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Proposition 8 reaches Supreme Court on appeal Students at Skyline College voice their opinions regarding same-sex marriage

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Sabrina Lawrence-Gomez, Sustainability Coordinator, at the Be The Light of Change presentation

Sustaining Skyline

Funds awarded to every proposal submitted

by Josh Collier TSV Opinion Editor

The Skyline community as a whole won at the presentation and voting event for Be the Light of Change Sustainability contest which was held at Skyline this past Wednesday.

The students that were in attendance of the event listened, voted and gave input to representatives from three groups as they presented their ideas on how they could make Skyline college a better place.

The contest was the collaborative brain child of Jennifer Mair, a professor of communications studies at Skyline, the Skyline’s Sustainable Campus Initiative, and the Sustainability Ambassadors Network. The focus of the contest was to have Skyline students come up with a project that would improve Skyline’s sustainability for the future. Three winners would be chosen by students, and $5000 would be divided

up between them.

In an Email interview, Jennifer Mair said this about her involvement in the process, “I have been motivated to encourage student engagement and participation in making an improvement in our campus and community. I believe when you provide students with opportunities and pathways to participate meaningfully in improving their environment and circumstances, they will step up to do so.”

This year there were three presentations at the event. The first presentation was for the addition of another hydration station at Skyline.

The hydration station is a station on campus where you can fill up any reusable water bottle with ease. This is an alternative to buying a new non reusable water bottle every time you drink it The second presentation was named From the Ground Up. It is a horticultural project which, would over a period of time, install gardens and different planting structures

around Skyline in which different useful plants could later be cultivated for use at Skyline.

The second presentation was named Green Gorillas. The aim of this project was to enhance the efficiency in garbage disposal at Skyline. An eight-week study would be conducted to see how Skyline disposes of its waste and how we could make the process better. Also teams of students which would be aptly named Green Gorillas would be trained to help others properly dispose of their waste.

After each presentation the audience would vote with electronic devices on a few criteria like how effective they thought the idea would be if implemented.

Voting on ideas was not the only involvement the audience had in the event. Before the results were tallied, students were split up according to the group they had any ideas or questions for. When in groups, students were able learn more about the proj continued on page 2

Discussion in the Supreme Court is engulfing Proposition 8, and whether or not the amendment is constitutional. Californians voted on the 2008 ballot to put specific language banning same sex marriage into the state’s law books.

The Justice’s discussed the many elements regarding the ban with opponents and defenders of the amendment. Right now it’s hard to tell how the nine votes will go because the decision made in this case can change the legality of gay marriage in not only California, but maybe even country wide. “[Proposition 8] walls off gays and lesbians from marriage, the most important relation according to this court,” lawyer Ted Olson said in court discussions, “Thus stigmatizing a class of Californians based upon their status and labeling their most cherished relationships as second rate, different, unequal and not okay.”

The man in court upholding the ban is lawyer Charles Cooper and he explained that marriage is designed for couples to procreate.

Justice Kagan replied asking if it would be constitutional for states to deny marriages for people over 55 years old. Cooper got the whole room laughing when he refuted the infertility of two seniors being probable.

“It is reasonable to be very concerned that redefining marriage to a genderless institution could well lead over time to harms to that

institution,” Cooper said to defend his stance. “And to the interests that society has always has always used that institution to address.”

There is speculation if the Court will even make a verdict on the ban. If they choose not to come to an agreement, the default decision lays on the State’s Supreme Court which has already deemed it unconstitutional.

So it may be more probable that Prop 8 is overturned through this process but at this point it can go a number of different ways.

Asking Skyline students what they felt about the Supreme Court’s involvement in California legislature brought varied but similar reactions.

“There are laws banning discrimination in jobs based on sexual orientation so why should it be okay to discriminate for marriage?,” Victor Barrios said, “It’s hypocritical.”

“It’s not right,” student Abigail Alfonso said, “but that’s our world right now. It’ll change, it’ll definitely change. It’s just another topic. Someone has to superior…. It’s tradition.”

Even students who called themselves devout Christians had no issues with gay marriage.

“I live by the saying, ‘leave the matters of men to men and the matters of God to God,’” Kelii Keopuhwa said about how his faith has no interference with other’s lives.

“The direction of the country is liberal,” Barrios said, “and although we might not be the majority yet, we’ll get there eventually.”

News Briefs 1. The San Mateo County Community College District postponed voting to determine whether to shift from the current at-large election system to by-district elections.

The district decided to wait until a replacement has been chosen for the upcoming board President vacancy left by the retirement of Helen Hausman. The proposal would change the way members of the Board of Trustees are elected in the future. Elected officials would also be required to live in their respective districts.

2. A bomb threat was called in at Skyline on Friday 22. A suspicious package was left in building 7. The entire campus was evacuted and classes were cancelled for the rest of the day. San Bruno police and bomb squad were called onto campus. The package was then deemed ‘not dangerous’ and removed. The campus was secured and classes resumed on Saturday.

3. Denis Pereria Demacedo, the allegedly intoxicated driver of the vehicle that struck and killed former Skyline student Amado Osorio Acevedo has pleaded not guilty to three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. Charges were downgraded from “suspicion of murder” after prosecutors determined that the details of the incident did not reflect the level of disregard for human life.

Pereria Demacedo is scheduled to return to court on April 9 to set a preliminary hearing date.

Courtesy of Jackeline Monrroy

Amado Osorio, Josue Osorio, and Josefa Osorio were pronounced dead at the scene.

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What would happen if community college districts consolidated?

by Josh Perez California Watch

The state’s 72 community college districts spend tens of millions of dollars on administrative positions that could be consolidated or shared by districts a short drive away, a California Watch analysis has found.

In the wake of huge budget shortfalls, California’s vast community college system has reduced its core academic functions – slashing millions of dollars by eliminating nearly a quarter of class sections, cutting services and laying off employees.

At the start of the fall 2012 semester, more than 470,000 students had been waitlisted for classes at community colleges statewide. But millions of dollars still are spent on duplicative administrative costs.

More than half of the state’s community college districts are within 20 miles of another district.

And the vast majority of those districts have a single college. If these districts shared administrators, they potentially could shave millions off their expenses.

But for many of the community college districts, the potential savings may never be realized because the system of local districts is so deeply entrenched. In fact, obscure statutes in the California Education Code make it all but impossible to save money through merging districts – at least in the short run.

Students have borne the brunt of cuts to the system. They have been slapped with fees that have risen 130 percent in the past five years and have been unable to get into the classes they need. But the status quo has been protected.

The state’s community college system isn’t the only place in California’s $92 billion budget where excess can be found. California Watch chose to zero in on the college

system because of its sheer size and because it touches so many lives.

Some 2.4 million students attend community college classes.

California Watch reporters examined parts of the state community college system’s bureaucracy to identify spending patterns and understand why reforms may prove elusive.

The 72 districts keep payroll and other data in different formats, which makes comparison difficult.

So California Watch drilled down on 16 districts, taking into consideration the availability of detailed payroll data, geographic proximity and district size.

The group of 16 districts had duplicative executives or managers in 21 positions, not including chancellors and presidents. A total of 253 individuals cost the districts $30 million in salaries and at least $7.9 million in benefits in 2011.

A broader analysis of the system revealed: • The state Education Code prevents districts from laying off any administrators for the first two years after merging, making it more difficult for districts to save money by consolidating.

• The public appears open to change. California Watch commissioned a Field Poll that found an overwhelming majority favors consolidating community college administrative functions to save money.

• As the ranks of elected community college trustees have swollen, their power and profile have diminished. The state pays for 442 community college district trustees, including an average annual cost of $5 million for elec-

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ect they voted for. They also could give direct input and feedback to the representative of the presentation.

“It a good way to have people’s voices heard, and to share ideas,” said Will Solano, one of the presenters for the hydration station. “That’s what college is about capturing the essence of diversity of on campus.”

The event itself, besides finding ways to help sustain Skyline for the future, also helped build some community at Skyline as many great back and forth was given between presenters and audience during the group input period. Students were

able to learn about the presentations they voted for better.

