The Skyline View Spring 2018 issue 1

The Voice of Skyline College, San Bruno, Calif.

Volume VII- Issue 1

February 1, 2018

www.theskylineview.com

New Law, Same Rules

Skyline goes inclusive with textbooks

Nothing has changed for the campus rules about being under the influence

Change on the medium of learning arising in the district

By Gabriel Garrett

TSV STAFF WRITER

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By Simone LedBetter TSV STAFF WRITER

Marijuana use on campus has always been prohibited, but many wonder if that will change following the recent legalization of cannabis.

A new law has recently come in to place stating that the recreational use of the marijuana will become legal for those 21 and over.

This has brought on the question of whether or not recreational smoking or methods of consumption such as edibles will be allowed on campus.

The answer is no, according to director of community relations and marketing, Cherie Colin. Public Safety Captain Jim Vangele was contacted regarding the topic but was unable to provide a statement.

The rule remains the same due to the student code of conduct, number 20. The code states that a student can not be under the influence of any controlled substance or intoxicant, and this includes use with a medical marijuana card. State law itself dictates that recreational use of marijuana is to be done within a home or licensed establishment.

There is no training for faculty on how to recognize the signs of a student possibly being under the influence, so use is determined by the observance of erratic behavior or visible use. Consequences could range from being asked to put out a joint or to step out of the classroom to interference of a public safety officer, to a formal process that takes place in serious

violation of the code of conduct.

However, the course of action is largely decided by the professor themselves or whether or not it is a repeat offense.

“If there is concerning behavior our faculty are always encouraged to just take a moment and see how that student is doing because that’s really our number one concern,” Colin said. “That our students’ are okay, that they’re staying in school, everything is alright at home or whatever their situation may be just to make sure their successful in school.”

Reactions to the kept rule vary among students. Skyline student Arnold Ivan Paragas agrees with school policy, and believes some students may not be able to handle being high on campus.

“I think students would abuse that power, or just abuse the flower itself,” Paragas said. “And it would also disturb people who don’t smoke.”

Paragas explains that other students may be bothered by the smell of marijuana on smokers and the students might not be as attentive in class.

Some students, such as Skyline student Daniel Katout, feels that the use of marijuana should be allowed in designated areas with the possession of a medical card.

“I think that if someone has their medical card, and they need weed to get through their day, I think they should be allowed to smoke weed in the designated smoking zones,” Katout said. “I’m a better student when I’m stoned.”

Katout explains that while high he becomes more focused and more easily absorbs information in lectures. If he has too much, he doesn’t do well, but with the right amount he is better in class.

Other students, like Ahmed Fara, are indifferent as to whether marijuana is allowed on campus.

“I don’t care if people smoke on campus or not,” said Fara. “If you want to do it, you should do it.

Just don’t let it affect you and your classwork.”

So far, it seems the rules on marijuana are here to stay, and this goes for UCs as well. The office of the President for the University of California has not changed its rules regarding marijuana since proposition 64 was passed. Marijuana remains prohibited on all University property and University events, except for approved academic research purposes.

In a similar response, the California State Universities and the Los Rios Community College District in the Sacramento-area have also opted for keeping the same marijuana policies, according to Sacramento Bee reporter Cassie Dickman. These schools’ decision to keep the current policy in place is a result of marijuana still being federally illegal, and since they still receive federal funding, they are required to comply with these laws or risk losing those funds.

Whether the rules will change as marijuana becomes increasingly normalized is still unclear until other laws are passed.

Inclusive access is making a huge impact in the San Mateo Community College District, which has allowed to cut cost of school materials that students send as well as improving learning outcomes for students.

Pearson, the company that developed concept of inclusive access, published on Oct. 24, 2017, the benefits of inclusive access.

Benefits of inclusive access as stated by the company Pearson were "faster and higher quality student progression. Improved understanding. Frees up time for one-on-one instructions, and allows students to work at different paces" Not only is the bookstore involved with supplying students the tools to succeed in class, they have also become a support beam that for students when it comes to employment. The Skyline Bookstore has allowed students from all walks of life to share stories and experiences to enhance their skill and be more involved with different people on campus from different walks of life.

When inquired about his opinion on inclusive access, Chalk went on to say that having digital textbooks, connects directly to a student’s Canvas and students can have access instantaneously.

Inclusive access is very beneficial for students, but it still does have some “hiccups”. For students who struggle with either digital or print, to have the option to choose which medium of learning is best suited for them.

Ziggy S. Dower who is Skyline

student majoring in economics stated that the inclusive access made his education easier.

"For intense the e-text that came with my Spanish class, with Mosaicos," Dower said. "I got it for free, and all the e-text, the online work; it all came inclusive because of financial aid" Dower who is also planing to transfer next semester further stated because his human biology class has not integrated inclusive access, Dower will have spend $130 on a hard copy book.

The College of San Mateo online bookstore also went on to describe inclusive access as an "interactive software platforms developed to provide an enhanced learning experience beyond reading the text."

Even though, the Skyline Bookstore When approached with a possibility that Skyline Bookstore would sell more none-academic books for leisure.

“It’s just not there anymore. A lot of colleges are eliminating their trade book department, just because the sales per square footage and the about turns you have to get, it’s just not there.”

