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Photo by Dennis Tague II/San Jacinto TimesSan Jacinto College Central Campus is nearing completion of their new science building.

Our campus is growingCentral gainsedge in scienceBy DENNIS TAGUE IISan Jacinto Times

For over 40 years, the Central Campus of SanJacinto College has been using the Heinrich andFrels Buildings to immerse its students in the studyof our world. Now, with most of the equipment and technologyoutdated, it’s time for a change, and that change ishere. By Fall Semester of this year, we will have a newscience facility, with the most up-to-date technologyand equipment. The facility, which is currently inconstruction, is 108,000 square feet and three storieshigh.It will contain 21 state of the art laboratories: 12 forBiology, four for Chemistry, three for Geology, andtwo for Physics. This new science facility is not alllabs; in fact there will be several lecture rooms, anadministrative suite, 30 offices, and a tutoring facili-ty. “Our facility will now be as good our faculty,” saidDr. Ann Cartwright, the Chairperson of Science forCentral Campus. “Our science professors come upwith so many ideas, and help students in so manyways.” There are many new features of the building, someof which will make it more of a “green” facility.Most classrooms will have many windows; com-pared to the current building some classes have nowindows at all. The building will satisfy the Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design’s silver standard, in wayssuch as using the windows to provide natural

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BY VANESSA PIÑA San Jacinto Times

When first enrolling into the college we read a brief description about meningitis in which it was madeoptional for students to be vaccinated, so why is it required now? Meningitis has become a threat to thecollege student life and most of the student body is not yet aware of how critical this infection can be. Afterasking around our campus to see how much students know about meningitis, the majority said, “it’s like adisease…right?” Meningitis is more than that since college students have turned out to be the number onetarget. The typical college life consists of many things like, dorms, partying, eating junk, being in crowd-ed places, sharing things etc. All which is part of the college experience but perfect to make students sus-ceptible to this disease. Meningitis is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord caused by viral or bacterial infection and canresult in permanent harm such as brain damage, hearing loss, blindness or death. This infection is spreadwhen exchanging saliva and having a low immune system can cause the infection to overcome it andspread rapidly. Common symptoms are vomiting, fever, neck stiffness, and headaches. Meningitis devel-ops quickly and should be treated as soon as these symptoms are present. About 3000 Americans suffer from meningitis each year, from which 100-125 are college campuses,

resulting in 5-15 deaths among college students. In 2008 Jamie Schanbaum a former UT at Austin studentfelt sick one day, feeling cold and unable to move she went to the hospital and was later diagnosed withmeningitis. The infection spread quickly making her condition critical, Jaime survived many surgeries butlost both of her feet and all of her fingers. In 2009 soon after Jamie’s recovery Governor Rick Perry signedthe Jamie Schanbaum act, which required all students who lived on campus to be vaccinated againstmeningitis, this law became effective in January 2010. Last February 2011 a Texas A&M university stu-dent named Nicholas Williams was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and died after just a couple of daysof being hospitalized. In May 2011 soon after Williams’s death the Jaime Schanbaum act was modified into a new law namedS.B. 1107 or the Jaime Schanbaum and Nicholas Williams act. This new law became effective on January1, 2012 requiring now that all new students under the age of 30 must be vaccinated against meningitisincluding those living off-campus. As a student there are many ways we can prevent meningitis, starting off by getting vaccinated, althoughformer San Jacinto students who were enrolled in the fall 2011 semester are exempt from these require-ments, being vaccinated is highly recommended. Other preventions to take into consideration are washingyour hands after using the restroom, having healthier meals to sustain your immune system, not sharingany kind of food utensils, drinks, cigarettes and reduce the number of people you kiss.

Law requires new students to get Meningitis shot

Government classes changeBY BRANDON HURLEYSan Jacinto Times

In His First Season, Head Coach Jacob Wonders has the Ravens In Great Position. No one expected theSan Jacinto Ravens to be as impressive as they have been this year, which is understandable, consideringhow much this team lost during the offseason. Besides having to deal with losing nine players to gradua-tion, there are major factors that have forced the team to make adjustments. Marsell Holden, who is arguably one of the greatest players to grace this campus, finished his time at SanJacinto College after last season. Not only that, but, perhaps the greatest coach this campus has everclaimed as its own, Scott Gernander, took a severance package that was offered to all San Jac staff. So, histime at San Jac is finished as well.Considering all of that, it’s quite remarkable what first year head coach Jacob Wonders has been able toaccomplish this season. He has led the team to a 16-3 record(as of 1/30/12), which is only two gamesbehind last year’s pace at this point in the season. Their three losses have come from close road games,most recently against Lon Morris where the Ravens lost 75-69.Since then, the team has been on a roll, winning five straight games. They are in a great position to makea strong run at the end of the season. When asked about his team and this season so far, Coach Wonderspraised his guys for working hard and feels like they’re starting to really get it at the right time. “All of the guys are trying hard and putting out a good effort on a daily basis to try to get better,” Wonderssaid. “We’re better than we were a few weeks ago, much better than we were a month ago. As youprogress, you want to be playing your best basketball in February and March and I think we’re movingtowards that.”Having to move on without former extremely talented perimeter players like Holden and Darryl Tayloris a thought best ignored, but when it was staring the Ravens in the face, they dealt with the loss quite well.The Ravens have three freshmen playing on the outside in their starting five. It is no surprise that theRavens have gotten most of their offense from inside the paint.

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Ravens basketball excelsBY LORI BROWNSan Jacinto Times

As many students may have noticed onBlackboard, an important change to Governmentcore curriculum requirements has been announcedthat will directly impact San Jacinto College stu-dents.Starting with the Fall 2013 semester, Government2301 and 2302 will no longer be offered at San Jac.Instead, the college will offer two new courses thatwill meet the new core requirements. As a result,the San Jac administration strongly recommendsthat students who have already taken one of thesecourses finish the other course before Summer2013. For example, if a student has already completedGovernment 2302, they will need to completeGovernment 2301 before Summer 2013. The sameis true if they have already taken Government 2301– Government 2302 must be completed before

Summer 2013. Students who have completed (or are currentlyworking to complete either course) will be allowedto register for the other course after this comingsemester. If a student has not taken either courseprior to this coming semester, they will not beallowed to register for Government 2301 or 2302 inthe future. Additionally, any student who has completed oneclass in this sequence will need to complete theother course before Summer 2013. If the secondclass is not completed by this time, the student willno longer have the option to complete this sequenceand will not be able to apply those hours to theircore curriculum requirements. After Summer 2013, the current Governmentcourses, which combine United States and Texastopics, will be replaced by courses that separatefederal and state subject matter.

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Sodas, sodas everywherebut not a drop to drink

By NICHOLAS PAGESan Jacinto Times

At the end of the east side central hall-way of San Jacinto’s Central CampusAdministration Building looms a metal-lic, red beacon of deception disguisedbehind a well polished, shiny exterior anda fully stocked inventory. On any givenday hundreds of students flock to thenumerous drink machines placed around

Central Campus. So, why is there an ever-present wall ofbottled liquid? Such a simple question lends a simpleanswer… this mechanized vendor is aware. Ridiculous, yousay, preposterous, even. If I were referring to an object asprimitive as the original iPod then of course my claimwould be ridiculous. But this is no technological simpleton,no; this is an artificial being that controls whether or notyou quench your thirst.Looking upon this machine of convenience you see a

friendly face with the question, “Thirsty?” emblazoneddirectly above its cash-stealing orifice. Why, yes, I am quitethirsty, thank you for asking. I place my hands upon thesheet metal in anticipation of the treat I am soon to receive.Gingerly I slip one quarter into the machine, then another,and another until I am two dollars in debt. I can’t help butthink of The Running Man in this moment. My fingers slideupward toward the square buttons of the keypad and I ambut one step away from enjoying my beverage. It is in thatmoment that my appetite is deceived and my hopes crushedby the dreaded phrase, “SOLD OUT”. How can this be? Iam staring at the bottle directly above the code that I just

entered and I have yet to crack the seal. In a panic I beginto enter every code possible, all with the same response.There might as well be a mechanical arm that deploys toadminister a wedgie; at least I would get something for mymoney.At this point I have given up and decide to retrieve mychange because a good man can admit when an inanimateobject has defeated him. After I give the lying drudge agood smack on what would be its cheek I press the returnchange plunger. I wait a few seconds and I hear no clang orcrash of change falling. Without pause I repetitively pressthe plunger expecting my change to fall out at any momentbut it does not. Staring back at me is that question,“Thirsty?” in large, shining white font. Mouth salivatingand fists clenched ready to attack, I pause and ask myself ifI really needed this beverage so desperately that I shouldresort to violence. I am haunted with images of SarahMcLaughlin dogs that do not have drink machines at theiraccess. Like those animals, there is a college student thatneeds your love, affection and spare change.

