Vol. 84 No. 10 - April 22, 2016

New club forms for art

Gallery opens Sher show

Stangs dispatch Eagles

The Rebel Arts Society, a new art club, unites to express its creativity on campus — page 4

Elizabeth Sher’s exhibit “Crossing the Digital Divide” is showing at the LMC Art Gallery — page 4

The LMC men’s baseball team shut out the Mendocino College Eagles 13-0. Story inside — page 5

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Armed robbery at LMC Search for suspect continues

By DAMIAN LEWIN

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A Los Medanos College student was the victim of an armed robbery on the second floor of the College Complex Thursday, April 14.

This is the second violent incident that has occurred on campus in this semester, following a recent sexual assault on a female student Thursday, March 3.

At approximately 6:30 p.m., a “Hispanic male, approximately 5’8” with a medium build” wearing

“An unsafe campus is one of the biggest threats to student enrollment.”

a gray hat and a black bandana over his mouth displayed a knife toward the victim and demanded his backpack, this according to an EMERAlert email sent to the LMC community.

The suspect then fled the scene on foot toward the direction of the lake with the victim’s backpack.

While the victim was unharmed, the suspect still remains at large.

“A combination of our Police Services and the Pittsburg Police Department did a full search of the

— Gary WalkerRoberts

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Bathroom gets tagged Examining diversities Made possible by the LMC Innovations Grant, “An Evening of Cultural Experieces” is set to take place in the Library Community Room L-109 Thursday, May 5 at 6 p.m. Inspired by TED, the event will focus on on the theme of diversity and will feature five LMC students who will share their own cultural experiences. All are welcome to attend the event, but seats are limited and will be available on “first-come-firstserve basis.”

Balloting to start in May

By JOSEPH DELANO

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Personalizing for graduation Los Medanos College is teaming up with Jostens to give students an opportunity to purchase personalized graduation announcements. For more information visit www.college.jostens.com.

Honoring your achievements Those transferring to a four-year college or university in the fall are invited to participate in and be honored at the Student Success Ceremony Friday, May 20 at 3 p.m. in the LMC Recital Hall. To RSVP, please complete and submit the form available online at www.losmedanos.edu/ success/default.asp.

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The men’s restroom on the second level of the College Complex was the target of another instance of vandalism on campus. According to Lt. Ryan Huddleston with Police Services, the incidents are documented by taking photos. Maintenance is then contacted to clean up the mess. If there are messages or phrases, measures are taken to investigate them for any gang affiliation.

Aid system to be revamped

By ADRIA WATSON

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Los Medanos College’s Office of Financial Aid is implementing a new way for financial aid funds to be distributed to students.

Starting this summer semester, the option to receive funds through direct deposit or a prepaid college cash card will be offered to students at LMC. Students currently receive funds in the form of a mailed check. According to LMC Financial Aid Supervisor Jennifer Ma, there was interest across the Contra

Costa Community College District to give students more options for receiving their financial aid funds.

The district’s three colleges, along with its accounting office, made the decision to sign a contract with a third party servicer, Blackboard Pay. “We are excited to partner up with Blackboard Pay, so that students are given more options on how to receive their financial aid funds, and can receive their funds faster,” said Ma. Once the new process is fully implemented, students

with financial aid will be given three disbursement options: a direct deposit into a bank account of their choice; a deposit sent in the form of a prepaid college card; or a mailed paper check.

Ma said the biggest problem they may face with this upcoming change would be getting the word out to students.

“It’s challenging to get students attention during this time of the semester, because they are too busy with what’s going on in their classes — midterms, prepping for upcoming finals,” said Ma. See AID, page 6

Speech team to host public debate Apply now for aide position Police Services is searching for applicants as a police aide on campus. For more info on the requirements needed for the position and to download the application, visit 4cd. net/crpa/pd.

Student senate election nears

By SARAH D. GONZALES Staff Writer

The Los Medanos College Debate Team will be holding a public debate at the Antioch City Hall inside city chambers April 27.

The 6:30 p.m. debate will cover the contentious issue of California’s minimum wage increase. A bill signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown earlier this month will see the state’s minimum wage increase by 50 cents each of the next two years before increasing by $1 per annually until it reaches $15 per hour in 2022.

Businesses with fewer than 25 employees will have an extra year to comply with the law.

“I really like that the students have the opportunity to show off their public speaking skills in addition [to] their debating skills,” said Marie Arcidiacono, adviser for the team. “This is actually a cool opportunity for faculty and students to come and see what the debate team really does.”

The LMC debate team spends 10 days prepping for the public debate. Eight members of the team participate during the event — four members on the proposition’s side who are for the measure and four members on the opposition side Experience • Sarah Gonzales who will be arguing against the Debate team member Taylor Gonzales preps wage increase.

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during practice for the April 27 public debate.

This past week marked the beginning of student elections season at Los Medanos College.

During its April 18 meeting, the LMC Associated Student body accepted final nominations for the five officer positions on the senate: president, vice president, treasurer, commissioner of campus events and commissioner of publicity and outreach.

Two people, Tabitha Romero and Israel Castro, have been nominated for president, while Richard Stanfield was suggested to retain his current position as treasurer.

The candidates must fill out and return a form accepting the nominations by today, April 22 at 4 I. Castro p.m. in order to run in this cycle, from May 9 to May 11.

Romero said that she plans on accepting T. Romero the nomination for president.

“I wish to use all the knowledge and contacts I gained to be the leader the students R. Stanfield deser ve,” she wrote in an email. “I came into the senate with the intention of making an impact for the students, I feel as though I did my part in making that happen while connecting with the faculty and staff.”

Castro too will accept his nomination.

“My desire is to establish an environment where anyone can flourish,” said Castro.

“I hope to be a bridge of acceptance and leadership to the student body. I want to push for a more diverse and protected community.”

The treasurer position is sought after by the incumbent, Stanfield.

