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JANUARY 30, 2013RAMPAGETHE AWARD-WINNING, STUDENT-RUN
NEWSPAPER PROUDLY SERVING FRESNO CITY COLLEGE AND ITS COMMUNITY SINCE 1949.
Volume CXXIVIssue 1
Impact of Prop 30
immediateThe spring 2013 semester at
Fresno City College is off to an opti-mistic beginning, thanks to the pas-sage of Proposition 30 by voters last November.
The college is already seeing the benefits of the ballot initiative which generates revenue for edu-cation through increasing taxes on those who earn more than $250,000.
“The impact was immediate. Classes were set to be cancelled this spring schedule and as a result were not,” said Cheryl Sullivan, Vice President of Administrative Servic-es. “The only classes that were can-celled were due to normal schedul-ing issues, not budget.”
Over the last four years, FCC has seen a decline in class offerings, tutorial services, supportive services and many more programs. Now the college is able to at least stop the bleeding. But the outlook is a slow economic recovery and suggests that it may take years to get back to the level of service provided to the community in 2007-2008.
History instructor Paul Gilm-ore, says the college is now a quarter of the way out of the hole.
“Over the last four years we have had $800 million in cuts. This [Proposition 30] restores about $200 million,” said Gilmore. “We were go-ing to have another $300 million cut which was going to make it about a $1.2 billion cut. Instead of having $300 million more cut from that $800 million, we’re getting $200 mil-lion increase. In other words, we’re getting back about one quarter of what has been cut.”
Gilmore added that Proposition 30 has brought some relief to Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs). In pre-vious years, the state approved CO-LAs because things would get more expensive every year. The legisla-ture would pass a COLA of a certain percent right off the top and there would be an increase in funding.
“We haven’t had those in four years either and that amounts to $900 million itself. So if you’re think-ing of adjusting for the cost of living, it’s been a massive cut, which equals
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E-Street encampments remain a concernBY COLBY TIBBET
COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?
BY TROY [email protected]
Photo by Karen West. State Center Community College District police respond to a signal from an emergency phone near the Free Speech Area on Jan. 29. Officers determined the call was a false alarm.
What the college is doing to ensure a safe campus
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Winter has fallen in Connecti-cut. Snow covers the trees, the birds have migrated south and some halls in Sandy Hook Elementary School remain empty. The children have re-sumed class, but the building where 20 children and six adults were killed is still a crime scene.
Many are wondering if mas-sacres like Sandy Hook are prevent-able, and what steps are being taken at Fresno City College to avert mass killings.
Even before the shooting in Connecticut, FCC was in the pro-cess of upgrading security around campus through installation of ad-ditional technology and training for
security officials.“We’ve increased the ability to
contact campus police from class-rooms,” said FCC President Tony Cantu about the new phones that are being installed in offices and class-rooms throughout campus. If there is a serious emergency on campus,
The E Street encampment off of Santa Clara and E streets has been getting a lot of attention as one of the largest homeless camps in Fres-no. Almost a block long and housing dozens of homeless and socially dis-placed, the encampment has been an area of contention for city officials and the community.
The dispute pits local residents and businesses against those with no place to call home.
“The neighboring residents and businesses have been very pa-tient,” said Gregory Barfield, the city of Fresno’s Chief of Staff and former Homeless Prevention and Policy Manager. Barfield stated that he would like to see “all the encamp-ments clear and people housed.” He,
however, added that this is a daunt-ing task, and the city will be “assess-ing who is in the area and doing what we can to link to the housing very soon.”
The camp borders a residential area close to the Poverello House and several recycling centers, which are focal points for many of Fresno’s homeless.
“It [the encampment] is better than living in the Oleanders, and it’s close to where those people need to go,” said Dave Martin, a 56-year-old homeless Fresno resident.
The Oleanders are large shrubs between Golden State Highway and the railroad tracks that are used by some as shelter. The city has recent-ly begun to remove the Oleanders, forcing many homeless individuals to seek new shelter.
“I see a lot of people helping each other, helping each other from within,” said Kevin Brown, a home-less man who frequents the camp. The city has attempted to im-plement programs to help the home-less, such as creating housing com-plexes, but has been met with some backlash. In 2008, hundreds of home-less won a $2.35 million class action lawsuit against the city of Fresno and the California Department of Trans-portation, after the city seized and destroyed their personal property. “I don’t get it. Where do they want us to go?” said Santiago Ruiz, who camps off of the canal close to E Street. “They shuffle there, shuffle here, shuffle us along.”
Some homeless do not see the camp as positively as others.
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to 20 percent of the total community college budget. And we’re bringing back in 4 percent. But boy what an important 4 percent,” said Gilmore.
The passage of Proposition 30 also means no increase in the tuition rates
“The last that I have heard, the governor is committed to not raising tuition for community colleges, UCs or CSUs,” Sullivan said. “So at this point, I don’t foresee an increase in the near future.”
The passing of Proposition 30 has also led to Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest proposal, which focuses on keeping community colleges afford-able and classes accessible as well as helping students move faster to graduate or transfer to a four-year university.
The governor’s proposal re-quires priority registration for cer-tain groups such as veterans and youth in foster care and prevents students from repeating courses to improve their grades. According to the 2013-2014 Governor’s Budget Summary, Brown proposed a 90-unit cap, and students who go beyond 90 units would pay the full cost of in-struction or $190 per unit.
The state has also worked to pay down the amount it owes com-munity colleges, reducing the “sub-stantial borrowing costs borne by the community colleges as a result of
funding deferrals,” according to the budget summary.
The budget details that the state “had accumulated $961 million of deferral debt owed to community colleges” at the beginning of 2011-12; the state successfully reduced the deferral balance to $801 million in 2012-13 and the Budget will reduce that balance to $622 million through an increase of $179 million Proposi-tion 98 General Fund in 2013-14.
