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Right to carry bill

Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011, the House of Representa-tives had a floor vote on a right to carry bill that allows those who have permits to carry to travel across state lines.

The National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act, pro-posed by Florida Republi-can Cliff Stearns and North Carolina Democrat Heath Shuler, will allow those with permits to carry a concealed handgun in any state where concealed carry laws are not restricted. Forty nine state currently have some form of right to carry laws but the requirements and train-ing levels are vary per state.

According to on op-ed by Mayors Against Illegal Guns “The Police Foun-dation says the bil l , if enacted, will endanger the lives of police officers, who would have no way of dis-tinguishing legitimate out-of-state gun permits from fraudulent ones.”

Other opposing parties have made their concerns for the bill known as well. “This legislation would cre-ate a ‘lowest common de-nominator’ approach to public safety that would

undermine our state Legis-lature, endanger police and make it more difficult to prosecute gun traffickers,” Glenolden Police Chief Mi-chael Donohue wrote in a letter to U.S. Rep. Pat Mee-han, R-7, of Upper Darby.

Those that support the bill address the concerns of those who feel the it will undermine the right to carry laws in the states that people with CCW (carry-ing a concealed weapon) will visit. “It’s kind of like having a driver’s license,” said Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), supporter of the bill who wrote an op-ed in USA Today this week on the measure. “There are some states that have stricter driv-ing laws than others.”

“If you come into a state, you must abide by the state’s restrictions, and so I don’t understand the com-plaints,” said Rep. Stearns in an interview on NRA News. “It seems like states’ rights are being honored.”

The bill passed with ease in the Republican-controlled house. Ac-cording to The Associ-ated Press, the vote was 272-154, with only seven Republicans voting against it and 43 Democrats in sup-port of the bill.

In tragic news, Diaspora* co-founder Ilya Zhitomirs-kiy, was found dead Saturday Nov. 12 in San Francisco. Zhitomirskiy was 22 years old at the time of his death.

Co-founder of the social networking site known as: the “Facebook Killer”, has accordingly succumbed a self-inflicted fatality, accord-ing news reports from sev-eral news outlets. The San Francisco police department responded to a call Saturday evening of Nov. 12, where they apparently found Zhit-omirskiy deceased.

Diaspora*, is the high-fueled, new social network-ing start up site - which al-lows it’s users to host their own active social media network through an open source code, which provides an end to users maximum control over private infor-mation, based on Google-engineered protocols.

The name Diaspora is originally from the Greek

word, “diaspeirein”, which means to disburse or to be disbursed. It is often used to describe the Jewish people who were embattled and re-quired to flee their land.

Diaspora* is distin-guished by its departure of norms set up by the social networking largeness of Facebook and it’s renowned founder Mark Zuckerburg. In an article entitled “The Making of Diaspora”, fea-tured in the ieee Spectrum online. Ariel Bleicher writes that bloggers often refer to Diaspora* and it’s four chief engineers as, “Facebook’s ri-vals and Facebook Killers.”

There still is a shroud of mystery around Ilya Zhitomirskiy’s death, and in a phone interview with San Francisco’s police de-partment - ABC News has claimed that his death may have been a result of suicide and not from natural causes.

To read the full Di-aspora* article online go to http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/the-making-of-diaspora or visit www.diaspora.org to find out more about Diaspora*

Ilya Zhitomirskiy dead By Sydney PaSchall

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INDEX

Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the

United States.

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9/10/2011 @West Valley W 49-6 Saratoga, CA9/17/2011 REDWOODS W 50-13 Hayward, CA9/24/2011 HARTNELL W 44-14 Hayward, CA10/1/2011 SAN MATEO L 7-9 Hayward, CA10/8/2011 @San Jose W 52-20 San Jose City, CA10/15/2011 @Diablo Valley W 38-24 Pleasant Hill, CA10/22/2011 MERCED W 30-27 Hayward, CA10/29/2011 @Los Medanos W 24-13 Pittsburg, CA11/5/2011 WEST HILLS W 46-22 Hayward, CA11/12/2011 @De Anza W 31-21 Cupertino, CA

2011 SEASON RECORD

GOOD LUCK!

CAPITAL CITY BOWL GAMESATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011Chabot vs. American River College

2 P.M. @ ARC Stadium 4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento, CA

A legend remembered.....

