vol 43, no. 14 (2/9/2011)
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Lariat is the official student-run publication of the SOCCCD covering Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College.TRANSCRIPT
Vol. 43 No. 14
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Jazz Day with Conrad Herwig: Famous trombonist played on campus.Page 5
Lee Haggerty: Saddleback instructor and club advisor shares his aspirations.Page 3
Men’s Baseball: Gauchos defeat San Diego City CollegePage 6
Index
Just when it appeared that the South Orange Coun-ty Community College District was cleaning up its act, its historically
controversial board has received yet another pointed warning about how it conducts business.
Last week, the district an-nounced it received a warning notice from the Accrediting Commission for Communi-ty and Junior Colleges to both Saddleback and Irvine Valley Colleges following accredita-tion visits in October.
Since that time, several sig-nificant leadership transitions have taken place including several new trustees and new board leadership as well as a new chancellor.
Chancellor Gary Poertner, who took over from Raghu Mather in December, said he was proud of the 11 commen-dations the two colleges re-ceived in the reports, but ac-knowledged there are concerns to address.
“We have some important work ahead of us to correct the deficiencies,” Poertner said. “We take the commission’s recommendations and warning very seriously.”
Warning is issued when the commission finds an institution has pursued a course of action which deviates from the com-mission’s eligibility require-ments, accreditation standards
or policy to an extent that rais-es concern regarding the ability of the institution to meet stan-dards, according to a letter dat-ed Jan. 31, sent to Saddleback College President Tod Burnett.
The district has until Octo-ber to resolve six recommen-dations for the ACCJC, most of which address better planning, synchronicity and communica-tion.
During this warning period, both colleges continue to be accredited institutions and this will not immediately affect stu-dents.
Accreditation is a voluntary process for evaluation used in higher education communities. This peer-based quality assur-ance process sets standards and provides a checks-and-balanc-
es system. All colleges must complete
an accreditation self-study ev-ery six years.
The listed recommendations are that SOCCCD develop stra-tegic plans inclusive of plan-ning at the colleges that are di-rectly tied to district resource allocation for all entities, de-velop and implement an open and inclusive resource alloca-tion model, and develop a com-munications process among district entities on key issues of concern.
The board of trustees must communicate results of an an-nual self evaluation process and use this as a basic for im-provement and develop a clear-ly defined policy for a code of ethics which includes dealing
with violations of said code.Lastly, the team recommends
the district provide clear delin-eation of its functional respon-sibilities. The district should perform a regular review of committees and assess and communicate decision making processes and effectiveness of services to the colleges.
Both colleges also received commendations. Saddleback was complimented for their positive campus climate, phys-ical renovations, academic sen-ate’s development of student learning outcomes, and plan-ning. Special mention was made regarding the college’s dedication to its distance edu-cation program and its transfer center.
“I am very proud of the com-
mendations earned…and look forward to working with our new chancellor and the dis-trict to address the commis-sion’s recommendations,” Bur-nett said.
The commission emphasized that IVC must develop a better relationship with district lead-ership and the board, adding the positive statement that the constituent groups at the col-lege have developed a cordial working relationship with Pres-ident Glenn Roquemore “with new optimism.”
“While we have been placed on warning, I’m proud of our faculty and staff and how we came together,” Roquemore wrote in a staff memorandum. “I know going forward we will continue to build on this mo-mentum. I’m certain we are committed to working together and moving forward on meet-ing the recommendations.” Both colleges will assemble task forces to strategically ad-dress the recommendations. Chancellor Poertner will work with both colleges and will as-semble a joint task force.
“We are committed to resolv-ing the commission’s recom-mendations so our colleges can become accredited,” Poertner said. “It is imperative the col-leges and district work together to collectively correct any defi-ciencies and strive for continu-al self improvement on behalf of our students.”
Poertner brings a breath of fresh air to this district and pledges to seek better cohesive-ness throughout the district and to address the issues head on, saying he perceives this as both a challenge and an opportunity.
South Orange County CC District put on notice again
MARYANNE SHULTS
District claims defeat in invocation lawsuit
CARMEN ULLOA MARYANNE SHULTS
According to a court ruling, the South Orange County Com-munity College
District apparently is within its rights to hold invocations at events held on its campuses.
Or is it?Two sides battling over
prayer in the public district are claiming victory following the release of an apparently narrow ruling Friday by District judge R. Gary Klausner. It’s unclear how far Klausner’s opinion goes.
A college district spokesper-son announced in a press re-lease that the Jan. 28 ruling said that “such speech...does not vi-olate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
The district’s attorney feels confident about the case.
“Every federal court to con-sider plaintiffs’ primary chal-lenge in this case, whether non-sectarian invocations delivered at significant public college and university events violate the Es-tablishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Consti-tution, has upheld the constitu-tionality of such speech,“ said John A. Vogt. “The federal Dis-trict Court’s decision last week in Westphal v. Wagner is the latest block in this wall of prec-edent.”
But Ayesha N. Khan, legal di-rector for Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the lead attorney represent-ing opponents of invocation, said the court’s decision was far more balanced than the dis-trict’s press release suggested.
“The court ruled that the trust-ees have twice violated the Constitution by making reli-giously hostile presentations, and the court ordered them not to engage in any such behavior in the future. Kahn said. “So the district actually lost a signif-icant portion of the case.”
Meanwhile opponents, who have waged a seven-year bat-tle to halt invocations at district events, vowed to continue fight-ing.
“It’s not over,” said outspo-ken district critic, Irvine Valley College philosophy instructor Roy Bauer, in a lengthy blog.
The issue came to light initial-ly in the spring 2004 at Saddle-back’s scholarship ceremony when mathematics instructor Karla Westphal, an atheist, re-quested a moment of silence in lieu of formal prayer.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Protests evoke emotion for Egyptian student CARMEN ULLOA
Photo IllustratIon by olIver yu
REPORT: District gets more bad news. Reccuring issue just won’t seem to leave SOCCCD alone.
The current strife facing Egypt hasn’t been lost on Saddleback Col-lege students like
Nuraldin Muhammed Ali.Ali, 18, international studies,
was born in Cairo and has fam-ily there. He said he hopes these times of turmoil will serve as a transition period for Egypt – transition that results in sustain-able peace.
“Egypt mother of Civilization must be more than just a say-ing,” Ali said. “It must be prac-ticed through order, cleanliness and respect.”
Egyptians have been demon-strating in the streets of major cities for weeks, demanding a new government in which Pres-ident Hosni Mubarak and his supporters will not rule.
Mubarak, 82 pressured by the riots and chaos in the streets of Cairo, dissolved his cabinet and appointed Omar Suleiman vice president Jan. 29.
Egypt had not had a vice pres-ident since Mubarak took office in 1981. Suleiman is Murabak’s former Chief of Intelligence and well- known in the political arena in Egypt and internation-ally.
Egypt’s next presidential elec-tion is to take place in Septem-ber. However, Egyptians re-fuse to wait until then to have Mubarak removed from his po-sition.
