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Data breach triggers taskforce

Experian credit monitoring system for the 35,212 affected.

The expiration to enroll in the credit monitoring was Sept.

16 and only about 3,800 students have enrolled, totaling almost 11 percent of those affected.

Ac c o r d i ng t o Si m mo n s , students may not want to enroll in the free monitoring for any number of reasons, and that many students are likely not interested in credit monitoring. Only 8 percent of the consumer reviews on www. customerservicescoreboard.com for Experian are positive, and Experian is ranked overall with a 3/5 star rating on other consumer review sites.

To this date, there are no reports

by Experian or from any students of the leaked data being misused.

If a student is not enrolled in the credit monitoring but is a victim of identity theft, they are still encouraged to contact the district so that forensic investigations can determine if it is an effect of the data incident.

The district will continue to treat what they are calling “a data incident” as a data breach until the threat status level is reduced at the end of one year. At that time the Experian credit monitoring service will expire and the threat level will go back to normal.

The cost of monitoring students See BREACH on Page 2

JOSA LAMONT FEATURES EDITOR

Michael Simmons is feeling cautiously optimistic in the after math of a Riverside Community College District data incident in May. After pursuing every expert recommended action, the head of the risk management department feels confident they’ve taken every precaution to keep students safe.

An immediate remediation process began after an email with student data including social security numbers and birthdates, accidentally went to an external address May 30. The first task was to notify students.

RCCD immediately hired expert Lynn Sessions to manage the leak. By her recommendation, a call center was set up to answer any questions from students.

In addition, emails, letters and notifications were sent out and posted on WebAdvisor.

Also by recommendation of Sessions, the district did a forensic investigation to attempt to reach the email recipient to no avail.

Emails to the recipient have gone unanswered and Google refuses to give out the information of the email account holder.

“I don’t think we could have done anything else beyond this,” Simmons said.

Photo illustration by: Luis Solis The Data Access and Security Taskforce set up to handle the breach will be made i nto a permanent committee that will work with the Board of Trustees and the new chancellor, Michael Burke, to ensure the safety of all students.

DAST will be responsible for updating district policy, training

procedures, software, internal technical controls and other safety concerns.

As a standing committee, DAST will review st andi ng policies and procedures, and make changes to outdated bylaws.

The committee has already implemented protective measures for sensitive data, according

City Grill fires up its prices RAZIEL MUNIZ STAFF WRITER

JAISHON JOHNSON / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

RUSH HOUR: Students have no choice but to pay the higher cost.

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The fall semester has begun, but with the heat of summer seemingly nowhere in sight, Riverside City College welcomes not only the highest temperatures of the year, but also the highest prices for food and refreshments at the City Grill.

Hot and f lustered students from all walks of life fill the City Grill ever yday this semester seeking food, drink and relaxation.

But, like many things, these conveniences come at a price. And this fall the price is a bit higher than previous semesters.

Since July 1, the minimum

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to R ick Her man, the DAST C h a i r m a n a nd he a d of t he Infor mation Technology and Learning Services Department.

In one measure, the six classified staff responsible for mass amounts of data have been trained in encrypting their communications.

To protect st udents f rom identity theft, DAST has set up an wage in California increased by $1 dollar. This might seem like good news for some students at RCC who work within the Student Employment Program, 25 of whom Cheryl Ruzak, Director of Food Services at RCC, oversees.

Due to the rise in the minimum wage, some alterations have been put into effect at the City Grill,specifically with regards to the pricing of certain food and drink items.

“The rise in the minimum

wage has forced prices for roughly 30 percent of the items on our menu to increase,” Ruzak said.

Like any business, remaining profitable often means taxing the consumer. When the price of labor takes a hike, the price of consumer goods follow.

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Centennial Plaza honored for design The California State Chancellor’s Office honored Riverside Community College District for the 2014 Community College Facility Coalition’s Project in Design Award in Sacramento for the Downtown Centennial Plaza that is currently being built. The block is due to be completed in Spring 2016.

ASRCC holds Open House Associated Students of Riverside City College are holding an open house Sept. 18, from 12 pm to 2 pm on the Aguilar Patio. This event will provide an opportunity to learn about ASRCC and how students may get involved in student government. This event is free to all who attend.

RTA invites public opinion on routes Riverside Transit Agency is beginning to unveil its new plan for the next 10 years of Riverside’s public transportation, which includes many changes to the current routes of the buses to accommodate the needs of the citizens that use public transportation.

RTA has invited public opinion on these changes, through a series of open forums. Two take place Sept. 30, one at Riverside City College in front of the planetarium from 10 am to 12 pm, and concerns routes 1, 12, 13 and 50. The other takes place at UC Riverside at Bannockburn from 2 pm to 4 pm and concerns routes 1, 16, and 51. There are an additional three meetings, the first Oct. 2, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Norco College, concerning route 3, and the second Oct. 7 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Cal Baptist University at Stamps Courtyard, concerning route 1. The third is Oct. 8 from 11:30 am to 1:30pm at UC Riverside near the Bell Tower, concerning routes 1, 16 and 51.

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MR. PRESIDENT: ASRCC President Ray Orozco (center) meets with members of student governement to discuss matters that stretch from on-campus events to ASRCC issues.

LAWRENCE MANNS STAFF WRITER

with Experian services is $15.20 per student, which is paid by the district and will be covered by an insurance policy after a $100,000 retention (or deductible). The district will be reimbursed any money exceeding the retention by the insurance company when the total cost is calculated.

In another measure, that training is extending to the 35 people outside of that who handle smaller amounts of data, with a goal of enrolling everyone in the

department in a training course to understand and use encryption for their communications and data transfers by the end of the fall semester. By the end of the term the ITLS department hopes to expand encryption from electronic data to include documents being scanned and filing cabinets. Data stored in the data warehouse is already encrypted, so RCCD students unaffected by the incident in May are safe from breaches of data.

One of the challenges that comes with being the president of a community college’s student body is the constant indifference of the students. Often, all the students want to do is come, get their degree and leave, caring lit tle for the clubs, events, com munit y or gover n ment.

Newly elected President Ray Orozco and Vice President Ryan Rudolph are aware of this, and are already beginning on remedying the apathy as working toward the other goals of the year.

Orozco’s job as the president is to set goals and lead his cabinet and the rest of the Associated St udents of R iverside Cit y College toward them. Orozco has two main goals for his term, the first being that he wants to raise student involvement in the government and the events it puts on. During his time in some of the clubs on campus and later on while he was in the executive cabinet, he noticed that students would come to him during events and express their obliviousness about the event or its status, not knowing that it was free, or open to the public. “ I wa nt t o m a ke m o r e awareness of these events and services that we have, because the money we use to get all these together comes from the student services fee, the students paid for it,” Orozco said. “Having a student come up to me and say

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of the year when attendance is at its highest at RCC, and not during the summer or the winter,” said a student athlete as he stood in a long line at the City Grill, awaiting to purchase two Gatorades and a CLIF Bar after a hard team practice.

Although some st udents at RCC are not aware of the price increases at the City Grill, many who are aware, express discontent. Many students juggle multiple responsibilities daily like work, class and sometimes even raising children which quite often does not afford them

the opportunity or time to think about themselves and pack a lunch. So what many students quite often do is go to the City Grill on campus.

“I think they should lower the prices because we are college students,” Dyondra Orduna, a student at RCC said. Many students at RCC also voice how their commutes to campus plus the endless task of once arriving on campus, having to find parking and now the price increases at the City Grill, are all contributing to a lot of student money being lost in attendance of

Career fair brings opportunities On Oct. 1, the Riverside Chamber of Commerce and Bank of America celebrate the 10th anniversary of the annual college and career fair. Here, students from all over the Inland Empire may come to learn about prospective colleges and potential careers. There will also be workshops on things like financial aid for students, and how best to select a college or a career. The fair lasts from 5 pm to 8 pm at the Galleria at Tyler Mall, on Magnolia Avenue and Tyler Street. The event is free to anyone that attends.

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and vegetables was also a deter mining factor in the decision to increase the cost of some of the foods and beverages available at the City Grill. Price increases have occurred, but not to the entire menu.

“We will never raise the price of 100 percent of items on our menu. We understand that many students are on a budget,” Ruzak said.

“How ironic that pr ices would go up during the part

‘Oh, I didn’t know’ is bad because we are essentially robbing them of their money and the things they paid for.”

Orozco feels that the use of this money must go back to the students, and to be used effectively, the students need to utilize it.

The second goal Orozco has is to mend the rift between t he d i f fe r e nt pa r t s of t he government. In years past, the branches of the government have developed a degree of disjointedness, according to Orozco. In an attempt to bridge this gap, he plans to have all the members of his cabinet attend events put on by any section of the government. “ H av i n g my e xe c u t i ve cabinet show up to these things sends the message that it’s not just one section’s event. It is ours with the whole government,” Orozco said.

In addition to his other goals, Orozco also wants to have more options for textbooks. Currently, there is no policy regarding the length of time that a professor is obligated to use one single textbook or edition of one. A professor has the ability to swap out a textbook with another every year if he or she so chooses.

In order to combat this, the government is compiling a list of textbooks professors are likely to use for a longer period of time.

“It’s not easy for students to get textbooks, to get the book they need, especially when

professors change the book,” Orozco said. “We are trying to get a list of books that professors will use for the next few years so that students can get a book and actually use it.”

At his right hand, Ryan Rudolph sits as the ASRCC vice president. His job is to make sure that things run smoothly and to manage the different parts of the government.

“I make sure that any of the students that come in here have their questions answered, and are served in whatever ways they need” Rudolph said. “I also help plan events for the different branches of the government.

I also make the agendas for different meetings. I’m all over the place.”

His goals fall in line with the president, as he wants more opportunity to serve the students and wants more student involvement.

“The biggest obstacle I see this year is overcoming the student apathy towards getting involved in things,” Rudolph said. If you get involved, RCC, a nd com mu n it y college i n general, can do great things for you. We want to figure out how to get the message out there.”

As fa r as Rudolph is concerned, his main goal is to set an example for others as to how things get done. “This year, I want a little R and R. Reliability and Responsibility,” Rudolph said.

this institution.

