RamPage September 16 2011 Volume 32 No 1

Victor Valley College

ldquoI never think of the futurendash it comes soon enoughrdquo Albert Einstein

Victor Valley College Scrambles to Maintain Accreditation

Story by Ron Banta and

Jennifer Baeskens Reporters

In a letter delivered to Victor Valley College PresidentSuperintendant Chris-topher OHearn on June 30 the Accred-iting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges placed VVCs accredita-tion status on probation pending a pro-gress report to the ACCJC due March 15 2012 While the college is in a probationary state all credits degrees and certificates earned are completely valid and transfer-able However if VVC does lose its accreditation no federal financial aid will be available for students and its credits degrees and certificates will no be transferable The ACCJCs records show that in 2005 Compton College was the first college in California ever to lose its ac-creditation The campus was no longer considered operational and was acquired by El Camino College According to the 2011 ACCJC report VVC is required to meet eight recom-mendations in several areas 1) revising VVCs mission statement and providing its documentation 2) establishing and maintaining an ongoing dialogue of stu-dent learning outcomes and institutional processes 3) campus climate 4) estab-lishing a legitimate review process of online and hybrid courses 5) developing an appropriate long-term fiscal plan to accommodate student learning programs and services 6) building and maintaining a system for effective stable and sus-tainable leadership 7) limiting the role of the Board of Trustees in order to avoid micromanagement and interference with the Presidentrsquos duties on campus 8) amending the ethics policy of the Board

of Trustees This action imposed by the ACCJC was in response to both an unsatisfactory self-study report submitted by VVC and the following report of the ACCJC evaluation team that visited the campus from March 14-17 of this year ldquoThis sanctioning was inappropriate and uncalled forrdquo OrsquoHearn said As a former member of the ACCJC OHearns statement comes with a great deal of experience When VVC was last under scrutiny by the Commission in 2005 it was OHearn that led the nine-member evaluation team that was de-

ployed to the VVC campus Although the ACCJCs recommenda-tions were eventually met two years later the 2011 report repeats a number of complaints by the ACCJC from the 2005 report including recommendations one two three four six and seven ldquoA contingency plan has not yet been implemented but were working on one other issues have yet to be resolved as wellrdquo Javaheripour said According to The office of Instruc-tional Effectiveness the VVC Self-Study Report submitted to the ACCJC stated ldquoOn September 13 2010 a total of 946 invitations were emailed to mem-bers of the VVC workforce requesting their participation in the Colleges first survey of campus climate but a total of 199 workforce members responded ac-counting for 21 of the VVC work-forcerdquo In that survey 77 of responding faculty members viewed the campus

climate as lacking respect civility and trust Staff development efforts were per-ceived negatively by the faculty with the evidence of the survey results 63 of survey participants disagreed that oppor-tunities exist to improve customer ser-vice and 57 disagreed that opportuni-ties exist to expand their skills ldquoSome of the recommendations are right on the money some are not We cant hurt each other in the process of trying to serve students and we do that on a regular basisrdquo OrsquoHearn said Despite inner turmoil VVC has man-aged to remain a great example of higher learning for its surrounding community since 1961 ldquoEvery day we do something that changes and transforms peoplesrsquo lives in positive ways Not everybody is fortu-nate enough to have a job like that We need to pull together and show the Com-mission the college community and the community at large that were going to be here strong for another 50 yearsrdquo OHearn said Students are also concerned that if the college loses its accreditation that their classes will not transfer to other col-leges

ldquoI would be livid if my classes didnt transfer Everything I have worked for would go down the drain said Jordan Self a VVC student

The College is currently accredited Credits earned by previous students current students and future students will count until such time as a college loses its accreditation VVC remains accred-ited and will remain accredited thanks to our collective efforts to fully address the teamrsquos recommendations said Virginia Moran Executive Dean of Institutional Effectiveness

Can it Meet the March 15 Deadline

ldquoVVC remains accredited and will remain accredited thanks to our collective efforts to fully

address the teamrsquos Recommendations

News Sept 16 2011 Page 2 RamPage VVC

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code that will lead you straight to our website Scan it with any smart phone to

access the website on-the-go

VVC Transfer Rates Increase Despite Budget Cuts

As freshmen begin enjoying the new college experience everyone else is finding out just how difficult it is to transfer to their dream universities Facing curtailed budgets California State Universities and University of California campuses were forced to re-fuse applications for the winter and spring semesters ldquo[UCs and CSUs] only took applica-tions for fall semester at the peak of the budget crisisrdquo said Lo-rena N Ochoa Victor Valley Collegersquos Transfer Counselor Though the budget cri-sis has been getting worse in California the transfer situation is on the up-swing According to the VVC Transfer Center statistics 335 VVC students transferred to CSUs in the 2010-2011 academic year compared to 190 transfers in 2009-2010 slightly above average compared to pre-2009 rates Data for VVC student transfers to UCs and to in-state and out-of-state pri-vate schools for the 2009-2011 academic years were unavailable at the time of publication According to Accountability Reporting for the California Community Colleges 2010 Self-Assessment Report for VVC there are approximately 21000 undupli-cated students and a full-time equivalent student population of about 10000 With so many students transfer rates in the low hundreds seems unjustifiable ldquoCommunity colleges are not just for transferring though it is a main concern Obtaining an associatersquos degree a cer-tificate or pursuing vocational training are also big parts of the program at VVCrdquo said Ochoa The ARCC VVC Self-Assessment Report also states that for the 2003-2009 academic years only 454 percent of first-time students actually transfer to a four-year institution earn an associatersquos degree or are transfer directedprepared Approximately 60 percent of first-time students re-enroll for a second fall term in a community college

The transfer center takes a proactive approach in assisting students transfer ldquo[The transfer center] has a college fair an application assistance program and can help students with their transfer guaranteerdquo said Ochoa Additionally the college has an articu-lation agreement with private universi-ties which helps clarify transfer require-ments for VVC students Though much of the responsibility of a successful transfer rests on the individ-ual student some have been questioning whether some CSUrsquos and UCrsquos discrimi-nate against VVC transfers Some attrib-ute it to the current accreditation prob-

lems while some believe that it is because CSUrsquos and UCrsquos have blacklisted VVC students as un-prepared or infe-rior compared to other community

college students Ochoa believes that there is little truth to those rumors ldquo[CSUs] do give preference to their local areas but wersquove had students trans-fer to 22 out of 23 CSUrsquosrdquo said Ochoa CSUs do abide by a localized tiered system where they will accept students transferring from local colleges over students not within their locale Each CSU will typically have a list of local colleges that are on their priority list on display on their website Ochoa believes that UCs donrsquot seem to follow a local-ized tier system instead focusing on the personal applications To increase chances of a successful transfer Ochoa has several recommen-dations ldquoMeet with a counselor as soon as you can Get Arsquos and Brsquos Get involved with campus clubs and the community Stu-dents should utilize the vast amount of resources available for themrdquo said Ochoa it is also recommended that stu-dents maintain a minimum of a 30 GPA while a minimum of 35 is recom-mended for more competitive schools such as UCLA Any and all questions or concerns re-lating to the college transfer process please contact a college counselor or transfer counselor in the Counseling and Administration Building

ldquo[The transfer center] has a college fair an application assistance program and can help students with their trans-fer guaranteerdquo said Ochoa

Story by Phillip Phan News Editor The next crime could be here on our

campus So I would like to make a spe-cial request for each and every student of Victor Valley College When you leave you vehicle and head to class please ensure to lock your vehicles This Means rolling up your windows and double checking to be sure that all doors are locked

It is important not to leave impor-tant items such as MP3 players GPS Units Laptop Computers purses and any other valuable items important pos-sessions left out in the open for others to see Donrsquot let criminals take something you work hard to get So lock it up and secure it

Call to report any suspicious activ-ity to the Campus Police Emergency Line at extension 2555

mdash By Officer Jones

Where Will the Next Crime Strike

Photo Courtesy of Joshua Smith

Features Sept 16 2011 Page 3 RamPage VVC

Farmerrsquos Market Loses Profits on Lower Campus

Before the sights and sounds of a booming medium sized farmerrsquos market could be seen from Bear Valley Road Overcrowded the High Desert Farmerrsquos Market sat beneath the Admissions sign at Victor Valley College Now the colorful market sits on the lower campus behind the fields of VVC The market runs north of Fish Hatchery

Road and allows for a more open and sprawling set up for the vendors This new location even helps to minimize the wind and allows for an easier set up for the vendors The Farmerrsquos Market now sits open calm and unseen Although the move from the upper campus to the lower campus has allowed for a better set up it has also pushed the market off of the street and back behind buildings and parking lots The only thing that reminds drivers and potential customers of the weekly market is the orange signs placed on Bear Valley ldquoWersquore not visible anymorerdquo Kerri Santoro Farmerrsquos Market director said ldquoCustomers forget wersquore here and we miss people on their lunchrdquo Prior to the move the market was highly visible from the street according to Santoro so many customers would drop in during their lunch breaks or drive in for a quick look

However the move has not been monetarily beneficial to the High Desert Farmerrsquos Market sellers As a result many of the farmers that sell their pro-duce at the market have lost customers and have been seeing a decrease in their sales According to Santoro they have seen about a 40 percent loss in retailers ldquoWersquore having a hard time getting retailers because customer participation is downrdquo Santoro said Additionally the cost to the Farmerrsquos Market per year is roughly $12000 The loss in revenue has caused that $12000 to become 20-25 percent of the marketrsquos gross income instead of around 15 per-

cent before the move ac-cording to Santoro Ruben Amesquita a seller for Crown Ranch has been selling citrus and other pro-duce at the Farmerrsquos Market for a year and a half Ames-quita while likes the new location is one of the many vendors who have lost cus-tomers ldquoI like the grass but it seems like we had more people up thererdquo Amesquita said The reason behind the move was the liability fac-tor The threat of a crowded

Bear Valley road next to the Farmerrsquos Market made in the eyes of the admini-stration and their insurance carrier ldquoquite a bit of a havoc as far as parking is concernedrdquo GH Javaheripour Vice President of Administration Services said ldquoWe decided if we move them down there first of all they get a reprieve from the winds because of the hill and the elevator tower and also we would re-solve our liability issuesrdquo Javaheripour said With Excelsior Charter School tempo-rarily occupying parts of the lower cam-pus the extra traffic from the new col-lege construction and the Farmerrsquos Mar-ket Thursday mornings on Fish Hatch-ery road have become as congested and crowded as ever ldquoMoving them down coincided with Excelsior moving down for the time being and that convergence of both traf-fics has created another set of somewhat

unreasonable traffic issue down thererdquo Javaheripour said ldquoI think [that] will probably resolve itself next semester when [Excelsior is] back up hererdquo Though for some customers the traffic on the lower campus hasnrsquot affected their experiences at the Farmerrsquos Mar-ket ldquoFrom a consumerrsquos viewpoint Irsquod leave it right where it isrdquo Ann McDan-iel a Farmerrsquos Market customer said ldquoAccess is easy and it feels bigger down hererdquo

While the move may have resolved the Administrationrsquos liability issues it has put a huge dent in the Farmerrsquos Marketrsquos profits and left them unsure of their fu-ture at VVC ldquoWersquore in limbo right nowrdquo Santoro said ldquothe power is up to the student bodyrdquo

Story and Photos by Adreana Young

Features Editor and Bradlee Howe

Reporter

The Farmerrsquos Marketrsquos new location on the lower campus at VVC

Local farmers produce at the Farmerrsquos Market

Kerri Santoro High Desert Farmerrsquos Market Director in front of the information booth

