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February 11, 2013

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Meet Mr. Dickens Riverside Dickens Festival presents “Hard Times.” Paul Jacques brings to life the charactor of Charles Dickens.

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Back in time: Real life father daughter duo dress up as Charles and Kate Dickens at the Dickens Festival at downtown Riverside on Feb. 2.

LA Times editor-in-chief visits UCR page 3

Zombie love story becomes a film page 9

Fast pitch starts off strong page 10

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Important dates this semester Feb. 11: First day of spring 2013 and first day to apply for degrees and certificates Feb. 15-18: President’s Day - No classes Feb. 22: Last day to add a class Feb. 24: Last day to drop a class without a “W” and last day to drop a class with a refund March 29-31: Cesar Chavez Day - No classes April 1: Last day to apply for degrees and certificates April 8-12: Spring break - No classes May 15: Last day to drop a class with a “W” May 27: Memorial Day - No classes June 6: Last day of the semester and graduation is at 6 p.m.

A musical of a New York matchmaker “Hello, Dolly!” is scheduled to be performing at the Landis Performing Arts Center from Feb. 15-17.

Shows on Feb. 16-17 are scheduled for 2 p.m. and shows on Feb. 15-16 are scheduled for 8 p.m. Feb. 16 is the only day scheduled to have two shows.

“Hello Dolly!” is a musical that follows Dolly Gallagher Levi, a beloved matchmaker, through her adventures around New York during the start of the 20th century. The musical features songs such as “Put on Your Sunday Clothes,” “Before the Parade Passes By,” “Elegance” and “It Only Takes a Moment.”

The musical is based off the play “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder, the music and lyrics are by Jerry Herman and the book is by Michael Stewart.

Tickets range from $35-$49 and they can be purchased at www.landispac.com or at the box office at the Landis Performing Arts Center.

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Rewarded: David Almquist, RCC women’s water coach, is scheduled to be induced into the Riverside Sport Hall of Fame in May.

RCC coach is a Riverside hall of fame inductee Javier Cabrera Interim New Editor Later this year the Riverside Sport Hall of Fame is scheduled to induct seven new members at its 11th annual Riverside Sport Hall of Fame Parade of Champions and Induction Celebration at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on May 19.

One notable member being inducted is David Almquist, Riverside City College women’s water polo coach and RCC women’s swim assistant coach.

Almquist has been coaching for 39 years. Through that period, he has coached at Riverside Poly High School for 22 years, RCC for 17 years, an Olympic coach for four years (winning a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics), an national youth coach for the United States 16 and under for two years and an National junior men’s 20 and under for four years.

During his time at Poly, Almquist led his teams to four Southern section titles. At his time at RCC, Almquist led the women’s water polo team to four state titles, eight Orange Empire Conference titles and a 18412 record in six seasons.

In his biography by the Riverside Sport Hall of Fame states, “During the years of their championship runs, a big part of the program success has been the coaching philosophy of coach Almquist which emphasizes team togetherness and unselfish play.”

Almquist said he is very thrilled to be inducted into the Riverside Sport Hall of Fame because he has coached in Riverside his whole life and he is retiring here.

“It means a lot to me, it means to my family; they will all be here,” he said. “It is nice to share your successes with people, your family and the community you grew up in and loved.”

Almquist is scheduled to retire at the end of the semester and he said the thing he will remember from his coaching career are the people. “( . . .) those championships bring back people. People I coached; people in the community that share those championships with me; people that I worked alongside with as principles, athletic directors, coaches, but mainly the players and their families of this community,” he said. “When you are all done and it is all over and set and done, all you have is people; all those numbers on the walls and all those championships do not mean anything.”

Almquist said he content with his career.

“I have thought about that a lot, the biggest emotion I have is contentment; I have given a big effort,” he said tried hold back tears. “It is really hard to say, but I am really done coaching. The energy it takes is really more than I have to give right now.

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Maharaj: ‘The will to change’ James Williams Staff Writer Los Angeles Times Editor in Chief Davan Maharaj gave the 45th Hays Press-Enterprise lecture on Feb. 4 to address the state of journalism.

Maharaj’s lecture concluded the first of four days of the UC Riverside’s 36th annual Writers Week.

Writers Week is the longest running free event in Southern California that is devoted to writers and their writing.

Throughout the week, the public was able to attend the event and listen to a number of speakers, who have careers as poets, novelists and journalists.

During Maharaj’s lecture, he spoke about ways in which the LA Times continues to bring the news to its readership.

He showed the attendees a three minute time-lapse video made by the LA Times staff on the historic travel of the Space Shuttle Endeavour through Los Angeles to the California Science Center.

Many of the major newspapers also have applications that deliver news stories and content to mobile devices.

The LA Times looks to set itself a part by the number of other apps it has to offer.

Maharaj mentioned the number of applications that the LA Times has to offer for both phones and tablets, such as the original Los Angeles Times news app, and the Hollywood Star Walk app.

The star walk app is an example of the company showcasing one of the biggest landmarks in the area by giving a virtual tour of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and information on the people honored on it.

“Quality journalism is something that is valuable,” Maharaj said. “We should do all we can to keep doing it.”

