The Seminole Scribe issue 2

THE SEMINOLE SCRIBE

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NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

Safety in the Palm of Your Hand

by Chris DeClou

Seminole State College is the first college in Florida to offer a personal safety app to students and faculty alike.

On September 22nd Seminole State College introduced a new personal safety app called the Lifeline Response Enterprise for all enrolled students and members of the faculty.

SSC launched this app for the community and for their students to feel safe on or off campus.

The app is available for use 24/7 and is meant for emergencies only. 911 will be able to pinpoint the location of those in an emergency and assist them in the appropriate manner.

In an interview with Jay Davis, Dr. Dick Hamann, vice president of Information Technology, said “The safety of the Seminole State community is our top priority, and we’re proud to partner with Lifeline response to offer protection and peace of mind,” says Dr. Dick Hamann, vice president of Information Technology.

All enrolled Seminole State College students have an account already set up for them. All that is needed is E-mail verification.

From there, users will be prompted to add their own 4 digit verification code in order to enable an alarm system on their phone. The alarm will alert live agents via phone, text, and email that there is an emergency. In order to disable the alarm, students will be asked to hold their thumb on the sensor for about 15 seconds.

There’s also a timer version of the alarm, allowing the security system to be set for a specific amount of time if extra time is needed to

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OP-ED

Moment of Silence

by Bianca Sanchez

The app that can help save your life.

do activities such as running or working. The Lifeline Enterprise app features a GPS enabled map which pinpoints one’s exact location.

“We have around 60,000 students on campus, and anything can happen,” said Jay Byrom, UCF double-major student. “With the talks of a potential bombing a while back, we should’ve had an app since then. To see Seminole State with an app should send other schools in Florida in the right direction.”

Louie Cribb, USF freshman, said “I’d love a personal safety app. Is it likely that I’d be in an emergency? No, but the possibility is there for anyone. Being on a large campus, danger can be anywhere. I guess I’d rather just have the peace of mind.”

The school shootings at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, during the month of October have had an impact on Seminole State’s Campus Safety and Security.

Stated by an E-mail sent by Seminole State College of Florida, the school joined colleges across the nation for a National Moment of Silence at 2 p.m. on October 8th.

This was done in memory of the victims of the tragedy that sparked Umpqua Community College.

Due to these incidents and the fact that it has been so consistent, Seminole State College began taking more precautions. Ebony Christopher, First Shift Supervisor at Seminole State College Sanford/ Lake Mary Campus said, “as far as precautions, we have definitely beefed up security patrols. We are out there ready to report and assist.”

Christopher also offered some advice: “I do think that students should be aware of their surroundings; many students don’t pay attention. For example walk by lit areas and not walking with headphones on. We all play a part in our own safety.”

The hashtag #IamUCC used throughout the social media on October 8th to support Umpqua Community College.

As said by Christopher, Seminole State students should not be worried. “Seminole State’s Security has a process if we have an active shooting on campus. We review it frequently; we train officers on active shooters regularly.”

‘90s Nick is Back!

by Tatiana Petit-Frere

As of October 5, 2015, Teen Nick is now airing a segment called “The Splat” with a slew of our favorite television shows from back in the day starting at 10 pm and ending at 6 am.

That state of nostalgia about a time where jellies were the “it” shoes, Beanie Babies were all over your bed, talking on the phone while someone was using the internet was impossible because of AOL dial up, Lisa Frank paraphernalia, taking Super Smash Bros. out of the Nintendo 64 and blowing in it to make it work again, and frosted tips are now satisfied.

It seems like now days, television shows aren’t nearly as great as they were back in the 90’s. Shows used to have a valuable lesson to be learned in every episode. They were a lot funnier and creative.

We have been deprived of reruns of our favorite television shows for way too long. And Nickelodeon might finally be hearing what the people have been demanding. In an interview with Variety, Russell Hicks, President of Content Development at Nickelodeon, said “We are

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looking at our library to bring back ideas, shows that were loved, in a fresh new way.”

The Splat is airing “Rugrats,” “Clarissa Explains it All,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” “Keenan and Kel,” “The Wild Thornberrys,” “Ren and Stimpy,” and much more. It was extremely refreshing to see all the shows that were loved back in the day. Haley Klein, first-year student here at Seminole State said “I don’t watch a lot of TV with Netflix being around but my favorite shows from 90’s Nick are ‘Rocket Power’ and ‘CatDog.’”

