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Photo by Chad Jones Rock-it man–Lead singer Marcus Urango from the band Elepantmase rocks out on stage at the Nightmare Before Christmas show. It was one of the local bands featured at the festival.

Rocking out at VenturaChanning CheaVC Campus editor

Ventura College hosted its first annual Arts and Music festi-val themed after the hit Hallow-een movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” last Friday, Oct. 22.

More than 100 students, many of which were dressed in costumes, attended the live music and art exhibition on VC’s cam-pus quad. The event lasted from 5 to 10 p.m.

The ASVC put together a festival where local bands from Ventura County performed and student paintings were displayed. The event brought students to-gether and helped campus clubs raise money.

The festival included per-formances by Flyswatter, The Sealions, VID.DI.OUS, The Osteo-blasts and several others.

Tables were set up all around the quad so that clubs could pro-

mote themselves to any interested students.

Other student organizations, such as the Student Health and Psychological Services, were also present. Many clubs handed out Halloween goodies and useful health and safety information.

In the Fireside L.ounge, tables were also set up so that students could see the displayed work of schoolmates’ paintings. One of the featured student artists was 14-year-old Spencer Crosland.

“I’m glad that people get to see it,” said Crosland, referring to his art in the gallery. “It feels pretty great.”

Crosland was the youngest student to have art featured in the gallery. He also was responsible for redesigning the ASVC logo that is currently being used.

ASVC only had a $750 budget to use for covering all expenses of the event. Such expenses included event security, decorations and

catering for band members and event organizers, which was pro-vided by Chipotle.

Before the semester began, ASVC Senators Martha Olin and Monse Ortega had discussed the idea of the festival, but it took the entire student government to bring the event into fruition.

The project was an overall success. Parts of the event were documented, to be later posted on VC’s Pirate Soup.

The original plan was for it to be an event just for the stu-dents’ fun and recreation, but af-ter the recent ban placed on bake sales—making it difficult for clubs to make money—the festi-val became another opportunity for clubs and student organiza-tion to make money.

“At first it was just for fun, but after hearing about the bake sale restrictions we wanted to use this event to help clubs fun-draise,” said Ortega.

Michael Lemerand Features editor

The advent of

the holiday season can mean a variety of things to a variety of people, but there is one universal problem syn-onymous with the win-ter that affects people regardless of their age, race or creed.

Contagious afflic-tions like the flu or the common cold are debil-itating, enduring and prone to flourishing in environments like classrooms, libraries and other educational forums students find themselves frequent-ing.

“We spend more time indoors, in rooms that may not get a lot of circulation, giving us more opportuni-ties to be exposed to respiratory viruses,” said William Schaffner, M.D., chairman of the department of preven-tive medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, in Nashville.

While it’s hard to combat an invisible threat like the flu, there are preventative meth-ods you can take to ensure you and you’re loved ones are exempt from this holiday curse.

For students, juggling the responsibilities of maintaining a job, attending school, and having a social life can be an exhausting process, where health doesn’t seem like

a priority until it’s jeopardized.

“I understand for students it is a difficult balance,” said Sharon Manakas, coordinator of health services at Moor-park College.

“Prevention is key.” Elaine Tennen,

health coordinator at Ventura College’s Stu-dent Health Center, recommended preven-tion as a practice to help students avoid various infections.

“Basically, take really good care of yourself,” said Tennen.

“Stay healthy, ex-ercise well and sleep good.”

Preventative meth-ods can be as simple as thorough hand washing and disposing of used tissues, but there are more certain and direct tactics to combating the flu specifically.

“I highly recom-mend the flu vaccine,” said Manakas.

“If you could do the prevention part of it you’re ahead of the game.”

The flu vaccine is available for $20 at your respective campus health center, and will be available for free on Nov. 12th, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. in an event sponsored by the Ven-tura Public Health De-partment.

For more informa-tion on services your lo-cal health center can pro-vide, visit your health center located on cam-pus or your campuses respective website.

How to prepare for flu season

Photo by Chad JonesPink–The 2010 Moorpark College Womens Volley Ball team holds pink carnations as they eagerly wait to give them to a cancer survivor or in memory of one.

Volleyball team plays for a cureKurtis TollefsonStaff writer

On Tuesday night the Moorpark College Lady Raiders women’s volleyball team, 3-0 in Western State Confer-ence play, hosted the 6th annual Dig Pink event to support breast cancer.

Fans and parents showed up to the game wearing pink to honor those who have breast cancer and for those who have lost the battle.

Students had the opportunity to donate money at the front table

and purchase raffle tick-ets, all of which went to-wards the Sideout Foun-dation, originators of the Dig Pink campaign.

Each Moorpark ath-lete had a flower that represented a survi-vor or a loved one who passed and they handed each flower to the fami-lies that have fought with cancer.

Moorpark’s Erica Smith, #3, has fought against cancer for thir-teen years.

She had gone through chemo and blood transfusions, as

well as losing her hair three times.

Today, she is cancer free.

It was awesome to see all the people dressed in pink and all the money that we raised today for breast cancer,” said Smith.

Moorpark started on a strong note, open-ing the game up to a 4-0 lead, forcing the Bulldogs to call a quick timeout.

Karissa Flack, #14, came out aggressive, See DIG, pg. 7

Anna VanderStouweContributing writer

Walking onto Ox-nard campus I hear the clear, loud resonance of an alarm go off.

Peering around, everyone seems mo-mentarily stunned, but curtly resume their pre-vious activity.

This is the first part of the Great California ShakeOut.

This event is not only district-wide, but also statewide as the name suggests.

Held every third Thursday in October, the ShakeOut this year occurred on the Oct. 21, at 10:21 a.m.

Richard DeLaO, Chief of Police for the Ventura County Com-munity College Dis-trict, was the head co-ordinator and foremost contact in the event planning.

Oxnard College’s President, Dr. Richard Duran, is the first in a chain of command at OC to set off the alarm in case of an earth-quake. According to Duran, this is put into place to ensure the safe-ty of the students, facul-ty and administration.

“A general emer-gency plan for all disas-ters or dangers, includ-ing possible campus shootings,” said Duran.

“In fact, faculty members yearly attend what is known as ‘table-top’ exercises and train-ing and are given roles to fulfill in the presence of an emergency.”

Duran explains that the federal training consists of four courses with the faculty put into teams.

The purpose of the training and the drills are to remind people to stay vigilant, for the question is when, not if; referring to the large earthquake (about a 7.5 or greater on the Richter scale) that’s been estimated to have a 50% chance of occurring in the next 30 years.

Samantha McClain, a 19-year-old OC stu-dent, was one of the stu-dents who experienced the Great California Shakeout.

“It’s good to have an alarm, and although it

was very loud it was too short,” said McClain.