With price increases at the City Grill and overly crowded parking lots on top of long commutes, some students have found ways to save a buck. Leslie Kamoto, a student employee at the City Grill pointed out how a bottle of water costs $1.50 at the City Grill this fall semester, and how many students do not know that for one quarter, they can purchase a large cup, fill it with ice and then fill it with cold water from the drink dispenser that is across the way from the war m salted pretzels. Also,

upon purchasing the large cup of water and ice, refills are free. In addition to the large cup of water, one may bring a personally owned container like a sports bottle and fill it with water and ice, free of charge.

So this fall semester and for semesters to come, in order to stay focused in class and not hungry, RCC students must plan accordingly.

“The price increases are not temporary, they will remain in effect,” Ruzak said.

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Takano is ‘PRO Students’

CRYSTAL OLMEDO STAFF WRITER

A local cong ressman is pushing for stricter regulations on for-profit colleges and the fair treatment of their students.

R e p . M a r k Ta k a n o , D-Riverside, proposed legislation that will protect students from for-profit colleges and place stringent regulations on such institutions, fittingly named, the Protections and Regulations for Our Students Act, July 30.

Takano is collaborating with Rep. Susan Davis, D-San Diego, and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., on this legislation.

The US Department of the Treasury reports that college enrollments have increased exponentially over the past 25 years, and according to the US Department of Education 13 percent of the total number of students enrolled in highere ducat ion i n st it ut ion s a r e enrolled in proprietary colleges.

Propr iet ar y or “for-prof it ” colleges offer short term degree and certification programs for those who are already committed t o a jo b a n d r e q u i r e t h e convenience of online or evening classes, and the opportunity to apply for student loans.

For-profit schools under the 90/10 Rule must acquire no more than 90 percent of their revenues from Title IV federal student aid, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

A similar rule exists for veteran student funding, in which no more than 85 percent of an institution’s students receive veteran funding. The PRO Students Act would require 15 percent of for-profit college revenues to come from sources other than federal student aid,

m i l it a r y a n d ve t e r a n education benefits.

Rep. Takano hosted State Superintendent Tom Torlakson at an Educators Town Hall Meeting Sept.

4, at the Riverside County Office of Education, where Takano spoke about the PRO Students Act. “It’s simply wrong that 13 percent of the students on Federal Financial Aid, who go to these for-profit colleges, account for 50 percent of all loan defaults,” Takano said.

Ta k a no sh a r e d h i s insight gathered by serving as an instructor for the R ialto Unif ied School District.

“I noticed that many of the students that I was trying to prepare for the High School Exit E x a m … we r e b e i n g heavily marketed to by for-profit colleges,” Takano LUIS SOLIS / PHOTO EDITOR said. “Nearly every single CONGRESSMAN ON CAMPUS: Rep. Mark Takano visits Riverside City College on Welcome Day one of them was saying to talk to students and hosted a workshop titled “When Women succeed in business.” that they were not going to go to a county program or to Congress to ram this problem.”

If the legislation passes it According to Takano, the RCC or Valley College, but that Ta k a n o r e f e r e n c e d will also benefit less fortunate legislative lang uage of the they were intending to go to a for Corinthian Colleges’ breakup as st udents and provide more bill is being perfected and its profit college.” an example of a for-profit college resources and advocates for projected implementation will During this meeting Takano in California that had “gone students to make well-informed take place in Oct., depending on c o m m e n t e d o n f o r- p r of i t down,” due to misconduct. The d e c i sio n s r e g a r d i n g t h e i r its reception by voters. Takano marketing tactics and the need collapse of Corinthian Colleges educational needs. demonstrated his dedication to for better academic alternatives. was due to alleged lawsuit “... The PRO Students Act … the PRO Students Act by his “Very often, for-profits spend claims that the Santa Ana based will address these abuses. They comments on the current undermore on the marketing than they i nstit ution was “falsif yi ng particularly target low income regulated state of the for-profit spend on educating students,” grades, job-placement data, students … single moms, and college sector and the students Takano said. “I have to commend luring students with non-existent they also target our veterans,” that are affected by it. the Obama Ad mi nist ration programs and pushing them into Takano said. “The downside “St udents need more because they actually, I think, do high-interest, subprime loans is that we still have to provide support, not more bad actors,” get the problem. The Secretary of they can’t repay,” according to a opportunities for all these folks, Takano said, and he suggested Education, in conjunction with report by Bloomberg.com. and we have to find a way to that students should consider 37 State’s Attorney Generals, Representatives for recommit ourselves to a robust utilizing resources such as has been trying to crack down Corinthian Colleges declined public education system … and county vocational programs to on some of the worst actors, but View poi nt s request for a n we have to make our higher avoid getting into, “debt for what we definitely need more action in interview. education system affordable.” is often a worthless degree.”

Moon Festival leaves attendees in the dark SHAMIR ALEEM STAFF WRITER

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WHATS GOING ON?: Families who were looking forward to attending the Chinese Moon Festival were disappointed to find out it was canceled with no warning Sept. 7.

T he R ive r side C h i ne se Moon Festival’s unannounced cancellation left families angered Sept. 7.

T h e s p e c i a l e ve nt wa s scheduled to take place outdoors at the Riverside Metropolitan Mu s e u m He r it a ge Ho u s e.

RMM officials were forced to cancel the special event without rescheduling due to prospects of poor weather conditions.

Many families were not notified the event was cancelled prior to their ar rival at the Heritage House. They were disappointed by the sight of the word “canceled” posted across a banner that indicated the festival.

All who showed up expected to exper ience a t raditional Chinese festival. The festival is celebrated every year on the 15th day of the eighth lunar moon in the Chinese calendar, when the moon is at its fullest and brightest. The holiday is

traditionally to be celebrated with family.

The event was going to feature “moon cakes,” a traditional Chinese pastry that is enjoyed specifically on this holiday.

Storytelling, tea and a lion dance performance were also among the event’s planned activities.

Admission to the event was free, but many of the attendants drove from out of town, which can be costly.

Some of t he at tend a nt s whom arrived at the location of the canceled Moon Festival expressed their irritation about the situation amongst themselves.

One attendant mentioned that she had spoken over the phone with the event’s coordinators four hours prior to the scheduled start time and was still not notified about the canceling.

Approximately 30 minutes after the scheduled start time the angered crowd began to dwindle.

Most attendees withdrew to their vehicles and drove to their next destinations in acceptance.

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No relief for thirsty Riverside residents

ANDREA STEWART STAFF WRITER

Water Conservation is in full effect. Businesses and homeowners are cutting back water usage by 20 percent or face hefty fines.

Riverside is taking action to conserve water by all means necessary.

According to the Western Mu n icipal Water Dist r ict, this is the third worst drought that California has ever seen.

Although, green grass continue to flourish throughout Riverside.

Riverside Utilities is offering $2 per square foot incentives for homeowners to rip out their lush green lawns and replace with artificial turf or water friendly plants. Residents should expect to see changes in landscaping a rou nd R ive r side C ou nt y.

Although rain is forecasted, true drought relief is not predicted in the near future.

There is a Riverside Ordinance in effect to implement water efficient landscape standards in Riverside, all of which were instituted prior to this state

of emergency. Ordinance No. 7061 under 19.570.030 7 states “All exposed surfaces of nonturf areas within the developed landscape area be mulched with a minimum three inch layer of material, except in areas with ground cover planted from flats where mulch depth shall be one and one half inches.”

Watch for construction, 15 acres of decorative grass will be removed in street medians that will be removed and replaced with water wise plants or bricks.

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save precious drinking water from being wasted on watering grass.

S i n c e A u g . 14 , w h e n Califor n ia P ublic Ut ilit ies C om m i sio n not i f ie d t he i r customers that there would be a st at ew ide ma nd at or y conser vation in effect until further notice, there was a 7 percent conservation of water statewide in just under a month. “ You ca n always cove r your pool to keep water from evaporating,” local engineer, Thomas Jones said. “Turn off all

the water in your house and then check your water meter, if your meter is still running you have a leak somewhere. Also, you can install toilets that flush with different flow levels depending on your need.”

Riverside Public Utilities u rges that if residents see anything in public that needs attention such as excess water runoff, broken pipes or broken s p r i n k le r s ple a s e c o nt a c t Riverside by calling 411 and report where the water waste has taken place.

