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SOCCCD rivals duke it out at SaddlebackSaddleback College Gauchos moves closer to their fourth straight men’s basketball con-ference championship, winning a home game against the Irvine Valley College Lasers. 5

Sundance the night away with NikoThe Lariat’s own Photo and Mul-timedia Editor Niko LaBarbera reviews documentaries from this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Utah.. 3

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate childrenThe recent measles outbreak in Southern California that spread at Disneyland has resparked the de-bate on whether or not vaccinations are something people should regu-larly be doing. 2

For students who have wondered why there’s a dog in class Service dogs on the Saddleback College campus can be therapeu-tic for veterans with PTSD. These well-behaved fidos are more than just cute. 2

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Behind schedule: Construction on the new Science Building has been delayed until 2016.

Saddleback construction falls behind schedule

Police warn campus of ticket scalper

The opening of the new Science Building on campus has been delayed until early 2016

During winter, hundreds of games, other highs and a few lows occurred at Saddleback and IVC

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SaddLeback SportS information CourtesyDrake Martinez evades defenders from Grossmont College in Saddleback game earlier this season. Martinez, who was one of the Gauchos premier defenders this season and it earned him a spot with the Michigan State Spartans football team. Martinez and many other Saddleback players earned spots on numerous teams around the country.

Development on the new Scienc-es Building at Saddleback College will continue throughout 2015 due to unforeseen delays. As a result of the deadline for the building’s opening has been moved from about December 2015 to January 30, 2016.

Jim Rogers, assistant director of Fa-cilities for Capital Outlay, reported the delays come as a result of multiple un-foreseeable circumstances encountered by C.W. Driver, the contracting compa-ny hired to construct the new building.

“Due to weather delays and the difficulty in locating underground util-ities, the contractor is approximate-ly 60 days behind schedule,” Rogers said. “The team is currently working on a recovery schedule in order to de-termine how much, if any, of the delay can be mitigated.”

Rogers and his facilities team have provided expertise related to college facility and building standards. Rogers said these are the only major delays

of note. Construction has continued without any other issues, which will affect the building’s completion.

“The building construction is pro-ceeding at a fast pace and we are working diligently to minimize the impact to the campus and academic calendar,” Rogers said.

Dean of Mathematics, Science & Engineering Christopher McDonald repeated much of what Rogers said. McDonald stressed that while there have been problems encountered, they have been dealt with as best as poosible.

“It’s a fabulous team [the con-tractors] that we’re working with and they’re very receptive,” McDon-ald said. “When we bring potential problems forward, they’re addressed quickly [and] efficiently. If they bring potential problems forward… we try to take care of it right away to keep the project on schedule.”

McDonald said primary science classes will be relocated to the new building, with the exception of com-puter science and mathematics courses.

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A male ticket scalper, who ap-pears to be in his 20s with brown hair, has been attempting to inde-pendently sell tickets to a comedy show.

The suspect has been roam-ing local Orange County college campuses claiming to be an ASB member selling $10-$50 tickets as part of a fundraising event. His last appearance at Saddleback College was early December 2014.

The ticket scalper was most recently seen on February 4 and 5, 2015, at Coastline Community College’s College Center, Le-Jao Center, Newport Beach Center and Golden West College.

The Saddleback College Police Department has issues a campus information bulletin informing its staff and students on the suspect and asking to be notified at (949) 582-4585 with any new informa-tion.

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Since the Lariat last published a paper, there have been many sports stories at Saddleback and Irvine Val-ley colleges. Here’s a list of the top ten things you should know.

Jake Long selected for Pro Bowl: National Football League offensive lineman Jake Long was selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl. Long formerly played for the Gauchos during the 2010 and 2011 seasons, be-fore moving on to University of Ore-gon. He currently plays for the Chica-go Bears.

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“The facility being built right now is for the sciences so mathematics and computer science will remain in this current building,” McDonald said.

