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VOL. 29, NO. 14

MAY 15 - SEPT. 3, 2013

Arrested development District governing board to hear proposal by Solano Sheriff’s department May 15 Paul Quiroga Opinion Editor pquiroga@solanotempest.net

The Solano County Sheriff’s department is currently negotiating with Solano Community College to replace the campus police. A board meeting open to the public will be held 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 15, in the 600 building where the sheriff’s department will make a presentation on campus safety and security.

According to the governing board agenda, the college is assessing ways to strengthen the college police by “expanding full-time and part-time staffing; reinstating the third-shift coverage, pro-

ing, and will continue viding ongoing to help through the professional month of June. Snedetraining, updatA CLOSER LOOK ker said he is working ing equipment, at SCC three days a and solidifying week. the relationship The SCC governing board meets at 6:30 p.m. May 15 in “We will be doing with the surthe 600 building rounding Police the exact same things Departments the security does here and the Sheriff’s now,” Snedeker said.

Office.”

“We want to increase “The Sheriff’s the security and safety, department has a lot more resources not only the security, but the presence of than this place, ” said Deputy Daryl security on campus,” said Yulian Ligioso, Snedeker, of the Solano Sheriff’s depart- SCC’s vice president of business and fiment. Snedeker said he and others from nance. the Sheriff’s office are currently assisting 8SEE POLICE, PAGE 8 SCC campus police due to understaff-

Proud heritage

45 departments to offer courses this summer at SCC

By Ben Gogna Editor-in-chief

Napa dancers show off their moves at the Cinco de Mayo event at Solano College May 5.

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Students will be able to choose from over 400 classes in 45 different departments that will be offered over the summer at Solano Community College campuses in both the eight and six week sessions.

“This is a good opportunity for students to catch up on their units to speed up their graduation and transfer; also to lighten up on their fall and spring schedules,” said Jowel Laguerre, superintendent/ president of SCC. Summer session was canceled last year due to budget cuts.

Courses will be offered this summer in these departments: Accounting, anthropology, art, astronomy, biological science, business, chemistry, cinematography, computer & informational science, cosmetology, counseling, criminal justice, drafting, economics, English, fire technology, geography, geology, health education, history, horticulture, human development, industrial technology, learning resources, maintenance techniSteve Reczkowski/Tempest

MORE ONLINE AT WWW.SOLANOTEMPEST.NET - Learn more about journalism classes at SCC

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The district governing board will hear plans about the future of campus police.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Here rests in honor glory an American soldier known but to God.”- Tomb of the Unknown Solider, Arlington National Cemetery

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OPINION Conversations on the N-word Racial slur or just a word? The N-word debate

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very word has a history, and throughout history those words can change; mutate into something they weren’t before. One word in particular has changed a great deal over the years and that word is “n*gger.”

The N-word has been used to oppress black people for over 400 years and it still remains one of, if not the worst, racial slur in America. It’s a word that has caused so much pain.

A word that has a terrible blood- soaked history that the users don’t seem to want to remember.

Dictionary.com defines the word “n*gger” as a slang noun that is “Extremely disparaging and offensive; 1. a member of any dark-skinned people. 2. A person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc. 3. A victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by blacks; a person who is economically, politically, or socially disenfranchised.”

For some, the use of the Nword among black people is a way of reclaiming the word, stripping the power from what once was used to demean and insult into a word that laughs back at its oppressors. “N*gga” is an incarnation of the word, taken back by the people to be used as a term of endearment.

This sounds good on paper, yet there’s a contradiction that holds back the idea of reclaiming the

word, and that’s the use of the word by non-black people and white people especially. If the word is stripped of its power, why does it still pack a punch when non-black people say it?

But there is another, lesser known difference: the use of the word by black people to disparage other black people.

This duality was explored by comedian Chris Rock, in his controversial “n*ggaz vs. black people” routine, in which Rock states (according to Wikipedia) that ‘niggas’ glorify ignorance and sloth, and brag about fulfilling any minor responsibility.