Current treasurer Stanfield plans on accepting his nomination, retaining the position he has held since the previous fall semester.

He said his goal this upcoming year would be to help “right [LMCAS’] financial ship.”

“There was over spending last year, which meant LMCAS See LMCAS, page 6

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Remembering ’90s cartoons

Learn from our many mistakes

You see a lot of ‘90s kids on the Internet complaining the shows on television nowadays are downright awful.

But I have to disagree. A handful of present-day cartoons, such as Steven Universe, Gravity Falls and Adventure Time are pretty darn good.

The humor is weird and refreshing, and the stories and characters themselves are unique and unlike what we’ve seen in the past.

Although, I wouldn’t complain if a few ‘90s cartoons, such as “Hey Arnold!,” “Doug,” “Rugrats,” “CatDog” or “Dexter’s Laboratory” were to make an appearance on TV again, and I’m sure more than a handful of young college students who also grew up with these shows would agree.

But there may be a few who doubt that the re-appearance of their beloved shows on TV would be a good thing, myself included.

Take, for example, “Teen Titans,” an Americanized animation series based on the DC characters of the same name.

While not exclusively a ‘90s show — it didn’t appear on Cartoon Network until 2003 — “Teen Titans” was well-received and loved by its fans for it’s serious themes, character development and the way the writers portrayed the teenaged superheroes in a way that would make them relatable to its young, non-super viewers.

However, the series came to an end in 2006, leaving many loose ends and most fans dissatisfied and foaming at the mouth for more.

Seven years later, the Teen Titans were reintroduced to Cartoon Network in the form of a spin-off titled, “Teen Titans Go!” The show had been reimagined in a way that would attract a younger audience. The art was simplified, characters were shrunk down and the show took on a decidedly comic tone.

The majority of the fans who had been begging for the show’s reappearance were upset, and disappointed with the reimagined Titans — myself included.

Though not all remakes would be as disastrous as “Teen-Titans Go!,” it’s hard to imagine they will be as satisfying as their original counterparts.

Another example occurred just this year, when the 1998 Powerpuff Girls made a return to Cartoon Network with new episodes.

The art, voices and character designs are a bit different and Buttercup doesn’t seem as grumpy or violent as her 1998 counterpart.

While those changes are understandable, it’s the fact the writers had to change the show to make it relatable to today’s viewers — including texting, twerking, popular meme references from the internet, etc. — is what disappointed ‘90s fans the most.

For me, ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ was one of the best cartoons of the era. The show followed the adventures of a magenta dog named Courage, who is ironically terrified of nearly everything around him.

In every episode, Courage and his elderly owners, Eustace and Muriel, would get dragged into something supernatural or creepy — be it a giant space squid, a man-eating vegetables , to evil ducks, or a demonic mattress.

If it were to be remade, it would probably be a bit more sanitized to make it less frightening for the targeted audience, even though the best part about the show was its creepy vibes and morbid themes.

I would love to see my favorite ‘90s shows make another appearance, but I don’t think I could handle the crushing disappointment that will come with a bad remake. I think it will be best for everyone if we stuck to reruns for the time being and explored the hilariously, witty and funny cartoons like Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Rick and Morty.

How did we let things get so out of hand?

That’s a question I’ve asked myself repeatedly in response to the senseless displays of violence we have seen in the Middle East. It’s a question I ask every time I see the dreaded black flag of ISIS and their sickening media campaign to create terror in the hearts of those who oppose their radical views. It’s a question I ask every time my heart is torn into pieces by the testimony of innocent Syrians caught in the crossfire between an abusive government and rebel groups who’ve learned they must fight fire with fire.

Was it during the unrest that ran rampant across North Africa and the Middle East during the spring of 2011? One by one the dominoes fell and the leaders of the Arab League saw their day of reckoning was imminent. In Egypt, long-reigning President Hosni Mubarak was ousted after bloody protests finally forced him to resign.

The president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh also resigned after months of violence forced him to cede power to a newly established government. Then came the big fish — Muammar Gaddafi, killed by rebels en route to the overthrow of his regime.

I tried to understand why these conflicts were resolved so quickly compared to the Syrian crisis that has emrboiled the entire region and effectively paved the way for a global terrorist network to thrive.

What always confused me was why the U.N. was quick to adopt a security resolution to protect civilians in Libya while ignoring the atrocious acts being committed against Syrians by the Assad regime.

In fact, one week prior to the U.N. meeting and adopting Security Resolution 173, 15 students were arbitrarily held on counts of sedition and subsequently tortured. It’s absurd when you realize how steadily the situation escalated, yet where were we?

Where was the coalition to overthrow Assad?

Nothing was done, unless you count sanctions put forth by the Obama administration on May 19, 2011, which were aimed at the “Syrian government’s weapons proliferation, involvement in terrorist activities, and its ongoing widespread and systematic attacks on Syrian civilians”. A lukewarm response to actions that were completely abominable.

If the U.S. intervened while the Assad regime committed a purge against dissidents and before Islamic militants began to exploit the conflict, this “proto-world war” may not exist as it does today. The U.S. decided that it’s military might will not be provoked by the murder of innocents, only when it became clear that our “gains” in Iraq would be completely unraveled did we choose to finally interfere.

The conflict in Syria and Iraq are intrinsically linked. The Islamic state has filled a void left by the decline of Al-Qaeda in the region. They operate as a fully functional state complete with their own passports to signify their self-appointed legitimacy as a nation- state. They play the capitalist game well, funding their activities through extortion and black market trading. ISIS is a monster indirectly grown by the U.S. and it’s utter failure of foreign policy.

The leadership of Isis has exploited the frustrations of Muslims across the world towards the west. Their widely publicized use of social media has influenced thousands who would otherwise be isolated from their insidious teachings.

So here we stand ready to enter 2016, almost five years from the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, and what has been gained? Nothing. Two countries are being torn asunder while the global powers of the east and west engage one another in a proxy war akin to the Cold War. How far have we really come? The world today feels more contentious than it ever has been.

