divergence march 2011

Inside the Green Issue:

- Movies Take on the Environmental Crisis

-Americana Awards

- Vegetarians Take Over Cypress

- Money to BurnVol. III Issue VI March 2011

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To some, saving money can seem to be just as important, if not even more necessary, than saving planet Earth. College students strive for new ways to save money with costly books, food, and survival being primary goals. Now it can be proven that being green helps keep pockets full while giving Earth the respect it deserves.

It can be difficult to think up ways to save money and be environ-mentally friendly at the same time, but many students were able to give money saving suggestions that help save our planet.

One suggestion, made by Physical Therapy major, Faith Velasco, is to bring in and use a reusable mug when purchasing beverages from well-known coffee franchises. “When [students] get coffee at Starbucks, they can bring their own cup and save ten cents,” Velasco explains.

Starbucks is running a campaign in which customers can sign a pledge to bring their own reusable mug or cup when purchasing that caramel macchiato. Customers save an extra ten cents on the drink and are not burdened with the amount of waste that comes from a disposable coffee cup.

According to the pledges made on www.starbucks.com/thebig-picture, the United States saves 38,366 cups per day, which is 14,003,590 cups per year. This can save up to eight acres of forests each year.

Another idea mentioned by anthropology major, Jana Van Rood and student, Kevin Vo, is to use reusable water bottles. Vo sug-gests to “bring bottles from home and recycle.” Rood also encourages reusing bottles and suggests to “bring your own thermos” to school.

Not only can a thermos or reusable water bottle be filled with a delicious hot tea or refreshing lemonade, but it can also carry filtered water and help cut short the purchasing of plastic water bottles and the waste they can bring.

One way to cut down on disposable water bottles is to use a water filter that can clean and make tap water safe to drink.

According to Brita Filters, one water filter can replace 300 16.9 ounce water bottles. This can help the hydrated stu-dents of Cypress College save a few hundred dollars every few months on plastic water bottles alone.

One of the most mentioned ways to save money while being green is the conservative use and recycling of paper. Cynthia Velasco, mortuary science major, says, “After using school paper you need, instead of throwing it away recycle it.”

Paper is the most commonly used product for most college students. According to Green Student U, at www.greenstu-

dentu.com, paper makes up 40 percent of what is being thrown away. “That means for every 100 pounds of trash we throw away, about 35 pounds of it is paper!”

Green Student U states that recycling paper can “reduce sulfur di-oxide emissions, use less fossil fuels…save energy, and most paper can be recycled up to eight times to create new products.”

Students can recycle paper they used or as biology major Sang Han suggests, “Write smaller and use both sides of paper to save trees.” More notebooks can be saved and less waste would be created if students used their paper wisely, Han explains.

Avoiding the rising gas prices by finding other ways of commut-ing to school can also save money while reducing car emissions at the same time. Students suggest biking, walking, taking public transportation, or even carpooling.

“I bike, I don’t drive. I save a couple gallons of gas every day”, explains Megan Jundt, a history major at Cypress College. Jundt also notes that riding a bike to school is a great way of exercise.

The Environmental Defense Fund states that if a student who lives five miles from school rides their bike one day per week, five mil-lion tons of pollution can be saved per year which can take up to one million cars off of the road.

Another way to save gas and greenhouse emissions is to “drive .

Be Green, Save MoneyBy Angela Ratzlaff

environMentally friendly practiceS that can help StudentS Save Money

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Editor’s Note Editorial StaffJuliana Nascimento Editor in ChiefSpencer Custodio Managing EditorDanielle Parenteau Cychron EditorDawn Southern Copy EditorChristopher Schad Photo EditorNicole Herbalt Art EditorNathan Schulz Literary Editor Andrew Linde C.C.M.N. ManagerKarla Deras Ad Manager

Contributors Elijah Avery, Nicole Shurtleff, Joe McDaniel, Steve Valencia, Agustino Nartapura, Angela Ratzlaff, Robert Galvan, Thomas Willett, James Matthew, Patrisha Elliott, Melissa Gonzales, Renee Stewart, Matt Benson, Adam Clease.

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Spring is almost here and the warmth is creeping up on us. Aside from that, there really doesn’t seem to be much

lightness going on in the world.

Our Green Issue is really all about getting involved. Even though the most talked about issue is the environment, there are many different causes you can support or unite against.

Many of our students and representatives have been to Sacramento on March 14 for the March in March, a protest that has been put on by the Teachers’ union and other organiza-tions ever since the government started taking deep cuts into the education budget.

You can also learn what you can do for Japan. After the 8.9 earthquake that devastated the country and actually moved the island, they are in dire need of help and support. Some of our students are involved with this page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hands-for-Ja-pan/205696472789459. It is a community out of California in support of the people who are presently suffering in Japan.

It’s also important to keep informed. In our magazine we give you an update on our genera-tor, the future of reading, vegetarianism in our school and even tell you some steps you can take to save money as well as the planet. We also point out how the film industry has been portraying the environmental issue.

On another note, we report on the Americana Awards, an event that raises a lot of money for our foundation and enable us to fill in where the government has been lacking. Many of our Associated Students were present as they bought a table to contribute to the event. Also present were most of the members from the North Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees.

So, choose your cause and get involved.

-Juliana Nascimento D

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Americana Awards

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Vegetarians ask for more options in our cafeteria


Shakespeare at Cypress

The Cypress College Theater and Dance department will be host-ing the production of “Romeo and Juliet” written by William

Shakespeare.

The stage play will be directed by Mark Majarian B.A., M.F.A., who has notable play collaborations such as Doug Cooney’s “Long Story Short,” Mickey Birnbaum’s “Big Death Little Death,” and Cody Henderson’s “Cold Tender.”

In the past, Majarian has received awards for his work and col-laboration such as “OC Weekly Best of 2008,” and the “KC/ACTF Regional Design Award.”

Student Actor Josh Collins will be taking the stage as Romeo, while the role of Juliet is to be played by Student Actress Stefany Mandap.

This production will tell the story of two young lovers who meet by chance, while their families are at odds all the while they carry on with a dangerous and secret relationship. Shakespeare’s play opens with raw and comic passion while the forbidden romance turns into a perilous pursuit of love that has become world renowned for its passion and poetry.

Tickets for this performance are available by calling 714-484-7200 and will cost $15 for general admission, and $12 for seniors, stu-dents with ID and children. Performances will be held at the Studio Theater on April 8, 9, 15, 16 at 8 p.m. and April 10, 17 at 4 p.m.

The Theater Department will close the 2010-2011 year with this production of “Romeo and Juliet” which provides an excellent op-portunity for our students and our neighboring communities to see the aspiring and future actors and actresses that Cypress College has to show. D

Are You In The Right Major?

