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MIDTERM ELECTION GUIDE

SPORTS } Page 6

Brown and Whitman gear up for final push

Incumbent Boxer looks to fend off Fiorina

Meg Whitman or Jerry Brown will become governor of California on Nov. 2. They differ on qualifications, and is-sues like confidence in renewable energy, same-sex marriage and California’s global warming bill.

Brown’s been a part of the political world for nearly 40 years, according to dif-fen.com.

Brown’s been California’s secretary of state, attorney general and governor, as well as Oakland’s mayor and the chair of the Democratic Party.

Whitman’s experience is based pri-marily upon her days as CEO of major companies, namely CEO of Disney, Stride Rite, FTD, Hasbro, and eBay, according to megwhitman.com.

Whitman has some political experi-ence.

“Governor Mitt Romney asked Meg to serve as his National Finance co-chair during the 2008 presidential primary cam-paign,” according to megwhitman.com.

Although Whitman’s political expe-rience may be lacking when compared to Brown, her time as a CEO may give her some appeal with the current budget cli-mate.

Whitman and Brown have different views regarding renewable energy. Brown fully supports renewable energy, as stated in the debate between Brown and Whit-man’s final gubernatorial debate. Brown plans on reducing California’s energy de-mands by requiring at least 33 percent of California’s electricity to come from renewable resources, according to jerry-brown.org.

Whitman said she wouldn’t pursue re-newable energy as aggressively as Brown, according to the last gubernatorial debate.

“Today, only three percent of our jobs are green jobs and 97 percent of jobs are in

the other part of the economy,” Whitman said. “I want to freeze the implementation for a year and fix it.”

Whitman and Brown differ on Propo-sition 8 as Brown is against it. It’s “so fun-damentally wrong,” said Brown during the final gubernatorial debate. “The judge said this violates the fourteenth amendment.”

Whitman disagrees with Brown re-garding Proposition 8.

“I believe marriage should be a union between a man and a woman,” Whitman said, according to megwhitman.com.

Brown said he sees Whitman as an ag-gressive candidate trying to buy the gover-nor’s office.

“Jerry faces an opponent with seem-ingly unlimited funds to spend on mis-leading attacks and vague promises,” ac-cording to jerrybrown.org. “She will stop at nothing to buy the Governor’s office.”

Whitman views Brown as a flawed politician lacking change.

“If you think this has worked for Californians, then you should elect Jerry Brown, because if he goes to Sacramento, it will be the same-old , same-old,” Whit-man said, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Whitman and Brown also have differ-ent plans for California’s economy. Whit-man wants to limit increases in spending to jump-start California’s economy, ac-cording to the Orange County Register, and create a group that identifies wasteful spending. She also cut many taxes in order to help business in California.

Brown wants to identify new sourc-es of revenue before approving any new spending, according to OCR.

Brown also wants to cut 15 percent of the governor’s office budget and ask state agencies to do the same, according to CBS news.

Current stats suggest Brown is lead-ing Whitman 48 to 42 percent, according to the Rasmussen Reports.

Johny GarciaConnection Staff

Californians will be given the oppor-tunity to decide whether candidates Bar-bara Boxer or Carly Fiorina will assume position in the U.S. Senate in the elections on Nov. 2.

Incumbent Boxer has had more than 25 years of experience in politics, being elected to the House of Representatives in 1982 and then being elected to the Senate in 1992, whereas this is Fiorina’s first time running for legislature, according to bar-baraboxer.com.

Unlike Boxer, who was a stockbroker before her career in politics, Fiorina was the former chairwoman and Chief Execu-tive Officer for Hewlett-Packard Company and is one of the most recognized business leaders in the world, according to carly-forca.com.

Fiorina understands her lack of expe-rience in legislature may concern her vot-ers, but with her background in business she promises to bring change, according to carlyforca.com.In contrast, Boxer relies on her experience in the Senate to gain her voters, according to barbaraboxer.com.

Besides differing in their backgrounds, both candidates differ in their policies.

Fiorina opposes tax cuts and is focused on advancing opportunities for small busi-nesses, according to carlyforca.com. She also supports reducing the deficit, focus-ing on immigration, law enforcement and cleaning our environment. Equality for race and sex is important as well, however she does not support same-sex marriage, Fiorina said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle.

Fiorina also hopes to create more jobs, as does Boxer, according to carly-forca.com.

Boxer plans to create more jobs for citizens by investing in infrastructure along with the creation of clean energy

jobs, according to barbaraboxer.com. She also endorses equal rights for all races and sex, as well as promoting education, health care reform and cleaning up our environ-ment.

Boxer also was an early proponent of Proposition 8, and supports equal rights for same-sex marriage, according to bar-baraboxer.com.

While both candidates disagree on policy, both have interestingly chosen to paint the opponent as an “extremist,” ac-cording to an article published in the SF Chronicle.

In their Senate debate Boxer painted Fiorina as an extreme conservative that is out of touch with the people of California.

Fiorina backfired saying Boxer is a tax-and-spend liberal, according to an ar-ticle published in the SF Chronicle.

During the debate, Boxer and Fiorina especially clashed on the issue of the cre-ation of jobs in Calif.

Fiorina said establishing jobs in Cali-fornia is her main focus, but then contin-ued to describe how Boxer has not helped create more jobs and how she has only raised taxes.

Boxer responded to Fiorina’s claims by raising the issue of her lack of experi-ence in politics, and bringing up how she laid off thousands of employees in her po-sition at HP.

In a recent ad released by Boxer’s campaign, Boxer states that Fiorina is “too extreme for California.”

In rebuttal, Fiorina’s campaign has released an ad calling Boxer a “hypocrite” because of her opinion on job shipping overseas.

The candidates have led a close cam-paign with Boxer and Fiorina only a few points apart in the polls.

