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“Would you like your nails painted for free today?” A lady with a made-up face smiled, gesturing students towards cosmetology stu-dents giving manicures. With that warm wel-come, Club Promo Day made its kick start on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Upon scanning the event in the 1400 Lobby, it was easy for stu-dents to feel overwhelmed by the wide variety of clubs that were showcased. Clubs highlight-ing career options, service and social events, politics, multi-cultural diversity and more, gave their best to attract prospective club members. A few novel clubs included the Student Vet-eran Organization, a fellowship of veterans, active members, and their supporters, Afri-can American Male Scholars, “brothers” who come together to overcome the adversity they experience, and the up and coming Christian Adults in Action, the only active “Bible club” on campus since 2010.

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Phillip Peterson has been teaching astronomy and phys-ics at Solano Community College since 1998. Before he was hired full-time in 2004, Solano only offered Astronomy 10 (General As-tronomy) classes. Peterson developed three new classes, astronomy lab, The Solar Sys-tem, and Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology. This month we

take a look at Peterson’s pre-vious experience, the present state of the astronomy field, and his hopes for astronomy at Solano in the future.

Tempest: What is your expe-rience in the field of Astron-omy?

Peterson: I got my Ph. D in Astrophysics, which is basical-ly astronomy. Back in 1987, I was studying quasars, which are impacted cores that exist in some galaxies … basically do-ing three-dimensional models

of what might be happening near quasars. It was the first time that three-dimensional models had been made.

Tempest: What is the current standing of astronomy at So-lano, like its importance to Solano and how it is doing financially?

Peterson: Well, if you consid-er how it was a couple of years ago before they started cuts, astronomy was perhaps the most rapidly growing depart-ment at Solano College, and

part of it was my enthusiasm for it. I had very large classes and so we were able to grow, and by 2006 we were able to create new classes. That gives us a lot because it allows for transferability.

Tempest: What special events are happening this semester in astronomy?

Peterson: One thing that is happening now is that mis-sion to Mars, we have a device on the surface of Mars, which is now going to attempt to go

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Astronomy professor looks toward the sky

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About 90 SCC students and Solano County community members volun-teered to help clean Solano’s Fairfield campus on the third annual “Clean & Green Day” Saturday, Sept. 15.

Dozens of volunteers, armed with vari-ous utensils, swept across the campus grounds in an attempt to rid it of its un-sightly litter, one garbage bag at a time. “It helps improve our image, and it helps the local wildlife around campus, ” said Alex Miller, president the Solano Community Recycle Club, one of the many volunteers. After the marathon of cleaning, the

volunteers were treated to a free lunch including chips, watermelon, sandwich-es and soda. They were also invited to participate in a drawing for prizes.SCC Horticulture instructor Ken Wil-liams led the event, and had nothing but praise for the volunteers, “This group of people works really hard.” Williams said.

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“So, what do you do for a living?” At the sound of this, you choke on your punch. You should have been ready for this. It’s only The Inevitable Question thrown in your face at every social function. Think fast, because after seven-teen years of school, nothing short of an impressive, jaw-dropping re-sponse will do. You pause. It is too long of a pause. Your lips part as if to speak, but no sound emerges. Finally, the default response you have rehearsed far too much spills out. “I put heads on sticks,” you confidently declare. “What?” the amused party guest asks. “I’m a head hunter. I recruit talent for a pharmaceutical company.”

Ahh... Such is the end product of the successful student. A secure, respectable position at a secure, re-spectable company. Surely the ride on the conveyor belt of education-al institutions has been a smooth one.

Like hell it was.

From the time kids can spell “GPA,” their afternoons in the sandbox are ruined. Mom and Dad nag, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” In no time, this is updated to, “What are you going to do with that major?”

These childhood interrogations are harmful to me and other straight-A grade grubbers. There is no use denying it any longer. We have lost ourselves. Slaving away to score a Five on the AP (think University of Pennsylvania’s Diana Hong who scored a “four or higher on 20 AP exams”), we have failed miserably with a one in LIFE. We thought we knew all the answers, but in reality, we are completely clueless as to what even makes us happy. …Oops, erase that bubble. We don’t know what happiness even is.

