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REDUCING THE LOSS Trump attacks Syria, again
Delta College saves taxpayers $20 million in early payoff of Measure L bond By Victoria Franco News Editor
On April 5, Delta College announced a more affordable and effective plan to pay off the Measure L Bond taken out in early 2004. The Measure L Bond was a way for Delta to obtain a loan sufficient enough to improve facilities at the main Stockton campus as well as the Mountain House location. “In 2004 Delta asked all property owners for approval on a $250 million bond. This is how colleges usually get money to improve facilities on campus. We needed money so we had to go out to voters, and we wanted them to see the value in our students,” said Public Information Coordinator Alex Breitler. San Joaquin County voters passed the measure with 57.7 percent of the vote. The Measure L Bond brought improvements and renovations to campus. It included the building of the DeRicco Student Services Center and the Science and Mathematics Center. It also included the renovation of the Goleman Library and an expansion of the Shima building.
By Killian Barnhart Managing Editor
The renovations helped students by providing quality facilities that can ensure quality learning. Money from the bond went to tasks as simple as repainting buildings or performing maintenance on the elevators to more complex tasks like building new state of the art buildings and fixing the pathways on campus to avoid any safety hazards. “It helped students because by providing the best facilities they can take advantage of state of the art technology. DeRicco was a way to centralize all the student information, so students don’t have to walk all around campus getting information,” said Breitler. Fourteen years after the bond approval, Delta is now able to develop a quicker way to pay off the money, saving taxpayers $20 million in interest. Instead of finishing payments in 2042, the Measure L Bond will give its last payment in 2039. In the old plan the debt service would have cost $62 million, but with the new faster pay off the debt comes out to around $42 million. “We want the people to know that we are trying to save their money, for example, paying off the loan earlier than expected,” said Breitler. Buildings on campus built with the help of the Measure L Bond. PHOTO BY MIKAEL HONZELL
On March 13, President Donald J. Trump ordered a single-night strike on research, storage and strategic assets of the Syrian Government in order to punish Bashar Al-Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons against his own people in the Syrian town of Douma. The attack itself hasn’t been thoroughly investigated. There are doubts as to whether Assad had any hand to play in the attack. “If that is the case, then maybe there’s enough reason to go in. But if it wasn’t Trump should rethink what he did and the effects it had on everybody there,” said Delta Student Mariah Diego. The American end of the strikes consisted of Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from Navy ships off the coast and missiles launched from B-1 Bombers. The strike was joined by the United States’ major European allies, the United Kingdom and France. The strike itself was twice as large as the previous one and struck two more targets than the last. The event soured relations between the United States and Russia further as the Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov promised there would be repercussions for the attack and the Kremlin denounced Washington, London and Paris. The strikes led to Trump being criticized by numerous Democrats, namely House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Republicans alike, noting one strike isn’t a substitute for a concrete Syrian strategy. Trump was among the most vocal voices against further involvement into Syria even before he had become a political entity. The strike stoked fears of a potential conflict with Russia, another nuclear-powered state that has intervened in the Syrian civil war on the behalf of the Assad regime. “We should stay away. Russia is basically on the Syrian side too, so you don’t want to start anything with Russia as well. That would be a big mess up,” said Delta Student Jose Landa. Trump warned of a potential attack the day before on Twitter prodding Russia to “get ready” as the missiles would be coming. Landa was surprised Trump followed through. The strike also brought up whether the United States has an actual role to play in Syria and whether or not the country should simply leave the country in Russia’s care. Support for humanitarian efforts are still present, but with the multi-sided war more confusing now more than ever, support for military intervention has given way to Russian intervention.
Students learn techniques for stellar resumes By Kayla Brown Staff Writer
Delta College hosted a free resume writing workshop on Thursday, April 12. It was sponsored by the Career Technical Education Workforce Development Center at Delta College, in collaboration with the San Joaquin County WorkNet center. Belinda Petate-Chan, employment training supervisor at WorkNet, said this is the first time the organization has done this workshop in collaboration with Delta. “It’s a great workshop for them, it helps them a lot
especially when they are looking for work. A lot of people are not familiar on how to put a resume together, so this kind of workshop helps them get prepared and be job ready,” said Petate-Chan, in reference to clients in her 23-year experience. There are WorkNet centers all over San Joaquin County. The organization works with clients in depth to assess specific needs, and with employers to find out what they’re looking for in job candidates. During the workshop, Employment Training Specialist Linda Stirm of America’s Job Center of California in Lodi, spoke about tailoring a resume to a
WorkNet and Delta College comes together to help stu-
See RESUME, page 8 dents create resumes. PHOTO BY ALICIA NORTON
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COMPASSION FOR SERVERS GOES A LONG WAY By Victoria Torres
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t’s 5 p.m. on a Friday night and my shift is just getting started. I’m excited because it’s my first day back since Monday, due to the fact I don’t work Tuesday-Thursday. As the night moves on, I continue to greet each guest with a smile. It’s an opportunity to give them service that goes beyond their expectation since they probably aren’t expecting something good from a corporate franchise. In my opinion, people need to be understanding when going out to eat and to treat your server like a human rather than a robot who has no feelings. Despite wanting to give good service, in the back of my mind as a server I not only do it to be good at my job but also because I need the money. Now, being in the customer service industry since I was 17 and now am 20 has taught me a lot. Especially about other people. It’s taught me that there are some amazing, kind, people but also, that there are some rude, obnoxious, “me me me” type of people out there. In my opinion, I understand we all have bad days or just aren’t in a good mood and that’s understandable, but, a misunderstanding happens when you come into my restaurant every other day and always treat your servers like s*** or leave because the server who is attending your favorite table is “too fat.” So, as I was saying: It’s now the middle of my shift and I am getting a party of 10, nothing unusual here. It’s only unusual when I try to get this table’s drink order and am basically talking to myself. After standing around for about 30 awkward seconds I finally say: “You seem busy, I’ll come back.” That seems to get their attention even though it really doesn’t since they keep talking. This went on throughout their stay. It’s not that I’m impatient or anything but I have 11 other tables giving me the eye and little Johnny over on table four is throwing up in his mac-n-cheese, while I just stand here listening to a conversation about who did this and who said what. I don’t think it’s hard to take