Until the division moves in the new building, McDonald said there is de-finitive plans for the current building.

“It’s a little bit down the road,” McDonald said. “A few things have to happen but we’re not sure exactly sure what will happen with the current facility.”

The current facilities plan report by

the South Orange County Community College District, the budget for build-ing currently remains at approximate-ly $67,358 million. Spending for the building, as of this report, remains un-der this budget. Rogers said that this high cost will be worth it.

“The new Sciences Building is a state-of-the art facility that will pro-vide a superb teaching and learning environment for our students,” Rogers said. “It will rival facilities seen on UC and CSU campuses.”

25-2: Gauchos men’s basketball is having a fantastic season so far, having only lost two games. They are currently ranked number four in the state of Cal-ifornia and are attempting to win their fourth consecutive conference title.

IVC women’s basketball is 21-3: Much like Saddleback’s men’s team, Ir-vine Valley College’s women’s basket-ball team is enjoying great success this season. The Lasers have not lost a game since 2014 and are also attempting to win their own conference championship.

Legendary coaches that we lost: Longtime Saddleback football coach-es George Hartman and Dick Stuetz have passed away since last semester. Hartman, who is credited with creat-ing Saddleback’s athletic program, was the Gauchos first football head coach as well. He was 83. Steutz, who was part of three state championships in football, also coached the baseball team from 1975 to 1981. He was 69.

Signing day: Many Gaucho foot-ball players signed on to go the next level on this year’s national signing

day. Here is the list: Anthony Berg, Washington, Roderick Dedrick (Ar-izona Christian), Christopher Dim-ry (Washington State), Chris French (Texas State), Erik Harris, Navy Drake Martinez (Michigan State), Calvin Steyn, Weber State and Tyler Wileman, (Houston Baptist).

IVC’s undefeated teams: Some of IVC’s teams are off to terrific starts this season. Men’s tennis is 3-0 to start their season, with wins over El Cami-no College, Grossmont College and Cerritos College. IVC baseball started their season 4-0, before losing their fifth game to Imperial Valley College. The most impressive team was wom-en’s volleyball, who went an astonish-ing 27-0 en route to a CCCAA state championship.

Saddleback’s hot start: Like IVC, Saddleback has had some success to begin their spring sports season. The Gauchos men’s tennis team and base-ball team started their seasons 4-0 be-fore losing this past week. Saddleback softball is 5-0 to start their season and

with a solid roster, look good for a deep playoff run.

Coaching milestones: Some IVC and Saddleback coaches were rec-ognized for milestones. Saddleback softball head coach Nick Trani got his 500th win on January 28 against Grossmont College. On the IVC side, women’s head basketball coach Ju-lie Hanks got her 300th win as head coach in a 55-52 overtime win over Saddleback.

Saddleback Track and Field place second: Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams placed second in the openning meet this past weekend hosted by Santa Ana Col-lege. It is a good start to a long and rigorous season.

Saddleback women go to three OTs: In probably the craziest game over the break, Saddleback women’s basketball went into three overtimes against Fullerton College on January 16. Most games don’t even go into one overtime, let alone three. The final score of the games was 85-81.

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Top 10 sports news events from breakMeet Buckshot, one of many service dogs seen on campus.

Lariat: What is your ideal Valen-tine’s Day date?

Sanchez: A surprise dinner at a fan-cy restaurant with a mariachi band and flowers.

Haxton: Going to an Anaheim Ducks hockey game.

Lariat: What’s your realistic Valen-

tine’s Day date?Sanchez: He told me we’re going to

Ruby’s.Haxton: We’re going to Ruby’s on

the pier.Lariat: What’s your ideal Valen-

tine’s gift?Sanchez: I already know what I’m

getting.Haxton: A good meal.Lariat: What do you think you’re

getting?Sanchez: Flowers, a bear and a let-

ter.Haxton: A new pair of shoes.Lariat: What are your thoughts on

Valentine’s Day?Sanchez: Any day is the perfect day

to say ‘I love you’ and to express your feelings.

