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CONTENTS
The Cabrillo Voice March 15, 2010 5... Campus protests 6... Brian King interview 7... Downtown parking 9... Twilight literature 10... St. Patrick’s Day 11... Texting 12... Mike Rotkin interview 14... ‘Next big movement’ 15... 3D technology 18... Poetry reading 19... Local art 20... Surf art / Old Harbor Bay 21... Gamer Guy / Shows around town 22... Tennis 23... Golf 24... Baseball 25... Sports schedules 27... Protest op-ed 28... Orphan evictions 29... Drug debate 30... SEX
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cabrillo voices
March 15, 2010
March 4th rally: The secret police we are not...
BUT, WHY ARE YOU, REALLY, HERE?” “I’m not able to take the classes I want, cause there’s too many kids, and it’s just not fair. ” patina nichols major: nursing
“I’m running for student senate, and I should know what’s going on with the schooL. I’m trying to be the best senator I can. ” carla piccolado Major: politics
“I just want to learn. In a system that’s supposed to honor education, it seems like we’re shunning it right now.” jack handley major: undecided
“It’s important for us to have a variety of choices of what to major in. It shouldn’t be selective, YET have good variety.”
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natalie bandith major: nursing
“I’ve never been to something like this, but more than anything, it makes me feel grateful for the classes I’m in.” Christian nieman Major: theatre
“If they refuse to educate us today, thirty years from now, when they ask us to pay their debt, we’re not gonna be able to do that. It just ripples along.” MARTIN GIBSON MAJOR: MASS COM
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Above: Protestor expresses himself in multiple ways. Left: Colter White Speaks to an attentive audience.
Rally barks at budget cuts’ bite HUNDREDS GATHER TO RAISE AWARENESS, PROTEST by Maren Slobody The voices of Cabrillo teachers and students joined the statewide scream directed at California’s legislature on the March 4 rally protesting layoffs and $10 million of budget cuts to education A handful of speakers, and nearly 300 Cabrillo students and faculty gathered in the quad at noon for the “National Day of Action to Defend Education.” Unlike other protests throughout the state, where students in Oakland tried to block the freeway, and protestors at UCSC smashed a car’s window, Cabrillo’s rally remained low-key and peaceful. The rally, organized by the Cabrillo Solidarity Club, emphasized the message that people are not separate from the government and, according to Cabrillo English professor David Lau, “can profoundly alter what’s happening in the world.” Signs reading “Save Oceanography,” “We are the crisis” and “Protect Our Future, Save Our Schools” amplified the students’ message that they want to learn and are willing to protest for it. Because of budget cuts Cabrillo has discontinued over 200 classes and vital programs such as Disability Services and Extended Opportunities Program & Services (EOPS) for students who cannot
afford to pay for school. Through tears, student speaker Emily Wong said, “We must not let the budget dictate our future…we must reclaim our education.” Wong, who has a chronic illness, needs to be a full-time student to in order to keep her health insurance. The audience stood silent as she spoke of her fear “that I could not get into the classes I needed, that I might not have a way to take care of myself as a student and a patient.” “California needs a 2/3 majority state Senate to pass a budget, which inhibits any quick response to this education crisis,” explained Ali Spickler, who represents local Assemblyman Bill Monning. Spickler, a Cabrillo graduate, encouraged the audience to “get your voices heard in more conservative areas of our state” by researching and writing to more conservative assembly members. Spickler also encouraged students to write to family members who live in more conservative areas of the state. “Maybe they would do something about it if they heard how difficult this was for (you). Maybe they would call state legislature who is not as favorable as (yours) is towards…raising revenue for education,”
said Spickler. When asked what kinds of letters would help persuade legislature to fund education, Spickler said, “include personal stories, especially if they are related to a particular department, such as EOPS or disability services.” Some students felt that the rally was successful. Ariella Powers, a key organizer for the event said, “We can declare victory… I feel the hard work has paid off. I feel we have planted a seed for awareness.” When asked what he felt the rally accomplished, student Dave Scott said, “I think this shows that students are serious about their education. I think it shows we are willing to stand up… and can make legislators really concerned when making these budget cuts.” However, not all student opinion of the rally was positive. International student Victor Ivanov felt that students were making a fuss over nothing. “This protest seems irrelevant considering these people are protesting for budget cuts when I am paying $270 per unit,” said Ivanov. Others feel that the rally marks only a beginning. EOPS counselor Bill Stamos, who awaits his layoff notice on March 15,
asked “how are we going to have workers for the future? There is a lot of work to be done, we need to write our newspapers and legislature.” David Lau said, “The bad budgets at the state level are not a thing of this moment, they’re going to be this year and the year after so we have to think about how we can work and politically organize.” 25-year-old Jose Ceja, a politics major, was “tired of hearing about the problem” and wanted to talk about solutions. “If you do nothing now then nothing is going to change,” said Dennis BaileyFougnier, Vice President of Student Services said, adding, “this kind of movement has got to continue, we need to talk about it; the squeaky wheel gets the grease. We’ve got to get people energized and take it from there. Hopefully students will go to the march in Sacramento.” Many see the upcoming march in Sacramento on March 22 as the next step to continue getting students’ and faculties’ voices heard.
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March 15, 2010
Brian King pushing for success CABRILLO PRESIDENT WALKS BUDGET TIGHTROPE BETWEEN STAFF & STUDENTS Here I sat, with Dr. Brian King, on March 4, the day of the protest wondering to myself what some of the answers are for the state budget crisis now affecting our dearly beloved Cabrillo. Dr. King may be between a rock (the student) and a hard place (the budget), he does what he can to buffer its blow to all concerned, be it Cabrillo staff or students alike. He is like one of those jugglers in the circus, keeping up many objects at one time, working to keep a delicate balance. Dr. Brian King, a non-practicing attorney, is a thoughtful man that has had to wear many hats in his position as overseer of all activities concerning Cabrillo. From my experiences of meeting him, from watching him assist serving Thanksgiving Dinner in the Cabrillo cafeteria on campus, to the interviews I have had with him, he is a fair and just captain of this rocky ship, called Cabrillo. In an interview I did a year ago, he stated that one of his highest priorities in this budget crisis was to create a stable education for students trying to upgrade their work skills or go on to a higher level of education, which would lead to more work skills. He still holds this as a high priority. School is a business, with the students more like clients getting a service. Dr. King is like the CEO of the “corporation”, called Cabrillo. In one of his first acts when he arrived, he walked the steps of a student when they had to register and all the things that went along with that. After his experience of that, he decided that it would be better for the students to have all the student services in one place. When the office for student loans and grants was below the cafeteria, there was a problem with paperwork being transported to other offices. So he sacrificed his own presidential office in the administration building to make space so that the office of loans and grants would be in the same building as other student services. This to me, this is the sign of a good manager. Willing to make personal sacrifices for the good of the many. To him, the students came first. Know that the budget has not been something he has created from mismanagement of the school, he has had to do what he could to right this rocky ship. At one time, the funds for the community colleges in California used to stay in the local district and would fund the local
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community college. The only problem with this was that a local student could not attend another community college in another district, except if that other college had classes that were not offered at their local community college. Then there was a rearrangement of the funds and all the money from all the California colleges’ districts were then sent directly to Sacramento. In the past, some districts were considered poor and some rich. Even when the money went to Sacramento, the money was somewhat divided along these lines until about 5 years ago. Then the money began to be distributed more evenly across the state. But, a problem began to creep up. The funds, along with some of the lottery funds began to be diverted to fund other things, like prisons. Then there was an election in November of 2008 and a ballot initiative was passed concerning prisons. Then, like the wave of a wand, more money went to prisons and less to education.
Prisons vs. Education I asked Dr. King about how he felt about the 3 Strikes Law, which can send a person to prison for life if they get 3 felonies. This could be stealing 3 bicycles. A few weeks ago, I read about a man that got caught sealing cheese and because it was his 3rd felony, he was going to go to prison for life at the expense of the people of California and one more step to weaken an already unstable educational budget. With around 70% of the prisoners in prison for non-violent crimes, by imprisoning them for extended periods of time or at all, in the case of drug offenders. When there is a substance, Ibogaine, a naturally occurring psychoactive substance found in Iboga, a plant from West Africa, that has been used successfully to heal addicts of substances such as methadone, heroin, alcohol, tobacco, and cocaine, with an 80% success rate, why are we putting addicts in prison when this would be an easy, cheap and complete solution for many. Dr. King agreed that the 3 Strikes needs to be readdressed. In Dr. Kings words “The priorities need to be realigned in the state….” On Cabrillo Management Dr. King: “At staffing at Cabrillo we are very sensitive whenever a position is eliminated in the budget, we have kept positions open for retirement or for people going to other plac-
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Dr. Brian KIng, president of Cabrillo College, looks to the future. es, we will hold them for as long as we can, so, because of layoffs in one area, whenever possible, we try to keep positions open in another part of the college…” “In the last 10 years in the community colleges in California, there has been a 63% decline in managers”. “Cabrillo is down 10 managers in the last 10 years, when the complexity of the work and number of students has grown. We have fewer managers in many many years at Cabrillo…, so in terms of our manager staffing, I think we are very leanly staffed.” “We’ve combined management positions when it made sense, but you can only do that so much, people get to the breaking point.” On The Athletic Department I asked Dr. King why, in time of a budget crisis, why is there still an athletic department? Dr. King: “They do fundraising; our athletic pro-
grams raise a lot of their own money. Our athletes also have to be fulltime students. It’s a strong incentive for our students to be fulltime and we know that students that are enrolled fulltime are more likely to succeed and complete their studies.” “The additional funding they need, they go out and raise through golf tournaments and other fund raising events.” “The college supplied budget for our athletic programs.” “The coaches are expected to raise funds to support their programs.” With more problems popping up almost daily, Dr. Kings hands are full. After my interview I believe that Dr. King is a man of integrity and is very aware of the budget problems facing Cabrillo and he valiantly works to sooth and solve the problems facing Cabrillo, tomorrow, in months and for years to come. He may not be a knight on a white stallion, but he tries to come as close to it as he can.
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community
People who drive downtown for lunch or shopping can expect top pay for parking from now on.
Green or Greed?
