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Covering Orange Coast College since 1948

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Volume 70, No. 21 coastreportonline.com April 13, 2016

on the inside

Travel rechargeOCC administrator takes a sabbatical to India.

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Play therapyStudents write, direct and per-form in “He-Said, She-Said.”

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Festival frenzyThis survival guide will help you live through Coachella.

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Volleyball acesMen’s team is on a nine-match winning streak.

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College doesn’t rule out lawsuit

Changes may shorten waits for counseling

Gardeners can get their green on Friday

Photo by Kit Tran

From left, Josef Schmid, 20, a culinary arts major, Derek D., 28, studying welding, Mike O’Conner, 22, a liberal arts major, Matt Pederson, 23, a theater major and Bryan Wagner, 24, who is studying multimedia, gather in the Student Center to play electronic games. Esports have become one of the largest forms of entertainment for millenials with viewership for the League of Legends World Championship beating both the NBA finals and World Series last year.

Pwning noobs at OCC

Photo by Kit Tran

Flower baskets and other greenery will be available at the college’s annual spring plant sale held each Friday for the next three weeks.

BY CHRISTOPHER TOLANDARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

Try to remember the irst time you took a bite from a fresh, juicy and intensely flavored homegrown tomato, the herbal scent of the vines still lingering on your ingers.

Whether you are a newbie gar-dener or a veteran horticulturist, over the next three Fridays the Orange Coast College Horti-culture department will hold its annual spring plant sale. The sale will include a variety of vegetables, herbs and decorative lowers.

Since the beginning of the semester, OCC’s horticulture

students and volunteers have been preparing and cultivating the plants that will be sold at the spring sale. A lush sea of green which includes tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, squash, cu-cumbers, herbs and multi-color geraniums and coleus lay waiting for consumers.

“The spring plant sale is an outreach opportunity for the community with over 1,600 emails sent out for the event,” said Rick Harlow, instructor of horticulture at OCC.

Starting a new garden or even keeping a plant alive can be quite daunting for new gardeners. If you are interested in testing your hand this season, one of the most common beginner crops is the almighty tomato.

Harlow recommends cherry tomatoes speciically when de-ciding on different varieties to grow for the irst time and has

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Vegetables, herbs and flowers will be for sale at the annual plant sale.

It’s time to celebrate, closet gamers — you now have a legitimate reason to tell

your parents that playing video games is no longer a waste of time.

Electronic gaming has made its way out of the basement and into a professional career option as esports has been gaining tremendous popularity on the global stage.

With professional leagues, prize pools in the millions of dollars, paid live streaming platforms and scholarships for

prospective college students, the landscape of modern gam-ing is a bright new frontier.

In the current educational topography students can actu-ally get job offers based solely on their skill and tenacity for games.

A local example of this is John Cao, founder of the OCC club Gamers Guild.

He started the guild four years ago with the intent of gathering the best gamers together at the college. The club evolved once he noticed that there were other

communities of players who wanted to join from different games and he accepted them all with open arms.

“We are universal, we wel-come everybody,” Cao said.

After holding his irst func-tion on campus after the clubs inception with roughly 150 at-tendees, by his second semester Cao upped the ante and hosted his second major gathering as a charity event.

“We took over the student lounge and all the money that was raised for that went to the

Make-A-Wish Foundation. We had about 300 people come for that and almost raised $1,000 for charity,” Cao said.

By combining his love for gaming and an ability to give back to the community through charity, Cao’s work was quickly noticed. As a result he amassed sponsorships from Red Bull, Microsoft and inally Blizzard Entertainment where he now works as a full time event co-ordinator.

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Gaming has moved from mom’s basement to job offers and scholarships.

BY CHRISTOPHER TOLANDARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

Members of the Associated Students of Orange Coast Col-lege, OCC’s counseling admin-istration and the Coast Commu-nity College District are working together in an effort to reine the current system and make it easier for students to set up counseling appointments across the district.

Currently, students at OCC must call on Thursday mornings at 8 a.m. to set up an appointment with a counselor for the follow-ing week. Students are often left frustrated because counseling appointments at the early part of the semester, when class sched-uling happens, often get illed within minutes of the deadline and long wait times often occur on the phone.

“It can be a total inconve-nience because you might have other things you need to do at that time. It also sucks when you call and get through and they tell you that all the appointments for the week are full,” Nadine Cale, a 24-year-old interior design major said.

Chris Boyle, the regional del-egate and Advocacy Committee chairman for the ASOCC, said that in 2012 the state passed the Student Success Act which mandated that students ill out a Student Educational Plan or Ed Plan in order to receive certain services like inancial aid.

This change in policy had a lot of impact on availability of coun-seling, as many more students were forced to see counselors than ever before, regardless of need, Boyle said.

“One-third of the student population can have one counsel-ing appointment per semester,” Boyle said. “The bottom line is we have more students than there are available appointments — the math is against us.”

The district is working on up-dating and improving the portal system page and the ASOCC is looking to create a new way for students to submit an Ed Plan online in correlation with the website’s update, Boyle said.

The proposed plan would al-low students, through MyOCC, to submit a digital Ed Plan by using the program Degree Works. A tweak in the current Degree Works system would allow counselors to have access to students’ submitted Ed Plans and then take a clerical day to go through and approve plans without the need for one-on-one meeting, Boyle said.

Eileen Tom, a counselor at the OCC Transfer Center, who has also met with Boyle to discuss possible changes to the current scheduling system, said she re-alizes the possible beneit of the plan but advised against a hasty implementation until Degree Works is fully tailored to give students all the information they need to create an Ed Plan for transfer.

“It (the proposed plan) can be an assistance to students, but I think we should start with a pi-lot,” Tom said. “We are working to reine the current website by

New system may allow Ed Plans to be approved inDegree Works.

BY ALEX RACECOPY EDITOR

Denial of OCC’s sports ban appeal sparks request for another hearing.

Just days after a college ath-letic association denied Orange Coast College’s post season ban appeal request, officials have petitioned the organization for a

binding arbitration — but say they won’t give up their right to sue.

