VVC RamPage Vol. 29 Issue 6

RamPage May 28 2010 Volume 29 No 7

Victor Valley College

ldquoOnce you start to censor you must censor everything You must censor comic books radio television and newspapers rdquo - William Gaines

580 students turned out to vote for the Associated Stu-dent Body 2010-2011 elec-tions Compared to last yearrsquos 230 voter turnout ASB members are pleased with the increased number of student involvement ldquoThis year we did excep-tionally well getting students out to vote We feel excited we got that many people to voterdquo says current ASB Vice President Judy Schmoll The Xi Phi Iota fraternity acted as an unbiased organi-zation by monitoring the elections and collecting and counting the ballots The fraternity released the unoffi-cial election results May 13

2010 The results can be found in the Student Activities Center Before positions be-come official an Ap-pellate committee con-sisting of two Victor Valley College faculty members and a VVC student will review co mp la in t s f i l ed against running mem-bers Robert Sewell and Benn Johnston will be the faculty member in the com-mittee this year along with VVC student An-gela Perdomo Schmoll says three complaints have been filed The complaint committee reviewed these complaints on Tuesday May 25 and as-sessed whether or not the

complaints were serious enough to keep a candidate

ASB Election Results to be Announced Story and Photo by Marie Rogers Reporter

Summer Class Registration Open

The 2010 spring semester is rapidly coming to an end which means it is time for Victor Valley College stu-dents to begin planning a summer 2010 class schedule Priority registration is May 17 for Disabled Students Programs and Services stu-dents as well as Extended

Opportunities Programs and Services students There are about 193 classes being offered this summer The price per unit remains $26 and summer session runs June 21 through August 14 A complete list of the reg-istration blocks for all stu-dents can be found on the V V C w e b s i t e (wwwvvcedu) It is impor-tant that students do not hesi-tate in registering to ensure a spot in an upcoming class

ldquoAll students will have a limit of eight units for the summer semesterrdquo said Greta Moon director of ad-missions Moon is expecting classes to fill quickly ldquoSummer seems to be a popular semester for stu-dents We have students completing transfer credits for a university and high school students coming in to take classes I am anticipat-ing a very full summer ses-sionrdquo

The summer schedule on the VVC website provides a PDF version of all the classes Students can also log on to WebAdvisor accessi-ble through the VVC web-site to filter a search for the classes that will be offered

Continued in Summer on Page 13

Story by Kellli McGurk Features Editor

from earning a place on council ldquoIrsquom happy that we were organized Any problems or issues will be resolved soonrdquo says ASB Executive Senator Gregory Harbor Before a candidate can become an official member they must turn in an applica-tion with a letter of intent go through an interview process and pass a 30 day probation period After completing the 30 day proba-tion process theyrsquore sworn in and take an Oath of Of-fice If a student wants to run for a position on ASB but didnrsquot run during the elec-tion they can still run for a position by the appointment process

Continued in Election on Page 6

Judy Schmoll is the unofficial ASB President Elect for the 2010-2011 school year

year because not everyone who comes to VVC intends to transfer Anyone interested in see-ing the transfer ldquoHall of Famerdquo can find it in Building 55

transfer students The pin was suggested to be worn on graduation day The most recent transfer rate for CSU and UCrsquos in 2008-2009 is 353 students in a year and that doesnrsquot in-clude private universities or out-of-state schools Lorena Garcia says she doesnrsquot have the exact rate for the current

fer student and con-gratulated her fellow peers on their com-p l e t i o n status ldquoI am really ex-cited All of my hard work is finally pay-ing off I am eager to face my future and c o n t i n u e my educa-tion in a new school e n v i r o n -ment and c o m m u -nityrdquo said student Raymond Alvarez Alvarez will be transferring to Humboldt

State Univer-sity ldquo M a k e sure you cross your Trsquos and dot your Irsquosrdquo said Tammy Brown a former VVC s t u d e n t Brown was out of school for twenty five years until she

decided to major in Sociol-ogy at Cal State San Bernar-dino She discussed the dif-ference between the quarter vs semester classes ldquoBe prepared for a bit of a changerdquo said Brown Besides the congratulations and the pat on the back transfer students even re-ceived a small gift of recog-nition A pin for accomplish-ment was distributed to the