In other words “black people” are respectable, well-mannered, upstanding citizens that have jobs, homes, families, and a 401K. “N*ggaz,” in contrast, are the ones that basically perpetuate the loud, obnoxious, ignorant, materialistic stereotype that has been following African Americans since slavery and is perpetuated every day through hip hop.

It seems that the young use the word as a trending profanity, like a third language, and it’s used as a way of fitting in socially within their selected groups. To them the Nword brings them closer to this idea of being real or down with each other.

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ords are powerful.

They can uplift, inspire, and encourage you to do great things. For all the positive things words can do, they can just as quickly be used negatively or ignorantly.

This negativity is perfectly personified in the word “n*gger.”

“The word is over- used because black people have accepted it to be,” said Solano student James Burrell.

“The N-word is used as is and people rarely learn the true origin of the word and how to use it in context,” said SCC student David Smith. “‘N*gga’ is more than just a word and what’s truly wrong is that the people who use it the most are black people... If you’re African American then you have to find the peace within yourself in order to stop saying the word” Smith said.

“It should be said by the right people and in the right context,” said Solano student Muhammad Alkurdi.

“I’m not allowed to say the N-word because my boyfriend says so,” said Angela Isip. “I said it one time and he got really mad so I’m no longer able to say it,” Isip said.

In a discussion with Solano students Robert Jeffries and Dvon West, there was no awkwardness as we used the word openly between us and their friend who asked to remain anonymous. Rather it was just another noun lobbed between different ethnicities like a tennis ball between rackets. There was no mention of civil rights, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., or even slavery for that matter.

“Calling a black person a n*gga is like calling the Raiders a bad team; nobody cares anymore,” said Robert Jeffries.

After that the tone of our conversation changed.

Dvon West shared a story with us that sounded like something straight from the 70s. He said he was at Denny’s, where he and his other black friends were seated at a table at the same time as another group of people, none of

By Ryan Tucker whom were black. West

By Mark Jensen Staff writer said that the other group Online Editor rtucker@ mjensen@ received their food before solanotempest.net solanotempest.net West’s group got water.

This changed the landscape of the conversation, and The gap seems to be a generational we realized something. The power one. The consensus for the younger is not just in the word itself but the generation is that the word as a connotation of being treated like a whole has lost its power and true “n*gger/n*gga.” meaning. While the older generation were knee-deep in civil rights, “The profound history of some protests, and racial tension, the new words can never become commongeneration grew up watching Dave place, everyday slang words,” said Chappelle play Clayton Bixby, while Joyce Tucker. “Imagine the horror of Jewish parents if they were to hear listening to Tupac. their son call his brother ‘Hey Nazi.’

“We have taken the scraps of the Can that word ever be justified as afword and made it into something fection? Never! And never the word that is tasty and delicious,” Williams ‘n*gga,’” Tucker said. said.

“The word came out of darkness, “The younger generation is trying pain, and hurt,” said Sheila Wilto re-invent the word but I don’t liams, a photography student at believe you can. You cannot take SCC. Williams exhibited a series of something that has left a nasty taste portraits last semester that addressed in our mouths for so long and try stereotypes and discrimination in to change it into something that is America. good.

I think that nasty taste that “I don’t see how you can re-invent gets left behind is the images and exthat word. Turn something that is periences of the past.”

Williams said. hateful into love and call it affection?

That’s not affection. They need to “We are all still bound in chains look back and see where the word when we use that word,” Williams came from,” Williams said. said.

So what do we do about this word?

Do we let it continue to evolve and grow into this hollow, passive/aggressive structure or do we give the word weight by alienating it from our everyday language?

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Horoscope - Summer of 2013 ARIES You’ll have to give more than initially planned, considering what you’ll gain.

TAURUS This person may not bring anything new to the table, but he or she still has something valuable to offer.

GEMINI Protecting what’s yours could result in you reaping half the gains.

You have to give to get.

Be generous, and you can expect the same.

CANCER No sooner do you settle one debt then you’re faced with another, but your financial outlook improves after the 22nd.