The California Community College Athletic Association denied OCC’s appeal of its one year post-season ban on 22 of the college’s sports programs on April 4 and the college iled its request for binding arbitration Thursday.

In late February the college was slapped with a one year post-season ban for 22 of the 25 competitive sports teams — a sanction college oficials have called unprecedented and ex-

treme. The sanctions stem from violations dating back to 2009 when head baseball coach John Altobelli was tossed from a game for the second time and from two incidents in the college’s football program.

The college appealed the sanc-tions in a 70-page report on March 11 and on April 1 the CCCAA issued a formal denial of the college’s appeal, offering no explanation for its decision. The memorandum simply stat-ed, “Please be advised that the CCCAA Board of Directors has

denied the appeal for Orange Coast College Intercollegiate Athletics.”

In requesting arbitration, OCC’s legal counsel added that the school does not waive its rights to seek judicial relief — a right that is typically waived for arbitration.

“We are saying what they did, in our opinion, is so severe that we still see the right to a lawsuit,” said Doug Bennett, senior direc-tor of Institutional Advancement.

Bennett said he hopes that court action will not be necessary

and that the panel can come to a reasonable resolution to restore eligibility for the teams without grievance through the arbitration hearing which should take place in May.

“We don’t believe they should penalize the teams in sports which did nothing wrong,” Ben-nett said.

The arbitration panel selected by the CCCAA will consist of three members selected from a pool of 12 candidates.

The CCCAA has ive working days to respond and ive working

days to make inal selections for the arbitration team, Bennett said.

OCC has requested that the arbitration be conducted as a testimonial hearing where the college’s representatives will have a chance to converse with and cite evidence to the arbitra-tion panel.

According to OCC’s general counsel, this is the only way that the college feels the arbitration panel will be able to deliver a fair

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BY CHRISTOPHER TOLANDARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

Campus APRIL 13, 20162

Flying ballsOn April 5 at 1 p.m. a male

student reported damage to the windshield of his vehicle, John Farmer, chief of Cam-pus Safety said.

The victim was reported-ly driving on Monitor Way adjacent to the baseball ield when a baseball, as the result of a foul ball, struck his wind-shield, Farmer said.

Campus Safety was called to the scene where an oficer took a picture of the damaged windshield and sent a report to the Risk Services depart-ment, Farmer said.

The Risk Services depart-ment will assess the dam-age and replace the victim’s windshield, Farmer said.

School stress A mental evaluation of a

student occurred Friday at 6:48 p.m. in front of the Ba-sil H. Peterson Gym, Farmer said.

The Costa Mesa Police Department received a phone call reporting that a male student was acting suicidal, Farmer said.

The CMPD contacted Cam-pus Safety and both groups dispatched to the scene where they assessed the student’s mental health. The student claimed that he wanted to kill himself and asked that he be transported to a mental health center, Farmer said.

The CMPD iled a report with the Student Health Cen-ter and transported the stu-dent to a mental health center, Farmer said.

Peeping TomA peeping tom incident

was reported on April 4 at 2:30 p.m. at the second loor

Library men’s bathroom, Farmer said.

The victim, a male student, claimed that the suspect, another male student, put his head underneath the partition that separates the stalls in the bathroom to sneak a peek, Farmer said.

The victim reportedly wait-ed until the suspect left the bathroom to report the inci-dent. Campus Safety was able to identify the suspect via camera footage and brought the suspect, who was still in the library, in for ques-tioning after the victim said he wanted to press charges, Farmer said.

Upon questioning, the sus-pect claimed that he felt the victim was in poor health and was simply checking to see if the victim was OK, Farmer said.

The suspect apologized and the victim agreed not to press charges, Farmer said.

Sneaky slasherA case of vehicle vandal-

ism was reported in the Ad-ams Avenue Parking Lot on April 3 between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m, Farmer said.

The victim, a female stu-dent, claimed that during the reported hours, all of the valve stems had been cut from the tires of her 2001 Nissan Altima, Farmer said.

A report was iled but the suspect was not identified as security cameras failed to capture the reported vandal-ism, Farmer said.

CRIMEBLOTTER

— The Crime Blotter was com-

piled by Alex Race from Campus

Safety reports.

Journey to IndiaVice president of Administrative Services

Richard Pagel takes a trip of a lifetime.

BY CLAYTON SPIVEYFEATURES EDITOR

Rich Pagel traveled from Hol-lywood all the way to Bollywood to enlighten himself and those around him.

Pagel, vice president of Ad-ministrative Services at Orange Coast College, took what he called a professional develop-ment leave to India from Jan-uary through February. On his sabbatical, Pagel traveled and spoke to 18 different colleges and universities about what the Indian and American education systems could learn from each other.

“The project was a little bit to beneit them, a little bit to beneit us and even a little bit to just recharge my batteries,” Pagel said.

Pagel said he could have chosen many different countries to satisfy those needs but India stood out as the prime candidate for a variety of reasons. He cites the sheer size of the population, the high level of illiteracy within the country, the country’s poten-tial for economic growth and last but not least— poverty.

Pagel thought the most com-pelling, yet sobering, realiza-tions about India was in regards to its level of poverty. Around 20 percent of India’s population, which is just over 1.2 billion people, lives on less than $1.90 a day, he said. He was quick to

drive home the severity of that point.

“We are trying to get a mini-mum wage here of $15 an hour, so could you imagine only $1.90 a day? You couldn’t do it,” Pagel said.

This statistic, combined with the fact that the country itself is still developing, presents India with a unique set of roadblocks in terms of education. Pagel sought to help igure out a way for Indi-ans to circumvent the roadblocks they face.

Pagel said two of the largest struggles that Indian educators have is the lack of good tech-nology and access to attending colleges in the poorer regions of the country.

There is a need for an increase in distance learning to reach vil-lages that otherwise don’t have access to educational facilities, he said.

While their situation is unique-ly hard, Pagel sees expanding the use of technology as a step in the right direction in terms of providing education across India.

“Distance learning is becom-ing greater and there is great opportunity to bring education and knowledge out to all these areas,” Pagel said.

