The SKYLINE View The Voice of Skyline College, San Bruno, Calif.
October 3, 2019
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Issue 2
The Opening of the New Environmental Science Building By Layna Salinas
Social Media Editor
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The Environmental Science building at Skyline College finally opened on Sept. 24 after years of planning and construction work. After planning and construction work that lasted for two years, the new Environmental Science Building, building 12, finally opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 24. The Environmental Science Building has been in the works for years, dating back as far as early 2013 or 2014. “This [The Environmental Science Building] has been years in the making, teams from the District Facilities Planning and Maintenance Operation Division and Skyline College have worked closely with DVS Architects to determine what was needed in this new space and how it can best serve students in our community,” said Interim President of Skyline College Jannett Jackson. “This concept [of the Environmental Science Building] was put together by BCA Architects about five or six years ago,” Vice Chancellor at the Facilities Planning and Maintenance Operation Jose Nunez said, remarking on the planning of the new Environmental Science Building. “David Canepa was in the know, making a contribution of $50,000 from Measure K to support the groundbreaking innovation into the future,” Jackson said. In late July of 2017, the Loop Road closed permanently and the Vista Point was removed as well, so it can make way for the new Environmental Science Building—also known as Building 12. Soon after, groundbreaking for the new facility took place on Oct. 4, 2017 and was expected to open last December. However, the opening of Building 12 was pushed back until September of this year.
The new Environmental Science Building hopes to bring awareness to the global threat of climate change. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the theme of the event was zero-waste and it was notably present. “What you [the audience] see around these students, we did not need to teach them about climate change, about sustainability because that’s what they had grown up with,” Vice President of the Classified Senate, Sherrie Prasad said. Beyond the ribbon-cutting ceremony, transportation and some of the classes that are currently taught in the older buildings are expected to be moved to the new Environmental Science Building soon. In addition, future events will also take place in the new building as well. “Environmental Science 100 is going to be moving from Building 7 to the new Environmental Science Building,” Skyline College student Andrew Norris said. Additionally, transportation at the Environmental Science Building will soon take place once students start attending classes at Building 12. “Soon enough, it will be busing with people on a daily basis, students going to class, campus community members enjoying the view, and people attending events,” Jackson said. Courtesy of Skyline College’s PR Department
Spider-Man is Swinging back to Action
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Sony and Marvel Studios once again working back together. By Hanz Mathew
Multi-Media Editor
more reasonable for about 25 percent of market -share. After a month long break up, the two studios are finally back again after reaching a new deal to continue their partnership. Kevin Fiege, President of Marvel Studios, will produce the next Spider-Man film and Tom Holland will once again play the role of Peter Parker. According to Hollywood sources, Holland was in the meeting with Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony Film Chairman Tom Rothman.
The new deal will allow Marvel to produce a third Spider-Man solo film. We do not have any information about the third film, but the movie is scheduled for release on July 16, 2021, In exchange for Fiege producing movies for Sony’s future films. According to Insiders report, Marvel and Disney will receive 25 percent of the profits from now on.
During the summer, news broke that Disney had approached Sony with an offer to increase the financial stake for future Spider-Man films from 5 percent to 50 percent, which Sony rejected. Further report said that Disney’s offered was
Fiege was thankful about the decision, saying “I am thrilled that Spidey’s journey in the MCU will continue, and I and all of us at Marvel Studios are very excited that we get to keep working on it,” Fiege said.
“Spider-Man is a powerful icon and hero whose story crosses all ages and audiences around the globe. He also happens to be the only hero with the superpower to cross cinematic universes, so as Sony continues to develop their own Spidey-verse you never know what surprises the future might hold.” Amy Pascal, Chairperson of Sony Pictures, was very excited as well about the new deal. “This is terrific,” she said. “Peter Parker’s story took a dramatic turn in ‘Far From Home’ and I could not be happier we will all be working together as we see where his journey goes.”
Sony had owned the rights to Spider- Man for decades, and I am sure Disney and Marvel saw how fans were upset about the Spider-Man leaving MCU, and decided to work things out in order to give everyone what they want.