“It would have been nice to have more in-structions on what to do when the alarm sound-ed.”

On all three campus-es - Moorpark, Oxnard and Ventura—there are official designated emer-gency sites.

Guy Bryan, a grounds-keeper at OC, thought that the drill was a good idea, but seemed somewhat con-cerned with the process.

“Why is there no specific meeting place for everyone that we know of?” said Bryan.

“It seems like they gave instruction for any-one who was inside a building, but what do we do if we’re outside?”

For the full story and more Oxnard cover-age, go online at http://studentvoiceonline.com.

Students get down at OC

Photo by Chad Jones Quake–Angel Rios still studies under the table during The Great California Shake Out on Oct. 21 at Oxnard College.

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Monica ValenciaOC Campus editor

It was Apr. 17, and I was counting down the seconds to the starting kick off for the first game of our season in Redondo Beach. The San Diego Sting was the visiting team, but they stood no chance against us.

My palms were sweaty and my heart was racing, but I was mentally and physically prepared and ready for this game.

After the first half, I went in full force. I stood for a split second and waited for the play to unravel and out of the corner I see their wide receiver heading my way. I took a few steps back to turn and run parallel to her. I tackled her straight to the floor and we both fell straight into the turf.

In a splint second, there were foot-ball players piling on top of us, and that’s the moment that ended my first season as a professional women’s foot-ball player for the Los Angeles Pacific Warriors.

The sound of heavy, colliding bodies trampled my leg, as I lay help-less on the field hoping for this to be a nightmare.

All I remember is feeling the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life. My right leg was twisted underneath six football players that watched me scream my lungs out.

Within a month, I received the bad news that my entire Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) had been ruptured. I quickly opted for surgery to repair my injury knowing that it would take about a year to recover. On June 7, I had surgery at the West L.A. Veteran’s Hospital.

Anyone with this type of injury

and surgical reconstruction should enter physical therapy within one to two days of surgery in order to initiate proper rehabilitation of the site.

I was bed ridden for almost a month, not knowing what my limita-tions were because it took my doctors three weeks to get me to see a physical therapist. My crutches quickly became my best friends.

Most nights, the pain I felt was almost unbearable and I had many sleepless nights full of desperation and anger. Luckily, I had an amazing friend who helped me through my tough time.

Crystal Gonzalez, a 23-year-old health science major at California State Long Beach, helped me through the most critical post-surgery months.

"I was there when Monica was in-jured and I could only imagine what she was going through," said Gonza-lez. "She’s my friend and I know she needed my help, I was glad to do it."

After a few weeks of disappoint-ment with the physical therapists that were assigned to me by the Depart-ment of Veteran Affairs, I inquired about new physical therapists near Oxnard.

There was so much paperwork, routing and approvals that needed to be done before receiving a decision on whether or not I was approved for new therapy. To my fortune, Athletic Physical Therapy in Oxnard came to my rescue. Dr. Ethan Ezaki, Doctor of Physical Therapy, is the Clinical Man-ager who decided to grant me with pro-bono work on my injury.

"There are some cases where an in-dividual's quality of life can be drasti-cally improved with just a little effort and sacrifice by me and my company,"

said Ezaki. "In Monica’s case, her pre-vious rehabilitation facility had failed to get her back to her sport. My goal was to show her that with quality reha-bilitation, she would be able to return to the field in a condition that would allow her to perform at her very best."

Dr. Ezaki specializes in sports in-juries and is passionate about getting his patients back on their feet through rigorous and serious therapy.

By the time Athletic PT began their pro-bono work on me, I had de-veloped plenty of scar tissue and I had almost no strength in my quad.

Brienna Fouts, Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), is also assisting in my recovery and enjoys making a positive difference in people’s lives through Athletic PT.

"It is amazing to be part of a per-son's road to recovery because you get to see them improve and progress and you are with them every step of the way until they reach their goals," said Fouts. "I am proud to be part of an organization that cares about each in-dividual patients and their progress."

As an athlete, I realize the impor-tance of injury rehabilitation and the importance of getting quality care for yourself. I am more than grateful that a clinic like this one stepped in to offer a helping hand in such a crucial time for me as an athlete and as a person.

Without the help of Dr. Ezaki and Fouts, my road to recovery would have been cut short and my future ca-reer as a professional women’s football player would be over.

Photo courtesy of Ethan EzakiWe can rebuild her–Dr. Ethan Ezaki stretches out Monica’s leg before the rigorous therapy on her ACL injury.

Blood, sweat and tears: My Road to Recovery

Monica ValenciaOC Campus editor

With an artistic ap-

proach to a medium of video art combined with poetry, a story is revealed about a Ven-tura resident that suffers from swwwchizophre-nia as he struggles to hang on to reality.

Phil Taggart, poet, author and videogra-pher, arrived at Oxnard College to share his po-etry and video art with students and commu-nity members on his diary-like approach that chronicles his brother's life, living with a severe disability and battling with a grim mental dis-order.

"My brother influ-ences my writing," said Taggart. "I am one of the few people that listen to him and his life is re-ally tragic. Rick gives me something to write about, [his delusions] are his reality, but it's Rick."

The presentation was part of the Oxnard College Literature, Arts and Lecture Series that was held on Oct. 20 in LS-8, which was titled, "Rick Sings: A Videopo-em."

The lecture paint-ed an intimate portrait of who Rick is and his struggles with this type of psychosis that has of-ten led to his homeless-ness, hunger and shift from reality.

Taggart is a co-editor of the "Askew Journal" and author of "Opium Wars."

He is an active ad-vocate for mental illness

issues and has received accolades from various organizations for his work on these issues as well as homelessness awareness.

Taggart recited sev-eral poems and anec-dotes as video footage and still photographs played in the back-ground as part of a video montage for his brother Rick, which showed him in interviews, lying on his bed, candidly posed and often smiling for the camera.

"This video is giv-ing Rick a voice," said Taggart. "With mental health issues, you are expected to get better and go back to work in society. For Rick, there is no help because he has degenerated."

When asked about his collaboration with Rick for this project, Tag-gart explained that it wasn't a collaboration, but rather therapy for him to do this video-poem.

Taggart also men-tioned that there are many mental health issues that are not ad-dressed, and that there are some services for these issues that have been cut drastically.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an esti-mated 26.2 percent of Americans (ages 18 and older) suffer from a di-agnosable mental disor-der in a given year.

They also show that this percentage trans-lates into 57.7 million people, when applied to the 2004 U.S. Census residential population

estimation for ages 18 and older.

Taggart spoke about showing Rick to the au-dience through his lens and through what Tag-gart essentially feels.

He also explained that Rick is aware of his efforts in showcasing his video-poems and that Rick knows that Taggart is his brother, nothing more and nothing less.

