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Black History Month event honors students
CRC GreenForce Director Torence Powell congratulates an honoree at the annual BHM Honors Night on Feb. 23. Students were recogonized for their academic success.
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By Ben [email protected]
Students of African descent who maintained an exceptional GPA during the fall 2011 semester were honored at the 13th annual Black History Month Honors Night on Feb. 23.
The Recital Hall was packed with hon-orees and their friends and family, who laughed and applauded to the words of keynote speaker DeVaughn Jones. Jones, a Cosumnes River College alumnus, spoke about his journey from abused child to a UC Davis graduate with honors. He is cur-rently a student at the University of Pacific.
“We wanted to recognize students for their positive achievement,” said Teresa Aldredge, the Black History Month chair-woman and a CRC counselor.
Honorees were given a certificate of recognition for their achievement.
College students ready to march against budget cuts
By Zachary [email protected]
California community colleges and universities are coming together on March 5 for the March in March for Higher Ed-ucation event to protest against public school budget cuts, according to the event’s website.
The protest is a student-driven mass event held annually for the last three years. This year’s march will begin at Southside Park at 10 a.m. and end on the steps of the Capitol, where a rally will be held at 11 a.m. Bus parking will be held at Raley Field in West Sacramento, according to the event’s website.
“The goal is to increase public aware-ness of the need to improve accessibility and affordability of public higher educa-tion in California,” Los Rios College Feder-ation of Teachers President Jason Newman said in an email.
According to the event’s website, stu-dents are marching for lower fees, full-time faculty, counselors, affordable textbooks and more classes.
“The students will put an emphasis on the millionaires tax which they hope will generate more revenue for California col-leges,” Newman said.
Associated Student Government sena-tor Petra Duke Maxey said she expects ap-proximately 5,000 students to attend the rally.
“We’ll come together at the capitol and we’ll protest the cuts to support ser-vices and the tuition increases,” Maxey said.
“Those are some of our main concerns.”
By Stephan [email protected]
The longest serving Cosumnes River College President, who served from 1984 to 1995, passed away at the age of 72 on Feb. 17.
Dr. Marc Hall had been the executive vice chancellor of the Los Rios Community College District when he became the CRC’s interim president, before the position was made official, according to an email from current CRC President Deborah J. Travis.
“President Marc Hall will be remem-bered by long-time employees as an ex-ceedingly decent and kind man,” philoso-phy professor Charles Van Patten said in an email to the CRC community. “He loved the college and all the people here, faculty, students and staff.”
With Hall as president, the campus grew from about 5,000 students to more than 12,000, according an obituary in the Sacramento Bee.
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Keynote speaker De Vaughn Jones reacts to receiving a commemorative plaque at BHM Honors Night on Feb. 23.
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Marc Hall served in time of expansion, helped attain resources and funding
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As part of 2012-2013 bud-get summary, President Barack Obama proposed spending $8 bil-lion on job training programs at community colleges over the next three years, according to Inside Higher Ed.
The funds will build on cur-rent job training programs, al-low community colleges to train workers in technical and manu-facturing fields and encourage partnerships between businesses and schools.
“We built this budget around the idea that our country has al-ways done best when everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules,” Obama said in his budget message to Congress on Feb. 13.
California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott praised Obama’s decision to help train and employ workers, citing that California’s community col-
leges serve 2.6 million students annually.
“This proposal, if enacted, will help grow and strengthen statewide and local business part-nerships,” Scott said in a press re-lease.
“We are well positioned to be a key player in working with the federal government to stimulate our nation’s economic recovery by preparing a skilled workforce that meets the needs of a chang-ing job market,” he said.
Cosumnes River College President Deborah Travis also ap-plauded Obama’s proposal.
“I am grateful that President Obama understands and supports the importance of community colleges in creating a strong work-force,” Travis said in an email.
“Our community partners tell us they need a strong workforce and CRC is doing all we can to ed-ucate and train students that can compete in the global workplace and effectively contribute to our community," she said.
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Hawk's EyeOld Elk Grove First Friday
Held the first Friday of every month from 5 to 9 p.m., the free events take place in Old Town Elk Grove on Elk Grove Boulevard from Walnut to School Street. Old Town First Fridays celebrations offers musical entertainment, art displays, face painting and more.
More information can be found at oldtownelkgrovefoundation.org
Dr. Seuss’s birthday party with NFL player Lance Briggs
On March 2, the Elk Grove Library will celebrate the 108 birthday of author Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
Festivities include: read to a dog, visit with Scooter the Safety Dog, fun crafts, face painting, balloon animals and refreshments.
NFL player and graduate of Elk Grove High School will be reading his favorite Dr. Seuss story at 3:30 p.m.
More information can be found at saclibrary.org
Women’s history month set to begin
Celebrations throughout March will honor historical women.
On March 3, CRC will pay tribute to dance instructor Marguerite Phares, with an event honoring her life. The tribute will be at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall.
Women’s history month will officially kick off on March 5 with a panel discussion from 9 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. in LRC 105.