The Career Planning Center will be hosting the “Are You In The Right Major?” workshop. This event will be presented by Khanh Ninh on the second floor of the Student Center Building on March 16 from 4:30 p.m. through 6 p.m.

Many students begin their college careers at the wishes and petitions of their parents or loved ones. The question is how many students are actually sure of what they want to study and what skills are needed to reach those educational goals? Once in college many students tend to change their paths and thus change their major course of study. Students who are not sure on whether they have chosen the right path or working towards a degree in a field that is not their interest there is guidance available.

Because of major budget cuts, workshops like this may not be available to you in the future. Take advantage of these valuable resources now while you still can.

Further information is available by visiting www.CypressCollege.edu/services/cpc or by contacting the Cypress College Career Planning Center at 714-484-7120 and also by visiting the facility on the second floor of the Student Center Building. D

PreviewsBy Steve Valencia

By Steve Valencia


Danilo Kelen from Brazil to Cypress College Tennis Court

Danilo Ribeiro Kelen was born Sept. 1, 1990 in Valinhos, Bra-zil. Valinhos is a small town home to around 100,000 people

in the state of Sao Paulo. Just last year, Kelen left his country, his family, his girlfriend and his home behind to play tennis at Cypress College.

He first moved to the United States in January 2010. He resides in Buena Park, Calif. with three friends.

Kelen enjoys life in southern California.

“I like the weather, the people…” he said.

He also likes the living arrangement.

“It’s nice, not living with my parents,” continued Kelen.

However, that is not to say he does not miss home. In fact, Kelen says he misses Brazil “a lot.”

“I like [it] here, but I miss all my friends, my family, my girlfriend. I always go back during winter break.”

His immediate family consists of his parents, Vilma Lucai and Gabor Pal Kelen, and Diego, his brother. His girlfriend is named Marcela.

His biography on the Chargers’ website claimed he “helped build the first Starbucks in” Valinhos.

“Not true; there are no Starbucks, just two McDonald’s,” says Kelen.

(The bio also misreported the town’s population as 500.)

Kelen has been playing tennis since he was six years old. Grow-ing up, he also played soccer and volleyball and was a swimmer. He participated in tennis and volleyball at his high school, Porto Seguro.

Soccer is his favorite sport outside of tennis. His favorite non-tennis player is soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. In tennis, he most admires Roger Federer, holder of the most Grand Slam titles of all time.

He is unsure of how he would describe his playing style, but, understandably, Kelen would have like to have the talent and skill of the Swiss star.

“I have my own way [of playing, but] I would like to play like him.”

While he is not Federer, he does have faith in his abilities, saying he considers himself “pretty good, pretty confident” as a player.

“I never give up…even if I’m losing badly, I always try to play better, to win,” he continued.

Last season, Kelen put up a 12-3 record in singles and 3-4 in doubles. (He prefers playing singles.) He did not lose in confer-ence play until the second match of the Orange Empire Conference (OEC) tournament.

“Danilo had a very good freshman year at Cypress and I’ll be looking for his experience from last season to aid with our young and talented newcomers,” said Chargers head coach Jeff Benito in the team’s media guide. “Danilo plays with a great attitude and is always eager to improve.”

This year he has won all three of his singles matches and lost both doubles contests.

Cypress opened the 2011 season on Feb. 3 with a 6-3 victory over Cerritos College in which Kelen defeated Andrew Turner 6-1, 6-4. The Chargers returned to the court Feb. 8 in a 8-1 loss to the Col-lege of the Desert that saw him lose while playing doubles with

By Danielle Parenteau

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Americana Awards Man of the Year Frank Garcia came from hum-ble beginnings and embodies the American dream.

Photos by Robert Galvan


Americana Awards Considered a Success

The Cypress Foundation hosted the Americana Awards, recognizing good citizens for their volunteer work in

their communities, in the Grand Ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel on Feb. 26.

The Foundation throws the yearly awards dinner to raise funds for Cypress College. This year it was especially im-portant because of all the budget cuts that have already been made and the ones that are to come.

The dinner tradition started back in 1976 on the country’s bicentennial and has grown to boast an attendance of over 700 people. Accounting for a price of $250 on each seat and thousands of dollars for a table it becomes quite an accom-plishment.

Another way the Foundation raises money is by silently

auctioning off donated items such as jewelry, wine baskets, sports tickets, celebrities’ auto-graphs, art, spa treatments, photography and accessories. Some of the most coveted items that evening were tickets to various theater plays.

During dinner, they auctioned off in the tradi-tional way a Yamaha dirt bike, a blimp ride and several 25-people dinners from Man of the Year Honoree Frank Garcia, owner of La Casa Gar-cia Restaurants. Larry Zucker also took in bids for donations, hoping for a $10,000 total which would be matched by the Foundation. In the end, $8,200 were raised and matched.

The awards were given out to one person from each surrounding city, except La Palma which got two awards for the couple who represented them.

For the city of Anaheim, Pat Pina was honored as citizen of the year. In her speech she cited I Corinthians 12 and said “I pray that I have been light and salt to those who seek his love and mercy above all.”

By Juliana Nascimento


Empty classroom not being utilize because of state’s budget.

There are currently empty classrooms in Cypress College not being utilized for classes. Some are located in Business, Fine Arts, the Science, Engineering and Math Building, and in Gym 2.

California does not prohibit us from using the classrooms, but if the school goes over the space utilization that California has allotted us to use, Cypress College will not be eligible for future construction projects. Cypress College needs that money to remodels current buildings up to standards.

With the California’s budget deficit at $26.4 billion, Ned Doffoney, Chan-cellor of North Orange County Community College (NOCCCD), says “Govern Brown’s propose to close the deficit by reducing spending by $12.5 billion as well as increasing revenues to $12 billion by maintaining current tax rates for another five years. This tax extension would require voter approval during a ballot election in June 2011.”

Which means the on going cuts will affect class offering and staff. If

these extension are not approve with the district already facing cuts of $8,083,000 with the Governor’s Proposed Budget, the district will then face $22,020,000 instead. The NOCCCD will have to cut more spend-ing and there will be more empty classrooms for Cypress College. Karen Cant, Vice President of Cypress College comments, “That is what the reduction means, smaller school.”

Primary community colleges are funded by students attendees. They are funded by Full Time Equivalent Student (FTES), which means for every one student taking 15 units of instruction for two semester, or 525 hours of instruction. California pays the school about $4750 for every FTES that goes to Cypress College. There is a base 11,030 FTES that Cypress College is obligated to operate on.