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October 3, 2019
Skyline passes with flying colors? By Umaima Ejaz News Editor
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges also known as the ACCJC was here at Skyline College from Monday, September 30th through Thursday, October 3rd with a team consisting of eight professionals. Acreditation is an important and a critical process. Maintaining Accreditation with the ACCJC means that the college will continue to do the following; It gives them the ability to operate as higher education system, it overlooks and self assesses to ensure student success, it offers the college accredited degrees and certificates which means the degrees or certificates students earn at Skyline are recognized at state and federal levels, it also allows the college to transfer units and degrees and it allows the ability to provide federal aid. It basically does everything in regards of improving academic quality, institutional effectiveness, and, ultimately, student success. On Tuesday October 1st, there was an open forum held in Building 6, where the faculty, staff and students of Skyline College spoke to the team of ACCJC. It started with the question
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of what was the one thing everybody was most proud of at Skyline. A lot of people spoke about how Skyline was empowering students, giving them opportunities. and the academic standards of Skyline were improving with every day. Professors from various departments talked about the research equipments and the grants that were available for these research projects as well. The team, also asked about what the mission statement of Skyline College and the district, meant for everyone on campus. Even with the current political situation of the country everybody made it clear that Skyline takes responsibility as an institution in embracing equity and celebrating diversity. With this happening every six years, the process of Accreditation is actually stressful to many staff members at Skyline? “Yes, of course. Think of it this way. It is similar to when a student’s work is being evaluated by an instructor. Regardless of the fact that the student did everything they could, honestly put 110% into what they did and knows that their work made a difference in their learning, it is still stressful to be evaluated. However, what has been helpful in seeing some of this stress subside is the approach the evaluation has taken,” Said Michele Hager, classified senate president. “As I said earlier, because the process has now become a supportive peer review process, with feedback given early on in the process, it has become less stressful. It has turned into a collaborative review process.” At this point an important question arises, Is accreditation a fair process? “In the last Accreditation Cycle, which was six years ago, the process didn’t seem very fair. However, since then, the ACCJC has been through an overhaul. The original ACCJC board members have been replaced and new systems have been developed to approach the evaluation process.” Said Hager The process now is very different. The approach has a visiting team conducting evaluations and determines how Skyline is meeting standards by looking closely at our report, the data, and the evidence we provide them. ACCJC has also been working very closely with Skyline for over a year in advance to provide support and feedback on the college’s process leading up to the visit. “Overall, I’m very comfortable saying that everyone that has participated in the evaluation process feels it has been a positive experience.” said Hager. We hope this Accreditation turns out to be the reflection of our experiences here at Skyline. Like Nick Kapp said “Everyday at Skyline is a good day”
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Smoking marijuana is acrimnal offense in the federal law! By Umaima Ejaz News Editor
In respect, to our previous article where we spoke about Scholarly stoners. As an International student or an undocumented student you abide by federal law and not the state laws. International student ifs are students who have an F-1 Visa and undocumented students are students, who have over stayed on their visa or have entered US without inspections.
The Skyline View is a First Amendment Publication. The Skyline View is published bi-weekly during the spring and fall semesters by the journalism students at Skyline College. The Skyline View is a member of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges. Opinions expressed in the paper are those of the writers and should not be interpreted as the views of Skyline College, SMCCCD, the faculty, administrators or the newspaper adviser. Additionally, the paper does not endorse any of the products or services advertised. The Skyline View welcomes Letters to the Editors; letters must include full name, address, and phone number for verification. The Skyline View reserves the right to edit letters for length, libel, clarity, and taste.
Federal law classifies marijuana as a “Schedule I” controlled substance, like heroin or LSD. The growing or manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or possession of marijuana may lead to negative immigration consequences. Smoking marijuana is legal in California therefore it is only legal for permanent residents of California. What happens if you’re caught with Marijuana? US immigration law is very harsh and strict in terms of rules and regulations. “Any alien who a consular office knows or has reason to believe is or has been an illicit trafficker in any “controlled substance,” or is or has been a knowing aider, abettor, assis-
ter, conspirator, or colluder with others in the illicit trafficking in any such controlled or listed substance or chemical, or endeavored to do so is inadmissible. Inadmissible means that you will be barred from entering the United States,” states the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990 (S.358) What should you do next? We spoke to Pamela Ortiz the staff assistant at the Dream Center on what a student should do next-if he/she is caught up in such a situation. “Say nothing to federal enforcement and contact an attorney as soon as possible, We have a free immigration lawyer that can do consultations 3:30-6:30 every Wednesday at the dream centre. So students, if they feel like they want to talk about this to an Immigration lawyer can come by and make and appointment with me or visIt tinyurl.com/skylegalclinic.” Ortiz said
“We do know that immigration officers do things first and ask later.”
How to avoid ending up in such a problem? “At least students should be conscience off what they do and what they post on social media platforms such as instagram and snapchat. It is becoming more common that in Immigration interviews social media is brought up” Ortiz said. Speaking about how people should avoid any unnecessary suspicion she sai-d “The immigration attorney we work with has told students not to wear marijuana print clothing-pants, shirts or hats. Do not work in a dispensary. Because that can also arise a reasonable suspicion. Just being smart on how you’re presenting and knowing where you at, We do know that immigration officers do things first and ask later.” Ortiz said In the end, we’d only suggest students to be smarter and stay aware of their surrounding no weed is worth risking your future for.