Maharaj also told a story about his first time writing an article and because of the lack of a computer

Luis Solis / Interim Photo Editor

The Times: Davan Maharaj; the editor and executive vice president of the Los Angeles Times Media group, gave the 45th annual Hay Press-Enterprise Lecture on the future digital media at UC Riverside in the University Theatre on Feb. 4. or e-mail during that period, he had to hire a taxi to deliver a copy of his story to the main office of the newspaper he worked for so that it could be published.

After his story, he explained the mind set of the LA Times for the future when it comes to the actual newspaper.

“I think the paper will get more and more digital, and the company has made a commitment to try to preserve print for as long as it can because a lot of the revenues are coming from print right now,” Maharaj said.

Among those in the crowd listening to Maharaj, was UC Riverside trustee Harkeerat Dhillon and his wife, Deepta Dhillon.

“What I really found interesting was that I thought with all the technology and the Internet, that we would in fact be attracting a younger crowd to actually read the paper online,” Deepta Dhillon said. “I was surprised to hear that it is still the same age group (as print readers).”

Deepta Dhillon is among the readers, who now look toward the Internet as a place to find her news.

“I usually see (news) online when I go onto the Internet,” she said. “I occasionally read the LA Times but The Press-Enterprise only for local news.”

Kevin McCarthy, president and CEO of United Way of the Inland Valleys, was able to relate a lot of what Maharaj said to more than just journalism.

“I thought Davan’s content was very insightful,” McCarthy said. “It illustrates the need, for not only journalism, but for all forms of business models relevant to conditions in the marketplace and to what customers want and need.”

During his lecture, Maharaj also spoke about how technology is changing the world of journalism and how it has pushed the boundaries of press deadlines to the here and now but will not allow that to affect the quality of journalism he expects his company to produce.

“Digital journalism allows us to reach more readers than ever,” Maharaj said.

He also believes that journalist should not “sacrifice speed for accuracy.”

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Viewpoints Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Destiny Rivera (951) 222-8495 viewpoints@rcc.edu

INTERIM MANAGING EDITOR Lizbeth Landeros INTERIM NEWS EDITOR Javier Cabrera

INTERIM OPINIONS EDITOR Devon Everett

INTERIM INSCAPE EDITOR Nishé Butler

INTERIM SPORTS EDITOR Tim Cornell Luis Solis / Interim Photo Editor

Free transportation: The Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees voted on Jan.

INTERIM PHOTO EDITOR Luis Solis

22 to remove Moreno Valley College from its contract with Riverside Transit Agency, after students voted to eliminate the Go-Pass Transportation Fee from Moreno Valley College.

Transportation: denied

FACULTY ADVISERS Allan Lovelace Jim Burns

Welcome back Riverside City College, to another year filled with optimism.

During the winter break, the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees voted to remove Moreno Valley College from RCCD’s Go-Pass program contract with Riverside Transit Agency.

According to the agenda item (IV-C-1) from the Dec. 4, 2012 Board of Trustee meeting, students from the Ben Clark Training Center questioned the payment of the mandatory fee. The students also identified the lack of opportunity to vote in the spring 2010 student body election to implement the program at Moreno Valley College, and they do not have any direct benefit of the service.

In spring 2011, Moreno Valley College staff attempted to work a deal with Riverside Transit Agency to have a flexible payment fee for the Ben Clark Training Center students and have service provided at the facility, according to the agenda item.

The Riverside Transit Agency was not able to meet the requests from the Moreno Valley College staff, the agenda item said.

During the 2011-2012 academic year, Moreno Valley College students and administration had discussions to review the transit service provided at the college, and Associated Students of Moreno Valley College held a survey on campus where the majority of students approved the idea to eliminate the Go-Pass program, the agenda item said.

Associated Students of Moreno Valley College went ahead and put the issue on the college’s general student body election, which was held on May 1-2, 2012, so the students can vote, and the students decided to eliminate the Go-Pass Transportation Fee, according to the agenda item.

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The RCCD Board of Trustees voted, 3-2, on Jan. 22 to eliminate Moreno Valley College from its contract, and Trustee Mary Figueroa, who cast a no vote, told The PressEnterprise’s Danya Straehley that they voted to change the contract because they need to respect the students’ vote.

The transportation fee was placed in 2010 after RCC and Moreno Valley College students voted to keep the free service from the Riverside Transit Agency open to the students, and it required the students to each pay $5.50.

Although the Ben Clark Training Center students have a legitimate reason for not wanting to pay a fee, because the service did not operate at their facility, Moreno Valley College students should have figured out a way to keep the service available to the rest of the student body.

Moreno Valley College students basically flipped the issue around because those students who use the bus to commute to the campus are now affected, and have to find other ways to get to the campus, adding a new stress to the many other problems college students have nowadays.

The college should have looked into this issue prior to committing to the contract; they should have found out if the free service reached all of its facilities.

Two years ago when the students went to the polling booths to decide on the issue, it was obvious everyone agreed it was a good idea to keep the free service, even if it meant each student had to chip in to pay the tab.

The decision at Moreno Valley College is not going to affect RCC, but it seems like every RCC student is happy to pay the fee, even if they do not use the service.

“I haven’t paid much attention to the fees, but I don’t mind paying the fee,” said Anna Osborne, a RCC student.

Lets hope RCC students remain that way.

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Campus Conversations Do you think Riverside City College students should pay for other students to ride the bus?

