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ov. Arnold Schwarzenegger passed a budget of $5.8 billion for California community colleges on Oct. 8 then vetoed $60 million on Tuesday which was supposed to fund economic development grants and categorical programs like students with disabilities.

The three undecided months that it took to pass the budget added $9 billion to the state’s deficit. It was a 54-1 vote in the Assembly and 27-9 in the Senate.

The state’s budget for community colleges was $5.8 billion, but $189 million will be deferred until the next fiscal year.

“The community colleges are serving roughly 200,000 students for which we are receiving no state remuneration,” said California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott. “The $126 million growth augmentation will fund approximately 60,000 of the 200,000 unfunded students on our campuses. The enrollment funding will help our colleges respond to the tremendous demand they are experiencing but the deferral still puts us in a tough spot. Our credit card is getting pretty heavy here.”

The college now has a $1.2 million deficit because of money lost in the last couple years, according to Ron Nakasone, executive vice president of finance at GCC.

“Last year the state cut categorical programs significantly,” said Nakasone. “To fund those programs the college [was supposed to receive] $550,000 in federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment act that we will not be getting this year.”

To make up for the deficit, Nakasone said the college will have to approach the faculty about pay cuts.

Community colleges will receive $126 million if they attain a 2.2 percent enrollment growth. There are three enrollment reports a year at which time the college budget committee looks at projections.

If growth is anticipated, the college will receive funding or make an adjustment for next year.

If the college doesn’t receive the enrollment required, cuts will have to be made. Currently, the college plans to offer only 55 percent of the normal load of classes for the winter session, but the school will working on an agreement with the budget committee to try to restore the amount of classes.

“The legislature should try to meet the higher current year funding level which is about $3 billion higher than the governor’s proposed level,” said Jennifer Kuhn from the legislative analyst office. “If they did, it could either make cuts to non-education programs or raise substantially more revenue and dedicate that revenue to education.”

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Whitman and Brown Face Off in Final Debate

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n the final California Gubernatorial Debate, candidates Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman seized the final opportunity to convince the voting public of who should be the next governor of California.

The debate was held Oct. 12 at Dominican University in San Rafael and was moderated

by Tom Brokaw, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News.

The topics outlined for the debate were the economy and jobs, budget and pensions, immigration, and health care, but the contenders dwelt on highlighting their own track records and attacking each other.

The California fiscal crisis was of primary concern as each candidate offered remedies while attacking the opponent’s.

“I would do my utmost to return authority and decision making to local communities where it’s closer to the people,” Brown said. “One thing I wouldn’t do to compound our budget deficit and our tax unfairness, I wouldn’t totally eliminate the capital gains tax, which what my opponent

Meg Whitman wants to do. That Brown proposed starting the cap gains tax benefits mostly budget process in November, millionaires and billionaires and returning power to the local level, would add and cutting the $5 to $10 salaries of those billion to our in the governor’s budget deficit, office by 10 to 15 and a lot of percent. Whitman that money said the size of the would have government needs to come out to be condensed, of our public and that the public schools.” employee pension O f t e n and welfare d u r i n g systems need to be the debate reformed.

Whitman said Another issue she would Attorney General Jerry Brown the contenders take steps were asked to to create jobs in California. She share their thoughts on was also presented her experience in Proposition 23, which would business and bashed Brown, who suspend the Global Warming Act she claimed didn’t have similar of 2006, also known as AB32. experience.

Both Whitman and Brown are “We have got to get someone in favor of AB32. but Whitman in office who knows what proposed a one-year moratorium the conditions are for small to “fix it.” She said only 3 percent businesses if are to grow and of jobs are green jobs, while the thrive,” Whitman said. “My remaining 97 percent are jobs in track record is creating jobs. My various other sectors. Without the business is creating jobs. Your one-year freeze, Whitman said business is politics. You’ve been the 97 percent of jobs in other doing this for 40 years,” she said sectors could be jeopardized. to Brown.

Brown said there is no study With the state in a budget indicating 97 percent of the deficit, both candidates said they had plans to balance it.

Portantino Challenged by Political Novice in 44th Assembly District

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he candidates for State Assembly for the 44th district are Anthony Portantino, Democratic incumbent since 2006 and Republican Alvaro Day, a 21-year-old UCLA graduate.

Before becoming assemblyman for the 44th district, Portantino was the mayor of La Canada-Flintridge and served on the city council.

Portantino is recognized for his strong voice and activeness in public education.

He is an active PTA member and school volunteer. He believes in fair treatment for districts serving low-income and minority students and

opposes raising community college fees.

In March, Portantino proposed AB 1764, which is a salary freeze through 2013 for state employees earning more than $150,000 a year.

“This is a fiscally responsible way to preserve money for social programs and education,” said Portantino.

He said it is irresponsible to give pay raises to people who are at the highest end of the spectrum when the state is giving furloughs to those at the lower end.

As a result of his active involvement in the states’ financial crisis, Portantino was named to head the Assembly [See Elections, page 4]

working class would be affected

by AB32 and a freeze would create regulatory uncertainty. He said the act could actually benefit the economy.

“If you put thousands to people to work, retrofitting buildings so that they don’t burn as much energy that will put people to work here. It’ll save money to Meg Whitman consumers … and over the last 30 years it saved Californians over $50 billion.”

Immigration was also dealt with in the hour-long debate.

Brokaw posed the question first to Whitman, who said she did not know she had hired an undocumented housemaid until just recently. Brokaw asked how Whitman expects businesses to be held accountable for hiring such workers, if she did not know about one living in her home for nine years.

“This is why we need a very good e-verify system, that allows

a business of every size to look at documentation and know whether it is real or not,” she said.

“But we have to hold employers accountable for hiring only documented workers.”

Whitman said illegal immigration is a big issue in California, with estimates that $6 to $7 million of the budget going to services for undocumented immigrants. She also supports the creation of a temporary guest worker program and increased border security.

Brown agreed that businesses should be held accountable for hiring undocumented workers and proposed immigration reform at the federal level that would provide a path to citizenship.

The election for the governor of California will be on Nov. 2.

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Gatto vs. Ramani: Fight For Assembly District 43

By Nik Brkic

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he assembly race for the 43rd district will be a rematch betweem incumbent Democrat Mike Gatto and Republican Sunder Ramani. The 43rd is comprised of Glendale, Burbank and parts of North Hollywood.

Mike Gatto is an attorney who graduated from Loyola law school. He also attended Los Angeles City College, UC Berkeley and UCLA. He was an aide to Congressman Brad Sherman.

Sunder Ramani is a small business owner. He attended both Glendale Community College and Cal State Northridge, graduating from the latter. He has served on the board of directors

for the National Federation of Independent Business.

Some issues that the candidates disagree on are regulation and their views on this year’s budget.

G a t t o believes that California may need more reforms to make the government run better.

Ramani is adamant that there must be a reduction in regulations.

In regard to the budget, Gatto sees the budget in a positive light. Gatto said, “It (the budget) did not raise

44th Assembly Race [Election, from page 3] Committee on Revenue and Taxation this year.

“We can’t let California become a state of only the rich and the poor. We need a true safety net that makes decent housing and quality healthcare affordable for every family,” said Portantino.

Portantino volunteers with Habitat for Humanity to build homes for low-income families. It is a non-profit organization, which is lead by labor volunteers with the help of donated money and materials. According to the

organizations website, they have built or rehabilitated more than 350,000 houses.

On unemployment, Portantino wants to raise the minimum wage to help middle-class workers. He believes that every family should have affordable healthcare.

Portanino’s Republican adversary, Day, graduated from UCLA at age 20 with degrees in political science and history. He was the founder and president of UCLA’s Christians United for Israel.

Day was born in Peru and came to the United States at age 11.

“We had a president that was

taxes and it gave more money to higher education.” Ramani had a different take on the current budget saying, “The whole budget is smoke and mirrors.

Expenses from this year are being shifted to next year. Revenue from next year is be accounted for in this year.”

Both candidates feel that the key to fixing the economy will involve small businesses staying and growing in California.

Gatto feels that California laws are sending businesses to other states. He said, “We have to make sure we have enough incentives for business.”

Gatto said that California businesses are being penalized for hiring Californians and that needs to change.

R a m a n i agrees that small businesses are a key to economic recovery. Ramani said, “We are suffering from a revenue problem.

We need businesses to be willing to risk capital.” He talked about the need to make it easier on businesses to operate in California.

Gatto believes there must be adequate funding of basics of

a socialist and Peru very quickly became bankrupt,” said Day. He sees hardship in California and doesn’t want to live through the negative effect that consumed Peru.

Day believes the main problem in California is wasteful spending. He thinks that too much money is being spent on jails and its healthcare.

