e student publication of the San Jacinto College DistrictVol. 24, No. 1 September 30, 2013

SAN JACINTO TIMES

Carolina RodriguezStaff Writer

The Gulf Coast Regional BloodCenter conducted blood drives Sept.10 and 11, at San Jacinto Collegegiving faculty and students an op-portunity to commit for life.

Evette Smith, a San Jac student andblood drive supervisor explained thespecial relationship between theCenter and the people it serves.

“The Commit for Life is a partner-ship between the community and anindividual that happens to donate tosave a life,” Smith said.

According to Smith, donors are re-quired to be sixteen years old withparental consent, or seventeen andolder without consent.

Another requirement to donateblood is an evaluation. “They’ll gothrough a series of health historyquestions and then the part of thephysical exam to determine if youriron is acceptable within the guide-lines in order to qualify to donate,”she said.

Today, students are less concernedwith donating. “Honestly, (I donate)for selfish reasons. I get five pointson a test, but I enjoy just being here,”student and donor Aaron Ruvier said.

Although some students may haveother motivations to donate, there areothers waiting to be eligible. “Nowthat I am eighteen, I feel like I shouldcommit for life,” student donorUsloy Reina Cavazos said.

Administrative assistant A.J. Elsnersaid San Jac has worked with blooddrive organizations for several yearsand the three campuses provide anopportunity for better donations.

“Students are good candidates forlife long donors, which is somethingthat the organization needs,” he said.

The Gulf Coast Regional BloodCenter stops by three to four times ayear, which allows those who did notget a chance to donate before, to doso. Last year’s donations helped savethousands of lives. This year, TheGulf Coast Regional Blood Centerhas a goal of 316,900 units and in-vites everyone eligible to donateonce per quarter during 2013.

Christopher RodriguezEditor-in-chief

The San Jacinto Times was set to endits 23-year print run last spring andswitch to a digital platform beginningFall 2013. The San Jacinto College Ad-ministration decided to keep the Times aprint publication, and not move to a web-based newspaper.Central campus Provost Van Wigginton

said the college plans to keep a printpaper, at least for the near future.

"The college recognized that there isstill a lot of value in putting together aprint paper. Yes, there is a benefit to hav-ing an online version, but there's still alot of skills that the students can acquirefrom going through the process of put-ting together a print paper," Provost Wig-ginton said."Obviously there are still print newspa-

pers. As we prepare you (students) to

move forward, it's always nice to havegone through those processes to under-stand how you put together a newspa-per."The last Spring 2013 issue of the Times

featured an article saying the paperwould no longer be printed. The issuecontained several stories paying tributeto the paper’s history. The principles of journalism dictate that

inaccuracies weaken a publication’scredibility. Provost Wigginton disagrees.

"The idea of going online was simplyjust a proposal. I almost had a feeling thatwhen you (the paper) wrote that last edi-tion last year, everybody thought thatwas the last edition of the year. They re-ally didn't think about it not being con-tinued," he said.

Dr. Jerry Ivins, Chair of Fine Arts andArtist Director of Theatre and Film, ledthe charge to transition the Times to adigital platform. For the last year and ahalf, Dr. Ivins worked with the newspa-

per advisor and the film faculty tocreate a symbiotic relationship be-tween the three areas."We would each have our own dis-

tinct programs. Theatre would con-tinue to do plays, film wouldcontinue to make their films, andnewspaper would still be looking atjournalism, writing stories and soforth- but that we would all cometogether in some way to try and sup-port an online type of deliverymode," Dr. Ivins said, "We feel thatbased on the direction of the com-munity and of the world of journal-ism, it's really going more towardsbroadcast than it is print."

Although Dr. Ivins cleared thatproposal with administrators, theydecided to continue printing thenewspaper.

See Print on Page 4

Giovann RosalesStaff Writer

Harris County District Clerk Chris Danielsjoined San Jacinto College Central Campus’ Col-lege Republicans for Constitution Day on Sept.17 to discuss the role technology plays in up-holding constitutional rights.

At the event, Daniels highlighted HarrisCounty’s online services that help residents ex-ercise their constitutional rights. Reschedulingjury service is among the most common reasonsresidents contact the Clerk’s office. By loggingonto their website, www.hcdistrictclerk.com, thepublic is only a click away (or a tap on a touchscreen mobile device) from rescheduling juryservice up to three times within a six month span.

According to Daniels, other services now of-fered through the web include online backgroundchecks, access to child support records, check-ing court dates, and checking for the status ofcriminal cases. Small business owners can usethe website to receive an automatic email if acivil petition is filed against them.

“You don’t have to leave your house or leaveyour tablet from wherever you’re on vacation or

out of town and that’s my goal is, to make aseasy as possible for you all to do any of yourconstitutional functions with me anywhere in theworld,” Daniels said.

President of the College Republicans, JarrodKeeling, said he enjoyed Daniel’s presentationand agreed with the symbiotic relationship be-tween technology and government.

