The Hornet 2013-14 Issue 5

Volume 99, Issue 5 November 6, 2013

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Dia de Los Muertos celebrates the dead [see news page 4, photo page 8]

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FC commemorates fallen veterans A week full of festivities takes over campus, giving veterans their due recognition.

KELLY LEE

Hornet Reporter

The Fullerton College Veterans Club is hosting their first Veterans Celebration Week with activities going on campus from Nov. 4-7.

The Veteran’s Club put up the Vision2Victory Global War on Terror Wall of Remembrance on

Monday, Nov. 4, this wall visually honors the lives of the soldiers and veterans that have died. Club member Devon Sancho mentions that the purpose of the wall is to “recognize those veterans that have lost their lives from fairly recent wars. From Iraq, to current day.”

President Scott Thompson says, “It’s just to bring awareness to student body and faculty. It’s one thing to hear what’s going on and another to visualize it.”

The club will also be showing two documentaries and discussions during the celebration week. “High Ground” is a documentary on soldiers

coming home after deployment, and “Restrepo” is on soldiers that are being deployed in the most dangerous part of the world. The present-past view of both documentaries are meant to inform the audiences of the physical and emotional wounds and experiences the soldiers undergo. The documentary discussions can be found in Room 266 on Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 1-2 p.m.

The Veteran’s Club is anticipating the student forum discussions, which is new to the celebration week. The forum will include speeches given by student veterans, showing how they feel

and how they are treated among students. Their experiences in school will be shared among other participants at the forum.

The event is meant to inform campus and staff and what they can do to better support the student veterans. It will take place in Room 224 on Tuesday, Nov. 5 from 1-2:30 p.m.

The Veterans Celebration Week will end with a celebration in the Quad on Thursday, Nov. 7 from 11a.m.-2p.m. Barbecue and music will be provided for those attending. The celebration will include guest speakers such as the president of the Veterans Club, a prisoner of war guest, a

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B.A. degrees for FC

Four-year degrees may soon be available at two-year colleges.

ERIK EDLUND Hornet Reporter

A 16 member panel is considering a proposal that would allow community colleges in California to offer four year degrees for specified majors.

The Chancellor of the California community college system, Brice Harris, has assembled a baccalaureate degree study group to survey the demands and cost of the degree programs this proposal will implement. They are also bearing in mind the effects of diverging from the community college system’s traditional role. If the proposal is passed, California would follow in the footsteps of other states who have already approved baccalaureate programs at community colleges.

The 16 member panel, which includes representatives from the University of California and Cal State systems will make suggestions to Harris in December. From there, if the system’s governing board accepts the suggestions, a proposal will be brought forth to the state legislature, the governor and an accrediting commission authorized by the U.S. Department of Education for approval.

With more than 2.3 million students across 112 campuses, California’s community college system is the largest higher education system in the U.S. Those who advocate the proposal said it is beneficial to students in rural areas who do not have access to a four-year university and it would address the shortage in [see Bachelor’s page 3]

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November 6, 2013

ON CAMPUS

Novelist comes to FC as a visiting writer The biannual visiting writers event thrown by the Humanities Division is featuring San Francisco resident and marketing agency manager, Corrine Jackson. Jackson manages campaigns for many Fortune 500 companies, she also has written the novels “If I Lie” and “Touched.” She will be speaking on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 6:308:30 p.m. in the Campus Theatre.

1. Petty Theft 488 P.C. Staff Lot 3 2. Medical Aid 500 building

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FC art gallery collaborative exhibition

Fullerton College and the Muckenthaler Cultural Center will feature works from various artists some of which including: Raúl Anguiano, Sonia Romero and Abel Alejandre. The works featured by these artists will combine contemporary and orginal techniques and will be on display on the Fullerton College Art Gallery on Thursday, Nov. 21.

Campus Safety encourages students to report any wrong doing they may happen to witness. It also must be noted that anonymity is always an option.

Adopt an Angel this Christmas

Every December Fullerton College’s Extended Opportunities Programs & Services welcomes the children of CARE and CalWORKs students to a holiday party. The holdiay party includes food, crafts and holiday songs with Santa. EOPS is looking for students and faculty to donate gifts to ensure each child recieves a present from Santa. The Adopt an Angel event is designed to help low income single parent families during the winter holiday season. Adopting angels will start on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Gifts are to be dropped off Dec. 2-10.

Emergency Contacts

Business Phone Number: Emergency Phone Number: Fullerton Police Department: Fullerton Fire Department:

(714) 992-7080 (714) 992-7777 (714) 738-6700 (714) 738-6122

OFF CAMPUS

Benefit supporting educational programs A festive way to celebrate this holiday season is to participate in the event, “Home for the Holidays.” This event offers wine, cheese and chocolate tastings as well as decorative tablescapes for the price of $60 for admission. Proceeds from this event will go to the Muckenthaler Cultural Center’s art educational programs. It will take place Thursday, Nov. 8 from 7-9 p.m. in the Muckhenthaler Cultural Center which is located on Malvern Avenue in Fullerton.

Dia de los Muertos festivities continue If you missed Dia de los Muertos events this past weekend, there will be one more coming up. The 2nd Annual Dia de Los Muertos will happen this Saturday November 9 at Max Bloom’s Cafe Noir. The free event will have Vejito’s Car Club, vendors, live music, food and more.

Visit their website at www.facebook.com/freshsoulalliance for more information.

Veteran’s Day Parade Major General Megan P. Tatu, Commander, 79th Sustainment Support Command, JFTB Los Alamitos, Calif. will be the guest speaker at Fullerton’s 26th Annual Veterans Day observance Monday, Nov. 11 at 10-11 a.m. hosted by Fullerton American Legion Post 142, Fullerton Emblem Club 469 and the City of Fullerton. The parade will begin at the Downtown Plaza, located on Wilshire Avenue, adjacent to the Fullerton Museum Center, go North on Harbor Blvd. and end at Hillcrest Park. Leading off the parade will be a special “fly-over” of the route by planes from Air Combat USA, which is based at Fullerton Airport.

Flea market in Downtown Fullerton The first Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Downtown Fullerton SOCO district the Mercantile Flea Market has free admission but also features artists, designers, antiques, vintage and urban creations.

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Nov. 8, 1957 Students gain permission from Board of Trustees to smoke in the newly formed student union.

Nov. 8, 1974 Academy Award winning actress Joan Fontaine gives a lecture at the PlummerAuditorium.

Nov. 6, 1981 A call for higher security measures arises as campus crime increases.

Nov. 9, 1990

Student organizations call for more lower entry classes to promote equality among students

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Man stabbed at Lemon Street Park An unidentified man was stabbed near Lemon Park in Fullerton early morning last Wednesday. “We’re investigating the situation as thoroughly as possible,” said watch commander Andrew Goodrich. He was rushed to UCI Medical Center.

911: Fullerton PD responded to a call about a stabbing at 4:20 a.m. last Wednesday.

Photos by Mathew Flores, The Hornet

Gruesome end: Items were left behind by the unidentified victim who was soon rushed to the hospital, his condition remains unknown.

Nightmare come to life: Blood from the victim was dropped on the stairs to the park’s bridge, then trailed onto the sidewalk on Lemon Street.

Students donate to military Flu season hits FC’s Third Annual Care Package Drive is brings the community together.

KELLY LEE

Hornet Reporter

Fullerton College’s Veterans Club members are busy getting their Third Annual Care Package Drive ready and sent out to active duty military.

These packages go directly overseas to people who are on active duty and they are also sent to friends and family of Fullerton College’s students and staff.

Members of the Veterans Club put the packages together and mail it out.

“Last year, we sent out 75 care packages. We just decided to keep that going,” said Scott Thompson, Veterans Club president. “The number is hoping to increase every year.”

In previous drives, club

members have used donations from Veteran’s Day celebrations to send out packages, but stopped this year when the club hit a $1,000 shipping cost.

Local groups outside of campus have helped with donations and funding.

Thompson stated that the event “brings people together” and that their goal is to make different parts of campus aware of the club’s activities and events.

The Veterans Resource Center has helped make the club more active by providing student veterans and group members more space to use and even offers free tutoring for members and veterans.

“We are always looking for more stuff to be donated,” said Thompson.

You can show your support for our troops by sending simple items such as: clean socks, magazines, toothbrush, prepackaged food or even toiletries.

Care packages are scheduled to be sent off on Nov. 22. The Veterans Resource Center is located in Room 518.

packages. We just decided to keep that going,” says Thompson.

The number is hoping to increase every year and this year they are shooting for at least 100.

The packages go directly to people that are overseas, active duty military, as well as friends and family of Fullerton College’s students and staff. Members of the Veterans Club put the packages together and mail them out themselves.

Local groups outside of campus help out the club with donations and funding.

Thompson states that the event

“brings people together” and their goal is to make different parts of the campus aware of the club’s activities and events.

The Veterans Resource Center is located in Room 518 and open to donatWions.

The celebration week has improved significantly since last year for the club, especially since it has been extended from one day, to a week.

The club has then added the student forum and candlelight vigil in addition to the documentaries and care package drive.

Coughing, sore throat, fever and an aching head. Sound familiar? These are the common symptoms of the flu. This time of year is not just the holiday season; it is also the flu season, which brings up a very important question in people’s minds, “should I get vaccinated?”

The flu, or influenza, is a virus that infects the body and causes mild to severe symptoms. There are different types of the virus that can spread easily from person to person.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated.

After vaccination, it takes about two weeks for the body to develop immunity to the virus.

People who have had the flu know it is not fun. It can last anywhere from a couple of days up to two weeks.

The flu is highly contagious, especially for people who have weak immune systems.

Vaccination happens through a shot that is administered into the skin; there is also a nasal spray flu vaccine available for healthy adults.

This virus can be in the system and contagious up to a day before people start showing symptoms.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the people

Those who disagree stated that it would break away from the traditional purpose of a two-year system.

Critics pointed out that the state’s Master Plan for Higher Education was implemented in the 1960s focusing on an “open for all campus” for careers and transfer students while a fouryear university allowed focus on research and higher degrees.

“It’s a really bad idea, a really poor idea,” said Norton Grubb, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education. “Community colleges have a lot to do already

without having to work with baccalaureate programs.”

Grubb expressed that community colleges might be overshadowed by a baccalaureate degree option.

Several community college students expressed their opinions about the same problem they all encounter: an associate degree isn’t enough for a profession that progressively demands a bachelor’s.

Some UC and CSU education experts expressed that it could be a tricky balance. It was expressed that community college baccalaureate programs could

actually help fill in the specific needs for local communities such as automotive, culinary arts or nursing.

“Provided they are offering bachelor’s degrees that other public institutions aren’t offering, particularly in applied technical areas,” said Davis Jenkins, senior research associate at the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

“In general it doesn’t depart from the community college mission because they were designed to meet community needs.”