“It’s important for students to be able to have that opportunity to get back and forth on the bus. UC Riverside students get on the bus for free, why shouldn’t other colleges? They should keep what they have. I don’t mind paying the $5 (fee each) semester.”

Samantha Trudea

“I have a car, but gas is too expensive for me to drive on a regular basis. I use my bus pass every day and it would be really inconvenient for me to try and get here without it. “ Richard Jacob

“I think it’s a little bit unfair for those students that pay for it but don’t ride the bus.”

Monica Becrra

“If (a student is) only 15 minutes away and they take the bus for free, then it doesn’t hurt them, but it will hurt other students who live 45 minutes to an hour away so they shouldn’t change the (fee).”

Julie Olsen

“I believe with the majority of students who utilize the bus and at a cheap rate being a Riverside City College student, it is beneficial for RCC to keep that price but not to raise it.”

Miguel Ramirez

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‘Dickens 101’

Historic Downtown Riverside is transformed into the 1830s as the days of Charles Dickens come to life.

Nishè Butler Interim Inscape Editor Is it possible that Charles Dickens is back?

It appears I have encountered some type of time machine and have entered London, England 1830 during the 1830’s.

A beautiful overcast day, the smell of sweet kettle corn fills my nostrils and the sound of children laughing and playing it seems as though the London marketplace is open.

The 20th annual Dickens Festival officially opened on Saturday, at 10 a.m.

The ceremony opened with hoisting of the British flag where Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens and Mr. Pickwick of Pickwick papers were all present.

Oliver’s alley opened where children of all ages could take part in enjoying the Victorian era toys such as hand spun wooden tops, jacks, marbles and the game of grace where two children hold two wooden sticks and pass around a ribbon circle to and from, only using the sticks to catch the ribbon, this game was intended to teach young ladies grace.

London marketplace, where a variety of Victorian vendors sold the most eclectic of items from the Victorian era, Shopping was available from costumes to wooden castle blocks, plenty of food, book sales, tea and ale pub.

The streets were filled with people of all ages.

The festival centers in the Victorian era which the famous author Charles Dickens wrote and lived.

Dickens is known for writing about the impoverished as well as seeing children as the future opposed to not considering them at all.

The event not only represents London, during the mid-1800s, but also that of the United States.

At this time Dickens life and stories were unfolding to be the National Treasures they are today.

Volunteers filled the character roles of Charles Dickens played by Paul Jacques, other roles included characters from “Oliver Twist,” “A Christmas Carol,” and “Hard Times.”

Volunteers also played the roles of the very convincing variations of the ladies and gentleman of the time including a full royal court that included Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Paul Jacques who has played the role of Dickens for the last nine years said, “It is an amazing day of family fun and I am very fortunate and enjoy playing the part.”

“Charles Dickens stood for literacy and human rights,” Jacques said “I am truly honored to have this role.”

The day was full with a Victorian fashion show, boutiques, the grand Dickens Parade at noon, author salons, lectures such as Dickens 101, Ye olde book shoppe, Hyde Park Corner where the up and coming could share their opinions and even a Valkyrie Metal works station.

There was even an opportunity to meet the queen.

The day was equipped so that any respectable lady, gentleman or child could enjoy themselves.

Entertainment also included Mr. Fezzwig’s Ball, “The Crummles Troupe” and the amazing time machine act, Queens’ Tea, children’s tea, “Shaping things to come” which is a debate between H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain on the proper direction of social evolution.

Gordon Highlanders Drill and Firing demonstration, also present a phrenologist who reads the individual based on the shape of their cranium considering this X-rays/MRI were not an option.

The Dickens Festival began about 20 years ago with ‘Friends of the Library’ sponsoring the first year.

The current Dickens Festival President for three years running is Janet Funderburk.

Funderburk began volunteering at the church she grew up in for the Queens tea.

It was held at the downtown congregational church seven years prior.

She later had the opportunity to join the Dickens festival board where she and her husband were then knighted at the Grand March ball in 2008 Janet is now Dame of Mount. Roubidoux and her husband is Knight of the Royal order of Mt. Roubidoux.

“I am pleased as punch, what a wonderful festival!” Funderburk said.

“It takes a village to do what we do and we all cooperate and work hard with each other, we have very committed organizers who follow through and really help fundraise.” Funderburk said.

Nishe’ Butler / Interim Inscape Editor

Hard Times: Victorian Fashion Show. A hundred years of mourning, the Victorian way.

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‘Warm Bodies’ warms hearts Destiny Rivera Editor- In- Chief Teenagers limped out of the theater dressed in tattered clothing and face paint in promotion of the new movie, “Warm Bodies.”

While I stood in line, I watched as they staggered around, scaring one or two guests and was the least bit entertained.

I seemed to have the same reaction while watching the trailer and was uninterested in seeing the film all together.

My initial thought was that the movie would be a sappy love story with an “original” twist.

However, I did not believe the idea was original, I felt as if it was simply delivering what its younger audience was craving, producing a book crossed film somewhat identical to “Twilight,” only this time throwing in a zombie as the male role instead of a vampire and werewolf.

It took me awhile to warm up to the concept of corpses walking around the airport and un-living a daily life.

The introduction was very informative and made it easy to recognize the kind of environment the story was centered around.

