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Volume CXXXVII, Issue VI

The State Of Cannabis

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Opportunities. Jobs. Challenges. With the passage of Proposition 64 last year, Sonoma County now faces a rapidly growing cannabis industry. In this special issue, our final issue of the semester, the Oak Leaf takes a closer look at what the future will bring for the many thousands of Santa Rosa Junior College students who will enter the Emerald Triangle’s competitive job market. We believe it is our duty as the campus newspaper to inform students and answer their many questions.

Inside this issue, read how our classrooms are transforming and what SRJC offers students interested in cannabis careers, learn how to be an eco-conscious cannabis consumer, find out where to buy hemp products locally, check out what fellow students really think about marijuana use and discover the hidden consequences of your cannabis vote in our editorial.

SRJC prepares students for blooming businesses Simon Isaksson Executive Editor & Co-News Editor Already known for producing world-class wines, local politicians and entrepreneurs now hope to make Sonoma County world famous for cannabis.

California legalized cannabis for medicinal use in 1996 and for recreational use in November 2016. Now, any person 21 or older in California can grow six cannabis plants within a private home, possess up to one ounce (unless on school ground, day care center or a place where children gather) and use unless in public or driving. People without medical cards will have to wait until next year to purchase cannabis products in dispensaries, as the California Bureau of Marijuana Control will not provide licenses to sell recreationally until January 2018.

With a booming cannabis industry in proximity of Santa Rosa Junior College,

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instructors are now exploring opportunities “I tend to use examples in my classes to build students’ knowledge and skills for a that are relevant to the local economy, future in the business. and one of the things here “It is essential that we is cannabis,” Gattinella said. prepare our students for all “I would not do my job as “Whether you will sell a marketing instructor if I kinds of careers, especially localized careers for those did not include it, so I have mopeds, puppies or who want to stay where contextualized interesting pot...[we] will give you cannabis projects and they have been educated,” said Roy Gattinella, SRJC applicable knowledge products into the curriculum marketing instructor and over the last few years. I to be succesful.” business department chair. think it is essential that “Anything that would touch we recognize innovation, - Mary Kay Rudolph, on the cannabis industry and creativity and differentiation support careers is a service in all economic industries.”

SRJC senior vice to our students. We need to Cannabis remains illegal on president of academic a federal level, but Gattinella teach and recognize that it is real, and that it offers potential thinks it is more important affairs professional employment. It is for SRJC to prepare students irresponsible to do otherwise.” with successful careers in the Gattinella already local community as opposed incorporates information about the cannabis to following federal guidelines. industry in the business and marketing classes “SRJC has taken brave positions before he teaches. that are very unpopular with the federal

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government, like when it comes to immigration and transgender rights. I think cannabis needs a similar brave approach,” Gattinella said. “If we looked to the federal government for our curriculum, we would be teaching oil drilling in national parks, coal mining, how to get fossil fuels out of the ground and take all our climate change information out of our textbooks. If we listened to the federal government, we would prepare our students for jobs in the 1800s.”

The mechanisms for cannabis-oriented classes already exist at SRJC, according to Gattinella. He believes the school will offer a program in the future.

“We understand how to grow plants very well at Shone Farm. We have labs and everything in place,” Gattinella said. “The transition would be as simple as writing curriculum, which I hope we do soon. If we don’t, it would be as if Detroit turned its back on the auto industry.”

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school’s federal funding for its many programs, such as Pell Grants, Mary Kay Rudolph, SRJC senior Meta4 (which includes Mi Casa), vice president of academic affairs TRIO grants for health care careers and assistant superintendent, in health sciences and MESA. does not believe any California “If we approach a cannabis-oriented community college will offer classes program and a situation arises where in cannabis for at least one year. the federal government says it will “It is a long process to create a take our funding away, we would curriculum and to get it approved have to look at the potential risks on both a local and state level,” and benefits,” she said. “A cannabis Rudolph said. “The efforts can come program could add maybe 30-100 from the ground up, for example students a year, but if you compare from students, our advisory that to federal funding, which helps committees or the thousands of local industries, students, it is a but it can also pretty easy choice.” come from When it comes “If we listened to the the state level, to internship federal government, o p p o r t u n i t i e s where they can request a new within the we would prepare curriculum. They cannabis industry, our students for recently did that SRJC Internship with drones and Coordinator jobs in the 1800s.” beer production, Lauralyn Larsen but this has not - Roy Gattinella, SRJC says she will happened yet provide help. business department with cannabis.”

“I will prepare SRJC is waiting any student chair to see where the who comes to cannabis industry me wanting goes, according an internship to Rudolph. She recommends that within his or her major by giving students interested in the industry take job seeking advice and guidance,” current classes at SRJC that correspond Larsen said. “In the past I helped one with the needs of the market. student who wanted to own his own “We provide theoretical and cannabis business by encourage him practical training for students to be to take entrepreneurial courses.” successful in agriculture, farming Larsen says she would talk to and sustainability,” Rudolph said. any California licensed cannabis “Whether you will sell mopeds, business with job opportunities puppies or pot, we have classes about posting offers on the student in entrepreneurship, business employment board. marketing and bookkeeping which “I have heard that the [cannabis] will give you applicable knowledge industry will grow and job to be successful in whatever you opportunities expand, so I think choose to grow, market or distribute.” the interest among students will Rudolph does not want SRJC grow as well,” Larsen said. “But I to do anything that can risk the have not had any cannabis industry

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Albert Gregory and James Wyatt Executive Editor

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Section Editors Co-A&E Editor | Rachel Genthe Co-A&E Editor | Beatriz Verneaux Features Editor | Tom Rivas Co-News Editor | Chris Ludlow Co-News Editor | Simon Isaksson Opinion Editor | Grant Wetmore Sports Editor | Ali Benzerara Staff Writers Arthur Gonzalez-Martin, Luke Straub, Olivia Wray, Ruby Zheng, Travis LaBrucherie, and Will Mathis.

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In response to a growing $2.7 million budget deficit, Santa Rosa Junior College President Dr. Frank Chong announced May 3 a twoprong strategy to control spending costs. SRJC placed a hiring freeze effective May 8 on all management and classified positions not currently in the recruitment phase and will extend it to include Short Term Non Continuing (STNC) employees effective June 10. SRJC’s Vice President of Finances Doug Roberts recommended the efforts.

California Education Code, Section 88003, defines a short-term employee as “a person employed to perform a service for the District, upon completion of which, the service required or similar services will not be extended or needed on a continuing basis.” STNCs include lifeguards, art models and baristas at the SRJC Culinary Café among others.

Lifeguards are hired annually to work at the pool when it’s open

District Police arrested a Santa Rosa Junior College student with a history of sexual offenses Monday, May 8 after an instructor notified college officials of the student’s unusual behavior in class.

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companies list an internship so far.”

Evelyn Navarro, SRJC student government assembly presidentelect, has no plans to lead an effort to hold informational meetings about cannabis and its new career opportunities in Sonoma County when she takes office at the end of May. “But it would be ignorant to ignore the cannabis industry,” Navarro said.

“I will leave the door open for other students who are more educated on this than I am to organize panels or seminars to educate our student population in a reasonable and responsible manner on something that is in our faces right now.”

Navarro thinks one good panel could be about students’ rights under the new cannabis laws and regulations.

“Although cannabis is a touchy subject, it would benefit our student population if we informed them on the issue,” she said. “It should not be a stigma. It is a growing industry in which students can get jobs, so educational classes would be good.”

Prescription drugs, such as medical cannabis prescribed by a doctor,

are allowed on campus, according to SRJC’s official standpoint, as explained by Rudolph. However, when it comes to usage, it depends on what category the cannabis goes under. Smoking in any form remains illegal on campus. SRJC also has a zero tolerance for being under the influence of anything that can disturb colleagues or classmates or interfere with anyone’s ability to teach or learn. SGA President-elect Navarro urges students to follow campus regulations.

“Our campus is a safe haven.

Some people are in recovery or are allergic so don’t use the substance itself on campus,” she said. “It would be disrespectful to other students.”

In the June 6 Santa Rosa city special election, voters will decide if Santa Rosa should follow more than 40 other cities and counties in California to enact a local tax on medical and recreational cannabis businesses operating within the city’s borders. The measure, called Measure D, has unanimous support from the Santa Rosa City Council.

expense, and similar cuts were made.

Although SRJC is in a major deficit, many believe cuts to STNCs and classified employees are the wrong way to go.

“I was caught off guard,” said Culinary Café barista and STNC employee Samantha Tapia. “It sucks, it’s not cool and they should really consider us as workers too.

We’re also just trying to help the school and help everyone out.”

The instability has these employees worried what their future at SRJC might be.

“It does worry me that I might not have a job,” Tapia said. “We’re still not sure what could happen with us and if we’re secure or not, so it’s kind of up in the air.”

