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Sand trapThe beach volleyball team starts its second season.

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Mental healthFree counseling services are available in the health center.

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Burrito bonanzaOur food critic finds the best breakfast burritos around.

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It’s really hard to talk about Tom right now without getting emotional. Tom was the mentor for everyone in the Marine Science department. He taught all of us so much.”

Marine science instructor Robert Ellis on the death of OCC Professor Emeritus Tom Garrison

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Faculty, staff and students are mourning the loss of marine science Professor Emeritus Tom Garrison who taught at Orange Coast College for 42 years and wrote the leading textbook on the subject. He died last week.

The last farewellCampus remembers Tom Garrison as a mentor, writer and all-around good guy.

Garrison, who taught at OCC for 42 years and penned a leading marine science textbook used around the world, died Wednesday after a battle with lymphoma. He was 73.

“Dr. Garrison will be missed at OCC,” said Vice President of Instruction Kevin Ballinger. “When I was a faculty member many years ago I saw one of his lectures and I was inspired to teach differently. When I was a dean I would often recommend that my newly hired faculty members reach out to him to visit his classes to see a true master.”

Garrison was admired by his colleagues both in and out of the Marine Science department and is said to have taught more than 65,000 students during his ten-ure at OCC. He also taught at USC and other colleges around the world.

Dean of Math and Science Tara Giblin said Garrison

was an inspiration on campus.“There is so much that comes to mind when I think

of Tom, but if I had to say one thing about him — his work ethic was incredible and he inspired all teachers to be engaged in their students’ lives,” Giblin said.

Known as the “oceanographic dude” to many at OCC, Garrison started teaching here in 1969 and con-tributed greatly to that program and the entire college during his years.

When he retired from the college in 2011, Garrison was humble about his legacy.

“I can’t tell you how much fun it’s been,” he told the Coast Report at the time. “I haven’t had a job since graduate school.”

Garrison’s textbook, “Oceanography: An Invita-tion to Marine Science,” became one of the most widely used marine science textbooks in the world.

In fact, Garrison said that about 68 percent of students nationwide used his book.

“The existing books were awful. They were boring,” Garrison said. “I’m not sure how someone could make such an inter-esting topic boring, but they did.”

Garrison donated all proceeds from the book, which has been translated into many languages and is used all over the world, back to the college through the Orange Coast College Foundation.

BY COAST REPORT STAFF

As word spread across the Orange Coast College campus last week that longtime marine science Distinguished Professor Tom Garrison

had died, faculty, students and staff found it hard to ind words to express their sadness.

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Senate mulls prayer roomA space for all faiths to heal their minds, bodies and spirits could be on tap at OCC.

BY NATHAN RUSINIAKNEWS EDITOR

Orange Coast College students may get a space on campus to clear their heads between labo-rious classes, relax their bodies from the stress of lugging around textbooks, or maybe even get a little spiritual time after a day of energy-draining tests.

The International Multicul-tural Committee is considering creating a space on campus open to all faiths to go, find peace and maybe commune with their spirit.

“It started when a student had emailed an administrator about a possible place for them to pray multiple times a day,” said Jessica Riestra, president of the InterClub Council.

The IMC began discussions on the issue during which Michael Morvice, director of student life, brought up that San Diego State University created and currently operates a mind, body and spirit area, Riestra said.

“A mind, body and spirit area is an open area with an oversight from faculty where students can express themselves openly,” said Riestra. “Mainly it’s supposed to promote peace and tranquility.”

During a student senate meet-ing earlier this month, Riestra expressed a concern for creating more unity among students of all faiths by allowing a shared space between them rather than performing their practices in separate locations.

While the idea is gaining support, there are also concerns about the idea among faculty.

“I think there is a potentiality of conlict, therefore it would need to be supervised so no stu-dents are harmed in any way,” said Rendell Drew, an OCC political science instructor and co-chair of IMC.

The student senate didn’t vote on whether the mind, body and spirit area should fall under the jurisdiction of the Multicultural Center Task Force or to give it its own separate task force due to time constraints.

“Due to the time, discussion was ended but I do plan to bring it up for an agenda item for a future date sometime around March,” Riestra said

The debate on how the project

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The Student Government of Orange Coast College will have three student senate positions illed by the end of the week — two appointed by the senate themselves and one elected.

The two students appointed by the senate are Basant ElGha-yati and Alexis Maril.

“I’m very excited to work with the student senate and to bring about change here at

OCC,” ElGhayati said.ElGhayati said one of the

issues she would like to help resolve is that the Student Health Center is not available while classes still operate at night and over the weekend.

A tent was set up in front of the Snack Shack Tuesday and another was in the Quad so students could vote for the third seat.

Free pizza and water was available to students who vot-ed.

Students appointed to two senate seatsBY NATHAN RUSINIAKNEWS EDITOR

Yelling student disrupts classBY COLE DAWSSTAFF WRITER

Students in a Psychology 100 class were on temporary lockdown last month after a con-frontation with an upset student, who was agitated and aggressive, interrupted their class.

The student was upset after a vending machine allegedly mal-functioned outside the Science Lecture Hall around 10:40 a.m. on Feb. 18 and he burst into the psychology class to complain.

According to students, the class was about 20 minutes from

adjourning when the unidentiied student entered the room and be-gan a dispute with the professor about an issue with the vending machine outside.

