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Volume XXXIV Issue 3

February 27, 2014

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Changes to the transfer system aim to put students at ease

by Renee Abu-Zaghibra

TSV Production Manager

A new transfer program will be brought to California community college students to aid them with their transition to a 4-year university.

According to Cherie Colin, director of marketing, communications, and public relations at Skyline College, the “proposed infrastructure” has been

established to assist students with following their progression towards transferring.

“My understanding is that the proposal is not to change the system, but to provide better tools for community college students to navigate the system,” wrote Colin via email.

Colin understands that students will have to be made aware of such a system through different

methods. There are still a lot of minor details that students should be made aware of therefore students shouldn’t over-rely on the program. They should still work with counselors as well.

“There is great potential for students to benefit from knowing which classes they need for which campus and major and tracking progress towards that,” wrote Colin via email.

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Colin goes on to say that although students would find ease with this system, they must keep in mind that every campus and major may have different requirements and therefore may prolong a student’s stay at their community college.

Skyline students are seeing the positive in this system and its convenience to their path to transfer.

“Anything that would help

would be good for anybody,” said Christian Lozano, a Skyline student. “I’m not really good at keeping track of what I need, so any system that will help me keep track of what I need to do would help.”

“I think it will be pretty helpful, but I think there’s already another website that’s similar, Assist.com,” said Skyline student, Doriss Tironag.

“One Billion Rising” helps to educate students on safe sex Valentine’s Day celebrations bring to light more serious issues while keeping it fun and vibrant

by Lea Naqishbendi

TSV Features Editor

Coach Justin Piergrossi (third from left) talking to Isabella Hung’s Mother and family.

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by Shaquill Stewart

TSV Social Media Editor

Coaches vs. Cancer event was held on February 12. The Skyline Men’s and Women’s basketball teams hosted the event. It was a huge event attended to raised money for Isabella Hung who is 8 years old and from Pacifica Ca. Isabella was in attendance at the game along with many of her family members and friends. The games raised over $1,000 according to Skyline Shines.

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The Associated Students of Skyline College in collaboration with Skyline’s Center for Student Life hosted an event in the quad on Feb. 13, to celebrate V-Day One Billion Rising and National Condom Day in honor of Valentine’s Day, providing heavy information with a light approach.

Both V-Day One Billion Rising and National Condom Day are efforts to raise awareness to issues involving sex and love that could impact college students.

The V-Day One Billion Rising is a worldwide campaign that began last year, to focus on the empowerment of women and their rights to not only be treated equally to men, but cherished.

The campaign targets a range of women, from those overcoming abuse to those in countries legally not able to express themselves.

All around the world both women and men have performed (on Valentine’s Day) to a song and choreographed dance specially created for the movement, at public locations including schools like Skyline.

Nichole Palmer, honors dance society vice president, led both female and male dancers in the flash mob that students rehearsed during class and on their free time. Having experience with the dance doing it last year, she took the initiative to

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Skyline is working to include local high school students by creating a Middle College starting in the 2015- 2016 school year. The program will allow Jefferson Union High School and the San Mateo Union High School districts to participate in college courses.

The Skyline College Sustainability coordinator in conjunction with the college’s Presidents council is starting a survey on student transportation. They hope to use the information to improve student’s commute.

The ‘Education Across The Miles’ program allows students to create international connections. Launched by the African Diaspora Program, the project connects a group of female Skyline students to a group of female high school students in Liberia.

Dr. Shakti Butler, scholar, writer, and filmmaker will be speaking on the topic of racial equity at Skyline College on Wednesday March 5.

She will be speaking in the Fireside Dining Room from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

get ASSC involved this year.

“This year we had a lot more people, more support, more connections with the student government,” Palmer said.

Because topics such as sex is common at a college level, National Condom day, observed for Feb. 14, was also celebrated by the student government in a way that not only provided valuable information to students, but allowed them to learn in a fun and interactive way.

“The final decisions were the flash mob of one Billion Rising, free goody bags with candy, condoms and pamphlets inside them, popular music, a balloon game and ongoing trivia with bookstore gift cards for the winners,” Dominique Gio of the Programming Board said. “ The pamphlets included information from the Health Center on safe sex, relationships, STIs, and a brochure of events occurring around the bay area on Valentine’s weekend for couples and singles to enjoy made by the students of the Center for Student Life and Leadership Development.”

Some of the clubs on campus had tables at the event to raise money. One raised money by creating a game with balloons that students had fun playing.

“I found the information helpful,” said Skyline Dance 400 student Leana Dugrenier. “The V-day continued on page 2

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Car stolen from campus

by Gabriella Saucedo TSV Staff Writer

On February 10, Skyline student, Ray Reules got his 1995 Acura Integra stolen between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. His girlfriend, Karolyn Lopez, reported it to public safety as soon as she noticed the car was gone.

Unfortunately, the car was long gone by the time she found out.

Reules has been attending Skyline since 2010 and has never suspected car theft on campus.

“I would use a club steering wheel lock when attending other campuses like CSM or Canada but never at Skyline. I really felt comfortable at my own school” Reules said. “Now, I just can’t trust our campus anymore.”

Officers patrol the parking lots randomly either by foot or car, day and night. There are cameras stationed throughout the campus both inside and outside.

The camera system is generally effective in deterring criminal activity however, it did not have any footage of the incident.

Fortunately, Reules reported to TSV that his car was recovered by the City of Millbrae sometime last week. They only took his stereo and no other damage was done.