He compares California’s economic status with that of Texas.

“Records show that Texas had the biggest production of jobs two years ago and they have significantly lower taxes,” said Day. He wants California to mimic these strategies.

Day wants to lower taxes to promote more jobs. Lowering

taxes would encourage people to spend more money in the community.

Public education has taken a hard hit throughout the recession. Day wants school administrators to have better monetary management.

Day wants to propose school choice where parents can pick the schools they want their children to attend.

Both candidates have come from different backgrounds.

Depending on who wins, their views can change California’s education and environmental systems.

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government such as paving the roads and education. He said that they cannot be overlooked.

Gatto said, “All basics have suffered because of the economic downturn.”

Ramani thinks that California needs to “reduce the number of mandates.”

He said that for education there has been adding of mandate after mandate but no funding has been allocated to the mandates.

Assemblyman Mike Gatto, far left, is challenged by Sunder Ramani in the 43rd Assembly District election.

Nik Brkic can be reached at nik_brkic@elvaq.com

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“It shouldn’t pass because it’ll do more badness than goodness. Now people will have more access.”

“I don’t do it, but I support those who do it.”

“I wouldn’t allow it to go through because it’ll be easier to get it. Kids will be blowing their brains out.”

“It’ll cause tourism and everyone will come to California just to get high like in Amsterdam.”

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Colbert Challenges Schiff in 29th District

By Vanessa Duffy

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he 29th Congressional District (Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena) race pits Republican Tea Party candidate John Colbert against the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Adam Schiff, who is running for his sixth term.

Schiff has been Congressman for the 29th district since 2001. He was a former federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s office and served as State Senator for California’s 21st State Senate District, chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee and several others.

The challenger to his seat, Colbert, served in the U.S. Army, spent 13 years as a law enforcement officer at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and was the CEO of Guidance Software, Inc., which produced the materials, training and software that supported computer

forensic investigations for civilian, government and law enforcement investigators.

One of the main concerns of this unstable economy is unemployment. To address this, Schiff supported the stimulus bill last year, which he claims helped the economy grow 3.5 percent. He also supported additional legislation that prompted many new construction jobs and invested $750 million in competitive grants to support job training for approximately 150,000 workers in high growth and emerging industry sectors.

Colbert sees the solution differently. On his website he explains that the best way to increase employment is to cut expenses. Colbert wants to cut taxes like former president Reagan did.

“Reducing taxes and regulations will give small businesses a chance and that is where the money comes from,”

said Colbert. “This gives people more money to spend and circulate in the community.”

However with these rough times, economists predict that people will hold on to their money rather than purchase goods. Another expense that Colbert feels is unnecessary is healthcare. He wants to repeal President Obama’s healthcare reform.

The new health care system provides preventative services at no additional cost. This includes blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol tests, shots and vaccines as well as some pregnancy procedures. Children can stay on their parents’ plan until they are 26. The insured are able to choose their own doctors.

Insurers can no longer deny coverage to those with preexisting medical conditions or cancel policies without proving fraud or deny claims without the chance of appeal. This system

costs billions of dollars a year but is designed to make healthcare more available and affordable for everyone.

On Colbert’s website, he says that it is Obama’s plan to maintain a flat budget fee for the military support while increasing entitlement spending by 5 percent. Entitlements include Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security and Veterans’ benefits.

He believes this will weaken America’s position as the world’s preeminent military power.

Both candidates believe that the government is not spending wisely.

Schiff plans to reduce spending on California on prisons since they are 100 percent over capacity.

“California is bankrupting themselves and the education system to pay for incarceration costs,” he said. He wants to adopt strategies that other states are using that cost less.

Another expense is America’s reliance on foreign oil. Both candidates want to pull away from this dependence, but they see different alternatives. Colbert wants to produce oil domestically and says that it will produce more jobs. Schiff wants cleaner and more efficient sources of energy, which will also create jobs.

Schiff supported the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed last June which will take effect in 2012. The bill will cap greenhouse gas emissions and then allow companies to trade their permits to emit so that market encourages the cheapest reductions to be made. Free permits would be distributed to low-income households to reduce energy costs and invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy.

“We need to develop new clean energy technologies instead of drilling off shore in Santa Barbara,” said Schiff. “This will employ hundreds of Americans.”

Schiff says that the U.S. is falling behind in development of alternative energy technology.

“China is the world leader in hydropower and second in wind power.”

Colbert supports many forms of energy alternatives like the use

of nuclear energy. The Nuclear Energy Institute says that its power plants use uranium fuel, consisting of solid ceramic pellets, to produce energy through a process called fission instead of burning fuel.

According to the World Nuclear Association, finely divided uranium metal, being pyrophoric, presents a fire hazard.

Working with uranium requires the knowledge of the maximum allowable concentrations that may be inhaled or ingested. Recently, the natural presence of uranium in many soils has become of concern to homeowners because of the generation of radon and other elements.

On Oct. 13 OpenSecrets.org reported that Schiff has $1.8 million on hand for the remainder of the campaign; Colbert has $86,000, but will reportedly receive funding this week from the Republican Party.

The election is Nov. 2. Polls open at 7 a.m. and stay open until 8 p.m.

A current list of polling places can be found on lavote. net. For more information on the California elections and voter information, visit sos.ca.gov/ elections.

For more information on the candidates, visit their official websites.

Representative Adam B. Schiff (Democrat) 15 S. Raymond Ave., Suite 204 Pasadena 91105 (626) 583-8581 (626) 583-8591 (FAX) website: www.schiff4congress. com e-mail: adam_schiff@sbcglobal. net United States Representative, 29th District John P. Colbert (Republican) 556 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Suite 101 Pasadena 91105 (626) 398-6456 (626) 628-1778 (FAX) website: www.colbert2010.com e-mail: john@colbert2010.com Vanessa Duffy can be reached at vanessa_duffy@elvaq.com

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Board of Trustees Talk Budget, Elections

By Luis Rodriguez

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he board of trustees met to discuss issues about the schools’ funds and the upcoming election on Oct. 15.

The members didn’t influence people to vote for a specific candidate, but let the audience know what the repercussions would be of voting for either.

Mark Macdonald, legislative advocate, did a presentation about the Sacramento update. The five goals that Mark Macdonald has set for the college are; to protect the base funding, to get an augmentation, keep the fees low, and redirect student completion models into a student success model. They also wanted to create a guaranteed transfer pass.

Macdonald says, “Of those five goals, we have completed three.

Which direction the assessment bill goes is yet to be seen, but the goal is to have a statewide bank for all colleges to

pull funds out of. We’re looking at three growth budgets. We have a billion in funds that need to be deferred and need to be augmented for new students.

There was a flurry of activity and we hope that Glendale gets the accommodations.”

“We were able to protect base funding. We voted no on a $40 per unit fee increase. We provide Glendale’s eyes, ears and voice within Sacramento as well as acting as ground troops during the legislative bills,” said Macdonald. Glendale is set to get a $2.8 million augmentation.

Most of that money is deferred.

The actual money will be determined when the chancellor’s office does their final runs.

According to Macdonald, five to six billion has been withheld from all community colleges due to Prop 98. The state isn’t going to give the money back.

The state is also going to cut Physical Education funds from the school.

If Meg Whitman

is elected, there will be a tax cut. If Brown is elected, GCC will enter into negotiations by January. When students transfer to a state university, it will not be to a particular campus, but into that system.

The issues for next year will be three more tough budgets. There will be an augmentation for all the new students. L.A. County will have a declining number of graduates. Community colleges will be getting 3.9 million dollars. The downside will be the 89 million dollar referral and Glendale will be self sufficient for the next year. There is a $10 million deficit.

Sarah McLemore, assistant English professor, Francien Rohrbacher, English instructor, Lin Griffith, ESL professor and Narineh Frankian, math instructor stepped up to talk about their respective subjects.

McLemore talked about the English Bridge program, which became the English High School

collaborative Program. The math and ESL programs also took this path. In fall 2009, only 39 percent of all students placed into English 101. About 54 percent of students who are in the high school collaborative program placed into English 101.

Narineh Frankian, math professor, went up and said “No one took math in his or her senior years. Statistics have improved.

In 2005, 28 percent of students entering college have placed in the intermediate level. The lower the level, the less likely the student will complete an AA Degree or complete a transfer level math class. “We provide placement tests for high school juniors and seniors to encourage them to stay in math. We provide workshops for development. We provide alternate math programs to prepare students for an AA level class. Only 54 percent of Grad students placed in AA level math.”

She added, “Being in math

helps students maintain or improve their level.”

The collaborative classes are encouraged to juniors and seniors. Seven high schools are in the program. Armine Hacopian, board of trustee’s member said: “My daughter who was in seventh grade took a course here and passed.”