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Opinions
October 3rd, 2019
Editorial
It Is Not One Sided President Donald Trump has had a controversial run during his three years in office. But with the allegations and potential investigation on Trump, and his lack of cooperation, the idea has been thrown around once again. Whether this investigation or impeachment will go through, only time will tell. But with the idea of impeachment coming back, some choose to say that impeachment is only a tool of the democratic party to use for themselves. Even though these naysayers have the right to think this and have some ground, the ground they stand on doesn’t hold very much validity for a valid argument in terms of the idea of the idea of checks and balances and the core of a democratic government. When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, it came as no surprise that the majority of the conservative base and political leaders flocked to his aid, providing a multitude of defenses. Downplaying the significance of Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Volensky, claiming lies and falsified evidence, and more. One argument that stands out from the others though, that has been widely spread among republicans is the idea that the democrat-led impeachment inquiry is not an appropriate and needed use of checks and balances, but a partisan attack against Republicans, and thus an illegitimate use
of power. But even if it wasn’t a democratic-led impeachment, the idea of impeaching President Trump is still a valid choice given his controversial decision making. If there was a president in the Democratic Party who was also making massively public and questionable actions, Republicans would want to impeach them as well. And if they don’t want to have the argument of “it’s a partisan choice to carry on with their plans,” how is that any different from the current situation we find ourselves now? This rhetoric of playing offensively rather than defensively in the face of evidence is not a new tactic and is understandably quite popular among conservatives, but here it fails to hold up under scrutiny. Technically, claiming that democratic leadership is overstepping with Speaker Pelosi’s decision to push forward with impeachment doesn’t hold much power in Congress, especially when evidence to back up such a claim doesn’t exist. But it doesn’t need to hold up in Congress, as it has a different use. It gives the larger conservative base a reason to disregard the evidence against Trump. When it comes down to it, while the Senate has the power to remove Trump from office, republican senators are only likely to vote for impeachment if they believe their base would also support impeachment. Claims that an impeachment investigation is an
overstep by democrats no matter how flimsy those claims are still influence the republican base, and thus the senators that represent them in their decision to vote Trump out of office or not. It’s also worth noting that the investigating party of an impeachment investigation doesn’t determine the motives and validity of such an investigation. It’s true that the removal of Trump from office (or at least impeachment by the house) is something that many democrats have wanted for a long time, and conflict of interest is definitely something to consider throughout the investigation. However, claims that the phone call between President Trump and President Volensky are nothing more than democratic fake-news and propaganda are simply incorrect, as the record of such a call has been confirmed by the White House, as well as a transcript of its contents released. It is ok to turn a blind eye at a topic or situation that you’d rather not pay attention to, but when you choose one side and start discrediting the other with little to no base to go off of just puts you in a corner that leaves you open for scrutiny. Much of what President Trump has done by claiming that “This is the Greatest Which Hunt in US History.” Of course there might be some more personal and partisan gains for the Democrats, but at least they have more solid ground to impeach President Trump, who could arguably have had many reasons to be impeached anyways. There is solid and public evidence for this investigation to go through and we, the people, at the least need answers.
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Sleep Is Good For You Why college students should think about getting more sleep By Calixto Reyes
opinions Editor
Students who get more sleep will feel better on campus. If there is something that a lot of us have in common, it is that most of us are tired. All around campus, you can see it, especially in 8 AM or 9 AM classes. Students drifting off into sleep, getting called on to answer a question because the professor knew they were not paying attention. This happens because we are sleepy, sleep is important. Sleep affects us very heavily. We are constantly trying to get a grip of our busy lives of studying, working, and maintaining healthy relationships with our friends and romantic partners. We are trying to please our parents and do that one thing they asked us to do 3 days ago. It is not easy being tired and trying to learn. According to a study published by the Journal Of American College Health, insufficient sleep affects both physical and psychological cognitive health. This results in poor academic performance, accidents involving motor vehicles and abuse of substances. The study further indicated that among college students, inadequate sleep has also been associ-
ated as a possible risk-factor for depression. This news might not be alarming, because most of us may already know this, however, it is still a very important aspect to consider in regards to our overall well being. Some might say that sleep isn’t that important, as long as you’re caffeinated and got your cold brew on hand. Others might also say that “sleep hygiene” is
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not a real thing, that there are perfectly functioning adults that can be successful and complete their tasks throughout the day with 5-6 hours of sleep. While everybody might be different, sleep is still something humans need on a biological level in order to survive. It is not something that we should take for granted, we need to value our sleep and the amount of time that we spend on it. We do not want to rely on caffeine for our productivity because that cuts into our budgets as college students and it is merely a crutch rather than a solution for tiredness. The truth is, we just have to be nicer to ourselves. We have to indicate what it is that is causing us to miss out on sleep. Sleep habits are also not something that can be fixed overnight. There has to be some sort of
consistency with how we are sleeping so that we could get our circadian rhythm to adjust (which by the way, is influenced by how light or dark it is in your environment.) The National Sleep Foundation named a few tips on how to improve your sleep in an article titled “How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?” These tips include: Stick to a sleep schedule, even on weekends, practice a relaxing bedtime ritual, exercise daily, evaluate your bedroom to ensure ideal temperature, sound and light, sleep on a comfortable mattress and pillow, beware of hidden sleep stealers, like alcohol and caffeine, and turning off electronics before bed. A personal tip of mine would be to put your phone on “night mode” if you use iOS, this gives the brightness of your device a yellow-ish tint that will be “easier”
on your eyes, it helps when you are browsing social media or watching videos on your phone before you fall asleep. You can even do this on your computer as well, if that’s what you are using before bed. This is something that you can start practicing, one by one. You don’t have to dive all the way in and start doing all these things at once. Sleep will help us feel better on an everyday basis, we will be able to concentrate in class, we will be able to complete our homework and we will be in a good enough mood to get things done on-time. Most importantly, we will enjoy our day.
