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What should the ASU do with the funds collected from the student activity fee?

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h4HEY SHOULD RETURN IT TO THE STUDENTS OR USE IT FOR EDUCATIONAL PUR POSES v

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/CTOBER S RECORD SETTING PER GALLON GAS PRICE AVERAGES IN #ALIFORNIA WERE THE RESULT OF VARIOUS ASPECTS WITH MOST NEWS REPORTS ATTRIBUTING THE INFLATION TO A GASOLINE SHORT AGE "ETWEEN /CT AND /CT THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR REGULAR GRADE GASOLINE WAS AT LEAST

YET SINCE THEN THE PRICE OF GASOLINE HAS BEEN DECLINING EACH WEEK #URRENT #ALIFORNIA GAS PRICE AVERAGES STAND AT FOR REGULAR GRADE FOR MID AND FOR PREMIUM 2ECENT REPORTS SWIRLED STATING THERE WAS NO GASOLINE SHORTAGE AND REFINERIES MANU FACTURED FUEL DURING TIMES WHERE THEY WERE REPORTEDLY SHUTDOWN (OWEVER THOSE REPORTS WERE NOT THE CASE 4HE REASON FOR THE SUDDEN HIKE WAS NOT ONLY DUE TO THE 2ICHMOND #HEVRON REFIN ERY FIRE IN !UGUST BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF A POWER OUTAGE THAT AFFECTED A LARGE SOUTHERN #ALIFORNIA REFINERY h4HERE S NO EVIDENCE THAT REFINERIES WERE MANUFACTURING FUEL DURING SHUTDOWNS OR

!N OFFICER CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AND A PASSENGER WAS FOUND TO HAVE A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST 4HE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED AND RELEASED WITH A CITATION !LEXANDER -ORA

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PURCHASED GAS FROM %XXON WERE FORCED TO PAY THE INFLATED RATES !LTHOUGH POWER WAS RESTORED TO THE REFINERY WITHIN ONE WEEK STATIONS THAT ALREADY PURCHASED GAS AT HIGHER RATES SOLD GAS AT PRICES THAT WERE ECONOMICAL FOR THEIR BUSINESSES WHICH IS ALSO THE REASON FOR THE SLOWER RATE OF GAS PRICE DROPS AP2OBERTS SAID h0RICES GO UP LIKE A ROCKET AND DROP LIKE A FEATHER v SHE SAID !P2OBERTS ALSO SAID THAT #ALIFORNIA S GAS PRICES ARE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE NATION BECAUSE OF THE STATE S EMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS #ALIFORNIA S GASOLINE MUST BE SPECIALLY BLENDED DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE YEAR TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND RISKS OF CANCER AND ASTHMA "LENDS FOR WARMER MONTHS HAVE A LOWER EVAP ORATIVE QUALITY MEANING THAT THE GAS WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO EVAPORATE AND DO NOT INCLUDE BUTANE &OR COLDER MONTHS THE BLENDS EVAPORATIVE QUALI TIES ARE HIGHER AND BUTANE INCLUSION IS ALLOWED !P2OBERTS SAID THE BLENDS ADD ABOUT FIVE TO CENTS MORE PER GALLON "RIAN -C#ULLOUGH WHO WORKS IN THE RENEW ABLE ENERGY OFFICE AT THE #ALIFORNIA %NERGY #OMMISSION SAID h)N ORDER TO HAVE GAS THAT WILL MEET #ALIFORNIA S AIR QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

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SMELL AND THE USE OF INGREDIENTS 4HE JUDGES AWARDED GROUPS FIRST THROUGH THIRD PLACE WHILE PATRONS ALSO GOT TO JUDGE WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEIR FAVORITE DISHES WERE 4HE TICKETS THEY RECEIVED AT THE DOOR WERE USED TO VOTE BY PLACING THOSE TICKETS IN THE RECEPTACLE JARS NEXT TO EACH GROUP S DISH !DMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE MAJOR $ENNIS -C#OLLINS

SAID HE ENJOYED ALL OF THE DISHES BUT BY FAR HIS FAVORITE WAS THE BEEF BRACIOLE PAIRED WITH TURNIP PARSNIP AND POTATO MASH AND DEMI GLACE h 4HE GROUP MADE THE MASH POTATOES WELL AND THE BEEF WRAP TASTED GOOD IT WAS SOMETHING ) VE NEVER TRIED BEFORE 0LUS IT WAS AN ALL GIRL GROUP 4HAT MADE ME HAPPY v -C#OLLINS SAID &IRST PLACE WAS AWARDED TO THE TRIO 3EXY "ACK

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#ARRICO MOVED BACK TO 2ICHMOND AND WORKED ON THE SHIPYARDS AS A LONGSHOREMAN #ARRICO MARRIED HIS WIFE 4RINIDAD AND THE COUPLE HAD OPER ATED THE (ACIENDA FOR MORE THAN YEARS h !NTONIO WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH HIS FAMILY WORKING IN THE RESTAURANT BUT HE WAS ALSO A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE OWNER v -C.AIR SAID h&OR HIM TO DONATE THAT MUCH MONEY SHOWS THAT HE HAD A GREAT BELIEF IN THE VALUE OF EDUCATION (E PUT THE MONEY WHERE HIS HEART WAS v (ANSON AGREES THAT #ARRICO S INVESTMENT CAN MAKE AN IMMEDIATE DIFFERENCE FOR ### h) WAS SHOCKED AND HAPPY THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THE DONATION v (ANSON SAID h)T S WONDERFUL THAT WE RECEIVED THIS GIFT AND THE COL LEGE WILL CONTINUE TO THANK THEM v

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7EDNESDAY .OV ! STUDENT REPORTED HIS VEHICLE STOLEN FROM CAMPUS ■ &2/- 0AGE THE UPCOMING YEAR PRACTICALLY NONE OF THE CHANGES WILL AFFECT CURRENT #!,3423 MEM 4HURSDAY .OV !N UNKNOWN SUSPECT CARJACKED BERS (OWEVER CURRENT MEMBERS WILL ONLY A FEMALE STUDENT FOR HER VEHICLE ON HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO PURCHASE NON QUALIFIED SERVICE CREDIT ALSO KNOWN AS #ASTRO 3TREET AIRTIME .ON QUALIFIED SERVICE CREDIT IS PENSION -ONDAY .OV 4WO STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED IN A CREDIT THAT A MEMBER OF #!,3423 CAN VERBAL ALTERCATION WHILE ON CAMPUS PAY OUT OF POCKET TOWARD HIS OR HER PENSION OVER ROAD RAGE /NE STUDENT FELT BENEFIT ACCOUNT THAT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY THREATENED BY THE OTHER STUDENT BUT #ALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHING SERVICE h)T S A GOOD INVESTMENT BECAUSE IT S DID NOT DESIRE PROSECUTION "OTH STUDENTS WERE ADVISED ABOUT CON GUARANTEED v #!,3423 MEMBER $EBORAH DUCT AND REFERRED TO THE DEAN OF 3HANKS SAID h)T ADDS TIME TO YOUR SERVICE CREDIT FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS )T S GOING AWAY STUDENTS DUE TO !" v 1UALIFIED SERVICE CREDIT IS RELATED TO PUB 4HURSDAY .OV ! STUDENT HAD HIS CELL PHONE LIC SCHOOL TEACHING SERVICE IN THE STATE STOLEN WHILE WALKING HOME AFTER 5NLIKE NON QUALIFIED SERVICE CREDIT QUALI FIED SERVICE CREDIT IS CREDIT PAID INTO BENEFIT CLASS PLANS BY BOTH MEMBERS AND #!,3423 &OR A MEMBER TO QUALIFY FOR AIRTIME HE 3ATURDAY $EC !N UNKNOWN SUSPECT BROKE THE GLASS SLIDING DOOR OF THE !! BUILD ING AND STOLE A POLICE BIKE -ONDAY $EC !N OFFICER RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF AN ASSAULT )T WAS LATER DETER MINED ANOTHER ASSAULT OCCURRED OFF CAMPUS AND THE VICTIM WAS ADVISED TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE 3AN 0ABLO 0OLICE $EPARTMENT

BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE v SAID 4UPPER (ULL VICE PRESIDENT OF 3TRATEGIC #OMMUNICATIONS FOR THE 7ESTERN 3TATES 0ETROLEUM !SSOCIATION h3INCE THE 2ICHMOND #HEVRON FIRE IN !UGUST CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION HAS GONE DOWN HOWEVER #HEVRON HAS MANUFACTURED GAS v (ULL SAID THOUGH GASOLINE PRODUCTION DID CON TINUE IT WAS AT A LOWER RATE THAN USUAL DUE TO LOWER CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION RATES #RUDE OIL IS OIL BEFORE IT HAS BEEN REFINED INTO OTHER PRODUCTS SUCH AS GASOLINE 4HOUGH THE !UGUST FIRE WAS A SETBACK FOR #ALIFORNIA GAS PRODUCTION THE %XXON -OBILE REFINERY IN 4ORRANCE #ALIF SUFFERED A POWER OUT AGE ON /CT WHICH (ULL SAID WAS h4HE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL S BACK v )NFORMATION /FFICER AT THE #ALIFORNIA %NERGY #OMMISSION !LISON AP2OBERTS SAID h4HERE ARE REFINERIES THAT MAKE GAS IN #ALIFORNIA AND WHEN ONE OF THEM GOES DOWN IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE SALE MARKET WHICH COULD DRIVE PRICES UP v h%XXON HAS CONTRACTS TO FULFILL MEANING THEY HAD TO PURCHASE GAS FROM OTHER COMPANIES TO FULFILL THEIR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS 'AS RATES WERE AT PRICES THAT PEOPLE DISLIKED BUT THERE WAS NO REAL SHORTAGE v 3INCE %XXON HAD TO PURCHASE ITS GAS INSTEAD OF DISTRIBUTING WHAT IT PRODUCED STATIONS WHICH

