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Budget cuts may threaten part-time teachingMatt Furtado

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With estimated losses of $400 million, The California Federa-tion of Teachers (CFT) will try to help teachers and staff from losing their jobs.

More than 50 percent of teach-ers at community colleges are part-time teachers. The CFT is hoping that they can cut part-time

teacher’s class assignments in-stead of having to cut them out all together, explained CFT Commu-nications Director Fred Glass.

Since a majority of the teach-ers at community colleges are part-time, Glass could not pro-vide a specific number of teachers that would lose their jobs or how many would have their class as-signments cut.

The CFT is hoping that the “one

percent on one percent” bill can be passed to try to even out the amount of debt.

“All we need is two Republi-cans in each chamber to vote for the bill to get a two-thirds vote and get the $400 million back to community colleges,” said Glass.

If the bill is not passed, it could result in much deeper consequences.“If the governor fails to persuade two Republicans

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Baseball team reachessuperregionalsSee page 9

Students show theirtalents injazz concertSee page 4

Kayla Figard and Erin Browner

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It’s the year 2014. At first glance the campus looks beautiful with its modern buildings and courtyards. But take another look and the class-rooms are almost empty of students and teachers. The normal buzz of students in the early afternoon has been reduced to a small hum. And the services the college prides itself on are simply not being used.

The schedule of classes has been reduced to a sliver of what it once was. It is filled with only the essential classes such as general education and degree and certifi-cate programs. Students are now paying $46 per unit.

The students that are on campus are stuck. UCs and CSUs have raised their tuition so much and

cut back so many programs that it’s almost impossible for students to transfer. These students are mo-tivated and capable but it doesn’t seem to matter anymore.

This scene is not a rare one. CSM’s sister colleges Skyline and Cañada face a similar phenom-enon.

The higher education system has deteriorated from lack of funds and support. There’s almost nothing left to offer students and they are starting to give up.

No one knows for sure how things could play out, but this could hap-pen. If tax extensions don’t get ap-proved and the state faces deeper cuts, this nightmare could become reality.

California Community Colleges, California State Universities and Universities of California could

CSU tuition risesThe state budget proposal that cut $500 million offered a huge

tuition hike for California State Universities.With the budget proposals, education continues to be one of

the first areas of budget to be cut. “The way the budget is structured, education is one of the few

areas that can be cut,” said Sam Chiu, Spokesman for the Gov-ernor. With an amount totaling $951 million reduced from the education budget for the state, many aspects for students have been affected.

“The tuition would increase by 32 percent depending on the budget,” said Chapin. Over the past two academic years, tuition has steadily risen. The cost of tuition was $4,026 per year for 2009 to 2010, while 2011 to 2012 rose to $4,400 per year.

“The CSUs were forced to raise fees because of the state fund-ing decrease,” said Liz Chapin, Public Affairs Spokesperson for California State University Chancellor’s Office.

Some CSU programs or departments may be impacted due to the reduction of how many students can be accepted.

Transfer students maintain their priority status in the applica-tion process, despite impacted programs.

“We could turn away about 20,000 qualified applicants that would otherwise be enrolling,” said Chapin. “Our tuition could increase, which would also affect transfer students.” However, an increase of state funds may result in an amount of funding that could be given back to the CSUs.

—Rachel Nielsen The San Matean

Photo by Yasmine Mahmoud of The San Matean

Malia De Felice, instructor for the Thursday night belly dancing classes, teaches her students in the art of veil dancing to Middle Eastern rhythms. The class, which takes place in Bldg. 8, room 203, inspires people of many ages and backgrounds to learn more about different cultural dancing.

Belly dancing with veils

from each chamber, the estimated budget loss could be about $600 million,” said Glass.

The budget is one of the big-gest issues that the CFT is dealing with, but if the bill is not passed, they are hoping that the money could come from other sources.

“When you hear people say we don’t have the money, it’s not true,” said Glass. “Nearly the en-tire budget problem could be paid

off if the upper one percent paid a quarter of their Bush tax rebates in tax.”

CSM alone is facing an esti-mated budget cut from anywhere between $2.6 million to $3.9 mil-lion for the 2012-2013 academic year. Dan Kaplan, the American Federation of Teachers executive secretary for the district, declined to speak about the subject for the time being.

Garden to be demolishedYasmine Mahmoud

The San Matean The Board of Trustees approved

the newly drafted and controversial conversion of the Building 20 gar-den area to a parking lot.

The SMCCD Board of Trustees meeting was held May 16 and was attended by more than 30 students, teachers, officials and community members.

Trustees voted for the change to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) report to be approved as well as approving demolition rather than remodeling.

Areas of the garden will be removed, such as Building 20, the Lath House and the greenhouses.

The areas are being torn down rather than remodeled, as stated in the 2006 ‘Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for Facility Improvements at College of San Mateo.’

The updated CEQA document stated that the change from remod-eling the garden to reconstruction

would cause no significant aesthetic changes, according to Terry Rivas-plata, ICF International Technical Director and Senior Environmental Planner.

The garden area is set for replace-ment due to its lack of seismic safety.

“In my mind when I saw the area…it looked pretty overgrown and unkempt,” said Patricia Mil-janich, member of the Board of Trustees.

Members of the community

spoke out about the updated CEQA document presented at the Board of Trustees meeting, “It’s dishonest to the students, it’s dishonest to the public,” said Ken King, a member of the Sierra Club, and former plan-ning commissioner. The Sierra Club is a U.S. grassroots environmental organization, founded by John Muir in 1892.

“The process has been honored in the breach and actually was not pleasant to watch,” said Mike Fer-reira, Chair of the Coastal Issues Committee, Sierra Club.

“The addendum was more of a cover your a-- than a document,” said Ferreira.

Members of the public discussed their views of the garden’s demoli-tion and replacement with a 120 to 130 space parking lot.

“This is a campus. This is not Silicon Valley,” said Gita Dev, Vice Chair of the SMCCD’s Bond Oversight Committee, who spoke as a member of the public.

Photo by Yasmine Mahmoud

Mike Ferreira

A continuing budget crisis may threaten the future of higher education

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KCSM-FM Pledge DriveMonday, May 23 to Friday, May 27, 9 to 10 a.m.CSM

University of California, Davis Campus VisitWednesday, May 25, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Bldg. 1, Room 115 2011 CommencementFriday, May 27, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.Building 8

San Mateo Farmers’ MarketSaturday, May 28, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Lot 1B

Middle College GraduationTuesday, May 31, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.Building 3

Spotlight High School Film FestivalSunday, Jun 05, 7 to 9 p.m.Bldg. 9, Room 120

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Campus Blotter No incidents were reported in the last two weeks. This information was provided by Chief John Wells of CSM Public Safety.

— Kyle LaplanteThe San Matean

CSU transfer degrees announcedRachel NielsenThe San Matean

“...More cuts and continued fiscal

instability.” —Sam Chiu

The number of those enrolled during the academic year of 2010 to 2011 may impact classes in future semesters.