Boxer is currently in the lead by five points, leading with a 43 to 38 percent, ac-cording to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Holly SandersonConnection Staff

FEATURES } Page 4

OPINION } Page 3

Zombies vs. Vampires

No love for the food at Loving Hut

Men’s soccer triumphs in 1-0 victory

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As the Nov. 2 election date looms closer, society prepares to fulfill our Constitutional right to vote. And while election candi-dates trip over themselves to sway the minds of the undecided and proposition supporters cross their fingers and hold their breath, the world, however, looks to you; the voters. But many citizens aren’t paying attention. Even though record amounts of money have been spent by candidates and proposition advocates to catch our attention, the projected voter turnout is still low.

Unfortunately, this year’s election doesn’t have the pizzazz that past elections have had to draw voters in. For example, in 2008 the nation came together in the highest voter turnout in generations to put Barrack Obama into office. Even the last gubernatorial elec-tion where Arnold Schwarzenegger got re-elected for governor in 2006 boasted a higher voter turnout than previous years. What

we learn from elections like these is that when society is paying atten-tion, we wield the power to affect change in our nation.

What we overlook, however, is the effects that reach us person-ally. As students, some may think that elections have nothing to do with us; we vote simply because we’re told we’re supposed to. But the results of the election affect ev-eryone.

It’s easy to forget that when we vote, we aren’t simply checking a box; we are supporting an issue or idea that will shape the future of California. We have a chance to influence the direction California will take in the long process of re-covering from the mess the reces-

sion has left us in.With a little knowledge, you can support a proposition or

candidate that has your interests in mind. If you’re worried about tuition cost, research which candidate has a similar stand on tu-ition. If you are worried about California’s unemployment rate, find out what proposition affects unemployment. If you’re tired of paying taxes, find out what tax issues are on the ballot. By sim-ply voting, you are voicing your opinion on how our state will be run.

This election, just like any election, won’t have meaning un-less you find the meaning for yourself.

We sometimes forget that the government was designed to work for its citizens, and for that to happen we have to participate. Self education is key. Being informed on the issues is the first step towards changing the problems in our lives instead of just com-plaining about them. The information is out there, so use it. Use it to make a conscious choice on whom and how our state will run in the future. Because just as famous American author Louis L’amour said, “to make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.”

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AT A GLANCE

The Issue: Projected voter turnout for the Nov. 2 elec-tion is significantly low. This year’s election fails to draw voter’s interests.

Our View: Voters need to research the issues, prop-ositions and candidates and find those that inter-est them.

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EDITORIAL

When November rolls around and it’s time to vote on the legality of marijuana in the form of Prop-osition 19, be sure to check yes.

Legalizing marijuana is the only fair and logical thing to do because marijuana is safer than current legal drugs.

It baffles me how marijuana can be looked at as bad when cigarettes are legal.

Everybody in their right mind knows cigarettes are dangerous, cancer causing objects. In fact, ciga-rettes are so dangerous that every box has a warning label on the side of it. Cigarettes contain chemicals that cause cancer along with others can be found in lighter fluid, nail polish remover and even rat poi-son.

It only takes a few minutes`` on cancer.org to find out that cigarettes are responsible for many can-cer deaths, especially lung cancer.

Marijuana, even when smoked, is nowhere near as dangerous as smoking cigarettes.

People don’t die from smoking marijuana as they do from smoking cigarettes. And those who wish to say that smoking marijuana increases the likelihood of lung cancer need to do some research on the top-ic.

After a study involving over 2,000 people, Don-ald Tashkin, who studied marijuana for over 30 years, said smoking marijuana didn’t appear to be associ-ated with lung cancer, according to the Washington Post.

Marijuana is believed to be far safer than ciga-rettes, so keeping cigarettes legal while marijuana re-mains illegal is absurd. The same is true when com-paring marijuana to alcohol.

Alcohol is much easier to overdose on than mar-ijuana.

Every year, people drink too much alcohol and poison themselves to death, often first time drinkers. However, marijuana is nearly impossible to overdose on. Yes, marijuana has been involved in some report-

ed deaths, but it wasn’t cited as the sole cause of death as alcohol has been numerous times.

Even smoking hookah, sometimes referred to as a water pipe, is more harmful than smoking mari-juana.

Like the smoke from cigarettes, smoke from hookah contains tar, carbon monoxide and cancer causing chemicals. When looking at the amount of tar and carbon monoxide, water pipe smoke may even be worse than cigarette smoke.

“Waterpipe smoke contains 802 mg of tar com-pared to 22.3 mg for cigarettes, and 145 mg carbon monoxide, compared to 17.3 mg for cigarettes,” ac-cording to realmds.com.

Therefore, since hookah smoke has more harm-ful chemicals than cigarette smoke, and cigarettes are more dangerous than marijuana, then smoking mari-

juana is safer than smoking hookah.

Some argue that mari-juana should be illegal be-cause it is addictive.

 “Long-term marijuana abuse can lead to addiction; that is, compulsive drug seeking and abuse despite its known harmful effects,” ac-cording to drugabuse.gov.

Yes, marijuana can be-come addictive. However, the effects are no worse than smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol or smoking hookah. Coffee, fast foods and even

video games can become addictive, yet they remain legal.

 Now is the time for people, whether they use marijuana or not, to realize the hypocrisies that are imbedded in the legal system. When it comes to mar-ijuana versus other legal substances, now is the time for people to realize that marijuana shouldn’t be held to a different standard than other legal drugs. It’s time to make things right by legalizing marijuana. Vote yes on Proposition 19.

Marijuana smoking should be legalizedJohny Garcia

Connection Staff

Homophobia creates outlandish behavior

Throughout history, racism has yet to become deceased. In recent news, bullying amongst the gay and lesbian community has been popping up every-where.

As for the bullies, their excuse is their right to exercise the First Amendment.

One of these bullies is Assistant Attorney Gen-eral Andrew Shirvell of Michigan.

