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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

DACA garners fresh support

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JOSHUA BURCIAGA

@RCCviewpoints

In light of the uncertain climate aimed at recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, members of the Riverside community stepped out on Sept. 5 to support their community.

Local leaders and organizers sought to eliminate the idea that the community would stay silent and passive as the threat of deportation looms over the minds and attitudes of some of Riverside’s inhabitants. The participants and organizers spoke words of comfort and optimism in a period of deep uncertainty.

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Rally participants marched across downtown to city hall with signs, shouting phrases such as “Immigrant Power” and “ICE out of IE,” accompanied by a roaring chorus of protesters chanting, “Up! Up! With Liberation! Down! Down! With Deportation!”

The church’s Rev. Benita Ramsey of the First Congregational Church of Riverside works closely with DACA recipients and gives a firsthand account of the situation.

“They are definitely fearful and intimidated by this,” she said. “They have a lot of concern over this. There is absolutely no sound reason for this and all this does is divide families who need and depend

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on each other for support.”

Ramsey said that they will continue to offer sanctuary and services to those affected and refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The rally was meant to serve as a reminder to those in the community that there are numerous organizations willing to advocate and assist illegal immigrants. Saira Murillo, a speaker at the event and proponent for the Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective, helps to inform illegal immigrants about the resources available to them and helps them connect to the services that they provide.

“One of the most common concerns other than deportation

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are monetary issues,” Murillo said. “There are families who struggle to pay the fees associated with applying for a new driver’s license or work permit.”

Murillo reiterates that the most effective means of helping DACA recipients is to participate, show up, inform, advocate and march on their behalf. Lending your voice, ears and free time appears to be the most efficient means of providing relief for DACA beneficiaries.

“The most common fear me and my family have is the fear of deportation,” Gudino-Flores said. “Not only that, there’s the possibility I could lose my job and health insurance once my DACA expires.”

There are proponents who assert that DACA recipients take advantage of valuable resources and don’t contribute to the country.

Karen Gudino-Flores couldn’t disagree more.

“Not only do I have to pay my fair share of taxes, but I had to pay $600 extra for taxes last year and work three jobs in order to pay my DACA fees as well as other bills you have to pay to live a normal life.”

Gudino-Flores, a DACA recipient enrolled in the Riverside Community College District, is currently employed at at a non-profit hospital and works closely with cancer patients, offering services and assistance to those in need. In a field that never has enough help,

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Student enrollment rises RCCD sees jump in student enrollment

NEWS BRIEFS Rosa Elena Sagahun to speak at RCC

Attorney Rose Elena Sagahun will be on campus Sept. 28 from 12:50-1:50 p.m. in the Digital Library Auditorium to discuss federal and state Dream Act, Immigration laws and student rights.

Sahagun has made regular appearances as a legal analyst for CNN en Español as well as several other news outlets.

The event is free and open to the public.

Scholarship for DACA students The Mission Asset Fund is currently for offering scholarship funds to cover the costs for students needing to renew their DACA status before the upcoming Oct. 5 deadline, such as paying the $495 renewal fee.

In order to apply for the scholarship, applicants must have a work permit that expires on or before March 6, 2018.

Scholarships are limited, so students are encouraged to apply as soon as advanced as possible.

Riverside City College will be hosting an application support workshop in the Charles A. Kane building Sept. 28 from 2-4 p.m.

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JOYCELLEN MARTINEZ @RCCviewpoints

Fall semester has started strong at all three Riverside Community College District campuses and like expected, many of the college attendants have already began to notice a difference.

All three colleges are expected to have a jam-packed year with the current increase of student enrollment of more than 4 percent in all of the colleges.

Leading the list is Moreno Valley with an increase of 6.9

percent, taking its total amount of student enrollment to 9,470.

Riverside City College took in 20,792 students, with a 4.2 percent increase from last year., while Norco College increased by 4 percent, taking their total to 10,606 students enrolled.

RCC students began to notice the increased amount of students through various factors, such as student parking.

“The college already has a limited amount of parking space and with more students the parking spaces get taken up twice as fast,” RCC student Sarah Johnson said. “The first day was especially hectic; it took me nearly two hours to

find a spot to park. Besides the parking matter it will also enlarge the competition to enroll into courses.”

Some students complained that the parking situation led to many spending as long as three hours trying to find a parking spot on the first day of classes, resulting in many students being dropped from their classes due to absence.

On the other hand, RCC student Jaqueline Andrade said she believed that the increase in student enrollment will actually bring a positive perspective to the college.

“It will help bring diversity

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revoking her work permit would be detrimental.

With her DACA status set to expire in Oct. 2018, GudinoFlores remains optimistic.

“I feel more than confident with the services and aid that my school and community offers to me,” she said, “I’m also proud of the members of the community that helped host and participate in the event, it really does give me hope about the future. I didn’t really expect there was going to be this much support.”

Immigration attorney Rosa Elena Sahagun held a community forum to help clarify the situation She wasted no time disclosing the obstacles preventing DACA recipients from obtaining basic citizenship. Immigration services will no longer accept new DACA applicants.

“We will adjudicate initial requests for DACA accepted

by Sept. 5, 2017 or before,” Sahagun said in a statement, “Immigration (USCIS) will only adjudicate DACA renewal requests received by Oct. 5, 2017, from current beneficiaries whose benefits will expire between Sept. 5 and March 5, 2018.”

If an applicant’s DACA expired before Sept. 4 or after March 6, 2018, then they are unable to renew their DACA application; however, even if they are eligible for a renewal, that still leaves them with less than a month (Oct. 5) to come up with the $495 filing fee needed to renew the application.

