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Tempers flared when Project Truth set up shop outside of the Media Center on Tuesday to pro-mote their pro-life agenda.

Things came to a head when a DVC student, Aaron Low, rushed to the six foot displays of graphic aborted human embryos and threw them to the ground. Low was chased by campus po-lice and was briefly handcuffed before he was let go when the Project Truth leader, Ben Reeves, decided not to press charges.

Reeves said he preferred to have a few words with Low to ex-plain to him Project Truth’s right to demonstrate, and the group’s

focus, than to press charges.Afterwards, Low said, “I dis-

agreed with their views, and I think it violates our rights when they display pictures like that on school grounds.” He did believe that he was treated fairly by the police, and he was thankful that Project Truth decided not to press charges.

According to their website, Project Truth is an off-shoot of the “Sanctity of Human Life Network” (Sohlnet), a “volun-teer staffed Christian pro-life educational organization which promotes the sanctity of human life.” They are based in Sacra-mento, and they call their dem-onstration the Fall Project Truth College Campus Tour.

There was a long, and some-times loud, argument between Sasan Kasravi, a 21 year old DVC student, and Don B. of Project Truth. Kasravi and Don traded their view points for close to 30 minutes on the topic of abor-tion, philosophy and biology. It seemed they were not able to come to an agreement, but they walked away with civility and re-spect.

A question brought up about abortion for rape victims elic-ited this response from Reeves,

“Rape is an act of violence, but you cannot fix it with another act of violence.” He believes that all

pregnancies should be brought to full term, and that adoption is the

It can be difficult for college students to find the time and the willpower to register to vote be-tween classes, work and a social life. Since Sept. 12, a new online voting registration system in-troduced in California has been making registering for voting much easier.

Daria Beigni, a 19 year old psychology major, admitted that she had not registered to vote due to “...not feeling compelled [and] laziness.” Once she realized that online registering was an op-tion she concluded that it would be quick so “...why not?” Beigni said that her registration was “...extremely easy and simple” and didn’t take even five minutes.

Californians can now register to vote on their iPad, tablet or smartphone according to

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen who states the re-quirements and steps to vote, as well

as the link for the online appli-cation on Ca. gov.

According to Shelbi Resseger, a dental hygiene major from Fairfield, a link for online voting can be found on Tumblr. com, a popular blogging website. It sur-prised Ressegar to see a link for voting on a non-political website. She says “...I went on the website and there was a link. If it’s there, why not?”

Those who are serving in the military overseas can register to vote online, making the process much simpler and easier.

Although actual votes still need to be mailed in by both civil-ians and soldiers abroad, US citi-zens who are also living outside the U.S. now have the luxury of registering online as well.

Opposition to the new online system is occasional. A concern which was expressed by the

Michigan Election Reform Al-liance according to Wm.edu is that online voting cannot secure a

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The student leadership at the college has undergone several recent later-than-usual semester changes.

On September 10, the As-sociated Students of Dia-blo Valley College elected Jae Chang (Eric) Lee as the new student body president through an internal voting process. Lee was selected by the ASDVC board and not the student body due to the formerly publicly elected president resigning at the be-ginning of the semester.

Lee is also a member of the Inquirer newspaper where he serves as the advertising man-ager.

In response to the ASDVC President working on the In-quirer staff, Inquirer adviser Mary Mazzocco, states, “It’s a

little unusual, but it is not un-precedented…Basically you just make the rules about con-flict of interest very clear to everyone and everyone does their best to follow them.”

The Inter-Club Council,

the organization on campus which oversees the policies for the all student clubs, elect-ed Lan Bui as the new ICC Chair for the 2012-2013 aca-

demic year. The ICC Chair election was

delayed for one week due to the ICC representatives vot-ing for additional time to re-view the candidate’s creden-tials.

An additional week long delay was caused due to the ICC meeting agenda not be-ing posted within the three-day Brown Act requirement.

Lan Bui was confirmed as the new ICC Chair at the Sep-tember 27th ICC meeting.

“I feel that I can make a lot of changes…and help im-prove the student life on this campus,” states Bui.

Cruz Conrad, the ICC rep of the sociology club, was elected as the Vice President of the ICC. “I’m really ex-cited and also humbled that so many…have entrusted me with being the assertive voice in things that we need to get

done with our board...”Conrad is interested in rais-

ing the freeze of new clubs, revising the ICC constitution and creating a joint board with the Associated Students of Diablo Valley College.

A restriction was imple-mented by the student life of-fice staff at the beginning of the fall semester which pre-vented new clubs from being able to be created.

Former Dean of Student Life Bill Oye stated, “We are hoping to work with the ad-ministration to restore some staff capacity spring semes-ter…if we can get some re-stored staff this spring we hope to able to approve new clubs in the spring.

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Editor in chief

Tensionarises at anti-abortion event

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RYAN PETERSStaff Writer

An upcoming tax measure, Proposition 30, which will raise income tax for Californians earn-ing more than $250,000 a year will be voted on in the upcoming November election.

Proposition 30, which would cause massive trigger cuts to Cal-ifornia public education if not passed, would raise state sales tax by 1 cent per $4 spent and would go to fund K-12, colleges and universities and other programs according to a San Francisco Chronicle article.

DVC professor, Glen Appell, gave his opinion on the ballot, “If Prop. 30 does not pass we are truly in trouble. Thousands of classes will be cut at Community colleges statewide and the K-12 school year will be cut by three weeks. We absolutely must pass this measure.”

Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget already assumes the passage of Proposition 30. In effect, the measure would prevent further cuts to education and would not restore any programs lost in previous rounds of cuts. “With-out this additional revenue our educational system will be left in shambles. The cost to the aver-age taxpayer will be 25 cents on a one hundred dollar expense. I think we can all afford to chip in a few cents to save education in California.”

The proposition states that the temporary tax revenues would be allocated 89% to K-12 and 11% to community colleges.

However, concerns over the wording of the measure have arisen from various factions like StopProp30.com, among others. According to an article posted on their website StopProp30.com feels voters will, “Oppose (the) seven-year, $50 billion tax hike, including billions in higher sales taxes and huge increases in income taxes targeted to Mom-and-Pop small businesses, most of which file their taxes as indi-viduals and not corporations.”

Appell is not convinced how-ever, “The proposition requires that the money be used for edu-cation. Don’t be fooled by any propaganda that says otherwise.

Its in the text of the long form.”DVC student David Rogers,

sophomore political science, said of the measure, “In a word I agree with it, however it is not free of faults. 89 percent of the tax revenue provided via this bill goes to K-12 and only the remaining 11 percent will be al-located to community colleges, and apparently the CSU and UC systems will not benefit from this proposition at all.”

