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WEDNESDAY MARCH 21, 2012 - SANTA MONICA COLLEGE

Marine Gaste Corsair

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People walk in front of Margaret Lazzari’s oil on canvas titled “Letting Go” (1999) at the 6th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk on Saturday, March 17, 2012 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Lazzari’s art is part of the “Breaking in Two: Provocative Visions of Motherhood” exhibit.

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 21, 2012 - SANTA MONICA COLLEGE

W h a t ’ s t h e d e a l w i t h Ye l p ?

Mai Sims Staff Writer

Yelp, a business review site, is renowned by consumers who use the online outlet to review just about anything; but this site has its limitations, and can be potentially damaging to businesses who have little or no control over the accuracy of the content posted by its users.

Alessandra Catanese, an SMC student, was stunned when she learned that Roxy DeCou, a local psychotherapist she visits, was allegedly having her business destroyed by a flood negative reviews posted on Yelp. “My heart was broken that somebody would say such terrible things about her,�

Catanese said.

According to Yelp, approximately 20 million people turn to the San Francisco based site before deciding on a vast number of consumer decisions, like where to go for a good meal, sign up for a gym membership, or where to get the best deal on a new car.

According to a statement by Catanese, she went on the Yelp website to take a look at DeCou’s reviews, and was surprised to find that her positive reviews had been filtered out.

Catanese contacted DeCou only to realize that the psychotherapist was in the midst of a battle against Yelp, who she claims posted negative reviews first and filtered away the positive ones after she refused to advertise with them. “Yelp has got you by the balls,� DeCou said. “I have not been sitting still. I’ve tried everything; I can’t defend myself and I can’t make myself disappear.�

According to DeCou, Yelp contacted her a few months ago, and requested that she advertise with them. When DeCou declined Yelp’s proposal, damaging reviews allegedly appeared among the first reviews on her Yelp page, and her positive ones were filtered out. “I’ve tried very hard to figure out how

their filtering system works,� Catanese said. “Yelp is no help. It seems like they don’t want her to prosper, unless she pays them for advertising.�

Yet DeCou was determined to get to the bottom of the matter. She did her own research in order to try and figure out who posted the allegedly fake reviews.

Decou discovered that a certain “Dr. Acula,� who reviewed her on Yelp, had never even been a patient of hers.

In fact, he was a man who had dated her daughter years ago, and may have bore a grudge against her.

Dr. Acula denies DeCou’s claims of his posting a fake negative review to get back at DeCou. Dr. Acula told The Corsair that both DeCou and her daughter used their knowledge of psychology as an instrument to tear him down.

According to Dr. Acula, his personal relationship with DeCou is “irrelevant,� and was not factored into the negative review. “It’s just one review,� Dr. Acula said. “ I had my opinion in the review and my interpretation of her behavior. I guess the review was really effective, because she said that my review destroyed her business.�

DeCou’s Yelp page has a total of 23 reviews with 16 of the 23 reviews filtered out by Yelp. A majority of them are generally positive, bringing the average to four stars for DeCou’s Yelp page.

A person wishing to see DeCou’s other reviews must click a link at the bottom of DeCou’s Yelp page. The link directs the prospective client to another page, which reveals 14 positive reviews out of the 16 that were initially hidden.

DeCou believes this to be a business scheme from Yelp in order to force businesses to advertise with them.

This is not the first time Yelp has been accused of questionable business practices.

In 2010, a veterinary clinic in Long Beach filed a class action lawsuit against Yelp.

The clinic claimed that negative reviews suddenly appeared after they refused to advertise with Yelp. The case was initially tossed out, but in Appelate court the appeal was honored.

A similar scenario occurred in 2011 with a spa salon in Imperial Beach, San Diego.

The owner of the salon claimed that several positive reviews had mysteriously disappeared after he declined to advertise with Yelp.

Representatives at Yelp deny these allegations.

Kristen Whisenand, a senior public relations specialist at Yelp, told the Santa Monica Daily Press that, “users can check out any advertiser’s page on Yelp to see for themselves how our review filter works the same for advertisers and nonadvertisers alike.�

DeCou is still unsatisfied with Yelp’s statement and continues to reach out and help others who have been affected by Yelp. “It’s unfolding,� DeCou said. “I’m excited and scared. I am not the only little guy that can’t fight back.�

DeCou said that her Andy Riesmeyer Corsair business is getting back on Transformational therapist Roxy DeCou talks to The Corsair track due to word of mouth, from her Santa Monica office. DeCou claims that the online and that she hopes that the review website Yelp tried to extort her after she asked the negative reviews posted on her Yelp page will not bias company to remove negative reviews about her practice. people against her business.

As for Dr. Acula, he Despite these claims, there is a lengthy retracted his review. “I took down my Yelp positive review about DeCou’s practice by review because I received legal threats from L.H. of Topanga Canyon, Calif. that was her,� Dr. Acula said. “Then I received posted on Jan. 30, 2012, and currently threats from her daughter. I took them displays at the top of the list. down because I didn’t have time for this.�

SMC foundation fundraises LGBT scholarship Emilia Reyes Staff Writer In memory of Santa Monica College alumnus Monica Serratos, a $10,000 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender scholarship, the first of its kind at SMC, is being fundraised for eligible students. “She fought for gay rights,� said SMC counselor Jeff Gordon. “She cared about students of all populations and backgrounds.� According to Gordon, Serratos was the kind of person who “left long, lasting impressions on people.�

Serratos died last year after succumbing to cancer. She attended SMC in the ’90s and was AS Director of Publicity. According to former AS president Luis Barrera, she worked to have student clubs funded and was an advocate for youth rights.

Barrera and Gordon wish to honor Serratos’ leadership, honesty, and support for gay rights by raising a scholarship fund for LGBT students through the non-profit fundraising group, The Great SMC Bowla-thon. Gordon hopes the scholarship will commemorate her legacy for “caring and selfless humanistic work.�

The criteria of the scholarship have yet to be finalized, but some requirements are to be expected. According to Gordon, eligible SMC students will need to be in good academic standing with a minimum 2.5 GPA, be continuing students, and be active in the college community. “The student should be someone who embodies the spirit of the person it’s named after,� Gordon said. “It’s not just about academics.�

Funding for the $10,000 scholarship will be acquired through private donations made to The Great SMC Bowl-a-thon website. The raised funds will be attributed to the SMC Foundation, a platform through which private donations are made

for the benefit of the SMC community. “A $10,000 endowment would give $500 in perpetuity,� said Charles A. Potts, Jr., Associate Director /CFO and Interim Exec. Director of SMC Foundation.

According to Potts, SMC receives government subsidy, but not the SMC Foundation. Scholarship funding comes from private gifts given by corporations and members of the community who wish to contribute to the success of higher public education. “The Foundation receives private gifts ranging from $1-1.5 million every year,�

Potts said. “This year, we’re close to half a million in scholarship money, which is a bit better than last year’s amount.�

SMC currently offers about 350 to 400 scholarships with a perpetuity range of $250 to $2,000, according to Potts. In addition to giving students grants, the SMC Foundation gives faculty members “mini-grants� to help fund needs for class equipment, among others. The grants offered to faculty members are called “Margins of Excellence.�

Potts stated that “Margins of Excellence� provide for “equipment and programming, which supports and enhances both the teaching and learning experience with a direct impact and involvement with students.�

SMC Bowl-a-Thon will be organizing a bowling competition on March 24 for the purpose of raising funds for scholarships such as the Monica Serratos LGBT Scholarship. One hundred and ninety dollars has been raised as of last Monday.