The STNC employees aren’t alone in their frustration with how the administration has decided to address this issue. The faculty also disapproves.

The SRJC All Faculty Association (AFA) has been vocal with their grievances, after Dr. Chong sent the email announcing the cuts, the AFA posted an open letter to Dr. Chong and the Board of Trustees

on its website. The letter states that the AFA recognizes Dr. Chong’s commitment to control spending and also asks him and the Board of Trustees to respond to a series of key questions about the hiring freeze, including: “What is the total amount of the savings the college expects by freezing STNC positions?”

The AFA also wants Chong to remind the college community of the increases that have been given to management and to the President and Senior Vice President of the Board of Trustees.

The local Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is dedicated to improve the lives of workers and their families and create a more just and humane society, according to their website.

SEIU has not weighed in on the hiring freeze and have chosen to respect the process and not share their public opinion.

The Board of Trustees and administrators will continue to meet over the summer and discuss other ways to address this growing budget deficit.

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to the public, but once swimming season is over, these employees are let go and the job is not available until the following year. The hiring freeze will eliminate current STNC positions once current contracts are completed.

Karen Furukawa-Schlereth, SRJC vice president of Human Resources, said the SRJC administrators and the Board of Trustees will meet over the summer to discuss other areas that can be cut.

“I think this is just the beginning,” Furukawa-Schlereth said. “$2.7 million at this time is very serious.”

SRJC will try to cut positions and areas that don’t directly affect students, according to Furukawa-Schlereth.

“Faculty and students have to be our highest priority,” she said.

Furukawa-Schlereth said areas like grounds keeping could be cut next. Although the campus is immaculate, Furukawa-Schlereth believes it’s not worth spending money to keep it up if it takes away funds that could go to students.

In the past, school officials found parking attendants an unnecessary

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Rent control vote divides Santa Rosa

toward everyone, not just the 18 percent of people who will be helped by this referendum,” Executive Editor & she said. “We should build more Co-News Editor apartments and more affordable The growing housing crisis is housing for our community. It a hot topic in Santa Rosa these would benefit us all so much more.”

Although Malouf endorses days. Rent control is on the Santa Rosa city ballot in a June 6 special Measure C, he does not believe it election and voters will decide is a perfect solution.

“I don’t think it will solve all whether or not to pass Measure C, a 3 percent cap on annual rent problems, but the way I see it is increases for around 12,000 rental that your knee just got a bullet in homes in the city built before 1995. it and you need to put a bandage The measure will not apply to single over it, and that is what Measure C family residences, condominiums, is,” he said. “The ultimate solution duplexes or triplexes where the owner would be universal housing, but in lives in one of the units. Landlords will the United States that is considered be imposed with an annual cost of more communism. I believe housing is a than $1 million for administration fees human right.”

One part of Measure C that to uphold the measure.

Rent has increased around 20 Malouf specifically likes is a “just percent in less than three years in cause” eviction clause. It will Santa Rosa, and nearly half of all prevent landlords from evicting tenants without a renter households specified reason. in the city pay 30 percent or more “Right now, with crying babies and homeless “The No on C is a of their income people can get people,” Malouf said. “They are to housing costs, vast misinformation thrown out of not going to be honest and say according to their homes ‘landlords should be able to evict campaign to the U.S. Census because they their tenants for no reason and Bureau.

The essentially have there should not be a cap on rent trick people to vacancy rate in no due process. I increases’ because they know vote against their Santa Rosa is 1 met a tenant who progressive voters live in Santa percent and it is was threatened Rosa. That is how the right-wing best self interest.” estimated to take with eviction rolls in California in order to win. seven years to because she did They frame initiatives that are - Mark Malouf, receive Section 8 not accept the conservative as progressive. When Yes on C housing vouchers, sexual advances I go knocking on doors, people a federal subsidy of her landlord with Bernie [Sanders] stickers on that helps lowwho tried to have their cars are screaming to me ‘I income families sexual relations don’t want your Yes on C bullshit, afford rent. with her and her daughter,” Malouf we’re voting no!’”

In an ordinance passed and said. “With Measure C, landlords The No on C campaign is adopted by the Santa Rosa City need a legitimate reason to throw partly funded by rental housing Council, it is written that the rental you out, like if you have a pet providers and realtors, but increases are a threat to “public you are not supposed to have, or Hernandez does not believe their support is based on fear of losing health, safety, and welfare of the cooking meth in your kitchen.”

Hernandez takes no stand profits if a cap on rent increases city’s residents, including seniors, those on fixed incomes, and those on the part of Measure C that is introduced, as argued by many with other special needs, to the provides a “just cause” for supporters of Measure C. “I don’t think that is their goal. extent that such persons may be eviction. She has decided to focus forced to choose between paying completely on the rent control I think they want to help the community because they live here rent and providing food, clothes, part of the measure instead.

“I don’t know much about the too and they understand that we and medical care for themselves eviction part, my focus is helping need is affordable housing, not and their families…”

Mark Malouf, Santa Rosa Junior everybody in the community rent control,” Hernandez said.

College student and president of to get affordable housing and “It will only help one out of five; the SRJC College Democrats club, Measure C will not provide that,” that is not equality. In America, Hernandez said. we want equality for all. Measure supports Measure C. Some common arguments from C is bad for Santa Rosa. Many “We need to start ticking and e c o n o m i c tacking away the problem of those who oppose teachers argue housing in Santa Rosa,” he said. Measure C are it could damage “Measure C is a step in the right that the measure “It will only help our city.” direction to fix Santa Rosa’s does not directly SRJC economics complex issue. Capping the price target affordable one out of five; that or instructor Michelle of rent means that people can housing is not equality. In homelessness.

Conley agrees afford to stay in their homes.” that Measure C is Fernanda Hernandez, SRJC Some are also America, we want the problematic but student and volunteer for the No worried equality for all.” does not go as far on C campaign, does not believe measure will make as saying it would Measure C is the right way to go at all. it too hard for “If we want rent control landlords to evict - Fernanda Hernandez, damage Santa Rosa.

“Any step in Santa Rosa, it should help tenants who act No on C toward rental everyone. Measure C would only outside the law.

Malouf is stability is a help 18 percent of the people,” good step, but Hernandez said. “People who sceptic toward Measure C is poorly written,” don’t qualify for it might see their the No on C arguments.

“The No on C is a vast Conley said. “It is presented as an rents skyrocket instead.”

Hernandez believes Santa Rosa misinformation campaign to affordable housing measure, but should focus on the city’s homeless trick people to vote against their from an economic standpoint it community and build more affordable best self interest. That is why they does nothing to help those who housing instead of passing Measure C. [the No on C campaign] spend need affordable housing.”

Conley believes one of the “Money and effort should go half a million dollars on flyers Simon Isaksson

Top: Beatriz Verneaux/ Oak Leaf; Bottom: Simon Isaksson/ Oak Leaf

Top: SRJC student and Measure C supporter Mark Malouf signs people up to vote during SRJC’s Day Under the Oaks May 7. Bottom: Signs either urging people to vote “yes” or “no” on Measure C are spread all over Santa Rosa. The June 6 election splits the city in two.

weaknesses of Measure C as it is written, is that it will benefit wealthy renters just as much as low-income renters.

“It should say that only people making under a certain amount can get these homes, but it does not address that at all,” Conley said. “It would be good if we were trying to pass a measure for lowincome people.”

Conley is concerned that people in Santa Rosa will lose sight of other housing issues if Measure C is passed.

“We need not take a deeper look at Santa Rosa’s problem,” she said.

“Measure C does not deal with homelessness and low-income people or the fact that people cannot afford to live here.”

Conley is the advisor for the SRJC Econ Club. During the semester, the club has looked further into the housing affordability issue in Sonoma County and released a non partisan study in occupation wage growth.

“Housing is a contentious issue, and there is a lot of fighting for affordable housing on campus,” says Sebastian Rodrigues, SRJC mathematics and economics student and one of the club’s lead researchers. “We have made an

index for occupation wage growth to give people a better understanding when making informed decisions about whether or not to pursue a certain occupation in Sonoma County with the mindset to afford the median housing price here.”

The Econ Club hopes the report brings awareness to the relationship between wage growth and housing in Santa Rosa. It will be available in the SRJC Doyle Library by the fall.

Measure C is on the ballot during the special election in Santa Rosa June 6. It needs a simple majority of the votes to pass. Last day to register to vote is May 22.

The Yes on Measure C campaign is organizing a rally on the Santa Rosa campus together with the SRJC student government assembly and the SRJC sociology circle Tuesday, May 16. The rally will be followed by a march from the quad to the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters to place “yes’ votes.

For more information about the Yes on C, visit the campaign’s website at fairandaffordablesantarosa.com.