Rogers expressed a general concern for the position Cali-fornia community colleges have been forced into stating, “11 percent of $6 billion per year for seven years is nothing to sneer

at, however, it seems that the proposition is unfairly weighted to K-12 education and given the state of tuition hikes in the Cali-fornia community college system and the ever-increasing reliance California residents have on it. This distribution doesn’t seem fair.”

Appell is not the only DVC

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November tax measure affects public schools

“I feel that I can make a lot of changes…and

help improve the student life on this

campus.”

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Lan Bui, left, has been elected as the new head of the Inter-Club Council. Cruz Conrad, right, is the newly elected Vice President of the ICC.

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Aaron Low was detained by the campus police for throwing abortion posters to the ground.

Pundits tradepunches

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“If Prop. 30 does not pass we are truly in trouble.

Thousands of classes will be cut at Com-munity col-

leges statewide and the K-12 school year

will be cut by three weeks.

We absolutely must pass this

measure.”

~GLENN APPELLMusic Professor

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professor in favor of the measure, “If Prop 30 fails, we face cutting approximately 515 classes,” said Political Science professor, Dorene Mazzone. “That will be devastating for students who are trying to enroll in the courses they need to complete their certificate or major, and transfer to four year institutions.”

The measure comes after several rounds of budget cuts resulting in 485,000 fewer students attending community colleges since 2008, more students than currently attend the community college system.

Mazzone gave parting words of advice, “Accessible, public education is what helped to make California a great state. We need to reinvest in public education. Your future demands it.”

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Ward 2 District Elections

As excitement and tension for the presidential elections begins to ramp up, local elections are also taking place, and many of them will directly affect Diablo Valley College.

On October 3rd, a forum was held in the DVC Trophy Room between two candidates, Vicki Gordon and Tom Cleveland, who are running for the College Board directly governing our education-al district.

Gordon, a DVC alumnus and long-time Martinez Education Foundation board member, and Cleveland, a Stanford graduate and professor at Saint Mary’s Col-lege in Moraga, participated in a low-key Q&A to explain their po-sitions and platforms.

The candidates both agreed on several issues, such as having a large reserve in case of fiscal emergencies and in borrowing the practices of districts performing better than ours. They also agreed

that the current board was not as hands-on as it could be, and that budget cuts should be a last re-sort. Gordon even went so far as to say that “Sacramento’s priori-ties are misguided” when it comes to the education budget. “We need to make them make (educa-tion) a priority.” Gordon said.

On the subject of a college’s accountability for the success of its students, Cleveland posed the question “what is success?”, elaborating that measurements for success tend to be “quantita-tive rather than qualitative”, and Gordon touted DVC as a college that provided an education, as compared to some private institu-tions where graduating is merely a matter of paying tuition.

The forum also addressed the large influx of international stu-dents at DVC, and whether or not they posed a threat to the educa-tion of local students. Gordon claimed that international stu-dents help the college and over time are key to “bring(ing) back

the economy”, though she at the same time condemned caps on lo-cal students put in place by Sacra-mento. “The government makes demands of us that we can’t meet without funding”, Cleveland said.

The candidates were at ends however on matters like how to raise money from places outside of Sacramento, Gordon want-ing to raise funds through energy conservation and management and Cleveland supporting local bond measures and local dona-tions, feeling that community col-leges have a strong base in East Bay that they don’t enjoy in other parts of the state.

Tomi Van de Brooke, another candidate for the position who unfortunately could not make the forum, was contacted but was not available for interview.

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Caitlin Maguire, an associate with Rockthevote.com, a youth voting advocate website

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number of college kids registering to vote has increased each year.

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full term, and that adoption is the best solution in these cases.

Dr. Tom Bielejeski, 73, Sac-ramento added, “We will always keep the mother’s health and life a top priority in the case of rape, but we would also like to save the baby as well.”

DVC student Navid N. felt what Project Truth was doing had nothing to do with education and was not helping anybody with their “shock tactics.”

John F. of Project Truth said, “When I was your age, I felt the same.” He explained that his wife had an abortion years ago, and later in life, she had a still-born. This opened his eyes to the truth, and the sanctity, of human life. John said people try to justify abortion by saying it is “a blob of tissue,” but in his view the em-bryo is a future human being and should be thought of as such.

Campus Police Lieutenant Chad Wehrmeister explained to a student that the group had a right to be there.

“If we try to stick them in a

corner, or put them in an out of the way area, they can sue,” Weh-

rmeister said. He said the job of the police was to keep the peace and mediate civilly if problems arise.

Project Truth plans on being on campus again tomorrow to continue their pro-life campaign.

To learn more about Proj-ect Truth visit their website at http://www.sohlnet.org.

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The DVC football team put another giant win in the stat column on Saturday against Monterey to give them a three-game, 40-plus point winning streak after starting the season 0-3.

Despite the slow start, of-fense was never the problem, with the Vikings averaging 32 points per game in their first three starts and 38 on the season.

“We had those tough (losses) early so it’s nice to get it done,” said football head coach Mike Darr. “It seems like each week we’re eliminating mistakes. They’re becoming more comfortable in offensive and defensive schemes allowing them to play confident and play fast.”

Saturday‘s game allowed

the Viking defense to shine as they forced five fumbles, three of which were recov-ered by DVC and held Mon-terey to under 50 total yards in the game.

DVC had 12 team sacks with three interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown which would have made the score 53-3, before

being called back on holding.Even more testament to

the defensive proficiency of the Vikings was when the of-fense fumbled the ball which

was recovered by Monterey and brought to DVC’s two yard line. The defense re-pelled Monterey back to the seven yard line and held them to a field goal, Monterey’s only score of the game.

Sophomore wide receiver, Diante Jackson, had four touchdowns against Mon-terey and continues to lead the state in receptions after Saturday’s match.

The Vikings’ next game is Friday, Oct. 12, against Reed-ley College.

Coach Darr said of this week’s match, “(Reedley) is a scary team. Their record isn’t great but they’ve got maybe 8-10 kids from California, the rest from all over the country. They’re big on the offensive line and athletic everywhere else.”

The Vikings’ second win of the season came against Merced on Sept. 29, leaving the contest with a 41-17 vic-tory. The Vikings are current-ly 3-3 on the season.

On Wednesday Oct. 3, in the midst of a Northern Cali-fornia Indian summer, the Di-ablo Valley College water polo program scored a pair of de-cisive wins over the Modesto Pirates.

The women shut down the opposition with overpowering defense, that led to a lopsided victory for the Vikings, with a final score of 10-3.

The men fought hard in the second half of the double-header in a much more com-petitive contest, ending the day with a 10-6 victory.

“(The team) took control early,” women’s water polo

assistant coach Zach Roberts noted after the game. “We’re starting to play together well at the right time of the season.”