Sullivan expects to see the col-lege’s debt paid down over the next several years.
“In five years when the debt is paid down, the state should start paying us what they have commit-ted to us when it is due,” said Sulli-van. “Currently, they start cutting our payments between January and June because they don’t have the cash flow. For districts that do not have a reserve, they have to borrow to make their payroll, incurring ad-ditional interest expense that in turn is not available for providing servic-es to students.”
However, not everybody is on board with the governor’s latest pro-posals. The Student Senate for Cali-fornia Community Colleges is one organization that has opposed the governor’s proposals.
“There is still much more work to be done. Prop 30 is not forever, and we at The SSCCC have identified
other issues on the horizon that will have a negative impact on students. Performance based funding, a 90 unit cap limit, and malicious debit card services such as Higher One are just one of the many areas that the SSCCC is attempting to defend students from,” said Daniel Thomas Clark, Region V Senator of the SS-CCC.
Still, Clark says community col-leges have taken a major step for-ward with the passing of Proposition 30.
“The passage of the measure would make room for an addition-al 20,000 students. Approximately 3,300 classes have been added to the system for the spring 2013 semes-ter,” said Clark. “That’s a lot of stu-dents who are able to continue their academic careers and ultimately end up giving back to California.”
Now the goal of the SSCCC is to continue to fight the budget crisis with the help of Proposition 30.
“The funding from Prop 30 ex-pires in 2017 so what do we do then? Are we in the same situation that we were in two years ago where we have more cuts?” Clark said. “The SSCCC has been talking to politicians since the beginning of the year to let them know we will not stand for these cuts to our system, but most importantly the students.”
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Men’s Basketball1/30/2013 7:00 p.m.
The Fresno City College men’s basketball team plays Columbia tonight in the FCC gym. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children/seniors.
Art Hop2/7/2013
10:00 a.m.-5:00p.m.
Sculptures by Clifford Ward will be on display in AH-101. The Reception and Art hop is from
5:00-8:00 p.m.
Keith Snell Recital2/10/20133:00 p.m.
Concert Pianist, Keith Snell, will be giving a recital in the OAB Auditorium. This event is
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these phones are designed to broad-cast an emergency message.
“They have a specific [red] but-ton you push for emergencies, you don’t have to dial,” Cantu said.
Another safety issue that is be-ing reviewed concerns doorknobs. Right now, most classroom doors cannot be locked from the inside. This means a faculty member would have to open the door to lock it, and in the event of a school shooting, he or she is exposed to danger if the shooter is nearby.
In the OAB, doors lock with a deadbolt which means once the in-structor steps outside to lock the door, everyone in the hallway ex-posed to danger and at the whim of a shooter.
Cantu said the college leaders are estimating how much it would cost to refit the affected doors with doorknobs that have alternative
locking methods. Speakers have also been in-
stalled to broadcast alerts to the open campus in times of emergency. A recent test of the alerts found some kinks that are still being worked out.
The alert tests revealed issues regarding not being able to under-stand the message, but Cantu said it’s being worked on.
The campus police officers are also undergoing additional training to deal with emergency situations.
Dan Cervantes, the new State Center Community College District police chief said, “We have ongo-ing training for police officers here for ‘active shooter’; how to engage ‘active shooter’; how to protect the property; how to protect the staff; how to protect the student.”
The district has an emergency alert system called “First to Know” which is designed to send out text
messages to people if there is an emergency. Students and employ-ees must first sign up to receive the alerts.
“Another thing that we’re working on is an E-panic on com-puter desktops, so if there’s an emer-gency, [people] can go to that,” Cer-vantes said.
Cantu stressed the importance of securing the campus, not just be-cause of incidents like Sandy Hook, but because safety of everyone is al-ways a top priority.
“It’s something that needs to be considered; expense is not the issue, it’s student safety; it’s the safety of our staff and faculty.”
Stay tuned for Part II in this safety series: What students can do to be safer on campus.
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Photo by Michael Monroy. “Wickey Two Hands” holding a rake just outside of Bulldog Recycling off of Golden State and McKinley.
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HOW TO STAY HEALTHY DURING FLU SEASON
“I don’t like that camp; they are dirty about it. But if they cleaned them up, I think the city wouldn’t mind them,” said John Cabrera, a homeless man who once lived in a camp like the one on E Street. “You still have to be a citizen. Don’t give anyone a reason to complain.”
Residents and the homeless alike share the opinion that peo-
ple who lived in the encampments should at least make the area pre-sentable and clean to minimize dis-eases and other dangers that come along.
“It brings drugs and hookers into the picture once you look like you don’t care,” Cabrera said.
When this happens, it is easier for city officials and the general pub-
lic to view homeless encampments as nothing more than conduits for drugs and violence.
Another complicating factor is that many residents of these camps are recyclers or “scrappers” as they are called in the homeless commu-nity. They collect plastic bottle and aluminum cans and redeem them for more than a dollar per pound. Many
recycling centers also take metals, electronic waste, and other miscel-laneous items. This is how a large portion of the homeless in the area receive their income.
“Wickey Two Hands,” 60, has been recycling by choice since 1972 and has a positive outlook on it. “I get to keep some money,” he said. “It looks like it’s all bad but there are some benefits to it...you don’t have to depend on anyone. It’s a lot free-dom that you don’t have. And you don’t have to deal with job competi-tion; it’s all your own leisure.”
Copper theft is a concern for business owners and the City of Fresno. People steal copper materi-als then sell it to recycling compa-nies, generally in the same places where the homeless recycle. This has resulted in a general opinion that homeless individuals are thieves.
“They [copper wire thieves] ruin it for everyone,” said Robert Miller, an avid recycler.
Many say the answer to shelter-ing the homeless is a convoluted one and that there is no certain solution from city officials, human rights ac-tivists, or the residents themselves.