Sept 16 2011 Page 4 RamPage VVC

These Roller Rats Roll Last Monday Night at Holiday Skat-ing Center in Victorville the Dirt City Roller Rats trained in their unique sport Female Flat Track Roller Derby The tradition of aggressive females dressed

in elbow and knee pads tights tiny col-orful shorts and of course the essential roller skates Nonetheless Victor Valley College students chose to take up the traditional full contact sport ldquoFlorence Fightinrsquo Galrdquo Michelle Jung a Victor Valley College student majoring in English said ldquoI really en-courage everyone to come out and try it even if yoursquove never skatedrdquo Elizabeth Guzman also known as ldquoBeat-Um-Up-Batgurlrdquo watched the practice anxiously resting on the side-lines while recovering from a sprained ligament Guzman a VVC trainee at the Corrections Academy is currently a blocker for the team ldquoItrsquos like an adrenaline rush when yoursquore actually out there playing I want to be out there nowrdquo said Guzman

Cindy Shanefield or ldquoReckless Inflic-tionrdquo is a jammer or scorer on the team and a graduate of VVC who obtained her degree in Liberal Arts ldquoI used to work here at the roller rink when the team held its Meet amp Greet in Augustrdquo Shanefield said The ladies began the session with skates-on stretching and playful exuber-

ant conversation After what looked to be quite a good work-out the girls came rolling back to the sidelines with bruised shoulders sweat and all the glory that only a full contact sport brings Hard work recently brought these fearless fems to a stunning victory of 169-40 on the previous Saturdayrsquos bout against the Prison City Derby Dames ldquoYeah but itrsquos a good acherdquo said Jung glowing from all the aches and pains that have led this team to success The rules of the game are simple There are two teams with five members each who skate counterclockwise around the track The jammer is the one who scores the points by trying to pass or by lapping the pack Each hip she passes counts as one point during each jam Meanwhile the blockers are trying to

prevent the jammer from scoring while simultaneously trying to aid their teamrsquos jammer ldquoItrsquos time consuming but a lot of fun I love itrdquo said Shanefield If you are interested in this sport con-tact Lisa Patterson aka ldquoKhloe-Ka-Bash-U-Inrdquo at 760-617-2883 or check out the details at holidayskatingcenternet to get all the information on equipment and fees

Story and Photo by Sheri Bender

Reporter

The Victorvcillersquos Dirt City Roller Rats official pose after a night of hard practice Photo by Micah Raimo RamPage Managing Editor

A Word From The

Editor-n-Chief Dear Campus

I would like to welcome you back for the Fall 2011

Semester and I would like to extend my personal thanks to everyone for their

support of our publication

]EacuteCcediltagravetCcedil UUumlEacuteatildeCcedil

Editor-In-Chief

Financial Aid on the Move Sept 16 2011 Page 5 RamPage VVC

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

In an effort to accommodate the vol-ume student Financial Aid needs and provide a comfortable system of effi-ciency the Victor Valley College Finan-cial Aid Department conducted intake services in the Student Activities Center during the summer The North end of the upstairs SAC landing area adjacent to the VVC Foun-dation office was converted to a 62 seat waiting area and the space in SAC room D was set up as temporary office sta-tions for Financial Aid staff to provide student service needs ldquoIn a series of conversations between Interim Financial Aid Director Robbie Richards Director of Auxiliary Services Robert Sewell we came went through the space in the SACrdquo said Dean of Stu-

dent Services Tim Johnston ldquoRobert and Deanna Murphy provided the facilities and confirmed the availability The In-formation Technology department set up the internet connections and we bought an automated voice numbering ma-chinerdquo The temporary space conversion re-sembled the Department of Motor Vehi-cles without the stress of conducting business and kept students air condi-tioned provided space for their children and a place close to food and water ldquoI feel that our school is showing how much they care about the students and I believe that most students know how bad the lines can get especially right before school startsrdquo said ASB Student Services Senator Evonne Tirado Tor-res ldquoIf we have the space to accommo-date students the best that we can well why not rightrdquo

A survey was developed to track stu-dent feed- back on the functional con-version of facility resources to adapt and address a step in the registration process that is a high priority at the onset of every academic year One student wrote ldquoStudents Appreci-ate not waiting in the heat during the summer monthsrdquo The Financial Aid service to student from the SAC began Monday July 18 and concluded Thursday August 18 Service resumed in Building 52 on Mon-day August 22 Service window hours are 830 am to 5 pm Monday through Thursday and 830 am to 12 pm on Fridays students are encouraged to ref-erence the VVC Website for schedules and information Evonne Tirado Torres is currently ASB Inter Club Senator

Students Benefit From ASB Contribution

In a gesture to accommodate the print-ing needs of Victor Valley College stu-dents the 2011-12 Associated Student Body council has provided the Advance T e c h n o l o g y Center with two electronic sta-plers The staplers are attached to tables at the east and west ends of the ATC build-ing by a thin chain to prevent unauthorized removal The addition of the staplers to the ATCrsquos east-west printing stations was some-thing that was approved late in spring semester 2011 by the previous ASB council and was left to be addressed by members of the current council Funds to purchase the staplers were appropri-ated from sales of the ASB card ldquo$10 is nothing to spend for an ASB card and the money is used to help the

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

studentsrdquo said former VVC student Dale Mor-gan Each year the ASB council adopts goals at their summer retreat and goal number seven of this yearrsquos goals was to increase ASB card

sales which enrich the student ex-perience ldquoI feel that since I was part of the last council it is my duty and as well as my

obligation to help fulfill any prior commitments from the last council And I look forward to the opportunity to ad-dress any of the prior councilrsquos goals and welcome any of them with open armsrdquo said ASB President Christo-pher Dustin

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 6

VVC Memorial Remembers 911 10 Years After

Nearly 300 community students and civic representatives attended the 10th anniversary 911 memorial service at Victor Valley College Sunday morning September 11 VVC first responder students read the names of the first responder fallen vic-tims and Associated Student Body Presi-dent Christopher Dustin led the cere-mony with the Pledge of Allegiance ldquoIt felt good to be there to memorialize that moment and all those empty seats symbolized someone who had passed away that day It was great to lead the Pledge and I hope we never forget 911 and remember that we live in the great-est nation in the worldrdquo ASB President Christopher Dustin said Invocation was provided by Chaplain Dave Burkart from the San Bernardino County Fire Department VVC Presi-dentSuperintendent Christopher OrsquoHearn opened the memorial ceremony with comments from Desert Valley Hos-pital representative Jana Bullock public servants State Assembly Members Tim Donnelly and Steve Knight The Star Spangled Banner was sung by the VVC College singers and Chel-sea Franko sang the emotion filled Where Were You Led by the Apple Valley Fire Protec-tion Honor Guard and accompanied by two bag-pipe musicians Tom Turner Ron Fields and Dave Oleson presented memorial wreaths to the 911 memorial monument next to the Library A proces-sion of first responder students and guests placed a single Carnation either red white or blue on the structure to symbolize reverence for this occasion 3000 flags with names of the victims formed a 5120 square foot perfectly ar-ranged rectangle along the grassy knoll that adjacent to the Learning Center

ldquoWhen we installed the flags I was moved It felt like I was doing some-thing for everyonerdquo said VVC student Luis Calel VVC senior Nursing Process four students hosted a mini health fair that included booths from Desert Valley Hospital who provided free blood glu-cose blood pressure testing a Live Stream blood drive a raffle and a bake sale NP4 Students Jennifer Vitha Ceci Hercules Erika Rodriguez and Heather Vladic coordinated the blood drive to satisfy their senior community service project a graduation requirement ldquoOur goal was set for 50 appoint-ments today but 80 were made with 64 confirmed slots filledrdquo Vitha Said ASB Inter Club Senator Evonne Ti-rado Torresrsquo name was the first drawn from the raffle and she won a $20 gift certificate for the Olive Garden ldquoI would just like to thank my wonder-ful advisor Robert Sewell for surprising me with a ticket at out ASB meeting on Friday yoursquore the man and thanks to the nursing program yoursquore awesomerdquo Tor-res said

Story by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus Photos by

Micah Raimo Managing Editor and

Roderick Allen Gray Jr

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 7

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 8

Hits And Misses Of Summer Blockbusters

Now that summer is coming to a close the blockbuster season is slowly winding down This summer brought us wizards mu-tants aliens and men with super status all of which either flopped or became a success Movies like Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II were a criti-cal success while others like The Green Lantern flopped flat on their face The summer movie season started out with a lot of movies that were slated to be good but instead did not live up to their hype Green Lantern had a huge following while it was in production but its box office success did not match the hype before it was released Green Lan-tern had an estimated cost of $200 mil-lion to make but once it was released it only made about $14 million more than its production cost The other side of the coin has movies like Super 8 which had a huge follow-ing before it was released and with its estimated production cost of $50 million

it grossed four times that number with $244 million Another movie that was a surprisingly failure was Cars 2 As far as their num-bers are concerned Pixar has had very little blockbuster failures if any at all The estimated cost of the movie was $200 million and it only grossed $189 million As you can see this season has brought hit and miss movies all of which had huge anticipation as they came closer to release The Hangover when it was released was a huge success but itrsquos follow up The Hangover II while following the same formula as the first one didnrsquot re-ceive the same fan reaction as the first though its total gross was at least twice its total estimated production cost Conan the Barbarian was an action packed movie that seemed to push its action scenes in order hide the fact that its story wasnrsquot developed enough The green lantern was slow throughout slow to get to its action scenes and slow to progress its story One of my favorite movies this sum-mer was Captain America Marvel is

Story by Garret Johnson

Entertainment Editor

X-Men First Class $160 million $146 million (USA) Harry Potter 7 part II $125 million $906 million (Worldwide) Super 8 $50 million $244 million (Worldwide) The Green Lantern $200 million $214 million (Worldwide) Captain America $140 million $172 million (USA) Cars 2 $200 million $189 million (USA) Kung Fu Panda 2 $150 million $164 million (USA) Transformers 2 $195 million $350 million (USA) Conan the Barbarian $70 million $16 million (USA) Horrible Bosses $35 million $115 million (USA) The Chang up $52 million $35 million (USA) The Hangover 2 $80 million $254 million (USA) Bridesmaids $32 million $281 million (Worldwide) Cowboys amp Aliens $163 million $133 million (USA)

really hitting its stride with their super hero films Captain America had a main character worth caring about a story that progressed at a steady pace and action scenes that didnrsquot feel thrown in Already blockbusters for summer 2012 are gaining excitement from audiences Some big named movies are The Dark Knight Rises The Avengers The Amaz-ing Spider-man Men in Black III Pro-metheus Total Recall GI Joe II just to name a few

Estimated production Total gross

Find Us

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

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Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

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Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

News Sept 16 2011 Page 2 RamPage VVC

The VVC RamPage is proud to present our very own QR

code that will lead you straight to our website Scan it with any smart phone to

access the website on-the-go

VVC Transfer Rates Increase Despite Budget Cuts

As freshmen begin enjoying the new college experience everyone else is finding out just how difficult it is to transfer to their dream universities Facing curtailed budgets California State Universities and University of California campuses were forced to re-fuse applications for the winter and spring semesters ldquo[UCs and CSUs] only took applica-tions for fall semester at the peak of the budget crisisrdquo said Lo-rena N Ochoa Victor Valley Collegersquos Transfer Counselor Though the budget cri-sis has been getting worse in California the transfer situation is on the up-swing According to the VVC Transfer Center statistics 335 VVC students transferred to CSUs in the 2010-2011 academic year compared to 190 transfers in 2009-2010 slightly above average compared to pre-2009 rates Data for VVC student transfers to UCs and to in-state and out-of-state pri-vate schools for the 2009-2011 academic years were unavailable at the time of publication According to Accountability Reporting for the California Community Colleges 2010 Self-Assessment Report for VVC there are approximately 21000 undupli-cated students and a full-time equivalent student population of about 10000 With so many students transfer rates in the low hundreds seems unjustifiable ldquoCommunity colleges are not just for transferring though it is a main concern Obtaining an associatersquos degree a cer-tificate or pursuing vocational training are also big parts of the program at VVCrdquo said Ochoa The ARCC VVC Self-Assessment Report also states that for the 2003-2009 academic years only 454 percent of first-time students actually transfer to a four-year institution earn an associatersquos degree or are transfer directedprepared Approximately 60 percent of first-time students re-enroll for a second fall term in a community college

