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Affects of pandemic hit RCC Fans shut out of basketball tournament, UCR closes campus ERIK GALICIA NEWS EDITOR

The spread of coronavirus has prompted the California Community College Athletic Association to substantially limit public access to events.

According to a press release, only teams and essential staff will be permitted to attend the basketball state championship tournaments this weekend.

Riverside City College’s men’s team is set to play the City College of San Francisco in Coalinga on Friday.

“Our kids will have an opportunity to win a state championship and compete at the highest level in community college men’s basketball,” said Jim Wooldridge, RCC athletic director. “That’s the most important thing.”

Although he called the decision to limit game attendance unfortunate, Wooldridge expressed support and understanding for the protective measure.

“We certainly understand the cautiousness that we have to take at this point,” Wooldridge said.

With the number of infections rising and UC Riverside’s March 10 announcement that classes will shift to online, some students are concerned that RCC will soon follow suit.

“It’s certainly a possibility,” RCC President Gregory Anderson said. “I don’t think anybody should be surprised if it happens.”

Anderson said that neither the state nor the county has recommended that RCC close the campus, but that students should be checking their official RCCD emails often.

A March 11 email urged

RCCD faculty to immediately begin planning to continue instruction online.

“We are asking all faculty who have not completed Canvas training to do so by March 18,” the email read. “Please start to communicate now with students.”

According to Anderson, the switch would be temporary and flexible enough to accomodate classes that are difficult to cover online.

“We’re taking it hour by hour,” Anderson said.

Stephen Peltz contributed to this story.

WHAT’S INSIDE SPORTS

8 Centerspread: Track and Field Invitational

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13 Editorial: Political divisiveness

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Virginia White, right, discusses the future and funding of the Outdoor Plant Lab at the ASRCC Senate meeting on March 3.

New regulations impact garden Sustainability Collective clashes with administration over use LEO CABRAL MANAGING EDITOR

What began as a student-led communal garden in 2013 has been declared an academic site and is now under the direction of Life Sciences instructor Virginia White.

“The way that the college views this space is now [as] an academic space that’s run through Academic Affairs,” White explained at an ASRCC Senate meeting that discussed the future of the garden on March 3. “It gets academic designation in the way that we code classrooms.”

With the change taking effect in December, the newly dubbed

Outdoor Plant Lab will be treated like a lab environment and will primarily be used to complement Botany and Biology course needs. The public no longer has open access to the garden for liability reasons. The gates have been locked and only authorized Riverside City College faculty have the key.

Student interns trained on how to use the equipment in the formerly named RCC Urban Farm can no longer enter the garden freely to work on their assignments. Four student interns are being sponsored by CSUSB and the Santa Ana Water Project Authority to conduct water experiments on four plots.

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Education intern Royce Li feels unwelcome in the garden that he has helped maintain since early 2019. As an intern, Li’s duties included tending to all the plots, coordinating volunteer hours, designating volunteer activities and hosting events.

“Their internships are scheduled to continue through the spring semester,” said Life Sciences instructor Tonya Huff.

“They can no longer access the space to work on their project unless I am available to supervise them.”

“I saw the bars on there and I was kind of triggered,” said Li about the garden now being locked. “We were trained to know how to use the space and I

feel like it’s so absurd for admin to say that it’s because of the tools. That students would be hurting themselves and it’s a liability issue.”

Public access is limited to the new volunteer hours which are 2-4 p.m. on Mondays and 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Clubs and students must submit a request to use the space for community and art events. Academic requests will take priority over community requests to use the plots.

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14 RCC hosts Hill Harper for Black History Month

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NEWS BRIEFS Student Safety Town Hall RCCD police will hear students’ safety concerns and answer questions in the Bradshaw Hall of Fame Conference Room on March 24 from 12:30-2 p.m.

Our Bodies, Our Minds This is a two hour workshop that explores the impact of sexual violence on mental health. The workshop touches on how to support loved ones that have survived sexual violence.

It will be held in the Bradshaw Hall of Fame Conference Room on March 23 from 1-3 p.m.

CalFresh and MediCal Students will be able to apply for CalFresh and MediCal services at the Quad Corner on March 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Blood Drive Life Stream Blood Bank will be on campus collecting blood donations on March 18 and 19 in the Quad Corner area from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Self-Defense Workshop The Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center will present escape, risk reduction and fighting tips in the Bradshaw Hall of Fame Conference Room on March 18 from 2-3 p.m.

Enrollment Services Webinar A presentation will cover the “five key steps to make difficult conversations easier” in the Charles A. Kane 202Q Conference Room on March 18 from 11 a.m. to noon.

All of these dates are subject to change due to possible regulations to come involving the containment of the coronavirus.

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A greenhouse will share space with the Outdoor Plant Lab. Virginia White hopes that the greenhouse will be finished by next year.

GARDEN from page 1 garden/urban farm,” Dean of Instruction Scott Blair stated in an email on Dec. 2. “While support of instruction shall be the priority of the academic space, the ongoing work of the community garden/urban farm, as a secondary use of the property, should be considered under the direction of the discipline experts.”

Three of the garden’s 12 plots are now reserved for academics, according to White. When the four plots surrounding the gazebo free up in the summer, they will likely be open for community use. Availability of plots for community use in the fall term, however, will depend on the academic needs of the courses offered.