The bookstore does publish books written by faculty as well the Woman of Writing which is set to kick off the first Saturday of March. The bookstore will also be selling adult coloring books for to help alleviate students of their stressful schedules.

Mark David Magat/The Skyline View Skyline's bookstore uses yellow tags to show students which textbooks have inclusive access on Jan. 31, 2018

Opinions

Focal Point

Sports

Why DACA should stay

Spring forward fashion

National dance team

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News

Feb. 1, 2018

The Staff Interim Editor-In-Chief Adreana Estigoy News Editor Maria Isabel Del Castillo Schmidhuber Opinions Editor Maitri Desai FocalPoint Editor Lauren Gozon Sports Editor Rachelle Lamb Interim Editor Simone Ledbetter Editor at Large Laurel B. Lujan Photo editor Mark David Magat Staff writers Gabriel Garrett Nataly Gutierrez Cristina Macz Marjorie Miranda Diego Perez Elizabeth Voa-Phamhi Raymond Rapada Abraham Tena Vega Kae Yoshii

FACULTY ADVISER Nancy Kaplan-Biegel

Skyline celebrates life of longtime engineer

By Maitri Desai TSV opinion editor

A San Bruno native and wellloved Skyline College engineer passed away this past Dec. 8th, 2017 due to heart failure.

Robert Spacher (Bob), a Crestmoor High School graduate, served as a Maintenance Engineer who maintained and repaired building equipment and vehicles on campus for over 27 years. To celebrate the life, he lived and shared, a "Celebration of Life Service" was held at Skyline College on Jan. 8th.

He was a caring person who was always willing to help others John Doctor mentioned who is the Facilities Manager of Skyline College. He was known to be fond of refurbishing old appliances and giving them to the less fortunate.

“He enjoyed and loved working with his hands, fixing all sorts of things,” Doctor said. “Bob could work on cars to air conditioning units to electrical systems.”

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David McCargar, a Utility Engineer who worked with Spacher for 15 years, described him as a family oriented man. Spacher was also known to go the extra mile for those he cared for even at his own expense.

“I admired his devotion to his wife and daughter," McCargar said. “Everything he did was for his family and their future.”

McCargar, who started as a groundskeeper at Skyline, says Spacher is the reason he is a Utility Engineer at Skyline today. Spacher supported and encouraged McCargar to become an Engineer. A job he enjoys very much.

“Spacher was a reminder to be good to your family and friends because you never know how long they'll be around in your life,” McCargar reflected.

Vinesh (Vinny) Samujh, a custodian who’s known and worked with Spacher for 28 years said he was the kind of man who wasn’t a purely a co-worker, but family.

“He was a blessing to those around him," Samujh said.

Kamla Bucceri, a Multimedia Technician, said Spacher was like a brother to her. He was the kind of

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guy one felt lucky to know.

“Nicest man I have ever known," Bucceri said. "He went out of his way to help faculty, staff, students and the community," she said. He will be missed by all who knew him."

As a universal thought when remembering Spacher, he filled the

hallways with smiles and warmth.

“Bob was an extremely valued member of our SMCCCD Facilities Family and to Skyline College,” Doctor expressed.

Skyline welcomes new changes for the better

By Laurel B. Lujan

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As the new semester approaches, Skyline College can expect more construction, new parking spaces and efforts to include students by now included those who need to be supported.

Last semester, the news was released that a new parking lot near the Pacific Heights building would be rebuilt in effort to give students the space to come to school. Although there was a minor setback of the construction end date being delayed by a few days, the new Pacific Heights parking lot was done by December instead of November.

Cheri Colin, Director of Community Relations & Marketing had said that the construction that Skyline is going under is to be done in phases in order to make the experi-

ence of education convenient for students. Last semester parking was limited even though improvised was made available on other parts of the campus so students did not have to feel discouraged to not come to school due to the temporary parking issue. Now that that reconstruction is done, the campus can now focus on the construction of the newest building, building 12 which would be called the new Environmental Science Building which would include the view of the Pacific. The ground breaking ceremony for the project began in fall 2017 and is due to be done by December 2018. With the $40,000 budget at hand, it will be used also for, “The lecture halls will be able to host private seminars when not scheduled for academic use, classrooms will double as event spaces, and the gallery with its expansive views of the sea and coastline will

support community and enterprise functions as well as student art displays.”

After that is done, building 1 is be under construction where it is to be torn down and fully rebuilt since the current building one is not up to code.

President Regina Stanback Stroud of Skyline had said through email that more improvements were underway such as new programs called Meta Majors & Guided Pathways which has been in the works for at least a few semesters.

"The Meta Majors & Guided Pathways work is well underway to transform the student experience at the college," Stroud said.

"This is a campus-wide effort which includes the work of administration, faculty and staff all coming together to redesign the curriculum, the delivery of student

services with the end result being increased student success."

According to Colin, this program is enhance the process for students to get through their experience at Skyline College. As stated on the Meta Majors & Guided Pathways official webpage, there are set goals on what the program is supposed to accomplish as well.

Overall, both projects are well intended to create a better learning environment for the community through construction of new buildings and a more effective plan to get students to graduate faster and acquire units that can count toward their degree.