According to an article on Yahoo News by Liz Goodwin, Shirvell called a Michigan University stu-dent Chris Armstrong, who is gay and is running for student council, a “pervert” and a “satan representa-tive” on his blog.

Also in the article Shirvell admits to protesting outside of Armstrong’s home, along with posting de-faced photos of Armstrong on his friend’s Facebook pages, as well as the Armstrong’s page.

Armstrong said he will not back down nor will he flinch or falter.

Nor should he give into these harassments of someone judging him for who he is as a person rather then what he wants to do for the university.

Shirvell is an alumnus of the school and feels he has the right to express his displeasure with Arm-strong supporting gender-neutral campus housing.

Shrivell’s claim is that he is a Christian exercising his First Amendment rights.

It seems today the First Amendment has become everyone’s excuse for harassing people on who they are and their personal beliefs.

Armstrong went as far as to hire a lawyer to keep Shrivell away from him.

It is sad to see that our country has fought for civil rights amongst African-Americans and women to show we are all created equal, but since the 1970s gays and lesbians are still fighting for their rights to be seen as equals.

People should not be judged on whom they wish to love. The government may have not decided whether or not they can marry but it has not taken away their right to love or to run for political posi-tions.

And to abuse the Constitution, as an excuse to bully others because you don’t like the way they be-lieve is just pathetic.

The Constitution was put into place as a way to protect peoples deserved rights, not to tear down indi-viduals because they don’t fit your religious beliefs.

People have come to America to get away from persecution of personal be-liefs.

All Armstrong is doing by supporting gender-neutral housing is showing his school that he respects everyone for who they are because we are all created equal.

Shrivell is setting a poor example as an assistant at-torney general. Although he is entitled to his own views

that aren’t technically involved with his position and he can use that claim, but then he is just saying that Armstrong shouldn’t be in a political position for the person he is.

His own attorney general, his boss, doesn’t even want to be associated with his personal beliefs stating they are “his alone” and that his immaturity and lack of judgment are outside of the office.

Shrivell is allowed to express political opinion, state law even protects employees to express political opinion in off-hours but personal bullying opinions are not political, they are actually prejudice on all ac-counts.

Alycia LouimConnection Staff

Our country has fought for

civil rights amongst African-

Amercans and women to

show we are all created equal, but

since the 1970s gays and lesbians

are still fighting for their rights to be seen as

equals.

People don’t die from smoking marijuana as they do from smoking

cigarettes. And those who wish to

say that smoking

marijuana increases the

likelihood of lung cancer need to do some research on

the topic.

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HAWK TALK What has been the most creative Halloween costume you’ve seen?

Eric Clark, 20Undecided

“A stormtrooper from ‘Star Wars’.”

Lili Zhang, 19Communications

“I’ve seen a guy dressed up as a girl. He had heels, a skirt and a tank top.”

Shantika Butley, 35Human Services

“Last year somebody was a radio. It really looked like it was real.”

Alex Villarreal, 19Undecided

“I’d say Chun-Li from ‘Street Fighter.’”

I haven’t been to Yosemite since I was a child, and I don’t visit state parks that often.

Why should I have to throw down

an additional 18 bucks a year for a service I don’t use often enough for

it to be worthwhile to

me?

Surcharge to fund state parks is not the best solution

In the upcoming California general election one of the Propositions that will be on the ballot for you to vote on is Prop-osition 21.

According to the “Voter Information Guide,” that every household with at least one registered voter receives in the mail. Proposition 21establishes an $18 annual vehicle license surcharge to help fund state parks and wildlife programs.

The guide also states that “grants sur-charged vehicles free admission to all state parks.”

The surcharge applies to all vehicles, save commercial vehicles and trailers. The money would be depostited in the new State Parks and Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund.

Essentially, you pay $18 more to regis-ter your car, therefore you get into Yosem-ite for free.

I see both pros and cons with this par-ticular issue.

One of the arguments that supporters

use, rather validly, is that due to budget cuts.

State parks are falling into disrepair, or are being closed altogether.

Supporters claim that the new propo-sition will bring $500 million of revenue to the state in the first year.

Sounds good, but there’s a hole that exists if you pay close attention to the wording of it.

“However, not all of these monies would have to be used to expand programs and carry out new projects,” according to the “Voter Information Guide”.

The money could be used to take the place of the General Fund monies current-ly being used for the State Parks, which would account for about $200 million an-nually.

So, now we’re left with $300 million. But wait, like all good ideas, there’s more.

Due to all California vehicles receiv-ing day-use entry to state parks, revenues from fees would decline by about $50 mil-lion annually.

So, we’re left with an average net in-crease in funding of only $250 million, not

the $500 million that the state is getting from the new proposition.

Also, getting a day pass to the park doesn’t let you off footloose and financially

free while you’re there.

“In addition, state parks may receive additional revenues from other types of ßpark fees, such as from tours, camp-ing, and park con-cessions.”

The major plus to the sur-charge is that more money would be directly available to the parks to keep them look-ing spectacular.

In a state where the budget is signed 100 days late, any little bit helps, this is true. California is one of the most beauti-ful places on Earth, hands down.

But there is another factor in the de-bate to consider. Not everyone uses a state park often enough for it to be worth it.

If you were someone who calls Yo-semite a second home, you may get some use out of it.

I haven’t been to Yosemite since I was a child, and I don’t visit state parks that of-ten.

Why should I have to throw down an additional $18 a year for a service I don’t use often enough for it to be worthwhile to me?

I see a lot of good that this proposi-tion brings, and our state parks are indeed in crisis, but I don’t think this is the way to go.

There are too many holes in the prop-osition for it to be effective. If this is the perceived way to go, then make it an op-tional surcharge.

Sure it would be hard to predict how many people would go for it.

But it would ensure that those that use state parks often can enjoy them at their leisure, while the rest of us aren’t upset about footing the bill.