“Being tied to classes does not mean that other people can’t use the space,” White said at the ASRCC Senate meeting. “What it means is that the courses are going to determine how much space they need and then how much space we can allot for public use.”

Several current and former members of the RCC Urban Farm and Student Sustainability Collective are unhappy with the transfer of authority and new regulations.

Some even created a petition to make their voices heard.

There are concerns that reducing space in the garden will reduce food production for hungry students. There are protests to the emergence of the plastic tool sheds and the imminent greenhouse because the garden would no longer be a model of complete sustainability. Many

feel that the community aspect is being taken away from the garden.

“It’s an important space,” said Beverley Eskew, former member of the collective. “It’s crosscultural, it’s cross-disciplinary and there’s not too many spaces like it on campus.”

Sustainability Collective President Stephanie Fowler fears that limiting access to the garden will hinder its original mission. She and several alumni voiced their concerns about the recent changes to the garden at the ASRCC Senate meeting on March 3.

“We don’t have access to that space, we have been left out of any talks of the organization of it or how the space will be used in the future,” Fowler said.

“Other than [how] we’ve come to find out that they have put restrictive locks on our ways to get into that place . . . There is no connection or communication with the students as far as how we can continue to use that space. It’s just all been done.”

White said that her sole supervision of the space is temporary while everyone gets used to the transition.

The greenhouse was originally going to be included in the Math and Science Building.

But it was scrapped from the final build, according to White.

“Other areas were scouted out and ultimately what made the most sense was putting it in the community garden,” said Mark Sellick, the district’s Academic Senate president.

According to White, designating the garden as an academic space will influence facilities decisions and guarantee its existence for at least 10 more years.

“They have been trying to find a greenhouse space for a long time,” said Micah Carlson, a former RCC student who was part of the initial group that started the community garden.

“The garden came up in the conversations multiple times and it got saved multiple times.”

Members from the Student Sustainability Collective will meet with the ASRCC Supreme Court to continue to negotiate for space in the Outdoor Plant Lab. “I feel like we should share a space with the OPL,” said Royce Li. “That sounds reasonable.”

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ASRCC’s treasurer Corey Wilson, left, and their president Angel Contreras speak to the Student Sustainability Collective after the Senate meeting on March 3.

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Norco presidential search down to final 3 ERIK GALICIA

Final applicants’ forums address students and faculty at Norco College

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Norco College Interim President Monica Green emphasized her experience in program development as an 18 year employee of the Riverside Community College District during her forum on Feb. 20.

She described the Summer Advantage Program, which provides early orientation and one year of free tuition to firsttime students, as a successful example of her management style.

“When we started that program in 2012, we recognized that we were squeezing our local high school students out and (that) we had a placement issue,” Green said. “So we worked very closely with our high school ERIK GALICIA NEWS EDITOR

The only Inland Empireraised finalist, Kenneth P. Gonzalez, relayed a message of empathy for students and staff at Norco College on Feb. 25.

Gonzalez is the vice president of student and enrollment services at El Paso Community College in Texas. His writings about the experiences of underrepresented students have been published across several academic journals.

“We’re here to serve students but we also need to make sure that our staff and faculty have access to a livable wage,” he said.

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partners and developed this program.”

According to Green, the program paved the way for the college’s implementation of the Guided Pathways framework and the use of high school performance for placement.

Green has been championing

Guided Pathways for quite some time. She claimed that fully realizing the process, which began in 2015, is one of the dreams she has for Norco College.

The interim president proposed increased dual enrollment, off-campus classes and temporary facilities to alleviate the college’s expected population boom.

Over the past year, students and faculty have raised concerns over the college’s district funding.

Green assured faculty that Norco College has built the necessary relationships to ensure equity. At the college level, she proposed the creation of a progress review that would manage funding by assessing and prioritizing needs.

Andy Aldasoro, the Norco

College Classified Staff Union representative, asked Green how she would ensure that input from the “ground troops,” such as receptionists and groundskeepers, will be treated as importantly as input from professors and administrators.

“It’s ensuring that individuals are at the table,” Green said.

“When is it not going to be convenient for our classified professionals to leave their areas because it’s a heavy time?

Sometimes it’s balancing that with our faculty’s demands.”

According to Green, 40% of Norco College’s $75 million budget consists of “soft dollars,” which includes grants that fund the employment of classified professionals. She explained that the college must better prioritize

goal of Guided Pathways should be to put students on the path to a livable wage. He referenced his cousin in San Diego, who is studying to become a certified nurse assistant, a job he claims does not pay a living wage in that area.

Gonzalez explained that an institution must not only help such a student be a successful CNA, but also encourage that student to achieve the title of registered nurse.

In regard to expanding faculty diversity as president, he expressed that educators of color have the opportunity to promote higher aspirations among students with similar backgrounds.

“So my little cousin, who’s

15 and thinks she only wants to be a CNA, sees a Latina nursing faculty member who’s telling her, ‘You need to get your nurse practitioner degree,’” Gonzalez said. “And she all of sudden thinks, ‘Wow, she looks like me and she came from a similar experience. I can do that too.’”

According to Gonzalez, only half of El Paso’s outgoing high school seniors go on to college.

