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KEEPING THE

FAITH GROWING UP MUSLIM IN A POST 9/11 WORLD, ONE STUDENT REFLECTS ON HOW LIFE CHANGED FOR HER 15 YEARS AGO

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TERRIBLE TEENS

looking back at Slipknot’s 15-year-old “Iowa”and other iconic albums

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CULTURE 06 Countable: Swipe Left For Politics 07 Video Game Review: No Man’s Sky Falls Short 10 Homage Brewing: Pomona’s Artful Brewer 54 Explore local Latin American art & food 55 Inside Guillermo del Toro’s LACMA exhibit 56 Opinion: The other side of Hispanic Heritage

CAMPUS 08 Pink Patches: Campus Safety Help Fight Cancer 24 Rave On: Citrus Students Bring The Rave Home 41 Citrus celebrates Hispanic Heritage 44 Astronaut Jose Hernandez speaks to students 48 Interviews: ASCC President Vanessa Salinas & Student Trustee Jennifer Chavez

MUSIC 18 Slipknot’s “Iowa” Turns Fifteen

34 my muslim-american life ALL I WANTED WAS TO FEEL NORMAL, ACCEPTABLE IN THE EYES OF THE NONMUSLIM MAJORITY, AT LEAST.

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OCTOBER 2016 ISSUE 1 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF/ ART DIRECTOR Evan Solano CREATIVE DIRECTOR Vidal Espina CONTRIBUTORS Anthony Bustamante Cheyenne Falcon Batool Jaffer Mickey Romero Abby Sonnentag Ian Thorn ADVISER Margaret O’Neil Logos is produced by communications students and is distributed three times a semester. Views expressed herein do not represent those of the adviser, faculty, administration, Associated Students of Citrus College or the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees. © 2016 Logos Magazine.

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“ Damn, fifteen years,” I thought to myself.

This past September, as we were planning for this first issue of Logos, we were discussing the idea of writing an article about the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

I was 16 years-old sophomore in high school in 2001. Back then, I was your typical heavy metal listening, long hair misfit that spent more time alone with his records and guitar than studying.

The night of Sept. 10, I was in line at Wherehouse Music in Corona, waiting to meet one of my favorite bands, Slayer, who were doing a meet-and-greet for their new album, the now ironically titled “God Hates Us All,” at midnight. Getting to meet a band that had meant so much to me was beyond a dream, that night was perfect.

I had no idea that in the next 48 hours, the world would be forever changed.

I woke up that Tuesday morning as I always did, grouchy and exhausted. As I was getting ready, my mom was making breakfast while watching the morning news, but I wasn’t paying attention as the first images of New York started appearing on screen.

My campus was like a dead zone, every classroom had the same images of the planes hitting the towers on their TV. As the first tower fell, everyone in my class and the neighboring rooms gasped and screamed in horror. I just sat there transfixed, shocked. It didn’t seem real. To this day I still have difficulty watching that footage, it still gives me that same twinge in my heart I felt that morning. The only thing I could think was, “what’s next?”

Media experts say that the overwhelming amount of press coverage after 9/11 was rivaled only by the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 in Dallas. In many

ways this was our generation’s Kennedy assassination. We all know where we were that day and it changed the landscape of the world.

When the idea of doing a retrospective came up, I was excited that our staff writer, Batool Jaffer stepped up to write it. Being a young Muslim woman growing up in post 9/11 America really gives such a unique perspective on an event that affected all so deeply, but for her was a defining moment in her life and religion. It feels like this year there has been a lot of negativity toward Muslims and Hispanic/Latin Americans. As a journalist, editor and human being I felt responsible to give a voice to those unjustly persecuted by ignorance and hatred.

I’m honored to be able to share these stories of overcoming social hurdles as told by Batool, ASCC President Vanessa Salinas and our Student Trustee Jennifer Chavez, women of all different backgrounds who represent the best of what this campus community offers.

It’s important that we as students don’t forget the global impact we can make moving forward.

Fifteen years ago, we as a nation learned to pull ourselves together.

Today, we are the voices and the faces that can affect change for the better. Whether we got straight A’s in high school or just met Slayer: It is what we do moving forward that will define us.

In my own strange way,

Evan Solano Editor-in-Chief esolano@ccclarion.com

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SWIPE LEFT FOR POLITICAL AWARENESS

In an age where everything from ordering pizza to meeting potential dates can be done with a touch of an app it was only a matter of time before getting involved with politics would require just one touch, too.

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ountable is an app that allows you to easily follow current issues and bills. You can track the four presidential candidates and their views on certain policies.

The app was developed in 2014, but its creators have been fixing bugs, redoing and adding features. In July, Countable had its biggest overhaul, with almost everything being new, it gained traction in August, just in time for the Nov. 8 election.

The home feed on the app is customizable with whatever issues you want to follow such as international affairs, crime and police, civil rights, local politics, and many more. There are over 60 options to follow.

Once the issues are picked, the feed shows what bills are in active. These bills are broken down into summaries.You can vote yes or no on bills. The vote is automatically sent to local lawmakers, letting them see the opinions of the people before they make their decisions to pass or not pass a bill in real time.

Social media accounts, like Twitter and Facebook, can be connected to Countable to share issues.

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Similar to Twitter and Instagram, you can have followers and receive notifications when they post comments.

The simplicity of the app provides a way for voices, new and old, to be heard.

It also establishes a revolutionary way to communicate as an ordinary citizen to a state representative.

Representatives receive your thoughts with a single tap.

Countable also features an “Election Quiz.” The quiz corresponds to what issues you are following and provides a current bill to vote on. At the end it shows a comparison between your stance and your state representative’s position stands.

The app is establishing a community of users who state their feelings on issues and upvote others opinions.

Countable is not a primarily a news app, but is mostly geared toward keeping people informed about what laws are being debated in Congress. It only displays news stories for a span of one to two days, so there is no way to catch up on old news.

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a bill. It allows you to see what people were saying about it months ago as compared to today, and which states are more concerned with which issue.

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BUY THE LIE

On “No Man’s Sky” and why we keep believing in game developers

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hen “No Man’s Sky” was announced at the PlayStation Experience in 2013, it was a very tall order. An undertaking the likes of which had never been seen before, the game promised an ever expanding universe so vast, you’d never see the end of it, thrilling space travel and combat, a rich crafting system, planets with their own unique flora and fauna, a online co-operative experience that could link thousands of players together simultaneously, and a complex survival system that was punishing enough to make death a disappointment but fair enough for you to learn and adapt.

All of that and more failed to show up when the game hit shelves and digital retailers on Aug. 9. The game itself does deliver on the massive universe promise, but fell flat on everything else. While “No Man’s Sky” is another example TEXT BY: IAN THORN PHOTO FROM: NO-MANS-SKY.COM/PRESS

of blatant disregard for what we, the player, have been promised by the developer, the Hello Games title isn’t the first to lead the consumer on a long walk for a very short drink of water.

Take Ubisoft for example.

For literal years, the company has been promising the moon, only to barely deliver the dirt on our shoes. “Watch Dogs,” “Assassin’s Creed: Unity,” “The Division” and “Rainbow Six: Siege,” all of which were huge, groundbreaking titles at announcement, failed to deliver on every level. “Bungie had Destiny,” a game which had a development cost of $500 million, the GDP of a small country, also promised the universe, only to give us next to nothing upon launch. EA’s “Spore,” or pretty much anything Peter Molyneux has developed over the years time and time again, has been a let down by these developers and fall prey to the “hype train.”

Arno Dorian from “Assassin’s Creed: Unity.”

Which begs the question: why do we keep putting our faith in these huge games that will fail us at launch? The is answer is simpler than you may think; it’s because we want to believe. We want to take the journey into these worlds and step through into our imaginations and hope that down the road, the developers fix these

games and add to them. Sure, Spore never did quite work out in the end, but Destiny has become a whole new game and has given the player what we needed a year ago. “The Division” is improving after months of shaky updates and an abysmal first DLC pack, and Molyneux’s greatest achievement, Black and White 2, now regarded as the example of a “God Game.”