THE NEW DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ ‘PAY TO PARK’ LOTS by Sera Michael In addition to that frustrating pink parking ticket we find sporadically on our car windshields, we now have another wallet draining parking extravaganza to add to downtown Santa Cruz. Thank you City Council. The several free three-hour lots located on Cedar Street, horizontal to Pacific Ave, which have provided free and relatively easy parking for years, have now become hourly pay lots. You will be charged $.50 an hour, or $5 all day as of March 1, 2010. Yes, the city needs to make money somehow, but it feels like they’re picking our pockets. Isn’t ticketing enough? That has to be the worst feeling, seeing that pretty little pink paper flapping on your windshield and knowing your whole days work is going to pay that ticket. And it’s almost as bad a feeling knowing that in order to even go to work at all, you’ll have to pay. As students especially, one park-
ing ticket, now averaging $40-55, could buy you a parking permit at Cabrillo, or even a class for a whole semester. Nice how the city continuously finds ways to drain our pockets, especially in weak economic times like these. Driving downtown on March 1, the opening day the new laws came into effect, the lots were ghostly empty. The usually bustling parking lots were only ¼ full, making it easy to find parking if you are willing to dish out a few extra bucks. It’s only a couple dollars, but for many of us who work and spend time downtown regularly, it will add up fast. A friendly parking attendant on duty to oversee and help the public with questions about the transition explains that the root of the change stems from the bad economy. Because of this added expense for the citizens, the city will be able to pay another attendant to be on duty as well, and it won’t be necessary to lay anyone off. “Some people are happy with the change, because it’s relatively cheap and they can
stay all day,” she assured. But yes, the city admits to wanting even more of our money. Marlin Granlund, parking program manager for the city of Santa Cruz, says that they were, “having problems with business and lack of parking. We moved some of the permit parking to open up parking. The other lot, the framer’s market lot, the motivation behind that was to fund security issues with downtown pay, for retention of a police officer, and retain another police officer on duty.” The city will also be putting in additional security cameras in some of the lots. This decision by the Santa Cruz City Council is likely to severely cut the downtown consumer clientele. Easy free parking makes downtown shopping and dining accessible. One can’t imagine anyone in the Santa Cruz Community leaping for joy at the notion of pay as you go parking. Perhaps they’ll take their business elsewhere. On the plus side, it might alleviate some of the craziness that follows the search for a
Yes, the city needs to make money somehow, but it feels like they’re picking our pockets. parking spot, and might possibly encourage a greener lifestyle for Santa Cruzans by biking, walking or using local transportation. Yet it’s really all about money, and you’d be hard pressed to find any happy locals or students regarding this change.
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March 15, 2010
Cabrillo students study vampires IMAGINE IF TWILIGHT WAS ONE OF YOUR TEXTBOOKS Are you looking for an English class you can really sink your teeth into? With the devastating budget cuts it can be easy to focus on all of the things, Cabrillo is losing; however, there are still some unusual opportunities available here. Professors Joseph Carter and Jeanette Richey have put together a Basic English class (English 255) with Reading 255 and formed learning community with a new twist – eternal life, sex, and blood. Learning communities are where multiple teachers coordinate the instruction of their classes together. The Academy for College Excellence (ACE), formerly known as the Digital Bridge Academy, here at Cabrillo has been organizing themed classes this way in order to give students extra support to help them succeed in their college experience. Usually the themes are social justice or social awareness, this is the first time they have tried vampires. After noticing that Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” was the top selling book of
2008, Carter and Richey saw that there was something about vampires that attracted people’s attention. Carter remembers students telling him, “Oh, I don’t read, but I read ‘Twilight.’” The class explores the cultural significance of vampires in film and literature through time. The class starts with Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and the suppressed sexuality of the Victorian era when vampires were an unknown and feared monster. Then, as the class progress to authors such as Anne Rice, Carter explains that the Vampire begins to “become a sympathetic figure. The vampire is the outsider or the person who is braver than the rest of us because, like Niche, they are beyond good or evil”. Now, in contemporary media, vampires have stepped out of their counterculture shadows and into the spotlight. “Twilight seems to be a mainstreaming of the counterculture”, says Carter. With vampires already seducing people’s minds, Carter’s idea for this class is for students to “have practice making their own
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connections and find their own cultural meaning.” This strong unifying theme gives students something to get riled up about and a reason to desire to learn to read and write more effectively. According to Carter, “It can’t just be about a skill set, because that is not what real communication is. Real communication is you have ideas and you want to communicate those ideas.” Whether you are lured in by the impassioned tension and melodramatic love of “Twilight,” the horror of “Van Helsing,” or the raw blood and thunder sex of “True Blood,” this learning community promises to have you so glamoured that you forget you’re studying English. Joseph Carter and Jeanette Richey will be offering this learning community again in the fall for anyone who missed it this semester.
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Be sure to have a friend drive you home if you plan to drink on March 17.
Cops prepare for drunks POLICE HAVE PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN SC ON ST. PATTY’S DAY by Kevin Johnson Leprechauns, four-leaf clovers, the color green, pots of gold, and beer— lots of beer; these are the things that spring to mind when the average college student thinks of St. Patrick’s Day. For the Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley Police Departments however, the celebratory folk music and Irish jigs heed way to the threat of drunk drivers and the need to keep inebriated bar hoppers off the streets. It should come to no surprise that March 17 is a busy evening for local police, as downtown Santa Cruz is home to roughly 40 bars, clubs, and restaurants that provide entertainment in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, according to Santa Cruz police Lieutenant Rick Martinez. Among these bars and clubs are The Catalyst, The Redroom, and Rosie McCann’s—an Irish pub and restaurant that is a sure hotspot for St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Santa Cruz Police Department
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spokesman Zach Friend confirms that there is a usual “uptake in risks on St. Patrick’s Day” with regards to drunk drivers and public intoxication. “Of the 4,000 alcohol related arrests in Santa Cruz County, 2,300 of them are made in Santa Cruz alone” said Lt. Martinez when questioned about annual DUI arrests in Santa Cruz. These numbers reflect the drunken driving predicament Santa Cruz police face on a daily basis, but threats of driving while under the influence and public intoxication increase on the party oriented holidays of New Years Eve, Halloween, July 4, and St. Patrick’s Day. Santa Cruz Police reports from 2009 reveal a total of 12 alcohol related arrests on last year’s St. Patrick’s Day— ten public intoxication arrests and two DUI’s—whereas Public Relations Representative Officer Serah Jackson for the CHP reports six alcohol related arrests, one of which was a felony. Brenda Armstrong, Prevention Program Manager for Project Curb—a community outreach program to
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reduce underage drinking—states that Santa Cruz County has the sixth highest drinking rate in California and statistics reveal that drinking and driving poses a serious threat to students. One particularly alarming Project Curb statistic reveals that 39.1 percent of Santa Cruz students—both college and high school—have ridden in the car whose driver was under the influence of alcohol, and 28.8 percent of students admitted to driving while under the influence of alcohol. Bar and party goers on St. Patrick’s Day can expect countywide checkpoints, as well as an increased number of police officers in the Santa Cruz area. According to Zach Friend, there will be two additional officers who will be on duty specifically for DUI purposes. Further precautions being taken to reduce the number of drunk drivers on St. Patrick’s Day have been established by a state grant entitled Avoid the 9. Avoid the 9 is a DUI enforcement campaign that implements checkpoints and increased staffing during key campaign dates
throughout the year, one of them being March 17th, according to Scotts Valley Police Department Lt. John Hohmann. It spans nine police and sheriff stations across the Santa Cruz County including Capitola Police Department, Santa Cruz Sheriff Station, Santa Cruz Police Department, Watsonville Police Department, UCSC Police Department, CHP, and the department of California Alcoholic Beverage Control. Lt. Martinez urges students who are over the age of 21 and are drinking on St. Patrick’s Day to drink moderately, have a designated driver, have a sober friend to take care of you, and to resist getting behind the wheel. The Aptos CHP office asserts that if you are underage, you should not drink and if you are caught drinking and driving, being arrested is the best thing to happen for your safety. Further information on alcohol consumption and alcohol prevention can be found at www.projectcurb.org.
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Cell phones may be killing animals DO YOUR INNOCENT TEXT MESSAGES HURT BIRDS AND BEES? by Teagan Chambers Could a seemingly harmless phone call with your friend be a weapon of mass destruction? The radiation from cell phones is believed to be a contributing factor to the sudden drop in numbers of birds and bees in the last few years, and with cell phones being one of the most used means of communication, it looks like that number is going to continue to plummet. Bees everywhere are now suffering from Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a term used to describe hives that seem to mysteriously lose all of their adult worker bees, leaving only the queen bee, her eggs, and some premature bees to fend for themselves. Birds reproduction is also down, especially white storks and sparrows. Einstein once said, “If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years left to live,” and that time may be coming closer than we think. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), CCD was
first noticed in October 2006, when beekeepers reported a loss of 30 to 90 percent of their hives. While it is not uncommon to lose hives during winter, such high numbers suggested more than just weather was killing their bees.
“Young birds died from unknown causes, and bird couples frequently fought while constructing their nests.”
While the direct cause of CCD still has not been isolated, there have been numerous studies that suggest a link to radiation from
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cell phones. Dr. Sainuddin Pattazhy of India conducted one significant experiment, in his study; Dr. Pattazhy found that placing a cell phone near a beehive caused the colony to collapse in a window of five to ten days. According to InfoChange, this suggests that the cause of CCD may be that “electromagnetic radiation from mobile towers and cell phones cripples the ‘navigational skills’ of the worker bees that go out to collect nectar from flowers to sustain bee colonies.” The USDA predicts that honeybee pollination contributes directly and/or indirectly to one in three mouthfuls of food in the average diet, if CCD is not soon resolved, it could initiate a global food crisis. Cell phone radiation is also having a harrowing effect on birds. While sparrows used to be a common sight in European cities, the birds seems to have disappeared from highly populated areas. In an experiment conducted by Joris Everaert and Dirk Bauwens from the Research Institute for Nature and Forest, it was found that there were more than twice as many sparrows
living in areas of low cell phone activity compared to those with high activity. Conservation biologist Alfonso Balmori also conducted studies of bird’s behavior, and found that cell phones may also affect birds’ reproduction. Balmori found that white storks with nests in highly populated areas, and consequentially higher cell phone use, had less than half the amount of baby birds that the same species had farther away. He also found that of the nests in the highly populated areas, 40 percent did not produce any young at all, while in the nests farther away, only 3.3 percent did not have babies. He also observed the bird’s behavior when living among cell phones, “Young birds died from unknown causes, and bird couples frequently fought while constructing their nests. Sticks fell to the ground, and the couple failed to make any headway. Some nests were never completed and the storks remained passively in front of the antennae.”