The DACA program allows children whose parents crossed the border illegally to gain access to work permits, a social security number, which allows them to obtain health insurance and driver’s licenses, and many other benefits reserved for native born Americans; nonetheless, renewing one’s DACA still comes at a risk.

Sahagun explains that Congress has been granted a six month gap to reach a unilateral decision regarding the DACA program.

“If there is that gap, congress has an opportunity to act and protect those students, should it chose to do so, but at the end of the day, there is nothing concrete for the future of these young people,” Sahagun said in a separate interview with CBS Local News.

Sahagun encourages DACA recipients to wait it out until

more information gets released from the White House to the public, because an eligible candidate could file to renew his DACA today, only to have the DACA program itself completely dismantled by the government a day later.

Sahagun emphasizes the importance of DACA recipients demand for their citizenship, stating that residency and citizenship are not the same.

She encourages those with a voice to stand up and advocate for the people whose voices have been silenced. Nonetheless, she still encourages DACA recipients to keep urging their community and local government to fight for their rights, because with citizenship comes voting rights and the power to vote will give DACA recipients, illegal immigrants and their supporters the power to elect new leaders who will support and enforce laws that best represent them and their interests.

DACA recipients are facing an intimidating future, but local organizers and concerned citizens will continue to peacefully assemble as they did Sept. 5, marching and advocating for a small minority behind a big cause.

Study Abroad in Buenos Aires For the Spring 2018 semester, students will have the opportunity of spending their semester in Buenos Aires through study abroad.

The program will run from Feb. 15 to May 12, 2018 and will give participating students the opportunity to study THE-3, THE-32, COM-7, ENG-1A, ENG-1B and ENG-12 while enjoying the sights and sounds of Buenos Aires.

The program will include international insurance, round-trip airfare, excursions, housing and museum admissions. However, the program fees do not cover personal expenses, passport fees, meals or college tuition.

Financial aid is available.

An information meeting will be held Sept. 25 from 5:30-7 p.m. in Tech B.

AMPUS CRIMES Aug. 23 Reckless Driving A student was arrested and issued a citation after driving recklessly at 10:45 a.m. in Lot G. Aug. 28 Hit and Run Property Damage A Volkswagen Beetle was damaged in the parking structure by an identified suspect at 9:40 a.m.

A student reported that their Ford F-150 pickup truck’s rear window had been broken by an unidentified suspect at 11:10 a.m.

A Kia Sedan was damaged in the parking structure by an unidentified suspect at 11 a.m.

Aug. 29 Hit and Run Property Damage A student’s Honda Accord was damaged in the parking structure by an unidentified suspect at 7:30 a.m.

A black Mercedes was damaged in the parking structure by an unidentified suspect at 2:41 p.m.

Aug. 30 Vandalism The Business Education Building was vandalized with graffiti at 12:40 p.m. No suspect information has been released.

Sept. 1 Theft A student reported that their wallet had been stolen from the Math and Science Building at 9:04 a.m. No suspect has been identified.

Sept. 6 Outside Warrant/Misdemeanor An adult non-student was arrested at the Early Childhood Studies building was arrested for an outside warrant of drug possession at 8:45 a.m.

Sept. 9 Grand Theft A report was filed for a golf cart that was stolen six months ago from the Wheelock Stadium. No suspect has been identified.

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DeVos plans to reverse Title IX SAMANTHA BARTHOLOMEW @RCCviewpoints

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Sept. 7 that she intends to reverse and replace the Obama administration’s 2011 guidance on sexual assault, better known as Title IX, citing due-process failings and procedural missteps.

Title IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding. This includes most schools, including private institutions and grades K-12.

Under Title IX, schools are legally required to respond and remedy hostile educational environments and failure to do so is a violation that means a school could risk losing its federal funding.

Schools that operate under Title IX are encouraged to inform students of students’ option to request confidentiality and available confidential advocacy, counseling or other support services and their right to file a Title IX complaint with the school and to report a crime to campus or local law enforcement.

When applying Title IX to campus sexual violence, victims of sexual assault have successfully sued universities in both federal and state courts for indifference to known situations of harassment.

For example, in 2007 a federal appeals court ruled that the University of Colorado at

Boulder could be sued under Title IX for rapes that took place in the context of its football recruiting program, stating that evidence could indicate that the risk of rape during recruiting visits was so obvious that the university violated Title IX by ignoring this risk.

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the government has conducted 435 investigations of colleges for possibly mishandling reports of sexual violence. As of 2017, 76 cases have been resolved and 359 remain open.

Under the Clery Act, a bill of rights for victims of campus sexual assault requires colleges and universities to notify victims of counseling resources available to them, notify victims of the option to report a case to either the school, law enforcement, or both and to provide academic or living accommodations, such as changing dorms and classes to victims.

Critics have stated their belief that DeVos’ speech alone shows a lack of understanding on the complexity of campus rape investigations and that her actions show a clear disconcern for sexual assault victims.

“This announcement sent a very clear message to student survivors: The government does not have your back,” Fatima Goss Graves said in her op-ed for Fortune.

Many do not see it this way.

In their Sept. 8 editorial, The National Review referred to DeVos’ actions as a “welcome step toward restoring a

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at Geogre Mason University on Sept. 7. measure of justice and sanity to American higher education.”

“This conversation has too often been framed as a contest between men and women or the rights of sexual misconduct survivors and the due process rights of accused students,” DeVos said in her address. “The reality is, however, a different picture. There are men and women, boys and girls who are survivors, and there are men and women, boys and girls who are wrongfully accused.”

DACA program phaseout details SAMANTHA BARTHOLOMEW @RCCviewpoints

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was implemented in June 2012 to further protections for people brought to the United States as children from deportation.

Since its creation, DACA has protected almost 800,000 people and allowed them to work and get their education.

However, on Sept. 5, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced President Donald Trump’s plan to rescind the program with a six month delay.

