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Review of the newly released RPG, South Park: The Stick of Truth — page 6

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Succeed in high education Sign up for A Day of ACE, Friday March 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in L109. The event offers an opportunity for a team of leaders to gain an understanding of ACE. Activities introduce participants to ACE curriculum and pedagogy and provide classroom takeaways.

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Retreat series continues

Community meeting sheds light on LMC plan

By JOSEPH DELANO

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The second strategic planning retreat went off without a hitch last Monday. The meeting, the second in a planned series of three, introduced Los Medanos College’s external community into the process of developing an insightful 5-year plan for the college.

As reported last week, LMC has been working on developing a plan for the future for some time now.

With plans of accomplishing the goal by the end of this semester, the meetings are moving quickly.

In just a few short months, LMC hopes to have a final draft of the 5-year plan ratified through the three senates on campus, Faculty, Classified and Student.

While there were almost 300 invitations sent out to members of the community, there were only about 30-40 members from the community present. LMC President Bob Kratochvil lamented on the smaller number of participants, saying “we would have liked to fill the room with more community members.”

Nonetheless, the retreat went on, and to “fab-

ulous” success, according to the Senior Dean of Research and Planning for LMC Kiran Kamath.

The purpose of this meeting was very similar to that of the previous retreat in late February, to figure out “where LMC wants to be 5 years from now,” according to Greg Stoup, Senior Dean of Research and Planning for the district.

What differentiated this meeting from the previous one was that it was community oriented and encouraged members of surrounding businesses, government bodies and residents to attend and

Power in numbers

STEM hosts tutor visits

HS youths to benefit

Human Library coming soon The Human Library LMC is set for Tuesday, April 15. The Library is looking for willing patrons to sign up to become a human book who can get loaned out to students for 20 minutes and talk about a unique topic. If you would like more information, contact Christine Park at chpark@losmedanos.edu or go to humanlibrary.org.

The deadline to apply is April 1.

Want to create an LMC club?

Interested in creating an official LMC club? Contact the Student Life Office for more information at 439-2181 ext. 3266 or go to www.losmedanos. edu/studentservices/clubs

By BERTHA AGUILAR

baguilar@lmcexperience.com

Photo by Irvin Trigueros

A group of community college students and staff march passed Tower Bridge in Sacramento en route to the California State Capitol building during the annual March in March protest.

Students can flex brainpower LMC academic event upcoming

By ALEXANDRA TAGLIAMONTE atagliamonte@lmcexperience.com

Annual LLN Conference The Conference for the Latina Leadership Network of the California Community Colleges is scheduled for March 28 and 29 at the Ohlone College Newark Center in Newark. For more info contact Maria Ramirez at (510) 742-2346 or visit www.latina-leadership-network.org

No Experience until March 28

This will be the last Issue of the Experience until 3/28. Enjoy Spring Break!

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Los Medanos College’s 9th Annual Academic Competition will once again provide LMC students the chance to compete in an exciting one-day event on Saturday, April 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Library Community Room L109.

The event is sponsored by LMCAS, the LMC Foundation and the Student Life Office.

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place winner in last year’s competition, Manpreet Kaur, encourages others to participate in the event. “It’s always a fun experience even if you don’t win. It’s very well set up. These sorts of activities are important because they facilitate a learning environment that presents students with academic challenges.”

LMC’S Academic Competition consists of four rounds of multiple-choice tests questions. Students who participate will compete in teams of four in four subject areas including math, science, social science and English.

Each round is 60 minutes long and directly after wards the answers are corrected. Points are given to the correct answers and the teams with most correct

at the end of the rounds are the winners.

Victors will be announced at events end.

Competitors need to be present at the event as all supplies, test documents, refreshments and lunch will be provided free of charge. Participants of the Academic Competition will be given a Certificate of Participation, a $10 gift certificate to the LMC Bookstore and an event T-shirt.

Winning teams will receive scholarships that will be equally divided amongst the team members. Winning scholarships range from $400 to $3000.

The application deadline is April 2nd at 5:00 p.m. Students looking to register can go to www.losmedanos.edu/groups/ lmcas/act.asp.

Chefs heat up a ‘chili’ afternoon Event spices up fundraising

By STEVEN LUKE

sluke@lmcexperience.com

The 9th Annual Chili CookOff presented by the Classified Senate ended with a repeat winner as Kathy Griffin’s green chili verde, called Divine Swine, took home the top honors for the second year in a row.

The classified senate has had a chili-cooking contest each of the last nine years to raise money for the scholarship fund and this year was a huge hit as all seven entrants ran out of chili in just over an hour after

the contest began.

For the most part, all of the contestants had competed before with many of them having competed in all nine cook-offs.

In fact, there was only one entrant who had never competed before, Tammy Smith, and she was the only student entrant representing the Reading and Education Advance Dreams (R.E.A.D.) club.

“My significant other made a hot chili called Tio Lee’s Aloha Chili,” she said. She also contributed to the fundraising

Photo by Cathie Lawrence

HR Rep. Kathy Griffin serves LMCAS Advisor Demetria Lawrence her “Divine Swine” chili. by donating fudge and rice clubs second time entering. crispy treats that she made.

The star of the show, While it was Smith’s first time though, was Grif fin, who entering the contest, it was the See CHILI, page 8

The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Ambassador program is looking for students to join .

This program was established as an outreach effort to promote diversity in STEM by allowing Los Medanos College students to visit high school students and inspire the next generation of STEM majors.

For now, the program only visits students from Pittsburg High School but they are potentially going to be expanding this program to reach beyond PHS to other high schools.

The STEM Ambassadors mission is to work with PHS students in a variety of ways.

They create hands on classroom activities, student success panels and offer in-class tutoring.

