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Sports Medicine
Above: Jose Bonilla, ATC, treats an injured athlete on Rams field while student athletic trainer Malori E. Swanson observes on March 13, 2013. Photo by Shelly Scott/The Guardsman Below: Adelita C. Martin, ATC, and student athletic trainer Malori E. Swanson examines a chart in the City College sports medicine facility in the Wellness Center at Ocean campus on March 13, 2013. Photo by Shelly Scott/The Guardsman
Trainers save lives on the sideline By Dan Harrington
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When the body is ailing, it must have its needs met to rebuild, fortify, and create a conducive environment to transmit energy and health. While the college and student body have been in the spotlight due to the school’s accreditation issues as of late, the fine-tuning of the student-athlete is always on the minds of two City College mentors. Jose Bonilla and Adelita Martin are the head and assistant certified athletic trainers for all City College sport competitors. They respond to injuries with immediate treatment and long-term rehabilitation, with heavy doses of education and preventive medicine mixed in. The goal is to provide the knowledge and direction to engender maximal performance for competing athletes wearing the college uniform. They organize the training regimen in
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the athletic training room at the Wellness Center and survey the play at a bevy of contests at home, on the road and at neutral sites. “The care of the student-athletes means everything to Jose and Addie,” Dan Hayes,
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physical education, dance and athletics chair, said. “They don’t look at a clock - they stay until the job is done. They don’t leave until every one of our student-athletes has been treated.” Bonilla began his service at City College
CULTURE: Whale sculpture a hidden gem on Ocean campus
in 1991 on a part-time basis, which grew to a full-time role in 1996. Methods, as well as perception toward those who treat studentathletes, have both changed over time. “ATC stands for ‘athletic trainer, certified,’ or just call us certified athletic trainers. Within our profession, we say, ‘Where are the ATC’s?’” Bonilla said. “Before, the players just thought we gave the water or taped an ankle. Now we’re recognized by the AMA [American Medical Association]. The NATA [National Athletic Training Association] Board of Certification certifies us to perform our jobs.” Martin built Burlingame High School’s athletic training program from scratch ten years prior. The program grew to model status for San Mateo County. She has lent a helping hand at City College, particularly with football. She came to City College in 2005 as a part-time employee to join Bonilla, grasping the chance to match the health-related challenges of hundreds of City College athletes.
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Supes evaluate pedestrian safety Concern looms after recent fatalities By Sara Bloomberg
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Pedestrian collisions have declined citywide since 1990, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, but a string of fatal accidents over the past couple of months in District 7 has residents concerned. The most recent fatality occurred March 4 when a 17-yearold girl was killed by a drunkdriver as she crossed Sloat Boulevard, a notoriously dangerous two-mile long and six lane-wide highway in the Sunset District. In response, District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee sponsored a hearing April 4 at City Hall on pedestrian safety in the southern and western areas of the city. Speakers at the hearing included representatives from the SFMTA, Department of Public Health and Department of Public Works. City Traffic Engineer Ricardo Olea explained that the overall rate of pedestrian-involved collisions along Sloat Boulevard is relatively low, considering the high level of daily traffic, but the number of incidents in the district is still above the city average.
District 7 averages about five fatalities a year, he said. There have been four fatalities since February, according to the Taraval Police Station. Sloat Boulevard is technically California State Highway Route 35, which means it falls under the jurisdiction of CalTrans, not the City or County of San Francisco. However, several intersections along the urban highway will get some new improvements soon because of a CalTrans grant.