When a person decides to become a student at Victor Valley College they have several options They can either take certain classes to fulfill their desired goals or transfer to a four year univer-sity The first transfer cere-mony at VVC took place on May 19 The aim of the cere-mony was to recognize VVC students for completing the necessary requirements in order to attend a private uni-versity a California State University or a University of California Students even had a chance to meet with others who will be transferring this upcoming year This spring semester VVC congratulated several transfer students who completed the m a n d a t o r y General Ed r e q u i r e -ments as well as the CSU or UC r e q u i r e -ments Many s t u d e n t s were ac-cepted to Cal State San Bernardino Cal Poly Pomona and UC River-side Additionally there were some students who decided to attend schools a greater distance from the High Desert including Hum-boldt State University and San Francisco State Univer-sity ldquoWersquore going to look back and thank VVC for every-thing theyrsquove done for usrdquo said ASB President Mary Mazzola Mazzola is a trans-

Transferring Studentsrsquo Achievements Recognized Story and Photos by Saira Sanders Reporter

VVC students preparing to transfer to other colleges or universities are honored at the ceremony

The transfer student wall of fame in the Transfer Center features students trans-ferring from VVC to another college or university

ldquoMake sure you cross your Trsquos and dot your Irsquosrdquo said former VVC student Tammy Brown

RamPage Victor Valley College May 28 2010 Page 2

just going to Cal State San Bernardino but the trip has helped me see other options and I really liked the San Diego campusesrdquo said Ro-das Overall the most important thing all the students walked away with was the reality of transferring Itrsquos imperative that all VVC students under-stand just how hard they have to work That is why the Puente Club has been such a great success at VVC as well as other colleges Puente student statistically transfer at a higher rate than their peers according to the California Community Col-lege Chancellorrsquos Office which is also a co-sponsor of the Puente Program

who can help you if you need additional helprdquo said Puente member Jennifer Parra This is Parrarsquos first semester in the club and she also ex-plained how the club has helped her make a road map for her future success For many students the campus visits were eye-opening Each campus had a representative who spoke with the students about the schoolrsquos expectations as well as the number of students who do get accepted com-pared to those who donrsquot ldquoThis made me want to try harder and do better here at VVC so I can go to a college like thatrdquo said member Jas-mine Ochoa Club member Alice Rodas also had an eye-opening ex-perience after visiting the colleges ldquoI was planning on

California high schools and community colleges was created for students to build the skills necessary for suc-cess in their educational and career goals ldquoThis trip ties into the pro-gram because the goal of all Puente students is to transfer Students were able to learn the expectations of transfer-ring to these schoolsrdquo said Solis Puente students work closely with advisers coun-selors and mentors to prepare for their transfer to a four- year university ldquoItrsquos great to have support of the advisers Mrs Solis and Mrs Johnson I used to just come to school go to class and go home being in the club Irsquove gotten to know more students and itrsquos al-ways good to have someone

The Puente Club of Victor Valley College spent two days touring three of the largest southern California Universities The students along with advisers Judy Solis and Eartha Johnson toured California State Uni-versity Long Beach Univer-sity of California San Diego and California State Univer-sity San Diego Representa-tives of three institutions showed the students campus life and gave them an idea of what they will have to do in order to someday transfer The Puente Club is dedi-cated to the success of its student members The pro-gram which exists at many

Motivated Students Learn about Transferring Story by Kellli McGurk Features Editor

gree in Spanish She will be attending Cal State San Ber-nardino to start her masterrsquos degree in the fall Another guest Speaker Richard Comacho the Dep-uty Sheriff of San Bernar-dino County gave a speech about the importance of com-municating with one another Comacho was an ESL stu-dent at seven and went to George Washington Elemen-tary School in 1972 At age 21 Comacho became a United States citizen by a six year enlistment in the Air Force ldquoThis country believes in the individualhellipYou as an individual have succeeded todayrdquo said Comacho The last words of wisdom that Comacho said was ldquoPlease continue your educa-tion Take it as far as you can gordquo

ldquoEverything is possible you just have to work hard at what you wantrdquo said Veron-ica Felix Felix is a former 2002 ESL student and obtained her AA in Liberal Arts Recently she received her Bachelorrsquos de-

ish speaking individuals had some exposure to English or none at all ldquoOur students are graduat-ing to another level- the next step- to help them accom-plish their goalsrdquo said Ochoa