Weekly Brief • Application workshops for scholarships to study abroad are scheduled for this month.

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• Ballet teacher, Viktor Nikolaevich Kabaniaev, an instructor from San Mateo, has been arrested after 16 counts of sexually assaulting children under 14. He was working at Westlake Elementary School in Daly City when he was arrested on the 29th of January. He worked at the Contra Costa country where most of his accusation are from.

• San Bruno police is looking for a man who has been exposing himself while masturbating in his car at Tanforan shopping mall. The man exposed himself to a person while trying to ask for directions by Target parking lot and another one by JC Penny. Police states that the suspect drives a white Jeep Cherokee.

• The Study Abroad Program has different destinations this summer with transferable credits.

- Florence: June 2- June 17 - Costa Rica: July 25-Aug.10 - South Africa : June 7-July24 - Ghana : June 16-July 2 - Brazil: July 28-Aug.10 Deadline to apply: March 6

Opinions

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Editorial

Dance is definitely a sport There has been a long debate over decades about whether dance is a sport or not.

The definition of a sport from www.dictionary.com is as follows, “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.”

Dance certainly has a competitive nature, especially if there is competition. It is ranked, and dancers are placed just as in other sporting competitions, in first, second and third place.

There is no argument that dance is an athletic activity requiring physical prowess.

Some will claim that it is an art, and simply that. It is both. It can be entertaining, captivating, and extremely skilled, like many other art forms.

But calling it just an artform discounts the amount of effort that dancers put into a performance.

There is no debate about whether dance has athleticism.

Dancers can spend anywhere from 7-20 hours a week, in strenuous practice, similar to a track-and-field, basketball, or baseball conditioning.

Dance is also an activity that is predominantly female. Females in sport across the board have

historically been given less recognition in comparison to their male counterparts. There is a greater pay gap between men and women athletes. We hear about men’s basketball, football, golf, hockey and more all the time.

How much do we hear about women’s accomplishments, in the media? Close to none.

Traditional sports offer scholarships and more opportunities if students are tracked into these specific programs. If we see dance as an art, then things immediately change. Students who participate in these things are not given as much money to do what they enjoy, for something that is so similar in effort.

These are things that can be fixed but it starts with giving athletes more recognition where it is deserved. Dance should be given more attention, more than it currently does. It should be encouraged, and not only among women, but men too. And it should be celebrated, like other sports are when trophies, or awards are won.

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Diary of a Mudblood

With Interim Editor in Chief Adreana Estigoy

Mudblood is a highly derogatory term for a Muggle-born wizard or witch; that is, individuals with no wizarding relatives.

- Harry Potter Wiki Out of the whole Harry Potter series, I identify with Hermione most because of who she was: not the booksmart hopeful that some saw her as, but as the misunderstood girl that people kept labeling over-and-over again, much to her own dismay.

She was just a young wizard, who perceived herself as such but people kept pointing out to her, “You’re a filthy little Mudblood.”

Identity means a lot these days. Former President Obama’s campaign was ruled by race, championed by skin-color. And now with a immigration conflict on everyone’s minds, race seems to be all that we can focus on.

It’s not just immigrants, past and present, that are receiving the brunt of discrimination, who have become victims of misunderstanding. We’ve begun to talk about issues among communities like colorism. As we try to bring more visibility to media, other problems arise. Such as some arguing about whether it is kosher to cast a partially African-American actress, Yara Shahidi as

Creative Commons the main protagonist in the new show, Grown-ish which follows Zoey Johnson through her trials and tribulations of being in college and dealing with the real world.

One woman on Twitter said that she wasn’t interested in watching because the main character in the show in question and shows like that were only cast if they seem “racially ambiguous.”

“My goal is not to be the face black girls….I shouldn’t be the ‘accessible’ version of a black girl,” Shahidi said in an interview with Glamour magazine.

“That doesn’t allow people to fully appreciate their heritage.

I’m half black, half Iranian, and I’ve never seen a half-black, half-Iranian description of a character in a script ever. There’s more to do.”

Often, people want to make you choose one race over the other, or be a representation for a whole race of people. Only recently were people able to choose more than one box for race on simple census forms. It is easy for people to put others in box, and stay there because it is comfortable. But what I’ve learned from my own experiences is that identity is what you make of it, not other people.

Only you can define you. If anything, I’m glad that these discussions are taking place, even if the practices in public discourse aren’t always entirely successful. Through probing of our own personal beliefs and laying and comparing with the paper-doll versions of what society gives us, we can start to piece together a whole, better understanding of our identities and come to the understanding that it really doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.

The Mar vel Cinematic Universe needs more diversity

By Mark David Magat Interim Photo Editor

With Avengers Infinity War just around the corner, fans are looking back at the decade-long Marvel Cinematic Universe and with so many fans having a marathon of the movies, the flaws with this universe have either been coming back or popping up to haunt Marvel.

One of the major problems is with the main line up of leading heroes- From Captain Rogers to Peter Quill, we have yet to see a movie star who is a person of color or a woman as a leading character. With the Marvel world growing more with each film installment, it’s about time we bring in these lesser known heroes to the forefront.

