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Sen. Flores hears pleas for lower prices; Arambula listens and pursues futherBy Rebekah Miranda

Editor in chief

' State Sen. Dean Flores offered hislpinion on the contiiruing issue of risinglrices during the California Student As-;ociation oFCommunity College's Regioni Lobby Day, April l9 in Sacramento.

Fresno City College along with

Porterville, Merced, and Modesto juniorcolleges heard Flores explain that the so:lution for cheaper textbooks does not liewithin congress but with the instructorsand publishers, said FCC Associated Stu-dent Government President DanielLorente.

FCC's ASG wrote a proposal thatasked congress to do its part and lobby

with students against publishers to stabi-lize or lower textbook cost.

"He shot down our proposal immedi-ately," said Lorente. "He asked us whyhe should form a committee to discussthe situation of high book costs, when(members of-the stae legislature) alreadyknow the costs are high."

According to newly elected ASG

Senator Janell Lord, Flores suggestedinstructors should transfer textbooks orcurriculum onto CD-ROM. A student ofPorterville College commented aboutcommunity colleges having mostly part-time faculty that would not have the timeor the funds to transfer their informationto disk. Flores had no answer.

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V OO students vote topick next FCC reps

By Poua HerRampage reporter

i This year a mere 160 Fresno City Col-Þge students voted in the Associated Stu-llent Govemment election.

Morgan Spurlock speaks to the crowd of more than I ,000 at FCC's Gym April26. Spurlock discussed his Academy Award nominatedfilm "Super Size Me".

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock attacks the BiS MacBy AliSadoian

News editor

In September 1998, Fresno City Col-lege student Michelle Huerta was in alife-changing car accident, leaving herconfined to a hospital room for morethan a month. It was during those daysin the hospital room Huerta's eatinghabits changed dramatically.

"All I ate in the hospital was fast-food," said Huerta, 20.

In addition to fast- food, Huerta, in-dulged in other high calorie snack foods.

"I wouldn't eat the hospital food be-cause I didn't like it. I would eat a half-a-gallon of cookies n' cream ice cream,Pepsi all of the time, and king-sizedchocolates," Huerta said.

When she returned home from thehospital, her bad eating habits contin-ued.

"I gained five pounds here, and fivepounds, there and before I knew it, Ihad gained fifty pounds in the month Ireturned home from the hospital."

Like Huerta. over a thousand stu-dents packed FCC's gym April 26, tohear about speaker Morgan Spurlock'sjourney through a 30-day fast- foodbinge, sending himself to McDonald'sfor breakfast. lunch. and dinner.

Spurlock, an independent filmmaker,documented his month long fast foodconsumption in the film "Super SizeMe." The film had one point: be awareofwhat you are feeding your body.

During the month- long experiment,Spurlock gained close to 25 pounds as

a result of eating McDonald's threetimes a day. His body fat raised six per-cent, and he began feeling depressed.

"I started getting massive head-aches," he said.

"Food shouldn't do that to you."After finishing the documentary

Spurlock experienced, "massive with-drawals, like a drug user" from thefoods.

"We take such good care of our cars,"Spurlock said.

"When was the last time you had aSee Super, Page 4

i The new ASG president is Patrick

i*rnpt who defeated write-in candidate

[ve vice president Chris McKinley - all ran

fncontested.

I Voter turnout was down from last year'sbtal of257 votes.

| "W"'lr" never had a high turnout of vot-ps." said Elections Commissioner Erniefiarcia in an interview via e-mail. "On our

of it, we could have publicized the elec-

a little more, but we had a busy week."That's not an excuse. iust a fact. We've

a steady decline in voter turnout overlast several years. Another reason could

that people simply don't care. They arere for one reason and that's to so to class.

come to class and then thev leave toto work or to take care of their family."Garcia also mentioned that unopposed

ndidates as well as bad weather were a

in the low voter turnout durins elec-week.

"They don't know who's running, tlrere'sa lot of interest." said Tomas Casarez, a

unteer at the election booth the first dayelections."I don't vote because I don't know any-here," said studentAlana Lewis."I don't

why they are running.""Vy'hat election? When was it? I never

w any candidates campaigning. Usuallyare out there with candy and fliers. I

dn't see them this year," said JessePhoto by Ashli Moorc

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lfeedng tne Gam[us saleBy Christine Haeussling

Rampage reporter

Spring 2005 was a busy sernesterforcampus flolice.

Besides taking corurtless reportsand solving pròblems, the officersmanaged to caúch a person with anoutstanding warrant.

The State Center Community Col-lege Disfrict Police Departnent is alegislated law enforcement agencywittr f,rll police powers. In addition úo

police services, they pedorm the ser-vice ofparking and tafic enforcementas well as reqpond to medical emer-gencles.

The goal ofüre departnent's mem-bers is, according to their brochwe'?ublic Safety and You," It is ûo as-sure that the district is a safe place tostudy, teactr, work andvisit

Ea¡lier this semester, the campuspolice tookpart in aprogram againstguns within the rcach of children andgave away free locks to secure guns inthehome.

The majority ofcrimes on campusa¡e crimes of opportunity. Themost comlnon

are thefts of bicycles, bacþacks, atthebookstore.books andvehicles.

As prevention, the campus policesuggest that people ma¡k valuableswith identifying numbers such as

driver's liceirse numben.Although the biggest problem the

campus police had to deal with dur-ing the last year was burglary of per-sonal items. Many cars were stolen.

FromApnl l-25, campus officerstook seven reports forvehicleburglary.There was plenty ofwork for the police deparûnort on campus

There was an incidence of drugabuse on campus ttntledto an anest,a citation and release.