“I loved the event, I felt like I was actually part of the event because it was interactive” Skyline student Nichole Harris said.

• All three projects were given funding to better help Skyline.

• The presentation that won first place was the hydration station winning $2500, second place was Green Gorillas, and third place was From the Ground up. The rest of the money will be allocated to them.

• Be the Light of Change was a successful event that will hopefully continue. Skyline benefits greatly from innovators and innovations like these.

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In “District probes viability of online courses,” date of Board of Trustees meeting was incorrectly stated as taking place on March 17. The actual date of the meeting was on Feb. 17 In “Plus/minus grading” the official name of the college district was incorrectly specified as “San Mateo Community College District.” Actual title of the district is “San Mateo County Community College District.”

tions. But the authority of these elected board members weakened significantly 35 years ago when voters approved Proposition 13, which transferred control over revenues from the boards of trustees to the state.

• The Field Poll conducted in the fall for California Watch found that the majority of respondents had little or no knowledge about district board elections.

The full story is available online, but we’ve taken a step back and tried to answer a few questions that address some basic findings and what this means for students.

How much does the California community college system spend on administration?

Unlike the University of California and California State University systems, the state’s community colleges are governed by local boards of trustees. Each board oversees a district that includes one or more colleges.

Statewide, there are 72 districts overseeing 112 colleges. Of those districts, 49 oversee a single college, and 40 are within 20 miles of another district office.

In 2010, the community colleges reported spending at least $1.7 billion on top-level administration, including pay for district executives and the cost of 72 separate governing boards at each district. That’s 17 cents of every dollar spent.

How much of that spending could be cut if some of the districts merged, and what might the impact be?

It’s hard to say exactly how much money could be saved because it would depend on which districts decided to consolidate and which

positions they determined could be eliminated.

But here’s one example of possible savings: The Riverside, Mt. San Jacinto and Desert community college districts, all in Riverside County, together operate five colleges with three chancellor’s offices, three human resources departments, three finance offices, three facilities departments and three academic affairs offices, not to mention three boards of trustees.

The cost of employing the 15 executives who lead these departments, plus one or two support staff for each, totals nearly $6 million.

The cost of running the three boards, including elections, legal support, stipends, benefits, support staff and travel expenses, equals nearly $1.7 million, records show.

The three districts employed more than 130 executives in total in 2010.

If the three districts could consolidate and have one chancellor, one board and one head of each big administrative office, the savings would total $4.9 million.

In terms of impact, that money could, for example, pay for 960 additional class sections, assuming the classes were taught by adjunct faculty members.

What are the some of the pros and cons of consolidating districts?

The benefits of consolidating districts include the potential to save millions of dollars that could be redirected to the classroom.

Critics of the idea, such as Rancho Santiago Community College District spokeswoman Judy Iannaccone, argue that in order for colleges to understand and respond to the needs of the local community, it’s necessary to have a local board of trustees.

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In a modern era that we all would like to believe has made leaps in social justice, young people are still throwing around homophobic slurs with little to no awareness.

Even in a gay friendly environment like San Francisco, a singer by the name of Michelle Shocked let loose an anti-gay rant at a recent show. She reportedly said “I live in fear that the world will be destroyed if gays are allowed to marry.” Adding in, “God hates fags.”

At the peak of her career in the ’80s and ’90s, she was considered a gay icon. Shocked was ambiguous about her sexuality from the start and has referred to herself as a lesbian many times.

So her tirade was unexpected to say the least. She explains herself by saying the whole message was misconstrued and that she was actually imitating the types of people who say and act in the way she demonstrated.

However with word flying fast throughout the internet of Shocked’s outburst, it was hard for people to believe her story. The words she said spoke

volumes more than any message she was trying to convey. Whether she believed she was being an ally to the LGBTQ community or if she was legitimately expressing her own anger, she fell short of the point she meant to make.

What instead happened is that offense was taken. People who speak the way Shocked did that night misunderstand what kind of hurtful and cruel messages words can carry. The use of “gay” in a context to mean anything undesirable or stupid can do more than express distaste. It changes the connotation in a drastic way; this is a word people use to identify themselves with. When it’s constantly used to demean, it’s difficult for people in the queer community to come out or to even feel comfortable with themselves.

Words, as harmless as they seem to be, allow people to be oppressed. And if the people who use the phrases “that’s so gay” or “no homo” could understand the culture they’re perpetuating, maybe they would stop. There are hundreds of words in the dictionary one could use to express themselves and using any of them

Take the necessary steps toward equality

could instantly make a message clearer and more profound.

If you were one of the people who joined in on the Facebook profile picture change to support same sex marriage, it’s great you’re trying to help the cause but it doesn’t make you an ally. What makes you an ally is stopping any kind of injustice you see. If it’s a friend using homophobic slurs, use your influence to confront him or her on it. Whatever you can do to stand up for people who have little voice of their own is using your privilege to stand up for people without.

Recognizing that the “meaningless” jokes your friends or even you might make as injustice to others might be a hard thing to come to terms with but being conscious of how words affect people is important. It’s a pressing issue to people identifying themselves in the LGBTQ umbrella that they be treated equally to straight individuals. The perpetuation of homophobic slurs keeps the public believing that they can degrade queer people because it comes so naturally in everyday speech.

So next time you hear yourself

or anyone else use slurs, remember that in order to support LGBTQ rights you need to help be a part of the solution. Stopping what you can of ignorance is essential to spreading awareness. Don’t wait for someone else to change things when you can start supporting others right now.

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In an article published back in May 2012, I shared my concerns regarding California’s budget woes and the looming changes awaiting state-funded universities. I had urged Skyline students to explore the opportunities presented at private institutions in hopes of introducing a viable option to earning a degree in a timely fashion.

Here we are now nearly a year later and lawmakers continue to struggle to make significant progress toward a solution, leaving another wave of prospective transfers in limbo. Add in the looming effects of the sequester to the equation, and the decision to attend a state-sponsored school can be both costly and disastrous. An overreaction? Perhaps. But is an education worth compromising in this economic climate?

Primary and secondary education in California is bracing itself for the $87.6 million it will

lose, putting low-income students among the most vulnerable (not to mention the estimated 1,210 teaching jobs now at risk). This translates to fewer students eligible for financial aid, fewer work-study opportunities, and the uncertainty of whether a degree truly lies two years following transfer. The price tags at CSU and UC schools may appear to be a fraction of the cost of a private school, but imagine needing a few extra years to graduate. Remember, fewer (and overcrowded) classes and the likelihood of future fee increases also lie in the realm of possibilities.

The state of public education in California is currently in a stage of uncertainty as it tries to account for the increasing demand at public universities. Senate leader, Darrell Steinberg (D—Sacramento) has pushed for a more virtual classroom experience to alleviate

some of the concerns regarding the sequestration’s effect on resources available for higher education.

The idea was disapproved by UC

by Michelle Kelly faculty leaders based on concerns TSV Blog Editor have no right to ridicule a young that instruction standards would be woman for not being able to find compromised. Without the support Please stop the incessant hatred “the one” at 23. of UC faculty leaders, CSU and of Taylor Swift. community college campuses are The focus of Taylor Swift always Why would you hate someone being on who she’s dating and how unlikely to implement a drastic long for (or who’s she’s not dating) shift toward online education. for doing nothing other than what most 23 year old women detracts from whatever she does.

It appears that lawmakers and do, they date and it doesn’t work She’s nominated for a Golden Globe state universities won’t come to an out; because they’re 23. She’s not because of an impressive song she agreement any time soon and it’s supposed to have it all figured it co-wrote for a blockbuster film, but unclear how changes in structure out and honestly, if she did I’d hate no one cares. They’re not talking would affect students short-term. her too. about it the way they dissect her Will students be seeing lower music to find traces of John or Jake quality education offered by the

or Joe. UC and CSU system soon? Time When Tina Fey and Amy will tell.