In the mean time, the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most or-
ganized opposition movement, has been invited by Suleiman to meet with the new govern-ment as part of a national dia-logue with all parties. Previ-ously, the Muslim Brotherhood had been considered a threat by government authorities despite their peaceful means. Conserva-tive pundits in the United States have scoffed at its involvement in talks, with some warning the move in Egypt will ultimately lead to a world takeover by the Muslim faith.
In California, students from different colleges and universi-ties gathered outside the Feder-al Building in Westwood to em-pathize with their compatriots. Despite difficulties communi-cating with their families due to the country’s temporary loss of network, they were able to get organized through Facebook and express their support.
The Egyptian Flag has been the emblem used by most dur-ing the protests. According to CIA World Factbook, the band
colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black), overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white).
Ali said that, until recently, protests of this nature would not happen in Egypt. He lived in Cairo before moving to the U.S. and said America’s freedom is taken for granted. In Egypt, people must watch what they say at all times.
“My cousins had friends who
disappeared overnight, to be found in jail the next day,” Ali said. “I am opinionated and like to get involved.”
But Ali said he had to learn not to express his thoughts for fear of being arrested.
Unlike others, Ali said he had no problems communicat-ing with his family. However, his relatives are limited to their homes since the streets are in constant danger.
Photo by Mona sosh/flIckr:cc by 2.0
GRAFFITI: A military tank in Cairo moves around the city with slogans on the side saying, “Down with Mubarak the dictator.”
Relationships: The pros and cons of being in one.Page 4
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With Verizon Wireless claiming to have produced record sales with the re-lease of the new iPhone 4 last Friday, Verizon official release to non-Verizon cus-tomers has yet to come out.
Verizon had more requests in two hours for the iPhone than in a full day for any other pre-vious phone launch, said the company. They did not men-tion how many orders had been placed, but while they stopped taking orders at 8:10 p.m. last Thursday, they started taking more this morning at 3:01 a.m.
Verizon’s supply of the new iPhone are said to be tight, according to a release from the Associated Press last Fri-day. Until now, AT&T has been the iPhone’s sole car-rier, activating more than
15 million phones last year.Analysts estimate that any-
where from 5 to 13 million iPhones will be activated through Verizon, but what looms over the horizon is the possibility that many users will jump from their current carrier in favor of Verizon.
“For 2010, the iPhone 4 is the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone,” said Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPhone product marketing.
The iPhone 4 includes retina display, “FaceTime,” high definition video record-ing and editing, a 5-mega-pixel camera, and more.
Bob Mansfield, senior vice president of hard-ware said the new iPhone will have 4 times the pix-els as the previous iPhone.
But the biggest shortcom-ing on Verizon’s new iPhone is that Verizon users will not be able to surf the web and talk at the same time, like AT&T user’s iPhones.
Recently, AT&T attacked Verizon’s new commercial, featuring a man hurriedly trying to make dinner res-ervations while speaking to
his significant other on the iPhone. Verizon was quick to respond with another ad, addressing a common com-plaint for AT&T’s network, that it “stinks,” according to an article in the Daily News.
But when the commercial aired during the Super Bowl XLV, their slogan “I can hear you now,” failed to be clear.
However, Verizon will have an added feature AT&T doesn’t: a built-in ability to use the iPhone as a wireless hotspot, and to connect it up to five additional devices, ac-cording to CNNMoney.com.
Verizon is offering trade-in rebates for customers, lessen-ing the effects of having to break AT&T’s contract. “For
instance, it’s offering $212 for a 16-gigabyte iPhone 4 in good condition. AT&T’s fee for breaking an iPhone 4 con-tract early is $325, but that’s pro-rated by $10 per month,” according to a story writ-ten by the Associated Press.
While customers ordering the phone online were able to start at 3:01 a.m. this morn-ing, the iPhone will make its appearance in stores to-morrow as early as 7 a.m.
A 16 GB iPhone with Ve-rizon (including a 2 year acti-vation and data package) will cost roughly $200 plus tax. The 32 GB (with the same require-ments) will cost $300 plus tax.
LARIAT.WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011 2
Community college stu-dents in Orange County have a chance to give recognition to instructors who have made an impact in their lives by nominating them in the 2012 Teacher of the Year awards.
The theme of the pro-gram is “Teach: Inspire the Dream.” With that in mind, students enter the the instruc-tor of their choice while keep-ing in mind what this instruc-tor has inspired within them.
Organized by the Orange County Department of Educa-tion, the Teacher of the Year pro-gram provides recognition for outstanding teachers in Orange County. Each K-12 school dis-trict may nominate one to three teachers, depending on district size. Community colleges may each nominate one instructor. Finalists are selected to repre-
sent the county in the state level Teachers of the Year program.
Since 1992, this program has awarded $2 million dollars to 900 instructors who have been recognized as being outstand-ing by their students, fellow instructors, administrators and counselors, according to an Or-ange County Register article.
Five finalists will be se-lected after the nominations are submitted and semi-finalists are interviewed.
Each is surprised by the “prize patrol” when the announcement is made at his or her respective school or college. The patrol includes county Superintendent William Habermehl, sponsors, media, and other education offi-cials. The five are each award-ed $15,000 from the program sponsors and are honored at the “Teacher of the Year” ban-quet and recognition ceremony.
“Saddleback College, with-in the past five years, has
had two instructors, Norm Weston and Larry Perez win the top prize,” said Erin Long, Inter-Club Council adviser and student development se-nior administrative assistant.
In May 2009, Saddleback College math instructor Perez was summoned to President Burnett’s office. He didn’t have a class, and so the special meet-ing was a little troubling. He was surprised to see not only Burnett, but the chancellor and other administrators, as well as Habermehl and his entourage. Perez was recognized for his Algebra2Go and other resourc-es to assist those struggling with learning mathematics.
After his shock eroded, Perez told the Lariat, “I’m only as good as this institu-tion. Students are the ones who directly deserve all the credit for all my success.”
For the 2012 nominations, a few students at Saddleback
have an instructor in mind who gave them the most inspiration.
Katelynn Bartiromo, 19, art, suggested English 1A/1B instructor Scott Hays to be her most inspiring instructor.
“By far the best teacher I have ever had,” Bartiromo said. “He inspired me to be a bet-ter writer while teaching me life lessons that have changed my perspective of the world.”
Nickolai Slenetum 25, food science, said chemistry instruc-tor Scott Frier “knows his sub-ject very well and is willing to help when needed. His knowl-edge inspires one to learn.”
Instructors are not limited to one award in their career. They can be nominated twice in their teaching careers so long as their second award is received within a gap of five years.
Applications and details about this award are avail-able for viewing on Saddle-back College’s Associated
Student Government website at: www.saddleback.edu/asg/.
Along with the award ap-plication form, the deadline to submit the applications is also available. The dead-line is on Feb. 21 until 5 p.m.
Submittions can be turned
in with a hard copy of the ap-plication to the Student Ser-vice Center in Room 210, or by e-mail to scstudentdevel-opment@sadd leback .edu .
Nominations begin for Orange County’s 2012 ‘Teacher of the Year’ awardKIMIYA ENSHAIAN
Apple expands carriers of iPhone to Verizon Wireless
SARAH BLACK
ANNUAL HONOR: Mathematics instructor of Saddleback Col-lege Larry Perez received his “Teacher of the Year” award in 2009 and was awarded $10,000.
