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F.Y.I. Important Dates October is National Bullying Prevention Month Oct. 13 LMC Concert Band concert featuring Diablo Wind Symphony from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Music Theater.

Oct. 22 CSU application workshop at 2 p.m. in the Library

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Ward III seat is filled Board overcomes process snag, appoints Rinn

By KELLIE McCOWN

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Despite what has been perceived as a “broken process,” the Contra Costa Community College District Governing Board appointed Matthew Rinn Oct. 9 to fill the seat representing Ward III left vacant by the Aug. 31 death of Sheila Grilli.

The seat that was filled by Grilli for 15 years represents Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, and Pacheco. The board opted to make a provisional appointment instead of holding a special election. Rinn, who lives in Pleasant Hill, was unanimously approved by board members for the provisional appointment that will last through November 2014.

“He seems to be really committed and

wants to do this job,” said Chancellor Helen Benjamin at Wednesday’s governing board meeting. “I think he understands what this job is, and I am very pleased.”

Rinn serves as the Education Commissioner for the city of Pleasant Hill, is Chairman of the Board at the Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce, and owns his own State Farm Agency.

The newly appointed board member said his reason for applying for the seat was not to further his own career, but to ensure a future in higher education for his two daughters.

“That’s the reason I’m doing this,” said Rinn after being appointed to the Ward III Photo by Irvin Trigueros seat. “I have two young daughters and I want the community college district to be an option New board member Matthew Rinn and Chancellor See RINN, page 6

Helen Benjamin review agenda Wednesday evening.

RAP gives new funds

LMCAS and LMC Women’s Volleyball will be holding a Dig Pink Spirit Event for breast cancer awareness on Friday, Oct. 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the LMC gym. Come support the Lady Mustangs as they play against the Contra Costa Comets.

There will be breast cancer information on tables, drawings, door prizes and a contest for the best pink outfit. Proceeds raised will go to breast cancer research and scholarships.

486k to be allocated

By SEAN TONGSON

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Senior Dean of Research and Planning Gregory Stoup leads a district planning meeting Monday, Oct. 7.

Fences now open The LMC Drama Department presents Fences.

Showtimes are Oct. 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, @ 8 p.m. and Oct.16 @ 11 a.m. Tickets are $10 for general admission.

Students with ID, armed forces with ID and children are $7.

Transfer week nearing Explore your options for higher education and attend the upcoming transfer week events. Transfer day and Collge night are Monday, Oct. 28 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on CC3 and 6-8 p.m. in the Gym respectively. Open house is Tuesday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in CC2-225.

Meet UCLA Wednesday, Oct 30, 6-8 p.m. in L-109.

Dates for the zombie prom Zombie Prom, an off-Broadway musical comedy hit, will be performed by the DVC Drama. Showings will be from Oct. 25 to Nov. 10 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Tickets are on sale now.

Call 969-2358 or visit www.dvcdrama.net for pricing and sales.

INSIDE Column from London series continued, page 3 “Gravity” movie review, page 4 “Terrestrial” show now open in gallery, page 4 Mustangs take on Vikings, page 5 Soccer team’s streak continues, page 5

Plans for the future

By BRENDAN CROSS

bcross@lmcexperience.com

Los Medanos College held a district strategic planning meeting Oct. 7, led by district Senior Dean of Research and Planning Gregory Stoup, to talk about future plans and initiatives. The meeting, referred to as a charrette, gave the opportunity for all staffers to discuss and share ideas to improve the overall schooling environment.

To kick things off, Stoup ran through some of the data found in the environmental scans that were talked about at the first charrette at Diablo Valley College Oct. 2. In the scans, Contra Costa is broken up into three counties, the west, central, and east. The west holds the Contra Costa

College, the central holds DVC and the San Ramon campus, and the east holds LMC and the Brentwood campus.

Talking about the diversity of outcomes of the scans, Stoup said, “we have such a dynamic county, we have to have something that accommodates all of that difference.”

The first part of the scans looked at district enrollment trends since 1978. The peaks of recession, of which there have been three since the early 1990’s, tend to bring in more students. The last recession peak of 2009 showed a student headcount of about 42,000 district-wide while the 2012 census was about 36,000 students.

Since Fall 2007, there has been some trends in growth or

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Music Department Chair Silvester Henderson argues a vital point during the meeting. decline in student factors such as gender, age, and ethnicity.

There is a small percentage of growth for males since 2007, while female growth is declining, despite still being more plentiful overall. Age wise, there is growth in the 20-24 year old range, while students under 20, between 25-49, and over 50 are all declining to various degrees.

The percentage growth for Hispanic students has continued to rise while all other elasticities are declining.

“Our fastest growing segments in each area have traditionally been our lowest performing,” Stoup said, talking about the major takeaways from the enrollments trends.

Trends in higher education were also a topic of interest. Some key points included the fact that resources are scare and will continue to stay that way and colleges looking to push towards students See PLAN, page 6

Cancellation Scope out causes kerfuffle

Donors want money back

By STEVEN LUKE

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and everywhere you look people are wearing pink to raise awareness. So why was the ‘Fighting the Fight Against Breast Cancer Conference’ canceled? That is a question that no one seems to have an answer for.

If you ask the members of LMCAS and advisor Demetria Lawrence, it is simple, not enough people signed up by the deadline. If you ask the people behind the conference

and Sherrie Anderson, it is not that simple.

Anderson spoke at the LMCAS meeting on Monday Oct. 7 to share her displeasure with the cancellation and make suggestions about what to do now that the event was canceled.

“The people who donated should be notified and have the ability to get their donations back,” she said.

Anderson also said that she wants her money back as well.

Anderson believes people should have the opportunity to get their money back because, according to the people behind the conferSee BCA, page 6

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Angela Melvold observes flying gnats around tree leaves from 300 yards away through a Meadebranded optic telescope after a class lecture by Astrology Professor Scott Cabral Tuesday, Oct. 1.