Haxton: It’s a good reason to make her feel special.

ence and accredited fact are shameful-ly small.

A number of smaller outbreaks that served as major warnings of what to come were unheeded. For example: in August 2013, a measles outbreak began in Texas due to skepticism of vaccines. Rather than take note of such outbreaks and taking precau-tions, vaccination supporters in both Texas and outside of it failed to take truly genuine steps to prevent future outbreaks.

Even the government, usually a firm support of vaccination, has been woefully negligent in doing that. Cal-

ifornia is one of 48 states allowing ex-emption from vaccinations due to reli-gious and philosophical beliefs. Only Mississippi and West Virginia require people who, no matter their personal beliefs, must get a vaccine shot if they are medically fit for them.

The bottom line: it’s irrational to point fingers squarely in the direction of the anti-vaccination crowd. The fact of the matter is that there are not solely guilty for outbreaks like the one at Disneyland. On the contrary: many of those who support vaccinations de-serve a share of finger pointing as well.

Sicknesses like the measles hide a

bigger problem: ignorance. It doesn’t discriminate in who its affects as ev-ery side of this vaccination debate has fallen prey to it. It has to be fought against now and with haste. By not doing so we are leaving the door open for more problems such as potential-ly bigger outbreaks than the one that started at Disneyland.

As of this time, the measles epi-demic is still spreading through Cal-ifornia and could be the start of even more problems. That is unless people try their utmost to better immunize themselves and others against the ig-norance that helped cause it to happen.

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A sickness that doesn’t discriminateThere’s an even bigger epidemic than measles that needs to be addressed

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The Needle’s edge: Growing divisions regarding medical vaccinations have helped result in numerous outbreaks in states like California. This has reignited debates and calls for stricter regulations regarding vaccines.

love is iN The air, maybe: Noemi Sanchez, 19, undeclared (left), and Jesse Haxton, 20, automotive, began dating 14 months ago after meeting at Carl’s Jr.

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The recent resurgence of measles in America has brought back fears of a sickness that was once considered gone thanks to vaccines: measles. It finally took a massive outbreak at Disneyland here in Southern Califor-nia to catapult a fight between people distrustful of mandatory vaccinations and those who advocate for them into the mainstream.

It’s very easy to point fingers at those distrustful of vaccinations. It’s obvious that the outbreak was caused in large part to a refusal of people to get vaccinated and, where applicable, their children as well. In choosing not to get vaccinated, they’ve put the health of others at risk.

But to say that those those opposed tovaccinations are solely to blame is overlooking something: many ofhose supportive of them have been just as guilty for causing the outbreak as their opposition. Though not causing the outbreaks themselves, their be-havior is a contributor to things such as this measles epidemic that contin-ues to spread through California.

Take for instance the obvious fact that many who oppose vaccinations often are influenced by bad informa-tion. The spread of this information has been met with a lack of strong opposition. In fact there’s a lack of aggressive campaigns designed to counteract these sources and their supporters. Organized movements wielding the weapons of genuine sci-

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Three Things That Just Shouldn’t Be

1. Measles parties To build natural immunity, parents are holding measles parties for their children.

2. Meat water Like Vitamin Water, but it taste like your meal. Flavors include breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and even specialty foods.

3. Blue tinted sunglasses for weight loss The Japanese trend claims that the blue tint makes food look more dull and, in result, you will eat less.

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Sundance film festival has just finished up its 10-day film frenzy in Park City, Utah, for the 38th year in a row.

Since the first festival in 1978, Sundance has stuck to the philosophy of only pre-miering independent films.

The festival acts as a plat-form for smaller-budget film productions to reach a larger audience. Independents are generally less traditional sty-listically and don’t have to meet a financial bottom line that large studio films often strive for. There are less lim-itations throughout the filming process, and because of this the directors have more cre-ative freedom when working on their projects.