LEO An associate isn’t trying to be deceptive; it’s just that this person doesn’t know how to break the news.

VIRGO Make a point of honoring all obligations -- no matter how tedious and conscientiousness now will be rewarded handsomely later.

SAGITTARIUS The downside to collaboration is running everything you do by someone else, you’ll learn a few things too.

LIBRA You may be penalized for breaking an agreement, but see if you can be compensated for it.

CAPRICORN You need time to yourself, it’s the only way to differentiate what you want from what you feel is expected.

SCORPIO You resent being saddled with such a heavy burden, but take it in stride.

AQUARIUS Quit while you’re ahead, bring the discussion to a close and move on.

PISCES Seek an older relative’s advice, even if this person doesn’t know exactly what you’re going through

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Letter to the editor The Fight for Labeling Genetically Modified Food Continues EditorProp 37 narrowly failed last year, but the number of people (and companies like Whole Foods) who feel we deserve the right to know what is in our food has increased dramatically.

To show how many people have a stake in this issue, activists around the world will stand to March

Against Monsanto.

Monsanto has been the benefactor of far too many corporate subsidies and political favoritism, causing an almost monopoly over the world’s food supply to the detriment of organic and small farmers.

The U.S. Congress recently passed a bill that bans courts from halting the sale of Monsanto’s geneticallymodified seeds, and several former Monsanto executives now sit on the board of the FDA.

Consumers have a right to know what is in the food they eat, and they deserve the right to demand food that is not genetically-modified if they so choose.

The weekend of May 23rd will be a 3-day campaign in Sacramento and Davis to educate and demand action, culminating with the world-wide March Against Monsanto on May 25th.

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By Shianna Rincon

Dates You should know

campus calendar

May 16

Open Registration

May 19

June 10 - June 20

African-American recognition and graduation celebration

Falcon Swim Camp 2013 Session 1

May 15 - 21

Evening Class Finals

SCC Little Theatre 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

June 24 - July 3

May 16 - 22

Day Class Finals

Falcon Swim Camp 2013 Session 2

May 30 - Aug. 7

July 8 -July 18

Industrial Biotechnology Intensive Summer Boot Camp

Falcon Swim Camp 2013 Session 3

Check Solano.edu to register and view schedule

May 18 - 19 May 23

Graduation Ceremony

July 22 –Aug. 1 Falcon Swim Camp 2013 Session 4

Saturday/ Sunday Class Finals

Correction In the story “Unique flash drive designs…” in the May 1 issue, the wrong caption was displayed under the image. Pictured was the Amoeba Modular USB flash drive.

campus conversation

What are you doing this summer?

“I’m going camping at Lake Camanchi with my youth group.

I’m also going to come up with designs and go to a few fashion shows to prepare for Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.”

-Keith Evans

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“I’m going to go to Southern California and probably go surfing and skydiving. Do a lot of outdoor activities.”

-Patrick Thompson

reporter: Christine Butler

“We’re going to our best friend’s camping trip at Collins Lake.”

“I’m going to play music, maybe a different mix of music with my guitar.”

“I’m going to play a lot of soccer tournaments in Napa.”

-Savvanah Cabillo & Alyssa Phenix

-Adam Agot

-Alex Moran

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THE VOICE OF SOLANO COLLEGE

staff writers: Patrick Finnigan Erin Fritz John Glidden Mark Jensen Shaianna Rincon Alysha Reed Max Shepherd Rachel Sison Ryan Tucker

Ben Gogna editor-in-chief opinion editor: Paul Quiroga

staff photographers: Erin Fritz Shaianna Rincon * * *

sports editor: Christine Butler

faculty adviser: Samanda Dorger

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To get in touch with us: phone: (707) 864-7000, ext. 4361 e-mail: tempest@solano.edu postal address: SCC, Room 1861 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, California 94534

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SPORTS SWIM, THROW, SLIDE, HIT Take a last look at SCC’s spring sports

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Freshman Taiylor Sakurada takes her form at bat in the sixth inning on Feb.22 This season SCC’s softball team won their eighth Bay Vally Conference (BVC) Championship. They finished the season with a record of 21-3 in the conference and 26-15 all. Congrats lady falcons on an awesome finish.

