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For the first time in eight months, the Associated Students of Solano College student government has an elected board. One hundred twenty votes were cast during the four days the polls were open. Leah Ferrell and running mate Alonzo Brown garnered 103 ‘yes’ votes to 6 ‘no’ votes for the posi-tions of president and vice presi-dent, respectively. Kayla Salazar was elected to the office of student trustee earning 102 ‘yes’ votes to seven ‘no’ votes. Salazar was the interim student trustee appointed by the student government at the end of the spring semester to fill the position until a student trustee was elected in the fall. Angela Buford, elected to the position of legislative advocate, gathered 98 ‘yes’ votes and five ‘no’ votes. A collective sigh of relief could be heard throughout the Solano Col-lege student government meeting after Naser Baig, acting-presiding officer of the student government, announced the voting results. “I present to you a correctly elect-ed board,” Baig said during the meeting. “It’s over guys!” said Kayla Sala-zar, newly elected student trustee after the student government rati-fied the election results. “I’m disappointed with the turn-out,” Baig said after the meeting. “We did a good job letting people know about the election.” To garner interest in the student elections, Baig and the select inter-im committee plastered the main campus, the Vallejo center, and the Vacaville center with election

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Elections are right around the corner and a number of faculty members have taken an active role in influencing students and com-munity members to vote yes on Proposition 30 in the November election. The California Teachers Associa-tion (CTA) at Solano Community College has formed a Political Ac-tion Committee (PAC) and on Oct. 3, members of the committee met to discuss their activity in the community and how individuals

can get involved. “The money there (Proposi-tion 38) as I understand it only goes to K through 12,” said school counselor Nicholas Cittadino. “It doesn’t touch the community col-leges. Prop 30 does. If it doesn’t go through there’s going to be huge budget cuts coming up for com-munity colleges." “It’s a spiral down that is tough to climb out of,” said Professor Marc Pandone. “We need to com-municate to not only students, but the community, the importance of this tax measure to raise funds for education as well as other social services.” “(Proposition) 38 only goes to

schools. (Proposition) 30 does go to teachers, firemen, policemen, other social services as well as schools. That’s why it has a much broader coalition of support,” Pandone said. A flyer has been going around campus with one side written on why to vote no on Proposition 32 and yes on Proposition 30. The flyer was given to The Tempest at the meeting and Pandone spoke about a key note on the flyer, Cali-fornia’s low position of 47 out of 50 states in per-pupil funding. “The de-funding of public edu-cation has been pushing students into private for-profit schools,” Pandone said. “California is 47

right now I think, we’re just above Arizona in regards to funding. It’s a travesty. There’s still extraordi-nary fine education, teaching going on at this campus regardless of that.” “The community college system in the state of California is the larg-

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Faculty union’s political action committee garners student support for Proposition 30

Final push for voters

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SCC Governing board candidates for Nov. ballot

Trustee Area 3 - Vallejo, Benicia, Suisun City

Trustee Area 7 - Vacaville, Winters, Dixon

Trustee Area 5 - Fairfield, Green Valley, Cordelia

Educational backgroundB.A, business education, Uni-

versity of MissouriM.A., business ducation, Or-

egon State University

Measure Q: SupportProp. 30: SupportProp. 38: Do not support

If re-elected, what are your five goals for SCC?

1. Accreditation 2. Career technical expansion3. Expansion of four-year

degree offerings through MOU’s with nearby universities

4. Retention of students. 5. Fiscal responsibility.

Contact Information http://rosemarythurston.com

Educational backgroundAttended UC Berkeley;A.A., business administration,

SolanoB.A., business management, St.

Mary’s College

Measure Q: I like to know more about it. It’s hard for me to support something that I know very little about.

Prop. 30: SupportProp. 38: Did not offer posi-

tion

If elected, what are your five goals for SCC?

