Efren DiosdadoStaff Writer

The Texas Association of Chicanos inHigher Education Student Chapter at SanJacinto College (TACHE-SJC), alongwith the Behavioral and Social SciencesDepartment, sponsored a film screening of“Prejudice and Pride: The Chicano Move-ment” Oct. 9 at Central campus, followedby a Question and Answer session withthe film’s director John J. Valadez.

The film details the Chicano Civil Rights

Movement, known in Spanish as “ElMovimiento,” and highlights the efforts ofLatino activists who pushed for better ed-ucational opportunities, labor leaders thatorganized farm workers in California, andthe empowerment of Latinos in the polit-ical process.

Dina Castillo, a government professorand the group’s advisor on Central cam-pus, said TACHE is a statewide profes-sional association committed to improvingeducational and employment opportuni-ties for Hispanics in higher education. Ac-cording to Castillo, San Jac’s chapter has

a more specific focus. “The TACHE-SJC Stu-

dent Chapter is a studentgroup designed to promoteeducation of our cultureconcerning Hispanics, andto bring awareness of theHispanic culture to stu-dents and faculty,” Castillosaid.

Saul Zarco, an educa-tional planner on Centralcampus and the Gulf Coastregional representative forTACHE said TACHE-SJChas an added goal of fos-tering student success. In

support of that objective, the group pro-vides advisors, mentors, and tutors to as-sist students with college life.

“Research shows,” Zarco said, “that stu-dents involved with campus activities dobetter academically”.

Castillo said the TACHE-SJC StudentChapter was founded during the Fall 2012semester.

According to Zarco, students involved inTACHE-SJC were previously involvedwith the Latin-American Student Organi-zation. Last year, a faction of the organi-zation decided to start TACHE andapproached the professional organizationto approve their charter.

Although the TACHE-SJC StudentChapter is a registered Student Life or-ganization at Central campus, Castillo saidmembership is open to students at all threecampuses.

TACHE-SJC’s next meeting is sched-uled for Nov. 22 at 12:30 p.m. in C3.209and is open to all students enrolled in theCollege.

Zarco said students should expect to getto know everyone during the first meetingthey attend. The group participates incampus events, fundraisers, and social ac-tivities aimed at team building as an ini-tiative to further support student success.

TACHE-SJC Student Chapter strives to improve opportunities, promote culture

e student publication of the San Jacinto College DistrictVol. 24, No. 3 October 28, 2013

SAN JACINTO TIMES

Carolina RodriguezStaff WriterPink is everywhere during October at San Jac-

into College Central Campus as part of NationalBreast Cancer Awareness Month when severalcampus departments sponsor events in an effortto raise awareness about the disease. The Lady Ravens Volleyball team hosted Paris

Junior College Oct. 16 as part of their annualDig Pink Rally, a nationwide initiative thatraises money for the breast cancer community. Student Gisella Hernandez attends the volley-

ball event to have fun while supporting thecause at the same time.

“Breast cancer touches our lives, and it issomething that a lot of people have had to ex-perience close to home with either a familymember or even their peers at school. It will bea fun event to attend, and it is important to showthat here are people out there that care aboutthis,” she said.

Educational Planning and Counseling part-nered with the physical education department tohost a Zumbathon Oct. 17 in honor of the sur-vivors in the fight against breast cancer. Theevent offered students and faculty a free oppor-tunity to experience the aerobic workout knownas Zumba.

Student and event participant Jessica Santossaid the Zumbathon allowed women to showsupport for the cause.

“It is an honor to participate in events like

these. They are fun and creative (ways) to getthis important message across to women,” San-tos said.

Meanwhile, First Year Experience and Cam-pus Recreation came together Oct. 7 for KickCancer, a kickball game organized as part of theKick Cancer campaign.

The Never 2 Late (N2L) Center on Centralcampus will close out the series of awarenessevents Oct. 31 with the speaker showcase Never2 Late to Palpate. The event’s keynote speaker,Medical Imaging Instructor Liza Velasquez,will provide information about preventativemeasures, while breast cancer survivors sharetheir personal experiences.

Central campus students were quietly lendingsupport in other ways. Nora Gonzales said sheand her friends try to do their part during Octo-ber by deliberately wearing pink. “The color pink represents the female, and pro-

motes breast cancer (awareness),” Gonzalessaid. “My friends and I like to support the causeby wearing something pink on Wednesdays…We know how many women are affected withthis disease that we like to show our support.”

Students like Gonzales and Santos said theyare concerned about breast cancer and theevents at San Jac highlight an important mes-sage. The support is also demonstrated by acolor that is in representation of women.

“Everyone should have access to that earlyknowledge…,” Santos said. “Wearing pink is agreat way to spread the word.”

SJC thinks pink for Breast Cancer events

Jessica Warren San Jacinto TimesZumbathon participants sweat in the student center while supporting awareness.

Former homeless studentrepays her old ‘house’

Shawna RussellStaff Writer

A San Jacinto College student, whowas once a resident of a local homelessshelter, is organizing a clothing drive tobenefit the place that helped her whenshe was in need.