“Enrollment was 10,261, down 12.1 percent from last Spring,” said Barbara Christensen, Director of Government and Community Relations.

“Last spring was at the highest level that it had been in years. Enrollment levels have returned to historical norms this year,” said Michael Claire, CSM President.

The numbers are often analyzed to determine classes for future semesters.

“Because students are still regis-tering for the summer session and for the fall semester, it is too early to determine whether sections of courses will need to be canceled,” said Dr. Susan Estes, Vice President

Enrollment affects CSM futureof Instruction.

The tuition increase from $26 to $36 per unit may have some impact on numbers.

“I want to emphasize that CSM has no control over what the state charges as an enrollment fee,” said Claire. “We had to employ a number

of measures to balance our budget which included reducing adminis-tration, classified staff, and as a last resort — cutting sections.”

The tuition fees are included as part of the state budget and are similar with all California Com-munity Colleges.

With the state budget cuts con-tinuing, some classes may not be offered for some students. “Higher education, such as com-munity colleges and state colleges, can expect more cuts and continued fiscal instability,” said Sam Chiu, Spokesperson for the Governor.

The courses that had been cut were those pertaining to life-long learners, such as art classes that are taken multiple times.

“The deans and I monitor enrollment on a daily basis,” said Estes.

Core classes relating to transfer, career education and basic skills have had an

increase in numbers. “Although our Fall 2011 enroll-

ment figures are running slightly higher than last year at this time, it is too early to tell what, if any, the effect of the enrollment fee increase will have on CSM students,” said Claire.

The introduction of SB 1440 has required planning before rolling out with new transfer associate degrees at CSM.

The new degrees offer prior-ity transfer placement within the CSUs. “College of San Mateo will offer three associate degrees,” said Marcia Ramezane, Dean of Coun-seling, Advising and Matriculation. “They are an Associate in Arts/SB

1440 for Communication Studies, an Associate in Arts/SB 1440 for Sociology and an Associate in Sci-ence/SB 1440 for Mathematics.”

Information regarding these degrees will be available in the 2011-2012 CSM College Catalog and the Transfer Services website.

“Students planning to transfer to a California State University cam-pus as a Communication Studies, Sociology or Math major should consider following these new degree patterns,” said Ramezane.

The associate transfer degree will help streamline the transfer process making things move more quickly and more uniformly between the community colleges.

“Students would have to identify themselves as doing this for a spe-cific major,” said Mike Uhlenkamp, spokesperson for the CSUs.

It is not confirmed that students who have already been working towards an associate degree prior to the bill will participate without needing to repeat classes.

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Student receives outstanding award

The cause of death of the 20-year old Skyline student Leonie Scott was confirmed Monday, May 16.

“The manner of death has been confirmed as a suicide,” said Karen Smith, Assistant to the County Coroner.

“There is nothing to indicate foul play or any other third party involvement in the death,” said Neil Telford, San Bruno Chief of Police.

Scott’s body was found on Sunday, April 17 and after 4 weeks the coroner’s exam confirmed the death to be a suicide.

—Kyle LaplanteThe San Matean

Suicide confirmed

Leonie Scott

Drip Coffee: Contract not renewedChris PalomarezThe San Matean

This semester marks the last for Drip Coffee on campus due the districts decision to take over and run the campus coffee shops.

Owner Bobby Coyle first estab-lished Drip Coffee in 2006.

“This establishment has been part of the student lifestyle at CSM for five years now and it’s sad to see that go,” said Coyle.

The new College Center provides a new coffee shop ”Paws For Cof-fee.” Since “Paws for Coffee’s” opening, its business has drastically affected Drip Coffee’s revune.

Coyle is now unable to renew the lease.

“It is very irresponsible and abrupt decision on part of the ad-

ministration with no consideration to the students, nor the staff at Drip coffee. This judgment has sad ex-

the campus,” said Coyle.Drip has become a school staple

and has established relationships with a lot of the students at CSM, said Coyle.

“We feel like we created a sense of community but that is now being taken away,” said Coyle.

“It all happened very quickly, just like that,” said Andrew Kehres, 21, Business.

“Drip provided me with a job that was flexible with my class schedule and they were very considerate,” said Kehres.

“Its unfortunate because its going to be very difficult to replace that,” said Kehres.

Tom Bauer, the administrative representative that is in charge of this project could not be reached for further comment.

pectations on the campus lifestyle,” said Oz Vassillian, Business, 21 a four-year CSM student.

Throughout the semester, efforts had been made to save the coffee shop but despite efforts Drip Coffee will close its doors by the end of the summer semester.

“I would do anything to stay on

On campus Drip CoffeePhoto by Matt Furtado of The San Matean

A CSM student won the 2011 Herb Caen Memo-rial Scholarship presented by the San Francisco Pen-insula Press Club.

The scholarship com-memorates Kayla Figard and her work on The San Matean as Editor.

Figard was awarded the $1,500 scholarship due to “outstanding work and potential in journalism,” according to Journalism Adviser Ed Remitz.

She was chosen for her potential in journalism, said Marshall Wilson, Press Club President.

“She’s the third CSM student in recent years to get this award,” said Remitz. Other CSM students who received the Herb Caen Memorial Scholarship are Margaret Baum in 2010 and Alexis Terrazas in 2007.

“It made me feel great, like my hard work is paying off,” said Figard. “It’s also a relief because I was really worried about transferring to a four-year college because my family has limited income and I wasn’t sure I’d be able to attend a four-year school.”

Two awards are given per year, typically to one college stu-dent and one high school student. The high school winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Scholarship was Steven Lau, California High School.

“I’m really thankful for recieving the award,” said Lau. “It’s nice to be recognized for the (work) I’ve done for Patch and school.”

Lau will be attending Columbia University in the fall.Figard plans to attend both CSM and San Francisco State Uni-

versity in the fall and to enroll at SF State University full-time in spring 2012 as a journalism major.

Figard has received multiple scholarships, including the Wil-liam Johnson Memorial Scholarship, awarded by the Journalism Association of Community Colleges, the Bob Foster Memorial Scholarship and the G.W. Investment Fund awarded by CSM. She is an honors student, Summa Cum Laude, and participates in many volunteer activities with the National Park Service.

The award remembers Herb Caen, a former columnist with The San Francisco Chronicle from 1936-1997. His work is still celebrated by many San Franciscans and journalists. Caen was winner of the Pulitzer Prize, shortly before his death in 1997.

—Yasmine Mahmoud

The San Matean

Kayla Figard

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Old Masters come alive in art class

Varsha RanjitThe San Matean

Several CSM staff members are retiring this year after having a ca-reer dedicated to serving students.

Frances Schulze, Michael Burke, Modesta Garcia, Suzanne Russell and Ron Brown have all taught in different departments ranging from Cosmetology to Math.

On Tuesday, May 10 a reception was given by the Academic Sen-ate for the staff members retiring to thank them for their hard work.

Schulze, 56, is an ESL profes-sor and has been teaching for 32 years, 22 of them at CSM.