Every year, anywhere from 5-20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu, and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized for compli-cations from the ailment, according to NLM.gov, the United States Na-tional Library of Medicine website.
Although they have many of the same symptoms, it is very im-portant to know the difference be-tween the flu and the common cold. In general, the flu is worse than the common cold, and symptoms such as fever, body aches, extreme tired-ness, and dry cough are more com-mon and intense.
Colds are usually milder than the flu. People with colds are more likely to have a runny or stuffy nose and colds generally do not result in serious health problems like pneu-monia or bacterial infections.
Special tests can determine if a person has the flu. However, these tests usually must be done within the first few days of illness
The best way to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated at a local phar-
macy, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Anyone with a severe allergy or reaction to a previous flu vaccine, should not be vaccinated. People who have an allergy to eggs should discuss f lu vaccination with their doctor, but many egg-allergic indi-viduals can safely receive influenza vaccine.
While a vaccine does not com-pletely erase the chances of becom-ing ill, it greatly diminishes the odds by protecting against the most com-mon strains of f lu as predicted by CDC researchers.
Also, everyday actions can help lessen the odds of becoming infect-ed. Covering one’s nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing, wash-ing hands often with soap and water, avoiding touching your face, eyes, nose or mouth and avoiding contact with people who are already sick can all decrease chances of contracting the flu.
Also talk to your doctor about anti-viral drugs, which are 70 to 90 percent effective at pre-
venting the flu according to Flu.gov, a site powered by the U.S Depart-ment of Health and Human Services.
Studies show that f lu antiviral drugs work best for treatment when they are started within two days of getting sick. Starting them later can still be helpful, especially if the sick person has a high-risk health or is very sick from the flu. Follow your doctor’s instructions for taking this
drug.Anyone who has flu symptoms
should stay home and rest. The CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or if there are things you must absolutely do by yourself. You should stay home from work, school, travel, shopping, social events, and public gatherings.
Saint Agnes News’ Tips For Avoiding The Flu
-Practice proper coughing and sneezing techniques.
-Make hand hygiene a habit.
-Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth and wash your hands
-Get a flu shot.
-Don’t share cups, towels or phones.
-Avoid excess stress and get enough sleep.
-Eat a well-balanced diet and remain active every day.
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Buffett to Perform in OAB AuditoriumBY KAITLIN REGAN
Emmy winning composer, pianist and author, Peter Buffett. Photo special to the Rampage by C. Taylor Carothers.
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The son of financier Warren Buffett, will be performing, “Life Is What You Make It: A Concert and Conversation with Peter Buffett” on Saturday, in the auditorium of the historic Old Administration Building at Fresno City College.
The performance will be a rep-resentation of Buffett’s book, “Life Is What You Make It” and will feature Buffet on the piano and Michael Kott on the cello.
Buffett says that the point of this performance is to interact with the audience.
“I also take questions from the audience throughout the show. They can ask me anything! That’s why it’s a conversation... I’m not just talking ‘at’ the audience. I’m talking with them,” said Buffett.
Much of Buffett’s inspiration comes from his family. He saw that his father loved his work and worked hard.
“Seeing that every day... and knowing that my parents only hoped I could find something I was that passionate about... was very inspir-ing,” said Buffett.
This made Buffett want to find something that he was equally pas-sionate about. If it happened to make money, that was a bonus.
Buffett found his path in the arts and went on to become an Em-my-winning composer, author and musician.
He describes music as his way of communication and says that it has been that way since his child-
hood. He believes that music and other art forms are impor-tant “vehicles for ex-pression,” and finds sponsoring the arts to be valuable and es-sential.
Buffett’s love of music is what helped him conquer the challenges of pursu-ing his passion. At the end of the day, he un-derstood that he was doing what he loved and that was enough.
Some may ques-tion whether or not Buffett’s success has had anything to do with the wealth of his family. He says that his family philoso-phy of “figure it out on your own” is what has made him suc-cessful and was the only form of inheri-tance that Buffett re-ceived.
“If my parents had made me emu-late the success of others, I probably would have been very unhappy. And if they continually coddled me.. paid my bills etc... I never would have known if I could do anything on my own. So their gift of independence - meaning ‘figure it out on your own’ - but in a very supportive and respectful way,
was incredibly valuable,” said Buf-fett.
Buffett says that through dif-ficult times, he was “self-reflective.” Instead of dwelling on the problems
and believing that they were due to outside circumstances, he would examine his role in creat-ing the difficulties.
“I still knew that I was do-ing the thing I loved. So even in the toughest times I couldn’t imagine doing anything else,” said Buffett.
The performance in the OAB follows Buffett’s life, suc-cesses and failures and is meant to share a story that might change the way that others view their situations.
With his performance, Buffett hopes that the audience leaves with a better sense of self and the world. He wants to leave his audience in thought over where they are in their lives at this time.
“Ultimately, I’m just tell-ing my story. But hopefully through my story they can find new meaning in their own story and have a different perspective on the world around them,” said Buffett.
Buffett’s concert will ben-efit the arts education programs at the State Center Community College District, the College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State, the Fresno County Office of Education and University High School.
Tickets for this perfor-mance are as follows: $30 for
general admission; $100 for VIP Area Seating and tickets may be pur-chased online at http://fresnostate.edu/artshum/buffett.
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The emergence of interactive storytellingHow modern technology is redefining video games
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Video games are evolving. As a new form of media, games are maturing and finding their creative potential. Today’s technology for video games allows developers to push what’s possible and create titles that are emotional and rewarding.
Most notable for innovation in this regard is the game made by the developer, Thegamecompany, simply named “Journey.” In the game, you play an unknown, cloaked
figure. Without words, the story unfolds through environments, and you are only aware of the dangers in the world through sounds and music. By understanding the gameplay, you learn what needs to be done to advance ever closer to the glowing mountain that the game puts front and center.