Gordon hopes to receive around $3,000 in donations on the day of the Bowl-aThon event. The foundation aims to raise $10,000 by next November to make the scholarship available to eligible students by 2013.

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Santa Monica new tech business start-ups to beneďŹ t SMC Chavi Gourarie Staff Writer At night, Santa Monica is home to nearly 90,000 residents, and the ocean waves seem louder than the freeway traffic. By day, the population increases rapidly, and Santa Monica swells with beach-happy tourists, groan-worthy traffic, and SMC students.

In recent years, the number of techrelated businesses contributing to the traffic and the general commotion in Santa Monica has increased considerably, and the trend continues.

Tech giants such as Yahoo, Google, and Sony are establishing offices in Santa Monica. They bring along engineers and designers, and open the door for new job opportunities for the Santa Monica community. At the annual State of the City event on Jan. 26, Santa Monica Mayor, Richard Bloom, told the city, “Today, we are not Santa Monica; we are Silicon Beach and Tech Coast.�

Santa Monica College President and Superintendent, Dr. Chui L. Tsang,

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predicts the rise of tech businesses in Santa Monica is exciting to the future of SMC. According to Tsang, the relationship between the college and the tech scene in Santa Monica is synergetic. “We are a part of the infrastructure,� Tsang said.

According to Tsang being near a robust tech economy benefits the school. Many staff members at SMC come from or are still active in the tech industry. They bring along their knowledge on the most upto-date skills and information on newest technologies.

SMC’s Academy of Entertainment and Technology curriculum prepares students with the skills required to work in a tech-based economy. AET offers courses in the intersection of media and technology, in fields such as animation, game development, post-production, and graphic design.

In addition to students who are just beginning a higher education, AET serves

professionals who are already in the tech business, but wish to upgrade their skills and master new technologies.

Tsang states that the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce have been working hard to make Santa Monica hospitable to tech companies.

SMC alumnus and creator of Coloft—a company that offers an office space geared for people doing tech related work in Santa Monica—Avesta Rasouli says that the rise of tech businesses is an organic process.

Rasouli believes a tech-based economy will flourish where there is talent, funding, and community.

According to Rasouli, Coloft was less a business venture than a chance to foster a community of entrepreneurs. “I wanted to be around people smarter than me,� said Rasouli. Today, Coloft has become a startup incubator that is central to the flourishing tech business startups in Santa

Monica.

Between tech giants like Google and pintsized startups like Coloft, Santa Monica is also home to emerging and growing companies like EdgeCast, a content delivery network, and Riot Games, a browser-based game developer. These companies employ hundreds of engineers, raise millions in funding, and have experienced tremendous growth over the last year, according to the Riot Games and Edgecast websites.

The Los Angeles Times reported on the State of the City event last January that Google’s Irvine office in Southern California will move to a larger space in Venice.

Venice Town Hall has a panel discussion scheduled for April, titled “The Emergence of Silicon Beach,� and will include representatives from Venice-based tech companies such as JibJab, Google, and Digital Domain, according to Laist.com.

While the Dream Act Bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last October made it easier for undocumented students to get state-funded scholarships, the Dream Peer Counseling Project will help undocumented students manage their social and emotional needs.

According to the Dream Resource Center website, undocumented students experience a substantial level of anxiety and stress due to their growing up in an American culture that is highly outspoken and often negative about illegal immigration.

Kent Wang, director of UCLA MSW program, explained that students’ psychological health can be affected by their fear of deportation. “They’re coming home each day not knowing whether their parents are going to be there when they get home, or whether they would themselves get picked up and get deported,� Wang said.

The Dream Peer Counseling Project is a program that will provide a safe environment in which the undocumented

youth can address their day-to-day mental health needs.

The Dream Resource Center website states that “the project’s mission is to offer an environment that promotes communal support, collective healing and selfempowerment, where students can discuss their ongoing stressors and successes, and offer professional referrals when necessary.�

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and The Dream Research Center collaborated to present the new project at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center last Tuesday.

During the project presentation event, three graduated students shared their experiences on what it is like to grow up as an undocumented child and student in the U.S. According to UCLA graduate, Imelda Plascencia, she had to deal with depression and a constant fear of her or one of her family members being deported.

Plascencia described, “being constantly

scared of what is to come.�

Plascencia said that her participation in the development of DPCP gave her hope and helped her regain strength. “Being part of this project was part of my healing process,� Plascencia said. She later on stated that the undocumented community has a lot of strength, and the Dream Project will help foster that strength.

The DPCP is planning to provide various programs focusing in academics, job assistance, and psycho-educational workshops. The program will have social workers, counselors, psychologists, and educators in order to offer professional assistance to undocumented students.

The DPCP will also foster leadership development, educational opportunities, and resources for undocumented immigrants. DPCP’s mission to offer a full service program of support to the undocumented youth is supported by the California Community colleges system and other organizations that support undocumented students rights.

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 21, 2012 - SANTA MONICA COLLEGE

Prison budget destroying CA After winning approval by the state legislature, California Governor Jerry Brown is writing a $602 million check for reconstructing jails in 11 counties across California. This funding comes as county lock-ups are given the responsibility of incarcerating lower-level criminals that were previously up to state prisons to manage.

In the face of the enormous debt we’re in, California is leaving children and schools to fend for themselves while ridiculously large amounts of money are allocated towards county prisons. When the choice comes down to giving more money to state prisoners, or helping state citizens, the choice should be obvious.

California’s children, schools, and teachers are dealing with a sufficient amount of budget cuts, leaving them with decrepit books and extremely limited school supplies. They have been denied over $20 million even before mid-year and transportation cuts.

State legislators should not be able to

sleep in the wake of this decision, knowing schools across the counties are being hit with dire budget cuts and financial issues.

What are we supposed to think when prisons have become a higher priority than schools?

Children are being stuffed into classrooms and school buses daily. Some without books, some without transportation, and many without an after school activity to turn to – a recipe for even more future prisoners.

In hard economic times, why is prison such a high concern? The highest priority should be educating the state’s children to give them a better future, yet this state’s budget decision leaves our schools as little better than the prisons their students seem increasingly destined for.

This budget speaks to the worst qualities about our dysfunctional state. California infamously spends more on prisoners than students, and yet sees no results in reducing crime. At this point, it might just be better to release lower-level criminals

onto the streets – if prisons won’t reduce crime anyway, they might as well use the money to educate children and prevent future prisoners from brewing in our schools.

Californians need to have an adult conversation about the cost of maintaining our ever-growing prison system.

With every day that we discount the education of our children over the cost of maintaining our prisons, we set up a vast majority of our children to fail – and set up California for a vicious cycle of spending even more money on prisons and less on schools. Soon, we’ll just be shipping our children off to prison as soon as they are old enough, and skip school altogether.

Daylight savings: an unnecessary hassle Kyle Bittman has travelled through time, and he isn’t happy about it.

Actually, we all have. On March 11, clocks around the country “sprung forward” one hour – from 1:59 a.m. to 3 a.m. – beginning Daylight Savings Time (DST).

While some stayed in their beds, recuperating their missing hour, most took to the streets like any other day, more bleary-eyed and unaware than usual.

Bittman, a first-year student who works at a 24-hour restaurant and is prone to bizarre work schedules, admits that the switch took a toll on his performance, both on the road and in the workplace. “[The change] messed up my sleep schedule, I haven’t really been the same since,” he said.

And Bittman isn’t the only one behind on his beauty-sleep.

A 1996 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the amount of fatal car crashes significantly increases the week after the “spring forward,” and decreases after the “fall back” when the public gets an extra hour to sleep.