Photo Courtesy of Jennie MCCue
Foundation ‘Bet on Education’ fundraiser well attended
COMPARE: Since the iPhone’s first release in 2007, three more iPhones have been revealed.
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Casino tables, beautiful din-ing tables, a dance floor, and even an ice sculpture of gigan-tic dice welcomed guests to the 2011 Saddleback College Foundation Gala last Saturday.
This year’s gala theme was “Bet on Education,” a play on the concept of betting dur-ing any of the available casino games. The focus of the gala was the students of Saddleback, and the theme, entertainment, and presentation were all on topic.
Ultimately the night was about the students, with all proceeds going to benefit the students of Saddleback. A silent auction was held at the beginning of the evening, with items ranging from potted plants to expensive professional family portraits.
With the gym disguised as a casino and dining hall, guests were given casino money to try their hands at blackjack, rou-lette, and craps. Winnings would go towards a prize raffle with a grand prize getaway to any of a long list of Nevada hotels.
The money generated by
the casino night went towards the Foundation’s scholar-ships and other programs.
The Foundation is Saddle-back’s primary external fund-raiser and support for everything that goes on with the college. The gala is the Foundation’s primary fundraiser for its events during the year, for scholarships, and for other projects on campus.
President Tod Burnett has expressed in his top 10 goals that he would like to see the Foundation become more at-tached with its alumni. Through the use of social media and modern technology, hope-fully more Alumni events and participation will come forth.
The dinner was prepared by the Saddleback Culinary depart-ment, with every dish cooked by Saddleback students. The students described and served their own dishes to eager guests.
A large assortment of food was available, ranging from regional American cuisine to Asian cuisine to delicious des-serts. The wide array of edibles appealed to everyone in the dining room, as no one was without plenty to eat. The stu-
dents were constantly rushing to refill the serving platters and dessert table, as guests came back for seconds and thirds.
The centerpieces on the din-ing tables and other decorations for the event were conceived and assembled by Saddleback’s Interior Design Club. The gym had been decorated by stu-dents and volunteers, and the tables were bussed by students from Capistrano Valley High School’s Cougars of Charac-ter, and the Aliso Viejo Singles.
Entertainment during the cocktail reception and silent auction was provided by Sad-
dleback College jazz students. The dining room entertain-
ment was provided by former Saddleback student and scholar-ship recipient Adriane Jenster-Callas, along with her husband Roland Jenster, and featured Ray Weston. The art department displayed a number of mas-terpieces for the event as well.
Donna Varner, president of the Saddleback Foundation, was very pleased with the event.
“Everything has turned out well. More people showed up than we had planned,” Varner said, “We have re-ceived lots of support from
the school and the students.”The 2010 Alumni of the
Year, Frances Dilorinzo, gave the crowd plenty of laughs as she performed stand-up com-edy to showcase who she was. Burnett introduced her as a student who once sat quietly in class at Saddleback College.
He shared an anecdotal tale of how her speech instructor encouraged the students to in-clude humor in their speech-es. Frances took the risk and had her whole class laugh-
ing as she gave her speech. She went in to win Cali-
fornia’s Gold Medal in the Speech to Entertain category two years in a row, and soon thereafter hit the real world of comedy. Now a renowned co-medienne, Frances has been around the world on USO tours, and around the nation perform-ing for Comedy Central, Life-time, BET, Comics Unleashed, and Last Comic Standing.
ADAM JONES
CULINARY CREATIONS: Director of instrumental music Carmen Dominguez and culinary arts instructor Lisa Inlow participate in the Gala.
Photos By Dylan luJano/Lariat
GALA: Guests enjoy food prepared by students of the Saddleback culinary arts department.
She was not alone as both students and other faculty members were also uncom-fortable or offended. Westphal gained support from Saddle-back anthropology instructor Claire Cesareo-Silva who was offended by a prayer spoken at the 2006 scholarship ceremony.
Soon, Saddleback College President Tod Burnett as defen-dants. Mather, a strong support-er of prayer in public schools, is no longer with the district.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs assert that the defendants vio-lated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution by in-cluding non-sectarian invoca-tions at the named events. The plaintiffs who do not profess the faith in which such invoca-tions are made, claim that such practice is offensive, excluding and intolerant. They consider it is a way of imposing a faith and making them feel as outsiders for not sharing the same beliefs as well as a form of attacking members of minority’s faiths and of nonbelievers through the invocation of the com-munity’s preferred religion.
“The district has no author-ity to speak about religion,” Westphal told the Lariat dur-ing an interview in Dec. 2009. “It is illegal for them to as-sert a religious identity for the community. It makes me feel like I am an outsider.”
The plaintiffs moved the District Court for a prelimi-
nary injunction over such speech and subsequently the Court denied the motion.
SOCCCD then filed a motion for summary judg-ment to dismiss the case.
In late January the Court granted the motion on plaintiff’s challenge and found that such speech, in this context, does not vio-late the First Amendment.
The defendants have main-tained that the practice of in-cluding a brief, nonsectarian ceremonial invocation at sig-nificant District and college events is a tradition that traces its roots to the first gradua-tion ceremony at Saddleback College over 40 years ago.
The court, in its conclusion of the memorandum of points and authorities in support of defendants’ motions to dis-miss and strike wrote, “al-though some individuals may object to college invocations on religious, academic, public policy or personal grounds, the controlling constitutional principle is tolerance, not cen-sorship. Religious expression sponsored by a college is not unconstitutional because it is offensive to some people,” cit-ing O’Connor, 416 F.3d 1216.
Bauer also wrote in his blog the next step is fur-ther proposed judgments by both parties and a settlement hearing scheduled Feb. 17.
“We’ll have to wait until after the settlement confer-ence to have much to say.” Bauer said in an e-mail. “This thing is far from over.”
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Black History Month brings up many images, such as Mar-tin Luther King Jr.’s speech, the civil rights movement, changes in the art world, and of course, jazz.
“My first public performance of jazz music was actually at a playboy lounge,” said Joey Sell-ers, a jazz instructor and direc-tor of the Saddleback Big Band.
“I had to promise my teach-er that I wasn’t to speak of this to my parents, for obvious rea-sons. After all, I was 15,” he said, laughing.
Sellers began his teaching ca-reer at North Illinois Universi-ty in 1999 and moved to Orange County to teach at Saddleback in 2002.
The main classes he teaches are Jazz Band, Jazz Composi-tion, and History of Jazz.
“The main thing about jazz music is that it features impro-visation as personality,” Sellers said. “That way no two musi-cians are necessarily the same.”
Sellers was first exposed to jazz music as a young boy by his mother, who was a mem-ber of the International singing club Sweet Adelines and was the international president for the group.
During high school, Sellers first began his career as a for-mal musician after encourage-ment from his music directors.
As the instructor of one of the general education classes, History of Jazz, Sellers knows quite a bit about the subject.
Jazz was so popular in the 1920’s because it was a style of music made for dancing and was so different than the music of the time, according to Sellers.
Jazz was conceived in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and was primarily a music form looked down upon because it
was made and developed by black people.
Sellers explained, howev-er, that jazz really was a great genre of music, despite its rep-utation.
