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The Student Senate of Chabot College swore in eight new representatives earlier this week at their monthly meeting.
During this past month, the SSCC collectively compiled the monetary proposals of the faculty and the student concerns of Chabot College and addressed them publicly The student counsel not only looks over school events but also delegates a special situated request regarding funds for weekly events held at Chabot or even assists security to help protect Chabot students.
As the new representatives got acquainted with their newfound hierarchy in the student government, the exhilaration of each
individual is determined and driven by their fuel to learn and to succeed at Chabot. From determined students one can only fully appreciate what they can do for the campus and the well being of students of Chabot College, when asked, how being appointed
a new member of the SSCC and what expectations, he would bring to his new positioned, Charlie Parra aid “I’m grateful for the opportunity and excited to bring my talents to help SSCC become successful in every aspect. I realize that there will be challenges
and responsibilities in store and I’m ready to take on everything that comes my way.”
Furthermore new senate member Mary Ines responds “I am excited to begin working with my fellow SSCC members to address the needs of the students.
I’m looking forward to a great year of service.”
For more information and attending open meetings, The Student Senate meetings are located in Building 2300, room 2311. Their meetings are held on Mondays of each month in room 405.
A person’s first impression is a lasting one, right? In certain circumstances, such as a job interview, the first is most definitely the last.
On Tuesday, Oct 15,
2013, the DECA Club of Chabot College and Men’s Wearhouse collaborated for a seminar and fashion show to inform students on proper interview etiquette and appropriate attire.
College students are in and out of classes year round. Soon to be graduates and hopeful transfers juggle major prerequisites, such as calculus or microbiology, while also finishing up general education. But what
is the point of knowing what x and y equal if all the acquired wisdom is never put to good use?
Young students are unaware of real life unwritten codes. Club dress
code is in fact different from business and wearing a suit and tie does not guarantee formalness. DECA member, Paola Didone, believed the Men’s Wearhouse presentation would be beneficial to
Chabot College students. “It prepares you for your interview and also teaches you how to dress. There’s no class in college for this, but it’s a really important step of your career”, Didone says.
At the 700 building, Chabot College students modeled potential outfits at the office. Men showcased dark colored pant suits with a conservative tie and
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Dress to Impress, Dress for Success
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DECA Fashion Show
Student models for Men’s Wearhouse and KG wait anxiously to show off how they dress for an interview at DECA’s “Dress for Success” seminar and fashion show on Oct. 15, 2013.
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“...There’s no class in college for this, but it’s a really important step of your career.”
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2black dress shoes, whereas women wore a button up with a skirt two inches above or below mid-knee and black closed toe shoes.
Men’s Wearhouse’s Vice President of Special Projects, Don Botill, thoroughly advised attendees about the most efficient route for reaching their chosen career path. “We want to teach students how to prepare for an interview, how to select what clothing to wear, and how to avoid common mistakes. So we built this
program that’s uniform that we deliver all over the United States. In a calendar year, we’ll do at least 2000 seminars” Botill says.
The reality of life is that not everyone wears a suit everyday, let alone own one, which makes changing for business a tad difficult. Getting prepped for your next job? Leave the Jordans at home and look dapper in a bowtie.
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Student models for Men’s Wear-house and KG pose for a group shot after the DECA’s “Dress for Success” seminar and fashion show on Oct. 15, 2013.
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Chabot Voices on The ShutdownWith the on-going government shut-down hoopla, The Chabot Spectator asked students to share their thoughts
“It hasn’t affected me, but it has affected my daughter. She was at Oakland International. TSA was not there and the lines were all the way out to the baggage collection. It’s mostly a bunch of politicians playing games to get re-elected.” -Chris Rossiter
“I think it’s too bad. I think it’s the Republicans. I think it is that they don’t want to let up. Me, personally, I don’t think it will affect me, unless my Social Security is affected.” -Ron Wadley
“My mom is a nurse. Her Paycheck hasn’t been cut yet, but if it was it would mess up the way things are going in her household.” -Shaakirah McCrary
“If we are supposed to be the leading and most powerful country, how is it that we are so far in debt? It’s mind-boggling to me because we’re supposed to be the richest country and we also have starving children. I also feel that an investigation is necessary in order to put the ‘banksters,’ as I call them, on trial.” -Leo Evans
“If they are going to shut down the government, they need to shut the whole government down and not just parts of the government that take up the most money are still running like funding wars like there’s no tomorrow. Debt responsibility should be fair across the board. I think that students who still owe on student loans shouldn’t have to pay it back during the shutdown.” -Joshua Hewitt
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October is cancer awareness month and Chabot’s student health care nurses had a cancer awareness day on Oct. 15, 2013.
