Schlessinger, see page 6

Volume 163, Number 2 Wednesday, October 6, 2010

IndexOp-Ed Page 2, 3

Food Page 5 News Page 4, 6

Election Page 7

Sports Page 8

Van de Kamps, see page 6Cadaver , see page 6

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An  Apple A  Day…Page 5

By Matthew Ali and Fallynn Rian

Anatomy students who thought they would be only dissecting cats this semester, may be in for a major surprise. Students will receive real hands-on experience in the form of two

cadavers patiently waiting for them in the Science and Technology Building.

Both cadavers were acquired from the University of Michigan, one male and one female, purchased at $30,000

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Dr. Greg Gonsalves, Anatomy Department Chair, proudly stands in the brand new up to date anatomy laboratory.

Photo by Claudine Jasmin/CollegianDental Technician students look on as Professor Dana Cohen demonstrates how toconstruct wax preliminary phases of a fi xed dental prosthesis in the Sci-Tech Building.

1. California’s community college sys-tem has 72 districts, 110 colleges and more than 2.9 million students and plays a critical role in providing edu-cation in a wide range of occupational skills and courses for students intending to transfer to four-year schools. 2. Given the effective leadership dem-onstrated in local community colleges, burdensome state regulations and man-dates should be kept to a minimum. 3. Transfer courses should be closely aligned with, and accepted by, the CSU and UC systems. For example, transfer students are often forced to take redun-dant courses to graduate from the CSU/UC system even though they have com-pleted equivalent coursework in com-munity college.

1. Only 60 percent of education spending in California reaches classrooms. Whitman will usher reforms that will reward outstand-ing teachers and schools, and other programs that contribute to greater student achievement. 2. Remaining state funding will

grant that can be used, as local ad-ministrators, principals, teachers and parents deem best. 3. Savings from welfare and other budgetary reforms to invest $1 billion in the University of Cali-fornia (UC) and California State University (CSU) systemsSee related story on page 7

“I have been studying education and working on related issues ever since I was elected to the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees in 1969. I approach this task with some humility, and a realization that there is no silver and a systematic approach. California’s education problems are not limited to just the lowest performing schools and teachers.”

Jerry BrownDemocrat

“California has to do a better job of educating our kids. If our schools don’t improve, our prisons will continue to be overcrowded, welfare costs will continue to spiral upward, and we will lose our ability to be a center of innova-tion. It’s a cycle that must be reversed, and it has to start with game-changing education reform.”

Meg Whitman Republican

Battle Lines Drawn for November Election

Illustartion by Luca Loffredo/ Collegian

By Mars Melnicoff

A profane e-mail written by LACC Academic Senate President Ken-neth Sherwood to

LACC President Jamillah Moore angered the members of the Van de Kamps (VdK) Coalition. The email and other documents were made public through requests by the coali-tion, using the Freedom of Informa-tion Act (FOIA).

The VdK Coalition originally formed in 1999 to save the historic 1930 Van de Kamps Bakery, a Dutch revival building in the Glassell Park neighborhood of Northeast Los An-geles, from being demolished.

Now the VdK Coalition says that City College went back on a promise made ten years ago to tax-payers. LACC promised that the Van

de Kamps Bakery Building would be used for a satellite campus. In 2009, LACC turned the project over to the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and the facility is now being leased to commercial tenants, a charter school and a Work-Source facility.

“The campaign to pass AA [a bond measure passed in 2003] in-cluded promises that there would be a Northeast campus,” Attorney Dan-iel Wright said. He will represent the coalition in two pending lawsuits against LACCD. The lawsuits, both

dress the misuse of taxpayer money,

usage has been changed without per-mission.

The coalition is concerned

about informing the public about the use of the site. Netty Carr, a VdK Coalition member, sent an e-mail to Moore concerning this matter.

“… Since there were only seven community members who attended the April 27 meeting,” Carr wrote in May 2009, “I’d like to request a full presentation like you had at the M.L.K. Library District meeting. The Northeast communities have been waiting a long time and deserve the full presentation … Since the campus was built with bond money funded by the taxpayers and now the District will be leasing the buildings out and collecting the lease money, where will the proceeds from the leases go and how will Northeast

from this arrangement?”Moore forwarded the email to

Sherwood. At the top of her email to

Van de Kamps Coalition Angered by Offensive E-mail

By Syrus Suber

LACC Dental Technology graduates

well above the national average on the Recognized Graduate portion of

LACC’s average score was more than 80 percent, while the national average is just above 70 per-cent.

The RGCDT is an exhaustive general knowledge exam given at the completion of the two year Dental Technology Program that covers all areas of dental technology. Only after passing the test can graduates continue to become a certi-

LACC’s dental technology program is se-lective. This year, less than 20 students were ac-cepted. Students in the program put in long hours to get where they are.

nation,’ said dental technology student Jonathan Vincent, ‘but after all the hours of dedication and work my class put into our studies, it seems rather rewarding now. I remember going to class from sun up until sun down just studying teeth.”

Although the program only has four profes-sors on faculty, students found them to be an inte-gral part of their success.

Vincent continues, “The teachers in the den-tal technology department bent over backwards several times throughout the entire two years

professor would help any individual student help reach their level of expectation.”

The dental technology professors appreciate their students’ efforts as well.

Arax Cohen is a professor of dental technol-ogy at LACC. "I am very proud of our program here and our student's achievements," says Co-hen. "I think that we work hard and it was kind of an upward climb, because we did not start out

Dental Tech ProgramTops Nation

as number one obviously and we upgraded throughout the years. Last year we were number three I think and it culmi-nated this year with being number one."

LACC’s program is one of only two that are fully ac-credited by the Commission of Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. After graduating, students

program. Vincent’s plans involve working toward his bachelor’s

degree in science and applying to dental school. He’s cur-

program.

“Most general education classes held at LACC do not offer much student to student relationships, but the Dental Technology Department has opened my life to many friend-ships,” says Vincent.

Although it was the hard work of the students that put

been done without guidance. “I thank Mr. and Mrs. Cohen for opening up a world

of dentistry to me, a place where work does not exist, but fun,” said Vincent of his professors. “The amount of passion and detail they have for the industry is truly remarkable. I could have never achieved this level of education without their help.”

By Luis Ponce

A professor who touched the lives of many LACC students for more than 60 years, Dr. Philip Schlessinger, died on Sept. 22. Dr. Schlessinger taught political science at City College beginning in 1947. He inspired students to become aware of the relevance of political thought and action in their lives through his instruction.

Dr. Schlessinger attended the University of Minnesota, where he received both his bachelor’s and master’s degree. He went on to receive his Ph. D at the Univer-sity of Southern California.

He always said that there were many advantages to teaching at LACC. He showed great loyalty

Former Professor Dies at 96

Dr. Philip J. Schlessinger,1913-2010

November ElectionSpecial Coverage:

Brown vs. Whitman Page 7Students' Picks Page 3

Photo courtesy of Jerrybrown.org Photo courtesy of megwhitman.com

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Southwestern College put its newspaper, The Southwestern College Sun, on hiatus causing student journalists to claim the motivation is to prevent them from reporting about the upcom-ing, heated election for the college’s Governing Board. South-western, of course, denies this and says this temporary hold on printing is unrelated to the election or politics. Unfortunately, this situation is not uncommon.