Poehler poked fun at Swift’s dating She explains it best in her own Private colleges don’t have record at this year’s Golden Globe words, “For a female to write about to answer to budget limitations awards, they struck her personally. her feelings, and then be portrayed in regard to the quality of their They joked that Swift should as some clingy, insane, desperate academics since they don’t rely on stay away from Michael J. Fox’s girlfriend in need of making you government funding. Smaller class son who was at the event and she marry her and have kids with her,” sizes, student-instructor interacshould “take time to learn about Swift said, “I think that’s taking tion, and timely completion dates herself.” something that potentially should are still a reality. Greater financial be celebrated — a woman writing The singer responded in aid packages can also ease the about her feelings in a confessional burden of the costs associated with an interview with Vanity Fair, way — that’s taking it and turning it using a quote heard from Katie private schools, further justifying and twisting it into something that is the investment.

Couric, originally from Madeleine frankly a little sexist.”

I encourage all Skyline students Albright. She said, “There’s a People are forgetting that she’s to take time to examine the state of special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” talented and that’s what selling the public education in preparation for songs.

I could care less about John the transfer applications coming To which I agree fully, these Mayer’s importance in “Dear, John”; this fall semester. We should ask two women who had what I would it’s a beautiful and well written song ourselves, “Is choosing a public believe to be a rough climb to the regardless and she shouldn’t be education a risk I’m willing to comedic big time (one of which is publicly shamed for having feelings. take?” currently going through divorce)

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by Vincent Biancalana TSV Chief Copy Editor

Plus/minus grading can only stand to help students of all kinds. Plus/minus encourages students to be forward thinking, as UC and CSU students already implement these grading systems.

Community college students can lose focus mid-semester and slip up quite easily when they forget the weight of every assignment.

Plus/minus encourages students to work hard at their studies and care about each individual and seemingly petty assignment. Skyline hopes to modify plus/minus to not include A’s; this would be amazing in encouraging students to give their all to their classes. Even if you didn’t quite get an A, a B+ would not be as detrimental to an A student’s GPA. A 4.0 from a miffed class wouldn’t drop all the way down to a 3.0 added to GPA. The same applies for students who are not as successful; a student with a GPA below 2.0 needs to raise it by several points, but C’s would not help them in this situation. Plus/

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minus would make it easier for a struggling student to earn a C+ or B-, which could better reflect their actual efforts. Teachers might be more inclined to immediately post their student’s grades immediately, meaning students could better impact their own grade by giving them easier, and attainable goals to improve. Many transfer colleges will also see students in a better light; a college will be more impressed by a B+ (just shy of an A) rather than a regular B. Some argue that this grading system will discourage students from extracurricular activity, as student lose extra time in favor of boosting their grade by increments of 5%.

This is entirely ridiculous because many students don’t participate in extracurricular activities, and those who do aren’t going to quit for the difference between a B and a B-. Besides, Skyline College is a learning community and anything that gets students focused more on their grades and their work should be welcome.

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TSV Special Project Editor

This system works great for showing who the cream of the crop is, but it’s incredibly detrimental for the kind of students that go to a community college. The three kinds of students who primarily go to community college are ex-high school, working students and returning students. All three need the buffer that the current grading system offers in order to attempt to be successful, a buffer that the plus-minus grading system eliminates.

Some people may think this buffer encourages students to be lazy by aiming only to achieve their bracketed grade, but instructors as a whole will tell you that the student with this mentality will have grades that reflect this trend. Students who aim for the bar minimum may get by for a time, but ultimately their mentality betrays them and they are weeded out.

But for those students that

legitimately struggle with college coursework, the current system is a godsend. They are not stigmatized with a “+” or “-“ to create internal hierarchy in their classes.

This environment isn’t about fostering competition; it’s about empowering and transforming a global community of learners. This atmosphere is diminished when placed against such a rigid grading structure.

For those students that feel their work and effort wouldn’t be appreciated without a plus-minus grading system, we have the honors classes that run parallel to the standard classes. They offer an alternative for those students that want to be recognized for the added effort they know they can make.

These systems are also effective because they are self-imposed, allowing those students who aren’t as confident about their performance the ability to take things at their own pace.

Another argument to change the system to a plus-minus is to better show the colleges as dignified and to conform to the same structure held by the UC’s and

CSU’s. Although the system does better to distinguish the progress of the student body, a community college’s primary goal should be to encourage learning, not to conform and distinguish itself. The added stress would surely begin to detract from the welcoming atmosphere that the community colleges have captured, which is counter-productive.

This decision may be argued to better encourage the students to strive for higher standards, but on the whole it will discourage the students that haven’t adjusted to the discipline of higher education.

It may seem unfair, but the current system is the best choice for the students. Those that excel can be recognized through honors courses, while those that struggle won’t feel stigmatized or lesser than their peers.

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The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and the San Francisco Bay Area Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently launched their own campaign last year and earlier this year, each focusing on similar issues, yet it’s interesting to see the approach they took.

The AFDI ran ads on Muni buses last August and if you use the bus, live/work in the city, or go there for whatever reason, then you’re sure to have run into them this year or last. An AFDI ad from last year read, ‘In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man’ and underneath them was written ‘support Israel’ and ‘defeat Jihad.’

It’s an advertisement that is designed in poor taste and ill-designed. If they were looking for ways to support Israel, clearly this isn’t the way to do it. Why? It plays on a world view that is black and white when the world isn’t so.

This is especially highlighted with the use of the word ‘civilized’ and ‘savage’ and pause for a moment to consider their meaning.

The word ‘civilized’ and ‘savage’ implies the U.S. or at least western culture is actually civilized when it’s not completely so. Turn on the TV or watch any reality show and all you’re likely to see is a clear lack of any civilized behavior whether from the people participating or been featured.

In fact, you may as well say that we’re all savages rather than civilized men and women.

In response to this advertisement, the San Francisco Bay Area Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) began at the start of this year their own campaign to educate people about the meaning of the word ‘Jihad’.

Any dictionary will tell it doesn’t only mean holy war, but also an individual striving for spiritual self-perfection.

The end finishes with the caught phrases “What’s yours?”

And now the AFDI is on the move with another campaign, only this time targeting the treatment of homosexuals under Islamic doctrine. And unsurprising it has caused problems as various people have had a number of reactions from thinking it was anti-Islamic to not caring at all about it.

The advertisements feature quotes from famous/well known figures of the Islamic faith and from the political arena and finishes with the same caught phrases as the CAIR advertisements. The only real addition that the AFDI did to the caught phrase was ‘That’s his Jihad.’

Anyone with half a brain can figure out the point of the catch phrases isn’t to ask what religious crusade you’re on, it’s asking what your own personal crusade is whether it’s religious or not. It also brings up another point.

The meaning of words can

change over time, take for example the word ‘gay.’ Its meaning has changed over the past century or two. At this point, if you were to ask anyone what the meaning of the word is, few would point that it also means ‘happy.’ This is especially made worse by its use in the media to refer to homosexuality even if they aren’t to blame. So it may well be that the word ‘Jihad’ is heading down the same path.

Which makes sense in what the CAIR is trying to do with their own ad campaign, to get people to see that there is more than one meaning to the word and especially to counter act the use of the ‘Jihad’ in the news media even if they are using the word the right way.

No doubt, there is a point in raising awareness of the problems that homosexuals experience under Islam by running controversial ads on buses in San Francisco but in addition of raising awareness, it also paints everyone who follows Islam as anti-homosexual when not all of them are.

So at the end of the day, remember to look beyond the words and know the meaning behind the word or else the word ‘Jihad’ may well go the same way as the word ‘gay’ with the other meaning of the word becoming buried under a history of ignorance.

Keep in mind that when you see the ad, just ignore it. All it does is cause controversy to make people aware of the issue. Nothing more.

This lyric by North Carolina rapper J. Cole sums up the state of purchasing shoes in today’s market. It seems like such a trivial task, buying shoes to wear at your own choosing. But over the past few years, some take this task to heinous levels and decide to take lives over footwear.

For a few Saturdays every month, Nike takes hold of the shopping when they release a pair of their brand new Jordans, commonly referred to as J’s. Customers of all stand in lines for hours outside of malls across the country, hoping to obtain a pair. But the negative aspect of this craze is that some people take this energy and use it for negative. The release of Jordans has resulted in riots and deaths across the country for a number of years. As recently as January, three teens were charged with capital murder in Houston, Texas after killing two men over a pair of Jordans. In 2011, it became much more of a local issue. Shots were fired inside the Hilltop Mall in Richmond during a release of Jordans during the holiday season.

