The Advocate 9-19

#9!. -!'%.4! 9%,,/7 "

# - 9 +

SPOTLIGHT PAGES â—†

# - 9 +

SPORTS PAGE SPORTS â—†

3UPERHEROES RE AWAKEN

&OOTBALL TEAM SEEKS TO IMPROVE

Comic book stars integrate into U.S. pop culture

Young Comet squad aims for BVC championship

6/, ./

3).#% 0!'%3 /.% #/09 &2%%

7%$.%3$!9 3%04

!##%.4!$6/#!4% #/-

THE STUDENT VOICE OF CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE, SAN PABLO, CALIF.

2EDUCTIONS CHALLENGE PROGRESS

7!)4).'

Lack of Transfer Center creates struggle for advancing scholars "Y -ARCI 3UELA /0).)/. %$)4/2

MSUELA ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

3TATE BUDGET DEFICITS HAVE LEFT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE WITHOUT A 4RANSFER #ENTER SINCE THE FALL SEMESTER AND ITS ELIMINATION HAS MANY STUDENTS STRUGGLING FOR INFORMATION h 4HE 4RANSFER #ENTER WAS REALLY HELPFUL )T MADE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PRO CEDURES GO WHAT ESSAYS TO WRITE SHOWING THE PROPER STEPS TO TRANSFER v BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MAJOR -ARTELL -C#RAW SAID h.OT HAVING A 4RANSFER #ENTER IS GOING TO PUT A HOLE IN THE SPEED FOR STUDENTS SINCE THEY )N NEED OF DON T HAVE ANYONE TO GO TO TO LEARN ABOUT MORE TRANSFERRING v 4HE LACK OF A 0RIOR TO ITS ELIMINATION THE COLLEGE HAD A 4RANSFER #ENTER FULL TIME EMPLOYEE ORGANIZING AND OPERATING LEAVES STUDENTS A CAMPUS 4RANSFER #AREER #ENTER FOR THE PAST HINDERED AND YEARS UNINFORMED ON )N AN ATTEMPT TO INFORM STUDENTS ABOUT TRANSFERRING THE TRANSFERRING PROCESS A 4RANSFER !DMISSION 'UARANTEE 4!' WORKSHOP WAS HELD IN THE !SSESSMENT #ENTER ON 4HURSDAY SPONSORED BY THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT h 3PEAKERS MAINLY TALKED ABOUT 5# TRANSFERS v PSYCHOLOGY

edit orial

PAGE

â– 3%% 42!.3&%2 0AGE

District, UF agree on pact '%/2'% -/2). 4(% !$6/#!4%

0ATIENCE ˆ "EHAVIORAL SCIENCE MAJOR -AURICE #OKER WAITS FOR THE ELEVATOR ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE ,! "UILDING -ONDAY 4HE ELEVATOR HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF MALFUNCTIONS AND BREAKDOWNS

POOR ELEVATION &AULTY

"Y -IKE 4HOMAS 34!&& 72)4%2

ELEVATOR TRAPS STUDENTS IN ,!

"UILDING

MTHOMAS ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

4HE ELEVATOR IN THE ,IBERAL !RTS "UILDING HAS BROKEN DOWN SEVERAL TIMES THIS SEMESTER MAKING IT INCONVENIENT FOR STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY WHO NEED ACCESS TO THE ELEVATOR TO GET TO CLASS ! BROKEN ELEVATOR VIOLATES THE !MERICANS WITH $ISABILITIES !CT MEANING THE FACILITY AND BUILDINGS SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A RELIABLE WORKING ELEVATOR FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED STU DENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS 4HE ELEVATOR WOULD COST #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE

TO REPLACE h)T AFFECTS ME A GREAT DEAL )T S STRESS AND PAIN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH v !BILITIES #LUB

0RESIDENT ,UANNA 7ATERS SAID 7ATERS RECENTLY GOT STUCK IN THE ELEVATOR ON HER WAY TO CLASS AND IT TOOK AN HOUR FOR THE TECHNICIAN TO GET HER OUT 3HE HAS NOT BEEN THE ONLY PERSON AFFECTED BY THE ELEVATOR $URING THE SECOND WEEK OF THIS SEMESTER

TWO -IDDLE #OLLEGE (IGH 3CHOOL STUDENTS ALSO GOT STUCK IN THE ELEVATOR )T TOOK TECHNI CIANS MORE THAN AN HOUR TO GET THEM OUT "UILDING AND 'ROUNDS -ANAGER "RUCE +ING IS LOOKING TO REPLACE THE STARTER AND THE CONTROLLER ON THE ELEVATOR RATHER THAN REPLAC ING THE WHOLE THING h7E ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE COMPO NENTS ON THE ELEVATOR v +ING SAID +ING SAID UPGRADING THE PARTS IS CHEAPER AND IT IS AFFORDABLE WITHIN THE COLLEGE S BUD

Tentative agreement extends faculty salaries for 2012-13 "Y 2ODNEY 7OODSON %$)4/2 ). #()%&

RWOODSON ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

&ACING MORE CUTS TO FACULTY AND CLASSIFIED STAFF THE DISTRICT AND THE 5NITED &ACULTY HAVE AGREED TO ANOTHER TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING CAMPUSES TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT WORK FORCES 4HE 5& S NEWSLETTER 4ABLE 4ALK STATES THAT THE DISTRICT AND THE 5& AGREE THAT THE BARGAIN IS SUSTAINABLE THIS YEAR THANKS TO THE DISTRICT S RESERVE FUND OF MILLION ACCORDING TO A REPORT FOUND IN THE MINUTES OF THE 'OVERNING "OARD S 3EPT MEETING 4HIS YEAR S TENTATIVE AGREEMENT RATIFIED BY THE 'OVERNING "OARD AT ITS 3EPT MEETING IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR S BARGAIN WHICH INCLUDES -ICHELS NO NEW CUTS RAISES OR NEW CONTRACT CHANGES FOR

h4HIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE 5& AND THE DISTRICT HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITHOUT EITHER SIDE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING EXTRA v

â– 3%% ,)&4 0AGE

â– 3%% 0/,)#9 0AGE

-ARTIAL ARTS COURSE THREATENED BY CUTS "Y #HRISTIAN 5RRUTIA 34!&& 0(/4/'2!0(%2

CURRUTIA ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

/VER THE PAST DECADE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE HAS BEEN FORCED TO REDUCE CLASS SECTIONS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE STATE OF #ALIFORNIA 4AE +WON $O ONE OF THE THREE MAR TIAL ART COURSES OFFERED AT ### MEETS ON -ONDAY AND 7EDNESDAY NIGHTS AND COULD POSSIBLY BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK

IF 0ROPOSITION THE 3ALES AND )NCOME 4AX )NCREASE )NITIATIVE FAILS TO PASS ON THE UPCOMING .OV ELECTION

h)F 0ROPOSITION DOESN T PASS WE RE LOOKING TO REDUCE BY PERCENT FOR THE SPRING CLASS SCHEDULE OR COURSE SECTIONS EQUIVALENT TO FACULTY CLOCK HOURS v )NTERIM 6ICE 0RESIDENT $ONNA &LOYD SAID 4HE ELECTION IN .OVEMBER WILL DETER MINE IF ### WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE THE TREND OF CUTTING CLASSES AND LOWER THE COURSE SELECTION FOR THE SPRING SCHEDULE DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE TAX INITIATIVE PASSES h#ERTAIN PERCENTAGES OF REDUCTIONS ARE APPLIED ACROSS THE THREE INSTRUC #(2)34)!. 52254)! 4(% !$6/#!4% TIONAL DIVISIONS IF THE PROPOSITION DOES (IGH KICK ˆ )NSTRUCTOR !RNOLDO "OLANOS PERFORMS A HIGH KICK AGAINST A PUNCHING BAG ■3%% 4!% +7/. $/ 0AGE DURING HIS 4AE +WON $O CLASS HELD IN '! ON 3EPT

# - 9 +

Possible reductions hinder students

#9!. -!'%.4! 9%,,/7 "

# - 9 +

/0).)/.

4(% !$6/#!4% L 7%$.%3$!9 3%04

1UOTABLE h+EEPING PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OPEN IS IN THE END A MEANS OF KEEPING GOVER MENT UNDER CONTROL v *ANE +IRTLEY MEDIA ETHICS AND LAW PROFESSOR

2ODNEY 7OODSON EDITOR IN CHIEF 'EORGE -ORIN ASSOCIATE EDITOR -ALCOLM ,ASTRA SPORTS EDITOR &AYTHE $EL 2OSARIO SCENE EDITOR -ARCI 3UELA OPINION EDITOR #HEYENNE 'ALLON NEWS EDITOR *ARED !MDAHL SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR 0AUL $E"OLT FACULTY ADVISER 3TAFF WRITERS ,ISSETTE !RGENAL 3INOTI )OSUA (ORACE *ORDON 4ARA -EHRLEY #HRISTIAN 0ARKER (ALEY 2OLLING *ANIT 3AECHAO 6ERONICA 3ANTOS -IKE 4HOMAS 3TAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS 3AYRA (ERNANDEZ 1ING (UANG !LEXANDER -ORA #HRISTIAN 5RRUTIA 3TAFF ILLUSTRATORS *OEL /DE (ONORS !#0 .ATIONAL .EWSPAPER 0ACEMAKER !WARD

#.0! "ETTER .EWSPAPER #ONTEST ST 0LACE !WARD

*!## 0ACESETTER !WARD

-EMBER !SSOCIATED #OLLEGIATE 0RESS #ALIFORNIA .EWSPAPER 0UBLISHERS !SSOCIATION *OURNALISM !SSOCIATION OF #OMMUNITY #OLLEGES (OW TO REACH US 0HONE EXT &AX .%73 %MAIL ADVOCATE CONTRACOSTA EDU OR LETTERS ADVOCATE GMAIL COM %DITORIAL POLICY #OLUMNS AND EDITORIAL CARTOONS ARE THE OPINION OF INDIVIDUAL WRITERS AND ARTISTS AND NOT THAT OF 4HE !DVOCATE %DITORIALS REFLECT THE MAJORITY OPINION OF THE %DITORIAL "OARD WHICH IS MADE UP OF STUDENT EDITORS

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2012 VOL. 99, NO. 3 L

Editorial *UST NOT ENOUGH

Lack of Transfer Center leaves students in need

4

WO YEAR INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE ARE PLACES WHERE STUDENTS ATTEND CLASSES TO GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION BY TRANSFERRING TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY "EFORE ITS ELIMINATION IN FALL THE CAMPUS HAD A 4RANSFER #AREER #ENTER ˆ AN AREA FOR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE INFOR MATION ON THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING #UTS IN STATE FUNDING TOWARD EDUCA TION ARE HINDERING STUDENTS IN MANY WAYS /NE WAY INCLUDES THE ABSENCE OF THE 4RANSFER #AREER #ENTER ON CAMPUS 7HILE IT MAY NOT BE A LETHAL WOUND INFLICTED UPON STUDENTS NOT HAVING ONE STILL MAKES TRANSFERRING MORE DIFFICULT ! SANCTUARY TO THOSE WITH INQUIRIES ABOUT FOUR YEAR COLLEGES IS GONE LEAVING INDIVIDUALS FRUSTRATED AND CONFUSED )N AN ATTEMPT TO PUT AN END TO THE CONFUSION ### HAS BEEN HOSTING SEV ERAL 4RANSFER !DMISSIONS 'UARANTEE 4!' WORKSHOPS 4HESE WORKSHOPS PROVIDE INFORMA TION ON THE PROCEDURES STUDENTS HAVE TO UNDERGO TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATIONS 7HILE THIS SUBSTITUTE IS SOMEWHAT HELPFUL THE ALTERNATIVE JUST DOES NOT CUT IT 5NFORTUNATELY THE WORKSHOPS CAN T PROVIDE EVERY ANSWER A STUDENT MAY NEED 4HEREFORE COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INFORMING STUDENTS ABOUT TRANSFER AS WELL 4HE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THE COUNSEL ING DEPARTMENT ONLY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DROP IN TO SEE A COUNSELOR WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF AND A M 7HILE SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT IS A SURE WAY TO SEE A COUNSELOR IT CAN TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS FOR THE MEETING TO ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE MAKING IT HARD TO GET THOSE EMINENT QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN A TIMELY MANNER 7HAT WAS ONCE A PAINLESS EXPERIENCE IS NOW A RIGOROUS WAITING PROCESS )NCREASING TUITION AND CUTS IN COURSES AND DEPARTMENTS ARE JUST ADDING ON TO THE PILE OF AN EVER FILLING #ALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT S PLATE )T IS UP TO THE CAMPUS TO PROVIDE PROPER TOOLS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY DOWN THAT PROVERBIAL PATH OF EDUCATION !LTHOUGH ### HAS ATTEMPTED TO FILL THE GAP IT IS NOT ENOUGH /NE OF THE TWO PIECES OF PAPER GIVEN AT THE WORKSHOPS INCLUDES )NTERSEGMENTAL 'ENERAL %DUCATION 4RANSFER #URRICULUM AND 4!' 1UALIFICATIONS "UT IF SOME ONE IS CONFUSED ABOUT ITS CONTENTS IT LEAVES THAT STUDENT RIGHT WHERE HE OR SHE STARTED )T SEEMS THAT SOME STUDENTS TRYING TO TRANSFER MAY FIND THEMSELVES IN NEED OF HELP TO FINISH THE LAST FEET OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEYS BEFORE TRANSFER RING TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY ### IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO HELP THEM WITH FEET OF ROPE

*/%, /$% 4(% !$6/#!4%

N 3UCCESS

Child beauty pageants viewed as unethical

2

EALITY TELEVISION SHOWS HAVE TAKEN THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD BY STORM IN RECENT YEARS 3OME PEOPLE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THEM WHILE OTHERS CANNOT STAND TO WATCH THEM 3OME OF THESE SHOWS ARE CONTROVERSIAL IN NATURE "UT NO OTHER SHOW GARNERS AS MUCH CONTROVERSY AS 4HE ,EARNING #HANNEL S 4,# SHOW h4ODDLERS AND 4IARAS v h4ODDLERS AND 4IARASv HAS BEEN ON THE AIR SINCE AND DEPICTS THE TWISTED WORLD OF CHILD BEAUTY PAGEANTS 0ARENTS ON THIS SHOW GO TO EXTREME LENGTHS SACRIFICING AND ABUSING THEIR CHILDREN S HEALTH TO GET THE BEST SHOT AT WINNING THE PAGEANT IN THEIR AGE GROUP /N ONE EPISODE MOTHER *UNE 3HANNON GAINED NATION AL ATTENTION FOR GIVING HER YEAR OLD A CONCOCTION OF CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES SHE CALLS hGO GO JUICEv TO MAKE HER DAUGHTER MORE ENERGETIC WHILE ON STAGE 3OME MOMENTS ON THIS SHOW ALSO COME UNCOMFORT ABLY CLOSE TO CHILD PORNOG RAPHY /N ANOTHER EPISODE YEAR OLD !FRICAN !MERICAN 6ICTORIA WAS GIVEN A SPRAY TAN 3EEING A YEAR OLD GIRL WALK AROUND IN AN UNSETTLING LY REVEALING TOP MAY SEEM BAD ALREADY ,ISTENING TO HER MOTHER TALK ABOUT HOW THE TAN WOULD MAKE HER DAUGHTER LOOK MORE hNATURALv IS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF INCREDIBLY DISTURBING ! DIFFERENT MOTHER IS CUR RENTLY FACING A LAWSUIT OVER PARADING HER YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ABOUT IN A COS