So yeah, at the moment “No Man’s Sky” is a letdown and a colossal disappointment. Virtually unplayable and terribly boring, this game has little to offer.

However, it still has that sense of curiosity and grandeur that entranced players three years ago, and with patches and updates coming in daily, it has potential– just like every other one that has let us down.

Only time will tell, but for now, we have hope and faith that we, the players and dreamers, will be rewarded in the end. L OCT 2016 | LOGOS | 7

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‘IN OCTOBER WE WEAR PINK’

What started as a local collaboration between two police departments has gained traction among law enforcement agencies across Southern California

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ur men and women in blue are adding pink this month.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. To support this cause, 25 law enforcement agencies across the Los Angeles County, including Glendora Police Department and Citrus College Campus Safety, are adding a dash of pink to their uniforms.

The Pink Patch Project was created by the Seal Beach and Irwindale police departments last year as a grassroots campaign to stand with those whose lives have been impacted by the disease.

Throughout October, officers from the 25 local law enforcement agencies in Southern California, can be seen wearing a pink ribbon patch on their uniforms in support of this cause.

Citrus College Campus Safety Supervisor Ben Macias, works in partnership with the Glendora Police Department, and is honored to have been invited into the Pink Patch Project, he said.

“GPD Corporal Shawna Celello reached out to me, told me about the project, and we joined as soon as possible,” Macias said.

The need for effective cancer treatments and better research for a cure is not a silent one. The goal of the Pink

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Patch Project is to raise breast cancer awareness, support research and treatment, and ultimately find a cure.

The project also aims to promote early detection. According to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, in 2016, an estimated 246,660 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The Pink Patch Project is being undertaken with the hope that their stance will make a difference, with each police department proclaiming “our strength is their hope.”

Law enforcement and Campus Safety officials participated in a booth at the LA County Fair in September where they represented the Pink Patch Project fundraiser.

Among the supporters of the Pink Patch Project is “Fuller House” actress Jodie Sweetin, who plays Stephanie Tanner on the reboot Netflix series.

Sweetin, who is a friend of a Citrus College Campus Safety officer, posted a photo of herself on Instagram with a Citrus College pink ribbon patch she purchased to show her support for the fundraiser.

The pink patch is available to the public and can be purchased from the Campus Safety Office for $10. All proceeds and funds earned by the Pink

Patch Projects are being donated to breast cancer research, education, and treatment centers, such as the City of Hope in Duarte.

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he subtle kick drum to Jamie XX’s “Sleep Sound” fades in, synchronized with the chatter of patrons enjoying refreshing ales in a minimalist, yet well-adorned taproom decorated with succulents and banners. Matthew Garcia, owner of Homage Brewing slowly pulls down on the handle of the beer tap as. Carefully, he pours beer into a snifter for a thirsty craft beer enthusiast that may deduce the company’s entire image based on that single pint.

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Garcia pours a heady top and a well-balanced body--something a craft beer enthusiast would expect of a Belgian ale, one of many rotating beers Pomona’s newest craft brewery has to offer its customers.

to add to their growing tap list. This process is complex.

Many factors come into play, such as determining what fruits, barley and yeast will be used. During the development stage, Garcia and Pignelle spend as much time as is needed on quality control ensuring the new batch meets the “Homage standard” before releasing it for their patrons to enjoy.

Located in the Pomona Arts Colony, Homage Brewing, is one of several area establishments that is bringing new life to the burgeoning downtown district. It is part of the expansion of the craft beer industry to the east of Los Angeles.

Garcia and Pignelle create their beers according to what’s inspiring them in the moment, like “Pilot Jones,” a French saison named after a Frank Ocean track from the rappers debut album “Channel Orange.” Currently the beer on rotation at the brewery, but their lineup changes every week.

Homage Brewing specializes in Belgian ales, brett ales and barrel-aged ales that cater to the more seasoned craft beer enthusiast with the intricate taste and aromas of their microbrews.

“I’m very blunt about where the names of my beers come from and what inspires me at the moment,” Garcia said.

“The name also depends on what fits the beer the best.”

Every Monday, Garcia and Jeremiah Pignelle, the co-head brewer, meet to experiment with new beers

The brewers at Homage are known for creating what they want according to what they feel like. These factors contribute to their continuous rotation. Though the company specializes in microbrews, patron favorites make their way back into rotation. “It all depends on how well a beer is received and requested by the people who come into the brewery,” Garcia said.

Brews that are currently being served include Harlequin, a barrel-aged blended sour ale with a citrus finish that has recently made its way back into rotation; Dolorosa, a 3-grain Belgian style tripel; White Lines, a wheat IPA with Sorachi Ace, an experimental beer that the brewery made in collaboration with their neighbors at Rookery Alehouse.

The company also pays ‘homage’ to various forms of visual arts and musical genres that include bands such as Radiohead and Joy Division.

Garcia is very familiar with the music scene and has been played in a few bands. He takes to the “do-it-yourself” approach he acquired while dabbling in the metal/indie scene, a skill he has used to make Homage what it is today.

“I take the same attitude and confidence I had playing in bands and apply it to my beer-making process. I love to make beer, and I love to sell beer,” Garcia said.

Homage’s DIY mentality continues to show through their collaboration with Loud and Obnoxious, a print company that holds values similar to the brewery. These printers have created merchandise that have a likeness to bands who have been known to push the envelope and inspire generations, such as Nirvana and The Smiths.

Matthew Garcia, owner of Homage Brewing in Pomona pours a pint of the comany’s beer for customers.

Homage recently presented “Arts and Drafts” during the monthly Pomona Art Walk. It featured a photo installation from Garcia’s sister, Pavielle Garcia, and Adrian “A-Plus” Melgoza, who created a vivid atmosphere by spinning tunes from Wu-Tang Clan, other old-school hip-hop artists and several other musical genres.

Melgoza expresses his vision through turntables and vinyl records. He takes a different route than most DJs nowadays with no pre-recorded playlists.

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“I was originally just going to curate a playlist for the night but I think having actual turntables and records brings a nostalgic element to the table that people really dig,” Melgoza wrote in an email. “I just wanted to play what I think is good music. Music that I would want to hear if I was having a beer… with friends.”

It comes as no surprise that Melgoza has maintained close ties professionally and personally with Garcia and the rest of the Homage family. He too shares a passion for what Homage strives to attract and support as a business.

“It’s…a great venue to display all this [art] in my opinion,” Melgoza wrote. “Matt…and I are hugely into craft beer, design, photography, etc., so the idea to add music to the equation was simple.”

Homage has been open for 3 months and Garcia attributes the brewery’s new found success to social media where he promoted the company months before opening its doors to the public.

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He had the idea of being a storefront brewery to create a foundation for his company as he looks to expand Homage Brewing into a larger business.

Garcia was originally looking into opening a brewery in Downtown Los Angeles where the city is densely populated with craft beer connoisseurs.

“After looking at a few locations, it didn’t feel right,” Garcia said. “It wasn’t until I looked at this location in Pomona that I got that feeling.”

Garcia’s goal with the brand of the brewery is to bring Downtown Los Angeles culture to Pomona, an atmosphere not all of the locals have access to. He hopes to inspire other entrepreneurs to bring their businesses to the growing Downtown Pomona area.

“Our location is small and intimate, so this allows me to make a connection with the people coming in, and show my passion and care for what I do,” Garcia said. L

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15 years after its massive launch, we look back at the making of “Iowa,” Slipknot’s monster sophomore album TEXT BY: IAN THORN PHOTOS PROVIDED BY: GETTY IMAGES

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June 1999: JUNE 29, 1999: Slipknot SLIPKNOT unleashed UNLEASHED its ITS self-titled SELF-TITLED debut album ON on AN an DEBUT ALBUM unknowing UNKNOWINGworld.