Yes, “Black Panther” is coming out soon and Captain Marvel is set to come out in the next couple of years but Marvel movies have been here since 2008. Only now, 10 years later, we are beginning to see nonwhite males in the forefront such as Falcon played by Anthony Mackie, Nick Furry played by Samuel L. Jackson who in the Marvel Comic Universe was portrayed as a white man and Michelle in the newest SpidermMan installment, “SpiderMan: Homecoming” played

by Zendaya who is hinted to be playing Spider-Man’s lead woman Mary Jane.

In Marvel comics, we meet so many colorful characters from different places and backgrounds, yet when compared to the movies, the comics feel like the real universe as the

Iron Man’s team introduces a more diverse cast in Captain America: Screenshot by Mark David Magat Civil War

meta-humans get the attention and care they deserve. In the movies, most of the main heroes have a similar story to tell.

There are several characters in this universe in the movies that don’t fit the white male demographic, such as: Falcon, Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow. But the one thing these characters have in common,

other than being apart of the Avengers is that they aren’t in the spotlight.

Fans have been begging for a Black Widow movie exploring the Red Room, and others want to know about Scarlet Witch and her relationship with Quicksilver in Strucker’s experiments since this story is nonexistent in the comics. These people have

Captain America’s team in Captain America: Civil War contains a white majority

stories that have all the right to be told but are being put aside for stories we’ve heard before.

For example, Ant-Man, Iron Man and Doctor Strange were good, but let’s be honest, they were practically telling the same story. Ant-Man had the extraordinary technology the hero creates, and someone who duplicates it, and the two

Screenshot by Mark David Magat

pieces of technology have to fight. Doctor Strange had the overconfident playboy genius learn a lesson. But these two stories have already been told in Iron Man. A prominent place Marvel could have introduced a new face with some diversity is with Spider-Man. Everyone, after Amazing Spider-Man, was sick of the origin story of Peter Parker. A good way of not telling Peter’s origin would have been telling the origin of another WebHead, Miles Morales or even introducing Gwen Stacy as a web-slinger. It would have been strange for newer audiences, but it would have been cool to add that idea that there are other people in these iconic roles.

They did kind of show an easter egg for Miles so that he could be in the universe, but that was just an easter egg, and they might not go anywhere with it.

Of course, they could still do this, but way down the line.

If we look at the best heroes in all comics--Marvel, DC and the rest. The thing they all have in common is that deep inside, their all human, and with all the glory and shame humans have.

Even with all these powers and abilities, they all show human traits, such as anger or fear.

Marvel fails to realize humans aren’t only one color, gender, or even have the same stories to tell.

With the world moving forward with equality, Marvel should keep pace. Marvel has shown they can do this with their comics and it’s long overdue for the movies to do the same.

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Opinions

Artistic License

By Adreana Estigoy

Interim Editor In Chief

“We’ve got more bounce in California”, says the lyrics of a Soul Kid #1 song and also more problems too.

There was a low power effort in 2017 for California to secede from the rest of the rest of the United States, titled, “Calexit”. It did not get very far only producing many petitions and funny jokes, but it did illuminate some advantages that California would have by themselves. Some Californians lamented that they would be better off on their own.

“We’ll just take our avocados and legal weed and go,” @LeasLame said on Twitter.

However, where Calexit was about separating California, a state that went mostly blue for Hilary Clinton and were agitated that that she did not win the election, from the rest of the U.S, this new campaign is about dividing the state into two based on dramatically different political views.

A bid for statehood was submitted in early January. It’s credo is, “A more perfect union”. This new state would be called, “New California” and the other portion, “Old California”. “New California”, would have an estimated 25-27 seats in the US House of Representatives,” and would become, “the sixth largest State behind New York (bigger than Illinois and Penn)” according to www.newcalforniastate.com.

This is branched off of an old idea called the, “Jefferson 51st state” where people who were fed up with being in California and Oregon would form to make a new state.

“What is the disagreement about,” you might be wondering. And of course, it is political. Many right-wingers disagree with the generally liberal leaning political views that go along

with living in the vicinity of the Bay Area, and the growing opposition, enough to want to throw in their petition to become the 51st state of America.

How this this benefit them? The map that they drew out does contain a large amount of land which is mostly rural, and will give them the house seats, and the swinging power that they are no doubt going after.

Although California certainly does have the audience for it, the campaign does not seem to be gaining much traction. Of course there is the fact that many people in the cities that they are proposing, would not want to even be part of the campaign. San Diego, for example which they claim in their territory map does house a lot of Liberal voters, as I’m sure many of the other cities they picked do.

There is another option though, for these people: they are welcome to leave.

I’ve heard that Portland is good for Californian transplants, with its similar climate and seafood choices.

California has the sixth largest economy in the world, and with that comes problems with infrastructure, income disparity, welfare and poverty-based problems. Putting a flag on a new territory will not ease these problems. What I see here is a smaller scale of larger government issues. You can always try to come up with new ways to solve old problems, such as social services but they’re trying to tackle a problem that is happening worldwide. Another solution is to man up. If you think creating a new state so you can have more representation is the solution, it is not. If your ideas are that solid, your solutions that affable, what’s to stop you from trying to vie for attention in good ol’ Californian legislature? If you don’t have strong representation and your opinions are unpopular, maybe you should think twice about your goals.

