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Oksana YurovskyStaff writer

See VARGAS, page 6 See SPLIT, page 6

SDS strife causes splitJonathan RoismanStaff writer

The March 4 rally at DVC to protest fee hikes had unintended consequences for Students for a Democratic Society, with nearly a dozen members splitting off to form their own group after a dispute in-volving SDS member Frank Running-horse.

Members of the new group, Radical Solidarity Coalition, accused Running-horse of “an undemocratic move” after he issued an unauthorized written state-ment disavow-ing SDS’ con-nection with disruptions that occurred during the rally.

In the state-ment, Running-horse said the club did not con-done the pulling of fire alarms or the opening of class-room doors during the campus march.

On Jan. 17, 2007, when most students were returning to campus after winter break, Brian Vargas was a Marine Corps team leader in Hitt, Iraq, who made life and death deci-sions every day.

“I was a kid – but I became a man real quick,” he says to-day.

On that day in January, his fire team was observing en-emy activity from a rooftop when they came under attack. Soon Vargas heard the familiar cracking of AK-47s from within the house.

His men under attack, Var-gas grabbed the squad auto-matic weapon (SAW) and ran to the rooftop.

Fire was coming from an en-emy sniper in a house across the street, he recalls.

Moments later, blood gush-ing from his face, Vargas heard his fellow Marines yelling, “Var-gas is hit! Vargas is hit!”

“When you’re over there, you don’t expect to come back wounded,” he says. “You think you’re either going to live or die.”

An enemy sniper had shot him from hundreds of meters away with a Soviet made Dra-

Chris ClarkStaff writer

gunov sniper rifle, a common weapon used by Iraqi insur-gents and foreign terrorists.

The bullet went through his cheek and split his face in half, hitting his earlobe on the way out.

The bullet also hit Vargas’ SAW ammunition, causing it to explode. Shrapnel bored into his hand, face, and eye, one piece of metal cutting his

tongue in half. “When I fell back I couldn’t

hear or see for a minute,” Var-gas recalls. “I sat up, and the crack of another sniper shot was so close it brought my hearing back.”

“It felt like a truck had just hit me in the face,” he says. “I opened my eyes and just saw blood pouring out of my face and hand.”

Vargas remembers telling himself, “Right now, in this exact spot, I am not going to die.”

His Marines killed the sniper and Vargas was flown out on a helicopter.

He was treated for his inju-ries at the Wounded Warrior

I sat up, and the crack ofanother sniper shot was so closeit brought my hearing back.

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From the Corps to the classroomSee RETIRE, page 6

College leaves spots unfilled

Chris Corbin / The Inquirer

At a time when two departments are losing their sole full-time professors to retirement, DVC President Judy Walters has authorized some limited hiring for the 2010-11 school year.

However, hiring will not occur until Jan-uary 2011.

In an April 16 e-mail to the DVC com-munity, Walters announced her approval for filling six of 12 faculty positions left va-cant because of retirements at the end of this semester.

She said three of the six were already taken, one by an administrator, social science dean Lyndon Krause, who got a “pink slip” in March and has return rights to the classroom.

The other two, Walters said, are faculty members whose positions were shifted to the general fund budget after their spe-cial “categorical” funding was slashed by the state.

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OPINIONS Page 5

Wanted: full-time adviserEditorial Board demands replacement professor, starting fall semester 2010

‘Bathed In Light’

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New production shinesspotlight on dance

Vikings’ skid continues

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Law weds textbook prices and online registration

College students should be able to see the prices and ISBN numbers of any required text-books and supplemental mate-rials at the time they register on-line for classes, according to an amendment to the Higher Edu-cation Opportunity Act signed into law by President Barack Obama last August.

The law aims to “ensure that students have access to afford-able course materials by de-creasing costs to students … while supporting the academic freedom of faculty members to select high quality course mate-rials for students.”