STEM Ambassadors are planning two visits to Pittsburg High School biology classrooms this semester.

The first visit will be the week of March 31, the topic will be ecology, habitats and communities.

The second visit will be during the week of April 28.

The topic will be human population, natural resources, air and water quality, biodiversity and conservation.

They already have a group of 25 students who have signed up.

“We are very excited about this new partnership and are grateful for this wonderful oppor tunity to strengthen the pipeline between Pittsburg High School and LMC,” said biology teacher Danielle Liubicich.

She continued on adding “STEM ambassadors inspire curiosity and success through contextualized learning activities that engage students in STEM by making connections and fostering a support network.”

If you are interested in joining this program, you can contact Carol Hernandez at cahernandez@losmedanos. edu or Danielle Liubicich at dliubicich@losmedanos.edu to get more detailed information about this program.

You can also contact the director of the STEM grant Ryan Pederson at rpederson@ losmedanos.edu for information regarding grant related initiatives.

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Equal rights for marriage Love knows no gender. I find this statement to be 100% true. I know every person is entitled to their own opinion, but it baffles me that people think they deserve to have an opinion on someone else’s life and whom they love.

I for one do not think same-sex couples in any way directly affect me or, the way I live my life. If anything it makes me happy because I know people are getting closer to being treated equal like everyone else.

Same-sex couples should have the right to be happy and I wish more people viewed it like this.

Those who oppose same-sex marriage often argue that marriage is a union between a man and a woman and anything else is just wrong.

They claim that same-sex marriage would destroy the sanctity of marriage and is unconstitutional. The last time I checked the declaration of independence states that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the rights that we all have. This foundation of our government was established so there is no questions about our rights as American people.

I am so sick of people saying that it ruins the sanctity of marriage, but that has already been ruined. By some who give into temptation.

Many celebrities get married and then divorce shortly after and this also applies to non-celebrity marriages.

From what I have seen, there are many homosexual couples that have been in committed relationships for years, yet some heterosexual couples can’t do the same.

Just put yourself in their shoes and think of how you would feel to have your rights taken from you. I think about this all the time and it makes me sad that people have to deal with this issue.

Allowing same-sex marriage is more than just a piece of paper. It allows them to have the legal benefits that they deserve and work hard for. This year I was able to attend a same-sex wedding and I was so happy that I was able to be part of such a wonderful union between two women and to see both sides of their family and friends there to show their love and support.

I was shocked when I read an article about a new law that was established in Nigeria that banned same-sex marriages and threatens up to a 10-year prison sentence for those who don’t abide by this law.

To me, this has gone way too far. How can you throw someone in jail and for 10 years for marrying someone they love. I can never see this happening in the states, but it just makes me think how far some people are willing to go with this subject just because they don’t understand it.

This law bans public displays of affection between people of the same-sex, outlaws gay support organizations, and makes it illegal for gay groups to meet. Um, what?

I know this is going on in another country but this is extreme and disturbing to hear.

So far 17 states allow same-sex marriages and I feel more states will follow.

I know I may not be able to change people’s opinion on this topic and I don’t intend to, but what if you were told that you couldn’t marry the person you love, will you then feel indifferent towards same-sex marriages?

This is an issue that in some states don’t allow certain couples to get married. People have to fight for this right to marry their partners.

I hope that someday all the states can recognize same-sex marriage for what it is, a union between two people who love each other and nothing more.

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EDITORIAL

Stand up for more education

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he annual student March in March protest has historically been a melting pot for educational advocates to raise their voices to the powers that be in California while drawing attention to adversity affecting the state community colleges and universities. However, this year attendance was at an embarrassing low number.

With the passing age of such high profile legislation, Proposition 30 and the Dream Act, this has been a slow year for educational reform.

This poor turnout is a reflection of the declining interest among students, faculty and staff in the current state of education in California. The posters, signs, debates, and forums that were rampant on campuses have dwindled, and this lack of informing the Los Medanos College population, as well student disinterest indicates dangerous times ahead for LMC. The world of the student is in close relationship with the world of those who teach at and manage educational institutions. For schools in California to get better, ease future budget cuts, and offer quality education for future generations, everyone - students and educators alike - must promote events like March in March.

A majority of students attend LMC for two to three years before gaining their certificates, associate degrees, or transferring to other institutions. That gives educators at LMC the opportunity to nurture a new group of students to get involved in educational advocacy and learn how to utilize their voices to make positive changes to the California educational system. In turn, it is the students’ responsibility to take the resources provided and put them to good use.

LMC students need to learn how to make powerful speeches to really make a difference and deliver them at March in March and students also need to know how to properly write and use language, and send letters to your state representatives. If teachers don’t fulfill their responsibilities to teach and inform their students that their voices matter, students can’t fulfill their responsibility to preserve education for their children, or their children’s children, and powerful protests like March in March will continue to see dwindling numbers until it eventually fades into the history books.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LMC needs classroom etiquette DEAR EDITOR: Los Medanos College is the most disrespectful college I have ever attended. Teachers don’t respect students and students don’t respect teachers. Everyone has a role to play in the game of education, but at LMC most of us are lost.

Since starting the semester, my classes were canceled twice, three out of four teachers have been late every class, one class was permanently canceled on week three forcing me to sign up for another class. There is a disconnect with teachers and management because teachers use In-site e-mails, personal e-mails, and D2L to send us information. If this were a well-oiled machine there would be one system.

Someone might argue these things are coincidence, but I disagree when the issues start to pile up. These teachers are good people, but I do not see their hearts in the fight for my education.

From students, I have seen a barrage of drops, coming in late, texting on cell phones and constantly leaving halfway through class. If I was a teacher, I would get tired of this quickly, and motivation would be hard to find — especially when no one wanted to hear about a subject I had spent a large portion of my life studying. These subjects mean something to the educator and if we treat the gift of knowl-

edge like garbage, then we reap what we sow.