More information can be found at crc.losrios.edu.
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March: Event historically significant for California colleges
Continued from page 1"March in March"Event Information
Who: California community college and university students
What: March against budget cuts and tuition increases
Where: Students will meet at Southside Park and march to the state Capitol, where a rally will take place
When: Monday, March 5 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Maxey said the rally will fea-ture three student speakers who will voice their opinion about the budget cuts and the decline of higher education in California.
“I hope it puts a stamp for the assembly members and the sena-tors about how important this is to students,” Maxey said.
The event is historically sig-nificant as the largest and most visible student protest move-ment in California. The March in March is supported by student and faculty organizations within community colleges, California
State Universities and University of California systems, Newman said.
Cosumnes River College fac-ulty is supporting the event by providing a bus with funds from the faculty union to bring stu-dents from Raley Field and back, Newman said.
Maxey reiterated the impor-tance of this event and is excited to be a part of something bigger than herself.
“It’s one of those rare oppor-tunities where you’re going to be with like-minded individuals and be a part of something special,” Maxey said.
• 2.6 million students a year attend a California community college.
• 112 California community colleges serve 25 percent of the nation's college students.
• Los Rios Community College District will serve 84,063 students in the spring semester.
• This is a 3.39 percent decrease from the spring 2011 semester.
• 15,210 students are attending CRC this semester.
• Obama's community college to career fund will seek to train 2 million workers for high-demand industries.
(Information gathered from Los Rios enrollment report and the Chancellor's Office).
State championships to be held at CRC
Cosumnes River College is hosting the 2012 men's and women's basketball state championship from March 9-11. Tickets are 24 dollars for all sessions. General admission for adults is 10 dollars. General admission for students with a valid ID, faculty and children is 8 dollars.
March 9: CCCAA women's basketball state semi-finals
March 10: CCCAA men's basketball state semi-finals
March 11: CCCAA men's and women's state championship.
President: Hall helped inspire creation of Folsom Lake College
He made partnerships with different businesses, including Ford Motor Co., to expand CRC’s vocational programs; Hall also installed portables in Folsom, which later grew to become Fol-som Lake College, according to the obituary.
Van Patten said that Hall did a good job at getting resources for the college.
“CRC benefitted from him and we would always be the col-lege in the district that got more than an equal share, to the cha-grin of ARC and SCC in those pre-FLC days,” Van Patten said.
“He was legendary for this, and Hall took pride in being able to deliver for us.”
Hall is remembered as some-one who was dedicated to what he wanted to do.
“He had a vision and stuck to it," former CRC Vice President Gary Straus said to the Sacra-mento Bee. “Sometimes it wasn't the most popular thing. But you could always count on him to do what he said, and that earned the respect of a lot of people.”
The sentiments expressed by Straus were shared by Van Patten in his email. Van Patten referred to CRC’s employees as a family when the college was “young” in the time of Hall’s presidency.
“I suppose some might say Hall saw himself as ‘head of the family,’” Van Patten said.
“But the fact that he was so empathetic, compassionate, sup-portive and empowering re-deemed any possible ill-feelings that might emerge from some perceived patriarchy," he said.
Van Patten’s email had many
words of praise for Hall and told of being able to go and talk to him about philosophy when Van Patten was the only philosophy teacher.
“Marc Hall was my friend and I will miss him,” Van Patten said.
“I know he misses us, too.”
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Beer Week is being celebrated through March 4 at various locations, such as Nugget Markets, Streets of London and Extreme Pizza. More information can be found at sacramentobeerweek.com.
Living well, spending lessEOPS is having a workshop
on March 9 titled “Living Well, Spending Less” in the College Bookstore from 1-2 p.m. The workshop will be presented by Library Media Tech Assistant Barbara Nuss and Administrative Assistant Alma Mejia. Students must sign up in L-106.
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The fact that entertainer Chris Brown beat singer Rihanna doesn’t matter anymore. Not be-cause it’s old news but because women don’t care that getting beat is a bad thing.
Chris Brown being able to perform at the Grammy Awards this year and somehow winning a Grammy wasn’t the most shock-ing part of the love I’ve seen for him.
Rather, it was the women who were tweeting during the Grammy’s that got the most at-tention.
Some of the tweets directly from Twitter read, “I’d let Chris Brown beat me up” and “I don’t know why Rihanna complained. Chris Brown could beat me any-time he wanted to.”
There are multiple tweets
with similarly disgusting mes-sages hash tagged with “love” and
“sosexy.” Some of the tweets were sent with pictures of the person who tweeted some of these mes-sages.
Was it only the men in our society who were brought up to think that it is wrong to beat women?
Women shouldn’t be going against what society tells us is wrong.
As it is, one in four women will be victims of domestic vio-lence in their lives and most cases are not reported, according to the National Coalition Against Do-mestic Violence.
Note the word “victim”—do-mestic violence is not something that is thought of as fun or sexy. And it’s definitely not something that you should ignore because you’re in love—or worse yet, just attracted to someone.
