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dAPRIL 29, 2013 / Vol. 90 / No.9
el Don / SANTA ANA COLLEGE / eldonnews.org
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NEWS / RESIGNATIONS / 4 • SPORTS / SUPERSTITION / 10 • VIEWS / BOSTON / 13
A KILLER SHOWCONTROVERSIAL PLAY ‘CATALEPSY’ EXAMINES VIOLENCE, RESPECT AND RAP CULTURE / STYLE 15
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EDITOR IN CHIEFMarissa Adams
NEWS EDITORC. Harold Pierce
COMMUNITY EDITORTeree Saldivar
SPORTS EDITOREric Lomeli
STYLE EDITORShane Collins
STYLE EDITORAlessandra Gonzalez
PHOTO EDITORErick Soria
WEB EDITORJosephine Gan
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
Join the city of Santa Ana for its 14th annual Cinco de Mayo celebra-tion this weekend. Enjoy the festival of foods, a beer garden, carnival rides and games while listening to artists like Banda singer Carmen Jara. A two-hour parade will begin at 4 p.m. on Main and 15th streets, turn right on Civic Center Drive, and end at N. Flower Street. The festival will run from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. Saturday, and 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
CINCO DE MAYO
SUCCESS STORIES
A forum aboutopportunities for campus leadership will take the main stage May 9 at Phillips Hall, featuring guest speaker President Erlinda Martinez. Listen to testimo-nials from past SAC student leaders. Various presenta-tions and interactive activities promoting leadership and the successful transition to college will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ENJOY CULTURE
To commemorate May as Asian Pacifi c American Heritage Month, there will be free food and student performances around the Harnett Fountain this Wednesday. The Associated Student Government will provide music and trivia with prizes from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. For more informa-tion, visit the Offi ce of Student Life in the Johnson Building, room U-121A.
The EOPS Student Leadership Club is setting up donation sta-tions on campus for its clothing drive to collect lightly used clothing like T-shirts, but-ton-downs and jeans. Donations will be given to children’s shel-ters around Santa Ana. Drop-off locations are inside of the Nealley Library, the Spot, the Disabled Students Programs and Services office in the Johnson Building, room U-103E and the lobby of the Admissions Office in Building S.
CLOTHING DRIVE Every Wednesday is Classic Film Night at the South Coast Village Theater. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb will screen on Wednesday. This 1964 dark satire about the absurd men-tality of the Cold War is directed by Stanley Kubrick and stars Peter Sellers, who plays multi-ple roles. The theater is located at 1561 W. Sunflower Ave. in Santa Ana. For more information on future showings, visit www.regencymovies.com. Tickets are $7.
VINTAGE MOVIES
-Teree Saldivar
The Orange County May Day Coalition will rally for changes in the city’s police force in Sasscer Park this Wednesday. See a photo gallery documenting May Day marches since 2007 at the Cafe Calacas, 324 W. 4th St, Santa Ana 92701.
DOWNTOWN MARCHES
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Students from the Fashion Merchandising and Design Department are offering hand selected clothing items, such as scarves, tanks, blouses and yoga pants at the Don Bookstore. Prices range from $10 to $20 each.
STUDENTPICKED MERCH
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We at the County of Orange Health Care Agency are grateful for our collaboration with Santa Ana College on the LessThanUThink binge drinking prevention campaign. We would like to recognize the following students for their outstanding contribution to the field of college alcohol prevention as SAC Spring 2013 LessThanUThink Executive Leadership Team members:
• Michelle Ayala • Miriam Godinez, Puente Club • Mitzi Godinez • Juan Gomez • Lizbeth Navarro
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The reprimand came after Tobias emailed Avila accusing her of rigging votes, lying and disrespecting ASG. “I regret to have appointed you … Weather [sic] you like it or not I am your president and head of the orga-nization,” Tobias wrote in an email dated April 3 titled “ASG President Observations.” It was sent out to Avila, Vice-President Michael Burris and student life administrators. But Avila has no hard feelings. “I didn’t want any of this to happen. I wanted to work past this when I got
the email,” Avila said. The accusations of vote-rigging stemmed from a clerical error she made, Avila said. Tobias, along with Vice President Michael Burris, resigned from ASG when a senator and executive board member called for their impeachment during an April 9 senate meeting. The email prompting the reprimand came at the same time ASG was tran-sitioning between advisers. “Because there was no adviser, I was trying to establish a line of communi-
cation,” Avila said. Still, the warning, according to sources, has nothing to do with ASG. “This is a student behavior issue. It just so happens that the student was in ASG,” said Dean of Student Affairs Lilia Tanakeyowma. “It doesn’t matter whether it was a leadership position or not, and that was something that was explained to the student.” But Tobias says the reprimand pro-hibits her from doing her job. “How can they keep me from com-municating with my chief justice?” Tobias said, adding that Associate Dean of Student Life Loy Nashua, who issued the warning, did not edu-cate her on how to deal with her staff. “I thought I was doing the right thing by cc’ing my adviser and Loy. It turns out I was wrong,” Tobias said. The resignations resulted in an incapacitated student government which for about two weeks canceled senate meetings. Senator Brian Perez and VP Pro-Tem Monica Zambrano were appointed April 23 as vice president and president, records show.
