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Raise the roar

The tailgate party starts at 3:30 p.m. and kick-off is at 6 p.m.

Upcoming tailgate parties are open to the public on Oct. 9, the theme is Community Night versus Citrus College; Oct. 16 is the Homecoming game against Orange Coast College; and Nov. 6, the theme is Employee Appreciation versus Desert College.

The events are held at the Riverside City College Practice Field. Parking will be in the parking structure off of Terracina Avenue.

Study abroad in China

The study abroad program is heading to Beijing, China for the spring 2011 semester.

The trip will be from March 3 to May 14, 2011 offering courses in political science and philosophy.

The cost of the trip is $6,499 and includes round trip airfare, transfers to and from the airport in Beijing, shared dormitory accommodations, walking tours and excursions, breakfast and lunch, medical and travel insurance, and the orientation materials.

Things not included in the price are RCCD enrollment fees, passport fees, personal expenses, security deposit of $150, air taxes and fuel surcharges.

For additional information contact Jan Schall at 951-222-8340 or Jan.Schall@rcc.edu or Bill Despres at 951-222-8438 or Bill.Despres@rcc.edu or stop by Quadrangle 100.

Photography students show off work

The Riverside Community Arts Association will exhibit work by Riverside City College photography students for its autumn exhibition in its young artist gallery.

Artist spotlight is the work of Rod Nelson.

The exhibit will open on Oct. 13 and run until Nov. 13, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RCAA Arts Center at 3870 Lemon St. in downtown Riverside.

Under the spell of the ‘Bee’

The Landis Performing Arts Center will host the Broadway musical “The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee” for its off Broadway series.

Performances will be on Oct. 28, 29 and 30 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 30 and 31 at 2 p.m.

Get your tickets early at the Landis Performing Arts Center. Call 951-222-8100 for tickets or visit www.landispac.com.

Donation drives charity Clothes don’t fit? Want to get rid of old furniture?

Temple Fitness and the Riverside City College Softball team will be at Temple Fitness on Nov. 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. collecting clothing, furniture, toys, electronic, etc. to benefit Goodwill job training and employment programs.

Free flu shots

Riverside City College students can get a free flu shot at student health. Walk in and get vaccinated to protect yourself and others against the flu. Call Student Health and Psychological Services at 951-222-8151.

Bridge building competition

Riverside Community College District are looking for teams to register in the USA Science and Engineering Festival on Oct. 23 in a bridge building contest.

Deadline to register is Oct. 8.

An individual or a team of 3-4 must register with a team name, team members names, ID numbers, and phone numbers to charity.trojanowski@rcc.edu.

Grand prize winning team will be awarded a Barnes and Noble Bookstore voucher to purchase one S.T.E.M. related textbook for the winter ‘10 or spring ‘11 semesters only.

Concert celebrates scholarship

The Department of Performing Arts presents a concert in celebration of the new Roger Rickson Memorial Endowed Scholarship.

The wind, jazz and evening jazz ensembles will be playing on Oct. 10. Concert is a 4 p.m., with a silent auction at 3 p.m. $8 general admission, $6 for students and seniors at the Landis Auditorium.

California Autumn Nights

The Riverside City College culinary academy presents California Autumn Nights on Oct. 22 at 1155 Spruce St. Join in an elegant evening with a six course meal, live jazz entertainment and prizes.

Tickets are $45 per person and benefit the student culinary competitions and other activities.

For more information call 951-328-3575.

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To light up or not to light up: Students like Anthony Del Rio

continue to light up despite Riverside City College’s non-smoking policy .

RCC still lights it up Mailee Virgen-Aguilar Staff Writer

Riverside City College has a no smoking policy on campus, or does it?

It sometimes seems like it does not because of the numerous amount of students who smoke on campus.

The Riverside Community College District has a no smoking policy that prohibits smoking of any form of tobacco to stop the harmful affects of smoking to nonsmokers and to have a healthy smoke-free student body and campus.

Though most students agree with this policy there are still students who do not agree with it and wish it did not exist, and those students are the ones who smoke.

“I don’t know why smoking was banned from the campus,” said student Luis Hernandez. “I mean we’re in college and are well over age to do what we want with our lives, so banning a habit that many students and faculty members have doesn’t make sense to me. It’s annoying and they should think of changing their policy.”

Campus police are aware of students smoking on and off campus.

“Smoking is still a problem on campus, a big one,” said campus police officer Eric Williams. “Mainly because the only thing we can do is give a fair warning to someone.”

According to an amended document from Nov. 2002 on the non-smoking policy, students, faculty and staff who are in violation of the policy are issued a verbal warning. Then if it happens again administrative action.

“No, we are not issuing tickets.” said

police chief Jim Miyashiro. “We are issuing student referrals to the dean of student service.”

Miyashiro said that once the police refer someone, the dean will recommend the appropriate action to take depending on if the person has been disciplined before.

Some student smokers feel smoking cigarettes is a great stress reliever, especially with classes, work, homework and other things in students lives.

“Smoking is my stress reliever. I smoke because school, work, and homework all stress me out, it’s like my own little way to get away and relax for a minute,” said Jeremy Montes. “And I don’t mean to smoke on campus, but when tests and projects all come together and pile up on me it’s nice to just relax in a quick way.”

Student Health has literature about the hazards to student’s health who smoke and the health to students who do not smoke.

The information is geared toward assisting students, faculty and staff who are smokers to stop smoking.

“I understand that many people smoke and I’m obviously not surprised that smokers come to RCC, but why do they have to do it on campus? That’s my problem, if you want to smoke and kill yourself then go for it, but don’t come do it at school and have everyone around you smell it,” said Esmeralda Revelez.

The issue of smoking on campus is still a major issue for everyone.

If there is to be a resolution to accommodate everyone then perhaps the policy needs to be amended again.

Additional reporting by Nita Gandhi

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RCC celebrates convocation Kathryn Snyder Staff Writer

Budget concerns, parking woes and class work was put on hold for awhile when students at Riverside City College, faculty, and professors gathered in the A.G. Paul Quadrangle on Sept.

30 for the 94th annual Convocation ceremony.

Riverside Community College District the Board of Trustees, and many guest speakers filled the stage.

Music from the band played, and gave a soundtrack to the convocation, while colorful flags from different colleges, and beautiful flowers decorated the scene.

The Convocation has been a long standing tradition at RCC for the past 94 years.

A convocation ceremony at a college marks the beginning of a new semester of college and usually is when the president of RCC officially opens the college for classes to start.

The topics discussed in the ceremony regarded the importance and value of education, the benefits of going to a community college, and the importance of attaining a degree from college.

It outlined the importance of grades, graduating, and commended all the students for going to college, considering all the obstacles that might be in their way.

The main speaker at the Convocation ceremony was Timothy P. White, chancellor of UC Riverside.

He offered a glimpse into his life, and shared some struggles he’s faced during his 13 years of college.

Along with words of inspiration he also talked about statistics, which proved that a college education not only benefits an individual, but it will also help the state of California.

“If two percent more people

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And the band played on: RCC’s Wind Ensemble ends the Convocation with the ceremonial recessional song. graduated to get their AA this year, and just one percent graduated to get their bachelors it would open thousands of new jobs in California, and financially help California up to $38 billion,” White said.

His words of wisdom provided insight to the importance of community college, and the doors it can open up in your future.

“That those that go to a community college first, have a higher grade point average compared to those that go straight to a four year,” he said.

Some tips were given to the students, such as sitting in front of the class can raise your grade point average, to the importance of getting to know your professors.

“We are like clay, once fragile, but now strong, and the professors are the ones that mold us,” White said.

White commended all of the RCC students for being there and going to college.

The Convocation ceremony was a chance for students to hear inspirational speeches from some of RCC’s administrators.

Another guest speaker was Ed Bush, vice president of student services at RCC, and one of the planners of the convocation.