Sommer Shaw is two semesters awayfrom completing the Registered Nurs-ing (RN) program at Central campus,but she said she wasn’t always as luckyas she is now.

In 2003, Shaw said she underwentmajor surgery to remove six inches ofher brain in response to injuries sus-tained from child neglect.

Five years later, the now mother ofthree said she found herself at Sarah’sHouse, a homeless shelter for batteredand abused women in Pasadena.

Pregnant with her first child, brokeand trying to get away from an abusiverelationship, Shaw said she turned toSarah’s House for help.

“I lost my parents, had no money, andI was five months pregnant with myfirst child at the time. I had nowhere togo, and no one to turn to,” Shaw said.

She is not sure where she would betoday without the help of Sarah’sHouse, Shaw said.

“Living at a women’s shelter allowedme the chance to get back on my feet.Just having a clean pair of clothes to puton was a great feeling,” she said.

Overcoming adversity and grateful for

the help she received, Shaw said she de-cided to hold a clothing drive to aidSarah’s House.

“These women and children come intothe shelter with little to nothing in theirpossession,” Shaw said. “These womenare down on their luck, they have noother options.”

She said she developed a strong pas-sion to help abused women and childrenafter going through the same strugglesherself.

Shaw is encouraging students and fac-ulty members to get involved in helpingSarah’s House by volunteering to helpwith the clothing drive, or by makingdonations.

“If you have women and/or children’sclothing, toys - no stuffed animals,household items, shoes, etc., anythingthat can be donated to this cause, pleasedo so. These women and children havenothing to their name,” Shaw said.

The drive will continue throughThanksgiving and is seeing a lot of suc-cess up until now Shaw said.

“San Jac students have really come to-gether to help out a shelter in need. Sofar, 25 bags have been donated. I amvery excited at the amount of stuff Ihave received, and really look forwardto reactions from the women at the shel-ter,” Shaw said.

Clothing donations can be made at theStudent Success Center on Central cam-pus, or by contacting Sommer Shaw atsommer_shaw281@yahoo.com.

Photo courtesy of Sommer Shaw Donations pile up for Sommer Shaw’s clothing drive.

Photo courtesy of TACHE-SCJ Student ChapterDina Castillo and Saul Zarco (standing) are picturedwith Club members on a field trip to the state Capitol.

Christopher RodriguezEditor-in-chief

New rules apply when picking upa cigarette at San Jacinto Collegesince the Board of Trustees sus-pended the existing smoking poli-cies of all three campuses inAugust, and instituted a singletemporary policy.

According to San Jac’s website,the College will work on the newpolicy with the EnvironmentalHealth and Safety Smoking andTobacco Use Taskforce; a groupmade up of faculty and membersof the Student Government Asso-ciation. They will conduct focusgroups and surveys to help the col-lege make a decision on their per-manent district-wide smokingpolicy.

Previously, North and Centralcampuses allowed restricted smok-ing while South campus prohibitedsmoking on the entire campus.

Amanda Booren, Director ofCommunications and Publications,said San Jac has three campusesbut is one college in need of a uni-fied policy. That was the catalystfor initiating the change. "San Jacinto College, for manyyears, operated as three separatecolleges,” she said, “That has sincechanged, and we are now one col-lege with three campuses, and ourpolicies need to reflect that. A sin-gle policy that is for all three cam-puses creates efficiencies andmakes it consistent across theboard."

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Smoking policies under review

Christopher Rodriguez San Jacinto TimesDesignated areas like this are now on all three campuses.

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C-Rod says what C-Rod thinks: iPhone to Android comparison shows Apple not the ripest of the bunch

Christopher RodriguezEditor-in-chief

In the smartphone world, wecompare apples to oranges. Wecall them Apple and Android, fol-lowed by several grapes calledBlackberries and Windows

phones. According to the digital researchfirm Comscore.com, iOS (Apple)and Android (Google) were thetwo leaders in mobile operatingsystems as of July, 2013 in theUnited States. Android leads gar-nering 51.8 percent of the marketshare while Apple comes in sec-ond at 40.4 percent. Android has an advantage overthe competition because its oper-ating system (OS) works on mul-tiple devices and is manufacturedby different companies. Appleonly has Apple to make its prod-ucts and works on only one typeof Apple Phone - the iPhone. Both OS's are great, but con-

sumers seem to flock when Appleannounces a new phone; a phone

without significant upgrades fromthe last version except that it isnow available in different colors. Android keeps raising the bar,but if you slap an Apple logo ona piece of plastic with a brightercamera light, consumers buy it. I own a Motorola Droid Razr,running on the Jellybean OS. Ipaid about $150 for a 32 GB ver-sion of the phone with a two-yearcontract. The iPhone 4s was thecompeting phone at the time at$200. What was grand about theiPhone 4s was the significant up-grade from its predecessor, theiPhone 3GS. I did not forget the iPhone 4, butthe 4S was not an upgrade fromthe iPhone 4. Apple just addedSiri and a marginally better

