Volume 21, Issue 11 (March 14, 2011)

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Muslim Student Association brings a new light to old conflict

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Dr. Shannon gives budget answers page 3 Going green helps students make green page 5 The Chaffey Review celebrates its hard work page 8 Classrooms used to voice opinion Page 9 First Amendment put to the test Page 10

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Jordan Smith examines the Apartheid Wall, as named by Palestinians, that was erected by the Muslim Student Association to draw attention to Palestinians plight in the West Bank of Israel. The Wall was first constructed by the campuses of the University of Irvine and UCLA in 2002 and travels around Southern California. This the second time this wall has been at Chaffey.

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March. 1- Burglary March. 2- Petty Theft: Bldg/ Vehicle/Etc. —As reported by Campus police

Women's History Month Celebrate Women's History Month with a discussion from the women making history in our time. ASCC welcomes Assemblywoman Norma Torres to the Rancho Cucamonga Campus at CAA 218 on Thursday, March 17. This event will begin at 5:30 p.m., a reception will follow the presentation.

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The sunny patio at the Wignall Museum Gallery set the scene for more than a dozen enthusiasts on a day of marathon reading of the “House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros. “House” is this year’s college book and the collection of short stories proved ideal for reading aloud. Readers included Neil Watkins, coordinator of English and journalism, Maria Boyd, curriculum coordinator, and Mazzie Vizio, English instructor.

Run for Student Government Petitions to run for ASCC offices are available in student activities. The deadline to file is Monday, March. 28 at noon.

Offices include the President/Student Trustee, Vice-President of Administration, President Pro-Tempore, commissioner of activities, commissioner of Inter-Club and six senator seats.

Write the perfect resume The Global Career Center will hold its popular Resume Writing and Interview Skills Workshops. Resume Writing will be held on Thursday, March 10, and Interview Skills will be held on Thursday, March 30. For more information or to sign up, visit the GCC on the Rancho Cucamonga Campus or call (909) 652-6511.

ASCC to award $150,000 in scholarships The Associated Students of Chaffey College will award $150,000 in scholarships this semester to current Chaffey students. A list of all 29 scholarship opportunities is available at the website: http://www. chaffey.edu/stuactiv/scholarship.

All applications and supporting materials are due by 2 p.m. on March 28. No late applications will be accepted.

Do you eat meat? Ethics panel The League of Secular Free Thought is sponsoring a thought-provoking panel on the ethics of eating meat on Monday, March 14 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in CAA-211. Panelists include Chaffey professors Ryan Falcioni and Dan Mages as well as additional guest speakers.

Cancer awareness day Cancer Awareness Day will be held Thursday, March 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the promenade by the AD building.

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Young artists series The Chaffey College Child Development Center and Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art invite students to view and bid on artwork created by youngsters attending the center's program. This exhibition showcases the talent, exploration and creativity Chaffey programs are known for. All proceeds benefit the CDC and the Wignall Museum Gallery in support of future art and literacy programs for children and families. View the exhibition in the Wignall on March 1517. A silent auction will be held March 18 from noon to 5 p.m.

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Forum discusses possible budget scenarios JESSICA RUBIO

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udget issues have been troubling the college for more than two years and there seems to be no end to it.

A Budget Forum brought in a full house of faculty and staff members on March 9 to get answers to all their inquiries.

The forum was broadcast live to both the Chino and Fontana campuses. Keynote speakers included Chaffey President, Dr. Henry Shannon, Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, Dr. Sherrie Guerrero, director of budgeting services and dispersing officer, Anita Undercoffer, and Vice President of Business Operations, Stephen Menzel.

The talk of money started off with state reductions. Shannon made it a point to talk about the state reductions that revolve around Prop 98, as well as the looming deadline to add a tax increase package to the ballot.

Beginning in 2009, a revenue and expense analysis showed that the school had more expenses than income. From there, it seems that the problem continued to worsen.

A presentation with plans of action and budget strategies were put up for all to see and discuss ways to reduce expenses.

Menzel explained the next steps and options that the college could take.

The college first plans to cooperate with the state and deal with what they are given.

“The budget needs to be based on the reserves we get,” Menzel said.

From there they will try to define the problem of balancing the budget by changing their ways and moving towards aligning budgeted expenses to budgeted revenues.

Discretionary reductions were another strategy plan talked about. The percentage of reductions ranged from 6.5 to 15 percent of the budget. That means that the school would be losing from $9,530,727 to $10,245,779.