Branden WiensConnection Staff

Compiled by Johny Garcia and Photos by Carlo Dela Cruz

Before this Halloween season comes to an end, I’d like to take a moment to recognize a particular group that has embraced the spirit of Halloween whole-heartedly.

We have, in fact, lived to witness the rise of what has come to be one of the most feared monster-villains in movie history.

And no, I’m not talking about vam-pires.

With as much grace as the undead could muster, zombies have shuffled and lurched their way into being one of today’s most loved monster-villains.

Despite the media’s love for vampires, zombies have managed to out shine the former champions of horror.

And what’s not to love? Zombies have taken the gory side of Halloween to a level that normally leaves me peeking over my covers to watch.

No one was huddled under their cov-ers when they watched “Twilight.”

In videogames, they have become the best creatures to shoot, crush, run over, chainsaw, blow up or destroy in any other fashion that the gamer enjoys.

Popular game series like “Left 4 Dead,” the “Resident Evil” and “Dead Rising” give players the experience of living through a zombie apocalypse.

But what really sky-rocketed the zom-bie’s reputation is the movie industry.

Movies like “Dawn of the Dead” and “28 Days Later” are perfect examples of how a zombie outbreak would mean the end of society as we know it. Such movies teach us a valuable lesson: Don’t under-estimate a brainless hoard. Other movies like “Shaun of the Dead” and “The Evil

Dead” trilogy bring out the humorous side of a zombie invasion. Hardcore fans even named these comedic movies as “Zom-Coms.”

In films, zombies have perfected their craft of killing. They use numbers to their advantage.

They utilize the element of surprise by hiding in back seats or outside of bath-room windows and are somehow able to catch you when you’re most vulnerable.

They’ve been known to move with the speed of an air-born plague, infecting and destroying and growing in size and hunger.

Not to men-tion they’re mind-less, so no rules, no romance, no dis-crimination and no mercy.

The best part (or worst part, de-pending on how you look at it) is that no matter how many

you kill, there are always three more to take its place. Brutal. Few vampires could boast such a claim.

Not to say that the former reigning monster-villains were never awesome.

Vampires used to be the most feared of characters, kings and queens of the night. porting powers beyond human imagina-tion with ruthless agendas.

Movies like “Queen of the Damned” and the “Blade” trilogy portray vampires as the truly carnivorous, immortal crea-tures that they are.

Bloodthirsty and deadly, vampires have struck fear into the hearts of villagers

for centuries, but sadly, our more modern vampires leave so much to be desired.

Sure, they still thirst for blood and they do their best to strike fear into some-one every now and then but what’s with all the sparkly-skinned, romance-obsessed guys?

The new style of vampire is now char-acters like Edward Cullen, from the movie “Twilight,” and Bill Compton, from the popular TV show “True Blood.”

These modern day pretty-boys have sucked the terror right out of the vampire’s reputation with their habit of falling in love with their food.

They seem to be more preoccupied with their relationship issues than on the mayhem audience’s desire. Very un-bru-tal.

And so, for this Halloween season, I commend zombies for their never ending desire for brains and their bloody, ruthless quest for it.

You have provided audiences with limitless entertainment and taught us many useful survival lessons.

So before trick or treating this year think about reviewing your “In case of Zombie Apocalypse” plan. Hey, you never know.

Zombies devour vampires as monster favoriteMikha Collins

Connection Staff

With as much grace

as the undead could muster, zombies have

shuffled and lurched their

way into being one of today’s

most loved monster-

villains.

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Vegan food is sometimes known as being bland and boring. Unfortunately, Loving Hut, a vegan restaurant new to Elk Grove, reinforced the stereotype.

Loving Hut is located at 8355 Elk Grove Blvd and opened Sept. 30. It serves desserts, appetizers and main dishes all completely meat-free. Appetizers and desserts are around $3 and the main dish-es range from $6.50 to $8.95.

When I arrived, I initially thought it was closed because there were abso-lutely no customers there. I even double-checked the hours of operation.

After I entered the building, I found the interior of the restaurant was no dif-ferent than the exterior; it was in need of change. There were a couple 5-foot walls that gave the restaurant a choppy feel. The numerous tables made the restaurant feel extremely empty, with the little amount of natural lighting giving it a dark and gloomy feeling.

The entertainment needed an up-grade as well. There was a plasma TV on, but everything was in another language that I couldn’t understand. There were sometimes subtitles, but even those were in a foreign language. The lack of guests

gave the restaurant a permanent and awkward silence. It was eerily quiet, as if I were in a library or taking a test in class. I felt like I should have whispered.

The only exception was the excel-lent customer service.There was only one waiter, but only one was needed. The waiter was polite and respectful. He asked numerous times if we needed anything and recommended many meals, perfect for a first-time customer. Each meal took only five minutes to arrive.

Although the food arrived quickly, I was quickly disappointed. Two out of the three meals I tried were bland. Instead of finding a delicious medley of eggplant and tofu in the Claypot Sensation, I found a mush of bland vegetables in some gravy.

The Joy Chow Fun left a cold and unwanted texture of tofu on my tongue. The only meal I’d recommend is the Spicy Cha-Cha. It’s bread battered yam and tapioca flour tossed with bell peppers, onions, garlic and tomatoes. It wasn’t too spicy and had more flavor and seasoning that the other meals did.

Loving Hut is a restaurant with a good idea and a good intention, believing a vegan planet would be a better planet. I have had scrumptious vegan food before, but unfortunately most of Loving Hut’s food was not.

LOCAL EVENTSSac. Harvest Festival Cal Expo11/19 @ 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

All Time LowOrangevale, Ca The Boardwalk11/8 @ 7 p.m. $17

Musical CharisOld Ironsides10/29 @ 9 p.m. $7 ages 21+

Rally To Restore SanitySouth steps at the Captial10/30 @ 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

5th Annual Ethics Symposium, Ethics and Education Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth MinnichRecital Hall11/16-17 @ 10:30 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.

CAMPUS EVENTS

Comm. Music AssembleRecital Hall11/4 @ 2 p.m.