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Sep. 8

Attempted Vehicle Theft

7:22pm

Inactive

Aug. 19

Disorderly Conduct

1:54pm

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Sep. 10

Displaying Unauthorized Disabled Placard

8:07pm

Cited and Released

Sep. 10

Displaying Unauthorized Disabled Placard

8:18pm

Cited and Released

Sep. 10

Displaying Unauthorized Disabled Placard

9:01pm

Cited and Released

Aug. 30

Driver with no License

8:02pm

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Aug. 27

Driver with no License

1:26pm

Main Bet 13/14TH

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Aug. 21

Driver with no License

7:26pm

Public Roadway

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Aug. 17

Driver with no License

12:38am

Public Roadway

Cleared by Adult Arrest

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Driving under the Influence

9:27pm

Olivewood Ave

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Aug. 31

Driving under the Influence

2:13am

Public Roadway

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Aug. 31

Driving under the Influence

2:04am

Aug. 31

Driving under the Influence

2:10am

Private Property

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Aug. 17

Driving under the Influence

1:49am

Public Street

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Sep. 9

Hit and Run

4:58pm

Sep. 4

Hit and Run

3:51pm

Sep. 4

Hit and Run

4:35pm

Aug. 28

Hit and Run

10:31am

Aug. 28

Hit and Run

2:37pm

Aug. 28

Hit and Run

4:13pm

Parking Structure

Aug. 27

Hit and Run

8:56am

Parking Structure

Aug. 27

Hit and Run

1:45pm

Information Only

Aug. 26

Hit and Run

3:41pm

Inactive

Aug. 25

Hit and Run

4:29pm

Sep. 9

Marijuana Possession

5:46pm

Information Only

Aug. 25

Nonstudent refuse to Leave Campus

7:38am

Information Only

Sep. 15

Petty Theft

12:53pm

Sep. 12

Petty Theft

11:15am

Sep. 12

Petty Theft

3:07pm

Campus PD

Pending

Sep. 10

Petty Theft

10:57am

Digital Library

Information Only

Sep. 8

Petty Theft

9:59am

Sep. 8

Petty Theft

1:31pm

Wheelock Gym

Information Only

Sep. 4

Petty Theft

12:56am

Psc Complex

Pending

Sep. 4

Petty Theft

1:20pm

Dance Studio

Information Only

Sep. 3

Petty Theft

11:02am

Sep. 2

Petty Theft

6:38am

Center of Social Justice

Pending

Sep. 2

Petty Theft

9:39am

Cafeteria

Pending

Sep. 11

Revoked or Suspended license

12:55pm

Cited and Released

Aug. 30

Revoked or Suspended license

9:32pm

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Aug. 21

Revoked or Suspended license

4:22pm

14th St and Lime St

Sep. 9

Theft, Lost property

12:25pm

Campus PD

Sep. 8

Vandalism

8:32pm

Inactive

Sep. 3

Vandalism

5:57pm

Information Only

Aug. 25

Warrant

7:09pm

Cited and Released

Aug. 23

Warrant

9:48pm

MLK Bldg

Cited and Released

Aug. 21

Warrant

7:26pm

Public Roadway

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Aug. 25

Weapon possession, not gun

2:05pm

Applied Tech

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Cleared by Adult Arrest

Inactive

Parking Lot U

Pending Inactive Pending

Parking Structure

Theater

Information Only Pending

Information Only

Pending

Cleared by Adult Arrest

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‘Omigod You Guys’ RCC does ‘Legally Blonde’ ALEJANDRA GARCIA ASST. A&E EDITOR

Cheerful piano tunes and bouncy energy was on the stage during the first rehearsal, which seemed more of a hangout between friends. The lead and her entourage performed “Omigod You Guys” from the musical as they danced and sang their way through the stage.

Director Roger Castellano, made interjections during the scene to show his lead the right vivacity for the scene as he suggested a hair flip to bring the character to life.

Jodi Julian, Riverside City College theater professor, hired the director/choreographer to direct the musical, for Castellano has worked with so many artists, from Musical Theatre West, Southern California’s Premier Musical Theatre Company to directing musicals to Performance Riverside.

The musical, written by Heather Hach, is based on the 2001 feature film and Amanda Brown’s novel, both of the same title.

The production’s cast is already complete, including a trained pooch that is to become the leading lady’s faithful companion.

Julian, also the producer for the musical, had a tough time finding a Chihuahua that would fill in the spot.

Julian asked for help through an email that lead her to Diego the Chihuahua.

As for the cast, professional actors along with student actors are to fill in the roles for the successfully known production.

S ome of the actors are returning RCC students.

Sarah B outwell, one of the returnees, attended RCC and went on to graduate from

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University of California, Irvine.

She will be taking on the roles of Elle Wood’s mother and Whitney, a Harvard grad.

“I graduated ten years ago from RCC,” Boutwell said. “It’s nice to come back. It’s familiar. To see what (Julian) has done to the program is phenomenal. I heard (RCC) has an associate’s degree now for theater, which they didn’t have when I was here.”

“Her kids are going off and doing so many great, wonderful things,” she said. “Coming back and seeing how much has evolved, it means a lot to me to see (the department) grow because I know how deserving it is, and to see that the college is supporting it is huge.”

Stephanie Wall has been chosen to reprise the lead role of Elle Woods.

Wall portrayed the bubbly blonde b efore last year at California State University, Fu l l e r ton w he re she onc e attended.

“The cast is so enthusiastic and so fun,” Wall said. “I love this show, I believe in the message. I did it in Fullerton, so it’s fun to get to tackle it again.”

Wall, already a successful actress, has performed in many plays and musicals throughout Southern California.

I n c l u d i n g “ Q u i l t e r s ,” a Pe r f o r m a n c e R i v e r s i d e production that took place in RCC eight years ago.

Wall also splits her time performing at Disney California Adventure as Alice from “Alice in Wonderland” for the “Mad T Party” show.

Julian wanted her students to have the experience in working with a professional director and actors.

The musical faithfully follows the plot to Brown’s novel with the exception of the music and lyrics that were written by Broadway

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WHERE’S ELLE?: RCC students rehearse an upbeat musical number with Perfomance Riverside actors. composers Lawrence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin.

“Legally Blonde” tells the story of a determined sorority blonde who goes to law school in order to win back her ex boyfriend, Warner Huntington III, portrayed by Caleb Shaw.

But she later discovers her passion in helping others and finds her true vocation instead of reclaiming her “true love.”

Elle later befriends Emmett Forrest, a cute teacher’s assistant, portrayed by Jeffery Christopher Todd and her new clueless best friend Paullette played by Lindsey Sara Martin.

“Legally Blonde” will be ready to hit the stage on September 26, 27, 28 and October 3,4, 5 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Student tickets will be $10.

Non-student tickets vary from $29-50.

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BLONDES DO IT BETTER: Stephanie Wall shines during rehearsal as she becomes Elle Woods.

CALENDAR

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sept 21

Mystery Book Club: Light of the World Cellar Door Books 5:30 p.m.

Riverside Mariachi Festival Day 1 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Moon Festival Celebration Riverside Convention Center 6 p.m.

I Love BOIS Hardcore Blood Orange Infoshop 2 p.m.

Market Night Downtown Redlands 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Last Comic Standing Fox Performing Arts Center 7:30 pm

17th Annual Comedy Night Riverside Municipal Auditorium 6 p.m.

Between the Tables Dance Back to The Grind 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

Open Mic Poetry Back to the Grind 8 p.m.

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R i v e r s i d e D ow n t ow n Farmer’s Market 8 a.m.

Amon Amarth, Skeletonwitch Riverside Municipal Auditorium

8 p.m.

“Legally Blonde” the Musical Landis Performing Arts Center 7 p.m.

Fitz and the Tantrum Riverside Municipal Auditorium 8 p.m.

MUSE Author Series Administration room 122 7 p.m.

Market Night Downtown Redlands 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Social Distortion Riverside Municipal Auditorium 8 p.m.

“Legally Blonde” the Musical Landis Perfor ming Ar ts Center

Riverside Downtown Farmer’s Market 8 a.m.

Open Mic Music Back to the Grind 8 p.m.

Open Mic Fox Performing Arts Center 7 p.m.

2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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Inside Hollywood with Paul Levine GINA ORONA STAFF WRITER

On Tuesday, September 16, Riverside City College kicked off the “Inside Hollywood Speaker Series” with entertainment law attorney and literary agent, Paul S. Levine. The free event was held in the Digital Library Auditorium and lasted from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. About 50 people were in attendance.

The series in its 2nd year was started when Professor Susan St. Peters, who in addition to being a college professor is a screenwriter and producer, noticed that many of her students who aspire to work in Hollywood don’t have the knowledge or experience to break into the industry. The series features speakers who work in various areas of the entertainment industry.

The first speaker of the semester, Levine has worked in entertainment law for over 30 years. His agency, The Paul S. Levine Literary Agency started in 1996. It represents book authors and screenwriters and oversees the sale of motion picture and television rights.

Levine speaks at writers conferences about once a month all over the country. He also teaches a course on fridays at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and two, one day, once a year

classes for the UCLA Extension Writers Program on screenwriting and book writing.

The talk on Tuesday focused primarily on the dos and don’ts of writing and publishing novels, comics, graphic novels, and screenplays. He spoke about how he got into the industry and the three clients who shaped him when he first started his career.

Levine gave advice, shared anecdotes and took questions from the receptive audience.

“Write whatever story in screenplay form as a novel first, 80 percent of the movies you see are based on books, comics or graphic novels,” he said. “Your script is much more likely to be read if there is a book associated with it.”

Levine explained the differences between managers and agents. He gave advice on what to say in queries to book agencies.

He also gave information on the financial side of things and explained why writers don’t need managers.

Levine put a strong emphasis on networking and gave a list of things one could do to become more familiar with people in the industry.

This included joining writers groups and critiquing groups in order to become better at writing.

“You’ve got to be good.

You have to write good novels, screenplays, whatever,” he said.

Big plans for RCC ‘Marching Tigers’ DAESHAUN THOMAS STAFF WRITER The colorfully awarded Riverside City College marching band, The Marching Tigers did a lot this summer.

Most noteworthy, starring in a music video with Weird Al Yankovic.

“It was a really awesome experience, really tiring, but overall really worth it.” Isabela Vega said, a clarinetist for the Marching Tigers in her 6th year of marching band.

“It took a lot of work.” she said. “It was really impromptu and we learned and performed the choreography in about a day.”

When they weren’t busy with the popular parodist, they were kicking off their 31st annual week long band camp, to which loads of excited potential inductees attended.

The fall season is mapped out in detail for their over 18 performances that the organization will perform.

Drill practice for the fall semester commenced Tuesday evening. September 9 for the band’s performances. They’ll be practicing such numbers as “God

Bless the Child” and “What is Hip/ Squib Cakes”.

The marching band also, for the first time ever, has been invited to perform in a New Years Day parade in Paris, France in 2016.

Not surprising though, as they’ve also been on similar foreign gigs such as the European tour they took in February in which they performed rain or shine in London and Madrid.

Add to that the band’s repertoire and you have quite the resume for the community college band.

The Marching Tigers have a tenacity and a dedication to their craft in a league all their own.

These folks live, eat, breathe, sleep, and dream performance.

“Band reflects the extent of a person’s passion for music.” Vega said. “The RCC Marching Tigers are entertainers. We love to do what we do.”

If you’ve ever wanted to get in on some of the action, then I hope you’re an avid believer in opportunity, because auditions for the 2015 Drum Line season begin the weekend of September 19.

With vacancies in every section and talented performers in all areas, including front ensemble, snare, tenor, bass, and cymbals.

Students are greatly encouraged

LUIS SOLIS / PHOTO EDITOR

TAKE NOTE: Paul Levine gives students advise on how to get work as a writer in Hollywood.

“Write your best work and the cream will rise to the top.”

