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Pro-life and pro-choice groups set up their signs in the middle of campus, by the Solano Community College clocktower.

A pro-abortion presenter holds a sign up for passers-by. An anti-abortion group hung up graphic posters at SCC.

By Deborah GrahamStaff Writer

Graphic images from trav-elling pro-life demonstrators from Project Truth surround-ed the clock tower at Solano Community College on April 11, 2011.

Established about 3 years ago, members of Project Truth, travel to several colleges in the Spring and Fall stating their opinion on abortion. Their mission is to cite the rela-tionship between contempo-rary genocide of abortion to historical forms of genocide. The demonstrators took sev-eral questions from students, handed out pamphlets which stated their opinion on anti-abortion viewpoints to anyone who passed by.

“Abortion is an act of vio-lence that kills innocent ba-bies,” said Don, project leader of the group. The banners were obtained by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform. The Center was established in 1990. Their mission is to give information about prenatal justice and the right to life for the unborn fe-tus. Don claims most people who receive their information usually say they didn’t know.

The pro-life demonstrators declined to give last names, citing concern for their safety. The banners were obtained from the Center for Bio-Ethi-cal Reform. The Center estab-lished in 1990 mission is to es-tablish justice for the unborn fetus, the disabled, the aged, an all vulnerable people. They use educational resources and imagery to convey this.

“These images should not be thrust on the student body,” said Griffin, a photography major, who declined to give his last name. Griffin who was standing on the opposite side of the pro-life demonstrators carried a sign which stated, “Keep Your Morality Out Of

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Important Dates

Wed, April 13 District-Wide Drop Cover and Hold Emergency drill 10:15 a.m.

Registered Nursing Information Program Vacaville Center Room 211 5 p.m.

Thu, April 14 Dr. Ssex Safe Sex Clinic 1400 lobby 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Registered Nursing Information Workshop Vacaville Campus Room 211 5 p.m. April 18 - 22 NO SCHOOL Spring Break

Sun, May 1 Career Education Far 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Mon, May 2 Answers for Transfers Workshop Fairfield Campus Transfer Center, 438 1:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Financial Aid Tue, April 19 Financial Aid Internet Cafe Room 438 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Tue, April 26 Financial Aid Internet Cafe Room 438 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Thu, April 28 Last day to submit direct loan application for 2010-2011

Tue, May 3 Financial Aid Internet Cafe Room 438 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

SCC Theatre

April 16, 17 & 30 SYT presents Sleeping Beauty Harbor Theater, 720 Main St. Suisun, CA 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

April 25 & 27 Auditions for The Visit Harbor Theater, 720 Main St. Suisun, CA 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Thu, April 29 Auditions for Love’s Labor Lost Harbor Theater, 720 Main St. Suisun, CA Thu: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Sun, May 1 Auditions for Love’s Labor Lost Harbor Theater, 720 Main St. Suisun, CA Sun: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

ASSC Elections

Wed, April 27 Mandatory Candidate Meeting 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Room 1421

Thu, May 5 Mandatory Candidate Meeting 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Back of Cafeteria

May 2 - 6 Campaign Week

May 9 - 19 Election Week

Upcoming Events

Thu, May 5 Spring Blood Drive Main Campus back of Cafeteria

May 6 & 7 SCC Dance Production “Dance the Red Carpet” $15 for adults $5 for 12 and under Fairfield Center for Creative Arts 8 p.m.

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Is it worth $159 to text and drive?Could you imagine paying

a minimum of $159 for doing something it seems the major-ity of drivers do?

This month has been de-clared “Distracted Driving Awareness Month” by the Cal-ifornia Office of Traffic Safety.

CHP officers have been stepping up their action against mobile phone offend-ers, but one method had my eyes off the road.

On my way to school this week, I noticed “TEXTING TICKET $159 ITS NOT WORTH IT” on the electronic sign near the West Texas exit.