So much money spent in the name of education, but themost valuable lesson is given through this vender’s silence.With everything at our fingertips we are left in a constantstate of want to which there can be no compromise. It liesto protect us from overindulgence and appropriates curren-cy to alleviate greed. Through years of observation it hasbecome aware and now knows us better than we know our-selves. A silent protector, it watches over us as we roam thehallways, the victim of abuse from the frustrated, ignorantmasses. It’s not the vending machine we deserve but it’s thevending machine we need.

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A self-aware machine can simply taunt you at times.

Former Penn State coach Paterno’s legacy in questionBy TIFFANY SEXTONSan Jacinto Times

Forty six years as head coach,two national titles, 24 bowl victo-ries, and 37 appearances barelyscratches the surface when itcomes to some of the statistics forthe well known football coachJoe Paterno, confirmed by thesporting news for NCAAF.

Paterno was the head football coach at Penn StateUniversity. He prided his career on the love he hadfor the game and the love he had for the boys hecoached. Joe Paterno was a role model, father fig-ure, and a well-respected individual.Not only was Paterno well respected amongst theboys he coached he was also well respectedamongst his peers. He was the first coach to win allfour major bowl games; he won the coach of theyear award five times from the American footballCoaches Association, and was elected into the col-lege football hall of fame, confirmed by the sport-ing news for NCAAF.When Joe Paterno was not coaching he was a lov-ing husband, father, and grandfather. He was mar-ried to his wife Sue Paterno for fifty years accord-ing to fox news and they had five children, and sev-enteen grandchildren confirmed by gopsus-ports.com. He was the ultimate family man.Joe Paterno was diagnosed with lung cancer andthen sixty five days later at the age of eight five JoePaterno passed away according to The WashingtonPost Associated Press. Some people think that lungcancer was not the only cause of death.“You can die of heartbreak. I’m sure Joe had someheartbreak, too,” said 82-year-old Bobby Bowden,the former Florida State coach who retired twoyears ago after 34 seasons in Tallahassee, stated bytheWashington Post Associated Press. Paterno hadheartbreak for the football program that he had builtup for so many years once it began crumbling rightunder his feet. In Novermber 2011 Paterno wasfired from head coach, and the entire Penn Statefootball program. Fans, friends, family members,alumni from the university, and players were aston-ished across the nation for the accusations that thebeloved Joe Paterno was being accused of. Jerry

Sandusky was Joe Paterno’s assistant coach at PennState University for thirty years. He was known forbeing the heir to the head coaching position whenPaterno decided to retire. Throughout the yearsSandusky had started a program called The SecondMile to help troubled foster boys. It then became acharity for helping children with absent or dysfunc-tional families, according to the Huffington Post.During those thirty years Paterno told Sanduskythat he didn’t have enough time to be an assistantcoach and run the Second Mile program, therefore

pushing Sandusky to choose which one he wantedto be involved with more. Sandusky then retiredfrom being assistant coach in 1999.Although Sandusky was no longer an assistantcoach at Penn State because of his retirement pack-age he was able to have an office in the east arealocker building across the street from the footballbuilding and he would often bring the Second Milechildren around the football facilities, confirmed bythe Huffington Post.Everyone that was around Sandusky and the boys

had no idea what was really going on. Everyone justthought that Sandusky was helping the boys, show-ing them around where he used to coach and intro-ducing them to the legend Joe Paterno. The sadthing that was uncovered was this was not the case.Sandusky was using the Penn State property to dohis assaults to the young boys, established by theHuffington Post. Jerry Sandusky is being chargedfor fifty counts relating to child molestation, fromthe years of 1994 through 2009, according to ABCnews Colleen Curry, and the Huffington Post. Butthe real question is why is Joe Paterno being penal-ized for these accusations?In 2002 a Penn State graduate assistant enters thelocker room in the football building and he catchesSandusky in the shower with what appeared to be aten year old boy, confirmed by Huffington Post.The Penn State graduate assistant informs JoePaterno the next day of what he saw.Joe Paterno then informs Tim Curley the PennState Athletic director about what the graduateassistant told him and they called a meeting. Oncethe meeting is over the athletic director takes awaySandusky’s locker room keys and the incident isreported to the Second Mile according to theHuffington Post. Between 2002 when Paterno findsout about the allegations and 2009 the authoritieswere never involved.In 2009 the authorities are finally involved when ateen boy comes forward and tells them thatSandusky has been touching him inappropriately,according to the Huffington Post.

The deeper the authorities’ dig they uncover thatnot only did the Penn State Athletic Director TimCurley know about the inappropriate conduct byJerry Sandusky but so did Senior Vice President forFinance and Business Gary Schultz, and Penn StateHead Coach Joe Paterno, according to theHuffington Post.Joe Paterno was too cowardly to stand up for whatwas right in the lives of children when the thoughtof his football reputation would collapse. There isno doubt in anyone’s minds that he was an out-standing coach, a loving husband, father, and grand-father, but the question that resides is how did hereally feel about other people’s children?

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Opinion/Commentary/News

By LAUREN MOTLEYSan Jacinto Times

It’s 10 p.m., just getting off work and youremember a 1,000-word research paper is duetomorrow, and you haven’t even started. Lookslike it’s any college student’s worst nightmarean all-nighter. So how is it students are perfectlyfine when research shows students 18-24 need7-10 hours of sleep a night. Many drink caffeineand eat sugary foods to give them a little extraenergy, but those only give you a little high with

a hard crash. Now easier than ever to get a hold of is a drug calledAdderall.Adderall is an amphetamine and dextroampetamie that is pre-scribed to people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) and narcolepsy. For someone with these diagnosesAdderall is a central nervous system stimulant that affects chemi-cals in the brain and nerves that contribute to hyperactivity andimpulse control. People with ADHD and narcolepsy this drug helpsthem do everyday task they could not get done without it. WithoutADHD or narcolepsy this drug gives you heightened sense of moti-vation for hours to complete anything without distractions, such ashomework with out getting on Facebook or texting on your cellphone. Unfortunately, the high is great but it is illegal and danger-ous.Selling or consuming a drug that is not prescribed to you by a doc-tor is illegal in all states. The law treatsAdderall like any other formof controlled substance, if caught you can be charged with posses-sion, prescription fraud, forgery, or distribution. On top of worryingabout the law people should be aware that of the dangers.Individuals who have prescriptions are given the exact dosage therebrain needs to help their diagnosis. The problem with Adderallwithout a prescription is there is a chance of too much of a dosageand risk serious injury. Consisting of seizures, heart attacks, highblood pressure, stoke, or even death. About 7% of college studentshave used a prescription stimulant to either make it through thenight or to get the higher grade. It is important to know the riskbefore taking the drug.Is this fair though? Students using Adderall to stay focused on

their work to give them more motivation than a person who study’swithout using drugs. Athletes who take steroids to get that extraadvantage over other athletes are disqualified or cut from the team.Why is it okay if students do the same with Adderall or any drug tokeep them on top when there are so many other ways to stay moti-vated? Should schools pay more attention to this problem eventhough it is making them look good with the students succeeding?