COMPETITIONS /N h4ODDLERS AND 4IARASv PARENTS HAVE CONFESSED TO SPENDING MORE THAN

TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN IN PAGEANTS NOT UNCOMMONLY RESULTING IN MASSIVE DEBT OR THE LOSS OF THE FAMILY HOME /THER VICIOUS ASPECTS OF TUME THAT INCLUDED A PADDED PAGEANT LIFE INCLUDE LAW BOSOM AND HIND END SUITS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL 0UTTING THESE CHILDREN SEXUALIZATION OF THE UNDERAGE THROUGH THESE SITUATIONS IS PAGEANT CONTESTANTS UNETHICAL 4HE LIVES OF $ESPITE THE BEN CHILD BEAUTY EFITS FROM BEING A PAGEANT CONTES PARTICIPANT MANY 4HERE ARE TANTS ARE NOT WELL GIRLS ARE OFTEN UNDERSTOOD AND SCOUTED BY MOD UNDENIABLY ULTIMATELY UNDER ELING AND TALENT ESTIMATED AGENCIES LONG TERM 0RIOR TO THE CRE "UT A DARK SIDE ATION OF h4ODDLERS CAN EASILY INFLU ENCE THESE DEVELOP CONSEQUENCES AND 4IARASv THE LAST MAJOR HEAD ING MINDS LINE THAT FOCUSED 2EGARDLESS OF ALL THAT AFFECT ON PAGEANT LIFE THE GLITZ GLAMOR AND ATTENTION THAT MANY PAGEANT WAS THE BRUTAL MURDER OF CHILD COMES WITH DOING BEAUTY QUEEN WELL IN THESE PAG WINNERS *ON"ENET 2AMSEY EANTS THERE ARE ON #HRISTMAS $AY UNDENIABLY LONG IN TERM CONSEQUENCES AFTER 3INCE THEN

THAT AFFECT MANY THEIR CAREERS VERY LITTLE FOCUS PAGEANT WINNERS HAS BEEN GIVEN TO AFTER THEIR CAREERS WHAT CHILD BEAUTY HAVE ENDED HAVE ENDED PAGEANT CONTES ! STUDY TANTS GO THROUGH TO DO WELL IN AVAILABLE ON WWW SCIENCE THESE CONTESTS DIRECT COM WHICH SURVEYED "UT SINCE h4ODDLERS AND

WOMEN FOUND THAT 4IARASv BECAME A HIT IT LOOKS LOW SELF ESTEEM A HIGHER BODY MASS INDEX "-) AND AS THOUGH A GLIMPSE INTO THE SOMEWHAT SENSATIONALIZED DEPRESSION ARE RISK FACTORS OF BODY DISSATISFACTION 4HE LIVES OF CHILD BEAUTY PAGEANT CONTESTANTS CAN BE BROADCAST STUDY SHOWED THAT BODY DIS SATISFACTION CAN BE CAUSED BY WORLDWIDE FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE ELEMENTS OF ONE S ENVIRON MENT OR EXPOSURE TO IDEALIZED !LEXANDER -ORA IS A MEDIA FIGURES STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER OF 4HE !NOTHER DARK ASPECT OF THE PAGEANT WORLD IS THE COST !DVOCATE #ONTACT HIM AT OF ENTERING THEIR CHILDREN IN AMORA ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

ALEXANDERMORA

CampusComment

How does the lack of a Transfer Center affect students on campus?

h)T GIVES US A HUGE DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE YOU RE FORCED TO TURN TO COUNSELORS TO FIND OUT HOW TO TRANSFER v

h-ANY STUDENTS WHO COME FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS COME HERE AND DON T HAVE THE HELP THEY NEED TO TRANSFER v

!L *OHN *OSE

#LEO #HAVEZ

COMMUNICATIONS

PHOTOGRAPHY

h) THOUGHT WE HAD ONE AND THE FACT THAT WE DON T HAVE ONE MAKES IT DISCOURAGING FOR STUDENTS WHO TRY AND TRANSFER v

h)T DISCOURAGES SOME STUDENTS FROM TRANSFER RING BY MAKING IT OUT OF REACH AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO RELY MORE ON COUNSELORS v

,AWRENCE (ARVEY

,ERRYN ,ITTLE

CULINARY ARTS

NURSING

h)T MAKES IT HARDER TO TRANSFER ) WASN T AWARE THAT THERE WAS NOT ONE ON CAMPUS v -EREDITH "ROWN NURSING

h)T AFFECTS STUDENTS BY NOT GIVING THEM THE EXTRA HELP THEY NEED IN ORDER TO TRANSFER %VERYBODY HERE IS TRY ING TO TRANSFER AND IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE v 0HILLIP (ENDERSON KINESIOLOGY

#(2)34)!. 52254)! 4(% !$6/#!4%

&/25N .UTRITION

7%$.%3$!9 3%04 L 4(% !$6/#!4%

N &AITH

Religion puzzles consciousness

GEORGEMORIN

2AW ORGANIC DIETS BESTOW GOOD HEALTH

7

ATCHING THE DOCUMEN TARY h&OOD -ATTERSv CAN OPEN ONE S EYES TO THE TERRIBLE REALITY OF THE OFTEN USED CLI CHÏ hYOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT v 4HE DOCUMENTARY GOES OVER THE BENEFITS OF EATING A MOSTLY ORGANIC RAW FOOD DIET "ENEFITS OF A MOSTLY ORGANIC RAW VEGETABLE DIET ARE MANY %NZYMES WITHIN VEG ETABLES AND FRUIT PROVIDE HUGE BENEFITS TO HUMANS "Y EATING VEGETABLES RAW

IN THE FORM OF SALAD OR OTHER DISHES CAN TRULY MAKE A DIF FERENCE ON ONE S HEALTH AND WELL BEING #OOKING FRUIT AND VEGETA BLES HOWEVER REMOVES CER TAIN ENZYMES AND BACTERIA THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE BODY 7ITHIN OUR SOCIETY WE HAVE GROWN TO COOK OR PROCESS MOST FOODS #OOKING IS BELIEVED TO DESTROY THE ENZYMES NATURALLY PRESENTED IN FOOD !CCORDING TO RAW FOOD ENTHUSIASTS

ENZYMES ARE THE LIFE FORCE OF A FOOD HELPING EATERS DIGEST FOOD AND ABSORB NUTRIENTS 4HE CANCER FIGHTING COM POUNDS IN BROCCOLI SULFORA PHANES ARE GREATLY REDUCED WHEN BROCCOLI IS COOKED #ERTAIN VITAMINS SUCH AS VITAMIN # AND FOLATE ARE DESTROYED BY HEAT /THER FOODS BECOME MORE HEALTHFUL AFTER COOKING BECAUSE THE FIBROUS PORTION IS BROKEN DOWN &OR EXAMPLE

COOKED TOMATOES CONTAIN THREE TO FOUR TIMES MORE LYCO PENE THAN RAW TOMATOES )F WE OVERLY CONSUME COOKED FOOD OUR BODIES ARE FORCED TO WORK HARDER BY PRO DUCING MORE ENZYMES /VER TIME A LACK OF ENZYMES FROM FOOD IS THOUGHT TO LEAD TO DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY ACCELERATED AGING AND WEIGHT GAIN 2AW VEGETABLES TAKE FEWER ENZYMES TO BREAK DOWN COMPARED TO COOKED MEATS

WHICH TAKE MUCH LONGER TO BREAK DOWN THE COMPLEX FOOD 6EGETABLES BREAK DOWN IN DIGESTION WITH EASE AND IN TURN THE NUTRIENTS TAKE LESS EFFORT TO BE RECEIVED BY THE BODY -EATS AND BREADS TAKE MUCH LONGER TO BREAK DOWN INTO THE NUTRIENTS WE NEED COMPARED TO RAW VEGETABLES AND FRUITS .UTRITION ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT PEOPLE DECIDE TO FEED THEMSELVES IS PARAMOUNT TO PREVENT ILLNESSES AND PROMOTE HEALTHFULNESS 4ODAY S OUTLOOK ON HEALTH CARE SEEMS NEGLIGENT TREAT ING CONDITIONS ONLY WHEN THEY BECOME EVIDENT (AVING A PROPER DIET CAN PROMOTE A STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT CAN PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AGAINST DISEASES "Y CHANGING TO WHAT IS A MOSTLY RAW FOOD DIET A PERSON CAN DO WONDERS TO IMPROVE HIS OR HER HEALTH 4O IMPROVE NUTRITION INDI VIDUALS SHOULD LOOK TO OTHER CULTURES WHERE ILLNESS IS SMALL TO NONE ,IKE THE TRADITIONAL *APANESE CULTURE SEAFOOD AND SEA VEGETABLES SHOULD BE A HUGE PART OF ONE S DIET 4HIS WOULD INCLUDE ORGANIC SEA WEED AND FISH THAT ARE USUALLY CAUGHT IN THE WILD RATHER THAN RAISED IN A FISH FARM 0EOPLE WHO FOLLOW A RAW FOOD DIET BELIEVE IT HAS NUMEROUS HEALTH BENEFITS

INCLUDING INCREASED ENERGY

CLEARER SKIN WEIGHT LOSS AND REDUCED RISK OF DISEASE h9OU ARE WHAT YOU EAT v SO STRIVE TO EAT HEALTHY 'EORGE -ORIN IS THE ASSO CIATE EDITOR OF 4HE !DVOCATE #ONTACT HIM AT GMORIN ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

-

OST HUMAN BEINGS TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD BY BELIEVING IN A CER TAIN RELIGION THAT SET OUT TO EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT TO %ARTH AND WHAT PURPOSE IF ANY

WE HAVE WHILE LIVING ON THIS PLANET 'ROWING UP IN A RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLD AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONFIRMATION WITHIN #ATHOLICISM ) SAW FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT FAITH IS TO ONE S CULTURE AND ONE S IDENTITY /RGANIZED RELIGION LAYS DOWN THE FOUNDATION OF ETH ICS AND PERSONAL MORALS BY WHICH PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE !UTHOR AND NEUROSCIENTIST 3AM (ARRIS SUGGESTS THAT hAT THE CORE OF EVERY RELIGION LIES AN UNDENIABLE CLAIM ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE ONE S EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD RADI CALLY TRANSFORMED v (E GOES ON TO SAY h7HAT DO WE NEED TO BE HAPPY v )N 7ESTERN PHILOSOPHY AND MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS LIKE #HRISTIANITY )SLAM AND *UDAISM EVERYTHING PEOPLE DO IN LIFE CAN BE SEEN AS A RESPONSE TO THIS QUESTION

CHRISTIANURRUTIA 7ESTERN RELIGIONS LOOK AT HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN HAPPINESS )N THE WAY THAT IT FRE QUENTLY CONNECTS THE RELA TIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MIND AND 'OD AS OPPOSED TO A MORE %ASTERN SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE WHERE THE CON NECTION BETWEEN THE MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS DEEPER TRUTHS ARE THOUGHT TO BE MORE FUNDAMENTAL THAN THE PHYSI CAL WORLD 6ARIOUS SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS FROM THE %AST AND 7EST AGREE THAT THERE IS MORE TO HAPPI NESS THAN CONFORMING TO A CAPITALIST SOCIETY AND FOCUS ING ON MATERIAL DRIVEN GOALS 4HIS IS TRUE PARTICULARLY IN %ASTERN SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS

WHICH IMPLY THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CHANGE THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE CON

TENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND TRANSFORM THEIR EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD /UR SPIRITUAL POSSIBILITIES WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON HOW WE VIEW OURSELVES )N PHYSI CAL TERMS WE ARE IN A CON TINUING EXCHANGE OF MATTER AND ENERGY WITH THE LARGER SYSTEM OF THE %ARTH 4HE FRONTIERS OF THE MENTAL SELF ARE NO EASIER TO DESCRIBE TABOOS LINGUISTIC CONVENTIONS PREJUDICES

AESTHETIC BIASES AND COMMER CIAL JINGLES THE IDEAS THAT OCCUPY THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR MINDS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM THE WORLD AT LARGE 4HE CONTENTS OF CON SCIOUSNESS SIGHTS SOUNDS

SENSATIONS THOUGHTS AND MOODS ARE ONLY EXPRES SIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE LEVEL OF OUR EXPERIENCE 0ERSONAL TRANSFORMATION FROM THE ILLUSION OF ONE S SELF SEEMS TOO MUCH TO ASK

DUE TO OUR PERCEPTION OF DUALISM IN THE 7EST /UR VIEW OF MIND AND MATTER ON THESE RELIGIOUS TERMS COMES DOWN TO A GOOD VS EVIL CONFLICT MAKING THE DUALITY HARD TO CHANGE OR TO

PERSONALLY REFUTE #OMPARING THE TWO FAITH BASED CANONS ONE WILL FIND SURPRISING AND STARTLING CONTRASTS SHOWING HOW EACH REGION VIEWS HUMAN SELF AWARENESS IN RELATION TO BELIEFS ABOUT 'OD #HRISTIANITY *UDAISM AND )SLAM ALL GOVERNED BY THE MAN MADE LAWS OF 'OD LIMIT THE EXPANSION OF CONSCIOUS NESS ONLY TO WHAT SCRIPTURES OF THESE RELIGIONS INSTRUCT PEOPLE TO DO IN ORDER TO FEEL FULFILLMENT AND HAPPINESS TO SERVE 'OD AND LIVE IN THE WILL OF 'OD 4HIS EXCERPT IS JUST A SEC TION OF A LONGER TEACHING ON THE NATURE OF MIND THAT #HRISTIANS -USLIMS OR *EWS WOULD NEVER ENCOUNTER IN THEIR OWN BELIEF SYSTEMS 4HERE IS NO GREATER OBSTA CLE TO A TRULY OPEN MINDED APPROACH TO SPIRITUAL EXPERI ENCE OR GROWTH THAN OUR CUR RENT BELIEFS ABOUT 'OD #HRISTIAN 5RRUTIA IS A STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER FOR 4HE !DVOCATE #ONTACT HIM AT CURRUTIA ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

Head impact Contact sport concussions may cause trauma "Y #HEYENNE 'ALLON .%73 %$)4/2

I

CGALLON ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

N CONTACT SPORTS LIKE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING AND FOOTBALL WHERE BRU TALITY IS COMMON INJURY IS GUAR ANTEED TO FOLLOW WITH CONCUSSIONS )N *UNE PRO WRESTLER #HRIS "ENOIT COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON 4HE MEDIA WOULD QUICKLY JUMP ON THE STORY STATING IT WAS STEROID ABUSE THAT LED "ENOIT TO HIS DEATH !CCORDING TO SCIENCEDAILY COM

FORMER PRO WRESTLER #HRISTOPHER .OWINSKI SUGGESTED TO THE LATE WRES TLER S FATHER TWO MONTHS LATER THAT BRAIN TRAUMA COULD HAVE PLAYED A PART IN "ENOIT S DEATH .OWINSKI WHO WAS FORCED TO RETIRE FROM PRO WRESTLING AFTER SUFFER ING FROM POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME

WROTE h(EAD 'AMES &OOTBALL S #ONCUSSION #RISIS v 4HE BOOK DISCUSSES THE DANGERS OF CONCUSSIONS IN CONTACT SPORTS !FTER .OWINSKI S SUGGESTIONS TESTS WERE THEN CONDUCTED ON "ENOIT S BRAIN AT 7EST 6IRGINIA 5NIVERSITY BY 765 S NEUROSURGERY DEPARTMENT #HAIRMAN *ULIAN "AILES !CCORDING TO BRAININJURYINSTITUTE ORG $R "AILES DETERMINED THAT WITH "ENOIT S PHYSICALLY DEMANDING CAREER

PERFORMING DANGEROUS MOVES SUCH AS HIS SIGNATURE hFLYING HEAD BUTT v LED TO SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE "AILES COM PARED IT TO THE BRAIN OF AN YEAR OLD

!LZHEIMER S PATIENT WITH AN ADVANCED FORM OF DEMENTIA 4HE DIAGNOSIS OF "ENOIT S BRAIN MATCHED THOSE OF FOUR RETIRED .&, PLAYERS WHO HAD SUFFERED MULTIPLE CONCUSSIONS LEADING TO DEPRESSION AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR /NE OF THE FOUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS IS RETIRED 0HILADELPHIA %AGLES DEFENSIVE BACK !NDRE 7ATERS 7ATERS COMMITTED SUICIDE IN .OVEMBER 3HORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH HIS FAMILY WAS ALSO APPROACHED BY .OWINSKI TO HAVE 7ATERS BRAIN TISSUE EXAMINED 5NIVERSITY OF 0ITTSBURGH NEUROPATHOLOGIST "ENNET /MAULU THEN RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION $R /MAULU REPORTED ON BRAININ JURYINSTITUTE ORG THAT 7ATERS BRAIN TISSUE HAD ALSO DEGENERATED SIMILAR TO A BRAIN OF AN !LZHEIMER S PATIENT (E BELIEVED THE DAMAGE WAS RELATED TO THE MULTIPLE CONCUSSIONS HE HAD SUF FERED IN HIS FOOTBALL CAREER SIMILAR TO "ENOIT S CASE &OOTBALL IS THE MOST COMMON SPORT FOR CONCUSSION RISK WITH A PERCENT CHANCE FOR .&, PLAYERS $URING JUST ONE SEASON A PLAYER WILL RECEIVE TO HITS DIRECTLY TO THE HEAD !CCORDING TO NFL COM DATA SHOWED THAT IN CONCUSSIONS WERE REPORTED FROM PRESEASON GAMES UP TO THE EIGHTH WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON 4HE NUMBER INCREASED TO IN AND AGAIN THE NEXT YEAR WITH CON CUSSIONS REPORTED 7ITH THIS DATA NOW BEING BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC S ATTENTION THE .&, SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN SOME SAFETY MEASURES TO LIMIT THE RISKS OF THIS PARTICULAR INJURY !FTER

