vvc rampagevolume 33 issue 7

Currently VVC is on

probation but is still fully

accredited Credits stu-

dents are earning still

transfer to four-year uni-

versities

―There are rumors

floating around the High

Desert [that the college

isnlsquot accredited] We just

had a call last week that

want[ed] written evidence

that we were accredited

said Allan ―It does cause

people a great deal of

concern Students donlsquot

want to enroll at a college

where their credits arenlsquot

going to transfer

Since learning of the ACCJClsquos con-

cerns the main focus of the college and

its constituency groups have been to

close the gap between where it is and

where it needs to be according to VVClsquos

accreditation consultant Matthew Leelsquos

initial report back in Nov 2011 In the

report Lee states that although the col-

lege had begun to take steps moving

toward a resolution the recommenda-

tions were too numerous and complex to

be resolved by the March 15 2012 dead-

line Allan ensures that many of the rec-

ommendations issued by the ACCJC

have been resolved or partially resolved

Continued in Accreditation on page 2

RamPage May 25 2012 Volume 33 No 7

Victor Valley College

ldquoBe the person your dog thinks you arerdquo -Unknown

FeaturesEntertainment

Ireland pt3 pg6-7

Salton Sea Photo Essay pg8-9

Farmerrsquos Market pg10

MIB3 pg11

Best Albums 2012 pg12-13

Reckless pg14

Ghost Recon Game Reviewpg 15

Sports

Dodgeball Tournament pg16

Golf pg17

Menrsquos Tennis pg17

With the academic year com-

ing to a close the Victor Valley

College administration is pre-

paring for another accredita-

tion review

On June 8 Dr OlsquoHearn will

testify on the collegelsquos behalf

in front of the Accredited

Commissions for Community

and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)

The ACCJC will then make a

decision on whether or not to

keep VVC on sanction place the college

on a warning or show-cause or to take

VVC off of probation completely ac-

cording to Peter Allan Interim Execu-

tive Vice President Instruction and Stu-

dent Services

―[The ACCJC] will determine if they

need another visit and they will give us

our status said Bill Greulich Public

Relations

If the college remains on sanction

another follow up report will be required

by the ACCJC in Oct If VVC is placed

on show-cause the worst level of ac-

creditation probation the college will

have to provide the ACCJC with evi-

dence for them not to entirely revoke the

collegelsquos accreditation

―I canlsquot say Ilsquom 100 percent confident

but Ilsquom 9999 percent confident that we

wonlsquot go on show-cause because the

follow up report we did really demon-

strates that welsquove done almost all of the

things they require us to do said Allan

In March of 2011 the ACCJC visited

the college and gave VVC nine recom-

mendations to resolve These recom-

mendations included budgeting board of

trustees practices campus climate and

revising the mission statement to name

a few

News

Transfer Celebration pg2

Rt 66 Museum pg3

Graduation Preview pg3

CSU Waitlist pg4

News Briefs pg4

College Prepares for June Accreditation Review Story by Adreana

Young

Editor-in-Chief

and Kelli McGurk

Managing Editor

Photo by Kelli McGurk Managing Editor

News RamPage VVC May 25 2012 Page 2

Students Honored at Third Annual Transfer Celebration

Story by Todd Hadler

Reporter

The Victor Valley College Transfer

Center held its third annual Transfer

Celebration on May 23 2012 to honor

students who are transferring in the Fall

All students transferring to a CSU

UC private or out-of-state university for

the 2012-2013 academic year who regis-

tered for the event received a certificate

of achievement at the celebration VVC

transfer counselor Lorena Ochoa hosted

the ceremony

―It makes us coun-

selors proud to see

these transfer students

get to their educational

goals and to see them

get to universities

said Ochoa

Ochoa called each

students individually

to the Performing Arts

Center stage to receive

their certificate There

was a large turnout of

transfer students this

year even though

there were stu-

dents who did not

show up to re-

ceive their cer-

t i f i c a t e o f

achievement

The celebration

featured repre-

sentatives from

Azusa Pacific

University Cal

State San Bernar-

dino and the

University of La

Verne After the

ceremony students were able to talk

with the representatives

Michelle Angulo student speaker for

the event spoke about her struggle to get

to this point in her life and how she is

the first member of her family to go to

college She is now transferring to Cal

State San Bernardino as a political sci-

ence major

ASB President Christopher Dustin

was part of the ceremony as he is trans-

ferring to Cal State San Bernardino at

the end of the semester

―I am so proud of the people who are

transferring said Dustin ―This is a

great opportunity as they start new chap-

ters in their lives

The ceremony concluded with a round

of applause from everyone in atten-

dance

―When you go to your university re-

member to work hard but play hard as

well said Ochoa as she ended the cere-

mony with a few things for students to

remember as they head off to their re-

spective universities ―Be proud to have

come from a community college

Students who have any questions

about transferring you can go to the

Counseling and Administration Building

(Bldg 55) or call at (760) 245-4271 ext

2139

ASB President Christopher Dustin gave a speech at the transfer celebration Dustin also participated in the ceremony as he will be transferring to CSUSB

in the fall Photo by Keith Diamond Reporter

Celebration participants enjoyed snacks and refreshments provided by VVC Restau-rant Management before the awards ceremony began