Jazz eventually moved on to the forefront of a legacy of tal-ented musicians and composers, both black and white.
“American people had been searching, whether they real-ize it or not. They were search-ing for a way to break from Eu-rope. Jazz music was exactly that, uniquely American,” Sell-ers said.
The first jazz band, accord-ing to Sellers, was a group in 1895 in New Orleans called the Spasm Band.
The group was comprised of seven young boys aged twelve to fifteen.
According to Sellers, the first jazz recording was made as ear-ly as 1917, and this was known to be the catalyst in launching jazz music as the cultural phe-nomenon it was in that era.
When asked who was the most influential in jazz music, Sellers lists those in his history books.
He references his person-al favorites, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Charlie Park-er, Miles Davis, John Coltraine, and Ornette Coleman.
“Music changes constant-ly, jazz was very popular in the 1920’s but that eventually led to Rock and Roll,” Sellers said. “Some jazz musicians re-invented jazz to be a hybrid of all of these art forms and to stay fresh.”
This constant reinvention of jazz music is where improvisa-tion comes back into the genre.
To keep the music current, artists labor to continually bring their work back into society, ac-cording to Sellers.
“Now in the twenty-first cen-tury, jazz only makes up for about three percent of all com-mercial sales in America,” Sell-ers said. “But the people that represent that three percent are die-hard jazz fans. Further proof that jazz is not going to die soon is the fact that there are jazz mu-sic festivals happening almost constantly.”
FREDDIE HUBBARD: Jazz became popular in the ‘20s and was a very different genre that was made for dancing.
Jazz music alive and well at Saddleback
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DAVID GUTMAN
Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Lee Haggerty had developed grandiose images of becoming a famous lawyer in order to help the poor find justice within the American judicial system.
After coming to California to study Law, he did not expect to leave his law degree collecting dust in the corner of his office to become a teacher at a commu-nity college in Orange County.
“I didn’t know Orange Coun-ty even existed,” Haggerty said.
Haggerty came to Califor-nia and originally studied at a community college before be-ing accepted to Standford, and then opted to get a Law degree at UCLA Law School.
Haggerty is now a full-time instructor, and has been teach-ing both part-time and full-time for an accumulation of 30 years, at Saddleback College.
Haggerty began teaching at Saddleback while he was still in law school, and once he be-gan teaching, there was no turn-ing back.
“It’s not a job, it’s a life,” Haggerty said. “It was more like it was a calling.”
There was less of a reason to teach at Saddleback than at the college he was currently teach-ing at, he said. At Saddleback, he was living and working in an environment that held a very low population of minorities.
He now teaches american government, international rela-tions, comparative politics, and African-American history.
Haggerty began the African-American history class in 1982, and has been teaching it ever since.
However, while the class was on his list to teach this semester, it was not put on the schedule. Regardless, his favorite courses to teach are international rela-tions and comparative politics.
Haggerty is also involved in campus activity, acting as adviser to three clubs: Model United Nations, College Dem-ocrats, and the Black Student Union.
As adviser, Haggerty hopes to create the same environment as he does for his students.
“Extracurriculars teach lead-ership,” Haggerty said. “Edu-cation is more involved in the classroom.”
One of his goals as a teach-er is to make sure none of his students walk out on an “egg-shell.”
An “egg-shell” is what they call an educated person with no common sense, Haggerty said.
Experience in the classroom is mostly theoretical, and ex-perience is an important factor when heading out into any field of choice.
The clubs allow students to develop those leadership skills they don’t always learn in the classroom.
The Black Student Union, who is hosting a Bloc Party on Feb. 17, is about re-establishing the needs of all students, and bridging the gap between Afri-can-American students and stu-dents of European, Latin, and those of other descents and cul-tures.
“It’s not a minority [club], it’s open to all people,” Hagger-ty said.
As adviser to BSU, Haggerty has been involved in many fo-rums and events, resulting in the visits of Lula Washington, Dick Gregory and others.
“[BSU] is a club that pro-vides activity for all people to enjoy having a part of accom-plishing [interracial] goals.”
Haggerty’s hope in teaching and advising is to help young people accomplish what they hope to achieve, in order to make their future brighter and the human condition better as a whole.
As an instructor, he seeks to teach his multiracial students about more than only George Washington, but also Cesar Chavez, Inoi and Susan B. An-thony.
“Every student needs a posi-tive role model,” Haggerty said. “I’m planting a seed in order to see it blossom.”
SARAH BLACK
Students rapped and recited poetry in the free speech quad last Wednesday, in celebration of Black History Month.
Saddleback’s Poetry Club hosted an open mic afternoon Feb. 2 for anyone who wanted to read poetry, rap, or general-ly appreciate African-Ameri-can culture for Black History Month.
“Black poetry and culture are awesome parts of our coun-try and our history,” said Poetry Club president Loki Freeman.
He indicated that so many people go through life without ever getting the opportunity to express themselves, and that Black History Month is about the people who expressed them-selves in the past.
“We have these events so people can express themselves,” Freeman said.
Members of the poetry club, as well as any passing student, recited poetry from Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and
other famous African-American poets.
Some visiting students from Capistrano Valley High School joined in the fun, reciting poetry into the mic, until their teacher called them back to class.
CVHS offers a College and Career class that tours the Sad-dleback Campus, which is why the high school freshmen were on campus. The high school students were laughing with the performers as they waited for their teachers on benches around the quad.
A number of African-Ameri-can students joined in on the mi-crophones after the Poetry Club members urged them to do so.
Jamari Williams, who is also known as Young Mari, 18, business, took the mic and free-styled with the assistance of a poetry club member who beat-boxed for him.
He was happy to see the po-etry club embracing Black His-tory Month.
After some serious encour-agement from her friends, Sim-one Hildreth, 19, fashion de-
sign, also took the mic and free-styled for several minutes.
Out of nowhere appeared, Adonte Fountain, 19, commu-nications, who took the mic and rapped and recited poetry for more than half an hour.
Fountain made it clear that it did not matter what color skin someone had, he was just happy to see other cultures embracing his own.
Many students sat and lis-
tened between classes, but few chose to join in. Several African American students also listened and laughed with the impromp-tu performers.
They insisted they were just waiting for football practice, but they laughed and enjoyed them-selves just as much as the rest of the crowd.
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FREE SPEECH: Simone Hildreth, left, 19, fashion design and Jamari William, 18, business administration share their poems with fellow students in the Saddleback College free speech quad.
ADAM JONES
Poetry Club expresses African-American culture through poems
Instructor tells tales
Valentine’s Day is celebrated all through out the world with many different meanings.
Here in the United States, “Valentine’s Day” is regular-ly celebrated with superficial mass-produced chocolate can-dies, cards, and flowers between lovers and friends.
All around the world this hol-iday is celebrated in meaningful ways.
In Brazil, the Dia dos Namo-rados (“Boyfriends’/Girl-friends’ Day”) is celebrated on
June 12, similar to the US, cou-ples exchange gifts, chocolates, cards and flower bouquets.
In South America the Amigo secreto (“Secret friend”) is quite popular and usually celebrated together on Feb. 14. Similar to the Christmas tradition of Se-cret Santa, the holiday consists of randomly assigning to each participant a recipient who is to be given an anonymous gift.