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October 3rd, 2019
Online Dating Sucks By Calixto Reyes
OPINIONS EDITOR
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It’s getting to be that time of year, the Fall and Winter seasons. This is the time of year that most people want to be with loved ones or cuddled up for the cold weather. And then after that, Valentine’s day, where we’ll want someone for that holiday too. Let’s face it single people…we probably want someone at all times of the year, even if we live in a time where many people celebrate their “single-ness” and “independence.” Online dating sucks. There are so many reasons that people should get online to date. For example, for me, as a person who belongs to the L.G.B.T.Q community, it is hard to know who is heterosexual in person. At least online, I can go on Tinder or Bumble and swipe right on men who are looking to date other men. Swiping right means you “interested” in someone and swiping “left” means you are “not interested.” For others, they might not be around many social groups that allow them to get to know others and potentially start dating. Some of us are also just really shy, and we prefer to tell someone we like them online. But what is my problem with online dating? Well first of all, you are swiping
based on someone’s profile which includes their picture and their (most poorly) written autobiography. But many of us are not even interested in reading the “about-me” sections, we just look at their pictures, make a quick judgement and swipe whichever way we decide. The problem with this is that you’re now basing your potential romantic interest based off of something superficial rather than the substance of that person. And once you do match with someone, a conversation seldom becomes initiated by either party. Another reason online dating can be problematic is having too many expectations. For example, someone who sets their Tinder picture as an older picture of themselves, or even a picture that has been photo shopped or filtered.This creates a false image of your true everyday self and not only that but it makes the other person expect so much more from you. People look at you on these online dating apps and start creating so many superficial expectations about you. This creates a lot of nervousness upon meeting. Getting “ghosted” is when you’ve been talking to someone and they stop responding to you and drop communication altogether. This could mean blocking you from imessege, blocking you on Instagram or unfollowing you, and the worst one, not doing any of those things and just literally never responding to your texts ever again but sometimes liking your pictures on Instagram. Getting ghosted is not exclusive to online dating, but I do feel that many people who are on these dating apps are people who do not really know what they want. You both go on two or three dates, you guys bond and share some sentimental moments and then all the sudden, you never hear from them again. Months later, you finally get a text from them and they tell you they just aren’t ready for a relationship. But they continue to engage on the dating apps that they found you on. Some would say
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that online dating has changed their lives, and we could all collectively agree that it is true, some people really do find their soulmates online. Apps are now integrating newer ways to make people engage with each other through online dating. For example, the app Bumble encourages users to start a conversation by adding recommended sentences or questions once you matched. If you do not start a conversation on this app, the match “expires” and you can no longer speak to that person after 24 hours. The dating app Plenty-Of-Fish has also announced recently that they’d be banning profile pictures with filters. This is in an effort to make users choose more “real” photos of themselves versus something that is altered and can set a high expectation. Although these efforts are undergoing, it is still tiresome to go on these dates and have to tell everyone what your favorite color
is and what your sun and moon sign are, over and over again. It still gets annoying to answer the question “so tell me about yourself” once you’ve matched with someone. It is a never-ending challenge of going through hoops just to meet the right person. I just think it is better to meet someone in person, talk to them, find out that you’re interested in them and take it from there, the oldschool way. This just feels less defeating and more genuine. After all, they say you always find someone when you are least expecting it.
Meaningful Gatherings 3 Ways You Can Create More Meaningful Gatherings
entire family gathers including the cousins who you’re not familiar with. A few of them might show off their job titles and achievements in life so far, however, this might create an inferiority complex and competition among each other. In such circumstances, the people who are bragging and boasting should buy drinks as a gesture and keep the environment light.
By I-Wei Chang, Staff writer
In our daily lives, there are many opportunities to participate in gatherings. Gatherings in which we perhaps meet different people and socialize on a birthday party, or gatherings like at the end of a meeting in a company without any results due to conflicts. Normally, we seem to match different gathering forms with specific forms of labels. Instead of following specific gathering forms, we can make gatherings more meaningful. Priya Parker, the author of “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters” shared a Ted Talk about 3 ways we can change the everyday get-together to a more meaningful gathering by human connection, which are: “embrace a specific disputable purpose, cause good controversy, and create a temporary alternative world through the use of pop-up rules.” The meaning by “embrace a specific dispute purpose” is often times when we go to a friends birthday party, with nothing but carrying a gift to attend and having a great night with the birthday friend. If carrying presents to a friends birthday party is part of it, then as one of the participants, we can invite every friend to share the growth they’ve seen about the birthday boy in the past year instead. You might think this is too much for a birthday party, it’s a little weird, but in other points of view, when each attendee speaks out the growth about the birthday boy from their perspective, we can make the atmosphere of the birthday party more enjoyable. To some extent, “embrace a specific dispute purpose” not only makes the gathering more meaningful, but on the
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other hand, it can be a great opportunity for people to learn and engage from different perspectives. The second way of creating more meaningful everyday gatherings is “to cause good controversy”. Often times inside meetings where different people have different opinions, if delivered very bluntly, your opinion will cause conflict easily, bagging opinions is a better route, everyone around the table can share a story from their own experience with concept of their opinion that nobody has heard before. You may hear a story you have not heard before, giving people a way to get to know each other without being straightforward and looking to face conflict. The benefit of “to cause good controversy” is every member in the meeting is able to
give their thoughts; on the other hand, people can avoid some unnecessary conflicts. Therefore, team coherence can be enhanced by knowing each other and the gathering becomes more harmonious. For the third way of creating a more meaningful everyday gathering, it is to “create a temporary alternative world through the use of pop-up rules.” Nowadays, there are many people who participate in gatherings and reunions and naturally use the phone instead of having a face-to-face conversation. If catching up is one of the purposes of the reunion, we can make a rule that whenever someone touches their phone, that person should pay the bill for the meal. Another example is the Chinese New Year holiday, it’s the time of the year where the
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This would make those others who feel inferior, more comfortable and more content with the reunion. To make the reunion more meaningful people should share their experiences that they’ve learned with their families because everyone can learn about each other in ways they’d never expected. Gathering is a time to make each other condense, it allows us to be among others, to be seen for who we are and knowing ourselves better because the way we gather is how we live.
