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CollegeSeptember 22, 2010Volume CXX, Edition 2

How to Succeed in

College

Q&A with SCCCD Chancellor

by Austin Verburg Rampage Reporter

by MArcell Dilworth

Rampage Reporter

Views: Sports:Entertainment:Reel Pride Film

Festival

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What does Mexican Indepen-dence Day mean here at Fresno City College?

For many students, the celebra-tion provides a chance to show pride in their cultural heritage especially this year as Mexico marks its bi-centennial of its inde-pendence from Spain. The event on Sept. 16 featured a Mariachi

Being successful in col-lege can be a challenge for a mul-titude of reasons. Some students at Fresno City College come ill prepared to deal with the ups and downs that go along with being successful in college. Others may suffer from not having enough in-formation necessary to help guide them to their degrees.

Whatever the reason may be, for some students, going to col-lege can be like having a starring role in the upcoming season of “Survivor”. It need not be so if you follow these simple strategies.

1Believe in yourself Don’t neglect your rela-

tionship with yourself. You should indulge in self-support

and self affirmation by believing that you are an important piece in your own life.

Keyinde Solwalzi, instructor of African American studies at FCC said students have to believe that they can learn anything that can be taught. “You have got to be able to say to yourself, this teacher can be hard, or this class may be difficult, but I know that as smart as I am, I can master this.”

2Create a study groupAn effective study group

involves hashing out les-son materials together and

discussing them with the intent of figuring out why one person’s answer differs from another’s. By doing that you learn more than you ever would have if you study by yourself.

Ann Williams, a Devel-opmental Reading Instructor, said that studying in a group really helped her when she was in col-lege. “A group of people has more information than a single person, so you can get different ideas,” she said. “Group studying also works well if you need to be quizzed on a particular subject.”

3Surround yourself with the right people

As the old saying goes, “Birds of a feather flock

together.” People that do bad things have to be around others who do bad things, and people who hang around those who are chasing positive goals tend to surround

See Academic success page 2See Chancellor page 4

QCan you explain SB1440, the bill that deals with

community colleges and trans-ferring?

AEssentially what it will do is allow students to trans-

fer from the community colleges to the CSU and have all 60 of their units accepted if they complete the associate degree. So if it’s a 120 unit degree program, our students are not supposed to be required to take more than 60 more units to complete the degree. It might not be unusual [presently] for a student to take 140 units, and be told, ‘You still have to take this; you have to take that.’ This bill prevents students from having to take more than the total number of units, minus the 60.

There are also financial implica-tions. This means that the CSU has

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to pay for more classes than they really need to be offering. Students were being required to take other courses that they didn’t need. It means that in terms of financial aid, students are getting financial aid to take courses here; they are getting financial aid to take courses at the university, and that’s cost-ing the federal government more money.

QWhile discussing your goals and objectives for

the district, you mentioned enrollment management. What does that mean?

AIt means looking at our community needs and all

the courses that we have devel-oped to meet those needs. Also, planning schedules of classes offered across the spectrum of the semester. Again, we are here to

meet community needs, and also look at what the state allocates to us as the full-time equivalent students apportionment funding that we’re going to get and make decisions that about what num-bers of students we believe we can adequately serve within the constraints of that budget, and a direction that we’re given by our board.

But at the same time, we must determine how many students we can serve. How much funding are we going to get? What degree are we still going to serve students above or below, or at that number that we’re going to be funded for? Our board has given us direction that they want us to serve as many students as possible. So, right now,

See Club Pride page 2

band and a dance troupe. Many FCC clubs sold food and drinks to the large crowd that gathered in the Free Speech area.

“This day [Mexican indepen-dence] is a very big part of His-panic culture,” said Noemi Rangel, president of the Folklorico club at FCC. “It is special because every-one gets along as we celebrate our independence.”

Hispanics are by far the larg-est group of students on the FCC

campus, according to informa-tion available on the State Center Community College District’s (SCCCD) institutional research site. 9,701 students or 40 percent of students identify themselves as Hispanics in the spring semester of 2010.

“It’s my race. I feel proud of it,” said Melina Rochin, Psychology major.

The College Activities office organized a club rush, and many

different clubs took advantage of the opportunity to raise their profile.

“We support all races and cul-tural events on Campus,” Cleadus Shelton, president of the Alpha Gamma Sigma (AGS) said. “We like to participate in everything.” AGS club members sold soda, wa-ter and nachos from their booth in order to help raise money for other activities. Shelton, said the event

Photo illustrAtion by Abel cortez AnD Kris goKA stuDents celebrAte the bi-centenniAl of Mexico’s inDePenDence.

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RampageNews2. .September 22, 2010

City, State, and National Headlines

Impact FCCGas Explosion Levels Neighborhood

A natural gas line explosion in San Bruno, California shot up fire that killed at least four people and injured 20 others. The blaze destroyed three homes and dam-aged dozens more. Residence of the effected area claim they have been calling PG&E complaining of a gas odor for weeks before the explosion.

“We haven’t got confirmation about any complaints, but we have records to confirm exactly the phone calls looked like and when they occurred.” PG&E President Chris Johns told reporters.

State Assemblyman Jerry Hill, representative for San Bruno and surrounding cities, is pushing for answers regarding the cause of the explosion. “The residents deserve to know if PG&E used correct procedures in the days and weeks leading up to the disaster” he said. To date the utility company states they could not confirm resident reports and they are “looking into it”.

New Teaching Assignment for Professor Bradley Lopez

Fresno City College Professor Bradley Lopez is no longer teach-ing introductory health courses. Lopez, who was involved in con-troversy earlier this year regarding his teaching habits, has been given five classes in health information technology and medical assisting departments

He is “immensely” happy with the change stating he doesn’t view it in a negative way or as a means of punishment, but instead is excited because students in those classes are “more respectful and focused,” he said. “They know where they are going and why,” said Lopez.

Last spring Lopez denied using religious based and anti-gay views

as facts in his introductory health class, but the college still issued him a notice or cor-rection after an investigation showed that he had engaged in conduct that could create a hostile learning environment, which violates district policy.

Lopez’s at torney, Charles Magill, said Lopez plans to file a lawsuit to have the notice removed, and might also seek financial damages.

Bicycle Thief Caught

The State Center Commu-nity College District Police de-partment has recently received numerous reports of bike theft around the campus. Two sus-pects have been charged for the crimes. The first suspect would steal the bikes from bike racks across campus then give the bikes to the second suspect who would sell the parts on Craigslist. The bicycles being targeted are those secured with a cable lock. The SCCCD Po-lice department recommends using a “U” type lock (it is harder to defeat) or taking a wheel with you when using a cable lock. If you see anyone suspicious hanging around any of the bike racks on campus contact the District police at (559) 442-8201

Big Times are Back

The Big Fresno Fair rolls into town Oct. 6 at the Fresno fairgrounds with new events, exhibits, and popular perform-ers.

Something to look forward to is the first-ever Octoberfest that will be held in the Save Mart wine garden on Oct.7. Festivities will include authen-tic German food and beer set along with traditional German music, dancing, and games.

A full schedule of event and list of performers can be found at the Big Fresno Fair website www.fresnofair.com

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themselves with those who are in the same mind set.

James M. Tucker, Dean for the Library and the Tuto-rial Center said when he was in high school, college and graduate school, he chose friends from people who shared common inter-est. “All of us were on a track that said ‘we want to be achievers; we deliberately intended to go to col-lege,’” said Tucker. “We supported each other in our efforts to get through high school and college.”

Tucker said they dis-cussed their preferences for col-lege and also about preparing for the SATs. “We were preparing ourselves through our friendships for where we were going to be moving on in the future, and once I got to college it was a similar deal,” he said.

4Defer your gratificationPut off being satisfied

now until you are done with what you want to achieve.

Jeanie Castle, counselor for

EOP&S, said she believes that many of us today, buy into the logic that ‘I just want to get my car right now; I just want to get money now, I don’t want to worry about school.’ She added, “With me, getting through school was my priority.”

Castle received her mas-ters degree by the time she was 25 years old; she can still remember many of her peers saying, ‘No, I am just going to take my time, take out student loans and buy what I want right now..

5Take advantage of the dif-ferent Programs at FCC

Go to the clerk’s desk at the counselor’s office

and ask for the “Student Success Resources.” You’ll be amazed at what that booklet contains. It fea-tures guides to numerous services on campus as well as the Scholar-ship Opportunity Web Page, Career Center, Cal Works and information on programs like Bridge and SYM-BAA. These programs have many resources that can help make your college experience a lot easier.

L inda Sanchez , an accounts clerk at the Student Lounge, said using the resources at FCC made a world of difference for her. She was a stay-at-home mom who didn’t have many skills and was, particularly, afraid of computers.

Sanchez used the, then, Gain Program, which is now called Cal Works to help her get through college. “I had my own educational advisor who set me up with a plan that showed me what classes to take, and when to take them,” she said. “ My educational advisor also set me up with col-lege works studies, so I was more connected to the college than most students.”