The Los Medanos College Governing Board recently approved additional funds to the college because of the Resource Allocation Process (RAP). As a result, $486,000 of new funds were allocated will go to various projects that will ultimately benefit students and faculty at Los Medanos College. The adoption budget was approved on Sept. 11 of this year.

Many of these new revenues have been made possible by the passing of Proposition 30 last November. Additionally, improvements in the states’ budget have also allowed for the District and College to incorporate new funds into the college budget.

According to LMC President Bob Kratochvil, this year’s Resource Allocation Process ended somewhat later than in previous years.

“Because of various uncertainties in the budget, many of which were not resolved until the summer, my objective was to allocate any additional dollars only when the College understood exactly the amount of funds available – upon completion and approval of the Adoption Budget,” said Kratochvil. “The Adoption Budget is the approved budget plan by the Governing Board. The Governing Board approved the budget at its September meeting.”

A meeting was held here at LMC to further discuss this subject on Monday Oct. 7, detailing in an overview how the State allocates funds to the District and the three colleges and the involvement at the campus level regarding the budget process. LMC’s Director of Business Services Ronke Olatunji was the main presenter for the meeting, while District Senior Dean of Research and Planning Gregory Stoup was also in attendance, facilitating a working meeting with faculty, staff and students regarding the district’s strategic planning process.

The following are among the funds that were allocated to various departments: $102,467 has been approved to refurbish and update 40 Programmable Logic Controllers and Computers (PLCs).

A total of $47, 144 has been approved for improvements to the Recording Arts department, including new power amplifiers, upgrading the sampling, video recording, and editing systems and new Avid Pro Tools System for Studio A. $36,000 has been approved for the automotive See RAP, page 6

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Action not hope stops violence

Organize, don’t procrastinate

It does not take much to shake the security of the nation. Ever since terrorism first sprouted in America, the fears of shattered citizens resurface swiftly when other acts of violence occur.

On Sept. 16, only five days after the 12th anniversary of the day terrorism struck our families and nation, there was another mass shooting in Washington, D.C. More than six were killed and several wounded. Violence struck again. Terrorism was revived. Americans became fearful once more.

Patricia Ward, a witness, told USA Today she heard three consecutive gunshots, then, after a lapse of 30 seconds, she heard four more shots.

The shooter and a police officer had a confrontation with each other, resulting in the death of the shooter and injuries to the officer, according to Cathy Lanier, the Washington Metropolitan police chief.

Although the Washington, D.C. shooting was not declared terrorism, and was not as deadly as 9/11, it happened in the capitol of the United States just two miles from the White House at the Navy Ship Yard.

It was another in a long line of shootings.

Since the beginning of 2012, numerous incidents of violence happened throughout the nation.

On July 20, 2012, James Holmes, 24, entered a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado and, according to ABC News, shot fathers, mothers and children enjoying the movie “The Dark Knight Rises.” Twelve people lost their lives and dozens lost their loved ones.

Nearly five months later on Dec. 14, the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy happened in Newtown, Connecticut. Adam Lanza, 20, openly terrorized a school and psychologically scarred hundreds of young children.

According to CNN, 20 students and six adults were shot and killed by this man after he forcefully barged in through the locked door of the school.

CNN reporting indicated Lanza targeted kindergarteners and first graders, and shot any faculty who got in his way trying to save children.

On April 1 of this year two bombs ignited at the Boston Marathon. The suspects were Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed during the aftermath, and his 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar.

CNN says the bombs exploded near the finish line, instantly transforming an exciting, happy event into a bloody, fearful place of ruin.

At least 140 people were hospitalized, 25 in serious condition. At least 10 of the wounded victims had limbs amputated, according to CNN, and as a result their lives were drastically altered.

Beyond these mass tragedies that unfold far too often, we are still faced with violence on a regular basis.

Even children who are not victims of these tragic events are exposed to violence daily — in video games, phone applications, and sports such as wrestling and football.

Society is constantly telling our children violence is acceptable.

Children are the future. The experiences they face while they are young could influence them, positively and/or negatively. Yet members of society continually impinge upon the future, our security, and the well being of our children.

America does not want terrorism, violence, or mass murder. Yet we do not negotiate on gun control laws. Yet, we allow our children to watch violent movies and TV shows and to play violent video games. Yet we watch as the next generation is regularly exposed to violence, and we hope that they won’t make that violence a reality someday.

Everyone is always putting down procrastinators, telling them they are lazy and unmotivated.

But what about when that person scores A’s and B’s on those tests, or papers? Everyone has seen this, I think. I know I have. I will even let you in on a secret of mine — this has been me.

I am not an advocate for procrastination.

I don’t even like doing it — procrastination stresses me out.

The things I usually procrastinate on are big projects or papers longer than one-page.

I worry that what I have to say or what I think about something is not going to be good enough for the teacher. So I will do the reading, I will do all the research, I will get prepared, but won’t follow through with writing until the night before, or even once or twice the day of.

But I usually don’t get less than a “C” on papers and tests.

Can you say (honestly) that in your life you have never put something off because you did not want to do it? I think everyone is actually a procrastinator.

I believe the difference between me and

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he foolishness of the partial government shutdown has continued now for over a week, and although there is a proposal to raise the debt ceiling for six weeks the shutdown will persist if a Republican plan is endorsed. John Boehner, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is quoted, by Michael McAuliff in an article for the Huffington Post entitled “Republicans Offer Short-Term to Raise Debt Limit, Leave Government Shutdown,” as this plan being a show of good will toward United States of America President Barrack Obama.

“I would hope that the president will look at this as an opportunity and a good-faith effort on our part to move halfway, halfway to what he’s demanding in order to have these conversations,” said Boehner with a straight face, which should be laughable if it were not so tragic.

What Boehner, and others in his party he is speaking for, seem to fail to notice is that people he is supposed to represent are suffering as a direct result of their political machinations.

However, it is not only the actions of Boehner and others of his ilk who would allow people to suffer so their political ideology can stand.

