Oct 2017 full issue

VOL. VI

OCTOBER 2017

ISSUE I

MSJC Reaffirms Stance on DACA

Released by the Administration of Mount San Jacinto College: Mt. San Jacinto College is aware of the Sept. 5 decision by the President of the United States to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. MSJC is part of the state community college system that provides open access to all. We join the California Community College Chancellor’s Office, other community colleges and institutions of higher education in reaffirming our commitment to providing quality higher education in a safe environment to all of our students, regardless of immigration status, race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation or any other demographic, so they may continue to reach their educational goals. MSJC will protect student privacy, which under federal law requires us to keep student information confidential.

“We at Mt. San Jacinto College will continue to stand by all of our students and want to provide assurance that we embrace the great diversity among our populations. We are dedicated to open access and committed to providing a quality education in a safe environment,” said Superintendent/ President Dr. Roger Schultz. “We know that education is

the path to building a strong community. It is our hope that Congress is able to agree upon legislation that will resolve this issue and allow students to achieve their educational dreams, regardless of their backgrounds.”

The DACA program allowed undocumented individuals who were brought here as infants or minors to attend colleges and universities and get jobs so they can contribute to this country and to make a positive impact in our communities. Many of the individuals in the DACA program have no memory of a home outside of the U.S.A. and consider this country their home.

It is important that we uphold the mission and values of MSJC, which call for providing “quality, accessible, equitable and innovative educational programs” to our diverse populations. As a community, we at MSJC should also follow the Chancellor’s Office vision, in particular: “All people have the opportunity to reach their full educational potential.”

“The Colleges embrace diversity in all its forms.”

“All people have the right to access quality higher education.”

“As a community, we at MSJC should also follow the Chancellor’s Office vision, in particular: • All people have the opportunity to reach their full educational potential.

• The Colleges embrace diversity in all its forms.

• All people have the right to access quality higher education.”

Dr. Roger Schultz, MSJC President

MSJC Pilots First Year Experience Program

Staff Photo By Kolton Smyth By: Ingrid Alvarez Staff writer The transition from high school or a regular working life to college life is a difficult one. Whether you are a parent, a regular working adult, or a bright eyed recent high school graduate, the transition is rough.

That is what the First Year Experience program is here for. The purpose of the FYE program is to guide first-year college students with helping balance the

demands of a college life and a home life. The program offers workshops, guidance, first-hand experiences, and many other tools.

The First Year Experience has mentors who are currently enrolled students who want to lend a helping hand and be the guide that they might not have had their first year of college. The program was implemented at MJSC after seeing the great effects that similar programs have had in other colleges and universities.

The FYE program has been at Mt. San Jacinto College for one year. This fall semester marks their third semester helping first- year students. They have 267 students in the program and 11 mentors.

The program offers to pay for your English, Math, and Guidance textbooks for the first year.

This year they decided to offer more perks to joining the program, such as, backpacks filled with supplies. The backpacks

contained college ruled paper, a scientific calculator, USB’s, and binders. The program is still changing.

The coordinators are trying to mold the program to what they notice every semester has helped students. They look at the success that it has had at other colleges and figure out what will be best for the students of MSJC. The purpose of this program is to help every student succeed. The program helps students feel connected to the school.

According to FYE coordinator, Shawn A. Mann, “Students who feel connected to the college through activities like guest speakers and social events benefit from a greater sense of personal identity and community, which are both proven to lead to a greater sense of belonging and personal satisfaction.”

This is why they bring in guest speakers and coordinate school events; and encourage that everyone go.

According to Brittany Mondragon, the FYE student mentor coordinator, “Speaking from personal experience, going above and beyond in school, besides just going to class, is what helped develop me as a student; and helped me get to where I am. By going to these events you are adding to your portfolio with your different experiences and helping you see things in a different light.”

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Talon Offers Opportunities Staff Photo By Matthew Maitrejean

MSJC Expands 3D Printing Program 3D printers were just the starting point for what Mt. San Jacinto College officials hope to grow into a more expansive makerspace program that will provide students with access to the latest in creative tools and technology within the next few years.

Thanks to the California Community College (CCC)

Maker initiative, MSJC was recently awarded a grant of $150,000 that will help provide funds to purchase new equipment such as the newest 3D printing technology. This consists of laser cutters possessing the ability to cut through and engrave upon a variety of materials, vacuum formers which can mold melted plastic to fit

just about any given shape, and of course, the endless stream of tools required to design a truly immersive creative environment.

Additionally, new single unit biotechnology classes are being developed that are prerequisites to transfer into Mira Costa College’s biomanufacturing department.

Not only is this a huge

step forward in terms of technology that will now be available to all students attending the college, but it will also help to bring further awareness to CCC Maker and its goals of inspiring students and faculty to take part in the new creative economy.

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All college students write; this is an undeniable fact.

When the opportunity presents itself, would the individual write for a newspaper? In addition to athletics and academics MSJC has a newspaper. And the Talon is looking for more people to join. The benefit is, one does not need to write in order to join the newspaper. There are many jobs available to people even if they do not find themselves with the confidence to write. Mt. San Jacinto’s Talon newspaper gives people the opportunity to work with Doug Spoon, a seasoned newspaper professional. Spoon worked at Cal Poly Pomona as a journalism professor. The var-

ious positions also give any person who joins, an edge on their resume. Not many applicants can say they have worked for a newspaper. If your goal was to become a reporter, The Talon would be the best place to start.

Have an interest in public relations? The Talon is always looking for public relations specialists. Above all, a newspaper would not be complete without graphic designers and writers. The Talon is looking for all sorts of people and individuals interested in joining the newspaper.

For more information email: msjctalon@gmail.com

MMA Fight Syndicate

Smells can Affect Metabolism

Thoughts on Academic Freedom

Fight Syndicate, a local Mixed Martial Arts gyms, teaches people how to defend themselves.

A recent Study from Berkeley shows that different smells can affect your metabolism, how your body digests food.

As anyone who attends to higher education news has heard, a string of professors have recently come under fire for making statements regarded as controversial.

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Making the Cut: MSJC’s Nursing Program

By Brando Ligayo Staff Writer In any classroom in Mt. San Jacinto College, it’s common to see that a few or even most of the students want to become registered nurses. It is easy to spot them in their white uniforms that brandish chevrons, which mark their number of semesters in the program. The MSJC Menifee Campus’ nursing program is a popular allied health program in the area.

The program is mainly held in the Menifee Valley Campus and it is directed

by Peter Zografos, Ph.D. It was first developed in 1963, based on the demand for more nurses in the HemetSan Jacinto area.

Initially only offering a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) program, the program eventually made available to hopeful students an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) and even Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) classes.

In 2016, Mt. San Jacinto College’s National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX) pass rates soared at a higher figure than the national average of 83 percent. It is a program that, out of hundreds of applicants, only accepts 48 yearly. However, in 2018, the program will begin to accept applications twice a year.

The program follows a multi-system criteria, which not only demands a student’s GPA, but also their T-scores and prior work experience

Club Rush: Menifee Valley Campus in healthcare. Other than scoring straight A’s in their prerequisites, which includes classes such as Intermediate Algebra, Freshman Composition, Anatomy and Microbiology, students must also excel in the other criteria the program requires. For example, their standardized tests are taken into account. They must have some experience in the hospital as a volunteer, assistant or technician.

And additionally, knowing a second language also increases their chances of entering the program.

Students who want to enter this program take their studies very seriously and often raise the bar to be el-

igible. So with the potential students’ academic repertoire, there is also the faculty within the program itself.

The faculty is very supportive of the students and instruct them very well. The faculty’s duty to the student is for them to excel and be prepared for the rigors of nursing outside of the classroom.

The impressions of the various nursing students are relatively mixed. Some say that the program is exactly what they expected, some say that it isn’t, and some even frantically ask themselves, “What am I doing here?” But one emotion that nursing students generally

Staff Photo By Kolton Smyth feel is fear. This is especially since it is a difficult program that mainly entails handling sick patients and being thrown into high stress situations.

Over time, they rise above this fear and even take pride in what they are doing.

Students have their chins up knowing that they are gradually becoming more conditioned for real-life scenarios with the proper medical knowledge and practical skills. In fact, dropout rates are low, at only 6-10 percent.

Although there are certainly students who may fall short academically, the reasons vary from financial to per-

sonal reasons. Fortunately for most students, MSJC offers a wide range of financial aid for any student to avail.

The program itself offers many state-mandated requirements and specialties.

Some of these specialities include OB-GYN, Pediatrics or Mental Health.

Outside of the campus, students learn these practical skills throughout various hospitals throughout the Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Having established strong partnerships with these hospitals, each of them arms students with hands-on nursing skills, like dressing wounds, urinary

catheter insertions, administering medication or even IV insertions. However, these clinicals are not just about teaching skills, but also to help the students think like nurses.

According to Director Zografos, it’s easy to pick up anyone even from the streets and teach how to perform certain tasks, like inserting an IV or treating a cut. Along with their medical knowledge, nurses must exhibit critical thinking and sound clinical judgement.

Most nursing students eventually transfer to a fouryear university to acquire their Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at 80 percent. MSJC properly equips future registered nurses, but today’s healthcare industry demands more of nurses to ensure that the public is offered the utmost thorough care.