The next speakers in the series

will be founder and director of the 168 Project Film Festival, John David Ware and Director of

Marketing Development for Harvest films, Gary Zelasko on Thursday October 9.

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The Cellar Door hosts RCC MUSE DOMINIQUE SMITH STAFF WRITER

Riverside City College’s annual Literary Journal Muse held an open mic night Thursday Sep. 11 at Cellar Door Books.

Cellar Door is a quaint book oasis tucked away in the Canyon Crest shopping center, just north of UCR. With a vast collection of old and new bound books lining the walls of this cozy hide-away, Cellar Door Books marks a quiet spot that any book-lover could appreciate.

The open mic night titled Banned Books, gathered a variety of students and faculty.

The Muse staff made a sign up sheet available before the event started.

The gathering audience, although small was eagerly anticipating the speakers.

The floor was open to any would be volunteers and amongst the material was original works and favorites.

Nicole Johnson a student editor of University of California, Rivrerside’s Mosaic Art & Literature Journal preformed a poetry piece.

The show opened up with Ron Chick famous in Riverside for his tall tales and group Tales Down By the Riverside. He is a

frequent performer at back to the grind.

Jo Scott-Coe resurrected Muse in the spring of 2013 after its three year absence from the college.

Since its beginning in 1986 as a creative writing club it has been show casing local artist and writers.

Despite a strong history of providing a literary outlet for the budding writers of RCC, the MUSE program ran into trouble.

Budget cuts forced Muse to stop publication in 2010, but from the amount of support of the community and faculty it has a strong presence.

Scott-Coe read poetry from the pages of Muse’s latest edition.

Victor Sandoval another member of Rcc’s faculty read a piece entitled “Rain” to the absorbent audience.

A former student editor of Muse from 1988 read his original work “Standardized Testing” and joked with DOMINQUE SMITH / STAFF WRITER the audience about an MUSE SHOWCASE: RCC MUSE writer showcases his work to attentive audienceover due name change.

The student staff of Muse: Dean Vagara, Marcos Corona, Chris Stewart, and Justin Sanchez also read poetry pieces. Stephanie Martinez MCed the event.

M U S E a c c e p t s submissions from Oct. 15 to Feb. 15 for their spring issue.

As for the next open mic night the staff plans to have one once a month at different venues. For now it has yet to be announced.

You can catch Muse every Thursday at Riversides art walk which takes place Downtown.

If standing in front of an audience is not your thing, Muse has a long list of gatherings from now until October including YiShaun Lai, author of Letters to Lee Child on Sep. 17 in the Rcc Boardroom AD 122 at 7 p. m.

All events are free and come packed witch Muse goodies.

The next MUSE showcase takes place on September 24; the Author Series with feature poet Vickie Vertiz.

Students can show support for the college’s lit mag by sending in submissions and encouraging others to submit.

If you find your inner muse or would like more information about up coming Muse events you can contact Jo. scott-coe@rcc.edu,or email your submission to muse@rcc.edu.

Largest Beta download ever fails to deliver RAFAEL RIOS STAFF WRITER

Destiny brings excitement to gamers and to the next gen gaming consoles like the Xbox One and PS4 who have not yet had such a huge releases. Developers at Bungie and video game publishers Activision Blizzard

broke records selling 10 million copies of Destiny on its release date Sept. 9 making an average of $500 million.

Although not being the highest franchise release of all time (held

by GTA V making $1 billion in 3 days) it is the highest for a new franchise. Bungie not unfamiliar with successful video games, developed the Halo series, one of

the most successful video game franchises ever, back in 2001.

Destiny combines multiple game styles into one comfortable, albeit underwhelming playing experience. From MMO (massively multiplay online), to first person shooter, to role playing, they’re calling this new style “shared world shooter.”

Destiny takes place on many

settings including Earth, moon, Mars and Venus. the story style is one of the future where a group of “Guardians” must protect humanity from alien threats.

Destiny also allows for players to customize their main character. The three races you can choose from include Humans, Exo (a robot type alien) and the Awoken, which look like the Career Education

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alien characters from Prometheus.

After deciding your race next comes skill type, which includes warlocks, hunters and titans, with each having superhuman abilities that differ from the rest making it more unique for the gamers to choose different combinations.

Raids consist of up to six players in order to defeat certain bosses of higher level and can take several hours.

Apart from all the great features there is still a lot unavailable content that is allegedly to come and much is still a mystery but it seems to be working well. Some of the content will include many raids and nightfall missions. This includes an announced playlist which will apparently take the player to a location not readily available for gameplay.

Bungie designer Luke Smith told IGN “everyone in the activity has a job, they have a role,” he also said “it’s not an activity we expect you to get through the first time through,” doing this allows the players to keep trying and keep playing, he also mentioned that the bosses in these raid missions will be much more difficult and with abilities far superior to those they have already teased us with in missions and could take several hours to beat.

Also the nightfall activities, daily or weekly challenges, reward a currency which lets you buy the

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‘The Giver’ is another Hollywood cliché DAESHAUN THOMAS STAFF WRITER Many of us attended middle school or junior high. We all remember it. The fast narrowing window of pre-pubescence and the harrowing concept of adulthood looming in the distance. A very sacred time for us.

Irrelevant was how much we liked or disliked it. And like any experience, this one is defined by staples, the things that contribute to the experience collectively and make it what it is in the end.

These decide how for all the years to come how you look back on your middle-school experience or junior-high experience as a whole.

One such staple that had an impact on my middle-school experience as well as many others was a book known as “The Giver.”

The dystopian, or “utopian” novel written by Lois Lowry published in 1993 was the first brush I had with the cautionary genre that was seen to be so essential that it became a part of my school’s curriculum.

Little did I know how many similar novels were around the corner waiting to lunge out at the world and all the 8th graders that inhabit it.

It was a fresh and prophetic story that praised individuality and warned of the pitfalls of sameness and conformity. It was the perfect coming of age story to speak to those struggling to appreciate their differences.

With the trend of late, coming of age young adult novels are being thrown rapidly into circulation, such as “Hunger Games” and “Divergent.”

The genre is sweeping both the world of literature and show business in almost in an assemblyline fashion and it makes complete sense people would look to “The Giver” with hungry eyes and proclaim it the next potential grab for millions.

And if it is one thing “The Giver” has, it’s potential. The problem with this particular book

Image courtesy of: The Weinstein Company Academy-Award winners Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep lead the antagonistic community. Bridges served as producer for the utopian flick.

to film adaptation though, is that despite it being emotionally and visually stunning at times, it loses itself in-between its brilliant flashes of humanity.

You wonder whether or not a drama/romance/action/sci-fi/ thriller/speculative themed movie is just one or more slashes too many.

The film throws in the (almost) obligatory and cliché romance we’ve come to expect and it feels fuddled. Then it scraps the original romance altogether and decides to become a plodded action movie pretty late in the game.

This is surprising given that director Philip Noyce has played and been moderately successful with both. Demonstrated in films such as “Rabbit-Proof Fence” and “Salt”. Respectively.

The issue may not even be with the cast itself per se. As all the talent involved, including a star studded cast consisting of names such as Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, and Alexander Skarsgård is focused much more often that not (though Meryl Streep is not as Meryl Streepy as she normally is.)

But the movie inherently is not.

The original text had a shocking and predictive quality lain out by the drone like actions of the characters at one time or another; sometimes the entire way through such as the Chief Elder.

In the end, while the film holds much of its old charming form, missteps such as the linchpinning of cinematography and genre ADD

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Image courtesy of: The Weinstein Company Brenton Thwaites portrays the pivitol protagonist Jonah who is selected to be his community’s Receiver of Memories

Comedy icon Joan Rivers passes at the age of 81 Joan Rivers affected many lives and she means more to me than people know

DAESHAUN THOMAS STAFF WRITER

I will miss Joan Rivers dearly.

The legendary comedian’s razor sharp wit kept America sore in the belly and stinging at the eyes for more than 50 years.

Rivers shattered glass ceilings for women by breaking into late night, a world previously dominated by men up until that point through her stint on “The Tonight Show,” starring Johnny Carson in 1965.

She became permanent guest host for Carson in 1983 and was even offered her own late night talk show by Fox in 1986: “The Late Show starring Joan Rivers.”

Despite her husband’s suicide and the show’s brief 7-month run, Rivers showed no sign of letting up. She moved her act to daytime

television, “The Joan Rivers Show,” for which she won an Emmy. She became a figurehead in the sidelines of the celebrity red carpet, and became a regular on crass reality TV shows such as “Celebrity Apprentice.”

Rivers also designed collections for shopping networks such as HSN and QVC. Comedy was her life’s work and she turned her grief into hilarity.

“If I can’t be onstage then pull the plug!” she yelled in her 2010 documentary “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” which made her high profile once again.

The same year that she became host for the immensely popular “Fashion Police” on the E! Network.

Being the pretentious teenager I was, I had not been aware of

Rivers’ astounding career throughout the decades before “Fashion Police.”

My research wove together one of the most incredible stories of tenacity in the human spirit.

No matter what life threw at her she managed to turn it into a joke.

“Enjoy your bodies while you’re young. Everything sits where it’s supposed to when you’re young! I get in the tub and use my left boob as a stopper.”

Rivers said to a roaring crowd in her documentary when she touched on the tender subject of aging.

Rivers worked hard to maintain her legacy right up until the end she was 81 and toured 200 days of the year.

When was the last time an 80

year old had the ability to stay awake past noon, let alone tour cross-country?

Like many, I was praying through the knees when word came that she was being hospitalized after going into respiratory arrest during an elective endoscopic procedure and then transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

What I hadn’t prepared myself for, however, was that the icon could actually die.

Some of the darkest moments in my life had been wiped away, at least temporarily, by Rivers’ merciless comedy until I had the spine to deal with them on my own.

She taught me laughter is always the best diversion from personal pain. When you learn

to laugh at your pain and at that moment, it no longer has any power over you.

Comedy will never be quite the same, though. Just as it hasn’t been quite the same since comedy legends such as Moms Mabley and Phyllis Diller passed away.

Comedy will still be funny, but less so now that someone who contributed so much to it is gone.

