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An opinion on assisted suicide:”I want to die on God’s time” OPINION ON 2

PRINT $HOP: Open for business FEATURES ON 5

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SCC seeks to improve upon its currently underwhelming image Ruben Rangel Copy Editor

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Is Solano Community College one of the region’s premier places of two-year education, one that provides local students the necessary stepping stones for a lifetime of success? Or is it a dead-end school, a place of only adequate learning facing a history of deficit and accreditation issues?

Because it can depend on who you ask, the answer to this question can remain unclear for many current and future students, potential employees, and potential monetary donors. College administrators and the SCC Educational Foundation (SCCEF) think it is a problem of public perception, branding, identity, and image.

“We’ve been defined by whatever’s in the newspaper, what students are saying, we’ve never made the opportunity to be proactive and tell our story,” said Curt Johnston, SCCEF executive director.

In August the college approved up to $75,000 for a branding and image campaign to do just that beginning with a request for pro-

affordable

posal that states “The purpose of this project is to enhance the image of the College both internally and in the overall community, and help rebuild student enrollment numbers.”

For those involved in the project, the campaign will succeed by simply displaying the facts.

“It’s changing the image as far as how people perceive the school but it’s not changing reality,” said Johnston. “This branding and image campaign is all about telling all the great stories of Solano ...

To have pride in the institution, you have to know some of the facts.”

Identity crisis?

to Diablo Valley College for CSU transfer rates. The data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics and is based on graduation rates for the 2012-2013 year, and compared SCC with DVC and Napa Valley College.

Though this may be what data points to, students’ perceptions presume otherwise.

“The image of Solano right now is a very C-rated community college,” said two-year SCC student Chris Mercado. “There’s not a lot that happens here. There’s just not a lot of community.”

“Hopefully it will make us a more cohesive unit because we’re kind of fragmented under different banners,” said ASSC president Casey Bess.

“Honestly I feel it is needed,” said Joleena Lewis, ASSC’s student services senator. “If you poll students on campus many will tell you that Solano has a bad image.”

After hiring KPS3, a Nevada marketing agency, to develop a new brand, vision, and identity for the college, a student poll was the first step of action.

value The college began the campaign with a research phase which SCC’s outreach manager Shemila Johnson said would “help us identify how our current students view us, how our respective community and partners view us and then also how the faculty and staff view ourselves.”

Johnston said SCC currently boasts the highest graduation percentage out of all colleges in the region and rates only second

It’s all in the numbers

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As diverse as answers to the question of SCC’s current image may seem to be, the results of the KPS3 surveys, released Nov. 4, present striking similarities between the various groups.

Among current and prospective students, faculty and staff, and school counselors, the most common phrases associated with SCC are “affordability,” “value,” and “close and convenient.” Nearly 75 percent of students surveyed said they chose SCC for its affordability and location. Students also perceive these to be SCC’s biggest strengths, a belief that is also shared with faculty and staff.

The groups may agree here but differ on a larger issue - the perceived quality of education.

Among the first words that come to students’ minds are “just ok” while only 8 percent think of “self-improvement/success” when the college comes to mind. One strong belief among faculty and staff, according to the survey, is “SCC is a good place to get an education that will help students transfer,” however, this does not appear in the data presented from the student survey.

Perhaps faculty has gauged this key difference of opinion as

the survey shows some of their predominant beliefs of the school are “a misconception or lack of awareness of SCC offerings” among the community and that the “public views SCC as having accreditation issues and financial struggles” which could be why faculty also “supports the effort to improve the overall image of SCC to encourage recruitment.”

Building a new brand It may be true that proximity is SCC’s largest strength, it is also the college’s largest claim to market share. Johnston said that approximately 80 percent of graduating high schoolers in Solano County choose SCC over others in the region. But if the perceived quality of its education continues to remain lukewarm among current and potential students, the college may risk not only loss in student attendance but also loss in potential monetary donation.