We have a responsibility. Are we giving everything on both sides of this coin? Could teachers hold themselves to a standard that influences me to be a humble student? As students are we paying respect to the system and doing honor to those who work hard to educate us?

We need to all work harder for each other.

— Loren Keely

More stories on success DEAR EDITOR: The LMC newspaper’s sports section lacks the acknowledgement of students that get signed to different colleges. In the Feb. 7 issue, there was a story about Charles Alexander who signed to become an Arkansas Red Wolf. The story was interesting because it told the reader the time he got signed to the college and how many people showed up to congratulate him.

It just needed more detail and background on how he got into baseball and how he played.

I was hoping for another story about another person getting signed, but there was only one.

Sports are a big source of media. I recommend posting more stories about students who get signed to bigger colleges because it was interesting to read.

— Brandon Carff

READER OPINION POLICY

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If you are interested in expressing your opinions on campus, national or world issues, bring your submissions to room CC3-301 and put them in the Perspectives Editor’s mailbox or mail them to Experience c/o Los Medanos College, 2700 E Leland Road, Pittsburg, CA 94565. You may also send them electronically through the Experience online newsite lmcexperience.com.

Letters and columns must be typed, signed and include a phone number for verification. They may be edited for clarity, content, taste and length at the editor’s discretion.

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“Are you going to LMC because you couldn’t get into any ‘real’ colleges? Did you go to a junior college because you’re not smart enough for a four year college?”

I hear these types of offensive questions all the time. I understand that going straight to a four year college might be a little more fun than going to your local community college, however when preparing for your future I believe that transferring after two years is the smarter option.

The obvious advantage to starting out at a community college is how much money you will save. Tuition for state schools starts at about $22,000 while LMC is only $46 a unit meaning full-time students would be paying about $1,000 a year.

So in two years you spend around $2,000 on tuition while people at state colleges are spending about $40,000. That’s a huge difference. Who doesn’t want to save money?

Tuition is just the beginning: you need books, food, somewhere to live, and things to fill your place. It all adds up very quickly.

Some try to say that you can’t put a price on the “experience’’ but I completely argue that. Going to college means becoming more mature and doing what will benefit you in the future, and having a lot of debt isn’t a good plan.

If you can afford college or get scholarships then that’s great, but breaking your bank and living in debt for the rest of your life is not smart.

I had fairly good grades in high school and I debated on going away for school or living with my parents for a couple years. I chose LMC. I wasn’t forced to go because it was my only option.

Another good reason to start at a JC is because if you didn’t do so well in high school, it gives you another chance and a clean slate.

For me, I wasn’t sure where I wanted to go or what I wanted to study. I felt rushed and pressured to make a huge decision that I didn’t feel confident in making. After only one semester at LMC, I have an idea of what I want to do and a plan to get there.

I know I can’t speak for everyone when I say that I don’t mind living at home. I’m focused on school and work and it’s paying off. I don’t have as many distractions as someone living in a dorm.

I think the first year of college is very important. It kind of sets your work ethic for the rest of college.

I know community college isn’t ver y exciting. Everyone is just in and out, and very independent. Four-year colleges are fun.

Sporting events, living on your own, going to parties, and just meeting new people.

What some people don’t realize is that you will get that chance later on. You have the rest of your life for adventures and fun, and with all that money you have saved, you can go out and do fun things.

It’s ver y easy to get stuck in being disappointed that you’re not “there,” and your friends are off in college having so much fun. The option of being able to go somewhere and get the same education but way cheaper is a positive.

It’s easy to complain and maybe fall into bad habits because you’re unhappy where you are, but life is all about steps and this is just one of them.

Take charge of your education. Ever since I started going to LMC, I got motivated to do well and not limit myself to anything.

Focus and do well.

Not to mention, everyone here is so nice and helpful. Take advantage of the resources around you, and you will succeed.

You took the smarter path so do it and do it with confidence.

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“My ideal vacation for spring break would be Cancun, beachside with some friends.”

— David Martinez

“I would take a 7-day cruise or a 10-day cruise probably to Costa Rica or the Bahamas.”

— Pamela Childers

“My ideal vacation would be Ibiza because of the nightlife,the partying, and it’s a good time.”

— Jordan Lenoir

“My ideal vacation would be Hawaii because I like tropical places, and the sunshine.”

— Eboni Brown

“My ideal spring break location is San Diego.

Beautiful weather.”

— Michael Simpson

“My ideal vacation would be to sleep half the day and then be in the snow and maybe on the beach or somewhere nice.”

— Ari White

“Were it left for me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

— Thomas Jefferson

Editor-in-Chief .................... BRENDAN CROSS Perspectives Editors...... AISHLING DOHERTY and JAZMINE GORDON Campus Editors .................. JOSEPH DELANO and ALEXANDRA TAGLIAMONTE Features Editors .......................RATTANA KIM and STEPHANIE PATTISON Sports Editors .......................LUKE JOHNSON and DAKOTAH ZABROSKI Photo Editor ....................... IRVIN TRIGUEROS Web Editor ..................STEPHANIE PATTISON Associate Editors...............BERTHA AGUILAR and STEVEN LUKE The LMC Experience is published Fridays by students in the Journalism Program. The newspaper serves both as a laboratory for journalism classes and as a First Amendment forum for campus communication. Opinions expressed in the Experience are solely those of the students and do not represent the views of the college.

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“To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men.”

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

MARCH TOWARD REFORM Assemblymember Rocky Chávez pumps and raises his fist in high spirits to student protestors in front of the California State Capitol building.