The number of incidents in District 7 is above the city average. --Traffic Engineer Ricardo Olea
The San Francisco Department of Public Works will use the $797,000 grant received in January, in addition to approximately $130,000 in matching funds from local Proposition K, for improvements which have to be completed by December 2016. Bulb-outs and flashing beacons will be installed at the intersections of 23rd Avenue, Everglade Drive and Forest View Drive, Project Manager for DPW Meaghan Tiernan said at a March 25 meeting of the West of Twin Peaks Central Council. The improvements are intended to slow down vehicle traffic, increase visibility of pedestri-
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ans and reduce the distance that people have to cross, Tiernan said, and added that the number of lanes will not be reduced. “We are also trying to accelerate the program� to accommodate other improvements already scheduled to take place in the area next year, Tiernan said. Mayor Ed Lee also has a Pedestrian Safety Task Force that is expected to release a long-term plan this month. The San Francisco Examiner reported on March 31 that the task force came from a directive in 2010 by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom and that activists aren’t happy with the delay. The chair of the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee, Zack Marks, also expressed frustration with the lack of communication from other city departments, including the SFMTA and the Mayor’s office. “I have not received any reply about the Mayor’s Pedestrian Safety Task Force 2030, which has already met,� Marks said at the April 4 hearing. “I find out about things like this only through the news, once they’re reported.� The Board of Supervisors created the advisory committee in 2003 to advocate for pedestrian safety. It meets every second Tuesday of the month from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall, Room 408. A version of this story originally appeared in The Ingleside Light.
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Trees bring new life to Ingleside By Madeline Collins
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Ocean Avenue just got a little greener. About 40 volunteers planted nearly two dozen trees on March 16 around the mile-long commercial corridor that runs along Ocean Avenue from the 280 offramp near City College’s Ocean campus to Manor Drive. Friends of the Urban Forest helped organize and run the event, which was paid for by the Ocean Avenue Association. “This is a huge turnout,” Urban Forest Executive Director Dan Flanagan said to the volunteers before the planting. “I’m so excited to see so many people here.” Ocean Avenue Association Executive Director Dan Weaver brought in Friends of the Urban Forest, which executes at least two neighborhood plantings a month in San Francisco, to plan the tree planting. Weaver said it is the association’s responsibility to clean, maintain and improve Ocean Avenue. “I can’t think of anything better than landscaping the street,” Weaver said. Volunteer Cynthia Dimapa-
soc, store manager of the Ocean Avenue Walgreens, brought along 16 additional Walgreens employees to volunteer. “We like to have a positive contribution to the community,” said Pure Panambo, a pharmacy manager at Walgreens. Heidi Lakics, who has been the planting manager for Friends of the Urban Forest for over five years, said that this was her seventy-fifth tree planting. “I always wanted to have a job where I can have a positive impact on the environment as well as have a sense of community,” Lakics said. Her job fulfills both goals. Lakics said she feels an instant gratification seeing all of the volunteers working together planting the tree. Amy Craven of San Francisco government’s Bureau of Urban Forestry, and a City College of San Francisco alumna, said the bureau works closely with Friends of the Urban Forest and supports the organization’s work. She also worked on an Arbor Day celebration where they organized about 500 volunteers to plant over 85 trees. Volunteers broke into groups and worked enthusiastically. They carried tools and trees along
Danielle Steiner, 21, participates in a tree planting event on March 16, 2013 on Ocean Avenue. The event was sponsored by the Ocean Avenue Association, with the help of Friends of the Urban Forest. Photo by Sara Bloomberg/The Ingleside Light
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APRIL 10 Music Concert — Concert hosted by the Multicultural Resource Center featuring City College student bands. Amphitheater. Ocean campus, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For info call 415-452-5256. APRIL 11 Bazaar — Sustainable food and craft bazaar hosted by the CCSF Green Corps club featuring sustainable vendors., live music and crafts. Multi-Use Building parking lot. Ocean campus, April 11 and 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more info visit https://www. facebook.com/ccsfgreencorps. APRIL 12 Presentation/discussion— Women Workers Leading the Way: The Campaign for the California Domestic Workers
Bill of Right. Featuring presenters from the Chinese Progressive Association, La Colectiva and the Filipino Community Center. Statler Wing Room 14. Ocean campus. Presentation will take place in three sections from 11 a.m.-12 p.m., 12-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m. ww.ccsf.edu/women. APRIL 13 Swing Dance — Workshop hosted by dance instructor Carla Heiney. Wellness Center Room 307. Ocean campus, 7-8 p.m For info call 415-452-5697. APRIL 18 Earth Day — Earth Day celebration hosted by the CCSF Green Corps featuring information booths, speakers and musicians. The African Drumming Ensemble will perform. Multi-Use
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Sights and Sounds:
‘Whales’ beach on campus Art Deco sculpture remains hidden from public By Alex Reyes
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Hard to believe, but the large bundle in the open area next to Ocean campus’ Bungalow B-233 conceals buried treasure. In 2004, the black stone whale sculpture in the middle of a fountain outside of the old California Academy of Sciences was moved to an offsite City College warehouse. The sculpture and fountain had delighted Academy visitors since 1958, but the whales were moved to make way for the Academy’s renovation. The San Francisco Arts Commission owns the whale sculpture, which was created by Robert Howard as a commissioned work for the city’s Art in Action program during the 193940 World’s Fair. The Arts Commission offered the disassembled sculpture as a permanent loan to City College after being impressed with the school’s restoration of the twin Frederick Olmsted murals inside Science Hall. In 2006, City College moved the sculpture to Ocean campus, where it has remained covered by a series of donated tarps.