During the first presentation, Makiko Nakasone and Andre Nikitan from the Kofu Rotary club in Japan came to visit the meeting. The club Kofu supports the Glendale Rotary Club Sunrise. $11,000 was donated to the program by Kofu. Makiko was surprised at how much the Japanese program in GCC had grown.

For more information on the Oct. 18 meeting, visit www. glendale.edu under Board of Trustees.

Luis Rodriguez can be reached at luis_rodriquez@elvaq.com

School Addresses Accreditation Recommendations

By Nik Brkic

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lendale College has moved to address the problems that the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) had found on their visit in March of this year.

Glendale was given a warning with recommendations that had to be fixed. If these recommendations go unaddressed, Glendale College could have its accreditation put in jeopardy.

A governance committee called the Institutional Planning Coordination Committee or IPCC was created to address all the deficiencies found in the action letter from the ACCJC. While most of these problems arose from budget deficiencies, the college cannot pass blame and must fix the problems that were presented.

In total there were nine recommendations given to Glendale College by the ACCJC. At a faculty meeting on Oct. 14, John Queen, chair of the political science division and member of the accreditation committee, said, “We are doing all nine

simultaneously, but we have to give priority to the first 4.” The first four must be implemented or completed by March 15, 2011 while five are required to be completed by March 15, 2012.

The first recommendation is for the college to strengthen the linkages among the program review, planning and resource allocation processes. This is the largest and most complicated to fix. The solution to this problem includes a multi-faceted approach. A visual representation of the solution is a flow chart with many levels. “It will take a change in behavior and a change in our decision making,” Queen said.

The second recommendation that must be completed has to do with finishing overdue employee evaluations and fully implementing professional development plans to ensure that all staff must obtain the necessary skills to satisfactorily perform their jobs. “This is difficult to accomplish because many of the overdue evaluations are for adjunct faculty who are hard to reach,” said Jill Lewis, Manager of the Accreditation & Program Review.

The third recommendation given by the commission recommended that the college use all traditional, federally recognized Equal Employment Opportunity ethnic categories in order to develop a comprehensive approach in describing and planning for the diversity of faculty and staff at the college.

This was remedied with splitting up categories that were joined on a form used for hiring perspective employees. The simple fix meets the requirements set by the commission.

The final recommendation that needs completion requires the college to move quickly to implement long-range planning in Information and Technology Services that is linked to budget allocation. At the moment Information and Technology Services have not been accounted for in our budget and have not been receiving funding. This has caused some of our technology to become outdated. The commission added the recommendation so that the technology can be updated.

The five other recommendations that must be completed by March 15, 2012 are

being addressed as well. The first is to accelerate the development of Service Learning Outcomes (SLO). All new classes have SLO’s created, but some older classes do not.

Another recommendation for the college is that all major policies affecting students are published in an accessible manner in such publications as the catalog, including the Academic Freedom Policy, transfer of credit and the process for sexual harassment complaints.

While each of these policies was published individually in different places, such as class schedule and catalog, they were not provided altogether. The college will now publish major policies in future publications such as the class schedule and catalog.

Another recommendation regards staffing of maintenance.

The commission received a complaint about the staffing levels of maintenance workers such as janitors and has recommended an increase in the staff levels. This is difficult to change with no funding. “We have grown with more buildings but our (maintenance) staff has

stayed the same,” said Jill Lewis.

The commission mentioned the safety of servers as well.

Some servers have overheated due to a lack of heat dissipation.

The commission recommended that the college find a way to keep servers in a safe, cool and controlled environment to prevent and future overheating.

The final recommendation required for 2012 revolves around a law called GASB 45. It requires government employers to report the liabilities associated with post-employment benefits such as post-retirement medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, life, long-term disability and longterm care benefits that are not associated with a pension plan.

The accreditation team at Glendale College has spent many hours trying to change what the commission has asked for and the results are starting to be seen.

For more information on the accreditation process visit the accreditation page on the Glendale college website at www.glendale.edu.

Nik Brkic can be reached at nik_brkic@elvaq.com

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Summit Promotes Greener Campuses, Clean Energy

By Vanessa Duffy

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ew regulations and standard codes will soon be in effect to make community colleges more “green,” and it is anticipated that energy career programs will become increasingly available.

“Community Colleges are providing the leadership today for the green tomorrow that we need,” said featured speaker Larry Eisenberg, executive director for Facilities Planning and Development for the Los Angeles Community College District.

The Green California Community Colleges Summit was held at the Pasadena Convention Center Oct. 11 to 13. Professionals from colleges, workforce centers, major companies and state division agencies gave presentations and hosted workshops on the new green age. More than 20 sponsors came together to demonstrate how their companies are helping make a green economy.

Business suits and eager faces awaited the guests in the lobby of the convention center. But not many up-and-coming green students were at this event. It was

more about business networking.

In attendance were Glendale College’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) manager Jean Lecuyer, engineers, architects, non-profit organizations and administrators from local colleges like Pierce and East Los Angeles.

Loosening up the crowd was the non-profit organization Green Street Scene, which had set up a green screen and cameras to do commercials for its “Only You Can Save Energy” campaign that many celebrity’s have already participated in to encourage a healthier environment.

Inspiration came not from an experienced energy architect but also from a teenager.

Wednesday’s feature speaker Alec Loorz, a student at El Camino High School, founded the non-profit organization, Kidsvs.-Global-Warming at age 12.

He was inspired by Al Gore’s documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.”

After he was told that he was too young to train as an official presenter of the film he created his own multi-media presentation.

He has inspired thousands of youths with his message: “Our generation is the one who will be most affected if nothing is done

about global warming, so we need to be the ones leading the movement to bring change. Our voices do matter.”

The premier sponsor of the Green Technology event is Gen7, a manufacturing company that builds and delivers complete classrooms. Right now it makes single-floor classroom plans and they are currently getting approval for two-story buildings.

“The classrooms are 90 percent complete when you purchase them,” said Gen7 representative Jim Wallace. “The other 10 percent is just the base to put the class room on.”

Gen7 is 100 percent recyclable, with most materials containing high amounts of recycled content.

It is also a grid neutral design structure. The classrooms are designed with solar panels that provide energy to power the rooms.

Reducing California’s carbon footprint has been one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s main issues causes being elected to office. Since then, California’s State Architect Division has focused on incorporating green concepts into the design, construction, maintenance and operations of California’s K-12

schools and community colleges according to Theresa Townsend, supervising architect at the Division of the State Architect.

It is a goal of the DSA that by December 2010 all plans coming through DSA will be reviewed for achieving grid neutrality. Neither of these is mandatory at this time; however, planning a grid neutral campus now is encouraged because the regulations are right around the corner. The California Green Building Standards Code could be in effect as early as 2012.

Another main sponsor was SolFocus, high efficiency solar panels. The SolFocus Concentrator Photovoltaic panels convert 25 percent of the incident sunlight into electricity. This is achieved through the use of advanced multi-junction solar cells that aerospace has used for decades.

A first of its kind in North America, SolFocus conducted a project with Victor Valley Community College. SolFocus panels, the micro-generating facility, occupy six acres on the colleges main campus. According to the SolFocus website, the college’s estimated cost savings from installation is projected to be close to $20 million over the 25-year life of the project with a payback period of five years. The 2.5 million kilowatt-hours per year meet about 30 percent of the College’s electricity demand.

“After reviewing several options for a solar provider,

SolFocus demonstrated that it could deliver the best value in solar energy for the college,” said Christopher O’Hearn, Victor Valley College president. “This project will undoubtedly be a model for other colleges and universities in meeting energy needs and supporting a green jobs economy,” A surprising sponsor of the event was Chevron. One doesn’t exactly think “green” when reviewing current gas prices and the damage to the environment from burnt fossil fuels. Ken Casey, a Chevron representative at the event, explained that the company has a program called the Solar Project Experience from Chevron Energy Solutions.

It turns out that they are one of the largest developers of solar energy products in the United States.

Chevron has worked with Glendale Water and Power to construct the solar panels on top of Glendale College’s new parking structure. They designed and constructed its 261-kW (dc) solar PV system. Glendale Water & Power uses the energy to meet its Renewable Portfolio Standards goals.

Green jobs aren’t exactly a category found through job searches.

However, energy programs will eventually be implemented into most school curricula as will energy workforce training programs.

Vanessa Duffy can be reached at vanessa_duffy@elvaq.com

Speech and Debate Win Nine Awards at Season’s First Tourney

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he Speech and Debate coaches, Jean Perry, Director of Forensics, and Ira Heffler, Head Forensics Coach, announced that the team’s performance at the tournament held at Azusa Pacific University on Oct. 16 exceeded expectations.