Peaceful protest highlights issues

Simone Hall of San Bernardino Valley College roars along with the student protest crowd just after crossing the Raley Field Tower Bridge in Sacramento.

Photos by Irvin Trigueros

The annual March in March at the state capitol Monday saw hundreds of students from community colleges throughout California march in protest to the rising costs of education.

The march is a way for students to loudly voice their opinions about the gradual unattainability of degrees or transferability due to tuition fees, the cost of the classes, and the lack of availability of classes that students need in order to graduate or transfer.

The on-and-off rain and inclement weather did not dismay the students from making their voices heard.

With signs abound and chants ringing in the air, students marched from Raley Field through the Tower Bridge to the

Above, students arrive to the front of the state capitol with large signs demanding education for “you and me“ and “over everything.” Right, upper left square, Darian Wells of Oxnard College plays his harmonica with his group. Upper right square, a man holds a sign that demands oil taxation. Right bottom, Sammy Seahawk of Cabrillo College cheers for the student speakers before a wide audience.

California State Capitol building rally site where speakers such as Region IV Chair and Student Body President of San Jose City College Alex Ward and California Assembly member Rocky Chávez encouraged the crowd to keep fighting for their education.

Chants such as “Ain’t no power like the power of the people ‘cause the power of the people don’t stop,” and signs that said “Education, not prisons,” and “Education is non-negotiable” were just a small fraction of the rally cries of the protesting students.

After the speakers at the rally site, students were able to enter the capitol and talk with state legislators about the education topics at hand.

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“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Harmony fills the Recital Hall

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Deer Valley High School student Sarah Ogden plays the violoncello during the “Mostly Baroque Concert” in the Los Medanos College Recital Hall on Feb. 27.

Show ends on good note

By RATTANA KIM

rkim@lmcexperience.com

Los Medanos College’s Music Department presented “A Mostly Baroque Concert” featuring LMC’s Baroque Ensemble with special guests of Deer Valley High School Orchestra, directed by Damian Ting.

Last Thursday on February 27, the concert was mostly a full house of family and friends in attendance.

Director Damian Ting commented that music performances are often not that big. Due to DVHS Orchestra as guests, it gives the opportunity to recruit students to join LMC Baroque Ensemble.

Not only were LMC students able to join, but the class was open to high school students.

There were eight groups among the four sets. LMC

Baroque Ensemble displayed their talents in the first set, Chamber Music.

The ensemble was split into five different groups, each with a piece, the applause from the audience grew louder.

Student Amy de Los Santos attended the performance to support her friend.

“I enjoyed it a lot. I can’t say I’ve been to a lot of performances, but I love it,” she said. “The one that I really liked was the ‘Concerto for Flute and Strings.’ I could picture it being like Disney, you know with the animation and birds and movements of elements.”

The reason the performance was called “A Mostly Baroque Concert” is the ‘Concerto for Flute and Strings’ featured guest musician Reiko Kubota, who played the piccolo. This addition gave the piece, Presto

by Antonio Vivaldi, a quirky and fun sound.

The following sets were DVHS Orchestra and LMC Baroque Ensemble.

It took both groups quite some time to start but the audience’s hand clapping and murmurs of satisfaction grew with each piece.

The concert ended with a combined orchestra of both DVHS and LMC. After the two pieces were performed, the audience went wild with the applause.

Director Damian Ting, satisfied with the concert said, “I’ve been in this class since I was in high school so I’d like to see this keep going.”

The next concert is Friday, March 14, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with Photo by James Wes Goble Freedom High School. General admission is $5, seniors and Damian Ting conducts the combined musical talents of Deer Valley High School students pay $3.

Orchestra and Los Medanos College Baroque Ensemble at LMC.

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LMC music events

Los Medanos College is having a series of musical events throughout the semester in the Recital Hall located in the Music building, next to the Lot C parking lot.

Music student Taylor Gibbons uses his Sony Xperia Ultra phone with a synchronized keyboard app to create music with fellow students Michael Walch and Dylan TorresBrown Feb. 6 before a music improv class in the Recording Arts building. The course is part of the framework for the Music Pedagogy Certificate of Achievement program. Ask your counselor for more info on the program.

Q Choral Adventure Concert, Tuesday, March 11, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. General admission $5 and students/ seniors $3.

Q Concert Band Performance, Friday, March 14, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with Freedom High School. General admission $5 and seniors/students $3.

Q Concert Band Performance, Friday, May 2, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with Concord High School. General admission $5 and seniors/students $3.

Q Guitar Concert, Monday, May 5, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Free admission.

Q Gospel Celebration Concert, Saturday, May 10, 7 to 10 p.m. Admission $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

Q Piano Honors Recital, Monday, May 12, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free admission.

Q Concert Band Performance, Tuesday, May 13, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. General admission $5 and seniors/ students $3.

Q Jazz Studio Concert, Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Admission: TBA.

‘Born on Pangea’

‘Born on Pangea’ presented by Cate White is the current art show at Los Medanos College’s Art Gallery.

This art show depicts drawings, paintings, altered objects and videos by heroic derelicts, awkward lovers and dignified losers. These pieces are inspired by outsider art, punk, neo-expressionism, comics and media cliches.

‘Born on Pangea’ is showing through March 13 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 12:30-2:30 p.m. and 4-6 p.m.

— compiled from press releases and staff reports Photos by Cynthia Evans

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“A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.”

— Dustin Hoffman

Truth gets unleashed

‘Park’ on console

By BRENDAN CROSS

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South Park: The Stick of Truth is a turn-based role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Ubisoft based on the popular South Park show on Comedy Central.

At the beginning of the game your character is the new kid in town and is looking to make some friends. His parents push him to go outside where he meets Butters, who is in a battle with another kid.