President Obama, according to an Associated Press article entitled “Food Bank Helps Furloughed Grand Canyon Workers,” rejected offers of private and public money to keep the park open. The article reveals people who technically have jobs need help feeding their families. It also shows it is not only governmental employees who are furloughed taking a hit, but all the businesses which rely on tourism the national parks generate. The same is true of all businesses where furloughed employees would spend a portion of their paycheck – if they had money coming in.Granted this is only 10 days and counting, but one day is too much.

Grand Canyon employees are not the only ones who are having to turn to a food bank for assistance according to an article by Mike Conneen for ABC7 entitled “Government Shutdown 2013: Church Food pantry helps furloughed workers.”

The lives of those who are not federal employees are being impacted, or potentially so, in ways which could be downright dangerous. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have furloughed employees. There are people staffing them who are deemed essential, but whenever there are fewer hands and eyes around to check for problems, more things can slip through the cracks. The Food and Drug Administration was also furloughed until the House and Senate passed a bill to fund them during the shutdown.

Similarly, Congress took pains to once again offer death benefits to military families and, according to an Associated Press article entitled, “States to be Allowed to pay to reopen some national parks during government shutdown,” Obama is also backing down from his stance.

On Oct. 2, 1789, John Adams, the second president of our country, wrote, “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.”

Political parties should never endanger the lives of citizens simply to advance their political stances. It is the exact opposite of what our representatives are elected to do.

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Let’s make campus a safer place DEAR EDITOR: An issue that has bothered me since I first read about it is the issue of theft on campus.

It bothered me because when you come to school, you expect to come to a place where you can feel safe and you gain more than you lose. Who would think on a regular morning while walking to class you could end up losing more than what you gain?

An important point about this issue that has me thinking is where was the proper security to have possibly scared the individual from robbing anyone on campus? Does that type of security exist?

If not, why not? The fact that the student had to run all the way onto the campus to get help shocks me. That raises too much of a chance that you can be chased or followed.

Our students deserve an answer and deserve to feel protected.

My biggest concern is based on a personal experience of mine.

I am originally from Oakland where crime the norm for most of the citizens and is something

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that is expected. I moved away from there to get away from the fear that I could be the next target, intentionally or unintentionally. I have experienced being followed, being in the wrong place at the wrong time and being the victim of a crime when I was just minding my own business walking home from school. It doesn’t feel good at all.

Everyone should have the chance to have that place where they will know that no matter what, they will always be safe outside of their home.

In Oakland, I never had that and never would have expected, as a woman, that my school here couldn’t be that place for me either.

With this letter, I hope that a light bulb will come on for someone to try and rectify the issue of lack of security.

The student’s safety should be everyone’s No. 1 priority.

Something has to change or we will continue to have these close calls and someone could get hurt.

— Rose Dixon

(if not more) ahead of time and are on their and disciplined than me.

However, I know that if you ask them they will tell you they, too, struggled with wanting to do other things than write the paper.

These “organizational masters” used to annoy the heck out of me and make me feel stupid — not because they said anything I had not.

Yet I would get a B and they got an A. I am not any better than they are at paper writing or test taking, and the only thing they did different from me to get that better grade involves organization and discipline.

The key to unlocking the grade of A is time-management. Get the thing done early, and you have more time to revise, study and understand your material. Just think about your last test or paper: had you spent just one more hour on study or paper writing do you think your grade would have been different?

I knew that when I returned to LMC this fall this procrastination issue was going to kill my GPA if I did not get a handle on it. I also decided that anything less than a B as from myself, so I read a book on how to become an A student.

The book is literally titled “How to Become a Straight-A Student” by Cal Newport.

I learned so much about myself from reading this book.

The biggest take-away I got out of it is that I am not a B or C student, I am an A student who has put a bunch of stupid things ahead of getting better grades. I mean, does it really matter if I see that post on Facebook my friend told me to go look at? At least, does it matter that I look at it before I get that Or study for that test? I know now that it doesn’t.

Everyone struggles with procrastination, you just need to have the discipline and givea-darn to get things done in a timely manner.

Once I understood that time-management and disciple were my areas of struggle, I was armed with the power to overcome those issues.

What is keeping you from being an A student?

Cal Newport believes that anyone can become an A student, and I believe it too.

I am not an organizational master yet, but I know that practice makes perfect, and that LMC is the place where students learn to succeed.

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“I wasn’t able to work because I walk dogs,and the people I work for, work for the government so they couldn’t work so I couldn’t work.”

— Rebecca Carver

“I’m not sure how it is going to effect me, I think it is a poor idea that they actually shut the government down.”

— Erin Vadena

“I think if they don’t reconsider and get back on track, it’s going to negatively effect everybody for a long time to come.”

— Nicole Almassey

“Not much for me personally, probably my parents for taxes but for me personally nothing really changed.”

— Andre Thompson

“It has been effecting me due to the fact that I had to provide a tax transcript for financial aid.”

— Guadlupe Valencia

“I think it’s bad for business.

Politics we elected to run this government is doing a really bad job,that they can’t get a budget for the american people.”

— Elijah Mays

“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......... VANESSA FLORES and JAZMINE GORDON Campus Editors .................. JOSEPH DELANO and ALEXANDRA TAGLIAMONTE Features Editors .......................RATTANA KIM and STEPHANIE PATTISON Sports Editors .......................LUKE JOHNSON and DAKOTAH ZABROSKI News Editor ....................... HILLARY HETRICK Photo Editor ....................... IRVIN TRIGUEROS Web Editor ................................. JESUS CHICO 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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Newswatch Make texts more accessible Would you like to cut the cost of textbooks on campus?

Would you like to make more borrowable texts available?

Would you like to create a loan fund for purchasing texts?

Please consider joining Club READ: Reading and Education Advance Dreams.

You can help the community while you exercise group and management skills, gain leadership experience and build competitive resumes and applications. Get in on the planning for the District’s 65th Anniversary celebration events.

Bring your questions and ideas to Room CO-211 in the conference room next to the Drop-in Lab from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7 or Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 3 to 6 p.m. If you cannot join in this week, please email LMC@outlook.com. Please put READ in the subject line.

