vol 43, no. 21 (4-27-2011)
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Joseph Hassine, new president of Associated Student Government at Saddleback College, accepts his
new role with an excitement to bring forth fresh ideas and a positive spirit.
The new ASG team was announced April 21. As elections came to a close, Hassine was the chosen candidate, win-ning by 66 more votes than his competitor.
Competitor Justin Huft is an ASG mem-ber who Hassine holds in high regard and trusts his leadership capabilities.
“He (Huft) was an essential member of ASG this year and he would have been a great president,” Hassine said. “I’m confi-dent that either of us would have done an excellent job.”
Saddleback’s large population with little chance to get to know one another makes for a rather tricky election. But as confir-mation of Hassine’s abilities, he says he has ample experience in leadership both in high school and now in college.
“It’s hard to predict an election like this. Saddleback has about 26,000 students to-tal, and the vote could have gone either way,” Hassine said as he explained his outlook on the election.
Tesoro High School is his alma-mater, which he graduated from in 2010, and is where his love for student leadership began.
“I knew I wanted to be a member of ASG leadership as soon as I became a member almost a year ago,” Hassine said. “Melissa, the current president, put the idea of running for president in my head and I’ve planned on running since Octo-ber of last year.”
Now that he has overcome the hurdle to become president of ASG, Hassine will now begin to come across more hurdles with his new title and says he hopes to
change the scene of Saddleback.Fellow students may understand the
image of Saddleback that Hassine has of the current student life.
“For the most part, Saddleback students are focused on getting their school work done and getting out,” Hassine said. “I’d like to make Saddleback a more fun, stu-dent-oriented college campus.”
Within his own team, Hassine says he wants to prepare the members of ASG for their positions, defining the duties of all, and making sure that everyone is suited to their positions.
Hassine and other group members, “re-vised the ASG Bylaws and we plan on implementing them during the 2011-2012 school year.”
As Hassine’s second year at Saddleback approaches, Hassine will have to manage the juggling act of being an active mem-ber of his school while also preparing to transfer.
He plans to transfer to either UCLA or Berkeley in Fall 2012 as a sociology major, then pursue a Master’s Degree in
business. Whether he will attempt to take on leadership roles once he transfers and later in life is still up in the air, he said.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
SOCCCD’s STUDENT NEWSPAPER
So long: Coach Jack Hodges says good bye after 22 years of coaching.Page 8
Gaucho under fire, may change
Hassine elected new ASG president
Like a game of hot potato, the process of choosing a new im-age for Saddleback College
mascot seems to be too hot for any-one to grab hold of long enough to make a decision, even after a full year.
The issue has crept up every so often throughout the years.
However, until the Saddleback Col-lege Associated Student Government drafted a resolution in April 2010 to modify the mascot, the controver-sial issue always seemed to fall off the radar.
The controversy stems from the fact that in its current cartoonish depiction, the Gaucho appears to some as an inac-curate representation of the rugged Ar-gentine cowboy known to live off the land in the treacherous highlands of Pampas and Patagonia.
That Gaucho was known to be an ideal soldier that lived off the land, and was a brave warrior.
In the past, various on campus groups including ASG, have complained about its look.
A Canadian graphics design firm that specializes in re-branding efforts has been commissioned to provide the marketing committee with four logo
modifications to choose from. Accord-ing to McCue, Saddleback has paid $2,500 to date. Requests to see artist renderings went unanswered.
After Classified Senate declined to take action on the resolution, the Ac-ademic Senate subsequently approved the legislation late that month.
Once approved by the Academic Senate, the measure was taken up by the Consultation Council, consisting of President Tod Burnett, deans, and pres-idents of both the Academic and Clas-sified Senate.
With Consultation Council approv-al, the measure was forwarded to the marketing committee headed by
Saddleback College Director of Pub-lic Information and Marketing, Jennie McCue.
What all this means, is that despite the sluggish nature of the process, Sad-dleback College will soon have a new image to present to the community.
Michael Duarte of Digital Universi-ty, a Mission Viejo based provider of entrepreneurial curriculum, states that typical re-branding efforts cost any-where from $30,000-$40,000.
“Typically the process involves a de-sign firm providing a client what they call first comps or comparisons,” Du-arte said. “After the client choos-es which comp they want, the firm
charges the client an additional fee to take the choice and run with it.”
It is unknown at this point what the college budget is for the re-branding, but this money is not part of the re-placement of uniforms for the athletic department, as well as the repainting of walls on campus, and replacing college merchandise.
There are approximately 12 Gau-cho logos that would need repainting around campus, as well as foam pad-ding at both ends of the basketball court that would need to be replaced.
LEIF KEMP
Seven students from Irvine Valley College walked away from Phi Rho Pi Communi-ty College National Championships with
awards for speech or debate in Greenwich, Conn., April 11 to 16.
Nationals held a total of 58 colleges, with 375 students competing in a number of competitions, and is known to be the largest full-service tourna-ment in the U.S.
IVC’s Forensics Team took home 11 awards to-tal, and placed as the top overall team, winning sweepstakes, and with seven debate awards re-ceived the Gold as the top debate squad.
According to Co-Director of Forensics Edwin Tiongson, the entire debate team, which is also known as the class Speech 106 Forensics Activi-ty, consists of 20 to 25 people, but only the seven were allowed to Nationals.
The seven chosen were picked because they
could devote the amount of time and dedication needed to win the national tournament, Tiongson said.
Each student participated in multiple competi-tions, usually around two or three each.
Only two returning members from last year, Ja-son Hong, 29, debate team co-captain, who won a gold award for Lincoln-Douglas debate and shared a silver in the Parliamentary debate with his returning member and co-captain, George Talavera.
“I feel we did ridiculously well,” Hong said.“We have a very open team dynamic where ev-
eryone has a voice,” Hong said. “It has been and honor and pleasure to be on a team where every member put in the time and dedication necessary to become national champions.”
Hong said the team was able to pick up on the momentum from last year and continue to step it up, even with a whole new team.
IVC Forensics Team sweeps the floor at NationalsSARAH BLACK
See FORENSICS on Page 3
See MASCOT on Page 3
Joseph Hassine
DOGS’ DAY OUT: An orange-and-white Pomeranian was one of the many participants in Saddleback’s first Dog Days on Friday. Students raised money for local no-kill shelters by selling products such as dog snacks and accessories in the quad. For more photos, see Page 7.
Photo by Dylan lujano
Graphic by Oliver yu/lariat
The last issue of the Lariat will be published Wednesday, May 4.
ASIVC voting began Tuesday and ends at noon today. A total of 14 offices are up for grabs.
Coachella: A desert oasis of music and good times. Page 5
Tim Barnett spoke with Saddleback College students Wednesday about global warming myths and necessary actions to minimize the cli-mate change effects on future generations.
Barnett, a research marine physicist at the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Ocean-ography, explained in his presentation there are three aspects to global warming in-cluding physical, biological, and chemical.
The physical aspect refers to the glaciers and sea ice rapidly melting all around the world, from Alaska to Patagonia. Greenland’s glaciers present a threat to sea levels and sea-side cities. If Greenland’s gla-
ciers melted, sea levels would rise seven meters. According to Barnett, the cities of New York, Miami and Amsterdam would be no more.