“This is an investment in our future,” Johnston said. “The branding and image campaign is going to pay dividends. A college with a great reputation creates 8SEE BRAND, PAGE 6

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”

- Henry Ford

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campus calendar Brandman University Rep Bldg. 400 First Floor 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Nov. 12 Sac State transfer rep Bldg. 400, Counseling dept.

9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Nov. 20 Financial Literacy Workshop Bldg. 500 Rm. 501 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Brandman University transfer rep Bldg. 400, Counseling dept.

9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

UC Davis Rep Bldg. 400 First floor 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Solano Speech Night Theater Lobby 7 p.m.

Tickets $10

Nov. 24

Nov. 13 Student success workshop exclusively for veterans, active-duty, and reservists: Test Anxiety Room 1421 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Badminton Club 1700 Gym $2 entry fee Equiptment provided 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Nov. 25 Financial Literacy Workshop Bldg. 500 Rm. 501 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Nov. 14 Poetry Slam Competition $2 entry fee 1400 Bldg 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Nov. 17

Nov. 26

My mother was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer in 1984. She had a double mastectomy and given one year at the most, with aggressive treatment. My family rallied around her waiting for the inevitable to happen.

She lived three more years.

“I feel that as human beings we should hold life to a higher standard.”

-Andrea Hood

Doctors do err on cancer patients’ survival times, so how can anyone say when the time is ripe for assisted suicide?

On Nov. 2 Brittany Maynard said goodbye to her friends and family on Facebook. Maynard had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

She became the face of the rightto-die movement when she moved to Oregon to take advantage of the state’s physician-assisted suicide law, the Death with Dignity Act. “For people to argue against this choice for sick people really seems evil to me,” Maynard said in an interview with People magazine last month.

But what about Maynard’s family?

Did she have the right to deprive them of more time they could have spent with her? This was not a woman in the hospital who was hooked up to machines, which could be a costly venture for the family. She was well enough to travel to another state, and visit the Grand Canyon. Maynard, five days prior to her death, claimed

Deborah Graham staff writer dgraham@solanotempest.net

she was feeling much better, but she still made the decision to end her life.

Marilyn Golden, policy analyst for the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, (DRED) in an article for dred.org, says that at first glance assisted suicide might be a good solution, but on closer inspection some very real legal issues are present.

“We must separate our private wishes for what we each may hope to have available for ourselves some day and, rather, focus on the significant dangers of legalizing assisted suicide as public policy in this society as it operates today. Assisted suicide would have many unintended consequences,” Golden’s article said.

My mother survived as long as she did because her family gave her that will to live. From a biblical perspective, the bible states Ecclesiastes 9:12 “Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.”

“I feel that as human beings we should hold life to a higher standard,” said Solano Community College history major Andrea Hood. “Life is a precious gift, we should make accommodations to keep the person as comfortable as possible in their last days,” Hood said.

Although the Hippocratic Oath is subject to individual interpretation, my overall perspective is that physicians took an oath that they should use no medications to cause death, even when asked. Maybe some of them should remember that.

letter to the editor

Nov. 27 No school Thanksgiving Day

Nov. 18

Nov. 28

Financial Literacy Workshop Vallejo Center Room 129 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

No school

CSU East Bay Rep and Grand Canyon University Rep 10 a.m to 1 p.m.

Bldg. 400 First floor

Sac State Rep Bldg. 400 First floor 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Unprecedented complications could arise from assisted suicide

No school

Badminton Club 1700 Gym $2 entry fee Equiptment provided 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Nov. 19

I want to die on God’s time

Dec. 1 Badminton Club 1700 Gym $2 entry fee Equiptment provided 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Dec. 2 Financial Literacy Workshop Vacaville Center Rm. 308 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

correction

Editor, Your sensationalist headline in the Oct. 29 Tempest: “College Behind Bars: Prison correspondence courses approved, but could risk accreditation” is a misrepresentation of SCC’s efforts to initiate a program to educate those who are incarcerated, and, most importantly, a blatant misrepresentation of any statements that I have made regarding this “prison project” and the project’s implications for accreditation.

Here are the facts: My comments regarding accreditation were taken out of context.