In what was the first major competition of the school year, Glendale broke into the elimination rounds in all four speech categories: platform speaking, oral interpretation, limited-preparation events and debate and won eight awards including: Novice Informative: First Place – Ashley Givens Novice After Dinner: Top Speaker – Francis Dournayan Novice Prose Interpretation: Finalist – Karina Gutierrez Novice Impromptu: Second Place – LauraJean Berger Finalists – Francis Dournayan, Ashley Givens Open Impromptu: Second Place – Robert Black Third Place – Tara Keshishian Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Second Place – Armond Aivazyan Overall, Glendale placed fourth in the Community College sweepstakes.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Bright Colors, Beauty and Meaning: It’s Just Manny Being Manny.

KEEPING IT REAL: Art Professor Caryl St. Ama, above left, and artist Manny Bracamonte are seen in front of his painting Friday in the cafeteria. Art lab tech Mark Gens, at right, from left, Manny Bracamonte, Cafeteria Director Nancy Jordan, Associate Dean Jan Swinton and Art Professor Susan Sing are pictured at the mural dedication. The mural, bottom, 30-by-140 inches in acrylic and spray paint on three Masonite panels.

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he cafeteria was filled with faculty members, students and cameramen all eagerly awaiting the dedication of Manny Bracamonte’s mural “Color Palette of Our Ancestors” Friday.

“My mural is about connecting the past, present and future,” said Bracamonte. “It’s about our history, our destiny and the path we follow.”

Manny is an advanced art student at GCC. He is not only a painter, but also a rapper and a social enthusiast.

“We needed someone capable of completing a project of this scale, someone who could make it beautiful and meaningful,” said Mark Gens, the Art Department’s instructional lab tech who worked closely with Bracamonte on the mural.

Gens said, “Manny was the first person we approached to do it and he was more than willing.

“He has experience working on a large scale, he uses very vibrant colors and his work is very content driven: culture, history, graffiti, urban life, etc. He was a perfect match for the project.”

The dedication ceremony came together as a collaborative effort between the Food Services Department and the Studio Arts Department in order to bring color to a blank wall in the cafeteria.

“We decided to submit a proposal for an ASGCC grant and that money paid for paint, brushes, Masonite panels and Plexiglas,” said Gens.

Story by Aaron Michael Carlos Photos by Frank Guandique

“The project began when Jan Swinton and Nancy Jordan got the idea to have a mural painted in the cafeteria,” said Gens.

“Nancy Jordan contacted [instructor] Susan Sing at the studio arts department about creating the mural. Susan and I met with Nancy and Jan to get a sense of what they wanted and to brainstorm ways to raise money,” said Gens.

“Jan and I got to talking and we decided that what we really needed was to get some color on this blank wall,” said Food Services Manager Nancy Jordan. “We came up with the idea, ‘what about a mural?’ After we got the money from ASGCC, we approached the Art Department and asked them to choose an artist. They chose Manny and now here we are.”

There is more to Manny than his art and infectious smile. In a room focused solely on him and his art, Manny still managed to be humble.

“My inspiration for my art is my life, my background and everyday struggle,” said Manny. “It took me about two months to complete, three including sketches. I was putting in work for about four to five hours a day, but it’s worth it because it’s my passion, and if you’re not passionate about what you’re doing, why even bother doing it?”

Manny is a native of San Salvador, El Salvador. He moved to Echo Park when he was six months old. “This is one of the biggest pieces I’ve done, and definitely the

most legit,” (referring to street graffiti).

“On the street you can’t take it home with you,” said Manny as he affectionately glanced at his work.

“Some of my work is at Philly’s Cell Phone Shop on Pico and Union, and there is some talk of me possibly doing some more work on campus. It’s nothing for sure yet, but I’d definitely be interested in doing some more murals for the school.”

Manny kept glancing at his painting, knowing that it will hang in the cafeteria for years to come, with a look in his eyes of pride and gratitude for the experience.

“It was a tremendous pleasure to watch it develop,” said Jordan as she watched the artist across the room receive the praise he deserves.

The mural is a depiction of a timeline beginning with corn stalks, depicting an image from the text “The Popol Vuh,” an ancient Mayan story that depicts the first man and woman growing from a corn stalk. “I spray painted the background connecting graffiti art to modern day glyphs to ancient hieroglyphics.”

The mural continues from left to right, showing a warrior, “Our Ancestors as a Tree.”

It continues on to a bus and ends with what is described as “Dreamer Offering my Heart.” It was painted with acrylic on three Masonite panels.

The mural can be seen hanging along the far right wall in the downstairs cafeteria above El Vaquero Plaza.

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NEWS/OPINION

Campus Journalists Score at Meet El Vaquero, Insider Win 18 Awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges SoCal Conference

By Rachel Elizabeth Mills EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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lendale’s El Vaquero newspaper and Insider magazine won 18 awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) Southern California Conference at Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 16.

Community colleges across Southern California compete every year at the conference for awards on the work they submit from the previous semester and from other conference competitions.

The competitions are a good way for students to become acquainted with the experience they would encounter in the professional journalism world.

The president of JACC, Jay Seidel, said that another benefit of the competitions is that “the

students can then become awardwinning journalists.”

When students attend the convention they are also rewarded with an atmosphere that helps them experience the world of journalism beyond the classroom.

“Its one thing to hear from an instructor, but to learn from a pro is great,” said Seidel.

El Vaquero brought home one of the biggest honors, General Excellence, this semester.

The Insider also won General Excellence for a magazine.

El Vaquero Editor-in-Chief Louis Roche, won first place in the online photo competition. The photo Roche took was of a GCC student in a dunk tank which was taken at the end of spring semester festival last June.

The staff of El Vaquero this semester will have the chance to take part and win more awards

next year in Sacramento when they will attend the state level convention.

The El Vaquero and Insider staffs were unable to attend the conference and compete in onthe-spot competitions, although two staff members, Graig and Hovsep Agop, multiple award winners represented Glendale at the awards ceremony.

For a list of the awards, see list online at www.elvaq.com Rachel Mills can be reached at rachel_mills@elvaq.com

PERFECT “10”: Glendale’s Insider Magazine took 10 awards in SoCal competition including First Prize for cover design. Both the Insider and El Vaquero won General Excellence awards for last semester’s publications.

Prop. 23 Would Kill State’s Green Jobs

By Adriana Orellana EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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n Nov. 2, California voters will get to decide whether or not to pass Proposition 23, a statute that aims to suspend California’s Global Warming Act of 2006, also known as AB32, which will cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state.

The information on the election ballot says Proposition 23 will suspend the implementation of AB32, which requires major sources of emissions to report and reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming, until the state unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent or less for a full year.

California’s unemployment rate, which is currently 12 percent, has been below 5.5 percent only four times since 1980. Currently, there are 2.3 million Californians unemployed. Economists predict that for the next five years, the state’s unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent, which would mean that AB32 would remain suspended for many years.

AB32, passed by the California State Legislature and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,

is expected to begin in 2012 and would reduce the emission levels to the 1990 levels by 2020.

The proposition has come to be known by the names that its supporters and opponents have called it. Supporters call it the California Jobs Initiative, while opponents call it the Dirty Energy Proposition.

The California Voter Information Guide states that the fiscal impact of Proposition 23 passing will most likely be a modest net increase in overall economic activity in the state from suspension of greenhouse gases regulatory activity, resulting in a potentially significant net increase in state and local revenues.

Meg Whitman, California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, who has been avidly saying for weeks that if she was elected she would suspend the Global Warming law of 2006 for a year, said during a recent debate against Democratic candidate Jerry Brown, “I will not only delay the law AB32, but I would also fix it,” adding that the law will be damaging to the rest of the jobs in the economy, especially because only 3 percent of

California’s jobs are green jobs.

Whitman wants to change the law so it isn’t damaging to the other 97 percent of California jobs, and still protects the 3 percent of green jobs.

Brown has said that if he is elected he is in support of making changes to AB32, but that he would not suspend it because he is in support of it.

Supporters of Proposition 23 argue that a “yes” on 23 will save jobs and prevent energy tax increases. Other reasons people support the proposition are that passing Proposition 23 will help save a million jobs that will be destroyed, and that California cannot afford the energy costs that will not reduce global warming, said the Yes on 23 committee on a rebuttal to the opponents of the proposition in the California Voter Guide.

Many of the proposition’s supporters include oil companies such as Valero Energy Corporation and Tesoro Companies, who along with Flint Hills Resources have donated more than $6.7 million to the initiative committee. Other supporters include The California Republican party, Steve Poizner,

and U.S. Congressman Tom McClintock.

Opponents of Proposition 23 say that this was designed

by Texas oil companies to kill clean air and energy pollution regulations in California, which will end up threatening public health, increase dependence on costly oil, and kills competition from wind and solar companies’ job creation.