"This is about aware-ness," said Taggart. "This is about giving Rick and people like him a voice."

This lecture was not just poetic, but unique in its scope. Students felt very in tune with the topic and voiced their concerns after the lecture. Michael Cozier was one of the many stu-dents that sympathized with Rick and his disor-der.

"I have a sister that is schizophrenic and its very important to show our community that people who suffer from this are in a constant battle with themselves," said Cozier. "I wish I could help my sister as much as Phil is helping Rick."

Shelley Savren, Eng-lish professor and coor-dinator for this lecture, was pleased to see stu-dents from her creative writing class attend the presentation.

"This is a really unique thing that Phil Taggart is doing by com-bining photography and video art," said Savren. "I also think the sub-ject of his presentation on mental illness and homelessness is really an important one."

Photo courtesy of Dina PielaetVideo-poem–Phil Taggart stands behind the podium at the OC Lecture Series on Oct. 20, as he reads his poems

Poetry with a purpose

Monica ValenciaOC Campus editor

For those hungry for some well-crafted, vintage gore, Oxnard College’s associated stu-dent government has the solution.

Horror movie afi-cionados will find themselves at home at Oxnard College ASG’s “Scary Movie Nite,” an evening showcasing three Academy Award winning horror classics.

All films will be presented on Oct. 29 at the OC Student Lounge across from the amphi-theatre.

The event itself is free and everyone is ab-

solutely encouraged to attend for some classic Halloween fun.

The snack bar will be open and with an assortment of refresh-ments available for pur-chase.

For those that are looking for a milder embodiment of the Hal-loween spirit, the ani-mated feature “Monster House” will suffice, screening first in the se-ries at 5:30 – 7:15p.m.

Following that will be the essential Alfred Hitchcock classic, “Psy-cho”, at 7:30p.m.

Ending the evening is the notoriously men-acing feature “The Exor-cist”, at 9:30p.m.

This festive com-memoration of some of the most well-regarded horror benchmarks is one great way to get into the holiday spirit, so join your fellow stu-dents and peers to cel-ebrate the season.

 

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Photo by Greg BranamMost of the proceeds from the OC Community Market, held on Saturdays and Sundays, help fund the many student scholarships that are awarded every year through the OC Foundation

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Ventura COLLEGEOct. 27, 2010 Student Voice • www.StudentVoiceOnline.com Page 3

Samantha CervantesContributing writer

Ventura College is in development of Pirate Soup, a new online me-dia source for students to express any of their ideas about campus life to an interested audi-ence.

ASVC President Kathleen Leonard helped establish a web-site where different types of students could share favorite hobbies and/or activities online and give insight on the subject to others.

“Pirate Soup will

connect students to cam-pus life and support club voices and students’ cre-ativity,” said Leonard.

It only took around one year to get the web-site approved by the school board and begin its production.

Starting out as talk and brainstorming, for-mer ASVC President Kea Kenamu wanted to create an accessible site that allowed students to reach out to each other and offer information others might find useful.

Leonard, taking the place of Kenamu as ASVC president, was

committed to carrying out his legacy for Pirate Soup.

As she agreed dur-ing her election, she took the idea to the school board and it was even-tually approved unani-mously.

Their reasoning for the vote was to adopt Pirate Soup as a legacy for VC.

Leonard hopes the student body will adopt the website and offer in-sight on what they are best capable of offering to their peers.

She wants to en-courage students to re-

alize that they all have talent in them that they can share.

However, Leonard was not alone in getting the website established.

ASVC Vice Presi-dent Joe Ruiz, a major in Agricultural Science, was also a major help. He believes people should not forget about the agriculture that sur-rounds them.

With Pirate Soup, Ruiz is going to make videos with Phil Mc-Grath for Agricultural Development that will hopefully get students, staff and faculty to get

involved.Amy Jones from 451

Media created the web-site with the AS.

Jones is considered as the one who runs Pi-rate Soup and decides what will be added and what is not appropriate, and although it’s sta-tioned in Ventura, it will not be available to only Ventura students.

“The site will be available to the general public, meaning, it will not require a password to view the content,” Jones stated in an email.

Students from Ox-nard College or Moor-

park College are able to access the website as well and add their own ingenuity if they would like.

Pirate Soup is go-ing to be a new media source for communica-tion between students on the campus along with the other two ju-nior colleges.

The ASVC is hoping it will create unity with-in the student bodies as well as give each other information to help one another and pique inter-ests.

Visit the site at www.vcpiratesoup.com.

Channing CheaVC Campus editor

The ASVC will be hosting a fundraiser for a foreign school at Cali-fornia Pizza Kitchen on Thursday, Oct. 28.

Therese Kubilos, the event coordinator knows that any amount of money will help stu-dents in other countries get a better education.

“The money they make is what supports their efforts to aid in bet-tering the education of the Nicaraguan commu-nities,” said Kubilos.

The benefit event is being held at the CPK in

the Pacific View Mall. Anyone and brings

in the yellow flyer dis-tributed by the ASVC will have 20 percent of their check automatical-ly donated to La Mari-posa School in Nicara-gua.

100 percent of pro-ceeds “aid the efforts to educate and support the less privileged children in Nicaragua,” as posted on the event’s flyer.

La Mariposa Span-ish School is a younger school, only open for five years.

It is an immersion Spanish school, and is also an eco-hotel.

All of the teachers are native Nicaraguans and have plenty of expe-rience in the education workforce.

The school, locat-ed in rural Nicaragua, helps to create an expe-rience where students will learn much about the culture of the native Nicaraguans.

To obtain more in-formation on La Mari-posa Spanish School and Eco-hotel, visit www.mariposaspanishschool.com.

For more Ventura College coverage, go to www.studentvoiceon-line.com

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Channing CheaVC Campus editor

Ventura College East Campus hosted its sec-ond annual Breast Can-cer Awareness Day on Oct. 24.

The Associated Stu-dents of East Campus organized a breast can-cer awareness event for the second year.

Educational materi-als for breast cancer were given out to students.

Some of the items

given out included pink buttons, stickers and pencils, representing the international symbol for breast cancer, a pink rib-bon.

To read more, go to StudentVoiceOnline.com.

Arrr–The brand new online journal for Ventura College is still a work in progress. The ASVC is hoping it can become a place for students to connect with each other online.

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VC hosted its fourth annual Brian Marshall Golf Classic Fundraiser at the Saticoy Country Club Oct. 18.

The competition honors the late coach Brian Marshall and raises funds for the VC athletic department. Tim

Harrison, dean of athlet-ics for VC and the events coordinator for the past two years, praised the golf tournament.

“It’s just a great event to bring not only past alumni to, but the community as well. Bri-an Marshall represents what all coaches do,” said Harrison. “This is our fourth year and

we hope to carry on for years to come.”