It also requires bookstores to make the contents of textbooks “bundled” with supplementary

materials available as individual items. The materials are cheap-er than used textbooks, which makes them appealing but less-ens the demand for used books, said Bookstore manager Bill Foster.

But while DVC managers set an April 15 deadline for faculty to submit that information, a Faculty Senate task force has yet to decide how to implement the provision, which takes effect July 1.

According to the law, colleges should provide textbook infor-mation “to the maximum extent practicable” and if it “is not prac-ticable [to do so],” books will be given a status of “To Be Deter-mined” until the information is supplied.

But Mojdeh Mehdizadeh, the district’s chief technology information officer, and Susan

Lamb, DVC’s vice president of instruction, said this leeway only applies to certain circum-stances, such as when teachers receive last-minute class as-signments or when out-of-print books are assigned.

The distinction is particularly important to DVC’s English department, since instructors switch books often or wait un-til meeting their students at the first class to choose their texts.

English professor Laury Fis-cher believes the law will save students money at the expense of quality. Enforcing a deadline, he said, may lead instructors to pick the same texts year after year, which “doesn’t promote creative teaching.”

Oksana YurovskyStaff writer

See ONLINE, page 6

2Thursday, April 22, 2009

FINDING THE RIGHT BEAT

Local man’s passion for music resonates with students, inspiring some to join the fun

Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, James Adamo can be heard in the Main Quad playing his hand drum, an instrument he picked up after being introduced to it at a belly dancing event two years ago.

It was there Adamo’s interest was sparked, and

he’s collected hand drums ever since.

Although he often plays by himself, other musicians join in on occasion. At one session Adamo brought four hand drums and was joined by a sitar player, a freestyle rapper and other DVC students.

Adamo’s goal is to create an open forum that breaks down social barriers and allows anyone to play his or her instruments.

For him, playing started as a way to meet new people, as it “tends to attract hippies smacking on a drum in the quad,” said Adamo, who is not a DVC student.

He enjoys encouraging people’s creativity and loves the fun atmosphere the hand drums create.

Adamo often plays the djembe, a large African hand drum. Correct hand placement and proper timbre between bass and slap notes are key when playing such an instrument.

His style is often improvisational, with Adamo starting the circle with a simple beat and others building on top of it.

“[Everyone playing]

all works together to create one giant really good piece,” said Steven Anguiano, a friend of Adamo and occasional contributor to the circle.

Anguiano said playing the hand drum makes him feel he has at least some musical talent.

“I tried to play drums [set], just didn’t work,” Anguiano said.

The weekly drum circle hasn’t existed without criticism.

Anguiano said one passerby told them, “Hey, why don’t you play instruments with some real notes!”

Student Andrew

Armstrong, who has played drums for close to 10 years, said he finds the drum circle’s beats inconsistent and the participants uneducated about drums.

“I want to have a conversation, and they play way too loud,” he said. “Hand drums are like the harmonica; it’s barely an instrument.”

Student Becky Phillips was less critical, saying, “They don’t bother me; just sometimes they get really loud.”

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“[Everyone play-ing] all works together to create one giant really good piece”

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3Thursday, April 22, 2010

Students in Kimberly Valmore’s dance production class are hard at work cre-ating the annual spring dance show, “Bathed in Light.”

Although Valmore is the instructor and director, the creative process falls on the students, who choreograph the dances, create the advertisements and perform in the show.

The dancers are split up into groups guided by choreographers Bria Camer-on, AJ Rogers and Joshua Schodorf.

“Kimberly gave us a word to be the theme, and we had to develop a show based on that,” Schodorf said. “The word was ‘light.’”

It was up to the choreographers to put together every aspect of the show.

“We got to choose how many dancers we wanted, the themes for each piece and even do work for the other choreog-raphers,” Cameron said.

The performance will feature hip hop, jazz, R&B and modern, with the dancers performing to contemporary hits from the likes of Coldplay and Lady Gaga, as well as instrumental tracks and student remixes.