It worked for Sanchez and will surely work for you. “You should also talk to your in-structors; sit in front of the class; be active by asking question so you will know what the instruc-tors are talking about,” Sanchez said. “And don’t be a goof-off in the back of the class.”

continued page 1Academic Success Starts with Yourself

Club Pride: Students honor Mexican heritageprovides an opportunity to show support of others’ cultures.

Lance Truong, president of the Pre-Health Society, said the event was a way to reach out to the student body. Truong said, “It’s about the Americas coming into their own when they separated from Europe and gained their new identities. “ The club sold corn-

on-the-cob and Horchota from their booth.

The CEO club sold carne asada and chicken tacos from their booth. “We’re young entrepreneurs get-ting experience,” said CEO Vice President Jamaal Harris. “This [the booth] is a step in that direction. We have a lot of Hispanics in our group, and we’re just giving back.”

Despite recent developments in Arizona, Rochin said the in-dependence had to be celebrated. She strongly stands against the immigration bill in Arizona but would not allow her stance on the bill to hurt the fun of the day.

“We celebrate anyways,” Ro-chin said. “It’s not going to affect our cultural pride.”

S. Eaton trail which is made for walking, bike riding and jogging. This trail is also wheelchair ac-cessible. The trail is two miles long, single track with mild terrain that becomes progressively more difficult in sections throughout the area. Also, the park boasts a disk golf course with 18 baskets that change positions often and rolling hills for those feeling a bit

Rampage News 3. .September 22, 2010

1Do you know the fourth amendment?

2Who is the speaker of the House of Representatives?

3Do you know what hap-pened on Sep. 17, 1787 and

what is celebrated on Sept. 17 of every year?

If you don’t know, don’t worry. You are not alone.

Not many people in the U.S. are aware of the federal holiday celebrating the signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 Ameri-can citizens, including President George Washington. Fresno City College joined colleges all over the country to celebrate this mandatory holiday known as Constitution Day on Friday. It is mandatory for all colleges to acknowledge this federal holiday on Sept. 17 of each year.

The Associated Student Gov-ernment sponsored the activi-ties for students and handed out free constitutions and played Jeopardy with ques-tions about the constitution. Kyle Doane, an FCC student, won one of the rounds, making him eligible for a raffle draw to win a Roadster bicycle. Doane, who said his instructor, had re-viewed the constitution in class, stayed in the lead from the be-ginning. He answered correctly on a lot of questions about the constitution.

Besides Doane, not many

Times are tough right now, and people are trying to save money anywhere they can. However, your health shouldn’t be what takes the hit. So, whether you want to lose five, 10 or 20 pounds, or are just looking for some new ways to work out, here are some fun, simple and inexpensive ways to achieve your health goals.

Geocaching is a world-wide, outdoor scavenger hunt for “treasure” laden containers, called geocaches, using the exact coordinates of the geoch-aches and a global positioning system (GPS) to find them. Once the geocache is found, you are able to take something out to keep and replace it with some-thing you brought with you to keep the fun going. Afterwards, log your experience online at geocaching.com.

Some facts: At the moment there are 1,169,547 active cach-es, and an estimated four to five million geocachers worldwide with approximately 4,716,474 new logs in the last 30 days. It is free to join. For more infor-mation, go to Geocaching.com.

Woodward park in ad-dition to its gardens and play areas, it has the beautiful Lewis

How to Stay Fit on a Budgetby chAnel DisMuKe

Rampage Reportermore adventurous. Trees provide some shade and cover for the course and resting areas. There is a $3.00 park entrance fee ($5 for nonresidents) if you drive into the park; however, there is no fee if you walk or bike in.

Fresno Cycling Club is for those who prefer being on two wheels. Experience ranges from novice to expert cyclists

Constitution Dayby lyssette trujillo

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with ride lengths to fit everyone. The club trains you how to ride more efficiently, stay hydrated on rides and even how to eat better both for your health and riding ability. There is a $25 membership fee for individuals and $30 fee for families (entire household) for the full year plus a year’s subscription to their monthly newsletter and participation in all club activities.

Bike facts: if you weigh 150 lbs and ride your bike for an hour at less than 10 mph, you burn approximately 272 calories. Increase your speed to between 10-12 mph and you burn about 408 calories. For more informa-tion, visit fresnocyclingclub.com.

You can obtain the same results by changing just a few things in your daily routine too. Fresno City College’s athletic director Susan Yates has a few sugges-tions for students looking to make small changes in their daily life to improve their health and fit-ness levels.

Here’s a simple one everyone knows about. Walk or ride your bike to school! Walking is the simplest form of exercise and on average, people burn four calo-ries per minute. Added benefit, you save on gas.

Drink plenty of water (and yes tap is fine and free) People have the habit of writing off beverage calories; however, every 20 ounces of regular Coca Cola you consume contains 250 calories. Alcohol calories can also begin to have a negative effect on your weight since on average a beer and shot contain 100 calories. Keep your-self hydrated with H2O and you may be cutting down on more calories than you ever would have imagined.

people knew what was going on. In fact, most students said they did not know that there is such a thing as a Constitution Day.

Maria Santos and Abigail Galin-do, both second year students at FCC, agreed that they didn’t know much about the constitution any-more. They had both learned about it in grammar school but had now forgotten much of it. This was the case with several other students.

Not many FCC students seemed interested in learning about the constitution either, but there were definitely a few who had fun play-ing Jeopardy and winning prizes.

ASG Executive Vice President Brent Beckwith said the student government was hoping to make students aware of this very impor-tant fact. he said, “How long has it been since they [students] looked at it since grammar school?”

Answers1

The Fourth ammendment says “The right of the people to be

secure in their persons, houses, pa-pers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. “

2California Democrat Nancy Pe-losi has been the 60th speaker of

the house since 2007. She follows the vice president in the line of succession.

3The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1987 by 42 of the

55 delegates. It was ratified by 9 of the 13 colonies June 21, 1788.

Photo by Abel cortezbicyclists Are becoMing More coMMon on fcc cAMPus.

ecuted cases result in payment of restitution for damages. Offenders receive a misdemeanor on their records and probation.

Unfortunately, due to the de-creased funding and overcrowded jails, those convicted of vandal-ism basically receive a slap on the wrist. The repercussions do not seem to stop individuals from committing these crimes. Enforc-ing the restitution fees is hard and because vandalism inmates get released first during cutbacks, the threat of jail is not real.

The SCCCD Police are now patrolling within a quarter mile of the campus and cracking down on offenders more harshly. Chief Callahan said he is hoping an in-creased patrolling of campus will reduce vandalism. Meanwhile, he is unsure of how severe the

If you’ve noticed an increase in the cases of vandalism around town and on the Fresno City Col-lege campus in particular, you are not alone. Signs are everywhere, from street lamps to street signs and even in public bathrooms.

Greg Breshears, a utility worker at FCC, is doing his part to keep the college clean and free of graffiti. Breshears is in charge of cleaning up illegal arts on campus.

“The second floor bathroom of the Art Home Ec. building gets hit the hardest by vandals; it has to be repainted at least once a week,” Breshears said, adding that on one occasion, the entire bathroom was torn apart -- the toilets and sinks were smashed, the stall doors were

ripped off the hinges, and the bath-room was even set on fire.

The police staked out the area, but no arrests were made, said Chief Joe Callahan, head of the SCCCD police. The police locked down the bathrooms for nearly a month. “It always amazes me. I don’t understand it,” Callahan said.

He said that some people just do not take into consideration how their actions will affect others, and when this happens, all suffer. “Why would you want to trash your campus? Why would you want to destroy a bathroom that you might want to use?” he asked.

An estimated 300 cases of vandalism have been prosecuted in Fresno this year, but hundreds of cases filed are thrown out due to lack of evidence. Most pros-

RampageNews4. .September 22, 2010

Chancellor Blue Discusses Budget Shortfallcontinued from page 1

Vandalism Spikes on FCC Campusby Dustin rochA

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enrollment is 10 percent larger than we are funded for.

QI realize the budget dic-tates how many people

can be served, but what are the policies in place to make those kinds of cuts and make the re-ductions needed?

AI would say that the district has posted a policy, which

is more of a guiding principle to serve as many students as possible and not limit ourselves to only the number that we’re funded for, to the extent that we can. That’s a guiding principle we have to carry out and meet.

QAt the time, more stu-dents are interested than

what the school can support. How does the district draw the line and turn students away?

AWe set a number and we say if we’re going to fund

10 percent more students than we’re funded for, 10 percent more equals this number, then Fresno City College, you can serve this number, Reedley, you can serve this number, North Centers you can serve this number. That’s how we make our decision.

California community col-leges are open access. We have guidelines that establish the order

students get to go through registration, in terms of who can get priority, continuing, new, etc. That is determined by the state. What we can do is create a sequence in which students can register. We can’t set arbitrary ways of eliminating students because it’s really first-come- first-served within those param-eters.