Focal Point
October 3, 2019
Rambo’s Still Got it!
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By: Mark David Magat Editor At Large
The 1980s and 90s was a great time for action movies, and since then current action movies have tried recapturing the spark that was once there, but with varying results. With a good number of these movies not hitting the mark, I started to ask “are those style of movies dead?” As I ask myself that walking into Rambo Last Blood, I was pretty apprehensive about seeing the film. But after seeing the movie and getting a short anatomy lesson on the human body through some intense violence, I think the action movies of old still has a few miles on it. The movie stars our favorite PTSD suffering Vietnam vet John Rambo, played by Sylvester Stallone. In this rendition, we follow an older and calmer Rambo as he takes care of a young woman that’s planning to head to college named Gabrielle, played by Yvette Monreal. As Grabrielle plans to head to college, she has questions regarding her father but as Gabrielle follows leads on finding her father, against Rambo’s blessing, she falls into some trouble. This gives Rambo the
chance to do his thing, and for us to have a rather entertaining movie. The first act, and parts of the second, of the movie was actually really deep and was a bit of a slow burn, which means it was rather slow. But it all helps the vibe and gives a really good emotional payoff for the end of the movie. And it also helps Stallone and Monreal have good chemistry. Actually, I would say Stallone and Monreal have the best chemistry and are the best actors in the movie. Stallone is expected to be great, but Monreal did a good job as well, though she fell flat in a few scenes. But that doesn’t mean this movie isn’t a testosterone filled kill fest. When it gets to the action it doesn’t forget that it’s a Rambo movie. The first interaction Rambo does on a guy wasn’t an action filled fight but was uncomfortably violent, which I enjoyed. But
the last act where it’s basic home alone but with Rambo just stabbing, shooting and throwing stuff, it’s pretty entraining. But about the end fight, no spoilers but if you want a nail biting suspenseful fight, you won’t find it here. It’s such a one sided “fight” that calling it a fight is being generous to the other side. But at the end of the day, I came in expecting a blood bath and got a deeper movie than I expected and still got my daily dose of none stop violence. If you don’t like these types of movies, over the top, unrealistic violent movies, then maybe skip this one. But if you dig mindless actions of old, then yes, I highly recommend this movie.
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October 3, 2019
Students Skip School for a Serious Climate Strike in San Francisco By: Milla Tivadar
Focal Point Editor
If this was a tongue twister for you, try untwisting the minds of those in Congress too ignorant to change our federal policies to act on climate change. Try gaining insight on the minds of respected scientists who are steadily being silenced by the Government for scientific research and education on climate change. Now, try to put yourself in the shoes of the younger generation who are taking the effects of climate change more personally, the ones who’s future rest in the hands of the government and scientists. Held by the Global Week for Future, the 20-27th of September meant a people’s movement to protest against the lack of action on the current climate crisis. On a global scale, about 4 million people worldwide, took a day off of school or work, to participate in the largest climate protest in history. In San Francisco, thousands took over Market St. on Friday, bypassing the Federal Building, targeting the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Later that day, Pelosi made a statement. “The voices of millions of young people are filling the streets in communities across the globe, demanding that our governments and industries
work together to take decisive action to safeguard our environment and ensure a healthy, sustainable world for our children.” There were many youthful faces demonstrating their rights instead of attending school that morning, including some of Skyline’s own students, who shared their thoughts and personal experience from that day. “The climate change protest was a powerful experience.” said Ofa Tangitau. “I felt the unity of the crowd as we came together to use our voices hoping to make an impact. It’s helped my perspective that democracy matters and that humanity is very much still alive.” Humanity is very much still alive, and with help from a very young climate activist, who we all recognize by the name of Greta Thunberg is well on her way of strengthening the voices of democracy to encourage united action on climate change. Since the beginning of her journey, Thunberg would sit on the front steps of the Swedish Parliament building every Friday with a massive sign quoting “School Strike for Climate.” Her presence has gained the interests of millions worldwide leading to a Nobel Prize nomination, attending climate change conferences and making impactful speeches worldwide demanding change. These efforts have created a new movement called FridaysForFuture, where students who wish to model her can participate striking in front of their very own town hall with signs every Friday in hopes to be recognized for the importance of
this existential crisis. The US Government in particular has been silencing climate science for a long time now. Despite threats to polar bears, caribou habitats, and native Alaskan communities, a project will now allow oil and gas developments on 1.6 million acres of previously prohibited space that was protected by the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Cuts for funding have also been made to the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives that use their research to “tackle big-picture issues affecting huge swaths of the US, such as climate change, flooding and species extinction.” You can find several more examples of the government’s lack of taking scientists’ research and accountability seriously on columbiaclimatelaw.com. Most of the effects caused by climate change show up in our news feeds on a regular basis, and people are starting to seek solutions. San Francisco’s climate strike is in favor of “a Green New Deal, a resolution that lays out a science-based plan to reach negative carbon emissions by 2030, all politicians sign the “No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge,” and other acts in favor of the environment. The legislative, executive, and judicial branches all have a role to play in reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and building resilient communities, and if they do not hear us, nothing will change. If this is something you care about, find creative efforts to be heard, even if protests are not something you prefer to participate in.
