Vol. 102, Issue 2

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

VOL. 102, NO. 2

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Vicky Tafoya (LEFT) singing and Matt Beld (RIGHT) playing the guitar during their performance outside of The Cheech, a museum located in downtown Riverside on Oct 5.

The Big Beat performs at The Cheech ANGIE MEDINA MANAGING EDITOR

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture held a free outdoor acoustic show by local band, Vicky Tafoya and the Big Beat.

The band consists of Vicky Tafoya the lead singer, Matt Beld on guitar, George San Martin on saxophone, Mario Tafoya on drums and Mike Rodriguez on piano and

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Bryan White on bass, played at the museum’s opening ceremony in June 2022 and was invited once more to perform during Riverside’s monthly Artswalk on Oct. 5.

Unfortunately, due to conflicting schedules, the entire band could not attend. The little bump in the road did not deter singer Tafoya and Beld from showing up and showing out.

“We would have loved the whole band,” Tafoya said. “But my bass player lives in Indio and my

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Study abroad program invites students to join summer 2024 course in Japan

drummer lives in Irvine.”

The band has been together for 20 years and is currently under Penrose Records. The Big Beat members have known each other for years and they are practically family. Every Tuesday most of the members commute for practice.

“Indio and Irvine are the farthest, everyone else (lives) kind of close,” Beld said. “We just find a way to navigate. Like I tell people and Vicky tells them too, ‘if you love it, you’ll find a way to make

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it happen,’.”

The band was started by Tafoya in 2001 with the strong support of her late husband and previous rhythm guitarist, Vince Maldonado.

During the show, Tafoya took a moment to pay tribute to her late husband by dedicating the song “My vow to you” to him.

“It’s rough,” Tafoya said.

“Some days I’m a mess you know but I try to remember how he was always, always, always, in a good mood and I try to embody how he

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would want it to be.”

Tafoya was born and raised in Santa Ana but has made Riverside her home for over 20 years now.

She has been heavily involved in the community by constantly attending the Riverside Artswalk herself and even filming a music video in front of The Cheech museum.

“It was such a pleasure to play

See CHEECH on page 4

INDEX NEWS

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LIFE

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OPINIONS

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EDITORIAL

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SPORTS

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NEWS

Editors: Annabel Silva news.viewpointsonline@gmail.com

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Army veteran and author, Consuelo Castillo-Kickbusch, speaks to a room full of listeners in the Hall of Fame as part of Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration happening at Riverside City College on Oct. 10.

RCC celebrates Hispanic Heritage JOANNAH CLEMENTE STAFF REPORTER

Riverside City College welcomed guest speaker Lieutenant Colonel Consuelo CastilloKickbusch in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Kickbusch, a 20-year U.S. Army veteran, motivational speaker and author shared her mission to advocate mutuality within the RCC community’s next generation.

“I’m a child of immigrants, I went through the so-called label ‘poverty-at-risk’,” Kickbusch said.

“I’m not a label, I am the American dream.”

She highlighted the road to genuine success, stressing the importance of overcoming selfimposed limits and reframing financial literacy.

“It’s about having wealth to do good for others,” she said.

Kickbusch provided insights into Hispanic family structure and cultural values.

“I’m proud of my roots but I should be able to speak the truth, even about my roots,” Kickbusch said.

She showcased the positive impacts of Family Leadership

Institute, part of Educational Achievement Services, Inc. “It’s great to know that our company, however small it may have been, planted seeds of hope,” Kickbusch said. “EAS and FLI are about restorative justice… You can’t be anything to the rest of the world because you’re an aligned body, mind and spirit.”

Also, she presented her book “Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth” as a vital guide for the next generation.

R C C ’s D e a n o f S t u d e n t Services Thomas A. Cruz-Soto, Jr.

envisioned inviting Kickbusch to the celebration.

“I thought this would be a great piece for Hispanic Heritage Month,” Soto said.

Soto said her role in promoting women’s positions in military branches was a notable aspect of her contributions to Hispanic heritage.

He said her input stands to enrich the college’s curriculum, as well as its diversity and inclusion efforts.

“We’re doing a great job, but I think we can do even a greater job in making sure that we have a reflection in the academy,”

Soto said. The people that live and work here and our students.”

Kickbusch inspired secondyear student Xochitl Lemus to embrace a broader understanding of the Hispanic heritage, especially for first-generation individuals.

Lemus foregrounded Kickbusch discussing her parent’s post-World War II migration to Chicago from her discussion.

“I feel like this conference was an eye-opener for all of us,” Lemus said. “What they have gone through for us to be here and keep future generations moving forward.”

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Students study abroad, experiences vary ANNABEL SILVA NEWS EDITOR

Riverside City College is offering a new study abroad course in Japan for summer 2024.

Their most recent program is currently taking place in Florence, Italy. Students who join the upcoming summer course will study in Japan for six weeks.

Student Diana Rosales said she feels that this study abroad program is a good opportunity and something she and other students can gain from.

“I plan on gaining experience in business overseas as well as more knowledge of Japan as I am someone who is studying Japanese,” Rosales said. “I think there’s no better opportunity.”

Other students such as Perla Osario who is currently studying abroad in South Korea says this program would be giving students a chance to gain some independence.

Osario is currently on a study abroad program in South Korea

through California State University San Bernardino’s study abroad program. Now she can’t imagine life outside of Seoul.

“I wanted a sense of independence,” Osario said. “I have always had a desire to travel and make it part of my career so studying abroad felt like the best of both worlds.”

Students have raised questions about the trip’s cost and wonder what they might gain from their time abroad.

“I actually felt burdened by the expenses for the trip,” Osario said. “The cost felt greater than the experience. However, now that I have had time to reflect, I believe the experience is priceless.