The transfer center takes a proactive approach in assisting students transfer ldquo[The transfer center] has a college fair an application assistance program and can help students with their transfer guaranteerdquo said Ochoa Additionally the college has an articu-lation agreement with private universi-ties which helps clarify transfer require-ments for VVC students Though much of the responsibility of a successful transfer rests on the individ-ual student some have been questioning whether some CSUrsquos and UCrsquos discrimi-nate against VVC transfers Some attrib-ute it to the current accreditation prob-

lems while some believe that it is because CSUrsquos and UCrsquos have blacklisted VVC students as un-prepared or infe-rior compared to other community

college students Ochoa believes that there is little truth to those rumors ldquo[CSUs] do give preference to their local areas but wersquove had students trans-fer to 22 out of 23 CSUrsquosrdquo said Ochoa CSUs do abide by a localized tiered system where they will accept students transferring from local colleges over students not within their locale Each CSU will typically have a list of local colleges that are on their priority list on display on their website Ochoa believes that UCs donrsquot seem to follow a local-ized tier system instead focusing on the personal applications To increase chances of a successful transfer Ochoa has several recommen-dations ldquoMeet with a counselor as soon as you can Get Arsquos and Brsquos Get involved with campus clubs and the community Stu-dents should utilize the vast amount of resources available for themrdquo said Ochoa it is also recommended that stu-dents maintain a minimum of a 30 GPA while a minimum of 35 is recom-mended for more competitive schools such as UCLA Any and all questions or concerns re-lating to the college transfer process please contact a college counselor or transfer counselor in the Counseling and Administration Building

ldquo[The transfer center] has a college fair an application assistance program and can help students with their trans-fer guaranteerdquo said Ochoa

Story by Phillip Phan News Editor The next crime could be here on our

campus So I would like to make a spe-cial request for each and every student of Victor Valley College When you leave you vehicle and head to class please ensure to lock your vehicles This Means rolling up your windows and double checking to be sure that all doors are locked

It is important not to leave impor-tant items such as MP3 players GPS Units Laptop Computers purses and any other valuable items important pos-sessions left out in the open for others to see Donrsquot let criminals take something you work hard to get So lock it up and secure it

Call to report any suspicious activ-ity to the Campus Police Emergency Line at extension 2555

mdash By Officer Jones

Where Will the Next Crime Strike

Photo Courtesy of Joshua Smith

Features Sept 16 2011 Page 3 RamPage VVC

Farmerrsquos Market Loses Profits on Lower Campus

Before the sights and sounds of a booming medium sized farmerrsquos market could be seen from Bear Valley Road Overcrowded the High Desert Farmerrsquos Market sat beneath the Admissions sign at Victor Valley College Now the colorful market sits on the lower campus behind the fields of VVC The market runs north of Fish Hatchery

Road and allows for a more open and sprawling set up for the vendors This new location even helps to minimize the wind and allows for an easier set up for the vendors The Farmerrsquos Market now sits open calm and unseen Although the move from the upper campus to the lower campus has allowed for a better set up it has also pushed the market off of the street and back behind buildings and parking lots The only thing that reminds drivers and potential customers of the weekly market is the orange signs placed on Bear Valley ldquoWersquore not visible anymorerdquo Kerri Santoro Farmerrsquos Market director said ldquoCustomers forget wersquore here and we miss people on their lunchrdquo Prior to the move the market was highly visible from the street according to Santoro so many customers would drop in during their lunch breaks or drive in for a quick look

However the move has not been monetarily beneficial to the High Desert Farmerrsquos Market sellers As a result many of the farmers that sell their pro-duce at the market have lost customers and have been seeing a decrease in their sales According to Santoro they have seen about a 40 percent loss in retailers ldquoWersquore having a hard time getting retailers because customer participation is downrdquo Santoro said Additionally the cost to the Farmerrsquos Market per year is roughly $12000 The loss in revenue has caused that $12000 to become 20-25 percent of the marketrsquos gross income instead of around 15 per-

cent before the move ac-cording to Santoro Ruben Amesquita a seller for Crown Ranch has been selling citrus and other pro-duce at the Farmerrsquos Market for a year and a half Ames-quita while likes the new location is one of the many vendors who have lost cus-tomers ldquoI like the grass but it seems like we had more people up thererdquo Amesquita said The reason behind the move was the liability fac-tor The threat of a crowded

Bear Valley road next to the Farmerrsquos Market made in the eyes of the admini-stration and their insurance carrier ldquoquite a bit of a havoc as far as parking is concernedrdquo GH Javaheripour Vice President of Administration Services said ldquoWe decided if we move them down there first of all they get a reprieve from the winds because of the hill and the elevator tower and also we would re-solve our liability issuesrdquo Javaheripour said With Excelsior Charter School tempo-rarily occupying parts of the lower cam-pus the extra traffic from the new col-lege construction and the Farmerrsquos Mar-ket Thursday mornings on Fish Hatch-ery road have become as congested and crowded as ever ldquoMoving them down coincided with Excelsior moving down for the time being and that convergence of both traf-fics has created another set of somewhat

unreasonable traffic issue down thererdquo Javaheripour said ldquoI think [that] will probably resolve itself next semester when [Excelsior is] back up hererdquo Though for some customers the traffic on the lower campus hasnrsquot affected their experiences at the Farmerrsquos Mar-ket ldquoFrom a consumerrsquos viewpoint Irsquod leave it right where it isrdquo Ann McDan-iel a Farmerrsquos Market customer said ldquoAccess is easy and it feels bigger down hererdquo

While the move may have resolved the Administrationrsquos liability issues it has put a huge dent in the Farmerrsquos Marketrsquos profits and left them unsure of their fu-ture at VVC ldquoWersquore in limbo right nowrdquo Santoro said ldquothe power is up to the student bodyrdquo

Story and Photos by Adreana Young

Features Editor and Bradlee Howe

Reporter

The Farmerrsquos Marketrsquos new location on the lower campus at VVC

Local farmers produce at the Farmerrsquos Market

Kerri Santoro High Desert Farmerrsquos Market Director in front of the information booth

Sept 16 2011 Page 4 RamPage VVC

These Roller Rats Roll Last Monday Night at Holiday Skat-ing Center in Victorville the Dirt City Roller Rats trained in their unique sport Female Flat Track Roller Derby The tradition of aggressive females dressed

in elbow and knee pads tights tiny col-orful shorts and of course the essential roller skates Nonetheless Victor Valley College students chose to take up the traditional full contact sport ldquoFlorence Fightinrsquo Galrdquo Michelle Jung a Victor Valley College student majoring in English said ldquoI really en-courage everyone to come out and try it even if yoursquove never skatedrdquo Elizabeth Guzman also known as ldquoBeat-Um-Up-Batgurlrdquo watched the practice anxiously resting on the side-lines while recovering from a sprained ligament Guzman a VVC trainee at the Corrections Academy is currently a blocker for the team ldquoItrsquos like an adrenaline rush when yoursquore actually out there playing I want to be out there nowrdquo said Guzman

Cindy Shanefield or ldquoReckless Inflic-tionrdquo is a jammer or scorer on the team and a graduate of VVC who obtained her degree in Liberal Arts ldquoI used to work here at the roller rink when the team held its Meet amp Greet in Augustrdquo Shanefield said The ladies began the session with skates-on stretching and playful exuber-

ant conversation After what looked to be quite a good work-out the girls came rolling back to the sidelines with bruised shoulders sweat and all the glory that only a full contact sport brings Hard work recently brought these fearless fems to a stunning victory of 169-40 on the previous Saturdayrsquos bout against the Prison City Derby Dames ldquoYeah but itrsquos a good acherdquo said Jung glowing from all the aches and pains that have led this team to success The rules of the game are simple There are two teams with five members each who skate counterclockwise around the track The jammer is the one who scores the points by trying to pass or by lapping the pack Each hip she passes counts as one point during each jam Meanwhile the blockers are trying to

prevent the jammer from scoring while simultaneously trying to aid their teamrsquos jammer ldquoItrsquos time consuming but a lot of fun I love itrdquo said Shanefield If you are interested in this sport con-tact Lisa Patterson aka ldquoKhloe-Ka-Bash-U-Inrdquo at 760-617-2883 or check out the details at holidayskatingcenternet to get all the information on equipment and fees

Story and Photo by Sheri Bender

Reporter

The Victorvcillersquos Dirt City Roller Rats official pose after a night of hard practice Photo by Micah Raimo RamPage Managing Editor

A Word From The

Editor-n-Chief Dear Campus

I would like to welcome you back for the Fall 2011

Semester and I would like to extend my personal thanks to everyone for their

support of our publication

]EacuteCcediltagravetCcedil UUumlEacuteatildeCcedil

Editor-In-Chief

Financial Aid on the Move Sept 16 2011 Page 5 RamPage VVC

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

In an effort to accommodate the vol-ume student Financial Aid needs and provide a comfortable system of effi-ciency the Victor Valley College Finan-cial Aid Department conducted intake services in the Student Activities Center during the summer The North end of the upstairs SAC landing area adjacent to the VVC Foun-dation office was converted to a 62 seat waiting area and the space in SAC room D was set up as temporary office sta-tions for Financial Aid staff to provide student service needs ldquoIn a series of conversations between Interim Financial Aid Director Robbie Richards Director of Auxiliary Services Robert Sewell we came went through the space in the SACrdquo said Dean of Stu-

dent Services Tim Johnston ldquoRobert and Deanna Murphy provided the facilities and confirmed the availability The In-formation Technology department set up the internet connections and we bought an automated voice numbering ma-chinerdquo The temporary space conversion re-sembled the Department of Motor Vehi-cles without the stress of conducting business and kept students air condi-tioned provided space for their children and a place close to food and water ldquoI feel that our school is showing how much they care about the students and I believe that most students know how bad the lines can get especially right before school startsrdquo said ASB Student Services Senator Evonne Tirado Tor-res ldquoIf we have the space to accommo-date students the best that we can well why not rightrdquo

A survey was developed to track stu-dent feed- back on the functional con-version of facility resources to adapt and address a step in the registration process that is a high priority at the onset of every academic year One student wrote ldquoStudents Appreci-ate not waiting in the heat during the summer monthsrdquo The Financial Aid service to student from the SAC began Monday July 18 and concluded Thursday August 18 Service resumed in Building 52 on Mon-day August 22 Service window hours are 830 am to 5 pm Monday through Thursday and 830 am to 12 pm on Fridays students are encouraged to ref-erence the VVC Website for schedules and information Evonne Tirado Torres is currently ASB Inter Club Senator

Students Benefit From ASB Contribution

In a gesture to accommodate the print-ing needs of Victor Valley College stu-dents the 2011-12 Associated Student Body council has provided the Advance T e c h n o l o g y Center with two electronic sta-plers The staplers are attached to tables at the east and west ends of the ATC build-ing by a thin chain to prevent unauthorized removal The addition of the staplers to the ATCrsquos east-west printing stations was some-thing that was approved late in spring semester 2011 by the previous ASB council and was left to be addressed by members of the current council Funds to purchase the staplers were appropri-ated from sales of the ASB card ldquo$10 is nothing to spend for an ASB card and the money is used to help the