Transfer workshops at LMC

If you are an LMC student who is interested in transferring to a university, the Transfer Center will be holding a series of workshops to help with applications and personal statements. The upcoming schedule is as follows: CSU Application Workshop: Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the LMC Library, Room 109 CSU and UC Application Workshop: Thursday, Nov. 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the LMC Brentwood Center, Room 9.

UC Application Workshop: Thursday, Nov. 14 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the LMC Library, Room 109.

Personal Statement Workshop: Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the LMC Brentwood Center, Room 9 To better prepare for the workshops, stop by the Transfer Center, Room CC2-225 to complete a transfer check list.

It will ease the transfer process.

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Above, Reiko Kobuta and Maria Martinez wear toy ears before an art project session. Below, Umoja Club member K’la Davis wears a joke nose glasses that was given out to students that participated in the retreat.

IMPACT-ing leaders Retreat reinforces helpful life skill set

By ALICIA ALM

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A display in the Transfer Center provides a plethora of information for prespective transfers.

Transfer student tours Are you a student who is having trouble figuring out what school you want to transfer to? If so, Los Medanos College will be providing students with the opportunity to visit some top universities in the state of California.

The Universities that Los Medanos College will be providing these tours extending all the way through November. The Universities that will be visited are: Saint Mary’s College: Oct. 12 Mills College: Oct. 18 UCLA: Nov. 8 San Francisco State: Nov. 15 UC Santa Cruz: Nov. 22 Lunch and transportation will be provided for everyone who is attending, but space is limited so don’t let this opportunity get away.

For more information, please visit the Transfer Center.

For activities and membership requirements, contact student Hana Dempsky at whirlygirl@yahoo.com or call Student Activities Coordinator Mary Oleson at 439-2181 ext.

3266 or reach her by e-mail at moleson@losmedanos.edu.

Do you have what it takes to be a leader? At the IMPACT LMC Leadership Retreat, students learned what true leadership is. Students also discovered leadership qualities in themselves they may not have noticed elsewhere.

The retreat opened with LMCAS students sharing some of their stories and why they wanted to become a leader.

LMCAS President Brianna Klipp shared an inspiring story on why she decided to get involved in her campus community and how she made close friends on campus. Following the introduction was a fun ice-breaker activity known as “would you rather?” where students answered by moving to one side of the room. The questions got students interacting with others they normally would not have based on their shared interests.

A majority of the students who attended the retreat did so to represent their club and

to learn how to be effective leaders for their members. The room was diverse with many different clubs attending which helped students see things through different perspectives.

The retreat emphasized how important teamwork is. In one activity, students had to work together to answer questions such as how they lead, why they want to lead and what skills leaders have.

The retreat had three workshops to choose from. The first workshop, “Event Planning 101: The Basics and Beyond,” was presented by Interim Student Life Coordinator Jamila Stewart. Stewart offered students guidance on how to plan events for their club and how to work together as a team to accomplish the event. Transfer Center Coordinator Tara Dale Sanders led the second workshop, titled “Leadership Professionalism.” Sanders explained what professionalism is and how students can also practice being professional on campus. Student Life Coordi-

If you love to cook, Los Medanos College has an event to show off your culinary skills. There will be a soup cook-off on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in the Indoor Quad area from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This is a chance to enter a contest where you can serve your best homemade soup, whether it be vegetable, wonton, chowder or tortilla. Creativeness is urged. Entries can be individual, group or department. Soups will be served for $4 with a slice of French bread in a fundraising event during the cook-off.

The entry deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Entry forms can be obtained from Linda Maniscalco in the Cashier’s Office.

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My headphones were in as she would turn out to be one I watched the other students of my favorite people ever. texting or talking on their I do not remember my seat cell phones, all in different group being called, lining up parts of the terminal. We were to get on the plane — or even avoiding eye contact with each taking off. I just remember other, even though we were all being in the air for much too heading to the same program long. Everyone was anxious for three months. I looked about the experience ahead down and realized I probably because no one knew what to should not have been wring- expect. Most of us were eager ing my ticket to just get and hoped to London. that it would Some peonot keep me ple chatted from getting and got on the plane. acquaintIn the MY LONDON EYE ed, but befour months cause our since I had plane left at decided to study abroad, the 7 p.m. for an 11-hour flight we decision never actually felt mostly just slept. real until this moment. It was Once we touched down and like standing on a huge rock at collected our bags, we were the edge of a lake that people ushered into two groups — the dive from, and when you get homestays and the students to the top you really want to staying in apartments — and climb back down but know the taken to the places we would only thing you can do is jump. call home for the next three I do not remember saying months. goodbye to my loved ones, I was jet-lagged, but the or going through security. I whole bus ride to the apartdo remember standing in the ment was captivating. The terminal with my shoes off and scenery looked so different: thinking that I should probably brick buildings, flat land and put them back on. It was like as cobblestone streets. More soon as I got through security, than once, seeing the empty I was on my own — which drivers’ seats as cars sped by mostly terrified me. startled me — then I realized A girl sitting next to me was they drive on the other side of talking on her phone. I thought the road. it was really odd that she got After about an hour we to the terminal and had to call arrived at our new digs, and her friends. But little did I know See POND, page 6

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UC Davis hosting conference

— compiled by Hillary Hetrick from press releases and staff reports.

be this fun, stating, “When I came here I wasn’t expecting to have fun but I did and I actually learned a lot that I can apply to my daily life. I’m really glad I came the seminars and workshops taught me skills I can apply on a professional level and my academic level.”

Miguel Reyes enjoyed the retreat so much that he wants to use his new leadership knowledge to help his club, “I loved it, I really did. I felt like I was right where I needed to

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Fundraiser for scholarships

The 11th National UC Davis Pre-Health Student Alliance Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Conference will take place Oct. 12 and13 at the University of California in Davis, at the UC Davis Pavilion. Anyone interested in a health career is encouraged to attend. The event is open to anyone, regardless of education level.

The conference will provide the information and skills necessary to succeed in the medical and health-professions school admission process. UC Davis will host deans of admission from some of the top schools in the country.