Biologically, earth’s species live in delicate ecosystems. As climate change occurs, more species are going extinct as their habitats can no longer support their survival needs.
“The key to global warming is in the oceans,” Barnett said.
He went on to explain that if the chemical balance of oceans is increasingly dis-turbed, many species will not be able to survive. The extinc-tion of certain species will di-rectly affect humans if people do not change to protect the environment.
“The current generation in-creased methane and carbon dioxide emissions to levels like nothing before,” Barnett said. “In the future levels are projected to increase to un-precedented levels.”
In order to encourage peo-ple to change their ways to minimize the affects of glob-al warming Jessica Barr, 34, psychology, who attended the discussion, suggested scien-tists need to look at how they are presenting the message
of global warming and try to present a less dooming image.
Some students responded with a discouraged attitude after hearing that irreversible environmental damage has al-ready occurred.
“If we know we’re screwed no matter what, why should we change our ways?” one student asked.
“For future generations,” said Renee Garcia, an anthro-pology instructor at Saddle-back, responding directly. “This is a global issue. Hu-mans are affecting our own environment. We need to take care of the environment for it to take care of us.”
Environmental impact will be worse if nothing is done now to counter the future dam-age, Barnett said. However, getting people to fully believe in global warming enough to commit them to change is dif-ficult.
Government lobbyists, en-dorsed by big companies such as Exxon, use propaganda to dispel much of the evidence scientists have presented in support of the global warming theory, Barnett said.
People who disagree with the theory of global warming,
Barnett refers to as “deniers.” The deniers believe many myths about global warming.
“Such dramatic levels pres-ent a bleak future for the next generation,” Barr said.
Some common myths in-clude that it must be the sun and cosmic rays causing the warming, it is just natural warming, and that winter was too snowy for the world to be warming.
These myths are put forth by “well organized and well funded pseudo scientists run-ning a misinforming cam-paign,” Barnett said.
Scientists are about data and have a difficult enough time presenting global warm-ing and climate change in an appealing way because it is not an appealing matter. The myths make it more difficult to convert people to change.
“Global warming is a prob-lem for tomorrow’s genera-tion to solve,” Barnett said. “My generation has been poor stewards and mother nature has taken it in stride, but the next generation is going to get paid back in full.”
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This semester Saddleback College’s biology and chem-istry departments are hosting their second annual lecture series.
On Feb. 11, Richard Kuhn, head of biological sciences at Purdue University talked about flaviviruses such as dengue, West Nile virus, yellow fever and hepatitis C. He explained how these diseases that have affected mostly tropical coun-tries continue to expand into new regions.
On March 25, Farhad Imam, currently a clinical fellow in newborn medicine in the Har-vard Neonatal-Perinatal Fel-lowship Training program, spoke of how straightforward studies in model organisms can identify and characterize key disease genes and path-ways.
According to Kuhn, research into the biology of dengue vi-rus and related flaviviruses has revealed fascinating insights into their structure, assem-bly, and replication. These are providing substantial knowl-edge relating to the nature of disease, susceptibility of hu-man hosts, and the host com-ponents that are usurped by the virus for replication and spread. However, no vaccines or antivirals are available to treat them.
Model organisms can ei-ther help us find a cure or get us infected. In the meantime, scientists are facing not only alarming death rates but cli-mate variations that might make new regions ideal hosts to transmitters. Against all odds, scientists are still strug-gling to find new methods of preventing propagation and contamination areas.
Jim Zoval, chemistry in-structor at Saddleback’s said that organisms we are sur-rounded with are carrying and spreading the viruses.
“The bugs are immune to these viruses. They transmit them to humans through bit-ing,” Zoval said.
Pilar Mateo, chemist, in-vented and patented a method of preventing Chagas disease from spreading in the tropical areas of Bolivia. The Spanish scientist moved from Spain to the far jungles of South Ameri-ca to live among the tribes and under the same conditions they were living in.
She used her knowledge to embed the molecules that killed the ticks in a polymer material. Her method helped control the spreading of the disease and lowered the rate of deaths among the tribes, ac-cording to her website, www.pilarmateo.com.
“[Mateo] found a way to di-rectly attack the vector,” Zoval said. “The virus is not killed,
but it kills its ‘vehicle’ which is the tick. It could not be giv-en to humans because it works as a pesticide. It is intended to kill the tick.”
To this day there are no anti-viral medications or treat-ments that can effectively fight most of these viruses, which are constantly changing and growing. While scientists con-tinue to research for ways of controlling spreading of virus-es, humans are defenseless at the mercy of almost invisible enemies that seem to be, so far, stronger.
The next lecture was be Fri-day, Apr. 8, at 10:30 a.m. in the Science/Math building, Room 313 where University of Oklahoma’s Douglas Gaffin presented “What Can Scorpi-ons Tell Us About How Neural Networks Encode the Natural World?”
For further information, vis-it http://www.saddleback.edu/mse/lectures2011.html.
New paint repels mosquitos, prevents illnesses and diseases
INFECTION: The dengue virus is spread by organisms such as mos-quitos, ticks, and other pests, which are referred to as vectors.
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UC San Diego marine researcher dispels myths about global warming
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Upcoming Events
What: Professor Jacobo Se-fami will speak about his per-sonal journey as a Mexican-Syrian-Jew.
Where: Saddleback College, Student Services Building, Room 212
When: Monday, May 2 at 8 p.m.
For more information: Car-men Hernandez-Bravo at [email protected]
“Growing Up in a Minority Within a Minority” What: A free event where
IVC Jazz Ensemble, North-wood High School Jazz En-semble I, and the Bob Sheppard Quartet play jazz all day.
Where: IVC Arts PlazaWhen: Saturday May 7 at 2
p.m.A $5 corkage fee per bottle
or six-pack will benefit the IVC Foundation Scholarship Fund (beer and wine only).
More information: Ed Peffer at [email protected]
8th Annual IVC Jazz Picnic
Saddleback College’s En-vironmental Awareness Club held their second annual Go Green Expo last Thursday in time for Earth Week.
“The main reason we did this is to educate the stu-dents,” said club President Candice Morey, 30, environ-mental science. “They don’t know how many eco-friend-ly local companies are out there.”
Walking in to the expo one is handed a green cloth bag to celebrate Earth Week 2011. Many tables lined the expo ranging from green compa-nies to protest groups. One such protest group was San Clemente Green.
The organization leader Gary Headrick talked about his movement.
“We are expressing con-
cerns about the San Onofre power plant, and our con-cerns have only been getting deeper since the disaster in Japan,” Headrick said. “Our ultimate goal is to have the plant shut down and not come back on until tighter safety standards are met.”
According to Headrick, Germany is toughest on their nuclear power with more public participation instead of closed-door privatization.
Many students participated in the event by handing out fliers, attending booths, and showing up to support the green movement.
“This is really cool that these events are happening on campus. I’m an environ-mentalist and I enjoy seeing people get involved,” said Dylan Hatcher, 19, environ-mental science.
DAVID GUTMAN
The Quad goes ‘green’
photo by paul nine-o/Flickr: cc by 2.0
THE DENIERS: Many people are in denial over global warming, Barnett said, which does not help future generations.