other people into consideration especially when eating out, I mean come on, you go out to have a good time of course, but rules for eating in a restaurant haven’t changed, like having courtesy or knowing a server will be trying to get your margaritas shaking when you sit down at the table you’ve been waiting 45 minutes for. After being almost yelled at by table 22 because his salmon isn’t cooked like he would like it to be, it also occurred to me that my title is a server, as the host said when they sat you down: “Your server, Victoria will be right with you.” I think it is important to understand I wasn’t in the kitchen making your meal while we were talking about how your kids and I know each other or about your special plans for this weekend because I was serving you and trying to make you feel special. After fixing the problem and seeing the male on table 22 completely finish his plate, he is thanking me and saying it was much better and delicious. “Okay great they’re happy,” I say to myself. Only to find myself a minute later looking like a deer in headlights when I see they didn’t leave me a tip. In my opinion, this is lousy too, because now I just paid for you to eat here. Yes, it is important to always tip your server. We understand our guests aren’t always in a good mood because we’re all humans but, that’s exactly the point, we’re all humans and I have bad moments too. When I don’t receive a tip, it can be a bit insulting and here’s why: During my shift, there will be 5 different people helping me, four food runners and a bartender. They take my food and drinks out or at least make my drinks. At the end of the night these five people will be getting one percent each of what my sales are that night. For example, if I’m serving a table and their bill is $100 and I don’t get tipped the recommended twenty percent or tipped at all, 5 percent of this ($5) will be coming out of my pocket as a thank you for your help to the runners but now I’m losing money. I only make it because I live off of tips and when people don’t tip it is really impactful, I mean, if you have money to go out and run me around like a chicken with its head cut off with a smile (of course) you can tip because after all I’m human too.
Patriarchy makes women stronger By Carmen Cruz
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en being superior to women and that they are on top of the food chain has been for the most part a common message projected in the media, history, literature, religious institutions and upbringing, for generations. Women who challenged this notion like Joan of Arc, Susan B. Anthony, Gloria Steinman, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis and many other female revolutionaries have been looked down upon, raped, beaten, tortured, hated, killed, arrested, committed to a mental ward or labeled as witches and burned alive (think back to the Salem Witch Trials). There was a time when aspiring and gifted female writers had to adopt male names to disguise their female identity in order to get their book published and read like the Bronte sisters did. Our ancestors envisioned for themselves and the future generation a better life, which gave them the tenacity to make great sacrifices that lead to changing our circumstances. Luckily for us, our ancestors and female heroines took the hardest beating for us, yet we have not been completely set free from patriarchy and its henchman misogyny. We still have work to do. I was reminded of this after
attending several church sermons preaching to young millennial women that we ought to learn how to be submissive, quench our passions that lead to division of the home life, know our place – which is under man – and warned us about becoming masculine like today’s women! The irony is patriarchy is causing women to appear more masculine. Living to this patriarchy ideal that encourages women to be damsels in distress is the reason so many women are being portrayed as masculine. Realistically, to be a damsel in distress doesn’t guarantee one will be saved by Prince Charming and live happily ever after as promised in Disney movies. This is especially true if Mr. Prince Charming has a dark side Ms. Princess didn’t see coming, which leads her to leave him at the castle while he is sleeping so she can take his armor and slay the dragon herself and go back home to where she will get reprimanded for not being the “ideal”. To survive, a lot of women have to rescue themselves because the constitution of patriarchy was not created to support and nurture women at all. In most cases it dimmed our light and shunned our talents. Patriarchy in depth doesn’t even support or empower men!
Patriarchy was created for and by uber powerful men like King Henry, King George, George Washington, Napoleon, Hitler and Alexander the Great to preserve and exert their power by creating a structure to keep the simple people (both men and women) complacent to a oppressive structure. Many women have suffered because of it. To address the so-called “men hating bashing” that seems to label feminism, Eve Ensler, women rights activist and author of the Vagina Monologues said feminism isn’t a female issue, it is a human issue that concerns both men and women. There is no denying there are probably men-hating women but for the most part taking into account everything that has happened to today I could bet there are more tired and burned out women than bitter women. So many women are stepping out of their role because of necessity to keep their families together, to make a living and to survive in this system that constantly challenges women and their value. Regardless of where a woman is at on the spectrum of ideal, she still comes short because it’s unrealistic, especially in a time where society is conflicted on how to treat a woman and one another.
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Fast food over home meals: Is it always better? By Chanelle Muerong Opinion Editor
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ast food places are often a college student’s best friend, for food anyways. It’s cheap(most of the time) and the majority of places have fast services. But is all of this really a good thing? Not necessarily. Everyone knows that fast food places aren’t exactly the healthiest places to get something to eat. Think of all the money people could save if they stop buying so much fast food. Instead of buying dinner from McDonald’s or some other fast food restaurant, people should try their hand at cooking at home, leaving the fast food places as a last resort. A survey from 2011 from boundless.org finds that the average college student eats six to eight fast food meals a week. Many students don’t check nutritional labels when purchasing food. A lot of fast food is highly processed and contains large amounts of carbohydrates, added sugar, unhealthy fats and
sodium. These foods are almost always high in calories and offers little to no nutrition. And when fast food replaces nutritious whole foods in your diet, it can lead to a lot of health issues, including obesity spikes and higher risks of heart problems. While it might not seem like a problem at the moment, this will catch up with them in the long run. Home meals seem like the safer option. But not all college students know how to cook for themselves so they often resort to fast food places for their meals. A lot of these meals are almost mainly out of convenience. It’s faster and you can grab and go. However there are more healthier and better options for that too. The internet is a wonderful place to get recipes that are quick, easy and healthy. In as little as five minutes, someone can whip up a meal that is healthy and can keep them full for hours. If someone has a little more time, there’s this thing called meal prepping where a person can prep their meals for the week and they can just grab and go. Fast food places do so much damage to someone’s body over time and honestly people should take care of their bodies. The damage it does is not worth it in the long run.