To know more about the No on C campaign, visit fairhousingforall.com.

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Let’s make a joint effort to be aware W

hat you want may not be what Sonoma County needs, especially when it comes to uncertain cannabis laws.

While California celebrated the legalization of cannabis, many voters are unaware they opened a door for big businesses to take shortcuts in production, monopolize the industry and drive out small businesses.

College students are arguably the most accepting and supportive of the cannabis industry but may not be aware of the negative effects it could have on Sonoma County.

Usually when business laws were broken, the federal government would go after the smaller fish. In the 2008 housing collapse, small banks took the hits, while big banks got bailed out with minimal consequences.

This is a lose-lose situation for small sustainable farmers, as they are the prime suspects for federal raids.

California’s police departments have always raided first and investigated later when it comes to the cannabis industry, and with so many small sustainable growers, they become an easy target. So once the state legalizes cannabis, who’s to say the federal government won’t do the same under President Donald Trump’s administration.

The writing’s on the wall for

Sonoma’s small cannabis businesses, Trump is trying to re-spark the fire in the charred pile that is the war on marijuana. Big companies like Monsanto and Marlboro are looking to buy land in Humboldt due to California legalizing marijuana for residence 21 and up.

As marijuana becomes legal in California and bigger corporations buy land to produce it, there is a good chance that the corporations resources will find a way around the feds, just like Monsanto does in the U.S.’s agricultural market.

One way large-scale cultivators have abused the laws set in place so far has come in the form of marijuana testing.

Currently, farmers grow a high volume of cannabis to sell to medical dispensaries. To participate in the medical market, growers usually need to get it tested first. Most growers test their own product, creating biased results and giving false impressions of healthy cannabis.

For more information, see “Sustainably speaking” by Ali Benzerara on pg. 9.

Although there is still a stigma associated with recreational cannabis use, mostly due to its Schedule 1 classification with the DEA, many college students believe it’s on par with alcohol and tobacco. Many

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SRJC college students agree cannabis should’ve been legalized but do not think about how it could negatively affect the community.

This is just another example of why you need to fully educate yourself before you vote, no matter how good the proposed law seems (or how high you are).

The debate over cannabis offers insight into the upcoming vote on Measure C in Santa Rosa. Measure C proposed an ordinance addressing

A double-edged sword: Devin Schwarz Layout Editor Allowing players to sample an early version of a video game while supporting the development of the game should, in theory, be a good thing. But “developer hell,” greed and a total disregard for user feedback has riddled this concept with problems for consumers and developers alike.

The concept of “early access” or “paid alpha” was invented in mid2009 by Minecraft creator Markus Persson, who allowed fans of his browser-based game to pay him $15 for a pre-release version of the game, plus a guaranteed copy of the full versiononce it was released.

Persson used the revenue to help

fund the game’s development.

Later this concept was universally popularized by Steam in March of 2013. Now, despite success amoung a number of developers this program remains one of the most detrimental for video game consumers to date.

The release of ARK: Survival Evolved illustrates some of the difficulties with this approach. This title launched for Early Access on Steam in June of 2015. Almost two years later, the game has sold over 5.5 million copies, yet remains in Early Access with a vague “2017” release date. There also exists a paid DLC for the game, meaning that the developers devoted mass quantities of time to create additional content while their actual game was not yet finished. With a $30 price tag on the base game and a $20 DLC, this

rent control and tenants rights but it may be addressing an important issue in the wrong way.

Check out our article on pg. 3 about Measure C by Simon Isaksson to learn more.

Yes, the lack of affordable housing is a major problem, especially among college students, but Measure C is not the way to go about it. For example, there are codes in the ordinance for Measure C, which many don’t realize, that allow people with high incomes

to still qualify. Our housing crisis goes beyond Measure C and if passed we might overlook the current high cost of rent which is the root of the problem.

Like the legalization of recreational cannabis, Measure C still only scratches the surface, but like a lot of people who voted for cannabis, many believe that if Measure C is not passed the problem will continue to be ignored. It doesn’t have to.

We need to demand the best solution, not just the first one.

Is early access game consumers’ dream or worst nightmare?

is a simple and pathetic cash grab attempt by developers riding out a dying game.

But why did it die? A survival game where you can tame dinosaurs and build massive bases, as well as raid neighboring settlements in massive battles? Simple: “developer hell.” This is a term for games that are stuck in a development loop, never leaving early access or beta, with a chain of updates that constantly change the game with no regard for the feedback of people actually playing the game.

ARK sports a whopping 134,000 reviews on Steam, 43,000 of which are “negative” (people who do not recommend the game).

There are countless other examples of failed Steam Early Access titles where developer greed simply destroyed any hope of a legitimate game being produced.

Developed by Peter Molyneux, Godus was supposed to be the reincarnation of “god gaming,” games in which you can control every element of the world in a

sandbox environment. Instead it was a well-polished pile of nothing that, after making nearly 700,000 dollars on Kickstarter, was completely abandoned by most of the dev team and condemned to waste away in infamy. Molyneux also promised that one player would be named the “god” of all other players in the game, controlling the controllers, so to speak, this person would also receive a portion of the game’s revenue, a winner was chosen to fill this role, but of course, they never received their reward.

This greed and developer blundering is not just reserved for independent companies.

Double Fine Studios, considered a AAA (having a high budget for most projects) developer, in 2012 announced “Spacebase DF-9” a pixel-graphic space building and base defense game. It was released on Early Access in October of 2013 and was well received by gamers despite a long lost of promised features to come. After the success

of the Early Access release, Double Fine decided “if the people like it so much, they can finish developing it.” They released the source code, fired the entire development team and “released” the game on steam.

So how do we, as consumers, fight this bullying by developers?

We can’t simply stop buying early access games, because many of them are great-looking titles with thoughtful developers. The simple solution is for Steam to step forward and better vet the games it allows to enter, and remain, in early access.

It needs to impose stronger terms of agreement with game developers that state that they cannot leave a game un-updated for an extended period of time. Early access should be a phase of development, not a stagnant state of cash-grabbing.

We as consumers need to have the power to contact Steam about malicious developers abusing the early access system. We all need to get together and demand these features from Steam to protect our interests as gamers.

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Dear America, I

t has been a true pleasure.

During my three years here, you have given me love, friends and memories for a lifetime. You have provided me with a big family and a new place to call home.

I have experienced all your corners and everything in between, from east to west and north to south. Although I have spent most of my time with you here in California, I have also experienced your maple trees in Vermont and your corn fields in Nebraska, your swamps in Florida and your skyscrapers in New York.

You have showed me your Rocky Mountains in Colorado and your hills in South Carolina, your Oregon Coast and your Mississippi River.

But as I have seen your wonders, I have also encountered your darker sides. I remember those without a home that freezing Christmas Eve in Chicago and I recall your neglected neighborhoods outside Detroit. I still hear the mothers of lost soldiers crying in your capital and I will never

forget that beautiful family in New Orleans who lived on the streets a full decade after that disastrous hurricane.

I know you well enough now to be honest. The numbers speak for themselves. This is supposed to be the land of opportunity, but how come so many have so little while so few have so much? And why are my friends scrambling to access healthcare and working two or three jobs to afford a proper education?

I thought this was supposed to be the land of the free, not the land of the incarcerated. But nowhere else in this world are people imprisoned at the same rate as here.

You told me you were the Promised Land, but I still see how people lose their lives all over the planet in your endless wars, and I hear scientists say that our biosphere suffocates while you look the other way.

In the land of hope and dreams, it is unacceptable that injustice and xenophobia are so widespread and it is intolerable that 15 million children

live in poverty and that women and minorities have to expect lower pay than their counterparts.

I decided to come to the United States because I was certain that I would find a friend in you. And I sure did. My last wish, however, before I leave for Sweden, is that you reward all those with the same faith in you as I had, those who travel from all over the world and those who are born here, with a place they too can call home.

I know you have the capacity to make the necessary changes. I have witnessed your kindness and your spirit from sea to shining sea. Please take care of your hungry and helpless, your desperate and poor. Be there for those who are afraid and need a helping hand.

Thank you for taking care of me.

Now, it is time to take care of yourself.

Best wishes, Simon Isaksson.

If you want it, come and get it Beatriz Verneaux Co-A&E-Editor Ok, I’m not completely alone in thinking gender roles are passé. It seems like many people agree that it’s time to put gender roles aside, and that people should have the freedom to court and pursue whoever they want.

Newsflash: it’s not up to men, in heterosexual dynamics, to initiate dating.

But I propose an even deeper look in the dating scene. Not should only gender roles be abolished, but gender as an idea shouldn’t determine who a person finds interesting, or how that person should express their feelings.