Brian Marshall’s son, James Marshall, was also out on the greens.

“The important thing is they are raising money for VC athletics, it’s great that they are honoring my father giv-en all the coaching po-sitions he had over the years,” said Marshall.

Alison SkinnerStaff writer

Civics day brings electoral hopefuls.

Moorpark College students got a little taste of California politics on Civics Day. Booths were set up to encourage stu-dents to participate in November’s upcoming election.

Students were able to stroll down Raider Walk Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and talk to election-office officials, party members and can-didates.

Voting registers aid-ed students in filling out registration forms quick-ly, enabling them to be on their way.

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from both parties re-garded the event as a success after so many

students showed inter-est in registering.

Lindsay Kaye, a representative from Moorpark College for the Republican Party, explained the need for such an event at a com-munity college.

“People can ask questions directly so it helps students get a better picture of who to vote for,” said Kaye. “It encourages college stu-dents, who for the most part are the worst about voting, to get out there and gain their voice.”

Candidates for the Ventura County Com-munity College Board were also in attendance, with booths on either side of Raider Walk.

Dan Peate, one of the candidates for Board trustee, found Civics Day to be important in his relationship with the students.

“I want them to know me and talk to

me,” said Peate. “They’re the reason I’m running. I put them first and I want them to know that.”

Diane McKay, Pe-ate’s opposition in the run for trustee, ex-pressed her own con-nection with community college students and universities alike.

“I took classes at a community college and my daughter transferred from one. I feel like I can relate to this whole thing,” said McKay. “It’s hard to know who to vote for, and I hope that this helps with us being here.”

Students like Colette Hapip, an 18-year-old with an undecided ma-jor, expressed their grati-tude in being able to at-tain more information regarding the elections.

“I think Civics Day is a great thing,” said Hapip. “I wouldn’t even know who to vote for or even that there was an

election going on with-out being here.”

Other students like Patrick Stover, a 25-year-old sociology major, found the election of-fice’s booth to be very useful.

“It makes it a lot eas-ier to know how to reg-ister and vote,” Stover said. “It’s cool to have two candidates here but I’ve already made up my mind.”

Tim Allison, the democratic candidate for Congress, also at-tended the event. Alli-son explained his desire to connect with college students.

“I’m passionately concerned with a stu-dent’s future,” said Al-lison.

“We have a great re-sponsibility to help stu-dents get involved. It’s time we looked at our future leaders and had them be a part of all of this.”

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Body of student discovered at hiking spot in Santa MonicaGreg BranamStaff writer

Moorpark student, Tristan Sayre, found dead in Santa Monica Mountains on Oct. 15

The body of an 18-year-old Moorpark College student was discovered at a popular hiking spot in the Santa Monica Mountains, ac-cording to authorities.

Sayre went for a hike on the previous day near the Sandstone Peak area of the Santa Monica Mountains and never re-turned home, according to Senior Deputy Shane Matthews with the Ven-tura County Sheriff’s Aviation Department.

It isn’t yet known what happened, but Michael Tellez, Ventura County Deputy Medi-cal Examiner said it was deemed an accident and the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.

Sayre

Candidates in the upcoming election meet students at MC

Photo by Lucas Hinojosa Students meet election hopefuls during Civics Day

Boo at the Zoo: EATM animals love Halloween costumes tooLucas HinojosaStaff writer

Lions and snakes and baboons- oh my.

Coming this Halloween, Moor-park Colleges American Teaching Zoo proudly presents its yearly haunted event, Boo at the Zoo.

Watch as Moorpark’s teaching zoo gets transformed into a ghostly land of Halloween fun.

The zoo will have a kid’s zone area, which is going to have a number of Halloween themed games for kids.

The Exotic Animal Training and Management students themselves will be in charge of running the entire event. Attractions will include animal shows, face paintings, trick-or-treating with the animals, raffles, prizes and more. Shows will be taking place ev-ery hour on the hour.

Alisa Behar, Zoo operations as-sistant, said that this year they are go-ing to have a creepy crawler’s booth where attendees can see and touch some of the zoo’s snakes, roaches and other creepy crawlers.

“Boo at the Zoo is for everyone,” said Behar. “I think that probably most of the activities that are going to be going on are a little bit more towards kids, but there will still be animal shows going on throughout the day.”

There are only two teaching zoos in America; Moorpark is one of them and the other is in Florida.

In addition to the many activities which will be taking place on this two day event, a costume parade for kids

will be set up. This year, Boo at the Zoo is going to be having appetizers and drinks, which were not available last year.

Every area of the zoo will be deco-rated and themed differently to fit the Halloween season thrill.

The parrot area will be trans-formed into a parrot pumpkin patch, where as the primates are going to be pirate themed.

There is going to be a carnivore feeding which will be taking place on both days. During this particular show, visitors can come and see a hand full of the carnivores at the zoo being fed.

America’s Teaching Zoo at Moor-park College has a variety of animals to come and see, including an African lion, two mountain lions, a hyena and a couple of baboons.

In addition, the zoo has an alliga-tor for which they have built a new enclosure, which is now on display to the public.

Boo at the Zoo will be taking place Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults are $5 to enter, seniors and children are $4, and children 2 and un-der are free.

“Students get in free as well, so it’s a cool thing for them to come up to the zoo especially, if they have never been here before,” said Behar.

For more information on Moor-park College’s Teaching Zoo or the Boo at the Zoo event, please visit www.moorparkcollege.edu and look for the icon entitled “Teaching Zoo” or call 805-378-1441.

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Kenny RedubloA&E editor

When disaster strikes, panic en-sues. As the situation turns dire, logic seems impossible and grief sets in. What happens when we move on?

Where the typical monster movie ends, that’s where “Monsters” begins.

Set a year after NASA discovers a possibility of alien life on Europa, a moon of Jupiter, a probe sent to collect spores from the planet crash lands in the Mexican ocean. Soon after, new life forms are discovered and half of Mexico is deemed the Infected Zone.

Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy), an American photojournalist, is sent on a special assignment to escort his boss’s daughter Sam Wynden (Whit-ney Able) back from Mexico into the US.

After failed attempts to easily and safely return home, Kaulder and Sam must take their chances through the Infected Zone.

At its core, “Monsters” is essen-tially a road movie. The exotic scenery, the varying modes of transportation, the consistent yet so far away desti-nation are all elements of the typical road movie, but aliens are thrown into the mix. This dangerous factor does not seem to create any sense of dread

upon the journey though. Maybe due to the acceptance of the creatures or just pure ambiguity, nothing seems to phase the main characters in their un-fortunate ordeal.

