of Skyline College, “some people just need to take one class over summer, and they won’t be willing to pay that much for one class.”

Proportionally, a three-unit summer class costing $600 would be equivalent to an entire semester’s worth of being a full-time student.

On a morality aspect, Jeff Acidera of the EOPS of Skyline College says that a community

college must stand for “access, opportunity, and equality,” and by agreeing with this bill, the morals of community colleges will be void.

He states that “by charging people more, you are going against the philosophy that is a community college.”

Tensions are high as this bill had recently been passed, and an ever-growing unrest runs through the veins of California community colleges. The next question is, what will be the outcome? Will this bill actually get California out of debt? The answers will only appear in the years to come.

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President Obama recognizes California’s poor economy, and seeks to help it through the community colleges. By having more college graduates with bachelor degrees, more opportunities, jobs, the movement of money will help California’s economy improve.

He expects California to produce five million additional workers by 2020. However, the Public Policy Institute of California projects that the state would need an additional one million workers by the year 2025.

Furthermore, AB-955 will rush students to finish their courses, obtain their degree, acquiring a job,

Charging stations added to parking lot

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whether or not it will become necessary to start charging students after a certain number of hours.

“If we set it up right, you [will] really only get charged after a 4 hour increment.” said Fullerton.

Auto-tech students in Building 11 are reaping the benefits of the new installation on the Skyline campus.

“It used to take a whole day to charge [an electric car]. This one only takes about a half a day,” said Don Ross, an automotive technician and assistant at Skyline’s auto-tech center.

The students will have more time and opportunities to work on the frequently charged electronic cars. In this day and age, the demand for skilled electric and hy-

brid auto technicians is escalating.

Feedback from all the community college students will impact future decisions to inspire more alternative energy options on campus.

“They are physical markers of trying to sustain energy” said Fullerton. Indeed, the stations are a concrete reminder to all of us that alternative energy is quickly becoming more available and more efficient.

“I think it’s a good idea. It’s also an issue of advertising it because not a lot of students might know about it,” said Skyline student Jonathan Blakeslee “If it’s advertised well enough, I think it’s a good idea, but I think they should install more.”

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a fee maybe occurred you’re then required to opt out if you choose to. So there are many opportunities to avoid this fee.”

Skyline College’s Regina Morrison, the Director of Financial Aid, made a statement in response to the bill.

“Most institutions put together committees to do their due diligence before meeting with vendors to see which best fits the needs of their student population; i.e. who

offers less fee’s to students, good customer service, convenience to funds (ATM’s) and options for students such as: Direct Deposit/ Debit Cards or Paper Check,” Morrison wrote via email. “It is always about what is the best for students and the students right to choose. The San Mateo Community College District currently processes all Financial Aid refunds and students can either sign up for Direct Deposit or have a paper check mailed to them.”

Corrections from issue 1

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In Gunman scare locks down campus on page 1, San Bruno Police are misidentified.

In Skyline faculty grows in scope on page 2, English Professor Paula Silva was misidentified. Also in the same story Respiratory Director Ijaz Ahmed is misidentified.

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editorial On picking your future school based what you need, not the school prestige

Substance is more important, than the notability of the school Jay Leno, an Emmy recipient and People’s Choice Award winner and one of the most iconic and widely recognized TV personalities ever, went to Emerson College. Tom Hanks, winner of countless awards and undoubtedly one of the greatest actors of his generation, attended Chabot College. These schools, virtually unknown to anyone that doesn’t live in their respected areas, produced two individuals who have achieved great successes in their respective fields. Neither Tom Hanks nor Jay Leno chose these colleges for the prestige of their names. They chose those colleges because they offered the classes and resources that were needed to be successful in the fields they had chosen at the time.

The staff of The Skyline View believes that students should not pick their colleges based on the prestige of the college’s name. San Francisco State University, for example, offers the same Physical Therapy degree that Stanford University offers. And yet, Stanford seems so much more enticing and distinguished then SF state. Yes, not every college is the same and not every program at Stanford is offered at SF state, but that can go both ways. It is simply illogical

to pay thousands of dollars for a class that you can take elsewhere for a fraction of the cost.

It also comes down to what career path you plan to take according to a recent study conducted by CollegeMeasures.org.