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March 15, 2010
SC Mayor calls out UC system
SAYS PRIORITIES ARE THE REAL CANCER DRAINING CA’S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM by Daniel Wootan
For the full interview go to: thecabrillovoice.com Wootan: First, what were your feelings on the March 4th protest? Do you feel it achieved what you wanted? Rotkin: “I feel it was very effective…. This was the first day of a protest. Usually one day is not enough to get what you’re after. It was nationwide, not just in California. I think people really got the message out that we really need to change some priorities in our state. It was very peaceful. It doesn’t make sense to live in a state where they spend more on prisons than they spend on education. W: That’s a good point. I read a lot of stats on how much the state spends per prisoner… on the low [the amount is] about $28,000, and the high was $54,000-R: It’s about 40, as far as I have read… it [costs] somewhere between five and 10 times to keep someone in jail than to get them an education and maybe keep them from going to jail in the first place. Chapman: Do you know the status of Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to shift money from prisons to higher education? R: He never went past his first statement. He is still committed to keeping funding for higher education but he still has no plan of how he is going to enact it. W: I watched the Stanford Cal women’s basketball while eating breakfast this morning, and Cal was getting STOMPED by Stanford. I know it was only basketball, but that is a symbol of the schools. If we continue to privatize our schools…are we going to see a bigger split between private and pub-
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“Cabrillo College [and the] K-12 schools are facing serious problems,” said Santa Cruz Mayor and UCSC lecturer, Mike Rotkin on the Cabrillo Incitor (KSCO 1080 AM) last week. Rotkin gave an insider’s breakdown of the budget problems bearing down on California’s different school systems. Here at Cabrillo, winter session is cancelled already. How many more new buildings will be built? Who will use them when all the teachers are laid off? The interview was very enlightening for anyone who hopes to transfer to a UC from Cabrillo or any other community college. The message from Rotkin was clear: the University of California, California State Universities, and community colleges are different systems with different problems. However, one failing would badly damage the others.
Mike Rotkin in his element; in front of a microphone. lic quality of education. Like, Stanford and Berkeley? R: I think the problem is when you try to organize the higher education system based on corporate contributions rather than having it funded adequately through the state, it comes down to a question of priorities. For example, the UC system got a 4.1 percent cut from the state. If they had spread that cut out over all services, it wouldn’t have been that bad. But [instead] they’re making over 20 percent cut in student services. W: What about the thought of ‘too big to fail?’ Just say, ‘hey federal government— you bailed out Bank of America. The UC system only needs $800 million to be on the red/black line. Just say, if you don’t bail out [education] you won’t have employable people in your future. R: Lets just say something-- it is true that the UC system lost $800 million the last two years on their investments. But, they have new investments and contributions-- they are making record profits on the their hospitals; record profits on their patents. That is why they are not cutting their hospitals. They fund the things that make them money.
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They aren’t cutting their hospitals and the things that produce patents, while cutting undergraduate education and student services. That makes perfect sense if you are trying to line the pockets of your investors. But, if your goal is to educate the people of California, you would fund different priorities… [like] funding research that will make a real difference in our lives. W: Can you explain why the UC system works like this? R; Well, the state used to fund all of the UC system. They have slowly [cut] funding to the point that the state is down to about 17 percent of that budget. Now most of the UC system is funded privately through the regents, and they are a private corporation. There are two ways to become regent. Either, you serve as speaker of the house, or superintendent of schools. That is about one third of them. The other two thirds give some governor over a million dollars in contributions. So it is more about who gives money to governors. It has nothing to do with an education background or what would be best for the UC system. Caller: Have you looked at lease back options to free up funding? R: The UC is not short of money. The uni-
versities have more money this year than any time in history. It really comes down to what they are doing with that money. President Yudof [of the Regents board] just got a $4 million pension if he stays for five years. They continue to build more buildings, and hire more administrators-- at the same time they are cutting lecturers and classes. UCLA is considering cancelling their writing requirement. It is just a case of really bad priorities. That is why at the UC we say, ‘there isn’t really a budget crisis, there is a priority crisis. They shouldn’t have had the 4.1% cut, but what they did after that was much worse than the cut. Now, the community colleges and K-12 schools… got a state cut that is very large and very real. Cabrillo, as or K-12, are facing serious problems. Author’s note: The March In March protest for more school funding is March 22nd in Sacramento, at the California Assembly. Cabrillo Solidarity will be bussing students (and anyone else) from Cabrillo to the protest. send comments to: hiredaniel@yahoo.com
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The next big movement AN INSIGHT INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL FUTURE One can argue that we are living in the absolute best and worst time to be alive. There are unfathomable amounts of problems in the world, and a growing amount of educated people capable of standing up and fighting for their rights whenever they choose to. Despite our empowerment, there is an underlying aura of pessimism in the air and lack of unity felt by the average college student. The 1960’s had their movements, but what do we have? We know we should be concentrating our efforts on fighting for change, yet, even if students actually were to offer their time and energy, there is no official movement one can just pick up and follow. With no real direction as a generation, at times we might feel like rats in a maze: completely scattered and oblivious to the world around us. As the most image conscious generation in history of mankind, perhaps we should be asking ourselves: are we seriously going to be remembered as the generation that gave up without putting up a fight? The average college student sees a constant barrage of flyers for protests and rallies they are asked to attend, so it can understandably become very easy to develop a blasé attitude towards the idea of protesting. Protesting entails taking time and energy out of your day, and, quite frankly, most people don’t see the point. Vera Romandia, who works for Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS), has been protesting since the 1960’s, and she feels that students are being “much too passive” about matters that concern them directly. Mrs. Romandia suggests that students “fuse their anger and passion together” to bring forth some much needed change before it’s too late, and stresses the importance of “not giving up if change doesn’t happen immediately. However long it may take, she urges students to be “persistent” and keep the spirit of “fighting for change” alive. In light of how much student involvement was displayed during the March 4th walkouts, more and more people are starting to realize that this is a cause that we should all be paying very close attention to. Human beings need guidance to learn, and with many parents working that burden often falls upon the schools. Without exposure to new ideas growth becomes stunted and futures become bleak. We have a natural right to education. People who didn’t know the severity of the potential danger facing our right to public education are beginning to realize
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Cabrillo Students protest in Aptos campus quad that this is not just a bunch of students who can’t pay for classes; this is serious. This is the potential degeneration of intellect in our public society, and the danger will become very immediate if we don’t stand up and do something about it. Before we know it, the limited liberty we do have will diminish even further if a fight doesn’t start happening soon. This now begs the big question: what can we do? Leading up to the March 4th walkouts held all across the nation (Cabrillo included), David Lau, an English professor at Cabrillo, brain-stormed amongst the members of Students Solidarity (a co-op among students to fight budget cuts) on what we should be doing to fight for our rights. Lau offered some radical ideas for a new movement that deserve attention. “When you look back at the 1960s,” said Lau, “you see three very strong social movements—students, farm workers, and civil rights advocates—working autonomously and uniting at various points during that decade, and all of these movements were very active in California: the great sites being Berkeley, Delano, and Watts, respectively.” “These movements and their energies,” he said, “ were all there before the 1960s, and so the 60s was a product of decades of organizing and development of these struggles.” “Today we find ourselves in a very different position; we need to get a new social movement off the ground,” Lau asserts,
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“and this is going to be an arduous undertaking.” “Students struggling against the privatization of education,” Lau continued, “should also be fighting for immigrant communities in urban and rural areas, and they should all be uniting to abolish the prison system and totally end the imperial wars which have killed millions since 2001.” Lau entreats all the schools, the lowincome immigrant communities, and the low-income black communities to join forces and create a broader movement: essentially, a social revolution of The People vs. The Man. It may sound far fetched to some, but it is absolutely possible. Lau’s tone conveys his conviction, “We need big ideas again. People dreamed and fought for utopia in the 1960s, and what they got were modest reforms followed by a right-wing comeback. They failed very well. We need to fail even better than that.” Before the feminist movement, nobody thought that women would have the rights they do now (as with the civil rights movement, farm workers movement, etc.). Nonetheless, it was the people rising up against the system that brought forth the necessary change — nothing else. At some point, we must get involved. As a generation, we need to exercise personal responsibility. We need to stop feeling helpless and start feeling empowered because we are not just students; we are people who can potentially change the course of our edu-
cational future. Being young is an incredible advantage, and we must use our gift of youth and energy for something big. As David Lau asserted, we need to think big. As students, we should feel partly responsible for what the future will look like for our younger brothers and sisters. We don’t need violent rebels rioting without a cause. We need people who are conscious about what is going on around them. We need well-educated students with the courage to do what it takes. We need enthusiastic thinkers who are passionate about our human rights. We need people who aren’t passive about their rights, and we need this now. In truth, we’re not asking for much. But it is time to stop asking, and it is time to start demanding. Lao Tzu, a famous Chinese Taoist philosopher, once said “the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” To bring forth even the smallest amount of change, it all starts with a buzz that consumes legions of people from multiple generations. Men, women, the elderly, children – the people will stand up, and the people will react. I am confident that in due time, we will draw the line. For everybody out there reading this: Keep faith. There will soon be a movement waiting for your participation; revolution is in the air. Comments are welcomed at: abelgodinezromero@yahoo.com
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March 15, 2010
3D is breaking down barriers SOON TO BE FOUND IN THE CLASSROOM AND YOUR LIVING ROOM A 3 dimensions (3D) education may not only be a path to a much higher absorption of knowledge, but also a solution for students who have been deemed to have learning difficulties, when they actually may have a learning style that is foreign to the methods used in today’s educational system, thus turning them into educated super stars in the process. One of the problems with today’s educational methods is that people are predominately visual, auditory (hearing and speaking) or kinesthetic (touchy-feely) learners, and most educational methods only address these on a limited basis. Because of this, some students can be left in the dust and looked at as if they have learning disabilities, when the fact is that they are not being taught using a teaching system that works with their personal learning style. We exist, eat, live, sleep and relate in a 3D world, so why not be educated in a 3D teaching style? Just look at your arms, hands and feet. They are not flat, but have full 3D form and you relish the experience in a 3D world. With the new 3D films such as “Avatar” and “Alice in Wonderland,” people are hungry, like starving dogs for real life experiences, even in education. Imagine you’re diving at 180 miles an hour towards your first meal of the day, a small helpless rabbit eating it’s morning meal; you snap it up and zoom away. A 3D education will be allowing you to get a sense what a hawk’s life is like. This is what will become the norm in classrooms of the not too distant future. With a 3D reality only a click away while you sit or lie in the comfort of a classroom or even your home, you can have a 3D education, such as being the bacteria instead of just reading about it or viewing it on a flat 2D monitor. The future will be enveloped in it in a multi-sensory experience, creating a more total and complete understanding of the subject matter. Partaking in realities that have been unattainable in the past, such as being an animal or standing in the middle of a hurricane, will create an environmentally rainbow rich experience, thrilling the senses to a peak unknown before. The 3D Educational Experience No more will you just read a 2 dimensional book about something, you will have a 3D experience of what you are learning about. You will be able to gain technical
Imagine a 3D education! RRaaaawww! knowledge in a much shorter span of time. Most teachers these days basically translate 3 dimensional information from a 2 dimensional source, trying to get the student to take this same 2 dimensional information and retranslate it back into 3 dimensional knowledge in their minds. This can create major problems if the information is translated wrong or simply incomplete. From Avrover.Typepad.com, according to Stan Silverman, a professor at the New York Institute of Technology’s School Of Education, “As educators, we all too often are required out of necessity to make students take three dimensional concepts and try to learn them in a two dimensional perspective. This disconnect creates a gap in learning between those who naturally can map back to three dimensions and those who can’t.... BenQ, (manufacture of 3D projectors, it’s) new generation of 3D-ready projectors is a long-awaited innovation that will greatly change the way students learn. Now, students can better grasp spatially-related concepts; and the visual impact of all education content is likewise enhanced.” Since most people are able to experience life in all three of the styles in normal waking life—visual, auditory and kinesthetic— using 3D in education will allow you to absorb information in all three learning styles at the same time, thus making learning easier for almost all subject matters such
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as science, history, math, music, art, and bringing the curriculum to new levels of a heightened understanding and beyond. You can experience being as small as an atom or as large as the universe. There would be very few educational subjects that wouldn’t be improved upon with this advanced teaching aid. According to Texas Instruments, a major player in the digital world and one of the original creators of the personal computers, on their site, DLP.com, “With a 3D curriculum, you can create a completely immersive environment in which your students can learn more and retain that information for higher test scores.”