Over the course of her teaching career, she said some of her fa-vorite memories with her students

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have been working with the “fan-tastic ESL students because of their diligent work. Having them motivated with their work has made it more enjoyable for me as a teacher.”

With her retirement, Schulze said that having traveled to 30 national parks across the US, she would continue to reach her goal of being able to go to all of them. She said she will continue with her massage business and to tutor students.

Burke, 65, has been teaching the longest out of all the retirees with 41 years, 35 at CSM.

“A whole group of faculty taught and brought different courses from different disciplines and worked to teach ‘The Tragedy of the Commons,’ which is based

Staff members retire but still inspire

During a visit to CSM on Wednesday, May 18, California Congresswoman Jackie Speier answered political science students’ questions.

Congresswoman Speier lectured about her experiences working in federal government for more than 60 students from noon to 1 p.m. in Bldg. 10, Room 195.

Frank Damon, political science professor, invited Speier to visit his Na-tional, State & Local Government class to discuss current events and answer students’ questions. “She’s visited my class every year for the past 30 years,” Damon said.

Speier discussed “authority issues in Washington” and updated students on the Osama bin Laden assassination.

Speier shared that she wanted military troops out of Middle Eastern countries.The U.S. has spent three trillion dollars on “the longest war in this country’s history,” said Speier.

Students asked questions about government spending in foreign countries.“We have 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, we have 100,000 contractors in Afghanistan … the troops

cost us a million dollars a year … but they’re (contractors) twice as expensive probably,” said Speier.

—Erin BrownerThe San Matean

Jackie Speier visits campusPaige Kupperberg won the As-

sociated Students of CSM spring general election on Monday, May 16 after the voting of roughly 600 students the previous week.

Daniella Medeiro won the vice-presidential position and 21 sena-tors were additionally selected for the upcoming fall semester.

“We want to do more to connect the student body to ASCSM,” said Kupperberg, 19; the victor by 216 votes.

Kupperberg shared her plans to set up polls around campus and ul-timately speak to students one-on-one as well as improving the over-all college experience for them.

Amongst her plans is the im-provement of communication within the senate as it contains new and old members after this election.

“As far as communication and chemistry goes, if we have good chemistry, we can be more pro-ductive,” said Kupperberg.

Kupperberg will work closely with Medeiro and the rest of the student senate.

Medeiro shared the importance of voting not only for executive

officers, but senators as well. “Students are voting for the peo-ple who represent them,” she said.

“There definitely needs to be more communication amongst ev-eryone,” said student senator Nick Vasquez.

Communication and coopera-tion are emerging as the key issues to be addressed next semester.

“There needs to be less animos-ity and no personal issues should be present on the senate,” said stu-dent senator Bailey Girard.

He also elaborated on the im-portance of unity between the ex-ecutives and the student senate.

“The Student Senate are the means of interpretation between executives, the school board and faculty,” said Girard.

ASCSM will meet twice a month this summer for senate meetings to plan and organize their goals for the upcoming school year.

on an article written by Garrett Hardin in 1968.

When Burke retires, he said he hopes to travel and relax and wants to continue to think about teaching math. “Its fascinating teaching math,” he said.

Garcia became inspired to be a counselor after she attended CSM in the mid-70s, which she credits to a counselor for helping her de-cide her career choice.

“It’s been a rich experience be-cause I’ve had a window to the world of the different students who have came to see me,” she said after counseling for 24 years at CSM.

“I don’t really call this a retire-ment, it’s rather a ‘career change’ because I will be consulting in China regarding college admis-

sions and going to middle schools and encouraging students to go to high school,” said Garcia.

“Anything is possible and when you’re able to connect with a counselor, its great to see the students shine when they see the light at the end of the tunnel of the career paths they choose and that they’re able to finish school,” she said.

For the 21 years Russell has been at CSM, nine have been as an instructional aid for the school.

“One of the best things to see students achieve is going to state-wide competitions to show their work and skills and actually be recognized,” said Russell.

Before her days at CSM, Rus-sell owned her own small busi-ness.

“When students and graduates open their own businesses, its good to see them succeed in what they love doing,” she said.

Anna Esswein, 20, is a student of Russell’s and said she feels in-spired.

“Whatever I feel in my heart she has made me want to do. Such as I have wanted to do hair for brides and she has helped me accomplish it,” said Esswein.

As for her retirement, Russell will continue helping with new hires for the Cosmetology de-partment and plans to go back to school to pursue her interests in art and travel more with her fam-ily.

Brown, a Professor of CIS, has already retired and could not be reached for comment.

New elects Paige Kupperberg, left and Daniella Medeiro, right.

CSM will offer an exclusive art class in the fall, taught in tandem by the Art History and Studio Art departments.

The class combines art history of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

It provides students with the cultural and historical context of many art works of the eras as well as the mediums that they were cre-ated in.

Art 124; Old Masters’ Tech-niques and Aesthetics, split into lecture and lab sessions is taught by Studio Art Professor Rebecca Alex and Art History Professor Dr. Janet Black.

“I learned as much from the art as I did with the history. They went hand-in-hand,” said Ben Holliday, 20, a former Art 124 student and English Literature major.

Some colleges and universities

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Students elected

offer art classes like Methods and Materials, which teach the ways certain mediums were created and used.

Art 124 teaches the societal changes and issues that fueled the artwork, as well as how to mimic the pieces.

“They teach you the materials, they teach you the methods (but) they don’t teach you cultural and historical context,” said Black re-garding Methods and Materials at other institutions.

Students attend the lecture and the studio on different days, de-pending on how long it takes to work with a specific medium.

“It’s completely hands-on. It’s like a history lab. I like the weight between the history portion and the studio portion,” said Justine Wuebold, 19, a former Art 124 student and Art History major.

The class began in London 2003, as a part of CSM’s Study Abroad Program. Black and Alex

were invited to teach in Florence, Italy in 2007 by a major gallery of 15 Century art, the Uffizi. It would have been quite an honor to teach for their curators and museum personnel, said Black, although due to funding the plan was not carried out.

Designed for those who are in-terested in learning more about art as a whole, the class is not neces-sarily focused on art majors.

“As long as people have an in-terest in art, (they) can participate successfully…Even if you cannot draw a straight line with a ruler, you can still pass,” said Black.

The class instills the discipline valued by the old masters, such as the methodical planning process that goes into each piece, said Alex.

“There’s a wonderful geshdalt that happens (it’s) more than the sum of its parts,” said Alex re-garding the mix between the two disciplines.

In Fall 2011, the class had 35 students and is gaining popularity, according to Alex.

Art 124 Old Master’s Aesthet-

ics and Techniques is offered Fall 2011 Mondays from 1:10 to 3:15 p.m. and Wednesdays from 1:10 to 3:45 p.m.

Photo courtesy of Janet BlackAmber Klink painted herself as Medusa, based on Caravaggio’s.