processor, but consumers ravedabout how revolutionary the 4Swas. Most Android phones are lessexpensive than the ones in thesame price range as comparableApple phones. Androids are abetter investment because theyoffer the same thing as Applephones. Apple charges for a patented dis-play when Samsung's Galaxy S4display is bigger and offers a 441pixels per inch (PPI). The iPhone5S offers a 326 PPI on a smallerdisplay. Slap an Apple logo on thephone and you get a $50 pricehike just for the ‘sleek’ design. Furthermore, Android phone

owners have the luxury of nothaving to dish out cha-ching for

proprietary accessories. For ex-ample, iPhone users cannot use amicro-usb charger; what mostnon-Apple devices use. You haveto use the proprietary "LightningCable" which costs anywherefrom $10-$30, depending on thebrand. Most Android phones let you

use a simple $5 micro-usb cable,or the one from your old phone.The same concept applies to carphone chargers. Also, most Android phones havethe expandable micro SD slot toexpand the memory capacity tostore Apps, videos, music, andpictures. Apple only has on-boardmemory; you buy the phone withmemory already set and can't ex-pand it.

Why do consumers keep buyinginto this? User interface (UI) is the sellingpoint of the phone. Apple's cur-rent UI is iOS7 while Kit-Kat isAndroid's latest UI rolling out toseveral phones (most are cur-rently running on Jelly Bean). What sold the iPhone with theprevious OS is the calmness ofthe UI. Everything is round cor-ners. There is no clutter on thehome screen. Android OS reminds me of acluttered desktop on a computer.Of course, you can customizeyour home screen, but Apple hasa simpler, yet definitive feel to theUI. Guess I have some love for therotten fruit.

Alex MooreDepartment Editor

The Houston Rockets is ahistoric franchise with twoWorld Championships, butthat was almost two decadesago. Last year, the Rockets madea big push and spent some

major money in free agency tobecome title contenders. How-ever, they were missing onething; a big man to post up andfill up the lane. They filled thatvoid this offseason with theaddition of seven-time All-Starand three-time DefensivePlayer of the Year, DwightHoward.

Many critics considerHoward the best center in bas-ketball and just what the doc-tor ordered for the Rockets.The team allowed 102.5 pointsper game last year giving themthe rank of 28th out of 30. Adding Howard should helpthat number tremendously. Ever since the departure ofYao Ming, the Rockets have avoid in the lane with no bigman to anchor their defense.

Hall of Fame center HakeemOlajuwon told ESPN, "He isthe missing piece, where hecan really bring the team to achampionship contender." This is a big comment com-ing from someone who knowswhat it takes to bring home achampionship. Rockets General Manager

Daryl Morey told the BleacherReport, "I think it absolutelygives us a chance." With these votes of confi-

dence, the expectations havenever been higher for theRockets, and Howard knowsthis. Howard told USA Today,

"I'm not going to get up hereand say we're going to win fivechampionships. I'm not goingto do that. But, I think if we re-

ally dedicate ourselves andsacrifice everything we've gotfor a championship, then at theend of the season, we shouldbe holding up the trophy." The Rockets aren't only get-ting a boost of defense withHoward; they are also gettinga low post scorer and great re-bounder. Howard averages 18.3 pointsper game and 12.9 reboundsper game. Now, the Rocketsdon't necessarily need anyboost on that side of the ballsince they were second inpoints per game with 106, sev-enth in rebounds with 43.3,and sixth in assists with 23.2. In all the major offensive cat-egories, Houston was top 10.Howard will only boost thosenumbers and will be able to

slow the game down if theyever need to grind out a win. According to the InternationalBusiness Times, when the2013 season ended, HoustonRockets was given 20/1 bet-ting odds to win the 2014 NBAFinals. One free agent sign-ing has made the team one ofthe favorites to win nextyear’s championship. After landing DwightHoward, Houston’s oddshave improved to 9/1, put-ting them second behind theOklahoma City Thunder inthe Western Conference. I would say, the addition ofDwight Howard, aka “Super-man,” has made a little bit ofan impact on their chancesto bring home the champi-onship.

One absolute necessity, that is notfood- related, is gasoline. Withoutit, how would cars function and getus to our destinations? One problemwe all face is the high cost of gaso-line. To help you save money on gas, Ican give you a handy tip that couldhelp you keep some money in yourpocket. Look at loyalty programs. I work at a Kroger store, and it hasa gasoline station, as do most oftheir stores. Loyal customers andKroger employees can save moneyon gasoline by using the KrogerPlus Card issued by Kroger stores. According to the Kroger website,“the fuel program allows you to re-ceive savings of up to $1 off pergallon on fuel purchases at Kroger,and 10¢ per gallon at participatingShell Stations. You may redeem100 fuel points at participatingShell Stations for a 10¢ per gallonsavings. And you may redeem up to1,000 fuel points in a single fill-upat Kroger for up to $1 off per gal-lon.” In order to get the fuel points, youneed to spend at least $100 atKroger in one month using yourKroger Plus Card. Not everyonespends $100 in one shopping trip,but the points can accumulate overthe course of the month. A heads to up to those who maydecide to use this tip; certain itemsdo not give you fuel points, such asbeer and cigarettes. This simple tip can help you savemoney on gasoline, especially ifyou travel long distances to get toschool or school.