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Photo Illustration by JoseMari Cancio

DACA: Why it is necessary for America

By Maria Isabel Del Castillo Schmidhuber Interim News Editor

Support and advocacy for the undocumented community.

skylinecollege.edu/dreamcenter

RENEW YOUR DACA DACA DROP-IN HOURS: Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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DACA(Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) has done wonders for thousands of young immigrants, yet the 689,800 futures are at the hands of a racist uneducated president who is managing this country like a business.

Over the years DACA has given young immigrants an opportunity to become who they wish to be, no matter their status in this country. It has been a wonderful opportunity that not many had in the past.

Those who have benefited from the service are now at risk of being deported if the Republicans, Democrats and our racist leader Donald Trump, don’t approve or come up with a solution for them.

Getting rid of DACA would not only be bad for those who benefit from it, but for the entire country.

The Center for American Progress estimates that if DACA were terminated, it would cost the United States 460 billion gross domestic product in the next 10 years.

There is a process that applicants have to go through if they want to be a part of this program. Immigrants have to prove that they will do good things with what achieve with the help of this program. It isn’t given to just any immigrant, they have to meet certain requirements.

According to Newsweekly article, which shares some

statistics about DACA, says “Immigrants that apply to DACA must have come to the U.S. before they were 16 and they must have lived in the United States since 2007.” In addition, those who qualify for DACA, 80 percent of the recipients get licenses, and from all of those who get licenses, half of them became organ donors according to newsweekly.

Terminating this program would put at risk lives who could get organs from DACA recipients. Not only are they here to help themselves and their families for a better life but they are also doing a part to help others when the chance arises.

As of Sep 4, 2017 there are approximately 689 hundred thousand active recipients of DACA according to Lori Robinson from factcheck. org. Not only do these 689 hundred thousand recipients go to school. They work and give back to this country, they produce thousands of

dollars for this country through their jobs, and that is without counting the cost of renewing their DACA that they pay every two years which is about 500 dollars per person.

The end of DACA could cause the country to lose more than 700 thousand employees in many fields. Can our country afford that loss at the moment?

Don’t think so. Many DACA recipients produce thousands of dollars from their employment positions.

These people are not a threat to this country. They are here with hope for a better life and serve as a reminder that no walls can stop someone from achieving their life goals.

DACA started as a path to the American Dream but today it has the possibility to become the one thing takes people further away from our dreams.

DACA recipients have become a bargain deal for his wall.

A wicked move from the businessman that only reminds us of who he is as a person and leader.

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Focal Point

Feb. 1, 2018

Feature

Spring forward into the season with new looks!

With spring just around the corner, we’re here to guide you with fashion tips

By Nataly Gutierrez TSV Staff Writer

Photos by Nataly Gutierrez

Nataly Gutierrez poses in a charcoal turtleneck tucked into blue jeans, and pairs them with black boots on Jan. 28, 2018.

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Welcome spring! Even though the current weather doesn’t seem to be for Spring, I have a couple of school outfits that I want to show you guys. I’ve always loved winter clothes and shoes, whether its turtlenecks, boots, sweaters, leather jackets.

Since I really don’t go out a lot, what is a better way to dress nicely for school since I’m always here! I love dressing comfortable and practical especially when I take the time to plan my outfits over the weekend when I’m not that busy.

Therefore, when the week starts, I already have in mind what I’m going to wear to school.

My outfits for school have been very cozy, especially since the weather has been variant. One day it’ll rain, the next day the sun will come out, so realistically the weather is inconsistent. Some clothing essentials that you may need to dress cozy and comfortable for this spring semester would be putting on your favorite boots, leather jacket, leggings, and of course your favorite sweater; you can never go wrong with sweaters they keep you extra cozy.

For my first outfit, I’m wearing my all time favorite ZARA leggings, my black leather jacket that I cannot live without, my black booties, and my grey turtleneck that I bought at ZARA, it keeps me extra cozy! For accessories, I’m just wearing my hoop earrings.

Now that I’m done showing you that outfit, let’s go on to the next outfit, this

look is another practical and cozy outfit that I have decided to wear. I am wearing a turtleneck sweater in the color black that I bought at ZARA, a pair of Levi’s jeans; I love Levi’s! I just bought some the other day and all I can say that they’re now my favorite jeans. Lastly, I’m wearing my Michael Kors belt and my favorite black booties.

Finally, for my last outfit I will be showing you guys contains me wearing a green sweater that has some really cool sleeves, a pair of Levi’s jeans, and my black booties. For the accessories, I am wearing some hoop earrings that I bought at Claire’s; you know that you can never go wrong wearing some hoop earrings, they give my outfits an extra cute look.

You can combine leggings and jeans with practically everything! They are so essential, you even look dressed up if you combine them with a really nice sweater, jacket, leather jacket with a scarf, booties, etc.

Some of my favorite clothing stores to shop at are Marshall’s, ZARA, Levi’s, and BEBE. I like to shop at these stores because they carry my style of clothing and it may be a little pricey to others, however; I love all the trends they come out with.

These super cozy and comfortable outfits can be worn for school, dates, when you hang out with your girlfriends, or any other event.

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Scan to shop Levi’s Jeans

Gutierrez sports her favorite leather jacket along with a turtleneck, ZARA leggings, and black booties.

