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CAMPUS ROADS CLOSED DURING CONSTRUCTION
A section of Library Drive at Saddleback College will be closed due to construction on the new Science Building starting Tuesday, Feb. 25 and reopening on April 1.
“Basically what they’re doing is closing off Library Drive for ap-
Santos Garcia of the Saddleback College Campus Police.
Cars will not be allowed to pass through, however, pedestrian traf-
“My understanding is there will be a six-foot fence going up so stu-dents won’t get into the construc-tion zone, but the sidewalk will re-main open,” Garcia said.
Parking Lot 7A, the Learning Resources Center parking, will be open and accessible from College Drive West. Parking Lot 7 will only be accessible by College Drive East. Tiers 1 and 2 are open for student parking and tier 3 is open for staff, but tier 4 will be closed. There is additional staff parking in the bowl.
“The area will probably be used for construction equipment,” Gar-cia said.
According to information Gar-cia received, the bottom section of Library Drive will be closed off on March 24 and reopened on March 31. There are possibilities for other campus roads and parking lots to close at various times to allow for construction.
“It’s going to be inconvenient for a short period of time,” Garcia said.
However, some students feel differently.
“It’s going to be frustrating and even more competition to essen-tially compete for parking spots,” said Tommy Huynh, 23-year-old psychology major. “A lot of stu-dents are late to classes or have to get here at least 45 minutes early
For others, studying the park-ing pattern has helped the situa-tion.
“I park in the Fine Arts lot. I’m on campus once a week and it
a spot,” said Stacey Frances, unde-clared major. “There’s some strat-
start realizing what patterns there are and when spots open up.”
According to Garcia, the con-struction and takeover of campus parking hasn’t affected citations.
majority of citations are given for people running stop signs,” Garcia said. “The majority of parking vi-olations are for not having a per-mit.”
To alleviate some stress for students and make up for the lost parking, some new areas have opened up on campus.
“New locations for student parking are Lot 5A and parking on the street of College West Drive,” Garcia said.
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Pro: Con:
“It’s pretty rough. You have to come an hour or
so early and my teachers are not lenient about
being late. Some check the homework based on
if you are there on time so you can lose points for
it. They have special lots (staff) that
have more parking than us so they tell us to just
Lauren Adagio
21, marine science
“There doesn’t seem to be much of it at all. There
is enough parking, but it doesn’t make any sense. Go
to OCC, for instance. That makes sense. It’s a gigan-
tic centralized parking lot and all the buildings are
around it. You go there and you think, ‘oh yeah, the
developer had a brain stem. This is nice.’
Whereas here, you take a class in the Village at
9 a.m., and then you have a class at 10:30 in the
BGS,
parking. You’ll be walking from the Village to
the BGS. And that’s a solid mile hike.
I’m not an architect, I don’t know what should be
done. I would recommend a parking structure, ac-
tually. A multi-leveled thing that occupies a singular
amount of space. Everything kinda stacks up. Build-
Bryan Sheaks
24, political science
“With the construction that they’re doing, I think it’s
good that we’re getting more buildings on campus,
because we do need a new science building.
I think it’ll be good to upgrade those things, but
I think
because
that way they would have been focused on [creating]
more parking...instead of taking out parking when
we don’t even have enough.
I think it does create a lot of problems. It can take
then I have to go all the way to the Village because
there’s parking over there, but it’s not located in a
central spot, so you have to walk 15 minutes to get to
your class.
Nolan Matter
20, political science
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The Bachelor of Science in ManagementIrvine, West LA, Encino Graduate Campuses
Attend An Information Session: March 4th in Irvine
Students who are com-pleting their final semester at Saddleback College are strongly encouraged by coun-selors in the Transfer Center to complete an application, available on MySite, for their degree, certificate or transfer certification.
Students are instructed to
go to www.saddleback.edu and log into MySite using their username and pass-word. Next, they should click “My Information” and “De-grees/Certs/Transfer” from the menu.
Students who don’t com-plete the application to pe-tition graduation will not receive their degrees or certifications, regardless of
whether they’ve completed the requirements.
For further questions, stu-dents can contact the Office of Admissions and Records at [email protected] or call 949-582-4555.
