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California public universities out of reach for some residents

California residents may soon be fighting for a spot at Califor-nia State University and Univer-sity of California schools.

According to an article from Sacramento Bee, a new report from Campaign for College Op-portunity found that the percent-age of Californians being turned away from UC and California State University has doubled over the past two decades, due to rapid growth in the number of college eligible students and an avail-ability of slots that hasn’t kept up with demand.

The report shows that there is a disproportionate amount of 4.0 students and foreign exchange students being accepted into California public university as opposed to “normal” students (non- 4.0 and residents of the state).

Although the number of first time freshmen from California high schools enrolled in CSUs for the fall of 2014 was 60,578, out of that number, 60,282 were California residents, according to calstate.edu. In 2015, it is going to get more difficult due to the rising standards of these schools.

As for UC campuses, according to dates from admission.universi-ty.edu, the number of California applicants for the fall of 2014 were 384,022 students. The num-ber of students admitted were

134,161. Overall, the number of students enrolled in the UC colleges were 33,824.

For foreign students at-tending college, California actually has the number one ranking in the U.S. with a total of 135,130 foreign exchange students in the state itself, according to data from the Institute of International Edu-cation website. The majority of international students do at-tend UCs, with the top school being University of Southern California.

Transfer students face a tough battle as well in getting an acceptance to a CSU or UC. It’s not guaranteed that everyone will get accepted to the schools in which they applied.

According to calstate.edu, the number of transfer stu-dents from California com-munity colleges to CSUs in the fall of 2014 were 47,418. Of that number, 46,188 were California residents.

At Skyline, there’s also a possibility that students interested in transferring will have a small chance of being accepted to the universities of their choice.

“If California goes on that route and only accepts who are only international and 4.0 students, then the basic ques-tion [is]: what happened to everybody else? What’s going

to happen to us [regular students]?” said Pricsilla Sanchez, a bioengi-neering major. “We are not defined by our GPA.”

Skyline College has a 12 percent transfer rate, as stated on fafsa.ed.gov.

Regarding enrollment, we expect to see a consistent level of demand for courses in the near future and

will actively design our schedule of classes to meet that demand”, Director of Marketing, Communications, and Public Relations, Cherie Colin, said in an email on behalf of Skyline College.

“I feel like that 4.0 gap would scare off a massive majority of the population,”

Robert Krupetsky, biology major said. “I think most, if not all community colleges would end up closing and that would make it harder for people to get that education and 4.0.”

Middle College student killed on walk home

Joshua Salas, a Middle College student at Skyline was killed on Nov. 22, when hit by an SUV when he walking home from school. He was 17 years old.

According to KRON 4, Salas was in the crosswalk when hit by the SUV on highway 35, Skyline Boulevard near Glencourt Way at 3:25 p.m. The driver of the vehicle was sober and did not see Salas crossing. Salas was pinned under the SUV and died at the scene and was not identified till the next day.

Salas was known by his family as a dedicated person.

“He was a hard worker,” father of Joshua Salas, Gene Salas said. “He thought of his education, telling us his edu-cation came above everything else. He had his friends and was a very caring person.”

According to a few of his many friends including the staff he was admired.

“He was a quiet and intelli-gent young man with a sense of self, with a big heart who is well respected by his peers,” Raymond Jones, interim di-rector of Middle College said.

“He was such a loving person,” said student Andrea Flores, one of Joshua’s best friends. “There wasn’t a day

that goes by that where he wouldn’t hug me…he hugged everybody that was his thing.”

Jasleen Kaur, another one of his friends from high school said, “If he saw someone alone he would sit right next to them and just talk to them so they won’t feel alone.”

The family of Salas has a GoFundMe account to raise money for the funeral ex-penses for at least $6,000. With the leftover money the family is working to do something with the traffic light. The traffic light would make it safer to An

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is increasing with stu-dents,” Salas’ father said. “Kids will use that bus stop more frequently where it is unsafe for the kids. Kids who cross that cross walk, that traffic light, got to yield to the left we want to make that area a lot safer.”

The family also is hiring a lawyer to pursue at least a safer pedestrian crossing.

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SamTrans fares to riseIt’s been five years since the last

fare increase for a ride on a bus in San Mateo County’s public transit system, and for the first time a four-year plan was approved by public transit to take affect starting next year.

A public hearing on a proposed two-phase fare increase was held on Oct. 7, 2015 at the SamTrans headquarters in San Carlos. The plan, which would raise the price of one-way tickets by 25 cents (to $2.25) for adults and by 10 cents (to $1.10) for seniors and disabled was approved by SamTrans board of district.

Included into this plan are monthly passes, which will go up $1.60 (to $65.60) for adults, and $2 for seniors and the disabled.

According to a SamTrans press release, these changes will take place on Sunday Jan. 10, 2016. This decision not only affects the public but the Skyline community.

“This price increase will greatly affect me as a student because I don’t have a car and rely solely on SamTrans for school and getting me around the Bay Area,” Skyline student, Nitendra Tiwari said. “It will also affect my monthly pay-check. I have to pay for rent, my phone and a car that I am trying to save for; 25 cents doesn’t seem like much at first, but it adds up monthly and affects students like me in the long run.”

According to the transit agency not only will fares be increasing in 2016 but beginning Jan. 20, 2019,

the rates will increase to $2.50 for an adult ticket and $72 for a monthly pass. Discount tickets will increase by 10 cents then by 15 cents while discount monthly passes will increase to $27 in 2016 and $31.05 in 2019. Fares for para-transit services will also increase from $3.75 to $4.25 for a one-way trip beginning Jan. 1, 2016, and to $4.75 on Jan. 1, 2019, according to the agency.

These changes will not only be affecting Skyline students but many of its staff who rely on public transportation as well.

It is already hard enough as it is to live in the Bay Area,” Sky-line Communications Professor Jessica Hurless said. “Faculty

and students will find options that are economical and allow them to continue living in the area. So every time there is a price increase on things like SamTrans we are going to see a lot of staff who aren’t able to use it anymore causing them to either take on more jobs or even change commitments so they either don’t end up work-ing at skyline anymore or they end up not attending classes.”

SamTrans originally proposed raising para-transit lifeline rates by 25 cents, but opted not to impose an increase based on public feedback. However they proceeded with fare increase regardless of the

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same opposition from the public.“I don’t think it’s fair for stu-

dents because this will only make saving money harder,” Skyline student Renee Leon said.

Jayme Ackemann, communi-cations manager at SamTrans, could not be reached for any further comments at this time.

For a full list of fare changes visit, www.samtrans.com.

For donations to be made to the Salas family, go to:

https://www.gofundme.com/hgbyjmbg

Joshua Salas, 17 years old. May 31, 1998- November 22, 2015

fourth are donating all their tips to the Salas family.

“I just wanted to empower my students,” Manager of World Cup, Kevin Chak said, “to give back to the Skyline Communi-ty since everyone shops at the World Cup Bookstore…I just wanted them to realize without the community itself be it Joshua, be it everyone else on campus we need to give back.”

The choice to donate the tips was a unanimous vote to the staff of the café which came to a yes to donate to the family.

“I think it’s a good idea to help fundraising for a family that needs help, because, let’s say when I need help, people are going to be helping me so it’s like pay it forward,” said

Sonya Gomez who is studying education.

Salas’ main goal was to become a registered nurse. He wanted to join the Air Force. Salas was part of the El Camino High School band and played the clarinet. Music was a large part of his life.

“They should at least have an arrow on the traffic light,” mother of Joshua Salas, Lynn Salas said.