RIP: Allergies can be deadly By Eladie Serna
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pring is the time to bring out the sandals and wear bright colors. But we all know the season also brings allergies. When spring comes around it’s the one thing many of us deal with. Allergies are horrible around this time. The most common allergies here in San Joaquin County are trees, grass and weeds. The average air quality of San Joaquin County is 51 out of 500 percent which is good according to valleyair.org. However, when you have allergies, it feels like you are dying. You can’t breathe through your nose; your throat is itchy and your eyes are watery. Not everyone has bad allergies, but for most people, it’s a regular annoyance. Allergies can take place year round. When people hear sneezing or coughing they think you’re sick. People confuse the two of being the same. The one thing people think will help is medication. My opinion is that I feel like that some medication doesn’t help. For me, having allergies can be hard because it’s tough to find what is the right medication to use. For me having allergies feels like some of the medication I would take doesn’t really help that much. Some medication that I take makes me either sick or nauseous. It’s hard to have to concentrate when I’m sneezing half time of the time I am in school. Some would say that over the counter medication works for them but, I feel like prescribed medication and over the counter doesn’t help at all. They would think that these medications will help with their allergies when they’re having a rough day. According to acai.org asthma is the leading symptoms of having allergies. When I have allergies, my asthma starts to act up and at times can be hard for me to breathe. Some of the medication that people use over the counter is Cetirizine, Allegra, Loratadine and Benadryl. It’s hard to do things outdoors. It’s hard when you want to go outside but can’t because of the pollen, trees and cut grass. It’s also hard to find what the best kind of medication is best for you. Since so many people are suffering from allergies help should be easily access to everyone. We shouldn’t struggle so much when trying to find the medication we need.
MUSTANG ‘Did you decide to go to Delta College, or did VOICE someone else such as your parents, convince you to?
“I did, because I want to be somebody. I want to be a teacher for students with autism so I chose to go back to college.”
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“I decided to go to college for myself, my daughter, and my family.”
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“I knew that I was gonna go to Delta College since… freshman year of high school and it was really just to save money and make sure that I can have an education... One of the most important things is to do what you want to.”
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“I decided to come myself because it was cheaper and I wanted to get a better transcript so I could transfer into a better university.”
“I decided because of self motivation. I’m the first one to go in my family.”
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Lone barista serves up coffee to Stockton By Mikael Honzell Senior Staff Writer
Red’s, a little coffee shop located in downtown Stockton on 13 South San Joaquin Street is a small cafe with a nice vintage aesthetic. The building Red’s is now occupying was built around 1910, serving as a tobacco and gun store. The cafe isn’t all too spacious: other than the few seats inside and the two in front of the cafe with a small table in between them, there aren’t many places for customers to sit. “If you see my space, this is more of a neighborhood shop,” said Mike Brooking. “People come here, mostly attorneys, judges, I get a lot of them and a lot of people in the accounting buildings. It's not really a hang out spot, it is for certain people, (referring to the technician customers sitting inside) but I’m not open at night. I’m only here in the mornings, 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.” When asked what the significance of the coffee shop’s name (Red’s), Brooking laughed and declined to answer. Red ’s doesn’t serve food, other than bananas and biscotti. The main focus of Brooking for his cafe is the coffee. “I try to do all organic, fair trade,” Brooking said. “I’ve got a local roaster
out of Vallejo who’s been roasting for 27 years. My coffee is within ten days of being roasted, I turn it over quite a bit and have a local following.” A specialty of Brooking’s is a drink called a Rodrigo. It’s served in a small cup containing of two shots of espresso, cane sugar, some cinnamon with steamed half and half. It is a favorite of teachers that work in the area. “It’s a small drink, but very tasty,” Brooking said. The negative stigma of downtown Stockton may be off putting to those who aren’t too familiar with its current state, but Brooking said it’s one of the safest spots in Stockton. “That is such an archaic thought about downtown and how it's a dangerous place to be. That comes from when downtown was a dangerous place, which was more in the late 70s, early 80s when everything went to the northside. The malls came, downtown was abandoned and we had skidrow hotels, you had winos on the streets, you had heroin addicts everywhere, that hasn’t been around since then.” Alcohol can’t be purchased from stores, other than Cast Iron and other restaurants within the 10 square blocks, according to Brooking. “If you look at crime statistics, this is a far safer place to be anywhere in Stockton. Look what happens crime wise downtown, there's nobody down here at night. nobody lives here. So crimes not happening,” he said. You know, that's stuff from people that are paranoid of something from the past. And the thought that ‘Oh, I’m afraid’. Okay, well, be afraid.”
