MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 + VOLUME 24. ISSUE 11

FEATURE

What to do when a shooter strikes

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Philharmonic &documentaries

SPORTS

CHP lose heated game

KIMBERLY JOHNSON

The walls of the CAA Student Gallery will soon be filled with pint-sized fixtures of art.

“Tiny Thoughts,” the gallery’s upcom-ing exhibition, is looking for compact- sized creations measuring 8” x 8” or small-er. Submissions will be accepted through March 7 in the Wignall Museum of Con-temporary Arts.

The guidelines welcome work of all mediums, but must fall within the small confines of the desired miniature size. The

official call for art, released by (u)ntitled: The Wignall Art Organization, notes, “We live in a world that says ‘bigger is bet-ter. This same tendency persists in the art world too.” With “Tiny Thoughts,” this no-tion is challenged by showcasing the inge-nuity of minimally sized art.

The exhibition will run from March 24 through May 9. Bring installation ready art to The Wignall during their regularly scheduled hours for a chance to contribute to the show.

For more information, contact (u)nti-tled.wignallclub@gmail.com

Tiny Thoughts:Calling for student submissions of the

minimal — and miniature

RYAN GELUZ

Acrobat Jason Jiang carefully positioned stackable dinnerware on one of his feet, flip-ping them up one after the other onto a balanc-ing point at the top of his head — one bowl, then three more, a saucer, and a spoon. With his other leg, he drove a unicycle.

Students gathered in the quad on Feb. 12 to attend Club Rush and were treated to Lunar New Year festivities that featured exotic food tasting, a two-person lion dance, Chinese Mu-sic on a bamboo flute, and a unicycle acrobat.

In addition to being entertaining, commu-nity members said the event was educational.

Cynthia Hsiang, a music teacher at Pasa-dena City College, participated as a festival musician and as one of the emcees.

“It’s good for cultural understanding,” Hsiang said. “We’ve been doing Chinese New Year parades for 20 years.”

International Student Coordinator Saba Ka-zmi seconded that, saying the event provided students with a learning opportunity.

“We’ve been doing it for eight years,” Ka-zmi said. “Every year, the goal is to make it better and better.”

Chaffey didn’t always celebrate Lunar New Year. The origins of the event, Kazmi said, were relatively humble.

“It started with a Chinese student that was homesick,” she said.

A handful of children from the Child De-

velopment Center filled up a section of the au-dience. Erin Gomez, their teacher, supervised the visit.

“The kids loved it,” Gomez said, calling the performance the best she’s seen in the seven years she’s worked at Chaffey.

Gomez also stressed an educational motive.“The main reason we make it a point to par-

ticipate is so the students can learn about dif-ferent cultures,” she said.

Inter-Club Council Commissioner Annie Duke managed the Club Rush portion of the event. The Lunar New Year celebration, she said, attracted more people to club rush.

“The goal is to try to get students motivated to join these clubs,” Duke said. “I think it was pretty successful.”

The people drawn by large events like Club Rush lead people to scholarship opportunities, guidance centers, and other resources, said ASCC Senator Logan Graham.

“Bringing everyone close lets everyone know what options they have,” he said.

Other students shared a deeper perspective.“College is about sharing ideas,” third year

philosophy major Chris Armijo said. “Formal classroom education is good, but it’s not the same.”

Armijo is the president of the Society of Cultural Acceptance. He stressed the im-portance of students’ diversity of interests.

“When you’re part of the majority, it’s hard to understand the minority.”

Club Rush 2014: Year of the Horse

MICHELLE MENESJason Jiang performs the lion dance in celebration of Chinese New Year in the Quad on Feb. 12.

JANET TRENIERJason Jiang balances on unicycle during the Chines New Year celebration in the Quad on Feb. 12.

Monday, March 3UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley Trip

The Transfer Center has announce its 2014 trip to Northern California. Students will be visiting UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley on March 18 and 19. Trans-portation and lodging will be provided. For additional information, contact the Transfer Center. Applications must be submitted to the Transfer Center by 7 p.m. on Monday, March 3. The activity is sponsored by EOPS,

ASCC and Student Activities.

Tuesday, March 4Budget Forum

Join Dr. Henry Shannon and college administratorsin a discussion of the college budget on Tuesday, March

4 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Center for the Arts - A - Room 218

Friday, March 7Tiny Thoughts

“Tiny Thoughts,” CAA Room 218 will be holding upcoming exhibition, is looking for compact sized

creations measuring 8” x 8” or smaller. Submissions will be accepted through March 7 in the Wignall Museum of

Contemporary Arts.