With newspapers that read “The End?” in the headlines and abandoned buildings, it was apparent that the world was nearly deserted and a place unfamiliar to what it is in the viewer’s reality.

The main character, R, played

by Nicholas Hoult, makes his way to an airplane he calls home and shares his perspective on being a zombie.

Apart from the rest, he is not too fond of snacking on human flesh, having conversations that

Albert Melendez / Staff Photographer

Becoming Human: Issac Marion’s novel, ‘Warm Bodies,’ was released onto the big screen on Feb. 1 reeling in a whopping $20.4 million at the box office.

only consist of grunting or not being able to fall asleep at night, more so, to be unable to dream.

As for the future, the only thing he is destined to become is a “bony,” a cruel creature of the living dead that has given up and deteriorated to only evil and bones.

Meanwhile, Julie, played by Teresa Palmer, and the rest of the so-called worriers, who were assembled to take on the cold dead corpses only knew one thing, to kill at no cost.

After all, zombies were incapable of feelings, and under no circumstance, were they able to be spared, not even with the exception of being their best friend or family member.

They showed no remorse on

feasting on their children, friends and anyone who stood in their way.

For them, dinner was the only thing they saw, and for the “warriors,” well the only thing they did was shoot them to pieces.

Perry, a proud soldier in the war against the un-dead and boyfriend to Julie, lost his battle to R. After biting off Perry’s arm and taking his nice watch, R starts on his favorite part, the brain.

When a zombie consumes the brain, it can see all of the memories and feel everything the human once felt throughout their lifetime.

However, instead of the body coming back as a corpse, it dies completely.

“I don’t want to hurt you; I

just want to feel what you felt,” R explains as he takes a glimpse at fireworks through young Perry’s eyes and sweet flashbacks of Julie in class.

Now I am going to be honest; this is the part where I started to enjoy the movie.

Even after all the anticipation of strong feelings of dislike, it was not nearly to the middle of the film before my views changed entirely.

It was seeping into the moral of it all and I was amazed by the message the film was starting to send to the audience.

Over a few days stuck spending time in the airplane with R, Julie learned that he wasn’t a monster and that he was becoming just as human as her and as he once

was.

From her being there, and the love that R grew for her, it showed the rest of the zombies that they too are capable of feeling and eventually living.

For love and hope was the cure and accomplishing the impossible was only the brink of what was to come.

I am not one for giving away the ending, but I can say that this message was truly inspiring and the best part of the experience watching the film.

Bringing an audience to a point where a zombie apocalypse restoration is relevant in their lives is an unorthodox thing to come by.

Therefore, my assumption of the film being an unoriginal love story was entirely false and I do admit that from now on I will not judge a movie by its trailer.

Jonathan Levine, the director and screenplay writer, was capable of successfully sending the message on the big screen that Isaac Marion’s novel set out to give.

“It was a little scary, but every great thing starts off a little scary, doesn’t it?” R said.

Giving people the strength to believe that change is possible and although it may be a little nerveracking at times, it is possible to learn how to live life again when we lose our way and forget, to love and care for someone other than ourselves and to hope for a better day when it is sometimes hard to see.

I give the film a solid nine-outof-10 star rating for changing my negative view on it entirely and for achieving romance, comedy, suspense and thrill all in one package.

Viewpoints Enter tainment Calendar Feb. 11

Feb. 12

EVENTS Force of Arms at the Mission Inn is now open!

Toddler Storytime at 10 a.m. in the Colony High Branch Library in Ontario

Feb. 16

EVENTS Hello, Dolly! in the RCC Performance Center at 2 & 8 p.m.

Mint Condition & Donell Jones LIVE at the Riverisde Municipal Auditorium at 7 p.m.

Feb. 14

Feb. 15

CDS LL Cool J “Authentic Hip Hop” Darwin Deez “Songs for Imaginative People”

Feb. 13 EVENTS Death by Chocolate in the Ovitt Family Library in Ontario at 3:30 p.m.

A Good Yarn from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Ovitt Family Community Library in Ontario

VALENTINE’S DAY!

EVENTS Hello, Dolly! in the RCC Performance Center at 8 p.m.

The Ugly Duckling at the Riverside Community Players Theater at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 17

Feb. 18

EVENTS Hello, Dolly! in the RCC Performance Center at 2 p.m.

The Calder Quartet from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at UC Riverside

EVENTS School’s Out Fun Day at Bobby Bonds Park at 7 a.m.

CDS Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Push the Sky Away”

MOVIES “Beautiful Creatures” “Escape from Planet Earth” “Safe Heaven”

Feb. 19

EVENTS Lunch and Learn at the Arlington Library at 12 p.m.

Annual Heart Healthy Dinners at the Health Education Center at 6 p.m.

Feb. 20

EVENTS Life-Sized Video Games for Tweens at 4 p.m. in the Ovitt Family Community Library in Ontario A Good Yarn at 6 p.m. in the Ovitt Family Community Library in Ontario

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Men’s basketball earn their stripes travis West Staff Writer After ending 2012 with a 10-5 record, the Riverside City College men’s basketball team has established themselves as a powerhouse in the Orange Empire Conference with a 7-1 record against conference teams and a 16-7 record overall.

The team has found a formula for success and is thriving.

In the month of January, the Tigers have gone 7-1 with the team’s only loss coming from their rival, Saddleback Gauchos 56-52 at the Wheelock Gym on Jan. 23.