Trail Coffee back in business By Michael Weber Social Media/Photo Editor
After six months being absent of a café, Trail Coffee Roasters opened up a new location on 501 East Main Street in Stockton. The new location serves as a boutique coffee shop for the public as well as a roasting facility for distribution to major retailers. Trail Coffee Roasters is the retail end of a coffee empire operated and managed by Gianna Vicari. Her family owns a farm in Cerritos de Jesus in Nicaragua, where they source most of the beans used in the coffee blends. Vicari and her team take pride in Trail being a fully transparent coffee company who grows, harvests, washes and roasts the coffee. “[We want] to teach the community about specialty coffee and our farming practices and our roasting techniques and the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of what we’re doing here, which is super important to us,” said Vicari. “We take a lot of pride in our craft and are always looking to expand, you know our learning, techniques as well.” Zach Bailey is in charge of processing orders and roasting coffee. The story, or trail, of the coffee bean starts on the Nicaraguan side of Cerritos de Jesus, or Jesus Mountain, at the coffee farm. The coffee fruit is picked, washed, dried, bagged and shipped to Oakland and then sent to Stockton after customs. Trail offers single origin Nicaraguan light, medium and dark roasts named Trailblazer, Sugar Pine and Black Diamond respectively. They use these along with other beans to make their Switchback and Buckeye blends. Kirk, a local Stocktonian who attended Delta College for one year, laid the foundation for Trail Coffee Roasters. “In 1977-78, I went down to Central America and [met] up with a couple of high school friends and that’s when I got introduced to coffee,” said Kirk. “I fell in love: the country, the people. I went down for thirty days and stayed for two years.” After returning to Stockton and starting his real estate company, Search engine company Bing purchased his farm in 1999 and roasted in Manteca as a hobby. With the encouragement from Bing and her mom Jody Kirk, Vicari rebranded their operations to Trail Coffee Roasters and opened up The Alley, an espresso bar located on an alley in E. Miner street. “The Alley I always thought of as a test run, a test kitchen,” said Vicari. “Let’s cook things we always wanted to bake, let’s try out these specialty drinks, let’s make our own simple syrups and like let’s experiment with all that stuff.” “It was just this funky little area we loved,” said Jody, who helped her daughter in running the
Craft beer on tap in Stockton By Raul Torres Sports Editor
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business. With the experience of working at The Alley up her sleeve, along with the support of her parents, Vicari was able to open up the new location. “For a city, like Stockton’s trying to become, especially downtown Stockton, is trying to make a name for itself,” said Vicari. “And there are certain like places that go in to a big city, you know. You need a couple restaurants, a couple bars, good coffee shop, a grocery store.” Trail hopes to be one of the hallmarks for downtown Stockton. “Our position in this community is to provide our positive atmosphere for anyone, any demographic, any person, and you know, is traveling though, or from here, a place where they can come and meet friends and hang out and feel comfortable and at home ... Coffee is relatively inexpensive, so you can come here and enjoy yourself.” Aside from the craft of their coffee, the Kirk family takes pride in their philanthropic efforts for the community near the Nicaragua farm. The family has built a medicinal farm, a church, a school and dormitories for the local families. Vicari is looking forward to starting a pen pal program between their school and local Stockton schools.
Craft breweries are exploding around California, which means more craft brews are being shared in bars and restaurants. Stockton is part of the trend. Channel Brewery opened in 2017 and has seen remarkable success. The brewery has self-made craft beers, one of the famous ones is the 209 Beer which pays homage to Stockton. “Channel Brewery is a great place to meet up with your friends and grab some food and support your local business while you are at it. It is a very welcoming place, I am really glad they opened something like this downtown also,” said Stockton native Ulysses Munoz. Channel Brewery isn’t the only place to go get a craft brew if you are looking in town. Stockton has tons of places you can go to such as Valley Brew, The Abbey and Empresso. The Abbey is located on Miracle Mile and features a brewery every Thursday. So every Thursday the business gives all taps to a specific brewery such as Lagunitas or Sierra Nevada. “As a college student I love The Abbey, they have days where they do trivia which makes the visit well worth it to test your knowledge. The prices are affordable and the food is delicious. They rarely have the same beers on rotation also, so I know I can always come in and try something new,” said University of the Pacific student Michael Locha. Craft beers are a big part of the culture now, the new era of millennials drink them while introducing the older generation. Craft breweries are expanding business by opening satellite breweries which are places showcasing beers so consumers don’t have to go to the actual brewery to get their favorites. Stockton Beer Week is a 10-day event during the summer, running July 13-22 this year, celebrating craft brews around the area and some outside the area. Stockton also holds a Brew Fest, also in July, at the Stockton Arena where over 30 breweries attend and share the crafts.