We saw these signs during the “Click It or Ticket” cam-paign, which did increase Cal-ifornia motorists’ seat belt use by a few percentage points.

But, using an electronic sign to ward drivers from us-ing electronic devices is a bit hypocritical.

Ironic that their means of putting an impact on distract-ed driving actually distracted me from a truck that cut me off and almost hit me.

What distracted me even more than the sign itself was the missed apostrophe in the

word “Its.”Us who commute to school

every day are well aware of the dangers, but perhaps not so aware of the consequence.

Every time there is a flipped vehicle, a pancaked car by a semi truck or a pileup on the side of the road, it is a remind-er to me of the consequences for irresponsible or reckless driving.

I don’t need a sign to re-mind me of the physical and monitorial risks of using my cell phone while driving.

If the CHP wants to see a significant change in behav-ior, they should remind us of the what happens when we don’t get caught and end up in a wreck.

The fear of losing my car or losing my life is much more important to me that losing $159 out of my wallet.

It’s not worth it.

By Matthew Johnson Opinion Editor

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CAMPUS CONVERSATION

“Is texting while driving worth a $159 ticket?”

“I have been in many cars with people and too often is has caused them to almost miss a light or crash into someone. People shouldn’t be texting”

-Cat Tanchanco, 19film

“I don’t think so, it averts your eyes from the road. Your attention is somewhere else”

-Freedom Evans, 19biology

“If you’re on the phone, get off it. That’s the law.”

-April Nelson, 48human services

“No, but I can’t say that I don’t do it. It’s illegal so you should be punished for it”

-Jimmy Quach, 18engineering

Get into a good college. Get good grades. Get a good degree. Get a good career. This is success: setting and meeting the usual goals.

Which is great, for the people whose ambitions actually correspond with the “usual.” The rest of the world, apparently, is doomed to failure.

But the standard defi-nitions of “success” and “failure” aren’t necessarily right for everyone.

Not everyone has to be a doctor, or lawyer, or poli-tician; not everyone has to get or even aim for a high-paying career.

So those of you who are worried about not going to the four-year college you wanted, or not majoring in something that pays well, or even not knowing just what you’re planning to do with your life, relax.

Take a deep breath, and consider the idea, strange

though it may seem, that “what you get paid to do” is not “who you are” or even “what your life is.”

Since elementary school, it has been impressed on our minds and in our hearts that if we don’t get a nice degree and a nice career, we will be homeless burger-flippers, desperate failures, and inadequate nobodies.

We will disappoint our parents and never have a penny to our names. We will fall short because we didn’t excel in school or choose a good enough ca-reer.

We will never be happy.It’s this assumption that

I have issues with. Not hap-py? Does wealth constitute contentment? Is the “right” job what brings joy?

Weren’t we taught at the same time that we were learning about what we should be when we grow up, that money doesn’t buy happiness?

Is it really impossible to be happy without being well-paid?

Happiness is something different for each and ev-ery person in the world. For one person, it’s raising a family, for another; it’s discovering new scientific facts.

For someone else, it ac-tually is having that pres-tigious career as a lawyer. But, for yet another person, it might be scraping by at

By Angeline ToddNews Editor

Happiness is in the eye of the beholder

“Hell no. If anything it should be more because tex-ting while driving is pretty bad.”

-Virgil Johnston, 20business

If someone were to call you incompetent, if they were to belittle you or scream in your face, un-doubtedly you would retali-ate and speak up for your-self.

But what if that situation occurred while you were at work?

The California’s Depart-ment of Industrial Relations does a fine job of protect-ing employees who have suffered physical or sexual harassment on the job, but doing extensive research on their website, I found noth-ing about protecting work-ers from emotional harass-ment.

I have worked in the state of California for many years, in a variety of differ-ent sectors and the amount of emotional abuse I have suffered on the job is unbe-lievable.

Customers have a right to expect proficient and timely customer service when they

walk into a store or restau-rant.

