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NEWS
New OS available Friday
The latest version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system will give the company a fighting chance against Apple.
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FEATURES
E-cigs are becoming more popular
The addition of a local e-cig shop makes it easier for students to get more information on electronic cigarettes.
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VIEWS
Political views across the spectrum
The presidential debate heats up and so does a debate between two staffers about Libertarianism.
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A&C
Newest film in franchise flops
“Paranormal Activity 4” has the same basic storyline with very few differences and disappoints viewers.
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Science Night thrills local youngsters
Photo by Nate Ashton
Children passing through the biological science classroom are rewarded with sweet treats after learning how flowers are pollinated.
Children from local middle and elementary schools had the chance to explore 11 different exhibits during Orange Coast College’s Community Science Night Friday.
The different expositions showcased an in teract ive
experience with different facets of the scientific world.
Using exhibits and hands-on activities, organizers and administrators aimed at making kids interested in science.
“All of our exhibits are meant to raise awareness on ocean health,” Marry Blasias, a marine science instructor said. “We intend to showcase our aquarium, which is the largest among community colleges, so that children will see how important it is to maintain such a complex bio diversity in our oceans.”
T h e M a r i n e S c i e n c e department provided petting
tanks with stingrays and a baby white striped bamboo shark that children could touch.
Throughout the evening many parents and their children filtered through the Lewis Center for Applied Science, forcing the staff to allow only 45 people in the classrooms and labs at a time.
A display that attracted a lot of attention that evening was the aquarium that housed an unassuming crustacean with extraordinary abilities.
Tucked between an outcropping
A shark, a sting ray and a shrimp delight attendees at the event.
BY JOSE CUETOSTAFF WRITER
Senatepasses media policyAfter several weeks worth of revisions, SGOCC finally sets new rules.
BY DEAN NOTHSTEINCOPY EDITOR
There’s a new pollster out there and it has nothing to do with CNN, Gallup, the Washington Post or Rasmussen.
No one calls the house or takes up your time asking mundane and routine questions about the candidates, their platforms, who you’ll vote for and why.
And while there may be a built in margin of error, nobody really knows if there is.
It’s not really based on science or statistics or even real data.
It’s based instead on coffee cup sales.
At 7-Eleven.It’s a 7-Election. That’s right. Every four years
during election season, 7-Eleven sells blue Democratic coffee cups
and red Republican coffee cups as well as regular 7-Eleven cups for those who don’t want to choose or who are, ahem, undecided.
Workers say the convenience chain does this as an unofficial survey to determine who the more popular candidate is.
And research shows that, surprisingly, the results of the cup sales are very close to the actual results of the votes on election day.
In past elections, the 7-Election polls have been more accurate than the official polls themselves.
So far, the blue Obama cups are in the national lead by 20 percent. The president has the cup lead in New York, Texas, Florida and California. Even Michigan, formerly governed by Romney’s father, is favoring the blue Democratic cups.
The only states that Romney has a cup advantage in are Idaho and Missouri.
Though it may seem silly to predict the next president of the United States based on coffee cup sales, it may be the most accurate poll out there.
Other restaurants are also taking advantage of the upcoming election by offering presidential specials on their menus. Red Robin, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles and Ruby’s are all offering specials based on your choice of candidates.
Coffee purchases may become the indicator of who is the top politician.
BY DEREK HERNANDEZSTAFF WRITER
Not your usual poll
Photo by Sarah Borean
Bernie, 20, a busniess major takes a snooze on the warm sidewalk during his 20-minute break from art class. The relaxed student described his sleep break as a “pretty chill nap.”
The student government voted unanimously Oct. 17 to adopt its first Student Government of Orange Coast College Media and Public Relations Policy.
The policy’s purpose was par-tially revised to clarify that its intent is to “ensure that the most accurate information is presented to the media in a timely man-ner.”
The policy, first written as a draft on Sept. 16 by SGOCC Vice President of Communications Ra-chel Gajardo, was revised twice.
“Internally, this is all about communication, us making sure everyone is informed in student government,” SGOCC President Kolby Keo said. “Externally, this is about being as transparent as possible.
Under its final version, the SGOCC president and vice presi-dent of communications will act as co-spokespeople to the media on behalf of the student govern-ment, with the former being responsible for making sure that student government members are aware of the policy and the proper procedures for adhering to it.
“In the event of media cor-respondence, the members of the student government shall refer to the SGOCC president, the vice president of communications or the head of their prospective branch,” according to the policy.
Additionally, student govern-ment members should refer to either or both of the two spokes-people or the head of their branch when corresponding with the media. They are also able to elect a designated spokesperson on be-half of ASOCC if the president or VPC are unavailable, according to the policy.
The policy will also require press releases from the SGOCC to receive approval from their advis-ers and a copy must also be sent to SGOCC president and the vice president of communications. Ap-proval from the president and vice president isn’t required.
Two sections, one on press releases and one on events, were added from the original version. Press releases from student gov-ernment members or branches must be approved by advisers, with copies sent to the president and vice president of communi-cations, who, according to Keo, would then likely distribute them to the rest of the SGOCC.
When corresponding with the
Secret SleepsThe sounds
of snoring can frequently be heard from any personal cubical in the second story of the Library a t O r a n g e Coast College. While some choose to cuddle up in their car during class breaks, there are many
unknown cozy places on campus waiting to be occupied by sleepy students.
By far the most comfortable place to sleep on campus is under the staircase by the lobby in the Lewis Center for Applied Sciences. There is an approximately 5-by-6 foot luxuriously soft orange mattress located under the shade of the staircase. If you have ever slept on it, you know it is institutional nap heaven.
The next best place to snooze at OCC is among the greenery of the Horticulture Garden. Surrounded by heaps of trees and flowers are numerous benches and tables, some in shade and some in direct sun. The garden is a serene place to catch some shut eye.