Instructor James Smolin’s class was caught off guard by the abrupt entrance of the student and were startled by the student’s aggressive demeanor toward Smolin, students said.

“He had his hands in his pock-ets,” Chad James, 18, a psychol-ogy major said. “At irst sight I thought he might have had a gun.”

The students said they were initially unsure of the student’s

intentions as they sat in their seats.

“He came in asking for a key to the vending machine because he had been putting money in but nothing was coming out,” Maliek Miller, 18, a music business major said.

The student allegedly entered $6 into the machine directly out-side of the Science Lecture Hall and went up the stairs to go into the classroom after he couldn’t get his item to come out of the machine.

“The way he came off it made it seem like it was a joke at irst,”

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Pirate pitcher Casey Costello is a man of many talents.

In addition to becoming a top pitcher for the 2016 Pirates base-ball squad after red shirting two seasons ago, he is also a guitarist, a singer and an Orange Coast Col-lege student who hopes to transfer to a top Division 1 school.

Costello, 20, has matured both as a player and as a person since arriving at OCC three years ago and is looking at his future real-istically but with hope.

It all started for Costello in Palm Springs where he started playing baseball the second he learned how to walk.

After a high school career in Palm Springs Costello knew all along that he wanted to go to a community college because of the many beneits it can offer. He decided that Orange Coast Col-

lege was a perfect it for both his educational and athletic desires.

“I didn’t really know what I wanted to do yet and junior college is a good way to save money,” Costello said. “My family and I had been to OCC a

couple times and I really loved the area.”

Even though Costello loved the area and OCC, he said he wanted to make sure that he could play baseball before mak-ing his decision inal.

“I was in contact with the coaches before I made a deci-sion because I still wanted to play baseball and I knew OCC is one of the top junior college baseball programs in the na-tion,” Costello said.

Since making the decision to come to OCC for baseball

Costello has been a big part of the Pirates’ success.

Head coach John Altobelli pointed out that Costello has not only taken huge strides in the physical aspect of his game but has also shown a big growth in

maturity and leadership. “He’s gotten bigger and stron-

ger. He used to be a really quiet guy but is now a young man that you can have an adult conversa-tion with,” Altobelli said. “He has really matured and taken charge.”

Altobelli said he expects Costello to come out and com-pete every time he is on the mound and knows that he will give the team a shot to win every time.

Costello throws four pitches but mentioned that his changeup

is probably his strongest pitch. When Costello isn’t playing

baseball he is playing guitar and singing with friends he has known since his sophomore year of high school. He plays with some of his close friends and they have performed at bars or smaller venues.

Costello also just hangs out around the OCC area. He lives in an apartment just off campus with some of his baseball team-mates. He said their go to spot to grab some food is Mr. Pickle’s sandwich shop.

Costello realizes that he is in a position to be recognized by Division 1 schools and wants to take advantage of that op-portunity.

“My goal right now is to play Division 1 baseball,” Costello said. “In a perfect world I would like to play for Cal State Fuller-ton or Nebraska.”

Even though playing Division 1 would be a huge accomplish-ment for Costello, he still wants to continue to improve his game in order to play as long as he can.

He is humble and realizes it’s going to be tough to be drafted in to the MLB but that also doesn’t mean he isn’t going to try.

The staff at Orange Coast College’s Student Health Center is doing more than treating the common cold by focusing on students’ minds, bodies and souls.

Therapists at the health cen-ter’s Mental Health Care de-partment are providing ser-vices aimed at helping students overcome their daily struggles through counseling and therapy.

“We’re social creatures and aren’t designed to go through hard things alone. That’s what we are here for,” said Dr. Sarah McIntosh, a clinical and forensic psychologist at the health center.

According to McIntosh, there are many students struggling with mental health issues and while they could beneit from meeting with a therapist on cam-pus, most students don’t even know these free services exist.

The health center provides stu-dents up to eight free counseling visits during their stay at OCC.

McIntosh is a former commu-nity college student and under-stood this to be the case even for herself, she said.

“I didn’t even know they offered this kind of stuff until I started doing it,” McIntosh said.

The health center treats a vari-ety of issues — from post-trau-matic stress or depression to drug or alcohol abuse or a family or personal crisis — students can ind help.

Dr. Steve Euler, the irst staffer

with a doctorate and one of the point-men on expanding the program’s reach, speaks to the diversity on campus and how that leads to a diversity in cases.

“We get ages 17 to 70 years old with every single diagnosis under the sun,” Euler said.

According to Euler, many see a stigma associated with mental illness and that is part of what he wants to change.

Euler said people use nega-tive things to ill the void left by depression or any other pain one may have faced. He hopes people will use the college’s ser-vices as a way to ix that rather

than ill it.“When you pop a pimple there

is still a hole, but if you let it heal and not ill it what happens? It will come back to be a normal pore again,” Euler said as an analogy to students getting help.

The health center is breaking new ground in trying to help that hole heal for students. The center already has one licensed marriage and family therapist along with two clinical psychol-ogists on staff. In addition to the ive to six trainees, the school is bringing on a new position to oversee all of them.

The addition of a Director of

Mental Health Services will set OCC apart from the rest. It will be the irst school in the Coast Community College District to have such a position.

“I feel strongly that this will strengthen our entire department and provide needed support to our campus,” Sylvia Worden, as-sociate dean of the health center, said in an email.