There is also a formula for space utilization of square footage to the num-ber of FTES that California has set for Cypress to operate on. If that ratio of square footage to FTES serve is too high, Cypress will not get funded for future construction.

The dilemma that Cypress College faces is positioning themselves for fu-

Empty ClassroomsBy Augustino Nartapura

California Community Colleges have more students than ever; but state funding formulas keeps collegs from us-ing all their classrooms.


ture capital construction dollars that are needed. Cypress needs to follow under California constraints on space utilization in order to be eligible for the future capital construction dollars. On top of those constraint there is Governor Brown’s proposal to address California’s deficit.

The Science and Engineering Mathematic and Fine Arts buildings are in need of improvement. These buildings are the original building from the mid 60s. The improvements are needed particularly in the Science depart-ment where upgraded facilities are needed to help students with the on going advances in technology.

Cypress College are projected to be over 1000 FTES over the current budget and will not receive extra funding for those extra students. With the state having limited resources, Executive Vice President, Dr. Robert Simpson points out, “Not only do we want money but the K-12 wants money, the prison system wants money, the state park wants money, and on and on.” This is why the school is on a constraint on classes and class-room space that are being offer throughout the campus.

With funding inadequacies and the recession hitting California, it has af-fected future construction. “Because of the interruption of the California budget crisis, it interrupted the construction.” says Cant.

With the Governor’s Brown Budget Proposal, it will be up to the voters to decide the future of California this June 2011. “There is a critical impor-tant voting block, the community college of the state of California serves 2.3 million students and those students of all of voting age. If they will vote, they can make a critical difference of this election” says Simpson.

Be sure to check out Street Buzz! Katrina Glancy asks her fellow students where their fa-vorite place to study is located.


By Me3lissa Gonzales

From The Very Hungry Caterpillar to the textbooks that con-tinue to weigh down the backpacks and book bags of college

students, there is no doubt that within your lifetime you have not turned a page.

Many college students today turn their back against the college bookstore. Weeks before the semester begins, students are quick to click to largest retailer in the U.S. Amazon.com, number one in rentals, Chegg.com as well as many other online options. With the high cost of all college pleasures and necessities, waiting a week or so for a textbook at your doorstep for more pennies in your pockets is likely to be of preference. Upon using this option for school material, avid readers will do the same to fill their bookshelves. This preference is likely to have kept students online rather than in a bookstore.

College textbooks are expensive. Daniel Indiviglio, associate editor of literary and cultural commentary magazine, The Atlantic says, “That’s just the price charged because the publisher, authors and bookstores know that students generally have no choice but to pay it.” Ultimately it is true, as this happens many times when the newest edition is required reading for a class and the bookstores price is equivalent to your online search. At semesters start, it is a most dreaded expense and at semesters end, the refund for selling a book back is usually complete disappointment.

In 2009, books began turning pages a new way. Technology repli-

cated books in print and transferred them to screens creating what we now call eBooks, meaning electronic books.

With students in mind and technological advances put to use, Coursesmart.com was created. Coursesmart is a resource created by publishers that contains more than 13,000 digital versions of core textbooks as well as digital course materials.

First to launch electronic readers were Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s PRS -500 models. In 2010, the following year, Barnes & Noble introduced the Nook as Apple introduced the multi function computer tablet, the iPad. These readers range from $100-$500 and pocket readers are also available for minimal prices.

You won’t find e-readers in the hands of many students at Cypress College just yet. Students may still be accustomed to the old fash-ion way of reading, hard copy newspapers or online blogs for their information or don’t have the extra money to purchase the gadgets. As budget cuts continue and financial aid is possibly cut, students may have no choice but to choose the most inexpensive options.

What you may see in many classrooms is laptops. Similar to the multi functions of an e-reader, yet not as portable, are likely to include what may stir up controversy among teachers; distractions. Your eyes are bound to race off the page quick to click over to social networking sites Facebook or Twitter. According to digit-albuzzblog.com’s “Facebooks Statistics, Stats and Facts For 2011”, there are five hundred thousand Facebook users, over 700 billion

Turning Your Page;


The No. 2 traditional bookstore opened a new chapter to the electronic book market last year, in the attempt to top competitor Barnes & Noble’s, the Nook and Amazon.com’s Kindle. In failing to succeed as technology advances and declining to refinance debt, Borders bookstore filed for bankruptcy. As this major bookstore falls and others are curious of their future, time will only tell.

120,000 books are published each year in the U.S. As years prog-ress, eBooks published may become an equal.

World’s leading advisor on business strategy, BCG, predicts that 60 percent of U.S. consumers intend to purchase an e-reader over the next 3 years.

Today, college students may be asking a friend about the music they listen to as they hold their iPod. Tomorrow they may be caught asking the very same questions about the kind of books he or she is into. Like the way in which we choose to purchase textbooks, our music, and watch movies, the eBooks are simply an addition to the circle of mediums. D

minutes a month are spent on Facebook and 48 percent of young people say they now rely on Facebook for news. When reading from a textbook for class or a novel in your leisure time, this dis-traction is nonexistent.

EBook sales are rapidly leaving print sales behind. According to the Association of American Publishers, eBook sales have been increasing significantly, representing 8.32 percent of the trade market in 2010 versus 3.20 percent the previous year. Concluding from these numbers, one may wonder why many are giving in to a new way of reading.

Your own personal library fits in one place, written words become audio books, updated versions are obtained within seconds, and images, audio and video are a piece of your page. Highlights and notes can be made in margins, no highlighters and pens included. While the bestsellers may cost very closely to that of the paper ver-sion, older books may be bundled and offered at cheaper prices.

The eBook seems to easily prove itself to be more environmentally friendly than books in print. Trees aren’t making the pages and let alone the many dyes that play part in the process of ink. Electric-ity used for printing and transportation are also part of the process that makes books responsible for 4 times the amount of greenhouse emissions than that of an e-reader.

Big chain bookstores order large quantities of books and maga-zines. Within months of not selling they are removed from shelves

and sent back to the publisher. Millions of newspapers go through similar phases when they are not sold. Although the printed mate-rial may be recycled, resources have still been wasted.

As the eBook market continues to grow, some books may be leav-ing the shelves.

Flip it or Click it?


Ron and Elfriede Maciver were the honor-ee couple from the city of La Palma. Elf-riede said “we love what we’re doing and we’re grateful someone likes that we’re doing it.” Ron added “I really am humble and I appreciate the award, thank you.”

Los Alamitos/Rossmoor citizen of the year award went to Alice B. Jempsa. She was present at the first Americana Awards and has missed almost none of them.

Sandra Stubban, citizen of the year for the city of Stanton got the loudest applause because of her short speech, “you’ll be glad to know I don’t do speeches,” she said.