Through counseling or websites such as Assist.org, students can carefully decide which school is best for them to transfer. Programs like the online RN-BSN offer an avenue for work and study. So while working, the Associate Degree Nurse can support him-/herself while also studying towards getting their Bachelor’s Degree.

With this degree, these nurses can further specialize in their field, move up to managerial positions in the hospital or undergo further schooling to become a nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant. The possibilities for career advance is endless, but it all begins with MSJC.

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Staff Photo By Matthew Maitrejean

3D Printing Cont. from Page 1 Of course, while these changes have yet to be decided upon by college officials, it’s worth noting that MSJC currently offers training in 3D printing to any students who might be interested.

Nick Reeves, a professor from MSJC’s Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) department, is looking to expand the current training program to include Maker certified interns that will remain on staff in the library’s printing room.

With help from interns and eventual new hires he hopes to ensure a more welcoming environment to students new to the program.

This means that sometime in the fall semester, students will be able to walk into the library during college hours and receive the training needed to use the printers no matter what their academic focus may be.

“One of the things they really wanted to do is get students interested in building so that we can train more students, get more students involved,” explained Reeves.

“We’ve always thought it would be neat to maybe offer a contest or some kind of campus-wide project.

We’re planning on hiring somebody or maybe a couple of students to be in the lab more frequently and have open hours.”

Until then, any student can email the MSJC MakerSpace department at makerspace(at)msjc(dot)edu to enquire about the training process. After they’ve sent an email, they’ll automatically receive a short quiz, which marks the first step in their training, which they can take repeatedly until they pass.

Once this is done, they’ll be able to get in contact with either Reeves or another certified professor to take a quick face-to-face training course.

Then the student will be certified to use the printers as long as they attend MSJC. These printers and other MakerSpace technology are available to all students attending MSJC no matter whether they study biology, history, art, or any other realm of study, although the reasons for giving universal access tend to differ slightly between the college and CCC Maker. v MSJC originally set its sights on gaining student involvement with the belief that giving students the ability will help them adapt naturally, with minor help from outside sources, as they discover new and creative ways

to apply the technology to their fields of interest.

Although CCC Maker has the same goals of students applying what they learn to their own future endeavors, the means of reaching those goals differs. With this new grant, CCC Maker wants community colleges to build a curriculum around the program to guarantee these students are certified to work with the given technology, and MSJC is more than happy to work with their guidelines, which can only help to improve the department.

With this project-based learning style, students will be given the freedom to use the technology however they see fit, which MSJC and CCC Maker hope will improve the students’ abilities to solve problems and engage in their studies all the more fervently.

“If I can sort of speak for them, they want us, as they go through that proficiency program, to try to develop an entrepreneurial spirit in the students,” said Reeves, referring to the CCC Maker Curriculum. “This is really a part of doing what matters for jobs and the economy.

They want to figure out how community colleges can be engines for jobs.”

They do have requirements to join the FYE program. Students must pass a Guidance 100 class. The purpose of a Guidance 100 class is to provide life management, goal setting, career decision making, educational planning, college opportunities, health and stress management; and teach strategies including note-taking and test taking.

Students who take the guidance class are 30% more likely to continue their college career. Students must also score into a math 60 or higher and English 92 or higher. The program helps prepare those students to get to college level classes faster. Students are also required to participate in two school events.

One of the events has to be a guest speaker. They have four guest speakers this semester and they highly recommend that students participate. They must also speak to their FYE counselor in order to get their student educational plan and

Staff Photo By Kolton Smyth

to talk about what they plan after MSJC. Many students who participated in the program during the last year did say that the program has helped them stay afloat.

Former FYE student and current FYE mentor Belinda Ochanji states, “This is a very good program, I hope the college can sustain it and continue helping out students. I was part of this program the last two semesters… I thought of dropping out so many times, but during my mentoring sessions, my mentor would always encourage me to keep going.”

Ochanji is one of the many students who have benefited greatly from the program.

Student mentor, Jeannette Del Llano, states, “When I started here I wish I had known that this program existed, because I feel like it is an extremely helpful guide throughout your first year.”

In this program they have student mentors talk to a first year student. They do this because many students might be more comfort-

able speaking to someone who has just recently been in their shoes. They are an experienced guide to how to survive your first year of college.

The student mentors have gone through training in order to be able to teach others study skills and stress management, which many people will need at some point in their college career. They email their assigned student to remind them of school events and their responsibilities as FYE students. Additional to the mentors, they have two dedicated counselors that will answer any questions about what they need to do in order to graduate or transfer.

This program only has the success of every college student on its mind. The goal of the FYE program is to increase the amount of college students who transfer and graduate. Although the program has only been at MSJC for one year, they have seen data that shows that they are going the right direction

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Photo Department Challenges Students

By Kolton Smyth Staff Writer At MSJC’s Menifee Valley campus, Keith Hanz, Department Chair and instructor for the photography department gave insight on the Photography Program.

“It’s an impressive facility and it’s equipped really well,” he says.

Hanz designed the program to challenge students to truly think like professional photographers as they dive into fundamental basics; mechanics of cameras, how ISO, aperture, and shutter speed “juggle” together, lighting, and location/studio experience. He has been doing photography since the age of 16 and has been teaching for 22 years.

Students can either get an A.S. in Photography or a Certificate in Photography, which takes up to 3 – 4 semesters to finish the program.

This program gives students world-class digital asset management workflow, as they understand what governs quality and what digital workflow is. They will have experience with professional level tools in locations and studios. Hanz felt like students should understand photography as it exists in industry standard paradigm today, by not wasting time teaching chemistry based photography, which he use to teach here, and get right into digital photography.

Since 2006, he designed the program to go completely digital and even taught the first digital curriculum in 1998.

“The whole design of the program was directly from professional digital

Staff Photo By Kolton Smyth work flow, and the 3 levels of those programs is about understanding every aspect of becoming an industry standard professional.” he said. The department also rents DSLR cameras out to students for projects and upgrade to more equipment as they reach each level of the program.

In the beginning level, students can rent the cameras provided, along with computers in the classroom equipped with Photoshop and Lightroom. “We are demystifying all of the fundamentals that control quality.” Hanz said. He will cover exposure essentials, photographic principles, composition, basic image editing in a pixel based environment, and an introduction to digital asset management raw workflow and raw editing.

In the intermediate level, the cameras are upgraded and students learn more

about the software.

“I teach that in a very formal way.” Hanz said. He teaches the fundamentals of studio lighting, advanced techniques, pixel based editing, and digital workflow.

Then explore portraiture and product table commercial still life photography, which takes them through understanding all the basics of the studio.

In the advanced level, the cameras are upgraded again, along with different lenses, and students get to work in the studio for photo-shoots.

There are also peer competitions so they can work with output training. At the end of every spring and fall semester, the advanced students put together their best work over the course of the term for a showcase, in the studio, for the community to enjoy. Opening reception is Dec. 7, from 5 - 8 P.M. One of the advanced stu-

dents, Mathew Estrada, is very pleased with the whole program. He has been interested in photography for 5 – 6 years and was referred by his work to complete this program. He discussed how it’s easier to use the schools resources and expertise while he’s trying to learn, weather than trying to do it on his own driving all the way to Los Angeles or San Diego, it’s also a smart idea to learn everything you need here at MSJC than paying a lot of money at any other expensive colleges. Overall, he enjoys the whole program and said Hanz is a great teacher.

Because the school has taken all repeatability of curriculum out system wide across the state, Hanz spoke to a lot of students that felt they had a great experience with the facility, but all a sudden they were just out of resources when they finish.

So he built his own studio called, “Pixel River Studio”, for students to rent after they finish the program, which gives the graduates a “bridge” between school and the professional industry, “When I built the studio, the intention was to make it available to students to have a place to ply their craft while they were building a client base.” Hanz said, “I also sponsor the Pixel River Group, which is a group of students that compete in peer competitions and it maintains a network for everybody to kind of be current with their photography and have a network of support from peers.” It’s located south of Hemet, in the hills of Sage.

Hanz became interested in photography in high school, already making money, taking pictures of vintage cars for collectors and did portraits for them too. Af-

ter high school, he attended the University of Illinois, and got his BFA and MFA, at Champaign Urbana. He created several companies for an income during college and had his own lab, developing black and white photography for the community of University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. He also did event photography, but mostly worked in studios as a portrait photographer over the decades. He even is currently earning a second masters degree in educational technology from Boise State University.

Hanz has taught at MSJC for 20 years and at University of Illinois for two years before that, he’s taught digital media and art, but is now focused on the beginning, intermediate, and advanced photography classes.

There is also an online class with Lisa Tucker teaching PHOT-130, history of still photography. “With the intermediate and advanced levels, I think currently with the design of the facility, it’s best delivered face-to-face.

Typically part of the core classes that students tend to wait too long on is, they want to get right into the photography, fall in love with that, and they neglect the 2 other core classes, DIGITAL MEDIA-110 and ART-120.

Sooner you take those, the more relevant they are. If you’re in the advanced level of photography and you take Digital Media110 than it becomes less relevant.”