Alex Crosby, first baseman, dives to make a difficult catch on Feb. 27 Sophmore Justin Quilatan tags a Marin player out March 1.

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Breast stroke finalist Al Nutt practicing on March 6 The SCC swim team finished strong this season. The men placed third in the Bay Valley Conference (BVC) Championships. Some of the swimmers on the team this season are taking the next step in their life and going onto state or university colleges this fall.

Brian Freeman will be attending University of San Francisco, Jackson Dekloe will attend UC Santa Cruz, Ryan Gonzales will attend Sacramento State, Daniel Schmitgal will attend UC Santa Barbara, and Jordan Riordan will attend Pacific Union.

SCC’s baseball team finished the season with a record of 15-9 in the conference and 23-16 all. they’ve struggled in some games but fought really hard all the way to the end.

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Edgar Ibarra slides back to first in an attempted pick off on March 26

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Nicolas Rountree pitches on Feb. 22

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Sophmore Aaron Brasher runs to first on March 6 Steve Reczkowski/Tempest

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FEATURES Why do people cheat? partner may be cheating: lipstick stains that aren’t yours, perfumes you don’t recognize, and if your partner lies to you.

Sex Talk

By Alysha Reed staff writer Areed@ solanotempest.net

“What do you do when your fairytale world comes crumbling to pieces because your spouse lied and betrayed you by cheating?”

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ost people assume all men and only men cheat and that is false.

Females cheat just as much as men do. According to abcnews. go.com, Indiana University in Bloomington administered questionnaires to more than 900 participants to determine factors that most often lead to infidelity among both sexes. The study determined that women who aren’t happy in a relationship are more likely to be unfaithful. For men, the biggest factor that led to cheating was sexual excitability. According to the ABC news story, 19 percent of women cheat and 23 percent of men cheat.

There are cheaters everywhere: at the store, in your house, even at church, but how do you know if your significant other is cheating? According to Steve Pavlina, who writes a personal development blog, here are some signs your

Don’t jump to conclusions if some of these signs pop-up, but be aware of your partner and how they are acting. If your partner can’t leave his/her phone around you or takes his/ her phone everywhere, even when he/she goes in the bathroom to shower, he/she could be hiding something. Also, if he/she deletes everything in his/her phone or computer, this could be a red flag that he/she is hiding something that he/she doesn’t want someone to see.

When ‘cheaters’ get caught, they will always have an excuse. Some excuses that they use are: ‘My last relationship was really messed up,’ or ‘I don’t consider making out cheating,’ ‘You deserve better,’ and ‘You work too much.’

One of the most common excuses according to examiner.com is ‘I was drunk.’ At the end of the day there is no excuse for cheating at all, most of the time cheaters are only sorry that they got caught.

When you’re in a relationship with the person you love, and want to be with, you feel like you’re living in a fairytale. What do you do

when your fairytale world comes crumbling to pieces because your spouse lied and betrayed you by cheating? Cheating goes deeper than people think. When people get cheated on they feel depression, sadness, anxiety, pain, and anger. People get crushed mentally and physically and it’s embarrassing.

No one wants or likes to go through the heartache and pain of being cheated on.

It’s a process to get over someone especially if you been together for years. How do you let go and move on?

There are plenty of great people in the world and you can never let a cheater bring you down to your lowest point. Appreciate the fact that they didn’t deserve you and you found out sooner than later. You will be hurt but the days will get brighter and someone will pop up in your life and make you forget about the heartache of being cheated on.

Don’t assume every person you get involved with is a cheater and don’t put your past on the present or the future. Always stay positive and know you deserve better and someone you can appreciate your worth.

Tech Talk: Bluetooth, meet Flash Drive, the perfect marriage for techies Rachel Sison Staff Writer rsison@solanotempest.net

Remembering passwords and account information can be a pain, but with the myIDkey, that information becomes available to you in the palm of your hand.