Teen Nick did in fact play “The 90’s are All That,” a weeknight showing of a few of our favorite shows from back in the day starting at midnight. But it’s awesome people can watch these shows not having to stay up past bedtime. “Most definitely I’m gonna be tuning in. I’m so excited that there will be an outlet in order for me to watch the old shows I know and love. ‘Hey Arnold’ is my favorite,” said Matt Peck first-year student here at Seminole State.

“Keenan and Kel,” a fan favorite, airing on “The Splat.”

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TV Production Crew Represents SSC

Halloween: Things To Do

The television production team at SSC received an appreciation award for aiding the local police and fire departments with a training video regarding campus shooters. The TV production professor Chris Obrien and his students went to the UCF campus to shoot a training video that would teach first responders how to react to a campus shooting, particularly at a large campus like UCF. This idea came to light given the number of school shootings that have occurred in the last couple of years.

Police, Fire departments, and paramedics came from different counties to help conduct the training and to learn for themselves first-hand what it would be like to be in a campus shooting. SWAT teams posed as shooters, and even had blanks in their weapons to simulate the sound of gunfire. Together, the production crew had 16 cameras following the responders, in the action. Also, the students set up various stationary cameras to get a bigger picture of what this would look like. Obrien was very excited about the opportunity. “You know, it’s kind of awesome to get to experience this. It was a good opportunity to put their skills to the test on a real live set with chaos all around”, Obrien said.

This was not just some run through, “it was pretty realistic” Obrien said. There were drama students who came from other schools to simulate students, and a makeup crew to give students artificial gunshot wounds. “With all the police, paramedics, kids with gunshot wounds, and gunfire going off around you, it’s a lot to try to capture on film and edit to a finished piece. I’m really proud of our students. They really stepped up to the occasion. It’s humbling to represent SSC on this stage.”

Mary Bergman, a Seminole State sophomore, attended Halloween Horror Nights recently and said,

“All of the houses were good, but the Walking Dead House and the insane asylum walk through scare zone were my favorites. The house had a basic run down of the series, which was neat. I saw them when they were switching shifts while standing in line and everyone stayed in character. I think it’s worth the money but getting a fast pass would make it better.”

Norma Jean Kennis, a single mother that is looking to start college, also attended the event and said,

“I feel that it’s not worth the money if you want to actually ride the rides, go through the houses, eat, drink, and be able to browse through the shops and sections of the park. I got there at 8 p.m. and left at 2 a.m. but between the lines and crowds, I was only able to go through two haunted houses, I didn’t ride any of the rides, and I only got to have two drinks.

What made it worth it to me was the people I went with. Good friends always make the best of things.”

Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Halloween Weekend that takes place at the Hyatt Regency Orlando on International Drive is one of the biggest Horror conventions in the nation.

“Spooky is like Comic Con for horror movies! There were horror movie and game charac-

by Logan Price

Karen Stephenson, a sophomore who was one of the camera operators at the production, agreed with the realistic aspects of the production. It is apparent when she says, “it was a lot of fun, with all the noise, alarms, and gunshots it was crazy.”

She was following around an entire team of first responders and got a close-up of the action. “Following around a team effort was awesome. This was a big production and it’s cool we got a part in it.”

The production crew finished their final edits about four months after they filmed the training exercise. “It goes to show how much time and effort they put into this single production. I’m just glad we got the opportunity to do something as special as this”, Obrien said. Thousands of first responders will now have a much better idea of what it would be like to be in that situation because of the TV production team.

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ters everywhere all decked out. Badass clothes, toys, and other merchandise. I met the guy that played Jigsaw in the Saw movies, the guy that played Jason Voorhees in the last few Friday the 13th movies. I even hung out with one of the original zombies from the 1970’s version of Night of the Living Dead! It’s hard to explain, you just have to come experience it for yourself!” said Jason Sawyer, a Seminole State Alumni.

A former scare actor for one of the highest rated local Halloween events, A Petrified Forest, Alexx Wigglesworth, has worked the last four years at this annual event said,

“I managed the lines out front so I got to put everyone in different groups before I separated them, making them think they were entering the haunted house one by one. I pack them in this wooden train looking thing that is used for cattle until there was barely enough room and I would lock the door behind them and we would push them into the house in groups of eight. Last year was incredible! It was also the first year that I wasn’t a character since 2011 so I kind of got to see it from a different perspective. It’s definitely worth the money and more personal in comparison to Halloween Horror Nights.”

Hispanic Heritage Monthand decide to check it out.”

Seminole Sate College celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15th until October 15th.

The three campuses of Seminole State College held multiple activities.