I have lived in a household in the past where there was vio-lence.
It isn’t pretty seeing someone hit or abused even in the slightest.
Violence is violence: just be-cause Chris Brown is famous and supposedly attractive, it doesn’t make it glamorous to be beaten by him just to say you were with him.
Women should not degrade themselves by thinking that abuse is something worth deal-ing with just to feel special. Being with someone famous, attractive or wealthy is not worth it.
If a woman really wants a man to make her feel special, then all she would need is to turn to one of the men in her life for the love, acceptance and self-es-teem boost she might need.
Don’t encourage violence; enough people in the world are already being hurt.
Chris Brown tried to clear his own name and is now work-ing with Rihanna on songs.
Rumors on various music and hip hop sites say that rapper Jay-Z is disappointed in Rihanna for defending Chris Brown and hooking up with him again.
Any real man should be. Af-ter the huge backlash when pic-tures of her battered face surfaced online, Rihanna should have been the last person on Brown’s side.
And his image is only get-ting worse. Most recently, Chris Brown is said to have snatched a woman’s iPhone, yelled at her about not wanting his pictures posted and driven off with it. It doesn’t seem like his anger man-agement classes have paid off.
Don’t make it easier for him to be violent and still be worthy of a woman, especially when the most recent things are taken into account.
By Stephan [email protected]
Celebrity. Just the word brings thoughts
of fame, beauty and riches. It’s safe to say that many of
us dream of becoming one of the coveted few.
Some of us spend countless hours waiting in line so we can try to catch a glimpse of these elusive figures.
Living in California, I feel a personal connection with most of the celebrities today.
Everyone around the world knows that the most star-studded place in this country is Los Ange-les.
There’s something about the City of Angels that lures the rich, the famous and the desperate.
Well, all that tourism does wonders for the city’s economy,
but what do I get from it? Am I willing to drive for six
hours to catch a glimpse of one of my favorite celebrities in concert?
Yes.There’s no denying how in-
fluential celebrities are. They start our fashion trends,
our diets, and our new hygiene regimens.
We allow celebrities to worm their way into our lives.
It starts at an early age, with live action shows geared towards children and pre-teens. Many kids adopt these celebrities as role models because they aren’t find-ing any in their communities.
They see the illusion on tele-vision or in magazines and try to attain it.
This is destroying our society from the inside.
Everyone, no matter how educated or mature, gets sucked
into this vortex of idolizing and yearning.
For years, I hated my body because I wasn’t as skinny as Gwyneth Paltrow, as light-skinned as Natalie Portman or as gorgeous as Emma Stone.
Granted, there’s no way I could physically look like these individuals, but that didn’t stop me from dreaming or trying.
This isn’t just an issue for women. Men have to deal with it, too.
Most male celebrities are portrayed as tough, manly, attrac-tive and confident.
Any man who doesn’t have at least one of those qualities is seen as less than a true man.
The remedy to this problem isn’t just to inform people about how celebrities influence them.
We must go to the celebrities themselves.
Just because society puts them on a pedestal doesn’t mean that they have to be on it.
They need to stay relatable to their audiences and not be some object of status and desire.
It’s not as hard as it sounds. First, without compromising
safety, celebrities should stop iso-lating themselves from their fans.
A few minutes of stopping by in a local bookstore or going to the store can work wonders with improving relatability with fans.
Maybe a fan can recommend a good book series or vice versa.
If that’s too much, then dur-ing meet and greets, celebrities should give a little extra time to fans.
Shake their hands, look them in the eyes and tell them a quick story while they’re waiting in line.
A small human gesture will go a long way.
By Takara [email protected]
Camico McKnight was insecure about her health. But instead of hiding it, she de-cided to make her insecurity public by in-cluding herself in one of the photos for the
“What I Be Project”, which will be displayed in the Library building at the beginning of March.
The photo shows the 37-year-old lib-eral studies major with the words “sickle cell” and “cancer” written on her arms. The caption reads, “I am not my diagnosis.”
“It’s not what I am because I’m so much more than this,” McKnight said.
McKnight was just one of 28 students and faculty at Cosumnes River College who participated in the “What I Be Project”, which was created by photographer Steve Rosenfield as a way to help peo-ple deal with their insecurities.
CRC anthropology profes-sor Anastasia Panagakos said she wanted to bring the “What I Be Project” to campus to pro-mote Safe Spaces, a CRC pro-gram she coordinates that helps students—regardless of their race, sexual orientation, reli-gion or politics—when they feel threatened or discriminated against.
“If people can see people that they recognize in this ex-hibit and say, ‘wow, I had no idea that person was insecure about that thing,’” Panagakos said. “Hope-fully it will generate empathy, and I’m hop-ing it will generate discussion about what it means to be an inclusive campus and how we all should realize that we’re human.”
Rosenfield talked about the project to an audience of approximately 100 people at the Recital Hall on Feb. 24.
He that said 10 years ago, he was an “opinionated jerk” and “materialistic,” and as a result, his relationships with those around him suffered. He wasn’t happy and realized that he needed to change.