Studying abroad is not just an opportunity to have fun. It is also an opportunity to make connections, gain an understanding of a different culture and discover new interests.”

Osvaldo Alvarez who is currently enrolled in RCC’s Japanese class agreed with Osario and said he expects the experience

in Japan will provide independence and life experience.

“I would say that these opportunities are great for students as it gives them a chance to experience a new country and gain some independence,” Alvarez said.

Students have shown interest

community,” Navarro said.

His accolade extends to other notable works, including Casa Blanca, Patterson Park Sports and Eastside alleyway murals.

For Navarro, the support and validation from the ORF empower him to champion sustainability and bolster small businesses in Riverside.

“They (ORF) had to win against RCTC in terms of building a Metrolink station that would tear down a historical building in our area and remove jobs in other areas,” Navarro said. “They are an ally for the community. They look out for all types of people.”

This redefining approach involved painting old buildings with his murals and blending art and environmentalism into the community fabric.

Carol McDoniel, Vice President of ORF, emphasizes how Navarro’s ventures revitalized streets.

“He made so many people notice

the street and made it more inviting so the people would want to go there and look at the murals and support businesses to be more successful, stable and give that neighborhood pride,” McDoniel said.

His artistry mirrored Riverside’s multicultural demographic, celebrating diverse voices and cultures.

“It’s not just focusing on what was the dominant culture. It’s highlighting that there are multiple cultures, and they are all important and have a voice to be recognized for their uniqueness and beauty,” McDoniel said.

Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson expressed her appreciation for Navarro’s invaluable contributions to Riverside.

“What I think is so cool about historic preservation is (that is) what makes a city interesting,” Mayor Dawson said. “It… defines what a place is. Juan can take that information and put it out there visually. One of the

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Signs around campus raise awaareness for the Riverside City College Study Abroad program which features Ghana Africa in Winter 2024 and Tokyo Japan in Summer 2024 on Oct 9.

in learning about Japanese culture while partaking in the business internship. The 4 week business internship will be with a Tokyo based company allowing students to get the first hand experience.

“I plan on gaining insight on life outside of the USA and (gaining)

experience in global marketing with a Japanese based company,” Alvarez said.

Though many students may have more questions about the summer 2024 program, most of them are optimistic about the adventures to come during the course.

Local artist beautifies Riverside with murals JOANNAH CLEMENTE STAFF REPORTER

Local artist Juan Navarro received the Neighborhood Revitalization award for his Park Avenue murals by the Old Riverside Foundation at The Weber House on Oct. 8.

The 38th Preservation Awards honored six Riverside residents for preserving historic homes, neighborhoods and heritage structures.

Juan Navarro, artist-in-residence for Riverside Art Museum and founder of the Eastside Arthouse, was honored for his Park Avenue Storefront Revitalization Project in the Eastside.

Navarro said that this is a shift of what preservation means and part of preservation is revitalization.

“Creating art that represents people in the neighborhood that I live in is how I contribute to creating a representation of all types of people, especially for me, the Latino

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Juan Navarro, local artist, recieves the Neighborhood Revitalization award on Oct. 8.

things I like about his artwork is not Aside from establishing a sense of only that it captures the culture, but it unity across the city, Navarro’s artistic establishes the identity of the city or vision rekindled Riverside’s identity, whatever neighborhood it’s in.” legacy and commerce.

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Singer, guitarist return to downtown CHEECH from page 1 tonight,” the singer said. “It feels like things are happening here.”

Beld, who was born and raised in Riverside, agrees. He highlights the change the city has had over the years.

“It just feels like in the last 10 years this whole area has just come and up,” he said. “It’s a really cool vibe, I’m just trying to do our part for the community.”

Both performers encourage others to go out and enjoy music.

“Do it,” Tafoya said. “Even if PHOTOS BY ADRIAN TAYLOR you only think you want to, get involved. There’s all kinds of art. Illuminated sign right above the front entrance of The Cheech, a museum I’ve seen the most beautiful art in located in downtown Riverside on Oct 5. this place.”

Matt Beld the guitarist of the band “Vicky and the Big Beat” (left) and Vicky Tafoya the lead singer of the band (right) after performing outside of The Cheech, a museum located in downtown Riverside on Oct 5.

ABOVE Matt Beld, guitarist for the band “Vicky and the Big Beat” tuning his guitar in between songs during the performance outside of The Cheech, a museum located in downtown Riverside on Oct 5.

RIGHT Vicky Tafoya the lead singer of the band “Vicky and the Big Beat” singing during her performance outside of The Cheech, a museum located in downtown Riverside on Oct 5.

Community on full display at Riverside Artswalk VICTOR LEDBETTER JR STAFF REPORTER

On the first Thursday of every month, Riverside Artswalk fills downtown Riverside with art, live entertainment and a sense of community.

Street performers and vendor tents lined Main Street selling everything from handmade pottery and keychains to paintings and drawings on Oct. 5.

Surrounding locations like The Center of Social Justice and Civil Liberties, Back to the Grind and The Cheech were open during the event. The Cheech was open with free admission and hosted an outdoor acoustic performance by Vicky Tafoya and the Big Beat.

Riverside Artswalk is meant to create opportunities for people to share experiences and highlight the importance of art.

Rachael Dzikonski, executive director of the Riverside Arts Council, explained that this event is supposed to connect communities by “bringing arts to the community, (and) community to the arts while giving the opportunity of expression.”

Dzikonski’s efforts are not limited to Riverside, she reaches artists from out of town.

“I just moved out to Riverside, I’m new to the area,” acrylic artist Anthony Moreno said. “I thought this was a great opportunity to get myself out there.”

