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On Friday, Mar. 11, 2011, the mainland of Japan endured a powerful magnitude 9.0 earth-quake off the east coast with a fol-lowing tsunami heavily flooding the northeast area of the coun-try. The overall effect of both the earthquake and tsunami included many casualties and missing peo-ple, as well as the destruction of homes, and constant transporta-tion and communication disrup-tions.

Various people around Co-sumnes River College spoke out in light of the ongoing situation in Japan including the devastating earthquake and the recent prob-

lem of stabilizing the possible nuclear danger.

CRC international busi-ness major Wakana Matsumoto, 21-years-old, tells her story of what she felt as the earthquake was in effect.

“Even though I live outside in Okinawa, outside the mainland, I was still really shocked and never seen anything like this after hear-ing about it from a talk with my mother through Skype,” Matsu-moto said.

Matsumoto added that she was constantly watching live news all night about the quake to see what was affected.

CRC geology professor Na-tasha Vidic went into detail about how she discovered the news

when the main events passed.“I actually found it out on

Friday morning when talking to my husband who was planning to take his college students to the Monterey Bay,” Vidic said. “With the effects of the tsunami going across the Pacific Ocean and to California, it would be safer to not go so he cancelled the trip.”

Some students who were concerned about the earthquake and tsunami also felt worried about some friends and family living in Japan.

“I was really worried about my friends and family so I con-tacted them through Facebook to stay away from the water if some-thing does happen near their

The recession has affected al-most everything in our lives these days, and community colleges are facing numerous cuts in the com-ing months.

However, it isn’t just the school systems that are facing the cuts. The students are being af-fected by the recession as well at Cosumnes River College.

Danielle Koning, a 19-year-old psychology major summed up the problems many students said they faced.

“It’s harder for students to find jobs, manage and support themselves while going to school,” she said. “Financial aid isn’t al-

ways enough.”Lupinder Atwal, a 20-year-

old managerial economics major is one student who has had to face some tough decisions when it comes to his schooling.

“The recession hasn’t changed my career path too much but it has put a halt in my educa-tion goal,” Atwal said via e-mail. “Rising tuition fees along with the lack of jobs are making me won-der if it’s really worth it to transfer at this time or wait, until economy is better, if it does get better.”

Atwal also said that he has thought about changing his edu-cation plans because of the reces-sion.

“I’m still deciding whether or

Japanese earthquake and tsunami creates concern for students and faculty at CRC

Recession causes student shift in educational goals

As Gov. Brown’s 60-day self-imposed budget deadline passes, faculty and administration prepare for the worst

Option A Option B Option CNet State-wide Impact

-$790 million

Net Los Rios Impact-$36 million

Previous Cuts, 08-09 to 10-11-$43.0 million

Total Net Reduction$79 million

Net State-wide Impact-$290 million

Net Los Rios Impact-$13.2 million

Previous Cuts, 08-09 to 10-11-$43.0 million

Total Net Reduction$56.2 million

Net State-wide Impact-$540 million

Net Los Rios Impact-$24.6 million

Previous Cuts, 08-09 to 10-11-$43.0 million

Total Net Reduction$67.6 million

WHAT NOW?As June draws closer and

Gov. Jerry Brown’s 60-day self-imposed deadline passes, faculty and administration are forced to address an uncomfortable reality.

With no approval by the state legislature for voters to decide on a temporary five-year extension of higher sales, vehicle and income taxes, the Los Rios Community College District must respond by preparing for the worst.

“We must develop our bud-get without knowing the out-come of these efforts and we have therefore prepared three initial proposals for consideration,” said

LRCCD Chancellor Brice Harris in the Chancellor’s Update, re-leased March 17.

As budget cuts persist, classes are cut, enrollment decreases and tuition rises, as evidenced by the past few years of the pains experi-enced by higher education.

Logic suggests that with few-er classes offered, fewer professors will be required to teach them.

“Although none of these sce-narios include layoffs of regular employees, there will be less ad-junct, overload and temporary work available as the scenarios worsen,” Harris said. “These re-ductions will be felt by many valuable adjunct employees who, in some cases, have been with us

for years.”Cosumnes River College Ac-

ademic Senate President Marjorie Duffy supported Harris’ state-ment.

“There won’t be any layoffs in the district for full-time faculty,” Duffy said. “Chancellor Harris has committed to maintaining enough of a load for full-time fac-ulty to teach. Unfortunately, the people who will be having fewer positions and fewer classes will be part-time faculty.”

On the surface, it would ap-pear that full-time faculty re-mains unscathed, but Duffy said otherwise, especially if scenario

Cory FongConnection Staff

Carlo Dela CruzConnection Staff

See EARTHQUAKE, Page 8

Stephan StarnesConnection Staff

See BUDGET, Page 8

See RECESSION, Page 8

Information provded by Cosumnes River College Academic President Marjorie Duffy

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The verdict is guilty and there is a hush over the courtroom.

People have waited anxiously for the verdict of the murder, and now there it is for everyone to hear. The sentence is death and the guilty prisoner is to be executed. These words change the lives of people forever.

In the view of the victim’s family and friends, it was a sense of relief and justice was served.

However, for the accused, the families ripped apart from the agony of what awaits and the appeals process to happen. Only in America does this sound almost fair.