He said he was glad to see so many students succeeding.

He also understands that there are a lot of obstacles that college students face, but he encourages students to, “not let the obstacles stop us.”

All of the stories at the convocation shared at least one message, and that was to not give up on education.

As the band played the last song, the speakers, and the Board of Trustees all walked out behind a huge RCC banner, and left the stage, leaving their words of inspiration, and hope to all of RCC students.

“Don’t lose track of the drive that sent you here,” White said.

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Getting ready: Student Senator Ian Clemente ceremoniously opens the new school year

by carrying the Torch that has for 75 years lit the way towards a muti-college district.

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RCC halts Friday shuttle service Caitlin Eliason Staff Writer Although Lot 33, the off campus parking lot, was established to mitigate parking issues, Riverside City College has decided to cancel its Friday shuttle service.

In an effort to fix parking problems caused by recent construction, RCC leased 400 parking spots off campus last spring.

Located in Downtown Riverside at Third Street and Magnolia Avenue, Lot 33 parking spots are available to any student with a valid parking permit.

Since the spots are off campus, RCC provides complimentary shuttle service to and from the lot.

However, as of Sept. 17, RCC has decided to stop the shuttle service on Fridays.

Though the lot itself will remain open, students will have no way of getting to and from the lot.

Lot 33 is a popular place to park because there are always open spaces, and students have the option of using a parking meter instead of a parking permit.

Because of its popularity, terminating the shuttle service on Fridays may not immediately seem like a necessary change.

However, it all comes down to class schedules; a majority of students do not have Friday classes.

As for the students who do have class on Fridays, more parking is available on campus.

“At least 200 students, give

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shuttle: One of the RCC parking shuttles waits for students at Lot 33. Friday shuttle service has been discountinued.

or take, use the shuttle service on Monday through Thursday,” said shuttle driver Letty Martin. “But on Fridays, there are only one or two students.”

While students who use the shuttle seem to be unaffected by the change, the people most affected are the shuttle drivers themselves.

There are only three shuttle drivers in total, one of which is a spare driver, but they admit this change will affect them greatly.

“This change hits us pretty hard, especially financially,” Martin said. “We are now working only four days a week, as opposed to five.”

As for the winter and summer sessions, RCC does not run the shuttles at all.

“The shuttle itself is temporary at the moment,” Martin said.

“Once the new parking structure and the major construction is finished, we will not be using the shuttles at all.”

RCC prepares for state IOUs takahiro kurosaki Staff Writer Financial concerns have welled up among the Riverside City College District faculties since California state controller John Chiang mentioned in July the potential necessity of issuing IOUs to manage cash for community colleges.

However, Riverside City College District’s financial effort to deal with the delay of the state budget and avoid a cash flow crisis will moderate the concerns for the time being.

“Our financial reserves are fine,” said Associate Vice Chancellor of Finance Aaron Brown. “But this is really more about the cash flow issue, and the cash flow issue is a result of the state not approving the budget.”

In August, the state prolonged the payment of $2.5 billion to public schools the next month, which is a measure to save cash and avoid issuing IOUs. Without a budget, the state cannot legally pay bills to businesses contracting with the state such as community colleges and low-income students receiving some grants.

The delay of the state budget heightened the concern that school employees might receive IOUs instead of paychecks.

However, there is a positive financial forecast to maintain a cash flow at RCCD for the time being.

The California Teachers Association of Riverside reported at its September district meeting that it was reassured that RCCD has a financial reserve and the board approved a low interest loan in the face of the growing concern.

“The financial reserve is really the cash flow plans that we have in place during this budget crisis at the state level,” Brown said.

“Those plans include $24 million Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes.”

The notes are short-term loans that school districts can use for cash flow purposes.

“The board authorized us to issue up to $25 million (in notes) because not only do we have the situation of the state not adopting the budget issue, but we also have to deal with annual apportionment flows out of now the part of the budget process,” Brown said.

Another positive financial indication was provided on Sept.

9 by Chiang.

He announced that unexpected drop in state spending would probably enable the state to have enough cash to avoid issuing IOUs until at least early October.

“For the time being, Californians will be separated the pain and expense of a second round of IOUs,” Chiang said in his statement.

However, Chiang expressed how the budget gridlock continues to impact all Californians.

“The budget gridlock continues to harm thousands of Californians while hampering our economic recovery,” Chiang said. “The governor and legislature should not view this short reprieve as an invitation to break the budget deadlock record.”

Chiang created a new web page to show what bills the office can and cannot pay during the month of September until a state budget is enacted for the 2010-11 fiscal year.

A m o n g w h a t t h e o ff i c e cannot pay are the payments to school districts for categorical programs such as special education and remedial summer school, community colleges, and local governments.

Brown thinks that RCC is prepared in the event IOUs are issued.

“We are taking proactive action to make sure that we cover as far as the cash flows. We’re taking steps to make sure that we have enough cash flows by December,” he said.

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heartbreaking news: A rash of teen suicides in September has once again made bullying a hot button issue, igniting anti-bullying campaigns at schools across the country.

Bullying is everyone’s problem

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Everyone knows that to teenagers, everything is ramped up to life or death proportions. However, no one expects those words to be taken literally.

In September, there was a rash of teenagers committing suicide due to bullying. The victim’s ages ranged from 13 to 18, spanning junior high to college.

While dealing with bullies has always been a part of growing up, the Internet has made it a more pervasive problem, because bullies can feel free to harass other students while protected by the anonymity the web provides.

The recent case of Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, has once again shined a light on this ongoing problem.

Clementi jumped off of the George Washington bridge after a sexual encounter between him and another man was recorded and posted on the Internet.

Clementi’s roommate and another student were arrested and charged with invasion of privacy, and investigators are examining whether they should also be charged with bias intimidation.

The tragedy of bullying is that its victims carry the scars with them for such a long time, often suffering in silence.

To teenagers, reporting bullying is out of the question because they can feel like it will make the problem worse. Plus, school administrators aren’t always the most understanding and no parent wants to believe that their child is the bully.

However, there is something seriously wrong when a 13year-old feels like the only way out of their circumstances is by taking his or her own life.

That’s when it’s up to the grown ups to step in and set the right example. Unfortunately, lately the grown-ups have all been acting like children.

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Andrew Shirvell recently has been harassing Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student council president of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Shirvell is an anti-gay advocate and has a blog where he slams Armstrong and what he perceives as his “radical homosexual agenda.”

Shirvell also has protested Armstrong on campus and outside his home. This has led to Armstrong filing an order of protection against Shirvell and his being banned from the University of Michigan campus.

In a CNN interview, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox admitted that he considered Shirvell’s actions bullying, but wouldn’t fire him because he didn’t have cause.

If the top legal official in the state of Michigan won’t punish an obvious bully in his own office, what hope does that give 17-year-old Cody Barker of nearby Wisconsin, 15year-old Billy Lucas and 14-year-old Caleb Nolt of Indiana, who all committed suicide in September after suffering constant bullying.

It tells them that no one will stand up for them and it empowers their tormentors.

While stopping bullying may not be perceived as high value cause like breast cancer or AIDS, the fact is there is an epidemic of young people who see no way out of their suffering and that is unacceptable.

The first priority for any civilized society is to protect their children and that means all children, even the ones who are different and prone to scorn.

If teenagers began dropping dead from a mysterious disease, the country would be in an uproar. But, because bullying is considered a part of growing up no one is holding any telethons for these young people.

It’s time to tackle this issue head on, because while one or two children lost is a tragedy, nine is an epidemic that can’t be tolerated and must be stopped.

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Rebecca kern asst. opinions editor Riverside City College, like 260 other colleges and universities across the United States, has recently joined in the movement of becoming a healthier and cleaner campus.

On Sept. 15, 2009 the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees adopted a new policy, a ban over tobacco use on campus.