On October 8th at the Oviedo campus, the Hispanic Student Association was part of the Hispanic Heritage Month activity in the cafeteria area from noon to 2pm. There was free food, drinks, trivia games and even salsa dancing. Jessica Roberts and Antony Nuñez of Campus Activities Team, part of Student Life, were in charge. When asked about how they get the word out for the students to know about the events, Jessica Roberts said “Facebook page, posters up around school, bulletin board, and flyers at the end of the activity for people to know about the next one. But most people just walk by the event

While eating some traditional Hispanic food during the activity held at the Oviedo campus on October 8th, student Brad Hollis said he has “been coming to these activities for two years now and they are good.”

The Hispanic Student Association’s advisor, Lucy Soto, attended the activity and was very open about giving information and recruiting more people for the association. She mentioned, “because Seminole State College is a commuting campus it does not have enough students who would want or are interested in joining the Hispanic Student Association, which is why we try to piggyback in Student Government Activities. However, this year we have ten to twelve students in the HSA. They are mostly freshmen and that is good because it provides for continuity” said Soto.

Soto’s job as an advisor, aside from teaching students leadership, is to make Hispanic students feel prideful of their culture, foods, origins, and language. She adds “it is important that we spread the word about the organization; I always say that the HSA is under construction because usually students are here for two years and then leave to go to UCF and disappear from the association.”

“You don’t have to be Hispanics to join the HSA” said Soto, HSA advisor.

There were various activities, including comedian Erik Rivera, samba dancing, movie screenings, food, and much more.

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Pokémon Go! Catch em’ all, literally!

By Christopher DeClou

takes place in rural and suburban settings. “Imagine discovering a Squirtle hiding along the waterfront in San Francisco or a Bulbasaur at Shinjuku Station or even Pikachu hiding by the Eiffel Tower,” said John Hanke, founder of Niantic Inc. a partner with Nintendo Co. and GAME FREAK Inc. “I personally love to explore new places and I can’t wait to play this game.”

Junichi Masuda, the game director

“The first thing that came to for GAME FREAK, said “Players mind was ‘finally, I can be a real life will search for them, catch them Pokémon trainer’” said Mike Simp- with Poké-Balls and use them to son, local Seminole State student. battle each other. We’re making a “I’ve been waiting for this day since game that has depth within its simI was a kid. I have every Pokémon plicity, and hope it will be a game game up until 2004’s release of Fire that’s enjoyable by players of a wide Red.” range of ages.

One of the biggest an Jovan Roach, Seminole nouncements of 2015 is the launch State student and game fanatic, utof the videogame app Pokémon tered the same sentiments, stating Go. This has been one of the most that “This is what the world has anticipated applications that we been waiting for; a way to actually have come to know in a long time, go out and feel like you’re actuand there is no doubt people across ally a part of the Pokémon world. the world will be buying this game, Who knows, maybe we’ll be able to along with its purchases to be the recreate Ash’s story.” best Pokémon trainer they can be.

The app will be free for all App makers have found ways to Android and iPhone users, howmake emulators for laptops, comever, it is said that the game works puters, and cell phones alike in orbetter with the Pokémon Go plus der for users to play such Pokémon device, a mini Poké-Ball like device games, allowing them to relive their that connects to your phone via childhoods.

Bluetooth. In-app purchases will

According to a press realso be available.. lease from Nintendo, the game

EDC Orlando

By Stephanie Engel

Photo by Stephanie Engel taken at EDC Orlando 2014

Imagine yourself in a colorful world filled with transcendent music, good vibes, and carnival rides, this whimsical wonderland comes to life in Orlando once a year in the form of a massive music festival called Electronic Daisy Carnival. This 2-day event, taking place on November 6th and 7th, is one of the most popular events among the Electronic Dance Music community.

“During the day is ok, but the best part is when the sun goes down and the lights come up! Riding the Ferris wheel at night was absolutely beautiful. At the very top, where you couldn’t make out anyone’s faces, all you could see was the pretty lights as far as you can see. I

Spectre Review

By Cyril Buranosky

Espionage, beautiful women, shoot-outs and fast cars, these are what come to mind when we think of James Bond. In the newest 007 film Spectre. MI6 agent James Bond, played by Daniel Craig, is pitted against the infamous and sinister SPECTRE organization and its head, Franz Oberhauser, played by two time Oscar Winner Christoph Waltz, known for such films as Inglorious Bastards and Django Unchained, who claims a personal connection to James. Following

Photo by Cyril Buranosky at the AMC in Altamonte Springs multiple leads that go all over the world, Bond is forced to go against his order from “M” as he is drawn into a confrontation with the enemy from his past.