Retirees share their favorite memories while working at CSM and their plans for the future

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Students and musicians in local big bands packed a full house at the Jazz Ensemble Concert on May 9.

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Jazz bands showcase their talents

In hopes of revealing the hidden talents of CSM student filmmakers, the Associated Students of CSM awarded $500 to three winners of the What The Film Festival in the main theatre on Fri. May 6.

The short film contest was di-vided in three film categories: col-lege life, social justice and parody. Students were given a span of five minutes or less for their short films, not including credits.

The winning film was “Ganglife,” a parody of the show “Gangland” by Nick Hui and Donovan Yi that featured intense foot pursuit chase scene as well as martial art scenes.

The winner for the parody cat-egory was “The Bicycle,” a spoof of 1920’s silent cinema in the Charlie Chaplin/Buster Keaton style. The film showed the series of events involving a bicycle thief and its actual owner.

The film “A Tribute To College Life” won the college life category

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Film festival shows student passion in art

CSM held a concert featuring jazz bands directed by Mike Galisatus, music professor.

CSM’s Tuesday Night Big Band, Monday Night Big Band, and the Monday Evening Jazz Ensemble performed for almost 400 people

in the Main Theatre. Out of the 59 performers, student musicians made up the majority of the Monday Night Band.

The lineup of the Jazz Ensemble Concert appeared in chronological order, as it started off with the Tues-day Night Big Band, which con-sisted of adults from the community and local high school students. The band began with several diverse tunes. Their interpretation of “Big Swing Face” gained whistles of praise and a roar of applause.

Following the Tuesday Night Big Band was the Monday Night Big Band, featuring CSM students and community members. Harmony Chua, local high school musician and Max Goldman, CSM musician, performed a unique ballad titled “In Her Family” by Pat Metheny, in which their piano and guitar skills complimented each other throughout the piece.

The Monday Evening Jazz Ensemble wrapped up the concert featuring founding performers who had been playing in the band since the ensemble was first created almost 20 years ago.

“It was one hell of an ensemble,” said student Zach Olson. “We had a great time...I wish we kept rehearsing.”

The ensemble started off with a number called “Silver Celebration” and closed with a vibrant piece, “Cottontail” by famous Jazz musi-cian Duke Ellington.

Professor Mike Galisatus said it was rewarding to see the bands play because of the semester long efforts band members put forth, constantly practicing and learning new songs.

These songs are ultimately nar-rowed down into what the bands would use for this end of the year concert performance, held once every semester.

“It challenges me to use new material, and it challenges me to challenge them,” said Galisatus. He additionally shared the significance of these bands to not only the school, but the community as well.

“You don’t play music to simply

rehearse, you play music to per-form,” said Galisatus. “Not only is performing is a great public relations tool for college students, but it also ultimately educates the public as to what we are achieving musically at CSM.”

and “Tablespoon,” a film about very small meals, took the prize home for the social justice category. The event was funded by the ASCSM budget that comes from the student body fee paid as a part of registra-tion. Each winner received a giant novelty check for the show, but later received standard checks for $500.

“We received about 15 films from students but only nine were

presented,” said Robertino San Diego, ASCSM Vice president.

“Not all of them were presented because of timing issues,” said San Diego. The awards ceremony included a People’s Choice Award that gave the audience the opportu-nity to vote for their favorite film. A slip was given prior to the beginning of the event and was later turned in during intermission.

The film festival committee chose the judges based on their knowledge and background in cinematography. The chosen judges were David Laderman, Ed Remitz and Angela Skinner-Orr, film, journalism and geography pro-fessors respectively. Two student representatives Jenna Finegold and Azita Golesorkhi, were also given the opportunity to judge.

“Since it was a student contest, we thought it would be good to have student judges so that they can have a peer review,” said Gonzales.

“It was really difficult because we had so many great films sub-mitted and I wanted to give them all a prize,” said ASCSM senator Finegold.

The first half of the event fo-cused on the screening of the films, which were introduced by the film festival committee with comical skits to give an Oscar-like feel to it. “(The skits) were all planned by us backstage,” said Cecile Basnage ASCSM senator.

“The first semi-official meeting

for planning the event was in Janu-ary and the deadline for submitting videos was April 20,” said Jeff Gonzalez, ASCSM senator. “We also held information meetings explaining the prizes, categories and deadlines prior to the event,” said Gonzalez.

Laderman referred to the cinema-tography shown as a smart group of films with very probing content.

“I think the hidden talents were hidden and they have been revealed and we are capable of doing way more than what we just did because we are all students and still grow-ing,” said film winner Hui.

“All of our ideas are top-of-the-line ideas but it’s just our resources that we are lacking,” he added.

At the end of the ceremony the winners, judges and festival com-mittee went on stage for a group picture.

“The film festival was a radical idea and seeing it come together the way it did inspired us to think of greater possibilities as realities,” said Gonzalez.

Photo by Marcy Palacios of The San Matean

Joe Moran and the CSM Tuesday Night Band perform at the Jazz Ensemble Concert with a rendition of “Big Swing Face.”

Photo by Marcy PalaciosNathan Sweatt plays trombone

Photo by Manuel Orbegozo of The San MateanParticipants in What The Film festival gather after the awards were given for categories college life, social justice and parody.

Campus LifeMay 23, 2011 The SAN MATEAN • Pages 5

Paige Kupperberg, 18Political Science, Foster City

“I would live in either Barcelona, Spain or London, England.”

If not the U.S., where would you live?

In the Mix

Hanna Stilwill, 19Massage Therapy, San Bruno

“Ireland because I’m Irish and I wouldn’t be made fun of for being so white because everyone is there.”

Dagmar Anker, 18Undecided, Half Moon Bay

“Sweden because I’m Swedish and when I went there when I was younger, it was really fun.”

Sean Tayara, 19Economics, Foster City

“Syria because there are no rules there.”

Sergio Silva, 18Cinematogrphy, San Francisco

“I would live in Antarctica. I could invite friends and have a crazy continental party.”

The Save the Garden Club hosted a teach-in meant to promote aware-ness of construction plans and im-pact the garden has upon the CSM community.

The Save the Garden teach-in was hosted in the garden, adjacent to Building 20, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

More than 60 students attended the event.

The event featured presentations held by both students and faculty. There were lectures, food and music at the event.

Workshops discussed issues such as conservation, the California En-vironmental Quality Act (CEQA) and tours of the garden were held.

Students were encouraged to share their views on the gardens.

“The gardens are not neat and clipped, but neither is nature,” said

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Career fair preps studentsThe fifth annual Career Fair

brought 26 exhibitors and job op-portunities to students on Wednes-day, May 11 in the College Center. The fair encouraged students gain knowledge on and network with local employers.

The event was organized by the Career Services department to provide students with opportunities to further themselves into pursuing careers with professional employ-ers. The fair was the first of many steps students could take in pursu-ing a professional career.

Students surrounded the booths, talking to potential employers such as Chatterfly and Apple and collect-ing pamphlets to learn about careers featured at the fair.