Gutierrez rocks a green sweater with ruffle detailing, Levi’s jeans, and her black booties.

Editor’s Music Picks of the Week

After the Storm - Kali Uchis ft. Tyler, the Creator and Bootsy Collins

Broken Clocks and Drew Barrymore - SZA

Where This Flower Blooms - Tyler, the Creator ft. Frank Ocean

Tequila - Dan + Shay

Red Roses - Lil Skies ft. Landon Cube

We Built This City - Starship

Rainbow - Kesha

BagBak - Vince Staples

George Jeff - Jaden Smith

My My My! - Troye Sivan

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Feb. 1, 2018

The End of the F***ing World is dark humor at its finest

By Maria Isabel Del Castillo Schmidhuber Interim News Editor

The End of the F***ing World isn’t your typical T.V. show. Not only does this British darkcomedy have short episodes, but it has a blunt vibe throughout the season. It is about an unexpected duo that decide to leave their hometown for good and are faced with some interesting situations.

The honesty that comes with the show is funny and impressive while many could find it rude to say if it was said really to someone as the characters do in this series. From the first episode one will laugh with the freedom of language these teens have.

The two characters, Alyssa and James, go through immense character development. In the first episode, her personality is demonstrated when Alyssa’s friend texts her while face to face, something she finds upsetting.

She calls her out on it and smashes her phone.

James in the other hand, isolates himself and doesn’t seem to say much. He tends to agree with almost everything Alyssa tells him but that is because he needs her. According to him, killing her will tell him more about himself since he thinks he is a psychopath.

They embark on a journey and

End of the F***ing World’s main characters, Alyssa and James swinging on a bench after establishing a relationship.

skip town. Though they don’t know each other, James thinks she may be great for the experiment.

On the other hand, Alyssa thinks he is something that she needs in her life. They give off a Bonnie and Clyde vibe and understand that their actions are wrong.

Viewers get attached to these two kids because in reality that is

essentially what they are.

Alyssa knows who she is: an outgoing blunt person who doesn’t care about the opinions of others. On the other hand, James isn’t so sure about who he really is. Past situations have really traumatized him over the years. It is as if he is numb to the mundane things that surround him.

However they do have one thing in common: they are both children who have been left in the shadows by their parents and are trying to find someone who supports them. In the end, they become each other’s support system.

What sets this show apart from any other is that there is,

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spoiler, no happy ending. It shows the reality of the effects that actions have, whether they were deliberate or not.

The entire season is up on Netflix and will be a good past time for those who want some excitement and dark humor.

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Jumanji goes through a metamorphosis Reboot elevates the series to new heights in one of Sony’s “biggest hits ever”

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By Rachelle Lamb Interim Sports Editor

“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”, is a trip in one hour and fifty-nine minutes.

This movie stands on its own as an independent narrative instead of your typical half-assed Hollywood sequel you would see thrown out there these days.

This movie is this generation’s “Jumanji”.

The original movie, “Jumanji” came out in 1996 but it takes place in 1969. The film is about a magical board game that comes to life in the real world.The

game challenges its’ players with problems that arise from a jungle in which the game is played.

At the end in the first movie the players of the game were able to win and decided to toss the game over a bridge where it lands in a stream in 1969. In the sequel, the game ends up on a beach in 1996.

The sequel starts off where the first one finishes with the newest competitors being thrown into the jungle where they have to

complete an essential task in order to leave the game.

A young teenage character (named Alex) comes across the magical board game and takes it to his house. During the mid 1990’s the world was experiencing the evolution of video game systems like Nintendo were taking hold to that generation.

Now the game Jumanji has morphed itself into something sexier for Alex’s generation, a Nintendo 64. He plugs the game

in without questioning the fact that it was board game hours ago.

The timeline then jump cuts to 20 years in the future, with the focus being a group of teenagers that are serving detention. Each of these four students have conflicts with each other: one is an honor student who used to be best friends with the cliche jock until puberty hit, the two female students don’t like each other because one is your stereotypical popular girl while the other girl is an an outsider.

While these students were performing the tedious task of removing staples from magazines in detention, they discover the game, Jumanji.

Once they plug in the game and select their avatars, they were then sucked into the game.

I found this an interesting take, because in comparison to the first movie featuring a young boy character getting sucked into the game as punishment four rolling a four.

This approach for the movie aroused our generation because of how our technology is advance into the concept of gaming and virtual reality.

The nerd is now is played as Dwayne, “The Rock” Johnson, the jock has been knock down a foot as played by Kevin Hart, the loner girl played by Karen Gillan, and the popular one is played by Jack Black.

Black plays this girl’s personality perfectly as well as impersonating her being addicted to her phone.

This was a complete satire to our current generation’s that are addicted to our electronics.

As they all adjust to their new avatar bodies and have to learn about themselves more. The setup of the game is like a traditional video game where each stage has a level of difficulty or adverse condition to overcome just like in an actual video game.

These avatar characters must complete their quest of returning a jewel to its statue and to release the curse that was cast upon Jumanji before using up a traditional three lives they have. Each avatar character has particular set of skills of a strength and weakness they need in order to complement each other throughout their journey.