WORLD. Provocative, dark, heavy. It was so far removed from anything the world had ever heard before, that one anonymous A&R rep from the band’s label, Roadrunner Records, reportedly released a statement saying “If this is the future of music, I don’t want to be alive.”

It was a huge moment, not just for the Iowa, but for rebellious metalheads yet to be born.

Slipknot’s nightmarish carnival was put on full display over the course of an aggressive two year touring campaign, with a tour de force show to back up their already overtly visceral brand of metal.

In a middle finger gesture to the music industry, the band considered releasing this one “magnum opus” and calling it quits. After all, tensions were high in a band full of ego-maniacs, violent tempers, and general psychotic behavior.

Finally in 2001, the band locked themselves in Sound City and Sound Image studios Los Angeles to begin writing the follow-up to their monster debut album.

Anticipation was high, and the band knew it.

Tensions, internal fighting and the pressure to deliver an album comparable to their first LP led to Slipknot giving birth to something far uglier than anyone could have expected. The behemoth took the name of “Iowa,” after their home

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state, from which all their inspiration was drawn.

Hate was a key word in the development of this album, though the band wore the word like a suit of armor and lived in it, as if the word could become a lifestyle. “We were falling apart when we did that record; I was a mess” said vocalist Corey Taylor in a 2016 interview with Loudwire. “I was drinking a lot. I really got into booze and philandering. I was doing anything to feel good because everything felt really bad. I wasn’t feeling anything but misery.”

“It doesn’t say ‘hate’ in Japanese on my forearm for no reason,” said guitarist Mick Thompson. “I was disgusted by those of us that got sucked into that world of sex and drugs. The people who surrounded us were parasites.”

Thompson said, referring to the rise in “friends” the band experienced from their newfound fame.

Conflicts, coupled with the band spending too much money on drugs and partying, put them in a tight spot, desperate to make money to repeat the vicious, self destructive cycle they were engaging in.

The members of Slipknot broke themselves on a daily basis recording this album: guitarists Jim Root and Thompson pummeled through the writing process,

adding quite a bit more technicality to the record than was seen on the last.

The album reached into the death metal and hardcore wells that existed inside of the band, almost completely ignoring any sort of melody or hip-hop element that was key in their debut.

Former drummer, Joey Jordison sat behind the kit and blasts, grooving only when absolutely necessary, adding to the percussion assault of percussionists Shawn Crahan and Chris Fehn, bludgeoning the listener’s ears with nothing but a violent slamming, as subtle as shotgun blast.

Craig Jones and Sid Wilson contributed eerie samples and disorienting turntable scratching, adding to the cacophony.

Behind it all was Taylor, screaming in metaphors about subjects like solipsism, misanthropy, disaffection and disgust with everything and everyone in his life, anger, rejection, the music industry, you name it. Taylor was not impressed by anyone or anything and in order to capture his performance, put himself in harm’s way, according to a 2011 interview conducted with the band members and producer Ross Robinson in Revolver Magazine.

During the recording of the 15-minute long titular closing track, Taylor blacked out the studio booth, stripped naked, cut

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himself with broken glass, and vomited all over himself, to put himself in a place of pain, to get the most real sound he could possibly get.

Couple that with the fact that producer Ross Robinson recording the album despite having a broken back, after one day of hospitalization and you have the perfect dynamic of hatred, pain and suffering that led to one of the critically revered metal albums of the 21st century.

The album that almost broke Slipknot, the album that almost caused the biggest upstarts in metal to violently implode became their calling card.

Lauded to this day as both the heaviest and greatest album they’ve ever released, “Iowa” has stood the test of time.

For 15 years, people have found this album, put it on, and entered into a chasm of anger that scared the Hell out of me when I first heard it.

My experience in heavy metal prior to this was Metallica, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Scorpions, bands of that nature.

So when my ears were accosted by the noise that came out of my headphones, I had no idea how to react. I felt different, I felt violated. I felt like I was listening to something forbidden or taboo.

Slipknot changed my take on music.

“Iowa” is still my favorite Slipknot album and one of my all time favorite albums, something I still listen to at least once a month, to remember my roots, what set me down this path 13 years ago. Musically and thematically, “Iowa” still holds up. Slipknot produces its best music from a deep well of pain, chaos and anguish that seems to follow the band wherever they go.

Not to say the band, now five albums deep and millions of records later, aren’t happy people. But the raw, savage, violent beast that they released 15 years ago still exists in them and lives on through its fans. During the following hiatus after the “Iowa” tour cycle, Taylor and Root would reform Stone Sour, an early musical group Taylor was part of prior to Slipknot, which was a lot more commercial sounding and influenced by 90’s alternative rock. The influence of Stone Sour would seep into the songwriting of the next Slipknot record, showcasing more of the melody that had shown through so faintly in both their debut and “Iowa”.

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10 TURNING turning 15 15 10 SLIPKNOT ISN’T THE ONLY BAND CELEBRATING AN ALBUM TURNING 15 THIS YEAR. HERE ARE SOME OTHER HEAVY BANDS CELEBRATING MILESTONES IN 2016 TEXT BY: IAN THORN

Converge “Jane Doe”

Often considered THE metal album of the 21st century, “Jane Doe’ is still used yearly as a lecture tool at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Aggressive, real, heartbreaking, raw, this is the album that many consider Converge’s masterpiece. A very real tale about a very real breakup that vocalist Jacob Bannon went through, “Jane Doe” is pure poetry, a massive, chaotic blur that stops as quickly as it starts. At times, the album feels like it’s moving in slow motion, giving the listener just a moment to breath, to process, before the reality and weight of it all hits again.

Timeless is the best word to describe the sonic prowess of this album.

System of a Down “Toxicity”

Los Angeles’ System Of A Down were always a band that stood out among the slew of LA metal bands in the early ‘00s. Their debut album, produced by über producer Rick Rubin (Slayer, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers) blew the doors down and showcased their Armenian band’s mix of chaotic fury and politically tinged metal. With “Toxicity” the band continued their politically charged message, touching on heated topic such as the American prison system, the harsh realities of drug use, war, sexual deviance, nuclear war, and abandonment, all while broadening their aggressive sound with worldly, cultural elements.

Slayer “God Hates Us All”

We all remember 9/11 from the TV memorials played every year. I remember that day not only from the terrorist attacks, but also for being the release of Slayer’s ninth album. Despite the heartache the nation felt at the time, those eager to listen to the L.A. metal legends long awaited album were not disappointed. Slayer added new elements to their influential brand of thrash, experimenting with drop tuning, seven-string guitars, and a greater emphasis on a groove element. “God Hates Us All” has since remained the sole great album in Slayers post2000s catalog.

Arch Enemy “Wages of Sin”

This was the first album I had heard on which a female vocalist screamed. It was also the first time Angela Gossow had released anything with Arch Enemy. While not entirely changing their formula, this album helped define the band as a standout in the sea of melodic death metal contenders. “Wages of Sin” features a staple of their live set “Burning Angel,” a song that still resonates as a notable heavy metal cut. Considered now as pioneers of melodic death metal Gossow and Arch Enemy paved the way for other young women– including her successor, Alyssa White-Gluz, formerly of The Agonist– to pick up a mic and scream their guts out, often sounding more ferocious than vast majority of male vocalists in the metal scene.

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Emperor “Prometheus”

For all you black metal fans out there, don’t think we forgot you! Emperor’s last album is quite possibly one of the greatest swan songs to be released by any artist, across any genre.

Complex, technical, and punishingly heavy, “Prometheus” is a concept album about the demigod, his stealing fire from the Gods, and his eternal punishment. The keyboards are ominous, Ihsahn screams and sings in ethereal fashion, drums pummel through blast beats like they’re nothing, and the guitar work is jaw dropping. In terms of quality, this could be considered Emperor’s “Master of Puppets.”

