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“Bionic” classrooms to make learning easier Qhianna Sanchez Staff writer qsanchez@solanotempest.net
Radical technological advancements, including new Wi-Fi and electronicallyconnected classrooms, will soon be seen on Solano campuses. With four percent of Measure Q bond money (about $14 million) allotted to institution-wide rebuilding of technology on campus— improving the entire structure rather than upgrading single computers here and there—in the near future, SCC will be up to date with today’s technology and prepared for the technology of tomorrow. 8SEE TECH CLASSES, PAGE 06
Print$hop hosts elementary students for day of college adventures
Oakbrook Elementary School 5th graders from May Laforteza’s class proudly wear their SCC Arts shirts after visiting the print shop during their field trip to visit Solano Community College Monday, Feb. 24, 2015. Their tour of the main campus also included visits to the gym, theater, and the Tempest newsroom. The t-shirt feature a design created by some of the Oakbrook students themselves.
Librarian’s got all the answers Makafui Ahorney Staff Writer mahorney@solanotempest.net
Katherine “Kitty” Luce is a modern-day treasure hunter. Luce is a research librarian and LR10 instructor at Solano College’s Fairfield and Vallejo campuses. She has turned finding information into an art form. “I’ve gone to her with questions and she helped me find books and articles to support my arguments,” said Aliyah Crowder a student on the Fairfield campus. “She also helped me get more specific with my topic.” Luce graduated from San Jose State Uni-
versity with a master’s in library science. Her passion for her job is driven by her love for libraries and her devotion to the students she helps. She first volunteered in the library in fifth grade and, even though she did more reading than anything, the library became a haven for her. The biggest benefit of working at the Solano College library as opposed to a public library is the students, Luce said. The feeling is obvious to any students who go to the library with research questions. Malani Margan, a clinical nutrition major who also works in the library, says that many students come to the library seeking Luce’s guidance because of how approachable she is.
Every student that comes to Luce with a question is an opportunity to not just help a student in need, but learn something new for herself in the process. “I had a student ask a question once,” Luce said. “He was trying to find out why the sound of running water is relaxing. And I looked everywhere and what it seems to be is there is no research saying that the sound of running water is relaxing.” “That was a weird one because it seemed like a very normal question but when we got into it, we discovered that there wasn’t any information,” Luce said. Luce has so many students coming to her for
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Enthusiasm moves the world.” - Arthur Balfour
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OPINION
How free is the “Land of the Free”?
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Turmoil in America has caused young people to take an interest in politics and the American life. The Tempest staff collaborated on this section to answer the question How free is the “Land of the Free”? Boxed in by debt, with too many of us busted and disgusted, how free can we really be? That said, I realize I have the luxury of expressing my beliefs, I can take classes that I enjoy, and I have the right to live, work, study and relax anywhere I please. This brings home the fact that I am, indeed, living in the Land of the Free – granted, it’s definitely not the Land of the Perfect, but free nevertheless. Ning de Jesus America’s reputation as the land of the free is an illusion. It’s a dream that’s only achievable for those who can afford it. I come from a part of the world where credit cards aren’t a thing and you only buy what you can afford. People buy outside their means in order to give the appearance of a higher living standard and spend the rest of their lives trying to pay for it. I don’t understand how you can call that freedom. Makafui Ahorney
PE was my favorite and most hated subject. I’m athletic and love to be physically active. Because I’m a girl though, we had lower standards to meet, more pressure to look cute and not sweat, and there was a lot of stigma to NOT try. I would hold myself to the boy’s standards of faster miles and more reps. I’d wear makeup but I’d still sweat a lot. And I would try my hardest at every game and sport we did. But all throughout PE, the feeling was still, don’t try, and if you try, you better be really good. Women still don’t play all the sports in the Olympics, and women are still seen as slower and not as physical. But maybe we could get there if we actually allowed or even pushed our girls in PE to fight—hard. Daphne Kuta We have the freedom to choose our religion—or not. We have the freedom to choose how we want to learn—whether at community college or university, private or public, online or face-to-face. We have the freedom to choose where we want to live—whether house or apartment, California or Maine. We have the freedom to search for a job and accept—or decline—it as we desire. We have the privilege to make use of the vast knowledge system in the US—both formal studies in school and informally through libraries and the internet. We even have freedom to choose not to use the systems available to us. Although we have great freedom, we still must continuously strive towards greater levels of freedom. Qhianna Sanchez Do you ever feel like the civil rights activists that tried to make America a better place for us died for no reason? This generation will preach “I can’t breathe,” and “hands up don’t shoot,” and “no justice, no