For the last three years, he has sought to increase that number to over 60%.

“Our students come to our college an average of seven times before they complete the enrollment process,” he said.

“We sent 70 or so people to each high school. And at the end of that day, every senior

who wants to come to (El Paso Community College) walked away with a schedule of classes in their hand.”

Gonzalez also argued that advanced planning does not always match reality. He reported that 25% of California community colleges are under a “hold harmless” agreement in the state’s Student Centered Funding Formula, meaning that funding will not be withheld for at least a few years even though graduation rates are lower than expected.

According to Gonzalez, achieving equitable funding in the multi-college district must involve alignment of plans with countless factors, such as governance processes,

at Bergen College bought flip flops at a dollar store for an experiment. Unable to choose what flip flops they would wear, they found that some fit and some did not. The experiment was meant to explain how the education system does not suit some students as well as others.

“What is equity,” she asked.

“If you need to walk straight, you’re gonna have to have the right flip flops. Therefore I’m gonna have to give you the resources you need.”

Gonzalez-De Jesus said flexibility and availability of options are essential in balancing career and technical education and general education. No matter the path, colleges should provide the resources necessary for students to achieve their goals,

according to Gonzalez-De Jesus.

Gonzalez-De Jesus argued that transparency and communication are required to attain the necessary funding in a multi-college district.

She proposed sending out a newsletter every two weeks to inform people about funding priorities and requests.

Anisha Salhotra, a second year student, raised concern over the future of supplemental instruction and other tutorial services at Norco College.

“We are facing a lack of funding for supplemental instruction and tutoring on our campus,” Salhotra said. “Next semester we will not have any type of supplemental instruction at all.”

Gonzalez-De Jesus described

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Naydeen Gonzalez-De Jesus, a public diplomacy officer at the U.S. Embassy in Argentina, highlighted her experience helping students of color on Feb. 27.

Prior to working in politics, Gonzalez-De Jesus, was the vice president of student affairs at Bergen Community College in New Jersey.

She claimed that data indicated students of color were falling through the cracks at that college.

“We were able to look at where we lacked as an institution,” Gonzalez-De Jesus said. “Through that experience

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we were able to increase retention and also the completion rate to the point that our institution was acknowledged as the number one school in the state of New Jersey.”

According to GonzalezDe Jesus, the administration

funding to place some of these jobs on the general fund that makes up 60% of the budget, thus institutionalizing those jobs.

Green emphasized that the surrounding area is in need of an increase in “college-going rates.”

According to Green, this requires making the community aware of Norco College.

“We’re lower on the list of being funded for new facilities,” Green said. “We have a service area that continues to grow. If we don’t bring on those resources then we’re not doing our due diligence.”

Green is in her second stint as interim president. She worked as dean and vice president of of Student Services at Norco College from 2009 to 2018.

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enrollment projections and pension obligations.

Gonzalez said that production of strong data would allow him to be a strong advocate when making the case for Norco College’s needs.

partnerships as key to meeting the resource needs of Norco College. As a public diplomacy officer, she has partnered with Delta Airlines to aid students studying abroad in Argentina.

“They were able to go to Argentina and come back free of charge,” Gonzalez-De Jesus said. “I partnered with AT&T so that students coming to Argentina from the United States could have cell phones.”

Gonzalez-De Jesus proposed rearranging available space in order to accomodate Norco College’s expected population boom even when voters do not approve bond measures. “ We h a v e t h e s p a c e , ” Gonzalez-De Jesus said.

“Together we can make it happen.”

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Members of Riverside City College’s Elohist Club out by the old Admissions and Records Building. The club is established in over 50 colleges worldwide.

Elohist club receives threats

Members aim to clear social media misconceptions ERIK GALICIA NEWS EDITOR

Social media has proven itself time and time again to be an efficient means for the spread of false and harmful information.

Members of Riverside City College’s Elohist Club, which focuses on preaching the World Mission Society Church of God’s version of Christianity, claim to have learned this through personal experience.

What sets their doctrine apart from other Christian ideologies is their preachings about “God the Mother,” which teaches that God exists in both male and female form. Several social media posts in the last few years have made accusations that “God the Mother” preachers on college campuses are connected to sex trafficking.

According to RCC Elohist Club members, these social media accusations have resulted in stigma and harassment.

Stacy Rangel, vice president of the club, was preaching to a student across the street from RCC last September when she claims another student interrupted the encounter.

“She starts pulling her and she’s like, ‘Come on girl, you don’t even know what they’re involved in,’” Rangel said.

Rangel also reported an incident the week before the start of the Spring 2020 semester on Terracina Drive, which runs through the middle of the college off Magnolia Avenue. Rangel claims a student she approached reacted suspiciously and then went

behind some bushes and started taking pictures of club members.

When the club confronted the student, Rangel says the student was worried about the sex trafficking allegations she had heard. The club then invited the student to speak to an RCC police officer who happened to be nearby if she felt the problem was severe enough to warrant taking photos of the interaction.

“I’m a mother,” Rangel said.

“If you were to do something with this picture and somehow the cops come to my house, the first thing that’s gonna come to my head is my child. What are they gonna do to my child? They’re probably gonna take her. You don’t know what kind of legal problems you can get me into.”