Roberts went on to cite the team defense as the most critical component in the win, crediting the rest of the coaching staff for rigorous leg conditioning which he be-lieved gave their defense the edge.

That “push” from busy legs under the water was evident when Modesto entered the fourth quarter, facing a shut-out loss. Players Nadeen Nas-sar and Taylor Henry filled out the stat sheet on both ends of the pool, each responsible for vital first-half takeaways, as well as combining for five of the Vikings’ seven first-half goals.

The Pirates were able to make a surge in the fourth quarter, scoring three times in a late game rally following a mass substitution from the

DVC bench, but by then the game was well out of reach for the determined visiting squad.

The men faced a daunting defense themselves as both teams swarmed the middle, countering any and all cross passes with double coverage and a storm of white water. There were far more penalties called in the second contest, much to the dismay of the coaches on both sides. Each college’s bench received a yel-low card for arguing with one call or another.

Many of the infractions oc-curred under the water, evi-denced only by the facial ex-pressions and body language of the players. There was a lot of action taking place below the surface during the men’s game, and not all of it was legal.

The undefeated Vikings battled back and forth with the highly competitive Pirates

throughout the rough and often penalized first quarter, which left both squads dead-locked in a 1-1 tie.

In the second quarter, the undefeated Vikings took con-

trol, outscoring the opposition 4-1 to build a lead of 5-2 go-ing into the half. The Vikings continued the push into the second half, adding another score within moments of the

start of third quarter play.Both squads continued to

trade goals throughout the second half. Despite fight-

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Water Polo: Beneath the surfaceVikings sweep a pair against Modesto

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Vikings’ long-stick midfielder Hunter Bonny, left, and defender Jared Malin, right, near their own goal as goalkeeper Alec Hamlin, center, looks on.

Lacrosse team brings home international victory

“They’re becom-ing more com-

fortable in offen-sive and defensive schemes allowing them to play con-

fident and play fast.”

~MIKE DARR,Head coach

Football team wins three straight gamesOffense puts up 40+ points in victories

The DVC Vikings treated its fans to a thrilling 9-5 win last Friday against Canada’s Simon Fraser University (SFU), reasserting their stand-ing as a stellar lacrosse team.

Tension was high before the game, with the pressure of a win clear on the players’ minds. While the Vikings had dominated against St Mary’s College the previous week, the loss against Sonoma State forced the team to realize their weaknesses, motivating them to work even harder in preparation for this much an-ticipated match.

“We knew we had a very fierce opponent ahead of us,” explained captain and at-tacker Devon Bahary. “This week we practiced at the level we needed to in order to meet that challenge… and we really hit that challenge head-on. This (win) definitely showed us a lot of our potential.”

Not only is the SFU La-crosse team the only colle-giate field lacrosse program in British Columbia to play in a U.S. league, but the team is ranked second in the Division I Pre-Season Coaches’ Poll.

A shaky start and a quick goal from SFU spurred the Vikings defense into action. Not only were they able to save attempted SFU goals, but they forced turnovers which allowed DVC to score three hard-earned goals in the first quarter.

The rest of the game would prove to be intensely physical with both sides fighting until the very end.

The second quarter was wrought with more turn-overs, brutal tackles and cross-checking, and penalties for both sides. A fierce goal attempt from SFU was saved

by Viking goalie Michael Schleicher at a cost; the ball slammed into his collarbone, forcing coach Wallahan to sub him off in favor for Alec Hamlin.

Midfielder John Soloman launched into an impres-sive offensive play where he scored almost single-handed-ly within twenty seconds of winning the following face-off. The defense continued to shine even without Schleicher, with Hamlin saving three of

the attempted goal attempts from SFU.

“Defense played a stellar game,” said coach Wallahan when asked what ultimately won them the game. “Face-offs were awesome – we won almost 80 percent of the face-offs so that was really good. Offense struggled a little bit, but they got it together in the fourth quarter.”

The coaches used the half-time break to revitalize the Vikings’ offense. Despite the 4-1 lead, the coaches felt that the offense were unable to retain possession and take ad-vantage of opportunities their defense was offering them. The defense continued to shut down SFU’s barrage of goal attempts until midfielder Octavio Martinez scored the Vikings’ fifth goal, leading to a 5-3 lead.

Just as the Vikings’ offense

began to gain momentum, they were struck with a crucial injury to Bahary. Following the subsequent man-down, SFU scored again to close the gap to 5-4. Undeterred, midfielder Cory Callahan an-swered SFU’s offense with a goal of his own, ending the third quarter 6-4.

The final quarter marked a change of pace for the Vi-kings, with both the offense and defense playing “smart lacrosse” to take complete control of the match. Three goals by Calhoun Boone, Mi-chael Wells, and Jarret Hass-feld brought the score to 9-4.

A late turnover allowed SFU the rare opportunity to slip through the Vikings’ de-fense and score a goal, but by then it was too late as the Vi-kings were able to hold on to their 9-5 lead until the end of the game.

“We were definitely ready for competition,” added Ba-hary. “And I think we brought it to them. We didn’t play to their level; we played above their level… I think they saw us as a lesser opponent. To-wards the fourth quarter, we disciplined their defense a little more and that opened up a lot of opportunities for our players.”

The 9-5 result clearly illus-trated the dangers of under-estimating the Vikings. Their ultimate motivation? Proving their worth, clearly - but the promise of free pizza certain-ly didn’t do any harm!

The Vikings’ next home game is on Wednesday Oct. 17 where they will play Sierra College. You can also watch them play live by visiting www.ustream.tv and search-ing for “Diablo Valley La-crosse.”

DVC’s Ori Raz, winds up for the shot against Modesto’s goalkeeper. Raz scored the goal in the men’s 10-6 victory.

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Nadeen Nassar scores a goal against a floundering Modesto defense at DVC

Women’s soccer team finds redemption

The Vikings blew the Pi-rates out of the water 3-0 in a conference match at home on Friday.

Last year, the Modesto Pirates knocked DVC out of the playoffs, so for the returning players this was a chance for redemption. DVC knew that winning this game would not only put them in a good position for the rest of the season, but also boost the team’s morale. Coach Sam Liu-bicich said, “This is the best way to start the weekend.”

The respect the teams held for each other was evi-dent. With the first half end-ing in 0-0 with few break-out plays by either team, it looked like it would be a tight game until the end.

Coach Mullins had differ-ent plans. “In the first half, the team played tentatively,” said Mullins. “We talked about finding grit and deter-mination at half time, and that the team that wants it more will win the game.”

The pep talk worked. Within two minutes of the second half, Kaity Echols provided a through ball that led to a goal by Lindsey Parscal. DVC struck again quickly, with another goal in two minutes by Bizzy Driscoll, assisted by Mariah Rodriguez. Finally, with less than 15 minutes left in the game, Alicia Palma scored a goal from a Katarina Gentry pass to secure the win for the Vikings.