They conclude that many liberal art degrees don’t yield the salaries that technical majors can. It might not mean as much to your future employer where you studied but instead what you studied. The CollegeMeasures study found that in Tennessee more than $36,000 on average separated liberal art degree holders and those involved in health professions or related fields.

The study also showed that the average starting salary after graduation for a specific major didn’t fluctuate as much as you might expect. On average nationwide, one can expect an $18,000 difference in your first year, CollegeMeasure.org found. In some states, the difference in earnings is much less. In Colorado, the studies show that, out of the six institutions included in the study, the difference in earnings ranged only from $37,000 to $39,000, only $2000. This difference in earnings will not be enough to cover the loans necessary to have bought that elite degree. With

highbrow universities charging over $60,000 in tuition, within two years a student could find themselves over 6 figures in debt from the get go.

More people seem to be paying for the brand rather than the education itself. If you’ve ever been to a campus like UC Davis, UC Berkeley, or Stanford, you will be amazed by the buildings and facilities that make up the school grounds.

UC Davis, for example, boasts a campus that basically takes up the major parts of the city of Davis, and for only $33,073 a year not including price of food.

This is not to dissuade anyone from going to a UC, a CSU, or a private school, but this is a simple reminder that what you will get is not exactly what you need to pay for.

Save money by conducting thorough research and considering major factors such as housing, food, and other bills outside of the education field. College, regardless of which you choose to go to, is always a great investment.

Remember, though, that you are investing in your future and not on the logo posted on that $50 school sweater.

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America terrorizes the terrorizers!

by Vincent Biancalana TSV Senior Editor

The U.S. has already begun a psychological attack on the Syrian regime to draw “a red

Twerking your way into the dictionary

by Steven Perotti TSV Staff Writer

Oxford Dictionaries, self-appointed as “The world’s most trusted dictionaries”, has added an interesting selection of “words” to their online dictionaries. I use the term “words” because while Oxford

line” in front of weapons of mass destruction. Make no mistake, this mock charge is an act of informational terrorism. Syrians will already know of our advertised intent and will definitely understand the weight pressing on their shoulders.

American support of these actions is quite unfavorable, but the message made to Syria and the rest of the world is clear: the United States of America won’t tolerate WMDs of any kind.

The United States definitely has the muscle to intimidate the Syrian regime into refraining from using any more sarin gas.

For this reason, it may seem like President Obama has no intention

of striking Syria with bombs. What matters more is that the world sees the effect that the threat of a WMD will have. We have no desire to partake in another country’s civil war.

This threat that Obama had made toward the Syrian government is powerful. U.S. destroyers are already positioned in the Mediterranean, ready to strike. Russian warships are also anchored there, but they are just watching the American ships. Iran is also poised to retaliate against the U.S. if an attack does come about. With the political climate of the area, our threat to Syria is a threat to a whole region; use of WMDs will bring an avalanche of backlash

which could feasibly cause World War III. Now a quick rhetorical question: what if Syria had access to nuclear weapons, or even a dirty bomb laced with radioactive isotopes of the same lethality as the sarin gas attacks? How would Americans and the world react?

The red line wouldn’t be nearly as thin.

There is just more stigma attached to nuclear weapons, but the vehicle doesn’t matter. According to a report by the French Defense Ministry, Syria has access to several hundred tons of sarin gas, as well as hundreds of tons of mustard gas and a smaller stockpile of the most lethal of known

chemical agents designed for use in war. One drop of sarin gas can be enough to cause permanent brain damage or death by paralyzation and subsequent suffocation.

Given Syria’s missile capabilities, they could easily kill entire city populations.

The United States has always believed in carrying a big stick, but perhaps scaring the entire world about the possibility of another war is overdoing it. Americans are quick to make jokes about terrorism, probably to deny the fact that we are the best at it.

Dictionaries views the following examples as words, I do not. Did you know that a small piece of vanilla or butterscotch-flavored cake is referred to as a “blondie”?

Were you as unaware as I that any shoe that is flat with a high, thick sole is called a “flatform”?

Or that a situation that has been completely mismanaged and filled with massive mistakes and errors is dubbed an “omnishambles”?

And, apparently, any sexually provocative dance done in a low and squatted stance that involves the thrusting of the hips is what’s known as “twerking”. Now I would like to thank the Oxford

Online Dictionary, not for helping me to define the words that I just listed, but for encouraging the bastardization of the English language as we know it.

Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to allow such a collection of simple-minded noises into a publication, either online or print, that has the words “Oxford” and Dictionary” attached to it? I could understand seeing such a wonderful list of gibberish being defined in “The Urban Dictionary”, because that’s what it’s for! A list of pop culture words that coincide with the foolish definitions society has attached

to them. That’s not what the Oxford Dictionaries are for. When people hear that a word is defined a certain way from an Oxford Dictionary they know that it is a definition that can be believed, that it’s a definition that they can have faith in. What are the requirements now? That the words pop around enough chat rooms and Twitter feeds that it becomes a part of regular every day conversation in some random college-campus coffee houses?

In an article written by Ed Payne and Dorrine Mendoza for CNN, it’s written that “English is a living, breathing thing and

words will evolve.” While I wholeheartedly agree that the English language is a language of change, I do NOT see the inclusion of such simple-minded words into a publication known worldwide for defining English as a step towards evolution. I see it as a step in the opposite direction.

“Twerking” while eating a “blondie” in a pair of “flatforms” while thinking about that party that was “omnishambles”?

Does that sound like an evolved sentence to you? Sounds more like a devolved rambling to me.

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Topic: Should The US be involved in Syria.

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“We’re still struggling with Afghanistan and I think with North Korea and Iraq as well so we don’t need more involvement in other countries. Ever since Vietnam the wars we’ve been in were uncalled for.”

-Matthew Gould

“Every time we stomp our foot in some other country something bad happens; it doesn’t end well.”

“I feel that if no one else will step in, then the US, which has the most powerful military, should. I’m not in favor of starting another war but if we need to step in and stop mass destruction then I’m all for it”

“The US always tries to get involved in other countries. It’s not necessary to invade Syria like how it wasn’t a good idea to invade all those other countries.”

-Emerald Arce

-Elizabeth Choi

-Gabriel Lops

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er country would be doing more harm than good.”

-Elizabeth Tablan

Letter to the Editor The outrage expressed by President Obama is both justified and overdue. As innocent civilians are killed and displaced by this war, the world appears helpless to do anything about it. The fact of the matter is that this war is being fought by outside forces for reasons that have very little to do with Syria; your classic war by proxy. This war is more of a showdown between Iran and Saudi Arabia (you know, the infamously mischaracterized Shiite vs. Sunni conflict). It is a battle for regional influence and political gain. As for

The View from Here This is the second issue of the semester and we here at The Skyline View are finally settling in to what appears will be our permanent staff for the rest of the semester.

Firstly, I’m proud and happy to say that this is the largest staff The Skyline View has had since it’s creation more then a decade ago,

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“If Syria were to get out of hand by using their weapons on its own people or other countries then the US getting involved for the benefit of others would be a good thing.”

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“Sort of a good thing because it’s helping not just their people but the entire world. It could help us in our economy too.”

-Nick Ramos

-Joseph Absalon

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“If we get involved in another country, in that way, then it might not benefit us. Maybe they will retaliate or other countries who are allies with them won’t appreciate us getting involved.”

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the other parties involved (Turkey, France, Russia, Iraq, Jordan, the U.S., Qatar, NATO, Israel, and Hezbollah), they have each either placed their bets on one dog or the other, or, as in Israel's case, is happy with the current chaos.

In any case, let's just pretend for a moment that the West is outraged by the "moral obscenity" of gassing Syrian women and children (killing them by conventional weapons is apparently kosher).

The logical thing to do would be to bring all the parties (mentioned above) together and agree that

enough Syrians have died and that they are at a stalemate. So pack your bags and move on to another country in distress, with the knowledge that you have set Syria so far back it will take them decades to recover, with or without Bashar.

But since the West (the U.S. really) seems hell-bent on bombing someone, how about bombing both the Syrian government and the rebel opposition. They are both equally evil and only pawns in a bigger battle at this point. By shelling and diminishing both parties' capacity to fight, they may finally be inclined to

call it quits. Then they may both fear being weakened further and faster than the other. That in turn could force them to talk.

If we were an evolved species this matter would not have come this far. If there was a thread of shared humanity the outside players would stop funneling funds and weapons to the feuding parties. Eventually they will exhaust their resources and talk to each other. Some claim that too many people have died and the distrust is too great. Deprive them of the means to fight and

before the turn of the millennium.