peace,” then go beat someone just because they don’t like you. How come it’s never a problem when we kill, but when the cops do it’s a problem? When was the last time you saw justice for somebody when we kill us? Instead you hear “He deserved it”. We are the only generation that is making it hard for the next generation to be free. We are the reason why we aren’t SAFE anymore. If we don’t care about our lives, why should they? Mo’Nique Booker “Speak English, this is America.” “America is a Christian nation.” “The police are here to protect you.” “Congress works for what’s best for the people.” “Everyone is equal.” Is America free? From a religious, political, or social standpoint, America isn’t free. For anyone who isn’t the majority, America isn’t free. Of course, we all keep perpetuating the idea that America is a great and free country, but the reality is that it’s not. It’s not free because Muslims and blacks are still getting shot for living. It’s not free because politicians make laws policing women and LGBTQ+, but not themselves. It’s not free because the only way to be free is to be a rich, white, old man in a country of middle-class immigrants. Dagmar Kuta
Is the “smoke free” policy politically calculated indifference or casual cruelty? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that smoking causes more than 480,000 illnesses in the U.S. each year. Still a smoker in my heart, it has been three years since my last cigarette. Gauloises Blondes were my coffin nail of choice. “Too expensive” was my personal reason for quitting. Did health risks have anything to do with my decision? Only very marginally, in that my mother (a nonsmoker/nondrinker) developed cancer herself for no good reason and asked that I quit. That reason was for her, but it alone was reason enough. The American Lung Association, in its annual “State of the Air” report, lists California as having the worst air quality in the US for 2014. The top five worst cities for both particle pollution and ozone pollution alone are in California. While CA’s “Governor Moonbeam” and “The Governator” before him have made some rather impotent, half assed gestures at the real culprits (Big Business Manufacturing and automobiles), The State and The Man have both taken dead aim at smokers, which are unsurprisingly not even in the top ten air polluters according to an article of the subject found at opishposh.com. Why harangue smokers? They pay for the absurdly childish anti-smoking propaganda
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“Untitled” photo exhibit opens. Artists’ reception 5-7p.m., the Herger Gallery, room 1302. Exhibit runs through April 5.
from TheTruth.org. Bullying ing a cheaply constructed shelter comments you would never to provide some measure of promake about any other group are tection to those at risk. accepted as civilized. Now, those You may make the petty, nonwho make a choice legally availcompassionate argument in that able to any adult are ostracized. “It’s their choice to smoke!” I Rather than providing these give the basic retort that it’s their people most at risk for respiraright, and their freedom, and to tory illness with the cheapest of take away any freedom at all, no shelters somewhere in a far cormatter your personal objection, Suzy Jane ner of the campus, Solano Comthat harms no one other than Edwards-Freet munity College forces smokers one’s own self is an unpatriotic Staff Writer off the property altogether, exact of fascism, and no American sedwardsfreet@ posed to the elements at an even solanotempest.net should submit to it nor allow it. greater risk of bronchitis and And to not provide a covered other illnesses, short term and shelter for them when so much long. money is spent on smoker’s healthcare is In my lifetime, I recall smoking sections not merely foolish. It’s inexcusably cold on airplanes. The smoking sections of Den- blooded. ny’s Restaurants were the domain of coffee I’ll further submit a defense backed by drinking young the popular Dr. goths in the 80s We need to show compassion Mehmet Oz, throughout the MD. U.S. When I to smokers by virtue of their “As you might would visit my humanity. have guessed, nurse father, I most smokers try recall doctors and nurses both lighting up their first cigarette before they are 18 years in the nurse’s station before seeing their old. In the 12-17 age group, the average age patients chain-smoking in their rooms. I’m of first use is 15.1 years.” I think my point not suggesting a return to that. I’m suggest- bears no exposition, but in a sentence: Most
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March 9-20 Student government campaign week
March 11 Dr. SSEX 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., 1400 lobby
smokers are not of an age of responsibility when they start. Furthermore, cigarettes are known to be more addictive than heroin. Every heroin user I’ve talked to has said heroin is much easier to quit than tobacco, and as a nurse, I’ve talked to many, yet there is no rehab for this legal addiction. We expect smokers to stop because we say they should, regardless of its legality. We need to show compassion to smokers by virtue of their humanity. Put a little cover up that fits 3-4 people. Make a stand for the little freedoms and health of others, even the ones you don’t care about. I have often contemplated the frightening truth that I would have been first on the list of “undesirables” in Nazi Germany for many reasons and exterminated in short order. I want to make it abundantly clear I am in no way equating the distasteful ostracizing and seclusion of smokers with the scope of the reprehensible actions Third Reich. But this behavior is the same ugly apathy for others the German nation showed, and that must be acknowledged lest we fall into the same moral decay. It begins with small things.
