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h) M HAPPY WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCA TION WITHOUT FEES BEING RAISED )F ANYTHING THE VOICES OF STUDENTS COUNT GREATLY v
h) M ACTUALLY SATISFIED ) M GLAD 0ROPOSITION PASSED )T GUARANTEES ME THAT ) WILL ABLE TO CONTINUE MY EDUCA TION v
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ROPONENTS OF 0ROPOSITION MUST FIND ANOTHER MEANS TO COMBAT BIG FOOD CORPORATIONS #ONSUMERS NEED TO MAKE A STAND AGAINST THESE CORPORATIONS WITH WHAT WE PURCHASE AND EAT ˆ BUT NOT WITH A BALLOT VOTE v CAMPAIGN )F PEOPLE STEP AWAY FROM 4HAT MILLION COMPARES THE BIG SUPERMARKETS AND TO THE MILLION MAKE A TRIP DOWN )T IS RAISED BY h9ES ON TO THE LOCAL FARM v CAMPAIGNERS ERS MARKET THEY ˆ SHOWING WHY CAN CAST THEIR VOTE POSSIBLE NORMAL PEOPLE CAN T AGAINST BIG FOOD FIGHT BIG CORPORA CORPORATIONS DIRECT THROUGH TIONS THROUGH THE LY BY NOT SUPPORTING MEANS OF RAISING THEM THESE MEANS CAMPAIGN MONEY /N 4UESDAY ,OCALIZING OUT #ALIFORNIANS VOTED TO CREATE AN FOOD SUPPLY AND DOWN 0ROPOSITION MINIMIZING THE USE WHICH IF OF HARMFUL CHEMI PASSED WOULD HAVE ALTERNATIVE CALS AND PESTICIDES REQUIRED THE MAN PRESENTS A VIABLE DATORY LABELING FOOD ALTERNATIVE TO BIG OF FOODS CONTAIN FOOD CORPORATIONS ING GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVASTATING FORMS OF FOOD PRODUCTION '-/S "Y THESE MEANS THE 4HE PROPOSITION FAILED BY THE RELATIVELY NARROW MARGIN !MERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE TRULY SUS OF PERCENT TO PER CENT ACCORDING TO WWW VOTE TAINABLE AND RESILIENT CONNEC TIONS BETWEEN PRODUCER AND SOS CA GOV CONSUMER 4HIS SHOWS HOW CLOSE TO 4HE PROBLEM WITH THE HALF OF ALL #ALIFORNIA VOTERS TACTICS EMPLOYED BY PROPO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE '-/S LABELED AND A DEEPER LOOK ON NENTS OF 0ROPOSITION IS THE PART OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY THAT THE MOVEMENT ATTEMPTED &OR THOSE VOTERS WHO VOTED TO DIRECTLY CONFRONT BIG NO MANY WERE LIKELY SWAYED FOOD CORPORATIONS IN A LEG BY THE AGGRESSIVE MARKETING ISLATIVE POLICY BASED BATTLE 0ROPOSITION ADVOCATES EFFORTS OF THE BIG FOOD COM PANIES THAT POURED MORE THAN WORKED IN THE ARENA THESE MILLION INTO THE h.O ON LARGE CORPORATIONS CONTROL
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/UR GOVERNMENTAL FOOD AGENCIES ARE STRONGLY INFLU ENCED BY MODERN AGRICULTURAL CORPORATIONS THROUGH LOBBY ING AND POLITICAL ACTION COM MITTEE DONATIONS !S !MERICANS WE FUNCTION UNDER A STATE OF CORPORATE MONOPOLY AND IN NO SITUATION IS THIS MORE APPARENT THAN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FOOD %NGAGING A GOVERNMENT WITH DEEP TIES TO BIG FOOD CORPORATIONS WAS A COURA GEOUS EFFORT BUT THE PROPO SITION S FAILURE SHOWS THAT THE FOOD MOVEMENT SHOULD RELY MORE ON ITSELF AND LESS ON THE GOVERNMENT 4HIS IS THE SAME GOVERN MENT THAT APPOINTED FORMER HEAD OF PUBLIC POLICY AT -ONSANTO -ICHAEL 4AYLOR AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF FOODS AT THE &OOD AND $RUG !DMINISTRATION /BVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE CAN NOT WAIT FOR LEGISLATION OR FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO CUT TIES WITH BIG FOOD CORPORA TIONS ˆ WE MUST CUT THOSE TIES OURSELVES AS WE DEVELOP BUILD AND CONNECT THE LOCAL IZED FOOD COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FORMING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY LIKE FARMERS MARKETS AND LOCAL FOOD MARKETS )T IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THESE MEANS TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE FOOD INFRASTRUCTURE 'EORGE -ORIN IS AN ASSO CIATE EDITOR OF 4HE !DVOCATE #ONTACT HIM AT GMORIN ADVOCATE GMAIL COM
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#OUNSELORS HOLD TRANSFER EVENT 4HE #OUNSELING $EPARTMENT WILL HOST A TRANSFER WORKSHOP ON 4HURSDAY FROM A M TO P M 3TUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON COLLEGES HAVE THEIR 5# ESSAYS EDITED AND GET FEEDBACK FROM OTHER TRANSFERRING STUDENTS 7ORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD IN #ONFERENCE 2OOM ! IN THE 3TUDENT 3ERVICES #ENTER &OR MORE DETAILS CONTACT THE #OUNSELING DEPARTMENT AT EXT
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5NIVERSITY COURSES OFFERED 4HE 5NIVERSITY #ONCURRENT %NROLLMENT 0ROGRAM WILL BE HOLD ING AN ORIENTATION MEETING IN #ONFERENCE 2OOM ! AT THE 3TUDENT 3ERVICES #ENTER TODAY FROM NOON TO P M 4HE PROGRAM ALLOWS #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE STUDENTS TO TAKE COURSES AT 5# "ERKELEY #AL 3TATE %AST "AY -ILLS #OLLEGE AND *&+ 5NIVERSITY WHILE STILL ENROLLED AT ### 3TUDENTS CAN COMPLETE LOWER DIVISION COURSES FOR MAJORS GENER AL ELECTIVES AND EDUCATION REQUIRE MENTS FREE OF CHARGE &OR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT COUNSELOR ,UCILLE #ASTRUTIA AT EXT
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3EMINAR TO BE HELD IN ,! 4HE #LASSICAL !FRICAN #ONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 7ORLD IN -ATHEMATICS AND 3CIENCE EVENT WILL BE HELD IN ,! TODAY FROM TO P M )T IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC &OR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT #HAIRPERSON -ANU !MPIM AT EXT
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(ALL OF &AME EVENT &RIDAY 4HE (ALL OF &AME EVENT WILL HONOR A SELECT FEW FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE 4HE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON &RIDAY FROM TO P M AT THE 2ICHMOND #OURTYARD -ARRIOTT AT 'ARRITY 7AY IN 2ICHMOND ! RESERVATION IS REQUIRED AND TICKETS ARE PER PERSON AND WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR &OR MORE DETAILS CONTACT -ARKET ING AND #OMMUNICATIONS #OORDINATOR -ICHELLE *ACKSON AT EXT