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

studentsrdquo said former VVC student Dale Mor-gan Each year the ASB council adopts goals at their summer retreat and goal number seven of this yearrsquos goals was to increase ASB card

sales which enrich the student ex-perience ldquoI feel that since I was part of the last council it is my duty and as well as my

obligation to help fulfill any prior commitments from the last council And I look forward to the opportunity to ad-dress any of the prior councilrsquos goals and welcome any of them with open armsrdquo said ASB President Christo-pher Dustin

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 6

VVC Memorial Remembers 911 10 Years After

Nearly 300 community students and civic representatives attended the 10th anniversary 911 memorial service at Victor Valley College Sunday morning September 11 VVC first responder students read the names of the first responder fallen vic-tims and Associated Student Body Presi-dent Christopher Dustin led the cere-mony with the Pledge of Allegiance ldquoIt felt good to be there to memorialize that moment and all those empty seats symbolized someone who had passed away that day It was great to lead the Pledge and I hope we never forget 911 and remember that we live in the great-est nation in the worldrdquo ASB President Christopher Dustin said Invocation was provided by Chaplain Dave Burkart from the San Bernardino County Fire Department VVC Presi-dentSuperintendent Christopher OrsquoHearn opened the memorial ceremony with comments from Desert Valley Hos-pital representative Jana Bullock public servants State Assembly Members Tim Donnelly and Steve Knight The Star Spangled Banner was sung by the VVC College singers and Chel-sea Franko sang the emotion filled Where Were You Led by the Apple Valley Fire Protec-tion Honor Guard and accompanied by two bag-pipe musicians Tom Turner Ron Fields and Dave Oleson presented memorial wreaths to the 911 memorial monument next to the Library A proces-sion of first responder students and guests placed a single Carnation either red white or blue on the structure to symbolize reverence for this occasion 3000 flags with names of the victims formed a 5120 square foot perfectly ar-ranged rectangle along the grassy knoll that adjacent to the Learning Center

ldquoWhen we installed the flags I was moved It felt like I was doing some-thing for everyonerdquo said VVC student Luis Calel VVC senior Nursing Process four students hosted a mini health fair that included booths from Desert Valley Hospital who provided free blood glu-cose blood pressure testing a Live Stream blood drive a raffle and a bake sale NP4 Students Jennifer Vitha Ceci Hercules Erika Rodriguez and Heather Vladic coordinated the blood drive to satisfy their senior community service project a graduation requirement ldquoOur goal was set for 50 appoint-ments today but 80 were made with 64 confirmed slots filledrdquo Vitha Said ASB Inter Club Senator Evonne Ti-rado Torresrsquo name was the first drawn from the raffle and she won a $20 gift certificate for the Olive Garden ldquoI would just like to thank my wonder-ful advisor Robert Sewell for surprising me with a ticket at out ASB meeting on Friday yoursquore the man and thanks to the nursing program yoursquore awesomerdquo Tor-res said

Story by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus Photos by

Micah Raimo Managing Editor and

Roderick Allen Gray Jr

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 7

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 8

Hits And Misses Of Summer Blockbusters

Now that summer is coming to a close the blockbuster season is slowly winding down This summer brought us wizards mu-tants aliens and men with super status all of which either flopped or became a success Movies like Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II were a criti-cal success while others like The Green Lantern flopped flat on their face The summer movie season started out with a lot of movies that were slated to be good but instead did not live up to their hype Green Lantern had a huge following while it was in production but its box office success did not match the hype before it was released Green Lan-tern had an estimated cost of $200 mil-lion to make but once it was released it only made about $14 million more than its production cost The other side of the coin has movies like Super 8 which had a huge follow-ing before it was released and with its estimated production cost of $50 million

it grossed four times that number with $244 million Another movie that was a surprisingly failure was Cars 2 As far as their num-bers are concerned Pixar has had very little blockbuster failures if any at all The estimated cost of the movie was $200 million and it only grossed $189 million As you can see this season has brought hit and miss movies all of which had huge anticipation as they came closer to release The Hangover when it was released was a huge success but itrsquos follow up The Hangover II while following the same formula as the first one didnrsquot re-ceive the same fan reaction as the first though its total gross was at least twice its total estimated production cost Conan the Barbarian was an action packed movie that seemed to push its action scenes in order hide the fact that its story wasnrsquot developed enough The green lantern was slow throughout slow to get to its action scenes and slow to progress its story One of my favorite movies this sum-mer was Captain America Marvel is

Story by Garret Johnson

Entertainment Editor

X-Men First Class $160 million $146 million (USA) Harry Potter 7 part II $125 million $906 million (Worldwide) Super 8 $50 million $244 million (Worldwide) The Green Lantern $200 million $214 million (Worldwide) Captain America $140 million $172 million (USA) Cars 2 $200 million $189 million (USA) Kung Fu Panda 2 $150 million $164 million (USA) Transformers 2 $195 million $350 million (USA) Conan the Barbarian $70 million $16 million (USA) Horrible Bosses $35 million $115 million (USA) The Chang up $52 million $35 million (USA) The Hangover 2 $80 million $254 million (USA) Bridesmaids $32 million $281 million (Worldwide) Cowboys amp Aliens $163 million $133 million (USA)

really hitting its stride with their super hero films Captain America had a main character worth caring about a story that progressed at a steady pace and action scenes that didnrsquot feel thrown in Already blockbusters for summer 2012 are gaining excitement from audiences Some big named movies are The Dark Knight Rises The Avengers The Amaz-ing Spider-man Men in Black III Pro-metheus Total Recall GI Joe II just to name a few

Estimated production Total gross

Find Us

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

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to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

Features Sept 16 2011 Page 3 RamPage VVC

Farmerrsquos Market Loses Profits on Lower Campus

Before the sights and sounds of a booming medium sized farmerrsquos market could be seen from Bear Valley Road Overcrowded the High Desert Farmerrsquos Market sat beneath the Admissions sign at Victor Valley College Now the colorful market sits on the lower campus behind the fields of VVC The market runs north of Fish Hatchery

Road and allows for a more open and sprawling set up for the vendors This new location even helps to minimize the wind and allows for an easier set up for the vendors The Farmerrsquos Market now sits open calm and unseen Although the move from the upper campus to the lower campus has allowed for a better set up it has also pushed the market off of the street and back behind buildings and parking lots The only thing that reminds drivers and potential customers of the weekly market is the orange signs placed on Bear Valley ldquoWersquore not visible anymorerdquo Kerri Santoro Farmerrsquos Market director said ldquoCustomers forget wersquore here and we miss people on their lunchrdquo Prior to the move the market was highly visible from the street according to Santoro so many customers would drop in during their lunch breaks or drive in for a quick look

However the move has not been monetarily beneficial to the High Desert Farmerrsquos Market sellers As a result many of the farmers that sell their pro-duce at the market have lost customers and have been seeing a decrease in their sales According to Santoro they have seen about a 40 percent loss in retailers ldquoWersquore having a hard time getting retailers because customer participation is downrdquo Santoro said Additionally the cost to the Farmerrsquos Market per year is roughly $12000 The loss in revenue has caused that $12000 to become 20-25 percent of the marketrsquos gross income instead of around 15 per-

cent before the move ac-cording to Santoro Ruben Amesquita a seller for Crown Ranch has been selling citrus and other pro-duce at the Farmerrsquos Market for a year and a half Ames-quita while likes the new location is one of the many vendors who have lost cus-tomers ldquoI like the grass but it seems like we had more people up thererdquo Amesquita said The reason behind the move was the liability fac-tor The threat of a crowded

Bear Valley road next to the Farmerrsquos Market made in the eyes of the admini-stration and their insurance carrier ldquoquite a bit of a havoc as far as parking is concernedrdquo GH Javaheripour Vice President of Administration Services said ldquoWe decided if we move them down there first of all they get a reprieve from the winds because of the hill and the elevator tower and also we would re-solve our liability issuesrdquo Javaheripour said With Excelsior Charter School tempo-rarily occupying parts of the lower cam-pus the extra traffic from the new col-lege construction and the Farmerrsquos Mar-ket Thursday mornings on Fish Hatch-ery road have become as congested and crowded as ever ldquoMoving them down coincided with Excelsior moving down for the time being and that convergence of both traf-fics has created another set of somewhat

unreasonable traffic issue down thererdquo Javaheripour said ldquoI think [that] will probably resolve itself next semester when [Excelsior is] back up hererdquo Though for some customers the traffic on the lower campus hasnrsquot affected their experiences at the Farmerrsquos Mar-ket ldquoFrom a consumerrsquos viewpoint Irsquod leave it right where it isrdquo Ann McDan-iel a Farmerrsquos Market customer said ldquoAccess is easy and it feels bigger down hererdquo

While the move may have resolved the Administrationrsquos liability issues it has put a huge dent in the Farmerrsquos Marketrsquos profits and left them unsure of their fu-ture at VVC ldquoWersquore in limbo right nowrdquo Santoro said ldquothe power is up to the student bodyrdquo

Story and Photos by Adreana Young

Features Editor and Bradlee Howe

Reporter

The Farmerrsquos Marketrsquos new location on the lower campus at VVC

Local farmers produce at the Farmerrsquos Market

Kerri Santoro High Desert Farmerrsquos Market Director in front of the information booth

Sept 16 2011 Page 4 RamPage VVC

These Roller Rats Roll Last Monday Night at Holiday Skat-ing Center in Victorville the Dirt City Roller Rats trained in their unique sport Female Flat Track Roller Derby The tradition of aggressive females dressed

in elbow and knee pads tights tiny col-orful shorts and of course the essential roller skates Nonetheless Victor Valley College students chose to take up the traditional full contact sport ldquoFlorence Fightinrsquo Galrdquo Michelle Jung a Victor Valley College student majoring in English said ldquoI really en-courage everyone to come out and try it even if yoursquove never skatedrdquo Elizabeth Guzman also known as ldquoBeat-Um-Up-Batgurlrdquo watched the practice anxiously resting on the side-lines while recovering from a sprained ligament Guzman a VVC trainee at the Corrections Academy is currently a blocker for the team ldquoItrsquos like an adrenaline rush when yoursquore actually out there playing I want to be out there nowrdquo said Guzman

Cindy Shanefield or ldquoReckless Inflic-tionrdquo is a jammer or scorer on the team and a graduate of VVC who obtained her degree in Liberal Arts ldquoI used to work here at the roller rink when the team held its Meet amp Greet in Augustrdquo Shanefield said The ladies began the session with skates-on stretching and playful exuber-

ant conversation After what looked to be quite a good work-out the girls came rolling back to the sidelines with bruised shoulders sweat and all the glory that only a full contact sport brings Hard work recently brought these fearless fems to a stunning victory of 169-40 on the previous Saturdayrsquos bout against the Prison City Derby Dames ldquoYeah but itrsquos a good acherdquo said Jung glowing from all the aches and pains that have led this team to success The rules of the game are simple There are two teams with five members each who skate counterclockwise around the track The jammer is the one who scores the points by trying to pass or by lapping the pack Each hip she passes counts as one point during each jam Meanwhile the blockers are trying to

prevent the jammer from scoring while simultaneously trying to aid their teamrsquos jammer ldquoItrsquos time consuming but a lot of fun I love itrdquo said Shanefield If you are interested in this sport con-tact Lisa Patterson aka ldquoKhloe-Ka-Bash-U-Inrdquo at 760-617-2883 or check out the details at holidayskatingcenternet to get all the information on equipment and fees

Story and Photo by Sheri Bender

Reporter

The Victorvcillersquos Dirt City Roller Rats official pose after a night of hard practice Photo by Micah Raimo RamPage Managing Editor

