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WHEELS ON THE BUS: RCC students board the Route 13 bus on the Magnolia Avenue stop.

RTA and ASRCC tout future plans

LAWRENCE MANNS ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Riverside Transit Agency has billed itself as the premier way to travel anywhere in Riverside County since its founding in 1977, investing in buses, trolleys and community services.

Riverside City College has benefited from these services, with three bus routes to and from the campus and free travel in the form of an RCC ID card. These services will be changing in the next month, with RTA’s 10-year plan replacing the current service program.

The Associated Students of Riverside City College have played a major role in RTA’s community outreach program,

hosting an open forum Sept. 30 to gauge the public opinion and bring awareness to the changes to the transit system, and they are currently looking to inform the students of these changes and facilitating these changes for the student body.

RTA’s 10-year plan includes major changes to bus routes and services. A major part of this program was inviting the community to provide feedback and commentary about what was wanted in regards to service that would most benefit the community.

“As far as its going, talks are being encouraged, getting the big picture instead of something one sided,” Ray Orozco, president of ASRCC, said. “Everyone

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involved is aware of it now, and that’s kind of the main goal, to raise awareness of this issue.”

ASRCC took advantage of this opportunity, and began considering options for RCC’s part in the 10-year plan.

“Our relationship with RTA is a partnership. We have to work with them just as much as they need to work with us.” Orozco said.

In order to achieve this goal, the deadline for implementing these changes has been pushed back to October.

RTA also added more board meetings that representatives f r o m o t h e r o r g a n i z a t io n s can attend. Pamphlets, with information about the 10-year plan, were distributed to the local schools and business.

They also held a series of open forums, providing the chance for the community to review and provide commentary on the changes.

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It is estimated that students in the Riverside Community College District will no longer have difficulties registering for classes or be forever locked out of student email if they lost their password as soon as Fall 2015.

Funded by a grant that must be used by 2016, RCCD will be getting a new portal to utilize and improve cur rent online technologies.

The new homepage, commonly referred to as a portal, is being designed to replace WebAdvisor, Blackboard and student emails by combining their individual purposes into one accessible online location.

Many inst r uctors and students have found different aspects of WebAdvisor, student email and Blackboard ver y confusing. Rick Herman, the associate vice chancellor of Information Technology and Learning Services, explained that it has been no secret that RCCD has been behind in online technologies.

“The Portal Project is being funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title 5 Developing Hispanic Institution Grant that was awarded to RCC in 2011,”

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Steve Gomez said. “We have been in action since 2012 and that’s when we first started putting together the ideas for this project.”

Herman and Gomez, of the Title 5 grant project, are both very excited about the project to improve RCCD’s online technology, which is being called “The Portal Project.”

RC C s t u d e n t A m a n d a Jordan revealed her opinion about WebAdvisor with no prior knowledge of a new program.

“I feel WebAdvisor can be inconvenient when registering for class because it is always crashing,” Jordan said.

Jordan also has concern for students when this program launches. She fears that students will log in unable to use the new site without any previous knowledge of it.

The purpose of The Portal Project will be implemented in four parts. The separate phases will essentially bring all student online sites onto one home page.

Then create a single login access page and will provide student specific notifications and campus wide communications access.

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Open source textbooks an option, but not used

VALERIE OSIER NEWS EDITOR Despite more open education resources being created, professors at the community college level are slow to switch to open sou rce textbook s, which would reduce the cost of textbooks, a substantial expense for students.

“The fundamental problem is that most faculty are creatures of habit, and so they’ve been using a textbook for some period of time that seems to work,” said Richard Mahon, chairman of the Curriculum Committee. “The question of how much it costs and how many students are not able to get the text because cost is a barrier is not very much of an issue (for them).”

Accord i ng to Ma hon, Riverside Community College D ist r ict is a s up p or t e r of open education resources and its initiatives to bring open education resources to colleges.

In September 2012, Governor Brown signed Senate Bills 1052 and 1053 into law that would make provisions to provide free online open-source textbooks.

The textbooks would be for 50 of the most widely taken lowerdivision courses at UC’s, CSU’s and Califor nia Com munit y Colleges.

The bills are meant to work together. SB 1052 established a council called the California Open Education Resou rces Council. The council is made up of nine members: three from the faculty of the UC system, three from the CSU system and three from the faculty of the CCC system, which were chosen by their perspective Academic Senates.

T he COERC bega n developing a list of 50 of the most popular lower-division courses in February 2014, according to the Council of Chief Librarians of

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Blackboard and student email onto one homepage, which will be designed for ease of use.

“The second phase, which we are sure students and staff will like, is single sign on,” Herman said. “Users can login and won’t have to log onto their email separately.”

“A o n e t i m e log i n fo r multiple education applications will dramatically change the way students and staff access their email, WebAdvisor and the digital library. This will also increase ease of use in a classroom environment and off campus.”

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Ac c o r d i n g t o t h e bi l l , t he c ou n ci l mu s t ke e p i n consideration which courses will generate the most overall savings in textbook costs to students. Additionally, council has to consider which courses maintain an overall consistency in content and information and give faculty the option to add to the open-textbook with free faculty-authored material or other material from existing digital libraries.

The council is responsible for creating and administering a standardized review and approval process of all the open-source textbooks to ensure quality material. They are also required to seek the opinions of students in the development of digital materials.

Mahon speculates that the funding available is only enough to have faculty screen and review open-source textbooks that are already available, but not actually produce them.

“My guess is that that would be much more than the legislature would be willing to allocate,” Mahon said.

The second bill, SB 1053, establishes the California Digital Open Source Library that will house the open source materials while providing an easy way for faculty and students "to find, adopt, utilize or modify course material." COERC established the California Open Online Library 4 Education (COOL4Ed) as a part of the CDOSL. SB 1053 also states that nothing in either of the bills requires that faculty use any particular textbook or related material. The legislature is only meant to "assist faculty and teachers in choosing costsaving, more dynamic textbook materials for students."

“As I become awa re of texts that are available and are appropriate, I approach the …

faculty rep (of the department) and I say, ‘I’ve learned that there’s this text available, I would urge you to take a look and discuss with the other faculty in your department. Would this work to meet your needs?’ If the answer is no, there’s some crucial content you think students have to have access to that’s not included, and the text is not going to work, then I understand,” Mahon said.

Accord i ng to Ma hon, ar ticulation is not an issue when it comes to whether or not professors can use open source textbooks. Articulation is the process that ensures courses at CCC’s will transfer to upperdivision universities. The only exception is that some fields, such as science courses, require a text that has been published within the last five years.

“For the most part, every faculty makes their textbook selection on his or her own,” Mahon said. “As curriculum chair, I would urge faculty to acquaint themselves with what is available. Some faculty like change and fiddling with their syllabi … other faculty really like routine, and if they have a textbook they’re comfortable with, they’re going to be a harder sell.”

The Student Senate has a student representative on the Curriculum Committee, but the representative is not in the position to do more than encourage and urge faculty to look into open education re sou rce s a s t hey be come available, according to Mahon.

“If students know that there is a text that’s available that other colleges are using, they could always go to faculty … (and ask them to consider using it) I think that nudge would make them go look at what was available. I think a majority of faculty would be willing, with some nudging, to acquaint themselves with what’s available.”

content that you need within your environment.” Herman said.

“So if there are announcements specific to one student at RCC, that is different than a Norco or Moreno Valley student, then specific announcements will be presented to you. It’s more content driven to the individual that is available readily to see.”

Ac c o r d i n g t o He r m a n , t he fou r t h ph a se i nclude s collaboration and communication that will help users be better students by easing the use of Blackboard and correspondence for in-person classes. It also allows for group announcements for clubs or group projects.

“Those are the four pieces.

Pull it all together so we don’t

have to go hunt down pages, single login, notifications and (you can) communicate with everyone you need to,” Herman said.

RCC D c om m i s sio ne d Illusions to write the program, which is the company that wrote WebAdvisor and will be integrating WebAdvisor into the new program. Using Illusions will help avoid user confusion when this new program rolls out.

The portal is expected to be put into beta testing by a group of volunteer students and faculty in early 2015 so that any kinks can be worked out before the switch to the portal, which is expected to be ready by Fall 2015.