If students have any other questions, the Instructional Assistant in Studio Management, Melissa Welch is available Tuesday - Thursdays 9 A.M. – 3 P.M. in the photography office, 900 building.

Food Smells Can Affect Your Metabolism Study Shows Relationship Between The Two Factors

By Maryanne Malandrinos Most people are no stranger to the notion that sense of smell can increase your appetite and make the consumption of food more enjoyable. In fact, even some of the fad diets people partake in include wearing nose plugs while eating in order to prevent overindulgence.

But what if there was more to sense of smell than meets the nose? According to recent studies from Berkley, there is. In fact, the ability to smell your food has officially been linked to slowing down your metabolic rate.

During the research, students took one half of a group of test rats’ ability to smell away from them

Photo Courtesy of Pexels

and left the other half ’s sense of smell unaltered.

They then continued to feed both groups of rodents the exact same diet and found surprising results. As it turned out, the group of rats with absolutely no smell perception ended up losing a drastic amount of weight compared to rats in the other test group who gained excessive weight.

For the particular case of the test rats’ smell, the scientists used a form of gene therapy, in which case the diphtheria toxin was used to destroy the olfactory neurons in their noses, neglecting the stem cells.

This allowed for the rats to undergo complete loss of smell, but only for a short span of about three weeks,

Photo Courtesy of Pexels or until the new neurons grew back in.

While their smell was

gone, the rats ate a highfat, high-calorie diet, as did their non-handicapped fully

functional counterparts.

Both test groups consumed the exact same macronutrient ratios and took part in the same level of physical activity, which led the students and professors to believe that their outcomes would be similar. To their surprise however, the two test groups came out to have very different results.

According to author Andrew Dillin, professor of molecular and cell biology, “Sensory systems play a role in metabolism. Weight gain isn’t purely a measure of the calories taken in; it’s also related to how those calories are perceived.”

The test’s outcome indicates a strong connection between the brain’s olfactory system and the area of the brain which regulates the metabolism. Previous studies in the past have also linked human smell loss to weight loss and anorexia.

However, those studies don’t necessarily prove any real connection between the nose and the metabolism

and instead simply suggest that smell is linked to appetite and appetite alone, thus inferring that not being able to smell your food only takes pleasure away from eating, causing you to eat less. But this is really only scratching the surface.

This new discovery could lead to entirely new treatments and prevention tactics for fighting obesity in the near future so long as enough scientists jump on the bandwagon. Gastric sleeves could be a thing of the past for extreme cases of obesity, if the patient is willing to undergo a less invasive surgery to remove smell.

With even more research, scientists could potentially create drugs for patients that block the metabolic circuitry allowing the weight gain to take place, this, of course, being the best case scenario as no surgeries would be involved nor would patients have to sacrifice any of their beloved senses.

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THE TALON, OCTOBER 2017

MSJC’s Calendar Oct. 30 - Haunted Hospital 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Oct. 30 - Haunted Hospital Nursing and Allied Health Building

Nov. 7 - Art Gallery Exhibit: Visualizing Social Change 10.00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m..

Art Gallery Bldg 1400 SJC

Nov. 9 - Mayoral Speaking Event 12:30p.m.

Rom 600 MVC

Nov. 9 - Mayoral Speaking Event 12:30p.m.

Rom 600 MVC

Football vs. San Bernardino Valley College 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM San Jacinto Campus Carl Quandt Stadium

Oct. 31 - World Cinema: The Orphanage Film Sceening 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Room 485 MVC

Nov. 9 - Dream Act Workshops:SJC, MVC, SGP 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM San Jacinto Campus-Rm.112/Menifee Valley Campus-Rm.814/San Gorgonio Pass Campus Eagle Access Center

The Wallflowers at Wilson Creek 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Wilson Creek Winery

Nov. 14 - Babakiuereria Film Screening 12:30 p.m.

Room 416 MVC

Nov. 9 - Art Gallery Exhibit Public Reception & Artist Talk: Visualizing Social Change 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Art Gallery Bldg 1400 SJC

Cal Baptist University Admissions Rep Starts 10:00 AM Menifee Valley Campus-Rm.103

Nov. 4 - Atrs Festival 2:00 - 5:30 p.m.

MVC

Nov. 8 - World Cinema: The Battle of Algiers Film Sceening 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Room 485 MVC

Scholars’ Workshop: SJC - “Using MLA” 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM San Jacinto Campus-Rm.305

Nov. 8 - World Cinema: Sin Nombre Film Sceening 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Room 485 MVC

Anthropology Club Film Series: “Babakiueria” 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Menifee Valley Campus-Rm.416

History Club

SEAL CLUB

Hey there fellow student? Need to talk and debate about ancient Greek civilization? What about the Egyptians? How about even current politics? We here at History Club would like you yes YOU to join today! We discuss everything from B.C. all the way to now and more. We also like to help any student with homework or projects. Join now to get involved in our movie events and other social affairs. Our theme this year is anything spooky so if you love Halloween you’ll love this club!

Every other Thursday Rm. 486

Do you believe in getting active in your school? Getting involved in your local environment?

Oct. 30 - Concert Band Fall Concert 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

SJC Theater

Nov. 5 - Wine Country Music Awards 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Wilson Creek Winery, Temecula

Forensic Speech and Debate The MSJC Forensic Speech and Debate team may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the word "forensics," but just like the forensics in the world of CSI, this team offers one more way to better understand the world, albeit without criminal involvement.

We here at Students for Environmental Action and Leadership want to get students like you to get connected with your local community.

Now is the perfect time to join as the campus is expanding and new students are coming in.

Join us on our many events including, movies, hiking, and even a camping trip during the summer!

Come in and give your ideas for how we can get involved in our campus now!

Every other Thursday Rm. 417

What we do is much sanitary as we focus strictly on speech making and creating strong arguments, hence the "speech and debate" part.

Joining the team not only looks great on resumes and college applications, it will also help you in every aspect of your life whether it be speaking at a wedding or arguing with your family.

If any of this sounds interesting to you contact Ron Newman at rnewman@msjc.edu or join us at one of our meetings in room 479 every Wednesday at 12:30.

The Talon is looking for new members in just about every field of interest!

No matter whether you're a writer, photographer, graphic designer, aspiring businessperson, or just like bossing people around, The Talon has positions open to match.

Not only will taking part in our campus paper look great on a resume and help you prepare for the professional world, but you would also help provide a very important service for the school. Plus, you'll have a ton of fun while doing it!

Communications Club

If you're interested, contact us at MSJCTalon@gmail. com. we meet every Monday at 12:30 in room 479 on the Menifee Valley Campus, and every Tuesday at 12:30 in room 155 on the San Jacinto Campus.

When it comes to Defining MSJC’s DREAMS and Cinematography club, an acronym comes to mind. Digital Design, Radio, Acting, Entertainment, Motion Graphics, Sound, and Cinematography is what this club is all about.

Although just being a small and growing club, there are many members who participate just in the meeting and those who have a great interest that could potentially bring in future opportunities for the student in gaining experience in the different fields that the Acronym of DREAMS can provide.

What is the first rule of Communication Club? You talk about Communication Club! In fact, you talk about literally anything.

The club has many goals toward working and communicating with other clubs in other activities, or even creating small short films.

Do you love hot dogs? Are you a math major? Do you wish our campus had a real Fight Club? If any one of these things does or does not describe you, come on down and join MSJC’s Communication Club where we strive to create a fun environment for people of all interests.

The DREAMS and Cinematography Club meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the Fall Semester from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Room 1008 on the Menifee Campus. The Club also meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the Fall Semester from 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM at Room 407. For those interested, check out for any posters or contact the DreamsandCinematography@gmail.com -President John Thor

No matter who you are, the most important skill you posses is your ability to communicate with others, and we at the Communication Club are here to help you better develop that skill!

No, we don’t teach or discuss communication theory here (unless you want to). We also don’t use the word communication half as much as it’s written here. Instead, our goal is to build relationships through hands on experiences ranging from games and discussions to movie nights and intercultural events.

For many years, Mu Alpha Theta has dedicated themselves to inspiring passion and interest in Mathematics, developing strong scholarship in the subject, and promoting the enjoyment of Mathematics in high school and two-year college students.

We meet up every Tuesday at 12:30pm in the Menifee Campus Comm Lab (Rm. 479). If you can make a meeting every once in awhile, great! And if you can’t, be sure to keep your eyes open for any events we might be hosting!

The organization of Mathematics clubs serves over 108,00 student members in more that 2200 schools in the United States and 20 foreign countries.

This is your life, and it’s ending one minute at a time; so don’t waste another, and join Communication Club!

For more information email us at MSJCcommunication@gmail.com.

Mu Alpha Theta offers more than $300,000 in scholarships, grants, awards, and prizes yearly.

Meetings are held on Fridays at the Menifee Campus in room 453 at 10:30 AM.

Ceramics Club enjoys creating pottery learning about new techniques for glazing, firing and spending time with like-minded friends! During the Art festival, November 4th at 2pm-5:30 pm will be demoing how to throw on the wheel and we will be hand building pottery. Ceramics Club is also having a Holiday Sale, November 15th and 16th from 9 am to 1:30 pm. We will be selling handmade items that MSJC students have created throughout the school year. Please come and join us for some fun with clay and Keep Calm and Throw Things!!