What I reported in the Liberal Arts meeting on Oct. 16 was that when the prison project was initially discussed at SCC, I raised the appropriate question of whether or not a prison correspondence course in an off campus site was to be considered a substantive change, but was told that it was not.

I was never interviewed in person and I question why “selective quotations” were published giving the appearance that I had, indeed, been interviewed.

Here, selectively publishing some statements as quotations, while eliminating pertinent facts entirely, unjustly altered my intent and my meaning.

I stated in the Liberal Arts meeting that I am entirely in support of SCC’s Prison project and I continue to hold that view.

The Tempest article gave the impression that I was not supportive. To mislead SCC’s Student body with a headline that casts doubt on the viability of the prison project is simply not responsible journalism.

In conclusion, I urge you to carefully research and verify your facts and trust that Solano Community College is mindful of accreditation responsibilities. Finally, I urge you to encourage our student body to wholeheartedly support SCC’s admirable endeavor to educate those who deserve a second chance. Here I would welcome an opportunity to be interviewed as to why I am in support of SCC’s “prison project.”

Sincerely,

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Why I hate Facebook... but still use it My on-again-off-again relationship with the social media site Remember the good ol’ days when Myspace was the number one social networking site? Even though I hit the end of Myspace’s heyday, I still had one.

they’re the freakin’ Mona Lisa or something.

Every once in a while I’ll delete Facebook from my phone (where I use it primarily) and just stay away from the site for a while.

I usually feel better, calmer, and more relaxed during my day-to-day life, but eventually, someone needs to contact me through the site, or my relatives start calling me instead of just tagging me in a comment.

Nowadays, everyone and their grandma has a Facebook. Literally. Almost every single member of my family has an account, and of course I have to add all of them, no matter what kinds of ridiculous crap they post, including eyesore photos and rants about politics with terrible grammar.

Facebook is more invasive and frustrating than perhaps any other site I have encountered in my short years on this Earth.

Facebook has become a veritable monopoly among the social networking sites, and I for one am sick of it.

So, here is a list of my reasons for deleting and re-downloading Facebook incessantly on my smartphone.

Every time I log on to Facebook, the first thing I see is “John Doe and Jane Doe like MTV” and some ridiculous headline about the Kardashians or the Hilton’s or some other family that I don’t care about.

Honestly Facebook, the last thing I need is to know how many of my friends like Walmart or CVS on your site.

Dagmar Kuta Editor-in-chief

ternet apps that come on your phone, but come on: in reality, it’s easier, albeit annoying, to just download the app. Thank you Facebook, for making it more annoying to keep in touch with people I actually know.

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Another irritating requirement of Facebook are the additional apps needed on my phone to keep in touch with people.

As a photographer, I have to communicate with multiple people at once when organizing shoots, and since everyone still doesn’t have an iPhone (that’s a whole ‘nother can of worms), Facebook is the easiest way to do it, and to do it on the go.

The Messenger app was created in 2011, but only required to send messages through the app starting earlier this year.

Facebook says that one way to get around using the numerous apps is to use the in-

The use of personal information to cater ads to an individual is rather disturbing.

I know that other sites have been doing it forever, but seeing ads that are huge and in my feed is odd. Plus, the ads don’t usually make sense. I’ll say a random word once, and all of a sudden I see ads for something I have absolutely no interest in.

Another thing (probably a more personal reason) is the proximity to my family. I love my family, but seeing their crap all the time makes me so frustrated and anxious.

I really don’t need my great-aunt critiquing my and my sister’s selfies all the time like

In short, I’m really looking forward to the next site that takes over the world, because hopefully it will actually cater to the viewer’s needs instead of trying to make money off of ads or additional apps, or showing me things that I didn’t sign up for.

“Facebook has become a veritable monopoly among the social networking sites, and I for one am sick of it”

campus conversation Reporter: Ruben Rangel photos: Romero Garcia

What do you think about the school’s logo?

“It looks like a trapped tree … if we’re going to spend a bunch of money, why not change the logo?”