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Donations will be accepted through Nov. 15.

The Veterans Resource hours are Monday-Thursday 8a.m.-5p.m. and Friday 8a.m.-noon.

For more information visit the Veterans Resource Center, email: fcveterans@fullcoll. edu or call 714-992-7102

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The celebration will come to an end with a candlelight vigil 5-7 p.m. following a lowering of the flag. The event is open to the entire campus community, veterans, and families.

Fullerton College’s Veterans Club members are also busy getting their 3rd Annual Care Package Drive ready and sent out to active duty military.

The care package count has improved since last year’s 2nd Annual Care Package Drive.

“Last year, we sent out 75 care

It’s that time of year not just for celebration but sickness as well, especially for college students.

Hornet Reporter

who have the highest risk of getting the flu and having the worst symptoms are pregnant women, children under five, adults over 65 and people with existing health conditions, such as diabetes and asthma.

College students are at a high risk as well. Lack of sleep and a poor diet is common among college students and that can lead to a weaker immune system.

Colleges have thousands of students on campus at any given time, being in close quarters with others put you at risk for catching and spreading the flu.

People who should not get the flu shot, according to the CDC, are children under six months and people who have allergic reactions to the influenza vaccine.

Also, if a person is sick already they should wait until they get better before being vaccinated.

People with egg allergies might be at risk because the vaccine does contain small amounts of egg protein.

Common side effects of the flu vaccine are headaches, soreness and fever.

The Health Center offering flu vaccines Wednesday-Thursday 9am-noon 1-6 p.m.

Fridays 9 a.m.-noon

Bachelor’s: proposal for four year degrees

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workforce training. Supporters argue that the main reasoning behind the controversial decision would be that the community college board wants more students to graduate and have a better understanding of the career world.

Michael Morvice, president of the California Community College Student Affairs Association, believes it’s beneficial to provide students with additional options, “If there is a need in society, why not consider and review it?”

Senator Marty Block, agrees. In 2011, he proposed a similar pilot program to permit GrossmontCuyamaca and San Mateo County community districts to offer selective bachelor’s degrees where workforce needs were at a high demand. He pulled the proposal because of budget concerns.

“Times have changed and we have a small surplus,” said Block.

“As the education budget chair in the Senate, I think I can find pools of funding. It gives me hope that a similar bill at this time would be successful.”

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Dia de Los Muertos celebrates tradition

Campus event portrays a deeper meaning behind October festivities.

MARTIN BECERRA Hornet Reporter

It wasn’t ghouls and goblins or fear and sorrow but a celebration to honor the lives of those who died that filled the Quad as many rallied and celebrated the 20th annual Dia de Los Muertos event on Halloween night.

Dia de Los Muertos or “Day of the Dead” is a celebratory holiday observed primarily in Mexico and the American Southwest from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.

Professor and coordinator of the event, Adela Lopez, described the holiday as a celebration of life and honoring those who died. It is a reminder that death is inevitable and should be embraced.

It is a holiday with indigenous

roots that is dated back thousands of years before the Europeans arrived in America.

Through time and blending of the indigenous and European religious culture “Day of the Dead” formed into what it is today.

“There’s no way you can take out the indigenous pieces and have ‘Day of the Dead’ nor can you take out the Christian pieces and try to celebrate. Both are required.” Lopez said.

The holiday is rooted with much symbolism surrounding death and the Quad was filled with booths, decorations and ofrendas to remind people of that.

While children and adults were enjoying the skull candies they made at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center booth it is a reminder to the old saying “you are what you eat.”

The half painted skull on the many faces that surrounded the campus was a reminder that

death is a part of life because it is inescapable, as Muckenthaler’s Executive Director Zoot Velasco described.

“It’s a tribute to ancestors, the purpose is to make fun of death,” said Velasco.

Ofrendas, a form of tribute to the dead, flooded the Quad from offerings to celebrities like pop star Selena, to activists like Caesar Chavez, to everyday people such as family members.

A very special ofrenda was dedicated in honor of professor Chris Lamm.

Many who celebrate the holiday, Dia de Los Muertos is significantly different than Halloween. Administration of Gabriela Hernandez, a Sociology major, describes the holiday as meaningful and a way to bring closure in honoring the life of someone you cared for who died.

“It is significantly different than Halloween, it’s not about just getting candy,” said Hernadez. “It hits the heart and it

is much more personal and close to you.”

For some, the holiday is viewed as spiritual and sacred and should be honored as such. To student Oscar Patino, who built an ofrenda to honor his grandfather, he described how taking an ethnic studies class opened his eyes to better understanding the holiday.

“The major difference between Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos is respect,” said Patino.

“To me, I would consider it holy because it’s respecting those who passed.”

To others, it’s less spiritual and more of another way to honor and respect the dead. Student Guadalupe Cisneros explained that to her, Dia de Los Muertos is great way for her to connect back to her Mexican roots.

Regardless of the many opinions of what Dia de Los Muertos means to an individual, one thing they all certainly agree on is that the root of the holiday

is in honor of death and not being afraid to die.

“In our culture we respect the muerte (death). We’re not afraid of it,” said Fullerton resident Jose Alvarez. “One thing is for sure we were all born and we are all going to die.”

Celebrating culture is one of the pivotal drives of the event.

Although Dia de Los Muertos is primarily a Hispanic holiday many of the student-participants felt that it is important that all cultures be expressed and that this event is just one step in the many to expressing the diversity of cultures on campus.

“It is important that we embrace every culture and get to know people,” said Cisneros.

The event was a tremendous success filled with laughter and respect for both the alive and the dead, with a massive dance floor to end the night.

The Associated Students of Fullerton College sponsored the costume contest and Inter Club Council sponsored the Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest. Darlene Johnson, Director of Student Activities and A.S. senator Savrina Quezada hosted the event.

The Halloween festivities took off as 10 hungry Hornets participated in the Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest in front of the library. Stephen Tith, art major, won the chowdown as well as a $20 gift card from Sodexo.

Cheers and laughter could be heard all over campus as the Halloween contest brought a variety of over 45 costume participants. Costumes got as creative as Macklemore in

a fur coat, a Day of the Dead couple, a woman’s suffrage voter and Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games. Other favorites were Disney and video game characters, Deadmau5 and original gory costumes.

Audiences were entertained by the intricate face paint, colorful fabrics and spooky fake blood of the costumes. Students could be seen taking out their smart phones and cameras to document their favorite contestants throughout the event.

Contest participants were asked to walk on stage and give the audiences the best impression they had of their costume. A panel of five judges sitting in

front of the stage held up scores from 1-10. The highest average score would be crowned first, second and third place winners.

After a tie between two thirdplace contestants, Taylor Rouch, Programming major, won with his army guy costume. Second place winner Luis F. Fernandez, Entrepreneurship major, won as Duff Beer Guy. He tells Fullerton College faculty and members, “Don’t drink and drive.”

First place winner, theater major, Massimo Silvestri brought the crowd out to a loud roar of laughter and claps when he stepped onto the runway in his well-designed paper Mario costume that he took a few weeks to make.

“I always wore it to

conventions and everyone loved it, so I thought I would bring it to school.” said Silvestri.

He had not known about the costume contest on campus at all and was persuaded by his peers and teachers to participate.

The prizes for the costume contest were $75, $50 and $25 Sodexo gift cards. The gift cards were all provided by the Associated Student Body of Fullerton College.

All in all, the event proved to be successful and the turn out of contestants and students made the campus an even more active and fun environment. Many students look forward to next year’s festivities.

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Contests overflow the quad with Halloween spirit Students flocked to many festive events on the Quad to show their school spirit.

KELLY LEE

Hornet Reporter

The 28th Annual Halloween Pie Eating and Costume Contest got creative as student who were dressed to impress came out to the Quad to participate.

Huge crowds came together from 11:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 31 to watch fellow students and peers stuff their faces with pie and strut their stuff in the Halloween contest runway.

Its-a-me-a-Mario: Student Massimo Silvestri as the famous video game plumber.

A new Katniss: Mariah Duran as Katniss Everdeen.

Scare of a time: Student Ceyon Dugas dressed as a witch and giving off some frights to the campus.

Let them eat pie: Stephen Tith claims victory as the winner of the pumpkin pie contest.

Simpson pride: Luis F. Hernandez proudly showing off his inner Duffman.

Photos by Mathew Flores, The Hornet

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The loopholes and myths surrounding FC policies reveal confusion among faculty and students.

MICHELLE VAZQUEZ Hornet Reporter

It’s the afternoon and you’re attending your three-hour chemistry lab. The material is getting more complex, your body gets jittery and demands you give it a break. You’re a smoker and you know that you’re not allowed to smoke on campus, according to the policy. This results in leaving campus for 20 minutes which could eventually affect your academics.

An effective alternative can be to ditch the cigarette and use an e-cigarette instead. The problem is that those too may become banned from use at school.

According to Sergeant Jim McKamy from Campus Safety, administration has given them notice to start enforcing against the use of e-cigarettes on campus.

“We have been told by administration that e-cigarettes are also not allowed on campus,” said McKamy.

E-cigarettes are not regular cigarettes, they are electronic and release a vaporized liquid which is inhaled and gives the same sensation as smoking. Some contain nicotine and do not produce the smell, carcinogens, second-hand smoke or contain tar as ordinary cigarettes do, which are the causes for poor health. It can lead to throat or lung cancer, as well as coronary heart disease.

“We believe the produce is a good alternative [and can help] people down the risk ladder from cigarettes,” said Eric Criss, President and Chief Executive of Electronic Cigarette Industry Group.

The talk and proposal brought by the Associated Students to change FC into a smoke-free campus had started nine years ago during the 2004-2005 academic year. It went into deliberation in February 2007 at the President’s Advisory Council and ultimately approved by Kathleen Hodge, the colleges president of that time.

The policy, NOCCD: AP 3570, is the district policy that FC follows for smoking which states that the campus is not actually a “non-smoking campus.” The policy states that smoking is prohibited within 20 feet of a main exit/entrance or window but allowed nonetheless.

It does not necessarily apply to everyone as well. Full-time faculty and classified staff are allowed to smoke on campus as long as they abide by the 20 feet rule, while part-time faculty, students and guests are not allowed to on FC grounds.

Students had different thoughts on the topic of the smoking policy’s double standards and the plan to possibly apply same rules to e-cigarettes as well.

“I think if people want to smoke, they can smoke,” said student, Alex Monroe. “Just have common courtesy.”

“School should ban e-cigarettes,” said Melfred Culas,

FC student. “Although they don’t leave smoke or ashes, [they] still contains nicotine which is really addictive.”

“I do agree that e-cigarettes should not be allowed indoors but they should be allowed outdoors on the main campus grounds because they don’t leave a trail of smoke or butts,” said student Paris Fields, 25, while smoking outside school grounds.