With the opportunity to see these exhibitors and have one-on-one in-teraction with employers, students can to take a step forward into the job market.

Vada Hall attended to obtain job information for her daughter who is currently a high school student. “It think it’s a good resource for students to get information on jobs in the Bay Area,” said Hall.

CSM student Carlos Mesquita took advantage of all the Career

Fair had to offer. “I thought it was a good opportu-

nity for Bulldogs to get in touch with a career we’d want to eventually settle down with,” said Mesquita.

Many related handouts and fliers were given out at the fair, which included information on how to find job leads and skills which employ-ers value. Career Services provides resources to students who are job seekers or who want to learn more about employment, from creating a resume to the first interview.

The fair highlighted these re-sources, encouraging students to taking the initiative in pursuing careers of their interests.

by Matt Furtado

Photo by Bruno Manrique of The San Matean

From left to right, Sarah Funes, 19, Casey Bernascony, 23, and Danielle Assoun, 21, work in the new DSPS computer lab.

Photo by Yasmine Mahmoud of The San MateanKat Alvarado, 21, left, and Samuel Bragge, 23, hang messages on the Dawn Redwood to show unity and to show the importance of the garden despite plans for construction.

student Liane Benedict.“We can leave personal notes

on the Dawn Redwood tree as a form of silent protest,” said Tricia Gardner, 21, Save the Garden Club Vice President. The tree is being preserved according to the 2011 CEQA report.

“Any of the students that we have talked to are against the parking lot,” said student Roya Maghzi, 21.

Dedicated to Counselor Adrian Orozco, the Dawn Redwood is currently endangered in its native China.

“The real issue is that it is a plaqued tree…it’s kind of violating our (school) policy,” said Linton Bowie, Save the Garden Club Adviser.

“These spaces provide natural beauty. They are a habitat for ani-mals,” said Benedict.

Members of the Save the Garden Club performed music to close the teach-in.

Resource center for veterans will open in summer

A new Veteran’s Resource Center is expected to open on campus in the summer in place of the former disabled students program office.

DSPS moved to the college center building and the former location is being turned into the Veteran’s Resource Center. The VRC will have about three or four offices with

Kyle LaplanteThe San Matean

a reception area including lounge type furniture like sofas.

The center will have many re-sources to benefit veterans includ-ing a small library with material geared towards veterans’ affairs and special software adapted towards veterans with disabilities, like enlarged printing. The VRC will have consultants that veterans can meet with to discuss any issues they might have as well as a psychologi-

cal service’s intern and dedicated financial aid person.

“The resource center will basi-cally be a central location veterans can come to get all their needs taken care of,” said Mario Mihelcic, Ad-mission and Records Assistant of Veteran Affairs.

There has recently been a push among state level community col-leges to have a VRC in the schools since most veterans start at a com-

munity college because they do not have the academic qualifica-tions for four-year colleges. With roughly 300 veterans attending, it is important that there is a good resource to make the process as easy as possible.

“We all recognize the importance that veterans contribute and it is a way of saying ‘Thank you,’” said Henry Villareal, Dean of Enroll-ment Services. “It is a very safe

and welcoming place for veterans to meet other veterans.”

“Veterans like to stick together and it will be nice to have a place where we can be among our own, helping one another to excel,” said Kate MacKay, a student veteran at CSM. “I think the resource center will allow us to more efficiently network, share our experiences and update each other on our benefits and changes.”

New lab for DSPS

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Cosmetology students offered to give student Kayla Figard a makeover to boost her look for an impor-tant upcoming dinner event. On Monday, May 16, Figard was reluctant at arrival but Cosmetology professor Andria Nalls eased her into the make-

over process with a consultation. Nalls considered Figard’s daily hair maintenance before making any rash decisions about cut and color. Figard and Nalls agreed on “intense red” hair color and a layered haircut, framing her face. Students Taylor Kaintock and Rawan Jabari began the process of applying color, accompanied with friendly chitchat and beauty talk. After allowing 40 minutes for the color to process, Jabari and Nalls rinsed the red dye from her locks, shampooed and conditioned them before cutting in the layers. Figard agreed to cut off two inches to convert her single length strands to dramatic layers. Nalls finished the cut and blow-dried as Jabari heated the flat iron for styling. The layers were curled at the end to create a voluminous bounce. For makeup, Jabari and Figard to go with a natural daytime makeup look with earthy tones. Figard dressed in a floral print dress with a collared shirt for a stylish end result, as seen in the final photo. Students can receive the same services for an estimated $50, available in the Cosmetology department in Building 5.

‘Intense red’ for mild girl

Figard arrives to the Cosmetology department in Building 5 for a makeover...

…Cosmetology students begin the coloring process with dying Figard’s roots with ISO’s I-Color…

…Professor Andria Nalls and student Taylor Kaintoch section and prep Figard’s hair…

…Rawan Jabari styles Figard’s hair with professor’s su-pervision…

…Professor Nalls gives Figard a haircut, framing her face with low-maintenance layers…

— Story by Erin BrownerPhotos by Erin Browner

and Taylor Kaintock

feature May 23, 2011

…Professor Andria Nalls and student Taylor Kaintoch section and prep Figard’s hair…

…Professor Nalls gives Figard a haircut, framing her face with low-maintenance layers…

…after applying a layer of lipgloss, Figard’s dayime look is pulled together with a floral print dress and collared shirt for a stylish end result.

…Rawan Jabari rinses “intense red” hair dye from Figard’s hair and shampoos with a Parisian shampoo…

…Rawan Jabari gives Figard a soft and natural daytime makeup look with earthy tones…

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face up to $1 billion in budget cuts per system for the fall.

Cuts across CCC campuses include a five percent budget re-duction from the state, amounting to $400 million. This cut will be partially offset by the confirmed $10 per unit increase for the fall.CCCs will raise student fees from $26 to $36 per unit in the fall to counter the cuts.

The best-case scenario would estimate a $290 million cut. About seven percent, or 140,000 students, will lose access to CCC classes in the fall.

The worst-case scenario could result in student fees rising above $36 per unit in the next few years, Paige Dorr, Director of Commu-nications at the CCC Chancellor’s Office, told The San Matean.

The CCC Chancellor’s Office is suggesting campuses keep courses that supply workforce training, basic skill courses in English and math and courses that transfer to four-year colleges and universities, according to Dorr. The cut of pro-grams, classes and sections are up to each individual campus, she said.

If tax extensions are not ap-proved, community colleges could face the doomsday situation, said Dan Troy, California Community Colleges Vice Chancellor for Fis-cal Policy in an analysis of the Governor’s May budget revision.

A Special Election will require Republicans to put the tax extension on the ballot, then voters must ap-prove it, Sarab Sarabi, State Policy Analyst Director of the California College Democrats told The San Matean in an email.

If the tax extension fails, CCC fees will rise from $26 to $66 per unit, said Sarabi.

The tax extension is supported by 53 percent support of likely voters, said Sarabi.