“Don’t change the logo that’s the image that we’re known for.”

-Sarah Kistler English and history major

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-Marion Alcaraz business major

“I think its fine, there isn’t much about it that needs changing.”

“It represents Solano, so I don’t like it.”

“As a non-marketing student, I think it looks fine as is.”

-Zachary Loney business major

-Dylan Youngers math and linguistics major

-Sam McCollum biology major

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“We want people to have things that are good looking, welldesigned, and cool.”

-Jeanne Lorenz

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A magnetic strip above a work space holds neccessary tools for print making, including butter knives, a roller, and putty knives.

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Emily Kulcarich shows her latest piece in the print making shop.

Solano’s “Print $hop” is getting down to business Ruban Rangel Copyeditor rrangel@solanotempest.net

The art department looks to embrace its business side with the start of a non-profit, called the “Print $hop,” which utilizes the college’s printmaking facilities to make shirts and other merchandise for Solano clubs and projects.

As the region’s only designated print shop at the community college level, the Print $hop plans to use the art building’s renovated facilities, including new printing equipment, a dark room, and a graphics lab, to bring money back to the community.

“We’re thinking of the print shop as a business, which is why we use the dollar sign,”

said Jeanne Lorenz, SCC art instructor and the woman spearheading the project.

“We’re doing it mostly for the Solano community... It’s mostly our fundraising entity of Friends of Art. All our proceeds goes to Friends of Art.” The $hop has already printed for the Puente club, sports broadcasting, the “Ask Me” outreach campaign, and the Solano Educational Foundation’s golf tournament, among others.

“People are coming to me to get shirts made which is pretty exciting,” Lorenz said.

“The main thing we want to get out is that we want our students to be able to design the stuff... We want people to have things that are good looking, well-designed, and cool.”

The Print $hop offers students a way to get

hands on experience doing jobs for members of the community while also giving oncampus clubs the opportunity to see what the arts have to offer.

“The other thing we’re offering to campus groups that want a shirt, we’ll host a party for them, that’s what we did with Puente, they got to see firsthand what’s involved,” Lorenz said, “We want a collaboration where students have the option to print it themselves or we print it.”

Among those involved, the Print $hop is seen as student and faculty collaborative effort, bringing together various campus clubs and departments while showcasing some SCC school spirit.

“You’re wearing things that are made that are not only showing culture and spirit within the school but also showing sup-

port for what the students are making,” said Brett Manuel, high school educator and part-time SCC student. “It’s keeping money here on campus but it’s product produced by students and that’s the biggest thing.”

“I think it’s a good idea,” printmaking student Lauryn Small said. “Screen printing is a good tool, why not utilize it to help bring money into the department?”

The Print $hop is offering a minimum of 20 shirts for any club or project that hopes to get involved. The art department is also offering printmaking courses including etching next semester, all of which are UC and CSU transferable and may be included in a two-year Printmaking certificate currently in the works.

style

How to dress yourself Jasmine Grimes Staff writer

jgrimes@solanotempest.net

Find your own style Finding your own style can be really hard, especially if you have no experience with fashion. Fashion truly is something that is internal and indicative of your own tastes.

Try going on Tumblr or Pinterest, and find some pictures of people wearing clothes you would like to wear. Then take a trip to your local mall with the pictures and pick a store that looks like it carries similar clothes.

Try them on

The girls or guys in the photos look nothing like you, right? You probably think you’re not skinny enough or pretty enough to pull off the outfit. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is comparing yourself to the model, and basing your whole opinions on the image. You have to try on the clothes to determine if they look right on you or not. You may have thought you couldn’t pull off the look in a million years and go into the dressing room and look utterly fabulous (or like total crap which is why you didn’t want to try it on in the first place). You

can only overcome your fears by facing them.

Revamp your wardrobe Now that you have an idea on what your style is, and what looks best on your body, it’s time to revamp your wardrobe. Start off by going through all of the clothes you already have and see which ones can be saved because they work with your new style, and which ones cannot. I never advocate for chucking old clothing in the bin. It’s easier to box them up and donate them to the thrift store instead. One person’s junk is another person’s treasure.