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Skyline student, Katea Ngaluafe stepped out to protest for the first time and found it to be quite empowering. “I was truly amazed by the amount of younger kids that were there. Hearing their voices throughout the protest reminded me, that we (the youth) are the future. I am so grateful I was able to participate in this protest.” The scientist and government
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divide is real, irreversible climate change is nearing, but our voices are evergreen. Politicians, scientists, and climate advocates, all play an important role, and you have the choice of which shoes you are willing to fill. This Climate Strike will most likely not be the last, and it’s certainly not the last option.
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By: Mark David Magat Editor At Large
Whether you’re eight, 18 or 80, Halloween is a great time! From being a young person who loves dressing up and getting free candy that your parents will try, but ultimately fail, regulating you eat, or when your a college student who would do some more adult activities with the season of spookiness, Halloween is a great holiday no matter how you celebrate! But as you age, the motivation to create and put on costumes has slowly lost its luster. But here are some costume ideas that aren’t demanding in the area of motivation. Here are some low cost and low maintenance costume ideas: 4. Cheesy Pun Costumes: Puns are fun to say, but not so fun to hear, and it’s the same with costumes. But we won’t deny the creativity for new pun costumes. Some classics of the pun costume are: The Candy Rapper: Dress like a stereotypical rapper that endorses a candy brand The Ceiling Fan: Wear sports gear but cover the team’s name with the word “Ceiling” The Cereal Killer: Basically grab a box of cereal and a knife and over the course of the day, stab said box Summary, take a pun and take
it to a visual form. But you can be creative! Find a funny pun and make the best out of it! 3. The Ghost Remember the old gag of putting a bed sheet over your head with two eye holes? Well, it’s a classic for a reason. Even though the basic idea is old and not creative, why not make it a historical figure? An idea I saw that was funny was a George Washington costume but the person accented it with a Revolutionary coat, memorized famous Washington speeches and he never broke character. Your
rendition doesn’t have to be that intense but you can dress up as a World War 2 soldier ghost with a hat or a jacket and just go with that. 2. Thomas and Martha Wayne This one is inspired by a couple at a comic book convention and will take a bit of work for it to work. But the end result is pretty funny. Basically get a friend, sibling, partner, or other living beings, and have both of you dressed in formal clothes. The funny part is running up to people, both adults and children, and say “son” and fall to the floor. It’s a pretty funny in-joke for DC fans and if the random person gets
it, it’s a funny laugh for everyone. 1. Undercover superhero We all know wearing a superhero costume is a bit of a hasle and kind of expensive. But if you still want to represent you favorite superhero, most of them have secret identities, so why not just dress as that and have a T-shirt of said hero? A famous one is Klark Kent with a suit but with the shirt opened to reveal a Superman shirt underneath. And this can be done to a lot of heroes. Actually, Peter Parker is probably the easiest to
do, but isn’t done too often. You can dress up for any style of Peter Parker you want, Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, even Andrew Gardlied or any style you want as long as it fits the character. All you have to do is have some indication of Spiderman with like web shooters (which two watches worn backwards works well with) or having a Spiderman T-shirt under. But if you ever find yourself low on ideas for costume ideas but still want to get into the holiday spirit, here are some ideas for some low budget and easy to do costume ideas.