“On my bucket list, my number one is you know, wake up in the morning!” She said on her popular web series “In Bed With Joan.”

She never took anything too seriously, and that, above all else is what I take away from my utter infatuation with her.

I will forever have a little piece of me that if not for her, would not be brave enough to tell people the complete, unabashed truth.

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The Grind calls on community for help MICHAEL ISBERTO STAFF WRITER When small independent coffee shops flourish, they can be the gems of a city. Back to the Grind has thrived as one of the premiere coffee shops in downtown Riverside for the past 18 years and any business that’s been open for that extended period of time will need renovations.

Darren Conkerite, owner of The Grind, has started a fundraising campaign through GoFundMe.com to raise money to revitalize his shop. The campaign will support goals such as upgrading their electrical and gas systems, repairing air conditioning systems upstairs and adding air conditioning system to the basement. Conkerite is also planning on installing an oven in order to bake confections in the shop, reinforcing the staircase in the rear and widening the mezzanine doorway. And

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A HIPSTER HANGOUT: Owner of Back to the Grind, Darren Conkerite hosts fundraisers in the basement to

“Save the Grind.” Back to the Grind offers pastries, coffees and treats, in addition to cultural events and social happenings to enrich downtown Riverside with flavor and taste.

maybe the most important goal is making upgrades to become compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. In order to complete these upgrades to the coffee shop Conkerite is looking to raise $30,000.

“Where the ADA comes into effect, in a sense we’re being sued by a disabled person that’s

also suing seven or eight different eateries around,” Conkerite said.

“So we have to get a lawyer to see how that’s all going to play out. Because they’re saying we have some issues with our front door, we have some issues with the configurations of the tables, and we have some issues with the bathroom, and the final issue

was getting downstairs. Over the years the laws have changed.”

Since opening in 1996, The Grind is regarded by some as the hub for artistic creativity in Riverside. Conkerite has b e e n i nvolve d i n h o s t i n g many events including poetry r e a d i n g s , a r t s h ow s , a n d burlesque shows. He has hosted

live concert performances and jazz workshops. He has also even done collaborative shows for art, music, and dance with local colleges Riverside City College and UC R iverside.

The Gr ind’s impact on the community throughout the years is irrefutable.

According to the core belief system displayed on its wall, “Back to the Grind is a place to come together, leaving all labels outside.” The Grind spreads a message of love and acceptance to the community.

The Grind recently had a community fundraiser party to kick off its campaign, which rose over $6,000 in one night.

The GoFundMe campaign online has raised over $5,500 in just nine days. This is a prominent start for The Grind’s fundraising efforts, but they are still a ways away from their goal. To give back to the institution that has left a tremendous impact on the community, visit: http://www. gofundme.com/Backtothegrind.

Addiction devotion: a cappuccino quest

Josa Lamont / FEATURES EDITOR

A HIP BLEND:

Wend-Geoff Gouveia’s featured artwork in Augie’s coffee house is accented by the best cappuccino in downtown Riverside on Sept 15.

JOSA LAMONT FEATURES EDITOR As an adult college student, I somehow acquired a coffee habit that grew to shameful regularity when I wasn’t looking.

And as an old college student, I had plenty of time to tire of the tangy f lavor by altogether too much repetition.

I tried varying my f lavors, my creamers, my drinks and my makers to no avail. As surprising to me as my addiction was is the fact that I had become a coffee snob. The syrups taste too sweet, the creamers too fake, and the coffee too bitter.

I had all but given up coffee for tea when one fateful morning on a road trip to Oregon I ordered a cappuccino in a local shop called the Limelight. It was a vintage comfort kind of venue with laid back staff and deep colors to emulate the scenery. The upcycled odds and ends pulled the rustic pole barn charm of the region inside.

There I found my coffee calling.

The buttery undertones were unlike any caffeinated drink I had ever tried. The rich smoothness and the stark boldness were just the complexity I needed to save my coffee connection.

It was not to be that simple.

On the remainder of our trip d ow n t h e c o a s t I o r d e r e d a cappuccino at nearly every suitable restaurant we went to, only to dash my excitement with meager imitations at best. Even “the best breakfast restaurant in San Francisco” (according to a Google search) came up lacking, when my Cappuccino was not only delivered in a cracked cup, but it was also cold and foamless.

Most cappuccinos tasted like old burnt coffee, while others lacked depth and demanded sugar.

I would not concede my caffeine that easily, though, so when I returned home I continued my quest.

When an organic coffee shop

in Los Angeles filled with people who all looked like aff luent hipsters or eccentric directors offered up a suitable comparable cup, my enthusiasm was refilled. It was at that time I began to worry about my morning commute.

As the start of the semester loomed closer it necessitated I localize my search.

To eliminate the basics I started simple. Starbucks needed syrup, the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf fell flat, both had an acidic feel and I expected no better from either.

Molino’s, a segway between T he H id e away C a fe a nd a t h r if t ique store, held g reat potential with a clean cafe feel, vintage accessories, and an Italian menu. They surprised me with a bitter, burnt impersonation of a beverage, let alone a cappuccino: and I had expected more from the charming milieu.

In contrast to the modern and minimalist coffee shops I had been to Coffee Court brought a more traditional eclectic style to the table. The cafe is crowded with all kinds of coffee garnishes, trinkets, decorations, rugs, colors and mu rals. T he menus are bright and long, and there are fridges and shelves with teas, red bulls, Starbucks’coffees, juices, and waters. It feels something like a convenient store and the cappuccino tastes roughly like it came out of a gas station.

Back to the Grind had been one of my favorite places for a Chai Tea Latte with their real ingredients, the giant open space, the beatnik undertones, the eclectic decor and the communal feel. They had an ersatz cappuccino that gave me another temporary fix, but I knew it would leave me disinterested again by the end of a semester.

But then, in a fortuitous lunch time stroll, a friend brought me in to Augie’s Coffee House. Only to use the restroom at first, but little did I know then that all my efforts would come together in a vibrant frothy success.

Though I didn’t buy anything at the time or know it then, I had just dipped in to a happy new staple for my future. It was an unpretentious spot with quaint art and minimal styling. At the time it was filled with suited professionals, and in trips since it brims with downplayed privileged youth and edgy baristas. I didn’t know what to gather from my first impressions of a diverse crowd and understated decor.

On a hard night’s morning I decided to return to Augie’s to give their coffee a shot on my way to class. I was in no rush so I fumbled around downtown trying to relocate the hidden little corner cafe. I hoped, at best, for maybe a comparable cup to the enjoyable one I’d had in LA. Fo a m h a d n e ve r r e a l l y

c o n c e r ne d me a s a nov ic e cappuccino connoisseur, but the even consistency and depth of flavor of this one caught me off guard. My first reaction when I touched the drink to my tongue was almost that of disgust, but I’ll characterize it more definitively in retrospect as shock. I almost immediately wrote my cap off as too strong. But the lingering flavor drew me somehow to try another sip and this time I realized my surprise was from a molasses like richness complemented by the buttery body I had been looking for.

This was not the cappuccino I had been searching for all this time: this was almost unthinkably better!

After each new sip I could not help but drink ravenously more.

The more I had the more I needed.

This was my fresh fix. My new cap of choice. It was like tasting coffee again for the first time with a new depth and dynamic I had not yet known in my coffee tasting life.

With enthusiasm I now make the familiar trip up 12th street to Augie’s on the corner to pick up my buzz from my favorite coffee shop in downtown. The richness of their aromatic cappuccino is a coffee flavor I think even I may never tire of, and I would vehemently recommend to anyone. The first sip still shocks me every time.

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Community colleges pave the Pathway to Law School

JOSHUA WILSON STAFF WRITER

Students are often told to dream big and to make the most of their talents. To some students, some dreams can seem too large and complex to tackle alone. For example, things like gaining admittance into Law School can be a very intimidating and challenging dream to pursue.

Now, with the help of programs like the new Pathway to Law School program at Riverside City College, the once tremendous feat of attending law school has become a very attainable and realistic dream.

The Pathway to Law School Initiative was created by the State Bar of California Council on Access and Fairness to enable Community College students from more diverse backgrounds realize their dreams of having a profession in law, which would in turn help to eventually provide more diversity in the legal profession to serve what is currently an underrepresented population.

According to a census by the American Bar Association m i n o r i t i e s m a k e u p 11.9 percent of the overall lawyer demog raph ic i n t he US. Minorities make up 19.9 percent of the 316 million people of the total U.S. population. The large gap in these statistics show that

there is a much larger percentage of t h e ove r a l l p o pu l a t io n that is u nder represented.

The Pathway to Law School initiative was created with the intention of creating more legal representatives from diverse backgrounds in order to closer match the population that is being represented.

Many Community College st udents do not come f rom backgrounds with the financial means to accomplish feats such as Law School, let alone have guidance and support from those who are already in their desired legal profession. Without a secure pathway to such a goal, the desire remains a dream, and students tend to settle for less ambitious careers in the end. This steers many young talented individuals away from institutions like Law School. In most circumstances, these individuals are minorities.

Similar circumstances have led to a large deficit in equal legal representation among the California population, as reflected in ABA statistics.

“Sometimes you have a goal and you have a desire, but you just can’t see a pathway,” says Laneshia Judon, program director and professor of business administration and paralegal studies. “This program is a program that can lay a foundation for a student to say ‘there is a way.’”

An enormous outpouring

of letters of support within the Riverside community and across California were written to help enable RCC become one of 24 selected Community Colleges across California to be granted the Pathway to Law School Program. The Pathway to Law School program, also referred to as the “2+2+3” program, is an unprecedented program designed to grant students a set course from community college, to one of six partnered Law Schools and their respective undergraduate institutions. The program also provides participating students with suppor t and g uidance during the long and grueling journey toward Law School, and also enhances their lear ning experience along the way.

Until the complet ion of their studies in the program, students will receive c ou n sel i ng a nd mentoring services, tutorial ser vices, and f inancial aid services. Students in the program will also have resources like Law School Admission Test preparation, and will also gain early exposure to various aspects of the admissions process to law school. Students will develop strong leadership skills, and even get an inside look into specific roles and professions within the

scope of law, which will enable them to decide specifically which legal profession is the best fit for them.