March 19 Deadline to petition for degrees/certificates
March 16 Horticulture club meeting, building 1000. March 23-26 Contact Ken Williams at 707-975-6856. Student government elections
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It’s March, winter is finally (and, for real, thank goodness!) coming to a close, and spring break is almost upon us. While some unlucky students have midterms in the next two weeks, the majority of us are quickly being lulled into a complacency that only the mid-semester blues can bring. Though I fall in the latter camp, I still find myself utterly unmotivated, even in light of articles, photo shoots, gallery openings, and working on getting my photography business off the ground. I find myself dragging around this time every semester. The lag to do homework, the “Can’t I put this off until tomorrow?” feelings. They’ve kicked in in the worst way. It’s always worse for someone suffering from depression though. I’m here to tell you that you are not alone. They are ways to combat this. It’s hard to stay focused, especially when you have the rest of your life to deal with in addition to the everyday drudgery called school. Here are some tips to help you keep and stay motivated: 1. Reward yourself: One characteristic of the mid-semester blues is feeling overworked, with no end in sight. In order to relieve this slump, try to set up rewards for everything you accomplish, in proportion to the importance of the task itself. Finish reading those two chapters in your Intro to Economics textbook? Get yourself down and indulge in that venti caramel frappuci-
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3. Don’t sacrifice your health and well being: When you’re in the midst of reorganizing your schedule, don’t forget to keep yourself as a priority. Just because you’ve decided to skip that club meeting doesn’t mean you can do the same for your seven to eight hours of sleep. Mid-semester Kemberlee Jones blues are only compounded Opinion Editor with a lack of sleep, poor eatkjones@ ing habits, and a “skip the gym solanotempest.net 2. Practice time managetoday” workout routine. One ment: Another common thing of the main reasons that most we students suffer from during this time of college students are able to juggle all their year is feeling overwhelmed by the sheer activities is because it’s at the expense of amount of work that we need to muddle something that they shouldn’t be giving up: through. You have a Statistics midterm next mainly, their health. Don’t get me wrong: Tuesday, a 15 page paper on A Raisin in the I’m also guilty of staying up until 3 am to Sun due next Thursday, and a presentation finish editing an article for you lovely peoon the Civil Rights movement for speech ple to read. Next time you find yourself next Friday — and you haven’t even begun starting to pull a late-nighter for anything, the legwork for any of them. Dealing with honestly ask yourself this question: Is it realthis in this way will only stress you out un- ly worth it? Most of the time, it’s really not necessarily. So instead of pulling your hair worth the struggle you’ll go through trying out, procrastinate, try to figure out how to to stay awake during the day. balance out your time for each thing you’re working on. You’re right in thinking that 4. Take time to relax — and don’t feel there sometimes isn’t enough time in a day guilty over it: So right now, you’re overto do everything, that doesn’t mean you worked, overwhelmed, and practicing some can’t get the tough things out of the way pretty bad habits. You can’t slow down, first so that you’re adding less stress to your there’s too much to do that’s due at the already full plate. same time to let yourself watch some TV no you’ve been craving. Or, if you’re me, you finish a 20 hour photo shoot, here I come Canon because I need some new lenses. Now I don’t advocate doing this all the time. Because let’s face it, what college students wallet can really afford to splurge? Splurge only for those seeming hard to accomplish tasks, the ones you need an extra push to muscle through.