“There’s a sense of dedication coming from all levels,” Schodorf said. “We have beginning to advanced dancers and they all work hard.”

Rogers added, “It’s nice being given the opportunity to teach and work with others as opposed to just being a stu-dent.”

The dancers themselves have also gained important skills.

“The choreographers introduced me to a lot of different styles,” said beginning dancer Urissa Thomas. “I’ve been doing things I never knew I could do.”

Valmore said she is grateful for her student choreographers and noted that putting on such a show is “a difficult task, but they’ve managed it quite well.”

She said she hopes to see her stu-dents gain an “understanding of how to perform and produce a show from scratch to the stage.”

The show takes place at 8 p.m. April 23-24 and 2 p.m. on April 25 in the Per-forming Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students.

Contact Nick Sestanovich at nsestanovich@theinquireronline.com

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Carrie Jones, top, practices in the dance studio during Kimberly Valmore’s dance production class. Raja Bright and Megan Ferreira, right, get into “start-ing position.”

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4Thursday, April 22, 2010

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Vibrant basketball star lights up court with spirit

Ashley Hudson’s team-mates and family enjoy her talkative, friendly na-ture, while her opponents on the basketball court get acquainted with her com-petitive nature.

Hudson got her start at age 9, playing for her dad as a member of the Trail-blazers at the Boys and Girls Club, and has since become a vital part of DVC’s basketball team.

“She helped us a lot in terms of scoring, passing, and rebounding,” said her teammate, Sessa John-

son. “It was fun playing with her.”

Hudson made the all-conference team her se-nior year at Pittsburg High School and again this past season at DVC.

In addition to leading the Big 8 Conference in scoring this past season with 21 points per game, Hudson was second on the team in rebounds and steals, averaging nearly nine rebounds and two steals per game. She helped her team to finish third place in the confer-ence and earn a spot in the playoffs.

Her brother, Aaron Hud-son, who attends all of

her games described her as “goofy” and noted her contribution to the team.

“She’s always smiling and laughing,” he said.

Head coach Maureen Mattson said she did a good job at both the for-ward and post positions.

“She has a very friendly, bubbly personality,” Matt-son said. “She is also very competitive, very active.

“She’s going to be hard to replace in terms of her scoring and size. It’s go-ing to be tough to fill her shoes.”

Hudson was offered full scholarships to Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Dominguez Hills, and

Notre Dame De Namur universities. She has de-cided to attend Cal State Dominguez Hills in the fall.

“It meant a lot,” Hudson said of the offers. “I’ll be the first in my family to

get [a scholarship], so it’s pretty exciting.”

Aaron was also excited about his sister’s scholar-ships.

“It was pretty cool,” he said. “She should have gotten more, but I’m

glad.”Hudson is majoring

in communications and hopes to one day put her bubbly personality to use on her own talk show.

“Talking to people is my specialty,” she said.

As for her time at DVC, she feels that she has ma-tured both on and off the court.

“It’s put me in different situations where I’ve had to grow up and mature,” she said. “It’s been fun. Stressful, but fun.”

Contact Kamille Simmons-Turnquest at ksimmons@theinquireronline.com

Kamille Simmons-TurnquestStaff writer

Sloppy game ends in loss

Abrilliant defensive play and some questionable offici-

ating proved costly to the Vikings as Sacramento City narrowly escaped with the 7-6 victory at an April 13 game hosted by DVC.

With one runner on, two outs and trailing by just one run, sophomore catcher Chuck Cavestany had an

opportunity to win it in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Cavestany belted the ball to deep right-

center field, bring-ing the crowd to its feet. But Sac-

ramento City’s out-

fielder made a well-timed leaping catch at the wall to end the game.

“It was a sloppy game overall,” head coach Mike Neu said later, referring to the four errors committed by both sides. “We didn’t take advantage of oppor-tunities and that cost us.”

With the loss DVC falls to 18-11 on the season and 9-5 in the Big 8 con-ference, trailing only Sac-ramento City in the Big 8 standings.