Guerrero mentioned that cutting sections would only save the college approximately $7 million, just a small portion of the entire $85 million budget with which the Chaffey district operates.

“Think of the section cuts as a way to trigger reductions,” Shannon said.

“I feel very strongly that we plan for the worst-case scenario,” Guerrero said. “We could either plan and be creative or put our heads in the sand and have a worst-case scenario.

The state requires the community colleges to have a 5 percent reserve, while the board requires a 7 percent reserve. This has led to the district operating with a $14 to $15 million reserve.

“If we didn’t have that reserve we’d be having layoffs. Instead, we can use that money so we can work with our expenses and revenues without having to lay people off,” Guerrero said.

But even the smallest reduction would be 6.4 percent, which is still a $4 million reduction from current expenditures.

“Clearly we are not going to be able to service all students,” Menzel said.

All facts shown were based on A, B, C budget scenarios, detailed in a chart that appeared in the Feb. 14 issue of The Breeze.

The scenarios depicted anywhere from 375 to 844 sections eliminated from next year’s course schedule and lost classroom seats at between 11,250 to 25,320.

Regardless of which scenario plays out, a number of students are going to be left without a seat for education. Those who do may be facing fee increases to as much as $66 a unit.

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Anita Undercoffer and President Dr. Henry Shannon spoke at the budget forum at the Rancho campus on March 9 to give staff, faculty, students and management an understanding of the future budget cuts.

Faculty, staff and students were all on edge as Dr. Henry Shannon discussed budget cuts of future semesters.

Omnitrans helps students ride free

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plan that was first scheduled to be initiated in 2008, Omnitrans bus services in Rancho Cucamonga is planning on distributing over 20,000 bus passes to students this fall.

These passes will only be good for the first month of the semester, but the idea is to get students to try the bus and see if it might be an easier alternative to trying to find parking, dealing with traffic and all of the other aggravations that students have to deal with when driving to the campus.

With the new transit center on campus that opened this semester, bus usage continues to grow.

The center was designed to attract

students to be more inclined to using the bus and finding a bus route that is near their homes.

“More than 600 bus boardings are occurring now on a typical school day at the Rancho Cucamonga campus – up 60 percent from just three years ago,” CEO and General Manager Milo Victoria said.

Victoria said that Omnitrans is “pleased to be partnering with Chaffey College to open this beautiful new Center to accommodate students’ growing demand for low-cost, reliable transportation.”

Three Omnitrans routes — 68, 80, and 81 — continue to service to the students attending the main campus.

Students are now able to connect

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directly from the Rancho Cucamonga campus to the Fontana and Chino campuses as well as to Victoria Gardens, Ontario Mills and the Epicenter stadium.

Chaffey’s ultimate goal is to provide free service to students for the entire year.

Omnitrans has estimated that this would cost $150,000 a year.

With all the new budget cuts this year and classes getting cut next semester it does not look like this is going to happen, according to Victoria.

Regardless, gas prices are rising almost daily and students are sure to appreciate options other than sitting in the parking lot for hours looking for an empty parking space.

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GCC: Students resource for career help

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DONNA DAvIS he Global Career Center held its two-year anniversary on March 3.

The GCC has all of the resources students need to identify their career goals and complete a successful job search.

Sara Heady is a communications major and an apprentice in the center. She and the staff help students with career research,

assessment testing, resume writing and making appointments with career counselors. David Schlanger is the student career specialist at the center.

Schlanger said the center offers information packets and a calendar of each month’s activities, including workshops.

Through partnerships with faculty, employers and the community students

using the facility can empower themselves to make educated career decisions.

The GCC is located on the main campus just north of the bookstore. The hours of operations are Monday-Wednesday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7.p.m., and Friday, 8.a.m. to 2.p.m.

For more information, contact the center at (909) 652-6511.

Movie highlights women’s empowerment

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JESSICA RUBIO arch is dedicated to women and their achievements throughout history.

The college book film festival honored national’s women’s month March 1 by showing the movie Real Women Have Curves, a story of a young woman trying to gain independence and knowledge.

The movie recounted the story of a Hispanic young woman whose cultural upbringing changed the perspective of

how she saw things.

Throughout the movie the protagonist is in a constant battle with herself and her family. She is trying to figure out who she is as a woman while respecting her mother’s standpoint.

After the movie was over students had the opportunity to compare and contrast the film with the book “House on Mango Street.”

Students were able to open up and share the similarities between themselves

and the characters.