I don’t know the specifics for how we set the criteria for who gets priority registration and who follows after that, but there is the potential for all kinds of mixes because that’s what access means.

You could have a part-time student, but that part-time student has 50 units, so they’re pretty far along in their program, and you could have a full-time student but they may be a beginning full-time student and they don’t have any units yet. We don’t have arbitrary ways of trying to prevent students from being in class and we shouldn’t.

There are different types of pri-ority, and I don’t know them all, but if there are continuing student and they’re pretty far along, if they plan ahead and take advantage of when they can register, they should get in.

QCan you explain how the budget shortfall is affect-

ing the district as a whole?

AThere’s always a pattern in California community col-

leges and I think it’s true for com-munity colleges everywhere that whenever you have high unem-ployment, we get many more stu-dents. Employment goes down and enrollment goes up. And certainly FCC is seeing that. We’re seeing that in the district as a whole but remember that again we’ve had that situation where we served 17 per-cent more last year than we were funded for and were serving 10

percent more students this year than we are funded for, so when you look at our numbers, it looks like we’re declining, but it’s still the case that more students are in school when the economy has problems, we have more people coming back because they’re un-deremployed, want to gain new skills and prepare themselves for new jobs, promotions and their existing jobs all kinds of things.

Another thing the finance peo-ple reminded me of is that with the increased numbers of foreclo-sures on mortgages, there’s lower property tax collections, and the state depends on property taxes as

a part of its’ revenue for projecting college budgets. When they say we get 10 percent more revenue in property tax, that’s more money to work with. When 5 percent less tax is collected, then there is less revenue to allocate to us, so that really impacted our budget as well. Also, when the federal govern-ment is having financial problems there is less grants we can apply for competitively and get. For example we just received, really, millions of dollars in funding for student support services. Every campus received student support services grant funding. But, if this falls at the federal level, we get less, if we get them at all.

Also the big issue that is really plaguing community colleges all over the state is that we don’t have that state budget. It’s late. We don’t know the fallout. We can make projections and predictions, and we’ve done that. We have a tentative final budget the board adopted, because our finance lead-ership is very strong and we feel comfortable with our projections, but community colleges across the state are wondering how they can keep their doors open after October or November unless we get the budget passed. We’re fortunate in our district because our board has been very fiscally conservative and we’ve had good fiscal leadership administratively, and we’re not as worried as other districts, but we still play out worst-case scenarios. We are better positioned to weather these difficult issues than many other districts, but it’s a concern.

Finally, another impact is the fact that when you have good economic times, it seems that the politicians work together bet-ter. Both sides can always find a compromise, but more difficult financial times make it harder to come to agreements, and the longer it takes to agree, the longer we are without a final budget. This affects our district and each four campuses similarly; it’s not just Fresno City.

incidents will be on campus. It is a “random crime, so we never know when it is going to hit, but I assure you that whatever goes on in the neighborhoods around us

eventually comes to us,” he said. “How soon who knows, how se-vere it will be we don’t know, but we will be ready and we will react promptly.”

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The Tower District or “The Neighborhood” as many locals call it is known for its unique style.

Most of the businesses here are small and family owned but are still bringing clientele more than ever in the heart of Fresno. But one business that is branching out and will soon be opening its doors across town is Teazer.

Teazer World Tea Market has been open since 2003 in the Tower District, and has made a name for itself due to its assembly of international teas and a relax-ing atmosphere. It’s no surprise that another location has opened in downtown and the third loca-tion will soon open in the River Park shopping center.

“I bowed to deliver a good product that I can give to the customer” says co-owner and founder Ann Wen-yi Liao. Ann was born in Taiwan and grew up in a Chinese herb shop where she first learned about tea making from her grandparents. Ann was a student at Fresno City while working at a Japanese restaurant with her soon to be co-partner.

“All walks of life and all dif-ferent cultures have the subject of tea in common, tea brings people together” says Ann in explaining what her vision for Teezer was. Not everyone is happy about the decision to move the tea sanctuary across town, some believe that Teazer is losing its small business ideal and “selling out.”

“I never want to put a cap on what I can do, people need to understand that one person can’t control a business too much, they are not here when I have to battle with my own life to keep this place opened,” says Ann on expanding. One supporter is Christina Grajales, a regular at Teazer, and a partial owner of Charlollete’s Bakery, who said, “Her being here has brought so much to the neighborhood; everybody flocked here when it opened.”

“She’s a smart business woman and saw an opportunity to open in a different atmosphere,” said Grajales of Wen-yi’s decision to expand. Grajales said her family was also approached about open-ing another location in the down-town area but refused it because she prefers to stay a small family business. “We don’t have enough employees, but we decided to make this one as great as it can be,” says Grajales.

Ann believes that employees will come as the business grows, this will provide many job op-portunities for people in every community. “We always have to incorporate and provide for people not just in our community, but in other areas of the city as well, its how small businesses help in our own way.” Ann feels fortunate to have a lot of friendly people working together, and

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Rampage Reporter

Exploring the Internet

If you are an explorer by nature, the internet provides a plethora of avenues for exploration.

It is easy to get lost on the web, sifting through countless websites, searching for the cool and unusual pages that may spark your various interests.

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Purpose:SoulPancake is the brainchild of

Rainn Wilson (aka Dwight Shrute from the Office) and two of his friends. Their mission is simple:

To create a “movement to wres-tle with and chew on ‘LIFE’S BIG QUESTIONS.’ It’s a way to explore why we believe the things that we believe. It’s a place for you to talk about your soul and the existence of God. It’s a space to engage in art, philosophy, creativity, truth, and beauty. And ultimately, SoulPancake is a com-munity of people who are digging deeper to figure out what it means to be human and to experience this rich, strange, difficult, and awe-some journey called life.”

They ask ‘LIFE’S BIG QUES-TIONS’ which are topics that we rarely feel comfortable talking about, they explore individual expression by having creative challenges, and they provide an open forum where anyone can ask a question.

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Exploring the Weirdest Food:

I think being creative in the kitchen is cool. Not only, cool, but fun. People submit pictures and recipes of food with extremely high calorie amounts; this website isn’t called this is why you’re skinny. Here is an example submit-ted by the foodie, Cellidor:

“A wide, single layer cake, topped with white icing (cheese), gummy strips (green and red pep-

Exploring the “Cool” Nerd:

Nerdist was founded by Chris Hardwick, who currently hosts ‘Web Soup,” and is a self pro-claimed nerd when it comes to gadgetry. Hardwick’s website started out with him blogging about cool nerdy technology-based things as well as personal enjoy-able topics. In the past months, his website evolved including copious amounts of people all with their own ‘nerdy’ qualities. Nerds range from ‘shark’ nerd to ‘watch’ nerd. Each type of nerd posts blogs on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Their posts include anything and everything pertaining to their ‘nerd’ topic, which makes this website cool for just about everyone. If you like art, great, there is a nerd for that. If you like books, great, there is also a nerd for that. If there isn’t a nerd topic that suits you, you can write to Chris Hardwick and he may give you access to post your own nerdy fascinations on the website.

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Exploring Unique Clothing:

Threadless was created by Jack Nickell and Jacob DeHart. They created Threadless as, “an ongo-ing open call for tee shirt design submissions, as a way to “give back” to the community by creat-ing products featuring the work created by participating artists.”

Their products range from T-shirts to hoodies for men, women, and even children. They also have prints for purchase that you can frame and put up in your apart-ment. Prices range from $18-$24 for tees and about $30 for hoodies. I suggest, checking back from time to time because they have killer sales, usually around the begin-ning of school and the holidays. You can usually get tees for $5 or $10 bucks!www.threadless.com

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expects the same for the other locations. Many northeast and northwest residents are excited about the new location in River Park “We have a good product and interact well with customers, people always tell me that they like my place but it’s too far to drive.”

Leo Rios, the owner of Café Corazon which moved locations from Downtown Fresno to the Tower area in the summer, said he too has chosen not to expand if an offer comes along. “Our business vision is to just be part of a small community in Fresno,” he said.

Ann has no intention to forget what she calls her “sanctuary” and very first location that began it all, “We are still here, and the first thing I did was revise this place,” but this doesn’t narrow her interest of creating nice places in a city that needs much rejuvenation.

As she mops the floor and sets up every morning, Ann wants people to know that she is no “sell out” and still cares very much about her business and to appeal to more people and differ-ent areas of the city; she wants more places where people can be themselves, “Every place has its own seed, of course you have to give it direction but it’s still its own, each tea place will have its different cultures.” When asked about Teazer ever becoming a nationwide franchise, Ann was uncertain of what the future holds for the Tea World Market “I take it one step at a time, I need to know the how before the when.”

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by sAMMy “Pro” loProto

Rampage Reporter

Fresno City College concluded its centennial celebrations with a convocation ceremony at Ratcliffe Stadium on Sept. 10.

Dr. Cynthia Azari, president of the college, presided over the event during which Charles McClane, the founder of FCC, as well as past presidents of the college were honored.