One daythe police were called úo

the tuûorial cÊnt€r to deal with a 'tis-ruptive" student.

- InApril, there was one hit-and-nrnaccidentwittrcar{amage, rcportedonc¿rmpus.

OnApril l, the police were

At the beginning of ttre montl¡ inadditionûothese littlecrimesandcor¡n-terfeitmoneybeing wed on campus,the SCCCD-officers'caught a rela-tivelybig fish:

One day in mid-April, about 12:30p.m., the campus police departnentreceived a report regarding an at-tempted ca¡-theft Officers contactedthe "suspicious subjecf' just offcam-pw about 30 minutes later. Aroutinecheck showedther€ was an outstand-ing warrant for that p€rson. He wasarrested and booked into FresnoCourty Jail.

According to the carrpæ police de-partrnent, many crimes occurbecausefail to report suspicious persons orpossible criminal activities to the pe o

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Losing 110 parking spots is just a temporary sactBy Mona Lisa McGormick

Rampage reporter

Losing llOparking spaces does not compare to the

lives that lvill be saved by the new railroad underpass,

according to Fresno City College Dean of Student Ser-

vices Robert E. Fox."[Fresno City College] can't equate

parking spaces to lives," said Fox. "Stu-dents will be safer; some may be incon-venienced with the traffic pattern but

"The deaths

that is nothing."Students have

mixed feelings

and iniuries in *:* :h:.:"^::. " struction but arethe past stx to happy to see it harhappy to see it has already started.

"Any way that pedestrians maY

have a safer passage with majorhighways, street railways and ma-jor transport access-ways for ourvouth and future of our commu-nity is a benefitno matter whatthe cost or sacri-fice," said sec-ond-year fire stu-

dent Tom Small."Because ofbeing in the fire service,

I am much awa¡e of these of things.(We should) do everything we can to(ensure) that there are less accidents, in-juries and deaths in the future."

Thg decision to constuct an underpass at FCC was made'iÃ'2soz.

-The deaths and injuries in the pas six to seven years

have made the underpass a priority," said Brian Speece,

State Center Conìrnunity College DistrictAssociaæ Vrce Chæ-

seven yearshave made the

underpass apriority. " '

- Brian Speece,SCCCD Business,

Operations

cellor of Br¡siness æd Operatims.The underpass construction comes at a price

of $2.2 million, $l million ofwhich came fromthe federal government in the form of a grant. SCCCDwill be working with CalTrans to improve railroadsafety.

Anorher $1.2 million came from a bond from the state

chancellor's office in which $700,000 came from SCCCD'

Photos by Sergio Cortes

Above, a freight train passes through campus while construction for the new railroadunderpass continues. Left, a sign posted on afence outside the site limitis parking.

The underpass will sta¡t on rù/eldonAvenue through

the Calaveras parking lot then under the railroad and

end up near the Applied Technolory T-500 building,said Speece.

Burlington Northern/Santa Fe has already con-sructed the bridge. The uderpass is being constmcted

by the Pyramid, Paving and Engineering Company and

will be completed inAugust.

Day but encourages the newly-elected members of ASG to ar-rar.ge a similar meeting withstate politicians to address is-sues facing community collegestudents.

Books:Gontinued from page one

"We knol the price of text-books is not a new issue, it's al-ways been an issue," saidLorente. "We \ryeren't trying toaddress a long-term goal. We

wanted a solution for the near fu-ture."

Throughout the day at thecapitol, students were given op-porhrnities to meet and discusstheir proposal with assemblymembers.

Lorente explained that thetime with Assembly memberJuan Arambula was more pro-ductive.

"Arambula said that he woulddraft a letter to the Speaker ofthe House requesting a jointcommittee be formed to discusswhat can be done to stabilize thecosts oftextbooks."

Lorente said that Arambula'spromise to pursue the issue wassignifrcant because progress likethat has never been made at astate level.

"JuanArambula seemed to re-ally care about the issue," saidASG Student Trustee ShreYaShaw. "People need to under-stand that though it may seem

like nothing is being tlone, if wedidn't bring up these issues, theywould never be addressed."

This was the first Lobbv

Day. CaISACC Region5 orga-nized it along with the help offormer Assembly memberNicole Parra. According toLorente there has not been anY

plans made for another Lobby

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Gontinued from Page onephysical?" he asked the crowd.Spurlock then pointed to hisbody, "We don't think about thismachine."

"Super Size Me" became an

instant hit all over the world,raising awareness, and giving the

fast-food giants a run for theirmoney.

The documentary was nomi-nated for an AcademY Award in2004. andis one ofthe four best-

Six weekssellingdocumen-

after the movie taries of all

premiered at Spurlocksaid, "Ilove thecoinci-dences thathave hap-penedsince thedocumen-tary hasbeen re-leased."

the Sundance

fiIm Fesiival,McDonaldseliminatedtheir super-size options.

Six weeks after the moviepremiered at the Sundance FilmFestival in 2003, McDonald'seliminated their suPer-size oP-

tions.May 7, the daY before the

movie was released in theatres,

McDonald's introduced the "Go-Active Adult HapPY Meal," con-

taining salad and a bottled wa-

ter, minus the toY.

In the United Kingdom, sales

for McDonald's have droPPed 75

percent."But, it's just a coincidence,"

Spurlock said with a slY grin.

"Last fall," he said, "It was

announced that RonaldMcDonald is coming out with aworkout video for kids," he

paused."That's just f- uP in so

many ways."He chose McDonald's rather

than Burger King, WendY's,Taco Bell and other fast-foodcorporations because of sheer

numbers.'¿Forty-six million PeoPle are

served at a McDonald's every-day-"

Spurlock also accreditsMcDonald's marketing tactics as

a reason why he chose to use the

corporation in his documentary."The more I heard about how

they market their food, and how

they target kids at such a Youngage made me interested."