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3CHOOL HOSTS PUBLIC SHOWCASE 4HE 3TUDENT 3PEAKER 3HOWCASE WILL BE HELD IN THE +NOX #ENTER ON 4HURSDAY FROM TO P M 4HE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC &OR MORE DETAILS CONTACT SPEECH PROFESSOR -ARIE !RCIDIACONO AT EXT
CrimeWatch 7EDNESDAY .OV !N OFFICER WAS CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC STOP AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE DRIVER WAS UNLICENSED 4HE DRIV ER WAS CITED ˆ #HEYENNE 'ALLON
4O PREPARE FOR MORE POSSIBLE CUTS COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS CREATED A SCHEDULE FOR SPRING BASED ON A BUDGET WITHOUT THE TAX MEA SURE ! NUMBER OF COURSES WERE SELECTED SUBJECT TO BEING CUT IN CASE 0ROPOSITION DID NOT PASS 3INCE THE TAX PASSED NOT ONLY WILL THOSE PRE SELECTED COURSES NO LONGER BE CUT BUT THE ADDITION AL COURSES MUST BE ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE ,ATE START SECTIONS ARE CLASSES THAT BEGIN DURING A SEMESTER RATHER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION )NTERSESSION CLASSES ARE DURING THE BREAK BETWEEN THE END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER BEFORE SUMMER COURSES START ### S ADOPTED BUD GET &4%3 NUMBER STOOD AT EQUALING JUST OVER MILLION IN BUDGET ALLOTMENT &AILURE OF 0ROPOSITION WOULD HAVE MEANT APPROXIMATELY BILLION IN CUTS TO + EDUCATION STATEWIDE 4HE ADDITIONAL &4%3 INCREASES THE COLLEGE S BUDGET BY h&4%3 IS HUGE FOR OUR BUDGET v $R &LOYD SAID h)F HADN T PASSED WE WOULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER REDUC TION ˆ POSSIBLY TO THE LOWEST &4%3 AMOUNT THAT ) CAN REMEMBER v !SIDE FROM WORKING AT $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE AS THE INTERIM VICE PRESIDENT &LOYD HAS SPENT THE LAST YEARS OF HER CAREER
AT ### 4HE TAX IS EXPECTED TO RAISE ABOUT BILLION IN ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR -ONEY GENERATED IS SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED FOR + EDUCATION 4HE SALES TAX INCREASE WILL EXPIRE AFTER FOUR YEARS WHILE THE INCOME TAX RATES INCREASE LASTS SEVEN YEARS !CCORDING TO THE 'OVERNOR S /FFICE THE SALES TAX INCREASE WILL GO INTO EFFECT .EW 9EAR S $AY AND THE INCOME TAX RATES INCREASE IS EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR !T A COLLEGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE .OV ELECTION ### 0RESIDENT $ENISE .OLDON ATTRIBUTED THE PASSING OF 0ROPOSITION TO THE INCREASED VOTER TURNOUT FOR TO YEAR OLDS )N PERCENT OF #ALIFORNIA VOTERS WERE BETWEEN AGES )N THE RECENT ELECTION THAT PERCENTAGE ROSE TO PERCENT ACCORDING TO #.. S EXIT POLLS !LTHOUGH REVENUE PRODUCED BY THE PROPOSITION WILL GO TO FUND + EDUCATION AS INDICATED IN 'OV *ERRY "ROWN S ENACTED FIS CAL YEAR BUDGET REVENUE COLLECTED FROM THE TAX FOLLOWING WILL GO TO THE STATE S GENERAL FUND &LOYD AND $R .OLDON DURING 4HURSDAY S MEETING SAID ADDITIONAL ADVOCACY TO ENSURE THE MONEY CON TINUES TO FUND COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS NECESSARY $UE TO THE PROPOSITION PASSING JUST LAST WEEK THERE ARE NO
SUCH PLANS FOR ADVOCACY IN PLACE 4HE ADDED CLASS SECTIONS AND &4%3 COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASED NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLING (OWEVER FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF BUDGET CUTS TO THE TUNE OF MILLION FOR THE DISTRICT HAVE LED TO REDUCTIONS OF PERSONNEL IN THE STU DENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT ### ˆ A CONCERN FOR ### FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS !LTHOUGH #OUNSELING $EPARTMENT #HAIRPERSON .ORMA 6ALDEZ *IMENEZ SAID SHE IS VERY EXCITED THAT THE PROPOSITION PASSED SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY THE COLLEGE WILL HAVE TO ACCOM MODATE THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN STUDENTS h7HAT KIND OF STRAIN DOES THIS PUT ON STUDENT SERVICES v 6ALDEZ *IMENEZ ASKED h7ILL THERE BE ENOUGH APPOINTMENTS FOR STUDENTS IN THE #OUNSELING /FFICE FOR ASSESSMENT TESTS OR FOR FINANCIAL AID SUPPORT ˆ THAT S MY CONCERN ABOUT STUDENT SERVICES IN GENERAL h) THINK THAT WE ARE STILL IN THIS FOR AWHILE v SHE SAID REFERRING TO THE COLLEGE S BUDGET SITUATION h&ROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT THIS IS THE WORST SITUATION ) VE SEEN THE COLLEGE IN BECAUSE WE DON T HAVE THE CAPAC ITY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AS WE DID IN THE PAST v #UTS TO STUDENT SERVICES PERSON NEL HAVE LED TO SOME FACULTY MEM BERS WORKING IN MULTIPLE DEPART MENTS 3TUDENT ,IFE #OORDINATOR
+ELLY 2AMOS ALSO DOUBLES AS AN ASSISTANT IN THE &INANCIAL !ID /FFICE h) M EXPECTING TO SEE MORE STU DENTS BECAUSE WE WILL OFFER MORE COURSES v 2AMOS SAID h(OPEFULLY THE ADDITION OF COURSES WILL HELP STUDENTS ENROLL IN NEEDED CLASSES AND GRADUATE -Y ONLY CONCERN IS STUDENT SERVICES ACCOMMODATING MORE STUDENTS v 2AMOS ALSO MENTIONED THE $EVELOPMENT 2ELIEF AND %DUCATION FOR !LIEN -INORS !CT $2%!- !CT AS ANOTHER MEANS THAT THE COL LEGE MAY SEE MORE STUDENTS h) HAVE FAITH IN )NTERIM $EAN OF 3TUDENT 3ERVICES 6ICKI &ERGUSON BUT WE DON T HAVE AS MANY FACULTY AS WE USED TO v 2AMOS SAID h)T S GOING TO TAKE SOME RESTRUCTURING AND PLANNING ˆ PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE WILLING TO DO THAT v (INDERING THE COLLEGE FROM INCREASING STAFF IN STUDENT SERVICES IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT PERCENT OF COLLEGE SPENDING MUST BE USED FOR INSTRUCTION &LOYD SAID THE COLLEGE HAS BEEN BELOW THAT PERCENTAGE FOR AT LEAST THE PAST FIVE YEARS h4HE BUDGET DETERMINES HOW MUCH FACULTY WE CAN HIRE v &LOYD SAID h)T USED TO BE IF A FACULTY MEMBER WAS LOST SOMEHOW THAT PERSON WOULD BE REPLACED 4HAT STOPPED A LONG TIME AGO AND THAT TIES INTO THE BUDGET v