The FCC Concert Band warmed up the crowd and provided the music for the procession of the 100 stars, VIPS, including specially invited guests, presidents and chancellors to the stage. Marshall Don Larson led the procession, holding the Ram’s head staff high. President Azari, Dr. Deborah Blue, chancellor of SCCCD, and Dr. Jack Scott, state chancellor, members of the SCCCD Board of Trustees, and past presidents of FCC constituted the platform party.

Faculty and staff members fol-lowed, wearing red as a symbol of spirit and pride.

The FCC ROTC color guard marched the flags down the center aisle and the FCC City Singers sang a nice a cappella version of the Star Spangled Banner.

“Happy Birthday Fresno City College,” Azari said as she kicked off her celebratory speech. The morning continued with Dr. Blue offering her memories of working with the past presidents. She in-troduced the great granddaughter of C.L.McLane, founder of FCC. Vice President of Instruction, Mr. Tony Cantu introduced the past presidents, including Dr. Ned Doffoney, 2002-2008; Dr. Brice Harris, 1991-1996; Dr. Ted Leach, 1987-1991, and the longest reign-ing president, Dr. Clyde McCully,

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1967-1987, who is also being honored as one of the 100 stars for 100 years.

Dr. Jack Scott, the state chancel-lor, spoke about a new legislative bill, SB1440, a seamless transfer proposal for community college students. It sits on the Governor’s desk and he is expected to sign it upon his return from China. As an AMTRAK train blew its horn in the background, Scott concluded, “Community colleges are the unique American invention of education.”

Next, politicians presented citations to FCC, starting with Fresno City Councilman, Blong Xiong, who presented Azari with a plaque commemorating the 100 years. Then came Fresno County Supervisor Phil Larson. Congress-man Jim Costa who was next, said, “When we reflect on the crown jewels of California’s Com-munity College system, nobody does it better.” Dr. Francisco Ro-driguez, president of Mira Costa College in San Diego, offered his compliments in Spanish. “Feliz Cumpleanos, Fresno City Col-lege,” he said.

Fresno City Mayor Ashley Swearengin gave a passionate speech, commending all the edu-cators for their efforts in changing

The City Singers led the crowd in a rendition of the Alma Mater, created in 1951.

the lives of thousands of people who came through the doors of FCC. “We have seen sweeping cultural and economical changes over the last 100 years,” she said. “But as things change, some things remain the same. FCC has always been committed to mak-ing a positive impact on young peoples’ lives. Today we strive to match the skills of our work-ers with the jobs that exist in our community.”

President of the Board of Trust-ees, Mr. Pat Patterson gave the closing remarks, reminding the crowd that FCC was the first community college to offer full technology programs.

He said, “FCC has survived two World Wars, the Great Depres-sion, and we are now in a reces-sion, but we will still be here for another 100 years.”

Beneath the high Sierras, Here arched by the blue above, Hail to thee ,our Alma mater. Memory may we always love, The years may pass, we’ll not forget. The Red and White ne’er fail, Fresno City may it still prevail. Hail!, Hail!, Hail!

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The “Devil” has come to the big screen.

Most are skeptic of this movie because of its creator, M. Night Shyamalan. His last attempts of movie making have failed tremen-dously in the box office. Some are: “The Last Airbender,” “The Lady in the Water, and “The Happen-ing.” However, all of his movies are complex and sometimes they do not impact the average viewer the way he would like them to. The difference in this movie is that “Devil” is just Shyamalan’s brain-child; he is not actually directing it. He left that to John Dowdle who directed Quarantine.

Dowdle’s work in “Quarantine” lays the foundation for the “Dev-il’s” visual effects. The “Devil” is a supernatural thriller with suspense and horror including violence, disturbing images and sexual language.

“Devil” stars Chris Messina (Julie & Julia), Jacob Vargas (Traf-fic), Matt Craven (A Few Good Men) and Logan-Marshall Green (Brooklyn’s Finest).

The setup is simple enough. Five people (the salesman, older wom-an, wealthy wife, young man, and security guard) get into an elevator and get stuck. This simplicity gives homage to the classic murder mys-tery scenario, but intertwined are unique and unexpected events that help unfold the story. Throughout

the film you learn about each char-acter to understand their place in M. Night Shyamalan’s story. For example Detective Bowen (Chris Messina) is introduced as a recov-ering alcoholic who lost his family in a hit-and-run accident several years earlier. Detective Bowen is called onto a scene of an apparent suicide in Philadelphia. While he is investigating, he gets a second call regarding the five people trapped in the high rise elevator. As the investigation continues, the detective learns that these cases may be linked. Detective Bowen must race against time to save the people in the elevator by unfolding the mystery that brought them all together, on that certain day, in that particular building.

The film is mainly shown through the security camera feed, giving this movie a jittery chill when the elevator lights keep shut-ting off and on. The visual effects are reminiscent of “Quarantine,” which gives the movie some jump scares and creepy effects.

Overall the story emphasizes on many aspects: being trapped in a dark spaces, unexpected darkness, and strange individuals who aren’t who they appear to be. M. Night Shyamalan delivers a plain plot story with a twist that will not leave most of you disappointed. So I would say Devil would be a mistake to miss if you’re a fan of horror films and wanting to be scared the next time you decide to enter an elevator.

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Reviews:by Kevin RodRiguez

Rampage Reporter

a climactic shoot out at Fenway Park. This script is well written as Affleck, who also directed the film, assisted screenwriters Aaron Stockard and Peter Craig to show how hard it can be to walk away from a life of crime.

Affleck worked closely with the screenwriter for this movie, and has so far been enjoying a great success. Affleck seems to be coming into his role as both actor and director in The Town, and audiences are excited to see what he has up his sleeve next.

The ending doesn’t leave much room open for a sequel, but with action this good and a performance like that, I doubt it needs one.

In Ben Affleck’s new movie The Town, which debuted in theaters Friday, Doug MacRay (Ben Af-fleck), an intelligent but ruthless leader of a gang of bank robbers headquartered in Charlestown, Massachusetts, is faced with a decision that will change the entire course of his life.

This suburb of Boston appar-ently leads the nation in carjack-ing, kidnaping, and armored car and bank robberies.

During the gangs latest heist, the boys force a bank teller to open a vault for them, but when things go awry, they are forced to take

the young miss along for the heart pumping adventure. Claire (Re-becca Hall) proves to be a thorn in the side of Doug’s partner in crime, Jim (Jeremy Renner), and after they release her, Doug decides to keep an eye on her since she only lives four blocks fro him and he can handle it, right?

Doug ends up falling for her and angers Jim, who wants her eliminated.

To complicate matters, over zealous FBI agent Adam Frawley (Jon Hamm) is hotly pursuing the whole group and stirring up all kinds of trouble for these Boston bank robbers.

Doug soon realizes that his luck will eventually run out and decides

to retire from a “life of crime”. He encounters resistance from

Jim and their mob style boss nick-named ‘the Florist’ (Pete Postle-thwaite), and reluctantly agrees to one last heist before walking away forever and putting Boston in his rear view mirror.

The film is full of exciting ac-tion sequences , and in contrast explores the complicated life of Doug. MacRay is dealing with his father Stephen (Chris Cooper) who is serving 40 years in prison for armed robbery, and at the same time living up to his partners expectations as the leader of the crew.

The film is full of high octane car chases, and culminates with

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Director: M. Night ShyamalanStaring: Christina Messina, Jacob Vargus, Matt Craven, Logan Marszhall GreenOverall Grade: C+

Director: Ben AffleckStaring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner Chis CooperOverall Grade: A

Platform: Xbox 360Devoloper: BungieOverall Grade: A+

On September 13, I was one of many fans waiting outside the stores until midnight. For hours I took in the sights of many different hardcore gamers, some dressed in costume, all-waiting for one common goal, to purchase Halo: Reach at midnight. From my Halo wallet and wristband to my Spartan jacket, I made sure I was decked out with Halo gear.

Arriving at three to get a good place in line, I waited with other

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hardcore fans, which had been there since at least nine o’clock that morn-ing. They sat together with their own TV and Xbox 360 playing previous Halo titles outside of Gamestop.

Eventually, a fully suited fan in Master Chief armor arrived to wait in line with the rest of us, being cheered on by the fans.

At ten, we all paid for our games in full before hand. At midnight, however, was where everyone was handed each of his or her (yes there were girls there) game.

Going home and needing to get some rest, I got to finally enjoy the

game the next day.The game opens with the main

protagonist, a new Spartan in Noble Team, meeting his or her (Depends on what gender you choose to be) teammates, each unique in person-alities and weapon specialty.

The game is very friendly to fans new to the series, giving a plotline that requires no knowledge of previ-ous titles, since the game is a prequel to the original trilogy. The plotline here, however, is far darker. While the other games were about victory and finding hope when all seems lost, this one is more so about defeat

and sacrifice, especially when there is little hope.