The ban prohibits the use of smoking both tobacco and non-tobacco products as well as smokeless tobacco.

Students are not the only ones affected by the policy but faculty, staff and the general public also need to take note of the new regulation.

Enforcement, according to policy, is as follows: First offense entails a verbal warning and review of Policy and Administrative Procedure.

On a second offense the student will receive a referral to the Dean of Student Services for consultation and written reprimand for continual violation of the rules.

On a third offense, discipline in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, Board Policies and Administrative Procedures will take place.

Employees caught in

noncompliance with the policy are to be disciplined in a similar fashion including a referral sent to a manager/supervisor.

Members of the public receive a first verbal warning then a removal from grounds on the second offense.

There are many students on campus who smoke and most of those have not taken the ban seriously and continue to light up.

The ban is absolutely pointless if not being enforced and the smoking community seems to not care.

It is a courtesy to non-smoking students for those who want to light up to either wait until they leave campus or walk those few extra yards to an off campus location to smoke.

According to the American Cancer Society, the frequency of smoking in the United States is highest among college-aged students, ages 18 to 24.

While other age groups are decreasing their tobacco use, the society says college students are smoking at a greater rate.

The new bans across the country should definitely be enforced as strongly as the prohibitions of dry campuses.

Administrations and students combined are looking to keep young people as healthy and safe as possible.

Realizing the difficulty of not being able to smoke and fill a craving may be a huge eye opener for the addicted smoking population.

Choosing to wait until their day on campus is finished can

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smoke free campus (not quite): Anthony Del Rio lights up a cigarette outside of the

library. Despite the no smoking rule on campus, students continue to smoke in less open locations. possibly be the ignition to quitting spit the juice down the drain of a from 278 state parks and beaches completely. water fountain. in California.

One student, a smoker, said “He was kind enough to wash Supporters are more concerned that he doesn’t feel that it is it down the drain,” she said. with the litter and toxicity of butts pertinent to stop smoking because Not many students would feel on the ground than the smoke in there is a lack of enforcement. comfortable drinking in the same the air.

Even if stronger enforcement takes fountain after seeing the thick Rules and regulations are placed place he would relight his cigarette tobacco juice stain the fountain for a reason and if administration after the security or administration bowl. does not take enforcement seriously walks away.

As the ban is not being taken then the ban needs to be lifted.

Not only are non-smokers seriously, maybe we should Likewise, smoking students affected by secondhand smoke remember that the campus need to respect their peers and but also by other means of tobacco consequences aren’t as bad as it is campus and join the movement in use. in city parks and beaches. creating a healthy environment for A non-smoking student A fine of up to $100 is what to the RCC community as a whole. witnessed a gentleman chewing look forward to if the Senate Bill For a news story see smokeless tobacco and saw him 4 passes, which will ban smoking Page 2

Students given the chance to achieve a D.R.E.A.M.

cloie swain Staff writer Like the economy, President Obama’s job performance, and health care, immigration is one of the pundit-cherished talking points that can literally be debated for hours with no change made at all.

Most recently, the immigration topic has been pretty exclusive with the “illegal” part thrown in front of it, provoking people to bear their constitutionally guaranteed arms and march about on dirt patches in Arizona looking for immigrants who are passing over in a manner decidedly less accepted.

The amnesty versus mass deportation argument is one that still rages in all its glory, but a new fascinating development (no, not the “terror babies”) has sprung up that has a whole bunch of folks up in a flurry: The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, aka, the D.R.E.A.M. Act. Initially introduced almost a decade ago in 2001, the act would

essentially offer citizenship to undocumented immigrated minors who graduated from a United States high school, and then either joined into the military for a certain amount of time or attended and received a degree from a higher education institute.

When put to a vote on Sept.

21, the Republican portion of the Senate decided to filibuster and block any progress on the bill for the time being. It was quickly reintroduced on Sept. 22.

There is speculation that the addition of the effort to repeal the anti-gay military policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” might have contributed to the failure.

What truly matters in regards to the act is the bigger picture, which most people apparently are missing by miles.

If the plan were to pass, millions of young men and women could enter the workforce, serve in the military, and essentially, do more to earn their citizenship than most natural born Americans.

The biggest benefit is not even in the addition of more educated citizens or service members into our society legally: it’s all the money that will be generated.

Like the benefits of the possible Marijuana legalization effort here in California, the act could create millions of tax dollars from those

new citizens.

It would not be outlandish to assume that some of those people would settle down, begin families, and use their education or service experience to further the goals of a prosperous America.

It sounds like a grand idea to many. But, there are bound to be those who rain on all parades, and the act does not escape the storm.

Critics claim it should be shelved in favor of securing the border first. Or not included in the same bill as a defense monetary matter. Or be up for vote at all essentially.

The critics, many of whom have valid points about border security taking precedence above paths to mass amnesty, need to understand that this is an issue that will only bloat with time.

Forcing politically charged legislation onto a bill that is already top-heavy enough is unwise, and the proponents of it paid the price with the failure.

But hopefully there is a silver lining to this.

With a bit more time before a vote needs to take place on this again, there is the opportunity to get more support on the side of passage, and considering how the economy is almost daily front page news, a perspective about the monetary benefits of this could

D.R.E.A.M. Act pathways to citizenship

• Must have entered the United States before the age of 16 • Must have been present in the United States for at least five consecutive years prior to enactment of the bill • Must have graduated from a United States high school, or have obtained a GED, or have been accepted into an institution of higher education be just what is needed for more backers.

The line that people tread while discussing immigration is always a thin one.

We as a nation need to have security at our borders, and like it or not, those who are crossing over unlawfully (despite the reasoning behind it) are not adhering to the standard procedure of moving to the United States.

But there is a unique opportunity presented by the act.

By encouraging young people

who are living in the United States unlawfully to graduate high school or get a GED, join the armed services, or go to college, we will be creating a generation of people who know exactly how they can become a citizen, and are likely to cherish it with a view that many of us born here could not.

With an army of professionals who work their way to citizenship, the benefits could be endless.

The act is necessary, not only for the present, but for the future as well.

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Privacy on Facebook? OMG LOL chad arias editor’s assistant The fact that Facebook is said to be a stolen idea should make its users wary of the information they post upon it.

According to the new film “The Social Network” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took the idea from his friend and colleagues who were busy at work.

Zuckerberg turned it into a race to see who could produce the idea the fastest and win the prize: a copyright.

This information has recently been brought to public attention by the new movie “The Social Network.”

In it Zuckerberg is portrayed in negative light, and has been exposed for cheating his best friend out of a billion dollar idea.

If Zuckerberg is willing to steal ideas from friends, then what is he willing to steal from you?

Facebook, like all social networking websites, is a place where people can share personal information with each other.

Yes, there are ways to make your profile blocked to other users, but there is no way of knowing if Zuckerberg can be blocked or not.

Could phone numbers or personal posts be sold to outside enterprises?

It is already being done with birthdays, e-mail addresses, and locations.

Online tycoons are getting rich off the oblivious public.

Zuckerberg has unleashed a beast that seeks to destroy the word “private,” as if it wasn’t dead already.

In Zuckerberg’s defense, he is

not the first person to do this.

The Internet as a whole is so popular because any piece of information can be obtained from it. Google is a great tool for finding out anything desired.

Looking up a person’s name on Google will bring you a link to their Facebook.

Zuckerberg’s only crime is binding the two together so now everything online is “transparent.”

A name is only name, but when a biography, facts and pictures are brought into the situation, a name starts to take shape.

People have gotten excellent at judging each other on a few short lines of information created by the user.

Facebook is a place where you can be whatever you want to be.

Privacy has connotations of hiding something.

Everything that is uploaded to it should be done with the intent that anyone in the world may be able to access it.

It’s a simple fact that must be accepted in this new age of technology.

The spread of information is why the Internet was created.