A Bond film is not a Bond

film without the Aston Martin, the car of choice for the MI6 agent.

In a collaboration between Aston Martin and the filmmakers, they unveiled the Aston Martin DB10 which was specifically made for

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saw so many cool LED toys that I had never seen before; staffs, whips, orbits… you name it, I saw it! I felt like I was a kid again!” said Andre Restrepo, a sophomore at Seminole State.

There will be over 50 headliners playing at this year’s event at three different stages. Many big names in the EDM genre will be representing. One of last year’s headliners, Zeds Dead, had one of the most talked about sets of the entire event.

“I literally had tears coming out of my eyes at one point during the set. It was truly amazing.”

Tickets for this highly anticipated event sell out every single year and with a two-day general admission ticket running at $169 + fees. It must really give EDM fans a bang for their buck.

“It was definitely worth it.

You can’t put a price on memories. I will definitely be returning this year.”

Spectre.

The real question however is “Can Skyfall be outdone?” Skyfall, the films predecessor, was very successful as it was released on the 50th anniversary. It would go on to win many awards, including Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Sound Editing and the song “Skyfall,” written by and performed

by British Songwriter Adele won a Grammy. As you can see, Spectre has a lot to live up to.

Spectre is set to be released worldwide on November 6th.

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SSC Clubs

Lady Raiders Win NJCAA Golf Championship

By Juan Estrada

2014, 2015), Terrier Collegiate (2014), but the one that had been slipping through their fingers was the National Championship for which the Lady Raiders finished 2nd or 3rd in the last four years until now. Sidney Legacy a student, and player of Seminole State, said “When we won Nationals we were so happy. It was nice to see that our hard work paid off.”

Lady Raiders showing off their NJCAA Golf Championship trophy -Photo by Joseph Hunter The Seminole State women’s Golf team, The Lady Raiders, is currently going through a tough pre-season in order to be ready for their upcoming events. Coach Teno’s team is practicing six days a week.

The main goal is to retain the National Championship achieved this past spring.

The Lady Raiders from Seminole State College of Florida were crowned as champions of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for the first time in their history in Mesa, Arizona, May 14, 2015. The

Raiders defeated 15 teams to win the championship. One of the teams was Daytona State College who was defeated in the final.

The road to history started eight years ago when Coach Christa Teno started the golf program for Seminole State. Respected and loved by her players, Coach Teno has ran a very successful program that has won a wide variety of tournaments, such as, World Golf Inv (2013), Eat a Peach (2013), SSC Spring Break (2013, 2014), Lady Moc (2012), Bash at the Beach (2012,

Cynthia Bounleautay, also a student and player of Seminole State said, “It means a lot to win, especially since it was our first National Championship. I helped make history and the players after me will always know who I am, and who my teammates are. Our names will forever be part of history at Seminole State.”

Even after a great victory the players maintain to be humble and credit their coaches for their accomplishment. Josefine Garton, another member of the team said “We couldn’t have been doing it without all the support from Coach Teno, the assistant Coach Sammy, Scott or our mental Coach John” “My goal is to win the National Championship again next year,” said Nichada Satasuk, another key player for the lady Raiders.

Seminole State Raiders Preview

By Logan Price Raiders pitcher warms up as he prepares to play against St. John’s River State.

-Photo By Logan Price Even though the regular season for baseball isn’t until the spring, fall is a time when you find out who is going to make the spring team. It’s also a time to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of your team.

The Seminole State Raider baseball team is up and running for the fall season, and head coach Mike Nichols is excited to see what his team can do despite losing some players to attrition last year.

“Every year is exciting, you know? The challenge with junior college ball is that you have all these new kids all bright eyed but then you have sophomores that are considered veterans. The game speed is completely different compared to high school.” Said coach Nichols This is Nichols 16th year in Florida Junior college baseball, and his 30th year overall in baseball coaching.

“You only get two years of eligibility playing time in junior college, so the fall is a very important time for our team. You get the new guys and some of the guys from last year and you try to come together and make a game plan.” Nichols said.

Reyni Olivero, a redshirt sophomore coming off an injury last year, has faith in this year’s team, he makes this apparent when he said “our overall work ethic is better, just a higher level. I like us more this year.”

The Raiders have high hopes for this year, even with a team full of freshman. “We are more focused this year, and I like our chances” said Olivero.

This year the Raiders have 24 freshman on the fall roster, so the team is inexperienced, but so is every other team they play.