0HILADELPHIA %AGLES WIDE RECEIVER $ESEAN *ACKSON SUFFERED HIS SECOND CONCUSSION FROM A HIT BY !TLANTA &ALCON CORNERBACK $UNTA 2OBINSON

*ACKSON WAS GIVEN A SPECIAL HELMET CREATED TO LIMIT THE RISK OF FUTURE CON CUSSIONS $ESIGNED BY 3CHUTT 3PORTS

*ACKSON S HELMET HAS MORE CUSHIONING AND AIR FILLED POCKETS THAN THE STANDARD FOOTBALL HELMET TO BLUNT THE FORCE OF HITS 4HE QUESTION ARISES HOWEVER AS TO WHY THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN TO ALL .&, PLAYERS 4HE ANSWER COULD BE THAT THE ORGANIZATION S PRIMARY HELMET MANUFACTURER 2IDDELL 3PORTS )NC DOES NOT DESIGN *ACKSON S TYPE OF HELMET (OPEFULLY THAT WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE AS SAFER EQUIPMENT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THESE PLAYERS !FTER "ENOIT S PASSING SPORTS ENTER TAINMENT COMPANY 7ORLD 7RESTLING %NTERTAINMENT 77% BANNED ALL CHAIR SHOTS AIMED AT THE SKULL AND GREW STRICTER WITH MOVES THAT TARGETED THE HEAD 7HILE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN CERTAIN SPORTS TO LOWER THE RISK OF CONCUSSIONS THERE IS STILL MUCH TO BE DONE AS MORE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE CONDUCTED ON THIS SPECIFIC INJURY 7ITHOUT HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE EFFECT IT HAS ON ATHLETES

CONCUSSION WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE EPI DEMIC IN SPORTS

3!92! (%2.!.$%: 4(% !$6/#!4%

4(% !$6/#!4% L 7%$.%3$!9 3%04

&OLLOW 4HE !DVOCATE

#!-053 "%!4

4RANSFER | Campus lacks necessary resources â– &2/- 0AGE

2ECEIVE BREAKING NEWS AND SPORTS UPDATES BY FOLLOWING 4HE !DVOCATE ON 4WITTER AND &ACEBOOK TWITTER COM ACCENTADVOCATE FACEBOOK COM ACCENTADVOCATE

Newsline N CANCER

(OSPITAL OFFERS EXAMINATIONS

MAJOR :ACK -EAHAN SAID h) WASN T PLANNING TO TRANSFER TO A 5# BUT AFTER ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP IT MADE ME RE THINK THINGS "UT YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE PLACE TO GO TO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TALK TO A COUN SELOR IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME v $ESPITE TRANSFER WORKSHOPS BEING OFFERED AT ### STUDENTS AGREE HAVING A 4RANSFER #ENTER WITH INFORMATION ON HUNDREDS OF FOUR YEAR COLLEGES WOULD BE BEST h) VE SEEN STUDENTS HAVE A HARD TIME TRANSFERRING v ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE MAJOR $ENNIS -C#OLLINS SAID h)T S LIKE HAVING SOMEONE ASK YOU TO BUILD A ROOF WITHOUT A LAD DER -ORE KIDS ARE GOING INTO COL LEGE BLINDLY 4HEY WON T KNOW WHAT

THEY RE DOING v -C#RAW REMEMBERS VISITING THE #AREER 4RANSFER #ENTER WHEN IT WAS STILL OPEN ON CAMPUS 4HE #ALIFORNIA #OMMUNITY #OLLEGE #HANCELLOR S /FFICE WEB SITE STATES AS PART OF ITS MISSION STATEMENT COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE TO PROVIDE PREPARATION FOR TRANSFER TO FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS 3TUDENTS HOWEVER SAY THE COL LEGE HASN T BEEN APPROPRIATELY GUIDING THEM ON HOW TO TRANSFER h 3TUDENTS WANT TO GO TO THE COLLEGE TO TRANSFER AND IF THE COL LEGE DOESN T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE

STUDENTS MIGHT NOT WANT TO GO THERE BECAUSE THEY DON T HAVE THE PROPER GUIDANCE v -C#RAW SAID 3INCE THE CUT THE COUNSELING

&REE PROSTATE SCREENINGS WILL BE OFFERED AT THE * # 2OBINSON - $ 2EGIONAL #ANCER #ENTER AT $OCTORS -EDICAL #ENTER ON &RIDAY 0ATIENTS SHOULD HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER 3CREENINGS ARE AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY &OR APPOINT â– &2/- 0AGE 5NITED &ACULTY 0RESIDENT *EFFREY -ICHELS SAID MENTS CALL h4HE PURPOSE OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE ALREADY AGREED ON IN AND CLOSE NEGOTIATIONS OFF FOR SOME SORT OF CER TAINTY v HE SAID h)T S VERY DISTRACTING WORKING N HOLIDAY WITHOUT KNOWING THE STATUS OF YOUR CONTRACT v &UTURE NEGOTIATIONS DEPEND ON THE .OV ELECTION AND THE POSSIBLE PASSING OF 0ROPOSITION

WHICH WOULD RAISE STATE SALES TAX ONE HALF OF PERCENT AND -EASURE !

WHICH TAXES #ONTRA #OSTA #OUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS PER PIECE 4HE CAMPUS WILL BE CLOSED ON OF LAND "OTH TAX MEASURES PURPOSES ARE TO GENERATE 3EPT IN OBSERVANCE OF .ATIVE !MERICAN $AY 4HE CAMPUS WILL REVENUE FOR #ALIFORNIA S PUBLIC SCHOOL AND COM CONTINUE OPERATIONS ON /CT

DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF INFORMING STUDENTS ABOUT TRANSFER RING 'IVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM INDIVIDUALS ABOUT HOW TO TRANSFER TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY

COUNSELORS HAVE DIFFICULTIES TRYING TO SERVE EACH PERSON INDIVIDUALLY 7ITH THE 4RANSFER #ENTER GONE

AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN HAS BEEN PLACED ON COUNSELORS %/03 COUN SELOR $IONNE 0EREZ SAID -EAHAN WHO TRIED DROPPING INTO COUNSELING FOR AN APPOINTMENT

HAD TO WAIT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET IN TO SEE A COUNSELOR h)T S HARD TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF ONE v HE SAID h4HE COLLEGE IS PUSH ING ALL THESE THINGS ON THE COUN SELORS 7E RE SPENDING MORE TIME WAITING FOR ONE THAN WITH ONE v

#OUNSELOR !NDREA 0HILLIPS IS IN CHARGE OF THE 4!' WORKSHOPS AND ORGANIZING 4RANSFER $AY IN ADDI TION TO HER COUNSELING DUTIES h4RANSFER IS TRULY A YEAR LONG PROCESS AND A HUGE UNDERTAKING THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON THE BACK BURN ER v 0HILLIPS SAID h7HEN THE COL LEGE SAYS WE DON T HAVE A 4RANSFER #ENTER ANYMORE IT LEAVES THE STU DENTS IN A LIMBO v 0EREZ AGREES STUDENTS WON T BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROGRESS h7E DON T HAVE A CENTRAL HUB OF INFORMATION AND THIS AFFECTS HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE INFORMED v 0EREZ SAID h)T S AN INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSI BILITY 4HIS ISN T JUST FOR COUNSELING 7E CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT HUMAN POWER v

0OLICY | Agreement continues for 2012-13

#AMPUS HONORS .ATIVE !MERICANS

4HE TH !NNUAL 3Y AND "EVERLY :ELL h3WINGING FOR 3CHOLARSHIPSv )NVITATIONAL 'OLF 4OURNAMENT WILL BE HELD IN THE -IRA 6ISTA #OUNTRY #LUB ON /CT 4HE TOURNAMENT PROVIDES FUNDS FOR THE ### &OUNDATION STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS ON CAMPUS #ONTACT 4OURNAMENT #OORDINATOR -ARTHA 0ARSONS AT OR BY EMAIL AT MAR THA CCCGOLFTOURNEY GMAIL COM

N SUPPORT

$ISCUSSIONS PROMOTE SOBRIETY !N !LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS DIS CUSSION MEETING IS HELD IN ( EVERY 7EDNESDAY FROM NOON TO P M ,EARN ABOUT A DAILY REPRIEVE FROM DRINKING AND PROMOTE SOBRI ETY #ONTACT (UMAN 3ERVICES $EPARTMENT #HAIRPERSON !MINTA -ICKLES AT

N DATABASE

,IBRARY PROVIDES WORKSHOPS

4AE +WON $O | Courses face elimination â– &2/- 0AGE

NOT PASS v $R &LOYD SAID 4HE THREE DIVISIONS IMPACTED

BY THE POSSIBLE REDUCTIONS ARE THE ,IBERAL !RTS ,IBRARY !LLIED (EALTH

6OCATIONAL %DUCATION !THLETICS ,!6! AND THE .ATURAL 3OCIAL !PPLIED 3CIENCES .3!3 4AE +WON $O FALLS UNDER THE ,!6! $IVISION AS A PHYSICAL EDU CATION COURSE AND IS A POSSIBLE ELIMINATION OPTION DUE TO ONLY HAV ING PART TIME INSTRUCTORS WHO HAVE PART TIME PERCENTAGE LOADS WHICH EQUAL OUT TO ONE OR TWO COURSES h7HAT WE WANT THE COLLEGE TO REALIZE IS THAT WE HAVE VALUES AND WE RE NOT JUST A 0 % CLASS v *ADE #HENG A THIRD DEGREE BLACK BELT WHO IS IN THE 4AE +WON $O CLASS THIS SEMESTER SAID h7E WORK HARD ON BECOMING ROLE MODELS 4HIS CLASS HELPS STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND LEAD BETTER LIVES 7E HAD THE MOST SIGNUPS AT #LUB 2USH THIS PAST YEAR AND TEND TO ALWAYS HAVE A HIGH ENROLLMENT RATE v "ILLY $OTY 4AE +WON $O #LUB PRESIDENT AGREED h7E DO MEET THE ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENT AND WE ARE UNDER THE RADAR SO WE STARTED THE 4AE +WON $O CLUB LAST YEAR 7E UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET CUTS ARE NEEDED BUT THEY START WITH PART TIME COURSES 7HAT OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN OUR AREA HAVE A SUC CESSFUL 4AE +WON $O CLASS v $OTY ASKED 4HE 4AE +WON $O #LUB WHICH CONSISTS OF STUDENTS FROM THE BEGIN NING AND INTERMEDIATE 4AE +WON $O CLASSES COMPETED IN A STATE TOURNAMENT AS RECENTLY THE SPRING SEMESTER &LOYD SAID h%VERY FULL TIME

#(2)34)!. 52254)! 4(% !$6/#!4%

7ITH PRECISION ˆ .URSING MAJOR *A .EL *OHNSON PERFORMS A ROUNDHOUSE KICK DURING INSTRUCTOR !RNOLDO "OLANOS 4AE +WON $O CLASS HELD IN '! ON 3EPT INSTRUCTOR TEACHES A MINIMUM OF A PERCENT LOAD EQUIVALENT TO FIVE LECTURE COURSES AT THREE UNITS EACH 0ART TIME INSTRUCTORS HAVE LOWER PERCENT LOADS THAT ROUND TO THREE COURSES OR LESS )F PART TIME FACULTY HAVE TWO OR THREE CLASSES IT WOULD BE REDUCED TO ONE h7E ARE SYSTEMICALLY COMPILING THE SPRING SCHEDULE WITH REDUCTIONS IN MIND SO WE CAN ADD THE PERCENT TO THE SCHEDULE IF IT 0ROPOSITION DOES PASS *UST IN CASE IT DOESN T PASS WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE v #HENG SAID STUDENTS IN THE 4AE

,EARN HOW TO ACCESS DOWN LOAD AND USE THE ,IBRARY S SUB SCRIPTION DATABASE APPLICATIONS AT A FREE WORKSHOP HELD AT THE ,IBRARY AND ,EARNING 2ESOURCE #ENTER IN ,,2# 4UESDAY FROM P M â– &2/- 0AGE #ONTACT ,IBRARY #OORDINATOR GET (E HAS RECEIVED TWO VERBAL PRICE QUOTES ONE %LLEN 'ERINGER AT AROUND

EXT 4HE MALFUNCTIONING ELEVATOR CREATES AN ISSUE FOR STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY )T CAUSES THEM UNNECESSARY INCONVENIENCES

MAKING THEM TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTES JUST TO GET TO CLASS h)T S A TIME RESTRAINT v 7ATER SAID h9OU WAIT FOR THE ELEVATOR TO COME AND IT DOESN T SO YOU HAVE TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY JUST TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION v 4UESDAY 3EPT +ING "ECAUSE OF THE UNRELIABLE ELEVA ! NON STUDENT WAS DISRUPTIVE TOR SOME STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY HAVE TO TRAVEL CLEAR INSIDE THE ,IBRARY AROUND THE ,! "UILDING AND PASS THROUGH THE 0HYSICAL ˆ -ARCI 3UELA 3CIENCES "UILDING TO GET TO CLASS ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE ,! "UILDING "EHAVIORAL SCIENCES MAJOR -AURICE #OKER SAID IT GETS HIM FRUSTRATED WHEN THE ELEVATOR DOES NOT WORK h)TS BEEN VERY INCONVENIENT v HE SAID h) HAVE TO MAKE SURE ) M HERE EXTRA EARLY TO MAKE SURE ) GET TO CLASS ON TIME v 2EPLACING THE ELEVATOR RATHER THAN FIXING IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF MONEY SINCE THERE ARE PLANS TO TEAR )N THE 3EPT ISSUE OF 4HE DOWN THE ,! "UILDING AS PART OF THE COLLEGE S -ASTER !DVOCATE ON PAGE IN THE ARTI &ACILITIES 0LAN SOME TIME IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

CLE h.EW 0RINCIPAL "RINGS ,IBERAL !RTS $IVISION $EAN (ELEN +ALKSTEIN SAID h 4HE BROKEN ELEVATOR IS AN EXAMPLE WHY WE NEED 0ROFESSIONALISM v -#(3 0RINCIPAL "RENDA +ING 2ANDLE WAS STATED AS MORE NEW BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS v +ALKSTEIN SAID ### S ELEVATOR CONTRACT WITH /TIS %LEVATOR #OMPANY BEING YEARS OLD 4HAT IS INCOR CALLS ON IT TO CHECK ON ALL THE ELEVATORS ON CAMPUS RECT 4HE !DVOCATE REGRETS THE ERROR TWICE A MONTH 7HEN THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE SOME ONE GETS STUCK /TIS IS SUPPOSED TO SEND SOMEONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM +ING SAID h7E HAVE A CONTRACT WITH /TIS THAT SAYS IF SOME BODY GETS STUCK THEY WILL BE HERE IN THE NEXT MIN UTES v +ING SAID

,IFT | Broken

CrimeWatch

Correction

+WON $O CLASS EVOLVE AS INDIVIDU ALS WHILE LEARNING HUMILITY AND SELF DEFENSE h7E RE NOT IN HERE JUST TO FIGHT

BUT TO GROW v #ONCERNING THE PERCENT REDUC TION $R 3USAN ,EE DEAN OF THE ,!6! $IVISION SAID h3EVERAL DRAFTS OF THE SPRING SCHEDULE ARE BEING MADE $EPARTMENT CHAIRPER SONS ARE BUILDING THEIR SCHEDULES AND PASSING ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEANS WHO HAVE THE FINAL SAY FOR SCHEDULING h4HE STATE REIMBURSES THE COL LEGE LESS AND LESS EVERY YEAR AND

WE RE FORCED TO MAKE REDUCTIONS BECAUSE THERE IS NO MONEY TO PAY THE FACULTY v 4AE +WON $O INSTRUCTOR !RNOLDO "OLANOS SAID PART TIME INSTRUCTORS AT ### ARE NOT TREATED AS A PRIOR ITY 7HILE AT OTHER COLLEGES FULL TIME TEACHERS MAKE SACRIFICES IN THEIR TEACHING SCHEDULES TO HELP PAY FOR CLASSES PART TIMERS TEACH SUCH IS NOT THE CASE HERE h) WANT STUDENTS TO BETTER THEIR FUTURE AND MAKE FOR A BETTER SOCI ETY BUT POLITICS AND BUDGET CUTS HINDER THAT v HE SAID

!$6%24)3%-%.4

! ! # !& ! ' % !& " ! & " ! & " )! & ( " ! ! ( $ ! ( ! ( !" ( & & ( !"