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Kim Kardashian’s demise of matrimony

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MISSING: Big Mike(PAGE 3)

Students speakout at teach-in

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Diaspora* co-founder’s tragic end

Chabot student’s group makes Billboard’s charts

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LIFE

By Cheryl DaviD

STAFF WRITER

Forensics Chabot ends season with 12 awards

By Jake hewitt

STAFF WRITER

On Friday, Nov. 4 the Chabot College forensics team saw their fall season come to a rather successful end.

Chabot walked away from their last tournament with two finalist’s awards for Zeyna Ly and Sarah Knight in novice persuasive speaking -- THe team has high hopes for the future and is looking forward to next semester.

Although the team was split between two campuses for a majority of the day, all of the people who competed during the tournament were there to support their two teammates in the finals.

“It is good to see any of my teammates take home an award. It gives everyone a good outlook on the team and allows us to really look forward

to next semester.” said first year Bianca Contreras.

By the end of the fall season, the team had won a total of 12 awards. Among the other team members to win awards were Zack Ciraulo, Kelsey Piaz, Akanksha Kalia, and Bianca Contreras.

According to Jason Ames, director of forensics, this team follows a pattern similar to those he has coached in the past, “The previous two years, the team has had similar success in the fall season, and has come into the spring season determined and had a lot of success.”

Come suppor t the team next month at their annual Speak Up on Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Chabot Performing Arts Center. For any additional information, contact Director of Forensics, Professor Jason Ames at james@chabotcollege.edu.

Students for Social Justice held a Teach-In on Tuesday to help inform Chabot students, faculty and staff about the Occupy Movement and its relation to the lives of people at Chabot.

Kip Waldo presented a powerpoint with facts from AgainstCuts.org, informing listeners about the economy in California, how California houses over 50 of the country’s largest corporations. The presentation was followed by a group discussion. Many expressed concerns about funding, fears, and finding solutions. Many students described their plight for education and shared personal stories about how cuts affect them.

“I don’t think people really understand how it impacts them on this campus. When we look at the figures we’ve seen [Tuesday], what happens when the state considers itself so broke that [education] is a non-essential part of their budgetary plan?” - Jessica Hollie

“Just hearing everybody makes me mad – to know that it seems like education is being left with crumbs – these doors are closing for us and this is what you get. As a country, we like to push the word ‘democratic’ to other countries,

people get to do whatever they want here. We go to Iraq and Afghanistan and we tell them about our democracy but we don’t have the power here as people.” – Jose Nava

“I still have my bills to pay, I am having issues finding a job, I have a teenage daughter that’s going to want an education, what am I going to do to? These are questions we need to look at not just today, [but] two years from now, 10 years from now, for our grandchildren: what do we do to fix this issue, to fix this problem?” – Eric Crosby

“There’s a sense of brilliant people in counseling feeling apathy, because there’s no money. We are not going to have appointments…no way - that’s not right. We all know there is a ton of money in this state and if we redirect the money, and put pressure on the power, we can have counseling appointments.” - Chabot counselor Michael D’Alosio

“They are talking about something passed Nov. 11, dictating how long students, full-time, can go to community college and how much the state is going to pay for – subsidize -- for a student that is going to be two years -- four semesters. After four semesters, if you’re not done -- you’re out.” - Professor Cirera Begona

“If I plan to march, and I march in a pair of

Nikes that I just cashed out for, drink bottled water that Pepsi is probably producing, all we are doing is helping the very same people we are fighting against. Unless we become independent of the government, its an uphill battle.” – Carlton Williams

“How come we are living the way the one percent want us to live – how is this different from colonialism? All this oppression we learn in history – we are living it, so don’t let others tell you how to live....this movement is already victorious, it’s changing our consciousness – people are aware, you can go to Occupy Oakland and feel the empowerment.” - Adriana Sanchez Pillot

“That’s one of the reasons the occupations, which were not that much, are such a threat. They are like a little kernel there for people to constantly look at. I don’t think its a coincidence that many of them got taken down in the last couple days where the authorities weren’t providing support.” – Kip Waldo

CSU-East Bay had a sleepover last night and will host a student speak out today

Dr. Cornell West is among the invited speakers. SSJ will hold an Occupy Chabot week beginning December 5. There is no confirmation on when there will be an encampment.