No one was harmed, but the mall is no longer allowing the sale of Jordans in their stores.

While these examples may seem minor, they shed light on a major problem. Everyone has their own right to purchase something as simple as a pair of shoes they like.

In response to these issues, Nike and malls across the country has changed the way they release the shoes. Online stores now release

the shoes on Saturdays at 5am, but the sites crash as soon as the shoes become available. Malls now hold a “lottery”, a process where possible buyers would get a ticket a day before the release and hope their number is called when the shoe is released in the store. Nike has taken a more radical approach and utilized the social media site Twitter to decide who will get a pair of shoes. Days before they are released, possible buyers have to send a direct message to the store’s Twitter page including specialized hash tags and your preferred shoe size.

While Nike and other malls may feel these are appropriate and safer ways to purchase a pair of Jordans, they will only lead to future problems. But there are ways to make purchasing a pair even easier and more convenient.

Increasing the stock online and releasing them throughout the day by size will make the online process much easier and reduce the possibility of the site crashing. Malls should scrap the entire “lottery” process and release them the old fashioned way with extra security in the store and around the mall.

These ways are good for both ends of the spectrum. Consumers are happy and won’t have to deal with the frustration and malls won’t have to deal with a heavy amount of controversy.

As a fan of the shoes, I feel the frustration of trying to purchase shoes today, but they aren’t worth dying over. If you also buy the shoes, be smart and safe and remember, they’re just shoes.

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Move beyond the labels and comprehend

by Alana VanZanten TSV Features Editor

An inside look at Skyline’s Model United Nations club.

For all students interested in International Relations, wanting to meet new people or simply hash out a good argument- the Model United Nations (MUN) is the place for you. The club with approximately 15 members meets biweekly.

Workshops are held to prepare club members for conferences such as the UC Berkley MUN conference, which was held in February, or the UCLA MUN conference that will be held in April.

Skyline’s MUN club president, David Latt, has been participating in MUN since his sophomore year in high school. As a student from a different nation, David’s experiences have been profound.

“Coming from a country like Burma where we have isolationism, understanding other countries was a fascination for me,” said Latt.

David founded the Skyline’s MUN club as a freshman. In MUN terminology, he is considered the secretary-general, to model the actual position in the U.N. David is now participating in his fourth year of MUN and seems to love every minute of it.

“It feels like I am actually in a legislative body where I am hearing people as countries speak their positions on different thing,” said Latt.

“You get to experience the life of a diplomat and you get to role-play as a country and step in the shoes of policy makers and what they do for a living.”

Another student, Eric Iturribarria joined MUN with the intention of soaking up knowledge to benefit his international relations major and hopes of a career with a government agency. Eric shared about his first workshop experience with Skyline MUN. “I had just gotten into MUN,” said Iturribarria. “I had a little bit of research done but I just didn’t know what to expect. When we first started the workshop, I quickly just tried to throw myself out there, expecting to fail or make a fool of myself, to learn from those mistakes. And that’s exactly what I did.”

After discovering the ins and outs of what a conference would entail, including a lot of tricky lingo, Eric deemed the workshop a positive experience.

“I learned the rules of the MUN conferences. With confidence and diligence, I now feel prepared to engage in future workshops and conferences.”

The MUN club hopes to host two conferences next year with students from other campuses to raise funds and get more student involvement.

Anyone wanting to get involved in MUN can contact the club president, David Latt, or adviser, Jeff Diamond for information.

Professor Jeff Diamond diamondj@smccd.edu President David Latt zlatt@my.smccd.edu

Artist Kevin McKelvy talking to students and faculty during the lecture down in the gallery, building one.

by Will Nacouzi TSV online editor

Kevin McKelvy, a 57-year-old amateur artist spoke at the Skyline College Gallery about his original 16 piece ‘One Life’ series of artwork that depicts various men and women through history who have had an impact on the world, whether it was positive or negative.

The event was the first of The Center for Student Life Lecture Series for spring 2013.

These 16 pieces are paired by blending them together to create a sense of dualism within a three-dimensional image that forces the audiences to question themselves on their perspective and approach to the world around them.

The artworks are non-motorized ‘lenticular paintings’ because this same effect can be achieved by using motors to move the artwork rather than having the viewer walking around to change their perspective.

“Lincoln laid the foundation that would allow Obama to become the most powerful person in the world,” said Mckelvy, as he talked about the reason for his choice of Lincoln and Obama, blending them into one image.

It was for this reason that he chose Abraham Lincoln to pair with Obama, because both were responsible for setting a historical event in motion that altered and changed the nation. In Lincolns’ case, it was the Civil War that ended with the passing of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments that terminated slavery in the US, widened the citizenships

clause, introduced the due process and the equal protection clause and prohibited the federal government from denying citizens the right to vote. Obama made history when he was elected as the nation’s first African-American president; this was illustrated by the changes the nation has undergone since the end of the Civil War, 148 years ago.

Another example would be his controversial two-in-one image of Adolf Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr., both began their politician career on opposite ends. Hitler began his career as a successful and beloved politician by the German people only to end his career as the most hated human being in modern history. While Clergyman and Activist, Martin Luther King Jr. began his career with some controversy among this nation’s leadership, by the end of his career he was one of the most beloved and important figures of the Civil Rights Movement, especially with his ‘I have a dream speech’ on the afternoon of August 28, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

This dualism of character and the fact that we as human beings never stay the same, as we change by acquiring new knowledge and experiences each day, and so these famous figures likewise changed during the course of their lifetime as their own experience shaped them into the historical figures we remember them as, whether it was for good or for ill.

As the lecture ended and the day moved on to a question and answer period, Mckelvy was willing to answer student’s question in regards to his artwork and the meaning to

the audiences, which led to his mentioning that many of these historical figures, and in turn us, have done and carried out actions in the name of labels.

Whether the label is love, religion, shoes, honor, peace, freedom, war, or another reason that they might have, all of their actions were carried out in the name of one label or another.

For example you have Mother Teresa and Filipino political figure, Imelda R. Marcos, who owned over then 2000 pairs of shoes. Mother Teresa possessed a spiritual strength and belief in god while Marcos assessed her life’s value by the number of material objects and worldly possessions she accrued. In both cases these women approached the same issue of helping the poor from different directions.

“What could we do to make this college campus better, what could we do to make it more effective,” said Cariadus. “Kevin’s talk today might inspire both faculty and students with their own projects and in turn bring back it (the lessons learned) back to the campus to make the college a more exciting and beneficial place.”

The Call to Consciousness Lecture Series was designed to get students, faculty and members of the community to think about different subjects like education, politics, globalization, music and the arts by bringing in people who are experienced and knowledgeable in their field and allowing them a chance to speak here on

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campus.

Cariadus contacted McKelvy via email, while he was still in the Peace Museum in Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) after she researched and had time to study his ‘One Life: A Call to Consciousness’ work, where she was able to see that the very nature of his work would be enough to spark discussion and thought here on campus.

“I think that the people who were here got a lot of information out of the event, they also had an opportunity to see some art and talk to the artist about his creative process and learn how he developed these pieces, his own personal philosophy and to share in the discussion their own personal experiences and consciousness as well” said Coordinator Cariadus.

“I just really feel grateful that I was able to participate I learned a lot about consciousness. l was really moved” Skyline Stress Management student Maryann Hines said.

“I have to admit that I’m always amazed at Skyline College and the staff and all of us who do all these wild and crazy things and even though I’ve gone from full-time to part-time, we don’t stop” said professor Cushway, referring to her time as formal Director of the Dance Program.

Professor Cushway now teaches FITN 680SH Stress Management: Skills for Health here at Skyline College Dance Department.

There will be another Lecture Series event later this semester with American Ambassador to Fiji Frankie A. Reed however the date is not solid yet as The Center for Student Life is still currently trying to see when or if she will be available to visit and speak on campus.