Moreno’s art as of late has taken a more personal turn as he explores themes of spiritual healing, as in connections to god or any higher power.

“I just recently started looking into my work introspectively and tried to figure out what exactly it means to me and to other people,” he said.

Josephine Cabrera is a poet who

wants to make an impact on mental health awareness with her book “Shadows of the Earth”. The book is a collection of poems that deal with mental health through the lens of the natural world.

Cabrera said she’s trying to bring the community together by coming up with new ways to talk about mental health.

“I like to represent that and just get out (by) being able to share my story, my experiences and build community with different people who are also on the same page,” Cabrera said.

While many artists view their work as a way to express themselves and connect with an audience, other artists don’t share the same sentiment.

For Oscar Martinez, owner of Stoic Candle Company, the art is transactional. He said his goal is to get his name out there and see his business succeed.

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People walk towards vendors at the Riverside ArtsWalk, a monthly art sale located in downtown Riverside on Oct 5.

Martinez makes candles that mimic real life objects such as different models of shoes, skulls and human faces, and while he enjoys what he is doing, his objective is simple.

“It’s all about money for me,” he said. “I’m a guy making this kind of art in a girls world and I’m doing okay.”

The different perspectives on the event highlight the ways artists can bring the community of Riverside together for an event like the Artswalk.

“If you walk the side streets of this event, there is art everywhere,” Anthony Moreno said. “I think this a great community to start finding more (art) and start pushing that.”

Editor: Marc A. Salazar life.viewpointsonline@gmail.com

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PHOTOS BY STEPHEN DAY | VIEWPOINTS

The Guest Room on stage in the outdoor seating area at Backstreet Restaurant on Nelson St. in Downtown Riverside on Sept. 29.

Soulful serenade in downtown Riverside CAITLYN NELSON STAFF REPORTER

Instrumentalist quartet from Temecula, The Guest Room, captivated guests during their performance Sept. 29 in Riverside.

The band collaborates with different vocal artists to create a new soulful sound. The featured vocal artists at the Backstreet performance were Dreuh Moreno and Noel Chambers.

“Switching out our singers is

what makes us unique,” guitarist and manager Trevor Plume said.

Dreuh Moreno, stage name DREUH, is a vocal artist based out of Temecula.

“Music is a part of my nature, I came out of the womb singing,” Moreno said. “My goal is to make a living off of singing and play a show with all original songs.”

She performs at Somerset and Vitagliano wineries in Temecula.

Moreno will have been a vocalist for the band for over a

year come December.

She said the group performs one to three times a week together.

Noel Chambers, who goes by Ryce on stage, was the second featured artist of the night.

Chambers found his passion for music after performing in a 7th grade stage performance of “The Little Mermaid”.

“After I finished my song in the musical everyone stood and cheered for me,” Noel said. “This is what made me realize that I

ABOVE The outdoor bar was pouring three different wines for the show at Backstreet Restaurant.

LEFT Special guest performer for The Guest Room, Noel Ryce, singing during the show.

RIGHT The Guest Room’s keyboardist Trevor Manning plays during the band’s performance.

was made to be a musician.”

Chambers has been singing with the band for about 6 months after meeting Plume at church. Since then the two have collaborated on a single called “Knowuright”.

“My goal is to tour, make more songs and perform more with The Guest Room,” Chambers said.

Throughout the night Moreno and Chambers took turns performing with The Guest Room, collaborating on songs to smoothly transition between

artists.

The band and vocalists lit up the night with original songs and covers. The playlist ranged from songs like “Loving is Easy” by Rex Orange County t o M o r e n o ’s o r i g i n a l s o n g “Valentine.”

The group plans to work toward playing in larger venues and to create a bigger fan base.

“Our future goal is to play at a festival and get more people to hear our music,” Plume said.

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A couple has their photo taken in front of the LOVE swans at the Imaginarium, an all-ages immersive light experience, inlcudes a rose garden with 35,000 led roses allowing families and couples many photo opportunities throughout the event located in the Ontario Mills Mall on Oct 8.

Lightshow illuminates Ontario Mills Mall Imaginarium exhibit provides photo-op fun for local families YOSELINE MIRANDA ASST. LIFE EDITOR

Ontario Mills’ Imaginarium welcomes families to enjoy the event that makes for great photos, music and food from Sept. 22 through Nov. 5.

“Our CEO, who is from China, viewed all these things as a child and carried all her ideas to America.,” Operations Manager Warren Petties said. “She was able to build a company about twelve years ago. We basically have designers that are both from America and China that help us come up with concepts.”

Apart from the lights, a circus performance with multiple different acts happens every hour and lasts approximately thirty minutes.

“The circus we actually brought on with us in Las Vegas.”

Petties said. “They followed us over here to Ontario. They are going to go with us also to Sacramento so they are part of us now.”

The circus performs various forms of acrobatics and comedy skits that leave the crowd laughing. “(The performers) are actively changing their shows as time comes along so you will see something and then two months later they will change up their show to make it fresh,” Petties said.

With more than 35,000 LED flowers and a large sign that reads “Love” this place is suitable for both romantic nights and family outings.

Every night a massive crowd of individuals attend this event

as it has attracted the attention of hundreds of people. “ F o r a p e r s o n w h o ’s a n introvert this is pretty cool,” said Dayani Ortiz an attendee.

“It actually is a really cool date night idea because you can take pictures and there is a lot of stuff to look at.”

There are multiple different displays scattered around the location that are showered in

lights. Photo op stations, each designed with their very own unique scenery, are also placed all around the event. Mirror rooms can also be seen alongside the photo ops.