Crime Log

Jan. 13 — Petty Theft: Bldg/ Vehicle/etcJan. 14 — VC - Revoked/ Suspended licenseJan. 15 — Vandalism: Deface PropertyJan. 15 — Hit and Run property damage onlyJan. 16 — Stolen VehicleJan. 21 — Disorderly Conduct:alcoholJan. 21 — Petty Theft: Bldg/ Vehicle/ etcJan. 21 — DisturbanceJan. 22 — StalkingJan. 24 — Spousal AbuseJan. 30 — Petty Theft: Bldg/ Vehicle/ etc.Feb. 02 —Outside Warrant/ Misdemeanor Feb. 07 — Annoy/ Harassing telephone callFeb. 07 — Burglary Feb. 12 — Petty Theft: Bldg/Vehicle/etcFeb. 13 — Knowingly acc and w/o perm alter. Know-ingly acc and w/o per, takes unauthorized computer accessFeb. 18 — Display unauthorized disabled place cardFeb. 18 — Robbery, assault w/ deadly weapon false id to specific Po’sFeb. 20 — Sex offend fail to reg/chg address

ASCCThe Associated Students of Chaffey College campus council continues to work hard serving the students.

During the month of March, ASCC will be celebrating Women’s History Month with a lecture on Thursday,

March 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Student Activities.

On Monday, March 10, students who are taking ses-sion two of Fast Track are welcome to apply for the Emergency Book Grant. For more information, con-tact the Office of Student Activites at 909-652-6590.

Elections for the 2014-2015 ASCC will begin in March. Those interested in running should stop by the

Student Activities office for more information.

Reminder, ASCC is offering $100,000 worth of scholarships. The deadline for all scholarships is on Monday, March 24 at 2 p.m. in the Office of Student Activites. Chino or Fontana campus students should communicate with Student Activities for more infor-

mation on submitting your scholarships.

The Breeze is published up to seven times a semester by the journalism students at Chaffey Community College, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737. Telephone: 652-6934/6936. Opinions expressed in this publication are the responsibility of the student newspaper staff and should not be interpreted as the position of the Chaffey College District, the college or any officer or employee thereof. Letters and guest columns for or against any position are welcome. Letters should be kept as brief as possible (fewer than 300 words) and are subject to non-substantive editing according to guidelines established by the Associated Press. The Chaffey Breeze is a member of the Journalism Association of Community Col-leges and the California Newspaper Publishers Association.

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Editor-In-ChiefHanajun Chung hanajunchung@gmail.com

Managing EditorCalvin Huang

Online EditorsValeen GonzalesAndrew Coons

Photo EditorMichelle Menes

A & E EditorKimberly Johnson

Calendar EditorOmar Madriz PalmerinGenesis Zamora

Circulation ManagerNesha Dickson

Design EditorJake Baylor

Baseline Magazine EditorJulie CosgroveVisit the online magazine at; www.thebaselinemagazine.com

Staff Writers & PhotographersStudents of Journalism 30

Lab TechsJanet TrenierJake Baylor

AdviserMichelle DownDoug Walsh

Journalism Coordinator Neil Watkins

Other EventsMarch 3-9 February 24-March 2 Monday, February 24Transfer Center Workshop

The Transfer Center is holding Next Steps workshops to answer student questions and guide them toward their

transfer goals. CSUSB: Feb. 24, 11 a.m. - noon. To sign up for the workshop call (909) 652-6233.

Tuesday, February 25Sports

Baseball home game vs. Desert at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, February 26Sports

Softball home game vs. Oxnard at 2 p.m.

Thursday, February 27Sports

Baseball home game vs. L.A. Harbor at 2 p.m.

Thursday, February 27Christians at Chaffey

Every Thursday at 2 p.m. in CAA Room 215, join the Christian Club for live worship, featuring guest pastors.

Friday, February 28Commencement

Planning on participating in the 2014 Commencement exercises? Applications for graduation and certificates

for ceremony participants are due Friday, Feb. 28. Requirements and applications are available online at

http://www.chaffey.edu/counseling/index.shtml.

Friday, February 28UC Riverside Trip

Interested in attending UCR? The Transfer Center is holding a campus visit/tour on Friday, Feb. 28. The bus departs the Rancho Cucamonga Campus at 8 a.m. For

more information on this and other trips visit the Trans-fer Center in SSA or call (909) 652-6233.

Monday-Thursday, March 3-6Faculty/Staff of the Year

Nominations for the 2013-’14 “Faculty/Staff of the Year” will be held March 3-6. Students can nominate their favorites on March 3-5 in the Rancho campus

library foyer, March 5 from 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. in the Chino campus quad, and March 6 from 2:30 p.m.-6:30

p.m. at the Fontana campus student lounge.