gone / Brian Perez (left) and Monica Zambrano (middle) were appointed as ASG vice-president and president, respectively, following a series of resignations. Jorge Sandoval (right) is the incoming president for fall 2013. / Shane Collins / el Don
president resigns under pressure
Under threat of impeachment and facing potential disciplinary action for violation of student codes of conduct, Associated Student Government President Edna Tobias resigned her office earlier this month.
Tobias received a letter of reprimand April 3, citing sec-tions “M” and “S” of the Code of Student Conduct dealing with verbal abuse, disruptive communications and libelous statements against Chief Justice Clara Avila. Tobias re-signed less than a week later. “I’m not harassing [Avila]. All this, to me, is too much to accuse me of,” Tobias said.
edna tobias disciplined for accusatory email
By C.harold pierCe / el Don
Shane Collins / el Don
mayor sees bikes in city’s future
Mayor Miguel Pulido unveiled a plan to create bicycle-sharing sta-tions throughout the city at Sustain-a-Palooza on April 17. The system allows riders to rent bikes from one depot and return them to others across the city. “I want to bring thousands of bicy-cles to the city,” Pulido said, adding that several stations will be located on campus. The bicycle network will be opera-tional within a year, Pulido said.— C.harold pierce
LOCAL
mandarin class available in fall
Mandarin language courses will be added to the college’s curriculum next fall. The college is offering the foreign language because Mandarin has eclipsed English as the most spoken language in the world, according to Department Chair of Modern Languages Javier Galvan. “We wanted students to have one more option to fulfill their foreign lan-guage requirements,” Galvan said. The 5-unit course will be available Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the fall. — Valeria Bautista
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Dozens of plants, including tomatoes, squash, watermel-on and bok choy overflowed
from the booth sponsored by a group of environmentalists. But they weren’t picked from a distant farm, they were grown on campus. The green house atop Russell Hall was nothing more than a storage cabinet for the Science, Mathematics and Health Sciences Department, until the Collegiate Association for Positive Environmental Stewardship Club changed that. “I was not a believer. I’m not a gardener, and I don’t have a green thumb, but CAPES taught me how to be sustainable,” said Club President Crystal Castillo, who now gardens at home and hardly goes to the supermarket for food.
CAPES was just one of a dozen clubs celebrating Sustain-a-Palooza by showing students that sustainability means more than just recycling. The event, featuring sleek new hybrid cars, repurposed clothes for sale and a keynote speech by Mayor Miguel Pulido, has been in the works for more than a year. “We noticed that everybody sells the same thing every year; water bottles and chips, so we wanted to show everyone how simple it is to change,” said Castillo, whose club developed the sustainable theme for this year’s club Springfest. Sustainability has come a long way, Pulido said. “I remember when I was growing up in this community, we couldn’t see the Santa Ana Mountains on most days. It used to be that we couldn’t play
because the air was so dirty during recess in elementary school, we’d have to stay in the classroom,” Pulido said before unveiling a plan to boost bicycle ridership throughout the city. But at Sustain-a-Palooza the Engineering Club attempts to show students that bikes aren’t just for peddling around town. A pulley system hooks a stationary bike to an alternator and car battery that powers an air popper while volunteers pedal for popcorn. After working himself sweaty, one volunteer cyclist collapsed to the ground. “We should have gotten some-one from track for this,” he said, panting for air. “But it works great for charging cell phones,” student Alana Vialgi interjected, holding up her sus-tainably charged cellphone.