In China, the common situ-ation is the man gives choco-late, flowers to the woman that he loves.
Traditional Chinese Val-entine’s day is celebrated on
the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, commemorating a fabled day on which the cowherder and weav-ing maid are allowed to be to-gether.
According to china.org.cn, the Cowherd star and the Weav-er Maid star are normally sepa-rated by the milky way, but are allowed to meet by crossing it on the 7th day of the 7th month of the Chinese calendar.
Even though this holiday has differences throughout the world, they are all similar in ways of love and affection.
In Norfolk, England, a char-
acter called ‘Jack’ Valentine knocks on the rear door of hous-es leaving sweets and presents for children. Although he was leaving treats, many children were scared of this mystical per-son.
In Slovenia, a proverb says that “St Valentine brings the keys of roots,” so on Feb. 14, plants and flowers start to grow.
Valentine’s Day has been celebrated as the day when the first work in the vineyards and in the fields commences.
Holiday of love shared across the worldDYLAN LUJANO
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Eager for all the cards and candy the 10-year-old is about to receive, she lays her mail-box on her desk. Her class-room is filled with cutouts of pink and red hearts and cupids.
It is her fifth grade’s Val-entine’s Day party, and she is so excited to see if she has any secret admirers.
It was the times in elemen-tary and middle school where I looked forward to Valen-tine’s Day. There was in-nocence in the air and ev-eryone always received love from their classmates.
Then, it was good to cele-brate one another and to not feel obligated to be in a rela-
tionship. Plus the day made everyone feel warm and fuzzy.
Nowadays our youth has vanished and the holiday has been filled with spend-ing lots of money and con-stant pressure of what to buy your lover, or even worse who to go with, if anyone.
For unattached men and women Valentine’s is consid-ered a day of single aware-ness and in some cases it can result in unhappiness.
In the movie “Valentine’s Day” Jessica Biel’s character proves that it is very hard be-ing single on a day that is sup-posed to be spent with a mate.
However, once one is in a relationship the demands of making each other happy can be stress filled as well.
The men go out and spend loads of money on heart-shaped balloons, candy, red roses, and reservations to a fancy restaurant. And the women are left stress-ing on what to buy the guy. What do men want on Val-entine’s Day? Oh, right.
In all, I want to make the day lovely for both the men and women of all ages. I think that the best gift is each oth-er and spending time together.
The greatest way to cele-brate the day of love is what it was intended for, in which lovers and friends express their appreciation and love to one other by giving small gifts.
Saint Valentine’s Day, com-monly known as Valentine’s Day, is an annual commem-oration held on Feb. 14 cele-brating love and affection be-tween intimate companions, according to History.com.
The holiday has only become associated with romantic love since the 12th century, when the tradition of courtly love flour-ished. The thought of a medi-eval romance with fresh picked roses and handmade cards sounds so much more magi-cal compared to what it is now. Today, you get a box of See’s candy and maybe flowers sent to your home or office, which is dull and hardly romantic.
When I was in elementary school, I couldn’t wait to pass out Valentine’s cards, sending candy grams, and having baby crushes. Now, instead of Val-entine’s cards and candy, I have sweetheart themed cocktail par-ties, with champagne and deca-dent heart-shaped pink colored desserts. Even though I am sin-gle, I spend this holiday, nor-mally meant for lovers, with friends and I couldn’t be hap-pier. I am not one of those peo-ple to cry over the single life with a depressing mix of choc-olates and tissues, watching some sappy movie. I found the real story of Valentine’s Day to be dark and interesting.
According to History.com, the Emperor of Rome believed that married men did not make
for good soldiers, and that they should be single. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremo-nies for the young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. On the evening before Valentine was to be ex-ecuted, he would have written the first “Valentine” card him-self, addressed to a young girl as his beloved, it was a note that read “from your Valentine.”
That is where the tradi-tion of Valentine’s origi-nated from, which is rath-
er morbid if you think about it, and a sinister type of love.
“When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars and he will make the face of heav-en so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun,” wrote William Shakespeare.
Star-crossed lovers are the epitome of love and Valen-tines day, even if you don’t have your Romeo or Ju-liet, surround your self with love, and he or she will come.
DYLAN LUJANO
Valentine’s Day: Real romance gone away
Kyle Mockett, 23primalogy
“F-that! I don’t even want to think about valentines day this year. I will be at school and probably just drink with friends after.”
Kianna Columna, 19journalism
“Roses, chocolate-chip cookies, and watching my favorite love story-’The Princess Bride.’”
Andrew Douglas, 30fine arts
“Romance first of all. Corporate sponsored holiday and mass-produced gifts. I would make something with my own original stamp.”
Hannah Allen-O’Donnell, 18
undecided
“Last Valentine’s Day didn’t turn out well. This year I will probably be with my boyfriend watching cheesy movies.”
“Pressue to get the right gift for one of my 6 girlfriends. Might be candy, jewelry, or a card...nothing fancy...mayb a BMW.”
Michael Channinginstructor of humanaties
Michael Egan, 18computer science
Single vs. committed: Where do you stand?
All the single ladies (and gents), put your hands up. Now smile, because I’m about to tell you how lucky you are.
Being single is not “un-fortunate.” Its not a “transi-tion,” and its certainly not “pathetic.” Being single, in this day and age, is practical.
Let’s get real, if you want someones hand to hold, just go to the movies with your grand-father, do you know how happy that will make him? If you want someone to go to dinner with, bring some friends and not have to worry about who’s paying the bill at the end of the night.
If you want someone to cud-dle with--get a dog. They don’t get all pissy when you don’t re-turn their phone calls, and they don’t have sweaty palms either.
When we have homework and school taking up 40 hours of our week, and then we have part-time jobs taking up another 30, we have hardly enough time to lead a normal social life, much less put all of our concentra-tion on a relationship that, let’s face the music here peeps, prob-ably won’t last another year.
Being single isn’t just practi-cal, it’s smart. The statistics are out there, and they’re not that far off. Only 80 percent of the Amer-ican population gets married, and of those 80 percent, nearly half of them end up in divorce. In my opinion the other half is just too caught up financially to cut the rope or too old to care.
This isn’t to say all romance
is dead, by any means. I know of at least two couples who are happy together, in love after many years of marriage. But I also know of hundreds of oth-er couples, married and unmar-ried, who are completely un-satisfied with one another and only in it for, you guessed it, the sex and having someone to bitch to after a long day of no one caring about your feelings.
I just think it’s sad to waste your time on a spouse or part-ner that also doesn’t care.
So when I look at guys, I think “Friend,” not “Boyfriend,” be-cause guys who are friends have so much more to add to a rela-tionship than being able to stick their tongue down my throat.
So if you’re alone this Valen-tine’s Day, think of it rather as being independent. Because if you can’t take care of yourself, why should anyone else want to?
ConSarah Black
For some, Valentine’s Day symbolizes only commercial-ism while the meaning of ro-mance and love is shoved to the lowest rung of impor-tance. Looking at sales fore-casts, this proves to be true.
This year, the average per-son will shell out nearly $120 on the traditional gifts of candy, flowers, stuffed ani-mals and jewelry, accord-ing to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federa-tion. Total spending is ex-pected to reach $15.7 billion.