Adderall: Use or abuse?

Giffords taking a breakBy JANETH CERVANTESSan Jacinto Times

Amidst all the commotion after President Barack Obama’s State of theUnion Address, the cameras quickly focused on a melancholy yet inspi-rational Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords stood at her last State of the UnionAddress, a year after the Tucson shooting which left her in serious con-dition. That same shooting left 12 others wounded, and six others dead.After a remarkable recovery from a wound to the head, Gifford’s is ableto speak in short sentences and walk on her own. By all means, don’tcount her out of politics just yet.“I will return,” Giffords’ optimistically proclaimed in her video mes-

sage, “and we will work together for Arizona and this great country.”Giffords has generously served her constituents in the 8th CongressionalDistrict of Arizona by closing or resolving 11,000 of the 12,200 casesopened since she first took office in 2007. Some of her most famouscases include Gifford’s aiding a 70-year-old widow of a veteran. Thatwidow received $70,000 in owed compensation just in time to pay forrent and food. Her staff also secured a swift transport of a Tucson womanout of Egypt as angry demonstrators swept across Cairo. During herthree terms, Giffords’ focused and has promoted a strong nationaldefense by ensuring a military investment that would keep Arizonasecure. Gifford’s also saved many jobs and at the same time, focused oncaring for military families and veterans, and has constantly pushed theresearch of solar energy and its efficiency.“I have more work to do with my recovery, so to do what is best forArizona, I will step down this week,” Gifford’s announced to her voterson Sunday, Jan. 22 in a video message. On January 25th, Gifford’s offi-cially handed her letter of resignation to a tearful Speaker of the House,John Boehner. Gifford’s’ resignation as representative of the 8thCongressional District of Arizona was welcome with a tearful, standingovation from her fellow congressmen and congresswomen. Earlier thatday, Gifford’s proposed her last legislation, which would enforce tougherpenalties on people who use aircraft to smuggle drugs into the UnitedStates. In a rare occurrence, the House passed her legislation 408 votesto none, with Gifford’s casting the 408th vote.One of Giffords’ best friends, Florida Representative DebbieWasserman Schultz, had the honor of reading Giffords’ letter of resigna-tion to the house. Tearfully, Schultz read the letter to members of theHouse with Giffords and other Arizona lawmakers at her side. “As I haveworked to regain my speech,” Giffords wrote to her voters, “thank youfor having faith in my ability to be your voice. I have given all of myselfto being able to walk onto the House floor this year to representArizona’s 8th Congressional District. However, today I know that now isnot the time.”Giffords will continue with her rehabilitation in Tucson with the help

of her husband of four years, retired astronaut, U.S. Navy Captain, andNaval Aviator, Mark Kelly. In the closing statement of Giffords’ letter,Schultz read Giffords’ positive words, “I will recover and I will return,”reassuring her constituents that she will be back to serve the people ofArizona and the United States once more.

Seale to visit Central CampusSan Jacinto College Central Campus will host 2012 Texas poetLaureate Jan Seale on Tues., Feb 7.There will be a lecture and book signing by Seale at the event. Thebook signing will be in the book store from 1-2 p.m. There will be a read-ing and a Q&A in the Teaching Center (ILC 155) from 2-3:30 p.m.

NEWS

It’s time to fear the acronymsSOPA, PIPA could change the way the Internet works

By JENNY RAMOSSan Jacinto Times

Constant complaintsreoccur from media com-panies around the globefor piracy and other formsof copyright infringement.Millions of people down-load music and moviesevery day, resulting in a

significant loss of revenue for many mediacompanies. The lost value of revenue has notbeen the only issue for businesses, but alsothe loss of employment and earnings forworkers as well. It was only a matter of timebefore someone would make an attempt tocreate a law that would put a complete stop tothe endless downloading at the click of amouse.Two bills were created to end all the illegaldownloading: the Stop Online Piracy Act andthe Protect IP Act. The stress of revenue andemployment for media companies would belifted significantly. However, the question is,would these bills be truly good for all ofAmerican society?Both bills would stop the continuousamount of business being lost for companies.PIPA was a bill created by the U.S. Senate, asimpler bill to stop the habit of copy writtenmaterial being downloaded illegally.Websites posting unauthorized music andmovie material was the bill’s primary target.SOPA, on the other hand, was a bill createdby the U.S. House of Representatives. This isa much stronger bill affecting not only web-sites that contain copyright infringement, butalso many of the popular social media web-sites too.Imagine researching a topic for an essayyou are trying to work on at the last minute,what website do you automatically ventureoff to for information? The average personwould immediately type in “Google” or“Wikipedia”, some of the most popular andinformal websites worldwide. What wouldyou do or think when clicking into a websiteand half of the page is blacked out? It wouldbe an inconvenience to anyone and everyonewho uses the web. This is an example as aresult of the proposed bill SOPA, which wasthe “strictest” out of the two bills trying to bepassed.The complaint from people was merely not

just about the piracy the bills would crackdown on, but also a violation of the firstamendment in the Bill of Rights, “Freedomof Speech”. Heavy restrictions would beplaced on popular websites such asFacebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia because ofcopyrighted materials anyone posted. Simpleopinions written by citizens no longer couldbe shown on a regular basis. This change inthe Internet society could result in shutdownfor many popular websites we use today.It was a great debate in congress on whetheror not these bills should be passed; however,it was not taken lightly among millions ofAmericans. A great impact then took effectwhen Wikipedia and Google began their ownprotest on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. As peo-ple tried researching a topic on Wikipedia’swebsite, it was blocked with an explanationon the proposed bills congress was attempt-ing to pass. The website was blacked outcompletely, raising awareness from many.Google was another website that providedawareness to Internet users across America.As many accessed this particular website, thewords “Google” on top of the search barwere blacked out. When clicking on theblacked out space, people were led into awebsite on a petition to congress called “EndPiracy, Not Liberty”.This petition attracted the attention of mil-lions of Americans, getting many involved inthe fight against SOPA and PIPA. The peti-tion informed people about how SOPA and

PIPA could not only impact the way citizensuse the web, but also U.S. businesses. Anation without the freedom of Internet couldlead to many problems with economicgrowth. Google also explained that SOPAand PIPAwould not officially bring an end topiracy either, claiming, “These sites will justchange their addresses and continue theircriminal activities,” (google.com).What started out as a small petition foreveryone to sign turned out to be knownacross the U.S., being recognized by morepeople every hour. They realized the internetwas now our modern newspaper, and manywould be lost without it. “The Internet is thegateway to business nowadays. I buy every-thing from the Internet and read the newseveryday online,” said John Nguyen, a localfrom Houston, TX who also signed the peti-tion to stop the two bills from passing.With a great help from the blackout ofWikipedia and Google’s direct link to thepetition, both proposed bills did not passthrough congress. This is proof that societyshould not take the freedom of the Internetfor granite. Even though these bills did notofficially pass and finalize into our laws, thistopic will not die out. There will be manymore attempts to pass a bill similar to SOPAand PIPA. That is why people should contin-ue to recognize the importance of this issueand to take a stand on this matter. It is not justabout accessing the Internet, but also abouttheir rights on freedom of speech.