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Fight Syndicate Teaches Self-Defense Classes with MMA

By Beau Deseo There are not many businesses that can boast excellence on a physical level.

Fight Syndicate is a place where all people can gather and learn all sorts of things from defending themselves to how to fight in a cage.

This is a great place to choose simply because of the things people learn in this gym., From the kids classes to those meant for adults, they all truly instill how to fight within their students. Beau King, the owner and 27 year martial arts veteran, has developed his own method for achieving these results. His approach is different.

“While everyone else’s kid is doing a kata or teaching kids drills, my kids are learning how to fight,” King said.

“While learning a kata is not bad, people need to learn practical fighting.”

And this was a true statement because kids as young as 8-10 were throwing each other around and punching each other. Although many places are “good” and can teach martial arts, not all establishments teach children

Staff Photo By Kolton Smyth practical self defense.

In order to fend off an attacker or aggressor, one would have to have knowledge of defending themselves. However, having the knowledge is not enough. It would be like having the answer to a math test but not knowing how to apply it and show your work.

A person who trains in the martial arts needs a proper instructor, one that is willing to teach someone how to attack and how to defend themselves. Fight Syndicate teaches that approach.

According to Fight Syndicate, martial arts is a sport everyone can learn. All it takes to learn anything would

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be the will to continually repeat something. Martial arts is just that, every martial expert was once a beginner.

And they only got better because of the countless hours spent in the gym repeating the same moves and conditioning themselves. ”If you can do this sport, you can do anything,” King

said. “This is the harshest, most competitive sport. If you can fight, you can play baseball, basketball, soccer.

Martial arts conditions your body so well you could do any sport.”

The majority of martial arts experts are extremely conditioned to play any sport great. In many ways,

one would not have to be the best at the sport, but they could play great. In a sense, martial artists can be that one person who is great at every sport but not the best at it.

Martial artists are the “jack of all trades” when it comes to other sports. Most sports are 20 percent physical and 80 percent mental. Martial arts teaches people just that aspect. In many martial arts communities, instructors stress mastery over oneself before the physical aspect.

Beau King, a martial arts veteran and pro fighter, houses a gym that enables people to fight, defend themselves, and increase their life through exercise.

A man who has practiced martial arts since he was 18, stands the testament of time.

He states,” This life is all I have ever known.” Leave it to a professional fighter to teach you how to take care of yourselves. Whether that be building self confidence, building strength, or by teaching you applicable self defense, Beau would teach the skills needed.

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Local Band: Somewhat Ace

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By Kolton Smyth Staff Writer Ethan and Jeremy Kregel are the two front men of the up and coming Southern California indie rock band, Somewhat Ace Band.

The brothers trace their origins to garage and bedroom sessions in their home in French Valley in 2012. Their band name, Somewhat Ace, refers to the fact that it’s OK to not be perfect at things.

Ethan, the eldest at 21 and a MSJC business student, is the duo’s main vocalist, bassist and guitarist, while Jeremy, a 16-year-old high school student, is the band’s drummer and acoustic guitarist. The brothers are tall, eccentric individuals with an artistic flair for music and an affinity for various hair products.

Besides their primary love for music, the brothers also enjoy martial arts, reading Harry Potter books and have even dabbled in other arts like drawing. Their hopes for the future are to continue playing shows,

possibly touring as a band and holistically growing as individuals.

Having been brought up with classic and 80s rock by their parents, the composition of their music can be described as experimental and having a quality of spontaneity, all of which were recorded and edited in their own home. Throughout their process, the instruments the brothers mainly utilize include PRS or Gibson guitars, along with Orange County Drum and Percussion drum sets coupled with Ahead drumsticks.

Their genre is mainly alternative or indie rock, drawing inspiration from bands such as Green Day, Fall Out Boys, Panic! at the Disco and Twenty One Pilots.

Their current album, You in June, exemplifies these elements with their singles “Hell Yeah! Williams,” “Seventeen,” “Irritating,” “Outfits” and “Fall in Front of You.” They execute these songs with an upbeat tempo and that alternative dyna-

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mism. Their music is available through Spotify or their YouTube channel, SomewhatAceBand.

The brothers have actively performed in gigs in Riverside County and Los Angeles. Their first live performance was in Knuckleheads in San Clemente, in 2013.

More recently, the brothers have performed in venues like the Temecula Promenade Mall, the El Ray Theater and Whisky A Go-Go in Los Angeles.

Their dream is to one day perform at the Wembley Stadium in London, a football stadium with a capacity of ninety-thousand. The stadium itself had been a host to several artists and bands, such as Coldplay, Green Day, AC/DC, Madonna, Adele, etc.

The follow-up to their first album, You in June Chapter 2, is in progress. The newest single to their new album, Knots, is available on their YouTube channel.

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Want Poke? Go to Poke Port!!!

By Beau Deseo Everyone offers a presence that makes them unique. Poke Port restaurant in Murrieta is unique in many ways because this is not a regular burger joint or steakhouse or even a Chinese restaurant.

This place has a touch of island cuisine in it. There are no grass skirts or hula women dancing around, but what is around is the beautiful marbling of fish and the steaming hot jasmine rice that is served when you order from the restaurant. This establishment can be compared to Japanese sashimi. It is where the fish is so fresh from the water that you are able to eat the fish raw without cooking it. Although this is technically an Asian oriented culture food, there is also an American touch on this dish.

At Poke Port, you not only have the luxury of ordering a large helping of a Poke Bowl, you also would have the option of a Sushi Taco or something even better called a Sushiritto.

How it works is much like Subway. A person asks you what you want and you are able to tell them what type of fish or what type of rice you would like as a base. The

Restaurant Review next step would be to add the Asian/Pacific islander toppings to this luscious dish.

The wonderful choices of Edamame, Masago, Seaweed salad, and much more make this dish something worth driving to Murrieta for. For the many college students that are health conscious, the food cannot be any more clean than this.

The large bowl comes with such a colossal helping. The start of the bowl is rice, after that, the choice of 7 ounces of fish protein is next. After the fish and rice is through, the next step would be to add delicious toppings and then it is off to the register.

The great thing about this bowl is that it brings a sense

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of culture to the American food industry. And not only is the food good, but it just opened and they are already in booming business.

Sushi on the go? Not a problem. Like fish and rice?

This would be the go to place to be if you wanted something to eat quick and fresh. And not only is this place fresh, the price for a regular priced bowl for a 7oz scooping of fish is around $10, which makes this place a great buy for anyone willing to pay the price for quality, freshness, and service.

Poke Port is located in Murrieta and is right off of the 215 Freeway. It is an ideal choice for college students at Mt. San Jacinto. Although this dish may come as a culture shock to many Americans, the food would be an ideal choice when it comes to eating something new and nutritious for your body.

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October Monthly News Recap Teen girl files claim against police who mistook her for a suspect

-September 5 Tatyana Hargrove a 5-Foot-2 115 pound woman was mistaken for a 25-30 year old black male suspect. “A bald black male, who looked to be 25-30 and weighed 170 pounds, was caught threatening people at a nearby grocery store with a machete.” A Bakersfield police report states. Thinking Hargrove was the suspect, police had gotten into an altercation with her despite her protests insisting she was not. The police officers assaulted her and unleashed a K-9 Unit dog on her. Eventually the police later admitted it was a case of mistaken identity, Hargrove was still charged with assault and aggravating an officer. It was not until the month of August that her charges were dropped. “It changed me.

Very Bad. My friends tell me I am different” a 19 year old Hargrove states. Hargrove is filing a claim against the city of Bakersfield. Neil K. Gehlawat, Hargrove’s attorney, said “This option was the only way they felt they could bring justice in this case” However he continued to state,”Only the district attorney’s office or a U.S. attorney’s office has the ability to punish the officers. However he stated,”there was virtually 0% chance they actually would.

Source: The Washington Post

First boy to receive prescription for medicinal marijuana in the UK has not had a seizure in 300 days

-September 6 An 11 year old Ireland boy named Billy Caldwell, was dying from severe intractable epilepsy . Upon being prescribed cannabis oil, he has not gotten a seizure in 300 days. His condition prevented him from being able to get help through therapy or medication. His mother, Charlotte Caldwell says it “even helped his Autism.” ”Billy used to suffer up to 100 seizures per day, now he has not gotten a single seizure for 300 days.” Ms Caldwell has found a sense of hope. She states,”It is incredible because even one seizure can kill him.” Earlier this year an independent committee was able to set up a “sponsor a bud” program which allows lower income families to obtain a Bud Grant.

Source: Independant News

Woman shoots homeless man because he asked her to move Porsche

-September 12 At 3am on a sidewalk near Nashville’s music row, Gerald Melton was trying to sleep on a sidewalk. The 54 year old homeless male was however disturbed from his sleep and decided to walk over to a car that had been bother him.

Melton states he was “disturbed by fumes and loud music emanating from a white SUV Porsche. Katie Quackenbush, the 26 year old defendant, was the owner of the vehicle. A Tennessee police reports state that there was a “verbal altercation”. Eventually the verbal altercation led to violence.