Mental health services are 100 percent free and part of the health fee students pay at the beginning of each semester.

“The most dificult thing is to ask for help but just try it and see what happens,” Euler said.

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Scary symptomsA female non-student was

given medical attention while at the swap meet Sunday at 11:45 a.m., according to John Farmer, chief of Campus Safety.

Paramedics responded to a light pole in the Adams Avenue Parking Lot and upon arrival the victim said she had shortness of breath, was feeling dizzy, had chest pains and that her hands were going numb, Farmer said.

She was transported to Fountain Valley Regional Hospital for further evalua-tion, Farmer said.

iPad heistA petty theft was reported

at the study area in the library where a male student’s white Apple iPad with a black cover was apparently taken Friday between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Farmer said.

The iPad is valued at $100 to $200, Farmer said.

Campus Safety officers reviewed the camera system but found nothing that could help.

Hammer headA fight was reported be-

tween two male students in the smoker’s circle near the old computer center.

One student was reportedly chasing the other student with a hammer on Friday at 4:15 p.m., but after a brief search no weapons were found. The male victim stated he had his

vapor box mod stolen from the smoker’s circle earlier, Farmer said.

After returning from the restroom the victim said he noticed his box mod was missing. Other bystanders at the circle told the victim that they saw a male put the box in his own backpack, Farmer said.

At this point the victim asked for his box back and after further discussion the suspect tempted the victim to hit him in the face. He didn’t. The suspect punched the victim on the side of his face and the suspect ran from the scene, Farmer said.

The victim denied para-medics and a police response and the vapor box was valued at $200, Farmer added.

Ghost thiefA female student reported

her tablet and wallet stolen on Feb. 24 between 8 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. in Skills Center Room 105.

The student said she left her tablet and wallet in-side the classroom while the whole class went outside and nobody was inside the room.

She later returned to the classroom to ind her back-pack open with her tablet and brown wallet missing, Farmer said.

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Photo by Clayton Spivey

A student takes a pamphlet from a display in the Student Health Center where information and mental health services are available.

Free therapy for studentsStudents have eight free counseling sessions during their time at OCC.

BY CLAYTON SPIVEYFEATURES EDITOR

Mighty Casey’s on the mound for OCCRight handerCasey Costello has a 2-1 record early in the season.

BY TYLER HYLTONSTAFF WRITER

Photo courtesy of Casey Costello

Pitcher Casey Costello red shirted his first season at OCC and has grown into a dominant force on the mound. Costello, 20, hopes to transfer to a Division 1 college to pursue baseball and his degree in communications.

“He’s gotten bigger and stronger. He used to be a real-ly quiet guy but is now a young man that you can have an adult conversation with,” Altobelli said. “He has really matured and taken charge.”

John AltobelliBaseball coach

“It didn’t feel right to me,” Garrison said of keeping the proits. “So that money goes to scholarships and boat trips within our department.”

Garrison was honored at OCC when he was named Faculty Member of the Year in 1997 and he received numerous accolades and awards over the years.

His last lecture on campus, in 2011, was attended by a crowd of 400 people — not only his students but also his peers and administrators from divisions across campus came to honor him. The president of OCC and members of the Coast Commu-nity College District Board of Trustees were also there and Garrison received a standing

ovation at the end of the lecture.“I was completely astonished

to see professors and deans and the president of the college and the head of the board of trustees here and some of my favorite students — it’s really neat,” Garrison said at the time.

He was also honored with a garden bearing his name in front of the Robert B. Moore Theatre.

Garrison’s fellow marine sci-ence instructor Robert Ellis said Garrison’s impact on students will live on.

“A teacher’s impact or lack of impact will stay with a student forever and Tom always impact-ed every student’s life. His leg-acy will live on even though he is no longer with us,” Ellis said.

Garrison told the Coast Report before he retired that his love for

marine science started at Wilson High School in Long Beach and perhaps blossomed during his time in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.

After he was discharged from the Navy, Garrison attended the University of Utah then earned a master’s degree in marine bi-ology from San Diego State. He received his doctorate in marine geology and higher education at USC and was an adjunct faculty member at the college.

In addition to teaching, Gar-rison worked with the National Geographic Society and the Science Channel on scripts.

Garrison is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years Marsha; and his children and grandchil-dren.

Services are pending.

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The Orange Coast College women’s beach volleyball team will start its second season as a program on March 11 against Golden West College.

Head coach Chuck Cutenese looks to improve on last year’s successful inaugural season when the Pirates inished third in con-ference and made it to the second round of the playoffs.

“I believe we’re a much stronger team than we were last year and I am conident we can inish better than we did last year,” Cutenese said.

The Pirates basically have a brand new team this year with only a couple of returning players but experience won’t be an issue for

this team as most of their players are on the indoor team or have played beach volleyball for other programs.

“I’m not worried about having a brand new team basically because even though these girls don’t have much experience playing with each other they do have experi-ence playing beach volleyball,” Cutenese said.

The team consists of 14 players who are broken down into seven pairs because there can only be two players on the court at a given time. With only two players on the court it is tough because they have to cover a lot more ground. Players have to be in good shape to compete at a high level.

“Beach volleyball is a lot tough-er than indoor but also can help your indoor game because it gets you get into better shape and really helps strengthen you physically,” Diana Che, 19, a team member and political science major said.