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Everyone in Hayward knows him: Big Mike, the tall muffler man statue along Mission Boulevard, was suddenly removed weeks ago.

The disappearance surprised many residents who saw him as a Hayward icon. There’s even a Facebook group called “You know you’re from Hayward if...” that features him as its profile picture.

A few weeks ago, he was bought by a local resident who plans to restore him. As a result, Big Mike was taken down from his longtime home at the former tire shop. All that remains on the ground of where he once stood is two giant dirt footprints.

Ask a longtime Hayward resident – they might tell you that he once held an axe and was different colors. In the past, Big Mike has also held a scrub brush when being used for car washes.

On the website Roads i deAmer i c a . com --dedicated to fiberglass giants-- Vickie Morris Mendoza wrote that her family erected Mike. “We owned Morris Car Wash,” she wrote. “I remember the day he went up, it was so cool.”

Since his disappearance, Big Mike has been spotted in the outskirts of Castro Valley, dismembered and lying flat on a trailer with a tarp over him. Let’s all hope that he will return home to Hayward one day, where he can once again greet those coming into the city.

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Thanksgiving is a time of joyful sharing and giving of thanks. However, during this autumn chill and festive seasong, many people find themselves alone, without a home, food, or social interaction.The radio station at Chabot College, KCRH 89.9FM, is giving thanks by way of action. This year KCRCH is networking with entities of Hayward, to make a difference in the lives of those who celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

“Big Reid” the promotions director and host of KCRH 89.9FM, spoke with the Spectator regarding his coordinating efforts. Reid is reaching out to Hayward community organizations locally in an effort to provide a channel for donations from Chabot College students and faculty. Reid Also shared that there is opportunity for students and staff to lend a physical hand to these community organizations.

One of the community programs Big Reid is currently working with is “Hope 4 the Heart” in Hayward, Calif. Hope 4 the Heart is an organization, which has existed since the early 1990’s. They are the local outreach center for the Alameda County Food Bank and run a lunchbox program for disadvantaged school kids.

If you would like to participate please contact Big Reid through email at bigreid@kcrhradio.com.

MISSING:Big Mike of Hayward

By Alex HArmon

STAFF WRITER

Thanksgiving donations

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The Alameda County Community Food Bank has been in business s ince 1985 . . . with a vision toward a day when we can go out of business.

We are the hub of a vast collec-tion and distribution network that pro-vides food for 275 nonprofit agencies in Alameda County. In 2010, the Food Bank distributed 20.1 million pounds of food – 52% of it fresh fruits and veg-etables.

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Our mission is to improve the well-being every family we serve, by alleviating hunger and improving nutrition.

A healthy community is produced by healthy families, and we are able to feed 11,000+ families every month with food (non-perishable and perishable) and donated product.

A grant from FEMA helps us purchase fresh produce from local farmers to add to the family food baskets, because we know that our children need good nutrition. The third Saturday of every month, we open our doors to local families.

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DOWN1. Made in New Bremen, Ohio in 2010, the world record for the largest one of these was 20 feet in diameter and weighed 3,699 pounds!3. Since 1947, a live turkey has been presented to this person, who pardons the turkey to live the rest of its remaining life on a farm.4. The day after Thanksgiving, this is seen as the biggest shopping day of the year.5. This president established Thanksgiving as a national holiday. (First and last name, with middle inital)7. Travelling Central Park West to Herald Square in New York, this event has been a popular Thankgiving morning tradition since 1924.10. Traditionally, this food is the centerpiece of every Thanksgiving12. On the second Monday in Oct., Thanksgiving is also celebrated in this country.16. Used for dye in China, as well as steroid production in Mexico, this vegetable is commonly mistaken for a sweet potato.