But, do they have the right to degrade employees, yell at them when the store is out of stock for a certain product that is out of the cashier’s control, to belittle them for store policies that are explained on the cus-tomer’s receipt?

Customers know that they can treat their cashiers and other employees as hor-rible as they want and if the employee speaks up for themselves, the customer will often fly into a deeper fit of rage.

I have seen customers embarrass themselves time after time for their disgrace-ful behavior and the sad-dest thing is that they do not even realize how much they shame themselves by their words and actions.

California needs better regulations for the emotion-al treatment of employees. Mental health is an issue that should not be disre-garded in any way, shape, or form.

We take action against physical abuse without a second thought or delay, but we often disregard the emo-tional abuse that plagues our society in many forms.

I will be up front and say that I have suffered with clinically diagnosed depres-sion in the past, a large part stemming from bullying in my earlier years of educa-tion.

I have worked through my problems and have

grown stronger through them, but the form of abuse I come across on a day to day basis at work has af-fected my emotional state of mind more than once.

Not everyone can easily brush aside hurtful words and constant disrespect with a sweep of the hand.

Companies are so wor-ried about pleasing their money, excuse me, the cus-tomers that they often turn the other eye to the treat-ment of their own employ-ees.

Instead of playing the figure game and worrying only about monetary as-pects, corporations need to put their greed aside and take better care of their em-ployees.

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Employees are people too

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By Sarah DowlingStaff Writer

Pow! Zam! Wow! There was nothing but action at the Moscone Center in San Francisco the first weekend of April.

WonderCon, a convention dedi-cated to comic books and popular art celebrated its 25th anniversary on April 1-3 with comic book displays, panels, previews, game tournaments and more.

According to the convention’s pro-gram book and schedule for the event WonderCon was, “started by a group of Bay Area retailers and comic fans in 1987, the convention has long been known for its friendly atmosphere and wonderful exhibition floor.”

The Moscone Center was filled with tables devoted to aspects of comic book culture, as well as video games, car-toons, movies, and television shows inspired by comic books. Sections were dedicated to the two main comic book publishers, Marvel and DC, as well as smaller presses.

Several artists had tables as well, selling posters and sketching specific characters for anyone interested.

Actors were seated in the exhibition hall as well, including Lou Ferrigno who played The Incredible Hulk in the classic 1970’s television show, Cassan-dra Peterson, a celebrity famous in the 80’s for her television role as Elvira, and Peter Mayhew who played Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” movies. Celebrity Ryan Reynolds even stopped by for an appearance to promote his upcoming movie “Green Lantern.”

The exhibition floor was divided into rows by number, and each table had a number as well. With the programs assistance, one could easily find what they were looking for.

One person who noticed this was at-tendee Elaine Foster who said, “I loved that it was organized and easy to navi-gate, the people were very helpful.”

Foster said that she really enjoyed WonderCon and is “definitely going to go back next year” and will most likely go in costume.

Costumes are an important aspect of any comic book convention. People attending WonderCon were true to this idea and dressed up as their favorite characters from Marvel and DC comics, Star Wars, video games and the like.

Batman, Superman, and Storm Troopers made an appearance. I even spotted a couple dressed up as Waldo and Wendy from the “Where’s Waldo” children book series.

Many people I talked to attributed the costumes as a major reason why they enjoyed the convention.

“WonderCon was a lot of fun for me. I loved walking around among super-heroes and Star Wars characters. It was so exciting and made me feel like a kid again. The highlight of WonderCon was taking pictures with all the awesome people dressed up. I can’t wait for next year,” Solano Community College stu-dent Brittany Wood said.

Convention enthusiast Kevin Wong has been to many conventions includ-ing FanimeCon, SacAnime, and Won-derCon in previous years.

“I’ve always liked their set up and their stage where they have the main events and such and the masquerade event was well presented,” Wong said.