Truthfully, no one can decide who they are attracted to. But if gender is a social construct, then so is romantic attraction. If so-called girls are taught they’re only supposed to look at boys, and boys are taught they should

only find girls attractive, that makes it challenging for people to explore their desires for people of other genders. That can be tricky, especially if a person does find the “opposite” gender attractive and ends up sticking with it for unconscious fear of exploring their needs. I use quotations because I don’t believe in gender binary, meaning, humans are not just divided between men and women— there’s a wide rainbowcolored area.

I’m genderqueer. I use she/ her pronouns because they don’t bother me. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I identify as a man, but I definitely do not relate to traditional female roles. I’m not exclusively a woman, that’s not the most important aspect of my identity—it’s a title that has been imposed on me and I only identify with it to a minimal extent. Wait, so does that mean if someone likes me they are a lil bit gay?

I’ve never understood why

I was expected to wait around attracted to them, but mostly until men wanted me enough to because I don’t know what the ask me out. I always asked men rules are. Because there aren’t out first. I also don’t pay much gendered expectations, I don’t attention to rules about “no sex know how to defy them, or on the first date” and I certainly rather, I don’t know how to ignore don’t have any them.

With patience when that in mind, it comes to I realize that I playing games.

“I’m not exclusively a need to scrap To me, romantic everything I’ve woman, that’s not the ever been told or sexual r e l a t i o n s h i p s most important aspect about dating and should be just as go back to the of my identity—it’s straight forward basics: consent. as any other I’ll repeat. a title that has been interaction. We D a t i n g imposed on me and I should be as are attacted to each other? only identify with it to straightforward Great, let’s hang as any other a minimal extent.” out, kiss and dynamics. have a good People should time. be able to ask But lately other people I’ve been pondering on my own out without expectations or internalized biases. I said I ask predetermined roles they need men out first because I don’t to fill. It’s unfair. Not every man ask women or queer people out, will be the kind of person who and that’s not because I am not initiates things, not every woman

will be soft-spoken and feminine, not every person is cisgendered, etc. I shouldn’t expect that because the person I’m seeing is a man, he’s going to be the one taking me out, paying for my meals, or acting romantically.

What if that’s not him? But how do I know if that’s him or not?

Consent. That word again.

Practicing consent comes up in the very beginning. “Is it okay to ask you out? Can I kiss you? Can I be affectionate towards you?

What are your boundaries in terms of seeing me? What are your expectations?” I’ve had people telling me that these questions seem to get rid of the mysteries of dating, the seduction game— but for me those dynamics are more stressful than fun. I’d rather know what the person wants from me, and what I can realistically provide them, so we can move on to the fun parts: getting to know each other for real, and seeing what happens next following a natural course that fits us both.

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Hip Hop Culture

By Ali Benzerara

Yadidamean fasheezy?

A hyphy culture inspired by a Bay Area Icon

“I'm gettin' northern exposure in santi arosa/The ponderosa where they grow the doshia/thizzle wiggle with that thug Composure/ Cuz when them streets mold ya you gonna be a soulja” Lyrics like this can only be delivered by an artist such as the late Mac Dre. To many, Mac Dre, or simply Dre, is a Bay Area icon who portrayed feelings of absurdity and silliness through his music to people of any color and class.

In other words, Mac Dre brought Tom Rivas/ Oak Leaf Hyphy to the Bay Area.

Hyphy simply means to be amusingly eccentric and goofy; without inhibition, according to Urban Dictionary.

Mac Dre chose to rap about absurd things like ghost riding

the whip, throwing up your thizz face and partying. And he did this all while dancing like a complete clown. He brought the Bay Area into the spotlight of the hiphop community for a brief moment in history and that should be reason

enough why Dre is no doubt an icon in Northern California.

Mac Dre, born Andre Hicks, influenced the music scene throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area, and even L.A., ever since he stepped on the scene in 1989 with Romp Productions in Vallejo, California.

Even a four-year stint in the Fresno County jail for alleged robbery didn’t stop him from recording his album “Young Black Brotha” through a phone while incarcerated.

After his release in 1998, Hicks rose in popularity into the early 2000s. He leaked into the mainstream when he was shot and killed in his car in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 2004 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Just like 2pac and Biggie, Mac Dre died at the height of his career. It’s unknown how full of an impact he could have had on hiphop for generations.

Although Biggie and 2pac were known for much more dynamic lyrics, Dre created a comically absurd movement. With the help of other rappers, such as E-40, Mista FAB, Keak da Sneak, Traxamillion, J Diggs, and Mac Mall, Mac Dre brought Hyphy in faster than the rolling San Francisco fog on a clear fall night.

First coined by Bay Area rapper Keak da Sneak, Hyphy took new

Q&A with local independent director Grant Wetmore Opinion Editor Ryon Baxter sat down on his couch trimming his crop. For months, he had been tending his plants with his younger brother.

Tomorrow, they will package and weigh their product before delivering it to prospective buyers. Baxter featured his routine in his “Green is Gold.”

He showcased the LA Film Festival winning film “Green is Gold” last Wednesday at the Petaluma Campus Cinema Series. It’s a story of two brothers— played by Baxter and his younger brother Jimmy, who cultivate cannabis crops together. After showing his movie, Baxter spent days mentoring Santa Rosa Junior College as they created a piece for the Petaluma Film Festival.

“The opportunity to shoot something I wrote is always exciting,” says Eli Torres, writer and director of the student film “Concertazin.” “To have a professional director take interest and help make it happen is just beyond amazing.”

I sat down with Baxter to ask him questions on how “Green is Gold” was made as well as how he got into filmmaking.

Q: What inspired you to make “Green is Gold?”

A: I think it was a handful of things.

Mainly I was inspired by a buddy of mine I was in jail with. He was a cellmate of mine and he was a really fascinating character.

That was the inspiration to start writing Cameron (one of the main characters). It was kind of a foundational jump-off point.

That and a lot of synchronicity between what I was outlining and what happened in my real life that would be similar to the fictional story I was depicting.

Q: What made you decide to shoot the film in Sonoma County?

A: I just wanted to depict Northern California. Growing up in Sonoma I had connections to shoot at free locations and I knew the area really well.

Q: What is your personal view of cannabis and cannabis use?

A: My view of cannabis is that it’s the most useful plant on earth. It is in fact a medicine that has many benefits and uses. Like many other medicines, it has the potential to be abused by certain users.

Q: What are your thoughts and feelings about the film?

A: I love the film and I loved making it. It was a really important project for me in my pursuit of getting to know myself better and getting to know the craft of filmmaking better.

It was a huge eye-opening experience.

Q: What got you into filmmaking?

A: My love of cinema. I always loved films.

I have always been drawn to making them and to understand how they’re made. They always captivated me and I kind of wanted to de-mystify the process and see if I could contribute as well.

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forms as Mac Dre molded it into the limelight which rappers like E-40 and Mista FAB turned into a lifestyle.

The same year Mac Dre died, E-40 and the Federation released the song “Hyphy,” which brought the movement into full effect.

It took the hip-hop scene in the Bay by storm, and soon enough everyone was throwing up the “T.” “When I went to hip-hop shows in the Bay Area they were very multi racial,” Morrison said. “There was kind of a liberation in the ascetics of Hyphy because it was so goofy. Talking about psychedelic things. This allowed people to let their gangsta guard down and in that sense it was a positive thing.”

Not only did the movement influence all kinds of people in the Bay Area back then, it still influences hip-hop today. Newer artists like Nef the Pharaoh, who also comes from Vallejo, bring the Hyphy mentality to their music as they rises to popularity. And more established artists like Drake referenced Mac Dre in his single “Motto" back in 2011.

The Hyphy movement has slowed down from what it once was, but is still thriving in parts of the Bay Area such as Vallejo, Richmond, Berkeley and Oakland as followers continue to host sideshows and ghost ride their whips across the Bay Bridge in homage to the late Andre Hicks.

Getting high?

Turn on the Tube

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Travis LaBrucherie Distribution Manager It’s 4:20 pm.You just got lit.

Now it’s time to chill, maybe turn on the TV. But what to watch?

How about a movie?

Here are my top picks for cannabisthemed movies.

"Dazed and Confused" (1993): The year is 1976. It’s the last day of school. It’s all about blazing and hazing in this coming of age comedy. “Alright, alright, alright.”

"Friday" (1995): I hate Mondays, but I love Friday. Ice Cube and Chris Tucker star in this comedy about a typical day in the hood.

"Half Baked" (1998): Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer don’t disappoint in this comedy about saving their best “bud.” Yes it’s half baked, but it’s full of laughs.

"How High" (2001): Hip-Hop duo Method Man and Redman smoke weed and go to college. Sound familiar? I guess that means they passed “high” school.