Sustain-a-Palooza raises environmental awareness, healthy choices A GREENER WAY OF LIVING
By C.harold pierCe / elDon
popCorn / Students Alana Vialgi and Ramon Huerta wait for the first kernels to shoot out from a bicycle-powered air popper. / Shane Collins / el Don
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HEARING LOSS A GROWING PROBLEM AMONG YOUTH High volume and pro-longed headphone use can damage your hearing, medi-
cal experts say. Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. teens suff er from the same degree of hearing loss as adults in their 50s and 60s, according to the American Medical Association. Students seem to be turn-ing deaf ears to the many warnings from experts. “My iPod is my best friend, it goes with me anywhere,” said Carlos Garcia, a Santa Ana College student. “It’s small, easy to carry around and most important, I can listen to music any time.” Noise above 110 decibels can cause damage to nerve cells delivering electrical signals from the ears to the brain, according to a studyby University of Leicester in the U.K. Jet engines operate at about 110 decibels, the same volume as an MP3 player at nearly full blast. And damage can occur after 30 minutes of exposure per day, medical experts say. Many students choose to lis-ten to their favorite tunes as loud as 120 decibels despite these warnings. Samantha Cervantes is an-other Santa Ana College stu-dent who frequently listens to music on her iPhone.
“I use my headphones every day” she said, and especially between classes. “Listening to my favorite music is a great way of distraction.” Samantha is aware of the high risks that loud music might bring to her hearing, so she is careful with the dial. “Most of the times I try to keep the volume low. My hearing might be aff ected and others don’t need to know what I’m listening to. At the gym I do bump up the volume.” But not everyone is as careful as Samantha. Other students occasionally make exceptions and bump their tunes. “Loud, clear music without any outside noise is one of the best things I enjoy,” said Garcia, adding, “I don’t think I have any hearing loss problems, I can hear perfectly fi ne when I don’t use my headphones.” But hearing loss does not occur overnight. “The type of hearing loss due to headphone use is typically gradual, cumulative and without obvious warning signs,” said James Foy, a pe-diatrician specializing in chil-dren’s health, adding that “the type of hearing loss caused by over exposure to very loud noise is irreversible, making prevention paramount.”
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Students starting a campus club this semester will have to jump through hoops. Clubs at Santa Ana College
take about four weeks to become ratified, while neighboring col-leges, like Orange Coast College, take as little as four days. Irvine Valley College and Santiago Canyon College take two weeks to review applications for approval. “I often felt left in the dark throughout the whole process. This was my first time putting a club together and I really didn’t have much help,” said Caitlin Garrett, who organized the Choir Club during the spring semester. Of the 26 clubs this semester, three were not ratified, according to Eddie Lopez, the Inter-club Council president.
“A lot of the time with newer clubs they’re unclear about what the requirements are for starting a new club, making the transition less seamless than it should be,” Lopez said. If the ratification process has not taken place by the tenth week of the semester, students must wait for the next semester before they can apply for club status. “If students submit their applications before 2 p.m. on a Thursday, the club will be reviewed for approval by the fol-lowing Tuesday,” a representative from OCC’s Associated Students office said. Santiago Canyon College has no deadlines and clubs may take as little as two weeks to be approved. “ICC regulations are somewhat strict ... you can’t even pass out flyers for the club or event unless ICC approves it first,”
Tulip Ragien, president of the Communication Studies Club said. Club events held on campus require request forms to be com-pleted and may take weeks to be processed. Even if a club is ratified by the tenth week, students are left with less than half of the semester to find members and plan campus events. With active layoffs over the past four years, departments have been hit hard, said Associate Dean of Student Development Loy Nashua, noting “Things don’t happen overnight.” Still, the daunting application process leaves some students wary. “It just takes too much hard work for something that may not even be approved in the end,” said Christian Orozco, whose music appreciation club was not ratified.