Lobbyists for major corporations use propaganda to contradict scientific evidence
While discussing the four options at a January marketing meeting, Assistant Athletic Director Jerry Hannula, interjected that since the athletic depart-ment will bear the brunt of the changes, it would be prudent to get the consensus of the department staff before coming to a decision.
Hannula said that it is unknown how much it will cost to change out the old mascot with the new.
Saddleback College ASG President Melissa Fenerci and Ambassador of Student Diversity Coun-cil Sara Ghanbariami, have another idea altogether on finding a solution for our new Gaucho caricature.
“We would like to see the college utilize the re-sources that currently exist to find a solution,” Fener-ci said. “We are putting together a plan to enlist the services of Saddleback College graphics design stu-dents to present their options to the students and fac-ulty of Saddleback College for a vote.”
Under the plan, the graphics design department will hold a contest for students to present their best work. The department would narrow the choices to a select few, and at that point, it would be put to a vote.
Both Ferneci and Ghanbiarami feel this approach allows for the students to become part of the process.
In a recent survey, Saddleback students agreed with the sentiments of the ASG officers. The student body feels they should be included in the process of choosing the new modified representation of the Gaucho mascot.
“We feel this would make it a shared process be-tween the administration and the students,” Ghan-biarami said. “After all, the students are the college. Without us, Saddleback becomes just a bunch of buildings.”
Christopher Claflin, a graphics design instructor at Saddleback is all for it. After learning of the alter-native plan, he said he is interested in hearing more about it.
“It sounds like an interesting, innovative ap-proach,” Claflin said. “I would be interested in hear-ing more details to see if it is something we could incorporate within the graphics department.”
With the semester coming to an end in short order, any solution to the issue looks to be occurring in the fall of 2011. That will give ASG enough time to fine tune their plan.
“With the current budget situation gripping our ed-ucational system, I just cannot see justifying spend-ing thousands of dollars on an outside firm when we have our very own talent base here at Saddleback” Ferneci said.
One thing is certain, with the approved resolu-tion— this issue will no longer be able to fade away. A new and improved Gaucho is on the horizon.
MascotWEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011 LARIAT.
The department of cinema/television/radio will host its second annual open house next Thursday from 6-8 p.m. in the Studios building. Fea-tured will be a behind-the-scenes view of how film and television shows are created as well as live DJs broadcasting on the college radio station, KSBR 88.5.
The communication arts program, led by department chair Charlie Myers, offers students hands-on experience and encourages both field and studio work to prepare for work in the media industry.
KSBR’s primary format is contemporary jazz, but it also has weekend specialty shows featuring other musical styles like reggae, folk, rag-time, rock, Latin jazz, blues, and hip-hop music. OCRock-Radio.com features a mix of alternative and indie music designed to provide students with the experience they need to get jobs at high-energy rock and pop stations.
Saddleback College TV (SCTV) Channel 39 is the campus’ television station. Students have the opportunity to produce on-air program-ming after courses in produc-tion and editing.
Film students script, shoot and edit their own work creat-ing packages in a real-world setting. In previous years, some films have received ac-colades at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Parking in Lots 4A and 7 is free for this event. The Studios building is located across from the gymnasium and adjacent to the Village.
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The American Red Cross of Orange County is seeking local heroes to honor for their extraordinary acts in the com-munity.
The organization is host-ing the Bravo for Bravery Awards, a ceremony that helps to recognize everyday and normal citizens for their achievements. Businesses and locals are encouraged to nominate any person who displayed acts of courage dur-ing an emergency.
Such nominees include individuals who have per-formed CPR, first responders, medical personnel, or anyone in law enforcement. Animals that have also performed he-roic acts are also able to be nominated. Deadline for the nominations are May 14.
The nominations will be reviewed at the 8th Annual Bravo for Bravery Breakfast on Thursday, June 2, in the Marconi Automotive Muse-um in Tustin.
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Cinema/Television/Radio open house to feature live demonstrations
Written by MaryAnne Shults, Julie Tran
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Registration is open for Saddleback College’s Com-munity Education’s summer programs for children and teens.
The Junior Gauchos pro-gram allows kids aged 7 to 14 the chance to experience col-lege life. Students develop an individualized class schedule and may choose from a wide range of course offerings in liberal studies, mathematics and science, athletics, tech-nology and the arts, as well as study skills. Courses are offered in two-week blocks Monday through Friday, beginning June 27 running through Aug. 4.
In addition, swim les-sons for children from age 3 months and older can learn to swim in the campus pool. Kids are grouped by age and there are also specialized programs in diving and ju-nior lifeguard conditioning. Classes are available May 31 through Aug. 18.
For more information or to register for any of these programs, visit the Saddle-back College Community Education website at www.ce.saddleback.edu or contact Estella Garrison or Linda Wood at 949-582-4646.
Summer program for kids
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“I really enjoyed was how we came together as a team. We all became friends and supported each other throughout the entire season,” Hong said. “I felt like I had their backs and that the sup-ported me through the good times as well as the bad.”
But preparation was no easy task, said team member Xavier Gomez, 24, business/communi-cations, who won gold for both impromptu speaking and pro-grammed oral interpretation of literature, and has an accumulated 27 awards for the 2010-2011 competitive year.
“Preparation was challenging,”
Gomez said. “I had to read the news daily and stay current on ev-ery major and minor event world wide for debate.”
As for practicing his actual speeches and debates, he put in about seven to eight hours a week with the entire coaching staff in private for all three of his competitions, not including team meetings held Wednesdays and Fridays, which last about two to four hours.
“I also practiced at home and in public to get over nervous-ness and anticipation of negative feelings,” Gomez said. “If you asked me eight months ago, was I capable of accomplishing what I have, I would have laughed and asked you that you were living on another planet!”
All Gomez, Hong and Tiong-son expressed their gratitude in
having won the awards and how proud they were of the team as a whole.
“We are honored and blessed to do so well at Phi Rho Pi,” Tiong-son said. “Nationals is a tough tournament.”
“We use the five P’s as means to be successful... preparation and practice prevent poor perfor-mance. This year it showed.”
“This activity has not only opened up doors for me but ex-panded my mind and the way I ap-proach and handle life situations,” Gomez said. “I only pray that this activity continues to expand and grow to effect those who are look-ing to make a difference and find a new way to further their education and challenge themselves in ways they have ever been challenged before.”
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Campus Comment: What is fashion to you?
Naila Ferdousi, 18
“I don’t spend too much time getting ready. I shop anywhere from Kohl’s to Nordstrom.”
James Gardner, 22undeclared
“I have a base style, not really dependant on the season. When I have time I’ll find something to make myself pop more.”
Simon Young, 29fillm
“I have the beach clothes look. I think everyone should go for a timeless look.”
Vicent Dibernardo, 18architecture
“I just wear what is comfortable, I like looking presentable. Being with the latest trends isn’t a priority.”
“Fashion is what I’m comfortable in, the trends are exhausting to follow. I love my Boho style.”
Sara Leaverton, 23psychology
Stephanie Plese, 19European studies
“It’s an expression of who you are. It’s the clothes you feel comfortable in, not what’s new, but what you like.”
I know, I know, another “conscience coming at you” opinion piece. But let’s be real guys, death isn’t funny (Un-less he’s in Monty Python’s “Meaning of Life”), and early onset death is tragic.
