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among 65 crimes reported on campus in last three months

Mt. SAC fined for alleged pain and su!ering to animalsCollege pays over $20,000 in fines

Rape , indecent exposure, grand theft

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Mt. San Antonio College was fined $20,844 in May 2010 after inspections conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed the campus farm was in violation of several policies. The citations occurred between 2006-2008 and involved a number of problematic errors.

According to the USDA settlement agreement, the department was cited on Jan. 11, 2006, with failure to “develop, document, and follow an appropriate plan to provide dogs with the opportunity for exercise.” On March 29 2006, a citation was issued regarding the department’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) when a failure “to conduct a semi-annual inspection and program review,” was noted.

According to the agreement, “The facility must complete a program review and inspect the facility every six months to maintain an adequate evaluation of the program.”

Following citations also detailed incidents involving the death of a ewe, and a llama named “Freddie.”

Mt. SAC President, Dr. John Nixon, said that the fine was paid, “just out of our regular funds. We pay fines, we pay fees, we pay during the course of the year. The $20,000 in the context of the budget of $150 million a year is not staggering.”

Although the citations and fine are seemingly in the past, articles and petitions have come about as recently as last month. Kathleen Conlee director of program management for Animal Research Issues for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) said that HSUS director of program management for Animal Research Issues, said that the organization has received zero contact from the school.

“We’ve attempted to contact them seven times between e-mails and phone calls and have not received any response,” she said. Conlee added that the HSUS wants Mt. SAC to adopt a policy that would better focus on the welfare of the animals. “Really what we’re asking for is a very modest request. We’re just asking them to make a formal commitment to the welfare of those animals.”

On Jan. 4, the (HSUS) posted an article on its website that heavily focused on the welfare of the animals and reported alleged pain and suffering of animals on the Mt. SAC campus farm. Conlee was quoted saying, “the public opposes the suffering of animals in research laboratories,” and added, “Especially in light of these disturbing incidents, Mount San Antonio College should publicly affirm its commitment to minimizing the suffering of animals used on campus.”

Conlee was also quoted in a San Gabriel Valley Tribune article on Feb. 27, 2011 regarding Mt. SAC’s use of the animals. "When you look at Mt. SAC and the things they're

intending to do with animals in their teaching programs, there's no reason in the world why these animals should go through extreme suffering," she said.

Matt Judd, associate dean of natural sciences, said that Mt. SAC is not a research institution in the sense that they do not keep animals for means of experimentation.

“We have care classes and RVT (Registered Veterinary Technician) classes where students get to interact with animals, but we don’t raise or create animals to experiment on them, we don’t purchase animals to experiment on them,” he added.

According to the HSUS article, advertisements were placed with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, urging Mt. SAC to adopt a policy to end the alleged suffering of its animals. The college however does not respond to the organization, as it is not a federal body.

Nixon is familiar with the HSUS plea for policy change. “Starting last year some time, I believe, I began receiving regular e-mails from sources, I don’t even know where they’re from, but they’re just e-mails from people who aren’t with Mt. SAC, and it’s always the same e-mail, and it’s an email that’s promoted by the Humane Society, that Mt. SAC adopted a particular policy, a policy on the care of animals, a policy that’s defined and promoted by the Humane Society,” Nixon said.

“We’ve done nothing with that, we are not responsible to the Humane Society and we follow regulations and guidelines from the state and the federal government with regard to our programs,” he added.

Writer, Maggie Marton, created a petition on Jan. 12, 2011, on Change.org, targeting the college after seeing Google alerts online in January. With a goal of 500 signature set and 434 achieved as of March 21, Marton hopes that the plea will get the college’s attention.

“Hopefully, Mt. SAC will enact a policy to prevent animal suffering in the future. In that case, I will happily post a follow-up story. If a policy isn't enacted when the petition reaches 500, I will keep campaigning and promoting the petition to ensure that change happens,” Marton said.

Marton has been involved in animal welfare since 2006 and said that she serves on the board of directors for her county’s humane association. Citations issued on Dec. 11, 2008 heavily discuss issues regarding an animal referred to as “ewe #47.”

The errors made in the euthanization of the animal occured on Nov. 29 2009, in which a decision had to be made regarding the animal who had suffered a prolapsed uterus, meaning the uterus had fallen out of place.

The citations issued for the incident stated that there was a failure to “ensure that all scientists, research technicians, animal technicians, and other personnel involved in animal care, treatment, and use are qualified

to perform their duties,” and failure to, “establish and maintain programs of adequate veterinary care that include the availability of appropriate facilities.”

Judd said that proper protocols were not in place in regards to the ewe, however a comment in the Tribune article did not do the school justice in regards to the animal’s comfort. “There was a comment in the Tribune article that the animal suffered, that precautions were not taken to make sure that that animal didn’t have pain and that was not true, that was not accurate or true. The method of euthanasia was not standard but that animal was sedated, and did not suffer pain, and it’s just unfortunate, “ he said.

“Now it was, at the moment and time, it was the best we could do, because we didn’t put the right protocols in place so that we could’ve done it better,” Judd added. In Oct. 2008, the school was also cited for complications and errors that resulted in the death of a llama named “Freddie.”

The settlement agreement states that “The llama suffered complications while under anesthesia, the attending veterinarian was unavailable, and not involved. There was no pre-sedation evaluation of the animal or conditions present for the sedation completed by an appropriately qualified and trained veterinarian.”

It is also stated that there were violations in the handling of the animal. The document reads, “Failed to handle a llama (Freddie) as carefully as possible, or in a manner that does not cause trauma, overheating, excessive cooling,

behavioral stress, physical harm, or unnecessary discomfort. The animal had been exposed to high temperatures for the entire day prior to being sedated.”

Judd said that a lack of familiarity with such an exotic species of animal may have been a contributing factor to the complications that arose and not a lack of qualified staff.

“I think probably that nature, the fact that he’s an exotic animal, a different animal, that that probably contributed more than any lack of staff. Just maybe a little lack of familiarity with the animal,” he said.

In regards to the issue of qualified staff, the contract of a faculty member was not renewed, with failure to follow protocol and failure to complete the tenure process.

“I remembered that we actually did not renew the contract of a faculty member of the veterinary science program in part because of that so we changed the personnel. We have subsequently hired a farm manager,” Nixon said.

“The faculty member was not let go directly as a result of any incident on the farm, the faculty member failed to complete the tenure process,” Judd said. He added that the farm issue was a factor. “It certainly was, there are aspects of it, obviously we can’t go into too much detail because of the confidentiality of the contract process, it’s not our reluctance to talk about it.” Judd added that the tenure process is a, “four year

College remedies farm protocols after $20,000 fine

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Rape, students under the influence, and grand theft are only a few of the crimes reported within the past three months on campus.

There have been 65 crimes reported on the crime statistics from Campus Safety from December 2010 through March 14. (see below)

Compared to the spring 2010 crime statistics reported on the June 3, 2010 issue of the Mountaineer, the variety of crimes have changed.

