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VOL. 29, NO. 7
THE VOICE OF SOLANO COLLEGE
DEC. 5, 2012 - FEB. 5, 2013
SCC community honors life of late math professor A large crowd turns out to honor the memory of Charlene Snow Carlo Marzan Staff Writer
“Remember my mom through learning, teaching, doing math, pigs, and being the best that you can be.”
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Boone Fletcher Ernst, one of Charlene Snow’s sons, addresses a large crowd at Snow’s campus memorial in the back-half of the cafeteria on Nov. 30
A standing-room only group of Solano College students, faculty, and staff came to celebrate the life of math professor Charlene Snow in the back-half of the cafeteria on Friday Nov. 30. Snow died on Oct. 17 after a brief illness. “Charlene was Charlene regardless of where she was,” said Jowel Laguerre, superintendent/president of Solano Community College, to a crowd of about 100. “We love her and she will forever be a part of Solano Community College.” “Truly great friends are hard to find, but they are impossible to forget,” said Mary Francis, Snow’s best friend. Snow’s three sons each paid respect to their mother. Boone Ernst said he would always remember his mother for being proud of everything and everyone; teachers, students, family and friends. Noah Ernst said he will never forget that it was his mother who taught him that it is through the hurt that we get better. “You can’t get better unless you do what hurts and push yourself,” Noah Ernst said.
-- Boone Fletcher-Ernst “Remember my mom through learning, teaching, doing math, pigs, and being the best that you can be,” said Boone Fletcher-Ernst. Fletcher-Ernst said that pigs were Snow’s favorite animal, and in a light-hearted tribute, he scattered a collection of stuffed pig toys on the stage. Lucas Ernst said he would never forget the times he spent playing hockey with his mother and the fact that she was the biggest fan of his music. He paid tribute to her by performing some of his music that she loved. “She believed in me all the way,” Lucas Enrst said.
Taking the world by microphone Student turns love of sports into aspirations of a dream job Meg Currier Staff Writer mcurrier@solanotempest.net
There are only a few that can rise to the challenge of the competitive world of sports broadcasting and among them is a student named Chelsey Williams. At the age of 20 and continuing her third semester at Solano, Williams is at the top of her broadcasting class, speech 75. She was raised with a family of sports fanatics, and watching and learning sports facts is a hobby she has developed. Her love of football created a passion that drove her to stop sitting on the sidelines and start becoming the center of a real game. So, when Professor Greg Poff told his sports broadcast-
ing class they would experience hands-on field work and would be covering all Solano Community College sports, Williams knew it would become an opportunity to excel. Not only does the class do all the broadcasting for Solano sports but it also does local high school sports around the Solano area. “There was not enough sports this semester at Solano due to budget cuts, so the students have to gain field work where they can, the high schools were the only option,” Williams said. “Poff has told us that it takes 100 sports broadcasts to be recognized professionally.” Poff also believes hands-on field work is the best way for students to learn, and very few community colleges offer real-life training with intensity like this kind.
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