1. Budget2. Being more transparent with

decisions3. Outreach4. Putting the students and par-

ents that live in the community first

5. Increase the attendance6. Vocational programs

Contact Informationselectmw@yahoo.comDaytime: (707) 344-1039Evening: (707) 425-1119

Educational backgroundAttended Riverside Community College;A.A., Social Science, Political Sci-ence, Liberal Arts, International Relations, History, Foreign Lan-guage - Spanish, University Studies - Social Science, University Studies - Liberal Studies, University Stud-ies - Communication, University Studies - Arts & Humanities, Sola-no College; A.S. Criminal Justice - Corrections, Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement, Solano College

B.A., Legal Studies, Political Sci-ence, UC Berkeley

Measure Q: SupportProp. 30: SupportProp. 38: Do not support

If elected, what are your five goals for SCC?I would encapsulate them into one goal: changing things for the bet-ter for students. Solano Commu-nity College is the county’s only higher education public resource. It needs to be here and provide services for every resident of So-lano County. Education is always a good thing. We need to provide a stellar education opportunity for every student who comes through our doors. To provide that is no small feat. The mission needs to be upheld.

Contact Informationbrannen4sccboard@gmail.com

Educational backgroundAttended Riverside Commu-

nity College;B.A., political science, minor

in math and history, San Diego State;

Teaching credential from San Diego State.

Measure Q: SupportProp 30: SupportProp 38: Do not support

If elected, what are your five goals for SCC?

1. Measure Q money is spent appropriately

2. Finding extra money for

Solano College3. Work with 7th and 8th

graders, along with high school students on why they are not com-ing to Solano – what do we need to keep the kids here?

4. Get our act together in regards to accreditation

5. Being involved – let’s talk about it behind closed doors, then come out as a united front. Is there something I can’t agree with, I’ll say no.

Contact Information MonicaBrown707.orgMonicaBrown707.info

Educational backgroundGeneral education at Solano;B.A., history, CSU East Bay;Working on M.A. in history,

CSU East Bay.

Measure Q:I would have to do more research

on where the monies would go.Prop.30: and Prop. 38:I’m not against investment in

higher education. We need to take into account fiscal realities and gridlock in Sacramento.

If elected, what are your five goals for SCC?

1. Look top-down on what So-lano is spending

2. Tackling transfer issues. If you have an online database that uploads all the syllabi created for every course created by every pro-

fessor here at the college, then en-rollment can verify if courses are transferable to the UC and CSU.

3. I would love to work to bring down student fees

4. I would love to bring a more diverse student body at this cam-pus.

5. But at the end of the day, the district has to work with what it has, and work with what it has, re-sponsibly. Then we can tackle the larger issues.

Contact Informationwww.facebook.com/elect.laluanelect.laluan@gmail.com

Educational backgroundA.A., early childhood develop-

ment, Contra Costa College;B.A., sociology, B.A., business

personnel (human resources), San Francisco University

M.A., human relations, San Francisco State

M.A., educational administra-tion, San Francisco State

Ed.d, organizational leadership, San Francisco University

Chief Executive Officer, Com-munity College, credential

Supervision, community col-lege, credential

Teaching Degree, community college, credential

Certificated, parent educatorCertificated, human resources

specialist

Measure Q: Support

Prop. 30: SupportProp. 38: Do not supportIf elected, what are your

five goals for SCC?1. Working to remove that

warning status (accreditation)2. Measure Q – expand the

college. 3. Fiscal responsibility. 4. Ensure that the resources

available to our college are equi-table distributed across the college

5. Student retention – retained until they are successful with their identified goals.

Contact InformationWebsite: www.francesmc-

cullough.comEmail: FMsuccesscenter@aol.

com (707) 864-8446

Educational backgroundA.A., Banking and finance,

Solano Community College;Working on bachelors;Military certificates, military

leadership courses.