A similar situation occurred at City. Consider College Pres-ident Jamillah Moore who personally slashed the Collegian's printing budget from $25,000 to $15,000 last year. All other departments at City were cut by 16 percent while the printing budget was the only one to receive a 40 percent cut. The cut was rescinded after the story was published.

If a college newspaper does its job properly, it bites the hand that feeds it. The very nature of its existence is contradic-

tory, for the department receives its capital from administration, one of the very institutions it needs to check. This relationship should be far from quid pro quo, but there seems to be little op-tion when the very future and success of the journalism program is in the hands of those who are so willing to strangle it. During this period of economic instability, administration can silence its most prevalent critic under the guise of necessary "budget cuts."

But the question remains, if this action were not brought to light, would this "mistake" remain in effect? What if the very eyes that see these misgivings were slashed or if the very mouths that spread these truths were silenced?

What the situation in Southwestern College teaches us is that the First Amendment violations at City were not isolated. It demonstrates that journalism schools all over the country are

in danger of budget-crisis-induced censorship. Administrators from all colleges need to understand that college journalism is

lum, for not all news is good news. All journalists welcome a time when there would be no murders or corruption, that bake sales and club rushes are front page stories and government, municipality, federal or otherwise, did exactly what they were supposed to do. But lo and behold, life is not perfect; ponies defecate, politicians lie and student publications are halted for political reasons.

Administrators nationwide have a great responsibility: to refrain from punishing those, like them, who only seek to edu-cate.

Southwestern Attempts to Block the 'Sun'EDITORIAL

by Jessica Johnson After sitting in daily rush hour traffi c, anyone can see the

benefi ts alternative transportation could have for the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles. Not only would it relieve the stress of the commute, it would also be a far “greener” option, com-pared to the polluting use of fossil fuels. Not to mention the health benefi ts we would reap from walking, biking and using public transportation.

There is just one problem – how safe is it to be a cyclist or pedestrian in this car-crazy town? As an avid biker from North-ern California, I often used a combination of walking, biking and the bus to get to school in Santa Cruz. Since my move to Los Angeles, I’ve been trying to take more sustainable routes to work or school, but have come to the conclusion that it is simply not safe to bike around this city. Iman Nagy, a fellow LACC student and a friend of mine, knows the feeling. As a bicyclist, she was in a hit-and-run accident a few months ago and is lucky to have lived to tell her tale.

"I was clipped by a car from behind,“ Nagy explained after her recovery and return to school. "Basically, in LA, it's like a war for the road, because everyone wants to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible. Maybe the real issue is ma-terialism. If people respected what cyclists were doing, they

would be willing to share the road.“Here we come upon yet another problem: Whose respon-

sibility is it too make Los Angeles a safer place to bike?Should the blame be on commuters for choosing cars instead of de-manding safe alternative transit? Or do we look to city govern-ment to make streets safer, so that people will feel comfortable making the switch?

LA is notoriously short on bike lanes and it’s obvious that local drivers don’t know how to deal with bikers on the road. Needless to say, this combination leads to sometimes tragic results. One of those injuries was sustained by none other than the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who had a run-in with a taxi door in June. The cabbie sped away from the scene in yet another hit-and-run scenario.

This brought to light the sad state of LA’s ability to “share the road”. Villaragosa has since stepped up efforts to improve safety for cyclists and had pledged to build 1,663 miles of bikeways, which could take years. LAbikeplan.org is an online report open to the public; it even has a comment form where citizens can voice their opinions. According to this plan, 200 miles of bikeways will be built every fi ve years.

Some still wonder if this is enough. On Sunday, Oct. 10th, a car-free bike festival called “CicLAvia” is coming to Los Ange-les. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be

opening up seven miles of roadways to pedestri-an and bicycle traffi c, as a way to build awareness for non-motorists who use the road. The route will go from Boyle Heights to Downtown, and then up to East Hollywood, with lots of events and activi-ties along the way.

Cities like Bogota, Columbia, where the fes-tival originated, hold this event weekly, instead of LA’s yearly (or perhaps once in a lifetime) version, which seems to miss the mark. That being said, it’s a start. However, until commuters start demanding safer roads from policy makers and pledge to leave their vehicles at home, LA’s polluting, hostile motorists will keep their reign of its streets.

After all, we would all like to live a little more “green” but not at the expense of our safety.

By Richard Chang

Social networking has made the world a smaller place. With a click of the mouse we can communicate with anyone from anywhere in the world. Technology and the Web has made business global, fundraising effortless and empowered the individual to a point unprecedented in human history.

But with all the opportunity at our fi ngertips and all the potential power, we choose to blog. Or Facebook. Or tweet. Why? Isn’t it all white noise? The medium exists for us to be heard, but look at what we choose to say. And, yes, the irony doesn’t escape me: You’re reading an opinion piece about keeping your opinions to yourself. Bear with me.

I understand this is a college campus and we are supposed to be push-ing the envelope, sharing new experiences with our classmates, question-ing authority and debating our existential crises, but does it all need to be published on my news feed?

Humans have a need to leave their mark. We need to communicate. It’s at our core. The evolution of man has been chalked, transcribed, illustrated and sung about. We’ve come a long way from smoke signals and shorelines washing up corked bottles with scribbled messages in them. We have all

given into the urge to carve our names into desks. We graffi ti. We sign our artwork. Fifty years ago, we put a fl ag on the moon and generations before that, empires broke dirt on new land to wave their colors for all to see. Any-thing to prove we exist, any mark to prove we’ve been there.

From the Bible to Beowulf; from Shakespeare to Dickens, words ac-counted for the history of man. Our early descendants marked cave walls; Michelangelo left his mark on the Sistine Chapel. Fearing their well-being, women used pen names to write about social injustice and have their voices heard. Now? We create screen names and upload pictures of ourselves in front of a bathroom mirror.

In this glut of information, something is getting lost. Our voices are heard, but to what end? Are we replacing friendship with friending? Are we in danger of losing our true relationships?

Our generation hasn’t had to cross continents in search for habitable land. We haven’t fought a world war. We haven’t built an empire or starved through a depression. We eat and shop and search for something to fi ll our time. We fi ll that time by clicking, typing and gossiping. It’s our right to do so, but we shouldn’t confuse making noise with having something to actually say.