“The goal is always to win a championship”, Nichols says. The outstanding sophomores are going to be the leaders of this team. Returning all-conference players like Pedro Rivera and D’Andre Knight are some of the centerpieces this year.

Coach Nichols has championship hopes, and it starts with winning the conference and getting out of Florida into the Regional Playoffs. “when you get outta Florida, that’s when the stakes get really high” Nichols said. The Raiders open regular season play in the spring against the defending national JUCO champions, Northwestern Florida.

Seminole State College of Florida offers a wide variety of clubs and Organizations for students that are looking to participate and be part of the extracurricular college experience.

Ezequiel Muriel, a student, and member of the Seminole State Theater Company, says, “The clubs are very important because, they help students with the same interest find each other and make coming to school more enjoyable.” Isabella Piparo, also a member of the Theater Company, stated, “I joined this club because, this is my freshman year and I wanted to get involve in an activity that would help me with my major, which is Musical Theater. Isabella also added, “I like these clubs because, extracurricular activities help people socialize and it motivates them to keep coming back to school.”

Sanford/Lake Mary Believers on Campus Brain Bowl College Success Club Environmental Initiative Hispanic Student Association Leadership Through Gaming Meditation Club Non-Traditional Student Club Outdoors club Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society Psychology Club Raider Gamers Club Rotaract Seminole Aikikai Seminole State Genshilken Seminole State Volunteer Sigma Phi Gamma – Alpha Chapter STEM Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Student Accounting Society Student Art Club Student Government Association Student Veterans Association Success Imperative for Minority Students (SIMS) Unity Gay Straight Alliance Whovian Society of Seminole State Seminole State Theater Company Oviedo African American Cultural Forum NeoAnimania-Anime Club Environmental Club Student Accounting Society Phi Beta Lambda Student Government AssociationAfrican American Cultural Forum NeoAnimania-Anime Club Environmental Club Student Accounting Society Phi Beta Lambda Student Government Association

News

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Police Brutality

by Damaris Koo

The Washington D.C. police department is being accused of brutalizing 18-yearold Jason Goolsby on October 12, 2015. Goolsby went to Citibank to withdraw money for a studio session he had scheduled. A woman saw him and called 911 reporting a possible robbery.

“When I fled, I saw a gun and pepper spray and I nearly got hit by a car, so my first instinct was to run because I didn’t want to die,” said Goolsby

Peter Grenier, Goolsby’s lawyer, said that after he left the bank he was on his way to go visit his brother at Howard University when all of sudden a police SUV was speeding straight towards him. Instinctively he jumped on the curve and ran. The police caught up to him and tackled him down restraining him for two hours. He was then set free and was told by Washington police it was a misunderstanding.

“I feel like police brutality is a subject that always has been talked about, how-

ever now that we are in a digital age it’s seen more in social media in everything that we see, its more apparent now. It’s not like it’s never been there, it’s just more in the light now,” said Marcus Jeanette, a student at Seminole State.

According to website Cop Crisis, every eight hours cops kill an American citizen, this year alone there has been 976 killed, in 2014 there was 1107 that have been reported. That is more than one person killed per day by police.

“I feel it shouldn’t happen of course.

The reason I say that is because there is a way to approach somebody without being hostile but for both parties, I believe first off, you should respect the police from the beginning to avoid that from happening. That’s where I feel most people mess up, because they have it in the back of their head you know I feel like I may be tried so they have an attitude off rip and then the police they have a thing towards the people they stop,” said Christopher B.

Seminole State students pose anonymously for Hands Up Don’t Shoot. Photo credit: Damaris Koo

The Dangers of Hazing

by Grace Gore

With National Hazing Prevention Week on September 21st through the 25th we can look back at what hazing prevention is all about. NHPW is an opportunity for campuses, schools, communities, organizations and individuals to raise awareness about the problem of hazing, educate people about hazing, and promote the prevention of hazing.

“I think that preventing hazing within university’s needs to be done in order for hazing to stop.” Said Anita Thai.

The University of Central Florida participated back in September and silently marched through the courtyards and buildings, showing that their community does not stand for hazing. Greek councils also had a banner for students to sign to show zero tolerance towards hazing. With this prevention

Students from UCF march to promote Hazing Awarness. Photo by Jordan Kuveke

week in place every year schools across the country hope to spare lives of students involved with Greek life.

Two years ago Baruch College freshman Chun “Michael” Deng age 19, died from complications of traumatic brain injury during a hazing incident. The Pi Delta Psi fraternity was conducting a ritual outdoors for new pledges called the “glass ceiling,” according to police. Deng suffered multiple blows and impacts to his body sustaining a significant head injury, as well as other injuries all over his body.