The amazing thing about the game is the wordlessness. Because of this, you are left only with sights, sounds and thoughts. You’re subconsciously committed
to uncovering the purpose of embarking on this beautiful journey. It becomes your journey, and it’s a sight to behold.
While That game company strives for i n t e r a c t i v i t y , others including Quantic Dream strive more for story.
W i t h what he calls a “ p s y c h o l o g i c a l action thriller,” director David Cage of Quantic Dream
aims to give players something new and that is “Beyond: Two Souls.”
Through a story surrounding the mysteries of death and beyond, Cage seeks to illustrate a deep story through the life of a young woman named Jodie Holmes and the obscure entity plainly known as Aiden.
One of the strongest points for the game is the use of the actress Ellen Page as the lead. “Well, what I tried to do was to trigger emotions with the players. I use story to
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Graphic by Adan De la Cerda. Evolving from 8-bit graphics and simple plots,video games have become more life-like with more complex stories.
Photo by Ramiro Gudino. Born Betty (left to right) Dave Abeyta (bass guitar and back up vocals), Jeff Bennett (keyboard), Kyle Waller (lead singer, guitar), Chris Trigueros (lead Guitar, back up vocals), Josh Tibbet (drummer and back up vocals).
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Born Betty is an evolving force within Fresno’s music scene. Few bands in the Central Valley have their combined attributes. Thay are committed, educated, career-driven musicians with strengths of character, collective wisdom and preparedness for the future.
Lead singer, rhythm guitarist and chief songwriter Kyle Waller is a 30-year-old chef instructor at a culinary school. Lead guitarist and backup singer Chris Trigueros. is a 37-year-old registered nurse; drummer Josh Tibbet is a 24-year-old archaeological field technician. Bassist Dave Abeyta is a 41-year-old
x-ray technician, and keyboardist Jeff Bennett is a 25-year-old shop and equipment manager for a landscaping company.
“We started as a cover band, actually,” said Abeyta, “but we wanted to go in a different direction.”
The addition of Waller turned out to be a turning point for the group. After starting out as a cover band, they shifted their focus to developing new music. The current lineup produces an atmosphere of talent, creativity and patience.
The group recently released their first album, “Creeper.” As an independent rock band, they single-handedly recorded the album in Tower District practice room.
Born Betty’s variable sound is unique to the area and is difficult to pinpoint. In one instance, they have a lofty feel. Then one track later, their music is hard and gritty, comparable to music crafted by Queens of the Stone Age. The band’s influences in-clude the Foo Fighters, Weezer, the Deftones, Radiohead and Incubus.
“Kind of like the whole ’90s and the early 2000s alternative rock scene,” said Trigueros.
The band plays whenever their schedules can permit it.
“Ever since a young age, I have always enjoyed playing,” said Bennett. “Whether it’s for a small crowd or if it’s a big crowd, it’s just the enjoyment you get out of seeing
other people be happy because you created something for them, and you give that to them. There’s a feeling up on stage when you’re playing that’s unlike any other.”
Born Betty is determined to continue building on their progress.
“I think that the main thing for me is that we write better music in a year,” said Waller. “I really just want to push the band to write even better, get tighter on the stuff that we have and play as many shows as we can.”
For more information and to purchase music, find them on iTunes or visit www.reverbnation.com/bornbetty.
Born Betty Embodies Creative Talent
do that but the real vehicle for emotions is actors,” Cage said during a Playstation Blog interview.
Perhaps the best element to Cage’s games is the choices you make during gameplay that profoundly change what you experience. “You will have the opportunity to make the story yours. It’s going to be your experience, your decisions, your choices,” said Cage.
All of the work Cage and his team put into the game allows them to give players entirely different stories within the same game. Just like their previous title “Heavy Rain”, there are no “game over” screens or restarts. The game saves all progress and continues the story, resulting in many different endings.
Titles like these are moving games away from the negative stigma that gaming is wasteful. But titles such as “Journey” and “Beyond: Two Souls” showcase what can be accomplished; that games can be taken seriously. We as gamers should be very proud and feel lucky to live in a time where developers believe in making something different and are unafraid to risk moving away from yesterday’s traditional methods.
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For those that find Fresno to be lacking in the realm of culture and art, a quick trip to downtown Fresno might help change their mind. The Caris School of Dance located on Broadway Street is a place where one’s creativity can blossom amidst several different styles of dance.
The school has recently moved to a larger venue at the Liquid Fetish Art Gallery in downtown Fresno. The move resulted from a need for more space to accommodate dancers, teachers and large audiences during performances.
Students of all levels are welcomed, as the instructors are eager to help train individuals into well-rounded dancers.
The Caris School of Dance is led by artistic director Jasmin la Caris, who specializes in both modern and flamenco styles of dance. Caris has gained experience at such renowned companies as the Alonzo King LINES Ballet School in San Francisco. She was born and raised in Fresno, and graduated from Fresno City College with a degree in dance.
Caris has nothing but appreciative words about the teachers and students she worked alongside during her academic years at FCC.
“They helped me be the dancer that I am today,” she stated.
Caris’ goal for her new studio is to attract a larger audience and help them develop their own style.
“This school is about making the student grow in their own way, let them bloom like a f lower,” she explained. “I definitely want to grow the students here. I want this space to be a space for people that are really interested in dance,” Caris added.
Daphney Yalung, another instructor at the Caris School, specializes in hip hop and modern dance. Yalung gained experience through involvement in a Filipino dance troupe called Samahang Bayanihan and Fresno Dance Collective, a modern dance company.
Danny Moua is also a dance instructor at the Caris School. He has gained experience at the FCC dance department alongside dance instructor Jimmy Hao.
The instructors at the School of Dance are gearing up for many new opportunities at the Liquid Fetish venue. One of these opportunities is during Fresno’s Art Hop night on Feb. 7.