A Word From The

Editor-n-Chief Dear Campus

I would like to welcome you back for the Fall 2011

Semester and I would like to extend my personal thanks to everyone for their

support of our publication

]EacuteCcediltagravetCcedil UUumlEacuteatildeCcedil

Editor-In-Chief

Financial Aid on the Move Sept 16 2011 Page 5 RamPage VVC

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

In an effort to accommodate the vol-ume student Financial Aid needs and provide a comfortable system of effi-ciency the Victor Valley College Finan-cial Aid Department conducted intake services in the Student Activities Center during the summer The North end of the upstairs SAC landing area adjacent to the VVC Foun-dation office was converted to a 62 seat waiting area and the space in SAC room D was set up as temporary office sta-tions for Financial Aid staff to provide student service needs ldquoIn a series of conversations between Interim Financial Aid Director Robbie Richards Director of Auxiliary Services Robert Sewell we came went through the space in the SACrdquo said Dean of Stu-

dent Services Tim Johnston ldquoRobert and Deanna Murphy provided the facilities and confirmed the availability The In-formation Technology department set up the internet connections and we bought an automated voice numbering ma-chinerdquo The temporary space conversion re-sembled the Department of Motor Vehi-cles without the stress of conducting business and kept students air condi-tioned provided space for their children and a place close to food and water ldquoI feel that our school is showing how much they care about the students and I believe that most students know how bad the lines can get especially right before school startsrdquo said ASB Student Services Senator Evonne Tirado Tor-res ldquoIf we have the space to accommo-date students the best that we can well why not rightrdquo

A survey was developed to track stu-dent feed- back on the functional con-version of facility resources to adapt and address a step in the registration process that is a high priority at the onset of every academic year One student wrote ldquoStudents Appreci-ate not waiting in the heat during the summer monthsrdquo The Financial Aid service to student from the SAC began Monday July 18 and concluded Thursday August 18 Service resumed in Building 52 on Mon-day August 22 Service window hours are 830 am to 5 pm Monday through Thursday and 830 am to 12 pm on Fridays students are encouraged to ref-erence the VVC Website for schedules and information Evonne Tirado Torres is currently ASB Inter Club Senator

Students Benefit From ASB Contribution

In a gesture to accommodate the print-ing needs of Victor Valley College stu-dents the 2011-12 Associated Student Body council has provided the Advance T e c h n o l o g y Center with two electronic sta-plers The staplers are attached to tables at the east and west ends of the ATC build-ing by a thin chain to prevent unauthorized removal The addition of the staplers to the ATCrsquos east-west printing stations was some-thing that was approved late in spring semester 2011 by the previous ASB council and was left to be addressed by members of the current council Funds to purchase the staplers were appropri-ated from sales of the ASB card ldquo$10 is nothing to spend for an ASB card and the money is used to help the

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

studentsrdquo said former VVC student Dale Mor-gan Each year the ASB council adopts goals at their summer retreat and goal number seven of this yearrsquos goals was to increase ASB card

sales which enrich the student ex-perience ldquoI feel that since I was part of the last council it is my duty and as well as my

obligation to help fulfill any prior commitments from the last council And I look forward to the opportunity to ad-dress any of the prior councilrsquos goals and welcome any of them with open armsrdquo said ASB President Christo-pher Dustin

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 6

VVC Memorial Remembers 911 10 Years After

Nearly 300 community students and civic representatives attended the 10th anniversary 911 memorial service at Victor Valley College Sunday morning September 11 VVC first responder students read the names of the first responder fallen vic-tims and Associated Student Body Presi-dent Christopher Dustin led the cere-mony with the Pledge of Allegiance ldquoIt felt good to be there to memorialize that moment and all those empty seats symbolized someone who had passed away that day It was great to lead the Pledge and I hope we never forget 911 and remember that we live in the great-est nation in the worldrdquo ASB President Christopher Dustin said Invocation was provided by Chaplain Dave Burkart from the San Bernardino County Fire Department VVC Presi-dentSuperintendent Christopher OrsquoHearn opened the memorial ceremony with comments from Desert Valley Hos-pital representative Jana Bullock public servants State Assembly Members Tim Donnelly and Steve Knight The Star Spangled Banner was sung by the VVC College singers and Chel-sea Franko sang the emotion filled Where Were You Led by the Apple Valley Fire Protec-tion Honor Guard and accompanied by two bag-pipe musicians Tom Turner Ron Fields and Dave Oleson presented memorial wreaths to the 911 memorial monument next to the Library A proces-sion of first responder students and guests placed a single Carnation either red white or blue on the structure to symbolize reverence for this occasion 3000 flags with names of the victims formed a 5120 square foot perfectly ar-ranged rectangle along the grassy knoll that adjacent to the Learning Center

ldquoWhen we installed the flags I was moved It felt like I was doing some-thing for everyonerdquo said VVC student Luis Calel VVC senior Nursing Process four students hosted a mini health fair that included booths from Desert Valley Hospital who provided free blood glu-cose blood pressure testing a Live Stream blood drive a raffle and a bake sale NP4 Students Jennifer Vitha Ceci Hercules Erika Rodriguez and Heather Vladic coordinated the blood drive to satisfy their senior community service project a graduation requirement ldquoOur goal was set for 50 appoint-ments today but 80 were made with 64 confirmed slots filledrdquo Vitha Said ASB Inter Club Senator Evonne Ti-rado Torresrsquo name was the first drawn from the raffle and she won a $20 gift certificate for the Olive Garden ldquoI would just like to thank my wonder-ful advisor Robert Sewell for surprising me with a ticket at out ASB meeting on Friday yoursquore the man and thanks to the nursing program yoursquore awesomerdquo Tor-res said

Story by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus Photos by

Micah Raimo Managing Editor and

Roderick Allen Gray Jr

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 7

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 8

Hits And Misses Of Summer Blockbusters

Now that summer is coming to a close the blockbuster season is slowly winding down This summer brought us wizards mu-tants aliens and men with super status all of which either flopped or became a success Movies like Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II were a criti-cal success while others like The Green Lantern flopped flat on their face The summer movie season started out with a lot of movies that were slated to be good but instead did not live up to their hype Green Lantern had a huge following while it was in production but its box office success did not match the hype before it was released Green Lan-tern had an estimated cost of $200 mil-lion to make but once it was released it only made about $14 million more than its production cost The other side of the coin has movies like Super 8 which had a huge follow-ing before it was released and with its estimated production cost of $50 million

it grossed four times that number with $244 million Another movie that was a surprisingly failure was Cars 2 As far as their num-bers are concerned Pixar has had very little blockbuster failures if any at all The estimated cost of the movie was $200 million and it only grossed $189 million As you can see this season has brought hit and miss movies all of which had huge anticipation as they came closer to release The Hangover when it was released was a huge success but itrsquos follow up The Hangover II while following the same formula as the first one didnrsquot re-ceive the same fan reaction as the first though its total gross was at least twice its total estimated production cost Conan the Barbarian was an action packed movie that seemed to push its action scenes in order hide the fact that its story wasnrsquot developed enough The green lantern was slow throughout slow to get to its action scenes and slow to progress its story One of my favorite movies this sum-mer was Captain America Marvel is

Story by Garret Johnson

Entertainment Editor

X-Men First Class $160 million $146 million (USA) Harry Potter 7 part II $125 million $906 million (Worldwide) Super 8 $50 million $244 million (Worldwide) The Green Lantern $200 million $214 million (Worldwide) Captain America $140 million $172 million (USA) Cars 2 $200 million $189 million (USA) Kung Fu Panda 2 $150 million $164 million (USA) Transformers 2 $195 million $350 million (USA) Conan the Barbarian $70 million $16 million (USA) Horrible Bosses $35 million $115 million (USA) The Chang up $52 million $35 million (USA) The Hangover 2 $80 million $254 million (USA) Bridesmaids $32 million $281 million (Worldwide) Cowboys amp Aliens $163 million $133 million (USA)

really hitting its stride with their super hero films Captain America had a main character worth caring about a story that progressed at a steady pace and action scenes that didnrsquot feel thrown in Already blockbusters for summer 2012 are gaining excitement from audiences Some big named movies are The Dark Knight Rises The Avengers The Amaz-ing Spider-man Men in Black III Pro-metheus Total Recall GI Joe II just to name a few

Estimated production Total gross

Find Us

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

Look for the Campus Climate

Survey coming soon

to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

Sept 16 2011 Page 4 RamPage VVC

These Roller Rats Roll Last Monday Night at Holiday Skat-ing Center in Victorville the Dirt City Roller Rats trained in their unique sport Female Flat Track Roller Derby The tradition of aggressive females dressed

in elbow and knee pads tights tiny col-orful shorts and of course the essential roller skates Nonetheless Victor Valley College students chose to take up the traditional full contact sport ldquoFlorence Fightinrsquo Galrdquo Michelle Jung a Victor Valley College student majoring in English said ldquoI really en-courage everyone to come out and try it even if yoursquove never skatedrdquo Elizabeth Guzman also known as ldquoBeat-Um-Up-Batgurlrdquo watched the practice anxiously resting on the side-lines while recovering from a sprained ligament Guzman a VVC trainee at the Corrections Academy is currently a blocker for the team ldquoItrsquos like an adrenaline rush when yoursquore actually out there playing I want to be out there nowrdquo said Guzman

Cindy Shanefield or ldquoReckless Inflic-tionrdquo is a jammer or scorer on the team and a graduate of VVC who obtained her degree in Liberal Arts ldquoI used to work here at the roller rink when the team held its Meet amp Greet in Augustrdquo Shanefield said The ladies began the session with skates-on stretching and playful exuber-

ant conversation After what looked to be quite a good work-out the girls came rolling back to the sidelines with bruised shoulders sweat and all the glory that only a full contact sport brings Hard work recently brought these fearless fems to a stunning victory of 169-40 on the previous Saturdayrsquos bout against the Prison City Derby Dames ldquoYeah but itrsquos a good acherdquo said Jung glowing from all the aches and pains that have led this team to success The rules of the game are simple There are two teams with five members each who skate counterclockwise around the track The jammer is the one who scores the points by trying to pass or by lapping the pack Each hip she passes counts as one point during each jam Meanwhile the blockers are trying to

prevent the jammer from scoring while simultaneously trying to aid their teamrsquos jammer ldquoItrsquos time consuming but a lot of fun I love itrdquo said Shanefield If you are interested in this sport con-tact Lisa Patterson aka ldquoKhloe-Ka-Bash-U-Inrdquo at 760-617-2883 or check out the details at holidayskatingcenternet to get all the information on equipment and fees

Story and Photo by Sheri Bender

Reporter

The Victorvcillersquos Dirt City Roller Rats official pose after a night of hard practice Photo by Micah Raimo RamPage Managing Editor

A Word From The

Editor-n-Chief Dear Campus

I would like to welcome you back for the Fall 2011

Semester and I would like to extend my personal thanks to everyone for their

support of our publication

]EacuteCcediltagravetCcedil UUumlEacuteatildeCcedil

Editor-In-Chief

Financial Aid on the Move Sept 16 2011 Page 5 RamPage VVC

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

In an effort to accommodate the vol-ume student Financial Aid needs and provide a comfortable system of effi-ciency the Victor Valley College Finan-cial Aid Department conducted intake services in the Student Activities Center during the summer The North end of the upstairs SAC landing area adjacent to the VVC Foun-dation office was converted to a 62 seat waiting area and the space in SAC room D was set up as temporary office sta-tions for Financial Aid staff to provide student service needs ldquoIn a series of conversations between Interim Financial Aid Director Robbie Richards Director of Auxiliary Services Robert Sewell we came went through the space in the SACrdquo said Dean of Stu-

dent Services Tim Johnston ldquoRobert and Deanna Murphy provided the facilities and confirmed the availability The In-formation Technology department set up the internet connections and we bought an automated voice numbering ma-chinerdquo The temporary space conversion re-sembled the Department of Motor Vehi-cles without the stress of conducting business and kept students air condi-tioned provided space for their children and a place close to food and water ldquoI feel that our school is showing how much they care about the students and I believe that most students know how bad the lines can get especially right before school startsrdquo said ASB Student Services Senator Evonne Tirado Tor-res ldquoIf we have the space to accommo-date students the best that we can well why not rightrdquo