OR SHE MUST HAVE FIVE YEARS OF &ULL 4IME %QUIVALENT &4% SERVICE /NE YEAR OF &4% SERVICE IS EQUIVALENT TO AN INSTRUCTOR SERVING FOR ONE YEAR AS A FULL TIME TEACHER $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE FACULTY MEMBER -ILAGRUS /JARMARK SAID THE PRESENTATION WAS INFORMATIVE h)T JUMP STARTED MY INTEREST IN PLANNING FOR MY RETIREMENT AND WHAT ) NEED TO LOOK INTO v SHE SAID /NE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS SHE MENTIONED DOING WAS PURCHASING AIRTIME 3HANKS ASSISTED $ERMAN WITH HIS POWER POINT PRESENTATION 7HILE MOST IN ATTENDANCE ARE NOT AFFECTED BY !" S CHANGES THERE ARE SOME WHO DID BENEFITTED FROM OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MEETING h) LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE VARIOUS CALCU LATORS AND AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND HOW WE CAN BEST USE IT v $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER -ONIQUE 9OUNG SAID h) DON T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT !" v

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BUS PASS EVERY MONTH TO ATTEND SCHOOL v 0AYNE SAID h)F ) WAS STRUGGLING WITH HOMEWORK SHE WOULD SIT DOWN WITH ME SO ) COULD UNDERSTAND AND FINISH IT v 0AYNE SAID BECAUSE OF "AYLIS 0AYNE

SHE GOT THE EDUCATION SHE NEEDED h3HE WANTED ME TO LEARN AND IT WAS REALLY HARD BECAUSE ) HAD A DISABILITY v 0AYNE SAID h7HEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL ISSUES

SHE TRIES TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU RE NOT COMING TO SCHOOL AND FIGURES OUT HOW YOU CAN ATTEND CLASS v "AYLIS 0AYNE ALSO KEEPS IN TOUCH STU DENTS AFTER SHE FINISHES HELPING THEM WITH THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS 0AYNE SAID h3HE DOESN T JUST WALK AWAY AFTER SHE S DONE WITH YOU 3HE WILL CALL AND SEE HOW YOU RE DOING v -OVING TO #ALIFORNIA FROM !LABAMA IN )NTERIM $EAN OF 3TUDENTS 6ICKI &ERGUSON WAS FIRST HIRED AS A PART TIME COUNSELOR AT ### h7HEN ) CAME TO #ALIFORNIA EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE SO BUSY THAT THEY FORGET THE ETIQUETTE OF GREETING OTHERS v &ERGUSON SAID h"UT WHEN ) PARKED NEXT TO $R "

SHE WOULD ALWAYS GREET ME GOOD MORN ING v &ERGUSON SAID BECAUSE "AYLIS 0AYNE IS FROM -ISSISSIPPI "AYLIS 0AYNE S HOS PITALITY WAS hOVER AND ABOVEv AND INSTRU MENTAL WITH THE TRANSITION OF MOVING FROM A DIFFERENT STATE h7HEN ) FIRST STARTED SHE WOULD LEAVE

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&ERGUSON SAID "AYLIS 0AYNE THINKS OF OTHERS BY PROVIDING DONATIONS h7ITH FACULTY AND STAFF SHOWING INTER EST IN ACADEMIC WORK AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IT BUILDS CHARACTER AND ENCOUR AGES LEADERSHIP AND STUDENTS TO BE SUC CESSFUL v "AYLIS 0AYNE SAID !S SHE WALKS INTO HER OFFICE TO START THE WORKDAY SHE IS NORMALLY FOUND WEAR ING ONE PIECE OF PURPLE CLOTHING h(ER FAVORITE COLOR IS PURPLE v %/03 /UTREACH #OORDINATOR +ENNETH 2EYNOLDS SAID h3HE ALWAYS HAS AT LEAST ONE THING ON THAT IS PURPLE v 7ITH A PURPLE BEANIE A PURPLE LONG RAINCOAT AND A BLACK UMBRELLA WITH PURPLE POLKA DOTS HANGING IN THE CORNER OF HER OFFICE "AYLIS 0AYNE SAID SHE JUST LIKES THE AESTHETIC IT GIVES %/03 COUNSELOR $IONNE 0EREZ SAID WITH PURPLE SYMBOLIC TO SPIRITUAL HEAL ING AND GOOD JUDGMENT THE COLOR SUITS "AYLIS 0AYNE S CHARACTER h 0URPLE SUITS HER WELL BECAUSE SHE HAS NEVER BEEN JUDGMENTAL v 0EREZ SAID h0EOPLE COME IN WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL ISSUES AND $R " HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE v

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!LL SMILES ˆ #OUNSELOR !NDREA 0HILLIPS HELPS STUDENTS WITH HER COMPASSION AND WORK ETHIC BY HELPING THEM GRADUATE AND TRANSFER 0HILLIPS SPECILIZES WITH HELPING STUDENT ATHLETES VERSED ON THEM 3TUDENTS HAVE TO HAVE THEIR UNITS DISTRIBUTED THE RIGHT WAY AND SHE MAKES SURE THEIR ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY IS CORRECT v -EN S BASKETBALL COACH -IGUEL *OHNSON AGREES h3HE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT HER DUTIES ARE 3HE S INSTRU MENTAL IN GETTING OUR ATHLETES REG ISTERED AND ASSESSED INTO SCHOOL

COUNSELING THEM PERIODICALLY MAK ING SURE THEY RE FOLLOWING THEIR EDUCATIONAL PLANS v !PART FROM HELPING A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON CAMPUS

SHE MUST FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS SUCH AS $IVISION ) $IVISION )) AND $IVISION ))) FOR EACH STUDENT ATH LETE PLANNING TO PLAY AT A FOUR YEAR

INSTITUTION *OHNSON SAID THAT RESEARCH ON SCHOOLS MUST BE OBTAINED IN ORDER TO FIND THE PERFECT SCHOOL FOR EACH ATHLETE AND SPECIFIC ED PLANS MUST BE MADE TO FIT THE STUDENTS TRANSFER ABILITY h) VE WORKED WITH HER FOR FIVE YEARS AND EVERY YEAR ) VE BEEN HERE STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS v *OHNSON SAID 0HILLIPS HAS HELPED MANY #OMET STUDENT ATHLETES TRANSFER TO $) AND $)) SCHOOLS LIKE .YGUS -C'EE WHO WENT OFF TO !CADEMY OF !RTS

/RLANDO !RNOLD WHO TRANSFERRED TO THE 5NIVERSITY OF 7YOMING AND *AMIE #APOOT WHO TRANSFERRED TO 3ONOMA 3TATE 5NIVERSITY 0HILLIPS SAID SHE HAS A LOT ON

HER PLATE 3HE ADMITS ONE OF THE MOST DIF FICULT PARTS OF COUNSELING IS ADJUST ING TO THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EACH STUDENT h) TRY TO TELL STUDENTS TO UNDER STAND THAT THEY SHOULDN T BEAT UP ON THEMSELVES 4ELLING PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON BEING /+ WITH WHERE THEY ARE IS IMPORTANT TO ME ) TRY TO ENCOURAGE EACH STUDENT TO GO AT THEIR OWN PACE v 0HILLIPS SAID 7ITH TWO BOYS OF HER OWN

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4HERE IS NO BETTER FIT FOR THE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAN ITS CURRENT CHAIRPERSON .OW IN HER FOURTH YEAR HEADING THE DEPARTMENT PROFESSOR !MINTA -ICKLES PROFESSIONAL DEMEANOR AND HELPFUL SPIRIT HAVE NOT ONLY HELPED TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ˆ THEY ALSO INSPIRE POSITIVE CHANGE IN HER STUDENTS h3HE INFLUENCES ME WITH HER ETHIC v HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MAJOR 2ICKIE (ARRIS SAID h3HE CARES FOR HER STUDENTS AND SHE LOVES WHAT SHE DOES ˆ YOU CAN SEE IT IN HER SMILE (ARRIS A FORMER DRUG ADDICT HAS BEEN SOBER FOR FOUR YEARS AND SAID SHE WANTS TO DO FOR OTHERS WHAT -ICKLES DID FOR HER h) WANT TO INSPIRE WOMEN LIKE SHE DID FOR ME v (ARRIS SAID h) EVENTUALLY WANT TO START A PROGRAM TO HELP WOMEN WHO COME OUT OF PRISON BECOME RESPONSIBLE WOMEN IN THEIR SOCIETY v ! ### GRADUATE -ICKLES GREW UP IN 2ODEO 3HE WENT TO *OHN 3WETT (IGH 3CHOOL AND AFTER LEAVING ### SHE ATTENDED 3AN &RANCISCO 3TATE WHERE SHE EARNED HER MASTER S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK

-ICKLES SAID HER PASSION FOR HELPING OTH ERS IS MORE THAN A JOB IT IS HER h'OD GIVEN ASSIGNMENT v h) KNEW ) WAS ALWAYS A STRONG PERSON WHO COULD HELP OTHERS THROUGH TOUGH TIMES v SHE SAID h%VER SINCE ) STARTED ) KNEW THIS IS WHAT ) WANTED TO DO ) WOULDN T TRADE WHAT ) DO FOR ANYTHING h) LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE AT THEIR BEST v SHE SAID -ICKLES SAID HELPING HER BROTHER THROUGH HIS ADDICTION IS WHAT SPARKED HER PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS )N ADDITION TO HEAD -ICKELS ING THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 3HE HAS -ICKLES WITH THE ASSIS BEEN THE ((3 CHAIR TANCE OF CURRENT AND FOR PERSON FOR MER STUDENTS HELPS RUN FOUR YEARS THE 0EER 3UPPORT 7ELLNESS AND KEEPS #ENTER LOCATED IN ( UP ON ALL h%VER SINCE ) STARTED