Measure Q: Support Prop. 30: SupportProp. 38: I need to do more

research about it If re-elected, what are

your five goals for SCC?1. Accreditation2. Realistic numbers for our

budget3. Foundation needs more

creative ideas to bring funds to the school

Contact Informationemail: phil_mccaffrey@yahoo.

com

Educational backgroundA.A., business, Solano CollegeB.S., business administration,

Sacramento State University

Measure Q: SupportProp. 30: SupportProp. 38: Did not offer posi-

tion

If elected, what are your five goals for SCC?

1. Vocational training2. Career Tech

3. Middle College for high school students, partnerships with more local four-year universities in the area

4. Accreditation5. Bond money and how it is

going to be spent6. Better representing the story

of Solano College in the county.

Contact InformationWebsite: michaelamartin.org

Rosemary Thurston, (incumbent)

David Brannen

Mike Wright

Monica Brown

Mark Laluan

Frances McCullough

Phil McCaffrey,(incumbent)

Mike Martin

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Food fight: I say “tomato” you say “tomato”

letter to the editor

What do you see while standing in the lunch line--crusty rice and rotten bananas? For those of us who live on a tight budget, finding good affordable food in the cafeteria is like taking your car into the shop: there’s a good chance you could be ripped off. I myself have eaten the crusty rice time after time, but what choice do I have when there’s not much in the realm of cheap and tasty?

It’s time that we all take a long hard look at our options. If we have the power to change our cafeteria maybe we should exercise that power. Let’s venture into the cafeteria and listen to what our student body has to say.

Armed with a note pad and pen I made my way to the cafeteria to seek out the opinions of hungry students. The questions were:

What’s your favorite meal •offered?

What makes you yak?•

How satisfied are you with •our cafeteria?

If you’re unsatisfied, then •why?

Jessica Traxler, a returning student at Solano asks me if she can sit at my table in the lunch room. She’s eating a Teriyaki chicken bowl in a rather hurried

manner.

“My favorite is this,” she said, smiling and pointing to her bowl with her plastic fork. She seems to be enjoying it and speaks to me between chews. “The burgers here are the worst item, they have a weird texture, and I’m pretty sure they’re not made from real beef,” Traxler said.

“The cafeteria is a good place to

hang out with friends and have lunch, but the place should have a secluded area to separate lunch students from study students,” Traxler said. She also said that our cafeteria could use more seating, she usually has a problem finding an open seat during peak lunch hours.

At this point I am thinking about my usual scoop of rice, and

how it might taste better if I load it up with the Teriyaki sauce. I am wondering that will make it adequate. I sigh as I contemplate the mystery of the white rice.

Dennis Megary, a long-time and former student of Solano, sits at a far table playing cards with his buddy. He smiles at me as he answers my questions. “I don’t

go here anymore, but my favorite meal was the hotlinks,” Megary said. He said they were cheap and had an appealing taste. I cringe as he goes into more detail, first because I’m a vegetarian, and second because the details get too indecent to print in this newspaper. Megary also said the sushi made him yak the most, “it’s not edible, plain and simple”.

Jessica Lally, a first year student at Solano says her favorite meal comes from the salad bar. “You can create your own salad, and having those options are great for me,” Lally said. She also said that she loves the Chinese food section in the cafeteria. When asked what makes her yak, she said, “Oh god, the burgers and all their grease.” Jessica nods her head when I ask her if she is truly satisfied with the cafeteria, “Yes, they always have something good.”

So there you have it folks, Chinese food leads by two, while burgers are down by two. Hot links are on their own level of greatness, and the cafeteria staff gets the gold trophy in excellence. Unfortunately, I still haven’t figured out what to do with my crusty rice Bananas.

Anyone?

Measure Q seeks to raise taxesDear editor:

In 2002, the taxpayers of Solano County funded a $124.5 million dollar bond measure (Measure G) to improve the facilities at Solano Community College. $5 million dollars of that amount was used to remodel the science/engineer-ing building. The remodeling was just completed during the sum-mer of 2011. Now the district has spent $300,000 dollars to float a

new bond measure (Measure Q) in the Nov. 2012 election, asking the taxpayers of Solano and Yolo Counties for an additional $348 million dollars.