Caris has her own Art Hop event titled “The Art of Dance.” It is a chance to showcase the unique aspects of live art in contrast to the fixed art that is
usually presented by many Art Hop participants.
“We have a lot of venues here in Fresno that present beautiful art like paintings, sketchings, sculpting... But I think I’m still one of the fewer places that shows live dance so far. I’m hoping that it’ll grow more and other places will start showing more dance as well.”
The school’s popular pieces, as well as one new piece, will be performed at the Art Hop.
Caris’ goal at her new studio is to elevate Fresno’s art and dance community to new levels.
“Part of the issue here in Fresno is that downtown needs to be more renovated, right? I thought it was a great idea to move the studio downtown. Be a part of making Fresno better,” she said.
Caris has a love for the Fresno community that aims to directly nurture its growth.
“I’m always trying to reach out to the Fresno City college students. They’re all really great,” Caris added.
The Caris School of Dance has many walk-in and monthly classes available in several styles of dance as well as beginner “Pura Salsa” classes.
For information on performances and instruction, please contact Jasmin la Caris at Liquid Fetish Art Gallery.
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CampusVoices“Are sports
overemphasized in our culture?”
Adam SweilemPhilosophy
“Yes. All the money spent on sports can be spent on academics.”
Scott DobneyBusiness
“People talk about their teams so much. They get so worked up over it and it starts fights. I don’t really get it.”
BY RAMPAGE EDITORIAL BOARD [email protected]
Gabriela AguirreNursing
“Yes, definitely. There is more to life than just sports especially when you get hurt.”
Geo ArambulaConstruction
“I think we may want to emphasize them more. I think they can help give people a bit better time.”
Also in the spring of 2012, FCC’s accreditation was put on “warning.” The Rampage called out the district for lacking a plan. Without the Rampage, most students would not have known there was a problem, much less known what accreditation was.
In issue five of the fall semester, the Rampage printed a controversial story regarding the conduct of several members of the ASG at a student government conference. Some questioned the wisdom of publicizing personal activities of students, albeit elected officials, on the front page of the newspaper and
argued it made the Rampage seem like a gossip tabloid.
The importance of this story may not have been obvious to everyone, but it was important.
The most crucial role of press is to keep government honest. That’s why freedom of the press is included in the First Amendment along with freedom of speech.
The story was not about indicting any particular elected
student leader, it was about personal conduct, misuse
of public funds and responsibility. It is
the Rampage’s duty to point out when these missteps occur to make sure they do not happen again.
The ASG cleaned its own
house with mass r e s i g n a t i o n s .
Since then, all but three of the
accused members have resigned. The
Rampage is still watching to make sure
that the ASG remembers that they are answerable
to their electorate – namely YOU, the student body.
The role of the press is not to create the news for
the students, only to report it. If there is a story you think
is negative about you or your organization, always remember
that we did not make it negative, you did. We do not make the news, you make the news, and we are watching.
It may seem cynical, but we are not paid for what we do. The countless hours we put in go unrewarded. Pride in the finished product is our only reward. Even the grade we get seems minor compared to seeing our names in the newspaper on distribution day.
We try to do our job to serve you and our community.
We are the Rampage. Made by students; made for students.
of the Rampage in one hand and a petition in the other. The two organizations, and the student body of course, caused so much stir that the district agreed to reconsider its position on having a summer school program.
The job of the press is to bring important issues to the students’ awareness and then let them use that information to their benefit. Once we’ve printed a story, we leave it to the students to do something about it.
The Fresno City College Rampage has been a fixture on this campus since 1949. The Rampage is often maligned and its role misunderstood, so it is important to detail what it is that the team of students known as the Rampage staff does for the student body, the staff and administration of this campus, the district and our local communities.
First and foremost, the Rampage staff is made up of students enrolled in two journalism classes. The classes offer them an opportunity to practice hands-on the art of journalism with all the responsibilities.
As members of the press, it is the responsibility of the Rampage staff to inform you about issues that are important. We serve as your watchdog and alert you when we find that things are not going as they should.
We also try to provide a forum for students, faculty and staff to debate issues of concern and serve as an outlet for students to voice their frustrations, excitement and passions.
We keep our eyes and ears open. Colleges may be institutions of higher learning, but they are also hotbeds of corruption and scandal. The college newspaper is often the only institution able to investigate and report such matters. People want to know that the campus has nothing to hide.
With limited staff and newspaper space, it is impossible to bring you every piece of information you feel you need to know, so we must make difficult choices. Sometimes the Rampage even comes under fire for publishing news others wish it hadn’t.
Here are some of the big issues the Rampage tackled in the last year alone. In the first issue of spring 2012, the Rampage dropped a bombshell on the student body. For the first time, the student population was made aware of possible cutting of summer school. Did the Rampage single-handedly cause the district to change their minds on that possibility? No. We did it in tandem with the student body. We did it with you.
The Associated Student Government mobilized, with a copy
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To the outside ob-server, sports are nothing but simple games. Put a round ball in a round
hoop. Take an oblong ball and run it over a line marked on the field. Kick a ball into a net. Hit a round ball with a stick and run in a circle. And in the most basic sense, that’s exactly what they are. But as any true fan can tell you, sports are much more than that.
This is because there is noth-ing else like them. Politics divide us, cause bitter arguments and shift the blame for what will cer-tainly end up being the end of America as we know it.
Religion has everyone on edge, arguing and fighting over right and wrong, morals and the origin of everything. But sports have a different type of banter, we show our allegiances on the col-ors of our jerseys, the flags on our cars or the logos in our hats
There are very few things that people of different genders, races, religions, political beliefs, sexual orientations and social classes can agree upon, but sports is one of those unique, uniting fac-tors. Luckily, there is no prereq-uisite for cheering for your local team.
And when you throw a bunch of people from one city together, you’ll certainly find that they al-most all will. When the home team knocks down a buzzer beater or hits a walk-off homerun to win, you don’t care about the back-grounds of the people around you. All you want to do is high-five ev-eryone in sight.