Students gather around the cafeteria lobby on Tuesday to celebrate cancer awareness day and Chabot’s student health care nurses were teaching and showing different things that can cause cancer on females and males.
Students who were at the event gathered around and learned as well as touched some of the examples that can cause cancer.
Chabot’s student nurse Rosafel Adnano explained things about cancer on females and males “Cancer causes on females more but also cancer can caused on males too and it’s good to learn about cancer.”
Students who were there also received goodies from the health care department of Chabot including pens, pencils, and pin ribbons as well as cupcakes in honor of cancer awareness day.
Students also received booklets and information about cancer. The information also gives facts to students about cancer. Some facts include what can you do to defend against cancer especially for women on breast cancer.
For men, testicular cancer is of particular concern and knowing about this can save lives because, as mentioned before, cancer can happen to everyone and you have to know about it.
Students are invited, if they wish to learn more about cancer to contact Chabot’s health care department for answers about your questions.
Cancer awareness month
is an important month for people because there are some people who have lost friends, or family members to cancer and is a great way to show
support. Even if you haven’t lost anyone to cancer, you should still support this great cause because almost everyone has lost someone to cancer and that is why it
is always good to show support not just during October but every day. Show your support and wear pink in honor of cancer awareness month.
The event center was slowly filling to capacity on Oct. 8, 2013. The horizontal window blinds were slowly being raised, unveiling a vibrant pink sunset that haloed the room.
Speaker Patricia Shannon stood prepared in front of the audience while a calming slideshow with beautiful photos of elevated mountains, flowing water streams, and entrenched valleys played on the projector screen.
Before diving into the series of breathing exercises, Mrs. Shannon informed the audience of a list of the following health benefits from practicing daily mediation:
- People who meditate have stronger immune systems.
- Meditation helps improve sleep.
- It activates the anti-inflammatory passages in the body.
- We have more brain capacity when we meditate.
- We have stronger focus and concentration.
- It decreases the effects of aging on the brain.
“Alright let’s get started.” Mrs. Shannon said. “Place your feet flat on the floor, back against the seat—to the degree that the seat supports you, let the seat do the work.
Yes, align your body. Make sure your body is kind of erect.”
After supplying these basic instructions, she added, “Simply take a breath. Inhale and exhale. You may find it easier to close your eyes.” The room was dead silent. Everything was completely still. Minutes ago, ninety-something voices were chitchatting to fill the silence. Now silence was speaking to us, and all one could hear was one’s own thoughts. “Simply bring your mind back to breathe.”
Ms. Shannon pointed out that when we meditate we become hypersensitive to everything in the room. “Some of you didn’t notice the fan running in the room.” The air conditioning fan was circling around and around. “Now you hear it.”
“Continue taking deep breaths,” she instructed. “Imagine your breath is like a zipper, on the inhale you’re pulling up and on the exhale you’re pulling down.”
The room was silent for about 5 minutes; though, it felt like longer. “How many of you feel sleepy?” Few members in the audience raised hands. “What else did you feel?” Mrs. Shannon asked. One student answered saying she felt reenergized and at ease. “Indeed meditation
is a useful skill in times before an exam, interview, or arguments.”
Student Jasmine Garcia says, “I’ve learned a new way on how to control my multiplying thoughts. It’s important being able to perfect this skill as a young adult.”
Meditating lowers stress and prevents emotions from running haywire, and consequently when you practice mediation, reason begins to resurface. In addition, meditating is a skill, so it takes practice.
It’s all about focusing and keeping your thoughts on the present activity.
After round one of the guided meditation, Mrs. Shannon requested from the audience, “Think about something in your life that is changing right now.”
She wanted to try something new with the audience.
“Think of a decision you don’t want to make, something that feels threatening or scary…” She later explained after the exercise. “Things change
no matter what you do. We can’t stop change from happening in our lives, but we can accept this change and change how we react to it.”