By Mary Hesse

Did you try every which way to get the required classes needed? Scanning the cam-pus of different colleges for classes offered either on-line or on campus? It can take an entire day of sitting at the computer to fi nd just one campus that is offering the class you need. All of us know that budget cuts make it more diffi cult each semes-ter to achieve the task. What happens when you do get the class? Of course, if you decide to come to campus to take your class, you want to make sure it is within driving, walking or public transpor-tation distance. Coming to LACC for classes is great. We can see friends, actually talk to them in person, watch the

progress of what is being built on campus, and have interac-tion with our professors. Ev-erything is nice and tidy with a bow on top.For those of us that choose on-line classes, it can take some extra effort. There is some digital interaction with our professors, it might be by tweets, instant messages or SMS. Which is okay, if you do not like eye contact. It is even better if you do not like your classmates standing behind you talking to friends while you are waiting to dis-cuss next weeks’ assignment with your instructor. You don’t have to worry about miss-ing something if you sneak out for a snack or a smoke. There is no sneaking at home, or wherever you decide to study. Starbucks could care less if you get up from your laptop to buy more coffee. Of course the whiteboard will not crash. The computer does it as you are replying to other classmates’ discussions and as you are posting your own answers to the weeks assign-ment. There are some dis-tractions on campus. Too hot, too cold, the seat is uncom-fortable, the person sitting beside you is annoying. Dis-

tractions come in multiples at home or Starbucks too. There is always food to distract, the refrigerator is so close, the smell of coffee intoxicating. If you have kids they must be screaming or have to have your assistance to change the channel on television. For those with pets there is cat ca-ressing and dog barking. Of course what happens if you come to night classes and maybe the walk to the park-ing lot or metro station seems a little too creepy without your BFF with you. Thankfully there is security to escort. With on-line classes you are already at home, that cozy bed is just a hop away.It does not matter how we take the classes we need. We all have different wants and needs. Some of us want the personal interaction that comes with campus class. Some of us need the conve-nience of being mobile. So long as the goal does not disappear or the classes we need to take vanish we can continue to move along to-ward success.

Traf! c Safety Derails Green Commute

Our Oral Tradition: Moving From Beowulf to... Facebook?

Plant, Harvest, Sow, Reap

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By Luis Gil

We all know that the current demand for higher education far outpaces the number of classes offered at LACC. You might think that every classroom is packed with students ea-ger to learn. Not so! The paradox is that long before the fi rst exam, many classrooms are far below their capacity and some are even near the contractual Minimum Enrollment. This dis-parity between high demand and a simulta-neous lack of students can be explained by the increasing number of "college squatters".

College squatters are students who en-roll in classes prior to anyone else, but never even attend. Many of these squatters enroll in bad faith, hoping to benefi t from the federal and state aid programs offered to college stu-dents. Others are just wandering souls who experience unanticipated ‘circumstances’ right before the beginning of each semes-ter. College squatters aren’t good or bad students, they are "non-students" who aren’t even trying. This practice puts a fi nancial bur-

den on the academic system and blocks the enrollment process, thereby displacing real, determined students who fi nd themselves un-able to register for supposedly "full" classes.

The Los Angeles Community College District's Board of Trustees, the City and the Enrollment Management Team must take ac-tion to curb college squatting and prevent the subsequent strain on our academic resources. While it is imperative to maintain fi nancial aid and the ability to drop a class, the administra-tion needs to instate methods aimed at mar-ginalizing anyone who abuses these options. Priority enrollment, for instance, should be re-served for students with a consistent history of class completion. Students who chronically withdraw from classes should be sent to the back of the registration line. TAP cards should be canceled if the student drops to less than the twelve credits required to obtain it. After all, the state and federal government already created suffi cient means to request aid, and the college offers counseling to anyone with unresolved goals. The state’s decreased edu-cation budget must be meticulously spent on those who are truly committed to learning.

By Ian Durner

In my years I’ve learned to give people the benefi t of the doubt. So when I went in to make my fi rst counseling appointment and was told to come back a week later, I thought that maybe their computers were down. I’m orig-inally from Michigan, and I’ve been a student at LACC since January 2009, working on my 4th semester here. I’ve been taking cinema and general education classes. I cannot stress enough how much I’ve learned and how much I’ve enjoyed the classes.

Everything about my experience at LACC has been great, except for the counseling department. When I

came back a week later, ready to make my appointment, I was rudely asked: "What do you want?" I was shocked. What’s been most frustrating is that this has been my experience for three semesters in a row. No help, rude people and disinterested counselors. I am trying to plan my future and all they seem to be concerned with is get-ting me out of their hair. It’s a shame and I’m sure it looks horrible to fi rst-time students in need of help. Luckily, for my fi rst semester, I picked classes from the catalog. Oth-erwise I might have actually shelled out $40,000 to at-tend the Los Angeles Film School, just so I wouldn’t have to see the LACC Counseling Department again.

By Tristan Shaw

It is my opinion that America, as a leading fi rst world nation, carries an obligation to its citi-zens to provide the best education possible, at no cost to the students.

Over 80 percent of students attending LACC are on fi nancial aid. It seems prudent that the "greatest nation on earth" provide its youth with a quality education, like so many other Western countries, rather than the current system, which inadvertently fosters the educa-tion and careers of a fi nancial elite. However, to make higher education available to all would obviously be costly. We could expect vigorous debates. Perhaps it’s time to re-examine our val-

ues as a country. What is more important to us? To educate our nation and become once again competitive in the global marketplace, or to pro-vide government welfare to the military-industri-al complex?

The sad truth is that the people in positions of power do not seem to display any belief that ordinary citizens deserve the best of anything, be it a quality education or access to health care. The country has moved increasingly away from common-sense centrism.

This is no longer a left or right issue. It is a national issue. Higher education is the answer to America’s economic future. However, the sys-tem is broken. Professors have no accountabil-ity for the success or failures of their students, and it's practically a gamble to sign up for cer-tain classes that may or may not be taught by enlightened instructors.

I know I have met them, but I have wit-nessed the decay of the conventional wisdom as entire generations lie in the hands of men (or women) who care little for the ideals of their craft. The seam to care even less for the growth and development of the students themselves.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of students are turned away every year because of insuf-fi cient space or budget limitations that shouldn't be an issue in a country like America. In addi-

tion, there should be no segregation of educa-tion. Private universities don’t necessarily have smarter students, they can simply charge what-ever they want and are therefore able to attract outstanding instructors and maintain up-to-date classrooms, resulting in an excellent education-al system. However, this system is not available to all. How can we merge the quality and ac-countability of private institutions with the demo-cratic ideals of education for all?

Institutions of higher education, be they col-leges or universities, should be funded by the taxpayers. Those taxes should not come from the public, either. The corporate income tax, which is proportional to our military spending, should become the lifeblood of our future.

Cut military spending, increase educa-tional spending and place an emphasis on accountability. Rather than sending our young into deadly and costly wars, we should educate them. Nothing guarantees our long-term safety better than economic stability. Defense is nec-essary, of course, but we have created a bloody leviathan at the expense of future generations.

Make college free and as good as it can be for everybody. Quality education should be as democratic as our Constitution. Let us turn this country back into the United States of America our schoolteachers used to tell us about.

America Deserves First-Rate Education

College Squatters Drain ValuableResources

Counseling Department Needs Good Counsel

Art Nova Theater“I am going to vote for Jerry Brown, I believe that he will save Californians from the huge defi cit that we are facing. If there is anyone who can do it, he can."

Karla HerreaAthletic training “I want to vote for Jerry Brown because he is a democrat and it sounds like he is more for the people. From what I’ve heard he wants to create more jobs for California and that’s the best way to start it off.”

Khalia BonnerEnglish“I haven’t made up my mind. I know that I will vote, it such a cliché but, it’s the lesser of two evils. Both candidates have such bad records. What they stand for sounds good but what they’ve actually done sounds worse.”