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OF POINTS PER GAME ### S DOMINANCE WAS DISPLAYED EARLY /N THE -USTANGS FIRST OFFENSIVE DRIVE #OMET DEFENSIVE BACK -ALIQUE %ARL STEPPED IN FRONT OF ,-# QUARTERBACK -ICHAEL "EHR S PASS INTERCEPTING THE BALL WITH ONE HAND h) WAS INITIALLY LOOKING FOR A BIG HIT ON THAT PLAY v %ARL SAID h)NSTEAD ) ENDED UP WITH THE BALL v %ARL S INTERCEPTION PUT THE #OMET OFFENSE IN SCORING POSITION AT ,-# S YARD LINE ,ED BY QUARTERBACK ,AMAR -C+NIGHT THE OFFENSE WAS ABLE TO SCORE THE GAME S FIRST POINTS ON A YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY RUNNING BACK *UAWAN &ERGUSON 4HE ,-# OFFENSE SHOOK OFF ITS EARLY BLUNDER ON THE FOLLOWING DRIVE AS THE SQUAD WORKED THE BALL DOWN FIELD WITH ITS COMBINATION OF RUNNING AND PASSING PLAYS SETTING UP A YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY RUNNING BACK 3HAWN 6ASQUEZ 4IED AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER BOTH TEAMS LOOKED POISED FOR A TOUGH CONTEST 7ITH REMAINING IN THE SECOND QUARTER THE #OMETS WERE ABLE TO SCORE AGAIN WHEN -C+NIGHT FLOATED THE BALL PERFECTLY INTO WIDE RECEIVER 2ONALD "UTLER S HANDS "UTLER WAS ABLE TO OUT RUN -USTANG DEFENSIVE BACK $ARIEN !NDERSON ON THE STREAK ROUTE RESULTING IN A YARD TOUCHDOWN h7E KNEW HOW WE WANTED TO PLAY AGAINST ,-# v #ARTER SAID h7E PLAY SMASH MOUTH FOOTBALL ˆ SOME THING THAT THEY WERE NOT USED TO SEEING v 4HE #OMETS HELD A LEAD AT HALFTIME 7HILE BOTH TEAMS WERE EVENLY MATCHED IN THE FIRST HALF IT WAS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO IN THE SECOND HALF AS ### WAS ABLE TO TURN UP ITS INTENSITY 4HE #OMETS DID THIS ON THEIR FIRST OFFENSIVE DRIVE WHEN -C+NIGHT FOUND "UTLER AGAIN THIS TIME FOR A
YARD TOUCHDOWN 3O FAR THIS SEASON -C+NIGHT HAS FOUND "UTLER FOR EIGHT OF THE RECEIVER S 4$S $ESPITE THE -USTANGS RESPONDING WITH A TOUCHDOWN ON THEIR NEXT OFFENSIVE DRIVE THE #OMETS PRIMARILY THE DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS BEGAN TO SET THE TONE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME WITH BIG HITS 3EVERAL HITS BY #OMET DEFENSIVE PLAYERS POSED A PROBLEM FOR THE -USTANGS AS THE HARD TACKLES LED TO INJURIES -USTANG RECEIVER 4ERRENCE "ROOKS HAD TO BE CARTED OFF THE FIELD BY PARAMEDICS IN THE THIRD QUARTER AFTER SUFFERING A NECK INJURY DUE TO A VICIOUS GANG TACKLE WHILE RETURNING A PUNT IN THE THIRD QUARTER h7E WANTED TO TAKE AWAY ,-# S BIG PLAYS AND BE PHYSICAL WITH THEM v #ARTER SAID h#OACH /TIS 9ELVERTON DID A GOOD JOB SCHEMING DEFENSIVELY AND WE STUCK TO OUR GAME PLAN v !FTER %ARL NABBED HIS SECOND INTERCEPTION EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER THE ,-# OFFENSE WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL FORCING THE -USTANG DEFENSE TO STAY ON THE FIELD LONGER ,EADING WITH MINUTES REMAINING IN THE QUARTER ### TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ,-# S DEFENSIVE FATIGUE BY UTILIZING RUNNING BACK 2ASHAD (ALL WHO SCORED ON RUNS OF AND YARDS (ALL WHO HAD RUSHED FOR YARDS AND TOUCH DOWNS PRIOR TO THE CONTEST FINISHED THE GAME WITH YARDS RUSHING ON CARRIES EXTENDING HIS TOTAL TO YARDS AND A "6# LEADING TOUCHDOWNS h7E HAD TO POUND THE BALL AGAINST THEIR DEFENSE AND KEEP OUR FOCUS v (ALL SAID h-Y OFFENSIVE LINE CAME THROUGH FOR ME AS ALWAYS v 7ITH TWO MINUTES REMAINING IN THE GAME AND A COMFORTABLE LEAD #OMET PLAYERS WHO WERE ON THE SIDELINE BEGAN TO CELEBRATE AND DUMP WATER ON THE COACHES
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-EASURE ! THE MEASURE DID NOT PASS BECAUSE OF ITS REQUIREMENT OF A TWO THIRDS VOTER APPROVAL #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE 0RESIDENT $ENISE .OLDON SAID THE PARCEL TAX WAS REJECTED BY A SMALL AMOUNT !CCORDING TO THE #ONTRA #OSTA %LECTIONS $IVISION THE MEASURE WAS PERCENT AWAY FROM BEING APPROVED AS PERCENT VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE h 4HE MEASURE WOULD HAVE HELPED RESTORE COURSE OFFERINGS AND STUDENT SERVICES v )NTERIM 6ICE 0RESIDENT $ONNA &LOYD SAID 4HE OPERATING BUDGET FOR ### THIS YEAR WAS CUT TO MILLION !DDITIONAL FUNDING WITH THE PAS SAGE OF 0ROPOSITION WILL INCREASE
THE BUDGET TO MIL LION ### $IRECTOR OF "USINESS 3ERVICES -ARILES -AGALONG SAID #ALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE &ULL 4IME %QUIVALENT 3TUDENT &4%3 MODEL /NE &4%3 IS EQUIVALENT TO ONE STU DENT ENROLLED IN UNITS !LTHOUGH THE COLLEGE IS ALLO CATED MONEY BASED ON ITS &4%3 THE PARCEL TAX WOULD HAVE HELPED INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE COLLEGE BY PROVIDING ### AROUND A YEAR -AGALONG SAID $ISTRICT 6ICE #HANCELLOR OF !DMINISTRATIVE 3ERVICES *OHN !L !MIN SAID THE PARCEL TAX WAS SUPPLEMENTAL IN THE EVENT THAT 0ROPOSITION DID NOT PASS 0ROPOSITION ALSO KNOWN
AS THE 3CHOOL AND ,OCAL 0UBLIC 3AFETY 0ROTECTION !CT WILL INCREASE INCOME TAX ON INDIVIDUALS EARN ING MORE THAN A YEAR FOR SEVEN YEARS AND RAISE THE STATE SALES TAX BY A QUARTER OF A CENT NOW MAKING IT PERCENT )F THE PROPOSITION DID NOT PASS THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE FACED A REDUCTION OF MORE THAN COURSE SECTIONS 'OVERNING "OARD 0RESIDENT 4OMI 6AN DE "ROOKE SAID -AGALONG SAID BECAUSE 0ROPOSITION PASSED AND FUNDING FROM -EASURE ! WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET -EASURE ! S DEFEAT WON T HAVE ANY FISCAL IMPLICATIONS ON ###