The U.S. documentary film competition had a variety of stand-out films this year. The stories ranged from from high altitude mountain climbing first assents to self-armed vig-ilantes who evade the law to protect themselves from Mex-ico’s most violent drug cartels.

The first most light-heart-ed and delicious entree in the U.S. documentary film section was Laura Gabbert’s “City of Gold.” This comical yet capti-vating documentary focuses on the power and importance of food and food criticism. “City of Gold” chronicles the life and career of Pulitzer Prize-win-ning Los Angeles-based food critic Jonathon Gold.

The influential food review-er, who remains to be the only individual to receive that es-teemed prize for food criticism takes us on his day-to-day cri-tiques of his most favored and

respected eateries Los Angeles has to offer.

His choices are less likely than one would expect. Many of his favorite spots include taco trucks, hole-in-the-wall Thai food restaurants, and hid-den Korean dumpling hous-es. The film shows the unique layout of Los Angeles and how people find refuge in their most praised eating establishments in each of our respective com-munities.

With websites like Yelp steering patrons in one direc-tion or another, this film lays out the values of having a

knowledgeable and insightful food critique who can break down a meal from its most basic ingredients and explain the culture and history of each dish. This film leaves you hun-gry and gets you using all your senses when searching for your next meal.

The next stand-out film was director Matthew Heineman’s “Cartel Land,” which with no surprises took home the Direct-ing Award this year. This film gives the audience a graphic look at the lives and strug-gles of two separate vigilante groups on both sides of the U.S. and Mexico borders.

Each group shares a com-mon goal in fighting back against the violent drug car-tels who control the means for existence both in Mexico and

along many portions of our border.

In Michoacan, Mexico, men led by local doctor Jose Manuel Mireles form the Grupos de Autodefensas. The Autodefensas are a self-armed vigilante group who work their way through numer-ous cities in Micho-acan to take back control of towns cur-rently being extorted and controlled by the Caballeros Templari-os Cartels.

“Cartel Land” gives an unbiased and objective repre-sentation of each in-

dividual’s perspective from the townspeople who suffer these violent living conditions, to the vigilantes fighting back and even to the cartels and corrupt cops. We see the struggles the Autodefensas experience and the difficulties they have in try-ing to fight the cartels without integrating and becoming parts of them.

The film also shows the Arizona Border Recon’s day-to-day struggles with cartel violence and control along the Arizona border to Mexico. The Arizona Border Recon is another self-armed vigilan-

te group who work to fight to protect America from the car-tel violence coming across our border.

Unlike the Autodefensas, this vigilante group is based in Arizona and violates no laws when operating. Never-theless, they share the same concerns that the Autodefen-sas have with respect to cartel violence.

This film leaves the viewer shocked at how lawless and corrupt many parts of Mexico appear to be and opens one’s eyes to the drastic measures people will take to defend themselves.

The final film which capti-vated audiences at Sundance was Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi’s “Meru.” This Au-dience Award-winning film takes viewers along on this three-man expedition to sum-mit Meru, a 21,000-foot, unac-cented peak lying deep in the Gharwal mountain range in Northern India.

The film explores the diffi-culties in high altitude climb-ing along with the personal struggles each climber expe-rienced on their quest for the summit. It chronicles the life of world-class climbers Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk as they embark on what seemed to be impossible jour-ney.

The expedition itself is amazing, but when taken into consideration Chin and Ozturk are lead cinematographers and photographers on this project, viewers really begin to under-

stand the difficulties in creating this film.

With each climber dragging 200 pounds of equipment with Chin and Ozturk doing all the on-mountain filming, in 20-de-gree weather conditions, one begins to appreciate the cine-matic experience.

It was clear that these hum-ble climbers were starstruck while receiving their audience award, but even more excited to be able to share their journey with audience members.

ticket stubs: Keep your eyes pealed for “Meru,” “City of Gold” and “Cartel Land” to come to a theater near you. Each film offers a com-pletely different message.