Spurlock's next Projects in-clude a TV series and book titled"Don't Eat This Book," due out

May 19. Both Projects are said

to expand on the "SuPer Size

Me" concept.Has Spurlock been to a

McDonald's since the documen-

tary?Spurlock said, "NoPe. Not

even to pee."

Commencement is to be held May 20 at Selland Arena

By Mona Lisa McGormick

RamPage rePorter

The Fresno City College annual

commencement ceremonY will be

held on FridaY, MaY 20 at the

Selland Arena in DowntownFresno.

'Tresno CitY College invests a

lot in the commencement ceremo-

nies. By setting ahigh standa¡d, we

focus onthe student. Making sure

that we communicate to the stu-

dent and their families the honor

and esteem that FCC holds in com-

menceñen!" said Dean of Student

Services Robert E. Fox.

Eligible FCC students have un-

til May 17 to siP-uP to march in

the ceremonY.

"The sooner, the betteç" qaid

Coordinator of Health Services

Linda Albright, who has been a

member of the commencement

committee for more than 20 Years.

Seating assignments willbe deter-

mined at the rehea¡sal.

With the commencement cer-

emony being held in DowntownFresno, parking spaces are limited.

"\il'e anticiPate more than five

thousand sPectators," said

Albright.*And the ceÍemony will begin

promptly at7',30 P.m-," Fox said.

"The sûrde,nts andtheir families

should be aware not onlY to allow

themselves time for Parking but

also be prepared for Paid Parking,"Albright said- "Those with dis-

abilities or sPecial needs should

Business tnanagement student Jennifer Connolly browses

through graduation Sowns at the FCC bookstore'

There will also be three other

recognition ceremonies to be held

on Safurday, MaY 14 at the Tower

Theaffe.The fust recognition ceremonY'

Certifi cate of ComPletion will be-

gin at l:00 p.m. This is for sh¡-

dents who have comPleted Pro-grams such as business office as-

sistant, medical billing clerk and

teacher aide.

The Certifi cate of Achievement

recopition ceremony will start at

3:00 p.m. for students that have

successfully comPleted a sPecified

occupational curriculum such as

child development and graPhic

communication.The third ceremonY forthat daY

is the Honors Recognition Cer-

emony starting at 6:00 P.m. Stu-

dents graduating with Honors,Highest Honors, AlPha Gamma

Sigma, Phi Theta KaPPa, Honors

Program and Dean's Medallionwinners will be recoPized.

Students maY Purchase theircaps, gowns, tassels and gradua-

tion announcements at the FCC

Bookstore.

also plan to arrive earlY'"The program ofthe commence-

ment ceremonY will include aspeaker and musical Perfor-mances.

*We ty to get a sPeaker who

can inspire the students and one

who has a message and has

achieved something," Fox said'

"We anticiPate a great Pro-gram," Albright said.

The commencement committee

starts preparing for the annual

events in the late summer or earlY

fall.Once the speaker, musical Per-

formances andnames ofthe gradu-

ating students are finalized' the

information is sent to FCC's Pub-

lic Information Officer KathYBonilla.'

"'We produce the Programs forthe recopition ceremonies arid the

commencement ceremonYr" said

Bonilla. "We also Provide news

releases and news stories for the

television and radio stations."

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Wolfstone.With approximately 25,000

students registered for classes,voter turnout was about half a

percent of students registered."(Voter turnout) is low, which

is typical of college campuses,"Robert E. Fox dean ofstudent re-lations.

Other new offrcers for the fall2005 school year will be: prçsi-

dent pro-tempore ChristianCastellon, and TanisharWäggoner for senator.

Lowering textbook prices,raising student activities, and se-

curity are priority on Stumpf's -

list ofthings to do for next yearas well as raising the awarenessof student's votes.

"I think that 160 votes is ex-tremely low," said Stumpf. "I'dlike to see a bigger turnout.Five-hundredpeople at least. I'dalso like there to be more adver-tisements for the elections andsee more competition for office."

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Tyhrona Townsel casts her vote for ASG representativesApril2T-Tltough the election ranfor three consecutive døys,

Tim,nselwas one of only 160 peoplewhovotedinthe elcetion.

AfondfarewellFCC Retirees leave a lasting legacy

By Christine Haeussling

Rarnpage reporter

'With the end of this semester,

several valuable Fresno City Col-lege staffmembers are retiring.

FCC will honor all the reti¡eeswith a dinner-party, M'ay 6 atPardinit Banquet Hall.

Harry Kennedy, Ph. D., has been

a firll-time.English and journalism

instuctor at FCC since the fall of1983. rWhathe likes best atthis col-lege is the qualrty ofthe faculty.

"Incredibly qualifie{ skilled and

c'ommitted membeis." he said. "[thoughtttrat in the beginning and Ithink it even more now"

Kennedy, who is originally fromOhio, did his undergraduate workatthe Univenity of Dayton and got

his master's degree in lWashington

D.C.Before he came to FCC,

Kennedy was a graduatç assistant

at the University of Ohio, thentaught at St. Bonaventu¡e Univer-sity in New York for three years, and

eventually came to Fresno where he

taugþt at Califomia State Univenity,Fresno.

As a graduate student he foundthat he enjoyed teaching and de-cided to become an instnrcûor.

Kennedy will be back nextspring semester úo teach two jour-nalism classes. The thing he is go¡

ing to miss most is the contact withfacuþ members and students thatalwayé gave him fresh ideas.