“I’m embarrassed that they’ve been under a tarp all these years, but it’s a little bit complicated,� retired City College librarian Julia E. Bergman said. The whale sculpture and all of the other works of art on display at City College have been Bergman’s responsibility since 1995, when she became chair of the Academic Senate’s Works of Art Committee. All of the plans for the whale sculpture are drafted in consultation with the San Francisco Arts Commission and must be approved by City College’s Board of Trustees. “I know, and many other people confirm this, that the whale fountain is the most well known and most beloved piece of public art in San Francisco,� Bergman said. For many years, City College’s plan was to place the whale sculpture in the middle of the Phelan Avenue stairway to Science Hall, where Benjamino Bufano’s “St. Francis of the Guns� sculpture is on display. But the cost proved to be prohibitive. “It was more than half a million dollars,� Bergman said. Almost half of the amount was due to the necessary restoration of the sculpture pieces. The (internal) rebar is busted,� Bergman said. “The whole thing is going to have to be taken apart.� In 2008, the Ocean campus Wellness Center opened. “We went ‘Oh my God, look at that site,’� Bergman said. “I mean, think about people seeing the whales. How many streetcars? How
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Movie Review: “Admission �
‘Admission’ doesn’t make the grade By Gina Scialabba
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Princeton. You all want to know the secret to getting in, right? Tina Fey has it. I only wish I knew the secret to getting the 100-plus minutes of my life back that I spent in this movie. It is not the comedic powerhouse combo of Tina Fey and Paul Rudd that ruin this movie. Fey is everyone’s favorite “supernerd� and a comic genius. Rudd is usually endearing, advantageously using his low-key, sardonic sense of humor to get laughs. Director Paul Weitz was the impetus behind “American Pie� and “About a Boy.� How can you go wrong? You would think this is a handsdown recipe for comedic success. Especially with veteran actress Lily Tomlin as Fey’s mother.
It’s not. It’s bland, boasting good actors, but an abysmal script. Although billed as a “comedy,� it is a pseudo-drama with really (really) bad jokes thrown in. Fey plays Portia, a Princeton University admissions officer in the middle of an identity crisis. She is career-driven, but lacks that “spark� in her life. What is that spark, you ask? Motherhood, of course! No woman is fulfilled unless she realizes her “motherly instinct.� That’s the message of this movie. Feminists, beware. Rudd comes along to save the day. He plays John, a do-gooder teacher at an alternative high school who begs Portia to visit the campus. He also has a secret. Hey Portia! Remember that son you gave up for adoption way back when? He’s a student here. Oh, and he wants to get into Princeton. Portia’s son is Jeremiah, an autodidact with poor grades but a
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The Chutney Express A column about my travels through India By Mckenna Toston
An undated historical photo of the whale sculpture by Robert Howard.