Spacebar, Stockton’s first gaming lounge New gaming lounge brings latest and greatest games to stockton By Killian Barnhart Managing Editor
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Stockton is continuing to adapt and expand in the entertainment field. On March 15, a gaming lounge, the Spacebar opened on 4343 Pacific Avenue, located next to Tiger’s Yogurt. The lounge is an open and inviting space with 4K televisions dedicated to consoles flanking the right side of the entrance, and computers flanking the left, all of which are custom built rigs straight from the owner Jeremy Cabaccang’s labors. Customers are also able to purchase other rigs Cabbacang built. The consoles range from a PS4 Pro, a one of a kind Xbox One Scorpio, PSVR, a Nintendo Switch and a Super Nintendo, all of which are playable for $6 an hour. “You can play games with whoever you want, whenever you want, and you can go wherever you want and it’s fairly cheap,” said Sean Griggs, a first-time customer who came with his brother, Connor. The idea to open Space Bar struck Cabaccang after he left his position at Yelp in the Bay Area and returned to Stockton, where he discussed Stockton’s lackluster youth entertainment centers with his sister. “Our city is awesome and it deserves to have awesome things. I felt like if I could offer a Virtual Reality set up, $1000 or something to get at the house, if I could offer it here for $6 an hour for kids where it’s a pipe dream to play VR, they’re going to come here and have a good time and that’s all I care about,” said Cabaccang. Players are able to pick a station, either by themselves or with other players from playing small personal matches to full online games of Call of Duty: WWII and Fortnite on the PS4 Pro and Scorpio to teaming up and coordinating through round after round of League of Legends and H1Z1 on the PCs. “Everybodies really happy to just play games ... If I see some others are playing the same game I am I’m like “you guys want to play together? I’ll wait for you,” said John Shields, a frequent customer at Spacebar. The easy-going nature of the lounge was inspired by Cabaccang’s time at Yelp, where he learned more about his career playing games and hanging around his coworkers during breaks. Cabaccang bounces from station to station, conversing with the customers, helping them, building up a repertoire with each of them to a first name
basis, getting to know them, listening to feedback and gleaming suggestions on what games to add to the overall collections at each station in the lounge from them. “I just wanted an easy going environment where it’s an owner you can trust and an owner you can get to know. I try to stay on a first name basis with many of my customers … it’s not necessarily an experience as much as it’s a relationship we’re building. More than ‘I’m just a guy who owns a business,’ I’m a guy who’s just as passionate about games as you are or probably more so than you are,” said Cabaccang. “You’re more than a customer you’re a friend of mine.” Cabaccang is looking to expand his services by adding tablets to his arsenal, gearing it towards art and teaching game design to his youngest customers. Cabaccang reaches out to and works with the local high schools to promote tech based careers to the students and recently performed a seminar at his old alma mater, Mc Nair High School. “I went to McNair … they have the College for Everyone Scholarship or something. It’s a club I believe or a program. Spoke to maybe a hundred seniors or juniors in the theatre about my professional career,” said Cabaccang. Cabaccang also has hopes to sponsor a Stockton based E-Sports player, but has had no success in finding one.
Stockton’s cold-blooded attraction Serpentarium specializes in reptilian pets for sale By Catlan Nguyen Entertainment Editor
The Serpentarium is a retail chain specializing in reptiles in Lodi, Stockton, Elk Grove, Roseville and Modesto. In Lodi, the Serpentarium started as a live reptile museum in the 1970s. After being purchased by a new owner, the museum was altered to a retail store and expanded to four other locations. The company isn’t opposed to reopening the living museum as an addition to each store. There are also plans to expand the chain and open at least one more store per year on average in other locations, according to Stockton’s Serpentarium Shift Lead Oliver Lang. The current CEO and president of the Serpentarium is Robert Coral. The Stockton Serpentarium store had various reptiles including boa snakes, bearded dragons, tortoises and turtles. The employees also knew a good amount about each specimen and were happy to answer any of the customers’ questions. “I’m more than enthralled to have a
position where I get to work with the animals I love and I’m passionate about. I get to help people get over their fears of these animals … The look of a kid’s face when he gets a new lizard or frog is unbeatable,” said Lang. “Conversely, sometimes it can be a little tough when you’re dealing with people that hate what you love and you gotta kinda convince them that it’s not so bad.” Lang also shared the quirky fun fact that you can see through one ear of a leopard gecko and out the other. On top of that, Lang said many people fear reptiles because they haven’t been exposed to them often enough or even at all. Many don’t know a majority of reptiles are harmless. Until they get to a certain size, most snake bites actually feel like a cat scratch. “Our imagination runs wild about things we don’t know about,” said Lang. “We’re more than happy to help anyone get over their fears if you want to come on by.” Stockton’s Serpentarium store hours are Monday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and it is located at 1117 W. March Lane. For more information, visit the Serpentarium’s website, snakemuseum.com.
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April 20, 2018
‘Baltimore’ experience goes to Sacramento By Alex Coba Editor in Chief
Delta College’s production of “Baltimore” is getting a revival as it moves to the Intrepid Theatre Lab in Sacramento. “Baltimore” takes place on a college campus in New England as a racially-charged incident occurs on the campus. The main character Shelby is a resident advisor on campus. This incident happens to some of her first-year students. As the resident assistant, she has to decide how to deal with it. “Shelby grew up in a household as an only child so it tracks she doesn’t want to deal with the problem,” said Zemmoia Bryant, who is the lead actress playing the role of Shelby. Greg Foro, a drama professor on campus, is the director of the play. Intrepid is an outside project for Foro. Intrepid received a grant from the city of Sacramento to put on a play involving race and identity in a currently
gentrified neighborhood. “When we receive this grant we were deciding what play we wanted to produce and I was kind of in the middle of this play here at Delta and it was really coming together in a spectacular way I thought … so it just made sense to produce this piece on race and identity... So it made sense to marry the two,” said Foro. “Baltimore” ran March 8-11 at Delta. “We sold out here. We only ran for one weekend so it just seemed like a logical next step too since we have this opportunity presented to ourselves to continue it going. We will be running for two weeks in Sacramento,” said Foro. Mike Sicari, stage manager for the play said there are new hurdles the actors will have to go through. The cast of “Baltimore” gets a pep talk from Greg Foro during an on-campus rehearsal. “They (actors) have to only have two PHOTO BY MICHAEL WEBER weeks to for rehearsal this time were as Sicari. pertickets.com. The revamped play will when they did at Delta they had 4- 6 Tickets for the new showing are run on June 7-9 at 8 p.m. and on June weeks but because they’re revamping currently for sale at baltimore.brownpa- 14-16 at 8 p.m. it they don’t need as much time,” said
‘Tableaux in Motion’ soars to new heights