Replace your wardrobe Here’s where things get interesting, because you now have two paths to choose from. You can either buy clothes at the mall, or go to the thrift store. Try the thrift store first (it’s best to go to more than one), and whatever you can’t find buy at the mall.

Wear your new clothes outside This is the last step, and the trickiest. People reinvent themselves all the time (Lady Gaga anyone?), and you can too. All you have

to do is get dressed as usual and walk out the door. You may feel awkward, but get used to it.

People are going to stare anyway, so you might as well give them something good to look at. Your nervousness will eventually wear off and when you feel confident and comfortable everyone else will too.

If you’re looking to revamp your wardrobe and you’re scared about what other people think remember that you are doing this for yourself. Change happens when you want it to, and when you accept it into your life.

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6 NEWS ASSC doles out $11k to clubs/depts The verdict is in.

After courting funding requests from student clubs and faculty departments, the Associated Students of Solano College doled out money from the semester’s total budget of $11,000 Nov. 4.

Seven student clubs got a total of $5,000, while six departments got $6,000, based on an application and presentation process.

Among the clubs, the Rugby Club, the Student Organization of Latinos, and the MESA Student Society received $900 each. The Sociology Club was awarded $500, and the Math Club $800. The Campus Cat club was funded $450, and the Gamers club $550.

All clubs are eligible to request funding but are only considered if they submit an application and are proactive on campus and in the Inter-Club Council.

“We have to know what they have been doing, if they hold regular meetings, if they have officers, if they do fundraising... those will determine if they get funded or not,” said ASSC adviser Rischa Slade.

The total amount given to departments was $6,000. ASSC provided $2,840 for the prep department, $1,386 for ceramics, and $753 for 2-D art. The law department got $500 and biology $265.

According to Erica Gonzalez, ASSC vice president and chair of the funding committee, most departments use the money for class materials.

“These things that departments need, they come to us because they have to come to us and we’re usually their last line of defense as far as getting the students what they need,” ASSC president Casey Bess said.

Rebranding campaign to change Solano’s image 7 BRAND, FROM PAGE 1

people who want to affiliate with it... These things are beneficial in terms of attracting students and alumni to the college, potentially giving or participating,” Johnston said.

“We want to show people that the college is not just a commuter school,” said Shemila Johnson. “Our goal is to brand the college as a high quality place to start ... We want this to be the launching pad to where they want to go.”

KPS3 was recruited to do just that. On their website, KPS3 describes themselves a company that “complete the research and discovery process … and then do what we do best.” SCC students can expect to see how that research, and the $75,000, will pay off.

“KPS3 really embodied what we see for ourselves and that is being innovative, cutting edge, high quality,” said Shemila Johnson, who also felt the agency’s diversity matched the diversity of SCC. With the conclusion of the research phase, the creative phases of the campaign will soon begin including the brand development and design aspects.

“I am looking forward to it,” said ASSC president Casey Bess, “I hope that their rebranding is going to be timeless.”

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SCC engineering student secures position in NASA program Addi Simmons Opinion Editor lsimmons@solanotempest.net

Scott Paniccia, mechanical engineering major and sophomore at Solano College, was recently accepted into a prestigious NASA program by designing a Mars landing craft.

Paniccia first heard about the program through engineering professor, Dr. Melanie Lutz.

to fly, so that made it pretty difficult,” said Paniccia. “I don’t think the technology exists in order to put something like this together, but I said that it would need to meet these requirements and if we could meet these

“Scott is an amazing, enthusiastic student who takes initiative on every project,” said Lutz. “Last semester during our rocket lab, he modified his rocket by building a camera mount with a 3-D printer, so that he could take a video of the launch in progress. I knew that he would be the perfect candidate for the NCAS program.”

Paniccia has successfully completed the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars program (NCAS), which consisted of a four to five week course online with three different sections during the course.