Top Bay Area Easter Events The Easter Bunny Arrives by Helicopter March 30, 2013 Hiller Aviation, 10-1 p.m.

Join the Hiller Aviation crew in welcoming the Easter bunny arrive via personal helicopter.

Eggs will be handed out personally by the bunny, Magic Princesses will be painting faces and there will be a jump and slide.

Hunky Jesus Contest March 31, 2013 Dolores Park, 11 a.m.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of cross dressing nuns, will host their 34th Easter Sunday in the Park.

A family friendly Easter event will be followed by an Easter Bonnet Contest, burlesque and the Hunky Jesus Contest

Union St. Celebration & Easter Parade

March 31, 2013, 10-5 Union Street, 10-5

Large inflatable bounce houses, rides and games, climbing wall, hands-on kids activities, petting zoo and pony rides will be some of the activities at the 22nd annual Union Street Easter celebration.

Sunrise Easter Service

March 31, 2013 Mount Davidson, 6:30 a.m.

A non-denominational service will begin in time to watch the sunrise on top of Mount Davidson on Easter morning. America’s largest cross will be illuminated through the evening of March 30th.

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Under The Influence- new student brand

Pena poses as he represents his product.

by Erasmo Martinez TSV Staff Writer

Getting a vendor booth two weeks after starting to promote his clothing line arrived as a surprise to James de la Peña, a 23 year old student at Skyline. Before being invited to vendor at Skyline’s Rock The School Bells on March 9th, Peña noticed a bit of hesitation in beginning a hip-hop clothing line created from his own ideas.

“Everyone has these doubts,” he

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says. “You start by catering to what you like. You think ‘Are people going to buy these?’”

Peña sold 25 shirts after posting them for sale through on a website called undrtheinflunc.bigcartel.com.

Within the two-week time frame, a photographer contacted him for a photo shoot featuring Peña’s brand, called Under The Influence. Networking and promoting is the step he put the most effort into so people notice the website’s existence.

“I’ve been networking like cra-

zy,” he says. “Just mainly giving out stickers and flyers.” Peña began passing out patches he made at home using an iron and designed stickers that either read “WHO IS Hightop” or “Get High Stay under.” He decided to place the patches on beanies him and his girlfriend wore.

“This is butter right here,” Peña says pointing to the beenie he’s wearing. ”People wanted the beanies.”

The patch on the hat has the brand name sketched across giving a hip-hop flavor to the clothing. Peña also wears one of his black shirts containing a drawing of a portable speaker replacing the head of a person dressed in a suit speaking over a podium displaying the Eye of Providence.

Jesus is featured on another shirt as a light-hearted parody of his typical picture showing his heart. In his right hand is a joint and a bottle of beer is placed next to him.

Peña doodles regularly, so it was common sense to have designs he says are produced freely instead of paying someone to draw his ideas for him. Plus, he enjoys the edgy cartoon effect the shirts display.

“When everything is shaped and virtualized, it looks generic when you use design generators,” he says.

Doing the loose drawings is a way Peña connects people to the clothing.

“I look at a generated text and think it’s done by a guy behind a desk,” he says. “Why not reach out?”

At Rock The School Bells, he used a marker for the writing on his vendor booth banner.

“I love people in the city playing music on bottles,” Peña says explaining the less flashy method in creating a vendor banner. “You can make art out of anything.”

Peña jokes about how he’d write rap lyrics secretly in his household during his high school years. Most

of his family listens to rock, but his main musical influence became hiphop music.

After quitting his job, Peña found himself focusing on creating the shirts after friends suggested to sell them. As this new business mentality sparked Under The Influence, Peña even recorded a song with his friend Johnny Kaplan, 21, to promote the shirts and their music. Both were in a music studio and decided to record themselves.

“We happened to be in the studio one night,” Kaplan said. “All of a sudden we went into a creative spree and the song came into fruition. The song came together at the perfect time.”

After finishing the song, titled “Survive”, a video of Peña rapping in the studio mixed in with Under The Influence clothing gained over two hundred views since being posted.

“Within a day, 100 views,” says Peña. “We’re just nobodys!”

Even though he says he’s a nobody now, Peña strives to one day be someone able to keep a hold on his creativity.

“I just want to have my own thing and and be known,” he said.

“I’m glad people are noticing. It’s an overall good feeling.”

Students gather to discuss different religions in a supportive environment

by Rommel Conclara TSV Video editor

Skyline students gathered in Building Six for the opportunity to learn about different religions from each other in the Coexist Café.

About 20 students of different faiths sat in a circle to share their personal experiences of growing up with religion or finding one that works for them. They also talked about the issues surrounding the taboo of religion. Communications teacher, Jennifer Mair, facilitated the event. “I was very happy with how it turned out. I was quite unsure because this was the first time we done this and I was really happy with their thoughtful participation and the feeling of goodwill that we ended on,” said Mair.

The group also discussed how some people aggressively try to force their religion on others. Some of these people included everyone from the man downtown preaching on a megaphone to some family members trying to convert the younger children to their new religion. After some students shared their own experiences of how they came in contact with these types of people, Mair offered a strategy. The main points of the strategy was to

Participants of the first Co-Exist Cafe. acknowledge the person for what they are doing and to politely reply that they understand and respect that they do not feel the same way. Also, if the two points still do not work, one must draw the line and stay away to maintain their own safety.

Even though Mair facilitated the event, it was the students that had the most to say. They spoke of times they felt they needed to defend

their faith, how their faith is a part of them, and how they deal with religion in society. A Skyline freshman, Marielle Vierneza was one of the participants. “I think it was successful. They wanted everyone to participate and I think everyone got their idea out,” said Vierneza. ASSC President Jose Luis Sanchez Sosa, who helped create the event, was unsure of the success but enjoyed the

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event nonetheless. ‘Although it was a taboo subject, it was a good turn out. I hope we can continue to keep this going. I loved it. Everyone at my table was of different religions and we all found similarities,” said Sosa.

Based on the positive feedback from the participants, there may be plans for another Coexist Café for next semester.

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Camelot Fish & Chips

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by Aaron Washingon TSV Social media editor

70 Manor Drive Pacifica, CA International cuisine has always been the backbone of restaurants, both new and old. Customers are constantly looking for new experiences and new things to try.

Well luckily, sometimes the older restaurants can still offer something new. Resting between the Linda Mar Beach and the busy Pacifica Manor Shopping Center, Camelot Fish & Chips remains one of Pacifica’s best kept secrets.

Upon entry to Camelot, it’s impossible to not see the overall influence for the establishment was Great Britain. The overall décor tries to match the inside of a British pub.

It makes you feel as if you are in an authentic British eating establishment and not steps away from Sharp Park Beach.

The menu is mainly comprised of two different meats, poultry and seafood. And if you are counting calories, you might want to eat here on a cheat day. Each selection on the menu is fried and comes with a side of french fries, commonly known as “chips” across the pond.

The menu is also relatively cheap. You have the option of getting a full or half order of your food, which takes $3 off your total. The most expensive item on the menu is The Camelot, one piece of fish with shrimp, scallops and chips for $14.95. Given that the establishment was known for its fish and chips, I felt it was the appropriate item to order.

The service was very quick considering it seemed busy when I walked in. The only option that you have once you order is if you want salt and vinegar on your order, which is an absolute must. The restaurant is also cash only Upon receiving my order, I noticed the portion wasn’t overwhelming. The two large pieces of fried fish on top of a bed of fresh cut fries were not daunting in any way.

The fish was flaky and seemed to get better the more I dug into it.

Some fried fish tends to be better on the outside than it is on the inside.

The crunchy exterior didn’t take away from keeping the fish flaky and tasty. The fries were the perfect addition to the meal. They didn’t taste like they were out of a frozen bag or processed in any way. They tasted as fresh as possible, which is the way they should be.

Camelot Fish and Chips is an enjoyable experience for both old and new customers. Once you finish your meal, you will remember to add this establishment to your list of favorites. But remember, cash only.

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HTC and Samsung: are these companies poised to take over the phone industry?

by Jordan Sweidan

TSV Entertainment Editor

Over the last few weeks, Samsung and HTC have announced their latest and greatest flagship devices: the HTC One, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 which are soon to be released later this season.

