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THE VOICE OF SOLANO COLLEGE

VOL. 28, NO. 10

MARCH 7 - MARCH 20, 2012

Summer sacrifice: college seeking more ways to make up shortfall

By John Glidden Staff Writer jglidden@solanotempest.net

Solano College’s cancellation of summer session is leaving students in the lurch, and is just part of a series of proposed reductions the school must make to handle an unexpected $3 to $5 million dollar funding shortfall.

“This is prudent financial planning to avoid potential budget calamities in the future,” said Jowel Laguerre, superintendent/president of Solano College, in an email to faculty and staff last week announcing the summer session cancellation. “This decision alone does not solve our issues; but it represents a significant portion of the cuts we need to make.”

“The estimate is 240 sections [cut],” Laguerre stated in an e-mail to the Tempest.

Yulian Ligioso, vice-president of finance and administration at Solano College, presented the current fiscal outlook of Solano to the SCC Governing Board at a special meeting last week.

In Ligioso’s proposal, athletics, the pool, the theater, child care, and additional course sections in the fall and spring could be on the chopping block.

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Mary Goldstein passes out a letter protesting summer class cuts Mon, March 5 on campus. Goldstein was asking According to Ligioso, Solano is facing a budget students to sign the letter, which was addressed to Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada. deficit of $815,000 for the current fiscal year of 8SEE SUMMER CUTS, PAGE 6

Upset students protest summer class cancellations at the campus clock

By John Glidden Staff Writer jglidden@solanotempest.net

On Monday, March 5, students held a rally to garner signatures opposing the cutting of summer school. At the base of the campus clock, students passed around a petition signing their names.

“I need summer school to get my AA next spring,” biological science major, Sante Thomas said.

“I have to wait two more semesters [if summer school is cut] because I don’t want to commute to [nearby colleges for the summer],” Thomas said.

Thomas also passed copies of a petition asking Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, CA-8 to prevent the loss of summer school at Solano College.

“I am frustrated at the decision to cut all summer courses at SCC. I am concerned about my future as a student. If I am not

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Student Gregory Smith talks to the public about the G.I. Bill and relays that the bill only pays for military students if they are full-time.

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able to take classes I need for my degree of choice my time in college will be extended.

Furthermore, the more semesters I spend at the community college level before transfer or receipt of my degree, the longer it will be before I can get a job and become a taxpaying citizen. Though, I understand the dire state of California’s finances, I am concerned about my education and my future,” the petition reads.

“They [Governing Board] are going to cut football as well,” Thomas stated.

“The accreditation problem is the administration’s fault,” undeclared major, Gregory Smith said.

Smith carried around a copy of the 201112 administrative leadership/supervisory/ confidential salary schedule. “What are they giving up,” Smith asked as he pointed to the schedule.

“They [Solano’s administration] forgot about the students – they don’t give a s---,” Smith said.

“I encourage all students to attend the next Governing Board meeting; we will be meeting outside the 600 building at 5:30 p.m.”

Smith stated.

Students Stacie Burton, Jennifer Beauregard, and Donna Parker also sought student signatures in the 1400 building to protest the cutting of summer session.

“So far, we have 250 student signatures.

We got our whole class to sign the petition and will present them to the Governing Board,” Beauregard stated.

“I lose the money that I need for school because I’m VA [Veterans Affairs], Chapter 35,” Parker stated.

“I’m hoping that they [the administration] will reconsider [cutting summer session],” Burton said.

The governing board next meeting will be on March 7th at 6:30 p.m. in room 626.

Members of the public wishing to address the board can sing up for the pubic comment period at the start of the meeting.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.” -Dale Carnegie

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correction The teaser headline on page 1 of the Feb. 22 printed edition incorrectly identified the name of the women’s basketball tournament and their status in the tournament. The Solano women’s basketball team beat College of Marin in the Bay Valley Conference tournament, but lost to Laney College in the tournament.

editorial Editorials are the opinion of the editorial staff of the Tempest.