Acting President Eloisa Briones sent out an email to the Skyline staff that there are counseling services provided for the Middle College stu-dents. Jones also said although the program had just begun in August there is already a strong

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Skyline student and Beauty Ad-visor at the Smashbox counter at Nordstrom, Andrea Orozco, gets her eyebrows threaded at Ziba Bar in Serremonte every couple of weeks. She comes to Ziba with her eyebrows already filled in and asks the threader to clean them up and trim them.

Orozco had times when she came to get her eyebrows threaded without her eyebrows being filled in, and her threader made her eyebrows too thin by taking off too much hair. After those times she thought it was the “saddest thing” when she had to overdraw her eyebrows and grow them out for an extended period of time. Ever since then, she makes sure to come in with filled in eyebrows that are ready to be cleaned.

Orozco is not alone because clean, groomed, filled in, and on “fleek” eyebrows are now a must for women.

It is so popular that some women are outraged when their eyebrow person can’t pencil them in their schedule. Orozco’s counter is next to the Anastasia Beverly Hills eyebrow bar, and she and her coworkers take down appointments for them.

“People call and make an appointment a month and two months ahead, it’s pretty crazy,” Orozco says. “And then when they see that she’s all booked for the day/week, some people get really mad! … It gets really awk-ward because of how offended they get.”

Before, the trend was to have eyebrows thinner, but the new trend is to have your eyebrows be thick, filled in, and clean with a nice arch.

People get their eyebrows done differently. Either they thread, wax, tweeze, or don’t get their eyebrows done at all.

The threader has a piece of thread which they control by put-ting a piece in their mouth to pull your hairs from the root. Thread-ing is all natural and no chemicals are being put on the eyelid. Some people prefer this method because it is natural and it doesn’t pull the skin. But others do not prefer this method because you can feel every individual hair being removed.

Waxing is when wax is ap-plied to the eyelid and is quickly removed when the waxer rips off the wax. This method is favored

because it is a one time thing on each eyelid. But some people don’t want their eyelid skin to be pulled because of wrinkling and prefer other methods.

Others use tweezers to pluck their eyebrows. This is more sim-ilar to threading, but it is easier to do on your own.

Some people don’t do anything to their eyebrows. They don’t get them threaded, waxed, or tweezed, but rather leave their eyebrows as is. Some people prefer the natural look and don’t fill in their eyebrows.

Yocelyn Gomez is an eyebrow threader at Ziba Serremonte. She believes that eyebrows are such a big deal because if they are too bushy they begin to look “weird.” She recommends getting your eyebrows threaded every 2-3 weeks.

Forget the eyes, brows are the new window to the soul

Gomez thinks it depends on the person and how fast they grow hair, and if you’re in desperate need of getting your eyebrows done, “you’ll know when it’s time.”

She goes on to say that filling in eyebrows is a big deal now because everyone wants a fuller look. Everyone wants to achieve a clean thick brow because it frames the face.

Gomez prefers getting eye-brows threaded rather than get-ting them waxed. She laughed and said her answer had nothing to do with her being a threader.

“Every time you get waxed it pulls yours skin,” Gomez said. “Overtime from pulling, things get loose. (Threading) lasts longer, and it has no chemicals on your face.”

Skyline College Cosmetol-

ogy Instructor Tammy Calderon knows all about the eyebrow craze and takes a professional standpoint on the trend.

“Eyebrows are popular because they accentuate the eyes and frame the look of the face with artistic lines of personal expres-sion (both soft and intense) of the desired look by the client and the work of the makeup artists’ individual style,” Calderon said. “Even though a small

feature on the face, it is a focal point that can draw us into some-one’s look.”

Depending on how eyebrows are filled in, it tells you what kind of look the person is going for. If they are filled in super dark, you can make the assumption that they wanted a bold brow, and if they are lighter, they wanted a fuller brow but still natural.

Eyebrows can give away some-one’s mood quickly, and that’s what Calderon means when she says it can draw us to someone, or even avoid them.

But “eyebrows on fleek” just doesn’t appeal to people because eyebrows shape the face, but because it makes them feel better about themselves, like Skyline student Hala Abu-Khalil.

“It gives me confidence because I feel prettier that my eyebrows are done,” Abu-Khalil said. “Filling them in gives me the opportunity to fix any places I don’t like.”

Eating habits play big role in college success

Eating healthy can be really tough in college. Some challenges could be not having enough time to prepare healthy meals or not having enough money for qual-ity nutritional food. Unhealthy eating habits can negatively affect students and while it may not be an easy task, it is possible to eat healthy while in college.

Most students have probably heard of the dreaded “Freshman 15” weight gain statistic, and according to Skyline College Phy-sician’s Assistant Terri Sofarelli, it’s real.

The weight gain, Sofarelli said, is “A result of decrease in exercise, increase in alcohol consumption, lack of sleep, increase in stress, and for those living on campus – access to unlimited high fat and carbohydrate rich cafeteria style food.”

“I think there is some truth to the ‘Freshman 15’,” said Paul Ruec-khaus, Skyline’s Allied Health Career Advancement Academy Faculty Coordinator. “But it’s probably closer to the Freshman 7 and not nearly as relevant to com-muter students as it is to residential students living on campus.”

Despite the obvious difference in possible weight gain for new college students, a poor diet has negative effects no matter what.

“[Poor Diet] puts students at risk for a vaiety of physical and mental health problems; depression, anxi-ety, pre-mature aging, insomnia…” said Sofarelli.

Besides physical and emotional issues, poor diet can affect people socially.

“We need the full complement of macronutrients and micronutrients to really build up our capacity to function cognitively, socially and emotionally,” said Rueckhaus. “So, if our diet is too full of, say preservatives, fats, meat, sweets,

but not giving us the amino acids, phytonutrients, living cultures, that all interferes with our ability to regulate our mood, form & sustain relationships, process information and think analytically.”

To avoid these negative impacts it is vital that college students make an effort to eat healthy. When it comes to eating healthy both Rueckhaus and Sofarelli sug-gest plants, vegetables and fruits.

Sofarelli suggests doing somez-research on overall and specific diets. She referenced the DASH diet, which recommends eating 2 servings of fruit per day, 5 servings of vegetables a day, whole grains, lean protein, and low-fat dairy. She also says students who want to get involved with change should request that the food vendors at Skyline post the nutritional infor-mation of the food they serve and replace vending machine products with healthy alternatives.

Rueckhaus suggests cooking from scratch and trying to include

some vegetables, garlic, and spices. Enjoy your food in mod-eration, especially when using condiments or dressing, reign yourself in from eating junk food that you may find on a college campus that is full of fat, sugar, and salt, and train yourself to enjoy simple, whole, unprocessed foods.

Eating healthy may not be an

Healthy eating choices = no “Freshman 15”

easy feat. It will take time, perse-verance, and a bit more money, but the advantages of eating healthy greatly outweigh the disadvantag-es. Eating healthy will make you more physically, emotionally, and socially successful, giving you an enjoyable college experience and good eating habits for a lifetime.

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How do you think the class schedule and offerings could be improved?

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By Clayborne GoTSV staff illustrator

Skyline Speaks

“I think Skyline should offer more classes that involve my

major because i live close to here but I have to go all the way to

csm to take classes for my major. Also they should offer more

night classes .”

“I feel like less core classes (en-glish, science, math) should be

offered at the same time.”