“Think: I can change my attitude.”
Waseem Kadada advises that students with bad time management could benefit greatly from meditation. “It only takes 10 minutes to meditate and it brings awareness to your time—the important things you must focus on.”
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Guided Meditation Lecture Series
At the Public Lecture Series on Oct. 8, 2013, Patricia Shannon points out to the audience that “when we meditate, we become hypersensitive to the noises in the room” and asked how many people were aware of that.
Cancer Awareness By omar Gonzalez
Nurse Practioner, Rosafel Adnano shows Omar Gonzalez, what a lump would feel like in the testicles during a self exam at the Cancer Awareness Day at Chabot College on Oct. 15, 2013.
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Student Senate Town Hall Meeting
SSCC Financial Director Luis Flores, Activities Director Lidia Calderon, and representative Michael Robinson will be hosting a personal meet and greet luncheon on Oct 29 at 12:00 – 1 p.m. in building 400, room 405.
Luis Flores explains the primary function of the Town Hall Meeting is to have a discussion between students and their student government representatives. We want to hear from Chabot associates who have a particular interest in additional resources and information centers.
When asked what sort of topics will be covered in
this meeting, Calderon promptly responded, “At this meeting students will be able to discuss and voice concern about issues that may include but are not limited to under-utilized space on campus, campus clubs, campus committees, special programs, and also to question what sort of events the students would like to see happen,”
The meeting is open to any and all people in the Chabot community. You do not have to be a senator or an active member to participate in this meeting, though Flores clarifies, “It would be excellent to have any student that is interested in seeing change or willing to put forth input drop by. We will have free food!“
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COMICSSchool Days: Squinkles! by Abril Castanon
EVENT PREVIEW
On Friday, Oct. 11, Dr. David Stovall spoke to Chabot students and faculty about community and educational reform. The event was sponsored by the Change It Now, Daraja, and Puente clubs and was held in the Community Event Center.
Those in attendance were treated to lunch and music to jump-start the event. An introduction was made by Puente coordinator, Kristin Land, and soon after, Dr. Stovall promptly began his speech.
“We’re gonna learn a lot here today and take it throughout the college,” Stovall said. Learn a lot was
an understatement.Stovall’s speech was not
only lively and animated, but it captivated the audience. He spoke about what it meant to educate with an aim.
“One of the most important ways to actually engage any change is starting to listen to what the issues and concerns are that people have,” Stovall said.
He spoke about how education and the environment both in turn affect each other. A student’s education can suffer or thrive based on the type of environment he/she lives in and his/her environment can affect how well they do in school.
Displacement, according
to Dr. Stovall, also plays a big part in a student’s ability. Transferring of residency
and school can negatively impact a young person’s potential performance.
“Listening to each other and having dialogue
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Education With An Aim – Dr. David Stovall Visits Chabot
Dr. David Stovall discussed community and education to the students of Chabot on Oct. 11, 2013 at Chabots event center.
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On Friday, Oct. 11, Hayward City Hall Plaza became festive with food booths, crafts and a celebration of Mariachi music.
The lawn in front of City Hall was occupied with spectators as they enjoyed tasteful Mexican food and watched various groups perform. Ranging from students to professional musicians, the musical groups exhibited a glimpse of their culture expressed through Mariachi music.
C o u n c i l m e m b e r s Francisco Zermeño and
Mark Salinas helped introduce some of the performers. Among the groups who played were: Mariachi Juvenil de Hayward, Mariachi Halcones de Oakland and Mariachi Nueva Generacion San Francisco.
Mariachi Juvenil de Hayward consisted of a group of students from seven to 18 years of age. The namesake was co-founded in 1996 by Councilmember Zermeño. The group is now under the supervision of Mariachi Education for Tradition and Advancement (META).
META teaches music to students of that age range. According to META Director Araceli Varela, part of the institution’s goal is to prepare their students for their future.
“It is a good program because not only [does it] help us to keep our kids on track, but it will help them to keep getting prepared for their future,”
Director Juan Varela added. “Our goal is not just teaching the music…but it’s to prepare them. That way, they can use this music - playing an instrument - to maybe pay for their own
careers.“If they are persistent in
being good musicians, they can reach it.”