Over the years Victor Val-ley College has hosted the English as a Second Lan-guage program The goal is to further reading writing and speaking skills in Eng-lish On May 20 VVC held the third annual ESL Recog-nition Celebration The event was to recognize and cele-brate ESL students The ceremony congratu-lated students and welcomed their families to celebrate their accomplishment There was even a mariachi band called Mariachi Aguila Real ldquoSome students had no English background whatso-ever and some had been in-troduced to the languagerdquo said Lorena Ochoa VVC Counselor In Victorville some Span-

ESL Program Holds Recognition Ceremony Story and Photo by Saira Sanders Reporter

Lorena Ochoa was present at the ESL celebration Ochoa is a counselor at VVC


class distracting usrdquo said Johnson ldquoEffective communication skills are only developed via

practicerdquo said Jones ldquoThis opportunity en-sures that stu-d e n t s h a v e strong oral com-m u n i c a t i o n s skills to go

along with their AA degree The Center distinguishes VVC as a premier state-of-the-art communication stud-ies departmentrdquo said Jones The hours for the Commu-nication Center are Monday through Thursday 9am -1230pm The number is (760) 245-4271 x2820 There is also an e-mail address vvccommctrgmailcom

tation and interviewing workshops that include com-munity membersrdquo said Jones Along with Jones there is also a student worker in the Commu-nication Center M a r i s e l a Herrera ldquoItrsquos very ex-citing I get to do new things every day I get to greet new people This is an ideal job for someone who wants to meet and talk to new peoplerdquo said Herrera when asked how she feels about working in the center Lacee Johnson is among the students who attend the Communication Center with her class ldquoIt works out for us because we get to go into groups and work without the

ldquoWe have put about $20000 worth of equipment into the centerrdquo said Jones ldquoAny student needing assistance with developing and present-ing oral presentations from any disciplinerdquo Jones said regarding who this program is mostly used by ldquoThe college will pay for a center facilitator beginning this summerrdquo said Jones Currently only 20 or so stu-dents attend the center Until now however the center has only been available to com-munication studies students This number is most likely going to rise when the center opens up to all students across the campus curricu-lum There will be events held for the Communication Center as well ldquoEvents planned for the future will facilitate presen-

Want help to develop more skills to nail your oral pres-entation and get a passing grade Come visit The Com-munication Center that is located in building 54 the Performing Arts Center up stairs in room 213 Most students here at Victor Val-ley College may have some classes where it is mandatory for them to do an oral pres-entation in front of their fel-low classmates The Com-munication Center is the right place to go for anyone who needs help ldquoThis program is two years in developmentrdquo said Dr Gregory T Jones who is the overseer of this program

Communication Center Open Story by Julie Bridenthal Reporter


ldquoThis program is two years in devel-opmentrdquo said Dr Gregory T Jones

winners on June 5 at 3 pm in the library The ceremony will be an open mic for the winners to read aloud their work to other students ldquoWe encourage everyone to come to see what the stu-dents have done to get an idea of the good writing and to support their fellow stu-dentsrdquo said Adell Also students who come to the writing contestrsquos cere-mony will be able to enjoy sandwiches coffee and punch while listening to the winners read their work and receive their awards ldquoIrsquom very happy with this edition and I donrsquot see why it shouldnrsquot be as good next yearrdquo said Adell

neat to have your writing recognizedrdquo ldquoThis is the first semester Irsquove entered anything it was exciting and surprisingrdquo said