The one distinctive similarity between these smartphones is that their screens feature a 1080p resolution, although the HTC One’s screen is 4.7 inches, and the Galaxy S4 measures out to five inches. Because the screen of the One is smaller, it has a larger pixels-per-inch (PPI) of 469, while the S4 holds 441.

The build quality of the One looks astounding in comparison to the S4, which replicates the design of its younger brother, the S3, compiled of a polycarbonate plastic. Being made of aluminum, the feel of HTC’s tapered device is very solid in the hand. Considering that the dual speakers on the One are placed in the front, sound quality should be very crisp and

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Samsung Galaxy S4 (left) and the HTC One (right). clear, especially with multimedia playback, which is known as HTC BoomSound. Don’t forget the HTC One also features Beats Audio, giving even more brownie points in a future comparison. The

S4 on the other hand has its own “exclusive” features, one them using a sensor which can pause a video when its user moves their head from the screen. This could be problematic for few, as some

people may not need to watch a video for the video itself, but rather for the audio playback.

The cameras on each of these devices stand out as well, as the HTC One sports a 4MP UltraPixel camera, in which each pixel absorbs 300% more light in captured photos to provide better quality. A cool feature in this shooter is HTC ZOE, which allows the pictures you take to come to life, as well as turning pictures into three second clips to animate them. If you’ve heard of the popular app Vine, then you’ll have a better idea of HTC ZOE. On the back of the S4 lies its 13 MP camera lens, supporting a new feature called “dual camera” mode, which takes pictures simultaneously from the front and rear cameras, creating a single scene.

This feature could be also useful in terms of video chatting, so you can see the person you’re talking to, as well as what they are seeing themselves.

One aspect that the S4 will win in a battle against the One is its removable storage and battery capabilities. The S4 contains 16GB

of built memory, with the option of adding more storage of up to 64GB via a microSD card and a removable battery. On the other hand, The HTC One comes with a built in configuration of 32 or 64GB, and a non-removable battery.

Will either of these devices finally be given the title of “the iPhone Killer?” After the iPhone 4 made its debut, I noticed that owning an iPhone was the new “thing.”

But after the Samsung Galaxy SIII was released, that phone literally became “the next big thing,” as Samsung had called it. I wouldn’t have much doubt if these devices outmatch the current and upcoming iPhones for a few reasons. One of them is that there are current iPhone owners who are getting bored of Apple’s repetitive iOS. Although I’m one of these people, I still do enjoy my iPhone 5 as it provides a UI experience and is part of an ecosystem like no other.

Until these beasts of phones are in the hands of the consumers, we’ll just have to wait for a real life comparison for the typical average user.

Video Games

Construction ahead: SimCity entertains but needs work by developers to expand multiplayer function

by Haider Mashal TSV Photo Editor

SimCity, developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, first came out in 1989 and is now playable on a long list of platforms, including your very own iPhone. With the success of original SimCity, Will Wright, the original designer for SimCity, created numerous versions until the present day’s version which just has just recently been released.

The game starts with a tutorial to get your building juices flowing by explaining the game in its simplest form. I found that even with the tutorial, the game is a bit difficult to pick up, especially having not played any of the previous installments of SimCity.

Following the tutorial, you are now able to select your region to start your city. As the game is solely playable online, you must select a region to be able to play.

Unfortunately, EA has disabled the multiplayer feature until further notice as it has been experiencing server issues since day 1. This has been a big disappointment as now players can only play on their own, which causes further problems as you progress through the game.

Choosing a region is not as simple as a pick at random, regions range in size and geography. You can choose whether you want to place your city next to a beach as an added tourist attraction or deep inland for more resources.

The choice is ultimately yours as

Mayor.

The game has three different zones you can create: residential, commercial, and industrial, each having their different purpose.

Overtime, the density of your structures will increase and will eventually become large skyscrapers or factories.

Residential zones show as green strips alongside your road which allow you to house citizens in your city, as there can be no city without its people. Without residential zones, your city will not be able to supply the amount of workers that your city needs, and will not grow.

Commercial zones are blue strips alongside your roads. They are the grocery stores, the pharmacies, the donut shops, all shops that your sims build from the ground up and run on their own. Commercial zones make your sims happier as they spend their hard-earned simoleans in them. These zones do not make as much money as industrial zones, but cause less pollution than industrial zones. As residential zones reach a higher density and become skyscrapers, you will see a larger cash flow roll in, as well as your sims will become much happier.

Industrial zones show up as yellow strips, and generate the most profit towards your city. Like commercial zones, industrial zones provide jobs and money for your sims, which they can spend in your city. Industrial zones cause the

Create a sprawling metropolis from scratch! most pollution which you much watch over like a hawk (if you even care about it anyways).

As the mayor of your city, you also have to worry about crime in your city, just as any other mayor has to. A police station will suffice but eventually crime will grow and you will need more policemen to crack down on crime.

While you are playing SimCity, as the mayor you cannot forget about basic utilities and other necessities. Electricity and

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water are things your sims cannot survive without. If they experience power outages or a lack of water, they will become upset and if not handled, will eventually leave.

Your sims also need the utmost medical care. Eventually citizens will be sick and will be in need of a doctor, and it is your job to provide it for them. Building hospitals will make your sims much happier.

The aspect of the game I found most appealing was the education system. In Simcity, a lot of your

cities growth comes from just how educated your citizens are. Your sims will commit less crime and even be smart enough to cause less fires if they are properly educated.

Having a university in your city also opens a lot of doors for you in terms of technological advances, and quality of life to your sims; for example, if you build a School of Medicine you will be able to build a Surgical Center in your hospital, which heals your sims twice as fast.

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Justin Timberlake delivers with “The 20/20 Experience” Multi-platinum artist returns after seven-year hiatus

by Aaron Washington

TSV Social Media Editor

Renowned pop artist Justin Timberlake makes his triumphant return to music with the release of his third album, “The 20/20 Experience”. This album comes seven years after the release of his last album, “Future Sex/ Love Sounds”. During his hiatus, Timberlake focused mainly on his acting. He appeared in several films, such as “Friends with Benefits”, “Bad Teacher”, and the critically acclaimed “The Social Network”.

During this time his acting skills grew significantly. With his return to music, he proves he has also evolved as a musician.

From the opening seconds of the album, you can sense the evolution by Timberlake. The first song, “Pusher Love Girl”, features full instrumentation by his band The Tennessee Kids. Throughout the song, Timberlake relates his love of a woman to a drug-like high. The guitar heavy melody also features short interjections of violins, and soothing background vocals that help carry the song as a whole. From there, we go into the first single released from the

album, “Suit & Tie”. The upbeat tune features everything from subtle guitar riffs to a well-timed horn section. The song also features a verse from legendary rapper Jay-Z, the only featured voice on the entire album.

After the song “Don’t Hold the Wall”, the tempo of the album slows down considerably. The songs “Strawberry Bubble Gum”, “Tunnel Vision”, “Spaceship Coupe”, and “That Girl” are great ballads that each carries the same theme. Each song centers on this concept of true love and goes into great detail of what that love really means. The next song, “Let the Groove Get In”, is a much more upbeat song that resembles Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Starting Something”. The hypnotic beat perfectly incorporates the rhythms of samba music and showcases even more evolution

by Timberlake. The lack of lyrics does not hurt the song in any way.

Instead, it causes you to focus your attention on the variety of sounds that carry the song altogether.

But the highlight of the entire album lies in the song “Mirrors”.

The eight minute song features the most complex sounds of the album. In the final three minutes, Timberlake is able to take the entire beat and completely flip it into something new. It is a technique that he mastered on his last album and a main point of each song on the album.

Overall, Timberlake is able to successfully integrate himself back into the musical forefront with “The 20/20 Experience”. The 10 songs he offers each blend into a beautiful flow that brings the full use of live instruments back into the genres of pop and R&B.

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Scan the QR code above to watch Timberlake’s music video for the song “Mirrors.”