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7ARD IS LOCATED IN $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE S AREA AND 7ARD IN ,OS -EDANOS #OLLEGE S AREA #LEVELAND WON THE THREE WAY RACE AGAINST 6AN DE "ROOKE AND 6ICKI 'ORDON WINNING PER CENT OF THE VOTES WHILE 'ORDON FINISHED WITH PERCENT AND 6AN DE "ROOKE WITH 6AN DE "ROOKE WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT #LEVELAND WHO HAD NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE BEFORE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A PARTNER OF THE $ELOITTE 4OUCHE #0! FIRM AND IS NOW A PROFESSOR AT 3AINT -ARY S #OLLEGE IN -ORAGA h2UNNING FOR THE POSITION WAS THE EASY PART FOR ME v #LEVELAND SAID h#OMMUNITY COLLEGES IN #ALIFORNIA ARE FACING A CRISIS IN MEETING THEIR OWN DEMANDS v 7HILE #LEVELAND IS A NEW FACE ON THE BOARD %NHOLM WHO PREVI OUSLY RAN AGAINST 3HEILA 'RILLI FOR 7ARD IN HAS BEEN A FAMILIAR FACE IN THE DISTRICT SINCE (AVING ALSO RUN FOR 7ARD IN %NHOLM FAILED TO WIN BOTH ELECTIONS LOSING TO 'RILLI %NHOLM SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS INITIALLY PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR 7ARD IN HE DECIDED INSTEAD TO RUN FOR 7ARD IN #URRENT 4RUSTEE #ALONE IS FIN ISHING HIS RUN AS INTERIM 7ARD TRUSTEE #ALONE TOOK THE REINS DUE TO THE DEATH OF FORMER TRUSTEE *ESS 2EYES 2EYES DIED OF PNEUMONIA ON *AN $UE TO #ALONE BEING AN INTERIM TRUSTEE THE POSITION WAS LEFT VACANT FOR THE ELECTION %NHOLM RAN AGAINST $ANIEL "ORSUK AND $E 3HAWN 7OOLRIDGE FOR THE 7ARD TRUSTEE POSITION AND WON PERCENT OF THE VOTES WHILE 7OOLRIDGE FINISHED WITH PER CENT AND "ORSUK WITH PERCENT h3INCE ) VE THOUGHT OF PLANS TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT v %NHOLM SAID %NHOLM SAID THAT HE PLANS TO BRING A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO THE FAR %AST #OUNTY IN HOPES OF REPLAC ING THE CURRENT ,-# "RENTWOOD #ENTER -ARQUEZ SAID THAT WHILE HE IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT %NHOLM S PLAN OF CREATING A NEW COLLEGE IN %AST #OUNTY HE IS STILL OPTIMISTIC AS TO WHAT IDEAS BOTH NEW TRUSTEES HAVE h) M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEW DISTRICT BOARD v -ARQUEZ SAID
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TIONS AS WELL AS CHOCOLATE STOUT A KIND OF BEER THAT HAS HINTS OF CHOCOLATE #OLLEGE 0RESIDENT $ENISE .OLDON WAS AT THE EVENT AND SAID h!NYTHING CHOCOLATE IS GOOD 3O EVERYTHING WAS GOOD v 4HE FUNDS FROM THE EVENT WILL GO TOWARD THE DEPARTMENT S STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM WHICH WILL SEND STUDENTS TO )TALY IN THE SUMMER h4HIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO UNDER STAND THAT WE THE COLLEGE HAVE TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT TO DO THIS v .OLDON SAID h7E NEED EVENTS LIKE THIS TO AUGMENT FUNDING THE COLLEGE CANNOT PROVIDE v #ULINARY ARTS MAJOR *ONTASIA 3HORTER SAID IT TOOK ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO PLAN THE EVENT AND IT REQUIRED A LOT OF HELP FROM EVERYONE IN THE PROGRAM 3HE SAID h4HE MENU WAS PLANNED BY STU DENTS GIVING OUT IDEAS AND DETERMINING WHICH
WAS THE BEST v 4HE STUDENTS IN EACH STATION WHO WERE SERV ING CERTAIN DISHES WERE THE ONES WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE DISH h7ITH ALL OF THE MONEY TAKEN FROM BUDGET CUTS EVENTS LIKE THIS SHOW WHAT THE SCHOOL CAN DO AND IT GAINS BACK MONEY WE LOSE 0LUS IT MAKES US WORK EXTRA HARD v 3HORTER SAID ,OCAL COMPANIES SUCH AS %LITE !SSOCIATES 'UITTARD #HOCOLATE 2OCKWALL 7INE #OMPANY AND #HRISSA )MPORTS BROUGHT IN DONATIONS TO BE USED FOR THE EVENT #HRISSA )MPORTS DONATED TEA CHAMPAGNE AND THE CHOCOLATE STOUT 4HEY WERE PRESENT LAST YEAR AND ALSO CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THE &OOD AND 7INE EVENTS HELD DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER 'EORGE !NTONIOTTI TERRITORY MANAGER FOR #HRISSA )MPORTS SAID h) ENJOY HELPING THE SCHOOL 7E HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP 7E HAVE THEM DO CATERING AND HELP WITH STUDENT JOB
PLACEMENT v 3HARKES SAID AN ESTIMATED GUESTS WERE PRESENT BUT VOLUNTEER -ADELINE #UEVAS WHO WAS SELLING TICKETS THE DOOR SAID ATTENDANCE MAY HAVE BEEN DOWN FROM LAST YEAR (OWEVER GUESTS PRESENT WERE SATISFIED &ORMER ### %NGLISH PROFESSOR *EAN +NOX A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE PROGRAM SAID h) M SO THRILLED TO SEE THEM EXCEEDING THEIR HISTORICALLY STRONG REPUTATION )T IS A GREAT MOTIVATOR FOR THE STUDENTS AND A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR THE COMMU NITY v 4OWARD THE END OF THE EVENT A FEW GUESTS STARTED DANCING AS OTHERS WATCHED /NCE THE DANCE WAS OVER A RAFFLE TOOK PLACE IN WHICH SEVEN NAMES WERE DRAWN &OUR WINNERS TOOK HOME A BOTTLE OF CHAM PAGNE TWO TOOK HOME A BOTTLE OF WINE AND ONE GUEST WON A BOTTLE OF "ISON "REWERY S CHOCOLATE STOUT
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0ROVIDING SERVICE TO STUDENTS IS NOTHING NEW FOR ,ETTA 'REENE 4HE STUDENT SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT COORDINA TOR HAS BEEN HELPING STUDENTS AT #ONTRA #OSTA AND ,OS -EDANOS COLLEGES SINCE AND SHE CON TINUES TO DO SO THIS SEMESTER 7ORKING IN THE &INANCIAL !ID /FFICE 'REENE IS OFTEN SEEN HELP ING A STUDENT BY ANSWERING QUES TIONS CONCERNING THEIR FINANCIAL AID AND WHICH SCHOLARSHIPS TO APPLY FOR h) LIKE WORKING WITH PEOPLE v 'REENE SAID h-Y PLAN IS TO PRO VIDE STUDENTS THE NECESSITIES THAT THEY NEED HERE TO TRANSITION IN LIFE v "ORN AND RAISED IN 2ICHMOND IN THE 0ARCHESTER 6ILLAGE 'REENE GRADUATED FROM 2ICHMOND (IGH 3CHOOL IN !FTER HER GRADUATION 'REENE ENROLLED AT 5# 2IVERSIDE AS A BUSINESS MAJOR !FTER GRADUATING FROM 5# 2IVERSIDE IN SHE FOUND A JOB IN 3AN &RANCISCO WORKING FOR 0ACIFIC "ELL IN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT AS A HEALTH CARE CONSUL TANT FOR THE COMPANY h) WOULD RUN THROUGH MONTHLY '%/2'% -/2). 4(% !$6/#!4% AND YEARLY HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES !LL SMILES ˆ 3TUDENT SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT COOR TO GET BUSINESSES TO LOWER THEIR DINATOR ,ETTA 'REENE HAS A HUSBAND AND CHILDREN WHILE COSTS ON SERVICES v 'REENE SAID KEEPING UP WITH ASSISTING STUDENTS AND STAFF