Niko LaBarBera Lariatradar: The magazine above was available for all Sundance patrons.

Standout documentaries at Sundance

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vigilante: A Grupos de Autodefensas member keeping an eye out for drug trafficking cartels on a ridge in Michoacan, Mexico.

This film leaves you hungry and gets you using all your senses when searching for your next meal.

Wireless network updateDue to the rapid increase of people utilizing the wireless network available on cam-pus, Technology Services had to update appliances and slightly alter how you log in to access the student Wi-Fi services. The old method will be discontin-ued but instructions have been made available to help students utilize the new sys-tem and log on.

Free lunch at workshopsEvery student must com-plete a My Academic Plan, or MAP, declaring a major. To help students choose a major that is right for them and offer students tips from counselors, workshops are held every Thursday in Vil-lage 8-05 during the 2015 spring semester. Schedule a one-hour workshop 12-1 p.m. on Thursdays by call-ing 949-582-4572 and re-ceive a free lunch for your participation.

BlackboardVideo tutorials and tips have been made available on YouTube for students who aren’t familiar with Blackboard, through which many instructors communi-cate with their classes. This is especially helpful for stu-dents who have an online class as all class activities will be carried out through the site.

TED Talk TuesdaysEvery Tuesday at noon from February through April, TED Talks are held in the Student Services Build-ing, Room 211. Interesting researchers and presenters share and once a month lunch is served.

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How to watch ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ without being a creeper

photo courtsey of universal pictures fifty shades of awkward: Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey looking lovingly at each other in an early scene from the film.

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Finally, a fairly priced and quality meal hand delivered by your local chefs. MRK Public recently found its home in south San Clemente nestled on a quaint corner of El Camino Real.

Utilizing a small amount of square footage, MRK Public feels spacious, mod-ern and earthy. The lone television screen played Buster Keatons “The Gener-al,” a 1926 silent film which was aesthetically significant during the MRK Public ex-perience.

The menu is written in chalk and serves as a mis-tletoe for the kitchen, where customers will find Rayne Frey and Moriah Robinson cooking their meals. The menu offers an eclectic se-lection of beer, wine and food for a diverse crowd.

Don’t go thinking that because it is counter service dining that there is only a quick exchange between you and the employees. The ser-vice at MRK Public is mem-orable because the employ-ees are willing to engage in a genuine conversation. Your interaction doesn’t end after

an exchange of money, waiters are consistently checking up on your table.

After ordering, patrons make their way to a spot either inside or outside on a heated patio.

A friendly face will come to bring water, poured from a personal glass water jug that resembles something from a picnic basket.

The standout menu item was the Bánh Mì, which came with either chicken, beef belly or mushroom. The uniqueness of the sandwich lies in the zesty aoli sauce.

The flavor-packed sandwich might bring memories of Viet-nam back to those who have

visited the South East Asian country. This dish was heav-ily influenced by the French, who had a controlling pres-ence in this region through-out the mid-20th century.

The dishes may seem like basic menu items, but customers will be pleasantly surprised when they see the quality of food that has ar-rived at the table. Each plate was beautifully garnished and sophisticated.

MRK Public doesn’t try to be a superior restaurant for a select demographic.

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Let’s get hypothetical.You’re a single, 20-something-year-old man who’s been bom-barded for the last year with advertisements of this new phenomenon, “Fifty Shades of Grey.” In every coffee shop, bookstore, and even on your morning commute you can’t escape the hoards of heavy breathing, wide-eyed females clinging to that black-covered book with a single grey tie on it. It’s not just bored house-wives reading it either, it’s tweens, curious husbands, and even one of your college pro-fessors who are eating this nov-el up.

Are you missing some-thing? Is this why you’re still single? Do you simply not possess the sexual knowhow to please a modern day wom-an like the character, Christian Grey? What secrets does this book hold?