One very unheard of room for possible slumber is in the women’s restroom in the Administration building. Located by the mailroom, this bathroom has a bed similar
to the ones from the elementary school nurse’s office, with a sliding curtain for extra privacy.
The Literature and Languages building also has an array of black padded benches and chairs, which offer some sleeping comforts, although noisy students often surround them.
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Are you a student looking for a spot to take a quick nap before class? Then you’re in luck.
Sarah Borean
Photo Editor
Photos by Lisset Mendoza
(Top) Joanna Rangel, 24, an animation major pours coffee into her Romney cup. (Below) Rangel and her sister Kim Rangel, 18, undecided hold up the cup of the candidate they support.
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To find out where others students prefer to sleep on campus see page 5.
Microsoft’s latest operating system and tablet, Windows 8 and the Microsoft Surface, will be entering the world Friday.
Everyone will be able to down-load a digital copy of the software to upgrade computers or laptops with Windows XP, Vista or 7 for $40, or for a few extra dollars, can get a physical disc for $70.
The new operating system in-troduces an entirely new level of fluidity for Windows computers and also brings a table full of new features like a touchscreen-friend-ly start menu with full-screen apps, cloud storage integration with SkyDrive—which means wireless syncing of files and apps across multiple devices—the Windows Store, native integra-
tion of social media websites like Facebook and Twitter all in one place and more.
Although Omar Sanchez, 18, a biology major, was familiar with the old desktop mode, he said the new start menu is a breeze.
“I can easily get used to this. It’s pretty simple,” Sanchez said.
Kalvien Shoda, 21, a film ma-jor, said he had trouble adjusting to Windows 8 after using Linux, a free, open-source operating sys-tem, despite having prior knowl-edge of Windows computers.
Shoda expressed concern over the possibility that Microsoft may not bundle a tutorial with the lat-est operating system.
“It’s a little feature they might’ve overlooked, not show-ing you how to use it,” Shoda said.
Bernardo Cobos, 21, a phys-ics major, said he appreciates that Microsoft has streamlined a universal layout across their devices, which is now filled with live tiles that can show weather or status updates even before entering them.
“It honestly reminds me of the Xbox interface,” Cobos said. “It’s cool how you can just hit the start button to go back to the new start menu.”
Although aesthetically pleas-ing, some believe the new start menu may only make sense on a touch screen and may differ from the Windows that people
know and love, which Microsoft happens to be offering with their Surface line tablets.
“Gestures are a hassle for the mouse or trackpad. It feels more tablet friendly,” Shoda said.
The price offer stands until Jan. 31, giving users time to try out the operating system before taking the leap.
CRIMEBLOTTER
2 CAMPUS OCTOBER 24, 2012
New technological WindowsDangerous ex A Campus Safety officer
responded to a reported as-sault and battery on Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. by the math lecture hall. The alleged victim and suspect were male students.
According to John Farmer, the chief of Campus Safety, a female approached him in front of the ABC Building to report that her ex-boyfriend had been following her on campus.
After talking with the fe-male for a couple of minutes the two male students arrived on scene. The victim said that while he was trying to prevent the suspect from fol-lowing the female, the suspect punched him in the head and began choking him, Farmer said.
The victim had red marks on his neck but said he was not injured and did not want to file a report.
Farmer told the suspect to stay away from the female and gave her a ride to her car.
Neither the female or male victim filed police reports on the incident, but the male victim filed a statement which will go to the dean of students for further disciplinary action, Farmer said.
Computer thief A female staff member
reported a burglary on Oct. 11 in Fine Arts Room 116.
According to Farmer, the staff member locked the room on Oct 11. around noon. She returned on Oct. 15 around 7 a.m. to unlock the lecture hall and found that
the computer in the room had been tampered with.
An unknown person gained entry to the lecture hall by al-legedly prying open the south exterior door, Farmer said.
The suspect cut the power chord leading to the com-puter but could not remove it because of the locking device that secures the computer to the desk.
The responding Campus Safety officer observed sev-eral fingerprints on the front and back of the computer screen and reported it to the Costa Mesa Police Depart-ment.
Costa Mesa crime scene investigators came out to dust for fingerprints and take photographs. According to farmer, the total damage is estimated to be $200.
Chest pain A Campus Safety officer
responded to a medical aid call for a student who reported pressure and sharp pain in his chest Friday around 9 p.m. near LeBard Stadium.
Upon arrival he found the male victim sitting on the curb, alert and conscious, Farmer said.
The victim was reportedly pulling a very heavy item up the ramp at the stadium for 10 minutes and then experienced the chest pain, Farmer said.
He told the officer he felt fine but requested paramedics and went to the hospital by private vehicle.
—The Crime Blotter was compiled by Sean Miller from Campus Safety reports.
Students give mixed reviews on new operating system.
BY ANTHONY LEESTAFF WRITER
Photo courtesy of Microsoft
Some fear that new operating system will be compatible only with touch screens.
Corrections and clarifications Due to a reporting error in the
Oct. 17 issue of the Coast Report titled, “Fighting for parking” the
fight that broke out in the park-ing lot was over a prior dispute between the two students.
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Because of rising political tensions and uncertainties, Joe Venegas III aspires to re-es-tablish the Republican Club at Orange Coast College to raise political awareness on campus.
As the presidential election nears, Venegas hopes the club will be accepted by the Associ-ated Students of OCC within the month.
Venegas said the club’s ide-ology will adhere to that of the Republican Party, support-ing pension reform, privatized healthcare and other conserva-tive values.