As of Sept. 6, a total of 15 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit with the intention of putting a stop to the recission, the announcement has effectively sent DACA recipients into a state of panic and uncertainty for what the future holds.

Here’s what DACA

recipients need to know about Trump’s announcement.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services stopped accepting and processing first-time applications for DACA on Sept.

5.

Current DACA and work permits will remain valid until its expiration date. To determine when your expiration date is, look at your I-795 Approval Notice and the bottom of your Employment Authorization Document (EAD).

DACA issuances and work permits expiring between now and March 5, 2018 must be submitted for renewal by Oct. 5.

If your DACA expires March 6, 2018 or later, you are not eligible to apply for renewal.

The Department of Homeland Security will no longer grant DACA recipients permission to travel abroad through advance parole, a permit for a non-citizen, who

does not have a valid immigrant visa, to re-enter the United States after traveling abroad.

Any pending applications for advance parole will not be processed and the DHS will refund any associated fees.

According to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, those that obtained DACA status before the age of 18 have never had any unlawful presence in the United States and can potentially seek out sponsorship from an employer.

As of Sept. 20, the Mission Asset Fund is currently for offering scholarship funds to cover the costs for students needing to renew their DACA status before the upcoming Oct. 5 deadline, such as paying the $495 renewal fee.

In order to apply for the scholarship, applicants with a work permit that expires on or before March 6, 2018.

Scholarships are limited, so students are encouraged to apply as soon as advanced as possible.

Civil rights attorney Alexandra Brodsky said she disagrees with the idea that protections for student survivors come at the expense of students accused of sexual assault.

“The Title IX guidance provides really robust procedural protections for accused students,” Brodsky said.

“Schools investigate everything from plagiarism, to arson, to simple assault, to murder.”

In a review of research

conducted by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center finds that false sexual assault reporting occurs two to 10 percent. This estimate is backed by a 2006 study that analyzed 812 sexual assault reports from 2000-2003 and found a 2.1 percent rate of false reports.

There has been no further update as to when or if Title IX will be officially reversed or what plans DeVos has in mind for its replacement.

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into the college. It also shows how the stigma that surrounds community college is diminishing. People are starting to accept that attending a twoyear college is not as bad as it’s made to seem when compared to a four-year college.”

Since the notice of increased enrollment, RCC directors have added additional courses during the registration periods. Classes such as English 1A and 1B which were in high demand.

Over the past year the student body in community colleges have increased due to the many advantages the it offers students.

RCCD campuses have adopted The Promise Program, which gives all students enrolled in the program the advantage of having their tuition fees paid for and entitlement to priority registration. Those enrolled as full-time students also receive book credit.

With the promise of graduating on in a two-year period, students in the program can make better timed plans for the future. The

program also offers students the opportunity to save money for the cost of a university education.

According to the California’s Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, 80 percent of all University of California and California State University graduates started their education at a community college, with 48 percent of those graduates earning a bachelor’s degree as STEM majors.

Nearly 75 percent of community college students are at least twenty-years-old. This age demographic plays on the fact that most college students have to deal with stress of juggling college life with work.

With the idea of being more convenient to student life, community colleges are leading the way into the increased incorporation of online and distance courses. Making it easier for students struggling with factors outside of education, to accomplish their educational goals.

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September 21, 2017

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“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t,”

- Jerry Rice

Tigers return to domination

RCC football team remains undefeated at 3-0 CAMERON WINSTON @RCCviewpoints

After turning in one of the most successful seasons in Riverside City College history in 2016, the Tigers football team looks primed to continue upon their dominance after a 3-0 start to the 2017 season.

Their first seasonal matchup saw them go up against Victor Valley College where the Tigers offense put on a showcase, emerging victorious with a dominating 52-9 score. The successful debut game highlighted the confidence the Tigers have returned with after suffering a 45-29 loss to Fullerton College in the Southern California Regional Championship game last year.

Sophomore quarterback Travis Jonsen got the start and came out with a huge performance in the passing game throwing 17 for 26 with 176 yards, and three touchdowns. His go-to target was 6 foot 6 inch sophomore wide receiver Cam Sutton who contributed with six receptions for 64 yards and two touchdowns.

Freshmen quarterback Vic Viramontes also contributed to a big night for the Tigers leading the running game rushing for 89 yards and scoring two of RCC’s seven touchdowns. He also made an impact in the passing game throwing 3 of 4 for 25 yards and a touchdown.

Coming off a satisfying debut week, the Tigers would then face a more competitive game against Golden West College.

From the start of the game against the Golden West Rustler Sams, the Tigers could not get any offensive flow going.

Travis Jonsen, got the second consecutive start for the Tigers but did not flash the dynamic air threat he showed against VVC. He did, however, finish the game showcasing his ability to use his legs to make plays gaining 55 yards on the ground.

With Jonsen’s night shortlived, sophomore quarterback Matt Struck checked into the game in the second quarter in hopes of bringing some sort of spark into the offense. Unfortunately, Struck’s attempt to get something going for the offense failed as as well. The offense would finally find progress after the insertion of Viramontes who, after halftime, led three straight scoring drives that were pivotal.

“I think Vic Viramontes gave us a big lift tonight with his running ability,” head coach Tom Craft said. “He still has to develop in his passing game, but you can see how he can put a

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Running-back Josh Johnson celebrates a touchdown with teammates Derrick Williams (wide reciever) and Joe Price (linemen) team on his back.”

Viramontes only played those three drives in the third quarter as he came down feeling ill and was replaced by Struck to finish the game. Viramontes ended his night going 1-2 for 38 yards and a touchdown and rushing for 123 yards and a touchdown.