After his stint from his now defunct group, Macario Huerta founded Mariachi Halcones de Oakland. His son, Manuel, performed with the group that has been around for about 18 years now.
Manuel pondered, “It’s just the variety of music. You can play whatever you want with Mariachi.”
C o u n c i l m e m b e r Zermeño noted that night, “Mariachi music is universal.”
Mariachi Music Celebrated ACT StreetParty
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Led by Director Juan Varela, Mariachi Juvenil de Hayward performed at the Mariachi Festival held on Oct. 11, 2013 at Hayward City Hall Plaza.
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Students of Mariachi Education for Tradition and Advancement (META) performed amongst professional musicians and in-front of an enthusiastic crowd.
n Saturday, Oct. 19, festivities will ensue as Ashland and
Cherryland Together (ACT) host their second annual “Neighborhood Street Party.”
This event will be held at the intersection of A and Princeton streets from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This is a completely family orientated event. It is an invitation for all ages and the whole community to get together and get to know each other. People will enjoy food and other fun activities as well.
ACT street party is intending to have a drug and alcohol free event. They will not be selling beer and tobacco.
The theme behind this event is to celebrate and enjoy a healthy Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
Another purpose is “to strengthen neighborhood spirit, unity, and to celebrate community and business partnerships.”
ACT promotes healthy and safe communities. They exert effort to “reduce substance use among youth.”
Also, keep in mind: no costumes are allowed at this event.
Other activities that will occur at this event are entertainment such as: breakdancing and rapping by local participants, raffles and poster decorating contest for children.
There will also be a health and resource fair with the Alameda County community organizations.
So come down with the whole family and enjoy this healthy and entertaining event.
You may contact Francesca at 510-855-8744 for more information.
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Mariachi Nueva Generacion San Francisco was a crowd favorite that night and played beautifully in-front of spectators. They were introduced by Councilmembers Francisco Zermeño and Mark Salinas.
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Like the majority of Hollywood’s most watched child stars, Miley Cyrus falls deep into the pit of fame and fortune, or moreso, the rock ‘n roll lifestyle.
The Disney icon jumpstarts her newfound identity and surprises ex -Hannah Montana followers with the album, Bangerz, which was released Oct. 8, 2013. Although Bangerz is far from Miley’s previous projects, her spark is still on fire and as hot as ever.
Looking past the raunchy foam finger dance and trademark wink and tongue face, there might be a pinch of substance to Bangerz. Miley masks the heartache of her recent breakup with
obvious present-day vices. The album is youthful, free and bitter. But is that not what the 20’s are about? Is it not a part of the growing up process: trial and error, finding oneself and risks?
Miley’s change has fans confused, assuming she has morphed into a twerking, molly popping machine, but if given a chance, listeners may see Bangerz is about more than just “turning
up.” The album begins with “Adore You,” a slow pop song about unreciprocated love. In “My Darling,” she sings, “I ain’t poppin no Molly / But you still got me sweatin’ / What happened to that feeling? / We’ll never get it back.” In almost every track, Miley mentions something about being broken-hearted, being left forever and accepting a person for who they are.
Is this Miley’s call for help? Is it her public love letter to ex-fiancé Liam Hemsworth? On the outside, she appears to be another young artist in need of rehab. However, Bangerz might just be another love story of a girl who got hit by Cupid’s arrow a little too hard.
MILEY CYrus, MoLLY sErIousBy AmyrA SoriAno
ALBUM REVIEW: BANGERZ
The fall choral concert held on Oct. 10, 2013 was a brilliant display
of cohesiveness brought on by the cooperation of the Chabot Chamber and Concert Choir. Directed by Leann Cohley-Holcom, the group unified and demonstrated their ability to soothe the audience through the use of their voices.
The talented group beautifully sang 11 songs. You could instantly tell they had been practicing and rehearsing for a while. The perfection by all members of the choir demonstrated a strong understanding of their curriculum for this semester. The audience was filled with family members who came to support the students.
The newly built recital hall accentuated the melodic atmosphere as both the audience and the choir were transported to a musical world filled with talent and pride. They redefined the word, “elegance,” as the men dressed sharply in white shirts and black ties,
while the women wore classy black dresses. One thing that stood out were their smiles.