A m a n d a Mendoza a VVC student who won second and third places in the short-short cate-

gory and second place in the short story category ldquoItrsquos a non-threatening way to get your work out thererdquo said Mendoza about the writ-ing contest ldquoI think it encourages crea-tivity itrsquos a vehicle to share personal creativityrdquo said Gill about the contest The writing contest will be having a ceremony for the

$25 dollar prize for third place The students whose art will be on the front cover of the printed edition will re-ceive a $50 prize and $35 for the back cover In addition to w i n n i n g prizes a new award will be given out the Jim Long Memorial award will be given to the student who submitted the best work The winner of this award will receive a $100 prize ldquoI was really surprised I won because I donrsquot write poetryrdquo said Erika Gill a VVC student who won first and third place in the poetry category and second in the short story category ldquoItrsquos

The annual Victor Valley College writing contest named 17 winners this year including honorable men-tions There were 14 winners in the writing categories and three in the art category There were 22 short stories 15 short-shorts nine essays nine personal narratives and 39 poem entries ldquoThis is the best issue wersquove had in several yearsrdquo said Tim Adell an English professor and writing contest advisor The winners of the contest will be awarded with a $75 prize for first place a $50 prize for second place and a

Writing Contest Winners Named to be Awarded Story by Adreana Young Reporter

May 28 2010 Page 5 RamPage Victor Valley College

ldquoThis is the best is-sue wersquove had in several yearsrdquo said Tim Adell

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unofficial results should be-come official by the first week of June says Harbor The unofficial 2010-2011 ASB Election voting results as posted in the ASB office at time of printing are as follows President Judy Schmoll (314) Roderick Gray (225) Vice President Kailey Kirby (128) Secretary (write-in) Shawna Benjamin (27)

Christopher Dustin (320) Monica Cabingatan (195) MathScience Senator Katrina Ortiz (376) Public Relations Senator Gabriel Treuhaft (364) A S B C o n s t i t u t i o n a l Changes Check to vote in favor of approval (201) Treasurer (write-in) Christine Dorsey (4)

All results are unoffi-cial until further notice

Executive Senator (write-in) Ken Knoechel Activities Senator Matthew Toner (443) Allied Health Senator Sheri Schmoll (454) ArtsMusic Senator Louis Jackson Castro (428) Athletics Senator Joanna Cervantes (402) Business Senator Eddie Stacey (424) ICC Senator

Election from Page 1 The appointment process is an alternative to running during elections says Schmoll but application requirements are the same If at any time during the one year term the council feels a member is not fulfill-ing their promise to the ASB the member can be removed by a vote of no confidence A member can also be re-moved if their grade point average drops beneath a 20 The new council will be sworn in by the time spring 2010 semester is over The

poise and kept the audience amazed ldquoFor this kind of music to say alive we must keep it alive because it is great mu-sic and in time it will tran-scend on our culture and people will respondrdquo said Dr Thomas E Miller

Even though many of the p e r f o r m e r s said that they werenrsquot nerv-o u s l i k e F rench i t could be seen in the perform-ances Hands shaking notes being missed the occasional mess up but none of these things stopped this extraordi-nary group of

m u s i c i a n s that shared one thing in common the love for mu-sic Even those so-called music lovers did not know much about clas-sical music For someone to really understand music one must listen and enjoy every sound an instrument makes That look could be seen on all of their faces They played their instru-ments with passion and

ldquoShe was awesome I am very proud and glad I came to see herrdquo Boyle said after the recital Although it seemed as though the performers had done this many times the truth was that for many it was their first time For all of them it was their first time performing in front of an audience Yet for guitarist Mark French the pressure of putting on a good show did-nrsquot affect him at all ldquoIt was my first time and it was fun and a neat experi-encerdquo French said

The unforgettable sounds of many composers such as Mozart and Beethoven were reborn at the Performing Arts Center when the Music de-partment put on their annual student and faculty music recital Both students and staff filled the night with many memorable performances and gave the audience some-thing to smile about With every performance came a wave off applause that could be heard in the lobby of the PAC Although not every seat was filled those in attendance seemed to be taken away by the talents of the performers Kim Boyle was a proud mother after watching her daughter Dyllie Summers play guitar