Butters is the first friend you meet as you continue on the quest. Butters then takes you to Cartman’s house, who is referred to as the “Wizard King,” and takes you to Kupa Keep Kingdom, which is in his backyard.

Kupa Keep features an armory where you can purchase weapons, consumables and other power ups. At Kupa Keep you can choose your character name, although whatever you type in will have Cartman saying that you chose “Douchebag” as your name.

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You can then decide on four different player types, a fighter, mage, thief or Jew. The game features a smart phone that is carried by the player where you can view quests, your inventory, your net wor th (the amount of money you have) and keeps track of friends you meet as they post messages on a Facebook-like wall sporadically. On the smart phone you can also call up a map of the area and view collectables you gather throughout the game.

In your inventory you can equip different weapons and items you either buy or find as you continue to level up.

In order to level up you must complete quests and fight off the elves that are trying to take back the Stick of Truth hidden at Kupa Keep. The stick is indeed exactly what it implies, just a stick.

The game as a whole is extremely smooth and well done. It really is only meant for fans of the actual show, as there are a lot of callbacks to things that happen on it, but players new to the world of

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Eric Cartman leads his friends in battle against the elves to win the Stick of Truth and control the universe.

South Park will still enjoy the game as long as the comedy is up your alley.

The dialogue really sets the show apart from other shows, and the dialog in the game is what sets it apart from anything that may be of a similar ilk.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, contributed heavily to the dialogue, and it shows. The game is absolutely hilarious. While your character does not actually speak, the favorite South Park personalities around him are

an absolute riot.

The actual gameplay is fun and easy to maneuver. Just walking around and looting other peoples houses or businesses around town is the best way to collect little items you can use to customize your character’s looks and other abilities. As you travel around town you receive quests from many of the South Park characters such as Priest Maxi who tells you to literally find Jesus and Tweak who tells you to go to Kenny’s house to

collect “fresh” ingredients for his parents’ coffee business, Tweaks Coffee Co. My only quibble with the game thus far is the fighting system, for the most part it is difficult to lose any battle you may find yourself in, but the timing mechanism tends to be hard to get used to. When a player does any kind of an attack, you have to press the correct button at the exact right time, usually in correspondence to the flash of a light or other general timing elements, to

inflict the most amount of damage. I feel as though the leeway between a perfect attack and a weak attack is too little, and if you are a split-second off it greatly reduces your chance at a strong attack.

All in all, the game is one I would recommend to fans of the series. If you are new to the series, I would be cautious in trying the game as the general humor is staunch and to the point, but that is how it should be and makes you feel like you are in an episode of South Park.

Just give the man an Oscar All eyes were on Leonardo DiCaprio, Sunday at the 86th Academy Awards, not because he finally won an Oscar. As Will Smith declared Matthew McConaughey Best Actor in a Leading Role for “Dallas Buyers Club,” I can only imagine a plethora of stars at the awards ceremony staring at DiCaprio with puppy eyes REAL TIME WITH JARED and a reassuring lip-frown.

Let’s look at the tape, shall we? The guy’s starred in seven films nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Picture, two of which won in “The Great Gatsby” and Jordan Belfort in (Titanic and The Departed). It started with a “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

One can argue that starring in films directed great performance in 1993 when he was in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. The then-young by Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese and DiCaprio gave a strong performance as Arnie Quentin Tarantino made it so easy on DiCaprio Grape, the mentally handicapped younger that when he was is in a good movie, the credit should go to them. brother of Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp).

The guy has done everything from blow my Then in 1997, he made a boring Jack Dawson into an intriguing character in “Titanic” which mind to the point where I don’t quite underis the second-highest grossing film of all time. stand what’s going to pump me up from his fiery speeches in films.

In more recent years, What more does Hollywood he has depicted one of want the guy to do? He has the most interesting con made them millions of dolmen of all time in “Catch lars at the box-office. I guess Me if You Can.” that’s not really the question, Director Martin Scorsthough. The real question is, ese and Academy Award “what does he have to show winning actor Daniel the Academy?”

Day-Lewis in “Gangs of Think about this; if Martin New York” set him up for Scorsese thought Matthew success.In 2004, he was McConaughey was a better snubbed for Best Actor in actor than DiCaprio, wouldn’t a Leading Role when he he have cast him as Jordan starred in “The Aviator” Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall as Howard Hughes, also Street”? I guess people forgot directed by Scorsese.

McConaughey played Mark When 2006 rolled around, he starred in Photo courtesy of digitalspy.com Hanna, some insignificant two more great films, Leonardo DiCaprio appearing part in DiCaprio’s big movie.

Whatever, if I were DiCaprio, “The Depar ted” and at the Oscars.

I’d just think, “go back to doing “Blood Diamond.”

In 2010, he seemed to go into a little bit of B-movie rom-coms.”

As for me, I just can’t wait for the next Dia phase. I think he decided he was going to tackle mind-bogglers that year, taking on the Caprio flick. I wonder what kind of film he’ll role of Dom Cobb in “Inception” and Edward be in next, a drama or maybe a love story?

“Teddy” Daniels in “Shutter Island.” In the Let’s just not wait until the guy retires and give last couple years, he was “Monsieur” Calvin him a Lifetime Achievement Award instead of J. Candie in “Django Unchained,” Jay Gatsby a true Oscar, okay Academy?

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Plane passengers are convinced Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) is hijacking them.

‘Non-Stop’ thrill ride

Neeson delivers spring hit

By DAKOTAH ZABROWSKI

dzabrowski@lmcexperience.com

“Non-Stop” was a much better movie then I anticipated.

Going into the movie, it seemed to me as I was going to watch Taken 3 and that Liam Neeson was going to have to search for his daughter again.