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“Dog Eat Dog”: Columbian film establishes itself as an entertaining, gritty picture

Movies

“Olympus Has Fallen”: a hate-letter to terrorism

by Nick Major

TSV Special Projects Editor

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Marlon Moreno plays Victor Penaranda, the film’s protagonist

by Aaron Washington

TSV Social Media Editor

Over the years, foreign films have set themselves miles apart from those normally seen in the United States. This could be due to fewer restrictions regarding budgets, casting, and areas to film.

The Columbian film “Dog Eat Dog” is no different and establishes itself as a gritty crime drama.

The film follows Victor Peñaranda, played by Marlon Moreno, a Columbian enforcer looking for a way out to help his family. After a failed assignment, he is paired with Eusebio Benitez, played

by Oscar Borda, to find a large amount of money stolen from a mob boss known as “El Orejon”.

Their journey together takes

various ups and downs, as well as revealing personal demons in both men.

The part of the film that stands out the most is the way the film is shot. From the beginning, it sets a fast pace and does not slow down, which is common among foreign films. The Columbian setting provides a perfect backdrop throughout the film and adds a sense of aesthetic pleasure on the eyes. While the violent nature of the film may drive viewers away, the film isn’t too gory in any sense.

The use of blood is appropriate at times, and is subtle enough to keep viewers interested. The film was also nominated for a Goya Award in 2008, which is Spain’s most

notable film award.

While the performances won’t blow you away, they are effective enough to carry the film. The performances by Moreno and Benitez make you invest in the storyline and what each character represents. Both add a good balance too each other, one trying to get out of the lifestyle he is in, and the other dealing with his own problems as a result of the lifestyle.

It is an interesting dynamic that blends together well.

Overall, “Dog Eat Dog” entertains as a rough crime film masked as a foreign film. If you can get past the subtitles enjoy violent imagery in film, then this is for you. It is now streaming for free on Netflix.

The terrorist-driven plot and “Die Hard-esque” atmosphere of “Olympus Has Fallen” will rouse the underlying patriot in you while keeping you at the edge of your seat.

The story, unlike most action flicks, actually holds its weight and convincingly drives each explosion into each subsequent fight scene.

We are given a brief introduction to the characters and the reason that Mike Banning, played by Butler, needs to risk his life running through terrorist-filled hallways of the White House.

The action keeps on escalating as the timer of the story counts down to an all-out war. Banning is the lone hero with a huge task ahead of him, a task that he keeps tackling in different ways. One group of terrorists requires stealth, the next a knife fight, then guerilla-style interrogation; Banning has a full bag of tricks.

To see our hero weave in and out of White House hallways while taking out Korean terrorist after

terrorist definitely keeps the fire of your underlying patriot burning.

You really believe that this is a fight brought to his turf, knowing each inch of the hallways and each detail of the building’s layout.

Banning’s brutal Rambo-style methods get your fist pumping into the air, filled with American pride.

The only thing that ever seems to break the believability is the notion that our government would risk war for the sake of just one man. Our government has to make a choice: the president or war in Asia and a nuclear fallout in the states. Seemingly a no-brainer, we choose the president. Now I’m all for patriotism, but a decision like that seems a bit off.

Overall, the action of OHF keeps you interested from beginning to end while providing just enough story to keep connections from being ridiculous. The actors, although typecast, play their roles with flare and come off believably and naturally. “Olympus Has Fallen” is an action flick definitely worth its price of admission.

Gerard Butler plays Mike Banning, a secret service agent who risks his life to save the President and his son.

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Skyline’s Got Jokes

Why did the cowboy buy a weiner dog?

So he could get a long little doggie

Why don’t alcohol and calculus mix?

Because you should never drink and derive

Before marriage, a man years for the woman he loves.

After marriage, the “y” is silent.

Go for the juggler.

How do you kill a circus clown?

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Accross

2. “Although Kazakhstan a glorious country, it have a problem, too: economic, social, and Jew.” 5. “He’s good at getting his ass kicked. His name should be ‘ass kick’ instead.”

7. “What does Marcellus Walace look like?”

9. “I am the President of the United States clothed with immense power.”

13. “Humanity is just nasty and there’s no silver lining” 15. “I like to dissect girls. Did you know I’m utterly insane?”

16. “Poor Peter Parker, no mother. No father, no uncle. All alone.”

17. “We have a Hulk” 18. “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.”

19. “I want you to draw me like one of your French girls.”

20. Momma always said, life is like a box of chocolates.

Down

1. “I wasn’t high. I wasn’t wired. Just clear. I knew what I needed to do and how to do it.”

3. “When the world turns it’s back on you, you turn your back on the world!”

4. “You don’t know much about witches, do you?”

6. “We’re gonna be doing one thing and one thing only: killin’ Nazis.”

8. “Lets play a game of ‘GO F*** Yourself ’, you go first.”

10. I wrote 365 letters. I wrote you everyday for a year.”

11. “I want to be with your daughter. I’m good at it.”

12. “This date isn’t going well. I want to die all over again.”

14. “The power of Christ compels you!”

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1. Dublin 2. Potato 3. Jamison 4. Snakes 5. Guinness 6. Celtic 7. Dropkick Murphys 8. Ireland 9. Shamrock 10. Riverdance 11. Paddys 12. Black Pudding 13. Blarney 14. Gaelic 15. Pot of Gold 16. Gerry Dams 17. Roy McIlroy 18. Leprechaun 19. Colin Farrell 20. George Bernard Shaw

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Giants season preview:

Defending champions looking to solidify dynasty Projected rotation

RHP Matt Cain LHP Madison Bumgarner RHP Tim Lincecum LHP Barry Zito RHP Ryan Vogelsong Projected Opening Day lineup

CF Angel Pagan 2B Marco Scutaro 3B Pablo Sandoval C Buster Posey RF Hunter Pence 1B Brandon Belt LF Gregor Blanco SS Brandon Crawford SP Matt Cain

Key additions

o OF Andres Torres o INF Tony Abreu

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o RHP Sandy Rosario

The San Francisco Giants enter the 2013 MLB season as the reigning World Series champions for the second time in three years.

Pitching The Giants are one of the strongest in the league when it comes to pitching. Matt Cain gets the nod on Opening Day. When a team has Tim Lincecum and Ryan Vogelsong slated to be the third and fifth starting pitcher, respectively, you know the team is good. What to look to is Lincecum. After a sub-par 2012 season, Lincecum looks to bounce back to his Cy Young years after posting a 5.18 ERA last season.

Madison Bumgarner is fast improving. The southpaw has slowly moved up the rotation and is now in the second spot. Barry Zito and Vogelsong round out the rotation.

Batting

MVP Buster Posey leads an underrated lineup.

Batting clean-up, Posey along with Pence and Sandoval are the meat of the lineup. They’re the power bats who can accumulate RBIs. Newly resigned Angel Pagan brings speed atop of the order. Scutaro once again bats in the second spot.

Returning Andres Torres is expected to platoon left field with Gregor Blanco, Torres batting against lefties and Blanco against righties.

Key subtractions

o 1B Aubrey Huff o CP Brian Wilson o OF Melky Cabrera o 1B/OF Xavier Nady

A’s season preview:

A’s trying to prove they’re legit amid retooled A.L. West

by Reynaldo Garcia

TSV Sports Editor

The Oakland A’s head into the 2013 season as the defending A.L. West champions. Yet, the division is looking much more different than it did last year. The Angels spent huge money in free agenc y, n a b b i n g slugger Josh Hamilton. The Houston Astros move into the division after de-

fecting from the N.L. Although the Rangers got gutted, the Mariners added some pieces to be more competitive. The A.L. West will be much harder to conquer this year.

Pitching

The A’s are only going to get better. A rotation mainly of sophomores, they got valuable experience by pitching in the postseason

in their first year, even though they got bounced in six games. Brett Anderson is the veteran in the rotation and looks to be injury-free and cement himself as the ace of the staff.

Batting

Coco Crisp is the speed. Josh Reddick and Yoenis Cespedes bring the power. Generally, A.L. teams are the sluggers, compared to their pitching-centric N.L. counterparts, and the A’s are no exception.

Brandon Moss slugged 21 homeruns last season and could see an uptick with consistent atbats.