“This measure is a polluter’s dream and will kill a clean energy economy for California,” said Democratic consultant Steven Maviglio, who works for “Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs.” Many of the opponents include numerous health affiliated associations, like the American Lung AssociationCalifornia, American Association of Pediatrics in California, and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality District.

The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and the Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce are also against Prop. 23, as well as Gov. Schwarzenegger, the California Teachers Association, and Warner Bros. Entertainment.

“Proposition 23 would allow polluters to avoid laws that require them to reduce harmful greenhouse gases and air pollution. 23 is a serious threat to public health,” said Jane Warner, President of the American Lung Association in California.

In a recent poll conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, results showed that among likely voters, 48 percent will vote against Prop. 23, while 37 percent will vote in favor.

“Those oil companies are spending millions on a deceptive campaign because if 23 passes, it will allow them and other polluters to escape accountability and increase their own profits,” said a statement made by the No on Prop. 23 committee in the Official Voter Information Guide for California’s General Election.

Nov. 2 will be the date when Californians can make a decision to have air pollution and greenhouse gases reduced by voting NO on 23 or, saving a few jobs and preventing energy tax increases by voting YES on 23.

Adriana Orellana can be reached at adriana_orellana@elvaq.com

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/REVIEW

‘Campaign — the Musical’ Is Funny, Sharp

By Adriana Orellana EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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ampaign – The Musical,” written by playwright and Glendale Community College English Professor Samuel Warren Joseph, combines politics and love in a fun and enthusiastic musical play that will have the audience entertained, laughing, and singing along to an incredibly realistic political satire.

“Campaign,” written 15 years ago, is very relevant to today’s politics and political sex scandals.

In it we can see what a behindthe-scenes look into a political campaign would be, including the lying, cheating, dirty campaign work, and the scandals. It is both a timeless and timely musical play, because politicians do not always do what they say they will.

“The project was a labor of love born out of my lifelong interest and passion for politics and my songwriting collaboration with my close friend, Jon Detherage,” said Joseph. “I wanted to create an entertaining story that was hopeful yet cynical, because that is how I feel about politics and I am hopeful and believe that political activism can really produce greater social change

and justice.”

In “Campaign,” directed by T.J. Castronovo, the audience gets a look into the political campaign of Glenn Mann’s (Brian Byers) run for governor. Mann represents the easygoing politician, who is charismatic, somewhat smart, but who only reads what is put in front of him by his political strategists, and doesn’t seem to have his own thoughts.

The musical has a very authentic and true plot involving the conflict for power that may occur during political campaigning. In “Campaign” the audience sees an escalating conflict in wanting to decide what is best for Mann between his stressed out political strategist Steve Mayer (Travis Dixon) and Mann’s new press secretary Brenda Malloy (Jean Altadel).

This is mainly due to their differing views and in a way wanting to be the leader for what Mann says and does.

Throughout the musical, one of Mann’s main strategies for winning the election is to focus on family values, which as the audience, and his wife Elaine (Barbara Keegan), know, he lacks because he is having an affair, with none other than

his press secretary, Brenda. As television commercials are shown portraying the candidate as a family values man and as Glenn’s campaign group start to sing “Family Values,” the audience bursts into laughter.

Elaine Mann is behind her husband all the way, but gives up her honor and self-respect because she knows about what is going on with her husband and Brenda. Elaine is smarter than she seems though, because she is the one who will probably be making the decisions if her husband wins the governorship. One of Elaine’s best lines that may capture how she feels is, “Freedom is a myth to torment your soul.”

“Campaign” is an extremely enjoyable musical with memorable and likeable songs, written by Joseph and Jon Detherage, and outstanding performances by the cast. Jean Altadel and Travis Dixon give outstanding performances and are very much in sync when performing. Although they may not be the best of friends at the beginning of the musical play, they find each other’s best sides by the end. Altadel and Travis are extremely good at bringing about a tremendous amount of

tension into the scenes that they have together, and that is one of the factors that makes the musical even more believable. It is captivating to hear them sing together because their voices blend so well and they transmit their emotions to the audience.

The well written and thought out plot draws the audience into wanting to know more throughout the musical and keeps the audience animated with songs like “You’re A Liar” and Brenda’s song to Glenn, “You’re Not Man Enough to Be My Man.” The musical is extremely entertaining what with the conflicts between Steve and Brenda and the actions of Glenn, who may seem like a character the audience would hate, but is actually very likable because of his charisma. He may not be the smartest politician out there, but his wife Elaine, who is always supporting her husband, and enduring his actions, does it all for the good of the campaign.

Joseph captures the true essence of politics in his musical play, making it easy for the audience to believe, because it is what many politicians do. Which is to say that they are people who will represent and fight for certain

issues, but don’t practice what they preach. Joseph who has been interested in politics from a very young age, was involved with the Young Democrats, and wrote this play in part because he did not like what politics have come to represent.

“People hope the next elected candidate changes things for the better, but there is a mixed feeling of hope and cynicism due to how politicians relate to each other, and not doing what they promised after being elected,” said Joseph, which may just capture what many of us have been thinking about politics, especially with the upcoming Nov. 2 elections.

“Campaign – The Musical” is being presented at The Met Theater, located on 1089 N. Oxford Ave. in Los Angeles.

It runs Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. through Nov. 7.

Tickets are $25, $20 for students (GCC students are $10), $15 for seniors and groups of 10 or more.

For tickets and information call (323) 960-7612 or visit www. plays411.com/campaign.

Adriana Orellana can be reached at adriana_orellana@elvaq.com

Author Hector Tobar Goes to the Dark Side

By Derek Stowe

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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os Angeles Times journalist Héctor Tobar, featured writer of “Once More, Lazarus” in the recently published collection of short stories, “Los Angeles Noir,” spoke to a Kreider Hall full of prospective writers — both students and faculty — on Oct. 20.

GCC’s warm applause delighted Tobar, 47, who received a Pulitzer Prize for journalism for his street reporting of the Rodney King riots of 1992. He spoke about the art of writing in different genres and then answered questions about his writing techniques.

“Los Angeles Noir,” edited

by Denise Hamilton, comprises eclectic works that typify the detective stories of the noir fiction genre. Tobar explained how Hamilton had asked him for a short story, so he adapted

an existing story to fit the genre by inserting a “hard-boiled” detective.

The book is being used in several English classes, and the students and faculty from several English, history, and journalism classes had good reason to pay attention. Tobar revealed valuable insights. “I want to know the nuances of definitions,” he said explaining why he had amassed a collection of dictionaries. “I’m crazy about writing.”

Tobar was born of a bluecollar Guatemalan immigrant family living in a section of East Hollywood that is now called “Little Armenia.” A sociology graduate of UC Santa Cruz, Tobar started out writing for a free weekly journal in San Francisco, was later accepted into the Times’ minority summer internship program known as Metro, and once an L.A. Times reporter, advanced from suburban desk all the way to Mexico City

bureau chief before accepting a weekly column here in L.A. He explained why he once quit his job at the L.A. Times. It was to get his master’s degree of fine arts in creative writing from UC Irvine.

Reading, learning new vocabulary, and doing creative exercises are good ways to improve one’s writing.

To improve his high school SAT scores, Tobar had studied the book “Word Power Made Easy” (1949) by Norman Lewis.

When he was writing a novel about Latinos, he compiled a list of 500 synonyms for “brownskinned” such as “cinnamonskinned” and “the complexion of a newly minted penny.”

“Back in my 20s, I tried to use a word I had never used before in each of my articles,” he said.

“Prolix” [overly wordy], for example, was one of the words he submitted in an L.A. Times article, but it was rejected for

being too esoteric [obscure, or mysterious].

“Good vocabulary is gained by reading good literature,” he said. Before revising his second novel, which had been rejected by 40 different publishers, Tobar spent two years reading Shakespeare, the one great writer he had managed to avoid.

“Who’s the master of the family drama?” he asked himself when writing a story about a family: “Anton Checkov.” So he read “The Cherry Orchard.”

Whenever and wherever he goes and has an inspiration, Tobar is ready to jot it down on anything including automatic teller slips and restaurant receipts.

Audience member, George Sarkissian, 29, with a master’s in English said that Tobar’s first novel “Tattooed Soldier” (2000) reveals “a skilled wordsmith whose sentences have a natural flow. Tobar pays attention to structure, and as an ethnic writer,

he presents a world lived at the margins of society.” Being a journalist had forced Tobar to go out into the world and see things he wouldn’t have seen otherwise.

To write his second book to be published, “Translation Nation: American Identity in the SpanishSpeaking United States” (2006), Tobar criss-crossed the nation sharing what it was like to be a member of the largest minority in the U.S. A monument to literary non-fiction, the book was at first a slow seller but has since found wide recognition.