The scene was that of a group of young girls that want this bouquet of flowers, each taking a chance even Entertainment Editor though one hid her desire and the other made hers known by the tantrum she took. With the stage design, The Dance Department at Delta College presented the spring showstopper “Tableaux in Motion” April 13- costumes and overall story this piece was addicting. “At the beginning they were struggling but when 14 in Atherton Theater. the flower showed up it was a sign of hope,” said Angie Valerie Gnassounou, director of the production and Aguilar, a Delta College student, when asked about the professor of dance, said preparations for the producsecond part. tion started in February, so the dancers and stage crew Part three had more movement and strength. had roughly two months until opening night, which The costumes were simple painted on skin-tight one involved extra rehearsals during spring break. pieces, make-up Most of the was minimal with dancers were first only nude shades and second semesor no makeup. ter students. Hair was braided. The producThere was a tion included certain strength three parts which the characters were three differdisplayed by ent stories: “Let the confidence Go,” “A Day in the dancers had the Garden” and showed perform“Shedding.” ing with their “Let Go” had an natural beauty. innocent, calming Being that feeling to it with SJDC Dancers performing ‘Shedding’ with artists Mario Moreno and Vincente women aren’t conthe soft colors, Tomas. PHOTOS BY JASMINE GONZALEZ fident in certain simplicity of stage physical features design, and harwhich they eventually change nowamonious music. days ,this was a breath of fresh air. “The music ... it drew me in,” The dancers’ hand movements and said Tiyana Giordano, a Delta paintings of a condor, puma and a College student. snake imitated the wild beasts in the The story for part one was a paintings. younger girl listening to her elder Gnassounou said the goal was to about what she has learned from display the sacred animals of the Incas life. The elder offers advice. and that it was inspired by her yoga Gnassounou said the first piece instructor who played the music. was about burden and lies. “My yoga instructor she was playing Life has many twists and turns that music as I was doing yoga and I’m that can have good or bad outlike ooh I love that music... I was like comes but in the end you have to ... it’s very good music. I just created a keep on going. whole piece based on that. And it was It’s like a game that you can’t about shedding, shedding our body, we pause or start over. So in the relieve, we become somebody else. We Dancers Kaci Hurst and Miyo Uchida end scene of this part when the are renewing ourselves,” she said. taking center stage. women threw rose petals from Inevitably the production made the basket on the elder woman it people think and question what was was the burdens she was letting being said but not everyone is going to go. She was letting those burdens go to focus on being see and hear things on a single frequency. happy. “Well, I always tell my students that when you Part two was much different as the name implies dance you dance with your heart. You dance with a with “A Day in the Garden.” dreaming intent and you know sometimes you display That part had an almost nutcracker feel to it with and you have a purpose yourself as a person who’s the childlike air added with the flowers made the scene actually putting up the art. But then it’s all the artists is all the more enchanting . The dancers all wore simple receiving it. So everybody has to feel respective about white dresses with a different flower on each. the art. And about, you know, what you are trying to The flowers were taller than the dancers and differportray,” said Gnassounou. ent colors which added to the garden feel.
By Jasmine Gonzalez
Launch party unveils the Hood App By Alex Coba Editor in Chief
On April 15, Hood App developers Brian Alcones and Gill Asension hosted a large launch party for the new application. The Hood App is a space users can utilize special offers from local business as well as showcase local artists. The app can also be utilized by local business to advertise. A portion of the proceeds from the event were to be donated to the not-for-profit organization Tuleburg Press. The event was held at the Sycamore in the heart of downtown Stockton. The launch party took the time to showcase local artists, musicians and comedians. Daniel Mendez, a local artist, showcased a collection of his artwork. “This is a collection of artwork that spans from 2008 to now. I like to mix it up to show people that it is going to look worse before it looks cool, give some inspiration. Everything kind of has its own concept going for it,” said Mendez Mendez, who designed the first incarnation of the Hood App flyer, revealed the interesting way he became involved. “I saw a sponsored feed of a post and it was of Blackwater coffee shop, I designed the logo for that and I saw the logo on an image that I didn’t create. So I don’t as like who’s using my logo and it was Hoop App,” Mendez said. “I was kind of annoyed but I hit them up and he was actually like, yo, I like your work come to the office and see if we can work together on a project.” The main show kicked off with the Soggy Rats, a local band from Stockton. The self-described folk, punk, funk band revealed how it utilizes the new app to cultivate audience. “We keep track of our popularity from how people receive our music and stuff,” said lead singer Lisa Eberhardt. Guitarist Mars Gerardo said it helps the band get to it’s “core audience.” Reception for the app has so far been positive. It currently has five stars on the Apple and the Google Play stores.
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Stockton newest home to Sacramento Kings’ affiliate
Track & Field shines through season hurdles By Vivienne Aguilar Staff Writer
By Raul Torres Sports Editor
The Sacramento Kings G-League team Reno Bighorns is moving to Stockton, making it the third semi-pro team to call Stockton home, including the Ports and Heat. The G-league is an affiliate to the Sacramento Kings where players develop skills or come back from injury. The Reno Bighorns started in 2008 and were bought out by the Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive in 2016. Ever since Vivek took over as owner he had a vision for using the G-league as more than just a farm team. His vision is a second franchise to maintain. This makes the move to Stockton a perfect fit. Stockton is expected to change the name from Bighorns to the Stockton Kings. The team comes to a town proven to be dedicated to sports. The Heat has one of the highest fan attendance rate in the AHL, according to AHL.com. The Stockton Ports have been a staple in the community for years, with games mostly filled up and exciting
to watch, especially when the affiliate Oakland Athletics send someone down. Stockton Arena has also hosted several concerts and events such as Disney on Ice, Women’s Sweet 16 and the Elite 8 NCAA tournament. The G-league runs at the same time the Stockton Heat are in season so the plan is to build on top of the ice as other arenas do. “I think Stockton has a lot to offer as a community that enjoys sports and has an arena perfect to host a pro team. Bringing the team here gives to the people to do and allows the city to have a team they can support and enjoy at affordable prices, the location of Stockton allows people from surrounding areas come and support the team, allowing for more people to become fans of the Kings organization,” said Reno Bighorns Head Strength and Condition Coach Ernie DeLosAngeles. Stockton gaining the G-league team will help with the subsidy the city has to pay for the Arena since according to the City of Stockton
t h e r e n t for the team will be $225,000 a year, $9,000 per game, for 25 home games, the revenue for games will be based on ticket sales and concessions and merchandising. The city expects a $100,000 increase for revenue for the arena when the team is moved in. Logistics wise Stockton is also a perfect fit. Stockton is a 45-minute drive compared to the two hour and 30 minute car drive from Reno to Sacramento. “The proximity to the parent team (Sacramento Kings) is one of the biggest benefits. Having the G-league team based in Sacramento and playing games in Stockton allows players to go back and forth much more easily, and allows the two teams to be more integrated, Players could essentially play in the NBA G- league game, drive 45 minutes and be ready for an NBA game that same day. Utilizing the same resources will also be huge from an organization and operations standpoint,” said DeLosAngeles.