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Riverside has Ebola battle plan

JOSHUA WILSON ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Wit h g row i ng concer ns of an outbreak of the Ebola epidemic on U.S. soil, the county of Riverside and its residents are spreading awareness and putting countermeasures in place to combat the threat of the disease before it even hits western soil.

Via a televised press conference Oct. 6, President Obama assured the nation that chances of an outbreak on U.S. soil are “extraordinarily low”.

In light of this fact, the county of Riverside is working diligently to ensure that the hospitals, as well as the public, are fully aware of the disease and are taking measures to ensure the readiness of it’s medical facilities in the event that the possibility of an incident becomes much more likely.

The Riverside county public health offices have amped up its environmental health responsive measures to ensure that the county is prepared in the event of a case of Ebola entering the doors to an emergency room within the county. The department of public health has a rapid response

application has been purchased along with this program. After all users are accustomed to the portal, they will have the opportunity to download and use the mobile application, which will allow users to check their student email and WebAdvisor on the go. Currently there isn’t an expected date for the application to launch.

Before The Portal Project can be fully launched, users need to understand how to use the portal. The plan is designed to deploy this program as opt-in so that users may learn how to use it and get used to it before portal completely takes over.

Then, WebAdvisor, as it’s own application, will be shut down.

team that is able to be deployed at any given time to respond to an isolated case and collect data and assess the possibility of an outbreak.

“There are lots of diseases that by state law must be reported to public health. Ebola, although it would be an unusual occurrence, must be reported immediately”, Barbra Cole, director of Disease Control for the Riverside County Department of Public Health explains. “We have a 24/7, 365 days a year call system. Now, lets say its 2 a.m. and someone is seen in the emergency department and they just came back within 21 days from one of the impacted West African countries. (The e me rge ncy de pa r t me nt is) expected to pick up the phone and call us. (Say, for instance) we’re not in the office. They’ll reach our service, which would directly page our public health duty officer.”

To ensure that patient is brought to the right facility and receives the appropriate care, the county has the California Health Alert Network system that is utilized to transmit information as well as send alerts to all of See

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After the Portal Project rolls out, there will be updates and improvements needed over time.

To handle updates a governance team has been created with faculty and students from all three campuses in RCCD. This team was created to ensure all contributions are from a wide array of people to ensure the program launches well and continues to run well from then on.

The goal is to help students succeed, according to Herman, which should be more evident when the program is available and eases the stress of class registrations and communication.

There will be more updates and information to come.

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Culinary to host ‘Autumn Nights’

Wine, beer and a six-course Mediterranean menu with be served along with live jazz entertainment at Riverside City College Culinary Academy’s 10th Annual Autumn Nights fundraiser.

The event will be held Oct. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Culinary Academy on 1155 Spruce Street. Tickets are $50 each and must be purchased

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JOSHUA WILSON ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Due to the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Riverside Community College District Chancellor has approved access improvements to each of the RCCD campuses. Riverside City College will undergo structural and cosmetic alterations which will enable the campus to become more accessible to students with disabilities. The $6 million project is already underway.

The project will be completed in three phases, with a target complet ion d ate est i mated for 2015, with the first phase reaching its completion by the end of 2014. Changes not only include brand new facilities for students, but also adjustments to the much older, far more outdated buildings.

“Its an old campus,” WoldeAb Isaac, RCC Interim President said. “Old campus means there are lots of buildings that are not up to modern code. Some of these buildings we cannot tear down.”

What this means for older

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A survey is also currently being conducted to assess the overall readiness of Riverside County’s medical facilities as well as their capabilities for receiving and caring for a patient who has possibly contracted the disease.

The county has also on publ ic awa r e ne s s a nd h a s released a series of public health advisories regarding commonly asked questions about the virus, how it works and what safety precautions to take if someone is near a person suspected of carrying the virus on the county’s public health website.

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buildings like the Quad, the Bradshaw building or Landis Performing Arts Center is that there will be minor adjustments made to them. Adjustments will includes repairs to doors a nd st ai r wel ls, bat h room s a nd k itchens for ha nd icap accessibility. Television screen mounting will be lowered, new lighting fixtures and new lockers will be installed for handicap access.

Some classrooms, particularly in the Quad, have already been altered for general safety as well as adherence to ADA code.

“In some of the classrooms in the quad, all of the system wiring was on top of the floor,” Issac explained. One faculty member tripped and broke her arm. It was unsafe, and it was not ADA compliant, so we spent close to $200,000 and repaired all of the classrooms very nicely.”

In addition to adjustments to the older buildings, come replacements to some. The current Student Services and Administration building will be

demolished and a new building will be built in the current student and staff parking lot. Other additions include construction of a new Arts building, a new Life Sciences building, and a new Cosmetology building, all built completely to ADA current ADA code.

As the campus undergoes its transformation, Issac assures every phase will be conducted within a timely man ner so students can continue instruction to a better standard.

“We still are looking and identifying areas (for ADA compliance) and trying to adjust that,” Issac said. “Of course, these are going to take money.

They are expensive and most of that money comes f rom instruction. You have to keep a balance on how fast you’re going to get everything done or how much you can phase for something we can tolerate for a little while and then change it at an appropriate time. As I said ... these are very old buildings, and so ... we’re committed to making sure everyone is comfortable.”

to spread awareness. The Hands for Africa Organization, a nonprof it organization focused on restoring areas and lives impacted by conflict diamonds in the Sierra Leone Republic, one of the African countries heavily impacted by Ebola, is also making quite the effort to spreading awareness of the deadly virus across southern California communities. Representatives from the organization recently visited Riverside City College campus, among others, to talk to students and spread awareness of both the affects of the virus itself and the situation in Sierra Leone to encourage action amongst college students.

“Students tend to be more open minded about what’s going on in the world,” Tanya Shake,

a HFA youth representative says. “Students tend to be more receptive and help spread the word to family and friends.”

As incidents of the deadly virus are steadily rising in the African continent and even slowly appearing in the U.S., the county of Riverside remains proactive to protect its residents.

“With global travel today, someone could fly from here to anywhere in the world in two days. (the threat of Ebola) is possible”, Cole says.“There isn’t exactly a high probability, but it is certainly possible. Therefore, we want our hospitals and our medical community ready to respond.”

Riverside and East Riverside’s Hangar 18 rock climbing gym is offering a free climb night for RCC students Nov 7. Students only need to present their student I.D. to get in free. The climb night will last from 4-10 p.m. and includes rental gear and a belay lesson.

On top of a night of free climbing, Hangar 18 is offering $5, one month memberships to new and returning RCC students. For more information, visit Hangar 18’s website or their facebook page.

Nursing offers free flu shots Flu season is right around the corner! RCC health services and School of Nursing are offering free flu shots in front of the Digital library Oct 21, 8 a.m.-11 a.m. and Oct 22 from 8-10 a.m.

Flu shots are also available at the health center Monday through Friday during normal hours, no appointment necessary.

Transfer workshops in the works For students interested in transferring to California State Universities or Universities of California, now is the time to begin the application process for fall 2015. Workshops with step-by-step instructions for Cal State Universities are available through the transfer center on the following dates: Oct 22, 2-4 p.m. in Digital Library 205 Nov 19, 4-6 p.m. in Business Education 104 Nov 24, 11-1p.m. Digital Library 205 For UC’s, workshops are available: Nov 17, 3-6 p.m. in Digital Library 205 Nov 19, 2-4 p.m. in Digital Library 205 Nov 25, 2-4 p.m. in Digital Library 205 Instructors ask that students bring a printed copy of their unofficial transcripts, available through WebAdvisor, to their chosen workshop.

BUS Continued From Page 1 RCC had the opportunity to hold one of these forums, giving the opportunity for students to have their voice heard. The forum was held in the cafeteria during college hour Sept. 30.

“There were a lot of students eating lunch in the cafeteria, a lot of people had the chance to listen and get involved,” Ryan Rudolph, ASRCC vice president, said.

Rudolph was helping run the forum, and observed a lot of participation, hinting at the general opinion of the students in regards to the 10-year plan.

“At our open forum, there were students getting up and t al k i ng about the cha nges and the routes. I believe that students who ride the bus do care about what’s going to happen.”

Rudolph said. “RCC students do truly care about their buses.

“We’re seeing them listening to what we have to say and reacting to issues, it’s really satisfying,” Rudolph said.

Rudolph estimates that 75 percent of the campus has used the transit service at some point, and that 30 to 45 percent of the campus depends on it to get to and from school.