Jonathan ChapaDepartment Editor

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Jessica WarrenStaff Writer“Room at the end of the Hall”is the title of the eerie originalTV show being produced by thestudents of the Television Pro-duction I at San Jacinto CollegeCentral Campus during the fallsemester. The show, which will be postedon YouTube, takes place in acheap motel room where mysti-cal events take place, Lead Film-making Instructor WilliamMacTavish said. Over the courseof the semester, the students willshoot approximately eightepisodes, seven to 12 minutes inlength. During the filmingprocess, they will participate innew learning activities.

“All around, common produc-tion skills that exist in the indus-try is what we’re trying toachieve in this lab,” MacTavishsaid. Upcoming episodes will featuremurders and other incidents,MacTavish said. “The first episode, the one weare filming today,” he said, “kindof alludes to the idea of timetravel. The main character, whohas written a journal, keeps talk-ing about showing up in thisroom, and he is being chased bythese guys, and it kind of lets fatejust play itself out.” The Writing for ElectronicMedia class wrote the scripts forthe first four episodes during thesummer semester while the Fall2013 class is writing the scripts

for the upcoming episodes, Mac-Tavish said. Shaaheen Karabi, a student inboth the summer writing courseand the current TV Production Iclass, said he wrote a script forthe show and hopes it is chosenfor shooting. Casting will take place twoepisodes at a time, and auditionsare open to both San Jac Theatrestudents and the public. Ramon Cordona, a film major,plays one of the central charac-ters in the first episode that writesabout his emanate death andwhat is coming in the future. “I wanted to take acting to be-come a better director,” Cordonasaid. The course offers students theopportunity to take on manyroles during filming such as cam-era operator, floor manager, setmanager, control room operator,editing, audio recording, produc-tion assistants, board editors andmany other tasks, MacTavishsaid. “The idea is that they learn theproduction skills necessary thatare common for all productionsof camera operation and set up;working in a multi-camera envi-ronment for this TV show andon-set etiquette that is necessaryfor a group with two or morecameras filming the same actionby actors at the same time,” Mac-Tavish said. The students’ excitement is ev-ident in the work they performevery day including setting up,filming, taking it all down, anddoing it again the next time theymeet, film student Paulette Var-gas said. “It’s been cool,” she said, “tosee it all come together.”

Lifestyle & EntertainmentOctober 28, 2013 San Jacinto Times Page 3

Susan MoosaviStaff WriterThe Veterans in Our Commu-nity Festival kicks off Oct. 30 onall three campuses at San JacintoCollege providing a look at theexperiences of American soldiersthroughout history. The Festival will run throughSpring 2014 and feature a varietyof speakers and different events.On Nov. 11, in commemorationof Veterans’ Day, the festival’sfocus shifts to a film showcaselasting until Nov. 16. Patience Wieland, a SouthCampus Multimedia SupportSpecialist and the Festival’s filmorganizer said she hopes thefilms will enlighten attendees. “Films and plays are a greatway to communicate, and helppeople appreciate and understandeach other. It's my hope that peo-ple will go see these films andnot only be entertained, but gaina little insight,” Wieland said. According to Wieland, thefilms will highlight different con-flicts in American history. “We selected movies thatwould cover a range of historicalperiods and experiences fromWorld War II all the way to thepresent,” she added. Wieland said she understandssoldiers are not the only ones af-fected by war and wanted to ex-press this sentiment through theFestival’s film choices. “Military family members:spouses and children, parents,siblings. They have challengestoo, with the separations andworry. So you'll see those moreuniversal experiences in some ofthe films we picked, but these

films also have very personal,unique stories to tell,” Wielandsaid. Along with films, the week willalso feature a live audio dramawhere the Foley artists and actorsperform live on stage. “Over Here, Over There,”scheduled for Nov. 13 on Southcampus, presents a long-rangehistorical collection of veterans’experiences in a radio play for-mat. Wieland said she was able toreach out to Hollywood to add aspecial element to this perform-ance. “We expanded the story to in-clude Americans who had beenveterans and survivors of otherconflicts, like the Civil and Rev-olutionary Wars,” Wieland said.“The actors have had fun lookinginto the real life history of thecharacters they play. I also re-ceived permission from the estateof Marion Hargrove, a Holly-wood screenwriter, and best-sell-ing author during WWII, to use

some of his memoirs in the play.” Wieland said audio drama audi-ences rely on their imaginationsto get the full effect of the per-formance. “Audio drama is a lot of fun tolisten to, and watch live on stage.Some people like to close theireyes and picture everything.That's why it's called Theatre ofthe Mind,” Wieland said. An event with such a diverserange of entertainment has neverbeen seen before at San Jac, saidCentral Campus English profes-sor David LeMaster who isworking alongside Wieland. “We’ve done radio shows in thepast,” LeMaster said, “As far asmovies go, we haven’t had a fes-tival quite like this.” All events are open to the pub-lic and free of charge. Event or-ganizers suggest a donation of anon-perishable food item to theSan Jac food pantries. A fullschedule of the festival’s screen-ings and other events is availableat www.sanjac.edu/vetsfest.