This game was a con-stant back-and-forth battle from the very first inning as neither team was able to take control of the game.

Doubles by second-basemen Josh Nuyten and outfielder Mitch Pe-trak helped DVC get off

to a quick 2-0 lead in the first.

Sacramento City re-sponded by getting four runs off of starting pitcher Harmen Sidhu in the sec-ond inning.

Both teams would retake the lead once before com-ing to a tie in the sixth.

Controversy arose in the seventh inning when it ap-peared that Sacramento City’s third-basemen didn’t tag the base before turn-ing an inning-ending dou-ble play. The umpire ruled it an out, preventing DVC from scoring the go-ahead run.

Coach Neu went onto the field to argue the call, but the umpire wouldn’t budge. Cooler heads pre-vailed and Neu returned to

the dugout.“These [umpires] usually

do a good job,” Neu said, “I just want them to be con-sistent with their calls.”

Another questionable call was made in the eighth inning when an um-pire called a balk on Vi-kings relief pitcher Justin Harr. The umpire stated that Harr had not come to a complete stop after go-ing from the stretch to the set position.

“I don’t agree with the call,” Harr said. “I didn’t think I balked.”

DVC’s next home game is against Sierra at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday April 20.

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It’s put me in different situations where I’ve had to grow up and mature.

- Ashley HudsonForward

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Benjamin Franklin was wrong. There are in fact three things certain in life: death, taxes and a long line at the DMV.

However, this past week, when I found my-self waiting for more than an hour in the DMV

waiting area, I realized that the waiting was not even close to the most frustrating part of my visit.

Most nota-bly, there was a drunken man who woke up a few minutes af-

ter I arrived. Pleased to see a large crowd waiting, he took it upon himself to entertain everyone with a one man show about what happens in county jail.

The DMV employees didn’t blink an eye or ask him to leave. It was as if I was trapped in a bad “Saturday Night Live” sketch.

When my number was finally called, I came face-to-face with a woman who stum-bled over my questions and handed me two vague pamphlets as answers.

There was no “How are you today?” or even a “Sorry for the delay.”

I am aware that this is a courtesy, and most employees don’t actually care, but it’s the little things that make an experience.

Like in education, benefits and salaries have been cut for all government employ-ees, but that doesn’t give anyone the right to be lazy or rude.

It’s no wonder Americans are weary of giv-ing more control to the government – who in their right mind would want a hospital or bank with lines and customer satisfaction

like the DMV? If I had a magic wand, I would now wave

it over all the DMV offices of California and end this problem forever. But in reality you cannot motivate the unmotivated, and you can’t change the way some systems work.

But what you can do is narrate your incredibly frustrating ex-periences. Per-haps enough DMV horror stories will spur the change an overflowing suggestion box could not.

5Thursday, April 22, 2010

What did you think of the anti-abortion group in the Quad?

Aaron Samelson, 27

Electrical Engineering

“It was very, very un-comfortable to see those pictures.”

Candace Richards, 18

Photography major

“People should have their own choices in life. If people get an abortion they usually have a good reason.”

Mike Toso, 19Undeclared

“I really didn’t like those people at all. They didn’t accomplish anything.”

Deborah Smith, 19Biology major

“If you have your own opinion that’s great, but there’s no point in press-ing it on other people...”

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losing its full-time faculty adviser when Jean Dickinson retires in May after 15 years at DVC.

This is not acceptable.If she is not replaced with a full-

time instructor by the beginning of the 2010-11 school year, an award-winning publication that serves the entire DVC commu-nity will suffer irreparable loss.

The Inquirer is the college’s only independent media source and a First Amendment forum for diverse opinions. This is par-ticularly important at a commuter school, where students attend classes and then leave.

For the past 60 years The In-quirer has acted as a “watch dog” on government, be it the Associated Students of DVC, the Faculty Senate or the district governing board. It also provides news about clubs, special pro-grams, sports, interesting class-es and much more.