The myIDkey is a high-tech USB flash drive with Bluetooth capabilities. It stores documents, photos, etc. like a regular flash drive,

but allows users to access certain information through voice activation. If the user needs specific information like a checking account all they have to say is, “Chase Checking” and the myIDkey will display the information on its built in and customizable OLED display.

The Bluetooth part of the myIDkey allows a user to connect with a smartphone or tablet, so you can access files and edit information if you do not have a computer on you.

To protect the information stored on it my

IDkey features a fingerprint scanner and, as an added security measure, a tap sequence. As a Failsafe, if myIDkey is lost or stolen information is still protected, when there are multiple attempts to access the information on the myIDkey, it will automatically erase everything.

The drive will be released sometime in September 2013 and will cost $149.99, but is currently being sold on the home website myidkey. com for $139.99.

Arkami

The Future of Security

“Gangster Squad” is cliché but fun

By Max Sheperd Staff Writer MSheperd@solanotempest

Gangster Squad, (starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Sean Penn) takes place in 1950’s Los Angeles. Gangster overlord Mickey Cohen has the city in a stranglehold and goes unchallenged until Nick Nolte recruits war, vet/detective, John O’Mara to get together a squad to go fight all the gangsters.

A ‘gangster squad’, of sorts.

The plot is thin, just enough to move the film from one action set piece to another. The characters are all poorly defined clichés.

The dialog is brimming with fake sounding tough guy talk and absurd one-liners,“You know the drill.”

The script could have been written by a 15 year old, or maybe a particularly bright 14 year old. The movie is essentially a collection of scenes and characters we’ve seen

The script could have been written by a 15 year old, or maybe a particularly bright 14 year old. countless times before in better movies.

On the plus side, Gangster Squad is very visually stylish. The set design and costumes are excellent, and serve to pull you into the world and help you suspend disbelief. The cinematography is top-notch, and the action scenes are all pretty cool and that’s the most important thing in an action movie.

The cast is excellent, and if the script had given them anything to work with they could have crafted memorable characters.

As it is though, they’re all twodimensional gimmicks that can be defined in very few words. Brolin’s John O’Mara is a hard-boiled cop/

war vet who prizes honor and duty above all things and is having trouble leaving the war behind.

Gosling’s Jerry Wooters is a savvy and aloof smooth talking slickster who secretly has a heart of gold.

Sean Penn’s Mickey Cohen is a f**king psychopath. There’s really not much depth to any of them, but the performances are effective, especially Sean Penn. Penn goes balls out in this movie, and he’s one of the most entertaining things about it.

Ultimately, Gangster Squad is incredibly shallow and unoriginal, even by the standards of modern Hollywood, but what it also is, is pretty fun.

Village Roadshow Pictures

They don’t seem to realize that their’s a huge fire behind them

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“Injustice” a gaming gem for the summer

Warner Bros

Go ahead, tough guy, shoot at Superman,see what happens.

Superheroes rumble in Neither Realm Studio hit

By Patrick Finnigan Staff Writer Pfinnigan@solanotempest.net

I’m going to admit outright that I don’t know much about the DC Universe.

Yeah, I know the common place stuff, but most of the very detailed and expansive bits escape me. So when I bought Injustice: Gods Among Us, I was somewhat in the dark about how the DC license was going to be used in a fighting game. But from my experience, I can honestly say that Injustice is a game to own this year.

Injustice: Gods Among Us takes place in the DC comic Universe, focusing on superheroes and villains like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Joker, Lex Luthor, and the like, as they beat the ever-loving hell out of each other.

The story behind these brawls, from what one can figure from the story, is that in an alternate universe, Joker destroys Metropolis with a nuclear bomb, killing millions, and tricks Superman into killing Lois Lane and his unborn son. In his rage, Superman kills Joker and instates a new world order, the Regime, while Batman sides against Superman and forms the Insurgents.

The Insurgency discovers a universe where the Joker’s plan failed and grabs several of its heroes from that universe to theirs to help defeat the Regime.