Club start-up process keeps students from getting involved on campusTANGLED IN RED TAPE
WaiTing / Clubs like the Book Club take as long as 10 weeks to get approved, while neighboring colleges take only several days. / liz Monroy / el Don
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BEAvERS BREAKS TwO DONS RECORDS
Freshman swimmer Nick Beavers set new school records in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle April 20 and 21 at the Orange Empire Conference Championships. Beavers fi nished a preliminary heat of the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:42.89 on April 20, busting a mark set by Peter Wilson in 1992. The next day Beavers broke the 100-yard freestyle record with a time of 47.29. Scott DeBoer and Joel Stewart from the 1993 squad held the previous mark. —Eric Lomeli
SWIMMING
RODRIgUEZ SETS NEw CAREER MARK
Sophomore Devon Rodriguez fi n-ished off her regular season career in style. Rodriguez hit a three-run walk-off home run in the sixth inning Wednesday, capping off the Dons 10-1 mercy of visiting Golden West College. It was Rodriguez’s 10th of the season, setting a new single-season and career home run record. “It is an honor to have the school record,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez, along with teammates Genna Main, Alexandra Perkins, Natalie Valdez, Becky Poirier and Mina Pavao played in their fi nal regular season home game against GWC. —Vinh Nguyen
SOFTBALL
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Only Irvine Valley College fi nished with a worse conference record. Th e team went into the season with scant pitching. Less than half of the 11 pitchers on the roster have thrown double-digit innings. Injuries de-pleted the small staff . During spring break, in a non-conference contest, sophomore Richard Diaz dislocated his throwing elbow. Th e Dons struck out the most bat-
ters in the OEC, compiling 40 more than Orange Coast College. But they couldn’t locate the strike zone. With 102 free passes, including 13 in an 8-4 loss to visiting Riverside College on April 18, the Dons led the conference in walks. Th at turned into runs. In 178 and 2/3 innings SAC gave up 94 earned runs, fi nishing with a 4.74 earned run average. Only IVC had a higher
staff ERA. “For whatever reason, our pitchers couldn’t translate successful bullpen sessions into actual game situations,” Head Coach Don Sneddon said. But the responsibility isn’t all on the mound. A team expected to slug itself into a playoff berth petered out in the box. During conference play, the Dons left about eight runners on base each game. Extra-base hits were scarce. Only three players hit more than fi ve during conference, including shortstop Josh Vargas, right fi elder Blake Walker and fi rst baseman Tyler Madrid. Last season, the team combined for 18 home runs, with Madrid smacking six. In 2011, NCAA changed bat regu-lations, taking the ‘ping’ and, ultimate-ly, the power out of college baseball. Th is year the team hit four in about 1,200 at bats. Th e team’s freshmen can’t wait to redeem the stink of 2013. “We are getting back to the playoff s,” pitcher Cameron Weinberg said.
ERROR / Sophomore Tyler Madrid fails to catch a foul pop-up an April 18 against the Riverside Tigers. / Eric Lomeli / el Don
DONS MISS OUT ON THE pLAYOFFS
Despite entering the season ranked No. 1 in the state, the Dons will not play in the California Communi-ty College Athletic Association Southern Regional Playoff s for the fi rst time in 25 years. Th e Dons won seven straight to start the season,
and 11 of the fi rst 12 games, all non-conference. But Santa Ana College lost six of its fi rst 10 Orange Empire Confer-ence games. In fi ve of the six losses the Dons had a lead at some point. OEC leader Fullerton College went 8-2 during that same span. “We lost games when we out-hit the other team,” freshman utility player Christopher Ferret said.
A QUARTER CENTURY OF DOMINANCE ENDS
By ERIC LOMELI / el Don
SPORTS
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LEAvINg NOTHINg TO CHANCE
F reshman third baseman Daniel Martinez steps into the batter’s box. Moments before the pitch arrives, he goes through his at bat routine.