“Technology has changed everything abouthow we get involved with government….it’s arevolution in transparency and so people canknow what the government is doing and knowhow they feel about know how to get involved.It’s a great thing and I’m glad Chris talked aboutthat,” Keeling said.

Daniels also told the audience about some ofthe historical documents that are in The HarrisCounty District Clerk’s Historic DocumentReading Room, which is open to the public andcontains court cases dating back to 1837.Among the documents, is a case that was filedagainst Beatles’ member John Lennon’s secondwife, Yoko Ono.

Voter registration booths were set up outside ofthe ballroom where students could register tovote after the presentation.

Back in Black... and WhiteTimes print newspaper saved from chopping block

Shawna RussellStaff Writer

Ending hunger at San Jacinto College is the ob-jective behind the Food Drive and Pantry projectscheduled to open in October.

Lacee Padron, a Sociology student and the cur-rent Project Lead for the initiative at CentralCampus, said students struggling with hunger andmoney are a district wide problem.

“So many students stress over not being able tomeet all their needs financially. For many, thisresults in not having enough money to buy food.Having a food pantry on campus provides a safe,non-judgmental and confidential way to helpthose students who aren’t getting enough to eat,”Padron said.

The Food Drive and Pantry, still in the startupphase, is working hard to meet the needs of allSan Jac students.

“It’s a district wide initiative we want to stream-line on all three campuses,” Amanda Rose, Stu-dent Life Coordinator at Central Campus said.

“It’s important the process is run effectively andappropriately to simplify it for those in need.”

The only requirement for assistance is currentenrollment at San Jac. A confidential form will beavailable at the Student Life Offices, outside thefood pantries, and at the Educational Planningand Counseling Offices on all three campuses inOctober.

The roles of Project Lead and Assistant ProjectLead are available to two students at each cam-pus to keep the initiative student-driven. Districtwide efforts encourage student body participationthrough food drives and/or volunteering to workthe food pantry.

“This will provide a great way for studentsgoing into the Social Services field to get real life,hands-on experience helping others,“ Padronsaid.

Students and faculty interested in participatingcan make donations at the three Student Life Of-fices. High protein items like tuna, peanut butterand pasta are highly desired.

Rose said more information about the FoodDrive and Pantry will be released shortly.

Three San Jacinto campusesstart food pantries, drives

Initiative aims to eliminate student hunger

District Clerk Daniels attendsCentral’s Constitution Day

Students Commit for Lifeat San Jac blood drives

Carolina Rodriguez San Jacinto TimesUsloy Reyna Cavazos and Jorge Martinez II relax while donating blood.

From San Jacinto Times archives The last issue of the spring semester says a nostalgic goodbye to San Jac’s traditional student publication.

Ravens ramp upvolume at

Student RaveSydney WalkerStaff WriterGlow necklaces, dancing, and games kicked offSan Jacinto College Central Campus’s Fall 2013student activities lineup with a second StudentRave in the W.M. Newton Student CenterWednesday, Sept. 18. Student Jessalyn Parsell admitted she did not

plan on attending. “I heard the music… and justwanted to see what it was about,” Parsell said.Within seconds of entering the door, she wassmiling and dancing in her glowing accessories.Student Alexis Vargas was enticed by the music,but also by the free food and drinks. “I like themusic… and free Monster, c’mon!” Vargas saidwhile holding his drink in the air.Student Rave ’13, was the second of its kind to

be sponsored by the Student Development De-partment. Along with music and free refresh-ments, the event featured booths with games,candy, and flyers with important and educationalinformation about the Department.Central Campus’ Coordinator of Student Life,

Amanda Rose, said the Student Development De-partment’s main goal is to “create a social, fun at-mosphere to let students know about resourcesthat aren’t usually utilized.”

Opinion/CommentarySeptember 30, 2013 San Jacinto Times Page 2

The San Jacinto Times is publishedfive times a semester by the journalismstudents at San Jacinto College Central,8060 Spencer Highway, Pasadena, TX77505. Opinions expressed herein are those ofthe writer and not necessarily those ofthe staff, its adviser, the administrationor the Board of Regents.The Times encourages letters to theeditor. Letters must be in good taste, ac-curate, free from libel, malice or personalcontroversy. Letters must be limited to200 words in length. Letters submitted

without the author’s signature will not beaccepted. The staff reserves the right toedit the letters for accuracy without alter-ing the general meaning.Letters can be e-mailed to Hellen.Pa-padacos@sjcd.edu. Letters must includename and phone number for verification.The digital edition of the Times is avail-able at http://issuu.com/sanjacintotimes.Advertising space is available for $5.00per column inch. Special rates are avail-able. For news tips and information onadvertising, contact the Times at 281-478-2752.