Children of Bodom “Follow the Reaper”

A band that changed the rules for melodic death metal, “Follow the Reaper” kicks things off with samples from “The Exorcist III” and jumps right into the fast-paced, neoclassical styling of Alexi Laiho frantic, Paul Gilbert-like shred fest, coupled with ambient keyboards and fast as lightning drums. This album shaped the Finnish metal band’s sound for the next two albums, experimenting with drop tuning and a bigger emphasis on melody.

Judas Priest “Demolition”

Ah, how everyone wishes to forget the Tim “Ripper” Owens era of Judas Priest. Owens, whom the British metal titans hired after singer/metal icon Rob Halford split from the group. “Demolition” carries on in the same vein as “Jugulator,” creating a mix of Judas Priest’s regular styling, with the odd nu-metal tinge thrown in. The result is some of the most forgettable Priest songs ever, but at the same time, the Owens-era albums hold a special place in the hearts of true Priest fans. I tend to play Devil’s Advocate and this album is one that will still matter for years to come.

Opeth “Blackwater Park”

Marking their first time collaborating with the legendary prog-guru Steve Wilson of Porcupine Tree, this is THE Opeth album, the one that will determine whether you’re a fan or not. Abandoning the straight up, death metal sound the band had been playing on their first three albums, “Blackwater Park” introduces the trippier, more eclectic elements the band had to offer, all from main songwriter/guitarist/prog rock enthusiast Mikael Åkerfeldt. The old school Yes, Genesis and King Crimson prog vibes seep through every passage of music. “Blackwater Park” is an album that will go down in history as one of the greatest released by the Swedish group.

Throwdown “You Don’t Have to Be Blood to Be Family”

The last Throwdown album to feature Keith Barney on lead vocals before his switch to guitar, this was quite the introduction to hardcore for the unacquainted. The Orange County band that would spawn other mid-2000’s offshoot groups, Eighteen Visions and Bleeding Through were always considered pioneers of the west coast, Southern California hardcore scene. This album is as bare bones as they come: Nothing fancy, no high flying guitar work, no soaring vocals. Just eleven heavy, straight to your face hardcore songs crafted and delivered in a way that only could be from California.

Tool “Lateralus”

This album was the album that spawned a legion of people who heard the breakthrough single “Schism.” Keeping things highly proggy in their own artsy way, the band became slightly more accessible, giving fans songs like “The Grudge,” songs you could share with your friends without their wanting to beat their heads against a wall. “Lateralus” brought the Los Angeles band further into the mainstream, helping solidify their place in metal as some of the biggest contrarians since Faith No More.

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Because of illegal substance abuse and drug related deaths, raves are getting pushed farther away from Southern California. In order to keep the party going, a group of Citrus College students has decided to bring the good times home.

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THE RAVE SCENE HA BEEN ON THE RISE FROM CLOSE-KNIT TO COMMERCIALIZED SINCE THE EARLY ‘90 Today, raving is viewed as mainstream. Raves are getaways that call college students in particular to swarm en masse to each event.

Raving started in Manchester, England, after Chicago DJs introduced house music to the UK party scene. Social outsiders of the ‘80s were looking for a place where they could simply be themselves and find other like-minded people.

They soon made home to the dark alleys and backdoors that would lead them inside dark Manchester warehouses. There a subculture was born, they would drop acid and dance the night away. From these nights in Manchester. It wasn’t long until America caught onto the UK rave scene and quickly adopted the lifestyle.

Ravers of the ‘90s seem like an evolutionary extension of the Beatniks, hippies, and disco days.

They idealized being dangerously free and fearlessly creative. They found a way to not only create an entirely new genre of music but also a radical new counterculture. Their community thrived on energy and emotion. At their core, they were fighting for peace, love, unity, and respect. Millennial ravers are much different.

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The way young people rave today is less than authentic. Raves have moved from abandoned warehouses and country fields to giant raceways and convention centers.

Raving has completely lost its meaning. The magic that came with its secrecy is gone. The counterculture has been exploited and eaten up by commercial monsters who charge a $100+ for a single day ticket. The worst part of these commercialized spectacles is that they often end up attracting people who are looking for a chance to experiment with drugs.

Information gathered by the Addiction Center indicates that fulltime college students are at twice the risk of abusing substances as compared to people who are not enrolled in college. A lot of inexperienced youth who want to dabble in drugs for recreational use assume that raves are where you go to try drugs.

“I know a lot of people go to raves just to do drugs. If I go, I’m probably gonna be tripping on something,” said 18-year-old Serena C., undeclared. “If it’s my first time, I want to have the full experi-

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ence.” Although Serena has experienced seizures triggered by stress and feeling overwhelmed, she is still willing to risk trying designer drugs to fully experience the rave culture.

In the past 10 years, there have been 25 confirmed drug-related deaths tied to these commercial raves, according to the Los Angeles Times. This statistic does not include the three deaths that happened at HARD Summer in July 2016. Half of those deaths occurred in Southern California. Ten of those lost lives were college students.

The most notorious case was that of 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez, who snuck into Insomniac’s Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2010. While at the festival, Rodriguez consumed an Ecstasy pill, which resulted in shocked lungs and brain damage. Rodriguez is one of many who have died from Ecstasy overdoses, but hers was the case that ultimately led to the development of the Los Angeles “Electronic Music Task Force.”

The purpose of the task force is to monitor activity at raves to make sure

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that they are as safe as possible. If a problem arises, then it is up to the task force to issue new regulations to maintain safe and legal raving. Rodriguez’s death led to changes such as the 18+ age requirement, free water stations, heightened security and even amnesty boxes where ravers can drop illegal substances before entering with no consequences.

Still, not much has changed. People are still overdosing, and the reputation of raving remains questionable at best.

With so much controversy within the rave scene, many EDM event companies are feeling the pressure to leave Southern California and relocate their events elsewhere. Local venues, such as the Pomona Fairplex, simply refuse to hold EDM festivals. With raves staged farther and farther away from Los Angeles, all that local ravers can do is implement the DIY style, a throwback to how raves used to be.

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Back row from left to right: Yobane Bernal, Richard Ramirez, Antonio Becerra, Adolfo Delgado, and Gabriel Ibarra.

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Named after a popular brand of whiskey, the Buchanan’s Boys are a party crew made up Citrus College students Brandon Giron, 19, criminology major, Edgar Avellaneda, criminology major, Yobane Bernal, undeclared; Gabriel Ibarra, business; Antonio Becerra, business; and Adolfo Delgado, kinesiology.

“We’re here for people who want to dance.

That’s what we’re about,” Giron said.

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They have been hosting and promoting house parties throughout the San Gabriel Valley for about two years.

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“We would go to parties together, and things would get out of hand,” Giron said. “The whole party would start fighting, so we were like, ‘Why can’t we make a party just for the environment?’

We love the music, and we don’t want the violence at parties, so let’s just make our own party crew and start throwing our own parties.”

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The Buchanan’s Boys have known each other since elementary school. They developed their love for partying, EDM and dancing while they were in high school.

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“We’re like brothers, basically. For us it’s always cool being together and just enjoying the music,” Ibarra said. Ibarra also said he believes that these house parties will help him along in his field of study.

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“I’m a communications major, and I’m all about that. That’s part of why I got into this, to make people feel good,” Ibarra said. “It’s practicing what I want to do because I’m socializing with a lot of people.”

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For the Buchanan’s Boys, socializing and having a good time is what matters. Their parties are free so people can enjoy themselves at no expense. They are also sober at most of their events despite their alcohol-inspired name.

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“We surround ourselves with people that aren’t in it for the drugs and stuff,” Giron said. “We’re all about dancing and just having fun. People say let’s drink or let’s get crazy, but that’s not what we’re about. We’re there to enjoy the music with our friends.”

Their policy of no drugs comes from first-hand experiences of over consumption. Giron recalls a time where he had to drive a friend to the hospital.

His friend was having seizures caused by an unknown drug that he took at a house rave.

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“We had to get him to the hospital fast, and it really scared me. I started taking more precautions. When they invite us to host parties, now they have to tell me ahead of time before the party starts so I can check for illegal substances from the beginning.”