The World Coming To You Live In 3D Even beyond education, according to Electronics.GlobalSources.com, “3D stereoscopic displays have exhibited wide application in various fields ranging from medical, military, education, advertising and broadcasting to entertainment and gaming sectors.” 3D is making inroads into many areas. Zugara, the creators of “ZugSTAR” (Zugara STreaming Augmented Reality), say ZugSTAR has potential for not just education, but for fields such as medicine, with 3D models of MRI’s exploring the body and being able to explain test results. For publishing, with 3D images to assist a child to read. For product development, using 3D
models, being able to turn them and experiencing, discussing and changing aspects of products before actual production. Also, as so many gamers know, there are already 3D monitors on the market and many of the present games out now can be played in 3D. According to PopularMechanics.com, right now there are over 400 games that can be played and experienced in 3D. Eventually, 3D sensory suits will be out. This will be a natural progression with a public wanting to be fully immersed in experiences, such as a paraplegic being able to play a sport or anyone wanting to be in another part of the world at anytime. 3D Blu-ray players were not supposed to be out till 2011. Then, along comes an announcement from PocketBurgers. com(who?) in January of this year. Toshiba has announced that they now have a 3D Bluray and that they also have a full 3D video conferencing setup, which is as close to being there as you can get. Right now many HDTV’s are already set up to accept 3D. It would be smart to check before purchasing a new HDTV, to see if it was manufactured to be 3D ready. You can go to http://www.3dmovielist. com/3dhdtvs.html to check the list (Taking the already used 2D conferencing in industry into the 3D world is as simple as swapping out old equipment for the more up to date 3D equipment. This creates a more life-like advantage of a more reality-based connection with an employer. This also allows an employee to work in the environment of their choice, be it in the mountains or in Hawaii, wherever the worker desires to live in the world, all the while being in constant communication with their employer.) This could also be used for intercontinental education. The teacher could be talking to you, giving you a 3D experience of what they are teaching half way around the world. The elusive question remains, when sensory suits come out, will they be the ultimate safe-sex experience and put prostitutes out of work? With the budget cuts coming from all corners of life, from education, to business on every corner of the globe, 3D could be a potent and affordable solution for advancements of technology, the cost of creating an effective and affordable world is right around the corner, wrapping and fully encompassing you in a fully experiential 3D private or group environment.
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March 15, 2010
Celebrated poets praise muses LOCAL FEMALE POETS GRACED CROCKER THEATER IN THANKS. by Paul Stoicheff The women behind the words took the stage at the 28th annual “In Celebration of the Muse” poetry reading on March 6 at the Crocker Theater on the Soquel campus. Twenty local and talented female poets presented their work, and three—Maggie Paul, Adela Najarro, and Barbara Bloom—are Cabrillo College faculty. The event benefited Poetry Santa Cruz and was sponsored by the Cabrillo College English Department. The reading was dedicated in memoriam to local poets Lucille Clifton and Hermie Medley, who passed away in February. Amber Coverdale Sumrall and Dena Taylor, sitting in armchairs to the left of the podium, presented the readers who made their way to the center of the stage. Five minutes of stage time allowed each poet to deliver with their genuine and unique personality, and frequently share inspirations and feelings with the audience. Although many of the poems focused around similar feminine roles in society and life, not a single one was like another.
Throughout the night the audience chuckled at the myriad of clever poems, each read with perfect comedic timing. In Jo-Ann Birch’s poem, a mother realizes it’s time to explain the birds and the bees to her 12-year-old daughter. Being practical, she decides to include her 8-year-old
“..the clever lore of an after-hours transit ride that sounded all too familiar to the Santa Cruz Metro.”
daughter as well. Sparing the children no metaphors, the mother gives an anatomical account to describe what goes where. The last line of the poem reads, “…after a long pause, we both grew-up to be lesbians.” Meanwhile, Romanian born Alta Ifland’s poem about a mysterious and aimless bus, “The Random Bus”, entangled audience members in the clever lore of an after-hours
transit ride that sounded all too familiar to the Santa Cruz Metro. Ilfland Louis Guillaume Prize for Pose Poems in 2008 for her collection of poems titled “Voice of Ice”. Most poems earned laughter, some were more serious. A poem by Susan Freeman was centered around her mother’s death, and the hopelessness of an on-looker unable to understand the emotions and wisdom of a woman nearing life’s end with bittersweet anticipation. An interesting addition to the evening was Julia Alter-Canvin’s performance as a songstress. As she took the stage, as she announced her love of Santa Cruz, and between her poems, she sang in a mellifluous and soulful tone. Beth Vieira of Poetry Santa Cruz informed the audience that copies of
many of the writers’ published works could be purchased in the lobby. Cabrillo’s own Maggie Paul will be coming out with a book titled “Borrowed World” this May. Vieira then explained the origin of muses to an all-ears audience. Originally water, air, and voice, the muses tripled and eventually grew exponentially as they sparked ideas in the minds of artists. “Tonight we celebrate twenty muses of our own,” she said, and at the end of the show, the audience was undoubtedly inspired. More information on local poetry and Santa Cruz Poetry events may be found at www.baymoon. com/~poetrysantacruz. They are also on Facebook under “Poetry Santa Cruz”.
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Local art displayed across town ART WALK IS A CHANCE TO SEE LOCAL CREATIONS FOR FREE. by Brian Gassmann The six-year-old First Friday Art Tour in Santa Cruz consists of various pieces of work from local artists spread across no-cost venues in the city, most of which are downtown. Some collections are housed in full time galleries and others in local businesses. On the first Friday of each month, many of the previous arrangements are swapped for new ones and patrons may take part in the Art Tour by traveling from venue to venue, browsing the diverse collections and creations. On the first Friday of every month, guided tours are offered with the unveiling of new pieces, and receptions are held with the artists themselves. Most of the art found on the tour can be viewed at any time during business hours at participating venues. Refreshments are also offered; wine and cheese are amongst the provisions. Two of the most popular exhibits this month are those of contemporary realist Burt Levistky in the Michael Angelo Gallery, and “The Art of Sound” collection in the Dead Cow Gallery at the Tannery Arts Center. Levitsky’s still life and landscapethemed paintings draw attention with their divergence in the use of bright colors and profound, dark shadows. Some recall famous streets in San Francisco and New York City, others, like an antique drill press and bowl of eggs, are more placid moments, calmly placed on the canvas. One in particular that draws attention is a close moment of a man walking along the train tracks holding his grandchild, as the sun sets on the familiar log ride in front of them at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Art “Tourists” find that what Santa Cruz has to offer in this tour is different from what they would find if they were to visit a large, individual gallery. Santa Cruz local and Art Tour frequenter Patti Bond commented on this and found Levitsky’s work “hyper-real” and eye catching. “At first I wasn’t that taken with it, but the more I looked at it, the more I appreciated it. The complexity of the light and the depth, the way he models the figures, here, it just draws you in. I think if I was in a large art gallery though, I’d just walk by it,” she said. The Art of Sound collection at the Dead Cow Gallery was packed with onlookers from the contemporary to the classical as it displayed a myriad of pieces from female artists representing
(left) “Poker Face” by Sarah Jane Musgrave (right) “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” by Brianna Biddle music, and the way it preaches to each artist’s soul. Renditions were of mixed types and styles, ranging from black and white photographs to lustrous acrylic on canvas, some even took use of objects like keys and tarot cards. A portrait entitled “Poker Face” by Sarah Jane Musgrave showed a modern pop diva in a fleshy flash of light, “showing what she’s got” while adorning a brilliantly shining silver halo in front of a deep red set of flames filling the background. The artist herself even sung an acoustic rendition of the popular song with the same name next to her piece, seizing the attention of everyone in attendance and completing her image’s full effect. Cabrillo College professor, John Maxon, had his collection entitled “Flights of Fancy” on display at the Pacific Avenue shop Pacific Trading Company. He called Cabrillo’s new Visual, Applied, and Performing Arts (VAPA) division a lovely facility and called the space “a breath of fresh air”, but also said that the statewide budget cuts are clearly affecting his classes.