Maybe one of you goes back to your studio apartment and the other goes back to his $1.75 million house, but that game gave you the opportunity to share that moment, albeit briefly, with one another.
There is nothing else that provides this type of experience. It’s because of this that we need sports. They are quite possibly the last thing we have left that can bring us together rather than drive us further apart.
In many ways, sanc-tioned competition ful-fills cultural ideals and traditions. Consistent throughout most civi-
lizations are those who celebrate the competitors of a particular era. Naturally, spectacles like this are tremendously popular.
There is nothing wrong with participating in cultural frivolity,
including the worship of sports fran-c h i s e s a n d athletes. Do-ing so can contribute to a well-diver-sified social identity. How-ever, it can also reflect an unsophisticat-ed and narrow framework of unfulfilled po-tential.
Accord-ing to the NFL, approxi-mately 40 million view-ers watched the 49ers pick apart the Fal-
cons while 47.7 million viewers wit-nessed the Ravens’ dismantling of the Patriots. These programs were the most watched single-channel television events since the Super Bowl last year. In fact, during 2012, excluding the London Olympic ceremonies, the top twelve most watched single-channel television programs were all NFL games.
The word, “competition” stems from the Latin word “com-petere,” which means “to strive together.” Football fans, although sometimes bitterly divided over which team is worth their time and energy, are adhering to the same rules and striving for the same out-come.
Competition in this sense can be applied to politics, the most ne-glected and misunderstood com-ponent of our democratic identity. Instead of Americans following
But even when they do divide us considering the alternatives, we may need some light hearted de-bate topics. Disagreement on ath-letic supremacy are a lot easier to handle than those on the orgin of the universe or the future of our country.
There is also nothing more real than sports. There is no script. There is no acting. At our core, we are drawn to the unpredictable nature that sports have. We love that anything can happen. Sure, we may think that we can predict some things but inevitably we end up being wrong.
That’s why Las Vegas has sport betting. The Patriots were supposed to beat the Giants in the 2008 Super Bowl and complete their perfect season, Buster Doug-las was supposed to be destroyed by Mike Tyson and the top seed is always supposed to win the NCAA tournament.
Fortunately, we know that anytime that a game comes on there is an outside shot that this can be an upset that we will talk about for years. When those do happen, it gives us hope that anything is indeed pos-sible. Sports are the only thing left that truly give our u n d e r d o g story dreams valid legs to stand on.
And in this day and age the world economy is s u f f e r i n g . There is war g o i n g o n all over the globe. People are murdered e v e r y d a y. Flip on any news show, and chances a r e o n e o f these prob-lems is leading the telecast.
We are constantly bombard-ed with negativity and depressing stories all day. Sports serve as wel-come distractions to all the evil in today’s society. Cheering on our teams gives us a chance to feel the legal high that only winning can give.
We live for that moment, that joy, that ecstasy. In the days that follow, everyone will go out and buy as much championship gear and accessories as they pos-sibly can. Why? Because you never know if or when you will ever get that opportunity again.
Nothing else can fill all of these voids the way sports can. So, it’s not only why we love sports but that’s why we need sports.
their local, state and national repre-sentatives to honestly and accurate-ly assess the inner workings of their government, our willing ignorance permits individuals with narcissis-tic tendencies to celebrate unquali-fied political figures; who seek to undermine the ambitions and inter-ests of that supporter.
During his 2000 presidential campaign, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader famously explained that if the American voter studied and followed politics with the same passion that they did with sports, this would be an entirely different landscape.
There is a profound discon-nect between our awareness of unsubstantial sports trivia, such as the Harbaugh brothers coaching head-to-head at the Superbowl this Sunday, and our understanding of the voting records of those we elect with our conviction to public office.
With the depth of knowledge that diehard sports and entertain-ment fans routinely recall from the recesses of their minds, it’s clear that we are intellectually capable of sowing the seeds of political change. Instead, to the certain shame of our ancestors, we reveal our behavioral ineptitudes by walking the path of least resistance.
The history of man’s progress throughout the centuries implies that we place an emphasis on the development of preferable human characteristics whilst committing ourselves to the suppression of our animalistic tendencies. As perpetual successors of primitivism and sav-agery, we cannot place the diver-sity of our cultural identity on the sideline to deteriorate. The glory of sports and the accomplishments of our entertainment idols are tempo-rary opiates.
What is clear is that in the face of democratic apathy, the study and worship of sports is something of a mockery of the struggles, studies and sacrifices of our forebears.
So long as our culture fails to comprehend the nature of the polit-ical process and dedicates most of our time and passion toward sports and entertainment, then this dis-proportion of our focus will stand as an incitement of our collective powerlessness.
As citizens of a republic, there are consequences to the apathetic and dismissive attitudes that many hold toward our democratic re-sponsibilities. There are tangible re-percussions for dedicating our full time to pastimes. As social activist Ralph Nader famously stated, “Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.”
Surrendering the breadth of our cognitive faculties to the nar-row futility of sportsmanship is not only pathetic; our inactivity holds the struggles and sacrifices of ev-ery one of our forebears in absolute contempt. Having said that, go Nin-ers!
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Player Profile: Francisco Lemus
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Pabel’s Pitch: Embrace the flu
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Most people see the flu as a bad thing, but I say “What’s so bad about it?” It gives you an excuse to avoid other people, to miss school and to not have to share food with your significant other. Late Decem-ber through mid-January is f lu sea-son, so shut up and take the hit. I see all of these tips on how to avoid the flu in every news out-let. What makes people think they can avoid it? It’s not called “flu sea-son for everyone but some entitled jerk who thinks that his errands are more important than everybody else’s.” It’s f lu season for everyone. So, with that in mind, here are a few tips to make sure you don’t get left out and get the flu this season.