The club provided Viewpoints with Facebook comments on “God the Mother” posts that threaten violence against missionaries.

“Kill them,” some comments read. “”Throat punch the little b-----.”

According to Stacy’s Husband and club President Joe Rangel, the allegations against Elohist clubs began in 2017 at the University of Tennessee.

“I was there,” Joe said. “The police got involved in trying to arrest one of the missionaries that was with us. We ended up clearing up the (misunderstanding.) But from there it got spread out through mass media.”

Several law enforcement investigations across the country have found no evidence that Elohist clubs and the World Mission Society Church of God are connected to sex trafficking.

According to Lt. Jayson Wood of the Riverside Police Department, there are no indications in the agency’s system that “Elohist Club” and “World Mission Society Church of God” have ever been mentioned in a sex trafficking investigation conducted by the RPD. “The ones that are being victimized here (are) actually us,” said Valerie Dewong, club secretary and treasurer. “It’s unfair and unjustifiable that we are receiving this kind of backlash, especially with no proof.”

Dewong said she would like to trust that RCC will support the club’s freedom of expression and ensure the safety of its members.

She argued that the stress caused by the attacks could end up affecting the academic performance of club members.

“We’ve had a lot of members think about coming to this campus,” Dewong said. “But if this kind of thing is gonna happen to them, obviously they would have to go to school somewhere else.”

RCC’s Elohist Club prides itself in its volunteer service, which includes blood drives and environmental cleanups. It’s affiliated church has also received a Volunteer Service Award from both President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump, as well as the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in the United Kingdom, which requires government audits to ensure legitimacy.

“We’re just trying to be students and also share our beliefs and what we’re passionate about,” Dewong said.

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Author Nisha Elliot teaches young women about confidence and self-esteem during the Empowering Young Women’s Conference at Riverside City College on March 7.

Conference empowers women Young women learn self-love through different workshops at RCC ROSSANA MARTINEZ STAFF REPORTER

At a young age women are given the message that they are weak and vulnerable. Selflove and self-empowerment change those misconceptions when women unite to make a difference.

Young women gathered for the Empowering Young Wo m e n ’s C o n f e r e n c e a t Riverside City College on March 7 to learn more about self-worth, love and power.

Each girl was greeted with a warm smile, a folder, notepad and pen.

Wanda Scruggs, chair of the conference, encouraged young women to start with themselves in order to make changes to the world.

“If we can teach them that they can start in their own

little sphere of influence, changing their world, then t h e y c a n e n l a rg e t h a t a n d keep enlarging it until soon they’ve changed so many lives for the better,” Scruggs said.

The day consisted of workshops and events focused on dream achievement, selfdefense, human trafficking, career education, selfesteem, personal health, and so much more.

“Girls Can Fight Too,”a favored workshop, taught a self-defense system designed for young ladies. Author Nisha Elliott, who created Transformation Tuesday, an online confidence-building video series, taught the girls how to use their voices to protect themselves.

“The focus is for the girls to know that they’re amazing enough to protect

The focus is for the girls to know that they’re amazing enough to protect themselves.

-- Nisha Elliot, creator of Tranformation Tuesday

themselves,” Elliott said.

“Hopefully they learn that you are amazing and should be protected and that your v o i c e b r i n g s p o w e r. I f they just learn to use their voice and it translates into everything that they do, then they’ve learned a million more things that I can even imagine.”

A presentation by The Latte Ladies, a group of women dedicated to promoting an economic

legacy for their children, taught simple tools to help live a financially sound life.

Frita Travis, member of The Latte Ladies, explained that the workshop was based on the myths of saving money and the differences between the will and the living trust.

“More so or less, it’s the simplicities of life,” Travis said. “Leaving the legacy for our children and our children’s children.”

The conference continued

with a fashion show, poetry, karaoke and a career panel discussion. The girls shared their talents with one another and asked questions about their future plans and careers.

While some shared their talents, others cheered them on with encouraging and empowering words.

The conference offered a place where the girls could be themselves completely and at no cost of judgment.

For Vanessa Orozco, Miss Riverside City’s Outstanding Te e n , t h e c o n f e r e n c e provided an opportunity to find strengths needed to pave the way to help other girls in need.

“I feel that girls these days need to know what their strengths are so that we can use them and become someone in life,” Orozco said.

Contreras addresses concerns of the campus JENNIFER ROSALES STAFF REPORTER

The Associated Students of Riverside City College President Angel Contreras discussed possible parking reform during the State of Students forum held in the Charles A. Kane Building on Feb. 27.

According to Contreras, surveys conducted at the beginning of last semester determined that lack of parking was negatively impacting students.

“I’ve noticed that after a certain time there is a lot of staff parking open,” Contreras said.

“But there (are) still a lot of students trying to find parking.”

The student president reported that the Student District Consultation Council, which is made up of the the district’s student trustee and the presidents of all three colleges, is working on a district-wide resolution that would allow students to park in staff parking at certain times.

The times have not yet been determined.

M e m b e r s o f R C C ’s Transitioning Minds Club raised concern over the college providing EBT but not accepting it as a form of payment.

“Since it is being promoted at school, why not accept it,” asked Rosana Gomez, president of Transitioning Minds. “Leaving campus can be a burden.