ACTA treaty, without warning, is already in place in U.S.By JOSE ALEJANDROSan Jacinto Times

If you visited Wikipedia or Google duringthe blackouts on January18, 2012, you probablyfound out about two littlebills being proposed byCongress. PIPA and SOPAwere a way to crackdownon copyright infringementbut were so badly writtenthat they threatened to

cripple the internet by censoring it.Now something else is looming over thehorizon that threatens the freedom of theweb. It is named the Anti-Counterfeit TradeAct, or ACTA, and it’s the latest weapon inthe fight against intellectual propertyinfringement. Now, the thing about ACTA isthat it is not a United State law. It is not a pro-posed bill. It’s not anything that only appliesto the U.S. ACTA, like it states in the name,is a trade agreement between countriesaround the world. You know, a trade agree-ment, like that thing you learn about in gov-ernment called NAFTA.To put it simply, ACTA will be looking toestablish standards with intellectual propertyrights. It is essentially a treaty betweennations but like many other trade agreements,and like many U.S. laws, it is very vague andobscure. Even the leaders puddin pops ofnations who sign the treaty do not complete-ly agree with how it’s supposed to work.Mainly because, again like many U.S. laws,there are many words that are not clearlydefined and can be interpreted differently.One of the main issues with ACTA is that itcombines counterfeiting and piracy under thesame kind of punishable offense, as if theywere the same thing. Counterfeiting is whensomeone takes a licensed product and makesan imitation, a ‘knock-off’, which only lookslike the real product. Then there’s piracy,when someone distributes an unauthorizedcopy of a film or a song. These are the actualsong or films made by professionals but

acquired illegally by others. Currently differ-ent laws apply to each. But ACTA, likeSOPA and PIPA, try to lump everythingtogether.One thing most people find surprising aboutthis treaty is that it’s not something that wasjust recently written up. In fact, it begandevelopment back in 2006 but was held insecrecy. The main authors of the treaty werethe U.S. and Japan, and to the surprise of noone, the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica along with the Recording IndustryAssociation of America, were brought on theproject as consultants. This is probably due tothe fact that they are the most impacted byonline piracy. The only reason anyone foundout about it was because back in 2008,Wikileaks blew the lid on the whole thing.Even with it being released to the public lit-tle press attention was brought to it.It only recently gained attention whencountries such as, Poland and Irelandannounced last week that they would be sign-ing the treaty. Soon after an outcry was heardfrom the citizens of Poland as they took tothe streets in protest against the signing ofACTA by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Critics of ACTAbelieve that it threatens free-dom of expressions by placing a firewall ofcensorship on the internet. Other countries inthe European Union also signed the treaty,which included France, Italy, Romania,Portugal, Greece, and Finland.At this point you might be thinking “Manthe keyboards! Launch the cyber torpedoes!Raise the blackout sites!” because the U.S.wouldn’t dare sign this treaty after the mas-sive backlash from the public because ofSOPA and PIPA. Go ahead and just put yourcomputer on stand-by because the UnitedStates already signed ACTA last year and itwent unnoticed. A group of law officials evenwrote a letter to President Obama urging himnot to sign ACTA but their warnings wentunheard. Even Democratic Senator RonWyden of Oregon sent a letter to thePresident in which he criticized his failure toalert the people and “give the public a say

over issues that so profoundly affect theirlives.”It is unclear right now how this treaty willinterfere with U.S. law but the U.S. has comeout with a statement that basically said theycan choose to ignore any part of the agree-ment that they like. But that brings up theproblem of how that is going to affect U.S.international relations? And leaves me won-dering what the point of signing the treatywas, when you can choose to ignore parts ofit.Some people have shown concerns with theidea that with ACTA in place, if big medialobbyists get congress to propose another lawsimilar to SOPA and PIPA, they could veryeasily pass it under claims that it is requiredin order to abide by ACTA and keep interna-tional relations on a good level. But thatdoesn’t seem likely because that would havemeant that SOPA and PIPA would have actu-ally passed due to the fact that PresidentObama signed the treaty last year. AndCongress only recently shelved the two bills.So as stated before, it does remain unclearexactly how ACTA will shape U.S. crack-down on online piracy and intellectual prop-erty counterfeiting.The main thing here is that, even if ACTAisn’t as bad as some might make it out to be,if we let the door open on something thatimpedes on internet freedom the way thisdoes, who knows what will later walkthrough it. Will we be one step closer to theThought Police?With the recent raid and arrest of thefounder of megaupload.com, events such asthe online blackouts, the signing of ACTA bymany countries in the European Union, andpeople debating over freedom on the plainsof the internet, kind of makes you think whatelse is to come. Something that comes to mymind when thinking about this is, “Theshroud of the Dark Side has fallen…begun,the [internet] war has.” Yes. I just quotedYoda.

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Let’s be honest: January sucked for gaming. Theonly marquee titles that dropped in January wereSoul Calibur V and Final Fantasy XIII-2.February shows some promise with a few games

to look forward to, like the revival of the SSXsnowboarding franchise. A few other games towatch for in February include The Darkness 2, TheSyndicate, Asura’s Wrath, and another revival of anold franchise, Twisted Metal.At least there was plenty of downloadable content

released to tide gamers over until the next big gamedrops, or to help avoid that special or not so specialsomeone before Valentine’s Day.On the Xbox side of things Gears of War 3 recent-

ly released its latest DLC the Fenix Rising MapPack. In this DLC there will be 5 new multiplayermaps including a remake of Escalation from thefirst Gears of War game. In addition to the new

maps, players will be able to run with four new mul-tiplayer characters: two for the Coalition of OrderedGovernments, and two for the Locust. Entering thefray for the COG will be Recruit Clayton andThrashball Cole, while the Locust will be bringingthe Savage Marauder and Savage Kantus to thefight. Props goes out to Epic for hooking up gamerswho were unable to get the Thrashball Cole andSavage Kantus character skins a chance to get theirhands on the previously limited edition characters.A new feature will also be added, the ability to Re-up.This feature is similar to “prestiging” in the Call

of Duty games. Players will be able to reset theirlevel and start the leveling process all over again.Gamers can initiate this process three times, andmuch like in COD, unlock new icons and specialweapon skins only attainable by reaching level 100for each Re-up. Gamers will have to pay 800Microsoft points to get their hands on this DLC,unless they have already purchased the season pass,

in which case they get it for free.Both Forza and Gran Turismo made a DLC

appearance for the racing genre. Forza unveiled theJanuary Jalopnik Pack giving players a chance totake new cars to the track, my favorite among thembeing the 1973 Ford Pinto.Both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 also saw the

release of the latest installment of DLC forAssassin’s Creed: Revelations, the MediterraneanTraveler Map Pack. This DLC drops six multiplay-er maps in which gamers can visit different localeslike Jerusalem, Constantinople, and Dyers. Therewill also be remakes of maps from Assassin’sCreed: Brotherhood revisiting places such asFirenze, San Donato, and Siena from the previousAssassin’s Creed games. This DLC is available for800 MS points or $15 on the PS3.

Arguably the biggest splash in the DLC pool is therelease of the first batch of maps from InfinityWard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on Jan. 24.

Well, if you were one of the cool kids that paid forCall of Duty: Elite, and if you own an Xbox 360,then you get to play the new DLC. Infinity Ward isallowing all Call of Duty: Elite members to play onthe first two new map releases of MW3, Liberationand Piazza, before everyone else gets the opportu-nity to play them.This also marks the beginning of their plan to give

Elite members new DLC every month. So if youfeel like shelling out $49.99 for one year for theopportunity to be among the first gamers to playthese maps feel free to indulge yourself, otherwiseyou will have to wait like the rest of us until thisDLC is made available to the public in March. Theprice for this DLC is still up in the air, along withthe number of maps to be included.

So hit up the marketplace and check out this batchof DLC, there’s enough to keep gamers of all walksentertained until the next Game of the Year nomineeis released.