Now thathe's retiring Kennedywill have more time for his hobbies.

He recentþ acquired an interest inantiques and collectibles besideshaving a passion for fountain pens.

Robert L. Richa¡dson, Ph. D.,has been with the psychological ser-

vices program at FCC for 37 years.

Besides teaching classes, most ofwhich fall under guidance studies

or developmental services, the mainthing the psychological service staffdoes is counseling.

"The leaming environment thesharing of information, the interestin people improving their lives andcommitting time to learn is one ofthe best environments," Richa¡dsonsaid.

For him, working at FCC is "away ûo stay exposed and involvedin leaming tbrough much of a lifespan."

Staff moral arid the ability towork more effectively with eabh

other are areas where Richardsonsees room for improvement. Psy-chological services not only helpsstudents but staff as well, support-ing them in feeling positive aboutwhat they are doing and encouag-ing thern to reach out to other staffmembers to improve the commu-nication between departmentsand divisions.

During the four decadesRichardsonhas been oncampus, he

experienced a change of feelingfrom FCC being a small familycampus drning the 80s to a largeinstitution today. He was at FCCdwing dramatic physical changes

on c¿rmpus in the early 70s, whensteets disappeared and buildingswere erected in their place.

For eight yea¡s, Richardsontaught in the Old AdminishationBuilding that, despite heating diffi-culties, he liked very much.

"It was cold Monday momingsand in the winter the heating wastumed off for the weekend and ittook until Monday aftemoon for the

steam heat to reach upstairs," saidRicha¡dson.

When Richardson started workingatFCC atage26, it was his first majorjob. He had südied at the UniversþofMaryland and Califomia State

University Chico, thor received a

docûorate from the Califomia School

ofProfessional Psycholory inFresro.After retiring this semester,

Richa¡dson will continue to work as apsychologist through a private prac-

ticehewillnowbe ableúo expand- Hewill also have more time ûo pr.usue his

hobbies, two of which are raisingalmonds and flying his plane.Richardson has been a pilot formany years and wants to getsome additional trainins and in-strument flight.

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Former FCC wornen's basketball coach

Donnie Johnson pleads with a referee duringFCC's 7l-58 victory over Porterville Jan.26.

FCC extends win streak to 17 with a 4-0 win over COS,

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Sport: BaseballWhen: May 5, 2:30 p.m.Where: Euless Field, FCCNotes: FCC looks to end the

regular season on a 20-game

winning streak, hosting theBlue Devils at home. Playoffsbegin May 14 and 15.

By Quinn Robinson

Rampage reporter

Not even Mother Nature canstop the Fresno City Collegebaseball team from the roll theyare on.

After a thirry-minute rain de-

lay, the Rams set a new recordfor their seventeenth consecu-tive win as they beat College ofSequoias 4-0 at Euless Ballparkon April 28.

"Baseball is hard to win,"said FCC head coach Ron Scott."We thought we'd be successfulthis year, but we never talkedabout winning streaks."

As if the Rams couldn't maketheir games interesting enoughakeady, rain decided to try and

play a factor in the outcome ofthe game.

It looked like it might workearly on when Rams starterRollie Gibson yielded threewalks in the top of the first in-

FCC head coach Ron Scott

ning before escaping the inningwithout any n¡nners crossing theplate for COS.

With rain coming down at asteady pace, the situation didn'tfare much better for COS starterGrant Duff. The sophomoreright-hander entered the game 3-

1 with a 4.43 ERA but only sur'vived I l/3 innings as he gave

up four walks and a run, cour-tesy of a walk with the bases

loaded.The Giants were able to get

out of further trouble as they

Sports Editor

FCC women's basketball head

coach Donnie Johnson an-nounced his resignationApril 28,

citing a need to spend more time. with his family.

Johnson and his Rams made

the playofß every season duringhis tenure, but he took his squadpast the second round only once.

"You go into any job wantingultimately to be the best,"Johnson said. "And state cham-pionship is the best. We accom-

plished a lot, but we didn't getthe ultimate goal."

Johnson works full-time atFresno Unified School District,and said that coaching at FCCwa! part-tirríe.

"Fresno Unified pays thebills." Johnson said.

FCC won the Central ValleyConference title only once.withJohnson, during his frrst season.

However, the 2000-'01 Rams, af-ter finishing second in the con-

f,erence, went all the way to the

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Tafi,s Justin Whiteside, left, bobbles the balt as FCC's Robert Walden slides safely into second. Whiteside was scored with the error.

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I3-3 win over Taft April 21 . The win was coach Ron Scott's 600th.

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CVC championshipBy David WltteSports Editor

The Fresno City Collegewomen's track team took sec-ond out of four schools at theCentr,al Valley Conferencechampiof ships in ModristoApril 23, with 125.5 points toModesto's 136.5.

The FCC men placed third atthe same event, with 77.5points, behind College of theSequoias' 123 and. Modesto's86.

Sharon Ayala took first inboth the discus throw and thejavelin, as well as taking sec-ond in the hammer throw andshot put. FCCs Dia Mathewstook first in both those events.Ma'thews also took second inthe discus.

The jumping sports all fell tothe FCC women, with MalloryGilbert taking the high jump at5 feet, 4 inches, Rosie Ander-son catapulting herself 10 feet,

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l0 inches for first in the pole.vault, Jemileh Hopkins takingthe long jump at 16 feet, 10.5inches, and Gilbert taking thetriple jump.

Gilbert also placed second inthe long jump.

Catilla Smith took third inboth the 100- and 200-meterdashes, and Dinah Clark tooksecond in the 400-meter dash.