I really enjoyed this old fashioned team spirit soaked into this new sequel much more in the original by via of the video game model of multiplayer.

This is a good film, because it maintains its own relevance not just in today’s work but in the future as well. Especially as technology is rapidly expanding and the added concept idea of virtual reality will play strong hold in our lives eventually.

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Sports

Feb. 1, 2018

Sports Opinions

#MeToo movement extends into the sports industry

By Cristina Macz

TSV Sataff Writer

In the era of #MeToo victims have used the hashtag as a powerful outlet to share their emotional assault stories in many forms including post via social media.

Rape is not uncommon, it can happen to anyone despite of culture, age or gender. In an ideal world there would be no one would experience sexual asault. Those who participate in sports on any level would not have to worry about the sexual misconduct of their doctors, teammates, or coaches.

Research conducted by RAINN (Rape, Abuse &

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Incest National Network), an organization that provides support for victims of assault, used the primary source for data National Crime Victimization Survey, found that 11.2 percent of students experience rape, or sexual assault in a physical form.

The same RAINN research found that even today only six of every 1,000 rapist get jail time.

For years voicing sexual assault has been tabooed as women fear that no one will believe them. No justice can be done if no one speaks up.

The women in the U.S.A Gymnastics team have spoken up about Larry Nasaar, the former USA Gymnstics team doctor. The

team members have shared their stories and contributed to the #MeToo movement.

Simone Biles, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, was one of Nassar’s multiple victims who spoke out.

Biles shared a small part of her story via Twitter and projected the feeling of brokenness that grew as she has tried to remain silent.

“I know that this horrific experience does not define me,” Biles shared via twitter post including #MeToo. “I am much more than this. I am unique, smart, talented, motivated, and passionate.

I have promised myself that my story will be much greater than this and I promise I will never give up”.

Like many of her fellow and former USA Gymnastics teammates and other sexual assault, Biles courageously came forward.

In an industry so big many have shared they were told to trust Nassar, some of them did not know what was okay and what was not and even thought there was uneasiness they remained silent.

"He was the doctor," said Maddie Johnson, one of Nassar's many victims, in court. "I was the child. I had no idea of what to think."

If victims are being told to trust these harmful in individuals, how do we expect victims to be brave enough to come forward?

Sexual misconduct can occur in any setting from home to school to the sports arena, and the doctor’s office. There are policies like Title IX, but how much do these policies really help if the victims don’t speak up or if no one believes them.

The #MeToo movement has brought to light many of the circumstances that are happening to the women that surround the everyday life of individuals.

As an athlete, and as human being individuals are entitled to a voice. Sexual harassment is a very real thing that is unfortunately still happening and people

somehow remember it when big events like this are brought to light.

The media fades away from focusing on some prevent like Nassar, and people tend to forget that sexual assault is an actuality.

There have been incidents such as Brock Turner that get attention from the media, and other incidents that don’t get attention from the media, or any attention but they are still very much real.

Nassar was sentenced to death (40-175 years), in comparison Turner was only sentenced six months and was released after three months. The number of assaults was nowhere near the same, yet there is no true way to measure the trauma of the victim. Some would say Turner got off easy, the reality of it is some victims never get their justice.

Regardless of their position or so believed importance, no one deserved a free pass on sexual assault, not a doctor, not a coach, not a studentathlete.

In colleges, in the professional world, and in the sports world this is something needs to stop being swept under the rug. It is an unfortunate battle that many face, a truth that is too harsh yet still a constant problem.

It is important to speak up for wrongdoings, as in one

way or another justice will be done. It is a difficult topic to speak up one, and in confidentiality or publically sharing a #MeToo or any form of sharing a story is the ultimate way of bringing the truth to light.

Students, athletes, and student-athletes should know they are not alone and be aware that justice can be done and know of the resources available to them both on, and off-campus.

-------If you need help filing for Title IX on campus visit: Skyline College Student Center for Life & Leadership - Building 6, Room 6-212 - Email:skystudentlife. smccd.edu - Phone:650-738-4275 If you need someone to talk to contact: National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline - Phone: 800.656.HOPE (4673)

Patriots presence in the Super Bowl gives fans mixed feelings

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By Rachelle Lamb Interim Sports Ediitor

The first weekend of February is fast approaching, and so is the annual National Football League Championship game known as the Super Bowl. This year's Super Bowl is just look like agony to watch do to fact that one of the featuring teams is yet again the New England Patriots.

This coming Sunday on Feb. 4, 2018, the 52nd Super Bowl where the National Football Conference champions, the Philadelphia Eagles will be playing yet again against defending Super Bowl and now American Football Conference, the New England Patriots.

Millions of people will be tuning in to root for the repeat championship win for New England as they appear in their third Super Bowl in the past four years or for the hyped

up underdog logo of Philadelphia Eagles this their third time reaching the Super Bowl in franchise’s history for their first Super Bowl win.

A lot of people would feel less compelled to watch the Super this year since it is featuring the New England Patriots yet again. There are a lot of people just watching hoping that they can get knocked off by the New England Patriots because they are tired of seeing this team constantly in the Super Bowl.

Despite the fact that the New England Patriots' coaching staff and team have created such a successful winning formula that they have managed to outbest their opponents in nearly every occasion.

