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Stockton looks for ways to decrease homelessness

By Sabrina Rodriguez Staff Writer

CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH, NOT ENOUGH TO BURN Two months into legalization, tax hikes impact availability of recreational marijuana in California

By Mikael Honzell Senior Staff Writer

Recreational marijuana was legalized in California on Jan. 1.

Laws are still being fleshed out and cities are deciding on what to do with recreational or medicinal marijuana.

Cities like Lodi don’t have medicinal or recreational dispensaries operating in the city limits.

Stockton only allows medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in the city.

Port City Alternative, located on 1550 W Fremont St. in downtown Stockton is one of those medical dispensaries.

“Technically, there’s kind of a combination of two things,” said David Mallick. “There’s medical cannabis, which has been around for years and has been even legal in certain markets like this one; where a city actually sets up, gives you a permit and you can sell to patients who come in that have a doctor’s recommendation.”

Once the patient’s recommenThe children of Dolores Huerta answer questions after the “Dolores” movie screening.

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dation is verified, they can purchase from the dispensary. However, patients still must bring a valid California ID each time to a dispensary before going inside and purchasing products.

As of Jan. 1 of this year, the state has set up a department that deals with medical and recreational cannabis.

“Right now, the city of Stockton is only allowing medical cannabis sales,” said Mallick. “And they’re thinking about the possibility of going into the recreational market, but they haven’t done that as of yet.”

Port City Alternative has a city-issued permit to work in Stockton, as well as a state issued permit from the state of California to be in the medical marijuana business.

Dispensaries operating without these permits are illegal. Many have been shut down in Stockton this past year.

The changes of legal recreational pot may not be so noticeable to the public as of yet, but dispensaries

and patients are noticing gradual changes.

“There are some differences,” Mallick said. “Because the state has now become involved, there’s some differences in the way you can retail it. There’s a whole seed to sale program that the state is involved in, and what they are requiring is child proof packaging in everything so it doesn’t get into the hands of kids.

So because they’re diligently watching that, everything is changing.”

Before the seed to sale program, patients would see a bin of marijuana on the bud counter and ask the bud tender to pull some out and scale it to see what they’re getting.

Now everything is prepackaged.

“Since everything is prepackaged, it makes it great for inventory, but it doesn’t always make it great for patients who like that more hands on experience.”

Before the legalization of recreational pot, medicinal dispensaries had point systems where a patient

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In the city of Stockton, a major issue the community faces is the rise of homelessness.

Travel along the downtown freeways and the eye will be drawn to tents, trash and a community of people living off the streets. “Tent city” is what hundreds of Stockton’s homeless call home.

Those leading our community are creating solutions to provide an opportunity to get the homeless back into mainstream life and to keep the streets clean.

At the Feb. 6 Stockton City Council meeting, John Elvia with the California Department of Transportation, CalTrans, presented a plan.

“There are four things that we get calls on: there is litter, illegal dumping, homeless encampments and vegetation management,” he said to the council and present citizens.

With the rise of homelessness and minimal job opportunities, the streets are becoming a home to those who are unable to provide for themselves, yet it’s hazardous to the remaining community members who drive around the polluted area.

A possible solution discussed during a city council meeting is known as Clean Sweep program.

“What we have found is that Bakersfield, District 6, started a program and they started that program a little bit ago; it started about four years ago and it was a partnership with the homeless shelter. Caltrans, the city of Bakersfield and the homeless shelter, they all came together and they worked on an agreement to put homeless people to work and it was a great idea and it started about four years ago and started with one crew,” said Elvia.

If the city of Stockton were to adopt this plan, the homeless would be paid minimum wage and supplied with transportation and work equipment.

“It would be beneficial if it does happen,” said Manuel Arvallo, a current homeless man. “OK, if there is a job there that would be great. More guys would be working and people could pull themselves out of here. That is what messes us up a lot is that there is not a lot of jobs out here in Stockton.”

Elvia further mentioned during the meeting that this program has been such a success for the homeless in Bakersfield that it has put few families into homes and off the streets.

Upward mobility is something that most want yet struggle with when hitting rock bottom and are down in the dumps.

“It is each community’s responsibility to care for all of its members,” said Edward Figueroa, Chief Executive Officer, at the St. Mary’s Dining Room, which serves the homeless in the community.

‘Dolores’ film impresses audience

By Daniel Sophus Staff Writer

On Feb. 28, Delta College hosted a screening of the film “Dolores” in the Atherton Auditorium. With Dolores Huerta being from Stockton and a Delta College Alum she wanted the city to be the first to see it.

Huerta was an activist and labor leader who co-founded

what would become the United Farm Workers.

The film featured people who knew Huerta, including her children. The event also marked the first event to celebrate Women’s History Month campus wide.

Professor Pedro Ramirez teaches Chicano literature on campus and has known Dolores personally for years.