He adjusts the straps on his glove, always going from right to left . Whenever he takes a bad swing, he steps out of the box, and goes through the motion again. “It feels like it releases the bad pitch,” Martinez said. “I think it’s psycholog-ical but it works so I stay with it.” Martinez carries out his routine, praying that the baseball gods will tilt the odds in his favor. He is not the only one. Sophomore soft ball pitcher Devon Rodriguez’s pregame routine is pecu-liar. Before each start, she begins her warm-up in the bullpen, then takes a bathroom break, then returns to the pen to fi nish her session. “It’s not like if I don’t have my bath-room break I’m going to pitch bad,” Rodriguez said. “It’s just routine, it’s comfortable.” Th ough Rodriguez says that it’s more a matter of comfort than superstition, her teammate freshman Sabrina Perez feels that not going through these personal rituals im-pacts an athlete’s psyche, infl uencing on-fi eld performance. “It is in their head,” Perez said. “And once it’s in their head it will make a diff erence out on the fi eld.” Fernando Ortiz, a psychology pro-fessor at Santa Ana College, echoes these sentiments, citing the concept of the self-fulfi lling prophecy — a prediction that directly or indirect-ly may cause expected results to come true. “If you believe something is going to happen you somehow subcon-sciously work to make that a reality,” Ortiz said. Perez has been wearing a leopard bow in her hair as her source of good luck this season.
Like Perez, many athletes want to wear a sentimental piece of equip-ment that has been through many on-fi eld battles.
A sweat-stained, faded red Santa Ana hat with a graying bill is the rabbit’s foot of right-handed reliever Kagan Richardson.
Each player is issued a new cap every season but Richardson says the new hat hasn’t had enough “work” yet. “I wear my new hat during the game before I go in to pitch, then right before I head out to the mound, I switch to my old hat,” he said. In many cases athletes may not be aware of their pre-game habits. Starter Matt Blanchard hadn’t re-alized he eats the same honey bacon ranch sandwich from Subway before it was brought to his attention. He does at least change the bread each time. “Now that I think about it, it’s a pattern,” said Blanchard. “I’ve had Subway the last six or seven starts.” Superstitions are derived from a pattern of success, Ortiz says. He believes that athletes see it as a way to make sense of things as well as to make themselves believe they control their own destiny. “We like to think that the coinci-dences that occur in real life, we have some control over,” Ortiz said. However, whether these routines guarantee positive results is a matter of speculation. Psychology professor Jeff rey Pe-droza believes athletes can benefi t from superstitions as long as they can refrain from crossing the line from ritual to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder behavior. Th e line is crossed when athletes’ rituals consume too much of the their time. “When a ritual takes over a person’s life it impedes their success,” Pedroza said. As time consuming or random as these habits may be, for some reason they have always been part of sports and probably always will. “When it’s going good you usually don’t change it,” Blanchard said.
“If you believe something is going to happen you somehow subconsciously work to make that a reality,” Dr. Fernando Ortiz said.
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
By GUS PADILLA / el Don
LUCKy CHARM / Freshman first baseman Sabrina Perez has sported a leopard-print hair bow throughout the 2013 season as a source of luck. / Eric Lomeli / el Don
From eating a favorite sandwich to wearing a red cap, it’s more than just silly superstitions.
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Running, at its heart, is competitive but it is driven by a sense
of community. As runners pass each other daily on the streets, sweaty smiles and tired waves give them encouragement to make it to their goal, however far it is. Running with the rhythmic sound of breathing in our head, the stomps of shoes hitting the pavement and the drive to fin-ish, it puts you in your own world. Racing past athletes going through
these same experiences gives enthusiasts a sense of togetherness. Everyone has put in the miles, the work, the training, and all they are left with is the support of others experiencing the same sensations, of pain, guts and a sense of achievement. Competing in races with strangers begins with everyone running for themselves, but it ends with a kinship among fellow runners, even if you don’t know their names. When a runner finds a teammate on the course it becomes top priority to keep them
motivated. Seeing the faces of your teammates going through the same pain eases your pain. It is in that moment that you realize running is a community sport. Having the moral sup-port of a team always makes any task easier to overcome. In other sports the athletes are not going through the same thing at the same time. In some sports, running is a punishment, which means that anyone who has ever compet-ed knows the runners’ struggles. We run solo, but we run as one.
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It may be an individual sport but it’s really about human connections.
counting down baseball’s best flicksFollowing the release of 42, the story of Jackie Robinson and his quest to break baseball’s color barrier, earlier this month, we reflect on the rich cinematic history the game of baseball has helped create. / ERIC LOMELI / el Don
2. // Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), a middle-aged unknown with a cloudy past, comes out of no-where to take a losing 1930s baseball team to first place. With the help of the bat “Wonderboy,” cut from a tree struck by lightning, Hobbs enjoys the glory he should have had as a young rising pitcher before a strange injury took him out of them game.