FCC's me[ took first placein four events: Beau Beanplaced first in the -400-meterhurdles at 56.76 seconds, GusSpratt took first in the highjump at 6'feet even, Tim Batistatook first in the pole vault at 15

feet, and Aris Borjas threw apointed stick 194 feet, 5 inchesfor first in thejavelin-, as he hasdone all season.

FCC's Peter Briones' javelinfell almost 30 feet short ofBorjas' for second place.

Willie lVhetstone took thirdin the 1O0-meter dash andfourth in the 200-meter dash,and Dustin Silva took second inthe 800-meter run.

By Quinn Robinson

Rampage ReporterThe Fresùo City College

softball team finished its seasonou the short end ofthe stick inan extra-inning thriller againstpotentially playoff-boundMerced Blue Devils, losing 7-6 in nine innings., 3

The-Rams have struggled allyear, but that didn't stop themfrom taking the field andtryingto be spoilers for one of theirCentral Valley Conferencecounterparts' playoff hopes.

The match úp was originallyscheduled as part of a makeupdoubleheader that was rainedout on April 7. Due to inclem-ent weather once again, the twoteams were only able to get inone of the two games sched-uled.

The game went back andforth from'start to frnish as Sa-rah Montoy took the circle forthe Rams. After retiring theMerced side in order in the topof the first, FCC wasted no timegetting on the board.

Marissa Salazar started off

the inning with a single. ThenéÍt two batters didn't reachbase and Salazar was still onfrrst with two outs and JoyceLett coming to the plate.

Salazar took advantage ofher speed and stole second. Lettthen brought Salazar home witba base hit to the outfield andadvanced to second wheu thethrow home wasn't cut off.

Stephanie Aaron knocked inLett with a single of her ownand it was quickly 2-0 Rams en-

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AWest Hills pl'ayer slid¿s ln saÍe atfirst as Jewtifer Coronado êatchcs the bail during the third inning ofFCC's ?¡0 Yí,ctory.April26. ,The, Rains endcd their season-with a 7-6 home loss agaiist Merced þril 28.

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By Ryan McHenryRampage Reporter

Fresno City College men'sgolf team finished the regularseason strong at the SantaMaria Country Club againstAllan Hancock on April 26.

FCC defeated AllanHancock by a score of 372-379. The Rams were led byfreshman Jeff Jenkins who re-corded a score of 7l finishingone under par.

The Rams finished the sea-

son with only one blemish tothe team's record with an over-all record of 52-l . The loss wasvery frustrating to the teamconsidering that they only lostthe match by one stroke.

FCC had five players thatmade all Central Valley Con-ference honors: Jeff Jenkins,Ryan Perkins, CharlesScroggins, Rusty Barnett, andRobert Damschen. RobertDamschen was honored withthe CVC most valuable player

award along with the all CVChonors.

The Rams now must preparefor the Nor-Cal tournament,which will be held at theDiablo Grande Resort inPatterson, Calif.

The S.ams will play 36 holesof gold with the top foui teamsin the tournament advancing tothe California State Champion-ships on Monday May 7.

Photo by Daisv Rosas

FCC pitcher Sarah Monioy,l-efi,unleashes a pitch during FCC's 2-0 victory over West Hills April26.

Janna Her, FCC's No I.singles, returns theshuttlecock April 28against Sþline's StephanieC heung, 2004's individualstate champion.

Her lost Il-I, Il-I .

In No. I doubles,Cheung and Gina Gomezdefeated Her and YukoNakahara I5'3, ls-L

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contlnued from Page Ztering the second inning.' The two CVC teams wentback and forth until Mercedtook a 6-5 lead into the bottomhalf of the seventh inning.

The Rams were down t.otheir final three outs of thegame, but had the heart of trheline-up coming to the plate.

Melanie Madrid led off theinning just trying to get on baseto get a rally going for theRams.

She did more than that.Madrid ended up tying the

game up with one swing of thebat as she launched an offeringfrom the Merced pitcher overthe center field fence to tie thegame at six.

The Rams couldri,'t manageto squeeze out another run andended up losing 7-6 in nine in-nings. FCC finished the seasonI 0-26 overall and seventh placein the cvc at 6-14.

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championship tournament, tak-ing fourth in the state.

FCC had only one winningseason in the last four years, a 17 -13 campaign in 2003-'04.Johnson ended his FCC careerwith a 77-62 second-round lossto San Jose, ending a l5-15 sea-son.

"I always told (the team) youdo what you need to be happy,"Johnson said. "Youlll see peopledisappointed, but they probablyunderstand."

Johnson said a return tocoaching in the frrture is possible,and he will take things day byday- .

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in front of the mound and de-cided to pull the tarps out on thefield and wait the rain out.

After a fairly short rain-delay,the game continued and turnedinto a one-man show.

Rollie Gibson stayed on themound for the Rams and just outpitched his counterparts. Gibsonpitched sèven solid inningsstriking out eight COS batterswhile scattering five hits andfour walks.

The Rams were able to add acouple more runs for insuranceas Jason Sadoian led the attackwith two RBIs and ChadRothford and two others fol-lowed with a RBI apiece.

Saturday the Rams traveleddown to Visalia to complete thetwo game series sweep againstthe Giants.

Andy Underwood took themound for the Rams had a solidouting for FCC as he helpedshutout the Giants once asain as

the Rams won 2-0 to ãxtendtheir winning streak to l8 gamesand clinching their fourthstraight Central Valley Confer-

ence title.FCC's current wirining streak

isn't the only accomplishment,worth recognizing.

Coach Scott recently col-lected his 600th win against TaftonApril 23.He is currently thirdamong active coaches for mostwins.