If you recall from the last View from Here, I mentioned the changes the state has made to repeatability, preventing students from repeating the same classes.

This resulted in our Adviser, Nancy Kaplan-Biegel, having to break Journalism 300 into separate classes to be in line with the new rules.

I mentioned the benefit of the new separation and lightening the load of responsibilities on each student regardless if they are a writer, editor, photographer, illustrator, and so on.

Well, as a result, The Skyline View has more than 15 writers, five section editors, and myself as the Editor in Chief. That may sound like a lot of people, but it’s not enough to cover the whole campus and cover all the events occurring daily on it. We can only do our best this semester as we have done in pass semesters with

the limited manpower we have.

Despite this. I still feel proud to have such a large staff this semester.

As a long time member of the newspaper, to be a writer and editor at the same time is not something that a student will find easy, especially if you work and need for time for homework and the time needed for an active social life.

Though It may sound easy, trust me when I say that an editing job isn’t easy. It requires you to: assign stories to writers, sometimes writing them yourself when you don’t have enough written for that week, layout your section for print or help manage writers when they encounter problems, and look for stories to assign to writers on a weekly base.

Before you start thinking that being a writer for staff is far easier, don’t. Writing itself for the different sections requires skill and understanding of the differences between each section. Case in point, news

articles are designed to be written and to present the known facts to the reader without any bias but that isn’t true. Sometimes news providers present a bias while they talk about the fact, especially in the case of mainstream media network. But features articles are pretty much colorful and descriptive of the event or people that it’s covering, and thus conveys the mood and environment around the story in a less factual way. This of course is tied to the issue of the morality and ethics, but sadly this small article isn’t enough space to adequately cover the subject.

Writing and understanding the different sections, however, isn’t the only skill that you need as a writer You also need to be able to do appropriate research to gather information and talk to experts and sources for your stories so that the final product presents information on the core idea, theme, or purpose

the desire to do so soon follows.

For that to happen, all the outside parties would have to be onboard.

However seeing how that seems highly unlikely, one "superpower" would have to 9.5 Tarek ElJarrari Adjunct Faculty

of the story with additional information that the reader will find interesting but also supports the article overall.

So if you’re still interested in learning more you may search the internet for answers or take Journalism 110 on campus next semester to learn more about the Journalism department.

This is a changing moment in time and as the Editor in Chief of the largest staff in The Skyline View’s history, I can only hope eagerly that the program will continue to grow in the future and allow future journalists, editors, illustrators, photographers, business hopefuls or those interested in using the field as a backup position in their careers to learn and gain experience which will be useful to them in the future.

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Out & About

Make-Out Room: Literature and Tequila

Enjoy fine music, drinks, dancing, and literature in a friendly environment at the mission district

by David Perez TSV Staff Writer

Once you leave the streets of the Mission and enter through an unassuming door, in a plain brown wall, you will have entered MakeOut Room. From the entrance you’ll see the makings of a classy bar, but take just a few more steps inside and you will see the dance floor, the seating area, the ceilings, and the walls are all decorated as if multiple corny and over the top dreams came together and exploded, splattering the walls in the most amazing way.

A Werewolf skin hangs on the wall, or a bearskin with a platypus head, it’s hard to tell. If you’re looking for a creative atmosphere, this place literally has imagination leaking from the ceiling.

One Saturday a month, MakeOut Room holds an event called “Writers with Drinks”. The crowd consists of novelists, poets, journal-

Screenshot by David Perez/The Skyline View ists, and fans of all things written, packing the venue wall to wall. The host is published author and comedian, Charlie Jane Anders. Charlie is famous for her outrageous, and mostly improvised, introductions of each guest speaker. The speakers are typically novelists, poets, or

journalists themselves and perform whatever they want, whether it’s previously published work or something new. One performer may make you laugh, and moments later the next may make you cry. The third may make you cry.

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laugh and cry before the performers begin, if you down the $9 Make-Out margarita fast enough. It’s pretty big and, unless you’re a heavy drinker, you probably won’t want more than one. The entrance fee is pay what you can, typically $5-$10 with all proceeds going to local non-profit

Former Skyline instructor reflects on empowering students

by Sean Dennison

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Sarah Powers, a former Skyline College English instructor, can relate, and not just because she enjoys literature. Her last class with the Trojans ended in the 2013 Summer Semester after two years of teaching here. She is slated to begin her new position as a full-time writing lecturer at the University of California, Davis, in September 2013.