On average one person is killed in an alcohol-related accident every 50 minutes in the U.S., according to the Na-tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In addition, it was found that teenage boys driving with BAC levels rang-ing from 0.05 percent to 0.10 percent are about 20 times more likely to get into a car crash than sober teenage boys, according to the LA Criminal Defense Attorney Blog.
The math has been done for you, but let me lay it out.
Being over 21, I know how tough it is to want to go out with the girls and “have a good time,” as they say. It’ll be Friday and after 80+ hours of work and school combined, I just want to let loose a lit-tle bit.
But of course I don’t have the funds for a taxi, and none of my friends drive. Where does that leave me? At home on a Friday night watch-ing “Tangled” and sipping a Guinness.
Yeah, not so glamorous.However, after those 80+
hours I work every week, I’ve learned something—it’s not worth the risk. If I were to go out and have a few, wait an hour and drive home, what could happen on the road is a mystery. I could be fine, or, I could end up smashing into the side of a Cadillac Esca-lade and kill every passenger in my car. I could get pulled over for weaving and have a DUI on my record. I could run a motorcyclist off the road, and a whole number of other options.
What it comes down to is that I value the lives of others and my own, and that takes priority over “having a good time.”
So my suggestion is to be smart. Drinking and driving may at times be convenient, but it isn’t safe under any cir-cumstance, and the risks truly outweigh the benefits.
DUI: It’s not worth the trouble
SARAH BLACK
Daylight savings time is now in full swing allowing the days to pass with a few more hours of sunlight. But is it just me or does it still feel like there are not enough hours in the day to get ev-erything on that to do list accom-plished?
An average day to do list: gym, school, bank, feed and walk the dogs, meet with friend to study, work, get gas, homework, laun-dry.
These tasks seem to be running my life lately. Even with a “to do” list and the extra hours of sunlight it is difficult to cross everything off the list before 11 p.m. on any given day.
“I’m so tired,” is a phrase mumbled too many times a day during the constant battle with fa-tigue and stress.
Every second of the day seems to be scheduled in order to ac-
complish tasks that are necessary, but not particularly enjoyable. At the forefront of these tasks for some might be school, work, or the tedious errands like going grocery shopping.
School consumes endless hours a week with projects, pre-sentations, tests, reading, and homework.
College students should spend anywhere from 30 to 45 hours a week studying, not including reg-ular class meetings, according to www.cliffsnotes.com. This is based on the idea that each unit of credit should be met by two to three hours of outside of class work per week.
Sorry to disappoint you in-structors, but the reality of those hours being met is slim for most students. After an entire day at school, work, and running er-rands, the last thing on the mind would be more school work.
Yet, school work is never end-ing. With project assignments
and homework there is always something that could be done. This adds chronic stress to every-day until the due dates.
School is a constant stressor that contributes to sudden out-bursts of rage at unsuspecting and
undeserving victims. A simple question asked my mom, “What time will you be home for din-ner?” received unnecessarily harshly toned complaint.
Letting out stress on others in everyday encounters creates an unappealing image of ourselves
and hurts the other person. Stress can seem to make people
very selfish in some situations. It makes us focus on only our own problems and disregard how oth-ers will be affected by our actions.
During stressful times, like last week, this week...and probably next week my mind seems unable to stop thinking and planning.
Not even sleep or the weekends can provide sanctuary. Sleep be-comes a hassle, because it takes so much effort to not think about anything and just rest.
Due to lack of sleep the late nights and early mornings do not make for a pleasant week. That is why I am so grateful summer is right around the corner.
Only three more weeks of classes is an encouraging thought when paired with the memory of hot summer days consisting of something not often found during the school year, nothing...
Managing your closet is a must for fashionistas
“Letting out stress on others in everyday en-counters creates an unappealing image of ourselves and hurts the other person.”
The mall right across from Saddleback College’s campus is seen as a paradise for students, but in my opinion, the possibil-ity of paying this spot a weekly visit makes it a danger zone.
You may feel lucky to be in such close proximity to the mall, but in reality, it’s those stores lined up inside, all neat and pretty, that feel lucky to be so close to you.
Why? Because as a gener-al rule in the field of market-ing, the demographic of young people, as seen in the college environment, are the impulsive spenders of the market, giv-ing stores excellent business all throughout the year.
According to a statistic in Seventeen magazine, nearly three-quarters of young people are spending the same or more money this year as they had be-fore with 70 percent saying they still spend in cosmetics and 72 percent saying they spend in clothing.
While I am in support of a business’ financial success, I
would rather see the financial success of my peers and that is why I say, ladies and gen-tlemen, give it a rest and try to save your money.
As a cousin of mine who liv-ing in Europe pointed out to me, Americans spend their days and nights, their vacations and lunch breaks, wandering inside the mall until they find some-thing to buy.
Orange County, to be more specific, embodies that good old capitalistic mentality to live a life of spending and competing.
When we’re not competing to get that great career or blind our neighbors with our shiny cars, were competing in depart-ment stores to buy the trendiest of apparel, and for what?
I believe the majority of the youth of our nation, particularly females, have lost focus of re-ality.
Girls today want to dress like the cast of Gossip Girl and as-pire to have the life and ward-robe of Carrie Bradshaw from Sex In The City when they get older, despite having insuffi-cient funds to live in manner.
Nevermind that college tu-
ition, including that of Saddle-back, is going up, and buying a home in California has become a mission impossible, the youth of today simply don’t seem to get it.
Now that I’ve made you feel completely guilty and hopeless about your wild spending ways, it’s time for a suggestion.
After you get off work, come home from school, or the gym, go to your room.
In a swift motion, throw ev-erything in your crammed clos-et to the floor.
To the “shopaholics” out there, this activity may take a while but be patient because the more time you spend in doing this activity, the less appealing the mall will become to you.
Now really look at all those jeans, blouses, and shoes you’ve collected. Some of these might have drowned in the sea of fab-rics and you may have forgotten you these piece. This will be a true reunion of sorts.
As you sort through the piles, organizing what you like and what you don’t, be careful when you feel the need to throw something out, you simply nev-er know when styles will reap-pear.
Instead, put them in a bag, store them away along with oth-er pieces you may not current-ly like, and continue organizing the rest.
Once you’ve organized your closet, you should have a con-tent feeling, noticing that you have way more clothing than you need to look chic, let alone to survive.
I am not saying to never shop again or bargain with the sales-person at Nordstrom to give you a discount on those jeans you love. I believe when you orga-nize your closet, your brain will organize itself on its own you’ll be able to be smart consumer choices.
undeclared
Summertime sanctuary counters springtime stress
KIMIYA ENSHAIAN
MCKENZIE SIXT
“Naive” is the word that comes to my mind when I imag-ine a world where underage drinking does not occur in to-day’s society.
All of us have been lectured to not drink by friends, family, the education system, and all of the above at one point or another, am I right? Let me tell you right away that you should keep read-ing because I’m not here to tell you to stop drinking.
At 19 years old, I have nev-er put myself in a harmful envi-ronment involving alcohol. Al-though my mom is happy about this, she still believes that it’s a little strange that I have never tried alcohol with my peers, or been pressured to do so while growing up. To not drink alco-hol before the legal age of 21 has been my choice.
Now you may be thinking that because I have never tried alco-hol, means that I am no longer a
credible source. I haven’t been blinded from the obvi-ous negative consequences of alcohol consumption on those around me as a result.