show, sleep, or even eat a full meal. Yet you’re still tired and unmotivated, even though you know there’s an increasing list of things to do. This advice may sound weird, but if you’re really burnt out, don’t do those tasks right now. Take twenty minutes to go outside and catch the sunshine while it’s still out today. Get on the phone and call a friend for an hour. Do whatever you need to do… just relax. Most importantly, don’t let your guilt get in the way of enjoying the break you deserve. Those twenty minutes to an hour will rejuvenate you – you’ll come back with renewed motivation and concentration, and will be more able to tackle your workload. 5. Take a step back and just breathe: Personally, I think one of the reasons why college students get the mid-semester blues is due to a loss of perspective. It’s easy to get bogged down by juggling four classes five days a week, a part-time job, raising kids, business internships, and trying to keep up a decent social life. However, it’s important to take a moment to remember that while things are incredibly stressful and difficult right now, this too shall pass. We will not be college students forever… we’ll soon learn that there are no midterms in life (not multiple choice ones, at least), and soon, we’ll have bigger (and more important) things to worry about – and get excited over!
campus conversation reporter: Suzy Jane Edwards-Freet, photos: Makafui Ahorney
Are you aware of Adjunct Awareness Week?
“I don’t even know what it is.”
“The what to the what? Yeah, I’ve never heard of it.”
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triking looks, bold colors, and resounding images will be on display soon on the Solano campus. Beginning March 5, the Herger gallery will house more than 20 photos taken by the Portfolio Development photography class. “Untitled” will be up until April 1 in room 1302 on the main campus. A reception and art sale will be held on opening day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The gallery will be open afterwards Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “I am looking forward to the gallery showing,” said Lisa O’Connell, student in PHOT
156, whose photo is directly below. “This will be my first piece of work shown in a gallery. This is also the first piece I have ever put up for sale, so I am a little nervous to see people’s reactions to my work.” The “emerging photographic visions” on display were taken by the students of the Portfolio Development class, PHOT 156. Ron Zak, instructor of the class, can be contacted at Ron.Zak@solano.edu. Credits clockwise from below: Lisa O’Connell, Barbie Mayor, Sid Laws, Tony Hudson, Keana Hambrick-Hawkins
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Coolest spot on campus: The Academic Success Center? Luningning de Jesus Staff Writer ldejesus@solanotempest.net
SCC’s new hot spot turns out to be the Academic Success Center. Visits to the center, which provides tutoring and success workshops, are up 1,000 percent, says Charles Spillner, ASC Coordinator and chemistry professor. The center logged over 1,700 student visits during the first six weeks of spring 2015 as compared with only 170 for the same time period in fall 2015. “They always have math tutors here – which is really nice,” says Denali Smith, who is deciding between physics and engineering for her major. “They always have computers. And they have nice, fun staff. Especially the tutors, that’s really where the whole ball comes from.”
The surge in visits is likely due to the center’s expanded hours, more subjects offered, increased instructor referrals and greater student awareness, Spillner said. ASC, located in Room 101 on the main campus, offers drop-in tutoring and individualized instruction from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, and remains open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Fridays. In addition to tutoring, ASC conducts free Student Success Workshops several times a month. The center also provides other support services to both students and faculty members, such as help navigating the bureaucracy, helpful tips on campus support resources, and high quality faculty development opportunities and instructional resources. Students can now drop in for tutoring on a wide range of subject areas besides math and writing, such as astronomy, biology, business, chemistry, drafting, physics, and
sociology. “We keep adding subjects,” says Spillner, who said that when the library, Math Activities Center and Reading/Writing labs are closed in the evening, “we are the only thing open that late, and a lot of students come in for that last hour.” Smith, a busy student with limited time, agrees. “I feel like the library is usually closed at the hours when I try to go there, so I hop on over to the Academic Success Center and see it is open.” ASC receives an allocation from the Student Equity funds administered by Shirley Lewis, chief student services officer, which allows for staff like Robert Payawal, a supplemental instruction leader, to be available for several hours four days each week to help students with Math and Physics. Payawal was recognized with a Presidential Award for outstanding contribution to the
college and Solano students. Several faculty members volunteer their services at ASC to help students. AT&T awarded the center a $10,000 grant that enabled the purchase of additional resources for the center. Students can use 10 laptops, a printer, and headphones to watch educational videos or listen to tutorials. ASC also has several models available for anatomy and chemistry students, in addition to software and textbooks to help students review for exams and prepare for practicums. Students can look forward to eventually being able to use library materials while receiving tutoring or doing group study at ASC. “There is a proposal to integrate the ASC with the library,” Spillner said. “It would be a Measure Q project.” The proposal has already been presented to the Board of Trustees.