// This child-hood classic takes you back to Los Angeles in early 1960s when playing baseball on a dirt field was the best way for a boy to spend his hot summer days. An awkward kid, Scotty Smalls, who is new to the community, creates a life-long bond with cool kid, and future
pro-baseball player Benjamin Rodriguez. The movie includes the iconic line “You’re killing me, Smalls.” Though deriv-ative, it shows how someone unfamiliar with the game could develop gen-uine love and passion for the game. That spirit makes it the best baseball movie ever.
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3.// The 1919 Chicago White Sox, who won the American League pennant, are fed up with their miser of an owner Charles Comiskey. A group of gamblers eye the perfect opportunity to cash in.
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reboot or get the boot
Associated Student Government Presi-dent Edna Tobias and Vice-President Michael
Burris chose to resign from their positions April 9, rather than face impeach-ment proceedings. Earlier this month, Tobias sent an email accusing Chief Justice Clara Avila of fixing votes for Santa Ana College’s representative for the Stu-dent Senate of California Community Colleges. After a tumultuous year of government-related pitfalls, ASG has devolved from a functional student-run government into a dra-ma-filled episode of Glee, with student leaders missing out on educational opportu-nities and the rest of us left without representation.
This type of behavior embarrasses all of us, and it must change. Student government has been floundering without proper guidance, and it falls upon administrators to first reform ASG to a for-credit course as the college has offered it in the past. Next, students need to learn how to properly address issues and communicate as adults from a faculty advis-er with an extensive back-ground in the mentoring of student leaders. It’s unfair to expect stu-dents to behave as leaders and comport themselves within a political setting without steady, qualified and consistent guidance from a professional in the structured environment of a classroom.
Left to their own devices, student
leaders get bogged down by petty infighting that
embarrasses us all.
danger in the age of instant news
MEDIA
online identities toy with emotion
“Catfishing,” a disturbing and grow-ing online trend, happens when someone creates a false social media account in hopes of luring someone into an emotional, and in many cases romantic, relationship. The unsus-pecting victim may develop actual feelings, leading to embarrassment and in many cases a damaged repu-tation. As a society, we to need make sure we put aside hedonism and become more courteous, hopefully halting a growing trend of cowardly cyber bullying.
After breaking news from the Associated Press Twitter account reported two bombs had detonated in the White House, with President Obama injured, Wall Street went into a $200-billion freefall. The news was fake. The account was hacked. Absent the facts, we react too quickly to headlines that haven’t been vetted. Slow down. Social media increases the speed with which news is delivered but often lacks detail and verification.
SOCIAL NETWORKINGSTAFF EDITORIAL
— Gus Padilla
— Eric Lomeli
FORMER ASG PRESIDENT EDNA TOBIAS
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“If we give in to fear, the terrorists win.” That’s a worn-out cliché by now, but it’s even more applicable than it used to be. The greatest threat terrorists can bring is to scare us into thinking that we need to tear apart our own constitution in order to shield ourselves. We live in a free society where anyone could attack us at any time. But we also live in a world where those freedoms allow us to come together and heal. The Boston Marathon bombers attacked a public function using free public access against the people, but that same day the Red Cross reported that it had more blood donors than it could use, with volunteer doctors pulling over-night duty helping the victims. There was an overwhelming outpouring of support for Boston from the country at large,
and through Internet crowd sourcing. The entire city assisted in the identification and capture of the suspects. We are already doing everything we can to ensure attacks like this cannot happen easily and short of equipping every citizen with a personal bomb-sniffing dog, they can still happen. What matters is whether or not we let the fear of such events trick us into destroying our way of life through suspicion and paranoia. Terrorists accomplished this in the past; after 9/11, the rights-stomping Patriot Act was passed and we went to war in a couple of countries on flimsy pretenses. America almost transformed into something completely un-American in reaction to the tragedy (echoing McCarthyism and Japanese-American internment camps of the past), and it has yet to fully recover from the consequenc-es of those decisions.