It wasn’t just his Indian col-leagues that stood to learn some-thing from their interactions.

Pagel made it clear that immers-ing himself in the largely Hindu culture was one of the most rewarding experiences of his life.

Apart from the knowledge he gained about the Indian educa-tion system, Pagel learned a life lesson or two from his Indian counterparts. Pagel stressed that Indian people, just like people in America, deal with many of the same struggles but it was the way that the Indian people treat-ed each other that left a lasting impression on him.

“There is more of sense of community and compassion and tolerance. We need to lower our expectations of one another and try and be better humans,” Pagel said.

Even though Pagel was there for an educational opportunity, he made sure that the trip wasn’t completely all work and no play. Making his way north, south, east, and west, Pagel soaked in the culture that has been devel-oped over centuries.

Pagel and his wife traveled India, stopping at temples and villages that an adventurer could only dream of. It wasn’t just his-torically rich places like the Taj Mahal and the site of Buddha’s first teachings that fascinated him.

Everywhere he went, whether it be in small villages or roaring

cities, cows roamed freely and served as a reminder of the cul-ture’s reverence of not just the cow but life.

In a land so completely for-eign, Pagel found constant comfort in India’s welcoming philosophy as it most certainly translated to his treatment as well. His hosts made him feel like more than just a guest — he was like family.

“In India they have a saying that a guest is like god,” Pagel said.

This kind of treatment and the experience he had working with Indian educators, made the ex-perience not only rewarding for Pagel but something he wishes to repeat.

Toward the end of the trip he was invited by a baba, or religious guru, to come back. One day Pagel wants to accept that invitation and explore the Himalayas.

Pagel said the trip not only re-charged his batteries but it truly changed his life. It’s this kind of experience that he wants more people to partake in, he said.

“I hope one day that you too can go to India. It’s a land of contradiction with the most beautiful things you have seen to the most heinous things you could imagine. It will change your life too,” Pagel said.

Speech brings home the gold

The Orange Coast College Speech, Debate and Theater team are national champs for the second year in a row after winning irst place at the 2016 PHI RHO PI National Cham-pionship tournament in Costa Mesa on Saturday.

Fourteen OCC students com-peted against 100 nationally ranked community college speech teams in a weeklong tournament that had more than

1,000 entries.“Winn ing back- to -back

championships is an amazing feat. Very few schools achieve it because the competition is tough,” said Shaw Davari, director of individual events.

OCC is now tied with Moor-park College for the highest number of national titles for community college speech teams.

OCC has won 10 national titles since 1970.

For more on this story and a list of winners and scores go to coastreportonline.com.

CAMPUS REPORTS

“Going from a spectator to a player and now evolving to an or-ganizer, it’s satisfying,” Cao said.

Esports, or electronic sports, is the term for competitive electronic gaming. Games like League of Legends and Counterstrike: Glob-al Offensive are the most popular titles being played in the world and have been bringing staggering spectator numbers that rival and surpass those of traditional sports.

“Esports is getting even bigger than normal sports in terms of viewership. Players are actually getting visas as athletes so I think that is a very big step,” said Bernie Ploch, president of Orange Coast College’s Gamers Guild.

To put this into perspective, the League of Legends World Championship inals last year had 36 million unique viewers which surpasses that of the 2015 NBA inals (19.94 million) and the 2015 World Series inals (17.2 million).

The tournaments have even sold out events at big arenas such as the Staples Center.

Beyond the championship matches for global supremacy, games like LOL and CS:GO have created leagues akin to those of the NBA, which attract many local and international fans.

“I’m going to Las Vegas in the coming weeks for the LOL North America League Championship

Series finals and will be going to Santa Monica this weekend to watch the semis,” said Jonathan Barajas, a ilm student at OCC.

These leagues are made up of professional organizations that draft rosters of players and sub-stitutes, employ coaching staffs, analysts, sports psychologists, me-dia crews, chefs and management teams in the hopes of succeeding in their conferences while attract-ing prospective sponsors.

This spring season, former big name pro athletes have begun in-vesting money and even purchas-ing their own teams to compete in these leagues. Ex Lakers small forward Rick Fox just purchased a professional team in the LOL NA LCS aptly named Echo Fox.

“It’s a $750 million business, and in a couple of years it’s going to be a $2 billion industry,” said Fox in an interview with ESPN. “It mirrors everything I’ve expe-rienced in my own professional sport environment, and so after doing enough research and doing my due diligence, I put together a team that’s obviously bigger than just myself.”

Outside of Fox, Shaquille O’Neal and Alex Rodriguez re-cently invested into an existing professional esports organization called NRG eSports, which owns teams in both LOL and CS:GO.

Apart from the professional scene, gamers can entertain them-

selves and even make a living through live streaming platforms such as Twitch.

Sites like Twitch.tv allow gamers to watch live tournaments across every gaming title and even view dedicated streamers who broadcast themselves playing their game of choice. Observers can select their favorite channels and even interact directly with the streamers through live chat.

Afiliated streamers on Twitch can offer monthly subscriptions to their live channels for $4.99, accept donations from fans, make ad revenue through clicks and can even personalize their programs in a way that traditional entertain-ment has never really allowed for.

“There are streamers that make $100,000 from streaming alone, but this is likely the upper range,” said Jeffery Shih (TrumpSC), a popular streamer on Twitch, during an interview with Forbes.

By subscribing, users get special chat privileges within the speciied channels and can be invited to spe-cial events held by the streamers, be entered in giveaways for gam-ing gear and even gain a rapport with the streamers while being a part of a niche community.

Electronic gaming has become a justiiable form of media and entertainment for millennials with a job market that is only growing and expanding to meet their hun-ger for consumption.

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S o y o u inally have that Coach-ella bracelet you’ve al-ways want-ed. After all these years you have ac-cess to the l egendary desert festi-val. But the road wasn’t easy, and preparing the best setup for the outdoor festival is the irst step of the Coachella experience.

This survival guide will assist you with your planning and your awesome campsite that every-one will remember. After all, you don’t want to go through the best three-day weekend of your life unprepared do you?