Contemp. Gospel Choir Autumn FestivalRecital Hall11/9 @ 7:30 p.m.

MacbethBlack Box TheatreOpens Oct. 28 @ 8 p.m. (times on certain days vary)

Breathe CarolinaOrangevale, Ca The Boardwalk11/11 @ 6 p.m. $20

Autumn SkyNaked Lounge Coffee H & 11 St.11/11 @ 8 p.m. $6

With Halloween approaching, the array of costume choices can be over-whelming for shoppers, as can the pric-es.

Just like every year, the most popular costumes are based off of popular mov-ies, TV shows and celebrities, such as the cast of “Jersey Shore” or Lady Gaga.

“Jersey Shore” is cashing in on its fans with wannabe look-a-likes this Hal-loween. But pulling off the “Jersey Shore” look goes beyond the hair and overly tanned skin.

To complete the look, fans could be spending hundreds of dollars on design-er clothes to truly emulate their favorite cast member.

However, for the price-conscious, “Spirit” Halloween stores do carry pack-aged costumes for three of the cast mem-bers; Snooki, Pauly D and The Situation, which cost $30 to $50.

For other popular costumes this year, such as Lady Gaga, zombies or the cast of “Twilight,” there are cheaper alternatives than expensive costume stores.

Spirit stores carry costumes for these characters as well, which cost be-tween $30 to $60.

If you are thinking about purchas-ing a packaged costume, you may want to compare prices online.

There are many costumes available online for significantly cheaper prices than at Halloween stores.

One thing to be aware of when pur-chasing a packaged costume is that ac-cessories are not included and you will

have to purchase them seperately. If you are unsure exactly how to get

started on your look for any costume, there are doz-ens of tutori-als featured on Youtube on how to achieve these looks for a fraction of the price.

All one has to do is type in “Lady Gaga tutorial” or “Zombie Hal-

loween tutorials” and dozens of videos will pop up on how to achieve the look for a low price.

There are dozens of looks that tend to be more creative than just buying an over-priced mask.

Along with Spirit, there are a num-ber of other places that offer Halloween costumes at affordable prices. Wal-Mart offers a wide variety of family friendly costumes all for less than $30.

For those who want to be creative this year, local thrift stores are a great place to find unique items to help finish off your costume.

Costume stores such as Party City and Spirit tend to get very hectic as hal-loween approcahes.

It may save time and headaches to check out online stores instead.

No matter how you choose to spend your money or what character you de-cide to be, remember to shop early be-cause the most popular costumes tend to fly off the shelves.

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The Spicy Cha Cha at Loving Hut, featuring bread battered yam and tapioca flour tossed with garlic, onions, bell peppers and lettuce.

Just like ev-ery year, the most popular costumes are based off of popular movies, TV shows and celebri-ties, such as the cast of “Jersey Shore” or Lady Gaga.

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Normally when theatre companies perform “Macbeth” they tend to stick with the traditional Shakespearian setup.

Although the Cosumnes River Col-lege Theatre Department has decided to ditch the traditions and move the trou-bled Scottish king to a new environment.

The CRC Theatre Department will be performing “Macbeth” on Oct. 28 through Nov. 14.

Ticket prices at $10 for CRC students and staff and $12 for general admission.

Dr. Charles Braden, professor of the-atre arts and set designer of “Macbeth,” explained why this particular play was chosen.

“This show was selected for a num-ber of reasons,” Braden said. “But it was felt that adding in a Shakespearian trag-edy would be a good experience for our students.”

“Macbeth” is considered to be the darkest of William Shakespeare’s four tragedies considering the context of the tale of a brave, respected general and the downfall in his quest for power.

Aside from the dark plot, the play is famous for its memorable lines such as “Double, double, toil and trouble” and “Fair is foul and foul is fair.”

Traditionally the play takes place in the dark hills of Scotland, but for this pro-duction the location was moved to anoth-er land and another time.

Instead of storming through Scottish castles, Macbeth and his kingdom will now roam in the time of feudal Japan.

While the majority of the characters lives in the time of feudal lords, the infa-mous witches are given a more modern

approach by moving to the streets of pres-ent day Tokyo.

Some might say that Japan is an unconventional setting for the play, but Braden said that relocating the set to a Japanese environment was simple.

“For myself the concept of the pro-duction be-gan with a large zen gar-den,” Braden said. “With Lady Mac-beth walking across and d e s t r o y i n g the carefully racked pat-terns in the sand.”

W h i l e Braden de-scribed the

inspirations for the set as a Japanese zen garden, Cheri Fortin, professor of theatre arts and director of “Macbeth”, said the costumes were inspired by another con-cept.

Designed by Flora Ronzone, For-tin said the actors’ costumes could be described as having a “Japanese anime” look.

Yet, despite the play taking place in a new location, Braden said another reason for the cast’s enthusiasm would be the productions’ tie in with Halloween.

For the performance on Oct. 31, ticket prices will be reduced to $5 if the buyer shows up in a costume.

“With witches and a demon, seances, murder and ghosts, this is a perfect Hal-loween show,” Braden said.

Riki Ott, a community activist came to speak at Cosumnes River College about two major oil spills that have happened in America on Oct. 18 inside CRC’s Recital Hall.

In an effort to help save wildlife and protect the health and livelihood of human beings, Ott, who has a Ph. D in Marine Toxicology, has been touring all over the United States.

She illustrated this by hosting the viewing of her documentary the “Black Wave.”

The film showed the long-term effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. It also showed reasons why we should want to amend corporations “human rights” as well as information concerning the current situation of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

“Traveling for three years now, and doing the Paul Revere thing saying, ‘The corporations are coming! The corporations are coming!” Ott said.

Ott said her goal is to tell her audiences about how she doesn’t want to find safer ways to drill, but rather to stop the drilling altogether.