HER DUTIES ) KNEW ### NEEDED A AT THE COL PROGRAM TO HELP STUDENTS PERSONALLY v -ICKLES SAID LEGE h7E HAVE STUDENTS AT ### WHO STRUGGLE WITH VARIOUS LIFE CHALLENGES v -ICKLES SAID SHE HAS COUNSELED STUDENTS WITH ISSUES SUCH AS SUICIDE DRUG AND ALCOHOL

ADDICTION FAMILY PROBLEMS AND RE ENTERING SOCIETY AFTER INCARCERATION 0ROGRAM -ANAGER OF THE 0EER 3UPPORT 7ELLNESS #ENTER -ADY 7ILLIE SAID SHE AND -ICKLES SHARE THE SAME hASSIGNMENT v h-E BEING HERE IS NOT JUST ABOUT ME IT S ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WE CAN HELP AND SERVE v 7ILLIE SAID h-Y LIFE IS ABOUT REACHING PEOPLE AND CHANGING LIVES ˆ THAT S WHAT SHE DID FOR ME h3HE ENCOURAGED ME TO NOT ONLY KEEP HER INSPIRATION FOR MYSELF BUT TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS "EFORE ) CAME HERE ) WAS HELPFUL BUT NOT TO THIS CALIBER "EING IN HER CLASSES HELPED ME GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND A CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY v 7ILLIE FIRST MET -ICKLES AS A STUDENT h3HE IS THE FIRST PROFESSOR THAT INSPIRED ME TO WORK TOWARD A CAREER AND NOT JUST A JOB v SHE SAID &OR -ICKLES STUDENTS THEIR CONNECTION WITH HER HAS HELPED TO CHANGE A MAJORITY OF THEIR LIVES 4HOUGH SHE IS VERY OPEN WITH THEM SHE MAINTAINS A PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE AND DEMEANOR TO WHICH THEY HAVE GROWN TO HONOR AND RESPECT h3HE IS A PROFESSOR BUT IF YOU HAVE SOME THING PERSONAL TO TALK ABOUT SHE IS SOMEONE YOU CAN TALK TO v HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MAJOR .ICOLE !LEXANDER SAID h"ECAUSE OF MY RESPECT FOR HER ) TRY NOT TO BE @BUDDY

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h3HE IS TENDER AND SWEET IN HER INSTRUC TION NEVER DISRESPECTFUL OR MEAN ˆ SHE S AWESOME 3HE IS A BIG FACTOR IN WHAT MAKES MY ### EXPERIENCE SUCH A GOOD ONE v !LEXANDER SAID #URRENT STUDENT AND FORMER PEER SUPPORT COUNSELOR $ON 3EVERN SAID HE ACCOMPA NIED -ICKLES AND THE 0EER 3UPPORT 7ELLNESS #ENTER STAFF TO #OLLEGE OF -ARIN ˆ ONE WAY THE WELLNESS CENTERS CONNECTS WITH THE SUR ROUNDING COMMUNITY 4HE PROGRAM ALSO COLLABORATES WITH THE 3OJOURNER 4RUTH 0RESBYTERIAN #HURCH LOCATED ON 3HANE $RIVE EVERY THIRD 3ATURDAY OF EACH MONTH TO FEED THE COMMUNITY (ARRIS SAID SHE HAS BEEN ASSISTING WITH THIS EFFORT FOR ONE YEAR IN ADDITION TO HELP ING OUT WITH OTHER COMMUNITY EFFORTS ˆ THIS PAST .OVEMBER SHE HELPED FEED THE HUN GRY AT THE 2ICHMOND 2ESCUE -ISSION FOR 4HANKSGIVING -ICKLES SAID HER GOAL FOR THE 0EER 3UPPORT 7ELLNESS #ENTER IS FOR IT TO BECOME A hFULL FLEDGEDv HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST ### STUDENTS h)T MAKES SENSE v SHE SAID h) WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE A FULL STAFF YEAR ROUND WITH LICENSED PROFESSIONALS AND NON PROFESSIONALS WORKING TOGETHER ) WANT THIS TO BE THE BEST PROGRAM WE CAN BE ˆ NOT ONLY IN THE COL LEGE BUT IN THE COMMUNITY v

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0EOPLE OFTEN ASSOCIATE THE MONTH OF $ECEMBER WITH #HRISTMAS 7ITH CLONES OF 3ANTA #LAUS WALKING AROUND AND ROWS OF TREES THROUGHOUT EVERY OPEN PARK ING LOT IN THE CITY IT S NO SURPRISE THAT #HRISTMAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR HOLIDAYS OF THE YEAR 4HE COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTH OF *ESUS #HRIST THE HOLIDAY WAS ORIG INALLY CELEBRATED BY #HRISTIANS BUT DUE TO ITS INCREASING POPULARITY OVER THE YEARS THANKS TO THE MEDIA IT IS NOW CELEBRATED BY NON #HRISTIANS AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY #OMMON CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE HOLI DAY ARE THE SINGING OF CAR OLS DECORATIVE LIGHTS ON HOUSES AND TREES 3ANTA #LAUS HAS LONG BEEN THE MOST RECOGNIZED SYMBOL FOR #HRISTMAS $EPICTED A JOLLY BEARDED MAN IN A RED SUIT HE TRAVELS ACROSS THE WORLD DELIVERING PRES ENTS TO YOUNG CHILDREN "UT WITH ALL THE FOCUS ON $EC IT WOULD SEEM THAT MANY FORGET THE OTHER HOLIDAYS THAT ARE CEL

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3TEP %RECT THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE BY CONNECTING THE TWO GLUED PIECES TOGETHER

3TEP !PPLY OTHER COLORED ICING FOR ADDED DECORATION FOR THE HOUSE

EBRATED IN THE WINTER SEASON (ANUKKAH IS ONE MAJOR HOLIDAY IN PARTICULAR THAT HIDES IN THE SHADOW OF #HRISTMAS +NOWN AS THE &ESTIVAL OF ,IGHTS

(ANUKKAH IS A *EWISH HOLIDAY OBSERVED FOR EIGHT DAYS AND EIGHT NIGHTS STARTING ON THE TH DAY OF +ISLEV ACCORDING TO THE (EBREW CALENDAR WHICH CAN OCCUR AT ANYTIME FROM LATE .OVEMBER TO LATE $ECEMBER (ANUKKAH IS KNOWN FOR THE LIGHTING OF THE -ENORAH A NINE BRANCHED CANDE LABRUM LIT ON EACH NIGHT OF THE HOLIDAY AND THE EATING OF TRADITIONAL FOODS THAT ARE TYPICALLY FRIED OR BAKED IN OIL LIKE POTATO PANCAKES OR LATKES AS THEY ARE COMMONLY CALLED 4HE HOLIDAY REPRESENTS WHEN THE *EWISH PEOPLE RECLAIMED THE HOLY LAND OF *ERUSALEM FROM THE 3ELEUCID %MPIRE !FTER REGAINING CONTROL OF THEIR LAND

THESE REBELS OR -ACCABEES AS THEY WERE ALSO CALLED RETURNED TO THE TEMPLE IN *ERUSALEM 5PON FINDING THEIR TEMPLE HAD BEEN RUINED BY THE 3ELEUCID %MPIRE THEY CHOSE TO PURIFY IT BY USING THE RITUAL OIL AND BURNING THE TEMPLE S -ENORAH FOR EIGHT DAYS 4HERE WAS ONLY ENOUGH OIL TO LAST FOR ONE DAY BUT IT MIRACULOUSLY LASTED THE FOLLOWING SEVEN DAYS 4HIS IS THE MIRACLE THAT IS CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR !NOTHER HOLIDAY THAT GETS LOST IN THE SHUFFLE IS THE LESSER KNOWN +WANZAA #ELEBRATED THROUGH THE 5NITED 3TATES

#ANADA AND THE !FRICAN DIASPORA THE HOLIDAY TAKES PLACE FROM $EC THROUGH *AN 3TARTED BY !FRICAN ACTIVIST -AULANA +ARENGA IN ORDER TO HAVE THE FIRST HOLI DAY DIRECTED TOWARD !FRICAN !MERICANS

+WANZAA FIRST TOOK PLACE IN TO CEL EBRATE BLACK HERITAGE UNITY AND CULTURE &AMILIES OBSERVED +WANZAA BY DRESS ING IN TRADITIONAL !FRICAN CLOTHING PLAY ING DRUMS ENJOYING LIBATIONS AND READ INGS OF THE !FRICAN LITERATURE AND HAVING A CANDLE LIGHTING RITUAL CULMINATING IN A FEAST )T S NOT AS POPULARIZED AS THE OTHER TWO BUT IT REMAINS AN IMPORTANT CELEBRA TION TO !FRICAN !MERICANS $ESPITE WHAT MOST WOULD CALL DIFFER ENCES BETWEEN ALL OF THESE HOLIDAYS THEY

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7HEN THE *EWISH HOLY LAND OF *ERUSALEM WAS RECLAIMED FROM 3ELEUCID %MPIRE INVADERS BY THE PEOPLE THE TEMPLE WAS SOILED BY PAGAN RITUALS AND SACRIFICES AND ONLY ONE DAY S WORTH OF ANOINTED OIL REMAINED 4HE *EWISH TROOPS LIT THE MENORAH NONETHELESS AND TO THEIR SURPRISE ONE DAY S OIL BURNED FOR EIGHT DAYS 4HE HOLIDAY OF (ANUKKAH BEGINNING ON THE TH OF +ISLEV IN THE (EBREW CALENDAR IS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE *EWISH COMMUNITY TO HONOR THE MIRACULOUS OCCURRENCE