PRODUCTION MANAGERSara Quintana

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFChristopher RodriguezSan Jacinto

TimesSan Jacinto College Student Publications

DEPARTMENT EDITORSJonathan Chapa

Alex Moore

STAFF WRITERS

Alexis Davlin

Efren Diosdado

Susan Moosavi

Carolina Rodriguez

Jake Rojas

Giovann Rosales

Shawna Russell

Sydney Walker

Jessica Warren

ADVISER Hellen Papadacos

CIRCULATION MANAGERTBA

PAGE DESIGNERSSara Quintana

ADVERTISINGSara Quintana

Alex MooreDepartment Editor

Every morning on my way toschool, I turn off of Fairmontand onto Cunningham. This isa street that most people don'tthink twice about going down,but for some, it is a dangerouspath. Students and facultydrive down the street towardthe campus without a care inthe world, however there arethe wise few that take the roadslowly and with caution wait-ing for that terrifying call...FORE!!!!!!Coming toward San JacintoCollege Central campus onCunningham, you have a fieldon your left hand side and agolf course full of amateur

golfers on your right. Thereare only a hand full of peoplethat can control where thereball goes. This poses a threatto those coming down Cun-ningham no matter which waythey are driving. In my own experience play-ing on San Jac's nine-holecourse, the second hole isknown as "The Danger Zone."By no means are my friendsand I professional golfers, butwe can play a bit. I wouldn'tsay we are terrible, but everygolfer knows that there arethose days where every driveyou hit has a mean slice on it.This is where the danger startsfor oncoming traffic. The sec-ond tee box and fairway areno more that ten to fifteenyards from the street at anygiven point. If you are a righthanded golfer, you have thatnatural slice that takes the ballright at Cunningham. Eventhough it isn't San Jac's prob-lem when cars get hit, if theplayers feel like they mayspray one off course and haveit crack a windshield, theywill take their business else-where.I decided to do a little re-

search to find out if hitting acar is a common occurrence,and if so, what have they doneto fix "The Danger Zone." Club House Manager NeilHickman said ten years agothey actually remodeled thecourse and added a few thingssuch as trees along the streetto decrease the chance of peo-ple getting hit on Fairmontand Cunningham. "On the right hand side of thecourse they have actuallyplaced trees to catch some ofthe balls that are heading offthe course, and on the thirdhole they moved the greenand hole location fromstraight ahead to a hole thatfinishes off to the left makingit more difficult to over shootthe green and hitting ontoFairmont," Hickman said.Club House employee MarkJones has only worked thereabout a year but has beenplaying at the course for overten years. "In my ten years or so ofplaying here I have only seenone car be hit by a golf balland the ball was hit by me. Isprayed one onto Luella andcaught a cars windshield,"

Jones said. So it has happened it's justnot as common as I had ini-tially thought, however, get-ting a scare with a golf ballnearly missing your car isfairly common.I know when my friends and

I play, we always get nervouswalking up to the second hole.The only thing you can do isto clear your mind. Grip it andrip it down the fairway, andhave no fear. Nature’s golfball net has your back for anystray balls you may hit.

C-Rod Shares What C-Rod Thinks: retailrealm riddled with relentless rocky road

Parking…parking. It’s a concern at anycollege. The parking spaces close to the buildingare the ones everyone wants. However, thespaces up front are usually taken by stu-dents who have classes early in the morn-ing. Here is some parking advice for new stu-dents attending San Jacinto College. Students arriving later in the morning arestuck parking far back from their building.I can relate because I do not always haveclasses early in the morning, and have nochoice, but to park in the middle ofnowhere.You can always come to school early toget a good parking spot, even if your classstarts at a later time. Since there may beseveral minutes or even hours before yourfirst class, you can use the time wisely.What I would do is go to the library andcatch up on any homework assignments orreview my in-class notes for upcomingexams or quizzes. If by any chance you do not have anyhomework or exams to study for, there areother things to do before class. For exam-ple, the Student Center has a bookstorewith a Starbucks inside. Grab yourself acappuccino, relax, and listen to some tuneswhile waiting for your next class to start. For students who can’t arrive early, here’sanother tip for dealing with parking trou-ble: time your walk to class. If your classstarts at 10:10 a.m., time your walk to yourclass, so you can decide how early youhave to arrive. Even if you park in the farback of the parking lot, it will take at least2-4 minutes to get to the building. So,strategize by adding how long it wouldtake to get to the building and how long itwill take to get to your classroom whenyou get inside. Once you apply these tips,you can get to class on time and not missany of the professor’s lectures. Trust me,these tips will help you either get a goodparking spot, or at the very least, arrive toclass on time.

Jonathan ChapaDepartment Editor

Jake RojasStaff Writer

Steve Jobs once said, “I willalways pick a lazy person todo a difficult job… because he

will find an easy way to do it.”The easy route in college isthe lazy route. Rather than try-ing to learn everything in ourcourses, we should just “try toget by.” This, as students,helps us prioritize our efforts.There is a certain mystiqueabout college and being a col-lege student. We tend to thinkpeople will be successful orpart of the upper echelon ifthey get a college degree.Though that is true to a largeextent, does that mean it’shard?What helped me get throughmy basics was having this in

mind: “just get by.” Ten to 15hours a week you listen to aprofessor describe informationyou will be tested over andhow he or she will test youover that information. Pay at-tention to some other tips.Take an online course. Thisgives you extra time and flex-ibility. During tests you canpull up other browsers and“Google” answers. Use rate-myprofessor.com to see whichprofessors are “easier.” Usethe resources at San Jac likethe library, the student successcenter and other places wherethere are educators.