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Sports
Sports Feature
Lesser Known Sporting Events Three Unique Sports and Sporting Events From Across the Globe By Mark David Magat
Editor at lARGE
When we think of sports we often think of the NFL, NBA, or MLB and in a lot of circles esports is also gaining ground on being a household known sport event as well. But these are only the tip of the iceberg for sporting events. Across the globe and even in familiar grounds such as the US, for whatever reason isn’t being recognized as well as others, even though they are at least equally as entertaining. Here are three unique sports, in no particular order, from across the globe, with a few of them having some rather entraining backstories. Bo-taoshi Everyone loves a good game of capture the flag, and Japan throws their own style of this classic game with the game Bo-taoshi. At its core, there are 2 teams of 75, one a defensive team the other playing as offensive. The defenders must keep a pole above a 45 degree angle, and it’s pretty easy to guess what the offensive team’s goal is, knock the pole below 45 degrees. There are some standard positions when thinking of this game, some defenders are tasked with defending while others are meant to run interference against
the offense, but what’s peculiar is that there’s often a ninja position for the defenders and his job to to basically be on top of the pole and keep it balanced from the top. What’s quite entertaining about this sport is its simplicity. With sports like basketball and baseball, there’s a laundry list of rules and guidelines and ways to earn points. In Bo-taoshi, it’s either keep the pole up, or if you’re on offense, knock the pole down, just don’t purposely hurt anyone. It’s just really funny watching videos of over 100 people violently crowding around a pole. Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Everyone’s probably seen a video on Cooper Hill’s in Gloucester, England. The infamous cheese chasing competition has been an English tradition for over 190 years yet no one probably knows its actual name. Well, no matter the name or the context, this event is famous and for good reason. The contest has a number of people running down a hill chasing a seven to nine pound roll of cheese down a hill. The goal? Catch the roll of cheese before the finish line, which is at the bottom of the hill. Due to safety reason, the cheese
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was replaced with a foam replica due to a seven to nine pound roll of cheese rolling at a top speed of 70 miles per hour can cause injury to bystanders and spectators. But you can’t deny the entertainment factor of watching a handful of adults running, and eventually rolling if they trip, to grab a piece of cheese. Over the past decade the event gain popularity to where they created a race just for the women. And in 2018, social media sensational Supreme Patty flew across the Atlantic to witness and be apart of the event bringing more exposure to cheese rolling. It’s a quick watch but it’s worth those few seconds for a laugh or something to lighten up your day. World Sign Spinning Championships
Since 2006, AArrow Sign Spinners has been holding the Sign Spinning World Championships in Las Vegas. Underneath the Fremont Street dome, competitors duke it out for a $5,000 grand prize and being crowned a world champion. In order to win the competition, one is judged based on three categories: technical ability, execution, and style. The technical ability is the flips, spins, twists that one can perform in their 30 second allotment. Execution is how comfortable and smooth each person looks while making each move. And of course style, where the flare and spark comes out in every contestant. The 2019 edition saw 80 participants, the most AArrow
has ever seen. Most came from the United States as well as some coming from Germany, Poland, and South Korea. The winner Matt Doolan was originally flipping signs in his hometown of Frisco, Texas and was discovered over a video posted on Twitter that was viewed by over 3 million people. So when it comes to competitive sports, the most exposure comes to the leagues that are shown on television yet there are many unique sport options out in this world that could be the right fit for anybody.
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Sports Opinion
Cup or Bust: This time for real
By Marco Milani Guest Writer
All of us Sharks fans remember how last season ended. A Game 6 loss in the Western Conference Finals against the eventual Stanley Cup champs St Louis Blues, after a rollercoaster of a season. The Sharks went to hell and back against the Vegas Golden Knights in round one. In Game 7, San Jose scored four unanswered goals in a five minute span following a major penalty and eventually won the series in overtime on a Barclay Goodrow goal. Then they went through the Colorado Avalanche, in another series that went the distance. The Sharks were no stranger to the powerful Blues squad, with young goaltender Jordan Binnington, who finished the playoffs with 16 wins, 10 losses, a .914 save percentage and a 2.46 goals against average, along with one shutout. Unfortunately, the Sharks injuries plagued them throughout the series, and they lost the series in the aforementioned Game 6. Now we fast forward to this season, where the Sharks will try once again to hoist their first Stanley Cup. Here is what to expect for the 2019-20 season. New year, new look Sharks This offseason was kind of rough for the Sharks. They went 1-5 in the preseason, which doesn’t seem promising for the regular season, but usually in the world
of sport, the preseason doesn’t matter. But before the puck even dropped for the preseason, major moves were already made. The first and most significant move was re-signing Erik Karlsson to an 8 year deal, which is key because the defense has been an issue for a while now. With that move came two significant losses for Team Teal. Joonas Donskoi, who was a key part of the defense last year signed a deal with division competitor Colorado Avalanche on a 4 year deal, and former captain Joe Pavelski inked a deal with the Dallas Stars for 3 years. Aside those losses, they brought back Joe Thornton on a 1 year deal, his 22nd year in the NHL, and his 14th with the Sharks. The Sharks also added Dalton Prout from the Calgary Flames, Jonny Brodzinski from the Los Angeles Kings, Danil Yurtaikin from Lokomotiv in the KHL, and Lean Bergmann from Germany. Additionally, they promoted Mario Ferraro and Manuel Weiderer from the San Jose Barracuda, the teams AHL affiliate, and named Logan Couture captain for this season. Keys to the season Goaltending One of the biggest problems last year was goaltending. The