With a workforce that already struggles enough to get proper sleep, throwing this nighttime curveball every March is not only unnecessary, it’s dangerous.

According to Harvard medical studies, evidence suggests that disrupted sleep patterns were a factor of recent history’s largest disasters, including the ExxonValdez oil spill, the Challenger shuttle explosion, and the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown.

“Circadian rhythms are sacred,” says Suzanne Lenz, a psychotherapist who has treated patients with sleeping disorders.

In reality, it’s hard to quantify the effects of disrupted sleeping rhythms, because the possible consequences are so numerous and hard to pinpoint.

“I see a large number of patients who have trouble sleeping, who work odd hours

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and suffer because of it,” Lenz said. “This change does not help them at all.”

A product of World War One, DST was introduced to reduce nighttime energy consumption, a benefit that, has been effectively cancelled out by home airconditioning units and other cooling methods.

However, the crux of the argument is not against DST itself; a beach-going community like Santa Monica could turn militant if denied an extra hour of daylight to perfect their tan. Rather, the whole process of flip-flopping between standard time and DST should be abolished entirely, with states choosing to remain on one or the other permanently, according to regional needs.

Arizona has the right idea, choosing to not observe DST at all. A victim of record temperatures and blistering summer heat waves, they simply don’t need another hour of sunlight.

Conversely, California—home to major tourist hubs like L.A. and San Francisco— may benefit financially from a permanently extended day.

With no clock shifts, confusion will be minimal—no missed appointments, no shortened nights.

However, that’s an argument for another day; a longer and hotter day, for now.

One way or the other, the switch is a harm to society’s mental health that is not worth the supposed benefits. An hour may not seem like much to lose, but to people like Bittman, it can be an eternity.

“Whatever works,” he said. “As long as I get my sleep.”

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 21, 2012 - SANTA MONICA COLLEGE

Supplements, a gamble with your health Jay Be Brookman Staff Writer Recently, The Corsair reported on a new “inhalable caffeine” supplement. Many people’s immediate reaction is to wonder if such a product is safe—and for a good reason. The supplement industry has a dirty secret: Supplements are not subject to any kind of regulation for safety or efficacy at all.

Many SMC students take supplements for various reasons, such as to help their focus, have more energy, exercise harder, or prevent themselves from getting sick.

Students buy these supplements under the assumption that what they’re buying has passed a test to make sure it’s not harmful to their health, and that the product actually does what it claims.

Most people think that supplements are regulated for safety just like pharmaceutical medicines, but that is not true at all. How can this be?

In 1994, the Supplement Act created a false “supplements” category that lets companies sell products to the public and bypass the entire process of testing and regulation that the FDA requires of medicine, even though many supplements claim to act as medicine. Since then, the supplement industry has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry.

The Supplement Act gave carte blanche to any product that is called a “supplement,” as long as they put the following disclaimer on the packaging (which is usually found in tiny print that is difficult to see): “These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”

FDA approval requires that the medication be safe, effective, and actually do what it claims; that “what you see is what you get.” In other words, if a bottle of aspirin says that each tablet contains 100 milligrams of aspirin, that’s what it has.

In contrast, supplements can make just about any claim about their product, and their purity cannot be trusted. It could easily contain a sugar pill with no medicine in it at all.

Here is a telling example how dubious the medical claims can be. Try to guess which supplement is in the bottle with the following benefits printed on the label: Naturally derived; absolutely essential for a healthy life; promotes longevity; boosts the immune system, promotes healthy digestion and nutrient absorption; vital for proper organ function; supports healthy joints; key to proper liver function; improves cognitive mental function, concentration, creativity, and memory; male, and female, enhancement; increases energy, athletic performance, balance, and vitality; and helps support quality, restful sleep.

The answer? A bottle of water. They’re all true for water, and by that logic, these claims can be true for just about anything, making those claims on supplements meaningless.

It doesn’t help that many supplements are sold by companies that also sell real medicine. The illusion that the “all-natural” and “safe” supplements come from a small, caring “Mom & Pop” company is a clever marketing strategy to make a profit off of those who don’t trust pharmaceutical companies.

There are plenty of reasons to distrust the pharmaceutical industry - it is why we have the FDA. The system isn’t perfect, but between supplements and medication there’s clearly a smarter choice here: avoid supplements—at least the medication has been tested, and they both came from the same companies, anyway.

Kony 2012: revolutionary, misguided, or just a scam?

Talia Wilson Staff Writer Nine years ago, Jason Russell graduated from the University of Southern California after studying film and he was looking for a story to tell, according to an interview with the New York Times. What he got was Joseph Kony, a warlord that has allegedly kidnapped over 30,000 children in Uganda, turning girls into sex slaves and boys into soldiers for the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

He heard the horrors firsthand from a young Ugandan boy named Jacob Acaye, who escaped from Kony and his army after seeing them murder his brother.

After hearing Jacob’s story, Russell promised the boy that he would stop Kony and bring him to justice. On March 5, nine years later, Russell uploaded a thirty-minute film on YouTube about the horrors he had seen on his trip to Uganda, trying to bring visibility to his campaign, “Invisible Children.”

In an explosive show of social media power, the video had 80 million views within weeks of being posted. The video has generated more awareness in two weeks than diplomats and activists from around the world have been able to achieve in two decades.

“No one wants a boring documentary on Africa,” Russell said in the same interview. “Maybe we have to make it pop, and we have to make it cool.”

Unfortunately, “cool” is coming at the cost of accuracy – the film implies the LRA is using up to 30,000 children as soldiers, yet various recent reports suggest the total number of fighters in the army may be down to hundreds. However, the accuracy is the least of the film’s problems.

The campaign’s intention is to capture Kony and bring him to justice, an admirable cause – but not a well appreciated one. The campaign has been heavily criticized for focusing more on capturing Kony than trying to help the actual child soldiers.

“We would prefer the focus on the children and the funding going to the children, rather than focusing purely on a military solution,” said Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN SecretaryGeneral’s special representative for children and armed conflict, at a London media briefing, adding a reminder that many of Kony’s soldiers are themselves children. That would make a military solution sent to rescue children ultimately counterproductive.

The campaign against child soldiers has been subject to much criticism about its finances, as well.

Russell encouraged good-hearted Americans to join his cause by purchasing merchandise to make Kony internationally known and help bring him to justice – but it seems their money may not be helping Ugandans at all.

The Invisible Children blog page wrote that the non-profit organization spent over $8 million to make the film.

However, only 32% went to direct services in Uganda, while much of the rest was used on staff salaries, travel and film production, according to financial statements released by the organization.

It doesn’t help that Jason Russell was recently detained for public masturbation, vandalism, and public nudity, and is now receiving psychiatric care for “exhaustion.” Was he genuinely wrung out from activist efforts, or just partying on donations the video has brought him?

Between the finances, the intent, and the results, it seems like the video is a scam – at best, a very misguided effort that may just do more harm than good.

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Headache or migraine?

Vanessa Barajas Staff Writer Headaches are a common phenomenon of life. But how can you be sure that your exceedingly painful headache is not actually a migraine, and what can you do if you are a migraine sufferer?

A migraine is a neurological phenomenon and, like epilepsy, is categorized as a neurological disease, which involves the brain, spinal cord and nerves, according to the National Library of Medicine.

According to the Migraine Research Foundation, over 10 percent of the population, including children, experiences migraines.

“I get migraines pretty often,” says Santa Monica College student Rosie Reyes.