“Skyline College is a safe campus and there have been no crime spikes. The college posts statistics on the website for public viewing at https://www.skylinecollege.edu/ publicsafety/securitystatistics.php.

Public Safety encourages all students, faculty and staff to be aware of their surroundings, request escorts and report any suspicious activity.” Cherie Colin, director of marketing, communications and public relations at Skyline stated.

Like Colin said, there is no crime spikes, let alone raise in car thefts. This is one of two car theft incidents this semester and it is unusual according to Public Safety Records. However comparing these stats from the past, the incident has repeated itself enough to consider it possible to happen again.

Reules suggests to all car owners and drivers to “add a hidden kill switch, especially if your car is susceptible to being stolen.”

These switches­disrupt the flow of electricity at the battery or ignition switch or disable the fuel pump. Any of these will discourage the bad guys into pursuing the steal. A switch is only a few bucks and can defeat even the savviest car kleptomaniac.

When parking your car, check if your lights are off, windows are rolled up, hide your sound system and make sure your doors are locked. This car thief may be looking for another victim and we don’t want to take any chances.

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CSM collaborates with Hillcrest College of San Mateo introduces an outreach to the community’s youth

by Jeanita Lyman

TSV Staff Writer

Project Change, a collaborative program between College of San Mateo and San Mateo County Youth Services Center designed to prepare and support young people exiting the center for classes at CSM, will be making its debut this Summer.

The program is still in its beginning stages and will be available only at CSM with 5-10 students for it’s initial semester. The program is connected to the youth center, which includes a juvenile hall, school and services for underprivileged or troubled youth. According to Kathryn Bliss, Project Change founder and director, there has been an overwhelming amount of support for the program so far and the idea of expanding it to Skyline is already being considered, although the official plans are currently for CSM only.

“The program is currently in the development period right now, where potential students and mentors are being identified and the training and matching for mentors will be conducted in March and April,” said Bliss in a recent email interview. “The pilot begins this summer, where students will enroll in a Summer bridge program (Pathways to Success), where they will receive help with math and English, take the placement tests for the Fall, be matched with

individual academic counselors an receive priority registration.”

The program will be the first of its kind in San Mateo, and amongst a very small number of programs statewide that offer support to students beginning college after juvenile hall. While many educational programs exist for incarcerated youth, they aim primarily to help with GED or high school completion and career readiness.

Bliss first came up with the idea for the program last Summer and presented a proposal to the Basic Skills Initiative in October, which was approved for funding shortly thereafter. Bliss worked with members of the basic skills committee at CSM as well as other organizations connected with the youth center and with the judge, teachers and staff at the youth center to organize the project. According to Bliss, there has been an overwhelming outpour of interest in Project Change, with at least 12 faculty members already expressing their interest in volunteering.

Students enrolled in the project will be matched with faculty and staff mentors from various disciplines for their first academic year and are also provided with individualized academic counseling.

The program works with student support services to help students access any services that they are eligible for and with the

learning center, which facilitates the Pathways to Success and SMART programs, which are responsible for selecting peer mentors for the program.

Sarah Artha Negara, kinesiology faculty and founder of the pilates teaching program at CSM, first heard about the program through a mass email and was drawn to it due to her prior experience of helping to raise a foster child. In a phone interview, she said that she felt she had skills she could share that could potentially be helpful to Project Change as a result. “I saw how much a human being can change,” she said while explaining her attraction to the program, adding that she hopes to help instill in students some confidence and belief in themselves.

She hopes to be a faculty mentor if a student in the program shows interest in pursuing a degree in kinesiology or teaching pilates.

Student and faculty mentors are only being selected from CSM at this time, but anyone with questions about the program or when it will be available at Skyline may contact Kathryn Bliss at blissk@smccd.edu.

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balloon game was fun too.”

Student government also found the event to be successful in helping students.

“Personally, I think the event was successful in grabbing the attention of the student body by having them participate in the games and taking the pamphlets and goody bags so we were able to encourage safe sex and awareness,” Gio said.

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Young Gifted and Black ‘SHEroes’ perform at Skyline

Performers emotionally recite their poetry to faculty and students Feb. 21 in honor of Black History Month.

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Black History Month was represented by Bay Area based youth in a production held at Skyline’s theater

by Ayechan Oo TSV Staff Writer

The SHEroes girls emotionally recited their historic poetry to a Skyline audience.

SHEroes, a girl division of the Bay Area based youth cultural and education repertory group named Young, Gifted, and Black, gave an emotional performance of their po“ etry last Friday, to an entertained audience here at Skyline.

YGB has over a hundred members, mostly high school students, who teach African-American history through poetry, though some are as young as 12 years old. YGB has performed for a variety of venues including schools and churches, to celebrate black history in the United States, but also England, France, and Ghana.

A crowd of 70 people diverse in both ethnicity and professions gathered in the main theater at Skyline for the performance in honor of Black History Month.

The SHEroes graced the stage

full of energy as they displayed their talent. Their charming faces, innocent behavior and dynamic movements had convinced the crowd from the beginning of their performance they were brilliant.

Hodari B. Davis, son of educator Laroilyn Davis, is the artistic director of YGB. Davis, who collaborates with YGB members on writing, explained the importance of black history from the groups perspec.” tive.

“Something - SHEroes important for us is that black history is world history,” Davis said. “It’s not the history of the civil right movement. It’s not that I have a Dream speech.