“I decided to open up and show who I really was, rather than hide it and pretend like I was this perfect person and that noth-ing was ever wrong,” Rosenfield said.
Rosenfield said that his relationships improved and that he felt much happier.
For Rosenfield, the “What I Be Project” was a test on something that worked in his life, a test he decided to do through his pas-
sion: photography. “Through sharing what is going on
with you, I think it opens up so many doors for other people to accept what is going on because they feel connected because they might have the same issue,” Rosenfield said.
Rosenfield said he has photographed around 500 people for this project, which started in 2010.
Rosenfield introduced the audience to his friend, Amanda Stang, who joined the lecture through Skype. Stang, who was the first person to be photographed in Rosen-field’s project, read her essay about the in-security of her body.
Rosenfield showed some of the pic-tures from his project and said that con-fessing your insecurity forces you to take responsibility.
“I think you become accountable when you tell someone because then they hold you ac-countable,” Rosenfield said.
“If we share our insecurities, we’re going to be held ac-countable for them, rather than shying away from them, which I think is what stunts our growth in ourselves.”
He then did an exer-cise with the audience in which he asked someone to stand up and tell the rest of the audience about his or her insecurity. One vol-unteer stood up and admit-
ted he was insecure about his acne. Others followed and began
The event, especially Rosenfield’s statement about accountability, had quite an impact on Viktor Varnas, a 21-year-old nursing major, who stood up and told the audience that he was insecure about abus-ing pills.
“I noticed that and I capitalized on the opportunity because I haven’t told anyone before this,” Varnas said. “I’ve never told anyone that I had a problem. An exposure to people leads to accountability. So I am now accountable to everyone here.”
McKnight, who also attended the event, said that people don’t have to let their insecurities hold them back from liv-ing their lives.
“I’m living for today, and I’m going to let tomorrow take care of itself,” she said.
“But in letting tomorrow take care of itself, I’m not going to focus on my diagnosis.”
“I’m living for today, and I’m going to let tomorrow take care of itself. But in letting tomorrow take care of itself, I’m not going to focus on my diagnosis.”
Camico McKnightLiberal Studies
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Davis photographer captures people's insecurities through the 'What I Be Project'
By Vince [email protected]
At CRC Professor Kathryn Mayo and her photography class, Large Format Photogra-phy, are doing their own version of Rosenfield's "What I Be Project". Contact Mayo at (916) 691-7783 or email [email protected].
With Steve RosenfieldRosenfield may have finished working with CRC, but he still continues the "What I Be Project". Participate outside of CRC by emailing Rosenfield or checking out his Facebook and website at: •facebook.com/ganeshphotography •whatibeproject.com • [email protected]
Where to view What I Be photosRosenfield's "What I Be Project" photos will be located in CRC's Library building in early March. "What I Be Project" photos are also at facebook.com/ganeshphotography. View more of Steve Rosenfield's photography visit: www.stevejrosenfield.com
To Participate in the What I Be Project...
“I am not my diagnosis.” Camico McKnight
Steve Rosenfield | What I Be Project
“I am not my deployment.” Jason Silverhorn
Steve Rosenfield | What I Be Project
“I am not my revelry.” Professor Anastasia Panagakos
Steve Rosenfield | What I Be Project
“I am not my turban.” Makhan Virk
Steve Rosenfield | What I Be Project
Buildings, rivers and worlds are only a few things you can build in the popular free online game called Mine-craft.“It’s simple and fun for all ages,” said19-year-old me-chanical engerneering major Annie Lau, “people should try it out.”
Mus
icChis Brown and Rihanna are back together as the tandem both collaborated on each others singles which were released on Feb. 20.“Rihanna should be setting an ex-ample for her fans,” said Naty Oglesby, 30, nursing major. “She’s set to a higher standard.”
The West won 152-149. Kevin Durant was MVP and Kobe Bryant broke the all-time NBA All-Star game scoring record. “The All-Star weekend game was just boring overall,” said Chris Sevilloy, 20, general ed-ucation major. “I hated everything. It ruined my weekend.”
With rude petition signature collectors starting fights on the Bay Area Regional Tran-sit and accost-ing students here on our own campus for signatures, it’s no wonder Yashika Devi, 18-year-old radiology major said “The petitioners were just too much, a bit annoying.”
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Students find Facebook to be unimportant for socializing, despite linked violent crimes
A Tennessee couple was mur-dered after a woman was “de-friended” on Facebook, according to a Feb. 9 article published on Reuters
There were other factors to consider, according to the article, but it wasn’t until after the woman was removed from the couple’s Facebook that there was a reac-tion.
The article went on to tell about a man who struck his wife for not liking a post of his and a woman who set a garage on fire after being “defriended.”
The examples paint a picture where Facebook plays an integral role in socialization.
Cosumnes River College stu-dents were asked how big of a role Facebook plays in their so-cial lives, and half of those inter-viewed said that they did not like
Facebook or did not have one.Kyle Deutsch, a 19-year-old
anthropology student, had the same thoughts shared with most of the students who were asked about using Facebook.
