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Law Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, of the 38th Congressional District, paid a visit to Rio Hondo on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in S220 at 5:20 p.m. to discuss law to members of the Pathway to Law Program which was estab- lished three weeks ago on campus. Sanchez, who covers the Southeastern Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley which in- cludes 15 different cities, was introduced by The Pathway to Law Program coordinator Vi- centa Arrizon Maffris. In the meeting, which lasted about 30 minutes, Sanchez talked to Pre-Law Society students about her education, her background and the challenges she faces as a young Latina woman in congress. “There’s a saying in Washington DC that goes, if you don’t have a seat at the table, chances are you are on the menu.” Sanchez, who spends 2/3 of her time in Washington DC and 1/3 of her time in Cali- fornia, informed her audience that females take up 19 percent of elected representatives at federal level. That’s a number she hopes will change considering there are 435 members in the House of Representatives and 100 in the Sen- ate. She continued by saying that in 2025 it is estimated that about one in four Americans will have Hispanic heritage in their back- ground. With those numbers rising, she hopes more Hispanics will be elected to serve in congress considering the percentage of His- panic elected representatives at a federal level is five. Sanchez continued her speech by saying that it is hard to get stuff done when members are not “inclusive” and don’t care what hap- pens to the community. Besides helping in legislation, Sanchez said she does casework, which involves work- ing one on one with individuals regarding any issues they have involving federal agencies like the IRS, VA, Social Security and Immi- gration. While admitting that she never saw her- self serving in office, Sanchez said she liked the idea of impacting people and serving ‘A Local Uptown Whittier restaurant California Grill recently partnered with Rio to offer an ex- clusive menu for students, faculty, and staff. The menu, entitled “A Taste For Rio,” is available every day of the week. $5 appetizers are available dur- ing happy hour such as chicken strips, Buffalo wings, and spinach artichoke dip; as well as drink spe- cials for those over 21. “A Taste For Rio” features breakfast, lunch, and dinner items all for a very reasonable price. The food items are also named after no- table locations and programs on campus. Some breakfast items include the “Wray Theater Breakfast Bur- rito”, “First-Year Success B-Fast Sandwich”, and “#iLoveRioHondo Pancakes”. Lunch and dinner items in- clude “The Big Hondo” (which is a two person combo meal), “El Paisano Salad”, and “Roadrunner Pasta”. Rio Hondo College Volume 51 Issue 4 50 years of serving the Rio Hondo community David Loza Editor-in-Chief Check us out online! What’s inside: News - 2 Features - 8 Lifestyles - 9 A&E - 14 Focus - 12 Opinion - 18 Sports - 21 Friday, October 24, 2014 Facebook: facebook.com/ elpaisanonewspaper Youtube: youtube.com/ elpaionline Twitter: twitter.com/ elpaionline Instagram: instagram.com/ elpaionline Lalig Tarbinian / El Paisano Congresswoman Sanchez speaks to law students Congresswoman Linda Sanches, in blue, addressed members of the Pathway to Law Program recently. Sanchez is seeking re-election in the upcoming Nov. 4 election. “There is a difference in ‘may’ or ‘shall.’ Those two words can impact how many people the bill will apply, or who it will go to.” - Congresswoman Linda Sanchez As of Oct. 20, the majority of people exposed to Thomas Eric Duncan have been released and taken off of a watch list for con- tracting the Ebola virus. Duncan passed away from complications due to Ebola on Oct. 8. From the beginning of his iso- lation on Sept. 28, 120 people in total were exposed to Duncan. An initial group of 43, including friends, family, and passerby in his life were those released most re- cently, with only a few left in the watch. Those remaining few are to be released on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The 120 people still in observation include the medical staff who took care of Duncan initially in the ER, as well as others who administered regular care to him during his iso- lation. Of those, two nurses have been confirmed to have contracted the Ebola virus and are currently isolated themselves. Duncan, a native of Liberia where he likely contracted the virus, was remembered in a small church cer- emony on Oct. 18. According to an article by People Magazine, Dun- can is said to have helped a preg- nant woman who had the virus herself. Christopher Traslavina Staff Writer Ryan Guerrero Arts Editor California Grill offers exclusive menu Texas Ebola cases cause panic throughout U.S. see CONGRESS page three see EBOLA page three see GRILL page seven California Grill offers exclusive menu to RHC students and staff “A Taste For Rio” features breakfast, lunch, and dinner items all for a very reasonable price. The food items are also named after notable locations and programs on campus.

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Page 1: Vol 51 issue 4 JACC Issue

Law Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, ofthe 38th Congressional District, paid a visit toRio Hondo on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in S220 at5:20 p.m. to discuss law to members of thePathway to Law Program which was estab-lished three weeks ago on campus.

Sanchez, who covers the SoutheasternLos Angeles and San Gabriel Valley which in-cludes 15 different cities, was introduced byThe Pathway to Law Program coordinator Vi-centa Arrizon Maffris.

In the meeting, which lasted about 30minutes, Sanchez talked to Pre-Law Societystudents about her education, her backgroundand the challenges she faces as a young Latinawoman in congress.

“There’s a saying in Washington DC thatgoes, if you don’t have a seat at the table,chances are you are on the menu.”

Sanchez, who spends 2/3 of her time inWashington DC and 1/3 of her time in Cali-fornia, informed her audience that femalestake up 19 percent of elected representativesat federal level.

That’s a number she hopes will changeconsidering there are 435 members in theHouse of Representatives and 100 in the Sen-

ate. She continued by saying that in 2025 it is

estimated that about one in four Americanswill have Hispanic heritage in their back-ground.

With those numbers rising, she hopesmore Hispanics will be elected to serve incongress considering the percentage of His-panic elected representatives at a federal levelis five.

Sanchez continued her speech by sayingthat it is hard to get stuff done when membersare not “inclusive” and don’t care what hap-pens to the community.

Besides helping in legislation, Sanchezsaid she does casework, which involves work-ing one on one with individuals regarding anyissues they have involving federal agencieslike the IRS, VA, Social Security and Immi-gration.

While admitting that she never saw her-self serving in office, Sanchez said she likedthe idea of impacting people and serving

‘A Local Uptown Whittierrestaurant California Grill recentlypartnered with Rio to offer an ex-clusive menu for students, faculty,and staff.

The menu, entitled “A TasteFor Rio,” is available every day ofthe week.

$5 appetizers are available dur-

ing happy hour such as chickenstrips, Buffalo wings, and spinachartichoke dip; as well as drink spe-cials for those over 21.

“A Taste For Rio” featuresbreakfast, lunch, and dinner itemsall for a very reasonable price. Thefood items are also named after no-table locations and programs oncampus.

Some breakfast items includethe “Wray Theater Breakfast Bur-rito”, “First-Year Success B-FastSandwich”, and “#iLoveRioHondoPancakes”.

Lunch and dinner items in-clude “The Big Hondo” (which is atwo person combo meal), “ElPaisano Salad”, and “RoadrunnerPasta”.

Rio Hondo CollegeVolume 51 Issue 450 years of serving the Rio Hondo community

David LozaEditor-in-Chief

Check usout online!

What’s inside:News - 2Features - 8Lifestyles - 9A&E - 14

Focus - 12Opinion - 18Sports - 21

Friday, October 24, 2014

Facebook:facebook.com/elpaisanonewspaper

Youtube:youtube.com/elpaionline

Twitter:twitter.com/elpaionline

Instagram:instagram.com/elpaionline

Lalig Tarbinian / El Paisano

Congresswoman Sanchez speaks to law studentsCongresswoman Linda Sanches, in blue, addressed members of the Pathway to Law Program recently. Sanchez is seeking re-election in the upcoming Nov. 4 election.

“There is a difference in ‘may’ or ‘shall.’Those two words can impact how manypeople the bill will apply, or who it will

go to.” - Congresswoman Linda Sanchez

As of Oct. 20, the majority ofpeople exposed to Thomas EricDuncan have been released andtaken off of a watch list for con-tracting the Ebola virus. Duncanpassed away from complicationsdue to Ebola on Oct. 8.

From the beginning of his iso-lation on Sept. 28, 120 people intotal were exposed to Duncan. Aninitial group of 43, includingfriends, family, and passerby in hislife were those released most re-cently, with only a few left in thewatch. Those remaining few are to

be released on Tuesday, Oct. 21.The 120 people still in observationinclude the medical staff who tookcare of Duncan initially in the ER,as well as others who administeredregular care to him during his iso-lation. Of those, two nurses havebeen confirmed to have contractedthe Ebola virus and are currentlyisolated themselves.Duncan, a native of Liberia wherehe likely contracted the virus, wasremembered in a small church cer-emony on Oct. 18. According to anarticle by People Magazine, Dun-can is said to have helped a preg-nant woman  who had the virusherself.

Christopher TraslavinaStaff Writer

Ryan GuerreroArts Editor

California Grill offers exclusive menuTexas Ebola cases cause panic throughout U.S.

see CONGRESS page three

see EBOLA page three see GRILL page seven

California Grill offers exclusivemenu to RHC students and staff

“A Taste For Rio”features breakfast,lunch, and dinneritems all for a veryreasonable price.The food items arealso named afternotable locationsand programs on

campus.

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Congresswoman Linda Sanchez Speaks

Congresswoman Linda Sanchez speaks to Law Club members.

Congresswoman Linda Sanchez takes a part in a Q &A with Law Club.

Student’s listen to Congresswoman Linda Sanchez talk about working in Washington DC.

Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, of the 38th Congressional District,paid a visit to RioHondo on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in S220 at 5:20 p.m. to discuss law to members of the Pathwayto Law Program which was established three weeks ago on campus. Sanchez, who covers theSoutheastern Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley which includes 15 different cities, was in-troduced by The Pathway to Law Program coordinator Vicenta Arrizon Maffris.

Photos by Lalig Tarbinian, photo essay by David Loza

Congresswoman Sanchez expresses to law students.

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CONGRESS: Lawstudents educatedthem, calling herself a Public Ser-vant and not a Politician since thename has been tainted by politicianswho practice greed, corruption andonly serve themselves.

Sanchez, who studied Law atUCLA in 1995, said that having alegal background helped her dothings more effectively. “There is adifference in ‘may’ or ‘shall.’ Thosetwo words can impact how manypeople the bill will apply, or who itwill go to.”

She also advised anyone inter-ested in law school to do it for theright reasons. “You shouldn’t havethat degree to go into somethingelse. You should get it if you’re in-terested in practicing law.”

While admitting that it took her20 years to pay for her law schooldebt, she encouraged anyone pursu-ing the idea to think wisely.

She also said that not everyone

in congress has a law degree sayingsome are doctors, lawyer, farmersand teachers; what she originallyhad in mind.

After her 25-minute speech shehad time for some questions andwas asked by a student if she wasnervous of the mid-term electionscoming up on November to whichshe replied, “Less people show upwhen it’s a mid-term election. His-panic voters are not voting.”

She continued by saying thatalthough her parents were bothworking class Mexican Immigrants,they encouraged their children tovote and make a difference.

Before ending the Q & A,Sanchez said that she is currentlyworking on raising anti-bullyingstandards and cyber bullying tomake schools safer for everyone.

Sanchez is seeking re-electionthis Nov. 5, for the 38th District.

Hello friends,

Besides Halloween, Octoberhas become a month for awareness.It is a month to open our hearts andbe proud for what we are, where westand and what we support.

Besides the costumes and thecandy that this month has to offer,we’ve become aware of the manystruggles and issues we have to dealwith as students, faculty and ashuman beings.

With October coming to an endwe would like to remind you whatNovember stands for.

It stands for giving thanks andfor being grateful for what we have.It also stands for helping others inneed. That is the reason why I amreaching out to you.

Last fall some writers for ElPaisano went on an assignment tocover the Midnight Mission. I wasone of them.

Having volunteered before, itwas my idea as an Online Editor-in-

Chief to take some writers to coveran event outside our campus.

My goal was to expose them toreality and to test them as writersand as human beings to help voicethe voices silenced by stereotypesand ignorance.

To those unaware of what theMidnight Mission is or offers, themission is a shelter that providesfood, clothing and boarding.

It is a non-profit organization,meaning they can use all the helpthey can get.

This year the Midnight Missionis celebrating their 100th year inhelping the community, and wewould like to celebrate in one of thebest ways possible.

I would like to return to themission again. However, I wouldlike to return with a little extrasomething. That is where you, thereader come in.

Skip the Starbucks; skip thewarm tea and snacks before class.Just for one day.

There will be future set loca-tions that I will discuss later onlinewhere you can donate whateveryour heart desires.

I’m not just asking for money,cans, clothing, anything will suffice.Just for one day.

Before you know it you willhave impacted someone’s life.That’s all it takes.

100 percent of what you donatewill go to the Midnight Mission tohelp people in need. Let’s make adifference.