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Editorial

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os Medanos College students need to start taking advantage of the numerous programs and events provided to them.

Lack of attendance and participation from the student body is resulting in students not being informed of the many financial and educational aids available to them, and is hindering the college’s sense of community.

A recent speaker event typified the lack of student involvement at Los Medanos College.

The two-day series on April 12 and 13 was scheduled to spotlight students with disabilities. What could have been both an enlightening and unifying event was instead a bit of an embarrassment: Zero students attended.

Speakers were brought in to discuss the difficulties they encountered while attending an educational system not designed for them, but faced with an empty room, instead conversed with LMC staff.

Unfortunately, this is not an unusual happening — events and programs designed to help students here at Los Medanos are often underattended or underutilized.

The Transfer Center’s “How To” workshop series, created to help students prepare for everything from scholarship applications to job interviews, is often sparsely attended. Many of our school’s clubs and groups have had to resort to the time-honored method of offering free food to entice students to even interact with them.

This isn’t just an LMC problem — according to the Center for Community College Student Engagement, about 87 percent of colleges reported offering supplemental instruction and services, but an astounding 82 percent of students said they’d never used those same services.

In our reporting, staff members frequently cite an inability to connect with students who could benefit from programs.

This is something faculty, staff and students have to meet halfway on.

Better publicizing of events and programs could go a long way to boost attendance and participation. It’s evident the current methods of promotion -— bulletin boards, newspaper previews, losmedanos.edu press releases — could be improved upon. A more direct method of contact with students, such as a newsletter sent right to their personal email, would be helpful Likewise, it seems many students roam the LMC campus with blinders on. Many don’t even know the college has a newspaper. Any increase in situational awareness would be beneficial to students looking for academic help or a sense of community.

There are opportunities abound at Los Medanos. But we have to take them.

Letter to the Editor

Community college appreciation DEAR EDITOR: Los Medanos College is an outstanding community college that students need to take some time to realize how lucky they are to be attending. I used to be one of those students who shamefully admitted that LMC wasn’t a great choice and wished I had skipped to a four year university. I hated how I had to go to community college and how I was wasting time.

Truthfully, I am glad I attended LMC because of all the opportunities and realities I had went through. I had my heart set on doing something I never even really took the time to think about. People would question me about what career I was going to pursue.

I had the idea of joining the medical field, but after graduating with my associates and taking some time off to think, I realized that’s not what I had in mind.

I came back after taking a semester off and took some great classes to explore and realized

what I truly loved versus what I didn’t love.

LMC has given me a much better understanding of my direction in life. I have now come to my senses and I realize that after all this time spent here, I am honestly glad I didn’t skip to a four year college.

I decided to take my time choosing what I wanted to do in life. I am always overhearing students trying to get out of community college as fast as they can so they don’t get stuck there. Honestly, what’s the rush if you don’t know what you want to do in life?

I never understood why people would rush to leave community college, especially when they didn’t know what direction that they wanted to go in afterwards.

I want to pass this message along to my fellow students at LMC and hope that they realize what a great school Los Medanos College is after all.

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If you could bring back one ’90s TV show what show would it be and why?

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“‘Hey Arnold!’ because it ended with a cliffhanger and I want to know what happened after that.”

— Andrew Lucido

“‘All That’ because it was so funny and everyone was all full of energy on the show.”

— Chelsea Jones

“‘Edd, Ed, & Eddy’ because the satirical part of it. One of them had a friend who was a piece of wood and the things they used to do I always wanted to try.”

“Probably ‘Saved By the Bell’ because of Mario Lopez.”

— Juliann Scarborough

“‘TRL’, because I just remember watching MTV and that was the only thing on there. ‘TRL’ was MTV.”

“‘Rocket Power’. I don’t know why I like it so much, it’s just the fact that they had adventures and chilled out by the beach.”

— Kelsey Rivera

— Michael Riddle

“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

Editors-in-Chief................DAMIAN LEWIN and CASSIE DICKMAN Perspectives Editor......YETUNDE OGUNLEYE Campus Editors...........ALEXANDRA RIVA and TYLER MORTIMORE Features Editor............BEATRIZ HERNANDEZ Sports Editors.....................RENEE SMITH and GARRETT BELME Photo Editor.......................JAZMINE GORDON New Media/Marketing.............JAMARI SNIPES Web Editor..........................KIMBERLY STELLY 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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“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

— Malcolm Forbes

New Social Justice degree debated Assembly discussion struggles to get past meaning of terms

By KIMBERLY STELLY

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Assorted faculty and staff herded into Library Room L-109 Monday, April 18 for a College Assembly concerning a state proposal which would allow new classes for multicultural programs such as Chicano, African-American and LGBT studies to be created and existing courses to be re-categorized under the umbrella of Social Justice Studies.

“It made sense to totally go towards this model,” said English and LGBT Studies instructor Jeffrey Mitchell-Matthews before going into a general overview of what they’ve accomplished so far.

New courses have been proposed in order to create African-American and Chicano Studies degrees according to one of several handouts given to participants. “We have enough courses on campus to launch these programs,” said Mitchell-Matthews.

Though there were multiple aspects of the program to be discussed, participants didn’t get further than the topic of ethnic studies.

Both English instructor Tess Caldwell and business instructor Theodora Adkins raised questions regarding terminology, each citing their concern that putting everything under one label might erase the identities of marginalized groups.

Several times, Transfer Academy director and discussion moderator Rosa Armendáriz

tried to shift the conversation in different directions, but debate repeatedly returned to whether or not social justice is inclusive of ethnic studies.

LMC counselor Nina Ghellisi inquired about the implementation of Asian-American courses on campus. In response, Armendáriz said we have to “look at what we have on the books already.”

“If people want an ethnic studies department, it’s going to be hard work,” said Armendáriz.

“It’ll take a few years and by then we will have missed two generations of students.”