" #

% ! " $ $

4OURNAMENT RAISES FUNDS

CAN T GET THROUGH LESSON PLANS BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY STUDENTS v SOCIOLOGY MAJOR *OSE 4IJERO SAID ABOUT HIS -ATH CLASS h) LL DO WHAT ) HAVE TO DO TO PASS BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO AREN T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION v 4IJERO SAID THAT ON THE FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE CLASS AND NOW THERE ARE 3OME STAFF MEMBERS QUESTION THE FAIRNESS OF THE BUDGET CUTS ,-# 7EB !DMINISTRATOR %LOINE #HAPMAN SAID THREE WEEKS WORTH OF WORK TIME WERE CUT FROM HER YEARLY SCHEDULE AS A PART OF THE MARKET ING DEPARTMENT S REDUCTIONS EARLY IN

N GOLF

MUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEMS 4HE 5& MUST SUBMIT ITS VOTES FOR THE RATIFICA TION OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BY 4HURSDAY 2EDUCTIONS TO FACULTY AND STAFF HAVE BEEN NECESSARY IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO DISTRICT BUDGET ARY CUTS TOTALING MORE THAN MILLION OVER THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS &AILURE TO PASS THE TAX MEASURES WILL RESULT IN MORE CUTS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR

DISTRICT 6ICE #HANCELLOR %UGENE (UFF SAID #UTS TO FACULTY AND STAFF RESULT IN LOWER COURSE SECTIONS MEANING LARGER CLASS SIZES AND LESS PERSONAL INSTRUCTION FROM PROFESSORS h) FEEL THAT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO COVER

AND WITH STUDENTS ASKING QUESTIONS TEACHERS

! &

" $ $ ### ! $ !"#$%#"&'()"%%*+%

#!-053 "%!4

7%$.%3$!9 3%04 L 4(% !$6/#!4%

.EW ERA BEGINS AT ,-# CAMPUS

&2%3( 34!24

"Y 2ODNEY 7OODSON %$)4/2 ). #()%&

RWOODSON ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

(IS STINT AS INTERIM PRESIDENT OF ,AS 0OSITAS #OLLEGE IN ,IVERMORE LED HIS COLLEAGUES TO BELIEVE THAT THE TOP SPOT ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS WAS A GOOD FIT FOR HIM 2OBERT h"OBv +RATOCHVIL WHO SERVED AS THE ,0# VICE PRESIDENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES UNTIL *UNE BEGAN HIS WORK ON *ULY AS THE SIXTH COLLEGE PRESIDENT AT ,OS -EDANOS #OLLEGE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE S SISTER COLLEGE (IS THREE YEAR CONTRACT WAS RATIFIED AT THE -AY 'OVERNING "OARD MEETING h-Y GOALS AT THIS POINT ARE TO MEET WITH EACH FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBER PERSONALLY v +RATOCHVIL SAID h) M FINDING OUT FROM THEM WHAT MY HIGHEST PRIORITIES SHOULD BE v #OMMUNICATION IS ONE OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 3OUTHERN #ALIFORNIA GRADUATE S STRONG POINTS &ORMER AND PRESENT COLLEAGUES OF +RATOCHVIL ATTEST TO HIS WORK ETHIC AND HIS INFECTIOUS PERSONALITY ,AS 0OSITAS #OLLEGE &OUNDATION # % / 4ED +AYE WORKED ALONGSIDE +RATOCHVIL FOR EIGHT YEARS AT ,0# h(E S ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO IS A @BUSINESS PERSON WITH A REALLY WONDERFUL AND SHARP SENSE OF HUMOR v $R +AYE SAID h4HE KEY THING IS THAT HE HAD THE ABILITY TO WORK WELL WITH FACULTY STAFF AND ADMINISTRA TION IN GOOD OR BAD SITUATIONS )F ONE WERE TO CHECK AROUND THE CAMPUS PEOPLE WOULD SAY "OB IS A TERRIFIC GUY v +RATOCHVIL S WORK HISTORY INCLUDES TIME AT #ALIFORNIA 0OLYTECHNIC 3TATE 5NIVERSITY AND A STINT AS THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL MAN AGEMENT AT #AL 3TATE $OMINGUEZ (ILLS 4HE YEAR OLD GREW UP IN ,OS !NGELES )N HE MADE THE MOVE TO ,AS 0OSITAS AND BEGAN WORKING FOR THE #HABOT ,AS 0OSITAS #OMMUNITY #OLLEGE $ISTRICT 4AKING THE REIGNS AT A #ALIFORNIA COM MUNITY COLLEGE ALSO MEANS TAKING ON THE BUDGETARY SETBACKS THAT PLAGUE THE SYSTEM '%/2'% -/2). 4(% !$6/#!4% 3TRONG WILLED ˆ .EWLY ELECTED ,OS -EDANOS #OLLEGE 0RESIDENT 2OBERT 4HOSE FAMILIAR WITH HIM PROFESSIONALLY DIS +RATOCHVIL HOPES TO CREATE STRONG PERSONAL TIES WITH HIS STAFF THIS SEMESTER PLAY THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN HIS LEADERSHIP AND BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE RIGHT MAN TO LEAD

,-# DURING THESE TIMES *ENNIFER !DAMS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT WORKED AT ,0# WITH +RATOCHVIL FOR SEVEN YEARS BEFORE FOLLOWING HIM TO ,-# THIS YEAR 3HE ALSO SERVED UNDER HIM DURING HIS TIME AS INTERIM PRESIDENT AT ,AS 0OSITAS h0EOPLE REALLY RESPECTED HIM v !DAMS SAID h4HE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES HE HAS RUBBED OFF ON OTHERS WHICH WAS EVIDENT BY THE WAY PEOPLE INTERACTED WITH ONE ANOTHER 0EOPLE WHO WORK WITH HIM FEEL LIKE THEY RE VALUED (E ENABLES THEM TO DO THEIR JOB v !DAMS SAID THE NEW LEADER OF ,-# WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN RECENT ,0# CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS +RATOCHVIL WAS INVOLVED IN THE IMPLE MENTATION OF THE MILLION -EASURE " CONSTRUCTION BOND IN THE #HABOT ,0# DISTRICT WHICH BROUGHT REPAIRS TO DAMAGED BUILDINGS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM BUILDINGS TO ,0# h(E WAS THE MAIN PERSON WHO OVERSAW THE HUGE EXPANSION AT ,0# v +AYE SAID h"OB WORKED WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE DAY TO DAY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS v 2ICHARD ,IVINGSTON SENIOR DEAN OF INSTRUCTION AT ,-# IS ALSO +RATOCHVIL S PREDECESSOR FRESH OFF HIS STINT AS INTERIM PRESIDENT AT ,OS -EDANOS ,IVINGSTON MET +RATOCHVIL AS PART OF THE PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION COMMITTEE h) THINK HE S DOING WHAT A NEW PRESIDENT SHOULD DO WHICH IS NOT DO THINGS TOO QUICKLY AND FAMILIARIZING HIMSELF WITH THE STAFF AND WHAT THE PERTINENT COLLEGE ISSUES ARE v ,IVINGSTON SAID !SIDE FROM HIS LEADERSHIP AND THE RESPECT HE RECEIVES FROM COLLEAGUES +RATOCHVIL IS KNOWN FOR HIS SENSE OF HUMOR "EING FROM 3OUTHERN #ALIFORNIA

+RATOCHVIL JOKED THAT WHILE LIVING IN .ORTHERN #ALIFORNIA HE HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY ASKED WHO HIS FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM IS ˆ THE /AKLAND 2AIDERS OR THE 3AN &RANCISCO ERS 4HOUGH HE DID NOT GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER HE DID HINT TO SOME SORT OF AFFILIA TION h) HELD SEASON TICKETS FOR THE 2AIDERS THE LAST TIME THEY WON THE 3UPER "OWL ˆ WHEN THEY WERE THE , ! 2AIDERS v

‘Gateway’ provides additional chance College program certifies students "Y #HEYENNE 'ALLON .%73 %$)4/2

CGALLON ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

3ECOND CHANCES DO NOT COME OFTEN ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS OR STUDENTS WHO DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL ON TIME 'ATEWAY TO #OLLEGE LOCATED IN !!

OFFERS THOSE CHANCES TO STUDENTS 'ATEWAY TO #OLLEGE IS A COL LEGE BASED PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR DIPLOMA 3TUDENTS ARE ALSO ABLE TO EARN COLLEGE CREDITS TOWARD A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OR ASSOCIATE DEGREE h7E RECRUIT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE SO BEHIND THAT GRADUATION ISN T LIKELY FOR THEM v SAID $R +ARL $EBRO

$IRECTOR OF 'ATEWAY TO #OLLEGE h4HEY ENROLL IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES

EARN DIPLOMAS CREDITS AND EVENTU ALLY TRANSFER v *ENNIFER #ROWELL FORMER DIREC TOR OF 'ATEWAY SAID THAT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE IS THE FOURTH COLLEGE TO OFFER THIS PROGRAM 'ATEWAY IS A DUPLICATION OF

SIMILAR PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OFFERED AT 2IVERSIDE #ITY #OLLEGE

,ANEY #OLLEGE AND #ITY #OLLEGE OF 3AN &RANCISCO #ROWELL SAID THAT 'ATEWAY RECRUITS STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN THE 7EST #ONTRA #OUNTY 5NIFIED 3CHOOL $ISTRICT AT NO COST h3TUDENTS WHO ARE BEHIND HAVE FEW OPTIONS v #ROWELL SAID h'%$S ARE NOT PLENTIFUL 4HIS IS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLO MA v -ATH AND %NGLISH COURSES ARE OFFERED TO STUDENTS ALONG WITH A COUNSELING CLASS AND GATEWAY SEM INAR $R $EBRO SAID THE SEMINAR FOCUSES ON SETTING GOALS AND TEACH

ING STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL 4HE PROGRAM ALSO HAS MENTORS FOR STUDENTS WHO THEY MEET WITH EVERY WEEK FOR HELP h'ATEWAY ALLOWS STUDENTS TO GET SUPPORT BEYOND TEACHERS WITH THE STAFF v $E"RO SAID 'ATEWAY RECEIVED ITS START UP MONEY FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS AND A GRANT *ENNIFER /UNJIAN A PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR WAS THE MAIN PERSON INVOLVED IN BRINGING THE PROGRAM TO THE COLLEGE /UNJIAN SAID SHE HEARD ABOUT PROGRAM WHILE WORKING IN THE DIS TRICT #HANCELLOR S /FFICE LAST YEAR h) RESEARCHED IT AND TALKED TO FORMER COLLEGE 0RESIDENT -C+INLEY

7ILLIAMS ABOUT IT v /UNJIAN SAID h) THOUGHT THE PROGRAM WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THIS COLLEGE AND EVENTU ALLY IT WAS BROUGHT TO ### v /UNJIAN SAID 'ATEWAY CONTACT ED THE COLLEGE AND BECAUSE OF ITS FAMILIARITY WITH 7ILLIAMS AND THE 3AN 0ABLO AREA THEY ENCOURAGED ### TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT h4HEY FELT WE MET THEIR MIS SION v /UNJIAN SAID /UNJIAN SAID SHE WROTE A GRANT WORTH

WHICH IS DISTRIB UTED OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD /UNJIAN SAID THE GRANT WAS SENT TO 'ATEWAY AND AFTER MEET ING WITH THE 'OVERNING "OARD AND ADMINISTRATORS IT WAS APPROVED IN .OVEMBER

7ONG RECOGNIZED FOR FERVOR TEACHING SKILL Instructor receives ‘Golden Bell’ award "Y &AYTHE $EL 2OSARIO 3#%.% %$)4/2

FROSARIO ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

4EACHING AND HELPING STUDENTS IS SOME THING THAT -ARK 7ONG LOVES TO DO (IS STUDENTS WANTED TO SHOW THEIR GRATI TUDE TOWARD HIM ON !UG AT THE !LL #OLLEGE $AY EVENT IN THE +NOX #ENTER 7ITH MEMBERS OF THE !LPHA 'AMMA 3IGMA (ONOR 3OCIETY STUDENTS PRESENTED THE ANNUAL h'OLDEN "ELLv AWARD TO THE ADJUNCT ASTRONOMY PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING PROFESSOR !FTER !'3 PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST 4HOM 0HONGVIEHIT READ QUOTES THAT !'3 STUDENTS WROTE ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR AT THE EVENT 7ONG ACCEPTED HIS AWARD AND LOOKED DUMBFOUNDED BY ALL THE NICE THINGS THE STU DENTS SAID ABOUT HIM h(E WAS ABOUT TO CRY AND HIS VOICE WAS CRACKING AS HE SPOKE (E REALLY APPRECIATED THE AWARD (E TRULY DESERVES IT v PHYSICS MAJOR 2ODOLOFO /RELLANA SAID !LTHOUGH 7ONG SAID HE BELIEVES OTHER WISE AND HAS YET TO EARN THE AWARD FULLY h) HOPE THAT ) WILL EARN IT AT SOME POINT IN MY CAREER WITHOUT DOUBT BUT ) AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL v 7ONG SAID h) PROMISE ) WILL WORK TWICE AS HARD IN THE FUTURE FOR THE HONOR THEY HAVE GIVEN ME v %VERY YEAR DURING THE GROUP S ANNUAL POTLUCK IN EARLY -AY THE STUDENTS VOTE ON WHO SHOULD BE GIVEN THE AWARD /RELLANA SAID /RELLANA WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO NOMINATED 7ONG FOR THE h'OLDEN "ELL v

4HE OTHER NOMINEES FOR THE ANNUAL HONOR WERE MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR 4ERRILL -EAD AND MATHEMATICS TEACHER %D #RUZ 0HONGVIEHIT SAID 7ONG WON THIS YEAR S !'3 h'OLDEN "ELLv BECAUSE HE TAKES REAL LIFE SITUATIONS AND APPLIES THEM TO CLASS TO MAKE MATERIAL MORE UNDERSTANDABLE 0HONGVIEHIT SAID IT IS ENCOURAGING TO HEAR 7ONG SAY h9OU RE AWESOMEv TO HIS STUDENTS AT THE END OF ALL OF HIS CLASSES 7ONG IS A "AY !REA NATIVE (E WAS BORN IN -ARIN AND GREW UP IN 3AN &RANCISCO UNTIL THE SIXTH GRADE BEFORE MOVING TO 7ALNUT #REEK (E THEN STARTED TAKING CLASSES AT $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE DURING HIGH SCHOOL 7ONG ATTENDED COLLEGE AT 5# "ERKELEY WHERE HE GOT HIS BACHELOR S DEGREE IN PHYS ICS WITH CONCENTRATION ON ASTROPHYSICS BEFORE GOING TO 5# 3AN $IEGO FOR HIS MASTER S DEGREE IN MATERIALS SCIENCE ENGINEERING 7ONG SAID THAT HE DID NOT THINK ABOUT BEING A TEACHER AT FIRST h7HEN ) APPLIED TO GRAD SCHOOL ) WAS TOO SHY SO ) APPLIED TO CONDENSED MATTER PHYS ICS "ECAUSE IT WAS AN APPLIED FIELD ) FIGURED ) COULD WORK FOR A COMPANY v 7ONG SAID h&OR GRAD SCHOOL IT REQUIRES YOU TO TEACH AT A LECTURE HALL FOR A YEAR ) WAS TERRIFIED v 4HE CHECKLIST FOR 7ONG S GRAD SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS HOWEVER WAS WORKING AS A LAB ASSISTANT AND HE SAID THAT HE ENJOYED WALKING AROUND TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT SCI ENCE 4HIS CONFIDENCE MADE 7ONG TAKE EDUCA TION CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS TO PREPARE HIM TO TEACH PHYSICS AS AN INSTRUCTOR !S HE PROGRESSED THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL 7ONG SAID THAT HE STARTED BECOMING MORE PASSIONATE SHARING HIS GENERAL KNOWL EDGE OF SCIENCE (E STARTED TEACHING PART TIME WHILE GOING