And Martin Luther King Jr. Day, that we all know happened in January. In February, it’s about acknowledging the contribution that black people, not just African-American people, but black people all over the world have made to... world and global history.”

The poetry had good flow from beginning to the end;

I am the greatest in this land. When you say I can, I know, I can be all that I can be black and beautiful as I can see

it is rich and full of emotional words that described the various situations involving black people throughout history to present day.

One poem written by YGB member about Trayvon Martin had the audience captivated and silent, while others were “ touching, moving many who were in the audience to tears.

An excerpt from the poem reads, “Don’t shoot I just wanna fly away Trayvon didn’t get to see another day, thanks to the bullets you won’t out away now the memory shirts come out to play Don’t Shoot”.

Though some of the poetry emotionally described the darkest points in black history such as slavery, there was a switch to the encouragement for everyone to be happy with the life they get.

“I am the greatest in this land.

When you say I can, I know, I can be all that I can be black and beautiful as I can see.”

It was obvious to the audience

that the performers put forth a lot of effort into their performance.

Carrie Davis, one of the performers and daughter of Hodari B. Davis, tells about her preparations.

“We have like three different groups, so the youngest group practice twice a week and the older groups practice once or twice a week. “ Carrie Davis ” said. “We practice - SHEroes as much as we can, but minimum twice a week.”

The crowd was engaged the entirety of their performance. They clapped their hands as if creating harmony for rhythmic flow.

Carina Anttila-Suarez, biography professor at Skyline, anticipated the SHEroes performance, and encouraged her students to attend.

“I want my students to be exposed to all subjects.”

Anttila-Suarez said.

Phyllis Taylor, Coordinator of ASTEP, as well as the coordinator of that event, had been preparing for the performance

Don’t shoot I just wanna fly away Trayvon didn’t get to see another day, thanks to the bullets you won’t out away now the memory shirts come out to play Don’t Shoot

since November of last year after hearing that the group performed at the Umoja (a Kiswahili word meaning unity) conference.

When Skyline decided to incorporate spoken word poetry into their African-American heritage celebration, the well known group was asked to come to Skyline.

Naoko Yumato, an international student from Japan, is currently taking an English class and came to see the performance because of her professors encouragement to go to the event.

“It’s good to get involved in this event for my English class. Since we’re learning African-American (history) for my next essay in class, it’s really worthy to come here. I don’t understand some words, but I still can feel their pains,” Yumato said.

The gifted girls amazed the crowd, and their curiosity increased, of how these girls could perform so beautifully.

The girls politely, patiently and precisely answered all the questions from the curious crowd before leaving from the stage.

Student Leo Chan, who is majoring in engineering, enjoyed the girls performance.

“I came here because my professor encouraged me. But now I know that it’s worth more than an extra credit. It is so inspirational,” Chan said.

Entertainment Feb. 27, 2014

Weekend Box Office Feb. 21-23 1)

The Lego Movie (WB)

Weekend gross: $31.4 million 3,890 theaters, $8,085 per average Total gross: $183.1 million, week 3

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3 Days to Kill

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Weekend gross: $12.3 million 2,872 theaters, $4,283 per average Total gross: $12.3 million, 1st week

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Pompeii

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Weekend gross: $10.3 million 2,658 theaters, $3,890 per average Total gross: $10.3 million, 1st week

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Robocop

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“The Lego Movie” review:

The building blocks of society

by Nico Triunfante

TSV Multimedia Editor

While you walk around the street, you’ll see people of different sizes, shapes and ethnicities. However, it probably doesn’t cross your mind to what each individual is or will be going through throughout the day.

We pass by, strictly concentrating on our daily needs, places we need to be at, and looking ahead for tomorrow.

Everything is as normal, and as awesome, as it can be.

The protagonist

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of the story, Emmet Brickowski, voiced by “Parks and Recreation” star Chris Pratt, is the personification of the idea of a simple person that is constantly overlooked in our overgrown society. This Lego construction worker is more than likely not the Lego that your child would be dying to purchase, especially when competing with Lego characters such as Batman, Gandalf, or even some of the

Weekend gross: $9.8 million 3,372 theaters, $2,908 per average Total gross: $44 million, week 2

5) The Monuments Men (Sony) Weekend gross: $7.9 million 3,064 theaters, $2,582 per average Total gross: $57.8 million, week 3

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About Last Night (SGem) Weekend gross: $7.5 million 2,253 theaters, $3,344 per average Total gross: $38.2 million, week 2

7)

Ride Along

(Univ.)

Weekend gross: $4.6 million 2,186 theaters, $2,115 per average Total gross: $123.1 million, week 6

8)

Frozen

(Disney)

Weekend gross: $4.4 million 1,891 theaters, $2,329 per average Total gross: $384.1 million, week 14

9)

Endless Love

(Univ.)

Weekend gross: $3.9 million 2,896 theaters, $1,370 per average Total gross: $19.8 million, week 2

10) Winter’s

Tale

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Weekend gross: $2.1 million 2,965 theaters, $733 per average Total gross: $11.2 million, week 2 *All numbers courtesy of Box Office Mojo **All numbers are domestic (U.S. and Canada)

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. However, the movie cannonballs the fact that Emmet, being the simplest, most standard, most normal person in society, is just as important as Batman, Gandalf, or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Toward the beginning of the storyline, we find that Emmet is the most important person in the Lego Universe, being the special Master-Builder that is able to stop the evil Lord Business.

Along the way, other Master-Builders such as Wyldstyle and Batman aid Emmet toward becoming the person that is securely locked within the confines of his mind.