The college does have some concerns to worry about with the implementation of the 10 year plan, one being the negotiation of new contracts between RTA and RCC. According to Rudolph, the deadline is coming up quickly, and the college has to decide what they want to get out of the transit service that will most benefit the students. For example, the bus routes that run down Magnolia.

This, and other issues, will be brought up at the board meetings where the new contracts will be drafted.

“We’re trying to figure out how the deal is going to work,” Rudolph said. “RTA may make a decision like, ‘Students can use their ID’s as a pass but will need to pay 50 cents each time.’

That’s important. We need to be informed on negotiations and the terms of agreement.”

The 10-year plan is expected to go into effect before November.

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Board of Trustee incumbant advised to not advertise with school publication CRYSTAL OLMEDO ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Sa m D av i s , i n c u mb e nt Tr u stee for A rea 5 of t he Riverside Community College District, decided Oct. 22, to pull the advertisement that he had placed with Viewpoints for his reelection before it had the chance to run. According to Davis, he had received multiple calls stating that there may be some misinterpretations with his running an ad for reelection with Viewpoints.

Davis is in the r u n ning to maintain his position for Trustee Area 5, which includes all of Moreno Valley, a small area of west Riverside and some unincorporated Riverside County areas. He is currently the chair for the RCCD Teaching and Learning committee and a member of the R iverside County Advisory Commitee on Substance Abuse.

D a v i s’ o p p o n e n t s a r e Imran Angelov Farooq, current vice chair for the County of Riverside Workforce Investment Board, whose campaign was endorsed by former Board of Trustees members Congressman M a r k Ta k a n o a n d S t a t e Assemblymember Jose Medina; Tracy B. Vackar, a Moreno Valley school board member, Keri Then, an adjunct faculty member at University of Redlands, and Steve Collier, a high school math instructor at Norte High School and Grand Canyon University, and Adjunct instructor at RCC. Board Election Policy set for candidates gives general guidelines on advertising with college newspapers, leading to a fuzzy interpretation by faculty and students. The election of board of trustees members and the passing of board policies affects all employees, students and others affiliated with RCCD. “There is no policy against it, but I don’t advise it,” said

Michael Burke, chancellor of Riverside Community College District. “It’s a bit of a touchy subject.”

Questions about advertising for elections with a college news pap e r we re p ose d by some who were unsure where the funding for Viewpoints is derived. This confusion was viewed as a conflict of interest.

“There was a discrepancy w it h how t he f u nd i ng for Viewpoints comes about,” Burke said.

Board Policy 4600 regarding news media states that, “the college newspaper is published under the sponsorship of the

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the process and was never told not to advertise with us. This made us question why Davis was advised to not run his ad.

Thus, prompting the writing of this story. We rarely turn away ads, depending on the content of them, but the confusion resulted in the ad being pulled.”

Burke says he did not tell Davis that he could not place an advertisement with Viewpoints, but disclosed the sentiment he shared with Davis.

“I told Sam it would most likely be a waste of money because he’s f rom Moreno Valley.” Burke said. It was ultimately at the discretion of

“There is no policy against it, but I don’t advise it. It’s a bit of a touchy subject.”

-- Michael Burke RCCD chancellor

RCCD Board of Trustees.” This may have been a reason for controversy over candidates placing adver tisements for election to the Board of Trustees.

The policy also states that “the editorial and advertising materials published in each news medium, including any opinions expressed, are the responsibility of the student staff.”

“Initially, we received a request to place an ad for Davis, but after some confusion it had to be pulled ... Davis called (Viewpoints) sounding irate and claiming that we called the chancellor about the ad, when in reality, the only call that had been placed was made regarding scheduling an interview with the chancellor.” said editor in chief of Viewpoints, Travis West. “Mark Ford, who is also running an ad with us, has had no problem with

Viewpoints editors whether or not the ad should run, according to Burke.

Under Ad m i n ist rat ive Procedure 2200, in accordance with Education Code 70902, duties of trustee members are to govern and establish policies for the community colleges within the district. The policy does not specifically state that board members are restricted to creating policies for their particular Trustee Area.

California Elections Code Section 20440-20444 addresses fair campaign practices and states: “There are basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair play which ever y candidate for public office in the State of California has a moral obligation to observe and uphold in order that, after vigorously contested but fairly conducted campaigns,

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our citizens may exercise their constitutional right to a free and untrammeled choice and the will of the people may be fully and clearly expressed on the issues.”

Candidate Mark Ford, who is running for Trustee Area 2 which includes the southwest part of Riverside and west Jurupa Valley, is currently advertising with Viewpoints for his election said that he was neither encouraged nor advised against it.

Ford is also r un ning an advertisement for his candidacy with the Orange County Register.

The Administrative Procedure for Board of Trustees elections, AP 2100, does not address candidate advertising.

“The general practice is that if something is offered to one candidate it also has to be available to the other candidate,” said Jim Parsons, associate vice chancellor of Strategic Communications and Relations for RCCD. “Advertising criteria quasi t al ks about polit ical adver tising and what space limitations there are. In general terms as a college district we have to follow the Fair Political Practices Act.” Un d e r t h e C a l i fo r n i a’s Political Reform Act, which led to the creation of the Fair Political Practices Commission, candidates, committees and any persons making independent expenditures on candidates or ballot measures must put “paid for by” disclaimers on campaign advertising including campaign m ai le r s, r a d io, t elev ision , electronic media advertisements and print ad such as newspaper ads, billboards and yard signs to ensure the clarity of the candidate’s supporters.

“As the policy cur rently stands there are no discrepancies (with candidate advertising). As long as the candidate meets the limitations on word length, there is nothing that should prevent a candidate from advertising with Viewpoints.” vice president of Student Services, Edward Bush said.

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Political activity is outlined in Board Policy 2716, it prohibits the use of district funds, services and supplies or equipment to urge the election or defeat of any candidate, including but not limited to, any candidate for the election to the Board of Trustees. A similar policy, Board Policy 7370 requires that political activity may not be conducted during an employee’s working hours and states that the policy “shall not be construed to prohibit an employee from urging the support or defeat … of a candidate during nonworking time.”

A representative from the chancellor’s office contacted the president’s office at RCC to share the view that there was, “some confusion and that the ad may be inappropriate because Davis is a current board member,” according to interim president Wolde-Ab Isaac. Isaac says that he then contacted Journalism instructor Allan Lovelace to inform Viewpoints that Davis’ ad “may be a problem.”

The president’s office then contacted Davis to follow up with him on the matter.

“Administration cannot make the decision to pull Davis’ ad, so I asked my secretary Michelle to call Davis to remind him that only he can pull the ad.” said Isaac.

Davis chose not to disclose the identities of those who advised him against advertising with Viewpoints, and stated that ultimately the decision to pull his advertisement was his own.

“It had become a controversial point. I got calls from several people whose positions and names I won’t mention,” Davis said. “They said, ‘No one has ever run an ad in the paper (Viewpoints) before, it might appear as though the college is supporting you as a candidate for the Board of Trustees, and we want to be fair to everyone.’ So, rather than create a controversy I decided to just drop it, because it’s not going to hurt me anyway.”

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October 16, 2014 | 5 “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”

- Tommy Lasorda

Tigers avenge 2013 loss

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DEFENSE: Sophomore Linebacker Jonah Moi breaks through the offensive line for a breathtaking tackle against El Camino College quarterback Joey Notch on Oct. 4.

ALEXANDRA ORTIZ ASST. SPORTS EDITOR “Revenge, revenge, revenge!” was the RCC chant heard throughout the stadium at the redemption game against Fullerton College on Oct. 11.

Fullerton College and Riverside have a long history of being each other’s worst enemies. The rivalry intensified last season when the Tigers’ two losses came at the hands

of the Hornets including losing to Fullerton in the Southern California Championship game.

“We are a completely new team and they (Fullerton) are a completely new team as well,” RCC Head Coach Tom Craft said.

“No revenge here, I never use that word.”

The Tigers started off strong taking the lead within three minutes into the game and never slowed down.

The game got fired up when in the second quarter a team safety and an altercation between RCC’s linebacker Brock Carmen and a Fullerton defensive player gave the Tigers the spark to keep rolling over the Hornets to a victorious 36-13 final score.