Within the 65 crimes in this school year, cases of indecent exposure, attempted arm robbery, attempted grand theft, and theft of motor vehicles are reported. The 2010 statistics also spans three months, with the difference occurring from Feb. 22, 2010 - May 25, 2010.

Within the first weeks of March this year, crimes were committed with six leading to arrests. The most recent case of crime is that of a reported rape on March 8.

A female student, 23, called a 911 dispatch on March 8 and reported she was raped. According to Gerald Wright, deputy sheriff and detective for the Walnut Sheriff ’s Department, the female was raped in a vehicle on the Mt.SAC campus.

“It occurred during the day at about 1:30 in the afternoon. She used her cell phone to call 911, the names are not released due to privacy rights,” said Wright.

According to Wright, the female was a student at Mt. SAC and did not know the male student, 22.

“She did not know the suspect, they had just met. The suspect was arrested and he said it was consensual and she said it was rape. He applied for classes [at Mt.SAC] and she was a student,” said Wright.

Director of Campus Safety Mark DiMaggio, said Campus Safety was informed as soon the 911

call was reported. “The sheriff ’s [department] call campus safety

during a 911 call. The sheriffs pulled into the drive as we arrived at the scene; so basically at the same time. The crime occurred in lot G,” said DiMaggio.

The male student was arrested and in jail for two days following his arrest and was released pending further investigation.

“This is an ongoing investigation and the case has not been closed. We can not release anymore information as this is an ongoing investigation,” said Wright.

This case is not the only arrest made on campus but one of seven in this semester. According to the crime statistics five of the arrest were due to students being caught stealing in the bookstore.

According to DiMaggio the increase number in theft occurs in the beginning of the semester due to more students going to bookstores and the additional workers in the store.

“Due to more students going into the bookstore, the store hires agents to watch the activity that is involved in there. It is handled through the bookstore and they hire their own staff,” said DiMaggio.

DiMaggio said that the number of arrest or theft attempts is about the same for every semester. Other crimes reported include cases of indecent exposure and students under the influence of narcotics.

According to DiMaggio students found to be under the influence of narcotics can lead to arrest but it depends on the circumstances.

“It depends on the actual situation and the sheriffs have the authority to have someone pick that individual up or arrest them. We may be the first to respond but we call the sheriffs department as well,” said DiMaggio.

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Vandalism....................................................................Disturbance................................................................. Student Misconduct.................................................. Student of Concern................................................... Student Under the Influence....................................Theft ...........................................................................Grand Theft ...............................................................Burglary........................................................................Attempted Arm Robbery...........................................Possession of Stolen Property.................................Counterfeit Bill...........................................................Property Damage.......................................................Trespassing.................................................................Damage to Personal Vehicle.....................................Theft of Motor Vehicle...............................................Attempted Grand Theft.............................................Indecent Exposure......................................................Rape...........................................................................

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Crime Stats December 2010 – March 2011

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Are you transferring to your “Dream School”?

There are many Mt. SAC students that are transferring, but not to their "dream school". Instead, they are transferring to whatever school accepts them. They are changing their focus of their transfer plans due to what schools are cheaper and faster.

Aileen Batac, 20, nursing major applied to Cal State LA and is still waiting for their response. Batac said, “If I do not get accepted to Cal State LA my next option is to transfer to West Coast University.” Batac added, “West Coast is not my dream school but I want to go there because it’s faster.” She said that it is closer to her house and it will save her gas money. Batac originally did not want to go to West Coast but it is the only way that she could get her degree faster.

Krystie Bybee, 27, transfer specialist said there are reasons why students are changing focus on their transfer plan. “Students are getting impatient and frustrated because they want to leave Mt. SAC and move on to a university,” Bybee said.

Bybee also said you have to look at the other perspective. “Students have to look at other options and see what other options are available” she said.

She added that students have to take advantage of some resources such as financial aid, grants, and scholarships. Bybee said some students have a specific school in mind so they just wait. “ In general students are applying to their dream school but they are also applying to more than one campus so they have more of a guarantee” she said

“You can still transfer, it [can] be difficult but it can still happen.” Michelle Miranda, 21, law major said. In 2009 she applied to Cal State Fullerton but was not accepted.

“I wasn’t accepted there because of the new G.P.A requirement, being a 3.7," Miranda said, "Cal State Fullerton was never where I really wanted to go, it was just the school with the best reputation with a business and accounting division that is nearest to my home; commuting saves on room and boarding.”

After not getting accepted, Miranda stayed at Mt. SAC for another two years and applied again but to other schools such as UC Irvine, UC Riverside and UC San Diego. She will be going to UC Riverside in the fall of 2011 through the Transfer Admissions Guarantee program.

Universities are changing their G.P.A standards and also raising tuition. According to Los Angeles Times on March 8, “Gov. Jerry Brown’s[has called for a] $500 million [cut] from the UC system for the 2011-2012 school year.” The schools that will be affected by this cut are UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UC San Francisco.

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On April 23, it will have been a year since the state of Arizona created a public and national uproar. The state declared to fight and crackdown on illegal immigration. With Senate Bill 1070, Arizona sought to protect its citizens and the nation by solving the crisis that the federal government has refused to fix. !

“The bill I’m about to sign into law, Senate Bill 1070, represents another tool for our state to use as we work to solve a crisis we did not create and the federal government has refused to fix… The crisis caused by illegal immigration and Arizona’s porous border,” said Jan Brewer on April 23, 2010.

!The bill served the purpose of stopping individuals from entering the country illegally and detaining those already in the state. The bill literature says that the Senate’s intention is to “work together to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States.”

However, the bill was blocked. By July 28, 2010, U.S. District Judge, Susan Bolton had placed an injunction to block the most controversial parts of SB 1070.

“Arizona’s immigration policy does not simply provide legitimate assistance to the

federal government but instead exceeds a state’s role with respect to aliens, interferes with the federal government’s balanced administration of the immigration laws, and critically undermines U.S. foreign policy objectives,” the motion said, as reported by The Washington Post on July 29, 2010.

Responding to Bolton’s decision that same day, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said that the fight is “far from over.” “In fact, it is just the beginning, and at the end of what is certain to be a long legal struggle. Arizona will prevail in its right to protect our citizens. I am deeply grateful for the overwhelming support we have received from across our nation in our efforts to defend against the failures of the federal government,” said Brewer.

!As a result of this battle against immigrants, some feel that the state of Arizona finds itself in a humanitarian crisis.

“There is such arrogance, hite privilege and superiority [going about]. We’re in a crisis, a humanitarian crisis. [These laws] are desperate measures,” said Isabel Garcia, an attorney and Pima County public defender.

As the state carries out its legal battle against illegal immigration, the target has been placed on children and students. With the introduction of Senate Bill 1611 on Feb. 21, Arizona renewed its vow to fight illegal immigration.

According to a guanabee.com article on Feb. 24, “Arizona State Senate President Russell Pearce presented an Omnibus anti-immigration bill, SB 1611, that passed the conservative Appropriations Committee last night (Feb. 23). Some of his GOP fellows passed other measures that pissed off immigrant advocates and Arizonans in general.”