T h e o ff e n s e s t r u g g l e d throughout the night in all areas of the field. One of the biggest concerns regarding the quarterback situation was the offensive line. They negated some momentous drives in the first quarter by getting some penalties against them to move the team back. The Tigers’ struggles in the first half restricted them from not being able to move into the opposing team’s territory at all.

The offensive line’s poor blocking was not a benefit for either quarterback throughout the game, and also affected the running game as well. This a unit that is still trying to find some chemistry with one another and find the right people to place in that starting role.

“I’m not happy with what’s going on up front yet,” Coach

Craft said. “We’re juggling guys in and out of that lineup so it’s probably going to take a week or two until we start to get it defined.”

For the defense, they held it together throughout the game.

Their run defense was somewhat of a high note but with precaution.

They held the running backs from breaking off any big runs, but struggled to contain Golden West mobile quarterback, Joe Pyle.

Pyle torched the defense with an impressive 127 yards and two touchdowns on back-to-back drives. Every time RCC thought they had him contained in the pocket to get a sack, he would slip past them to pick up a good chunk of yardage.

The biggest play of the game for the defense, however, had to be the last drive of the game.

With RCC up by only six points, Golden West had the ball with six minutes left in the game. As the Rustler Sams marched down the field, it seemed like they were destined to find the end zone and potenentially win.

Golden West entered the red zone territory expecting to

score, but two big stops caused a third and goal for Golden West.

On that third and goal, Tigers sophomore Terrill Gillete and a Golden West receiver looked like they had both secured the ball.

When the two players landed, it was a mystery as to who held possession of the ball. Initially, the referees signaled a touchdown until it was further discussed and overturned the initial ruling to an interception to seal the victory for the Tigers, 20-14.

Securing this victory moved their record to 2-0 as they headed into week three. The Tigers were victorious against a tough Bakersfield College team that saw them leave Bakersfield with a closely contested 28-26 win and advanced their record to 3-0.

A late fourth quarter surge by Bakersfield was not enough as the Tigers held sole possession of the game since the first quarter, while RCC added a touchdown in each quarter. Viramontes would start and played throughout the entirety of the game.

The development needed in his passing game that coach Craft addressed was evident as

he finished the night throwing 13 for 23 for 119 yards and two interceptions. His running ability showed high promise though after rushing for 146 yards and three touchdowns.

The ground game seemed to be the focal point and the most lethal weapon of the day for the Tigers as they rushed for 449 total yards. The three main rushers were Viramontes, freshman Malik Walker (148 yards and a TD) and sophomore Clifford Simms (99 yards).

The defense caused a lot of mayhem when getting to the quarterback ending the night with five sacks. This defensive force was led by freshman linebacker Devin Charles, who filled up the stat sheet with nine total tackles, 0.5 sack and 0.5 tackles for loss.

RCC’s football program has long been a stable of succes, and the 2017 season looks to continue tradition. With only mild concerns left to address, the Tigers look forward to what is sure to be another triumphant season that has the potential to bring home a coveted CCCAA state championship.

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Tigers’ football adopts a duck

Former Oregon Duck Travis Jonsen moves to RCC

17 season and after the firing of head coach Mark Helfrich, Jonsen’s loyalty to Oregon was rewarded when newly hired head coach Willie Taggart announced that all positions were up for grabs. With a new head coach and a new offense to fit his game, Jonsen had his sights set on the starting job once again. With Wilson out of the picture due to transfer, Jonsen moved up to second string quarterback to battle Herbert for the starting position.

After Herbert outperformed Jonsen over the course of two spring games it became clear that his time at Oregon may come to an end. Jonsen soon announced his decision to transfer and eventually revealed that RCC would be his destination.

Jonsen would quickly learn that RCC would present a different landscape than that of Oregon ”Tough, mentally tough, and physical you know, (the) coach just put us through some very hard work” said Jonsen “It’s kinda hard you know we go full games and some teams can’t and they prepare us very well for that.”

Back in California, on a new team and in a new school, Travis Jonsen finds himself with the fresh start he needs. With a powerhouse football program by his side, the former four-star recruit will be looking to show the masses and himself why he was one of the top quarterbacks in his recruiting class.

CHRISTIAN LOPEZ @RCCviewpoints

It has been a bumpy road, but the future is bright for Travis Jonsen.

Jonsen, a transfer from the University of Oregon, is one of a string of quarterbacks to transfer to Riverside City College over the years looking to leave their mark on its football program.

A once sought after recruit, Jonsen was a two year starter at Servite High School out of Anaheim, California. Although he posted a 10-13 record while under center, Jonsen found ways to make plays with both his arm and his legs, posting 26 touchdowns passing and 26 touchdowns rushing, according to Maxpreps. Jonsen had his best game in his two year tenure against Edison High School during his senior year where he posted 306 yards passing to go along with four touchdowns through the air and an additional 48 yards on the ground.

As a four-star recruit and the number three dual-threat quarterback in the nation according to Rivals.com, Jonsen had his pick of the litter on where he wanted to attend college.

Jonsen eventually chose the University of Oregon for what seemed like a match made in heaven.

He joined a semester early to get a headstart on the offense and the quarterback competition. Despite showing promise in his first spring game, Oregon elected to go with East Washington University transfer Vernon Adams for the 2015-16 season. Jonsen suffered a major setback towards the end of fall camp when he aggravated a turf toe injury he sustained in high school, forcing him to redshirt his first year.

After spending the 2015-16 season rehabbing his turf toe and learning the offense from the sidelines, Jonsen got his chance to make a run at the starting job.

At the start of spring practice,

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Travis Jonsen snaps a passing play during a week two matchup against Golden West College Jonsen was in a quarterback battle with Montana State University transfer Dakota Prukop and incoming freshmen Justin Herbert and Terry Wilson.