Register and map it out

First things first. Now that you have your bracelet, go onto Coachella.com and register so you can enter the festival with-out any problems. There should be a code under the plastic chip on the bracelet that you use for registration.

You’re going to want to know where you are in the festival at all times so it’s a good idea to download the Coachella App on your smartphone. The app has a map of the polo grounds, the lineup and the set times. If you don’t have a smart phone, Coachella oficials are stationed

around the polo grounds and can provide you with a map.

Camp earlyIf you plan on car camping,

make sure you arrive early Thursday for a good spot in the campground. You don’t want to have to walk all the way to the back of the campground every night after raging for hours on end.

It’s a good idea to bring a por-table grill like a George Foreman so that if you get hungry while day camping, you can whip up a meal for the squad. It’s also a good idea to keep a cooler with ice so you can store all of your drinks and keep the mountains blue.

Pack smartMake sure your campground

is stocked with water and food for your squad to refuel. A car charger for phones is also a good idea for when batteries are low. Let’s face it, the iPhone battery life sucks.

You will want to keep your squad entertained so a portable speaker for tunes and some games like sack toss or can jam are always a good call.

Don’t forget to bring a tooth-brush, toothpaste and any toi-letries you will need to look fuego and keep that hygiene 100. Coachella provides show-ers, sinks and bathrooms in the campgrounds and you will dei-nitely want to know where those

are in case of any emergencies. Now when night falls in the

valley, the temperature tends to drop rapidly so if you don’t want to shiver while watching Guns N Roses on Main Stage Sunday night, I recommend bringing a hoodie or a sweatshirt.

Also, the wind tends to pick up at night and blow dirt around so if you have allergies you might want to bring some med-ication for your sinuses.

Water is goldNow it’s Friday morning and

you’re in the festival. First thing you need to know is that water is key. Coachella is in Indio and very hot. Minimal clothes and weight is optimal. So if you want to have something to carry your Coachella items in, keep it small and light weight like a fanny pack or Camelback.

Coachella also has many wa-ter stations for you to ill up your water bottle so if you have a sick growler, bring that too.

Sun protectionThe desert sun is very pow-

erful and might burn you if you if you don’t wear sunscreen so put on some Maui Babe and soak up the sun. Also, fresh shades are key.

From Dior to Target you can ind stylish sunglasses that should protect your sea foam eyes from any damage and avoid the annoying hand shield.

A hat is also a must-have to protect you from the sun and if

you like living on the edge you can even throw it on backwards.

The infamous Dolab is known for spraying high powered water guns and is a good place to cool off so if you plan on bringing a towel or waterproof shorts to stay dry.

Plan to grubNow while Coachella is world

renowned for music and arts, it also has a terriic wide range of different restaurants and foods. Bring some cash or a debit card so you can enjoy one, two or 10 of the amazing restaurants on the food lineup. If you’re 21 or older, I recommend having your ID so you can enter the Heinek-en tent and maybe purchase a few brews.

Designate a rendezvous

Now, you know where you are but you don’t know where your friends are and both of your phones are dead. It’s a good idea to have a meet up spot somewhere in the festi-val where you can ind your friends if you lose track of each other. Pick a landmark like a sculpture or the loating astronaut.

Find the medicsMake sure everyone in your

group knows where the med-ical tents are before entering the festival. It’s just better for everyone’s safety.

The lasT CoaChella survival guide you’ll ever need

Zach Boetto Social Media Editor

General admission:WaterSunscreenHatShadesLow top shoesTowel/bandanaLightweight T-shirtLightweight shortsCashIDDebit cardSmartphonesBraceletCoachella appContactsWater bottle/growlerBusiness cardsPolo grounds map

A festival packing list

For camping:TentCoolerPortable grillDecorationsLightsPhone chargerCamp grounds mapTowelsToiletriesPillow and blanketDrinks/sodaFruit/granola bars/foodBeer bongRolling papers/lighterBP table, cups, ballsSunscreenHoodie/extra clothes,socks, shoes

Weekend One: Friday, Saturday and Sunday Weekend Two: April 22, 23 and 24Where: Empire Polo Club in Indio

Where and When

Friday headliners: LCD Soundsystem, Ellie Goulding, Jack U, M83, G-Eazy, Rae Sremmurd, Joey Bada$$, FOALS, Of Monsters And Men

Saturday headliners: Guns N’ Roses, Ice Cube, Disclosure, A$AP Rocky, Churches, Halsey, RL Grime, Vince Staples

Sunday headliners: Calvin Harris, Sia, Major Lazer, Flume, the 1975, Miiike Snow, the Chainsmokers, Baauer, Cold War Kids

Who to see

adding videos and workshops online to assist students but irst students need to know where to ind Degree Works and there

needs to be some interpretation before the program happens.”

Boyle said he hopes that the program is implemented in correlation with the changes to the portal.

According to Andreea Ser-ban, the vice chanceloor of educational services and tech-nology, there is currently no definitive date to implement the change.

WAITS: Counseling appointment changes could help students. From Page 1

Orange Coast College has been getting involved with a project called Help Your Harbor that has had recent success and is gaining volunteers.

Phi Theta Kappa leads and is in support of the project on campus as it gives students the opportunity to do something about the huge garbage patch in the Paciic. The harbor clean ups take place the irst Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. at the BBC Guest Dock.

“There’s a plastic island the size of Texas loating out there in the Paciic and it all starts right here,” said Jeremy Neill, the lead coordinator of this project at OCC.

Neill has been involved in this

project for about a year and a half and has shared how serious of a problem plastic pollution can be.

“We’re on our way to having more plastic in the ocean than sea life,” Neill said.

Neill said the first step in resolving this issue is raising awareness about it.

“If someone isn’t necessarily cognicant of some issue, I think that if you can get them involved and have fun on an issue related to it, they will eventually come along if they do an event like this,” Neill said.

The main purpose and goals of the project are to get out on the water and make the harbor a cleaner place but also to gather data to share with institutions that are looking for prevention efforts.

When this project began the

group was known as the Riding Currents and started off as a few surfers who were noticing trash on the break and were curious of where it came from.