“The class itself was about Mars missions and what the past missions were, what tools they used, what they’re doing now, what tools they want to use, and what they’re going to be doing in the future,” said Paniccia. “So my job was to decide on a scientific objective, or what I wanted my mission to be, and what I would need in order to accomplish that mission and provide details about how that would work.”

Paniccia’s Mars landing craft is designed to land on an area of Mars that is thought to have once supported life and use built-in robotic arms to collect rock samples as well as fossils, or anything of significance in that area to later test in labs.

“There’s a giant impact crater on the southern hemisphere that is the deepest part where they theorize might be liquid water and it might have been an ocean in the deep past, so I said we’re gonna try to look for signs of life there,” said Paniccia.

The most speculative part of Paniccia’s design is the craft’s four circular propellers.

“The atmosphere is actually like a hundred or a thousand times thinner than on Earth, so if you stuck your hand out of the window on a freeway on Mars, you would not feel anything. Wings and propellers need air

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Scott Paniccia holds a model of his Mars rover design, which was printed with a 3D printer. requirements, then we could do it.

Paniccia won’t be visiting NASA until February, but said that the timing works in his favor since the only other time available was one week before finals in December. Paniccia said that he doesn’t yet know everything the trip will entail.

“They’ve kind of kept that ‘hush hush’,” said Paniccia. “All I know is that it’s on-site training, so they’re probably going to have us do two or three days of tours and then challenges and activities. I’m pretty excited.”

Paniccia plans to transfer to UC Davis in the fall of 2015 and continue his engineering degree.

“I have only recently fostered in myself the notion that my dreams of accomplishment are indeed achievable,” said Paniccia in a personal statement to NASA. “As for why I desire this esteemed opportunity to work with NASA; space is hard and needs the best problem solvers to accommodate it. I aspire to be one of these problem solvers.”

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Paniccia’s model features four propellers, two cameras, and four landing legs.

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Men’s Basketball team is “cautiously optimistic“ going into the new season

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The Solano Falcons men’s basketball team runs suicide drills during practice in the gymnasium.

Carlo Marzan Sports editor

returning sophomores Donovan Smith and Kyle Osterstock along with transfer sophomore Koree Cox, head coach John Nagle is “cautiously optimistic”

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As winter slowly approaches, basketball season is slowly beginning to take place. A new season is a new chance, new beginning, and new opportunity for the men’s basketball team to better themselves and surpass the success of previous seasons.

The Solano men’s basketball team looks forward to the beginning of the new season. 13 freshmen basketball players have been added to the roster this year. With

“I think that talent wise we’re similar to last year.” Nagle said.

Freshmen Unree Johnson and Jovon Adams are excited and are seen to be big contributors to the team, giving Solano the edge and appetite to succeed in the new season.

“I really like our competitive spirit and our

defensive focus, so I think that this group plays extremely hard,” Nagle said.

Smith and Osterstock seem the competitive nature in the freshmen and do their best as the returning sophomores of the team to lead them to glory and victory.

“Me and Kyle are real vocal leaders, we out there putting a lot of pressure on freshmen to see how they would overcome and react during a game situation,” Smith said.

“We’re just putting them on our tail, we’re just trying to lead the way, basically.”

“I’m just really proud of the guys, I’m really proud how they represent Solano College and how they’re working hard in the classroom, good group of guys and I’m excited they represent the College,” Nagle said.

While Solano will compete in a series of shootouts and tournaments before their conference starts, their first home game for league will be Jan. 2 against Yuba college at 7:30 p.m.

Badminton: more than a backyard sport Deborah Graham Online editor dgraham@solanotempest.net

If you are running out on the court to retrieve a shuttle then you better move fast. Players move swiftly and with finesse on the court at SCC’s gym where the badminton club hosts their Monday night practices.

Badminton is one of the five major racket sports. It can be played recreationally in your backyard with family and friends or competitively in schools and even at

Olympic levels. You can get a complete body workout attests Becky Lum, SCC’s badminton coach and adviser for over 28 years.