The Rams wrap up the re-maining two games on theirCVC schedule against Mercedon lr{ay 3 in Merced and thenMay 5 here at Euless Ballpark.FCC then waits for the seedingsfor post-season play to come outon May 9.

"We'll either be a two (seed)or a one (seed)," said Scott. "Wehave a lot ofconfidence. That'sreally important to have that atthis time of year. Our kids seemto play really well in big games,so I just rvant to get to the play-offs. You don't have to worryabout motivating your kids forthe playoffs, becairse they'reready to go."

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Underpass saves lives and Undefpass brings moregets you to class on time". traffic and less parking.

The new un-derpass is underconstruction atFresno City Col-

lege and some think of it as a good andbad idea.

I for one, think it is a great idea for itcould not, only save lives, but actuallymake getting to ctasses a little easier. Iwould no longer be waiting for thoseblasted, annoying trains, that some timesstop on the tracks and force us, the hardworking students, from getting to ourclasses on time.

Those of us that'were here in the fallheard or saw the accident that claimed thelife of a fellow FCC student. I was in ar-chery class at that time of that accident,however, I did see a body bag when Ipassed by oq fry way to 4y next classand all I have to say is I wish the under-p¿uis were built at that time.

The underpass, which is under con-struction over in the northeast parking lotside of campus and will be making its waytowards our infamous tracks that clamed-the life of Deondrae Mullin last semes-ter.

The underpass will not only save livesand p¡event another life from begin taken,but also actually remove the excuse of ustelling our instructors, "Oh the trainstopped me on my way to class, sorry Iam late," we all have said it at one timeoi another.

The argument against this underpassis that it is a waste of the school's frrndsand that people should have enough com-mon sense to keep off the tracks when- a

train is coming.When you are in a hurry to your next

class and you do not.want to wait for atrain then common sense does not exist

in that period of time,.you have otherthings on your mind.

When people run across the tracks af-ter the gates go down are doing threethings endangering their lives, trying toget to class on time or my least favoriteto say is they do not have the patience towait for a train to pass.

We need the underpass at FCC, it willhelp all ofus in the end get to class safer.

When we have to go across the tracksit is better to go under then through whena train is coming.

I am up for this new improvement toFCC, and I hope a few more people arewith me when I say, "It is about time."

Just think a day without waiting for atrain now that's something I am lookingforward too.

Illushation by David Witte

We are allold enough toknow how tocfoss a street

or tracks. Besides, the tr¿in honks likecrazy. You can hea¡ it when it's still a mileaway or you're a mile away- Living trains.I often read while I'm walking but even Iknow when ['¡ çeming close to the tracksand check if the barriers a¡e closed. If Ididn't hear the honking which you canhear from... I'm repeating myself here.

There's not an underpass either at ev-ery spot on BlackstoneAve. wherepedestria"s might want to cross.

How about if there's an underpass,won't some students be scared about us-ing it in the dark? Of course it might belit but it's still under and people won'tsee you in case something happens there.

If you're a pedestrian crossing thetracks, you lôse maybe one or two min-utes when the train comes by. Sureenough, when you're driving your,car,well, rather sitting in it, waiting for thetrain to pass, that might take, consider-ing the carline in front of you and the timeuntil the baniers open again, five to sevenminutes. Actually it will at least take solong, I counted I l6 (!) wagons on a traintwo days ago.

When you're on McKinle¡ there isno underpass either, you have to waitthere, too. So what happens once peopleknow that there's an underpass on cam-pus where you don't have to wait? rüon'tthat increase traffrc on campus?

If someone is coming along McKinleyfrom the lvest, sees (or hears) that a trainis coming, he would turn left on Van NessAve and cruise through campus. [f heneeds to go north on Blackstone Ave,he even gets on closer to his destina-tion. Do we want more traffrc on cam-

pus?

How about the parking spots we'relosing due to the underpass route? I know,it's only going to be a few but it's notlike we have too many, anyway.

Already, starting approximately half ayear before the underpass is finished, aconsiderable amount of parking spots isqow playground to caterpillars.

Not to mention the money the under-pass costs.. couldn't college use this oth-envise?

It's not that change is necessarily bad,I'm not that conservative and head-in-the-sand, but some things are all right theway they are, thus we needn't investmoney that isn't there to change them.

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Choua LyDental Hygiene

"It's a good idea.You'llnever have to worr.y about

thc train again."

Angel De La CruzGraphic Design

"It is good. Sfiidents comelate 1o class beacause of the

train."

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Abel EspinozaArchitecture

"Itb a good idea because itwill male things a lot

safer."

Kristi L. TrockeLiberal Studies

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from the railroad? I thik it'sa very good idea."

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Grand frnale: ArColumnist gives his last tantrumfor the Rampage

By Will TranquilliThis is i! for Tantums. It's been

a great run but this is the last edi-tion.

For last academic year this col-umn has appeared in virhrally ev-ery issue ofthe Rampage.

And I have loved writing for theRampage.

Of the tasks required to handlemy meager part of creating theRampage, this column has been themost satisfiing. Telling peoplewhat to think is a gas, I'm begin-ning to understand RushLimbaugh, fool though he is.

Ofthe ca¡ds and lettersreceivdwell, they've been too few to men-tion. (Some of the comrnents werenot fit to repeat.) Readers nurnberedin the high single digits, and havemy gratitude.

This column has considered awide range of issues. The first col-umn w¿rs dedicated to those stead-fast students who, one fine morn-ing, drove to class, beat thegridlocþ foundparking spaces andgot to class on time. That was welldone, - you two.