While most of us are aware of the dangerous consequences of driving under the influence, we choose to ignore the num-bers each year. More than 1,700 college students are killed each year in the U.S., according to The Marine Institute.
If people want alcohol, they will find a way to get it, wheth-er it’s from friends, family, or a random stranger that is asked outside of a liquor store in the parking lot.
According to Students Against Destructive Decisions, among underage drinkers (ages 12-20), 30.8% paid for the alcohol the last time they drank – including 8.3% who purchased the alcohol themselves and 22.3% who gave money to someone else to pur-chase it.
Anything is worth it until someone catches you, some may argue, while I prefer to not put myself in that kind of situation in the first place.
Approximately 50 people a day die due to alcohol-relat-ed traffic crashes, according to National Highway Traffic Safe-ty Administration. People who drive under the influence put their lives, the lives of their pas-sengers, and the lives of inno-cent bystanders on the streets at risk.
KYLIE CORBETT
[email protected]@saddleback.edu
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CLUTTER: Reevaluating your closet may be a good idea if you want to stop spending your allowance and pay-check on seasonal clothing.
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Coachella: California’s modern Woodstock
“More than a musical festival, Coachella is a cultural gathering of people from all different walks of life who exist as one trible under the desert sun.”
photos by austin messick / lariat
GET DOWN TO THE MUSIC: Everyone’s dancing to the beats in the “Do Lab” and escaping the mid-day heat. The “Do Lab” is an area dedicated to relentless out-of-control partying in a jungle atmosphere.
EVENING CURTAIN CALL: Throughout the day, the music genres in the “Do Lab” ranged from dupstep, tech house, glitch and some unidentifiable psychedelic mashups meant to twist the mind in all directions.
AUSTIN MESSICK
The care-free atmosphere of peace, love, and unity, along with the smell of marijuana in the air and the many partially naked bodies at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival would make any attendant of Woodstock proud.
Coachella is our modern-day Woodstock, in California anyway.
Arcade Fire and Kings of Leon might not match the cal-iber of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, but the spirit of uniting to enjoy music and communi-ty remains.
Woodstock was set in a lush, green farm in upstate New York, and Coachella takes place at the grassy desert oasis of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.
Surrounded by the bone-dry vastness of the California des-ert, Coachella is a three-day musical utopia that provides its attendants with a fantastic weekend escape from the real world.
For veterans and newcom-ers alike, Coachella is a sort of holiday where 75,000 peo-
ple join to celebrate music, art and the incredible people we share them with. This year at-tendants set aside April 15 to 17 to indulge in the festivities.
This was the first Coachella for Lauren Reisman, 21, com-munications.
“It was amazing to see how important music was for people, and to be with their friends and to just drop ev-erything for a music festival was pretty amazing,” Reisman said.
More than a music festival, Coachella is a cultural gather-ing of people from all differ-ent walks of life who exist as one tribe under the desert sun.
One could meet someone from Australia, Canada and England, all standing within 10 feet, and get your fix for driving electronic bass lines in the Sahara tent, or enjoy the in-your-face rock of Cage the Elephant at the outdoor stage.
Not to mention the art is out of this world. The two Tesla coils emit controlled bright glowing bolts of electrici-ty that sometimes connect to form one large bolt of energy.
There were also huge galac-tic insects with stories about feeding off creative energy, and many other fascinating large-scale art structures.
The Do Lab is an area dedi-cated to relentless out-of-con-trol partying in a jungle atmo-
sphere fueled by water guns mounted on the stage.
The music there ranged from dubstep, tech house, glitch and some unidentifiable psychedelic mashups meant to twist the mind in all direc-tions.
The acts performing on the other five stages rocked all weekend from noon until 1
a.m. Friday and Saturday, and until midnight Sunday.
The Gobi, Mojave and Sa-hara as well as the main and outdoor stages provided non-stop entertainment.
The heat was nearly unbear-able at times, but the unstop-pable energy of the crowds matched by the power of the performers kept myself and my fellow festival lovers dancing all weekend.
This year the promoter Goldenvoice teamed up with the Creator’s Project to pro-
duce some of the most stun-ning visuals I have ever seen.
Animal Collective’s music alone would have made any-one feel like they had been slipped some mind-expanding substance, but their red, blue and green psychedelic visuals took the trip factor to anoth-er level. None of their songs sounded anything like their
originals, except the lyrics, but their live improvisations captivated me throughout their one hour ten minute set.
For me, it was all about Mumford and Sons. Their in-credible energy and envel-oping sound kept everyone’s eyes fixed on the stage as we sang along to every word of Mumford’s powerful lyrics.
“Mumford and Sons was my favorite,” said Stephanie Yovin, 21, zoology. “I cried.”
The foot stomping gyp-sy-punk of Gogol Bordello
brought a different and excit-ing flare to the desert oasis.
“The most fun and up-beat performance would have been Gogol Bordello,” said Ryan Redman, 21, engineer-ing. “They put on such a great show, it was so lively and kept us moving the whole time, I couldn’t see one person through their whole show who wasn’t dancing.”
Cage the Elephant rocked the outdoor stage with their kick-ass style and lead singer Matt Shultz running around the stage in a red and white polka-dotted dress, stage div-ing and singing part of almost every song while crowd surf-ing.
The Sahara tent served as the resident rave for most of the weekend, with the puzzling exception of rap group Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, which I think should have been left out and never again invited to play what is widely known as the dance tent.
Forget about that one hate-ful rap group shouting “F**k the police” repeatedly. DJs like Boyz Noize, A Trak, Eric Morillo, and my favor-ite dance legend Sasha tore up the dance floor and kept our hearts racing all weekend.
On Sunday two friends led me into the Mojave tent to see Fistful of Mercy, which is a soulful blues, folk and all-out
rock collaboration between Ben Harper, Dhani Harrison and Joseph Arthur, backed by the entrancing melodies of Jesse Greene’s violin.
The group sounded like a modern day Crosby Stills and Nash, and their harmonies mixed with their jamming guitar riffs left me amazed and wishing the tech problems hadn’t forced them to start 20 minutes late.
Tech problems were an is-sue all weekend, and cut short sets by high profile acts like Erykah Badu and the Black Keys.
On Sunday I waited 25 min-utes past the listed start time to see the Presets play 35 min-utes of an hour set, and they still blew me away.
When the music stops play-ing and everyone packs up to go home on Monday, a serious void is felt. Leaving my third Coachella and returning to re-ality was not an easy thing to do.
On the ride home I began planning my next Coachella in 2012 and how I can make it even better than this one, and I know I’m not the only one who is doing so.
There are 350 days until the next Coachella, and you bet-ter believe I will be counting down each and every day like a child does for Christmas.
Coachella unites attendance with three full days of music and art
Improv team hosts ‘Let’s Just Kiss’ show
Saddleback College’s Improv Club kept the audience laugh-ing with their “Let’s Just Kiss” comedy show last Friday.
“The show was called ‘Let’s just Kiss’ because when we were in rehearsal we would come to an awkward moment in the scene and we’d just go ‘Do you want to kiss?’ or ‘Let’s just kiss,’ said Kurt Christman, 21, creative writing.
“Wait, you mean we’re not really going to kiss?” asked Chase Engelhardt, also with the Improv team.