The Inquirer editors and staff need a faculty adviser who works

as many hours as they do to put out both the print and most re-cently online editions. Anything less is exploitation and a disser-vice to students.

A part-time faculty adviser will only be paid for the six weekly hours the class is scheduled.

Yet, editor-in-chief Ariel Mess-man-Rucker puts in at least a 35 to 40-hour week. Other editors

and staff members also work long hours, not just on produc-tion days that can last until 9 p.m. or later, but also before and after class, nights and weekends.

News doesn’t just happen be-tween 12:30 and 2:20, three af-ternoons a week.

When the shooting occurred last month at DVC following a rugby match, Inquirer reporters

were following the story for our online edition all day Sunday. This included many phone con-versations, text messages and e-mails among reporters, editors and the faculty adviser.

President Judy Walters has agreed to fill six of 12 faculty va-cancies created by retirements. But she does not plan to hire three of these new faculty mem-bers until spring 2011.

That is too long a wait. It means hiring part-timers who

are paid only for the hours class-es are in session – not the hours needed to get the job done.

And if journalism is a priority hire, then a full-time instructor becomes adviser to a publica-tion that has lost continuity and momentum.

We appreciate that Walters will replace a few retirees, but we urge her to allow hiring now.

The Inquirer is not like any other program at DVC. We must have a full-time adviser, begin-ning with the fall 2010 semester.

DMV staff: disgruntled, moody, vexing

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Lina PervezStaff writer

“It was as if I was trapped in a bad ‘Satur-day Night Live’ sketch.”

Contact Lina Pervez at lpervez@theinquireron-line.com

The March 25, 2010 Inquirer asked readers to continue the debate on ASDVC President Lindsay St. Hill’s “underwear scandal.” Is it newsworthy or is tabloid sensationalism?

Students for a Democratic So-ciety feel that is the duty of “muck raking” investigative journalism to go after the news and to hold elected officials accountable.

By running for student body president, St. Hill has voluntarily placed herself in the public lime-light and thus legitimately made her actions the subject of media and public scrutiny. The Inquirer has the right, maybe even the duty, to examine her behavior while she represents DVC stu-dents.

That being said, SDS feels that St. Hill’s “underwear scandal” is overblown in importance.

Her role in the student move-ment to “Save Public Education” is far more important than what she does in her free time.

We are much more concerned about St. Hill’s consistent block-ing of SDS resolutions on build-ing the student movement. For two semesters now, student ac-tivists have had to overcome her obstructionism to nearly every pro-active motion.

The Inquirer, in its previous two issues, has been exemplary in covering the student movement.

However, in this issue, the 15,000-strong student demon-stration in Sacramento attended by a bus full of DVC students, should have been the top story. But it was completely ignored.

Unfortunately, this time The In-quirer let the students down.

SDS

Kudos to The Inquirer for your story and editorial about the St. Hill “modeling” controversy.

I agree with you that this is a legitimate story brought about by St. Hill’s lack of judgment about these photos ever becoming an issue. You don’t take photos unless you want people to see

them. The facts are she posed for

these photos by her own free will. She has every right to do so.

There are two lessons to be learned: 1) whatever you do, in this electronic age, it can become public and there is nothing you can do about it. 2) St. Hill was smart enough to be elected stu-dent body president and clearly not smart enough to govern.

For the best interest of the reputation of the campus, she should remove herself from her office so the student government can deal with more important is-sues.

Jim Conran Student

I am disappointed with The Inquirer’s coverage of student demonstrations against state budget cuts on education.

The February editorial said the rallies show “we are not an easy target.”

But I find that, like rally orga-nizers, The Inquirer has failed to

offer me real solutions. It covered nothing on what

student organizations propose to the Legislature to deter such cuts. Supporters shouting “tax the corporations, not the stu-dent” was at best an incidental attempt at doing so.

Asking for support without offer-ing real solutions is special inter-est groups’ job, not a newspaper’s. Unfortunately, I have another disappointment: Iraq Veterans Against War presentation.