1).' (5!.' 4(% !$6/#!4%

(IGHLY QUALIFIED ˆ 0ROFESSOR -ARK 7ONG TEACHES SEVERAL DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AND BECAUSE OF HIS METHODS RECEIVED !LPHA 'AMMA 3IGMA S h'OLDEN "ELLv AWARD TO SCHOOL DURING THE DAY 7ONG SAID THAT HE NEVER DID FINISH HIS DOCTORATE PROGRAM BECAUSE HE NOT WRITE A THESIS FOR HIS 0H $ )NSTEAD 7ONG WAS WORKING FULL TIME AT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE FOR A SEMESTER WHILE *ON #ELESIA ASTRONOMY PHYSICS ENGINEER ING AND GEOLOGY !0%' DEPARTMENT CHAIR PERSON WAS ON SABBATICAL h### IS A WONDERFUL SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS HERE ARE SO AMAZING 4HE #ENTER FOR 3CIENCE %XCELLENCE IS WHAT MAKES THIS PLACE SO SPECIAL v 7ONG SAID h)T S THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL AND THE FACULTY REALLY TRIES TO HELP STUDENTS PURSUE SCIENCE AS A DISCIPLINE v #3% $IRECTOR 3ETI 3IDHARTA SAID THAT 7ONG IS THE hJACK OF ALL TRADESv AND IS A GREAT #3% MENTOR FOR THE STUDENTS 7ONG HELPS THEM WITH HOMEWORK BEING A CHAPERONE TO PLACES LIKE THE )NTEL -USEUM AND GOING ROCK CLIMBING h)F WE EVER GET A FULL TIME POSITION OPEN

HERE ) HOPE HE APPLIES FOR IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO ### IF HE GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE v $R 3IDHARTA SAID #ELESIA SAID THAT HE CURRENTLY HOLDS THE ONLY FULL TIME POSITION IN THE !0%' DEPART MENT DUE TO THE STATE S LOW BUDGET /UTSIDE OF TEACHING 7ONG SAID THAT HE ENJOYS KAYAKING AND ATTENDING FOOTBALL GAMES AT #AL (E IS KNOWN TO HAVE A MONSTROUS SWEET TOOTH BY HIS STUDENTS (IS FAVORITE CANDY BAR IS -ILKY 7AY AND OFFERS THEM TO WHOEVER VISITS HIS OFFICE (E IS ALSO AN AVID BAKER h/NCE A WEEK ) WILL BAKE SOMETHING ) LIKE THAT THE SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE LENGTH IN TIME OR TEMPERATURE CAN MAKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT v 7ONG SAID h)T REALLY APPEALS TO THE SCIENTIST IN ME v 7HEN NOT TEACHING AT ### HE WORKS IN THE 0ERALTA #OMMUNITY #OLLEGE $ISTRICT TEACHING COURSES IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY AT ,ANEY #OLLEGE AND THE #OLLEGE OF !LAMEDA

30/24

4(% !$6/#!4% L 7%$.%3$!9 3%04

SUPERHERO R

Comic book superheroes get chance to shine through exposure in major movies, integrating them into mainstream U.S. pop culture 3TARTING OFF A SUMMER THAT FEATURED THREE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES SINCE THE WORLD REKINDLED %$)4/2 ). #()%& ITS LOVE FOR THE GENRE h4HE !VENGERS v RELEASED IN RWOODSON ADVOCATE GMAIL COM -AY FEATURED FOUR OF -ARVEL S MOST BELOVED CHAR #OLORFUL VIGILANTES ARMED WITH SUPERHUMAN ABILI ACTERS ˆ )RON -AN 4HE )NCREDIBLE (ULK #APTAIN TIES HAVE LONG BEEN JUST A FIGMENT OF THEIR CREATOR S !MERICA AND 4HOR *ULY MEANT THE RELEASE OF h4HE !MAZING IMAGINATION LIMITED TO THE VIBRANT PAGES OF COMIC 3PIDER -AN v WHICH BROUGHT IN MILLION AND

BOOKS JUST THREE WEEKS LATER $ # #OMICS UNVEILED THE 5NFORTUNATELY FANS OF THE COMICS WERE UNABLE TO SEE THEM BEYOND THE PAGES UNTIL THE S WHEN FINAL CHAPTER IN THE RECENT "ATMAN SERIES h4HE $ARK +NIGHT 2ISES v COSTUMED CHARACTERS WERE BROUGHT TO LIFE JUMPING 4HE CAPED CRUSADER S MOST RECENT ADDITION PLACES FROM THE DRAWING BOARD ONTO THE BIG SCREEN &ROM THE VERY FIRST 3UPERMAN FILM IN LEAD THE FLICK SIXTH ALL TIME IN 5 3 BOX OFFICE REVENUE

ING UP TO h4HE $ARK +NIGHT 2ISES v RELEASED IN *ULY GROSSING MILLION AFTER BEING IN THEATERS FOR JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS SUPERHERO FILMS HAVE SEEN A RISE A DECLINE AND

3INCE -AY THESE THREE MOVIES ALONE HAVE MADE THANKS TO THE SUCCESS OF -ARVEL S h3PIDER -ANv BILLION DOMESTIC BUCKS AT THE CINEMA RELEASED IN A NEW RESURGENCE !S OF !UG WWW IMBD COM REPORTS THE THREE 4HE WALL CRAWLER S BIG SCREEN DEBUT RAKED IN FILMS MADE MORE THAN BILLION WORLDWIDE MILLION ON OPENING WEEKEND AND GROSSED 4HUS FAR SUPERHERO MOVIES h+ICK !SS v AND MILLION WORLDWIDE !CCORDING TO WWW IMDB COM FIVE OF THE HIGHEST h)RON -AN v ARE ALREADY SET FOR RELEASES AND THANKS TO THE MONEY GENERATED BY FICTITIOUS DO GROSSING FILMS IN 5 3 HISTORY ARE FLICKS BASED ON GOODERS COUPLED WITH AMAZING ACTION SCENES AND INFAMOUS COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS "ELOW h!VATARv AND h4ITANIC v WHICH HOLD SPECIAL EFFECTS THE GENRE SHOULD SEE MORE RELEASES DOWN THE .O AND .O SPOTS RESPECTIVELY COMES IN THE COMING YEARS #HRISTOPHER 2EEVES ROLE AS THE ICONIC 3UPERMAN THE HIGHEST GROSSING SUPERHERO MOVIE OF ALL TIME ARGUABLY LED TO AN INCREASE OF POPULARITY IN THE ˆ h4HE !VENGERS v "Y 2ODNEY 7OODSON

GENRE 3INCE THE PREMIERE OF THE h3UPERMANv FILM IN SUPERHERO MOVIES HAVE BEEN A STAPLE IN !MERICAN CINEMA 3INCE SUPERHERO MOVIES HAVE BEEN RELEASED INTO THEATERS 7ITH NEARING ITS END FANS OF THE POPULAR COMIC BOOK HEROES WILL HAVE A LOT TO BE EXCITED FOR IN THE FUTURE AS 3UPERMAN WILL MAKE HIS RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN WITH h-AN OF 3TEELv SET TO OPEN *UNE OF NEXT YEAR /THER HERO FLICKS TO RELEASE IN ARE h4HOR 4HE $ARK 7ORLDv AND h4HE 7OLVERINE v 4HANKS TO MODERN TECHNOLOGY THESE MOVIES PRO VIDE A FULL VISUAL OF HEROES TRAITS AND ABILITIES THE LIKES OF WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN $AZZLING EFFECTS AND COMPUTER GENERATED ACTION AND CHARACTERS SUCH AS 4HE (ULK IN h4HE !VENGERSv BRING FAVORITE CHARACTERS AND ONCE IMAG INED ACTION TO LIFE ˆ SORT OF 3OME MAY FANTASIZE ABOUT BEING THEIR FAVORITE WALL CRAWLER OR HAVING THE ABILITY TO TURN INTO A GIANT GREEN MOUNTAIN OF MUSCLE /THERS MAY JUST BE MOVIE BUFFS "UT WHATEVER THE REASON CAPED HEROES WILL CONTINUE TO COVER THE ATER SCREENS AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO FILL THEATER SEATS

CampusComment

What is your favorite superhero of all time?

h4HE !VENGERS BECAUSE THE FUNNY PARTS JUST CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD FOR AN ACTION MOVIE v

h4HE 3PIDER -AN TRIL OGY HANDS DOWN )T HAS A STRONG MORAL ˆ @WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY v

h4HE $ARK +NIGHT 2ISES (E S A SUPERHERO WITH OUT ANY REAL POWERS WHO STILL MANAGES TO SAVE PEOPLE v

h)RON -AN (E HAS THE COURAGE TO ADMIT HIS TRUE PERSONALITY AND HE DOESN T TRY TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY v

0RABHJOT -ALHI

#HRIS *IMENEZ

.ICOLE 0ECK

*AIME 3AHAGUN PHYSICS

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

UNDECIDED

PSYCHOLOGY

h8 -EN S 7OLVERINE (E S THIS IMMENSE FIG URE WHO IS SO MESSED UP FROM HIS PAST AND STILL MANAGES TO GET BACK ON HIS FEET v #HRISTOPHER -ILLER BIOLOGY

-!2#) 35%,!

3!92! (%2.!.$%: !.$ 6%2/.)#! 3!.4/3 4(% !$6/#!4%

h3PIDER -AN BECAUSE ) LIKED THAT THE SUPERHERO WAS A SCIENCE NERD v +EVIN 0EASE

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

0/243

7%$.%3$!9 3%04 L 4(% !$6/#!4%

RESURGENCE

4ITLE h4HE 'REEN ,ANTERNv "OX /FFICE MILLION 2ELEASE $ATE *UNE

2ATING 0' $IRECTOR -ARTIN #AMPBELL 3TARRING 2YAN 2EYNOLDS "LAKE ,IVELY

0ETER 3ARSGAARD

4ITLE h8 -EN &IRST #LASSv "OX /FFICE MILLION 2ELEASE $ATE *UNE

2ATING 0' $IRECTOR -ATTHEW 6AUGHN 3TARRING *AMES -C!VOY -ICHAEL &ASSBENDER *ENNIFER ,AWRENCE

4ITLE h)RON -ANv "OX /FFICE MILLION 2ELEASE $ATE -AY

2ATING 0' $IRECTOR *ON &AVEARU 3TARRING 2OBERT $OWNEY *R 'WYNETH 0ALTROW 4ERRANCE (OWARD

4ITLE h4HE $ARK +NIGHT 2ISESv "OX /FFICE MILLION 2ELEASE $ATE *ULY

2ATING 0' $IRECTOR #HRISTOPHER .OLAN 3TARRING #HRISTIAN "ALE 4OM (ARDY

!NNE (ATHAWAY

3YNOPSIS #OCKY TEST PILOT (AL *ORDAN 2YAN 2EYNOLDS IS GRANTED SUPER HUMAN POWERS AFTER A RING FROM THE INTERGALACTIC POLICE FORCE KNOWN AS THE 'REEN ,ANTERN #ORPS CHOOSES HIM AS A REPLACEMENT FOR ONE OF ITS FALLEN 'REEN ,ANTERNS

3YNOPSIS #HARLES 8AVIER AND %RIK ,ENSHERR ARE BOTH BEST FRIENDS AND YOUNG MUTANTS DISCOVERING THEIR POWERS 8AVIER ,ENSHERR AND OTHER MUTANTS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE 5 3 GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE THREAT OF A NUCLEAR WAR BY EVIL SCIENTIST 3EBASTIAN 3HAW 3HAW WHO HAS SUPERHUMAN POWERS HIMSELF PLANS TO WIPE OUT ALL OF MANKIND

3YNOPSIS 4ONY 3TARK IS A WOMANIZER AND GENIUS TAKING OVER HIS LATE FATHER S WEAPONS INDUSTRY 3TARK )NDUSTRIES (E LATER FINDS OUT THAT HIS COMPANY MANAGER /BADIAH 3TANE ORCHES TRATED 3TARK S !FGHANISTAN ATTACK IN AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE OVER THE BUSINESS )N RETALIATION 3TARK REMODELS HIS IRON SUIT TO PUT A STOP TO 3TANE S PLANS

3YNOPSIS 3ET EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF h4HE $ARK +NIGHT v "RUCE 7AYNE COMES OUT OF HIDING WHEN HE HEARS ABOUT $ETECTIVE 'ORDON UNCOV ERING A SECRET PLOT TO DESTROY THE CITY FROM WITHIN BY A DANGEROUS TERRORIST KNOWN AS "ANE

4ITLE h7ATCHMENv "OX /FFICE MILLION 2ELEASE $ATE -ARCH

2ATING 2 $IRECTOR :ACK 3NYDER 3TARRING *EFFERY $EAN -ORGAN *ACKIE %ARLE (ALEY -ALIN !KERMAN

4ITLE h4HE !MAZING 3PIDER -ANv "OX /FFICE MILLION 2ELEASE $ATE *ULY

2ATING 0' $IRECTOR -ARC 7EBB 3TARRING !NDREW 'ARFIELD %MMA 3TONE 2HYS )FANS

4ITLE h4HE !VENGERSv "OX /FFICE MILLION 2ELEASE $ATE -AY

2ATING 0' $IRECTOR *OSS 7HEDON 3TARRING 2OBERT $OWNEY *R 3AMUEL *ACKSON #HIS %VANS

4ITLE h(ELLBOYv "OX /FFICE MILLION 2ELEASE $ATE !PRIL

2ATING 0' $IRECTOR 'UILLERMO DEL 4ORO 3TARRING 2ON 0ERLMAN 3ELMA "LAIR

2UPERT %VANS

3YNOPSIS !FTER THE MYSTERIOUS MUR DER OF SUPERHERO AND GOVERNMENT AGENT 4HE #OMEDIAN HIS FORMER PARTNER 2ORSCHACH INVESTIGATES THE CRIME AND COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO TAKE OUT THE MASKED HEROES &ORMER 7ATCHMEN COME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO REUNITE THE 7ATCHMEN WITH 2ORSCHACH AND FIND OUT WHO IS THE CULPRIT

3YNOPSIS 0ETER 0ARKER !NDREW 'ARFIELD IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ON A QUEST TO DISCOVER HIS FAMILY BACK GROUND AND IDENTITY AS A PERSON !FTER BEING BIT BY A RADIOACTIVE SPIDER

0ARKER TURNS INTO 3PIDER -AN AND BAT TLES 4HE ,IZARD WHILE TRYING TO ADJUST TO HIS SUPERHUMAN POWERS

3YNOPSIS 7HEN 4HOR S BROTHER ,OKI INITIATES A PLOT TO CONQUER %ARTH

.ICK &URY 3AMUEL *ACKSON FORMS A TEAM OF SUPERHUMANS TO FOIL HIS PLOT "UT THE BAND OF HEROES AFTER BEING BROUGHT TOGETHER SOON FINDS THEM SELVES PITTED AGAINST ONE ANOTHER 7ITH %ARTH ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION

THE TEAM UNITES TO SAVE HUMANITY FROM THE #HITAURI AND BRING ,OKI TO JUSTICE

3YNOPSIS $URING 7ORLD 7AR )) THE EVIL 'RIGORI 2ASPUTIN SUMMONS A DEMON TO BE USED AS AN !XIS WEAP ON 4HE DEMONIC CREATURE IS CAPTURED BY !MERICAN FORCES $ESPITE HIS MANY YEARS OF FIGHTING RIGHTEOUSLY A CHAL LENGE RISES WHEN POWERFUL 2ASPUTIN RETURNS DETERMINED TO BRING (ELLBOY BACK TO THE FORCES OF DARKNESS SO THAT EVIL MAY FINALLY RULE THE WORLD

4(% !$6/#!4% L 7%$.%3$!9 3%04

(ELPFUL HAND LEAVING ###

#!-053 "%!4

BECAUSE OF ITS GOOD STUDENTS FAC ULTY AND A GREAT COMMITTEE h)T WAS MOST SUITED TO ME v HE SAID h ) NEVER REGRETTED IT v $R 3ETIATI 3IDHARTA DIRECTOR FOR THE #ENTER OF 3CIENCE %XCELLENCE

SAID SHE HAS BEEN A FRIEND TO 3MITH SINCE ARRIVING AT THE COLLEGE IN "Y #HEYENNE 'ALLON

.%73 %$)4/2 h(E S SOMEONE ) CAN ASK FOR CGALLON ADVOCATE GMAIL COM HELP AND OPINIONS (E S DEDICAT &OR $R ,EVERETT 3MITH

ED v $R 3IDHARTA SAID COMING TO #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE 3MITH HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A CHEM WAS A PERSONAL CHOICE ISTRY PROFESSOR BUT THE CHAIRPERSON (E FELT WORKING AT ### WOULD OF THE DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION OFFER HIM A PLACE WHERE HE COULD DEAN &ROM /CTOBER TO *UNE HAVE A SAY AND HIS VOICE WOULD BE HE SERVED AS )NTERIM $EAN HEARD OF .ATURAL 3OCIAL AND !PPLIED !FTER YEARS AT THE COLLEGE 3CIENCES $R 3MITH WILL NO LONGER LEND HIS 3IDHARTA SAID THAT HE HELPED VOICE TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF PROOFREAD GRANTS AND PROPOSALS FOR THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT AS HE THE #3% PROGRAM WILL BE RETIRING h(E WAS VERY AT THE END OF GOOD AT THAT v “Students can talk to 3IDHARTA SAID THIS SEMESTER h)T JUST h(E SUPPORTED him. He genuinely SEEMED LIKE US AND LISTENED v cares for them.”