“Dolores is a very caring,

spiritual, enlightened, political, and generous individual. She sacrificed her own family to support the farm workers and the union. If you had to rate the film from 1-4 it was a 4.5, amazing film, truly amazing film,” he said.

Ramirez went on to explain the importance and significance of the film.

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GUN CONTROL: NOT THE BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW

By Daniel Lee

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here is currently a huge backlash against guns all across America. People are constantly blaming guns for the recent school shootings and are now starting movements to remove them.

What people are failing to realize however, is that guns are not the biggest threat to us, our lack of preparation is.

In a time where school shootings are becoming common and “gun control” is becoming a heated topic, people tend to forget about one other factor – school safety.

It would seem to be something obvious for government or states to fund, as it is essentially protecting the future generations of our nation, but we still see a lack in security. It’s often too easy to walk into a high school or elementary school campus unnoticed.

For instance, I typically pick up my little brother from middle school and often I would see people just entering in and out with no hassle.

The gates to the school are wide open and there are no security guards patrolling.

This lack of security often does make me worry because the campus is too open and that there is no regulation of who’s coming and going.

With schools so easily accessible, guns should not be considered the only cause for these mass shootings.

If schools had upped their security and watched their campus better, many attacks could have been stopped.

Now to completely guarantee everyone’s safety is an almost impossible task but would it really be terrible to regulate who comes in and out of a school’s campus?

In recent events a high school in Stockton, Venture Academy, was

almost the victim of another trageto watch out for suspicious activity. dy. Thankfully officials were able to They should also be teaching chilarrest and stop a 14-year old student dren about safety and how to handle because the proper authorities had situations as a last resort. noticed signs beforehand.

If these types of things are not In many cases however this implemented in schools all across doesn’t happen and everyone on America then people should not campus is powerless. be complaining about the This is fear for parents and teachuse of guns. ers as well because the place you are Advocates of gun expected to leave your child at for six control should inor seven hours of the day isn’t secure. stead be pushing a Sure, there are drills and alarms movement towards used to warn students and guide school safety as them to potential safety but why not that is truly the just have the campus more secure in biggest threat the first place? to us and other Is it just not a big enough concern students alike. to fund a bigger security force for our schools?

At Delta College, we have on duty police and an on-campus station, as well as an emergency number everyone can contact for immediate help.

Due to the small sizes of elementary and high schools, there isn’t necessarily a need for a IMAGE FROM FREEPIK.COM huge force but there should be enough to where those with bad intentions can’t get on school grounds.

So, how can school safety be improved?

Schools should start having fewer entrances to campuses open during class hours.

More security should patrol the campus

Parkland teens taking initiative after shooting

By Raul Torres

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merican teenagers are constantly seen as spoiled, whiny and out of touch with the real world.

The survivors from the Stoneman Douglas High school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14 are the exact opposite.

The response from the teenagers that survived while 17 of their classmates died has been nothing less than amazing, these young people want to try and be the last school shooting in America. The teens from Parkland have started a social media tag #neveragain, as in never again to another school shooting, to raise awareness to gun violence in America.

They’re sparking the conversation and keeping it going.

With so many issues going on in our society, school shootings have had a painful cycle of being reported for a handful of days. Then when the conversation for gun violence comes up, our government tells us now isn’t the right time to talk about it. We need to let the families grieve, then it’s a non-story within a week or two with no change ever being remotely made.

Parkland’s students are bringing the most awareness to gun violence in America that I have probably seen in my 26 years of life.

“We are going to be the kids that you read about in textbooks. Not because we are going to be another statistic of a mass shooting in America, but because, just as David said, we are going to be the last shooting,” said

Stoneman Douglas shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez.

The teens of Parkland are outspoken on various social media sites, television networks and even had a televised town hall event in Florida where a representative for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and senator Sen. Marco Rubio (R) attended and had dialogue.

The teens expressed issues for the world to see and let it be known this isn’t something they want to be overlooked. They’re tired of being overlooked.

Shooting survivor Cameron Kasky pressed Rubio on the NRA money he accepts during his campaigns.

He wanted a promise when asking Rubio: “Will you reject NRA money?”

Rubio bounced around the question and then said he wouldn’t stop taking money.

The survivors are raising awareness to the issue and letting the so-called adults of America know that their voices won’t be silenced and that America has a gun violence issue.

Death by gunshot is the third leading cause of death in America for children.

If that stat isn’t enough to make change then we defiantly have to take a step back as a society and ask what is important if our children aren’t.

This will not be the last you hear of these fighters, they’ve tried to be silenced by adults, they have been called crisis actors to help gun control. One thing about these young people is they for sure are survivors and want to make sure 17 of their classmates didn’t die for no reason.

ARE POP-TARTS RAVIOLIS? Internet raging on about Pop-Tart, ravioli meme

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By Michael Weber

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recent meme has brought light to something never been questioned before: are Pop-Tarts ravioli? One may think it’s preposterous to question such a thing and no such connection should ever be made between PopTarts and ravioli.