Part of the money from Measure Q will be used to gut or entirely demolish the newly remodeled science/engineering building and build a new one. In addition, $1 million dollars from Measure G was spent on building a new soc-cer field. If Measure Q passes, the soccer field is to be demolished and replaced with a pond.

Meanwhile, fourteen programs, including Engineering, remain under threat of Program Discon-

tinuance (see The Tempest, Dec. 7, 2011). After the campus and community spoke out to support these threatened programs last year, the program discontinuance process was “put on hold”, but has not been cancelled. What the students of Solano Community College urgently need is a com-mitment from the administration that their educational programs will remain intact, and that their classes will be offered. However, Measure Q provides no funds whatsoever for keeping these and other academic programs alive.

If Measure Q passes, and state-wide Proposition 30 (which would provide funds to pay teachers and

other staff) is defeated, students at SCC may find themselves with an unneeded new science/engineer-ing building, but with no classes being taught due to program closures, class cancellations and layoffs.

Sincerely,

Dr. Melanie Lutz

Engineering and Physics Depart-ments

Solano Community College

Fairfield, CA

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correction

The Sep. 19 issue included water polo in the sports calendar. There is no water polo this semester.

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By Patrick Finnigan Staff Writer PFinnigan@solanotempest.com Many gamers would say that religion and video games mix well, in most recent cases at least. It took trial and error to find the right balance of religious con-text in video games, the earliest examples of which were full on bible-based games, which did not fare well mostly because of poor marketing choices. Nowadays, games use religion frequently, but are careful not to overexpose the religious contexts involved. This is why The Binding of Isaac really took me off guard when I first saw it, because TBOI’s plot is actually based on a story from the Bible.

The story is that of a young boy named Isaac living a normal life with his religious fanatic mother. Everything was normal until Isaac’s mother started hearing the voice of “God” in her head, telling her to save her son from sin and show her faith by sacri-ficing him in His honor. Isaac overhears this from his room, and he escapes into the basement below as his mother comes in. Some people can tell right away that this is based on the biblical story of the same name, in which Abraham attempts to sacrifice his son by the command of God, but is stopped at the last minute by

an angel. This doesn’t mean that the game takes that much from the story, because other than that obvious comparison, this game is actually quite brutal, bloody, and very fun to play.

The game can be described as a Roguelike game, being that the player must delve into five, randomly generated levels before reaching the end, each with dif-ferent enemies and challenges, all in the semi-cutesy animation style that is used in this game. The game also has hundreds of items to collect, from a third eye, to Isaac’s mother’s bra, each with their own beneficial abilities and powerups. The game thrives off a player’s ability to repeatedly beat the game, collecting new items and viewing the several different endings. With this much replay value, it can get addicting after a while, especially with the very simple controls gives people a good grip on the action.

Although I have to say, the game sometimes the game delves on too deep with the action. For one thing, the game can get pretty dif-ficult at some points, and while some items are greatly useful, others are worthless and don’t do much. These things wouldn’t be much a problem if it wasn’t for the fact that if you die once, it’s back to square one, which isn’t

really necessary in most games in my opinion. Luckily the levels are short, so that takes out some of the sting from dying over and over again. Overall, this game is a great buy, for what it’s worth. There’s a fair amount of content and tons of replay value, and the game itself feels very nice to play. But this game isn’t for everyone, consider-ing the monstrous difficulty that comes up later on might turn some people off. If you are look-ing for a simple, solid dungeon crawler at a cheap price, this could be the game for you.

Final grade: C+

The Good: Very easy to get into, very hard to get

out of.The Bad: Difficulty curve makes this a game not made for Average Joe

GamerThe Ugly: Prepare to see tons of blood and gro-tesque monsters in this

game.