A survey was developed to track stu-dent feed- back on the functional con-version of facility resources to adapt and address a step in the registration process that is a high priority at the onset of every academic year One student wrote ldquoStudents Appreci-ate not waiting in the heat during the summer monthsrdquo The Financial Aid service to student from the SAC began Monday July 18 and concluded Thursday August 18 Service resumed in Building 52 on Mon-day August 22 Service window hours are 830 am to 5 pm Monday through Thursday and 830 am to 12 pm on Fridays students are encouraged to ref-erence the VVC Website for schedules and information Evonne Tirado Torres is currently ASB Inter Club Senator

Students Benefit From ASB Contribution

In a gesture to accommodate the print-ing needs of Victor Valley College stu-dents the 2011-12 Associated Student Body council has provided the Advance T e c h n o l o g y Center with two electronic sta-plers The staplers are attached to tables at the east and west ends of the ATC build-ing by a thin chain to prevent unauthorized removal The addition of the staplers to the ATCrsquos east-west printing stations was some-thing that was approved late in spring semester 2011 by the previous ASB council and was left to be addressed by members of the current council Funds to purchase the staplers were appropri-ated from sales of the ASB card ldquo$10 is nothing to spend for an ASB card and the money is used to help the

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

studentsrdquo said former VVC student Dale Mor-gan Each year the ASB council adopts goals at their summer retreat and goal number seven of this yearrsquos goals was to increase ASB card

sales which enrich the student ex-perience ldquoI feel that since I was part of the last council it is my duty and as well as my

obligation to help fulfill any prior commitments from the last council And I look forward to the opportunity to ad-dress any of the prior councilrsquos goals and welcome any of them with open armsrdquo said ASB President Christo-pher Dustin

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 6

VVC Memorial Remembers 911 10 Years After

Nearly 300 community students and civic representatives attended the 10th anniversary 911 memorial service at Victor Valley College Sunday morning September 11 VVC first responder students read the names of the first responder fallen vic-tims and Associated Student Body Presi-dent Christopher Dustin led the cere-mony with the Pledge of Allegiance ldquoIt felt good to be there to memorialize that moment and all those empty seats symbolized someone who had passed away that day It was great to lead the Pledge and I hope we never forget 911 and remember that we live in the great-est nation in the worldrdquo ASB President Christopher Dustin said Invocation was provided by Chaplain Dave Burkart from the San Bernardino County Fire Department VVC Presi-dentSuperintendent Christopher OrsquoHearn opened the memorial ceremony with comments from Desert Valley Hos-pital representative Jana Bullock public servants State Assembly Members Tim Donnelly and Steve Knight The Star Spangled Banner was sung by the VVC College singers and Chel-sea Franko sang the emotion filled Where Were You Led by the Apple Valley Fire Protec-tion Honor Guard and accompanied by two bag-pipe musicians Tom Turner Ron Fields and Dave Oleson presented memorial wreaths to the 911 memorial monument next to the Library A proces-sion of first responder students and guests placed a single Carnation either red white or blue on the structure to symbolize reverence for this occasion 3000 flags with names of the victims formed a 5120 square foot perfectly ar-ranged rectangle along the grassy knoll that adjacent to the Learning Center

ldquoWhen we installed the flags I was moved It felt like I was doing some-thing for everyonerdquo said VVC student Luis Calel VVC senior Nursing Process four students hosted a mini health fair that included booths from Desert Valley Hospital who provided free blood glu-cose blood pressure testing a Live Stream blood drive a raffle and a bake sale NP4 Students Jennifer Vitha Ceci Hercules Erika Rodriguez and Heather Vladic coordinated the blood drive to satisfy their senior community service project a graduation requirement ldquoOur goal was set for 50 appoint-ments today but 80 were made with 64 confirmed slots filledrdquo Vitha Said ASB Inter Club Senator Evonne Ti-rado Torresrsquo name was the first drawn from the raffle and she won a $20 gift certificate for the Olive Garden ldquoI would just like to thank my wonder-ful advisor Robert Sewell for surprising me with a ticket at out ASB meeting on Friday yoursquore the man and thanks to the nursing program yoursquore awesomerdquo Tor-res said

Story by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus Photos by

Micah Raimo Managing Editor and

Roderick Allen Gray Jr

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 7

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 8

Hits And Misses Of Summer Blockbusters

Now that summer is coming to a close the blockbuster season is slowly winding down This summer brought us wizards mu-tants aliens and men with super status all of which either flopped or became a success Movies like Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II were a criti-cal success while others like The Green Lantern flopped flat on their face The summer movie season started out with a lot of movies that were slated to be good but instead did not live up to their hype Green Lantern had a huge following while it was in production but its box office success did not match the hype before it was released Green Lan-tern had an estimated cost of $200 mil-lion to make but once it was released it only made about $14 million more than its production cost The other side of the coin has movies like Super 8 which had a huge follow-ing before it was released and with its estimated production cost of $50 million

it grossed four times that number with $244 million Another movie that was a surprisingly failure was Cars 2 As far as their num-bers are concerned Pixar has had very little blockbuster failures if any at all The estimated cost of the movie was $200 million and it only grossed $189 million As you can see this season has brought hit and miss movies all of which had huge anticipation as they came closer to release The Hangover when it was released was a huge success but itrsquos follow up The Hangover II while following the same formula as the first one didnrsquot re-ceive the same fan reaction as the first though its total gross was at least twice its total estimated production cost Conan the Barbarian was an action packed movie that seemed to push its action scenes in order hide the fact that its story wasnrsquot developed enough The green lantern was slow throughout slow to get to its action scenes and slow to progress its story One of my favorite movies this sum-mer was Captain America Marvel is

Story by Garret Johnson

Entertainment Editor

X-Men First Class $160 million $146 million (USA) Harry Potter 7 part II $125 million $906 million (Worldwide) Super 8 $50 million $244 million (Worldwide) The Green Lantern $200 million $214 million (Worldwide) Captain America $140 million $172 million (USA) Cars 2 $200 million $189 million (USA) Kung Fu Panda 2 $150 million $164 million (USA) Transformers 2 $195 million $350 million (USA) Conan the Barbarian $70 million $16 million (USA) Horrible Bosses $35 million $115 million (USA) The Chang up $52 million $35 million (USA) The Hangover 2 $80 million $254 million (USA) Bridesmaids $32 million $281 million (Worldwide) Cowboys amp Aliens $163 million $133 million (USA)

really hitting its stride with their super hero films Captain America had a main character worth caring about a story that progressed at a steady pace and action scenes that didnrsquot feel thrown in Already blockbusters for summer 2012 are gaining excitement from audiences Some big named movies are The Dark Knight Rises The Avengers The Amaz-ing Spider-man Men in Black III Pro-metheus Total Recall GI Joe II just to name a few

Estimated production Total gross

Find Us

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

Look for the Campus Climate

Survey coming soon

to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

Financial Aid on the Move Sept 16 2011 Page 5 RamPage VVC

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

In an effort to accommodate the vol-ume student Financial Aid needs and provide a comfortable system of effi-ciency the Victor Valley College Finan-cial Aid Department conducted intake services in the Student Activities Center during the summer The North end of the upstairs SAC landing area adjacent to the VVC Foun-dation office was converted to a 62 seat waiting area and the space in SAC room D was set up as temporary office sta-tions for Financial Aid staff to provide student service needs ldquoIn a series of conversations between Interim Financial Aid Director Robbie Richards Director of Auxiliary Services Robert Sewell we came went through the space in the SACrdquo said Dean of Stu-

dent Services Tim Johnston ldquoRobert and Deanna Murphy provided the facilities and confirmed the availability The In-formation Technology department set up the internet connections and we bought an automated voice numbering ma-chinerdquo The temporary space conversion re-sembled the Department of Motor Vehi-cles without the stress of conducting business and kept students air condi-tioned provided space for their children and a place close to food and water ldquoI feel that our school is showing how much they care about the students and I believe that most students know how bad the lines can get especially right before school startsrdquo said ASB Student Services Senator Evonne Tirado Tor-res ldquoIf we have the space to accommo-date students the best that we can well why not rightrdquo

A survey was developed to track stu-dent feed- back on the functional con-version of facility resources to adapt and address a step in the registration process that is a high priority at the onset of every academic year One student wrote ldquoStudents Appreci-ate not waiting in the heat during the summer monthsrdquo The Financial Aid service to student from the SAC began Monday July 18 and concluded Thursday August 18 Service resumed in Building 52 on Mon-day August 22 Service window hours are 830 am to 5 pm Monday through Thursday and 830 am to 12 pm on Fridays students are encouraged to ref-erence the VVC Website for schedules and information Evonne Tirado Torres is currently ASB Inter Club Senator

Students Benefit From ASB Contribution

In a gesture to accommodate the print-ing needs of Victor Valley College stu-dents the 2011-12 Associated Student Body council has provided the Advance T e c h n o l o g y Center with two electronic sta-plers The staplers are attached to tables at the east and west ends of the ATC build-ing by a thin chain to prevent unauthorized removal The addition of the staplers to the ATCrsquos east-west printing stations was some-thing that was approved late in spring semester 2011 by the previous ASB council and was left to be addressed by members of the current council Funds to purchase the staplers were appropri-ated from sales of the ASB card ldquo$10 is nothing to spend for an ASB card and the money is used to help the

Story and Photo by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus

studentsrdquo said former VVC student Dale Mor-gan Each year the ASB council adopts goals at their summer retreat and goal number seven of this yearrsquos goals was to increase ASB card

sales which enrich the student ex-perience ldquoI feel that since I was part of the last council it is my duty and as well as my

obligation to help fulfill any prior commitments from the last council And I look forward to the opportunity to ad-dress any of the prior councilrsquos goals and welcome any of them with open armsrdquo said ASB President Christo-pher Dustin

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 6

VVC Memorial Remembers 911 10 Years After

Nearly 300 community students and civic representatives attended the 10th anniversary 911 memorial service at Victor Valley College Sunday morning September 11 VVC first responder students read the names of the first responder fallen vic-tims and Associated Student Body Presi-dent Christopher Dustin led the cere-mony with the Pledge of Allegiance ldquoIt felt good to be there to memorialize that moment and all those empty seats symbolized someone who had passed away that day It was great to lead the Pledge and I hope we never forget 911 and remember that we live in the great-est nation in the worldrdquo ASB President Christopher Dustin said Invocation was provided by Chaplain Dave Burkart from the San Bernardino County Fire Department VVC Presi-dentSuperintendent Christopher OrsquoHearn opened the memorial ceremony with comments from Desert Valley Hos-pital representative Jana Bullock public servants State Assembly Members Tim Donnelly and Steve Knight The Star Spangled Banner was sung by the VVC College singers and Chel-sea Franko sang the emotion filled Where Were You Led by the Apple Valley Fire Protec-tion Honor Guard and accompanied by two bag-pipe musicians Tom Turner Ron Fields and Dave Oleson presented memorial wreaths to the 911 memorial monument next to the Library A proces-sion of first responder students and guests placed a single Carnation either red white or blue on the structure to symbolize reverence for this occasion 3000 flags with names of the victims formed a 5120 square foot perfectly ar-ranged rectangle along the grassy knoll that adjacent to the Learning Center

ldquoWhen we installed the flags I was moved It felt like I was doing some-thing for everyonerdquo said VVC student Luis Calel VVC senior Nursing Process four students hosted a mini health fair that included booths from Desert Valley Hospital who provided free blood glu-cose blood pressure testing a Live Stream blood drive a raffle and a bake sale NP4 Students Jennifer Vitha Ceci Hercules Erika Rodriguez and Heather Vladic coordinated the blood drive to satisfy their senior community service project a graduation requirement ldquoOur goal was set for 50 appoint-ments today but 80 were made with 64 confirmed slots filledrdquo Vitha Said ASB Inter Club Senator Evonne Ti-rado Torresrsquo name was the first drawn from the raffle and she won a $20 gift certificate for the Olive Garden ldquoI would just like to thank my wonder-ful advisor Robert Sewell for surprising me with a ticket at out ASB meeting on Friday yoursquore the man and thanks to the nursing program yoursquore awesomerdquo Tor-res said