Though at first being skeptical about Emmet’s abilities, these char- acters find themselves in a position that shows Emmet is equal to them.

These characters represent the people in society that we see as superior. We walk around seeing rich, successful business people, and we can’t help but compare

ourselves to what we don’t have or who we are. At the end of the day, those who are masters of their crafts, celebrities, or wisdom-filled elders are all equal to the person that you are today and vice versa.

This petri dish of Master-Builders is a representation of the differences in society, but also how those differences can bring us all together. In other words, the Superman protecting planet Earth is equivalent in power to Abraham Lincoln protecting human rights.

Being a twenty-year-old college student, it’s no surprise that I constantly compare myself to those who are successful in life, those who are better than me, and what more I can do to improve myself and feel special in my own way. Emmet is a representation of not only myself, but for every individual in society. We all compare ourselves to other people, we all want something that will be nothing short of beneficial to our lives.

The Lego Movie is a reminder to adults that your individual being is, and forever will be, important no matter how normal you may feel. As for the children, it’s a fantastic movie that supplies humor, creativity, and a good life long lesson of promoting individuality.

“Robocop” review: The tin man

finally gets a heart and a brain

by Dave Newlands

TSV Staff writer / Graphic artist

Director Jose Padilha has made a noble and fairly successful attempt to completely reimagine the “Robocop” franchise for a new generation, which begs the question: Would a “Robocop,” by any other name, smell as sweet?

“Robocop,” old or new, is a satire of society’s foolishness. Padilha frames this satire with Samuel L. Jackson’s character, a FOX Newsstyle blowhard pundit who spins the debate on American civil liberties into the realm of comical right wing propaganda. At the heart of this debate are a leftist senator pushing human interest legislation, and OmniCorp, represented by Michael Keaton – also resurrected from the late ’80s – playing corporate villain Raymond Sellars, who falls somewhere between Steve Jobs and Dick Cheney.

OmniCorp has successfully placed unmanned drones and droids in military applications all over the world, but cannot break into an American market that is skittish around unfeeling robots. Enter officer Alex Murphy, a loose-cannon Detroit cop who doesn’t play by the rules but makes sure everyone else does. When Murphy gets too close to uncovering police corruption in his own precinct he winds up on the wrong end of car bomb in a scene that you’d better enjoy, because you’ll see it replayed from multiple angles about 30 times before the credits roll. OmniCorp, seeking a way to put a human face on its soulless weapons, jumps at the

chance to turn a tragic hero into a hot new product – a robot cop, if you will – and Robocop is born.

The rest of the plot plays out as any standard super hero action flick would, but plot is not paramount to a “Robocop” movie, underlying snarky messages are, and Padilha hits some strong notes here.

OmniCorp outsourcing Robocop’s development to a Chinese factory is just one of Padilha’s subtle jabs at globalization. Padilha comments on U.S. foreign policy with a frantic scene of peace-keeping droids performing TSA-style body scans in a small Iranian village, subjecting conservative Muslim women to a level of intrusion that causes them great offense. Scenes like these point out everyday realities to which many people have become desensitized, and make this “Robocop” every bit the smart satire of the original, though not as comically so. What Padilha lacks in over-the-top bombast, he makes up for in character and depth, things the original movie lacked.

The cast is rounded out by the always engaging Gary Oldman, a smart-ass Jay Baruchel, and Jackie Earle Haley, another ’80s rehash who turns a throw away character into a scene stealer. This ensemble brings some much-needed chops to a franchise that previously treated acting as an afterthought.

No one is ever likely to satisfy the fanboy contingent, but Padilha has turned in a worthy attempt with “Robocop.” Those that aren’t desperately clinging to their misspent ’80s youth, but still appreciate a good sci-fi action

movie will likely enjoy this reimagining of Verhoeven’s cult favorite.

For the not-so-desperate fanboy, one issue still lingers. In a Hollywood where there are no new ideas, nobody called out Verhoeven’s “Robocop” for basically being a prequel to the “Terminator” franchise, and nobody cared that the first “Iron Man” movie was Technicolor “Robocop,” so with Padilha taking such a vastly different approach to the character and ultimately turning in a smarter, deeper film than the source material, why not go all the way, making this a Padilha original?

In the end, simply by existing at all, a movie meant to raise questions about the state of our culture has accidentally raised the ultimate question about the state of movies as an art form, namely: are movies as an art form an endangered species? Would Padilha’s movie have been made if it were called Cyborg Sherriff of Sub-

urban Detroit? Maybe not, but if it was, would it be more respected because it wasn’t called “Robocop?”

Whatever the case may be, Padilha’s “Robocop” reboot deserves due consideration, not fanboy dismissal.

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by Steven Perotti

TSV Opinions Editor

Blizzard, arguably the most dominant developer of computer games in business today, has added a new game to their stable of champions: Hearthstone. While still in its beta phase of testing, the waves being stirred up by this online competitive card game are rising higher and higher on a daily basis, and for good reason.

The working title of the game, “Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft,” emphasizes content connections between this newest addition to Blizzard’s roster with the prototypical massively multiplayer online game, “World of Warcraft.” Blizzard, which is credited with shaping the MMO

genre as we know it, has taken characters from its extensive Warcraft mythos and created a very entertaining and highly addictive competitive card game in which players choose between nine heroes from Warcraft’s storied history.