“Badminton is a sport that combines agility and finesse. We get people from all over who come on Monday nights to play and just have fun,” said Coach Lum. “It is one of the few sports where men and women play with and against each other.”

Chance Chappell, a former SCC student and regular club attendant, agrees.

He is often seen helping new members and teaching beginners as well. The badminton club allows him not only the opportunity to meet new people, but get a good workout too.

“I love the fact you can get fitness and have fun at the same time. This also helps you to improve your skills.

I encourage people to join the sport because it is cheap and in a good location.” added Chappell.

The club is sponsoring a tournament fundraiser on Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. -5 p.m.

at the George Duke Center in Vacaville, CA. Proceeds from the event will feed the homeless through Mission Solano and provide clothing for over 200 children in Nicaragua. You can register for the event at Godseekers. org.

The badminton club meets every Monday night from 7 p.m. -10 p.m. through Nov. 8. The fee is $2 at the door.

All equipment is provided.

It is open to all. For more information contact Becky Lum at Rebecca.Lum@ solano.edu

Shuttlecocks gathered into stacks on the gymnasium are ready for another round of badminton. The Solano Badminton Club hosts an open gym/clinic where anyone can come learn the sport of badminton with players of varying skill levels hosted by Instructor Becky Lum. Photo by Steve Reczkowski

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THE TEMPEST n NOV. 12 - DEC. 2, 2014

SPORTS

Solano gets one in against Folsom Lake

Women’s soccer loses to Folsom Lake 4-1 Carlo Marzan Sports editor

cmarzan@salanotempest.net

four minute span, Folsom scored another set of goals, ending the first half 3-0 in Falsoms favor.

Falcons competed amongst themselves as SCC Falcons womens’ soccer team played against Folsom Lake College Falcons on Nov. 7. Folsom Lake is currently the number one team in the Bay Valley Conference, undefeated 11-0 and have yet to get a goal past them for conference play. Folsom would take the win over Solano 4-1.

“Giving up three goals after that, (we were) kind of panicking a little bit and not playing composed there.” said head coach Jeff Cardinal.

The first half started as Solano took the first possession. As the game slowly went along, Solano found themselves mostly on the defensive end trying to stop goals and less time on the offensive, not getting any shots on Folsom goal. 20 minutes in Folsom scores a goal on Solano. Within a

Though slightly deterred after the flurry of goals made by Folsom in the first half, Solano was able to bounce back in the right mind set for the second half.

“I think we made some good adjustments after the first half and going into the second half.”

Folsom was in no hurry to make a goal and

took things slow and steady. At the same time, Solano knew the pressure was on them to score a goal, to which they picked up the pace.

As the game became more physical, the unthinkable happened as Solano Falcon Jennifer Dessel scored a goal on Folsom College. Folsom was confused as Solano celebrated the moral victory.

“I think they were trying to get to season without a goal given up,” Cardinal said.

“We’re one of the teams that if somebody could score a goal off of them, it’d be us.”

Slightly upset, Folsom played a little more recklessly as they scored another goal in the

last minutes of the game, ending the score 4-1, defeating Solano.

Even though Solano couldn’t come out with a win, they still had fun in the second half, especially having scored the goal on Falsom.

Women’s soccer has two more games for conference as they go against Los Medanos and Marin (make-up game).

“We’re hoping to close out with a couple wins, we beat los medanos the first game 1-0 so there isn’t any reason we shouldn’t be able to beat them again and marin we beat the first game pretty handily, so we should be able to get past marine as well,” Cardinal said.

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Solano Falcons’ Jennifer Dessel, right, and teammate Jordan Lewis congratulate each other after scoring late in the second half of a soccer home game against the Folsom Lake, the only goal scored against Folsom in 11 games of Bay Valley Conference play this season.

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Solano Falcons’ defender Sarah Lisenko tussles with Folsom’s Chayney Mata for control after a corner kick restart during a soccer home game against the Folsom Lake Falcons.

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Solano Falcons’ midfielder Jennifer Dessel catches a return from the goalkeeper during a soccer home game against the Folsom Lake.