This question may seem simple, but it leaves culinary taxonomists perplexed.

This food classification conundrum has gone to the extent that Pop-Tart’s official Twitter account gave the statement, “No, Pop-Tarts are not ravioli. Ravioli are Pop-Tarts.”

Why would someone think a Pop-Tart is a ravioli?

It makes sense both are dough encapsulating a filling. Therefore, it would make sense the two foods are the same. But much like how squares are rectangles, rectangles aren’t squares. There’s a question of semantics when comparing the foods.

So are Pop-Tarts ravioli? Are ravioli Pop-Tarts? To find out, we need to find what a ravioli is, and if the characteristics of a Pop-Tart fall in line with the definition of ravioli.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition

of ravioli is “pasta in the form of little cases of dough containing a savory filling (as of meat or cheese).”

Pop-Tarts are cases of pastry containing a sweet filling. This doesn’t exactly fall in the definition of a ravioli.

The culinary world isn’t made of strict definitions on what a food item is or isn’t.

Pop-Tarts compared with ravioli are made of pastry, not pasta. But what are pastry and pasta? They are both dough made from flour, water and eggs. The casings are made from the same stuff.

Ravioli has lots of different fillings, and a creative chef could replace the savory with sweet, aligning the ravioli definition towards the Pop-Tart.

These ambiguities give leeway to assign Pop-Tarts the definition of ravioli.

There are lots of examples where food items could share the same definition.

A burger, hoagie, grilled cheese, torta, kebab, cheesesteak and hot dogs are all technically sandwiches. They are slices of bread with one or more fillings between them, and nobody bats an eye when you call them sandwiches.

If we accept that different styles of food can share the same classification, we can accept that Pop-Tarts, samosas, gujiya and dumplings are in fact ravioli.

Labeling things has always caused a division between people. In a time where our society is politically fragmented due to a labeling of political parties, gender, sexual orientation and race, we should all come together as one and agree that Pop-Tarts are indeed ravioli.

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“Ravioli is this crust of pasta which has gluten in it and a Pop-Tart has a bread sort of thing. That has gluten in it and they both have filling so, technically, yes.”

“No, because I understand where you’re coming from where it’s like bread and then something in the middle but like ravioli is boiled and a PopTart is not.”

“No, I don’t believe so because they’re not made of like a bread or pasta. There’s no meat or nothing in it. I wouldn’t consider it the same category.”

“No, because it’s a dessert and ravioli is an entree.”

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Shop owners hope to be part of downtown revitalization

Laura Garcia creating Mexican inspired espresso, lattes, and mocha; among other delicious treats at Terra Coffee. PHOTOS

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By Mikael Honzell Senior Staff Writer

The Mexican Heritage Center, located at 111 S. Sutter Street in Stockton, is more than just an art gallery; it’s also a building where new cafe Terra’s Coffee has set up shop.

Terra Coffee is owned by Laura Garcia and her husband. About a year ago, the couple were roasters and started making blends. One of their specials is Cafe de Oya, their take on a traditional Mexican beverage.

Garcia and her husband took some servings of the beverage to the Mexican Heritage Center to give out some free samples and get others opinions on the drink.

Customers reacted positively.

“They liked it and um, we kind of broke the rules with it,” said Garcia. “Because we were infusing things with our coffee instead of keeping it pure, and we’re doing special roasts. I mean, we’re using high quality beans from around the world.”

The couple wanted to incorporate the Mexican Heritage Center with their menu.

Some of the specialty drinks made at the Mexi-

can Heritage Center are the Viva Mocha, a take of Mexican hot chocolate with espresso, and the Blank Canvas Mocha, made with white mocha, toasted marshmallow and vanilla syrup.

While serving cafe de oya at the Heritage Center, Garcia and her husband spotted an espresso machine just sitting against the wall. They were soon told that the Heritage Center had been trying to open a coffee shop for a few years.

This lead to Garcia and her husband, while roasting from home, to looking for a place to set up shop, ideally in the downtown area.

And not too long after looking, someone gave word to the Heritage Center about Garcia and her husband wanting to open up a coffee shop. The rest worked itself out.

“We love art, we wanted to represent the community, we wanted to bring out our specially roasted coffee here downtown, and what’s even better is, we’re inside the art gallery.” Garcia said.

Now Terra Coffee has been open for over a month and is already thriving, giving a place for people and artists to enjoy a beverage and or pastry.

“We really want to make it a community space for all different types of art,” Garcia said. “Whether

it’s artists wanting to sketch, musicians coming in and jamming out, or just people coming together to talk about art and to check out the gallery. So that’s one of our biggest goals, to create a very welcoming space for everybody.”

Downtown Stockton is home to a number of local mom and pop shops, some have been around and some, like Terra Coffee, are just taking off.

Gonzalez thinks this is part of the revitalization process of downtown Stockton.

“The revitalization of downtown Stockton, and just small mom and pop shops overall, have been growing,” Gonzalez said. “It seems like a new younger generation has found an interest and a need to have local shops and supporting small business owners, and I think it’s great.