Especially with the parking situation.”

Contreras said he would be willing to discuss the matter with the cafeteria director.

International students raised a concern about twoterm registration, which allows students to register for two terms instead of its original one term enrollment. It was put into effect in November 2018.

International students can be categorized as either fulltime or part-time students.

Their admission requirements are a high school diploma or equivalent and proof of english language proficiency. They also have to go through several

steps for application, which includes completing the online application, sending copies of important documents to the international center and paying a non-refundable application fee.

As a result of two-term registration, international students have had a difficult time enrolling in classes they need. They end up taking classes not needed in order to fulfill the full-time unit requirement, which causes some of these students a longer stay at RCC. Contreras said he would discuss the issue with administration and see if it is possible to go back to the original registration enrollment process or give international students the opportunity to have priority registration before any other groups on campus.

The final issue discussed at the forum was improving pedestrian safety in parking lots.

Contreras wants to see if larger pedestrian crossing and speed limit signs can be put into place for drivers to be more cautious.

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ASRCC president Angel Contreras speaks at a forum in Fall 2019. ASRCC holds regular meetings to hear student concerns.

“Every time I stepped on the field, I believed my team was going to walk off the winner, somehow, someway.”

- RogeR Staubach

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RCC softball on three game win streak after loss STEPHEN PELTZ SPORTS EDITOR

Riverside City College Softball team pulled off a dominating win against Santiago College 9-3. The Tigers are now on a three game winning streak.

RCC’s softball team nearly lost control of the game in the top of the third inning when they gave up three runs to Santiago to be down 3-2. They quickly gained it back in the bottom of the fourth when RCC’s bats a ght fire driving in r ns to take the lead 6-3.

Whether the Tigers were down or ahead, the players bats were not letting them down resulting in long at bats and a total of hits.

Many of the Tigers at bats featured foul balls keeping them alive in the batting box for more than 5 pitches for nearly every player.

“We kinda knew what kind of pitching we were going to be facing so we really prepared for that pitching,” Michelle Daddona, head coach of the softball team said. “I think the girls did a good job of taking that preparation from practice yesterday into today and

capitalizing on that.”

The Tigers pitchers were also dominant this whole game besides the third inning.

“I think just keeping our focus on our goals and that pitching circles been huge for us,” said Daddona. “Knowing that were not going to be able to just rely on one person to go an entire game and them feeling really omfortable and onfident that giving them that one two punch and knowing they each want it for each other I thinks been a huge advantage for us lately in the circle.”

Relief pitcher Marissa-Lena Nares got the win after coming in for Carrah Van Houten in the top of the fourth. Nares pitched the rest of the game totaling three strikeouts and walked four batters.

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Freshman Lela Hernandez at bat, Henandez has twelve hits and three RBI’s on the season.

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Second basemen Natalie Del Monte keeps her foot on the base as a defender slides to avoid an out, Del monte has a .438 batting average in the conference.

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Riverside City College sophomore Angel Mendoza slides to avoid getting tagged out, securing a run for the Tigers. Mendoza has 10 hits and 9 runs scored on the season after the Mar. 7 game against Saddleback College. The Tigers play Santa Ana College on Saturday Mar. 14.

Tigers fall to Saddleback College Riverside moves to a 15-6 record on the season JAIR RAMIREZ STAFF REPORTER

Riverside City College baseball loses on the road to Saddleback College 4-3 in a nailbiter on Mar. 7.

RCC took an early 2-0 lead after freshman outfielder Alphonzo Mancinas doubled to right field driving in two runs.

Mancinas had three hits in four at-bats, two runs batted in and a stolen base.

The Tigers added another run in the top of the fifth when sophomore outfielder Dylan Morace hit his second home run of the season, he also stole a base.

They took a 3-2 lead to the eighth, behind a strong

pitching performance from sophomore pitcher Marques Johnson, who had six strikeouts in seven innings pitched.

Freshman pitcher Josiah Torres who up to this point had a perfect ERA took the mound in the eighth inning and had a 1,2,3, inning.

Torres struck out the first batter in the bottom of the n i n t h i n n i n g b u t c o u l d n ’t record the out after the catcher dropped the ball and couldn’t find it allowing the batter to reach first and then everything started to go downhill for RCC. After recording the first o u t o f t h e i n n i n g , To r r e s walks the next batter putting runners on first and second

base.

Wi t h t w o o u t s , To r r e s throws a wild pitch allowing the runners to move up a base.

He walks the batter to load up the bases. The next batter hits a liner to third which bounces off the third b a s e m a n ’s g l o v e i n t o l e f t field allowing SC to score two runs and win the game 4-3.

RCC lost two out of the three games to Orange Empire Conference rival SC with each game coming down to the last at bat.

RCC goes to a 15-5 record, 1-2 in conference play. They next face OEC rival Santa Ana College on the road Mar. 12.

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“Apparently Colorado’s legalized weed is a lot better than Washington’s?!?! This needs further study.”

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Campus Conversations What would you do if Riverside City College has been exposed to the coronavirus outbreak?

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Capitol Hill cannot stop cannabis With help from Millennials, Gen Z voters will close the flower gap left by Nixon

”I don’t know what I would do honestly. I’m stumped. I recently just found out that there was a case in Riverside that came out this morning, but here I wouldn’t know what to do.”