“T he resou rces that we provide for them here are going to be there waiting for them when they transfer”, explains Professor Don Ajené Wilcoxson, program co-director and professor of business administration. “Once they’re done there and they go on to Law School, the same resources are going to be there to help guide and support them.”

As a requirement for entry into the prog ram, st udents mu st have a nd mai nt ai n a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students must also maintain a full-time

UC Irvine School of Law, UC Davis School of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law, and Loyola Marymount University School of Law. Once students complete their undergraduate education, they have a fairly high chance of attending one of these institutions, where they will spend their remaining three years.

Both Judon and Wilcoxson expressed their excitement for the program by sending out a message to students: “We just want everyone to know that this is something that you don’t want to miss”, says Judon. “If you have a passion for law or you’ve always desired to go into the legal field, we here at RCC are here for you and ready to lead you along this pathway to law, and we hope that Don Ajene Wilcoxson we can be a part Co-director of Pathway to Law School of this wonderful journey.” or equivalent status, enabling The Pathway to Law the students to complete their Scho ol prog r a m c u r r e nt ly first stage of the program at the has open enrollment and is community college level in no accepting applications. As of more than two years. From there, Oct. 1, information regarding students will complete another the program can be found on two years at one of the respective the program’s website which undergraduate universities to the will be linked on the Business six participating Law schools; Administration section of RCC’s University of Southern California Website. Information regarding Gould School of Law, University Law School can also be readily of San Francisco School of Law, found at discoverlaw.org.

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RCC Spotlight: On Jim Parsons

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When he was a college student, Jim Parsons had an educational pat h t hat ma ny st udent s at Riverside City College can relate to.

He s t a r t e d f r e sh out of high school with the aspiration being a doctor with a degree in medicine from University of California Irvine, but after “failing miserably” in Chemistry, he decided he probably wasn’t meant to be a doctor.

He t hen spent a yea r at Fullerton Community College with various majors, ranging from psychology to physical therapy, before coming to journalism.

“I guess I had one fall back: I had always written,” Parsons said.

“So after I tried a couple different majors at Fullerton ... probably three or four within a year, I just decided, ‘yeah I’m probably meant to be a writer,’ so that’s what I ended up doing.”

After transferring from FCC to California State University Long Beach, Parsons went from interning to reporting for the Long Beach Press Telegram, then for the Orange County Register.

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“I worked for about three years as a reporter and decided that I was a pretty good storyteller, a better writer and wouldn’t be much more than a competent reporter,” Parsons said. “I just didn’t have a passion for the daily deadline, the short format, and I ended up getting married at the same time, so that’s when I made the jump to (Public Relations).”

Parsons has always loved telling stories. He started as a young teenager writing fiction characteristic of his favorite childhood stories the Hardy Boys and Tom Swift. It wasn’t until college that he started writing literary non-fiction.

He will be ret i r i ng i n December with the goal of having time to write the several books he has in his head. Parsons says the “first thing that goes is the tie and the cell phone.”

“I had a class with a journalism instructor,” Parsons said. “I turned in the assignment and it came back and the only thing he had written on it was, ‘you are a writer.’ And I thought, ‘Oh great, that’s good, nice to know.’ … But now that I think about it, since he was a newspaper guy, it might have not been a compliment.”

He still has his hand in fiction and, not divulging too many details, is currently working on a histor ical cr ime procedural set in the 1800’s San Francisco. “ W hat I fou nd i n PR t hat’s si m ila r to reporting, is that you’re o n 24/7, b a sic a l ly,”

Parsons said. “It doesn’t matter when your shift is… So really when I’m writing, its at 10 to two in the morning.”

His first children’s fiction story he ever wrote was published in Highlights magazine with a circulation of several million and was called “The Big Toe Contest.” He has had others published, including “Counting

By Numbers,” which has also been picked up by different school districts and implemented into the reading curriculum.

When he made the jump to what is commonly known in the journalistic world as “the dark side,” Parsons started out in Public Relations in a hospital in Palm Springs. He did hospital public relations and physician marketing.

He was able to go into medical operations to film them as well.

“Basically, the writing you do in PR, you only have two types: you do news writing in terms of releases and you do feature writing,” Parsons said. “So I was always more towards the feature writing in terms of my inclination.”

As the Associate Vice C h a n c e l l o r of S t r a t e g i c Communications and Relations at RCC, Parsons is

“What we do here is important, and its critical.

And when I say we, it’s not necessarily what I do, I mean it’s what the faculty are doing, what the staff do to help students, what the students are actually doing.”

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in charge of the traditional PR and marketing of the district, as well as the web development of the school. He tells the stories of different people from RCC and informs people through the RCCD website.

“What we do here is important, and its critical. And when I say we, it’s not necessarily what I do, I mean it’s what the faculty are doing, what the staff do to help students, what the students are actually doing,” Parsons said.

“And what’s our role in the whole thing, it’s to tell your stories. Tell the stories of the programs, tell the stories of the students and faculty achievements and really try and convey the importance of community college in the lives of a lot of people. And why they’re important and the difference they make.”

Parsons has stuck to public service PR for most of his career, because marketing products didn’t appeal to him. “ I’m n o t sure I could

sell widgets,” Parsons said. “I’ll probably offend some of my PR colleagues, but it seems kind of like an empty profession if you’re on that side of PR.” While his education started out like many students at RCC, with changing majors and changing careers, he has found his passion in writing and continues to follow it wherever it leads.

“I remember when I was dating the woman who would become my wife, that… her uncle’s first comment was ‘What the heck is he going into journalism for?

There’s no money and no future in that,’” Parsons said. “I think the perception is the same for journalism, writing, or any of the arts, probably. You’ll get the same advice: don’t do it. And if you have a passion for it and you’re smart, you end up doing it anyway.”

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JOSA LAMONT FEATURES EDITOR Simmering in the racial tension of the beginning of the 20th century was a mix of contempt, rebelliousness and cultural flavor that would later turn to swing dance.

As Africans shipped into the American east coast they brought with them their African Cultures that later melted and fused into an African-American culture.

Out of this spirited transition seeded a number of ar tistic expressions, including the birth of swing.

The first traits of early swing began to root on plantations a nd i n Bla ck c om mu n it ie s when African’s expressive full body movement met the formal European styles of erect stiff and structured dance. Blacks mocked Whites in competitions among themselves with moves like “The Cakewalk” and “The Jaybird,” that clearly exaggerated the white style of walking and movement in a jovial condescending way. These mockeries gave Blacks a small amount of power and were thought to have led to the Charleston.

The Charleston originated in Charleston --- Carolina in 1903 among Blacks as a combination of cult ural assimilation and traditionalism. As it spread and developed it was event ually made popular by the Broadway musical “Runnin’ Wild” and the accompanying Charleston composition by James P.

Johnson in 1923.

From Broa dway, W h ites adopted it as their own form of rebellion and performed the risqué dance in speakeasies as a rejection of prohibition, “drys”and social prudishness.

Meanwhile, as Jazz music took hold in Harlem so did an equally expressive and rhythmic style of dance such as the breakaway, where traditionally embraced couples would break away from each other to perform a kind of dance solo.

T he c ombi n at ion of t he Breakaway and the Charleston, as well as the Texas Tommy and the hop gave way to the Lindy Hop, as the first sign of Swing.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew nonstop from America to Europe in a hop over the Atlantic, and while people buzzed over the success, George “Shorty” Snowden won a dance competition at the Savoy on June 7, 1928.

When asked what he was doing with his feet Snowden replied “The Lindy.”

“We used to call the basic step the Hop long before Lindbergh did his hop across the Atlantic,” said Snowden in an interview cited by princeton.edu. “It had been around a long time and some people began to call it the Lindbergh Hop after 1927, although it didn’t last. Then, during the marathon at Manhattan Casino, I got tired of the same old steps and cut loose with a breakaway.”

And the lindy hop was thus named and became the grandfather of swing.

“T he Li ndy Hop is considered a cultural phenomenon that broke through the race barrier when segregation was still the norm,” a ccord i ng to li ndyci rcle. org. “Modern dancers, interested i n cult u ral history are piecing together t h e

roots of Lindy through the tales and film footage of the original dancers... Although the lineage and history of Lindy may be muddled, it is certain that it was born from the blending of African rhythms and movements with European structured dance.”

As the Savoy popularised the Lindy Hop locally in Harlem, energy and enthusiasm built up for the dance over state borders as well as class walls. The Lindy Hop climbed into debutante parties and spread among underground dens simultaneously. Whites during this time also embraced the more toned down styles in the form of the Balboa and Foxtrot.

Huber t W hite, a bouncer at the Savoy, banded some of the greatest hoppers together for m i ng W h itey’s Lindy Hoppers.

T hei r popular it y skyrocketed similarly to the Beatles, but despite global demand including cinema and performances for the Queen of England, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers always made time to perform at the Savoy.

Some jazz artists that lent to swing during the early years were Cab Callaway, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington.

Out of Jazz and the Lindy Hop came Swing music and Swing dancing.

What Snowden had been to the Lindy Hop, Benny Goodman was to big band Swing.

From those musical influences swing dance spawned styles like the jitterbug, West and east Coast Swing, Jive, Rock and Roll, and others. lt dynamically morphed into several styles through the’3Os

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and ‘40s as its popularity piqued.

On Aug. 21, 1935 in the Palomar Casino, Goodman gave a stirring performance to an accommodating audience that would symbolize the success of swing.

Goodman had been climbing as an artist up the ranks in New

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sounds of the youth.

Today Swing is revisited in studios everywhere with modern tweaks and new flares in bursts of popularity. In Riverside people can take lessons at a number of studios or clubs such as The Junction, Room to Dance, and Arthur Murray Dance Studios.

“There’s a place in Pasadena called Lindy Groove that’s in an old masonic temple, and Bill Nye the Science guy Dances there,” said Peter Bateman, a student of Lupita Limon’s intro to dance class at Riverside City College.

Limon teaches swing and other dance styles at Room to Dance in downtown.