Let’s not forget that privacy starts with the user.

It’s up to that person to make a judgment on whether or not it should be shared. Zuckerberg is not stalking all 500 million of his “friends.”

The only way he knows anything is if it has been posted by the user.

Facebook and the Internet are a use-at-your-own-risk item.

Fraudulent websites used to be easy to spot. Those ads that pop up yelling “click me, click me” are such.

Cyber criminals are working hard to keep up with the latest Internet fads.

Teenagers have become so accustomed to rapidly clicking buttons without reading the fine print.

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‘like’ me: Jesse Eisenberg portrays Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the new film “The Social Network.”

Contracts on paper are easier to sort through while contracts on the Internet seem to be “a waste of time.”

It is hard enough to trust a person, let alone a heartless computer.

To this generation media has become a second God. Whatever the TV or computer says is law.

There is no questioning whether the information being spewed is true.

It seems as though everyone is numb to the fact that behind every computer is a person. A computer by itself is generally an innocent device.

Don’t forget that a crook in the flesh is the same as a crook behind a screen.

Facebook should not be singled out for the cause of this madness.

Times are changing and so is our civilization.

Remember when it was rude to ask someone’s age, or how much income they bring in?

These two examples are things of the past. On Facebook both have slots where they can be answered.

Let’s face it, we live in a society that pays big bucks for pictures of celebrities’ gossip.

Paparazzi have made a fortune off the public’s curiosity. Why does anyone care about how Tom Cruise’s baby looks?

Media hype has brainwashed everyone to think that this is entertainment. Hearing and seeing everyone’s dirty laundry is supposed to be fun.

Facebook is just another media tool that makes this form of entertainment accessible.

Morality is eroding right out from under society’s feet.

Knowledge was the center piece of every ancient civilization not information.

Information is simply words, while knowledge holds ideas and theories.

The Internet is used for information whether it’s twisted or not.

Outside of the cyber world minors are protected by various laws.

For instance you must be 18 to smoke, vote, and go to war.

On the Internet there is no protection for a young person

who can ruin their life with one nude photo.

I n t h e I m p e r i a l Va l l e y School District, teachers were threatened by termination because of inappropriate photos on Facebook.

Any student could have looked at the teacher’s Facebook and saw how drunk they were that weekend.

The teacher has a right to be drunk, but the student has a right to browse whatever website they please.

Both are freedoms, but at what point do they intercede each other?

Once again, privacy and the Internet are polar opposites.

If both could dwell equally then the Internet would not be the powerhouse it is today.

Laws to protect privacy endanger a person’s freedom of expression.

In America you can do whatever you please, so long as you are willing to pay the consequences for it.

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Using eye scanners to detect security threats

Sergio santamaria editor’s assistant Information in today’s world is everything to everyone.

Not only is information being gathered for someone’s use, but someone’s important information is being gathered for misuse.

Many devices have been used for security purposes and have occasionally been overcome, but newly announced Iris Scanners might just stop criminals.

The Department of Homeland Security plans to test Iris Scanners that store digital images of a person’s eyes in a database.

This futuristic technology

“

is considered a quicker and safer alternative than fingerprint scanners.

Just walking up to the camera is all that’s needed to identify someone.

This gives hope to the stop of identity fraud, but it could also mean the exposure of the community w i t h o u t knowledge.

T h e department will run a two-week test in October of commercially sold iris scanners at a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, where they will be used on illegal immigrants, said Arun Vemury, program manager at Homeland Security’s Science and Technology branch in an interview.

The tests will be able to show if the technology will be useful for the company in the future.

Other departments should test out the scanner due to its improvement to security.

T h e American Civil Liberties Union fears that the cameras would be used covertly saying, “If you can identify any individual at a distance and without their knowledge, you literally allow the physical tracking of a person anywhere there’s a camera and access to internet.”

Homeland Security will also test cameras that will be able to take photos from 3 to 4 feet away, even as someone walks by.

If the technology grows, so does the interest of the government. ”

This technology will surely be able to improve security, but it pushes the boundaries of privacy for many people.

The cameras have been used by the U.S. military in 2007 to track militants in Iraq.

Not only will it be capturing images of people to help the military, but for whatever else might happen in the area being watched.

This is a big help for the cameras to be able to scan everyone and be able to find the suspects.

In which case the positive of the technology outweighs the negative, and gives more reason to expand it.

The technology was also used in about 20 U.S. airports from 2005 to 2008 to identify passengers in the Registered Traveler program who could skip in front of the security lines.

Depending on how it’s used, the cameras can be useful to

the community, rather than a menace.

Homeland Security has the most power over the technology and what it does, but it could get more advanced over a couple of months.

If the technology grows, so does the interest of the government.

The biggest fear is for the technology to be misused and have the public in full view at all times.

Probably the biggest question to be answered is, can it stop identity fraud?

It will be able to do this if the technology is used wherever s o m e o n e ’s i d e n t i t y c a n b e compromised.

Whether it is banks, an ATM, or wherever else your identification needs to be proven.

The Iris scanner takes a picture and determines if you’re who you say you are in a matter of seconds.

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“one of the most enjoyable movies of the decade.”

‘Social Network’ triumphs Steve Thomsen Staff Writer

Warning: This review is about to spoil to ending of the movie.

OK, you’ve been warned. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and designer of Facebook, becomes the youngest billionaire in the world. There, the spoilers are now over. You might already know that if you’ve read Vanity Fair’s “Top 100 Most Influential People of the Information Age,” or anything about the young protagonist of David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”

But to become such a monumental figure in popular culture, you’re bound to step on a lot of toes. And these are the juicy details that move the plot of this, maybe not the most factual but definitely the most entertaining movie of recent years.

The movie starts with an interesting fact: women will forgive Zuckerberg, portrayed by a brilliant Jesse Eisenberg, for being a computer nerd, but not for being a bad guy. He is told this by his girlfriend, who breaks up with him at a bar and leaves him to ponder his single-ness on LiveJournal.com.

Zuckerberg drunkenly writes a few posts he goes on to regret about his now-ex, and in his impaired frustration writes the program for a website called “FaceMash.” In FaceMash, college students can choose between two faces of girls from the various residential halls on the Harvard campus and decide which one is more attractive. It went on to crash the Harvard servers with its flooded traffic.

Although it irked a lot of people, namely the Administrative Review Board of Harvard, it also got a lot of people’s attention. We are made aware early on that this is Zuckerberg’s specialty: breaking things in order to have them rebuilt for the better.

Identical twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, whose interests include rowing tournaments and berating new pledges, propose a site in which the most elite e-mail address in the country, harvard.edu, can be used to connect with other students on campus through a website that features bios, pictures, and other such personal information. The idea was called ConnectU, and they wanted Zuckerberg to design it. Zuckerberg says he will help, then returns to his dorm to re-invent the idea into something that becomes one of the most profitable ideas of all time.

With an initial investment from his friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield) of $1,000 he builds and launches “The Facebook.”

Did this idea stem from ConnectU? Of course it did. And the Winklevoss twins are enraged, instantly sending the protagonist a cease and desist letter. But, as Zuckerberg rationalized it, “just because someone creates a chair, doesn’t mean you owe him money because you created a better chair.”

The movie’s plot is unfolded in two timelines: the events that led to the creation of Facebook and the legal battle that identifies the events that led to the creation of Facebook. The parallel storytelling is one of the film’s strongest aspects of the movie because it helps you see the events from a personal and legal standpoint, and does so in a completely comprehensive fashion.

Fincher, who directed the underground hit “Fight Club,” has a dark, ominous style of directing. It works here, depicting our generation with a tone as brooding as the decadence portrayed. And there is decadence: the groupies, the parties, and the friends that came with the fame, including Sean Parker, inventor of Napster, played by none other than Justin Timberlake.