Veterans’ Film Festival showcases life during, after war

Andrea Vasquez San Jacinto College Marketing From left: Bruce Williamson, Julie Jay, and Charles Vaughnprepare to rehearse for ‘War of the Worlds.’

SJC film class producescreepy new TV series

Jessica Warren San Jacinto TimesFrom left: Students Jeremy Knight, Shaaheen Karabi, andTracy Gorman set up to film ‘Room at the end of the Hall.’

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Booren said both San Jac stu-dents and faculty contactedChancellor Brenda Hellyerabout the College’s differentpolicies, particularly the varia-tion on South campus. "She (Hellyer) received com-ments previously from both stu-dents and staff, mainly dealingwith the inconsistencies be-tween South and the other twocampuses. So this is whatprompted her to form this taskforce, and why the Board madethe change to smoke-free acrossall campuses until a recommen-dation comes forth. Dr. Hellyertakes concerns that are broughtforward to her seriously, andthis issue is no different,"Booren said. While drafting the new policy,Booren said the College is tak-ing proper steps to ensure the

new policy will sit well with theSan Jac community. "We realize there are variousopinions on both sides of thisissue,” Booren said. “We wantto make sure we are covering allof our bases with regards to re-search and best practices, andthat we do what is best for ourCollege, students, and employ-ees." "The task force that has beenformed is diverse. It includesstudents, faculty, staff, and ad-ministrators from all three cam-puses and the administrationoffice, some of whom are smok-ers and some of whom are not,"she added. Although some college envi-ronments are completely pro-hibiting smoking, Booren saidSan Jac is not necessarily plan-ning to follow in other institu-tions’ footsteps. "Our intention is to make thepolicy consistent across all threecampuses. At this time, we don'tknow if that will be smoking orsmoke-free campuses. We have

assembled a task force to look atall of the issues and bring fortha recommendation," Boorensaid. Booren said, until the Task

Force gathers the data, San Jacwill remain a smoke-free insti-tution with designated smokingareas. "We conducted research to seewhat other institutions did withregards to designated smokingareas, and found that was quitecommon. We updated our cam-pus maps to indicate where thesmoking areas are located oneach campus, and at the admin-istration offices, and smokingreceptacles are at each desig-nated location," Booren said. Victor Aguilar, a student on

both Central and South cam-puses said the college shouldnot completely prohibit smok-ing. "I don't think they should bansmoking on campus," Aguilarsaid. "If the people want tosmoke, that's up to them. Theyshould let them do their thing."

SmokingContinued from Page 1

Around CampusOctober 28, 2013 San Jacinto Times Page 5

8 DAYS A WEEK8 DAYS A WEEK

Monday, October 28• Tennis Club Meeting, 2 p.m., Tennis Courts

• Philosophy Club Meeting, 3 p.m., S7.158

• MMA Meeting, 8:30 p.m., Gym

Tuesday, October 29• Pharmacy Tech Club Meeting, 11 a.m., S1.251S

• Student Bible Fellowship, 1:30 p.m., S6.196

• SBF Meeting, 1:30 p.m., S6.196

• SGA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., S6.152

• T.I.E.S. Meeting, 3 p.m., S7.128

• 17 & Under Tennis Club Meeting, 11 a.m.,

Tennis Courts

• Game Enterprise Guild, 3:30 p.m., S8.1062

• Coyote Science Club Meeting, 4 p.m., S1.135A

Wednesday, October 30• ESOL Club Meeting, 4 p.m., S8.1014

• Writer’s Block Meeting, 4:30 p.m., S9.214

Thursday, October 31• 17 & Under Tennis Club Meeting, 11 a.m.,

Tennis Courts

• GSA Meeting, 3 p.m., S8.1006

• Game Enterprise Guild, 3:30 p.m., S8.1062

Friday, November 1• MMA Meeting, 9 a.m., Gym

• PTK Meeting, 1 p.m., S9.116

Saturday, November 2• No Scheduled Activities

Monday, October 28• College Democrats Meeting, 12:30 p.m., C2.222

• Sociology/Anthropology Ramen-Off Event,

1 p.m., C2.206

Tuesday, October 29• Houston PD Recruiting Table, 10 a.m., C14 Lobby

• Psychology Club Meeting, 1:15 p.m., C2.209

• NSCS Meeting, 4:30 p.m., C19.131

Wednesday, October 30• Houston PD Recruiting Table, 10 a.m., C14 Lobby

• Raven Rally, 10 a.m., North Courtyard

Thursday, October 31• Domestic Violence Month Event, 10 a.m.,

C14 Lounge A

• Cosmetology Halloween Event, 9:30 a.m.,

Student Center Ballroom

• LGBT Closing Event, 10 a.m., C14 Lounge A

• Sociology/Anthropology Discussion Group,

3 p.m., C14 Lounge C

Friday, November 1• Houston PD Recruiting Table, 10 a.m., C14 Lobby

• SGA Meeting, 11:30 a.m., C1.155

• TACHE Meeting, 12:30 p.m., C3.209

• PTK Meeting, 2 p.m., C1.238

Saturday, November 2• Gaming Society Meeting, 10 a.m., Student Center

Monday, October 28• Science Club Fundraiser, 11:30 a.m., N12 Courtyard

• Rotaract Club Meeting, 2 p.m., N12.215

Tuesday, October 29• Movie Sponsored by Student Life, 12 p.m. &

2:30 p.m., N12.200

Wednesday, October 30• Webb Society Bake Sale, 10 a.m., N12 Courtyard

• Career & Employment Workshop, 10:45 a.m.,

N6.108

• Contemporary Service Corp. Employment

Recruiter, 11 a.m., N12 Lobby

• Live-Streaming of ‘The Other Wes Moore’