GCC history instructor Kristin Leaf, who published an article about “Los Angeles Noir” in a recent issue of GCC’s online staff newsletter “Chaparral,” was moved by Tobar’s “great and utterly prosaic [factual], practical, usable, understandable advice.”

His talk has inspired her to work on completing her doctoral dissertation.

[See Tobar, page 12]

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SPORTS / ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Cougars Maul Lady Vaqueros in Gymnasium

By Aaron Carlos

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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he Lady Vaqueros lost to the College of the Canyons Cougars in a Western State Conference match up on Oct. 13 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-13, 25-18).

Despite the loss, the Lady Vaq’s showed signs of resilience when they mounted a comeback in the fourth quarter, though the team eventually fell 25-18.

Even though it was a home game, the Cougars’ fans made it feel like an away setting with chants of “SIDEOUT” resonating throughout the gymnasium. After a first set defeat, the Lady Vaq’s came back strong in the second to take a 25-23 win.

The Lady Cougars started the third set on a 7-0 run until they served the ball out of bounds.

They eventually won the game 25-13, but the Lady Vaq’s made them work hard for each point.

In the fourth game the Lady Vaqueros made a solid effort to keep the game close. Their backand-forth play was exciting, with players diving left and right to set other teammates up

to make the play. Strong team play was the result of how well they communicated with each other on the court. This team spirit brought them back from what was beginning to look like another blowout.

“We blocked a lot better than we had been lately,” said coach Yvette Ybarra after the game. “ The plan coming into this game was to just play,” said Ybarra.

The team worked well together, supporting one another whether their effort turned into points or not.

Even though the Lady Vaqueros lost, the team worked hard and played a great game. Not once did it show signs of defeat or loss of hope that they could win.

The game ended with the Lady Cougars scoring more points, but in no other way did the Lady Vaqs “lose.”

In any sport talent is a big factor, but what wins games is hustle and defense. The Lady Vaquero’s showed a great amount of hustle and determination.

Had the hustle points correlated to actual points, they would have blown the Cougars out of

Photo by Isiah Reyes

GOING FOR THE KILL: Lady Vaquero Jessica Alvarez, 2, spikes the ball down the middle during their loss to College of the Canyons on Oct. 13 in Verdugo Gym.

the gymnasium. The defensive rotations were swift and because the girl’s were so vocal with one another they were able to keep the Cougars at bay for the majority of each set.

Jessica Alvarez led the Lady Vaquero’s in kills with 17, Roxanne Domines led the team with 28 assists and Racquel Valenzuela had 9 digs. The next home game is Friday vs. West

Los Angeles College at 7 p.m.

Aaron Carlos can be reached at aaron_carlos@elvaq.com

One Book/One Glendale Event [Tobar, from page 11] Leaf said in her article that Tobar’s revised short story “Once More, Lazarus” contains moral lessons. Yet because the genre is noir fiction, the road, for example, to learning “a valuable lesson about guns” for character Daniel José Cruz Jr., 14, who inadvertently shoots himself in the head on three separate occasions, will be “convoluted, tragic and fraught-through with ambiguity.”

In other words, the L.A. noir environment is an unusual medium through which to administer lessons of morality.

Much of Tobar’s skill as a reporter was easily transferable into the realm of fiction. While working as an L.A. Times police reporter, national correspondent, and foreign correspondent to Buenos Aires and then Mexico City, Tobar witnessed many scenes and interviewed many characters. “I had all these stories in my head—stories that couldn’t fit in the newspaper,” he said.

Tobar was happy to explain the writing process involved

in converting into fiction the characters and scenes he had encountered on the job. For example, he had interviewed homeless migrants and a motherdaughter prostitution team. Why not simply change their names and use their circumstances and mannerisms in his fiction?

To bring a fiction scene to life, Tobar contacted an ornithologist for the names of birds such as scrub-jay that one would expect to find chirping in L.A. on a July dawn. Facility with adapting non-fiction into fiction is the sign of a capable writer.

Tobar said that besides studying the style of the greatest authors, it’s important to research the historical background of a period when writing a novel. He constantly kept his second novel with him wherever he went in order to revise it properly. It had taken him two years to write it but “six or seven years to revise.” His thorough revision paid off when the novel, entitled “The Barbarian Nurseries,” was recently bought by publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It is due to be released

in 2011.

One important tip for revising one’s work is to see it with fresh eyes such as by putting it aside for a day or two so as to forget what one has already written.

The accomplished Tobar is now in the midst of his fourth book, a literary non-fiction work about the 1970s experiences of Eagle Scout Joe Sanderson who leaves Urbana, Ill. in his 20s to go around the world backpacking, charming women, working for the Red Cross during the Civil War in Angola, and joining a guerrilla army in El Salvador.

To write this literary nonfiction work based on Sanderson’s journal and letters home, Tobar said he must “get inside the protagonist’s head and describe the way he sees things.”

After a brief period of questions and answers, a line of students formed for book-signing.

Everyone seemed to be carrying a new optimism for improving his or her craft with the new-found tools acquired at this providential lecture by a true master.

Besides being a “public

Photo by Richard Kontas

NOIR LIKE ME: Pulitzer Prize winning author and L.A.Times journalist Hector Tobar after his lecture in Krieder Hall on Oct. 20.

intellectual” newsman and short story writer, Tobar is a skilled novelist and literary non-fiction writer.

“I’ve spent my life trying to create writing that is really

impactful and beautiful,” said Tobar.

Derek Stowe can be reached at derek_stowe@elvaq.com

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Panich Has Iron Legs and Positive Attitude

By Derek Stowe

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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omen’s Golf champ Tammy Panich, 19, took a roundabout way to become GCC’s biggest golf star ever and has bolstered Vaquero credibility and respect in the eyes of Oakmont Country Club in Glendale.

While practicing at the golf program’s prize Oakmont habitat on a sunny Oct. 12, Panich recounted some of the events leading up to her 71, twounder-par, first-place finish in a tournament Oct. 11 at Marshall Canyon Golf Course in La Verne.

“That was my big day,” said social science major Panich, referring to the win while rounding a few practice swings at the sixth hole of Oakmont.

Golf has made Panich a Glendale News-Press headliner since August when it was predicted that, despite her recent appendectomy, the two-time AllArea member would guide the Lady Vaqs to a strong showing this season.

A woman with long, iron legs, Panich was born in Monterey Park to Thai parents and then grew up in Thailand before coming back to L.A. She attended John Muir Elementary, Wilson Middle School, Glendale High, and Cal State Northridge before arriving at GCC. Panich started golfing five years ago when her father got her to join the co-ed Tregnan Golf Academy for kids 7 through 18 at Griffith Park. “I didn’t like it at first, but my dad forced me to.

Then after getting really good at it and starting to win tournaments, I started to like the competition.

I guess I really like winning,” she said planting her tee in the ground and taking a moment to size up the landscape.

Vaquero players are very privileged to have access to such a fine course. “Oakmont has now made us their team,” said Vaquero golf coach Greg Osbourne, a GCC alumnus who made AllAmerican at California Lutheran University and still competes in the PGA. “This is the best country club in Southern California and we get to play here for free?” Osbourne said with grin. Oakmont members pay more than $40,000 each to join, plus between $800 and $1,500 monthly dues depending

on the type of membership. If a member wants to bring a friend onto the course, it’s an additional $95.

“It wasn’t easy. [Oakmont] didn’t want us here,” the coach continued, “but they accepted us after seeing the quality of player I brought in, and after seeing us be winners. We’ve been able to build a Division One program at the junior college level, and Tammy was a huge part of that,” he said proudly.

“When we first came here we were just run-of-the-mill,” the coach said. “Tammy comes here—it brings credibility. Now she’s number one in the league; she’s going to be player of the year of the league; she’s going to go to the regionals; and she could win the state.”

GCC was extremely fortunate to get Panich. Everybody said there was no way she would come to Glendale, to which coach Osbourne said, “Hey, if you don’t believe in your own program, who will?”

Panich decided she wasn’t happy with the Cal State Northridge golf team and situation. She had to show up at 6 a.m. six-days-a-week and often stay until 9 p.m. Now attending a school closer to home, she has more time for friends and her father, who is an integral part of her success as golf star. “It’s fun knowing that I get to practice here [at Oakmont] and I’m going to be a better player.”

“She’s put our girls’ program on the map,” said Osbourne, who started coaching the men’s team three years ago and who just took over the women’s team, recruiting and building a champion golf program.

“I went and got the best player in the area and it wasn’t easy. I had to convince her; I talked to her father; and now, she’s fantastic,” he said watching Panich launch a missile from the tee box.