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Style and appearance: Declining investments
It seems that society has re-signed itself to desiring tacky, casual clothing as opposed to chic apparel designed to enhance the appear-ance. People are falling victim to ill-fitting, unbecoming and gener-ally basic clothing as though putting zero effort into getting dressed was de rigueur. Consequently, the num-ber of image-conscious individuals is on a steady decline. Upon surveying the Fresno City College campus, one would en-dure the visual punishment of find-ing many students clad in backpacks, hoodies, sweatpants, Uggs and paja-mas. This clothing suggests a gross negligence in regards to one’s over-all appearance. Those that view style as a waste of time and choose the route of comfort tend to spout excuses in-cluding, but not limited to: “It’s just college,” “There is no one here I need to impress,” and “I don’t want the at-tention.” Whether it’s the result of insecurities or the aforementioned excuses, fashion and the concept
of dressing well is often dismissed as being something silly; an activity reserved for those who are vain or those who choose not to take their studies seriously. Contrary to popular be-lief, fashion encapsulates far more than the glitz and glamour of what is presented in the pages of Vogue magazine. Fashion is style; it is self-expression. It expands to an intimate form of visual language that could potentially assist in personal growth.Dressing well not only requires self-discipline, but it takes time and ef-fort to maintain. This is evidenced by white collar individuals and soldiers, who must abide by a set of exacting standards of appearance such as pol-ished shoes and pressed uniforms. A sloppy appearance speaks volumes for the individual and leaves much to be desired. “Sweatpants are a sign of de-feat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants,” said Karl Lagerfeld, current designer at the forefront of the House of Chanel.The way we dress sends a message about who we are and how we want people to perceive us. In fact, some-thing that is oft overlooked is the im-portance of first impressions which are impossible to undo. Ergo, when one garbs themselves in clothes that belong in a garbage bin instead of on a person, it proves to somewhat de-grading. “I feel like first impressions are important, and if you dress to im-press, you’ll always give a good one,” said Ashley Naples, fashion mer-chandising major at FCC. A series of studies led by po-litical scientist Shawn Rosenberg of
University of California, Irvine indi-cated that people who are pleasant in appearance are viewed as more competent and able.
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Interviews are a prime ex-ample of this. When one arrives to the interview and appears to be put-together rather than the barrel-scraping dreck that many college students present themselves as, there is a better chance that the in-terviewer will have more confidence that they could get the job done. Do frayed jeans and dirty sneakers promote the image of com-
petence and presentability? No. It’s about taking time to ex-press that you care about yourself and your appearance. Your clothing
helps set the tone for who you are. It also helps in increas-ing self-assurance and atten-tiveness, a trait that is wise to have in both social and aca-demic situations. Jennifer Baumgartner, clini-cal psychologist and author of “You are What You Wear,” suggests that people feel more confident when they’re well-dressed. “Clothes reveal cultural in-fluences, environmental stressors, self concept, etc. Your clothes reveal what is really going on internally,” Baumgartner said. Some may argue that college should be a time for us to fo-cus on broadening our minds instead of investing in our wardrobes. However, those who are well-rounded tend to possess the capability to bal-ance both academic success and a well-stocked wardrobe. Both are wise investments for one’s future. Personal style can potential-ly take a lifetime to polish and
refine. Since life isn’t as long as we’d like it to be, there is hardly a reason to settle for being average. “I feel it is important to dress well to please myself,” said Brooke Baker, a student at FCC. “I get to ex-press my fashion sense and style to the world which makes me feel beau-tiful in my own way.”
1. USE OTHER PEOPLE’S GERMS According to Bob Dylan, “the answer my friends is blowin’ in the wind...” When you see a friend prepping a nice cough or sneezing, don’t be afraid to jump all up in that. Just make sure that when they share their germs with you that you say “thank you.” Nobody likes rude people.
2. FLOCK TO OTHERS Health.com says, “If you see anyone displaying symptoms of the flu stay away.” I say if you see these people, go to them. Hover around them like a member of a newly signed rapper’s entourage. Try to go everywhere they go, try to do everything they do and once you get what you need, you can catch the flu and enjoy some
quality time at home by yourself.
3. DON’T WASH YOUR HANDSEvery list mentions that you need to wash your hands, so if you want the flu just go against common sense and don’t wash them. Also avoid hand sanitizer like the plague. On a related note, don’t become the per-son who tells everyone to wash their hands repeatedly. I have never met anybody that likes that person.
4. STAY OBLIVIOUS TO YOUR SURROUNDINGSConcentra.com gives the advice that people should monitor f lu outbreaks in their communities. What kind of creepy advice is that? Imagine go-ing up to your neighbors and asking about their f lu symptoms. Instead of walking over to someone’s house and asking, “Hey Bill is your nose running today?” or “Hey Sue, do you have chills and are they multiply-ing?”, mind your business. Don’t wor-ry about monitoring anybody else in your community and you’ll get the flu for sure.
5. BURT REYNOLDSGet a hold of Burt Reynolds who was recently hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. As I stated earlier, it is f lu
season, so you are more than likely going to catch it. So why not say you caught it from none other than “The Bandit” himself? If you are not familiar with that reference, go out and rent “Smokey and the Bandit” for Reynolds’ best film performance.
6. DRINK UPLivestrong.com says “give up alco-hol” to avoid the flu. I say “shut up Livestrong.com.” So, there you have it. Since everyone else is telling you how to avoid catching the flu, I just gave you some fly ways to make sure you do catch it.
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Following an 89-63 victory against Reedly on Jan. 16, the Fresno City College women’s basket-ball team is on a 12-game-winning-streak. With the win, the Rams improved their overall record to 20-3.
Talent, team chem-istry, as well as the abil-ity and willingness to play hard are the strengths head coach Brian Tessler attributes to the Rams’ success this season.