I think the city of Stockton is slowly becoming more aware of it and supporting these local businesses, which is great for the Stockton community and the economy because, when your supporting a mom and pop shop, you’re supporting somebody that’s active in your community and trying to make it a more positive, and better place.”

Terra Coffee and The Mexican Heritage Center are open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Life on streets reveals a different reality Woman finds herself as one of many living homeless in San Joaquin County

By Harpreet Singh Staff Writer

Anna Smith has been living on the streets for the last five years. Her last memories of a home come from the day she fled with her now 13-year old daughter in Yuba City, where she said she lived a life of domestic abuse and dejection.

“He weighs like 700 pounds so it was easy for him to choke me,” Smith said of her ex-husband.

Smith alleges her ex treated her with such cruelty she felt her only choice was to run away from everything she had known - her home, her seed.

The San Joaquin County Continuum of Care reported 487 unsheltered adults in 2015. This number increased by 13 percent to 549 adults in 2017.

Homeless advocates believe that number is certainly higher than the reported count. Smith is one of at least 549 adults in San Joaquin County living out on the streets in places that do not serve the purpose of human habitation. This is an example of everyday life for those people.

Smith now resides 93 miles away in Stockton where she lives a new life.

Her new home is on a sidewalk, under a freeway ramp next to a McDonald’s.

She has a new boyfriend now, one she refers to as her “honey,” who wants to know her every move out of fear that something horrific will happen to her.

Her new honey’s paranoia may seem controlling, but it is justified.

Smith said her introduction to Stockton was grim. She was greeted by a man

carrying a pistol, who proceeded to rob her of all her possessions. At this point in her life she was bare, stripped of all joy and comfort.

No roof over her head, no companionship, no money and no food.

Smith found her way to a nearby motel, claiming an area of litter and dumpsters as her bed.

She was met by a fellow homeless man who, like her, was also enduring the depths of life. This man excited her, his presence and comparability made her feel like a normal person and gave her some sense of community.

This feeling of bliss was short-lived.

“He raped me behind that motel, and I walk by it every day,” Smith said. She and her honey watch each other’s backs.

“At least now I have a lover,” she said in slight of her husband. Her optimistic nature is especially captivating given her current life’s circumstances.

Smith wakes up every morning below the vibrating racket of I-5 traffic with her daughter on her mind. “I can’t imagine what she thinks of me,” she said.

She is shooed like a dog by the local liquor store owner whenever she walks near.

By passers avoid eye contact with her and ignore her hellos.

She feels dehumanized.

“We are all on different steps of the ladder when it comes to improving ourselves. Everyone is on their own step trying to get better,” she said.

Smith dreams to one day obtain a trailer with her honey. She desires a place where she doesn’t have to hide from rainfall. One where she can have an actual closet as opposed to the plastic bags she currently carries her clothes in.

Breaking it down at Delta

Physics Club showcases wonders of science

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Break, or B-boying, is a type of hip hop dance originating from the Bronx.

“Breaking” refers a point in a song where there’s no lyrics, just the beat, and people dance during the song break.

While breakdancing seems to have diminished in popularity in recent years, its being revived at Delta College.

The Breakdance Club started last semester.

The club only has nine members but there’s hope the number will rise.

“I started breakdancing in high school, I found out from a friend,” said Jaime Herrera, who acted as president and the advertiser for the club. “I was really fascinated the first day, I wasn’t really good at it at first, it was really exhausting but I really enjoyed it.”

Herrera said he was president of a similar club in high school, and he used the experience to start the club on campus.

Brandon Aldana, who acts as an instructor and choreographer, said dancing was a way to release energy.

Lavern Brewer, a freestyle unique and also an instructor, shared he started dancing when he was younger.

“I do turfing and animation, you can express yourself and how you feel. You can do different moves and follow the patterns of different beats,” he said.

Herrera said the club wasn’t easy to start.

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First they had to find an advisor. Associate Professor Nena Bush stepped up.

“She’s sweet,” said Herrera. “Whenever we practice, she’s always looking to help us improve.”

The next step was to gather dancers and tell them about the club. From that a core group came together.

“I was the one with the most experience,” said Aldana. “I was on and off of [dancing] but since I found more dancers it rekindled my drive for it.”

Aldana said each member of the core group served as instructors.

Breakdancing, or b-boying helps build a lot, said Aldana. It helps build agility, gives you a better physique, helps with self-discipline and it opens the mind.

It builds value and originality and helps develop a person’s independence and individuality.

“You’re always growing as a dancer,” he said.

As an instructor, you have to know the strengths and weaknesses of your students.

“I like to see what their strengths are and I like to incorporate that,” said Aldana. “I start with the movement, execution and then the structure.

First we gotta know what the strengths are, so we can show diversity within our dances. Gliding, mixing up with b-boy, toprock, turfing, we’ll be able to incorporate smoothly. Tie it all together and show that as a crew, we’re all unique with different styles.”