In that game, The Tigers were held to a total of four field goals in the entire first half of play and went 1 for 7 from the three-point line.

At their lowest point, the Tigers were down by 8 points and if it wasn’t for the 11 turnovers by the Gauchos the Tigers may have been out of the game early, but the team fought back and were only down 17 to 15 at halftime.

In the second half, the Tigers overcame the Gauchos onslaught and tied the score at 46 with two minutes left to play.

Down the stretch, the two teams traded bucket for bucket as the clock reached the one minute mark.

However, the Tigers missed an easy lay up opportunity to tie the game and the Gauchos took advantage of the free throws and extended their lead.

It was a tough loss, but players felt that game prepared them for what the final month would feel like before playoffs.

The most impressive thing about the Tigers this season is that all the players are buying into head coach John Smith’s system.

It is hard to pick out just one player on the Tigers who consistently dominates.

Instead the Tigers give their opposition problems because they cannot key in on one player.

With the loss to the Gauchos fresh on their minds, the Tigers

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Tuned in: Head coach John Smith gathers his team during a time out at the Wheelock gymnasium. looked to take their frustrations out on the Irvine Valley Lasers just two days later at home.

The Lasers are very undersized and it was the Tigers point of attack.

The Tigers went 26 for 42 from the field with most points coming from the low-post.

The Lasers made a run in the second half closing the Tiger lead to four points with six minutes remaining, but the Tigers rallied back and kept getting to the free throw line where the Tigers knocked down 18 out of 27 free throws.

Smith stressed free throws all week leading up to the game and they responded when they needed to.

All five of the Tigers starters played more than 20 minutes and each had points in the double

digits.

Freshman Anthony Rounds was part of the starting five and contributes coach Smith to why the team had success.

“Coach lets us shoot the ball.

He told me that if I’m open, then let the shot go,” Rounds said.

Sophomore guard and conference leader in assists, Mason Biddle finished with nine assists and 18 points as the Tigers won 74-63.

The Tiger’s momentum rolled into their most recent home game against the Orange Coast College Pirates on Jan. 30.

The Tigers ran away with an easy 81-56 blowout victory over the Pirates.

Tigers out rebounded the Pirates 49 to 23, with 23 of the Tigers rebounds came on the offensive end.

Multiple looks at the basket won the game for the Tigers.

It was another victory that showed that the team can get scoring from any player.

Nearly every player on the Tiger roster had at least one point, but only two players had double digits.

Teams that have multiple scorers on any given night sometimes have issues with players not getting enough touches, not this team.

During the team photo session the players were seen cracking jokes and showing that they are still college kids at heart.

Coach Smith is known to take his players on trips before the season for team building and the players have showed that they would make sacrifices for the team.

The team is at the point in the

season where everything matters and every win is crucial.

Reaching the state finals with leadership from coach Smith and the other coaching staff is a very realistic possibility and up to this point, the Tigers have shown that they can compete with the best teams in the conference, but will need to keep the momentum going.

Coach Smith likes the way his team is performing at the moment and hopes that they peak at the right time.

“As we get closer to the end, my rotation won’t be 12 guys. It will be eight or nine sometimes 10 guys that are playing the best.”

The team will be on the road for a game at Fullerton on Feb. 8.

They will make their next home appearance on Feb. 13 against Santa Ana College.

When asked about her team starting off the season 2-0 with a two game win streak, head coach Michelle Daddona explains, “We knew we were going to open this year with an extremely tough schedule because originally we were scheduled to double header

with (Sacramento) City and Mt. Sac and then shortly after that Cerritos. Sacramento City we knew was going to be very strong this year. Mt. Sac and Cerritos are both always strong contenders so right off the bat we could have been off to a start where we didn’t pile up a lot of victories but we also knew for ourselves that we really felt we were going to have a very strong team coming in to 2013.”

Coach Daddona also explains that there are some things that need to be worked on, “Right now our biggest challenge has been team practices because we have a couple people that have their class schedule so they are not out here the same time as we are so that’s why this last week we made an adjustment in practice times so that way everybody could be here.”

In their game against Mt. Sac, the Tigers came out not really ready to play, but they started realizing what needed to be done

and came out on top with a final score of 7-3.

In their second game of the season which was against the Cerritos College Falcons, Sophomore right hand pitcher Katherine Macias helped contribute to the win by hitting a two-run home run and sophomore second basemen Gina Grijalva went four for four to propel the host team RCC Tigers women’s Fastpitch team to a 7-3 non-conference win over the visiting Cerritos College Falcons Friday afternoon at Evans Sports Complex on Feb. 1.

Macias, who is from Riverside Arlington high school, broke a 2-2 tie with her second at bat of the season, a two-run bomb over the left field, to give the Tigers a 4-2 lead. She also had a RBI single in the first inning and finished by going two for four with three RBI‘s and one run scored. She struggled in the beginning with her control, but went the distance and

allowed eight hits and three runs all unearned with five walks and seven strikeouts. Macias who is 1-0, tossed a whopping 166 pitches with 107 strikes.

Grijalva out of Fontana Summit High school singled in the first, third, fourth and sixth innings for the Tigers.

Cerritos tied the game with two unearned runs in the second on a fielding error; a RBI single

by Andrea Arellano and a RBI double by Jamie Ramirez (which scored Arellano.) Arellano added a RBI single in the sixth as well.