The bill is identified by this article as “SB 1611 the all-encompassing ‘Git Those Mexicans’ Bill.” The bill ensures and denies illegal immigrants the access to driver’s licenses and registration, access to education from kindergarten to college, and the denial of public housing.

!“I feel that it’s a very strategic law, it keeps people ignorant,” said Norman Barrios, 24, ethnic studies and history major.

Barrios said that undocumented students are using education as “a tool of liberty, a tool of resistance.”

!Barrios continued to say that when you begin to target the education of a community that not only deserves it but wants it, you are crippling their ability to build a better future for themselves and their families.

Laura Gonzalez, part-time educational adviser of the Mt. SAC Upward Bound and Student Support Services programs, said that

Arizona immigration laws challenge public education

In the month of March, the Arizona government has rejected five anti-immigration bills. These bills include education, motor vehicles, birthrights, and hospitals. Following is a summary of the bills:Senate Bill 1308: Dealing with birthright citizenship, this bill would have created two kinds of certificates. One certificate would be given to children born from at least one legal resident, the other birth cetificate to children born to illegal immignts. Senate Bill 1309: This bill states that a newborn is an Arizona citizen if he or she is “born in the U.S. and subject to jurisdiction thereof” and the child is born to one parent who is a residing resident or citizen of Arizona. Senate Bill 1405: If a person were in need of nonemergency medical care, the hospital’s admission officer would be required by to verify the legal status of the patient. If the person cannot supply such information, the hospital would be required to contact local federal immigration officials. Senate Bill 1407: This bill would require that the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) collect data from all schools districts on the immigration status of all students enrolled. If the school districts do report the data required, state funding would be withheld. Senate Bill 1611: A person must present identification that he/she can lawfully operate a motor vehicle in Arizona, and must present identification of his or her legal status in the U.S while trying to obtain vehicle title and registration, applying for admission at a community college and university or any other public benefit.

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Hello fellow Mounties, and welcome to the Spring 2011 semester! My name is Claudia Gonzalez and I am the Editor-in-Chief of the Mountaineer newspaper.

This semester our staff started out the new semester with a bang, winning several awards from the California College Media Association (CCMA) and attending the College Media Advisers Conference in New York City.

The awards ceremony was unique this year because there were over 200 universities and community colleges competing, and knowing we won over so many other publications made the experience more special.

Our newspaper won awards in General Excellence, Best Overall Design, Best Personal Opinion Column, Best Sports Column, Best Sports Photograph, and Best Features Photograph to name a few.

We also won first place for Best News Story (Non-Breaking) for the article “Tweets heard across campus,” written by Lianna Sapien, Evan Lancaster, and myself.

Our magazine Substance also won awards in Best Magazine Personal Opinion Column, Best Magazine Review, and Best Magazine Photo.

Emily Manning our Photo Editor won first place in Best Magazine Photo and Brigette Lugo our Multiculture Editor placed first in Magazine Review.

I am so proud of everyone on staff for making all these wins possible and I do not believe any of our wins would have been possible with the constant support from our adviser Toni Albertson and the Journalism Department.

We still have several more exciting moments for our staff this semester with our magazine being a finalist for a Maggie Award, and our competition and conference in April for the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) in Sacramento.

My goals for this school year are to continue to represent the voice of the community college students and find topics that the students want answers to or relate to them.

We will not only be covering news on our print newspaper but on our online edition Mountiewire.com.

On behalf of The Mountaineer Staff I would like to welcome our new and returning readers and the best of luck to you on this semester.

Claudia GonzalezEditor-in-Chief

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Let the people unionize! Allow employees the right to be represented, to negotiate for better wages and protect themselves by providing better working conditions.

Imagine yourself in California, circa 1960. You are a non-skilled laborer. As you wake up and go about your house, looking for food, you come across water and some left over beans from the night before. As you make it past the door, into the fields, the scorching sun begins to burn your skin. Sweat runs down your forehead, burning into your eyes like acid. Dragging your feet, covered in dirt and sweat, you bend over and go about picking lettuce.

As you lift your head, in between the waves of the heat, you notice a jet fly over you. Pesticides pour over your head like rain. This is your occupation, 12 or more hours a day, $1.20 an hour. This is the history of farm laborers in California, a clear example of some of the worst working conditions in America’s labor history.

However, people did not sit back. They rose and demanded better wages, better working conditions. “Si se puede! Yes we can!” was delivered from California’s farms, filtered through the streets and entered into our supermarkets and homes. It was the birth of contemporary civil rights in California, a significant element to the identity of America’s working class and unions.

But now the freedom to form unions is being jeopardized. Today, unions do not only represent farm laborers, but also firefighters, paramedics, teachers, public workers, railroad

technicians and other workers. Heading anti-union legislation across the

country is the Republican Party. According to a UPI.com article on March 8, they reported that “Eight Republican U.S. senators Tuesday (March 8) introduced legislation that would weaken labor unions by letting workers in unions shops choose whether to join.”

Known as the National Right to Work Act, this bill was introduced by Senator Jim DeMint and cosponsored by other politicians from South Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Louisiana. DeMint has said that “No American should be forced to join a union… For-unionism shields unions from member accountability and has detrimental effect on the economy.” Yes, no one should be forced to join a union. But eliminating unions in its entity would leave employers in a state of limbo.

What needs to happen here is union reform. Unions should be a choice, an option. People should have the right to join or not join. And as we look at our history, it seems like we have forgotten the function that unions have served in our country. Not only have unions fought for higher wages, regulated working hours, provided legal protection for children and women, and reinforced labor laws to shield and protect us as workers, but have ultimately made the working environment a safe one. But as Republicans begin to push their agenda, other states are beginning to follow in a domino affect that may see unions disappear.

Consequently, other states such as Ohio and Wisconsin have also brought forward state bills to deny collective bargaining rights, unions.

According to the Huffington Post on March 8, they reported that 14 Wisconsin senate Democrats fled the state in order to prevent and weaken the passing of anti-union legislation.

Like those 14 senators form Wisconsin, they are making sacrifices to protect the bargaining rights of employees. Americans have voiced their opinion, and have stated their demand for union representation. According to a February 28, New York Times article, “a majority of Americans (about three-fourths) say they oppose efforts to weaken the collective bargaining of public employee unions and are also against cutting pay or benefits for public workers to reduce budget benefits.”

In today’s society, as the working class continues to work hard to provide for their families, it should be in every interest of the country and government to protect people by providing favorable wages and good working conditions. Families and workers should not worry about whether or not they can eat tomorrow, or have a home to come to. Why should the working class have to suffer from the budget crisis? It should be in the responsibility of the government to find clear and thoughtful solutions that benefit the population.

When the government takes away the benefits of workers, and the right to bargain for better wages, you are neglecting the population from living a sustainable and comfortable life.

As a society, there is one important thing we can do to protect our rights, vote. Vote against those politicians that hinder our liberties and rights as citizens, parents, and workers.