“Sometimes the schedules clash between my schedule and the

other classes that I am taking. I dont want to go to csm to take

certain classes”

Maryann Dufresne

Madison Luber

Neil Bryan Castro engineering

communications

chemistry

The Time of Your Life is an en-semble of different lives. A five act play written by William Saroyan- a dramatist has never heard of until the audience saw the performances of Skyline's Theater Club. Director Kevin Simmers and a great deal of Skyline students, both actors and stage hands have worked for over two months to make this play come alive. The question was, would their performances be more than just a play?

The majority of the play takes place in Nick's, a bar at the water-front of San Francisco. It's where all different types of people come to drink and talk. So when people entered the theater that Sunday afternoon, the first thing their eyes laid on was the set. It was quite alluring.

The story set in the year 1939 so it was imperative for every detail to have been accurate and to my delight, it was. From the knick knacks to the black and white photographs, nothing felt out of place. The same can be said for the costume design as well. These students worked through the week on creating a solid visual for the audience.

As for the show itself, the ac-tors are all decent at best. The first character the audience became in-vested in was Willie played by Deo Gammad, a man determined on beating a pin ball game. The idea

of having to stretch your muscles before playing pin ball so absurd that it made everyone smile sooner than expected. And they were all glad that the pin ball machine did not make a sound, because that would have been too distracting from the acting of Josh Medina who plays the bar owner, Nick and Steven Marshall who plays the main character Joe. These two are actors with accents so spot on that if they were lecture professors I would actually pay attention.

But the one who really set the bar high was Tom played by Ben Rampley. His performance was enough to squeeze a tall glass of empathy from a single brick. With the use of his voice to convey his words, he had the audience believe that they were in the play. As was his loves for the character of Kitty Duval played by Cecilia Ramos, a young woman who hopes for more out of what little she has out of life.

An actor that also stood out from the rest was Joe Jensen who plays Dudley, a conflicted man in love who cannot get off the phone. The actor knew how to enter and exit a stage especially with his love, Elsie played by Rorie Azu-cena. Their scene may have been short but the way they reacted to one another as they held hands be-fore leaving the bar was one of the funniest highlights of the show.

Another noteworthy example of comic relief, would be from Grant Crawford Jr. who peformed

well as Harry. The way he danced and spoke to everybody at the bar made him annoying and lovable at the same time. The actor proved to be very versatile when he was able to fall on the floor and roll onto his chair in one motion.

And versatility appeared to be commonly shared among this cast with Rigel Kent Madrona as Wesley, a person of color who also happens to be the bar's pianist. Madrona's piano playing manages to compliment every scene without distracting the audience from the story.

In addition to more talent, April Crawford as the Newsboy was proof that there are no small roles, but small actors. Despite her role being as minimal as it was, she brought a lot to the table the mo-ment her character showed off his ability to sing. Crawford left the

stage with on a strong note with the audience clapping and cheering before the play had even ended.

And it's a true saying about no small roles, only small actors because while they were not the main focus, Joshua Doctor, Diego Baldonado, Dave Gammad, Marco Macay, Casey Marr, Lisa Olson, and especially Steven Danz all managed to pull some thinking about who they are and when will we see them again on stage? Diego Baldonado again, helped raised anticipation during his last scene.

Another important thing to point out is how much the actors and actresses mastered performing multiple characters. It's people like Vanessa Fitzpatrick, Gail Hobbs, Erin Perry, Chris Schachern, and Joshua Doctor that almost fooled the audience into thinking the amount of cast members was much

“The Time of Your Life” is a beautifully cruel reality worth looking into

“I get the reasoning for the campus giving first priority to first time students, but a lot of the times

those students are undeclared and are taking classes they think they

need.- and taking up space a fourth semester student knows they need.”

Megan Brignoli

nursing

“I would probably have more people sign up on the same time

frame for certain occasions.”

Joseph Howard Hoyer

childhood special needs education

“More culture and diversity classes.”

Rayssa Espada

psychology

larger than in reality.Altogether, the entire cast

worked well with the amount of time they were given. The perfor-mances were almost as good as the set and costumes.

There were just too many things going on at the same time in one place. At some points the audiences attention was unsure of who's story to invest in. But it's worth mentioning, that when every actor was on stage they were doing something even if they were not the ones speaking. When Steven Danz and Rigel Kent Madrona's purpose was to just sit down, they were making towers out of playing cards and before speaking his first line, Dave Gammad was reading a newspaper in black and white.

It's director Kevin Simmer's attention to detail that rest assured everyone that they would not be wasting their time.

The cast poses for a curtain call after the night of the performance, November 25 2015.Clayborne Go/ The Skyline View

Skyline Theatre Club delivers an outstanding performance

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“25” breaks the charts and our heartsBy Andrew AvillaTSV photographer

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Adele is four years older than she was during the release of “21," and she is continuing her theme of heartbreak in her new much-anticipated album “25." This album reminisces Adele’s past relationships with her saying, “I’m sorry I let you go,” rather than the “whatever, don’t need you” lens of her past albums. The view of heartbreak in “25” is also more mature and reflective than angry and upset.

In its first week, "25" smashed Billboard’s record of album sales with an astounding 3.38 million copies sold.

The instruments used through-out the album enforce Adele’s ability to give a very strong emo-tional impact. Adele’s voice and the instruments are relatively soft through each verse and then they all intensify during the choruses pushing the listener further into their seat with the power of her booming voice and the audible change in how each chord is struck.

“25” opens with “Hello”, the record-breaking single that still sits comfortably at the top of the charts five weeks after its release. “Hello” sets the mood for the rest of the album with the theme of looking back through time and thinking about the relationships that used to be a part of her life with a feeling of loss.

Continuing with “Send My Love”, Adele brings in her signa-

ture song theme of trying to move on, and the album continues with the theme of missing someone and feeling the pain of being without the comfort and love that was once abundant. “I Miss You”, “When We Were Young”, “Water Under The Bridge”, “Love In The Dark” all fall under the theme of reminiscing lost love and trying to grow while accepting that is how life just goes.

“River Lea” starts out sound-ing like a cloudy memory of Adele’s distant past and she uses the name of the river that runs through her home town to say she’s blamed what she’s done on where she’s from.

Adele says in the first verse, “But my heart is a valley, It’s so shallow and man made. I’m scared to death if I let you in that you'll see I'm just a fake.” Then in the chorus, she says, “But it's in my roots, it's in my veins, It’s in my blood and I stain, every heart that I use to heal the pain.”

In “Million Years Ago”, Adele looks back on her time growing up while walking through scenes of flashbacks in her home town. She talks about how her past self and the place she grew up is afraid of what she is now because of all she’s gone through.

Adele says, “When I walk around all of the streets where I grew up and found my feet. They can't look me in the eye, It’s like they're scared of me.” And in the chorus, she says that now that she is grown-up, life is much more rough and unforgiving; “Life was

a party to be thrown, but that was a million years ago.”

Adele’s “25” is as emotional as her past albums, and maybe even more so with the harsh reality of moving on and accepting adult life in her mid-twenties. “25” is an incredible album that is easy to listen to, and each song has strong emotional impact. Although the songs on “25” may sound similar to her previous work, Adele still doesn’t fail to produce passion-ate music that pulls the heart strings even in the least emotional person.

Album cover from Adele’s new album “25,” that was released November 20, 2015

Today’s world is a jumble of people on-the-go, and caffeine is in high demand. In recent years, the third wave coffee movement has been spreading, and it has been bringing better coffee, espe-cially in the form of cold brew.

Third wave coffee shops are the kind of place you would imag-ine with a sort of minimalist style and a young, thin man behind the counter sporting thick-rimmed glasses, a high-and-tight haircut (or long untamed locks), and quite often a thick beard. These cafés pride themselves in the artisanal qualities of their drinks and their attention to detail. Cold brew is a delicious product of this attention to detail, where even the smallest nuance of a coffee bean is taken into consideration.