Each deck, and the hero linked to it, is based upon a particular style of gameplay. Each has its own particular strengths and weaknesses, and there are cards that can only be used by one type of player. If a player decides they want to play as a shaman, they will pick the character Thrall (the former warchief of the horde) and build a deck from two specific sources: The cards available in the shaman deck, and the cards available from the neutral deck.

The more you play Hearthstone, the

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A dark, creepy, yet thrilling adventure

by Ray Garcia

TSV Entertainment Editor

Looking for a new show to watch?

Something to give you the heebie-jeebies? Well, once you’re done finishing up “Breaking Bad,” now that the latter half of season five is up, check out this contemporary series prequel to the original slasher film: “Psycho.”

Welcome to White Pine Bay, Oregon, (there are some differences between the movie and the show; it is a modernized prequel, after all). Norma Bates, looking to start a new life with her Norman after the sudden death of his father, relocates to this idyllic little town. She purchases a motel, which then becomes the infamous Bates Motel. Thereafter, her son from a previous marriage, Dylan, arrives.

The three learn that the town is not as peaceful and calm as it seems to be.

The series follows the adolescent Norman Bates, as he traverses through his new life, new school and with that the teen angst of relationships, schoolwork and home life. But as the season progresses, we start to see his psychopathic tendencies that make up his famous reputation. Norma tries to protect her son, literally, from anything like girls, strangers and even dogs.

But when she’s not on Norman’s case, she’s running the motel or entangling herself with the local law enforcement.

Dylan has strained relationship with both his mother and half-brother. He moves in with them after having no place to go and takes part in the shady works that envelops the town.

more cards are unlocked.

In the beginning of the game there is only one deck that is available, the mage deck. The face of the mage deck is Jaina Proudmoore, one of the Alliance characters from the Warcraft series. Players are required to play against every type of deck in the game in order to unlock said decks for future use. So if you want to be able to play as Grommash Hellscream’s warrior deck, you have to play against it and defeat it.

Once a deck has been unlocked there are a limited amount of cards available from the get-go. In order to complete the “basic” collection for each deck, players will have to use each deck a number of times in order to “level up.”

Once a player has reached level 10 with a particular deck they will have If you like the show “American Horror Story,” you’ll love “Bates Motel.” Freddie Higmore, whom you might remember from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” displays such a gravita in his performance. His quiet demeanor belies disturbed psyche, and his piercing eyes give legitimate intimidation/fright. Vera Farmiga has been nominated for an Emmy for her performance as the neurotic Norma Bates.

Her relationship with her son Norman has an odepius complex. Again, this show is creepy; But it’s creepy good.

Max Thieriot plays Dylan. He plays his character with confidence, and gives off an air of security. You’ll feel that the vulnerable Norman and Norma are safe whenever Dylan is with them.

“Bates Motel” is worth a view. It’s 10 slow-burning episodes that has a harrowing ending, setting up for a darker, potentially more explosive second season. It’s a quality, modern series chronicling the upBates Motel bringing of season two premieres the psycho on March 3 at 9pm on Norman Bates.

access to every basic card in the deck’s repertoire. But this wouldn’t be a Blizzard game without an obsessive catch.

Along with the basic cards in the game there are expert cards. These can be obtained in a number of ways.

Packs of five can be purchased ingame with gold won from completing daily challenges, or purchased via microtransactions from Blizzard’s battlenet web site once a credit card has been put on file. There are a total of 446 cards in Hearthstone, ranging from the ever-present common cards to the highly sought-after legendary cards. One of the benefits of the game is that you can disenchant cards that you don’t want to keep and you’re rewarded with a set amount of arcane dust for destroying said card. Once

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enough dust has been saved up it can be used to craft a new card. The dust received for destroying a card ranges from five to 400, while the cost for crafting a card can range from 50 to 1600.

When all is said and done, Blizzard has done an amazing job with Hearthstone. Since the game is still in its beta phase, there are still changes being made to gameplay and card values, but this does not take away from the overall experience of the game.

Fans of the Warcraft series, as well as those familiar with “Magic: The Gathering,” will not be disappointed with this game.

But be warned, the money spent on buying card packs adds up very quickly.

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Are we no longer our brother’s keeper?

As humanity moves father down the path of the civilized, we are forced to ask ourselves what is more important: An individual’s privacy, or the life of an innocent?

In our modern civilization, with humanity’s growing distaste towards violations of privacy being reflected in the laws of the land, we are faced with a horrifying truth: we, as a people, have become so preoccupied with honoring other’s personal space that we choose to turn a blind eye to acts of racism, bigotry, and even violence.

An experiment, referred to as the “THE BULLYING EXPERIMENT!” is a YouTube video created by fouseyTUBE, that has been shared and posted on numerous social media sites, including but not limited to Facebook and Twitter, in which two men, one playing a bully while the other is the bullied, get into an altercation in a college setting. The bully, verbally berating and physically accosting the bullied, is often times overlooked by passing students and even faculty with only a few instances of salvation in which we, the audience, get the chance to see someone taking a stand for a victim.

Will the privacy of another man or woman matter, at the end of the day, when they are responsi-

ble for the kidnapping of a child?

Another experiment titled “THE KIDNAPPING EXPERIMENT!” also by fouseyTUBE, available for viewing on Youtube and Facebook, portrays a young boy asking people for help. The boy claims he is lost, that he doesn’t know where his parents are, and a strange man tried to force him to get into his van with him. Some of the men and women approached by the boy did intervene, but others chose not to get involved.