“There are no other words to describe it, this was just a wonderful and welcoming place to develop your dancing skills,” said Steven Romero, a student of UC Riverside and Room to Dance.

Limon is also the owner and operator of Limonada’s Dance Company in Riverside. She has choreographed for Dancing With the Stars and boasts teaching dance for more than half of her life.

Just up the passthrough from where Limon teaches at Room to Dance is a small bar with the underground, edgy feel of a speakeasy.

Per for mers li ke Douglas Roegiers, the Crooner, come to Riverside to perform right in Proabition. In 2013 Roegiers won $50,000 on NBC’s The Winner is, and now plays “The American Songbook,” solo or with his band, the Phat Cat Swingers.

The Phat Cat swingers have also filled the house at Maxwell

“There are no other words to describe it, this was just a wonderful and welcoming place to develop your dancing skills,” Don Ajene Wilcoxson

York where he had a radio show that aired the graveyard shift, New York time.

At h i s p e r for m a n c e i n Palomar Casino that August, before the intermission Goodman could Sense conservatism was losing his young audience. After intermission, Goodman decided to let his band loose. If they were going to go down they were going to do it playing what they could.

The response was inspiring.

The band’s liberation and raw creativity was matched by the audience’s connection to it, making it an enlivened, electric performance set in history.

After that night Goodman changed the success of his tour and by 1940 Big Band Sound was the audio background of the culture.

But with changing styles in Jazz and new generations of youth beebop ushered a new style of dance that would take over the ‘40s. Young Swingers of the ‘2Os and 30s became old homemakers of the 40s and ‘5Os and politely stepped aside to allow the new

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Demille’s Cicada Club in Los Angeles.

With the longer drive students can go to clubs such as the highly recommended Lindy Groove in Pasadena or Dance at Joe’s i n Nor t h Holly wood. Ma ny clubs offer a small dance lesson followed by a night of freestyle social, where dancers of a broad range of talents show off their moves, or just have a great time and get an invigorating workout.

There’s a broad range of clubs local and far that hold the interest of a niche crowd. Many students find their way to studios, and fall into a clique of social dancers.

They hop their way through downtown. From performances in The Black Box to friday night clubs, the deep roots of swing are alive today and spreading into the underlying culture of the city of arts and innovation.

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evaluation system with a consistent rubric that would serve to protect both students and instructors.

“Parents shouldn’t have to sue to fix #teachertenure - a problem state, district & union leaders could solve tomorrow,” said TNTP in a tweet on its Twitter account.

Something has to prevent administrators from imposing a political belief system or abusing power by using a religious preference in employee selection, but the system doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

The CTA argues that removing tenure is an attack on instructors that would blame them for economic and social circumstances outside of classroom control.

In a recent legal challenge to tenure laws in California Superior Court, Judge Rolf Treu ruled to overthrow state laws when he sided with the nine student plaintiffs.

According to Treu, current tenure policies “impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.”

Gov. Jerry Brown is appealing the case that strikes down tenure and is not surprisingly backed by the CTA. According to www.followthemoney.org, the CTA has given nearly $16 million in donations to the Democratic party, and contributed millions to Brown’s Campaign in 2010. Currently it has donated the maximum amount of $54,000 to his reelection effort.

“Ultimately, the interests of students, teachers, parents and the general public are directly harmed by the Superior Court’s sweeping statewide ruling,” CTA said in a press release.

Brown’s Republican rival Neel Kashkari bashed the governor, saying the appeal is against minority students.

“On Vergara ruling: ‘You sided with the union bosses.

Yo u s h o u l d b e ashamed of yourself, G o v e r n o r. ’ # v e r g a r a #cadebate,” Kashkari said in a tweet following the appeal.

“Tenure has become California Teachers Association a popular term used as a scapegoat for the real problems, which are ineffective evaluation of instruction, poor administrative practices, and inadequate investment by the public schools in experimentation, research and development and in-service education,” According to the CTA. Obviously political affiliations come into play which polarize the issue to be all or nothing, but the issue isn’t that black and white.

“Fixing teacher tenure doesn’t mean ending it,” according to TNTP. While Republicans and Democrats pander to their constituency, the filed appeal threatens to further jeopardize even more student’s education than those already affected.

Politicians offer up the quality education minorities deserve as collateral for job security.

We aren’t anti-teacher, we’re pro student. While we hate to disagree with the CTA on issues surrounding instructors, supporting a law that protects jobs similarly to the way monarchies protected lordships goes against the fundamental beliefs our instructors have tried to instill through our entire educational careers.

We simply can’t support a systemic protection that is not merit based in a democratic society. Sacramento will have to reach a bipartisan solution that moves toward a greater good to get the full support of students and they’re going to have to show us scientific data that supports a policy that seems so inherently idealistic and self serving.

“Tenure has become a popular term used as a scapegoat for the real problems...”

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Teacher tenure was created with the intent to protect instructors who hold minority opinions or beliefs, but in practice it produces an elite sect of instructors with greater job security and broader intellectual rights than people in comparable parttime positions.

Firing a tenured instructor is like pressing charges on a criminal offender. To fire an instructor, administrators must prove that they are incompetent or have broken contract through a long, difficult and expensive form of due process.

While due process does provide protection for instructors, it means that administration will generally not pursue firing any incompetent instructors unless aggravated by an overwhelming amount of evidence and complaints. Students will inevitably suffer through inadequate instruction in schools and college while administration avoids suffering the bureaucracy required to maintain quality standards.

Under the current tenure laws, job security for instructors is based solely on seniority without consideration of merit. “Last hired, first fired” policies place new instructors at a disadvantage when trying to keep their jobs through budget cutbacks and layoffs.

In theory, tenure is a good way to protect instructors from being fired for unpopular lifestyles, opinions or religious beliefs that might alienate them in society. In practice, tenured instructors are segregated from part-time ones, reducing the potential for students to gain superior instruction from newer teachers.

While some protections need to be in place to safeguard instructors from intolerance, the solution cannot be a blanket policy where any instructor with more than 3 years at a job has security. The issue with job security is that an evaluation process is not a factor in firing people. “(Teachers and professionals) deserve a profession that expects excellence – and school leaders who offer honest assessments of their strengths and weaknesses, helpful feedback, and a commitment to their development,” The New Teacher Project said in a statement. TNTP is a non-profit funded by teachers in 1997 to “end the injustice of educational inequality,” according to its website.

“The diminishing appreciation of tenure also reflects the declining proportion of faculty who benefit from tenure,” Ernst Benjamin said in an article for the American Association of University Professors.

Newly hired instructors have little or no opportunity for tenure while older instructors have the luxury of an unrivaled classist position.

“Many younger faculty agree with those non-academic critics who link the protection of a tenured senior professorate to the diminishing number and quality of opportunities for new entrants to the profession and the stifling of academic innovation and improvement,” Benjamin said.

Long term teaching positions are occupied by people with no responsibility, while otherwise good instructors are juggled around campuses in an extended part-time limbo.

“Running the district on the backs of part-time faculty is a recipe for disaster,” said Dariush Haghighat, president of the Faculty Union Association of RCCD. The California Teacher’s Association argues that inadequate evaluation is what raises issues people may have with tenure.

In that case, a reasonable compromise between absolute tenure and a lack of due process would be an adequate third party

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Breach exposes Achilles heel with e-mail DOMINIQUE SMITH

ASST. OPINIONS EDITOR On a routine afternoon, with sheer boredom fueling your movements you log into your Facebook page, you notice that you have a message from your friend John Doe, or Sallie Doe, and in that message they ask “Hey is this you?” and what follows is a link that does not quite show up in blue like normal links and they keep sending m e s s a g e s o f “ h e y. ” T h e y sound nothing like your friend.

Most likely it is a hacker praying upon the easiness of their passwords or figuring out their security question.

This as well as Data breaches all over the United States has been taking place. Some breaches are even more damaging than having to change your password.

It causes you to need a new bankcard or social security number.

June 16, Riverside City College was caught up in a breach that affected 35,212 students. This means social security numbers,

home addresses, phone numbers and birth dates were misplaced, all because an employee who remains anonymous made a typo to an email address.

Even though that individual most likely did it on accident, they did enough to cause the campus to implement a credit watch for students affected by the breach for one year.

We have become a world dependent upon technology, and no one is complaining but when is enough enough ?

Most of us do not even put thought into our passwords, or where we swipe our bankcard.

We are a generation that does not pay attention.

I use the same password for every social media network, and it certainly frustrates me when I sign up for a new website that ask me to use characters and symbols or makes me rewrite each password a million times because it in, the sites opinion not, difficult enough.

No matter how frustrating that situation can be, it is more alarming that not everyone has such security measures in place.

Apple is set to launch their latest iPhone creation and even they have been victims of hacking.

As more and more people buy Apple products they use something known as the iCloud,

for android users it is the same principal.

The iCloud is easily breached, an individual can guess your passwords multiple times, and your security question with out being notified or properly identified.

For the victims of the celebrity hacks Apple released at statement claiming the attacks were “Targeted.”

When I Googled the Facebook hacks, I received multiple links that taught me how to do it. I found a website that featured a tutorial video. They bragged about being in the New York Times right on their website.

There has to be something done about hacking, and data breaching. Our school being

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a victim shows our own venerability.

In 1998, the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrent Act passed. That law is supposed to protect individuals from identity theft, but the anonymity of hacking from a computer provides protection to these cyber monsters.

An update to that law should be in place protecting credit cards, websites, and personal information.

Even knowing that the place you file your taxes might leak your information or could be subject to a hacker means your identity and information is exposed. What a scary notion.

Even pumping gas can cause you to loose your private information.

UPS and Chase bank have been involved in breaches recently according to the ITRC identity theft report of 2014.

Apple will release its new phone Sep. 19. The phone is going to be more dependent on the iCloud, and in response Apple has added a two-factor authentication, which sends a code when you log into your iCloud from a new device.

As more places fall victim to data breach like Home Depot and the Goodwill its only a matter of time before every single American has lost a piece of their digital self.

It might be wise to start only carrying cash, and steering clear of that iCloud, which might burst someday.

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“Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.”