NEWSLOS ANGELES COLLEGIAN

Wednesday, October 6, 20104

By Marsha A. PerryHard work in key areas allowed City College

to meet the recommendations of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleg-es and end probation. Awareness, development, improvements were areas that LACC addressed to receive accreditation re-worked to evaluate the ef-fectiveness of their teach-ing methods and the prog-ress of students through student learning outcomes (SLOs).

Professor of 15 years, Sandra Y. Parada, the di-rector of the Spanish de-partment at LACC was also on board to contribute to the process.

“The accreditation was a big process. I was able to participate on the committee for the Spanish department. We worked hard to accomplish and comply [with all of] the requirements for my department ... I’m very, very happy that it’s improving and we passed ... Hope-fully we’ll continue,” Parada said. “We [will] keep working and try to do the best for our students.”

Dance Instructor, Laurienne Singer said that the process was a good learning experience for students and teachers. Instructors performed de-tailed assessments to gauge the level of effective-ness of their teaching methods.

“It [assessments] required us to focus on our

technique of teaching,” Singer said.LACC’s mathematics professor of almost

11 years, Iris Magee, volunteered to be the math department’s representative during the probation period.

“I’m very proud that we were able to ac-complish what we needed to accomplish,” Magee

said. “I know it was a lot of work [to meet recommenda-large amount of work done for the Student Learning Out-comes and our department obligation. I just hope that we can keep it up at a slower pace and just keep ahead instead of having to do so much at the last minute.”

Accreditation has two fun-damental purposes for an insti-tution: quality assurance and encouragement to improve-ment. A school’s accredited in more ways than one. When

an institution becomes accredited, it enforces its accountability for educational quality. It is also an assurance that units are transferable to four-year universities and if eligible, students can apply for

“In the sense that a school answers the ques-tion and sanctions are removed, that says some-thing good about the direction that the school is headed,” said Tim Willard, Director of Commu-creditation.

Accreditation Process Challenged Instructors

by Jessica Johnson

nito Theatre. At the premiere of Bert V. Royal’s “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Block-head”, directed by Al Rossi, the whole Peanuts crew has been transformed from the beloved children in Charles Schulz’s fa-mous comic strip to troubled teens dealing with all the dif-follow the life of Charlie Brown, now known as “CB” and played by Bryan Bergman, after his dog Snoopy kills his philosophi-cal friend, the little yellow bird Woodstock, and then dies of rabies himself. The absence of these quintessential characters gives the story an entirely dif-ferent feel. To be sure, the inno-cence in this tale has been lost. ‘CB’ is introspective as always, but now he’s without his four-legged friend, and it seems even the ever-present and lovably an-noying Lucy has gone off some-where.

Childhood friendships have now drifted apart and Linus, the blanket-toting kid, has traded his blankie-snuggling for weed-smoking. He now goes by “Van”, who is played by Jesse Myers. His ‘stoner’ attitude provides endless amounts of comedic re-lief throughout the more heated scenes of the play. Schroeder, the piano genius, is now an outcast dubbed “Beethoven”, played by Jesse Reyes, who was molested by his father and whose sexual-ity remains questionable to his now a homophobic hypochon-driac and goes by “Matt”, played by Kevin Chambers. Matt’s character dishes out most of the gender abuse to the less-than-manly Beethoven and instigates the others to do the same.

CB’s younger sister Sally, played by Neva McIntosh, is an emotional teen in the midst of an identity crisis and can’t decide if she is girly, a Goth, a gang-ster or just a geeky theater kid. She even puts on a play within the play called “Cocooning into a platypus“ which is about transforma-tion and personal growth, and which mirrors a central theme of the play. Peppermint Patty is now known as “Trisha” and is delightfully played by Sara Fontenot. Her clueless sidekick, Marcy, is played by Anika Norrgard. It seems their only interest in life has become sex

Their characters are well suited to this, however, and provide end-less laughs. Finally, Lucy is played by Rene Aranda, and has ended

CB’s character narrates the play with numerous monologues, and it follows his point of view throughout. Bergman’s portray-al of CB is lovably awkward in with the “in-crowd” while remaining himself and refusing to compromise. He’s the only universal character who is able to talk to everyone, regardless of what clique they are in, and unites everyone, bringing to life their past friendships. Snoopy is notably “just a dog” in the play and no one except CB and his sister go to the funeral.

The performances in the play were outstanding, to say the least. The cast effortlessly elicited laughs from the audi-ence with their impeccable co-medic timing and later in the play, they brought out tears just as easily. The play is rife with dark language and adult issues, sometimes bordering on vulgar-ity, but this only serves to con-vey that the Peanuts kids are living in a new era full of drugs, sex and uncertainty about life. There’s a huge upset near the end when CB and Beethoven fall in love for everyone to see, enraging the homophobic Matt and ultimately causing tragedy. It seems that no one knows how to deal with their friends hav-ing diverse sexualities, not even CB’s understanding sister.

Taking matters into his own hands, Matt goes and breaks all the bones in Beethoven’s hands when he refuses to stop seeing CB, dooming him to a life with-out his piano, and causing him to commit suicide. Only after Beethoven’s shocking death do the Peanuts kids acknowledge their friendship with him and pretend they supported him all along. CB gives an emotional, enraged speech about “how he feels” about his friend’s death, leaving everyone on stage and in the audience in tears. In the gnant letter from “CS”, Charles

Schulz himself, which movingly explains how life goes on and how those who are lost are never forgot-ten and never truly gone. All and all, “Dog Sees God” is a play about the subtleties of life and death, how to take life’s joys and its hard knocks in stride, and how to remain yourself through it all.

CB, played by Bryan Bergman, experiences a moment of clarity in the fi nal moments of the Al Rossi directed play "Dog Sees God".

Photo by Luca Loffredo/ Collegian

Al Rossi’s Bittersweet Play Moves Audience to Laughter, Then Tears

By Curtis StrainNo other topic dominated

wood Neighborhood Council meeting on Sept. 20, like the proposed housing project at Ho-bart Boulevard and Serrano Av-enue. The LACC Faculty and cal residents who came to share their thoughts.

The prevalent item of the evening was the proposed zon-ing variances, being requested for the apartment complex called Coronel Village. Many changes are happening in or-der to replace two condemned buildings with newer, larger buildings. Among the concerns covered were: shadows cast on other buildings, parking struc-tures and architecture that will not clash with the existing build-ings in the area.

Shadows and color schemes were hardly on the minds of current tenants, who were unable to get clear answers about more important matters, like Right of First Refusal, relo-cation plans, who to contact for building maintenance during the process of changing ownership and whether they would have the necessary credit to qualify for placement in the new struc-tures.

Hollywood Community Housing Corporation (HCHC),

whose representatives Jennifer Healy and Yasmin Tong testi-agreement with the current own-communications with current residents about the relocation plans that will affect them if the deal is approved. HCHC was unable to comment on why such measures were in place.

Healy wrote to the Colle-gian by e-mail, that the docu-ments are available and listed in several locations where they can be viewed: Hollywood Public Library on Ivar Avenue; Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Hollywood of-in downtown Los Angeles and HCHC’s headquarters. HCHC’s address is listed as 5020 W. San-ta Monica Blvd. 90029

The architect for the proj-ect, John Arnold, and legal counsel Mark Brown described structural components, current municipal building codes and the reasons why variances of these codes should be given. For example, one neighboring build-ing is only 12 feet high. Under current guidelines the maximum height for the new project would be 27 feet. The requested 45 feet will be staggered and offset, for aesthetic reasons, as well as preventing the building’s solar shadow from coming to rest on the current neighbors.