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ACROSS2. According to Crisco, the most popular type of pie in America4. To prevent drying, this should usually be done to the outside of the turkey several times while baking6. Commonly sauce-d for Thanksgiving, this food is also the state fruit of Massachusetts8. Literally meaning “horn of plenty”, this ancient symbol of abundance is also a common thanksgiving decoration9. Often, too much food is made, but having these for sandwiches and meals days after is one of the best parts of Thanksgiving!11. Religiously, it’s what the settlers were trying to escape from in England13. Pseudo-bird alternative for veggie-only eaters14. It may not have been at the first Thanksgiving, but this favorite’s Stove Top brand now sells around 60 million boxes per year!15. Hope you’re the one holding the bigger end when you split this with a family member this Thanksgiving, and make a wish!17. Yes, it is silly, but it IS what sound turkeys make.18. A Thanksgiving staple, this dish was also a popular dance in the 60’s

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“The Monsta Squad” reachesMany aspiring artists only dream of making a name for themselves in the music industry and obtaining success, but one local artist REMY R.E.D. and The Dragons, are press-ing to transfer that dream into reality.

REMY R.E.D. is one member of the “The Dragons” -- along with his brother Taz working behind the scenes, and fellow rapper X.S.F. As a team, they have been making music since 1998 as the “Savage Dragons”. They held the name until 2003 when they decided to rename themselves due to the naming rights.

“We got letters about it and al-ready we had an official website and we were the “Savage Dragons” Turns out there was a comic book out that’s pretty old and so they had that name already,” recalled Remy. “We decided to drop the name before trying to profit off of anything we had ‘cause we didn’t wanna pay them for some-thing we didn’t know about and we didn’t release anything under it yet, so we changed from Savage Dragons to The Dragons.”

In 2005 they were featured on a compilation titled Thizz Nation Vol. 3 recorded off the Thizz Enter-tainment label that was founded by Kilo and the late Mac Dre who was tragically gunned down in 2004. In 2006 The Dragons release their de-but album on Dragon Records and was presented by Thizz titled Rapa-demics 101. The album was distrib-uted to Rasputin Music stores in the Bay Area and online retailer’s such as iTunes and rapbay.com who ships actual CD’s worldwide.

The follow up album, Smoke-house Chronicles Vol. 1, debuted in fall of 2009. The Chronicles was mixed and arranged by the Demoli-tion Men, self pronounced Bay Area Mixtape Kings. With the same distri-bution as the last album the chron-icles sold well and earned a buzz throughout the underground.

Remy explains, “For the first month we had it in all Rasputin’s re-cord stores on the front shelf for $1, for one week, exclusively. We were like we’re just gonna flood it, and then it’s gonna go back $8.99 or $7.99 whatever we were selling it for at the time. We sold it for $1 for the first

week, and it sold so much, I mean we were on the top 10 at Rasputin’s.”

As The Dragons worked to put out two records, not only did they gained exposure but also expanded their network. They worked with various artists from around the bay including San Leandro’s rap group The Gorilla Pits who gained wide popularity with the 2005 hit single “Scrapin”. Just as The Dragons, The Gorilla Pits were also gaining a buzz. To date, the Gorilla Pits Family has totaled 15 albums independently since 2003.

After collaborating numerous times, the two groups joined forces to form The Monsta Squad album, which was released this year Oct. 25. According to Nielsen Sound scan, for the week ending 10/30/11, The Monsta Squad album hit the bill-board charts regionally at #111, making it the only bay area hip hop album on the charts for that week.

Remy, a student at Chabot Col-lege studying broadcasting, won the 2010-2011 annual Rookie of the Year award thru the Chabot School for the Arts recognizing his produc-tion work for the campus radio sta-tion KCRH 89.9fm.

When asked about the new album on sound scan, Remy said, “Yeah the numbers I’m happy from, I would love to do more but the next step is to get into more regions. Now I use this feedback and the numbers to be able to go and present it to bigger distributers or people from different regions. So now can sell it in chain stores in other states independently.”

statusBy JAIMÉ HERNANDEZ

PHOTO EDITOR

Drake’s sophomore studio album “Take Care” dropped Tuesday, Nov. 15.

With “Take Care”, it is surprising to see someone with the magnitude that Drake carries be so emotional and revealing about himself.

The Canadian rapper has released his most telling-story to date with “Look What You’ve Done” -- an open letter to his mother and aunt. Drake talks about an argument with his mom while describing the troubles of dealing with her health issues. He also displays the importance of his aunt who supported him in his decision to pursue a career in music instead of acting.