Also, balancing your budgetwill create less stress becausecollege can be expensive.Courses will require text-books. A lot of times we can“get by” without buying some,if not all of them. Usually thesyllabus or course calendarlists pages in the textbookneeded to be read/studied, socheck out a copy at the libraryand make copies of thosepages; this saves you frombuying an $80 or $100 bookand you also get the benefit ofstudying in the comfort ofyour home. The most important tip I can

give to make college easier ormore “doable” is to read thesyllabus. Not necessarily tosee class rules and policies, butto see the grading rubric! Seewhat assignments are worththe most and compare them tothe ones you shouldn’t do inthe first place. Hint: if homework is onlyworth ten percent of yourgrade and there is a lot ofhomework due every week,that’s taking up most of yourtime, don’t bother. Focusmainly on the exams. That isof course, if you are just “try-ing to get by.”

Christopher RodriguezEditor-in-chief

It's hard going to college, letalone working at the same time.

This is a double jeopardy situa-tion a lot of college students arefaced with. I'm not saying myjob is hard compared to others,but I have room for my share ofgripes and complaints. The jobisn't hard, but dealing with thepeople who supply my pay-check is.I work at JC Penney (JCP), aretailer who recently underwentdramatic changes in its pricingand sale structure; which did notresonate well with consumers.During the transitional phase, Iapplied to work with JCP andgot a job in the Home depart-ment. My duties in that depart-

ment were to assist customersand bring merchandise out ontothe floor. What I really did was directtumbleweeds to the restroomsand did the important task ofputting scented candles in uni-form lines and rows. Doingthese tasks did not sit well withme. Perhaps, I needed more of achallenge. JCP answered mycall and I left the Home depart-ment and was sent to the frontas a cashier. As a cashier at JCP, my dutieswere to return merchandise,ring people up, and provide ex-ceptional customer service. It

sounds like an easy job, butcompared to some others, itisn't. Dealing with people is nevereasy. There are rules and certainpolicies that have to take placeand customers don't understandthat part of my job. Customers try to hustle

coupons out of me when I don'thave any, or I can't give themout. In those situations, customerswill compare JCP to Kohl's orMacy's saying they givecoupons, and smother me withthreats that they're going to shopwith our competitors.

That part of my job irritatesme. If you're going to threatento shop at another store, go forit and don't stay at JCP. Product selection availabilityis another reason why cus-tomers hurt me. Several shop-pers will approach me asking ifa certain size is available. Mostpeople are okay with me nothaving a size. However, thereare always those customers whoblame everyone but himself orherself. A customer's responsefor that is usually, "they had ityesterday when I came here" or"check again, I don't think youchecked hard enough." I try to

calm them with a coupon andthey usually bite. I am able tomake peace with my enemies. I take the blame for makingsome customers dislike me. Ohwell, haters make me famous.This is just a quick view of myjob. I realize there are harderjobs that are more complaint-worthy, but that doesn't give mea reason to not complain. I justleave every college studentreading this article with this tothink about, you're going toschool to get out of the jobyou're in now. Think about that. That's whatI'm thinking; and also Arby's.

Danger Zone looms on Cunningham Chapa’s Tips toPerfect Parking

Inside the mind of a college student:a foolproof guide to ‘just getting by’

Christopher Rodriguez San Jacinto TimesGreen grass and a serene row of trees on Cunningham leadunsuspecting drivers to the Danger Zone.

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Lifestyle & EntertainmentSeptember 30, 2013 San Jacinto Times Page 3

Susan MoosaviStaff Writer

San Jacinto College SouthCampus’ art gallery hostedlocal artist Hana Shoup’s col-lection on Sept. 4 throughSept. 27.The brightly lit and compactspace of the south campusgallery was the perfect spot toshowcase Shoup’s “The FatalShore” collection. The show-case featured eight pieces inthe series based on the artist’srecent trip to Australia. Shoup’s recent work leans to-ward the subject of the self-portrait. Shoup describes thisparticular collection as a,“combination of fantasy and

reality, a mish-mash of histor-ical references, contemporaryfashion, and colorful charac-ters,” according to a preparedstatement.Shoup is also fascinated byart history and enjoys takingaspects of different time peri-ods to inspire her work.“I definitely use the paintingas a way to sort of live out adifferent persona,” Shoup said.“It’s like a fantasy world that Iget to inhabit.”Art Professor Martin Wnukinvited Shoup to prepare anexhibit at San Jac after theymet at The Hunting Art Prizecompetition, which offers anaward of $50,000 to the win-ner. Since both were level twofinalists in the competition, the

professor said he knew itwouldn’t be a gamble to inviteShoup. “As soon as I saw her work Ithought she was going to winit,” Wnuk said, “Obviously Ireally love her work, that’swhy I invited her here.”Shoup has impressed the pro-fessors and the students loveher work as well. “She’s very intelligent andhas a really captivating per-sonality. She really does matchher paintings. You can tell howpassionate she is about it,”Gallery intern and San Jac stu-dent Devin Martinez said.Aspiring artists can contactShoup with any questionsthrough her Facebook page,“Hana’s Studio”.