The story actually works fairly well when it comes to setting the stage for pitting certain characters that wouldn’t normally fight against each other, and its also nice to hear that NetherRealm Studios, the game’s devlopers got DC writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti to serve as consultants to the story,

so there’s some valid consistency in the plot and its characters.

The initial game plays out much like you would expect Mortal Kombat to work out. The game sets two characters against each other, in one of several various stages from the DC universe.

Players must utilize their character’s variety of character-specific moves and special abilities to defeat their opponent. Standard faire, really, but Gods Among Us adds a few special additions on top of the combat. At some points, players can be able to bet portions of their special meter in something called the Clash system, where the one that bets more of their special meter during a certain amount of time will win the clash and gain a health bonus or cause damage to their opponent. Stages have a variety of interactive objects that can change the tide of battle, either

by throwing things at your opponent, using it at a spring board to get behind an opponent, or hitting him with a barrage of missiles, jet fire, tidal waves, and whatever is standard for that stage.

Some stages allow you to knock your enemy through walls, causing massive amounts of damage on the way down to another part of the stage. It’s things like this d that really bring a lot of variety to the game and opens it up to a variety of strategies.

There are a variety of character-specific missions and trials to try out, about 240 in all, and the online matches, while a bit irregular in matching ranked matches, is very fun to play with. I personally enjoyed this game, and it truly is a gem in this year of video game releases. It’ll be fun to play this while waiting out the summer video game drought this year.

Some stages allow you to knock your enemy through walls, causing massive amounts of damage on the way down to another part of the stage.

It’s things like this that really bring a lot of variety to the game and opens it up to a variety of strategies.

...shooting Batman might go better.

Warner Bros

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Summer College exploring several possibilities school to for protecting district return to SCC

Gallery opens in Fairfield

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Solano’s interim police chief Scott Paulin was quoted in the Fairfield Daily Republic saying that the campus police have suspended all hiring and recruiting until a decision regarding the future of campus security has been made.

“We had said last semester we were interested in providing the best security possible for the college,” said Jowel Laguerre, Superintendent/President of SCC. “And we explored several possibilities and the sheriff is one that looks favorable and that may fit our financial situation,” Laguerre said.

The college is also preparing to enter into negotiations for a new contract with the Operating Engineers/Stationary Engineers, Local 39, which includes the campus police.

Vallejo Center open for late-night studying for finals Staff report The Solano Community College Vallejo Center will be open for students to study for finals from 10 p.m. to midnight through May16, and May 20 and 21.

A computer lab will be available for use.

For more information, contact Jerry Kea, dean of the Vallejo Center, 864-7000 ext. 4624.

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cian, management, marketing, mathematics, music, nursing, nutrition, office technology, physical education, philosophy, photography, physics, political science, psychology, real estate, social sciences, sociology, Spanish, speech, theatre arts, welding.

There are also courses being offered off-campus during the summer. Civil Rights Tour 6/20-6/28, Travel Photography 6/10-6/23, Suisun Harbor Theatre 6/10-8/1 & 8/4 and Travis Air Force base classes are offered 6/10-8/1.

Art Phit, a new retail art gallery, clothing store and photography studio in Fairfield held its grand opening May 13 at 726 Texas Street. Art Phit was conceptualized as a laid back, community driven art gallery. The store was brought to fruition by Sacramento State graduate and Bay Area resident Brandi White.

Inside is much of White’s artwork for sale and a photography studio that will be available for rent. --Max Shepherd/Tempest

Former SCC film student chosen for ACE internship Staff report Solano Community College film making alumna, Devora Davis, has been selected for the American Cinema Editors editing internship 2012-2013 awards, according to an SCC press release. There are only four awards given out per year.

All those chosen will spend six weeks in Los Angeles. The first five weeks will be spent shadowing assistant editors, and the last week will be spent exploring various post-production venues, such as dub stages, VFX houses, and music editing.

This is Davis’ second internship; her first was with the Contra Costa Television in Martinez, Calif., while initially attending Solano.

SCC celebrates Cinco de Mayo

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Napa dancers show off their moves at the Cinco de Mayo event at SCC on May 5.