“I love the scenery,” attendee Leah Brow said. “It’s something new and it’s enjoyable. I would definitely bring my friends next time and more of my family.”

ABOVE A luminescent creature on display emerges from the Imaginarium’s reflective pond.

BELOW A guest at Imaginarium uses one of the photo op stations to have her picture taken within a vibrant flower display.

ABOVE Colorful displays featuring dreamlike characters serve as photo opportunites for guests at Imaginarium.

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Horror fans enjoy chills and thrills

Creep I.E. Con haunts Ontario Convention Center ANGIE MEDINA MANGING EDITOR

Fans had a chance to meet some of the most recognizable faces in the horror scene at Inland Empire’s largest horror and pop culture convention.

Creep I.E. Con took place at the Ontario Convention Center on Sept. 23 and 24.

The organizers work behind closed doors to connect with and bring in some recognizable faces in the horror scene. A handful of celebrity guest appearances were among the attendees: Tony Todd from “Candyman,” Linda Blair from “The Exorcist” and Tim Curry from Stephen King’s “IT”.

While this is Creep I.E. Con’s third overall event, it is the first “Aftermath.” Unlike the usual Creep I.E. Con, Creep I.E. Con: Aftermath had a few more perks such as an after-party after regular convention hours with live bands, more movie showings and outdoor concessions.

Actor Ryan Hurst has been invited as a celebrity guest for all three conventions. Most notably for his character Beta on “The Walking Dead”.

“I feel like when the Whisperers came back into the show, the show got scary again. It was a lot of fun,” Hurst said. “The actual act of shooting it was very hard. We were shooting in Georgia in the summer and I was wearing four layers of leather and a latex mask.”

Hurst said he enjoys being a part of the events.

“It’s great,” he said. “I’m a Californian native. I love everybody here.”

Spencer Charnas, frontman of Ice Nine Kills, a heavy metal band heavily inspired by horror, was invited to sign autographs and take photos with fans.

Charnas previously participated in the convention as a vendor for his clothing line “Kleaver Klothing”.

This is Charnas’ first celebrity guest appearance with Creep I.E.

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Spencer Charnas, front man of Ice Nine Kills, poses for a photo with a family of fans at Creep I.E. Con: Aftermath at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California on Sept 23.

Con. “It’s a great place to meet new victims,” he said. “And I love spending time with some of my friends here like James and Chelsea from Dead Meat.”

Charnas was also promoting “The Silver Scream” the recently released true-crime novel that allegedly links the singer to some gruesome murders. The book piggybacks off the band’s 2018 album under the same name.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” he said of his experience working on the novel. “Up until now, fans have only had music and music videos

so I think it’ll be cool to give them a different piece of media.”

This horror convention catches the eye of many for its local proximity and community environment.

“I attend a bunch of conventions so having something that is close by and not taking me several hours to get to where I have to book a hotel room for several days definitely helps the wallet,” said Stanley Cammack, a cosplaying attendee.

Cammack and his friend Brenden Sterret regularly attend many conventions including two Creep I.E. Cons.

ABOVE Tony Todd, an actor who starred in Candyman, meets and chats with attendees while signing autographs and posing for pictures at Creep I.E. Con at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California on Sept 23.

RIGHT Several companies created elaborate booths featuring characters from favorite horror films like this Pennywise cosplayer who handed out balloons and posed for photos at Creep I.E. Con: Aftermath.

“I think it’s a lot better than driving out,” Sterrett said. “I like the other events, but it just makes it a lot easier to be able to come here rather than driving all the way out to Long Beach.”

The event is open for all ages.

Kids dressed up in costumes were interacting with the monsters roaming around. “(The convention) is very family-friendly, the monsters are very friendly toward (the kids) as well,” said attendee Crystal Felix.

“With kids, it’s hard to travel so the closer the better, I think it brings a lot of families together.”

The convention center’s main room was filled with vendors who sold horror-inspired oddities from taxidermy pieces to bags and purses with iconic scenes from horror movies painted on them.

The event hosted cinema and arcade rooms, cosplay contests and horror-themed vendors.

Trent Wagoner from Coffin Croozers handcrafts custom coffinshaped skateboards.

“We started with a coffin template and it got more popular over time,” Wagoner said. “Customers started asking for customizations, so we got an engraver and it just blew up from there.”

After he graduated from high school, Wagoner took over the family company from his dad.

His mom handles the website and social media.

According to Wagoner, a single board typically takes up to four hours to make. Each board is carefully cut, colored and gripped.

Coffin Croozers is grateful to have been a vendor for all three events hosted by Creep I.E. Con. “It gives us more exposure,” he said. “It gives us more followers, and that’s always good for a company like us.”

Third Eye Alley Cat is owned

by Alex Dixon with the help of his friend Jose Oceguera. The duo combined their skills to offer ethically sourced taxidermy art and psychic readings.

The pair have been vendors with Creep I.E. Con twice and have enjoyed every part of it.

“We’ve made a lot of friends along the way, we have fun any time we go to any event,” Oceguera said.

Creep I.E. Con has received recognition from both the California State Legislature and the United States Congress for helping local businesses, artists and the community by bringing its brand to the Inland Empire.

The horrors are set to return to the Ontario Convention Center in 2024 on Feb. 2 - 4.

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Editor: Karly Ortiz

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Indoctrination disguised as dark humor KARLY ORTIZ OPINIONS EDITOR

We are looking at a new generation of bigoted, angry men— all because some streamers wanted a few more subscribers.

The alt-right pipeline is the concept of the radicalization of young people toward the alt-right movement, typically through social media.

Recently, with a new resurgence of “alpha male” podcasters and “edgy” YouTubers, young men primarily are being targeted for indoctrination and they typically don’t know it until it’s too late.