For more information pleasevisit themidnightmission.org or lookup our story from last fall on El-Paisanoonline.com.

Let’s celebrate thanksgiving as one.

Thank you,

David M. LozaCo-EIC/News Editor

Letter From the Editor

Lalig Tarbinian/El PaisanoA young woman paces back and forth on the road across from theMidnight Mission building in Downtown Los Angeles.

Lalig Tarbinian/El PaisanoLunch is served in the cafeteria every day at the Midnight Mission.

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EBOLA: Nation in a panic Around 40 people met in the

church where the ceremony washeld, all of which were Duncan’sfriends and family. He was said toalways be of a friendly and helpfuldemeanor.

Upon his travelling to theUnited States after his stay inLiberia, he   initially lied aboutbeing exposed to someone with thedisease.

This denial on Duncan’s parthas caused the fallout still seentoday. Though Duncan had the bestintentions with helping those in hisnative country, not admitting to hisrisk may have caused more deathsand a nationwide cause for con-cern.

Because the twonewest known victims of Ebola arehealth care professionals them-selves, many around the countryhave been wondering just how pre-pared doctors and nurses are tohandle an emergency response toany potential Ebola patients.

Scott Dance of the Baltimore

Sun reports that caregivers inMaryland are seeking further train-ing and knowledge of the disease.There is even considerations beingmade for a sort of buddy systemthat will have caregivers monitorone another as they put on protec-tive gear.

The World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) has raised concerns oftheir own. Based on the number ofcases reported from the source ofthe outbreak in West Africa as wellas the deaths caused to date, WHOhas come forward with somealarming numbers concerning thevirus. WHO predicts that upwardsof 10,000 new cases monthly couldcome into being and that the mor-tality rate of the virus could be up-wards of 70 percent.Approximately 4,500 deaths havebeen caused by the virus to datewith this most recent outbreak.

When asked how he feelsabout the situation as a whole, RioHondo student David Escobar said,“It is good that people take precau-tionary measures but at the same

time the government has to main-tain peace. It did get blown out ofproportion when the news brokeand people were scared it wouldspread across the country.

However, now that I hear it’sbeen contained I feel there’s lessrisk. Still, it’s not good to think thatit could never spread. It’s a goodidea to keep our eyes and ears openand stay aware that it may stillspread.”

With many people still quar-antined and at risk, there is stillmuch to be done in the UnitedStates in order to be properly pre-pared for any situation that mayarise. It’s important to rememberthat Ebola is believed to be spreadstrictly by contact with bodily flu-ids of those already showing signsof the disease.

As of this writing, there is noevidence that Ebola is an airbornedisease. As long as those who arebeing monitored are watched bycaregivers who are well trained, nofurther cases of the virus shouldarise.

continued from page one

“Less people show up when it’s a mid-term election.Hispanic voters are not voting.”

- Congresswoman Linda SanchezThis denial on Duncan’s part has caused the

fallout still seen today.

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CDC Pumpkin Festival held hereIvan Castro &Angela HernandezStaff Writers

The CDC held a Pumpkin Fes-tival for their students from 9:30a.m. to 11 a.m. on Oct. 24.

It was located in the grassy arearight outside the CDC classrooms.

The CDC asked the entire RioHondo community for pumpkin do-nations.

At the end of the festival, chil-dren had the ability to walk throughthe pumpkin patch and pick one outfor their own.

Past CDC Pumpkin Festivalshad staff, faculty and administratorsdonating the majority of the pump-kins. This year everyone was en-couraged to participate.

The festival included a multi-tude of pumpkin activities fromtosses, fishing and bowling to anobstacle course.

Children tasted multiple pump-kin centered foods. Photos of theevent were taken for its Facebookpage to record the memorable event.A total of 70 children attended the

event and up to 32 practicum stu-dents participated as well.

The CDC Pre-School Labora-tory focuses on student’s interestsand their development, preparingthem for kindergarten by exposingthem to many education philoso-phies.

They are assessed by a stateexam at the end of the year.

The CDC makes sure that allchildren who come to the programhave the best education available to

them by offering Government Sub-sidized Payments to the familiesthat may need the extra help.

A family event that continues tobe a favorite is the Pumpkin Festi-val, a focus on the season instead ofthe holiday.

Everyone was welcome to do-nate a pumpkin at CDC’s front of-fice and be a part in the continuationof the tradition.

Dr. Sondra Moe, professor andcoordinator of the CDC, hopedevery child participated in this event

which is why the CDC needed asmany pumpkins as possible andwhy every year the CDC needs thehelp of Rio Hondo students.

Many events are held through-out the year at the Child Develop-ment Center (CDC).

Since their opening in Augustof 1996, the events held have helpedstudents and their children by pro-viding fun and interactive experi-ences at a very low cost.

Frantones raises fundsfor Business Club

Ivan CastroStaff Writer

Frantone’s and the Phi BetaLambda teamed up to fundraise forthe Business Club. The fundraisertook place on Wednesday, Oct. 8and 12 from 10 a.m to 3 p.m.

Frantone’s regularly sets uptheir stand by the Rio Hondo cam-pus library, and it was no differentfor the fundraiser.

The stand was hard to miss asit could be seen heading down to theRio Café or towards the BusinessBuilding.

To help the fundraiser studentssimply had to purchase one of Fran-tone’s excellent food options.

As usual, they had their pizza’sand sub sandwiches, which could becompleted with a beverage.

Whenever anyone purchasedanything from the Frantone’s stand,25 percent of that purchase was do-nated to the Rio Hondo CollegeBusiness Club.

According to Frantone’s repre-sentative here on campus, everytime their van is here at Rio Hondo,they are fund raising for “variousclubs and organizations.”

25 percent of every purchase isgiven to participating clubs, not juston the 8 and the 10.

The same week Frantone’s wasfundraising for the business club,they were also helping raise fundsfor other clubs or organizations suchas the volleyball team.

Apart from satisfying theirundying hunger, every time studentspurchase something from Fran-tone’s, they are unknowingly givingback to Rio Hondo campus.Students and visitors can still expectto see the Frantone’s van in theweeks to come.

Gabriel Pr eciado/El PaisanoBesides Pizza’s and Subs, Frantone’s donated 25 percent of purchases to clubs.

Transfer CenterContinues HereIvan CastroStaff Writer

October is the month to begintransfer applications. Workshopsand other transfer related activitiestook place and will continue to doso throughout the month at the RioHondo Transfer Center.

To start off, workshops for CalStates and UCs are scheduled totake place on Mondays, Wednes-days, and some Thursdays of thismonth.

Application reviews for bothCal States and UCs took place onTuesdays and some Thursdays.

Additionally, university cam-pus tours were also provided andsome are still scheduled for the endof this month, including openhouses.

One upcoming campus tourwill take students to CSULA and isscheduled on Halloween from 8:30a.m. to 4 p.m.

Students can also look forwardto a Transfer Fair here at Rio Hondoon the Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 1p.m.

Various schools will attend toanswer questions from students inorder to help them choose the rightschool.

Any student with further ques-tions and concerns can turn to thehelpful people at the Transfer Cen-ter.

Hours of operation will be from8 a.m.- 7 p.m. from Mondaythrough Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3p.m. on Friday.

Photo courtesy of oxfordumc.orgThere are many pumpkin patches located in nearby cities where people can purchase a pumpkin for their own.

Gabriel Preciado/ El PaisanoTransfer Center offers assistance to students interested in transfering

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One in Christ Club welcomes allAlex CadenaStaff Writer

The One in Christ Club unitesChristians from all denominationson campus four days a week.

The first three days of the weekmeet outside the Rio Café: Mon-days, at 11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, at11:30 a.m., and Wednesdays, at 1p.m.

The main meeting for the clubis in room S226 on Thursday at 1p.m.

A crucial part of One in Christis that it is open to all students.“Anyone is welcome regardless oftheir spiritual background or knowl-edge.” said Eric Robinson, an activemember of the club.

The Student President of theclub, Esteban Alacio, wants RioHondo Students to know this, “Onein Christ is a great place to come

and build relationships with otherstudents and God. One of biggeststrength is building relationships.We have some of the best relation-ships with each other. Through ourrelationships, we help each otherout and build each other up evenwhen times are tough. We are al-ways there for each other.”

The club stresses that regard-less of anyone’s church denomina-tion, every believer is united as onewith the same goal.

This brings opportunities forbelievers to get to know others out-side denominational boundaries.The club is welcomes all believersand is excited to share their faithwith students.

The club wants to help collegestudents grow in biblical, spiritual-ity and fellowship. Each week theclub has a bible passage to read and

discusses how it applies in everydaylife.

To accommodate a larger audi-ence of students, the club meetsmultiple times a week.

Each day of the week has a dif-ferent leader in charge of the group.The same message is throughout theweek, so every group is on the samepage.

The club also participates inevents outside of campus.

They participate in serving thehomeless, and attend conferenceswith similar clubs from nearby cam-puses.

One in Christ is affiliating withthe InterVarsity Christian Fellow-ship organization, which ministersto students and faculty throughsmall group bible studies, campusgatherings, thoughtful discipleship,and special events.

“Anyone is welcome regardless of theirspiritual background or knowledge.”

Gabriel Preciado/El PaisanoThe Chinese Club meets every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in room A213.

Fallen Officer added to Memorial WallAngela HernandezStaff Writer

The Covina Police Departmentlost one of their own on Sept. 30, ina deadly motorcycle and automobileincident.

A graduate of Rio Hondo’s Po-lice Academy and officer since2007, Jordan Corder was on hisvery first day of patrolling the cityof Covina as a motorcycle officerwhen an SUV collided into him.

Officer Corder walked the fineline between good and evil. He tookit upon himself to be a part of the

brave and selfless that upheld thelaw and protected the innocent fromthe guilty.

He carried with him the fineideals taught to him here at RioHondo.

Most of his family and friendsremember him as a good-naturedman who showed dedication andpromise in his work.

He was known by many be-cause of his father’s many years ofworking in the same department.

The loss was one that was feltamong the cadets, the people of

Covina and the entire Covina Policedepartment.

Although his fate was a sad oneit is one that could be shared by allpolice officers.

Upon donning their uniformevery day they are prepared to facethe worst-case scenario.

Corder, as all officers of thelaw, accepted this and took on hisjob with pride and joy.

Mothers Against Drunk Driv-ing had awarded Corder three con-secutive years for his work inkeeping the streets of Covina safe

for all. The funeral was held in

Pomona’s First Baptist Church lo-cated on 586 North Main Street onOct. 7, with over a thousand peoplein attendance.

Rio Hondo College PoliceAcademy director, Walt Allen III at-tended the funeral with faculty andcadets from our 200 recruit class.

Allen knew Corder personallyand when asked about the Corderfamily answered “Jordan comesfrom a family of solid ethics and thesense of serving others and it is such

a tragedy that he would wind upmaking the ultimate sacrifice in theline of duty.”

His name will be added to RioHondo’s memorial of graduates lostin the line of duty in upcoming May.

His family and the Covina Po-lice Department will be invited tothe event.

If there is any way to rememberOfficer Jordan Corder it would be inthe great work he did for his com-munity and not the sadness of hisdeath.

Gabriel Preciado/El PaisanoOfficer Jordan Corder’s name added to the list of fallen officers.

“Jordan comes from a family of solid ethics and the sense of serving others and it issuch a tragedy that he would wind up making the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.”

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San GabrielMountains declared

landmarkRyan GuerreroA&E Editor

The San Gabriel Mountains,which can be seen from the RioHondo campus and surroundingcommunities, was recently estab-lished by the United States Govern-ment as a national monument onOct. 10.

The new monument will be the110 U.S. National Monument.

President Obama flew into LosAngeles on Oct. 9 to attend a townhall at Cross Campus [a businessstartup office space in Santa Mon-ica], followed by a Democratic Na-tional Committee at the home ofactress Gwyneth Paltrow.

The next day on Oct. 10,Obama formally announced the es-tablishment of a portion of theMountains as a national monumentduring a ceremony at Bonelli Parkin San Dimas.

At the ceremony, Obamasigned the designation that will pro-tect 346,000 acres of forestlands.

“The story of the San GabrielMountains is in many ways thestory of America,” Obama said.

“It is the story of communitiesexploring the Great West, of NativeAmericans, Spanish missionaries,colonialists and rancheros, mer-chants and landowners; the story ofprospectors in search of gold, of set-tlers in search of a new life.”

The monument is managed bythe U.S. Forest Service and includesparts of both the Angeles NationalForest and the San Bernardino Na-tional Forest.

However; Mt. Baldy, Wright-wood, or Cucamonga Canyon willnot be included due to the monu-ment facing critical opposition fromlocal residents throughout the SanBernardino County.