Quackenbush, an aspiring singer, shot Melton in the stom-

ach twice. Melton is recovering in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. It appears this was not Quackenbush’s first crime. Just before this event happened, she was charged with misdemeanor assault after “striking a woman on the head with a glass”, Nashville police reports say.

Source: Washington Post

Cleveland woman stabs boyfriend after finding him naked on top of her daughter -September 15 A 31 year old male, was stabbed five times in the chest and once in the back of his head. At 2:30 am, he was found naked, on top of his girlfriend’s daughter. A Cleveland police report says a woman went outside of the house asking for help. She cried saying,”her boyfriend tried touching her daughter and she stabbed him,” records go on to say.

The 31 year old male states his girlfriend stabbed him because she thought her 12 year old daughter had developed feelings for him. However both the girlfriend and the daughter of the girlfriend had a different account of what happened. The 12 year old girl stated, ”he touched me under my clothing, and removed my pants.” The girl states the man told her, “this is what it is like in the real world when you have a boyfriend.” just moments before sexually assaulting her. Upon seeing her daughter being victimized, the Cleveland woman grabbed her pocket knife and “in a fit of rage, attacked him.” reports say. During the altercation, “the pair struggled over the knife as they fought. Then the man grabbed the woman by the neck and threw her against the wall.” the report goes on to say. Sometime during the altercation, the 12 year old girl suffered lacerations to her hands. The 12 year old girl is being examined for sexual assault at MetroHealth.

Source: Metro News

Hurricane Maria makes Puerto Rico go months without power

-September 21 Puerto Rico, home to 3.5 million people has been under attack by a Hurricane Maria. Maria now a category 3.

Governor Ricardo Rossello describes the hurricane as “the most devastating storm in a century.” He also stated that Maria also hit the island’s electricity grid so hard, it can take months to repair. “Hurricane Maria is the cause of 10 deaths across the Caribbean. In Puerto Rico, one man died after being struck by a board.” writes the BBC. There are many hardships that the people of Puerto Rico will face, and only time will let tell when the people of Puerto Rico get their power back. Despite the harsh circumstance people are just happy to have survived. Juan Romero, a resident of Puerto Rico, states,”All I own is the clothes I am wearing.” Despite these harsh circumstances the people will be living okay.

Source: Business Insider

Japan accepts 3 refugees despite 8,561 applicants

-October 3 Japan, a well isolated country, but a powerhouse on its own, has accepted 3 refugee applicants despite a colossal number of applicants. Last year, although there were 3,000 less applicants, Japan only allowed 4 to enter, according to The Japan Times. Many nations including the United States of America, and most of Europe allow Syrian refugees to come in. This has been common knowledge throughout the world at this point. However while these nations are letting people in, Japan has remained unwelcoming. Yasuhiro Hishida, an official who works for the Justice ministry in japan, reviews incoming applications. He states,”There appears to be an increase in the number of people who are abusing the refugee status process.” To back up his statement, there are many Japanese people who feel the same.

Source: Japan Times

A 22 year old criminology student falsely cries rape at a taxi driver, is jailed for 16 months Japanese woman dies from over-September 19 Sophie Pointon, a 22 year old college student falsely accuses work after logging in 159 hours of a taxi driver of rape. Kate Bisset, prosecuting, said,”The overtime driver was interviewed and he recalled Pointon being extremely drunk when she got into the vehicle.” He continued to say that she “became abusive and started to open the door.” A “recording of the conversation between the driver and a phone operator at his taxi office supported his account.” records say. Pointon broke down into tears and asked if she could drop the charges when police challenged her account. Eventually she pleaded guilty to perverting justice, a report states. Pointon had caused the driver much stress. He was a father of 5 and was not able to work for 4 weeks because of the incident. Pointon states,”My hopes of becoming a police officer are ruined.” Upon giving Pointon a guilty verdict, judge Christopher Batty says,”Your malicious complaint has done a huge disservice to those seeking justice through the police and the courts.”

Source: Yahoo News UK

-October 5 Miwa Sado, a Japanese reporter, logged in 159 hours of overtime and took only two days off in the month leading up to her death. She worked at Japan’s public broadcasting station, NHK. A labour standards office in Japan states her death was due to “karoshi” meaning death from overworking. Sado, died of heart failure July 2013. Sado’s death is expected to put more pressure on Japanese authorities to address “karoshi”. The case was only made public when her superior from NHK decided to announce it. Japan has been facing multiple cases of “karoshi”, Sado was not the first. According to Japanese statistics, Japanese employees work longer than their U.S or European counterparts. The Japanese employees used, on average, 8.8 days of their annual leave. Sado, covered the Tokyo metropolitan assembly elections, she died just 3 days after that.

Source: The Guardian

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Football Team Seeks Improvement

By Fidel Villalobos The Eagle football team is playing well with a record of 3-4 and hungry for more wins as their season continues. They average a score of 28 points per game and also average more total yardage than their opponents. Their success can be traced back to head coach Casey Mazzotta and the knowledge, insight and influence he bestows upon his players.

Coach Mazzotta was asked about the current status of his team, the players, and the rest of their season.

He believes winning the season opener gave them a good start to the season.

Having a winning record in nonconference play is also important to him, as it shows the team can play in any situation. He strongly states, “Our best football is definitely yet to come”. In order to continuously win games, Coach Mazzotta believes his team must simply

improve all around. There is always room for improvement and he believes his team has the potential to get better on the field in all aspects. Once they keep practicing, and their hard work carries over into the games, the Eagles will continue winning.

Last season, our Eagles had a rough year finishing 3-7. This season, they have already matched the amount of wins as the previous season and look to continue that trend. Coach Mazzotta has identified the differences from last season, explaining how his team is much more older than last year. There are many sophomores on the team who are used to his system and style of coaching, and having this knowledge helps tremendously on the field. He pointed out how the team is more experienced and have had major improvements in many positions, specifically the Quarterback and Offensive

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Photo Courtesy of MSJC Athletics Department Line positions. Coach Maz- been good. There have been zotta believes this growth the ups and downs over the will have a positive effect on years. But our main goal is the team. This growth, along to focus on the student athwith a tremendous will to letes, both on and off the win, is what Mazzotta be- field. We want them to be lieves will lead the team to great student athletes here 1st place in the American but also in their future at Mountain League. He stated other schools. So that’s our that his team has a strong main goal and I think we’ve will to win and their prepara- done a pretty good job over tion is what makes the group the years of accomplishing of players a great team. that for the students”.

This season marks MazAdditionally, Mazzotzotta’s 11th year as the head ta praises the future of his coach at MSJC. He describes team and encourages any his experience as, “Good. It’s students who are interested

in being a part of it. He says that being on the team, “... is a great place to be. Having the opportunity to play on a team even on this level doesn’t come very often.

There’s a great atmosphere here and I would encourage anyone to be a part of that”.

Will you be the next person to be a part of that atmosphere, and work with Coach Mazzotta to bring success to the MSJC Eagles?

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A Look into Basketball History

Staff Photo By Kolton Smyth By: Theodore J. Karavitis The history of basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by Canadian physical education professor James Naismith. It was created as an alternative to far more injury-prone sports like American football (College Level) & Professional football which originated in 1920 when the realization of monetary wealth could be achieved through private enterprise, otherwise known as business franchises.

In 1946, the National Basketball Association (NBA) was established. This became a multibillion dollar enterprise by the end of 20th Century. At this point, the game evolved into a global jackpot for major countries, and in 1961, the Olympic Committee gave it the recognition that’s kept the sport strong to this very day.

The Game of Basketball requires great skills, agility, coordination, timing, endurance, and most importantly, the ability to jump and push your opponent in order to either establish a better position or get to the other side.

Once played, it becomes a relatively simple game, but is still predominantly played and controlled by a specific set of rules.

Most people understand that the game is played with a round ball which players dribble, pass, rebound, steal, and finally, shoot into a circular metal object known as a rim which is connected to a large square glass backboard attached to a 10-foot pole. The game is played on a 90x45 foot wide wooden floor known worldwide as a basketball court.

When dribbling the ball, according to the rules, you must use your fingers to bounce

the ball up and down. Even though by rotating the palm of your hand you establish far greater control of the ball, this is actually a major violation known as carrying over or palming the ball.

When a player dribbles and suddenly stops, he cannot continue. He may rotate one foot of his choice (his pivot foot) but must keep the ball at that spot. If he moves it again, he has committed a violation called traveling. If he takes more than one step without dribbling, he, again, has traveled. Evidence of these regulations is always visible to the naked eye by simply turning on your T.V. set.

Never forget the numerical dimensions of the court that limit even the best of athletes.

Why? Because basketball is not track and field. Every player’s athletic skills are restricted due to the lack of square footage of the court they play on, otherwise why dribble at all? Pushing the ball in front of you without

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control takes less than five seconds when running at full speed. For a track star who happens to play basketball, it could take even less time. A player must have legal control over the basketball under the rules it was designed for. Does dribbling become obsolete?

Shouldn’t there be substance behind the rules, or should absences of honesty be the standard mandate.

Irregardless of one’s opinion to the generational change and subsequent alteration to the rulebook, the visual evidence is virtually undeniable. To all basketball enthusiasts, watch a taped 1970’s basketball game and then watch a modern day game; the difference will be shocking!