“In the worst case scenario, as

one of the bigger colleges, CSM would take somewhere between 30 to 35 percent of the impact,” District Chancellor Ron Galatolo told The San Matean. “There would be a double district wide reduction of $14 million to $18 million.”

The proposed district cut is piled on top of last year’s $6 million cut in the 2010-2011 academic year. “The irony is when the students need us most, we can’t give them what they need,” said Galatolo.

Currently the cuts remain the same — a $400 million base re-duction plus the increase of fees to $36 per unit. However the new revenues are being used to buy back $350 million in inter-year deferrals, reducing CCC deferrals from $961 million to $611 million, said Troy.

“The cuts for 2012-2013 are deep and we expect to be serving 10 to 15 percent fewer students with fewer sections, services and adjunct faculty,” Kathy Blackwood, Chief Financial Officer for the district, told The San Matean in an email. “We will be a smaller institution.”

Though major cuts will not take place until the 2012-2013 academic year, planning will be-gin as soon as the final budget is released.

“We do not anticipate any major program cuts for the next academic year,” CSM President Michael Claire told The San Matean in an email. “We will continue to focus on our core mission of Transfer, Career and Technical and Basic Skills education.”

“Measure G provided an extra $1.8 million in funding this year,” said Claire. “That has enabled us to keep our level of class offerings.”

With no tax extensions in an all-cuts budget, it is expected the $350 million in referral would be eliminated and would cut an additional $100 million to $150 million, said Troy.

This could be partially offset by

an additional increase in fees to $46 per unit.

“If the cuts go as they are on track to do so, all of the colleges will be smaller colleges,” Skyline President Regina Stroud told The San Matean in an email. “Many potential students will not have access to classes they need.”

Cañada College President Thom-as Mohr could not be reached for comment.

The district and all three colleges have reduced part time faculty and classified staff, but have not elimi-nated any full-time staff member as of yet.

However, a staff member who retires might not necessarily be replaced.

“With respect to all of the sup-port staff- we have less people but the amount of work that must be done remains the same,” said Claire. “Faculty are also working very hard because class sizes have become larger.”

The Board of Governor’s fee waiver will remain the same so students who qualify for $26 per unit will still have their fees waived at $36 per unit.

“We are getting the same amount for pell grants. I haven’t heard anything about further cuts to the grants,” said Claudia Menjivar, CSM Financial Aid Director told The San Matean.

“I am hoping we can increase the amount,” said Menjivar.

Students and faculty will be af-fected by an increase in enrollment in fewer classes in the 2012-2013 academic year.

“They’d probably have more furloughed days and half as many classes,” said student Jeff Tanguay, 19. “It would take longer to get out

of school.”CSM has a committee of teachers

and student senators to assess which non-essential programs will be cut.

“(The foreign language depart-ment) was already affected- the German classes, the French,” said Tania Keck, CSM Spanish instruc-tor. “The only program that was not affected was Spanish, which means that students have less options.”

The amount of students blocked from fall enrollment in the district is equivalent to 3,400 full time students, said Blackwood.

“We will have motivated and capable high school students that don’t have the opportunity to go to college,” said Galatolo. “This is the opposite of the 1960’s Master Plan for Higher Education which emphasized that college must be affordable and accessible to students.”

The state of California is facing $10.8 billion in cuts. This has been reduced from $26 billion by new revenues found in the Governor Jerry Brown’s May revision. This is largely good news, but if tax extensions aren’t passed, higher education could still face a dooms-day scenario.

California Assemblyman Jerry Hill supports the governor’s revised budget, released on May 16. “His proposal to continue belt-tightening in discretionary areas such as get-ting rid of unnecessary boards and commissions is the right place to be cutting spending,” said Hill in an email.

“We are very concerned that the governor is not allowing the public vote,” Mark Standirff, Communi-cations Director for the California Republican Party told The San Matean.

California higher education insti-tutions are depending on voters to approve legislation for tax exten-sions. If this tax is not extended, the all-cuts budget will result in programs cut and higher fees in the next few years.

The University of California will not know the effects of the budget until the next academic year, said Trey Davis, UC Director of Com-munications.

UC campuses already admitted students based off the original $500 million budget reduction released by the California State Governor in January 2011.

“CSUs have a contingency plan to address the all-cuts budget,” Liz Chaplin, Public Affairs Representa-tive of the CSU Chancellor’s office, told The San Matean. The all-cuts budget is equivalent to closing the smallest 10 of the 23 CSU cam-puses, said Chaplin. This means turning away up to 20,000 qualified CSU applicants in the fall.

CSU officials are making a trip to Sacramento for Budget Advocacy day the week of May 23 to meet with lawmakers.

Each CSU campus will continue its policy on giving priority to local applicants, said Chaplin. In 2010, more than 39,000 CCC transfer students were admitted to CSUs. CCC transfers increased by more than 6,000 students since 2008.

More than half of the CSU’s stu-dents receive some form of financial aid, said Chaplin. Forty-five percent of undergrads have their tuition paid entirely by grants and waivers.

There is still a chance the tax extensions will be approved to keep the budget reduction for UCs, CSUs and CCCs below $1 billion. If not, the nightmare may become reality.

Graphic courtesy of Ron Galatolo

A graph for California public education funding throughout the past 38 years.

Graphic courtesy California College Democrats

California College Democrats approach to state funding.

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“This is not a sustainable move,” Dev said regarding the plans to re-place the garden with a parking lot.

While the Save the Garden Club students explained that the garden was an important resource for the CSM community, the board still

voted against it.“It’s nice to have a garden, but

it’s a college,” said CSM President Michael Claire.

The garden areas were scheduled for complete destruction, but plans were adjusted in order to placate the Science Department.

“It’s a small area…in the end let’s be thankful it’s not more than it already is,” said Barry Jointer, Student Trustee.

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sports The SAN MATEAN • Page 9May 23, 2011

Devin Bradley throws a four-seemer in a 6-4 win against No. 10 seeded College of the Sequoias on Friday, May 6. Bauer struck out five in four innings of work.

Left, outfielder Joe Goldenberg jumps to avoid a home run in a 6-4 Game 1 win against visiting College of the Sequoias. Top, Nathan Bobrowski loads up his swing against Sequoias pitcher Michael Isom. Bobrowski finished 1-for-4 at the plate.Bottom, Mark Hurley slides back into second base to prevent the tag out from second baseman Kenny Corona.

Bulldogs bite their way to Super Regionals

— Story by Matt Furtadoand Bruno Manrique

Photos by Marcy Palacios

The CSM baseball team won a pair of close games against College of the Sequoias on May 6 and 7 to advance to Super Regionals.

No. 7 seed CSM (27-10, 2-0 playoffs) took a 2-1 comeback win after a strong 8 1/3 in-nings from starter Daniel Chavez.

Chavez; a Serra alum, allowed three hits, giving time for his teammates’ bats to heat up in a crucial ninth inning.

Pinch runner Griffin Kirsch and center fielder Justin Maffei combined to score two runs to close out a Game 2 win.