This is not true justice, but legalized murder. It is a life for a life, but this still does not relieve the pain of losing someone to a heinous crime.

These feelings are wrong. It takes away another life and these people feel the same as the victims did.

In Illinois, the people have discovered that there are many prisoners on death row waiting to be executed for the murders that they did not commit.

In response, the state has done away with the death penalty and is encouraging other states, such as California, to follow along with them.

“I have concluded it is impossible to create a perfect system,” Gov. Quinn stated according to www.courthousenews.com. “One that is free of all mistakes.”

In 2000, it was discovered that 13 people were on death row even though they were innocent; their lives were altered and have spent almost all of their lives proving their innocence.

In today’s society and with the world’s technology, it is easy to make anyone appear to be a criminal.

To make matters worse, pictures are no longer permissable due to the developments in photo editing. If all true evidence was submitted,

it could change the outcome of many verdicts in many court decisions.

There would be more of the guilty in jail, and the innocents would be walking the streets as they should be.

The other dilemma is how a doctor must morally feel about giving someone the lethal injection to end a life. This is not what the Hippocratic Oath is all about. It is about healing; not killing.

I would not want someone else’s blood on my hands knowing that I have the power to choose whether someone lives or dies.

Tracy GilkersonConnection Staff

Community colleges are facing major cuts due to the recession and California’s budget crisis. Classes are already overcrowded, hard to get into or just not available anymore and the future is not looking any brighter. In fact, it’s looking a lot worse.

Tuition will be rising in any case; for the fall semester it will be going up to $36 a unit. With the way the budget is looking, they’ll be raised again over the next few years. In any case, the Los Rios Community College District will be losing students.

While it won’t be as drastic as the proposed cuts to Modesto Junior College, it will be a devastating loss. MJC’s entire mass communications department will be cut, along with other programs, according to modbee.com.

That’s not to mention all of the faculty, part and full time, and student workers that will be losing their jobs from the cut departments.

How are such things even permissible, when things such as sports are untouched aside from coaches losing their stipend? Even that cut may not even be enforceable, the Academic Senate President of MJC Mike Adams said to modbee.com.

The MJC newspaper and radio station are both being cut completely, and the students are going to lose their voice on the campus, but the cuts have even deeper impact than that.

The students who run those two means of information will no longer be able to prepare for going on to perform those jobs in larger proportions. People read and listen to the news daily whether through television, the internet or on the radio. The people who do those jobs learn to do them in school.

Cuts should be proportional, not based on what some group decides as being more vital than other programs.

Community college is a place that is supposed to be a stepping-stone to universities that appeal to a wide range of people. Cutting certain programs takes away from that appeal.

Taking away from programs such as journalism and the arts make it so that the students who are in that area, that would have otherwise joined those programs, have to go somewhere else. Just because it’s not what is considered a “core” class, doesn’t mean people don’t want it.

Community college is marketed towards people as a two-year college that you can go to, explore different areas and get your pre-requisites completed so that you can transfer to a larger university. This won’t be possible if there are not classes available that allow people to fulfill these requirements. Already there are students who have been or will be students at CRC for more than two years and still have ways to go to finish what they need.

We have to show that these programs are important, and that we are interested in these things at each school. The way things are going, only one school in each district will be geared towards a certain program.

Imagine having to commute to a different city for the classes you want because the college you live next to cuts its newspaper program. That would be costlier on you with the rising gas prices.

This is a terrible danger—the cuts need to be proportional so that each college can still cater to wide varieties of students.

Death penalty : fighting fire with fire

Watching movies in the privacy of your own home should be simple and relaxing, unlike 3-D.

What’s so great about it? You’re not any closer to the people or the objects in the movie as you are without the glasses. I guess it’s all about the false illusion that you are.

Way too many new things are happening when it comes to movies and television, like Blu-Ray and High Definition.

They’re all seeming to connect. According to the Blu-ray Disc website, Blu-Ray is used in a format that was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback all in HD.

So, it’s pretty much what you can do with On Demand except with selected movies.

According to International3d.org, 3D television will be known as “3-D TV Hardware,” which is still in the process

of being created and used through a Blu-Ray console, “a new version of motion pictures.”

Even though motion pictures have come a long way since the black and white “I Love Lucy” days, and for that I am very thankful, 3-D shouldn’t be considered “motion pictures.”

Yes it’s still in motion but more of a popping out motion.

Some 3-D movies are good. However, others like the Justin Bieber documentary is an exception, having his movie in 3D shouldn’t have been an option.

There should be nothing popping out at me while that 16-year-old boy is dancing and singing, whether I am at a theater or not.

After 3-D what should come next? Holograms that come out and give you the behind the scene details while they sit on your coach, better yet they will watch the movie with you.

If people are going to continue creating newer ways to use the same TV, let it be something that would work for every movie, make the next million dollar TV worth it.

Unique Pierre-CodyConnection Staff

3-D is unnecessary

Created in Jan. 2011 by Los Angeles club DJ Paul V., the “Born this Way” blog centralizes on having people of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual orientation depict early hints of their “true selves.” The pictures and stories show contributors as young as 2-years-old.

The blog doesn’t intend to capitalize on homosexual stereotyping, but to tell visitors ‘This is me and this is my story’ - in living color and black & white.”