“We are so close to some of these pathways.

The state is proposing a social justice model which would allow these other programs to exist,” said Armendáriz.

Matthews explained the reason they are considering using this pre-approved model “is to have something to funnel students into these programs,” reiterating that it’s just an umbrella term for all these different programs.

“By calling it ‘social justice,’ you’re erasing our history,” retorted Adkins.

English instructor Dr. James Noel commented on the nature of the discussion, saying it speaks more to the discrimination problem than to anything relative to equality or equity.

“This conversation is socially unjust,” Noel said. “This whole coversation is problematic.”

History professor Joshua Bearden explained that different areas intersect with others, and

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EOPS counselor Rudolf Rose participates in the tense conversation surrounding the new major program at a college-wide meeting Monday, April 18. that ethnic studies often isn’t inclusive of LGBT or gender studies.

Matthews explained they’ve decided to go with this route because “it was fast and easy.”

He acknowledged that there is a negative stigma attatched to the term social justice, but utimately, this is the best course of action.

“We wanted a clear and doable pathway so we don’t have to wait. It’s a compromise that will allow things to happen,” said Matthews,

also confirming that the LGBT department is going forth with the state proposed model.

Political science professor Dave Zimny agreed this was the best way to go about things saying, “I believe in incremental change.”

Adkins made her point clear, saying she didn’t have a problem with there being a social justice course of study, she just didn’t approve of ethnic studies being considered a

Earth Day celebrated

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BART program on way

By ALEXANDRA RIVA ariva@lmcexperience.com

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Shannon Lucas of the Child Development Center helps a group of children learn how to pot plants. The children filled their empty pots with soil and seeds. This was just one of the many events Los Medanos College hosted in its annual Earth Day celebration, Thursday, April 20 in the Outdoor Quad. Other events included games, guided walks through the college’s nature preserve and a plant sale.

LMC vets center to open next week

By JASON FIERROS Staff Writer

Los Medanos College’s new Veterans Resource Center will be opening Thursday, April 28 at 11:00 a.m.

The center was created with the aid of the Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation, a San Ramon-based non-profit organization, which is also bringing similar veterans centers to Diablo Valley College, Contra Costa College and College of Alameda in addition to the one at LMC. “Thanks to the work and support of many individuals here at the college, at our district of fice, and within our community, the Veteran Resource Center is finally here,” said LMC President Bob Kratochvil.

The Veteran Resource Center will be geared toward helping LMC student veterans who have served our country by providing different resources and educational opportunities that will help assist them transition from military life to civilian life.

Sometimes it is dif ficult for veterans to come back

to school and connect with younger students who are coming straight out of high school, so it will also serve as a great place for veterans to connect with one another.

This is just one of the many of the contributions backed by the Sentinels of Freedom, which started in 1988 and was inspired by Mike Cocklin, CEO and board chairman of the group, whose initial goals were to help veterans returning from war with serious injuries attain scholarships.

More recently, the group started building veterans centers at colleges to help veterans readjust to civilian life and ensure success in an academic environment, beginning with a center at San Francisco State University in 2012.

The opening ceremony will be held at the entrance of the Veterans Resource Center at CC3-80 on Level 3 of the College Complex.

The creation of the center received partial support from the Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation and PG&E in addition to bond funding from the county.

Los Medanos College is one of the Bay Area colleges selected to participate in BART’s Transit Career Ladders Training Program. The application deadline is April 29.

Students at community colleges including LMC, Diablo Valley College, Chabot College, City College of San Francisco and College of San Mateo are allowed to apply to the program.

“The LMC ETEC program is wellknown by employers throughout the Bay Area, particularly by manufacturers and municipal utilities agencies. The four colleges each have electrical programs and are spread across BART’s service area,” said David Wahl, a member of LMC’s Workforce Development.

Upon the successful completion of the program, graduates can receive anywhere from 19 to 31 credits, depending on the college a student attends.

“The 22 units of ETEC coursework chosen by BART will be contextualized in partnership by BART electrical and electronics maintenance staff and our ETEC faculty specifically for transit careers. This can greatly enhance the relevance of the curriculum,” said Wahl.

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Production ‘pretty’ smashing

Show prevails despite subpar writing

By BEATRIZ HERNANDEZ

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In a world obsessed with beauty, the Los Medanos College drama department’s production of “Reasons to Be Pretty,” is able to educate its audience on the subject of self-image and the consequences of words, despite minor issues with the writing.

This show is the third and final installment in Neil LaBute’s trilogy, which is connected by the common theme of body image.

The play follows the life of a man named Greg (Austin Trenholm) who creates an argument between him and his girlfriend, Stephanie, (Katey Hilton) after he called her “average looking” while chatting with his best friend, Kent (Olinza Headd).

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able to learn the affects of words and grow as a character by unlearning his old sexist and shallow ways.

At the beginning of the show, some of the actors stumbled over their words and emphasized awkward portions of their dialogue, so it felt as though they were simply reciting lines rather than acting as their characters. However, as the show progressed, the actors seemed to settle into their roles and grow more comfortable on stage.

In an unscripted moment of the show, Trenholm mistakenly called Carly, Kent’s wife and Stephanie’s best friend (Rebekah Headd), by the wrong name. Instead of this appearing awkward, the actor was able to quickly improvise and provide a logical explanation for why he would call her his ex-girlfriend’s name, as they were both in the middle of a heated argument.

One of my favorite parts of the show is its use of strong female characters, Stephanie and Carly. Both women show that although they are in relationships, they are able to stand up to their partners when they are in the wrong.

Additionally, the relationships in the show are realistic. While the show does not have a conventionally happy ending, it gives an ending that is able to satisfy both the characters and the audience.

Unfortunately, the downfall of the production is the writing itself. Its comedy relies on vulgarities that only garner cheap laughs. Although people were warned beforehand that there would be curse words in the show, it felt excessive and at times took away from the message Experience • Jazmine Gordon of the story.