“I called up Billy Dutton and after about six months we noticed we (the program) were growing,” said Neill.

One way this group tried to raise awareness was by building a solar-powered boat that trav-eled from Catalina Island and went from Santa Barbara to Mex-ico. Neill explained that the issue of plastic in the environment affects not only him but students on an emotional level and to see them actually participating in cleaning up is inspiring.

For those students who wish to participate more information can be found online at www.helpyourharbor.com.

Project keeps harbors cleanBY VINCE ANZALDOSTAFF WRITER

arts & Culture APRIL 13, 20164Campus Events

For information on most campus events,

call (714) 432-5880.

Theater

Happening

Exhibits

“Japanese Cuisine at The Captains Table,” Thursday: Orange Coast College’s instructional on-campus restaurant, The Captain’s Table, will be serving a Japanese-themed menu Thursday. Dinner seating only at 5:30 p.m. Price per peson is $14.

“Student Dance Con-cert,” April 29 & 30: OCC students perform original choreography in a variety of dance styles directed by Amelie Hunter and Shana Menaker. OCC dance fac-ulty and guest artists also contribute to this dynamic evening of dance. The show starts at 8 p.m. in the Rob-ert B Moore Theatrewith a general admission of $15.

“OCC Jazz Ensemble Performance,” May 2: OCC Jazz Ensembles con-ducted by Paul Navidad and Dana Wheaton, an evening of big band jazz! Revisit classics of years gone by and contempo-rary big band literature as well. The event will take pace in the Robert B Moore Theater at 6:30 p.m. General admission: $10.

“The 25th Annual Put-nam County Spelling Bee” May 6-15: Directed by Naomi Buckley, OCC’s Theatre Arts production is written by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin. Six spellers compete at the annual spelling bee at Put-nam Valley Middle School in Putnam County, NY. Event wll take place in Drama 101 at 7:30 p.m. General admission: $15

“OCC Symphony and Chamber Singers,” May 7: The final orchestra con-cert of the season features Mozart’s stunning Requi-em and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Emily Hung, piano. Christopher Gravis and Eliza Ruben-stein, conductors and OCC faculty. The even takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the Robert B Moore Theater.

Play festival delivers the sexes

At the heart of the play festival “He-Said, She-Said,” performed by Orange Coast College’s Theatre Arts department, subtleties laid the follies of man in love.

The play festival which con-sisted of four original works written, performed and directed by students showed in the Drama Lab Theatre on the weekend and was a showcase of the sometimes devastating miscommunication between the sexes.

Like always, upon my entrance to the theatre I was met with a stage featuring a black barren pit awaiting a story to fill its dark cavernous spaces.

“Happy Anniversary” was like the tantalizing appetizer that left me ravenous to get a taste of the full lavor of the remaining plays.

The story is about Meagan (Tiffany Hasheminejad) who feels completely ignored by her lover when he stands her up yet again in favor of working. Her waiter Mark (Joseph Adams) had an eager ear — among other parts of his anatomy.

Hasheminejad’s performance was wonderfully under-toned which highlighted the stress her character underwent without being overly obvious which paired well with her sense of dramatic timing.

Adams, even in the short run time of the play, smoothly transitioned a character from a sympathetic friend to spineless coward.

The playwrights Justin Eggen and Taylor Bryan were insight-ful with their portrayal of how desperate the human heart is for attention and the consequences that undoubtedly follow those desperate actions.

“Love Lost, Not Forgotten” was missing a sense of depth that the others offered and was largely due to a lack of heart in both the acting and writing that felt like it changed course halfway through the play.

Jonny (Raymon Villa) was minding his business when Mark (Jack Talbott) incited an uninvited conversation which revealed an unexpected past between the two.

Villa definitely rehearsed his lines but forgot he needed people to believe them which led to a performance that felt soft. Talbott, on the other hand, was a picture perfect rendition of someone that is annoyingly upbeat and uninter-ested in whether their presence is wanted or not.

The writing by Joey Hobby started out as a particular scenario with a progression felt less like a shocking plot development and more like an awkward advance-ment of the story.

“Otherwise Engaged” was play-fully fun with its tongue-in-cheek play on how phones have grown as another appendage to the hu-man body.

Jack (Harrison McCormick) looked shaky as he sat across the table from his girlfriend Ami (Tif-fany Hasheminejad) who was so

enveloped in her phone she didn’t notice him get down on one knee with an all too familiar little black box in hand.

The actors were solid enough to portray a couple of modern day idi-ots who are constantly anticipating the social media validation of likes and retweets.

Jack Sidey wrote a script that fused wonderfully with Luke Sargents’ directing in a production that shows how silly it is to be so enveloped in a phone that life can

pass by without notice.“Interrogation” was oh so weird

but oh so enjoyable.George Adams, awoke tied

to a chair with Figgins (Junior Saldarriaga) tending to him till eventually Millie (Justin Eggen) comes in with a paddle accusing him of sending him false messages through a dating app.

Saldarriaga’s character is a mix of Igor from “Young Frankenstein” and Hanson a.k.a. the butler with the tiny hand from “Scary Movie

2” which surprisingly meshed with Eggens’ portrayal of an unsettling awkward-gay-child-man.

Adams in the end stole the show with his Ned Flanders vocabulary and ludicrously funny attitude for the type of situation his character was in.

Kristington Plotkin wrote a play that showed love can be found in places people are sometimes too afraid to look and maybe to google someone before meeting them in real life.

Student actors explore the complexities of relationships.

BY NATHAN RUSINIAKNEWS EDITOR

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‘Hardcore Henry’ not for the light-headed

For those of you looking for an action ilm that will not only excite you but make you feel like you’re the main character, “Hardcore Henry” is deinitely a ilm for you.

From start to inish, the mov-ie is ilmed with GoPro cameras from a irst person point of view of the main character Henry. Viewers might start feeling a little dizzy while Henry is lying from the air in an escape pod or doing ridiculous parkour through the streets of the city.

I was initially skeptical about watching a movie that was ilmed completely in the irst person point of view but as someone who spent a large amount of their middle and high school careers playing the Call of Duty video game series, I personally enjoyed the unique ilming method.