Panich said her father, who is her role model, teaches her a lot of things about life: “Work hard at something you want to accomplish,” he has always told her. “Nothing’s going to be given to you if you don’t work at it because life is hard. Life is tough.”

“My putting is really good, and I need to work on my long game,” said Panich pulling out a 52-degree wedge to tackle a 50yard chip shot to make it the rest

Photo by Derek Stowe

SOME THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON: Glendale’s top golfer Tammy Panich delivers the sort of fundamentally sound swing that is taking the women’s golf team to the Western State Conference (WSC).

of the way to the green.

Much of her versatility and ability to improve every facet of her technique has come from listening to her coach: “Proper angle equals proper accuracy.

Relax and be consistent. It’s all balance and knowing the distance. If you’re using the right iron with the proper angle, the ball will go the proper distance with the proper accuracy.

“If you try to swing and you don’t understand that angle of the club, you’re going to scoop up.

A fundamentally sound swing is really very simple. People make it way too difficult.”

Panich then putted the ball into the hole for par and headed to the next tee. Her short-term goal is to land a full scholarship at a four-year university and her long term goal is to play at the professional level.

“She’s always looking on the brighter side of things,” said her practice partner for the day, Clint Bowman. “It’s all about practice — she puts in a lot of practice for this.” Bowman was looking forward to his second season with the men’s team in spring 2011.

“Actually, I’m not an athlete,” said Panich clobbering one from the back tee, “I don’t like running, I don’t like exercising. I thought, ‘Oh, it’s golf — you don’t really have to be fit.’ But actually, it’s a lot harder than that, so I have to start working out to get better.”

Panich was number one for four seasons on the Glendale High

boys’ team where she got used to teeing off from a longer distance.

In women’s competitions, she always starts from the women’s tee. “Not so good … too high,” she said scoffing at her sky ball that went barely 200 yards.

Since leading the Lady Vaqs to a first-place team finish in La Verne Oct. 11, Panich tied for first-place again on Oct. 18 at Robinson Ranch Golf Course in Canyon Country. This time, she scored a 78. Even her sniffles, due to the cold and the rain, couldn’t knock her off her game.

Unfortunately, only three members of the Vaquero ladies team participated, so GCC’s team score didn’t count. Four players are needed to qualify.

The wet, frigid conditions “got a lot of people in trouble,” said teammate Diana Hernandez referring to the drizzle-soaked course. Usually a drive will roll at least 10 ten more yards after it hits the ground. But in the rain, “it hits the wet ground and it just sticks — it doesn’t roll,” she said. “Then you have the issue of slipping when you’re hitting the ball, losing your balance, and dealing with wet feet and wet grips.”

Robinson Ranch is a breathtaking course but with very narrow fairways and lateral hazards left and right, “so you really have to put it straight to be in a good position,” said Hernandez, who scored a disappointing 97.

As for Panich, she didn’t have

a particularly good round because of a couple of bogeys, which is unusual for her. But tying for first with a 78 is not bad considering the difficult conditions.

Hernandez said that Panich always demonstrates good sportsmanship: “Tammy is clearly our best player, but she’s very humble about it. When she gives advice, for example, she has a way of putting herself at your level — in my case at a beginner’s level. She doesn’t act like she knows more than you, but she clearly does.”

Panich knows how to laugh but also how to be serious and encourage her fellow golfers.

“Tammy is a lot of fun and a great teammate,” said Hernandez, “because at the end of the day when you’ve shot a horrible score for yourself and you’re upset, she’s the one to remind you that golf is just a game. She’ll say, ‘Let it go, and just go out there and have fun the next time — and continue to improve.’”

“One thing I do know is that Tammy can go far if she wants to. She can become a really great golf player,” said Hernandez.

Some things surely do happen for a reason.

Panich will lead the Lady Vaqs to the WSC finals at Olivas Links in Ventura on Oct. 31.

Derek Stowe can be reached at derek_stowe@elvaq.com

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Owls Plucked Despite Last-Minute Goal

By Luis Rodriguez

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

T

he Glendale Men’s soccer team came close to scoring a 2-0 shut out over Citrus College on Oct. 15 at Sartoris field.

Unfortunately, the Fighting Owls scored a last minute goal making the final score 2-1.

Citrus sophomore, Jeff Lopez attempted the first goal of the night at the five-minute mark of the first half. Shortly thereafter, Citrus midfielder Kevin Goodman missed a second attempt. Both shots were saved by Glendale’s starting goalie Edwin Cabrera.

Lopez won the first corner kick, but missed the shot.

Glendale’s Hans Cabrera took the Vaqueros’ first shot on goal of the night, but missed. Freshman Jonathan Torres attempted the next shot at 35 minutes into the first half. The fifth goal attempt of the half came from Citrus midfielder, Jose Garces, which also missed. Yader Arita, took Glendale’s first free kick at 44 minutes in after freshman Otar Chikhradze got shoved, but Arita missed the shot and the first half ended.

During the first half, things looked bleak for the Vaqueros as the team rarely kept the ball on Citrus’ side of the field and hardly made any goal attempts. Things started turning around though for the Vaq’s in the dramatic second half.

GCC’s first attempt at a second half goal was made by sophomore Jason Acosta at the 12-minute mark. Freshman Gustavo Gomez saved a shot by Citrus midfielder, Martin Ramirez at the 20-minute mark. The Vaqueros kept rushing toward the Citrus goalie and Acosta tried scoring again by using a header at 21 minutes in, but missed. Jeffrey Earle scored Glendale’s first goal of the match

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at the 23-minute mark.

Acosta scored the second goal for the Vaqueros from the 40-yard line at 33 minutes in as Glendale went up 2-0.

After the Vaqueros’ second goal, fouls and yellow cards abounded. Acosta got tripped by Citrus freshman, Sergio Valencia at 35 minutes. Another Citrus defenseman, Ramon Gutierrez, tripped Earle.

Glendale was awarded a penalty kick because of the foul, but missed the shot. The fouls didn’t stop there. Citrus’ Billy Bowles tripped Chikhradze at 40 minutes in and the referee gave him a red card, but then switched it to a yellow card instead. “Give him both!” yelled Glendale freshman Ramsey Issa from the bench.

Citrus’ Gutierrez shattered the possibility of a Glendale shutout when he scored a goal at 43 minutes into the second half.

Glendale’s last opportunity to score came at 47 minutes, as Arita crossed to Earle during extra time in a failed attempt.

Vaq freshman Yusepe Garcia credited goalie Cabrera for keeping the score up. “If it wasn’t for Edwin we’d be down 20-0.”

“It would suck if they tied us 2-2” said Issa. But Glendale remained the victors. After they game had finished, all the players shook hands as Glendale got a hero’s welcome from the crowd.

After the game, Vaqueros’ assistant coach Laura Matsumoto said: “During the first half the took their time waking up.

Fortunately we have Edwin to keep us in the game and get the job done. I would’ve liked a complete shut out but we had a lapse in the second half. At least we were able to win.”

Luis Rodriguez can be reached at luis_rodriquez@elvaq.com

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NO HOLDING HIM BACK: A Fighting Owl defender tries to hold back Vaquero Yader Arita to no avail, during the 2-1 Vaquero victory over Citrus on Oct. 15.

WHAT’S THE WORD?: Vaquero football lost another nailbiter 26-24 against the West L.A. Wildcats on Oct. 23. For exclusive slideshow coverage visit: www.elvaq.com.

Vaquero Sports Summaries Scores Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: Oct. 15 — Santa Barbara Invitational Women finished first Men finished fourth Women’s Volleyball: Oct. 15 — Lost to Pierce (3-0) Oct. 19 — Lost to Canyons (3-1) Oct. 22 — Lost to Citrus (3-1) Women’s Soccer: Oct. 12 — beat Los Angeles Valley 10-0 Oct. 15 — lost to College of the Canyons 2-0 Oct. 19 — lost to Pierce 3-1 Oct. 22 — tied Bakersfield 1-1

Men’s Soccer: Oct. 12 — lost to Oxnard 6-1 Oct. 15 — beat Citrus 2-1 Oct. 19 — lost to L.A. Mission 2-1 Oct. 22 — lost to Allan Hancock 6-1 Women’s Golf: Oct. 19 — Glendale finished fifth in a WSC game at TPC Valencia Football: Saturday — lost to West L.A. College 26-24 For more information see: http://www.glendale.edu/athletics/

Upcoming Events Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: Nov. 6 — So. Cal. Championships at Mission Bay, San Diego

Women’s Golf: Sun./Mon. — WSC Finals at Santa Barbara Nov. 8-9 — So. Cal. Championships

Women’s Volleyball: Friday — at Pierce. 7 p.m.