In an effort to avoid conflictsand diminish concerns, the monu-ment does not cover most of thesouthern slopes and eliminates thetowns in the region.

Obama has designated 12 na-

tional monuments throughout histerm in office. His last was theOrgan Mountains-Desert Peaks Na-tional Monument in south-centralNew Mexico.

The San Gabriel MountainsNational Monument could be thelast one Obama designates before heleaves office in 2017.

The designation of the moun-tains came into place after muchpositive input from local and stateofficials, as well as environmentalgroups and residents of SouthernCalifornia.

Many factors played a key roleas well such as the fact the moun-tains provide one third of the re-gions clean water supply.

Many residents and officialsalso complained about pollution andvandalism throughout the forest andwatersheds.

Endangered species and signif-icant cultural resources were alsofactors cited by The Obama Admin-istration.

At the designation ceremony inSan Dimas, City Council memberDenis Bertone stated such factors.

“I want to welcome PresidentObama to San Dimas as he preparesto officially declare the San GabrielMountains National Monument,”said San Dimas Council Member,Denis Bertone.

“The mountains are a vitalsource of clean drinking water forour community. This designationwill result in a renewed commit-ment from the Forest Service lead-ing to better visitor services,improved water quality, educationalprograms, better access to trails andeconomic benefits for surroundingcommunities. I don’t see any down-side. I see it all positive for localcities.”

Bertone’s statement certainly

makes a valid argument as the newNational Monument will allow formany recreational activities such ashiking, camping, and mountain bik-ing.

Women’s Soccer promotesBreast Cancer awareness

Angela Hernandez & Isis CortezStaff Writer

The women’s soccer team tookpledges from women to get their an-nual mammogram in order on Oct.15, and 16, to promote the dangersof breast cancer in the event We'reGonna Win from 11 a.m. to 12:30p.m.

The mother of one of CoachTanaka’s former players, ShelleySmith, was recently diagnosed withbreast cancer and has become theinspiration behind “Rio Hondo’sWomen’s Soccer Cancer Initiative.”

Shelley Smith, an EmmyAward winning journalist and re-porter, inspired Tanaka along with

other women to keep moving for-ward despite whatever may cometheir way.

Smith however, is not the onlyfriend they have stood beside duringtheir fight against breast cancer.

Their assistant coach, AmandaKrukow was also diagnosed and ablood drive was done in her honor.Both of these women and many oth-ers serve as reminders that breastcancer can affect anyone and moti-vated our women soccer to take theinitiative and promote early detec-tion.

Miranda Flores, the women’ssoccer team captain wanted every-one to know, “early detection is

key.”According to the American

Cancer Society, “Breast cancers thatare found because they are causingsymptoms tend to be larger and aremore likely to have already spread beyond the breast.”

All the more reason for womento get their mammogram in a timelymanner, the earlier breast cancer isdetected the better chances of sur-vival.

Even though Smith is not alarge part of the association theteam has rallied with her and startedthis initiative as a sign of solidarity.

A camera was available to anystudents who wanted to show Smithsupport through a video card.

Courtesy of www.conservationalliance.comObama declaring the San Gabriel Mountains an officiallndmark on Oct. 9.

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Rio student Ivan Garcia whofrequently eats at the restraint said,“The menu offers some tasty op-tions at a reasonable price. My fa-vorite is the ‘Rio’s Toast’ becauseit is simply delicious.”

School I.D. will be requiredwhen purchasing off the menu.

California Grill is located at6751 Painter Ave. in Uptown Whit-tier, directly across the street fromWhittier College.

For more information aboutthe restaurant and exclusive menu,v i s i thttp://www.californiagrill.biz/.

Leslie GuttierezStaff Writer

The Rio Hondo Foundationraises funds to create various schol-arships for RHC students.

However it has been somewhatnoted that very few students actu-ally take advantage of the opportu-nity that the Foundation givesstudents through these scholarships.

On Tuesday, Oct.7, from 11:30-12:30 p.m. the Associated Studentsof Rio Hondo College (ASRHC)and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund(HSF) co-hosted the RHC Scholar-ship Workshops.

They helped serve nearly 60students to apply for RHC scholar-ships.

At the workshop, rather thangive information about many differ-ent scholarship options, the work-shops were completely hands onand students were able to begin orcontinue their application for theFoundation scholarships.

The Foundation ScholarshipWorkshops were taking place inB113.

This lab had plenty of comput-ers for every student to individuallyapply for the Foundation scholar-ships.

ASRHC and HSF had JanetCastagnola, the RHC Foundationprogram assistant, facilitate and as-sist RHC students while they wereapplying for the Foundation schol-arships at the workshops.

The scholarships that the stu-dents had applied for can be ac-cessed through students’ Access Rioaccounts.

Once logged on, students mayclick on the “Students” tab, scrolldown to “apply here for scholar-ships,” there is only one applicationthat students need to apply for.

Although students are fillingout one application, the applicationwill them be filtered out by major,GPA, and other criteria for each ofthe individual scholarships.

The application for the scholar-ships is fairly easy.

Like mentioned before, there isonly one application. Other thanfilling out basic information aboutones’ birth and address, the applica-tion requires one 600-900 wordessay titled, “Who am I.”

Castagnola mentioned duringthe Foundation Scholarship Work-shops, “Students shouldn’t feelbogged down or worried about theessay.”

The essay portion is meant togive students substance to their ap-plication so that the reviewers mayreview each application holistically.

Castagnola also recommendsthat students have at the minimum adraft or outline of their essay priorto attending a workshop. However,the workshops are an hour long eachand students are able to completelybegin or continue their applicationat any point.

Another component to the ap-

plication is uploading ones’ unoffi-cial transcripts.

Some students may alreadyhave these saved on a USB.

However, the workshops are ina lab and students do have access toall of the computers in B 113.

Castagnola was also there tohelp students upload their unofficialtranscripts.

Many students loathe the ideaof taking time out of their studies tocomplete what they may feel is an-other assignment.

Yet everyone needs to remem-ber that in filling out the FoundationScholarships application, there isfree money at stake.

This money that one may re-ceive may be money that allowsthem to take time off of work tofocus on their studies.

It may be money that may keepstudents from dropping out of col-lege completely.

The Rio Hondo Foundation didits best to make it easy for all stu-dents to apply for the scholarshipsby creating one application, havingone general, “Who am I” essay, andASRHC and HSF have created fourworkshops two a day, one in themorning and the other in theevening to ensure that students havean opportunity to fill out the appli-cation with direct help from thefoundation.

Remember, the deadline toapply for these scholarships is onOct. 27.

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El Paisano walks awaywith 9 JACC awardsEl Paisano's Online Newspa-

per won a General Excellenceaward and staff members woneight plaques and one honorablemention at the annual JournalismAssociation of Community Col-leges SoCal Conference at Cal-State Fullerton last weekend.

El Paisano's online newspa-per, which boasts over 8,000monthly readers, was named aGeneral Excellence award winner,the highest award given to a publi-cation by the JACC. It is the sec-ond General Excellence award forthe online paper in the past threeyears.

Co-Editor-In-Chief LaligTarbinian and photographer Gus-tavo Ortega won two awards each,all in the photo categories.

Tarbinian took a second placein mail-in Photo Essay and won athird place in on-the-spot FeaturePhoto. Ortega won his two awardsin the on-the-spot contests as hewon a first place in News Photoand an honorable mention in Fea-ture Photo.

Heather Cordoza took a thirdplace in mail-in Opinion Story,Robert Sanchez took a third placein mail-in Editorial Cartoon, LeslieGutierrez took a third in on-the-spot Copy Editing and the newspa-per won a fourth place in mail-inInside Page Layout.

There were 30 Southern Cali-fornia community colleges at theevent and over 300 students andteachers attended. The conferencefeatures workshops by professionaljournalists, photographers andbroadcasters as well as competi-tions in 12 journalistic categories.

"Everyone did a great job atthe conference," said El Paisano'sAdviser John Francis.

"It is a great way for studentsto learn about the media from thosein the profession."

Rio Hondo'sJournalism/Media Department of-fers three degrees in JournalismPrint and Media. Students inter-ested in the department shouldcontact Francis at ext. 3453 or dropby room B112.

Members of El Paisano staff garner nine awards at the JACC SoCal Convention last week.

Photographers, Gustavo Ortega and Lalig Tarbinian won fourawards.

“The menu offers sometasty options at a rea-sonable price. My fa-

vorite is the ‘Rio’sToast’ because it issimply delicious.”

-Ivan Garcia

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Features El Paisano

Student Spotlight: Nicole V. Moore

to “go for your dream and nevergive up.”

Moore also shared that shefeels that “every day is a blessing.’

Her faith in God has helped herovercome her own personal obsta-cles.

During her free time Mooreenjoys hanging out with herboyfriend, walking around and try-ing new things.

She finds comfort in the thrillof new adventures.

One of her favorite hobbies isswimming and she also enjoys lis-tening to new music.

One day she hopes to learnhow to speak French.

Ten years from now Moorehopes to be done with school. Shewould also like to be married andadopt a child one day.

Moore is a caring, helpful andan inspirational young woman whois capable of accomplishing amaz-ing things.

The college life is difficult foranyone, - but the way she handlesher challenges shows what a greatperson she truly is.

Nicole Moore posing for the camera.Lalig Tarbinian/El Paisano

Moore taking a picture with a former RHC student.Lalig Tarbinian/El Paisano

Abree DominguezStaff Writer

Across the Rio Hondo Col-lege campus there aremany different students

who have a variety of personalitytraits.

College students face challeng-ing tasks on a daily basis, fromschool, personal issues and balanc-ing a social life.

Nicole Valentine Moore is astudent at RHC that is passionate,intelligent and caring.

While growing up in RowlandHeights Moore was able to have ahappy childhood.

When she attended RowlandHigh School she was an activemember in many different clubsand theatre productions.

Growing up Moore faced dif-ferent tasks that helped shaped herlife as an adult.

As a young girl Moore was in-volved in the Girl Scout organiza-tion, where she learned manydifferent valuable morals.

One of her passions in life is toraise awareness for children andadults who are faced with any typeof disorder that makes them differ-ent from one another.

She is also passionate aboutBreast Cancer Awareness.

Unfortunately her family hasbeen affected with cancer and hergoal is to give people the knowl-edge and awareness to help find a

cure and end the disease. Recently Moore was diag-

nosed with a learning disability. Despite her diagnosis she has

tried her absolute hardest to helpshare her story and let others knowthat they can also help.

Moore wants people to be openminded and have some sort of will-ingness to help people with disabil-ities.

She encourages others to notgive up, regardless of their circum-stances.

Now at the ripe age of 21,Moore is focusing on her classes atRio Hondo with dreams to transferand work with children.

This semester she is takinggeneral education courses andhopes to receive her degree inChild Development from Cal StateUniversity of Fullerton.

When it came time for Mooreto pick a college to attend afterhigh school she leaned towardRHC.

She had friends who recom-mended Rio Hondo and knew thatshe would be able to achieve hergoals here at Rio.

One of her concerns would begoing to another school where shewould face distractions.

At Rio Hondo Moore has en-joyed the help she has receivedfrom staff and her friends.

If a student on campus wasasking Moore for advice she wouldoptimistically tell the eager student

If a student on campus was asking Moore for advice she would optimistically tellthe eager student to “go for your dream and never give up.”

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RHC students take pride in their ink

Isis CortezStaff Writer

Rio Hondo is fortunateenough to be sprinkled withwalking art pieces every-

where. No matter what year it isthese more artistic and extremelycommitted people can be foundroaming the campus.  

Tattoos have been a form of ex-pression since about 4900 B.C. andwere originally placed as treatmentfor illnesses as a sort of acupuncturetherapy.  These permanent markingsdate back to ancient times and haveever since been a part of our humansociety.  

In today’s society getting a tat-too has a much more differentmeaning. For some people it can bea drunken mistake, a meaningfulmemory or simply an aestheticallypleasing mark.

Regardless of its meaning, thepermanence is something that somepeople may find to be too much.  

These brave souls who are will-ing to give a part of their bodies toart are all around campus! Every-where you go, from students, busdrivers, employees and even teach-ers the tats are there, and they’re lit-erally there to stay.   

Esmaralda Monato can be seenwalking around campus with sevenbeautifully colored tattoos. Mon-tano’s favorite tattoo is the Phoenixon her left shoulder. 

“I got it when I was 19, so ayear ago. It’s nothing personal, justwhat it stands for, which is rebirth,means a lot to me,” said Montanowhen asked about her phoenix.  

Dennise Espinoza is anotherstudent with an array of very visibletattoos. With 10 tattoos it can be dif-ficult for Espinoza to choose a fa-vorite, but she decided on the oneon her left shoulder blade which has

a Precious Moments angel with itsarms spread open and the words “Ilove you this much” written aboveit along with the names of her greatgrandparents below it.