“Sometimes I’ll wake up with one in the morning, and it’ll last all day until I go to bed. If I hear someone shutting a door, the sound makes the side of my head feel like someone’s putting a ton of pressure on it.”

“Migraines are caused by irritability of electrical activity in the brain that leads, in most patients, to an increase in blood flow to part of the brain, which causes a pounding-type feeling,” says neurologist William G. Buxton, medical director at the Neurodiagnostics Lab of the UCLA-Santa Monica Neurological Associates.

Doctors often advise patients that if they feel like lying down in a quiet, dark room during a severe headache, they might be experiencing a migraine.

Tension headaches, not considered to be migraines, usually affect the head or neck, creating tension and sensitivity to either light or sound, but not both, according to Buxton.

“My headaches aren’t too severe,” says

SMC student Melanie Jimenez. “I’ll get them when I’ve been studying a lot, and I usually have to just stop what I’m doing and walk outside and get some air.”

During a tension headache, a person might experience mild-to-moderate pain, with a steady ache on both sides of the head that is distracting but not debilitating, according to a website by the Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health.

However, during a migraine, moderateto-intense debilitating symptoms frequently occur, such as intense pounding or throbbing localized on one side of the head, nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to

“MIGRAINE IS ITS OWN PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTITY.” light and sound. “[Each person’s] brain is chemically and genetically different,” says Buxton.

“Migraines are triggered by a combination of genes that predispose people to migraines and adjust their body chemistry.”

“Migraines can also have health risks with certain susceptible people,” says neurologist Verna R. Porter, chief of the Division of Neurology of the UCLA-Santa Monica Neurological Associates. “Certain parts of the population, particularly pregnant women and women taking birth control, can have a potential risk increase of vascular disease. Others also include anyone with a history of vascular disease, prior strokes, and people with autoimmune conditions.”

Parabens in cosmetics: harmless or hazardous?

Christina Sziatinszky Staff Writer It’s a cold, winter day. Your skin is dry, and your lips are cracked and peeling. You do what comes naturally. You pull out your lotion and lip balm for instant relief. But did you know that the products you are about to use most likely contain controversial chemical preservatives called parabens?

Although experts have reaffirmed the safety of parabens in cosmetics, there has been a growing concern about the potential adverse health effects that may result from exposure.

The Darbre Study, led by oncology expert Dr. Philippa Darbre in 2004, found chemical forms of parabens in 18 of 20 breast tumors tested. It indicated that the parabens originated from something applied to the skin, such as lotions, body sprays or deodorants.

According to “Advanced Natural Medicine,” a natural health newsletter, British researchers at Brunel University discovered in 1998 that parabens mimic

According to Buxton, if an individual experienced certain warning signs as a child, they may be more prone to migraines as an adult.

“A lot of times, patients who have had migraines had frequent vomiting spells as children, even when they weren’t particularly nauseated,” says Buxton.

“Motion sickness is also common in patients who often experienced it as a child, and began having migraines later in life as adults.”

Buxton describes the exact causes of migraines or headaches as chemical, and Porter explains that that they are triggered in the brain by a specific process.

“Migraine is its own physiological entity,” says Porter. “It tends to be triggered at

the hormone estrogen. High estrogen levels in females have been linked to breast disease, and in men, can lead to more body fat, lower muscle mass, and even the development of breasts.

The newsletter also claims that parabens can make skin appear older by accelerating the formation of wrinkles and age spots.

Continuous exposure to parabens in men may lead to reproductive damage, such as low sperm count and decreased testosterone levels, according to a 2002 study by the Department of Toxicology at the Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health.

“It is inconclusive whether parabens pose any real threat,” says SMC cosmetology professor, Julie Lim. “Personally, I don’t know of any [client] that has suffered from side effects from parabens in cosmetics.”

Yet, concerns about the safety of parabens in cosmetic products have prompted reviews by the Food and Drug Administration and

a brain stem level by abnormalities in the trigeminal nerve, altering levels of chemicals such as serotonin, an activating chemical in the brain.”

According to the Mayo Clinic, other migraine triggers include hormonal changes in foods, stress, sensory stimuli, changes in wake-sleep patterns, physical factors, changes in the environment, medications, and hormonal changes in women.

Despite recent developments in medicine, there is no magical procedure to treat this debilitating and painful neurological disease.

However, preventative and abortive medications are two options for migraine sufferers to consider.

Preventative medication is taken on a daily the Cosmetic Ingredient Review.

The FDA claims that that although parabens can act similarly to estrogen, they have been shown to have much less estrogenic activity than the body’s naturally occurring cycle. The FDA also states that cosmetic manufacturers may use any ingredient they choose, except for those that are prohibited by regulation.

The CIR, a panel of experts specializing in the study of chemicals used in cosmetic products, has been reviewing newly released data on the safety of parabens since 1984. On March 6, they released a report reaffirming that parabens are safe cosmetic ingredients.

“Preservatives have a place in cosmetics, but allergies should always be considered when choosing a product,” says Susan Ijames, an SMC cosmetology professor, who has been a licensed cosmetologist for over 40 years. “Parabens are used because most people are not allergic to the chemical source.”

Ijames explains that alternative preservatives, such as acid derived from vitamin E, can be used in cosmetics, but that each individual may react differently.

For example, vitamin E can come from olives, a natural source, but if a client is allergic to olives, then the synthetic version would be better for that person.

“Each client needs to be analyzed and product recommended on an individual basis,” Ijames says.

Several forms of parabens can often be found in skin and hair care products, including methyl, ethyl, propyl, isobutyl, butyl, and benzyl.

“Most cosmetics are FDA-approved,” says Ijames. “But one still needs to analyze the ingredients to ensure optimum benefit for the purposes for which they were intended.”

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basis in order to get control of migraine intensity, severity and frequency.

“Preventative medication is long-term therapy, and can be used by people for weeks, months, sometimes longer,” says Porter. “Some people are on preventative [medication] indefinitely.”

Abortive medication is used at the time of the pain to lessen the feeling.

These medications include triptan-based medications such as Imitrex and Maxalt, and anti-inflammatory medications like Naproxen and Advil.

Triptans, which address the process of events that lead to migraines, are aimed to help rebalance the deficient serotonin levels that can lead to the physical pain of migraines.

However, if abortive medications are used too frequently, immunity can result, which can ultimately lead to more headaches as the body gets used to the medicine.

“There is something called medication overuse headache,” says Buxton. “If a person takes the medication to relieve their headaches more than once a week, they are at risk for getting more headaches because the brain becomes accustomed to the medication and headaches trigger more easily.”

Consistent use of medications containing caffeine, such as Excederin Migraine, is known to promote medication overuse headache.

Porter and Buxton both recommend that college students eat and sleep as consistently as they can, go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, take a nap during the day instead of sleeping in, have small frequent meals, exercise, and minimize caffeine consumption.

Almost every cosmetic line uses the preservative, but shoppers with the patience to look through ingredient lists can discover certain products that do not. Also, a growing number of products are now being labeled and marketed as “paraben-free.”

The commonly used lip balm Chapstick contains methylparaben and propylparaben, but Green by Nature lip butters, and organic varieties such as EOS and Softlips, do not contain the preservative.

“Organic products could be better, but not necessarily always safer,” says Lim. Burt’s Bees is a paraben-free brand that consists of lotions, cleansers, lip balms, shampoos, conditioners, and even toothpaste. These products are created with natural ingredients, and are free of harsh chemicals.

Some paraben-free lotions include Euracin Original Healing, Nivea Essentially Enriched, and Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion. Fragranced lotions from Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works, as well as products by Jergens and Olay, commonly contain parabens.