Our half-lives continue to decay. It is only years later, when the col-lege degree is sent, that we reach a crossroads and what looms ahead of us is the rat race. As defined by Urban Dictionary, the rat race is people’s subjection to “a time-consuming job and heavy bills, forcing themselves to continue busting their *ss at the same job.” Given this road, will we enter it, our careers a grindstone, respon-sible and predictable? Or, will we take the path less traveled by, our careers a dream, improbable and glamorous?

Trick question. It depends. Sell-

out careers that I think are impos-sible to even tolerate may actu-ally bring satisfaction to someone else. Take the Stanford-graduated, former high school salutatorian voted “Most Likely to Succeed.” She is not in medical school. She is not in law school. Of all the six figure careers she could be work-ing towards, the Golden Girl is an SAT tutor. While it may seem underachieving for someone of her blinding brilliance, tutoring might just be a stepping stone for her next job. Or, College Board help me, she might even be happi-est this way.

The Cliff Notes version of all of this is that at the end of the day, let’s not take Facebook’s Compare People to heart, even as entertain-ing as it is to learn who’s “cooler” or who you’d “rather get stuck in handcuffs with.” Let’s forget all the comparisons: our embarrass-ing financial statements, our 50th percentile Calculus score, and even the objective hotness of the guys whose heads we have turned in the last week. We can’t judge the worth of the rich corporate slave against that of the impas-sioned starving artist, so let’s just drop the yardsticks in our minds.

Let’s forget what people do for a living and appreciate how they live.

By Ashley Chingstaff writerAChing@

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Don’t let your half-life decay

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an SAT tutor.

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One thing I loved about serving in the military was the understand-ing that regardless of what you think or what you feel about the mission, the mission gets done-period. Suck it up, drive on, get it done. Contrast that with the sometimes daunting logic of the civilian world and you can under-stand how frustrating it can be. For example, we here at The Tem-pest have been trying for several years to get more presentable and prominent newsstands for which to present our paper. Weather beaten, decrepit and overall visu-ally unappealing, our newsstands have seen better days. Thanks to the fine people in the auto shop class, we at least got a fresh coat of paint and some of the dings banged out, but for some odd rea-son we can’t get someone-anyone, to sign off of getting ad kiosks that over 20 college campuses are using.

These kiosks not only generate rev-enue (something the school needs) but they also make the paper more presentable. As they are now, you can barely see the front page of the paper in the bins because the Plexiglas that is supposed to pro-tect it has become worn with time, cracked and coated with a smoky residue that blocks visibility. If I didn’t know better, I would think

that there is some sort of “X-Files” level procrastination going on be-hind the scenesThis is just one example. I would bet my best friends pay check that there are several of you reading this right now that are faculty, board members and students that are having the exact same experi-ence, be it in one’s personal life or their professional one. I think it is universally understood that having more efficiency and less “red-tape” is vastly more desirable. The only thing that comes to fruition doing things the way they have been done is loads of innuendo, hyperbole and lost time. Yet despite infinite

email and paper trails, for some reason, we seem to be content with going thru the prescribed motions of getting things done. Go to this meeting; get on that agenda-all for something that can be easily dealt with given proper attention. Regardless of what the issue is, I think we can all agree that a little less micro managing and more communication with quantifiable results would be something that is much more welcome. Either that or we can sit around waving our hands wondering why there is so much “red tape.”