“They should have designated areas for smoking.”

Back in February 2010, PAC had voted to implement designated smoking areas on the outskirts of campus with an 8-2 vote. Peter Cornett, the President of Associated Student at that time had drafted the idea before he became president. Although students proposed the ban of smoking on school grounds three years prior, the new AS had pushed for the implementation of designated smoking areas to compromise between the smokers and non smokers.

Only three months later was the motion overruled by Sam Schauerman which kept the campus smoke-free once again.

President Rujen Vurdien had supported the overruling and said that because most students wanted a smoke-free campus he would comply with the policy which was his responsibility as president.

Campus Safety has recently been pushing its staff towards enforcing the policy more on people smoking in campus. Every half-hour at least one person is patrolling areas and advising people not to smoke. This has been happening extensively since the beginning of the semester.

“We’re educating people who may not know the policy that if you are a guest or a student, you cannot smoke,” said McKamy.

When they come across people smoking they tell them to either go outside campus or put out cigarettes and if they fail to comply with the rules, a report is written and can lead to other consequences for not following campus rules and policies.

Ben Crowell, Physics professor

at FC does not like the current policy the college has because it has a negative educational impact on the students and professors.

“I see students disappear from lab and go off campus because the policy doesn’t allow them to smoke on campus, then they have to walk all the way back,” said Crowell.

He is for e-cigarette use and stated that they are “the best of both worlds” because unlike regular cigarettes, they don’t produce smoke, there is a harm reduction with the fact that they don’t have carcinogens which can lead to cancer and don’t leave a mess. He would like to have the college to encourage students with a nicotine habit to switch to vaping.

He continued by mentioning that students should be able to do it outside of class for a few minutes during a break; the student can easily go back to class after they distress themselves.

Since the campus is smokefree, there are no ash trays. This leaves certain spots on campus where people are often seen smoking to be left with cigarette butts and the smell of smoke. The campus itself can provide ash trays around those areas and it can help the area get cleaner.

Gilbert Ross, MD and executive and medical director of the American Council of Science and Health has said that there is misleading information about e-cigarettes and even the Food and Drug Association and the Centers for Disease Control have joined into the widespread amount of misinformation “They purposely ignore studies that indicate the benefit of e-cigarettes for helping smokers quit,” said Ross.

Thomas Glynn Director of Science and Trends at the American Cancer Society has stated that there is a greater chance that the e-cigarettes are considerably less harmful than cigarettes. He continued by stating that anything inhaled that is not fresh and not involving clean air will always have some risks to it.

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Trending Now: A vape is the new fad among smokers, most vapes contain water vapor.

Photos by Mathew Flores, The Hornet

Smoke Break: A common spot for students to flock to when they are in need of a smoke break is behind the Theatre Arts building.

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If students can’t smoke on campus, why are faculty and staff allowed to?

Fullerton College is a smokefree campus, but this policy is only being applied to students and guests. Faculty and staff member are exempt from this restriction, which can be confusing for guests and can leave students feeling ostracized.

It should be the same rule for everyone on campus. If a faculty or staff member is smoking on campus then it is sending the message that it is okay to do so.

But, being a student or guest you are reprimanded for it.

It could be confusing for guests coming on to campus being told that they are not allowed to smoke when others are smoking without punishment. Students are taking time out of their day to walk off campus to get their nicotine fix so everyone should

have to do so.

In the school catalog the only regulation stating that FC is a smoke-free campus is Government Code Section 7697.

This states, “Each Campus President, Provost, and/or Administration shall establish a campus smoking procedure that does conflict with the District employee contracts and state laws.”

The district aligning with state policy states there to be no smoking indoors, inside any enclosed areas, outside within 20 feet of a door or a window.

The college presidents are free to adopt and implement stricter

rules as long as they don’t conflict with district or state laws.

FC’s smoking policy was a student initiative. In 2007, the current policy of the smoke-free campus was agreed on by the president at the time, Kathie Hodge, the unions and AS. When it was approved it became a board policy. Since then, the attempt in 2010 to implement designated smoking areas was rejected.

If students can’t smoke on campus, why can faculty and staff? Students here are adults and should be given equal opportunity and rights. Whether that is implementing designated smoking areas or banning smoking altogether for everyone.

According to the Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights 24.8 percent of full-time college students aged 18-22 years old were current smokers in 2010.

That is a significant number of students being affected by

this “not so universal rule.” The campus is smoke-free because there are children on campus and there’s always the risk of second hand smoke. But, it does not make sense that students are being alienated.

The ANR also reports that as of July 2013, over 11,000 college campuses across the U.S. have adopted a 100 percent smokefree campus policy and FC is one of them. But, is it really a 100 percent smoke-free campus if the law only pertains to students and the general public?

According to campus safety when a student is found smoking on campus they are told to put it out or to take it off campus to a city sidewalk. If the student does not comply campus safety creates an incident report and gives it to the dean of student services.

What about vapes? As of now, administration has ruled that vaping is not allowed on campus either.

The district policy is that college presidents can establish campus smoking procedure, so they should be focusing on making it equal for everyone and truly becoming a smoke-free campus.

It is understood that tobacco companies market to young adults to help promote use. This is one of the reasons for having a smoke-free campus, but even if students aren’t allowed to smoke on campus, they see staff and faculty members doing it. How is this really helping? It only shows that certain people are being allowed to do something that others are not and putting a greater barrier between staff and students.

Smoker or not, this goes deeper than just the issue of smoking on campus. If students are being singled out for rules like this, what’s next? The rules should apply the same across the board for everyone.

The “one nation under God” phrase does not apply to everyone. What about the people that choose not to believe in God? There is supposed to be an understanding that the government and church should be separate from one another, yet that is not the case. Those who do not want to recite the Pledge might feel that religion is being forced upon them.

As Thomas Jefferson stated so perfectly, “Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the ‘wall of separation between church and state,’ therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society.”

Next is the “with liberty and justice for all” phrase. Ever since this nation was founded, there has

been discrimination and it still continues to this day. Women, gays and minorities are not nearly as welcomed into this privileged group that has liberty and justice.

As long as the U.S. continues to promote discrimination and have laws that are in violation of the Constitutional ideals of the people, how can the people honestly pledge their allegiance?

Which leads into the next phrase “I pledge allegiance.”

Plenty of people do not want to pledge their allegiance to the country. The reason behind this is because of the government. To many, the government is flawed because of the people that are elected into office. These officials encroach on the Constitution.

They do so because they like to push the limits of power and to see what can become law. Many people do not want to show their support for a government they do not agree with.

All this presents a conflict with a person’s right under the First Amendment – the freedom of

speech. If people are entitled to say or not say what they want, where does freedom of speech come into play if people receive backlash for choosing to exercise their Constitutional right? Is society being told that although they have their freedoms, these freedoms are limited?

It is absurd how people have to endure the negativity of being told how their views, beliefs and opinions are wrong. It is insane how many of these people are told that they are anti-American, terrorist, communist or that they should go back to their country.

When a lot of these people were born and raised in the U.S. There should be an understanding that everyone is entitled to their own views, beliefs and opinions, whether they want to recite the Pledge or not.

The sad truth is that there is not nor will there be one in the near future. Ignorance takes over and not everyone can be respectful and open-minded about a person’s views, beliefs and opinions.

administrations.

Does Obama need to decide whether or not to end the spying on our allies? It should be an immediate “yes”.

Spying on our allies is morally wrong and the consequences could already be disastrous. The U.S. is fighting a war on terror and our allies have been helping the U.S. since the very beginning after the attack on 9/11. They provide vital intelligence with terrorist money transfers, travel and communication. After the spying allegations the allies could simply decide not to provide any more help in defeating terrorist.

Allies also provide intelligence on the drug trade. What would

happen if the U.S. no longer had the knowledge it needed to catch drug traffickers and illegal drugs coming into the country? Drug kingpins, cartels, mobs and gangs could overtake cities and affect the progress made on the war on drugs.

European allies are fuming and demanding answers as to why the U.S. gave the authorization to spy on over 34 allied countries.

The recent allegations will make more people wary of the government’s invasion of privacy.

The people will become enraged and want to stand up and fight back. The administration will lose the people’s trust. The administration needs to be

accountable for its own actions and legislation needs to be enacted to prevent further spying on its own citizens and allies.

It is understandable to spy on countries that are enemies and who seem to be dangerous in the civilized world, but it was said by members of the Obama administration that the intelligence gathered from spying on our allies isn’t for economic gain, but for a more secure future. So now we are to assume that our allies might some day turn on us? How can we have allies in the future to help us in a time of need when the government is questioning their trust now?

Is it our decision to pledge our allegiance?

ALENE MASSE

It’s a free country, I’m not going to pledge allegiance if I don’t want to.

Hornet Reporter

The Pledge of Allegiance is recited by children almost every day in almost every public school, from kindergarten until they finish high school. Once in college, the Pledge seems to be completely disregarded. One of the reasons could be that it comes from the fact that college students are coming into their own individuality, their own way of thinking or how they view things.

College students may still encounter the Pledge at sporting events or even in the work environment. At this point in a student’s life, they are more aware of their surroundings and more open-minded about their views, beliefs and opinions. Some will choose to take pride in standing for and reciting the Pledge and others may not.

This has nothing to do with disrespecting the country or the soldiers that put their lives

on the line for us, rebellion or insubordination, terrorism, or with being ungrateful for the freedoms this country offers. This has to do with the interpretation of the Pledge and how those who refuse to recite the Pledge view it.

The Pledge was written by American socialist Francis Bellamy who wrote the Pledge to help with the campaign of selling American flags to public schools. For Bellamy, this was an opportunity for him to spread his statist propaganda. Along with the Pledge, children were asked to perform the Bellamy Salute.

During World War II, the Bellamy Salute was replaced to the handover-heart by Franklin Roosevelt as it resembled the Nazi salute.

Since the Pledge was first published in 1892, it has gone through four revisions.

The government puts distrust in our allies U.S. spies on allies making them question the relationship.

ERIK EDLUND Hornet Reporter

In recent weeks, news outlets have been informing viewers about the possibility of President Barack Obama and his administration spying on other countries. There is uncertainty as to why this is happening or why Obama and his administration feels the need to spy on other countries. The controversy is creating more backlash for Obama and his already low rating approval with the public.

If you think the government spying on us is bad, think again.

Obama and his administration

should be ashamed of their actions.

It was recently revealed that the president and the state department had knowledge that the National Security Agency was eavesdropping on European and North American allies. The government has even been listening on Chancellor of Germany Angel Merkel’s cell phone since 2002. The Obama administration will now go down in history as one of the worst

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POINT COUNTERPOINT JENNA MILNIK

Special To The Hornet

The Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, may benefit those who don’t have health insurance, but it is actually more financially harmful for college students.

The Affordable Care Act is not compatible with financial aid. Financial aid is a combination of the individual’s estimated family contribution and cost of attendance.