+WANZAA +WANZAA IS AN !FRICAN !MERICAN AND 0AN !FRICAN HOLIDAY CELEBRATED FROM $EC THROUGH *AN THAT CELEBRATES FAMILY COMMUNITY AND CULTURE 4HE NAME h+WANZAAv IS DERIVED FROM THE PHRASE hMATUNDA YA KWANZA v WHICH MEANS hFIRST FRUITSv IN 3WAHILI THE MOST WIDELY SPOKEN !FRICAN LANGUAGE 4HE HOLIDAY S ORIGINS ARE IN THE FIRST HARVEST CELEBRATIONS OF !FRICA FROM WHICH IT TAKES ITS NAME

3TEP &OR FINISHING TOUCHES ADD SNOW WITH ADDED ICING OR BUSHES WITH GREEN ICING

3ANTA #LAUS 4HE FIGURE COMES FROM A MAN IN THE FOURTH CENTURY FROM 4URKEY NAMED 3AINT .ICHOLAS (E WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GENEROSITY AND LOVE FOR CHILDREN GIVING POUCH ES OF GOLD COINS TO THE POOR PEOPLE LIVING IN HIS TOWN

$REIDEL -ENORAH 4HE SPINNING DREIDEL IS A TRADITIONAL GAME PLAYED DURING THE HOLIDAY 4HE MENORAH IS A SYMBOL AT THE CENTER OF THE (ANUKKAH MIRACLE 4O MEMORIALIZE THE STORY THOSE PARTAKING IN THE HOLIDAY LIGHT A CANDLE FOR EACH OF THE EIGHT DAYS UNTIL ALL ARE LIT

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What do you have planned for the holiday season?

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)N THE TH ANNUAL #OMET #LASSIC THE WOMEN S BASKETBALL TEAM TOOK THIRD PLACE AFTER FINISHING 4HE #OMETS HAD NOT WON RD PLACE IN THE CLASSIC SINCE &RESHMAN FORWARD *EANNAY 7ASHINGTON

THE -60 OF THE FINAL GAME HIT THE GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL TO KNOCK OF #HABOT #OLLEGE 4HE #OMETS LED #HABOT BY NINE POINTS AT HALFTIME BUT THE 'LADIATORS MADE A PUSH IN THE SECOND HALF h7E HAD A DESIGNED PLAY BUT 7ASHINGTON WAS OPEN AND *OIE 7YATT MADE A GOOD PASS v #OMET WOMEN S BASKETBALL COACH 0AUL $EBOLT SAID 4HE GAME WINNING PLAY WAS A BROKEN ONE ˆ AN INBOUND PASS DRAWN UP FOR ANOTHER PLAYER #OMET FRESHMAN FORWARD 7YATT INBOUND ED THE BALL TO AN OPEN 7ASHINGTON ScoreBoard WHO MADE THE FOOT GAME WIN NING SHOT #OMETS 7YATT SAID THAT 'LADIATORS SHE WAS GOING TO PASS IT TO FRESHMAN .EXT GAME GUARD *EWEL 2OGERS $EC AT ON THE OUTSIDE BUT #OLLEGE OF 3AN SHE FOUND A WIDE -ATEO 4"$ OPEN 7ASHINGTON FOR THE SCORE /N 4HURSDAY NIGHT THE FIRST NIGHT OF TOURNAMENT COMPETITION ### OVERALL GOT OFF TO A GOOD START BEATING #ITY #OLLEGE OF 3AN &RANCISCO A TEAM THAT HAD WON THE TOURNAMENT FIVE CONSECUTIVE TIMES (OWEVER ### LOST IN OVERTIME TO -ISSION #OLLEGE

THE FOLLOWING NIGHT 4HAT LOSS SET THE #OMETS UP TO PLAY THE 'LADIATORS FOR THIRD PLACE IN THE CONTEST #OLLEGE OF THE 3ISKIYOUS BEAT -ISSION #OLLEGE TO WIN THE #OMET #LASSIC ON 3ATURDAY !GAINST THE 2AMS THE #OMETS USED A FAST PACED OFFENSE TO TAKE AN EARLY LEAD h7E WANTED TO SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT AND USE OUR SPEED v $E"OLT SAID

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/FF THE BACKBOARD ˆ #OMET GUARD -ARQUISHA *ELINEK LAY UPS THE BALL DURING THEIR GAME AGAINST #ITY #OLLEGE OF 3AN &RANCISCO AT THE TH #OMET #LASSIC IN THE 'YMNASIUM ON .OV 4HE 2AMS HOWEVER USED THEIR OUTSIDE SHOOTING AND FREE THROW OPPORTUNITIES TO TIE THE GAME AT WITH LESS THAN THREE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF ##3& TOOK THE HALFTIME LEAD OVER THE #OMETS SCORING AT THE BUZZER TO END WHEN 2AM FORWARD 4ERRI 0OWELL HIT A RUN NING BANK SHOT ,ATER ##3& AND THE #OMETS WERE TIED AT WITH ONE AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT ### FRESHMAN GUARD -ARQUISHA *ELINEK THEN MADE A CLUTCH GAME CLINCHING POINT SHOT TO KNOCK OFF THE DEFENDING #OMET #LASSIC 4OURNAMENT CHAMPS h)T WAS A GREAT WIN TO PUT ##3& IN THE LOSER S BRACKET AND THAT GIVES US CONFIDENCE v *ELINEK SAID )N THE SEMIFINAL ROUND THE #OMETS GOT OFF TO A GOOD START AGAINST THE 3AINTS 9ET THEY COULD NOT STOP ITS POINT SHOT

ATTACK ### GAVE UP POINTERS IN THAT GAME

SIX OF THEM COMING FROM THE 3AINTS SOPHO MORE GUARD &ELICIA !NDERSON !NDERSON WAS ONE OF THE KEY REASONS WHY THE #OMETS FELL TO -ISSION h7E WERE PLAYING AGAINST THE BEST POINT SHOOTING TEAM IN THE STATE v $E"OLT SAID h7E WERE TRYING TO MAKE THEM SHOOT S INSTEAD OF S v 4HE #OMETS HANDLED !NDERSON VERY WELL HOLDING HER TO THREE POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF

BUT IN THE SECOND HALF SHE LED THE CHARGE WHILE CONVERTING FIVE OUT OF SECOND HALF 3AINTS POINTERS h7E WANTED TO KEEP @ !NDERSON FROM SCORING POINTS AND STOP HER FROM SHOOT ING v #OMET SOPHOMORE FORWARD 3HANYLA ,OVE SAID

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0,%!3!.4 (),, ˆ 2OOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IS A PHRASE THAT THE MEN S BASKETBALL TEAM CAN LIVE BY ESPECIALLY AFTER ITS PERFOR MANCE IN THE $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE #HEVRON )NVITATIONAL HELD ON .OV #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE OVERALL WON TWO GAMES AND LOST ONE IN THE TOURNAMENT AS THE TEAM FELL TO &EATHER 2IVER #OLLEGE ON .OV AND DEFEATED 3AN *OSE #ITY #OLLEGE AND #OLLEGE OF THE 2EDWOODS ON .OV AND .OV RESPECTIVELY h) M HAPPY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE SITTING BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GET THE FRESHMAN PLAYERS TO BUY INTO OUR SYSTEM v #OMET COACH -IGUEL *OHNSON SAID h 4HE TOURNAMENT SHOWED ME THAT WE ARE ATHLETIC HAVE DEPTH AND GUYS CAN DEFEND v 4HE #OMETS FIRST GAME AGAINST THE 'OLDEN %AGLES OVERALL WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE TEAM AS THEY STRUGGLED SHOOTING FROM THE FIELD "OTH TEAMS DISPLAYED HORRENDOUS SHOOTING AS &2# HELD AN LEAD OVER ### SIX MINUTES INTO THE FIRST HALF ### WAS UNABLE TO CONVERT ON A FIELD GOAL UNTIL REMAINED IN THE FIRST HALF WHEN #OMET FORWARD * UAN 0ARKER MADE A LAYUP h7E DID NOT COME OUT WITH ENERGY PLAIN AND SIMPLE v #OMET GUARD *USTIN 0OLLARD SAID h )N FUTURE GAMES WE HAVE TO COME OUT WITH A BETTER ATTITUDE AND COME READY TO PLAY v 4HE 'OLDEN %AGLES USED A SAGGING ZONE DEFENSE FORCING ### TO SHOOT OUTSIDE ScoreBoard SHOTS #OMETS 7HILE THE #OMETS WERE #ORSAIRS CLEARLY MORE ATHLETIC THAN THE 'OLDEN %AGLES THEY FAILED TO .EXT GAME $EC AT #OLLEGE OF THE USE THEIR ATHLETICISM TO THEIR ADVANTAGE 3ISKIYOUS 4"$ &OR THE GAME THE #OMETS &OLLOW THIS GAME LIVE AT WERE FROM THE FIELD TWITTER COM ACCENTADVOCATE &2# LED BY ITS SOPHOMORE FORWARD !NDREW ,OTTS *R CAP ITALIZED ON THE #OMETS TURNOVERS AND USED OUTSIDE SHOOTING TO ITS ADVANTAGE h7E WEREN T EXECUTING OUR OFFENSIVE GAME PLAN OR GETTING TO THE FREE THROW LINE v #OMET FORWARD ,ARRY 7ICKETT SAID h7E GOT TIRED ON THE COURT AND THE EFFORT WASN T THERE v !GAINST 3*## OVERALL THE #OMETS REDEEMED THEMSELVES SHOWING EXPLOSIVENESS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL ### TOOK AN EARLY LEAD HOWEVER THE SQUAD ALLOWED THE *AGUARS TO COME BACK 3*## CONVERTED ON FOUR POINT FIELD GOALS 4HE #OMETS BEGAN TO USE THEIR SIZE AND ATHLETICISM AGAINST THE *AGUARS KEYING IN ON SEVERAL CHANCES TO STEAL THE BALL CREATING FAST BREAK SCORING OPPORTUNITIES h4HE GUYS PLAYED HARD DEFENSIVELY 7HEN THE TEAM SEES THE BALL GO INTO THE NET THEY TEND TO PLAY A BIT HARDER v *OHNSON SAID h7E HAVE MORE GAMES LEFT IN THE SEASON SO WE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO GET BETTER v #OMET GUARD /MARIYAE "OUGHTON AGREED