The difference between the two halves was night and day. Haley Paxton set the tone for the second half by getting in some early solid tackles and breaking up any-

thing that came her way. That tough play was contagious.

“When someone goes in hard like that, it spreads throughout the whole team,” said forward Wendy Magarin, who attributed Paxton as one of driving forces behind the team’s new enthusiasm in the second half.

After the game, assistant

coach Alex Lobban told the team that they were doing the simple things right. Lobban stated, “For a 20 minute pe-riod, they (Modesto) couldn’t even get near you.”

Coach Mullins felt that there were no big standout plays or players in the game. Instead, she felt like Friday’s win was a true team effort, with even the players who did not get much playing time contributing to the win.

“Because we have such a deep squad, our practices and training is much more com-petitive,” Mullins explained. This factor is starting to clear-ly starting to show - especially during the later moments of the game.

The Vikings have a long stretch of away games, play-ing Santa Rosa, Sierra, and American College before re-turning home on Oct. 23 to take on San Joaquin Delta at 3:30 p.m.

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“We talked about find-ing grit and determina-tion at half

time, and that the team that wants it more will win the

game.”

~Cailin MullinsHead Coach

Vikings prove their worth against Modesto Pirates

-ing hard and competitively until the very end, Modesto was ultimately unable to make a substantial comeback against the powerful DVC Vi-kings.

The DVC women’s team

hold a record of 16-1 on the season. They are ranked ninth in the current Coaches’ Poll, behind teams like Long Beach CC (12-4), Fullerton (12-3) and Orange Coast (10-5).

The DVC men’s team is undefeated, 11-0. They are still ranked third in the polls, behind West Valley (9-2) and Golden West (5-0). In spite

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“I’m independent, but I feel that Romney was more

effective in the debate. Hypothetically, if I was voting purely on what I

saw in that debate, I’d vote for Romney.”

TIANA LIBBY, 25English

“Romney, due to the fact he commanded the debate

and dictated the way he wanted the debate to go.”

Jukari Richardson, 17Undecided

“Definitely Mitt Romney. It was effective for the

viewer who doesn’t know any politics, but ineffective for those who are aware of the current political situa-

tion.”

DAVID HYDE, 20Undecided

“I’m super anti-Romney, but I felt that he scored

more points. He had every-thing to gain and Obama had everything to lose.”

BO CAMPBELL, 33Film

“I felt Obama was more passive because he’s ahead in the polls - almost as if

he didn’t try as hard.”

Jorje Barajas, 18Political Science

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Near the end of July, in Au-rora Colorado, at a midnight premier of the latest “Batman” movie, a gunman (now known as Caucasian, 24 year-old, Uni-versity graduate James Eagan Holmes) walked into a movie theater, wearing a gas mask, black trench-coat “costume” and armed with automatic and semiautomatic firearms. Though the full extent of his artillery is still largely unknown, it has been reported that James utilized an assault-rifle, a 12-guage shotgun, a pistol and more than a few smoke grenades in his attempt to take a theater full of movie fans hostage.

Though the numbers tend to vary from source to source, be-tween twelve and twenty people were killed that night, or died later from injury. Over sixty were wounded.

The Nation was stunned. Not because of the lack of regulation that allowed a mentally unstable and reactive youth to buy, regis-ter and legally own an entire ar-senal of “anti-personnel” weap-

onry. Not because this sort of tragedy is uncommon, or even rare in a nation that averages 87 shooting deaths a day (The-DailyBeast.com). Rather, the na-tion was stunned because of the sheer theatricality of the shoot-ing. Everyone who has ever sat amongst strangers in a darkened movie theater can relate to the victims, whose only crime was attending a movie premiere un-armed.

Actions had to be taken, but the mainstream media outlets were quick to remind the pub-lic that this was not the time to discuss national gun policy, regu-lations or laws. It was a time to mourn the victims, their families and turn our collective ire on the real culprits.

AMC theaters were quick to take action. As soon as they were finished condemning the action itself, they amended their policies and rules to ban and strictly regulate costumes, imita-tion weapons and movie themed makeup. Surely that would settle things. I personally would even go one step further, banning mascara, lip-gloss and all forms of blush from movie theaters. Perhaps that’s a little extreme, but I’m a hard-liner when peo-ple’s lives are at stake.

On Sunday August 5th, in a small suburb of Milwaukee Wisconsin, a gunman invaded Sunday Service at a Sikh Tem-ple, with a 9mm. semiautomatic pistol, clips for reloading and enough directionless, unin-formed hatred to claim the lives of six worshipers. How could this happen? Why? Many were quick to draw parallels about the act, deemed a retaliatory expres-sion of lingering rage over the terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001, already over a decade past.

“While we are still learning the motivation of the attacker, his actions—singling out and kill-ing Sikhs with turbans—match a broader pattern of post-9/11 bias in our country.” Supreet Kaur, Ph.D. told FoxNews.com.

Similar to the coverage of the Aurora, CO shooting, the cov-erage from most media outlets reminded us that this was “not the time” to talk about gun con-trol. It was a time to mourn the victims and reassert the differ-ences between Sikhism and Is-lam (because hate crimes against Muslims would be less senseless somehow).

The Shooter became the story once more: A 40-year old U.S. Army Veteran involved in white

supremacist ideology, groups and music.

The music of the Hammer-skins, the sort of music that Page wrote and produced, ad-vocates and glorifies violence and killing of anyone consid-ered “Non-White”, homosexual and/or “Non-Christian”. One doesn’t have to look very hard to spot current events (Much more recent than 2001), that likely send outspoken members of the “Hammerskin Nation” into a murderous rage.

It’s clear from the media cov-erage of this senseless tragedy that Page took these ideals and biases seriously, even having a tattoo of the Roman numeral for 14- as reference to the four-teen word motto of the Ham-merskins.

Certainly, we can’t stop closed-minded, prejudiced, un-informed individuals from exist-ing, nor can we censor their right to preach their backward, hateful politics.

If we also can’t discuss gun control, what can we do to stop history from repeating itself again?

The Brady Campaign reports that only twenty percent of gun owners in America own over sixty-five percent of American

guns. Over 4.5 million guns are sold each year in the United States, including two million handguns according to the Bu-reau of Alcohol Tobacco & Fire-arms. Can’t we at least talk about why anyone would need an as-sault rifle that can fire 650-750 rounds per minute? Shouldn’t we at least be free to disagree over what measures should or shouldn’t be taken to reign back the level of gun violence, while unanimously agreeing that something should be done? Or should we sit back, follow the selective coverage and mourn without thinking?