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Starting a conversation

On Feb. 27, the Delta College Physics Club held a Physics Science show in lower Danner Hall.

The relatively new club, only going back to last semester, aims to build more demos and host more shows in the future to garner members.

“Last semester we didn’t do any shows so this is the first year. We just started and it’s really kinda coming together. That was the first demo that we actually built. We plan on doing a bunch more too, and not just here other places,” said Physics Club Secretary Ethan Robertson.

The show drew a respectable crowd in that filled majority of lower Danner Hall.

Many stayed engaged throughout the show and applauded enthusiastically. The demos included the standing wave demonstration, a projectile launcher, conservation of angular momentum, the bicycle gyroscope, the Brachistochrone curve and the hand-held Tesla coil.

The standing wave demonstration included a Chladni plate or a square metal plate that vibrates and it showcased how particles can be waves.

The projectile launcher allowed for the audience to participate by suggesting an angle at which the ball could be launched so it’d land in an empty trash can. When a ball finally landed in the container, the audience applauded as if we were at an NBA game and an overall sense of satisfaction blanketed the room.

The conservation of angu-

lar momentum included a volunteer from the audience to stand on a spinning chair holding a spinning tire and when they tilted the tire to the left or right, their whole body would turn in that direction. The science behind this made the volunteer look like he had superpowers or was a magician in another life.

“I learned about the experiments and the demos, and I’d liked to be in the summer class for Physics,” said Delta student Luis Fernando Chavez after watching the show.

Pizza, snacks and drinks were offered to students afterwards for $5 for students without a Mustang Pass and free for those with one.

“What I enjoy most [about the club] is I like having a club where people are able to explore physics because in reality physics are everywhere… and I would like to let people become more aware of that,” said Physics Club President Dolly Nguyen.

The club plans on putting on more shows at Delta and through community outreach programs at low-income schools so it can inspire more students to join the STEM field.

The club is also going to be participating in Dia de Ciencias at University of the Pacific with it Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers where it will be a part of two rotations to perform a 20-minute demo.

To find out more information about the Physics Club, stop by one of the meetings every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in SCMA 112.

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Art exhibition showcases race identification

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Delta College’s L.H. Horton Art Gallery displayed an exhibition on social dynamics and race identification called “A Conversation on Race and Identity” on Feb 22.

“I wanted to focus on art works reared to identity inherent of racism,” said Jan Marlese, gallery director.

Artists from a diverse background and upbringing contributed to the pool of art works that showed culturally provoking works on racism.

“Angry White Man” by artist Kerry Skarbakka was an example of controversial art addressing racism and different perception.

“Racism is a very controversial topic but we need to be having these conversation,” said Marlese who hopes to curate more art shows geared to cultural change that will draw everyone in. The exhibition will run until March 16.

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CDs face extinction

Consumers prefer digital copies over physical ones first time, and did the same for digital downloads in 2015.

Opinion Editor It seems since the Internet is easy to access for most people, so is music.

Some people remember when Compact Music can be offered to people with the Discs first came out. The CD allowed people to press of a button. listen to their favorite bands or artists without Streaming made it easier to take your favorhaving to rewind. ite songs with you on the go. No other devices In the late 1990’s, the CD-R came out al- other than your phone are needed. lowing us to “rip” discs for sharing.

In this day and age however, there are peoThe CD, though, is now becoming a thing ple who still prefer owning a CD and browsing of the past. through the different cases that are available to Best Buy will no longer be selling CDs them. starting July 1. Target, too, will only sell CDs “I actually have all CDs in my car,” said Delunder a consignment basis. ta College student Sarah Wilkinson. “I don’t “Entertainment has been and continues to listen to the radio. The few times I do, it’s usube an important part of Target’s brand. We are ally because I don’t have a CD I want to listen committed to working closely with our part- to. I have a bunch of CDs in my car and in a ners to bring the latest movies and music titles, drawer, I don’t really buy music on iTunes or along with exclusive content, to our guests,” anything.” said Target in a statement to theverge.com, CD lovers won’t stray from what they love “The changes we’re evaluating to our operating just because something else is more popular. model, which shows a continued investment in “I buy CDs for certain bands and artists that our Entertainment business, reflect a broader I really like just because of the artwork, and I shift in the industry and consumer behavior. also want physical copies of it,” said Delta stuWe have nothing more to share at this time.” dent Matthew Collins.

Soon CDs will only be found in places such Despite what media is saying about CDs as Walmart, record shops and online . dying, there are still some places where CDs This evolution is brought on by streaming will always be made available. services such as Spotify and Apple Music takEnter a record shop for example, chances are ing over the industry. you’ll find stacks of CDs along with tons of viIn 2000, Pandora first came to us as the first nyl records and cassette tapes, which ironically “Internet radio.” have been growing steadily in population.