Spring Music Recital Highlights Studentsrsquo Talent Story and Photos by Chris Galvan Reporter

VVC student Mark French playing guitar at the recital

Kimberly Hudson belts it out in a vocal performance


campus For further informa-tion or for an exact location call Yvonne Hernandez or Stephen Tejas at (760) 245- 4271 extension 2274

ldquoThe real pleasure of art is to display it to the public and be affected by it Itrsquos for the studentsrdquo Foster said The art show is on Wednesday June 3 from noon to 8 pm possibly in the Performing Arts Center on Victor Valley Collegersquos

With all this variety of art being displayed and with the excited students and teachers anxiously waiting the day to impress it would seem like everything would be perfect however since there is so much art to behold there is not enough space for all the art according to Foster Although there is limited space no art will go un-shown it all goes up ldquoI would like to have more space to show the work we have the art show in our classrooms and it would be nice to have a place just for artrdquo Foster said Brent Wood is the head of the art department and he has high hopes for another loca-tion for the art show ldquoIt may be in the Performing Arts Center this year wersquoll have to wait and seerdquo Wood said Aja Haser is a photography student who already submit-ted a piece into the art show ldquoI am very excited it took a lot of work Irsquom very proud of itrdquo Haser said

Colorful canvases framed photographs and pedestal-mounted sculptures are wait-ing to be viewed by the pub-lic at the annual student art show on June 3 2010 There is no cost to come and any-one is invited All art classes are partici-pating painting drawing photography sculpture and digital imaging With all these classes participating itrsquos no surprise that there are about 300 students whose art will be enjoyed This is be-cause every student in every art class is required to submit at least one work of art into the art show because it is a part of their grade Frank Foster who teaches photography on campus feels that the showing of art is very important ldquoWe have an art show to show off what our students have created If you are an artist itrsquos the essential last steprdquo Foster said ldquoI feel privileged to be a teacher we have very talented studentsrdquo

2010 Spring Student Art Show Story and Photo by Amber Schwartz Reporter

Frank Fosterrsquos photography class displaying the work theyrsquore displaying in the upcoming student art show

Campus Becomes a Gallery June 3rd



SolFocus CEO Mark Crowley speaks about the solar plant at VVC Photo by Joseph Ciulla

VVC Board of Trustees re-ceived a check from Southern California Edison for $31 million Photo by Joseph Ciulla

VVCrsquos Dr Thomas Miller and the College Singers deliver a performance Photo by Lili Berni

SolFocus Hard-Hats at the ceremony Photo by Lili Berni

Towards the end of the presentation Lisa Cagnolatti vice president of Southern California Edison was called to the stage She shared the same excitement and admira-tion of the project as the other speakers and gra-ciously presented VVC with a check for 31 million dol-lars The event continued with the ribbon cutting ceremony and tours given by Mark Crowley and other SolFocus associates Shortly after re-freshments were served and a QampA session took place

the local community and without exhausting valuable resourcesrdquo said Crowley Crowley then introduced the guest of honor Abel Maldonado who was very excited and all smiles to be at his first grand opening cere-mony He commended Vic-tor Valley College for being progressive in their endeav-ors ldquoIf we could do this in Sac-ramento we would be in b e t t e r s h a p e rdquo s a i d Maldonado He then went to say that he is taking a stand on higher education ldquoMy focus in Sacramento is higher education and the beginning of the future of renewable energyrdquo said Maldonado

welcome and presentation of the national anthem by Dr Millerrsquos College Singers Shortly after Angela Valles president of the VVCCD Board of Trustees expressed excitement about this grand opening ldquoVVC is committed to these projects and the Green Actrdquo said Valles Mark Crowley president and CEO of SolFocus ex-plained to the crowd the sheer sustainability that can be attained by the plantrsquos efficiency He was particu-larly passionate about how the project was able to come together so quickly through partnership ldquoPartnership is my message today Partnership is key This is a new tech-nology and we have to put every-thing together so that it is most effi-cient in creating new jobs within