“I have it but I rarely use it,” Deutsch said. “Some people take it too seriously.”
Deutsch said that while it is useful, “it never feels as deep as being with your friends and talk-ing to them.”
While Deutsch has been delet-ed by friends on Facebook before, he said that he was “a little sad,” but okay in the end.
Devin Munn, a 21-year-old computer science major, said that he doesn’t use Facebook often.
“It’s useful, but I’m not depen-dent,” Munn said
Munn expressed displeasure at being deleted by friends, but said that he also “defriends” people.
“I’ll unfriend someone if I don’t see them around,” Munn
said. “It doesn’t really change any-thing.”
However, Tasha Sanders, a 22-year-old art major, had a more positive look at Facebook.
“It’s important for business and talking to old friends,” she said.
Sanders said that she uses Facebook for her photography, and wanted to stress that Face-book is “really important for busi-ness,” as it is her only way of ad-vertising her photography.
Sanders has also been deleted by friends, but knew it was com-ing.
“I wasn’t angry,” she said. “It was inevitable. In the long run, people change and friendships move on.”
Sanders has mixed feelings on deleting people from her friends list.
“I feel like I have too many friends on Facebook and I want to delete some of them, but I feel bad,” she said.
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Limited parking frustrates students
Construction on Cosumnes River College’s future parking garage has had immediate effects on students.
Temporary Parking Lot E is unavailable, where the structure is being constructed.
“As of the start of the spring 2012 semester, approximately 473 parking spaces were unavail-able due to construction activi-ties,” CRC Administrative Ser-vices Director Cory Wathen said via email.
While it has been hard to find parking for some students, Wa-then said that “since the end of the second week of the semester, there have been spaces available in certain locations on campus, including the southeast corner of Lot E, the southwest corner of Lot C and the northwest corner of Lot A.”
However, while Wathen said that this should be the “most chal-lenging semester for parking,” he said that some construction proj-ects will be finishing up by the fall, opening up parking in Lot A and along the north side of cam-pus.
Students on campus were asked about their parking experi-ences.
Kirsten Larson, a 24-year-old
photography major, described parking this semester as “really crappy.”
Larson said she’s done a lot to get a spot, and that it can take 10 minutes to find a spot.
“I’ve given people rides to their car to take their spot,” Lar-son said. “Or I’ll stop and wait for someone to leave.
Following people to their cars is one way to get a parking spot, Larson said.
“I feel like I stalk them while they walk to their cars,” Larson said.
Scott Miller, an 18-year-old marketing major, had a different experience looking for parking.
Miller said that parking is “not bad,” and that he finds plenty of spaces.
“I park over by the art depart-ment,” Miller said.
“There’s lot of spaces. By the third or fourth week, people start dropping and there are open spots.”
However, Miller was the only student interviewed who said that he thought parking was not a problem.
Steve Hoang, a 22-year-old business administration major, shared similar frustrations as Lar-son.
“I try to come earlier just so I can get a better parking spot,” Hoang said.
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The Cosumnes River College Hawks opened the playoffs at home with a 66-63 overtime win against the Laney College Eagles on Feb. 24.
Freshman forward Nikki Gordon was clutch for the Hawks, scoring eight of her 21 points in overtime. She knocked down all six of her late-game free throws to cap off the win.
“Nikki hitting those free throws at the end is what clinched it for us,” CRC head coach Coral Sage said.
Gordon emphasized the im-portance of the playoff game.
“This was a go-hard-or-go-home game,” Gordon said. “You have to keep that fire. I just fo-cused in and made my shots.”
The Hawks controlled the first half with stifling defense and patient offense, forcing the Eagles into early foul trouble.
Capitalizing on the foul trouble, the Hawks made six free throws towards the end of the half and entered the locker room
with a 12-point lead.The Eagles started off the
second half with a 10-1 run, led by Dominique Williams-McNac, who scored 30 points for the Ea-gles.
However, the Hawks main-tained composure and controlled the majority of the second half with solid defense.
The Eagles continued to go on short runs that cut into the deficit, but each time, the Hawks slowed the game down and ended the run.
“We’re experienced,” Sage said. “We have quite a few sophomores. We just stayed calm and kept tell-ing ourselves that we are okay.”
Down by 12 points with five minutes left, Williams-McNac put the Eagles on her back and took over the game.
She scored 12 straight points for the Eagles, including a layup that tied the game and forced overtime.
“She was simply going off,” Sage said.
While the crowd was stunned that the game was headed to over-time, Sage gathered her team and calmed them down.
“We’ve been in situations like this all year long,” Sage said. “In close games we know what to do.”
The Hawks controlled the overtime period, but the Eagles had a chance to tie the game with
25 seconds left. However, Hawks sophomore
forward Natalia Gibson did not let that happen.
With the clock winding
down, Gibson blocked a shot, which electrified the crowd and sealed the win for the Hawks.