“I liked it because it had a lot to do with Mexican-American women having children. It’s refreshing to see a movie like this. It’s relatable,” political science major Rebekah Lopez said.

“The film shows how powerful women can be together and the importance of finding your own way,” English professor Leona Fisher said.

The film helped women relate to each other and really embrace themselves.

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Student internships looking to branch out

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SARA GODING obs don’t grow on trees.

Companies such as Uncommon Good, U.S. Green Building Council and CSI Company are working together under the Green Action Partnership to change that.

Michael Peel from Uncommon Good in Claremont visited the Global Career Center March 2 to talk to students about green jobs. Uncommon Good won a federal stimulus grant to fund green job training and work for the unemployed.

“Our program helps those who are looking for green jobs,” Peel said. “There are a lot of challenges right now that we are trying to overcome because a lot of people do not realize all the economic and environmental benefits of going green.

The interns help to get the information out there,” he said.

The Green Building Council works with San Bernardino County residents through the California Energy Workforce Training Program grant to help interns gain knowledge and experience in eco-friendly jobs. The certification process takes one to three months to complete, and students can begin working immediately upon completion. These internships can often lead to employment in various fields.

Interns help with outreach to counties, cities, homeowners and nonprofit agencies.

The Green Building Council hopes to begin working with Habitat for Humanity to build green homes for low-income families.

“I am an architect and I am coming to school to further my education because things are always changing,” Terry Donovan, architecture major, said. “The solar industry is what I want to get into, even if it’s volunteer work.”

Students that qualify for federal workstudy can get paid for their internship work through their college.

“I didn’t think it was going to be so much about the building side of green jobs,” Kelly Connor, undecided major, said. “I’m excited and definitely going to sign up for an internship.”

The Green Building Council meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at The Frontier Project in Rancho Cucamonga at 5:30 p.m. and is open to the public.

Students interested in green jobs can go online to www.usgbc-ie.org to learn more about job opportunities or events.

chaffeybreeze.com | March 14, 2011 Michael Peel from Uncommon Good spoke at the Global Career Center on March 2.

The green training provides certification to retrofit homes and businesses for cleaner energy usage.

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AUBREY COLLINS haffey College Professional Development Health and Wellness is sponsoring a walk/run April 9 beginning and ending at Grigsby Field.

Participants can register in person at the cashier’s office for $15. All proceeds will benefit Professional Development, student scholarships, and campus wide health and wellness initiatives.

Check-in is 7-7:45 a.m. where participants will receive their T-shirt, number and meal ticket. Prizes will be awarded for fastest runner, fastest walker, most donations and an additional drawing.

Practices are held Monday at 5 p.m. on the track. The last day to register is March 25. For more information, contact Alisa Meunier at the cashier’s office, 652-6607.

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The wall

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MSA-sponsored exhibit illustrates conflicts between Palestine and Israel

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ncensored photographs of wounded children, demolished houses and Israeli soldiers were exhibited on campus last week. The images were accompanied by slogans like “Zionism is not Judaism,” and “ Theft of the Land,” and were affixed to a mock wall that stood outside the gym from Feb. 28 to March 3.

The 60-foot long wall was created

by UC Irvine students in 2002 to raise awareness of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. It is representative of the “apartheid” or “separation” wall which divides disputed Israeli and Palestinian territory from mutually-accepted Israeli land. The exhibit specifically draws attention to alleged war crimes and injustices perpetrated by Israel against Palestine, and questions the United States’ financial support for Israel.

Since its construction the wall has toured several Southern California college campuses, such as UCR, ASU, the Claremont Colleges, and UCLA, and was recently brought to Chaffey by the Muslim Student Association. Last week marked the wall’s second visit to this campus. During its display members of the MSA have taken turns watching over the exhibit and answering questions from observers.

Student and MSA president Nusar Milbes says that student responses to the wall have been surprising. “The most common responses were [that] either the person wasn’t aware of this at all, and they were completely shocked, completely shocked that America is supporting this... another response [came from] Christians, because a lot of Christians support this

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and how there’s supposed to be a nation of Israel.”

Student reaction to the wall has been emotional as well as intellectual. “A lady cried, from what I heard...” said Milbes, “I wasn’t here but she started to cry.”

However, according to Milbes, no one has caused any trouble about the exhibit.

“It’s great to have it here,” said Jeff Guledew, history major. “Somewhere in Israel there’s another student being blockaded, humiliated, and it’s a reminder.”