South Campus art exhibitshowcases local talent

Susan Moosavi San Jacinto TimesArtist Hana Shoup poses with her painting ‘The Breadwinner.’

Gulf Coast artists on display at Central Gallery

Jessica WarrenStaff Writer

Visual expressions createdby both college faculty andstudents from all over theGulf Coast area will be un-veiled at San Jacinto CollegeCentral Campus’s art galleryon Oct. 10.The exhibit, entitled “12 X12 Mentor 2013,” willdemonstrate diverse and for-mal works from all of the GulfCoast Intercollegiate Consor-tium (GCIC) institutions. The Mentor exhibition takesplace yearly at varying GCIClocations. This year San Jac-

into will host this event.“The Mentor show is an op-portunity for both studentsand faculty to exhibit theirwork together in a group ex-hibition,” Professor of Artsand Design at Central cam-pus, Todd Allison said.“We are hoping to have in-creased involvement from allthe GCIC institutions, so thatthe exhibit demonstrates therange of works from the entireGulf area,” Allison said. This year, the show is re-stricted to a twelve by twelveformat so that numerous fac-ulty and students can partici-pate in this event. Participating GCIC colleges

include Alvin CommunityCollege, Brazosport College,College of the Mainland,Galveston College, HoustonCommunity College, Lee Col-lege, Lone Star College,Wharton County Junior Col-lege, and San Jacinto College. The exhibit will give audi-ences a chance to see talent ofall ages, themes, styles, andeven work of experienced andprofessional artists. The art gallery is located inC4.119 and viewing hourswill be Monday 3 to 6 p.m.and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tues-day through Thursday. Theshow will continue untilNov.7.

Jessica Warren San Jacinto TimesSan Jac student Christopher Gaviria works on a watercolor piece for the‘12 X 12 Mentor 2013’ exhibition.

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"We spoke about it inwhat's called 'program re-view' where we get to-gether as an entire districtand we talk about the pro-gram and where it's going,"Dr. Ivins said, "We spokeabout that merge and howwe would no longer bedoing a print newspaper,and every step of the waywe got the green light fromthese channels of commu-

nication, and then after thearticle was printed Ithought I would ask onemore time and was toldafter a few emails- withoutany reason that we wouldcontinue with the printnewspaper for at least ayear."Dr. Ivins monitored howmany newspapers wereread during the Fall 2012semester."It was an astonishing

amount of newspapers thatwere not picked up, somuch- by the time we gotto the spring semester, we

cut down even further thenumber of issues that wewere printing,” he said.Meanwhile, a number ofstudents at San Jac wereunaware of the proposedchanges. Student ErickFlores said he would bemore likely to read it onpaper."If I go online, I'm goingto look at Google or Face-book. There are too manydistractions (online), but ifI can pick up (the newspa-per) I’ll look through itwhen I'm bored," Floressaid.

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Around CampusSeptember 30, 2013 San Jacinto Times Page 5

8 DAYS A WEEK8 DAYS A WEEK

Monday, September 30• Tennis Club Meeting, 2 p.m., Tennis Courts

• Philosophy Club Meeting, 3 p.m., S7.158

• Pre-Med Club Meeting, 4:30 p.m., S12.106

• MMA Meeting, 8:30 p.m., Gym

Tuesday, October 1• Pharmacy Tech Club Meeting, 12 p.m., S2.215S

• Student Bible Fellowship, 1:30 p.m., S6.196

• SGA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., S6.152

• Game Enterprise Guild, 3:30 p.m., S8.1062

• Coyote Science Club Meeting, 4 p.m., S1.135A

• HSF Film Series, 7 p.m., Student Center Atrium

Wednesday, October 2• Los Valientes Event, 11:45 a.m., Fine Arts Theater

• Writer's Block Meeting, 4:30 p.m., S9.214

Thursday, October 3• SVA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., S8.2066