“I miss Skyline already,” the

Lansing, Mich., native said. “I’ve taught at middle school, high school, and San Francisco State University and the students at Skyline are the most fun.”

With such variety in her educator background, one would never think Powers nearly avoided teaching altogether while studying at Northern Michigan University. Her guidance counselor recommended

she take an education class when she settled on English as her major.

“I thought teachers were boring,” she said. “I didn’t like a lot of my teachers growing up. Then I took an education class. I loved the professor, I loved the engaging questions he asked us and I fell in love with the profession on the first semester.”

So it came to be that Powers, after years of teaching around the San Francisco Bay Area, arrived at Skyline College. She introduced herself to Skyline’s unique student body during English 846, Reading & Writing Connections in the 2011 Fall Semester.

“There’s something about Skyline . . . and the community college students,” Powers said. “I just seemed to click with them and vice versa.”

Her favorite moments with students happened during their oneon-one essay review sessions, and for good reason. Powers recalled convincing one student to not drop her class due to its difficulty. He ended up being one of her star pupils.

“Not all students think you’re talking to them,” she said about her teaching technique. “I think it helps humanize me as a teacher and it helped us connect. It helped me see these huge gains in their writing and academic ability. Creating these one-on-one moments tended to be beneficial.”

This devotion to teaching did not escape her colleagues’ notice.

“You always had the sense

organizations. This is a great way to spend a Saturday night in San Francisco, have an unforgettable experience, and spend under $20.

Of course, because this event takes place at a bar, it’s 21 and over.

Upcoming Campus Events Thursday Sept 12

•Transfer Center John F. Kennedy Rep Visit she was listening to what others 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM were saying,” said Mary Gutierrez, Building 6 - Main Cafeteria Skyline’s Dean of Language Arts/ Learning Resources. “Her responses •Transfer Center always seemed very thoughtful.”

John F. Kennedy Rep Visit Powers also co-sponsored the 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM campus’ Gay/Straight Alliance, as Building 6 - Main Cafeteria well as being a representative of the part-time faculty on the faculty Friday, Sept 13 union and contributed to the English department’s book writing project.

• Skyline College Asian Culture But just as gold can’t stay, neither Week, Asian Food Festival could Powers.

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Powers taught here part-time and Skyline College, Main Quad did the same at other colleges, which she described as “exhausting.”

• Skyline College Asian Culture She sought a full-time position at Week, Film Festival Skyline, which would have included 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM benefits. After making it to the final Skyline College, Main Theater round of interviews for the first two years, she was ultimately passed up • Child Development Center in favor of individuals who were not Book Fair from Skyline.

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM “It felt like a low blow,” Powers Skyline College Child said. “Full time faculty members Development Center were not happy I did not get the job.”

Saturday, Sept 14 What she did get was a call from UC Davis offering her a position as a • Child Development Center

full-time lecturer.

Book Fair She described her transition up 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM north as, “A little strange and a little Skyline College Child bittersweet.”

Development Center “I never set out to teach at a UC,” Powers said. “It’s going to take me Monday, Sept 16 in a whole different path career-wise, which is exciting.”

• The Center for International Next month, Powers said she will Trade Development (CITD) has trade a classroom for a lecture hall, internships opportunities! but her purpose remains unchanged: All Day Event to produce tomorrow’s writers filled Skyline College, CITD office, with “a sense of life-long learning.”

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Dance

Taking up room on the floor, then the world

by Nico Triunfante TSV Staff Writer

If you’ve ever walked past Forever 21 on Powell Street in San Francisco, it’s unlikely you’d miss the loud music and a large, energetic group of dancers, showing off their Michael Jackson-like feet, and arm contortion. To tourists and the non-dancing crowd of the Bay Area, this may just look like a bunch of kids finding ways to make money off of dancing. Little do they know that it is, but a way of life, for these kids; this lifestyle is known as Turfing.

Remember back when the Hyphy Movement was still around in the Bay Area? Remember when going “dumb” was a fun phase for a lot of us in high school? I’m sure we all had those days when we would scream the lyrics to “Ghost Ride It” by Mistah F.A.B., or follow along with the “Thizzle Dance” by Mac Dre. Nowadays, especially in the Bay Area’s nightlife, we have “Yiken”, which came after a few dances like the “J12” of Clyde Carson’s “Slow Down”. But where did these dances originate?