The legacy of the New England Patriots' near invisible reign will

always have a stain on it, starting from their first Super Bowl appearance and Super Bowl Victory for the Super Bowl XXXVI. During their playoff run there was a infamous tuck rule that helped them escape elimination against the Oakland Raiders in the American Football Conference divisional round.

The tuck rule has always technically existed, however; it has hardly ever been called on until that critical point in the late fourth quarter of the game.

The Patriots were driving late in the game and on pass pay Quarterback, Tom Brady was getting sacked on his way to the ground losing possession of the ball and was then recovered by the Raiders defense. The game seemed over at that point.

Then all of a sudden, the play was put on further review and the official determined NFL Rule 3, Section 22, Article 2, Note 2 was called inaffected.

This means it was determined that they believe the offensive player (Brady) that is arm was going forward to tuck the ball away.

Which means to turnover just dead ball.

That call has forever change the outcome of that game and probably playoff history The Patriots keep the ball and dove it down the field for a tying field goal and eventually won the game in overtime.

In 2007 before a regular season they were caught recording the Jet’s defensive signal calling and that scandal known as Spygate.

The Patriots would go on to have

one of the best records in NFL history to only to fall short in Super Bowl XLII. Another scandal that plagues the Patriots is deflategate. During the American Football Conference game, the Patriots were accused of using lighter pressurized footballs compared to their opponent's, the Indianapolis Colts. The issue is that these footballs gave the Patriots an unfair advantage as they demolished the Colts, 45 to 7 as New England would eventually go on to be Super Bowl XLIX Champions.

The bottom line is this: the New England Patriots are a good team and has had one of the best runs as a team in NFL history. However, they will always be seen as villains in their own story as a result of their rather scandalous past.

Upcoming Games: Baseball Feb. 1 @ Consumnes River College Feb. 3 vs. Consumnes River College Feb. 6 vs Solona College Feb. 8-10 @ Shasta College Feb. 13 @ Solona College

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Feb. 2 vs. Ohlone College

Feb. 2 vs. Ohlone College

Feb. 7 @ Chabot College

Feb. 7 @ Chabot College

Feb. 9 vs. Foothill College

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Feb. 14 vs. San Francisco City College

Feb. 14 vs. San Francisco City College

Dance

Skyline's dance team makes champion ships

The Skyline College dance team holding their team's 2018 West Coast Championship banner and individual awards.

By Gabriel Garrett TSV Staff Writer

Although the Skyline Dance competition isn't scheduled to happen until Friday, May 11 at 7 p.m., practice is in full swing and not only are the dancers excited to showcase their talent but so are the coaches.

Aaron Alferez, a Skyline student majoring in dance is in the upcoming competition and went on to elaborate on the greatest challenge that they face. "(It is) How complicated hip-hop can be due to the intricate moves you have to do," Alferez said. "People have to do event choreography and different dances at the same time but you still have to be in sync and having things down to timing, cause in hiphop there is stuff in the music you have to hit or it throws everything off."

Despite the challenge, Alferez enjoys the challenge of teaching his dance team the, "intricacies of dance."

In addition to elaborating on what it will take to win, Alferez went on to give some advice to any students who are curious about dancing.

"When I first started I was shy, I wasn’t even in the mirror, just on the side learning

to dance, but its just something you have to enjoy, because you're not the only one starting off. And dance is about sharing compassion with each other."

Amber Steele, an instructor for the dance competition and fulltime faculty member of the dance program, explained that dancing has to be felt with passion in order to approach it.

"Dance is skill that you just have to put time into, and everyone was a beginner, and most people who are still dancing are doing it because they really love it, " Steele said. "We love getting to come to meet a challenge when we come it, and sharing that with other people, and finding that success on a daily basis, little baby steps of winning, is what makes you love dance for life."

When approached with the question if he was concerned about the other competitors, Alferez went on to state, "I would say I am not worried” about the competition but excited.

For me I more excited to see what they brought this year."

Professor Steele who also expressed excitement for the competition went on to say "It’s really inspiring to see another good team. So even if something turns out to

be amazing I feel like we come home feeling inspired to try again and get more creative the next time around."

When approached with the questions on how Professor Steele's previous experience has helped her on the path that she's on today, Steele stated "I just try to challenge myself, mentally, psychically, weather its trying to create a new concept or idea."

Gary Ferguson who is the head in charge for the this years competition was described by his fellow peer, Steele, as "an amazing teacher. He gets people to do things that really difficult to do, and trains people to learn techniques and new skills faster than another dance instructor that I have ever seen. Has an amazing background, teaches ballet and tap, Broadway, and hip-hop.

He’s a master across the broad."

Ferguson, who not only teaches at Skyline but at Mercy High School as well has a background experience in ballet, tap, hip-hop, Broadway musicals, was able to state that "winning is great but doing our best is most important. Every team at this level is very strong and some days the other team is simply better".

When approached who he consider his

biggest rival for this year's competition, Ferguson stated "Our biggest rivals are ourselves. But, Dixie State and CSU Dominguez Hills" would be our rivals.

This spring semester on May 11, the Skyline Dance competition will occur and has been promised to be an amazing show with a lot of effort put forth into it by the students of Skyline and facility members.

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The Skyline College dance team out practicing.

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