The women said they are excit-ed for this season and after inish-ing third in conference last year

this new team believes they are more talented than last year’s team and can compete for a conference title and even more.

“Our team is built to compete for a title this year. We have tall players, good passers and we play great defense which are all things we need to do in order to compete for a title,” Measha Lindstrand, 18, a psychology major said.

The Pirates do face some challenges that other schools don’t in that they don’t have a home practice facility on campus like conference rivals Golden West College and Irvine Valley College do. This is an issue for the Pirates because they can only practice a couple times a week on actual sand, but Cutenese has had talks with the school about putting in a sand court and hopes that soon they will put one in soon.

“Putting in a sand court has been a topic of discussion for a while. The only thing holding us back is inding the right location,” Cutenese said.

Everything from the service to the food at the Captain’s Table was more than amazing during the on-campus restaurant’s Mex-ican themed dinner Thursday night.

This semester, Orange Coast College’s Captain’s Table is offering a taste of different coun-tries’ cuisines around the world by serving three-course meals illed with authentic food.

The Captain’s Table is a stu-dent-run operation in the Culi-nary Arts department that allows students to experience every ele-ment of working in a full-service restaurant facility. Students do both the front of the house and back of the house work.

My grandfather accompa-nied me in my irst visit to the Captain’s Table. We started the night out by reluctantly cutting into the beautifully handmade lower-shaped butter display that made the fresh bread rolls taste even better.

We then received a com-plimentary order of chips and salsa that turned out to be my downfall.

They were so delicious that I could have only eaten the deli-cate crisps and would have been satisied. The chips had just the right amount of salt and the salsa had the perfect amount of spice.

We were then given the choice

of either an appetizer or salad. Both my grandfather and I chose the Caesar salad with anchovy dressing.

When the salads came out they were full of bright green pieces of lettuce but the lavor did not match my taste buds and I was left regretting the choice. Although it wasn’t my favorite, my grandfather enjoyed the salty taste.

For the main course I ordered the carnitas plate. It included a helping of tenderized pork served with cooked onions, tor-tillas, salsa, rice and beans.

My grandfather ordered the grilled steak that was a marinated skirt steak served with onions, roasted pepper, tortillas, rice and beans.

We were both very pleased with the food and felt that the dishes were much better than any of the Mexican food spots we visit around our home in Garden Grove.

The food seemed very au-thentic and made for a Thursday night my grandfather and I will always remember.

While we were eating, the hospitality instructor, Erin Tripp walked around answering ques-tions and making sure everyone was satisied.

“I am extremely proud of my students. They put so much effort and passion into what they are doing. They are really showing improvement in such a short amount of time,” Tripp said.

Soon enough our dessert was brought out completing the three-course meal. My grand-father ordered the mocha lan while I got the churros. It was an amazing way to end a great

meal as my grandfather and I were more than satisied with the overall taste.

The Captain’s Table is offering more reservations and a larger variety of food this semester.

For lunch they are offering 11:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m., noon and 12:15 p.m. times.

Also for the second semester in a row they are serving dinner at 5:30 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 6 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. The price is $14 for a three course meal.

If you’d like to experience dinner at the Captain’s Table visit them online at www.orangecoastcollege.edu under the student life tab or call (714) 432-5876 to make a reservation.

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Applications for Service and Leadership Awards are

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You can reach Maria DeNunno at

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Pirates find success without a beachThe beach volleyball team looks to build after a strong season.

BY KODY DODIERSPORTS EDITOR

Photo courtesy of occpirateathletics.com

The women’s beach volleyball team had its inaugural season last year and will begin its second season on March 11. The team finished third in conference last year despite not having a sand court on campus.

OCC’s Captain’s Table goes internationalThe college’s only sit-down restaurant is starting to sell out.

BY JUSTIS ZIMMERMANVIEWS EDITOR

Captain’s Table Fall 2016Schedule

March 3Italy SOLD OUT

March 10France SOLD OUT

March 17 Spain - Dinner only

March 24 Greece - Dinner only

April 7 China - Dinner only

April 14 Japan - Dinner only

April 21 Thailand - Lunch and dinner

April 28 India - Dinner only

May 5California - Dinner only

May 12Northeast - Dinner only

May 19Cajun/Creole - Dinner only

Reservations(714) 432-5876

Photo by Justis Zimmerman

Carnitas was part of the Captain’s Table’s Mexican menu.

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Orange Coast College’s culinary students prepare for service at the Captain’s Table restaurant.

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should be classiied was a back and forth discussion between senators that lasted over 30 min-utes, but some leaders weren’t hesitant to take on the issue.

“I personally would enjoy playing a part in the mind, body and spirit area. So far we have considered having it in the new

Student Union,” said Daniel Nunez, leader of the Multicul-tural Task Force.

Discussion from the senate in-dicated that if the mind, body and spirit room were to exist it might either be in the Multicultural Center or in the Student Union.

“The Multicultural Center will be an actual building in the Business Education wing come next semester,” Drew said.

Although the Multicultural Center won’t be around until next semester many plans for the location already exist so it wouldn’t be an optimal location. Instead the Student Union would be the best space for a mind, body and spirit area, Riestra said.

The Student Union, according to the Coast Community College District website, will be inished in August 2019.