“This victory wasn’t so much revenge, more like redemption from last year,” quarterback Nick King said after the game. “Main thing was to take them out of the

victory race.” in a single game.

At the end of the game when RCC’s quarterback Nick the players were shaking hands King expressed that he will sit another fight broke out in the down with his lineman to try to middle of the field. avoid procedural penalties from This one involved all players happening. from both teams, police had to be “They’re still young, so as we called down to the field to break talk to them they’ll mature and up the fight. Luckily nobody was develop throughout the season,” hurt and both sides were able to King said. retreat before things could have The Tigers ended the night gotten any worse. with 569 yards, and sit now with RCC is still waiting to a record of 5-1 overall behind see if any King, who disciplinary made his actions will first start. be handed King a out to them sophomore due to the t h a t altercation. transferred Besides from El all the drama Camino on the field, College there were a -- RCC quarterback Nick King c a m e i n lot of firsts for the second both teams this season. quarter to replace Hilinski Fullerton came into the game against the El Camino Warriors only allowing RCC 78 yards per and since has given the RCC game; the Tigers brought it down offense a complete new depth with 247 yards on the ground. and dimension.

The Tigers had not allowed “Nick has done a great job,” their opponents offense to score Craft said. “He has given us some at home, but with 2:16 remaining sparks and keeps us alive on third in the fourth quarter Fullerton’s downs.” offense was able to go through The Tigers are on a two game RCC’s defense into the end zone. winning streak and will travel to RCC also had 20 penalties; the play L.A. Harbor Seahawks Oct. most they’ve had all season long 18 in Central League play.

“This victory wasn’t so much revenge, more like redemption from last year”

Cross-country on track with performance EDITH NORIEGA SPORTS EDITOR

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CROSS-COUNTRY: The Riverside City College women’s cross-country pose after the Howard Brubaker Invitatioal held at Irvine Regional Park placing on Oct. 10.

Bouncing back from a feetaching mid-week work out the Riverside City College women’s cross-country squad posted a second-place finish (54) points at the Howard Brubaker Invitational at the Irvine Regional Park Oct. 10.

“I think our training is really starting to show out on the field,” Rebecca “Maria” Morales said, 10th in the meet. “Our hard work and dedication usually starts to pay off toward the end of the season, so today’s improvement is no surprise.”

Leading the top spots for RCC was Briana Jacklin who finished third overall (19:17.8), followed by Rebecca Morales, who was 10th overall (19:54.6) and Crystal Tejeda, who was 12th overall (20:03.9).

“They are improving every meet,” Head Coach Damien Smith said. “Our sophomores ran faster this year than they did last year on this same course.

That (improvement) is all we are trying to get out of the girls from race to race.”

The Tigers (54 points)

finished behind the first-place Cerritos College Falcons (39 points). Placing third were the Southwestern College Jaguars (94 points) followed by the fourth-place Saddleback College Gauchos (97 points) and the fifth-place Palomar College Comets (135 points) over the five-kilometer (3.1 miles) course.

“Personally, I had a good race, since summer and the beginning of the season I’ve seen a gradual progress in everyone of my races and made my way to the top three in the team,” Morales said. “What really changed at the Brubaker Invitational was the way we raced as a team, we kept a close pack with five girls finishing in the top 12, sticking together really has paid off at our meet.”

“Our main thing is to peak at the right time which is the state meet Nov. 22,” Smith said. “Training is still on the incline right now and we will be tapering off after the Conference Championships later this month.”

The Tigers currently rank No. 5 in the CCCAA college rankings.

RCC will compete next at the Mount San Antonio Invite at Walnut Oct. 17 at 10 a.m.

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Water polo rally stopped short in RCC Tournament

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H20: During a scrimmage at the Riverside Aquatics Center, Riverside City College water polo player Joey Valdez (left) attempts a shot against teammate Chris Frazee.

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STAFF WRITER The RCC men’s water polo team endured the stamina of a marathon, the contact of hockey

and the strategy of chess in their two day Riverside Tournament.

RCC suffered a 16-10 loss to Diablo Valley College Oct. 10, followed by a 17-13 loss to

the Palomar College Comets in tournament play. “(Diablo Valley) is top three in the state and possibly has the most speed of any team,” RCC

Head Coach Jason Northcott said.

“They were definitely a high-level opponent.”

Fresh man d r ivers Brandt Restad and Chris Frazee had four goals apiece and six assists to lead the Tigers while freshman goalie Jeremy Mariscal had five saves.

Against the Comets, Restad had four goals while freshman Joseph Rivas recorded three goals. Mariscal had nine saves in the game.

O n D a y Tw o o f t h e tournament, the Tigers fell short to the Grossmont College Griffins, 12-11.

“The game against Grossmont was close it went back and forth until the end,” Northcott said.

Restad had four goals and Mariscal had 11 saves against the Griffins.

The Tigers entered the fourth game of the tournament with a victory over the Ventura Pirates.

The Tigers had experience against

the Pirates from an earlier matchup this season and used that for their game plan.

“Last time we played Ventura at the Cuesta Tournament, we went down 4-1 in the first quarter and had to fight back into the game before eventually winning by 2 goals,” Northcott said.

In this meeting, the Tigers built a 7-1 lead in the first quarter, against the Pirates. The win snapped a five-game losing streak, including the first three games of the tournament.

Rivas had five goals against the Pirates while Mariscal contributed with eight saves.

Northcott believes the team has improved in many areas this season but is not content with where the team is.

The Tigers will play in the Riverside City College Mini Tournament Oct.17 before playing Golden West in nonconference play Oct. 22.

Tigers improve with victories DANIEL PENA STAFF WRITER

The Riverside City College women’s volleyball team recently had a three game stretch in one week facing Santa Ana Irvine Valley and Saddleback.

Currently RCC’s record stands (5-7) and (2-1) in the Orange Empire Conference.

The Tigers took the first win against Santa Ana Oct. 3 winning 3-1 sets. The first set 25-19, but Santa Ana took the second set 25-19. The third was neck to neck as both teams were just one point away from winning the set, but RCC roared to a win with a score of 26-24. The fourth set it was all RCC as the Tigers got the win with a score of 25-18.

Against Irvine Valley Oct. 8 (9-0, 2-0 OEC) wasn’t as all too well for the Tigers as they were swept. The first set was close, but not enough to win as RCC lost with a score of 18-25. Hoping to make improvement in the second set actually hurt the Tigers more and lost with a score of 11-25.

Looking to pull off the same

magic used against Cer ritos College when the Tigers were down 2-0 sets and pulled off a comeback win, Irvine Valley did not make the same mistake like Cerritos and beat the Tigers with a score of 6-25.

Coach Monica Hayes-Trainer did not give up throughout and was looking for ways to win, but Irvine Valley had the advantage.

“Their experience of the game, fundamentals come from great coaching early on in their careers and they have several D1 players and superb coaching to boot,” said Hayes-Trainer. “Our poor passing eliminated our chance to run a deceptive offense.”

At home Oct. 10 against Saddleback (2-6, 0-3 OEC) the Tigers were looking to make improvement and had a game plan to win.

“Reduce serve and receive errors and place the attacks in strategic spots.” Said HayesTrainer.

RCC delivered with a win win ning the f irst th ree sets sweeping Saddleback. The Tigers

dominated Saddleback with a score of 25-9 in the first set.

Looked to get back in the game, but the Tigers hanged on for the win in the second set with a score of 25-22. On the third for their second sweep of the season delivered with a score of 25-16.

“O u r t e a m c ont i nue s t o improve, so we have to continue to learn from each play, set, match, and practice that is key,” said Hayes-Trainer.

RCC women’s volleyball team looks to bounce back into contention.

“The improvement of this t e a m , playe r for playe r, is exceptional. The coaching staff is so proud of each and every one of them,” said Hayes-Trainer. “We have a sense of urgency to prove ourselves know, after a slow start at the beginning of the season five of the eight teams in our conference are ranked in the top 10 in the state; so we only have to take one or two of them down to get into playoffs.”

The Tigers will volley against Orange Coast Oct. 17.

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Study Abroad flies to the Emerald Isle in Spring SHAMIR ALEEM STAFF WRITER The Riverside Community C o l l e g e D i s t r i c t O ff i c e o f International Education is offering a study abroad program in Dublin, Ireland for the very first time during the spring semester of 2015.