Victor Valley College achieved a huge milestone in renewable energy by opening North Americarsquos largest Mi-cro-Generating Solar Power Plant of its kind last Tues-day Many were in atten-dance of this grand opening ceremony partly due to the fact that the keynote speaker was California Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado Along with Maldonado es-tablished figures spoke on behalf of their hope and aspi-rations to this project The solar power plant uses SolFocus Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) systems that captures sunlight and converts the sunlight directly into electricity The 122 ground-mounted CPV arrays will reduce carbon emissions by about 1700 tons in just the first year of operation The facility will produce 25 million kilowatt-hours per year providing about 30 per-cent of the collegersquos electric-ity demand Christopher OrsquoHearn president of VVC began the morningrsquos festivities with a

VVC Solar Plant Dedication Ceremony Story by Lili Berni and Joseph Ciulla Reporters


Certificate of Recognition from the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Photo by LIli Berni

Lieutenant Governor Abel Moldonado cutting the ribbon at the solar plant dedication ceremony Photo by Joseph Ciulla

The San Bernardino County Fair came to the city of Victorville on May 15th- 23rd and it was an event where families came and had fun The annual all-ages event has rides games food and desserts This year the fair was different because there were a few rides from Michael Jacksonrsquos Neverland Ranch including a swing carousel and a Ferris wheel Victor Valley College stu-dent Brooke Compton at-tended the fair with her sister and brother in law She says she goes to the fair every year for the funnel cakes and

monster truck rallies She also says that her favorite games at the fair were whack-a-mole and color bowls ldquoThe Fair should come around twice a yearrdquo said Compton Donovan Tronshaw was another person attending the fair he said he goes to the fair every time he gets a chance for the great food and to have a lot of fun with his family and friends His fa-vorite ride at the fair is called The Zipper he thinks itrsquos better than every ride there The game he most looks for-ward to when the fair comes around is the basketball game One Shot in Wins

even though he hasnrsquot won a prize from the game he al-ways plays no matter what he said Roxanne Ceballos a stu-dent at VVC had attended to the fair with her friends She said she goes to the fair with her friends and family and loves the rides food and games Her favorite ride is the Ferris wheel because you

get to see the whole city She also says she likes the game color bowls and water gun race ldquoI loved the exotic animal show and hope they show it every year from now onrdquo said Ceballos

County Fair Attracts Fun-Seekers Story by David Lopez Reporter Photos by Joseph Ciulla Reporter


The ever-popular Ferris Wheel

A well-stocked concession stand at the County Fair

VVC Student and fair patron Brooke Compton goes to the fair for funnel cakes and monster truck rallies


Funnel cake is a delicacy at the San Bernardino County Fair

One of the fairrsquos most beloved concession stands

One of the rides from Michael Jacksonrsquos Neverland Ranch

favor i t e being her s o n rsquo s n a m e a c r o s s her arm A n g e l M o n t -g o m e r y is an-o t h e r s t u d e n t who has t h r e e t a t t o o s and loves the de-signs of t a t t o o s One of her tat-toos is a piece on

her arm that has a butterfly tiger and flower Student Mya Cato has 23 tattoos and plans on getting his whole body covered in

them ldquo I t rsquo s artrdquo said Cato ldquoI have way too many to count I like the way they feelrdquo said s t u d e n t R o d r i g o M o r a l e s who has his eyelids

tattooed to read ldquoEVIL WAYSrdquo Tattoos are not going any-where anytime soon The need and want people have to express themselves is as indelible as the tattoos cover-ing the bodies of people eve-rywhere

ldquoTheyrsquore disgusting and I donrsquot understand why some-one would want to mark up their bodiesrdquo said student Wilam Jones In a soci-ety where people are free to e x p r e s s themselves and free to be whom they are tattoos are forms of just that e x p r e s -s i o n Many stu-dents have tattoos that they feel define who they are ldquoIt shows the world the things that I loverdquo said stu-dent Allison Dowling who has eight tattoos and plans to get more Student Tashmah Stuarti-diviant has seven tattoos her

down his a r m W W J D w h i c h stands for ldquo W h a t W o u l d J e s u s Dordquo F o r many peo-ple there is a nega-t i v e s t i g m a a t t a c h e d to having tattoos A lot of peo-ple think that they are dan-gerous or represent gangs and prison members Also many people donrsquot like them because of religious beliefs ldquoI think they suck They are dirty and vulgar and the bible says that you shouldnrsquot do thatrdquo said student Kath-leen Allen Often times people canrsquot see why someone would want something so perma-nent on their bodies