Again, we find that the answer is Turfing.

Turfing started back in the

1990s in Oakland, California, which was a mixture of Popping and Boogaloo dance styles. Oakland residents used the original acronym T.U.R.F. (Taking Up Room on the Floor) to claim territories by the way that they danced. Specific moves indicated where you were from. For instance, the “Brookfield,” which is a dance that looks like you’re gliding on ice, was originated in the Brookfield Village of Oakland. Now, it’s made its way from this village to not only other parts of the Bay Area, but across the region and the world.

If you had watched America’s Got Talent in 2012, a street performer by the name of Alonzo “Turf” Jones, found his way from the streets of San Francisco to the big screens in Las Vegas. While previously being a viewer from his San Francisco days, his performances consisted of gliding, arm contortion, which they call “Bone Breaking,” and a “King Tut” style of dance. Finding abnormal angles and twists that the regular human body cannot find is his specialty.

Influencing many adolescents under his wings, he provided the roadmap for Turfing to the rest of the world.

Another Turfer named Beejay “Strobe” Sao, is one of the most popular Turfers in the Bay Area.

The focus of his style of Turfing is in his outlandish angles found in the King Tut. With the ability to make boxes, triangles, and shapes that seem impossible at first glance with his arms, definitely creates a large aura of entertainment for his audience. From his dancing creativity which started in 2010, he has proliferated into a worldwide performer, performing in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, and soon Germany to name a few. In an interview, he claims that Turfing is a “lifestyle; a dance in which I am able to tell my story.” Sao says that, “Turf dancing saved a lot of our generation’s youth. We come from the bad parts of the Bay, so this is what kept us out of jail, or even death.” Turfing has created an atmosphere of hope, creativity, and peace for the Bay Area’s current generation, and will continue on to “be in history as one of the greatest dance styles, period!”.

Turfing is but a click away, once you’re on YouTube. If you get the chance to see what Turfing is like, hopefully you would see what all these adolescents see in it; the enjoyment in dancing, the thrill of battles, and the creativity that they see in their minds. Take a chance, and who knows, maybe you’ll end up trying it out yourself!

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Beejay “Strobe” Sao, shows off his turfing skills with the “bone breaker.”

Movies

“Riddick”: A rehash of “Pitch Black”?

by Steve Perotti

TSV Staff Writer

In the year 2000, “Pitch Black” was released to modest reviews, and was (next to “The Fast and The Furious”) one of the more popular movies to thrust actor Vin Diesel into the spotlight. A sequel, “The Chronicles of Riddick” was released in 2004, again receiving modest reviews.

On Sept. 6, 2013 the third movie in the series debuted, simply entitled “Riddick”. In all honesty, you'd be better off watching “Pitch Black” again/for the first time since it's basically the same movie with a less in-shape Vin Diesel.

The movie opens with a very “Robinson Crusoe” vibe that I was actually able to enjoy. New

environment, new situation for the character, and even a return to the more “animalistic” side of Riddick's character are good things across the board from the first half of the movie. Then the bounty hunters show up.

Slap on the same situation and the same dialogue and BOOM! All of a sudden it's a total rehash of the first movie, albeit with different actors (playing the same type of characters) and new monsters (that resemble one another a little more then I liked) and Diesel’s title character saying THE SAME LINES!!

Now it could be a simple homage on the part of the director to his first movie, but it comes across as just another version of the original

movie and not a sequel in the series.

Karl Urban returned as “Vaako”, one of the primary antagonists from the second movie, but only for a few minutes. The necromongers, the primary enemy in “Chronicles”, were shown in a handful of flashbacks but then disappeared altogether from the remainder of the movie. Most likely the necromonger menace, along with Urban’s “Vaako” will be referenced in more detail if (and when) another Riddick movie is planned to hit theatres.

There’s decent action all in all, and Diesel still can play the type of character we've seen in

the previous Riddick movies, but I'd say wait until the movie hits Netflix and save yourself a trip to the theaters on this one. Not worth the overpriced ticket sales, or the screaming kids you'll have to deal with.