IT WAS TIME v # H E M I S T R Y 3MITH SAID D E P A R T M E N T $R 4HUY $ANG

h,IKE ) VE DONE # H A I R P E R S O N CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSON WHAT ) CAN v 4HUY $ANG SAID 3MITH HAS 3MITH HAS BEEN BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE FOR SUPPORTIVE AND A GREAT FRIEND TO YEARS (E HAS THREE BROTHERS ONE HER SISTER AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS 3HE SAID HE IS EASY GOING WITH (E EARNED A BACHELOR S DEGREE IN A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND IS CHEMISTRY FROM 5# 3ANTA #RUZ APPROACHABLE TO STAFF AND STUDENTS A MASTER S DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY ALIKE AND A 0H $ BOTH FROM #ORNELL h3TUDENTS CAN TALK TO HIM (E 5NIVERSITY GENUINELY CARES FOR THEM v $R 3MITH SAID HE WAS ONCE SELECTED $ANG SAID FOR A FULL TIME PROFESSOR POSITION AT 0ART TIME PROFESSOR 6ERNON $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE 3MALL PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A (E HOWEVER TURNED THEIR OFFER RESEARCH CHEMIST FOR #HEVRON DOWN AND DECIDED TO COME TO ### BEFORE BEING HIRED BY $ANG AND

!002/!#(!",%

Smith to retire from chemistry department

#(2)34)!. 52254)! 4(% !$6/#!4%

3UPPORTIVE NATURE #HEMISTRY PROFESSOR ,EVERETT 3MITH HAS BEEN WORKING AT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE FOR MORE THAN YEARS AND PLANS TO RETIRE AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER 3MITH AS A PROFESSOR 3MALL SAID HE HAD A STUDENT MENTOR TYPE RELATION SHIP WITH 3MITH AS HE TOOK THE TIME TO HELP HIM UNDERSTAND THE TEACH ING PROFESSION AND HOW TO EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM h(E WOULD LET ME KNOW WHEN ) WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG v 3MALL SAID 3MITH S RETIREMENT TOOK 3MALL

BY SURPRISE AS HE THOUGHT 3MITH WAS STILL RELATIVELY YOUNG TO LEAVE THE COLLEGE (OWEVER $ANG SAID THE DEPARTMENT KNEW IT WAS COM ING h7HAT DO WE DO 7E NEED TO

FIND A REPLACEMENT v $ANG SAID 3MITH S RETIREMENT IS A BLOW TO THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT IS NOW DOWN TO TWO FULL TIME FAC ULTY MEMBERS $ANG AND CHEM ISTRY PROFESSOR *OSEPH ,EDBETTER

3IDHARTA SAID )T IS DIFFICULT WHEN A DEPART MENT HAS TO RELY GREATLY ON PART TIME PROFESSORS h(E S A GREAT TEACHER GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES v SAID 3IDHARTA h )T S A TREMENDOUS LOSS FOR THE #3% v $ANG SAID THAT 3MITH RETIRING LEAVES A HOLE IN THE DEPARTMENT

BECAUSE IT S HARD TO FIND AN ORGANIC CHEMIST 3MALL AGREED h9EARS OF EXPERIENCE HE HAD WE LOST v HE SAID 3MITH SAID THAT FOR THE COL LEGE IT S A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD A CHANCE FOR RE SHAPING (E SAID RETIRING IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR HIM TO CLIMB OUT OF THE CURRENT RUT IN WHICH HE FINDS HIMSELF 7HILE ON SABBATICAL LAST YEAR

3MITH WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL AND VISIT FRIENDS AND FAMILY (E SAID HE PLANS TO DO MORE OF THAT AFTER HE RETIRES

Programmers code algebra applications APPLICATION DURING THE (ACKATHON 'ARCIA SAID 7ANG SAID SHE AND TEAMMATES *EFFREY /0).)/. %$)4/2 0ETERSEN AND *OSE 6ENTURA HAD TO MAKE A NEW MSUELA ADVOCATE GMAIL COM GAME BECAUSE THEIR PREVIOUS NON INTERACTIVE 3!. &2!.#)3#/ !SPIRING STUDENT PRO APPLICATION DID NOT NEED TOUCH SENSOR CODING h)T WAS WORKING EARLIER BUT IT S NOT WORKING GRAMMERS WORKED AGAINST THE CLOCK AS THEY PARTICIPATED IN A FIVE HOUR CODING EVENT KNOWN NOW v 7ANG SAID DURING A REPORT AT THE END OF AS h(ACKATHONv HOSTED BY )NTEL AT THE -OSCONE THE EVENT "ECAUSE THE STUDENTS WERE TRYING TO PROGRAM #ENTER ON 3EPT 3IXTEEN COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS SHOW TOUCH SENSOR CODING THEY NEEDED EQUIPMENT THAT CASED THEIR PROGRAMMING SKILLS AS THEY CREATED WOULD ALLOW THEM TO TEST IF THE GAME IS TOUCH GAME APPLICATIONS DURING THE EVENT AT THE )NTEL SCREEN COMPATIBLE &ORTUNATELY STUDENTS WERE $EVELOPER &ORUM )$& A CONVENTION WHERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE )NTEL S 5LTRABOOK

TECHNOLOGISTS GATHER TO DISCUSS THE LATEST )NTEL WHICH HAS A TOUCH SCREEN h/UR STUDENTS ARE CREATING APPLICATIONS ON PRODUCTS h4HE (ACKATHON IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY THAT HASN T COME OUT YET TO IS WHERE STUDENTS LEARN (4-, AND *AVA3CRIPT THE MARKET v COMPUTER SCIENCES PROFESSOR 4OM TO CODE A GAME 4HE GAME IS TO TEACH ALGEBRA -URPHY SAID h !TTENDEES WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ACCESS ON THIS 5LTRABOOK

TO YOUNGER STUDENTS v STUDENT BUT THEY DON T !ND YET

3AKI 7ANG SAID “ (The students) have WE DO v 4HE FIRST (ACKATHON WAS "ECAUSE OF HIS HELD AT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE a framework of what INVOLVEMENT WITH )NTEL

IN *UNE WHERE MOST STU -URPHY WAS ABLE TO GET DENTS SPENT HOURS LEARNING professionals are doing, HIS STUDENTS FEATURED AT (4-, AND *AVA3CRIPT FOR instead of learning from THE FIRST TIME PLANNING WHAT the classroom, and see- THE )$& CONVENTION h4HE (ACKATHON AUG KIND OF GAME TO CREATE AND ENSURING THE GAME PROPERLY ing what (individuals) are MENTS THE CLASSROOM AND TEACHES ALGEBRA STUDENTS ARE BEING SET UP h7E CAME TOGETHER MADE doing in the field they’re TO SUCCEED v -URPHY SAID TEAMS AND FIGURED OUT WHAT h4HEY HAVE A FRAMEWORK aiming for.”

GAMES WE WANTED TO MAKE v OF WHAT PROFESSIONALS ARE STUDENT !URA -URPHY SAID DOING INSTEAD OF LEARNING 4OM -URPHY

3TUDENTS CONTINUED WORK FROM THE CLASSROOM AND COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR SEEING WHAT INDIVIDU ING ON THEIR APPLICATIONS AT THE )$& FROM THE FIRST ALS ARE DOING IN THE FIELD (ACKATHON ATTEMPTING TO FINISH THEM AND MAKE THEY RE AIMING FOR v THEM USABLE ON TOUCH SCREEN NOTEBOOKS )NTEL STUDENT DEVELOPER MANAGER 0AUL 3OME HOWEVER STRUGGLED TO HAVE A FINISHED 3TEINBERG WHO WORKS WITH -URPHY IN BUILD PRODUCT AS THE GROUPS ENCOUNTERED CODING DIF ING CURRICULUM FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE CLASSES

HELPS IN PROVIDING ### WITH THE RESOURCES THEY FICULTIES FOR THE APPLICATIONS 3TUDENT &RANCIA 'ARCIA SAID HER GROUP WAS NEED h "EING AT THE )$& IS GREAT FOR CONNECTING WORKING ON ITS GAME THE NIGHT PRIOR TO THE EVENT

AIMING TO FOCUS ON HOW TO PROVIDE TOUCH SENSOR STUDENTS AT ### WITH THE WORLD 4HEY RE ENGI 3!92! (%2.!.$%: 4(% !$6/#!4% NEERS OF THE FUTURE v 3TEINBERG SAID $EEP IN COMBAT ### COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJORS *EFFERY 0ETERSEN LEFT CODING INTO THEIR SYSTEM (ER GROUP HOWEVER HAD TO RE PROGRAM ITS 3AKI 7ANG AND *OSE 6ENTURA COMPETE IN THE h(ACKATHONv HELD AT THE -OSCONE #ENTER IN 3AN &RANCISCO ON 3EPT "Y -ARCI 3UELA

!$6%24)3%-%.4

3#%.%

7%$.%3$!9 3%04 L 4(% !$6/#!4%

(YPNOTIZING BALLADS HIT HARD Gothic metal band’s albums, singles receive wide acclaim "Y #HEYENNE 'ALLON .%73 %$)4/2

CGALLON ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

! LOST TREASURE CAN BE DEFINED AS A GEM BURIED SO DEEP THAT IT IS INVISIBLE WITH NO ONE AWARE OF JUST HOW PRECIOUS OF A STONE IT REALLY IS ˆ A PERFECT WAY TO DESCRIBE THE GOTHIC METAL BAND 4YPE / .EGATIVE /RIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE .ORTHERN ,IGHTS IN THE LATE S

BAND MEMBERS 0ETER 3TEELE +ENNY (ICKEY *OSH 3ILVER AND *OHNNY +ELLY SETTLED ON THE NAME 4YPE / .EGATIVE BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM h3LOW $EEP AND (ARDv IN *UNE OF 4HE ALBUM WAS JUST THAT 3LOW

DRAGGED OUT GUITARS WITH BOTH DEEP AND HARD HITTING LYRICS 4HE TOPICS RANGED FROM PROMISCUOUS WOMEN

SUICIDE AND KILLING A CHEATING LOVER TO HUMAN SCUM )T WAS TOPPED OFF WITH THE TRACK h(EY 0ETE v A SIN ISTER VERSION OF h(EY *OE v A SONG FAMOUSLY COVERED BY *IMI (ENDRIX 7HILE IT WAS A GREAT ALBUM WITH DRAWN OUT SORROWFUL GUITAR RIFFS AND PUNK LIKE OUTBURSTS IT WASN T ENOUGH TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE BAND MEMBERS 4HE SPOTLIGHT WOULD NOT SHINE ON THEM UNTIL THE RELEASE OF THEIR THIRD ALBUM h"LOODY +ISSES v !RMED WITH SONGS h#HRISTIAN 7OMANv AND h"LACK .O v AS THEIR HIT SINGLES 4YPE / .EGATIVE WOULD GO ON TO RECEIVE ACCLAIM

BY FANS AND CRITICS RESULTING IN THE ALBUM REACHING PLATINUM STATUS 4HE ALBUM WAS A CHANGE FROM THE BAND S PREVIOUS TWO AS THE SUB JECT MATTER BECAME LESS VIOLENT 4RACKS LIKE h4OO ,ATE &ROZENv WOULD START OFF FAST PACED BRINGING THE LISTENER INTO A SENSE OF COMFORT

THINKING THE SONG WAS TYPICAL OF ITS EARLIER WORK 3UDDENLY THE MOOD WOULD SHIFT MIDWAY THROUGH ALMOST AS IF IT WAS PLAYING IN SLOW MOTION 4HE SONG GROWS DARKER AND THE VOCALS BECOME MORE HAUNTING AS THE LYRICS TELL OF A MAN WHO HAD GROWN NUMB AND FROZEN AFTER THE

30%#)!, 4/ 4(% !$6/#!4%

BETRAYAL OF HIS FORMER LOVER 3UCH THEMES CONTINUED IN THE FEEL ING OF LONELINESS EXPRESSED IN THE SONG h"LOOD AND &IREv AND THE DES PERATION OF h#AN T ,OSE 9OU v COM MUNICATED IN ONLY FOUR LYRICS REPEATED ON A LOOP !ND WHAT WOULD COME TO BE A TYPI CAL FEATURE ON THEIR ALBUM THE BAND COVERED h3UMMER "REEZEv BY 3EALS AND #ROFT SLOWING DOWN THE HAPPY TEMPO TO MATCH ITS SOMBER SOUND h"LOODY +ISSESv WAS THE START OF WHAT WOULD COME TO BE LEAD SINGER 0ETER 3TEELE S TRADEMARK VAMPIRE LIKE VOCALS THAT WOULD MESH PERFECTLY WITH THEIR NEXT ALBUM h/CTOBER 2UST v .O DOUBT THEIR MOST EROTIC ALBUM

,OST 4REASURE

h2USTv TACKLED THE THEMES OF LOVE AND ROMANCE THAT ARE UNMISTAKABLE IN THE LYRICS ! PRIME EXAMPLE IS h,OVE 9OU TO $EATH v A SENSUAL BALLAD FILLED WITH EROTIC LYRICS ,ISTENING TO 3TEELE S VOICE IS ALMOST HYPNOTIZING AS THE SOFT PIANO MIXED IN WITH THE HARD GUITAR RIFFS SET THE MOOD FOR WHAT WOULD BE THE SEXIEST TRACK ON THE ALBUM "UT UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST HEART BREAKING TRACK IS h2ED 7ATER #HRISTMAS -OURNING v !S SOON AS THE MUSIC KICKS IN THE LISTENER CAN ALMOST PICTURE A SNOWY WINTER DAY AND AN EMPTY HOUSE FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT DECORATIONS AS THE LYRICS DESCRIBE A SAD #HRISTMAS $AY WHERE FOUR MEMBERS OF A FAMILY HAVE PASSED AWAY &OR THIS ALBUM 4YPE / .EGATIVE

WOULD COVER .EIL 9OUNG S h#INNAMON 'IRL v A BREAK FROM PREVIOUS COVERS AS THE SOUND IS UPBEAT AND NOT AS DARK AS LISTENERS HAD COME TO EXPECT 7ITH THE MESMERIZING VOICE OF 3TEELE COMBINED WITH THE HARMONIC AND SYNCHRONIZED BACKING VOCALS OF (ICKEY 3ILVER AND +ELLY AS WELL AS THE TALENT 3TEELE DISPLAYED ON HIS BASS GUITAR TO COMPLEMENT +ELLY S SKILLED DRUM PLAY 4YPE / .EGATIVE IS A UNIQUE BAND OF THE S WITH ITS OWN SOUND 3ADLY THE DEATH OF 3TEELE IN !PRIL OF LAID THE BAND TO REST FOR GOOD