According to Jan Schall, director of the International Education program at Riverside City College, affordability and safety for students were the major factors in the selection of Dublin as the spring 2015 study abroad destination.

“After 19 spring semesters at Oxford University we realized that London, England is a very expensive city for students to live in,” Schall said.

In efforts to relieve all aspiring study abroad students from the financial burden London imposes, the Office of International Education at RCC decided to try something new for the spring of 2010 and sent a group of students abroad to study in Beijing, China.

Schall admits that despite all of the positive recognition for being the first and only community college in the nation to send

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ADVENTURE ABROAD: The Study Abroad program offers to take students over the Atlantic in spring of 2015 to Dublin, Ireland for them to experience classes in another country from RCCD instructors.

students abroad to study in China, It was very difficult to market the idea to students. Her biggest challenge was persuading the many parents who expressed their reservations and concerns of “communism and human rights violations.”

The marketing of the China program, although successful, proved to be too rigorous for Schall to consider repeating for the following semesters. The program spent another spring semester in Oxford before Schall was inspired to choose the latest study abroad destination.

Schall conducted research and

after spending a week in Dublin, she was convinced that it is safe and inexpensive enough to be the spring 2015 study abroad destination.

“Students will be attending classes at a four year University in Dublin called Griffith College, where they will be offered courses in Theatre and Psychology taught

by RCCD instructors,” Schall said.

Griffith College is about a 17 minute walk from the city center of Dublin.

“Students are also able to join the clubs and organizations at Griffith College,” Schall said.

The campus is approximately

a 25 minute bus ride away from where students will be housed.

“Students are going to have a shared-homestay with breakfast and dinner provided daily,” Schall said.

Shared-homestay and daily breakfast and dinner meals are among some of the amenities covered in the cost of the program.

Round trip airfare, two airport transfers and a walking tour are covered by the price. A welcome dinner, a farewell dinner and essential insurance coverage are also included in the total program cost of $8099.

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Students will be financially responsible for their own lunches, passport fees, personal expenses and a refundable housing security deposit of $150.

Schall encourages students who are interested in studying abroad not to immediately think “oh my goodness, I can’t afford this.” The Study Abroad program at RCC is one quarter the cost of study abroad programs at UCs, according to Schall. Students may also be eligible to receive and combine various forms of financial aid assistance such as grants, scholarships and direct loans.

Schall prompts all students who are interested to act as early as possible. She firmly believes that the experience of studying abroad, will absolutely change people’s lives.

“Students have changed their majors and transferred to the University of Florence after studying abroad,” Schall said.

All students who study abroad “become sophisticated travelers and return with a more critical worldview and a greater appreciation for the things they have,” Schall said.

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immering in the racial tension of the early 20th century was a mix of contempt, rebelliousness and cultural flavor that would later boil over into swing dance.

As Africans shipped into the American east coast during the slave trade they brought with them the African cultures that first conflicted and later melted into an African-American culture.

From this spirited transition seeded a number of artistic expressions, including the birth of swing.

The first traits of early swing began to root on plantations and in Black communities when the African’s expressive and sexualized full body movement and drum styles met the formal European styles of erect stiff and structured dance like the waltz. Blacks mocked their White bosses in dance competitions with moves like “The Cakewalk” and “The Jaybird,” that exaggerated the white style of walking and movement in a jovial yet condescending way. These mockeries gave Blacks a sense of pride and power in a culture full of oppression and were thought to have been the pathway to the moves in the famous Charleston.

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CAB CALLOWAY: Taken by Carl

THE ORIGINAL COTTON CLUB: New York City’s Cotton Club opened in 1923 in Harlem, and moved downtown in 1936

Van Vechten circa 1933

TODAY THE FIRST STEPS

In Charleston, S. Carolina the Charleston took root among Blacks as a combination of cultural assimilation and traditionalism in 1903. It spread and developed and was eventually made popular by the Broadway musical “Runnin’ Wild” and the accompanying “Charleston” composition by James P. Johnson in 1923.

From Broadway, Whites adopted it as their own form of rebellion and performed the risqué dance in speakeasies as a rejection of prohibition, “drys”and social prudishness.

In the grips of prohibition and the rallied support among church groups, mothers and women, and other drys who supported the bans on alcohol, the Charleston represented freedom.

Meanwhile, as Jazz took hold in Harlem so did equally expressive and rhythmic styles of dance,including the Breakaway. With the Breakaway, traditionally embraced couples would break away from each other mid-dance to perform a kind of dance solo.

The combination of the Breakaway and the Charleston, as well as the Texas Tommy and the Hop gave way to the Lindy Hop, as the first manifestations of Swing.

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG: circa 1928

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ROOM TO DANCE : Dancers perform a Break in the Shim Sham.

THE LINDY HOP

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew nonstop from America to Europe in a hop over the Atlantic and the Lindy Hop stemmed in his wake.

“The Lindy Hop is considered a cultural phenomenon that broke through the race barrier when segregation was still the norm,” according to lindycircle.com. “Modern dancers, interested in cultural history are piecing together the 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.”

One of the myths surrounding the Lindy Hop’s fruition is that 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.”

As the Savoy Ballroom popularized the Lindy Hop locally in Harlem, energy and enthusiasm built up for the dance across state borders and class walls. The Lindy Hop climbed into débutante 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.

Hubert White, a bouncer at the Savoy, banded some of the greatest hoppers together forming Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. Their popularity skyrocketed similarly to the Beatles, but despite global demand including cinema appearances and performances for the Queen of England, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers always made time to perform at the Savoy.

Other Savoy performers and jazz artists lent to swing during the early years such as the greats Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. Out of Jazz and the Lindy Hop came Swing music and Swing dancing.

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Today studios everywhere revisit Swing 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 in Lupita Limon’s intro to dance class at Riverside City College.

Limon teaches swing and other dance styles at Room to Dance, and World 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,” performs locally at “The Black Box,” and boasts to teaching dance for more than half of her life.

Just up the Main St. pedestrian walk from where Limon teaches at Room to Dance is a small bar with the underground feel of an edgy speakeasy.

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

The Phat Cat swingers have also filled the house at Maxwell Demille’s Cicada Club in Los Angeles.

With a longer drive students can go to clubs such as the highly recommended Lindy Groove in Pasadena or Dance at Joe’s in North Hollywood. Many 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, learn some new ones or just have a great time and get an invigorating workout.

There’s an array of clubs, local and far, that hold the interest of a niche crowd.

Many students find their way to studios and into a clique of social dancers as 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.

SWING: Dancers perform at the Cotton Club Revue.

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HOLD ON: Lupita and Christian Limon do a dip SWING

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 and ‘40s as its popularity peaked.

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

Goodman had been climbing up the ranks as an artist in New York where he had a radio show that aired during the graveyard shift.

At his performance in Palomar Casino that August, before the intermission Goodman could sense his 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 ‘20s and 30s became old homemakers of the 40s and ‘50s and politely stepped aside to allow the new sounds of the youth.

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CLASSIC SERVICE: A Barman cleans glasses in downtown Riverside’s ProAbition.

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COTTON CLUB REVUE: Swingers do a lift during a Swing show at the Cotton Club Revue with a live band.

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RCCD board member embodies volunteer spirit JOSA LAMONT FEATURES EDITOR In high school Mary Figueroa volunteered in the campaign that helped to get Eric Haley, 24 at the time, elected as one of the youngest Riverside city council members.

“He came to North High School to our government class and he wanted us to volunteer,” Figueroa said. “He asked for two hours. So I volunteered and I showed up at the campaign headquarters and two hours turned into six and a half months. It was something that really fit with me wanting to help.”

She attributes where she is now as Riverside Community College District board member to that campaign and to Eric Haley.

“He made it so exciting,” Figueroa said. “When he was running for city council at 24, he made it so interesting … I was enthralled just watching the whole situation.”

Figueroa was born and raised in Riverside and went to school in Riverside districts from elementary school until her college years.

She started elementary school at the first school in Riverside to be desegregated in 1965, and finished

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school obtaining her bachelor’s degree from UC Riverside.

Her proudest accomplishment is being the first person from her family to graduate from high school, and from college. Her mother knew that education should always take priority, and even though she only had an eighth grade education she instilled the importance of graduating to her children.

At UCR Figueroa completed a joint major in Chicano studies and political science.