In the games of the 1970’s, the referees called an average of 20 to 30 fundamental violations (traveling 3 seconds in the lane, carrying over, etc.). In today’s game they call far less violations, and most importantly, the

ones they do call out are called incorrectly since the rulebook no longer applies. Even today players become irate at the level of incompetence resonating from many referees.

The day of Wilt Chamberlain (who scored 100 points in one game and averaged 50.4 points per game in a 1981 game schedule) are long gone. By the same token so are the accomplishments of Bill Russell (11 world titles in 13 years), Oscar Robertson (who averaged a triple-double for 81 games), and many other greats who played by the rules.

Did they face inferior competition? Possibly.

But their athleticism was also limited by the rulebook.

Now we must ask ourselves the question at hand. Why do today’s professional players carry the ball over with their entire hand?

Why do they take two to three steps sometimes four and even five when dribbling to the basket for a shot without dribbling at all? They travel, carry over, and shatter every fundamental rule ever written before millions of spectators who pay large amounts of hard earned money to enjoy an exciting action packed event. Why? Entertainment!

Entertainment! Entertainment!

The greatest basketball entertainers were the immortal Harlem Globetrotters. The greatest athletes of their time gave the people enjoyment without the pretense of legitimacy towards the rule book. They were a sight to see and a joy to remember.

Referees have discontinued enforcing the rules for reasons beyond the grasp of our comprehension. The answer lies with the multibillion dollar enterprise that grows larger every day and will continue to grow in the name of the almighty dollar. Apocryphal or not truth, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

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Faculty Spotlight: Thoughts on Academic Freedom

By James Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies As anyone who attends to higher education news has heard, a string of professors have recently come under fire for making statements regarded as controversial.

Such cases aren’t exactly new, however.

My alma mater, the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, rescinded a job offer made to Steven Salaita in 2014 after he posted Tweets critical of Israel’s bombing of Gaza – a military bombardment that prompted a UN Human Rights Council investigation. During the US war on Vietnam, oft-cited foreign policy critic Michael Parenti was ousted from his teaching position at the University of Vermont after voicing opposition to the war.

extraordinary circumstances, was that it provided the sort of job security and workplace safeguards necessary to support educators’ unimpeded research, unobstructed on-campus pedagogy, and untrammeled extramural expression.

But today, based on the AAUP’s 2011 “Trends in Instructional Staff Employment Status” report, some 70 percent of all higher education faculty are employed at-will, off the tenure track and often on low-wage per-semester contracts.

As Don Eron writes in “The Case for Instructor Tenure,” a chapter in the book “Equality for Contingent Faculty,” the war on tenure – in effect a war on (most) professors – “has been a triumph for administrators, who can now exercise unprecedented control over faculties...”

More recently, ostensibly on the other end of the political spectrum, and geographically closer to us here in Southern California, a UCLA instructor, Keith A. Fink, reportedly received a letter from his interim dean letting him know three days before his contract was set to expire that he would not be rehired. Based on an in-class observation and formal review, the administration claimed his teaching was inadequate; his student evaluations, in contrast, were overwhelmingly positive. Ironically, Fink, a part-time lecturer, had been teaching a popular course on campus free speech.

The fact part-time faculty can be fired at will – or, rather, just simply not rehired the next semester at the discretion of deans and department chairs – creates a precarious position for much of the professoriate. It’s not that some contingent faculty won’t teach and express themselves freely despite the dangers. Nor is it that some might feel free to do so without repercussion, perhaps owing to sympathetic department chairs or deans or schools which consciously champion professors’ free speech even as the employment relations they help reproduce subtly squelches that speech.

What should be apparent is that, when it comes to professors, a crucial aspect of the debate about free speech has to do with the principle of academic freedom. I want to argue that not only is academic freedom essential for higher education and for the communities it influences and which are influenced by it. I also want to suggest there is an academic freedom deficit on most college campuses today. The reasons for this have just as much to do with the political economy of higher education as with the political or cultural milieu. What is more, I want to suggest that defending academic freedom today demands extending the kind of workplace freedoms historically enjoyed by faculty beyond the confines of college campuses.

Without tenure and lacking even a modicum of job security, the new instructor underclass to which this writer belongs can more easily lose her or his employment for exercising academic freedom. Adjuncts only make between $500 and $700 per course per five-month semester usually – as is the case at MSJC – without employer-provided health insurance or any other benefits. So losing even a low-wage teaching gig can mean the difference between paying your bills on time and living out of that old jalopy many instructors drive from campus to campus.

In Defense of Academic Freedom The American Association of University Professors put forward the seminal “Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure” in 1915. The AAUP committee which authored the report identified the freedom of inquiry and research, the freedom of teaching and the freedom of instructor speech outside the classroom as the three key elements of academic freedom.

The necessity of ensuring each “is most clearly perceived in the light of the purposes for which universities – and we should add all colleges to the mix – exist.”

Another mission central to higher education, providing students instruction, tends to require students have confidence in a professor’s “intellectual integrity.” The report appropriately added that if a “student has reason to believe that the instructor is not true to himself, the virtue of the instruction as an educative force is incalculably diminished.”

Academic freedom in the classroom is thus necessary to ensure a professor can express herself or himself honestly, earnestly and without fear of retribution should he or she challenge a popular position or perhaps even make students uncomfortable by prompting them to question their own previously unexamined assumptions.

Academic Freedom Imperiled So while an argument can still easily be made for the preservation of academic freedom, perhaps an even stronger argument can be made for the claim that there is a lack of academic freedom at present for most faculty at colleges and universities across the country.

In that AAUP report more than a century ago, one of the specified long-time justifications for instructor tenure, referring to the protected practice of indefinite appointment for faculty which could be terminated only under

Advancing dissident views and challenging students in provocative ways favorable to the production of new knowledge is not something many of adjuncts – especially those with families to feed – can chance doing should negative student evaluations indirectly influence whether one can pay rent after the semester ends. Moreover, the dominant business model operation of higher education effectively converts full-time professors into relatively privileged managerial staff tasked with disciplining, hiring and firing part-time underlings. The two-tiered system of faculty haves and have-nots erects a workplace hierarchy which introduces power dynamics into the interpersonal relationships of fellow educators in the academic workplace.

Aspiring academics, desperate to escape the difficulties of adjunct life, are also less likely to attempt creative or otherwise heterodox approaches lest they make waves.

Going against the grain could hurt their chances of landing one of those ever-elusive full-time positions most of us, statistically speaking, will never get anyway, unless the fledgling movement fighting for the changes needed to save post-secondary education achieves far greater success.

It’s not only that full-time faculty at community colleges and tenured faculty at universities don’t have to think much about the lack of freedom afflicting their precariously employed counterparts. It’s also that few of us, were we in those privileged positions, would want to think much about a two-tiered system operating in part because we remain complicit in exchange for the far-above-average pay and autonomy the select few of us enjoy at the expense of the easily disposable associate faculty paid far less for the same work. We would want to put our role in reproducing faculty apartheid and the resulting war on academic freedom out of sight and out of mind.

Democracy and Education Today: For an Academic Freedom which is Not Just Academic What I want to suggest is that to start transcending the two-tiered system and to best foster the kind of vibrant, democratic society endangered by an educational system

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reflecting both faculty exploitation and its consequence as well as its handmaiden, the academic freedom deficit.

As Richard Moser writes in “Organizing the New Faculty Majority,” another chapter in the aforementioned book “Equality for Contingent Faculty,” campus can be “an ideal incubator” for the theory and practice of participatory – and, I should add, economic – democracy. Theorizing and struggling for the democratization of higher education can pre-figure democratization of socioeconomic life outside the Ivory Tower. This might entail thinking through what it would take to ensure all faculty and students can exercise the power to individually and collectively make the decisions that most affect them at a school, and it probably involves pushing for greater control over a college’s funds by the students and faculty who do not currently run the college but do make the college run.

John Dewey, perhaps the best known philosopher of education, cautioned in his 1916 book, “Democracy and Education,” against any education in which “existing economic conditions and standards will be accepted as final.”

If a primary purpose of education is to learn how to identify and overcome society’s shortcomings, as Dewey suggests, then our education should aim to address illegitimate deficits in democracy, “not to perpetuate them.”

Dewey, who founded the AAUP in 1915, the same year the organization released its academic freedom declaration, also argued in “Democracy and Education” that the majority of the population is denied the opportunity to work “freely and intelligently,” and instead is coerced into laboring “for the sake of the wage earned.”

And while schools “cannot immediately escape from the ideals set by prior social conditions,” Dewey argued education “should contribute through the type of intellectual and emotional disposition which it forms to the improvement of those conditions.”

With respect to the present-day context, Moser emphasized the student-teacher relationship as being pivotal for advancing campus democracy and for cultivating those sensibilities for fuller freedom.

Students and teachers also have a relationship which foregrounds the inextricable links between academic freedom, campus democracy and quality education because, Moser reminds us, “teachers’ working conditions are equivalent to the conditions under which students learn.”