Let The People Unionize! Protect the workers

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I believe that the Egyptian protests were not a genuine call for democracy and that a major uprising of the Muslim Brotherhood faction is now imminent in the nation following the resignation of former President Hosni Mubarak.

For years, Egypt has experienced mismanaged distribution of funds for the people at the hands of a president that, until recently, had held office for 30 years. Criticisms of the nation’s political practice are the norm.

There is also the frowned upon police and military practices that ignite fury in many a free heart, with stories of oppression and torture flooding the news.

Yet, with all this, Mubarak was still the lesser of two evils.

With an Egyptian-Greek mother, and being born into the Coptic Orthodox Church, I know what it is to face adversity. I lived in the Kingdom of Bahrain, a predominantly Muslim island, for 15 years and often came face to face with those who thought they were better than me because my religion was not the majority.

From Islam to Christianity, all religions have their zealots and extremists. Egypt’s population is fueled by religion with Muslims making up about 80 to 90 percent of the population, and the Christian dominant denomination, the Coptic Orthodox Church, coming in at about 10 to 20 percent. Egging on the majority is the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

Founded 1928, with Nazi ties and the assassination of political figures and presidents such as Anwar Sadat in 1981 under their belt, the Brotherhood has had a historical hatred of democracy and western ideals, a hatred that still trickles down year after year into the minds of present-day members, many of which are young, impressionable youths.

Although they were first outlawed in 1948, members of the Brotherhood have continued to run as independents in elections. After dwindling from 88 seats to one in the recent 2010 Parliamentary elections held in November, the Brotherhood’s failure hindered their role in the 2011 presidential elections.

Comprised of a variety of civilians and political leaders, they took to the streets in protests in January of 2011 alongside the general public, mirroring the recent uprisings in Tunisia.

The Muslim Brotherhood was founded on the ideals Sharia or the Islamic code of law, a law that has been a part of social and political norms in Egypt within reason.

The new leader, Muhammad Badi, 68, wrote in a May 2010 article on the Brotherhood’s website that, “We will continue to raise the banner of jihad -- two swords and a Koran -- as long as the Zionists raise their flag, with two blue stripes to represent their so-called state [reaching] from the Nile to the Euphrates. And the [Muslim] brotherhood will continue to view the Jews and Zionists as their first and foremost enemies.”

The radicalism has also left Christian factions at the mercy of extremist civilians and military. Followers of the Coptic Orthodox Church have been persecuted in Egypt for years. From bombs to drive-by shootings, Christians have lived in fear for their lives and rights.

In the weeks following the protests, monks and worshippers have been attacked in the streets and their churches. On Feb. 20, 2011, priest Dawoud Boutros was stabbed to death in his home and it is reported that masked men were seen leaving his home yelling “Allahu akbar,” or “God is Great,” a known Islamic expression.

In regards to holy places, the occupants of the monastery of St. Bishoy (located about 68 miles north of Cairo) were told that they were to have no military aid, so they built a secure wall themselves.

On Feb. 21, army personnel arrived in tanks and bulldozers and opened fire on the monastery injuring monks and monastery workers. Similar attacks have followed and the number of abductions is rising. The silencing of civilian voices and the squashing of human rights is not the way to start a democratic society.

Although the protests were in aid of democracy and reform, with the Brotherhood and the reigns, there is widespread fear that traditions will eventually overthrow political sense.

As of 2007, members of the Brotherhood running for office took a stance that women and non-Muslims would not be allowed to run for office, were they ever put in charge. How can the idea and promise of democracy be implemented when those promising it do not adhere to the definition in their policies?

Since the end of the protests, a military junta has been imposed and Egypt’s constitution has been suspended.And with the

“promise” of democracy, America feels the need to chime in with the people of Egypt, blind to the fact that many Islamic leaders want nothing to do with the U.S. or its ideals. In September of 2010, Badi wrote, on the Brotherhood website “a nation that does not champion moral and human values cannot lead humanity, and its wealth will not avail it once Allah has had his say,” when describing the U.S.

In regards to the revolutions rippling across Arab countries, Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted in a Feb. 4 interview saying the “Arab revolts are ‘a real earthquake’ and if successful would lead to ‘failure of American policies’ in the Middle East.” In losing Mubarak, the U.S. lost an ally.

If the people of Egypt really wanted democracy it would mean the abandonment of decades of religious integration in politics but with the majority constantly imposing their religious beliefs on those that do not follow Islam, democracy almost seems like a fading idea.

I have fought with boys that belonged to the royal family because they thought it was okay to put their hands on my legs and tug at my shirt and hair.

My mother worked at the U.S. Embassy and one day walked in the house to tell us that a mob had swarmed the gates and were burning government vehicles in protest of the Iraq war.

Bomb threats at my school were the norm. Bahrain taught me about the extremists that come with all religions and how the majority can adopt a “my way or the highway” policy.

In December of 2009, a trip to Egypt revealed to my aunt that my 26-year-old cousin’s religion had been changed from Christian to Muslim.

Although my cousin is an American citizen, the census in Egypt keeps record of her documents and keeps her identification on file. In order to make the change, she would have to travel back to a country she hadn’t visited for about 10 years, and risk not being allowed to come back to the U.S. or even worse abducted.

Imposing their beliefs on many unsuspecting former or current citizens, extremists such as the Muslim Brotherhood seek to silence and destroy those that would oppose and not conform to their beliefs.

During the protests the world saw a nation calling for democracy when in reality, they were individuals driven by revolutionary ideals which in turn were fueled by decades of hate, control, and religious extremism.

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Richard Raynard, a retired art history instructor at Mt. SAC from 1966 to 1993 passed away on Jan. 11. Raynard was an art instructor for 27 years, and a major donor to the Art Complex Mural project in 2009.

The Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery will feature the work of Mt. SAC faculty in a group exhibit titled, ”Transition: In Memory of Richard Raynard,” which will take place from March 17 through April 14 at the Mt. SAC Art Gallery. This exhibit is free and open to the public.

The event was put together to inspire people to reflect on Raynard’s life and art itself with the impact and spark it ignites in a person. “I really love that the exhibit is free because people are more open and willing to give it a chance, which I feel is the whole point, Jessica Lee, 20, interior design major said. “They, then, are there for the right reasons. They are there to appreciate the art and that makes me happy because that is what Mr. Raynard intended.”

Lee has studied art history and was part of the Aomplex Mural Project. Even though she was just in high school when the project began, she was inspired to continue when she started college.

“I did not know Mr. Raynard personally, but even before he passed I had seen some of

his work and it really touched me. I know he retired before I started coming to this school but I can tell he did leave his mark on the world,” said Michelle Kim, 22, art major.

Kim plans on attending the exhibit herself and volunteering as well. “I decided to volunteer because I feel it is something I can do to help in a small way. I know this won’t be life changing for anyone but it is one step closer to my goal of giving back with art,” Kim added, “That is something that Mr. Raynard enthused.”

Mt. SAC also celebrated the life of Raynard with a memorial service held on campus on Feb. 3. Music professors Steve Wilkerson and Andrea Baker performed “Amazing Grace” at the service.