The movie starts in a labo-ratory flying above Moscow where Henry has been brought back to life as a half-human and

half-robot but he can’t remem-ber anything from his past and is unable to speak. A woman named Estelle who claims to be his wife replaces his lost arm and leg with bionic limbs and explains the current situation to our silent protagonist.

Before she is able to activate his voice, a group of thugs led by a telekinetic psychopath named Akan bust into the lab and try to kidnap Henry’s wife but he is able to escape with her through an escape pod that crash lands onto a freeway. On the freeway, Henry is greeted by even more of Akan’s thugs as they kidnap Estelle and throw him off the overpass.

Harry then begins his gory and intense search through the city for his wife with some help from a guy named Jimmy. The interesting thing is, Jimmy constantly is getting killed by Akan’s minions but keeps on returning in a new disguise which deinitely confused me at irst but gets explained a little later in the ilm.

From the blood splattering on the screen, the unrealistic ight scenes and the cheesy dialogue and humor throughout the ilm, it’s very easy to compare this movie to a 90-minute long ad-aptation of a video game. Yet for some reason I still enjoyed

the hell out of it.The exhilarating action was

cool but the story itself took many turns and actually kept me invested in wanting to know what will happen in the end unlike many action movies that heavily rely on the ight scenes and bloodbaths to draw

the attention of their viewers. So if you’re one of those peo-

ple that complain that playing Call of Duty makes you feel dizzy and nauseous, “Hardcore Henry” is likely not the movie for you unless you have a trash can in reaching distance.

But for those of you like me,

who love feeling connected with the story and want to feel like they’re the badass main character of an intense action lick, I deinitely recommend seeing this movie. I would also recommend that you don’t bring a date that will throw up in your $15 popcorn bucket.

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“Hardcore Henry” was filmed with GoPro cameras to put the viewer in the first person.

The unique filming method made the action film intense and interesting.

BY COLE DAWSSTAFF WRITER

a few key suggestions for basic gardening.

Whether you live in an apart-ment or have the luxury of an actual garden space, the cherry tomato typically requires min-imal care and offers high yields making them a perfect choice for even the most unambitious grower.

However, if you are looking for something a little more unique to grow the plant sale has you covered.

“Particularly with heirloom tomatoes, the people that come to the sale love the stories be-hind each variety and will often be seen studying the signs,” Harlow said.

While the tomatoes and other plants at the sale come ready to water, you’re still going to need a few things if you decide to bring some home with you.

First off, you will need a good quality potting mix. It’s recommended that you pick a fair priced organic mixture.

Avoid using the dirt from your backyard to prevent transfer-ring unnecessary pests or dis-eases to your new plants.

Once you have that base down, your little babies are going to need some food. You can supply this with some dry organic fertilizer.

“If you go with organic fertil-izers it’s a much slower release into the soil,” said Joe Stead, a horticulture instructor at OCC.

Liquid fertilizer is another option and can be more imme-diate sustenance for the plants. Still, if you’re lazy, being able to mix in the dry equivalent into your potting soil offers you the ability to just simply add water during the growing season.

One of the most common mistakes brown thumbs make during early attempts at grow-ing vegetables and fruit is over watering. New gardeners often care too much for their plants and as a result literally kill their plants with kindness.

To avoid this you should water your plants deeply and

fully a couple times per week. In addition, you should plant your tomato far down within the pot as tomato plants will send roots out from the extra stalk that is submerged beneath the soil.

Choose a pot with good drainage as your plants do not like getting waterlogged. Water until you see some drainage from the bottom of the pot oc-curring. Beyond this you can increase drainage by adding perlite or pumice stone to your soil mixture.

By increasing the container size of your plants you can also provide more soil mix for water retention and more space for your plants’ roots to grow and spread.

When choosing a tomato plant in particular one key as-pect to keep in mind is whether the variety is determinate or indeterminate.

“If you have a limited area to grow in you may want to go with a determinate variety,” Harlow said.

Determinate or bush style varieties grow to a speciic size and stop growing when fruits begin to set. Indeterminate varieties on the other hand will continue to grow and set new fruit until killed by frost or by you.

Now, just keep consistent and steady care for your new crops with proper daily sunlight and you too can be eating fresh organic fruits or vegetables cultivated by your own hands. And who knows, maybe you’ll realize that you have a green thumb after all.

If you catch the gardening bug, there are many channels on YouTube where you can get more advanced information on gardening practices such as “Growing Your Greens” or “Alberta Urban Garden.”

Horticulturists at OCC will also be giving advice and spe-ciic tips for success throughout the spring plant sale which will be held in the Horticulture Gar-den on April 15, 22 and 29 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

FLOWERS: Plants will be available for sale in the Horticulture Garden Friday.From Page 1

resolution on the appeal.“We hope that we will be able

to have students presenting on behalf of the college,” Bennett said. “We want to look them eye to eye and talk about the effect that this has had on actual student athletes by not allowing them to compete in the post season.”

Bennett said candidates ex-pected to represent OCC at the arbitration are OCC President Dennis Harkins, Dean of Kine-siology and Athletics Michael Sutliff, one male and one female freshman athlete affected by the ban and the college’s attorney.

The CCCAA constitution states that the decision of the three-member Arbitration Panel shall be final and binding on parties with no further appeals and no court proceedings.

If the CCCAA denies the re-quest of arbitration and OCC’s terms, the college’s president, chancellor and board will have to decide on further action, Bennett said in an email.

BAN: OCC iles for arbitration.From Page 1

“Mass Appeal 2016,” May 2-19: The Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavillion will be presenting the OCC annual student art show. All students are able to par-ticipate with submissions due April 18-20. Recep-tion and awards will take place Wednesday, May 4th from 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

“OC Review Exhibition and Book Release,” April 25 - May 19: The Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavillion will be presenting art, po-etry and prose by OCC st-dents and faculty. The entry drop-off date is April 19th. The reception will take place Wednesday, April 27th from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

“OCC Horticulture De-partment Spring Plant Sale,” April 15, 22, 29 : Local gardeners will have the chance to pick up high-quality plants and vegetables. The sale will take place in the College’s garden nursery. Horticul-ture faculty members and volunteers also will be on hand to give out expert advice. The sale will take place from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

D o n a l d Tr u m p h a s f ina l ly em-b r a c e d a t least one in-sult slung at him when he i s s u e d h i s plan to make Mexico pay for a border wall — being a bully.