No. 10 seed College of the Sequoias (26-12, 0-2) limited CSM to three hits in eight innings as starter Kyle Brueggerman’s dominance at the mound frustrated the avid-hitting Bulldogs.

“I put alot of good swings on the ball both days but Saturday I just hit the ball right at people,” said Maffei who went 1-for-4 at

the plate on Saturday after a 3-for-4 outing the day before.

The Bulldogs mustered four hits on the ninth inning, ignited by shortstop Riley Goulding’s single to left field.

Goulding’s single was followed by singles by Michael Kathan, Maffei and Mark Hurley as the Bulldogs made their way around the diamond.

Chavez’s effort at the mound allowed his team to come back late in the game as he threw 57 strikes in an efficient 88 pitches.

“I had a great feel for my fastball and change up which were probably my go-to pitches on Saturday,” said Chavez. “I was able to watch the hitters on Friday and get an idea of how they were and also our coaches did a great job on getting the scouting report of their team.”

Hillsdale High graduate Josh Fredendall came in relief after the last out in the ninth, closing out the game with two outs in six pitches.

“Daniel threw lights out and did a great job keeping us in the game,” said Fredendall. “He’s done a great job all year and we knew as a team that we had a good chance to win with him on the mound.”

The Bulldogs took Game 1 on Friday with a first inning outburst in their way to a 6-4 win.

CSM had three hits along with three stolen bases to aid them in scoring three runs in the bottom of the first.

CSM starter Clay Bauer held the Giants scoreless through the first two innings, but the Giants chipped away by scoring one run in the third and fourth inning to make the game 3-2.

With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Bulldogs scored two runs after a walk to catcher Tyler Nitahara and back-to-back triples from Goulding.

“I was proud of our guys,” said head coach Doug Williams. “Particularly those seven,

eight, nine and one hitters. That’s a heck of a job by those four guys.”

Leadoff hitter Maffei finished the game with one run scored and just a home run shy of the cycle.

“I felt great,” said Maffei. “The week off gave me some time to work out some me-chanical stuff and I got a lot of really good pitches to hit and saw the ball well.”

CSM relief pitcher Devin Bradley gave up a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to make the score 6-4.

“They’re a good team,” said Williams. “We played well and battled while their pitcher settled down. He’s a tough guy to hit, but it was a good baseball game overall.”

The Bulldogs will head to Solano College in a four-team double-elimination bracket for a chance to return to the state championship for the second straight year.

“Going into Super Regionals I think we have lots of momentum,” said Hurley. “We just have to carry that over to practice and work hard this week and we will be ready.”

CSM will face Ohlone College on Friday, May 13 in a rematch of last year’s state championship game, which the Renegades took 16-10 at Fresno City College.

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Bruno ManriqueThe San Matean

BULLDOG SCOREBOXBaseball:Nor-Cal Regionals hosted at CSM5/6 vs. College of the Sequoias (W) 6-45/7 @ College of the Sequoias (W) 2-1

Nor-Cal Super Regionals held at Solano College5/13 vs. Ohlone College (L) 15-165/14 vs. Sacramento City College (L) 3-6

Softball:Nor-Cal Regionals (games hosted at higher seed)5/7 @ Shasta College: (L) 1-25/8 vs. Shasta College: (W) 8-75/8 vs. Shasta College (W) 11-2

Nor-Cal Super Regionals held at San Joaquin Delta College5/13 @ San Joaquin Delta College (L) 1-45/14 vs. Sacramento City College (L) 8-2

Track & Field:5/20 State Finals at American River CollegeIndividual Qualifiers:Women’s Javelin: Nikki UikilifiMen’s Javelin: Zeke Edwards

Late magic gets CSM to next round

Photo by Bruno Manrique of The San Matean

Ashley Rincon and Callie Pacheco. Rincon’s heroics forced a Game 3 as Pacheco clutched a two-hitter victory on Sunday .

REDDING — Ashley Rincon faced what might have been her last at bat of her career, trailing by two runs and a strike away from elimination — Rincon blasted a three-run shot to left center to lift the CSM softball team back from the ashes in an 8-7 Game 2 win to stun No. 7 seed Shasta College on Sunday, May 8.

Rincon; a nine-hole hitter, deliv-ered in the most clutch of situations — completing a two-out, six-run seventh inning comeback and saving her team from elimination a day after a nine-inning 2-1 Game 1 loss to Shasta.

“I was so happy, I still am,” said Rincon, a Sequoia High graduate. “It’s something I’ll remember for the rest of my life.”

“Before I took the plate I was just thinking ‘you can’t let her strike you out’. I’d struck out three times the

playoffs) in a double elimination four-team bracket along with No. 4 Sierra and No. 5 Sacramento City.

CSM lost 2-1 in its only encoun-

ter with Delta back in February, a loss that sparked a 12-game winning streak. Delta’s Katie Cotta (27-0) tossed 16 strikeouts in argu-

ably her hardest earned win of the season.

CSM recently reloaded with Danielle Brenner’s return to the lineup. The third baseman suffered a dislocated patella tendon in her right knee midway through the season but has come back in designated hitter duties to add another big bat to the lineup.

Brenner faced Cotta early on the season, going 1-for-2 with an RBI and a walk. “I was determined not to strike out because she has 350 plus strikeouts on the year and I don’t wanna be one of them,” said Brenner. “Her riseball is her best pitch, it comes in like it’s a fastball right down the middle and at the last split second it moves right above your bat.”

“They’re due for a loss,” added Brenner. “I think we’re a more ma-ture team that we were back then, so we have everything it takes to beat them. If there is a time to beat them, it’ll be now.”

Bulldog Watch

day before so I was really nervous and emotional,” added Rincon.

For good measure, the left fielder’s homer nicked the score-board on its way out of the park, a point of emphasis that kept the home crowd silenced throughout Game 3.

The Bulldogs took the next game with ease, picking up where they left off as they put up six runs on the board in the first inning, totaling an 11-0 lead going into the fifth.

CSM went 12-for-23 at the plate in Game 3 as Alyssa Jepsen and Trish Malaspina homered to ignite the early scoring assault.

Half Moon Bay High grad Cal-lie Pacheco pitched a two-hit gem through five innings of work as the No. 10 seeded Bulldogs punched their ticket to the Nor-Cal Super Regionals.

The Bulldogs’ (28-12, 2-1 play-offs) next task is undefeated San Joaquin Delta College (39-0, 2-0

Freshmen track and field standouts Nikki and Josh Uikilifi have led and pushed a young and injury-plagued CSM to qualify for the state finals at American River College in Sacramento on May 20 and 21.

CSM — known for its strength at field events rather than races, has lived up to its reputation as Mills alumni Nikki and Josh have taken the Coast Conference by storm and taken it to the regional level, sending athletes that qualified in eight field events.

Josh qualified for Nor-Cal finals in shot put while Nikki qualified in shot put, discus throw and javelin throw.

Nikki had never competed in the javelin (an event not available in California high schools) before joining CSM, yet she has excelled at it, recently crowned women’s Nor-Cal champion.