Since its inception, the “Born this Way” blog has featured over 400 different people telling their stories. Although my first visit to the site felt weird I found most, if not all, of the stories, very honest.

These stories explore many different feelings, positive and negative. Tales include one person who lived

under a strict Christian family and was taught to hate homosexuals.

Another person was able to enjoy being different, despite some humorously awkward moments.

While some describe their childhood as unpleasant, all of the stories end with a sense of optimism and contentment. It’s great to see that some have support from their friends and family.

If there were any uncomfortable moments, it would be some of the pictures. It seems a bit awkward to see images of a 2 or 3-year-old doing something that they might not be aware of. However, if they believe that it was the first step in understanding that this is who they are, it’s tolerable.

Nonetheless, the “Born this Way” blog is a satisfactory way of homosexuals to speak out over the Internet. They do not use their preference to their advantage.

They might be different in their orientation, but they are like every other person in the world.

Carlo Dela CruzConnection Staff

Gay blog is okay

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Men aren’t as open as women, but can they change that?

Two girls go to the bathroom together —normal. Two guys go to the bathroom together—questionable at the very least.

This is the way society is right now. The definition of what is masculine and what is acceptable remains this way for now.

However, in the future, this definition will change and men will become more open with one another without being labeled as being “gay.”

Throughout society, norms have obviously changed. In the United State’s earlier days, it was considered weird, unnatural even by some people, if a woman wasn’t at home while her husband was away at work, bring home the bacon. In fact, it wasn’t until a constitutional amendment in 1920 when women gained the right to vote. Now, both genders make up the workforce and more women than men earn doctoral degrees, according to npr.org.

Most men are not as open as their female counterparts in these times. They wouldn’t be caught dead asking another guy to go to the restroom with them.

But that is the way change happens. When a movement happens, it is because there is a small group of people pushing for it to happen.

These are the people who often get laughed at and ridiculed by the majority of society for their radical ways of thinking.

However, when it is all said and done, these are the people who end up being right.

Will most of us men who currently attend college agree with this idea that we can be as comfortable with each other as women are? No, of course not. But that is because change happens through baby steps, over time.

Will we as a society teach our sons to be as open with other boys as girls are?

Probably not. But as time goes on, children will rebel

against their parents and see the biased ways of the past. And, as these prejudices are slowly filtered out through the c h i l d r e n s’ r e v i s e d p a r e n t i n g m e t h o d s , the old ways will die with the old people who believed in them.

T h e c h a n g e is clearly evident right now and our society is clearly b e c o m i n g more open minded.

M o r e men than before are now wearing tight pants, wearing eye liner and even singing female songs – all which were previously actions only performed by women.

Fifty years ago this would have been bizarre. Now, it is just something most of us see on a day to day basis. And the reason it is all happening is because change is inevitable.

Eventually, things change and, eventually, we all have to die. And, whether we like it or not, as time goes on the norms of our society will eventually die or change as well.

This change may not happen for five or even 10 years. But, eventually, the change will come. Eventually, men will be as open with each other as women currently are.

Johny GarciaConnection Staff

The last thing men want is for their “boys” to think that they are too emotional and lose the credit they got from breaking the girls’ heart because she called too much.

T h e belief is that men are supposed to be the strong brave ones, you know like “macho man,” “man of steel” and “muscle man”, so why do we need men to be able to ask their friends to go to the b a t h r o o m with them one day?

According to psychologist Mark Tyrrell, men can be more physically dangerous when it comes to emotion.

There should be a physically strong person and a sensitive person in the relationship for a even balance.

Unless men and women exchange estrogen the chances are looking pretty slim for men to be able to open up to each other the way woman do, without getting physical.

Ladies go to the bathroom with each other for comfort or someone to talk to, it’s not a sexist thing in any way.

Men go to the bathroom and use the urinal, wash their hands and leave.

Now I am not a man, but I am pretty sure your hair and makeup doesn’t get

done while you’re making your little pit stop.

It’s also the way the bathrooms are set up.

In a women’s restroom there are stalls, in a men’s restroom it’s mostly urinals and a few stalls, so everythings all out in the open.

For a guy to ask another guy to come to the bathroom with him is an open invitation to look at their “junk.”

I haven’t talked to any men about this, but if I was a guy and there was someone looking at me while waiting on his friend in the bathroom while my “junk” is out and in use, I would be uncomfortable and pissed.

Ladies are honest, when you make them upset it shows all over their faces and in how they dress.

In fact, for the next couple of days were completely different.

If you make a guy upset he plays video games, turns off his phone and ignores the world for an hour. Then he tells his friends that he was busy. Then he’s not even mad anymore, so there’s no point of opening up if you don’t even stay mad for that long.

Women also listen to each other’s problems and worried; they go to each other for adive, and vent out some of their anger with one another.

You might get one or two ladies who want to run around the track to let out their anger, and that’s great.

Most women need to hear how right they are from their partner.

Even if it started off with one or two men opening up and expressing themselves, who the hell will they talk to if the other men don’t want to hear it?

Men can barely listen and express their feelings in an argument with the one they are in love with, but they can one day as a “society” grow to talk to their friends. Ha, as if that would happen.