Trump’s long awaited plan to back up his rhetoric was inally released on April 5. The plan itself does nothing more than attempt to legislate economic bullying and extortion that exceeds his Twitter tirades or debate digs.

“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border and I will make Mexico pay for the wall. Mark my words,” Trump said.

The quote above is almost as infamous as Trump himself. Political pundits, just like they asserted about Trump’s can-didacy, pooh-poohed the idea as an unrealistic and undoable pipe dream.

While Trump’s shot at the

Oval Ofice is more realistic than ever it’s his plan that’s still, to use a word less prepos-terous and fictional than the plan itself, “ridonculous.”

So, you may be asking, what is the plan? Essentially it boils down to redeining a section of the Patriot Act to make it illegal for people to send money to Mexico.

The plan achieves this by outlawing financial institu-tions, like Western Union, from allowing people without documentation of their legal presence in the United States to wire transfer money.

Trump’s plan is predicated upon the fact that Mexico re-ceives about $24 billion every year from Mexicans living in the United States. However, what Trump’s plan most heav-ily relies upon is the rather unsubstantiated claim that the majority of that money comes from illegal immigrants.

It’s not so much this section of the Trump plan that makes it ludicrous. I ind merit in the idea of restricting the ability to send money for possibly dubious purposes, all while

shrouded in secrecy to protect your identity. Loopholes like this may be wise and reasonable for the safety and security of Americans.

It’s the next assumption of Trump’s that most egregiously demonstrates the candidate’s naiveté. He assumes that Mex-ico will be so distraught at their loss of “income” that they will fork over $5-10 billion to pay for the wall.

In turn, the Trump adminis-tration will drop their call for the closure of the loopholes.

Trump is attempting to tran-sition the presidency from the bully pulpit to become a play-ground bully — the playground being our borders. The Patriot Act reformation is just one of the slew of threats that include trade tariffs, increased visa fees, and the all-out cancelation of Mexican visas.

Putting aside the near im-possibility of his plan being effective, the most bothersome aspect of the Trump plan is the signals it sends.

As a nation that condemns coercion and abusive tactics it is paramount we don’t partici-

pate in it ourselves. If Trump considers Mexico an enemy, as a nation that is hesitant to negotiate with our enemies, it is imperative we stand our ground.

As a nat ion that values strength and integrity in our leaders it’s important that we don’t have a leader behaving as if Mexico can determine our policy actions.

Above all else — as a na-tion that imprisons people for corruption — we cannot send the signal that the hand of the American presidency has a price tag that any country could possibly pay for. If Trump was truly as inancially wise as he espouses, he would invest some of his own billions to take the foot out of his mouth before he puts America’s foot in with it.

G o v e r n o r Jerry Brown signed legis-lation on April 4 to increase the mandato-ry minimum wage in the state of Cali-fornia to $15 an hour by 2022, joining New York as the irst states in the nation to do so.

While the approximately 6 million minimum wage work-ers across the state rejoice for the eventual $10,000 yearly raise, I have to disagree with Brown’s decision on many levels.

As a minimum wage worker at a grocery store franchise, I personally cannot see my job as one deserving $15 an hour. Bagging groceries, collecting carts and cleaning up spills can be done by anyone and sure as hell is not worth $30,000 a year.

Minimum wage jobs should be reserved for high school and college students to pay for phone bills and car payments, not for a middle-aged worker with a mortgage and mouths to feed.

And yes, I know the eco-nomic recession within the past years has resulted in thousands

of people losing their jobs and having to settle working a lower waged job in order to maintain some sort of income.

But does just simply raising the statewide minimum wage suddenly bring the state’s work-force out of poverty and into economic prosperity? I don’t think so.

When the mean income of the California workforce increases, so will the cost of living. When the cost of living rises, the val-ue of the dollar will decrease. And when the value of the dol-lar decreases, the poverty line will move up.

Isn’t the entire reason of rais-ing minimum wage to lower the poverty line?

Absolutely, but just increas-ing the statewide minimum wage by an extra $5 an hour is like trying to ix a hole in a sinking boat with duct tape. It may keep you up for a little longer but you’ll be sinking just as fast as before when the tape loses its hold.

So maybe instead of duct tape, we could use something a little stronger.

Rather than the government requiring every single company in the state to increase their workers’ wages, minimum wages should be determined based on the company’s total income and assets.

We all know that large cor-porations like McDonald’s and Walmart could afford paying their employees at least $15 an hour, so they should. But the family-owned burger shack down the street might not be able to pay their cashiers, fry cooks and cleaning crew at least $120 a day each, assuming

they work eight hour shifts.They’re either going to have

to raise their prices or start lay-ing their employees off, which makes the raise of the minimum wage absolutely useless.

When it comes down to it, a minimum wage job pays minimum wage for a reason. Anybody with a brain and slight

motivation can do them.We live in the land of free-

dom and opportunity, where everyone is given the chance to chase their own Ameri-can Dream. If your American Dream is washing dishes or pushing carts around for a living, someone needs to wake you up.

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“It’ll be hard to get a job because companies will start cutting down

the amount of employees they have.”

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“It’s gonna suck. It will raise every-thing and people that work for small

businesses will lose their jobs.”

“People still won’t be able to sur-vive off minimum wage so it won’t

change anything.”

“It would be cool if other prices didn’t raise but overall I don’t think

it will help anything.”

“The prices will go up too. It will be like nothing changed.”

Calvin Cruz18, undecided

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Workers hold signs to raise the minimum wage for all workers outside New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office on May 30.

Trump bullies with a border wall

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Presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed building a wall on our southern border and promised Mexico would foot the bill.