“I think they have a focus on what they want to do in our season, which is get to the state tourna-ment.” said Tessler.
Last year the Rams’ season was cut short in the semifinals with a 71-63 loss against Mt. San Anto-nio College.
This season the Rams are looking to im-prove upon on their de-fense.
“We certainly need to improve upon our de-fense,” said Tessler. “I think we need to go ahead and make sure that we keep teams off the glass.”
Securing more of-fensive rebounds and
With the season opener on Feb. 1, the Fresno City Col-lege baseball team is feeling prepared and more deter-mined than ever.
Returning players Jack Karraker, Michael Tittle, Jake Martinez, Jeff Brown, and Jackson Glines are tak-ing charge and stepping up as team leaders. They know what to expect from last year, and are helping the incoming freshmen adjust and keep each other motivated.
Although this is his first year playing for the Rams, pitcher Christian Belleque, is a major asset to his team as well. He has two years of ex-perience playing baseball at California State University, Fresno.
“Everything is coming together at the right time, and we’re pitching pretty well too. We are just so deep,” said Belleque.
Returning for another year to play baseball for the Rams is second baseman Mi-chael Tittle. Tittle says the team is taking practices se-riously and perfecting even the littlest things to better themselves.
“The expectation for this year’s team is to put a ball on the wall (win a State Championship), but we need
Rams win 12 straight
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Sport: Cross Country Major: Computer Sciencedecreasing the amount of turnovers per game is at the top of the list for the Rams as they head into their game against Taft on Jan.30.
Looking directly ahead is something the Rams pride themselves in.
They are always pre-paring for the very next game in front of them, firm-ly believing this will help them realize their goal of going to the state tourna-ment.
FCC’s 5-0 conference record puts them at No. 1 in the region, tied with Santa Rosa. And according to a Jan. 21 ranking poll the Rams are No. 2 in the state, right behind reigning state champions Mt. San Antonio College.
to take it one day at a time and not get complacent,” said Tittle.
Head coach, Ron Scott, instills the idea that “the key to success is team chemis-try.” The coaches motivate the team by not accepting anything less than a 100 per-cent effort. They see great importance in keeping the team’s chemistry alive.
“Our coaches are great because they help us keep in mind to play for not only ourselves, but the guy be-side us, and not let our team-mates down,” said freshman pitcher, Holden Berger.
After being a couple of games away from playing in the final four last year, the Rams are using the memory as a drive to work day in and day out.
Karraker says their big-gest challenge is playing to-gether as a team and showing up to practice wholehearted-ly. As a team leader, Karraker believes it’s essential to put 110 percent into practices.
“There’s a difference between showing up to prac-tice and actually being there,” Karraker said.
This year’s team lost a decent amount of strong players from last year such as Bryce Barger and Drew Mer-lo. However, there still re-mains well-rounded return-
ing players and freshman.“There’s a great
amount of potential we can tap into. All we need to do is work hard and keep in mind
it’s not all about winning, but winning as a team. It’s pos-sible,” said Karraker.
The Rams play Sacra-mento City College on Feb. 1
and Feb. 2. Both games will be held in Sacramento.
You have been named the most inspirational run-ner on your team. What helped you earn that recog-nition?
I try to improve every-day no matter how hard it is. I never gave up and I never will. Even in a race it doesn’t matter what time I get. What matters is that I finish the race.
How do you stay moti-vated when you’re running?
I try to stay more fo-cused than other runners. I
stay positive and know I’m going to finish the race no matter what time it takes
When did you start running?
I started running when I was ten years old. My dad encouraged me and my brother to run. My dad was a runner since he was about twelve. He was a runner in high school and college.
What’s the best part of running?
The best part of run-ning is that you get to see new adventures. You get to see places like Santa Barba-ra, San Francisco, any places that you haven’t been to. You get to enjoy those plac-es with your friends.
In addition to your fa-ther, who has else has helped you with your running?
My brother. He’s a very good runner but he doesn’t have the motivation that I have. He likes soccer more than running.
How far would you like to go with running?
I would like to run even when I’m old. I will en-courage my kids to run.
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With a 98-59 win on Jan. 23, Ed Madec got his 200th win as Fresno City College men’s basketball coach. Following his mile-stone achievement, Madec was quick to give the cred-it to the players he has coached over the years.
“It’s more about the teams and players I have coached, not about me get-ting the wins,” said Madec.
Through the years, Madec has focused on building productive young men who get to four-year universities and have suc-cessful careers.
His players move on but his process stays the same. He inserts new play-ers into his system and the wins keep coming with his tough style of coaching.
“Our tradition never graduates. Our players do, but [the tradition] stays the same,” said Madec. “Win-ning is just a by process. We have a brotherhood, and culture here we can hang our hat on.”
Sophomore guard Thomas Hammick is one of many players that has grown under the leader-
ship of Madec.“[Madec] has influ-
enced us more than just as players but as men and taught us about life. He is in-vested in our personal lives,” said Hammick.
The challenge is to con-tinue the success year in and year out, adapting every step and staying ambitious
“Winning validates why our players get scholar-ships,” said Madec.
This season the Rams are on a mission to go back to the State Tournament and win back to back Champion-ships.
“It feels too early to tell if the team can go back to back, but they are develop-ing, improving and the team has to peak at the right time,” said Madec. “The team must be on schedule and continue to meet the goals.”
Madec says tradition
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is the reason he was attract-ed to Fresno City College’s Basketball program.
In his seven years as Fresno City College Basket-ball head coach he has made it past the sweet sixteen each year, going to the final four three times.
He credits his high school coaches from Rio Mesa High School in Ox-nard, Calif. and college coaches from Sonoma State
as his mentors, who molded and showed him the way to be an excellent basketball coach.
These men instilled toughness in coach Madec that he coaches with every-day and looks for in players.
“High school and col-lege is where I got my staple of toughness,” said Madec.
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