Gaming, Old Testament style

by Max Shepherd Staff writer, MShepherd@solanotempest.net It was spring of 2009 and my first semes-ter of college.. I was late. I walked into Ian McIver’s Cinema 011 class to find all of the students standing in a circle. McIver had commanded the students tostand up and share one piece of information about themselves as a way to break the ice. As my turn quickly approached I franti-cally scoured my mind to find something about myself worth saying. Eventually I set-tled on informing the class that I was wear-ing two different brands of socks. We were then herded into teams; I was grouped with a distant relative of Nick Nolte’s, and a girl who had learned to shove nails up her nose at the circus. My daydream of joining the circus to learn how to spin fire on the backs of elephants with sharp bits of metal jammed in my face were pushed aside when McIver readied to play the first film we would watch that Semester, Shirley Temple’s “The Littlest Rebel”, starring Shirley Temple as the most adorable racist in the history of film. After 90 minutes of watching a 5-year-old tap dancer glorifying slavery we werefree to go. This was my introduction to the

Solano Community College film and televi-sion program. Two days later it was time for Cinema 010, also taught by Ian McIver. It was the first time I stepped foot in to Solano’s Studio 121. The heavy metal doors were almost hidden on the side of library amid overgrown foliage. It was in this class where I first crossed paths with Alden “Sheep Tortilla” Tatum, but it would not be the last. A year later it was time to stop messing around and start making movies. The theory and history of film were out of the way. Cinema 015 is where it got real. It was also where I met truck driving After FXwizard and musician Bradley “Bradmiral Akbar” Daniel. “I remember being filled with dreams and aspirations. I knew with film I could bring any vision to life.” Bradley communicated to me over Facebook. “I wouldn’t know what know today without the friends I made and what I’ve experienced. I’m very grateful.” Cinema 015 is where students are taught the practical aspects of making movies. The studio lab is equipped with Macs loaded with non-linear editing program, Final Cut Pro, and students are given access to mini

HD cameras with which to shoot their proj-ects. Mics, tri-pods and other equipment are available to be checked out. Former SCC student, now member of Room 121 Productions (named in honor of the SCC TV studio), Roberto Berrios, passed through the film program in the late 90’s when things were quite a bit different.“The times were changing; it was a time of transition. When I first started, we were splicing super 8 film, and scratching liter to create crude animations. We used bulky S-VHS cameras and edited on VTR’s the size of an Xbox 360,” Berrios said. “The digital era of filmmaking was in its infancy. Sadly, few saw any hope for it. In fact, I quite recall that on the internet and periodicals, digital was seen as a cheap knock-off. A little over a decade later, and it is now causing a revolution in the filmmaking world. With that, I can say that SCC’s film program was (in my time) ahead of its time, leading the path of innovation.” Like Brad Daniel, Berrios looks back at his time attending the SCC cinema pro-gram fondly and finds its greatest reward to be the friendships he forged. “My biggest joy is that I have made life-long friends. Regardless of where our paths have taken us, I think that on a personal

level, the biggest impact is how many of the alumni have stuck together, have found one another and have worked together. More than anything, I am grateful for all the wonderful friends I have made with the same passion and daring to dream. When Steve and I first conceptualized Room 121, this was at the core of it.”Look for part two of “SCC Film Program: A Journey” in our next issue.

Tyler Manzo

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The Binding of Isaac:Biblical game delivers strong, weird experience

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Some people can tell right away that this is based on the biblical story of the same name, in which Abraham at-tempts to sacrifice his son by the command of God, but is stopped at the last minute by an angel

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By Patrick Finnigan Staff WriterPFinnigan@solanotempest.com Halloween is all about pumpkins, costumes, candy, and, for the more unfortunate, scraping wet toilet paper from the roof and picking out sporks that have been jammed into the front lawn. But for Solano, they plan on doing something a bit different- holding a zombie-themed fashion show. The concept of “Zombie Project Run A Way” may seem simple on paper, but for the theatre depart-ment at Solano, it’s much more than just a show. The Project is in conjunction between the costume, scene building, and makeup classes here at Solano.