PRAYER: A place to relax could be headed to campus.

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DISRUPT: A classroom is temporarily locked down.

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Miller said. “But he started get-ting angry and loud when our professor said he couldn’t help him.”

Smolin repeatedly told the student to ask the course assistant to help him but the student was persistent in getting an answer from the professor.

“Our professor kept telling

him that he couldn’t help him,” James said. “And after a few minutes of back and forth, Smo-lin called Campus Safety and the guy left the class.”

Smolin and the course as-sistant began walking around the class to lock the doors until Campus Safety arrived in case the student decided to come back into the class.

“Campus Safety investigated him and they didn’t ind anything

on him,” James said. “He was just looking for someone to help him with the vending machine but there are probably better ways to do it than what he did.”

According to Miller the entire ordeal took about ive minutes and Smolin decided to dismiss the class 10 minutes early.

“The funny thing is that Smo-lin said afterwards that he would have helped him if he didn’t act so rude,” Miller said.

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A colorfully dressed gang of contemporary art enthusiasts descended upon Orange Coast College Wednesday to celebrate local gallerist, trailblazer and OCC alumna Diane Nelson as she closed the door to her long standing career in the local art gallery business.

The event was held at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion at Orange Coast College and aptly named, “Into Her Own: Diane Nelson, Four Decades in the Art World.” The exhibit featured some 70 works of art that Nelson has shown in galleries over the last 40 years.

“I think she pioneered a lot of the world of art down in South Orange County in a way that is going to persist for a long time,” said Steve Radosevich, the director of the arts pavilion.

According to her limited cat-alogue, “Into Her Own: Diane Nelson, 4 Decades in the Art World,” Nelson made a career setting trends with a focus on narrative-driven art and igurative abstractions.

Even considering that she has maintained multiple successful art galleries from Orange County to Los Angeles, Nelson says her greatest contribution to art has been cultivating up and coming and midcareer artists.

While the exhibition’s opening reception technically began at 5 p.m., Nelson and many of the guests were fashionably late.

For those who were eager

enough to show up on time, there was a generous spread of hors d’oeuvres and refreshments on hand provided by the arts pavilion.

Although these freebies were intended for the exhibit’s guests, there were many student vultures who couldn’t resist the tempta-tion to dig in and partake in the festivities.

By 5:30 p.m., the star of the night made her way to the interior refreshment area in a tasteful red and a black color blocked dress

and extended black cutoff vest with artfully placed tonal patches.

Many friends and confidants immediately welcomed her, while some of the other guests were standing stoically watching a wall projected photo gallery of the retirement exhibit being prepped and put together.

“I’m retiring from the gallery business but I intend on staying in the art world,” Nelson said. “The way I’m going to do that is through private art consulting,

working with a handful of collec-tors by helping them grow their collections.”

Nelson describes herself as humble, shy and fearful.

“I’m just your average girl,” she said.

In the exhibit area, however, she seemed anything but. As she was surrounded by guests Nelson was all business. There is no fear in that, according to her.

The common pleasantries were exchanged between most of Nel-

son’s guests. Dapper men and done up women shook hands, exchanged hugs and of course snapped some selies with Nelson for social media as she made her rounds with a wide and exuberant smile.

Like Nelson, her acolytes too came dressed in couture and outits which were as artistic and elegant as the art on display. For these walking exhibits, the night was as much about them as the celebration itself.

arts & Culture MARCH 2, 20164Campus Events

For information on most campus events,

call (714) 432-5880.

Theater

Concerts

“OCC Symphony,” Saturday: Christopher Gravis will conduct the first symphony of the se-mester. In the Robert B. Moore Theatre. Curtain 7:30 p.m. Admission $15 or $10 with student ID.

“OCC Chamber Sing-ers,” March 12: Choir joins the Long Beach Cho-rale and Chamber Orches-tra in Kirke Mechem’s “Songs of a Slave,” the story of abolitionist John Brown. Eliza Rubsenstein conducts. In the Robert B. Moore Theatre. Curtain 7:30 p.m. Admission $15 or $10 with student ID.

Happening

“Coast Day,” Tuesday: Campus clubs gather for a day of competition and fundraising with games and goodies. In the Quad.10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Free.

Exhibits

“Into Her Own: Diane Nelson, Four Decades in the Art World,” through April 9: About 70 works featured in the galleries of OCC alumna and gallery owner Diane Nelson will be displayed. In the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. An artist talk is slated for March 9 at 5 p.m. Free.

“Spring College Fair,” March 15: Admission representatives from pu-bic and private colleges across the country will be on hand to answer student questions. In the Quad.10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Free.

OCC alumna celebrates careerDiane Nelson looks back at her 40 years in the local art world.

BY CHRIS TOLANDFEATURES EDITOR

Photo by Hank Schellingerhout

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Orange County breakfast burrito showdownStaffer Chris Toland brings you his top five choices for the

best breakfast burritos around town.

PHOTOS AND STORY BY CHRIS TOLAND

ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

If you’ve lived in California for any period of time, odds are you have come across what I would consider the state’s most quintessential breakfast item, the almighty breakfast burrito. These gut-bursting cylinders of meat, egg, potato and cheesy goodness have a rich history with respect to the melding of Mexican and American food culture. It is time to take a stroll around town and look at some of Orange Coun-ty’s most worthwhile breakfast burrito options.