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N THE SECOND ROUND OF THE #OMET #LASSIC WOMEN S BASKETBALL TOURNA MENT THE #OMET TOOK ON -ISSION #OLLEGE IN THE WINNER S BRACKET 4HE COMPETITIVE CONTEST REQUIRED FIVE MINUTES OF OVERTIME FOR THE TWO SQUADS TO DECIDE THE BETTER TEAM &RIDAY EVENING BUT NOT ALL EYES WERE ON THE STELLAR MATCH 0OTENTIALLY OVERSHADOWING -ISSION S WIN WAS ITS FOOT INCH FRESHMAN 'ABRIELLE ,UDWIG AND THE EXPECTATION OF HER BECOMING THE FIRST TRANSGENDER JUNIOR COLLEGE STU DENT ATHLETE TO PARTICIPATE IN A GAME (OWEVER SHE WOULD NOT MAKE HER DEBUT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING NIGHT IN THE TOURNAMENT S CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND ˆ A DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF #OLLEGE OF THE 3ISKIYOUS )N HER DEBUT FOR THE 3AINTS ,UDWIG PLAYED ONLY SIX MINUTES AND SCORED THREE POINTS 3OME MAY WONDER HOW IS THIS FAIR FOR THE OTHER PLAYERS AND TEAMS THAT -ISSION WILL RUN ACROSS THIS SEASON !CCORDING TO THE #ALIFORNIA #OMMUNITY #OLLEGE !THLETIC !SSOCIATION ANY MALE TO FEMALE TRANS GENDER ATHLETE MAY COMPETE IN ANY MALE SPORT AT ANYTIME )N ORDER FOR THAT PERSON TO COMPETE IN WOMEN S SPORTS SHE MUST HAVE A WRITTEN LETTER OF VERIFICATION FROM A DOCTOR CONFIRMING THE SURGICAL CHANGE OF SEX AND HORMONAL TREATMENTS DATING BACK AT LEAST ONE YEAR PRIOR TO PARTICI PATION 7HEN WORD SPREAD OF THE POSSIBIL ITY OF A HISTORIC EVENING ANTICIPATION OF -ISSION BLOWING OUT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE GREW ˆ THE TALLEST #OMET PLAYER BEING INCHES SHORTER THAN ,UDWIG WHO IS TALLER THAN EVERY PLAYER ON THE #OMET MEN S BASKETBALL TEAM 9ET HER SERVICES WERE NOT REQUIRED TO DEFEAT THE FORMIDABLE WOMEN S BAS KETBALL TEAM THANKS TO ### S INABILITY TO DEFEND THE POINT SHOT -ISSION KNOCKED DOWN POINT BASKETS ACCOUNTING FOR PERCENT OF ITS POINTS 4HE #OMETS PLAYED SOLID DEFENSE

HOLDING THE 3AINTS TO PERCENT SHOOTING FROM THE FIELD ### S FIELD GOALS MADE IS FOUR MORE THAN -ISSION S TOTAL "UT THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE GAME FOR THE #OMETS HAD TO BE WATCHING &ELICIA !NDERSON THE .O RANKED POINT SHOOTER IN THE STATE IN MADE THREES REPEATEDLY LEFT WIDE OPEN BEHIND THE ARC 3HE FINISHED FROM POINT RANGE AND AT ONE POINT DURING THE GAME SHE BURIED TWO IN A ROW h7ATCH v A FAN SCREAMED FROM THE STANDS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE BALL WAS PASSED BACK TO !NDERSON AS SHE KNOCKED DOWN YET ANOTHER WIDE OPEN -ISSION #OLLEGE POINT BASKET &ORGET ,UDWIG AT THIS POINT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT STEP FOOT ON THE FLOOR !LSO WORTH FORGETTING IS THE FACT THAT ### BEAT THE .O RANKED IN THE STATE #ITY #OLLEGE OF 3AN &RANCISCO THE PREVIOUS EVENING 4HE ONLY THING ### NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT IS SELF DESTRUCTION 4HE #OMETS JUMPED TO AN EARLY LEAD BUT AS TIME TICKED CLOSER TO THE END OF THE FIRST MINUTES OF PLAY THE LEAD EVAPORATED AS THE 3AINTS MARCHED IN !S AFTER FELL FOR -ISSION SO DID THE FORGETTABLE EARLY FIRST HALF #OMET LEAD 4OO MANY TIMES DID PLAYERS BACK OFF MUCH TOO FAR FROM !NDERSON 7HEN SHE DIDN T HAVE THE BALL HER TEAMMATES WERE ABLE TO FIND HER EASILY BEHIND THE POINT LINE )N THE WORDS OF COACH 0AUL $E"OLT

h)T S NOT ROCKET SURGERY v )F SHE IS KILLING YOU STOP THE BLEED ING OR AT LEAST PUT A HAND IN HER FACE 4HERE IS AN UNWRITTEN RULE IN THE ."! ˆ NEVER LEAVE 2AY !LLEN WHY "ECAUSE HE WILL KILL YOU FROM THREE POINT RANGE /N &RIDAY NIGHT !NDERSON MAY AS WELL HAVE BEEN WEARING NUMBER

h7E NEEDED TO BOUNCE BACK FROM OUR PERFORMANCE AGAINST &EATHER 2IVER v "OUGHTON SAID h7E CONTINUED TO PLAY HARD AND WE GOT THEM UNCOMFORTABLE OFFENSIVELY v )N ### S FINAL GAME AGAINST THE #OLLEGE OF THE 2EDWOODS THE SQUAD REPEATED ITS ATTACK DISPLAYED AGAINST THE *AGUARS BY USING ATH LETICISM AND SPEED ! COLLECTIVE EFFORT BY THE #OMETS HELPED THEM SEAL THE VIC TORY &OR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE GAME EVERY PLAYER ON ### S ROSTER SCORED A BASKET LED BY GUARD $AVION -IZE WHO SCORED POINTS *OHNSON SAID THAT HE WAS PROUD OF HIS TEAM S PERFORMANCE IN THE 2ODNEY 7OODSON IS EDITOR IN CHIEF TOURNAMENT AND HOPES THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GROW INTO OF 4HE !DVOCATE #ONTACT HIM AT THE SEASON

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/N !UG MEN S SOCCER COACH 2UDY :ELLER ADDRESSED THE ATTENDEES OF !LL #OLLEGE $AY WITH A HEAVY HEART FOR 3ANTIAGO -ANRIQUEZ ˆ A FORMER #OMET SOCCER PLAYER WHO WAS MURDERED JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT h)N MANY WAYS THIS SEASON WAS DIFFI CULT v :ELLER SAID h)T HAS DEFINITELY TAKEN AN E M O T I O N A L TOLL ON ME ˆ THE LOSS OF -ANRIQUEZ /VERALL RECORD IS STILL TAKING

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3ANTIAGO #ONFERENCE FINISH h 3 A N T I v SECOND -ANRIQUEZ IS THE YOUNG ER BROTHER OF !NDREW h!NDYv -ANIQUEZ A FORMER #OMET MEN S SOCCER PLAYER WHO WAS MURDERED IN h 3ANTIAGO S DEATH AFFECTED SOME MORE THAN OTHERS v FRESHMAN MIDFIELDER 'RIFFIN 0IPER SAID h) DIDN T KNOW 3ANTI BUT ) KNEW THE IMPACT HIS LOSS HAD ON OTHER PEOPLE 2UDY WANTED TO PLAY THIS SEASON FOR HIM v :ELLER SAID THAT ALONG WITH TRAGICALLY LOS ING HIS BEST DEFENDER IN -ANRIQUEZ ### LOST OTHER PLAYERS TO MULTIPLE INJURIES

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4OUGH FIGHT ˆ #OMET FORWARD /MAR !RELLANO BATTLES FOR THE BALL AGAINST -ARINER FORWARD -ACEDO 'UILHERME DURING THEIR GAME AT #OLLEGE OF -ARIN ON /CT 4HE #OMETS ENDED THEIR SEASON IN SECOND PLACE IN THE "6# 4HE #OMETS STRUGGLED WITH :ELLER S COACHING SCHEMES AND INEXPERIENCE AS A UNIT CONTRIBUTED TO THE TEAM S START !FTER ADJUSTING TO :ELLER S TACTICS AND THE TEAM FINDING A RHYTHM ### FINISHED ITS LAST GAMES WITH A RECORD 4HE STRONG FINISH EARNED THE #OMETS A SECOND PLACE CONFERENCE FINISH NEARLY ENOUGH TO REACH THE POST SEASON h)T S A SEASON OF TWO TALES v :ELLER SAID h$URING NON CONFERENCE PLAY WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH SUCCESS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS )T TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS OF THE SEASON FOR ME TO COME UP WITH A STYLE OF PLAY THAT WE COULD BE SUCCESSFUL AT v &OR THE FIRST FIVE GAMES :ELLER SAID HE RAN A SCHEME ˆ THREE DEFENDERS SIX MIDFIELDERS AND JUST ONE STRIKER (OWEVER