Lecture, 7 p.m., N1.103

Thursday, October 31• Student Veterans Association Fundraiser, 11 a.m.,

N12 Courtyard

• Anime Club Meeting, 2 p.m., N9.140

• Anime Club Officer Meeting, 4 p.m., N9.133

• Art Gallery Opening, 5 p.m., N1.106

Friday, November 1• Science Club Meeting, 12 p.m., N17.3062

Saturday, November 2• No Scheduled Activities

N o r t h

S o u t h

C e n t r a l

8 DAYS A WEEK8 DAYS A WEEK

Monday, November 4• Tennis Club Meeting, 2 p.m., Tennis Courts

• Philosophy Club Meeting, 3 p.m., S7.158

• Pre-Med Club Meeting, 4:30 p.m., S12.106

• MMA Meeting, 8:30 p.m., Gym

Tuesday, November 5• Pharmacy Tech Club Meeting, 11 a.m., S1.251S

• SBF Meeting, 1:30 p.m., S6.196

• SGA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., S6.152

• 17 & Under Tennis Club, 3 p.m., Tennis Courts

• Game Enterprise Guild, 3:30 p.m., S8.1062

Wednesday, November 6• ESOL Club Meeting, 4 p.m., S8.1014

• Writer’s Block Meeting, 4:30 p.m., S9.214

Thursday, November 7 • SVA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., S8.2066

• 17 & Under Tennis Club, 3 p.m., Tennis Courts

• GSA Meeting, 3 p.m., S8.1006

• Game Enterprise Guild, 3:30 p.m., S8.1062

Friday, November 8• MMA Meeting, 9 a.m., Gym

Saturday, November 9• No Scheduled Activities

Sunday, November 10• No Scheduled Activities

Monday, November 4• College Democrats Meeting, 12:30 p.m., C2.222

Tuesday, November 5• TSTA Student Program, 1:30 p.m., C20.261/263

• Psychology Club Meeting, 1:15 p.m., C2.209

• NSCS Meeting, 4:30 p.m., C19.131

• QEP Ice Cream Giveaway, 11 a.m., Student Center

Lobby

Wednesday, November 6• Stress Awareness Screening, 11 a.m., C14 Lounge A

• Yoga Club Meeting, 2:45 p.m.,C18.116

Thursday, November 7 • Sociology/Anthropology Discussion Group,

3 p.m., C14 Lounge C

Friday, November 8• SGA Meeting, 11:30 a.m., C1.155

• TACHE Meeting, 12:30 p.m., C3.209

• PTK Meeting, 2 p.m., C1.238

• Audio Engineering Meeting, 10 a.m., C15.236

Saturday, November 9• Gaming Society Meeting, 10 a.m., Student Center

Sunday, November 10• No Scheduled Activities

Monday, November 4• Veterans in Our Community Film Festival, 6 p.m.,

N1.103

Tuesday, November 5• Career Carnival, 10 a.m., N12 Lobby

• Webb Society Meeting, 1:30 p.m., N7.132

• SGA Meeting, 3 p.m., N12.215

Wednesday, November 6• Contemporary Service Corp. Employment

Recruiter, 11 a.m., N12 Lobby

• Student Veterans Association Fundraiser, 11 a.m.

N12 Courtyard

• PTK Meeting, 1:30 p.m., N12.215

Thursday, November 7 • Anime Club Meeting, 2 p.m., N9.140

• New Student Orientation, 8:30 a.m., N1.103

• New Student Orientation, 5:30 p.m., N1.103

Friday, November 8• Math & Engineering Club Meeting, 1:30 p.m.,

N8.201

Saturday, November 9• No Scheduled Activities

Sunday, November 10• No Scheduled Activities

N o r t h

S o u t h

C e n t r a l

Sydney WalkerStaff Writer

A student eventually becomingthe teacher is not only an enter-taining story from a Hollywoodmovie, but a true story for one ofSan Jacinto College’s own. Christy Keith, the newly-ap-

pointed Director of the StudentSuccess Center at Central cam-pus, can describe life as a San Jacstudent, because she lived it. Keith began her journey in 2007as a dual credit student. In just afew years, she went from student,to teacher and Director. “I love to learn, I love to take

classes, I love the first day, I lovethe new supplies… I’ve just al-ways liked school,” Keith said. She began taking basic courses