From there, Figueroa became active in community outreach that addressed the gang issues and gang violence in the community she grew up in.

“Even if we saved one young individual from going down the wrong path, even if something with our outreach saved one of them, I’m going to attribute that as a success,” Figueroa said. “How do we know? We don’t. And we may have not only saved one we may have saved a lot of them: just by giving them avenues on other things that they could be involved in, other things that they’re capable of doing that a lot of people don’t ever end up encouraging them on.”

From civil volunteering, Figueroa branched into the police

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HEART AT HOME: Board of Trustee member Mary Figueroa helps youth in the Riverside community where she grew up.

force and worked with the special victims unit and later in corrections.

“I like dealing with people,” Figueroa said. “I like talking with people. I like interacting with people. And most of my work, most of my career history, has been interaction with people.”

Figueroa recalls being in elementary school and other -Mary Figueroa RCCD board member children making fun of her.

“I like talking with people. I like interacting with people. And most of my work, most of my career history, has been interaction with people.”

“I remember some of my school mates making a comment to me and saying that I was never going to amount to anything because I didn’t even know who my dad was,” Figueroa said.

She went home that day and told her mother, who told her she was not going to listen to them. Her mother assured her that the children didn’t know who she was, and that later on in her life she was going to show them.

Now, Figueroa can look back with confidence in the fact that she has shown them who she can be.

She attributes her successes to her mother’s reassurance and her family’s support, and knows if she didn’t get that encouragement she would still be in the same place that she grew up.

Figueroa never married, so her core support group is made up of her close friends, and her family.

She invests love into her faith, her closest friends and into her nieces and nephews.

“Young people tend to be left out of the equation whenever politicians are talking,” Figueroa said. “Whenever people that are in business are talking, they tend to forget to reach out to that younger generation.”

As a young adult, Figueroa figured out that she and the voice of her generation should be in the city council, and where decisions are made around control of the money.

Since then, she has used her influence to encourage and try to maintain community involvement from youth.

“We have to remember that it is the younger generation that is going to be left with a lot of what we have created,” Figueroa said.

“And they’re the ones that are going to have to end up correcting it or resolving it. And unless they’re at the table in order to talk, in order to input, in order to envision the concept of what the future is going to look like, how is that going to happen? So I have always championed the effort of seeking the younger input.”

Now Figueroa encourages youth to engage in their community and is on the advisory board to the Riverside County Mexican

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Wend is not just a starving artist

MICHAEL ISBERTO STAFF WRITER

Riverside native Geoff Gouveia is an artist to watch out for, but you won’t find any art pieces signed with that name. As an artist he goes

by Wend, which means to proceed or to go in English.

Inspired by a graffiti art show in 2010, Gouveia started putting art in the alleys.

“I was so inspired by the show that I had to place things in the street: I began to draw larger and larger images to cut out and paste places,” Gouveia said. “The activity was illegal and because of that I never signed my real name.

Except one time in a field I began to spray paint my real name Gouveia really large and then I freaked out, thinking ‘am I stupid?’ I definitely was.”

Growing up in Riverside, Gouveia didn’t always know which way he wanted to go. He started off at California Baptist University as a Theology major, but quickly realized he didn’t want to become a minister. He remembered how much he enjoyed his art class in high school, and decided to pursue art as a major in college.

And with a supportive family and girlfriend (now wife), his journey in art began.

Now working as a full-time artist, Gouveia has done local Riverside showcases at the Saturation Fest, Back to the Grind, and CBU. But the majority of his artistic efforts are focused outside of Riverside.

“I do murals that’s not really company known to support creative in their journey to create and Riverside friendly,” Gouveia said. professionals. Their mission inspire the world.”

“So I’m always branching out statement: “To champion thinkers This goes hand in hand with and going to different G o u v e i a ’s a t t i t u d e places to paint murals regarding his own and different things. artwork as well. He But social media like doesn’t consider himself Instagram have really a traditional artist. He allowed me to do takes inspiration from other stuff outside of connecting with people Riverside.” and believes that art Geoff Gouveia can be the medium for He recently did Local artist some work for Baron connections. On any Fig in New York, a new given day, you can find and rising notebook him at various local

coffee shops in Riverside including Lift and Augie’s talking to the baristas and customers about art and life in general. He describes his lifestyle as a simple one, but he will never refer to himself as a starving artist.

Artists can relate to the term starving artist: an idea that a person gives up monetary wealth in order to concentrate on their creativity.

As an artist, Wend doesn’t buy into that mentality.

“I hate the idea of a starving artist,” Gouveia said. “People say it as a negative term. But I think that artists buy into it as well. It’s like this noble appeal. you’re starving because you’re pursuing something worth starving for.

“I just think that’s not cool, because that doesn’t pay for my wife’s meals or for rent. That mentality doesn’t provide for my family. I like to think of myself as a hunter. I’d rather shift the idea from being a starving artist to being a hunter. You kill what you eat. You go out there and get it done. And if you don’t, you’re the only one to blame, not the world. That’s what I’m trying to do. I don’t want to buy into the starving artist mentality.”

With this attitude, his dreams of traveling and creating murals around the world aren’t so far fetched. Wend’s art has already taken him to places including San Francisco, New York, and Brazil.

People can currently find Gouveia’s art locally displayed at Augie’s Coffeehouse in Riverside, as well as one of his murals right outside of the same building.

scariest maze. At one point It was nerveracking as an actor bent his head backward in a blood curdling way and blocked the path while another actor scared my friends behind me. Except I was eased again as the actor who was bent back stood up and started laughing at us.

Then as I exited the maze I made a silly face at the zombified sailors waiting for us and made him laugh too. There’s nothing scary about people g e n u i n e l a u g h t e r.

Consistency among the actors was very bad: they couldn’t seem to keep a straight face as they scared everyone, even when I wasn’t being silly.

The best set-design was Voodoo Village; the make up was well done and the actors stayed in character the whole time, even having conversations with us about the horrors we were about to experience. I enjoyed their colorful make-up and thought they were well dressed except for a few minor actors who just felt thrown in for some last minute scares.

The rest of the mazes were adequate and seemed to be lacking characters, especially Freakshow, which cost $5 extra just to enter.

There was only one freak when it looked like there were supposed to be three. We entered two empty

to be really scary” effect.

The actors outside of the mazes were scarce, unlike Universal Studios, where the whole park is filled with monsters and creatures alike.

While leaving the ship we waited in line to see the pictures we had taken at the beginning of the night.

After about fifteen minutes of waiting, they said they had no records of the picture so we left a little bummed out, but content with the pictures we managed to take with cellphones.

O v e r a l l , i t w a s n ’t v e r y impressive considering that Dark Harbor was said to be scarier than Universal.

The main issues were a lack of actors in the mazes and outside of the mazes that could actually scare and keep people feeling scared.

I’d recommend Dark Harbor to children looking for a cheap horror night with short lines and a variety of mazes at a high price.

The event is composed of six mazes and a scurge of scary zombies wandering in the open, and runs to Nov.2 with prices varying from $24-34 and general parking is $20 so it’s advised to carpool.

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On Display: Geoff Gouveia’s art hangs inside of Augie’s coffee house on 12th St and Lem-

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on St. in downtown Riverside. A mural also adorns the wall facing 12th St.

“I hate the idea of a starving artist. People say it as a negative term. But I think that artists buy into it as well. It’s like this noble appeal.”

Queen Mary zombies fall dead in the water TREVA FLORES ASST. FEATURES EDITOR One of the top ten most haunted places in America, The Queen Mary, hosts its annual Dark Harbor event and brings back life to the ship’s paranormal hotspots.

Before entering the grounds where the six mazes were being held there is a long wait in line for a pat down. This felt a little unnecessary, but as soon as it was over people were herded over to the picture booths and had our pictures taken by photographers.

My heart raced as I walked onto the grounds and could see people scared by performers on stilts and covered in grotesque make-up.

Their make-up was extremely well done and they definitely get props for their creativity. It was impressive considering this wasn’t Universal Studios.

But other than that, the grand opening for The RMS Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor event was a total shipwreck with hardly any scares.

Our group scurried over to the first line unmolested and waited for about 30 minutes to enter a maze called Circus. Clowns are enough to make me squeal and being chosen to go first in a group of six people didn’t really help.