- Lizette Guzman

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“I would do everything exactly the same as I am doing now. I am young, healthy, and I don’t care.

Just wash your hands, try not to touch your face or eyeballs, and that’s about it. I wouldn’t do anything differently.”

-Brandon Pifer

It’s been 50 years since the infamous Controlled Substances Act was signed into law by former President Richard Nixon, chaining the flower to the same DEA classification used for heroin.

According to Gallup, 66% of Americans now suppor t nationwide legalization of cannabis for adult-use, and if the trend of the past decade continues, that support will likely increase to 75% by the 2024 election.

Although the cu r rent

political climate isn’t exactly friendly to cannabis, time will be. A decisive 81% of 18-29 year olds support legalization, quite literally leaving Generation X and Baby Boomer’s in the past.

History tells us change may not happen overnight, perhaps not even for a career, but it also tells us that politicians will need much more than red tape to stop Americans’ embrace of flowers.

With combined recreational and medical sales in the U.S. reaching almost 14 billion in 2019, the flower’s juxtaposition against federal policy which classifies it as devoid of medicinal value has become something of a green elephant in the Senate.

The matter is immense in scope, undoubtedly requiring careful implementation, but hesitance f rom Republican leaders has compou nded problems exponentially from seed to smoke.

There is currently stalled legislation on the floor which would eliminate the costly gap

between licensed cultivators and the federally insured banking institutions with whom they wish to secure their funds. In other words, cannabis companies would finally have access to basic banking services like the rest of the world.

No, grower’s can’t make deposits at the bank; and yes, they are literally spending millions on security guards to protect their cash fortunes.

Despite passing the House with a landslide vote of 321 to 103, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act has been in limbo since September.

Chair man of the Senate committee on banking, Mike C r a p o ( R- I D) , h a s m a d e nonsensical comments regarding the SAFE act in addition to opposing legalization. Among his chief concerns is a problem that by design, the bill obviously intends to correct, which is illicit funds being laundered into our financial system.

Within the context of the

ongoing struggle, Crapo’s choice of words such as “bad actors” and “cartels” point to cheap, yet subtle diversion. By conflating a specific, urgent banking issue with a larger, more complex and unrelated issue such as the “high level potency of marijuana”, he has effectively halted all progress.

I n response, 50 ban k organizations from 49 states plus Puerto Rico issued a letter last week imploring the committee to move forward with the bill, encou raging an im mediate markup. They also assert that the Act is independent of the broader, nationwide legalization debate and should thus precede it.

The paradox of federally insured banks receiving federal sanctions and penalties for accepting federally legal tender is only one among the myriad of logistic, legislative, economic and cultural problems which plague cannabis in the United States.

The US isn’t ready for electronic voting Paper ballots best solution for accurate elections due to lack of digital framework

“I would def initely contact the administration and have them put out a public notice. I would maybe consider taking classes at home or online.”

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In the past decade, the United States has seen tremendous amounts of technological growth, making virtually everything from grocery shopping to filing taxes easily accessible from your cell phone.

However, there is one aspect of our lives that technology has not made more convenient for the

American people: Voting.

Americans, for the most part, are used to going to a polling station to cast their vote via pen and paper or with outdated electronic voting booths that are older than most of the Gen Z population.

Isn’t it about time for the United States to upgrade the voting technology? The short answer: No, or at least not yet.

I believe that the country shouldn’t upgrade its voting t e ch nolog y. A lt hou g h t he country has already begun to create new voting technology, America is still not ready to face the problems that electronic voting booths bring to the table.

For example, Los Angeles spent around $300 million for electronic voting booths. At first glance it seems like the perfect solution to revolutionize voting.

The booths are touchscreen, with 13 languages available and audio headsets. There was even an option that allowed you to vote on your phone which in turn created a QR code which can be scanned and allowed the machine to automatically fill out your ballot.

The machines would also print your ballot so you can check for errors and reinsert the ballot when you are satisfied. That paper ballot then gets inserted in a secure box as a safety measure.

But thi ngs did n’t go as planned on Super Tuesday. While there was no sign of foreign interference or hacking, the booths began to malfunction.

Many machines began to glitch, tablets that were used to checkin voters had errors within the system, and long lines began to form.

In a polling center where they had 36 new voting booths, only nine were operational. Other centers had fully operational booths, but only had one checkin tablet. Both of these issues caused people to wait over two hours just to vote.

Long wait times are discouraging to voters young and old. However, the youth vote is already low compared to other age groups. On Super Tuesday, while turnout grew in general, the youth vote actually dropped considerably.

2020’s voter t u r nout is look ing to be massive and these long wait times just give millenials and Gen Z another excuse to not vote. So for at least this election, I prefer the tried and true method of pen and paper over these new futuristic machines.

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Identity politics divides US The divisiveness in politics creates tension in the home The divisiveness in politics is growing worse and making its way into our own homes.

Many people today look up to politicians and are easily inspired by them. People are starting to take action and treat others with the same harshness exhibited by said politicians.

Recently Sen. Chuck Shumer, D-N.Y., was “threatening” supreme court justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh on Mar. 4th during a pro-choice rally outside the Supreme Court.