“I really enjoy [cold brew]” says Cañada student Chris Cisneros. “I think it’s so popular because it’s one of those things that’s artisan and people can brew themselves and it’s bringing a sense of tradition.”

Oakland-based Blue Bottle Coffee is one of the pioneers of bringing cold brew into populari-ty, and Conner Burns, the General Manager of the Blue Bottle store in Palo Alto, says, “The flavor [of cold brew] is definitely differ-ent, it’s much more superior. It’s

actually brewed for that purpose, as opposed to being an amalga-mation of things that end every push-pot of coffee.”

What he means by this is that cold brew brings out the subtle flavors of coffee that regular hot drip coffee could never do.

“I appreciate what it has done for the coffee movement. You’re adding another brew method that more people could experience and understand how serious and com-plex coffee could be,” said Burns. “I think the third wave coffee movement is really making places like Starbucks nervous.”

But, in the case of a large com-pany such as Peet’s coffee, it is embracing the third wave’s coffee culture. They switched their iced coffee to cold brew early this year and they also bought Port-land-based Stumptown Coffee Roasters last month. Stumptown is known for their cold brew and the bottles it comes in, similar to the bottles that the Jamaican beer company Red Stripe is known for.

Almost immediately after the buy, Ángel González of the Seattle times said, “The move shows how the roasters that helped popularize gourmet coffee and espresso drinks in the U.S. endeavor to keep up with increas-ingly discerning palates.”

Peet’s Coffee was established in the 1960s by Albert Peet in Berkley as a third wave style

coffee company, and now that the company is buying a roaster like Stumptown, they are continuing to strive for continuing to make higher-quality coffee available to a wider audience.

“I think it’s a really good busi-ness venture for Peet’s, because Peet’s has a huge following,” said Sam Dornik, a barista from new café in Redwood City called Bliss.

Dornik agrees that it was a smart move for Peet’s to buy Stumptown, and he thinks more coffee drinkers will follow the cold brew trend.

“The general public kinda keeps going with the trends, and Peet’s and Starbucks have already switched their iced coffee over to cold brew, so I think it’s going to keep going from there,” he said.

Another Redwood City cafe called Back Yard Coffee has served Stumptown for the past few years, and they also serve beer on tap. Recently, Stumptown released a cold brew drink infused with Nitrous Oxide, and Back Yard decided to serve it on tap along with the few craft beers and ciders.

The nitrous infused cold brew is very flavorful, and Joseph De Los Reyes of Back Yard certainly enjoys it.

“I really like the cold brew we have on tap that’s infused with nitrous,” he said. “I think it’s

really smooth and creamy and I like that a lot.”

He also said he prefers to

drink coffee this way because of the smooth-ness compared to the taste of hot brewed coffee.

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winter cheer (cold brew with egg-nog)” said Perez. “Cold brew is easy to drink unlike other coffee which is usually more bitter; it’s more like drinking chocolate”.

Cold brew has been popping up everywhere recently and with its popularity growing quickly, the smooth, easy-to-drink coffee seems to be on a fast track to everyone’s cups.

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ing with eachother- in hopes to create an alliance with her and all the other districts. This was probably one of the most inspir-ing parts of not only Lawrence’s role but the movie. Whenever she would make a speech to the rebels or other districts, you real-ly felt that raw sense of emotion. What made this material feel so personal was most importantly the chemistry of Katniss and Jennifer Lawrence who had

become the perfect fit. She inhabited the role effortlessly and like all great actresses, she seemed to be playing another version of her real self. It was that kind of rawness that really gave

the audience a jolt.Her desire and

leadership is unde-manding. Whether it was shooting down

aircraft or fighting ene-mies, the lovey- dovey scenes with Peeta or Gale, or taking a punch. Unlike a lot of hero-

ines, she has never settled into stereotype, which, despite the whole anti-utopian thing, makes her much more tangible to the audience especially to a younger

audience.Another thing the au-

dience really had appre-ciated from “Part 2” is

while it still looked much like the anti

utopia future world, it was one that was similar enough to look like ours but different enough to be diverting. You saw the real-life

looking active war zones in the

capitol, although it also looked way too futuristic to be something we could relate to.

What makes this particular installment

different from the rest is that it has more ac-tion sequences based on literal warfare. Unlike the others where the fighting was contained in the arena-the actual Hunger Games- there is destruction throughout all

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might happen next- the games re-ally started to begin once Katniss and her unit moved underground.

The intensity throughout all these scenes were even bigger- with Snow plotting different “Pods” (land mines/traps) leav-ing the audience on the edge of their seats.

Katniss tries to reach out to some of the loyalists in the districts, and other rebels that are fight-

the districts, one through twelve. Although it didn’t show much actual fighting between the rebels throughout the districts, Katniss and her group show propaganda in the Capitol to encourage a sur-render. Similar to a civil war all the rebels were turning against each other and fighting there own neighbors/they even went against their only for hope the “Mock-ingjay.”

Part 2 definitely had scenes that shocked viewers, with things like child violence and other plot twists that came along with much of the movie. Although readers might complain because compared to the novels, they felt that some scenes felt a bit rushed. The movie probably could not stand alone if it were just a mov-ie- not a literary series.

Not just readers but viewers might complain about the way it was filmed. Some of the takes that were meant to be suspense-ful some scenes ended up drag-ging on too long. The transitions from scene-to-scene did not flow as well as the audience would’ve hoped. However, you still saw a lot of good directing with really good action shots and visual effects.

Despite the directing, “The Hunger Games” has much succeeded mainly because it has many different meanings behind it. It’s a story that encompasses war and peace, love, and lands on the shoulders of a girl who fights for her family, friends and the future of Panem. It’s inspi-rational, personal, both familiar and strange, and often times, unnervingly speaks to the past and the present.

The success of “The Hunger Games” series has been in its unique and underlying fashion. It speaks to the movie industry that still continues to treat women onscreen as an afterthought. It reveals the historical depths of today’s real world problems and the stigma of female characters who play a strong female lead. Katniss was a provider for her family, fighting against her star-crossed lover and being betrayed by comrades in arms. The movie and the series draw people in because of the recurring themes represented throughout the films and for the well thought-out story line. The action, the raw acting, the plot and story and most importantly the chemistry between the different characters is much worth watching this very successful series.

The onscreen installments of the Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” trilogy have certainly had a huge run this year. At the beginning of the first install-ment, the games -which fea-tured children from 12 different districts “sacrificing” themselves to represent their district pride and to sustain order and peace within the Capitol- were a lot to handle, but the series grew from that set-up to become something much more valuable. The film franchise presented much more; a strong story about standing up against oppression.

After the first three install-ments, the fourth and final one entitled “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” finally came to threaters. Collins’ final book in the trilogy was stretched into two separate films meaning that “Part 1” featured a lengthy build-up to this final chapter (and we definitely got that lengthy feel in “Part 1”). The first part showed what was really at stake in the revolution while “Part 2” shows the actual war itself, or as rebel combatant Finnick Odair says, the “76th Annual Hunger Games,” allowing Katniss, the heroine who risked her life to save her sisters’, the chance to finally face off against her nation’s brutal political leaders and most im-portantly, to take down the leader of Panem, President Snow.

The rebellion act began after the first hunger games in the second movie in the series, Catching Fire, where Snow had all previous victors fight to their death in the “Quarter Quell.” This was probably the most favored installment of the entire series. Catching Fire kept people guessing for more, where even Mockingjay seemed to be a little bit more predictable at points.