many buses? All the people who take BART. All that traffic coming off of highway 280.” Bergman relished the possibility. “The metaphor of the whales jumping into the swimming pool, the whales on Ocean Avenue,” Bergman said. “I mean, we just kind of got giddy, thinking about a different location.” After performing its due diligence, Bergman presented a Works of Art Committee resolution to the Board of Trustees Facilities, Infrastructure and Technology Committee. In March 2012, Committee
Chairman John Rizzo, tabled the resolution. “I was told Chairman Rizzo wanted to table the resolution because he wanted to get involved in making recommendations about location,” Bergman said. No agreement was reached on the next home for the whales, but several campus locations have been looked at to display the sculpture. “I would really like to see the statues up at City College,” now-Board of Trustees President John Rizzo said. “I used to take my daughters to the Academy. I liked where the fountain
was positioned. It was a place where people could sit and congregate, not off up on a pedestal somewhere.” Rizzo said there are several possible sites for the whale sculpture, but that nothing will happen until the school accreditation issue is settled. Even if City College does stay open beyond this semester, the plight of the enwrapped whales may not be resolved anytime soon. “I don’t know,” Rizzo said. “It’s not high on the list of everything that has to be done. There are permanent tasks that have to be done. I don’t see this happening quickly afterwards.”
Tina Fey (left) stars in “Admission.” Courtesy of MCT Campus.
penchant for ventriloquism. His life goal is to join the ranks of Princeton elites who came before him, such as Woodrow Wilson, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ralph Nader. Yet he doesn’t have “what it takes” to get into Princeton. Will Jeremiah’s newfound mom pull some strings? There are some very predictable, Hollywood-esque plot turns. Silly antics and awkward moments are sprinkled throughout the movie. There are some genuinely funny
scenes involving potential applicants and how cutthroat the admissions process can be. But, if you are looking for any
real “tips” on getting into Princeton, you won’t find it here. Nor will you find much humor.
If you go... Running Time: 107 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Based on a novel by: Jean Hanff Korelitz
Stars: Tina Fey Paul Rudd Lily Tomlin Natt Wolff Wallace Shawn
I’ve learned a lot about myself during this trip.. I can go without showering for eight days straight. I can sleep on the floor for two weeks without having one negative thought. I’ll eat anything served to me on a plate, whether I recognize it or not, so long as it’s vegetarian. My stomach is no longer capable of properly digesting anything. I don’t do well in the heat— at all. And I absolutely love California. I love India, too, and would be happy to stay, but during this adventure I have realized how close my home is to my heart. When the temperature hit 99 degrees Fahrenheit in Kolkata, and I got groped and verbally harassed, I’d had enough. Sonu and I took a train to Darjeeling, a city in the mountains surrounded by tea fields and littered with Tibetan prayer flags. Darjeeling provided me with the escape I needed. Not just from the heat, but from the chaos of Kolkata—the consistent horn honking, the aggressive begging of people on the streets, and the insistent talk of wedding plans by Sonu’s family. And after a while, being stared at by everybody stops being flattering and becomes downright frustrating. I could finally relax in the quintessential hill station—with a hot cup of fresh tea. I even splurged on a hotel room, 750 rupees a night ($14), with a big bed, warm blankets, stunning views of the mountains, a private bathroom with hot water (first warm shower since I left Calif.) and a television. I’m usually not much of a TV watcher, but the comfort of familiar films was astounding after communicating solely in broken English for the past twoand-a-half months. And I can’t even tell you how satisfying—and effective—a hot shower is. I thought the dirt on my feet was permanent. On March 27, I joined a crowd of hundreds for Holi, the Festival of Colors, which celebrates the beginning of spring and commemorates events in Hindu mythology. Participants cover each other in scented, colored powder and sing and dance in the streets.