Maybe someday, irresponsible haberdashers will stop cutting coats that reach the floor, and maybe the attendance rates for Hammerskin events will fall to zero. Until then, however, I in-tend to get a head-start- mourn-ing the next tragic, senseless, mass killing- in advance. So that then, maybe it will finally be a time to put the mourning on hold, just long enough to have a frank and informed discussion about guns.

The 2012 Presidential Elec-tion is right around the corner and excitement has filled the DVC campus.

English Professor Glenn Willis understands the impor-tance of this election and the current state of America. In his book, “Dear America: Do You Hear What I Hear?”, Dr. Willis asks first time voters to listen. “It’s good to listen to your parents, but you’re go-ing to have to make your own decision. Listen, read, ask questions and then make your decision.”

The book, which is re-quired reading in Dr. Willis’ critical thinking class is not an academic book, as the author himself stresses. Instead, this book serves as Dr. Willis’ way to combat the “racism and ha-tred” that he has seen every-where from his television to his own classroom in regards

to this election. Dr. Willis, a graduate of

Rutgers University, served in the United States Air Force and has been a teacher at DVC since 1998. Dr. Wil-lis does not consider himself a Republican or a Democrat, but instead an independent and states that he has voted for candidates from both par-ties. In his book, he outlines a political landscape that de-presses him.

He fears a nation that will be separated. “It feels like we are going back 180 degrees,” Willis says, offering the fact that “Last year over 1100 laws were passed against women in red states.” In the presiden-tial campaign of Mitt Rom-ney, Willis sees someone who will raise tuition and make it harder for Americans to get an education. As a wounded veteran, Willis draws a pen-sion every month, and he questions Romney’s 47% re-marks, “I was wounded in the Air Force, so am I on welfare?

No.” If Romney is elected, Dr. Willis says he will publish a book entitled “Buyer’s Re-morse”.

“Now, I’m not gonna say Obama’s the black Jesus be-cause no he’s not,” Willis muses, “You want miracles, you pray to God.” However, he defends the president. He believes that Obama will lead America away from the hatred and racism that is detailed in his book.

He sees racism and divi-sion, but he also sees hope. “I believe in this country,” he says, “In 50 years, it’ll be a whole new ball game. There may not be hope for my gen-eration or the next generation, but there is hope.”

Dr. Willis will be publish-ing a Science Fiction novel entitled “Terror in Oaktown” in early 2013.

Riley ShinglerStaff writer

Gun violence: nothing to see here

Dr. Willis encourages questioning

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Josh “Grassy” KnollArts & Features Editor

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Several propositions are on the state-wide ballot this year that will greatly affect the future of California. The main contender, which in-volves education and will directly impact DVC students following the vote, is Proposition 30. This proposition is already affecting students at DVC who plan to transfer to a CSU in Fall 2013. According to CSUMentor.org all applica-tion decisions will be postponed until the end of November, when Proposition 30 is voted on. If this Proposition does not pass the CSU sys-tem will have to significantly restrict the amount of people they are able to accept due to an esti-mated $250 million in cuts to the CSU system. In addition to that $338.6 million will be cut from California Community Colleges. Our col-lege district would be facing a $9.2 million cut. If we were to endure these cuts DVC could lose an estimated 4,000 students.

This ballot initiative proposes increased tax brackets for the wealthy who earn an income of more than $250,000. These increases will

start at 1% and will be at a maximum of 3% for the highest amount of earned income. The taxes would be adjusted according to inflation in future years. This new income tax collects revenue for a seven year period. Along with the new income tax there would an increase in the state sales tax, which would be an extra quarter cent on every dollar over a four year period. . Once passed the total revenue produced annu-ally would amount to $6 billion.

These temporary tax increases would take the additional revenue that they have earned and allocate some of those funds to the pub-lic education system. According to the attorney general funds would be distributed as follows, 89% would go to K-12 and the remaining 11% would go to community colleges. This revenue would give us the vital funds necessary to keep DVC afloat.

Vote Prop. 30

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Opinions 6The Inquirer - Diablo Valley CollegeThursday, October 11 - Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Letters to the editorPeer Pressure is a funny yet

dangerous thing. It is when people are influenced and usually forced to act or be-lieve what their friends are telling them. According to Dictionary.com, peer pres-sure is “The social influence a peer group exerts on its individual members, as each member attempts to conform to the expectations of the group.” With this in mind, we can only imagine what our friends may want us to do in the future. It is up to the individual if he/she is able to respond correctly to the situation, whether it may be a good or bad thing.

When I was a sophomore in my high school back in 2007, a few friends that I was associating myself with were becoming more corrupted. In

the middle of the school year, a few of my friends within my group started using mari-juana. They smoked this drug during lunch-time within the school, but this was only the beginning. Eventually, they brought alcohol and certain “pills” to school. This was when peer pressure came to confront me. Those friends who started using drugs tried to persuade me to use them as well. Almost everyday, they wanted me to smoke, drink, or swallow a certain “pill”. Of course, I declined their offer every time because my beliefs and personal values would not let me give in. By junior year, I started to work in the cafeteria during lunch-time at my high school. I already knew that I would rarely get to see those friends

who would use drugs for their own pleasure. It was a sacrifice that I needed to take.

With this experience, my views on peer pressure had changed. Peer pressure is a real issue that needs atten-tion, especially for teens. As a community, we must show the public, especially the young that peer pressure can sometimes be destructive but can also be worked with. More importantly, as a com-munity of the world, we must share common sense, person-al values, and the experience of work. It is because of this mindset that I chose to work, rather than smoke or drink, back in high school.

–Phillip Cordero

Has anyone ever considered the main rea-son why the majority of us like to buy pricey, high-end products? Many people couldn’t re-sist the lure of extravagant goods and design-er labels. Some agree that it is a way to prove their social status and feel more superior in our modern society; the more they put on, the more they are proud of themselves. They are narcissistic.

Wait a second! Does the price printed on the price tag really reflects the item’s worth? Eckhart Tolle mentioned in his book, “A New Earth: Awak-ening to Your Life’s Purpose” that “Designer labels are pri-marily collective identities that you buy into. They are expen-sive and exclusive. If everyone could buy them, they would lose their psychological value and all you would be left with would be their material val-ue, which likely amounts to fraction of what you paid.” Extravagant goods are so popular because of idolization and blind adoration by the majority of people; high price and good quality doesn’t have an equal sign in between them, the amount of money we pay for luxury goods are actually not worth it.

There are 42% of items in our overall market that are luxury goods, some leading

brands include Tiffany & Co., Hermes, Burb-erry, Gucci, Armani, Chanel, Prada, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and so on. Special design, fancy style, superior craftsmanship or maybe gimmick limited edition goods are the rea-sons why people like these designer brands.