Starting RHP Ramirez (1-1) lasted only the first two innings as she allowed three runs (all earned) on five hits.

Both teams continued nonconference action this week.

Cerritos hosted Palomar College where Cerritos lost 8-0. Riverside will visit the Southwestern College Jaguars on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 3 p.m.

Tigers pounce on the competition early Jarred Jackson Staff Writer

Things are looking good so far for the Riverside City College Softball team as they gear up for the start of the season. They are already 2-0 in non-conference play.

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GETTING UP: The Tigers are off to a 2-0 start.

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Baseball

Softball

Men’s Tennis

Season Record 3-0 Overall: Conference: 0-0 Next Game: 2/14 vs. Western Nevada

Season Record 3-0 Overall: Conference: 0-0 Next Game: 2/11 vs. Saddleback

Season Record 2-1 Overall: Conference: 0-0 Next Game: 2/12 vs. Mt. San Antonio

Baseball

Women’s Tennis Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Season Record 3-0 Overall: Conference: 0-0 Next Game: 2/12 vs. Mt. San Antonio

Season Record Season Record 17-6 13-11 Overall: Overall: Conference: Conference: 7-1 6-2 Next Game: 2/13 Next Game: 2/13 vs. Santa Ana 5:30 p.m vs. Santa Ana 7:30 p.m.

Softball

Men’s Tennis

Feb. 1

RCC 3 East Los Angeles 2

Jan. 30

RCC 7 Mt. San Antonio 6

Feb. 2

Jan. 31

RCC 8 Glendale 1

RCC 3 East Los Angeles 1

Feb. 1

RCC 7 Cerritos 3

Feb. 5

Feb. 5

RCC 9 Grossmont 0

RCC 13 Cuesta 11

Feb. 6

RCC 4 Southwestern 1

Feb. 7

Feb. 7

RCC 0 UCR 7

At Fresno 6 p.m.

Feb. 8

At. Allan Hancock 2 p.m.

Feb. 8

Feb. 8

At. Victor Valley 2 p.m.

At Fresno 6 p.m

Feb. 11

Vs. Saddleback 3 p.m.

Feb. 9

Feb. 12

Vs. Mt. San Antonio 2 p.m.

At Fresno 1 p.m

Feb. 13

Vs. Orange Coast 3 p.m.

Feb. 14

Feb. 14

At. Cypress 2 p.m.

Vs. Western Nevada 6 p.m.

Feb. 19

At. Canyons 2 p.m.

Feb. 15

Feb. 21

At. Irvine Valley 2 p.m.

Vs. Western Nevada 6 p.m.

Feb. 20

At. Santa Ana 3 p.m.

Feb. 16

Feb. 26

Vs. Fullerton 2 p.m.

Vs. Western Nevada 12 p.m.

Feb. 22

At. Cypress 2 p.m.

Feb. 19

Feb. 28

Vs. Saddleback 2 p.m.

At Mt. San Antonio 6 p.m.

Feb. 25

Vs. Golden West 6 p.m.

Feb. 21

Mar. 5

Vs. Orange Coast 2 p.m.

Vs. Sacramento City 6 p.m.

Feb. 27

Vs. Santiago Canyon 6 p.m.

Feb. 22

Vs. Sacramento City 4 p.m.

Mar. 2

Fresno Tournament

Feb. 23

Vs. Sacramento City 12 p.m.

Mar. 6

At. Fullerton 3 p.m.

Feb. 26

Vs. Mt. San Antonio 6 p.m.

Mar. 8

At. Saddleback 6 p.m.

Feb. 28

At. Irvine Valley 2 p.m.

Mar. 11

At. East Los Angeles 3 p.m.

Mar. 2

At. Fullerton 12 p.m.

Mar. 13

At. Orange Coast 3 p.m.

Mar. 5

Vs. Cypress 2 p.m.

Mar. 15

Mar. 7

At. Golden West 2 p.m.

Mar. 16

Vs. Santa Ana 2 p.m.

At. Bakersfield 6 p.m.

Mar. 9

At. Orange Coast 12 p.m.

Mar. 17

Vs. Cerritos @ Bakersfield 2 p.m.

Mar. 12

Vs. Santa Ana 12 p.m.

Mar. 20

Vs. Cypress 6 p.m.

Mar. 14

Vs. Saddleback 2 p.m.

Mar. 22

At. Santiago Canyon 2 p.m.

Mar. 16

Vs. Irvine Valley 12 p.m.

Mar. 26

Vs. Fullerton 3 p.m.

Mar. 19

At. Irvine Valley 2 p.m.

Mar. 27

At. Golden West 3 p.m.

Mar. 21

Vs. Fullerton 6 p.m.

Mar. 28

Vs. Antelope 5 p.m.

Mar. 22

At. Fullerton 2 p.m.

Apr. 3

Mar. 27

Vs. Santa Barbara 5 p.m.

Apr. 5

Apr. 4

At. Cypress 2 p.m.

At. Saddleback 3 p.m.

At. Orange Coast 2 p.m.

Track and Field

Women’s Basketball

Women’s Tennis Jan. 31

RCC 8 Glendale 1

Feb. 1

RCC 9 Imperial Valley 0

Feb. 5

RCC 8 Cerritos 1

Feb. 8

Vs. Victor Valley 2 p.m.