In his drunk-dialing single, “Marvin’s Room” Drake reveals his new lifestyle to an ex-girlfriend of partying and hooking up, not to brag, but as a cry out for support and guidance. “Doing It Wrong” is a song about the relationship that just can’t be let go. Drake shows more resentment towards

ex-girlfriends in “Shot For Me”, conveying his joy in seeing his ex-girlfriends unhappy. In “Cameras”, Drake talks about how a girlfriend is accusing him of cheating after seeing pictures of him with another girl in a magazine. “Take Care” is a song featuring Rihanna, about meeting someone at the wrong point in life, and how much you want that person, but you just won’t let them close enough to be in your life.

The album is not all melancholic though. Songs like: “Underground Kings,”, “Lord Knows” ft. Rick Ross, “We’ll Be Fine,”, “HYFR” ft. Lil Wayne, and his smash-single “Headlines” will make you shake your head with the fierce beats and flows presented in them.

“I think I killed everybody in the game last year...” Drake spits in his opening lines of the album in “Over My Dead Body,”, showing his unforgettable cockiness – saying and knowing just how good he is. In my opinion, this is the best hip-hop album of 2011.

A much deeper album than his last, “Thank Me Later”, “Take Care” is an update to Drake’s life and mentality. He describes how

he is adjusting to fame, and how he somewhat – can’t handle it, whereas his debut album discussed his claiming fame and how excited he was to finally have it.

“He does not indulge in the macho poses that have dominated mainstream rap,” describes songwriter Greg Kot, “He blurs the lines of singing and rhyming. He makes his rhymes sound conversational, like he’s talking to the listener one-on-one.”

The album is melancholic, unsheathed, narcissistic, and spiteful. It’s truly a great and well-put-together record that proves Drake is on fire and getting better.

For those who are interested the album “Take Care” is sure to be a hit among popular music fans. It is available in stores and also through download The iTunes deluxe edition is $14.99 and contains three bonus tracks.

Drake kills it with “Take Care”“Listen,enjoy it, buy it if you like it...and take care until next time”- Drake

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MANAGING EDITOR

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Thanksgiving has many meanings to many people but to me it only means one thing: spending time with those that are closest to you.

Personally I think that thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year. You get to spend time with the family on Christmas, but then you have to worry about gifts and what to get people and a whole lot of other nonsense.

My family doesn’t even celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional “sit down and carve up a turkey” kind of way, but we always come together for this holiday. My family is fairly new to this country (I am part of the first generation to be born here) but it doesn’t matter we still celebrate it like everybody else.

Now there are some twists that we put on it to make it our own Nicaraguan version but we still have turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing.

I also have to admit that the fact that there is football on Thanksgiving is an added benefit to an already great holiday. I am definitely looking forward to the 49ers – Ravens match up which should be a great game (Quick shout out to Jim Harbaugh, Coach of the Year in my opinion). Of course that is just secondary to the real reason we come together for the holiday.

Thanksgiving is usually the starting point of the holiday season and it kicks off all the shopping that’s to come in preparation of Christmas.

It’s like the calm before the storm and it gives you a great time to relax and not worry about the gifts you have to buy and the fact that (especially with the economy) money might be tighter then usual. You can just sit back relax and enjoy the food, the drinks, and the company that you are in, because really when it comes down to it, nothing else really matters.

“The way that Miss K promotes herself with her beauty on TV suddenly made me realize how artificial & deceptive she is,” stated Paul L. Munoz, LA Times blog follower.

The heart of demise can be defined by endless war, foreclosures, job loss, and family poverty.

We live in a time where plenty has stopped and quality ceases to exist for a profound number of individuals. Comfort food is necessary. Comfort food used to be in the form of a whole carton of ice cream and other favorably carbed items.

The innovation of comfort food has branded a new flavor: an appetite for social networks and reality television. For many followers, Kim Kardashian’s public demise of matrimony left mouths with a bad taste.

I’m not a follower, fan, nor hater. However, I have found myself within the radius of what could be called...a TMZ circulation...on the vanity of Kim Kardashian. She has taken daddy’s fame, spoon-fed entrepreneurship, scandal, and let her media-made beauty queen status go to her head. She’s starstruck on herself, and it’s a bad display. Like many public figures (especially athletes) Kardashian should be penalized for her distasteful play.

“Because of it having end so abruptly, [it]

devalues what marriage is.” explains Chabot student Cheryl David.