Unique Pierre-CodyConnection Staff

Men can change over time Men can’t change that way

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Governor of Wisconsin and GOP attack unions, people fight back

Madison, Wisc. has amassed a wealth of media attention due to a union-busting bill drafted and recently approved by the state’s republican dominated-legislature, and for good reason.

The proposal and subsequent approval of the bill (on hold pending judicial ruling) catalyzed tens of thousands of union mem-bers and supporters to protest against, what they say, essentially strips labor unions of their collective bargaining rights, and they’re correct.

What’s at stake is larger than an inci-dent limited to Wisconsin. Unions exist in order to ensure fair wages, benefits and working conditions for its members.

They’re responsible for providing an organization and a voice to a socio-eco-nomic class that is largely out-funded by

the corporations for which they work.When a union’s right to bargain is

severed, the working class they represent becomes subject to the whims of a higher socio-economic class that may not have their best interest at heart.

A workforce largely influential in the rise of a healthy, vibrant middle-class dur-ing the 20th century suddenly becomes an organization with an amputated leadership – a shade of its former self.

In the face of what now seems like ever-present budget deficits, the bill’s advo-cates argue that Wisconsin, not unlike oth-er state economies across the United States, is simply searching for creative avenues to address budget shortfalls and unemploy-ment rates reminiscent of a not-so-great depression.

Admittedly, anti-union advocates have legitimate cause for their claims.

The nation’s union membership has

been in steady decline over the past 30 years, especially in the private sector. Previ-ously, one-third of the workforce was rep-resented by a union while today that num-ber hovers around 8 percent. This trend is likely to continue as the world market be-comes more and more globalized, and mul-tinational corporations seek cheaper labor.

Anti-union advocates argue that unions are slowly but surely becoming an irrelevant, antiquated organism that will naturally extinguish in a capitalist model.

In a nation seemingly unaware of an ever-increasing gap between the “haves” and “have-nots,” this is just the latest in-stance of a political party forcibly shoving its agenda down the throats of its counter-parts.

Wisconsin union advocates attempted to level with the opposition. They agreed that some concessions must be made across the board, even if that meant cutting their

precious pensions. Tens of thousands of Wisconsin’s workforce rallied at the state capital to argue their perspective, but their protests fell on deaf ears.

Gov. Scott Walker and the political clout obtained by a newly-elected republi-can majority ignored the calls for compro-mise, and instead showcased his intent in severing union bargaining rights entirely.

I can appreciate the rationale behind anti-union sentiments.

Their claims are valid. But is it merely a coincidence that the boom-and-bust style economy present in the past few decades coincides with declining union member-ship and the fall of a once-strong middle-class?

Are unions becoming irrelevant, or do they have to adjust to a corporation’s desire to exploit cheaper labor in other countries with weak protection for their labor force?

I think not.

Cory FongConnection Staff

Faceook becomes a new scapegoat for failed relationships

It is referred to as the “blame game,” and we have all played it.

The rules are simple and they’re noth-ing more than pointing a finger at some-thing or someone else because of our own flaws.

This is an easy process and anything or everything is our scapegoat because it can-not defend itself.

The newest object of this hype is Face-book and blaming it for your infidelity.

Technology is a great thing and we

take it at face value, but lets dissect and examine the situation a bit further. Here we are in our new life, engaged, married or dating our concept of the person who is the other half of ourselves.

We thumb through our Facebook friends and find an old flame.

Then, we remember of what it was like being with them.

Yet, we forget what the reason was that we broke up to begin with.

It can begin with an innocent conver-sation on Facebook, then the web, a tele-phone call, finally dinner. Before we under-stand what has happened, it ends in a mess.

We have forgotten about our other half. And before we know it, we have a one nightstand or worse.

According to aboutdivorce.org, the di-vorce rate in America is 43 percent. It is our fault, honestly.

Today in America’s society, our dat-ing and marriage is somewhat of a sketchy area.

We meet someone and are in “love” with the ideal illusion of the person, and not who they really are. This is why the di-vorce statistics are so high.

Another factor is that not only is cheating relatively easy, but getting caught

by your significant other is easier. We are not only suspicious in nature,

but jealous as well. I would want to know who my significant other was Facebooking, and who is Facebooking them.

It would even be more conspicuous if there were a lock on the phone or comput-er. Anger would definitely rise.

The real question is, “Who and what will be the next to blame for our infidelity?” The cat made me do it.

Facebook isn’t the culprit, we are. The next time you decide to point a finger at something or someone, remember that there are three more pointing back at you.

Tracy GilkersonConnection Staff

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Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker takes some time off from his main focus to help work on an album that takes a decent left turn from pop punk rock to another genre.

Although Barker expressed interests in other music like hip-hop, it’s now where he is able to fully express it backed up by many artists of the industry in his first album “Give the Drummer Some.”

While most mainstream hip-hop utilizes drum machines to make rhythms, Barker uses the common format minimally in favor of performing live drum tracks.

Backing up Barker’s drumming is various sounds including rock music and old school hip-hop.

Another core element in the album is the various collaborators in every track of the album mostly taking vocal roles.

A thorough listen resulted with only some very effective pieces while everything else sounded like filler.

“If U Want To” is one of the best examples of the contributions where Lupe Fiasco and The Neptunes make excellent lyrical verses and a funky sound which extremely compliments Barker’s drumming from beginning to end.