Immediately upon entering I was confused and trapped by a mime, and to make matters worse, we were in a maze full of

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in the zombie maze on the Queen Mary checks the time. mirrors. I was stuck frozen, inching my way forward as the mime mimicked my every move. It was very intimidating and I felt like I kept getting chased, they could definitely sense my fear.

This maze was by far the scariest but maybe it was just premaze jitters as I anxiously waited for everything to be over. I was scared left and right, which made the Circus maze fun and exciting.

After this maze, however, it felt like the rest of the event was a cakewalk. Nothing was really scary after that. In fact, I was making several actors laugh by making funny faces back at them and yelling out smart-aleck remarks.

Dedrise was the second

rooms and left disappointed. We did get to see a lady hammer a nail into her nose and then take it back out again, but I wish I could have seen more.

The scariest part of Freakshow was the white room, which is exactly how it sounds: completely white and blinding followed by a black room. It was a pitch black void of darkness where

Immediately upon entering I was confused and trapped by a mime and to make matters worse we were in a maze full of mirrors. people had to feel their way out until the blindness stopped when their eyes readjusted. Other than that it was a total waste of $5.

Another waste of money were the food and drinks. A single 20 oz. Dasani water cost $4. I savored every last drop and refused to spend another penny, not that anything there would even cost a penny.

They did not even allow people to bring their own food or drinks to the event so they could extort people to paying the extreme prices from their vending.

We were only scared once outside of the mazes and the actor didn’t do a very good job because he started being friendly afterwards and lost the, “this night is supposed

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Students are continually burdened by outrageous costs for textbooks and course materials, even though highquality low-cost alternatives exist.

“Riverside City College provides a high-quality affordable education ... ,” reads the first few words of the RCC mission statement. If a school states affordability in the document that outlines the purpose of the institution, would its faculty and administration consider every means possible to reduce the burden of cost on the students that are attending? Apparently not.

Textbooks and other instructional materials continue to cost students hundreds or even thousands of dollars every semester. Used and rented books also require a significant investment.

Books placed on reserve in the library severely limit access. These obstacles lower the quality of education provided by RCC and promote poor study habits to the point that many students try to avoid utilizing textbooks as much as possible. This doesn’t have to be the case.

High-quality open educational resources, which are easily available to RCC teachers, departments and students at no or low cost, continue to go underutilized.

Open educational resources consist of textbooks, curriculum recommendations, and online resources that may entirely replace the expensive textbooks and supplemental materials that many classes require.

Adoption of such resources would have the impact of reducing the cost of textbooks and course materials for students and teachers to almost nothing.

California State Legislature passed Senate bills 1052 and 1053 to create a library of open educational resources for 50 of the most common college classes in 2012. The legislation was enacted by the creation of the California Open Educational Resources Council with the purpose of creating the California Open Source Digital Library.The council is composed of three representatives from each of the University of California, California State University and California Community College school systems in order to procure open educational resources that are suitable for use in all three school systems and protect transferability of classes.

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If there is a reason RCC continues to force students to spend outrageous amounts of money on educational resources it is not because of a lack of low-cost alternatives.

Since its creation the COERC has established the California Open Online Library 4 Education, also known as COOL4Ed, to provide textbooks and other high quality instructional materials that are suitable for use in UC, CSU and CCC school curriculum.

The COOL4Ed system annexes the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching, which consists of over 40,000 discipline specific learning materials. It also provides materials from organizations like Rice University’s Open Stax College which produces open-source textbooks that are in use at over 450 colleges worldwide including UC Davis and UC Irvine.

Many other sources of open educational resources also exist such as OER Commons, Affordable Learning Solutions and OpenCourseWare programs, run at schools such as MIT. As of today COERC has specifically provided textbook and open educational resources recommendations to five courses: Introduction to Chemistry, Public Speaking, Principles of Microeconomics, United States History to 1877 and Introduction to Statistics. These materials have all been thoroughly peer-reviewed and approved for use in UC, CSU and CCC courses. Plans by the COERC are to expand recommendations to 50 courses by January 2016.

Since there is no lack of high-quality open educational resources available, it leaves us to conclude that it is because of tradition, laziness or ignorance that students are continually forced to pay such high costs for course materials.

We strongly encourage RCC professors and academic departments to consider using available open educational resources options for courses. It is unreasonable and irresponsible to require students to pay exorbitant costs for course materials when equivalent or superior low-cost alternatives exist.

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‘Gone Girl’ adaptation doesn’t miss a thing

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Hollywood can screw up a novel-to-film adaptation any number of ways, so a certain level of caution must be practiced whenever a book gets optioned.

However, rest assured, this daunting adaptation starring Ben Affleck as the titular Nick Dunne is pretty damn good.

“Gone Girl,” a novel written by former television critic Gillian Flynn, was everywhere in 2012, enjoying a long run on The New York Times best-seller list. It even competed with the insanely popular “50 Shades of Grey.” It was the fierce page-turner of the year, which left readers’ mouths everywhere agape with awe.

L e a d i ng ch a r ge i n t h e realization of the psycho-sexual murder/mystery is venerated

Director David Fincher (“Fight Club” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) with Gillian Flynn in tow adapting her own novel for the silver screen.

Starring opposite Aff leck is the relatively fresh-faced Rosmund Pike as Amy Dunne, Nick’s missing wife whose disappearance he gets blamed for.

With a suppor ting casts consisting of Carrie Coon, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry and Kim Dickens the most important thing that remains in this film adaptation is the amount of twists and turns that hit you like a ton of bricks.

T he audience sees ver y different stories of Nick and A m y ’s r e c e s s i o n - r o c k e d marriage and you have no idea who —if anyone is worthy of your trust. Most of the punches to the gut remain unchanged from

the book, and many in fact, are enhanced, such as the answer to an important question: What happened to Amy? The film’s musical score, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, emits an eerie feeling throughout the movie that instills a sense of uneasiness.

This combined with relentless degradation inf licted by the media on our protagonist Nick, and our constant suspicion of his moral compass causes the plot to reach an effective climax, which then explodes with all the ferocity of a homemade nail bomb. David Fincher is a master of suspense.

Ben Affleck has received a special kind of scrutiny from the media throughout his career.

While his performance in this movie is not nearly as good as his best work in films like “Argo,” it is still abundantly clear to the

audience that his run-ins with the media helped him to understand his character on a very personal level, thus his reactions are conceivable to us as viewers.

Rosamund Pike by contrast almost completely steals the show with a performance that is positively electric and is easily worth the price of admission.

None of the horror flicks this year have been half as chilling as her execution of Amy Dunne.

This movie is not for the faint of heart. The rest of the cast is split either between perfectly effective or slightly laughable. Carrie Coon gives a touching perspective to Margot Dunne, Nick’s twin sister who understands him better than anyone.

I, however call into question what Tyler Perry and Neil Patrick Harris bring to the project.

Admittedly I couldn’t help but

expect Tyler Perry to put on his infamous silvery wig, and Neil Patrick Harris flat lines in his performance. They just felt out of place.

In all though, this film is something of a blueprint that others who aspire to adapt novels should pay very close attention to.

With critics raving it has created a n over whel m i ng a mou nt of awa rd bu z z (specifically Oscar), even before it was released, and for good reason. It is a macabre critique of the American marriage that will send chills down your spine.

“Why would you want this?

All we did was resent each other and cause each other pain,” An exasperated Nick Dunne exclaims in the movie.

A s A my D u n n e s ay s , “That’s marriage.”

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TED x Riverside Fox Theatre 9 a.m.

“The Immigrant” Culver Center of the Arts 3 p.m.

Riverside Trolley Dances La Sierra High School 11 a.m.

Riverside Triathlon Bobby Bonds Park 6 a.m.

RCC Jazz Band Concert Digital Library Auditorium 7 p.m.

Hollywood Film Festival W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles 10 a.m.

Mastodon Fox Theater Pomona 6:30 p.m.

Riverside Zombie Crawl Main Street at Downtown Riverside 2 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Landis Performing Arts Center 4 p.m.

Screamfest TCL Chinese 6Theatre, Los Angeles 7:30 p.m.

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“The Walking Dead Season 2” Game Release

Haunted Walking Tours Fullerton Museum 5 p.m.

Universal Studios: Halloween Horror Nights 7 p.m.

Ghost Walk Downtown Riverside 6 p.m.