Clearly, you have to go see the movie, for research purpos-es, but what is a young single man to do, walk into the the-ater solo and have everyone think you’re a sadomasochis-tic-loving sex freak? Go with your mom? Here’s a guide for all those out there who want to know how to see “Fifty Shades

of Grey” without being a major creeper. Results may vary.

1. Post an advertisement on RentAFriend.com: This is a real site, no joke. You can find people to do just about anything, including being your date, platonic or not. Your new “friend” may even waive their $10 an hour fee if they have the same awkward movie going dilemma. Lucky you. If you’re desperate, it’s worth it.

2. Bring a baby: I know what you’re thinking, isn’t that creepy on a whole other level? Where am I going to find a baby on short notice? The answer is yes, if you don’t do it right, and I don’t know, an unattended stroller at the mall? If you or a loved one don’t have a baby of your or their own, I’m sure you can work something else out, but the important thing is, the child must be young enough to not remember or be emotion-ally scared by the goings-on onscreen. Think about it. You aren’t a creeper alone at a racy movie, you’re a single parent taking a second to relax in be-tween your stressful day work-ing and raising a child. No one in their right mind would bring a baby into that theater unless they couldn’t find a sitter. Sin-gle parent sympathy goes a long way.

3. Insert yourself into a

group: You walk into the the-ater and, sure, there are empty seats at an appropriate distance from other people, but you fore-go that natural instinct for per-sonal space and sit right next to a couple, or even better, a group of friends. They might look at you like you’re a little odd, but everyone else in the movie will assume you’re with them and have lots of cool friends. Just make sure you don’t smell like a dead cow so they don’t col-lectively get up and move.

4. Wear a wig: If it’s two platonic men going together and you’re feeling uncomfort-able about it, one of you should dress up like a woman. Just imagine the sexy couple you’d make.

5. Clearly state that you are there by accident: Walk into the theater and loudly state, “I’m so psyched to see Selma. MLK is such an inspirational figure in American history.” About 15 minutes in, say, “Wait is this Selma?” Forty-five min-utes in, say “This isn’t Selma.” Sigh loudly, and settle in.

6.) Be fashionably late: Walk in after the previews have started and no one will notice you. Easy-peasy.

Male, female, single or not, anyone can use these tips to take the shady out of watch-ing“Fifty Shades of Grey.”

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Why is there a dog under the desk in my history class?

Valentine’s Day on a budget

Service dogs have been used by disabled Americans for a long time. They may be seen in grocery stores, hos-pitals, restaurants and coffee shops, Saddleback College is no exception.

The Disabled Students Pro-grams and Services (DSPS) has made service dogs possi-ble for some of Saddleback’s students.

This service has helped many veterans who are en-rolled, but the process doesn’t start with DSPS.

Finding an organization to provide a service dog can be difficult, but for Chris Wal-lace, a veteran here at Saddle-back, it was an organization called Sherri’s Project that introduced him to his Service dog, Buck-Shot.

Once Wallace complet-ed his disability paperwork through the military, Sherri’s Project connected him with Buck-Shot, and their training began.

Getting approval from DSPS is the next and the final step to get permission to bring the service dog on campus and into classrooms. “DSPS was very helpful,” said Wallace, “and they made it very easy to get it done.”

Even with DSPS approval, it is ultimately up to each in-structor or professor to allow the dog into class.

In order to do this, each person with a service dog must talk to the class and professor on the first day, without the dog present, to make sure it’s

ok. “It has worked out very

well so far,” Wallace said.These dogs are very well-

trained and are hardly notice-able. The service dogs mostly stay right by their owner, but occasionally they will quietly wander around the classroom.

“I wish sometimes, that all my students, were as well behaved as the dogs,” histo-ry Professor, Beverly Hudson Wirtz said.

Allowing this service at Saddleback, makes it possible for some of our veterans to en-roll in on-campus classes, but it is more then that. It gives them hope.