I’m usually apprehensive to join large crowds, due to the risk of being physically harassed, but I made an exception for Holi and didn’t regret it. They joy was contagious and left me with a new appreciation for India’s capacity to celebrate. Besides having rainbow-stained skin, I came out of the crowd completely untouched. After a week of enjoying the fresh air and sweet silence of Darjeeling, Sonu and I made our way back down the mountain in a jeep ride that I thought would be my last, and then caught the train back to Kolkata. With only a few days left, the weight of leaving is starting to hit me. I’m savoring everything. The sweet lassi. The spicy sabji. The beauty of the bustling streets. The way a mosque, temple and church live in harmony on the same street corner. The way I am welcomed into Sonu’s home at anytime of day for a hot plate of food. Yes, it’s going to be a painful departure. Then there are the things that I won’t miss. Like the hanging corpses of cows in the Muslim neighborhood. The eye-watering stench of urine that lingers around every corner. And the constant worry of being ripped off—or raped. Half of me has come to love this country more than I ever thought possible. The other half can’t wait to get the hell out of here and back to California— where I can wear what I want, act how I want, sleep without bed bugs and have plenty of toilet paper (though I’ve come to love my new method of wiping)—and immediately go to In-N-Out and get an Animal Style grilled cheese. Regardless of my excitement to be home, saying goodbye to the people I’ve come to know, and the man I have fallen in love with over the past three months won’t be easy. I’m predicting a heart wrenching goodbye with Sonu. We’ve toyed with the idea of continuing our relationship, but with more than 7,600 miles between us, I’m not sure it’s possible.
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Chancellor avoids truth Thank you for your interview of the interim chancellor. I felt at times that I was reading an interview with a politician or a corporate CEO who was using semantics to avoid the truth. Larry Kamer’s response that there is “nothing in Prop A that speaks of wages” ignores the facts. What, pray tell, does “prevent layoffs” mean? The administration is playing games here. My assignments for this semester were reduced to 2.5 hours a week. This doesn’t show up as a layoff but it effectively is. I’m a part-time in instructor in the Transitional Studies department, which provides basic education classes and vocational classes to help people continue in school or training for a job. Funding for thses classes are directly referred to in Prop A. The school is not using those
funds “exactly as voters intend them to get spent.” Sorry Mr. Kamer and Ms. Scott-Skillman, you are playing very loose with the truth here. Another area where Ms. Scott-Skillman plays very loose with the truth in the interview is when you asked her, “As far as the college’s finances go, how much can we blame the state’s finances on our predicament here?” The Chancellor’s response, “It’s about alignment,okay?” No, a large part of the financial problem is that the state of California has (by their own accounting last year) deferred over $1 billion in payments owed to California Community Colleges. I’m shocked and dismayed by our Chancellor’s refusal to be honest, to acknowledge the facts. What is her problem with doing that? --James Gormley CCSF Instructor Transitional Studies
Corrections: In Vol. 155, Issue 5, we incorrectly identified Janet Gee as a professor at San Francisco State University. Gee used to be an adjunct professor and continues to teach seminars at the university. We regret the error. Find a mistake? Let us know! Email: editor@theguardsman.com
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Journalism’s future doesn’t hide behind a virtual paywall We work hard here at The Guardsman. We don’t get paid because we’re students, but we should. All reporters, photojournalists, editors, graphic designers and publishers should get paid. However, newspapers are struggling with declining revenues and, unfortunately, the bottom line cannot be ignored. Newspapers generate a bulk of their revenue through advertising, which has declined dramatically since the early 2000s and circulation numbers have dropped slightly, too. That’s only part of the problem, though.