h) ALSO HAD TO GIVE BREAKDOWNS TO PEOPLE ON WAYS TO GET SERVICED BY 0ACIFIC "ELL v (AVING A STRONG NEED TO GIVE BACK TO HER LOCAL COMMUNITY 'REENE WAS HIRED BY ### IN TO SERVE AS THE %/03 STUDENT SER VICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR h### FELT LIKE A NATURAL ENVI RONMENT AND IT WAS A GOOD OPTION TO WORK AT v 'REENE SAID h) COULD HAVE GONE TO ,-# INSTEAD BUT ### WAS A BETTER FIT v 'REENE BUILT VALUABLE RELATION SHIPS WITH STAFFERS WORKING IN THE (UMANITIES "UILDING AT ### WHERE THE STUDENT SERVICES OFFICES WERE LOCATED BEFORE THE CURRENT 3TUDENT 3ERVICE #ENTER OPENED IN h) HAVE KNOWN ,ETTA SINCE WHEN ) FIRST STARTED WORKING AT ### v %/03 STUDENT SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR +EN 2EYNOLDS SAID h3HE WAS THE PERSON THAT HELPED GET ME STARTED HERE v 3ENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 3HONDRA 7EST SAID 'REENE ALSO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GETTING 7EST ADJUSTED TO ### WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED WORKING FOR THE COL LEGE IN h,ETTA WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND TAUGHT ME THE ROPES v 7EST SAID h7E WORKED WELL TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND WE FELT COMFORTABLE SEND ING STUDENTS TO EACH OTHER v 7HILE 'REENE MANAGED SOLID
RELATIONSHIPS ON CAMPUS SHE WAS HOWEVER MOVED TO ,OS -EDANOS #OLLEGE IN TO SERVE THE SAME POSITION FOR THE #AL7/2+S PRO GRAM &ROM 'REENE WORKED AT ,-# UNTIL SHE WAS AGAIN TRANS FERRED TO WORK AT THE DISTRICT S "RENTWOOD #ENTER AS A STUDENT SER VICES LIAISON COUNSELING ASSISTANT AND PARTY PLANNER EXTRAORDINAIRE h)T WAS DEVASTATING WHEN ,ETTA LEFT THE CAMPUS v 7EST SAID h3HE WAS VERY ENERGETIC AND A FUNNY PERSON TO BE AROUND v 2EYNOLDS AGREED h%VERYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT WAS LIKE A FAMILY 7E THREW BIRTH DAY PARTIES FOR EACH OTHER AND IT WAS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE ANOTHER v 2EYNOLDS SAID 3INCE RETURNING TO ### IN *ULY THE CAMPUS HAS WELCOMED 'REENE BACK WITH OPEN ARMS h) AM SO HAPPY THAT SHE CAME BACK TO THE COLLEGE v 7EST SAID h3HE HAS MATURED INTO A PROFES SIONAL SINCE SHE FIRST STARTED WORK ING HERE v /UTSIDE OF ### 'REENE IS CUR RENTLY MARRIED TO HER HUSBAND OF YEARS AND IS THE MOTHER OF CHILDREN 3HE ENJOYS KNOCKING DOWN WALLS CLIMBING MOUNTAINS AND RUNNING ALONG THE #ALIFORNIA COAST 'REENE SAID THAT BECAUSE SHE HAS KIDS SHE IS MORE PATIENT WHILE WORKING HER JOB
&ORMER -ARINE SEEKS TO AID VETERANS HER GRADUATION TO BOOT CAMP &ROM THERE SHE WAS SENT TO THE -ARINE #OMBAT 4RAINING -#4 IN .ORTH #AROLINA AND LATER THE -ILITARY 0OLICE 4RAINING IN &ORT ,EONARD 7OOD -ISSOURI 4HE -ARINES WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE EXPE "Y ,ISSETTE !RGENAL RIENCED A CLEAN START TO HER TROUBLED PAST 34!&& 72)4%2 !LEXANDER WAS STATIONED AT -ARINE #ORPS LARGENAL ADVOCATE GMAIL COM !IR 'ROUND #OMBAT #ENTER -#!'## 4HROUGH HER PAIN AND STRUGGLES HEALTH LOCATED IN 4WENTYNINE 0ALMS #ALIF $ESPITE HER WORK AS A RADIO DISPATCHER AND HUMAN SERVICES MAJOR .ICOLE !LEXANDER DEVELOPED A NEW SENSE OF PURPOSE AND IS ROAD UNIT FRONT GATE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION DETERMINED TO MOTIVATE OTHERS THROUGH HER STAYING AT -#!'## WOULD NOT LAST LONG AFTER SHE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE STORY "ECAUSE SHE WAS ABANDONED BY HER PAR ENTS !LEXANDER SAID SHE AND HER FIVE SIBLINGS $ISCOVERING A DIVORCE !LEXANDER MOVED TO /REGON FOR A FEW WERE RAISED IN A BROKEN HOME BY HER STEP FATHER &ACING SEXUAL VERBAL AND PHYSICAL MONTHS WHICH LED TO THE BEGINNING OF A RELA ABUSE AT A YOUNG AGE !LEXANDER BATTLED TIONSHIP WITH A MAN OVER THE PHONE DEPRESSION 3HE WOULD THEN GET MARRIED THREE MONTHS 4IRED OF THE EMOTIONAL AGONY !LEXANDER AFTER THAT FIRST CONVERSATION IN *AN WOULD FACE ANOTHER SERIES OF OBSTACLES WHILE !LEXANDER SAID THAT THE MARRIAGE WAS PAVING THE WAY FOR A NEW LIFE SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE AND HOPEFUL BALANCE FOR HER BUT INSTEAD SHE ENCOUNTERED INSTABIL !NOTHER FORM OF FIGHTING ITY AND HEARTBREAK /N HER TH BIRTHDAY !LEXANDER DECIDED 3HE BECAME INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC VIO TO ENLIST IN THE -ARINES LENCE FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE BEING DIVORCED !LEXANDER SAID BECAUSE SHE WAS AGAINST IN *ULY 3HE HOWEVER DID NOT KNOW HAVING HER FRIEND ENLISTING AS WELL SHE WAS SHE WAS DIVORCED UNTIL SIX MONTHS AFTER THE GOING TO GIVE UP ON HER ORIGINAL PLAN UNTIL OCCURRENCE IN *ANUARY #AREER $AY WAS HELD AT "ERKELEY (IGH !LEXANDER SAID SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND 3CHOOL AT THE TIME SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT HIS h ) WAS GOING TO TELL THE -ARINE RECRUIT DEPLOYMENT AS A -ARINE h(E WAS GETTING DEPLOYED TO !FGHANISTAN ERS WHAT ) THOUGHT ABOUT HIM TRYING TO RECRUIT MY FRIEND v !LEXANDER SAID h4HAT WAS WHEN AND A WIFE IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE RECRUITER CHALLENGED ME WHICH ULTIMATE GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER HUSBAND v !LEXANDER LY RESULTED IN MY ENLISTMENT TO THE -ARINE SAID h7E HAD PLANS TO FINISH WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO BEFORE WE COULD RESTART OUR LIVES #ORPS v !LEXANDER WAS SHIPPED OUT DAYS AFTER TOGETHER v