THAT SCHEME WAS NOT PRODUCING A SOLID ENOUGH ATTACK :ELLER MADE THE CHANGE TO A SCHEME AFTER THE FIFTH GAME h4HE CHANGE IN FORMATION LED TO THE MID SEASON EMERGENCE OF MIDFIELDER -ARCOS

3OLIS v HE SAID h(E SCORED HIS GOALS DUR ING THE LATTER PART OF THE SEASON v 3OLIS SCORES LED THE TEAM h7E FARED PRETTY GOOD THIS SEASON CONSID ERING THE BEGINNING WE HAD v 3OLIS SAID h4HE FORMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WASN T WORKING #OACH :ELLER WAS TRYING TO SEE WHAT WORKED !FTER LOSING HE CHANGED HIS SCHEME v h)T WAS A GOOD SEASON ˆ IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF WE MADE THE PLAYOFFS v HE SAID /THER PLAYERS WHO :ELLER SAID GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SQUAD WERE MIDFIELDERS 0IPER AND 2OMARIO 0ENA 0ENA FINISHED SECOND ON THE TEAM IN GOALS SCORED WITH FOUR h%VERYDAY WE WOULD COME TO PRACTICE TRYING TO GET BETTER v 0ENA SAID h7E WON OUR FIRST GAME AGAINST 9UBA AND WE STARTED TO SEE THE THINGS THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH ON THE FIELD v 0ENA SAID AFTER THE TEAM DROPPED ITS FIRST EIGHT GAMES THE TEAM MAINTAINED A POSITIVE ATTITUDE

h7E NEVER PUT OUR HEADS DOWN v HE SAID h#OACH 2UDY TOLD US TO KEEP OUR HEADS UP ˆ NO ONE WAS NEGATIVE v 4HE #OMETS TRAILED .APA 6ALLEY #OLLEGE

BY TWO POINTS BY SEASON S END 3OCCER STAND INGS ARE BASED ON A POINT SYSTEM RATHER THAN JUST A TEAM S WIN LOSS RECORD )NJURIES TO MIDFIELDER *AIME 2UIZ AND DEFENDER *ESUS #HAVEZ IN ADDITION TO PLAY ERS BEING ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM NOT HAVING THE FULL COMPLIMENT OF ALL ITS PLAYERS FOR THE DURATION OF THE SEASON :ELLER SAID THAT COACHING IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM CARRIES PERSONNEL ISSUES

BY NATURE AND ADDITIONAL LOSSES OF PLAYERS INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY OF COACHING h)T S VERY DIFFICULT v HE SAID h7E GET PLAY ERS FOR ONLY TWO YEARS MAX ) HAD ONLY FOUR PLAYERS RETURN FROM LAST YEAR S TEAM )T ALWAYS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IF YOU CAN HAVE SIX OR SEVEN GUYS RETURN h)T S ALWAYS MY HOPE BUT IT DOESN T HAP PEN ALL THE TIME v

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#OMPARED TO ITS PREVIOUS SEASON IN THE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE WOMEN S SOCCER TEAM HAS MADE A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN ITS RECORD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SEASON !LTHOUGH THE #OMETS OVERALL "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE ENDED THEIR SEASON WITH ONLY TWO WINS ITS ONE MORE THAN THEY HAD LAST SEASON 3AME WITH THE TEAM S FIRST AND ONLY CON FERENCE WIN AGAINST ,OS -ENDANOS #OLLEGE COMPARED TO WHEN THEY DID NOT WIN A SINGLE CONFER ENCE GAME &ORWARD !LMA "RUNO SAID THE TEAM S RECORD DOES NOT REFLECT ON THE TEAM ITSELF h/UR SCORES DON T SHOW WHO WE REALLY ARE v "RUNO SAID h7E RE CAPABLE OF A LOT MORE BUT LUCK WASN T ON OUR SIDE v 4HE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON GOT OFF TO A BAD START AS THE TEAM LOST ITS FIRST THREE GAMES BY MORE THAN THREE GOALS EACH $EFENDER "RIANNA $OTSON SAID IT WAS DUE TO

3EASON OVERALL /VERALL RECORD #ONFERENCE RECORD #ONFERENCE FINISH SIXTH THE TEAM NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH ONE ANOTHER S PLAYING STYLES h7E NEEDED MORE TIME TO BOND 7E DID IT LATER IN THE SEASON BUT EARLIER WOULD VE BEEN BETTER v $OTSON SAID h/UR PLAYING STYLE WOULD VE BEEN MORE UNIFIED v %VERYTHING SEEMED TO FALL INTO PLACE FOR THE TEAM IN ITS FOURTH GAME OF THE SEASON IN A NON CON FERENCE GAME AS THEY SOUNDLY DEFEATED #A×ADA #OLLEGE IN AN SHUTOUT VICTORY "UT THEY WOULDN T GET ANOTHER WIN UNTIL THEIR LAST GAME OF THE YEAR BREAKING A FIVE GAME LOSING STREAK !SIDE FROM THEIR LAST GAME A HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON FOR THE TEAM WAS THEIR GAME AGAINST -ENDOCINO #OLLEGE ON /CT 4HOUGH THE #OMETS LOST THE

CONTEST COACH .IKKI &ERGUSON SAID IT WAS THE MOST COMPLETE GAME THE TEAM PLAYED "RUNO AGREED h7HEN WE PLAYED -ENDOCINO AT HOME WE WERE BETTER AS FAR AS INTENSITY AND EFFORTS v SHE SAID "RUNO SAID THE REASON FOR THE POOR START TO THE SEASON WAS THE TEAM COULD NOT FIND A WAY TO STAY FULLY ALERT AND KEEP THEIR ENERGY AT PERCENT THROUGHOUT EVERY MATCHUP 3HE POINTED OUT LACK OF EXPERIENCE WITH SUCH A NEW TEAM AND OVER CONFIDENCE AT TIMES AS KEY POINTS TO SOME OF THEIR LOSSES &ERGUSON AGREED SAYING THE FRESHMEN HEAVY ROSTER WAS A PROB LEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEA SON h7E WERE A YOUNG TEAM AND STRUGGLED WITH BEING CONSISTENT

WITH HOW WE PLAYED AND STARTING GAMES WELL BUT NOT CLOSING THEM v &ERGUSON SAID h3OMETIMES WE WOULD START SLOWLY CLAWING TO GET BACK IN THE GAME AND THAT MAKES IT TOUGH v %VEN WITH ONLY TWO WINS UNDER THEIR BELT HE SAID THE TEAM STAYED COMMITTED TO THE END AND THEIR

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ALTHOUGH SHE WILL BE LEAVING THE TEAM &ERGUSON ALLOWS ALUMNI TO RETURN AND PRACTICE WITH THE PLAYERS

WHICH IS WHAT SHE PLANS TO DO h)T S UPSETTING TO LEAVE BUT AT THE SAME TIME ) FEEL ACCOMPLISHED AND ) M THANKFUL FOR THE EXPERI ENCE AND THE LESSONS LEARNED v SHE SAID h) PLAN TO STICK AROUND TO SEE THE TEAM GROW 4HIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING v

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! NEW STANDARD HAS BEEN SET FOR THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM IN &INISHING WITH ITS BEST RECORD IN MORE THAN A DECADE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE OVERALL IN THE "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE DISPLAYED SIGNS OF IMPROVE MENT TOWARD FUTURE SEASONS h7E WON MORE GAMES THAN LAST SEASON v 3HRIEVE SAID h4HIS YEAR OUR FRESHMAN MIDDLE BLOCKER *ESSICA .EVILLE HELPED US WIN A LOT OF GAMES v )N THE #OMETS WERE PLAGUED WITH INJURIES AND HAD TWO PLAYERS DECLARED ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE FORCING THE TEAM TO FORFEIT ITS FINAL TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON ### ULTIMATELY FINISHED WITH A OVERALL RECORD "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE &OR THE SEASON THE #OMETS ROSTER CONSISTED OF A MIXTURE OF FRESHMAN AND FOUR SOPHOMORE PLAYERS 4HE #OMETS RETURNED MIDDLE BLOCKER %LVI &IGUEROA AND OUTSIDE HITTER *ENNIFER -ADISON WHO BOTH PLAYED ON LAST SEASON S TEAM ALONG WITH SETTER %FFY $ANAO AND OUTSIDE HITTER *AZMINE -ENDOZA WHO RED SHIRTED LAST SEASON h7E ACTUALLY HAD SOME BLOCKING AND SOME HEIGHT THIS YEAR v 3HRIEVE SAID hGIRLS WHO COULD HIT THE BALL EFFECTIVELY v &IGUEROA AGREED h7E HAD A LOT OF RETURNING PLAYERS THIS SEASON COM PARED TO LAST SEASON WHEN WE ONLY HAD TWO v 1).' (5!.' 4(% !$6/#!4% 4HE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WAS ROUGH FOR THE &ORCEFUL STRIKE ˆ #OMET MIDDLE BLOCKER *ESSICA .EVILLE HITS THE BALL OVER THE NET DURING A THREE SET LOSS TO #OLLEGE OF #OMETS AS THEY WENT IN THEIR FIRST GAMES 4HE #OMETS WERE LACKING COMMUNICATION IN THE !LAMEDA IN THE 'YMNASIUM ON /CT