“We stress about the show, but people come here to laugh,” Christman said. “It’s always a great time.”
The Improv Club is headed by Justin Huft 21, psychology, who has been on the team for several years.
“It went very well,” Huft said. “A normal show is stand-ing room only. The last show had 130 to 140 people.”
The show was well received by the audience, who were ea-ger to give suggestions for per-
sonalities, scenes, and the like. Improv is a style of comedy based off of these audience sug-gestions being put into short skits, or games.
The team members then use improvisational acting tech-niques to spontaneously play out on stage.
“I thought it was hilarious,” said Alex, 19, nursing, who was in the audience. “This was my first time at their show. Every-one should come see it.”
“I liked how the show went,” Christman said. “There was some dead time, but that is how Improv is, and the audience is here to laugh and have a good time, so [they understand].”
The Improv Club allows any-one to attend club meetings, but only team members can come to rehearsals.
Tryouts are held each semes-ter for the improv team, so in-terested students get the oppor-tunity to show off their talents.
The Improv Club puts on a show once or twice per semes-ter. Check the Improv Club website for more information.
ADAM JONES
A&E brief Annual art exhibit
Saddleback College stu-dio art students will par-ticipate in a juried art ex-hibit from April 25 to May 11. The art will include cat-egories such as, drawing, painting, ceramics, print-making, graphics, jewelry, sculpture, and photogra-phy.
Saddleback students are encouraged to vote for their favorite piece in each of the categories dur-ing opening hours of the gallery between April 25 to the judgement day on May 3.
With free admission to the public, the awards and ceremony will be held on Tuesday, May 3, at 7:15 p.m.
According to Bob Rick-erson, the art gallery di-rector, there will be a first-time Dean’s Choice and President’s Choice awards. Rickerson hopes that stu-dents would come down to gallery and see what their peers have created.
For more information on the exhibit and gallery hours visit the art gallery link on the Saddleback website.
With classic scares and a chill-ing story, “Insidious” thrills au-diences to the edge of their seats.
However, “Insidious” truly is a movie that cannot be over explained without ruining the overall experience. The best part of the movie is the experience itself.
With a $1.5 million budget, don’t expect massive special ef-fects to show what the viewer needs to be scared of and instead being afraid of what could be behind the door or hiding in the dark.
“Insidious” was written and directed by James Wan and
Leigh Whannel, original cre-ators of the popular “Saw” fran-chise and other low-budget hor-ror films.
The movie begins with a young family moving into their new home. Ghostly occurrences plague them soon after, which culminate with the family’s oldest son falling into an unex-plained coma.
Patrick Wilson is possibly the most well known actor in the film. Wilson’s film credits in-clude the film version of “Phan-tom of the Opera” and “Watch-men.”
“Insidious” may be a good scary movie, but it is not ex-tremely original in ideas. Much of the story elements revolve
around ghost stories that have been done before.
An example of a borrowed plot device is the famous Twi-light Zone episode “Little Girl Lost.”
This episode is from the origi-nal 1960s series written by hor-ror novel legend Richard Mathe-son and tells the tale of a little girl who falls through an an in-visible doorway on her bedroom wall and needs to be rescued. This story has influenced many other horror movies including movies such as “Poltergeist.”
“Insidious” may borrow from many classic horror stories, it is a well-executed narrative of a ghost story.
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What’s hot on campus
Through the years we have seen fashion change, and stu-dents often represent a new gen-eration of trends. When walking though a college campus we can see all different types of styles.
Students don’t always have the money to buy the latest fashion. Chelsea Martin (right) shows that it is easy to make an outfit look expensive when per-haps it’s not.
By combining expensive with inexpensive, an outifit could look on trend without burn-ing your wallet. One thing that many people have liked latley is vintage finds. It can add some flair to an outift with little effort.
Wade (left) has a look straight out of an East Coast prep school. With his outfit consisting of al-most all Lacoste he professed his love for the private school boy look.
In contrast, Chelsea’s outfit is more rocker with industrial boots and a floral motif dress.
In the day and age we live in now, we have trends thrown at us all the time. Fashion isn’t just about spending the most money and bling. Fashion and style are two different things. You can tell when people have effortless style.They just make an outfit work.
Just because the price tag is high does not mean that it is stylish. Style comes down to each person and what they like.
Here in the O.C. people may think that Ed Hardy and all those bling hats are fashionable—that’s not the case. In most cases the best outfits are not that ex-pensive, they just appear to be.
Forever 21 has been able to take trends and give them to the masses for the lowest prices. If someone wanted to try a new trend, shopping at Forever 21 can help you try new trends without spending a fortune. Some things to try this summer are neon colors.
Marigold and fuchsia pink would be a good choice for a summer outfit. You can incor-porate a bright tank and mix
it with some vintage looking jeans. Another trend is the folk and “new Bohemian,” with a 1970s influence.
An example of these looks would be something that looks artsy and crafty – the handmade look. Fashionistas everywhere will be trying these trends with all different price ranges.
The important thing is to try new things and to remember that it doesnt take a lot of money to look good. You won’t have to look far to see what is in this season, just look on campus. Summertime is the best time to try new things, being young is the best time for fashion.
DYLAN LUJANO
Shoes: Bass loafersPants: LacosteSweater: LacosteShirt: Lacoste
Sun Glasses: LacosteTie: MeronaWatch: Lacoste
Boots: Charles DavidTights: Sheer black Dress: Fire Los Angeles
Jacket: Sashimi-NordstromBag: Vintage
Wade Kilbarger, 19, business administration Chelsea Martin, 21, music and theater “Fashion is the courage to be different.”
“Fashion isn’t just about spending the most money and get-ting bling. Fashion and style are two dif-ferent things. You can tell when people have effortless style.”
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With a desire to reach out to more students about campus events, the Student Develop-ment team at Saddleback Col-lege decided to make a blog called “Social Live Blog Se-ries.”
The blog supports several events sponsored by Associated Student Government through-out each semester.
Vice President of Inter-Club Council, Justin Huft, 21, psy-
chology, believes that a blog is a great place to start informing students about campus events.
“Being at a commuter com-munity college means that, un-fortunately, a lot of people miss out on some great events,” Huft said. “[This is] mostly because they don’t even know about them.”
Within the blog, a student will find campus-related posts as well as multimedia.
The blog promotes Saddle-back’s events such as movie nights, guest comedian Natasha Leggero, social awareness pro-gram “To Write Love on Her Arms,” and an upcoming stu-dent art project.
The student art project has been featured both on campus and the blog.
Huft and Matt Stoller began the project to create an empha-sis on hope, community, and living life to the fullest.
The project asks two ques-tions: “What do you want to
do before you die?” and “What is worth living for?” Huft de-scribes the project as amazing.
“Within 24 hours, we already had over a hundred responses. Some responses are tear jerk-ing, some are humorous,” he said. “All of them are creat-ing dialogue between students, which is rad.”
“Before I die I want to actu-ally live,” one of the respons-es read. Another response read “Before I die I want to know that I made an impact in some-one else’s life.”
People’s responses can be found in the Quad.
In addition to the blog, ASG is also using Twitter to an-nounce upcoming events.
Visit their new social media efforts at http://sociallive.tum-blr.com/ and their Twitter page at http://twitter.com/ASGSo-cialLive.