They come in different shapes sizes colors and de-signs There not for everyone but many who have them love them What are they Tattoos and theyrsquore as popu-lar among students at Victor Valley College as ever Nobody exactly knows where tattoos originated from however according to Wikipedia it is speculated that tattoos first originated in the Neolithic times dating back to 3300 BC Tattoos have different meanings for different peo-ple Culturally tattoos can represent onersquos history spiri-tuality or strength In some places tattoos are a mark to identify ldquoI have four tattoos and have plans to get maybe one more My tattoos represent spirituality towards myselfrdquo said student Jesus Jacobo Jacoborsquos favorite tattoo is one that he has across his chest that says ldquoGlory to God in the Highestrdquo and going

Tattoos are Still Popular Still Controversial Story and Photos by Racheal Rickman Reporter

VVC Student Rodrigo Moralesrsquo eyelid tattoos

VVC Student Angel Montgomeryrsquos elaborate tattoo

ldquo(My tattoos show) the world the things that I loverdquo said stu-dent Allison Dowling


The schedule list created by the ASB Council is a quick and easy way to ex-plore the summer schedule Links in the bookmark sec-tion of the pdf allow students to click a subject and the page will be shown listing the classes for that subject ldquoWebAdvisor will have the most up-to-date listing of all the classes accounting for cancellations additions or deletionsrdquo said Sewell

Summer from Page 1 The Associated Student Body also has a link on the school website Students can click the link under the stu-dent services schedule of classes and ASB Adviser Robert Sewell sends an e-mail with a pdf attachment that ASB has put together to each student upon request Within the e-mail Sewell includes a listing of the reg-istration blocks and dates

ldquoThey picked up on things very well and showed much improvement in each of the two days of camprdquo said Crowder Student athlete Collin Willis a sophomore a Granite H i l l s H i g h School attended the camp He played quarterback for Gran-ite Hills this past foot-ball season and his teamrsquos record was 6-4 Willis attended the camp to help be a better player He said he enjoyed the camp and was appreciative of the coaches teach-ing him He learned very much from the camp and is looking forward to his next football season Head Coach Dave Hoover enjoyed teaching the kids how to play football and having the tangibles of being a great football player ldquoMany of the kids that came to the camp have a lot of talentrdquo said Hoover He was also disappointed in the num-bers but happy that the kids came out and learned He was happy that his players could teach them too

Youth Football Camp At VVC

The Victor Valley College Football Program held their third annual Football Camp for student athletes in Ele-mentary Jr High and High School On May 22nd and 23rd coaches Dave Hoover Dale Bunn and Darnell Crowder were the coaches hosting the camp There they taught students in atten-dance the fundamentals of football and how to be a good student athlete The coaches also had help by players on the Rams football team with the kids going through drills and giving them advice on being a stu-dent athlete themselves Coach Darnell Crowder enjoyed working with kids ldquoIt gives young kids with a lot of talent to learn football fundamentals that college a th le tes learn rdquo sa id Crowder He says he was a little disappointed at the number of kids that came to the camp as it wasnrsquot as much as they had in recent years but he says he was happy to see that the kids that came out were eager to learn and get to work