Another is “Carry It” where the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Raekwon take over the catchy rapping while Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello goes experimental with his unorthodox guitar sounds.

Kid Cudi slows down the album with the very psychedelic

and sometimes technical “Cool Head.”

What falters on Barker’s album is that the other half of the songs just sounds generic at best.

They are usually filled with dominant and boring instrument lines that detract the experience dramatically or have Barker’s drumming sound more like simple background noise.

It ultimately leads to being more of a generic hip-hop collaboration than being Travis Barker’s solo release using the genre as a framework.

Cypress Hill or Tech N9ne might appear, but if it’s not synergetic with the Barker’s drumming, what’s the point of it?

For a more complete package, there is the deluxe edition that features songs that revisit’s the hip-hop theme while expanding with new genres.

Barker takes a hard rock approach with “On My Own” featuring Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor while electronic musician Steven Aoki with “Misfits” brings an intensive dance piece.

The best track on the deluxe version has to be Clipse’s “City of Dreams” where he makes slick rap attacks while the drums sound feels active and soundscape effects fill up the atmosphere.

While Travis Barker’s first album is not amazing, as it seems to aim, it’s a decent experiment that has some pretty good songs.

Barker has the idea but it really needs refinement and focus if he wants to continue with this project with some pretty good hip-hop artists.

Carlo Dela CruzConnection Staff

Originally a novel written by Alan Glynn called The Dark Fields, “Lim-itless” was a great film adaptation that keeps you entertained from start to finish.

“Limitless” tells the story of Eddie Morra, played by Bradley Cooper, a down on his luck writer struggling to make ends meet. Things are falling apart with his girlfriend, played by Abbie Cornish, and it seems as if his whole life is going nowhere.

That is until he comes across a shady old acquaintance who offers him the chance to change everything simply by taking these pills. The pills, known as NZT, open up your mind and allow you to access everything you’ve ever learned; and to use it to your advantage.

Eddie becomes an overnight success, quadrupling his income for four days straight. However Eddie soon finds himself on the run. That kind of success comes at a price.

Andrew Howard who plays a Russian gangster known as Gennady, who also became addicted to NZT, fills the protagonist’s shoes. The film grows intense as Gennady follows Eddie all over the city, demanding more NZT.

Robert De Niro plays Eddie’s new boss, Carl Van Loon, a powerful businessman and a force to be reckoned with. His character fell short in the movie, never living up to that Wall Street mogul he promised he’d be. If anything, he does a really good Robert De Niro impression.

Cooper’s performance is nothing short of spot on. He stays one step ahead of Gennady and Van Loon throughout the movie, even the mysteri-ous stranger who keeps trying to kill him, and even his girlfriend. You really feel for him, There’s no doubt he’ll be acting for years to come. Cornish’s character eventually comes around, supporting Eddie and helping him flee Gennady.

Whether you’re struggling or not; surely you wish a pill like NZT actually existed. Be-ing able to follow your dreams, and be all that you can be; who doesn’t want that? Perhaps in spite of it’s existence; or lack thereof, people might change themselves for the better. “Limitless” is a good movie. It’s engaging, action-packed, romantic, and even had its funny moments to break up the more tense ones. Visually it was like nothing ever put out before. There were some shots that seemed to just keep going, and were virtually seamless. Those

incredibly unique camera angles really put the movie together, making it feel like every-thing really was going faster.

Adam HallyConnection Staff

The term “Honyock” refers to “the mischievous young one”, or can also mean a derogatory term for Polish people, yet this band is neither.

Sacramento based band “Honyock” arrived onto the band scene around Feb. of 2010. “Honyock” describes their music as “folkadellic psych-wave,” or a mixture of folk rock, classic rock and new wave style of music.

Band members Tyler Wolter, George Rios, Spencer and Mason Hoffman played their first show on June 19 at Lunas Café in Downtown Sacramento.

The band is named in honor of Spencer and Masons late grandfather, whose morals also had an effect on the bands trajectory.

Honyock’s aim for their music is “to produce well crafted, soul baring, honest music that comes from a pure place, (no ulterior motives)”, according to their Facebook page.

Guitarist Spencer Hoffman noted, “there is a lot of ulterior motives that can be found in music, like getting women, getting money or boosting your ego.”

Hoffman said that the band tries to create music that doesn’t come from those types of places and that you shouldn’t create any music to get it heard. All you need is to do what you want to play.

The main influences of the band were a wide variety of things. “The world around us,” Hoffman said while laughing.

Hoffman and Wolter talked about how just about anything can be an inspiration. But they do strive for a few key things.

“Being genuine is something that has inspired us,” said Wolter.

“We do what we want to do, were not trying to please anyone per se. If your pleased, awesome. If not, it’s cool.”

School has had a profound impact on how some of the members create music.

Tyler Wolter, bassist, took music theory and

jazz improv classes at Cosumnes River College. “while [the classes] kind of overcomplicated

things, it made it that much more interesting.” said Wolter. “I wouldn’t trade the knowledge that I got from music theory or jazz improv for anything, it really has helped performance-wise.”

Honyock plays all around the Sacramento area and has an extended play out called “First Impressions”, with seven tracks.

You can either stream their songs live from their Facebook page, see their shows live and pick up their CD’s for 7 dollars or head to K Street mall and get it for 10 dollars.