Many SCC students were shocked and dismayed to find that summer session has been cancelled. This comes on the tail end of numerous recent negative events. As a refresher: -Just after accreditation sanctions were just lifted, SCC was put back on “warning” by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

- Fifteen programs were placed on “program discontinuance review” last fall, then administration changed their minds and reversed the decision.

-Administration is considering cutting campus police.

-Administration reorganized college divisions and is now considering undoing part of the reorganization.

-Administration determines they must cut $5 million from budget and decides to cut summer school.

These are crucial issues that affect each and every student attending SCC, but they still come as a shock to all of us. Have you ever received a single email through your school account regarding these decisions?

Or been given a notice before it affected you so you could make arrangements to get courses through another school?

The lack of communication with students is frustrating and insulting. Even ASSC student government was informed about summer school only one day before the decision was made.

ASSC student government should have been among the primary stake-holders on campus to be consulted about the possibility of cutting summer session.

Even The Tempest is excluded from the campus emails that are sent to all faculty, staff and ASSC, despite the fact we have requested to be in the loop.

Many students that planned to transfer based on summer courses are now held hostage for another semester. Others needed those courses to graduate, thus impact-

ing them even further.

At the very least we are owed an open and honest explanation as to what is going on. The administration and faculty have jobs because of the students that attend Solano, and it should be their priority to inform and assist students.

It is up to all of us to embrace this new economic reality and plan ahead for more bumps in the road. We need to face these ongoing hardships and get used to more sacrifice.

As students, we need to unify our voices and make it known, and well known, that we are not going to sit down quietly while the college crumbles around us.

Loyalty and respect are fading values Who is there for the youth to look up to? Do you have younger siblings, kids of your own, or kids around you? They watch and listen to your every action and word.

They look up to you, if you talk and act mischievous, soon they will too. If you’re living a loyal and respectful life most likely the youth you’re around will follow that path as well.

As far as it is being taught, values to hold on to through life are diminishing. To keep loyalty and respect honored in society as key values, we as individuals must start being accountable for our own actions. We must not allow anyone to get the best of us to the point where we act out of character. This could lead some to being disloyal or disrespectful.

Loyalty is more than just a word: it’s a way of living that runs hand in hand with respect. The old saying “Treat others the way you want to be treated,” is losing its mean-

ing. It is a major factor in having respect for yourself and for others.

Without respect for yourself you cannot began to show respect for others.

satisfied with life. They’re not too much worried about being loyal.

Lying, stealing, cheating, and killing are going on everyday mostly due to misguidance, Loyalty is something assumptions, and a instilled within you lack of knowledge. I riding on common don’t steal because my sense with no lies or self-respect demands betrayal. that I earn a living. My loyalty to myself and Be faithful to your loved ones around me family, your friends, demands that I fully and employer by not commit to a better way

By Val acting knavish or selfof living. Some lie to cover Hicks ish. Family members up their “dirt” or to “look Staff and friends get together good”, some steal out of VHicks@ for holidays, vacations, greed, some cheat out of barbeques/cookouts, solanotempest.net lust, and some kill over and these days are filled jealousy. with activities or just meant for spending time together. In good At the end of the day when you’re times and bad times these people looking at your bed are you happy are always there for each other. to lay in it or are you filled with guilt and sorrow? Having selfThese days most people’s main respect means you’re going to do focus is to go to school, go to work, things that make you happy withand bounce around until they’re out a doubt, so when you go to

lay down and reflect on your day, you’re happy. Do wrong in the day and you’re going to feel wrong at night.

For every positive thought there is a positive result and every negative thought will project a negative result. It’s all in the power of choice which thought you’re going to act on.

Open doors for others. Say “thank you” and understand that the world doesn’t revolve around you.

The way you treat the world will come back on you. As long as we’re living we are always learning.

As a society we all experienced bad times-- let’s not dwell on that, let’s learn from it, move on, and make sure we don’t put ourselves in that position again. Let’s share good times and pass along great memories for the better. There’s only one thing to it and that’s to it.

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What would Jeff Bridges buy?