Thursday, March 13ASCC Elections

Student Government Election Petitions are available in the Student Activities office. Get involved and run

for Student Government for 2014-2015 academic year. The deadline to submit petitions is Thursday, March 13,

2014 by noon in Student Activities.

Tuesday, March 11 Career Expo

Explore Chaffey’s cutting edge Programs of StudyDiscover marketable employment options. Meet with ac-complished faculty members. Make valued connections

with students currently vested in these programsTechnology, Nursing including RN, LVN & CNA, Den-tal Assisting, Gerontology, Pharmacy and Radiological Technology. The event will be held on Tuesday, March

11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rancho Cucamonga campus on the north side of the MACC.

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Corrections and Omissions It wouldn’t be enough to say things fell through a crack. It’s tough to make that metaphor with a news-room, a site specifically design for repeated inspec-tions and edits. But to our discontent, the errors still appear in print. Several stories in Volume 24, Issue 10 did not have the proper copy editing, littering the issue with things such as poor grammar and structure. The one thing we do wish to fix are the names.

Page 7 - “Joyce Munoz” is supposed to be “Jodie Mu-noz.” - In the photo, “John Williams” is supposed to be “John Gilliam.” - “Pape Seck’s” name is incorrectly spelled in the body of his story.

Page 8 -”Sadie Griffith” is actually “Sadie Gribbon.”

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JOSHUA ARNAO

The times, they are a-changin’. The threat of an active shooter on a

school campus has become a real threat for students, and that threat doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. In 2012, there were 10 school shootings that left a total of 41 people dead and 13 wounded. That number jumped up to 28 dead in 2013.

January 2014 saw 11 school shootings in 19 days. Factoring in schools being out for Winter break, weekends and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, there was almost one account of gun violence a day to start off the year.

The landscape for what defines a safe campus has changed drastically over the past decade. Thanks to the events that oc-curred at Columbine school security and local law enforcement have been saddled with the tedious task of revamping and im-

proving procedures and systems in hopes of recreating a safe learning environment.

The security on campus does an excep-tional job of creating a safe environment. Currently the Chaffey Police force is about 50 strong. These are not security officers but rather fully trained police officers. They are well-trained and equipped to han-dle any on-campus situation that may arise and are also backed by the full force of the San Bernardino Sheriff department.

In the case of a active shooter Campus Police are trained to confront the assail-ant head on. Before the tragedy at Colum-bine, standard procedure was to wait for S.W.A.T to assemble and engage the sus-pect. This tactic wasted valuable time and — as seen at Columbine — it can also lead to loss of life and severe injury,

“It’s about doing the job quickly and effectively,” Steven Lux, Administrator of Chaffey College Police, said.

Lux said that the current approach is that as soon as dispatch notifies police of a situation, they in turn contact local law enforcement and proceed to try and divert attention from the suspect to the officers.

The campus offers two means of alert-ing campus police of an emergency.

The first are the bright blue phones sta-tioned around campus. These phones have a direct line to dispatch allowing any stu-dent to alert the authorities of suspicious behavior. Being aware and taking mental inventory of the location of these phones is of the utmost importance for all students and staff.

The second is the school-wide emer-gency text message service. Cell phones have become an important part of student social lives and they can also become an incredible tool in student safety. Sign up for the service is easy and can be found at the Chaffey website.

In the case of a campus- related emergency, the marquee will also be uti-lized. The large, electronic, message board located in front of the school can be quickly updated with school closures and emer-gency info. The school website is also a valuable tool and will be updated with any emergency info as needed.

The staff and student body’s safety doesn’t end with Campus Police though. Being aware and avoiding distractions is the first line of defense in most emergencies, according to Lux.

“One of the highest pri-orities for campus security is teaching you to be en-gaged in what you’re do-ing,” he said.

As easy as it may be to get lost in music on an

iPhone, Twitter or Facebook Lux said be-ing aware and alert is always a must.

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The quick and the efficient: Chaffey Police and shooters

911 for emergencies6911 for campusemergencies909/ 652-6911 When calling from a cellular or off-campus phone

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LUIS CHAVEZ

Turn off the faucet and cut water usage.Gov. Jerry Brown announced a state of

drought emergency for all California citi-zens on Jan. 17. As the temperature rises, so does the amount of precaution that citi-zens need to take to keep water consump-tion amount at a normal level.

According to Brown, the weather con-ditions for the next several months looks to be more of the same, which means many habits of daily life need to be changed.