There will be over 200 pre-med and pre-health workshops and lots of in-depth information on admission requirements, curriculum, financial aid and research opportunities. Also, over 120 medical schools, 20 nursing schools, 25 pharmacy schools, 35 dental schools and 25 public health schools are scheduled to attend this year.

The admission price varies based on individual or group rates. There is also an option that includes discounted bus, hotel and meals. For details on admission prices, go to www.ucdprehealth.org and click on the link in the register now section.

nator Demetria Lawrence led the third workshop, “Diversity Leadership Colors,” where she talked about different thinking styles and the strengths and weaknesses of each style.

At the end of the day people were talking about how this year’s retreat was the best they’ve attended. Students came to the retreat looking to learn more about leadership and left excited to make a difference on campus.

Lauren D. was surprised that an event on leadership could

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Big Ben, above, sits statuesque in London. Sara Casey’s view, below, from her apartment in London.

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Students from the Los Medanos College Music and Recording Arts departments will perform throughout the semester. All events and concerts are scheduled in the Recital Hall, located in Room 720 of the Music/Recording Arts Building.

LMC Concert Band Concert: Sunday, Oct. 13 from 3 to 4:30 p.m.featuring Diablo Wind Symphony and Los Medanos College Concert Band. General admission $5,student/senior $3.

LMC Choral Experience Concert: Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. General admission $5, students/ seniors $4.

LMC Student Recital: Friday, Nov. 22 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free admission.

Sophomore Recital: Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free admission.

LMC String Ensemble Thursday, Dec. 5 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Free Admission LMC Guitar Concert: Monday, Dec. 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. Free admission LMC Winter Choral Concert: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 7:30 – 9 p.m.General admission $5, students/seniors $4.

LMC Piano Honors Recital: Monday, Dec. 16, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Free admission.

Photo by Brendan Cross

The postcard (front right) called “Toys: Can you see my thoughts?” by Jeremy Jones is made out of ink, colored pencils, and coffee. This is one of the entries from the Terrestrial: A Postcard Show.

Artists create organic art from the heart

By BRENDAN CROSS

bcross@lmcexperience.com Photo by Cathie Lawrence

Martin Guzman sold pottery at the Ceramics Fundraiser on Sept. 25 at LMC.

Ceramics fundraiser

The Ceramics Fundraiser organized by the Art Department and held Sept. 25 in the indoor quad, raised more than $450 for the students enrolled in ceramics courses at Los Medanos College. The funds raised go to help defray the cost of materials and tools to help save students money each semester.

The next fundraiser is scheduled for Dec. 7 during the holiday shopping season.

Movies Coming Soon “Carrie” — Oct. 18 Rated R, Genre: Horror, Thriller “About Time” — Nov. 1 Rated R, Genre: Comedy, Drama “Last Vegas” — Nov. 1 Rated PG-13, Genre: Comedy “Thor: The Dark World” — Nov. 8 Rated PG-13, Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” — Nov. 22 Rated PG-13, Genre: Action, Adventure In Theatres “Romeo and Juliet” Rated PG-13, Genre: Drama, Romance “Prisoners” Rated R, Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller “Don Jon” Rated R, Genre: Comedy, Drama “Baggage Claim” Rated PG-13, Genre: Comedy “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” Rated PG, Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi — compiled by Hillary Hetrick from press releases and staff reports

The new art gallery Terrestrial is open in the Library and explores the retionship of humanity residing on this earth.

Bay area artist Cindy Cleary has work featured at the gallery using nettle fiber and knitted raw silk while using all natural pigments such as soil, ochre and indigo, which is a plant pigment, for color.

Art Gallery Director Judi Petitte said, “We are all terrestrial beings and all reside on earth.

So, the postcards address this theme, some people went with a more self-portrait take, while some people did something with literally themselves in the environment.”

The gallery was an open call for work, meaning there was a prospectus that went out to different sites that reach people who are looking for places to enter their work. All that was asked was the work relate to the theme and to send in a card. All cards that were sent in made the show. There were enough submissions to delay the gallery opening two days for more time to set it all up.

Jave Yoshimoto, former LMC student and current art professor in Oklahoma, has one piece featured at the gallery.

He said, “I wanted to be a part of the show due to my roots with the Easy Bay and of course, nostalgia.”

His piece, entitled “Harbinger of Late Winter Day's Dusk,”

is a print of a larger painting of the same name, which is a smaller painting of a 30-foot scroll painting called “Baptism of Concrete Estuary.”

In describing the piece, Yoshimoto said it brought homage to those who lost their lives and homes in the Japanese ear thquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

“It refers to the timing of the tsunami, and how shortly after the destruction, the northern part of Japan came down with heavy snow as cleaning effort was happening. The disaster brought a lot of sorrow and despair, but also a prelude of the winter days that were coming.”

Jeremy Jones, who has a trio of postcards at the show,

Book echoes tales of personal struggles

By NADIRA ERFAN

nerfan@lmcexperience.com

Khaled Hosseini’s book “And the Mountains Echoed” is a brilliant work.

He is a storyteller of dizzying power who knows how to engross his readers deep into the heart of the characters.

Through the portrayal of perplexed human emotions, they are woven through the span of continents and generations.

Every aspect of the novel is a testimony to the unique style of this amazing writer. Hosseini’s ability to awe the reader is unmatched. His writing flows beautifully, from the diversity of the characters to the similarity of their longing, to confine themselves in a sanctuary of the love they find in the

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recently graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Wichita State University.

He said, “transporting sculpture for shows is awkward, difficult and expensive so I welcomed the opportunity to mail my small-scale postcards for the exhibit.”

Jones described his pieces as being about the physical and mental weight of the body and the idea of being grounded to earth. “The combination of pull ropes and wheels embodied by the figures suggests that we are both vehicles and toys that are often guided by forces greater than us.”

The gallery is open until Nov. 7, Tues. to Thurs., from 12-2:30 p.m. and 4-6 p.m.

family relationships.