Everyone at WonderCon, costumed or not seemed to enjoy the experience and I hope that WonderCon will con-tinue to serve the comic book fans in the Bay Area for years to come.

Geeks rejoice at WonderCon’s 25th anniversary

A fan poses in his costume, an uncanny hybrid of Stormtrooper and Scotsman.

Photos by Sarah Dowling

Logan Fett, another hybrid at WonderCon. (A cross between X-men’s Wolverine and Boba Fett from the Star Wars universe.)

An suprising alliance is formed between Lara Croft and the Green Lantern for the making of this picture.

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By Cutter HicksStaff Writer

The lights dim and E. Clark hits the stage; this is when club attendees know it’s Dimi-tri’s Stand-up Comedy Night. Located at 700 Main Street, Ste. 106 in Suisun City, Dimitri’s Lounge is a comforting club where the 21 plus crowd can buy drinks and have fun.

Every Thursday, Dimitri’s Lounge entertains guests by providing a stand-up come-dy night. Hosted by E. Clark, stand-up comedy night pres-ents various comedians show-ing off their funniest bits to attendees searching for laugh-out-loud comedy fun.

Dimitri’s Lounge showcases a celebrity the first Thursday of every month while the later three lets locals jump on the microphone to test their hu-mor.

Alex Thomas from the “Ja-mie Foxx Show” headlined last Thursday while locals includ-ing E. Clark, Patrick Jaye and O.J. Young opened the show. The comedians presented their

clever, explicit jokes and the audience responded with non-stop cheering. The laughs did not stop from the 8 p.m. start-ing time until the last bit was given.

Also offered to the attendees is a comforting dimly-lit envi-ronment housing VIP booths, a dance floor and a stage. Wait-ers provide convenient order-ing services and the staff is amongst the friendliest groups anyone will meet.

The bar is the eye-catcher of the scene. With a huge list of top-shelf beverages and ex-perienced bartenders, guests will have no problem consum-ing their favorite drinks at ac-curate prices.

With a cover charge of $10 and an excellent environment it’s hard not to want to check out Dimitri’s Stand-up Com-edy Night on Thursdays. Grab the buds and discover a true comedy experience at Dimitri’s Lounge in Suisun City.

For more information, visit www.dimitrislounge.com or call them at 707-419-5204.

By Khrystan PolicarpioStaff Writer

When I went to see “Source Code,” I had absolutely no expectations. I knew nothing about what the movie was about, except that it starred Jake Gyllenhaal and the ratings averaged 90% by approved critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

The story begins with Gyl-lenhall, awakening on what appears to be a commuter train in Illinois. His character is referred to as, “Sean” but he claims that he isn’t that person. While he is in the midst of try-ing to find out his identity the commuter train explodes. Was this the end already? I couldn’t figure out what was going on – which was actually a huge draw to the movie.

We eventually learn that Gyllenhaal is Captain Colter Stevens who is sent on a mis-sion to find out who the culprit was that planted the bomb on

the train. His means of attain-ing this information is through “source code” which the movie explains is a program that allows Gyllenhaal to be placed into the body of a man who died on the train, during the last eight minutes of that man’s life.

In terms of sub plots and character development, I feel that Captain Steven’s relation-ship with the other passengers on the train was rushed and didn’t solidify enough to carry on throughout the story. On the other hand, Gyllenhaal’s performance was on par.

I loved Vera Farmiga as Cap-tain Colleen Goodwin, who was heading that particular “source code” mission. I didn’t like Michelle Monaghan so much, who played the love interest Christina Warren. Though her acting was fine, I personally feel that the character devel-opment was subpar. We don’t learn much about Warren or her relationship with Captain

Stevens, and it’s almost as if you could do without her char-acter in the movie. The visual effects were amazing, with fire whipping out at you almost as if it were in 3-D.