Photo by Keith Diamond Reporter

Accreditation from page 1

According to Allan the revision of the

mission statement should be completely

resolved by the end of June and the rec-

ommendations for the board of trustees

have been fully resolved

―The visiting team observed that the

board of trustees was trying to micro-

manage so theylsquove had several training

sessions about how to act as a board of

trustees There were two recommenda-

tions on that and we feel that welsquove

completed those recommendations

stated Allan

Issues such as campus climate will

take more time to get completely re-

solved

―We did a campus climate survey in

2010 and the results were not very good

It indicated that there were a lot of un-

happy people on campus So a year later

we did another one and campus climate

improved It still isnlsquot 100 percent said

Allan ―Itlsquos not something that can be

sold overnight

As the June 8 review date draws near

the college is preparing to hear a deci-

sion on the standings of the accredita-

tion whether or not it will stay on pro-

bation or a best case scenario will be

moved to a warning

―I feel pretty confident that welsquore go-

ing in the right direction I wish I could

say that we could get off of sanction I

mean Ilsquom hoping that will happen but

Ilsquom trying to be practical said Allan

―Realistically if we go from probation

to warning thatlsquos a step in the right di-

rection I give us six more months to

write up another report maybe by Janu-

ary welsquoll be off of sanction assured

Allan

RamPage VVC May 25 2012 Page 3

College and Students Prepare for Graduation 2012

Victor Valley Collegelsquos graduation

ceremony will be held on Friday June 8

at 500 pm in the gymnasium

―Itlsquos exciting to see so may of our stu-

dents receiving their associates degrees

And fulfilling their academic grades As

a counselor it makes me very happy and

proud to see students achieve what

theylsquove works so hard for said VVC

Counselor Lorena Ochoa

Tickets will be limited to five per

graduate Graduation announcements

are now available for purchase in the

Rams bookstore beginning at $20 Cap

and gowns are also available for pur-

chase in the Rams bookstore until 1200

pm on Friday June 8 for $4799

(includes cap gown hood and tassel)