This is all enhanced by the brilliant soundtrack scored by the immortal Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and his collaborator Atticus Ross. The electronic score is one of the strongest points in the movie, always technical and analytical with just a hint of darkness. Just like Zuckerberg himself.

As mentioned, various media outlets have stabbed at the film’s factual content. This includes the Los Angeles Times and even Zuckerberg himself, who wouldn’t put any ads for the movie on Facebook. It’s clear that the motivations the film sets for the main character is probably mostly fiction.

The script is deep and amazingly insightful to the information age, the central theme to the movie. But the details about the motivations for the various characters are more of a vehicle for a plot that leads to the very real fact that a kid took a simple idea and turned it into the most profitable business ventures of all time. The screenplay by Aaron Sorkin is razor sharp and quick witted.

It was also nice to see a brief cameo by Sorkin himself as a potential investor in Facebook.

In this day and age, where everything we do is dictated by our tweets, digital streaming media, and status updates, there can be no more entertaining story to tell than that of the creation of Facebook. If you can forgive the film’s factual errors, you’ll find one of the most enjoyable movie-going experiences of the decade.

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Jimmy Eat World as good as ever

jason ho asst. inscape editor

After three years of no music, Jimmy Eat World is finally back with a hard-hitting new album “Invented.”

According to Billboard.com, the band mainly marketed their new album through the Internet.

The band creates hype for its loyal fans by releasing songs from its new album online, as if they were teaser trailers.

The music groups sound remains the same, still punk/pop and maybe a hint of digital effects.

Still, they stay true to their original music style.

Through those means, it’s obvious to see why their fandom stays true to the band.

Some of the band’s music also has a ballad feel to it, mellow, calm, and serene.

For example, the song, “Invented,” opens with several guitar riffs and crescendos into the song, and it remains soft sung and calming, but near the end it explodes into a closing rock sequence then transitions back into the soft sung and calming feel and then ends.

According to iTunes, this album was rated four and a half out of five stars.

In the normal album, you get 12 tracks, but in the deluxe edition you get four additional tracks, including is a demo song, “Anais.”

“Anais” opens with a good

guitar drive but becomes a letdown near the middle.

The song ends up becoming dull and repetitive, but the track has good rock music in the background.

Overall, it was disappointing.

A few of the tracks, “Heart Is Hard To Find,” “Coffee And Cigarettes,” “Movielike,” “Cut” and “Invented” feature indie folk singer-songwriter and musician Courtney Marie Andrews.

The best song on the album is the first track, “Heart Is Hard To Find.”

It opens with a very folk song feel to it. You hear a guitar strumming and clapping correlating, and then a violin crescendo, making the track sound incredibly epic.

Two minutes in, you hear a break in the song accompanied by harmonizing violins, and the song becomes beautiful and complete.

The singer closes the track, and then it ends.

After listening to the album several times, similarities between this album and the group’s previous albums becomes evident.

It is similar to the album “Clarity,” “Chase This Light” and “Bleed American.” This album seems like a mesh of all three albums into one, or a hybrid or offspring of those three.

Though the album is average, it has a few good songs, and because the band has a reputation of keeping the same style, it seemed that a lot of the songs had repetitive tones and music.

Source: Interscope Records The lyrics are amazing and is something you can relate to, which is the best thing that a band can deliver to its audience. Lyrics alone still won’t satiate the fans,

the group would have to give in to changing up the music or make their music more enticing. Perhaps bring in new fans, maybe even a diverse group of fans. Even so, the

group, for now, is good as it is.

Jimmy Eat World again delivers another good album, and it’s worthy of praise from their fans.

Vi ew p o i n t s E n t e r t a i n m e n t C a l e n d a r Oct. 8

Oct. 9

MOVIES EVENTS “Life As We Know It” Riverside-Inland Empire “Secretariat” Pride 2010 at Downtown “My Soul To Take” Riverside - Orange St. from EVENTS 12-10 p.m.

Death Row Dogz Presents: “Catching The Future!” at Library of Dust: David Western Riverside Shelter.

Maisel at UC Riverside SPORTS Fine Arts UCR Women’s Soccer vs. from 12-5 p.m.

Long Beach State MOVIES MOVIES at UCR Soccer Stadium from 7-9 p.m. “Fame” “Fame”

Oct. 13

Oct. 10

Oct. 11

Oct. 12

EVENTS 33rd Oktoberfest at Old World Village in Huntington Beach.

Off-Road Expo at the Fairplex in Pomona from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Zoppé Family Circus at Downtown Long Beach at 1 p.m.

EVENTS Adelante Siempre!: Recent Work By Southern California Chicana Photographers at Riverside Art Museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Native American Student Programs Open House at UC Riverside: Fine Arts from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

EVENTS Race Equality Week at the Riverside Public Library at 6:30 p.m.

Men’s Story Project HIV/AIDS at UC Riverside Fine Arts from 6-8 p.m.

EVENTS Tim McGraw at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio at 7 p.m.

Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes at the White Park in Riverside at 7:30 a.m.

EVENTS Book Signing: “I Will Not Die” by Lynn Koch at the Riverside Plaza Borders from 1-4 p.m.

Inland Empire’s 1st Natural Hair and Beauty Expo at the Boys and Girls Club in San Bernardino from 1-5 p.m.

Oct. 15

“Surrogates” “Surrogates” “Pandorum” “Pandorum” “All Shook Up” at “All Shook Up” at EVENTS EVENTS EVENTS Landis PAC Landis PAC Chuck Ragan, Jane Carrey Awareness of Violence .EDU Fest Alejandra Guzman at Alejandra Guzman at Fall 2010 & Flat Wheeler Film Series at RCC from 4-10 p.m.

Pechanga Pechanga at the UCR Barn, concert for at UC Riverside: FineNorm Arts McDonald at MOVIES Norm McDonald at all ages from 6-8 p.m.

“Jackass 3D” Irvine Improv Irvine from 7:30-11 p.m. Improv Drag The Vote “Red” Book Signing: “Take One at the UC Riverside: “The Girl Who Kicked Candle Light A Room” by Fine Arts The Hornet’s Nest” Susan Straight from 8:30-10 p.m. at the Riverside Plaza Borders from 7-9 p.m.

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Sequel falls short of original

Garth pullen Editor’s assistant

Got a bucket and three drills?

Get some duct tape, put it together and voila, you have a zombie drilling helmet.

In 2006, Xbox 360 released “Dead Rising,” and in that very instant all my childhood fantasies came to life in glorious highdefinition.

Since the titles’ release, fans of “Dead Rising” have been clamoring for the inevitable sequel, and Capcom, the series’ publisher, finally delivered this year with the release of “Dead Rising 2.”

In the sequel to the underground smash hit, you play as Chuck Greene.

An ex-Motocross champion; Chuck now competes in a stadium game show entitled, “Terror is Reality” where the zombies become prey and the more walking meat-bags the contestants mow down, the higher their score.

Roughly three to four years have passed since the prequels’ climax.

We now live in a world where zombie outbreaks have become the norm and a new drug – aptly named Zombrex – is helping prevent the recently infected from “turning.”

Of course, if you’re not administered another dose within the next 24 hours of your last, you can kiss that vegetarian diet goodbye.

The game kick starts the zombie-slaying goodness with what turns out to be the biggest outbreak since the incident in Willamette.

Like the first game, you can literally use anything as a weapon, even a coffee pot.

There are also combo cards that you can collect that provide suggestions for creating the ultimate zombie thrashing weapon.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y, “ D e a d Rising 2’s” plot translates to a disappointing chain of events.

One of the security gates containing the hoards of zombies used in the game show is breached by what looks like a type of terrorist act involving a makeshift bomb, and the main character

Games press

Hammer time: Chuck Greene, with his crafty weapon, is ready to obliterate the swarm of zombies behind him. looks to be the prime suspect.