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Located off 19th Street in Costa Mesa, Taco Mesa is most known for its non-breakfast tacos and burritos as well as authentic Mexican offerings.

The freshness of the ingredients is what keeps this bright and lamboyantly painted taco spot always packed with customers. Amidst all this they offer a mean Mexican style breakfast burrito illed with delicately scrambled eggs, chorizo, potatoes and beans.

Their sauces are all on point and they even offer free escabeche, pickled vegetables, which will liven up anyone’s morning. 647 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, (949)642-0629, $6.50.

If you are headed to the beach, Huntington speciically, then Papa Z’s is the destination for your next breakfast burrito. This busy diner offers a rich and buttery breakfast burrito wrapped in checkered red and white butcher paper.

Here you have numerous options for illings (bacon, sau-sage, ham, avocado, chorizo, steak, or spinach and feta) along with the classic hash brown, scrambled egg and cheese illings.

This is served with a side of deliciously fresh and homemade salsa fresca. Ask for extra salsa, you will most deinitely need it. 9121 Garield Ave., Fountain Valley, $5-$6.

Nick’s Deli is small breakfast nook located off Main Street, just a short walk from the Seal Beach Pier.

Walking inside is almost like traveling back in time, as the digs seem to have the luster of a much older era.

While the breakfast burrito may not have truly originated here, owner Nick Zampino, claims that it was.

Once you enter, you will notice that everyone is eating one. The lavorful burrito is a mixture of scrambled egg, breakfast potatoes, cheddar cheese and a choice of meats (bacon, Italian sausage, ham or chorizo).

This burrito is served with a deep and rich colored red sauce. 232 Main St., Seal Beach, $5.95 + $1.25 for extra meat

Nate’s Korner is a breakfast dive on the edge of Santa Ana and Costa Mesa known for its gargantuan newborn sized breakfast burritos. What sets this burrito apart from the rest is its inclusion of extra crispy hash browns.

In fact, the burrito itself is primarily illed with these crispy crunchy mor-sels and is peppered with egg, cheese and a choice of meats (bacon, ham, sausage, or all of the above).

The burrito is seasoned well with hints of garlic and spices and served with a mild homemade red sauce on the side. 3960 S. Main St., Santa Ana, $7.49-$8.99

Athenian Burgers #3 currently holds the title of the best break-fast burrito in all of Orange County, according to the OC Weekly. They have held this title since 2014 and have yet to be dethroned.

This famous burrito even made it into ESPN’s Burrito Bracket — where 64 burritos throughout the entire nation were selected to compete for America’s best burrito.

What separates this burrito from the rest of the pack? Well, geometry, lavor and balance. You will have the option of meatless, bacon, sausage, ham or the only choice for the true gas-tronome: “The Suicide Burrito,” which is a triple meat trifecta.

Regardless of your meat preferences, strap in and prepare yourself to indulge in a perfectly melded cylinder of Mexican and American cultural fusion.

The cooks here know one thing for sure and that is precision. Starting off with a deliciously griddled lour tortilla, they manage to create a silky layer of eggs with ham mixed throughout.

They place that between a strata of bright or-ange cheddar cheese and the orange hued tortilla.

Moving to the burrito’s core, a buttery mass of toasted yet delicate hash browns and an

amalgam of meats are mixed and then placed appropriately in yellow butcher paper to protect you from the liquid gold that awaits during the last two bites of this journey.

Beyond the burrito itself, what really sends this pick to the top of the charts is the sauce. There are two impeccable choices: red or green. One can’t go wrong with either choice. Slather it on for each bite. The sauce is simply that good. 8511 La Palma Ave., Buena Park, $7.75

5. Taco Mesa (Costa Mesa)

4. Papa Z’s (Fountain Valley)

3. Nick’s Deli (Seal Beach)

2. Nate’s Korner (Santa Ana)

1. Athenian Burgers #3 (Buena Park)

If anyone believed that the Ku Klux Klan had died out, a violent protest in Anaheim proved that to not be the case.

A small n u m b e r of people representing the KKK planned out a peaceful protest Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in local Pearson Park, but several other protesters showed up to confront them. Shortly after, three people ended up getting stabbed and 13 others were arrested, six of them were KKK members.

This particular KKK group referred to themselves as a “Klan without robes” and modeled themselves after David Duke, the Grand Wizard of the KKK.

The thing that bothers me most is that the KKK went for a peaceful protest but the others came with weapons of their own

in hand. This fact shows that they had intended for the protest to end violently. This leads me to believe that either most of us think violence is the answer or we don’t think at all.

A Klansman who was in handcuffs was heard by witnesses saying that he stabbed another man in self-defense.

The city of Anaheim is 52 percent Latino and 28 percent white. With that in mind it is clear that whites are not the largest portion of the population in Orange County’s largest city. Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada put all that and the events in Anaheim into perfect perspective.

“Even if the vast majority of our community disagrees with a particular group who visits our city we cannot stop them from lawfully gathering to express their opinions,” Quezada said.

The KKK has recently garnered the attention of the political world thanks to Donald Trump. Trump, who is a very popular candidate in this year’s

presidential election delected questions about the group.

The controversy started when Trump was asked about whether or not he would disavow Duke and other white supremacist

groups that are supporting his campaign. He was also pressed with this question three times and still didn’t mention knowing anybody or the KKK in his answers.