SO FANS WILL ONLY HAVE ITS PAST MUSIC TO REMEMBER IT BY 4HE ALBUMS ARE A MASTERPIECE OF MUSIC CREATED BY A BAND THAT DID NOT GET THE RECOGNITION IT TRULY DESERVED

AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES 4YPE / .EGATIVE A LOST TREASURE

Collective’s bright, loud songs perplex "Y &AYTHE $EL 2OSARIO 3#%.% %$)4/2

FROSARIO ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

!FTER LISTENING TO !NIMAL #OLLECTIVE S NINTH ALBUM h#ENTIPEDE (Zv SEVERAL TIMES IT IS HARD TO DETER MINE THE DIRECTION THE BAND IS GOING !ND THAT COULD BE A GOOD OR BAD THING /NCE AGAIN BAND MEMBERS !VEY 4ARE $AVID 0ORTNER 0ANDA "EAR .OAH ,ENNOX $EAKIN *OSH $IBB AND 'EOLOGIST "RIAN 7EITZ HAVE RELEASED A PSYCHEDELIC AND ELOQUENTLY CONVOLUTED PIECE OF WORK $OMINO 2ECORDS RELEASED h#ENTIPEDE (Zv 3EPT 4HE ALBUM MARKS THE RETURN OF $IBB WHO SAT OUT RECORDING SESSIONS FOR THE GROUP S LAST RECORD THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED h-ERRIWEATHER 0OST 0AVILION v RELEASED THREE YEARS AGO &OR THE SAKE OF TASTE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MORE PLEASANT LISTEN HAD THERE BEEN MORE COHESION THROUGHOUT THE TRACKS ON h#ENTIPEDE (Z v BRING ING THEM TOGETHER MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG ON THE SAME ALBUM )NSTEAD THEY SOUND CHAOTIC 0ERHAPS THIS IS !NIMAL #OLLECTIVE S ULTIMATE INTENTION 4HE TRACKS ARE REMINISCENT OF A POOL OF BRIGHT COLORS WARPING INSIDE THE MIDDLE OF ONE S MIND ,ISTENING TO THEM LITERALLY BRINGS A FEELING OF HAVING A CENTIPEDE CRAWLING AND SNAPPING ONTO EVERY NEURON IN THE BRAIN LEAVING ONE COMPLETELY CON FUSED WONDERING WHAT JUST HAPPENED 4HE AMBIVALENT FEELING TOWARD THIS 30%#)!, 4/ 4(% !$6/#!4% ALBUM GOES TO SHOWS THE DIFFICULTY 5NUSUAL HARMONYˆ -USICIAN $AVID 0ORTNER WHO IS BETTER KNOWN BY THE MONIKER IN DISTINGUISHING AN OVERALL OPINION !VEY 4ARE AND IS THE FOUNDER OF THE PSYCHEDELIC ROCK BAND !NIMAL #OLLECTIVE ASIDE FROM IT BEING TOO CLUSTERED IN

ITS PRODUCTION 4HE ALBUM PRODUCES THE SAME FAMILIARITY WITH THE "ALTIMORE NATIVE !NIMAL #OLLECTIVE S PAST DISCOGRA PHY PARTICULARLY ITS RELEASE h&EELS v 4HIS LATEST RELEASE IS MORE EXPERIMENTAL IN SOUND AND DIGRESS ES FROM THE POP MUSIC SOUND OF h-ERRIWEATHER 0OST 0AVILION v )N THE FIRST TRACK h-OONJOCK v THE ELEMENTS CARRY TOO MANY BURDENS 4HE LYRICS ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND

ASIDE FROM THE WORDS IN THE CHORUS

AND THE SONG IS TOO LOUD 4HIS RESULTS IN A WEAK START FOR THE ALBUM 4HE ECHOING RESONANCE NEAR THE CHORUS OF THE SONG CAN GET ANNOYING AFTER THE THIRD LISTEN h7IDE %YED v THE FIFTH TRACK HAS A SMOOTH TONE AND THE PERCUSSION WITH CDREVIEW SYNTHESIZERS CREATES A REPETITIOUS ESCALAT ING THAT RESULTS IN AN ETHNIC SOUNDING VIN TAGE FEEL h2OSIE /Hv h#ENTIPEDE (Zv IS THE SHORTEST TRACK ★★★★★ ON THE ALBUM AT JUST !RTIST !NIMAL UNDER THREE MINUTES #OLLECTIVE AND HAS THE MOST POP 'ENRE MUSIC LIKE FEEL TO IT 0SYCHEDELIC ,ABEL $OMINO APPEALING TO A WIDER 2ECORDS AUDIENCE 2ELEASE $ATE !NIMAL #OLLECTIVE 3EPT SHOULD BE COMMEND ED FOR ITS PROWESS IN EXPERIMENTING IN ITS SOUND ON OF EVERY ALBUM 5SUALLY THE RESULT IS A POSITIVE ONE "UT IN THIS CASE MANY OF THE TRACKS ON h#ENTIPEDE (Zv SOUND MUCH TOO INDIVIDUALISTIC FROM EACH OTHER THAT IT IS ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE THEY BELONG TOGETHER ON THE SAME RELEASE

4(% !$6/#!4% L 7%$.%3$!9 3%04

&/#53 2IDING SLOWˆ 'RAND -ARSHAL #ARL 0ETERSDORF LEFT AND ,IEUTENANT TO THE 'RAND -ARSHAL ,EN "ATTAGLIA WAVE TO THE CROWD DURING THE ANNUAL %L 3OBRANTE 3TROLL HELD ON 3AN 0ABLO $AM 2OAD ON 3UNDAY

342/,,).' through

EL SOBRANTE Photos by Sayra Hernandez and Alexander Mora

#LASSIC CARS ˆ ! S #HEVROLET CAR SITS ON DISPLAY DURING THE #LASSIC #AR 3HOW HELD AT THE %L 3OBRANTE 3TROLL HELD ON 3AN 0ABLO $AM 2OAD ON 3UNDAY (IGH IN THE AIR ˆ "ICYCLE RIDER *ASON ,OPEZ SPINS THROUGH THE AIR DURING THE %L 3OBRANTE 3TROLL HELD ON 3AN 0ABLO $AM 2OAD ON 3UNDAY )N UNISONˆ 4HE 0INOLE 6ALLEY (IGH 3CHOOL MARCH ING BAND MARCHES DOWN 3AN 0ABLO $AM 2OAD DURING THE PARADE AT THE %L 3OBRANTE 3TROLL ON 3UNDAY

30/243

7%$.%3$!9 3%04 L 4(% !$6/#!4%

Defense forces four turnovers Squad tallies 312 rushing yards, seals 32-2 victory "Y -ALCOLM ,ASTRA 30/243 %$)4/2

MLASTRA ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

!,%8!.$%2 -/2! 4(% !$6/#!4%

3TRUGGLE ˆ #OMET MIDFIELDER *AMIE 2UIZ HEADS THE BALL AS 'LADIATOR DEFENDERS BATTLE FOR POSSESSION DURING THE GAME AGAINST #HABOT #OLLEGE AT THE SOCCER FIELD ON &RIDAY

'LADIATORS TRIUMPH OVER #OMETS IN SHUTOUT ONLY THREE DEFENDERS (E SAID THAT HE WAS TRYING TO CRE 34!&& 72)4%2 ATE BETTER SCORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS MTHOMAS ADVOCATE GMAIL COM #OMET SQUAD AS HE FELT THAT THE TEAM $ESPITE A GOOD DEFENSIVE EFFORT IN THE PLAYED BETTER AS A PLAYER SQUAD h7E WERE PLAYING WITH ONLY THREE FIRST HALF THE MEN S SOCCER TEAM FAILED TO PUT A GOAL ON THE SCOREBOARD AS #ONTRA DEFENDERS SO ) TOOK A CHANCE AND THAT #OSTA #OLLEGE WAS SHUT OUT AT HOME CREATED MORE SCORING OPPORTUNITIES 5NFORTUNATELY WE DIDN T GET THEM v AGAINST #HABOT #OLLEGE ON &RIDAY :ELLER SAID h) FEEL LIKE 4RAILING IN THE WE PLAYED WELL WITH SECOND HALF ### ScoreBoard PLAYERS v DEFENDER #ARLOS 4HE #OMETS MAN ,OZANO RECEIVED A RED 'LADIATORS AGED ONLY SHOTS ON CARD AND WAS EJECTED #OMETS GOALS COMPARED TO THE FROM THE GAME FORCING 'LADIATORS THE SQUAD TO PLAY WITH .EXT GAME 3OLID DEFENSE FROM PLAYERS FOR THE REST &RIDAY AT "UTTE #OLLEGE

BOTH TEAMS KEPT THE OF THE HALF P M GAME SCORELESS IN THE h) THOUGHT WE &OLLOW THIS GAME LIVE AT FIRST HALF PLAYED A GOOD GAME

TWITTER COM ACCENTADVOCATE #HABOT MIDFIELDER HOWEVER THAT RED CARD 'ERALDO :ENDEJAS WAS WAS KEY TO US LOSING ABLE TO SCORE TWO CON THE GAME v #OMET COACH 2UDY :ELLER SAID h #HABOT TOOK SECUTIVE GOALS IN THE SECOND HALF 'LADIATOR MIDFIELDER %LLIOT 0ETERSEN ADVANTAGE OF THE EJECTION v 4HE #OMETS WERE ALSO SHUT OUT BY ADDED THE FINAL GOAL IN THE TH MINUTE -ODESTO *UNIOR #OLLEGE ON 3EPT OF THE SECOND HALF WHICH SEALED THE WIN ### WILL GO ON THE ROAD TO PLAY "UTTE FOR #HABOT 4HE #OMETS WERE OUTNUMBERED ON #OLLEGE THIS &RIDAY AT P M $UE TO ,OZANO S EJECTION :ELLER WAS THE FIELD FOR THE REMINDER OF THE SECOND FORCED TO PLAY THE REST OF THE GAME WITH HALF BEING DOWN ONE MAN BUT BAD PASS "Y -IKE 4HOMAS

ING CAUSED THE TEAM TO MISS OPPORTUNI TIES TO SCORE ### MIDFIELDER 'RIFFIN 0IPER SAID THE TEAM NEEDS TO IMPROVE ON CONVERTING SHORT PASSES IN ORDER TO MAKE SPACE FOR SCORING OPPORTUNITIES h)T S DIFFICULT TO PLAY WHEN YOU ARE OUTNUMBERED BY YOUR OPPONENT v 0IPER SAID h7E NEED COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER MORE AND GET TO THE OPPONENT S GOAL FASTER v #OMET STRIKER /MAR !RELLANO SAID :ELLER AND PLAYERS AGREED THAT THEY WANT TO IMPROVE ON ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR GAME AS THEY HAVE TALENTED PLAYERS

HOWEVER THE LACK OF CHEMISTRY AND COM MUNICATION HURTS THE SQUAD h7E NEED TO KEEP WORKING UNTIL WE GET OUR CHEMISTRY TOGETHER v !RELLANO SAID #OMET DEFENDER 'URJEET 3INGH SAID THAT THE SMALL ROSTER SIZE IS DUE TO PLAY ERS BEING UNABLE TO PLAY BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER INELIGIBLE OR INJURED h "ECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF PLAYERS WE NEED TO WORK HARDER THEN EVER BEFORE v 3INGH SAID 4HE #OMETS OPEN "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE PLAY AGAINST .APA 6ALLEY 4UESDAY AT P M ON THE SOCCER FIELD

$EFENSE HAS BEEN THE ANSWER TO THE SUCCESS OF THE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM SO FAR IN THE SEASON 4HE .O RANKED DEFENSIVE UNIT IN THE STATE FORCED ON FOUR TURNOVERS AND THE #OMETS ADDED A FORMIDABLE RUSHING ATTACK OF YARDS TO SPARK A VICTORY AGAINST 'AVILAN #OLLEGE IN 'ILROY ON 3EPT 4HE #OMET DEFENSE WAS ABLE TO SNAG THREE INTERCEPTIONS AGAINST THE 2AMS AND RETURN ScoreBoard A FUMBLE FOR A #OMETS TOUCHDOWN 2AMS #OMET DEFEN SIVE LINEMAN .EXT GAME -IKE $OUGLAS 3ATURDAY VS (ARTNELL SAID h7E GAVE #OLLEGE P M THE OFFENSE A CHANCE TO PUT &OLLOW THIS GAME LIVE AT POINTS ON THE TWITTER COM ACCENTADVOCATE SCOREBOARD AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO AS WELL v ### LOOKS TO CONTINUE ITS DEFENSIVE DOMINATION AGAINST (ARTNELL #OLLEGE AT HOME 3ATURDAY AT P M 3O FAR THIS SEASON THE #OMETS LEAD THE "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE IN INTERCEPTIONS SACKS AND DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS 4HEY HAVE FOUR OF THOSE IN JUST THREE GAMES !ND AGAINST 'AVILAN THE #OMET DEFENSE WAS ABLE TO BACK UP ITS STATE RANKING HOLDING THE 2AMS TO A TOTAL OF YARDS #OMET DEFENSIVE BACK !NTHONY "EAVER *R RETURNED A FUMBLE YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN THE THIRD QUARTER

GIVING HIM TWO DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE YEAR $EFENSIVE BACK #HRISTOPHER "ROWN ADDED ANOTHER DEFENSIVE SCORE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR ### RETURN ING AN INTERCEPTION YARDS 7HILE THE #OMETS STRUGGLED TO ESTABLISH CONSIS TENCY RUNNING THE BALL OVER THE FIRST TWO GAMES TOTAL ING JUST YARDS THEY WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR RUNNING GAME AGAINST THE SMALLER 2AM DEFENSE h7E WANTED TO RUN THE BALL AND CONTROL THE CLOCK v #OMET COACH !LONZO #ARTER SAID h7E HAVEN T RAN THE BALL WELL THIS SEASON BUT WE WERE ABLE TO USE OUR SIZE AS A PHYSICAL ADVANTAGE v 4HE 2AMS SCORED THEIR ONLY POINTS OF THE GAME IN THE SECOND QUARTER WHEN DEFENSIVE BACK *EFF 3MITH RETURNED A BLOCKED #OMET EXTRA POINT ATTEMPT YARDS FOR TWO POINTS h7E WANTED TO SHUT OUT THE 2AMS AS A UNIT AND WE DID AS THEY ONLY SCORED ON THAT BLOCKED EXTRA POINT v #ARTER SAID h) APPRECIATED OUR TEAM S EFFORTS v

Defensive struggle results in 2-2 draw "Y #HEYENNE 'ALLON .%73 %$)4/2

CGALLON ADVOCATE GMAIL COM

! LAST MINUTE GAME TYING GOAL

BY THE WOMEN S SOCCER TEAM

HELPED PREVENT A LOSS FOR #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE AS THE SQUAD TIED MATCH WITH ,ASSEN #OLLEGE AT HOME ON &RIDAY $ESPITE THE #OUGARS HAVING A LEAD WITH LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY ### FORWARD (AZEL #ENTENO MANAGED TO SCORE A GOAL WHICH ULTIMATELY FORCED THE GAME INTO A DRAW h) M SO HAPPY THAT WE TIED v #ENTENO SAID h) FEEL PROUD OF MY TEAM v