With everybody surrounded by the impending doom, the drama is relocated to a well guarded set of back rooms hidden away in one of the many plazas in Fortune City.

The main storyline – the completion of which is left optional to the player, similar to the original – focuses on Chucks’ attempt at gathering evidence in hopes that it will exonerate him, and in doing so the real culprit might be forced out of hiding.

Chuck ends up a very likable character in the end and you really want to see to his daughters’ safety with the same urgency he shows on-screen.

The father-child connection is more elaborate here than in most titles and something worth noting for the development team.

Sadly, almost everything else in this game desperately needs an extreme makeover.

From the button responsiveness,

to the overlong animations that accompany every action in the game, to the level of tedium every boss fight tends to devolve into; every aspect of this title screams mediocrity.

There was a sequence toward the end where I hadn’t saved in a good while – you’ll be surprised how many times this occurs – and I had wanted to simply stroll across the show floor for some clothes shopping.

Before I knew what hit me I had a horde of “special” infected – a much more aggressive and irritating zombie introduced towards the climax of the story - on my tail.

I attempted to pick up one of the many coffee creamer containers (say that three times fast) strewn about the floor, but even with all my attempts at pushing the “pickup” button I found myself to no avail.

You can imagine my frustration

when I was then prompted to either load my file or Restart the entire game.

The “Psychos” feel similarly lazy in design.

Many of the boss battles, if not all of them, follow the same repetitive cycles: Hide behind wall/kiosk/column, wait for enemy to cease firing/throwing items/ driving, run up to enemy and mash button with melee weapon equipped.

Many scenarios require you to simply level up, meaning eventually you’ll run out of time and be forced to start all over.

Now, your characters’ level does stay with you when you restart the game, but the process becomes aggravating when realizing what a pain it is to do anything.

“Dead Rising 2” is a jumbled up mish-mash of old ideas that tends to follow a popular mistake in today’s video game bracket.

The developers forgot to

include a fun experience.

The content is bursting at the rims with this title, and there’s easily hundreds of ways to waste hours upon hours of your life here.

The bad logic here is that all that content is wasted time if the real heart of the title – killing zombies – isn’t fun.

The bad animation builds, along with a great lack of joyous satisfaction when smacking around the undead with one of the many melee creations, equal out to a poor product with a great premise.

I could go on about the online coop or get in depth with the tool combination system, but that would be patting the developers on the back for making a game that didn’t suck.

Do yourself a favor, if you haven’t played the first one; borrow it from a friend, buy it used, or go online and play one of the best zombie games in the last decade.

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Go for the goal: Jamie Clark leads the women’s water polo team in goals for this season with 39.

Undefeated and looking forward to state finals

Javier Cabrera Managing editor The Riverside City College women’s water polo team has come out of the shadows and is destroying its competition without mercy as the team is currently No. 1 in the state.

The team has been on a roll on offense as they averaged 14 goals in its first 13 games, and out-scored its opponents by 10 points.

The team’s defense has been solid in the first 13 games as well since they are averaging four goals scored against them.

The RCC women’s water polo is currently undefeated with a 130 record after sweeping through multiple tournaments in the past month.

There is no surprise for the team’s impressive record this season since they are coming off a 29-3 record last season, and finishing second in state behind No. 1 Cerritos.

The team was defeated in the state semi-finals last season by the eventual state champions, Golden

West College.

The team feels strong about finishing where they left off last year and capturing the state championship.

“I felt confident in my team because we all have really good chemistry,” Chelsea Harrod said.

“Most of us have been playing together for years and unlike last year, we have a very strong group of sophomore leaders with a lot of championship experience.”

Coach David Almquist just has state final champions in his mind.

“We have only one goal and that is to win state,” he said. “I expect my team to work hard every day, respect their teammates and execute at a high level during games.”

RCC resumes its conference play on Oct. 13 vs. Saddleback College, but the damage has been done on the rest of the state as they swept through the American River Tournament, Chaffey Tournament and Cuesta Tournament.

The team is 1-0 in the Orange Empire Conference as they

Katherine starbuck / editors assistant

The season begins: Katie Teets shoots the ball as Samantha Pirot blocks her. defeated Orange Coast, 13-4 on the road on Sept. 29.

The Tigers also have seven players with 13 goals or more as the team combines for 182 goals as a whole thus far.

Jamie Clark leads the team in goals with 39, followed by Ashley Antonissen with 28 and Harrod with 20.

“I am confident. As a team, we think it, know it and dream it,” Antonissen said. “We work hard to obtain it. To us it is all about “sparkle-sparkle” (championship rings), and at the end of the day we are here to win.

Riverside heads to Huntington Beach on Oct. 15 to continue its streak of defeating teams by 10 goals or more in the Golden West Tournament.

Also in the tournament, the Riverside Tigers will get their first shot against the team who defeated them last season in the state semi-finals.

They wrap up the season at the Long Beach Tournament on Oct. 22 before beginning the conference championship tournament at Cypress College.

The state finals begins on Nov. 17 in Sacramento.

Additional reporting

by Fred McCarthy and Clayton Skaggs

Katherine starbuck / editors assistant

Hands off: Freshman Goal Keeper, Andrea Antonissen

propels herself up out of the water to catch the ball and hurl it at the goal.

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Women’s volleyball aces the top christian Bowers asst. sports editor

Men’s Soccer

Football Season Record Overall: 3-1 Conference: 0-0 Next game: 10/9 Vs. Citrus 6 p.m.

Season Record Overall: 3-2-4 Conference: 1-1-1 Next game: 10/8 At Fullerton 3 p.m.

Football Sept. 4

Bye week

Women’s Soccer Season Record Overall: 4-2-4 Conference: 3-2-1 Next game: 10/8 Vs. Orange Coast 3 p.m.

Oct. 2

RCC 32 Chaffey 26

Oct. 9

Vs. Citrus 6 p.m.

Oct. 16

Vs. Orange Coast 6 p.m.

Oct. 23

At Golden West 1 p.m.

Oct. 30

At Santa Ana 1 p.m.

Nov. 6

Vs. Desert 6 p.m.

Nov. 13

At Southwestern 6 p.m.

Season Record Overall: 12-1 Conference: 1-0 Next game: 10/8 At Golden West 3 p.m.

Oct. 5

RCC 3 Fullerton 2

Oct. 8

Vs. Orange Coast 3 p.m.

Oct. 12 Sept. 11 RCC 64 San Bernardino Valley 28 Oct. 15 Sept. 18 RCC 16 Victor Valley 7 Oct. 19 Sept. 25 RCC 10 Mt. San Antonio 36

Volleyball

Women’s Water Polo

Season Record Overall: 7-4 Conference: 1-0 Next game: 10/8 At Citrus Tournament TBA

Season Record Overall: 13-0 Conference: 1-0 Next Game: 10/9 Vs. Northwood 10 a.m.

Oct. 27

Sippy Woodhead Pool at the Cesar Chavez Center on 2060 University

At Golden West 3 p.m.

Ave. Riverside

Vs. Santiago Canyon 3 p.m.

At Saddleback 3 p.m.

Oct. 29

Vs. Santa Ana 3 p.m.

Nov. 2

At Cypress 3 p.m.

Nov. 5

Vs. Fullerton 3 p.m.

Nov. 9

At Orange Coast 3 p.m.

Nov. 12

Vs. Irvine Valley 3 p.m.

Women’s Water Polo Sept. 10

RCC 14 American River 9

Sept. 11

RCC 13 Fresno 3

Sept. 17

RCC 19 Chaffey Tournament 5

Sept. 29

RCC 13 Orange Coast 4

Norco College.

Oct. 1

RCC 22 Cuesta Tournament 2

Volleyball

Oct. 9

Vs. Northwood 10 a.m.

Oct. 13

Vs. Saddleback 4 p.m.