In the December issue, a reader said few DVC students attended IVAW’s talk just after last Veterans’ Day.

However, when the same event was held at DVC in March, it was not even listed in The In-quirer’s calendar.

Finally, I have compliments: “Getting lost locally” in March and “This ain’t your normal 24 hours in Iraq” in February.

These articles reflect Inquirer’s diversity on subjects - domestic to international - and how inter-esting a student newspaper can truly be.

Faith Crow Student

More important things to expose than dirty laundry

Poor choices not limited to private life

Editorial should offer more than complaints

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COL SORFLASHINGBRIGHT LIGHTS,

Thursday, April 22Brandman UniversityWalnut Creek Applications & QuestionsSRC Learning Commons11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Friday, April 23UC Berkeley-Starting Point Mentor ProgramDVC Counseling Center9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Friday, April 23Film – “Gangs of New York”Free in the Forum7 p.m.

Monday, April 26College CouncilBFL Community Conference Room2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Tuesday, April 27Summer 2010 Registration Admissions and Registrations

Tuesday, April 27College Success Workshop:Minor Grammar IssuesSRVC Language Center1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

ASDVC MeetingStudent Union Conference Room2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 28Film – “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?”Free in the Forum2 p.m.

Safety Committee meetingAB 1083:30 p.m.

It’s Easy To Be GreenSRC Learning Commons12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Thursday, April 29Inter Club Council MeetingStudent Union Conference Room 3:30 p.m.

Friday, April 30Last Day to Drop Full-term Class w/ “W”Admissions and Records

Film – “District 9”Forum7 p.m.

Saturday, May 1Future Teachers of Tomorrow ConferenceChabot College8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Drama – “Betty’s Summer Vacation”Performing arts and film8 p.m.

Correction: In the article “A different kind of long-distance relationship” published in the March 25 issue of The Inquirer, the name of DVC professor who was profiled was misspelled in a caption. The correct spelling is Carolyn Seefer.

“Fleeting Light and Stolen Mo-ments,” the latest exhibit in the li-brary gallery, features a collection of photographs by former Inquirer photo editor Joseph Dannels.

While installing the show Mon-day, Dannels said he prefers documentary-style photography

in which he captures an overall scene or a candid series.

“I’ve been trying to study strong compositions, mostly interesting landscapes and street photos,” Dannels said of his work, which includes a series he took in Bali while there for a photo workshop.

When taking shots of people, he said he tries to capture a charac-ter trait and make that his focus.

Dannels started taking photos

in 2003 after earning an indus-trial engineering degree from Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo. Given a point-and-shoot camera by his parents, he went to Mexico for a few months, taking photos along the way. He then took music and photography courses at DVC, where his mother, Lupe Dannels, works as a counselor, and joined the Inquirer in 2006-2007.

In his artist statement, Dannels

writes: “This collection of photo-graphs focuses on my passion for finding interesting light and dynamic compositions that allow a scene to flow freely and develop its own visual rhythm.”

A reception is scheduled for 1 p.m., April 24 in the DVC library.

Photographes from Josheph Dannels’ exhibit. Top left, “Live Music,” top right, “Baker Beach Sunset,” bottom right, “East Bay Twilight,” bottom left, Joeseph Dannels.

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Annie SciaccaStaff writer

Fischer said he is con-cerned about what would happen if someone did not meet the deadline.

“The last thing I want … is Susan Lamb picking my book,” he said.

But members of the new splinter group said they did not back the statement put forth by the club because they did not approve it. And they tried to level sanctions against Runninghorse, but the vote failed.

“We want to fight these budget cuts that are caus-ing classes to be cut and financial aid to be cut,” for-mer SDS member Sean Gallagher said of the split. “We felt that SDS did not have an effective strategy for doing that.”

Runninghorse said he did not need prior approval from SDS officers to print the statement.

SDS president Brian Donovan said Running-horse was at the center of the split.