Certain facial cleansers by Clearasil Ultra, Noxzema and Neutrogena are paraben-free, whereas Clean & Clear Morning Burst, Clearasil Daily Clear, and Oxy Maximum Face Wash all include one or more forms of the preservative.

Most hair products by Garnier Fructis, Pantene Pro-V, Suave Professionals, and Head & Shoulders are paraben-free, while many shampoos by Kerastase and Bed Head have parabens.

“I recommend products that have a minimal list of ingredients, use natural resources if possible, and have a specific purpose,” says Ijames.

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Runners lined up for the 26.2 mi “Stadium to the Sea” course just befor 7 a.m. The runners were preparin to run in the Los Angeles Marathon which started at Dodger Stadium in Elysian Park, cutting throug Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Echo Par and Silver Lake, and past famou landmarks such as the Hollywood Wa of Fame, Grauman’s Chinese Theatr Sunset Strip, and Rodeo Drive befor finishing in Santa Monica.

20-year-old Fatuma Sado of Ethop won first place overall in the women race and pulled ahead of the eli runners in mile seven to post he personal best of 2:15:39.

“I am successful running marathon because I train with the elite Ethiopia marathoners,” Sado told reporters afte the race.

Simon Njoroge of Kenya, 31, finishe first in the men’s race and clocked time of 2:12:12, just 3 minutes sh of his record time, and at the pre conference following the event, h thanked God “for giving him th opportunity.”Rain had been foreca for the event, but runners enjoyed a dr Sunday morning with the only obstac being the temperature, that dipped t 46 degrees before the start of the rac and the wind coming in West from th Pacific Ocean.

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Andy Riesmeyer Staff Writer Among the runners was Santa Sunday, ran to benefit the Blind Monica College student Chris Tripp, Children’s Center in Los Angeles. So who finished the marathon in 4:28:15. far he’s raised over $77,000, according “It was an overall success,” Tripp said. to the center’s website.

“I paced well and the people around Meyer ran his first marathon in 1978 me were so positive and supportive in before suffering partial paralysis after helping me get to the finish.” an accident in 1989. Following surgery Tripp, who had been training for and a four-year recovery period, he 18 weeks, said his first marathon was regained his ability to run. “It’s about more than just a physical exercise. having fun now; if I get tired out there, “The mental and emotional strength I think about all of the kids who have it gave me was profound,” Tripp said. it way worse than me, and that’s what “Completing a marathon gave me keeps me going,” Meyer said. patience and confidence that I didn’t Christian Alvarado, 26, completed have before.” his 11th marathon on Sunday, despite Honda, the namesake sponsor of the being legally blind and diabetic. marathon, awarded a total purse prize Alvarado was able to negotiate the of $110,000 between the top 5 men’s landmark course’s obstacles with the and women’s winners. Both first place help of guide runner Tania Gongora winners in the gender contests, Sado and a shoelace that tethered them and Njoroge, received the keys to a together.

2012 Honda CRV, in addition to their Together, they ran for an education prizes. charity called the Fulfillment Fund, Sado crossed the finish line first, and which gives financial aid to low-income because she beat the challenge, was students in Los Angeles. awarded an additional $100,000 by “I want to show people that they can Honda, upping her monetary take do anything,” Alvarado said. “So many home prize to $125,000. people are sitting at home being lazy, Sunday’s race was the 27th edition and I want to show them nothing is of the marathon and was expected to impossible.” raise over $3 million through associated Alvarado clocked in with a time of charities.

9:13:53.

Larry Meyer of Glendale, who Col. Justin Gaertner and Sgt. Gabriel competed in his 59th marathon on Martinez, two Marines who lost their

legs serving in Afghanistan in 2010, competed in the race together using hand-crank cycles. Martinez finished with a time of 2:03:11.

Both Marines were joined by a group of 25 other wounded Marines that were sponsored by the Achilles Freedom Team, an organization aimed to assist wounded vets’ goals to compete in marathons.

Martinez, who had competed in a 5K the Saturday before the marathon using prosthetic legs, said that his goal was to eventually compete in a triathlon.

Actor Sean Astin, famous for roles in the movies The Goonies and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, also participated in Sunday’s marathon. The actor took to Twitter to promote his “Run3rd” campaign that urges people to talk actively about issues they care about.

According to the marathon’s website, 18,840 participants finished Sunday’s race, placing it in the top five largest marathons in the United States.

Due to its size and popularity, the Los Angeles Marathon played a large role in snarling traffic for all who decided not to participate in the event that spanned multiple cities linked together in one massive racing event.

“I’m addicted, I have to do it again,” said Tripp. “But first I’ve got to rest a little.”

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1) Elite women runners on the course.

2) Runners on the course.

3) Student Run LA participants wait in Dodger Stadium before the start of the marathon.

4) Wheelchair competitors warm up on the course before the start marathon.

5) Runners get a pace update.

6) Simon Njoroge finishes with a time of 2:12:12 to take first place in the men’s race.

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Cell phone dependence sparks nomophobia epidemic That familiar feeling of panic that accompanies the frantic search for a missing cell phone now has a name: “Nomophobia.”

If you tend to compulsively check your phone for new messages, and grow fearful when your cell phone is not at hand, then you might be part of the growing population that suffers from nomophobia, or “no mobile-phone phobia.”

A recent study by SecurEnvoy, an internet security firm, found that two-thirds of the 1,000 people questioned were afflicted by nomophobia.

“SecurEnvoy concluded that people value and manage their mobile phones more so than a token; to the point that many of us do suffer with nomophobia—the anxiety of being away from your mobile,” according to the company’s website.

The study also found that nomophobia primarily affects younger people.

“I think people freak out when their phones are missing because they are so expensive,” says Santa Monica College freshman Ivette Ocampo. “It’s like walking around with $300 in your pocket. Of course people are going to check to see if they’ve been robbed. It’s a real liability, having a phone.”

“But I do think that people are becoming a little too dependent on their phones,” says Ocampo. “We live in a technological era, and I believe that in some ways, it’s a bad thing. I see kids that are so spaced out because they don’t do anything but use their phones. They don’t engage in their natural surroundings like they should.”

Other people believe that cell phones are

more of an asset than a liability.

“I’d be completely lost without my phone,” says Wendy Andrade, a 20-yearold SMC student.

“I’d feel like I was disconnected from the world. It keeps me connected to all my friends. I can text, Facebook, IM, and even tweet.

On top of that, it has my schedule, my music, and all my important contacts.”

Although mobile phones have made it easier to keep in contact with people, some argue that they create an inverse effect on direct human contact.

“Our evolved Ji Yoon Kim texts on his cell phone while eating at the SMC cafeteria. human nature is to be a helpful tool, but also may create be social, and cell phones are a technological advancement distractions.

“The majority of cell phone use by an that helps us become more social in an indirect way,” says SMC psychology average college student is completely professor David Phillips. “But sometimes I frivolous in nature, and not productive at see people at dinner together, using their all,” says Phillips. “This distracts people phones, not even paying attention to the from possibly doing other things that could be a whole lot more productive.” person right in front of them.”

Experts in the field of psychology such as Cell phones have the potential to

Dr. Anahid Jewett lectures SMC on fighting cancer with science Faye Crosswhite Staff Writer At around 11 a.m. last Tuesday, students, professors, and fellow scientists began to fill a Santa Monica College science hall in anticipation of Dr. Anahid Jewett’s lecture on her groundbreaking cancer research.

Debbie Lincow, a biochemistry major at SMC, skipped a chemistry club meeting to attend.