Interesting appearances include Dave Bautista, former WWE wrestler and current actor/mixed martial artist, as “Diaz”, one of the mercenaries in the movie’s collection of gun-toting characters. Fun fact for all Marvel/ Comic fans: it's rumored that Bautista will be starring alongside Diesel in Marvel's “Guardians of the Galaxy”, scheduled to hit theaters sometime in 2014.

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Vin Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick--a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy--in "Riddick", the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with the hit sci-fi film "Pitch Black".

(L to R) Mercs named Diaz (Dave Bautista), Santana (Jordi Molla), Luna (Nolan Gerard Funk), Dahl (Katee Sackhoff), Vargas (Conrad Pla) and Boss Johns (Matt Nable) surround Riddick--a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy--in "Riddick", the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with the hit sci-fi film "Pitch Black".

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So ladies and gentleman of the masses at Skyline, I present you with your next challenge! These games are going to be harder then the last. If you can be the first to successfully complete all of the games on this page, you may also gain the amazing title of Skyline Games Master. Oh, and you’ll win two free movie tickets. Ya know, if a Games Master ever had a life, and even found the time to, like, DO anything with it. Except game.

So, Skylinians, bring your completed newspaper

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Sept. 13 @ College of Marin (D.H.), 4 p.m.

Sept. 17 @ San Joaquin Delta College, 2 p.m.

Sept. 27 vs. Foothill College, 1 p.m.

Sept. 13 @ College of Marin (D.H.), 2 p.m.

Sept. 20 @ Cañada College, 4 p.m.

Sept. 6 @ Las Positas College, 4 p.m.

Volleyball

Wrestling

Sept. 20 vs San Jose City College, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 @ C.C.S.F., 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 27 Shasta Classic @ Redding, all day

Sept. 21 Sac City Tournament @ Sac., 9 a.m.

Sept. 27 vs. San Jose State, 7 p.m.

Oct. 4 vs. Santa Rosa Junior College, 6 p.m.

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Meet the new athletic trainer Reflects on his short time here and how much he has enjoyed it so far

Headliners: NFL Kick-Off

49ers fan dies

by Christopher Guillen

It was an otherwise gloomy beginning to what seems to be an exciting last season at the ‘Stick. According to NBCbayarea.com, shortly after kick-off vs the Green Bay Packers, around 1:30 p.m., a fan fell from an elevated walkway to his death. The man was reportedly intoxicated.

This comes on the heels of another similar incident during the Colts-Raiders game, where two fans were leaning on the railing above the tunnel leading to the visitor’s locker room. The two fans were not seriously injured.

Photo by Ray Garcia / The Skyline View

Jose Bonilla bring over 25 years of experience in athletic training to Skyline Skyline College and went through the process and was selected by the committee. Bonilla hopes to help hundreds of athletes get back into the game and help make them feel confident about themselves again.

Finally he says “get exposure and find what you are truly interested in doing and not just say what you want to be, make sure you have the passion and drive to do anything you want”. Bonilla is an inspiration to athletes and students alike and I can’t wait to see what he does as head athletic trainer here at Skyline.

It was a heated game between the 49ers and the Packers. But the most egregious moment was the hit on Colin Kaepernick by Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, who was stepping out-of-bounds. Left tackle Joe Staley retaliated at Matthews and a brief scuffle ensued between the two teams. Referee Bill Leavy assessed offsetting penalties on Staley and Matthews. He awarded the 49ers another 3rd-and-6 try, which led to a 49ers touchdown. Leavy later backtracked and claimed that he blew the call; That it should’ve been fourth down, according to Tyler Conway of BleacherReport.com

Football is Back 49ers stars shine as regular season returns

by Ray Garcia

Football is finally back! And with it, another season of aiming to acquire bragging rights over your friends and collegues in fantasy football. There were plenty of high-scoring affairs, both in

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Bonilla played a variety of sports in high school and enjoyed it while it lasted. He says that “I now enjoy playing recreational sports and once in a while I like playing catch with my children”. Bonilla hasn’t always wanted to be a head athletic trainer nor have a kinesiology degree. In his early years of high school, he wanted to be a military aviator. He says “that kinesiology can lead to many career opportunities in health care and other branches of body and health education. Bonilla during the summer of 2013 saw the opportunity to come to

Fantasy Football

TSV Sports Editor

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fantasy and the real world. But no one caused as much noise as Anquan Boldin. He made the Baltimore Ravens regret trading him in his 49ers debut, in which he was rewarded with Offensive Screenshot by Ray Garcia / The Skyline View Player of the Week. Here are your week one fantasy point leaders: Amazing: Anquan Boldin sparkled on his 49ers debut.