at San Jac while in high school.After graduating, she enrolled atUniversity of Houston – ClearLake (UHCL), but continued totake classes at San Jac. While attending both campuses,Keith received numerous scholar-ships from different organiza-tions, including San Jac’s MathDepartment and the National Sci-ence Foundation Scholars Pro-gram. Keith underlined the importanceof staying aware of on-campusactivities by way of flyers andschool email. “Definitely read the flyers and

check student email… I had al-ready transferred to my Univer-sity, but I was still taking classes

here so I was still a student. But Inever checked my studentemail…I almost missed the factthat I had received a scholarshipbecause I didn’t check my studentemail,” Keith said. In August 2011, Keith became atutor in the Math and Science Re-source Center, and by October2012, she was the Center’s super-visor. She graduated from UHCL witha Bachelor of Science in Mathe-matics but considers her last se-mester of college one of the mostchallenging parts of her course tosuccess. “Honestly, my last semester washard. I was taking a couple of the-oretical math courses and work-ing full time… just gettingthrough that semester was diffi-cult. I didn’t get to see my familya lot , and I never got to see myfriends...I was under a lot of pres-sure. It was it not easy,” Keithsaid. Keith said facing those hard

times made her accomplishmentmore fulfilling. “Getting through that, and beingsuccessful in those courses, andgetting my degree at the end ofthat semester was my greatestachievement,” Keith said. In her current position, she saidshe understands the needs of herstudents. “Tutoring, you get feedback di-rectly from the student. So Iknow what the students are goingin there for. I know what they

need,” Keith said. “I’ve always wanted to teach. I

really like the fact that I can havea job where I can run the tutoringcenters and kind of have the ad-ministration end of things andalso teach at the same time. It’s agreat mix... the most exciting ofany job I’ve ever held.” Keith attributes her success to

her family’s support and her driveto attain more knowledge. “My mother was very support-

ive. My husband was very sup-portive, and knowing that when Iwas done I would have a degree,and I have that knowledge… andI’m not a quitter , so I knew Icouldn’t quit, that’s why stayedmotivated,” Keith said. She said she doesn’t consider

herself a success story, buthumbly accepts the title. “It’s actually very flattering. I

just did what I had to do. That’swhat everyone’s doing. I was re-ally just trying to get through itlike everybody else. I know I wassuccessful in my degree comple-tion, but I never considered my-self a success story,” she said. Mary Blair, Keith’s colleague inthe math department, said,“(Christy) is a great example ofwhat can happen… and (I) feelthat she deserves the recogni-tion.” “She a very sweet young lady

and really works very hard…,”Blair said. “If there ever was aperfect example of student suc-cess, Christy is it.”

Christy Keith goes from SanJac student to employee

Giovann RosalesStaff Writer

The Sociology and Anthropology Club of SanJacinto College Central Campus will gather at 3p.m. every Thursday in the lounge area of theWilliam C. Frels Science Building near room 218for an open discussion of the book “Labor andLegality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immi-grant Network.” Last year, the Club started sponsoring meetingscalled Read a Real Book. The club’s co-advisors,Professor Tina Mougouris of Sociology and Pro-fessor Pamela Maack of Anthropology, picked abook that became the subject of discussions dur-ing the course of the semester. Maack said, “This year we did decide to do im-migration as a theme. We thought it was a hottopic. Our next book is also on migrant workers.” Discussion topics generated from the readings

include the experience of illegally crossing theborder into the United States, how businessesbenefit from undocumented workers, and where

the money they earn goes. At the meetings, passages from the book are

read aloud, followed by a discussion of the ma-terial. Student Lacy Padron read, ‘Lalo has managed

to maintain a close relationship with his wife andtwo boys in Mexico in spite of long periodic ab-sences to work in the U.S. The money that he hassent back over the years has mainly been investedin expanding their home in Leon.’ After reading the passage, students shared theirthoughts and personal stories. A student whoasked to remain anonymous said, “I know some-one who has worked here for about eight yearsand sends all their money back home to his fam-ily so that they can have a home.” Discussions are open to any student who wouldlike to walk in and participate. Maack said that ifa student does not have access to the book, the li-brary has available copies. “The library is really nice and they buy us somecopies….The copies they buy, the student cancheck out for a few weeks.”

Ethnography book current discussion topic for SJC club

Jonathan ChapaDepartment Editor

Recently celebrating its firstbirthday, the new science build-ing at San Jacinto College Cen-tral Campus continues to be thepride of the science faculty. Dr. Ann Cartwright, Chairper-

son of the department of Physi-cal Science and Biology saidplanning for the building startedover ten years ago. “I have minutes from meetingsdated 2002,” Cartwright said, “Inthe spring of 2012, RubenRamirez, our Lab Supervisor,came up with a cascading planfor the move into the new build-ing. All during summer school of2012, as we finished a lab for thesemester, Ruben and his team oflab assistants packed the materi-als and stored them in a lab notin use.” According to Cartwright, the

move took a remarkably shorttime starting Aug. 9 and reachingcompletion Aug. 27. “The miracle was due to Ruben,and the great help of the facultymembers who used their week ofvacation time between summerand fall semesters to help withthe unpacking and preparing labs