Five of the fraternity brothers already hold criminal counts ranging from hindering apprehension to providing false statements to law enforcement. Since this incident in 2013 ten more people have been charged with hindering apprehension to hazing and criminal conspiracy. A grand jury recommended various charges for a total of 37 people in connection with the death as well as the fraternity being held responsible.

“At first you think that hazing is silly and that there pranks, like you see in movies where sororities and fraternities are involved. In the real world people are dying or being seriously injured.

It’s not as cool or funny as people make it out to be.” Said Seminole State student khaliyah Cash.

Hazing in fraternities and sororities has always caused problems in colleges all over the country, whether it’s to do with safety concerns or just the judgments each individual chapter has or doesn’t have. Hazing incidents can sometimes be fatal, and student’s lives have been lost because of something like a ritual or tradition gone wrong.

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FSU Gun Safety

by Logan Price

A 45 Revolver

Photo credit: Logan Price

Florida State University announced the Friday before the University of South Florida game that students and fans who bring a weapon to the football game must lock them in their cars. This policy change occurred because the school was sued by Florida Carry Inc. However, Florida Carry Incorporated, a non-profit organization dedicated to upholding the gun rights of Floridians, said that is not enough.

“We demand that public officials follow the law and will stand for nothing less.”, said Sean Caranna, Executive Director of Florida Carry.

Florida Carry Inc. released a statement days after the lawsuit was finished, wanting to allow FSU students to lock their weapons in their cars, whether they have a permit or not. The university soon released their own statement.

“While we fully intend to continue complying with Florida law, I nevertheless reiterate my strenuous opposition to the recent initiatives to permit the carrying of guns on university campuses. I do not believe that arming students increases campus

safety,” said FSU President John Thrasher.

Nolan Bunch, a student at FSU said, “We should be able to lock guns in our cars no matter what, permitted or not.

I understand the whole school shooting thing but banning guns just gives an upper hand to the people who will break the rules anyways.” His surprise to the flexibility of the law is apparent as he continued to state, “You know, I’m surprised they won’t let us carry guns on campus considering the school shootings. If you take guns away from students who follow the rules, then a kid who doesn’t follow the rules brings a gun, the law is useless.”

Seminole State students had their own opinions on the new law. Sarah Martinez, a sophomore at SSC, said “I totally believe that you should be able to carry a gun on you no matter where you are, especially if you have a permit.”

When asked if she would carry a gun onto SSC campus if the policy here was changed she replied with “definitely, if I owned a weapon I would totally lock it in my car, just an extra sense of security.”

Teen Drives Boyfriend to Suicide via Text Message

by Bianca Sanchez

M

ichelle Carter was accused of texting her online boyfriend and convincing him to commit suicide. She has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Investigators have been working the case of the then 17-year-old since 2014. Stated by U.S News and World Report, it came to the investigator’s attention that this was not the first time Roy had tried to kill himself. Almost two years prior to this incident, Roy had tried to overdose with painkillers. According to Denise Lavoie, Associated Press Legal Affairs Writer, who wrote the news piece Texts Led to Suicide, Prosecutor Says, Conrad Roy III, poisoned himself with carbon monoxide while locked in a car parked at a Kmart in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

The issue still at hand is the text messages that Carter asked Roy to erase before he killed himself. These soon came to light and therefore Carter’s defense for trial was being debated due to the protection of First Amendment.

Seminole State student Rebekah Gonzalez argues that “if you’re going to say something you have to stand by your

One of Michelle Carter’s texts to Roy III. Photo courtesy of crimefeed. com

word.” These text messages show how Carter swayed back and forth from supporting Roy not to commit suicide to pushing him over the edge. In a news post by U.S News and World Report a few of Carter’s deleted text messages were exposed, including one that said: “You can’t think about it. You just have to do it. You said you were gonna do it. Like I don’t get why you aren’t.”

Student Maha Ayoub said “she was not there physically, but she was there with him mentally to the last minute and that’s something. And you listen to someone more when you are emotionally involved because your emotions drive you.”

Carter’s recent trial, held on October 2nd 2015, has yet to divulge details.

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Black Lives Matter

By Damaris Koo

Black Lives Matter: Photo Credit: Damaris Koo

“Black Lives Matter is a chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life.” – Blacklivesmatter.com

However, Some people think that the Black Lives Matter movement is a group of people who want cops dead; some think it is ignorant and it should be all lives matter instead. I am tired of people missing the purpose behind this movement and seeing it as a negative issue.