“Dark humor”, which is often just people saying the most offensive things they can think of, has been around for a long time.

This form of humor is typically people punching down on oppressed groups. Because of that, the target audience for dark humor-focused content is young white men who don’t have to worry about being the punchline of an offensive joke.

The content creators pushing these problematic ideas are doing it for the engagement it gets them, not understanding or not caring

about how they’re influencing their audience.

A viral video proving the implications of this content surfaced on Tiktok, showing three boys meeting streamer Sneako. Sneako is notorious for going on misogynistic and homophobic rants, most of which are written off as edgy humor that gains his viewers.

In the video, the boys immediately begin spewing misogynistic rhetoric, make transphobic comments, and even wish death on all gay people.

Sneako laughs them off, arbitrarily combating their statements but still giving them the attention they wanted.

In one 30-second clip, the consequences of spewing alt-right ideology to young people for shock value becomes clear.

In the past, this rhetoric could only be found deep in Reddit threads and Discord servers, but now it is so common that we don’t even think twice about it. Society can agree that these content creators are bad, but overall we see them as jokes instead of the danger they are.

Now, we don’t even refer to it as the alt-right propaganda it is anymore. Instead, it’s been renamed as “Red Pilled” content, which is a reference to The Matrix. Essentially it means this homophobic, misogynistic, racist, and overall

hateful way of thinking is the correct way to view the world.

It implies that the consensus to be accepting is a result of liberal brainwashing, and going against that ideology is free-thinking and intellectual.

These red-pilled content creators are getting away with openly teaching children to hate because they’ve decided to hide their indoctrination in plain sight.

Nearly every well-known male streamer has had controversy for saying these problematic things themselves or continuing to collaborate with other men who share these views. It seems like this content is the only kind made for male audiences anymore. Like they couldn’t even avoid it if they tried.

A good example of this is former Twitch streamer Adin Ross. To most people, he is a streamer desperate for views, and not someone to take seriously. He is only ever spoken about when a clip of him being purposely ridiculous goes viral, and he is forgotten almost immediately after.

But, Adin has a fan base of young men and boys who watch these streams daily. They hear him openly praise misogynistic criminals like Andrew Tate and former president Donald Trump daily. They listen to him spew homophobic sentiments daily.

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A Riverside City College student looks at the Instagram app, a social media platform where users can share photos and videos with their followers on Sept.s 26.

And eventually, the ridiculous statements start to make sense to them.

It doesn’t help that, despite Adin’s problematic content, he was still accepted into the homes of mainstream streamers like Kai Cenat until a few months ago. Kai Cenat who is the most subscribed streamer of all time on the Twitch

platform.

We must start taking this type of content seriously. The three boys in the video with Sneako are not the only young people who believe in those damaging ideas because of social media. And it isn’t something they will grow out of if these men continue to indoctrinate them.

Police K-9 units are inhumane, unnecessary MARC A. SALAZAR LIFE EDITOR

Most animals are incapable of submitting job applications as far as I’m aware.

Consider this the next time you hear of incidents involving a police dog being killed in the line of duty. Consider this further when a police dog is sent to maul a crime suspect who runs from or even surrenders to officers.

The latter was the case in a recent incident involving Ohio’s Circleville Police Department in which an unarmed man was bitten by a K-9 while surrendering to police.

The man, Jadarrius Rose, initially failed to yield during a traffic stop and led the department on a pursuit which ended with Rose exiting his truck with his hands above his head.

State troopers and officers, including former officer Ryan Speakman, gave Rose conflicting commands to either get on the ground or approach the police units.

Rose, confused, remained where he stood with his hands up.

A state trooper gave repeated orders to K-9 handler Speakman to not release his dog, however Speakman did so anyway. Rose was on his knees when the dog attack occurred as can be seen in a department released video.

Speakman was later fired for his

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A police dog bites a trainer wearing padding during a training session in Nitra, Nitriansky kraj, Slovensko on Dec. 14, 2022.

misconduct in the incident.

One might assume it’s common sense that sending a weaponized animal to disfigure and sometimes kill is cruel except in the most extreme cases. The fact that K-9 units still exist is proof that one would be wrong in this assumption. There are too many stories of suspects who commit nonviolent crimes being attacked by a K-9 simply for running from police.

Even detection dogs have been used to impose subjugation and fear on citizens. Dogs who sniff for drugs and weapons are notoriously inaccurate. Their false alert rates are far too high for their use to be

considered necessary especially when it comes to the potential loss of someone’s freedom.

Also consider cases of officers planting evidence which could be supported by the use of dogs who seemingly find such evidence.

Even if the argument that good officers outnumber the bad is true, there is no logic behind providing more tools for the bad ones to abuse. Whether the reasoning is to justify participation in an endless war on drugs or to instill fear as a deterrent to crime, neither seems to be effective.

Those in favor of dogs in police work might cite the countless incidents in which bite-dogs are

used to successfully capture violent suspects. Tell those same people about the times dogs are hurt or killed by suspects or die during their training.

They likely would not have an answer or at least not one that shows compassion for the animal. No bitedog handler can call themselves an animal lover as it’s hard to think of any good companion who pushes another to the forefront of a potentially deadly situation.

There is also no reason for cities to fund overtime pay for K-9 handlers to feed and house dogs when animal shelters are significantly overcrowded and understaffed. Animals desperate for

homes are then neglected and often euthanized while funds that could expand shelter facilities are used on the tools of a police state.

Dogs are emotional beings who live to please us. It is exploitative to force them into situations which might cause them harm or result in injustice. They will never have a say in the matter and will instead work for our approval unconditionally.