In his second spring game Jonsen showed signs of growth while passing and running for a touchdown. Throughout fall

camp it was believed that the frontrunners for the starting job were Prukop and Jonsen with no clear separation between the two. At the conclusion of fall camp however, Jonsen had tumbled down the depth chart to fourth string quarterback. In just his second year at Oregon,

Men’s Water Polo This year has been competitive so far for the Riverside City College men’s water polo team. They started the season opener with a loss against San Joaquin Delta College but went on a four game winning streak against Cabrillo College, Santa Ana College and the West Valley College Tournament. Most recently, the Tigers have suffered back to back losses. The first game on Sept. 16 to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College with a final score of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College 18, RCC 9. Their second loss came from Pomona Pitzer College that saw a final score of Pomona Pitzer 23, RCC 7. The Tigers currently sit at 4-3.Their next game will be the Cuesta College Tournament on Sept. 22.

Jonsen was at a crossroads in his young career. He can either go somewhere where he will get more playing time or stay at Oregon and ride with the team the whole season. In the end, Jonsen chose to stick with his fellow teammates and football program.

At the conclusion of the 2016-

Women’s Water Polo Starting the season with an undefeated record of 7-0, the reigning California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) champions controlled every aspect in their first conference game on Sept. 13 against Santa Ana College. RCC would dominate with a 26-2 victory that put them to 1-0 in the conference and tied for first thus far.

Their most recent game against Santa Barbara College in the Riverside Tournament had the Tigers emerge victorious with a final score of 5-4. The Tigers look to continue their streak of dominance and aim for a repeat as champions this season. Their next game will be Sept. 27, against conference foe Saddleback College who are currently 4-3 while 0-1 in the Orange Empire Conference rankings.

• 3361 total passing yards • .542 passing accuracy over 459 attempts • Longest pass: 85 yards • 26 passing touchdowns • 26 rushing touchdowns • 2123 rushing yards off of 292 carries • Longest run: 84 yards • 84.9 QB rating

Women’s Volleyball It’s still early, but the Riverside City College women’s volleyball season is off to a promising start. They kicked off the season on Aug 30 with a dominating 3-0 win over San Bernardino Valley while getting 34 kills on 93 attempts. The team then took on the College of the Desert in a 3-2 win. Through seven matches, the women’s volleyball team have a 5-2 overall record as well as a 1-0 conference record while averaging 9.87 kills per set as well as a .177 hitting efficiency. While the team has a 3-2 record at home, they don’t shy away from away games either. They have proven that they can take care of business on the opposing team’s home turf with a 2-0 record in away matchups against Cerritos and Santiago Canyon.

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you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment.

Losers Club unites and conquers a lot of people don’t appreciate the moment until it’s passed”

DAESHAUN THOMAS @RCCviewpoints

With the recent adaptational flop of Netflix’s “Death Note” still looming over our heads, I walked into my first screening of “It” rather skeptical.

I couldn’t imagine Hollywood being able to put together something that wasn’t all jump scares and horror tropes that have been used more times in the horror genre than the days are long, much less tell an emotionally investing story relevant to this day and age.

Plus, “It” had already been adapted for screen in the 1990’s as a two-part miniseries and birthed the iconic Tim Curry iteration of Pennywise that we’re so used to seeing pop up in our minds as an example of a quintessential killer clown. What more could Hollywood possibly aim to do with the source material? The idea of another failed retelling of the story alone is itself pretty scary and looming, and I haven’t even mentioned the clown yet.

It sounds fine in theory, but more often than not, it’s just a blatant cash grab by studios. It’s a lazy strategy to bank on successes of the past by eliciting enough nostalgia to get us to actually see the third reboot of “Spider Man” or the sixth “Transformers” or eighth “Texas: Chainsaw Massacre” remake.

Hollywood couldn’t possibly want more than to create a flimsy

horror flick intended to only make extra money from the October horror crowd, right?

Wrong. And I couldn’t be more happy to admit it.

Luckily, in the case of “It”, the subject material was so meticulously and lovingly handled, that what culminated was something akin to a splice between “The Goonies” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

Two things I did not know that I needed metaphorically crossedover until this film gave it to me.

The screenplay writers knowingly snuck a moving coming of age story into a film that everyone was just expecting to be about a scary, homicidal clown. Very similar to how I snuck in snacks to the theatre when watching “It” my first viewing. Also my second and third viewings as well, if we’re being totally honest.

Also, it’s satisfyingly scary.

Horror movie buffs rejoice. It’s just in time for the beginning of Halloween season, too. The soundtrack emits an atmosphere from the very beginning that emits unease, when it’s not playing some pretty solid 80’s bangers.

The visuals and scare sequences are phenomenal and will no doubt hold up for repeat viewings not only in theatres, but online streaming as well. The first death on-screen is absolutely brutal and equally heartbreaking, both as a concept as well as the execution.

I think we’ve even got a right

of passage horror movie that millennials will use at sleepovers for generations to come as the quintessential scary movie of the 2010s. The Conjuring films and The Babadook are shook.

To start with, half of the backbone of the film is undoubtedly The Losers Club.

A band of middle-school social misfits that came together originally in the 1986 horror novel written by Stephen King to stand up to Pennywise.

The group consists of seven members between the ages of 13 and 14 who are all bulliedschool outcasts, whose personal traumas extend well into to their home lives. If you went to public school in America it’s very likely that one of the members of The Losers Club will resonate with you.

Three of the most important characters to the plot are Eddie the hypochondriac mama’s boy, Richie the silver-tongued deliverer of the majority of the group’s burns and Billie, the

unspoken leader of the group whose brother Georgie has a keen connection to Pennywise.

(No spoilers for those who haven’t read the book or seen the miniseries - but hint: You’ll float, too).