Kim Kardashian married Kris Humphries of the New Jersey Nets, on August 20, 2011 in Montecito, California. Followers tuned in weekly for details of wedding clues.

The E! network aired “Kim’s FairyTale

Wedding: A Kardashian Event” in a four hour, two part episode. The ratings for this lavish fairytale wedding, pulled in “about 4.4 million viewers” blogged the LA Times. E! devoted 32 hours of coverage during the week of the wedding.

Approximately $10 million was spent for a marriage that lasted a whole 72 days.

“Two weeks prior to her wedding she knew it wasn’t what she wanted to do. Unfortunately, they were obligated to honor contracts [with the E! network, which had TV rights] otherwise they would have owed a lot of people a lot of money,” said Jonathan Jaxon, Kardashian’s former publicist.

The Kardashians have authentically lived their lives on camera for a long time and Kim’s wedding is one of the many real-life events that the family has shared with viewers; from Mason’s birth, to coping with their father’s death, to Khloe and Lamar’s wedding.

I think it’s distasteful to even mention Khloe and Lamar, who have demonstrated true character, real life, and a striving marriage.

Kim Kardashian insists she married for love and not for ratings, but admits she, “didn’t want to let fans down”.

“All of that money shelled out for a marriage …during these tough economic times, is it really necessary? The zombies who eat this junk up are simple-minded fools,” said an LA Times blogger who goes by

AprilMayJune.I almost felt vain wasting my time even

forming an opinion, when there are other matters at hand. I quickly found comfort by learning I’m not the only individual who sympathizes over real issues and upholds affairs of the heart.

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It’s that time of year again. Thanksgiv-ing is right around the corner, and that means it is time to start your Christmas shopping. After all the leftovers are put away in the freezer, you and your shop-ping buddies will head towards those never ending lines in hopes of snagging the best possible deals. Some will suc-ceed, and others will have waited hours for nothing. The big question seems to be: is it worth the wait?

Every year, you hear good and bad stories about Black Friday. Some will have the shopping experience of a lifetime, while others will walk away empty-handed.

To me, Black Friday is only ben-eficial if you know what you want, you know where to get it, and know when to get there in anticipation for the lines.

Personally, I think those who just casually pick a random store to go to, just to see what deals they are having, are making the worst mistake. I won’t go anywhere on Black Friday unless I know what their deals are going to be. Most places won’t tell you what will be on sale or for how much, but there is always ways to hear about them, even through the grapevine, etc.

When it comes to lines, patience is a virtue, but shelves only stay stocked for so long after doors open.

Regular Black Friday shopper Bre-ann Mackenzie said, “Last year, I went shopping for a Keurig for my sister. I just went to the closest mall and picked a store I thought would have them. I waited in line for about 3 hours. By the time I made it into the store, and got to the kitchen appliance center, the shelves

were completely empty. I was so pissed off. It’s really the only thing I wanted to get.” It’s in situations like Breann’s that people should do research for before they venture off to go shopping. I re-fuse to waste my time waiting for some-thing that I know will be sold quickly and is in low supply.

I love being able to brag about what and how much I got from the sales, but bragging rights about how long you had to wait in line are probably the most popular topic amongst shoppers.

Some begin waiting Thanksgiving morning and will stay the night just to be one of the first few in. I even heard a story about a man who didn’t make it to his family’s Thanksgiving dinner be-cause he was waiting in line for Black Friday -- they made a plate and brought it to him. I assume shopping is just that serious to some people.

I guess what I am saying is, if the end does not justify the means, then don’t participate. No one wants to wait in those lines to walk away with-out something worth it. There are some amazing deals out there though.

Shopper Herbert Hugo said, “One year I didn’t have to wait in line. There was a commotion in the front of the line, a fight I think. I went to go check it out and got pushed in the store. I called up my brother, who was still waiting in line, and asked him what he needed. I ended up getting a couple laptops, a new television, and some other stuff. They were all pretty cheap too.”

In the end, Black Friday is only re-ally worth it if you know what you are doing. Know your store, know your product and when the best time is to join those painfully long lines.

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The women’s soccer sea-son has wrapped up and The Spectator sat down with Lady Glad Deandre Britton to find out more about the student athlete.

Q: How long have you been playing soccer?A: Since the fourth grade. I believe 9 or 10 years old.