The siblings competed at the Nor-Cal Finals at Shasta College along with Zeke Edwards and Charles Olaires (javelin), Chloe Hop (pole vault), Ana Kilikiti and Sione Fanaika (shot put).

The San Matean caught up with Nikki and Josh to find out their thoughts on the season and hopes for the next.

Nikki Uikilifi and Josh Uikilifi

SM: What’s the difference competing at the high school level to junior college?

JU: Sometimes when I’m at meets I feel like I’m in high school except at college level everyone is really talented and anyone could win because everyone is capable of it.

NU: CSM is different because you’re more independent and have to take initiative to work on your technique and workouts. The coach doesn’t hold your hand in lifting or running, you gotta put the work in on your own.

SM: How is it like being with your sibling on the same sport?

JU: Good, because if I have a bad day in my events, it’s good to see my sister do well in hers. It’s like having extra support with you when you’re on the field and it’s comfort-ing to know that we have each other’s back.

NU: I like it because I know that if I’m having trouble in one of my events, I can turn to my brother for advice. We both push each other to do better and succeed.

SM: How do you feel you’ve done this season and how does it feel to make it all the way to the state finals?

JU: I made it to Nor-Cal for decathlon and shot put and also made it to state for shot put. Just to compete at this level with the best athletes was a good feeling.

NU: I made it to Nor-Cal for all my events and also made it to state for javelin and shot put. It’s tiring both physically and mentally because right after I’m done with one event, the next event is going to start right away.

SM: What are your greatest memories from the season?

JU: Being the champion for shot put. It was a good feeling and also playing at the col-lege level was a new experience.

NU: Always doing well in meets and also meeting new people. Going to the meets at other schools and always meeting someone new was cool. I made a lot of new friends.

SM: Are you interested in any other events for your sophomore season?

JU: I want to try the 400 hurdle.

NU: I want to run the 100 and 200-meter dash. My throwing coach didn’t let me be-cause he didn’t want me to injure myself, but I still want to try it.

SM: What are your personal goals for next season?

JU: I expect to go to state and win it all. I also want to be tops in all of my throwing events and be the best in all of my events.

NU: I hope to take what I learned from this season and improve myself over the offsea-son. I’m planning on training over the summer and help my teammates get better as well.

— Text by Bruno Manrique Interview and photo by

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STaff:Amy Black, Estrella Benavides, Donovan Gomez,

Kyle Laplante, Alexandra Lujan, Yasmine Mahmoud, Manuel Orbegozo, Marcy Palacios,

Chris Palomarez, Varsha Ranjit

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maNagiNg editor

Bruno Manrique

sports editor

rachel nielSen

visuaLs editor

Kayla figard

editor

Will henneSSey

Copy editor

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The San Matean is continuing with first amendment updates, report-ing on an ongoing dispute with the administration regarding the future of its newspaper and website. The Digitial Media program is still fol-lowing the outline created by the Digital Media faculty and approved by the Academic Senate at the Sept. 28 2010 Governing Council Meet-ing. The outline stated that the Digital Media program will run for an unspecified period of time. Recently the Digital Media program was moved from the Technology department to the Creative Arts depart-ment and is under a new dean, Kevin Henson. It has been more than six months since this decision was made and the coming budget cuts have led The San Matean to inquire about the future of the program. The San Matean has asked Susan Estes, Vice President of Instruction, the fol-lowing questions but has not received any response.

1. Will the recent change in departments cause any changes to the DGME program or The San Matean?

2. Was the amount of time the program would be given ever deter-mined?

3. Has there been any increase in enrollment? 4. Has the entire PIV process been completed now? 5. Will the classes that produce The San Matean be cut in the Fall if

they do not hit 20 students? 6. What does the budget crisis mean for the program? The San Matean will continue to publish its newspaper and website

under the current Digital Media Program. The San Matean will update our website, www.sanmatean.com, as it hears more about the future of the program.

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Put off what you can do today until finals

Is student government relevant?

Ryan Lopez, 19Business admin., San Francisco

“I’m not a typical person that follows student government.”

Shai Maor, 19Child Development, Israel

“Yes, it helps keep everything organized.”

Stuart Mcginn, 22Marine Biology, Foster City

“It is as relevant as you make it. It gives students a voice in the educational system.”

Jazz Singh, 18Business, New York

“Yes, it helps keep everything organized.”

Elaine Depada, 19Nursing, San Francisco

“No I don’t think so. I don’t understand the point of it.”

Yan Erlikh, 20Sociology, Foster City

“Yes, it broadcasts everyone’s opinion.”

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Everyone should get a vote

As most people have heard by now, the garden on campus is going to be torn away for the construction of a parking lot.

Since the news broke about the garden being taken away, many stu-dents have protested in a variety of ways.

From garden teach-ins to a film in the What The Film Festival, stu-dents tried to get the word out about their disagreement with the con-struction plans.

For the Board of Trustees to see students reacting so strongly to an issue, it should get them to realize that consulting the student body and even teachers, would be the best idea before coming up with plans to get rid of part of the campus.

Whoever came up with the plan to get rid of the garden should have taken into consideration the amount of people that use the garden, as well as the classes and programs on campus that use it too.

The students and the Board of Trustees came to an agreement after the protests.

By consulting the student body and teachers before plans to tear down the garden were decided, both sides should have reached an agreement to make everyone happy so the different protests would not have been necessary.

Whether the students protesting received exactly what they wanted or not, the fact is that students are trying their best to stand up for what they believe. It’s reassuring to other students knowing that their thoughts can be heard if presented in the correct way.

Professors have the tendency to ask students within the first few classes, “Why are you in this class?” The most common answer is that the course is transferable.

And with that answer, students share that they may not be genuinely interested in the material.

It can make it so difficult to keep up with the work or even go to class. And yet the early semester mantra still exists: “I’ll keep up with my reading and assign-ments this time.”

But the end justifies the means. People pass their classes despite succumbing to urges to sleep in and miss class just this one time. Procrastination becomes a great friend over the semester until the very end, when things can’t be put off any longer.

It’s the tail end of the semester and, despite it be-ing May, many people seem to be lagging. It’s the time when students cram the entire semester into one week before final exams. Or comes the time

when the routine of school and work tends to wear on the student.This is the part of the semester when stu-

dents become zom-bies and read en-tire books within a week. Facebook is updated repeatedly with talk of finals and how summer is so close at hand instead of writing papers or prepar-ing for end of the term tasks.These final weeks pro-vide a subtle panic revolving on finals.

Breaths are held as the last papers are turned in and the last tests are taken. WebSMART

is suddenly more popular than Facebook, as only the former offers final grades.Why is this done over and over again? It’s a process that isn’t uncommon. It hap-pens every single semester.

The select few who have kept up with their assign-ments have the option to sit back and watch the frantic panic on campus with an eased smile on their faces.

—Rachel NielsenThe San Matean

Photo by Rachel Nielsen of The San Matean