BEGINNING AND THAT WAS ONE OF ITS MAIN GOALS COMING INTO THE SEASON h7E DIDN T KNOW EACH OTHER WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW EACH OTHER PLAYED )T HAD A LOT TO DO WITH US NOT KNOWING WHAT SKILLS EVERYONE HAD v &IGUEROA SAID $URING THE COURSE OF THE SEASON THE SQUAD STARTED TO PLAY MORE RELAXED AND USED BETTER COMMUNI CATION WITH EACH OTHER DURING THE GAMES THAT LED TO THE TEAM /VERALL RECORD SEALING MORE WINS #ONFERENCE RECORD ### FINISHED IN THE SQUAD S FINAL FIVE #ONFERENCE FINISH GAMES SIXTH !LSO #OMET PLAY ERS RECEIVED INDIVIDU AL AWARDS AS .EVILLE RECEIVED A SECOND TEAM !LL "6# WHILE -ENDOZA WAS NAMED AN HONORABLE MENTION h/NCE OUR TEAM GOT COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER WE STARTED TO TALK MORE ON THE COURT v $ANAO SAID h7E STOPPED GETTING ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED v $ANAO WAS MOVED TO SETTER FROM HER ORIGINAL MIDDLE BLOCKER POSITION THIS SEASON AND THAT MOVE HELPED ### IMPROVE h4HE TEAM DIDN T REALLY NEED ME TO BE A HITTER BUT THE MOVE HELPED OUR TEAM v $ANAO SAID h) PLAYED SETTER IN HIGH SCHOOL SO IT DIDN T REALLY AFFECT MEv 4HE #OMETS BEST PERFORMANCE WAS THEIR LAST GAME OF THE SEASON WHEN THEY PLAYED ,OS -EDANOS #OLLEGE ON .OV 4RAILING BY TWO SETS IN THE MATCH ### WON THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS TO ULTIMATELY WIN THE MATCH

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4HE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON CAN BE SUMMED UP AS BEING SENSA TIONAL "EHIND THE LEADERSHIP OF THIRD YEAR COACH !LONZO #ARTER ### OVERALL IN THE "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE RE ESTABLISHED ITS WINNING IMAGE AS THE SQUAD WON THE ,IVING "REATH &OUNDATION "OWL ON .OV AFTER WINNING THE "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE CHAM PIONSHIP h4HE SEASON WAS EXCITING v #ARTER SAID h7E STARTED OUT A LITTLE SLOPPY BUT DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE GUYS /VERALL RECORD MESH v #ONFERENCE RECORD )N THE

BOWL GAME #ONFERENCE FINISH A G A I N S T FIRST - O N T E R E Y 0 E N I N S U L A #OLLEGE OVERALL IN THE #OAST #ONFERENCE THE #OMETS EXTENDED THEIR WIN NING STREAK TO SIX AS THEY DEFEATED THE ,OBOS GIVING THEM THEIR FIRST BOWL WIN IN RECENT MEMORY 4HE #OMETS PROVED THEY DESERVED THE BOWL WIN BY RETURNING A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCH DOWN NABBING FOUR INTERCEPTIONS AND SECUR ING SOLID QUARTERBACK PLAY FROM THEIR SOPHO MORE ,AMAR -C+NIGHT h7E WERE SOLD BY THE COACHES TO BRING ### A CHAMPIONSHIP AND WIN THE "6# v FRESHMAN DEFENSIVE BACK 4ERRENCE !LEXANDER SAID h7E HAD A HUNGER TO WIN AND WE DIDN T

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WANT TO FAIL OUR COACHES AND THEY DIDN T WANT US TO FAIL v 7HILE THE #OMETS WON THE BOWL GAME BY A SIZEABLE POINT SPREAD AGAINST THE ,OBOS

THEIR SEASON WAS NOT EASY ### BEGAN ON A BAD NOTE AS IT SUFFERED A POINT LOSS TO &OOTHILL #OLLEGE LOSING ON THE ROAD !FTER THE LOSS #ARTER REPRIMANDED THE TEAM QUESTIONING THEIR CHARACTER AND CHAL LENGING THEM TO BUY INTO HIS GUIDANCE h#ARTER TOLD US THAT WE KNEW WHAT WE COULD DO AND WE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO DO WELL v SOPHOMORE TIGHT END 4AVIO (OWARD SAID h&OCUS AND DETAIL WAS THE THEME OF OUR SEASON AND THAT ULTIMATELY BUILT MORALE v 4HE PEP TALK BY #ARTER MOTIVATED THE #OMETS TO SNAG WINS IN THEIR NEXT TWO GAMES AGAINST 'AVILAN AND $E !NZA #OLLEGES 4HE #OMET DEFENSE CARRIED THE SQUAD EARLY IN THE YEAR AS THE SECONDARY UNIT PICKED OFF INTERCEPTIONS IN THE FIRST THREE GAMES ### S OFFENSE HOWEVER WAS NOT ABLE TO MATCH ITS DEFENSIVE INTENSITY AS SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK ,AMAR -C+NIGHT STRUGGLED TO CONNECT WITH HIS RECEIVERS WHILE SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK 2ASHAD (ALL FOUND TROUBLES RUSHING THE BALL DUE TO BATTLING A LEG INJURY !S A RESULT OF THE #OMETS OFFENSIVE STRUG GLES THEY DROPPED TWO CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES TO 3ACRAMENTO #ITY #OLLEGE AND (ARTNELL #OLLEGE IN OVERTIME h/UR HIGH POINT OF THE YEAR WAS WHEN WE DEFEATED $E !NZA #OLLEGE DUE TO THEM BEING A HIGHLY RANKED TEAM v #ARTER SAID h4HE LOSS AGAINST (ARTNELL HURT BECAUSE IT WAS IN OVER TIME AND WE FAILED TO GET THE WIN AT HOME v %NTERING ITS BYE WEEK WITH A OVERALL RECORD THE #OMETS USED THE WEEK OFF TO REST

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RHYTHM WHEN CONFERENCE PLAY BEGAN AS HE THREW FOR YARDS TOUCHDOWNS WHILE ONLY BEING INTERCEPTED THREE TIMES #OMET WIDE RECEIVER 2ONALD "UTLER BECAME -C+NIGHT S FAVORITE TARGET AS HE FINISHED THE SEASON WITH RECEPTIONS FOR YARDS SCORING TOUCHDOWNS h"EFORE SUFFERING THOSE TWO LOSSES AGAINST 3AC #ITY AND (ARTNELL WE HAD OUR HEADS HELD HIGH v (OWARD SAID h4HOSE LOSSES GOT US GROUNDED AND FROM THERE WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD TO DO 7E KNEW OUR BOUNDARIES v 4HE #OMETS PROVED TO DOUBTERS THAT THEY COULD DEFEAT THEIR OPPOSITION THROUGH THEIR ATHLETICISM AND PHYSICAL STYLE OF PLAY 3INCE WINNING THE BOWL GAME #ARTER

WHO WAS NAMED "6# COACH OF THE YEAR SAID THAT HE HAS BEEN ON HIS JOB TO SEND SOPHO MORE PLAYERS OFF TO FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES h)T WAS GOOD TO SEE THE GUYS BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU TEACH v #ARTER SAID h%VERYBODY WANTS A SCHOLARSHIP BUT THE GUYS HAVE TO TRUST THE SCRIPT OF PLAYING FOR A JUNIOR COLLEGE TO BE ABLE TO GAIN THE BENEFITS v

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N .OV THE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM ACCOMPLISHED THE UNTHINKABLE AS IT WON THE ,IVING "REATH &OUNDATION "OWL THE PROGRAM S FIRST BOWL WIN IN DECADES DEFEATING -ONTEREY 0ENINSULA #OLLEGE

7HILE MANY FACTORS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ### S HISTORIC FEAT ONE IN PARTICULAR STOOD OUT )T WAS NOT THE EXPLOSIVE YARD KICKOFF RETURN BY #OMET RUNNING BACK $AVONTE 3APP ,YNCH BEFORE HALFTIME NOR WAS IT THE DEFENSIVE SECONDARY NABBING FOUR INTERCEPTIONS

ONE OF WHICH WAS RETURNED FOR A CLUTCH TOUCHDOWN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER )NSTEAD IT WAS THE PERFOR MANCE OF SOPHOMORE QUARTER BACK ,AMAR -C+NIGHT 4HROUGHOUT THE GAME

-C+NIGHT PROVED TO HIS TEAM MATES AND THE STADIUM CROWD THAT HE NOT ONLY CAME TO PLAY BUT HE CAME TO WIN #OMPLETING OF HIS PASS ATTEMPTS FOR YARDS

AND TWO TOUCHDOWN THROWS ALONG WITH A RUSHING TOUCH DOWN -C+NIGHT LOOKED POISED TO BRING ### A BOWL VICTORY )T WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT THAT THE ,OBOS OVERALL IN THE #OAST #ONFERENCE DEFENSE WAS SET OUT TO STOP ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY RUNNING BACK 2ASHAD (ALL (ALL WHO RUSHED FOR

YARDS AND TOUCHDOWNS PRIOR TO THE BOWL GAME WAS THE HEART OF THE #OMET OFFENSE AS HE WENT ON A SIX GAME STREAK OF RUSHING FOR YARDS AND SCORING AT LEAST A TOUCHDOWN 4HE ,OBOS LED BY ITS HARD

AND BOLTED DOWN THE SIDELINE EN ROUTE TO A YARD RUSHING TOUCHDOWN 4HE RUN FUELED THE #OMET SIDELINE AND FROM THAT POINT ON IT SET THE TONE FOR THE SQUAD S INTENSITY &OR THE SEASON

-C+NIGHT HAS SEEN BOTH POSI HITTING LINEBACKER +YLE 4ODD TIVES AND NEGATIVES DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO %ARLY IN THE YEAR HE STRUG STOP (ALL GLED TO FIND RHYTHM WITH HIS "Y HITTING (ALL HARD AND RECEIVERS AS HE THREW THREE EARLY -0# LET ### KNOW THAT INTERCEPTIONS AND ONLY ONE THE STAR RUNNING BACK WAS IN TOUCHDOWN IN THE #OMETS FOR A LONG GAME FIRST FIVE GAMES 7HILE MOST OF -0# S !FTER SUFFERING A LOSS TO DEFENSIVE ATTENTION WAS 3ACRAMENTO #ITY #OLLEGE