However, the cost of health insurance is usually not a part of the cost of attendance, so students who don’t have money for school wind up having to buy into this health care.

For those who don’t want to buy into Obamacare, they will have to pay a tax penalty of either $95 in 2014, or 1 percent of their yearly income. If they continue to not buy into the Affordable Care Act, the price will

raise each year until they must pay $695 in 2016.

For family households that choose not to get health care, the fee is even higher. These households must pay either 2.5 percent of their gross income per year or pay the flat rate fee as it is phased in, meaning that it will increase each year.

Some claim that Obamacare will help the poor because students can stay on their parents’ health insurance plan until age 26. However, the worst-off parents who don’t have health insurance will probably opt to pay the $95 fee.

Until these students turn 26, they won’t have health insurance and it may be tough to find a job that requires it. Then these students will have to buy into what ever health care plan is left over before being forced to pay the $695 fee.

The only ones who are exempt from the

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tax penalty and aren’t required to have health insurance are those who make less than $10,000 a year or encounter financial hardship. Also, those who are incarcerated, those who have religious objections, and undocumented immigrants won’t have to get health insurance and won’t be penalized.

Another downside of this Act is for those who have established health care plans, may have to pay higher costs.

Fullerton College students are not automatically covered by the Affordable Care Act or by any specific extended health care coverage.

Students must pay a $17 health fee for each semester but this cost is for incidents that happen on campus during classtime hours. This fee covers direct medical services, crisis intervention and counseling. It is not health insurance.

Will the cost of health fees be harmful to students?

BRITTANY GONZALES Opinion Editor

Some students are on their parents health plan but most students don’t have health care. Soon, those students will have to pay a fee. Once January hits ObamaCare will be put into action and they must pay the $95. So how can they stop this from happening? Get insurance and get covered.

Students are more probable to get into an accident of some sort, whether it is a car accident or another kind of accident, which causes them serious injuries that can send them to the hospital. The trip to the hospital can cost a lot of money that students don’t have. A trip to the hospital can cost more than an average person’s rent.

Healthcare.com said that the bill could be anywhere from $600 to $3,900 for a ride in the ambulance. This is a bill that will show up on your doorstep if you don’t have insurance and the hospital will not care if you can’t afford it. They will still expect you to pay.

If you have ever seen JohnQ, then you would know that a bill from the doctor’s office could cost more than what an average person makes. It is more than what a student has, that is for sure.

There are plenty of resources that can help you find a plan that you can afford if you do not have money. www. healthcare.gov gives you a chance to look up a health care provider that you can afford.

The health center on campus has brochures to help students find lowcosting insurance. There are also online resources

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that can help students find a health care provider. www.ehealthinsurance. com gives you a list of health insurance companies and the amount per month you will have to pay.

The cost of the fee that everyone will have to pay if they do not have health insurance will go up each year so this could really hurt students and make things really difficult for those who struggle already.

Jobs are even requiring their employees to have health insurance now.

Some places are helping their employees find a health insurance with tools such as ehealth and healthcare.

So will the cost of health care be damaging for students? Maybe, but the price of health care would not be as much as a doctors bill so it will be more beneficial in case of an accident.

The pros and cons of using birth control

Sexually active women depend on birth control, the morning after pill or various forms of contraception in order to keep from getting pregnant. But are they safe? Studies and research shows that for the most part, yes they are.

The Office of Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated that current contraception pills have the lowest amount of hormones, estrogen and progesterone than the previous years. This can lower the chances of side effects that come with taking them.

The pill is not for all women, but certainly does not pose great danger to the majority. Just like other forms of medication, there

MICHELLE VELASQUEZ Hornet Reporter

are some cons.

If a woman decides to have a child later on and wants to stop using the pill, she can and ovulation will start again.

Pills are not always used for birth control, they are also used to improve the functioning of the female body. For example, some use it to have a regular or lighter periods, less menstrual cramps, and to help prevent the risk of having ovarian cancer. These results are not always immediate and can take a couple of months until it begins to happen

regularly.

The use of birth control pills is rising as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released two reports: the first report showed between 2006 and 2010 that the use of birth control pills went up 11 percent.

The second report showed women who were sexually active between ages 15 to 44 that 99.1 percent had used contraception which went up 0.9 percent from 2002. Considering the reports, women are making them a necessity.

Certain birth control pills containing Drospirenone, a synthetic hormone, have caused a higher risk for blood clots, heart and health problems. It

is important to talk to one’s physician before taking any form of medication.

For the morning after pill it has been found safe and effective by the United States Food and Drug Administration. It only contains progestin and should only be taken once and as soon as possible after intercourse. Plan B One Step is the most common of the Emergency Contraceptive Pills because it’s the most effective and has the least side effects. Current regulations are allowing it to be sold over the counter at pharmacies to women 18 years or older.

The CDCP report that talked about the rise of birth control also covered the rise of ECP’s

among females ages 15 to 44.

The study stated that 11 percent had used the pill after intercourse which jumped from 4 percent in 2002. Women with higher education uses them the most.

It is important to know what pills work for your own personal needs. Not all pills work the same and they’re not for everyone.

Another thing to consider is most females who are taking these are trying to prevent unplanned pregnancies. They are assuring themselves by taking birth control and ECPs. For more information contact CDC at 800-232-4636, FDA at 1-888-463-6332 or Planned Parenthood at 1-800-230-7526.

Would you pay $200 per unit for math or another required course?

Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 955 into the law, which allows community colleges to raise tuition during winter and summer terms. This is only a pilot program so far.

“No, it’s way too expensive even if you have a full time job it’s still ridiculous...”

“No, I would not. Per unit, that’s ridicules! I pay half of that right now.”

-Daniel Kleeh Business Management.

- Monica Acosta Fashion Merchandising

“I think I would if it was required...But if it wasn’t required, I don’t think I would be willing to pay the $200.”

- Vanessa Munoz Biology

“No, but I also don’t believe in taking math classes in the summer because it’s just way too hard even in the regular semester.”

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November 6, 2013

Photo Courtesy of Natalie Gennaovi Paint and Flowers: FC students Jennifer Garcia and Evangelina Armenta celebrating Day of the Dead out on the Quad.

Dia De Los Muertos October 31st Fullerton College Quad Photos By: Martin Beccera

Sugar Skull Makeup: Allie Schuerger gets her face painted to celebrate Day of the Dead. Ken Nguyen helped paint peoples faces through out the night for the event.

Day of the Dead Dancers: Women get into the spirit of the night by dancing around in festive garb. Many students and locals, stand by to watch the show.

Ladies in White: Danza Ballet Dancers get ready to perform for the Day of the Dead celebration.

Photo by Javier Gonzalez, The Hornet Raising the Dead: Danza style dancing is incorported into the Day of the Dead tradition to show captivating stories.

Blessing the ofrenda: An offering for the dead is made to pay respect for those that have past away.

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An independent life The School of Continuing Education is teaching disabled students how to live an independent life.

GREG DIAZ Editor-in-Chief

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magine being a parent of a child with a disability.

One of the greatest fears would be the thought of what happens to the child if they lose the support of the family they depend on. Are they going to be able to find a job? Are they going to be able to get a place to live?

Are they going to be able to take care of themselves?

According to the 2010 census, more than 38 million people have what is considered to be a severe disability in this country.

A severe disability is one that hinders functional, day-to-day

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very Friday, Manny Gamboa and Jesse Mosquesda make the walk across campus to the Horticulture Center to do their weekly volunteer work. They are accompanied by Josh Feaster, a job coach for the DSPS who works alongside them to promote the work habits that will be required of them to find a job.

Manny and Jesse, both with undiagnosed disabilities, have been volunteering at the Horticulture Center for the past three semesters. They have been helping out each week with planting seeds, transplanting plants into bigger pots, labeling plants for sale and other odd jobs that the center needs help with. On this Friday they were transporting plants to the shade

activities. These disabilities can also harm one’s ability to find employment, build and maintain relationships and speak out for your needs.

Disabled students in California have the ability to stay in high school until the age of 22. At that point however, they leave the structure of the classroom for the chaos of the modern world. Many of the students leave high school having learned the facts needed to graduate but not having the skills necessary to find work. The Disabled Students Programs and Services teach people with disabilities the skills they need to live independently.

“In high school they are not adults,” said Barbara Anderson, instructor for the DSPS. “We are trying to provide them a college opportunity like their peers that will provide them as much

independence as possible for the rest of their lives.”

As part of the School of Continuing Education on the edge of Fullerton College’s Campus, the program has been educating students on everything from word processing and self-advocacy to even more basic tasks for most people like cooking and paying bills.

The program originally started at Cypress College in 1977 and expanded to the Wilshire Center near Fullerton College in 2008.

The North Orange County Community College District and the Regional Center of Orange County, which provides services for people with disabilities, jointly fund the program of over 600 students.

Much like any college, the goal of the program is to teach disabled students the skills they

house and sorting plant trays that were not in use.

While not the most glamorous of jobs, working in the Horticulture Center has become a highlight of the pair’s week. It is an opportunity for them to interact with people outside of the bubble of the DSPS and the program has been happy with their help.

“We have adopted them and they have adopted us,” said Diane Komos, a lab tech in the department.

Komos raved about what a help they were with the department’s Tomato Sale last March. They had over eight thousand plants on sale, all of which had to be planted, grown, sorted and labeled.

She also spoke of their interest

in learning about plants. On this day, she showed them how the pump works to add fertilizer to the water they give the plants.

“Their [Manny and Jesse] productivity and confidence has improved tremendously,” said Feaster. “They wish we were there longer each week.”

Jesse and Manny have also picked up a green thumb in their own time. Both of them picked out a couple of tomato plants that they wanted to plant at home.

Komos explained to them the differences in the various species of plants and the different needs each one requires to grow to their full potential.

While they have learned a lot in their time with the Horticulture Center, there are still challenges with their ability

will need to be able to support themselves on a daily basis. This includes everything required to find and keep a job: learning how to get around with public transit, communicate with others at work and dealing with expectations from bosses.

The program has worked

to find places for the disabled students to learn these skills with actual on-the-job training at places around Fullerton College.

The DSPS has partnered up with the Child Development Lab, the library, the cafeteria and the Horticulture Center to provide volunteer opportunities.

to complete some tasks. When they were sorting out planter trays for storage, some of the trays had different patterns on the bottom and both had trouble sorting out the differences between them.

Working with his hands has extended to other areas of Jesse’s life. He learned from his father how to replace brakes and tires, change oil and other skills that would allow him to find work as a mechanic. When the class heads to the library, Jesse can often be found with a manual on how to pick up new auto skills.

“They like to feel important, they like to be useful and they like to show that they can be useful,” said Anderson. “I asked Jesse to spray the door to clean it and he shined the chrome

around the doorknob. That’s how thorough he was.”