Eight years later, Spotify came and together Stores like Rasputin’s Music on Pacific Avethe two offered free music without the hassle nue. sell a wide variety of CDs and other forms of “ripping” CDs or spending money. of music, along with DVDs and VHS, which According to digitaltrends.com, in 2014, has been considered dead for quite some time streaming revenue eclipsed CD sales for the now.

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Graduate uses art to remember

By Mikael Honzell Senior Staff Writer

Delta College graduate Celina Gonzalez expresses her feelings and life experiences through painting and other art forms. Her interest in art sparked once she took a high school class.

Other subjects in school never caught Gonzalez’ attention like art. She found herself bored, uninterested in what was being taught in other classes.

“It was so cool that I found something I was good at,” Gonzalez said, “Because until I got to high school, I would just go to class, not really caring. And that class (art) kind of gave me a way to really create things that were my own, that I had power over, that, if I wanted to send a message, it was all through me.”

Gonzalez is a multimedia artist, dabbling in drawings, paintings, collages, photography and more. She’ll be receiving her BA in studio art from Sacramento State in May. Gonzalez was born in Mexico and moved to Stockton when she was 8.

The transition had a lasting impact.

“Where it (inspiration) comes from really is my experience,” Gonzalez said, “ My memories, what I’ve been through, and when I say that it’s that, I was born in Mexico, so moving here had a big impact on my life. I had culture shock, I was going through new experiences, I was celebrating new celebrations, traditions, and I had to learn a new language, English.”

In the midst of learning English and getting immersed in the new culture, Gonzalez found herself starting to forget things that made her happy when she was back home.

In order to keep those memories, she recreates memories through paint and illustrations.

“I feel like my art work allows me to not forget, to remember it, to visually have something that represents that memory,” said Gonzalez.

An example of this work is a self-portrait, collage piece. The self-portrait is made from things she gathered from home, like Hispanic food, in-

‘Baltimore’ runs this weekend PHOTO BY MIKAEL HONZELL

gredients such as Hominy and other items.

“It’s just things I find at home,” Gonzalez said. “I use them at work too. So it’s like, always a feeling of like, comfort and home and these things I see and use all the time.”

Although Gonzalez misses home back in Mexico, the new places and experiences she’s had are potential material for future works of art.

According to Gonzalez, she is working on pieces incorporating aspects of her life in Mexico. She is starting to introduce aspects of her new life in California.

“I’m starting to get into my experience now living here. Like that has always had a big impact on me, but regardless, wherever I go, Mexico is always with me,” she said.

Another painting Gonzalez is proud of is one where she combined aspects of the United States and Mexico.

“I started to delve into both Mexico and here.

Like I started to think about what is America to me, versus other people. So when I moved here, it wasn’t burgers and football and baseball, that’s not America for me. My parents go work in agriculture, in the fields ... I feel like it (her own art) is a thank you to my parents for all they’ve done.”

The Drama Department’s run on “Baltimore” ends on Sunday, March 11. Top, Monique Hixon, Josh Maldonado and Daniela Santuiste-Loera are playing the characters Leigh, Carson and Racheal during a rehearsal of “Baltimore” earlier this week.

Left, actor Donald Lacy rehearses by having lines read to him.

PHOTOS BY MICHAEL WEBER

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Swim team shines at meet

March 9, 2018

Baseball wins conference opener

By Raul Torres Sports Editor

Leticia Mosqueda swims during the March 1 meet against three other colleges on the Delta College campus. PHOTO BY ALEX COBA

By Alex Coba Editor in Chief

Delta College’s men’s and women’s swim and dive team hosted and competed in a meet against Modesto Junior College, College of the Sequoias and Merced College on March 1.

The Mustangs had to overcome harsh weather conditions as both rain and cold weather permeated throughout the competition.

In the diving event, Delta had two of its competitors win events.

Josh Hamby came in first place in both men’s one-meter with a score of 216.45 and men’s three-meter with a score of 251.175.

“Today I felt like one meter I could have done a little better but for three meters I did kind of what I thought I’d do,” said

Hamby on his performance after the competition.

Jessica Alexander Hurdueei took first place in women’s one-meter dive with a score of 99.075.

Hurdueei spoke on the harsh weather conditions.

“Some parts of the diving it helped me focus more I’m like this is bad weather you should really focus so you don’t hurt yourself,” said Hurdueei.

Jose Espinosa placed third with a score of 110.175.

Continuing on with the bad weather conditions, diving coach Robert Wimberly said changes to dives were due to weather conditions.

“Depending on what we’re doing we can change what dives we’re doing, we did that with Josh and Jose, we had a couple of dives that were a little harder dives that we de-

cided to tone down a bit to compensate for the bad weather and it worked out,” he said.

On the swim half of the competition, men’s and women’s swim team won their events.

Head Coach Mike Maroney remarked on the team performance.

“We did great guys and girls won the meet so that’s super. You know all team in the valley so it’s a good win for us it a good day,” he said.