Vision from the future: Solano’s technology finally moving forward 7 TECH CLASSES, FROM PAGE 01
“Because of the bond money that we have available, we are at a time of tremendous opportunity,” said Roger Clague, chief technology officer, also in charge of SCC’s technology upgrades through Measure Q. “The chance to not just incrementally change what we are doing in education technology but to radically change it. To make it a 21st century learning environment as opposed to a late 20th century learning environment. That’s where we are right now.” Clague says he envisions a campus of “anytime, anyplace, anyhow learning,” where any student can revisit his or her professor’s lecture online immediately following the class: at the bus stop, at the library, or at three o’clock in the morning. Where fewer classes are canceled because shared learning classrooms allow students from all three campuses to come together and learn with a real professor. Next semester, the pilot program for livestreamed inter-center classes will begin. Teachers will learn new forms of teaching since these classrooms involve a high degree of technology. About 10 live students will sit in a semicircle around the professor and about 10 more students from each of the other centers will be displayed on-screen. Of the three 80inch screens behind the professor, two screens display the students from the other two campuses, and one is the professor’s ‘whiteboard’ and ‘projector,’ a teaching and learning screen. Above the students, three smaller screens provide the professor with the same images as the large screens behind him or her. Instead of writing at a whiteboard, the professor writes on a tablet. Images scrawled, web pages pulled up, and slideshows presented are displayed on this third screen for students in all three campuses to view. “This is the way of the future for us,” Clague said. Once kinks in the shared learning program are worked out, Clague says SCC could invite students from Dixon High School, Haiti, China, or even Vacaville State Prison (“down the road when the law catches up with the technology”) to learn through virtual-real classrooms such as these. Clague’s vision will also allow students to revisit a professor’s lecture online immediately
following the class. Utelogy, an audio-visual software company, is providing SCC with the means to record lectures and more. Frank Pellkofer, CEO of Utelogy, demonstrates the system in Solano’s board room. “Through a single button push, for instance, lecture capture. Record the meeting or record the 10 minutes of point the teacher wants to make to you guys, stop recording. It automatically gets rendered to the class’s LMS and then you guys can go back at your own time,” Pellkofer said. Utelogy’s multi-purpose software provides more than recorded lecture straight to a class website. It can also control the classroom technology and environment. For instance, if the professor turns on a projector, the projector screen and window shades could roll down at the same time, providing quick and easy setup of a learning environment with a single button push. Eventually Utelogy will be integrated into more classrooms and conference rooms on campus, allowing faculty to experience a consistent interface to control screens, audio-visual systems, and presentations. “It’s meant to make it easy for our faculty so they don’t have to learn a new software program for every classroom,” said Leigh Sata, executive bonds manager for Measure Q. To fully implement Clague’s vision, SCC’s entire technology infrastructure—including data centers, networks, laptops, desktop computers, voiceover IP, and Wi-Fi—needs to be updated, Clague said. “We need to be able to deliver a lot more,” said Clague. Over the next 12 months, “our network, our fiber optics, our copper communications, our Wi-Fi system, our switching and routing are all going to be replaced to take us to the next generation, but building in scalability so that it will be able to be easily updated beyond that.” That way, when hundreds of students attempt to access their professors’ lectures online, the computer system where the data is stored will not be overloaded and collapse on frantic students preparing for midterms or finals, not now nor in the future.
Solano brings home bling Daphne Kuta Staff Writer dkuta1@solanotempest.net
The Solano Speaking Falcons brought home 3rd place after competing in the Northern Calif. Forensics Association (NCFA) Spring Championship in San Francisco Feb. 22 2015. San Francisco City College hosted 23 different colleges from different parts of the U.S. This tournament was preparatory for State and Nationals later this month, on March 11-15, and April 6-10, respectively. The Calif. Community College Forensics Association (CCCFA) State Championships will be held in Woodland Hills and will be hosted by Moorpark College. While the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament will be held in Cleveland, Ohio. Until then,
coaches Ana Petero, Darren Phalen, and Brian Nelson all work tirelessly to prepare their team for the week long tournaments. At NCFA, second-semester speech student Lucy Murillo won first place in Senior Persuasive Speaking, propelling her through the ranks and ensuring that she will be a part of a two person team representing Calif. at the Interstate Oratory Competition (IOA) which will be held in Mount Berry, Georgia at Berry College. “Established in 1874, The Interstate Oratorical Association (IOA) represents the nation’s oldest competitive collegiate speaking association,” explained Petero. Lucy will be the fifth Solano student to represent Northern California. Current speech coach Petero was the first in 1997.