Story by David Lopez Reporter

Defensive Coach Dale Bunn performing a blocking exercise for the young athletes Photo by Roderick Gray


ldquoIrsquom not too sure but I want to pursue something in the field of psychologyrdquo - Arielle Elkins ldquoI plan on going to a university in

the Mid- West maybe Indianardquo - Daniel McLinn

ldquoIrsquove been accepted to Cal Staterdquo Derren Stoebe

ldquoIrsquom planning on transferring to either UC Santa Cruz or Carnegie Mellon University in Augustrdquo - Sally Ramirez

ldquoThis is my first semester so Irsquom not thinking that far ahead but Irsquom working towards getting my sub-stance abuse certificate as well as a degree in Liberal Arts and then I am going to transfer to Valleyrdquo - Michael Cuomo

ldquoI plan to work on my car and help run the family business Nickrsquos Pizzardquo - Jibran Ibrahim

ldquoI plan on going to summer classes and working on getting my car up and runningrdquo - Johnny Vony

ldquoIrsquom going to the Laker Champion-ship Paraderdquo - James Joseph

What are your plans after graduating from VVC

Heard Around the Lake RamPage Victor Valley College May 28 2010 Page 14

What are your plans over the summer Story and Photos by Joseph Ciulla Reporter

Story and Photos by Racheal Rickman Reporter

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RAMPAGE STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Photo Editor Editorial Cartoonist Evan Spears Managing Editor Roderick Gray News Editor Jonathan Brown Features Editor Kelli McGurk Sports Editor Shaun Canady AdviserInstructor Judith Pfeffer

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AdministrationFacultyStaff Mentors Patty Golder Bev Huiner Meredith Johns Scott Mulligan Deanna Murphy Christopher OrsquoHearn Robert Sewell Karen Tomlin Paul Williams

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Comic Strip by Evan Spears Editor-in-Chief


Premiere of ldquoDead Manrsquos Handrdquo David Johnson

year because not everyone who comes to VVC intends to transfer Anyone interested in see-ing the transfer ldquoHall of Famerdquo can find it in Building 55

transfer students The pin was suggested to be worn on graduation day The most recent transfer rate for CSU and UCrsquos in 2008-2009 is 353 students in a year and that doesnrsquot in-clude private universities or out-of-state schools Lorena Garcia says she doesnrsquot have the exact rate for the current

fer student and con-gratulated her fellow peers on their com-p l e t i o n status ldquoI am really ex-cited All of my hard work is finally pay-ing off I am eager to face my future and c o n t i n u e my educa-tion in a new school e n v i r o n -ment and c o m m u -nityrdquo said student Raymond Alvarez Alvarez will be transferring to Humboldt

State Univer-sity ldquo M a k e sure you cross your Trsquos and dot your Irsquosrdquo said Tammy Brown a former VVC s t u d e n t Brown was out of school for twenty five years until she

decided to major in Sociol-ogy at Cal State San Bernar-dino She discussed the dif-ference between the quarter vs semester classes ldquoBe prepared for a bit of a changerdquo said Brown Besides the congratulations and the pat on the back transfer students even re-ceived a small gift of recog-nition A pin for accomplish-ment was distributed to the

When a person decides to become a student at Victor Valley College they have several options They can either take certain classes to fulfill their desired goals or transfer to a four year univer-sity The first transfer cere-mony at VVC took place on May 19 The aim of the cere-mony was to recognize VVC students for completing the necessary requirements in order to attend a private uni-versity a California State University or a University of California Students even had a chance to meet with others who will be transferring this upcoming year This spring semester VVC congratulated several transfer students who completed the m a n d a t o r y General Ed r e q u i r e -ments as well as the CSU or UC r e q u i r e -ments Many s t u d e n t s were ac-cepted to Cal State San Bernardino Cal Poly Pomona and UC River-side Additionally there were some students who decided to attend schools a greater distance from the High Desert including Hum-boldt State University and San Francisco State Univer-sity ldquoWersquore going to look back and thank VVC for every-thing theyrsquove done for usrdquo said ASB President Mary Mazzola Mazzola is a trans-

Transferring Studentsrsquo Achievements Recognized Story and Photos by Saira Sanders Reporter

VVC students preparing to transfer to other colleges or universities are honored at the ceremony

The transfer student wall of fame in the Transfer Center features students trans-ferring from VVC to another college or university

ldquoMake sure you cross your Trsquos and dot your Irsquosrdquo said former VVC student Tammy Brown




































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VVC RamPage Vol. 29 Issue 6