“My main goal for the club is to facilitate political awareness by allowing students to par-ticipate in the political arena,”
Venegas said. According to Venegas, a Re-
publican Club existed at OCC in previous years, only to be disband-ed when its m e m b e r s transferred t o o t h e r s c h o o l s . W i t h o u t cont inui ty of leader-sh ip , fu r-thering the club’s legacy has been challenging.
Many of the previous members have maintained connections to the Republican Party by joining clubs at their new campuses, Venegas said. Venegas said on occasion he is confronted with
a clash of ideologies, mainly on the subject of religious issues,
he said. “Another is-sue we face, espe-cially with com-munity college students, is the growing apathy toward politics in general,” Venegas
said. “It’s not s o m u c h that college students are
i n h e r e n t l y liberal, it’s just
that they don’t really care.” Venegas has contacted the
statewide body of college Re-publican clubs for support, and continues to rally support on campus. He notes what he called a surprising fact that the most
entrenched Republican clubs in California are located in North-ern California – specifically in the San Francisco Bay area.
As the chair of the Model United Nations for El Modena High School, Venegas found that he had an enthusiasm for politics. He was able to pursue his political aspirations at OCC by joining the debate team and competing for the maximum term of two years.
“The debate team afforded me a great opportunity to ex-perience different styles of argument all over California,” Venegas said.
Once the Republican Club of OCC is established, Venegas will lobby for the club to partici-pate in the California College Republicans Convention held in March in San Diego.
Orange Coast College gets politicalBY JOSE CUETOSTAFF WRITER
FEATURESOCTOBER 24, 2012 3
There are thousands of parking stalls on campus and each day they are packed with students. This week
the Coast Report found out a little bit more about ...
William Baldovinos
PARKING LOT DIARIES
William Baldovinos, 21, used to be a business major at Orange Coast College but switched to biomedical engi-neering pre-med because of something that started when he was just 15.
His mother began show-ing symptoms of a disease that his family and doctors couldn’t pinpoint.
After he started college, his mom was officially diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral scle-rosis, more commonly known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Baldovinos didn’t process the information easily.
“It hindered my academic career for a while,” he said. “Then I got myself going again just through self-mo-tivation.”
To help cope with his mom’s illness, Baldovinos started reading books and doing research about what ALS is.
He said the entire experi-
ence was eye opening for him.
“I found myself basically,” he said. “What my goals are, what I want to do with my life and that’s where I am today. That is why I want to become a doctor.”
Baldovinos said that it was this troubling time in his life that inspired his change in major and career.
“My ultimate goal is to help people,” he said.
He said he values the idea of giving back to others and believes that everything good he puts out gets returned to him.
His ambitions don’t stop there.
“I hope someday to also be a congressman,” he said. “But that’s a long way away still.”
On top of his aspirations in life, he is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish and is currently learning Portu-guese.
CASSIE HAMMONDSTAFF WRITER
Orange Coast College Re-Entry Center
Math Test Taking Strategies
Experience and practice the effective study skill called "mind mapping" while you learn test-taking strategies for before, during, and after exams that will raise your math test scores immediately.
Have fun at this workshop and leave with simple and powerful behavior changes that will help you take charge of test-taking.
Monday, October 29, 2012 12:00 – 1:30 pm
For more information call the O.C.C. Re-Entry Center, 714.432.5162 or come to the Center
located in Watson Hall Room 433
I a p -peared on the CBS hit televi-sion show “ T h e Doctors” on Oct. 16 while an-swering a question about why I think e-cigarettes are good.
What I was trying to ex-plain, but probably failed to thoroughly articulate, was that e-cigarettes are a better alternative to regular cigarettes.
In e-cigarettes, nicotine content may be decreased or completely eliminated altogether. Therefore, all there would be left to smoke is flavored water vapor.
In this way, it is less harm-ful to the body and lungs but still satisfies the oral fixation that a smoker may be ad-dicted to.
In the CBS studio and un-der each audience member’s seat was a card that on one side said “good” and on the other said “bad.”
“Now I’m going to ask you all, e-cigarettes—good or bad -- as a good way to quit smoking?” Dr. Travis said.
Most of the audience members put up their “bad” cards.
However, I put up my “good” card.
COMMENTARY
I played doctor on TV
Lisa Stephanian
Staff Writer
Move over tobacco
Vapor clouds fill the air as cus-tomers sample flavors while Skye Cochran stands behind the glass counter showing a newbie how to set up his device.
Cochran’s store, Local Vape, caters to a growing market: e-ciga-rette users.
In a nutshell, e-cigs use a battery and a heating element to vaporize a mixture consisting of vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol, flavor-ing and nicotine.
According to the store’s web-site, you will “save money and be healthy.”
“I quit smoking because it’s cheaper to vape,” said Andrew Stol-man, a frequent customer. “And I feel my lungs are doing better.”
Before the store opened in Costa Mesa about a month ago, vape junkies had to go to Cerritos or Laguna Beach.
“I went to both. It was a long drive,” said Patrick Knowles, a customer from Costa Mesa. “I like [Local Vape] because they’re all pretty mellow and knowledgeable. They’ll tell you about everything and let you try out all the flavors.”
He said other stores aren’t as organized.
“Every time I come in here it’s chill and I get what I want,” Knowles said.
Knowles said he smoked a pack a day for 13 years and started vaping a year ago. He likes the new shop.
Shop owner Cochran said he was a mechanic before he and his wife opened up the store.
“I’ve been using [an e-cig] for a year and a half,” Cochran said. “Me and my wife were looking into starting some kind of business. She had just got her master’s degree a little bit ago. I kept driving to these other spots and we decided to do this.”
Cochran’s happy with business.“It’s been steady. I’m just grate-
ful,” Cochran said. “I believe in the product -- I know it works and I en-joy it. I want to make it convenient for the other people doing it. People who want to find an alternative to smoking.”
As an e-cig user myself, I’ve notice that the trend is catching on. I’ve seen a few e-cigs on campus.