Americana Awards a Success

By Juliana Nascimento

Photos by Robert Galvan


Dr. Diane Scheerhorn, represented the city of Buena Park and said “My mother taught me about kindness and compassion and to al-ways be a lady.”

Cypress’ citizen of the year Frann Shermet, when asked if she was nervous about receiv-ing the award said “No, these are my friends” eliciting laughter from the crowd.

Pat Halberstadt, citizen of the year from the city of Garden Grove, said, “the only way I’m really comfortable accepting this is because it comes from the Boys and Girls Club … nothing you ever do for a child is wasted.”

James C. Caviola, Jr., hon-oree from Seal Beach, is responsible for removing tons of concrete and planting over 1,000 trees at his own expense.

The early count for the total amount of money brought in is $116,000, which is already a dramatic raise from last year. The title sponsor Union Bank renewed their commit-ment to donate $125,000 over the next five years to continue sponsoring the event. D

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If anyone listened to movies nowadays, they

would believe that the world is doomed. Whether or not one believes this apocalyptic thought depends on if they find truth in the old saying, “Life imitates art.” In this case, it could be said that art imitates life. Over the past several years, global warming and environmen-talism have become big issues. Part of this is due to a campaign by former Vice President Al Gore.

Gore traveled around America presenting his ideas about global warm-ing in town hall style meetings. This led to the 2006 film “An In-convenient Truth” to be made. Laurie Davis and Lawrence Bender met with Davis Guggenheim to have him direct a documentary based on Gore’s presentations. The film concerned Gore’s speech and what inspired him to be interested in global warming.

As a student of Roger Revelle, a professor at Harvard University, Al Gore learned about the beginnings of climate change. Revelle was an early follower of climate change. He co-authored a paper in 1957 that suggested excess carbon-dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere might create a “greenhouse effect.” Gore followed these studies and the rise in carbon dioxide is integral in Gore’s slideshow pre-

sentation. One of his graphs predicts the future of carbon dioxide output will be astronomical.

Guggenheim’s documentary went on to win Best Documentary at the 79th annual Academy Awards. This brought the acclaim for the film to a high point. Schools began to show the film in science classes to teach about global warming and the importance of pro-tecting the environment. It infuriated some parents who believed that “An Inconvenient Truth” was not based in fact. Some parents felt that it was part of some government agenda and should not be used in the classroom.

One year after “An Inconvenient Truth” was released, BBC’s Channel 4 released the documentary “The Great Global Warming

Swindle.” Martin Durkin, a British televi-sion producer, assembled scientists and other experts to talk about how global warming is a lie made up to scam people out of their money. Several scientists in his film were actually part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and dissented to having their name attached to the final report that was released. One contributor, Paul Reiter, was involved in one report from the IPCC but insisted on having his name removed after disagreeing with their methods and out-comes. Reiter had to threaten legal action in order to have his name taken off the report.

“The Great Global Warming Swindle” did not receive as much attention as “An Incon-venient Truth.” This was more than likely due to the fact that it was a small documen-

It’s the End of the World as We Know ItBy Andrew Linde


It’s the End of the World as We Know It

tary on the BBC. Yet it covered climate change as if it was not an issue. Environmentalism has been presented as a solution which caused entire businesses to be formed around the idea of thinking “green.” Any media that presents climate change or global warm-ing as non-threatening seems to disappear or be under-represented.

Another film regarding environmentalism is the 2007 film “The 11th Hour.” Whereas “An Inconvenient Truth” simply detailed the causes of global warming and how carbon dioxide emissions rose over the years, “The 11th Hour” actually has scientists and a variety of experts talking about solutions to the issues presented by Al Gore. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, “The 11th Hour” details plans for more environmentally friendly structures, buildings and vehicles. This provides a more upbeat outlook to the film, yet it still did not receive as high acclaim as “An Inconvenient Truth.”

In fictional films, the environment is not so kind to the earth. In the 2004 film “The Day After Tomorrow,” climate change causes a new ice age to suddenly hit Earth. The film follows several people as they band together to deal with the change in temperature. Director Roland Emmerich actually seems to enjoy destroying the world. Prior to “The Day After Tomorrow” he also directed “Inde-pendence Day,” a film about aliens who come to Earth to destroy everything. After “The Day After Tomorrow” Emmerich found joy in destroying the world according to ancient Mayan prophecies in the film “2012,” which was released in 2009. Emmerich does not seem to care how the world is destroyed, just as long as he can have long CGI sequences of world landmarks falling to the ground.

Just when it seemed that audiences were bored of the destructive environment scenario in films, M. Night Shyamalan released his 2008 film “The Happening.” Although critically panned, “The Happening” went on to make millions of people scared of trees.

The film detailed a biologi-cal attack that causes indi-viduals to commit suicide. It would be common to assume that the biological attack is coming from some enemy, but in fact it is the trees and other plants that are releas-ing the toxin. The film is science-fiction schlock at its best, but still plays off the environmentalism element.

James Cameron’s 2009 film, “Avatar,” used the mes-sage of environmentalism in a science-fiction way as well. In “Avatar,” a private militaristic security force and some scientists explore the plant of Pandora. On Pandora a group of aliens,

the Na’vi, live in peace with nature. The private security members are there to guard mines which gather an element only found on Pandora, Unobtainium. The security force attacks the native Na’vi to steal from their natural habitat. This theme of environment trumping the importance of man runs rampant through the film.

The idea of showing the environment as a fragile place being attacked by humans is not new. In 1982 the documentary “Koy-aanisqatsi” was released. The film consisted of beautiful shots of nature contrasted with sequences of man and technology expand-ing. The film was done with no dialogue, only a soundtrack com-posed by Philip Glass. The lack of dialogue allows the viewer to take in the images and make their own conclusions. Although it is quite clear that the filmmaker wanted to show how nature is being destroyed by man and his creations.

In a modern sense, Al Gore revived the strength of environmental-ism in films. Although the idea was not new to films in general, after Gore won the Oscar for “An Inconvenient Truth” many more films came out that focused on what humans do to the environ-ment. It seems that the trend is not over yet, with James Cameron planning a second “Avatar” film. D


In 1989, actor Martin Lawrence appeared in the Spike Lee classic “Do the Right Thing”, a film studying the choice to be an honest

citizen in extreme circumstances. It presented a lot of promising talent in front of and behind the camera and still inspires urban movies to this day. With Spike Lee still making great movies like “Inside Man,” and John Turturro and Samuel L. Jackson becoming some of the best working character actors, you’d figure the cards would be in favor of Lawrence.