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Giron prefers to have no drugs at his raves but he knows that sometimes people get sneaky. A lot of the house raves that the Buchanan’s Boys put on are hosted at Giron’s own residence, which puts him and his family at risk.

“That a major reason I don’t do drugs because my mom is always there,” said Giron. “She’s OK with us doing the parties just as long as we do it right.”

“We try not to go overboard because we still have to take care of the house,” Becerra said.

Delgado, who is the personal DJ for the Buchanan’s Boys and provides all the music for their parties is always cautious to avoid partying excessively during these home raves so he can take care of this DJ equipment.

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a DJ set that he bought a long time ago, and he just had it in his closet,” Delgado said. “One day I asked him how to use it, and he told me how, so I started practicing. I’m not that good, but I just kept practicing and then I started getting gigs and just like that, it started happening.”

The Buchanan’s Boy always have each other’s back which is part of the reason their raves work. They don’t know how long they’ll keep going, but they don’t want to stop anytime soon.

Even if the Buchanan’s Boys put an end to their party crew days, they anticipate staying close to the community that they have created.

“I feel like we’re all united,” Ibarra said.

“We all get along with each other and all have something in common. We all have that unity that keeps us together through the music.” L PHOTO BY: MEGAN BENDER

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Our Commitment To Your Safety As part of an ongoing proactive safety plan, the Citrus Guardian app adds an additionnal layer of safety and is provided as part of Citrus Community College District’s commitment to the safety and security of our campus.

Campus Safety looks forward to our continued partnership with the Citrus community, while providing a safe and secure learning environment, conducive to a College of Completion.

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BATOOL JAFFER IS JUST LIKE YOU.

She loves her iced coffee and lives on her cell phone. She listens to Coldplay, Tupac, The Weeknd and Taylor Swift.

She loves shopping at Urban Outfitters and going to Melrose.

Born and raised in Southern California, she teared up for Kobe’s last game as a Laker and spends her time binge-watching “American Horror Story” and “The Office” on Netflix...

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In 2001, I was just starting my third grade. I was transitioning from a predominately Christian public school to a Muslim private school in Pomona. I was so excited to be at school with my family and other Muslim friends I had known my entire early life. But a couple weeks into the new school year, I awoke early as always, got dressed and was on my way to school when my father got a phone call telling him to turn the car around and drive back home.

That was the morning of September 11.

My father drove us to my cousin’s house where my family was gathered around the television. With the rest of the country, we watched in fear as the World Trade Center went down.

Seeing horrific images of people leaping from the towers to escape terrified me. As a child, I did not understand exactly what was happening. Still my heart ached for the families of the victims who were watching the same terrifying footage, hoping and praying for their loved ones to get out safely.

Within moments, the picture of turbaned and bearded Osama Bin Laden filled the television frame.

As the 9-year-old daughter of Iraqi, Muslim-American parents, my family was deeply troubled by the attack on our nation.

I looked at my father, whose eyes were filled with unease and whose silence said more than words ever could.

America’s new enemy looked like my family.

In the aftermath of the attacks, the Islamic school where I was enrolled closed down for weeks due to constant death threats by people who wanted all Muslims out of the country.

After the attacks on 9/11, the administration would find hate notes, powdered doorknobs, and trash thrown over the school walls.

When we did return to campus, police were stationed at the entrance gates to make making sure that no one could get in to hurt us. Local news stations were reporting on our school every few days, to show how Muslim American students were getting along despite the discrimination.

“AS A CHILD, THE FIRST PROFANE WORDS I LEARNED WERE THE ONES HURLED AT ME FROM THE MOUTH OF IGNORANT AND ANGRY STRANGERS.”

For once, instead of feeling that the news media were portraying us as terrorists, I felt as if they were telling the world that we too, are normal American students, going about our day-to-day lives.

2001 was also the first year in which I also had decided to start wearing my headscarf. Although it was a celebratory moment in my life, I feared the judgments

I was sure to get from non-Muslim people. The year I fully embraced my religion was also a painful time for the country I have known all my life as home.

Early on, I became extremely aware of the stares I was attracting on the streets and the names I was being called in reaction to this symbol to my ethnicity and religion.

As a child, the first profane words I learned were the ones hurled at me from the mouths of ignorant and angry strangers. I became anxious in public spaces.

I hated the looks, the smirks and rolling eyes my family and I received while at the mall and grocery store.

All I wanted was to feel normal, acceptable in the eyes of the non-Muslim majority, at least.

I could never have predicted the immense impact of Islamophobia on my life after the 9/11 attacks.

“Please don’t be Muslim,” is what every Muslim American was thinking as we witnessed the carnage and destruction on that terrible day in 2001. That same thought races through the minds of Muslim Americans today every time an incident of mass terror unfolds.

I will never forget 9/11. I will never forget the souls that departed on that day, and I will never forget the day that continues to affect the Muslim American community.

It has been 15 years now, and our community continues to face discrimination and hate crimes. It has become politically acceptable to demonize and scapegoat as well as Muslims people wrongly perceived to be Muslims.

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Terrorist networks such as Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram and other extremist groups that claim Muslim identity have seriously distorted the public’s attitudes toward Muslims and the Islamic faith. But what is often overlooked, is the fact that often times, it is Muslims themselves who are most often the victims of terrorism worldwide.

Muslim scholars, activists, political leaders and clergy consistently denounce such violence perpetrated in the name of Islam.

As a Muslim American, I remember where I was on 9/11, but I am much more fearful about where I stand today.

This election season has given rise to a renewed disregard for people of other ethnic communities, not just Muslims.

The rhetoric of certain politicians mimics that of history’s worst demagogues who have brought down democracies and enabled crimes against humanity.

It’s been said that those who don’t learn from their mistakes are likely to repeat them. Fifteen years later we are seeing old hatreds and biases reignited for the sake of political gain.

According to the New York Times, attacks against American Muslims are at peak levels this year. Some may speculate that this uptick is directly related to the widespread use of Islamophobic rhetoric by some politicians in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Just in the last two years, a mosque in Coachella, Calif., was set aflame by an arsonist who was later sentenced to six years in prison on hate crime charges.

Two 17-year-old boys were brutally beaten outside Brooklyn, New York, with the assailant allegedly knocking one of the victim’s unconscious while calling him a “terrorist” and declaring that Muslims are “the cause of all problems in the world.”

In one especially harrowing instance, an armed robber in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reportedly insinuated that a store clerk of Indian descent was affiliated with ISIS before forcing the victim into a back room and shooting him point blank. The shopkeeper , who is not Muslim, but part of the Sikh community, only survived

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“AS A MUSLIM AMERICAN, I REMEMBER WHERE I WAS ON 9/11, BUT I AM MUCH MORE FEARFUL ABOUT WHERE I STAND TODAY.”

the incident by turning his head at the last second, allowing the bullet to exit through his cheek.

Muslims in the United States and throughout the Western World are defending their faith more than ever as they live in fear of retaliation for acts of terror that have nothing to do with them or their faith, but are crimes committed by extremist groups with a warped interpretation a peaceful religion.

Islamophobia perpetuates a great injustice against the majority of Muslims who aspire to lives of true faith, freedom and lasting peace. This hatred makes us less safe and less free.

By demonizing Islam and Muslim Americans, we choose to use fear and anger against one another thus playing into ISIS’s propaganda predicting a war between Islam and the West.

Because of the world-changing events of 9/11, I have learned that each of us must take our experience, our own ability to witness and use it as a mechanism to edify those around us in a manner that speaks to a responsible future.

While Islamophobic voices are often the loudest, they cannot overpower the countless voices of unity and reason in America.

As uncomfortable as life became after 9/11, it would be hard for me to imagine life without the headscarf. I have learned to live with the stares and suspicious looks and to compensate with warmth and smiles to set others at ease.

In spite of my fear of judgment and name-calling, I have never considered removing my headscarf. I am not especially brave, and I certainly don’t enjoy the extra attention.

But my headscarf has become a part of me, as intrinsic to my identity as my name, and I will never consider denying my self.