Ultimately, many of the “extra measures” resulted in no appreciable improvement in our daily lives. Going even further, transforming America into a police state where everyone is watched would not make us safer, but it would make us miserable. Americans can be their own worst enemies, but only if they treat each other as their own worst enemies. Our ability to cooperate and mesh with one another is our greatest strength. This time around, the news media has been noticeably more cautious about jumping to conclusions, and the public in general emphasized cool-headed thinking over demo-nization of phantom enemies or scapegoat ethnic groups. We’re capable of much more than knee-jerk paranoia, and that is why we saw both the worst and the best of America on Patriot’s Day.
restraint prevails after attacks
“We live in a free society where anyone could attack us at any time. But we also live in a world where those freedoms allow us to come together and heal.”
OPINION
MEMORIAL / The people of Boston attend a candlelight vigil to honor those killed and injured in the bombing of the Boston Marathon. / Christopher Evans / MCT
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Oh, Yes She Did!—Sandy Brown’s one-woman show—presented by the Santa Ana College Teaching Learning Committee in honor of
“The Book of the Year,” The Help, was a major success on April 24. Brown opened the free show as Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American poet to be published, capti-vating the audience with her character’s realism. “It was extraordinary how she could speak and act just like those women from history. It’s what makes the show so good,” Librarian Yolanda Garcia and event coordinator said. The performance, which lasted about an hour, included five excerpts from the original show featur-ing characters like Harriet Tubman, Madam C.J.
Walker, Josephine Baker and Rosa Parks. “This show is not just about African-Americans or even women, it’s about so much more. It’s about equality,” Brown said.
“Racism is taught, it’s not born.” “The Book of the Year” program will be going into its fifth year next fall. “It has been a great pro-gram, and I can’t wait to see what else they have in store,” Santa Ana College President Erlinda Martinez said. SAC’s TLC announced after the show that the 2013-2014 book of the year will be Tortilla Soup, T.C. Boyle’s story of two mid-dle-class families and their struggles to succeed in a society that rejects both of their culture.
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Thirteen is an unlucky number for The Flaming Lips. The band’s 13th album, The Terror, is boring, with tracks that are too drone-influenced. The opening song lures listeners into a netherworld reminiscent of the most ambient Aphex Twin song. Unfortunately, the rest of the album is less engaging. If only this experi-mental album had more creativity than great production.
— Michael Sanchez
MosquitoYeah Yeah Yeahs
JUSTIFIED JUBILEEFLAMING FAIL STRIKING STING
Injustice: Gods Among UsNeatherRealm Studios
The TerrorThe Flaming Lips
Bates MotelA&E Network
Doomsday grabs Superman by the throat and punches him through the Earth. With each hit more ferocious than the last, the rumble of the battle is felt through the controller. The experience that NeatherRealm Studio creates with Injustice: Gods Among Us is sublime: a lengthy storyline, endless side mis-sions and matches paired with all of DC’s biggest characters from Batman to Lex Luthor.
— Aaron Vasquez — Ben Burkhardt
— Shane Collins
— Shane Collins
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ fourth album Mosquito is a fantastic follow up to It’s Blitz! Ranging from funk to punk, Karen O can make you cringe with discomfort in tracks like “Area 52” as she wails like an enraged banshee into the micro-phone. The single “Sacrilege” will make you sway with its gospel vibe, sweeping you up in the chorus with the choir chanting “And I’ll plead, and I’ll pray.” Yeah Yeah Yeahs outdid themselves.
CREEPY CLASSIC
HOTLINE
The prequel TV show to the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho has taken over the A&E Network . The compelling drama tells the story of the middle-aged widow Norma Bates and her shy teen-age son Norman. The intense thriller follows the pair’s bizarre relationship as both struggle with psychological problems, and explains how Norman becomes a psycho. Bates Motel shows Mondays at 7 p.m.
OH, SO MANY FACES!