Have you watched an Esurance ad recently and asked yourself “Who is this guy narrating, and where have I heard his voice before?” Why, it’s John Krasinski, best known for his role as Jim on “The Office.” That’s a neat bit of trivia, but what is his voice doing in a commercial? Well, he’s far from the only one. You’ve probably heard Jeff Bridges telling you about the benefits of Hyundai, Julia Roberts trying to sell you on using AOL, and even Morgan Freeman plugging Visa.

You might have even heard a celebrity’s voice and not realized it. Yes, it seems more and more celebrities are doing voiceover work for commercials these days.

It must be an effective advertising strategy if they’re still doing it, but I can’t help but feel there’s been too much of it lately.

Advertisements have always used manipulation as a means to sell products, and these ads are no exceptions, but they do it on a more subconscious level. Often the ads become more memorable for the celebrity voiceovers than the actual content. Take the recent Hyundai commercials for example. They’re generally little more than cars speeding down highways or racetracks while the camera shows it from different

angles. That’s nothing new. You’ve seen this in thousands of other car commercials, but what makes the Hyundai ads stand out is Bridges’ relaxed voice telling us about the car’s desirability. Now when people think of Hyundai, they’ll most likely think “Well, The Dude told me that Hyundais are really fast and sleek. I think I’ll consider buying one.”

onscreen to sell a product. They don’t announce who they are or even sound like they’re fully endorsing the product, but even if you don’t recognize the voice right off the bat, you know you’ve heard their

By Nick voices before and find that trustworthy.

Sestanovich In reality, advertisA & E editor nsestanovich@ ers are unknowingly solanotempest.net furthering the notion that celebrities are more important than the average person. It doesn’t speak well for advertisers when I’m not one to knock a seemthey believe that you will change ingly effective business strategy, car insurance companies because but I do think this nails a major Jim from “The Office” subconproblem with our culture: we sciously tells you to. It’s pretty take celebrity worship a little much belittling those who aren’t too far. Celebrities have been elrich or famous. evated to a status beyond that of regular human beings, and that’s If you plan on breaking into certainly evident in TV advertise- voice work, you should unments. Famous people endorsing derstand that this will be your products is nothing new, and you competition. Lesser known voice see it today with people like Drew actors still find work, but as ceBarrymore onscreen promoting lebrity voices have become more Covergirl or William Shatner prominent, they’re often told to as the Priceline spokesman. sound more like famous actors.

Celebrity voiceovers aren’t quite According to a Slate.com article, the same thing as this method is “Agencies now ask for voice types more subliminal, which is worse by naming a celebrity (e.g., ‘We’re than having a famous person looking for a Rob Morrow sound

here’), where they used to just ask for adjectives like authoritative or honest.” Honestly, the voiceovers are so generic that any nonfamous professional voice actor could do their jobs, and perhaps they should. Actors already make millions of dollars in their regular line of work. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Julia Roberts is worth $140 million, so I wouldn’t say she’s necessarily hurting for cash right now.

Meanwhile, there are countless voiceover artists who don’t make nearly as much money but could probably do the job just as well.

Once again, it’s an instance of those who are already famous being placed above those who are not.

I guess if there were only a few celebrity voiceovers it wouldn’t be too bad, but I don’t think it should be any bigger than it is right now. There are many ways to sell products, so we don’t need more famous voices subconsciously convincing us to buy them. Don’t let yourself become fully manipulated by these ads.

As with any other commercial, you should make a conscious decision about which product is best for you without worrying about who is selling it to you.

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campus conversation

Will canceling summer school session affect you?

“It really stalls people if they want to get their degrees. It is really unfair. Students want to get ahead. I just hope they allow summer school.”

“It is such a disappointment; so many people are trying to get ahead. The summer time is the only time I can take classes.”

-Lorenzo Valenzuela Jr. 20, criminal justice

-Pamela Antiporda, 19, nursing

The Tempest is published by Solano College students. Opinions expressed in the paper are those of the individual writers and artists, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the college’s governing board, the administra-

“I understand about funding issues. If there is something cheaper than summer school they could cut that maybe saving a couple of dollars, why don’t they cut that.