Austin Trenholm and Katey Hilton act in LMC’s latest The way it was written included the See PLAY, page 6 show “Reasons to Be Pretty.”

Newest art club ‘rebels’

By TAYLOR STROUD

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LMC art students viewing “Portrait of Artists as a Sucker” by Elizabeth Sher during the reception Wednesday, April 20.

Sher art exhibit shows range

Local artist combines modern techniques with classic methods

By ADRIA WATSON

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Los Medanos College presented Elizabeth Sher’s exhibit “Crossing the Digital Divide” in the LMC Art Gallery Wednesday, April 20. The event showcased a variety of Sher’s digital art pieces including multimedia piece combining both her digital and hand drawn and painted creations.

Sher said she does not like to think of herself as a “digital artist” but just simply an artist.

“Sher’s art is a creative expression of the ubiquitous manipulations of nature inspired by mankind’s imagination reconfigured in a digital

world,” wrote Patricia Watts in the essay “Elizabeth Sher: Some Kind of Nature.”

She wanted students who were present at the show to enjoy the images and to think about where technology and nature meet in terms of making it and the concept of what’s going on with our world.

“I’m thinking about that with all this work. If they haven’t played around at all with any of these digital tools, maybe I’ve inspired them,” said Sher.

LMC Art Gallery Director Judi Pettite contacted Sher a few months ago to ask if she wanted to do the

show. After she agreed, Pettite went to Sher’s studio to select which works would be showcased. Pettite selected the pieces based on of how well she knows the gallery and a rough idea of where ever ything was going to go.

“I select the art work with all that in mind,” said Pettite. “Then when it gets here, I still move things around until I gets it right.”

Sher said she chose which pieces to exhibit at this show by presenting pieces she hadn’t shown before as well as having pieces that show the actual crossing of drawings and digitized art to get people to

understand that drawing is a part of her process. She is trained in painting and fine arts, but always admired mixed media and multiples.

“I kind of want to have my cake and eat it too,” said Sher. “I like having one thing and then having different solutions for it, I call it ‘infinite possibilities and multiple solutions.’”

In this show, many of the visuals started with a digital image. Then Sher worked on them with the computer in a variety of ways. She uses Photoshop to create most of these varieties and uses a lot of See ART, page 6

LMC has welcomed its newest art club – the Rebel Arts Society.

Vice President of the club and LMC student Laya Clark says the club originated from the desire to focus on art forms not represented in any other clubs on campus.

“The traditional art club focuses on drawing and stuff like that, but we focus more on the traditional arts — like clay, sculpting and even music,” she said.

Both Clark and fellow member Katherine Valentine once belonged to the first art club to appear on campus, but they cited creative differences as their reason for starting up their own club.

“They have this sort of class division that we don’t have,” said Valentine.

She added that her favorite part about the Rebel Arts Society is “the fact that everyone is on an equal playing ground.”

Clark stressed the importance that in the Rebel Arts Society “the only criticism we allow is positive constructive criticism that is requested.” She also noted that it was very important to include a Star Wars reference in the group’s name.

For now, the Rebel Arts Society focuses on art forms like 3D printing and sculpture, but they would like to expand their horizons. “[Club President] Rebekah would love to do a fashion show … I’m not a professional, but I do DJ, and I would love to run a musical showcase,” said Clark.

One thing hindering the Rebel Arts Society from expanding at this time is a lack of funding.

“We’re trying to get funding for art supplies,” said Clark. “For now everything’s coming out of our pockets.”

The Rebel Arts Society is always accepting donations either monetary or in the form of art supplies that are no longer used. The club meets every Tuesday and Wednesday in room CC-327 from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

For more information, contact Laya Clark at tinidanzer42@gmail.com

‘Jungle’ retelling delights Disney brings old story to digital age

By TYLER MORTIMORE

tmortimore@lmcexperience.com

Hollywood is regularly criticized for its reboot- and sequel-heavy business model, often milking a franchise for two or three movies before the well runs dr y — then waiting a decade to reboot it and start all over.

This usually is a fair criticism — a classic like “Jaws” turns into a trilogy of ever-diminishing returns until you end up with a growling shark in “Jaws: The Revenge.” But less frequently, we receive a brand-new look at an old story. Familiar characters appear born again, rather than taxidermied. Jon Favreau’s live-action reboot of “The Jungle Book” is an argument for do-overs.

Anyone who grew up with a VCR should be familiar with the

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story of the man-cub Mowgli (now played by Neel Sethi), an orphan rescued by the black panther Bagheera (voiced by Ben Kingsley) and raised in the jungle by wolves Akeela and Raksha (voiced by Giancarlo Esposito and Lupita Nyong’o, respectively).

Trouble arises when Bengal tiger Shere Khan (voiced by Idris Elba) — whose burned face serves as evidence of the destructive nature of man — takes issue with the wolves harboring the human child.

Kahn makes it known that he looks to kill the boy and whoever stands in his way.

Mowgli volunteers to leave the pack and Bagheera escorts him back toward the man village, a journey which brings him into contact with the shifty python Kaa (voiced

by Scarlett Johansson), the shiftless bear Baloo (voiced

by Bill Murray) and the titanic ape King Louie (voiced by Christopher Walken).

“The Jungle Book” is created almost entirely with computers.

12 year-old Sethi is usually the only naturally-occurring object in the frame. This means everything from mouse to elephant is digital, and the film’s effects team has done a pretty bang-up job at plagiarizing the Creator.

Not only have they avoided the uncanny valley problem that has plagued many CGI-centric movies before them, they manage to portray emotions in animals who often look as real as the ones you might have seen at a zoo. When Baloo reluctantly sends Mowgli on his way and tells Bagheera, “If anything happens to that boy, I’ll never forgive myself,” Murray’s voice acting isn’t doing all the heavy lifting — Baloo looks convincingly remorseful.