By Larry Ragland

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Starting an internship can be a daunting task. Many internships come at little or no pay and it can often seem like one has been branded with a black mark to be known as “the intern” at a work-place. But with the right tenacity and drive, surviving an intern-ship can be a meaningful journey and count as valuable experience toward one’s career path. This summer I traveled to Washington D.C. to intern with the Broadcasting Board of Governors and take summer classes at Georgetown University. It was my first time in D.C. and I was overwhelmed by the metros and the sheer amount of people living in such a small place. The opportunity presented itself to me via a brochure sent last fall to the newsroom and I tucked it away in my binder until it nagged at me to apply for the Institute on Political Journalism (IPJ). I try to maintain a non-partisan approach when it comes to poli-tics and I have always preferred arts and entertainment report-ing over news so applying for IPJ was a stretch for me. Thinking about it over the course of a few

months, I decided that this was one opportunity I did not want to pass up, especially if it could help me toward my career in journal-ism. Taking that leap was frighten-ing at first, but looking back, it was well worth it in the end. Checking recent statistics, the National Association of Col-leges and Employers conducted a survey that reported just over 55 percent of college students had participated in an internship sometime in their college career. Approximately 48,000 students were surveyed over the course of four months and almost 47 percent of the internships were

reported as unpaid. While offer-ing paid internships is something that should happen more often, it seems that the demand for any type of job experience has allowed companies to get away with paying their interns minimal or no pay.

Going from working two jobs to working an internship with no pay was hard. In all honesty, without the financial help of my grandparents, I would have never been able to do the internship in the first place. The experience and skills I gained on the job were worth the hassle in the end, but the internship was not without sacrifices. One big mistake I made was not applying for Occupational Work Experience, which counts toward area III for an associate degree.

I may not have been able to do it due to summer classes being cancelled, but I didn’t even know it was required until I spoke to counselor Mary Gumlia. If you are going to do an internship at the start of a new semester, make sure you sign up for OCED 090 in order to get school credit.

Networking is also important when it comes to landing an internship. If you are interested in a marketing internship and you have a knowledgeable business professor, ask them if they have any leads on internship open-ings. The same goes for all other types of internships. While it may be a while before you find a viable option, asking experienced individuals like your professor, pastor, or older family members may yield results you might not find otherwise. An internship might not be the most exciting venture in the world, but the real world skills and work experience you gain are valuable assets to your future, no matter what career field you choose.

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Red tape stops progress

How to survive an internship--Experience and skill gained are worth the sacrifices In the story “Eight vie for three

governing board seats” in the Sept. 5 edition, Mark Laluan’s name was misspelled.

Regardless of what you think or what you feel about the

mission the mission gets done

Thinking about it over the course of a few months, I de-cided that this was one opportunity I did not want to pass up

To Dan Ulrich and his stu-dents in the auto body class for sprucing up our newspa-per dispensers!

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FEATURES

Welcome back to the cafe, I hope you all enjoyed sending letters in and having your thoughts sorted out by yours truly. I suggest we kick off our shoes, grab our mocha lattes and find a quaint table in the back where we can unwind and let those problems melt away.

Dear Lynn: I was wondering if there is any veteran counseling offered at Solano. I have heard rumors that there will be a counselor to talk to vets but I am unsure if this is true, and is there any type of counseling that students may re-ceive for those of us struggling to adapt to the college life?

-Soldier Man

Dear Soldier Man: The vet center on the Solano campus is located in the 400 building on the second floor. There is an administra-tive staff and several counselors to ad-

vise veterans on becoming students at Solano. They will be able to help you with signing up, financial aid, and the class requirements if you are planning to transfer to a four-year college in the future. There are so many Veterans on campus that you will to feel at home within a short while. Transitioning can be rough at first but a community college is intimate and carries less pres-sure than State schools or Universities. Rest assured, you are in good hands at Solano. We thank you for all the services you have done for our country, and the freedoms you have sacrificed to serve in the military.