Saddleback College com-mencement is scheduled for Friday, May 23.The ceremo-ny will be held in the Gymna-sium at 9 a.m.
The first-ever Saddle-back Star Competition named its finalists after au-ditions took place Feb. 21.
The final competition, run by commercial music instructor Ariel Alexander, will take place March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre.
“I was hired to start a commercial music program here at Saddleback and this is covering a whole new genre of music that we hav-en’t reached before,”Alex-ander said. “Because tradi-tionally the music program has served classical and jazz musicians.”
Alexander said the pro-gram caters to kids in pop and rock and soul.
“So this event is part of our program and it’s a way to kind of publicize our new program and do something
different,” she said. The students featured
a variety of genres, from rap to pop to classic rock, and even some self-written songs, such as 20-year-old Brian Gomez’s rap “It’s So Good.”
“I started out rapping when I was like 15 as a joke with my friends, and then I realized I was actually pretty good,” Gomez said. “After that, I just started writing some stuff — noth-ing crazy — but when I was 17 I actually tried to do this (rapping) and that’s when I started taking it more seri-ously.”
Although auditions had been on a sign-up basis, it was mostly walk-ins that took the stage in FA 101.
The show costs $10 general and $7 students/seniors. For tickets call the ticket office at 949-5824656 or visit www.sad-
FINALISTS:Chasen Tengwall
Brian GomezAlexandra RiveraPaloma PallanteAnastasya Korol
Jean-Luc RollandoMeryl Lumboy
Ariana MozafariEvito Romero
Maureen EberhardtLaurie LewinsIsamar Negrete
Meghan RiopelleJoe Marx
Mercedes MearsThorin Murphy-Fahlgren
Barbara Saur, a represen-tative from CSUF’s Center for Careers in Teaching will be visiting the Transfer Cen-ter at Saddleback College on Thursday, Feb. 27, 1-4:30 p.m.
The Center for Careers in Teaching offers resources for students that are looking to become future educators.
“The representative from Cal State Fullerton’s Cen-ter for Careers in Teaching visits about twice a month,” said Transfer Center’s Orlan-tha Nin. “If you’re a student who’s interested in pursuing
a teaching degree at Cal State Fullerton, it would be a good idea to schedule an appoint-ment to speak with her.”
If students miss the oppor-tunity to schedule an appoint-ment with the representative, they can also attend a CSUF teaching information seminar at Saddleback.
There is only one left this semester on April 17 from 1- 3 p.m. in the Transfer Center.
“Students can meet with college representatives or attend their teacher-informa-tion workshops,” said Trans-fer Center Counselor Jennifer Golden.
During the visits and semi-
nars, students get information about CSUF’s teaching pro-gram and get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions such as admission requirements, specialties of CSUF’s credential program and classes students should take at Saddleback before transferring.
To schedule an appoint-ment with a representative or reserve a seat at the infor-mation seminar, students can call the Transfer Center at (949) 582-4328.
The Transfer Center is lo-cated on the second floor of the Student Services Center Building, Room 225B.
There is an Associated Student Government-spon-sored blood drive today in the Gaucho Lounge from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Appointments can be made for donations but walk-ins are accepted.
It is recommended that people eat a full breakfast before donating blood and do not engage in excessive exer-cise after donating.
Snacks and beverages will
be provided for blood donors in a resting area where they are recommended to sit for 15 to 30 minutes after donating blood.
There are restrictions and qualifications in order to do-nate, including no tattoos or piercing within one year of the donation date.
A couple of the qualifica-tions are that the donor must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health and has not do-nated within last 56 days.
The American Red Cross website has a full list of oth-
er circumstances that will re-strict an individual in the U.S. from donating.
Students have to be at least 17-years-old to participate. All students are encouraged to donate and those who do will be entered in a raffle.
Be The Match foundation will also be present for those interested in being listed in their bone marrow registry.
For more information on Be The Match, visit their website at bethematch.org or call their toll-free number at 1-800 MARROW2.
Application for graduation certificate due date approaching
Saddleback Star Contest finalists announced
CSUF rep. visits Saddleback
ASG holds blood drive
STEvE SOHANAKIStaff Writer
KAYLEE JOHNSTONeditor-in-Chief
STEvE SOHANAKIStaff Writer
DANNY PESTOLESIiVC editor
Jean-Luc Rollando, 19, performs “I Have Nothing” during the auditions for the Saddleback Star Contest. Previous to his audition, he was practicing.