-Kelli Creekmore, 19, general science

“It won’t affect me because I am moving.”

“If we have 11 percent in our budget and we need 3 percent for summer- why can’t we used that money?

-Liz Holloway, 18 history

-Michelle Anderson, 20, early childhood development

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For the 2012 issue, they are looking for anybody with an artistic passion (not just SCC students) to submit their work.

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“The Darkness” returns with a vengeance

admissions in poetry, short stories, prose, photography, and visual art. Editors will respond four to six weeks after the submission is received.

You do not have to be an SCC student to have your work published, but if you are, you should indicate as such.

The deadline for submission is Mar. 31.

Electronic submissions may be sent through e-mail at suisunvalleyreview@gmail.com while physical submissions may be sent through Suisun Valley Review’s address at English Dept/ Humanities, Solano Community College, 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 94534

2K Games

Despite being another entry in an overdone genre, “The Darkness II” manages to expand on the story of its predecessor and provides a first-rate sequel.

By Sharman Bruni Editor-in-Chief sbruni@solanotempest.net

game review

Five years ago I finished “The Darkness” on Xbox 360, pleasantly surprised, but never expecting there to be a second game.

On Feb. 7, 2012 “The Darkness II” was released on all platforms, and I was ecstatic to have a second chance to walk in the footsteps of mob boss Jackie Estacado and harness the power of The Darkness.

While I had originally thought the idea of another mafia video game to be a bit cliché, almost immediately after playing my mind was changed for good.

Although I rarely am interested in first person shooters, “The Darkness” has always been a compelling series that allows the player to not only utilize a variety of guns, but the power

Although “The Darkness II” was far shorter than I would have liked, I enjoyed every minute of it and immediately went back and started my second playthrough. of “The Darkness” as well. The versatility of weapons available in the game keeps the player drawn in and along with the storyline, you’ll find yourself at the end of the game long before you would want it.

The Darkness grants Jackie the power to control Darklings to do his bidding, and in this game you’re graced with the presence of a bloodthirsty demon who has taken a liking to wearing a dead cat on his head and speaking in a British accent.

After all the bloodshed that goes on, it’s nice to have some comedic relief and I found myself quite attached to this darkling at the end of the game.

You also control two tentacles which function like separate arms.

You are able to rip enemies apart with ease using executions at close range

and performing special feats such as ripping off car doors to use as shields.

The second game has included three talent trees, that although are unlikely to be maxed out in the first game can be accessed again in the second playthrough as you are able to save all of your abilities in New Game Plus, an added feature for “The Darkness II.” Items on the talent tree include swarm, which releases insects to stun your enemies and gun channeling, which uses your Darkness powers instead of bullets to penetrate through enemies.

There are many other features that can be unlocked after accumulating dark essence from kills and each one builds upon your utilization of The Darkness.

Hair Show returns to the college Tempest Staff

Solano Community College’s cosmetology club will be showcasing the best in hair at the 4th annual Hair Fashion Show.

This year’s theme will be “Through the Years” where the participants will show off hair styles from different eras.

There will also be live entertainment and chances to win baskets of products.

The event will take place on March 31 at 5:30 in the SCC theater. Tickets are $5 per person at the door.

For more information, call 864-7180

Between the release of the first and second game I began to read the comics as well and delved into a great series that I could not put down. Although the plot line is very different in the game series as opposed to the comics, both are worth the money.

The first game in “The Darkness” series never touched upon the opposite force The Darkness faces known as the Angelus, but in the second game the Angelus play a major role in the story line.

In the comic book series the Angelus and the Darkness are at constant odds with each other have been so for centuries. The two entities came together and conceived the Witchblade and in turn, another popular comic book series was spawned.

Although “The Darkness II” was far shorter than I would have liked, I enjoyed every minute of it and immediately went back and started my second playthrough. Although it might be another five years before the next game comes out, I eagerly await to see how the story progresses through the video game franchise.

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Students unhappy with summer class cancellations 8 SUMMER CUTS: FROM PAGE 1

By John Glidden rent fiscal outlook of Solano to the Staff Writer SCC Governing Board at a special jglidden@solanotempest.net

meeting last week.