No matter how strongly some might view these dogs as heroes doing noble work, a dog surely doesn’t know the difference. Even if they did, they’d likely find it just as heroic to simply go for a walk as long as they see their owner is happy.

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Editor: Karly Ortiz | viewpoints.opinions@gmail.com

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Horror’s horrible depiction of women KARLY ORTIZ OPINIONS EDITOR

O c t o b e r officially marks the beginning of spooky season; a time of scary costumes, haunted houses and horror movies.

The weeks surrounding Halloween are supposed to be fun-filled and festive, instead, they are misogyny-filled and distasteful. This is blatantly showcased in horror movies, where the female leads and side characters are terrorized in ways the male characters aren’t.

In early horror movies, particularly of the slasher sub-genre, women essentially served as material for torture fantasies for the majority of their roles.

According to The Scholarly Community Encyclopedia in an entry titled “Misogyny in Horror Films”, women experience more torture in slasher films than men, for a longer amount of screen time and their torture tends to become sexual in some capacity.

The issue is not the violence, it is not even the torture. The entire purpose of movies in the horror genre is to scare and unsettle the viewers. The issue is that the perverse depiction of women in horror films is not meant to scare the viewers, it is utilized as a form of fan service.

The women who die first in

slasher movies are always scantily clad, over-sexualized blondes, whose only personality trait is that they are promiscuous or engage in any form of sexual activity. Their deaths are not short, brutal and quick like the deaths of their male counterparts. They often feature extensive chase scenes where the woman isn’t properly clothed, and equally as long scenes of the woman begging for the male perpetrator to spare her.

“Scary Movie” parodies this trope perfectly with the opening scene of Carmen Electra running from someone in a Ghostface mask, discarding her clothes as she goes. She even pauses her run to pose for the camera.

The chase scenes and the sexual scenes in horror movies are not meant to frighten the audience, but rather to be visually appealing to them. Exactly like the brief intermission of posing Carmen Electra does while running for her life.

Again, the issue does not lie in the violence itself, but rather in the glamorization and sexualization of the violence inflicted on the female characters. The correlation between sexuality and violence is a dangerous one, especially when it is depicted casually in films like “Halloween”, “Friday the 13th” and “Nightmare on Elm Street”. The women in films like these are depicted in explicit sexual situations and then almost immediately violently murdered or terrorized.

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A shadowy hand reaches over from behind to cover the face of a young girl.

It is as if there is a covert belief that women should be punished for engaging in sexual activities, but should still be sexualized while they are for the benefit of the audience.

Coincidentally, final girls (female characters in horror movies who survive to the end) are almost always the direct antithesis of the women who get violently tortured.

According to Carol J. Clover, who first identified the trope of final girls, these girls are the

only female characters who don’t drink, smoke, or party. And, they are typically always virgins who dress modestly.

Clover believes this character exists as an example of what men believe a woman should be, which is why they are allowed to survive the violence of the male perpetrator. These male directors, knowingly or unknowingly, are pushing a very harmful message in horror movies that feature these cliches.

There is nothing wrong with

enjoying horror, not even the oldtime cult classics that popularized the genre. But, it is important to understand some of the problematic elements of what you are watching.

Final girls might feel like positive female representation, but they are the perfect example of a woman written by a man. And to male horror directors, crazy idea here, but maybe we can stop hyper-sexualizing every female character on screen and calling it “art”.

Customer service is a waste of time JAYLAN EDWARDS MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

The customer isn’t always right.

As a retail worker, it makes no sense at all why we always have to treat our patrons like they’re never wrong. Even when they’re being idiotic and rude, we still have to kiss their feet and act like it's a blessing that they’re shopping at our store.

While managers and business owners might think otherwise, customer service is extremely unnecessary and a customer's opinion on if they got good service should never matter.

As a customer, you are not going to the store or a fast food restaurant looking for Spongebob level customer service, you are looking to get what you are spending money on and then getting out. If you receive good service along the way, then it is a plus. Although most might disagree with this idea and claim that without good service, you won’t get returning customers or even new customers, if that were the case, why are places like Popeyes, Waffle House and Walmart still in business? Because by the end of the day, they provide the things that we as customers want, and that is all that matters.

I remember when I used to work at Footlocker my manager always told us “We have to be the customers' friends and make

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A worker with a customer service smile hands over a bag of food to a customer’s awaiting hand.

them feel important.” In reality, it shouldn’t be my job to make you feel important. I shouldn’t have to ask you “how your day is” or if you need any help to make you feel seen in the world.

My job is to help you get the shoes in your size so you can leave.

Let's say I give the best customer service in the world. If I don’t have what they are looking for, they will just go to our competitors and spend their money there even if

they are disrespectful at that store, because all that matters is that they get what they are looking for.

N o w, o n t h e c o n t r a r y, I understand why others will fight back and say that customer service is important and that it is very much necessary in the work world.

As stated before, good customer service does bring in returning customers and gives you the chance to bring in new customers because of the good service. Plus,

it’s all about having basic respect for other people, whether they are giving you that same energy back or not. You can’t just get mad and curse them out because they said something you don’t like.

You have to keep it professional and hold your tongue even if you are having a bad day. I understand why customer service is necessary, but it still just comes off as unnecessary because if it was so valuable, then places

that are known for bad customer service like Walmart wouldn’t be worth $425.89 billion.

Still, they remain in business because no matter how much you might hate how the workers seem nonchalant and not care about you being a customer, as long as that store or even fast food restaurant still provides the product you are looking for, you will always be a returning customer no matter what.