Projected rotation

LHP RHP LHP RHP RHP

Brett Anderson Ja r r o d Pa r k e r To m m y M i l o n e A . J. G r i f f i n Dan Straily Projected Opening Day lineup

CF Coco Crisp SS Jed Lowrie LF Yoenis Cespedes 1B Brandon Moss RF Josh Reddick DH Seth Smith C John Jaso 2B Eric Sogard 3B Josh Donaldson

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by Megan Benveniste

TSV Staff Writer

On March 21 Stanford senior football players participated in Pro Timing Day. Pro Timing Day is for the players who are eligible to enter into the NFL draft to showcase certain drills and their talents in front of prospective scouts from NFL teams. All 32 NFL teams were represented at the Stanford Pro Day along with many of the athletes’ families, friends and teammates.

In the early part of the morning the players went into their training facility with scouts, coaches and a guest for the vertical jump, broad jump and reps.

Then around 11 a.m., they walked to a practice field where they warmed up then began the 40 yd dash, 10-split and other exercises the scouts would ask them to perform in.

All 12 seniors were in attendance to participate; Harold Bernard, Terrence Brown, Alex Debniak, Zach Ertz, Jamal-Rashad Patterson, Sam Shwartzstein, Terrence Stephens, Drew Terrell, Chase Thomas, Levine Toilolo and Daniel Zynchlinski.

Zach Ertz (tight end) and Stepfan Taylor (running back) were the key to Stanford’s offensive success.

During the 2012 season (including the Rose Bowl game against Wisconsin) Ertz had 69 receptions, 898 yds and 6 TD; Taylor had 322 ATT, 1,5430 yds and 13 TD. Ertz had a breakout season with his stats and was

even nominated for the Mackey Award, which is given to the nation’s best tight end. “I’ve been working like this since I was a freshman,” said Ertz. “I always wanted to be the go-to guy at the end of the game. I mean my mentality didn’t change this year and it won’t change in the future.”

Another key to their success on the field was their defensive line. They held their opponents to 241 points in all 14 games while outscoring them with 390 points overall. Alex Debniak and Chase Thomas were both keys to the success of the defense.

Debniak’s stats from all 14 games, including their post season bowl victory are 24 total tackles, 4 tackles for loss and 2 forced fumbles. “…I’ve always considered myself the best athlete,” said Debniak. “…I was really pleased that I could come out and show really well in position drills. I think I definitely helped myself today.”

Thomas’ stats from all 14 games, including their post season bowl victory are 71 total tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss and one forced fumble. “Our defense is one of the more complex defenses in the country in terms of the different blitzes and packages we had,” said Thomas. “That really does get you prepared in terms of your football knowledge.”

NFL draft is scheduled to begin on Thur. April 25 and run until Sat. April 27 and will air on ESPN.

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A current football player is considering coming out sometime in the next few months. He will continue his career. If it were to happen, it would be a major event in U.S. professional sports.

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The U.S. Men’s National Team earned a valuable tie against Mexico away in Estadio Azteca, Mexico City.

The U.S. team is just 0-13-2 in World Cup qualifying matches played in Mexico.

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Pro Day stats from Stanford Athletics homepage

49ers star receiver recently said that he believes Colin Kaepernick trusted him more. “I think he trusted me more. Playing wide receiver, you need a quarterback who trusts you. I feel like he trusted me,” he said when he appeared on “NFL Total Access.”

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(top) Stepfan Taylor completes catching drills in front of scouts (right) Tight End Zach Ertz runs the 40 yard dash, improving his combine run of 4.76s.

The former Raiders’ safety signed with the defending Super Bowl champions Baltimore Ravens for a reported three year, six million deal.

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Skyline outlasts Hartnell behind pitcher Bryan Hidalgo Pinch-hitter Par Axelsson drives in winning run

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The Trojans took care of business at home, Tuesday Mar. 26, by beating divisional rival Hartnell College Panthers 4-3.

Right from the get-go, it seemed like starting pitcher Bryan Hidalgo had his stuff. After getting the first two men out to start the game, he walked the next batter and gave up a hit, but would then go on to pick off the Panther player on 2nd base to end the top of first frame.

Hidalgo kept the Panther offense in check through the first three innings, striking out four and only allowing singles. But he would run into some trouble in fourth.

Getting the first two outs, he then gave up a single and a double backto-back. He walked the next batter to load the bases. Panther Andrew Beard singled, bringing home two runs to take an early 2-0 lead. Hidalgo then struck out Panther outfielder Mark Velasquez to end a rocky top of the fourth.

But the Trojans would answer back in their turn in the fourth.

Second baseman Anthony Santiago singled off Panther’s starting pitcher Cody Gessell. Due to one of the Panther’s four errors in the game, Santiago scored on the error from second base.

After giving up another run in the fifth, Hidalgo would settle down and leave the Panthers at three runs.

In six innings of work, Hidalgo struck out eight batters.

The Trojans scored a run in the fifth and would even up the score in the sixth in a peculiar play.

With two outs, Trojan designated hitter Lucciano Molina made it to first on a swinging bunt. He was replaced by pinch runner Merrick Belding. He attempted to steal second, only for the Panther catcher to overthrow. Belding goes to third,

Brilliant: Starting pitcher Bryan Hidalgo went eight innings, striking out batter after batter and when the Panther center fielder tried to keep him at third, he threw it right to the back of the second baseman’s head, allowing Belding to score and tie the game.

When asked on the status of his second baseman, Panther head coach Rich Givens said after the game: “He’s okay. It’s a bump on the head. He’ll be back at practice tomorrow.”

But the drama would escalate in the eighth.

After a one-two-three seventh inning for both sides, the Panther’s half of the inning to bat went down on a questionable call. Panther third baseman Anthony Teresa was called out trying to steal second after the pitchout was wide right. This led

Former basketball standout wins Scholar Athlete Award

by Rich Estrada

TSV Editor-in-Chief

Former Skyline basketball standout Kelly Huey has been named 2012 California Community College Athletic Association Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. Huey was selected from a field of over 27,000 California community college student-athletes and is the first Skyline student to receive the honor in the award’s 29-year history.

In her two years at Skyline,

Huey compiled a 4.0 GPA while leading the women’s basketball team in scoring and assists en route to a first team all-conference selection in the powerhouse Coast Conference: North Division. Huey was awarded consecutive Most Valuable Player awards for the Trojans.

She accepted an athletic scholarship to play basketball at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon and is currently pursuing a degree in Nursing.

to a heated argument between the home umpire and Panther head coach Rich Givens.

In their turn at-bat, Skyline would capitalize on the pitching changes. After pitcher Matt Naval was brought in to relieve Gessell, left fielder Robin Lausen hit a leadoff single through the gap between first and second. Santiago would try to move him over to second on a bunt only to popup. No matter, as Lausen managed to steal second.

After Carrillo grounded out, Lausen made it to third base. Par Axelsson is brought in to pinch hit, and he delivers. Another pitching change allowed Axelsson something fresh to get a base hit up the middle, which brought Lausen home to take

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the lead late.

Nomicos, “The best he’s looked In a rare save situation, Dan- all year.” iel Morales was brought in and When asked why he went with subsequently shut the door on the Axelsson to pinch hit in the eight, Panthers and preserved the Trojans’ Nomicos said: “Because he’s been seventh win for the season. doing really well in practice.”

After the game, when asked the “I went up with the approach team’s performance, head coach to win,” said Axelsson, “Hit a line Dino Nomicos said: “We played drive. That was the job, that was well, got after it. Good pitching the task.” performance; Bryan Hidalgo set the table.”

When asked to elaborate on his starting pitcher, he Skyline vs Ohlone College adds: “He was outstanding, best performance of the year. He’s getting better and Thursday, March 28, 2:30 p.m. better.”

Pitching coach Tony Skyline Diamond at Skyline College Brunicardi agreed with

Game Day!

Who ya got?

Editor-in-Chief Rich Estrada asked members of Skyline’s men’s basketball team on who they think is going to win March Madness.

DJ Harvey Duke Blue Devils

Aaron Brown Syracuse

Daniel Selsor Miami

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Louisville