Solano College’s cancellation of summer session is leaving students in the lurch, and is just part of a series of proposed reductions the school must make to handle an unexpected $3 to $5 million dollar funding shortfall.

In Ligioso’s proposal, athletics, the pool, the theater, child care, and additional course sections in the fall and spring could be on the chopping block.

“This is prudent financial planning to avoid potential budget calamities in the future,” said Jowel Laguerre, superintendent/ president of Solano College, in an email to faculty and staff last week announcing the summer session cancellation. “This decision alone does not solve our issues; but it represents a significant portion of the cuts we need to make.”

According to Ligioso, Solano is facing a budget deficit of $815,000 for the current fiscal year of 20112012. This deficit must be cleared before the new fiscal year starts on July 1, 2012.

The Financial and Budget Planning Advisory Council (FABPAC) of Solano College recommended that Solano cut all summer classes.

The savings amount to $1 million saved.

“The estimate is 240 sections [cut],” Laguerre stated in an e-mail to the Tempest.

For fiscal year 2012-2013, Solano is facing $3 to $5 million dollars in cuts.

Yulian Ligioso, vice-president of finance and administration at Solano College, presented the cur-

“My personal position is that I’m concerned for students. [The loss of summer session] affects their

graduation,” Debbie Luttrell-Williams, president of the classified employees union, and administrative assistant to the School of Career Technical Education and Business Information stated.

“We don’t know the impact on 12-month employees, yet,” LuttrellWilliams stated.

“No one favors reductions,” said Arturo Reyes, executive vice-president of academic and student affairs.

“By cutting summer it is the least impact on students. Students rely heavily on fall and spring semesters,” Reyes said.

“We, as a union, did not have a position [on cutting summer school],” said Charlene Snow in an email. Snow is the faculty union president and a math professor at Solano. “We see the importance of summer classes to students who need one course to transfer or who want to prepare for college level courses by completing basic skills

during the summer.”

join,” Barber said.

“ It is also important to athletes, who prepare during the summer to compete in the fall,” Snow said.

“We faculty are told that because of more state cuts to community colleges that more cuts in classes are inevitable. The question becomes, what can we afford to cut?

Cuts hurt students,” Snow said.

Health and nutrition major Carol Baker said that “I know a few students who are upset with the loss of summer school. I enjoy summer session because of the warm weather.”

“I’m going to have to stay extra semesters [with the loss of summer school],” art major Monica Barber said.

“I have to stay a whole another year; just need six more credits to graduate,” art major Cecilia Arias said.

“Is the Governing Board going to listen to us? I would join the Occupy Solano and pay more for “It’s our schooling, they didn’t summer school courses. I don’t Ben Gogna/Tempest College or tell the students. There might be want to drive to Napa Diabloclock ValleytoCollege,” Occupy Solano [because ofatthe losscampus Students congregate the protestearly thechildof summer session] and I would cancellation of summer school. hood education major Michelle

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Occupy Education marches 99 miles to make a difference

By Deborah Graham Online Editor dgraham@solanotempest.net

Members of the Occupy Education movement met at the main campus of Solano Community College Sat, March 3 at approximately 11 a.m. for day three of their protest march on the way to Sacramento Mon, March 5. The

estimated marching distance was calculated as 99 miles.

According to The Reporter, march coordinator Kevin Faircloth relayed that, “the protest march’s purpose is ‘to connect with communities’ and people along the walking routes, especially those ‘hardest hit’ by the Great Recession, including the East Bay and the Vallejo-Fairfield corridor.”

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Marchers carry creative signs such as this pencil display supporting taxation towards education. to a major “Occupy the Capitol” rally in Sacramento where the protesters are asking Gov. Jerry Brown to reject any budget packages that include higher education cuts or tuition increases. They also want the governor to support a ballot measure that would raise taxes on millionaires to pay for education and social services Katrina Pinkerton-Lloyd, women’s studies major at SCC, was getting tired of writing letters to state senators who didn’t respond.