I support the Black Lives Matter movement because I don’t want to see another unarmed person dead due to racial profiling leading up to police brutality and having families and communities affected by it or its injustice of not having it affect the police. According to Alternet, every

28 hours police or law enforcement has taken a Black life away.

I support this movement because Black people keep being viewed as these stereotypes that are offensive, wrong, and affecting their opportunities all because of their race’s stereotype.

They deserve much better. They don’t deserve to be looked at as criminals and be mistrusted from the start because of their ethnicity. We are all humans; we all have flesh, bones, heart and feelings.

According to the Census in 2014, only 13.2% of Blacks make up America’s population. NAACP says 35% of Black children grades 7-12 have been suspended or expelled at some point in their school careers compared to 20% of Hispanics and 15% of Whites. They also state that about 14 million Whites and 2.6 million African-Americans report using an illicit drug, yet African-Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of Whites.

White privilege is a great example of the inequality between Blacks and other ethnicities. Whites will never have to give their children a talk to inform them about the harsh realities of systemic racism, on what to do when “Driving While Black” (DWB), they will never have to worry about not getting a job because of how their hair looks, their skin color, or their cultural accessories. This is unfair; no parent should be having a talk with his or her children about how they need to be careful because of the way they look, because of their skin color, their ethnicity.

When people want to say that all lives matter not just black lives, well yes obviously! I am not saying that other people’s lives don’t matter. It’s not an ignorant movement. It would be ignorant for people to continue to say all lives matter and overshadow the purpose of this movement and make it look like something it is not. First of all no one was promoting that all lives matter until the Black Lives Matter movement started. When people say, not just blacks lives it’s all lives, they are taking away the credit. They are taking away the spotlight, the purpose of this movement.

Yes, all lives matter, but not all lives are going through the same situations that Black people go through. I believe in equality, justice and that people need to be more sensible about what’s happening around them.

Monty Python Spamalot, a review

By Cyril Buranosky

Monty Python Poster: Photo Credit Cyril Buranosky

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onty Python Spamalot, a musical comedy adapted from the cult classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail written by Eric Idle, is back onstage, and it lives up to all of the hype. Monty Python Spamalot came out in 2005 and it took the world by storm, winning numerous awards including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The show in my opinion was absolutely hysterical and well worth the money spent for tickets.

If you are a fan of the comedy of the Python’s you are definitely in for a treat; Spamalot delivers.

Act I starts with a History of England in the time of King Arthur. We meet King Arthur rounding up Knights to join him at his court of Camelot which leads into a Las Vegas themed song and dance with a duet with the Lady of the Lake, the “watery tart” who gave Arthur Excalibur. At this time the voice of God, played by Eric Idle, is heard giving Arthur and his Knights a quest for the Holy

Grail. The scene progresses and we then find ourselves watching Arthur and his fellow knight being taunted by the French.

This is where Act I ends.

Act II begins with Arthur and his Knights scattered and separated due to ferocity of the French taunting. This leads to the memorable and thought provoking song “Always Look at the Bright Side of Life.” After a while we are treated to an attack of the Killer Rabbit and finally the success of the quest to find the Holy Grail which is found in seat 101 and engages the audience.

This is a show I would recommend to anyone who wants to experience an outstanding show and an evening full of laughs.

October 2015

Uses of CocaCola

By Tatiana Petit-Frere

Coca Cola is more than a tasty drink? Photo Credit: Tatiana Petit-Frere

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oca-Cola is the number one soft drink in the United States of America and yet it can also be used as a household cleaning product. “I’ve never used CocaCola to clean a toilet but I have used it to clean rusty screws,” said Consuelo Cajamarca, custodian at Seminole State.

Let’s say mom or dad has you on cleaning duty for the day. And unfortunately, this includes the bathroom with the oh-so-lovely porcelain throne. You go over to the toilet with a scrubber and you see this disgusting brown stain around the rim of the toilet. What do you do? You grab yourself a can of Coca-Cola and pour it all into the toilet. Let it sit for about an hour, go ahead and scrub away. After you are done scrubbing, flush the toilet and voila!

You have an eye blinding, sparkly clean toilet that you will be extremely happy with! A video demonstrating this on YouTube has 5.4 million views and counting.

If your car has been leaking oil on the driveway or in the garage..no fear!

Coca-Cola is here! Just pour that fizzy beverage over the oil stain, let it soak for a little while, then hose off with some water! Maybe your car isn’t starting and there is a problem with the battery. It could be because of all the acid around the battery terminals. Pour a cap full of Coke right on the terminals and try to start that baby up again. You just might be surprised.