A couple ofearly cohunns dealtwith the issue of your precioustime. The reader was advised thatsloppy programming on Internetweb sites wasted yow time throughinefficient, but correctable, proce-dures.

A worst pirate of your precioustime (after all, what have you moreprecious than time?) is that genreof insidious telephone answering

devices known as the ûelephone tee.Forcing you to route your own call,which you will do voy inefficientlysince you're a layperson, allows in- netherworld.stitutions to hire a minimum num- The Emptyber of phone answerers and work rHand offersthem like slaves, allowing no time nothing-for-between calls. something, a

Ofoourse, they canonly do this grotesquebecause they've got you cooling marketingyour heels on the phone until oneoftheirharriedpeople can come onand tell you you've reached thewrong department. After they'vetansferedyorx call, you'll have towait for the correct departnent toanswer - tick tick tick... lVhen

fraud.

ably of WINNING equals the lifeexpectancy ofa globe ofpacked ice

must "...err on the side of life."GW was justiffing taking an is-

And now, I úankyou foryourkindattention and wish you well. If youhave enjoyedreadingthis colurnn halfas much as I enjoyed vriting i! thenI've hadtwice as much fim as you

Still, I wish you well and remem-ber, impeach before it's too late.Good bye.

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This century-old institu-tion can forever be a

source of pride by all whohave grown here.

sue alvayfrom the ju-dicialbrærchof govern-ment andgave it toCongres s.This was a

you're hang-ing'from thetelephonetree no onecan hear youscream.

Prior tothe election,the electorate

The prearnble fo the Decla¡ationof Independence was examined inlight of the erosion of our rights ur-der the faith-driven administationofAmerica. It recognized the needto take action. And the rest of theworld looked to America hopefully

clea¡ violation of separation ofpow-ers, instituted by the framen of ourconstitution, for no otherreason thanto deny Terri Schaivo theright to a dignified depar-ture. And still, he hasnot been impeached.

Probably the mostimportant column of theyear dealt with the issue of

"bad"words. Thosewhoobjectto certain words

- andtheycanbe anywords

- a¡e in real-ity objecting to theideas and- emotionsthose words repre-sent.

They fear or re-vile specific emo-tions orideas andbybranding words as"bad", they suc-ceed in control-ling thoughtsand emotions -mind contuol. Ifyouwould enslave, youmustfirst control the mind.

for that ac-In defense of allwords, Thn- tion.

trums ØØmined the conceDt of H, e r e , censorship. In defense of

"bad"words. n ,"lnîiu¡* Ëi'"1",, *: il,i'i3åtì;lîïäi,î;are objecting to the emotiotß

tlnsewoñs rqresent.was advised against partial brainvoting. Apparently, not well enougþit seems, in spiûe of the fact that afoolproof reason rüas givan to votefor John Kerry

- that he wasn'tGeorge Bush. Could the voters havemistaken elect for impeach? Thatmust be why Bush wasn't im-peached.

This column warned of theEmpV Hand, the scam by whichma¡keters inducedconsumers to dotheir bidding by offering nothing-

'for-something. It is a drawing or agame ofchance withyour "lifelongheart's desi¡e" as apnze. The prob-

teern and ap-preciationforFresno CitvCollêge - the

architecture, landscaping, facuþvision and hospitality - we lamentedthat a parking permit holder had buta 23 percent chance of finding park-ing. Still, from ow open arms edu-cational philosophy tq the recordshattering sports program, this cen-tury-old institution can foreverbe asource ofpride by all who havegrown here.

It is on this page that we recoiledin horror when the man whose gov-emorship of Texas not only presidedover but expedited the deaths of57inmates, actually advised that we

that ev-eryoneelse inyour classhascheckedall thebooksout. Soyou drive the library ladyinsane with your demands that shehelp you find books on yow sub-ject.

Finally you've found the abso-lute minimum foryourpaper, yourush home and the power is out.You start to write by candlelight,but while in the kitchen you gethungry andyou stop to make your-self a sandwich. Oh don't forgetthe chips, you can't have a sand-

start totype.

Some sentences come out fine,as you piece your thoughts to-gether but then you get down tohalf a page, when your stomachstarts to feel strange from thesandwich, green deli meat lvasnever your favorite. So you get aglass of water and decide to liedown to calm yoru runrbling stom-ach.

Six hou¡s later, you'wake up

with your notes stuck to yow faceand drool running down the sideof your mouth. Oh, crap.

You sit shaight up and you startto type, as the words stârt to pourout of you faster then you cantype.

Aj about two and a halfpagesyou start to come down off yourrush andyou realize thatyou needmore information on your subject,and since the library is closed youlog on to the information networkloowu as the lntemet.

You start to look for yow in-formation, but someone sends youan instant message and you stàrtto chat, completely forgetting thatyou have other reasons for beingthere. An hour later you realizewhat and idiot you a¡e and so youstart your research, only slightlydistracted by every other noise.

Then the prayrng begins. Youpray and you sv/ear that if Godhelps you get this paper done ontime, you'll never do this again foras long as you live. You are liter-ally at yow breaking point and you

snap at everyone who so much asmakes a noise.

So finally you are completelydrained and the paper is due in lessthen four hours. You haven't sleptandyou still have apage andahalfto fill, as well as yourworls cited.But yow body screams for sleepand you figure thatyoutll just skipyotu first class and finish the pa-

Per.After your nap you again get

that rush, you finish right ontime for class. You get in yourcar and you rush there to get aparking spot. As you sit in yourcar waiting for class to start, youget sleepy and decide to restyoweyes for just a moment.

Two hours later, you wake upwith your forehead pressedagainst the steering wheel,you've missed class and the pa-per is late.