Dear Lynn: My brother and I have never got along for as long as I can re-member. Now that we are older

it’s less about the fight and more about avoidance. For the past six years he has been call-ing me on my birthday to bitch and moan about how horrible his life is. By the end of our conversation he has insulted me several times and has made me feel like crap. My boyfriend told me I should try to patch things up in our relationship. Do I answer the phone and endure it or just let it ring?-Birthday Blues

Dear Birthday Blues:

This brother sounds like he needs a lesson in maturity. As an adult it should be easier forhim to play nice but he obviously isn’t. While it is a nice idea to patch things up with a sib-ling sometimes it may not be possible. Try to explain in a calm but assertive way that these calls hurt yourfeelings and ultimately put a downer on your special day. Don’t let him treat you like a doormat. Stand up for yourself. If he still doesn’t understand your feelings

then it’s probably best to just let your phone ring the next time he calls. This way you can have a happy birthday with-out dealing with that blow to your self-esteem. More often than not a per-son will only make a change when they want to, others can offer guidance, but the individual has to really want to change. I hope you can enjoy your next birthday.Lynn’s Cafe is written by Meg Currier. Send letters to Lynn at: mcurrier@solanotempest.net

by Sam Zaghloul Features EditiorSzaghloul@solanotempest.net

I have returned from three months cartoon watching and bitter reminiscening of my wasted youth, and I bring tidings of animated shows! Now, as most of you who haven’t been living under a rock for the past 3+ months, that America’s the-aters have been graced by the live action super hero extravaganza, The Avengers. If you weren’t aware of this, stop reading this right now, and see it. If your local theater is no longer showing it, build a little shan-ty town at your local Best Buy, and wait to for it to come out on DVD. I’ll wait. You done? Good. Now, what you might not know is that there was a cartoon based after the chracters that was made a few years ago ,because, as the movie “John Carter “as showed as, Disney can’t adver-tise [bleep]. Anyhow, where was I? Yes, “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes”. One of things I love about it this show is that it’s sort of a “greatest hits” version of the Avengers –a fusion of the movies, the classic comics and the more modern ones (for example, their Iron Man sounds like Robert Downey Jr., but their Captain America had Bucky as a sidekick, not an old friend, the show’s Nick Fury has the white side burns and blue uniform of his comic counterpart, but otherwise looks

like Samuel L. Jackson, and their Hawkeye is a SHIELD agent but wears his comic book costume). The first five episodes were originally a bunch of internet shorts, edited together for DVD release. This established who the characters are, and future plot lines. The Team actually comes together during a mass super villain break, which also gives the an ongoing reason to stay together, and exemplifies the kind of storytelling-that combines of standalone stories and arc-based. You can watch a single episode and be satisfied, but elements and ideas introduced in that episode will build into something greater on a later one. The animation is great as is the voice acting and writing. I recommend it…but there’s one thing I really, really hated: The theme Song. God, it’s like the 80’s came back from the dead and started stabbing you in the ears.

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By Patrick Finnigan Staff writer Pfinnigan@solanotempset.net Final Fantasy has always been considered one of the most iconic and influential game series in the history of video games, making a huge mark on the RPG genre in video games, leaving a legacy of intricate stories, wondrous settings, engaging characters, and memorable musical scores, from upbeat tunes such as Mambo de Chocobo, to harrowing epics like the iconic One Winged Angel. Now, to clebrate Final Fantasy’s 25th Anniversary, Square Enix has released Theatrhythem Final Fantasy, a rhythm game that show-cases the series most iconic tunes. The story is pretty lax. The story follows the Gods of Cosmos and Chaos, similar to the plot Dissidia Final Fantasy. The space between them is called Rhythm, which makes a crystal that controls music. Chaos disrupts the crystal, and it’s up to the various heroes of the Final Fantasy series to increase the music wave known as Rhythmia, which is done by adventur-ing to the beat of the music. Gameplay is easy to understand, but dif-ficult to get into. The game is controlled completely by the touchscreen and stylus, used to tap, hold and slide the oncoming notes to the beat of the music. There are three different types of music in the game: Field, which is calming music which your characters walk to, Battle, more upbeat music in which your characters fight mon-sters to, and Event, much more dramatic music done to a short film from a respec-tive game. These separate modes add so much more to the game in terms of playability, providing much more variety to each song. True to its RPG origins, the game gives you a handful of characters from various Final Fantasy games, from FFI all the way to FFXIII, for players to control and level up in teams of four. It’s much more engaging to actually control a team of characters to travel and fight for you rather than just tapping buttons to the beat. It takes time to think out the kinds of characters to use, as well as what spells and items to equip to better succeed.