Simply type in Honyock, and they will be the first selection to come up.

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President Barack Obama cited the suicide of an 11-year-old boy from 2009 when addressing the need for the prevention of bullying on March 10, according to Bostonherald.com

Obama was spreading word of several anti-bullying efforts that Washington is implementing, including stopbullying.gov.

The site is run by government agencies to help spread awareness and prevent bullying.

“If there’s one goal of this conference, it’s to dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up. It’s not,” said President Obama.

Obama said that he wasn’t immune to bullying as a child, and that bullying is something adults have “turned a blind eye to.”

As for bullying at Cosumnes River College, a sampling of students said that bullying is not a problem.

Robert Becerra, an 18-year-old biology major said that the college’s environment is not one that has a problem with bullying.

“It’s nothing like high school,” Becerra said. “No one needs to fit in.”However, he does believe that if there was any bullying on campus, CRC should take

responsibility to deal with it.“They look out for their students in every other way, they should for bullying as well,”

Becerra said.While not specifically directed at the victims of bullying, CRC does have the Safe

Spaces program which could benefit them.“The Safe Spaces program was started by interested faculty and staff in 2009 as a

way to promote a positive, bias-free campus environment,” said anthropology Professor Anastasia Panagakos via email. “A campus employee, or ally, who displays the safe spaces sticker in his or her office has made a commitment to help people (students, staff, fellow colleagues, etc.) who may feel they have experienced an incidence of bias based on their ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, religion, political views, or disability.”

            Andrew Menchavez, a 21-year-old pre-pharmacy major also doesn’t think of bullying as a problem that CRC

should be responsible for, but does believe that anyone who witnesses bullying should do something to

stop it.            “Any witnesses have the power to do

something to prevent bullying,” Menchavez said.                      The Safe Spaces program is one

solution for students targeted in any way, for it gives them a retreat and a place to help.

            “So the bottom line is that programs like Safe Spaces are in place to help create an overall

positive social climate here at CRC and to be sure individuals have a place to go when a problem arises,”

Panagakos said.            The Safe Spaces program has been involved

in events such as the Day of Silence for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered issue awareness.

            “We are hoping to have more student participation in Safe Spaces events (both in helping us plan them and raise awareness) and would invite students to come to our meetings,” Panagakos said. “Students can contact me if they are interested in getting involved.”

            Outside of the campus, young people who fall under the LGBT categories can gain support from the It Gets Better Project.

            According to the project’s website, it’s purpose it to give “a place where young people who are lesbian, gay, bi, or trans can see how love and happiness can be a reality in their future.”

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On March 30 Dr. Jean Kilbourne will be at Sacramento State College giving a lecture on her thought provoking series titled: “Killing us Softly.”

The series revolves around how media picks apart women.

She has had lectures in one-third of the nations colleges and has even lectured in numerous private colleges.

She’s lectured in all of the major universities in Canada and now she is going to be at Sacramento State College.

Kilbourne has won many awards and has been critically acclaimed by newspapers such as The Boston Globe on her keynote speaking.

In her videos, “Killing us Softly,” she discusses how the media is slowly bringing women down.

Using their bodies to sell things and making women seem less than human.

The films try and bring focus the advertising that surrounds us in our daily life.

According to the website, “Speakers Platform”, Kilbourne is known for addressing provocative topics in a group dynamic.

She has been described as an excellent lecturer and speaks to many people about a multitude of issues.

She has been asked to speak in a diverse amount of conferences.

Including conferences highlighting, violence, addictions, public health, women and the media.

But, she is most well known for her video series titled “Killing us Softly,” and her stance on how women are portrayed in the media.

The website “Speakers Platform” elaborated on Kilbourne.

Saying she uses her lectures to attack and try to expose advertisement.

To describe the effects that ads are having on the people they reach.

In most of her public speaking efforts she usually engages the audience in a discussion about violence, media and women.

She goes onto say how women are turned into things and then gives the viewer a number of different visual aids.

Her video, “Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women,” describes her view on advertisement and how it uses women.

In her video series she describes how what we might look at as “normal” is in-fact an illusion brought on by companies to sell more product. The video series consists of four videos, all of which touch on a different aspect how women are used in advertising. How advertisement seem to be growing more and more aggressive towards women and their standing in the world.

In her video series she describes how what we might look at as “normal” is in-fact an illusion brought on by companies to sell more product.

The video series consists of four videos, all of which touch on a different aspect how women are used in advertising.

According to a member of the Italian Parliament, as elaborated by the website “Speakers Platform,” this is a feat considering that most of the topics divide people and cause arguments.

Some of the advertisement companies even agree with her.

Admitting that they have been guilty of exploiting women in an attempt to boost sales.

Near the end of one of her videos she leaves us with this

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Cosumnes River College women’s softball team made a statement against Sierra College in a 7-6 game, after going into an extra inning on Tuesday.

CRC started off strong with Rebecka Schneider, who was first up to bat. With two strikes and one ball Schneider got to first base with a hit to the back right of the field and took second on a loose ball by the catcher, Schneider then made the first point of the game.

“It felt good to give us a jump on top of the game,” Schneider said.

In the third inning, Sierra put a bump in the scoreboard with a smooth hit turning into a home run, putting the score at 1-1.