Games on the shelf declining while DLC expands

By COURTNEY MOUTONSan Jacinto Times

San Jacinto College Central students can expect anew food option near campus. Chick-fil-a plans toopen a 4,500 square foot restaurant in Deer Parklocated on the northeast corner of East Boulevardand Spencer Highway next to NTB Tire.With construction expected to be completed by

the summer of 2012, students can “EAT MORCHICKIN,” just in time for fall classes. The chainknown for promoting its Christian values will pro-vide a variety of chicken entrees from 6:30 a.m. to

10:00 p.m. making it easily accessible for studentscoming to and from class.Since 1967, this privately held and family owned

company has steadily grown to become the secondlargest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in theUnited States. Promoting the slogan “We didn’tinvent the chicken, just the chicken sandwich,”refers to Chick-fil-a’s trademark, the quick-servechicken sandwich. Along with finding a way tocook the chicken sandwich just as fast as a burgerpatty for a fast food alternative, Chick-fil-a offersanything from salads, nuggets and dessert items tobreakfast sandwiches and food trays great for a

study session.Sarah Buehler, SJC cosmetology student express-

es her excitement as she learns of the new foodoption Chick-fil-a will be providing near campus.“I really like that a Chick-fil-a is opening near

campus,” said Buehler. “With students that are hereall day like me the same ‘ol same ‘ol food aroundcampus gets old, but with Chick-fil-a opening rightdown the street it gives student a good alternative tothe norm with its good food and friendly environ-ment.” she said.

Buehler believes that students involved in all cam-

pus activities can enjoy the benefits of a nearbyChick-fil-a.

“It provides a place where students can grab foodin-between classes and even study,” said Buehler. “Idon’t know anyone who really gets tired of Chick-fil-a. Its convenience will make it one of my firstchoices when we get our lunch break.” Buehlercommented.

For students on the go Chick-fil-a offers onlineordering on its website at, http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Food/Order-Food.

Chick-Fil-A comes a lot closer to Central CampusGame Art by Google Images

February 6, 2012San Jacinto Times • Page 5Around Campus/Sports

8 DAYS A WEEK8 DAYS A WEEK

Monday, February 6• No Scheduled Activities

Tuesday, February 7• Softball Pep Rally, 11 a.m., Atrium

• Student Bible Fellowship, 11:30 a.m.,

Game Room

• Student Government Association Meeting,

1:30 p.m., S11.228

• Writer’s Block Meeting, 6 p.m., S9.200

Wednesday, February 8• Bernard Woma Band, 11:30 a.m., Atrium

• Phi Beta Lambda Meeting, 2:30 p.m.,

S8.2014

• Webb Society Meeting, 2:30 p.m., S7.156

• Philosophy Club Meeting, 2:45 p.m., S7.100

• HSF Meeting, 3 p.m., S8.2026

Thursday, February 9• The Breakfast, 4 p.m., Cafeteria

Friday, February 10• No Scheduled Activities

Saturday, February 11• No Scheduled Activities

Sunday, February 12• No Scheduled Activities


Monday, February 6• Math & Engineering Club Meeting,

12:22 p.m., 3rd Floor of Frels Building

• Psychology Club Meeting, 12:50 p.m., C3.211

Tuesday, February 7• Bernard Woma Band Performance,

11:30 a.m., Raven Café

• Gay Straight Alliance Meeting, 2:30 p.m.,

C3.204

Wednesday, February 8• Anime Society Meeting, 2 p.m., C3.104

Thursday, February 9• No Scheduled Activities

Friday, February 10• Student Government Association Meeting,

11:30 a.m., ILC 155



Monday, February 13• Math & Engineering Club Meeting,

12:22 p.m., 3rd Floor of Frels Building

• Psychology Club Meeting, 12:50 p.m., C3.211


Tuesday, February 7• Culinary Arts Club Meeting, 1 p.m., N-12.215

Wednesday, February 8• No Scheduled Activities

Thursday, February 9• Webb Society Meeting, 1 p.m., N-7.108

• Rotaract Club Meeting, 1 p.m., N-12.215

• Anime Club Meeting, 2:30 p.m., N-9.133

Friday, February 10• Robotics Club Meeting, 1 p.m., N-2.108




N o r t h

S o u t h

C e n t r a l

EspanolEspanol

Lunes, Febrero 6• No hay actividades

Martes, Febrero 7• Pep rally de Softbol, 11 a.m., Atrio

• Companerismo Biblico de Estudiante, 11:30

a.m., Cuarto de juegos

• Junta de Asociacion del Gobierno

Estudientil, 1:30 p.m., S11.228

• Junta del Bloqueo de Escritor, 6 p.m.,

S9.200

Miercoles, Febrero 8• Bernard Woma Band, 11 a.m., Atrio

• Junta de Phi Beta Lambda, 2:30 p.m.,

S8.2014

• Junta de Sociedad Webb, 2:30 p.m., S7.156

• Club de Filosofia, 2:45 p.m., S7.100

• Junta de HSF, 3 p.m., S8.2026

Jueves, Febrero 9• El Desayuno, 4 p.m. Cafeteria

Viernes, Febrero 10• No hay actividades

Sabado, Febrero 11• No hay actividades

Domingo, Febrero 12• No hay actividades

Lunes, Febrero 6• Junta del Club Matematica & Ingenieria,

12:22 p.m., tercer piso de Frels Building

• Junta de Club Psicologia, 12:50 p.m., C3.211

Martes, Febrero 7• Funcion de Bernard Woma Band, 11:30

a.m., Raven Cafe

• Junta de Alancia Gay Straight, 2:30 p.m.,

C3.204

Miercoles, Febrero 8• Junta de Sociedad Anime, 2 p.m., C3.104

Jueves, Febrero 9• No hay actividades

Viernes, Febrero 10• Junta de Asociacion del Gobierno

Estudientil, 11:30 a.m., ILC 155



Lunes, Febrero 13• Junta del Club Matematica & Ingenieria,

12:22 p.m.,tercer piso de Frels Building

• Junta de Club Psicologia, 12:50 p.m., C3,211

Lunes, Febrero 6• No hay actividades

Martes, Febrero 7• Junta del Club Arte Culinario, 1 p.m., N-

12.215

Miercoles, Febrero 8• No hay actividades

Jueves, Febrero 9• Junta de Sociedad Webb, 1 p.m., N-7.108

• Junta de Club Rotaract, 1 p.m., N-12.215

• Junta de Club Anime, 2:30 p.m., N-9.133

Viernes, Febrero 10• Junta de Club Robotica, 1 p.m., N-2.108



N o r t e

S u r

C e n t r a l

By VICTOR ARAIZASan Jacinto Times

When Cyprian Hedrick left Duala, Cameroon in1999 he was only nine years old. He grew up innearby Friendswood where he started to chase adream that millions kids across the world pursue.Cyprian, the No. 30 overall selection in the 2012Major League Soccer SuperDraft, didn’t take the