There is a huge play on what reality is and what isn’t, which I absolutely loved. It was almost reminiscent of In-ception, but not quite on that level. The movie was exciting and had me flinching at the more intense scenes.

At the end of the movie, I couldn’t help but speak good of it. It had me wondering if life could be changed and what “fate” really was – which seems to be a running theme in most recent films. “Source Code” was definitely not a waste of money. I personally feel that I wouldn’t pay to see it twice; however, I might con-sider purchasing the movie on DVD. Out of 5 stars, I would give this movie a solid 4.

By Deborah GrahamStaff WriterMOVIE REVIEW

I could close my eyes, hold my breath and still feel the horror seep through my bones. “Insidious” scared the living bejesus out of me. The film is extremely vivid, with its razor-sharp widescreen cinematogra-phy capturing every nuance of the fog-enshrouded sets.

Directed by James Wan (“Saw”) and produced by Oren Peli (“Paranormal Activity”), “Insidious” tells the story of the Lambert family, teacher Josh (Patrick Wilson), his wife Renai (Rose Byrne), and three kids who move into a new home to pursue their individual interests. The house (reminis-cent of the one in “Poltergeist,” starts exhibiting signs of para-normal activity, with the ever-popular creaky floorboards, swaying doors, missing boxes and a dripping faucet.

Lin Shaye plays the psychic exorcist, who has been brought in to evaluate the situation. Her character’s dramatic intensity pushes the film to this realm of sheer menacing excitement that keeps you riveted to your set. Wan uses this character as well as the imagery of bloody

handprints on the bed to move this film from a mere haunted house thriller to a demonic possession masterpiece

Wan, who is best known for his severed limbs, sexual torture scenes and other forms of gore, seems to bring us back to such classic hits as the 1962 low budget film “Carnival of Souls.” The subtle transforma-tion in style is what gives this movie its scare horror value versus Wan’s usual blood-fest of severed limbs.

Comedic relief was brought in by way of three characters, the mother-in-law (Barbara Hershey), and her two con-stantly bickering unkempt side-kicks (Angus Sampson a “Saw” alumni himself, Leigh Whan-nell). Their brief exchanges of levity provide a breather from the demonic images that pre-vail onscreen.

One must take note that “Insidious” will not have you tearing out your hair and run-ning for the door in terror, but serves to remind us that horror doesn’t always have to involve graphic depictions of people hanging by hooks, or some form of dismemberment. Wan took this 95 minute movie and brought back the love of this genre. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.

MOVIE REVIEW

Staff movie picks to liven up your week

Film District

The investigating psychic and one of her employees attempt to unravel the paranormal activities going on in the house.

Live entertainment showcases at Dimitri’s Lounge

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working-class jobs while they paint landscapes in their apartment.

Heck, someone’s happiness could be playing guitar on a street corner.

I’m not saying that it’s good to refuse to get a job and sim-ply mooch off of other peo-ple. Neither should you blow whatever money you earn on booze, parties or casinos. Ev-eryone should be able to sup-port themselves; otherwise it isn’t fair or worthwhile. But, it shouldn’t matter what your

job is, how much you make or how prominent you are to other people.

While money and fame and power are all nice to have, they aren’t the most important part of life. Really, if you have enough money to live, enough power to be independent and enough fame that your friends like you; that can be enough.

This is the truth of it, solid and beautiful, a truth that is rarely spoken of by society. Sometimes, people can be hap-py, and that’s the most success anyone should ask for.

Judge your own success

SCC walks for peaceBy Anthony PetersEditor-in-Chief

With signs that read “Equal-ity for all” and “We shall overcome,” the Peace Club’s fundraiser walk served as both fundraiser and political state-ment.

The fundraiser, which in-volved the Peace Club walking for 54 minutes to represent the 54 miles between Selmes, Ala-bama and Montgomery, Ala-bama that civil rights activists marched in 1963. Was on top of an all day peace summit, helped raise money for the Peace Club’s upcoming trip to the South.