However, for me, V-day is all about taking time to show
love and to receive the same in return. Sure, I love the lit-tle gifts, especially See’s can-dy, but the gift with the most significance is when my hus-band gives me a hug and says, “Have I told you how much I love you today?” Or the memories of when my chil-dren were small and the only show of materialism was the valentine made in school out of red construction pa-per and pieces of paper doi-lies with cherished messages of unconditional endearment.
Looking back, Valentine’s Day was not a happy day when I was single. As I watched my co-workers, family and friends lavished with cards and gifts, I was reminded that perhaps I wasn’t the strong-willed inde-pendent woman. I was lonely and wanted someone to love me. In hindsight, this sounds
a bit pathetic, but those emo-tions of wanting someone special in my life were only exacerbated as the calen-dar moved closer to Feb. 14.
Being in a loving relation-ship has its benefits, no doubt about it. A few that come to mind are someone to listen at any given moment, some-one to rub your sore feet af-ter a hard day’s work, and someone with whom to share common interests. Oh yeah, and someone to keep you warm at night, even though he snores like a grizzly bear. But the best part is someone to make you feel special and loved, especially on V-day.
So, come on honey, bring on the See’s candy, and re-member, I like the cara-mels the best. And I’ll re-member to wear those red heels you like so much.
ProMaryAnneShults
EVELYN CAICEDO
CAMPUS COMMENT:
By: Dylan Lujano
What comes to mind when you hear Valentine’s Day?
“Honestly I think f movies that relate to Valentine’s Day like ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.’”
Young love, and secret admirers [email protected]
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In the neighborhoodJazz day features famous trombonist
DAVID GUTMAN
The Jazz Day event began with music seminars and cul-minated in a concert featuring trombonist Conrad Herwig and the Saddleback College Big Band.
Herwig has recorded 17 al-bums as a jazz leader and many others as a featured trombonist.
His latest projects, featuring remixes of classic styles, have all been nominated for Grammy awards.
Herwig has also recently been voted the number one jazz trombonist in the 2002 Drum-beat Jazz Critic’s Poll.
Being in constant demand to play for audiences, Saddleback was very fortunate to receive Herwig’s services as a musician and a teacher, according to the jazz day program.
Starting earlier in the day, lo-cal high school student’s partici-
pated in a day-long jazz camp. Classes were taught by Saddle-back jazz instructors and even Herwig himself instructing the young trombonists.
Saddleback’s jazz studies de-partment chairman Joey Sellers opened the concert.
“Believe it or not ladies and gentlemen, you are the jazz community and we appreciate all of you very much,” said Sell-ers as he closed the first act of the concert.
After a short intermission, the audience filed in a second time to welcome Herwig to the stage. The second part of the perfor-mance featured songs com-posed or transposed by Herwig.
Before every number, Herwig gave a short introduction and history behind the song.
One song in particular had a very tragic back story: Herwig was touring with a close friend and they were composing a jazz album together.
During the tour, his friend was diagnosed with stage-four prostate cancer. Herwig de-scribed his last days with his friend, and how he had to fin-ish their last song on his own, in their composition titled: “A Prayer for Passive Resistance.”
“This song is very dear to me because it is a way to remember my friend and it is in my opin-ion prescient with what is hap-pening in Egypt right now,” Herwig said.
Sellers and Herwig closed the concert thanking the audience and the other contributing mu-sicians.
“Some people say jazz is dead, I don’t believe that at all. I believe that it is alive and well here at Saddleaback College,” Herwig said.
The audience consisted of the students, chaperones, and die hard jazz fans.
Wednesday, Feb. 9:
Featuring: Califarians, Phat Reggae Dub Status, The Originalites, The Swigs, Trunk, Dubfound.
7 p.m. The Chain ReactionCity: Anaheim
Featuring: Ledward Kaa-pana, Nick-I, Aolani Kaeka.
8 p.m. The Coach HouseCity: San Juan Capistrano
Thursday, Feb. 10:
Featuring: She Likes Day-light, Rolling Radio, The Alternates, The Melodinks, Tangent Transmission, Punto Xero, DJ May Electra.
8 p.m. The House of BluesCity: Anaheim
Featuring: Suffokate, Be-trayal, Golliath, Brink of Day, I, Of Helix, Reign of Ruin, On the Shoulders of Atlas.
7 p.m. The Chain ReactionCity: Anaheim
Featuring: Stan Ridgway, Jeff Wright, Cory Case.
8 p.m. at The Coach House.City: San Juan Capistrano
Friday, Feb. 11:
Featuring: Wild Child: A Tribute to The Doors, Kofi Baker’s Tribute to Cream.
9 p.m. The House of Blues.City: Anaheim
Featuring: Strife, Rotting Out, Take Offense, Xibalba, Minus.
7:30 p.m. The Chain ReactionCity: Anaheim
Featuring: Ky-Mani Mar-ley, Ireside, Jaam Kwest.
8 p.m. The Coach HouseCity: San Juan Capistrano
Saturday, Feb. 12:
Featuring: James Otto, The JaneDear Girls, Peter Brandon, The Dirt Drifters.
8 p.m. The House of Blues City: Anaheim
Featuring: Six Shooter, If this was Yesterday, Rumor Has It, The East Indies, The Dillingers, Malatesta.
7 p.m. The Chain ReactionCity: Anaheim
Featuring: Led Zepagain, The Petty Breakers, Twice Fooled.
8 p.m. The Coach HouseCity: San Juan Capistrano
Sunday, Feb. 13:
Featuring: Slaying Seren-ity, The Hoax, Professor Pa-nyck, Carlyle, Karakalla.
7 p.m. The Chain ReactionCity: Anaheim
Tuesday, Feb. 15:
Featuring: Stone Sour.
7 p.m. The House of BluesCity: Anaheim
Bands playing at venues in Orange County
Comedian’s movie delves into details of African-American hair care industry
FAMOUS TROMBONIST: Grammy nominated trombonist Conrad Herwig performs in front of a Saddleback Audience on Jazz Day. The day’s events included workshops for local high school students, music seminars, and a performance by professional musicians for the gathered crowd.
photo courtesy of vincent neale
credit: flickr user of vincentbernier_art
Local artist remembered
SARAH BLACK
Conrad Herwig tu-tors jazz students and performs for a crowd in McKinney Theatre
BLACK HAIR: A comic journey to find just what “Good Hair” is in the black community.
Starting with Chris Rock’s two beautiful daughters being shown in home videos, Rock’s voice takes over and tells the story of when his 3-year-old daughter Lola ran up to him cry-ing, asking “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?”
Rock begins with shocking statistics, citing that the U.S. black hair industry reaps more than $9 billion (that’s right, bil-lion) a year in revenue.
Throughout the film, rock seeks to explore the true nature of what is “good hair” and how it impacts black culture.
Featuring famous actors Nia Long, Tracie Thoms, Raven-Sy-mone, Ice T, Reverend Al Sharp-ton, Salt-N-Pepa, and more, Rock probes them all, ranging from how much a weave costs to how hair affects relations in the bedroom.