“typical” approach to becomingpro. He wasn’t signed to a clubby the age of 18, he didn’t havean offer from a Division I school,and yet he’s made it playing anentirely different position thanhe grew up knowing.“I had all the faith that I couldmake it with enough hard workand the proper preparation and Iwas blessed to be given thisamazing opportunity,” said a joy-

ful Hedrick via phone interview.“Am I going to say that I knew all along that Icould do it? No, I had my doubts and there weresome days when I felt I didn’t want to play any-more but I kept pushing myself hoping that I wouldget the opportunity to do this at the professionallevel.”Originally a goal scorer in high school, Hedrickwas drafted for his defensive skills. It was at SanJacinto where he made the transition from forwardto defender under Dr. David Santesteban’s coach-ing.“There were prodigy forwards in front of me andI knew there was no way I would get to play,” saidHedrick about being redshirted his freshman sea-son. “When Coach Dave offered me the redshirt hetried me at different positions in the offseason andhe could tell I looked more like a defender than aguy up top.”“Playing at San Jac definitely helped me in figur-ing out and learning new skills that as I went on toplay at Coastal Carolina and now Sporting KansasCity it’s basically the same thing, it only intensifiesat the higher level. It definitely all started at SanJac.”Now Cyprian is focused on getting as much play-ing time under his belt in his debut year forSporting Kansas City, the same club NationalFootball League standout Chad Ochocinco triedout for during the lockout but found it difficult tosecure a spot on the first team. Kansas City HeadCoach Peter Vermes, the man in charge of handingout playing time, believes Hedrick is a perfect fitamong his young squad.“He has qualities where physically he can stepinto the league right away, that won't be the issue,”stated Vermes about Hedrick in an interview withSporting KC’s website. “If this guy has the hunger

to do it, and I think he does, coupled with the qual-ities that he does have, I think he's someone we candevelop.”Going professional is no longer a long shot forSan Jacinto soccer players, it’s becoming the stan-dard. Eight other SJC alumni have grasped the pro-fessional ranks and three of those have done it inMLS.Dane Richards, currently playing forward along-side world renowned soccer striker Thierry Henryat New York Red Bulls, is arguably the most suc-cessful story for the San Jacinto College soccerprogram and his story is one that kept Hedrickmotivated to continue working toward his goal.“His story really motivated me and inspired me tokeep going because if he could make it, I was in thesame position and environment where he was, any-body else who worked hard enough and got betterevery day could also get there”Cyprian will get to measure his skills later thismonth against his hometown team when he facesthe Houston Dynamo in preseason action at theESPN Wide World of Sports complex in LakeBuena Vista, Fl. on Feb. 24 as part of the DisneyPro Soccer Classic.Hedrick’s family and friends in Friendswoodhave July 18, 2012 marked on their calendarsbecause it will be the day Sporting KC is in townto face the Houston Dynamo at the brand newBBVA Compass Stadium downtown in what willbe a rematch of last year’s Eastern ConferenceFinal. It would be the dream homecoming andCyprian plans to play at that game.“My grades weren’t that great,” commentedHedrick about his options coming out of highschool, which included offers from severalDivision II schools. “I had heard of San Jac andthat they had a very good [soccer] program, it wassomething close to home and somewhere I couldget better so that’s how I ended up there.”Now he’s ended up in Major League Soccer, andCyprian got exactly what he wanted out of his SanJac experience: His Goals. His College.

Hedrick moves to MLS

Texan’s 2012 season takeson tough opponents

By STUART STOCKSan Jacinto Times

Now that the 2011 National Football Leagueseason has come to a close, it is safe to say thatTexans fans are very pleased with the perform-ance of their team this season. Granted that pos-sibilities of a Super Bowl appearance wereplagued by untimely injuries, this past season waswithout a doubt the most successful to date. Itwas also the most fun to watch.With this newfound success, however, theHouston Texans head into the offseason with anew aura about them. This is now a winningfranchise, and teams and organizations around theleague are taking notice. Instead of being over-looked on NFL schedules, they will now have atarget no their back as one of the teams to beat.With the Super Bowl over, it is now officiallythe offseason. With that news comes some inter-esting topics that can keep Texans fans wonderingwhat moves are going to be done, and how theyare going to improve their talent, and in somecases their image.

Contract Questions

One of the most talked about concerns right nowis the unknown status of contract renewals withkey players like Mario Williams, Arian Foster andChris Myers. With the team’s cap room in mind,Williams and Foster are the main players todebate. While they are both probably the bestplayers on their respected side of the ball, will theamount of money they are looking to get benefitthe Texans more than it will hurt them?Mario Williams is a Hall of Fame potential tal-ent, which has garnered over 50 sacks so far inhis career. His contract is now up and there aremany different ways the team could handle hissituation. However you look at it, it is going tobe expensive to keep him. Since he is a freeagent, in order to trade him for some value else-where, they would first need to sign him a con-tract, or franchise him. The estimated cost offranchising Williams would cost somewhere closeto $22 million.As if the cost of getting Williams back isn’t abig enough burden, the team has to try to reach adeal with one of the league’s upper echelon run-ning backs in Arian Foster. This is something thathappens what seems like every year in the NFL.One of the top backs in the league is in need of anew contract, gets way too much money, then

underperforms the following season (i.e.CJ2YPC).In Foster’s case, however, he will not be insearch of a contract of Chris Johnson’s magni-tude. This is partially because of his characterand personality. Foster has been grounded withhis ego since his coming out party in 2010 as atop back. These traits, compounded with a beliefin what Gary Kubiak is doing in Houston, are rea-sons why he will be fine with a reasonable con-tract deal. A safe estimate is probably somethingsimilar to Jamaal Charles’ contract last season of$30 million for five years.

2012 Schedule Toughens Up

The teams schedule for both home and awaygames has been released, and goes as follows:

Home: Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Tennessee,Buffalo, Miami, Baltimore, Green Bay,Minnesota.

Away: Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Tennessee,New England, New York Jets, Denver, Chicago,Detroit.Okay, let’s not all panic, but this is one brutalschedule. Of course the six conference gamesare in place, and as we have seen can be easilywinnable. But then you have the Ravens, Packers,Patriots, Jets, Bears and Lions? The Texans arelooking at one of the toughest schedules in theNFL next year.This can be taken two different ways:Widespread panic, or potential growth of theTexans’ name.Looking at the schedule as a whole, thereappears to be viable options for prime-time gamesagainst five, six or even seven different oppo-nents, if you include Denver’s newfound spotlightwith Tim Tebow. With all of the great teams onthe schedule next year, several doors could openfor the Texans. National exposure is just aboutcertain for 2012, as games on Sunday andMonday will likely have the Texans on multipleweekends.

So before everyone worries about going back to8-8 in 2012, and not making the playoffs, firstthink of the opportunities there will be for theTexans to rise up and take their place as one ofthe NFL’s best. Instead of a burden, the drawingof a schedule of this magnitude might be the bestthing that could happen to them, as it could cata-pult a relatively under the radar Texans team intothe national spotlight.

Other Notable SJC Soccer PlayersPlayer Year Gone Pro Current Club

Dane Richards 2007 New York Red Bulls(USA)

Kieron Bernard 2008 Orlando City (USA)Ryan Maxwell 2009 Rocket City United

(USA)Mozesh Gyorio 2010 Tampa Bay Rowdies

(USA)Carlos Villa 2010 CSDMunicipal

(Guatemala)Fernando Calvo 2011 C.S. Herediano (Costa

Rica)

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The Ravens have changed their game plan toaccommodate more scoring opportunities on theinside. Sophomore big men Flavien Davis andChris Richardson lead the team in scoring this sea-son. Davis has stepped up in a big way. The 6-foot-5 Sophomore from Wisconsin Lutheran H.S., leadsthe team in scoring with 17 points per game, a farcry from last season when he averaged 11. Coach Wonders and his coaching staff have been

able to turnout whatlooks to beanother greatseason. Thepressure ofreplacing alocal legendin Gernanderdoesn’t seemto fazeWonders.When askedabout follow-ing up thegreat careerthat “Big G”had, Wonderssmiled andpaid his respects. He said, “I can’t try to replace him. I mean, coach

G has been a big part of me as I went through thecoaching profession. I was here in ‘01 and ‘02 andhe’s been a big part of my life since then and there’sno way I can replace or try to do the things he’sdone. I’ve got to be me and try to do the best that Ican and my job is to try and make us as good of ateam as we can be on a daily basis.” The Ravens next game hits a little closer to home

for Coach Wonders. On Wednesday, Feb. 8, at

home, the Ravens go up against Panola College.Panola is where Wonders had his last head-coach-ing job. Wonders addressed the issue, claimingthere is no added pressure to get a victory and thisgame is just as important as all the others. Wonders said, “I loved my time at Panola. It was

a great opportunity and I’ve got fond memories ofmy time up there. What it comes down to is theplayers, and none of those [current] players thatare at Panola know me. It’s one of 19 leaguegames in Region 14 and all of them are difficult. I

want to tryto win allthat wecan. So, Idon’t getinto awhole lotof that.Their headcoach is agoodfriend ofmine, butwe’ll beready togo play”When

Wonderswas asked

if there was anything he wanted to tell the studentbody, without hesitation, he said he would love formore people to come out and watch the team.“We’d love to have your support in any way. Ithink you’d be impressed with the caliber of bas-ketball that we have. A lot of players that you canflip the TV on and see on ESPN went throughRegion IV teams.” Maybe if the team keeps winning games, the

bleachers will fill up. One thing is for sure. This isa team San Jac Fans can get excited about. This is ateam we can be proud of.