Trying to capitalize on their real-life relationship, Able and McNairy’s on-screen chemistry comes off as strangely dull. With flat line deliver-ies and boring conversations, the use of improv was wasted from these two actors.

Though not masterfully acted, “Monsters” has its scenery to rely upon.

Vast landscapes and thick jungles littered with the ravages of the crea-tures convey the film’s strong points. The delicate cinematography shows where this first time director’s (Gareth Edwards) roots and strengths lie. Ed-wards lets each shot tell its own story, but that, in turn, takes away from the actors. Paired with a subtle ambient score, “Monsters” is more a visual and aural treat than a narrative driven film.

As a cheap complete indie pack-age, “Monsters” excels in aspects like CG, even surpassing some blockbust-er films, cinematography and score to hide its minuscule budget, but its plot holes and flat performances keep this film from being the breakout sci-fi hit it has the potential of being.

Devien CarrionStaff writer

Potential poet lau-reates gathered at “The Read” to flex their cre-ativity and express their emotions though the written word.

Poetry fans met at the Moorpark College li-brary/learning resourc-es building on Oct. 20 for readings from three guest speakers and first timers.

One of the special speakers and first up to the mic was Helga Win-kler, MC Spanish profes-sor.

Reading some origi-

nal poetry and pieces from foreign countries, Winkler expressed the importance of expand-ing poetry horizons.

“I encourage [stu-dents] to read poetry from another country,” said Winkler. “It’s amaz-ing how much you can learn just by reading poetry from other coun-tries.”

Following Winkler, student poets bravely took the mic to read their original works, which was rewarded with gra-cious applause.

Hart Schulz, MC English professor, was

the next speaker, open-ing with the lighter side of poetry, keeping it co-medic and light hearted.

Showcasing works from Germany, Schulz compared and contrast-ed American and Ger-man poetry.

In hopes of spark-ing students’ creativ-ity, Schulz distributed free poetry books to the crowd.

David Cabrera, an MC student, expressed his surprise at the poetry potential at MC.

“I didn’t know we had so many talented writers here at school,”

said Cabrera.The last guest speak-

er was Jade Shames, a poet for over 10 years, freelance writer and writer at Demand Stu-dios. Shames read origi-nal work from his book.

Shames takes much of his inspiration from his own life, such as a poem he wrote about his grandfather.

“Many of my poetry comes from personal ex-periences,” said Shames.

If you want to sub-mit any of your own poetry contact Schulz at hschulz@vcccd.edu

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Tonisha FranklinStaff writer

AIDS, drug ad-diction, same sex rela-tions and exotic danc-ing combined with real friendship, true love and modern day living was expressed through dance and music in the rock opera “RENT.”

The stage was real-istically set in the back alley of an apartment complex where the char-acters live. Along with this massive set, a live band off stage right ac-centuated the live atmo-sphere of the show. No pre-recorded music was used for this production.

The question is, did it meet the expectations of the director, cast, as well as the audience? The cast members, who live and breathe the pro-duction whether in re-hearsal or live on stage, say yes.

“I think we finally solidified our charac-ters,” said cast member Pablo Gonzalez who played the infamous Angel. “It feels so real now.”

The director of the musical, Rolland Petrel-lo, Moorpark College professor of Communi-cation Studies and The-atre, said he was very happy with the produc-

tion. He anticipated an 80 percent theatre capac-ity per show, a number that was met and sur-passed.

“The play was very colorful,” said 18-year-old MC student Kelly Eisenbrand. “I felt the chemistry between An-gel and Collins was the most realistic.”

The two characters Angel and Collins were together in a homosexu-al relationship, and their surrounding friends looked to their compan-ionship in the highest regard.

Other cast mem-bers were non-students and there to support their community as well as to enjoy the show. Some members saw the production elsewhere and were curious to see Moorpark’s reenact-ment.

“Even though it was hard to hear over the band at times, I did enjoy the singing,” said Brandon Plush, 23, who had the chance to see the same production on Broadway. “I was, how-ever, disappointed with the dancing, my impres-sion was there was to be much more of it.”

For more informa-tion, please contact the MC box office at (805) 378-1485.

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‘Read’-ing between the lines: creativity through poetry

Poetry in motion: New perspectiveon the literary world for a new age

Review-’Monsters’ in mexico

Photo courtesy of Moorpark Performing Arts DepartmentModern day Love - Mimi, played by Joelle Georgeoff, lights up the stage in the Moorpark College production of “RENT.”

Photo by Cameron KolkeyPoetry Power - Prof. Hart Schulz uses the power of words for free creative expression through poetry.

Photo courtesy of Magnet ReleasingInfected Zone - Whitney Able in MONSTERS.

Lucas HinojosaStaff writer

Through the power of lan-guage and imagery, poetry readings at Moorpark College will soon be looked at from a new perspective and appreciation.

The Read event is a series of po-etry readings which takes place four times every semester. The readings hold a time where students and any-one from the community can come out to read their poetry and have it be recognized from students, teach-ers, and anyone from the community.

On Nov. 18, the last poetry read-ing for the semester will be taking place with something more than just words being fed into the mind.

This year, the producers for the Read were focusing on working with individuals interested in exploring new ideas and possibilities in poetry.

It did not take long for the thought of motion picture and poetry to come into action.

Tim Samoff, instructor of the Mul-timedia Department and Moorpark College, was quickly approached to help.

With help from his graphic stu-dents and poets coming together, stories and poetry readings were able to come alive and spark emotion through listening to creative poetry and viewing art through images and videos all at the same time.

Currently there is a total of 6 dif-ferent pieces which will be presented on Nov.18.

Through the duration of poets re-citing their poems, a film will wash over them and be displayed on a screen right behind them while they are performing. Most of the films be-ing displayed were produced and created by Samoff’s graphics stu-dents.

Not all of the poets who are recit-ing their poems are students. A lot of the poets come from the outskirts of the community to touch the lives of more listeners.

Most of the poets are part of a performance group entitled “The Workshop.”

The workshop poets spent most of their summer performing at dif-ferent poetry venues, festivals and library readings to expand the impor-tance of poetry.

Sandra Hunter, English Professor at Moorpark College and contribu-tors to the Read events, said that hav-ing the workshop poets and graphics students work together on a project is an example of what is currently in the hype of the many ways society wants to hear and see poetry come to life.

“You are seeing a lot of this cross-pollination of art in a number of dif-ferent areas, so this is really exciting for us because we have never tried anything like this before,” said Hunt-er. “Right now the pieces are growing day by day.”

Everyone from the community is welcome to come and be a part of the poetry readings and motion picture screenings. The Read event on Nov. 18 will be located of the 3rd floor of the campus library and will only take up around 30. It’s absolutely free. Just be ready to open up your mind to new thoughts, imagery, and feelings.