According to a research by Global Industry Analysts, the global luxury goods industry is expected to grow 65% be-cause of the huge demand of developing countries such as China, India, Russia and Bra-zil. The more luxury items produced, the more chances consumers have to buy them; which inspired luxury brands to produce a large variety of products to fit different class-es and attract new customers, ranging from small accessories

to huge home appliances.The next time you shop for luxury goods,

you should better evaluate their true value before purchasing them. Money has different meanings to everyone, but to many people, they weren’t born with a silver spoon in their mouths, which is why we have to spend wisely. Let’s start becoming smart consumers!

–Alicia Hoi

There are hundreds of faculty members and stu-dents coming in and out of Diablo Valley College daily. There have been many complaints on how limited the parking spaces are. Students are often late to class because of their search for parking that may not even be there. While others, risk their chance of being raped or kidnapped late at night when walking home from school.

Some of the DVC students have to go home by foot or by buses at night while taking risks to be victims of a crime. Most of the students don’t have a choice (and what are the situations that leave them without an option?) With the lack of parking spaces, they have no other choice than to leave their cars at home. If they, who leave their cars at home, have a night class that ends at 9:45 or later, they are in dan-ger. With crimes such as robbery, kidnapping, and rape, rising, it is more risky to be walking or taking the bus alone in the dark than to drive.

Many of them, who try to park at the DVC park-ing lot, are often late for their classes because they spend so much time finding parking spots. It is a tragedy to get lower grades because of the wasted time spent trying to find parking spots. Last semes-ter, my friend Ellen, who spent hours looking for a parking spot, could not attend her class because of this. To quote her, “I came to school 15 minutes before my class started… I spent hours searching for a parking space. By the time I had parked, the class was over!”

Why can’t the school solve this problem? It is be-cause, instead of looking at the current problems, they are more focused on improving the school grounds. Students want to have enough parking spaces. Some of the students have to take risks and students are often late for their classes because they spend so much time finding parking spots.

–Kyung Seok Kim

When it is about the time when a new semester begins, you may run into students ask-ing for signatures on an ASDVC petition form to be a member of ASDVC. ASDVC is a very help-ful student government. It works to benefit DVC students finan-cially, academically, and environ-mentally. However, most DVC students are not aware what it is and what exactly they do for students. Indeed, ASDVC is making a lot of contributions to its students invisibly and should get more attention and credit for them. Thus, I would like to in-form what ASDVC is and what exactly they do for students. AS-DVC stands for the Associated Students of Diablo Valley Col-lege, who are representatives of the DVC student body. ASDVC consists of DVC students and contains eight committees; activ-ity, budget oversight, constitu-tion, diversity, legislative, public relations, student union building,

technology committee. Students must be officially enrolled in DVC and maintain at least five units and an average GPA of 2.0 at each semester to be an ASDVC member. What does ASDVC do exactly? Firstly, it helps financial-ly. ASDVC provides scholarships for financial aid and it allocates funds to clubs and organizations so that they can operate. It also tries to keep the government of California to maintain cur-rent student’s tuition fees. For example, ASDVC promoted the March in March, a protest which a lot of California college stu-dents participated in to oppose the government’s college budget cuts, by gathering students for it. on the campus Secondly, it helps academically. ASDVC pro-vides funding for many academic programs and festivals. Not only that, ASDVC also extended li-brary hours for final exam weeks for students’ academic success. Lastly, it helps environmentally.

ASDVC takes care of the DVC environment. They seek environ-mental problems on the campus and remove them. For instance, they removed some smoking ar-eas on the campus and only al-lowed them in parking lots. They also found that DVC restaurants were using Styrofoam for their containers, which is harmful to the environment as well as stu-dents’ health; so they worked to-gether with faculty members and removed them from campus.

In other words, ASDVC works invisibly but effectively for DVC students. ASDVC has worked and existed only to benefit its students but it is regrettable that most DVC students don’t even know what it is. Thus, I believe that ASDVC is very helpful and should get more attention. Thus, The Inquirer, which is the DVC newspaper, needs to inform what ASDVC does for students.

Raising Awareness: Peer Pressure

Designer labels and Luxury goods

Parking pains

Truths about ASDVC

An academic tragedy hap-pened when a waitlisted student was rejected from enrolling in a class that had available seats. In face, the professor of the class neglected the school policy and gave out add-codes to students who were not on the waitlisted while there were waitlist students desperately wanting to enroll in the class. Some students ended up with no similar classes to take. Although the waitlist system is designed to prevent tragedies de-scribed above, ignorance of the waitlist system prevails among DVC instructors. Thus, since the waitlist system is chaotic and confusing, waitlisted students are the victims, and hopelessness drag these waitlisted students to a state of apathy.

In DVC, students register classes through a system called “Web Advisor.” Each student has a period of time to enroll in classes before a new semes-ter starts. Since every student has registration dates to enroll in classes, several popular class-es will be full almost at the first day of enrollment. In addition, when a class has too many stu-dents enrolled, the waitlist sys-tem allows a few extra students to stay in an active status in the class. However, there are profes-sors who misunderstand how the waitlist system works and reject waitlisted students from enroll-ing in classes. Thus, DVC should ensure that every instructor un-derstands how the waitlist system works and follow the school pol-icy, otherwise it will violate stu-dents’ rights and cause injustice.

In August 2012, Fall semester, a professor rejected one waitlist-ed student from enrolling in an (required) English class. On the first day of the class, the profes-sor gave out several add-codes to students who were not on the waitlist. The waitlisted student was rejected and told not to wait

because the professor decided not to add more students. The waitlisted student persisted to continually attend the class and did all the homework just like other officially enrolled students. However, until the last day of registering classes, the profes-sor gave out one last add-code, which allows a student to offi-cially enroll in the class, to a stu-dent who was not on the waitlist. The late-added student refused

to explain how he got permis-sion from the professor. There must be a reason why the profes-sor chose him over other wait-listed students. Therefore, the waitlist student waited until every student left the classroom and questioned the professor why he allowed one more student to enro ll in his class. The profes-sor responded, “because he is in the DVC swimming team, and his coach called me to let him en-roll in my class.” The waitlisted student was not satisfied with the response, so he asked, “If I join the DVC swimming now would you allow me to enroll in your class?” The professor replied “yes, go ahead.” Hence, the pro-fessor failed to keep his promise of not letting more students to

register, and he also violated the school policy by allowing one non-waitlisted student to register while there were other waitlisted students who wanted to be a part of the class. The irresponsible response provoked all the wait-listed students, and they felt be-trayed and humiliated.

According to the vice-pres-ident of instruction at DVC, if there is a space available in a class, the instructor should give the available seat to waitlisted students first. Walk-in students who want to enroll in the class must wait until all waitlisted stu-dents get into the class, unless the waitlisted students give up their chances. It is not up to the professor’s preference to choose his or her favorite students, or some swimming team coaches making phone calls to arrange underground requests; there are rules that ought to be followed, not only for students, but also for instructors.