It was a service celebrating Raynard’s passion for art and his love for his students.

“I loved how Richard never stopped with what he believed in. I hope that his legacy can continue on with his students. As long as it continues being passed on and people do not give up on the art and creativity then Richard Raynard’s memory will be a positive one,” said Julie Coronado, family friend of Raynard. “Richard was a good person and I’m glad he taught his students everything he knew about art.

When those students continue on in life they are going to remember what they learned from him and knowing that is enough. I know he changed young peoples’ lives,” Coronado said.

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The biennial faculty exhibition displays the crafty works of Mt. SAC faculty. The exhibit is in dedication to the memory of Art Historian Richard Raynard.

The exhibition will run from March 17 to April 14 throughout gallery hours and admission is free. Gallery Director and Exhibition Curator, Fatemeh Burnes, gathered works from 29 faculty members to be showcased.

This exhibition gives insight to the creative and artful minds of those that are our professors, mentors, and scholars. Art sheds light on the uniqueness of each individual’s perception of their own world.

From oil paintings to needlework, photographs to reconstructed battleships, and everything in between, the showcased artwork has everything in a variety of forms.

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Mt. SAC’s flying team will be competing in the Air Meet Nationals, held at Ohio State University on May 16-21.

The flying team placed second place out of five teams at the Regional Air Meet at the Brackett Airport in La Verne in January, which qualified them to show their skills with top competing universities nationwide.

During the air meet, there were 11 events held over a span of three days. The 11 events that each college participated in consisted of five air events, five landing events and a traffic pattern test.

In each of the events, students specialized in different categories and the total of the whole team is added up to determine the standings.

Linda Rogus, co-chair of the aeronautics department, said a favorite event was the “Message Drop.”

In this event, there are two teammates in a plane, the pilot and the drop master. The drop master, Nathan Kirker, 26, commercial flight, was responsible for informing the pilot the right altitude, speed and the best location for dropping an object on a target on the ground.

Each team received two chances for a best score.

Mt. SAC’s flying team has been the top

community college flying team for the past 20 years in the region and with the team that they have now, Jonathan Garth, 24, commercial flight, all said they believe they will leave nationals feeling like they’ve done a great job.

Teammates on the flying team, Jeffrey Yeh, 23, aviation science major, Jonathan Garth and Nathan Kirker, said they felt very confident during the competitions.

Even though they will be competing with 30 other colleges, including major universities, Garth said, “We have a very unique and dynamic team and we have a fantastic shot at placing in the top 10.”

A common love that Yeh, Garth and Kirker share is flying and aviation.

Garth said he has always loved the thought of flying and when he found out about the aeronautics program at Mt. SAC, he jumped in headfirst. “You can’t find a better deal at the school,” Garth said. “It’s so weird having school spirit. I feel so much pride for a school that helps people in such a good way.”

Rogus said that their main competition would probably be Central Texas Community College because they have been one of the best community colleges in competition.

Rogus said, “They are one of the strongest community colleges… we’ve been going back and forth but we feel confident in placing high this year.”

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The Most Inspiring Women of Mt. SAC, an annual event sponsored by the Associated Students will not be held this year, as its funding was vetoed and one of its principal staff members involved in coordinating the event retired.

“On Sept. 21, 2010, the senate approved a total of $2,500 regarding the Most Inspiring Women of Mt. SAC event with a final count of 17 votes in favor and one abstention,” said activities senator and political science major Alex Mendoza, 19. “This piece of legislation was then vetoed by the Executive Board.”

Student Life Director Maryann Tolano-Leveque, said that the new principal staff member, who will replace the retired staff member, will start March 24. However, it will not be in time to put on and organize the event.

The Most Inspiring Women of Mt. SAC is an annual event honoring and awarding Mt. SAC women who have, according to Tolano-Leveque, shown core values including integrity, diversity, and community building, while overcoming personal struggle as well as positively impacting and motivating others.

Usually held during a luncheon, the event takes place in the last week of March, which is also Women’s History Month.

Communications major, Nicole Berg, 20, said that she loves that the event brings together women of different social, as well as cultural backgrounds, thereby providing a venue where fruitful friendships are created.

“It is imperative to support events which honor the pursuit of educational excellence; that is to say, accomplishments which inspiring people in our community have achieved like the Most Inspiring Women of Mt. SAC,” said Mendoza.

“Due to economic setbacks in the educational system of California, student body governments such as Associated Students have engaged in the task of looking for alternatives which pay tribute to student distinction,” Mendoza added.

Art major, Darius Grace, 23, said, “Having attended the empowering event, it is upsetting to hear that it has been cancelled.”

She added that although she is upset of its cancellation, she is still eager to attend next year, as the events act as a motivator for her.

“As a founding member of the first campus-wide committee to put on the event, it is heartbreaking to have to cancel it,” said Tolano-Leveque.

“However, we have already requested funding for next year’s event and I look forward to bringing it back,” she added.

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Persistence and dedication are only two of the many positive traits used to describe Professor John Brantingham.

Brantingham teaches a wide variety of English focused subjects including composition, creative writing, and poetry. He has been on the Mt. SAC staff for 21 years.

“Full time, I’ve been here since 2001. Part time, I’ve been here since 1997. I started tutoring in 1990. So all together, full time, a decade teaching here 15 years, and on staff, 21 years,” said Brantingham.

Although he has devoted time and effort to Mt. SAC, the passion Brantingham holds for his craft remains unhindered. The first thing he teaches his students is to consistently write every day no matter what.

“Every day, you should write at least 500 words, no matter what,” said Brantingham. His reason behind this method is that once a person starts to write, it may seem mundane, but they will get better at their craft.

“Five hundred, even a 100 words a day, it doesn’t seem like a lot but in a year you have like, two novels.”

Brantingham’s style of teaching has earned him the adoration and respect of students. Instead of taking roll, he begins every class session with a humorous question to get his students minds flowing.

“Professor Brantingham really took interest in me as a student. He was willing to discuss anything from my next paper topic to chess, and I believe his classes really set the foundation for my educational career as an English major,” said former student Natalie Morales, 21, English major.

Brantingham takes a deep interest in all of his students and finds ways to connect with them on a personal level.

“I first took his American Literature class because of a friend’s recommendation, and soon I was hooked on the [Branting]’ham. His mixture of humor and critical thinking allows students to have fun while learning,” she said.

“It was during his classes that I first decided I wanted to become an English professor. Students can tell when a teacher genuinely loves their job, and John Brantingham is one of those teachers,” she added.

Brantingham has recently had a collection of his poetry published in a book.

“It’s a book of my poetry entitled ‘East of Los Angeles’ and is published through Anaphora Literary Press. It’s basically about a love hate relationship about this area of Los Angeles,” said Brantingham.

“It’s 42 poems about the last 30 years of my life and what it’s been like to live in this part of the world,” Brantingham added.

When Brantingham announced that he was being published, Morales was one of the many students to congratulate him on the exciting news.