Espinoza said she was 18 whenshe got it and it was only the secondtattoo she ever got and has been herfavorite ever since.  

“I wanted to get something forthem before anything happens, godforbid. I just want to show them thatI appreciate them and love them todeath and they’re the only ones whodeserve to be on my body,” con-fessed Espinoza when asked aboutthe meaning behind hertattoo.  Family tattoos seem to be areoccurring trend.  

Javier Vital, a student on cam-pus with a tattoo in honor of hisfamily.

An absolutely breathtakingportrait of his two kids rests on hisright shoulder.  

“It represents the love I havefor my kids,” said Vital when askedabout the significance of his favoritetattoo.  

Chris Rodriguez is one morestudent with several tattoos.

“I don’t have a favorite, they allhave an equal meaning or value tome, but I guess I’ll choose the moreobvious one, this pirate ship.” Ro-driguez is referring to a large pirateship he has on his right forearm.   

“I was in the navy and wesailed in the Caribbean, called theorder of the Spanish Maine. It’s toldthat when you sail through theCaribbean you get to act like a pi-rate or do pirate things. 

It actually has words and it says‘bastards and outlaws’ which refersto the names that the Royal Navywas given in 1812 because theywere considered to be that low,”says Rodriguez when discussing the

meaning behind his pirate ship tat-too.  

“Did it hurt?” All of those whohave never gotten a tattoo can befound asking those who havewhether it hurt. 

“Yeah but not as bad as otherones,” said Montano.  

“It hurt very much, but afteryou numb out it’s not as bad,” con-fessed Espinoza.  

“It doesn’t feel good, but itdoesn’t hurt,” tells Vital.  

“It doesn’t hurt, people whosay it hurts are just sissy,” says Ro-driguez contrary to the beliefs ofmost people.  

As a more experienced tattoorecipient, Vital has advice for thosewho are maybe considering gettinga tattoo.  

“Don’t get them when you’reyoung. I’ve seen a lot of people re-gret the ones they get when they’reyoung. I’ve never regretted a singleone and that’s the way it should be.I think people forget it’s perma-nent.” He advises those who are lessknowledgeable.  

Similar to Vital, Rodriguez isvery experienced when it comes totattoos.

“I’d advise to stay away fromnautical tattoos. Unless you’ve beenon a boat or actually lived that lifein some way. Don’t get a freakinganchor or a ship, you don’t have tobe in the navy, but it’s just stupid,”said Rodriguez concerning the verypopular nautical themed tattoos.  

Regardless of the meaning be-hind these student’s tattoos all thosewho have ever been inked share thebond with the needle. It’s a markingthat will always be a part of them,physically and mentally.

Whether a person regrets theirtattoo or not, it will always be an ex-perience and a memory that mightjust make a funny story someday.  

Above, photo by Gabriel Preciado. Left, photos by Isis Cortez

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From video game directorShinji Mikami comes The EvilWithin, the next evolution in thesurvival horror genre.

Mikami revolutionized horrorin video games with the ResidentEvil franchise. After taking a breakfrom making terrifying games, hechose to step back into horror as hefelt current survival horror videogames relied too much on actionand not enough on horror, the essen-tial ingredient.

The game itself does look to beshaping up to be October’s go-togame for blood curdling screams.Many monsters, ghosts and ghoullike creatures that take inspirationfrom various horror movies willserve as the adversaries for theplayer.

One of the creature’s long,coarse black hair that covers the en-tire face brings to mind the ghostsof Japanese horror movies.

Except instead of having twolimbs, the creature possesses abouteight limbs that stretch out and withthem chases the player down blood

soaked hallways. Another aspect of the game in-

volves limiting the resources avail-able to the player.

Whether it is ammo or healingitems, the scarcity of them will haveplayers frantically trying to survive.

Whether or not the game cancontinue to consistently terrify theplayer remains to be seen.

However, judging from thegame footage that has been madeavailable to the public, The EvilWithin seems to be on the righttrack.

The fitness industry is boomingwith new workouts, diets, clothingand other materials in this day andage, however, there are some meth-ods that can cause health risks.

It is important to closely re-search a fitness craze before at-tempting any.  

Some stand the test of time andhave been around for decades andsome fads tend to fade away.

Of course working out in anyform of exercise is better than notworking out at all as long as it isdone correctly.  

One fitness craze that can beharmful to one’s body is the waisttrainer.

With all these curvaceouscelebs like Beyoncé and Kim Kar-dashian, curvy bodies with smallwaists have become a hot commod-ity.

Many women use corsets tocontour their waist into a smaller size.  

There are so many risks thatcome along with waist training.

Corset training restricts anymovements in the core which in turncan cause people to lose abdominalmuscle tone.

The corset pushes against therib cage damaging the lungs causinga person to inhale less oxygen. Itcan also cause deformation to theliver and stomach which leads tomultiple problems.  

Is it worth the risks? Another fad is that funny trash

bag looking sweat suits. Sorry guys,everyone’s not boxers trying to cutweight.

When working out, a person’score temperature increases causingtheir body to release heat throughsweating.

When sweat is evaporated thebody cools down to a safe tempera-ture. If sweat does not evaporate,they stay hot which causes them tosweat more.  

The thing is, sweat is not fat! Sweat is a fluid that our body

needs to have a good transfer ofblood flow to our organs.

If a person loses sweat, as soonas they rehydrate or eat, their bodyworks fast to consume and store allthe fluids it needs that were lost.

So in turn the weight loss onecan see on the scale will only betemporary.  

Sweat suits can be dangerous toone’s body and cause dehydration orlack of blood flow.

As a result, one can decreaseblood volume that can lead to de-creased amount of oxygen to one’sheart or brains which in turn cancause a heart attack or stroke!Yikes.  Another fitness trend that should beavoided is the Power Balancebracelet.

The Power Balance bracelet isa bracelet with a rubber like bandand a small round hologram dot inthe center.

The company claims that it willincrease performance, strength, bal-ance and flexibility.

Manufactures claim that theholographic technology responds tothe natural energy field in your bodyto help your overall athleticism.  

Many celebrities like DavidBeckham, Lindsay Lohan, GerardButler and Lamar Odom have beenspotted with the Power Balancebracelet.

The problem, however, is thatin 2010 the Australian distributor ofPower Balance admitted that theyengaged in misleading conduct.

They did not have the scientificevidence to back up their product.  

The makers of the braceleteventually stated “In our advertisingwe stated that Power Balance wrist-bands improved your strength, bal-ance and flexibility.

We admit that there is no cred-ible scientific evidence that supportsour claims and therefore we en-gaged in misleading conduct inbreach of s52 of the Trade PracticesAct 1974 “ and offered to give a fullrefund to everyone who applied forit.

After suffering such a greatloss, they eventually filed for bank-ruptcy soon after.  

All these fitness trends comeand go through the ages.

The best thing to do is educateoneself on the items or trends beforeactually purchasing or performingthem because your heath should bea main priority.  

October calls for all things scary, so let’s start off this wickedlyfun month with a wickedly intriguing beer.  

This week’s brew has all the workings of a modern-day rebel, butit’s still sweet enough to take home to the parents. It’s time to intro-duce Evil Twin: a Red Ale from Heretic Brewing (and the name ofthe beer stings more than the bite – errr, taste).  

The company is relatively new and based out of Fairfield, Califor-nia. Before opening their own brew factory in 2013, Heretic startedoff sharing their building with another brewing company. Now freefrom confines, the brewery has 16 different beers to choose from,10 of them being special releases.  

The brown bottle wears its black label proudly as Heretic is printedacross in a white font. The words Evil Twin stick out in bold redagainst the dark background along with two glowing red eyes. Acloser look at the label reveals an ash-gray demon-like head attachedto the pair of eyes.  

The label was so nicely constructed, I decided to take the handsomedevil home with me.  

When I popped the bottle open and had a sniff, I noticed the smellof the beer was very minute. Since the alcohol content is a decent6.8%, I thought there would be a much stronger scent. Once I heldthe bottle up to my nose, the bitter-hoppy smell was more apparent.  

Next came the pouring of the brew. Heretic’s website describes thecolor of the drink as “blood red,” but it was more of a deep brownwith a slight overtone of maroon. It had fair carbonation and left analluring layer of foam at the top of my mug.  

In addition, the beer wasn’t as crystal clear as the Karl Straus alelast reviewed, but it wasn’t completely opaque either.  

As is probably apparent through reading these reviews, I’m moresensitive to the hoppy parts of beer. Most of the time I dislike any-thing that’s extremely bitter, so taste time was a challenge. 

There is a bitter shock at first taste with Evil Twin, but it’s enjoyable.Though my face scrunched when it first passed through my tastebuds, it wasn’t overbearing. This was in part to the light malt flavorsthat worked to even out the bitter bang. 

The consistency of the beer wasvery light and went down effort-lessly. There was a slight after-taste, but – again – it didn’t addany displeasure to the brew andit didn’t linger for too long.  

At the end of the tasting, I waspretty pleased with my choice.Usually stronger beers are mypreference, but this one had anice middle ground. For thosethat like to kick things up a notchwithout the risk of getting too ex-treme, this Evil Twin is for you.  

Fitness with a quickness...at what cost?

Evil Twin: A Red Ale Rating: 4/5

The Beer FairyJenette PradoStaff Writer

Ivan CastroStaff Writer

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El PaisanoFriday, October 24, 2014

Dear Annie, my best friend is stealing from me, what do I do? 

First off, if this person was really your friend, they would not bestealing from you. A friendship is about giving, not taking. At leasta real friendship anyways. You do not need to report her to the po-lice, as she means something to you and that would hurt you deeply.What you can do is confront her about it and tell her to stop. Shedoesn't necessarily have to give back the money, as she probablywon't. She can't be that good a person if she's stealing from you inthe first place. You can give her a second chance, as we all deservethem. If she does it again, cut her from your life. You don't needtoxic people like that in your life. If she cared about you at all, shewouldn't be doing this. If you want to save the friendship, you cantry and talk it out with her and hopefully you can get somewherewith her.  

Dear Annie, my best friend and I like the same person, what doI do? 

You should both talk it out. It's okay for you both to like the sameperson. It is normal and it does happen a lot, especially if you andyour best friend are around the same person a lot. You both need torealize that your friendship is very important, as you are best friends.People do come and go and there are plenty of fish in the sea. It'sokay for you both to pursue the guy and to confess your feelings tothis person. Let the person tell you how they feel. If they like both,neither or one of you, you both need to come to an understandingthat the friendship comes first and that it's okay for this person tofeel the way they do. You are best friends and should want eachother to be happy and not get in the way of each other's happiness.A lot of best friends end up being torn apart by a situation like thisand you both need to be aware of that and promise not to let thishappen. If the relationship with this person does not work, at theend of the day, you still got each other.  

Dear Annie, I like my best friend, but I'm not ready to tell him, how do I not make it obvious? 

The best way to go about this is to just see him as a friend and noth-ing more, in case it doesn't work out. You don't want to get yourhopes up and then find out that you were wrong, as you will gethurt. It is not easy to act normal or in control when we like someoneand that's okay. It's just human nature. Luckily for you, most guyshave no idea when you like them. So unless you tell them, theymight never find out. Sometimes even when your friends tell them,they still don't believe it. If you don't make a big deal about it, hewon't either. Try not to tell too many people, as this kind of thingsdo get around, especially if a lot of people know about it. If youever feel like you're not in control when with him, go for a walk ortalk to someone. It's okay to try and get away from him as it willhelp ease up the tension. A lot of friendships become awkward whenone person finds out the other one likes them. Know that it's totallyokay for you to like him, as he is your best friend, which means youmust spend a lot of time with him. It's fine to like someone, justdon't let it completely take over you. Live your life as if you don'tlike him and just try and get to know him more as a friend than apotential boyfriend. Sometimes best friends do make the best ro-mantic partners though.  

Dear Annie, my best friend just got kicked out of her house,should I let her come stay with me? 

You should help her find another place to stay. Perhaps she canmove in with a relative or her boyfriend, if she has either. It is notrecommended that you let her stay with you as a lot to times, it doesnot end well. There have been many people in your situation, whotook their friends in and in the end they ended up regretting it. It isunderstandable that she is your best friend and that you want to helpher out, but you also have to think about your situation. Your homesituation may not be that great and bringing her in, may not helpthings. After all, she did get kicked out, not left on her own, whichmeans she must have done something to upset her parents, but atthe end of the day, it is your choice and you do know her better thanmost. Just take into consideration the pros and cons.  

Dear Annie...