Geographically he takes the reader across the continents from Shadbagh, a small village in Afghanistan to Paris, the Greek Islands and California. It is limitless in his exploration of relationships and the melodrama that comes with being a human, a familiar story of complex human emotion that exists amongst siblings and parents and other family members.

Hosseini’s exquisite novel is comprised of many short stories. Whether it is desperation of a poor laborer who sells his 3 year old daughter to a rich woman in Kabul or the disappointments of the self-destructive beautiful poet in Paris, somehow all the stories are anchored by the characters’ identities A collection of short stories with

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REVIEW CREW Brendan says: Pulls you in

‘Gravity’ Movie Summary: “Gravity,” starring Sandra Bullock and George Cloonery, was released Oct. 4. Biomedical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) and veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (Clooney) are surviving astronauts from the damaged space shuttle Explorer. They are the only two actors in the film apart from four voice actors. The movie runs for 1 hour and 31 minutes and rated PG-13.

Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, is a 90-minute real-time epic that is constantly suspenseful. Matt Kowalski (Clooney), is an astronaut on his last mission while Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock), is on her first. Needless to say, disaster struck.

The entire film takes place in space, with Bullock and Clooney being the only legitimate characters with others providing voice talent from mission control.

I saw the film in 2D, however, it is clear it would have been quite stunning in 3D. Despite having a few moments where it is clear they play towards the 3D version, such as things flying towards the audience, this film has the potential to be what Avatar was to 3D in 2009 when that released.

The entire movie feels extremely real and hits close to home. You can relate to the emotion the characters feel throughout.

If I had to point out a flaw, it would be that it tends to be slow and a bit predictable, but the execution, acting, and CGI are so spot on that the flaws are severely outweighed by the positives.

It truly leaves a lasting impression.

— Brendan Cross

Joseph says: Outta this world “Gravity,” directed by Alfonso Cuarón, paints an ethereal picture of the dark desperation of being stranded so far from home. Cuarón also directed “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”

Dr. Ryan Stone, played by Sandra Bullock, becomes an astronaut when her program gets approved for installation on the Hubble telescope.

With space veteran Captain Matt Kowalski, portrayed by George Clooney, Stone sets out on an unforgettable journey through space.

When a cloud of debris rips apart her shuttle, Stone and Kowalski are thrust into the unknown where the odds of survival are virtually zero.

They must work together if there is any chance of returning to planet Earth.

The visual effects in this movie were stunning and Bullock was absolutely prodigious. The viewer only sees two people in the entirety of this movie and there are only four real voices.

This actress puts her performance in strong running for an Academy Award. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this movie nominated for several awards, including for the score, which was eerily perfect for the movie.

— Joseph Delano

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Steven Luke QUIETLY THINKING

Dream becomes reality Everybody has dreams and expectations of what they want to do with their future. Some of us want to be superstars in sports or in Hollywood while others want to impact their communities by entering the law enforcement field or teaching the students of the future. It’s not every day that you get to live out what you want to do in your future. Thanks to the Oakland Athletics, I got that opportunity.

Being a journalism major and a huge sports fan, my dream job is to work covering a major league sports team.

On Friday Sept. 20, the Oakland A’s gave me an opportunity to live Photos by Irvin Trigueros out a part of my dream.

After speaking with Debbie Gallas Los Medanos kicker/linebacker Anthony Jackson intercepts a pass from West Valley quarterback Ryan Jones in the fouth quarter. of Media Relations with the Oakland A’s, I was given a press pass to cover the National Anthem as performed by the LMC Concert Band.

The press pass was a photo pass so that pictures could be taken on field during the National Anthem.

I had no clue what a photo press pass meant, but after arriving at O.co Coliseum I soon found out. A photo press pass allows you to roam anywhere around the stadium and anywhere on the field, but as a photographer you are not allowed into the locker rooms or the press box.

By LUKE JOHNSON Shawn Vasquez is leading the way, ljohnson@lmcexperience.com Being on the field I was able to accumulating 146.2 of those yards sit in on the interview of manager The football team of Los Medanos per game.

Bob Melvin.

Vasquez and Head Coach Chris College finally reached a winning Melvin was sitting on the bench record for the first time in the season Shipe agree that the successful in the dugout when he began taking after a 32-15 victory over the West rushing attack is heavily contributed questions from reporters who were Valley Vikings last Saturday the 5th. by the offensive line. circled around him. I was pushed to “We work pretty well together as Now at the season’s halfway mark, the back as the more experienced the Mustangs are 3-2 and tied for first a unit,” Offensive Lineman Garrett journalists pushed in with recording place with the arch-rivaled Contra Lewis said. “We stuck to our assigndevices in hand.

Costa College Comets in the Bay ments and the running backs do their per game, a statistic During the inter view, Melvin thing.” that ranks first in the Valley Conference. answered questions about the strugIn Saturday’s conference.

LMC lineback- LMC Football Schedule gles of Closer Ryan Cook as well as match up, the Mus“We’re coming toer Matt Zapanta Opponent Date Time revealing that rookie First Baseman tangs’ backfield gether,” LMC Head feels the team can 10/12 N/A Nate Frieman has been dealing with ran over the Vi- Coach Chris Shipe go “undefeated” BYE an oblique injury that has kept him 10/19 6 p.m. kings defense for said. “[But] there are for the rest of the at Shasta out of the lineup. five touchdowns a lot of thing we can season entering Mendocino 10/26 1 p.m Shortly after the interview broke and 303 yards with definitely correct. conference play. at Redwoods 11/2 1 p.m. up, Melvin walked over to the field seven yards per That’s just the head “We’re in good Yuba 11/9 1 p.m. where he watched his players take coach being critical.” attempt. form right now,” at Contra Costa 11/16 3 p.m. batting practice and also began hitting “Our job was Entering the Zapanta said. “Evballs to his infielders as they took to try to stop the team’s bye week, erything is coming practice, fielding grounders. together, and everyone is working long runs, which we didn’t do so the Stang Gang will During this time I stood back and good at,” West Valley Head Coach have more time to as a team.” took pictures because all of the retouch up a few nicks and kinks be- Saturday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m.