Oct. 15

At Golden West Tournament TBA

Oct. 20

At Fullerton 3 p.m.

Oct. 22

At Long Beach Tournament TBA

Oct. 27

Vs. Golden West 3 p.m.

Nov. 4

Orange Empire Conference

* All home games are played at

Aug. 30

RCC 1 Rio Honda 3

Aug. 25

At Southwestern 5 p.m.

Sept. 3

RCC 2 San Diego 3

Aug. 27

RCC 3 Pasadena 1

Sept. 7

RCC 3 Citrus 2

Sept. 3

RCC 3 Chula Vista 0

Sept. 10

RCC 2 Palomar 3

Sept. 10

RCC 3 Mt. San Antonio 1

Sept. 14

RCC 0 Chaffey 0

Sept. 17

RCC 3 San Diego Mesa 0

Sept. 17

RCC 16 Imperial Valley 0

Sept. 22

RCC 3 San Bernardino Valley 0

Sept. 28

RCC 5 Orange Coast 1

Oct. 1

RCC 3 Santa Ana 0

Oct. 1

RCC 0 Irvine Valley 3

Oct. 6

Vs. Saddleback 7 p.m.

Oct. 5

RCC 1 Santa Ana 1

Oct. 8

At Golden West 6 p.m.

Oct. 8

At Fullerton 3 p.m.

Oct. 13

At Cypress 6 p.m.

Oct. 12

Vs. Cypress 3 p.m.

Oct. 15

Vs. Orange Coast 7 p.m.

Oct. 15

Vs. Santiago Canyon 3 p.m.

Oct. 20

At Irvine Valley 6 p.m.

Oct. 19

At Golden West 3 p.m.

Oct. 22

Vs. Fullerton 7 p.m.

Oct. 22

At Orange Coast 3 p.m.

Oct. 27

Vs. Santa Ana 7 p.m.

Oct. 26

Vs. Irvine Valley 3 p.m.

Oct. 29

At Saddleback 6 p.m.

Oct. 29

At Santa Ana 3 p.m.

Nov. 3

Vs. Golden West 7 p.m.

Nov. 2

Vs. Fullerton 3 p.m.

Nov. 5

Vs. Cypress 7 p.m.

Nov. 5

At Cypress 3 p.m.

Nov. 10

At Orange Coast 7 p.m.

Championship at Cypress College Nov. 6

Sippy Woodhead Pool at the Cesar Chavez Center on 2060 University Ave. Riverside

Cross Country Sept. 10

Nov. 12

Vs. Irvine Valley 7 p.m.

Nov. 12

Vs. Golden West 1 p.m.

Nov. 17

At Fullerton 6 p.m.

Oct. 9

Women’s Soccer

Sept. 10

RCC 12 Golden West 7

Sept. 15

RCC 23 Santa Ana 7

Aug. 27

RCC 0 Miramar 5

Sept. 17

12 Cuesta Tournament 13

Sept. 1

RCC 0 San Diego Mesa 1

Sept. 24

RCC 10 Cal Baptist Tournament 8

Sept. 3

RCC 1 Moorpark 3

Sept. 29

RCC 12 Orange Coast 4

Sept. 7

RCC 4 Mt. San Antonio 1

Oct. 8

At Citrus Tournament TBA

Sept. 14

RCC 4 Golden West 1

Oct. 13

Vs. Saddleback 3 p.m.

Sept. 17

RCC 0 Santiago Canyon 1

Oct. 15

At Cal Baptist 3:30 p.m.

Sept. 21

RCC 2 Saddleback 0

Oct. 20

At Fullerton 3 p.m.

Sept. 28

RCC 0 Santa Ana 0

Oct. 22

At Golden West Tournament TBA

Oct. 1

RCC 3 Cypress 3

At Golden West Invite at Huntington Beach Central Park 10 a.m.

At Santiago Canyon 3 p.m.

Men’s Water Polo

Fresno CC Invitational at Fresno Woodward Park 10 a.m.

Sept. 24

Nov. 9

Norco College.

Vs. Cypress 3 p.m. * Home games will be played at

Oct. 2

* All home games are played at

Vs. Golden West 3 p.m. * Home games will be played at

At Irvine Valley 3 p.m.

Oct. 22

Men’s Soccer

Men’s Water Polo

At Cal Baptist University 10 a.m.

At Southern California preview at San Diego Mission Bay Park 10 a.m.

Oct. 29

At Orange Empire Conference at Mission Viejo Oso Creek Park 10 a.m.

Nov. 6

At Southern California Finals at San Diego Mission Bay Park 10 a.m.

Nov. 20

At CCCAA State Championships at Fresno Woodward Park 10 a.m.

Becoming a part of the tradition and life of a Tiger here at RCC means more than anyone thinks.

The stripes conceal a tiger; help them blend in with their surroundings to help subdue their prey. The dark brown or black stripes cover a tiger from its head to the peak of its long tail but no tiger has the same pattern of stripes, making it difficult for their opponent to observe.

Starting up this years’ volleyball season, the Tigers have been using their paws to rip through the net and are making their territory difficult for their opponents to compete in.

Coming off their last win, the Tigers are moving up on the Orange Empire Conference quickly with an 11-1 standing.

Previously ranked twelfth, the team sprung into seventh place, making an unequivocal statement to their oppositions that they are “ready to rumble.”

“The OEC is the toughest conference in the state and every year teams in our conference have been finishing first or second. Last year, the OEC took first, second, and third in the State Championship,” said head coach Monica HayesTrainer. “We have the opportunity to finish first in the OEC but talent, good coaching and luck play a big role in this, and they all need to fall in place at the right time.”

The players are excited to start off the season on a good foot while at the same time, continuing the journey to a successful season.

“The difference from last year is that we are very determined, we study our opponents, and we trust each other in each position we may face to win this,” Brittney Diffiny said.

Close on and off the court, the Tigers build their relationship with each other to use that to their advantage when facing other teams.

“RCC has a good volleyball program. We have great team ethics, we grow and learn from each other, and we bring each other up when we are down,” outside hitter Nikki Bradbury announced when coming to RCC. Their work ethics in the classroom play an immense role in adding to what their season holds for them. Each player has a particular responsibility to maintain individually in their academic studies.

“Academics are stressed and this year the players are working hard to receive several awards, team and individual, in that realm,” Hayes-Trainer said.

Making their first home game debut on Oct. 6, against Saddleback, the Tigers want to make a strong impression halfway through the regular season.

While preparing for future games, some teammates have pre-game rituals that they go through, like middle blocker Ashley Sanchez, who “listens to music and loves to laugh” to makes sure she’s “in a good mood and focused.”

“What I love about the game is the competitiveness and the high energy that the game brings out in everyone,” said defensive specialist Megan Johnson.

No one is perfect; everybody has to face challenges at some point or time. What Jillian Paul, one of the middle blockers, enjoys is that in the game of volleyball “we get a second chance to get things in order because it’s the best of five games.”

So as they practice, both physically, mentally and emotionally for their games ahead, Hayes-Trainer wants her players to reach their full potential as volleyball players as soon as possible.

In doing so and accomplishing this task at hand, it will take more than a win to knock this team down. The will and dedication of these tigers prove they are worthy of their stripes.

Sports Brief

Football keeps improving After starting the season 2-0, the Riverside City College football team split its last two games.

The team is currently 3-1 on the season and moved up in the state poll from No. 25 to No. 21 and moved up in the Southern California poll from No. 14 to No. 12.

The team’s first loss of the season came on a 36-10 losing effort against Mt. San Antonio College on Sept.

25. The team plays its last non-conference game vs. Citrus College on Oct. 9.

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New club makes discovery fun Nicole Burdette Staff Writer Club Rush introduces the anthropology club, one of Riverside City College’s newest clubs.

The Anthropology Club was started during the spring semester of 2010.

The club was formed as a means to explore different diversity, in hopes to expanding the knowledge of anthropology and its benefits.