Part 1 starts off with the cap-itol destroying all the districts, including Katniss’ district 12. This is where the “Mockingjay” becomes a leader in the rebel-lion- and a voice to all the other districts to stand up against the capitol. The symbolism here is one you typically don’t see in any series, especially since the “Mockingjay” was played by a woman. What people liked most about this role is that it really did set off a good example. People

in the districts were afraid to stand up against the capitol and it only took one person, Katniss, to fight for the rights of her country (Panem).

“Part 2” evidently picks up where the last movie left off, with Katniss and the rest of the rebel forces closing in on the government and Panem’s leader, President Snow.

In this final chapter, Katniss is now forced to deal with a very unstable and brainwashed Peeta. One of the hardest/best parts about this is that it really keeps you guessing whether or not Katniss is deciding to kill Peeta or if she is still trying to protect him and hold on to the feelings she has always had for him. This represents the same type of corruption that you would see in the Cold War because they would brainwash their loved ones. Just like Peeta, he was brainwashed and cor-rupted by Snow. He has to fight with himself to differentiate which is reality and which is a lie.

However quite a few

challenges get in the way of the Mockingjay and her plan to defeat the capitol. This really made everything more intense for the audience. Especial-ly the big plot twist where Snow decides to create his own “are-na” in the capitol and typically, make sport of the deaths of the rebels who attempt to take them down. SPOILER ALERT* when Katniss and her unit had to go into these war zones inside the capitol, they tried to get to Snow’s mansion underground but were caught on a surveillance camera and Snow moves this “arena” underground.

With the audience really hyped up and afraid of what

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It goes without saying that the attacks that transpired in Paris will go down in history as one of the worst France has seen since World War II. With at least 130 civilian casualties and over 350 injured, the attacks are the worst Europe has experienced since the train bombings that took place in Madrid, Spain in 2004. To say that the Paris attacks have affected the world would be an understatement of epic proportions but, while we all grieve for Paris in the wake of such terrorism, it is important to remember that ISIS does not represent Islam as a whole, and innocent Muslims should not be viewed in the same light as the attackers from Paris.

With all of the hatred being spewed by Donald Trump fol-lowing the tragedies of Nov. 13, the majority of America seems to be forgetting one simple fact: ISIS is not a representative of Islam. Though there is no exact number for the extremist group’s membership, estimates range from anywhere between 20,000 to over 200,000. Islam is the second largest religion in the world, with over 1.5 billion practitioners, and that number is growing every year. That means that ISIS represents .013 percent of Islam at most, but men like Trump seem to think that all Muslims should be held accountable for the militant groups actions.

We are all familiar with the

Westboro Baptist Church, the “Baptist” church that is known for picketing the funerals of Ameri-can military personnel with their hate speech. If ISIS is being viewed as a representative of Islam, shouldn’t the Westboro Baptist Church be viewed as a figurehead for Christians throughout the United States? The membership of Westboro sits at around 40, and the worldwide population for Christians, the largest religion in the world, is over 2.1 billion. Without doing the math, it is plain to see that Westboro makes up an infinitesimal amount of the worldwide Christian population. But, if it makes sense to hold all Muslims account-able for the acts of ISIS, doesn’t it make sense to hold all Christians accountable for the acts of Westboro? Of course not, but hate-mongers like Trump don’t take the time to think of it that way because that’s not what the majority wants to hear.

Rather than concocting asinine excuses to encourage hate, like requiring all Muslims to register in a database or carry special “identification,” we need to come to terms with the truth: ISIS is

not Islam, and we cannot make the mistake of assuming that all Muslims are violent. In September, before the attacks ever took place in Paris, Reza Aslan went on CNN to address this very concept. Aslan, a religious scholar and professor from UC Riverside explained that Islam does not encourage violence.

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“Islam doesn’t promote vio-lence or peace,” Aslan said. “Islam is just a religion, and like every religion in the world, it depends on what you bring to it. If you’re violent, your Islam, your Judaism, your Christianity, your Hinduism, is going to be violent.”

Islam does not make people

violent, but it is always assumed and insinuated that this is the case. If anything, it is the people that make Islam violent, and the same kind of people make Christianity violent as well. We have to keep this in mind as we move forward as a world-wide community and as a people.

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farewell for now fall

the end is near

yes, it is

the end of the year

is here

a few days left

to make it to class

just a few days left

of hoping we pass

thoughts of the end

have been in our dreams

since about

august seventeen

and now

winter has come

including school break

and all of its fun

holiday entertainment

that’s how it looks

no more teachers

no more books...

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Fall 10,111 10,282 10,207 10,581 10,333

Spring 10,657 10,443 10,333 10,397 10,454

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Administration wants more enrollment and for students to graduate or transfer in a timely manner. However a lot of the high demand classes are already full by the time many students are able to register.

A large majority of the students attend-ing Skyline College and other community colleges are planning on transferring to a four year institution afterwards. This requires the student to complete 60 units for both general education and the selected major. Even if the student isn’t planning on transferring after graduating from com-munity college, they must complete the associate degree requirements.

According to the Skyline College Education Master Plan for 2013-2019, first-time student enrollment rates were generally increasing for four years starting in 2004. The highest amount increase of first-time students during that time was 189 students in fall 2006 while the smallest was during fall 2007, with only 58 new first-time students. The enrollment rates were beginning to decrease after the peak of 1,130 first-time students that enrolled in fall 2008. There was once again an increase of 119 first-time students in 2012, totaling the first-time students to 1,023 that year.

Looking at these numbers doesn’t take into account the students that were previously enrolled and are now continuing at Skyline College.

One of the high demand courses that students have to complete as part of their general requirements is a math-ematics class. After taking the placement test required for enrollment, the student can decide if whether to take either the algebra or statistics route.

If the student was currently enrolling at Skyline College for the spring 2016 semester and decided to take the statistics route, that student would have ten classes to choose from at Skyline, excluding the singular online op-tion. With that in mind, that creates room for 300 students to enroll in statistics courses in the spring 2016 semester. Assuming there’s a constant increase of enrollment for first-time students from 2012 until now, there wouldn’t even be enough space for those students to fit into the sta-tistics classes. Not to mention the nonexistent space left available for the returning students who took preliminary statistics to be eligible to enroll in statistics, or anyone looking to take statistics as their requirement.

Another point to be taken into consideration is how quickly classes such as statistics fill up. Priority regis-tration was open from Nov. 2, 2015 until Nov. 9, 2015 and to be eligible students must have a student education plan on file. This leaves the rest of the students eligible during open registration, which started this year on Nov. 10. Although registration has only been available for ev-

Waitlists have students waiting too long

eryone for about three weeks, two of the statistics courses are completely full and the remaining eight are adding students to the waitlists (which only allow 30 students per class).

Along with mathematics, English courses are stigma-tized as being one of the first general requirement classes to fill up. While keeping in mind that registration has only been open to all students for roughly three weeks, it’s amazing that at Skyline College alone there are already two English 110 (Composition, Literature, and Critical Thinking) courses full and 18 have moved on to the waitlist, leaving only seven out of the 27 classes provided available for students to choose from.

Isn’t that why the District offers these courses at College of San Mateo and Cañada College as well? This appears be an understandable counterargument. However at Cañada College, there are only nine statistics courses offered, of which three are full and one has already moved on to the waitlist. At College of San Mateo there are 12 statistics courses offered, of which eight have been pushed to the waitlist, leaving the remaining four classes open. So while there are a few classes that haven’t already moved on to placing students on the waitlist, these campuses are harder to access for some students because they’re in more rural areas that are farther away from the Peninsula.