“I want to tell you, Gorsuch; I want to tell you, Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”

The same can be said for President Donald Trump with his brash approach and tough personality and how he handles his own opponents. Trump is well known for being strong, but also very overpowering to both his critics and allies. Whether it is his

handshake or how he controls a conversation, Trump is constantly trying to present an air of toughness.

But the most interesting part of Shumer’s “threat” and downplay of his words is how similar to Trump he sounds.

“A judge who displeases me will pay a price,” wrote Garret Epps of The Atlantic. “His retraction was equally Trumpian: I didn’t threaten anyone.

It would be okay if I had because in Brooklyn we threaten people all the time, but those aren’t threats, and anyway I would never, ever do what I just did.”

Being from somewhere known for brash and loud people does not give Schumer a reason to act the way he did. There are plenty of people in Brooklyn who can behave like decent human beings in numerous situations without acting threatening or scary.

“So the dust-up over Schumer’s words soon turned into a controversy about hypocrisy — all the way around,” wrote Allyson Chiu, a reporter for the

Washington Post.

Hypocrisy is now rampant on both sides of the political aisle and it needs to stop immediately.

This is similar to how Trump has responded in the past to his critics essentially saying he “didn’t mean anything by it, we’re just talk like that in New York and I would never do what I just did.”

Both political parties need to see how their acting and change their behavior not just for themselves but their constituents as well.It does not matter what party it stems from, it simply needs to stop.

Politicians need to go back to simply disagreeing and lobbying for themselves and their party.

With this happening on both sides of the aisle, we the people need to stand against our politicians and side by side with our neighbors and family members.

Families are being split because members have either a D or R next to their name. This should not warrant hatred and ostracization of family members.

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March 12, 2020

LIFE

“Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.”

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Hill Harper speaks to Riverside City College students in the Landis Performing Art Center on Feb. 27. Hill Harper set the tone of his speech by urging students to set personal goals and aspirations to continue to succeed in their endeavors.

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Keynote speaker Hill Harper joked about shooting a new movie in Riverside because he wasn’t aware how much the city resembles Los Angeles.

He discussed how anyone interested can get involved in ongoing projects with his nonprofit foundation Manifest Your Destiny and with the production of his movie that could be filmed in Riverside.

Harper took over the Landis Performing Arts Center with his wit and demeanor as he delivered an encouraging dialogue and open conversation on Feb. 27.

Introduced by Lisa Webb Dean of Student Life as a father, humanitarian, award winning actor, best selling author, entrepreneur, health and wellness ambassador, educator and philanthropist.

“Hill has always inhabited and excelled in spaces and places where few African Americans have been. He has never forgotten where he came from and has always given back to his community. The positive message he gave was one of hope and inspiration. We all need that now more than ever,” Webb said.

He analyzed and broke down a quote by Robert Kennedy to begin his empowering speech that motivates and influences productivity.

“The future does not belong to those who are fearful of all projects and new ideas but rather the future belongs to those who can blend passion, reason and courage into a personal commitment to the great ideals and enterprises of American society,” Harper said.

He continued his speech with an interactive exercise where everyone was told to take out their phone and construct an email to themselves with the subject line titled “goals and dreams.”

Harper encouraged the audience through laughter and grace.

Roryana Bowman, Vice President of Ujima said she enjoyed the interactive activity portion of the evening and how Harper got up-close to the audience rather than remaining on the stage.

“He put a lot of perspective on things and said it in a way that was tangible and relatable,” Bowman added.

He was a former student of Webb at the Kennedy School of Harvard.

“He and his roommate were the only African American male students in the Joint Degree Masters of Public Policy Program at the time. He has done amazing work in the business, nonprofit and entertainment arena. His books are New York Times bestsellers. He really gives back to the community. I brought him to speak at another college several years ago and he was inspiring and really connected with the students. I knew our students would enjoy him,” Webb said.

Megan Bottoms Coordinator of Student Activities moderated the questions session at the end of his speech.

Many questions were asked by students and guests that stemmed from previous acting roles to questions asking advice and direction based off of his personal experience.

Harper described how

he avoids submitting to self sabotage.

“The idea of a blueprint is that you have these bigger super objectives within the blueprint. You still have to go to the micro stuff that is the daily routine. The super objective can seem very far away but there is a process in terms of the micro. The micro stuff is in the foundation elements like education, resource building, relationships, networking and faith. All these things are the daily practices that allow you to build towards the bigger super objective. It shouldn’t feel that far away from that standpoint because you’re doing the micro work to get to the macro” Harper said.

RCC student Daxia Tilghman described Harper’s speech as encouraging and empowering.

“I’m ready to get work done, to focus and to really pursue my passion,”Tilghman said.

Many students left feeling the same, all stirred with eagerness and dedication to take on this upcoming semester. It would be great to have motivational speakers come and speak to students because school can be stressful and hard to balance for many.

“If it had been better advertised by the school, more than just posters then it may have encouraged more people to go,” Daxia added.

There are several events coming up at Riverside City College for students. On March 25 from 1-2:30 p.m. in the Digital Library Auditorium, Eduardo Chavez will be showing a film about his grandfather Cesar Chavez and after that there will be a discussion held.