“I just don’t know anything about him,” Trump said.

Unfortunately for Trump, and the American people, the KKK is alive and well and we might as well start admitting it.

Week four of the spring semester just ended and classes that started with what seemed like hundreds of students, have dwindled down by a good percent-age of occu-pants.

The craziest part about the in-evitable change in attendance is the hordes of students who had to ight their way to get into the overpopulated classes as petition-ers.

I myself have had numerous experiences with petitioning and have always encountered the same problem. I absolutely need this class to quite literally be able to move on with my life.

As a returning student who generally has to enroll late, I am well over the 60 credits needed to transfer but am unable to do so because of the challenge of get-ting into certain classes.

Prior to last semester, I had pe-titioned to get into Math 30 two separate times. I inally was able to get into a Friday 8 a.m. class.

The experience, however, was less than pleasant. Arriving 15 minutes early to the class only to ind a line of 20 other hopefuls in the same predicament as me was

more than disheartening. Instead of feeling like students,

we’re made to feel like beggars. We were left praying that

someone who was lucky enough to enroll in the class would decide not to show and we could rip their seat out of from under them.

After sweat, nerves and a bit of literal crying by some, just six of the 20 hopefuls were admitted to the class.

The most upsetting part of the story came after 14 students were rejected. By week eight of the se-mester only 10-15 students were showing up to a class that had a capacity of 35.

Therein lies the problem. Four-teen of these petitioning students

genuinely needed the class to move forward and 20-25 students decided eight weeks into the se-mester that they were going to ac-cept the “F” or they dropped.

According to US News educa-tion, Orange Coast College has a 23 percent retention rate among full-time students. That means that nearly a quarter of seats in classrooms could be vacated throughout a semester. Serious students need those seats to move on with their college careers.

It’s high time for administration to come up with a viable solution to the problem so high achieving students can be admitted to the classes they need to graduate on their own time.

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Unfair fines EDITORIAL

Skateboarders beware — current slaps on the wrist from Campus Safety will be turning to ines for riding on campus.

As was reported in the Feb. 24 edition of the Coast Report, Orange Coast Col-lege’s Campus Safety ofi-cials will be issuing students two new ines in the form of vehicular moving violations and riding a skateboard on campus grounds. The latter of the two is what the Coast Report Staff inds the most egregious.

The Coast Report has, in the past, reported on steps being made by OCC to make the school environment safer for the skateboarders and their fellow students. One such solution was proposed skate-board and bike paths to ap-pease both sides of the argu-ment. What happened to that fair-minded compromise?

Unfortunately, skateboard-ers will now ind themselves out of $15 if they dare roll their four wheels on campus — which is imposed on the second offense following a warning on the irst.

Campus Safety said the decision to impose ines comes from a place of try-ing to keep the students safe.

The Coast Report Editorial Board still doubts this deci-sion and sees it as a shrewd revenue generating move.

The motivation of safety is a worthy one that most people will agree is import-ant. For the Coast Report, the question is whether skateboards make students inherently less safe than any other mode of transportation on campus.

We say the answer is no. Bikes on campus are argu-ably more rampant with sharper and bigger parts. One member of our staff has had closer calls with cam-pus administration vehicles than he ever had with skate-boards.

With these examples in mind, why single out a par-ticular group and penalize skateboarders but not cy-clists? We are in no way calling for a ban on bicycles — simply pointing out a bit of hypocrisy.

We instead suggest revis-ing this new ine so we can come to a fair solution for all forms of transportation on campus. Instead of taking the money out of student’s pockets, OCC should go back to the proposed bicycle and skateboard paths.

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A Ku Klux Klan rally protest turned violent in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday.

Trump, Sanders and Clinton are the ones to watchThe elec-

tions are heat-ing up and clear front-runners are emerging.

Here are my predictions for who will sep-arate from the pack for both major parties post Super Tuesday’s primary elections.

The Democratic race has be-come a two horse affair between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sand-ers and will be a toss up.

Clinton entered the race as the heavy favorite and continues to poll ahead in six of the seven Su-per Tuesday state primaries.

In Oct. 2015 Clinton enjoyed a 22 percent lead on average on Sanders in the same nation-

al polls. However, Sanders has closed the gap signiicantly on Clinton in recent months and national polls indicate Sanders is now just a 4.4 percent underdog to Clinton.

Clinton remains the slight favorite as she is probably the most qualiied candidate having served as First Lady and Sec-retary of State under President Obama.

Also, according to NBC’s Sur-veyMonkey, Clinton polls at a 60 percent rate among women ages 25+ where Bernie only polls at a clip of 27 percent.

Sanders on the other hand has gained the majority of his accel-erated support by speaking out against establishment politics that he claims favors the elite. Sanders’ promise of free educa-tion, higher taxes on the wealth-iest of Americans and progres-

sive stances on social issues has struck a chord with minorities and the millennial generation.

On the other side Donald Trump has become the clear front-runner to win the Republi-can candidacy.

Jeb Bush famously said in the irst few Republican debates that Trump couldn’t “insult his way to the presidency.” Trump is not only defying those notions, he’s smashing them.

Trump recently won the South Carolina primary taking home 32.5 percent of the vote. The victory has been labeled as the benchmark that solidiies Trump as the favorite.