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THEM TO NEVER GIVE UP h.ICOLE IS A YOUNG LADY WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE STORMS OF LIFE AND HAS COME OUT WITH A SHINING ARMOR v -ICKLES SAID h7E KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HAVE TO DEAL WITH DIFFERENT LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES +NOWLEDGE IS POWER AND EVERYBODY NEEDS HELP AT ONE TIME OR !T .ICOLE WAS CONVICTED OF A FELONY ANOTHER v CHARGE AS SHE WAS AN 0ROGRAM -ANAGER OF THE 0EER 3UPPORT ACCESSORY TO A ROBBERY 7ELLNESS #ENTER -ADY 7ILLIE SAID !LEXANDER !S A RESULT TO HER HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT IN HER LIFE BUT IS AN CRIME !LEXANDER WAS INSPIRATION TO MANY SENTENCED TO SERVE EIGHT h! LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HEALTH AND MONTHS IN JAIL AND THREE HUMAN SERVICES ARE INVOLVED IN WOULD NOT YEARS OF FELONY PROBA GET OFF THE GROUND IF IT WASN T FOR .ICOLE v 7ILLIE SAID TION (EALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MAJOR !DA h)T WAS FRUSTRAT "ROWN SAID HAVING PEOPLE LIKE !LEXANDER ING BECAUSE ) COULDN T !LEXANDER HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO MANY IN THE PROGRAM GET THE JOBS ) WANTED h)T MEANS A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY AND BECAUSE ) COULDN T PASS (EALTH AND YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR THE BACKGROUND CHECK v HUMAN SER IDENTITIES v "ROWN SAID h4O SEE SOMEONE !LEXANDER SAID h4HAT VICES MAJOR LIKE .ICOLE IS EMPOWERING v TOOK A TOLL ON MY SELF .ICOLE ESTEEM v !LEXANDER (ELPING VETERANS WITH THEIR ISSUES "ECAUSE OF HER LOW HAS PUSHED #URRENTLY THROUGH THE 0EER 3UPPORT SELF ESTEEM IT LED HER THROUGH 7ELLNESS #ENTER !LEXANDER HAS LAUNCHED TO HER EDUCATIONAL GOAL STRUGGLES THE 6ETERANS 0EER 3UPPORT CENTER WHICH IS OF GETTING AN ASSOCIATE AND PLANS OPEN TO STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY DEGREE IN HEALTH AND TO HELP OTH h"ECAUSE OF MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES HUMAN SERVICES ERS ) KNOW IT CAN BE A DIFFICULT TRANSITION FROM h) NEEDED TO GO TO A MILITARY LIFESTYLE AS A VETERAN OR COMING SCHOOL TO LEARN SOME THING AND MY COUNSELOR SUGGESTED HEALTH FROM THE MILITARY BACK INTO THE REAL WORLD v !LEXANDER SAID AND HUMAN SERVICES v !LEXANDER SAID -ICKLES SAID BECAUSE THE CENTER DOES NOT !MINTA -ICKLES HEALTH AND HUMAN SER VICES DEPARTMENT #HAIRPERSON AND DIRECTOR SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE VETERAN POPULATION OF 0EER 3UPPORT 7ELLNESS #ENTER SAID WHEN HAVING !LEXANDER GIVES STUDENTS A CLOSER HAVING A LIFE LIKE !LEXANDER A PERSON SHOULD AND PERSONAL VIEW OF HOW THEY MAY FEEL LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO HELP THEM AND TO TELL
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)N PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PARENTS ATTENDED THE FIFTH ANNU AL h'ETTING 2EADY FOR #OLLEGE #ONFERENCEv THAT WAS HELD IN ,! ON 3ATURDAY (OSTED BY 7EST #OUNTY #OLLEGE !CCESS .ETWORK 7##!. AND THE 7EST #ONTRA #OSTA 5NIFIED 3CHOOL $ISTRICT 7##53$ THE CONFERENCE GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICA TIONS TYPES OF COLLEGES TO ATTEND AND FINAN CIAL AID FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS h7E ARE CREATING THESE RESOURCES FOR + STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN BE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE v *OEL -ACKEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 7EST #ONTRA #OSTA 0UBLIC %DUCATION &UND SAID h4HE STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND COL LEGE CAN BE A REALITY FOR THEM )T IS A NECES SITY IN OUR WORLD TODAY v 4HE CONFERENCE TOUCHED ON THE STEPS THAT THE 7##!. GOES THROUGH TO HELP TEACH ERS AND PARENTS MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE FINANCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY PREPARED TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AFTER HIGH SCHOOL 7EST #ONTRA #OSTA 0UBLIC %DUCATION &UND ALSO KNOWN AS THE %D &UND HAD ITS MEMBERS AT THE EVENT TALK ABOUT COLLEGE LIFE WHILE ALSO EXPLAINING HOW TO PLAN AND APPLY FOR COLLEGE 2EPRESENTATIVES FROM 5# "ERKELEY #AL 3TATE %AST "AY #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE
AND PRIVATE COLLEGES SUCH AS (OLY .AMES 5NIVERSITY ALSO SPOKE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND INTERESTS EACH CAMPUS COULD BRING TO A STUDENT S FUTURE 3TUDENTS AND PARENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE GROUPS AS THE CONFERENCE ALSO PRO VIDED WORKSHOPS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS 4HE PARENT WORKSHOPS TOPICS RANGED FROM COLLEGE FEES TO HELPING THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND HELPING THEM TRANSI TION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE 4HE STUDENT WORKSHOPS HAD STUDENTS PAIRED WITH VOLUNTEER WRITING COACHES FROM #OMMUNITY !LLIANCE &OR ,EARNING TO HELP THEM WRITE PERSONAL STATEMENTS COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND 3!4 ESSAYS h4HE WORKSHOPS WERE REALLY TERRIFIC ) LEARNED A GREAT DEAL v 0INOLE 6ALLEY (IGH JUNIOR 3ARAH ,OCK SAID h) M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING HARD NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO GO THE COLLEGE OF MY DREAMS v ,OCK S FATHER 4ERRENCE SAID THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS GROUNDBREAKING AND INFORMA TIVE h) AM SO HAPPY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO HELP WORK TOWARD MY DAUGHTER S FUTURE ) COULDN T BE MORE EXCITED FOR HER v 0INOLE RESIDENT 4ERRENCE ,OCK SAID 2OBERT "UNCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE 7EST #ONTRA #OSTA 0UBLIC %DUCATION &UND SAID THE BIGGEST ISSUE THE DISTRICT WAS FACING THIS YEAR IS GETTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO APPLY TO COLLEGE