I bought the second best device in the store, the LAVATUBE, and everything else I needed to start vaping for about $180, or the
cost of three cartons of tobacco cigarettes.
Now I buy some more juice and a new heating element each week for about $25, less than half what I was spending on real cigarettes.
It was a little bit of an adjust-ment when I first bought the de-vice, not 100 percent like tobacco cigarettes, but I haven’t bought a pack since.
You can learn more about Local Vape at localvapeshop.com.
A new local shop carries e-cigs, a potential way to stop smoking.
BY RYAN MCLARENSTAFF WRITER
The best person for the job
The Associated Students of Or-ange Coast College senators have appointed a new student regional delegate to the California Com-munity Colleges.
Donna Huynh, 19, a neuro-psychology major and current president of OCC’s Honors Student Council, was selected Oct. 10 as the new delegate after discussion be-tween seven SGOCC senators and six executive board members.
In filling the position the senators and executive members looked for
experience in leadership, knowl-edge of how to conduct meetings, knowledge of the position and an understanding of the constitution and by-laws of ASOCC in can-didates.
The job of the student delegate is to create agendas, know procedures, work with the advocacy committee and represent delegates at meetings on behalf of the students.
“We’re looking for someone to sacrifice their time and dedicate time to [the position],” Kolby Keo, president of the student govern-ment, said.
Although the executive board members didn’t vote for the can-didates during the discussion, they were able to participate in it.
In the discussion, Keo mentioned there were two passionate candi-dates and so the question he brought into view was which of the two was more qualified.
“I just felt that I was involved in advocacy last year, and I have an idea of what it stands for and represents,” Ngoc Nguyen, senate president of ASOCC who decided not to chair the meeting to be able to vote, said.
Nguyen believed Huynh had the right qualifications to meet her expectations, but the final decision was not an easy one to make.
“It was hard to choose [the next delegate] because I kept fluctuat-ing between the top two,” Nguyen said.
Because of the difficult deci-sion on the important position, the meeting was extended 15 minutes before the final vote. Huynh was ultimately chosen.
“Donna is what the advocacy needed this semester because of her work ethic,” Nguyen said.
ASOCC chooses a new delegate after a difficult decision between two candidates. BY SANDY PHAMSTAFF WRITER
Photos by Sarah Borean
(Top) Willie Weidenback, who helped assemble the Local Vape shop tests out so prod-ucts. (Bottom) Owner Sky Cochran sits in his shop on the three week anniversary.
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4 OCTOBER 24, 2012ARTS & CULTURE
Campus Events
For information on most campus events,
call (714) 432-5880 or toll free at
(888) 622-5376.
Dance“Faculty Dance Con-cert,” Saturday at 8 p.m.: The concert will feature faculty, advanced students and alumni from OCC, Cal State Long Beach, Chapman University, and UC Irvine. Choreography by OCC Faculty. In the Robert B. Moore Theatre. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Film“10 or Less Festival,” Friday through Sunday: OCC Student Repertory Theatre presents short plays directed by students. Some material involves mature themes. At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26-28 with a 2:30 matinee showing on the 28. In the Drama Lab Studio Theatre. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.
Lectures“Women’s Health,” pre-sented by Jamie Taylor and Teresa Ellington, today: The third work shop in OCC’s “Pilates Guest Speaker Series.” Will cover women’s health issues and common prob-lems and ways pilates can help treat them. From 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. In OCC Art center room 148. Admission is free for OCC students and $20 for the community.
Dining“Eclectic Cafe,” Fridays: OCC’s Culinary Arts de-partment offers a low-cost gourmet lunch every Fri-day in the Student Center. Served from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., reserva-tions are recommended. In the Student Center. Call 714-432-0202 ext. 26435. Full meal is $6.25.
“OCC 2012-2013 Dis-tinguished Speaker Se-ries” Nov. 19: UC Irvine professor Jay Famiglietti will discuss groundwater depletion and the conse-quences of dryer climate in Southern California. From 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. In the Robert B. Moore Theatre. Admission is free and open to all.
MusicOCC Wind Ensemble “History of the March,” Nov. 4: The OCC Wind Ensemble will perform a selection of works that demonstrate the history of the march. OCC Begin-ning Instruments and OCC Intermediate Orchestra will also perform. In the Robert B. Moore Theatre. At 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.
Presentation“Art and Architecure Around the World,” Nov. 2: Irini Vallera-Rickerson will present the 22nd An-nual Aids Benefit at OCC. Proceeds benefit AIDS Service Foundation of Orange County (ASFOS) Christmas Wish List for Children. In the Robert B. Moore Theatre. At 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and additional tax deductible donations are welcome.
Newest in the horror series fails to deliver
Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (“Paranormal Activity 3”) have definitely overstayed their welcome with the fourth installment of the “Paranormal Activity” fran-chise.
It seems that as the budget gets higher, the movies get worse and more confusing.
Though this is the funniest of the series, the scares appear dumbed down and less memo-rable.
The long setups to spooky moments get tiring.
And as if the franchise’s plot wasn’t confusing enough, “Paranormal Activity 4” leaves more questions created than it answered.
It’s the same film each time with furniture moving by itself, a haunted child and random scares.
The movie attempts to pick up from “Paranormal Activity 2,” five years later in Hender-son, Nev.
The flashbacks remind you of how Katie steals her nephew and takes off and both are never seen again.
The new neighbor, a young boy named Robbie, has to stay with the family due to his mother needing to go to the hospital.
Right away you can tell he
is not normal as he only brings with him a toothbrush and a fork he claims is over 100 years old.
The main character, a 15-year-old girl named Alex, has late-night video chats with her boy-friend and around 3 a.m. she hears mysterious things in her house. Her tech smart boyfriend helps her investigate, setting up lap-tops around her house.