The Cucamonga Valley Water District (CVWD) offers water conservation tips on its website, including:

• Catch tap water in the sink while wait-ing for it to warm or cool and use on house plants or dry spots in the yard.

• Run full loads in the dishwasher and clothes washer.

• Hand wash dishes instead of using the dishwasher.

• Do not hand wash vehicles; instead take to a car wash where the water is re-used on site.

• Cut down one or two minutes on showers, which can save up to five gallons of water each time.

“I didn’t really think about it that much, but I am going to probably turn off the fau-cet when I am not using it,” sociology ma-jor and student worker Nabil Torres said.

That is another CVWD tip — Turn off the faucet when brushing teeth or shaving, which can save up to three gallons a day.

“I’ll probably change most of my plants to water-efficient plants and get a military water tablet,” student worker Nannette Hernandez said.

This too is another of the CVWD tips; reducing lawn irrigation by 50 percent and installing low-water-use plants, which can save up to 18,000 gallons a month.

Facing a staggering amount of heat and a limited amount of water, Brown says Californians must change everyday rituals no matter how small.

Save water, save California

For more tips like the listed,

check out:cvwdwater.com

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CHARMAINE TROY

Despite having only three members, the L.A. Philharmonic String Quar-tet created a new program in less than 24 hours, rehears-ing the pieces the day of the concert.

The Quartet usually has four members, but Mitch Newman, one of the per-formers was hospitalized the day before the concert from reported chest pains.The quartet, minus one, performed in the Chaffey theater on Feb. 7.

Brandon Bernstein, mu-sic theory intructor, intro-duced the trio, calling the L.A. Philharmonic, which has toured internationally, one the renowned orchestra groups in world.

The lights dimmed and the trio came out, bowed and began to play the “One String Trio.” The cresendos and decresend-os took the audience to a sense of serenity.

As the seven-minute piece came to an end, Vijay Gupta, first violinist, stood up and introduced Michael Larco, violinist, and Tao Ni, cellist.

Gupta gave a brief history for each mem-

ber and introduced the next piece; Second Opus, third movement by Beethoven.

The trio played shortly and stopped. Gupta stood up again and they could not play the whole movement for the sake of time. The next piece was called First Movement String Serenade.

He thanked the two members for play-ing. The lights dimmed again, Gupta left the stage and the projector lowered.

After a video about his charity organiza-tion, A Street Symphony, Gupta performed Johann Sebastian Bach, titled Chaconne. To the audience’s amazement, Gupta had memorized the 15-minute piece in its en-tirety. After his solo, an open Q-and-A fol-lowed. Gupta started playing the violin at age 4.

“Michael Larco was my first teacher. It took me 16 years to memorize Bach’s

piece,” Gupta said. “The violin I am using was made in 1731 in Medecin Vienne.”

Larco started playing violin at age 4 as well.

“I went to a lot of concerts as a child,” Larco said. “I got the bug and I started with suzuki method on the violin. I played the viola in high school and joined a quartet and I had a viola teacher the same time as violin, but the sound is much richer with the viola.”

Ni started playing the cello at age 9.

“My dad was a cellist and I started liking the sound,” he said. “I got more serious at it and March 2014 will be my second year in the Philharmonics.”

Bernstein was responsible for asking the L.A. Philharmonics members to come to campus and encourages more people to in-

volve themselves in the music movement.“We live in a system where the media

wants you to be smart enough to push the buttons,” Bernstein said. “Making people aware is very important, there are home-less shelters where people can volunteer.”

To find out more about street symphony visit www.streetsymphony.org.

LA Philharmonic String Quartet perform for Chaffey

NESHA DICKSON

Thespians are hard at work putting the finishing touches on what promises to be a stellar performance of Molière’s “Tar-tuffe.”

Director Kelly Ford, theatre arts pro-fessor, is orchestrating an impressive re-hearsal process for this French slapstick comedy. The cast and crew are currently in the fourth week of their six-week rehears-al deadline. Timeline aside, this talented group is making unprecedented progress.

In theatre, the term “blocking” means to

give a character direction and Ford wanted to make sure she established movement for the actors.

“As a director, I knew ahead of time to pre-block everything,” Ford said. “I came in and blocked this show in eight days.”

Ford began rehearsal with an announce-ment. She notified the cast that she would like for them to have their lines memorized by the end of the week, making them fully aware of the undertaking they were gear-ing up for. But from the looks of things, the actors are more than capable of delivering their lines, and then some.

Deceitful is hardly a strong enough adjec-tive to describe the troublesome deviant Tartuffe. Molière’s classic tells the story of a man who cons his way into an innocent fam-ily’s home by posing as a man of religious vir-tue.