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! RESILIENT SEASON CAME TO AN END FOR THE MEN S SOCCER TEAM AFTER A STALEMATE AT 9UBA #OLLEGE OVERALL "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE ON &RIDAY 4HE #OMETS COULD NOT GET GOING OFFEN SIVELY IN THE FIRST HALF AND BOTH TEAMS WERE EVENLY MATCHED DEFENSIVELY ### OVERALL "6# HAD TROUBLE WITH ITS PASSING AND WERE GETTING BEAT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WHICH LED TO TURNOVERS 4HE #OMETS HAVE BEATEN THE ERS TWICE THIS SEASON BUT THIS WAS A BIG GAME FOR #OMET PLAYERS LEAVING SOME OF THEM ON EDGE h7E KNEW WE HAD TO WIN THE GAME SO WE WANTED TO GET THE FIRST GOAL v #OMET FORWARD -ARCOS 3OLIS SAID h 7E WERE NERVOUS v ! WIN WOULD HAVE MEANT THE CONFERENCE TITLE FOR THE MEN S SOCCER TEAM 4HE ERS HAD SHOTS ON GOAL COM PARED TO ### S "OTH KEEPERS MADE SOME REMARKABLE SAVES THAT HELD THE GAME SCORELESS 4HE GOALKEEPERS COMBINED FOR SAVES 9UBA PUT PRESSURE ON ### IN THE MID DLE OF THE FIELD CAUSING TURNOVERS BUT THE #OMETS BACKFIELD HELPED BACK UP #OMET KEEPER 'USTAVO 2OJAS WHO HAD SEVEN SAVES IN THE CONTEST 'OAL SAVING BLOCKS BY ### DEFENDER -ASON 1UINTERO ALSO KEPT THE ERS FROM SCORING h) JUST MOTIVATE MYSELF TO HELP MY TEAM BY NOT GIVING UP A GOAL v 2OJAS SAID h) WANT 1).' (5!.' 4(% !$6/#!4% *UMP BALL #OMET DEFENDER -ASON 1UINTERO JUMPS TO HEAD THE BALL AGAINST TO GIVE MY TEAM CONFIDENCE WITH MY SAVES v 4HE #OMETS WERE PLAYING WITH THREE ERS FORWARD 'ABRIEL 6ASQUEZ DURING THE GAME AT 9UBA #OLLEGE ON &RIDAY
DEFENDERS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR BACKSIDE DEFENSE CAUSING THEM TO LOSE THE BATTLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD #OMET COACH 2UDY :ELLER MADE AN ADJUSTMENT LATE IN THE SECOND HALF THAT GAVE ### MORE SCORING OPPORTUNITIES 3OLIS SAID h7E ADDED ANOTHER MIDFIELDER TOWARD THE END OF THE SECOND HALF AND THAT CREATED MORE SCORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US v $URING THE SECOND HALF 3OLIS ScoreBoard HAD TWO CHANC ES TO PUT THE #OMETS #OMETS UP ERS BUT ERS GOALIE *OSE 'UERRERO 3EASON OVER MADE TWO SAVES OVERALL KEEPING THE GAME IN THE SCORELESS "6# ### MID FIELDER *AIME 2UIZ MADE A GOOD PASS TO 3OLIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GOAL BOX AND HE ATTEMPTED A SHOT THAT 'UERRERO BLOCKED CAUSING THEM BOTH TO FALL 3OLIS ATTEMPTED ANOTHER SHOT WHILE 'UERRERO WAS STILL ON THE GROUND HOWEVER THE GROUNDED GOALKEEPER WAS STILL ABLE TO GET THE SAVE h) GOT THE BALL AND MADE A PASS TO *AIME ) MADE A RUN IN THE MIDDLE AND ) RAN AS FAST ) COULD v 3OLIS SAID h) GOT A PIECE OF THE BALL TRYING TO GOAL POKE IT BUT THE GOALIE MADE TWO GREAT SAVES v :ELLER SAID DESPITE NOT MAKING THE PLAY OFFS HE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HIS GUYS PLAY AND HOW THEY TURNED THEIR SEASON AROUND AFTER A DREADFUL START 4HE #OMETS FINISHED IN SECOND PLACE FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON
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! YOUNG NEW AND REVAMPED WOMEN S BASKETBALL SQUAD CAME OUT WITH TWO WINS IN THE -ISSION #OLLEGE 4OURNAMENT &RIDAY THROUGH 3UNDAY 4HE #OMETS LOST TO $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE IN THE FIRST ROUND BUT PICKED UP WINS AGAINST 2EEDLEY #OLLEGE AND #HABOT #OLLEGE IN THE CONSOLA TION BRACKET ### S TWO WINS ARE JUST ONE FEWER THAN THE TEAM S WIN TOTAL IN 4HE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE TEAM SHOWED ITS INEXPERIENCE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT AGAINST $6# ON &RIDAY FALLING BEHIND EARLY IN THE GAME 4HE TEAM PULLED TO WITHIN FOUR POINTS MID WAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF BUT GOT TIRED AND THE 6IKINGS SECURED THE WIN h7E JUST DIDN T PLAY VERY WELL 7E GOT BEHIND AND PLAYED FLAT v WOMEN S BASKETBALL COACH 0AUL $E"OLT SAID h7E MADE A RUN IN THE SECOND HALF BUT WE RAN OUT OF GAS v #OMET GUARD +AYLAH *ONES SAID THAT THE PLAYERS MINDS WERE NOT IN THE GAME h7E WERE NOT WORKING AS TEAM AND WE LOST OUR CONFIDENCE v *ONES SAID "ECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL GAME FOR THE SQUAD TO BE PLAYING TOGETHER THEY WERE NOT WORKING AS A UNIT AND THAT FACTOR TOOK AWAY FROM ITS POISE
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h!S A TEAM WE NEEDED TO DO BETTER v FRESH MAN GUARD *EWEL 2OGERS SAID 4HE #OMETS PICKED UP THEIR FIRST WIN THE NEXT DAY AGAINST THE 4IGERS 2OGERS LED THE TEAM WITH POINTS IN THAT GAME ### STARTED TO CORRESPOND WITH EACH OTHER AND FOUND A RHYTHM IN THE GAME AGAINST 2EEDLEY #OLLEGE h)T FELT LIKE WE CAME TO TOGETHER AS A TEAM v *ONES SAID h 7E ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE EVERY GAME ONE AT A TIME v ### MINIMIZED TURNOVERS AND STARTED MAKING SHOTS EARLY IN THE CONTEST 4HE YOUNG #OMET SQUAD AND ITS COACH SAID PLAYING TOGETHER AND USING COMMUNICA TION HELPED THE TEAM GRAB ITS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON h7E TURNED THE BALL OVER LESS v $E"OLT SAID h 4HEY ARE A YOUNG GROUP AND THEY ARE GOING TO LEARN v 2OGERS SAID COMMUNICATION ON AND OFF THE COURT IS WHAT HELPED THEM GET ITS FIRST WIN 4HE #OMETS SHOWED A GOOD PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE 'LADIATORS WITH 2OGERS AND FRESHMAN GUARD *OIE 7YATT BOTH SCORING MORE THAN POINTS ### MADE THREE POINT SHOTS DURING THE CONTEST AGAINST A GOOD #HABOT TEAM $E"OLT SAID )N THE COURSE OF THE THREE GAMES THE SQUAD HAS IMPROVED h%ACH GAME WE GOT BETTER v HE SAID h4HAT S THE MOST POINT SHOTS WE HAVE MADE IN A GAME SINCE v