“This was a big victory for us,” said Hawks sophomore guard
Andraquay Quinnine, who scored 12 of her 16 points in the first half.
“We came up really big and for us to win it, it just extends our bas-ketball season longer.”
Freshman forward Nikki Gordon comes up big for the Hawks with game on the line
Hawks begin playoffs with overtime victory
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Former Cosumnes River College baseball star Jermaine Dye will be inducted into the California Community College Athletic Association Hall of Fame in March, according to a press re-lease.
Dye will be honored at the CCCAA Convention in San Ma-teo, Calif.
He will be CRC’s first ever athlete inducted into the CCCAA Hall of Fame and is already a member of the CRC Hall of Fame.
Dye was initially drafted into the pros out of high school, but instead came to CRC to pitch for then coach Rod Beilby.
Rather than use Dye as a pitcher, Beilby said he saw Dye as more of a hitter and moved him to the outfield.
Dye played for CRC during the 1992-1993 season, where he finished his freshman year lead-ing the team in slugging percent-age (.744), on base percentage (.480), batting average (.397) and doubles (13).
As an outfielder, Dye record-ed nine assists and was second on the team in runs scored with 29.
In conference play, Dye led
the team in runs scored, hits and doubles.
After a record season, Dye was named the Bay Valley Con-ference Most Valuable Player for the 1993 season.
After one season at CRC, Dye was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 17th round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft.
He played 2 1/2 years in the minor leagues and was named MVP in both Class A and Dou-ble-A baseball.
After posting impressive numbers in the minors, Dye fi-nally got the call up to the major leagues and made his debut for the Braves on May 17, 1996.
Dye made the most of his op-portunity after launching a home run against the Cincinnati Reds in his first major league at bat.
Dye was traded to the Kan-sas City Royals in 1997 where he played four seasons.
He was named to the Ameri-can League All-Star team in 2000, and won a Gold Glove for out-standing defensive play in the outfield.
Dye was traded to the Oak-land Athletics on July 25, 2001 as part of a three-team trade.
Dye played four seasons for the Athletics and was part of the
infamous “Moneyball” team.In 2005, Dye played for the
Chicago White Sox and won a World Series.
Dye was also named the World Series’ MVP after hitting .438 with a home run and three RBIs in four games.
In 2006, Dye hit a career high 44 home runs and was second in the American League in that cat-egory.
Dye also won a Silver Slug-ger Award for the highest batting average in the American League and made his second All-Star team.
After 14 seasons in the ma-jors, Dye retired after hitting 325 career home runs and knocking in over 1,000 runs.
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Ex-Hawk is 2012 Community College Hall of Fame inductee
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The women's basketball team rallies before winning its first game of the 2012 playoffs. Both the men's and women's teams won Feb. 24, marking the first time they have made it this far at the same time.
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The Consumnes River Hawks fell to the Chabot Col-lege Gladiators 7-3 on Feb. 21, dropping to a 3-6 record.
Due to construction at CRC’s baseball field, the game was played at California State University, Sacramento.
“We didn’t hit with guys in scoring position. We walked too many guys [and] hit a couple guys. They were a better team,” CRC head coach Tony Bloom-field said.
Chabot’s starting pitcher Juan Padilla, who got the win, pitched seven innings, giving up three hits and no runs.
“Our guys didn’t attack him right,” Bloomfield said. “He’s a sinker, slider guy. Our guys were giving in.”
CRC’s starting pitcher Austin Ales took the loss, as he pitched five innings and gave up six hits and three runs.
The Gladiators drew first blood, scoring a run in the third inning and two more in the fourth inning.
The Hawks failed to catch up and soon found themselves down five runs when the Gladi-ators scored twice in the eighth inning.
But the Hawks refused to fold their wings.
After two singles by soph-omore center fielder Colby Brenner and sophomore second baseman Jake Schu, freshman first baseman Garrett Heisinger walked to load the bases with one out.
Sophomore shortstop Josh Silver struck out swinging, and with two outs, sophomore third baseman Phillip Roa hit a single to bring Brenner home, giving CRC its first run of the game.
Sophomore catcher Shawn Wheeler smacked a line drive over the leaping shortstop to bring in two more runs, making the score 5-3.
“We knew they were go-ing to come back,” said Chabot head coach Steve Friend. “Go-ing through my mind was, ‘Help. Let’s get out of this inning.’”
With two down and the po-tential winning run at the plate, sophomore designated hitter Colby Wilmer hit a towering foul ball down the left field line that appeared to be out of reach, but that didn’t stop the Gladia-tor’s freshman left fielder Rett Cortez.
“At first, I didn’t think I was going to be able to get there,” Cortez said.
“But the ball was hit really high, so I kept sprinting out there and then decided I could make a play. So I ended up div-ing and caught it.”
Cortez’s catch bailed out his team and ended CRC’s eighth inning threat.
The Gladiators added two more runs in the ninth inning and eventually sealed the game 7-3, improving their record to 6-4.