"Super High Me" (2007): Smoke weed everyday. That’s exactly what comedian Doug Benson did in this documentary for 30 days after

going 30 days abstaining from marijuana. This film was inspired by Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me” (2004) but replaced McDonald’s with weed. It's currently available on Netflix.

Benson is no stranger when it comes to centering his multimedia around ganja. His podcast “Getting Doug With High” features him getting high with his guests at 4:20 pm and “The High Court with Doug Benson” has him get high and judging real cases with his ruling being legally binding. Most of his “Doug Loves Movies” podcasts and his stand-up shows start at 4:20 as well.

"Pineapple Express" (2008): “It’s almost a shame to smoke it. It’s like killing a unicorn...with, like, a bomb.” Just one of the amazing quotes in this action-comedy starring Seth Rogen, James Franco and Danny McBride.

"Green is Gold (2016): Winner of the Audience Award at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival is directed, written and starring Ryon Baxter. Baxter is locally grown and attended Sonoma State University.

His younger brother Jimmy costars with him. “Green is Gold” was also filmed locally. Many locations are recognizable to Sonoma County residents. Also available for streaming on Netflix.

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A day in the shade

Open house brings community to SRJC

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Ruby Zhang, Olivia Wray and Beatriz Verneaux Staff Writers & Co-A&E Editor Education, arts and entertainment combined with community involvement and tasty food. What else can anyone ask for?

On a sunny day with the roses in bloom, Santa Rosa Junior College celebrated Day Under the Oaks on May 7. The community celebration brought 7,000 people from all different walks of life to campus.

Along with participating members of the community, SRJC students brought their unique artistic talents to the event. The photography contest was a popular spot to visit in the Arts and Humanities section. Likewise, many visitors passed through the Robert F Agrella art gallery to see some of the best work displayed on campus this semester.

The Hui Pulama Mau organization brought Hawaiian performances to the event, and accepted donations in exchange for teaching how to make flower necklaces, and a wide variety of activities for children and adults to engage and learn.

The Jesse Peter Museum, which currently displays the Elsie Allen Pomo Basket Collection, held activities for children to become acquainted with Native American skills. Near the oldest oak tree on campus, several vendors offered different Native American art and crafts, especially jewelry

such as statement necklaces and long earrings.

The agricultural farm displays attacted a lot of attention. Visitors learned how to maintain a sustainable agricultural farm. Student employee, Makenzie, who declined to give a last name, says this event provides a conservation course to teach people how to conserve the natural environment in a sustainable way.

“The geological environment here is very good at practicing farming because there are lots of river and water here and there are lots of open-space for farming,” said Mackenzie.

Current art students and alumni teamed up with the Art Club to raise money to bring artists in and give back to students involved in the creative process in order to get them necessary supplies. Also in the arts department, painting and drawing instructor Deborah Kirklin opened the painting studio for students who wanted to keep working on their paintings.

“The public doesn’t always get to see paintings in progress. People have been curious, a little shy to come in, but very positive and enthusiastic about what they have seen here,” Kirklin said.

“Street Mystic” was a runway show where fashion department students created original fashion designs and modeled creative gowns to attendees.

The most exciting part of the show was certainly the “Up-cycled Designs” runway show, in which students parade original designs made with older gowns. The goal for this show was to bring awareness to the negative impact of fast-fashion, and encourage reusing culture.

English learning students who visited the campus on Sunday in hopes to learn more about SRJC were eager to talk to students who attended. Three young English as a Second Language (ESL) students from Japan—Mao, Yukito and Harmony— were very impressed by the hiphop dance performance.

“The girls in Japan dance more sexy and slow compared to these dancers here,” Mao said. “We are thinking about coming to the JC; Beatriz Verneaux/ Oak Leaf today has been so fun and we’re learning so much. I hope we can learn more English and have new experiences here.”

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Top left: Keeping traditions alive, members of Hui Pulama Mau perform several dance numbers throughout the “May Day Aloha Festival” which happens yearly to bring awareness to Hawaiian and Polynesia cultures. Top right: community members get acquainted with pottery and ceramics craft. Middle, top: Children play with sand in one of the various spots dedicated to their entertainment. Middle, bottom: First year students Julie and Sarah wanted to know what the fuss is all about. Sporting amazing fashion, the students enjoyed the amateur photography session. Bottom right: Native American dancers close the event with a traditional final dance to celebrate spring under the oldest oak tree on campus. Around the area, vendors sell merchandise such as jewelry and clothings. Kiosks showcased antique artifacts in hopes to educate the community on the Pomo Indian Tribe. Bottom left: The Traditional Lion Parade promotes Chinese culture.

Student on the street

“I’m from Iran. It is different there but [cannabis] is getting around...I have tried it myself, for cultural reasons.”

--Golnaz Nematbakhseh

O CAM

“I do not use it myself, only CBD at times at night if I cannot sleep and I have taken a melatonin and still cannot go down.”

--Justin Smith “‘It is a drug,’ they say. But so what? People take drugs all the time for pain and all types of stuff, but no one tries to put pain medicine away because it is a drug.”

--Allante Leapheart “I do not use it myself, but I have been high twice by accident at music events...The second time, I ended up spending 15 minutes trying to teach a wounded moth how to fly.”

--Jaxon LeFever “I think that legalization is a good thing because then the government can tax it and use the money for things we really need, like roads and schools.” --Jovani Perez “I don’t smoke weed, but I don’t mind if other people do.

Just as long as they don’t blow it in my face.”

--Jenae Robinson “I think that it could negatively affect some hydroponic stores. If people don’t have to grow their own weed, they are probably not going to buy equipment... [and] we will see a decline in the hydroponic stores and [they] will go out of business.” --Lianna Reich “You can put it on par with tobacco or alcohol and all that, which it is perfectly fine as long as it is in moderation. Just about anything can be overly done.” --Cody Buka “I tried with a bong and a pipe and a joint and a blunt. I can’t tell the difference, they all feel so good.” --Rahel Abraha

An emotionally charged rhapsody: A flight among the spirits Andy Spring Contributing Poet People are changing. Their mindsets are being broadened; their spiritual insight is being cultivated. Think about how many people meditate or do yoga, or do other spiritual activities, compared to ten years ago. If we are to change society, we must change ourselves first. When we unlock the creative mind within us all, we are infinite—we find ourselves exposed to infinite ideas, images, and thoughts.

An Emotionally Charged Rhapsody: A Flight Among the Spirits I look down at my feet on the concrete and...

I become intoxicated by sidewalk scenes of sleepless dreams; Visions that call and beckon their purpose-Dreamy apparitions swirl like spirals on their backs in the wind.

And I dance with these spirits of old. Dancing, I find myself transported to a distant emerald hill where I sink into grassy mysticism and I gaze in stupid-child wonder At the azure vaulted sky.

My thoughts travel in vibrations, Commingling against the domed world-My spirit shatters into a fractalized Mandala-And this place reveals luminous beings; transparent with truths; They remain hidden from the terror of men.

They view their lives outside of time and space; They live their lives inside of infinite creation.

Words have no meaning-Here.

And so I join the spirits in their journey, And when I return as a vagabond boy, I remain permanently stuck between worlds.

From the poet’s mind: Cannabis is vaguely alluded to in a poetic and imagistic way, but this is not what the poem is entirely about; in fact, I almost didn’t even have it on my mind when I was writing. This poem is so much more and very personal for me. I wrote this poem in a charged revelation, in the span of ten minutes, in my poetry class. This poem made me think of my childhood and the visionary wonder with which I saw the world. A chief goal of artists, when creating, is the attunement to this vision, which we once so effortlessly used as children. As we’ve aged, we’ve been told by society to abandon our spiritual creativity. This insight is unnecessary, we’re told, to maintain this capitalistic system we’ve created. But, what if I told you there was another path? What if I told you we have the profound ability to make a utopia on Earth, just by changing the way we think and act? There are some who would argue, in much the same way that food or drink can bring people together, that cannabis could be the key to uniting, not dividing our people. This poem is free verse with long multi-syllabic lines and its primary focus is on the imagery I felt, I saw, even, in the moment of its conception. I believe there is a spiritual connection to be found in the presence of something greater than ourselves; like a renewed perspective of sight gained through nature. Could a return to nature, and a love and care for nature, not profiting off from the destruction of nature, be what guides us towards spiritual solidarity? If this poem is about anything, it’s a poem about our ability to manifest spiritual insight and revelation through our imagination, and what this means for us personally, in an introspective sense. This personal exploration that each of us embark upon in our own unique way, could bring about massive changes for society in the coming years; indeed, it possibly already has.

Sustainably speaking

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Ali Benzerara Sports Editor

Plant matter matters Rachel Genthe

Co-A&E Editor

The 2016 statewide vote to legalize cannabis use is a game changer for Sonoma County. Our region is known as the emerald triangle because of its perfect growing weather, but what about the many other uses for cannabis?