for fall,” Cartwright said. Cartwright said Ramirez helpedNorth and South campuses planand carry out their moves intotheir new science facilities, aswell. She said the new building offersnumerous advantages over theold facility including state-of-the-art media and equipment inall classrooms and labs. “We have a great number of

new safety features for the labs,”Cartwright said, “for which allfaculty members received train-ing. The classrooms are great. Iespecially like the smaller oneswhich seat 32, because due to thearrangement of the tables, it ispossible for the teacher to walkall around the room and there isnot the back row of students likein the old building.” Cartwrightsaid the new facility is aestheti-cally pleasing. “In addition, the building is

beautiful—the atrium is a workof art with a two story periodictable on one wall—it’s an art-work, you have to figure out itrepresents a periodic table. Wehave outside speakers 4-5 timeseach semester, and we are veryproud to show off our building,”Cartwright said.

She said the new building is notonly benefitting the Sciences,but services the entire college. “We are sharing it with the restof SJC by having meetings andspecial events like EngineeringDay, which math arranges. Wealso share it with the communityby having hundreds of pre-col-lege age students, elementarystudents and the PECHS visitour labs. And this year, we arehosting the PISD Regional Sci-ence Fair in January, 2014, andhave planned a national chem-istry conference in the fall of2014 in the building,”Cartwright said. Central campus science profes-sor Paul Barron said the old sci-ence building was one of the firstbuildings erected on Centralcampus in 1961. “It had become old and de-

crepit, but after Ike, it was evenworse shape,” Barron said.“Luckily, the voters approved alarge bond such that we couldhave new science buildingsacross the three campuses, andours was built first. We are allvery happy with our new home,and this building covers all ourbasic needs, has a few perks, andsupports our future growth.”

Science building still excites faculty on first anniversary

Sports & FitnessOctober 28, 2013 San Jacinto Times Page 6

Alexis DavlinStaff WriterCampus Recreation and First

Year Experience (FYE)teamed up to organize kick-ball games for students andfaculty Oct. 7 at San JacintoCollege Central Campus aspart of Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month. The event featured free gifts

and beverages, along with thegames, in an effort to gatherstudents and faculty and showthe importance of knowledgein battling the disease. The event organizer, physical

education professor MaryShelly, said she loves sports,but also wants to do anythingshe can to help others beaware of things affecting theirlives. She said she decided toput those interests together.

“The reason for this eventwas to not only get studentsand faculty together, but to re-ally make sure that peopleknow to protect themselves,be aware of their own body,and to inform others. Mostpeople don’t find out earlyenough,” Shelly said. Athena Henderson works for

FYE which contributed thefree prizes and decorations tothe event. “I couldn’t help but be a part

of this! I thought it was a funidea to get a bunch of pinknotebooks, pencils, stickersand other prizes that I knowgirls love, and it showed offthe beautiful ribbon for breastcancer awareness month,”Henderson said.

Students and faculty joinedin when they caught sight ofall the pink decorations andthe people gathering to playkickball.

“I could hear the shoutingfrom other students, so myboyfriend and I ran over to seewhat was going on. We areboth sport fanatics and lovedthat it was supporting breastcancer. So we had to join,”student Marrissa Sluss said. Johnaton Ortiz is part of

Campus Rec and said he de-cided to help out for fun. “I couldn’t wait to play

some kickball especially fora good cause. I even madethe shirts that we wore dur-ing the games.” Ortiz said. Fellow Campus Rec assis-

tant Hannah Hoffman saidshe was also excited aboutparticipating. “I couldn’t wait to do this

event with my friends andbeing able to gather othersstudents and faculty made iteven more fun. I think it’s re-ally important when you arein college to make friends,and it’s for a good cause,”Hoffman said. Student and event partici-

pant Alexa Gomez said theevent went very well and stu-dents really enjoyed gettingtogether for a cause. “I really wish we could

have more events like this,”Gomez said,” I had a blastand it was nice to see somany students having fun to-gether. It’s so hard getting toknow people, and this makesit so much easier.”

San Jac students roundbases to kick cancer

Alexis Davlin San Jacinto TimesTop: Hannah Hoffman (front) pitches to Mary Shelly during the kickballgame, while pink gifts (below) greet supportive attendees.

UPCOMING GAMES

SCORES

VOLLEYBALL• Win, 3-2, vs. Paris, Oct. 16

VOLLEYBALLLady Ravens vs.

• Blinn College @ Brenham, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m.

• NJCAA Region XIV Tournament @ Tyler, Wednesday, Nov. 6 to Sunday, Nov. 10

SOCCERCoyotes vs.

• Region XVI Tournament @ TBD, Thursday, Oct. 31 to Friday, Nov. 1

• District Championship @ TBD, Friday, Nov. 8 to Sunday, Nov. 10

BASKETBALLRavens vs.

• Lone Star College Tomball @ Pasadena, Friday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m.

• Lone Star College Kingwood @ Pasadena, Saturday Nov. 2, 4 p.m.

• Collin County Community College @ Pasadena, Friday Nov. 8, 7 p.m.

• Northwest Florida State College @ Pasadena, Saturday Nov. 9, 2 p.m.