Honors Student Council at Saddleback College has recent-ly been activated and it has plans to engage the Honors Program’s students to join their club in fall 2011.
“The Honors Student Council was founded to enrich the Hon-ors Program through extensive publicity, outreach on and off campus, and provide assistance to new students,” said President of HSC Jonathan Fisher, 19, in-ternational studies. “We will fo-cus on meaningful community service, fundraising to establish scholarship funds for qualified honors members, and planning social events for honors students and all other students as well.”
Although the club wasn’t of-ficially activated until April 19, the members have already done a beach clean up in San Clemente and they plan to do many more events to help the community and on campus, too, for next semes-ter.
“We definitely have our hands full. You will not necessarily see us too often during the remainder of the spring semester, but dur-ing fall 2011,” said Vice Presi-dent Eric Bremen, 19, business administration. “We are planning on expanding the program to stu-dents and offering various lead-ership opportunities for students seeking a challenge with plenty of benefits.”
Before joining the club, the student must attend Saddleback or Irvine Valley College, main-tain a 3.25 GPA, and be an offi-cial member of the Honors Pro-gram.
All students should consid-er taking part in the Honors Pro-gram, Bremen said, because of the many benefits that are in-volved. Some of these include
priority registration, smaller classes, special recognition, and a free library card.
By completing the Honors Program, a student is able to ac-cess the [Transfer Alliance Pro-gram] and will therefore get an advantage over other appli-cants when applying to transfer schools,” said Kimberly Du, the advisor. “The difficulty of these classes challenge students to en-gage their critical thinking skills, which will then assist them with all future academic endeavors.”
HSC would first like to get draw more members from the Honors Program involved in the club for the fall semester and their services to the community will begin then.
“The Honors Program is not for everyone and it might not even be beneficial to everyone,” Fisher said. “However, what I do know is that everyone that is in the program is motivated, and it is this type of motivation that we wish to recruit into our club.”
Over the summer, the club will be involved in the Honors Program awareness event where students will be able to meet with the members of the program to legitimize the HSC and get stu-dents to join.
“Joining [would] allow stu-dents to grow academically and socially. It is a way of expand-ing your horizons by connecting with other students and getting involved in new things,” Bremen said. “There are so many ben-efits and possibilities in joining the HSC, you’ll only know if you take the opportunity to join.”
For more information on how to join the HSC or for times of the meetings, visit the Saddle-back Honors Student Council Facebook page.
KYLIE CORBETT
Student Development Office team captures campus with social media
EVELYN CAICEDO
CLUB CORNERNewly activated club seeks honor students in program
Photo by oliver yu/lariat
“SOCIAL LIVE BLOG SERIES”: A woman read messages of “Before I Die I Want To...” on display at To Wear Love On Her Arms at Saddleback College on April 20, 2011, which is from the promotion of a social media outlet that the Student Development Office team recently created.
By promoting ASG sponsored events to the social websites, the Student Development Offfice hopes to involve the campus
Student fashion show brings Latin flavor and flair
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo in style, the students of the special events and coordination class, led by instructor Diane McGro-arty, will host their annual end-of-the-year fashion show in the McKinney Theatre on Thursday, May 5.
The show titled “Viva Por La Moda” will present a variety of work by student designers from Saddleback College’s fashion department.
Along with the work of the students, boutiques such as Apri-cot Lane located in the Shops of Mission Viejo, and the Laguna Beach-based stores Blue Eyed Girl and L F will also display their collection.
The online-based clothing brand, Urban1972, will also showcase their company’s cloth-ing in which they describe as an expression of “urban behavior.”
“Being that our show will be on Cinco de Mayo, we de-cided the theme should be Lat-in-inspired with lots of romance and fun in the air,” said Karissa Duda, one of two directors of the show. “This is not a serious fashion show, our models will be having fun on stage, they’ll be smiling and having a good time because we want our audience to be smiling, too.”
But it takes two minds to get a fashion show of this ex-tent to work, Duda said. She, along with fellow director Brit-tany Caldwell, have been work-ing hard together to perfect this show.
She explained that this show is a great way for rising design-ers and stylists to get a chance to be seen and expose their ideas to a full house of guests, as she said that this year-end fashion show has always sold out in previous years.
“In the past, we’ve always sold out, so I know that this show is a big deal to our students and that’s why a lot of effort is being put in by everyone,” Duda said.
“I enjoy watching the students create the show from conception to completion. Every year we have a different group that bring new ideas to the table,” McGro-
arty said of the showcase’s di-verse collection of work. “It’s an excellent way for students to get hands-on experience producing and directing a fashion show.”
Overall, there will approxi-mately 60 student-crafted piec-es that the audience will see strut down the runway by models donning Latin looks in both their wardrobe, hair, and makeup.
The student designers will be competing with one another, be-ing judged based on the design of their apparel in categories in-cluding corsets, fantasy, ready-to-wear, and evening wear.
Beside creating friendly com-
petition between classmates and providing a show for the audi-ence, this event will also fund a scholarship given to students who would like to continue an education in fashion.
Saddleback President Tod A. Burnett, encourages everyone to come out for a great time and support a great cause.
The event will start with a re-ception at 6 p.m. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. showcase will be $15 during the pre-sale and $20 at the door.
KIMIYA ENSHAIAN
Courtesy of Karissa DuDa
“VIVA POR LA MODA”: Saddleback College models, who will be featured in the fashion show, pose for their video shoot in a Spanish-themed clothing. The show is May 5, 2011.
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ADOPTION: The Pet Project Foundation takes dogs from the shelter to the parks, resocializing animals without homes.
PUPPY LOVE: Vendors of all types came out to the dog fair including dog adoption organizations like Guide Dogs of America
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It has been said that in life, all good things must come to an end. Never has this been more true for Saddleback College baseball coach Jack Hodges. After becoming the schools all-time winningest coach, March 15, coach Hodg-es has announced he will be retiring from coaching at sea-sons end.
The announcement marks an end to a brilliant 42-year coaching career for Hodges, who has spent the past 22 of those years at Saddleback compiling a record of 577 wins with only 363 losses, and four ties.
“All baseball coaches teach the game of baseball,” said assistant coach Larry Holt. “Coach not only teaches base-ball, he teaches his players life lessons.”
Ryan McDermott, 1996 alumnus and a member of the Saddleback College Hall of Fame
agrees.“I don’t even know where
to start. So many great things I could say about him and his program,” McDermott said. “The one thing that stands out the most about Coach Hodges is he not only taught you to win on the field, he prepared you to be successful in life.”
Holt added that he and Hodges grew up in a differ-ent era. They grew as baseball players to not only learn the fundamentals of the game but their era also emphasized how one should behave as people, not just baseball players.
“Working with Coach Hodges over the past 22 years has been a pleasure,” said longtime Saddleback athletic trainer Brad McReynolds. “His program, his athletes, his
coaches, and himself have al-ways carried themselves with the utmost Gaucho pride.”
Coach Hodges began coach-ing in 1971 at Rowland High School in the San Gabriel Val-ley before relocating to south Orange County to take the head coaching job at Laguna Hills High School in 1980. After 339 wins, it was time for a new challenge.