There are three distinct species in cannabis: C. sativa, C. indica and C. ruderalis. Hemp is a of cannabis sativa L used primarily for industrial purposes and has low levels of THC. Kentucky farmers grew it for textile production. In 1775, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, and Abraham Lincoln used its seed oil to fuel his house lamps.

The L.A. Times recently published an article highlighting 12 cannabis-based skincare products worth trying, including lotions, pomades, botanicals, hair treatments and lipsticks that include oils and extracts. Earlier this spring, the Huffington Post in Australia published “8 things you should really know about hemp seeds,” just two months before the Australian government legalized the consumption of these products. Both articles discussed the differences between the cannabis varieties that have psychoactive properties and the varieties for alternative use, which many believe have health benefits.

Local coffee shops like Retrograde Coffee Roasters and Hardcore Coffee in Sebastopol use hemp milk as a non-dairy substitute. Major beauty brands such as The Body Shop and Dr. Bronner’s feature products with oils, and Hempz Bodycare has been advertising its benefits for a few years.

Just down the street from Santa Rosa Junior College, Community Market carries several different food products, like granola and seeds. Bulk foods manager Albert Lindberg says most of his customers consume seeds in granola or protein shakes. He says raw seeds should be kept in the fridge to preserve their health benefits. Community Market carries One Degree Organic Food’s sprouted oat honey hemp granola as well as milk from Pacific Foods and Living Harvest.

Likewise, the oil can also be ingested, and may have health benefits due to high levels of omega-3 fatty acids.

Considering hemp products are attaining mainstream status, Sonoma County will likely continue to take the lead in this growing marketplace.

Whether it’s through smoking, eating, vaporizing, topically, tinctures or dabbing, most cannabis in the U.S. comes from farms in Northern California.

The question consumers should be asking themselves is: “Where does my cannabis come from?”

In Sonoma County most people are fortunate enough to know the local growers they buy cannabis from. However, as consumers begin to buy cannabis from dispensaries, next January it’s unclear where exactly the product is coming from and how it was grown.

Sustainable cannabis growers do exist. They use the tools given by Mother Nature to do the work for the grower but not in a laxed way. It’s simply a way to grow crops that are as sustainable as possible, using the environment around it to maximize efficiency and lower cost.

“With cannabis growers you see a lot of it as their way of life. I work for some guys who really push it to the point to lining up their seed popping cycle with the moon cycles,” said Santa Rosa Junior College sustainable agriculture student and cannabis entrepreneur “Hank,” 19, who preferred to stay anonymous. “Doing cover crops and multi-species crops in your pots you have your plants in is great too. Basically you just plant different beneficial auxiliary crops to augment the cannabis.”

Hank says some great methods sustainable growers use include planting mint and lemon balm for pest control with their plants, clover for soil moisture retention and nitrogen level control, and mycorrhizae into the soil when transplanting to help with the root system.

This form of growing is not just sustainable but biodynamic as well, meaning every aspect of the farm works together with the environment while restoring the land to a more natural state. These methods can produce big results—some sustainable farms can yield up to 1,000 pounds a cycle.

Several big farms are using the laws in place, along with the lack of regulation, to cut corners in the testing of their cannabis.

“In California you can have whatever product you want tested, but the way the licensing is set up the growers are sometimes involved in the lab, so it’s horizontally integrated and it’s bias testing,” Hank said. “You can have a crop that could have been sprayed with pesticides and all sorts of garbage but that one bud that didn’t really get hit by any of that gets tested and it comes back clean, and now you have 10 pounds of that bud going through a dispensary.”

As the state prepares to put the legalization of cannabis into effect Jan. 1, 2018, growers are trying to navigate these complex laws. In April The California Police Chiefs Association came out against Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal for the change in retail laws in April of this year.

The proposal would have allowed a business to grow, distribute and sell cannabis. This would give smaller businesses the chance to succeed while keeping bigger corporations out of cannabis in California.

“When those laws come into effect it’s sort of designed at this point to allow these big companies to come in and buy out the licensing,” Hank said. “Sustainable farms won’t make enough profit to continue.”

Basically, with the laws in place for next year, sustainable farms will be shadowed until wilted by big corporations like Monsanto and Marlboro, who are looking to score big in the green rush of Humboldt County.

As sustainable growers look to keep their head above water once the laws come into place, consumers need to be aware of where their cannabis comes from.

One way to know if your marijuana was grown sustainably is to research the strain. Many growers cross strains to get the best effect, but as Hank points out, sustainability would mean crossing strains to get the best gene compatibility for the environment you’re in.

So, if you’re getting some bomb B.C. Bud in Sonoma County, it’s likely it wasn’t grown as sustainably as it could have been.

The best way to seek out sustainably grown cannabis is to establish a farm-to-table consumer relationship within the cannabis community. With the easy access through dispensaries, it is almost muscle memory to go to Organicann and get an eighth, but that isn’t sustainable.

“Unfortunately, the only way to do it [farm-to-table consuming] is to get a personal relationship with a grower.

Insta[gram] is a huge place where you will find a lot of great sustainable growers.”

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"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" features a stellar cast and an even better soundtrack.

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Star Lord is back with a whole new mixtape “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Most of the aliens are real actors and actresses with heavy makeup and prosthetics. This gives us Opinion Editor creatures and beings that don’t just exist on a “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” is a thrill green screen and some animator’s computer, ride of emotions. Your sides will hurt from but in 3D. This adds a much appreciated laughter and maybe a tear or two will come level of realism to the characters. Rocket out of your eye. It may be flashy and in some and Baby Groot, though completely CGI, aspects may not have much substance to stand out because they have that same level back it up. But at the end of the movie, if of realism to them, albeit to a lesser extent. you had a good laugh and a good time, then This is due to the level of detail that went it’s two hours well spent. into their animation. Rocket has hundreds “Guardians” picks up where the last of individual hairs that move the way real installment left off. The motley crew of heroes hair would move. Baby Groot has tiny twigs starts off fighting an interdimensional beast and leaves that shake when he moves. Both on behalf of the Sovereign, a “perfect” alien have expressive faces that show emotion the species. After defeating it, the Guardians way a real person would. Plus, Baby Groot is manage to double-cross the Sovereign. As simply adorable. the Guardians flee, they crash land on a Like the previous movie, “Guardians” planet. Here, they meet a strange and rather continues the tradition of having an oldcharming man. This man, named Ego (Kurt school soundtrack from the 60s and 70s.

Russell), turns out to be Star-lord’s (Chris Two songs in particular stick out. The first Pratt) father. What follows is an adventure is in the opening credits. “Mr. Blue Sky” which includes a few short and sweet battles by Electric Light Orchestra, plays from and a betrayal or two. This a great movie speakers as Baby Groot happily dances to see with your father or father-figure as in the foreground. Meanwhile, in the it has a rather strong “daddy issues” theme background, the rest of the Guardians battle to it. Star-lord has to deal with meeting his a tentacle monster. There is a lot of action father for the first time. At the same time, happening in this scene, but don’t worry his allegiance is called into question. about following everything. Just focus on The movie ranks somewhere between a Baby Groot. The rest is just there for giggles.

B+ and an A-. The final rating The next song is Jay and depends on your personal the Americans’ “Come a opinion on which Guardians Little Bit Closer.” It plays “At the end of the of the Galaxy movie you like after Yondu, Rocket, better. Though the movie and Baby Groot escape movie, if you had a is good looking, when you imprisonment. Yondu, good laugh, a good take away all the bells and who is arguably the most whistles you’re not left with OP and bad-ass of the time, then it's two much. This doesn’t mean Guardian’s characters, hours well spent.” it isn’t a good movie. It just uses his signature arrow means it isn’t a great one. and whistle to dispose What “Guardians” has of his captors. In case going for it is definitely its you haven’t seen the first special effects. Specifically, character design. “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Yondu has an Take Yondu (Michael Rooker) for example. arrow he can control by whistling and using By all appearances, he looks like a member a red fin on his head. The arrow whisks of the Blue Man Group. But on closer around the ship, leaving behind a red trail of inspection, you notice slight differences light and piercing through metal and flesh such as the shape of his teeth. What you in a brutal display. get is an alien who look like a human, yet All in all, the movie is light and funny. still retains an element of otherworldliness. Towards the end, it gets somewhat heavy The same goes for the Sovereign, who all but still has a few well placed jokes to look like the golden version of Data from lighten the mood.

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SRJC’s student enterprise projects give students the opportunity to learn hands on how to grow, market and distribute an agriculture product of their choosing. Cash crops like lettuce are grown on the farm.

Getting down and dirty

Student farmer gets practical experience through SRJC sustainable agriculture program Tom Rivas Feature Editor

Learning in a dirty environment is an unlikely choice for most students.