Story by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus Photos by

Micah Raimo Managing Editor and

Roderick Allen Gray Jr

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 7

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 8

Hits And Misses Of Summer Blockbusters

Now that summer is coming to a close the blockbuster season is slowly winding down This summer brought us wizards mu-tants aliens and men with super status all of which either flopped or became a success Movies like Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II were a criti-cal success while others like The Green Lantern flopped flat on their face The summer movie season started out with a lot of movies that were slated to be good but instead did not live up to their hype Green Lantern had a huge following while it was in production but its box office success did not match the hype before it was released Green Lan-tern had an estimated cost of $200 mil-lion to make but once it was released it only made about $14 million more than its production cost The other side of the coin has movies like Super 8 which had a huge follow-ing before it was released and with its estimated production cost of $50 million

it grossed four times that number with $244 million Another movie that was a surprisingly failure was Cars 2 As far as their num-bers are concerned Pixar has had very little blockbuster failures if any at all The estimated cost of the movie was $200 million and it only grossed $189 million As you can see this season has brought hit and miss movies all of which had huge anticipation as they came closer to release The Hangover when it was released was a huge success but itrsquos follow up The Hangover II while following the same formula as the first one didnrsquot re-ceive the same fan reaction as the first though its total gross was at least twice its total estimated production cost Conan the Barbarian was an action packed movie that seemed to push its action scenes in order hide the fact that its story wasnrsquot developed enough The green lantern was slow throughout slow to get to its action scenes and slow to progress its story One of my favorite movies this sum-mer was Captain America Marvel is

Story by Garret Johnson

Entertainment Editor

X-Men First Class $160 million $146 million (USA) Harry Potter 7 part II $125 million $906 million (Worldwide) Super 8 $50 million $244 million (Worldwide) The Green Lantern $200 million $214 million (Worldwide) Captain America $140 million $172 million (USA) Cars 2 $200 million $189 million (USA) Kung Fu Panda 2 $150 million $164 million (USA) Transformers 2 $195 million $350 million (USA) Conan the Barbarian $70 million $16 million (USA) Horrible Bosses $35 million $115 million (USA) The Chang up $52 million $35 million (USA) The Hangover 2 $80 million $254 million (USA) Bridesmaids $32 million $281 million (Worldwide) Cowboys amp Aliens $163 million $133 million (USA)

really hitting its stride with their super hero films Captain America had a main character worth caring about a story that progressed at a steady pace and action scenes that didnrsquot feel thrown in Already blockbusters for summer 2012 are gaining excitement from audiences Some big named movies are The Dark Knight Rises The Avengers The Amaz-ing Spider-man Men in Black III Pro-metheus Total Recall GI Joe II just to name a few

Estimated production Total gross

Find Us

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

Look for the Campus Climate

Survey coming soon

to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 6

VVC Memorial Remembers 911 10 Years After

Nearly 300 community students and civic representatives attended the 10th anniversary 911 memorial service at Victor Valley College Sunday morning September 11 VVC first responder students read the names of the first responder fallen vic-tims and Associated Student Body Presi-dent Christopher Dustin led the cere-mony with the Pledge of Allegiance ldquoIt felt good to be there to memorialize that moment and all those empty seats symbolized someone who had passed away that day It was great to lead the Pledge and I hope we never forget 911 and remember that we live in the great-est nation in the worldrdquo ASB President Christopher Dustin said Invocation was provided by Chaplain Dave Burkart from the San Bernardino County Fire Department VVC Presi-dentSuperintendent Christopher OrsquoHearn opened the memorial ceremony with comments from Desert Valley Hos-pital representative Jana Bullock public servants State Assembly Members Tim Donnelly and Steve Knight The Star Spangled Banner was sung by the VVC College singers and Chel-sea Franko sang the emotion filled Where Were You Led by the Apple Valley Fire Protec-tion Honor Guard and accompanied by two bag-pipe musicians Tom Turner Ron Fields and Dave Oleson presented memorial wreaths to the 911 memorial monument next to the Library A proces-sion of first responder students and guests placed a single Carnation either red white or blue on the structure to symbolize reverence for this occasion 3000 flags with names of the victims formed a 5120 square foot perfectly ar-ranged rectangle along the grassy knoll that adjacent to the Learning Center

ldquoWhen we installed the flags I was moved It felt like I was doing some-thing for everyonerdquo said VVC student Luis Calel VVC senior Nursing Process four students hosted a mini health fair that included booths from Desert Valley Hospital who provided free blood glu-cose blood pressure testing a Live Stream blood drive a raffle and a bake sale NP4 Students Jennifer Vitha Ceci Hercules Erika Rodriguez and Heather Vladic coordinated the blood drive to satisfy their senior community service project a graduation requirement ldquoOur goal was set for 50 appoint-ments today but 80 were made with 64 confirmed slots filledrdquo Vitha Said ASB Inter Club Senator Evonne Ti-rado Torresrsquo name was the first drawn from the raffle and she won a $20 gift certificate for the Olive Garden ldquoI would just like to thank my wonder-ful advisor Robert Sewell for surprising me with a ticket at out ASB meeting on Friday yoursquore the man and thanks to the nursing program yoursquore awesomerdquo Tor-res said

Story by Roderick Allen Gray Jr

Editor Emeritus Photos by

Micah Raimo Managing Editor and

Roderick Allen Gray Jr

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 7

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 8

Hits And Misses Of Summer Blockbusters

Now that summer is coming to a close the blockbuster season is slowly winding down This summer brought us wizards mu-tants aliens and men with super status all of which either flopped or became a success Movies like Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II were a criti-cal success while others like The Green Lantern flopped flat on their face The summer movie season started out with a lot of movies that were slated to be good but instead did not live up to their hype Green Lantern had a huge following while it was in production but its box office success did not match the hype before it was released Green Lan-tern had an estimated cost of $200 mil-lion to make but once it was released it only made about $14 million more than its production cost The other side of the coin has movies like Super 8 which had a huge follow-ing before it was released and with its estimated production cost of $50 million

it grossed four times that number with $244 million Another movie that was a surprisingly failure was Cars 2 As far as their num-bers are concerned Pixar has had very little blockbuster failures if any at all The estimated cost of the movie was $200 million and it only grossed $189 million As you can see this season has brought hit and miss movies all of which had huge anticipation as they came closer to release The Hangover when it was released was a huge success but itrsquos follow up The Hangover II while following the same formula as the first one didnrsquot re-ceive the same fan reaction as the first though its total gross was at least twice its total estimated production cost Conan the Barbarian was an action packed movie that seemed to push its action scenes in order hide the fact that its story wasnrsquot developed enough The green lantern was slow throughout slow to get to its action scenes and slow to progress its story One of my favorite movies this sum-mer was Captain America Marvel is

Story by Garret Johnson

Entertainment Editor

X-Men First Class $160 million $146 million (USA) Harry Potter 7 part II $125 million $906 million (Worldwide) Super 8 $50 million $244 million (Worldwide) The Green Lantern $200 million $214 million (Worldwide) Captain America $140 million $172 million (USA) Cars 2 $200 million $189 million (USA) Kung Fu Panda 2 $150 million $164 million (USA) Transformers 2 $195 million $350 million (USA) Conan the Barbarian $70 million $16 million (USA) Horrible Bosses $35 million $115 million (USA) The Chang up $52 million $35 million (USA) The Hangover 2 $80 million $254 million (USA) Bridesmaids $32 million $281 million (Worldwide) Cowboys amp Aliens $163 million $133 million (USA)

really hitting its stride with their super hero films Captain America had a main character worth caring about a story that progressed at a steady pace and action scenes that didnrsquot feel thrown in Already blockbusters for summer 2012 are gaining excitement from audiences Some big named movies are The Dark Knight Rises The Avengers The Amaz-ing Spider-man Men in Black III Pro-metheus Total Recall GI Joe II just to name a few

Estimated production Total gross

Find Us

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

Look for the Campus Climate

Survey coming soon

to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 7

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 8

Hits And Misses Of Summer Blockbusters

Now that summer is coming to a close the blockbuster season is slowly winding down This summer brought us wizards mu-tants aliens and men with super status all of which either flopped or became a success Movies like Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II were a criti-cal success while others like The Green Lantern flopped flat on their face The summer movie season started out with a lot of movies that were slated to be good but instead did not live up to their hype Green Lantern had a huge following while it was in production but its box office success did not match the hype before it was released Green Lan-tern had an estimated cost of $200 mil-lion to make but once it was released it only made about $14 million more than its production cost The other side of the coin has movies like Super 8 which had a huge follow-ing before it was released and with its estimated production cost of $50 million

it grossed four times that number with $244 million Another movie that was a surprisingly failure was Cars 2 As far as their num-bers are concerned Pixar has had very little blockbuster failures if any at all The estimated cost of the movie was $200 million and it only grossed $189 million As you can see this season has brought hit and miss movies all of which had huge anticipation as they came closer to release The Hangover when it was released was a huge success but itrsquos follow up The Hangover II while following the same formula as the first one didnrsquot re-ceive the same fan reaction as the first though its total gross was at least twice its total estimated production cost Conan the Barbarian was an action packed movie that seemed to push its action scenes in order hide the fact that its story wasnrsquot developed enough The green lantern was slow throughout slow to get to its action scenes and slow to progress its story One of my favorite movies this sum-mer was Captain America Marvel is

Story by Garret Johnson

Entertainment Editor

X-Men First Class $160 million $146 million (USA) Harry Potter 7 part II $125 million $906 million (Worldwide) Super 8 $50 million $244 million (Worldwide) The Green Lantern $200 million $214 million (Worldwide) Captain America $140 million $172 million (USA) Cars 2 $200 million $189 million (USA) Kung Fu Panda 2 $150 million $164 million (USA) Transformers 2 $195 million $350 million (USA) Conan the Barbarian $70 million $16 million (USA) Horrible Bosses $35 million $115 million (USA) The Chang up $52 million $35 million (USA) The Hangover 2 $80 million $254 million (USA) Bridesmaids $32 million $281 million (Worldwide) Cowboys amp Aliens $163 million $133 million (USA)

really hitting its stride with their super hero films Captain America had a main character worth caring about a story that progressed at a steady pace and action scenes that didnrsquot feel thrown in Already blockbusters for summer 2012 are gaining excitement from audiences Some big named movies are The Dark Knight Rises The Avengers The Amaz-ing Spider-man Men in Black III Pro-metheus Total Recall GI Joe II just to name a few