Neighborhood Council Hears Development Plan for East Hollywood

Architect for Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, John Arnold, displays the proposed housing project, Coronel Village, during the East Hollywood Council Meeting in the LACC Faculty and Staff Center on Monday, Sept. 20.

Photo by Abimael J. Rivera /Collegian

“In the sense that a school answers the question and

sanctions are removed, that says something good about the

direction that the school is headed.”

Tim Willard, Director of Communication for

the Council for HigherEducation Accreditation

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By Fallynn Rian and Luca Loff-redo

Keeps the doctor away, is what most

heard as a child when being co-erced into eating fruits and veg-etables. This fat, sodium and cho-lesterol free fruit provides essential vitamins, miner-

helps in prevent-ing Alzheimer’s disease, lowers cholesterol and helps prevent cancer.

Fuji, Wash-

ington and Gran-ny Smiths are a couple of the more popular types of apples. Other types in-clude: Arkansas Black, Ginger Gold, Honey Crisp, Mc-Intosh and Winesap. Apples are such a versatile fruit; they do not all taste or

look the same. Some are more tart or sweeter than others; some are used for making pies, while others are used for making applesauce’s and ciders. Apples can be eaten fresh, cooked, canned or

frozen. This slow

growing fruit can take anywhere from 6 to 10 years from seedling to full growth. It may only take 3 to 4 years if you buy the apple tree from a nursery. To pick the best apples, choose

and not bruised. The color will vary depending on the variety. This way you will ensure that the apple is crisp

-side.

An  Apple A  Day…

Find    Fabulous    FoodBy Fallynn Rian

FIND:WHERE: 6255 W. Sunset Blvd. (cross

street Vine)

As if the name is not enough, The Waf-

Sunset to get the ever-so-popular Pancake or -

to order, your choice of applewood smoked bacon, “fakin bacon”, country ham, or sau-sage and served with maple syrup and butter all for 11.50.

If you are not a morning person, The Waf-

and salads, sandwiches, vegetarian dishes, burgers and cocktails.

FIND: LocalWHERE: 2943 W. Sunset Blvd. (cross

street N.Vendome)

Make sure you BYOB (bring your own bag) for this organic gem in the Silverlake area of Sunset Boulevard. Today the choice is a traditional Mexican dish called Chilaquiles.

Chilaquiles consists of eggs or tofu, queso fresco, black beans, salsa, avocado and crème fraiche for $13.

Local also has a lunch menu that includes a plethora of different sandwiches and burg-ers to choose from and their salad bar is made from all organic ingredients from the farmers market.

www.silverlakelocal.com

FIND: The Griddle CaféWHERE: 7916 Sunset Blvd. (cross street

Fairfax)

The Griddle Café keeps you in awe from the second you walk in the door with its old blues music playing and the huge pancakes

arm. So there was no surprise that “Mom’s French Toast” is one of the best meals here. This dish includes, two big pieces of French toast sitting atop of one another, topped with a nice sized scoop of butter and maple syrup on the side for $10.95.

Not only does The Griddle Café serve big breakfasts, they also serve salads, burgers, ta-cos and beer.

www.thegriddlecafe.com

Apple Torte Recipe

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Mac-N-Cheese and Tuna

SpreadIngredients:1 Box of Velveeta Shells and

Cheese1 Pouch of Starkist Chunk

Light Tuna in WaterPepperCook macaroni according to

box directions. Stir in tuna, cook on low heat until tuna is warm. Recipe by Brandi Player

Pizzadillas Ingredients: 4 Mission® Sundried Tomato

Basil Wraps 3/4 cup Marinara Sauce pre-

pared 2 cups Shredded Mozzarella

Cheese 1 cup Pepperoni thinly sliced

rounds (approx. 72 slices)

of marinara on each wrap. Sprin-kle 1/2 cup of mozzarella evenly over marinara sauce. Layer 1/4 cup (approx. 18 slices) of sliced pep-

peroni over the shredded cheese. Fold each wrap in half forming a half moon.

Heat a 10” non-stick skil-let over medium heat and lightly spray with non-stick spray. Place two pizzadillas in the skillet, at a time, and cook for 3 minutes on each side until crisp and golden brown. Remove and serve hot. Re-peat for the other two pizzadillas. Recipe by www.MissonMenus.com

Dough

5.5 ounces of butter (room temperature)5.5 ounces of granulated sugar1 pinch of salt1 teaspoon of vanilla extract3 egg yolks1 whole eggthe grated peel of one orange

Filling

6 to 8 mixed Granny Smith and Washington apples3 egg yolks3 tablespoons of sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon1 ton of passion3 pounds of love

Directions

it is crumbly, moist and cool. While mixing add the eggs one at a time. With the palm of your hand, knead the dough in a rolling motion three to four minutes

soft and uniform ball. Let the dough rest for 30 to 45 minutes in a cool place.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375°F. Peel and slice the apples into wedges. Mix, using a food

-namon and vanilla. Use a pulse function until it forms

you can also cover the bottom of the baking pan with parchment paper for a perfect removal of the torte.

Stretch the dough using a rolling pin on a clean,

thick and slide the bottom portion of the spring-form pan under the dough. Gently set a single layer of apple slices at the center of the circle, then pour the apple mixture on top. Set the last layer of slices into a fan design. Fold the edges of the dough over the apples in a circular motion. Replace the sides of the baking pan and lock the latch, push the dough inside if necessary. Sprin-kle a veil of granulated sugar over the top of the pie and bake for 45 minutes to an hour.

Once done the crust will be dark gold, let cool. Once at room temperature release the spring-form pan latch and remove the bottom

plate or a cake stand. Serving suggestions: fresh whipped cream or your choice of gelato.

Compiled By Fallynn Rian

Photo by Claudine Jasmin/Collegian

By Lucca Loffredo

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(Breakfast  Edition)

A guide for hungry students on a budget and with little time.

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each (cost of preparation), for LACC anatomy students to study. Both donors previously died of cancer and wished to donate their

"We did not buy a body," said Dr. Greg Gonsalves, Anatomy De-partment Chair. "The body was for free, we paid for the preparation, the shipping, the preservation, that's what we paid for. Technically we don't own the body."

Most students are looking forward to having the cadavers for classroom use. Los Angeles City College currently offers 10 anato-my classes.

“I like that it’s here,” said JP Mulero, a Radiology major at LACC. “I hope that we get a chance to use it. It’s the best way to study the human body. I like the a cadaver, it’s better than using a cat.”

The cadavers are plastinated. This process allows a cadaver to be used for up to 10 years. The plastination procedure strips most of the water and fat from the body. The liquid is then replaced with a resin. This process takes about nine months to complete, then the cadaver is ready for classroom use.

“It’s a really, really good idea, especially for those students like myself working in the medi-perience,” said Kelsey Whitaker, a nursing student at LACC. “Most medical schools have the advan-tage of having their students study from one. It’s about time that we have one here at LACC.”