She decided to take a more proactive stand, so a few weeks ago she stumbled upon an “Occupy Education” website and did just that.

Pinkerton-Lloyd contacted one of the members of the Oakland movement and next thing she knew, Solano was a stop on their

way to the capital.

“I strongly believe we are all entitled to education. I look at my 4-year-old son Shalaun and want to make sure that he has the same opportunities that I and my husband have,” Pinkerton-Lloyd said.

“I feel morally obligated to take the appropriate actions to make sure that happens. The letter writing has not worked.”

As Lloyd-Pinkerton engaged in conversations with other protest members she occasionally nodded noting parallels in the affects that that state budget cuts had caused the various community colleges.

Kelcey Cromer, peace club president joined in the conversation with the group. Cromer was also instrumental in providing snacks

and beverages for the almost 70 walkers who had signed up for this leg of the journey.

“I wanted to make sure when they got here they had enough food and enough to drink,” Cromer said.

Both she and Pinkerton-Lloyd are very active in community and school activities. Last month they participated in Occupy Vacaville, where they marched to city hall to call attention to budget cuts that have started to affect their area as well. Pinkerton Lloyd ended her day yesterday offering her home to some of the weary travelers to shower and change clothes. She was tired but asked if she would do it again, she gave a resounding “Yes.”

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Ben Gogna sports/photo editor

Solano pitcher Ben Monroe throws the last pitch to Brandon Baranzini for the final out to end the game against Santa Rosa winning 11 to 4, Feb. 23 at Solano Community College.

Falcons top Santa Rosa

By Ben Gogna Sports/Photo Editor Bgogna@solanotempest.net

Solano Falcons first baseman Nick Spini went 3 for 4 with one RBI, one walk, one triple and scoring three runs helping Falcons to beat Santa Rosa 11 – 4, Feb.23.

“We had runners in scoring position three or four times with two outs and we got hits in all three or four times,” Spini said.

Ben Gogna sports/photo editor

Ryan Anderson pitches to Santa Rosa third baseman Nick Rudda in the top of the third inning, Feb. 23 at SCC.

fielder Steven Stout drove in the second run hitting a single. Catcher Aaron Brasher ended the inning hitting into a fielders choice. Solano went up 2-1 against Santa Rosa.

In the bottom of the fourth, Solano added insurance runs to protect their lead. Solano drove in four runs off five hits by Borja hitting for a single, Spini hitting for a single scoring Borja for an RBI, Crosby reached with a single, Foley hitting a single, scoring both Spini and Crosby for two RBI’s and a triple by Quilatan scoring Foley.

Second baseman Justin Quilatan went 2 for 4 driving in one RBI, hitting a double and a triple.

Third baseman Alex Crosby went 2 for 5 scoring In the bottom of the sixth, Spini reached base on two runs with one RBI. Designated hitter Mark balls and Foley singled scoring Spini for an RBI. Foley went 3 for 5, scoring once and “We had runners in scoring Solano added four more driving in three RBI’s runs in the bottom of the position three or four times seventh, batting through Santa Rosa opened with two outs and we got hits the whole lineup, to make the game scoring a total of 11 runs. Stout in all three or four times.” the first run with reached base by error, but a homerun from -- Nick Spini, pitcher scored the first run in the leadoff batter Dalton inning when shortstop Johnson. The score remained 1-0 through the top Ryan Wheat tripled to right scoring both Strout of the third inning. Down by one during the first and Brasher, for two RBIs, who also hit for a double three innings, in the bottom of the third, Solano the same inning. Borja hit to third for first out, players came up to bat their second time around holding runner Wheat at third. Welz reached base and decided it was time to take the lead. on a walk putting runners at first and third. On a 1-0 pitch, Spini reached with a single, loading bases Leading off the bottom of the third, centerfielder and Crosby drove in the 11th run, fourth run of the AJ Borja grounded out to first base, right fielder inning, singling to left field.