If academic freedom is to be recovered, and if the twotiered – in truth, multi-tiered – complex of anti-democratic academic labor is to be abolished, the movement for freedom cannot remain simply, well, academic. Part-time instructors, faculty unions and collegiate associations must build bonds of solidarity with the college staff, with campus service workers and with the broader community of which students are always already a crucial part.

Many college students work while they attend school.

The precarious working conditions which have come to characterize higher education over the last 30 or so years really reflect troubling socioeconomic trends extending far beyond the classroom. According to the Census Bureau, more young adults today have college degrees than did young adults in 1980, but there are also more young adults today living in poverty than there were among their parents’ generation three decades ago. That no doubt affects students’ learning conditions, which, considering the other side of the equation noted above, are also teachers’ working conditions.

Saving and restoring academic freedom today demands understanding the evolution of the special role higher education occupies in society – a unique role first identified by the AAUP way back in 1915. That special role, in light of our altered historical circumstances some 100 years later, now compels us to free the principles and practices of freedoms historically reserved for college professors, widening their scope in order to free education and society.

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Sharks Predict Weather Patterns

By Noah Colome Shark Columnist Hurricane Irma is the single most destructive hurricane to hit the east coast of mainland America in recorded history and the torrential rain pour, high winds, and ocean storm surges don’t effect just land-dwellers. The hurricanes force and rapidly changing environment can have a devastating effect on marine life. Sharks off of the Florida coast have all but disappeared during the aftermath of the hurricane season.

Sharks can actually predict weather patterns before they occur. They have a sense known as lateral line which allows them to detect small changes in pressure throughout their environment. This is accomplished via a small row of pores situated along the sides of the predator that run into dual fluid filled canals within its body. Sharks generally use this sense to determine the location of wounded prey.

Dr. Lauren Smith of Aberdeen university studies sharks reactions to these subtle pressure changes. She found that when air pressure is adjusted, a shark will dramatically change its behavior, stating, “I paid particular attention to the inner ear of the shark. A deflection of hair cells in the inner

ear occurs when exposed to changes in barometric pressuer. This then relays impulses to the brain which may result in the subsequent behaviour changes.”

Mote Marine laboratory was studying juvenile blacktip sharks in 2001 at terra Ceia bay. Juvenile sharks commonly stay in their shallow nurseries evading predators and consuming the abundant food sources there. Yet, as the storm approached and barometric pressure decreased, the young sharks ventured to the depths to avoid the ravaging effects on the shallow waters.

Dr. Smith continued to state: “The juveniles inhabit super shallow nursery environments. If a storm was hitting, this creates considerable surface chop and tidal surges so they would be really flailing around in there, hence its possible that they are effectively deciding that to be trapped in a shallow area in a storm is worse than risking the deeper potentially predator patrolled water.”

Less shark attacks are reported when storm activity is higher in any particular season. 2004 was a high storm activity year for residents of Florida, and with the increased storm activity, only 12 attacks were reported, in contrast to the previous year and average of 30.

Books: Read the House Down

By Jamee Renee Staff Writer To say that these past couple months have been troublesome would be the understatement of the century. Throughout all of the recent happenings in the U.S. and its territories, the added stress of midterms and pop quizzes has only worsened our states of mind as students. Now, I am aware that words on the page of a college newspaper cannot weaken an exasperating school workload. I do believe, however, that the words and stories of a good novel can do wonders for the anxious mind. In an effort to help you unwind, I’ve compiled a list of 5 novels that have effectively taken my mind away to a world where tweets and midterms mean nothing. The only thing that matters is the importance one places on the words in front of them, and so I urge you to relax and read a book that is guaranteed to ease your mind.

Staff Photo by Jamiee Renee The Supernaturalist

by Eoin Colfer Some may say this book is for children because it can be found in many grade school libraries, but that should never be an indicator of the novel’s worth. In the novel, Colfer describes a dystopian world where orphaned children are test subjects for the government and invisible parasites

appear to be killing off the citizens of Satellite City. The Supernaturalist is definitely a quick read at about 260 pages, but I guarantee you’ll feel compelled to keep up with the plot’s constant twisting and turning.

Staff Photo by Jamiee Renee Scat by Carl Hiaasen Carl Hiaasen’s novel Scat is probably the most interesting mystery novel I have ever read. Duo Nick and Marta take it upon themselves to find their teacher who never returned from their field trip to the Black Vine Swamp, all while trying to stop a huge corporation from destroying the whole swamp altogether.

Oh, and there’s also a panther who doesn’t seem too happy with the kids and the swamp changes. While the page count may be longer at 371 pages, it is entirely possible (I absolutely did) to read t h e novel in o n e sitting.

Staff Photo by Jamiee Renee “Who Could That Be at This Hour?” by Lemony Snicket If you have

not read or even heard of Lemony Snicket’s other series A Series of Unfortunate Events, I can assure you that you are missing out. Snicket’s distinctive writing style incorporates elements of gothic literature, mystery, humor, and so much more.

In this particular novel, the sense of mystery, and maybe even fright, that readers of his previous series will remember is still alive and well. The protagonist, Lemony Snicket, goes on missions and adventures that ultimately allow the reader to continue living in the world that Snicket created so wonderfully in his first series and will have you flying through Who Could That Be at This Hour?.

Staff Photo by Jamiee Renee The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan I do have to warn you that this book is made up entirely of poems from different perspectives. I do not actually like poetry, but after reading this I had to add it to my list of favorites. It is not easy to find a book that incorporates so many different themes and events without confusing readers beyond belief. The varying perspectives of the characters allow you to emotionally connect to each and every one of

them. Levithan does not give his characters unrealistic expectations to live up to and simply writes them as if they were friends of his.

Staff Photo by Jamiee Renee One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus Five people walk into detention, but only four walk out. Basically, The Breakfast Club meets a murder mystery.

I was a little apprehensive about this one because I thought it was all going to be very cliche. While the elements were there, I was still pleasantly surprised when I could not solve the mystery until near the end. McManus plays on high school stereotypes and deconstructs some of the cliches that most people are expecting from a high school novel while still managing to keep her readers enthralled from start to finish. Yet another novel that is around 300 pages but reads pretty quickly.

So there you have it folks, a short list of books that I find intriguing and or entertaining . If you liked this list and want to see more like it or think I should never be allowed to make a list like this again, let us know @ msjctalon on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!

October Netflix Must See Films

By Christopher Melondranos Staff Writer Bone Tomahawk (2015) - Do you like westerns? Do you like horror? Well, if you said “no” to either one of these questions, then Bone Tomahawk might actually be your type of movie. While it may be both a western and a horror film, it goes about both genres in a way that engages the viewer’s curiosity without sacrificing any characters, figuratively speaking (there are a few literal sacrifices involved). After a horde of cannibals kidnap two citizens from a small town in the old west, a band of men sets out to find their lair by way of suspenseful rescue mission. Unlike many horror movies, we get to spend plenty of time with the characters as they trek through the desert in almost a Star Trek-esque fashion, making this film. which stars Kurt Russell and Patrick Wilson, unique in the way we actually get to know these characters as opposed to them simply being used to drive the plot forward. Just be sure to close your eyes towards the end of the movie if you happen to be a little squeamish. Stream it on Amazon Prime.

Channel Zero: No-End House (2017) Over the last few years, Syfy network has really started to step up their game, and

their creepypasta-based anthology series, Channel Zero, is a perfect example of their newfound quality. For the show’s six-episode second season, we get to follow a group of twenty-somethings into a mysterious house that periodically appears in different places around the world. The only problem is that once people go in, they almost never find their way back out. The show offers a much more surreal trip than one might expect from a creepy house scenario as it features everything from standard murder to alternate realities. Most refreshing of all though, is that Channel Zero: No-End House offers up a premise that definitely stands apart from the norms that plague the horror genre while giving us a new take on what happens when we hold on too firmly to our memories, which is where I’ll stop before too much is given away. Beware the cannibals! Stream it on Syfy On Demand.

Devil’s Candy (2015) - Now, I’ll be honest, The Devil’s Candy not only has a fairly average sounding title, but upon first glance, it also has what appears to be a fairly average plot. Old people die in a “demon possessed” home and a new family moves in before the dad becomes a part of the house’s game.

Very Amityville Horror. However, while this may sound like a story you’ve seen on-screen a hundred times over, writer and director Sean Byrne plays it out through a heavy metal lense, giving us a fresh take on what it means to get in touch with your dark side.

The Devil’s Candy follows the family of a struggling painter as he fights to keep his daughter safe from a deranged child-stalker in a red track suit while keeping his own demons at bay through his work. While I can’t say if this movie will be an instant classic anytime soon, it’s definitely worth a watch if you’re a fan of the genre. Stream it on Net-

flix.

The Invitation (2015) - Karyn Kusama directs what is probably one of the more thoughtful movies on this list. The Invitation shows us a couple who has lost their son as they attend a friend’s dinner party in what used to be their house. Things play out as almost more of a drama throughout the first two acts, but a strong tension is present throughout the film the more we get to know about their hosts, another couple that just returned from a cult-ish seminar to help them cope with their own demons while simultaneously finding new ones. The movie takes us into the world of grief and depression and, while it definitely has a strong emotional pull, it does so without sacrificing the thrills and anxiety needed in any good horror film. Stream it on Netflix.