Ever fallen asleep with gum in your mouth and woken up with it in your hair? If so, don’t cry. You may not have to chop your hair off. Dip the part of hair that the gum has befriended into a bowl of this soft drink for just a few minutes. The gum will wipe right off.

Want a cool addition to your room decoration? Add oil to a half empty bottle of Coca-Cola then add a couple tablets of Alka-Seltzer or Aspirin. And you’ve got yourself a homemade lava lamp!

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October 2015

Popular Halloween Costumes 2015

by Grace Gore Whether you trick or treat, go to a Halloween party, experience haunted houses and scary theme parks or even just stay at home and pass out candy you will definitely be seeing a handful of the same costumes.

This year it is estimated that Americans will spend $8 billion dollars this Halloween. Billions are spent each year on costumes, candy, and decorations as well as plenty of other things pertaining to Halloween.

Costumes make up the largest portion of Halloween spending. So on the night of Halloween make sure to keep an eye out for all the indians, scary masks and the #1 costume each year a witch.

From left to right clockwise: intrepid reporters Logan and Bianca dress up for halloween. Photos by Grace Gore

THE SEMINOLE SCRIBE The Green Inferno Review Issue 2 Page 8

UPCOMING SSC EVENTS

by Renzzo Castaneda

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iolence, blood, and a lot of gore is the only way to explain The Green Inferno. With a simple premise about a group of college kids with a noble cause to save ancient native tribes from extinction and obliteration from a company that wants to destroy the Amazon rainforest where they reside, things take a turn for the worst when the reach their destination and find out that the tribes they were trying to protect are cannibals.

After 1 year of being on the shelf, this movie is finally going to be released. The movie was supposed to come out in September last year, but it got delayed due to financial troubles of the production company and no other studio wanted to touch it. The movie finally found a home at Blumhouse Productions. The Green Inferno movie is for anyone who’s into extreme acts of violence with minimal story. When you think about a horror movie, usually you think it will be scary and make you jump out of your seat, but this movie doesn’t do that. This horror movie scares you by showing you the all-to-real graphic violence and the physical act of human cannibal-

October 2015

Thursday, November 5th - Native American Heritage Month celebration – Sanford Campus: Student Center, 6-9 p.m.

Interfaith Events Monday, November 9th- Poverty (Habitat for Humanity) – Sanford Campus: J-100 Tuesday, November 10th- Homelessness (Habitat for Humanity) – Oviedo Campus: F-104 Monday, November 16th- Mental Illness (NAMI) – Heathrow Tuesday, November 17th- Domestic Violence (Harbor House) - Sanford Campus: C110 A-B

Photo by Renzo Castaneda ism. The Green Inferno is a very difficult movie to watch because although the plot seems intriguing, there isn’t anything else beside the blood and guts that keeps you entertained. The movie itself is not as interesting as the behind the scenes drama of why the movie took so long to get released. The only way I could recommend this movie to someone is if it was playing at a dollar theater and it was Halloween.

Ripped off by vending machines

by Renzzo Castaneda We the students of Seminole State College are being ripped off by the soda vending machines, and the worst part is, some of us don’t even know it.

It’s not like the vending machines give you a receipt right after the transaction to tell you the exact amount of money that was taken from your account. Basically, the vending machines retrieve the information from your card and let you know that it’s ok to pick out whatever you want, but in the end, the only thing you can do is have faith that the correct amount was taken out.

Let’s be honest, the life of a college student isn’t cheap. The books, the access codes, and all the other supplies used in the daily life of a student are all expensive, especially when it’s all necessary to pass a class. The fact that the soda machines around Seminole State College are ripping off students that pay with a debit or credit card is a crime unto itself.

Most college students are strapped for cash and paying for anything beyond the necessities is a risk because it could determine the difference between having a little cash to get by or being completely broke. But when you’re intentionally being swindled by the one thing that’s supposed to have a set price it’s a slap in the face to all students or any person who pays their hard-earned money to buy a soda.

Seminole State student Eric Cleary said, “This stupid Coke machine took my money and I had no way of getting it back, none of the professors could

Photo by Stephanie Engel give me a straight answer and when I called the number on the Coke machine, I was on the phone for an hour.”

This is something that needs to be addressed by all Seminole State College campuses because the moment we use a debit or credit card on those machines, the money is gone, and who are the students going to complain to to get their money back? Nobody likes getting ripped off, and this is something that needs to change immediately.