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help with last-minute assignments that she’s shocked when a student says their assignment is due in a couple of weeks. She says she definitely believes that the reason some people avoid the library is that they find it more convenient to get their information online. In a world where the internet has made everything so accessible, Luce says, many people find themselves too busy to spend time in a library searching for the information they need. “I teach LR10 and in that class we have people use the library or at least the library website,” Luce said. “People get
very used to finding all the information they need on their phones and so sometimes it is asking them to change their habits and come into a physical place that has books in it and has access to help with the information. I have a couple of assignments where I actually force my students to go into a physical library and most of them are glad they do it. They find that in some ways, it’s easier than surfing around on their own.” Every research topic a student comes to her for help with is an opportunity for her to learn something new. For Luce, that makes every day a new adventure.
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Solano takes a loss to Laney
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Solano players (left to right) Jaimon Robinson, Jo’Sean Snell, and Timothy Moore soak in their loss to Alameda during the last minutes of their home game Feb. 18 at Solano Community College.
Last home game of the season ends in a loss, 50-38
Donovan Smith closely defends an Alameda guard during the second half of their home game Feb. 18 at Solano Community College.
The Solano Falcons men’s basketball team lost to Alameda on Feb. 18. The final score was 96-88. Kyle Osterstock and Koree Cox played great defense, keeping Alameda from taking the lead in the first half. Solano had a lead of 12 points at the end of the first half with a score of 50-38. In a jaw-clenching second half, Alameda brought the score up to a 3-point difference of 65-68. With eleven minutes remaining, Alameda tied it at 68. In the last few minutes of the game, Alameda gained a 10 point lead making it difficult for the Falcons to recover. Donovan Smith contributed greatly to the game with 18 points, and Kyle Osterstock trailing behind him with 13 points. The game was the sophomore finale for Kyle Osterstock, Koree Cox, and Donovan Smith, as well as the last home game of the season for the Falcons. --Joy Harris/Tempest sports editor
sports calendar
March 8 March 14 March 5 *Baseball vs. Folsom Lake College Swim Team at College of Marin *Baseball vs. College of Marin
March 17 Baseball at College of Marin
March 24 Baseball at Napa Valley College
2 p.m. *Softball vs. Mendocino 1p.m.
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2:30 p.m. *Softball vs. Yuba College 1p.m.
March 7 Baseball at Folsom Lake College 1p.m. Softball at De Anza, 1p.m. Swim Team at City College of San Francisco, 2:30 p.m.
Invitational, 11a.m.
March 10 Baseball at Laney, 2:30 p.m. Softball at Napa Valley College, 1p.m.
March 12 *Baseball vs. Laney, 2:30 p.m. *Softball vs. Contra Costa College, 1p.m.
1p.m. *Softball March Madness Central Park, Fr emont TBA Swim Team at College of San Mateo Invitational 10a.m.
March 15 Softball March Madness Central Park, Fremont TBA
March 19 *Baseball vs. Los Medanos 2:30 p.m. *Softball at Los Medanos College 1p.m.
March 21 Baseball at Los Medanos College 1p.m.
March 26 *Baseball vs. Napa Valley College 2:30 p.m.
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Falcons lose to Laney
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Solano guard Jenessa Boling defends a Laney College player during the first half of their home game Feb. 18 at Solano Community College.
Solano’s Audrie Jones calls out a play during the second half Feb. 18.
SCC can’t fight off Laney’s full-court press
The Solano Falcons women’s basketball team lost to Laney College in their last home game of the season on Feb. 18. The final score was 37-45. Jenessa Boling kick started the game with several three-point shots, giving Solano their first lead of the game. Despite their defensive efforts, Solano found it difficult to stay in the lead. By the end of the first half, Solano trailed Laney by six points with a score of 1723. Laura Lawson, Alexis Hines, and Jenessa Boling were the only scorers for the Falcons during the first half. During a suspenseful second half, the Falcons played great offense. Audrie
Jones did some scoring late in the second half with 8 points, helping the team to come back and tie the game at 37 points with two minutes remaining. These would be their last points, as Laney’s full court pressure caused Solano to make several turnovers during the few remaining minutes of the game. The game was the sophomore finale for Kai Roberts, Danika Carlisle, Laura Lawson, Nikki Andaya, and Audrie Jones. Solano is 12-4 in the Bay Valley Conference. --Joy Harris/Tempest sports editor
Solano guard Nikki Andaya defends a Laney College player during the second half of their home game Feb. 18.