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Protagonist Mowgli teams up with furry friends Bagheera, Balloo and Raksha.

That said, the animation sometimes struggles when Favreau includes groups of animals in the frame. The wolf Raksha looks fantastic in close-ups, but less-so when her many pups are included.

Favreau never quite gives us the full scope of his digital

jungle, often keeping the camera close to its subjects.

An early scene in which all of the animals of the jungle congregate doesn’t have the grand feeling of something like the “Circle of Life” scene in “Lion King.”

The imagery is impressive,

but Favreau — director of films like “Elf” and “Iron Man” — has always been more about performances than aesthetics.

Nyong’o, who has appeared in precious few screen roles since her Oscar-winning turn in “12 Years a Slave,” typiSee FILM, page 6

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LMC wins double header Walk-off homer caps comeback

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The Los Medanos College softball team took on Folsom Lake College in a double header that resulted in two close victories for the Mustangs.

Abbee Cruz-Lawrence started out strong in the first game pitching strikes and allowing the Stang defense to produce outs for a quick 1-2-3 in the top of the first inning.

Folsom quickly jumped on the horse and lead LMC 1-2 in the third inning as their bats started to catch onto Cruz-Lawrence’s dynamics. The Falcons didn’t stop there as they continued to tack on the runs, making the game 1-7 by the fourth inning.

The Mustangs showed signs of life their next time up to bat in the bottom of the fourth with first baseman Jayla Allen blasting a homerun over the right center fence, making it a 3-7 ball game. Following Allen would be pitcher and designated hitter Julie Lopez with a single to find her way to first base, however the side would be retired in an attempt to get Lopez home.

The top of the fifth inning saw LMC give up another to runs, stretching the gap 3-9. The light bulb turned on in Los Medanos’ dugout as the bats finally began to heat up.

An error by Folsom defense allowed outfielder Rachel Garcia to reach third base putting her in close scoring position. Catcher Brittni Brown scored Garcia on a sacrifice fly making the score 4-9.

After Folsom walked Allen, Lopez found her way once again to first base on a single, and the Stang Stampede began to rally. Third baseman Jazmyne Brown brought in both runners making it a 7-9 game.

The sixth inning saw LMC finally clamp down on defense by producing three consecutive outs giving them the opportunity to tie up the game in the bottom of the sixth where

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First baseman Jayla Allen heads home after her walk-off home run in the second game against Folsom Lake College.

Lopez would have another RBI single to bring in two runners, 9-9.

The game extended into extra innings as Folsom led 9-10 in the top of the eighth, but Allen would have another homerun tying up the game once again 10-10.

Bottom of the ninth, outfielder Shayna Lee came clutch and launched a ball into the

outfield allowing two runners to score on a walk-off win 12-10.

The second game would be just as nerve wracking as the first. Starting pitcher Julie Lopez produced ground balls and pop flies for the defense and got a quick three outs in the first inning.

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Jazmyne Brown followed her best friend and sent a bomb over right center fence with a solo homerun, 1-0. Outfielder Desiree Chavarria would be the second run of the inning as she was able to steal home on a wild throw.

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LMC shortstop Jeremiah Francis is ruled safe as he dives back into first base.

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Los Medanos College baseball had a complete game shutout against Mendocino College 13-0 last Tuesday.

Pitcher Jake Brandt, allowing only six hits with two walks and eight strikeouts, toughed it out the entire game to deliver a more than impressive outing for the books.

Mustangs’ defense stood strong with the opportunities they were presented to make outs, however their bats took the spotlight during this game.

Bottom of the first inning catcher Ethan Utler doubled scoring outfielder Jonathan Allen. Following Utler, third baseman Tony Self flew out to

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Jake Brandt winding up. left field for a sacrifice allowing the team to place themselves on the board 2-0.

Bottom of the second inning would mimic the first as Utler once again doubles allowing Allen to find his way home another time.

As the Stang defense continued to work with Brandt holding strong on the hump, the rally continued into the fourth inning as their bats continued to heat up.

Starting off, Allen singled allowing second baseman Jonathan Pluth to score and advancing left fielder Deion White to second. Outfielder Jared Ambuehl would follow with an RBI single scoring White. Self, who saw multiple pitches as he battled with a full count with bases loaded and with a good eye, was eventually walked which scored Allen.

Outfielder Jake Hom found his bat and flied out to left field allowing Utler to find his way back home.

The rally continued as the Mustangs buried Mendocino by the fourth inning 10-0.

Continuing their outstanding defensive efforts, no player would see any hopes of scoring against the Stangs.

Come bottom of the fifth, utility player Gabe Taylor quickly found his way home on a wild pitch, 11-0.

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Warriors dealing without Curry The Golden State Warriors pulled off a big Game 2 win over the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Oracle Arena was rocking on Monday night, and it propelled the Warriors to a 115-106 win, despite missing star point guard Steph Curry.

It was very nice for the Warriors to get contributions from their starting point guard Shaun Livingston. The 30 year-old, whose career has been revived playing in a 6th or 7th man role with the Warriors, is averaging 12.5 points per game through the first two games of the playoffs.

But let’s not fool ourselves. The reason why the Curry-less Warriors were able to beat the soap opera that is the Houston Rockets is because Klay Thompson dropped another 36 points. Thompson seemingly loves playing against the Rockets, as he scored 38 against them in December.

The bench guys are going to have to continue picking up the slack with Curry listed as

Jared Ambuehl REAL TIME WITH JARED questionable for Game 3 of the series. Andre Iguodala, the NBA’s runner-up for the Sixth Man of the Year award, needs to keep facilitating and be highly involved in every Warriors’ possession that he is on the court for.

I have no doubt in my mind the Warriors will be OK in the series without Curry, if he indeed cannot perform. But, if the Dubs have to continue on in this quest to repeat as champions, they are going to need their MVP to make a full recovery.

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has been operating on very limited budget,” he said.