Features such as Firefight come through, allowing you to customize every aspect of the battle such as choosing to fight with the Covenant aliens against your human friends.

Forge comes through with its new editing tools, as well as a massive level called Forge World, which allows you to create entire maps from scratch, though this can be overwhelming sometimes.

This game has truly come through, and no doubt deserves the title of “the biggest game of 2010”.

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The sixth oldest festival

of its kind, and one of the largest in the U.S, Fresno’s Reel Pride Film Festival has surpassed its humble begin-nings in a small classroom at Fresno State in 1990, when two students, Peter Robertson and Jeff Robin-son, started this as a school project.

In the past 21 years, the festival’s focus has never strayed from providing a mir-ror to the LBGT community. While its early films from the civil rights move-ment era were mainly about people com-ing out and being shunned, today’s films are more general in a sense that audienc-es have c o m e to ac-cept t h e

gay lifestyle. “Thanks to this festival, it’s not a big deal,” said Stephen Mintz, programming director for the festival.

Mintz, who sipped on wa-ter at the Starline Grill dur-ing this interview, couldn’t hide his enthusiasm even if he tried. He talked about the festival with the confi- dence of one who manages every detail until perfection. In May of every year,

h e starts

working full time for the fes-tival, personally hand-pick-ing the perfect blend of inter-national features, documen-taries, and short films to be shown in the festival. Nearly every film featured, he men-tioned, has won at least one award and has participated in other LGBT-theme related film festivals. He should know, as he watches about

400

films a year, in

addition to attending oth-

er similar film festivals, to know

just what to bring to the audience in

Fresno. The festival enlists

help from student volun-teers who run concessions

during the five nights of the festival’s run which this year is from September 15 to the 20. The goal is to provide something for everybody who attends; the festival achieves that by hosting af-

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Reel Pride shares real issuester parties every night of the festival at a different location around the Tower District, and also youth pizza parties.

“We just want to show re-ally great films,” said Mintz. In some cases, the festival is much more than just re-ally great films. In some cases, Mintz gets ap-proached by people who say things

l i k e “Coming here saved my life,” as in the case of Sara. Through someone she met at a gay-student alli-ance in school, Sara ended up attending the festival, eventually joining the board of directors. She was amazed at how many people were just like her and realized how many others deal with the issues she has. Mintz hopes audiences are able to get that from the festival.

“We want to provide a safe place for people who have felt shunned,” Mintz said of what the Reel Pride Film Festival hopes to give to the

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where they w o n ’ t f e e l

ashamed and will feel comfortable ex-

pressing who they really are. And what better way, as he puts it, “Have a film that’s really enjoyable, and later have a party.”

Basically, it’s one of the many gifts that the Tower District offers Fresno resi-dents. To someone who has never been to the festival, it’s a must. And as for people who have previously at-tended, it’s an opportunity to share it with a friend who never has experienced Fres-no’s own Reel Pride Film Festival.

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That is SO Fetch:Fresno may not be the fashion

capital of the U.S., but the story of one young entrepreneur’s vision may change Fresno’s standing in the industry. Bryan van Haugh-ton, 21, is the mastermind behind House of Fetch Couture. HOFC, and its economic friendly label Rouge, houses some of the best pieces of artistry in today’s fashion industry. The designer’s creativity for each collection comes from many inspirations. “I use my friends for inspirations,” says van Haughton, “as, well as my muses, but music is my main inspiration for many of my collections.”

Van Haughton wrote about his own vision of an ideal client for his clothing line. She is a “young woman with a no-bull approach to life… She’s one of the most genuine people you will ever have the pleasure of meeting – with a closet to envy.”

Van Haughton was discovered by Internet buyers after creating a blog to help market his collec-tion, where he was able to sell an entire collection, and received the majority of the profit. Now, a buyer can find House of Fetch Couture’s clothing for sale on USTrendy.com, in San Francisco; SenseofFashion.com, from Israel; and TribecaRetialClub.com; out of New York, and owned by Laura

In House with Bryan Van HaughtonLittle. Laura Little recently purchased two pieces of van Haughton’s collection and is planning on showing and selling his work, through her online boutique, worldwide by the end of Sep-tember.

Prices from House of Fetch Couture’s main collection can range from $80-$350 depending on fabric choice and labor. Rouge, the company’s diffusion label, is more reces-sion friendly. Prices from Rouge can range from $35-$150.

Van Haughton said he hopes to be able to expand his company in the near fu-ture. “This is a one

man operation. I design and make the clothing, I work on the web

site, I work with sales, and I create my own trailers and

shows. It’s time for an expansion” he said.

The number 13 comes up a lot in van Haugh-ton’s workspace, and especially in the in-terview. “It’s more sentimental than any-

thing,” he said. “The number 13 is close to me, because the company’s name

was started when I was 13, there were 13

looks for each collec-tion in the beginning, and

when you put the one and the three closer together, they form a ‘B.’

Part of his ultimate goal is to open 13 boutiques. Eight in California, one in Paris, one in London, one in Tokyo, and two in New York.

“Although I am the creator of House of Fetch Couture, the clothes are the real star,” van Haughton said, “I want my cloth-ing to be well known, to be identi-fiable; I don’t care if people don’t recognize me. I’m just the man behind the curtain.”

In Spring 2011, van Haugh-ton plans on putting on his first fashion show of his collection titled Lycanthropy. “It’s a story told, by the clothing itself, about volatile, werewolf like women portrayed by mystery and sex” he said. Lady Gaga’s song “Teeth,” and Shakira’s song “Shewolf” are prominent inspirations for the Fall/Winter 2011 line.

The designer’s ideal client is “the lead in that action flick called life and she knows that every time she steps out on the town, it’s another opportunity to steal the scene,” he wrote.

That’s exactly what van Haugh-ton is doing; bringing life, art, and fashion, to a city that is yet to be exposed to something as trendy as House of Fetch Couture. Be ready Fresno, the industry of top clothing design is taking over, and soon the city will have its very own fashion week. bRyan van haughton ShowS hiS PeRSonal flaiR foR Style.

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Many novelists use vam-pires as their subject matter, but not all authors are created equal.

Take for example two modern day vampire writers, Stephanie Meyer and Anne Rice, who are both popular and highly acclaimed for their ability to portray sensuality but are quite different in their writing styles and the manner in which they portray their vampires.

While Meyer’s writing is geared more towards a younger generation of readers, usually be-tween the ages of 12

Meyer vs. RiceThe Eternal Vampire Battle

by lauRa bRadley

Rampage Reporter to 15 with a healthy sprinkling of 40+ fans, Rice’s books are definitely reserved for more mature readers, usually those over 18.

Meyer’s story line portrays the struggled existence of a young teen, desperate to have sex, yet ultimately unwill-ing to lose her virginity, and is protected by her vampire lover. Rice, on the other hand, portrays the vampire as be-ing purely based around all the sensations that give the illu- sion of sex without

it ever being the genuine

article and have little to no hu-man char-a c t e r s t h a t d o not die or b e c o m e

vampires

after a chapter or two. Alongside with the sensuali-

ty that has become a staple for modern day vampires, both authors are able to portray the pained existence that has also come to be associated with the vampire over the years. In other words, the struggle of having to take a life in order to preserve one’s self.

Aside from the amount of detail and style of writing each author puts into their works, there are two things that set Meyer and Rice apart -- vam-pire mortality, and vampire emotion.

In Meyer’s books, vampires can no longer be killed by the light of day, however while some may think this an entire-ly new approach to the dark creature, Meyer is not the first writer to allow vampires to walk in the light. Bram Stoker first introduced this idea with his novel Dracula, however The Count isn’t about to start sparkling like a disco ball any time soon. While many would argue that sparkling is hardly frightening, a vampire that cannot be killed by con-ventional means is horrifying – that is the way it would be if all of Meyer’s vampires were as blood crazed as vampires were originally portrayed as.

Aside from being diurnal, Meyer’s vampires have a softer side and are ultimately more human than a vampire should be. On the flip side, Rice provides us with what is known as the Stoker Affect. That is, having vampires that are relatable, but are in the end ultimately godless killing machines, who can be harmed

only by the light of day, which leaves us with a monster in-vulnerable to the conventional chinks in their armor.

Despite their obvious dif-ferences, Rice and Meyer are successful in their own rights.

The Twilight Saga has stemmed three movies thus far and released billions of dollars worth of merchandise since it touched the shelves, while The Vampire Chronicles has resulted in two movies, and a Broadway play, along with a few rare pieces of mer-chandise, and has stemmed such spoof m o v i e s as Vam-p i r e s Suck.

Anne Rice’s texts have been quoted in such table-top roll-playing games as

Vampire: The Masquerade, and her novel Ramses the Damned loosely inspired the Mummy series, staring Bren-den Fraiser.

While it is difficult to com-pare two obviously stark con-trast writers, the media has done it’s fair share of it, and I have tried to do so here in order to give you some more options for reading material in this age where vampires have

become the trendy thing.All in all, Rice and Meyer are two sides of the same coin, but as someone who grew up reading vampire lore, I would recom-

mend Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles over

Stephanie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga any day.