“I think that events where you get infatuated in the experience, whether it is color infatuation, sound infatuation, or emotional infatuation, you become a part of that event,” said Hunter.

“You as an audience member be-come very much a part of the event and you are not just observing it any-more, you are a part of the creative process and I think that is such a vital part to any performance.”

OpinionPage 6 Student Voice • www.StudentVoiceOnline.com Oct. 27, 2010

2010 MIDTERM ELECTION SECTION

Matthew MurphyStaff writer

Prop 21 is a sleeper on the November 2 bal-lot, not having garnered the attention of the gov-ernor’s race, Prop 19 or Prop 23.

It’s quite an impor-tant measure though; its passage would create a trust fund for state parks funded via an $18 fee at-tached to non-commer-cial vehicle registration.

Prop 21’s passage means the improvement of woefully-underfund-ed state parks.

Day-use parking is removed for registered

vehicles, for a start.Prop 21 will also

allow parks to receive proper staffing, main-tenance, and a return of park amenities that were cut.

If you want trails to be well maintained, beaches kept clean and safe and basic services like well-stocked bath-rooms, Prop 21 will get this done.

Opponents of the bill have a number of concerns, but the big one is that we wouldn’t need the fee if the state budgeted properly in the first place.

It would be prefera-

ble to spend current state revenue more wisely.

In this case, how-ever, we should take the opposite perspective.

Mike Genest, former state financial director, on the California State Parks Initiative website called Prop 21 “a long-term, dedicated fund-ing source that gets state parks off the constant budget rollercoaster.”

Prop 21 puts state park funding in the hands of concerned citi-zens instead of leaving it with lawmakers who have chronically under-funded them.

It’s supported by teachers, park rangers, firefighters and nature preservation societies like the Sierra Club, as well as public health ad-vocacy groups.

State parks provide a way to easily recon-nect with nature, and their existence shouldn’t be jeopardized by the whims of politicians. Prop 21 gives our state parks steady funding that can’t be interrupted or siphoned off for other purposes.

Saving our state parks is worth the cost of this bill.

Vote Yes on Prop 21.

Yes on Prop 21: Save California state parks

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Depressing choices for governorJames HardingOnline editor

Just days remain until the Nov. 2 election and divisive rhetoric and misleading attack ads seem to be the weap-on of choice for both candidates. Both Jerry Brown, the Democratic candidate for governor, and Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate, say the fiscal vitality of the state is their top priority. However they couldn’t have more dif-ferent plans about how to bring about the eco-nomic growth needed] to solve the state’s eco-

nomic challenges.In the most recent

debate, both candidates agreed that California’s government had grown too large and expen-sive to sustain and is in

need of reform. Instead of elaborating on their different plans to fix the state’s fiscal situation, they spent most of their time attacking each oth-er, successfull avoiding

any substantive debate on the issues.

Brown has been involved in politics in California for 40 years, serving as Governor from 1975 to 1983. He is

indeed a career politi-cian although certainly would describe himself as a career public servant. Whitman, on the other hand, is fresh out of the private sector where she worked as CEO of eBay and as a board member of Goldman Sachs. Whit-man has not voted for 28 years, according to public records. She also embraces “trickle-down economics.”

The embodiment of this belief is her desire to eliminate the capital gains tax. The elimina-tion of this tax may en-courage businesses to relocate to California or ones that are here to expand but will leave another huge hole in a state budget that already looks like Swiss cheese. According to think-progress.org, eliminat-

ing this tax will cost the state an estimated $4 bil-lion to $4.5 billion annu-ally. Eliminating this tax will disproportionally benefit wealthy individ-uals and businesses be-cause 95 percent of this tax is paid by the wealth-iest 5 percent of Califor-nians. The California Tax Payers Association claims that this tax cut constitutes a conflict of interest since Whitman will not have to pay an estimated $8 million to $41 million annually on her investments.

Neither candidate is perfect or even desir-able as governor, but one thing is certain: Califor-nia cannot afford to trust an outsourcing million-aire to balance the state budget without making harmful cuts to public education.

A rundown of all the propositions on the ballotFrank RunyeonOpinion editor

Who has time to read the whole ballot? Just take a quick look at our summary of the proposi-tions on the ballot.

Prop 19 legalizes possession of 1 ounce of marijuana for adults 21 and over and seeks to tax and regulate it like alco-hol. Supporters predict large tax revenues and a profit loss for Mexican drug cartels. Opponents say it’s a poorly written

law that will have “se-vere, unintended con-sequences.” Their chief concerns include more stoned drivers and a pro-tected class of pot-smok-ing employees.

Props 20 & 27 pro-pose two different so-lutions to the issue of redistricting, that is, re-drawing the boundar-ies of voting districts. Voting yes on Prop 20 empowers a citizen’s commission to map new districts and provides a clear definition of what a district is. Voting yes on Prop 27 would return the responsibility of defin-ing the term and redis-tricting to the legislature. Whatever you choose, only vote yes on one of them!

Prop 21 proposes an $18 annual vehicle sur-charge for state parks, deposited into a secure trust fund. Aside from replenishing Yosemite’s coffers, this charge gets you free entrance into state parks. Although opponents say it’s just the “car tax” in disguise.

Prop 22 prevents the state from borrowing funding from transporta-tion, redevelopment, or local government proj-ects or services. This will prevent the state from raiding local funds—something supporters hail as a long-awaited solution to an unfair situ-ation. But opponents say it will hurt state schools and firefighting while benefiting redevelop-ment agencies.

Prop 23 suspends air pollution control law

AB23 until unemploy-ment stays under 5.5% for one year—which is unlikely anytime soon. Those for Prop 23 say that suspending the law will create more jobs and allow the state to recover economically. Oppo-nents assert that Prop 23 is a scheme by Texas oil companies to repeal clean energy efforts and that it would hurt the “green energy” sector.

Prop 24 repeals tax breaks for businesses. Supporters say much of the tax revenue would go towards ensuring that schools are well funded. Opponents say repealing tax breaks would cost Californians over a hun-dred thousand jobs.

Prop 25 makes the budget approval process easier by lowering the votes required to a sim-ple majority; tax changes would still require a two-thirds vote. Prop 25 also punishes legislators for a late budget by giving them zero pay for every day it’s late.

Prop 26 expands the definition of a tax, which will pass regulatory fees—currently paid by businesses—to the pub-lic as taxes. In effect, fees for oil recycling, hazard-ous waste management, and alcohol education programs currently paid for by oil, tobacco, and alcohol companies would be passed to aver-age taxpayer.

See the official voter guide online for a more in-depth look: www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/

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What do you think about Prop 19?