Feb. 12

At. Mt. San Antonio 2 p.m.

Feb. 14

Vs. Cypress 2 p.m.

Feb. 21

Vs. Irvine Valley 2 p.m.

Feb. 26

At. Fullerton 2 p.m.

Feb. 28

At. Saddleback 2 p.m.

Mar. 5

At. Orange Coast 2 p.m.

Mar. 7

Vs. Fullerton 2 p.m.

Mar. 14

At. Irvine Valley 2 p.m.

Mar. 15

Vs. Palomar 2 p.m.

Mar. 19

At. Cypress 2 p.m.

Mar. 28

Vs. Saddleback 2 p.m.

Apr. 2

Vs. Orange Coast 2 p.m.

Apr. 4

At. El Camino 2 p.m.

Jan. 25

RCC 48 Irvine Valley 46

Jan. 30

Feb. 8

Vs. GWC, FJC, Santa Ana 2 p.m.

RCC 57 Orange Coast 56

Feb. 6

Feb. 15

Vs. Mt. San Antonio 1 p.m.

RCC 49 Cypress 53

Feb. 8

Feb. 20

Vs. Cal State Long Beach 2 p.m.

At. Fullerton 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 13

Feb. 22

Vs. Saddleback & Santa Ana 2 p.m.

Vs. Santa Ana 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 20

Mar. 1-2

Vs. Beach Classic @ Cerritos 8 a.m.

At. Saddleback 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 25

At. Cal State Fullerton 8 a.m.

At. Golden West 10 a.m.

Feb. 22

Mar. 8-9

At. Irvine Valley 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 1

Mar. 14-15 At. Santa Ana 8 a.m.

At. Palomar 12 p.m.

Feb. 8

Mar. 15-16 At. San Diego State 8 a.m.

At. Palomar 12 p.m.

Feb. 22

Mar. 21-22 At. RCC open 1 p.m.

At. RCC 12 p.m.

Mar. 1

At. Orange Coast College 1 p.m.

Men’s Basketball

Swim/Dive

Jan. 25

RCC 74 Irvine Valley 63

Jan. 30

Mar. 22-23 At. Mt. Sac. 10 a.m.

RCC 81 Orange Coast 56

Mar. 8

At. Chaffey Invite 9 a.m.

Feb. 6

Mar. 29

RCC 79 Cypress 51

Mar. 9

At. Chaffey Invite 10 a.m.

Feb. 8

Apr. 9-10 At. Cerritos 8 a.m.

At. Fullerton 5:30 p.m.

Mar. 22

At. Mt. San Antonio 8 a.m.

Vs. Saddleback & Fullerton 2 p.m.

Feb. 13

Apr. 13

Vs. Santa Ana 5:30 p.m.

Apr. 5

OEC Prelims @ Santa Ana 10 a.m.

At. RCC Invite 11 a.m.

Feb. 20

Apr. 19

At. Saddleback 5:30 p.m.

Apr. 12

OEC Finals @ Santa Ana 10 a.m.

At. El Camino OEC Dive champ.

Feb. 22

Apr. 26

At. Irvine Valley 5:30 p.m.

Apr. 18

May. 4

So Cal Prelims @ Antelope Val. 9 a.m. Apr. 25

OEC Championships @ Golden w

At. Orange Coast College 2 p.m.

State Championships @ East LA

The RCC Cheer and Dance team recently competed in the 2012 Universal Cheer Association/Universal Dance Association Nationals Championships at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL on Jan. 19th. Before leaving for competition the program put on a Goodbye Showcase on Sat. Jan. 12th at 7 p.m. to debut to family, friends, supporters, sponsors and fans what the team has been working on for the competition.

This was the program’s third trip to the UDC/UDA National Championships. Three new additions that were added to the program were announced and introduced to the crowd during the showcase: Dance coach Erica Goe and new cheer coach Eric Anderson who was not in attendance along with his assistant Brian Jones.

The show featured performances, prizes, an opportunity drawing for an iPad and much more.

The results for cheer in the finals were: Co-Ed was 4th while All Girl finished in 5th place. The dance team finished in 6th place compared to last years finish of 7th.

The dance team competed in the Open Jazz event with its 15 member competition team which included the first and only male dancer in the history of the program.

When asked how the team was prepared for Nationals, Dance coach Kristin Mason said, “We started learning our routine in October which was finished by November and choreographed by one of the best in the business. Then we spent the next few months just picking apart the routine and making sure it was clean for the floor in Florida. Practices were long and at times. Challenging, but the team pulled through and did an amazing job.”

When asked about what it’s like having the first male dancer in the history of the program coach Mason said, “In the beginning it was a bit of a challenge just because I had never had to work with a male on the team before, but it has ended up being one of the best things.”

“Zack is such a strong male dancer and has brought an element to the team that has pushed us to the next level.”

For the first time in RCC history three f u l l t e a m s w e r e t a k e n t o F l o r i d a f o r c h e e r.

The cheerleaders competed in the All-Girl division with a team that consisted of 20 female athletes. They also competed in the Large Co-Ed division. The Co-Ed team consisted of nine male and seven female athletes.