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Rampage Reporterby Sebouh Simonian

Rampage Reporter Crime in Fresno County tends to be higher than

in most of California. Typical offenses include murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggra-vated assault, just to name a few. We have always had the police force to help keep us safe and take the criminals off the streets and locked away. But in these desolate economic times, governments must choose options that are not always popular.

Recently, Fresno County Sheriff, Margaret Mimms, was forced to lay off 69 correctional officers due to a $4 million deficit. Additionally, the Federal Court ruled that as a result of over-crowding, Fresno County jails should release up to 500 non-violent offenders. These releases are different than early releases that are done when the jail is simply full, and someone deemed “low risk” is let out to make room for more violent of-fenders. These newly released inmates are people who, in the eyes of the law, have served their time.

W i t h t h e number of jail inmates increas-ing each day, the County of Fresno must de-cide whether to continue to pour scarce resources into expanding jail services or use it in more u s e f u l w a y s . W h i l e s o m e might argue the county should just build more jails, the issue is more complex.

Releasing non-violent inmates is not a bad idea, especially when they have not committed serious crimes. We must be willing to consider alternatives to jail, such as psychological treatment centers where offenders are conditioned against criminal acts. They can be trained to obey the rules, take advantage of educational opportu-nities, or participate in a work programs.

While no one likes the idea of repeat offenders running about, the fact is that those being released are not as much of a threat as the people going into the jail. Serious and violent offenders are kept behind bars and locked away despite this deficit, and Sheriff Margaret Mimms is making sure of that.

The release of inmates also serves to reduce the workload of parole officers by allowing them to focus mainly on the most violent offenders, the people we need off the streets more than ever. Guards and jail workers are better able to focus on the inmates and give them the help they desperately need

Our jails can be a place where rehabilitation starts for inmates. Do we really want to place criminals in a place where they are just going to learn better methods of committing crime? Releasing offenders seems a far more efficient means of maintaining a functioning jail, while keeping the streets of Fresno safe at the same time.

The idea of releasing inmates is not an en-tirely new idea. There are such devices as ankle monitors, most commonly used in house arrest programs to track offenders and parole, so there are already offenders walking amongst us.

Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mimms said, “Once we reach that target capacity of just over 1700, we have to stay there, so the release will continue until we get the funding to staff more floors of the jail.” It may not be the easiest of transitions, but it in the end, we will be better for it. We will be devoting scarce resources to where they are needed, not to keeping people locked up.

“Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.” This saying has been around for a while but it no longer holds true, at least not for many convicted criminals in Fresno County.

The whole state and in reality the whole country are in the middle of a huge financial mess, and cuts are being made to everything from education to road work and yes, even law enforcement.

In the last few months there has been a major im-pact on Fresno county law enforcement that has led to the closing of an entire floor of the county’s jail in Downtown Fresno, the early release of hundreds of prisoners in the jail, and the termination of the jobs of correction officers.

This was a step necessary because of budget cuts due to an $3.9 million deficit in the county according to Fresno County Sheriff, Margaret Mimms.

This action has led to the release of so-called low-risk offenders; such as those arrested on drug posses-

sion, pro-bation vio-lation, and disorderly conduct.

T h i s m o v e has been s t r o n g l y o p p o s e d by mem-b e r s o f the SEIU u n i o n w h i c h represents many o f the correc-tional offi-cers. They claim this action puts the public at risk.

Officer Robert Capps said, “We feel that releas ing these felony inmates puts the community’s safety in jeop ardy.”

Mimms defended this action by saying it will help deputies on the streets respond to crimes. She said, “We only have just a lit tle over 200 Deputy Sheriffs county wide.”

According to the Fresno Bee, one in five of the prisoners released early from Fresno County return.

Early release can send the message to criminals that even if they get caught, they could end up doing less time due to budget problems and over-crowding.

One case involved Burnell Simmons, a man who had been released six times from county jail because of over-crowding and budget cuts. Simmons recently admitted to committing at least 40 home invasions.

Another early release gone bad in Fresno County, is the story of early parolee, Saul Rojas, who along with another man, is suspected of shooting and killing 26 year-old Edgar Campos back in June of this year.

Those are just a few examples of local criminals re-leased early because of the budget, who are suspected of committing new crimes after being released.

Releasing prisoners early is not a good idea, since some will re-offend and many have committed more serious crimes but have either not been caught or had it pleaded down to a lesser charge.

Keeping citizens in the county safe should be one of the highest priorities, and these kinds of releases should be an absolute last resort. Before this step is taken, all other options should be seriously considered.

There are ways to avoid early release, such as clos-ing the county crime lab and using the state’s which could lead to an estimated savings of $1 million a year.

Another possible option here in Fresno County would be the creation of a special tax, similar to Mea-sure C from a few years ago, which would be used solely for funding prisons and keeping them open,

There are other things that could be cut or scaled back which are much less important than keeping prisoners off the street.

What do you think about the controversies surrounding the

mosque by ground zero?Dennis Tarvin Business Major

“It is an emotional issue because what happened during 9/11. It is unfortunate that their religion has become the focal point. If they could relocate it to another area, I think it would be a better idea.”

Marion TilleySocial Work Major

“I feel like Muslims should be able to build whatever they want, wher-ever they want. It was a certain Mus-lim group that caused 9/11, not the religion. Therefore, I feel it shouldn’t be an issue or a controversy. Muslims are still people and they have the right to their own religion.”

Jasmine WashingtonCrime Scene Investigator

Major“I feel like they do, but at the same

time, they shouldn’t because it is too close to Ground Zero where 9/11 occurred.”

Danae Garza,Liberal Studies Major

“This is America, and people come here to have freedom and to practice their own form of religion. But in respect to what happened, and the men who hijacked the planes were Muslims, it might be dangerous to built a mosque so close to Ground Zero because there are a lot of hard core Americans who believe that all Muslims are terrorists.”

Jake Severa Nursing Major

“I understand that it wasn’t the religion itself that attacked us; it was a certain group, but at the same time, you have to understand that it is a touchy subject for Ameri-cans. Therefore some people’s boundaries should be respected.”

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Should non-violent offenders be released to save money?

Nick Grossi, Undecided Major

“I don’t think that it should be an issue; it isn’t like they are supporting terrorism. It is just another religion.”

Clifford Williams, Political Science Major

“We have a constitution and it protects freedom of religion. I believe that they should be able to practice their religion. There is a lot of persecution against Muslim people just because of the terrorist situation, and people want to group Muslims together as if they are all terrorists.”

RampageViews12. . September 22, 2010

by Quinn robinSon

Rampage Reporter

How to Fix the Parking at FCCAnother semester is underway

at Fresno City College and stu-dents find themselves faced with the same problems when it comes to finding a parking spot.

They can’t.Every year, The Rampage runs

articles discussing the constant problems that parking causes at the beginning of each semester. Students hate the idea of arriving at school 1-2 hours before their first class just to find a spot. The administration probably wishes that they had a magic potion to make all the complaints of parking a thing of the past.

While scouring the parking lots of FCC for a place to park my car,

I’ve had plenty of time to think of ways to solve this issue that never seems to have an answer. I think I might have found some solu-tions—and a couple might even solve the wait list problem as well.

My first idea will be to form some sort of business relationship with Fresno Area Express. I know that the administration has talked about looking into some sort of partnership in the past or might even have one up and running today, but my idea will take it to the next level.

The number 1 argument against building more parking for FCC is that there is no room. That’s true. With a campus that is surrounded by neighborhoods, it is definitely difficult to find unused land to

build more parking lots on.My solution: Talk to FAX about

establishing a shuttle hub at Man-chester Center. If the college can work with FAX to dedicate 2-3 busses that solely go back and forth from Manchester to the FCC

“While scouring the parking lots of FCC for a place to park my car, I’ve had plenty of time to think of ways to solve this issue that never seems to have an answer.”

“My solution: Talk to FAX about establish-ing a shuttle hub at Manchester Center.”

campus that would decrease the amount of students waiting for the main bus lines through the city and provide a direct shot to FCC without all the stops in between.

To regulate this, the student would need to have a valid col-lege ID for that semester. The IDs would be regulated just like the parking passes; they would have to be a different color for each semes-ter. For those that come from south of Fresno to go to FCC, maybe the college can also have a hub in downtown Fresno next to the county courthouse. Students there would be able to use the parking garages that are nearby and shuttle from there to FCC.

If this could not be worked out, then maybe the college should take another approach with FAX and provide students who take the bus to school a 5 percent discount on either the total cost of admission for the semester or their total cost of books at the bookstore. If the college was able to do something like this, it could not only free up

some parking spots on campus, but it would also encourage stu-dents to think twice before buying textbooks off campus. I think an incentive like a 5 percent discount would have me considering check-ing the bookstore here first before off campus.

My second idea would be to offer more courses online. Even for classes that offer labs. If more students took classes online, that would also free up parking spots.