Some of the standouts were Madeline Bachowski who placed first in the mile with a score of 18.51.11.

This was Bachowski’s first official race at Delta.

James Berry placed first in all of the sprint races he competed in.

In spite of his wins, Berry said he has a desire to improve.

“I want to, in the 200, drop four seconds, and

qualify for state,” he said of his goals.

In addition, Berry shares a friendly wager with fellow teammate Joshua Monroe who Berry wishes to beat in the 100 events.

Monroe, who also placed first in the backstroke event, comments on his performance.

“I wanted to do better, I can’t be too hard on myself cause, of course, the weather was terrible today, we’ve been training really hard, I’m like really broken down right now, but that’s the point of this meet and tomorrow is to grind through it and set a strong marker and get faster from there,” he said.

The Delta College men’s and women’s swim and dive team will next compete in the Cuesta Invitational at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo March 9-10.

Softball wins one, rain stops the other

By Eladie Serna Staff Writer

Tawny Deerink goes low for a softball at Delta College on March 3 in Stockton. PHOTO BY EMILY CORDER

Delta College beat Sacramento City College on Feb 27 at Nick Cecchetti field 5-1.

The game was the first in a series of three where Delta (15-2) played against Sacramento City College (12-3).

The Mustangs won two of the three.

Delta split the first two games at home and in Sacramento, but lost the third game at home in extra innings.

“This game was a big win for us, tone setter for our team with our first game of conference play and getting our first conference win is big,” said outfielder No. 4 Dominick Pisano.

The Mustangs gave up six hits with four different pitchers in the game. The defense played tight giving up only one run all game.

Delta scored its first run in the first inning on a sac fly by their first baseman No. 23 Jake Cruce which led to shortstop No. 22 Beau Phillip scoring.

Delta also scored on a RBI by No. 19 Zach Mathis where he grounded out to second which led to No. 5 Thomas Greely scoring in the third.

The Mustangs also scored two runs on errors by Sacramento City where a ball was overthrown to first; which led to two runs coming in the fifth.

“We have to stay focused going into tomorrow and bring everything we did right into our next game tomorrow,” said Pitcher No. 11 Nick Avila who was in rotation for game two of the series and helped secure the 3-2 win for Delta.

The Mustangs are (15-2, 2-1) and second in the Big 8 Conference while Sierra College (13-4, 3-0) is in first place in the conference. The teams have a series against each other in the beginning of April.

The next game is Saturday, March 10 against Folsom Lake College at Folsom Lake. College.

This will be the third game of the threegame series against Folsom Lake College.

The Delta College softball team took on Cosumnes River College on March 3, playing a double header against the Hawks.

Although rain was in the forecast, it didn’t stop the Mustangs from winning 4-3. The second game was postponed due to rain and hail.

The starting pitcher for the Mustangs was Freshman Marissa Espinoza. She is making her 10th appearance for the Delta Mustangs. Espinoza held a record of 4-5 before Saturdays start.

With only giving up two runs, Espinoza got to settle down in the next few innings and struck out the side. She began to settle down in the innings by striking out the remainder of the side.

Consumnes River led 2-0. The bottom half of Delta’s pitching order brought a Taylor Ward drive and the Mustangs first run making it 2-1.

After having one out Delta’s Gabby Olivas tied the game up with a base hit bringing a runner in.

In the top half of the game, the fifth inning the Hawks retook the lead to make it 3-2.

Delta was down by one heading into the 7th inning.

With the last chance to tie or win the game, Delta’s Raquel Rivera drove in the tying run making it 3-3.

The Mustangs’ Janelle Rodriguez helped secure the win. She drove in the winning run defeating the Hawkeyes. Delta won the first game of the double header.

Although having a shaky start Delta's Espinoza was the winning pitcher for the first game. She improved her record to 5-5. She faced 31 batters in 7 innings.

With little time to spare due to the second game Assistant Coach Brian Cobb took time to reflect on the game and what to expect in the second game of the double header.

Cobb was confident Delta could win the second game.

“This is a huge advantage going into the second the second game,” said Cobb. “We have confidence in the girls and they know what they are doing.”

The first pitch of the second game was a little after 2:30 p.m. but, the game was postponed in the top of the second inning with intention to resume on Thursday at 3 p.m., after press time, at Delta.

The team’s next home game is March 10 against American River College at 12 p.m.

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March 9, 2018

RTV program highlights Women’s History Month

By Ricardo Hernandez Staff Writer

Club Rush recruits new members

Delta College students come together to look at the many clubs campus has to offer while getting firsthand experience playing chess, above, and fencing, top. PHOTOS BY CATLAN NGUYEN

In celebration of Women’s History Month, audio students from the Radio and Television program are producing a six-episode podcast series about the women of Delta College.

The podcast episodes will be available for students and the community to listen to on KWDC 93.5 FM radio every Thursday in March. Except during spring break when the campus will be closed.

Podcast episodes will be published on SoundCloud every Thursday afternoon.