Let’s start with the weave. A normal weave will cost around $1,000. This is just your aver-age run-of-the-mill hair piece, which can take hours to attach and must be cared for every six weeks or so.
Actresses in the one-on-one interviews rock conducted ad-mitted to spending thousands on weaves.
Relaxing black hair with re-laxer is another technique used. The relaxer used contains sodi-um hydroxide, otherwise known as lye, or really-not-good for your scalp.
It causes a burning sensation, can cause hair breakage, lack of hair growth, and even hair loss.
Sandra “Pepa” Denton told the tale of when her sister tried to relax her hair and instead ended up burning the side of her head.
Rock even interviewed a small girl of six year old having her hair “relaxed.” A pediatri-cian was later interviewed and told of the damage that could
be done to children when lye is applied to the head, and gave a shocking mention of having cli-ents ask her about having their 18-month-old child’s hair re-laxed.
These are but a few of the startling statistics rock has to share, and all of it done in a professional manner. The film is not about him, although his humor is seen throughout sev-eral interviews. It’s about, well, “good hair,” and just how far we go in order to achieve it.
Who knew a comedian could be so informative?
REMEMBERED: A scholarship was established in Jenny Richards name. She was remembered in an annual memorial this past Saturday.
photo courtesy of diane oaks
MCKENZIE SIXT
Featured singers performed songs from musicals such as Sweeny Todd, to classics, in-cluding Mozart and Liszt. There were performances in English and a wide variety of foreign languages at the Third Annual Jenny Richards Memo-rial Endowed Vocal Scholar-ship Benefit Recital.
Saturday night at the Irvine Valley College Performing Arts Center, the performance was described by choral director, Matthew Tresler, as a “vocal extravaganza with something for everyone.”
Everyone, including IVC student Tawny Zellner, 17, graphic design, who admit-ted that although attending the evening concert was something she “wouldn’t normally do,” enjoyed the experience pre-cisely for that reason. Rock and punk genres are more Zellner’s style, but the piano accompa-nied singers were a refreshing change for the evening.
Zellner’s vocal teacher, Mat-thew Tresler, who was featured as a tenor in the concert, offered extra credit to students of his who attended the concert.
Once a student at IVC, Jen-ny Richards majored in mu-sic and sang in the IVC Mas-ter Chorale. Richards was a local talent known also for her
composing and guitar abilities. She performed often in the Or-ange County area and has been greatly missed since 2005 when cancer took her life at the age of 46.
Family members and Rich-ard’s IVC teachers sought it fit to establish a memorial scholar-ship in her name. The scholar-ship is in vocal music and is the only vocal scholarship at IVC.
The 2010 recipient of The Jenny Richards Memorial Voice Scholarship, Megan Péo, was featured in the concert as a soprano. Her solo songs “Sure On This Shining Night,” “How
Can I Keep From Singing?,” and “Lady of the Harbor” were evidence of her scholarship de-serving talents.
The money from the schol-arship helped Péo further her musical goals. Voice lessons were at the top of her list when it came to utilizing the scholar-ship funds.
Those who were unable to attend the concert, but would like to contribute to the schol-arship can send donations of any amount to IVC 5500 Irvine Center Drive, CA 92618.
“Mysticism, near-eastern spirituality, and a foundation in European painting technology,” combine to create Fusionart, according to the Fusionart International website.
Created by visionary artist, Rassouli, who recently gained acclamation in the art world for his “joyful color blends and circular brushwork that create a timeless perspective” accord-ing to the website.
Rassouli’s Fusionart will be on exhibit at the Saddleback College Art Gallery Feb. 9 to March 10. The artist reception will be Feb. 8, 6-9 p.m.
The exhibit, “Journey of the Spirit” from dream to reality, will showcase Rassouli’s artwork in which “he translates spir-itual experience from his subconscious onto canvas through meditation at sunrise” according to the website.
With free admission there is no reason not to go experience the “cosmic unity” of Rassouli’s paintings.
Gallery hours are Mon.-Wed. 12-4 p.m. and Thurs. 4-8 p.m.For more information contact the Saddleback College Art
Gallery: (949) 582-4924.
A new musical theatre program, Broadway Saturdays, gives the opportunity for students to learn technique and skills from Tony® Award-nominated actress Erin Dilly and Broad-way stage veteran Stephen Buntrock.
Broadway Saturdays focuses on musical theater perfor-mance, lyric analysis, monologue interpretation, improvisa-tion, audition technique and acting scene work so students can truly appreciate their work. Developed by the Segerstrom Center’s Education and Community Programs Department the program is offered to students from ages 14-22.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts will host the program for February 12, 19, and 26 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The cost of the program is $250.
To register and for more information about the program SCFTA.org/education e-mail [email protected] or call (714) 556-2122 ext. 4333.
Arts & Entertainment briefs:Fusionart goes on display at Saddleback Art Gallery
New musical theatre program offered at Segerstrom
- Austin Messick
- McKenzie Sixt
- McKenzie Sixt
Aggressive batting and sound defensive plays helped the Saddleback College men’s baseball team win its season opener Friday against San Di-ego City College 15-1.
The Gaucho’s 16 hits and 12 RBIs were two major factors that aided their vic-tory. Outfielder/ pitcher Dylan Christensen led the team with three hits followed by Elliot Martin, Spencer Kuehn, Lee Casas and Matt Paradise who each had two.
“We’ve been working on just being aggressive with pitches,” Christensen said. “We’ve been playing good defense, we worked on that a lot this fall.”
Defensively, the Gauchos al-lowed one run and six hits by the Knights. Sophomore pitch-er Jordan Helmkamp faced 24 batters and allowed only four hits in seven innings.
In the first inning, Helm-kamp quickly cleared the plate and made way for the Gauchos’ oncoming offensive assault. With the bases loaded and no outs, Martin hit a ground ball to second base bringing in outfielder Ryan Forkel for Sad-dleback’s first run.
After one out, Kuehn hit a fly ball to center field, which was caught by Antonio Carillo, but brought in third baseman Ryan Pugmire for the Gauchos’ second run. With Paradise on first base and Martin on second base, 6-foot-7inch freshman designated hitter Lee Casas stepped up to bat in competi-tion for the first time in his college career.
On the first pitch thrown to him, Casas hit a 373 foot home run over the center-field fence
to bring in three runs. This elevated the score to 5-0 bring-ing momentum to the Gauchos early on.
After another RBI in the third inning by first baseman/outfielder Cole Shidaki the Gauchos led 6-0. Catcher Josh Huntzinger and Kuehn both had one-run RBIs in the sixth inning. Kuehn then scored on a SDCC error when catcher Kevin Garcia failed to throw out Shidaki when he stole sec-ond base.
Then Forkel stepped up to bat and hit a double to left center field bringing in Shidaki and lifting the score to 10-0. In the seventh inning the Gauchos continued their offensive bar-rage.
Because of an SDCC error by right-fielder Gilbert Guar-dado, Paradise was able to turn a single into a triple and bring in Martin for another run. Two more RBIs by Kuehn and in-fielder Gilbert Viera along with two error assisted runs helped
the Gauchos raise the score to 15-0.