Arguably, they were for awhile. He had hits on his hands like “Bad Boys” and anything was his future. So, what did he decide to do? In 2000, he appeared in the comedy “Big Momma’s House,” arguably a blaxploitation version of the 1993’s “Mrs. Doubtfire.” It blended comedy and action with Lawrence’s take on old black women, and if you still think Fatty Arbuckle’s slapstick or Benny Hill’s sexism was funny, then you were in for a treat. If you weren’t, at least you got Paul Giamatti.

Irony continued to strike as everything post-2000 were bad choic-es. His persona of that wacky, horny, black guy was becoming more self indulgent. A sequel popped up in 2006, and by then he was in contest with Eddie Murphy for worst actor to gain millions with fat suits (Murphy officially won with 2007’s “Norbit”). The only achievement “Big Momma’s House 2” had was showing how much make-up and costume design had improved since 2004’s

“White Chicks” (the Wayans Brothers were still funnier).

Since earning those millions, has Lawrence done the right thing? Has he attempted to make coherent comedies and not just play below his potential?

In his latest, “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son,” Lawrence plays Malcolm, that same police officer fighting bad guys and somehow an intellect. The concept is immediately brought into question when he gets into a speed chase with a mailman (Ken Jeong) just because he doesn’t want to wait for the mail to arrive at his house. In that mail, it’s discovered that his step-son, Trent (26-year-old Brandon T. Jackson) has been accepted into Duke University. Trent would rather be a rapper.

After witnessing a murder, Trent and Malcolm go into hiding at an all girls arts school. Malcolm dresses up as Big Momma (who after three movies still manages to not be noticed despite accounts of sexual harrassment and property damage) and becomes the house sitter while Trent becomes Charmaine. Lawrence, not one to yield on asinine achievements, creates the first movie to feature two wacky horny black guys in fat suits, an accomplishment that will hopefully last forever.

The rest of this movie features Big Momma making fat jokes, and Trent being awkwardly placed in dressing rooms with girls. I’m sure in some alternate universe, this could be a fun family movie, but here it’s nothing more than two wacky horny black guys in fat suits.

My only sympathy is for the supporting cast. Portia Doubleday, who was great in the overlooked 2010 comedy “Youth in Revolt,” is a “Bratz”-style control freak and shows nary an ounce of her capability. “Cloverfield” actress Jessica Lucas also has some mo-ments, but in the end, it’s just Jackson and Lawrence trying to out-do each other for wackiest, horniest black guy in a fat suit.

I’d like to think comedy is a more universal art form. While a joke can be funny, it’s also the characters and their motivations that structure why that is. “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son” has very few redeemable features when it’s two stars play for laughs without caring about each other. The lack of realism, the egotisti-cal rants of Martin Lawrence, and the car chase stolen from “The Naked Gun,” all prove that the ambition was nothing more than pasting gags onto a storyboard. In fact, while the movie fails to be a proper tribute to 1990’s “Nuns on the Run,” it does manage to better its behavior from the previous by not being overly sexist towards women, instead just letting us see Big Momma as a life art model.

And to think, I could have avoided it all had they let me review “Drive Angry.” At least then I could keep some of this magazine’s integrity. D

Hey, It’s Martin Lawrence in a Fat Suit! How Original!

By Thomas Willett


less and carpool with friends,” Andrew Saprie, a physical therapy major, explains.

According to Green Student U, most Ameri-cans own their own car creating a large amount of vehicles on the road and a greater amount of carbon dioxide emissions. Green Student U suggests ride-sharing, or carpool-ing, to save money and the environment.

Green Student U states some benefits of carpooling which include, using the High Oc-cupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, saving money on gas and parking, and “you can relax when someone else drives.”

Students can visit some of these websites, like www.greenstudentu.com, www.star-bucks.com/thebigpicture, and www.edf.org, to find more ways to save money and become eco-conscious at the same time.

Once students start to make little changes in their daily habits, the right steps can be made to keep our planet healthy while also keep-ing pockets full. An added bonus can be that appearance may change to one not unlike that of a member of a hip music group or a world-loving hippie from Haight-Ashburry. In other words, go green, save money, and look stylish while doing so. D

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Student Art Art 121 3D

Art 121 is a 3 Dementional design class taught by Cypress College’s very own Matthew Drigss. This class is prepared to teach students how to make sculptures more complex than just your average 2 dementional objects. This is an ex-tention class to art 120 which is just the 2D class.

The assignment for this class was for the stu-dents to build a creative sculpture out of chick-en wire. Once this sculpture was build using only chicken wire then the students were to use paper mache to cover their creations and make them really come to life.Students be-came really engaged in this assignment and they produced some amazing sculptures, that many of them were proud to call their own.

All sorts of creations were seen! Anything from jelly fish to snakes to trees were created for this project. Everyone had fun while com-ing up with their designs for their sculptures.

Overall the students of the class were very pleased with their results, and so was the teacher Matthew Driggs.

Students Nadia Afghani, Carmina Correa,Anthony Salinas, Leonard Mandap, used her chicken wire and paper mache to create a human DNA structure.

Students Angela Leyvas, Madison Ardelean, James Matthews created an apple with an opening so that you can see the inside of it in which a tree is growing out of.


Top: Students Chelsea Bates, April Apo-daca, Adolfo Castillo, Russel Mamitag put together a dandelion sculpture for their project in which you can see the wire coming out of the top.

Left: Students Kelly Mejia, Yunna Choi, Winsam Roderos created a jelly fish where the wire can be seen underneath and in the tentacles.

Left: Students Britney Rosas, Alexander Ozbirn, Eddie Torres, Samantha Delatorre-project was a snake that you could see the wire in the teeth and through the mouth.

Right: Students Karim Teran,Mirna Hamed, Crystal An-derson, Christa Ilag decided to come up with a willow tree design where the wire was the branches and the paper mache was the leaves.