“By legalizing marijuana you take a huge amount of income from the criminal element.”-Noel Mercado, 38, Sign Language

“It takes away the mystique of the whole thing; the feeling of being rebellious.”-Alex Stevens, 18, Health Care

“I don’t smoke weed myself, but the legalization will help stabilize our economy.” -Direk Cartright, 28, Theater

”I oppose Prop. 19 because I know it will lead to increased crime and more addiction.”-Rosa Infante, 34, Sociology

”I’d vote yes, because even though I don’t smoke, it’s about personal choice.”-Tina Way, 33, Nursing

”I oppose Prop. 19 because it will be accessible to everyone on a legal basis after the age of 21.”-Alberto Machuca, 22, Fire Tech.

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MC womens soccer wins crucial WSC game.Moorpark women’s soccer improved their record to 4-1 in Western

State Conference play Friday afternoon with a convincing 2-0 win over inter-county rival Oxnard. Moorpark’s of-fense was effective with dynamic duo Amy Cole and Lindsey McClel-lan leading the charge with great ball handling which gave them a large number of shots on goal.

Moorpark took the lead early with a goal by Cole in the first half and

never let up. In the second half

Moorpark’s offense sealed the game with a sliding kick by McClel-lan which found the left corner of the goal.

Strong midfield and dominant backfield play allowed Moorpark to keep their lead through-out the game.

The immense force of the Moorpark mid-fielders Katheryn Klam-ecki and Briana Brooskin

kept Oxnard off-balance throughout the match and Oxnard was unable to come up with any sus-tained drives.

Oxnard’s few shots came from long distance and Oxnard appeared unable to get its for-wards coordinated.

Moorpark women’s soccer coach Eric Privat believed that the key for the game was the drive and anticipation for the team.

“The girls were very eager for victory in this cross county rivalry game, and they played a very physical and ag-gressive game,”said Privat.

Moorpark’s physi-cality was especially evi-dent on defense where they kept Oxnard with-out any significant shots on goal.

This win will give Moorpark momentum for its upcoming game

against Santa Barbara City College.

Privat believes that next week’s game will be a big one.

“We needed to have a strong mental performance today to get us ready for Santa Barbara,”said Privat.

Oxnard will attempt to get back on track against Hancock College this Tuesday.

Oxnard’s record falls to (2-4-1) in WSC play.

Photo by Richard VinsonDefenDing her turf- Oxnard defender Alicia Valdez fights off Moorpark mid-fielder Amanda Viescas, Oxnard’s defence was sorely tested all afternoon by a determined Moorpark offence.

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with 3 kills in a row for the Lady Raiders early on.

“I wanted to stay ag-gressive and put them away early,” said Flack.

The Raiders were too much for the Bull-dogs in the first game, resulting in Moorpark winning 25-16.

Flack continued her dominance in game two, overpowering the Bull-dogs.

The Raiders contin-ued their dominant play in the second game and opened with a 9-4 lead causing the Bulldogs to call another timeout.

Allan Hancock came out looking like a dif-ferent team, cutting the lead to 3 points with the

score 12-9. The Bulldogs put

up a fight, but it wasn’t enough as the Raiders won the second game 25-17, Raiders.

After the game Howard Davis, athletic director, announced that over $1,200 was raised for the fight against breast cancer.

“It was unbeliev-able,” said Davis. “Es-pecially since we have a cancer survivor on our team, it was really spe-cial.”

Moorpark swept Al-lan Hancock three games to zero.

The Lady Raiders aspire to continue their winning streak as they host Santa Barbara this Friday, which will be one of the biggest games of the year for MC.

DIG: MC Volleyball Digs for a Cure

Photo by Chad JonesDigging for a cure-Chelcy Westphal sets up Jessica Soprano for the spike.

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Michael Lemerand Features editor

“Cyber-bullying” is a term that, surprisingly, doesn’t carry very much gravity when mentioned in the news or in public discus-sions.

While it has been a sin-ister mechanism resulting in fatal, tragic consequences numerous times, it’s still being confronted with a subdued and ineffective re-sponse.

Defined by Bell Belsley, the founder of stopbully-ing.org, “cyber-bullying” is the use of “information and communication tech-nologies to support delib-erate, repeated and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others.”

Not exclusive to the pub-lic schools people often as-sociate any form of bullying with, the medium of com-munication technologies has given a new dynamic to the perpetrators of this harmful, invasive attack; it has given them a comfortable forum to do things their conscience wouldn’t permit in a more tangible social setting.

Take, for example, the tragedy of Megan Meier. Af-ter creating a profile on the

popular social networking site Myspace, the 13-year-old was befriended by a teenag-boy named Josh Evans.

Unbeknownst to Meier, who had a history of manic depression and suicidal im-pulses, “Josh Evans” was a fabrication by Lori Drew, a 49-year-old mother of one of Meiers’ former friend.

Meier frequently ex-changed messages with Drew’s fake profile, and she quickly found herself attract-ed to this disarming stranger.

Quickly as it started, the tone of their conversations took a foul turn, culminating in a message as cold as it was effortlessly simple: “Every-body in O’Fallon knows how you are. You are a bad person and everybody hates you. Have a shitty rest of your life. The world would be a better place without you.”

Meier was then found hanging in her closet the same day that message was sent.

Drew was convicted on the matter in 2008, but the ruling was reversed and ap-pealed in 2009 because the preceding judge ruled the government’s theory to be unconstitutional.

Also take into account the suicide of Ryan Halligan, a 13-year-old boy that com-

mitted suicide after being bombarded with derogatory homosexual accusations.

Other than some minor changes to Vermont’s legis-lation, no one was held ac-countable for their part in Halligan’s suicide.

More recently, the suicide of Tyler Clementi, 18, a fresh-man at Rutger’s University that jumped off the Wash-ington Bridge after someone in his dorm filmed a sexual encounter between Celmenti and another man and posted it online.

Though there are amend-ments being made to suit societies rapidly evolving technological communication mediums, it’s clear that other measures need to be taken to control this epidemic.

This is an issue that isn’t federal or state responsibility; it is a matter of discipline, hu-manity and personal respon-sibility.

This is something we need to instill in our children and maintain in our personal affairs. This is something we need to diffuse if we are able to do so.

It is a disservice to these deceased, young individu-als to continue looking for a federal or state solution to a problem that should end pre-cisely where it started.

Dustin BrewerStudent Life editor

While coverage for this years’ election has been extensive and abundant to a point of over-saturation, one dark horse candidate has gone largely unmen-tioned. Ferguson Mc-Cheese has been mayor of McDonaldland for over 30 years and could lead the state with strict laws that have proven effective for his entire tenure as mayor. As a child, young Ferguson was often criticized for his appearance. Kids would try to feed him to birds and would call him names like ‘Poppy Seed’ and ‘Meat Breath.’