History major Alfred Munoz has landed his second lead role in a Chaffey pro-duction starring as the infamous Tartuffe. Mu-noz previously starred as Chief Bromden in the March 2012 pro-duction of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

“I have not taken any (act-ing) classes at all,” Munoz said. “I study from by watching other

people. When you have awesome directors like Kelly, who are knowledgeable and let you have creative freedom, you get the whole experience.”

Joshua Kemmling, theatre arts major, stole the show during the rehearsal of the final acts. Kemmling is still reeling from the success of the first Chaffey production he starred in last November, “Avenue Q.” With this being only his sophomore per-formance, he is already making quite the impression.

“I’ve been studying acting for about 15

years,” Kemmling said. “It’s a little bit of natural talent and a lot of studying to make it look natural.”

Kemmling will be playing the role of Orgon, a family man who strongly admires Tartuffe making himsusceptible to Tar-tuffe’s deceptions.

Playing the role of Orgon’s wife, Elmire, is alumna Erica Radomsky. After attending Chaffey from 2006 to 2009, she remained in contact with Kelly Ford. Radomsky now does hair and make-up at Disneyland.

“I was getting the bug to come back because I love theatre,” Radomsky said. “Kelly is such a great director. I feel like she has given the show ‘I Love Lucy’ hu-mor.”

“Kelly is an absolute treasure,” Kem-mling said. “I could not be where I am now without her. She is phenomenal.”

Ford had humble beginnings starting as a part-time professor nearly 15 years ago. With nine Chaffey productions under her belt, she is certainly qualified to produce her 10th quality show. More importantly, Ford strives to make cast and crew alike feel part of the production.

“I have an amazing group of actors, who are also amazing humans, and crew members who have the biggest hearts,” she said. “My goal is to make sure that nobody feels like they’re not important.”

Don’t let the sophisticated self-title fool you. “Tartuffe” is sure to be a mischievous-ly witty comedy perfect for any adult audi-ence to enjoy.

Performance Schedule

‘Tartuffe’ cast excels during rapid rehearsals for March release

ERIC DINIELLIVijay Gupta plays on the priceless violin in the theater Feb. 7.

NESHA DICKSONJoshua Kemmling’s character Orgon is stunned to hear Tartuffe (played by Alfred Munoz) seducing his wife Elmire (played by Erica Radomsky).

Thursday, March 6 @ 7:30 p.m.Friday, March 7 @ 7:30 p.m.Saturday, March 8 @ 7:30 p.m.Sunday, March 9 @ 2 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the Bookstore or online at books.chaffey.edu

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BREE PETERSON

Students had the opportunity on Feb. 10 to experience the art of filmmaking, the light of community and the terror of war. “A Generation of War,” a collaboration be-tween director Louise Salter, artist Johan Andersson, and activist veteran Ted Haler, was screened in CAA-112.

The journey of this film’s production be-gan when Cheryl Montelle, founder of the Mil-Tree Foundation, interviewed veteran and writer Jim Morrison. Morrison went to war for the experience. When asked if he would return to war, he said “yes” without hesitation. This sparked interest for Mon-telle, so she referred Morrison to Ted Haler.

Haler is a 66-year old, easygoing, multi-talented active speaker for veteran’s rights. He is staunchly anti-war. He told the room that if the government were to walk in and demand that those bearing witness be sent to war, he would “break your fucking legs. You don’t need to know what I know.”

He says that he’s never left the battle-field. “I was told there’s (sic) a man who would go back to war. I had to speak out. I parted my skin and opened my chest and bared it all.”

A stranger referred Haler to director Salter. Salter is one of the founders of The Laboratory, which is an International Arts Collective. She is also the creative director of the Laboratory Arts Collective Maga-zine. She became interested in Haler’s experience, and at first did not set out to create this project.

After listening to Haler’s emotionally gripping memories, she decided to capture what she saw. She wanted to film Haler with the intention of having a rebuttal to Morrison’s views.

“We were so astonished and moved when we found about what happened to Ted and his friends,” she said.

Haler revealed things to her that he had never spoken about to anyone. Thus their bond was tightly formed.

They were both then connected to the young influential artist, Johan Andersson. He has been named one of Britain’s top 100 most influential, creative minds by TimeOut.com. He has also been featured on widely-popular Ted Talk.

As the blinds closed, the collaborators

took a seat in the front row. The room qui-eted to a thundering silence as the view-ers waited anxiously. The music began, and Haler appeared on screen in black and white. He began recounting his tour. The screen then changed to Andersson and his blank canvass, sitting in front of Haler.