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Ozzy releases first album in a decade Album released following Parkinson’s reveal STEPHANIE ARENAS STAFF REPORTER

British heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne released his first ever full-length solo album “Ordinary Man” in 10 years following the disbandment of Black Sabbath in 2017 and Parkinson’s revelation.

“Ordinary Man” is Osbourne’s twelfth solo record and was released on Feb. 21 as a follow-up to his 2010 album “Scream”.

As a means to promote the album, Osbourne held a meet and greet over at Amoeba Hollywood on the day of the release. Thousands of fans young and old lined up as early as 6 p.m. the day before the signing was to take place in order to have a better chance of meeting the Prince of Darkness himself.

“Oh yeah, I’ve been a fan of Ozzy since 1987,” said Cynthia Brown, a 50-year-old woman who flew in from New York. “When I found out he had Parkinson’s, I knew I had to come down because I may never get another chance like this to meet him.”

In an interview with Good Morning America on Jan. 21, Osbourne revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease since February 2019.

Since then, fans have been having concerns regarding his health especially after the cancelation of his 2020 North American tour due to needing to recover from various health issues.

The album’s title track depicts references of illness, death and leaving a mark in the world.

Many fans have since pointed out similarities towards the route Osbourne’s album has taken and the death of David Bowie.

In January 2016, Bowie released his final music video “Lazarus” which, much like “Ordinary Man”, depicted references to dying and being in heaven. Three days later, Bowie died after an 18-month battle with liver cancer.

“I had no idea he was so ill,” Osbourne said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “He was such a talented guy [...] He was one of the greats.”

Although Osbourne has since claimed that he is not leaving the world anytime soon, many fans still have their worries.

“I saw Black Sabbath live at Madison Square Garden back in 2016 and I noticed Ozzy was hunched back and limping all over the stage and I wasn’t the only one to notice,” Brown said.

“On the car ride home my son, who was 17 at the time, said that Ozzy looked really ill the whole concert.”

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Even after these events, fans all over the world have given Osbourne an overwhelming amount of support regarding his health as well as his new album release. As of March 2020, “Ordinary Man” is the number one rock album in the world.

“[The fans] are my air,” Osbourne said in his interview with Good Morning America, “I feel better that I’ve owned up to the fact that I have a case of Parkinson’s and I just hope they hang on and they’re there for me because I need them.”

If you are interested in learning more and donating to Parkinson’s disease survivors like Ozzy Osbourne, go to www.parkinson.org for more information as well as calling their helpline 1-800-4PD-INFO (473-4636).

MOVIE REVIEW Reboot of ‘Fantasy Island’ turns into nightmare Performances lead to a budgeted version of the 1970s original SILDA MARTINEZ STAFF REPORTER

Who remembers the corny shows we were forced to watch from the ’70s? I thought it ended there. Unfortunately it didn’t.

Apparently, director Jeff Wadlow thought it was a good idea to give the ’70s show “Fantasy Island” it’s own spin off movie. Sure enough it was a terrible idea.

The show about island owner Mr. Roarke makes all his island guest’s fantasies come true. However, like any corny ’70s drama show, their fantasies would soon enough turn into living nightmares.

The movie, of course, serves as a replica of the show, but comes off as more of a Walmart version of it. Starting with the terrible acting, to the childish gory scenes seen throughout the entire movie.

Lucy Hale and Micheal Peña made it really hard for the audience to get drawn into the suspensefulness of the movie.

Peña plays the role of Mr. Roarke. He delivers his lines in a very boring way — monotonous

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From left Lucy Hill plays Melanie Cole, Austin Stowell plays Patrick Sullivan and Michael Peña plays Mr. Roarke in the reboot of Fantasy Island. the entire time — and the times when he is supposed to be stern and serious are just plain boring.

Hale plays the role of a guest on the island with the fantasy of torturing her childhood bully.

She delivers a performance where, well, let’s just say it definitely doesn’t deserve an Oscar. When she’s supposed to

portray fear, she simply doesn’t.

These actors clearly lacked passion and belief in the roles they play. At least that’s something they really were able to replicate from the original show.

Don’t get me wrong, there were some parts of the movie that made it watchable.

Maggie Q playing the role

of an island guest with the fantasy of having a family with a forgotten love from her past.

Q delivered her role the best compared to the rest of the cast.

The scenes where she was torn between choosing a family she has always dreamed of versus doing the right thing and going back to reality were actually emotional. I genuinely

felt bad for her character.

That lack of emotion and passion seen throughout the film was slightly saved with Q’s performance.

The scenes that were based on Q’s fantasy were the only one that really kept me drawn to the movie. They left me questioning what she was going to choose. Waiting for that answer was what made me hang on until the end. But it still wasn’t enough to save the film.

The gore that they poorly added to the movie included the island workers having this odd black goo dripping from their eyes when they were hurt.

Besides the fact that the goo looked like a second graders slime. It wasn’t very spooky or convincing.

The scenes that were meant to be scary weren’t scary at all.

I would classify them more as cheap thrills. Each fantasy was directed like a separate movie, making it hard to follow each fantasy and to focus.

For whoever wished shows from the 70’s would come back, please be careful what you wish for because then we get spin off movies like Fantasy Island.

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