Even if they had to come in for lab, the students would be here less frequently on campus. In order to determine who would be eligible for this incentive, the administration can do something like establishing a minimum GPA that a student would need in order to register for their classes being solely online. Not all classes will be able to be offered online, but I

think there are more that can that are currently not.

My final idea would be for the administration to take a more ag-gressive approach in promoting car pooling to campus. Today, more people are taking a con-scientious effort in helping the

environment, so why not award them in the process? To sign up for this incentive, students would go and purchase a parking pass just like normal. The pass they would receive would be a different color than the regular passes and would have a special identifying marker. To regulate this, the administration could do something like cordon off sections of parking lots solely for the carpoolers. The campus police would check the cars just like ev-ery other car for the passes and if cars in the car pool section don’t have their pass properly shown, they will get a ticket.

I recognize that my ideas might be a little far-fetched and some might sound like they’re decades before their time. All that was in-tended in writing this article was to think of some solutions to the problem. Hopefully, the decision makers will take a look at this ar-ticle and pick something up from it and try to find a solution soon rather than later.

“My final idea would be for the administration to take a more ag-gressive approach in promoting car pooling to campus.”

“I recognize that my ideas might be a little far-fetched, and some might sound like they’re decades before their time.”

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Views 13. .September 22, 2010Rampage

Are Tattoos “All that and a bag of chips”?

Are We Becoming More Intolerant?

by aShLey aguiLar

Rampage Reporter

by meLanie Cron

Rampage Reporter

A look around the Fresno City College campus shows many students inked with tattoos, perma-nent marks on their bodies. Shows like L. A. Ink have popularized tattoos and made them a trend in today’s society.

But do people get them for the right reasons? Some people get them at a young age without much thought, but getting a tattoo should be thoroughly thought through. It is a decision one has to live with for a long time.

Aubrie Cook, a student at FCC, regrets a black sun tattoo located on her hip bone. It was her first tattoo and she got it when she was only 16 years old. “At first I thought it would be cool, but the second I saw it, I didn’t like it, and I plan to get it removed.”

If you’re going to get some-thing that will be on your body forever then thinking it through should be your top priority. Alyssa Thompson, a junior at FCC, has several tattoos and there is one that she regrets getting. “My art-ist wasn’t sober when he did my tattoo, and it didn’t come out like

I wanted it,” she said. Thompson plans to get her tattoo fixed.

Choosing the symbol or image to get inked on your body is an important deci-sion. You want to make sure it is something that means a lot to you and it’s not just something that looks cool. Am-ber Cabrera has two plumier flow-ers representing her love for her grandpa and her

Are we, as a people, becoming more intolerant?

If anyone had asked me this question a few weeks ago, my answer would have been, heck yeah we are.

We are Americans, the only nation in the world founded on the acceptance of people of all races, religion and culture. We are the people whose constitu-tion guarantees the right to be different. However, recent cur-rent events obstruct this ideal with varying degrees of intoler-ance. Intolerance basically boils down one’s inability to accept another’s ideologies.

Current newsworthy intoler-ances

In Florida, Pastor Terry Jones planned to burn copies of the Quran for the anniversary of Sept. 11; he believes that the Quran is “evil because it pro-motes violence and radicalism.” This is not against his constitu-tional rights as an American citi-zen, but many other Americans were outraged at his attempt to ‘make right’ by destroying the Quran; intolerances can be seen on both sides.

In New York, there are plans to build a mosque near ground zero. Some believe that building a religious building next to a site of such sadness desecrates the memory of the victims of 9/11 and represents a victory for radi-

cal Islam. Others believe that it is un-American to treat Muslims differently and not allow them the right to practice their reli-gion; this is something we all can do openly. I see it as; we can be labeled as intolerant either way. If we say no, we deny basic con-stitutional rights and if we say yes, we could open a Pandora’s Box with unimaginable results. “The fact that someone has the right to do something doesn’t necessarily make it the right thing to do,” House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a written statement. “That is the essence of tolerance, peace and understanding. This is not an issue of law, whether religious freedom or local zoning. This is a basic issue of respect of a tragic moment in our history.”

In Arizona intolerance is at an all-time high. A law passed that gives authority for lawmen to stop anyone that ‘appears’ to be an immigrant and ask for papers. There are many mixed emotions about this, some feel that this is us; the American people at our worst. Racial profiling is an example of us being intolerant to the diversity that our country is known for. Others feel that this is the law and if people are not coming legally, they should go back home. This makes them intolerant of our laws and our systems. Either way you slice it, someone is being intolerant of someone else.

Every day, I see disrespect on campus – people disrespecting themselves and others. It’s time to end it.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T12-steps to being a respectful person:

grandma etched on her upper leg. She has no regrets and in fact loves having the art on her body because her tattoo means something to her.

Michael Espinoza, a sopho-more, has an Aztec warrior tattoo on his arm. He said, “My tattoo represents my heritage and where

I came from; it shows my pride.” He had thought about what he was going to get for years before he got it done. He said, “It’s a pretty hard thing to decide what you are going to get, because it is on your body for life, so it’s got to have some deep meaning.”

Tattoos are works of art, but they are works of art that are on your body for life. Before you go out and get stars tattooed on you because it looks “cute” you should really think to yourself “Will I want this on me 20 years from now?”

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boys here) opens the door for you, say “Thank you.” It

makes you look attractive. Don’t just rudely pass by without even looking at him.

2 Cat calls do not work.All the “AYE GIRL.

WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?” “AYE BABY.” “YOU CUTE

GIRL.” DROP IT LIKE IT IS HOT. It’s embarrassing the lady and mak-ing you look bad screaming across campus like you don’t have any sense of manners.

3 Learn how to use a belt.

Remember the long black strap

that your parents whooped you with? It also has another purpose. It keeps your pants up. So Guys, use it. We’re sick of seeing your cowboy boxers.

4 Always remember the power of Magic words.

If you bump into somebody or if someone bumps into you,

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5 Be Benevolent.Why laugh if you

see someone drop their things? Be nice

and help pick them up. For the single men out there, that might even get you a date.

8 PEOPLE PLEASE Respect yourself when

you dress. Women, please cover your “GOODIES.”7 Bless you

When someone sneezes, say bless you. If you sneeze and someone says “Bless you,”

say “Thank you.”

6 Keep your hands off the merchandise.

Men, it is best to just keep your hands in your

pockets. Stop trying to touch every woman that passes by you.

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Morning! Good Evening. Good

Afternoon. Want to be noticed? Saying these at the right time of the day works.

10 Say Excuse MeWhenever you ac-

cidentally tap some-one or need to get

through a crowded area make sure to say excuse me to be polite to others.

9 Be CourteousAlways be aware of

other’s feelings and don’t be rude.

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Treat others the way you want to be treated.

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Tracy Schulte sits relaxed and secure, giving off an air of experience and confidence in the skill and potential in this season’s volleyball team.

The team consists of only 11 players, a slightly smaller num-ber than usual, with six returning and five incoming freshman. However, the team boasts six coaches including head coach Tracy Ainger-Schulte, each spe-cializing in a particular position which boosts the one-on-one learning opportunities for play-ers.

The team has experienced a few difficulties since tryouts.

“Fluctuations [in potential team members] and not know-ing who would be competing for positions caused stress for the team,” said Schulte. “In the end, it made the team closer.”

Schulte joked about how little height the volleyball team has this year, but said she was proud about how athletic the women are.

In practice, the players are gaining experience in all posi-tions in order to maximize the team’s versatility and potential offensive and defensive maneu-vers.

This will help them be effec-tive against teams with a height and perhaps slight offensive advantage, Schulte said.

At the moment, the volley-ball team can only boast of one middle blocker, returning player Maureen Brown, who shows a lot of potential and is a player to watch, said Schulte who admit-ted that having only one middle blocker can be a challenge.

Rams Volleyball starts 2010 season 8-2Coach expects team to compete for conference title this year.

BY CHANEL DISMUkE

Rampage Reporter

PHOTO BY ABEL CORTEZONLY 11 PLAYERS MAkE UP WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL, FRESNO CITY COLLEGE GYM ON SEPT. 15

Schulte is looking at having the players run a 6-2 offense, which simply means that all players are able to hit at all times because two setters will be in the game.

Sophomore Kaylee Schanda and freshman setter Michelle

Clark are up and coming players to watch to provide the needed defense and give the Rams offense the op-portunity to gain points.

Freshman Alex Paredes and soph-omore Amanda Michael are outside hitters and offensive players to keep an eye on. Schulte said she is count-

ing on Michaels to step up as a middle blocker to help the Rams succeed this season.

FCC opens their conference schedule tonight against Reedley College here at 6 p.m. before traveling to Merced College Sept. 29 at 6 p.m.

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“Hail Mary” saves FCC from 0-2 startBY MARCELL DILWORTH

Rampage Reporter

On the verge of going 0-2, the FCC football team was looking for a miracle.