The premise of the film was that An-dersson painted Haler while listening to his story to capture the fleeting emotions. Andersson began with Haler’s eyes, be-cause he believed that the eyes are the most expressive and central features of the face. Haler told his story as a voiceover. The painting was time lapsed. As the art-ist filled out the mouth, the sounds of war filled the room.

About his first kill, Haler says, “That was my baptism.”

At the end of the film, the portrait is un-veiled to Haler. He is clearly moved, but it’s almost like his face and his mind were disconnected. His eyes swelled with tears. “That’s me? I don’t remember that.”

Andersson remembered feeling proud of the finished product. He believed in the film providing justice and a voice. To An-dersson, color, light and magic turned into his signature work.

It seems like they were equally sur-prised by the outcome. This film literally saved the life of a man so overcome by grief that he was on the brink of suicide. Haler told him to watch the film, and that put a stop to his actions.

Haler talked about the fact that more veterans are lost to suicide than to combat. “We all have a responsibility… We feel so isolated and alone. It’s terrible.”

Montelle believes that it’s a ripple ef-fect. “Practice listening to one another. If you have the opportunity, listen. Every-body affects everybody else.” She felt awe and respect for the finished product.

One of the goals of the film was to in-spire people to become active within the veteran population. Haler’s best advice is “Be involved with all aspects of your com-munity. Vote and when you see something out of place, take some kind of action.”

The group will be back on Wednesday, March 12, with an exhibit called The Art of War in the CAA Student Gallery from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

‘Generation of War’ taps deeply into Vietnam vet’s past psyche

ANTHONY TEMM

From San Diego to Inyo County, stu-dents in Chaffey’s auto-tech show they aren’t messing around.

For two weekends the college’s auto-tech team tackled a competition called SkillsUSA where students are timed to show off their skills on automotive and their person-to-person skills.

“There are two categories they compete in, skills and leadership,” Sherm Taylor, automotive technology instructor, said. “In leadership you have to be ready to be inter-viewed by multiple people with a resume in hand.”

Following the interview, students must complete a test that includes questions ranging from “What fork do you eat your salad with?” to broken of an A/C failure. The second weekend was practical.

“They give you 14 booths, each hav-ing a task you must complete,” Taylor said. Each booth requires approximately 12 minutes of completion time and must be handled in professional manner. “You are graded on everything the second you start,” Taylor said.

This year Taylor arrived with a team of five students who brought home a total of four gold medals, three silver and two bronze.

Four out the five members of the team will be moving on to State in April.

Taylor was pleasantly surprised with the results. He said that the competition of-fers students a chance to grow and to get Chaffey’s auto-tech name out there.

“If you win great, if you lose, great, as long as you gave it your all what’s there to be worried about?” he said.

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HANAJUN CHUNG

Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 “Robocop” is still fun today, iconic in pop-culture for be-ing a film that was about more than a half-man, half-robot cop. The 2014 remake still has the man-machine Alex Murphy, but it also has another unfortunate division.

“Robocop” is a film that has heart and conviction, but not enough to hold the sto-ry together.

In this version, it’s 2028 and the big corporation Omnicorp and its CEO Ray-mond Sellars (Michael Keaton) are trying to convince congress to follow other na-tions by policing America’s streets with robotic drones as opposed to human of-ficers. In their attempt, Omnicorp decides to put a man inside a machine. When De-tective Alex Murphy becomes horrifically disfigured in a targeted car-bombing, he becomes the best candidate to become America’s first Robocop.

Rather than being a mere carbon copy of the old, director Jose Padhilla and star Joel Kinneman try quite the opposite.

Padhilla brings his hand-held style into the world of cops and politicians—as seen in his pair of “Elite Squad” films—that re-ally opens the film in a grabbing way.

Kinneman’s Alex Murphy is gritty and rough (“The Killing,” “Easy Money”), someone modern audiences of the genre can identify. Instead of impersonating Peter Wellers’s memorable performance, Kinneman does a fine job in injecting some humanity in an otherwise robotic role (no

pun intended). For the most part, it works. The first

third of the film is engaging, but also pretty raw in its ability to generate some horrific and emotional scenes.

There’s something truly unnerving with the idea of a man coming into terms of be-ing a machine, and “Robocop” (2014) sells that element well with some revealing mo-ments regarding his “body” and his family.

It’s unfortunate then that the rest of the film’s 108 minute runtime unravels and ul-timately falls apart due to the script.

The villains in the film give away so much exposition that it’s comical, even for Michael Keaton’s performance.

Some of the main obstacles for the hero are unnecessarily convoluted and point-less.