My headscarf identifies me as one of the millions of Muslims around the world, but the deep sadness I felt on that day in September and the hopeful optimism I have for our future will always bond me to the American way of life I have always known. L

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Month is celebrated from Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 in observance of the independence of the Latin Americas as well as the remembrance of the historical and cultural influences on the U.S. by those whose heritage comes from the Latin Americas, Spain and the Caribbean.

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n honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, astronaut Jose M. Hernandez stopped by Citrus College to share his journey from working in the fields to soaring among the stars

Growing up, Hernandez was raised between Mexico and California. His parents were migrant farm workers from Michoacán, Mexico who had wed at just 14 years old. Together they had four children in which Jose was the youngest.

Alongside his parents and siblings, Hernandez would spend most the year picking from crops throughout California.

Once the picking season was over, the Hernandez family would return home to Mexico for three months before returning back to California to pick again.

Since the Hernandez family had such a nomad lifestyle, the Hernandez children were forced to go to different schools throughout the course of the year. This made learning English very hard for Hernandez but he finally conquered the English language at 12 years old. The challenge of learning English was also what helped pushed Hernandez towards math and science.

Hernandez’s life then changed forever when a teacher finally sat down with his parents to discuss his education. His teacher expressed to his parents that the best thing they could do for his education was quit going back and forth in-between Mexico and California. His parents decided to take the teacher’s advice and made Stockton, California their permanent new home.

At 10-years-old, Hernandez knew he wanted he wanted to be an Astronaut.

He recalls being so fascinated by the stars of the night sky that would greet him as his family would show up to fields for work.

In 1972, Hernandez saw the final Apollo17 from his rabbit-ear TV and watched

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I WAS THINKING IN MY HEAD, ONLY 485 PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE WORLD FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE AND I’M GOING TO BE 486.”

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astronaut Eugene Cernan walk on the surface of the moon in awe. It was this moment that Hernandez knew he wanted to devote his life to exploring space.

Hernandez knew he would have to work hard to be an Astronaut and his parents supported him the whole way through.

He eventually graduated high school, went on to get a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from University of the Pacific and then attained his master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California Santa Barbara.

With all this under his belt, Hernandez filled a position at the Lawrence Liver-

more National Laboratory. Then, Hernandez relocated to Houston, Texas where he would finally take his first position at NASA at the Johnson Space Center.

Once at NASA, Hernandez applied to be an Astronaut eleven times before finally being selected in 2004. After two years of intensive training and various assignments, Hernandez was finally assigned as a mission specialist on STS-128, working on the International Space Station.

August 28, 2009 was the day that STS-128 launched into space and all of Hernandez’s dreams came true. Hernandez was in space for 14 days and was even the first person to tweet from space in both English and Spanish.

Hernandez is an incredible example of the American dream and a reminder for students of all cultures to never give up.

What brought you to Citrus?

Well I was invited here by the Dr. Tolano-Leveque to come and speak to the students and share my experiences. I think if you look at the cross section of students at Citrus College, there’s probably a lot of similarities of me growing up, and how they’re growing up. So if anything, I want them to take away the message that anything is possible regardless of your socioeconomic situation.

What made you want to become an astronaut?

It started when I was 10-years-old. I was watching the very last mission of the Apollo era, it was Apollo 17. You can imagine a 10-year-old boy looking at a black and white TV with good ol’ vacuum tube technology, that takes about five minutes to warm up before you get to see the picture, with rabbit ears antennas on top holding it to improve the reception, and watching Gene Cernan walk on the surface of the moon. When I saw him

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I would [then] go outside, look up, see the moon, come back inside and hear Walter Cronkite, narrating the moon walk and then hearing Cernan talk to mission control in Houston. I was hooked and I said ‘that’s what I want’.

and that’s 95 percent of the whole thing, that last five percent is when you finally get there.

envelope of science and technology.

What was your favorite moment in space?

You applied to be an astronaut eleven times before you were finally selected, what was it that made you keep going and never give it?

I think when I unbuckled my seatbelt, floated out of my seat for the first time, pushed against the wall and did my best Superman impersonation floating towards the window. I was thinking in my head that only 485 people have seen the world from this perspective and I’m going be 486.

I believe in extraterrestrial life, yeah [laughs]. Just think about it, when you look up into the sky at night time, you see nothing but stars. Each one of those stars is like our sun and there’s billions of stars out there.

I think what’s important is the journey and not the destination. I started applying to the astronaut program, when I had my five years experience and I met the minimum requirements. I loved what I was doing and so to me it wasn’t like I was wasting my time. I was doing what I loved and I looked at all this stuff with the attitude of looking at the glass half-full instead of half-empty.

I would ask myself, ‘what’s the worst thing that could happen from me wanting to be an astronaut?’ Wanting to be an astronaut forced me to go to college, forced me to get my bachelor’s degree, forced me to get my graduate degree, forced me to get a nice paying job, so if I didn’t get selected it’s not a bad consultation price and I love what I’m doing so that’s why I tell folks, don’t just look at saying I want to be ‘this.’ You’re not going to enjoy the journey on the way

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What the scariest moment in space?

I think the scariest moment always is blastoff. You’ve got hundreds of thousands of gallons of combustible fuel. You got two solid rocket motors that when they start, they don’t turn off. So you know you’re going somewhere but you don’t know where. And you go from 0 to 17,500 mph in eight and a half minutes.

It’s the best ride Disneyland could ever hope to design. It’s great, believe me. It puts a lot of pressure on your body [but] it’s sustainable.

What aspect of space interest you the most?

The aspect of discovery, of pushing the

Do you believe in aliens?

If you just take the cases where these stars have planets then there’s hundreds of millions of cases, and then if you take the cases that have planets in the habitable zone as we know it, of carbon origin like us, then there’s still tens of millions of cases. So how egotistical for us to think that we’re the only ones in the universe.

Since it is Hispanic Heritage Month, and you are of Mexican descent, we want to know what the word “heritage” means to you?

It’s having pride of who you are. I came from a Latino background. My parents are from Mexico. I love the country of Mexico but I love the United States too, it’s my home but that doesn’t mean I can’t love my heritage. The culture that my parents taught me, I try to instill that in my kids. To me that’s what it means, it means being proud of who you are and where you come from. L ABOVE PHOTO COURTESY OF: JOSE HERNANDEZ

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Q&A with Student Trustee Jennifer Chavez-Ramos and ASCC President Vanessa Salinas. Talking about their influences, heroes and the challenges of being Hispanic women in leadership.

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rowing up in a very traditional Hispanic household, Jennifer Chavez-Ramos, had her whole life mapped out for her by the family. As a child,she stayed at home with her mother cooking and cleaning while her father and brothers went out to experience life. It was expected by the time she was 21 she would be married with kids. So, staying home doing household chores was a training ground for what she was expected to do for the rest of her life, but she had other plans for her future.

Despite being undocumented residents, Chavez’s parents worked really hard to give her and her four brothers, sister and live-in cousin the opportunity to live the American dream. Her father had a managerial position at a family friend’s company but ended up losing his job due to the recession. Unable to attain another job and not wanting his family to be on welfare, Chavez’s father went back to Mexico to try to support the family abroad. Chavez was 16 at the time. Meanwhile her mother took a job cleaning houses until her humble earnings couldn’t support all the children and so her mother had to join her husband.

At 18, Chavez was left in the United States to take care of her brothers and sister and was on her way in fulfilling the traditional role her family tried to instill in her.

However, since an early age, Chavez never wanted to step into the traditional role. It was an innate drive in her to break free from those traditions and show the females in her family that there were other options and other roles for them.

Out of high school, Chavez enrolled at Citrus College. A few months later, and financially strapped, she dropped out, defeated in the belief that she would never be able to afford the education she so desired.

For the next 2-3 years, Chavez worked various jobs to help support her family. In those years, though, Chavez learned of FAFSA and various other financial aid offers that many of her peers were already taking advantage of. So she re-enrolled at Citrus with a new sense of motivation to complete her education.