Procrastination is an art form.I need to master it, why? Be-cause this article is late and Ihaveno one to blame but my dogwho ate my written copy beforeI could type it out. I swear.

pages,

Proc;rastinatDo you put things otr ? At least be good at it.

Procrastínation is an art thatfew can master. Everyone fries todo it, but very few'do it well.

Since the end of the semesteris approaching students every-where are starting to slack off.Pushing things until the very lastmoment counting on an adrenalinerush to make their brains work ishappening to students every-where.

It has to be done; it has to befive pages with works cited, andbe the best paper in the entire

world on a subject you have nointerest on whatsoever. But,you've waited until the day beforeit's due because you are Super-man, and you can do it.

So you rush to the library andyou try to find books on the Cali-fomia Cotton Mouth, and you find

wich without chiþs. Wait youcan't find the chips, so you spendanother five minutes looking forthem.

After eating, the power comeson; you sit at your computer star-ing blankly at its white söreenwilling your brain to function.

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May 4. 2005 11

The rHorro? is backThirty years later and the haunting picture of the house

of Amiryville still sparks fear in moviegoers.

Horror movies have notice-ably lost their "oomph" over theyeârs. You had the çlassics like"Friday the I 3th,"'1.{ighfnare onElm Street," and "Halloween."

Then you have the rest ofthe"horror" movies that can't evenscare your 6-year-old sibling whosleeps witl a night-light.

"TheAmityville Horror," is an

exception, however. This moviewill make you jolt in your seat

with fast andr¡nexpected shots ofdead people.

Directed by Andrew Douglas,"The Amityville Horror"ch¡onicles the LuE family as they

--move into what they believe istbeir d¡eam house, inAmityville,Rhode tsland- With new specialeffects, and better acton the re-make scared the audience somany times it was dishacting.

The movie starts with themurder ofthe De Feo family. Theeldest son of the De Feo family,.Robert, stands over the beds ofhis familymembers witha loadedshotgun as they sleep. You hear

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,"p.ut.a loud blasts of a rifleas Robe.rt enters each room andshoots his family to death because

he's heard voices telling him tokill his family.

A year aft er the gruesome mr¡r-ders, George Lutz (RyanReynolds) and his wife Kathy(Melissa George) buy the De Feohome at a bargain price and movetheir small family into its seem-

ingly peaceful walls. That is whenthe nightmare begins.

As windows and doors beginto open, and as the family dogseems to bark endlessly at noth-ing, the family stays on in thehouse as George begins to act diÊferently from his normal self.

He becomes possessed by de-mons and begins to hear voicesin his head and from behind hisbasement wall. His eyes begin toget bloodshot while we see histemperament change from a

good-natured guy to a verballyand mentally abusive man who isawful to his wife and his stepchil-dren.

lWith the youngest child talk-ing to an friend wholives in her closet named Jodie,we see our first glimpse into whatthe rest of the movie will be like.The near misses and the closecalls are packed into the film. A¡ethings really dead? Is the houseevil?

I'm not one who scares easily,but along with the rest of the au-

þan Reyrotìs (Iefi) and Melissa George (right) star as th" yourgcouple who thought they bought their dreun home inAmityville, N.

haunted house, where a murderhappened. If it seems too good tobe tnre, it probably is.

"The Amityville Horror" israted R and is definitely worth the

$10 to go later at night and have agood scare. It's so much betterthen the original, so if you likedthe original you'll love this up-dated version.

dience I was impressed to find amovie that made me jolt in myseat. It has been too long sincesurprises in horror flicks havemade me shake. Besides, seeing a

scary, glassy-eyed dead ghost isenough to send chills up my spinejust thinking about it.

This movie defuritely is a greatargument for buying a newly builthome instead of a ghost filled,

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rWhat do you get when you mixAmerican flamboyance, dry En-glish humo¡ and a million otherbulhues from different planets?

You get the " The Hitchhiker'sGuide to the Galaxy," a fun moviedirected by Alan Bell, starringMartin Freeman as the unremark-able Àrthur Dent.

The film starts off with Denttrying to prevent his house frombeing demolished to build a by-way. Those concerns becomemoot, however, when a Vogon at-tack force demolishes Earth tomake way for á hyperspacetbrough-way.

Dent and his friend Ford Pre-fect, played by Mos Def, make itoff the planet before. its destruc-tion by hitchhiking with the Vogon

fleet. Eventually, they meet upwith Ford's friend Zaphod,Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell).Beeblebrox is the cocþ galaxypresident who has stolen thegalæry's most advanced ship inorder to find Magrathe4 the mythi-

cal planet that manufactured plan-ets for the galaxy's rich and fa-mous.

Also along for the ride areTrillian (Zooey Deschanel), an-other earthling who was picked upby Beeblebrox, and the eternally

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From left, Mos Def, Martin Freeman and Sam Rockwell starin "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

depressed robot Marvin. Marvin'svoice is that ofAlanRickrnan, whoyou might remember as the Voiceof God in Kevin Smith's movie"Dogma."

As a fan of the original cultclassic book of the same name byDouglas Adams (which was actu-ally the first of five books in whatbecame known as the"Hitchhiker's Trilogy"), I wassorhewhatdisappointed at the vari-ous plot changes, to the point ofcreating new characters (one ofwhom is played by JohnMalkovich). But then I remem-bered, as all Hitchhiker fansshould, that the story has a historyofchânges, from its original ver-sion as a BBC radio show. Also,Adams himselfwas involved inthewriting of the script dwing the fi-nal few years ofhis life.

So the changes aren't fhat im-portant. What's important is thatthis is a fun movie, whether or notyou've read the book. Don't ruinit by being a snob.

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