As usual they know some-thing is occurring and the par-ents seem to brush it off.
Throughout the rest of the movie you see entities follow Robbie around, strange things happen to Alex and you are faced with a confusing ending.
This film is much better in a theater, as opposed to watching it at home, thanks to the audi-ence adding to the excitement,
but it’s not worth it.Unfortunately, it does not
look like the “Paranormal Activ-ity” franchise is going anywhere
anytime soon.If you are looking for a good
scare, just go watch “Sinister” again.
The fourth film has lost its thrills and chills as the series begins repeating itself.BY DEREK HERNANDEZSTAFF WRITER
Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures
“Paranormal Activity 4” is in theaters worldwide now.
Portola Coffee LabPortola Coffee Lab is located 2.9 miles
from Orange Coast College.They have been open for 17 months.Their most popular drink is the Kyoto—a
type of iced coffee priced at $4.50.Brew method used: slow drip cold brew.One cup of coffee doesn’t usually affect
me dramatically, but I drank a Kyoto in the afternoon and the caffeine kept me up until 2 a.m.
Sadaf Fardanesh, 21, a speech pathology major at OCC, said she comes to Portola Coffee Lab two to three times a week.
She said she appreciates the quality coffee beans and the different brew methods that Portola uses for each type of coffee drink.
“They have intimate relationships with the farmers,” Fardanesh said.
Jeff Duggan, owner of Portola Coffee Lab, said their mocha is also one of their more popular drinks.
It contains 56 percent Belgian semi-sweet chocolate.
Duggan imports his coffee beans from East Africa and central and South America.
Picking is the first step of ensuring qual-ity, he said.
“None of the coffees we purchase are unsorted,” he said.
All the berries are hand-picked by farmers who are paid fair wages.
“Quality comes first even if it means it impacts profit margin,” Duggan said.
Cafecito Organico Cafecito Organico has been open at its
Costa Mesa location for two months. They are located 2.1 miles from OCC.According to one of the employees,
Johnny Hicks, their two most popular drinks
are the global warming at $5 and the cafecito at $4, he said.
The global warming is made of concen-trated cold brew coffee, milk and sugar cane juice.
The cafecito contains espresso, whole milk and sugar cane juice.
I tried the cafecito and highly enjoyed it. It’s not too sweet and not too bitter.
According to employee Molly Ortiz, Cafecito Organico has a focus on organic and sustainably grown coffee, organic milk, no artificial sweeteners and social justice, she said.
“We choose to purchase the coffee from farms that treat their employees fairly,” Ortiz said.
Milk and HoneyMilk and Honey has been open for 3 1/2
years and is located two miles from Orange Coast College.
The location is quaint and the atmosphere inside is intimate.
I ordered the Spanish latte, a new drink on the menu priced at $3.75.
According to the description on the menu, the Spanish latte is “a sweet creamy café latte inspired by coffee in Spain.”
The special ingredient—condensed milk.
I’ve always been a fan of condensed milk and the idea of putting it in coffee is genius.
No need for additional sweetening here. This drink is perfect for those who like their lattes sweet.
Owner Eddie Choi purchases his organic coffee beans from the small, family-owned company Klatch.
Organic means that it is safer to consume and has no chemicals, he said.
There are people who have migraines after drinking coffee. That’s because they’re drinking bad coffee, he said.
Milk and Honey also contains a wide selection of teas. Their most popular tea drink, at $3.45, is the lavender tea latte which is made up of a black tea lavender mix and steamed with milk.
Loose leaf teas of all flavors are also avail-able. They are really healthy and are high in antioxidants.
Milk and Honey’s focus is to ensure qual-ity and health in not only their coffee and tea, but also their customers, Choi said.
“Chains don’t care about their customers,,just business” Choi said. “We have a different mindset.”
Kean CoffeeKean Coffee is located 3.7 miles from
Orange Coast College and has been open for seven years.
Their most popular drinks are the Turkish caffe latte with cardamom at $3.55 and caffe Napoli which contains hazelnut and white chocolate at $3.55.
I ordered the Turkish caffe latte with car-damom, a spice that comes from the ginger family.
It added a pleasantly new and refreshing taste to the latte.
Mike Richardson has worked at Kean Coffee since it opened and has competed in many barista competitions. He is skilled in latte art and just by looking at the perfect heart that was formed on the top of my latte, I could tell.
One of Kean’s main focuses is to create a community-based environment.
“Our motto is to provide the ultimate coffee house experience,” Richardson said.
Research shows that some stu-dents have at
least one frappuc-cino or latte a day – and that certainly seems to be the case at Orange Coast College.
And these days, the life of a college stu-dent isn’t getting any easier.
Between school and work, time for home-work and studying is limited and many students turn to caf-feine for energy and as a way to keep them going.
Here are four local coffee shops near Orange Coast College that guar-antee better quality coffee compared to the average coffee chain.
CoffeeBreak
(Top left) Milk and Honey serves an array of drinks and food geared toward organic eats. (Bottom right) The scientist at Portola Coffee Lab draw a crow with their assortment of brewing techniques. (Bottom left) Menus at Portola Coffee Lab are strategically placed for customers to easily read while waiting in line. (Top left) Michael Hoshstrasser is a student at OCC and is also a barista at Cafecito Organico.
Story by Lisa Stephanian
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D i d y o u w a t c h t h e president ial debate? Presi-dent Barack Obama stood h i s g r o u n d whi le chal -lenging Mitt Romney on his ever-chang-ing s tances throughout his entire campaign.
The presidential debate Oct. 16 was nearly a boxing match. The candidates dueled over sig-nificant issues that have impacted the country and issues that will impact the country. President Obama had a drastically better turnout than the last debate.