Manny’s father owns strawberry fields and while it would seem like a natural fit for him to work there, he wants to find a job outside of his family.

In the past, he worked in the FC cafeteria cleaning tables and has shown proficiency with cooking and knitting.

“Manny has come a long way,” said Anderson. “He had big time anxiety when he came her five years ago. He deals with things much better, he’s calmer. He used to get mixed up a lot more.”

Feaster said that working in the Horticulture Center has made Manny and Jesse the envy of their classmates and as they finished for the day, they were eager to show off their new plants.

evin VanMatre and Wesley Macias have been working since the summer with the Child Development Lab School on campus. Both are in their early 20’s and both have cerebral palsy.

Every Friday morning they come into the lab with Feaster and help clean up after the children’s breakfast, then work on whatever odd jobs the lab has for them.

“They clean windows, clean tables, raking but also they join us during the morning meeting time and we sing songs with them,” said Karin Pavelek, a lab tech at the Child Development Lab. “It’s like they are a part of our classroom community.

Having children with disabilities as well as adults with disabilities gives us a true diversity.”

After breakfast they talk for a bit with some of the kids at

the school about Halloween costumes. Kevin plans on dressing up as an orange M&M and Wesley is excited about his costume as Michael Jackson in “Thriller.” Wesley talks about his trip to Oregon later in the week where he will attend a friend’s birthday party.

On this day, the Lab School is preparing for their open house.

They ask Wesley and Kevin to rake up leaves that have fallen into the sandbox and onto the walkways. This proves to be a more difficult task than one might imagine.

Kevin struggles with raking leaves into the trash while not picking up the sand with them.

Feaster shows him a few times how to use a light touch to just get leaves but Kevin has trouble doing the same.

Kevin and Wesley also have

trouble remembering the steps in the job they were assigned.

After Feaster makes a few piles of leaves for them to sweep up, Kevin picks up one pile and then shouted, “done.” When Wesley finished raking up leaves he called for Feaster as he was unsure what to do next.

Despite the challenges, the Lab School workers and the children have enjoyed their partnership with the DSPS. Kevin and Wesley are not the first disabled students to work in the lab. Nancy Castro and David Campos worked there for two years and after their time in the program ended they continued to volunteer there every week.

“Even though the jobs are more manual labor, they feel valued by the public,” said Feaster. “Other students think of the job program as an honor.”

we started walking through the mall and started seeing that there are a lot of things that our students wouldn’t understand, like family restrooms,” said Anderson. “They have a family so they didn’t understand why they couldn’t go in there.”

The DSPS allows disabled students to stay in their program for up to five years. It is modeled after the average college tenure and the hope is that at the end the students will be able to transition into a life where they

live independent of constant care.

Anderson talked about two of her students that are currently sharing an apartment in Fullerton. She talked about one student that was able to get a job working in the food court at the mall. Of course, not every student is able to successfully make that jump.

Feaster believes that many of the students have not been made to do things independently in their homes lives and this makes it harder to transition them into

living independently. Still he sees the improvement that the job program has had on the students he works with.

The DSPS is working to get more job opportunities for disabled students. They have even had people contact them from other Fullerton College offices to see if their students can help out. Despite the help that The DSPS provides for disabled students there are many more waiting to get into the program.

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If you plant it, it will grow: Diane Komos explains to Manny Gamboa what he will need to do to grow his plant to get the biggest tomatoes at the Horticulture Center.

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he job program has become an essential part of the DSPS as it helps the students learn the skills they will need after the program ends. In addition to picking up skills that are marketable to an employer, there are also simpler concepts that the students must learn to be employable.

“We work on things like good work habits; coming to work everyday, greeting your coworkers,” said Anderson. “They don’t learn things like you do.

You have to actually teach them, ‘when you go to work, say hello to your co-workers.’”

In addition to the job program, the DSPS teaches skills to help every part of an independent life. They teach good habits like exercise and getting enough sleep. They teach every step of how to cook simple meals. Once a month they take the students to the mall and teach them how to read the directory and what the different signs mean.

“I take a lot for granted until

Photos by Greg Diaz, The Hornet

Giving a helping hand: Wesley Macias (center) and Josh Feaster help the Lab School after breakfast on the FC campus.

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November 6, 2013

Zombie Apocalypse hits Long Beach

The dead come back to life for the 6th annual Zombie Walk Festival.

ALENE MASSE Hornet Reporter

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owntown Long Beach was invaded by a zombie apocalypse on Saturday, Oct. 26 where hordes of rotting undead bodies were spread throughout the city streets prowling aimlessly, trying to satisfy one thing: their hunger.

Sections of the streets were closed off from Pine Avenue to The Promenade to make way for the Sixth Annual Zombie Walk Festival where excited zombie fans and attendees gathered to

show their love for the undead.

The one-day event consisted of live music, outdoor zombie films, horror vendors, exhibitors and thousands of zombies staggering around.

The Zombie Walk began in 2009 as a simple event to promote a screening of George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead.” Each year, the walk has expanded in attendance and has helped turn the event into a festival.

“It was so popular that the group did it again...and we decided to make an annual event of it,” said Logan Crow, Executive Director of Long Beach Cinematheque.

Entry into the event was $15 and granted access to two classic

Want ketchup with that: Zombies chased victims around the food trucks as others looked on, unwilling to lend a hand.

zombie films by Romero, “Night of the Living Dead” and “Dawn of the Dead,” as well as multiple concerts that played throughout the festival. All proceeds went to the Long Beach Cinematheque, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating audiences through the art of cinema.

Thousands of attendees showed off their finest zombie Photos Courtesy of The Verbing Dead ensemble and for those who Bloody zombies: The undead walked around covered in blood and forgot their costumes at home, holding up pieces of bodies as part of the Zombie Walk Festival. makeup artists were on display transformation. zombie-themed commercials, to turn attendees into a ravenous “I’m not scared now, because shows like ‘The Walking Dead’ undead for a small fee.

I’m a zombie too,” said 10-yearand films like ‘World War Z’,” “People really get into the role. old Juan Vazquez. said Freddie Mill, a first-time When everyone around you is Zombies have a huge following attendee. dressed the same way, they start as shown by the huge attendance The Zombie Walk Festival interacting with each other like in this event, which means is expected to make a return zombies. They’ll start chasing this craze will not be dying off in October 2014. For more people,” said Crow. anytime soon. information, visit www.

For those attendees who chose “Zombies are huge right now. zombiewalklb.com not to dress the part, they were They’re everywhere. You have instantly seen as prey for the zombies. While some attendees kept true to the traditional role of the zombie walk, slow and limp with the occasional moan, other participants portrayed the viral infectious zombies that move at a quicker pace.

“Where else can you come to an event where people dress up as zombies and chase you? It’s a blast! It’s like I’m in my own horror movie,” said Mia Cook, a first-time attendee.

Despite all the blood, gore and chasing, children seemed Scary fun: Zombies show off the hours of work done by the in the to enjoy the festival. Many of makeup chair at the Long Beach Zombie Walk on Oct. 26. them even joined in on the

Adventures by rail

Back into time

MANUEL PORTUGAL Hornet Columnist

A trip back in time is one thing that is quite obtainable living in Southern California. Thankfully, as usual our train station is there to be the gate to experience these journeys. The south OC city of San Juan Capistrano is home to one of the oldest structures in California, dating back to the late 18th century. San Juan Capistrano is located about 35 miles south east of Fullerton and is accessed via either Metrolink of Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner.

For this Adventure, we will take advantage of Metrolink’s $10 weekend day pass, which provides unlimited rides on the majority of Metrolink’s rail lines on Saturdays and Sundays.

Once arriving into the city of San Juan Capistrano, the double track converges into single track and leads directly into the rustic downtown area. Instantly one is taken back with the visuals of early 1900s architecture of the depot and the downtown areas surrounding buildings. Loaded with many shops and restaurants all worth visiting, the highlight of this adventure is the Mission of San Juan Capistrano.

The San Juan Capistrano mission was founded in

November of 1776. It is an original Spanish Mission and it contains the oldest building still in use in California, a small chapel. The mission was made famous for its wine making and also because it was a structure that the padre Junipero Serra has celebrated mass on numerous occasions. The mission is also known for its biannual return of the swallows. The return of the swallows is a twice a year event where migratory American Cliff Swallow makes a stop in the city and mission during its 6000 mile north south migratory journey.

If you’re looking for another local venture to journey back in time, San Juan Capistrano will surely provide. The mission, the shops and the feeling of being in back-country Orange County are alone well worth the cost of the ticket. With this journey and many other local journeys available via the Fullerton Train station, we once again find ourselves blessed with easy access to great weekend escapes.

If you find yourself with a couple of hours to spare on a weekend afternoon, a venture to San Juan Capistrano is surely something to consider.

Adventures by rail is a biweekly column dedicated to the Fullerton Train Station and the many adventures it can bring.

Entertainment Students host concert to raise money for local Kenyans The Hornet

After visiting Kenya a student prompts the school to help those in need.

MARIAH DURAN Entertainment Editor

Fullerton College Political Science Student Association will be organizing a benefit concert where 100 % of the profits will be sent to women and children living on the streets of Kenya.

“I wanted to experience other things, I didn’t want to be small minded about the world,” said Iris Cheng.

Cheng went to visit Kenya this summer to work with the Kipepeo Community Empowerment Program to help street women and children try to stop their violent behavior.

However instead Cheng witnessed kids abandoned by their parents going into prostitution.

“Some of these kids sniff glue to forget their hunger,” said Cheng.

Cheng brought the topic to

Joshua Kleinbergs, a member of PSSA, who expressed interest in the idea and directed her to PSSA President Jose Solano.

“It was the second day of school, everyone was trying to still figure out clubs, clubs weren’t organized, and here comes Iris with this idea for a benefit concert it was a brilliant idea,” said Solano.

Solano and Cheng were able to discuss the process and followed the Associated Students bylaws, president hospitality rules, and the A.S. and Inter-Council Club co-sponsorships guidelines to ensure PSSA could host the concert.

“I was working with these street kids and I found out we didn’t see any street women during the day and I found out these women were only allowed out at night because they were prostitutes,” said Cheng.

The KCEP organization was founded by local Kenyans and works in rural communities in East Africa to support women and children and prompt them to find a better life besides

Books Veronica Roth’s “Allegiant”

The dystopian faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered, destroyed by violence and power struggles. But when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is prepared to find a simple new life with Tobias.

But Tris’ new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind, and once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature and of herself.

Told from a dual perspective Allegiant brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion. Allegiant is now available in stores.

prostitution.

“I went to these slum shacks, the environment was really bad.

Eight or Nine women lived in there, they didn’t even have houses,” said Cheng.

Cheng also witnessed children that could not communicate with each other.