“I can’t wait to see his poetry in a real, true, honest-to-goodness book,” Morales said.

“Brantingham has an earthy style of poetry I thoroughly enjoy and admire. It gives me a warm feeling inside to know that the man who inspired so many students in the Mt. SAC Creative Writing Club and creative writing classes also takes the subject seriously and has his own goals in the subject,” she added.

When he’s not glued to his desk writing, Brantingham enjoys spending his time

outdoors. “I’m crazy for hiking, I hike constantly.

Mt. Baldy is about 15 minutes from my house,” he said.

Brantingham encourages his students to constantly try to get their works published. He even teaches a session on the craft every year at the Writer’s Day Conference.

“There’s a formula to publishing. First you have to read a whole lot. Then you have to write all the time. Publishing itself is tough. What it requires more than anything is a lot of time and a lot of sending stuff out,” he said.

“It takes a lot of time looking up publishers and figuring out what they want then you think it’s going to take. Because the rejection level’s so high, you’ve got to send stuff out every day. I send out at least one thing every single day and I get rejected 50 percent of the time,” Brantingham added.

Brantingham has also earned the admiration of his peers.

Professor of English, Lloyd Aquino, is one of Brantingham’s closest colleagues.

Aquino has worked with Brantingham through a majority of the events that has been a part of.

“I’ve been working with John the four years I’ve been a full timer. I’ve been working with him on various committees of creative writing,” Aquino said.

“I’ve helped him with Writer’s Day and Writer’s Conference. Everything that he does is about helping out students, not just student writers, but also all students,” said Aquino.

Whether as a professor, or simply a friend, Brantingham inspires students to work hard to bring out the best in their writing.

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Her slanted eyes accented her ambiguous image. Facing a mirror, she tried to figure out the anomaly of her appearance. Her accent was subject to ridicule. Her self-image created estrangement, isolated from her surroundings. All she knew, was that she was Asian.

This is the how Linda Dang, 25, health science major, saw herself as a child.

“The type of estrangement I felt was against myself. It made me extremely conscientious about how I looked. My face wasn’t symmetrical, my eyelids were different than most students, and my nose was chunkier. I was constantly analyzing my image. I was Asian,” Dang said.

As a young girl in elementary and middle school, it was not vanity that subjected Dang to the mirror. But as a woman and Vietnamese-American, she was looking for the answers of her self-image. The constant teasing brought confusion to Dang, as she tried to alleviate the differences between her image and identity as a Vietnamese American woman.

“They would stretch their eyes back and call me ‘Chinese.’ I couldn’t comprehend why being Asian was something to be teased about,” Dang said. Her classmates criticized her accent. She was ridiculed, and was called a FOB [fresh of the boat]. “[I was told] that I had an accent and I sounded like a FOB, an acronym referring to boat people or new immigrants coming from Southeast Asia,” Dang said.

Growing up in a traditional Vietnamese household, Dang did not have appreciation for her culture. As a child, she did not ask question or seek answers about why and how her family did things. But now, Dang has been humbled by her parent’s struggles and the history of her people.

“Now I am much more humbled… through listening to my parent’s stories of their childhood, it made me realize how [different] their life once was,” Dang said. In Vietnam, her parents lived in a house made out of banana leaves, surviving on aberrant meals. She also reminisces on her parent’s journey to America, traveling on a “rickety wooden boat, leaving their family and friends behind.” Dang said, “It gives me an appreciation for both of my parents,

considering that they could have lost their lives overseas.”

Having parents who may have a limited understanding of English, the experience of the Asian American student can be described as frustrating. The generation gaps between child and parent leave the student with a sense of helplessness.

“When I was young, I did face language obstacles. My parents didn’t speak much English at the time, nor did my grandparents, so that did not help at all,” said Melisa Wang, 21, graphic design major. With this language barrier and the lack of assistance at home, Wang realized that learning was tough.

As a Chinese American woman, and student, Wang has felt the frustrations of college. “I most definitely have felt frustration during college. Not only is it that culturally Asian parents want their children to do well in school, but also have well paying career choices,” Wang said.

Choosing to follow a career in art, Wang’s parents could not understand why their daughter would select such a career. “When I told my parents that I wanted to do art as my career path, they did not quite understand why I would want to do so. I myself know that this is what I love to do, and I know I can do it well,” said Wang.

Among the younger generation of Asian American women, some of these students are being pressured by family to fall into careers of health and other demanding career routes. “I wanted to break away from my parent’s narrow scope of becoming either a pharmacist, a doctor, or a lawyer. It was hard to break down to my mom that I didn’t want to be any of those career choices. I hope that when I find a career that I love and makes me happy, it will ameliorate her concerns,” said Dang.

According to Asian-nation.org, because the Asian community had worked solely on producing racial and group solidarity, the social groups such as gender were forgotten. As a result Asian American women have been forgotten and disregarded, they are left with the feelings of being the “other.”

As a young student, Audrey Yamagata-Noji, vice president of student services, faced feelings of “otherness.” “I didn’t realize it until some time later. Mostly it was to discover that I was the only Asian Pacific American, or even worse, sometimes that I was the only non-White person.”

And as she faced loneliness, and dealt

with being the only Japanese American woman among white students, what was culturally acceptable played an influence on her career and educational goals. Yamagata-Noji describes her generation of women, as being pushed to pursue the teaching profession. “For my generation, Japanese girls were expected to become school teachers, meaning elementary schools. This was acceptable.”

However, she refuted this option as a career goal. She was determined to follow a career at the secondary level, a counselor. “No Japanese American woman should be so bold as to go into administration. To this day, my mother does not know what I do,” said Yamagata-Noji.

As Asian American women deal with family pressures, identity and gender issues, they are also subjected to the scrutiny of being a “model minority.” The term “model minority” was coined in 1966 by sociologist William Peterson. It is a label used to describe Asian Americans who have achieved success in the U.S.

“Model minority” is clearly a myth and a bad case of stereotyping an entire group of people. The stereotypes range from people thinking that I excel in the science and math area, to I’m passive and submissive. Breaking stereotypes is difficult work,” said Yamagata-Noji.

“There have been times when I’ve been mistreated because others looked at me ‘as an easy target.’ A woman and an Asian American,” said Yamagata-Noji.

As Asian American women enter higher education and the professional field, the lack of role models is underrepresented. “Asian American women are grossly under-represented in senior leadership levels throughout higher education. When people think about mentoring, Asian Pacific American women are the last to be considered,” Yamagata-Noji said.

As Asian American women enter the educational system, Vice President Yamagata-Nogi has expressed the importance of finding a balance between ones cultural roots and asserting one to become who one wants to be. Yamagata-Noji said, “Put on your armor because it’s a tough world out there. Put on your political glasses, so that you can see where the power is and decisions are made. Find your voice, know what you believe in and what you stand for and be willing and able to express yourself with confidence and poise.”

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Benjamin Franklin said, “Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”

Procrastination is, according to Merriam-webster.com, “The putting off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.”

Many college students, are faced with technological and social distractions, they have become practitioners of this habit.