The debate was town-hall style with approximately 80 attendees in the audience who were consid-ered undecided voters.
Several of the attendees were given the opportunity to ask questions regarding social and economic issues. Each candi-date was given two minutes to respond to the question.
The questions ranged from is-sues about the rising gas prices to the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya. President Obama took the criticism about
his administration’s actions to-ward the killing of the U.S. ambassador to heart and claimed that Romney was making a na-tional security issue into a piece of political propaganda.
The first debate between the two candidates showed a clear win for Romney however the second debate was essentially a draw which doesn’t help Rom-ney, but showed Obama could bounce back from his poor per-formance in the first debate. Obama hammered Romney on changing his position on impor-tant social issues.
Both of the candidates con-tinue to question the validity of each other’s facts. Obama claimed many of Romney’s facts were false or misleading while Romney claimed that Obama’s policies have failed the American people and that the president has no plan of what he will do in the next four years if elected for another term.
Ultimately, the candidates both had good points and the real is-sue for voters on election day is do they want someone such as Romney that claims he is for the middle class and his policies will work to help grow the economy or do voters want Obama that
will make the social issues a priority.
I t ’s t h a t time in Amer-ica when peo-ple start to get political.
The stakes are high for b o t h s i d e s t h i s y e a r and I can’t help but be apathetic. It seems to me that it doesn’t matter which side you choose, in the two-par ty sys tem you a lways lose.
It’s hard for me to outright support any political candi-date. On the one hand there is something about Romney that I do not like, but on the other hand Obama isn’t necessarily any better.
Obama has signed the Na-tional Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal year of 2012. If you haven’t heard, the act has, among other things, allowed for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.
This, coupled with the sharp increase of warrantless wire-tapping during Obama’s reign, makes me wonder if Obama is really the best representative for the American people.
Romney on the other hand has the notorious record of switching sides. It’s hard to actually see what he stands for.
First it’s tax cuts for the rich and then it’s not. First it’s pro-choice, then pro-life. I don’t know that I can trust this man if he can’t even
keep his story straight.The candidates running are
so far removed from my way of life that it doesn’t matter who wins. Can you truly believe what either of them says on the campaign trail?
All politicians say anything to get votes. If you think any of them truly care how you’re doing, you’re wrong. They only care if you’re going to vote for them.
I must admit that I don’t fol-low politics much anymore. What’s the point? After you cut through the empty words and rhetoric you’ll find that both sides aren’t very good.
Both sides lie and cheat. When you listen to the de-
bates, do you actually think the president has any power over job creation? If so, then it’s only a very small amount.
America is failing because her politics have become stag-nant. Old ideas and ideologies fester and decay while new and bold ideas are shunned by both sides.
Many people feel similar, like me, are not going to vote. Like a snake eating its own tail, the current political climate breeds apathy and the apathy lets the climate stay.
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“One of the tables in the Library . No one talks and no one sits next to me because it’s
too weird, so there’s more space.”
Where’s your favorite place to sleep on campus?
EDITORIAL
Raising the bar to help fund OCC
State budget cuts are hit-ting all areas of campus, and what better way to combat this major revenue loss than to have a bar at Orange Coast College.
If OCC had a bar with a game room atmosphere, perhaps located somewhere like the Captain’s Corner, the revenue gained could go back into funding the college, creating more student jobs and even more camaraderie among students on campus.
The Associated Students of OCC has been working hard on supporting programs such as the OCC Recycling Center on campus to make up for the various revenue losses, but the bins are often broken into and fail to bring in maximum profits.
A bar could contribute not only with the sales of alcohol, but also recreational activities such as arcade games and pool tables pro-vided there.
“There is a lack of student space... a lot of places have a student union,” ASOCC President Kolby Keo said.
While it should be not ig-nored that there are potential problems that can arise with having a bar on campus, executing the rules and regu-lations of said bar would be the key to its success.
Some local Cal State schools such as Cal State
Long Beach and Cal State Northridge have bars that successfully gain revenue for the school, while creat-ing an enjoyable, inviting and safe place to study and hang out.
On Oct. 3 a karaoke lounge event was put on by ASOCC for the purpose of connect-ing the student body. Only about 150 of the 22,000 stu-dents at OCC attended.
OCC needs a space that can appeal to the variety of ages on campus.
According to OCC insti-tutional research from fall 2011, 47.8 percent of stu-dents are over the age of 21.
The bar, with a suggested name of The Pirate’s Plank, should be set up in a fashion that is inviting to younger non-drinking students to participate in recreational activities, while also giving that 47.8 percent of students above the legal drinking age a chance to grab a beer and do the same.
“More money could go back [to students], it would be nice after a test,” Brandon Cruz 22-year-old psychol-ogy major said.
Having a bar at OCC could promote the integration of social and educational life, gaining a larger and more connected student-life com-munity while raising money for student programs too.
“In horticulutre — it’s peaceful with all the trees and it’s quiet.”
“In my car. I can listen to music and I feel more comfortable there.”
“Right here on one of these picnic benches.”
“The Library because it’s quiet there and they have air conditioning.”
Town hall duel
This election season, liber-tarianism has come into the national spot-light. You may have noticed it--friends who were formly apathetic are now champi-ons of liberty.
Libertarians say things like, “The way this country is going” and always deliver it so it hangs omminously in the air indicating deep thought - as if they were the Shakespear-ean fool who spouted the truth that could solve society’s ills.
If only we could get back to those days. You know those days – the ones before the Federal Reserve, before goverment inter-vention of the free market, back when we were a great country.
Any reasonable person can agree on the basic premise that
if you want to do something that doesn’t harm or take away my property, then it should be legal.
The problem is that the the difficult questions of the day are more complex and require more depth than can be extrapolated from that simple precept.
The issues we face require intelligence and a comfortability with messy situations, in other words, an adult.