Zach Welz struck out for the second out. With two outs, on a 0-1 pitch, first baseman Nick Spini hit “Putting pressure on the defense, we scored two, a triple to start the rally. Crosby reached on base I think, unearned runs in the third. We hit the with an error by third baseman Kurtis Huffman of ball hard in the fourth or fifth and it wasn’t until Santa Rosa, scoring Spini for the first run. Foley hit the sixth we really drove the ball and put the thing for a single, Quilatan got to base on balls, and left away,” Solano coach Scott Stover said.

2012 Solano College Baseball: upcoming games

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Ben Monroe, pitching in the bottom of the ninth, helps Solano beat Santa Rosa 11 to 4, Feb. 23 at SCC.

March 8

Mendocino College

Ukiah

2 p.m.

March 10

Los Medanos College

Solano

1 p.m.

March 13

Yuba College

Marysville

2 p.m.

March 15

College of Marin

Solano

2 p.m.

March 17

Napa Valley College

Napa

1 p.m.

March 20

Contra Costa College

Solano

2 p.m.

March 22

Laney College

Oakland

2 p.m.

March 24

Mendicino College

Solano

1 p.m.

March 27

Mendocino College

Ukiah

2 p.m.

March 29

Los Medanos College

Pittsburg

2 p.m.

March 31

Los Medanos College

Solano

1 p.m.

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THE TEMPEST n MARCH 7 - MARCH 20, 2012

Auto body class prepares students for the real world

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Auto body instructor Dan Ulrich helps students in the auto body class on Friday March 2, 2012.

Daniel Ulrich runs his class like a shop

By Mark Beierly Staff Writer Mbeierly@solanotempest.net

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Auto body student Christian Taillant focuses intently on the task at hand.

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Jordan Mcdonald, a student in Dan Ulrich’s auto body class, works on a fender in the class.

In the eyes of Daniel Ulrich’s students, any damage to a car is fixable and any dent can easily disappear.

The students of Ulrich’s auto body class bring in, dissect, and estimate their efforts to repair a damaged car into a fully functional vehicle.

All of this goes on with the guidance and skill of their instructor and auto body legend Daniel Ulrich. Ulrich, who’s been in the auto body business for decades, started his own auto body business in 1982. He started off doing nearly everything from fixing dents to spraying paint on the vehicles. He owned and worked at his auto body business for 22 years and had eight employees working under him. Ulrich ultimately sold the business, but found himself teaching at Solano Community College.

“It feels good to give back,” Ulrich said.

Ulrich’s classroom is a garage filled with cars that need to be repaired by his students. The cars are brought in by the students themselves, mostly as a favor to friends and family.

Usually the vehicle owners buy the parts.

Ulrich’s students gain valuable knowledge and insight of auto body repair. Ulrich looks over the vehicle and gives approval for his students to dissect, estimate, and work on the project. Estimates are key to the auto body class, where some of the jobs --whether it’s a small project or a big project-- can take from hours to a day to complete. Other vehicles can take up to a semester.

The students must make sure mea-

profile surements are exact for quality and safety purposes.

Ulrich oversees the cars and instructs his students to learn the techniques of auto body repair, but he often lets his students have free reign to do their projects.

“He prefers and knows that everyone has a way of doing things different,” said student Daniel Roy. Ulrich, in many ways, is teaching the lessons and experiences of not only being an auto body professional, but also owning an auto body business.

The results of Ulrich’s class have been effective. One student, Nick Battiste, shows a tool the class uses, a frame rack, which allows the budding auto body technicians to attach clamps and hooks of a panel to make sure it’s straight.

Battiste describes the class as a fully established auto shop. Ulrich’s class does nearly everything that is not mechanical, from fixing dents to full cleanups to realigning cars. Each project has a team leader and sometimes Ulrich mixes up the teams with the veterans and the rookies of his class. This building of teams allows students to learn more about the process and the people around them, Ulrich says.

Ulrich, who recently won an award for ‘Best Modified Roadster’ in an Autorama contest in Sacramento, strives for team efficiency and a safe quality product in his auto body class. Though he no longer owns his auto body business, Ulrich says he is happy to be able to teach his students the thing he loves the most: auto body repair.