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&OR THE MEN S BASKETBALL TEAM THE SEASON STARTED WITH A BANG #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE WAS ABLE TO GO UNDEFEATED IN THE ,AS 0OSITAS #OLLEGE 4IP /FF 4OURNAMENT SEALING WINS OVER $E !NZA #OLLEGE #OLLEGE OF THE 3ISKIYOUS AND ,AS 0OSITAS #OLLEGE EN ROUTE TO TAKING HOME THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP 4HE TOURNAMENT WHICH WAS HELD AT ,AS 0OSITAS #OLLEGE 4HURSDAY 3ATURDAY WAS THE FIRST TOURNAMENT THE #OMETS HAVE WON UNDER SIXTH YEAR COACH -IGUEL *OHNSON h4HIS WAS COACH *OHNSON S FIRST TOURNEY WIN v ASSISTANT COACH *ASON -APLES SAID h4HIS TOURNAMENT WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE TEAM v 4HE #OMETS OVERALL FIRST GAME AGAINST THE $ONS WAS AN OFFENSIVE SHOOTOUT AS BOTH TEAM S DEFENSES WERE ABSENT THROUGHOUT THE GAME #OMET FORWARD 0HILLIP 3E#REASE SAID THAT DUE TO THE TEAM NOT HAVING ANY EXPERIENCE PLAYING TOGETHER ### STRUGGLED TO FIND RHYTHM h)T WAS OUR FIRST TIME PLAYING TOGETHER AGAINST $E !NZA v 3E#REASE SAID h7E WERE DOWN BY TWO POINTS AT HALFTIME BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO GEL v $ESPITE TRAILING BY TWO AT HALFTIME THE #OMETS WERE ABLE TO FIND CONSISTENCY ON
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)T WAS A FEEL GOOD MOMENT FOR THE #OMETS OVERALL IN THE "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE AS THEY DEFEAT ED ,OS -EDANOS #OLLEGE ON &RIDAY IN THEIR LAST GAME OF THE SEASON 7ITH A ROUGH SEASON PESTERED BY CONTINUOUS LOSSES #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE S WIN AGAINST ,-# OVERALL IN THE "6# MARKS ONLY ITS SECOND OF YEAR ITS ScoreBoard THE FIRST COM #OMETS ING AGAINST -USTANGS # A × A D A #OLLEGE ON 3EASON OVER 3EPT OVERALL # # # IN THE STARTED THE "6# MATCH WITH E X C E L L E N T COMMUNICATION AND PASSING AS PLAYERS SET UP SITUATIONS TO CREATE VARIOUS SCOR ING CHANCES #OMET MIDFIELDER ,AURA (URTADO WAS THE FIRST PLAYER TO SCORE DESPITE HAVING AN ,-# DEFENDER RIGHT BESIDE HER AS SHE MOVED TOWARD THE GOAL (URTADO SWIFTLY KICKED THE BALL INTO THE
NET GIVING ### THE LEAD MINUTES INTO THE FIRST HALF -USTANG FORWARD !LEXIA 4REZZA WAS THE KEY PLAYER FOR HER TEAM AS SHE REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE THROUGH THE #OMET DEFENSE SUCCEEDING WITH AN UNASSISTED GOAL IN THE GAME S TH MINUTE TYING THE GAME AT APIECE 4HE #OMETS HELD THE BALL IN ,-# S ZONE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON ITS OPPONENT S DEFENSE ### MIDFIELDER $EANNA 'UZMAN HELPED REGAIN THE LEAD SCORING ON A HEADER FOLLOWING A CORNER KICK MINUTES INTO THE GAME MUCH TO 'UZMAN S SURPRISE 'UZMAN SAID SHE WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE HAD SCORED BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT EXPECTING THE BALL TO GO IN )N THE SECOND HALF #OMET FORWARD (EISELL #ENTENO WHO HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TEAM S TOP PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON IMMEDIATELY WENT ON THE ATTACK ONCE SHE STEPPED ONTO THE FIELD !FTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS #ENTENO KICKED THE BALL TOWARD THE GOAL WHICH LOOKED TO BE TOO HIGH AT FIRST BUT STILL WENT IN AND GAVE ### ITS THIRD AND FINAL GOAL OF THE GAME AT THE MINUTE MARK
#ENTENO SAID SHE WAS EMOTIONAL WITH IT BEING THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SEVERAL SOPHO MORES FROM THE TEAM !LMA "RUNO "RIANNA $OTSON AND -ARIA -AGANA WOULD NOT BE RETURNING 3HE SAID SHE DEDICATED HER GOAL TO THEM h) WAS FOCUSED ON WINNING BECAUSE IT WAS MY LAST GAME v SHE SAID h!ND ) WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE THREE WERE LEAVING HAPPY v #OMET COACH .IKKI &ERGUSON SAID THE TEAM HAS GROWN OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEASON AND DESPITE ITS STRING OF LOSSES THE PLAYERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COMPETITIVE AND HAVE NEVER QUIT h7E IMPROVE EVERY YEAR 7E VE ALWAYS SHOWN WE RE CAPABLE OF SCORING AND THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY v &ERGUSON SAID (E SAID EVEN THOUGH THE TEAM HAS HAD A TOUGH SEASON HE IS STILL HAPPY WITH SENDING THOSE SOPHOMORES OFF WITH A VICTORY (URTADO SAID THAT SHE IS PROUD OF HER TEAM AND EACH PLAYER WANTED TO WIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE COME SO CLOSE VICTORY IN PAST CONTESTS 3HE SAID EVEN WITH THIS BEING THE LAST MATCH OF THE SEASON THIS IS THE START OF SOMETHING PROMISING
OFFENSE #OMET PLAYERS AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKED THE BASKET AND RECEIVED MANY FREE THROW OPPORTUNITIES $UE TO ### HAVING A PLAYER ROSTER THE SQUAD S DEPTH PRIMARILY AT THE GUARD POSITION BEGAN TO PLAGUE THE $ONS AS THEY WERE UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE #OMETS 4HE #OMETS PREVAILED OVER THE $ONS h%IGHT TO NINE GUYS ON THE TEAM CONTRIB UTED TO THE WIN v -APLES SAID h/NCE WE JUMPED OUT AHEAD THEY COULDN T RECOVER v ### ADVANCED TO THE SEMIFINAL ROUND TO INITIALLY FACE #HABOT #OLLEGE (OWEVER THE 'LADIATORS WERE ELIMINATED FOR USING AN ILLE GAL PLAYER FORCING THE #OMETS TO PLAY AGAINST #OLLEGE OF THE 3ISKIYOUS !GAINST THE %AGLES THE #OMETS WERE ABLE TO USE THEIR SPEED TO PUSH THE BALL UP THE COURT CREATING SEVERAL FAST BREAK OPPORTUNI TIES AND OPEN JUMP SHOTS ### DEFEATED THE %AGLES h/UR GAME PLAN WAS BASED AROUND FORC ING 3ISKIYOUS TO PLAY AT OUR PACE v #OMET FORWARD * UAN 0ARKER SAID h /UR UP TEMPO PLAY LED US TO TAKING THE GAME v #OMET GUARD $AVION -IZE PLAYED A BAL ANCED GAME FINISHING WITH POINTS FOUR REBOUNDS AND TWO ASSISTS )N THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND AGAINST THE (AWKS THE #OMETS WERE FORCED TO CONTAIN ,AS 0OSITAS QUICK GUARDS 4HE #OMETS WERE ABLE TO SEAL THE VICTORY AND TAKE HOME THE TROPHY !$6%24)3%-%.4
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