Funny Games (2007) - This is almost a shot-for-shot American remake of a 1997 Austrian film of the same name with the same director, but just to be clear, this is not a bad thing. What makes Funny Games so unique is the way it takes on the genre tropes we’ve all come to expect when watching standard thrillers. The two antagonists continually give playful nods towards their actions by actually talking to the camera, thus subverting the genre as well as many of our expectations. The movie, which stars Naomi Watts and Michael Pitt, could maybe best be described as the thriller cousin to Scream in its self-awareness and bounciness. Throughout the film the audience is left guessing the next move of our two perpetrators as they break into a middle-class family’s house and torture them both physically and psychologically. Every time we think we’re about to enter familiar territory the characters manage to turn the tables. If anything, the movie could almost be seen as predictable in the

way it does the opposite of what we’re used to, but this could only be a good thing. All in all, Funny Games is well worth a visit for anyone looking for a change in their diet.

Bonus: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015) - OK, so maybe this isn’t quite a horror series, but it still sort of covers the horrors of everyday life, and much more cleverly than the title might lead you to expect. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is a musical comedy series starring Rachel Bloom which follows a girl, Rebecca, who moves to West Covina to follow a guy she once had a summer fling with, although she is constantly finding ways to justify her actions. The show has a very tightly woven plot with jokes and story arcs that literally span seasons, and it does all of this while featuring at least two new songs per episode. But don’t think that you need to be a fan of musicals to appreciate the series as each season takes us into a different part of the post-breakup process, albeit through the lens of our slightly unstable but totally lovable star and her equally fun castmates.

While it may not fall into the October lineup, it’s third season just premiered on the CW and really should be watched by everybody because it’s just that good. Stream previous seasons on Netflix.

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TERROR FROM THE SEA! Mt. San Jacinto Mayhem Written by: Chris Malandrinos

Illustration by Matt Rittgarm Mt. San Jacinto College buzzed with anxiety as students tried to get in gear for the new semester. It was a dangerous place for the feral grey kitten roaming around, darting in and out of the bushes that surrounded the 600 building, an easy place to get stepped on.

But it wasn’t just the sudden downpour of odors and big feet that had her on edge today.

There was a deeper sense of something looming over her, like the feeling she had when a thunderstorm was approaching or when she got too close to the students smoking in the bathroom. And even stranger still was the gentle scent of fish that had lured her onto the campus in the first place.

Just then, a girl’s scream rang out from the grass across from her, scaring her back into the bushes.

“Awww! Jeremy, it ran away! Hey kitty, kitty!

It’s OK,” a girl yelled from the grass where she sat with her brother. “Come back! You don’t have to be lonely!”

Jeremy was a passionate user of FarmersOnly. com, and as the website’s themesong took hold of his mind, his attention was drawn away from the strange pink flowers he saw glistening from the inside of the rain gutter. Were those vines there yesterday? Are they moving? Why do they smell like fresh fish? But within seconds these questions were wiped from his mind as memories of one night stands he’d had flooded his mind.

Somehow no matter how used he felt, no matter how many times those cattle-prodding women left him in the middle of the night, he still believed that farmers were the only solution to his loneliness.

Jeremy had a lot of baggage, and as he stared into the void, his sister decided to investigate the slimy, pink sewer flowers that had distracted her from the kitten in the bushes.

Meanwhile, in room 418, Jennifer scrolled through Twitter as her history professor rambled on about a syllabus or something. President Dinkleberg was tweeting about the “radical eco-terrorist attacks” along the California coast that had taken place just a few months earlier.

After the military quarantined the beaches, everything had calmed down, but nevertheless, America’s leader had to boast about the new wall he was building along the California border to keep the heartland safe from extremist liberals.

Politics were boring though, so Jennifer was more than happy when the fire alarms went off breaking the day’s monotony. It wasn’t until a few seconds later that the students in the room realized that this was not a drill.

Within moments, distant screams could be distinguished within the breaks of the siren.

Every few seconds, a student would run past the window with confused panic plastered on their face. Slowly, Jennifer approached the window, other students following close behind, but before she reached it, the power went out. Panicked screams filled the air outside the door. Shakira’s “She Wolf ” could be heard softly streaming from a young man’s headphones directly behind her.

A girl raced by crying with some kind of green rope tethered around her hand, followed directly by a young man who could have easily been her brother; but before he could get past the window, he collapsed onto the ground in a fit of convulsions, his bottom half obscured by the window-blinds.

The students inside the room gasped as the boy lied face-up, his body vibrating at speeds Jennifer didn’t think possible when, out of nowhere, he stopped, just laying there.

Jennifer gazed upon the body in horror, unsure of whether he was dead or just unconscious.

“Look! HIs eye is moving,” the professor pointed out. “We should help him!”

But nobody moved; they simply stared on as the boy’s right eye twitched and quivered and rolled and jerked, and before it finally occurred to them that the movement wasn’t caused by muscle spasms, but rather by some external force, his eye jumped out of its socket and rolled down his shoulder onto the glimmering cement making

Illustration by Matt Rittgarm way for a fabulous pink blossom.

“ERIIHFIN!” exclaimed Jennifer as dark green vines enveloped the boy’s bloodied, mangled, mass of a face.

The students continued to gaze on in horror and awe when Jennifer noticed the same vines subtly creeping in under the door and decided that it was time for her to leave.

Quickly, she ripped the door open and bolted into what used to be a hallway but had now transformed into a steamy, fish scented rainforest.

And this time, the rich fragrance wasn’t coming from the restrooms.

This couldn’t be another terrorist thing; these were plants! Plants can’t be extremists, or at least Jennifer didn’t think so, but then again, science was totally not her strongest subject.

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As she escaped through the hallway she turned back to see her classmates still trapped at the door. One student attempted to crawl away as bloodsoaked vines wound themselves around his neck and forced themselves into his nostrils. Part of Jennifer wanted to turn back to help him, but the other part calmly reminded her that he wasn’t even that cute, leading her to turn back toward the open exit. However, just as she started to run out to the school center, she discovered that one of the plants had encased her foot, tying her to the ground.

Without a second thought, she ripped the shoe away and darted into the open space to find, much to her relief, that the pathway to the parking lot was almost untouched.

“Jennifer! Hey!” a voice called out from near the Cafe.

She turned to notice one of her friends from the previous semester running toward her. She tried to remember the girl’s name so as not to create an awkward situation when she offered to give her a ride. At first she remembered it being something like Heather or Maryanne, but then she wondered if she was just being racist by picking such stereotypically white names. She certainly didn’t want to offend the poor girl, but before she even had the chance, the ground buckled beneath the white girl’s feet and knocked her to the ground.

Jennifer rushed to help the girl up, but was still at least a good 30 yards away. In a mad frenzy, Molly or Madeline or Whatever attempted to stand back up, clearly terrified that the vines were going to eat her, but in a shocking turn of events, it wasn’t the vines at all.

Suddenly, without warning, the ground collapsed behind the girl, forming an almost perfect circle. Jennifer stopped dead in her tracks as she watched her friend fight back whilst some unseen foe tried to drag her into the cavern below. [Text Wrapping Break]Slowly, but surely, whatever was down there pulled her in, first her legs, then her waist, then her torso and head, then, out of nowhere, her body parts were sprayed back out of the crevice like a fleshy geiser, shortly followed by what appeared to be a giant sand crab as big as a large dog.

Tears rolled from Jennifer’s eyes as she watched a girl who had never harmed anything disappear from existence, a hideous crab monster now wearing her glittery necklace with the word “PRINCESS” engraved on the pendant’ but before she had time to contemplate its tackiness, gaping holes were opening up all over the ground to the point where the entire campus appeared to be heaving in and out.

Terrified of what lied beneath, Jennifer rushed out toward her car, dodging newly formed sinkholes and slamming one smaller crab with her backpack as it lunged in front of her.

By the time she ran up to her car, the vine-covered school began crumbling to the ground. As she reached for her keys, the campus had given way to dozens of crabs, even bigger than before, topped with green seamen. As she struggled to pull out, she could see the once beautiful city of Menifee being leveled as seamen blew holes in buildings and brought bridges to the ground. And as Jennifer drove away in the only direction that seemed safe, a small grey kitten sat in a tree, untouched, unharmed, wondering how she was going to get back down.

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2)I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken. What am I? 3)Most people need it, some ask for it, some give it, but almost nobody takes it. What am I? 4)I turn around once, what is out will not get in. I turn around again, what is in will not get out. What am I? 5)It weighs next to nothing but no one can hold it for too long. What is it?

6)What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

7)People always ask for me, even though they don't like to face it. What am I? Say the following: roast, boast, coast, post. What do you put in a toaster?

6) A deck of cards

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5. Those who are employed at a school or a institution.

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8. Type of study or career that deals with science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

10. Athletic competition involving competitors from a particular region.

Down 1. A destructive feeling fueled by prejudice.

2. I’d be in the gym working on my ___.

3. A political status of a state that allows a safehaven for immigrants.

4. The plant that created the paper that the declaration of independence was written on.

6. Plural homonym for the letter I. 9. This attacker accounts for about 5-10 deaths a year.

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