His actions, along with those of Dean of Student Success Dave Belman and former AS Advisor Jamila Stewart, seem to be doing the job, as Stanfield noted that “through careful management, we should be 100 percent solvent by summer of 2017.”

Since only three people were nominated for two positions, there will be vacancies.

As per the AS bylaws, Stanfield will be eligible to assume the vice presidency positions should he wish.

Should he decide to accept that transition, the treasurer position will become vacant, along with the commissioner seats.

“I have not decided whether I would accept the VP spot,” said Stanfield.

“If I do accept,” he said, “I would be able and willing to lend my assistance and some experience to a new treasurer.”

Stanfield said that a determining factor in his decision on whether or not to accept the VP position will be how stable the budget is.

“A lot depends on how comfortable with next year’s budget I will be,” he said. “I want to be sure we are on track before I consider leaving as treasurer. I feel obligated to finish the job I started.”

Vacancies in the senate are not uncommon. When they occur, the fix is relatively seamless.

When the senate begins its new year June 1, the leadership will attempt to fill the open positions from the pool of existing senators who were not nominated during this election cycle.

Senators will put themselves forth for the available positions and be subject to a vote within the senate. In the event that more than one person applies for the same position and the senate cannot come to a consensus, a special elections cycle will be held.

According to John Nguyen, Student Life coordinator, the members who will fill the vacancies are subject to the same eligibility requirements that one would have to have had in this cycle.

Specifically, candidates need to have attended ten meetings.

Students on campus can expect to see campaigning materials posted around campus star ting Monday, April 25 at 12:01 p.m., after the noon posting of the official candidates by Nguyen.

The campaigning cycle runs until May 9, when the materials need to be removed by 7 a.m., according to Nguyen.

The elections begin at 9 a.m. and run until May 11 at 3 p.m.

According to Stanfield, the AS has allocated money for some voting awareness events, along with events by other groups on campus.

“The LEO Club is doing hotdogs this year for Rock The Vote,” he said. He noted the May 5 event would be “free to registered voters for the US elections.”

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campus, including the track that led them out to the lake, but the canine lost the scent over at the lake area,” said Lt. Ryan Huddleston of Police Services.

“No suspect has been found at this point and time. We are following up on leads. And the case is an ongoing investigation,” he added.

Student Amanda Weaver, who was unaware the robbery had occurred until the following Tuesday when a classmate informed her of the incident, was alarmed about the situation.

“I am really concerned for my safety, especially being that I have an evening class,” said Weaver. She explained how the parking lot is usually full when she arrives on campus, leaving her with being “stuck” having to walk a long distance from her car to her classroom.

“There are lights surrounding the parking lot, but a lot of times I find myself fast-walking to my car, or walking with a classmate because I am too afraid to walk alone,” she added. “Occasionally I see campus police patrolling, but not often.”

With the safety of LMC students, faculty and staff being one of his main concerns, President Bob Kratochvil expressed his feelings following the event and explained some of the steps being taken to help maintain a safe learning environment.

“It’s very disturbing,” he said, adding, “We generally think that we have a safe campus, but when situations like this occur, it’s not only disturbing, but also it’s something we take seriously and want to do something about.”

In the next few weeks, Kratochvil said he and staff

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cursing in a way that felt forced rather than the way people would naturally speak.

Still, as a student-led production, it was able to show the departments expertise in their field.

Despite the minor faults in its writing, the cast and crew’s production of the show is able deliver an important message to its audience that needs to be discussed.

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From page 1 LMC students Daja Stevenson and Rose Johnson think the new program will be a breeze. Johnson said she wishes the school had started this process a bit sooner because she is leaving this semester and it would have really helped her.

“It’s smarter, easier and you could get your money faster,” said Stevenson, who previously went to Antelope Valley College, which utilizes the Blackboard Pay system.

“I didn’t think there were any downside to having it,” she added.

Financial Aid Assistant Tamara Carreon said she sent out emails to LMC students regarding the first informational session April 12, in an

workforce. BART was one of the 19 competing agencies to receive a grant and was given $750,000. The program helps provide training and education to promote transportation jobs to those in low-income areas, including minorities and women.

LMC students 18 and older wishing to apply to the Transit Career Ladders Training Program, visit www.bart.gov/ about/jobs/training.

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stop Jeremiah Francis doubled scoring first baseman Jason Kreske, 12-0.

If their already giant lead wasn’t enough to dampen the Eagle’s spirits, Los Medanos decided to capitalize on a final error by the defense allowing Utler to be the last run of the game in the bottom of the seventh, 13-0.

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As of April 20, LMC baseball currently holds a 15-4 game record, placing them two games behind the first place Laney College baseball team.

The Mustangs will continue their hunt for playoffs as they gear up to face both Napa Valley College on April 21 and Solano College on April 23 on LMC territory.

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the board scoring five consecutive runs, 2-5.

Bottom of the fifth inning, LMC crawled back into a close game scoring two, 4-5.

Top of the seventh inning worried Los Medanos as the Falcons inched away from the close game scoring another, 4-6.

Bottom of the seventh inning, two outs, and runners on first and third, Folsom would try to walk Allen to get to the next

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standing in the way of the Warriors on their road to repeat, routing the Memphis Grizzlies in the first two games of the series.

According to Stephen A. Smith of ESPN’s popular morning show First Take, there is no way the Warriors will beat the Spurs in a seven-game series without their reigning MVP. The Warriors are coming off of the most dominant season in the history of the NBA however, going 73-9 and eclipsing the Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls of 1996 by one game.

They did win a few of those games without Curry, as he missed a few due to non-significant injuries.

People also forget that Klay Thompson broke Stephen Curry’s old three-point record in a season this year.

The Warriors have plenty of great players, resulting in a highly potent offense. The only problem they would face is running into the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.

If the Warriors do not have Curr y, then there goes 30 points per game, right out the door — not to mention the best shooter ever and the best player of today.