Track and Field’s 2018 spring outdoor season didn’t have both head coaches available full time, which left jumping events such as long jump, triple jump and high jump lacking “major assessment” during practices. “Those were the three events that were hurt most, if anything. There is a difference [when Coach Jordan-Seales is absent] because each head coach has like a responsibility to do certain things so when she’s gone that’s more stuff that I have to do so then it puts more stress on me”, said Les Anthony, men’s head coach. More challenges and responsibilities fell on Anthony and the other assistant coaches, such as entering athletes into the meets, feeding the athletes, and keeping track of meal logs to name a few. Coaches regularly mention how the Mustangs need to do better than their rival, Modesto Junior College (MJC). “I think in the jumps we can have an advantage if everyone does what we’re supposed to be doing”, said Anthony. Delta does not have as many athletes in competition compared to MJC and hopes individual athletes can outperform instead of relying on pure numbers to rank higher. Anthony says his concerns are for the men’s sprinting events. “They’re [MJC] deep in the sprints on the men’s side. The men’s side they’re pretty well stacked in the 100, 200, 400, and the hurdle races”, said Anthony. Top performance is expected in rain or shine for track and field athletes because it is an outdoor sport. “No one is used to torrential hail storms out here for 45 minutes. It’s a whole different scenario when it’s like snowing hail. So the fact that everyone was able to compete after the hail storm was over, that was a big deal to me,”
Swim, Dive team places at NorCal championship By Nuntida Sisavat Staff Writer
Delta College dove into the NorCal Diving Championships on Saturday, April 14 at De Anza College in Cupertino. “I am very confident that our athletes will place well this weekend at Big 8 Championships. Coach Wimberly has been doing an outstanding job with developing our diving program, and I am confident our Divers will score more points than we have ever done before. I also think Josh Hamby is the clear favorite to win both boards,” said Head Coach Mike Maroney prior to the meet. Josh Hamby whose number two in state in the
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one-meter took first place in not only the one-meter board but also the three. Hamby made a personal record with a score of 256.40 on the one meter and 260.40 on the three. “In terms of being prepared for the competition, I knew I was going to win unless I made a pretty major error,” said Hamby. Maroney keeps it old school when coaching. “Well as far as new tactics implemented, I am afraid I am an ‘old dog’ who likes his ‘old tricks.’ We focus on how to compete, and how to race. The most different aspect of this year’s planning though is how much work our assistant coaches do,” said Maroney. Hamby was proud of his accomplishment. “I definitely had a good time at the meet this
said Anthony. Some of the concerns the coaches have for their athletes involve mental preparation. “We’re trying to get our athletes mentally prepared for championship level because it’s coming up in two weeks. It’s going to be our Big 8 conference championship at Sac City, in two weeks. So then it goes NorCal Trials, it’s going to be at American River College. That’s going to be one week of trial periods then the next week is going to be finals basically and then that’s how you qualify for the state meet, the state meet is the following week,” said Anthony. Three athletes who have top performances for the season documented on directathletics.com are hurdler Malik Vegatatum, jumper Paolo DelosSantos and thrower Craig Perkins. Anthony specifically named them when asked about athletes who he has noticed showing dedication to their events. Delta’s track isn’t in the best condition, with cracks, dips, and humps all along the surface. This makes it difficult for the athletes to train on and disqualifies the school from hosting track meets at the junior college level. “We’re expecting the school to step up to repair our track. We can’t get shovels and bulldoze and do it ourselves, they have to do it. I mean outside of that it’s just whenever they approve a fix they’re going to approve a fix,” said Anthony on the topic. On the track outside of the field house and throwing shed anyone can find recycling trash bins used to generate revenue for the track and field program. Feel free to donate your California Redemption Value (CRV) eligible materials if you’re ever watching a game on the Merv Smith football and track complex. The next track meet is in Marysville at Yuba College on April 21 at 9 a.m.
weekend and it was a great opportunity to check out the competition,” said Hamby. Hamby knew his ability and because of that he had a fearless attitude and was more than ready. “I could improve on some of my entries for my dives which could definitely raise my scores,” said Hamby. Maddie Wittkowske is ranked number one in state in the 1650 free-style. Wittkowske is also ranked number two in state in the 200 and 500 free-style. “My next big goal is to have good races at conference and hopefully make it to state in an individual event along with the relays,” said Wittkowske. Look for Wittkowske and Hamby and the rest of the swim and dive team at this coming weekend’s Big 8 Swimming Championship April 19-21 at American River College.