With deadlines, due dates, and 30 hours of homework per week, it is no wonder that some students cannot wait to go out during the weekend and leave the geology report alone until Monday morning that it is due.

Sometimes procrastination works its way into the daily routine.

When is it too much? There are some occasions where there is no way for a student to procrastinate, because it will resonate.

“Music students seem less inclined to procrastinate because they learn that one cannot cram proficient practice on their musical instrument,” said Maggie Worsley, Professor of clarinet and music appreciation.

“It’s pretty apparent within the first 5 seconds if a student has practiced that week, and how much time has been spent on the horn,” added Worsley.

Mathematics Professor Al Kirchgraber said habits of procastination are easily detected.

“If a student’s bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom have been thoroughly cleaned, then the student is procrastinating,” he said. Kirchgraber recognizes that many students are focused but life is unpredictable.

Kirchgraber added, “Most students in my math classes work hard and get their work done. A few students procrastinating on their

work does not make it a problem. Life causes issues for students and those students are organized and effectively deal with life’s issues are able to avoid procrastination.”

Some students admit to not being able to help themselves when a great distraction comes along.

“Hobbies are my number one distraction, and if there’s fresh snow, I’ll drop anything and everything,” David Calleros, 26, aviation major said, referring to his love for snowboarding.

The psychology department of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada created a procastination group.

According to their website, the group was established in 1995 after Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl worked with a research group and noticed “a consistent theme emerged in which participants described the difficulty they were having with procrastination on their personal projects and how this procrastination had a negative impact on their well being.”

The website includes a list of five signs of identifying procrastination, strategies for reducing it, and a sample research project for those interested in learning more.

Luckily for students, the internet does not just provide a distraction, but a place to get help.

University at Buffalo of New York’s counseling website ub-counseling.buffalo.edu provides tips for students struggling with procrastination.

One of the many steps they provide is recognizing the problem, (because the first step is always admitting that you have one,) and asserting self-discipline when it comes to your time, (like limiting one’s self to only half an hour of Angry Birds instead of 3,).

Comparing “your actions with the values

you feel you have,” (is Skyping with your best friend about that guy really more important than the book review for history class due tomorrow?)

Brittney Outzen, 22, pre-law major, said that she believes students should find what works for them to help them out with the problem.

“Try different things. You cannot avoid social events and you shouldn’t but you need to know,” said Outzen.

“Should I do it before my social event or after? Should I make notes or just re-read the chapter? Students know what works for them; they just need to utilize it,” Outzen added.

The reporters from University of Southern California’s newspaper The Daily Trojan are guilty of this habit.

In an article from March 2010 about procrastination, Miruna Barnoschi wrote, “Deadlines keep college students in check, and, procrastination or not, the work gets done; life moves on. Ironically enough, I procrastinated right before writing this article.”

Though procrastination is prevalent among the college community, students still are able to face the challenges even after wasting a few hours and get the job done.

“Some people evoke their best creativity when under the wire,” Professor Worsley said.

A tip she provides students with is staying organized.

If a student can organize not only their time but try to get in order all their tasks, they will be on their way to efficiency

Calleros agrees. “I go out on weekends to try and keep focused. It’s human nature to procrastinate. All college students have and will sooner or later.”

Procrastination: putting o! tomorrow what you can do today

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And according to Gonzalez, even if the country chooses to not educate a small group of people, it is still a group of young people that will eventually become part of our society.

“They will eventually become active in our society, and what role they play, will be determined by those opportunities that we give them… are we going to give them the opportunity to become professionals and citizens, and contribute to our society? Or are we going to marginalize them and alienate them to not contributing to our society?” Gonzalez said.

According to a March 17 colorlines.com article, they reported that SB 1611 was rejected. According to the article, Arizona legislators gave immigrants and supporters something to celebrate, as they struck down five anti-immigration bill. "People would have had to show their papers before they could buy or register a car and would be barred from enrolling in a community college."

In historical context, the attack of immigration laws against children is not new. In 1975, the Texas state legislature altered education code, Section 21.031, which denied public education to immigrant minors, and therefore implemented a $1,000 tuition fee.

In the reports written by Associate Justice William J. Brennan in 1982, with regards to Plyler v. Doe case, “Section 21.031 imposes a lifetime hardship on a discrete class of children

not accountable for their disabling status. The stigma of illiteracy will mark them for the rest of their lives. By denying these children a basic education, we ... foreclose any realistic possibility that they will contribute in even the smallest way to the progress of our nation.”

The Supreme Court rule of Plyler v. Doe, legislation that denies undocumented student the access to education is unconstitutional. “This court decision states that education is a fundamental right for all children,” said Barrios.

The Supreme Court said that it “[rejected] the claim that ‘illegal aliens’ are a ‘suspect class’.” Under the Fourteenth Amendment, the U.S. Constitution is not confined to only protecting the country’s citizens. The amendment adds, “nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

While students become a target of immigration in the state of Arizona, undocumented students in California have begun to see some progression within the state government. On Tues. March 15, Assembly Bills 130 and 131 presented by California Senator Gilbert. A Cedillo passed in the state legislative.

According to a Press-Enterpise March 15 article, “AB 130, would make students eligible for tens of millions of dollars in private scholarship money that each year is funneled through public college and university foundations.” Respectively, “AB 131 would give those students access to state-funded financial aid.”

“I totally support that. To give the fee waiver [and financial aid] to undocumented students is something I support whole-heartedly. Let somebody challenge me, I don’t care. It’s not a

matter of whether a student is Latino or Asian, they deserve the right to an education, it’s a human right,” James Ocampo, assessment and matriculation director, said.

Ocampo said that the young people who are here are Americans. They grew up here and culturally they are American kids, and yet the country is denying them the right to an education.

According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an organization that works to improve border security and to stop illegal immigration, has reported that “the U.S. school-aged population has reached an all-time high of 55 million. Between 1990 and 2000, enrollment increased by 14 percent.”

They also have said that, “according to the National Center for Education Statistics, the size of the student body will almost double by 2,100. Yet without school-age immigrants (about 250,000 a year)… school enrollment would not be rising at all.”

As California continues to move forward and aid undocumented students with their education, the negative aimed towards their status in this country is affecting young people and children.

Ocampos added that in California the situation is better for students, because we have a more tolerant society.

“In the long run, the children are being affected so negatively; they have to hear this, they are growing up listening to racism, and bashing of their parents and who they are. But hopefully that has a positive refect, in terms of well we need to struggle, we need to continue our struggle and progress for our rights,” Ocampo said.

process, and this particular faculty member had several issues that caused the college to realize it would be in the best interest of the college not to offer a contract, and we didn’t, and I think that faculty member accepted it.”

Since the citations and fines, the agricultural department has done everything in its power to remedy some of the problems encountered in past years. In 2009, the department adopted a handbook called, “Guidelines for the Care and Use of Animals in Agricultural Teaching.” The handbook outlines methods of basic and medical care for both faculty and students from injection techniques on different animals to correct euthanasia procedures.