Besides general requirements, major requirements are to be completed by students pursuing an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree.

It’s frustrating not being able to obtain a class neces-sary for graduation. Leaving students out of luck for the

entire semester forces them to try again the next semester, potentially postponing graduation and transfer goals.

According to Skyline College’s Strategic Enrollment Planning and Management, over the past several years, enrollment numbers at Skyline College have continued to rise, with a 17 percent increase in total duplicated headcount, and a 13 percent increase in un-duplicated headcount; a 16 percent increase in full-time equivalent students (FTES), and a 115 percent increase in weekly student contact hours (WSCH) between Academic Year (AY) 2007-2008 and 2011-2012.

“We are committed to the availability of quality edu-cational programs and services for every member of our community… We are committed to providing students with open access to programs and responsive student services that enable them to advance steadily toward their goals,” is one of Skyline College’s Mission-Vision-Val-ues.

It’s reasonable for administration to want and plan for increasing enrollment, but focusing on this issue while there are current students that can’t get into the classes they need is unreasonable. Of course the effort admin-istration puts into the scheduling system is appreciated, however to fulfill their promise of “the availability of quality educational programs and services for every member of our community,” a closer look at current stu-dents’ constant frustration should be taken into consider-ation.

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Campuses want to increase enrollment, but there isn’t enough room for the students they already have

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Most living things need certain elements to survive: food, water and oxygen. Relationships are no different. They need certain things to survive, and no matter what type of relationship you’re in, you need communication. Sadly, that resource is on the endangered species list.

Effective communication has been put on the verge of extinction by the emergence of texting instead of talking in person and the need to post every feeling on social media. People say they want more than “Netflix and chill”, but that’s not possible if you limit your ability to communicate to 140 characters or less.

The divorcestatistics.info website says that lack of communication is the leading cause for divorce. Selfgrowth.com agrees that poor communication causes relationships to end and even it-cortex.com says that poor communication is the reason that work relationships fail. All of these websites agree that poor commu-nication leads to misunderstanding.

If it’s known that bad communication is ending relationships, then why aren’t people doing more to cor-rect this? Have we become just a generation content with only being able to express ourselves with the limits of emojis and “I <3 U?”

Sound supposedly never ends. Once a sound is made, the vibrations go on forever. Take that into consid-eration when you whisper “I love you” to your significant other. That sound will go on forever. That’s a lot longer than a text message that will end up deleted to make space for more messages.

Paper takes about a month to decompose, faster when it’s wet. When kept in a keepsake box, paper will decompose over years. Something to think about when you want to write a letter. It still lasts longer than a text though.

However you decide to communicate, make it effective so that communication comes off the endangered list. One way to ensure that is to talk to each other. Texting in all capitalization can equal excitement or anger and that is a huge difference in a relationship. Don’t post problems on social media if your partner doesn’t know they exist between you two. That’s a breakup in the making.

Communication keeps the relation thriving and alive. Let’s not leave something that important up to a strong signal or available data.

The View From HereWith Jeanita Lyman, editor in chief

At the dawn of mass media in America, technology and culture coincided in a way that would change society forever. Techno-logical advances and government fear of the masses combined with the birth of psychology to form the base of modern-day media.

Everyone’s familiar with the work of Sigmund Freud by now, and mentioning his name typically leads to snickers and penis jokes. Much of what Freud presented as fact about human be-havior and psychology during his career was completely ludicrous, and psychology in its modern form has done away with many of his most ridiculous ideas, which he was known for.

Gone are the days of diagnoses of penis envy and Oedipus com-plexes, but Freud’s legacy has had a bigger impact on society than most people realize. His nephew, Edward Bernays, is credited in his obituary as “the father of public relations.” Bernays combined his uncle’s theories on subconscious psychology with the crowd psy-chology theories of Gustave Le Bon and Wilfred Trotter.

His view of humanity as a whole was similar to that of Freud’s. He believed that people were, by nature, controlled by

irrational, subconscious motives. As a result, his life’s work cen-tered on methods to control, mit-igate and capitalize on the danger-ous, irrational mass subconscious of society. Early in his career, he worked with Woodrow Wilson on the Committee on Public Infor-mation, which was used to shape the opinions of Americans about World War 1.

Bernays accomplished some impressive feats of marketing and swaying of public opinion throughout his career. In the 1920’s, he popularized smoking for women while working for American Tobacco Company by sending models to march in the New York City parade and saying they were women’s rights activists. He informed the press that the “protestors” would light “torches of freedom” and had the models light Lucky Strike cigarettes on cue in front of pho-tographers. By linking cigarettes to the emerging independence of women, female smokers ceased to be taboo and cigarette companies profited greatly.

Another highlight of Bernays’ career was his work with Beech-Nut Packing Company, also in the 1920s. Beech-Nut wanted to increase their bacon sales. Before

bacon and eggs became staple breakfast foods, there was little emphasis on breakfast in the Unit-ed States and Americans typically just drank coffee and orange juice with some toast. Bernays asked the practicing physician of his agency whether he considered a heavy breakfast to be healthier than a light breakfast. He said that it was, and then asked 5,000 other doctors, who confirmed it. This “study” made headlines through-out the nation paved the way for bacon and eggs to become staple breakfast foods. Beech-Nut’s profits rose considerably, and the stage was set for our modern day obsession with bacon, for no ra-tional reason other than “because bacon is delicious.”

Bernays was able to mold pub-lic opinion in bigger ways as well and even worked to overthrow a government. The Guatemalan Revolution of 1944 overthrew the country’s dictator in favor of a democratically elected president with liberal capitalistic ideas. This presented a problem for United Fruit Company, who owned large amounts of land in the coun-try, when the new government issued a decree that redistributed uncultivated portions of large land holdings to impoverished

agricultural workers in exchange for compensation by the govern-ment to the land holders. Bernays fought back on the behalf of Unit-ed Fruit Company by painting the democratically elected president of Guatemala as a communist, which was used to justify U.S. involvement. Ultimately, the new Guatemalan government was overthrown by the U.S. govern-ment, who installed and backed another dictator to replace the democratically elected president.

Propaganda and public hyste-ria about communism were what enabled this. Hundreds of people were executed following the coup, and a civil war eventually broke out.

This is the power of public relations and propaganda. Gua-temala is still in unstable to this day, and bacon is now a $4 billion industry.

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wait a tick

next semester

is coming up quick

forget the books, yes

for only a short time

come january

try not to whine

new you

new year

new semester

less cheer

more classes

less cheap

more stress

less sleep

it’s still not over

even if you’re done here

there will be another lesson

there will be another year

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Don’t be a gym douchebag

Anyone who’s ever walked into a gym, specifically the free weight area, knows what a gym douchebag is. Chances are you’re familiar with this specific species of tool even if you’ve never set foot in a gym or fitness club. They are a blight and a cancer when it comes to the fitness community, and they end up ruin-ing the experience for everyone. So, do us all a favor and don’t be a gym douchebag.

Some of you might not be clear what typifies a man as being a gym douchebag. The parameters and re-quirements are quite broad, ranging from the types of clothing someone wears in the gym to the type of at-titude they portray to those around them. Regardless of the wide vari-ety of types, at the end of the day, gym douchebags have the same traits, most common among them being arrogance, ignorance and chauvinist tendencies.