Guledew was referring to restrictions on travel between disputed Israeli/Palestinian territory, one of the issues addressed on the panels of the apartheid wall.

Each panel of the wall illustrated a different aspect of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, such as the geography of contested territory, the 2008-2009 fighting between Israel and Hamas, and the alleged Israeli detainment and torture of Palestinian children.

The wall’s hand-painted supporting statistics, visceral photographs and licentious quotes from Israel’s political leaders seemed to provoke students’ interest.

“I hope there’s a resolution,” said Lynnette Hurd, biochemistry major, “I knew there was a wall, and tension, but it was unclear.”

Milbes said the MSA does not have plans to create a mock wall of its own, although he wishes to continue raising student awareness of the problems between Israel and Palestine. The MSA seems to at least have raised student attention, and in some cases favor, for the time that the wall was on campus.

“I’d prefer to have [the wall] somewhere more prominent.” Guledew said.

“It should be in the quad where people can access it.”

MSA students line up at the Apartheid Wall.

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Jordan Smith examines the Apartheid Wall and some of the more thought-provoking statistics on display.

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MSA member Jihad Hazaneh points out Aya Alwahib gives her interpretation of the wall, which was first constructed by the campuses of glaring death numbers in Palestine. the University of Irvine and UCLA in 2002, and travels from campus to campus around California.

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Volume 5 proves art is alive Chaffey Review celebration a total success

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MICHAEL COOpER he Chaffey Review Volume 5 release party was held on Feb. 25 at the Center for the Arts Student Gallery. It was an evening full of music, poetry, food and dance, celebrating the release of Volume 5.

The event was standing room only with an estimated attendance of over 150 students, faculty and staff.

Volume 5 was produced by the class of English 35, directed by English professor Michelle Dowd. The class features instruction on all aspects of creating, promoting and distributing a literary and fine art journal.

Volume 5 is an excellent example of the quality of Chaffey’s top talents, and was well worth celebrating.

Festivities included live performances

by VCR Monster and Tumbleweeds that filled the Student Gallery with what

seemed to be a wonderful energy.

Poetry readings by Jules Ebe, Chess Crane, Eric Odegaard, Victoria Tulacro, Susie Golightly, and Christopher Uller were used to create more somber, reflective moments.

Great food and good thoughts was enjoyed by the guests. The celebration was a time for many creative people to connect and exchange ideas and inspiration.

A representative of the Chaffey Review said that they “would like to thank the ASCC for funding, the audio-visual department for sound equipment, the bands, faculty and students for making the night so memorable.”

The Chaffey Review is currently accepting submissions of previously unpublished fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and fine art for Volume 6.

For more information, visit www. chaffeyreview.org.

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Students and faculty ate, danced and listened to original artworks to celebrate the completion of the Chaffey Review’s Volume 5. The event took place at the CAA building on Feb. 25.

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Opinion

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Instructors waste class time DARLEINE HEITMAN

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ince the Governor announced plans to cut education funds, instructors have been misusing class time and emails to voice their political views to students. The powerful position teachers hold provide a convenient platform to engage in partisan politics.

In recent weeks there are instances when students must wait politely, watching minutes tick by, while the teachers voice their political opinions. Walking out of

the class is a bold but dangerous option students can take. Moreover, some instructors are even misusing their access to students’ email to spam political ideas.

Imagine a situation where a teacher would take time to thoroughly explain all the issues surrounding the state’s current financial condition without political bias.

A comprehensive explanation of why the state is forced to make drastic cuts in education would include the fact that the state is committed to pay $136 billion into pensions and retiree health funds of

state employees, teachers, and university employees. Another fact is that 52 percent of the total state budget already goes to education.

Additionally, the state’s current financial obligations and legislators lack of courage to battle powerful public employee unions, who give millions of dollars to political campaigns, leaves few options to fix the massive budget shortfall.

This fall Chaffey will have to cancel 844 classes and increase student fees $10 per unit, according to a flyer emailed

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by an instructor to some students, while annual tax dollar contributions into public employee pension plans will increase.

When class time is dedicated to stirring undergraduates to political action there are details left out of the speeches. Such details as the tax extension desired by professors was only supposed to be temporary and Californian residents are some of the most heavily taxed populaces in the nation.

The plain truth is students will continue to make major sacrifices to attend college because future tax dollars are committed to unfunded pensions and healthcare benefits of government employees.

These very unpopular views will never receive adequate discussion time inside classrooms or emails where professors control the flow of information.