PEARLS / Sandy Brown takes to the stage dressed as Josephine Baker in her one-woman show. / Photo courtesy of Sandy Brown / Liz Monroy / el Don
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ALL SMILES /(From left) Dominick and Christopher Gallardo are spitting out ideas and syncing their scripts and storyboards, while their eldest sister Linda also contributes to their brainstorming. / Eric Lomeli / el Don
Drafting vibrant lyrics and storylines about two confl ict-ing rap crews, the Gallardo family created Catalepsy, a tragic comedic farce, the fi rst student-directed and written play ever on campus. After refusing their fi rst play, the Santa Ana College � eatre Arts Department ap-proved the Gallardos’ script, which appeared on stage Friday and Saturday at the Black Box � eatre. Written by Christopher and Dominick and co-direct-ed by their older sister Linda, the show takes place in the recording studios of Davis Ramirez, played by Domi-nick, who’s frustrated by his lazy, ignorant rapper, Marty
“M&M” Martinez, played by Dominique Collins. “It started from ideas we’ve had since high school,”
Christopher said. “� en, years later, we had � eatre 100 together and did a short 10-minute scene. We built up from there.” Growing from fi ve roles to 16, the characters like aspir-ing pop singer Jack “� e Kid” Shitte and gibberish-speak-ing female rapper Mickey Mirage achieve a satirical portrait of the childish com-petitiveness of the hip-hop music industry. “It’s always quick to jump [to conclusions] instead of helping one another, un-derstanding and fi nding out what’s going on,” said Chris-topher, referring to the nat-ural human tendencies they took as cues for the story. Confl ict twists are embed-ded towards the end of the two-hour play, with actors whipping out prop guns
during rap battles. “I never believed in cen-sorship because I think good theater and fi lms push ele-ments,” said assistant profes-sor Chris Cannon, who also appears in the play. “� ey put things out there that need to be discussed, and now more than ever, guns and violence is something to be discussed.” After rehearsing for hours every night, fi ve days a week, Christopher learned about the struggles of directing. He calls Cannon an inspiration and credits � eatre Arts Department Chairwoman Valinda Tivenan, for helping bring the story on stage. � e brothers and the dance department are currently working on creating a play infused with dance numbers to show two years from now.
FAMILYMADE
The Gallardo siblingscollaborate on the first
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HEALTHY EATINGON THE RUN You get out of class and check the time, fi nding you only have 45 min-utes to grab lunch and get to work. You check your wallet and see only $5. Looks like fast food today, but that doesn’t mean eating healthy is out of the question. When students head off campus to eat, most nearby restaurants are fast food joints. Why not explore their healthy and aff ordable options? Brad Haley, chief marketing offi cer for Carl’s Jr., said in a press release that the company has come to realize people will order lighter fare if they
don’t have to sacrifi ce fl avor, “and the new Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich delivers both in a big way.” � e sandwich is becoming popular with health-conscious customers. One Santa Ana College student said,
“It’s really fl avorful and I don’t feel guilty for eating it.” Carl’s Jr. also off ers a line of turkey burgers that each total less than 500 calories, as well as a charbroiled barbeque chicken sandwich that contains 390 calories. Taco Bell off ers a Fresco line that is not displayed on the menu. � e chicken and steak tacos are about
150 calories each and cost well under your $5 limit. You will still get the satisfaction of Taco Bell taste but without the added calories. Jack in the Box also off ers low-cal choices. Its fl avorful Chicken Fajita Pita and Southwest Chicken Salad come in under 400 calories each. � ese are just some of the many healthy options fast food restaurants off er that won’t get you reaching deep into your pockets. Explore the lesser known healthy side of menus at other restaurants and you may just be surprised at what you fi nd.
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Guilt-free choices are available at the drive-thru
These options are sure to fi ll you up without leaving you regretful.
Carl’s Jr.’s Charbroiled Atlantic Fish Sandwich costs $3.99 and contains 420 calories. For a light-er option try a lettuce wrap.
Jack in the Box’s fl avorful Chicken Fajita Pita is topped with cheddar cheese and wrapped in 16 grams of whole grain. At a trim 326 calo-ries, it costs $4.39.
Taco Bell’s Fresco line contains an assortment of tacos and burritos that weigh in under 350 calories.
LIGHT MENU
CARL’S FRESH FISH
JACK’S FIT PITA
BELL’S LIGHT FARE
TASTY / Carl’s Jr.’s Charbroiled Turkey Burger is one of many low-cal choices available near campus. / Shane Collins / el Don