How many times are we told these days to mind our own business, to not get involved in someone else’s problems and look the other way? If we are witness to an act of violence or domestic abuse, we are not encouraged to intervene immediately to protect the victim, rather we are obligated to call the authorities and wait. In the time it takes for a state or federal officer to arrive to handle the situation, the worst could have occurred and the victim could be dead or dying.

But we are encouraged to not get involved. If a child, or even an adult, is being forced into a vehicle or dragged behind a building against their will, shouldn’t we

violate personal space boundaries and do something about it?

What is more important in our modern civilization? The life and safety of our fellow man, or the privacy and personal space of those who would seek to cause

harm to others? The life of a mother, a father or a child could be dependent on the actions of a simple bystander. Rather than looking away for fear of getting involved in someone else’s business, we should make it our business. This is a call

to action, to anyone and everyone: do not turn a blind eye. Do not be afraid. Make a stand, and your actions could be the spark that changes what has sadly become a socially acceptable norm.

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With the beginning of the new semester, it is time for a new Editor in Chief to take over. So please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Aaron Washington and I am the new Editor in Chief of The Skyline View. This is my third semester on staff. Previously I was Entertainment Editor and Social Media Editor. While I am not new to this newspaper, I feel it is important to introduce myself to the student body.

When it comes to this newspaper as a whole, we have a long standing tradition of producing a quality newspaper on a bi-weekly basis. I do not intend to change that at all, I just want to tweak some things. Changing the culture around this newspaper is one of my main goals. A lot of times when we are producing one of our newspapers, certain things get lost in the shuffle during the madness of students sitting in front of computers for hours. This can lead to mistakes being made in the paper, which cannot be fixed once it is in print. We are not a perfectly tuned machine at this point in time, but I would like to push us closer to that. My other main goal is increasing the input of the students.

In the past, I feel that there has been a certain disconnect between the staff of The Skyline View and the student body. Maybe it’s just my new found ability to over analyze everything that I do, but I want to break down that wall between the newspaper and students. With that said, I am opening myself to the public. I fully intend to make The Skyline View more for the students. We have the largest staff that I have seen in my time on this paper, so we have the ability to push this forward.

But for that to happen, we need feedback from the students. Our email account is always open to suggestions, from students as well as the faculty. While all ideas may not be good ones, all ideas are meant to create much needed conversations.

If you have ideas for us, whether it is something you want investigated on campus, an event you would want covered, or you just want to see how we do things, please do not hesitate to come by the newsroom. Once again, my name is Aaron Washington and I am the new Editor in Chief of The Skyline View.

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The underrated pre-game of sex

Though often overlooked by both genders, foreplay is a necessity for good sex

Just like dry toast, dry sex isn’t enjoyable for anyone, but liberal foreplay makes it better for both parties

Man There are numerous assumptions each gender makes when it comes to sex. Men assume that women enjoy the dirty talk that goes on in the bedroom. Women assume that men like their sex with the lights off and only in one position. But one of the universal assumptions both genders make, is that foreplay is not necessary for good sex. This is most definitely not the case.

Have you ever gotten into your car on a cold morning, started it up and just driven off? The car doesn’t run right, does it? It sputters and jolts; idles at different speeds and spews more exhaust than normal.

Because you didn’t give it time to warm up. Foreplay is the warming up time for good sex. Granted there are times when, in the heat of the moment, you just tear your partners pants off and have wild, primal, half naked sex on a park bench in the middle of the night. But, for those intimate moments in the bedroom where time is not a factor, foreplay is the first stop on the way to serious sexual climax.

Good foreplay requires patience, and knowing what your partner likes. Not all men like their fellatio the same, and not all women like their cunnilingus the same. You have to take the time to get to know your partner and what they like. When you find out what they like, you knuckle down and keep doing it until they lose their minds. Men, sadly, have to have time between orgasms, but that’s not the case with women. It should be

the goal of every man to make his woman climax at least twice during foreplay. Not only will this show that you know what you’re doing, but it will make further orgasms easier to achieve during sex.

One of the most underrated aspects of foreplay is kissing. We’ve all been with at least one person who doesn’t know how to kiss. No imagine you take someone home.

They look amazing, have a great personality, and you really connect with this person. One thing leads to another and you get to the bedroom. Clothes start to come off. Sexual tension is rising. And then they start forcing their tongue down your throat.

Sound like a mood killer? Or, lets say they only kiss with their mouths closed and don’t quite grasp the concept of using their tongues. Sound frustrating?

Foreplay is part of sex, and it can make or break a good sexual experience. Take the time to get to know your partner’s body. Find out what works and what doesn’t. The more time you spend being intimate before sex, the better the sex will be. Not all men are averse to foreplay. The majority of us enjoy pleasing the partner we’re with. Trust me, it makes the ride much more enjoyable for both parties when you take the time to warm everything up.

Group work is nothing more than a waste of time and sanity It’s hard to get excited about working with others when you’re the one who ends up doing all of the work

by Rene Bass TSV Staff Writer

I hate when the teacher announces a group project. My last group project was a disaster. I sat there wondering why I have to be in a group when I am able to work on my own in a fraction of the time.