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Editorial

Editor: Karly Ortiz | opinions.viewpointsonline@gmail.com

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Viewpoints’ editorials represent the majority opinion of and are written by the Viewpoints’ student editorial board.

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Student journalists not taken seriously Why is it that larger news outlets get higher priority than Viewpoints at Riverside City College?

We ask because overtime it has become apparent that often aren’t respected by our own community here at the college.

There is an ongoing pattern of advisers, coaches and other points of contact claiming that they do not receive the same coverage as other departments reported on by Viewpoints.

We can hold ourselves accountable and say that we don’t always cover all sports games or other departments on campus, but the attempt has been made. However, it is impossible to write a story adequately if the head coach of any given team, an adviser in any department or even district faculty at times is unreachable.

Reporters have been directed by the athletic department to contact coaches directly for information about game times but have had to get answers from players directly. Our Sports Director of Operations has frequently had to make-do considering the lack of response to voicemails, unanswered phone calls and emails that aren’t responded to until months later.

Their job revolves around coordinating game coverage schedules for our reporters, photographers and social media team.

Viewpoints’ editor-in-chief had been contacted in the spring by a coach who had been informed their players were being interviewed by our reporter for an upcoming story. The coach’s reason for reaching out was that they were upset that

they had not been contacted by the reporter but their players had been. She said that the players were newer and not as well informed as she is about the history of the team and wanted to acknowledge the road to their success. Our editor-in-chief immediately contacted the reporter on the story and confirmed that the coach had in fact been contacted and the reporter did not receive a response, contrary to the coach’s claim. However, our job is to touch all the bases and talk to the necessary people.

The reporter tried once again, still to no avail. We had no choice but to run the story as is, no word from the coach. Nothing we are new to, unfortunately.

Aside from the athletic department, we have also been heckled by the theater department about lack of coverage.

One of our veteran photographers has made it a point in the past to be present and take photos of dress rehearsals and opening nights of plays to make sure we are responding to the call for better coverage.

Our reporters have made sure to attend as well in order to conduct interviews with the adviser and the actors.

Unfortunately for us, we can be invited to cover a dress rehearsal but will be brushed off and told to wait to conduct interviews until after rehearsing. It is understandable for us to have to wait until afterwards. But, it is not only embarrassing but disrespectful to still be brushed off and not even acknowledged by those asking for improved coverage.

We ask, as your student-run college newspaper, that you respect us as much as you would any other dominant news outlet.

What makes us less respectable than the Los Angeles Times, ABC7 or KTLA? Why is it that we can receive, “no comment,” but the reporters who come from bigger news outlets to our campus get more information from our community than we do?

Our job is to serve you all. Our job is to cover each side of a story and to put our biases and judgements aside. Our job, however, is not to chase anyone down after repeated instances of being ignored.

Although we do, however unsuccessful we may be much of the time.

As journalists we are more than eager to talk to anyone who can contribute to the story we are trying to tell. We want to hear from you directly. We do not want to have to open the LA Times and read a very extensive article containing answers from people on our campus who chose to give us the bare minimum, if anything.

It is unfair to us to be treated as if we are not competent enough to receive the same answers any other non “student journalist” is receiving. One of our advisers has repeatedly expressed that they don’t like using term “student journalist” because it diminishes what we are capable of. This is something we have proven as a well established, award winning studentrun paper that has been present for over 100 years at RCC and we would like to be treated as such.

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RCC volleyball snaps losing streak

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Tigers beat hot Golden West Rustlers team with three set sweep.

AYDEN VASQUEZ STAFF REPORTER

Riverside City College women’s volleyball team snapped their two-game losing streak against Golden West College in a three-set sweep at home on Oct. 4.

RCC started the first set well but made a few minor mistakes on defense as the set continued. After scoring eight unanswered points midway through the first set, with four of them coming from service aces, the Tigers went on to win the first set 17-25.

“Going forward I think we need to improve on our blocking and defensive abilities,” head coach Clara Lowden said. “We’re a great team, but minor mistakes on defense like what happened today can really affect us in the long run.”

The second set was much different than the first. Golden West posed a challenge for the Tigers as they started to put numbers on the board and played with a gritty, defensive style of play.

The work the Tigers have been putting in these past two weeks on their defense was on full display.

Most defensive plays came from libero Hoku Goday, who finished the game with 13 digs.

“I told myself that I’d have to work hard to get back to the kind of play I want as a libero,” said Goday.

“With my performance tonight I think I did just that.”

Even with spectacular defensive plays from Goday, the second set was a hard-fought battle between the two teams. RCC pulled ahead and won the second set 22-25 The third set would be the most

Paris Toaetolu led her team to victory after scoring crucial points for the team on Oct. 4.

intense of the game. Both teams displayed great attacking power and defense as the set continued.

Tigers middle blocker Paris Toaetolu scored two pivotal kills late in the third set helping RCC go on to win the third set 23-25 to complete the sweep.

“We came into this game thinking we were the underdog since Golden West is one of the highest-ranked teams in our conference,” said Toaetolu.

“Everyone stepped up and we had a really good game. All together I am proud of how we played.”

The Tigers move on with a 9-6 record as they prepare for their next upcoming matchup at Fullerton College on Oct. 6.

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Paris Toaetolu praises her teammates after a incredible game they won. RCC swept the higher ranked Golden West on Oct. 4.

Tigers fall in opening game of Riverside Tournament ETHAN AGUILERA STAFF REPORTER

Riverside City College men’s water polo team fell short in a close game against Los Angeles Valley College

in the Riverside Tournament at the Riverside Aquatics Complex on Oct.6.

It was a defensive battle throughout the whole match.