The path back to education was a rough one for Chavez. This second time around, Chavez was working two jobs, taking care of the family and taking classes. With

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so much on her plate, there was never enough hours in the day for her to successfully pass a class and so, Chavez was put on academic probation multiple times.

But not one to feel defeated again, Chavez told herself she needed to complete her education, for herself, for a better life and for her family.

What was your motivation from the rough beginnings at Citrus to now applying to universities?

My motivation is my passion for helping people. And that I want to pursue a better way of living and to make my parents proud. But my main drive is my need to help people. I want to help students who don’t have someone there to help them, like first generation students and undocumented students. I feel like there’s specific students who need extra help, who need someone to go the extra mile. I want to be example, of someone who people can look up to and say “If she did it, why can’t I?” I can’t imagine living my life NOT doing what I wanted.

I love Citrus College and I love everything that I do with the board and my job.

You currently work two jobs in addition to being a full-time student and a student trustee.

How do you find time for everything?

I don’t sleep. [laughs] I sleep for two hours a night. I drink a lot of coffee.

It all kinda falls together. I work at a wedding hall where my boss and coworkers are just genuinely amazing, humble people who just want to help. The environment is positive, friendly and fun, I love working there. I work during the weekends, Saturday and Sunday, with eight hour shifts usually. I also

work [at Citrus] in Dr. McDonald’s office and she is just the best boss ever.

How much longer do you have at Citrus?

This will technically be my last set of classes but to finish up the role of trustee I have to be here during the winter and the spring. I’m gonna take fun classes, classes I didn’t get to take. I want to learn more! [laughs] We’re doing this piece on Hispanic heritage and we wanted to know what does Hispanic heritage meant to you?

I think it means yes, the cultures and traditions make us up, but in terms of who we are internally, it’s not who we have to be. We can break all the boundaries and all these walls that we’re set to as Hispanics because, sometimes, we settle into our traditions. I feel like it’s more of an empowerment movement now, like astronaut Jose Hernandez who came here and spoke. He talked about the way he grew up the traditional way, but he was able to take that and use it as a drive to become someone better, to do a little more than what he was meant to do.

Is there an influential Hispanic, or Latina, that you draw inspiration from?

My mom. She’s a very strong woman who grew up super poor and couldn’t afford meat for dinner.

They barely had shoes or clothes and my mom was able to come here and be on her own at 17, started working hard and met my dad. She took so much pride in her job and she was able to support herself and her family and she is good at it!

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She chose a different life path and you find that inspirational?

I find it inspirational because it’s not what someone does, it’s the passion they do it with. And it made my mom happy. She loved organizing and cleaning, she had a passion for it.

She got up every day and loved going to work, something I could never understand when I was younger. She took me with her one time and I saw how she cleaned five to six houses every day, still having the energy to come home and cook for us, clean the house, tend to my dad and I don’t know where she got all that energy.

It obviously passed on to you!

I guess! But that’s manual labor too.

She would work eight hours, come home and cook for all eight of us, clean after, get all my brothers things ready for school in the morning the next day. You know, it’s ridiculous, I don’t understand it.

What inspired you to run for student trustee? Where you a part of student government before that?

I was not. I started talking to the ASCC members and realized I could do this. Originally, I was just supposed to run for a senator position, I thought that’s something easy I could do.

But then, I was told by a friend to run for trustee and I thought “I could never do that, I don’t think so.” Then I thought and told myself “Wait, why don’t I think I can do this?” I decided not to limit myself and went for it.

How have you been enjoying your time now as student trustee?

It has been amazing! Especially working with all the board members.

They’re so supportive and being involved in the Strategic Plan, is how I developed my mentorship program.

I have a year to increase enrollment from continuation schools and provide data to prove that this works so it can potentially be expanded to other continuation schools. I wouldn’t have been able to do that without being the student trustee. That and the opportunity to provide information to undocumented students about studying abroad, so they know they can. I know so much about all the ways I can help students out because of my involvement in the board. L OCT 2016 | LOGOS | 51

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orn in Glendora and raised in Azusa by two hard working parents, Vanessa Salinas always had a penchant for helping others. Salinas spent all four years in high school involved with student government ensuring that the voice of the students she represented were heard.

During her last years in high school, Salinas thought she would combine her passion to help others with her love of children to become a preschool teacher. But once she registered at Citrus, she thought she might help children even more by being a pediatric nurse. So Salinas enrolled in 2013 majoring in biology and forwent joining student government in college knowing that her classes would require intense studying. But two years later, Salinas couldn’t stay away any longer and chose to join student government again. It wasn’t until a chance summer class that Salinas decided to add a second major to her college career in hopes that she can expand her reach in helping others.

What’s your major?

Biology and sociology. I started out as a bio major because I wanted to do nursing, then I took Contemporary Social Problems over the summer and said “Wow, the world is super messed up.” And that led me to taking more sociology and psychology classes.

I already did all my bio and figured might as well use both when I apply next month for schools!

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What inspired you to run for ASCC president?

All through high school, I was involved in student government. So, the first semester I was here, I signed up and never went to go get interviewed, because I wanted to adapt to college life and figured out what I was doing.

After a couple of semesters, I figured I just needed to do it and be involved.

How much longer do you have at Citrus?

My last semester is in spring, so I’m applying to CSULB, CSUSB, UCLA. I want to have my options open, rather than set my heart on one school, not get in and have nothing to fall back on.

How did you find the transition from being on the board from this year to last year?

It was different, because with Juniper, she always had something to do for us and there was only four of us doing all the work and when I became president, I knew everyone was going to be doing work and knew what their purpose was on the board.

What is your job, for those who don’t know what being the ASCC president entails?

It’s a lot of planning, a lot of going to meetings and you have to have the guts to be able to speak up, because there are a lot of issues the faculty and the higher ups will talk about but they make assumptions about the students and assume they’re uninformed. So, you have to be able to stand up for the students, give your perspective and let them know where we’re coming from, the issues and challenges of being a full time student with a full time job, kids, coming back from a long break, all of that.

How much time do you spend here on campus?

My whole life. [laughs] On Mondays, I get here at 10 AM and don’t leave until seven and I’m always running from meeting to meeting or class to class, so I’m here a lot.

Weekly, I’m here about 30 hours.

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VANESSA SALINAS 21, Biology and Sociology major Heritage: Mexican-American

With your role as president, is this something you want to take into your career?

Politics are not my favorite. I just love being involved with students and planning events for them. I’d love to be a social worker.

What does Hispanic heritage mean to you?

To be proud of where you come from, because a lot of people forget. They try to readjust to what society thinks is okay and they don’t want to push boundaries or offended anyone and I’m like “No, this is who you are, show them your culture.”

Where are your parents from? Did they grow up here or are they from somewhere else?

Did your Mexican heritage have a strong influence on you growing up?

My grandpa did a lot of the planning for the city he lived in, Cortijo Nuevo, and he was also involved in the community. I feel a little bit rubbed off on me!

Did you have any influential Hispanic or Latina role models you looked up to?

My grandma, I think she had like five or seven kids. My grandpa died when I was five, so she took over and took care of everything on her own and I saw her being strong and thought “If she can take care of the ranch, that makes her strong.” So, it was really empowering to see a woman in that role. L

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Immerse yourself a little more in the culture through the food and art of Hispanic people. Here are our top suggestions to get you started in experiencing the culture.

Artes Craving some Latin art and culture? Check out these amazing museums

Los Angeles County Museum of Contemporary Art BRONCOS GRILL EXPRESS

Comidas On a quest to find delicious food that celebrates the culture? My quest for the best tacos, burritos, enchiladas, nachos and more led me to these awesome local restaurants.

Larios Meat Market

19004 E. Arrow Hwy Covina, CA 91722 (626) 838-1404 Mostly known for pre-marinated meat handmade and ready to take home and grill, Larios also offers tacos, burritos and nachos, ready to consume. The carne asada is delicious, the best I’ve ever had. This is definitely the top of my list.