RCC’s growth is expanding from the variety of trade programs, to its aged and new buildings, to the interesting mix of people that compose its student body. So it comes as no surprise that this was reflected at the tables during Club Rush.

“It’s kind of cheesy but there is no other club like it,” said Anthropology Club President Joseph Quiroga.

The Anthropology Club wants to take things a step forward according to Quiroga.

“There are clubs for individual cultures, but there’s no club that focuses on bringing all that together,” Quiroga said.

Ouiroga went into greater detail to explain exactly what he thinks anthropology is, “Anthropology is the study of humans. We look at aspects of society, religion, traditions, families, and also physical

evolution to try and understand ourselves and how we work,” he said.

Anthropology is a whole other world, yet to be defined. The club Secretary, Kia Heinrich said that anthropology is important.

“It gives you an outside perspective. It makes you step out of what you see the world as and see it through other people’s eyes,” she said.

Since the club was just recently organized, Quiroga said the club has only 12 members.

“We’re looking to expand our numbers,” Heinrich said about the small group number.

When asked why she decided to join, the Anthropology Club, Heinrich who just became involved this semester.

“I love anthropology and I’ve been interested in it for a very long time,” Heinrich said.

When she heard there was an opportunity to join, she jumped on the bandwagon.

“I really enjoy hopping into something new and helping it grow,” she said.

The advisers are Laura Greathouse and Barbara Hall, and the club meets Tuesdays at 1 p.m. in Quad 201. Riverside City College also offers a variety of anthropology classes.

“I love the anthropology department. The teachers have a passion for what they teach.

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club discovery: Student Pablo Rodarte looks to contribute and become apart of the Anthropology club during club Rush on Sept. 23.

They love to help their students “I’d like to get in contact with understand the material,” Heinrich the UCR archaeology department said. to see if we could volunteer for a The club is planning a few dig or if a professor could come different activities for the year. over to do a guest lecture,” he “We are planning on helping said. out at homeless shelters and A d d i t i o n a l l y, Q u i r o g a football games, because even expressed interest in working though we don’t realize it they with other groups on campus to both contribute to our culture,” organize events.

Heinrich said.

“We’d definitely like to work The group is also planning with MECHA or Alpha Gamma a trip to the symposium for the Sigma on any kinds of events Olmec Indians, pertaining to their they’re organizing,” Quiroga society, art and culture. said.

Quiroga also has plans to She also expressed interest reach out to other organizations. in “getting more active in the

community on campus.”

“I’d love for the club to reach out to the history that’s right here on campus, maybe even get some of the other teachers involved,” Heinrich said.

There are no fees or dues associated with being a member.

“I’ve made friends with everybody there only through the club. I didn’t know anybody that was there until I joined the club. They’re all great people, heinrich said.

When asked what students should bring to the meetings Quiroga said, “An open mind.”

GSA works to establish equality, acceptance

Mercedes Jaudon Staff Writer

The Gender and Sexualities Awareness Club wants to make a difference, instead of being a club that no one knows or cares about.

The club wants to start by offering students peer support, help in realization, acceptance and personal growth.

The club’s purpose is to educate the community about people society considers different, answer questions that anyone might have and help club members embrace their sexual identity and associated gender.

“I like being a member of club GSA because it has a lot to do with real life, and current issues in American society,” said Stephanie Drago who is currently running for vice president of the club.

They would like to generate an understanding of people from different cultures.

“I have never met anyone more dedicated to something they believe in than the members of GSA,” she said.

Drago wanted to join a club that she was passionate about and that represented her, the gender

and sexualities awareness club has helped her come out of the closet.

“GSA is very involved with the community by helping people, no matter who they are, with being open and comfortable with themselves,” said club member Nelson Osorio.

This club has helped many of its club members with support in expressing themselves as well as tearing down stereotypes of gender and sexuality in society.

“I had problems at home with my parents not accepting who I am and GSA has helped me with that,” Osorio said.

The club plans on meeting their goals by having organized, committed individuals who lead the club. They are going to have workshops, concerts, open forums, events at parks and picnics.

Not all events the club holds are on campus, they try and make an effort to meet off campus every once and a while, holding some of events at Back to the Grind Coffee Shop.

Throughout the year the club will be providing workshops on coming out, transgender awareness, safe sex and feminism.

They also hold benefit

concerts throughout the year with different artists giving back to the community and to those less fortunate.

They are networking with other clubs such as Feminist Unite Club, Ujima, International Club and Alpha Gamma Sigma Club.

Gender and Sexualities Awareness Club is in the process of networking with other clubs off campus such as Jeffery Owens Community Center and University of California Riverside.

Meetings are held every Thursday from 12:50-1:50 p.m. in the Quad in Room 121.

The president, Joey Reynoso, is at every meeting helping the club members stay organized and trying to succeed and accomplish the club goals. Anyone can join these meetings.

There are about 150 club members and 87 people joined Gender and Sexualities Awareness at Club Rush on Sept. 21 and 22.

Along with meetings every week, they hold several events and plans on having a lot more.

LadyFest was a nonprofit event run by volunteers that featured female artists. The club did a workshop at the LadyFest that talked about gender roles in the

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free expression: Marina Vanaistine takes an interest in Gender and Sexualities Awareness club during Club Rush on Sept. 23.

Picnic at Fairmount Park and this gay community.

This October they have many will start around 2 p.m.

On Oct. 29 the Quad will events planned.

Riverside Pride will be held be hosting an event, Halloween on Oct. 9 behind the Back to the town.

All willing clubs will join and Grind Coffee shop in the parking decorate the Quad, in the spirt of lot on Orange and University.

This event will be from 10 a.m. Halloween.

“We’re excited to be back,” to 8 p.m.

On Oct. 16 they are having a Drago said.

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A week without temptation stephanie holland editor in chief A year ago the Viewpoints editing staff held an experiment called “The Vice Project.”

We each gave up a vice for one week and chronicled our reactions.

Well we’re at it again with “The Vice Project 2.”

Like any good sequel we brought back old favorites and added new characters.

This time around the vices included fast food, caffeine and looking in mirrors.

Features Editor Shardai Perry gave up looking in a mirror for an entire week.

Before the project began she expressed her confidence.

“I feel I might be jumping into a pool a bit deeper than I imagine, but the heck with it, I’m confident enough to trust I can swim in any depth, let’s put me to the test and see if I’m floating in the end,”

Perry said.

After a few days she discovered something new about herself.

“I feel like my confidence on the inside is growing more, I’m starting to love more than my looks, which I realize may sound a bit conceited, but that’s not it’s intentions,” she said.

Managing Editor Javier Cabrera, who previously gave up sports, decided to give up fast food, an integral part of his diet.

“I think this is going to be harder than giving up sports, because I eat fast food at least twice a day every day of the week.

I think I will be tempted to eat fast food as the week goes on,” he said.

While we all tried our best, there were a few slip ups. Cabrera confessed to sneaking a hamburger from Sonic on his second day.

“My streak of not eating fast food ended at one day,” he said.

The idea of this experiment is to test the limits of our will power

Illustration by Vanessa Soto

and to see how important are the things that we think we can’t live without.

There’s also the idea that what constitutes a vice is different for everyone.

Sports Editor Danielle Schmidt took a lot of flak for giving up iced tea. But to her it was an extremely difficult week.

“I know this seems like an easy thing to give up for the project, but for me it is the complete opposite,” Schmidt said. “Everybody else doing this project has made fun of my vice that I have chosen to give up because they see it as an easy task, when it is clearly not.”

Though this may seem like a frivoulous and fun exercise, we approached it seriously because there are parts of the world where living without Facebook or Starbucks is common.

It was an interesting week for all those involved and resulted in surprising revelations for all the participants.

For Vice Project daily blogs and videos go to viewpointsonline.org