The bodies are being used this perfect opportunity for students to get to know the human body, up close and personal.

Students Examine CadaversBy Layla Fernandez

Sheriff’s deputies detained three students in the quad on Monday afternoon for “suspi-cious activity.” It began in the non-smoking area in front of Da Vinci Hall, where students were asked to move from the area but failed to comply.

Damian Rashad, who wit-nessed the incident, said that the students were being con-frontational with the sheriff. Rashad was sitting next to the vending machines and says he saw what happened between the sheriff and the students.

“They got an attitude and got [in] the sheriff's face,” Ra-shad said.

Deputy Keith Johnson says he saw one student pass an object to another student as they were already being held for interrogation. Johnson said

he was close enough to see the son to person.

“They where being de-tained pending an investigation of one person passing some-thing off to the other person Johnson said.

The Quad was nearly empty on Monday afternoon when the incident occurred. Six sheriffs and cadets were on the scene.

“The gentlemen who passed off to the second guy, whatever it was I didn’t know what it was and I wanted to make sure I had him secure before anyone else,” Johnson said.

The students stood hand-cuffed quietly, as deputy John-son pulled one aside and lec-tured him about school safety.

“This is a place for high-er learning, do you think that this lady right there wants to come here and see you getting arrested? It’s supposed to be safe here. She probably doesn’t want to go to school here any-more, “Johnson said referring to a student walking down the Quad, and observing the inci-dent.

The student’s “suspicious activity” was passing cigarettes over to his friend while being interrogated.

“He didn’t what some-body to know [what] he had. So I don’t know what it could have been, it could have been a knife, it could have been a gun, it could have been mere dope, or mere cigarettes like it was,” Johnson said.

The students were re-leased, and no charges were

Students Detained in Quad for ‘Suspicious Activity’

Sherwood, she added a com-ment.

“She is in a different world,” Moore wrote.

Sherwood responded.To that, Moore replied,

“Sure.”“Wow. Why was that so

easy? LOL,” Sherwood wrote.Miki Jackson is a mem-

ber of the coalition and has read this e-mail chain to the LACCD Board of Trustees. She has read troubling e-mails on numerous occasions to the board in her role as an active member of the VdK Coalition, to voice their claim that bond money has been used illegally.

“They just sit there like I’m whistling Dixie,” Jackson said of the board. Jackson goes on to point out that, if nothing else, the e-mail was inappropriate.

“We have twice asked for an apology from Dr. Moore and Sherwood,” Jackson said. “No one has responded.”

The coalition wrote to the board of trustees:

“The use of the phrase

clearly violates article VIII, Chapter IX, section 9803.26 of the board rules regarding use of computing facilities [LACC e-mail accounts] to ‘send or engage in messages which are obscene.’ ... Dr. Moore then agrees with his expressed obscenity by re-plying ‘sure,’ thereby ‘engaging in messages which are obscene.’ … As College President, it is Dr. Moore's duty, as outlined in sec-tion 9802 of the afore-referenced board of trustees rules, to en-force the afore-cited regulations in Article VIII, section 9803.26, regarding use of obscenities - not participate in it.”

Many of those who live in the area are oblivious to the status of the proposed satellite campus. The VdK Coalition suggests that as LACCD is moving forward with the switch of plans, they are keeping it under wraps.

On a typical Atwater Vil-lage Sunday, the farmers market is held. Just a stone’s throw from the Van de Kamps site, the mar-

bers mingling while they shop for fresh produce and homemade treats. People are unaware of the state of the promised “satellite campus.”

“I can’t see how they could lease it to private enterprise and nobody would say anything about it,” a local at the farmers market who did not wish to be named said.

Some people were dis-turbed.

“If it’s true, it’s not really fair to the voters to use it for an-

of Atwater Village said. “I didn’t read the bond language but there are legal ways to raise funds and there are illegal ways.”

Some people were frustrat-ed.

“I had no idea what’s being planned for it,” Joan Rideley of Los Feliz said. “It’s been sitting there vacant for years. I think the area should be aware what the plans are for it.”

Wright is concerned with the needs of the area.

“There are many studies showing this area is underserved by LACC,” Wright said. “The project list for prop AA uses the wording ‘outreach in northeast L.A.’ ... $15 million from [Propo-sition] AA and $10 million from [proposition] J and other miscel-

million from the state to buy land. There was a Federal

grant for something like $1.5 million to widen the on-ramp.”

A wellness center that was supposed to be available to the community was also built in the facility, as according to plan.

“$300,000 approximately, to pay for athletic equipment and wellness center,” Wright said. “That is being used exclusively by the charter school.”

of Facilities Planning and Devel-

LACCD is doing nothing illegal.“What we built is a cam-

tion of what we use it for.”The “campus” is comprised

of two buildings, the bakery and

tion Building.

leases and that one year has al-ready passed. He says that there was not enough money at the time the site was completed to put the satellite campus into full swing.

there are LACC classes being taught, after 5 p.m., when the ten-ants are not using the facility.

“Classes are being taught

“In 2009, we didn’t have the money to run it as a satellite cam-pus. All the leases end in Aug. 2014.”

move more of LACC in at that time. He said, however, there is nothing in writing to guarantee this.

“But all classes are taught in one room,” Wright said. “One class at a time, max of one class a night. Do you call that a cam-pus?”

Wright says that it is a lie that LACCD did not have the money to use Van de Kamps as a campus from the beginning, which is the District’s defense as to why it was necessary to lease to commercial tenants.

“They say they didn’t have the money,” Wright said. “That’s a lie.”

Jackson echoes Wright’s be-lief.

“They always seem to come up with money for other things,” Jackson said. “For ex-ample, Camille [Goulet] and [Vice Chancellor Adriana] Bar-rera are scheduled for 1.8% sal-ary increases, they are voting on it this Wednesday. And it’s not like these people are working in

the cafeteria and can’t pay rent. These are highly paid people - this is when students are strug-gling to get classes.”

Jackson says that the district is not only leasing the space to commercial tenants, but has ac-

needs of the tenants.“The District built to the ex-

act specs of the tenants,” Jackson said. “They even provided com-puters, copiers, furniture.”

claim.

cation Building remained the

ery changed some plans. There is more open space. We put in mov-able cubicles.”

“It is a big deal,” Wright said. “For 10 years, these hypo-crites on the board have smiled at the faces of Northeast voters, saying ‘you deserve and will re-ceive a satellite for LACC.’ And when something more interesting and political came along, they decided to break that promise.”

The lawsuits are running into various obstacles, but are scheduled for November. The taxpayer lawsuit is scheduled for

Nov. 29.

Van de Kamps Coalition Brings Two Lawsuits Against LACCDVan de Kamps, from page 1

Cadaver, from page 1

and commitment to the institution. “I always hoped there would be schools where

money, social position, and political advantage would not matter whether one could obtain a higher educa-tion. I am so proud to work at City College because it is just such a school. There is no predetermined ba-sis other than the students’ own ability to conduct his own personal life. He gets his chance regardless of race, creed, color or wealth,” Dr. Schlessinger told the Collegian in an interview conducted in December of 2006.

Besides having a successful teaching career, Dr. Schlessinger also had a short stint in the politi-cal world in which he ran for state assembly and lost by only 190 votes. During his lifetime, he offered his services as advisor to many governmental agencies.