“The kernel of the idea was to give the students the opportu-nity to get really excited about something that they are creating for themselves or for somebody else” said, Rebecca Valentino, one of the Theatre teachers assisting in this event. Barbara J. B andy, the theatre make-up teacher on campus, said that “This project is a project of love, between Rebecca Valentino and me. She came up with a project she wanted to do with her class in conjunction with mine… It’s also quite evident that many of the students are look-ing forward to this event. Tyler Nix, One of the students in the makeup department, stated, “Just learning how to do everything to get to that point, where the public can see my work, is pretty fantas-tic.” “It’s just the coolest thing.” Mentioned Toni Murray, another make up student in the class. “It’s kind of like [a] playground for actors and the makeup.”

Although it may seem like a walk

in the park for them, but the fact of the matter is that the Theatre Department has been gutted of funding due to recent budget cuts on the college. Despite that, they have made the most of it with what they have. “I think the event is really good for the school since our budget has been cut down.” stated Stephanie Howard, another makeup artist for the project. “It’s these kinds of shows that the teachers are putting in all this ef-fort to keep the theatre alive.”

But don’t just expect a simple fashion show at this event. There will be much more going on. “We’re also inviting the Fairfield Visual Arts Association to join us. We just wanted an evening of all the artists on campus to get together and just enjoy each other and start sharing ideas, and really kinda connecting with the outer community.” Barbara Bandy said.

They will be showcasing an art gallery at the event, in association with the FVAA, as well as food and wine and zombie-related me-dia to entertain the guests before the initial runway show begins. The doors open at the Harbor Theatre 4:30, with the runway

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Concerts at Solano

The Solano Community College music department is presenting a series of concerts this semester;

-SCC Choirs Wed. 17 7 p.m.-SCC Steel Drum Band Wed Nov 14, 7 p.m.-Nutcracker Ballet SCC Orchestra w/ Benicia Ballet wed. 28-30, Sat. Dec 1-2. -SCC Wed. Dec 5 7:30 p.m.-SCC Orchestra, Jazz Band & Steel Drum Band Mon. Dec. 10 7 p.m.

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A student draws with chalk at the PAC BBQ at the main campus on Oct. 10

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Members of the SIC (seated) count the ballots from the fall election. Adjunct political science Joel Powell offers sup-port (standing, right). New vice-president of ASSC, Alonzo Brown, watches the tabulation (standing, left)

advertisements, information was placed on the Solano and ASSC websites, and quick response codes were placed on posted agen-das and flyers. Despite these efforts, only 120 students voted. Last semester the ASSC student government held spring elections. The results were tossed out by stu-dent government because of nu-

merous errors by the election com-mittee and a low voter turnout. Only 50 students voted. Over the summer, the select in-terim committee met to organize for the fall election. The newly elected board was sworn into their positions at the Oct. 9 student government meet-ing.

est educational institution in the world,” said Diana Lisi, a regional staff consultant for the CTA. “They’ve also changed the name from junior college to com-munity college because it represents the community that it resides in and it’s considered the backbone of middle America.” “If 30 is defeated UC, CSU tuition is definitely go-ing up,” Pandone said. "(Community colleges) will be pressured to do the same. You can guarantee that they will be looking for ways to generate funds. The prem-ise of you guys being here is to move out to CSU, UC, and you need to know those fees have gone up drasti-cally for everyone who has gone before you and will go up again if 30 is not passed. That is guaranteed. So it’s a huge measure. This PAC is dedicating itself to get that measure passed.” “ASSC (student government) wrote a resolution of support and approved it today in support of Prop 30, said PAC member Charlene Ott, a student representa-tive at the college. “We need more people with better education so that issues like this in the future, there will be better communication, maybe we won’t even need props because we’ll have better people manag-ing the money.”