“Budget cuts have come at a very bad time; so many people want to come to school. Now with the budget sliding the way it is, even more people want to be coming to school and it’s a formula that doesn’t work,” he said. Los Angeles native, Robert Blitzer moved to Santa Cruz in 1979 and has his newly titled sculpture “Dance Team” on display in the Wave Gallery at The Art Center on Center Street downtown. A representative of “people working together”, it’s a series of human figures fashioned from bronze rod and stretched and contorted in an upward, uniform jet at the sky. In comparison to the current times, Blitzer said that during the late eighties he took place in Open Studios. Afterwards, he kept painting and creating art, but eventually had to pay the mortgage. He said the reason why many keep going despite economic adversity is because they have to. “I heard an interview with Van Morrison, so I really attribute this to him, otherwise I’m plagiarizing him. But he was asked ‘Why do you play music?’, and he said, ‘Well, it burns if I don’t...It burns me.’, so that’s the way I think it is, for artists, especially when it’s so hard to make a living of it,” he said. The First Friday Art Tour in Santa Cruz
has more to offer than being something considerably entertaining to do on a Friday night. It’s got local art, an inviting and relaxed atmosphere, and a great opportunity to see new places and snag random, fortuitous conversations. It’s also a chance to browse local stores that double as galleries. If you spot something that fits your budget, you’re supporting the local economy and the shop owners and employees know this. They show it in their auspicious presence and put their friendliest faces on for viewers. If you choose to walk the tour yourself you can pick up a brochure at any participating venue or go to www.firstfridaysantacruz.com to print a pdf version or simply view the schedule. There are also six organized, limited entry tours. They start from the Tannery Art Complex (1030 & 1040 River St.), at 6:30 pm and the last one leaves at 7:10 pm. Additional details are also available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/firstfridayarttour. Brian Gassmann is the editor for Arts & Entertainment at The Voice and can be reached at thecabrillovoice@gmail.com.
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Hometown surfers take to the land for art NATIVE TALENT HIGHLIGHTED IN UPCOMING EXHIBIT by Greg Andersen Whether you’re a native or a new comer to the area, it serves as common knowledge that surfing and Santa Cruz go hand-in-hand; however, the impact of surfing on our surrounding communities and industries often goes unnoticed. The upcoming exhibition Surf City Santa Cruz: A Wave of Inspiration is a tribute not only to various art forms rooted in surf culture, but also to the city itself. The exhibit will take an in-depth look at Santa Cruz through photography, surf technology, commercial aspects of surfing, and artwork dedicated to the surf culture. Many of the artists that will be featured here are surfers as well. This exhibit will be divided between various floors and galleries, starting with the ground floor, which will feature surf technology. Surfboard designs will be displayed, focusing on the advancements and progress of the past 100 years. This portion of the exhibit will also feature Jack and Robert O’Neill’s “It’s Always Summer on the Inside” wetsuit technology and films by Santa Cruz locals, including 3-time Maverick’s Surfing Contest winner Darryl “Flea” Virostko.
One of the more abstract and mesmerizing art forms on display will be the sand art of Jim Denevan. Using naturally occurring objects and a football field-sized canvas, Denevan creates large murals of symmetrical shapes and structures in the sand. Because these temporary sand drawings will eventually be washed away, aerial photographs are taken, and will be on display in the gallery. Other featured artists include Anthony Tashnick, Patrick Trefz, Stan Welsh, and Shawn “Barney” Barron. As a community so deeply enthralled in surf culture, Santa Cruz eagerly awaits the opening of this museum-wide exhibition being held in The Museum of Art & History @ The McPherson Center. It will be made open to the public starting on March 27, and will remain on view until July 10.
One of local artist Jim Denevan’s “Sand Art” creations. The highlight of the entire Surf City exhibit will be held in the Solari Gallery and will contain highly praised, local artists.
Though sharing a common interest in the surf world, each of these artists maintains a distinct style and application of media.
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Local band creates their own sound GROUP BRINGS POSITIVE FEELINGS THROUGH DEBUT ALBUM by Nick Norman
A new reggae/hip hop fusion band has stirred the pot of the local music scene, and is poised to explode into the mainstream. Old Harbour Bay hails from the Santa Cruz/ San Diego areas, and is redefining the styles of modern reggae and hip-hop with their recently released self-titled demo album. Old Harbour Bay recently finished recording their debut album at an independent record label called Doon Records of Bonny Doon, California. The demo album has seven tracks and clocks in at just over 22 minutes, featuring fresh reggae riffs, hip hop beats, and ambient keyboards that will get you grooving. For the album, Old Harbour Bay drew their inspiration from mother- nature herself. The goal of the album was to create an all-natural sound that matched the serenity of running water, wind in the trees, or waves on the beach. The artists were looking to create, as they called it, “easy-listening” music. The result is a complementary blend of reggae and hip-hop that listeners can both relax and dance to. The echoed guitars and
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hypnotic beats are soothing on the ears, and provide an auditory sanctuary perfect for relocating your zen. Old Harbour Bay also wanted to experiment with the boundaries of reggae and hip-hop by creating a sound of their very own. To do so, it required a special collaboration. The members from Old Harbour Bay all come from different parts of the world.and the band’s musical creativity matches the diversity of their cultural backgrounds. At their web site, the band members discussed what it’s like to work with each other and how their different backgrounds further enrich the creative process of making new and innovative music. “What makes our band such a blessing to be involved with is the amount of talent and ideas each member brings to the table.” The songs have lyrics with a message for its listeners, and the band is all about spreading good vibrations, which is evident in their song writing. “Our music is about love and positivity, our lyrics are meant to inspire, uplift and bring joy to the stress of the day to day.”
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The band debuted live for the first time in San Diego at a venue called the World Beat Center, and were received with a warm welcome. Information about the band can be found at myspace.com/old-
harborbay and video of their live performance can be found at youtube.com. If interested in booking Old Harbour Bay for a show, send e-mails to lukewarmmusic07@yahoo.com
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March 15, 2010
The Gamer Guy More military mayhem! by Kyle Matthews
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Music lives in Santa Cruz Tune-Yards
Folk infused with a light melodic pop, tied into outbursts of somewhat post-punk frequencies with rhythmic blues and Afro- style beats. If that at all is intriguing to your musical tastes then the musical works of Tune -Yards is right up your alley. Comprised of female singer/songwriter Merrill Garbus, Tune-Yards hails out of New England. Her debut album BiRd-BrAiNs (2009) was recorded over the period of almost two-years with the use of a voice-recorder and her laptop, illustrating the unique intimacy you get with her music. Armed with her ukulele, poignant lyrics and eccentric, but warming voice Tune-Yards colPhoto courtesy ps3media.ign.com lectively offers nothing short of an eclectic musical experience that easily translates into live performances. Currently they are on tour and they will be appearing at The Crepe The U.S. Army’s expendable misfits are back Place here in Santa Cruz on March 19th along with Xiu Xiu, and Noveller tickets are $12 in “Battlefield: Bad Company 2,” a first-per- advance, $15 door definitely worth checking out. son shooter from EA DICE. With its signature by Julie Cast destructible environments and a multiplayer Photo courtesy uclaradio.com mode that rivals that of “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” “Bad Company 2” is definitely something shooter fans should get their hands on. Reel Big Fish is a punk influenced ska band from Southern California that stormed the In campaign mode, you once again take music industry in the mid 90’s after the release of their critically acclaimed album “Turn control of Pvt. Preston Marlowe as you The Radio Off”. More notably, the hit “Sell Out” launched them to the monumental success fight alongside your three comical comthey have achieved today. Through the bands history, they have released seven studio alrades, this time against the Russians. bums (all of which reached the US top 200) and one live album. From the shrewd mind of While the story starts in Russia, the majorlead singer Aaron Barrett comes the witty, catchy lyrics that fans love. Along with “Sell ity of it takes place in the jungles of Bolivia. Out”, other hits include “Beer”, “She Has A Girlfriend Now” and “Trendy”. The band’s other Like before, no cover is truly safe because strongpoint is their use of three brass instruments in a primarily punk-based band. Reel literally everything can be destroyed. I once Big Fish’s show at the Catalyst is the last stop on their short-legged West Coast tour, so used a grenade turret with unlimited ammumake sure you check it out on March 31st. nition to tear down a forest, just so I could be by Clark Van Winkle sure two enemies were dead. One cool new Photo courtesy blog.mlive.com feature in story mode is the care packages. Whenever you find one, you can choose from any two of the collectable weapons you’ve found thus far. However, I found it pretty easy Hailing from the Colorado Rockies, Yonder Mountain String Band is no unfamiliar face to play most of the game with just the standard issue scoped assault rifle and shotgun. to Santa Cruz. Merging their prominent sound of folk and bluegrass, the band gives off a Of course, like most shooters today, the pri- jam-band-esque impression to all fans alike. Similar to that of the Grateful Dead, Yonder mary draw is the multiplayer. So far there’s revitalizes its genre with their major influence of rock through the incorporation of guionly four maps to choose from, but more tar, bass, mandolin and banjo. Banjoist Dave Johnston comments, “Everyone appreciates have been promised in future downloadable good music. Some people want to go to a recital and some people want to party.” “The content. The new feature here is the unlock- Show”, Yonders’ most recent studio album, contains all the elements of a solid bluegrass alable weapon upgrades. As you gain experi- bum that drew fans to their debut “Elevation”. Drumming for the album, which is typically ence points, weapon add-ons like scopes unusual for the genre, was tracked by legend Pete Thomas, drummer for Elvis Costello’s and under-barrel launchers. There’s also backing band. Catch Yonder Mountain String Band on April 1st at The Catalyst. Tickets are plenty of vehicles available, including tanks $20 in advance and $25 at the door, doors at 7:30 music at 8:00 pm. and remote controlled mini-helicopters. Photo courtesy highergroundmusic.com by Clark Van Winkle And yes, the PC version has dedicated server support. So if you boycotted “Modern Warfare 2” for Infinity Ward’s limitation of freedom to the players, “Bad Company 2” is the alternative you’ve been waiting for. Many musicians are known for their political activism and socially conscious lyrics, but The only real complaint I have for this title how many have actually been held as a political prisoner for their beliefs? Gilberto Gil, the is the fact that there was no non-online mullegendary Brazilian musician, has spent a lifetime emoting his liberal views, and was even tiplayer available. In fact, a lot of shooters held hostage by his own government in the ‘60s after being deemed a danger to the status these days don’t seem to support more than quo amid countrywide unrest. In more stable times, Gil has forged his reputation as one two controllers on one console. This is one of Brazil’s most famous exports, walking the line between bossa nova, samba and a host of of those games where having four screens other world music genres as a guitarist and singer. This time around, Gil brings a special makes a lot of sense, because there are four lineup to the Rio Theatre, being backed with percussion and cello specialists, in what’s main characters in campaign mode. Also, the being deemed as “The String Concert.” The 67-year-old just finished a stint as Brazil’s Minlast level of campaign mode felt too simple. In ister of Culture, forever cementing his reputation as one of the foremost political figures to fact, getting the “sucks to be right” achievecome out of the music world. The show is March 18th at the Rio Theater. Tickets are $33.50 ment is a lot easier than most achievements for general admission and $44.50 for Gold circle call 831.421.9200 for additional info. worth 50 Gamerscore. Just finish campaign mode on the easy difficulty, then replay by Zach Stoloff Photo courtesy kalamu.com the last chapter on hard, and you’ve got it. All together, “Battlefield: Bad Company 2” is a must have for any shooter fan, especially if they’re looking for an alternative to “Modern Warfare 2.” The game is rated M for Mature, and is available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
Reel Big Fish
Yonder Mountain String Band
Gilberto Gil
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members of the women’s tennis team
Tennis program grateful for ‘bonus year’ LOCALS RAISE MONEY FOR CASH-STARVED CABRILLO TENNIS by James Carranco With Cabrillo tennis program on the verge of being cut, Coach David Van Ness desperately searched for a way to raise money. That’s when he got the idea to turn to another sport. Coach Van Ness along with a local tennis club started a golf tournament, which allowed tennis to continue this year at Cabrillo. “Imperial Tennis Club was a big contributor to keeping the program alive,” said Coach Van Ness. Before this week the tennis team was practicing with used tennis balls, and just now got its first shipment of new tennis balls. After a rocky off-season that had Van Ness losing recruits because of the uncertainty of the program’s future, and only two returning players this year, Seahawk Tennis looks to rebuild.