A few of the songs performed include: “Keep Your Lamps!” by Andre Thomas, “O Nata Lux” by Tom Porter, “Lebenslust” by Franz Shubert, “Music, Spread Thy Voice Around” by George Frederic Handel and “Black-Eyed Susan” by Leanne Daharja Veitch. Following the intermission, the audience was treated with a few folksongs ranging from the Appalachians to the Irish.
Two of the student performers, Johnny Gonzales and Samantha Kephart, performed solos in the piece, “Ca’ the Yowes,” a Scottish folksong by Ralph Vaugham Williams.
The choir performs these concerts twice a semester. The next one will take place on Dec. 6, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall. If you have the opportunity to see this, I highly recommend you do. It is an experience that will show you how hard our peers have worked to bring you and our community a masterful performance.
CHOIR CONCERT
Chabot’s Choir for the Season
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Christopher Aguirre has a flute solo in “Belle of Belfast,” an Irish Folk Song at the Chamber Choir Fall Concert on Oct. 10, 2013.
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Dropping down the hub, The Dew Tour Toyota City Championships took its second stop to San Francisco’s Civic Center
for its second year in a row on Oct.
11 – 13, taking its qualifying extreme sports
athletes such as Ryan Sheckler and
Paul Rodriguez.From bodies
slamming to clinks and clanks from skate pegs,
the Dew Tour brought its best to the tour to battle for a spot on the podium
over the course of three days. The tour brought BMX, Skate and FMX with custom ramps that featured the architectural essence of San Francisco.
Skate Street Final ended with young 19-year-old Louie Lopez, taking first overall and beating Kelvin Hoefler and Ryan Decenzo, The judges based their decision from his consistent and technical skating style. From the Dew Tour press release: “This is insane,” said Lopez, following his win. “This feels fake right now. It’s crazy. Having a contest in San Francisco is really cool.”
The tour will conclude at Breckenridge, Colo. Dec. 12 -15, 2013 with its
snow mountain events.
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On Oct. 11, 2013, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s two year old son died after an alleged assault from Joseph Patterson, 27, the mother’s boyfriend, in South Dakota. The Sioux Falls police department and emergency crew were called to a home where the child was found unresponsive and home alone. The child was said to be under Patterson’s care at the time, ESPN reports.
Child abuse has been an issue for many years. Sadly, many victims of child abuse have experienced this kind of treatment at the hands of their own family members or strangers, which is unforgivable. Given the number of incidents of child abuse, I feel that something must be done to stop this epidemic.
Growing up in a loving family I cannot imagine how children can be abused in such manner.
According to
helpandhope.org, “the four most common abuses inflicted upon children are; physical, mental, neglect and sexual.”
Such abuse can cause long-term effects, as these children become adults.
Some of the long term effects can be depression, suicide, brain damage, as well as the emotional effects which can lead to the child not being able to normally socialize with others. The statistics are horrendous.
Statistics found on pa.gov states that “every 10 seconds a child is abused or raped in the U.S. In 2012, there were 26,664 reports of suspected child abuse, which was an increase of 2,286 reports from 2011.”
Child abuse is a vicious cycle that has to end somewhere. By educating others that any type of abuse is wrong, perhaps that is a step in the right direction.
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Child abuse becomes more common
By Marisol [email protected]
Video games; the scapegoat of corrupted youthFrom petty crimes to lethal school shootings, average people and politicians are pointing their fingers at violent video games as the culprit for the criminal’s behavior instead of blaming the culprit themselves and it is time society stops playing the blame game and holds the criminal accountable for their actions, no matter their age group.
With the recent record breaking sales of Grand Theft Auto V and the new installments in the Battlefield and Call of Duty series on the way, video game violence and the effect it has on young people are once again making headlines.
When recent crimes have involved minors and either car theft or violent acts, video games are often blamed for influencing the young person. Even things as tragic as the 2012 Aurora shooting at the batman premier and the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre
had many people pointing at violent video games as the motivation and influence for these acts.
If this was the case however, why is this not happening on a daily basis? With just Grand Theft Auto V alone, 16 million people purchased it within its first week of sales and there has not been a massive spike in murders committed by youth since its release.