Deregulation
Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which deregulated the media industry and demolished a system that had been cultivating independently owned companies with increasing numbers of women and people of color in positions of leadership, even ownership. Ever since then, conglomerates have been scooping up these once-independent media companies and consolidating them. Take a good look at the front pages of several Bay Area newspapers on any given day and you might notice that they all have the exact
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Who will be affected the most? Poor, young people. Let’s focus on people, on 18-34-year-olds. They make up 33 percent of total newspaper readers nationwide, according to a 2012 study by the Newspaper Association of America. The same study also showed that 48 percent of 18-34-year-olds get their news exclusively from online sources. U.S. Census projections estimate the number of people over 64 years old will double by 2060 (and will comprise around 20 percent of the population overall) and that total population growth is slowing through that period. People over 64 years old are nine percent of total newspa-
per readership, according to the newspaper association’s study. Doubled, that’d still only be 18 percent of total readers. However, in 50 years, today’s 18-year-olds will be 68 years old. By then, digital-only and multiplatform reading will surely have increased. Remember, the octogenarians of tomorrow are today’s youth. Other media outlets have had to grapple with the same dilemma. The New York Times also has a paywall but it also has a much more reasonable compromise— anyone can click on 10 articles of their choosing per month for free. The loophole is that if you change computers or use a different device (such as a cell phone), the count starts over. Despite it’s limitations, the New York Time’s homepage is accessible to everyone. The Chronicle’s homepage isn’t. In an effort to find a compromise, the Chronicle allows you to read full articles online for free only if you access it through a link posted by someone else who is a paid subscriber. It’s a good start—nothing is more infuriating than clicking on a link, only to find that access is blocked because you’re not a subscriber, (ok, maybe there are things more worthy of rage but you get the point.) However, the Chronicle is killing the potential for any number of articles to go viral through Twitter and Facebook by not allowing broader access to the entire site.
Target audience
The newspaper industry should take a lesson from Big Tobacco: hook ‘em while they’re young. Marketing cigarettes to children was a despicable and deliberate effort by the tobacco industry to increase sales. Thankfully, that practice was outlawed in 1998 after more than 40 states filed a joint lawsuit against the industry. The tobacco companies know that establishing brand loyalty (as well as an addiction) while customers are young ensures that those same consumers are more likely to continue purchasing their products into adulthood. Unlike cigarettes, newspapers are not chemically addictive and being a “news junkie” is not hazardous to your health. Give students discounts. Heck, give schools—both K-12 and higher education institutions—bulk subscription rates. The Chronicle will make a profit just through sheer quantity of sales. City College, alone, has a population of 85,000 students at its various campuses. Imagine if they all had access to the Chronicle online while at school. You deserve to get paid, Chronicle, but don’t alienate us. We are your future.
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sports calendar BADMINTON April 12, 6 p.m. vs De Anza College April 18, 3 p.m. @ Fresno City College April 23, 3 p.m. @ Mission College
BASEBALL April 11, 1 p.m. vs West Valley College @ Fairmont field April 13, 12 p.m. @ College of San Mateo April 16, 2:30 p.m. @ Monterey Peninsula April 18, 2:30 p.m. @ De Anza April 20, 12 p.m. vs Mission College @ Fairmont field
SOFTBALL April 11, 1 p.m. vs. De Anza @ Fairmont field April 16, 1 p.m. vs Chabot @ Fairmont field April 18, 3 p.m. @ Foothill April 23, 3 p.m. @ College of San Mateo
SWIMMING April 12-13, All Day @ Merced College (NorCal Diving Championships) April 18-20, All Day @ West Valley College (Coast Conference Championships) April 25-27, All Day @ East LA College (State Championships)
TRACK & FIELD April 13, 12 p.m @ College of San Mateo April 20, 12 p.m. @ Chabot
Jose Bonilla, ATC, examines a student athlete in the sports medicine facility in the Wellness Center at Ocean campus on March 13, 2013. Photo by Shelly Scott/The Guardsman
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“We’ll treat a badminton player with as much care as the starting quarterback,” Martin said. “A swimmer is as important as a basketball player.” When City College hosts games, they tend to possible injuries on either squad. The injured player will get immediate attention regardless of the name or logo on the uniform. Bonilla and Martin employ largely similar techniques regardless of the sport. “The main aspects are identifying the injury, managing and strengthening the injury, and making the part more agile. The goal is to return the athlete back to the field or court,” Bonilla said. “We want each person who enters to feel comfortable and supported, but when we focus on you we’re not going to baby-sit you.” The NATA requires athletic trainers keep their education up to date and attend a variety of clinics and workshops to maintain certification. “We ATC’s run in the same circles. There’s always a hunger to learn and perform the skills,” Bonilla said. “We are always on the lookout for what other techniques will make us better to help the athletes. We update on the use of modalities, such as ice, heat, electrical stimulation, and ultra-
sound.” Both City College staff members have worked with the San Jose Sabercats, professional and collegiate tryout camps and high school showcases for those shooting for the highest levels in their respective sports. “She’s the nice one,” Bonillasaid. “We have the same goals and expectations. We may approach things differently, but that keeps things fresh.” Martin and Bonilla depend on the sum of their education when they see an injury occur. Making a call on whether an individual player can continue after a possible injury is a tough but necessary task for an athletic trainer. “If you can play, and it is safe enough for you to play, then you are in there,” Bonilla said. “If we see you incorporating muscles you shouldn’t have involved, then it’s a different story and you shouldn’t go back in.” Enthusiastic athletes receiving therapy on training tables or counting off lunges and squats abound in the rehabilitation headquarters aisles. “We got my back and limbs near 100 percent,” sophomore basketball player Olivia Mayorga-Overtone said. “Addie got me through the flu, too, and kept the rest of my teammates healthy.”