But when it comes to growing nutritious food, the fields are the best place to learn.

Before becoming interested in farming, Donald Pivec managed large coffee shops in the East Bay for 15 years.

“I felt I was asking people to do more and more for less and less,” said Pivec.

“I didn’t think I would of ever put myself in that position and I didn’t feel good about it.”

Pivec soon left the coffee industry, and after several seasons of producing his own food, he decided to enroll at Santa Rosa Junior College, taking classes in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management..

“Even though I enjoyed studying natural resource management, I felt sustainable farming was where my heart was at,” Pivec said.

After several semesters at Shone Farm honing his skills, Pivec was hired as a farm manager at Lotus Feed Farm and Retreat in Occidental. He said he found out about the job through one of the instructors at Shone Farm.

“It’s really hard for someone to acquire a farm manager job without any farming experience,” Pivec said. “I really learned a lot about how farming systems operate through the courses

taught at Shone Farm and without that knowledge I don’t think I would of been able to get the position or be successful at my current job.”

Pivec said that the ability to take classes on the farm along with classroom lectures benefit students enrolled in the agriculture programs.

“You’re not just learning about theories in a class and talking about putting them to use in the field,” Pivec said. “You’re actually working out here and you get to really see the projects play out.”

Joey Smith gardening coordinator, at Shone Farm, teaches hands-on farming skills to SRJC students. Smith ownes and runs, Let’s Go Farms in Santa Rosa.

His experience in running his own farm has a huge impact on students learning at Shone Farm.

“What the students learn here are some of the most practical skills there are, due to the fact that we all have to eat.” Smith said. “It’s a great place to learn sustainable farming because we have amazing instructors that have years of invaluable experience and knowledge to share.”

Leonard Diggs, Shone Farm manager, has worked there for more than 19 years. Diggs is in charge of organizing and coordinating the operational activities at the farm.

“We are helping to train students who are interested in our programs whether it be viticulture, crop production, sustainable farming, maintaining the forests or maintaining the parks,” said

Diggs. “This is a great place to get a lot of practical, hands-on experience.”

Diggs said that one of the courses in the sustainable farming program is a crop plan production course where students learn the basic principals of not only growing crops but also how to plan for their annual production cycle.

“We teach the students how you rotate so that you can maintain the basic principles of sustainability,” Diggs said. “This means you don’t always put the same crop in the same location every year. You rotate it around in your field as a practical practice for sustainable agriculture.”

Pivec said the program taught him practical skills, and feels Shone farm, where a lot of the classes are taught and gives students the opportunity to do their own special projects, is what makes it unique.

The SRJC Enterprise Project (agri 56) allows students to grow and market their own produce within the farm.

Students learn from mistakes that normally would ruin a farmer trying to start his own business.

“It allows farmers to be able to make those costly mistakes in a safe space,” Pivec said.

Shone Farm is a 365-acre outdoor learning laboratory for SRJC’s agriculture and natural resource programs. The land includes a 120acre forest, 100 acres of pasture, 70 acres of vineyards, 12 acres for crop production, and 4 acres of olive and apple trees.

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Top: SRJC’s sustainable agriculture program teaches students how to use the proper tools when working in the field. Middle: Donald Pivec prepares to use a tool that is used for mixing and breaking up soil before planting the next crop. Bottom: Students learn hands on how to care for the fruit trees so the next harvest will be abundant.

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Here there be LARPing

Sonoma County roleplay community comes together for action-packed afternoon Arthur Gonzalez-Martin Staff Photographer If “Dungeons and Dragons” is too slow and predictable, maybe you would like to get out of the basement for a bit and see what this sunlight and socializing thing is all about.

Enter LARP, which stands for live action role play. It comes in two flavors: the social LARPs and the “sword and board” LARPs. Social LARPing involves a group of people together in a room to play Game of Thrones-style political games like World of Darkness and League of the Five Rings, a Japanese fantasy militia game.

But for me, the “sword and board” LARPing sounded much more exciting. I traveled to the Crimson Woods at Eagle Park in Rohnert Park to watch as ten dedicated LARPers battled in a medieval kingdom called Amtgard— magic, monsters and all.

Trog the troglodyte was my guide to this fantasy world.

Trog is a half-lizard-half-man in game and a Santa Rosa Junior College I.T. student out of game. We sparred a bit as he explained the basic rules: a body hit is instant death, two hits to any limb makes it useless and two lost limbs means you’re dead. It’s quite a workout, with all the running, swinging swords, and trying (and failing!) to dodge arrows. Turns out longbows are complete death machines if you don’t bring your own shield.

LARPing is a fascinating part of nerd culture that not many people know or understand. If you’re into fantasy, it’s worth checking out. The Amtgard LARPs meet Saturdays at 11 at Eagle Park in Rohnert Park.

Arthur Gonzalez-Martin/ Oak Leaf Top: Trog, the champion, rotating one of the two teams of LARPers before the start of the match. Middle: The wizard (left) and warrior (right) sparring. Bottom left: Warrior after winning the match. Bottom right: It’s common for LARPers to have custom made swords.

A matter of altruism

SRJC engineering student spreads humanitarian message to help refugees Beatriz Verneaux Co-A&E Editor Was it fate that brought Samuel Perilla from Colombia to the United States?

When the chemical engineering student got the opportunity to study abroad, he didn’t expect to become so heavily involved with immigrants’ rights, and he certainly didn’t anticipate having a close relationship with students from Yemen.

As a part of Perilla’s exchange program, he traveled to Washignton to attend a weekend workshop with fellow international students from various schools around the country.

He sat with three students from Yemen, and their almost spotless accents impressed him. Perilla discovered that the trio was a part of a group of 24 international students from Yemen who were stranded in the U.S. for three years because of the war that broke in their home country in March 2015.

Perilla has worked closely with his Yemeni friends to organize fundraisers and gather money.

He says that his heart broke when he found out about the situation.

“I couldn’t sit still. This was so terrible,” Perilla said. “I started praying about it, and I talked to the general program coordinator to do something about it.”

The Yemeni students, who attend college in Washington and Virgina are looking for sponsorship to continue their education. In an e-mail sent to potential sponsors, students shared a bit of their story.

“Our stay has come to an end as the Department of State has informed us that this year will be our final sponsored year,” they wrote.

“However, the war in Yemen has not come to an end and our destiny is unknown after May, 2017.”

The Yemeni students aren’t allowed to apply for refugee status since the war broke out after they arrived in the U.S..

The general goal is to collect enough money to provide each student with a chance to get an F-1 student visa and get access to college. However, unless they get full scholarships that cover housing and 100 percent of tuition, these students won’t be able to fend for themselves.

Perilla was shocked to find out that no help had been offered to the group.

“Here’s where my heart broke.

They said, ‘You’re the first person that has ever been willing to help us in three years,’” Perilla said. “Soon, I’ll come home to my family. They can visit me and I can visit them.

But [these students] can’t even call their family members weekly, because the power only comes back once a month in Yemen.”

As President Donald Trump introduced what many call the Muslim ban, more people became aware of the urgency of the situation, Perilla reported.

“And people in my country said they can go there [to Colombia], my family offered to have one or two students, but [the students] don’t speak Spanish and they already had to adapt to this culture.”

The situation began improving as families offered sponsorship and adoption opportunities to some of the young Yemenis, who are not eighteen yet, and therefore have no chances of providing for themselves.

Although Perilla’s student wasn’t able to carry on with a fundraiser event he had put together, he is

Courtesy of Samuel Perilla

Samuel Perilla is departing from the U.S. leaving behind a legacy of activism.

actively spreading the word about the group’s GoFundMe page.

Perilla is still young, but he’s been deeply touched by the struggles his friends go through.

“I have a very personal relationship

with God and it changed the way I see the world,” he said. “Three years ago I would have thought ‘oh, poor people’ but every time I see something like this, it hurts. It doesn’t give me peace if I don’t do something about it.”

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CCCAA State Championship Swim & Dive results

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Taylor Sargis

Drew Sipple

1650 Y Free, State Champion, 15:39.00

200 Y IM, 3rd, 2:10.43

500 Y Free, State Champion, 4:32.37

100 Y Breast, 3rd, 1:04.97

200 Y Fly, 3rd, 1:54.06

200 Y Breast, 3rd, 2:25.13

Hailey Vance

100 Y Back, 2nd, 57.78

50 Y Free, State Champion, 20.37

200 Y Back, 3rd, 2:07.10

Mary Lane

R.J. Williams 100 Y Free, State Champion, 48.57

400 Y IM, 1st 4:40.41

Jasmine Algar

Bradley-John Erickson

100 Y Breast, 3rd, 57.29

200 Y Fly, 3rd, 2:11.32

Didn’t you see it the first time? how much we try for a perfect, untampered outcome, there is no Staff Writer way to get every call correct.