For his dedication in teaching, Dr. Schlessinger, in 2001, was honored with the L.A. City College Out-standing Humanitarian Award.

“My observation of such awards revealed to me

to the college or organization, and then you became a humanitarian. Now in my case it appears it’s going to be the opposite. First I receive the high honor of humanitarian; so now, I must come across with the customary requirement,” Dr. Schlessinger joked.

During his 2006 interview with Frank Noh of the Collegian, Dr. Schlessinger was contemplating leaving a “great sum of money to the school” for stu-dents to take trips to the state capitol and witness how the legislature functions.

Schlessinger, from page 1

Photo by Russ Mutuc / CollegianSheriffs handcuff three students in the Quad, on Monday, Oct. 4. All three were later released.

Scholarships

Compiled by Jonathan Filipko

Downtown Records New HighA scorching Autumn heat wave left Los Angeles locals in a sweat.

Downtown Los Angles broke a record set in June of 1990 by reaching a tem-perature high of 113 F at around 12:15 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. The temperature remained at 113 F just for a few minutes, but that was enough to scorch the old record.

New Bill SignedGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Sept. 29, that will guar-

antee students with an associate’s degree from a California Community Col-lege the ability to enter a California State University (CSU) with junior sta-tus. The bill will not guarantee admission to a CSU, but it will give students who meet the requirements priority.

Seminar Examines DNA

ences will hold a seminar series on Oct. 6. All seminars begin at 3:30 p.m. in the new Science Building, Room 132. One of the seminars is titled “Charge

and DNA-Binding Proteins." For more information contact John Freitas at (323) 953-4000 ext 2600 or email him at freitaje@lacitycollege.edu.

Berg Awaits Insanity RulingThe next pre-trial hearing in the case of Ronald Berg, the former LACC

instructor who stands accused of murdering his wife Violeta Monleone-Berg, has been set for Oct. 25, to allow medical and psychological experts

'Optical Allusions' Showcases City TalentsOptical Allusion Gallery presents The Photographers - a group show.

The gallery is located on 2414 W. 7th St, Los Angeles, CA, 90057 and will

form a real image. The Opening Reception is Saturday, October 30th from 6-10 pm. Gallery hours are by appointment only. Support local artists in-cluding, Daniel Marlos and Amy Oliver by scheduling a viewing. For more information or to request images, please contact Richard McDowell at (310) 309-7473 or opticalallusiongallery@yahoo.com

News Briefs

By Luis Gil

College students interested in orga-nizing cleanup events should con-tact the council and get involved.

Trinidad made a presenta-tion at the September meeting outreach committee that holds

month at the Cahuenga Branch Li-recruited hundreds of volunteers, helped reduce pollution and pro-moted community integration.

While many students live out-say everyone is connected with the community throughout the cam-pus.

“It's important that they care for and respect the community they attend school in,” Trinidad said. “We are part of the same city, after all.”

The last major cleanup took place on July 31, as volunteers also painted tagged walls. Orga-nizers provided food and water for the volunteers.

“It was a wonderful oppor-tunity to interconnect with people in the neighborhood,” said Sam Kbushyan, who volunteered at the event.

Students and residents inter-ested in organizing an event can contact the Council through east-hollywood.net, "Like" their Face-book page or follow them on Twit-ter.

Students Invited to Create Cleaner Neighborhoods “Beyond Oil” College Essay

Contest Sponsored By: Lafango.comgraduate students worldwide. Stuff you need: To be considered, you must submit an 800 to 1500 word essay on the following topic: “What is a viable alternative to fos-sil fuels?” You must also register for a free membership with Lafango. Prize Amount: $1,000Deadline: Dec. 1, 2010I Don’t Want to Pay for College ScholarshipSponsored By: Cappex.comable to students planning to attend college. You must be a US citizen cipient or current college student. Selection is also based on a dem-onstrated strong record of extracur-ricular, leaderhsip and/or volunteer activities. Prize Amount: $1,000Deadline: Oct. 31, 2010

Contest

students over the age of 15. You must be a resident of the US or Can-com. Stuff you need: You must submit a photo of you and your best friend to qualify for this award. Prize Amount: $2,000Deadline: Oct. 25, 2010Northwest Perspectives Essay ContestSponsored By: Oregon Quarterlygraduate and graduate students. Stuff you need: To enter, you must compose an essay of no more than 1500 words that addresses ideas that affect the Northwest.Prize Amount: $500Deadline: Jan. 31, 2011

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PROFESSORS SOUND OFF

PROPOSITIONSProposition 19:

The Legalization of Marijuana

Individuals age 21 or older could, under state law, possess and cultivate limited amounts of mari-juana for personal use. In addition, the state and local governments could authorize, regulate and tax commercial marijuana-related activities under certain conditions. These activities would remain il-legal under federal law.

Proposition 20:

Redistricting of Congressional Districts Initiative Constitutional Amendment

Removes elected repre-sentatives from the process of establishing congressional districts and transfers that authority to recently authorized 14-member redistricting commission compro-mised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party.

Proposition 21:

Annual Vehicle License Surcharge

An $18 vehicle license fee to help fund state parks and wildlife pro-grams. Grants surcharged vehicles free admission to all state parks.

Proposition 23:

Suspends Implementation of Air Pollution Control Law

Requires major sources of emission to report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming until unem-ployment drops to 5.5 percent or less for a full year.

Proposition 26:

State and Local Fees to be Approved by Two-Thirds Vote

Fees include those that address adverse impacts on society or the environment caused by the fee payer’s business.

"I support Jerry Brown because I believe that he is an honest politi-cian and understands the citizens of California. He'll work for the people. Most of all, I appreciate his sensitiv-ity to the state and working class."

Norman SchwabProfessor of Art

"I support anyone who is American and is working not for himself nor for either party but for the people."

Menez R. GuirguisProfessor of Arabic and French

"I've lived through the Jerry Brown era before and I thought he was a pretty ineffective gov-ernor whereas with Meg Whitman, I really do believe she will govern with a sense of how to make it more friendly towards business, to-wards struggling people and I think, ultimate-ly, towards students too."

Joe Ryan Professor of ESL

"I support Meg Whitman because of the transportation problems that Jer-ry Brown caused as a result of some programs that took place ever since his father's ! rst year in of! ce."

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Former Lady Cubs play against El Camino College in volleyball game.

Photo by Luca Loffredo/ CollegianKevin Castillo and Michaela Salcida warming up before dance class.

Current pool on campus, set to be demolished for new pool, in whats now parking lot fi ve.Photo by Derek A. Lesnau/ Collegian

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By Layla Fernandez

A brand new Health and Fit-ness Building is in the process of construction approval by the Divi-sion of the State Architect (DSA) and construction will begin by early next year. This $19 million project is led by architects of Har-physical education instructor and former chair, is enthusiastic about construction this upcoming year.

“I am told from Harris that the building will most likely be said on Monday.

The construction will take approximately a year to a year and

“Hopefully we will be able to ground break on the new facility early next year, in January or Feb-ruary,” she said.