Bloomfield said the Hawks need to find a way to play better and be more consistent.
“We got a long ways to go to get ready for the Big 8,” Bloom-field said.
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Baseball team falls to Chabot College
Jermaine Dye
“Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don’t get the same praise.”
Those are the words of famed boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who obviously hasn’t been reading Jer-emy Lin’s stat sheets.
Lin is the first Harvard grad-uate to play in the NBA in almost 60 years, and he’s the first Ameri-can of Taiwanese ancestry to play in the NBA.
In his first five games as a starter he averaged over 20 points and at least seven assists, some-thing no one has ever done in NBA history.
He was also the thirteenth athlete in history to dawn the cover of Sports Illustrated two weeks in a row, and he has ac-complished all of this in just his second year in the league.
No one ever gave Lin a chance, in fact according to ESPN, the New York Knicks were set to
waive him but gave him his op-portunity because of the lack of depth at the point guard position.
Lin was on the Golden State Warriors last season, which many speculated was just a publicity stunt to attract Asian-American fans, before getting waived on the first day of training camp. Lin then played for the Houston Rockets before be-ing let go.
As a senior, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a state title and was considered one of the best high school bas-ketball players in California.
He wanted to play at UCLA or Stanford, but no college of-fered him an athletic scholarship. Instead, he got stuck with the ath-lete’s idea of the ugly twin sister named Harvard, where he set the Ivy League scoring record.
Mayweather Jr. is right, race does play a part, but Lin is not just another one-hit wonder.
The kid can play; he goes up against the best in the world every night.
While on his way to a seven-game win streak, he has beaten the likes of gold-medalist Deron Williams, 2011 number one over-
all draft pick John Wall, five-time NBA champion Derek Fisher and the highly-touted rookie Ricky Rubio.
While Lin is the newest American underdog story of hard work and persistence, it wasn’t an Asian-American story until Lin came along.
He is not only battling his oppo-nents, but he is also fighting the nega-tive stereotypes that go along with being an Asian-American athlete.
Though race should not matter, with Lin it does. In fact, in an attempt
to be witty, an ESPN writer was fired for writing a headline that read “Chink in the armor” when referring to Lin’s high rate of turnovers.
Now it’s time for us to see if it’s Lin’s skill or race that keeps him in the spotlight.
Kobe Bryant was quoted in saying, “Players don’t usually come out of nowhere. If you can go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning.”
Maybe that’s why Lin can-not get away from the deafening cheers of M-V-P every time he touches the ball.
Last year, after scares of the Sacramento Kings relocating to Anaheim due to Sacramento hav-ing an outdated arena, the NBA and the Maloofs—family that owns the Kings—agreed to give the city one more year to approve a new arena or relocation talks would be readdressed.
Now, only a few days are left until March 6, when the Sacra-mento City Council votes to ac-cept or reject a proposed term sheet for the financing of an es-timated $387 million new sports and entertainment complex in Sacramento.
Over the course of the NBA’s All-Star weekend, Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, city rep-resentatives, NBA Commissioner David Stern, Anschutz Entertain-ment Group —the proposed arena operator—and the Maloofs spent several hours each day negotiat-ing the possible terms of the are-na’s financing.
On Feb. 27, all parties agreed to a tentative deal, which includes up to $250 million from the city, mostly from the leasing of down-town parking, approximately $75 million from the Maloofs with possibly another $60-$70 million coming from them over the life of the deal, roughly $60 million coming from AEG and possibly some extra money coming from the NBA.
The proposed sports and en-tertainment complex has larger
implications than simply keeping the Kings.
The city of Sacramento is in a catch-22 where the city is both in a reported $39 million deficit, according to the City of Sacra-mento’s website, and lacking a major attraction such as an up-dated sports and entertainment complex.
Sacramento has missed out on big name concerts and events and seen the attendance drop at Kings’ games in recent years, all completely or partially due to the outdated Power Balance Pavilion. This all results in money lost for
surrounding businesses and the city as a whole.
In recent years, Sacramento has also lost out on the revenue from NCAA tournament games that the city hosted for many years.
The Kings and the Power Balance Pavilion also employ roughly 4,000 people, meaning a huge loss of jobs should the team leave town.
The fact is, if the entertain-ment and sports complex isn’t built, the Kings and future events will leave town. And the cost of losing more attraction and city
revenue is far greater than the cost of investing in a new arena now.
Cities such as Indianapolis, Oklahoma City and Orlando are great examples of how new or updated sports complexes can revitalize a fan base and increase traffic to the city. Orlando just re-ceived the 2012 All-Star game, its first in 20 years, after building a new arena. Indianapolis received the 2011 Superbowl after opening a new football stadium in 2008.
According to Micronomics, an economic research and con-sulting firm, the 2011 All-Star
Game in Los Angeles game was expected to generate $85 million for the city.
Now, there are only a few more days and we find out if Sac-ramento will be added to the list of cities with a new arena and re-vitalized economic opportunities.