She also said her goals are to find alternative sources of energy, but most importantly to remove the “corporate personhood” clause Congress passed in 1886.

This clause gave equal protection rights under the law in the case of 1868, Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific railroad.

This was possible due to the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, according to radical.org.

“Only living breathing human

beings are given rights, not corporations with money,” Ott said.

She said her argument for this is how oil spills leave long term effects on society.

Many victims of the Exxon Valdez and Gulf of Mexico oil spill have been left with long-term health effects such as bronchitis, lethargy or staff infections.

The environment was also affected by the spills because it killed many fish species such as the heron in Cordova, Alaska.

Along with the wildlife, the Exxon oil spill also killed the rest of the ecosystem, Ott said.

The fisherman survived off the ecosystem for their livelihood.

And in the ruling of the case Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, the money given could not even make up for half of the long-term issues, Ott

said.“Corporations don’t need clean air

and water to live in,” Ott said.In the Gulf of Mexico, Ott handed

out her book “Not One Drop” to victims of the oil spill in order to inform of the long-term health effects.

The book also informs how the oil businesses function.

She said her goal on informing the rest of public of the Gulf of Mexico spill is to make this spill be the one that ends

oil drilling.Ott showed clips of what

news networks were conveying of the BP oil spill, and she said they all had it correct until they said, “it’s over.”

She further explained it’s not over because of all the long-term health effects and environmental damage that will all take years to recover.

Independent journalists are trying to convey this in writing the true stories from their experiences.

Many members of the community are taking action by making documentaries and photographing the facts of the BP oil spill, Ott said.

One student who attended said he appreciated that Ott came out and spoke to students.

Moshe Delacruz, a 19-year-old business major, said although he came for the extra credit his economics professor assigned, he’s glad he came.

Delacruz said he  thought it was great that he not only got to watch her documentary, but that she was there afterwards to speak to students and answer questions.

He said most people don’t make the time to come out and do that.

“I thought it was really good,” Delacruz said.

“Riki Ott is a good speaker. She came out to all parts of the country just to speak on how she wants to help society.”

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Community activist educates on effects of oil spillAlycia Lourim

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“With witches and a demon, seances,

murder and ghosts, this is a perfect

Halloween show.”

Charles Braden Theatre Arts Professor & Set Designer

“Only living breathing human beings are given rights, not corporations with money.”

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Toxicology and Community

Activist

>>Did you know?

Movetoamend.org, a website Riki Ott sup-ports, advocates for taking back the rights of corporations and putting them back in the hands of the people.

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill spilled 10.9 million gal-lons of its 53 million gallon cargo on March 24, 1989.

The BP Oil Spill on the Gulf of Mexico spilled an estimate of 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) on April 20, 2010.

The gulf spill left 11 workers dead and 17 injured.

Cleanthegulfnow.org is a call to action website for people all over the nation to led a helping hand.

Sediment samples taken from along the coastline Sept. 8-28 were moderate, meaning that the toxins might impact health growth or reproductive activity of aquatic life.

Four hundred wildlife species are threatened from the BP oil spill.

One hundred and two school gyms can be filled with oil from the BP spill.

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Team morale was boosted as the men’s soccer team seized victory in a 1-0 win against City College of San Francisco in a home match Oct. 19.

Midfielder Michael Dinis scored the match’s only goal for Cosumnes River College in the 78th minute.

“It’s a good change, we’re getting near the end of the season so our games are getting more important,” said forward John McNerney.

With this victory, the Hawks have taken a step closer to competing in the playoffs, said defender Roberto Rizo.

The game started off rough, with the two teams fighting for a goal.

Although CRC was given opportunities to score with a few penalty and corner kicks during the first half, CCSF held their ground.

“We had a shaky start, but we came out of it,” said defender Zack Gordan.

In contrast to the first half, CRC surprised CCSF by scoring a goal halfway through the half.

Although CCSF fought hard to score, CRC kept up their defense with dribbling and strategies.

“We had some heartbreakers the past games, but our concentration level and effort level helped us achieve and we need to build off of that,” said head coach Ron Preble.

Different members of the team said that while the win was i m p o r t a n t , there was still room for improvement.

“We need to work on ball possession and the efficiency of attacking, as well as having an ideology with

attacking,” said McNerney. Another team member said

they needed to work on their attacking as well as maintaining a positive team effort.

“We deserve it with all the effort we’ve been putting in. Now we just need to be putting in the effort and work on our confidence as a group,” said midfielder Nicolas Brioso.

With the boost from the win, the Hawks look forward to their upcoming games.

“I feel like we’re turning a corner. We worked very good for that one today,” said Preble.

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Defender/midfielder Kyle Eszlinger (2) dribbles the ball down field during the Hawks’ 1-0 victory against City College of San Francisco Oct. 19.

MEN’S SOCCER

Opponent

Modesto Jr. College

West Hills College

San Joaquin Delta College

Location

CRC CRC Stockton

Date/Time

10/29 - 4 p.m. 11/2 - 4 p.m. 11/12 - 4 p.m.

The women’s soccer team earned an important league victory in a 3-0 shutout over Diablo Valley College at home on Oct. 22.

With rainy weather and a wet playing field, the Hawks pinpoint passing and dynamic dribbling was too much for Diablo Valley to defend. Erika Angiano was the catalyst as she used her passing and dribbling put Diablo Valley at

a disadvantage. Anguiano setup seven different plays that resulted in shots on goal all seven times.

In the first half, the Hawks controlled the ball on the offensive side on the field for almost 60 minutes compared to DVC’s 30 minutes.

Melissa Gomez scored CRC’s first goal on a penalty kick in the 23rd minute after she was fouled by Ana Torres of DVC on an attempted goal. In a physically played game with few penalties, that penalty kick would be all the offense need.

Late in the first half, the Hawks defense was rewarded with an insurance goal. In the 44th minute, CRC forward Amie Gillette stole the ball from DVC defender Becca Lisle in front of DVC goal and beat DVC’s Goalkeeper Sam Liubicich for a 2-0 halftime lead.