The Mustang’s offense is powered Jim Winkler said.

“I think we are ready to take this porters retreated to the locker room LMC’s defense has been stuffing fore they enter conference play. Up by a dominating running game that is third in the state with 323 yards opposing offenses all season long first is a battle in Redding against league,” Zapanta said. “We are ready to await the players as they came in See DREAM, page 6 per game on the ground. Halfback by only allowing 342.6 total yards a 2-3 Shasta College Knights team to go to a bowl game.”

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The Los Medanos soccer team extends its winless streak to 26 games after a 7-0 loss to Solano Tuesday afternoon. LMC is searching for its first win since Nov 10, 2011. The Mustangs are currently being outscored 51-3 this season.

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machines. $33,044 has been allocated to central services to increase copier maintenance agreements and for additional copier equipment. $18,978 has been allocated to custodial ser vices for new cleaning equipment. $13,467 will be allocated to the Biological Sciences department for lab supplies and lab hours. $12,000 has been approved to the physical education department to replace non-slip flooring surfaces in PE facilities, with an additional $12,969 approved for the athletic department for new electrical stimulation, weight-training and volleyball equipment. In addition, $7,105 was approved for a new baseball field tarp. Additional hours to programs and new positions were also added, including a new Training and Development Coordinator, a Tutor Program Assistant, a Theater Staging Specialist for the Drama Program, an Adjunct Librarian, a Student Assistant for Business Services as well as increasing the counseling hours of the Umoja program.

Additionally, some of these funds will be set aside for both foreseen and unforeseen expenses that may or may not occur, including minimum sites reserves, bank and vacation liabilities, instructional service agreement payback and potential enrollment shortfalls. Although the District allocates dollars to the colleges, the colleges make their own decisions on how to use the funds. “The District Office doesn’t really have much say in how these funds will be spent; that is a college decision,� said Contra Costa Community College District Director of Communications Tim Leong.

Kratochvil also noted that an important thing for readers to understand is that requests for funding are linked to needs identified in the Program Review process. “This process is a deliberate review of programs and departments with plans for improvement and change in response to student needs,� said Kratochvil. “Specific budget requests can only be submitted if they are identified in the program review.

RAP requests are submitted by respective departments, reviewed and approved by respective managers and presented to the Shared Governance Council (SGC).

The SGC reviews each proposal, invites the respective manager to its meeting(s) to present the proposal and then SGC prioritizes and makes recommendations for funding (or not) to the President.�

Although this year’s budget has provided more clarity than in previous years, President Kratochvil warned that while these funds provide a safety net and short-term security for the college, long-term uncertainties still remain, necessitating a heedful approach going forward. “There remain some uncertainties for which the campus needs to maintain significant reserves,� said Kratochvil. “It is important for our future financial health that we are pr udent in making longterm permanent allocations of funds.�

that relate to Afghanistan. The roots of the characters are all intertwined and their experiences through extraordinary circumstances are brought by instability, poverty, war and displacement.

The expression of human endurance are all too familiar to people who are survivors themselves, such as not losing humanity despite all calamities of war and the austere environment and being belittled by extreme desperation yet keeping a flickering light of hope.

Hosseini gingerly maps the characters progress by paying special devotion to its most treacherous human experiences, which is not just endurance but the self-impact it brings upon people.

It would be hard not to acknowledge and respect Hosseini for his meticulous detailed depiction of the stringent lives of the Afghan people regardless of their location.

His well-informed and accurate portrayal of Afghans, who have walked the difficult roads and have learned to adapt in the most fascinating ways in different corners of the world, is just honorable.

His observance of the stamina of the Afghan people is a tribute to the war torn people of Afghanistan.

Hosseini says towards the beginning of the stor y, “a story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop aboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later.�

His beautiful words are the sad reminder that life is a journey that takes us to the inevitable end.

The most desolate one of us is still longing for closeness and we can isolate ourselves from people, but our deficiency of social connection cannot isolate our nature, which has quenchless thirst for love and companionship. The importance of family and closeness continues throughout the story as the characters tirelessly strive to attain relationships while they dread the notion of dying alone. It has been said that the book leaves certain undeveloped conclusions, like some lose ends and it lacks closure that gratifies the reader, the kind of closure found in Hosseini’s previous two books, “Kite Runner� and “A Thousand Splendid Suns.�

There is something to be said about unfulfilled dreams that can only be a testimony to the unfairness and cold reality of life.

A magnificent artist like Hosseini cannot be held up to the criteria of any formula.

Art is not bound by any acceptable standards or limitations. This magnificently written perplexed drama depicts Hosseini’s ability as an artist. Hosseini has mastered the ways of the heart like no other writer.

for them when they get to that age. Obviously I have aspirations for their high education, and to use the community colleges as feeder schools.�

Although there was a unanimous vote to appoint Rinn, the application process hit a snag, according to Public Information Officer Timothy Leong, when board member Greg Enholm asked for additional information from applicants after the application deadline, and without the knowledge of other board members.

The board originally met Sept. 11 to discuss an appointment process that would be fair and offer an even playing field for all candidates interested in applying for the Ward III seat. The board came to an agreement to review the applications for the open seat, rank their top choices and select six candidates to be interviewed during a special meeting Oct. 2.

On Sept. 26 Enholm, who represents Ward V, received the applications for the Ward III seats, but said that one application was missing pages. He said he contacted the applicants on his own asking for additional information, and gave them an opportunity to identify any materials missing from their application packets. “It would not be possible for me to review applicants’ materials if I knew that at a minimum I was missing material from at least one applicant,� said Enholm. “I did not have time to consult anyone else. The only way to determine if more material was missing from the packets was to contact the applicants to have them identify if any material they had submitted was missing.�

Leong said this contact had not been agreed upon by the board, and that all information concerning the applications had also been made available

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be and it gave me a perspective on how I can reach out with my own club and how to help promote the club. I even met people I didn’t know before who are interested in my club.�

The IMPACT LMC Leadership Retreat has inspired many students to make a positive impact on campus. Students learned different leadership and thinking styles, how to coordinate an event, how to practice being professional and what good leadership is about.