I know much of my middleschool experience rung true while watching, mostly due to the emotional chemistry the cast is able to produce on-screen together.

Beverly Marsh (played by up and coming Sophia Lillis) by far has the most unfortunate and cringe-inducing interactions with the adults in her life. There is a scene involving a creepy pharmacist that my theater audibly groaned at in unison, in every single one of my viewings (you’ll know it when you see it).

Not that of the other adults in the film don’t vie for the title.

The adults in the fictional Maine town of Derry are downright unhelpful, at best.

They’re controlling and demented at their worst. Each and every one of them is profoundly unsettling to watch interact with our band of misfits, a Stephen King-ism that is certainly carried over from his larger body of work.

The film though is surprisingly (but refreshingly) really funny.

The Losers Club swear like sailors and let sexual innuendos fly left and right, because let’s face it, that’s how all of us were at that age too.

And that’s why they’re so damn relatable. “I need my bifocals! They’re in my second

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fanny pack!,” may very well be my favorite line of the entire film. Not that there aren’t other honorable mentions like: “These are gazebos! They’re b-------!”

Now to the pièce de résistance: Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

Bill Skarsgård’s casting as Pennywise, when it was originally announced, was really quite controversial, seeing as he had the Tim Curry portrayal to go up against and was one of the lesser known entities of the famous Swedes-gone-Hollywood family known as the Skarsgårds.

The trailer for the film however, absolutely broke the internet upon its release on May 9th, 2017. The social media campaign was very effective and engaging in reintroducing the clown to a new generation of moviegoers and even seemed to spark one of the stranger 2016 phenomena (besides the election); clowns seen casually walking around woods and unsuspecting neighborhoods in the dead of night.

Whether it was brilliant marketing, or just strange events timed suspiciously close to the release of the promotional content for “IT”, the campaign went viral.

The memes reached even the darkest places of Tumblr and the internet in the months leading up to the theatrical release.

I can’t divulge too much about the clown in an attempt to avoid encroaching on spoilers,

See “IT” on Page 8

Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgård) shoots fear into his victims with his infamous glaring eyes and painted on smile.

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Fifth Harmony (from left: Dinah Jane, Normani Kordei, Lauren Jauregui, Ally Brooke) performing at the Pomona Fairplex on Sept.

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Pop quartet Fifth Harmony powered through a 19 song set during their headlining show at the Pomona Fairplex on Sept. 15.

The quartet performed songs from all three of their albums including hits such as “Work From Home” and “Worth It” as well as new fan favorites “Deliver” and “He Like That.”

Following internal discord

and creative differences in the group before the departure of former member Camila Cabello, member Normani Kordei expressed her gratitude to fans for giving their new album a chance.

“I just want to be completely honest, this is the first time that we’ve actually had the opportunity to be creative,” Kordei said.

“It’s just really cool to kind of see all of our hard work just kind of manifest and it’s really cool that you guys appreciate it.

Thank you for sticking with us throughout our careers.”

The group then went into girl power anthem “That’s My Girl” from their sophomore album “7/27.”

At the end of the show, the group waved around a fan made gay pride flag with the lyrics “bridges not walls” written in bold letters from their song “Bridges” in what appeared to be a sign of solidarity.

Fifth Harmony’s new self titled album is out now.

Fifth Harmony member Dinah Jane performing at the Pomona Fairplex on Sept. 15, 2017.

Setlist 1. Angel 2. Worth It 3. BO$$ 4. Reflection 5. That’s My Girl 6. Scared of Happy 7. Write On Me 8. This Is How We Roll 9. Sledgehammer 10. Deliver 11. We Know 12. Dope 13. Messy 14. Not That Kinda Girl 15. All In My Head (Flex) 16. He Like That 17. Gonna Get Better 18. Down 19. Work from Home Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui performing at the Pomona Fairplex on Sept. 15, 2017.

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T-Swizzle re-rebooted Taylor Swift’s new album may keep her ‘Reputation’ in the same place.

HEIDI DYE @RCCviewpoints

That’s right, the old Taylor Swift is officially dead and now we’re being introduced to this “new” Taylor in her coming album “Reputation,” which is set to be released Nov. 10.

Luckily for all those Swifties out there, the music video for lead single “Look What You Made Me Do” is available online for everyone’s viewing pleasure.

“Look What You Made Me Do” is a prime example of how Swift is the master of adapting her music style in the nick of time to fit the needs of what the modern day consumer craves.

While the music video is visually pleasing, minus the CGI snakes, “Look What You Made Me Do” sounds like a rejected Fergie song. At least I can actually dance to “Fergalicious.”

The chorus is so repetitious that it’s nearly impossible to get rid of her nonsensical lyrics from my bad dreams.

According to an article in NME, Swift is so proud of her lyrics that she’s even copyrighting some of the phrases used in her song.

Good riddance to those who will wear t-shirts that read “The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now” because she is still the same old Taylor Swift that you met years ago.

To be honest, her new song is proof that no matter how many times Swift has changed up her style, she still continues to write diss tracks. Whether it’s a song about an ex-lover or a feud with another celebrity, they just keep on coming.

Now after listening to “Look What You Made Me Do,” I decided to continue the torture by listening to her new single “Ready For It.” The track features some of Taylor’s superb rapping skills that we got a taste of in “Shake it Off.” While the beat is rather catchy, the lyrics prove once again that it’s not a good idea to date Ms. Swift. In the song, she references some of her past lovers, saying that it’s better to love her in secret, because no one has to know.

If you love Swift’s so very new style, you can look forward to purchasing “Reputation” on Nov. 10. Where you can enjoy a new side to Swift with the same song-writing style you know and love.

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‘It’ delivers on promise to make you float too “IT” from Page 6

but rest assured that Skarsgård’s version of our favorite murderous resident clown is exquisite.