• GSA Meeting, 3 p.m., S8.1006

• Game Enterprise Guild, 3:30 p.m., S8.1062

Friday, October 4• MMA Meeting, 9 a.m., Gym

• PTK Meeting, 1 p.m., S9.116

Saturday, October 5• No Scheduled Activities

Sunday, October 6• No Scheduled Activities

Monday, September 30• Blood Drive, 10 a.m., Student Center, Lounge A

Tuesday, October 1• Blood Drive, 10 a.m., Student Center, Lounge A

• LGBT History Kickoff Event, 11 a.m., C14 Lounge A

Wednesday, October 2• Hispanic Heritage Month Open Mic, 11 a.m.,

Student Center, Raven Café

• Yoga Club Meeting, 2:45 p.m., C18.116

Thursday, October 3• Sociology/Anthropology Discussion Group,

3 p.m., Student Center, Lounge C

Friday, October 4• SGA Meeting, 11:30 a.m., C1.155

• Phi Theta Kappa Meeting, 2 p.m., C1.238

Saturday, October 5• Gaming Society Meeting, 10 a.m., Student Center

Sunday, October 6• No Scheduled Activities

Monday, September 30• Social Media: Online Security, 10 a.m., N6.10

• Social Media and Your Future, 11 a.m., N2.119

• Social Media: Online Reputation, 12 p.m., N6.108

Tuesday, October 1• Annual Job Fair, 10 a.m., N12.200

• Men of Honor Meeting, 1:30 p.m., N10.128

• Webb Society Meeting, 1:30 p.m., N7.132

Wednesday, October 2• Financial Aid Workshop, 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., N6.108

• Hispanic Heritage Month Speaker: Award

Winning Author Rene S. Perez II, 11 a.m., N12.200

• Men of Honor Meeting, 12 p.m., N6.108

Thursday, October 3• Social Media: Scavenger Hunt, 10 a.m., N12 Lobby

• Social Media: LinkedIn, 11 a.m., N10.128

• Social Media: Online Reputation, 12 p.m., N1.116

• Anime Club Meeting, 2 p.m., N9.133

Friday, October 4• Science Club Meeting, 12 p.m., N17.3062

• Math & Engineering Club Meeting, 1 p.m., N8.201

Saturday, October 5• Lady Gators Jam the Gym Kick Off Celebration,

12 p.m., N16.101

Sunday, October 6• No Scheduled Activities

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S o u t h

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8 DAYS A WEEK8 DAYS A WEEK

Monday, October 7• World Smile Day, 10 a.m., Student Center Atrium

• Tennis Club Meeting, 2 p.m., Tennis Courts

• Philosophy Club Meeting, 3 p.m., S7.158

• Pre-Med Club Meeting, 4:30 p.m., S12.106

• MMA Meeting, 8:30 p.m., Gym

Tuesday, October 8• ISO Taste of Asia, 11 a.m., Student Center Atrium

• Pharmacy Tech Club Meeting, 12 p.m., S2.215S

• Student Bible Fellowship, 1:30 p.m., S6.196

• 17 & Under Tennis Club, 3 p.m., Tennis Courts

• Game Enterprise Guild Meeting, 3:30 p.m.,

S8.1062

Wednesday, October 9• Coyote Future Teacher's Club, 3 p.m., S7.156

• Writer's Block Meeting, 4:30 p.m., S9.214

Thursday, October 10 • 17 & Under Tennis Club, 3 p.m., Tennis Courts

• HSF Workshop, 2 p.m., S12.101

• GSA Meeting, 3 p.m., S8.1006

• Game Enterprise Guild Meeting, 3:30 p.m.,

S8.1062

Friday, October 11• MMA Meeting, 9 a.m., Gym

• PTK Leadership Certification, 9 a.m., S12.101

Saturday, October 12• No Scheduled Activities

Sunday, October 13• No Scheduled Activities

Monday, October 7• No Scheduled Activities

Tuesday, October 8• Texas State Teachers Association-Student

Program, 1:30 p.m., C20.261/263

Wednesday, October 9• LGBT History Themed Think Fast Trivia,

11:30 a.m., Student Center, Raven Café

• Career Casino, 10 a.m., Student Center, Lounge A

Thursday, October 10 • LGBT History Embrace Event, 10 a.m., Student

Center, Lounge A

• Depression Screening, 11 a.m., C1, Mosaic Area

Friday, October 11• Student Government Association Meeting,

11:30 a.m., C1.155

• Phi Theta Kappa Meeting, 2 p.m., C1.238

• National Society of Collegiate Scholars Induction

Ceremony, 5 p.m., Ballroom

Saturday, October 12• Gaming Society Meeting, 10 a.m., Student Center

Sunday, October 13• No Scheduled Activities

Monday, October 7• No Scheduled Activities

Tuesday, October 8• Hispanic Heritage Month: Screening of Lone

Star, 11 a.m., N12.200

• Men of Honor Meeting, 12 p.m., N9.140

Wednesday, October 9• FYE Workshop: Stress Management, 11:30 a.m.,

N6.108

Thursday, October 10 • Anime Club Meeting, 2 p.m., N9.133

Friday, October 11• Math & Engineering Club Showing of “Good

Will Hunting,” 1 p.m., N10.128

Saturday, October 12• No Scheduled Activities

Sunday, October 13• No Scheduled Activities

N o r t h

S o u t h

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Efren DiosdadoStaff Writer

Nursing, Culinary, and Instru-mentation majors were some ofthe students attending the Ca-reer and Employment Work-shop Sept. 11, at San JacintoCollege Central Campus wherethey learned how to properlystructure a resume, formulate acover letter, and approach a jobinterview.Guest speaker Michael Everettfrom Workforce Solutions of-fered students tips to improvetheir interviewing skills throughproper preparation.“The bad thing about an inter-view is that you will always benervous no matter how muchyou prepare,” Everett said.Students should be well in-