Hawks head coach Cesar Plasencia said he was pleased with the focus his team showed in the first half.

“In the first match at DVC we trailed 2-1 with less than four minutes to play and we

finally started to play our game. We scored two goals and won,” said Placensia. “So, I have been stressing focus and the first half was good but we need to finish strong this half.”

In the second half the Hawks remained aggressive taking four more shot attempts for against DVC.

The second half ’s only goal was scored by Anguiano, who was at the right place at the right time to clean up a shot attempt by forward and team captain Christina Gomez in the 52nd

minute.The Hawks’ record improved

to 6-1-1 in conference and 9-3-3 overall record. With the win, CRC, ranked third in Northern California and eighth in the state, is now within one point within first place Santa Rosa Jr. College in the conference standings.

“We needed to keep pace (with Santa Rosa) for first place in league,” said freshman midfielder Melissa Gomez, one of the team’s leading scorers. “Shutouts make us hungry to defend and defense wins championships.”

Recently, many popular athletes throughout professional sports have been prone to getting themselves into trouble and having it largely covered throughout major television, radio and even internet networks for days to weeks at a time.

Tiger Woods, the most notable, was involved in many affairs with different women during his marriage with ex-wife Elin Nordegren. After confirming his infidelity to his wife and to the public, both Woods and Nordegren divorced and many of Woods’ endorsements including Gatorade and Gillette were dismissed.

Others like NFL Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, suspended from playing in the first four games in the season after multiple rape allegations, and recently Brett Favre, believed to be sending inappropriate text messages to Jenn Sturger, a former New York Jets employee, among other cases.

Chris Anderson, a 20-year-old computer security major, said their activities felt very concerning to him and they might serve as bad role models for children who might want to be as good as them in their respective sport.

“They are pretty stupid for what they have done especially when it’s appears on television where kids can see them,”

Anderson said. “It will be very hard for them to let that go when the damage is already done, they only thing they can do is just do their job.”

Anderson also said since these athletes have money and fame, they are more likely to abuse it although they might not escape the media from possibly catching onto it.

Tobey Mader, an 18-year-old undecided major also agreed that having money can probably lead to malicious activity.

“The athletes can do weird stuff with a lot of money,” Mader said. “With Tiger Woods having affairs with over 100 women, that’s one way you can spend a lot of money on when you are on top of the world.”

Mader said that they should get temporarily punished and find some treatment before getting back into their respective sports.

Kobe Jones, a 21-year-old computer science major said she believed that these athletes have two different personas.

“The first one are the very skilled sportsmen when the cameras are rolling while the other is a more secret life filled with mysterious acts,” Jones said. “Now with people like Tiger Woods reaching the controversial level, it’s very hard to not expect anybody to be all high and mighty without any leak of oddness.

Mechanical engineering major Linus Pittman, 20, said the athletes can falter like anybody else.

“They are human like everyone else and people should understand that they can mess up too,” Pittman said. “We expect them to have very high standards especially when they are in the spotlight but it doesn’t mean we should overlook everything else that’s not based on their sport performance.”

Pittman went on to say they shouldn’t be severely sacked for their mischievous acts as they can improve themselves.

“For everyone’s sake, they should continue trying to do their job and stop getting themselves into more trouble,” said Jones. “Besides therapy, performing as best as possible in their sport is the best possible way to repair their reputation.”

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“I feel like we’re turning

a corner. We worked very

good for that one today.”

Ron Preble Head Coach

Opponent

Sierra College

American River College

Santa Rosa Jr, College

Location

CRC Pittsburg CRC

Date/Time

10/29 - 3:30 p.m. 11/2 - 3:30 p.m. 11/5 - 3:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The women’s basketball team finished the season with an overall record of 12-14 and a conference record of 5-9, finishing sixth in the Big eight conference and failing to make it to the playoffs by merely one game for the second year in a row last year. This year, the team is not only expecting to make it to the post season, but also to play for the state championship, head coach Coral Sage said.

“They want to go all the way to state, which I’m all for,” said Sage, who will enter into her seventh year as the head coach. “We’re all expecting to do really well, aside from having any injuries or anything drastic happening this should probably be one of our best years.”

The team’s level of experience from returning sophomores will make their goal easier to reach, Sage said.

“There are six returners from last year’s team, which again is

the most I’ve ever had,” Sage said. “This is the most committed sophomore group that I’ve ever

had here.” C R C ’ s

roster will feature six sophomores, i n c l u d i n g t e a m c a p t a i n s Kelsi Meier, C h r i s t i n a A l e x a n d e r and Shaquila Dixon, so the team has high

expectations.Bianca Marquez, one of the

returning sophomores, said that the team is in position to make it to the state championships.

“It’s going to be great because we have plans on going to the state championship this year and we have all the tools necessary to do that,” Marquez said.

The team was able to bring in six new players along with a new

assistant coach, Mike Lumagui, so the new talent should add to the team.

“As a team we have a lot of upcoming freshmen that are really good, so they’re only going to add to the already big part of the sophomores that we have,” Marquez said. “We’re going to have great leadership just to nurture the new freshmen coming in.”

Although the team gained new talent during the off-season, it suffered some losses as well, one of which was assistant head coach Anna Pineda.

“We graduated three sophomores and one of our assistant coaches, who actually was a former player of mine, got picked up to go play on the Filipino National team, so she left,” Sage said.

The team has also lost some playing time this year, due to recent budget cuts across the state.

“We’ve gotten quite a few games cut from our schedule,” Sage said. “We can’t go to as many tournaments in the preseason and

we lose a little more preseason games. We used to go to a final four for a state tournament, this year it’s only the top two teams in the north and the top two teams in the south.”

Sage said she is excited about the start of the season, which will

kickoff with the annual invitational at CRC from Nov. 5-7.