Students who attended the retreat seemed excited to talk to their club about what they learned.

Los Medanos College is a school with many opportunities to learn and have fun while doing it. The leadership retreat was a perfect example of how LMC encourages students to make a difference and succeed.

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were sent off to our rooms one by one. I was one of the first people to go upstairs, and got completely lost on the way.

Somehow, I had to go through five different doors to get to my apartment — something I have only recently gotten used to.

Finally, the moment of truth appeared as I swung open my door to find‌ the smallest apartment known to man. The beds were almost touching, I couldn’t open the closet without hitting my bed, there were two chairs for a one-person desk and the refrigerator was smaller than those in dorm rooms. For a moment I asked what was I getting myself into.

But then I saw it. Through the window: London! Despite the apartment, and the jet lag and the fear, this view was totally calming and I knew after adjusting to the differences that this experience would completely blow my mind.

Editor’s note: Sara Casey is enrolled in classes as part of the Contra Costa Community College District’s Study Abroad Program. This is the second in a series of columns she is writing from London.

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to the board members on the district website. “The action to obtain additional information from the candidates was in conflict with the governing board’s decision at their Sept .11, 2013 meeting on the selection process,� Leong said in an email. “Enholm’s request provided a candidate, who may not have filled out the application completely the first time around, a second chance to share additional information after the deadline date. Mr. Enholm had an opportunity to go online and see the missing pages.�

In addition, Leong said board members were told that if they had any questions concerning the applications they should contact the chancellor.

However, Enholm said he noticed the pages were missing on the eve of a long weekend when the district office was closed and that he has no personal contact information for the chancellor or other district officials. “I send emails and it usually takes a while to receive a response, especially when the district is closed and sometimes I need to resend emails to get a response,� said Enholm. “If I were somehow aware of an emergency involving the district, I would call 911 and report what I knew.�

According to Leong, the other three board members said they felt Enholm asking for additional information was a deviation from the process set in place Sept. 11, and to be fair it was necessary to interview all applicants. “The remaining three governing board members felt there was a perception our selection process was broken and action had to be taken to ensure the selection of the provisional appointee for Ward III is done fairly and maintains the integrity of the district,� said Leong. “The board members felt that the situation was not right, and they took action.�

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the agenda for completing a degree.

The theme as to excelling in overall college excellence is having coherent pathways for students in terms of either graduating or transferring.

Stoup said the process should be “not quite the maze that it would be otherwise.�

The vision, values, and mission of the district were also highlighted in the presentation.

The vision is, “our colleges transform lives. We are agents of equity, compassion, and excellence, building upon the diverse strengths of our students, faculty and staff. We thrive upon the learning and success of all our students.�

The values and mission speak toward servicing students needs.

The charrette concluded with break out sessions that had the staff break into groups and pitch ideas and questions to Stoup about the changes the college needs in order to meet its goals.

Speech and Debate instructor Kasey Gardner said, “The minimum Title 5 stuff, we can do that, I think we can set our sights a little higher than that.�

LMC Music Department Chair Silvester Henderson spoke in response to the sense of community and the fact that a large faction of it is not being paid attention to. “A large portion of students of color, males in particular, are incarcerated. So, one of the things community college have no addressed is to have education for people in the penal system who make up a large portion of the community we serve,� said Henderson.

The next charrette is planned for early November and will include more feedback from community members as well as the emergence of a second draft of the plan.

from the field.

After wards, the A’s staff began bringing fans on field for the on field batting practice, the first being Hunter Kilbourn who was attacked by a pit bull while visiting a friend in Antioch, CA. The Oakland A’s brought him on field and in a touching moment he was introduced to A’s Right Fielder Josh Reddick, one of his favorite players.

From that touching moment, batting practice continued and soon switched hands to the Minnesota Twins.

After the A’s and Twins took their turns on the field, both teams returned to their respective clubhouses while I watched the grounds crew prep the field and tear down the protective equipment from batting practice.

Soon the players began returning to the field, stretching in the outfield, and before I knew it the event I was here for in the first place began. The LMC Concert Band came in for their chance to entertain the fans.

The performance went off without a hitch and the crowd of 36,000 plus roared in approval as the band exited through the center field fence.

Since I only had a photo pass, I had to leave the field after the performance was over but the experience stayed with me long after I left the field.

If you ever have the opportunity to do something you have always wanted to do, don’t hesitate because you may just have the time of your life, I know I did.

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ence, they had 103 people sign up before deadline.

The initial goal of 100 signups was reached, but the paper registrations that were gathered were not entered into the computer by the deadline and therefore did not count.

As far as LMCAS is concerned, though, they just didn’t meet the deadline.The planning committee for the conference made the deadline.

The planning committee is an extension of the senate so when they set a deadline, it is final.

The issue now is what should be done with the donations. As Anderson said, they believe the people who donated should have the opportunity to take their donations back, but that’s not how it works.

According to Lawrence the donations belong to LMCAS now. “Donations belong to the senate once their made,� she said adding, “The donations can be used for any events.�

And the senate are going to use those donations for another breast cancer awareness event, the ‘Dig Pink Spirit Event’ presented by LMCAS and the LMC volleyball team.

Even though the event was canceled, the senate has decided to continue with the scholarship for LMC students who are dealing with breast cancer.

The scholarship will retain the name of Rosanna Clark, the originator of the conference event and be called LMCAS Breast Cancer Scholarship in Honor of Rosanna Clark.

That doesn’t seem to be enough to appease the people behind the conference, though, as they believe the only reason Clark’s name is still attached to the scholarship is because people begged them to keep it.

Whether that is true or not is unknown but it shows the clear frustration of the people who are not happy the event was canceled.

Either way you see this story one thing is sure, supporting breast cancer is important to the students and faculty here at LMC. Although there is a lot of controversy around this event, LMC encourages students to support the ‘Dig Pink’ event and other breast cancer events in the future.

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