formed to avoid any interfer-ence with a smooth hiringprocess. According to Everett,the first thing job seekers shoulddo when receiving the phonecall or e-mail for the interviewis ask who, and how many, willbe interviewing. The more in-formation students have, thebetter prepared they will be.Also, they should find where

the interview will be and howlong it takes to get there. It isimportant to not procrastinateand wait until the last minute tofigure these things out, Everettsaid. Students should set up their at-tire the night before. Standarddress attire is a dark coloredsuit, simple tie and dress shoes.The suit should be clean,pressed, and the shoes should bepolished.They should not wear any

flashy jewelry like big earringsor watches, Everett said. Dresscode may vary for differenttypes of jobs, so it is fine tocheck with Human Resourcesfor proper interview attire. As soon as the interviewees ar-rive at the interview location,they should be polite to every-one because they never knowwho can influence the hiring de-cision. It might be anyone fromsomeone at the parking lot tothe receptionist at the frontdesk. “Personality is everything”,

Everett said, “You don’t want tobe the person that doesn’t getthe job because you were rudeto the wrong person.”

Everett said intervieweesshould show up at least 30 min-utes early to the job interview inorder to fill out all of the paperwork in time. He also stressedthe importance of researchingthe company before an inter-view indicating that “Tell meabout the company” may be animportant first question duringmany interviews. Interviewerswant to see someone is inter-ested in the company, and notjust getting the job for a pay-check. A couple of days after the in-terview, it is polite to send athank you card or an email tothe interviewer. it’s a good wayto be remembered.Shannon Hinton, the Career

and Employment Program Co-ordinator at San Jacinto CollegeCentral Campus, concludedwith a PowerPoint presentationcovering the importance of re-sume structure and cover lettercontent. She stressed the coverletter should be tailored to theprospective company. She alsooffered to look through studentresumes during her conferencehours to make sure they arestructured correctly.

Career seminar gives successful interview tips

Jonathan ChapaDepartment Editor

Notable changes at San Jacinto College thisschool year include changes to class start and endtimes aimed at accommodating added instructionaltime. Prior to this year, classes started on the hour, orthe half hour. For example, a class that began at 10a.m. ended at 11:20 a.m. Now, the same classwould begin at 10:10 a.m. and end at 11:35 a.m.Students and faculty at San Jacinto College havevarying opinions on the new time changes.Central campus student Dalyn Velazquez said stu-dents are not affected by the change; it is the facultyfinding it difficult to adjust.“I think it bothers the teachers more because myteachers complain about it; like for say when theyhave (to) start lecture and when class can be letout,” Velazquez said.South campus student Stefan Persson said it is ac-tually a positive change for the classroom.“I think that the new class times are great be-

cause… it also gives the teacher more time to goover the lesson,” Persson said. Central campus filmmaking professor William

MacTavish said he is not affected by the new times.

“I’m kind of indifferent about the schedulechange; I haven’t been a professor here at San Jaclong enough to have gotten established in the oldway. This is my second year as a full time profes-sor, so I basically have one year under the old sys-tem, and now we’re starting a new system,”MacTavish said.South campus Professor Jamie Zahradnik said thenew times might be an effective tool for deterringtardiness.“I do think that the change has been effective atpreventing tardiness, at least for the one face to faceclass that I do teach. My class starts at 11:45 andlasts until 1:10. 11:45 is not necessarily a niceround number, but for some reason I have not ex-perienced any tardiness from my students so far,which I appreciate because students who havetaken my classes in the past, have struggled withtardiness,” Zahradnik said.Furthermore, she said the extra class time class isbeneficial for both faculty and students.“… I then have 10 minutes to go over assign-

ments, extra credit opportunities, and just generallytake care of business with the last 10 minutes ofclass. I think this helps the students stay on top oftheir work and builds a better class environment forall of us,” Zahradnik said.

Class start time changes receive mixed reviews

CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFSALERTME FAILS: MISSES THREAT, GIVES ALL CLEARStudents and faculty evacuated San Jacinto College Central Campus at approximately 8:27 a.m.on Sept. 16 in response to a false fire alarm. Students were directed to leave the premises throughword-of-mouth when SJC ALERTME failed to send mass notification of the evacuation. Studentswere allowed to reenter campus buildings at 8:34 a.m., but SJC ALERTME texts and phone callswere not received until approximately 8:42 a.m.

SCABIES CASE AT SOUTHCAMPUSA case of Scabies was reported at SanJacinto South Campus Tuesday, Sept.24. As of press time, one case was re-ported. Scabies is not contagious, butcan spread through physical contact. Asa result, several medical program classeswere moved to different locations in theAllied Health and Science Building.These classes are expected to resume intheir original location Monday, Sept. 30.During this time, San Jac South Campusmaintenance and facilities personnel willclean the affected areas.

SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK KICKSOFF SEPT. 30All three San Jacinto campuses are host-ing events for Social Media Week Sept.30, to Oct. 3. The college-wide initiativeis sponsored by the marketing departmentand focuses on social media protocol. Theevents address different concerns includ-ing maintaining an online reputation, so-cial media use in the classroom, andstaying connected with school Apps,among other topics.

Sports & FitnessSeptember 30, 2013 San Jacinto Times Page 6

Alex MooreStaff Writer

Take a look at the volleyballteam of San Jacinto College andsomething sticks out, San Jac isbig on international athletes. SanJac has three international playerson their roster this year, one fromPortugal and two from Germany.Now the question is how does SanJac find these players? Simple.Networking.There are numerous recruiting

websites community collegecoaches can visit and check outplayers from around the world.Thanks to the Internet, there is nostopping the recruiting process.Coaches have a field day lookingthrough all the talent they can tryto pull in. Hours of video andscouting reports are at the end ofa coach’s fingertips. In addition, coaches from four-

year universities contact commu-nity colleges to let them knowabout players they find that arenot ready to play at the necessarylevel, or to get them adapted toAmerican culture.Head Coach of the Lady Ravensvolleyball team Sharon Nelsonsaid, "I'd love to tell you I get totravel the world looking for these

players, but I don't. It's reallymore of a networking thing. Four-year schools contact us and placethe players with us to get their ba-sics done, get their associates de-gree and to make that transitioninto the United States. It reallyhelps when you have built somerespect so that these four yearschools trust you to take care oftheir future players and get themready for the transition not onlycompetition wise but academi-cally as well."Recruiting is a long and taxing

process. It can start when playersare really young, or may not hap-pen until their senior year of highschool. These players get a highereducation while playing againsttop-tier competition.

San Jac started the year offranked number four in the nation,and have number one rankedBlinn College in their conference.They also finished their seasonlast year with a third place finishin Nationals, so they are consid-ered a contender every year andthe international talent brought inhas had an impact on that."I think that when the players

leave here they are more ready tolead when they go off as juniorsand seniors at a four year because

of their experiences here," Nelsonsaid. "Once you get a reputationthat when your players leave theyare better than when they came inmore four year and recruitingservices send some more playersyour way.""I believe that it is better for our

player from the United States toobecause they get exposed to thesedifferent cultures. These interna-tional players don't always goback home either. We have quite afew that stayed in the UnitedStates and that have jobs, or areplaying at four year colleges.These international athletes get achance to get a feel for how thingsare here and see some of the talentthat they'll be going up againstpossible for the next four years.There is some tremendous talent,''Nelson said.When someone has the respect ofthose around them because oftheir record like Coach Nelsondoes, it is easy to see why fouryear colleges and recruiting serv-ices put her as one of the topnames on their list. She has en-joyed a great deal of success andit looks like she will for quite awhile thanks to these recruitingservices that keep her posted ongreat talent around the world.

Lady Ravens Volleyball Ramps Up International Recruiting Efforts

Alexis DavlinStaff WriterRed, blue, white! Flags, jerseys,banners! Chants, tailgates,crowds! Footballs, field goals,fans!Fan fare for the Houston Texansaround San Jacinto College afterwinning games is explosive.However, there is also the un-thinkable question, “What if theygo on a losing streak?” As ofpress time, the Houston Texanswere demolished by the Balti-more Ravens, which may affecttheir fan base. This could just endup as another - fair weather, band-wagon, tailgating every Sundayuntil we go back to the DallasCowboys - type of season.No one ever admits they are nottrue fans when they are wearingtheir team jerseys. With everywinning game, the Texans gainanother fan.The fan base at San Jacinto Col-lege grew over the past two sea-sons. The growth of the fan base raises concernabout “bandwagoners” for true fans that lovedthe team through thick and thin. True HoustonTexans fans wear their jerseys and fly the teamsflag high all season long, whether there’s a loss

or a win.“I am a Texans fan every day all day. I don’t

just wear my jersey after they win. I wear it allseason long. They’re bandwagons all over thiscampus!” student Brittany Harris said.

In contrast, other students feel there is noneed to wear Texans gear everyday to be atrue fan. “Everyone loves the Houston Texans. Not

all of us are bandwagons. Just because youdon’t see jerseys all week doesn’t mean theyaren’t around. If you are from Houston anddon’t have a favorite team, you should chooseyour home town,” student Katie Rosinkesaid. There really is no defined line between the

“true” Texans fans and the bandwagoners.“As long as we have fans, bandwagons or

not, the Houston Texans will always havesupport!” student Marissa said, “Tell me howyou can prove what team does or does nothave bandwagons.”

Houston Texans Hype Hits San Jacinto College

Alexis Davlin San Jacinto TimesBrianna Franco (L) and Daniel Teavera proudly sport theirfavorite team’s gear.

Alexis Davlin San Jacinto TimesMichelle Clank (L) and Celeste Bishop talk about upcoming games.

Upcoming Volleyball GamesLady Ravens vs.

Paris Junior College @ Paris, Monday, Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m.Lee College @ Baytown, Thursday, Oct. 10, 6:00 p.m.