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Volleyball even in RCC quad

ALEXIS NAUCLER STAFF WRITER

RCC Women’s volleyball started off the Riverside Quadrangular Tournament with a match win of 3-0, and set scores of (25-18, 25-19, 25-18) against the Cerro Coso College Coyotes.

And was unfortunately followed by a match loss of 0-3 against the Mount San Jacinto College Eagles with set scores of (21-25, 15-25, 17-25).

“Competition was much greater in the second match,” said head coach Monica Hayes.

“Mount San Jacinto with that one player just dominated the gym.”

Fresh middle blocker, Ashley Tamas led the victor y over Cerro Coso with seven kills. A total of 30 assists came from freshman setter Melissa Moe and sophomore setter Sarah Kelly. Tamas and sophomore middle blocker Sheyenne Reyes

each had seven kills in their loss to MSJC. Moe led RCC with 13 assists and three service aces.

Frosh defensive specialist Kristen Garcia-Simental had a matchhigh of six digs.

“We were down by about 9 points at the start of the game and we caught up to 18-17,” said Hayes, “I was real proud of the girls for not giving up and really fighting and persevering and keeping up with the different changes to the game.”

In the match against MSJC, the Tigers trailed in the first and third sets, taking the lead in the middle with 5-0, followed by the Eagles taking a 13-11 lead.

“We could do well if we stay injury free,” said Hayes, “Their intensity is there, their ability to play good ball is there, so now it’s a matter of staying in the practices and continuing to learn.”

The Tigers’ next match will be held Sept. 24 at Cerritos.

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VOLLEYBALL: The Riverside City College women’s volleyball team practice hard each and every day to prepare for their upcoing San Diego Mesa Tournament Sept. 19.

RCC freshman impress in first meet

EDITH NORIEGA SPORTS EDITOR

Women’s cross-country Tigers cross-country raced to the finish line completing third among community colleges and posed a 20th place finish at the 34th Annual UC Riverside Invitational Saturday Sept. 13.

“The ladies ran well as a team,” said head coach Damien Smith. “I was excited to see the ladies work on pack running, especially in our first meet of the year, this is something we have been working on and is very important in being successful in cross-country.”

The Tigers had five of their seven freshman finish in the Top 10 of their first collegiate meet.

Freshman Brianna Jacklin led the way with a fourth place finish at a time of 18:52, sophomore Isi

Ibarra placed fifth with a time of 18:55, Halina Carrera placed seventh, Crystal Tejeda placed ninth Halina Carrera placing seventh with a time of 19:49, Crystal Tejeda placed ninth and Maria Morales placing 12 overall.

Men’s cross-country RCC mens cross-country finished thirteenth among 29 teams at the 34 Annual UC Riverside Invitational and a strong second (62 points) place out of 12 teams falling short to South Western College (35 points) at their first met at the Rio Honda classic on Sept. 5.

Freshman Willie Raus led the pack at the Rio Honda classic finishing on top with a third place finish with 103 other runners.

Raus pace per mile was 4:58 and his overall time was a 19:53 for

4 miles.

“Raus really showed that he wants to be one of the top distance runners in the state this season,” said head coach Jim McCarron.

“He is a hard worker and he knows that he is only going to improve, he has a bright future in cross country and track and field.”

Raus had a foot injury last week and was held out of the UC Riverside Invitational meet to let him heal, according to McCarron.

The Tigers second finisher was Doug Negrete who finished No. 13 overall and was followed

by Dennis Gonzalez and Julio Martinez 15th and Hector Ruiz 17th to round out the top five.

“The team is improving weekly and we are always working on getting better each day, training is going well and this team is still figuring out how good it can be,” said McCarron.

RCC to hold annual Hall of Fame event EDITH NORIEGA

SPORTS EDITOR Riverside City College will hold its annual Athletic Hall of Fame Awards on Oct. 16 at the Mission Inn Hotel.

This year inductions include; former RCC women’s water polo head coach Dave Almquist, who guided the water polo team to the California Community College State Championships, including the 2007 Tigers, which went undefeated.

The male athlete inductee professional golfer Gar y McCord.

The 2014 Presidents Award for contributions to RCC and students will go to Dell Roberts.

Roberts graduated from RCC in the 1950s and has since built an

image as an advocate for youth activities and sports.

U.S Olympic archer Luann Ryon (RCC Class of 1975) competed in several national and international championships, including the Pan-Am Games and 1976 Olympic games in Montreal.

Charlie Bohling former minor league baseball player and RCC student will bestow the Bengal Award on the Bohling family in recognition of their longtime support of RCC Tigers Athletics.

Catherine S. Huntley, Natalie Ringlund, Sonia Doshna and Lois Cregsy will also be honored in the Contributor category for individuals that have stood out in the critical 1964-72 era, a time of evolution for the Womens Athletic Association.

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Women’s water polo begin journey to state championship game ALEXIS NAUCLER STAFF WRITER

If Doug Finfrock, head coach of the women’s water polo team, has one thing on his mind as the new season approaches, it would be focusing on the first game and winning.

“At this point we are just looking forward to being able to play some games,” Finfrock said.

“It’s been a long few weeks since we have started on August 15th and these girls are ready to play games and start practicing against one another.”

While it will be too earlier to know what talent the opposition

will have this season, they remain focused on their own game.

“It’s a fun team so far but this early in the season were just really focused on ourselves and try to prepare,” Finfrock said.

After Finfrock recruited 28 players this season will make winning games a lot easier because of the team’s depth.

“The difference was in our recruiting this year, we went out and have more girls now,” he explained. “I think we are going to have 13 or 14 girls that can seriously play compared to last year when we had 6 or 7, so our depth is going to be the biggest difference this year.”

After ending the 2013 season with a championship game loss by one goal, Finfrock doesn’t plan on doing anything different this year.

“Last year we had a great year, we made it to the state finals and we lost by one goal,” he said.

“We had a chance to send it into overtime, so we are not going to do anything differently.”

Finfrock believes that past success using the RCC system speaks for itself.

“We run a system here that has been successful for the last 12 years,” said Finfrock. “As far as coaching, it’s all fundamentally based, and that’s what is going to win a championship.”

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Freshman Kalawna Ray treads up to take the shot during a scrimmage with the RCC women’s water polo.

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RCC holds off Gauchos in OT ALEXANDRA ORTIZ STAFF WRITER The Riverside City College Tigers held off the Saddleback College Gauchos, 37-34, at home in overtime on Sept. 13.

The Gauchos continued their winning streak after defeating the Tigers every year since 2007.

RCC head coach Tom Craft does not factor the streak into his game plan and does not take the program lightly.

“They have always had a good team and are known for upsetting high ranking teams,” Craft said.

From the start it was obvious this was going to be a close game for the Tigers.

Every time RCC scored Saddleback answered right back, by halftime the score was RCC 17-16.

Once the third quarter started nothing really changed as the teams kept answering each others scoring plays.

The Tigers’ offense did look out of sync and quarterback Hilinski didn’t seem like the same guy that made a statement against the Bakersfield Renegades a week prior.

The Tigers headed into the fourth quarter down 27–20, until Devonte Wilson made a 34 yard fumble return for a touchdown that helped the Tigers tie the game.

The fourth quarter remained quiet after that as both teams tried to avoid overtime. But as time ran out it was time to call the captains out on the field for the coin toss.

Saddleback won the coin toss and choose to start on defense.

The “Snake Pit” was rattling with the fans heartbeats, cheers, and blood pressure rising as the boys returned to the field.

Hilinski and the Tigers offense was up first and after a shaky performance in the regulation period, he once again showed off that cannon he has on a third down conversion throw for 18-yard and a touchdown to Mikey Stallone.

As RCC fans jolted in the bleachers with happiness of their team being up 34–27 it wasn’t over yet. On the next drive

Ricky Bautista the Gauchos’ quarterback came through again with a 17 yard pass to Zechania Davis to even out the score 34–34.

On to the second overtime when once again the Gauchos tried to finish the game, Erik Harris Saddleback’s kicker attempted a 27-yard field goal.

What seemed to be heading in the right direction was tipped by the Tigers and gave RCC hope of staying alive.

The Tigers were up and after a few downs and trying to reach the end zone, the Tigers settled

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for a 37-yard field goal and sent out kicker Jimmy Camacho out on the field to get the job done.

“In my mind it is an easy field goal but when you come through at times like that it really embraces your skills and makes it look like you were well prepared as I know that I have,” Camacho said.

The kick was up and it was good to give the Tigers the 37–34 victory over the Saddleback Gauchos.

The Tigers defense was what kept them alive in the game, the defensive line came through for

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R ive r s i d e C it y C ol l e ge football moved to No. 1 in the CCCAA junior college football ranking following the victory over Saddleback College on Sept.

13. Next in line to face the Tigers is the Grossmont Griffins (1-1) who were not in the Top 10 of the CCCAA poll.

This will be the first time these two teams will face one another during the Tom Craft coaching era. The Griffins have only scored 23 points in two games while giving up 49 points.

The Tigers have scored 88

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whole offensive line that was out of sync, not just Kelly. He cannot get all the blame for it, because it was also the wide receivers and running backs that didn’t get the job done for us tonight.”

RCC will continue their quest to another winning season when they face Grossmont College on the road Saturday Sept. 20 at 3 p.m.

“We’re going to keep working hard, every week is a new week, every week. Is a new challenge and to be a 100 you got to keep working hard,” said defensive back Trayvon Watson.

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Craft.

“We really struggled on offense tonight, we were out of sync,” said Craft “but our defense played great and really hung in there.”

Even though it was a great win for the Tigers stats wise revealed some of RCC’s weaknesses.

For example Hilinski ended the night with just 88 yards compared to his opponent Ricky Bautista who ended the night with 422 yards.

When asked why he didn’t take Hilinski out of the game Craft responded, “It was my

points while giving up 37 points. to opposing offenses.

Will RCC change their tactics for the upcoming game?

“With Grossmont, we will continue to refine our schemes and use it as an opportunity to improve in all areas of execution,” said assistant head coach James Kuk. If you cannot make the game against Grossmont or any other game this season, you can follow along with the Tigers on their journey during this season with the online broadcast brought to you by Nick Rice and Dan Gudino.

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