Peace Club president Lala Myrick stated just how im-portant the trip will be for the members of the club.

“It made history real to me,” she said. “My dad was born in 1932 and he raised us to know what he went through.”

Myrick was quick to point out that by raising more money they were also raising aware-ness.

“The more money we raise means that more people are made aware. The point to get awareness is to support peace.”

The trip, which will take place June 3rd to the 12th, will take the Peace Club to sights

of the civil rights movement in Alabama, Georgia, Memphis and Atlanta. The club will fly to Atlanta and travel the rest of the way on a bus, during the trip they will meet with civil rights veterans.

Peace Club advisor Dr. Karen McCord commented on how the fundraiser helped raise awareness.

“It helps people to know what happened,” she said. “To keep the memory of what they did.”

This isn’t going to be the Peace Club’s only fundraiser as it is planning a car wash and a barbeque to help raise money for people to go on the trip.

Towards the end of the march Myrick gave in insight on how she plans to take the walk and give it to other people.

“Each step that I take, I feel better about myself and I can go and give it to other people,” she said.

Among the Peace Club mem-bers were students who were there to give support and have fun.

Solano student Courtney Boinsmead was there to help the trip and have fun. “I had a blast,” Boinsmead said of the walk. “It was a good way to get out and help people go on the trip.”

In the March 30 issue of The Tempest story “Voila! Students share languages” the names of Lorna Marlow-Munoz and Laura Pirrot were mispelled.

Correction: Names misspelled last issue

My Uterus.” Griffin was not offended by the issue of the pro-lifers but the fact they had these graphic images of dis-sected fetus close to the day-care center. He did not feel that those images needed to be forced on the student body.

“It is a holocaust and geno-cide,” said Bud, another Proj-ect Truth demonstrator. He did agree however that the oppos-ing side had the right to their own opinion.

School law enforcement was

present on the scene. An un-identified officer stood by the school bookstore entrance.

Tracy Perez, a business ma-jor, gathered pamphlets and a dvd from the pro-lifers. Perez then walked over and listened intently as Griffin and Kyle Taylor, an art major, discussed the graphic nature of the im-ages. Perez agreed with them about the graphic depiction of the mangled fetuses.

“Pro-choice travelers give you an opportunity to know the information but the images are quite offensive,” she said.

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Both views on abortion presented on campus

SPORTS 7THE TEMPEST n APRIL 13 - MAY 3, 2011

Rebecca NaranjoStaff Writer

The Solano Community College Baseball team triumphed over Contra Costa again on March 31, pulling off a 4-3 win.

The Falcon’s third baseman Trevor Matern was the first to score against the Comets off of catcher Victor Romero’s single base hit in the bottom of the first inning.

Contra Costa didn’t score until the top of the third inning. Outfielder Charles Lyte scored off of outfielder Donnie Hogan’s single base hit.

Solano retaliated in the bottom of the third inning as second baseman Derron Ard scored off of Romero’s hit to center field.

The Comets Lyte reached home plate again in the top of the sixth inning off of infielder Cam-eron Doorn’s single base hit.

The Falcons scored their last two points in the bottom of the sixth inning. First baseman Gene Nanney scored first followed by Romero.

The Comets attempted to even up the score in the top of the seventh inning, but outfielder Angelo Simmons was the final player to score.

The Falcons are now 10-2 in conference. The next game for the Falcons will be April 2 at Napa Valley College at 2 p.m.

Falcons 4, Comets 3

March 28, 2001 at Oakland, Ca (Laney College)

Falcons 7, Laney Eagles 11

E - Ard,Derron; Crenshaw,Der 2; Jackson,Rona. DP - Solano 1. LOB - Solano 8; Laney 4. 2B - Navarro,Nick; Espinoza,Moi. 3B - Stephney,Ell. HR - Nanney,Gene; Stephney,Ell. HBP - Matern,Trevo; Romero,Victo; Alvarez,Jesu. SF - Romero,Victo. SB - Ard,Derron; Jackson,Rona 2; Alcantar,Isi. CS - Alcantar,Isi; Coffin-Lenne.