While Neeson did play a similar role (a good guy who goes to great length to save people) “Non-Stop” had it’s own suspenseful plot and it really

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Neeson plays a man named Bill Marks who is a U.S. Air Marshall that is extremely committed to his job. Marks is an alcoholic with family issues and the movie does a good job in portraying this and the way it effects him.

The movie is filled with illusions and deception, which makes it excellent for keeping viewers on the edge of their seat.

The movie does an excellent job of hiding the identity of the

antagonist and at the same time, makes you falsely believe someone is the suspect.

My only problem with the movie is that, toward the end, events begin to become very chaotic. However, the suspense element was still there and present throughout the entire movie.

I would definitely recommend this movie for others, especially thrill-seekers. While the movie isn’t perfect, it is still full of plot twists and is an emotional roller coaster.

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‘Cinque Terre’ Game Summary: “Cinque Terre,” meaning “five lands,” is comprised of five small coastal villages located in the Italian region of Liguria. They are Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso.

They are known for their beauty, culture, food and proximity to one another. In this game of strategy, players act as farmers and compete to sell the most valuable produce in the five villages.

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Joseph says: Rules need explaining

Cinque Terre, by Rio Grande Games, is a strategy game where players collect different crops such as tomatoes and olives and sell them to the five different coastal villages of Italy, fulfilling specific produce orders at different villages.

Before playing, I initially thought the game would have too many similarities to the likes of Settlers of Catan, but it certainly did not.

Cinque Terre offered its own unique style of the collecting then building or selling strategy genre.

The scoring system is unique.

Colored dice to match the different types of produce are rolled to begin the game and placed down on different villages to signify how much a crop is worth at that village. Fulfillment cards will tell you what to sell in what village. Players can also attain a Most Popular Vendor card if they sell enough produce at a single village. The end of the game is triggered by the player that collects and completes a combination of five fulfillment and MPV cards.

Despite little player-to-player interaction, the game is entertaining and easy to learn once you start playing.

— Brendan Cross

This is a really fun game. Understandably, it took a while to set up, but the gameplay went really smoothly for the most part.

The premise is fairly simple, you act as farmer to provide nearby villages with produce and in exchange, you get Lire.

Gameplay is a cinch when you get used to playing the first time. There is a really well designed board and game pieces.

The only complaint that I have about the game is that the rules are not completely clear as to what happens when you sell a certain amount of produce to any one city.

Also, while not detrimental to the game experience, it would be nice to have some sort of player interaction other than helping eachother stategize. As it stands now, there is no trading or lowballing the other players.

It can truly be a family game and takes about 20 minutes to set up and is really easy to learn how to play on the fly. There is a lot of thinking that is involved, but not so much that children 13+ can’t appreciate it.

I recommend it highly.

— Joseph Delano

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The Helping Hearts Heal Club is sponsoring a sale to support the Walking Miles Against Violence (WMAV) scholarship. Foods for sale include: Pineapple upside-down cakes and nachos.

It will be held in the indoor quad on April 2 and April 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to the WMAV Scholarship.

Scholarships are being offered

Los Medanos College offers many scholarship possibilities.

For more information on any of the listed scholarships, visit the online scholarship listings available on the LMC website: www.losmedanos.edu and click on scholarships or financial assistance. You can also reach them at 4392181 Ext. 3130.

Q Broadcasting your Aspirations Scholarship deadline: 4/1. Amount: $2,500.

Q Plumbersstock.com Scholarship deadline: 3/31.

Amount: $2,000.

Q Spokeo Connections Scholarship deadline: 7/1.

Amount: $1,000

What’s lost may yet be found

Los Medanos College’s lost and found has numerous items found on campus. If you have lost an item, check with Police Services, which is located on Level One. Inquiries must be made in person or no pick-up will be made.

A brief description of missing items will be expected by people wanting to pick them up.

‘Come Out’ to pizza social

Join the Gay-Straight Allies Club for a pizza social on March 27 in Room L109.

The club helps build awareness and bridge LGBT & straight communites on campus. The club also creates support systems & resources for all sexualities.

RSVP with President Gary Walker at garysimonewalker@icloud.com by March 25.

R.E.A.D. Club selling coupons

The R.E.A.D. Club will be selling Mountain Mike’s Pizza FundRaising Cards in the indoor quad on Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, May 8.

Other activities include a “wheel-spin� game for prizes and will have some riddles and jokes to answer for additional prizes.

Tea and cocoa will also be offered as winnings. — compiled from press releases and staff reports

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“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.�

— AndrÊ Maurois

Absent parent paradox Film explores paternal impact

By CHARLES ALEXANDER calexander@lmcexperience.com

First-time filmmaker Jordan Thierry screened his film, “The Black Fatherhood Project,� at LMC last Wednesday. The movie which explores the “fatherless black home,�

The event, sponsored by the UMOJA Scholars Program, was held in the Library Community Room L-109 The film includes professors Dr. Wade Nobles and Dr. Charles Lewis, among others, who offered their insights on the history of African-Americans and the black communities today.

The film also highlights African-American fathers who give their background on how they were “I believe for raised in fatherless homes and black men, how that has this is a shaped who they conversation are today as men, as well as parents. that needed Thierr y dives to happen.� into the history of — Jordan Thierry African-Americans going as far back as slavery. He explained how black men were treated by slave owners, giving the audience great insight into how that has impacted black men today.

Black women were reduced as caregivers or maids and didn’t have any place in the world during that time period. This would force black men to leave their families for work.

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Poster for filmmaker Jordan Thierry’s film “Black Fatherhood Project.�

Many black men weren’t getting the work opportunities that they were looking for in the South and decided to head north. This is where the fatherless home concept finally came into play.