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CalWORKS factsThis letter to the editor is in

response to the recent article published in the Coast Report entitled “The challenges of student parents” written by the Views Editor, Justis Zimmerman.

When I read Ms. Zimmerman’s article, I admit to feeling upset and defensive for the student-parents I serve as the coordinator of the CalWORKs Program at OCC. I’d like to counter her viewpoint with facts about the campus-based CalWORKs and CARE Programs. These college categorical programs have stringent qualiication requirements and the receipt

of the state’s welfare beneit grant (CalWORKs) must irst be met before the college can serve student-parents.

CalWORKs is California’s cash aid (welfare) program for very low-income families that is intended to meet basic needs. It provides education, employment and training programs to help families get jobs and move towards self-suficiency. Child care, transportation, work expenses and counseling are available for families in work or school activities. Some conditions families with children must meet include:• Recipients must be legal

U.S. citizens.• Mandatory child support

enforcement.• Unless disabled or

otherwise exempted, adults must participate in the welfare-to-work program (college is allowable).

• Adults have a four-year lifetime limit to receive cash aid.

• Babies born into a family already on cash aid are excluded (no increase in beneits).

• The maximum aid payment for a family of three is $704/month.

My own 17 years of experience with the OCC student-parent CalWORKs population observes:• Two-thirds of women

report past or current domestic violence.

• Most are single mothers, but some are single fathers or two-parent households.

• Many are irst generation college students.

• Several are former Foster Youth.

• Homelessness and food insecurity.

• Frequently struggle with Learning Disabilities.

• Often lack extended family support.

• Generational poverty is not uncommon.

And,• They work.Ms. Zimmerman is correct

in that although there are some campus-based student service

programs which assist student-parents, they are underfunded and have narrow eligibility restrictions. Raising a family on public assistance is a truly challenging path for our OCC student-parents and I don’t want their dedication to their children, their commitment to their education, or their efforts to move forward in their lives to go unnoticed or marginalized. I would hope the Coast Report does a follow-up article to further inform and educate our campus community on the reality of a CalWORKs student-parent’s life.

— Vickie HayCalWORKs Coordinator

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Volleyball sets the courts on fire

With their thunderous spikes and masterful digs, the Orange Coast College men’s volleyball team has been tearing up the competition en route to its best start in team history.

Led by head coach Travis Turner, the Pirates are having a record breaking season with a 17-2 overall record and a 10-1 conference record -- good enough to have them atop the Paciic Coast Conference standings.

“This is a special group we have here. Our chemistry and bal-ance is better than any team I’ve coached in the past,” Turner said.

The Pirates started the season on ire getting off to a blistering

10-1 start with their only loss coming at the hands of tradi-tional volleyball powerhouse Long Beach City College.

“Long Beach is always a top contender and one of the teams we always have to compete with if we want to win a state title,” Turner said.

Along with Long Beach, crosstown rival Golden West has also been a thorn in the Pirates’ side as they are respon-sible for the other loss on the Pirates’ record -- an epic ive-set match on March 9 that still haunts the coaches and players to this day.

The Pirates were able to avenge their loss against Golden West on April 1 with an impres-sive sweep of the Rustlers and were able to take over the top spot in the PCC with the win.

“Beating Golden West was huge for us and it helped us get over that crushing loss from earlier in the year,” Turner said.

Outside of Long Beach and Golden West, the Pirates have breezed through the rest of their

opponents this season with 15 of their 17 wins resulting in sweeps.

The Pirates are currently on a nine match winning streak and have only surrendered three sets during the winning streak.

“We have really put it all together this year and I believe we have a team that can com-pete for a state title,” outside hitter Gianluca Grasso said.

Along with their chemistry on the court, the Pirates chem-istry off the court has grown and will help them compete and bond as a team.

“We’re always together, whether we’re on the court, in practice or just hanging out,” outside hitter Adrian Faitalia said. “I consider these guys like my family.”

The Pirates have positioned themselves well with two more conference games remaining. If they can hold on to the top spot in the conference they will assure themselves a irst round bye in the playoffs and a spot in the inal four.

“Winning conference is just one of the many goals on our list but it would be a huge

accomplishment for our team and a testament to all the hard

work these guys have put in,” Turner said.

The Pirates are currently on a nine match winning streak.

BY KODY DODIERSPORTS EDITOR

Photo by Kit Tran

The OCC men’s volleyball team is breaking records this season.

Pirates suffer Laser beams and Hornet stings

Orange Coast College’s wom-en’s sand volleyball team battled it out on Friday at Irvine Valley College against IVC and Fuller-ton College.

IVC proved to be a formidable foe by shutting down the lady

Pirates completely. When faced with Fullerton

OCC was better able to keep up but couldn’t quite seal the deal in a 4-1 loss.

OCC’s seasoned pair of Lau-ren Wilson and Susie Packard, fell short of victory in their match against Hornets Mallori Koci and Alex Smith in three sets of 23-21, 19-21 and 15-13.

“It’s the irst time coming up against a team with such good hitters, but it was really fun,” Wilson said after the match.

Not only did the Pirates have to compete against two teams

that are first and second in conference but had to adjust to something that southern Cali-fornia isn’t very used to, liquid falling from the sky.

“I can play in the rain, the balls get heavy, drop really fast and it speeds everything up,” said Adelle Buede, who’s the second half of a pair’s team with Tiffany Boykin.

Although the Lasers walked away from the weekend continu-ing their undefeated streak the Pirates felt they held their own.

“Overall I think we chal-lenged them and made them

work for every point they got” Buede said.

Buede and Boykin lost against IVCs’ Emily Reinking and Hail-ee Earnest for a two-set game of 21-7 and 21-14.

“We need to be able to roll the ball short and not into the net,” said Chuck Cutenese, head coach of sand volleyball

IVC is an undefeated team and gave OCC a good idea of what to look forward to as they move ahead in conference Cute-nese said.

The Pirates play Cypress on April 22.

Women’s sand volleyball team lost against Irvine and Fullerton.

BY NATHAN RUSINIAKNEWS EDITOR

Photo by Kit Tran

The sand volleyball team practices off campus weekly.