March 29, 2001 at Pittsburg, CA (the horse shoe)

Faclons 17, Mustangs 2

E - Faleafine,Sa(1); Nicolosi,Ant 3(3). DP - LMC 3. LOB - Solano 6; LMC 5. 2B - Johnson,Patr(1); Romero,Victo(1); Nanney,Gene(1); Crenshaw,Der(1); Jamerson,Jar(1). HR - Ard,Derron(1). HBP - Mossholder,J; Crenshaw,Der; Rowe,Brian; Borja,AJ. SH - Borja,AJ(1). SB - Johnson,Blai(1); Hanestad,Bla(1).

April 13 – May 3, 2011

Detailed information regarding games can be found at solanotempest.net/sports.

Thu Apr 14, 20112pm - Baseball - Los Medanos1pm - Softball @ Marin

Fri Apr 15 - 16, 20118am - Swimming @ Stockton - Tri-Conference Diving Meet

Sat Apr 16, 20111pm - Baseball @ San Pablo

Tue Apr 19, 20112pm - Baseball - Napa Valley

Thu Apr 21, 20112pm - Baseball @ TBA1pm - Softball - Los Medanos

Thu Apr 21 - 23, 201110am - Swimming - BVC Championships

Tue Apr 26, 20112pm - Baseball @ TBA1pm - Softball - Yuba

Thu Apr 28, 20112pm - Baseball - TBA2pm - Baseball @ Yuba

Thu Apr 28 - 30, 2011All Day - Swimming @ Hayward - State Championships

SPORTS CALENDARRebecca NaranjoStaff Writer

The Solano Community College Baseball team remained victorious against College of Marin in a 4-3 defeat.

Solano opened the game strong as they scored in the bottom of the first inning. Second baseman Derron Ard scored the first point for the Falcons, rounding the bases off of Gene Nanney’s hit to center field.

The Mariners were quick to even the score as second baseman Scott Denesha scored on an error by the Falcons right field. The Mariners surpassed the Falcons as first baseman Jesse Staats was scored off of outfielder Matt Dufford’s double.

The Falcons evened the score in the bottom of the third as Ard reached home plate again off of catcher Victor Romero’s single.

The game remained tied up until the top of the eighth inning when Marin’s outfielder Devon Zenn hit a homerun.

Solano managed to not only even the score again, but surpass Marin as both pitcher Derek Crenshaw and catcher James Mossholder scored off of out-fielder James Borja’s single, ending the game 4-3.

The Falcons are 12-2 in conference. The next con-ference game for the Falcons is April 5th at Mendo-cino at 2 p.m.

Apr 07, 2011 at Ukiah, CA

Falcons 7, Eagles 4

Apr 09, 2011 at Fairfield, CA (Yarbrough Stadium)

Laney Eagles 8, Falcons 7

Apr 07, 2011 at Yountville, CA (Veteran's Home)

Falcons 12, Storm 2; Falcons 8, Storm 0

Mar 31, 2011 at Fairfield, CA (Yarbrough Stadium)

Falcons 15, 49er 0; Falcons 19, 49er 0

Apr 05, 2011 at Ukiah, CA

Falcons 12, Eagles 3; Falcons 8, Eagles 0

Mar 29, 2011 at Pittsburg, CA (the horse shoe)

Falcons 8, Mustangs 0; Falcon 7, Mustangs 0

Falcons Game Capture

March 28 - April 10

BASEBALL

SOFTBALL

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Falcon pitcher mean mugs Contra Costa bat-ter. Thursday March 31, 2011

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Falcon pitcher loads up against Napa Valley. Tues-day March 15, 2011.