PSSA was able to receive $450 from A.S. and ICC and will use that money for advertising only.

“We are looking for people to donate candy boxes so we can sell them as a concession at the concert to raise more money,” said Solano.

PSSA will also be holding informational booths out in the quad to raise awareness for the concert.

PSSA will be hosting the Kenya Benefit Concert on November 23 at the Fullerton college Campus Theatre and will start at 8 p.m.

The concert will feature the Cabana Boys who will be headlining the event.

For more information go to fullcollpssa.wordpress.com or contact PPSA at fullcollpssa@ gmail.com.

Lady Gaga: ARTPOP

ARTPOP is the fourth studio album by Lady Gaga and will include productions by DJ White Shadow, Madeon, Rick Rubin, Zedd, Will.iam and Gaga. This Album will be released on Nov 11.

The Killers: Direct Hits

In celebration of their first decade together, The Killers will release Direct Hits on Nov 11 on Island Records. A collection of singles from their four albums, plus two brand new songs. It follows the group from debut album Hot Fuss and its further singles, “Somebody Told Me,” “Smile Like You Mean It,” and “All These Things That I’ve Done,” through Sam’s Town’s “When You Were Young,” “Read My Mind.” A brace of brand new songs completes the set: “Shot At The Night” was recorded with M83’s Anthony Gonzales.

Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP 2

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 will features a collaboration with Sia. There will be a bonus disc feature adding to the 16-track standard edition for 21 songs total. British blues rocker Jamie N Commons takes a turn on “Desperation.” The two singers join Fun.’s Nate Ruess, Skylar Grey, Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar, who feature on the album’s standard version. MMLP2 is now available for purchase.

John Grisham’s “Sycamore Row”

Thor: The Dark World

Broadway headliner and fighter Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes and expectations.

Bullied as a boy in the poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of the most ferocious boxers of all time and the youngest heavyweight champion ever.

But years of violent fights and criminal proceedings took its toll by 2003, Tyson had hit rock bottom as a convicted felon and completely broke. But after fighting addiction he has regained his success, his dignity, and his family.

Undisputed Truth will be available in stores Nov 12.

A time traveling journey to try and fix a person’s love life.

Thor (Chris Hemsworth) returns to battle with Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), the vengeful leader of a primordial race that seeks to destroy the Nine Realms. With even Odin (Anthony Hopkins) unable to protect Asgard from the approaching darkness, Thor reunites with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save the world from certain destruction. Thor will be in theaters Nov 8.

EVIE ARMENTA Hornet Reporter

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

After the kingdom of Arendelle is cast into eternal winter by the Snow Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel), her sprightly sister Anna (Kristen Bell) teams up with a rough-hewn mountaineer named Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his trusty reindeer Sven to break the icy spell.

Frozen will be in theaters Nov 27.

Mike Tyson’s and Larry Sloman’s “Undisputed Truth”

Movie brings a new twist to romantic comedies

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From the author of “A Time to Kill,” readers now return to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial-a-trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history.

Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer.

He trusts no one but before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and Jake into a conflict that will be riveting and dramatic.

Grisham will keep the reader asking more questions than answered.

Sycamore Row is now available in stores.

After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) must embark on a “Victory Tour” of the districts where it is evident that a rebellion is brewing. President Snow (Donald Sutherland) devises a plan to have the 75th annual Hunger Games reap from the existing pool of victors sending pack Katniss and Peeta back into the arena with vicious experience killers. Catching Fire will be in theaters Nov 22.

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About Time Starring Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson, and Bill Nighy Directed by Richard Curtis

“About Time” is not just another typical romance movie.

It is a part romantic comedy, drama, and sci-fi mixed into one which adds some edginess to it. This film grabbed everyone’s attention from the beginning, with its wittiness and sincerity, it made it seem more authentic.

The story follows Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) and his quest to end his bad luck with women and improving his love life. At 21, while most guys can’t wait to have their first legal alcoholic drink. Tim gets some life-changing news from his dad that will change his life forever; the men in his family can time travel. The only limitation is that he can only travel back to revisit and revise parts of his life, and no one else’s.

He begins by fixing a disastrous New Years kiss, and when a summer crush, on his sister’s best friend, doesn’t go as planned he realizes that no matter how many times he travels back he can’t make someone fall in love with him. With this he decides to move to London where he bumps into the beautiful Mary (Rachel McAdams).

After many failed attempts and persistence, he finally catches Mary’s attention and wins her heart. The romance flourishes as Tim continues to use his timetraveling ability to make the perfect proposal and to save his best friends career.

As his life progresses he finds that even with this unique gift, he can’t change everything, especially life’s sorrows and family problems. He decides to live his life only one time, no redo’s or edits, just like everyone else.

This movie is a must-see, a fun romantic comedy with a twist.

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Phi Theta Kappa sparks hope through art for those in need Artists with disabilities showcase their work at the Hibbleton Gallery.

MARTIN BECERRA Hornet Reporter

November’s Art Walk will not be the same as the Hibbleton art gallery opened up their doors for Phi Theta Kappa to showcase The Art of Hope exhibit. It displayed the work of Hope University’s artists that opened up on Friday.

Hope University is a distinct fine arts program for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Lisa Lo Russo, curator of the show and art instructor at Hope U, describes her work a place that she loves to be a part of.

“Hope is a magical place, on paper it’s a fine arts day program for adults with intellectual disabilities,” said Lo Russo.

The introduction of Hope U in 1979 centered on the idea of discovering the artistic identity of people with disabilities. It’s an idea that still resonates greatly in

the program and one that Artistic Director Shelley RuggThorp is proud to still carry forward.

“Our program works to discover the talent of our artist and draw it out, build it, develop it and give them opportunities at the professional level,” said RuggThorp.

Instructors and artists boldly welcomed in guests into the exhibit.

An intricately and well-crafted embroidered floss and burlap art piece is displayed as artist and 16-year-student Ben Simendinger stands next to his work with a confidence that outweighs anyone to even notice the walking cane in his hand to aid him in his visual impairment.

“It’s one thing that they are people with disabilities but they are artists first and foremost.

That’s the important thing to keep reminding people,” said Jenny Cho an art major and PTK member.

“We don’t want people to get caught up with the disabilities,

Faculty competition dances its way onto campus A variety of dances will be preformed for the campus to enjoy.

ALEX MIRANDA Hornet Reporter

The bi-annual Faculty Dance Concert is debuting their ninth season on Nov. 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. in the Fullerton College Theatre.

“We are based in the arts of dance making,” said Robin Conrad, Associate Professor of Dance.

“Through the medium of dance, we use it as a vehicle for expression.”

The campus will witness an excess of dance genres with performances ranging from contemporary to Middle-Eastern.

The other featured genres will include traditional styles like hiphop, tap and jazz.

The faculty traditionally takes charge of the choreography of the show, but student choreographers have recently taken over.

The students are not only helping with the choreography, but have also began to participate in some of the performance pieces in the concert as well.

“Every semester now has 20-30 student pieces that audition for three spots in the concert. We select the most promising pieces that will round out the show,” said Conrad.

This year’s student choreographers have filled all three spots.

They have received instruction from Conrad and Dance Department Chair, Melanie Rosa.

A pressing challenge to this production has been the acquisition of funds.

The dance department’s limited funds is credited to its classification since it is a branch of physical education.

The production looks to different financial avenues and donations for their funding.

“In order to put on this concert, we were given a very generous gift from the fine arts department. The theatre to put on this concert was crucial,” said Conrad.

The Fullerton College Dance Day provides a way to raise funds. It is the main outreach tool for local high schools and college students to come and take classes with the faculty and they get to see a preview of the concert.

The Dance Day will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m.

“We have to outsource all of our designers, lighting, costuming and even technical directors,” said Rosa. “However, the toil is easily outweighed by all the benefits the students receive from the program.”

Tickets are $15 for the general admission and $10 for students.

Tickets are sold at the FC Campus Theatre Box Office. For more information please call the box office at (714) 992-7150.

Photo by Martin Becerra, The Hornet

A confident artist’s pride: Artist and student of Hope University Howard Millers stands next to his artwork showcasing his strength.

we want them to notice their work first,” said Cho. It was a room filled with applause and whistles as the Hi Hopes band took the stage and demonstrated Hope U’s

performing arts program.

“When I started working here I felt like I landed into the lap of unconditional love because my students are joyful, loving, funny and creative,” Lo Russo said.

“I worked my way up, I did not just jump into the group feet first it took hard work,” said Cathy Acton, a singer for Hi Hopes The success of the event was possible with the hard work and dedication from the PTK club president Arantza Ceballos.

“We have all been waiting anxiously for this [event]. We were unsure how it was going to turn out. We would ask ourselves are we thinking too big? It seemed like a lot of barriers,” Ceballos said. “The fact that we were able to overcome it and see the final product makes it much more satisfying to see how successful it truly was.”

PTK’s relentlessness to help and serve certainly paid off as Hope U completely entrusted the club with the event and gave them the opportunity to really gain leadership experience by having full control of the show.

Hope U’s artwork will be displayed now through Nov. 23 at the Hibbleton located at 223 W. Santa Fe Ave.

Shopping on a college budget

Photo by Javier Gonzalez, The Hornet

SAMANTHA BORCHARD Special to The Hornet

Shopping for fashionable clothing on a college student budget is not an easy task, and maintaining season trends on that budget is even more difficult.

However, it isn’t impossible. Here are a few tips that will help students shop the trends without breaking their bank.

First tip is recycling your rags for cash. Rummage through your closet. Take out everything and start separating the clothes you’re going to keep from the ones you want to sell. Stores like Cross Roads and Buffalo Exchange are wonderful buy, sell, or trade shops that will take your good condition clothing for cash or store credit. They are even good places to shop for new items. Some stores may not always take your old clothes, but there are things that you can do to better your chances. For example: Before lugging huge bags full of everything you own, call the stores beforehand to find out what they are specifically looking for. Buyers always have a list.

Go through those items and iron them. The neater the item, the more likely they are to take it. Buyers look for items that will look good on a hanger because they will move quickly in their stores.

Clean up your clothing. If there are broken zippers, stains or missing buttons, they won’t sell.

Also, polish up shoes so that they appear new.

The second tip is to shop staple items. When you’re on a budget it’s tough to keep buying clothes to keep up with the trends that are constantly changing. The smartest thing you can do is shop those timeless staple items. They will never go out of style, they can be worn with almost anything in your closet and you won’t have to buy that item again until it is worn out. These items include: Straight leg pair of jeans- No holes or embellishments. They can be paired with anything

from a white t-shirt and Converse to a flowing top and heels. Same goes for guys. Straight leg, nice fit jeans can be dressed up or down but remember guys, showing your underwear is not cute.

Converse- These shoes have been around for years and haven’t changed and there is a reason for that. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. These shoes can be worn with anything and they are always comfortable.