On top of immediate gameplay, there are various unlockables to discover. Finishing songs sometimes earns you CollectaCards, cards that contain im-ages of iconic characters and monsters. Meeting certain requirements garners crystal shards which unlock additional characters to use. Gathering enough Rhythmia through gameplay unlocks ad-ditional songs to play. There is not much to unlock, but the challenge to get them can appeal to most people. The game also utilized Nintendo’s new DLC system, allowing people to purchase additional songs for a dollar a pop, which is pretty inexpensive. I very much enjoyed this game as a whole. The final product is well built, upbeat, and relatively easy to understand. The music is a big part of the entire game, and it feels like they got the set list just right. Although there could be some technical hiccups here and there, and that the terms to unlock other parts of the game might seem unfair to some, it doesn’t diminish the overall flow of the game. I enjoyed this game and I highly recommend it for any 3DS owner. If that doesn’t sell you, composer Nobuo Ue-matsu, a longtime Final Fantasy compos-er, stated on his Twitter account that he loved the game so much, it sent him into tears of joy. Won’t you cry with him? The Good: Iconic music library, engag-ing RP system The Bad: Unlockable Requirements are somewhat rough. The Ugly: The rare technical hiccups that causes players to miss notes. Final Verdict: B+

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With so many students bustling through attractive displays with their giveaways of rainbow cake slices and Japanese tootsie rolls, it was difficult to decide where to start. Warming up rounds with the Horticulture Club, students enjoyed the display of bright flow-ers planted in a yellow toy Tonka truck and several curious-looking insects encased in glass. The club was represented by three older stu-dents, distinguishing itself from other clubs mostly managed by students in their late teens and twenties. After talking to these members, students were filled in on all the rewards of being a Horticulture Club member. The organization offers “free access to all tools and water” in its “community gardens and certified nursery,” accord-ing to member Diana Brygman. Furthermore, the club teaches a variety of skills to its ninety mem-bers. Members learn how to grow tomatoes, replant orchids, and even raise chickens. In fact, many are students of the “7 horticulture classes offered on campus,” classes that encourage careers in land-scape design, botanical gardening, and more. While horticulture might match one student’s interests, another student may feel more at home

at Japanese Art & Culture Club (JACC). A vibrant girl flamboy-antly dressed as a maid, Vice Presi-dent Michelle Kurtyak, explained that her costume played an essen-tial part of maid cafés, Japanese restaurants in which waitresses dressed and acted as servants for their customers. Students unaware of this cultural tidbit would be comforted to know that even those with limited anime knowledge can appreciate JACC. “Everyone’s into different things. I just like Pokémon and main-stream stuff, and they tease me for it,” she laughed. Exploring the jungle of Club Promo Day leads students to gain a greater appreciation for all the interests that student’s geek. Whether it’s gardening new plants or gearing up as a Nintendo pira-nha plant, there are organizations for even the most outlandish inter-ests. Should that club have yet to take form; students have the op-portunity to become its founder. Club applications to establish or renew clubs can be picked up and turned in by noon on Friday, Sept. 28 in Room 1425. More informa-tion on clubs is also available at (707)-864-7000 ext. 4367.

to a lump in the middle of prob-ably an asteroid impact area, and in that lump--it looks as though there are a lot of layers--we take the layers as representing a timescale. So it might be that we’ll be able demonstrate what the conditions were on Mars during the ancient times. And for the first time, they used a laser to zap a rock on Mars to ion-ize it into plasma and then analyze it. I know one of the things that was discovered [recently] was first evi-dence of a planet’s destruction by its star. A red super giant star ex-panded and engulfed a planet the size of Jupiter.