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Defeating Fullerton Col-lege 78-63 at home, Saddle-back College’s basketball team completes the hat trick for hav-ing won three Orange Empire Conference titles in a row.
A collected Gaucho Head Coach Andy Ground said, “We still have to know where we are in the playoffs.” Ground has to put this one behind him as he now has to focus on the playoffs.
Even though the Hornets held on to a close score at half time 32-30 and lead through-out the majority of the first and in the second half, the Gauchos outplayed them overall. With the Gauchos 20-46 at field
goal range combined with 39 rebounds over the Hornets 20-54 and 27 rebounds the Hornets lead did not hold. Also with 20 points over the Hornets in the paint (38-18) the Gauchos had the numbers to defeat the Hor-nets in The Bummel Dome.
Hornet guard Joel Broken-brough shot 10-19 field goals with four steals on the night leading Fullerton in points and steals on the night with 30.
The Gauchos took the winning lead by lay-up from forward Eric Thompson im-proving the Gauchos 41-40. Thompson scored 12 on the night with 5-5 field goals made and leading the team with sev-
en total rebounds.Toward the end of the sec-
ond half after fouling Hornet Roger Hamel near the Hor-net foul line, Gaucho Rashad Davis did not agree with the call and had a few inaudible words with the referee causing the ref to charge Davis with a technical foul. Resulting in Hamel shooting two technical foul shots and a additional two from the originally fouled shot attempt.
The Gauchos playoff sched-ule is to be announced, check in with CCCAAsports.org for updated brackets.
After having a relatively easy season so far, the Lady Gauchos Tennis team had a two-game winning streak going into Thursday’s home match against the Fullerton Hornets.
However, the Hornets proved to be a formidable op-ponent and the Lady Gauchos lost 6-3.
Coach Jay Amos and the team had hoped to split the split the singles matches and then win on strong doubles
play. Things did not go exactly
to plan as the Hornets rout-ed the Lady Gauchos 5-1 in singles play. While the Lady Gauchos did improve in dou-bles, winning two games to one, the deficit was too much to make up in the end.
Fullerton’s prowess was not unexpected though, says Coach Amos. “They are our first conference opponent this season,” he said, “So far we’ve played some pret-
ty easy teams. Once we start playing Conference teams, that’s where it starts getting tough.”
Despite the loss, the Lady Gauchos retain a winning re-cord of 5-3. Their next game is at home next Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 2p.m. against Orange Coast.
Deja Brooks scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds to help women’s basketball clinch the Orange Empire Conference, with a 54-35 win over the Ful-lerton Titans on Friday night.
Orange Coast College lost in an upset to Riverside the same night, the ladies are first place outright in the conference.
The women proudly cele-brated their first conference title since the 2002-03 season at the Saddleback Gymnasium with loud cheers from their fans and families.
Saddleback won with 53 percent shooting in the second half after they came back from a slow start with only 18 percent
shooting in the first.The Gauchos had 18 assists,
10 steals and 43 rebounds while shooting 50 percent of their free throws to seal the win.
Brooks also had four assists making her the standout player of the game for the Gauchos.
Guard Shannon Abdulla scored eight points, had four re-bounds and four assists to help fuel the win for the women.
Scoring seven points and fighting for two rebounds, guard Lillie Rellin also assisted the team to almost beat the Titans by 20 points.
Forward Tatiana Moana had 10 rebounds, four assists and another seven points that helped prove that the ladies of Fullerton
were no match against the Gau-chos.
During the first half, Danielle Munson had one assist when she caught a rebound off Fullerton’s board, passing then to Brooks who made a three-pointer to bring the game to 17-13 at the break.
After the break is when the women raised their shooting percentage, scoring 37 points.
Reserve LaTisha Bell also helped grab seven rebounds to put the score at 51-30 with 2:58 to play.
The Gauchos are currently waiting to hear a playoff seeding announcement on Monday in order to know where and when they play their next game.
Gaucho women’s basketball wins Orange Empire Conference title
Lady Gauchos stung by Hornets last Thursday
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Sophomore No. 1 Kiana Hein serves against the Fullerton Hornets on Feb. 20.