Those who do commit these horrible tragedies are mentally unstable or possibly just psychopaths but because of their age, people do not want to label them as such.The average person, or in this case gamer, is not going to play
Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty and think that it is okay to mimic the games in any way.
A mentally stable person can differentiate between reality and the virtual world in which they
play. Someone who is mentally unstable may play these games and feel like the thoughts they have about killing or stealing are being
j u s t i f i e d by the g a m e but that
is because of a very skewed
viewpoint by the person, not what the game is portraying. Most games do a great job of
making the player feel emotionally
uneasy when committing crime, making sure the player knows it is unrealistic, or making sure the gamer knows that the character they are playing is mentally disturbed, in order to portray that the crimes are not okay in reality.
Those who commit crimes like the Sandy Hook massacre or the cases of kids as young as 8 killing their parents are not doing these things because they played a game where they could shoot someone.
They committed these acts because they are mentally disturbed in one way or another. Age has nothing to do with mental stability, absolutely horrible acts can be committed by the youth and there is no outside source, in this case video games, that is the problem.
The person who commits the crime should be held accountable and while prison is not always going to work, serious psychiatric help is necessary.
A lot of people have prob-ably already forgotten about baseball with football season in full swing and basketball preseason coming along, but I definitely haven’t. Base-ball season isn’t over till the last out of the last game of the World Series. With the end of baseball being two weeks away and four teams left competing for the title of 2013 victors, here’s my anal-ysis of the final four.
B o s t o n Red Sox – It’s safe to say that the Red Sox
have been in it to win it since the beginning of the season. They showed dominance in not only the AL East, but also the entire American League. Even after the hor-rific Boston marathon inci-dent, they remained strong and held first place through-out the season. To top it off, they even finished with the best record of the 2013 sea-son (97-65). Having not been in the postseason race since 2009 and having had such a spectacular season, they are my top pick for World Series champions.
D e t r o i t Tigers – The defending AL c h a m p i o n s also took the
2013 season by storm, post-ing a .574 winning percent-age with a stellar pitching staff. Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, and Anibal San-chez, their top three pitch-ing aces, each had over 200 strikeouts in the regular sea-son. Offense was nothing less than amazing either; Miguel Cabrera, the reigning triple crown winner and AL MVP, and Prince Fielder both had over 20 homeruns each. De-troit is looking to not only re-gain their title as champions of the league and advance to the Fall Classic, but to WIN.
Los An-geles Dodg-ers – Al-though it pains me to
say this (I’m a HUGE Giants fan), the boys in blue down south were on fire this year. After failing to make it to the postseason last year, the Dodgers lived up to their “dream team” hype this year. They overcame numerous in-juries of star players like Matt Kemp and Hanley Ramirez and took the NL West divi-sion title like it was a piece of cake. Los Angeles finished the season with a strong 92-70 record. As much as I want them to fail, they could eas-ily give St. Louis a run for their money in the remaining games of the NLCS.
St. Louis Cardinals – For the past several seasons, no
other National League team has ruled baseball quite like the red birds have. Like the Red Sox, St. Louis also had an identical 97 wins, 65 losses. With players like Da-vid Freese, Matt Holliday, All-Star catcher Yadier Mo-lina and Mr. October him-
self, Carlos Beltran, the C a r d i n a l s have proven themselves as THE line-up
to fear this postseason. They are no strangers to October, having won it all in 2011 and almost making it again last year. Just like the rest of the teams, they have their eyes set on the trophy and intend on making it theirs.
As good as each team is, I’m 99% positive that the World Series will be between the Cardinals and the Red Sox…with Boston being the victor. Both teams are leading their opponents by one game in each series (STL – 3-1, BOS – 2-1). They’re hot, they’re skilled, and their offense and pitch-ing are strong, it’s hard to think that Detroit or Los An-geles could be the comeback kids. Just like any sport, baseball is baseball, and not everything happens accord-ing to plan…but like I said, I’m 99% positive Boston will be this year’s winners, so go Red Sox!
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By NiCholas [email protected]
By elise reyes
The cycle of violence needs to begin with educating others that any type of abuse is wrong.