“So, this is a series of six, it will take us through the entire month,” said RTV Professor Adriana Brogger, the project’s faculty supervisor and advisor.

Each podcast episode will focus on different women and have slight variations within the script, as the students will have their own interpretations of the script.

“As their advisor, I’m reading everything, but you know, each of the students has their own take on the script,” said Brogger.

“They’re doing their own research for this. I think what you can expect to hear is to learn about the lives and stories of some of the women that make up our campus from faculty, students, staff, administration, and it’s a celebration of women in honor of Women’s History Month.”

The first episode of the series is now available on SoundCloud under the user name KWDC 93.5 Delta College Radio and focuses on Delta College President/Superintendent Dr. Kathy

Hart.

The women chosen for this project were determined by students and recommendations.

“The way that this worked was that the Women’s History Month committee gave us a suggested list of ... kinds of people that they would like us to focus on,” said Brogger.

“That they would be, for example, someone related to being a single mother, someone … a veteran, so in different categories. And from there then, my students developed a letter, and each of the students went out to different departments on campus.

They introduced the podcast and left a letter and a card. From that, we were able to identify individuals to work with and so each episode has an assigned producer, host, writer, researcher, fact checker, and they’re all working on it,” said Brogger.

Aside from learning more about the women on campus, this project is an assignment for audio students.

“We’re actually learning how to interview,” said Sabrina Rodriguez, audio student and host of the first podcast.

“Structure an interview with somebody. Sending out the emails. You know, setting the dates, the times, formatting questions. We to develop questions, making sure that we’re giving those to our interviewee beforehand. Recording, learning how to use audio. So, we’re doing audio production, we are learning how to edit anything from the start to finish,” said Rodriguez.

The second episode was released March 8 and focused on Communication Studies Professor Kathleen Bruce.

DOLORES: Huerta’s voice made changes, evoked movement continued from PAGE 1

“To me the primary reason it was successful was to show the new generations of students and those protesting, there has always been a voice and Dolores Huerta has always been that voice, that has made change, and change happened. To me it meant I could be a professor at a college because of the work Dolores did for all communities. Without her questioning the establishment of things, perhaps this wouldn’t of happened,” said Ramirez.

Mark Febre, a Delta student, commented on thoughts about the film.

“I enjoyed the film, I liked that they included so many aspects, from culture, to dance and the different events from the storytelling. Through her you can see how different parts of your identity can restore justice and that allowed her to get people to rally around her. Her decision not only had a political impact but a family impact,” he said.

Febre was shocked when he made two discoveries.

“I did not know she was from Stockton and went to Delta, it was surprising to learn she started the phrase ‘Si Se Puede,’” he said.

Delta students were able to understand her background. “I thought the film was very inspiring and touching from what she went through as a woman,” said student Kueleza Vega. “She really had a vision to get people together and make it happen. Her sheer willpower, vision, and confidence is pretty big. I thought it was really cool.”

Vega said he didn’t have a lot of prior knowledge of Huerta.

“Well I did not know about her until the movie, I did not know she played such a role in the movement and for Cesar Chavez,” he said.

The end of the movie brought an ovation from the audience.

After the showing of the film Huerta’s daughter Celeste and son Ricky had a brief question and answer session with the audience.

The two told audience members that we have all have voices and inspired us to not to be silent and to do whatever we can in the community. They also emphasized using the right to vote.

MARIJUANA: Changes in the business model moving gradually continued from PAGE 1 would receive one in store credit point for every $20 or so with their purchase.

If a patient were to continue shopping at said dispensary, the points will add up over time and the patient would eventually be able to make a purchase with those points. This is no longer the case.

“There’s always some questions to what is legal and what’s not legal,” Mallick said. “It’s not legal to give anything away. So as a result, little things that we’ve kind of held back on are things like the point system, free gifts to patients, brand new patients, that sort of thing.”

To avoid breaking the law, dispensaries like Port

City Alternative have refrained from engaging in such actions for the time being.

A more noticeable change in the medical marijuana business is the higher tax rate on cannabis products.

Some medicinal marijuana patients like Jay Guzman are seeing the changes.

“There is a tax rate, but I’m not worried about it cause it does go toward the marijuana industry and it helps it grow. So I don’t see the tax as a negative thing, I see it as a positive thing,” he said.

Other patients like Alex Smith thinks the tax increase is a nuisance, but feels legal pot overall is a good thing.

“I don’t see anything wrong with it, you know,”

Smith said. “Any stoner, or any person that smokes weed, if you go to those people, they’re going to treat you just like family. That’s just the vibe that we give off.”

Legalized marijuana in California is still a new thing and its availability is low as of now, but things will gradually change in the coming years.

“If there’s a negative impact for existing patients, it’s that now they have to pay additional taxes to the state, and it makes the products that they have more expensive.” Mallick said. “So they have to account for that.

That’s the price of legalization, that’s what people voted in, that’s what they wanted, now they’ve got to deal with the state of California.”