Black men would work with distance between themselves and their family and send money back home to help put food on the table and a roof over the heads of the wife and children. Children were without a father and wives were without a husband, while the father would work to make enough money over time to eventually move his family up North with him.

This is only a brief history of how long the fatherless home has been an issue

among black communities.

The feature went on to explain how 70% of black children are born to families with one parent while 93% of blacks who were incarcerated were black men.

The film did an excellent job of connecting with the audience by getting everyday ordinary men and explaining the struggles of growing up without a father. The historical facts also helped give a better feel for how far back the “fatherless home� really goes and how things are still more of the same in that regard.

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“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”

— Mike Singletary

Stangs end 3-game losing streak Pitchers shine for both teams

By STEVEN LUKE

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The Los Medanos College Mustangs ended a three game losing streak by defeating the American River College Beavers at home on Tuesday.

After starting the season red hot and leading the division with a record of 8-1 the Mustangs lost three games in a row and now share a lead of the division with the Laney College Eagles.

The losing star ted with back-to-back losses to the Sacramento City College Panthers and was followed by a beating from the San Joaquin Delta City Mustangs.

Head Coach Anthony D’Albora was happy to get back to the winning ways after three Photo by Brendan Cross losses.

“We needed a win to take ARC starting pitcher Thomas Peterson pitches with LMC third baseman Steven Otaguro on base. Peterson pitched with runners on the pressure off ourselves,” base for the entire game, four reached on errors, two on walks and five on hits. Otaguro took third on a passed ball after the pitch. he said. “We had a pretty good day against Sac City. We played cutter a little bit as an out pitch well enough (Against Sac on and I struck a couple guys out Tuesday February 25), and on a fastball high.” then we just didn’t play defense D’Albora praised his starter for two days after that.” and catcher Wyatt Foreman The win on Tuesday wasn’t for the strong start. much prettier defensively, but “Him and Wyatt do such a this time it was the Beavers great job of working together, who struggled on the diamond. and early in the game figuring The errors, which could out what he’s got well and be attributed to bad field maybe if there is a pitch that conditions, really wasted a isn’t there early in the game great start by ARC’s pitcher they work to try and find opThomas Peterson. portunities to use it and get The quality pitching from comfortable with it,” he said.

Peterson is nothing new ac- “I really thought that’s what cording to ARC Head Coach he did today.”

Doug Jumelet.

The solid pitching continued “He’s done that every time in the eighth and ninth innings Photo by Cathie Lawrence for us, he’s been great,” he with Ryan Mead on the mound.

Outfielder Matt Jacobson said. “He threw He replaced is sixth in state with his alright today. He in the “We needed Petrangelo really competes. eighth inning with .349 batting average.

He’s one of those a win to two runners on and Thanks to his hot start he guys that he’ll give take the got all three outs up his share of hits with only three was named Nor-Cal offensive and get some base pressure off pitches inducing player of the week by the runners, but when ourselves.’” a double play and California Community College — Anthony D’Albora a ground out.

Baseball Association. guys are on base He is currently batting .439 and in scoring “He was as good position he bares down and as we needed him to be today,” with 15 runs scored, ten RBI’s competes.”

D’Albora said. “It was huge and 14 stolen bases, and he Even though he took the today that he only had to throw attributes it all to the LMC loss Peterson only gave up three pitches to get three outs coaching staff.

“I just trust my instincts two earned runs even though in that first inning. If he can be five runs were scored while anywhere close to that on any (on the base paths),” he said. he was pitching, and held day of the week he’s going to “Coach has really prepared us well. They help us out to get the Mustangs offense to only give us a chance to win.” three hits through the first On the offensive side of the good jumps letting us know five innings. ball it was an all around team when to go and when not to For the Mustangs Ryan effort led by second baseman go and good counts to jump.”

It’s not just on the base Petrangelo supplied the team Chaz Meadows who was 2-5 with another quality start. He with two runs scored, one run paths that the coaches have been instrumental in his game, pitched into the eighth inning batted in and a stolen base. and only allowed two runs, Red-hot Matt Jacobson they have also been a big help zero of them were earned, and slowed down slightly in this to him at the plate.

“They told me to look for my struck out five batters. game but still contributed with “My cur veball was good one hit, one run batted in and pitch because they believe in See BALL, page 8 today,” he said. “I went to the one stolen base.

NBA needs to rid teenage players

First-year NBA Commis- another Kwame Brown. For sioner Adam Silver wants to those who don’t know, Brown push the league’s age limit from came out of high school and 19 to 20. I do not agreed with was selected number one him, because I think the NBA overall in the 2001, and is should do what the NFL does arguably the biggest draft bust and make of all time. athletes The reawait to be son why three years he was seout of high lected so school and high was be 21 years because THE SCOOP old before he was entering dominant the league, adding two years in high school. But it’s not that to the age limit. impressive for a moderately Before the 1990s, basketball athletic 7-footer to excel in players used all four years of prep basketball. eligibility because it was the In 2005, which was the thing to do. But in the middle final time 18 year olds could of that decade, young stars like enter the NBA draft, eight high Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bry- school athletes were selected. ant thought it would be a good Only two of them, Andrew idea to join the NBA straight Bynum and Monte Ellis, have from high school. They were had successful careers. so successful, that players like Now players have to wait Vince Carter, LeBron James until they are 19 before enterand Dwight Howard decided ing the NBA, but this is still a to follow suit. huge problem with scouting.

The problem was ever y Tyrus Thomas was drafted stud in high school thought fourth overall in 2006, but is they were the next Kobe or now out of the league. Greg See NBA, page 8 LeBron, but ended up being

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Ashley Adams, M.P.A., gives a presentation on Nicodemus, Kansas Thursday, Feb. 27 in Room L109. The lecture presented a short oral and multimedia historical overview of the town and its original settlers and their descendants.