As a result, he vowed to make sure that no one would ex-perience the hardships he had to endure. His efforts have proven suc-cessful. McCheese has kept crime in McDon-

aldland to a minimum, with hamburglary as the only real threat to town security. Also proving to be a man of the peo-ple, McCheese was able to build a working rela-tionship with the Grim-mace. Previously an outcast, he has become a pillar of strength to the community.

McCheese also has a strong stance on Proposition 19. He be-lieves that citizens have the right to hold the let-tuce, as long as it’s less than one ounce. In per-haps his biggest contri-bution in his entire ca-reer, McCheese green lit a rehabilitation program for former coke addicts, leading to the recovery of Ronald J McDonald. McDonald was previ-ously a notorious coke fiend he ended up in a gutter, having fried half the nerves in his brain and permanently stain-ing his face white.

McCheese’s pro-gram helped turn Mc-Donald into a success-ful fast food icon, and

while some questioned McCheese’s sanity to let a former coke hound monitor what young

children were eating, McDonald’s quickly be-came one of the largest chains in the world.

However, his career hasn’t always been gold-en arches and ice cream sundaes. A domestic abuse charge filed by his wife Patty McCheese left his reputation in doubt faster than you can say ‘mad cow disease.’ During this time, several tell-all books were writ-ten about McCheese, many of them framed him as a man with a love for prostitutes larger then Elliot Spitzer.

Others shone a light on his use of illegal supplements to keep him looking fresh. Also leaked were pictures that showed him engag-ing in other fast food chains without the use of any condiments. But McCheese was able to get out from under the heat lamp and restore his image. He passed a

bill that helped to keep (tater) toddlers in school and to make sure that all their school supplies were kept in top shape.

McCheese was re-cently re elected for a record 8th term in of-fice, but after running uncontested for his en-tire career, he faced stiff competition from Roger Noid, a Pizza Hut mar-keting designer. Mc-Cheese was able to win by a marginal percent af-ter a campaign focused on how Noid could ruin McDonaldland and turn the lively town stale.

Throughout his ca-reer, Mayor Ferguson McCheese has faced times both good and bad, but like a stale bun, he stayed firm in his be-liefs and has proven that even having a cheese-burger for a head, can’t stop you from reaching your dreams. A vote for McCheese is a vote for freedom.

Channing CheaVC Campus editor

With styling even more retro than the common hybrid, Honda combines sport car thrills with Smart Car stami-na in its new sport-hybrid.

The CR-Z sport hatchback—not to be confused with the CR-V crossover S.U.V.—is a car in a class of its own.

The unique body style will turn heads, and the fun styling of its in-strument panel will keep you play-ing with the buttons, and if you aren’t impressed by its looks, check out the dashboard.

The CR-Z is possibly the first ve-

hicle with a three-dimensional dis-play. The Speedometer, R.P.M. gauge and other doohickeys pop out at you when you turn on the car. Intrigued

yet? Well, if not, don’t worry. We’re just getting started.

Unlike anything expected from a hybrid, the CR-Z didn’t have anything constantly reminding you that you’re driving a vehicle that runs partly off electricity.

Apart from the energy consump-tion gauge, it doesn’t spew informa-tion at you that the average person believes as useless. All of this added to the instrument panels simplicity.

At idle, the CR-Z is even quieter than the average hybrid, e.g. the Toy-ota Prius.

The interior was detailed and styl-ish; something one would expect from a sports car.

The sound system provided a very clear sound. It wasn’t too mum-bled or too strong in bass or treble.

Of course these settings could be adjusted, but the default settings were comfortable enough for the driver not to worry about tweaking them.

The CR-Z was truly impressive performance-wise. It felt like I was driving a regular car, not because it was run-of-the-mill, but because it was comfortable and familiar. I could hear the engine upon acceler-ating, which I didn’t mind since the car was particularly responsive.

When testing the turning radius, I may as well have been driving a

Smart Fortwo. I was able to execute consecutive 360s in less than a 20-foot diameter circle.

Honda has also perfected the CR-

Z’s braking, and along with the Anti-lock Braking System, the car also has electronic braking.

This allows the car to stop on a dime without any pull, skid, or clicks from the ABS. The steering gave plen-ty more road-feel and was easy to handle.

Like many new-age hybrid or sport vehicles, the CR-Z has three performance options. “Sport” imme-diately and significantly ups the car’s responsiveness, “Normal” is exactly what it sounds like and “Econ” saves you some gas.

When turning sharply, the car showed no signs of body roll or lean-ing. I find it impressive that Honda

found a way to defy gravity. The car is only a two-seater, but provides excep-tional storage.

The CR-Z may be more fun to drive, but it doesn’t get nearly as good of gas mileage as the average hybrid. But with 33/38 M.P.G. and a base price of under $20,000, Honda is making pretty good headway.

The Honda CR-Z is the best of both worlds. Great gas and a fun, fast ride. You can have your cake and eat it too. And after that, go back for seconds and thirds. The college student look-ing to make an investment for trans-portation would not be disappointed. But what else would you expect from a Honda?

2011 Honda CR-Z is best of both worlds

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Photo by Cameron KolkeySleek and Sexy- The 2011 Honda CR-Z awaiting its new master at Simi Valley’s First Honda car dealership showrooms.

Lindsay ShumanStaff Writer

Halloween is fast approach-ing and Butera’s Billiards is kicking it off with their second annual Scaryoke event.

Guests will be able to par-ticipate in several contests to win prizes, which include ka-raoke and best costume. Vari-ous prizes will be given away including a $500 custom pool cue. Guests can come sing their heart out and even win a prize.

Garret Clark, a 20-year-old chemistry major at Moorpark, attended the inaugural Scaryoke and anticipates a larger turn out this year.

“Everyone gets really into it, there’s no such thing as a bad

costume there,” said Clark. “Everyone just wants to one-up each other.” Scaryoke will be held at Butera’s Billiards, located at 476 W. Los Angeles Ave. in Moorpark, and will go from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fri-day, Oct. 29.

Alcohol will be available for the majority of the night to those 21 and over, and ac-cording to owner and profes-sional pool player Sal Butera, Butera’s Billiards has the larg-est selection of imported and domestic beer in Moorpark.

There is no cover charge for entry, and although alco-hol will be served, the event is for all ages so anyone is invited to join the festivities. “We have a variety of age groups, and it’s a fun and safe place to come and hang out,” said Butera.For stu-dents looking for a place to hang out in-between parties and show off their costumes, Butera’s is ready for a night of “scaryoke.”

Butera’s Billiards hosts second annual Scaryoke in Moorpark

Photo by Cameron KolkeyThe daSh-You cannot tell from the photo but the dashboard is 3-Dimensional. Trust us, it’s awesome.

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