Nikki NadvornickLifestyles & Features Editor

PREP TIME: 15 minutesCOOK TIME: 9-11 minutesTOTAL TIME: roughly 24-26minutes

INGREDIENTS:

-2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour-1 teaspoon baking soda-1 teaspoon salt-1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened-3/4 cup packed brown sugar-1 teaspoon vanilla extract-2 large eggs-2 cups (12 oz. pkg) semi-sweet

morsels-3/4 cup granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees andthen grease a baking sheet withpam or butter.

RECIPE:

1. In a small bowl combine flour,baking soda and salt.

2. In a large bowl with an electricmixer beat together butter, sugar,brown sugar and vanilla extract.

3. Gradually beat in flour mixtureinto the large bowl mixture.

4. Stir in morsels. (I prefer halfthe bag, but it is completely up toyou)

5. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or untilgolden brown.

6. Cool on pan for a few minutes,continue cooling on cooling rackand then enjoy!

RHCRoadrunners

RIOHONDO_COLLEGE

@RioHondoCollege

#iLoveRioHondo

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Halloween creeps up during the month of Oct. as people look forward to the begining of the holiday season. Many en-thusiasts celebrate the holiday throughout the month rather than just the actual day. From the help of Youtube tutorial

videos to blog tips, people get to showcase [their] talent in portraying their favorite characters. Besides hauntedhouses, many of the theme parks, such as Knott’s Berry Farm, Universal Studios Hollywood, Disneylands, etc., trans-

form their grounds to fit the spooky theme.

Photos and photo essay by Lalig Tarbinian

Lauren Bregman, dressed as Velma Dinkley, roams the floor of Long BeachComic Con on Saturday, Sep. 27.

Knott’s Scary Farm, along with other Halloween themed events, many talentsdress up to scare the guests.

Halloween decoratives are found at many stores for aficionados to purchase and be festive.

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Halloween creeps up during the month of Oct. as people look forward to the begining of the holiday season. Many en-thusiasts celebrate the holiday throughout the month rather than just the actual day. From the help of Youtube tutorial

videos to blog tips, people get to showcase [their] talent in portraying their favorite characters. Besides hauntedhouses, many of the theme parks, such as Knott’s Berry Farm, Universal Studios Hollywood, Disneylands, etc., trans-

form their grounds to fit the spooky theme.

Photos and photo essay by Lalig Tarbinian

Genevieve Marie switched from her usual Black Widow costume to the Elsa, the SnowQueen of Arendelle at the 6th Annual Long Beach Comic Con.

Jewel Miquelon, 21, learned to apply the Zipper Face makeup from Youtubevideos on Oct. 18 at the Titan Recreation Fun Run in Fullerton, Calif.

During the month of Halloween, many participants devote themselves to the characters they are embodying.

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Rio Hondo music professorFrank Accardo once again put on hisannual concert “Frank and Friends”on Oct. 21 at the Wray Theater.

Frank and Friends” is put onevery year by Accardo, staff, currentstudents, and alumni.

Accardo is a full time musicand guitar professor at Rio and hashad the honor of playing with verywell-known musicians such asFrank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.,Liza Minelli, Dean Martin, andmany more.

Playing alongside Accardo at“Frank and Friends” were Jess C.Hernandez, Aaron Gay, CassandraNevarez, Andrew Serra, MarioAcosta, Juan Sixto, and Blanca DeLos Santos.

All of the musicians had theirvery own unique way of playingtheir guitars and were all so gracefulyet passionate in their songs.

The concert featured songsfrom a variety of music including aRhumba Flamenca, to a SouthAmerican style, and also the song“Yesterday” by John Lennon andPaul McCartney.

Accardo along with Sixto

shared the stage with each other toplay the Spanish dance, “Oriental”and another Spanish dance, “An-daluza.” They played perfectly to-gether as the two were in syncduring the duration of the song.

De Los Santos and Accardoalso shared the stage with each otherplaying “Georges Waltz.”

She played a Lute her brotherGeorge had made for her whichsounded magnificent, and also ded-icated “Elvio’s Theme” to her hus-band, in which she played a guitarand sang.

De Los Santos, a Spanish pro-fessor at Rio, played extremelybeautifully with so much emotion inher. She also played the Bass Cha-rango as she sang.

To end the night, The DeepRiver Quartet [consisting of Her-nandez Jr., Gay, Nevarez, andSerra], played the Rhumba Fla-menca.

With Hernandez Jr. playingbass, Gay on percussions, and bothNevarez and Serra playing their gui-tars; the four of these musiciansplayed amazing together.

The upbeat Rhumba Flamencawas just the right way to end theconcert and leave the audience inawe.

Vanessa SanchezStaff Writer

Vanessa SanchezStaff Writer

RHC professor Frank Accardo puts on ‘Frank and Friends’

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Rio Hondo plans to bring fam-ilies together by screening a view-ing of the cult classic movie, “TheGoonies”, on Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. inthe Wray Theatre.

“The Goonies” is a family ad-venture movie from 1985 whichcenters on loyalty and friendship, aperfect theme for a family event.

Admission is free to the

movie; however guests should beprepared to pay a small $3 fee forparking.

Popcorn will be available onthe house and there will be a cos-tume contest for children in whichthe best dressed pirate wins.

For more information on theevent visit the Rio Hondo Divisionof Arts website atwww.riohondo.edu/arts/ or call thecultural arts hotline at (562) 908-3492.

Alex CadenaStaff Writer

‘The Goonies’ preview

Rio Hondo will soon enjoy themusical talents of its staff, currentstudents and alumni in an upcomingconcert.

Frank and Friends will pre-miere in the Wray Theater on Oct.21. The annual event is thrown byRio’s very own professor, Frank Ac-cardo (instructor of music and gui-tar).

Some of the musicians who

will be taking the stage are Jess CHernandez Jr., Aaron Gay, BlancaDe Los Santos, Mario Acosta, An-drew Serra, Juan Sixto, CassandraNevarez, and of course Accardohimself.

The concert will feature a vari-ety of genres including South Amer-ican popular styles and a RhumbaFlamenca by the Deep River Quar-tet.

Admission to the event is free,but attendees will have to pay a $3fee for parking.

Megan De LaraStaff Writer

‘Frank andFriends’ preview

Photo courtesy of Rio Hondo Arts DepartmentRio Hondo music professor, Frank Accardo plays his guitar on-stageat last year’s “Frank and Friends.”

Upcoming Events

Family Movie – “The Goonies”Oct. 25

Wray Theater, 2 p.m.

Chorale Bel Canto – HMS PinaforeOct. 26

Place TBD, 4 p.m.

Veterans Comedy NightNov. 5

Wray Theater, 7 p.m.

Roll Call – PlayNov. 6 - 7

Campus Inn Theater, 7:30 p.m.

Dance WorksNov. 13 - 15

Wray Theater, 8 p.m.

Pump Room 111 – PlayNov. 14 - 15

Campus Inn Theater, 7:30 p.m.

Faculty Recital – Masters of MelodyNov. 18

Wray Theater, 7:30 p.m.

Rio Hondo Arts andCultural Programs

For the latest information on upcoming events, visit the Rio Hondo Divi-sion of Arts website at http://www.riohondo.edu/arts/ or call the cultural

events hotline at(562) 908-3492.

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Weekend Pick

What: Beach Goth III Who: The Growlers (curators of the mini-festival), TheDrums, Foxygen, DIIV, Atlas Sound, Alice Glass of CrystalCastles, Joyce Manor, GZA + more.When: Oct. 25Where: At the Observatory in Santa Ana Time: 12 p.m.Price: $40Featuring: 3 stages (outdoors and indoors), rides, ElectricCarney Barney rave, Laser Tag + moreAdditional Information: The mini-festival will be hosted byPauly Shore. Yes, the one and only comedian Pauly Shore.

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The Whittier Art Gallery cele-brated its 75 anniversary of thebeautiful, yet hidden gallery with abirthday party on Oct. 11.The reception was held from 4 p.m.to 7 p.m. and was free for everyoneto enjoy.

“Celebrate” is the current ongo-ing exhibition at the Whittier ArtGallery and will be on display untilNov 1. The exhibition celebrates the75 years of commitment by the

gallery and its rich history.There were art pieces ranging

from oil paintings, 3D art, jewelry,photography, and carved wood. Allartists whose work was show wereavailable for questions and insightduring the duration of the reception.

The gallery had a wonderfulspread of refreshments and appetiz-ers. Wine, water, and juice wereavailable as well as cheese, grapes,crackers, and cake.

Guests attended the receptionfrom all areas to enjoy the art andcelebrate the special anniversary of

the historic gallery with the peoplewho have made a huge impact onthe gallery itself.

The Whittier Art Associationopened the Whittier Art Gallery inApril of 1939.

When it first opened, thegallery instantly attracted manyartists and received high praise. Los Angeles Times art critic ArthurMiller wrote, “Whittier has theSouthlands best designed, bestequipped small public art center.Whittier has shown Southern Cali-fornia the way.”

Located in a residential area be-tween a school and an office build-ing on Painter Avenue, many peopledon’t realize it’s an art gallery untilactually walking into the buildingdue to the gallery blending in withthe homes surrounding it.

Artists from the local commu-nity display their art work in thegallery along with artists from sur-rounding California cities such asLaguna Beach, Pasadena, and LosAngeles.

The gallery has had its share ofrich history as artists such as Dis-

ney’s animator Art Landy, NormanRockwell, Sam Hyde Harris haveall exhibited their work in thegallery. Landy also became thegallery president in 1948.

Current president of the galleryVicki Schramm, is an artist herself,and enjoys drawing, painting, andinteracting with other artists at thegallery.

Schramm said, “We would justlove to see this survive for manymore decades.”

Vanessa SanchezStaff Writer

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The Whittier Art Gallery celebrates 75 years of success

“The Whittier Art Associationwould like to express its apprecia-tion to the City of Whittier for ac-knowledging the Gallery’scontinuous service and dedication tothe arts and artists in the commu-nity.” – The Whittier Art Associa-tion

Whittier City Hall held a recep-tion on Oct. 14 in honor of “Cele-brate,” the current ongoing artexhibit recognizing the Whittier ArtGallery and its 75 anniversary.

The reception was free and

open to the public from 5:30 p.m. to7 p.m. at City Hall, located onPainter Avenue and Penn Street.

Guests who attended the eventhad an opportunity to meet withpeople who are involved with theWhittier Art Association.

It also gave the public a chanceto learn more about the Whittier ArtGallery and gain more insight aboutits exhibition.

The “Celebrate” exhibition willbe on display at Whittier City Hallthroughout the month of Octoberwhere there are a few paintings, pic-tures, and ceramics available forviewing.

The Whittier City Hall hoursare from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.

The Whittier Art Gallery itselfalso held a special “night hours” re-ception on Oct. 14 from 6 p.m. to 9p.m. Gallery hours are normallyduring the day, however on this spe-cial day they had night hours avail-able for the public.

The reception was held inhonor of the gallery’s celebration of75 years, the artists currently dis-playing their work in the gallery,and thanking the artists who havecontributed to the gallery.

Artists featured in the exhibi-

tion included Wendy DeLeon, LisaRuiz, and Veronica Kortz, who allhad paintings in honor of the gal-leries anniversary.

The paintings were the artist’sperceptions of the art gallerythrough their eyes and were all col-orful, playful, and lively filled withjoy.

Carol Neiffeder, an artist whosepieces are currently on display atCity Hall, attended Rio Hondo Col-lege in the 1970’s.

She said, “Out of all of myschooling, Rio Hondo was the besteducation I ever had. The classeswere small and the professors were

one on one with me.”Neiffeder says she has pro-

gressed tremendously from RioHondo up until now, and is de-lighted to show her beautiful artwork at the gallery.

This just goes to show that thegallery is a hidden gem and a veryhistoric piece of Whittier. Thegallery also holds new monthly artexhibitions as well as art classes,which are all free and available tothe public.

For more information about thegallery and its next events, visithttp://www.whittierartgallery.org/.

Vanessa SanchezStaff Writer

Whittier City Hall reception and special night hours

Photos by Vanessa SanchezLeft, some of the artwork featured in the “Celebrate” exhibit. Right, Whittier Art Gallery “Favors” on display celebrating the 75 years of the success in existence.

Guests view artwork on display at the Whittier Art Gallery during the special"Night Hours" event on Oct. 14 in Whittier. Art reception outside of Whittier City Hall on Oct. 14.

Photos by Vanessa Sanchez/ El Paisano

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As Halloween approaches, many themeparks and locations are serving up someof Southern California's best scare

events.The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor event stands

out the most as the event features not only fakescares, but also real bone chilling frights from thehistoric ship.

It would never seem as if a former passengerline like the Queen Mary would be the sight ofparanormal activity, however the long history ofthe ship explains it all.

After sailing primarily on the North AtlanticOcean from 1936 to 1967, The RMS QueenMary ocean liner has been retired since in theport of Long Beach.