Estimated production Total gross

Find Us

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

Look for the Campus Climate

Survey coming soon

to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 8

Hits And Misses Of Summer Blockbusters

Now that summer is coming to a close the blockbuster season is slowly winding down This summer brought us wizards mu-tants aliens and men with super status all of which either flopped or became a success Movies like Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II were a criti-cal success while others like The Green Lantern flopped flat on their face The summer movie season started out with a lot of movies that were slated to be good but instead did not live up to their hype Green Lantern had a huge following while it was in production but its box office success did not match the hype before it was released Green Lan-tern had an estimated cost of $200 mil-lion to make but once it was released it only made about $14 million more than its production cost The other side of the coin has movies like Super 8 which had a huge follow-ing before it was released and with its estimated production cost of $50 million

it grossed four times that number with $244 million Another movie that was a surprisingly failure was Cars 2 As far as their num-bers are concerned Pixar has had very little blockbuster failures if any at all The estimated cost of the movie was $200 million and it only grossed $189 million As you can see this season has brought hit and miss movies all of which had huge anticipation as they came closer to release The Hangover when it was released was a huge success but itrsquos follow up The Hangover II while following the same formula as the first one didnrsquot re-ceive the same fan reaction as the first though its total gross was at least twice its total estimated production cost Conan the Barbarian was an action packed movie that seemed to push its action scenes in order hide the fact that its story wasnrsquot developed enough The green lantern was slow throughout slow to get to its action scenes and slow to progress its story One of my favorite movies this sum-mer was Captain America Marvel is

Story by Garret Johnson

Entertainment Editor

X-Men First Class $160 million $146 million (USA) Harry Potter 7 part II $125 million $906 million (Worldwide) Super 8 $50 million $244 million (Worldwide) The Green Lantern $200 million $214 million (Worldwide) Captain America $140 million $172 million (USA) Cars 2 $200 million $189 million (USA) Kung Fu Panda 2 $150 million $164 million (USA) Transformers 2 $195 million $350 million (USA) Conan the Barbarian $70 million $16 million (USA) Horrible Bosses $35 million $115 million (USA) The Chang up $52 million $35 million (USA) The Hangover 2 $80 million $254 million (USA) Bridesmaids $32 million $281 million (Worldwide) Cowboys amp Aliens $163 million $133 million (USA)

really hitting its stride with their super hero films Captain America had a main character worth caring about a story that progressed at a steady pace and action scenes that didnrsquot feel thrown in Already blockbusters for summer 2012 are gaining excitement from audiences Some big named movies are The Dark Knight Rises The Avengers The Amaz-ing Spider-man Men in Black III Pro-metheus Total Recall GI Joe II just to name a few

Estimated production Total gross

Find Us

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

Look for the Campus Climate

Survey coming soon

to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

Lady Rams Victorious RamPage VVC Sept 16 2011 Page 9

For 16 seasons Christa White has been the head volleyball coach at Victor Valley College Last season she led the Rams to their fifth Foothill Conference Championship but due to lack of com-munication and an increase of unex-pected injuries it is going to be a tough challenge for them to become back-to-back champions this season On September 2 2011 the Rams opened their season at home with two matches in one night The ladies started off the night against the Riverside Com-munity College Tigers and the Mt San Antonio College Mounties Going in to the games the Rams were excited and felt that they were ready for what their opponents had to offer ldquoComing into this game I was hoping for us to be competitiverdquo said Coach White ldquoI knew if we stayed focused we should be able to play wellrdquo The night kicked off with the Rams taking on the Tigers of RCC During the first set VVC came out strong and took a 5-0 lead but then RCC started to get in control and kept the game close Though RCC fought hard it was the Rams that won the first set with a score of 25-23 The second and third sets remained close for the most part but in the end of each set RCC came out both times with a 21-25 win and a 2-1 match lead

ldquoDuring the times that we were down I knew we could come back if we stayed focusedrdquo said freshman outside hitter Nicole Mathews Throughout the fourth set the Rams had total control of Riverside The only time that they trailed was at the begin-ning 0-1 After that one point Victor Valley did not give up the lead and fin-ished with a 25-18 win to tie the series at 2-2 The last set was a must win for Victor Valley if they wanted a victory of the entire match Both teams were putting up points back and forth but in the end Riverside topped Victor Valley with a score of 7-15 and an overall match vic-tory of 2-3 ldquoI think one of our problems was that there wasnrsquot enough communication between the teamrdquo said freshman out-side hitter Robyn Freeman The Rams would quickly have to put aside the upsetting loss against Riverside as they got ready for their second and final match of the night The second oppo-nent for VVC was the Mounties of Mt San Antonio College (SAC) Despite the outcome of the last match the Rams came out strong in the first set Not giving up the lead VVC managed to

obtain a victory of 25-16 over the Mounties Going into the second set the Rams quickly fell behind and started off with a 0-3 deficit Though late in the game the Rams were able to tie the game six times Toward the end the score was 19-19 but it would be the Mounties that took the 19-25 win over VVC tying the match score at 1-1 The third set for VVC remained fairly close in the beginning but soon the Mounties were able to break the close game and take total control The Mounties ended the set with a final score of 25-13 While facing a 1-2 deficit the Rams needed to focus in order to tie the series During the game freshman Kristi Garcia left the game with a knee injury With one of the star players out it would seem that it would be tough for the Rams to win but that wasnrsquot the case Though the game was close the Rams won the set with a score of 25-22

Story by Octavious Thomas

Reporter

We Want to Hear From You

The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Email us at

vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

Look for the Campus Climate

Survey coming soon

to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

Fortunately for the Rams sophomore defensive lineman Kenny Mack batted down a pass attempt at the line of scrim-mage that gave the Rams an epic 44-43 victory This victory proved that the Rams have the mental and physical strength to withstand adversity and make plays un-der pressure The season looks promis-ing

An emotional charged Ramsrsquo head coach Dave Hoover said ldquoLetrsquos go letrsquos go we ainrsquot done yetrdquo Santa Ana scored on another posses-sion and took the lead 37-30 but the Rams would re-tie the game with an incredible Jerrelle Green pass to Boydston that erupted from a broken-run play regulation time expired at 37-37 ldquoI figured Irsquod throw it up field to pre-vent the loss I never even saw himrdquo Green said ldquoWe have a chemistry that when something is going wrong we know we have to make a playrdquo Boydston said

The Rams would have the ball first in over-time at the Santa Ana 25 yard line and after three plays Boydston scored once again His touchdown total for this game was five and total yards gained for the day ended at 215 Santa Ana got the ball and scored and just about everyone in attendance was shocked to see their offense come back onto the field instead of their special teams unit The Dons attempted a 2-point conversion in hopes that it would end the game with a victory at that mo-ment

The last man standing could character-ize the Victor Valley College Rams foot-ball teamrsquos home opener against Santa Ana College Saturday September 10 Penalties turnovers and tough defen-sive on both sides of the ball held the first quarter scores to zero But consistent assignment exe-cution from the Ramsrsquo offence led to an 19-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Michael Boydston that score with the extra point put VVC up 7 - 0 ldquoThe offensive line has vastly improved since last game and they stepped up 100 percent to-dayrdquo said specta-tor Anthony Ste-vens Despite look-ing lifeless throughout the first half the Santa Ana Dons flipped a switch during halftime ldquoI thought we had the game in the bag at halftime I was ready to leave early but thank God I did notrdquo said Victor Valley supporter Luis Escobar A 63-yard touchdown run by Boydston put the Rams ahead of Santa Ana 23-0 early in the third quarter and the Rams seemed to have had the game in control The Dons scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter and eventually tied the game 30-30

Sept 16 2011 Page 10 RamPage VVC

Rams First Home Game Big Win Story by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr Editor Emeritus Shaun Canady

Sports Editor and Photo by

Roderick Gray Allen Jr

Rams outside linebacker Jerrett Miles stands over a defensive stop

How would you rate VVC

Look for the Campus Climate

Survey coming soon

to wwwvvcedu click the link

because your impute matters

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

Sept 16 2011 Page 11 RamPage VVC

RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Brown Managing Editor Micah Raimo Copy Editor Kelli McGurk News Editors Wyketta Wilfong Phillip Phan Features Editors Adreana Young Reyna Arvizu Entertainment Editors Racheal Rickman Garrett Johnston Christopher Peatrowsky Sports EditorsShaun Canady Arvin Sulikhanyan Mario Gonzalez Opinion Editor Joseph Ciulla Photo Editors Roscoe Esparza Abbey Mullen Video and Web Editor Samuel Mullen Editor Emeritus Circulation Liaison Roderick Allen Gray Jr Reporters Jennifer Baeskens Ron Banta Sheri Bender Bradlee Howe

Octavious Thomas AdviserInstructor Don Holland Cartoonist Guest Work Welcome AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Christopher OrsquoHearn Paul

Williams Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Bev Huiner Jennifer Fowlie Tim Isbell Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy

Printing Victor Valley College Campus Print Shop CONTACT INFORMATION VVC RamPage 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 Phone (760) 245-4271 Extension 2773 bull Fax (760) 241-5723 Email vvcrampagegmailcom or vvcrampageyahoocom Website httpwwwvvceduofficesrampage httpwwwissuucomvvcrampage

GENERAL INFORMATION The RamPage is a newspaper published as an educational exercise and First Amendment Public Forum by students at Victor Valley College in Victorville Calif Issues come out approximately twice a month in the two full-length semesters generally each February March April May September October November and December for a total of 14 issues each calendar year The views expressed by the RamPage are not necessarily those of VVC its board of trustees its administration its faculty its staff its Associated Student Body Council or its students The RamPage welcomes press releases story ideas letters to the editor guest articles and guest editorials Submit proposed items to the on-campus mailbox of RamPage Adviser Judith Pfeffer mdash clearly marked as being submitted for publication Or email them to vvcrampagegmailcom or mail information to RamPage Victor Valley College 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville CA 92395 or leave a message at 760-245-4271 extension 2773 VVCrsquos journalism program belongs to the Associated Collegiate Press the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges ADVERTISING The RamPage generally accepts as advertising only 8 12 - by -11-inch flyers as inserts The cost is $100 which covers insertiondistribution of 1500 copies The cost and responsibility of designing reproducing and delivering the 1500 flyers to the RamPage is borne by the advertiser To discuss display advertising options or to purchase any form of advertisement call Assistant Director of Auxiliary Services Deanna Murphy at 760-245-4271 extension 2707 Acceptance of any advertisement in the RamPage does not constitute endorsement by the paper college district board council or student body The RamPage reserves the right to reject any material mdash advertising or editorial mdash that it deems to be not in keeping with the standards of the paper

Heard Around The Lake

How would you feel if VVC lost its accreditation

Story and Photos by Kelli McGurk

Copy Editor

ldquoIf VVC lost its Accreditation truth be told I would not at-tend hererdquo Brian Feliciano

ldquoI would feel terrible for on-going students that would have to transfer to another school due to loss of accredi-tationrdquo Michell Vera

ldquoIrsquod be pretty ticked off just like anyone else would be Irsquod probably try to transfer my usable credits to a differ-ent community collegerdquo Stephanie Hughes

ldquoIt would be an unfortunate event Students are here for a reasonrdquo Cesar Carrillo

ldquoI think that would be AW-FUL We have too many stu-dents who have gone through VVC and are almost outrdquo Delphane Booze

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free

Sept 16 2011 Page 12 RamPage Victor Valley College

VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE THEATRE

presents

Written by Maurice Berger

Directed

By

Ed Heaberlin

This production allows children to participate in the presentation of the story of Snow White Children will get to play dwarfs baby birds trees and much more

PERFORMANCES

September 1516 17 22 23 24 at 7 pm

amp 18 25 at 2 pm In the EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE BOOK YOUR SEATING EARLY TICKETS can be reserved at (760) 245-4271 ext 849

or wwwvvcedutix General Admission $10 Senior $7 VVC ASB Free