This incident greatly affected the waitlisted student’s academic goal. He planned to apply for TAG, a transfer agreement be-tween colleges and UC univer-sities. In order to be qualified to the program, students must complete or currently enrolled in the English critical thinking class. However, now he is taking class-es that are not relevant to his ma-jor, and he also lost the chance to apply for the TAG program. Thus, instructors should start paying attention to students in the waitlist because one simple mistake can potentially ruin a student’s future. Every student is potentially a waitlist student, so next time when you’re in the waitlist, remember that you have the rights to argue for the pri-ority when there are too many students competing for limited available seats.

Wait list warrior

It can save a family member, a friend, someone you don’t know or it can even save your life. As re-ported in the Contra Costa Times, California Highway Patrol officer Kenyon Youngstrom was slain while on duty. His final act of giving gave four people a chance to live. Two women received kidneys, one wom-an received a pancreas and a man with four children received a heart. This is the impact of organ dona-tion. The Department of Health & Human Services website statistics on organ donations state, that your or-gan donation can save 8 people and improve 50 or more lives through organ/tissue donation. Each day, an average of 78 people receive an organ transplant. By not making a decision to donate leaves 105,000 Americans waiting for a transplant and 18 people dying on average each day because of a lack of available organs. Organ donation costs the donor‘s family nothing, and most world religions support organ donation. My interest in organ donation be-

gan not by choice but by necessity. I had a close family member who required a liver transplant and

was fortunate enough to receive one. The fact is that without a willing donor, my family member might not be alive today. More donations mean a better match for the recipient and a more suc-cessful transplant. It is a gift that gener-ates such gratitude not only from the recipient but also from his or her family and community. Pledging your organs will be the most important gift you will ever give. You don’t have to be a doc-tor to save someone’s life, all you have to do, is decide to become a donor be-cause without your donation a doctor won’t be needed. Never underestimate

your impact as an organ donor. The websites for registering are: CA Department of Motor Vehicles @dmv.ca.gov or US Department of Health and Human Services @ www.organdonor.gov.

–Donna Messina

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~ALICIA HOI

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In the midst of a Speech 120 class in DVC with Professor Patrick Moe, he mentioned that the book title “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is an al-lusion to a line from a Robert Burns poem, which is titled “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough”. In the poem, Burns stated that “The best laid schemes of mice and men go often awry”, paralleling George and Lennie’s plans that went awry in the book. Inspired by Professor Moe’s revelation in the Speech class, this article would en-compass the themes that are present and dominant in Steinbeck’s two primary works — “Of Mice and Men”, and “The Grapes of Wrath”.

In the Burns’ poem, the field worker reflects on his regret after destroying a mouse’s nest, serving as a parallel to Lennie’s accidental harming of animals and finally murdering Curley’s wife whom he had no intention of killing. From “Of Mice and Men”, avid Steinbeck fans or readers would be able to dis-cern the overarching themes present in his books, in

which would be encapsulated in this review of “The Grapes of Wrath” by tying them back to the themes present in “Of Mice and Men”.

An evident theme that is present in both books is hope that diminishes and is eventually lost. Firstly, the loss of the American Dream is illustrated in the Joads’ family migration to California, where they expected prosperous jobs in a flourishing country. Equipped with what ostensibly seemed to be the best laid plans for their family, the Joad family ran into multiple tribulations such as death within the family, separation of family members, and the birth of a stillborn child. Once they arrived in Califor-nia, the deceitful image of California as a thriving city with multifarious jobs is unraveled, represent-ing the extinguished American dream that portrays ambiguity and false hope. This loss of hope is also evident in “Of Mice and Men”. Curley’s wife used to envision herself becoming a movie star, but her aspirations for fame and fortune are an enormous contrast with her desolate living circumstances in a farm and entrapped within a failed marriage. Crooks and Candy also fantasized along with George and Lennie on the dream farm they would someday live in. However, with Lennie’s death, the American Dream of freedom, liberation and suc-cess is tragically destroyed. The dreams of George and Lennie to own a farm that would navigate them towards financial stability and independence are permanently shattered.

In “The Grapes of Wrath”, Rose of Sharon’s pregnancy represents a burden that has to be en-dured by the family members. Encountering vari-ous hardship and tumultuous occurrences in their lives, the Joad family demonstrate a strong sense of fortitude, resilience, and solidarity. This sense of togetherness is also present in “Of Mice and Men”. Despite Lennie’s mental disability — which can be paralleled to the stillborn nature of Rose of

Sharon’s baby — George is loyal towards their friendship and protects him from the consequences of his own actions. Unfor-tunately, the latter book ends with a tragic ending of George killing his own friend in order to protect him from the inevitable punishment that he would have to face; therefore epitomizing on the nature of loyalty, courage, and dignity.

“The Grapes of Wrath” also saliently underline the avaricious nature of profit-making industries and the injurious effects on lower income families. When Tom ar-rives back at home from the prison, he witnesses a barren state of his abandoned housing vicinity. The wealthy landowners had ordered an evacuation and everyone was expected to move out from the city, and a tractor proceeds to demolish houses. The tac-tile and visual imagery of the demolishment sym-bolize the destruction of hopes and dreams of the poor inhabitants. Similarly, in “Of Mice and Men”, the death of Lennie illustrates the unattainable na-ture of George and Lennie’s dream farm. With his death, the farm that the two men plan to live on will forever remain as an illusion, an unachievable dream that was destroyed with the aural impact of the gunshot that ended Lennie’s life.

Following the themes that have been discussed, the DVC Drama will perform “The Grapes of Wrath” from October 19 to November 11. Direct-ed by Ed Trujillo, tickets cost $10 for students; $15 for faculty, staff and seniors; and $20 for general admission. Tickets may be purchased at the DVC Cashier’s office, or at the Box Office outside the Performing Arts Center an hour before the show, tickets may also be ordered online, or purchased by calling (925) 687-4445.

dry and sardonic wit to counter attack, even in the most conversational of tones. “There’s always been sort of a rule that if you capture somebody, you don’t torture them. But that’s a whole other thing…”

Overall, the Mock Debate between anchors was indica-

tive of a greater trend in political punditry that I hope gains momentum. Educated people who feel strongly about the issues, disagreeing and holding one another accountable for the claims they make. Perhaps Barack Obama and Mitt Romney could take a cue from these outspoken characters in their next debate.

In the end, it was Bill O’Rilley who made the most memorable quote of the night when he admitted “We should not have gone into Iraq, Afghanistan we had to.” It was a side of Bill O’Rilley that this reporter had never glimpsed previously, and perhaps broadened his respect-ability among younger viewers.