Tempest: What do you think of the future for the astronomy class at Solano?Peterson: I can envision a future, but how much of it is going to

come about, that’s a big question. Our summer cuts are causing some challenges. Expanding has become very challenging because of the budget, and the principle of fairness is that they should be cutting everywhere, so astronomy was cut back by a third in the past couple of years. The growth of our astronomy classes in numbers, un-til we started making cuts, were just phenomenal. I would like to see a planetarium, and also an observing facility on the roof. You could have classes in it, and it would be much more stimulating than a regular class-room. That would not only make learning phenomenal in this school, but it would signal out So-lano College as one of those places where students could go and get engaged in learning about the sky.

Students seek to join clubs

Professor hopes to see Solano College add a planetarium7 STARS: FROM PAGE 1

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Hall of fame banquet is Oct. 1

The Solano Community College athletic department is holding its annual Athletic Hall of Fame ban-quet at 6 p.m. Monday Oct. 1 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Fairfield. This year’s Hall of Fame induct-ees are Andrea Salvador, soccer player and coach, La Star Brown, basketball player, Kevin Chaney,

basketball coach, Mike Campas baseball/football player, Kaitlyn Van Der Wende, volleyball player, Mike Gibson, football player and Jim Sanderson, baseball player. Tickets are $50 for adults and $20 for children ages 5-12. To purchase tickets, or for more information, contact (707) 864-7119.

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Janelle Richards, Sydney Sjoberg, and Krysta Caughman (Left to Right) celebrate after scoring a goal during their home game

against Consumnes River College Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012.Bradley Mossman/Tempest

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The Solano College Women’s Soccer team earned its first win of the season Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012 at home against the Cosumnes River College Hawks.

Solano (1-4-0) played a defensive game against Cosumnes River allowing them to score one goal in the first half and one in the second.

Solano scored three consecu-tive goals in the second half of the game. They won the game with a score of 3-2 over the Cosumnes River Hawks.

“Good to get our first win of the year against Consumnes who has become a rivarly for Soalno,” coach Jeff Cardinal said.

SCC Falcons Beat the Cosumnes River College Hawks 3-2

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SCC Falcon soccer player Christy Giron (left) fakes to get past a Cosumnes River College Hawks defender in a game at Solano Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012.

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FAIRFIELD — Solano Falcons entertain as they sweep the Solano-Falcon tourna-ment leaving the fans with a thriller ending; Solano beats College of Siskiyous in a set five tiebreaker, 15-6. “It’s good for us to be pushed and win in five,” coach Darla Williams said. (F)26-24, (E)18-25, (F)25-6, (E)25-27, (F)15-6

In game two, the Falcons (7-5) played their longest match of the year against Siskiyous Eagles, the game lasting five sets for their sixth win. In the first set, the battle went back and forth between the two teams and Solano won 26-24. Set two went the other way, Eagles won 25-18.

In set three, Solano fired back quickly. Lainey Brown opened with an eight-point run and Danielle Thelen finished with asix-point run that led the Falcons crushing Siskiyous 25-6.

Set four was another nail biter. Each team not letting up with Siskiyous coming out on top 27-25 to push the match into a tiebreaker.

In tiebreakers, it’s the first to 15 points instead of 25. Siskiyous received the first point of the match, but the Falcons came on strong taking and extending the lead 8-1 before the ball changed sides. Pilar Washington scored the first five points for Solano. “She was on fire,” coach Williams said.

“I feel like our team’s coming together, like our coach said, ‘a well oiled team,’” said Pilar Washington, Solano Falcons sopho-more.

The first match against San Jose Solano won 25-19, 25-12, 26-24. Solano’s next home game is Sept. 21 against Yuba College at 6 p.m.

Solano celebrates during the Solano-Falcon Classic tournament beating San

Jose 3-0 in first game and Siskiyous College 3-2 in the

second. September 12 at Solano Community College.

Photo by: Ben Gogna

Falcons win in tournament, team shows endurance.

Falcons Pilar Washington and Danielle Thelen go up for a block against Shelbe Hunsaker of Siskiyous College in the Solano-Falcon tournament Sept. 12 at Solano College.

Photo by: Ben Gogna

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