Sports Briefs Softball City stuns Mission College, 9-1
Illustrtions by Anthony Mata/ The Guardsman
The City College Rams softball club piled on the runs with strategic bunts and mammoth home runs against Mission College on April 6, winning 9-1. Alexis Cortez turned in another strong pitching performance going six innings in the circle for City. The Rams were led by San Francisco native Jamie Hom who delivered a solo blast over the left-field fence. The league’s leading hitter, City’s Cristina Menjivar, impressed the home crowd with a three-run homer that gave
Mayorga-Overtone was voted to the all-state team and made her second all-conference team this year. “Honestly, if not for Addie and Jose, I could not have achieved and helped the team goals,” MayorgaOvertone said. “At one point our whole team was in their training room, so they really did help the team to physically perform well.” The training room also serves as a gathering place that brings a variety of student-athletes together in one place. “I’ve been going in there pretty much everyday of the season [for] regular ice therapy and strengthening exercises,” freshman baseball player Scott Drinkwater said. “The other cool thing is talking with the football players, the soccer players, and other athletes at City and see how they are doing in their seasons and in their goals.” When prospective studentathletes and their parents or guardians visit Ocean campus, the training room is a focal point. “We can honestly say our athletic trainers are the very best at the college level,” Hayes said. “They are outstanding professionally and personally.” Aid provided by Bonilla and Martin has resonated with City College’s various coaches as well.
her team a solid lead. “That was the furthest hit ball I’ve seen from anyone this season,” City College assistant coach Mike Uland said. City College’s final two games of the season will be at Fairmont Field in Pacifica against De Anza College on April 11, and then Chabot College on April 16. Both games are at 1 p.m. (Dan Harrington)
Swimming Rams win relay race
The City College swim team competed in their final meet on April 6, before the Coast Conference Championships which will be from April 18-20.
“They get everyone on the floor ready to compete,” said Justin Labagh, in his 10th season as men’s basketball head coach. “We are at 100 percent health thanks to them and our weight coach [John Balano] for having a successful plan of attack.” The men’s basketball team finished the season 31-1, among the top four in all of California community colleges. Kelly Hickey of the women’s tennis team provided some details of a trip saved. “Our number two player was feeling nauseous on our way to play [at Monterey Peninsula College], and we needed everybody. He told me to give her a pepto-bismol, a banana and soda water,” Hickey said, referring to Bonilla’s recommendation. The tennis player ended up playing and winning her matches. Both certified athletic trainers have been a front-line example and resource for students searching for their career paths as well. “We have now and have had some great student athletic trainers here at City College,” Bonilla said. “Many have gone on and furthered their health care careers in physical therapy, occupational therapy and other health related roles.”
“Our team swam well in the last meet before Conference Championships,” head coach Phong Pham said. City College fared well in almost all of the events. The Rams took first in the women’s 200-yard freestyle relay in 1 minute, 46.80 seconds and placed second to San Mateo in the women’s 400-yard medley relay in 5:14.27. Among many Rams that competed in individual events, sophomore Cynthia Tran took third in the women’s 50-yard butterfly in 29.63. “We need to continue to work hard in the next two weeks in order to compete well in the Conference Championships,” Pham said. (Zack Tobita)
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