It’s true that technology exists Dear NFL, to help get some of the obvious It’s ok for the officiating crew missed calls corrected. Instant to miss a few calls. I won’t call the replay was first used way back in FBI. Nobody else will either. We’ll 1963 in the Army vs Navy game, all just watch the next down. according to SportingNews.com.

Instant replay was already Perhaps that’s why perfection abandoned once by the NFL, is thought to be possible. Now, way back in 1992. League owners every single touchdown is ditched the idea because replay looked at by a replay official slowed the pace and it’s hard to of play and even celebrate didn’t produce six points in real correct calls time. You’ve got “It’s time to give up often enough. to wait until the on replay again. The But the NFL booth referee has brought replay looked at it. product on the field, back in 1999, The NFL, with its frequent and those issues in a way, has again surfaced. promoted the stoppage of play and This time idea that there confusing rules, is though, instead is such a thing of scrapping the inferior because of it.” as a perfectly whole thing, officiated game. the system has But your team expanded to yes, yours can include a review still get hosed. of every touchdown and turnover.

Houston Texans fans know they It’s time to give up on replay should’ve had that crucial first again. The product on the field, down against the Raiders in with its frequent stoppage of play Mexico City. Saints fans know that and confusing rules, is inferior Denver stepped out of bounds because of it. And no matter Luke Straub

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game clinching touchdown in the Superdome.

All NFL fans know that those calls stood as incorrectly called, even with an instant replay.

The league, with all its talk of oversight, still puts the most emphasis on the calls made on the field. Calls are difficult to overturn, period.

With the speed and brute force of the sport, it’s just not possible to get every call right, no matter what’s done.

The NFL doesn’t make it easy on it’s referees, who are still parttime employees.

The rulebook has surprising depth and changes every year. The competition committee

instituted nine rule changes for the 2016 season alone. There is not one referee on the committee, by the way.

So, the perception is that your team won’t get wronged as long as there’s a replay. But the reality there still will be. The price we pay for such terrible returns is

people we’ve in love with for decades. Heck, we can’t even enjoy a damn touchdown anymore for the pure simplicity of it.

The NFL wants to ensure its fans that the fix is never in. But, as much as it pains me, there will always be a segment of fans that hold conspiracy theories. The NFL is trying to accomplish the impossible two times at once here.

I don’t watch the NFL on Sunday to play lawyer, I watch for action.

I know that the overwhelming majority of fans can take replay or leave it, judging by the growth of the league when replay was not in place. Spending so much time going over an imperfect too high: we can’t game with a fine-tooth comb enjoy the game in its just isn’t worth muddling results, true form; the form for the NFL or its fans.

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We can do it! Don’t believe all Don’t let the WNBA go unnoticed

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Frank Sumrall Contibuting Editor

Albert Gregory

Are you tired of the sleepwalk towards the NBA Finals? Tired of millionaires pouting and flopping all over the basketball floor? Love the game of basketball but hate the excess? The Women’s National Basketball Association season debut is May 13, and it’s time for media and audiences alike to show some respect towards the league.

Most sports news agencies do not give the WNBA appropriate coverage. Most sports bars and restaurants don’t telecast it. Most of America simply doesn’t care about the league and they are all missing out on great and exciting basketball.

The WNBA is viewed as a less talented league with no flash or stardom. Insane highlight dunks, posters over 7-foot big men, ankles broken on a crossover, and a Steph Curry half-court shot that sinks perfectly into the net is what makes the NBA exciting. Basketball junkies simply do not find that same volume of excitement in the female counterpart.

But the importance of the WNBA is understated. The athletes are intellects with their hardwood IQ through the roof. They understand that they cannot simply rely on their bodies to play the game of basketball and instead must lean on their mind. NBA All-Stars watch the WNBA vigorously, learning how they use ball handling and complex plays to score a point instead of steamrolling into the paint like a tank.

NBA players notice the skill in the WNBA; it’s time for

audiences to do the same.

Star power is at an all-time high, just begging basketball fanatics to enjoy the unappreciated gift.

There are intense close games around every corner, insane playoff basketball implications, and championship upsets aplenty. Meanwhile the NBA is trudging along to an inevitable NBA Finals rematch. NBA playoff teams are clobbering each other just to lose to Golden State and Cleveland. The WNBA has balance in its league, with stars blooming and few teams suffering from sports purgatory.

All this league needs is more coverage—social media buzz, live streams, and sports outlets gushing over the ecstatic play day in and day out. Let’s have Skip and Shannon argue about the WNBA for 20 minutes.

Let’s have morning talk shows and evening news recap the day’s events. Let’s have former NBA personalities commenting on the game with analysis and character which draw more audiences. And let’s pit the Lakers against the Sparks in a classic Los Angeles matchup in NBA 2K. “If we want to grow the women’s game, we’ve got to grow the visibility,” said WNBA All-Star Maya Moore in her (In)Visibility Essay for the Player’s Tribune.

If baseball is such a bore in the summer, it’s time to tune in to the WNBA instead.

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Calling all Golden State Warriors fans. I’m sorry to break the news to you, but the 2017 NBA Title is not a guarantee. The Warriors may have coasted along up until this point, but now we have to face the genius Greg Popovich just to meet up with LeBron James in the Finals, and facing LeBron is never a guarantee.

Once LeBron is done with whoever he ends up facing in the Eastern Conference Finals, whether it be the Celtics or Wizards, he will be coming in to these Finals ready to demolish this Warriors super team.

I know, but now the Dubs have added Kevin Durant. So what?

Durant is going to have to deal with LeBron taking him to the hole on defense, and King James could easily shut down Durant on the other end.

Also, LeBron will be entering these Finals with a barrage of firing power with veterans like Kevin Love, J.R. Smith, Kyle Korver, Channing Frye, Iman Shumpert and Richard Jefferson draining threes from all angles.

Not only do they have all these offensive threats, they have Kyrie Irving. Irving has established himself as an unstoppable force on the offensive end. And all of these players have the best distributing big man to ever play the game feeding them the rock in LeBron.

Larry Hansen

Hockey What are your plans for summer break?

“Lots of hockey, with some river floating. Heck, I might even try hockey on the river.”

How do you prepare for finals?

“An insane amount of energy drinks.”

If you could create any class at SRJC, what would it be?

If you could recommend one teacher at SRJC, who would it be?

“Skating for fitness 101, taught by yours truly.”

“Dr. Flyswithhawks”

Yeah, the C av a l i e rs suck on defense— b u t remember w h a t happ ened last year in Game 7?

When the Wa r r i o r s s t o p p e d m a k i n g threes, their offense b r o k e down and ever yone started forcing up terrible shots. You don’t need to play good defense if the other team break down.

The Cavs offense can make up for whatever the defense is lacking and are currently averaging 114.5 ppg in the playoffs. They can outscore, plus they have a much deeper bench than the Warriors.

When the Dubs entered the Finals last season, they had a deep bench including Leandro Barbosa, Harrison Barnes, Andrew Bogut, Festus Ezeli, Maureese Speights and Brandon Rush. They traded all of those players for Durant, Javale McGee, David West and Zaza Pachulia.

Their will be times when the Warriors depth will be tested, and the Cavaliers bench will be ready to attack.

Matt Kimura

Baseball

Chris Ochoa

Soccer

“Take a few classes, work, possibly “I’m going to go back home and travel to visit family in Mexico. I will train. Figure out what school I’ll be also continue strengthening my knee after the surgery I had two months playing at next by taking visits.” ago and keep playing for the local semi-pro team.”

“I just try to review my notes and the material as much as possible.

For math classes I usually just do problems over an over until I remember.”

“Make sure I study enough, eat well and get a good amount of rest. I also like to balance it out with a little training (soccer) to let my brain relax and have some fun.”

“If I had to create a class... it would “I’m not too sure what kind of class be a history class on Sonoma coun- but something to do with coaching.” ty.”

“Dr. Flyswithhawks”

T h e Cavaliers lost Mathew Dellavedova, Jordan McCrae, Timoffey Mosgov and Mo Williams but added all that firepower.

I know the Warriors lost last year in the Finals due mostly to injuries plaguing their starters, but it’s the NBA playoffs in June whoever is still playing at this point better be hurt or I don’t know what they were doing all year. It is an 82 game regular season plus playoffs after all. And in 2015 when the Warriors did win the title over the Cavs, Dellavadova was the second-best player on the team. I mean, who wouldn’t beat that team?

Don’t get me wrong. I am a huge Warriors fan, but the endless ignorant confidence that most Dubs fans exude is getting on my nerves. All I’m saying is we need to get ready for a rude awakening.

“Dr. Flyswithhawks”

Ian Kinmont

Power Soccer “I am going to New Mexico to visit my mothers aunt.”

“I study for finals.”

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