The proposal will be avail-able online for public viewing as of March 1, but the vote now hangs in the hands of the nine members of the Sacramento City Council.
Five more votes is all it takes to redefine Sacramento history forever.
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Opinion: New arena is needed in Sacramento
An artist's rendition of the proposed sports and entertainment complex that may be built in the old Downtown Sacramento Railyards.
Opinion: Race shouldn't matter with Jeremy Lin
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March 6 city council vote will decide final outcome of new arena
Lin's basketball talent and Asian-American ancestry continues to captivate basketall fans across the world
“Players don't usually come out of nowhere. If you can go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning.”
Kobe Bryant
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Cosumnes River College has mul-tiple ongoing construction projects spread throughout the campus.
The goals of the construction projects are to “expand and improve constructional space, add parking spaces and improve ac-cess to facilities for all staff and students, including those with mobility challenges,” said Public Information Officer Kristie West.
The first construction project is the parking garage, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2013. The garage will add approximately 2,000 parking spac-es to support a future light rail extension to CRC, West said.
“It would get me downtown quicker,” said Jerry Mcnabb, a 36-year-old geogra-phy major. “It sucks having to wait for the buses to come around.”
In addition to the parking garage, there is building upgrades and construc-tion occurring on the northeast side of CRC.
These projects include a new green-house, an instructional building for weld-ing, construction and horticulture pro-grams and remodeling the custodial and receiving operations building. West added that this project is set to be completed in the fall of 2012.
In efforts to upgrade facilities and bring improvements to parking and acces-sibility, there is a barrage of construction
being done in the athletics department.This includes a new synthetic field for
the stadium, as well as new soccer, baseball and softball fields. In addition to these im-provements, landscaping and parking will be added to the athletic fields on the north side of campus, West said.
“I just think it's odd to spend money on a new stadium when we could use that money for new teachers or classes,” said 24-year-old history major Elijah Rodriguez.
The athletics construction is sched-uled to be completed in the fall of 2012.
One of the newest construction proj-ects underway is the Winn Center for Architecture and Construction, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2013.
This building will “provide instruc-tional space for architecture, construction, photography, pharmacy tech and other ac-ademic programs, along with a community room and offices,” West said.
All projects have been funded by state and local bonds, local and federal funds through Sacramento Regional Transit and private donations including a $1 million donation from Winn Brothers.
The general response of all the ongo-ing construction is mostly positive.
“For the amount of construction taking place at one time, the response is largely favorable. Seeing the exciting new facilities developing for the college’s future with rel-atively little impact on normal operations,” West said.
By Cody [email protected]
Construction for Cosumnes River College's new parking structure began on Nov. 7. The structure will contain about 2,000 parking spaces and will be completed in 2013.
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Students react to gay marriage decision
By Josh [email protected]
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Feb. 9 that California’s Proposition 8 was unconstitutional.
In the 2008 general election, Proposi-tion 8 was passed, which banned same-sex marriage, leaving some Californians excit-ed and some upset.
Since then, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community has been struggling and pushing for equal rights. Because of the appeal of Proposition 8, the LGBT community is another step closer to equal rights and many people are in favor of the decision.
“I think it’s great that Prop. 8 got over-turned because I have family who wants to get married who couldn’t before but can now,” said Monique Reveles, a medical ad-ministration major.
Gov. Brown said in a statement that he agrees with the court’s decision.
“The court has rendered a powerful af-firmation of the right of same-sex couples to marry,” Brown said. “I applaud the wis-dom and courage of this decision.”
Idrese Baskerville, a 20-year-old psy-chology major, said that the overturning of Proposition 8 will have a positive effect on society because it shows that people can be comfortable in public, and it will give them a “sense of acceptance.”
However, some students are against the overturning of Proposition 8, such as Cathy Chao, a 19-year-old early childhood education major. Chao said that marriage should stay between a man and a woman because it is stated in the Bible.
“I have nothing against gay people,” Chao said. “I have some gay friends, but it’s what I believe.”
One of the arguments in favor of Prop-osition 8 is that gay marriage will have a negative effect on children.
“I don’t think that gay marriages will af-fect children,” said Devin Munn, a 21-year-old computer science major. “It’s the par-ents who will affect and influence their children.”
History professor Jason Newman pre-dicts that those who are against gay mar-riage will continue to fight the issue.
“What will happen next is that those who are pledged against gay marriage will take the case to the Supreme Court,” said Newman in one of his recent lectures. “So it won’t be a vote by the people. It will be a Supreme Court decision.”
New buildings to arrive on campusConstruction to include several new buildings and fields that will shape the college's future, says Public Information Officer Kristie West
• In Nov. 2008, a 52 to 48 percent vote ruled in favor of Proposition 8.
• On Feb. 23, the 9th Circuit of Appeals ruled Prop 8 unconstitutional because it violated the 14th Amendment.
• Proposition 8 supporters can still bring it to the Supreme Court, where the decision would be made by the court, not the people.
Need to Know
Court overruling of Proposition 8 leaves students and faculty with mixed reactions