Quarteback 1) Peyton Manning (Den) 46.28 fantasy pts, 462 pass yds, 7 pass TD 2) Eli Manning (NYG) 31.8 fantasy points, 450 pass yds, 4 pass TD 3) Colin Kaepernick (SF) 30.68 fantasy points, 412 pass yds, 3 pass TD 4) Aaron Rodgers (GB) 25.62 fantasy pts, 333 pass yds, 3 pass TD 5) Michael Vick (Phi) 25.52 fantasy pts, 203 pass yds, 3 total TD

Wide Receiver 1) Victor Cruz (NYG) 29.8 fantasy pts, 118 rec. yds, 3 rec. TD 2) A.J. Green (Cin) 28.2 fantasy pts, 162 rec. yds, 2 rec. TD 3) Demaryius Thomas (Den) 28.1 fantasy pts, 161 rec. yds, 2 rec. TD 4) Anquan Boldin (SF) 26.8 fantasy pts, 208 rec. yds, 1 rec. TD 5) Leonard Hankerson (Was) 20 fantasy pts, 80 rec. yds, 2 rec. TD

Running Back 1) Adrian Peterson (Min) 29.1 fantasy pts, 93 rush yds, 3 total TD 2) Reggie Bush (Det) 25.1 fantasy pts, 191 all-purpose yds, 1 rec. TD 3) LeSean McCoy (Phi) 24.9 fantasy pts, 184 rush yds, 1 rush TD 4) Joique Bell (Det) 21.2 fantasy pts, 25 rush yds, 67 rec. yds, 2 rush TD 5) Jamaal Charles (KC) 16 fantasy pts, 100 all-purpose yds, 1 rush TD

Tight End 1) Jared Cook (StL) 24.1 fantasy pts, 141 rec. yds, 2 rec. TD 2) Julius Thomas (Den) 23 fantasy pts, 110 rec. yds, 2 rec. TD 3) Vernon Davis (SF) 21.8 fantasy pts, 98 rec. yds, 2 rec. TD 4) Jason Witten (Dal) 19 fantasy pts, 70 rec. yds, 2 rec. TD 5) Owen Daniels (Hou) 18.7 fantasy pts, 67 rec. yds, 2 rec. TD

Kicker 1) Greg Zuerlein (StL) 14 fantasy pts, 4 field goals, 1 PAT 2) Caleb Sturgis (Mia) 13 fantasy pts, 3 field goals, 2 PAT 3) Dan Bailey (Dal) 13 fantasy pts, 3 field goals, 3 PAT

D/ST 1) Dallas: 26 fantasy pts, 31 pts allowed, 3 sacks, 3 int, 2 fum. TD 2) Kansas City: 26 fantasy pts, 0 pts allowed, 6 sacks, 2 int, 1 fum. TD 3) Miami: 16 fantasy pts, 10 pts allowed, 6 sacks, 3 int

Terrelle Pryor

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Skyline College has a new and exciting head athletic trainer. Jose Bonilla is a 25 year experienced trainer and him himself was once an athlete. Bonilla has stated that he finds satisfaction in helping hurt athletes and making them get better so that they can have a quick recovery and have the chance to get back on the field.

Jose Bonilla says that his passions in life are “you should enjoy life to the fullest and forget about all the small worries and all negative stuff.” He also said: “my job as head athletic trainer lets me enjoy life more because I am able to help students that have been hurt during their sport or are emotionally distraught after their injuries can come to me for help and I will do my best to make them better”. Bonilla talks about the culture of the college and how diverse and welcoming it was since it’s his first year at Skyline. Bonilla says he has been working in the field for over 25 years now and that he got interested in this type of job because he once had to deal with an athletic trainer and he like what the man did for him and he felt that the was the goal in his life to help people.

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Even though the Raiders lost 17-21 in their opening week match up against the Colts, they have to be happy with their young signal-caller. Pryor performed well above expectations. After the game, Pryor said that his performance was “awful” though, according to Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com. He also, reportedly, cried after the loss, according to Robert Littal of blacksportsonline.com.