SPORTS8 THE TEMPEST APRIL 13 - MAY 3, 2011

Rebecca NaranjoStaff Writer

Twenty year old Trevor Matern, a southern California native, has been playing baseball for sixteen years. He began little league at the age of four and moved up to the pony league at the age of thirteen.

Matern played shortstop all four years of his high school ca-reer at Hart High School in New Hall, California. Matern, who had a 4.35 grade point average in high school, was accepted into Harvard straight out of high school, he choose to attend the University of San Francisco instead since they offered him a full rides scholarship for the first two years of his college career.

“Harvard doesn’t have a full rides scholarship program,” Matern said. “My parents wanted to help pay for college, but they couldn’t afford Harvard. So I decided on San Francisco.”

During his first semester at SFU, Matern suffered an eye in-jury, taking him off of the baseball team. Matern needed two surgeries to fix his eye before he could return to baseball. SFU, in turn, refused to renew the second half of Matern’s baseball scholarship, leaving him unable to attend SFU for a second year.

“Looking back at things, if I would have known San Francis-co wouldn’t have renewed my scholarship, I would have just gone to Harvard.” Matern said. “It would have been worth the money.”

Matern decided to stay in the bay area even through he didn’t have a full rides scholarship any more. This is when he began playing baseball for Solano.

Upon his arrival, Matern switched from his usual position as a shortstop to a third baseman. Although Matern is attend-ing Solano for now, he has high expectations to continue his schooling at an Ivy League school.

“I have been scouted by schools. But Coach (Stover) has been talking to Brown and Cornell,” Matern said. “Hopefully I will [be] attending one of those.”

Matern’s parent’s have always stressed that there is more to life than baseball. He is planning to be a business major with a minor in political science at whatever four year he attends. Matern aspires to eventually be a corperate law lawyer.

“It would be nice to even be a lawyer for an international company,” Matern said. “I really like traveling, so hopefully I can work for a large company.”

Matern still enjoys baseball and would like to continue playing with as many wins as possible, even if it’s more like a hobby.

“We have a lot of great chemistry on and off the field,” Matern said. “We spend a lot of time with each other. This is one of the strongest teams I’ve ever been on so far. I think that the strongest aspect of our game are our pitchers. They have definitely been carrying us this semester. But I also think we have the potential to go far this semester; even all the way up into the championship rounds.”

Kirk JacksonStaff Writer

Solano Community College baseball suf-fered its third conference loss of the season Saturday against Laney College 7-8.

Laney infielder Julian Coffin-Lennear started things off in the second inning driving in a run off a single from Solano pitcher Chris Witschi. Utility hitter Ellis Stephney doubled driving in three RBI. Infielder Juan Carrillo added a RBI off a single and Laney College held a lead 7-0 at the end of the second in-ning.

Infielder Ard Derron doubled and drove in a RBI to put Solano on the scoreboard in the third inning.

After a double from infielder Trevor Matern started the fifth inning, catcher Victor Romero homered sending in two RBI’s. Infielder Cody Golden drove in another run off a single and Solano trailed Laney at the end of the fifth inning 4-7.

Utility hitter Tony Uyeno placed a RBI on the board for the Falcons with a double to begin the seventh inning. Uyeno, would also score a run off a double from short stop Pat-rick Johnson to close the gap at the end of the inning 6-7.

Laney’s Ellis Stephney would score from third base off a passed ball pushing the lead up to two runs. Solano catcher James Mossh-older added a RBI off a double, but it wasn’t enough as Solano fell one run short losing to Laney 7-8.

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Falcon base runner slides into third base during game against Los Medanos. Tuesday March 29, 2011

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Falcon thrid baseman Trevor Matern takes a break from training and studying. April 1, 2011

BASEBALL

Late Falcons rally not enough to overcome deficitEagles 8, Falcons 7

Matern turns down Harvard: story of honor

NEXT HOME GAME: Thursday April 14 at 2 p.m. against Los Medanos