CRC gets the first walk of the game, putting hawks on first and second. With two strikes and one out, freshman infielder Kelsey McCarty got the second walk of the game, making the bases loaded for CRC. With a strike as the bases were loaded, CRC kept their heads up and prepared for the next batter. The next ball that was hit was caught by the pitcher before the ladies could make it home, leaving the score tied.

In the beginning of the fourth inning, Sierra managed to run one in, making the score 1-2. CRC quickly retaliated as third baseman Ashley Lowe picked up the ball between third base and home, threw it to the catcher, as the ball gets jumbled between the two, it’s ruled as an out, leaving Sierra with two outs and a player on first and second but that was quickly put to an end with a catch by infielder Brianne Moreno for the third out.

With CRC up to bat in the bottom of the fourth, Moreno made it to first base and took second on a loose ball hit by Lowe.

Sending Moreno home free, with Schneider right behind here, making the score 3-2 for CRC.

Going into the seventh inning with a score at 4-4, both teams scored, sending the game into an extra inning. With CRC in the outfield and Morgan Hayes a outfielder

and pitcher, pitching in the eighth inning, Sierra hit one over the fence, sending two of their players home making the score 4-6 in the bottom of the eighth inning.

CRC got a walk with bases loaded, bringing in a run and making them one step closer to tying the game. With bases loaded, two outs and two strikes, Alexandria Rafael hit a ground ball to the left field, bringing in two of CRC’s players and making the final score 7-6 in CRC’s favor.

“I felt pretty nervous going up to the plate, coming off

of three pretty bad bats,” Rafael said. “I kind of dug down deep and had faith, and as soon as I saw the pitch I knew that was the one I could hit.”

Head Coach Kristy Schroeder was proud of her team’s play.

“We have had a pretty solid hitting team and they really compete up at the plate,” Schroeder said. “We hit the ball hard and came up with 10 hits in the game, so I was really happy about that.”

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“Don’t stop believing.”These song lyrics echoed throughout the

baseball field as fans from both Sacramento City College and Cosumnes River College piled into the seats to watch the baseball game between the two schools on March 17.

Over 70 people showed up to watch the game in the sunny but cold weather, with even more people squeezing in as the innings progressed.

And, like the harsh winds that were present at the game, SCC didn’t stop attacking the home team, ending the game 10-5 in SCC’s favor.

SCC scored early.In the top of the second inning, a costly

mistake by CRC would allow SCC to load up the bases. Then, another error would allow SCC to bring home two runners, making the score 2-0 in SCC’s favor.

The game would remain at 2-0 until the top of the sixth inning.

After walking SCC’s outfielder Joey Matthews, infielder Sam Hendrick hit a double to bring home fellow teammate Justin James.

Then, after a scored run by Matthews, a double hit by Zach Miller would bring home two more runners for SCC, making the score 6-0 in SCC’s favor.

After shutting down CRC’s first three batters in the sixth inning, SCC continued to capitalize on CRC’s mistakes.

In the seventh inning, SCC was able to load up the bases because of their ability to steal bases and a dropped ball by CRC.

Then, after two more walks and a CRC error with the bases loaded, SCC was able to score four more runs, making the score 10-0 in SCC’s favor.

During the rest of the game, CRC stopped SCC from scoring anymore runs and

focused on making a comeback.In the eighth inning, CRC pitcher Josh

McMahon would boost the team’s confidence with a solo home run.

With two outs and many good hits by their teammates, designated hitter Pete Pendley and catcher Joe Bettencourt were able to score runs.

Then, SCC would make a costly mistake of their own, a dropped ball, allowing infielder Ross Valine to score as well. CRC would enter the ninth inning down by six runs, 10-4.

After quickly shutting down SCC in the ninth inning, CRC continued its comeback run.

With fans singing Journey’s “Don’t stop believing,” CRC’s Josh McMahon was able to get onto first base and steal both second and third base.

Then, McMahon would come home to score for his team again.

Unfortunately, the comeback run would be brought to a standstill, ending with a score of 10-5 in SCC’s favor.

Humble and playful in his demeanor, Coach Travis Parker has over 38 years of coaching experience at Cosumnes River College. He retired from coaching in 2003, but has coached a variety of sports including soccer, track and field and cross-country.

Parker has recently won the 2011 American Federation of Teacher’s everyday hero award.

“I feel blessed,” Parker said. “I am the fourth best coach in my family and I have won the most awards.”

Parker has contributed to many of CRC’s campus developments. He has started the first study hall for athletes in the Physical Education department and he established the Alpha Academy program for young males.

The Alpha Academy Program provides youth with skills to help them further their education.

“He is very involved with the community,” said assistant coach Charles Wilder, who has known Parker for over 14 years. “He believes in progress not only for the students in athletics but for their progress in school.”

Modest in his accomplishments, Parker even provided documentations of his family achievements.

“My youngest daughter is a math resource teacher in Washington D.C.,” Parker said. “So she teaches teachers how to teach.”

The athleticism gene runs in the family.

“My wife and oldest daughter are soccer coaches as well,” Parker said.

Born in Stockton, but raised in Sacramento, Parker credits his family for giving him the support he needed to thrive in his goals.

Although his parents didn’t finish school, Parker said they encouraged him to achieve his goals.