RCC football signees Mid-Year Signees Gus Penning (Baylor, Tight End) Jake Seydel (Washington State, Offensive Line) Tyler Rausa (Boise State, Kicker) Ryan Coleman (Memphis, Safety) Paul Senn (Bowling Green, Line Backer) Eric Lee (UTEP) Nick Gathrite (UTEP, Defensive Back) Josh Long (Hawaii, Tight End) Andre Myles (Azusa Pacific, Safety) Shane Robison (University of Charleston, Defensive Line)

Signing Day Signees (Feb. 6) Aaron Bennett (Texas Tech, Offensive Tackle) Charlie Tuaau (Oregon State, Defensive Line) Frazer Taua (New Mexico State, Defensive Line) Devon Brown (Fresno State, Wide Receiver) Tray Hall (Fresno State, Defensive Back) Daniel Fusi (Portland State, Defensive Line) Ofo Fifita (Sacramento State, Linebacker) Jameel Erving (UTEP, Safety) Zach Adkins (Northwestern State, Quarterback) Cory Alcantar (Eastern Washington, Offensive Line) Deji Olajide (Azusa Pacific, Wide Receiver) Mychael Legere (Redlands, Running Back) Raymond Henley (New Mexico Highlands, Full Back)

Pending Offers Jamil Austin (Idaho / UNLV, Running Back) EJ Schexnayder (Eastern Kentucky, Running Back) Chris Gonzalez (U. of Texas San Antonio, Defensive Back) Tyler Kiest (SWOSU/ Minot/ U of Mary, O-Line) Chayz Holt (Upper Iowa / Minot, Defense) Ruben Guzman (Sam Houston State / Wyoming, Punter) Benji Uzowuru (Central Oklahoma, Defensive Line) Wade Smith (Morningside, Offensive Line)

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Tennis program makes statement James Williams Staff Writer

Men’s Tennis The Riverside City College Tigers men’s tennis team opened the season with a victory over the all-freshman lineup that make up the Glendale Community College Vaqueros in a 9-0 shutout on Jan. 31.

Tigers’ freshman Danny Garcia won his first career college match against Santiago Segovia, 6-3, 6-1.

Returning sophomore and No. 1 singles player, Jordan Gobatie, won his match against Gaspar Macalutas, 6-4, 6-3.

Gobatie was also the No. 1 player for the Tigers last season as a freshman.

Gobatie also won his doubles match with teammate Ulises Banos against Segovia and Phillip Lam, 8-5.

Banos won his singles match against Oscar Lam, 61, 6-3, to complete a sweep against the Lam Brothers.

Phillip Lam also lost his doubles match against Tigers No. 4 Gustavo Carvalho, 6-2, 6-4.

In the final singles match of the day, the Tigers No. 6 singles player Eliott Moreno defeated Vaqueros No. 6 singles player Stephen Joharry, 6-1, 6-4 to keep the Tigers perfect in singles play.

In the Tigers second match

of the season, they swept the Grossmont Community College Griffins in singles play 6-0. Led by No. 1 Gobatie and No. 4 Carvalho, the Tigers had very little trouble defeating the Griffins in singles play.

Gobatie defeated Emmanuel Corvera 6-0. 6-1. Carvalho defeated Ignacio Alvarado 6-1, 6-0.

The Tigers only lost one match in doubles to go 2-1 and 8-1 overall in route to defeating the Griffins.

Gobatie and Aliaksandr Pesniak paired up for the first time and won convincingly against Corvera and Jason Voss 6-1, 6-0.

“Freshman Eliott Moreno started the Tigers off with a dominating performance in the No. 5 spot, 6-0, 6-3” said head coach Jim Elton.

The Tigers are currently 2-1 after a shutout against Division I UC Riverside Highlanders, 7-0 on Feb. 7.

Women’s Tennis The Riverside City College Tigers women’s tennis team has won its first three games to open the season.

“We currently have not lost a match, we are 3-0 in nonconference,” Tigers head coach Nikki Bonzoumet said.

The team’s most recent win against the Cerritos College Falcons, 8-1.

The team’s only lost came in

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Strong Start: Freshman Nikki Vorhees defeats Cerritos College No. 2 Cyd Dionson, 6-3, 6-2 as the women’s team improves to 3-0 on the season. a match against Falcons’ No. 1 player Sam Judan, who defeated Tigers No. 1 Briana Bowers, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

The Tigers went on to win the next eight matches against the Falcons to take the overall victory.

In doubles play the Tigers swept the Falcons 3-0 led by tandem Nikki Vorhees and Alecs Comahig who defeated Sam Judan and Rianne Hagan 8-1. “ We j u s t h o p e t o k e e p improving and hopefully gain

more confidence as we play more,” Bonzoumet said.

The team also opened its season with a win over the Imperial Valley College Vaqueros.

After No. 1 singles player Briana Bowers lost the opening singles match to the Vaqueros No. 1 Sofie Tavitian, 6-1, 7-5; the Tigers went on to sweep the Vaqueros in the last five singles matches and all three doubles matches.

The Tigers also won their

second game of the season against IVC to increase their overall record to 2-0 on the season.

The Tigers swept the six singles matches along with the three doubles matches. The Tigers only allowed a total of three points combined between the three doubles matches.

“Next week’s match against Mt. San Anonio College should be a good test for us as it looks as though they have a strong team,” Bonzoumet said.