While the current educational system may seem like more of a hassle than it’s worth, the PAC members offered words of encouragement to students and why it’s important to stay in school. Professor Robert Daprato spoke about a student he knew at Solano and how far she has come since her time here. “In the RN (registered nursing) program here, before she graduated, she walked up to me and showed me a job offer from the California state department of pris-ons for $98,000 with her degree from this school,” Daprato said. “She’s not alone, there’s a lot of others that are like this. They’re there because they know they get a quality education from professors, not from TAs (teacher’s assistants), not from someone who’s learning.” “There are jobs out there that require a higher level of technical expertise,” said Gene Thomas, a profes-sor and faculty union representative at Solano. “It never gets cheaper,” Pandone said. “Waiting doesn’t help, necessarily. I think students have some work to do to be more informed. They can’t be tour-ists in this process. Education is as cheap as it’s going to get right now and now is the time to do it.

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Students flocked to the 1400 building at Solano Community College’s main campus on Oct. 10 to enjoy a free barbeque while po-litical activists encouraged student to register to vote. “This age group is so underrepre-sented,” said Professor Evangeline East, speaking of the large number of young students present at the barbeque. East is a speech teacher at Solano College and was at the event to encourage students to register and vote ‘yes’ on Proposition 30 and ‘no’ on 32. Propositions 30 and 32 were important talking points at the barbeque and many com-munity members got up to the

microphone to speak about the propositions. “Just don’t look on and do noth-ing,” said student government rep-resentative Charlene Ott, speaking to the crowd. Professor Jim Dekloe pointed to Proposition 13 and how edu-cational funding was reduced as a result of it being passed. Dek-loe believes a similar educational downturn will occur, if Proposi-tion 30 does not pass. Former foster youth were present at the event serving food in coor-dination with the Foster Youth Success Initiative. Counselor Kamber Sta. Maria relayed that the program is a club on campus which supports both former men and women in the foster program, helping them toward the road to success. (http://www.solano.edu/counseling/fysi.php) A similar barbeque took place at

the Vallejo and Vacaville campuses a day before and approximately 40 people registered to vote in Vallejo while another 37 registered at the Vacaville campus, said Bob Dapra-to.Student Ruben Hernandez stopped by to enjoy the barbeque and relayed that he is already regis-tered to vote. “Because of this school I’m more aware of issues going on,” Hernan-dez said. Superintendent/President Jowel Laguerre made an appearance as well and was excited by the turn-out of students. “They never fail to show up,” said Laguerre. “When you don’t vote, other peo-ple win,” said professor Thomas Bundenthal. The PAC paid for the BBQ through donations from faculty members, Daprato said.

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Looking to burn off those extra calories this holiday season? Join community members on Thanks-giving day for the fourth annual Solano Turkey Trot at Solano Community College.

The race begins at 8 a.m. on No-

vember 22. Proceeds from the race will benefit Heather House, Mis-sion Solano, Children's Nurturing Program, and Meals on Wheels of Solano County.

Register for the 10K run or the 5K run/walk at the Solano Turkey Trot’s website: www.solanoturkeytrot.org/about-turkey-trot.php

Turkey Trot race is Nov. 22

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Arturo Castillo, a student in the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement Program (MESA) has been awarded $5,000 in grant money from the Dwight David Eisenhower Community College Fellowship Program, which awards students who are pursuing degrees in transportation-related career.

Castillo was invited to attend the Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting in Washington D.C. in January

2013. The TRB mission is to promote innovative solutions in transportation through a range of interdisciplinary activities.

Castillo assisted his fellow MESA students in constructing a k-12 school in Cherette, Haiti, working with Water and Educa-tion International, a non-profit organization. Castillo served as the Associated Students of So-lano College legislative advocate in 2011, as well as leadership positions in the Puente club and MESA Student Society.

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Wed. Oct. 17Information meeting: Sonoma State University Program at Solano Commu-nity College

12- 2p.m.

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Thu. Oct 18Veterans Brown Bag Lunch

12-1 p.m.