Built by John Brown & Company in Scot-land, The Queen Mary was the flagship of theCunard Line [from May 1936 until October1946] before she was converted into a troopshipduring World War II.

Following the war, she returned to passengerservice where she dominated the transatlanticpassenger transportation market [along with TheQueen Elizabeth] up until the late 1950’s.

When Cunard Lines announced that bothThe Queen Mary and Elizabeth would be retiringin the late 1960’s, a bid of $3.5 million fromLong Beach beat out Japanese scrap merchants.

Today, The Queen Mary is a permanenttourist attraction, hotel, museum, and event fa-cility in Long Beach.

However, since it’s docking in Long Beach,the ship has become the subject of haunting ru-mors and was even voted “one of the top 10 mosthaunted places in America”, by Time Magazinein 2008.

Speculations have been made about CabinB340 being haunted by a person who was mur-dered there. Guests have reported hearing soundsof children playing in the nursery and witnessingthe appearance of a “lady in white”.

These hauntings have helped The QueenMary promote the ship with various attractionsand tours relating to the theme, such as Dark Har-bor, the yearly scare event held in the outsideparking lot and features mazes in certain parts ofthe ship.

This year’s event features many terrifyingmazes, rides, and live entertainment.

“B340” [a reference to the haunted cabinaboard the ship] was definitely the scariest mazeas it was located inside part of the ship and fea-tured small, closely-tight walking, as well asclimbing up and down stairs.

The maze is a journey through the schizo-phrenic mind of Samuel the Savage. The goal isto escape the mental hospital before he catchesyou.

Another maze worth noting was the outdoorwood fenced, “Deadrise”.

The maze features a World War II escortship (Deadrise), in which guests must walkthrough the wreckage of the ship, escaping DarkHarbor’s “The Captain” and his group of ghostsand monsters.

Although the layout of the event and theoverpriced food isn’t all that great, Dark Harbordoes have a lot of entertainment to offer.

Dark Harbor boasts a variety of entertainingevents including freak shows, The SinisterSwings [which were swings taken from MichaelJackson’s Neverland Ranch], the monster mid-way, and also DJ’s spinning music for attendeesall night.

There was fun for both teenagers and adults,and overall attendees seemed delighted yetfrightened throughout the course of the night.

Dark Harbor definitely has the potential tocompete with other Halloween events such asKnott’s Scary Farm and Universal’s HalloweenHorror Nights.

Dark Harbor began Oct. 2 and will continuethrough Nov. 2.

General Admission tickets range from $24to $39.

Ryan GuerreroArts & Entertainment

From the mind of director KevinSmith, comes the horror com-edy-drama, “Tusk”. Yes, that’s

right, a horror comedy-drama. Readers of this review might say,

“Well that doesn’t sound good at all.”Quite frankly, they would be correct toassume that.

A horror comedy drama makes nosense. That’s a bit like having a blackmetal orchestra, although that wouldmake a little more sense.

Yet despite the ridiculous genre,the plot of the film was actually abreath of fresh air.

Finally, something different as itwasn’t your usual boy meets girl, girlhates boy, they fall in love, the end. Cinematically the film was great. Itwas very appealing to the eye (for themost part).

If the film was split into two parts[one comedy and one horror], thenthey would each do well by them-selves.

The comedy part of the film wasvery funny, from exchanges betweenJustin Long and Haley Joel Osment,who play two wacky podcasters.

Perhaps the funniest part of thefilm comes from a certain someone

who isn’t even credited in the film, theone and only Johnny Depp.

Depp yet again delivers an actingmasterpiece. Only someone like Deppcould capture a particular reaction bythe audience.

As soon as he appears on screen,everyone shouted, “Hey! That’sJohnny Depp!”

As for the horror part of the film,it was dark and twisted.

With that being said, it was noth-ing different from what typical horrormovies have shown before. It had theentire cliché aspects that one expects from a horror film.

If this movie was strictly a com-edy, it would be great.

If it was strictly a horror movie, itwould be great.

The director bit off more than hecould chew with trying to incorporatethe two genres together.

Not saying that it should never bedone, but if someone does try to do soagain, they will definitely need tocome up with a better plot line and putmore effort into developing the film.

Personally, it seems a bit like thefilm was rushed and forced.

Overall, “Tusk” will not be seenas one of the movies that no one un-derstood because it’s “ahead of itstime”. It isn’t.

Gabriel PreciadoStaff Writer

Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor event delights and frightens

Dark Harbor at The QueenMary features many frighteningscares as the woman picturedabove is ready to scare guest dur-ing the course of the night withthe creepy, bloody make-up onher face.

‘Tusk’ fails to deliver

Review rating: 2 out of 5 stars

The director bit off more than he could chew withtrying to incorporate the two genres together.

Lalig Tarbinian/El Paisano

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Admit it, you are an addict.Yes, we all have something or evensomeone we just can't get enoughof; something or someone we thinkwe need and can't live without.

Since I was about 5 years oldmy grandma Susie prepared petitecups of black coffee for me, callingthem "oscurito" which in Spanishmeant "little night" or "tiny dark-ness," to make it sound cuter thanjust plain "café negro."

Even after she passed away, Ikept preparing coffee just as shedid, as if it were a family tradition.As ordinary as it may be, I hadmuch love for a good cup of coffee.

Eventually though, it becamelike an unconscious prescription.

My daily morning coffee cupsoon turned into a much more ha-bitual drink that lingered through-out the rest of my day, even pastmidnight.

Sipping coffee and just feelingthe warmness of the mug betweenthe palms of my hands brought nos-talgia, comfort, and a happiness thatnothing else seemed to tender tome.

It was quite scary to know howdependant and tolerable I became tocaffeine. Not to mention, later real-izing how I used it as a copingmethod through my adolescence.

My parents were soon worriedand my doctor at the time advisedme to stop consuming it, but everyattempt at letting go felt like dag-gers to my heart, and especially myhead due to the caffeine with-drawals.

It was during my teens when Idecided to seriously stop. Conse-quently, I suffered from constantmigraines, lack of concentration,and lethargy.

It was such a drag to go toschool during those times. I wasknown to fall asleep during classand I would swiftly walk home assoon as the final bell rang in hopesof a sweet nap.

Strangely, my straight A's werehand-in-hand with my sleep disor-der. I was a devoted insomniac andstill am.

At night I found it easy to con-centrate on my studies because Ihad little distractions. All of thetime I did not sleep was dedicatedto thinking and being somewhat ar-tistically productive, which overallwas good for me.

As time passed I found othersources that helped manage certaintendencies that worked against me,such as my mild mood swings andobsessive compulsive disorder.

I discovered an intense love forwriting during those long nights,and a newfound appreciation forsolitude and silence.

It's a little funny to look backnow and to capture that at such ayoung age I dealt with my struggleson my own, putting up with bully-ing for a long while simply by keep-ing myself away.

I found much comfort in goodcoffee, writing, and listening tomusic religiously. It all became myblissful getaway, and soon, a sort ofaddiction that was hard to breakfrom.

My social skills sucked. Dur-ing conversations, I'd be chasingbunnies in my head and when I hada response for something I'd losemy track of thought.

I couldn't finish a sentencewithout giggling or pointing outsomething random I had just seen orremembered from the past.

Being awkward wasn't cuteback in those days.

As I got older I learned that ac-quiring a general balance is essen-tial for one's consciousness to notshift away from what's important;although difficult when you possessan addictive personality.

According to some psycholog-ical studies, an addictive personalityis considered to be a form of disor-der that may possibly be geneticallyderived.

This sort of person typicallyacts upon impulse, has a low toler-ance to stress or emotional situa-tions, they may experiencedelusional thoughts and paranoia,along with antisocial tendencies.

These characteristics plus thevastly insecure feeling he or sheholds when it comes to long-termgoals and romantic relationshipsmay at times produce a destructivebehavior.

It is very interesting to see howthis negative form of conduct isconsidered to be an "addictive be-havior" used as a coping method oran escape for an individual.

Generally, people who have ad-dictive personalities are not awareof it.

It is very important to keep inmind that what some consider to bean addiction is simply a harmlessritual to others.

Nobody should be judgmental,especially when it comes to per-sonal matters…

Addiction can be described asa reliance on a substance or behav-ior that an individual has little or nopower to resist.

These "substances" usuallyconsist of alcohol, drugs, or otherpleasurable activities that onechooses to take part in.

Whereas, the behavioral as-pects of an addict revolves morearound their natural inclinations, forexample, actions that derive froman individual's upbringing or theirculture.

Although drugs are commonlyassociated to addiction, other do-ings fit into this category such as:sex, video games, shopping, exer-cise, tanning, and gambling, toname a few.

People with addictive person-alities are known to switch fromone addiction to the next.

Interestingly enough, the man-ner in which he or she deals withtheir conflicting personality uncon-sciously becomes their addiction; acoping mechanism that helps themdevelop a sense of control overwhat they consider to be a difficultsituation.

Substance-based addictions arethose based upon the release ofdopamine in the brain, a hormoneand neurotransmitter that plays a

number of important roles in thehuman brain and body, normally as-sociated with pleasure.

The range of sensations pro-duced by the euphoric experience inthe brain causes more susceptibilityfor future addictions.

On the other hand, behavior-based addictions are not neurologi-cally fundamental; rather, they arethought to be connected to person-ality traits.

Thus, leaving hope for possiblechange since we are not the sameexact person we were the year be-fore; we all change one way or an-other over time.

While possessing an addictivepersonality can make it impossibleto let go of certain habits or tenden-cies, there are ways to get better andtake a more logical approach todealing with what life presents toyou.

An addiction is usually presentand obvious when it begins to affectan individual's quality of life.

For some, an addiction may be-come so overwhelming as to ruinrelationships that's taken them somuch effort to build; whether it bewith friends, family, or a significantother.

Others may experience lowself-esteem, leaving them with aslight desire to socialize becausethey are absorbed by their addic-tion.

Poor judgment is prevalent inthese kinds of personalities, result-ing in making decisions with totaldisregard to how it may affect theirfuture or the people in their lives.

These factors may influenceone's progress in their studies or at

work, which in some cases leads todropping out of school or losing ajob.

This is why some studies haveshown that people with addictivepersonalities are prone to feelings ofdepression and anxiety.

For those who have gone out oftheir way to seek help, let's say froma psychologist, it is known to be avery difficult process.

It's as if every attempt at lettinggo only hurts, leaving you no choicebut to come back…

We all have flaws, though. Re-member that.

Somebody out there may takea glance at you and feel eager toknow who you are. Without you un-derstanding why, they take you in.

Life has its twist and turns, andstrange things can happen.

Very few people step into ourlives with pure intentions; needingyour friendship, your love, your ac-ceptance, whatever it may be at agiven time, no matter your imper-fections.

That somebody should be keptclose for as long as we can keepthem.

The way I see it, if you don'thave that one special someone thatsees past your flaws and is willingto see you through, you will even-tually be taken away by your owninsecurities.

Nothing feels better than awarm embrace from somebody thatmakes me feel like not wanting tohide. This surely brings me peace ofmind, and it is a feeling I am miss-ing these days. Good thing is, thereis still much time to find that some-one, and to also be that someone.

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One of the wealthiest athleticorganizations in the country is theNational Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation.

Although many athletes getscouted by universities and collegesto play a part of their sport’s pro-grams do get full scholarships, thereis a common question of whether ornot players should be compensated.

The NCAA has regulations oncompensating their players. Whilemany student athletes get their ed-ucation paid for, they don’t getspending money, or any extra assis-tance for the work they put intotheir respected sport.

Being a part of an athletic or-ganization at the collegiate level isthe biggest commitment to makewhile trying to get an education.First of all, during the season of thesport that any athlete plays is ex-tremely time consuming.

Players have no time attendclasses, workouts, practices, andgames. Often players don’t have themoney to live a regular lifestyle.

It is against NCAA regulationsthat a school pays its players andathletes cannot sell any of theirmerchandise for monetary gain.

While their whole life is dedi-cated to making their school’s ath-letic program better, the school doesnot reward them for their dedica-tion.

An example of a player whowas in a difficult financial situationduring his NCAA career is EricReid. Reid was a safety forLouisiana State University’s Foot-ball Program.

Before attending LouisianaState University, Reid had a daugh-ter when he was still in high school.While his weekends were filledwith football games, and weekdaysfilled with tutoring, and practicesthere was no time for his daughter,which also left him no time for ajob.

The NCAA didn’t give Reidany assistance to support his daugh-ter during his college career.

Now that Reid’s college daysare over, he is now a safety for theSan Francisco 49ers and capable tosupport his family.

Universities and colleges gen-erate so much money from theirathletic programs, which shouldhelp the players who represent theirorganization in some way.

Secondly, the universities andcolleges that players attend have thefinancial means to compensate theirplayers.