“I didn’t come from a wealthy family but I came from a caring family,” Parker said. Parker also said his mother and father were involved in his academics.

“If you don’t know where you came from, you don’t know who you can be,” said Parker, emphasizing the importance history has on the youth.

Parker knew he wanted to be a coach and has won numerous awards in coaching. He has also been inducted into the California Community College Hall of Fame.

Despite retiring from coaching, Parker still helps

students with sports and academics. He currently teaches boot camp fitness, contemporary problems of student athletes and academic study for student athletes.

Parker said the most rewarding aspect of his job is to see people improve.

“Sometimes it’s physical, sometimes it’s life lessons,” Parker said.

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area,” Matsumoto said. “Most who live in Okinawa and even in the mainland are all right which is a relief.”

CRC fine arts major Kylie Welch, 18, is still concerned about family who currently lives there.

“My grandma has relatives over in Ja-pan and she tried to contact them but their phone lines are down so we don’t really know what is happening,” Welch said.

Following the earthquake and tsunami is the ongoing situation of nuclear power plants affected by the earthquake possibly being in danger of melting down.

“If something did go wrong, it might be something similar to the disaster in Chernobyl during the 80s,” Vidic said. “If there is a total meltdown, there would be a big cloud of radioactive material released and possibly a big explosion.”

“Since there are a few that are in dan-

ger of melting down, even one can spread radiation around the world through air or water currents,” Welch said.

To help aid the victims in Japan, Masu-moto will be helping the Buddhist Church of Sacramento in doing a donation drive where people can give away clothing that will be sent overseas for the families who survived the ordeal.

“While it might not be the right time to donate with money especially for stu-dents but I think it would be good to give them something to keep them warm for now,” Matsumoto said.

With the damage done, Matsumoto said that her outlook on disasters signifi-cantly changed.

“I am really worried that if something like an earthquake happens here or in Ja-pan in the future but I know I will be more aware.”

not to do a dual major or get a minor in some sort of business major,” he said.

The recession has also affected Atwal’s current employment.

“It has changed my workplace in that they’ve been cutting everyone’s hours as of late, up to 15 hours a week for some,” he said. “It used to be pretty easy for me to get 30 plus hours and still take all the classes I wanted, but right now I’m at the point where I’m working just three days a week.”

The fact that his work schedule has changed is making him question what he plans to do for the fall semester at CRC.

“Recently, I’ve been deciding whether to be just part-time or full-time student in the fall,” Atwal said. “I’m mostly leaning to-wards part-time because then I could make my schedule more flexible to my work schedule.”

Joshua Edwards, an 18-year-old per-sonal fitness training major said that he’s lucky with how little he’s been affected by the recession.

Edwards said that because there are so many students that it makes it hard for people to get classes, but there are ways.

“I’ve been able to get all my classes,” Edwards said. “They’re just not at the times that I wanted.”

Joseph Kempker, a 19-year-old student who has yet to decide a major said the one thing that many students interviewed had said that the recession is making it harder to afford paying for school.

The proposed tuition increase that will up the price of units by $10 will only make things harder on students, and they’ll con-tinue to face hard decisions when it comes to their schooling.

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two manifests itself.“We’re going to start paying more for

health insurance, higher co-pays and high-er deductibles,” Duffy said. “That’s still in negotiations, so there’s no definite number.”

Duffy added that there’s a distinct pos-sibility salary rollbacks will be implement-ed, but that they will be done in a manner as fair as possible.

The three scenarios Harris mentioned assume the $400 million cut to community colleges proposed by Gov. Brown in Janu-ary.

The first, and best-case, scenario ad-dresses this cut only, and accounts for the proposal to raise tuition fees from $26 to $36 per unit, bringing the net deficit to

$290 million, said Duffy.Scenario two assumes optimal funding

of Proposition 98, which guarantees fund-ing to K-14 schools, as well as an inability to pass the June tax extension, which would add an additional $250 million to the cuts, said Duffy.

Scenario three, the worst of the three, assumes both the inability to pass the June tax extension as well as the suspension of Prop. 98 funding, which would add an ad-ditional $500 million to the cuts, said Duffy.

With the summer and fall semesters around the corner, the LRCCD is forced to adjust accordingly.

“The district and our colleges cannot wait until a June election to develop plans

for the coming summer, fall and spring semesters,” said LRCCD Associate Vice Chancellor of Communications and Re-search Susie Williams. “Our colleges are developing summer and fall 2011 class schedules now, and we need a framework for decision-making now. That is why the three scenarios developed.”

The difference between scenario two and three is there’s no real way for the dis-trict to know how great the cuts will be if the current taxes are extended, so the $250 and $500 million are thresholds the district can adjust around, Williams added.

Administration and faculty reiterated the need to stay strong through dire eco-nomic times.

“The budget situation continues to evolve, but we are encouraging our stu-dents, faculty and staff to share their thoughts and opinions on the possible im-pact it will have on the college,” said CRC President Deborah Travis. “These are dif-ficult and challenging times, but our long-standing CRC spirit of working together will get us through this unprecedented situation.”

Duffy pointed out the successful man-ner in which the district and the campus has handled the present situation.

“The district is doing a great job of try-ing to conserve funds,” Duffy said. We’re conserving and spending less wherever we can.”