Wallace was in the Ma-

rine Corps for five years from 2008-2013. He deployed twice with the 1st Combat Engineer-ing Battalion to Afghanistan, and has been battling PTSD. However, Buck-Shot helps Wallace with more then just that.

Wallace also lost his wife and daughter in a car accident, and that is what inspired Buck-Shots name.

“My daughter wanted a dog and she wanted to name him Buck-Shot, so it just seemed right to name my service dog, Buck-Shot,” Chris said. “He gives me a reason to do better.”

Service-dogs bring a whole new meaning to man’s best friend.

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It’s no secret that Valen-tine’s Day is not only filled with loving hearts and roman-tic evenings.

It’s also loaded with over- spending and empty pocket-books, high priced dinners, lavish flower arrangements and you can’t forget about all that wonderful candy.

According to the National Retail Federation, total spend-ing per year on Valentine’s Day is estimated at $18.9 bil-lion for flowers, candy, jewelry and other gifts.

The estimated tab per per-son this Valentine’s Day is $142.31. So how are we as college students supposed to show our significant others that we care without spending outside our means?

Let’s start with the flowers. What would Valentine’s be without roses, and we all know that it has to be a dozen, right? Or does it?

By keeping it to only one rose, the cost drops consider-ably, after all, they’ll be dead within two weeks. Besides, if you only have one flower, you can keep it on the table while you enjoy your dinner and still be able to see your better half.

Dinner is the trickiest feat to plan because we all have dif-ferent living situations. If you live with roommates, it might be time to kick them out for a few hours.

Making dinner for your val-entine saves money as well as shows that you have skills in the kitchen.

This is a time for the men to shine. If you can read, you can make great dinner.

Living at home with your parents can make this a bit more difficult, but this is California, go have a romantic picnic.

Plus, if you go at sunset the food can be less extravagant because your focus will be on the horizon.

One Saddleback College student, Dylan McDaniel, 23,

undeclared, says he plans to keep it low-key with his lady friend this year.

“We’re going to Ventura to surf C Street, then we are cruis-ing back down the coast,” said McDaniel. “Whoop, whoop for cheap gas.”

Paris Mitchell, 19, psychol-ogy, used a Groupon to score her boyfriend and her a sun-set cruise. “It was only $15,” Mitchell said, “and it comes with free drinks.”

Some budget-conscious couples communicate about price before the big night.

“We talk about the price before hand so that we don’t spend more then each other,” said Sofia Abril, 19, unde-clared.

She’s happy gifting her man with cheap but personal pres-ents, even if they’re just a joke.

“I’d custom make a shirt with my face on it,” Abril said, “and make [my boyfriend] wear it on our date.”

cover Saddleback’s playmak-ers. These playmakers were quick sophomore guard An-drew Bournes, who can fly, and the same goes for fresh-man guard Jalen Hall. Both players were outstanding in breakaways and they broke

IVC’s second half press.“I thought we did a good

job against their full court press, as they were mixing it up pretty well with the 2-2-1, and run and jump on us as we did have to call a couple of timeouts,” Ground said. “I

thought we really spread the court well, which gave us a lot of space to operate.”

The Gauchos will continue to make their season a mem-orable one as they defend home-court against Fullerton College on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

Irvine Valley on the other hand will try and forget this game and play Riverside City College on the road. That game will played on Tuesday as well.

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Saddleback College men’s basketball team’s play was fierce on Friday night as the Gauchos got a 58-49 win playing away against Irvine Valley College.

When all was set and done, the Gauchos had suc-ceeded again as they had 24 other times this season. Sad-dleback is currently having one of its best seasons, as they have 25-2 record over-all. Head coach Andy Ground had some words about his teams win after the game.

“We tried to take away their three shooting because they really shot the ball re-ally well,” Ground said.” We mixed it up in man to man and zone.”

The Gauchos clearly ex-ecuted well on the court as they appeared to set the tem-po when they wanted to get their players into the break in the game. Once Saddleback’s players were in transition in the break, they clearly took the momentum of the game.