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April 20, 2018
Event exposes women to male-dominated fields
Young women from local high schools earn first hand experience in the career technical programs offered at Delta. The students went through how to operate heavy machinery (left) and the various ins and outs of auto repair (right). PHOTO BY ALEX WOODS
By Alicia Norton Staff Writer
“It’s so thrilling to see so many young women here today...women are capable of all things, absolutely everything...it’s all about gender equity and joining really great ideas today.,” said Adriana Brogger, Professor of Radio Television during the opening session in the West Forum on April 13, 2018. It was the third annual Non Traditional Employment event at San Joaquin Delta College this year. About 200 young women from local high schools had the opportunity to have hands-on experiences in Delta’s many Career Technical Education Programs. After the registration of students and introduction of Delta faculty contributing their time to putting on the event, three speakers shared their stories of success in men’s workplaces. “We all have those stories ... when I was in high school, I loved math! It’s one of those crazy things about me ... when I talked to people about my career options ... they said, “you could become a teacher ... or you can go into business”... I went to school to be a teacher and I just hated it,” said Danell Hepworth, Dean of Applied Science Business and Technology. “Seven years later somebody told me I could be an
engineer. My thought was, “I’m not smart enough... that’s not what I am capable of doing.” I took an engineering class at Delta College and I loved it! I thought, “how come nobody told me about this!”” said Hepworth. The Non-Traditional Employment for Women workshop helps young women across California embrace their curiosity and embrace their autonomy through the Automotive Technology class at Delta College. “Cars are expensive. Oil changes are expensive. Tires are expensive. And I was not paying for those. So, I did it myself … I picked up the wrench … decided I was going to college. Honestly, it’s the best thing that ever happened to me, “ said Automotive Technology student Cassaundra Turley. “At first it is really complicated. I’m kinda a smaller girl compared to some of the guys ... there will be people who will make comments ... but once you overcome that, it changes everything. It’s an amazing feeling, you do get that sense of power and satisfaction ... it’s insane … this college, these teachers, they support us girls.” The NEW program opens doors to women that are otherwise unavailable to them under normal circumstances. “A little bit about me... me and my two sisters, we
RESUME: Future employment made easier continued from PAGE 1 specific job and becoming an expert on each student’s own individual resume. Stirm also gave out tips and tricks on what not to put, and the kind of word phrasing that should be used. “For me it’s just sitting down and doing it, and you have to really think about yourself you know, sometimes you don’t want to think about yourself that much,” said student Ianthe Chase about the hardest part of resume building. The process can be difficult, but not impossible. “A lot of students that come in to us don’t really have a lot of experience, and they don’t know how to express the skills that they’ve had from the classroom or maybe some volunteer work,” said Castanon. Castanon said by the time they are done helping students, they have a full profes-
sional page to submit to employers. The program helps students find jobs in their fields before graduation. “Our priority is definitely to get students a part time employment opportunity while they’re here in school and matching it to their field of study, you know it’s great that they may be working at a retail or fast food, but we really want to make sure that they’re getting the connection of what their career goals are,”said Castanon. The students in attendance said there was benefit to the event. “I learned about more of the resources and the programs that they offer for on campus, so I’m willing to check it out and I know the rooms that they have now so I could go and talk to them,” said student Marlene Cruz.
had a rough childhood growing up...cops used to get called all the time to my house and you know, when the cops showed up ... I looked forward to seeing them because they were the ones who were that calm in the face of the storm,” said POST Academy Cadet Amber Avellar. “Because I’d seen abuse, and seen drugs and seen alcohol ... I was kind of adapted to that ... instead of breaking the law, I’m gonna be enforcing the law. I am going to be helping those people out there,” said Avellar. Following the speeches, the students were sectioned off to various project locations including Automotive, Electrical, CAT/Diesel and Police Academy . They spent an hour in each station they were interested in, rotating a total of three times. At the end of the program the students commenced in the West Forum for the closing and to discuss their thoughts on the event. “I thought it was really interesting actually ...it’s a privilege. It’s really great to come here and see this,” said Casandra Avila from Edison High School. “My favorite part of the program would be the auto engineering program because the teacher there...was really kind ... it’s interesting to know how to work on things,” said Avila.
RTV department launches new website By Ricardo Hernandez Staff Writer
Following a year and a half of planning, the Delta College Radio and Television Department have a new and independent website for the college radio station KWDC 93.5 FM. The website went live March 16 and can be accessed at KWDC.FM. The purposes of the new site is to provide helpful information about the radio station to individuals interested in the RTV program and give a place for students to see content produced. “It serves two purposes, both internal communication as well as external communication,” said Adriana Brogger, RTV professor and head of the department. The internal communication acts as a relay for the students to view each others content and the external communications acts as a pole for networking and communication. “So, internal would be for students, faculty, and staff. It’s a nice place to go to see your content. We have one section that we’re continuing to work on, and it’s an about our staff. And so, our students who are enrolled in the program develop a little bio and have a photo of themselves on the website. But then that equally serves the external purpose of connecting people who are interested to know more about our radio station.“
At the moment, the website is in its infancy and primarily features work and podcasts done by students, currently enrolled in the RTV program. However, there are plans to add archived content and other content created by RTV students and incorporating a stronger social media presence on the site, which is excellent news for students who want to see more on the site. “All I can really say for an RTV website, what it could use is just more videos and more shows, “ said Edward Heitman Gilfillen, RTV student and co-host of the radio show Miserable Media. “Cause that’s one thing I can see being very beneficial for the website, is that people are able to get their show out there. Not only through talking about it on social media and having it put through the air and the TuneIn app but perhaps we could also get some archive recordings on to the website. So, that way people can look up a show whenever.” Fellow RTV student and co-host of Miserable Media, Jason Teixeira, was also of a similar opinion on site. “The site is in its infancy. So, I think the only thing I have to say at the moment that it is just a little bit bare bones, so to see get a bit more content is something I really want to see.” said Teixeira. FULL STORY ON DELTACOLLEGIAN.NET