“Some people feel that Frank, being an older per-son, is pushing too much of his agenda,” he said.

RSC is not an official DVC club, but group mem-bers said it is an option.

The biggest difference between the two groups now revolves around the Associated Students of DVC.

SDS members Nick Holmes and Donovan are running for student gov-ernment positions, while Gallagher and RSC mem-ber Rane Stark said they believe the ASDVC is inef-

fective.“ASDVC is a conserva-

tive and largely apathetic [group],” Gallagher said.

Donovan said both groups want the same thing. “We want justice. We want peace,” he said.

SDS adviser Mickey Huff said the splintering of SDS was unfortunate.

“On one hand, I’m proud they stood up for what they believed in,” he said. “On the other hand, I’m proud of the students who are still there.”

Huff said he doesn’t be-lieve SDS is any less ef-fective as a result of the split and is proud of the club’s involvement during the March 22 rally in Sac-

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Frank Runninghorse listens as the SDS president calls meeting to order.

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Ted Wieden, DVC’s in-terim dean of instruction, said the law would not pe-nalize instructors who do not comply, but the Fac-ulty Senate Textbook Task Force will monitor textbook requests.

“What we want to avoid is a faculty member who

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The remaining six va-cant positions will be used to permanently fill a $4.8 million budget gap for next year, Walters said.

Faculty Senate Presi-dent Laurie Lema took is-sue with Walters’ decision to curtail hiring since the positions were already in the budget.

“We don’t agree that cut-

Regiment at Camp Pendleton, Calif., where he was diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and had to relearn how to read and write.

ting full-time positions is making cuts as far away from classrooms as pos-sible.”

A small committee of fac-ulty and managers, known as Box2A will decide the three positions to be filled during its meeting in May.

Lema said the decision will be based on depart-ments’ program reviews, their full-time to part-time employee ratio, whether

the retiring instructor is the department head, if special expertise is required for the program and whether it is growing or shrinking.

Vice President of Instruc-tion Susan Lamb acknowl-edged the tight timeline.

“Because this is so late, we will run into some dif-ficulties, but we will try to overcome [them],” she said.

The upcoming retire-

ments of Tom Chatag-nier and Jean Dickinson leave their departments, electronics and journal-ism respectively, without a full-time instructor or de-partment chair.

Chatagnier could not be reached for comment.

Dickinson said a part-time instructor cannot re-ceive stipends or release time for taking on the du-ties of department chair. A

part-timer would also not be paid for extra hours to advise the student news-paper.

“The Inquirer has always played a vital role in provid-ing the campus with news,” she said. “And it serves as a First Amendment forum.”

“I felt stupid match-ing pictures to words,” he says.

Despite this, Vargas has thrived at DVC, passing classes with outstanding grades.

“For most kids, [college] is the next step,” Vargas

says. “To me, it’s a privi-lege. Kids look at this like it’s mandatory, and they don’t take school serious-ly.”

At the same time, he loves the individuality at DVC.

“There is a lot more free-

dom here,” he says. Vargas, a first-semester

student at DVC, plans to major in psychology.

“I want to help people and other wounded veter-ans,” he says.

Vargas had accepted Jesus as his savior shortly

before he deployed to Iraq and is certain this is who brought him home alive.

“My reminder is right there on my face.”

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just doesn’t want or doesn’t bother to turn it in,” he said.

But Vice Chancellor Deborah Blue said the dis-trict’s compliance with the law will be reviewed yearly by auditors. While it is not typical for first or second offenses to result in loss of

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federal funds, repeat viola-tions could result in loss of financial aid, she said.

Textbook titles for each course are currently avail-able on the bookstore’s website, but to be in accor-dance with the Act, the col-lege will link the bookstore with WebAdvisor.

Vice Chancellor Mehdi-zadeh said this will “ensure that all students have ac-cess to materials relevant to courses.”

ramento and the Day of Si-lence, an event sponsored by the Queer Straight Alli-ance last week.