Basketball and football college

coaches are some of the highestpaid employees in the state. Overthe past ten years the NCAA hassignificantly increased its revenueand the only people who are bene-fiting from it are the head coaches.

Alabama’s football head coachNick Saban will roughly makeabout $6.9 million just in the year2014.

The NCAA also has enormouscontracts with network televisioncompanies like ABC, CBS, ESPNand most recently the SEC Net-work.

With rights to all of thesegames it allows the organization tomake millions and millions of dol-lars. Another source of revenue thatthe NCAA has are Bowl FootballGames.

Bowl games are better knownas the championship gamesamongst college football divisions.It is known as the “Super bowl” ofcollege football.

There are 5 bowl games thattake place every year which rack upan astounding $261 million in purerevenue.

With that being stated there isno sure place where all of thismoney goes. It might support cor-ruption within one of the biggestathletic organizations in the world,or it might support the lavishlifestyles of CEO’s and coaches.

During the 2012 NationalChampionship Game for the BCSTournament which is better yetknown to be the premier game ofcollege football, the schools thatcompeted made millions of dollars,very little if any was subject to fed-eral taxes.

Players deserve to earn moneyfor competing and representing aschool.

Based on the performancescollege athletes present, they helpgenerate wins, and ticket sales. Col-leges and universities should com-pensate these athletes for the effortsand willingness they put forth.

Without the dedication manyplayers have for their sport, none ofthe deals or profits would be possi-ble. During the month of March,NCAA Men and Women Basketballplayers compete in one of the mostwell-known tournaments known asMarch Madness.

During this tournament playersare pulled away from their studies,and lose out on critical lessons inthe classroom while competingacross the nation. A portion of thetournament takes place duringSpring Break, which is typicallywhen athletes visit their families athome.

Not only are players beingforced to abandon their education,but they also have to choose Bas-

ketball over their family life. With a winning organization,

more tickets get sold to games andmore profit gets made for collegesand universities.

With all of their hard work andpure devotion players deserve to getpaid.

Playing in a competitive sportcan lead to lifelong injuries and ifsomething were to happen, they de-serve to get compensated.

Unfortunately many athleteswho represent their school go with-out a lot of basic necessities.

The NCAA should feelashamed for their lack of compen-sation that they provide their play-ers with. Hopefully one day thiswell talked about issue will besolved.

Until then, many athletes willhave to find different ways to earna living that meets the NCAAguidelines.

I truly believe that playersshould get compensated for all theydo. Most athletes have to devotetheir whole life to a team.

It is wrong that the NCAA isable to make huge deals but playersdo not see any portion of it.

Regardless of the sport, orschools that players attend it is un-fair that fans go to see games butthe only people who are benefitingare organizations.

Abree Dominguez Staff Writer

College athletes should be compensated for hard work

Is Netflix taking over yourlife? Netflix has this charming wayof sucking you in and keeping youthere for hours, and before youknow it you’re down a season andare wanting more.

Not only is it Netflixd, but it’salso Hulu and television in general.I can sit in my room and watch myfavorite TV show, or watch the newmovies that are out, all day if Icould.

Eventually, when I come out ofmy Netflix coma, I remember Ihave a life outside of the fiction se-ries I am watching.

Coming back to reality sucks,I just want to be a part of the cast of90210, or be a detective in CriminalMinds, but unfortunately I can’t!

I have to do five pages of mathhomework, write a ten page paper,study for an English test, and go towork.

Why can’t I just be PiperChapman from Orange is the NewBlack, just trying to survive mysentence in prison?

Anytime I get bored there’sNetflix waiting for me. When I’mlonely bam! there’s Netflix, if I’msad they have happy movies, if I’mfeeling like I need a good scare I

can choose from a variety of horrormovies.

Netflix has literally everythingand it has overcome my life.

Not only is it Netflix, its tech-nology in general such as texting,Instagram, and Facebook.

They are all taking over ourlives. What are a majority of col-lege students doing in class? Tex-ting someone, scrolling throughtheir newsfeeds, or updating theirstatuses.

Don’t get me wrong I am a partof this epidemic, but we really needhelp.

No way is this stuff helping uswith our futures. Its distracting usfrom our tasks. But what’s sowrong with having a little you timeafter you completes those tasks?

Seeing those big red letters thatspell out Netflix with that beautifulwhite background calms me when Iam stressed.

It brings me to a new life and Iabsolutely love it. I am a Netflix-aholic and I should probably gethelp before it ruins my grades.

Netflix and technology is verymuch taking priority in some peo-ple’s lives and we should definitelyput our education first.

This may not apply to every-one, but I know I have my fellowNetflix junkies out there. We candefinitely try to make school andNetflix work together, it’s calledmulti-tasking.

Vanessa SanchezStaff Writer

Are you addicted to Netflix?

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Students Speak Out

“For this Halloween, I’mgoing to go to Universal onthe 30th.”

“For Halloween, I am goingto party.”

Anthony Farmer Jonathan Cortez

What are your plans for Halloween?

“I’m going to take my sontrick-or-treating.”

Janice Martinez

Adam & EveYou ask, we answer

What type of genre of videogames do you pre-fer?Adam: I use to play Modern Warfare and Call ofDuty. However, my favorite game is Bioshock. Ifyou haven’t played it, check it out! It’s worth it.Who doesn’t like to kill zombies?Eve: Obviously, any shooting games are badass.Who doesn't want to murder zombies and/or badguys? But since my arch nemesis, Adam, alreadychose zombie games, I'm going way back and saynothing beats the Super Mario Brothers. I preferany games off the old school consoles, such asAtari, Nintendo and even Sega.

Why isn’t college education free in the U.S. as itis in other countries?Adam: Unfortunately, I believe that the UnitedStates and many other countries value money morethan education. It is unfortunate, but that is some-thing we can change if we all speak our minds. Eve: The reason I believe the U.S. does not offerfree college education to student is because Amer-ica could definitely be greedy in terms of wheremoney should be going. I think America tends tomilk [less fortunate] people for all they've got andthat's why you'll run into many "starving students"on campus.

How would you live your life if you had oneweek to live?Adam: I would hang out with my family, myfriends, play guitar and write some stories. I wouldtake long walks and seize every moment. I wouldsail as far as I could go and slowly drift away. Eve: If I had only one week to live, I would defi-nitely get in my car and head out on a road trip toknock off the cities I still need to visit off of mybucket list.

If you could keep one memory, what would itbe? Adam:Well, depending on where I am in my life,I would base the memory on that. If it was after see-ing my children being born, that would be mymemory. Eve: As of now, at this age, I think I would defi-nitely want to remember the day I saw an unidenti-fying flying object just about 30 feet up in the air.It actually resembled, what I would think, a gov-ernment car. Seeing something so unordinary soclose with bare eyes was definitely an experience Iwould love to keep forever.

Adam & Eve’s opinion does not reflect on El Paisano, La Cima,or Rio Hondo College.

“I am giving out candy.” “Um... I work?”Jennifer Morales Aerika Agredano

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The Rio Hondo Roadrun-ners wrestling team defeatedEast Los Angeles College,32-15, on Oct. 9 in theHuskies gym, win seven oftheir 10 matches.

The Roadrunners placed4th as a team at the ModestoCollege tournament on Oct.18 in Modesto and were fourpoints short of the 3rd placespot.

Seven wrestlers placed inthe tournament, includingCarlos Martinez (133pounds), Daniel Allen (174),and Javier Gonzalez (285)who all placed first.

Daniel Romero (141) andDavid Moran (149) placed4th while Efrain Flores (125)and Rudy Conant (174)

placed 6th. Allen was voted Most

Outstanding Wrestler of thetournament.

Rio Hondo’s coachingstaff was extremely im-pressed by the outcome in thedual against ELAC, and theModesto College tournament.

“The team wrestled reallywell in both the dual and thetournament,” Head coachMike Tellez said.

As the season progresses,Rio Hondo wrestlers seem tobe getting into the swing ofthings and are picking up thetempo every week.

“We are seeing thewrestlers improve from weekto week,” said Tellez. “Theyare working hard and it isstarting to pay off.”

On Oct. 15, Rio Hondotook on Cerritos College in

Cerritos. Cerritos College iscurrently ranked as the No.1team in the state.

Unfortunately, Rio Hondotook a loss to the No. 1 team,but were able to see wherethey stand as a team goingagainst such highly rankedwrestlers.

Rio Hondo’s wrestlingteam is currently ranked No.9 in the state and is lookingforward to moving up in therankings as the season pro-gresses.

After the dual against theFalcons, the Roadrunnersmade another trip out to Cer-ritos to test their skills in theSouth Dual tournamenthosted by Cerritos College onOct. 18.

Rio Hondo wrestled atough match against Palomar

College. Beginning the match with

high energy and enthusiasm,Palomar knew they were infor a fight.

As the match progressed,Rio Hondo began to lose theirmomentum and ended thematch nine points short of avictory.

For Palomar Collegebeing ranked No. 4 in thestate, Rio Hondo performedvery well against such a toughopponent. Tellez explainedthat losing to Palomar by ninepoints was a great outcomeand was pleased by the team’seffort.

The Roadrunners de-feated Bakersfield College,the No. 10 ranked team in thestate, at the South Duals tour-nament, 34-13.

Tellez expressed his highhopes for the season to comeand remains positive aboutthe healing of his wrestlers.He is excited to see his teammaking improvements andprogressing to become betternot only for themselves, butas a team.

“The team seems to beimproving week to week…we have a few injuries tosome key wrestlers but theywill recover in time for re-gionals,” Tellez said.

Next week Rio Hondotravels to Cuesta College tocompete in the Meathead In-vitational.

The Roadrunners arelooking forward to bringinghome some medals and mostimportantly displaying theprogress they are making.

Dylan CarrilloStaff Writer

The old saying of “Whathappens in Vegas, stays inVegas” does not seem toapply to Daniel Allen.

Born and raised in LasVegas, Nevada, Allen was ayoung Green Valley HighSchool phenom who qualifiedfor multiple state champi-onships, twice won Region-als, and became a Statefinalist his senior year.

Evidently, he had morethan enough talent to take himplaces, but unfortunately,Allen did not see a future inwrestling for a college in hishome state of Nevada.

Luckily, he discoveredthat Rio Hondo College of-fered him the best opportunityto showcase his tremendousskills and talents. He eventu-ally decided that it was best tocome live in California on hisown, and become a Roadrun-ner.

Allen admits that it wassomewhat difficult to leavehis family in order to pursuehis athletic and academic en-deavors.

However, he has madehimself at home at Rio Hondoas he strives to be the bestwrestler he can be.

Although he misses hisfamily, Allen does not let that

get in the way of reaching hisgoals and staying focused.

“Yea I miss them (family)but I’m out on a mission rightnow so it’s what I got to do,”said Allen.

Being that wrestling ispredominately an individualsport, Allen enjoys the pres-sure of having the spotlighton him instead of performingwith an actual team.

He feels this way becausein wrestling, an individual’sskill is more noticeable ratherthan playing on an entire teamwhere other factors are takeninto consideration.

All the more, this philos-ophy motivates Allen to traineven harder.

During his first season atthe college level, Allen man-aged to be an All-Americanwhich shot his confidencethrough the roof. Alas, despitethis initial success, he suf-fered a severe injury when hetore his ACL muscle causinghim to miss his entire secondseason.

Ironically, this setbackbenefited Allen by helpinghim to be patient and men-tally stronger.

Now that his third year isalready underway, the 22-year-old Allen has picked upwhere he left off before suf-fering his ACL injury.

Using his 6’0 and 174 lbs.

frame, he has comeback witha vengeance winning all 12matches he has competed inand also earned the honor ofbeing named captain of theRio Hondo’s wrestling team.

Allen believes that hiswork ethic, experience, andfirm leadership set an exam-ple for his teammates. Ac-cording to him, he can sensethat his presence is able to liftthe spirits of his fellowwrestlers giving them muchmore confidence than usual.

Head Coach Mike Tellezspoke very highly of Allenconfirming that his determi-nation and hard work leadhim to be an all-aroundwrestler.

“When you have yourbest guy working hard, every-one follows. There are timeswhere your best player is lazyso it negatively affects the restof the team,” Tellez ex-plained.

The relationship thatAllen has with Coach Tellezis very clear as they are ableto see eye-to-eye on almosteverything.

When asked about who’shad the biggest influence onhim, Allen feels that Tellezhas opened his mind to differ-ent aspects of the game. Headmires how Tellez was ableto help him see the keys ofbeing patient and taking

things one step at a time.Like most student ath-

letes, Allen always remem-bers to stay diligent so that hecan reach his goals. Just likehis first year, he strives to winthe All-American award oncemore and also hopes to cap-ture that elusive State Cham-pionship.