Libertarians pretend some isssues don’t exist and answer the ones they like with a knee jerk response that usually in-volves the market solving it for us.
Libertarian presidential can-didate Gary Johnson wants to remove our military footprint around the world and he would withdraw out of Afghanistan before 2014.
Nevermind that it’s not logis-tically possible. Does he really not see the repercussions of
such an action?Pakistan is already undergo-
ing bitter internal struggles with extremist militants. Cutting off aid would only exacerbate the problem.
A libertarian’s response would be, “Not my problem.”
India would never allow loose weapons on its borders, and I shudder to think of a nuclear Taliban.
What is the libertarian re-sponse to climate change? Noth-ing. Which I guess means, let the free market or the Earth respond to carbon dioxide emissions for us.
Resigning problems to the market is not brilliance, it’s mental surrrender. It may be fashionable to say “taxes are theft” and “goverment is the problem,” but it doesn’t solve anything.
The fact that you can read this in a community college news-paper is anti-libertarian.
Colleen Spence Staff Writer
Libertarians do not have solutions
Libertarians are lazy? There is an
argument that libertarians are “intellectually lazy.” This ex-hibits a fun-damental mis-understanding of the political spectrum.
Commonly accep ted i s that traveling down the left side of the spec-trum, a person will find increas-ingly liberal ideas, while moving in the opposite direction will net conservative concepts.
Libertarians are often con-fused with conservatives, but the expressed desire for smaller government is where the similar-ity ends. First, one must accept that the political spectrum is not a constant.
“Conservative” is synonymous with “traditional,” while liberals
are those who seek increasing de-grees of change. As government and society evolve, the ideas that fit each definition migrate. The conservatives of today profess a need for less government, while the liberals believe the opposite.
During the American Revo-lution, however, the conserva-tives were the ones who wanted government. Specifically, they wanted the British government. They did not desire change. The liberals were the people like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who wanted smaller government and a freer society.
Another 200 years from now, it is quite possible that that will have been reversed again, that the government will have gotten too big, and the liberals will be the people who want it to shrink, defining them as liberals because they want change.
The constant through this is
libertarianism. Libertarians have specific ideas for what govern-ment should and shouldn’t do, how the economy should func-tion, which social issues should be regulated and which should be left alone.
They do not change their po-litical alignment merely on the basis of, “I want change,” or, “I want things to stay the same.”
Today’s liberals want govern-ment to enforce complete equal-ity, not just equality under the law. Today’s conservatives want smaller government, but they also stick to archaic religious beliefs and social restrictions.
The libertarian is the one who knows that true freedom is the ability to do whatever one pleases to oneself without fear of Big Brother, that “wealth” is not a dirty word and that the government’s role is to provide general security without taking away personal freedom.
Less government for true freedom
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“The candidates run-ning are so far removed from my way of life that it doesn’t matter who wins.”
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Orange Coast College football team lost its fourth consecutive Southern Conference matchup Saturday night against the Sad-dleback College Gauchos, 52-24, at Saddleback’s stadium, The Snake Pit.
In the first quarter the Gauchos scored three touchdowns to give them a lead over the Pirates early in the game.
It wasn’t until the second
quarter when the Pirates were able to put numbers on the scoreboard. Pirate quarterback Cameron Biedgoly capped a nine-play, 78-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown run to cut the Gauchos lead to 24-7.
Saddleback didn’t let OCC’s offense celebrate too long, the Gauchos scored another touch-down soon after to retake their 24-point lead.
A minute later Biedgoly re-sponded with a 24-yard pass to wide receiver Tyler Duncan for a 24-yard touchdown mak-ing it 31-13 before the first half ended.
In the third quarter, Pirate kicker Chavo Camargo kicked a 36-yard field goal, boosting Coast’s confidence.
However, the Gauchos an-swered back with touchdown, after touchdown and would seal its victory 52-24 over the strug-gling Pirates.
Biedgoly had 285 passing yards with one touchdown on 20-34 passing and one interception. Duncan continued to excel with five catches for 96-yards and wide receiver Bryan Keller had four catches for 91 yards.
Yokoyama finished with a team-best eight catches for 110 yards.
Coast will return to LeBard Stadium Saturday at 6 p.m. against sister school Golden West College for the annual Battle of the Bell and another Southern Conference rivalry matchup.
The Orange Coas t Col-lege women’s soccer team wrangled the Mustangs of Norco College 4-0 on Friday afternoon.
The Pirates were deter-mined to win after suffering their own big loss to Santiago Canyon 3-1 on Tuesday.
Norco began to have prob-lems when one of their play-ers rolled her ankle and was pulled out of the game during the first five minutes.
About 20 minutes into the game, OCC mid-fielder Emma Pridmore scored the first goal of the game and the Pirates got into their groove.
Throughout the first half the Pirates had plenty of op-portunities to score goals, but they just weren’t going in. The Pirates were easily getting the ball down the field to the goal, but were not making shots.
Toward the end of the first half OCC mid-fielder Sarah
MacArthur scored the second goal off an assist by OCC forward Jessica Amaral.
In the beginning of the sec-ond half, the Pirates scored another goal when OCC for-ward Sara Gomez charged down the field and fired in a shot.
“The score could have been 10-0 if we made all the shots,” said OCC Women’s soccer Coach Chuck Cutenese. “We pretty much controlled the game from the start.”
Gomez sealed the deal with her second goal of the game and the Pirates took the win 4-0.
Photo courtesy of Orange Coast College
Forward Sara Gomez runs the ball down the field during the Pirates 4-0 game against Norco.
Pirates shut out SantiagoCoast outshoots the Mustangs 4-0 in the home match Friday.