It was late July 1990 when Hodges took the Saddleback job. The day after he accept-ed the Saddleback position, he had to leave for a month to attend to a commitment with USA baseball. School was already in session when he returned to 100 or more prospects looking to make the team. For the most part a lot of these players were turned away from other schools.
“That first day we had the players take a few laps around the field, and two of them tripped somehow and broke their arms.” Hodges said. “I turned to my coaches and said, is this how it is going to be this year?”
That team made Hodges’ Saddleback coaching debut a memorable one when Jason Kirrer scored on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth to defeat Moorpark College 8-7, Feb-ruary 2, 1990. The Gauchos were down 7-1 before scoring seven runs in the last two in-nings. There have been many wins since that memorable day, but an article still hangs in the baseball offices com-memorating the victory.
In addition to being the schools all-time winningest coach, Hodges has led his teams to 13 playoff appear-ances, six state final four appearances, five Orange Empire Conference cham-pionships, three state title
appearances (1998, 2003, & 2004) and guided the Gauchos to the pinnacle of the sport, winning the 2004 State cham-pionship.
The coach with the quint-essential year-round tan is a Hawaiian Islands native, and was an all-around athlete in high school where he let-tered in football, baseball,
basketball, and track. How-ever, baseball has always been his first love when it comes to athletics.
“I’ve always loved the med-itative and intellectual aspect of baseball,” Hodges com-mented. “The game truly takes place pitch by pitch.”
The fact coach Hodges ex-celled in so many aspects of
sport translated well to his players.
“I came to Coach Hodges after being up sick all night with food poisoning,” said Jon Lauderdale, another alumnus on the 1996 team and also a member of Saddleback’s Hall of Fame. “I told him it would be in the best interest of the team if he start another pitcher, I wasn’t 100 percent.” Lauderdale continues, “Coach told me that I was better than most players at 50 percent. I’ve never had a coach have so much confidence in me. He made me work harder. I never wanted to let him down. He is a players coach and I would do anything for him.”
His combination of ath-letic exploits and intellect earned the future coach an academic-athletic scholar-ship to Stanford University. In college, he paired down his athletic pursuits to include baseball and football while earning a degree in journalism with an English minor.
After graduating, Hodges was playing with the Kansas City Royals minor league af-filiate, the Kingsport Royals of the Appalachian league, when former University of New Mexico baseball coach Vince Cappelli would talk with him on the lengthy bus rides from city to city about the nuances of the game.
“Vince is the reason I got into coaching in the first place.” Hodges said. “He used to say, ‘Jack you’re going to be a coach someday.’ He was a great influence for me.”
Hodges played two seasons for the Royals but won’t ever forget his first interaction with Cappelli.
“I walked into the clubhouse in a shirt with a Stanford logo on it. Vince saw that and
said, ’Oh, a college boy, huh? You’re gonna have a hard time finishing the season on my team’. I took that as a chal-lenge,” Hodges laughed.
“Coach Hodges has de-veloped Saddleback College baseball into a highly regard-ed program. Not only from the standpoint of being very competitive athletically, but also in the expected behavior of his student-athletes. We have often been commended by the respect and courtesy that our teams have shown when they are off-campus rep-resenting Saddleback,” said Athletic Director Tony Lipold. “Jack has given his heart and soul to our baseball program. His leadership and guidance of our student-athletes will always be remembered and appreciated. It will be hard to replace him.”
Hodges will coach his fi-nal game at Saddleback on Thursday, April 28, when the Gauchos host Santa Ana Col-lege in the Orange Empire Conference finale. Game time is 2:00 p.m.
Assistant coach Sommer McCartney will take over as head coach of the Saddle-back baseball program when Hodges retires. McCartney has served as an assistant coach under Hodges for nine seasons, McCartney served as the head coach at Aliso Niguel High School (Aliso Viejo, CA) from 2001 through 2005.
While the saying all good things must end is true, it is also true that for every end-ing there is a new beginning. For Jack Hodges his time as baseball coach at Saddleback College is ending, but tomor-row will be the first day of the rest of his life.
Retiring, veteran Hodges reflects after 22 years in dugout leif Kemp
End of thE Road: Saddleback College baseball coach Jack Hodges will be spending more time with family, traveling and learning the fine art of photography in his golden years.
photo by leif kemp/lariat
Saddleback baseball wins three games in a row
With the Southern Califor-nia Regional playoffs starting May 7, the Saddleback Col-lege softball team took a tough blow against Palomar College on Saturday, losing 4-3.
Saddleback got off to a promising start with first base-man Mandy Gutierrez hitting a solo homerun in the first in-ning, but the Gauchos slowly gave up opportunities making it difficult to hold onto the lead.
The Gauchos managed to load the bases in the fourth
and fifth innings, but were unable to find the clutch hits needed to knock in any runs.
In the sixth inning, Palomar began to pull away by scoring three runs to take a command-ing 4-1 lead.
Saddleback managed to inch closer in the seventh in-ning when they scored two runs on four singles by Chris-tina Bolin, Chelsea Bertoglio, Shannon Wilkison, and Nicki Jacobucci, to make the score 4-3.
Despite the Gauchos solid effort at the plate, outhitting Palomar 11-7, the Gauchos could not manage to overcome
Palomars timely hitting and the game ended with the score 4-3.
The loss drops Saddlebacks record to 19-13 overall, and 13-7 in Orange Empire Con-ference play. Saddleback is guaranteed third place in the OEC.
The Gauchos take on Fuller-ton today at 3 p.m. in the final conference game of the season
Once the season ends, Sad-dleback will await the results of the playoff seeding process to learn who their playoff op-ponent will be.
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The Saddleback baseball team improved to a 17-17 sea-son score after their three wins against Central Valley schools last week.
This late-season push by the Gauchos will put them in the playoffs, if they beat Santa Ana College this week.
Last week, the Gauchos went into the Central Valley to bat-tle through Reedley College,
College of the Sequoias, and Bakersfield College, gath-ering a win with each game played. The Gauchos played close games against Reedley and Sequoias, pulling out 5-4 and 4-2 victories, respectively.
Bakersfield was a differ-ent story, however, and the Gauchos were in dire straits, trailing 0-4 after the fourth inning. The fifth inning saw eleven Gaucho batters, with an impressive six runs scored. The Gauchos kept their game
moving with single runs in the seventh and eighth innings.
The game was put away in the ninth inning with five more runs by the Gauchos. The Gauchos finished their Central Valley tour with a 13-5 victory over Bakersfield.
The Gauchos will play their final regular season game against the Santa Ana College Dons this Thursday at Saddle-back at 2 p.m.
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In a five-set match against Grossmont College Friday night, the Irvine Valley Col-lege men’s volleyball team won their second California Community College Athletic Association state champion-ship at Orange Coast College’s Peterson Gymnasium.
IVC pulled off a tight 15-13 win in the fifth set when state championship most valuable
player Brandon Directo scored the final point with a cross-court kill from the left side.
Directo had 17 kills, eight digs and five blocks in the game.
The match was close throughout with IVC winning the first two sets 25-17, 25-17 respectively.
Grossmont fought back win-ning sets three and four 25-23 and 25-18 respectively.
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The Lasers then committed four errors, which Grossmont used to their advantage along with a Shalimar Buchanan kill to tighten the score to 14-13.
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IVC men’s volleyball wins state championship