The action is surprisingly minimal, with only three notable set-pieces in the film. And once the film meets its resolution, it’s ultimately met with disappointment.

It’s a shame because “Robocop” (2014) starts out strong and promising, before struggling between a cop movie with a ro-bot or a robot movie with cops.

The Good: Director and cast. Special men-tions go to Michael Keaton and Gary Old-man.The Bad: The remaining two-thirds of the film aren’t comparable. The Bill O’Reilly parody by Samuel L. Jackson. The Weird: Check out “The Lego Movie”

Overall: C+

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JAY ADAMSON

It’s been two weeks since the mid-sea-son return of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” Judging from the first two episodes, the season is slowly planning toward some-thing big near the end. The show reminds audiences not only of events prior, but that it can still have shocking, climactic mo-ments much like the finale.

The event at the prison has caused the core group to be split up. So far, only a few of the surviving members have been shown, but that’s fine.

The plot always feels tense and unpre-dictable, so there’s little to no clue who has survived, who will reunite with others or whether something will drive them further apart.

Some new characters have been intro-

duced, but it’s too early and the show has teased interesting things.

The series has had both its high and dull moments. Some parts of “The Walk-ing Dead” were so boring that there are at least two whole seasons’ worth of episodes worth skimming.

These two recent episodes, however, have kept things interesting. It hasn’t been incredibly thrilling or dramatic, but the story has taken a decent turn.

This most recent episode alone took over the Sochi 2014 Olympics in Sunday night’s top spot with the ratings, so people are definitely interested in the characters and for good reason: it raises a fair amount of questions and invites viewers to contin-ue watching for answers.

Overall: B (both episodes)

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Panther baseballers headed to Compton on Tuesday, Feb. 18, looking to improve on their disappointing 2-6 record.

They took on the El Camino Compton Tartars, a rematch of a Feb. 8 game that Chaffey lost in extra innings at home.

Now on away turf, David Kretchmar got the start for the Panthers. The 6’6” right-hander has been solid so far this sea-son, coming into the ballgame with a win-loss record of 1-1.

Kretchmar ran into trouble in the 3rd, surrendering four runs off one error and three hits.

Compton pitcher Adam Palamino did a good job of keeping Chaffey off-balance early on. In the 4th, however, Andrew Do-rado worked the lefty for a lead-off walk.

Rightfielder Isaiah Delsi followed with a line-drive single to right. A shallow fly ball off the bat of Louis Johnson dropped in front of the diving Compton center-fielder, allowing Dorado to score Chaffey’s first run.

Following a rough 3rd, with two out and two runners on in the bottom half of the 4th, Chaffey looked to the bullpen for relief. Kyle Boone was brought in and promptly got the batter to pop up to the in-field to end the inning keeping the Chaffey deficit at 4-1.

Chaffey added a run in the 5th, but headed into the top half of the 8th still chasing two. Cummings led off the inning with a bang by turning on an inside fastball for his first home run of the year, quickly cutting the deficit in half.

With two out, Delsi doubled down the left-field line. He scored on a clutch double from pinch hitter Kevin Riley, tying the game.

While it was tied, Keith Kozak was brought in from the bullpen for the Pan-thers. He allowed the potential winning run to reach base with a leadoff walk. Ko-zak then struck out the next batter after a botched sacrifice bunt attempt.

Compton then decided to play hit and run. Larry Barrazza showed good bat con-trol and singled to right, advancing the winning run to third with one out.

That brought up Compton clean-up hit-ter Martin Teaguem, hitting what appeared to be a game-winning single up the middle.That was when Chaffey shortstop Kevin Riley’s diving play flipped the ball to sec-ond-baseman Jake Gallaway who threw to first baseman Andrew Dorado for a double play.

The Compton bench preemptively charged the field expecting the win, only to see that Chaffey had turned the double play.

The play saved the game for the Pan-thers and forced extra innings for the sec-ond time between the two teams this year.

In the top half of the 12th, Mason Shi-flett ignited the offense with a sharp single up the middle. Representing the go-ahead run, Shiflett went first to third after a wild pick-off attempt.

With the go-ahead run now at third Gal-laway barreled up the first pitch he saw and drove a fly ball to left, plenty deep enough to allow Shiflett to tag up and score, giving the Panther’s their first lead of the game.

In the bottom of the 12th, Kozak was able to hold off the Compton offense to complete the win for the Panther’s 5-4.

The Panthers look to keep the momen-tum going as they start conference play on Feb. 22 at Victor Valley.