BY JAMES FANTUZO STAFF WRITER
Pirates succumb to the Snake PitCoast can’t muster a win over Saddleback and fall 52-24.BY VANESSA ESTRADASTAFF WRITER
“Donna stuck out to me most.”Huynh, whose goal is to get on
task and be familiar with her re-sponsibilities and activities, said she is working on promoting Proposi-tion 30 and Measure M because they benefit students most due to the many budget cuts, financial cuts and other negative cuts.
“I chose this position,” Huynh said, “because I wanted to represent the students and I want them to be heard.”
After Huynh was selected for the position she attended one senate meeting, one executive board meeting and two advocacy meetings.
“I’ve sat in for two of the meet-ings she was running and she’s done quite well,” Keo said.
Huynh, as the new regional delegate, hopes that students with ideas will come to the ASOCC office to discuss it with the advo-cacy committee. She also encour-ages students to come to ASOCC events.
DELEGATE: Donna Huynh takes over the student position for the district.From Page 3
“Well I know that you can have the option to smoke e-ciga-rettes without the nicotine, like just the flavor. So that’s why I put my good card up,” I said.
Dr. Travis liked where I was going with my reasoning.
“Ahh I like where your head’s at. And maybe they should do a study on that,” he said.
I was trying to hide my ner-vousness while cameras and a microphone were in my personal space. After all, I want to pursue a career in television and film so I would have to get used to this.
At the same time, I was totally excited about being picked to
answer the question and couldn’t wait to watch myself on televi-sion.
“And that’s a way you can maybe quit smoking too, is slowly decrease the nicotine content,” I said.
Dr. Travis put a big smile on my face when he said that he liked what I had to say.
“You can help with the oral fixation, so the act of putting something in your mouth, but if it’s just the flavor it’s not the nicotine, like it,” he said.
My cousin, Rita Bedoyan, is a big fan of The Doctors and had received two free tickets when she put in a request for them online.
Anybody can go online to request tickets to be members of the audience.
The show was filmed at the Paramount studios in Holly-wood.
Dr. Travis is certainly no kind of doctor that I’ve ever had. He’s fit and attractive.
TV: Coast staffer finds her 15 minutes on daytime talk show.From Page 3
In a battle of the two top teams in the Orange Empire Confer-ence, the Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team came up big when it mattered most and swept rival Golden West on Friday night at GWC.
Led by an impressive 23-kill, nine-dig performance by sopho-more standout Karlee Riggs, the
Pirates (13-0, 7-0 OEC) -- ranked No. 2 in the state, toppled the seventh-ranked Rustlers, 25-18, 25-21, 25-23 to take over as the top team in conference.
The loss drops Golden West to 12-3 overall, 6-1 in conference, one game behind the Pirates. The same two teams will wrap up the regular season at OCC’s Peterson Gym on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.
With all of the attention fo-cused on Riggs by the Rustler defense, other Pirate hitters man-aged to contribute big points, in-cluding middle blocker Morgan Link, who was a perfect 5-for-5 and opposite Isabel Emrich, who
was 3-for-6 on her opportuni-ties.
Setter Allison Lumsden dished out 37 assists, while libero Andi Frisina and sophomore Dana Nicholson each notched 15 digs on defense.
Link and Kourtney Chad-derdon combined for six total block assists.
Alicia Utke led the Rustlers with nine kills.
The Pirates will return to ac-tion on Wednesday at Fullerton College, beginning at 6 p.m. OCC’s next home match will be on Friday against Saddleback, beginning at 7 p.m
Coast dominates local rival
FROM CAMPUS REPORTS
Karlee Riggs has an impressive night with 23 kills.
Photo courtesy of Orange Coast College
Outside hitter Karlee Riggs spikes over the block during the Pirates game against Golden West College. The team is ranked No. 2 in the state.
media about events, the head of the hosting branch will act as the spokesperson, according to the policy.“These make sure we remain as
transparent as possible,” Keo said about the two new sections.
“If we didn’t add these, it would really make the document appear like we are trying to funnel every-thing through two people, restrict-ing accessibility.”
He stressed that individual SGOCC members are not restricted from forming their own opinions.
“Individual senators are free to comment, especially when in disagreement with the majority,” Keo said.
of live coral was a mantis shrimp, no larger than a human index finger but possessing a powerful claw capable of smashing shells, rocks and even aquarium glass.
“The mantis shrimp’s claw has the same force of acceleration as a .22-caliber bullet, it can also see 11 primary colors as well as 216,000 combinations
of shades,” student aquarium caretaker Griffin Taylor said. “This means that the mantis shrimp has the best eyesight in the animal kingdom.”
Taylor stressed the importance of getting this information out to young students because if they are interested they will want to learn more and if they want to continue learning they will become environmentally conscious.
Faculty and volunteers in the biological science exhibit gu ided s tuden t s t h rough an interactive activity that simulated life through the perspective of a honeybee. Using ultraviolet light, students were shown how bees see flowers and gather nectar while spreading pollen.
“I love that I get to share this knowledge,” biology professor Jan Goerrissen said.
SCIENCE: Children marvel at the wonders of science.From Page 1
MEDIA: Senators need permission to speak on behalf of SGOCC.From Page 1
The Orange Coas t Col -l e g e m e n ’s s o c c e r t e a m found i ts offense and the w in co lumn , t hanks t o a 5 -0 Orange Empi re Con-ference win over Santiago Canyon.
Jorge Sanchez and Brandon Brennan each had two goals
and an assist for the Pirates (8-3-3, 4-2-2), while Baji Chela added a goal and three assists.
In goal , Connor Nelson notched three saves for the shutout win.
The Pirates will return to action on Tuesday at home against Norco College, at 3 p.m.
OCC clobbers Santiago CanyonFROM CAMPUS REPORTS
Photo courtesy of Orange Coast College
Men’s soccer wins big at home.