LA Valley started strong, going up 3-0, but with two

Spencer Paine, a Water Polo player on Riverside City College’s team walking out of the pool after their game against LA Valley at the Riverside City College Aquatic Center on Oct 6.

consecutive scores from sophomore right driver Connor Lynton, the Tigers were able to get within one.

At the end of the first quarter, RCC was down to LA Valley 5-3.

The second quarter was back and forth, with two straight goals from freshman right driver Lennon Franklin and a score from sophomore right driver Nicolas Sadowski.

With nine seconds left in the second quarter, Franklin scored a goal from the halfway point.

“Usually, they have me take those types of shots,” Franklin said. “We still had nine seconds left, so I was passing the ball around a bit, and then I went for an inside turn and took the shot.”

At the end of the half, the struggle continued as RCC was still down 9-6, only scoring four more points the rest of the game. The Tigers

PHOTOS BY ADRIAN TAYLOR | VIEWPOINTS Lennon Franklin on Riverside City College’s team is about to throw the ball as an opponent on LA Valley’s team tries to take possession of the ball at the Riverside City College Aquatic Center.

struggled with many missed shots, turnovers, and fouls.

“During practice, we try to get those down, so next time during practice, we’re gonna work on those a lot,” Sadowski said. “One thing we’re definitely going to work on is our nobodies and put those away. We’re going to focus on them a lot.”

The Tigers were outplayed by the Monarchs 12-10, during their first matchup of the tournament.

“We had a lot of little mistakes, and we’re going to fix them during practice.” men’s water polo coach Jason Northcott said.

RCC will take on Saddleback College on Oct.11.

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Riverside City College Tigers entering the gridion to do battle against the Palomar College Comets before the game at Wilson Stadium in Escondido, Ca on Sept 23.

RCC continues winning streak through five

Tigers narrowly come out victorious in conference matchup IZAIAH CERRATOS STAFF REPORTER

The Riverside City College Football team narrowly defeated the Palomar College Comets in a comeback victory to become 4-0 and remain undefeated.

RCC made an explosive start to the game, swiftly advancing the ball into Palomar territory within the three opening minutes of play. The Tigers’ offense experienced a setback, concluding their initial drive with a 31-yard field goal courtesy of kicker Gabe Panikowski.

The Comets would be the first team to score a touchdown in the game with less than two minutes left in the first quarter, as Comets running back De’Marcus Carr broke free for the 68-yard touchdown run and put Palomar up on the scoreboard, 6-3 The offenses from both teams exploded in the 2nd quarter. The Riverside City College offense capitalized on a targeting penalty against the Comets with a two-yard touchdown run from sophomore running back Bryce Strong.

“Our offense is efficient and explosive,” Strong said. “As an offense when we enter the red zone of the field our offense is going to score six points.”

The Palomar offense struck back quickly and regained the lead as Comets quarterback Clay Omohundro linked up with wide receiver Kyri Shoels for a 77-yard passing touchdown.

The Tigers answered with an impressive drive that gave them another two-yard touchdown run regaining the lead 17-12, courtesy of sophomore running back Ayinde Bankole.

The defensive struggles continued on both sides. Palomar took the lead once again after a scrambling 10-yard touchdown run by Omohundro. The Comets now lead 19-17 with three minutes left in the first half.

The Tigers’ defense executed a flawless defensive drive, providing the necessary momentum for the Tigers’ offense to reclaim the lead with just 27 seconds remaining in the half.

Jordan Barton dropped back from the 9-yard line to deliver a touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Demarion Young.

The Tigers led 24-19 going into halftime.

The Comets’ offense came out of halftime fired up. On the second play in the 2nd half, the Comets scored on a 70-yard catch-andrun touchdown by wide receiver Amari Derby, giving the Comets the lead of 26-24 with less than a minute into the third quarter.

Palomar extended its 2nd half lead to 33-24 after a 24-yard touchdown pass to Derby for his second touchdown of the game.

A lackluster week of practices showed signs during the game.

Simple mental errors made by both RCC players and coaches created opportunities for the Comets.

“We didn’t have the greatest week of practice and it showed early,” RCC head coach Tom Craft said. “We’re a young team but we’re getting better every week.”

The RCC offense answered back quickly, closing the lead to 33-31 after a 53-yard catch and run touchdown by sophomore wide receiver Jacqueze Modica.

The Comet offense returned the favor with a long sturdy drive of its own, which ended

Riverside City College Tiger Defensive Back, Qualyn McQueen breaks up a pass intended for Palomar Comets receiver during the game at Wilson Stadium in Escondido, Ca on Sept 23.

in a 9-yard touchdown run by Omarion Ireland followed by a 2-point conversion to push the lead to ten for the Comets late in the 3rd quarter.

A crucial interception by the Palomar defense stole a scoring opportunity from the Tigers, holding the score at 41-31 with 10 minutes left in the 4th quarter.

The Comets offense would go on to turn the interception into three points extending their lead to 44-31.

The Tigers offense responded

with a touchdown drive as the time ran down in the fourth quarter.

Barton would break away from the Palomar defensive linemen to escape the pocket and cash in a 15yard touchdown run closing the lead to six points with 8 minutes remaining in the game.

“This was a wake-up call for us, this game will make us a better team,” Barton said. “We showed that we were a strong team mentally with the late comeback.”

On the next drive, the Tigers’ defense answered the call and

created a huge turnover deep in Palomar territory. The Tigers capitalized off the turnover with a touchdown as they retook the lead for the first time in the second half 45-44. The RCC defense closed out the game with a Palomar Comets turnover on downs.

The Tigers rallied late in the fourth quarter to keep their unbeaten streak alive.

The RCC football team looks to keep their streak alive against Grossmont college at Wheelock stadium on Oct. 14.