“There are only two or three of these scientist lectures, so I usually try to go to most of them,” said Lincow, who hopes to make a career out of cancer research.

Jewett, an associate professor at UCLA, and an active member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has dedicated her career to studying the reasons behind the deactivation of immune cells, or natural killer cells, when in contact with cancerous cells.

Despite the fact that the human body is already predisposed to fight off various cancers, for reasons that are still unknown, natural killer cells can become deactivated when they come into contact with cancerous cells.

Once people reach age 70, anywhere from 33 to 50 percent will be diagnosed with some kind of cancer, according to Jewett. This staggering statistic has fueled

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Phillips commonly advise cell phone users to utilize their devices intermittently, so as not to become dependent.

“There is definitely a balance in the way one uses their phone,” says Phillips. “I believe that you could turn your phone on for an hour in the mornings, turn it back off, then go and check it again in the evening.”

her resolve to find answers on the cellular level.

As she discussed the most common types of cancers in the U.S., including respiratory, digestive, breast, genital, and urinary cancers, Jewett noted that “we can’t change the genes, but we can change our exposure” to these diseases.

Though cancer is thought to be hereditary in many cases, 90 percent of cancer diagnoses are considered a direct result of environmental risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, diet, stress, physical inactivity, and the abuse of common over-the-counter medications. Colon cancer, for example, has been positively treated in animal studies by making diet changes.

Understanding the complexities of cancer, Jewett seeks to fight the disease through comprehension and manipulation of natural killer cells that occur inherently within the body. “[Natural killer cells are] known for their ability to kill tumors and infected cells, and they shape the numbers and functions of healthy and transformed stem cells,” Jewett said.

Jewett and her team have found success when manipulating these natural killer cells with treatments of Interleukin-2, a naturally occurring protein that promotes the growth of white blood cells in the body.

Though much of Jewett’s research and development has been focused on oral cancer cells, she believes that her methods could work in other areas of the human cellular system as well.

If Jewett and her team can continue to manipulate natural killer cells to boost the body’s immune response to cancerous invaders, then the discovery of a cure may be possible. After all, a healthy immune system, Jewett noted, leads to a healthy body.

Linda Konde Corsair UCLA professor Dr. Anahid Jewett listens to questions by students following her lecture about cancer cells at the Distinguished Scientist Lecture on March 13.

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Daniel Dokter Staff Writer My scents were activated as the aromas of lemon, mint, Italian parsley, and caramelized onions were mixed together in a deliciously aromatic concoction. As guest chef and author Linda Civitello demonstrated how to make a basic yet exceptional meal, a man in the crowd asked, “Where can I find the recipe?”

Civitello replied: “There is no recipe,” and that her meal was easy to make without measurements or complex tools.

Civitello would go on to explain that one can use different ingredients and go by the same concept; just mix and match the vegetables.

The Gourmandise School of Sweets and Savories is responsible for weekly cooking demonstrations by guest chefs or authors that start with a walking tour of the adjacent Santa Monica Farmers’ Market on Third and Arizona. The market will in turn donate produce to cement its involvement and support in the community. Coowner of the school, Clemence Gossette, explained that she and her partner, Hadley Hughes, try to host at least three of these kinds of classes per month.

Claire Soley, a recent graduate of Santa Monica College, is now an assistant chef at the school. At this particular demo, she was assisting Civitello by chopping some of the vegetables and providing necessary tools to prepare the day’s meal.

“Italian food is not Italian food as most of you know it, it has been ‘Americanized,’” Chef Civitello explained to the class.

Joseph Adamo Corsair Food historian, chef and author, Linda Civitello shops at the Santa Monica Farmers Market for the Gourmandise School’s “Follow that Chef” series on March 14. Civitello examines a cardoon (a type of Mediterranean vegetable) for her cooking demonstration at the Gourmandise School.

“Spaghetti does not traditionally have meat in it, it is served simply with spaghetti noodles and sauce,” she added as everyone chuckled.

Civitello’s book, “Cuisine & Culture: A History of Food & People,” was published

Corsair Calendar “Green Party Music Benefit” Music benefit hosted by Mike Malinin, (drummer for “The Goo Goo Dolls”) Green party member and environmentalist. Long line-up of acts include Glen Phillips, Toad the Wet Sprocket, John Rzeznik and many more.

March 22 @ 7p-10p Location: V Lounge, 2020 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica Tickets: $10 Contact: http://bit.ly/musicbenefit “Arsenic & Old Lace” theater production SMC production of Joseph Kesselring’s classic black comedy. Widely acclaimed since its opening on Broadway in 1941.

March 23 – April 1 Fridays and Saturdays @ 8p Sundays @ 2p (extra showing at 2p on Sat. 3/31) Location: Theater Arts Main Stage 1900 Pico Blvd. on SMC campus Tickets: $11 - $16 Contact: (310) 434-4319 or go to www. smc.edu/theatre Parking is free on Friday evenings and weekends *Special preview will be held Thur. 3/22 for $8 “Health, Wellness, & the Pursuit of Happiness”

Art Department Student Exhibit Compilation of Students’ works focused on SMC’s Annual Global Initiative Theme- “Health, Wellness, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

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Tickets: free admission Contact: (310) 434-4289 or go to www. smc.edu/photo/events_newsletter/events. html “Who Bombed Judi Bari” Documentary 93-minute Documentary about the “Earth First!” organizer, Judi Bari. Bari was badly injured in a car bomb in 1990 and was falsely accused of setting the bomb off herself. SMC film professor Sheila Laffey worked as executive producer on the film. Q&A discussion to follow up the screening.

March 27 – March 28 @ 7:30p Location: Laemmle’s Santa Monica, 1312 Second St. in Santa Monica Tickets: donations only Contact: (213) 595-1155 or go to www. whobombedjudibari.com

in a third edition last March and explores the ways history has shaped the food we eat today.

The ingredients Civitello used included lemons, Italian parsley, mint, cardoon (often used as filler in flower arrangements-

big, purple, fuzzy flowers), asparagus, eggs, artichoke (hearts only), and an awardwinning goat’s milk cheese made by “Redwood Hills Farm.” Each ingredient was purchased before the class at the farmers’ market, guaranteeing its freshness.

One of the largest out-door farmers’ markets, farmers travel from all across California to downtown Santa Monica every week to display their goods.

Civitello prepped herself. “The key to Italian food is ‘pazienza’ [patience in Italian],” said Civitello as she started chopping vegetables.

Civitello heated up olive oil in a saucepan, and began caramelizing thinly sliced white onions. When the cardoon stems were all chopped into bite-sized pieces, she parboiled them and discarded the bitter leaves.

With the onions caramelized, the rest of the ingredients were ready to be added.

Once everything was in the pan, the Chef explained the importance of making sure the pan doesn’t stick, as you will be flipping the whole thing over in the end.

As the cooking process came to a close, everyone was anxious to take a bite, and after much anticipation, everyone seemed satisfied.

Free to the public, the market tours and demonstrations require only a reservation.

Located in the Santa Monica Place, The Gourmandise School also offers a wide variety of classes, ranging from baking and decorating sweets to full lunch and dinner meals. These classes are private and range from $75-$95. A calendar can be found at www.thegourmandiseschool.com

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Tuesdays Karolin Axelsson Staff Writer

It got chilly right after five o’clock last Tuesday afternoon. Down on Santa Monica’s Main Street, several food trucks started to set up in the connected parking lots of California Heritage Museum and The Victorian. People were already in line as the sun began to set, and more were arriving. The well visited “Food Truck Tuesdays” draw crowds of eager waterymouths every week.