“We were able to run our offense,” Ground said. “We took advantage of our oppor-tunities to get the ball to our guards pushing the ball up on the break as we at times could grind it out too.”

The Lasers had a tough time matching up against the Gauchos two seven foot centers, sophomores, Conor Clifford and Kyle Hoag. The Gauchos clearly had the size advantage in this game be-cause IVC does not have a

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Gauchos blast Lasers 58-49IVC keeps it close most of the game, but Saddleback pulls away late and moves closer toward conference title

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player that is taller than six foot nine. The Gauchos ex-ploited this very well in the game.

“Our big advantage is our size inside where we have our two seven footers,” Ground said. “The Lasers had to take into account of that so that opens up our perimeter for us.”

The Gauchos two seven footers generally post up in-side on offense, giving them high percentage looks at the basket forcing the defense to double team them down low in the paint. Saddleback’s

center’s, Clifford and Hoag, had many scores in the post including slam dunks off the breaks and post moves.

“Our offense scored down low and that dragged the La-sers inside, which left our perimeter free,” Ground said. “Give IVC credit, they are a good team which makes it hard to go against them for long periods of time.”

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Coach gets milestone win Saddleback head softball coach Nick Trani got his 500th win earlier this season and believes his team is very good

Saddleback College’s softball team is off to a fan-tastic start this season and it is much to the credit of head coach Nick Trani. Trani re-cently got win number 500 at Saddleback and his team is a whooping 5-0 to start the season. Coach Trani wants the credit given to his players though, because he says that they are the ones playing and winning the games.

“It really is all about the players and getting them signed,” Trani said. “The players are the ones that win the games.”

Trani was however hum-bled for the chance to be rec-ognized for his feat. He even joked about his long tenure at Saddleback.

“It’s nice to be recognized and it’s a coaching mile-stone,” Trani said. “Five hun-dred to me probably means I have been doing this for too long.”

On the field, the Gauchos have been outstanding, only allowing eight runs in five games and having scored more than 15 runs in two dif-ferent games. Trani believes that this comb

ination of hitting and pitching excellence could get the Gauchos deep into the regionals and possibly a championship, which would be Saddleback’s first softball title since 1987.

“We really have all of the weapons and I think it’s just a matter of putting it all to-gether,” Trani said. “We have everything it takes to be suc-cessful. If we show up and

play our game, we are going to beat anybody we play.”

Trani also thinks very highly of his pitching staff, even going on to say that he believes that they are the best pitching staff in the state.

“First time I can remem-ber having an actual pitching staff, where you don’t have to rely on one person,” Trani said.

Trani also praised fresh-man pitcher Kaylee Cranmer who has been the winning pitcher in four of Saddle-back’s games.

“She has pretty much been unhittable to this point,” Tra-ni said.

Saddleback will look to remain undefeated when they play Palomar College on Tuesday, Feb. 10 and Golden West College on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

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Upcoming EventsThursday - SC Men’s Basketball at Riverside City College Game time: 5 p.m. - SC Women’s Basketball at Riverside City Game time: 7 p.m. - IVC Men’s Basketball vs. Cypress Game time: 5 p.m. - IVC Women’s Basketball vs. Cypress Game time: 7 p.m. - IVC Men’s Tennis vs. Pierce College Game time: 2 p.m. - IVC Women’s Tennis at Glendale Friday - SC Baseball at Cuesta College Game time: 2 p.m. - IVC Baseball atWest LA Game time: 1 p.m. - SC Women’s Tennis at Ventura Invitational Game time: TBD

Saturday - SC Baseball at Cuesta College Game time: 1 p.m. - IVC Baseball vs. West LA Game time: 12 p.m. - SC Women’s Tennis at Ventura Invitational Game time: TBD

courtesy of saddleback sports InformatIon Freshman Jessica Angulo (#16) has scored eight runs and six RBIs in her first season play-ing with the Gauchos softball team, just one player of an exemplery team.