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On Wednesday Oct. 9th, 2013 the Chabot Gladiators wrestling team welcomed California’s No. 1 ranked wrestling squad in Fresno City College. The Gladiators were defeated 48-3 in an event which featured a series of great bouts. One was a matchup where Chabot’s No. 5 ranked wrestler in the CACC’s 149-pound weight class, Jacob Pratt, went toe-to-toe against Fresno City’s No. 1 ranked wrestler in
California’s same class, Martine Sandoval, and another one which featured a victory from Chabot’s, Buddy Barraza.
The event started with Chabot’s Daniel Nguyen dropping his match to Fresno’s Armalfo Olea in the 2nd round of their contest in the 125-pound weight class. The next match had Chabot’s Frankie Oceguera losing to Vincent Hernandez also losing in the
second round. After that, George Lallian from Chabot lost to Ali Naser in the first round.
The next match was the No. 5 vs. No. 1 match of the night which featured Jacob Pratt of Chabot going up against Martine Sandoval of Fresno City College. In a hard fought matchup, Pratt was defeated as he lost 14-2. “Next time I’ll work harder and work on the things he capitalized and that I couldn’t stop this time.” Pratt said regarding his loss to Sandoval. “Next time I’ll know how to stop him and improve myself; that way he can’t stop me.”
Chabot tacked on a few more consecutive team losses until the final event, where the Gladiator’s 285-pounder, Buddy Barraza, was able to defeat Fresno’s Andrew Singer 7-2 in three rounds. Buddy showed some dissatisfaction in his performance as he believed that he could have defeated his opponent earlier. “It’s all right. I’m hurt right now but it should’ve ended in the first round but I got lazy.”
said Buddy.The Gladiators will
continue to compete as a team as they take on different challenges during
their season. The next time Chabot has a home event will be against Santa Rosa Jr. College on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.
Chabot Football wins against Cabrillo College in a 64-24 blowout.
On Saturday, Oct. 12, Chabot football showed their home field dominance in a 64-24 win against Cabrillo College.
Chabot took the field on Saturday looking to continue their winning ways at home as they took on Cabrillo. Coming off the bye week, Chabot came out fired up and ready to play.
The first quarter started and Chabot wasted no time putting points on the board. They scored a quick touchdown within the first three minutes and then they forced a three and out on defense and scored again. Jumping out to a big 13 point lead early only added fuel to Chabot’s fire. After Cabrillo was finally able to get some points on the board with a field goal, Chabot answered right back with yet another touchdown to wrap up the first quarter.
The second quarter started and once again, Chabot found their way into the end zone thanks to running back Jayde Rowe. With the score now 27-3 in
favor of Chabot, Cabrillo was scrambling to put some points up. They were able to get a touchdown of their own, halfway through the second quarter, with a few
nice pass plays but the thoughts of a comeback were quickly put down by a bit of Chabot trickery.
On a fourth down play at midfield, Chabot lined
up to punt the ball just as everyone expected. Sadly for Cabrillo, a bit of the unexpected happened. The ball was hiked and the punter never touched the
ball. Instead, #40, Charlie Fahina came sprinting out of the backfield with the ball and not only got the first down but after a few broken tackles and some great blocks, was able to score for the touchdown.
To top off the second quarter, Jake Isabel had an incredible run on a reverse to give Chabot one more touchdown going into halftime. Putting the score at half a whopping 40-9.
The Second half for Chabot was mostly for fun. Many starters took a seat while some of the back ups were put in, but that did not dwindle the blazing hot Gladiators. Chabot still managed to put up 24 more points and answered back to any points Cabrillo was able to get. The final score was 64-24.
The hands down MVP of the game, running back Jayde Rowe, made a point to keep the focus on the team during his post game comments, saying, “I do my best to put my team in the best position to win. This is a good win for the team. It won’t get to our heads, we will work hard and be ready for the next game.”
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Chabot wins against Cabrillo College in 64-24 blowout
Jayde Rowe (20) rushes into the endzone for a touchdown during the second quarter against Cabrillo College
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Chabot outmatched against Fresno City College
By chris [email protected]
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Chabot’s 285-pound heavyweight, Buddy Barraza, won the team’s only match in their 48-3 defeat against Fresno City College on Oct. 9, 2013.
On Oct. 9, 2013, Chabot’s Jacob Pratt (right) took on Fresno City’s Mar-tine Sandoval (left) in a battle of ranks.
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