Panthers take extra innings for win

SADIE GRIBBON

There was bad blood between the Chaffey Panthers and the San Bernardino Valley College Wolverines during the game Feb.19.

It began with the Lady Panthers leaving the gymnasium as SBVC had an apprecia-tion ceremony for their sophomore players at their last home game.

When the ladies came back in for the tip-off, the crowd conveyed its displeasure.

Police surrounded the back walls in antici-pation of fights breaking out between play-ers and crowds.

With the pressure of facing not only their rivals but an undefeated team, the players appeared anxious and knew SBVC

was the team to beat.Throughout the first 10 minutes, the

Lady Panthers trailed by about two or three points, but the game started going downhill only a few minutes before half time.

“When things fall apart, we tend to not stick together,” point guard Raven Dixon said. Pretty soon, Chaffey’s performance became lackluster as the scoreboard read 39-24 by halftime in SBVC’s favor.

“There was a lot of whining going on with our players,” Dixon said. “The refer-ees were making bad calls, but that’s the game of basketball.”

In the last half, the Lady Panthers scored 35 points and although SVBC only scored 28 points, the final score rang in at 59-67 and wasn’t enough to pull Chaffey out of the gutter to get that “W.”

The ladies still played an outstanding game, Dixon finishing the game with three steals and point guard Shannon Moore scoring 17 of the Panthers’ 59 points.

Despite the loss, the Lady Panthers re-main optimistic for the playoffs and the fu-ture of their season.

“I don’t like losing,” Dixon said. “But what I really care about is playoffs. If we can go to playoffs and make it to final four, that’s more important than this game.”

Lady Panthers fight hard despite defeat at San Bernardino

MICHELLE MENESAngelica Guardado attempts basket against the defense at San Bernardino Valley College on Feb. 19.

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“This is the one,” point guard Julian Nichols said before the Panther’s biggest game of the season.

Feb. 19 marked another match between rivals Chaffey Hustlin’ Panthers and San Bernardino Valley College, which meant at least a share of the Foothill Conference title to the winner. Security was heightened for the title bout that brought in fans from all over the Inland Empire.

Police patrolled the gym to handle the crowded stands. The referees did all they could to make sure they regulate the game.

All the characteristics of a Game 7, win-or-go home game, was evident.

It was physical from the tip-off. Both teams struggled to score or get into any kind of offensive rhythm. A total of 26 fouls were called, leading to both teams being in the bonus before the 11-minute mark. Chaffey’s offense in the first half produced more than half their points from the free throw line.

Jeff Nibo and Cassie Hough, players Chaffey counts on to score, played spar-ingly in the first half due to foul trouble. Valley was hindered by foul trouble with defensive force Marcus Fuggins and play-maker Keith Smith sitting the majority of the first half with two fouls apiece.

Players jawed at each other as they left floor of the first half, with SBVC up 30-28, setting up a tense second half.

CHP’s Adom Jacko and Julian Nichols both took charges in the opening minutes. Panther fans leaped out of their seats as Nibo caught a lob and gave the team much needed energy.

Four ties and four lead changes gave a 44-42 lead to SBVC with 6:19 left when Jacko got in a tie up with Darren Smith of Valley. The two wrestled around on the floor, which left Jacko on his back as Ty-marieh Dixon stomped on Jacko’s chest.

This led to a chaotic scene where fans from the Chaffey side came out of the bleachers and met the entire San Bernardi-no Valley bench of players at mid-court. With the threat of pepper spray lurking, players and fans were able to be subdued and no punches were thrown. After a five-minute meeting between referees, Chaffey was awarded the ball. No technical fouls were given.

When play resumed, tensions were clearly at the highest. After a Keith Smith steal, Jacko chased him down from behind and clearly got a full hand and the ball as he sent Smith flailing to the ground. The anxious referees called this a flagrant foul and SBVC was awarded two free-throws and the ball.

“You saw what you saw, but we can’t let the refs effect how we play,” said Coach Jeff Klein about the technical not assessed to Dixon and the flagrant given to Jacko.

The energy of the home crowd carried the Wolverines who outplayed Chaffey the rest of the game, winning 68-56 and secur-ing at least a share of the league title.

If Rio Hondo can beat SBVC Feb. 22, and Chaffey wins their last home game against Barstow the same day, Chaffey will earn a share of the Foothill Confer-ence title.

Nichols and Klein both agree that to make any noise in the playoffs the team needs to improve down the stretch. Play-offs get underway Feb. 26.

MICHELLE MENESJacko Adam is mid-air with a jump shot over Valley College defenders at San Bernardino Valley College on Feb. 19.

CHP loses intense game against San Bernardino Wolverines