It is excruciating to organize a group. I would rather drink bat

urine or some awful stunt that is a “Fear Factor” staple. Add some grenadine to that urine and I can walk away with less discomfort than working in a group. First, I have to get this dude’s attention off of his friend’s Facebook vacation photo. Then I have to get the girl who read the assignment to focus on what part of the project she can do. Third, I have to distribute tasks so that we all contribute. Fourth, I

When it comes to online dating, men are the worst Men need to learn the fine art of respect and chivalry, regardless of if it’s in person or online.

by Megan Benveniste TSV Staff Writer

Times are a changing and online dating is no longer taboo. Meeting someone online is no longer looked at as weird or strange, but is now looked at as the new way to date.

Dating online can be scary.

Having to meet someone you don’t know in person after talking

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to them online can be a nerve wracking experience. It’s stressful if you even get to the date. Sifting through the good and the bad can be very exhausting.

The nice thing about just talking online at first, is that you get an honesty from people that you might not be able to receive in person.

Guys online need to learn some manners and to respect women.

Since meeting men in person

The concept of playing around before the real game is on; I wasn’t sure of how important this was until I started to think of the things that need to go hand in hand to satisfy a persons needs. For example if you are a person who loves toast and jam and imagine having the driest crustiest piece of hot toast and not having butter or any fruit jam to go with it. Well I’m using this as an example because foreplay is the jam to that toast, and without it you’re a sad sad little dry slice of life.

For both men and women, it is so important to understand your lovers’ needs and wants in the bedroom and even if they are not your actual lovers and you just want to have a little affair you would want to keep in my mind, a little foreplay pleasure goes a long way.

Foreplay is simple and here are some reasons why. You want to be touched, kissed, caressed, and massaged, adding up to all sorts of tingling fun. It is all in good nature mainly for the reason that most women are that dry toast and need some jam before enjoying that lovely moment.

There is no reason to feel pressure about foreplay just understand that sex is not complete without it because from a woman’s point of view sex

begins at foreplay. Women have a different build then men do we all have different sized body parts and for men that should be exciting and you should want to take advantage of our amazing unique anatomy. The part of the anatomy that is most important for men to understand is that you are not going to get on a water slide when there is no water. It is going to hurt and you will suffer the unsatisfied consequences of dry sex. I can not even begin to imagine an experience without lubrication of the vagina.

What is even the point if all you are thinking of is yourself? You might as well not even be in the position of having a woman to fondle and explore if you have no clue what to do. However, you are not completely out of luck, you already have the beautiful woman, so be bold and simply ask what she likes, keeping in mind it is a two way street and both parties deserve the same amount of pleasure. Both parties need to understand what one another needs in the bedroom, it is not complicated at all to make these moments pleasurable.

It is not to say that women do know how to please men, at all times, in the bedroom or wherever it is you like to enjoy this activity.

It begins with communication like “yes that feels good” or “stop, this isn’t working.” Be aggressive, be fearless, be considerate, and let the games begin.

have to stop taking the initiative by being the leader in group projects.

There are different personalities when working in a group.

The aloof one: The student who was late to class and did not catch what was going on. He is thinking of things, just not things that involve the current task with the rest of us. He seems confused by the group discussion and offers minimal work to the group project.

The tech tool: This guy has the computer open to Facebook, tweeting, and reviewing Instagram photos all at the same time. He is so engrossed in liking photos he misses what group he was placed in. Members of the group find it difficult to get his attention, so it makes more sense to add his name to the project without asking him

to contribute anything.

Cute girl/dumb as a sock full of rocks: This chick is nice to look at.

The guys sit close to her and ask her questions that are not related to the group assignment. She smells like Victoria Secret’s True Escape and tosses her hair over her shoulders. Guys are mesmerized by her glossy lips when she says ever so sweetly, “What are we supposed to do?” Her tinkly laughter and wide eyed embarrassment encourage all to not take her seriously.

The group leader: This chick organizes the project and tries to find what each group member’s strength is. She then tells each person what they are responsible for and trades emails with everyone. She then does the part for the aloof one, steers the tech tool to

organize us on Google group chat, and writes the part of the cute girl, since the cute girl said she would use her store discount to pick up a bracelet for the group leader.

After all is said and done, the group leader adds all names to the project and submits the work to the teacher. She prays that there are no more group projects. Next class meeting, the g-bomb is dropped yet again. This time, maybe the group leader will fall back and let it all happen naturally, admiring her new bracelet.

has become a tad bit difficult, the decision to try online dating seemed like an easy one. While on a website, men have messaged me things like: “I wish I was naked with you,” or “are you busty?”

When men send this as their first messages what do they think they’re going to get? No woman should ever have a man talk to her like that when they’re not in a relationship. No woman should ever be disrespected like that from a man. It’s frustrating that men think they can say whatever they want to women and get what they want.

Men need to learn the proper way to talk to women and see that vulgarity is not a way to keep a woman talking to you. Look, women get that men think about sex all the time; that’s cool, but

that still doesn’t give them the right to say what they want and just disrespect a woman.

If you haven’t even met yet, how does a man expect a woman to just be super casual with him?

Just meeting the guy at his house and just having sex with him? Do men really think we are that naive?

No woman is going to want to just go over to your house for the first time to meet you. That’s like the ultimate red flag and creeper sign.

Chivalry isn’t dead. There are just men who haven’t been taught it. Take a woman out on a date. It doesn’t have to be anything super fancy or romantic, but at least take her somewhere where she’s comfortable and you can actually hold a conversation.

When you first start talking it’s

very important to understand each other’s hobbies. Find out something she likes to do and build a date around that.

Not all dates have to be planned by the man, but it is nice when a man is a gentleman and plans the first one. Women want to feel special. Women are usually the ones taking care of everyone else and when they get asked out they want to feel like they are your priority and not just another date.