I can also say that you should pay attention to even the most minute details in Skarsgård’s portrayal of Pennywise. He doesn’t wipe away at the water profusely dripping from his mouth while talking to poor Georgie, amid a very heavy rainstorm (the infamous sewer scene).

His English is ... strained.

Grammatically, sure, it’s not bad or even out of date given “It”

is a clown who has terrorized the same town since the 1700s, but he puts emphasis on the wrong words when formulating sentences. His body language is “off,” even for a clown. He contorts all his limbs and moves in ways not humanly possible.

Skarsgård’s appearances on screen as It are entirely unsettling and unnatural, but he somehow finds a certain, dare I say, charisma in the role that does the source material glorious justice.

Stephen King fans and fans of the horror genre in general should be proud.

Make no mistake, there is

some especially sinister and supernatural quality about Pennywise that will stick with you well after the movie ends, and likely long after you shut off your bedroom lights at night.

But that won’t be the only thing.

You’ll also leave shockingly content as you reminisce about The Losers Club’s time together in the film. And that’s the weirdest sentence anyone could write about a film whose given source material is about a homicidal, supernatural clown named Pennywise that terrorizes a fictional town named Derry.

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Entertainment Briefs Mariachi Festival returns to Riverside The Mariachi Festival is returning to Riverside on Sept. 23.

The festival is set to celebrate Hispanic culture and Mariachi music through vendors, cultural foods and community art displays throughout the day. Contests will also be held for ballet folklorico groups and artists whose works feature Hispanic culture.

Presale tickets are available online for $15 while tickets purchased on the day of the event will be $20. Children 12 and under are free.

The event will be held at Fairmount Park from 9 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Trumpet soloist to perform at RCC Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hooten, will perform a solo recital Sept. 29 at the Riverside City College’s Henry W. Coil and Alice Edna Coil School for the Arts Concert Hall.

Hooten travels the world as a soloist and clinician and is currently active in the Los Angeles studio scene.

Hooten will be joined by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra keyboardist Joanne Pearce Martin on piano.

Tickets will be $20 for adults or $10 for students and senior citizens 55 and older.

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Spotify announced Sept. 7 that students will now have access to a bundle deal which gives them access to Spotify Premium and Hulu with limited advertising for just $4.99 a month.

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The deal is available to those with new and existing Spotify and Hulu accounts.

If you would like to activate the offer you must visit spotify. com/us/student/ where you will either be prompted to sign in or create an account.

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Clinton refuses to admit fault In her new memoir Hillary Clinton expresses her point of view about the 2016 election

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W hen I f irst heard that Hillary Clinton was writing a memoir about the 2016 elections, my initial response was “For God’s sake, why?”

It doesn’t seem like something worth dwelling on, especially considering that 2016’s election results have been endlessly dissected and analyzed day after day since that fateful night in Nov. I have been amongst such analyzers. Thus it appeared to me that there was no reason for yet another book on 2016 to exist, especially one written by the loser.

But alas, Clinton just cannot help herself. From the many excerpts that have leaked so far, it’s obvious that this book is just as out of touch and tone deaf as her campaign was. So it should come as no surprise that “What Happened” completely and utterly fails to answer that very question, and serves only to further divide a party desperately

trying to reunify after a very divisive period.

It doesn’t help that Clinton herself appears incapable of accepting any modicum of real blame for her devastating defeat.

In her book, it seems as though it’s everyone else’s fault that she lost.

For example, at one point she makes a strange analogy between Bernie Sanders and a film in which a hitchhiker describes his plan to make his own version of the popular “8 Minute Abs” series of videos, which he will call 7 Minute Abs. “That’s what it was like in policy debates with Bernie,” says Clinton. “We would propose (a policy), and then Bernie would announce basically the same thing, but bigger. On issue after issue, it was like he kept proposing fourminute abs, or no minute abs.

Magic abs!”

It’s an interesting accusation to throw at Sanders because, at least from where I was sitting.

More sur prising was her criticism of Barack Obama, who rightly warned her against alienating the large section of her own base that supported Sa nde r s’ p osit ion s , wh ich Clinton describes in her book as “pipe dreams.”

“President Obama urged me to grit my teeth and lay off Bernie as much as I could. I felt like I was in a straightjacket,” writes Clinton.

Hopelessly unaware of the fact that it was her staunch

opposition to such supposed “pipe dreams” that contributed greatly to her defeat, not the fact that she was criticized for running a n i ncred ibly m ilquetoast, uninspiring campaign.

I’ve written this before, but it apparently needs to be reiterated.

HillarySpeeches.com, a database

of all the campaign stops Clinton made in 2016 tells us that after each respective primary, Clinton did not set foot in the crucial state of Wisconsin, visited Michigan three times – each time visiting a major city – and rarely ventured outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh when visiting

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Pennsylvania.

All three of those states have gone to the Democratic candidate in every Presidential election since the 1980s, and yet Clinton lost all three of those states.

T he Wa sh i ng ton Post’s electoral map shows us that the overwhelming majority of counties in those three states went to Trump, with Clinton only taking a few metropolitan areas. Had this not occurred, she would be our current president.

This did not happen because mean old Sanders grilled her for not being as “left wing” as him, or because President Obama told her to not attack the left or even because the scary Russian government “hacked” her emails. She lost because she routinely ignored a very crucial swath of the country whose support she desperately needed, with whom Sanders’ ideas and proposals resonated with greatly.

When it came to those ideas, Cli nton would oppose and belittle them as “pipe dreams” and promises of “ponies” or proposed watered down versions of those ideas, which nobody on earth believed she would ever follow through on.

This book has done nothing but expose how bitter and out of touch Clinton is, and serves only to reopen old wounds. It should never have been published because it’s obvious that on the question of “What Happened,” Clinton has no idea.