Allen’s long-term goalsinclude transferring to a four-year University so that he cancompete for a NationalChampionship.

If everything goes asplanned, he also believesthere is a strong possibility ofbeing an MMA fighter oneday.

Academically, he is cur-

rently majoring in Fire Tech-nology but also wishes to geta degree in Business. For hiscareer, Allen aspires to be afirefighter so that he caneventually progress his wayto become a Fire Chief or anArson Investigator.

Allen is off to great startand plans to keep the momen-tum going. As long as his pas-sion for wresting continues toburn bright, the road to thepromise land will shortenwith each passing day.

Rio Hondo wrestling sen-sation, Allen will continue hisquest for a State Champi-onship by further lengtheninghis undefeated streak of 12-0in upcoming meets.

Aaron ValdezStaff Writer

Wrestling team continues its winning ways

Undefeated Allen continues to shine on the mat

Daniel Allen, left, is shown dominating an opponent in recent match.Courtesy of Tech-Fall.com

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Despite a late rally theRio Hondo women’s volley-ball team (1-11, 1-2) lost instraight sets against VictorValley College on Wednes-day, Oct. 15 at the Rio HondoCollege Gymnasium.

The lady roadrunnersstarted slow in the first set ofthe match losing, 7-25. VictorValley came out strong in theoffensive side of their gameand complicated the matchfor the Lady Roadrunnerswhose defense was not wellorganized.

“We started off slow andhad trouble connecting,”Head Coach Teddi Esko said.

The Lady Roadrunnersmade some minor adjust-ments before the start of thesecond set.

The team responded wellto the adjustments and madethe game closer. In the secondset, Rio Hondo managed toget their offense going andscored more points than in thefirst set.

However, it was notenough as they dropped thesecond set 20-25.

Coach Esko talked about

how she motivated her play-ers to play better in the sec-ond set of the match.

“I spoke to the team aboutwhat we needed to do funda-mentally on our side of thecourt. I reminded them of ourpre-game plan and how weneeded to apply each of thosestrategic areas. “

Rio Hondo’s defensestarted working for them asthey made it difficult for Vic-tor Valley to score points offof their defensive errors.

There was a completeturnaround for the LadyRoadrunners after CoachEsko’s speech. In the thirdset, the fans were able to ex-perience a great volleyball setas Rio Hondo and Victor Val-ley were fighting back andforth until the final points.

It was an even set be-tween the two teams. RioHondo was looking to stayalive in the game while VictorValley wanted to finish thegame off. The score keptgoing back and forth as RioHondo took the lead only forVictor Valley to answer rightback.

Towards the end of thethird set, when it came downto scoring the game point,

none of the teams eased off.The Lady Roadrunners

had there backs against thewall down 23-24 but they an-swered on Victor Valley’sgame point and tied it up, 24-24. It was not until the scorewas 29-29 when Victor Valleymanaged to push through andtake the lead once again.

Unfortunately, Rio Hondowas not able to answer backand lost the third set 29-31.

“No major adjustmentswere made” said Coah Eskoafter being asked what adjust-ments she made to make theteam play better after beingdown two sets, “The team juststarted to compete and playedsmarter.”

With this result the vol-leyball team is now 1-2 in theFoothill Conference. CoachEsko said as they will moveon past this game and focuson their next conferencematch.

“Tonight was a greatlearning lesson for the team,it shows you can’t start amatch slow then kick in intogear at the end. We need tostart strong in our matchagainst Cerro Coso.”

Even though the team didnot get the result they were

looking for, Coach Esko wassatisfied with the fight thather team showed.

“It was great to see thatafter starting slow, theyfought back and showed howcompetitive they can play.”

Now the team prepares toface College of the Desert onFriday, Oct. 24 in PalmDesert before hosting ChaffeyCollege on Oct. 29 at the RioHondo College Gymnasiumat 5 p.m.

Gustavo OrtegaStaff Writer

Volleyball team improving despite loss

Gustavo Ortega / El PaisanoMakena Schildmeyer, 10, blocks a hit from Victor Valley’s player in amatch on Oct. 14 at RHC.

Gustavo Ortega / El PaisanoThe women’s volleyball team lines up for the National Anthem.

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The Rio Hondo men’ssoccer team (6-4-5, 1-1) beatCollege of the Desert (4-8,0-2), 1-0, in their secondgame of the Foothill Confer-ence season on Oct. 17 atRio Hondo.

The Roadrunners firstgame was against long time

rivals Chaffey college, agame that they lost, 2-1.

Rio Hondo Head CoachOrlando Brenes acknowl-edged the meaning of thebad result against Chaffey,“Our players now have theirbacks against the wall as wehave to get results in order tokeep the pressure on Chaf-fey.”

Rio Hondo looked to

earn the win against Collegeof the Desert and the gamewas fast paced from the start.

Rio Hondo focused onpossession and building upthe plays while College ofthe desert was left scram-bling and chasing the ballaround.

Rio Hondo tested the op-posing goalkeeper early witha shot by midfielder, AlfonsoEspinoza, which wasstopped by the keeper.

College of the Desert putthe pressure on the Roadrun-ners as well with a shot inthe 19th minute which de-flected off of the near post.

However, Rio Hondo re-sponded when Andre Gomezcollected a ball in the middleof the field and proceeded torun down the sideline beforecrossing it where it foundAlex Casas on the far pole togive the Roadrunners the 1-0advantage.

The Roadrunners keptmost of the possession forthe remainder of the firsthalf which ended with RioHondo ahead, 1-0.

The second half startedoff the same way the gamebegan, with possession beingthe priority for Rio Hondoand College of the Desertchasing.

Trying to keep posses-sion in the back almost costRio Hondo gravely, as aweak pass put the ball in thepath for a clear shot on goalfor College of the Desert.

Luckily, Rio Hondokeeper, Erick Alvarado, was

there to stop it. In the 63rd minute, Alex

Casa received a ball outsidethe box and took a shotwhich the goalkeeper wasable to stop, but failed tokeep his hands on it. AndreGomez swooped in to capi-talize, but was offside.

Both teams had greatchances throughout the re-mainder of the game, butcould not capitalize.

The game ended 1-0 andRio Hondo earned anothervaluable victory.

When asked about thegame, coach Brenes said,“We didn’t have the bestgame but a win is a win andeven a team that wins 10-0may not think that theyplayed their best.”

Coach Brenes is a coachwith a lot of experience andknows his players very well,

which he knows has a lotmore to offer.

“We work very hard andwhen the players get com-fortable, we are as good asany team,” Coach Brenessaid.

“This game is more men-tal than anything and it is ourjob, (coaching staff), to try toease off the mental pressureoff our players and makethem not pressure them-selves.”

“We know that althoughwe have not been gettingwins by outscoring our op-ponents, 4 or 5 to 0, I knowwhat my team is capable ofand that we can give a lotmore than we let on.”

The Roadrunners playtheir next game on Oct. 24against San Bernardino Val-ley College in SanBernardino at 4 p.m.

Giovani NavaStaff Writer

Men’s soccer scores 1-0 victory over Desert

The Rio Hondo women’swater polo team (7-13, 3-3)played five games in threedays including two big winsfor the Lady Roadrunnersagainst L.A. Trade Tech andSanta Monica College.

On Oct. 15 Rio Hondovisited Trade Tech who isnot having a good season sofar.

With Rio Hondo’s seasonnot going as well as they hadhoped, they entered thisgame determined to have aresult in their favor.

Rio Hondo dominatedthe game giving them a finalscore of 23-9.

Rio Hondo put their teamto the test on Oct. 17 and 18at the Citrus College WaterPolo Tournament.

The roadrunners firstgame of the weekend wasagainst Citrus College andthe game was close withboth teams evenly matched.

The game could not bedecided in regulation timeending with a score of 6-6,so overtime would be re-quired to determine a win-ner.

Citrus scored two goalsin the overtime period andheld Rio Hondo scorelessgiving Citrus the win with afinal score of 8-6.

The Roadrunners playedSan Diego Miramar and thematch unfortunately was notas close as the previousgame.

Rio Hondo lost thegame, 17-8, after a hardfought overtime loss itseemed as if Rio Hondowere still recovering by thetime the next game started.

After two tough games,the Roadrunners were rested

and ready to prove them-selves the next day againstSanta Monica College.

Rio Hondo came outstrong and did not let up theentire game showing thesame dominance the teamdisplayed against LA Trade-Tech days prior to the tour-nament.

The Roadrunnerswon the game 16-5.

Rio Hondo’s last game ofthe weekend would beagainst Los Angeles ValleyCollege.

It was another toughgame for Rio Hondo as they

struggled to score againsttheir opponent, handingthem their third loss of theweekend with a score of 18-10.

Rio Hondo will travel tothe Battle At The BeachTournament at Long BeachCity College and CypressCollege on Oct. 24 and 25for another weekend tourna-ment where they will go upagainst plenty of strong com-petition.

Their next South CoastConference game will beagainst Chaffey in RanchoCucamonga on Oct. 29 at 3p.m.

Eric SeguraStaff Writer

Lady Roadrunners win two games in a week

Gabriel Preciado / El PaisanoAndrew Almeida, 6, wins a header in a game against College of theDesert on Oct. 17, at RHC.

Gabriel Preciado / El PaisanoAlex Casas, 11, dribbles past the Desert defense. Casas scored the onlygoal in the 1-0 win.

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The Rio Hondowomen’s soccer team (10-1-1, 3-0) steamrolled theirway to another FoothillConference win against theLady Roadrunners fromCollege of the Desert, 8-0shutout win on Oct. 17.

After a big win againstChaffey on Oct. 14, whichgave Rio Hondo their ninthwin overall, Coach Tanakasaid that, “[Chaffey are] al-ways one of the top teamsin our conference and re-gion and the win last weekkept the momentum we'vehad the last few weeks ofplaying some great soc-cer."

Before the gameagainst College of theDesert, Coach Tanakamentioned some keypoints about her team andalso stated that theyshould, “[Make] today thebest they could, to play foreach other and trying toleave everything they canout on the field.”

The Rio Hondo LadyRoadrunners wore their pinkjerseys for the annual FightCancer Game.

As the game began, RioHondo started out aggres-sive, as they attacked on anychance they had.

They had an opportunityand took a chance at aroundthe 10 minute mark whenAmber Davidson-Ponce con-

nected on a goal to put Rioup 1-0.

Later in the half, whilethe momentum was still onthe side of Rio Hondo,Janeth Acuna scored anothergoal for the Lady Roadrun-ners in the 25th minute thatmade it 2-0, giving them allthe momentum going intohalftime.

In the second half, RioHondo felt energized andcame out with momentumthat just overwhelmed Col-lege of the Desert as they

scored 6 goals in the secondhalf alone.

The first goal of the sec-ond half was scored by An-drea Sanchez who made it3-0 with a header and againscored minutes later to makeit 4-0.

Annabel Portillo, KarinaRamirez and Sierra Kaufmanall scored a goal to make thegame 7-0. In the last minutesof the game, Katelyn Os-hima scored one from theleft side to make it 8-0 andice the game for them.

As teamwork plays a partof this team, Acuña lead theteam with 3 assists, Ramirezhad 2, Sabrina Gonzalez,Amanda Short and CassieDuran all earned 1 assisteach.

After the game, CoachTanaka felt that her team“was really mentally readyto play today and seemed tobe very excited to play.”

When asked about howthe team will look for the up-coming conference games,she mentioned Assistant

Coach Willie Lopez and howhis work with the offense hasreally started to pay off.

Coach Tanaka later saidthat, “As a team we are re-ally starting to train hard, Isee them training harder andharder each day and that canonly help us going into therest of our conferencematches.”“I really like the leadership Iam seeing on the field andthe commitment beingshown to always compete.”

This latest win markedthe 10th shutout Rio Hondohas done and notched theirthird straight win in the con-ference. After having 17 dif-ferent players score or assiston the team, Coach Tanakasaid, “That is a testamentthat every player is expectedto contribute to [our] teamssuccess.”

The Rio Hondo women’ssoccer team are ranked No.12 in the CCCSIA StateRankings and tied for No. 5in the Southern CaliforniaRegional Rankings aftermoving up from No. 14 inthe State and No. 7 in theSouthern Region last week.

After the win againstCollege of the Desert, it iscertain why they are movingup in the rankings and defi-nitely showed it after thisgame.

The Lady Roadrunnerswill be on the road to playagainst San Bernardino Val-ley College at 2 p.m. on Oct.24.

Women’s soccer team is rollingVictor LozanoStaff Writer

Forward Andrea Sanchez, 8, controls the ball in a game against Deserton Oct. 17.

Alison Wren, 23, creates space as she looks for a shot.

Janeth Acuna chases the ball in a game against College of the Desert onOct. 17 at RHC.

Photos by Gabriel Preciado / El Paisano

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