This is significant because the Warriors give up over 104 points per game on average, just 19th in the league. In essence, they could hang with the Spurs without Curry, but they cannot beat them.

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Antone Self rounds third base during the April 19 game against the Medocino College Eagles.

batter.

With a 3-1 count, the pitcher made a mistake by hanging a picture perfect ball on the outside corner and Allen was able to send the ball right back over the fence with a walk-off 3-run homer, ending the exciting game 7-6.

Notable accomplishments from the two games go to Allen who had three homeruns, and J. Brown who had two.

sities” works well enough, effort to make students aware From page 4 made into a montage showing of Blackboard Pay and the direct deposit, but not many fies fierce motherly love as Baloo and Mowgli’s budding Raksha. Elba ditches the friendship — Murray’s ampeople showed up.

Financial Aid assistants original Kahn’s posh tone for ateurish singing add to the and coordinators have not a more bitter, emotional inter- bear’s hippie persona — but yet received training for the pretation of the scarred tiger. King Louie’s “I Wanna Be Like new system, but the office’s Likewise, Walken’s King Louie You” is as tonally discordant goal is to have this done by is played more as a mob boss as Walken’s vocals. Walken is May, before the start of the than the animated film’s goofy terrifically menacing before monkey monarch. Murray is the song, demanding Mowgli summer semester.

For more information re- typically good as Baloo, whose hand over the secret of fire. garding the new Blackboard laidback demeanor lends itself Then the music starts up, and Pay program, email Ma at to Murray’s charming slacker we hear what sounds like a bit persona. from Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight jma@losmedanos.edu.

The only weak link here is Show.”

Additionally, Carreon will Oddball musical numbers be sending out more emails Sethi, whose comic timing is to students with details about fairly good, but he struggles aside, Favreau’s “The Jungle to achieve any sort of dramatic Book” is a delightful revamping the new payments. of a Disney and literary clasFurther information can be gravitas in later scenes.

Perhaps the most puzzling sic. It manages to add some found on the financial aid webpage, www.losmedanos.edu/ decision isn’t a change, but Darwinian grit to the story financialaid or at by the Office a holdover from the original without turning it joylessly of Financial Aid in the Student Disney production — the bleak. So good, in fact, a sequel Service Center, Room SS-309. songs. Baloo’s “Bare Neces- is already planned.

“I’m just excited about this discussion … it should be fun,” said Collin Brown, who has been on the team for two and a half years. “But whatever happens — we’ll still be a team at the end of it.”

“It’s amazing,” added Genaro Mauricio. “It’s the best experience I’ve had so far. It challenges me…It’s always fun to have a debate like this, it gives us exposure.”

In addition to the public debate, Aricidiacono has also planned a negotiations tournament May 6 in the LMC Library, Room L-109 at 1:30 p.m.

Students and LMC faculty alike are welcome to participate.

“I really hope the entire campus community will come out to the city hall. It will be a riveting discussion and a good time for everyone involved,” said Aricidiacono.

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Bearden assured everyone “we’re tryng to create allies, not trying to take anyone’s identity.”

After going a bit over time, Armendáriz said though the discussion was far from over, she was glad everone was comfortable enough to voice their concerns. She said things are more effective when a group of people come together and try to make them happen.

from Buildings and Grounds will be making sure all lights on campus are in working order, as well as seeing that trees are trimmed to provide those on campus with a better view of their surroundings.

In addition, the possibility of new security cameras being placed on campus is still a topic being discussed by the Contra Costa Community College District.

“I am in support of cameras being installed on campus, and I encourage LMCAS to start the important dialogue amongst the student body,” said Student Trustee Gary Walker-Roberts.

“An unsafe campus is one of the biggest threats to student enrollment, and it would be unfortunate if our college’s reputation indicates just that,” he added.

The level of stress can negatively impact education.

“It’s hard to learn under fearful circumstances, and I believe cameras will allow students to be less fearful and focus on learning,” said Walker-Roberts In addition to increased presence of Police Services patrolling the College Complex both day and night, and the possibility of additional security cameras being installed, Huddleston said that it is still always important “to be aware of your surroundings at all times.”

Police Services is asking anyone with information regarding the incident to contact them at 439-1505. Those who provide information may choose to remain anonymous. ­— Cathie Lawrence, Jose Pantoja, Michael Oulavong and Jamie Perlee contributed to this report.

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layers in a couple of different ways, taking an image and then copying it on top of itself and then changing it — changing the color, making it sharper, blurrier, etc.

Sher said this process is not easier or faster than painting, instead taking the same amount of time and effort.

According to Sher’s husband Phil Schnayerson, her piece “Cisterna” started off as a photo she had taken of the cisterns underneath a plaza in Istanbul, whose thousand years of dripping had colored the walls. Sher then manipulated the image, changed the colors and painted over it to create what it is today.

He said he likes how advanced the art is and how she can now take an image captured by camera and manipulate it on a computer.

“She started off as a print maker and a painter,” said Schnayerson. “But when she started teaching at the California Academy of Arts, she was one of the first people of her generation who was a working artist when they star ted making programs for the computer that could digitize and manipulate and image.”

LMC students Sarina Sylva, Sharon Sim and Micah Judah were in attendance and each connected with the art in their own way. Sylva enjoyed Sher’s “Liken Lichen” piece because of its explosive colors and the glitter that made the piece cohesive.

“I think it’s amazing that artists are now not only picking sides of traditional and digital art but bringing them together,” said Sylva. “Their experience brings together both sides of the art.”

Sim said that she was fascinated by Sher’s work and felt very inspired and motivated to do her best with her own work. Judah, the LMC Art Club president, thought the way she captured the metal object as abstract in her piece “The Portrait of the Artist as a Sucker” was intriguing.

The prices for Sher’s pieces range from $450 to $3,000.

The show will be exhibited in the LMC Art Gallery every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. until the last day, May 19.

For more information, visit the gallery in the Library.

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