Trench coats- A tan trench coat will never go out of style. It is a very practical item that is lightweight and because it is a neutral color, it will fit with your entire wardrobe. It will also pair nicely with the many interview outfits you might be wearing after college.

Knee high brown leather boots- Preferably without a heel. The simpler the style the more you can wear it. Round toe with no embellishments, like a fold over shaft or buckles and snaps. It is also important to buy actual leather shoes. They last longer and are a good investment if you plan on selling them at some point.

Lastly, prioritize your buys. Invest more money into those items that you will wear more. It is true, the better quality the item, the more it costs, but it will also last much longer. A lot of money was saved in high school by buying a pair of Frye round toe, western style boots. Fourteen years later these boots only have minor scuffs. If you can only put a large amount of money into one area of your attire, it should be on shoes.

If you purchase shoes made from synthetic materials, they are likely to wear out much faster than if you had spent a little more and bought a pair made from leather. This goes the same for leather jackets and handbags. Another item that is good as an investment is a pair of glasses.

Everyone is different therefore these tips may not work the same for everyone, but hopefully these tips will help on your next shopping trip.

Sports 13 Football looks to improve fourth national ranking

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Football continues to climb national rankings after a 79-44 win over Grossmont.

JEREMIAH GIRARD Sports Editor

The Fullerton College football team dismantled the Grossmont Griffins, 79-44, Saturday at Yorba Linda High School.

Going into the game, the Hornets were ranked fourth in the nation by JC gridwire. Even though the defense may have had their worst game of the year, FC breezed to a rather easy victory.

The Griffins actually outgained the Hornets 679 to 559.

Grossmont had more yards, but they turned the ball over three times compared to Fullerton’s one.

“Our defense was trying to do too much,” said FC head coach, Tim Byrnes. “We just need to get back to the basics and do what we do best.”

The game was another recordbreaking performance for the Hornets. Their 79 points breaks the previous record, 70, which happened in 2009 against Moorpark. They also tied records from that game, with 10 touchdowns in the game, and Ian Boozer made all ten of his extra point attempts to tie Jake Tyler’s record.

Their 35 points in the third quarter and six touchdowns in the second half also broke records from other games.

FC took the lead 2:35 into the game, and never even let Grossmont come back to tie it at any point. The scoring started with an 11-yard touchdown pass

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Record-breaking game: Jose Escobar looks to throw a pass in the Hornets’ 79-44 win over Grossmont College, on Saturday. The Hornets broke or tied many of their single-game offensive records.

from Jose Escobar to Lavorrie Johnson.

Ian Boozer then added one

of his three field goals, from 33 yards, to expand the lead to 10-0. Nick Norman then added

Heading into this season, it appeared that the race for the Heisman Trophy would be a two-man competition between Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney.

Although Clowney has been impressive, he has not done enough to warrant giving the trophy to a defensive player.

Manziel has had a great sophomore season and still has a shot to become the first person to win two Heismans in his first two years. The things that seems like it will keep him from repeating is not his play. His off-field behavior will sway any on the fence voters away from him.

On top of that, there is simply more competition this year. As of now, it appears to be a fourman race between four great quarterbacks. Manziel, Oregon’s Marcus Mariota, Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater and Florida State’s Jameis Winston all have a leg in the race.

Manziel has thrown for for 2,594 yards and 22 touchdowns while running for almost 500 yards and six more touchdowns.

Out of the four, Manziel has by far the most interceptions with eight.

Bridgewater is thought to be the most pro-ready of the four. He has completed almost 74 percent of his passes, while throwing for almost 2500 yards and 23 touchdowns. He has also only thrown two interceptions.

Bridgewater’s problem lies more with the team that he plays for. Louisville is in the very weak American Conference and the only way for him to win

the Heisman would be if the Cardinals went undefeated. After suffering and upset loss to UCF, his hopes appear to be shatters unless he absolutely runs away with it.

Mariota is heading up the most feared offense in the nation and they constantly make defenses look bad. He is the best runner of the three and has put up impressive stats running.He has put up 511 rushing yards with nine touchdowns.

Not to mention, his passing stats are also impressive. He has carved up defenses for 2,281 yards and 20 touchdowns, and has not thrown a single interception all year. Although, the Ducks are ranked second in the nation, they tend to lose games late in the year, and something like that can hurt him again.

Mariota’s biggest competition is Jameis Winston. It is scary to think that Winston is a freshman.

Although, Manziel technically won the award as a freshman he was a redshirt freshman which meant that he had a year of practicing against a college defense.

Winston is a true freshman and is in his first year at Florida State.

He is making waves and has the Seminoles as the third best team in the nation. They are by far the surprise team of the year.

He had a great game in the team’s huge upset of Clemson.

He followed that up Saturday with a huge game against Miami, the number seven team in the country. Winston has shined every chance he has been given, and should become the first true freshman to host the prestigous award in January, in New York.

yards and a touchdown. He also had the 100-yard kickoff return touchdown.

“The offense played a great game, but the special teams were unbelievable,” Byrnes said. “They were constantly putting us in great field position and made it possible for us to continue to put points up on the board.”

The Hornets mainly ran down the clock in the fourth quarter, but did add one more touchdown with just over one minute to go. Backup quarterback, Blake Mackenzie, ran in a 1-yard touchdown to cap off the scoring for the day.

The Hornets are now 8-0 and will look to improve to 9-0 as they take on the Orange Coast Pirates, next Saturday, at OCC. Fullerton has put themselves in a position where they may have a chance to compete for the state and maybe even national championships, but coach Byrnes continues to stress to his team to not worry about it.

“All we want to do is keep winning football games,” Byrnes said. “That is all we can do. We have no control over the way the rankings turn out and where we fall according to the polls.”

Even though the next two games fall in the catergory of should win for the Hornets, Byrnes does not even want them looking past their next matchup with OCC. “We have had a lot of success with the mindset that I try to instill in this team,” Byrnes said.

“Whether we should win or not, We do not want to look past any opponents.”

Nov. 5, 1983: Hornets get crucial tie

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his first of two scores to make it 17-0. After the Griffins answered back with a touchdown, Boozer connected from 42 yards to give the Hornets a 20-7 lead at the end of this first quarter.

Grossmont came out hot in the second quarter and scored right away. Ulalei Tausaga ran in a one-yards touchdown to cut the lead to 20-14. It seemd as if the Griffins were picking up some momentum, but Johnson returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, to swing the momentum right back in Fullerton’s favor.

Both teams added another touchdown and field goal in the quarter, but Grossmont had their PAT attempt blocked. FC went into the half with a 37-23 lead.

Grossmont’s offense began to really click in the third and they scored 21 points in the quarter.

Usually that would be enough to begin to mount a comeback, but the Hornets put up 35 points of their own in the quarter.

Ryan Byrd scored twice on runs from six and five yards.

Nick Norman scored on his second 1-yard touchdown run of the game. Rarely-used full back Faafouina Sitagat scored on a two-yard pass from Escobar.

Escobar finished with 283 yards passing, while completing 17 of 27 passes and adding three touchdowns. Johnson scored on a 57-yard run to cap off the Hornets’ historic third quarter.

Johnson had maybe his best all around game of the season. He ran for 128 yards on 11 carries, and scored a touchdown. He also caught two passes for 13

JEREMIAH GIRARD Sports Editor

On Nov. 5, 1983 the Hornets’ football team salvaged a 14-14 tie against the Orange Coast College Pirates. At the time, the team was disappointed with the tie because they felt it was a game that they could win. Little did they know, that the holding on for the tie would lead to them still being in contention down the stretch.

Fullerton College went on to finish the 1983 season with a 100-1 record and go on to win their third National Championship.

The team was coached by Hornet Hall of Famer, Hal Sherbeck.

Sherbeck was quoted after the game, saying, “I was disappointed with the tie because we did not play very well. I thought we were ready to play but we just made too many mistakes and did not execute.”

The Hornets were lucky to come out with a tie instead of a loss that would have ended any hopes the team had of winning a National Championship. FC did strike first to take a 7-0 lead but OCC began to take over from there.

With the game tied in the second half, Hornet quarterback Gary Ruhlen fumbled a snap in the end zone, and an Orange Coast defender picked it up for a score. OCC had a 14-7 lead in the fourth quarter.

Hornet tailback Damon Sweazy scored his second touchdown of the game in the fourth to tie the game at 14-14.

The Pirates drove right down

the field and put themselves in a great position to score. With 16 seconds remaining in the game, OCC kicker, Mike Greene, had a chip shot 26-yard field goal to win the game for the Pirates.

Somehow, he shanked the kick wide left and the Hornets came out alive. After the tie, the Hornets buckled down and began to win games with relative ease.

The following week, FC beat Compton 40-0. They then took out Cerritos, 24-17, in the conference championship game.

The conference win set up a huge state championship game against Taft College. Many believed that the winner of the game would not only win the state title, but also the National title.

The Taft Cougars were ranked number one in the nation going into the game, and the Hornets went in as fairly heavy underdogs. Taft had a huge size advantage and the Hornets knew that they would need to rely on their speed and the great strategies of Sherbeck.

The Hornets did just that and controlled the game with short passes and runs to take Taft out of their element. The end result was nowhere near what many expected.

FC wiped out Taft 28-7. The Hornets were led by a marvelous performance by Ruhlen. He completed 20-28 passes on the night for 193 yards and four scores.

Sherbeck, who was always known for his wit, said after the game, “First, I want to thank this

bunch of fuzzy-faced Orange County young men who played their hearts out to win a national championship.”

The Hornets have not won a National Championship since.

The team appears to have a chance to do so this year. There are a lot of things that would have to go their way, though.

With an 8-0 record heading into the last two games of the regular season, the Hornets are ranked fourth in the nation.

There is no outright National championship game at the Junior College level, the Hornets would need to earn the number one ranking in the last poll of the season.

The matchup that seems likely for the California state championship is FC v.s. Butte College. Butte is ranked fifth in the nation, so if this is the matchup, and one of the teams wins the game by a good margin there is a chance that the team could climb their way up the rankings.

The current team knows that they cannot look past their upcoming opponents and they would still have to win two more games before the state championship game is even a possibility.

Even if the Hornets do win out, it is not for sure that they will be considered the best team in the nation. The national champion is strictly determined by the top ranking in the JC gridirion poll.

FC is hoping that they can take home a national title exactly 30 years after the last one.

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Bounce Back The Hornets’ basketball team looks to show that they can be better than the .500 season they had last year. The team lost star player Julian Caldwell to Colorado State University, Pueblo and will be looking for players to step up big.

BENJAMIN SIEPAK Staff Writer

The Fullerton College basketball team is set to open their season on Nov. 7, and will look to improve on a season that saw them go .500 in both conference and non- conference play. They will look to make up for a lack of experience with solid play and athleticisim.