Fontana Farmer’s Market Corner of Sierra & Arrow, Fontana 8 a.m.

alt-J Fox Theater Pomona 7 p.m.

Daily Brew:Waffle Wednesday Daily Brew Coffee House 6 p.m.

Knott’s Scary Farm: Return of Elvira Ghoul Time Theatre 9 p.m.

The Janoskians Fox Municipal Auditorium 6:30 p.m.

The Color Run Pomana Fairplex Campus 9 a.m.

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‘Annabelle’ movie is as lifeless as the doll

TREVA FLORES FEATURES ASST. EDITOR

Annabelle, the creepy demonic doll who first appeared in “The Conjuring” last year, hit theaters in her very own spin-off movie Oct. 3.

When the trailer for the new “Annabelle” movie was released back in July it created a bit of buzz.

“The Conjuring” was a major dud as far as scary movies go except for the first four opening minutes featuring the demon doll.

The opening scene for “The Conjuring” was completely terrifying and proved to be scarier than the entire movie. About half of this opening was used in the new Annabelle movie and felt less scary than before.

Despite the new film being disappointing with its potential to be amazing, if you’re still interested in seeing “Annabelle”

and don’t want any spoilers then skip ahead to the last two paragraphs.

T h rou g h out t h e m ov i e there seemed to be absolutely no focus on the doll itself and the movie strictly revolved around the leading role, Mia Gordon (Annabelle Wallis), as she struggled with the demons possessing the doll.

The only creepy thing the doll did was move around the house and even when Annabelle was suspended mid air we could see a demon holding the doll up. It was basically a drawn out game of cat and mouse between Mia and the inhuman spirit.

The plot had no correlation with the true Annabelle story and used the same old, cheap jump scares we see in every horror movie. It wasn’t anything new or exciting as I had hoped.

Flash bolts to TV RAFAEL RIOS ASST. A&E EDITOR

Racing back to TV in a flash after almost 25 years, the scarlet speedster Barry Allen a.k.a. “The Flash” (Grant Gustin) becomes The CW’s highest rated and most watched series premiere since 2009, with 4.5 million viewers.

Barry Allen is a forensic scientist from Central City making his first appearance in two episodes of season two of “Arrow,” when he is asked to join “team arrow” in a desperate time when Oliver Queen a.k.a Green Arrow (Stephen Amell) becomes poisoned.

Ironically enough for someone who was always running late to where he had to be to become the fastest man alive is got to be a time saver, but Barry didn’t have his powers in the episodes he cameoed on “Arrow” it wasn’t until the pilot episode premiered that they made him the super speedster that he is now.

This flash may be new to TV, but “The Flash” made its first appearance in 1990 with TV star John Wesley Shipp (The Flash),

but with so much change in technology and how popular live action super heroes movies and shows have gotten it’s no surprise that they would try and recreate a DC Comics speedy legend into a new show, but surprisingly John Wesley Shipp is still a part of the character’s life.

Losing his mom at a young age Barry Allen was convinced that the person that killed her was a man inside lightning, but the cops were convinced that it was Barry’s father played by John Wesley Shipp (The Flash 1990.)

Getting his powers couldn’t come fast enough in his life, but once he did Barry Allen was sure that what he saw that night of his mother’s death was real and his father was innocent, it seemed impossible to him at first to convince people, but then he became the impossible when he was dealing with some chemicals and was struck by lightning waking up from a coma a faster man.

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The characters did everything you know not to do if you think a spirit is haunting you. For example, leaving her baby Leah alone for long periods of time.

There’s an entire scene where Mia thinks she hears something in the other room and motions for Leah to stay. This was a terrible decision considering she new something strange was happening because this wasn’t the first time she started hearing things.

The acting wasn’t all that amazing either. The bookstore owner named Evelyn (Alfre Woodard) didn’t even feel like a real person. Right off the bat she was ridiculously nice to Mia by giving her a book for Leah that she clearly wouldn’t be able to read anytime soon. Her character felt staged like the cookie cutter best friend archetype for Mia as she struggled to adapt to her

new home.

It was also difficult to tell if John Gordon (Ward Horton), Mia’s husband, was with or against his wife as he seemed to switch from “Mia you’re crazy” to “I believe you completely” throughout the film. Overall he didn’t seem to be super supportive or protective of her until the very end when he rushes home from work to try to prevent her from giving up her soul.

The plot felt quickly paced as it tried to cram in every last detail about why demons were trying to harm innocent little baby Leah. I would have preferred to see the actual story from the beginning of the movie played out with the two roommates talking to Ed and Lorraine Warren.

The ending was very rushed as it jumped from a lady buying Annabelle for her daughter to

Annabelle locked up in her case.

I wanted to know more about the possessed doll haunting people’s homes rather than a stay at home mom with poor parenting skills.

If creepy dolls were enough to make a scary movie I’d give the director an A plus, but sadly it takes a little more than an ugly, demon possessed doll to get a story going.

Overall I’d give this movie a two out of five stars. The plot was too fast with zero focus on Annabelle, mostly relied on cheap jump shots to scare the audience and had a lot of disconnected acting.

If you’re into cheap tricks, typical dumb scary movie stunts, then by all means go see the film. Just be warned that the beginning of “The Conjuring” was far scarier than the entirety of “Annabelle.”

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Fashion District dazzles on Main Street MARISSA BOSTICK ASST. A&E EDITOR

The fashion dist r ic t of Downtown Riverside presented its annual fall show with eagerness and zeal.

To set the mood of the openair show in the midst of the shops on Main Street., High-energy pop remixes gave the show a highend fashion atmosphere like any of the shows a part of New York Fashion Week.

Each shop in the fashion district represented its wares with unique mini shows within the large event.

According to Riverside City College cosmetology student Lauren Aleece, the cosmetology program arrived at 12 p.m. to do the makeup for the event. It was the fifth time the cosmetology program helped with the event, however, it was Aleece’s first with House of Imports being her favorite collection.

The Parrott Boutique opened the show with the ever-popular Ariana Grande single “Problem” as a young man dressed in blue jeans and a white V-neck rocked along to the beat.

After the small dance solo, the real show began with The Parrot featuring simple yet elegant dresses including a mid-thigh length two-tone dress made of chiffon . Another Parrot highlight was a soft champagne colored shift dress that swished back and forth, as the model glided down the runway.

A favorite of Kyle Parslons, a Riverside native who before this show had not seen a fashion show, was Kelly’s boutique.

One of the better presentations of the show came from Eyanatia, a vendor in The Vanity Haus. Models sauntered down the runway gave the feeling of watching a high-class event, even though they were walking to Lil Jon’s, “Turn Down For What”.

Although there were only three models, in this instance, less was definitely better.

Eyanatia’s best ensemble for the collection was a simple shortsleeved black hooded shirt paired with a diamond and striped high/ low skirt.

A we l l - re c e ive d c rowd favorite was Iliana’s Boutique, also a vendor in The Vanity Haus.

Each look was something one might expect to see at a black tie party held at an upscale club.

The highlight of Iliana’s was a baroque inspired party dresses that was embellished faux gemstones with the bottom of the dress continuing the gemstones in diamond shapes around the mini skirt style bottom.

House of Imports, another Vanity Haus vendor, sent their models down the runway to Selena Gomez’s hit “Come and Get It.” Echoing the Indian vibe of the song, the outfits featured a Bollywood-esque aesthetic.

An honorable mention for the show is given to Toni Moore Clothing. The shop earned the mention not only because they were one of two shops to display pajamas but also because the older model stole the show.

The woman strutted down the catwalk as if she were still in the prime of her youth.

The best collection of the night was from Iamme, a boutique in The Vanity Haus. What made this collection unique was all the models were young girls. Instead of being shy, each girl strutted down the runway with more sass and charisma than any of the older models.

The second best collection of the night came from The Vanity Haus’ boutique. Each outfit down the runway was for the grown and sexy woman ready to party. The collection overall was spectacular, but there were two definite favorites, a white lace cat suit and a silver beaded dress with an ostrich feather bottom.

Overall the show was a wonderful experience for novices of shows and still was something to be appreciated by veterans of fashion alike.

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DANCE BREAK: The Parrott Boutique closes out their collection with a charismatic dancer.

HIGH FASHION: Styles from Vanity Haus, Toni Moore Clothing, Eyanatia, The Parrott Boutique, and the Iliana Boutique were on display at the Fashion District fashion show.