Oftentimes, meatheads are mis-labeled as being gym douchebags, and this is a pretty simple mistake to make. A meathead is somebody who spends a decent amount of

time in the gym working towards a specific goal. Being a meathead is a good thing, but this is obviously my opinion. A gym douchebag is often a man who struts around the gym, harassing and flirting with women who want nothing to do with him, and going out of his way to try to intimidate the people around him. This is the guy who, when lifting a serious amount of weight, will drop the weight on the ground and yell some type of profane language in an attempt to gain the attention of all those around him. Chances are relatively high that his form is also incorrect since he’s only focused on the amount of weight he is lifting and not the technique used to cor-rectly execute such a lift.

These nimrods also tend to carry around a big bag filled with various supplements and “gear,” using the aforementioned bag and its con-tents to claim territory around a certain machine or lifting station, and woe to the individual who at-tempts to violate their space. The concept of “claiming” a machine or a rack in the gym is idiotic and one of the greatest hallmarks for a gym douchebag. Serious lifters understand that there are a limited amount of stations in the gym, and

by Steve PerottiTSV Senior staff writer

they adapt to that. If you’re using a specific station, bench or machine and someone asks if they can work in with you, then you should ac-commodate them. They’re working towards the same thing that you are, and you shouldn’t get in the way of that. It might take a little more time to finish your routine, but it honest-ly comes with the territory of work-ing out in a busy gym during prime time hours.

With New Years right around the corner there will be a massive surge in gym memberships as men and women work towards their own specific resolutions. It happens every year and is, honestly, predict-able. A gym douchebag will go out of his way to make these new mem-bers feel out of place and weak, while a serious lifter will adapt to their presence and work on what he/she needs to work on. You can be serious about your health and fitness without being one of these tools, and you should make sure the people around you understand the difference. It’s because of these douchebags that Planet Fitness, with their idiotic rules and regula-tions against heavy lifting and gym “attire,” exists in the first place. Be a meathead, not a douchebag.

Rather than strutting around the gym like a peacock, try acting like a normal human being

Nov. 21, 2015. Final score 55 to 76. But it wasn’t a basketball game – it was the Bulldog Bowl, a NorCal football playoff. College of San Mateo Bulldogs, NorCal’s wild card team, played their hearts out and their butts off, but the Chabot Gladiators were.... well, gladiators.

The first half ended 34 to 14 with Chabot on top.

To begin the fourth quarter, CSM scored seven points, fol-lowed by Chabot’s battering with 28 points up on the board, to extend the Gladiators’ lead 62 to Bulldogs’ 21.

The CSM Bulldogs never gave up! They. Just. Never. Gave. Up.

Despite setting some new Bull-dogs' records (QB, #2 Dru Brown passed for 425 yards, with seven touchdowns; receivers #17 Devon-tae Young grabbed four passes for 106 yards and #13 Chikwado Nzer-em caught six for 101 yards) and despite putting 34 more points on the board in the fourth, the intrep-id, dogged Bulldogs were slayed by the Gladiators.

It was a gallant effort, painful for CSM fans, yet the team did right by its name. They were Bull-dogs all the way.

by Joy MarcusTSV Multimedia Reporter

CSM Bulldogs never gave up

Basketball season is the only one I really look forward to every year. The enthusiasm I get from watching it with my family brings me so much joy, and I have them to thank for my new, profound inter-est in sports.

The Bay Area’s very own Gold-en State Warriors have made his-tory in setting the record for the most consecutive wins in starting the new season. As of Dec. 2, their game against the Charlotte Hor-nets put them at 20 consecutive wins so far.

Their 2014-2015 season was indeed their best season. With a record of 67 wins in a season and their amazing teamwork on the court, they deserved their rings and championship trophy.

With a ranking of number one in the Western Conference of the NBA, they definitely have a chance of making it to the playoffs and winning another NBA champi-onship. As crazy as it may sound, the Warriors could possibly win all the games that they play this season. As much as people might think there’s a small chance of that happening, their team coordination and stability thus far says other-wise. Even though it seems impos-sible, it’s possible.

With players like their point guard, Steph Curry, the Warriors have a definite shot at making the championships again this year. This season alone, Curry has made 45 percent of his three point shots,

according to espn.go.com.Shooting guard Klay Thomp-

son and small forward Andre Ig-uodala have also been players that contributed to the success of the Warriors last season.

Last season, Curry and Thomp-son earned the nickname “Splash Brothers” because they made 525 three-pointer shots combined, which is an NBA record.

From last season, Curry and Thompson have a combined aver-age of 45.5 points made per game. This season their combined aver-age for the season so far is 47.9 points per game.

They are both really good play-ers, and Iguodala is also a highly valuable player to the Warriors. Last season, he really started showing up throughout the sea-son. He played in 77 games, and did not get a chance to start in any game, yet he made an average of 7.8 points per game and an average of 35 percent of three-point shots. Iguodala’s time on the court really gave him a chance to show what he could bring to the games. Iguoda-la has an excellent ability to shoot the ball. He definitely deserved the title for “Finals MVP” last season.

As for this season, the Warriors have been good with the number of shots they have been making. This season so far, the team has an overall average of 42.3 field goals made per game and the number at-tempted is 86.1, according to espn.go.com.

On the court, the team is pretty fast with handing the ball and uti-lizing the floor space well. They have good team work, and players

like Harrison Barnes and Dray-mond Green have made an exten-sive contribution to the wins they have made so far this season.

Overall, they are a good team, and they would be a hard team to beat if or when they make it to the championships again this season. There is a lot of faith put into our home team, and they are making history right now in the NBA. They have the potential to win an-other championship that would for sure make the Bay Area proud.

by Katelyn PayneTSV Multimedia Editor

Sports Opinion

Warriors on their way to finals

The score clock showed a two-point deficit entering the final period. At 285 pounds, freshman Jeremiah Holbrook took his place in the defen-sive position.

Two minutes and two takedowns later, Holbrook took a hard hitting fourth place against the Modesto Pirates’ Jose Garcia, and by duals end the Skyline Trojans closed with an overall score of 68.50, ranking at third place in the Coast Confer-ence wrestling tournament hosted by Chabot College in Castro Valley, Nov. 21, 2015.

Regardless of taking an overall third place, Trojans had many win-ning bouts throughout the tourna-ment under head coach James Had-don. This year’s Coast Conference hosted five schools, including Santa Rosa, Modesto, Fresno, Skyline, and Chabot community colleges.

“We had a good tournament,” said Haddon. “Fundamentally our guys are really putting things together. The things we have been working on all season as far as technique, I was pret-ty happy with the outcome of most of the matches.”

Freshman Ezra Clark who com-peted in the 141 pound division took first place overall this tournament, and brought much of the teams suc-cess through his technique and pas-sion throughout his matches.

“Ezra is really starting to look like he is becoming a full, well rounded wrestler which is pretty big for a first year to do what he has done at this tournament,” said assistant coach Ja-son Morhouse.

The team has had some major growth throughout the season, com-ing a long way not only technical-ly but mentally as well. The men showed a lot of good defense and skill on the mats as well as being prepared physically with every wrestler mak-ing weight this tournament.

“We had a lot of first year guys and I’m really proud of how far they’ve come,” said coach Haddon.

Trojans wrestling team are look-ing to work on gaining balance be-tween intensity and relaxation as well as confidence, especially as injuries and fatigue progress throughout the season.

Brady Hong however, proved that regardless of how tough the season gets, hard work pays off. Having had the most matches this tournament, he placed high in conference and showed great team spirit.

“A lot of our team mates did well, it makes me really happy” said Hong. “Not only did I do well, but seeing my teammates win and place along side with me makes me really proud.”