FOCUSED IN ON (ALL IT LOOKED -C+NIGHT TURNED INTO ANOTHER AS IF THE ,OBOS CHALLENGED QUARTERBACK DURING "6# PLAY -C+NIGHT S CAPABILITIES AS HE THREW FOR NINE TOUCH -C+NIGHT PROVED THE ,OBO DOWNS DEFENSE WRONG ON ### S FIRST !GAINST THE ,OBOS

OFFENSIVE DRIVE AS HE TUCKED -C+NIGHT KEPT HIS COMPOSURE THE BALL INTO HIS ARMS WEAVED THROUGHOUT THE GAME DESPITE THROUGH SEVERAL DEFENDERS BOTH TEAMS EXCHANGING SCORES

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$ESPITE THE #OMETS GIVING UP A SAFETY TO THE ,OBOS IN THE THIRD QUARTER -C+NIGHT WAS ABLE TO MAKE ANOTHER BIG PLAY AS HE FLUNG THE FOOTBALL TO AN OPEN "UTLER RESULTING IN A YARD TOUCHDOWN 7HILE ### S DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS PERFORMED TRE MENDOUSLY IN THE BOWL GAME

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3TEP #LEAN YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY BEFORE CLEANING OR APPLYING OINTMENT ON YOUR TATTOO 7ASH HANDS WITH HOT WATER

3TEP !FTER MAKING SURE THAT HANDS ARE CLEAN AND STERILE APPLY HANDS WITH TATTOO LOTION )T IS RECOMMENDED TO KEEP TATTOOS LUBRICATED DURING THE FIRST FOUR TO FIVE DAYS

3TEP !PPLY A THIN LAYER OVER THE TATTOO MAKING SURE THE WHOLE TATTOO IS COVERED WITH LOTION

3TEP !FTER THE WHOLE TATTOO IS COVERED IN LOTION ALLOW THE SPACE TO FULLY DRY BEFORE COVERING

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4O ADORN THE SKIN THROUGH BODY MODIFI CATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW THEIR INDIVIDUALITY AND AT TIMES TELL A STORY #OMPUTER SCIENCES MAJOR *EREMY 7ARD GOT HIS FIRST TATTOO AT THE AGE OF ON HIS UPPER BACK A SCRIPT OF HIS GRANDMOTHERS NAMES IN HONOR OF THEM h)T S YOUR BODY DO WHAT YOU WILL v HE SAID h) CONSIDER MY BODY A HUGE CANVAS TO BE DRAWN ON PERMANENTLY v 7ARD IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HOLDS THIS IDEAL )N *ANUARY THE 0EW 2ESEARCH #ENTER “I am conEXAMINED PEOPLE sidering BETWEEN THE AGES OF AND AND PUT THEM becoming IN A GENERATION GROUP a social CALLED -ILLENNIALS IN THE REPORT 4HE REPORT worker.

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FOUND JUST AS FREQUENT STUDENT LY .EARLY PERCENT OF -ILLENNIALS HAVE A PIERCING IN SOME PLACE OTHER THAN AN EARLOBE ABOUT SIX TIMES THE AMOUNT OF OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE GOTTEN A PIERCING 9OUNG WOMEN ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY THAN MEN TO HAVE A BODY PIERCING 4HE SURVEY INDICATED THAT PERCENT OF WOMEN UNDER AGE OF HAVE A PIERCING SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN AN EAR LOBE COM PARED TO PERCENT OF MEN !NTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR ,ISA 3CHWAPPACH 3HIRRIFF SAID BEFORE TATTOOS AND PIERCINGS FLOURISHED IN THE MAINSTREAM

BODY MODIFICATION SERVED A PURPOSE THAT SURPASSES THE USUAL REASONS !MERICANS GET THEM LIKE THE RECOGNITION OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OR TO COMPLEMENT BODY FEATURES h'ENERALLY PEOPLE IN THE 5 3 USE TATTOOS TO BE ARTISTIC INDIVIDUALISTIC AND SAY @THIS IS ME v SHE SAID h/N A MORE GLOBAL SCALE IN HISTORY THERE IS MORE MEANING TO THAT v WHO 3CHWAPPACH 3HIRRIFF

HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING AS AN %GYPTOLOGIST SAID THAT MUSI CIANS AND DANCERS WOULD GET THE %GYPTIAN GOD "ES TAT TOOED ON THEIR THIGHS TO IDENTIFY THEM 4HIS PARTICU LAR TATTOO ESTABLISHED T H E I R R O L E I N

ANCIENT SOCIETY "ES REPRESENTED MUSIC

DANCING BEER AND THE DEFENDER OF GOOD "ODY MODIFICATIONS SINCE THEN HAVE BECOME LESS ABOUT STATUS AND MORE ABOUT SELF EXPRESSION AND BEING DIFFERENT (OWEVER THIS ALSO PUTS PEOPLE INTO A POSITION WHERE THEY MAY FEEL DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE WORKPLACE h)T ACTUALLY DEPENDS ON THE JOB v 3CHWAPPACH 3HIRRIFF SAID h%VERYONE NEEDS TO BE THE SAME LIKE COGS IN A MACHINE "ODY MODIFICATION REPRESENTS SELF AWARE NESS IT ISN T ENCOURAGED IN SOME PLAC ES v 4HERE ARE SOME OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE ACCEPTING OF TATTOOS AND PIERCINGS 4HOSE JOBS ARE FOCUSED AROUND THE ARTS SHE SAID 9ET EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LEVEL OF CONFORMITY THAT IS MANDATORY IN ORDER TO WORK IN CORPORATE SETTINGS IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR JOBS #AREERS THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTING OF MODIFICATION WOULD INCLUDE WORKING AS A CHEF WORK IN COSMETOLOGY AND WORKING IN VARIOUS ART FIELDS SUCH AS BEING A PAINTER OR PHOTOGRAPHER #OFFEE CONGLOMERATE 3TARBUCKS HAS MANY CORPORATE GUIDELINES AND POLICIES REGARDING JEWELRY AND INK &OR INSTANCE THE EMPLOYEES MUST NOT HAVE ANY VISIBLE TATTOOS AND NO MORE THAN TWO STANDARD SIZED PIERC INGS IN EACH EAR 3TUDENT -ARIO 4RUJILLO HAS THREE FACIAL PIERCINGS (E HAS TWO BOTTOM LIP PIERCINGS THAT ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS hSNAKEBITESv AS WELL AS A PIERCED SEPTUM 4HE SEPTUM IS THE CARTILAGINOUS DIVIDING WALL BETWEEN THE NOSTRILS n THIS PIERCING IS OFTEN CALLED A BULL RING BY THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE NAME (E IS CURRENTLY A FULL TIME STUDENT BUT BEFORE ATTENDING COLLEGE HE WORKED IN LAND SCAPING WHERE HIS APPEARANCE WAS NOT AN ISSUE h) AM CONSIDERING BECOMING A SOCIAL WORKER v 4RUJILLO SAID h/NCE ) FINISH SCHOOL

) WILL HIDE MY PIERCINGS BECAUSE A JOB IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT v "ODY MODIFICATION HAS BEEN ON THE RISE

BUT REGRETS ABOUT SOME OF THOSE MODIFICA TIONS LIKE TATTOOS HAS ALSO RISEN !CCORDING TO A STUDY DONE BY .ORTHWESTERN 5NIVERSITY IN *UNE

ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF PARTICIPANTS STATED THEY HAD REGRETS ABOUT A TATTOO !ROUND PERCENT OF THEM HAD COVERED THAT TATTOO WITH A NEW ONE AND PERCENT CLAIMED THEY WERE IN CONSIDERATION OF GETTING THE TATTOO REMOVED h)F YOU GET A TATTOO MAKE SURE YOU CAN YOU ENJOY IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE v 7ARD SAID h7ITH PIERCINGS IT S EASIER 9OU CAN JUST TAKE THEM OUT v

-AINTENANCE FOR CLEANING PIERCINGS 3TEP !LWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE HANDLING YOUR PIERCING $O NOT TOUCH YOUR PIERCING UNLESS YOU ARE CLEANING IT

3TEP 7ASH YOUR PIERCING TWICE A DAY FOR THE LENGTH OF HEALING TIME 5SE ANTI MICROBIAL SOAPS WITH CHLOROXYLENOL !PPLY SOAP TO 1 4IP TO SWAB ONTO PIERCING

3TEP !FTER CLEANING PIERCING WITH SOAP AND RINSING WITH HOT WATER DAB DRY PIERCING WITH PAPER TOWEL

3TEP 0OUR A TABLESPOON OF NON IODIZED SEA SALT PER ONE CUP OF HOT WATER ,ET SALT DISSOLVE COMPLETELY AND SOAK PIERCING FOR THREE TO FIVE MINUTES

3TEP 3OAK PIERCING IN WARM DILUTED SALT WATER FOR AT LEAST MINUTES THEN REPEAT AT NEXT CLEANING TIME

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What was the reason behind getting this tattoo or piercing?

h)T ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF MY BROTHER AND TO KEEP GOING AND TO NOT MAKE THE SAME MIS TAKES HE MADE v

h) FELT IT WOULD BE A INTERESTING PIERCING TO HAVE AT THE TIME v

h)T S MY BROTHER AND ) WANTED TO HONOR HIM WITH THIS TATTOO v

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h) VE ALWAYS WANTED THEM SINCE ) WAS LITTLE SINCE MY OLDER BROTHER HAD THEM ) FEEL LIKE IT FITS ME v -ARIO 4RUJILLO SOCIOLOGY

h) LIKE WEARING .IKE SO ) GOT IT BECAUSE ) LIKE .IKE SO MUCH v

h-Y LIP PIERCING MAKES ME FEEL MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN WITHOUT IT v

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