Mauricio’s Mexican Food

2256 E. Route 66 Glendora, CA 91741 (626) 963-7515 Best wet burrito I have ever consumed. The meat is tender, the cheese is perfectly melted. I could have eaten

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a ton, provided my stomach allowed me. My lunch time stop was a memorable one, one that I’ve recommended to friends and family.

Broncos Grill Express 960 E. Badillo St Covina, CA 91724 (626) 332-4488

A friend told me to get the shrimp tacos. Don’t be put off by the sport’s bar facade.

The shrimp tacos are delicious. Plus, you can catch the game and grab some beers. That’s a win-win-win if I ever heard of one.

Zendejas Mexican Restaurant 665 W Arrow Hwy San Dimas, CA 91773 (909) 592-6762

This place is legendary.

Known by the locals for years as a bar dedicated to the Rams and owned by a former member of the Rams, Zendejas is the spot to grab a bite and watch the game.

I went during lunch and I definitely recommend the taco bar. Delicious food and good company, this place is a cultural hub. - Ian Thorn

5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 857-6000 www.lacma.org Admission: Free - weekdays after 3pm Since 1961, LACMA continues to be dedicated in bring art from all different cultures and time periods. Currently they have an exhibit featuring Mexican film director, Guillermo Del Toro; a collection of art from both his films and personal life.

Latino Art Museum

281 S. Thomas St., Ste #105 Pomona, CA 91736 (909) 620-6009 www.lamoa.net Located in the arts district of Pomona, the Latino Art Museum is under the direction of Citrus Alumna, Graciela H. Nardi. During October, this museum will be featuring three artists: Jorge Artus, Mario Paublo, and Cindy Mayoral. Visit the museum for free during the Pomona Art Walk, October 8th.

Founded in 1966, MOLAA is the only museum dedicated solely to contemporary and modern Latin art. On view, Oct. 12 - Dec. 2, is MOLAA’s “Poderosas Para Siempre”, a Día de los Muertos exhibit focusing on the celebration of women, both past and present.

Los Angeles Plaza de Cultura y Artes 201 N. Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 542-6200 www.lapca.org Admission: Free

LA Plaza provides visitors a unique experience in Mexican and Mexican-American art and culture with interactive exhibits and programs in addition to traditional fine arts. This month, Peloteros in Paradise: A Los Angeles Béisbol Story, looks into the history of baseball and the Mexican-American community in Southern California through historical photographs, paintings and sports memorabilia. - Vidal Espina

The Museum of Latin American Arts 628 Alamitos Ave. Long Beach, CA 90802 (562) 437-1689 www.molaa.org Admission: Free - Every Sunday

ART OF MARIO PAUBLO ON DISPLAY AT THE LATIN ART MUSUM

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MASTER OF HORROR Guillermo del Toro’s films are nothing short of dark fantasy genius.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, del Toro began experimenting with his father’s Super 8 camera at the age of eight, making short films with Planet of the Apes action figures. He enrolled in the Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Cinematograficos in Guadalajara. He then went on to study under Dick Smith, who provided makeup and special effects for films such as “The Godfather,” “The Exorcist” and “Taxi Driver.”

After forming his own effects company, Necropia, he was given $30 million by Miramax to fund the shooting of the film Mimic, a science fiction horror film about a killer strain of bugs that evolve and mimic their prey. He followed up with a string of successes, including comic book adaptations such “Blade II,” “Hellboy” and “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” and Spanish language dark fantasy films, such as “The Devil’s Backbone” and “Pan’s Labyrinth.”

SIDE PHOTO BY: IAN THORN DEL TORO PHOTO BY: GETTY IMAGES

Del Toro has become as big a name in American cinema as he is in Spanish-speaking countries.

Melding the best parts of classic occultism, alchemy and magic with an obsession with

horror author H.P. Lovecraft’s story telling and an Edgar Allen Poe like sense of mystery, his movies don’t fit in one category.

Walking into this exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was a nightmare come true. It features the artwork from films that played a large part in my obsession with the macabre.

Spanning all the way back to his first film Cronos in 1993 all the way up to 2015’s Gothic love story Crimson Peak, the exhibit featured props from his films, concept art, costumes, even del Toro’s own personal notebooks, filled with sketches and story ideas. Seeing the actual Judas Breed bug from Mimic was just as terrifying as seeing it for the first time on screen, not to mention the replication of del Toro’s Rain Room, a film effects trick that makes it seem, through lights in a window and sounds in the room, like it’s raining all the time in his very own Bleak House, his second home and work space, which houses his posters, props, collectibles and other memorabilia.

Other monstrous pieces were strew around the exhibit, such as a tribute to Frankenstein and Dr. Pretorious, various paintings, illustrations from the graphic novel “From Hell” and the comic “Hellboy” and a very special tribute to legendary creature effects designer, Ray Harryhausen.

If asked to pick a favorite part of the exhibit, my mind immediately goes to the occult section. Seeing del Toro’s designs, his notes and visions, mixed with the works of H.P. Lovecraft was thrilling. Two of my favorite artists, coming together in perfect harmony. Walking into the At Home With Monsters exhibit, I thought I knew all there was to know about my favorite director.

Instead, my curiosity was pushed and a new side of the legendary director was revealed to me. The exhibit is pricey, at $25 a person, plus $14 for parking at the LACMA parking lot across the way, but for fans of the mystical and dark, this visit is well worth the trip. The exhibit is on display from now, until November 27th of this year, from 10 AM - 7 PM daily. - Ian Thorn OCT 2016 | LOGOS | 55

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ispanic Heritage month, to me, is an opportunity to learn more about myself. Of all places where cultural barriers could exist, the worst is within a family. Growing up in a household that did not celebrate Hispanic traditions, I did not know I was of Mexican decent until I was in the third grade.

As a child I was excited to be a part of something larger than myself.

My favorite part of the day was after school, when my teacher would teach me a new word in Spanish. I’d rush to the car and tell my mom “I can say hot chocolate now. It’s chocolate caliente”.

My mom, who is of mostly German decent, was very supportive. She even taught me a few words in Spanish she had learned from being a critical care nurse. But my father, from whom I got my Hispanic blood, never spoke Spanish with me.

Maybe he never learned it either.

I couldn’t hold a conversation or formulate complex sentences, and while the language was something that excited me, at the time it didn’t seem all that important.

When my great-grandmother lay dying, I stood just a few inches from her, but I couldn’t understand anything she said. I tried to listen. I fidgeted. I tugged at the tattered padding of her hospital bed until it tore off in my hand. I squeezed that black foam, desperately wanting to say something to the family member I never got to know.

Today I greatly regret not learning Spanish.

I didn’t know what to say to her then, but if I had the chance now, I would want to hear her journey in her own words. I would ask what my grandpa was like growing up, how she managed to raise nine children, and what living in Mexico was really like.

If given the chance to speak to her I would study relentlessly.

I intend to enroll in Spanish classes and if I learn to speak the language well enough I will teach it to my future children.

Heritage has always been a touchy subject with my father, I assume because of his bad experiences dealing with prejudice people in school and the workplace, but I still wish I had been introduced to some of the culture.

Culture unites people and gives them a sense of belonging, It helps us reflect on who we are. Knowing that I have a larger family out there makes me hope to find my roots, better understand my family history, and hopefully be accepted by my Mexican relatives, despite my being only one-fourth Hispanic.

I’m still ignorant to the customs and traditions of Mexico, but I am starting small by learning how to properly celebrate Dia de los Muertos this year.

I plan on going to the Latinos Unidos Student Association’s “Day of the Dead” celebration on Nov 2nd on campus.

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A wealth of art, tradition and stories is lost to me, although they were prevalent in my ancestors’ lives.

I am grateful that Sept 15 through Oct15 is dedicated to celebrating and educating Hispanic culture not only because it relates to my family, but because it encourages everyone to see into other cultures and appreciate their own.

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