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Gauchos three-time conference champsAdAm Kolvitessports editor
Goodbye, Sochi: The Lariat Recap of the 2014 Winter OlympicssteFAn stenroosmultimediA editor
This February, Russia hosted its first Olym-pics since the fall of the Soviet Union. There were triumphs, letdowns, and surprises. Now that the Sochi games have come and gone, we review the top five things that caught our atten-tion the most.
1. O, Canada!The US Women’s Hockey Team had a two
goal lead in the 3rd quarter of the Gold Medal hockey game. With 3 minutes remaining on the clock, Canada rallied to score two goals and tie the game up at the end of regulation, with anoth-er goal in overtime to win the gold. The US and Canada have never really liked each other when it comes to Hockey. The Sochi games didn’t change that.
2. O, Canada! Again!The US Men’s Hockey Team faced off against
Canada in the semi-finals. Hoping to redeem the choke job pulled off by the Women, our boys in Red, White, and Blue instead ran into a confident group of Canucks who scored five uncontested goals. While the Canadians advanced to the Gold Medal round, the US headed to the Bronze Med-al match with Finland, where they were knocked out again. Seems like we’ll have to wait another four years to get revenge on our neighbors to the north.
3. Lady Gaucho Ashley Wagner skates well, talks trash, and creates a meme
US Figure Skater Ashley Wagner was in the media a lot during the Sochi Olympics. From the incredulous face she made that was turned into a meme, to her complaining about the nature of
Figure Skating and the controversial Gold won by Russia. For all her talk, Wagner did not pro-vide a performance worthy of a medal. While we wish Ms. Wagner all the best in her career, we think Gracie Gold is a better skater – and a lot cuter.
4. Un, Deux, Trois Medals for the United States in SlopestyleThe United States did well this Olympics, and
even sweeped the Slopestyle Ski event. Ameri-cans Josh Christensen, Gus Kenworthy, and Nick Goepper locked out the podium. Only Russia and France could equal our feat, where they sweeped in 50km Cross Country and Ski-Cross respec-tively. Hopefully it’s a something we can repeat in 2018. Better luck next time, rest of the world!
5. Huge Creepy Bears and Rings That Won’t Open
Russia wanted to prove they were capable of throwing a grand spectacle at the Sochi games, and they certainly succeeded. That doesn’t mean the Opening and Closing ceremonies didn’t have their own hiccups. From one of the Olympic Rings not opening, to a giant Animatronic bear that probably freaked out 90% of the world. The Sochi Games were a success, but these ceremo-nies had Vladimir Putin asking “Where’s the Vodka?”
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The Gauchos jumped out to an early lead from the first hitter of the home half and never looked back in Saddleback’s victory against Cuesta, 6-2, at Doug Fritz field on Friday.
Saddleback continued to stroke the ball with 13 hits today against the Cougars, bringing their season total up to 129, with no less than seven hits in each of their 11 games so far this season. Freshman Dylan Diaz led the game off with a double to left and was immediately brought in by a single to center by freshman Luke Jarvis. Diaz is batting .500 on the season so far, going 20-40 at the plate with eight doubles, two triples, a home run and five RBIs.
Sophomore Trey Ferketic (1-1) pitched sev-en shut down innings, striking out six, before running into trouble during the top of the eighth when he gave up a single and double that eventu-
ally scored two, cutting the lead to 4-2. If not for a diving play at third base by sophomore Louie Payetta to end the inning, the lead could have been erased or worse. The Gaucho bats respond-ed quickly to answer the two runs plated in the top half by the Cougars with two of their own, to jump to a 6-2, final lead.
“Trey had his best start of the season and he did a great job,” head coach Sommer McCartney said after the win. “We had some timely hitting and that play that Payetta made at third was a big play that stopped their momentum.”
Saddleback (7-4) wraps up their set against Cuesta College (4-8) here at Doug Fritz field on Saturday at 1 p.m. Looking ahead, Conference play begins at Irvine Valley College on Thursday at 2 p.m.
MAtthew CorkillPhoto editor
Gaucho bats stay hot
PHOTO BY MATT CORKILL | LARIATTrey Ferketic getting locked in for his start.