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Sat. Oct. 20“Bunko Goes Pink”

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Starts at 2 p.m. doors open at 1p.m.

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Tue. Oct. 23ASSC student government meeting

12:30

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Wed. Oct. 24Disability Awareness Day

10 a.m-3 p.m

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Thu. Oct 25Veterans Brown Bag Lunch

12-1pm Rm 605

Thur. Oct 25Ethnic Studies Presentation:

Bill Hackwell - “Cuba: Past, Present, & Future”

9:30a.m.-10:50 a.m.

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Ethnic Studies Presentation:

Dr. Nexus Avelar - “Dia de los Muer-tos” & “El Fin del Mundo”

11 a.m. - 12:15p.m.

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Fri. Oct. 19Donuts and Coffee brought to you by the SCC Student Veterans Organiza-tion

8:30a.m.- 11:30 a.m.

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Wed. Oct. 31Information meeting: Sonoma State University Program at Solano Commu-nity College

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The Solano woman’s soccer crushes Yuba City 9-2 in Bay Valley Conference play Tuesday Oct. 9.

The Falcons’ first goal came from a 49ers own goal in the fifth minute of the game and then Bryce Brannagan-Franco, assisted by Mallory Creamer, scored the second at 7:40.

Sydney Sjoberg received a pass from Krysta Caughman and scored in the 29th minute extending the lead 3-0. Sjoberg would score three goals with two assists against Yuba.

Creamer scored two goals, the first at the 51st minute, assisted by Alexis My-ers and the second coming off an assist in the 68th minute from Sjoberg.

“Coming onto the team, I knew they were very successful,” Sjoberg said. “I just look forward to being part of a suc-cessful team.” “Coming out here, I expected to be part of the success, but not as the leader or anything,” Sjoberg said.

Sjoberg leads the team in goals, nine currently, five in league play. “It’s my team that helps and should get the credit for my goals.” Sjoberg said. “Our games haven’t been competitive so I am hoping that we are prepared for the challenge we will face in the playoffs.”

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Solano Falcons Pilar Washington spikes the ball towards the Mustangs Ashley Russo dur-ing the game on Oct 3rd at Solano Community College. Washington finished with eight kills and three blocks.

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Falcons net solid winSkinner chalks up eleven kills in victory over Los Medanos

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The Solano Community Col-lege women’s volleyball team destroyed Los Medanos 3-0 Oct. 3 in Fairfield.

The Falcons outscored the Mustangs 25-11, 25-11, 25-2. In the third set, only three Solano players served, winning 25-2, not even finishing a full rotation. The team combined for a total of 30 kills and 18 aces.

“It was the first time seeing that team, so it’s always hard not knowing, so then we’ll know when we go to their place next time,” coach Darla Williams said.Solanos’ returning defensive player, Lainey Brown led the team with 15-16 at the service line with five aces.

Setter Courtney Sanchez was 11-11 at the line with five aces.

Outside hitter Emily Skinner, playing her second year, chalked up 11 kills. Middle hitter Pilar Washington had eight kills and three blocks.

“So much of volleyball is about unforced errors,” Williams said. “We have been really trying to work on controlling the ball and

having less unforced errors.”

“Two of the big parts of vol-leyball now is serving and passing and that’s what has happened with some of the teams we’ve beat with a pretty big margin,” Williams said.

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The Solano Community College women’s soccer team shuts out Contra Costa College in Fairfield Oct. 5, 2012. Midfielder Janelle Richards (18) scored the first goal for Solano, 14 minutes into the game. Solano went on

to score four more times to make the score 5-0 before the half. Megan O’Dwyer Scored the sixth goal 11 minutes into the second half bumping the score to 6-0 in favor of the Falcons. The Falcons won 9-0. “The girls played great offensively and defensively, they took advantage of their chances to score and put it [the game] away early. Contra Costa is a much better than the score today reflects,” head coach Jeff Cardi-nal said after the game.

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