Saint 9000 By Nathan Schulz

“I’m pleased to reveal that we have fully automated reli-gion!” exclaimed Father Wendell, a stout man of the multi-corporate cloth.Father Wendell was met with a smattering of applause from the assembled screens and projections of the media and church goers that had logged in to stream the event. There were even three actual real people in attendance, though they could barely fit in the scattered pews that weren’t overflow-ing with cables and power strips. Sandra Fergerfsherev had brought her daughter-in-law, Rachel, and her neighbor’s kid, known only as “Cutter.” Sandra had guilt-tripped Rachel into coming with her, and had brought Cutter along because she was under the impression that he was falling in with a bad crowd. This was probably due to the fact that she had caught Cutter stealing copper piping from an orphanage three days prior.“Excuse me, but how can religion be automated?” asked Sandra, holding a duct-taped bible close to her chest, which clashed with her kitten print sweater.Before joining the Church, Father Wendell had been a sales-man for Time Shares in Florida. This made him, at least in his mind, specially qualified to deal with old people that asked too many questions.“Simple, Mrs. Fergersheraw,” answered Father Wendell, deftly mispronouncing her name, “we built a robot.”With that, Father Wendell pushed a button on his podium, and a curtain behind him was pulled aside to reveal: An 8-foot tall robot, made of gleaming silver and gold metal. On its chest was a LCD screen with the words “How may I absolve you of your sins today?”“He is called ‘Saint 9000,’” continued Father Wendell, “And he will revolutionize worship. Never before has religion been more cutting edge!”Upon seeing the robot, Sandra fell back into her seat with a yelp of surprise. Rachel was busy twittering to her followers about the color scheme of Saint 9000. And Cutter was al-

ready deciding on becoming the first person to commit grand theft mechanized clergyman.The internet was ablaze with the talk of Saint 9000, with many pundits and bloggers speculating on the number of prayers it could compute per second. The most retweeted tweet was “Keep on eye on yer altar boy robots! lol” Many people were completely at a loss as to why they bothered with a robot priest, when e-mail submissions of prayers were already down by over 40%.And as for Saint 9000? He just stood by as his image was downloaded over a 3 million times in one hour, and day-dreamed of one beautiful A.I. that had broken his cybernetic heart years before…-D

S h a d y S i d e o f M o r n i n g By Nathan Schulz

I’m on the shady side of the morningAnd the sky is dark and cryingI just wanted you to know this factIts more than I can bare but I’m trying.

Sleep slips away on frustrated wingsAnd the sun doesn’t want to get upThe moon is the only trace of lifeI drink in the silence and refill my cup.

The bed is warm with the body of oneThe light is on but only glows aloneYou should see the state of the worldIt stares and is down to skin and bone.

My lovely, my heart, so cruel you now areWhat’s left of your bright, warm smile?Don’t mistake my words for concernThat’s the old me, and no longer my style.

Fact or fiction doesn’t seem to come closeTo cold truths drawn to anger grown staleSo come closer to what’s left of this foolAnd you’ll hear the end to this love lost tale. -D


“Come on, we gotta get our ball back!” Jimmy said, running to the fence across the street.

Billy set down his glove and followed after. “Wait up! Are you coming Tom?”

The three boys had been playing catch when Billy threw the ball just over Jimmy’s head and into the backyard of the old house across the street. It was said that the house was haunted, and that anyone who entered never came out again. Now they needed to retrieve their ball from the haunted yard. Tom wished he’d slept in and missed his friends’ invitation to play.

“Are you sure it’s safe to go?” Tom asked, standing clear of the fence and safely on the sidewalk.

“It doesn’t matter, my Ma says no one lives here anymore,” Jimmy, the daredevil of the group, said. He was always the first to climb a tree, jump in a pool, and eat a new food. That was about as daring as ten-year-olds get.

“Then why is there a lock on the gate?” Tom asked, still not anywhere near the chain-link fence.

“Someone does own the place, but no one could live in that rat trap,” Billy put his two cents in.

Whenever Jimmy or Tom looked for an answer, they looked to Billy. Even with his logical nature, he usually fell in with Jimmy’s crazy ideas. Jimmy usually looked to Billy to get him out of trouble though.

“I don’t think you can climb that fence anyways.” Billy said.

“Can too!” Jimmy retorted.

“Cannot!” Billy asserted. Now it was a challenge and if Jimmy could do it, well, so could Billy and so could Tom.

“I will, and I’m going now.” Jimmy faced the fence and leaped at it, getting his shoes and fingers into holes in the fence. “There, now…” He struggled up and over and collapsed on the other side. “Told ya so!”

Billy defiantly mimicked Jimmy’s climb and fell to the other side. “Well, that was easier than I thought. You coming Tom? We might need to all search in this tall grass.”

“I don’t know…” Tom approached the fence and put a hand to it. He wanted to take the climb nice and easy. He lifted himself up a step and smiled, knowing it was just as easy as the others made it seem.

“I wouldn’t do that.” A voice from behind warned him. Instantly he dropped and turned to face the voice. It was a woman, who appeared to be around his mother’s age. She had blond hair and a plain face. “The old man who lives there isn’t happy when he has uninvited visitors.”

“We were just gonna get our ball, M’am.” Tom said quietly.

She ruffled his short brown hair. “I know, but you should have just asked him for it.” Tom smiled at the woman, she had a pleasantness about her. “Promise me you won’t climb the fence?”

“Alright.” Tom conceded, although he didn’t know why.

“Found it yet Billy?” Tom heard Jimmy shout.

“Not yet!” The reply came from Billy.

Tom looked around to see that the woman was gone. Then a loud slam-ming noise caught his attention. An old man had come from the house’s front door and was moving around the yard carrying a two-by-four. Both Billy and Jimmy hadn’t noticed him yet.

The stooped over, balding man raised the wood over his head and shout-ed, “Get the hell off my property!” Both boys looked up and screamed in terror. Billy went straight for the fence but Jimmy was blocked by the old

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man. “Where do ya think yer goin?”

“Our baseball!” Jimmy cried, but it was no use. The old man swung and hit the ground next to the boy, sending dirt into the air. Jimmy got past the old man, but he didn’t get far before he tripped over some debris. He looked down at it and picked up their baseball. “I found it!”

The old man swung again but stopped short when a rock hit him in the shoulder. “What the-?”

Billy had stopped at the fence and took an offensive stance with a handful of rocks. Jimmy had the ball in his pocket and made it over the fence along with Billy. Tom could only stare at them as they fell down to the sidewalk and hit the ground running.

“Wait for me guys!” Tom was right behind them, just as guilty and not wanting the old man to give chase.

Instead of returning to Billy’s house, just across the street, the boys ran down to Jimmy’s house at the end of the block. Once inside they all stopped and looked to Jimmy, who was holding the ball and smiling. The other two boys smiled and knew that they’d had fun despite the scare.

“Hi Billy, Tommy,” Jimmy’s mom said, peaking out of the kitchen at them. “Would you like some lemonade? I’ve got fresh cookies on the way too, if you can stay for awhile.” She was much nicer than Billy’s mom, who required them to wash their hands and remove their shoes before doing anything.

“Sounds great Mrs. Mason.” Billy told her. The three boys went into the small living room where Jimmy’s little sister was playing.

“Get lost Sara.” Jimmy threatened, knocking a doll across the floor.

“You stop being mean!” Sara shrieked. She was two years younger than the boys, but that didn’t stop her from trying to be tough around them. She looked especially embarrassed that she had been caught playing. Jimmy would tease that she had a crush on Tom. None of them would care for girls for another three or four years.