“We are fast and aggressive with a good inside game,” said fourth year head coach Andre Smith.” “ We are definitely more athletic than last year.”

Going into this season, the Hornets are a much younger team than last year, with only two returning sophomores in the starting lineup, who will play the leadership roles this season. Point guard Amin Sahwani and forward Joel Brokenbrough look to lead this young talented team to a conference championship and a trip back to the playoffs.

The Hornets lost three of last season’s starters. Jason and Tyler Payne signed with Cal State Dominguez Hills, and Julian Caldwell signed with Colorado

State University Pueblo for this upcoming season.

Sahwani and Brokenbrough have stepped right into the leadership roles that were opened up by the three that took their game to the next level, and have put in the time and effort to get the team ready for the new season.

Brokenbrough, a 6-foot-6-inch forward, is coming off a serious ACL tear injury, and says he feels about 95% healthy.

With two healthy knees, he looks to be the centerpiece of the offense, and has been in contact with both division I and division II schools in regards to his future.

“They respect us for the most part, we are leaders on and off the court,” said Brokenbrough. “When we step in the gym it’s all seriousness and getting down to business.”

The team has stressed the fact that defense comes first, and that good

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Guards The goal for the Hornets this season is to get up and down the court and run. The have a quick and athletic team and they want to take advantage of that.

“We are going to run the floor very well.,” said Joel Brokenbrough.

With returning guard Amin Sahwani running the offense the Hornets expect to have some veteran leadership on the court.

They also look to keep the conference best three-point shooting from last season.

If they are going to be successful, they will need to improve on their assist and steal rates from last year. Going to a more up-tempo offense should help there.

“We did a lot of preseason conditioning on the track,” said Kyle Kintzie. “There shouldn’t be any excuse for why we won’t be running people off the court in the second half.”

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With Marcia Foster taking over the coaching job from Mary Hegarty, she is looking to push the Hornets into the playoffs with an attacking defense that utilizes the team’s speed.

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The Fullerton College women’s basketball team is ready for a fresh start with a new coach. The Lady Hornets had a terrible year last year by their standards and went 6-20 (2-10).

FC has brought in a new coach, Marcia Foster, and hope that she will bring a new fire and energy to a team that seemed to lack it last year. Foster has spent the last ten seasons as a coach at Cal State Fullerton.

The last four of those years, she served as the head coach.

“I have never really coached at the junior college level,” Foster said. “I am used to sculpting girls over a course of four years, and now I have to do it over two. it is definitely a bit of an adjustment for me.”

The team is undersized so Foster has really been stressing the fundamentals to the women. She expects the team to play smart and play hard and hope that will make up for the lack of size.

“We know we are a smaller team, so we need to do some things differently,” Foster said. “We are going to play a lot of zone this year, and we have really been stressing the importance of blocking out.”

Foster is looking for her girls to make sure that their matchups do not get rebounds as opposed to running full speed trying to get a rebound for themselves.

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Conference Overall GP Record GP Record Cypress 12 11-1 30 21-9 Irvine Valley 12 9-3 32 21-11 Riverside 12 9-3 29 16-13 Saddleback 12 6-6 30 15-15 Orange Coast 12 4-8 28 13-15 Fullerton 12 2-10 26 6-20 Santa Ana 12 1-11 28 9-19

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Smith: New beginnings Foster: Taking the helm defense will transition into good offense with the type of tempo they run.

Being as young as the team is, Coach Smith did not have many struggles this offseason. He explained that the biggest speed bump he faced with this team was being disciplined at the beginning.

The energy was lacking, and the discipline wasn’t there, but the team has matured and it wasn’t a problem for long.

He says they look ready, disciplined, now the energy is there.

Coach Smith has expectations to be a better team than last season, despite the young group he’s coaching. The team seems to be buying into Coach Smith’s system, where he stresses defense and a “run and gun” style offense.

The personnel of his players seem to be a good fit for his style.

“I am trying to pattern the team the way Coach Pitino does at the University of Louisville,” Smith said. “We want to run out of quick rebounds and run the floor for easy buckets.

Year in and year out, the Orange Empire Conference has proven to be one of the most competitive and talent filled conferences in the state.

“Our conference is always tough, best in California,” Smith said. “We want to duplicate what we did last year, and get back to the playoffs.”

He believes that his team does have the potential to be the top team in the conference. The biggest challenge in conference play will once again be Saddleback College, who is coming off an undefeated 13-0 conference championship, and Smith simply described them as the team to beat.

But if there is one thing that he preaches most as a coach, it is not about basketball, it is about what you do in the classroom.

Smith heavily stresses graduating. He wants each and every one of his players to graduate, and constantly reiterates the importance of attending class.

With the season merging, a lot of questions await this Hornets basketball team. The main question is whether freshmen Roger Hamel, Kyle Kintzle, and Khristopher Nelson, will be able to deliver without having experience under their belt.

Coach Smith believes so, and expects to see his team competing for a conference championship in a few months.

The season will open up on Thursday at the San Diego Miramar Tournament, with tip off at 5 pm. The Hornets will have games three consecutive days for the tournament “It’s a business trip,” said Sahwani. “we got to go down and take care of business.”

2013-14 Men’s Roster 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 20 21 23 24 25 32 35

Carnell Gray Duabre Doulette Khristopher Nelson Andrew Scott Roger Hamel Gregory Tuchek Adam Carter Amin Sahwani Jordan Mack Kyle Kintzie Joel Brokenbrough Dakota Allinson Arturo Gonzalez Ryan McGee Kessio Viegas

PG SG SG PF SF SG PF SG SG SG SF SF SG G/F PF

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160 lbs.

160 lbs.

175 lbs.

225 lbs.

180 lbs.

160 lbs.

220 lbs.

190 lbs.

150 lbs.

190 lbs.

220 lbs.

200 lbs.

180 lbs.

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really making us focus on the little things,” said freshman Noelle Cobb. “She wants us to box out and always play quicker than the other teams.”

The players see that Foster is a coach that willtry to get her point across no matter what.

“Her technique is really thorough,” added sophomore Maritza Meza. “She really pushes us hard and makes sure that we are on top of our games.”

The offense is not going to be a team that bruises around inside. She is very happy with the amount of shooting that the team shows and sees that as the main strength of their offense.

“We have a lot of great shooters on this team, Foster said. “Just about everybody can step out and stretch the floor. There are only like two girls who are pretty much strictly inside players.”

The shooting is also somewhere that the players see as a strength.

“We have a lot of great shooters on this team,” Meza said. “If we can play our style and get some open looks, we can be dangerous.”

The team will open up their season on Friday at El Camino, and they do not have a starting line up in place yet.

“We have ten or 11 girls that I see as the top of the team,” Foster said. “We start

the season on Friday, so the way I look at it, I have until then to come up with my lineup.”

The only spot that is not up for grabs to start the year is the starting point guard.

Returning sophomore Tatiana Scott will be holding down the point to start the year.

Although Foster does not want to have a team built around one or two girls being stars, it appears that Scott is poised to break out.

“I think this year is going to be a lot different than last year,” said Scott. “Coach Foster expects a whole lot more from us and never lets us get complacent.”

The team will use the beginning of the season to try to get their rotation down.

“At the beginning of the season we are going to go out there with the intent to win,” said Foster. “But towards the middle of the season we will begin to see things more clearly, and we will really be where we need to be.”

The team has a long-standing tradition of being one of the great teams in the area, including making the playoffs in 14 of the 15 seasons under coach Debi Woelke.

“I know this team has great tradition and has always been lead by great coaches,” Foster said. “I do not see that as pressure on me. I would like to live up to it, but the only pressure that is on me, I put on myself.”

2013-14 Women’s Roster 0 Jazzmine Smith G 5’5 Freshman 1 Brittney Villalvazo G 5’4 Freshman 3 Carla Castaneda G 5’6 Freshman 5 Patty Garcia

G 5’3 Freshman 11 Yana Pollard F 6’1 Freshman 12 Michelle Maxfield F 5’8 Freshman 13 Andrya Ventura F 5’11 Sophomore 15 Marycruz Quintero G 5’5 Freshman 20 Noelle Cobb F 5’8 Freshman 21 Michelle Furuya G 5’6 Freshman 22 Kelli Calton F 6’0 Freshman 23 Tatiana Scott G 5’3 Sophomore 24 Mertella Ambulo G 5’3 Freshman 25 Maritza Meza G 5’7 Sophomore 33 Jazlyn Lewis G 5’4 Freshman 35 Xochitl Nava F 5’8 Sophomore

Hornet Basketball 2013-14 Schedule Men’s Women’s

Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Nov. 7 vs. LA Southwest at Miramar 5:00 PM Nov. 8-9 at San Diego Miramar Tournament TBA Nov. 13 San Diego Mesa 7:30 PM Nov. 14-16 30th Fullerton College Classic TBA Nov. 26 at Barstow 5:30 PM Nov. 28-30 at Palomar College Tournament TBA Dec. 10 vs. LA Trade Tech at Riverside 5:00 PM Dec. 11-13 at Riverside City College Tournament TBA Dec. 17 at Santa Monica 5:00 PM Dec. 27 vs. Desert at Imperial Valley 1:00 PM Dec. 28-30 at Imperial Valley College Tournament TBA Jan. 8 Santa Ana 5:30 PM Jan. 10 at Cypress 5:30 PM Jan. 15 Riverside 5:30 PM Jan. 22 at Irvine Valley 5:30 PM Jan. 24 Orange Coast 5:30 PM Jan. 29 Saddleback 5:30 PM Jan. 31 at Santa Ana 7:30 PM Feb. 5 Cypress 7:30 PM Feb. 7 at Riverside 7:30 PM Feb. 13 Irvine Valley 7:30 PM Feb. 19 at Orange Coast 7:30 PM Feb. 21 at Saddleback 7:30 PM

Nov. 8 at El Camino 6:00 PM Nov. 15-16 at Santa Barbara College Tournament TBA Nov. 22 at Glendale 7:00 PM

Vaquero Tournament at Glendale Nov. 23-24 at Glendale College Tournament TBA Nov. 26 Rio Hondo 5:30 PM Dec. 6-8 at Chaffey College Tournament TBA Dec. 13-15 at LA Valley College Tournament TBA Dec. 28-30 Colleen Riley Holiday Tournament TBA Jan. 8 Santa Ana 7:30 PM Jan. 10 at Cypress 7:30 PM Jan. 15 Riverside 7:30 PM Jan. 22 at Irvine Valley 7:30 PM Jan. 24 Orange Coast 7:30 PM Jan. 29 Saddleback 7:30 PM Jan. 31 at Santa Ana 5:30 PM Feb. 5 Cypress 5:30 PM Feb. 7 at Riverside 5:30 PM Feb. 13 Irvine Valley 5:30 PM Feb. 19 at Orange Coast 5:30 PM Feb. 21 at Saddleback 5:30 PM