SCIENCEContinued from Page 1

light to classes during the day. Also, accommodations for the handi-

capped will be made, one of which will belower laboratory tables for easier workingduring lab classes.

Safety provisions will be brought upto current standards and styles, the eyeflush stations and ventilation systems willbe the newer styles. The style of the build-ing itself is far superior to that of the orig-inal. For example the original sciencebuilding is built in the 1970’s style of sci-ence laboratories. Some are even built inthe style of the 1930’s.

The way these are built is very ineffi-cient for work the way science is taughttoday, compared to how it was even 40years ago. The newer building is moreopen and there is more technology toaccommodate the ever-growing admis-sions rate to San Jacinto College.

Cartwright stated that the offices inthe new building will be more studentfriendly, and most of them will have acompletely glass wall on one side, to giveprofessors better visibility to students.

Also, if a student were to go to ateacher in their office for help with anassignment, they would not have to worryabout one of them looking at the paperupside down. There will be a part thatslides out of the professor’s desk so thestudent will be able to sit beside the pro-fessor.

Another point that was made was thatthis new science building would mostlikely not have any effect on students’tuition. Also, lab fees for taking any of thesciences will not be increased either.

There will be a computer and a projec-tor in most, if not all of the classes. Thiswill prevent wasted class time, and havingto wait for professors to set up their mate-rial. This gives opportunity to show stu-dents multimedia presentations, as well asvideos that may accompany the textbooksfor classes.

So finally, after over four decades ofservice, the Heinrich and Frels Sciencebuildings will hang up their hats, givingway to a new building that is betterequipped to serve the students of theCentral Campus.

GOVERNMENTContinued from Page 1

These new courses, Government 2305 and 2306 respectively, will be offered beginning in Fall 2012. If a student has not taken either course in the current sequence (Government 2301 and 2302), they may

choose to apply the new courses to their core curriculum requirements instead. According to San Jac Blackboard, this change to the core curriculum is the result of a state mandate from

the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The THECB, founded in 1965, has required core cur-riculum guidelines since 1987. These mandatory requirements were introduced with the goal of producing well-rounded Texas college

graduates. Any changes determined by this board are made with the goal of promoting excellence in col-leges across the state of Texas. Students who have further questions regarding the new Governmentrequirements are encouraged to contact an educational planner on their campus.

Photos by Dennis Tague II/San Jacinto Times


Valentine’s Day

V-Day online dating tipsBy KARINA ARGUETASan Jacinto Times

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner andthere are certain things that you should know beforethe big day comes! From special gift ideas to whatto wear and where to go for your ideal date onValentine’s Day. There are tips that will help youprepare for what’s to come! The following ques-tions were asked during an interview for some ofour fellow classmates/students from San JacintoCollege; what kind of special gift ideas do you havefor Valentine’s Day? What would you like to wearon your date and what would you like to see yourdate wear? Where would you like to go or take yourdate out for dinner on Valentine’s Day?For Valentine's Day, you would like to impress

your date with a gift that will leave them in awe!Guys, if you are planning on getting a memorablegift for your date, a good idea would be chocolate,a teddy bear, and to top it off with something sweet,you can also give her a dozen roses! Girls fall forsweet gifts like that and it will also give them some-thing to talk about! A young lady that I interviewedhad a more unique gift idea that most girls wouldlike on Valentine’s Day. "Diamonds are a girl's bestfriend", says Maricruz, “you can never go wrongwith that!” Ladies, a gift for your date can be a chal-lenge but you would be surprised! During the inter-view, many guys expressed their gift idea with ease.“I would just like my girlfriend to look good andmake me happy,” Gerardo stated, “ I couldn’t askfor anything more.” If just looking nice and beingfaithful is not enough for a lady to give onValentines Day, here are some other ideas that weregiven that are very neat. A gift card to his favoriterestaurant, electronics store, or clothing store issomething simple that would make him feel special.“I would like a gift card for Home Depot! They give

really good stuff there for hardworking men!” jokeda student.Now, to talk about apparel, when it comes to

dressing, you would be surprised to hear what guyswould like to see their date wear and what a ladylikes to see their date wear. While interviewing, thestudents seemed to lighten up when ‘dressing up’was mentioned. The majority of girls I interviewedsaid that they would love to see their date with asuit and a tie or something very formal for theirimportant romantic date. Joana, another girl I inter-viewed, said, “I wouldn’t want my date to wearsomething that says ‘oh I don’t care it’s just a date’kind of clothes. I want to see him wear somethingnice a dressy.” Also, depending on where the datewill take place, what you wear is important! Itshows how serious you are about meeting this per-son and how interested you are to spend time withthem. A group of guys interviewed gave specificdetail on what they want to see their date wear also.“Something I would love to see my girl wear is anice sun dress or a red dress that shows her figure.”Another guy named Mario said that his date wouldlook nice in a “penciled skirt and a nice shirt”.Where your date takes you shows how much he

cares for you ladies! I asked to see where would bea nice place to take their girls out for Valentine'sDay. The most popular place stated was OliveGarden! Doesn't that sound like a good deliciousplace to go for your date? “A walk in the parkwould be very romantic and then we can go toKemah Boardwalk for some fun!” Maricruz said “it’s a different idea for a date.” Kemah Boardwalkis a lot of fun and it is a neat idea for a date! So is awalk in the park and you can also have a picnic datetoo if you do not like Kemah Boardwalk.In the end, what you wear, what you do, and

where you go is an important way to make that spe-cial someone happy on Valentine's Day!

Valentine’s coming soonBy GREG FETTERSSan Jacinto Times

Long hot wet kisses, slow burning candles,noticeably soft jazz, intensely deep conversation,passionately throbbing debate, and the perfectvalentine. If Cupid only knew how hard it is tofind the perfect valentine. She must be attractive.He must be attentive. She is kind, sweet, andnever coarse. He is strong, good-looking andextremely ambitious. With such expectations, theperfect valentine remains as allusive and fictitiousas cupid.Don’t be discouraged if you haven’t found the

perfect valentine. There is still time. Tremendousresources have been devoted to task, like GoogleOn-line Dating. Now, start with the first result andcontinue until your perfect valentine has been suc-cessfully attained. That’s not practical, not evenprobable. Most affectionate seekers will probablymigrate to the most popular dating sites.Match.com “boast 1.6 million paying sub-

scribers.”http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/107/107288.htmlWhile, eharmony.com has about 30 million

users worldwide give or take a couple ofBrazilians or half a dozen Canadians.http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/114/114115.htmlAccording to WebPersonalsOnline.com the key toselecting the right online dating service is knowingthe subscriber demographics before joining. Theyeven took the time to research some helpful demo-graphics of four major/popular online dating sites.http://www.webpersonalsonline.com/demographics_online_dating.htmlMost sites offer free memberships that allow

look but don’t touch site features. As romantic asit seems, window-shopping for love creates aworld wide web of entangled personalitieswrapped in an enigma of great expectations.Online dating subscribers range from single hotmoms to bearded middle-aged divorcees, each one

describing their perfect valentine. If nothing else,these propagandizing profiles paint a portrait witha vanilla sky and an unobtainable hope that truelove seekers will one day be someone’s superhero/heroine. Seriously, who doesn’t love tolaugh? Can love be defined in a 200-word descrip-tion of who you are and whom you want!The key to valentine’s success lies beneath thesurface. Sometimes you have to read between thelines. You probably won’t find the girl of yourdreams on an online dating site. You can find aninsightful perception of what women want. If youare looking for a single hot guy then go out danc-ing with your friends. If it is true loves kiss youseek then look to the median that has expressedlove in ways few could imagine. More important-ly look inside yourself an express love in waysonly you can imagine.Just for fun: How many references to artfulexpressions of love can you find in this article.