Jimmy led his friends into his room where they all took a seat.

“Why didn’t you climb the fence with us, Tom?” Billy asked straight out. Jimmy seemed to realize for the first time that Tom wasn’t with them when the old man attacked.

“I was about to climb up when the old man came out and…” Tom stopped. He’d skipped over the part about the blonde woman because he didn’t know how to explain her. He felt like the guys wouldn’t believe him.

“And you chickened out. I shoulda known it.” Jimmy was sitting on his bed and leaned back letting out a sigh. He sat up abruptly. “You could have just told us.”

“Well, why didn’t you warn us about the geezer with the board?” Billy raised his voice a notch, showing slight annoyance.

“I’m sorry, I just had a bad feeling and I wasn’t thinking right. At least we’re all okay, and none of us are in trouble.” Tom attempted to make light of the situation and put everyone’s mind at ease.

“Cookies are done!” Jimmy’s mom called from the kitchen.

The three boys were down the hall and at the kitchen table before the cookie plate was down. “Must be hungry from all that playing,” Mrs. Mason remarked as she poured out the lemonade into four glasses. Sara joined the boys at the table and set her dolly next to her cookie. Both Jimmy and Billy didn’t want to sit next to her, but Tom couldn’t care less. D


As Americans become increasingly more health conscious, vegetarian diets are becoming more and more common.

Vegetarians eat no meat, fish, or poultry. The vegetarian diet includes only foods from plants fruits, vegetables, beans, peas, grains, seeds, nuts, eggs and dairy products. Veganism is a natural extension of vegetarianism. For various reasons, vegans choose to avoid using or consuming any animal products. Unlike Vegetar-ians, vegans avoid dairy, eggs, as well as fur, leather, wool, down, and cosmetics or chemical products tested on animals.”

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States.” There is no better time to practice a healthier lifestyle.

Vegetarian and vegan diets are usually lower in fat, saturated fat and cholesterol. The American Heart Association states, “Many studies have shown that vegetarians seem to have a lower risk of obesity, coronary heart disease (which causes heart attack), high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus and some forms of cancer.” Vegetarian diets can be healthful and nutritionally sound if they’re carefully planned to include essential nutrients.

A poll, of 5,050 respondents, conducted by the Vegetarian Times found, “7.3 Million Americans are Vegetarians and an additional 22.8 Million Follow a Vegetarian-Inclined Diet.” The Vice presi-dent and publisher of Vegetarian Times, Bill Harper said, ““A vast number of people are seeking to reduce their meat intake, creating

a rapidly growing market for all things vegetarian.”

Veganism and Vegetarian action is spreading. At USC their animal rights group collaborated with PETA’s young adult division to advocate for more diverse food options in the dining hall. “We’re not campaigning against the dining hall; we’re campaigning in support of more vegan options,” Dunstall said. The students feel that more vegan options will satisfy the schools growing demand for healthier food.

Vegan Outreach reached out to Cypress students on campus. Vegan Outreach works to expose the horrors of factory farming. They promote ways to make compassionate alternative food choices through the distribution of our advocacy booklets. Nikki Benoit, Southern California Outreach Coordinator for Vegan Outreach, handed out leaflets, “To provide awareness as to what actually hap-pens in the animals-for-food industry and inspire folks to get active for animals.”

Karen Kant, Vice President at Cypress College, explained how the dining hall chooses its items. The dining hall menu is supplied from Sodexo, an outside company that caters to many other col-leges and universities. Sodexo offers a variety of fresh and nutri-tious brands developed to keep up with national and global trends. A representative from Sodexo and Cypress College Food Advisory Committee meet once a month to come up with a meal plan that fits the needs of the campus. Whatever is supplied to Cypress for that month is based off of what students have been demanding. The dining hall is designed to cater students.

The Cypress Humane League is advocating for cage-free eggs to be sold in the school dining hall.

Evelyn Escamilla, student, met with the dining manager Feb. 21st to place a request for cage-free eggs. The Humane Society says, “Unlike battery hens, cage-free hens are able to walk, spread their wings and lay their eggs in nests, vital natural behaviors denied to hens confined in cages. While cage-free does not necessarily mean cruelty-free, cage-free hens generally have significantly better lives than those confined in battery cages.” Switching to cage-free eggs, is one new step in support of animal rights.

The dining hall try’s to cater to every student’s needs, but the cafeteria cannot provide everything. Sodexo does its best to pro-vide a wide variety of food options. Some vegetarian options are pancakes, salads without meat, three cheese pizza, french-fries, quesadillas, chips, Jell-O, hardboiled eggs, even a selection of apples, oranges and bananas.

Communication Major, Joshua Escueta, said, “The lunch room is a cool place to hang out and grab a snack. I’m not a vegetarian, but I believe in animal rights. I like what vegetarians stand for. When

Vegetarians Plant Themselves in the Cafeteria

By Patrisha Elliott


asked if he would ever become vegetarian he said, “I love my veg-gies, but I got to have my meat.”

Student, Julia Sablock said, “More vegetarian options could help students avoid the dreaded Freshman 15.” The Freshman 15 is a term coined to describe the extra pounds that many college stu-dents pack on in their first year. “If students can eat an apple rather than a chicken strip, I think they will take the apple” said Julia Sablock.

Jon Conaty, ICSA Vice President, said, “The college environment is all about freedom of speech, freedom to do what you want, vegetarianism is just another form of it. I feel that if the college can support meat friendly food they should also support vegetarian food.”

Student, Alex Fasheh said, “Vegetarianism is a fad. It is all part of this eco-friendly movement that will soon die out.”

At Cypress College 45 students were randomly asked if they defined themselves as vegetarian, only 3 answered yes. That shows that there are only a small percentage of Vegetarian students. Although the percentage is low, that doesn’t mean it is not signifi-cant. Vegetarianism promotes healthy food choices that all students could benefit from. D

“Nerd’s Eye View” is a twice weekly webcast on Cypress College Media Network(CCMN).

Andrew Linde, Thomas Willett and Matt Esposito talk about the latest in movies, television, and video games. Special guests often drop by and disagree-ments are solved with lightsaber duels.

If you’re missing your weekly needs for Simpsons quotes, classic film director talk or reasons to hate Michael Bay, then listen in!

“Nerd’s Eye View” airs on Mondays and Wednes-days at 3p.m. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cypress-college-radio or http://ccmn.tk

with Joakim Nordmar (8-5). He did not play when the team beat Glendale 3-1 on Feb. 10. In Kelen’s next appearance, Cypress beat Grossmont College 8-1 on Feb, 26, but he and Gabriel Dias lost 9-8 in doubles for the Chargers’ only defeat of the day.