Q: What motivated you to start playing?A: I was actually playing basketball and one of my friend’s dad was a coach for soccer and seen that I played really aggressive and fast. So he asked me if I wanted to try out for his team and I did, and ever since I’ve been playing.

Q: Were you a forward?A: I believe when I started I was defense and goalie, mainly goalie. But that shortly changed to forward because I was so fast.

Q: Ok, yeah I was going to ask you why did he put you at goalie?A: Because I was aggres-sive, I was really aggressive. I had strong legs and didn’t

really move too much when somebody pushed me, and so that’s why he wanted to keep me in de-fense. But then he realized I was really, really fast so it made sense to score goals.

Q: Favorite athlete?A: Muhammad Ali

Q: Why Muhammad Ali?A: Fly like a butterfly and sting like a Bee

Q: As a student athlete, what are some challenges you come across?A: The homework, just combining the two. Hav-ing time to do your home-work.

Q: What do you do to bal-ance it out? Do you save yourself some time or do study groups?A: I do a lot of studying and I workout other than play soccer.

The fresham forward was an offensive threat for Chabot scoring 12 goals and contributing three as-sits during the 2011 regular season. She is eligible for another year.

By RogeR Molina

SPORTS EDITOR

The boxing world mourns as it lost one of its greatest fighters in its existence Nov. 7, with “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier passing away at the age of 67; losing his toughest fight of all to liver cancer.

The 5’11” former NYSAC, WBC, The Ring, WBA world heavyweight champion and

Olympic gold medalist carried a 32-4-1 record with 27 wins coming by way of knockout.

Most known for his great rivalry with Muhammad Ali and his bobbing and weaving style that would simply run through opponents, Frazier was one of the most feared and respected fighters in the history of the sport.

Talking to my father, who grew up watching Ali and Frazier’s legendary rivalry, described: “Frazier was a straightforward bully, a man of few-words who just fought. Ali was more flashy, and a blabbermouth – who got under his opponents skin.”

Born in Beaufort, S.C –

son of a sharecropper, Frazier grew up working on farms and slaughterhouses, hauling large slabs of meat – which possibly inspired scenes in Rocky, although never given credit.

As a teenager, an accident including Frazier and a 300-pound hog, helped create Frazier’s monstrous left hook. After teasing the ill-tempered pig, Frazier slipped and tore ligaments in his arm after

falling on a brick. The arm would be permanently cocked, loaded and ready to unleash the mammoth of a left hook he developed.

A confrontation with ex-bosses would lead to Frazier leaving Beaufort to search for better opportunity in New York, and then later to Philadelphia – the latter would adopt him as one of there own.

F r a z i e r wo u l d g o onto win several amateur championsh ips be fore becoming an alternate on the 1964 U.S Olympic boxing team. He would replace an injured Buster Mathis in the heavyweight division, and never looked back. Frazier

took home the only U.S. boxing gold medal, even though he fought with a broken left thumb.

Beginning his professional career in 1965, Frazier’s career would quickly takeoff – winning his first ten fights by KO/TKO, and winning his next ten contests on his way to receiving the then vacant NYSAC heavyweight title.

With Ali being stripped of his titles due to refusing to participate in the Vietnam War after being drafted, Joe Frazier would win the vacated WBC and WBA world heavyweight titles in 1970.

Later in 1971, Frazier would meet Ali for the first time in the “Fight of the Century” at Madison Square Gardens. Frazier would defeat Ali via unanimous decision after continually dropping his bomb of a left hand to Ali’s face, handing Ali his first ever loss.

Retaining his titles for two more bouts, Frazier would lose the first contest of his career to George Foreman. He would fight Ali two more times, but lose both of the matches.

After his boxing career, Frazier would run a gym in Philadelphia until 2009 as financial troubles overtook him as several of his investments had fallen through, according to the New York Times.

Survived by his seven children and his legendary boxing legacy, “Smoking Joe” will surely be remembered by many for being a fierce competitor and champion.

The funeral service for boxing legend Joe Frazier was held on November 14, 2011 at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pa.

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By Jon CoMeaux

MANAGING EDITOR

“Smokin’ Joe” went 32-4-1 with 27 knockouts in his 16 year career.

Q&A with Deandre Britton

Boxing great dead at 67

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