More importantly, the classroom should be dedicated to the college course students have paid to receive. The misuse of valuable class time and the college email system to spout political opinions should not be accepted.

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Supremes validate free speech

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ome Americans abuse the First Amendment exercise of free speech in order to push their own hateful and misguided agenda.

On March 2, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The members of this church have come to be known for attending and disrupting funerals of fallen American soldiers.

Some of the signs they carry to the funerals read, “Thank God for dead soldiers,” “You’re going to hell” and “God hates the USA/Thank God for 911.”

... Even for Westboro

The funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder was picketed by the church. Soon after the funeral the Marine’s grieving father, Albert Snyder found a poem on the church’s website that attacked Matthew’s parents for the way they brought him up. Matthew was not gay.

Snyder sued the church for intentionally inflicting emotional distress and was granted a $5 million judgment. The church appealed the judgment and it was thrown out by the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va. The Supreme Court upheld the federal appeals court decision.

Some may disagree with homosexuality or our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, but is what the Westboro Baptist Church

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doing right? I do not believe so. The decision of the Supreme Court was not about homosexuality, the war or freedom of religion, but about freedom of speech.

The Westboro church is celebrating this favorable ruling. They do not have a clue that the ruling was not about them, but about something greater. The Justices’ decision was not for Westboro Baptist Church itself, but for the First Amendment, for the exercise of freedom of speech for everyone.

The Supreme Court’s vote in favor of Westboro Baptist Church does not signify that the eight Judges agreed with a select group’s speech and actions. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion for the court.

“Speech is powerful. It can stir people

to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and – as it did here – inflict great pain,” Roberts wrote. “On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. As a nation we have chosen a different course – to protect even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that we do not stifle public debate.”

Only Justice Samuel Alito dissented.

“Our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case,” he said.

In part the First Amendment reads, “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech.”

Forty-eight states, 42 senators and veterans groups did not support the Westboro Baptist Church.

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ree speech or freedom to spread hate? The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. made headlines for their loud and vicious demonstrations held outside funeral ceremonies of fallen soldiers and homosexuals.

In attempts to raise awareness to the supposed problem of homosexuality in America, the church desecrates the American flag while holding vulgar protests, armed with signs and banners This has outraged millions of Americans and sparked a huge controversy and political debate on the topic of free speech.

The Supreme Court ruled in Westboroʼs favor when the group was being sued by the father of one of the slain soldiers at whose funeral the church group held a demonstration.

Painful as it may be, the fact is, if we want to support free speech in America we must not draw a line in the sand where it should begin and end. We all have different ideas on what may or may not be objectionable or offensive, and if we leave the subject of free speech open to public opinion it might not bode well for the extent of free speech in our country.

It seems there is a larger underlying issue here for which we as citizens may be guilty. In an article posted by the Associated Press, Rev. Fred Phelps, leader of the Westboro Church, said he chose to conduct his demonstrations at funerals because that is where they will “get the most media attention.”

The fact is the church group wants just that…attention. Phelps has been a featured guest on several popular television shows, among them Fox News, MSNBC and even the Tyra Banks show.

We should not be kept in the dark about what goes on in our country, but by drawing so much attention to Westboroʼs antics we are giving them an open forum to spew their repulsive message of hatred. We are just adding fuel to their fire by giving them an incentive to act obnoxiously.

In America we are famous for giving everyone a chance at his or her 15 seconds of fame, even when those actions warrant 15 seconds of shame.

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JOSH L’HEUREUX he megalomaniac is winning and the world just can’t get enough of it. Charlie Sheen went from being paid an estimated two million dollars an episode on Two and a Half Men to becoming the world’s largest jobless twitter personality since its inception. He recently set the Guinness Book of World Records record for most twitter followers gained in a twenty-four hour period reaching just over a million followers.

There is no two ways about it; he is a genius on tiger’s blood. Only a genius could make “banging seven-gram rocks” a humorous statement. His hash tags are everywhere from Facebook to Twitter to Tumblr to text messages.

Charlie might have become the greatest passé ideal father and has catapulted himself into the upper echelons of actors such as Carrot Top or Dane Cook. We

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need pathetic wasted stars with charisma to inspire generations with great truisms such as “death to trolls” and being “biwinning.” He’s winning here and he is winning there.

So what if Two and a Half Men is cancelled? I say good riddance and thank you Mr. Sheen. That’s winning. Our culture is better off without that waste of a half-hour of prime time television. Maybe now our culture can focus on the finer things on television like “The Bachelor” or “Jersey Shore.”