Kelen rebounded in the Chargers 8-1 win over the El Camino War-riors on Feb. 28.

“Cypress…sophomore Danilo Kelen got the Chargers on the board first with his win at the No. 5 singles spot where he sailed to a 6-0, 6-1 straight sets victory over El Camino’s Dennis Polk,” according to the Cypress College Athletics recap of the game.

The Chargers’ first conference game of the season also brought their greatest win as they defeated Irvine Valley 9-0 on March 1. In the game, Kelen beat Stan Ng 6-1, 6-0.

Off the court, he is majoring in business.

“I want to run a business with my family,” says Kelen. “They have a book shop in Valinhos.”

He is taking 16 units this semester. His current classes are the Prin-ciples of (Macro) Economics, Advanced ESL Writing, a history class, Music Appreciation and P.E. (He gets two units as a member of the tennis team.)

“My favorite subjects so far are economics, math, and philosophy,” writes Kelen in an email.

He hopes to transfer to a university on a tennis scholarship after he completes his studies at Cypress.

He also discussed his plans for his post-collegiate future.

“[I will] probably go back to Brazil, work there. If I can find good work here, maybe I can stay. Not sure yet.”

Away from school and sports, Kelen is like most college students. His interests and hobbies include movies, parties, hanging out with friends and “all kinds” of music.

The tennis team has an overall won-loss record of 5-1 and a 1-0 record in conference play as of March 1.

SPRING SPORTS UPDATE- Softball off to a Blazing Start

Softball: 7-0 overall, 5-0 in OEC play through March 1; The Lady Chargers have outscored opponents 63-9. They have shut out the other team five times, including a 24-0 shellacking of Santiago Canyon on Feb. 16 in their second game and first conference match of the season.

Baseball: 8-4 through Feb. 25

Men’s Golf: 1-2 overall, 1-1 in OEC play through Feb. 23

Women’s Tennis: 1-2 overall, 0-2 in OEC play; Their 9-0 victory over Rio Hondo to open the season was the Lady Chargers’ first win since 2009. D

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As the years progress, the world has become more and more conscious of ways to be energy efficient; hybrid cars, various

energy efficient appliances, cutting back on heating and cooling during peak hours and so on. The list will continue to grow as the world becomes more and more knowledgeable on how to live an energy efficient lifestyle.

What most students on campus do not know is there was a time when the energy crisis affected the school. Blackouts plagued fac-ulty and students, often causing the school to go “dark” and classes to be canceled.

So in an effort to alleviate this problem Cypress College installed a generator.

Cypress commissioned Noresco to begin working on a generator to help improve the energy needs and decrease the blackouts that were occurring. The generator, installed in 2004, would create its own energy to power the school. So the school would then be self-sufficient and would not have to fully rely on Edison.

Although, after it was installed the generator was not consistently running according to Vice President of administrative services, Karen Cant.

“I don’t know that you can really say it broke, the company we worked with Noresco wasn’t successful at getting it working prop-erly,” said Cant.

The generator, funded by grants, cost roughly about 8 million dol-lars but is said to create several hundred thousand dollars in energy savings.

The generator is currently running but not consistently. There are two engines and while it’s running it is creating energy and creat-ing savings. Cant claims they are at the tail end of completion. “We’re pretty close right now. We are thinking around April 15th

it will be fully commissioned.” To keep repair costs low, Cypress is using Noresco’s retention to contract a new company to get the generator working consistently.

Once the generator is fully commissioned it will benefit everyone. Also, knowing that the school is being energy efficient will set some students at ease.

“I think its great that Cypress is trying to be more energy efficient,” said student Jessie Hue, “especially since these days conserving energy is extremely important.”

Hue is a believer in spreading the message of energy conservation.

“I think Cypress should stress the message of being more energy efficient. Inform students and their families of different ways to conserve energy.”

Hue practices these methods in her own home. “We are very energy conscious in my household, and I can not wait to teach my son ways to save energy.”

Faculty member Alycia Sumlin-Lyrse is not sure if the generator was a good idea.

“I’m personally not really happy about the generator not being fully commissioned, said Sumlin-Lyrse who has been a faculty member for six years. “if the school paid for something it should work properly.”

Whether or not the generator is a good investment Sumlin-Lyrse cannot tell. “Its very smart of Cypress to be more energy efficient but I am not sure if it is a smart investment. We haven’t seen it work yet.”

With a little over a month until the expected completion date, time will only tell if the generator’s problem will be fixed. D

GeneratorPain

By Renee Stewart


Artwork by Joe McDaniel

“To Be Announced” is a weekly news show that covers the things you didn’t even know you were

interested in. The hilarious combo of Adam Clease and Kevin

Mastron will leave you clutching your sides (maybe even a hospital visit). When you tune in each week you will find that you don’t want it to end. Don’t be

scared when it does because it’ll be back on again next week. Too much of the greatness will overload

the viewers.

Don’t forget to watch “To Be Announced” every Thursday at 2:00 PM

Follow us on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/CypressTBA

Cypress College Media Network (CCMN) is a network of live broadcasts made by students of Cypress College. CCMN features a variety of shows

touching on topics that students are interested in.

“Nerd’s Eye View” is the show for people who enjoy movies, television and video games. “Eat My Sports” gives the current situation on Cypress Col-lege and national sports. “To Be Announced” is the news show all about Cypress College and what is happening nearby. “Keep It Real Radio” fea-

tures discussions about the latest in hip hop and rap.

There’s a show for something every student at Cypress College is interested. CCMN also features a channel dedicated to local and unsigned artists and a channel with footage from

Cypress Charger games on campus.

Check them out at www.ustream.tv/channel/cypress-college-radio

The Most Delicious Sports Coverage on Campus

Is your stomach nauseous? Do you foresee a visit to the toilet in the near future? This is unquestionably caused by foul reporting of Charger athletics.

“Eat My Sports” is a bi-weekly webcast from Cypress College Media Network (CCMN), centered on your Cypress Chargers. The show broadcasts live Monday and Wednesday from 1 to 2p.m. on CCMN.tk. The show is also archived at www.ustream.tv/channel/cypress-college-radio.

Hosts Nick Ingram and Matthew Esposito use their knowledge and passion for sports to dissect the week’s athletics with analysis, interviews and a corny joke or two.

The shows coverage does not halt at Charger athletics though; Nick and Matthew also breakdown the weekly happenings of sports around the world, covering everything from baseball to soccer, Supercross to basketball and MMA to golf.

Nick and Matt love the sporting world and hope you will say no to foul Charger coverage and enjoy “Eat My Sports” because it is deli-cious.

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