Not everyone is ready for college and that’s not OK

MIA MAGANA @RCCViewpoints

When thinking of college d o yo u t h i n k l i b e r a t i o n , responsibility, adventure or anxiety?

Do we really take the time to think about the kind of skills we should have to be prepared?

It's OK to be scared, nervous and unsure of the next step in life.

The reality is that not all college bound students are ready for this big step due to a lack of basic knowledge needed to

transition into adulthood.

The norm is that, "Less than half of high school students across the country feel they are ready for college and careers, even though these remain top goals for students,” said Ferman Leal, college and readiness reporter for EdSource.

Having expectations for the future is the bread and butter of being a high school student.

Some high schools prepare their students for college style classes, study habits and financial aid programs. Other high school students are not so lucky in receiving assistance.

The main concern that isn’t addressed is if students truly understand the process of college.

How many st udents understand the process of juggling classes while holding down a part time or full time job? Do colleges really do a good job of informing students which classes benefit their degree of choice?

Now how many of those schools teach their students to write checks, pay bills, have an understanding of a car payment, taxes and chores?

When I think about becoming an adult I don’t think some people take the time to apply the responsibilities that come along with being an adult.

Sometimes when it is time for a major step in life, some have to make that move to stand on their own and do their best to gather the knowledge they require for their life.

For example, when I was in high school I thought college was going to be as easy. When I arrived at Riverside City College I was scared out of my mind because I didn’t really realize how far out of my comfort zone I had to be. I was going to have to take initiative towards finding out information.

When thinking of living on our own do we realize what

goes into the moving process, especially when moving on campus? W hen thin king of buying your first car, do you realize what credit level you need to have before buying? These are some of the questions I feel we forget to ask ourselves as we progress into adulthood.

How can someone not know how to cook their mom's famous dish? Believe it or not, many students don't know how to cook and turn to unhealthy food such as fast food or easy to do microwavable dishes.

While the blame could be put to people being lazy, bad parenting is also to blame.

Growing up people are told that they need to do certain tasks in a specific manner but it turns out that there are a multiple amount of ways for things to get done.

One does not realize the d a m age pa re nt s i n f l ict i n pampering their children. There is little to no room for students

to learn and gain experience if parents continue to coddle them.

Those who are really ready possess the critical thinking, communication, social and emotional skills, as well as the ability to be self-directed learners to achieve success. These people are independent and have the confidence to go after what they want.

Some students stress because they are too afraid to ask questions on what they don't understand.

The worst case scenario is for someone to have no answer or having to go to a different source.

The more experience you gain in asking questions the better you’ll be at being independent and in being assertive.

The Internet has been a thing for quite some time. You have the ability to ask any question and receive and answer. Ask Google anything you have that you’re too afraid to ask. The answer to your questions is only a click away.

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Talk about climate change

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Climate change. It’s not a conspiracy theory by the liberal “snowflakes.” It’s real, it’s happening, and not enough people are talking about it.

It’s a mess made by people and people should be able to clean it up.

But has the U.S population’s ref usal to acknowledge and accept it made reversing climate change too late?

Neil deGrasse Tyson told CNN that the results of the hurricanes that recently occurred have indicated how severe climate change has become and that we “might not be able to recover.”

Tyson goes on and questions what it would take for people to recognize climate change despite the already dozens of research performed by a community of scientists.

The world as a whole, however, has made progress toward accepting climate change.

According to the New York Times, China is one of the leading countries to agree that climate change is largely due to human activity, followed

by Argentina, Italy and Spain. The countries on the lower end of this spectrum include Russia, Australia, Great Britain and, surprise surprise, the United States.

Let’s just add that to the list of things we believe we’re number one at but really aren’t.

Of course, being behind the curve on a topic

like this isn’t actually a surprise and our current president isn’t helping matters.

One of President Donald Trump’s claims during his campaign was that climate change was a hoax, and throughout his presidency he’s proven that he either really thinks that or just flat out doesn’t care.

Trump has given the OK to the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines which not only pose a threat to drinking water for nearby communities and land considered sacred by Native American tribes, but will also contribute to more greenhouse gases due to extracting oil from tar sands, according to the National Geographic.

He nominated Scot t Pr uit t as the EPA administrator even though he is a known climate change denier and has strong ties to fossil fuel interests, and according to The Guardian, has even challenged his own agency on pollution rules during his time as attorney general of Oklahoma.

To thank Pruitt for taking on such an important role in our government, Trump decided to cut the EPA’s budget by nearly a third in his proposed budget plan, hurtting climate and clean energy programs the most, according to The Guardian.

One of Trump’s biggest action against climate change was withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, which is a global effort to fight greenhouse gas emissions.

Withdrawing would mean joining Syria and Nicaragua as the only nations that are not a part of the agreement.

His reasoning was that he was elected to “represent the citizens of Pittsburg, not Paris,” according to The New York Times. Hinting at the more likely reason, which is that he has no idea what the Paris agreement is or does. He does, however, know it involves a lot more nations, making it not all about the U.S. and of course we can’t have that.

Instead of making rash decisions like this, we should be sending out “Our deepest apologies” cards to the rest of the world as we are ranked number two for largest carbon emission contribution at 17.62 metric tons of carbon dioxide per person, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The rest of the world is moving forward trying to fight a common evil yet we’re still stuck in denial.

Newsflash, climate change isn’t something you can just sweep under a rug and forget it’s there.

Just like Tyson was wondering, what will it take? For there to be more hurricanes that are a lot more severe than they should be, uncontrollable wildfires in everyone's backyard, the extinction of polar bears?

Maybe we’ll finally get the hint when we’re the stars of our own version of Waterworld.

But by then, what would be the point?

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