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The men’s team won its only conference title five years ago and with just one win this season its just trying to stay competitive in conference against frontrunners Foothill, Mission, and De Anza. With an inexperienced squad of all new players, Coach Van Ness wants to his only returning player on the Men’s team Stephan Harry to give the other players some guidance. Coach Van Ness is trying to return his men’s team back to their former prominence when the program was consistently sending athletes to four-year universities like UCSC and UC San Diego. The losing trend has the women’s team still searching for its first win of the season. Being the first year in control of the women’s team Van Ness is relying Audrey Payne, the only returner out of six players,
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to provide the other ladies with leadership. Having never won a conference title and zero wins on the season Coach Van Ness is staying positive saying he wants his team
“We had a golf fundraiser that raised a lot of money and kept us afloat” -Coach Van Ness to “play to the best of their ability.” With a top-heavy conference featuring powerhouses Chabot and De Anza the new-
comers are trying to gain experience and stay competitive in a strong conference. Van Ness hopes to spread his knowledge of tennis to his players and teach them how to “love the game.” Coach Van Ness played at Cabrillo for two years before receiving a full-scholarship to play tennis at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, a Division I school. The coach is preaching encouragement and telling his players to do their best in hopes to get back to the winning ways of previous seasons. Upcoming Schedule: Men’s Tennis Friday 3/19 2:00 PM - Home Vs Chabot Women’s Tennis Tuesday 3/16 2:00PM-Home vs. De Anza Friday 3/19 2:00PM- Away vs. Mission
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Men’s golf swings new look HAWKS PLAY UP TO PAR AT COYOTE CREEK COURSE Ryan Mock is just one of the six new players to join the Cabrillo golf team, which left for Coyote Creek Golf Course on Monday to compete in their fourth tournament of the season against Chabot, San Jose City, Cañada, Foothill, and Monterey colleges. As Mock stood focused on the fringe and practiced his chip shot, golf coach Tom Pera looked on pensively knowing the pressure would be on his new golfers to step up and perform. “It’s a lot of pressure, I feel the pressure,” said Ryan Mock in an interview during his pre-match warm up. “I want to do well, I’m just a little nervous.” It’s not as though the match was make-or-break for the team. Nothing rode on the outcome, besides earning points in
league. Rather, it was the fact that the golf team would be competing without their best player that played on their minds and already jangled nerves. Left behind was the golf team’s best and only returning player Greg Auer, the scoring champion of 2009. Auer led the team last season with a shooting average of 74. He hasn’t competed since the first tournament of the season at Stanford, where he shot an even-par score of 70, comedaled, and carried the team to 2nd place. Since then, Auer has been sidelined due to a sprained tendon in his left wrist. However, he plans to make his return before the season is over. “I saw him hit a ball, he hit one ball…but he looked kind of tentative,” said Ryan Mock. “When he [Auer] comes back, which he will, he’ll be good.” This year the golf roster features six brand new additions: Neil Ostermann, Noah Sturm, Riley Staniec, Ryan Mock,
Jordyn Taylor, and Jason Hass. Coach Pera reflected on the work he’s put into making this season a success with his new roster. “It’s hurt a lot, not having all the seasoned players that we’ve had before. We have, basically, a brand new team,” said Coach Pera. “Golfers are like quarterbacks. They have one bad round, and they get psyched out.” Recently, Coach Pera has been trying to pass on some of his wisdom to the young golfers. He’s tired of seeing triple digit round scores – and in the sport of golf, triple digits won’t win you any tournaments. Last season was the first time Coach Pera and the team reached the state championships, and they want to do it again this year. With Auer nursing his injury, the outcome of whether or not the team reaches state for the second consecutive year rests in the hands of the freshman newcomers. So far, they’ve shown they have the stuff to do it. Earlier this season, Jordyn Taylor
and Thomas Bischoff paired up in the twoman scramble format tournament at Eagle Ridge, shooting 11 under par for a total of 61. The rest of Cabrillo team combined to shoot a total 21 under par, securing a first place victory for the Seahawks. Last week at Coyote Creek, Cabrillo finished in 3rd, with Chabot placing 1st and San Jose City college 2nd. Foothill, Monterey, and Cañada colleges placed 4th, 5th, and 6th, respectively. Ryan Mock led the team, shooting a 75 on the round. Even though 3rd isn’t what they had hoped for, the team is happy with the way the played. The 3rd place finish helped Cabrillo secure a position of 2nd in conference, and for now, they’re taking it one match at a time. At least until Auer is back.
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James Smith throws a pitch to a Harnell batter during his dominant performance Tuesday
Baseball squad breaks loose TEAM LOOKS TO IMPROVE DEFENSE, MAKE PLAYOFF RUN by Zach Stoloff The Cabrillo baseball squad let loose their frustration on visiting Hartnell College on Tuesday, riding starting pitcher James Smith and some hot bats to a 9-5 win. The Seahawks, led by first-year coach Bob Kittle, have endured a frustrating season thus far, and after a loss to San Bruno College on Thursday have seen their record fall to 4-10 overall, with a 1-4 mark in their league. Nonetheless, much of the pent up emotion of a disappointing season was vented in Tuesday’s win. Marchall Garcia picked up three hits to go with an RBI, while short-
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stop Michael Gerlach, designated hitter Mike Croft, and catcher Max Meyers picked up a couple hits each. “It was great,” said Gerlach. “We stayed in it the whole time. Like Coach says, we just have to keep our heads up and get out there and get after it.” On the mound, the club received a workhorse performance from junkballer James Smith, who gave up only three hits, and no earned runs, over 7 1/3 innings of work. Smith struck out eight while walking only one in a thoroughly dominate performance. “I felt good today, I had my secondary pitch working, my changeup was working, too. It just felt like everything was going good. The fastball was locating down, and
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I got a lot of ground balls,” said Smith of his day on the hill. Despite the win, the team’s shoddy defense remains a concern. Each side relinquished four errors, jiving with Coach Kittle’s defense-first approach to the game. “We have been woefully inadequate on defense,” deadpanned Kittle. “The core principle of our philosophy is, number one, defense. So we’re falling off on principle number one.” On the field, the team has been led by the hitting of Meyers and Garcia, each batting well over .400 with slugging percentages hanging around .500. On the mound, Smith has thoroughly established himself as the ace of the staff, going 2-3 with an ERA of
3.11 in five starts. Jacob Eichorn has become a force out of the bullpen, giving up only two earned runs in 16 2/3 innings. Although the team finds itself well under .500 14 games into the season, with a plethora of games remaining against league opponents, there is still time to make a postseason run. “We’re hoping we can start cashing in,” said Kittle. “Prior to today, 10 of our 12 games we’ve had the winning run at the plate in the seventh inning on. We just need to cash in on some of those games and turn it on, it’s a long season.”
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Upcoming Sports Schedule:
Baseball
Tuesday 3/16 2:00pm Home vs. Canada Thursday 3/18 2:00pm Home vs. San Jose City College Saturday 3/20 12:00pm Away vs. Gavilan Tuesday 3/23 2:00pm Away vs. College of San Mateo Thursday 3/25 2:00pm Home vs. Skyline Saturday 3/27 12:00pm Away vs. Chabot
Softball
Tuesday 3/16 3:00pm Home vs. San Mateo Thursday 3/18 3:00pm Home vs. De Anza Saturday 3/20 12:00pm Home vs. Taft Tuesday 3/23 3:00pm Home vs. Foothill Thursday 3/25 3:00pm Away vs. Chabot Tuesday 3/30 3:00pm Home vs. San Francisco City
Men’s Tennis
Friday 3/19 2:00pm Home vs. Chabot Tuesday 3/23 2:00pm Away vs. De Anza Away Friday 3/26 2:00pm Home vs. Foothill
Women’s Tennis
Tuesday 3/16 2:00pm Home vs. De Anza Friday 3/19 2:00pm Away vs. Mission Tuesday 3/23 2:00pm Home vs. Ohlone Friday 3/26 2:00pm Away vs. Foothill
Swimming & Diving 2010 Men’s & Women’s Friday 3/19 2:00pm Away vs Chabot & De Anza Friday 3/26 2:00pm Home vs. Foothill
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Colter White speaks at the March 4 rally in the Cabrillo College quad.