Trump has run a lashy cam-paign centered around brash rhetoric and policies that strike a chord in traditional Red states. These policies include building a wall on the United States and

Mexican border and immigration reform that would keep Muslims out of the US.

According to poll averag-es from RealClearPolitics.com Trump is currently projected to win six of the seven Super Tues-day primaries.

The two candidates who can

challenge Trump for the candi-dacy are Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Both face an uphill climb as Rubio has been scrutinized for an inability to keep compo-sure when challenged and Cruz continues to battle allegations of campaign tampering.

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The Orange Coast College softball team earned its second straight conference victory with a 4-2 win over Saddleback College on Friday.

With the win the Pirates are 3-7 overall and 2-2 in confer-ence.

“We have been close a lot this year and it was nice to inally come up with the victory and I really think this can boost the girls confidence,” head coach Jodie Legaspi-Kiaha said.

The Pirates got things going early in the game, taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the irst with

a single by catcher Anna Marin. “Getting out to a fast start and

taking an early lead is key it helps set the tone for the rest of the game,” Legaspi-Kiaha said.

The Pirates held the lead until the third inning when they sur-rendered a run to Saddleback off a wild pitch.

The Pirates quickly struck back in the bottom of the third with a sacriice ly by Marin to give them a 2-1 lead.

Saddleback tied the game again in the top of the fifth inning.

But the Pirates regained the lead with a triple by Christina Freeman in the bottom of the ifth. The Pirates weren’t done yet and added another run in the ifth with another RBI single by Marin, giving her three RBIs for the game.

“I felt really in the zone the whole game and felt that I could hit anything they wanted to throw at me,” Marin said.

The Pirates went on to win, earning their second straight conference victory and first victory over Saddleback since 2003. Pitcher Montana Roelvink earned her second straight victo-ry and third victory this season giving her all three of the Pirates wins.

“I’m working my way up through the season and with ev-ery victory my conidence rises,” Roelvink said.

The history of Pirates softball has not been pretty, but Legas-pi-Kiaha said this group can change the culture of softball at OCC and bring back a winning program that OCC hasn’t seen in many years.

“I really believe this is the group that will change the culture of softball at OCC for years to come,” Legaspi-Kiaha said.

The coach’s confidence has rubbed off on the players and with their win over Saddleback on Friday their confidence is

only rising. “If we can beat Saddleback I

believe we can beat anyone in our conference,” Marin said.

The Pirates will be in action again Friday as they travel to play Santiago Canyon College.

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Infielder Ariel Fernandez throws for an out during a recent softball game at Orange Coast College.

Recent win ends 13-year droughtPirates earn back to back conference wins boosting it to 2-2 in the OEC.

BY KODY DODIERSPORTS EDITOR

Life as a Laker fan has been extremely tough for the past few years. The face of what used to be one of the greatest sports franchises in the league is now retiring.

I felt crushed when I irst heard that Kobe Bryant was going to call it quits after 20 legendary seasons in the NBA. But when I started to process it, I felt as if this was the best thing for Bryant, the Lakers and its fan base.

Many people have called this year Bryant’s farewell tour and it gives all basketball fans a chance to look back at the amazing career of arguably one of the greatest

players ever. His farewell tour has also

brought some light to a currently dark season of Lakers basketball. Even though this year’s team has the worst record in franchise his-tory, we are still cheering because Bryant is on the court.

Bryant has been the most under-appreciated star of this generation and it took him announcing his re-tirement for people to inally give him the appreciation he deserves.

The media always gave Bryant a hard time and many fans of rival teams booed him when he played in their arenas. Simply, when it came down to the game of basket-ball he did not care about anything else but hanging banners in the rafters of Staples Center which irked a lot of people.

The media is now honoring Bryant as an NBA legend and he

is receiving standing ovations in every arena he steps foot in. Fans who once hated Kobe for destroy-ing their teams’ hopes and dreams now realize it’s time to respect an all-time great.

I have truly always appreciated Bryant for what he did for the game of basketball and kids from my generation. He was the Mi-chael Jordan of our generation and he showed us a brand of basketball that we may never see again.

At 18 Bryant came straight out of Lower Merion High School and played in his irst NBA game. In 2006 Kobe tore Toronto’s defense to shreds and torched them for 81 points in what was the second highest single scoring game ever.

In all Kobe won ive champi-onships. Three came with fellow star Shaquille O’neal and when everyone said he couldn’t win

another as Shaq departed he went on to win two more.

At 36, Kobe came back from a torn Achilles when everyone had already written him off.

He simply made the impossible, possible.

Kobe inspired so many kids like myself to pick up a basketball and practice my pull up jump shot.

If it wasn’t for Kobe I don’t know if I would be the sports freak I am today.

It’s going to be tough watching future Laker games come down to the wire and know that he will not be there to take the last shot. The man had ice in his veins and was the most clutch player of this generation.

The NBA needed a player like Bryant to take the torch from Jordan and carry it many years to the next generation of young

super stars. Even though there will never be another Kobe Bry-ant it is good to know that there is still loads of talent in the league today.

I along with the many fans of basketball will never forget the greatness that we all witnessed every time the Black Mamba stepped onto the court.

Bryant keeps fans cheering despite losses

Tyler Hylton

Staff writer

Upcoming games

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What: Against Santa AnaWhere: At Santa AnaWhen: Wednesday at 3 p.m.