That miracle came Saturday night in the form of 6’1 sopho-more wide receiver Corvaughn Archie.

On West Hills’ 31 yard line with five seconds left on the clock, quarterback Lance Orender dropped back and threw a jump ball toward the end zone that Ar-chie caught off a tip to secure the victory for FCC 20-19.

Archie, described what hap-pened after he saw the ball tipped toward his direction.

“Leroy [Travis] tipped the ball and I saw it, then I grabbed it,” Archie said. “The defensive player was distraught and trying to take the ball out of my hand with tears coming out of his eyes, but I wasn’t letting it go.”

FCC overcame a game full of mental mistakes, including a hand-ful of dropped passes by Archie.

“We, pretty much, got out played on both sides of the ball, but our team never quit,” said Rams head coach Tony Cavi-glia. “They a missed bunch of tackles, and dropped balls, bu t they never gave up .” West Hills had control of the game

TD reception by Corvaughn Archie with :05 lifts Rams past West Hills.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GINA TOLLISON THE RAMS SECURE THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE 2010 SEASON ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.

early on as they consis-tently pushed the ball up the field and entered half time leading FCC 10-0.

I t wasn’t u n t i l t h e third quar-ter when the Rams started making their m o v e a n d showing ev-eryone in the stands that there was an-other half to be played.

After receiving the kickoff to start the second half, FCC marched down the field on West Hills. The Falcons’ defense tried to stiffen up their attack, but the Rams had a trick up their sleeve.

The Rams lined up in the wildcat formation with running back Larry Overstreet lined up as the quarter back.

Overstreet faked the West Hills defense like he was about to take off running, but Overstreet then dropped back and threw the ball to a wide open receiver in the end zone for six points.

On the ensuing kickoff, the Fal-cons botched the return and FCC’s

Jacob Holloway pounced on the ball to give the Rams great field position.

The offense headed back onto the field on the West Hills 27 yard line hoping to score once again. The Rams found themselves in prime position to take the lead once West Hills defensive back, Matt Hawkins, was flagged for pass interference in the end zone.

The penalty put the ball on the three yard line, and the Rams put the ball in the end zone on third and goal to go up 14-10 with just under eight minutes left in the third quarter.

West Hills wasn’t going to allow FCC to run away with the game

that easily. The Falcons worked their way

back into the lead in the fourth quarter with a field goal and a touchdown.

West Hills went for two points after scoring the touchdown but failed to convert on the play.

The Falcons now had a 19-14 lead with under eight minutes left in the fourth quarter.

After both teams couldn’t capi-talize on any more scoring the pre-vious seven minutes of the quarter, the Rams offense started their final drive on the 36 yard with just over one minute left in the game.

FCC marched down the field with a sense of urgency as Orender

found open receivers as he tried to lead the Rams down the field for the victory.

The Rams now had the ball down on the Falcons’ 31 yard line with five seconds left in the game.

Archie described his thoughts as he was nearing the line of scrim-mage for what would be the final play of the game.

“I missed a few passes before that play,” said Archie. “I prayed and said ‘Lord let me make this play to win the game.’”

Archie made the play to not only win the game but it also prevented FCC from starting the 2010 season 0-2 heading into their first home game on Sept. 25 against Merced.

16 RampageSports. .September 22, 2010

BY QUINN ROBINSON

Rampage Reporter

BY QUINN ROBINSON

Rampage Reporter

“We just need to keep improving

- Oliver Germond

so we can be a better team and not just rely on our individual athleticism.

FCC women’s soccer loses to American River 2-0

RAMS LOSE A TOUGH ONE

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FRESNO CITY COLLEGE SUFFERS A TOUGH LOSS AT THE HANDS OF LAS POSITAS ON SEPT. 14.

Scoring opportunities evade Rams as they lose to Las Positas at home.

The Fresno City College men’s soccer team suffered their third loss of the season as Las Positas took a hard fought match in Fresno 2-1.

After starting the 2010 season with a 0-2-1 record, the Rams were looking to gather their fourth consecutive win of the season as they took on the Hawks Sept. 14.

FCC’s men’s soccer coach Eric Solberg said that the inability to cash in on the early opportunities provided Las Positas the chance to stay in the game longer.

“We got behind them right away and tried to force the ball down their throat instead of hold-ing onto the ball,” said Solberg. “Sometimes [the missed oppor-tunities] come back and bite you. We could’ve been up two or three nothing early in the game and didn’t do that.”

Las Positas’ men’s soccer coach Ramiro Rodriquez described the Hawks’ plan of attack going into their meeting with the Rams.

“The last five years, Fresno has always been very aggressive when playing against us,” said Rodriquez. “In prior years we played defensively because we

knew they were stronger than us. This year we just go in there and do the Mike Tyson first round and take them on.”

FCC came out aggressive in the first half. The Rams created a hand-ful of chances to put the game away early but were unable to capitalize on any of them. With the Hawks defense under constant pressure from the Rams offense, it seemed that the Hawks were playing on borrowed time before the Rams would finally cash in.

Las Positas took advantage of the constant pressure that FCC provided on a weird play that had Rams defenders, as well as their fans, in complete shock.

Luis Rocha started the scoring for Las Positas when he delivered a shot that deflected off a Rams de-fender and sailed into the net to put the Hawks up 1-0 in the first half.

The Rams came out in the sec-ond half with the same game plan that they had to start the game. FCC continued to attack on Las Positas’ side of the field most of the second half, searching for the goal that could tie the game up.

The Hawks defense proved relentless this day however and Las Positas once again capitalized late in the game on the Rams’ ag-gressiveness. Las Positas’ Gerardo Garcia sent a header past FCC’s Tad Patrick to put the Hawks up 2-0 late in the second half.

Down 2-0, the Rams still showed they had fight left in them. Herb Garzon executed a brilliant shot from the left side that sailed past the Hawks’ goalie to give FCC and their fans a little hope down the final stretch of the game.

Las Positas proceeded to spread the field out for the remainder of the game to squash any comeback chances the Rams were hoping for on the way to the 2-1 victory.

After securing the insurance goal late in the second half, Ro-driquez believed that the Hawks had to continue playing aggres-sively to keep the Rams from coming back.

“If we back up right there it was too much time for them,” said Rodriquez. “We still wanted to play them toe-to-toe until the last ten minutes. If we still had [the 2 goal lead] in the last ten minutes then we’d play more defensively to secure the win.”

A team that posted a 14-5-5 re-cord in 2009 with a trip to the state semi-finals, FCC is currently 3-3-1 and has already allowed more goals in the first seven games this season (16) than they did all of last season (15).

“We won three in a row and didn’t come in prepared,” said Solberg. “We knew we were play-ing a team that probably wasn’t as good as us, our first home game, and we just didn’t come out ready

to play today.”The Rams opponents in the

coming weeks include a match against Lassen College on Sept.

27 before opening conference play on Oct. 1 against COS at Fresno and then traveling to Modesto for a nonconference game on Oct. 5.

Loss snaps FCC’s 5 game streak: Rams are shut out for the second time this season.

The Fresno City College women’s soccer team looked to improve their current win streak to six games after opening the season with a loss to No. 1 ranked Santiago Canyon.

American River had other ideas however as they traveled to Fresno and knocked off the Rams 2-0 on Sept. 17.

“We’re not looking to avenge what happened last season,” said FCC women’s head coach Oliver Germond, referring to the 1-0 loss the Rams suf-fered at the hands of the Beavers in last year’s state play-offs.

“We don’t like to lose, but if we are going to lose this time of the year we better have learned from it. I think this was also a good les-son for us because we got too comfortable after winning 5 games in a row and not giving up a goal.”

another win streak as they take on Sierra, West Valley and De Anza in the next two weeks before an Oct. 1 showdown with Cabrillo.

FRESNO CITY COLLEGE PLAYERS VIE FOR A LOOSE BALL PHOTO BY SENDY GARCIA

The Rams are lead on offense by Jesslyn Fagundes. Fagundes was a key factor in last year’s team that just missed the state final four.

Germond believes that op-posing teams will pay more attention to Fagundes this year when she has the ball.

“I think teams will pay a lot more attention to her,” Ger-mond said. “She will need to be more patient and capitalize when she has her chances and set up her teammates when she draws attention.”

Before FCC suffered their second loss of the season, the Rams went a total of five games without allowing a single goal.

“We have a lot of potential but we need to get all the pieces together at the right time of the season.”

The Rams will look to start

Going into the Sept. 17 game with American Riv-er, the Rams were ranked No. 9 in the National Soc-cer Coaches Association of America poll.

The next NSCAA rank-ings came out on Sept. 21, after this article was sent to press.

Even with the setback of a loss to American River, Germond feels that his team has improved since the start of the season.

“We know we can win close games and our de-fense has been outstanding,” Germond said.

“ We s t i l l have a lot we need to im-prove espe-cially our level of intensity that we play with off the ball. We just

need to keep improving so we can be a better team and not just rely on our individual athleticism.