Strike strikes out
PASSIVE PROTEST ACHIEVES NOTHING
by Drew Frye Swarms of students walked out of class Thursday afternoon for a calm gathering in the Cabrillo quad. Several students carried picket signs and were shouting, passively, about how education in California must change. There was calm music playing in the background. While those of us at Cabrillo were sheltered in our quad, the rest of California’s public education system actually did something. Elementary school students had us beat in the Bay Area as they marched the streets with their teachers, demanding the education they deserve. What we did at Cabrillo also pales in comparison with UCSC’s demonstration. The UCSC campus was cut off and shut down. Cars could not reach UCSC and even the circulation of campus shuttles was stopped. They showed everyone that they are powerful and that they will not accept the budget cuts and rising costs of education. Cabrillo didn’t show
anyone anything. At the beginning of our strike, students seemed confused and didn’t really know why they were there. Red ribbons were passed out without an explanation of what they symbolized and students were directed to tie them to their arms. Finally, a couple of students and a teacher stood on benches to make speeches. The speakers were passionate and mildly educational. I appreciated Colter White’s speech about how important Cabrillo is to him and others with low incomes or past criminal offenses, but despite all of the speeches, I felt like nothing was actually accomplished. David Lau, Cabrillo English teacher, whose speech began, “How can we initiate a much broader social movement, not just locally in Santa Cruz . . .” did not actually mention anything students can really do. The only things actually mentioned at the strike that students could do to take action against recent budget cut trends were becoming a fan of something on Facebook and going to Sacramento for a demonstration that other
people are organizing. If becoming a fan of the cause on Facebook actually does anything, they did not tell us what, and I think most Cabrillo students cannot go to Sacramento at the drop of a hat. It is possible that we at Cabrillo just are not as desperate as the rest of California. For example, students in the UC system have a lot more money at stake in this budget crisis and they typically attend their schools for more years than students do at Cabrillo. Another possibility is that even though everyone is affected by the budget crisis, the only people actually threatened by it are minority, low income, and disadvantaged people. Does Cabrillo truly care? I do not respect or support the vandalism that resulted from UCSC’s larger strike; however, I do admire the magnitude of the demonstrations put on by UCSC and other educational institutions all over California and other states. Other strikes disrupted daily life to say they will not accept the rising costs of education. I just did not feel the commitment. It is
nice to see that some students want to be activists and want to initiate change, but Cabrillo’s March 4 walkout event just did not do it. We disrupted nothing. A Walkout? If the walkout inconvenienced anyone, I have yet to hear it. Nothing about Cabrillo’s strike said “We will not stand for these budget cuts.” It showed that the only thing we will do when we are unfairly subjugated is stand around in our quad and not go to class. If we carry on like this, we will just let the people who control money and power do what ever they want and we will not get our education. Comments and replys can be sent to ajkfrye@gmail.com or dropped off at The Cabrillo Voice room 407.
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John Burton to taxpayers: “pay now or pay more later” Schwarzenegger threatens to evict 1,400 fresh-out-of-high-school orphans by: Alison Maupin
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Editorial Cartoon by Nina Tompkin
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On March 2nd there was a truck full of orphans headed towards Sacramento. Not little orphan Annie, the orphans were students and alumni from Cabrillo College. This current budget crisis is forcing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to bring out his broadsword and hack away excessive spending in California. The program on his chopping block today was THP-Plus, a program hailed by the John Burton Foundation for Children Without Homes as one of the most effective child welfare programs. THP-Plus caters to California abused and neglected youth moving from foster care to adulthood. Cutting it saves only 0.18 percent of the budget shortfall. I felt sorry for foster kids coming after me who might never know how amazing this program could have been for them. It’s hard to be an adult at age 18. To pay your first deposit, buy things like Windex and groceries on your own for the first time. You feel weird hearing kids your age still living at home talking about buying an iPod when you can barely make rent and afford food. While some sheltered kids are just enjoying the freedom to watch R-rated movies and buy cigarettes, you are struggling month to month to keep off the streets and stay in school. It’s hard to hear kids complain about homework and talk about going to concerts on the weekends when you have a hard time getting your first job because you don’t know how to make a resume, or you don’t have a computer, or you work during library hours and can’t seem to gain access to a printer. I’m guilty of forgetting these things when I’m in the THP-Plus program. I forget that I’m different, that I’m on my own-because I’m not. Now, in THP-Plus I have someone who will help with anything. It sure makes things easier.
I wanted to save this for future generations by appearing at the Capitol. At 9:30 am I was picked up by THP-Plus coordinator, Victoria Campbell. A closecropped guy named Shawn sat in the front seat. Campbell was driving us to the capital building to lobby to save the program that had changed our lives. Campbell, before getting down to business, offered us coffee from a big thermos in the back seat. She apologized because her 10-year-old son drank all the creamer. She also told us to save the big bag of Cheetos for the ride home so our hands and clothes weren’t orange. Although many more had wanted to go and speak out, in the interest of time only four of us were allowed to speak, including the coordinator. We drove to San Jose to pick up Vanessa, who was wearing large hoop earrings.
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Campbell asked her if she was nervous. She said no. Once we got to Sacramento and parked we were walking up the lawn of the capitol building when Shawn joked that it would be nice to live there. It was a beautiful tall building: white and clean with a large pointed golden dome on top. There were so many people in the Capitol building, and they all seemed to be wearing uncomfortable shoes and were in a hurry. There were orphans from all over the state gathered for a press briefing regarding the THP-Plus program. Now, Vanessa was getting nervous. We came to a crowded room full of lunch trays and people dressed very professionally. On the wall I saw my favorite actorturned-Governor. For the fiscal year 2010-11 Schwarzenegger proposed to eliminate THP-Plus unless
the federal government provides $6.9 billion in federal assistance. “Before THP-Plus, we used to pack up the belongings of youth in foster care into black garbage bags and wish them luck,” said Amy Lemley, policy director of the John Burton Foundation. “Let’s be clear: the Governor’s proposal will return us to those dark days, when aging out of foster care was a one-way ticket to homelessness and incarceration.” In the picture Schwarzenegger was covered in patriotic confetti and had a huge grin on his face. We were given really good sandwiches and a water bottle with a chip bag. We ate on a marble bench in a marble hallway. The trash was piled high with brown lunch containers. A constant stream of assembly persons, judges and politicians passed us by as we balanced our lunch trays on our laps.
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Today’s stale drug CA’s orphans debates need rewiring A PLEA TO LEGALIZE KNOWLEDGE by Daniel Wootan The Santa Cruz City Council passed the city’s first ever marijuana laws, splitting 4-2, last Tuesday. The new law lets the two medical marijuana dispensaries already open remain in business, but they have to grow the “medicine” at the dispensary. The council wants Lime Kiln and Greenway dispensaries to grow their own “medicine,” but is also allowing them to buy from outside vendors “as they need.” The amount of square feet the clubs can use for growing marijuana needs clarification.grow The meeting will be at Santa Cruz City Hall-- at the corner of Church and Center streets in Santa Cruz. However, many of the council’s rules are to ensure that the marijuana will be used “medicinally,” and not acting as a cover for profits or “recreational” uses. This got me thinking, “what really is the difference between medicine and being happy?” Society’s associations to words and concepts (even entire languages) change all the time. The word “planet” used to evoke the concept “flat”; until 1903, Coca-Cola had cocaine in it and was marketed as a hangover cure (go figure). The associations today’s society makes with the chemicals people choose to put in their own bodies now, can change too. The arguments of today’s ongoing drug debate fall into three categories: those in favor of legalization (and therefore, regulation); those who favor legalization for what mainstream; society considers medicinal use, and prohibitionists. These arguments rely on terminology used to draw lines between foods, medicines, and drugs ‘medicinal’ and ‘recreational’ uses. All of this is pure semantics. I propose a new framing for all of these debates: food, water, and air are drugs; boredom, discontent and curiosity are diseases needing treatment. Webster’s dictionary defines the word drug as, “something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness.” By this standard, food, water and air are drugs. They produce physical and psychological effects when consumed. Include imminent death as a guaranteed withdrawal symptom, and described is the most dangerous drug imaginable.