Sharks made the playoffs last year despite having the league’s worst save percentage at .889, and a goals against average of 3.00. Martin Jones needs to improve his play this season. He was a rollercoaster the entire regular season, and had his moments in the postseason, but consistency is key. Aaron Dell is backing him up this season, and his game needs to improve as well. Improvement with the young corps Some of the players the Sharks promoted and added are in their 20’s, and the trend right now is for teams to get younger with
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October 3, 2019
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Reality Football
How fantasy football can get real serious
By Cristian Garcia Sports Editor
The NFL season kicked off its 100th season back in early September. While the players on the field began to get ready for sixteen weeks of athletic competition. Other players begin to have a virtual competition where real money is involved. And when that season starts a group of friends, coworkers and even strangers can take the game of fantasy football. The most famous example of how serious fantasy football can be is in the FX comedy series The League that gave ridiculous examples on how serious the game can be. The show revolves around six best friends who will do anything to win a simple trophy. But, that is a made up comedic world. In real life these groups of doing anything to claim the championship of fantasy football actually exist. Antonio Navarro, Raul Ramirez and Adan Marquez are three students at Skyline who were in the same league for the past five years and they describe the insanity that fantasy football can bring. Like in the NFL, Fantasy Football starts with an annual draft every participate in the league gather around in person or in front the computer to draft the best players
of their team. Every team consist of one quarterback, one tight end, two running backs, two wide receivers along with a defense from any NFL team. Also, six back up players are needed for your bench. “When the draft comes around theirs combination drunk guys talking s--- having fun and sober guys taking it seriously, with pages of notes, so you don’t know what to expect ” says Ramirez “The pressure is on when you see a player you wanted get taken from another person that's when you scramble into deciding what player you need next. Then, you hear everyone's reaction it gets in your head and you don’t know if your pick was good or not.” Not every season can be fun and games, a lot of people take the game serious when it can cost you all you can win. “Last season I was involved in an even trade with someone who was at the bottom of the league and myself who was on top but one person began hate on that trade and later everyone was hating on the trade.” Marquez explains the huge conclusion to their league just last year. “Next thing you knew we had all our money back
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and the league was over.” Every fantasy football league is different with its own rules and in this league they have fees so every one involved stayed on their toes. “To make things interesting for ever player you'd forget to bench we’d charge them ten bucks.” Navarro explains how the season continues and the punishment that come in at the end. When a league comes to an end and the champion is standing tall, the last place loser must suffer. “Three years ago we decided that the loser deserves a real pun-
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ishment, so for whoever gets last place gets a very special haircut that the rest of league decides” The people who sign up for fantasy football know that they are putting in hundreds of dollars on the line and gamble in winning a good amount of money but they are also agreeing in humiliation . The game of fantasy football can take a lot of dedication and all that matters is if you’re serious enough to handle it.
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For the second straight season, the San Francisco Giants got shutout at home in game 162 by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Unfortunately, the fan base pushed that off to the side as we celebrated the managerial career of Bruce Bochy and rightfully so as he was the man who guided three teams to World Series titles. Many former players from 2007 through 2014 descended to Oracle Park for Bochy’s final game. It was amusing to see the faces of Ray Durham, Pedro Feliz, and Fred Lewis who represent exactly what the Giants were when Bochy started his tenure. Abysmal. Then more and more we started to see the core members who were apart of the championship runs. Angel Pagan, Jake Peavy, Brian Wilson among others who all got great ovations and rightfully so as they brought the entire city what years of former players could not. Yet even on Bochy’s day of
days it almost felt as if the return of Tim Lincecum stole the show. After four years, Lincecum’s homecoming to 24 Willie Mays Plaza actually happened and the appreciation given off was so pure and thunderous as if the day was meant for him. Smiles and tears coming from the fans. Hugs coming from former players and those who are still on the team display what Lincecum means to the city of San Francisco and the Giants organization. He started all of this. His two Cy Young awards from 2008-2009 brought the fans in every time he was on the mound even with the team not having the capability to win games. He practically put the team on his back in the 2010 Postseason going 4-1 with 43 strikeouts. He was as dominant as any pitcher could be that October. What also made Lincecum so great for San Francisco was him
not having an ego. His love and passion he had in a Giants jersey yet still looking like this average skinny kid who was having fun made everybody love him more. If I may, he was Steph Curry before Steph Curry. Personally, I had a few encounters with Lincecum and he was always in a lively mood, always willing to stop and sign autographs for kids waiting outside the ballpark. At 34-years-old he believed he could help a big-league team, yet no opportunity came knocking after the Texas Rangers released him in June 2018. Now 35, Lincecum has kept a low-profile living life in his hometown of Seattle and the Bay Area. But in the end, that’s what he always did even at the peak of his career. Yet even with all the accolades it’s sad to know that baseball has given up on Lincecum yet the city of San Francisco will always show appreciation for “The Freak.”
Women’s Soccer Oct. 04 vs Las Positas (1 p.m.) Oct. 11 vs Cabrillo (2 p.m.) Oct. 15 at Ohlone(2 p.m.) Oct. 18 at Cabrillo (6:30 p.m.)
Lincecum’s Career in San Francisco 2x Cy Young Award Winner 3x World Series Champion 4x All Star