“The reality is most of this was already being done, but five years ago, there were gaps.The issues that occurred and really the fine that occurred weren’t so much about what happened as they were about the fact that we did not have proper protocols in place in those times, and we do now,” said Judd.

Other problems remedied include better medical record keeping as well as more staff on hand. “Mainly, it really dovetails into the record keeping. You keep better records about what animals are getting what and then they’re going to get better care because everything’s going to be done on time and there aren’t going to be any mistakes,” he said.

“The euthanasia of that one ewe, which was problematic, could have been avoided if there were better access to certain chemicals, medicines,” Judd added. An lack of an adequate number of staff also added to the difficulty of executing efficient procedures. “Also, in the

past, we did have vets on call and responsible persons, but the list wasn’t deep enough and in the one case of the ewe, the first person was on vacation, someone else was unavailable, and then there weren’t other names,” he said.

Since then, more staff has been added in aid of bettering the care of the animals.“That list is much deeper so that there are, instead of maybe two people to call, there are 7 or 8 places to call, so that if we get in a situation, where we need a vet, we know where to go,” Judd said. Since the investigations, the USDA has been to the campus three times to Judd’s knowledge and are satisfied with the turnaround. “They’re very happy with us. We were given a fine and we were told ‘You have to pay it or it’s going to go up, and he [Nixon] thought it was in the best interest of the college to pay it and I think it was appropriate,” he said.

Judd said that in regards to the complications regarding the animals and the various violations, that the surroundings factor into the problems that may arise. “There’s a lot of complex issues here. It’s a farm, and when you have a farm, animals live on farms and animals die on farms. Not every day, certainly not at Mt. SAC because we don’t have that many animals but it occurs,” he said. “The animal care is improved, in reality the animal care was never poor but there were a couple of instances where, because of the way things happened, we just had unfortunate results. It wasn’t as though things were horrible here at Mt. SAC, it’s that we didn’t have the proper protocols in place and that caused a couple situations to be worse than they should have been,” he added.

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I have dreamt my entire life of hitting the game winning shot of a big game. I’ve practiced it in my head and on the court over a million times. Basketball was the only thing I loved as I was growing up. I remember it like yesterday; picturing game seven of the NBA Finals and counting down “three, two, one” throwing up the basketball and it goes in. For as long as I can remember that was my dream.

On Thurs., March 6, Wes Leonard, 16, of Fennville, Mich. got to live my dream. On that night, Leonard sunk a game winning layup for his high school team to end their 20-0 perfect regular season. Leonard was raised up on the arms of his teammates in celebration in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 1,400 people. However, moments later Leonard collapsed on the gym floor, leaving the crowd stunned. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead due to cardiac arrest from an enlarged heart.

To see a young life and what seemed to be a bright future ahead taken away is nothing short of tragic. Death as a result of playing a sport is something that doesn’t seem like it happens often, but it’s actually happened close to home. As I read more about Leonard’s story, I couldn’t help but draw comparisons to the tragedy that happened on our campus on Sat., Sept. 18, 2010, when Rio Hondo wrestler Jesse Cruz went into cardiac arrest and collapsed at the duals tournament at Mt. SAC. He, too, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Something needs to be done if not to stop these tragedies completely, at least prevent them as much as possible. Athletic programs, teams, and the individual competitor have to take the precautionary steps to make sure that things like this can be avoided. In light of the Leonard tragedy, there is even talk of giving student athletes more detailed physicals.

There are also dangerous acts that the athletes have to do regularly off the competition field, like wrestlers feeling forced to cut weight in order to make a certain weight for their matches. From what I’ve seen, a very common way wrestlers achieve this is by constantly spitting in order to lose water weight. This could be very dangerous as these athletes can become dehydrated and they are still expected to perform strenuous physical activity. Something like a change in diet could help the athlete cut the weight without substituting hydration.

Also, many outdoor teams such as football and baseball spend hours practicing in blistering heat which could create a huge problem. Hydration is once again an issue in this scenario and it can even cause heat stroke. Not only do players need to learn how to take care of their bodies, but the coaches and directors of athletic program itself needs to stress these matters. It could be a matter of life and death.

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On March 10, after struggling almost the entire game to gain any rhythm on offense, the Mounties baseball team found themselves down 5-1 to East Los Angeles College in the bottom of the ninth. That was when the Mounties rallied to score five unanswered to win 6-5, including a walk-off double by second baseman Jay Shirly.

The game remained scoreless until East Los Angeles scored off a sacrifice bunt by short stop Martin Rodriguez in the fifth inning. They went on to score another in the fifth, as well as one run in the sixth inning. The Mounties reached their biggest deficit 5-0 as East Los Angeles scored an additional two runs in the seventh.

Head coach, Stacy Parker said, “We struggled in the seventh inning when we walked guys, we put guys on base and they didn’t earn it. When you do that it comes back to hurt you and that’s how we ended up winning the ball game.”

The Mounties scored their first run in the seventh inning off an RBI single by short stop Ryan Perez. They held East Los Angeles scoreless in the eighth and ninth. Leading into the bottom of the ninth, the Mounties were down 5-1.

Mt. SAC started off the ninth strong with a single by Brian Seymour then two batters were walked, leaving the bases loaded. Then catcher Erik Martinez is hit by a pitch leading to an

RBI with the bases still loaded. The Mounties then put two more on the board with RBIs from Ryan Perez and Omar Rodriguez, for Perez it was his second of the game.

With two runners on base, Matt Winkler gets hit with a pitch leaving the bases loaded and trailing 4-5. That is when Shirly hit an RBI double that scored game tying and winning runs from Ryan Perez and Omar Rodriguez. “Their relief (pitchers) struggled like our relief guys did; they came in, didn’t throw strikes, hit batters, walked guys, and gave us a chance to get life. We got an opportunity and Shirly did a great job coming through for us,” said Coach Parker.

“It was awesome. We got another win, man. There’s nothing like it, when you compete and never give up. We stuck with it and found a way to get it done. It took us until the ninth inning to make it happen, but that’s what it’s all about,” added Parker.

The game was a new experience for Catcher Erik Martinez. “The ninth inning was exciting! Man, I’ve never been a part of the comeback like that. Down four runs in the ninth inning and we come out, only get one out and that’s it. It was a good comeback,” said Martinez.

After Shirly’s RBI double, the rest of the team bolted out of the dugout and celebrated their miraculous victory. Late inning dramatics included, the Mounties pulled out the win 6-5. The Mounties baseball team is currently 6-10 overall and 2-3 in conference play.

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The women’s tennis team continued on their quest to repeat as conference champions and pave a path to the state championships as they defeated Long Beach City College 9-0. The win marks the sixth time in 13 games total that they completely shutout their opposition.

The team is relatively young with six freshman and only three

sophomores on the roster. However, inexperience at the

college level doesn’t seem to be a problem for this squad. The Lady Mounties are now 12-1 overall and 6-0 in conference.

Their next game will be today, March 22, at Cerritos with a 2 p.m. start. The last time these two met the Mounties took the 9-0 win.

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