The food-lot has grown in popularity among Santa Monica residents, with over 1000 visitors every week. Hosting the event was the California Heritage Museum, the Victorian, and the Southern California Mobile Vendors Association (SOCALMFVA).

Founder and CEO of SOCALMFVA, Matt Geller, studied law at UCLA before starting the association. “Matt has always been involved in the community, and he has a lot of experience in the catering and restaurant business,” said Yeyen Ong, assistant to Geller and lot administrator.

SOCALMFVA was started after a plea for legal help from Geller’s friend. His friend explained that his food truck had been shut down for three weeks due to a violation. “In the beginning, it was a lot of work learning and understanding all the regulations and restrictions,” Geller said. It was a battle to change certain Santa Monica regulations, such as time-limit restrictions that only allow food trucks to park for 30 minutes in one place.

Gellar would go on to aid in the start-up of a designated food-truck lot in Santa Monica. The former car-dealer parking lot seemed to be a success, but the lot was shut down after only one day for zoning code violations. Even with owner consent, the

Asta Karalis Corsair Yeyen Ong, the event planner for The Southern California Mobile Food Venders Association (SCMFVA), speaks about the company that makes these Food Truck lots possible.

city would not allow food vending on that particular property.

The association soon teamed up with The Victorian and California Heritage Museum to gain a temporary permit that allowed the transformation of their private parking lots. Since October 2010, that temporaryuse permit is still in effect today; allowing vendors and foodies to take to the lot every Tuesday. Geller and the SOCALMFVA continue to work on a permanent solution for the future.

Mobile vendors pay a membership fee to the SOCALMFVA and in return the association organizes different events and lots around the city. The association provides legal security to vendors and donates a percentage of sales to the California Heritage Museum each week.

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Business isn’t doing too bad; thus far they have raised over $70,000 for the museum.

Eight to 12 trucks can be found in the lot every Tuesday from 5-10 p.m. Different trucks appear arbitrarily on a 5-week rotation to maintain a variety. A popular pastime for the Santa Monica community, vendors and visitors alike appear to thoroughly enjoy themselves as families and friends, locals and tourists all take to the lot’s offerings.

Yeyen Ong’s weekly job is deciding which trucks will be involved; always staying conscious of variety. This week, an array of trucks influenced by Indian, LatinAmerican and Asian cuisine could be found parked right next to the ice cream and hamburgers.

Veteran patron Samia Dillsi frequents the lot at least once a month. “I like it because you can try a lot of different things for a small price,” Dillsi explained. Dillsi’s friend, Brad Lang, emphasized on the menus that cater to those who are allergic to gluten. Eating his $4 gluten-free ice cream sandwich from the “CoolHaus” truck, Lang proclaimed; “I come here every time I’m in town. I’m allergic to flour so I like that they have a variety of choices.”

Annie Reardon and her girls found the lot through a relative while on vacation from New York. After deciding to try the “Round Premium Burger” truck, Reardon confessed; “I love cheeseburgers, but this is one of the best I’ve had.” At the “Round Premium Burger” truck you can find a gourmet “classic with cheese” for $6.50.

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The Dardenne Brothers have an extreme talent for telling stories that depict angstridden kids with sordid family problems. In “Kid With a Bike,” Cyril Catoul (Thomas Doret), an overly-anxious boy, tries desperately to find his father, Guy (Jeremie Renier). Renier appeared in the Brothers’ prior films, playing a young teenager in “La Promesse” (1996) and a young father in “The Child” (2005).

In the film’s opening sequence, Cyril dials his father’s number from an orphanage phone. There is no answer, only a message that the number has been disconnected.

The counselor tells Cyril that his father is gone.

Exasperated, Cyril refuses to accept his father’s fate, setting off a series of escape attempts.

Determined to see his father and retrieve his forgotten bicycle, Cyril’s final attempt successfully lands him at his father’s door. The boy finds himself in an empty apartment amidst memories of his past milieu. Cyril’s counselors and a hairdresser named Samantha (Cecile de France) finally catch him; Samantha goes on to become the boys foster-mother.

Samantha eventually tracks down Cyril’s bike and finds a way to contact his father.

From this moment forward the bike and the boy become inseparable. The audience discovers at this time that Cyril’s father wants nothing to do with him either.

The film moves swiftly- Cyril is always moving; either running or biking form here to there. The camera is sharp, depicting scenes with an almost documentary-like feel to them. Classic Dardennes style is a lot of action with little dialogue. The Belgian duo started their careers filming documentaries and at times lack a bit of plot substance.

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Cyril’s father is presented maybe three times in the whole movie. The closest person to Cyril turns out to be Samantha, and at times it seems as though the intensity of their relationship is lost.

The audience is not given an explanation as to why Samantha decided to foster Cyril, leaving too much room open for interpretation There is not enough background to further develop Samantha’s character, and we are not presented with any information about Cyril’s father. Why did he abandon his boy? What did he do prior to giving Cyril up? What was their relationship like when Cyril lived with him? Who and where is Cyril’s mother?

When Cyril makes first contact with his father, he asks his father why he can’t look after him. His father’s excuse is that he is in the “merde,” meaning he can’t pay his bills or afford his own flat.

Possibly the Dardenne Brothers’ whole point is that if the father is not going to be present for Cyril, then why should he be present in the film at all?

Some climactic scenes throughout the film include Cyril going through a bunch of mishaps after the confrontation with his father. An encounter with a neighborhood thug sets Cyril up doing a crime for the brute. Cyril ends up assaulting a father and son, and when he tries to give the money from the robbery to his own father, he is turned away again.

There is enough action in this film to make it worthwhile. Doret portrays his role as Cyril very well, and up-stages his colleagues easily. Beware, the plot lacks depth and fails to provide you with any answers to the many questions you will surely have when you leave.

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Photos by Marine Gaste Corsair Mari Johnson (right) works on her ceramic piece made out of recycled clay during the 6th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk last Saturday.

Rain Not Enough to Spoil Vibe at SM “Artwalk” Susanna Svensson

Staff Writer

Despite hard rains, people gathered at the Santa Monica Airport on Saturday afternoon for the sixth annual “Artwalk.”

The Santa Monica Artwalk is an annual community event.

Festivities were held this past Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Santa Monica Airport. More than 60 artists opened up their private studios and invited visitors to explore their art free of charge.

“It’s a great crowd, but if it hadn’t been raining, I think we would have had a lot more people; last year and the year before it was jam-packed,” explained Ronn Davis, Art Department Chair and Director of the “Art Mentor Program.”

The SMC “Art Mentor Program” is a one-year program in which students get the chance to create a portfolio for their work. The program’s exhibit allowed visitors to observe students working on different projects, as well as actually buy finished pieces. The gallery was filled with all mediums; paintings, drawings, photographs, even a large inflatable airplane made from painters’ drop cloths and packing tape. As “Cliff Wagner & the Old #7” band played some Bluegrass and a few traditional Irish songs in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, a table lined with crackers, cheese, vegetables, and cookies provided visitors with snacks.

Photo student Gianfilippo De Rossi was determined to find his way down to the hangars to support his fellow SMC artists. “I love it, I wish we had more events like this,” De Rossi said. “There is different art everywhere. I might not understand all of them, but it’s

quite interesting,” he explained.

For SMC art students, the “Artwalk” is an opportunity to display their art to a public forum. The ceramics department’s hands-on section gave passers-by a chance to try out clay-molding and watch student demonstrations.