The fact that Sheen is a recovering drug addict is an inspiration to Hollywood-ians everywhere. The streets are riddled with drug addicts, for whom the use of a Twitter account and the inspiration from the Sheen could be the key to recovery. And the parents who are upset that Sheen used drugs need to focus on the word “recovering.”

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t seems common for animated films to take stories that are overdone and somehow breathe new life into them, and the film Rango is no exception.

Rango follows the cliché story of someone who pretends to be a hero and ends up becoming that hero in time, but tells the story through a pet lizard, who ends up in a western town suffering from drought.

This movie delivers fun by referencing plot lines from such famous movies as A Fist Full of Dollars and Chinatown. The dialog is also full of tidbits made to be ignored by younger viewers, which are a joy for the older viewers, as if Rango were an adult film that kids can watch. There are parts that will go over kids’ heads and may drag on (like the opening scene where Rango describes his pretend life in a cage), which will cause younger viewers to not escape into the film.

Rango’s cinematography is actually really fun for an animated film. No shots are amazingly original, but there are some really nice effects. These shots add much to the film, such as a night shot that gets darker and darker as the main character drifts into sleep, followed by a daytime wake up scene that is five seconds of a

blank white screen. This shot forces the audience to adjust their eyes like the main character. The downside of this is that it breaks the flow of the movie. The audience has to look away from the screen for a second and remember they are watching a movie, not escaping into another world.

The main downside is that too many characters are packed into the movie, leaving most of them flat and almost none of them memorable. Rango is also almost two hours long. If I start to lose my interest towards the end, then younger viewers will probably start to lose theirs.

I enjoyed Johnny Depp’s voiceover for the main character, but felt that Depp was only put in the film so that there was a big name star to help advertise it. Depp has to start doing something more with his roles, or he will become one of those actors that people tolerate more than enjoy.

Rango is one of those few films that I did not mind paying money to see, and in comparison to the films opening this weekend (Adjustment Bureau, Hall Pass, Take Me Home Tonight, etc.) it was the best choice.

This is a discount theater movie. It is a enjoyable movie but not a must-see, so save an extra five dollars to enjoy it.

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chaffeybreeze.com | March 14, 2011

Owls peck away, end Panther playoff hopes

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Sophmore Donte Godlock goes up for the score.

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Freshman Eddie Bowie drives down the lane.

haffey (20-8) rallied and outscored the Citrus College Owls 37-33 in the second half but were unable to secure a victory to advance in a California Community College Athletic Association men’s basketball playoff semi-final game on March 2.

The Panthers could not find a rhythm in the first half as they found themselves down by as many as 14 points to the Owls. Each time it seemed like Chaffey was beginning to find their strokes, Citrus would rally right back and go on a series of runs to halt the Panther momentum.

“They’re a quality team,” Head Coach Jeff Klein said about Citrus (25-5). “They made the plays down the stretch and we didn’t.”

With about 2:40 left to play in regulation,

Chaffey freshman Naz Richardson nailed a 3-pointer to make the score 63-61. A combination of several missed calls and a shift in momentum was what sealed and eliminated the Panther playoff hopes.

“That was goaltending in the last few minutes of the game,” Klein said. “But what can you do when calls don’t go your way?”

Sophomores Richard Jefferson and Donte Godlock, and Richardson each had 11 points for Chaffey. Steffon Neal also added 10 points along with 11 rebounds.

Citrus was able to run away with the victory from beyond the 3-point line as they ended with an 11-24 effort while the Panther’s converted just three of 12 3-point attempts.

“It was a good year,” Klein said. “We competed and we fought, but we lost to a better team.”

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Sophmore Steffon Neal fights through traffic for the layup.

Chaffey crushes Barstow

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Sophmore Mauricio Aldaba puts in work against Citrus.

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DARREN GREEN he Lady Panther’s softball team dominated in their game against Barstow, for a conference win, and is now at a 3-1 record. Pitcher, Evelyn Espinoza had six strikeouts to compliment her shutout, while also going 2-4 at the plate.

Offensively. the highlight of the game was Amanda Carrasco, who went 2-3, including her second grand slam of the season.

The game ended early at five innings due to the mercy rule. The final score was 16-0.

The team is building a strong offense, playing excellent defense and showing good discipline, according to head coach Jimmy Rodriguez.

“We’re becoming a team with a chance at the playoffs,” he said.

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