Correction

In the Feb. 28 issue of the Experience, there was a mistake in the stor y, “Actors win over Idaho.”

Michael Simpson won the award for Up and Coming Stage Manager.

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that same draft, Yi Jianlian went sixth overall, but is now out of the league.

The following year in 2008, Michael Beasley went second overall, but can’t find a starting role in the NBA today. All these players were 19 years old when drafted.

Another huge disadvantage of drafting young players is a team won’t know if his production pans out three or four years into his career, thus having to stick with player that hasn’t completely developed.

This essentially means the terrible teams that received a high draft pick has to remain terrible as it waits for its young star to mature, this has basically kept the same teams in the lottery of the draft every season.

Back in the 1980’s, when players entered the NBA at 21 and 22 years old, they had an immediate impact and helped the awful team that drafted them soar into the playoff within a season or two.

Another benefit to keeping younger players out of the league, is players will stay in college longer, which will motivate more athletes to complete their education and also improve the competition level and the overall excitement of collegiate ball.

Right now less than 50 percent of Division 1 college basketball players earn degrees.

It must suck for Beasley to be without a job, and have only one year of a college education under his belt.

If players stay in college they not only get an education, but it also allows them to physically grow as an athlete.

Players staying in school also helps the college program develop rather than having to recruit new players to star for the team each year.

A lot of these teenagers that enter the draft start out playing a couple years in the NBA’s Development League or better know as the D-League.

The positive side of that is they will no longer be playing basketball for free, but will be playing in front of crowds that are dwarfed compared to high school audiences.

The main reason why athletes want to enter the NBA as soon as they can is so they can receive a pro-athlete salary as soon as possible.

They don’t want to remain poor college players anymore.

But it is kind of hard feeling sorry for them, considering they are a couple years away from becoming millionaires.

They don’t realize that the are better off waiting in college for a few years to enhance their overall game and fundamentals, and in the big picture, make more money down the road.

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fellow contestant Lisa McFarland called, “the queen of chili.”

Griffin has either won the whole competition, the people’s choice vote or placed in the top three in every single contest and this year was a clean sweep as she took top honors and the people’s choice vote.

The winning creation of the fan vote was a new creation

by Grif fin called Mustang Tailgaters Chili. “It has ground beef and hot Italian sausage in it and also all of the usual ingredients,” she said.

While her new creation won the popular vote, her chili verde

stole the show winning the top honor. “It’s your standard pork chili verde and no beans. Lots of peppers, tomatillos, onions and hot peppers.”

The real story is the money raised for the scholarship fund, all of the cooks sold out of chili and the contestants all know that’s the point of the event.

Sylvia Benzler has entered every year, and while she used to be ver y competitive she now competes to contribute to the cause. “I’m just happy because it goes and I get good feedback and it’s for a good cause,” she said.

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speak their mind.

Goals of such a dynamic and diverse group included discussion about what makes LMC a good place to send their children. Also, there was encouragement for participants to be ver y candid. Honest opinion about how LMC is perceived are critical in helping to determine which areas need help to be rejuvenated for years to come.

There seemed to be consensus among the attendees that LMC is seen more as a vocational school and not necessarily focused on transferring students into a four-year setting. Perceptions such as these are what future planning is designed to repair.

Another perception brought up by the community members is that LMC may be viewed as an old campus. Although their have been structural and technological upgrades in past years, the previous students who now have children may be visualizing an obsolete campus and might think twice about sending their children here.

Overall, the input from the external community was positive. Kamath commented, “The community interest in the college and the sharing of opinions was excellent.”

She especially enjoyed the over whelming passion and genuine interest from the attendees. The college was praised as being a good economical solution for students who cannot afford the more expensive schools.

The Brentwood campus was also highly praised, and was even referred to as the best kept secret for LMC. Suggested areas of improvement for the campus include raising profiles of success stories and quash perceptions of an aging campus. “We need to toot our own horn,” said LMC Foundation Board Member Mike McGill.

This meeting will be followed next week by an electronic campus-wide survey that will deliver a conceptual version of the 5-year plan to those people that were unable to attend either meeting. The survey is intended as a way to keep the dialogue open for all members of the college.

The final meeting will be held April 7 to hammer out a first draft of the plan with members of the faculty.

me and know I can drive the ball both ways. Coaches have prepared us really well.”

During the game there was a disagreement between ARC head coach Jumelet and the second base umpire after a ball was awarded to the hitter because they took over ninety seconds between innings.

“They didn’t feel the game was going fast enough and they felt they needed to call a ball against our pitcher to make the game faster and I disagreed,” he said.

Jumelet argued calls all game, but none went his way.

It may have felt like the calls were going against him because he was arguing them, but he didn’t agree.

“No, no that never happens,” he said with a smile on his face.

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change in how black men have been in terms of being present for their children, Thierry had positive things to say.

“Yes, I see a lot of the men that I interviewed who feel a sense of obligation because of being in the film and speaking to everything that’s wrong and now they have to go out and do what they say they were going to do because they know they can now be looked at as role models,” said Thierry.

They definitely have a standard to live up to and expectations for them to fulfill.

When asked what motivated Thierry to do this film and why he targeted the fatherless home versus the motherless home, he said, “I targeted Black males because I work around a lot of men and I realized that we are not having this conversation,” adding, “I think it is important for there to be both mothers and fathers in a child’s life but I believe for black men, this is a conversation that needed to happen.”

This film looked to motivate not only black men, but also all parents, whether it is man or woman, black or white.

Having both parents involved in their child’s life will prove to be beneficial for their future of the child.

If adults, coaches, teachers, parents and others get involved in the lives of our youth, we can work towards creating a better future.

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