Travis Morgan Smith, another first year with the Men’s Wrestling team, was also very proud of how well his fellow Trojan teammates resulted this tournament.

“We all did really well, we pushed really hard and it reflected from our practices,” said Smith.

The men will continue their sea-son working on their technique as they prepare for regionals.

“It was a fun day and a lot of guys wrestled really well,” said Morhouse. “But right now we are looking to im-prove our offense and we should be well off come time for regionals.”

by Gretta GeorgiyevTSV Staff Writer

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Everyone has those friends that constantly go to the gym and post their workouts. They will post things such as the meals that they eat, otherwise known as “gains,” how much weight they lift, and shirtless selfies. When Alexander Lescano, a Skyline sophomore, first joined a local gym in 2011, social media was not used to brag about your gym sessions to all your friends and followers. This is changing with this new pattern we are seeing of people spending more time on their phones than actually work-ing out. The gym is a place for self-improvement and now, a place to snap pictures and boast on social media about you being at the gym.

Lescano is not alone in this up and coming trend. As you glide through your social feeds and double tap, you may begin to no-tice more and more people post-ing pictures of themselves at the gym with a motivational quote to go with it. Modern technol-ogy has allowed us to brag and boost our ego like never before. We are able to get some sort of satisfaction from receiving likes on a picture or status. Aside from satisfaction, people also have a feeling of acceptance when they get these likes and comments on their post.

“I post these pictures of me at the gym to keep an eye on my

progress and how far I’ve come,” Lescano said. “It also gives me some extra motivation.”

From Facebook to Twitter, all forms of social media are being used to show the world that you are at the gym. There are now “Instagram famous” people with thousands of followers for whom the sole purpose of their social media accounts is to share their daily workout regimes. This is true for both males and females of all ages across all so-cial media platforms. These posts of daily routines and work-outs are also a way to get the attention that you want. However, a lot of people do not care.

Many people find it annoying when people they follow post their pictures at the gym. Although you may have a cou-ple hundred follow-ers for the average person, most people do not care about your gym routine. People generally do not talk to all of their followers nor see them on a regular basis, so you can see why it could get annoying seeing the same guy with the same mirror selfie flex-ing their biceps.

Meghan Farley, a Skyline Psychology teacher, describes how new technology actually

alienates us from people, yet so-cial media is used to counteract this feeling of alienation.

“People feel the need to pro-mote themselves because they are alienated from everyone,” Farley said. “I think social me-dia allows for people to express themselves, but also this trend is a call for attention from others

being that they are alienated.”Farley goes on to say how

there may be some narcissism linked to this up and coming trend of posting pictures and up-dates of yourself when you are working out at a gym.

People who use social media are very aware of that one friend who seems to have to update their status every single time they are at the gym. Everyone

knows at least one person in their feed that’s constantly making you feel bad for not being a gym rat like they are. Once again, generally people have two ways they can react to these posts. The first reaction is to unfollow and get really annoyed at the consis-tent posts that person does while at the gym. The second is to use

these people post-ing their gym life as motivation for them-selves.

Jeena DiMaan-dal, a Skyline stu-dent enrolled in a PE class, says that she has more than one person in her Insta-gram feed who posts pictures regularly when they are at the gym.

“People see fit people working out and have nice bod-ies so they want to do that in order to get attention,” Di-Maandal said. “Also

people want to inspire others and have them witness their journey in becoming both physically healthy and appealing.”

We are becoming more and more desensitized to this up and coming trend because we are seeing it so often now in social media. In the past, it was very rare to see people post their workouts online and selfies at the gym. Modern technology now

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“People see fit people working out and have

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praises people for these pictures of fit people because they gar-ner a lot of attention or “likes.” We are no longer limited to what people show us on an individual basis in face to face interaction. Instead, people can easily com-municate their new healthy life-style to thousands with a quick social media selfie.

These selfies are taken for re-assurance of oneself, as Farley describes, “Sharing your gym pictures allows you to garner likes and have a sense of self-ac-ceptance to thousands of people on social media.”

The more likes a picture re-ceives, the better people making these posts will feel about them-selves either consciously or un-consciously.

Manoli Nuris, a gym instruc-tor from the 24 Hour Fitness in Pacifica, says that he has never seen this amount of people tak-ing pictures and on their phones while working out. He explains how he personally trains some people, and more than half of the people he trains record them-selves working out.

“Social media is an outlet and source of inspiration and moti-vation for a lot of people,” Nuris said. “Whether the intent of post-ing a picture is to make believe of ‘living that lifestyle’ or inspir-ing other people to do the same as they are.”

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a highlight from the Trojan’s home opener against Alameda.

by Gregory RagazaTSV Staff Writer

years old, but that wasn’t the only sport he played when he was younger. Growing up, Jimenez played more base-

ball than basketball. He was the pitcher and first baseman of the South City Rockies, and at

the young age of 10 years old, Jimenez made the all-star team. But in the

end, he enjoyed playing basket-ball more than baseball.

“I chose basketball over baseball because basketball was more thrilling and ex-citing to play,” Jimenez said.

Jimenez definitely made the right choice. It is both

thrilling and exciting to watch him drive the ball down the court to score against the opposing team, which is exactly what he did during his game

against College of Alameda on Nov. 4. It was the team’s first game of the season and they won 115 to 96. His passion and

hard work certainly showed throughout the

game.

Skyline men’s bas-ketball Head Coach Justin Piergrossi knows first hand how much hard work Jimenez puts into the game on and off the season. Coach Piergrossi points out that he is proud of him for putting a lot of time in the game, and for preparing him-

Have you been to a Skyline Tro-jan’s basketball game and seen number 30 shoot like a beast? Well that beast is Tavita “Vika” Jimenez, the shooting for-ward and shoot-ing guard of the Skyline Trojan’s basketball team. He doesn’t just make the shots, however. As the pas-sionate and determined captain, he calls them too.

Jimenez is a sophomore at Skyline College, who was re-cruited from Junipero Serra High School and is majoring in kinesiol-ogy. In his freshman year at Skyline College, Jimenez won the “Most Outstanding Freshman” award during the 2014-2015 season.

He began p l a y i n g basketball a r o u n d the age of 7

self for this season.“He worked extremely hard physi-

cally to get prepared,” Piergrossi said. “A good part of that he did on his own in the off season.”

Jimenez is highly dedicated to im-proving himself to play better. He is diligent in getting his form and arc just right, so he can make more shots. His passion lies in refining his technique.

“I am very passionate about the things you can control in the game, like your form and defense,” Jimenez said. “You can’t control whether the ball goes in or not, but you can control the form from where the ball was released.”

His determination in getting his form correct has surely paid off. Ac-

c o r d -ing to the statistics on California Com-munity College Athletic Association (CCCAA), Jimenez has scored an aver-age of 15 points per game this season thus far.

“He can shoot,” Trojans guard for-ward Usman Hameed said.

However, shooting is not the only thing Jimenez adds to the team.

“Vika brings a lot of energy and pas-sion to the team,” Hameed said. “Which are the most underrated qualities for a basketball player.”

Jimenez is highly team-oriented, which not only makes him a better play-er, but makes the team play more cohe-sively and perform better overall.

“He is always communicating on the floor and trying to help his teammates,” Piergrossi said. “He has a lot of charac-teristics that not only make him a good player, but a good person to have in our program.”

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Europe,” Jimenez said. “And potentially

travel the world to play basket-ball.”

So, go support Jimenez while he is still local. This might be your only chance to get an autograph before he starts traveling the world doing what he is most passionate about: playing bas-ketball.