The Knights scored their only run of the game when Garcia hit a line drive down the right-field line to bring in infielder Rich Aguirre. Defen-sively, SDCC struggled all day with its pitchers committing 10 walks, seven which were due to batters being hit by wild pitches.
“Let’s be honest we didn’t show up that’s all, we didn’t throw strikes,” said SDCC
starting pitcher Nick Geraci. “Our pitchers didn’t throw strikes, that’s pretty much it, there’s no excuse. We were behind early and that probably took the momentum away.”
This victory gave the Gau-chos their first opening day win in two years. It also put Coach Jack Hodges nine games away from obtaining the most wins for a coach in any sport in Sad-dleback’s history.
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Austin messick
Baseball dominates in season opener
Victorious singles matches on behalf of the Saddleback College Men’s Tennis team sealed the fate of Palomar College, ending with a 6-0 win for Saddleback on Thursday. This was a welcomed victory enabling the Gauchos to enter their season with a 1-0 re-cord.
Contributing to that record were singles players Travis McClellan and Eemaun Latifi. McClellan ended his match with a 6-1, 6-0 win against TJ Garcia of Palomar. Garcia “beat him-self,” stated McClellan, “his serve broke down…and I made shots.”
The 6-3, 6-3 match won by Latifi was more of a battle with some challenging deuces. Both McClellan, who played consis-tently through his match, and Latifi are in their sophomore year of play at Saddleback.
With a ‘W’ secured, a lighter atmosphere covered the courts as substitutes and first year players were able to compete in singles scrimmages and doubles match-es.
Freshman Parham Khansari got an unexpected opportunity to gain confidence in a singles scrimmage. Coach Bud Davis described Khansari as “a really hard worker” and encouraged him to “go have fun” with the experience.
Although he was nervous go-ing into the scrimmage, Khansari defeated his Palomar opponent using a winning strategy includ-ing techniques such as lobbing and keeping his opponent work-ing with a forehand stroke.
Gaining experience is a goal Coach Bud Davis has for his newer players this season. Khansari gained a lot of experi-ence from his match, learning he needs to work on the consistency of his serves because “double faulting is my weakness,” Khan-sari said.
The doubles matches were just as successful as the singles. Teammates Austen Ward and Jonathan Tran won with a score of 8-6. Continuing the winning streak, the duo of Allen Dar-mawan and Will McKinney came out with an 8-1 victory.
Although the matches were successful there are always strategies and techniques to practice and perfect. Coach Davis suggested shot selec-tion and placement of serves as two things that need work in the coming weeks. With many opposing teams seeming quite “top-heavy,” Coach Davis described his team as “not over-powering,” but “solid and evenly balanced.”
Coach Davis not only stress-es the physical abilities of his players, but also “manners, com-munication, and respect.”
mckenzie sixt
Men’s tennis takes win
Crushed: Pitcher Jordan Helmkamp smashes a foul ball over the visiting San Diego City College’s dugout in the 15-1 dismantling of the Knights in their season opener.
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strong return: Eemann Latifi, Saddleback College sin-gles tennis player, is one of Saddleback College’s strongest players.
Men’s basketball falls to Fullerton On Feb. 4, Saddleback
men’s basketball lost to the Fullerton Hornets in a surpris-ingly close home game.
The last time these two teams played, the Gaucho’s won 70-50. This time around, the Hornets employed great agility and speed from the start, ultimately resulting in their win.
From the start of the game, the Hornets were making two and three pointers while the Gaucho’s racked up fouls.
Wendell Faines, playing for-ward, seemed to never catch a break in the start of the game, as the whistle blew constantly calling out his fouls.
As Saddleback and Fullerton proceeded with the game, peo-ple in the stands were feeling the pressure for the Gaucho’s
as they watched Fullerton make shots and free throws while the Gauchos had not made a single shot.
Saddleback’s team was evidently unprepared on this particular night, as spectators watched players like Vincent Hatter-Rolland, center, hol-ler demands back and forth to teammates with little progress in their organization.
Slowly, the Gaucho’s picked up momentum in their game with the help of Myron Green and Marquis Green, both guards, who helped turn the game around by halftime.
By halftime, the score on the board showed Fullerton in the lead 32-30.
After the break, the Gau-cho’s took on a different persona as their players Johnel Gray, guard, and Faines raced back and forth across the floor
blocking the Hornets from con-tinuing to dominate the game.
Faines, who racked up five fouls in the beginning of the game, was now making great shots, but his efforts were not enough to secure a win against the Hornets.
With players like Fullerton’s Ramez Michail, guard, making 13 points for his team alone, the Hornets were controlling the game.
Up until the last 6 minutes of the game, the Gauchos taking the lead seemed to be an im-possible hope until Gray made a shot bringing the Gauchos into a sensitive score of 49-48.
With Saddleback in the lead 51-48, the crowd gained some confidence in the Gau-chos while the Hornets began feeling this game has now taken on a new edge. Two minutes until everything
was over, Saddleback was lead-ing by six points. The Hornets continued to press to get back their spot as the leaders and did so with 50 seconds left in the game.
As Fullerton’s women’s bas-ketball team cheered on their male counterparts, making the Gaucho cheerleaders inaudible, the Hornets won this game 66-61 with three seconds left.
The Gaucho’s coach, Andy Ground made a fair and hon-est comment about the game, saying “They (Fullerton) took it to us. They (Saddleback) just didn’t get it done.”
Saddleback’s delayed efforts to win the game from the start fell short of making a dent in the Hornet’s consistent great performance throughout the game.
Lady Gauchos lose to Cypress
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Despite Saddleback College’s efforts, women’s basketball still lost to Cypress College, 94-65, Feb. 2.
Saddleback’s starting line up consisted of Ashley Hatcher, Sydney Gathright, Desiree Ale, Stephanie Frederick, and Audri Sargent (team captain).
The game started off in a positive direction for Saddle-back, with Sargent winning the tip off, getting the ball to her teammates.
Within the first five minutes of the game, Saddleback was leading by five points, 11-6.
Rushing Cypress’s offense, Sargent sprinted down the court, making her layup shot against one defender, bringing in two points.
Saddleback’s offense began to fall apart as Cypress initiated full court pressure.
“Turnovers, missed easy shots, and missed oppor-tunities, are our biggest weaknesses right now,” said
Bethany Thom, Saddle-back’s Assistant Coach. At the end of the game, Saddle-back had a total of 32 turnovers.
“We need to contain our turnovers,” said Fentriss Winn, Saddleback’s Head Coach.
Sydney Gathright, one of Saddleback’s freshmen guards, was the leading scorer with 20 points.
“I just try to put up a lot of shots [because] I really put a lot of work into my shooting [dur-ing] practice,” Gathright said.
By the end of first period, Saddleback began to fall be-hind, 44-33.
Although Winn “hoped to contain turnovers in the sec-ond half for a chance to win,” Cypress continued to lead the game until the final buzzer.
“I don’t like to lose, but we played hard. We were a little under-manned,” Winn said. “They’re good and we couldn’t allow them to have ten whole runs.”
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Fastbreak: Saddleback guard Stephanie Fredricks rushes Cy-press’ offense. The Gauchos gave up an early lead and spent the rest of the game trailing the Chargers, resulting in a final score of 94-65.
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