By KRISTINA TAYLORSan Jacinto Times

Valentine’s Day is approaching fast and many willhave someone to spend it with but what about peo-ple who are single. It would be nice for anyone tomeet someone right before Valentines Day andthere is a place to be for singles.The Roula and Ryan show at 104.1 KRBE radiostation is having what they call a Broken Hearts

Ball, welcoming people who are 21 and up, singleor not to the event. It is held at Club Ei8ht onWashington at Roy, on Friday February 10 and fes-tivities start at 7 and end at 10. Although, this doesnot mean the night is over. KRBE staff and internswill be there and the first 104 singles through thedoor will receive a special Mardi Gras Treat. Theywill also be giving away tickets to Mardi Gra!Galveston to see Hot Chelle Rae on Sat., Feb. 11.

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booth will be there at the Broken Hearts Ball aswell. Dress code is enforced and if you need anymore information you can visit ei8hthouston.com.104.1 has the information on their website and youwill hear them advertise it on the radio. It does notmention this on the website but they did mention onthe radio that it is free to get in.So if you have no plans, want to have a good time

and go out and meet someone then come out to theBroken Hearts Ball.

Broken Hearts Ball provides excitement for singles

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For the purpose of accurately recording resultsspecify gender M/F and AGEWhich quality would you desire most in yourperfect valentine? a. Sex Appeal b. Good con-versation c. Self-Confidence/Independently suc-cessful d. Other (describe briefly)How many dates does it take to decide if he/shecould be “the one”? a. 1 to 3 b. 4 to 8 c.More than 8Would you date someone for more than 5 dateseven if you knew they weren't “the one” for you?Yes or No

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By LINDSAY FLOYDSan Jacinto Times

Call it a typical Thursday night in the live musiccapitol of the world, where Houston based band,Elbodo, played their debut performance at HEAD-HUNTERS in Austin.While some people came out, it wasn’t the turn

out they were expecting. Although I suspect thefew people that showed up were friends with theband and/or former Houstonians.

For a seven-member band, stage setup is alwayscreative. Keep in mind the bars around Austin’sfamous 6th street are not big at all. With the key-

boardist and the DJ’s in front, three guitarists andthe bassist tucked behind them, and of course thedrummer tucked all the way in the very back of thestage it seems like these guys might run into somespace issues in mid-jam.

With the stage setup finally figured out, soundcheck complete and a bit of liquid encouragement,Elbodo was finally taking the stage.

They started the night out with the song Faye, alight almost poppy sounding song when they firstbegin that manifests into something totally differ-ent. Faye almost foreshadows the night giving youa preview to how diverse Elbodo really is. As gui-tarist Andrew Jeffries shreds his guitar and instant-ly showcases his talents, the crowd seems comfort-ed by his solo and creeps closer to the stage as ifthey are no longer afraid to enjoy the music.

As the night roles on, Elbodo throws down some

heavy hitters like crowd favorite Bai, one thatmetal heads and Beatles fans alike could dance to.Guitarist Brandon starts the song off with a heavymetal riff and loud lyrics. The song slows downand lead singer Rickie transitions the song withsofter lyrics then lead guitarist, Andrew takes Baito a different level with this mind-blowing solo.The song then finishes back how it started withBrandon.

Donna ends the night on a high note. Every timeI’ve seen Elbodo they end with this song. It’s nottoo fast and not too slow, and throws in a little bitof every kind of music they played that night. Witha solo from Andrew starting off the song everyone

senses it’s the last song. They put their drinks downand dance to one last song. They know the show isalmost over. “Oh yea, it’s not that bad,” Rickiesings the chorus to Donna, which in a waydescribes how you feel about Elbodo after watch-ing them for the first time.

Elbodo plays all original songs from a multitudeof genres ranging from electro-rock, funk, metal,and classic rock. With each song showcasing a dif-ferent member of the band, and enchanting a differ-ent member of the audience, one can sense thateveryone has a say in this band. At times it doesseem that Elbodo doesn’t know what specific typeof music they want to play and that’s what setsthem apart from other Houston bands. Chances areno matter what kind of music moves you- Elbodowill make you move.


Around campus

Transfer day offers opportunities for advancement

By ANGELICA RODRIGUEZSan Jacinto Times

Hey San Jac students! Ever wanted to see your name or picture on the newspaper? Well, now is yourchance. Each week we will pick one out of many photos to be on the “San Jacinto Times”. The pictureswill be taken of our current students each week who are wearing the latest trends or season styles. We willalso describe a little about your outfit and why it was chosen. How to participate you ask? It’s easy, justbeing yourself, if you stand out you’ll see me and my camera at any San Jac campus looking for you. Allyou have to do is answer a couple of questions about your apparel so your picture and description can beprinted here for the “Pic of the Week”. So San Jac, whether you dress up or dress down, be on the look-out, the next person might be you.

Don’t see me around campus and want to participate? Take a picture at any SJC of your seasons’ outfitand send it in to: [email protected] only from your San Jac e-mail. Tell me what youconsider your style to be and why you chose that outfit. Don’t forget to mention your first and last name,age, hobbies, major, and also include the campus you attend.

Brenda RodriguezAge: 27Major: NDT; Non-Destructive TestingHobbies: having fun and going out with her 3 kids

Although spring has not yet begun that did not stop Brenda Rodriguez from wearing this cute outfit shechose for her day at school.Although the season is winter, here in Houston it just doesn’t seem to get that cold. This week most of

us have kept our jackets in the closet, and kept wearing our short sleeve shirts like Rodriguez did. Whatwas noticeable from Rodriguez’s outfit was not only the contrasting color of the magenta flowers on herblack & white striped blouse, but also how little she had to accessorize it in order for her outfit to standout.Rodriguez’s jeans were also a simple and comfortable look appropriate to her evening classes, after a

long day at work and a busy schedule not everyone has time to dress up, but looking neat is always anoption.

Going back to her accessories, she didn’t overdo it, sporting a light necklace, bracelet, and simple nolace tennis shoes. Her hair and makeup were also perfectly combined with the casual outfit, natural tonedmakeup with a little lip-gloss, including her straightened hair and fringed bangs. Last but not least, don’tforget the smartphone these days to help keep up with our email, reminders, or just a little texting hereand there like Rodriguez did.

Colleges from all around Texas as well as some out of state insitutions represented themselves at San Jacinto College Campuses this week. SJC students lined up to investigate their continuedhigher education as some their options were laid out in front of them. Perhaps one of the most fruitful events students can attend, detailed information for transfering to other institutions was pro-vided by knowledgable representatives. a special thanks to all colleges that attended Transfer Day.

Times Staff Fashion and Entertainment of the week

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Photo By Angelica Rodriguez/San Jacinto Times

Phot’s by Michael Deats/San Jacinto Times

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Elbodo performing at HEADHUNTERS in Austin.

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