4HE #OMETS WILL GO ON THE ROAD TO FACE &EATHER 2IVER #OLLEGE 4HURSDAY AT P M ,AST 4HURSDAY S GAME WAS INTENSE FROM START TO FINISH AS BOTH TEAMS FOUGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE BALL AND THE FIELD h7E HAVE PLAYED AGAINST BET TER COMPETITION BUT ,ASSEN IS A GOOD TEAM v #OMET COACH .IKKI &ERGUSON SAID h 4HIS GAME WAS MORE CHALLENGING v .O GOALS WERE MADE IN THE FIRST HALF AS GOALIES FROM BOTH TEAMS PREVENTED THE BALL FROM PASSING THEM #OMET GOALIE *ASMINE %SCOBAR SAID SHE DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO KEEP ,ASSEN FROM SCORING

h) WASN T SCARED OF GOING FOR THE BALL ) JUST WENT FOR IT v %SCOBAR SAID h) DIDN T CARE IF ) GOT HURT ) KNEW THAT ) WOULD HAVE TO SACRI FICE MYSELF FOR THE TEAM v 5NFORTUNATELY FOR %SCOBAR SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP EVERY ATTEMPT ED SHOT BY THE #OUGARS AS THEY MANAGED TO SCORE THEIR FIRST GOAL MINUTES INTO THE GAME ### ANSWERED LESS THAN MINUTES LATER WITH A GOAL OF ITS OWN AT MINUTES OF THE GAME WHEN #ENTENO SCORED A GOAL ASSISTED BY DEFENDER 2OSALINA -EDINA %SCOBAR SAID THE SECOND GOAL

BY THE #OUGARS SIX MINUTES LATER

NEARLY ENDED THE GAME FOR ### h!FTER THEY SCORED THE SECOND

GOAL ) THOUGHT THE GAME WOULD BE SHE SAID &ERGUSON SAID THAT THE GAME OVER v %SCOBAR SAID WAS PHYSICAL

# E N T E N O

BUT IT WAS GOOD HOWEVER WAS TO SEE THE TEAM ABLE TO SCORE ScoreBoard STEP UP HER SECOND AND #OUGARS $UE TO THE WHAT WOULD BE #OMETS GAME S PHYSI THE TYING GOAL CALITY "ARBOZA WITH ONE MINUTE .EXT GAME -ARISCAL AND REMAINING IN THE 4HURSDAY AT !MERICAN #OMET MID GAME 2IVER #OLLEGE P M FIELDER $EANNA h) LIKED THE 'UZMAN WERE WORK AND ENER &OLLOW THIS GAME LIVE AT TAKEN OUT IN THE GY WE SHOWED TWITTER COM ACCENTADVOCATE MIDDLE OF THE IN THE GAME v FIRST HALF DUE TO &ERGUSON SAID ANKLE INJURIES "ARBOZA -ARISCAL AGREED &ERGUSON SAID THAT HE IS FOCUSED h7E PLAYED A REALLY INTENSE GAME 4HIS IS THE BEST WE PLAYED v ON GETTING THEM HEALTHY

&ALCONS SHATTER TEAM

### DROPS THREE SETS #OLLEGE 4HURSDAY AT P M 4HE TEAM PLAYED WITH A MORE PHYSICAL 34!&& 72)4%2 MENTALITY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS GAMES HOW HJORDAN ADVOCATE GMAIL COM EVER THEY WERE NO MATCH FOR THE &ALCONS h6OLLEYBALL IS A GAME OF MOMENTUM v &!)2&)%,$ ˆ 0OSITIONING WOES PLAGUED THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AS IT LOST ITS MATCH 3HRIEVE SAID 4HE #OMETS SHOWED STRETCHES OF EXECUT AGAINST 3OLANO #OMMUNITY #OLLEGE IN THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF AND ING WELL AS THEY MANAGED TO FORCE RALLIES AGAINST A SUPERIOR 3## HERE ON &RIDAY TEAM #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE 7HILE ### WOULD TRY OVERALL IN THE ScoreBoard TO ESTABLISH MOMENTUM

"AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE &ALCONS DEF #OMETS THE &ALCONS WOULD SNATCH CONTINUED ITS LOSING WAYS

IT AWAY WITH SCORING CON AS IT FAILED TO SNAG A ROAD VERSIONS AND SUPERIOR WIN IN ITS "6# OPENING .EXT GAME SERVING GAME AGAINST THE &ALCONS &RIDAY AT ,ANEY #OLLEGE

3HRIEVE SAID THAT A OVERALL IN THE P M LACK OF COMMUNICATION "6# ALSO HURT THE #OMETS AS h7E PLAYED VERY WELL

&OLLOW THIS GAME LIVE AT SEVERAL PLAYERS WOULD HOWEVER 3OLANO IS A TWITTER COM ACCENTADVOCATE ATTEMPT TO BLOCK THE BALL VERY GOOD TEAM WHO WILL AT THE SAME TIME WHICH PROBABLY COMPETE IN THE CAUSED CONFUSION LEADING .OR #AL PLAYOFFS v #OMET COACH :ACHARY 3HRIEVE SAID h3OLANO IS TO NO ATTEMPTS AT DEFENDING BALLS RESULTING KNOWN FOR THEIR SERVING AND THEY PUT THE BALL IN POINTS FOR THE &ALCONS h7E WILL KEEP WORKING IN PRACTICE AND AS WHERE THEY WANTED TO v 1).' (5!.' 4(% !$6/#!4% 4HE #OMETS WILL HOPE TO GET THEIR FIRST THE YEAR GOES ON WE WILL KEEP IMPROVING v /UT OF REACH ˆ #OMET MIDDLE BLOCKER *ESSICA .EVILLE FAILS TO HIT THE BALL DURING WIN OF THE SEASON ON THE ROAD AGAINST ,ANEY 3HRIEVE SAID THE GAME AGAINST THE &ALCONS AT 3OLANO #OMMUNITY #OLLEGE &RIDAY "Y (ORACE *ORDAN

4(% !$6/#!4% L 7%$.%3$!9 3%04

30/243

&OOTBALL 0REVIEW \

Young, talented squad seeks improvement for 2012 season

0(/4/ ),,5342!4)/. "9 '%/2'% -/2). 4(% !$6/#!4%

Under third year coach Alonzo Carter, Comets strive for BVC playoff contention

3CHEDULE 3EPT AT &OOTHILL #OLLEGE , 3EPT VS $E !NZA #OLLEGE 7 3EPT AT 'AVILAN #OLLEGE 7 3ATURDAY VS (ARTNELL #OLLEGE P M 3EPT VS 3ACRAMENTO #ITY #OLLEGE P M /CT "9% /CT AT 9UBA #OLLEGE P M /CT VS 3HASTA #OLLEGE P M /CT VS -ENDOCINO #OLLEGE P M .OV AT #OLLEGE OF THE 2EDWOODS P M .OV AT ,OS -EDANOS #OLLEGE P M

,AST SEASON

BY THE NUMBERS /VERALL RECORD

#ONFERENCE RECORD

#ONFERENCE FINISH THIRD

HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND CHEMISTRY 4HE #OMET RUSHING ATTACK LED BY SOPH 30/243 %$)4/2 OMORE RUNNING BACK 2ASHAD (ALL WAS MLASTRA ADVOCATE GMAIL COM ABSENT IN THE SQUAD S FIRST TWO GAMES ### 7ITH A GROUP OF FRESHMEN AND DID MANAGE TO GET THE GROUND GAME GOING SOPHOMORES THE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE IN A VICTORY OVER 'AVILAN #OLLEGE ON FOOTBALL TEAM HAS BEEN RE TOOLED FOR THE 3ATURDAY ### TOTALED YARDS ON THE GROUND AGAINST THE 2AMS SEASON h)F WE EVEN OUT THE OFFENSE BOTH PASS !FTER FINISHING OVERALL

IN THE "AY 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE AND FAILING ING AND RUNNING THE BALL WE CAN DEVELOP TO REACH A BOWL GAME THIRD YEAR COACH AS A TEAM A LOT MORE v -C+NIGHT SAID !LONZO #ARTER PLANS TO LEAD THE #OMET h!GAINST 'AVILAN WE PROVED THAT WE CAN RUN THE BALL SO AS LONG AS WE CAN GET THE SQUAD TO A CONFERENCE TITLE h4HE TEAM HAS A LOT OF DEPTH THIS YEAR SAME EFFORT IN THE PASSING GAME IT WILL HELP AND GUYS ARE WILLING TO STEP UP v #ARTER US WIN MORE GAMES v 5NDER #ARTER S NO SAID h4HIS TEAM IS VERY NONSENSE COACHING THE ATHLETIC HOWEVER WE RE “This team has a lot #OMETS HAVE BEEN ABLE NOT AS EXPERIENCED /NCE WE CAN FIND A of depth this year and TO IMPROVE EACH YEAR FINISHING OVER MEDIUM BETWEEN THE guys are willing to THE PAST TWO SEASONS EXPERIENCE AND OUR TAL ,AST YEAR S TEAM ENT WE CAN BE A GOOD step up.

This team is FEATURED MANY TALENTED FOOTBALL TEAM v /VER THE COURSE OF very athletic, however, PLAYERS !S A RESULT

THE SUMMER THE #OMETS we’re not as experi- #ARTER WAS ABLE TO SHIP NINE PLAYERS AWAY TO WORKED HARD TRYING TO enced. Once we can $IVISION UNIVERSITIES GEL UNDER THE LEADER FORCED #ARTER TO SHIP OF SOPHOMORE find a medium between 4HIS FIND FRESHMEN TO FILL QUARTERBACK ,AMAR VACANT ROSTER POSITIONS -C+NIGHT the experience and h2ECRUITING THIS -C+NIGHT WHO SPLIT QUARTERBACK DUTIES our talent we can be a SUMMER WAS IMPOR LAST SEASON WITH FORMER good football team.” TANT FOR US AND WE HAD TO WORK HARD TO MESH #OMET *EFF !NDERSON

PLAYERS TOGETHER AS A SAID THAT HE WELCOMED !LONZO #ARTER

UNIT v #ARTER SAID h4HIS HIS NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE #OMET FOOTBALL COACH SEASON WE RE REPLACING WITH OPEN ARMS h,AST SEASON TAUGHT ME TO UNDERSTAND FIVE PLAYERS FROM THE SECONDARY WHO WENT THE GAME BETTER AND HOW TO LEAD A TEAM v TO $ COLLEGES v $EFENSIVE COORDINATOR /TIS 9ELVERTON -C+NIGHT SAID h7E RE BONDING WELL AS A TEAM WITH EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AS AGREES h4HIS OFF SEASON HAS BEEN HARD AS WE A FAMILY v !FTER THREE GAMES THIS SEASON THE ONLY HAD TWO RETURNERS FROM LAST SEASON S #OMETS ARE AND THE DEFENSE HAS MADE TEAM ON DEFENSE v HE SAID h0LAYING WITH ITS PRESENCE KNOWN AS THE SQUAD RANKS .O A LOT OF NEW GUYS THIS YEAR FORCED ME TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT DEFENSIVE PLAY IN THE STATE DEFENSIVELY 4HE #OMET DEFENSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SHEETS v &OR #ARTER AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM LAST GRAB A TOTAL OF INTERCEPTIONS RECORD SACKS AND SCORE FOUR DEFENSIVE TOUCH YEAR DID NOT END AS THEY HOPED 4HEY FAILED TO REACH THE POSTSEASON AFTER BEGINNING THE DOWNS ALL OF WHICH LEAD THE "6# h7E RE BIGGER FASTER AND STRONGER YEAR 4HE TEAM STRUGGLED LATE GOING THIS YEAR v SOPHOMORE LINEBACKER %RIQUEL OVER ITS LAST FOUR CONTESTS ,ED BY A DEFENSIVE UNIT THAT RANKED &LORENCE SAID h,AST SEASON WE WERE RANKED TOP IN THE STATE DEFENSIVELY AND OUR GOAL .O IN THE STATE AND A SOLID OFFENSE

THE #OMETS HAD STRONG CHANCES OF A "6# IS TO ACHIEVE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR v /FFENSIVELY THIS SEASON ### HAS LOOKED CHAMPIONSHIP IN #ARTER SAID 4HIS INCONSISTENT AS -C+NIGHT AND HIS RECEIVERS YEAR THEY HOPE TO HAVE THAT CHANCE AGAIN "Y -ALCOLM ,ASTRA

+EY PLAYERS

2UNNING BACK

$OUGLAS

1UARTERBACK

(ALL

-C+NIGHT

"EAVER *R $EFENSIVE BACK

$EFENSIVE LINEMAN

2OSTER 2ASHAD "ENJAMIN WIDE RECEIVER SOPHOMORE 4YRAN &INLEY DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE $OMINIQUE (ARRISON DEFENSIVE BACK FRESHMAN #ARVONTE (ILL DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE 2ASHAD (ALL RUNNING BACK SOPHOMORE 2ANSOM #OOK DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE ,AMAR -C+NIGHT QUARTERBACK SOPHOMORE +EENAN #OOGLER LINEBACKER SOPHOMORE %RIQUEL &LORENCE LINEBACKER SOPHOMORE 0HADRAE 7HITE WIDE RECEIVER SOPHOMORE 2ONALD "UTLER WIDE RECEIVER SOPHOMORE -ALIK 7ATSON QUARTERBACK FRESHMAN &RANCISCO -EJIA WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN !NTHONY "EAVER *R DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE 4AYLOR 6ALDEZ QUARTERBACK FRESHMAN "YRON 4HOMAS *R QUARTERBACK FRESHMAN 2AENARD -C0HEE WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN !LEXANDER 3UTTICE WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN *AMILE 7HETSTONE WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN %DWARD -ULDROW *R LINEBACKER FRESHMAN *OHN ,EWIS DEFENSIVE BACK FRESHMAN .IIJAH (AUSER RUNNING BACK SOPHOMORE $AQUAN 3TEWART DEFENSIVE BACK FRESHMAN $AVONTE 3APP ,YNCH RUNNING BACK FRESHMAN !NTOINE 0ICKETT DEFENSIVE BACK FRESHMAN -ALIQUE %ARL DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE *ASON 3UELL RUNNING BACK FRESHMAN *UAWAN &ERGUSON RUNNING BACK FRESHMAN 4YRON 3TEVENS RUNNING BACK FRESHMAN 4YRELL ,INDSEY DEFENSIVE BACK FRESHMAN 4ERRANCE !LEXANDER DEFENSIVE BACK FRESHMAN +EIR !BRAMS FULLBACK FRESHMAN 4HOMAS 0ARSONS FULLBACK SOPHOMORE $ARNELL $AILEY LINEBACKER FRESHMAN !VION "ROWN DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE *OHN $AWKINS DEFENSIVE BACK FRESHMAN !LONZO #UDJO DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE #HRISTOPHER "ROWN DEFENSIVE BACK FRESHMAN ,ESHAWN ,AMPKINS RUNNING BACK FRESHMAN $ANIEL (OLIDAY KICKER FRESHMAN !NTAR /TIS DEFENSIVE LINE FRESHMAN !USTIN .EFF DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE 4RAVON -C'ILBA LINEBACKER FRESHMAN 1UINTARIUS -OULTRIE DEFENSIVE BACK SOPHOMORE 4ODD 2EGINALD LINEBACKER FRESHMAN *ENTRELL 7OODWARD LINEBACKER FRESHMAN !NTOINE 0ERKINS LINEBACKER SOPHOMORE $ERRICK (OGAN LINEBACKER FRESHMAN $EMETRIUS #HERRY DEFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE *ERRY 3MITH DEFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE ,AVAKA -AILE DEFENSIVE LINE FRESHMAN %LLIOT $UPREE LINEBACKER FRESHMAN -ARQUAVIS "ROWN LINEBACKER SOPHOMORE %LLIOT $UPREE LINEBACKER FRESHMAN -YLES 'RACE OFFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE $ESMOND (ARRISON OFFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE -ARK (ARDEN OFFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE *AMES $AILEY OFFENSIVE LINE FRESHMAN +RISTIAN -C#ANTS OFFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE /FA 3ANTOS OFFENSIVE LINE FRESHMAN $AMIEN 0ARRIS OFFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE *AVEN "RADSHAW OFFENSIVE LINE FRESHMAN *AMES -C.EELY OFFENSIVE LINE FRESHMAN "RANDON +ING OFFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE +ENYON 7ALDEN WIDE RECEIVER SOPHOMORE 4ENAUS $UNN WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN *OSHUA 0ARKER WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN !NDRE 'RAY WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN $E VON 7ALLACE WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN 4AVIO (OWARD TIGHT END SOPHOMORE 3TEFAN 4HOMPSON WIDE RECEIVER FRESHMAN #HRISTOPHER 2OSE TIGHT END SOPHOMORE -ICHAEL $OUGLAS DEFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE "EROSKI (UGULEY DEFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE +AMAREN 3PENCER DEFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE -ARCUS %DWARDS DEFENSIVE LINE SOPHOMORE