Treating a woman disrespectfully is just uncalled for.

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Tumultuous season ends on a high note Skyline closes season with two much needed wins

by Shaquill Stewart

TSV Social Media editor

Just like recent weather, Skyline basketball gave the community plenty of ups and downs but closed on a good note as both men, and women, won their final home games of the season.

The first game featured the Skyline women outlasting the College of San Mateo Bulldogs 67-59. It was the final home game for three sophomores, Jessica Garrett, Stefanie Johnson and Ezzia Gheith, and each player came with energy to win this game. Yet to start the game CSM’s Bulldogs came out quick with a 5-0 lead. After a timeout, Sahara Clay of Skyline comes into the game and gives the team a much needed spark.

“She always plays excellent.... we’re a pretty short team so when Sahara comes in her blocks help us,” said Stefanie Johnson about Sahara’s play during the game.

Sahara’s plays were huge as she had eight blocks and a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Yet, even with Sahara’s play, CSM

still kept the score close throughout the game as it was knotted up at 29 by halftime.

Unfortunately when the second half hit, Skyline was a little sloppy as CSM took a 32-31 lead with 18:38 left in the game.

“It’s the second half that’s going to determine who is the better team.... it’s going to be us” Johnson said, quoting Coach Chris Watters from a halftime pep talk.

It clearly worked for them as Skyline was extending the lead and it was 55-47 with 5:08 left in the game.

Throughout the season, with all the ups and downs, the sophomore leadership was always a constant and it proved well as Johnson had two late game steals to seal the game, and her career at Skyline.

Skyline ended their regular season with a record of 10-16.

The men’s game also featured the final home game of seven sophomores for Skyline as they went on to beat Canada College 83-70.

Skyline was in full control from the opening tip.

“I thought we played with a ton of energy,” said Skyline Coach Justin Piergrossi. “I thought we were the harder playing team.”

Skyline’s excellent plays gave them a comfortable lead at halftime at 38-29.

When the second half began, Canada came with a different mindset as they had a pivotal 7-0 run to cut the lead to 45-37 with 14:42 left in the game.

“We played hard, we did what we had to do,” said sophomore forward Aaron Brown of what Skyline did during the game.”We played strong.”

Even as Canada was making a comeback, Skyline would not allow it with sloppy plays as they were closing it out 78-66 with 5:00 left in the game.

D.J. Harvey led Skyline with 21 points to help put away Canada 83-70 to put a cap to their season.

“I think we played hard. I think we competed hard,” Piergrossi said. “They closed the season the right way.”

Skyline finished the regular season 12-13.

Ares Brown scores a layup to keep Skyline ahead of the game.

Photos by Will Nacouzi/The Skyline View

Jazel Talauta drives to the basket while being guarded by CSM’s Amanda Lee.

Sports Opinion

Michael Sam becomes pioneer for gay athletes

by Joshua Picazo

TSV Staff Writer

In a shocking move, Missouri football player and NFL prospect Michael Sam came out as homosexual recently.The million dollar question, of course, is how will Sam’s sexuality affect his draft stock. At the moment of this printing, NFLDraftScouts.com has Michael Sam rated as a 3rd to 4th round draft pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. It would be unfortunate, yet not surprising, that he continues to fall down this projection as he has since the announcement. This is a big moment not only in football, but sports as a whole.

There isn’t much precedent to predict how this will play out. The best case scenario is that he is drafted according to his talent alone. Every athlete should be accepted regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. To do otherwise would be to accept bigotry in the workplace. In almost every other job or career, what Michael Sam did would not be big news, but sadly it is in the NFL. These past two years we have seen Jason Collins of the NBA, pro wrestler Darren Young and Major League Soccer player Robbie Rogers all came out as gay. Collins was recently signed by the Brooklyn Nets to a 10 day contract. Young and Rogers have been met with

mostly support. Sam on the other hand will have to deal with meeting his new teammates who will know little about him; whereas, the aforementioned athletes came out after years of building relationships with teammates and co-workers. He is the first to announce he is gay before the draft. Will they view him as The gay athlete or just an athlete?

It’s hard to tell but recent news has made it clear there is bigotry within NFL locker rooms. Take for example former 49ers player Chris Culliver’s remarks in Jan. 2013, of the team not being “with that sweet stuff.” It should be noted that Culliver later apologized after media scrutiny. Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe claims that a

bigoted coach is the reason he was fired. Kluwe, while not homosexual himself, is an outspoken gay rights supporter and says the problem isn’t just in locker rooms but with coaches as well. If a gay rights advocate claims to have experienced bias, what hope does Sam have himself of being accepted?

There is a bit of hope if we look into the past however. Current and future head coaches can learn from legendary Hall of Fame 49ers coach Bill Walsh. In the book “The Genius,” author David Harris interviewed the team’s former trainer, Lindsy McLean, who was homosexual. He said of Walsh, “There was no homophobic bone in his body. He respected my private life and left it at

that.” Trainers are of course in locker rooms before, during and after each game and practice. If this wasn’t an issue in the 1980’s it’s hard to believe it should be one now.

This shouldn’t even be a question.

Michael Sam should be accepted as a player, period. To not be accepted would make a statement that the league and its employees are open to discriminating against a man because of his sexual orientation. Yes, there may be backlash against the team that ultimately sings him, but that would be nothing in comparison to the embarrassment teams would feel in the future if they pass up on a talented young athlete because of something that should not matter.