One of the eldest artists in attendance was British actor/writer Olaf Pooley.. “I still paint,” 98-year-old Pooley said as he sat in his small studio surrounded by his paintings. “If you don’t believe me, look at my palette over there, it’s proof !”

No matter the age, new offerings at this year’s event helped take guests minds off poor weather. An exhibition of work was added by mother-artists entitled “Breaking in Two: Provocative Visions of Motherhood.” Raku-firing demonstrations were held at the top of every hour throughout the afternoon. The Museum of Flying was open, as well as the Ruskin Group Theatre. There was even a pottery sale held by Franklyn Phillips, head of the ceramics department. “We take 20% to help support the program and the students get the rest,” Phillips explained. “It kind of gets people connected. The students get to see public response to their work right away, so they’re not in this remote kind of academic world.”

Suzanne Alward, a ceramic-arts student at SMC, was thrilled to be part of the experience. “I’ve never been to one before; it’s so much fun!” Alward declared . “I got here and set up early; it’s so cool to see everybody’s work, and it really came together. I love it.”

Choreographer and dancer Shelby WilliamsGonzáles (right) encourages women from the audience to dance with her during the exhibit “Breaking in Two: Provocative Visions of Motherhood.”

Santa Monica College art student Phung Quach assembles rectangular mirrors on a piece of glass cut in the shape of an eye. Quach is part of the art mentor program that guides students through a portfolio development for future transfer to a university.

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Cyclists crash marathon course

It was 2:30 a.m. on Sunday morning at Tangs Donuts, at the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Fountain Ave. Cyclists were converging for the Los Angeles Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash Race, to compete in the annual cycling event themed “Los Angeles Redemption.”

Two thousand cyclists braved the cold until 4 a.m. to take part in the most anticipated event in the Los Angeles bicycle community, with LA locals awarded the top starting spots in the front of the pack.

Some racers took "naps," while others fed off the adrenaline rush of knowing that they would have 26.2 miles of closed-off L.A.streets to pedal on.

A false start prompted the pack to take off at 3:50 a.m., and since everyone followed, the race officially commenced.

The racers followed the marathon route that took them past many of the top attractions in Los Angeles.

Last year, Arizona racers swept the men’s fixedgear category, and brought the prized “Dog Tags” back to Arizona. If the Tour de France has jerseys, the Los Angeles Wolfpack Hustle has “Dog Tags.”

The marathon ended along a windswept, cold Santa Monica beach, at the corner of Ocean and Montana Avenues.

Adrian Galicia Corsair Participants compete in the Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash Course last Sunday.

Joseph F Adamo Corsair A participant cools down at the finish line of the Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash Course.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK:

JEFF LUM

Photo by Daniela Berzuini Corsair

Brigette Camarena Staff Writer

The Corsair: How did you get into swimming?

Jeff Lum: Actually, my dad is a swimming coach. When I was young, he took me to a pool and threw me in when I was three or four years old. After that I thought it was really fun and then I started training when I as seven years old. I got onto the Hong Kong team when I was 12 years old for about nine years.

The Corsair: What events do you compete in?

Jeff Lum: I compete in the 50 Individual Medley, the 100 Individual Medley, and the 200 Freestyle. This year I will be doing the 200 Individual Medley, 400 Individual Medley, and the Breaststroke.

The Corsair: What is your greatest sports memory?

Jeff Lum: When I was in high school, I joined the swim team called DBS (Diocesan) and I was the team captain. I led my team to one of the many school championships.

Year Sophomore Hometown Hong Kong, China High School DBS (Diocesan) in Hong Kong Major Communication

The Corsair: Who influences you and why?

Jeff Lum: First, my father is my influence because he is my swim coach. The second is Jason

Lezak because he was one of the Olymipic medalists in Bejing in 2008.

The Corsair: Who is your favorite artist?

Jeff Lum: Lady Gaga The Corsair: What is your favorite class at SMC? Jeff Lum: My favorite class is Counseling 20. My professor teaches all the athletes and he understands athletes. He always asks about how practice is going.

He is really great.

The Corsair: What’s the best advice you can give to someone who wants to start swimming?

Jeff Lum: Try hard and do not be afraid of the water. It can change your life and a lot of meaning can come from it.

The Corsair: Why did you choose swimming over other sports?

Jeff Lum: I did not choose swimming. It chose me.

Olympic team?

Jeff Lum: It is my dream to be on the Olympic team in 2012. I am driving towards that goal.

The Corsair: What is your daily routine like?

Jeff Lum: I wake up at 6:15 and I walk my dog. Then I eat breakfast and feed my dog.

After, I pack up and get ready for training at 7:15 and finish around nine. I go home and rest for a while. After that I go to the gym and work out for about three hours. Then I go home once again and before I have night class on campus, and then my day ends.

The Corsair: What is your diet like?

Jeff Lum: I am on a strict diet. I am not allowed to eat fast food.

But I eat something unhealthy at least once a week.

The Corsair: How long does your workout routine last?

Jeff Lum: It can be up to 5 hours everyday.

The Corsair: Would you pursue the chance to be on the

“Jeff is a phenomenal athlete,” said Head Swimming Coach Steven Contarsy. “He has marvelous swimming technique, and most importantly, he has a tremendous work ethic. Jeff is never satisfied. He is always striving to improve and make himself a better athlete. He has been a tremendous asset to our program.”

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Men’s Volleyball winless in competitive conference

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Sophia Villegas Staff Writer out Moorpark’s Dylan Schigekawa.

The Corsairs head coach John Mayer believes that the serve receive ratio and lack of consistency played a big role in the loss to Moorpark.

Connor Corgiat, Charlie Schmittdielm, and Jason Mallek anchor SMC’s volleyball team, and returning starter Fabio Calesso was also noteworthy.

Freshman setter Gabe Ylo of the Corsairs is happy about the way the team has adapted to one another.

“We are starting to play more as a team,” said Ylo. “We can push for a couple more wins and end the season on a good note.”

Coach John Mayer hopes that the team can regroup after the losses and “find a way to believe in ourselves” to get a win.

The last time these two teams met they played an incredible match that came down to the last play.

In the last set, the Corsairs were called for touching the net, and the Vaqueros were given the win (23-25,25-21,29-27,1825,19-21). The Corsairs felt that it was an unfair call, and that they should have been given the point and the possible victory.

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The Santa Monica College (SMC) Men’s Volleyball team suffered another two losses over the week against Pierce College and Moorpark. After losing five straight matches, the Corsairs dropped to 3-9 and are 0-5 in the Western State Conference.

Despite the five consecutive losses, the Corsairs have played tough opponents such as the number one team in the state, Long Beach City College (8-0), number two El Camino(6-2), number five LA Pierce(7-3), and number six Moorpark (7-3).

“The league we are in is very good,” said SMC Head Coach John Mayer. “The Western State Conference is one of the most competitive in the state.”

The Corsairs took on Pierce College last Wednesday. Pierce College is ranked number five in the state with a record of 7-3, and number three in the conference (2-1). The Corsairs lost in the third set.

The Corsairs were back in action at home last Friday, when they faced Moorpark (73) ranked 6th in state. The Corsairs stayed close in all three sets, but it wasn’t enough against Moorpark’s defense, and they lost in the third set (12-25, 17-25, 26-28).

The Corsairs were led by Sophomore Fabio Calesso, who had seven kills, and Freshman Charlie Schmittdiel, who added three kills.

One explosive kill in the third set knocked

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sports Briefâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Girls Softball vs. Canyons

Ian Kagihara Corsair SMC Corsair pitcher Jamie Kenyon (1) winds up for a pitch.

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