Project Director of Harris & Associates, Christopher Dunne says the new structure will be lo-cated in what is now Parking Lot 5, the parking lot next to the Life Science Building. The new pool is to have an exterior scoreboard and it will be competition size. The pool will also have solar panels to keep the water warm. The struc-ture will be the new home for all intercollegiate sports the school hopes to have in the future. locker rooms, training rooms and coaches and teachers, and also the pool,” he said.

As for the present building and the former UCLA pool, the plans are for the structures to be demolished and turned into a sec-ond Quad, according to Dunne. tor, Christine Tinber is excited

about the new building and hopes more physical education classes will be available for the students.

so I think we are excited we, feel that we could offer more classes,” Tinber said. “We don’t have a lot of teaching space left anymore, with the tennis courts gone and think myself and everybody else are very excited [and] we are very hopeful to have more space,” she said regarding to the space left for teaching.

Dance and Yoga instructor, Diana Cummins is pleased to hear that the new building is on its way to being approved for construc-tion.

“We would all like to see this building happen, because it would be a great opportunity for our stu-dents,” she said.

As exciting as the news is for the faculty, it is not as excit-ing for business administration major, Mario Zavala, who is upset about the pool being demolished. He used to be involved in sports at LACC and he feels that the pool is the only historical building left on campus.

“I used to be in the football team and baseball team ... I re-member when we used to have a soccer team and the competitions were so much fun,” he said.

Zavala has a sad look in his eyes as he remembers brighter days for sports. He hopes that the college administrators and archi-tects will reconsider demolishing the historic pool.

“I feel hurt, because the pool is going to be torn down just like

New Health andFitness BuildingFails to Launch

By Derek LesnauOver the summer there was

an incident involving former volleyball coach Mynor Men-doza and the former Lady Cubs. There is also no volleyball team this semester, despite what is written on the fall 2010 class 516 intercollegiate sports vol-leyball.”

During the summer Men-doza was organizing weekly vol-leyball practices on Fridays in order to keep his former team ac-tive and interested in the game. Mendoza also had a permit to use the women’s gym provided by

who has not been chair since Jul 1st.

During one of these open gym sessions, College President Jamilah Moore sent sheriffs to one of Mendoza’s practices, dis-rupting the volleyball game and ultimately stopping the students from any type of practice for the rest of the summer.

According to Mendoza, the president stated that there is no sports team, so there does not need to be open gym.

“It was embarrassing and inappropriate, they treated me as if I was not part of the school just six months before,” Men-doza said.

“They pretended not to know who I was … they took all my information down as if dealing with a criminal and they showed up with over six depu-ties to get me out. All Moore had to do was ask and the big mis-understanding would have been corrected, as I did have a permit for the gym,” Mendoza contin-ued.

Former lady cub Daisy Del-gado an administration of justice major was in the gym when the sheriffs arrived. She said a lot of people showed up to practice, in-cluding high school students and other volleyball clubs as well, allowing them to have a highly competitive game. Many of the former cubs were also happy to see such enthusiasm for the sport, thinking that with such interest the team may be able to return this semester, that was not the case.

Delgado says that during their warm ups sheriffs came Who’s Mendoza?” The students turned their attention toward the sheriffs in sudden shock. Men-doza responds. “I’m right here,” then the Sheriffs asked him to step outside.

According to Delgado, Mendoza spoke with the Sheriffs outside for 10 to 15 minutes. She and her peers had a good feeling as to what was about to happen.

doza shouted with a tone meant to rattle the sheriffs.

When the girls asked Men-doza, “Why are we being kicked out, don’t we have a permit?” Mendoza could only reply that he had to speak to Moore in per-son. But that could not happen because Moore was on vacation.

“Why don’t we just go drink beer, do drugs and vandal-ize instead,” Delgado said sar-castically. there was miscommunication. She said the president told her all buildings on campus are to be closed and not to be used.

The dance rooms above of the Women’s Gym were being used over the summer, howev-er she was not sure if the same rules applied to the gymnasium, when she wrote the permit. Moore’s reasons for not wanting the gym open was to save money by not having the cooling system on while the gym was in use.an’s gym does not have any type of air conditioning.

Many of the former Lady Cubs on the volleyball team are upset with the situation. Some of cally to join the volleyball team and to compete.

“It’s such a shame that I am attending a college that has no sports teams. All throughout high school I was in sports, so when I came to LACC I joined the volleyball team,” Karla Her-rera, kinesiology major said.

“I was really looking for-ward to another season, unfortu-nately I can’t even look forward to practices,” Herrera continued.

As far as having a team this semester, Mendoza knew since May of this year that there would be no team.

“There is no volleyball team because the president de-cided not to continue it, her rea-son was because of budget con-cerns,” Mendoza said.

“However, we are the only college in the nation that cut their whole athletic program in-stead of trimming the budget.”

Last Sport On CampusEnds in Bitterness

By Tu’Lisha Predom

As many as 25 dancers formed six rows as they faced the mirrors with their bodies at an angle and their eyes focused on instructor Ma-ria Reisch.

“Bend, straighten, bend, straighten, bend, straighten, come up slowly,” bellows out Reisch.

The dancers smooth move-ments related to ballet and praise-dance reels other students in and en-courage them to take the class. Soft

lead the dancers to a slower, feath-

beat of Maria Reisch.For some students, dance is

their life, for others dance is just an-other extracurricular activity. Often, it helps relieve stress and can be a great workout too. People may not know it, but there is a story behind most dance routines. Here is a peek into the heads of three dancers at Los Angeles City College.

“I praise-dance because it saves souls. It’s not just technique put together to match the

beat of a song,” 21-year-old theatre arts major Obiageli Okwu-ousa said. “It’s about what I can do to inspire or motivate someone else.

I’m an acting major and to me danc-ing is another form of acting; just without words. ‘Dance-hall Queen’ is my favorite dance movie because I like the technique and it takes me back to my Nigerian roots.”

Kevin Castillo, a 20-year-old theatre arts major, was in the corner of the dance studio stretched out on

“This class is a way to express myself and get into shape,” Castillo said. “Since I was a kid I’ve been dancing and I never knew if I was doing it right; so I decided to take this class and learn the right way.”

Castillo believes that every dance step is important, although others may feel they need to ex-clude small steps.

Whether it’s a small movement or not, someone is still going to see it,” Castillo said.

Some people may think that technique is important, because it creates the dance, but Castillo begs to differ.

“Passion is more important than technique because in order to capture the audience’s attention and make them feel where you’re com-

Castillo said.

Stillness is an often over-looked element of dance. Some people feel that if you are standing still during a dance, it is over, but at times it is a transition movement into another step.

“Stillness takes effort, so it’s still a dance movement. When I’m pausing in a certain angle, I’m still dancing,” 22-year-old Michaela Salcido, an economics major at City College said.

With the booming voice of Reisch commanding students to “point your toes, releve, plie in

modern dance class is a wake-up call for the dancers on early Tues-day and Thursday mornings. Lined up imitating the moves that Reish displays, some dancers like to use different techniques.

eyes closed makes me feel at ease. I feel so free, like I’m alone on stage with no audience watching me,” Salcido said.

Salcido agreed with Castillo about the need for passion.

“Passion is more important, because it’s your inspiration and it motivates you to dance your best,” she said.

Modern Dancers Express their Passion

at City