“I can’t wait to see how it all comes together, it’s going to be fun to see how it all plays out,” Sage said. “I totally believe in this group and I think they’re going to do fine.”

“We’re all expecting to do

really well, aside from having

any injuries or anything drastic

happening this should probably

be one of our best years.”

Coral Sage

Head Coach

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Opponent

Hawks Invitational

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Location

CRC Ukiah CRC Modesto

Date/Time

11/12 @ 2 p.m, 11/13 @ 1 p.m, 11/14 @ 11 a.m. 11/18, 11/19, 11/20 - TBA12/3 @ 2 p.m, 12/4 @ 1 p.m, 12/5 @ 11 a.m.Dec. 8-12 - TBA

Opponent

CRC Invitational College of the SiskiyousCollege of the Siskiyous

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This season, Cosumnes River College’s volleyball team features sophomore Wakana Matsumoto.The 21-year-old defensive player is the only returning team member on the Hawks from last year’s line-up, playing in the libero position. In the past, she has earned awards such as Best Server and Best Player of the Conference.

Along with being an exceptional player, she is also an international student from Japan currently in her second year here at CRC.

How does your second year compare to your first?

This year is better. Last year’s season didn’t go so well. This year as a team we have more chemistry even though I’m the only returning player.

Why did you choose volleyball?Since I was little I watched volleyball on TV and wanted to play. I wanted to be one of

the spikers up at the net but I’m not tall enough. I didn’t start playing until junior high in seventh grade.

What motivates you?Playing volleyball helps me do good in my classes. When I don’t play I get lazy, so

playing helps balance out academics and volleyball.

How long have you been playing here in America?This is my second year here.

Was volleyball different in Japan? It’s a lot different in Japan. There is a different feel

to practice and the games. It was more fast-paced and stricter in Japan. You had to show respect all the time.

Do you or have you played any other sports? No, just volleyball.

What are your plans after CRC? To transfer to Sacramento State or Long Beach State. I will be studying international

business.

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Bianca Marquez Kelsi Meier

Cindy LoLiz Armstrong

Tina Diaz Natalia Gibson

Christina Alexander Andraquay Quinnin

Deaughna Barker Shaquila Dixon Savannah Gully Kortney Wright

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Legalizes marijuana in California under state law but not under federal law. That means carrying marijuana would still be a federal offence. If the law passes, it would allow local governments to “regulate and tax commercial production, distribution, and sale of marijuana,” according to the voter’s information pamphlet. It would allow people 21 years old and over to “possess, cultivate, or transport marijuana for personal use.”

The goal is to control and tax mari-juana like alcohol, which in turn will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in savings and revenue.

Proposes the redistricting of con-gressional districts, which is the area of people, consisting of around 600,000 individuals, that one elected congressperson represents in the House of Representatives.

If the bill passes, it would remove “elected representatives from the process of establishing congressio-nal districts,” according to the voter’s information pamphlet.

Instead, a 14-member commission, called the Citizens Redistricting Commission which was instated in 2008 after Prop 11 passed, would take over.

Creates an “$18 annual vehicle license surcharge to help fund state parks and wildlife programs,” ac-cording to the voter’s information pamphlet.

It also will allow vehicles who pay this charge free admission to all state parks. Commercial vehicles, trailers, and trailer coaches are exempt from having to pay the surcharge.

The goal is to get rid of current funding and provide “at least $250 million more annually for state parks and wildlife conservation,” ac-cording to smartvoter.org.

Aims to stop the state from “borrow-ing or taking funds used for trans-portation, redevelopment, or local government projects and services,” according to the voter’s information pamphlet.

It would stop the state from “delay-ing distribution of tax revenues” for local governments. The goal is to protect those funds from the state and use it to maintain local services like 9-1-1, transportation programs and local redevelopment programs.

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What you need to know about upcoming propositions

Proposition 19, 20, 21, 22 information compiled from smartvoter.org and ball-

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Suspends State law that requires greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020, until California’s unemployment drops to 5.5 percent or less for four consecu-tive quarters.

Suspends comprehensive green-house–gas–reduction program that includes increased renewable en-ergy and cleaner fuel requirements, and mandatory emissions report-ing and fee requirements for major emissions sources such as power plants and oil refineries.

Changes the legislative vote require-ment necessary to pass the state budget and spending bills related to the budget from two–thirds to a simple majority.

Provides that if the Legislature fails to pass a budget bill by June 15, all members of the Legislature will per-manently forfeit any reimbursement for salary and expenses for every day until the day the Legislature passes a budget bill.

Requires that certain state fees be approved by two–thirds vote of Legislature and certain local fees be approved by two–thirds of voters.

Increases legislative vote require-ment to two–thirds for certain tax measures, including those that do not result in a net increase in rev-enue, currently subject to majority vote.

Consolidates authority for estab-lishing state Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries with elected state rep-resentatives responsible for drawing congressional districts.

Reduces budget, and imposes limit on amount Legislature may spend, for redistricting.

Provides that voters will have the authority to reject district boundary maps approved by the Legislature.

Requires populations of all districts for the same office to be exactly the same.

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>> Congressional District Information

3rd District - Vacaville, parts of Sacramento, parts of Elk GroveIncumbent Dan Lungren (R) v. Ami Bera (D)

Lungren is a career politican, with a career beginning in 1979, Bera is a physician and an educator with a career spanning more than 15 years.

4th District - From Chico to the Oregon-California state lineI ncumbent Tom McClintock (R) v. Clint Curtis (D)

McClintock is a career politician. Curtis is a computer programmer, and former employee of ExxonMobil, and NASA.

The district leans towards the Republican ticket, but incumbent Mc-Clintock narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Charlie Brown in 2008.

5th District - Greater Sacramento AreaIncumbent Doris Matsui (D) v. Paul A. Smith (R)

The district is very liberal, with Democrat Doris Matsui the heavy favorite. The last Republican to represent this district was Richard J. Welch in 1949.

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