Tuesday — vs. College of the Canyons. 7 p.m.

Nov. 5 — at Citrus. 7 p.m.

Nov. 9 — vs Los Angeles Pierce College 7 p.m.

Football: Saturday — vs Santa Barbara College. 6 p.m.

Nov. 6 — at Santa Monica College. 6 p.m.

Women’s Soccer: Friday — vs Santa Monica. 7 p.m.

Tuesday — at Los Angeles Mission. 4 p.m.

Nov. 5 — at Los Angeles Valley. 5 p.m.

Nov. 9 — vs. College of the Canyons. 7 p.m.

Men’s Soccer: Friday— at College of the Canyons. 4 p.m.

Tuesday — at Santa Barbara. 7 p.m.

Nov. 5 — vs Oxnard College. 7 p.m.

Nov. 9 — at Citrus. 3 p.m.

For more information see: http://www.glendale.edu/athletics/

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CALENDAR On Campus EVENTS Halloween Event — Celebrate the holiday in Plaza Vaquero with fun and food on Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. It is sponsored

by ASGCC - Campus Activities.

Tupperware Sale — Annual scholarship fundraiser sponsored

by GCC’s Classified Council.

Today from noon to 1:30 p.m. Library patio.

One Book/One Glendale — Keynote address and book signing by author and editor of “Los Angeles Noir” Denise Hamilton.

Free. Today at 12:20 p.m. Main auditorium.

One Book/One Glendale — Faculty/Student book club.

Thursday. 12:20 to 1:30 p.m.

Free. AD243.

Blood Drive — Providence/St.

Joseph’s Hospital. In Plaza Vaquero on Nov. 1 and 2 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Presented by the Student Activities office.

Town Hall Meeting — The topic will be GCC’s accreditation issues. Nov. 9 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Student Center.

Town Hall Meeting — Garfield Campus. Topic will be GCC’s accreditation issues. Today from noon to 1 p.m. Room 7. 1122 E. Garfield Ave. For more information call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5678 or visit www.glendale. edu/ce.

THEATRE “The Servant of Two Masters” — The Theatre Arts Dept. presents a Carlo Goldoni comedy, adapted by Constance Congdon from a translation by Christina Sibul. Directed by Jeannette Farr.

Nov. 4, 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Auditorium Mainstage Theatre. Ticket prices vary. For reservations and information call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5612 or visit www.glendale.edu/theatre.

MOVIES Friday Flix: — A screening of the classic 1946 Howard Hawks film “The Big Sleep” starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall on Friday. On Nov. 5: Blake Edwards’ 1980 comedy “The Pink Panther” with Peter Sellers will screen. Films are free at 12:30 p.m. in SG 334. Discussions facilitated by Media Arts instructor Mike Petros follow the screenings.

MEDITATION“ “Learn to Meditate” — Meditation is said to help to clear and calm the mind. Free. Every

Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in AD 205. For more information call (818) 551-5192.

proofreading and practice editing passages. Free. Nov. 3 from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m. in AD 238.

WORKSHOPS

“Finding the Main Idea” — Sharpen your reading comprehension skills with this new workshop. Free. Nov. 8 from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m. in AD 238.

“Effective Resume” — Focuses on essential resume writing principles, formats and content. Free.

Today at 4 p.m. Career Center, 2nd floor. San Rafael Building.

For more information call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5407.

“Fragments” — Learn about different kinds of fragments and how to correct each; work on practice exercises. Free. Thursday from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m. in AD 238. Students are encouraged to register for the workshop online. For more information, visit www.glendale.edu/learningcenter or call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5341.

“Proofreading Techniques” — Learn a variety of techniques for

“MLA Requirements” — Learn about stylistic requirements mandated by the Modern Language Association. Nov. 9 from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m. in AD238. Free.

ART GALLERY “Jerry/Jury-Rigged” — Art Gallery. Curated by Jan Tumlir.

Runs through Nov. 13. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.glendale.edu/artgallery or call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5663.

Around Town HALLOWEEN “L.A. Haunted Hayride” — Griffith Park. How horrifying can a hayride be? Beyond your wildest nightmares if it’s the L.A. Haunted Hayride, a back o’ the wagon trip to damnation brought to you by the L.A. Parks Foundation. Ticket prices vary. Thursday through Sunday only. For information and tickets visit www.losangeleshauntedhayride.com.

“Taline & Friends Halloween Concert & Party” — Alex Theatre. This second annual event offers singing, dancing and photo ops with the cast. The concert is in Armenian. 216 N. Brand Blvd.

Sunday at 4 p.m. Ticket prices vary. For more information visit www.alextheatre.org or call (818) 243-2539.

“Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor” — Queen Mary. Featuring five mazes, 160 monsters and 20-foot tall flames. Ticket prices vary.

Tonite through Sunday. 1126 Queens Hwy. Long Beach. For more information and tickets call (562) 435-3511 or visit www. queenmary.com.

“Halloween Gallery of Horror!”

— The WHERE Gallery. Featuring original art by Josh Hickman.

Celebrate the horrors of Halloween with a spookishly awesome variety show. Tickets are $10. Friday and Saturday only at 8 p.m.

1519 Griffith Park Blvd., Silverlake. For more information visit www.capturedauralphantasy.com.

“Halloween Classics” — Paley Center for Media. Spooky screenings of The Munsters, The Simpsons, Dr. Seuss’ Halloween Is Grinch Night and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Free.

Today through Sunday at 2 p.m.

465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. For more information and tickets visit www.paleycenter.org or call (310) 786-1091.

“Halloween Horror Nights” — Universal Studios Hollywood presents the fifth annual installment of this event. Ticket prices vary. Friday through Sunday. 100 Universal City Plaza, Hollywood.

For more information visit www. halloweenhorrornights.com.

EVENTS “Charles Bukowski: Poet on the

Edge” — Huntington Library.

Drawn from the archive donated to the museum by wife Linda Lee Bukowski, the exhibit boasts first editions of his works, drawings, correspondence and even his typewriter. Runs through Feb. 14.

Ticket prices vary. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. For more information call (626) 405-2141 or visit www.huntington.org.

COMEDY “$5 Thursdays” — The Ice House Comedy Club.

“The night the comics love to play.”

Tickets are $5 for the 8 p.m. show only. 54 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena. For more information, visit www.icehousecomedy.com or call (626) 577-1894.

“Unscripted Hollywood Dream Role” — ACME Comedy House.

Friday at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 online or $10 at the door. 135 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. For more information, visit www. acmecomedy.com or call (323) COMEDY 525-0202.

EXHIBITIONS “Greg Gorman: A Distinct Vi-

sion” — Pacific Design Center presents a 40 year retrospective (1970-2010) of the Fine Art Photographers work. Runs through Friday. 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. For more information visit www.moca.org or call (310) 289-5223.

“Eye for the Sensual: Selections from the Resnick Collection” — LACMA presents a selection of European paintings and sculptures from the renowned collection of Stewart and Lynda Resnick. Runs through Jan. 2.

Ticket prices and hours vary.

5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. For more information call (323) 857-6000 or visit www. lacma.org.

MUSIC Malkin-Trybek Dou— Glendale Noon Concerts presents MezzoSoprano Iris Melkin and Guitarist Edward Trybek performing Spanish works by Rodrigo, Sor & Cordero and Sephardic songs. Free in the Sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Glendale, 209 N. Louise St. Runs from 12:10 until 12:40 p.m. on Nov. 3. For more information visit www.fbcglendale.net or call (818) 242-2113.

THEATER “Hello Again” — Alex Theatre.

Music, lyrics and book by Michael John LaChiusa. Suggested by the play “La Ronde” by Arthur Schnitzer. 216 N. Brand Blvd.

One show only on Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices vary. For more information, visit www.alextheatre.org or call (818) 243-2539.

“Great Expectations” — A Noise Within presents the West Coast premiere of the Charles Dickens classic. Adapted by Neil Bartlett. Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott.

234 S. Brand Blvd. Runs through Dec. 19. Ticket prices and show times vary. For more information visit www.anoisewithin.org or call (818) 240- 0910.

WELLNESS Free Yoga in the Park — Runyon Canyon Park. Free yoga lessons are offered everyday at 10:30 a.m and 6 p.m. 2001 N. Fuller Ave., Los Angeles. For more information call (323) 666-5046.

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VAQUERO VIEWS

¡Ándale Muchachos! Campus Celebrates Hispanic Heritage

LA CELEBRACIÓN DE LA HERENCIA HISPANA: Hundreds turned out for the Hispanic Heritage Day celebration sponsored by ASGCC and the Campus Activities office on Oct. 14. Shown here performing are Mariachi Alfredo. Also featured were Photo by Louis Roche cultural booths with food, guest speakers and other performers.