Not to mention that chronic recreational use of food (excessive eating just for taste, throwing of food, etc.) can cause serious effects—from high blood pressure and high cholesterol for the user, and starvation, riots, and instability for those in nations unable to have food fights. “Illness” is another word that needs rebranding. If discontent and boredom are not diseases, why is Prozac prescribed to people so often? Some say Webster’s reference to drugs “often [being] an illegal substance,” fits with food. Have you ever tried to order a pork chop in Israel or Saudi Arabia, or a porterhouse steak in India? Water is treated like a drug in more places every day. It is overpriced, horded, and the middle men make huge profits (because they know you need your fix. Is it considered recreational to wash your car excessively? So why are food and water not limited to the medicinal use of sustaining our bodies? The research of many illegal drugs is banned because they are said to have no medical uses. Someone please tell me what the medicinal goal of testing new nuclear weapons? Are our enemies really suffering from a disease by being alive. With laws like, this aybe we all are. This is not an argument to legalize all substances that can be consumed. It is a plea to research, without bias, the unknown treasures and traps in and out of this universe. If you don’t believe there are valuable and unknown uses for substances in this world, follow these steps: renounce modern society, burn all of your material possessions, and go on a hunger strike until we legalize “drugs.” The council will “clean up” the language at their next meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 3:30, said council menmebr, Tony Madrigal. Public comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome at the meeting. SEND COMMENTS, REBUTTALS, HATEMAIL, OR ANY INFO TO:
Daniel Wootan hiredaniel@yahoo.com
(continued from page 28)-- After lunch, we sought out Nicette Short of California Alliance of Child and Family Services. We were joined by Cheryl Gourgouris, a THP-Plus coordinator from Los Angeles who was there alone with printed letters from orphans in her program to give assemblypersons. Short took us to a hallway to talk. We were to meet Assemblywoman Julia Brownley’s assembly fellow, Pilar Whitaker. Whitaker didn’t know of our program. Vanessa spoke first. Before the program she had struggled to save money, and she tangled with the law. She graduated from the program with money saved up. She used the money to start own business helping youth in the juvenile corrections system. Vanessa told Whitaker that before THPPlus, she went to Cabrillo and never thought she could get a bachelors degree from a four-year-college. Campbell was Vanessa’s coordinator and she “dragged” Vanessa to explore San Jose State University, where she is working on her B.A. Now a successful business owner, Vanessa, at age 24 is doing very well. Then it was my turn to speak. I’ve only been in the program six months, and during that six months. I’ve shadowed at UCSC and declared myself a history major, unpacked and settled into a nice room of my own. I managed to stay in my house after I got laid off from seasonal work. The program helped me register my car, put food on my shelves and warm clothes on my back. It was a relief to feel there was someone to help after I moved out at 18. I told Mrs. Whitaker that I wanted to be a lawyer, and this program made it easier to stay in school. But I forgot to tell her that it was my 21st birthday. Next we went to meet Senator Joseph Simitian’s legislative aide, Jennifer Moreno, in the hallway. We were in luck. Moreno had been a teacher that worked with at-risk youth. She told us she understood how important stable housing was to education. When we were asked where we would be without the program we hardly hesitated to admit- Vanessa might be in jail, and I might be homeless. Instead, we were both working hard to educate ourselves so we could give back to the community. Short led us to another hallway to wait. We sat along the wall, talking about how things were going. I said something to Campbell and Gourgouris about how fun it was to become a lobbyist. Gourgouris said, probably thinking of our hallway meeting and the way we all had to wait sitting on the floor in the hallway, that rather than a lobbyist, she felt more like a “groveling constituent.” After 20 minutes or so Short came and brought us to Assemblyman Bill Monning’s
office. His aide, Ryan Guillen greeted us. Finally, Shawn took the lead. He said he’s been in foster care since birth and had had 19 placements before his 18th birthday, meaning that he had hardly ever lived in one place longer than two years. THP-Plus, he said, had given him the most independence, support and stability that he had ever had. We asked Guillen if he knew how long we would have to prepare if the program got cut in June. Gourgouris answered that it was about 3 months. Guillen informed us that many other important child-care programs were on Schwarzenegger’s “chopping block” if the Federal Government didn’t cough up $6.9 billion. One study by the James Burton Foundation showed that only 10.8 percent of youth who age-out of foster year complete high school, less than half the rate for their peers of the same age and race. Former foster youth were also 2.8 times more likely to be arrested and 70 percent more likely to be incarcerated. THP-Plus changes this picture drastically. A 2008 survey of 458 youth in THP-Plus conducted by the John Burton Foundation found measurable 19 percent gain in employment, a 13 percent increase in hourly wage, and similar advances in education, health and housing stability. They also reported decreased rates of “disconnectedness,” defined as an individual how is neither employed or attending school. Rates of disconnectedness decreased by 39% among youth who entered THP-Plus. Please help the 1,400 otherwise homeless youth and their 200 children in California’s THP-Plus program by asking Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to repeal his proposal to eliminate this cost-effective program by calling him today at 916.445.2841. Guillen called us back in, apparently we were about to meet Bill Monning. After talking to assembly aids and fellows all day it was nice to get to reach our intended target-- those that could speak directly with Schwarzenegger in the State Assembly. We got to shake Monning’s hand. His hand was large, dry and warm. He was pale with a thin face. The pictures on the wall showed he was interested in justice. When we got into the car for the long drive home we greedily covered ourselves in orange processed cheese, passing around the big bag of Cheetos. Campbell took us to In & Out, where Vanessa told them it was my 21st birthday. While I was waiting for my strawberry milkshake I heard the whole kitchen start to sing, “Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!” It was by far the best birthday ever.
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Sex in the city college: questions, answers and a few tips to liven up your sex world|by Jazmine Ancira your penis. If it’s not taken care of the end results can be deadly.
Can you get an infection from masturbating?
Um…yes. This answer all comes down to your hygiene for women. Throughout the day, your hands, especially, come in contact with all sorts of bacteria. When you masturbate (women) or when guys finger their women partner, the bacteria on the skin/ hands can spread into the vagina, possibly contracting a bacterial or urinary tract infection. Both of these infections are curable. Just be sure to wash your hands before you have a little fun.
How come women can have multiple orgasms, but men can’t?
Photo by Steven Bumgarner It may strike you how some people can be very shy when it comes to sexual thoughts and questions that run through their minds. But the truth is not everyone was blessed with the opportunity to learn about sex for some reason or another. I’m about to answer some of the questions about sex that some of us never grew the courage to ask. And let me remind you, although these questions may seem a bit obvious, there are some people that don’t know about these particular topics.
Can I get pregnant by having anal sex?
The answer is no, you can’t get pregnant by having anal sex, unless of course, the semen leaks to your vagina, which is highly unlikely. But as a precautionary note it’s not particularly as “safe” as vaginal sex. Unlike the vagina, the anus doesn’t have much lubrication so the tissues in your anus can tear easily, making it easier to contract an STI, even when using a condom. Oh, and it’s not good to have vaginal sex after anal. The guy should wash his penis and put on a new condom. The reason for this is because the anus is filled with many bacteria that can cause major infections and that bacteria can enter the vagina and penis. And guys, be careful too. This bacteria can also get into
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The reason is because men need a recovery phase after ejaculating. This is because the man’s body is meant to inseminate their female counterpart. The “chemicals”, also known as endorphins, rush out and are released after climaxing, causing the male to become unable to get an erection right after ejaculation. Also the penis becomes ultra sensitive and sometimes painful to become
“There is nothing like seeing my girls butt bouncing up and down while I hit it from the back.”
erected and to ejaculate again. Men are like rocket engines quick and easy to burn out, women are like diesel engines their meant to last. It is really unclear how many orgasms women can have but for guys the closest thing to experiencing another orgasm is tantric sex. Which in other words means you can learn how to experience the sensation of orgasm without ejaculating.
Turning it up a knotch!
Now that we got those out of the way, I went around campus asking our Cabrillo peers about the types of things they like when it comes to their sex life. Like favorite sex positions, craziest places having sex and etc. All I can say is, “ Wow”. Who would have ever thought our Cabrillo students are crazy studious and little freaks under the sheets? Although there are some sweet and boring individuals when it comes to their
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sex life, we do have our little sex demons walking about the halls. Eighty percent of the students interviewed said their preferred position while in action was the classic, but all out fun, “Doggy” style. One student said, “there is nothing like seeing my girls butt bouncing up and down while I hit it from the back. Mmm that makes me feel totally in control.” But ten percent said they love the rowdy cowgirl ways, either reverse or face-toface. Most the guys interviewed said they love seeing their girl be in control and wild riding them hard. And for the women in this case, they love to be in control and show their man a good time. Five percent said missionary style. And the other five percent said other. Ok people, all these positions are great, classic and ultra pleasing but for those of you who think it’s time to spice up these positions and try something out of your norm,
The Hot Tub Hug you should try, Alright listen up, this doesn’t require much work because you’re in water, a hot tub to be exact. Therefore it’s easy to lift yourself up or your girl. Follow closely now. Start with the guy sitting on the bench with his knees bent and legs slightly spread, leaning back with his arms outstretched and resting on the edge of the tub. Now ladies, straddle him, facing forward. Lower yourself onto his penis, holding on to his shoulders for support. Keep your knees bent and feet flat as you move up and down or back and forth. The reason why you’ll love this hot tub hug is because you’ll be able to see all the action happening between you two. Also there is enough room between your pelvises to play with the girls bliss button (clitoris) by rubbing it up or against the guy’s torso. And if you’re really wanting a bit of adrenaline rush and have hot tub in your back yard, try it there. Something about people being able to peak through or catching you guys in action makes the sexual experience more exciting and fiery. Now, for those of you who say, “been
The Lap Dance there done that”, you should try Lets get started. Find a tall-backed chair, like one from your kitchen table or a desk. Make it comfy by padding it with some pillows, and sit the guy down. Ladies, straddle the hardened member and lean back slightly, placing your hands on his knees. Extend your legs, one at a time, until each of your ankles are resting on one of his corresponding shoulders. Pump your booty back and forth at a speed that makes you moan. To enhance your thrusting power, balance your weight between your ankles and your hands. And that’s all there is to it. The reason why this position is all too fun is because it’s making the guys fantasy of a lap dance comes true. Ladies: what’s better then to show your man your exotic wild side? You don’t need to be a pro exotic dancer to show your man a great seductive side. Spice it up with a little foreplay. Tease with some sexy lingerie. So, now that that’s all said and done I hope your get somewhat enlightened by these interesting facts, tips and answers. If you any questions or ideas for a new topic to talk about please feel free to stop by or contact the Cabrillo Voice.
P.S. always wear a condom!
March 15, 2010 Ongoing
CALENDAR
March 29 - April 3 Spring Break Student Senate meets at 3 PM in SAC East, Room 225 (Thrusdays)
Special Events March 24, Wednesday 3 - 4:30 PM Rm 908 The Bhakti Yoga Club Free Vegetarian cooking class preparing Kitchuri All ingredients provided and free dinner afterwards. March 31, Wednesday 11 - 1:30 PM In the Quad Food Sale, Samosas and Chutney sauce
Art and Music March 15 - April 23 Cabrillo Gallery: Reception: Saturday, March 13, 4:00 – 6:00 PM Cabrillo Gallery Presents Ruth Braunstein & The Braunstein Quay Gallery: 1961 to the Present Free Events Cabrillo Gallery March 19: Friday 7 PM Cabrillo Music Recital Hall Cabrillo Youth Strings / Suzuki Orchestra Concert Tickets: $7 general, $6 students/seniors, 15 yrs and under free Tickets at the door only March 23: Tuesday 7:30 pm Cabrillo Music Recital Hall Festival of Bands featuring the Cabrillo Symphonic Winds Tickets: $7 general, $6 seniors/students Tickets at the door only March 26: Friday, March 27 Saturday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Cabrillo’s Visual & Performing Arts Complex Cabrillo Music Department presents The Santa Cruz Jazz Festival Awards Ceremony at 7:00 pm Tickets: $10 Festival pass for all events March 26: Friday 7 pm, Cabrillo Crocker Theater Cabrillo Crocker TheaterCabrillo Music Department presents the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival Concert featuring Allen Vizzutti Tickets: $10 Festival pass for all events
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