O’Rilley also poigniantly replied to the ques-tion about the flaws in current public discourse. “You can make a lot of money being an as-sassin… They don’t even believe half of the stuff they say… Capitalism drives that, there are Americans who want to hear hate and they hear it.”

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Two powerhouses of politi-cal punditry squared off in the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium on Satur-day, only a few days following the first presidential debate of 2012, for the first in a series of “Mock Debates” that will tour the country, as well as stream-ing live to subscribed viewers across the nation. It has be-come known as “The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Audito-rium,” and throughout the lita-ny of social media sites hosting the event, much was made of the comparatively low ambient temperature of the venue.

Perhaps the most significant event of the night took place when, even before the debate began, an influx of last-minute traffic managed to crash the hosting servers and completely overloaded the stream. For the first thirty minutes of the de-bate- few, if any, subscribers who had paid the five dollar fee to watch the live event had ac-cess.

The mock debate was fraught with all the snide remarks and personal jabs that one might expect from such a format, Jon Stewart even made reference to the technical difficulties at Bill O’Rilley’s expense. “Right now, Bill’s audience is calling my au-dience on the phone to try and figure out how to download this thing.”

Throughout the night the two anchors traded jabs, Stew-art even going so far to bring up Bill’s father who received dis-

ability payments from his com-pany when he developed colitis. It could certainly be said that Stewart possessed something of a home field advantage, as behind his podium Stewart had a remote operated riser platform, to compensate for the disparity in the two men’s height. Naturally, Stewart used this device quite liberally when he felt the need for gravitas.

The topics ranged from Fed-eral spending to media bias, ac-centuating the forethought of moderator E.D. Hill, in opposi-tion to her moderation counter-part, Jim Lehrer.

Bill brought with him an as-sortment of poster cards to express what he viewed as his principal arguments, containing phrases like “Iran: Not Fright-ened” and “Drones, Yes! Wa-terboarding, No!” Though Bill clearly conveyed his points, Jon did an excellent job of using his

JOSH “GRASSY” KNOLLArts & Features editor

Hello, I am here to tell you how to cook toffee in your dorm. Yes toffee, that brittle and buttery delicious treat sometimes crushed over ice cream.

First, you will need a rub-ber spatula, a whisk, a skillet, a small sauce pan, a sheet pan, parchment paper and a cooking thermometer pref-erably one specially made for candy. If you’re doing this in a dorm you will probably also need a hot plate.

To start, put your skillet on the burner and heat it to a medium heat and then pour in your almonds (don’t overcrowd the pan, a single layer of almonds at a time you may have to do it in mul-tiple batches). While cooking your almonds, make sure to shake the pan occasionally so they don’t burn on the bottom and stay raw on top. You know your almonds are

toasted when you catch a very powerful almond fra-grance and the almonds are light brown in the center. You can toast the almonds darker if you want, it’s all kind of a personal prefer-ence.

Set aside your almonds in your sheet pan with parch-ment on the bottom, put your sauce pan on the hot-plate on medium-low heat, put in your stick of butter, melt it and add the salt, then the sugar.

Immediately begin whisk-ing and keep whisking to incorporate the sugar and butter, keep whisking on and off, occasionally checking the temperature if you have a candy thermometer. Then the hard crack stage should be marked, if not, as soon as your toffee hits 300F, dump it over your almonds (which should be set aside in your

sheet pan). Now take all your lovely

chocolate chips and sprinkle them over the top of the tof-fee and put another piece of parchment down on top of that. Wait about 10 minutes and use your rubber spat-

ula to spread the chocolate out. Now put your toffee in a fridge or on a cold window and wait till it hardens. Once its hard, break it apart with the handle of a knife.

“Frankenweenie” is the new black-and-white, stop-motion animation film direct-ed by Tim Burton, featuring performances by Martin Lan-dau, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, and Martin Short. The film is based on a short film written and directed by

Tim Burton in 1984 by the same name that kicked off his career. “Frankenweenie” is a parody of science fic-tion horror films of the 30’s like “Frankenstein” and “The Bride of Frankenstein”.

The film tells the story of a brilliant young boy named, Victor, and his dog, Sparky. Victor is an inventor, and the favorite to win his upcoming science competition. Despite

offers to be partners from his disfigured and hunchbacked classmate, Edgar Gore, Vic-tor tells “E” Gore he prefers to work alone.

After Sparky is hit by a car, the boy and his family must bury the beloved dog. Victor is miserable after the accident until his comically brash sci-ence teacher, Mr. Rzykruski, gives the young boy an idea of how he can bring Sparky back to life using a lightning bolt.

Victor digs up Sparky’s body from the cemetery and conducts his reanimation ex-periment with success. His canine friend is back and he is happy, until Edgar finds out about the little dog’s reani-mation and threatens to tell others about it unless Victor shows Edgar how to com-plete the experiment himself.

As one might expect, be-fore long the entire class knows about the reanimated Sparky and it is only a matter of time before the reaction to this news causes a series of reanimation attempts, lead-ing to the destruction of the town fair and causing panic throughout the city.

There are several refer-ences to the Frankenstein story aside from the fashion in which Sparky is resurrect-ed (the dog’s body is hoisted up through the attic’s moon roof during a thunder storm). For example, the neighbor’s poodle that sports a white-streaked beehive hairdo af-ter being shocked by Sparky, Victor’s tall, flat-topped classmate quite reminiscent of the original Frankenstein monster, and one of the char-acter’s pet turtle named Shel-

ley (the novel “Frankenstein” was written by Mary Shelley).

The film works well in black-and-white and makes the characters eerier and adds to the 30’s feel. It also serves to give the characters a gaunt-ness that adds a specific aes-thetic to their world charac-teristic to many of Burton’s movies.

The film, however, relies on character stereotypes (a heavily accented Japanese classmate and his unintel-ligent and morbidly obese science partner) rather than substance, possibly leading to two fellow moviegoers loudly departing the theater about halfway through the film. I understand it might seem silly, accusing an animated Disney movie of lacking substance but I’m attempting to ana-lyze it against other animated

children-oriented films, not “Apocalypse Now”. The best children’s animated films are the ones that have a message accessible to adults and chil-dren alike.

“Frankenweenie” was a witty spoof of the classic hor-ror stories that seemed to do little more than parody with-out reflection. There were no original themes or mes-sages missing from the origi-nal novel and films but kept to the messages of, “people are scared of science who don’t understand it” and “sci-ence can be used for bad and good”. While an entertaining family film, ultimately the film offered little we have not al-ready seen from Hollywood hundreds of times over.

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Gourmet from ’The Dormet’Hot plate almond toffee.

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-1 stick of unsalted butter -1 cup of white sugar -¼ tsp salt (or more if you like it salty) -almonds (I use about two cups but you can use more or less or none) -chocolate chips (about a cup depending on how thin you spread your toffee)

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