Graduates from August and December

2011 and candidates for the June 2012

graduation are eligible to walk in the

ceremony on June 8 If you applied for

Spring 2012 graduation by the Decem-

ber 17 2011 deadline you are able to

participate in the graduation ceremony

Final evaluations for June 2012 candi-

dates are not completed until grades

have been verified for the Spring 2012

term

―I look forward to enrolling into

CSUSB for my last two years of school

My learning has not stopped just yet

said 26-year-old VVC student Matt

Carey

Graduates will receive a letter when

their degrees are available for pickup

Additionally any library or financial

holds must be cleared before students

will be able to receive their degrees

Certificates are mailed on an ongoing

basis as requirements are completed

Graduates are able to pre-register for

their grad photos with a system called

GradTracklsquo which allows graduates

andor their parents to provide their

email and mailing address information

to Grad Images prior to the ceremony

This is available online at vvcedu and

clicking on the Commencement 2012

diploma icon

Story By Zaqueri Black

Reporter

Additional Reporting By

Micah Raimo

News Editor

Salvaged RamPages Spark Partnership Between VVC and Museum

Chico resident and previous Victor

Valley College student 71-year-old Ed

Olsquonial was cleaning out his attic when

he stumbled

upon a box con-

taining pictures

of VVC after its

c o n s t r u c t i o n

along with clas-

sic issues of the

VVC RamPage

student newspa-

per some pa-

pers dated back

to the 1970lsquos

Olsquoniallsquos wife

Jan Miller is the

daughter of the

V i c t o r v i l l e

Commercial Photographer Hersial

Miller who snapped the photos after the

collegelsquos completion

I had always known I wanted to return

to the Chico area and (VVC) was a step

in the right direction but a rollover to

another college At the time I was mar-

ried and had two kids said Olsquonial

Familiar with the Route 66 Museum

on D Street in Victorville he donated

the black and white photos and news-

print issues to the museum where they

were cataloged by a volunteer and

prepped for a future exhibit

Treasurer of the Route 66 Council

Sharron Foster plans to put together an

exhibit dedicated to VVC in the Victor-

ville room

―In the museum we have three rooms

One of them is dedicated to Victorville

and its history Mostly Old Town but I

can see it can

branch out to

the college

said Foster ―I

was so excited

to see that

someone had

saved these

pieces of in-

formation and

saw enough of

the informa-

tion to honor

us with donat-

ing this so that

maybe we can make a future exhibit

Forster continued

Foster along with four other mem-

bers of the council (President Gene

St John Vice President Betty Halbe

and Secretary Paul Chassey) will

meet with the college when they are

ready to put the exhibit together

Bill Greulich Public Relations Of-

ficer of VVC expressed immediate

interest in aiding the museum

All they have to do is call me and I

will help them with whatever they

need said Greulich

But Greulich wonlsquot be assisting the

Route 66 Museum alone

Robert Sewell Director of Auxiliary

Services and Associate Student Body

Advisor proposed that the ASB council

would be interested in helping the mu-

seum as well

Story by Micah Raimo

News Editor

Victor Valley College RamPages from 1978 Photo by Mi-cah Raimo News Editor

Ed Olsquonial contributor of the VVC RamPages to the Route 66

Museum Photo courtesy of Ed Orsquonial


Transferring Students Automatically Placed on Waitlists

California state universities could face

declining enrollment more layoffs and

a reduced number of academic pro-

grams if legislative voters do not pass

Governor Jerry Brownlsquos $200 million

tax proposal on Nov 6

However there will be campuses ac-

cepting community college transfer stu-

dents in the Spring of 2013 Channel

Islands Chico State Fullerton Los An-

geles San Francisco Sonoma and Cal

State San Bernardino

All transferring students must have the

new SB 1440 associatelsquos degree The

degree is specifically for certain majors

The SB 1441 degree allows students to

get most of their majorlsquos general re-

quirements out of the way before trans-

ferring into the university of their

choice What that means is if you are

looking to major in Math VVC will help

you take all of the classes that you need

for that major When you transfer over

to the university you will already have

most of the classes you needed done

The difference between the Associate

in Arts (AA) Associate in Arts for

Transfer (AAT) and the Associate in

Science for Transfer (AST) is that the

AA only allows you to get your prereq-

uisites done The AAT and AST in-

cludes your prerequisites and some

classes that are specifically for your ma-

jor

―You will have an advantage if you

do the AAT or AST said Lorena

Ochoa transfer counselor

In the upcoming 2013 semester trans-

fer students will automatically be placed

on a waitlist pending the Nov sixth

election If Brownlsquos tax proposal is not

passed transferring students will be on

this waitlist for at least three months as a

Story by Desiree Rollins

Reporter precaution that many universities will be

doing to prepare themselves If the pro-

posal is passed there will be no waitlist

Students who are applying to their uni-

versities in Oct will not know if they

have been accepted until Jan or Feb

High school seniors will have first prior-

ity to their school of choice

―It will jeopardize my future I want to

get all my school done but it will take

longer to do what I want to do said

VVC student Mika Bell who is planning

on transferring to Cal State San Bernar-

dino

All 23 CSUlsquoS are preparing them-

selves in case it does not pass Governor

Brown is asking for this $200 million

tax proposal so that the education of the

CSUlsquoS can continue to run smoothly

Many schools have already shaped

themselves around the last budget cuts

Final decisions will come in Nov 2012

News in Brief Safety Training Center

is open for classes

Get directions and

course list from VVC

homepage

Registration for Fall

2012 semester begins

July 9

Summer registration

has begun Classes

start June 18 and end

August 11

The Veterans club is

holding their third

annual Pow Wow Sat-

urday June 2 from 12

noon ndash 10 pm

Students who register be-

tween the dates of May 14 ndash

June 15 must pay their enroll-

ment and tuition fees within

five business days Students

who register late on June 18

must pay within 24 hours

Those who fail to pay will be

dropped from their summer

classes

Start Smart workshop

May 31 in the Student

Activities Center

Learn to benchmark

your salary and negoti-

ate to earn what you

deserve

Beginning Summer 2012

the EMT responder

classes are getting a new

prefix ndash EMS They will

no longer be a part of the

Allied Health

RamPage VVC May 25 2012 Page 5 Features From Dance to Photography a True Fine Art Story


Reporter

Megan Davis was on her way to We-

ber State University to start her career as

a dance major That was until she was

diagnosed with Celiac disease a condi-

tion that damages the small intestine and

interferes with the absorption of nutri-

ents Thatlsquos when she picked up a cam-

era Davis will be graduating from Vic-

tor Valley College this June with an as-

sociatelsquos degree in fine arts as well as

certificates dance and a

digital photography

After having kids Davislsquo

dancing days began to slow

down and she started to

think about getting into

photography It became

more interesting when she

found out that her grandfa-

ther was a professional

wedding and portrait pho-

tographer She has since

focused her career more on

photography

―The more I learned

about him the more I

wanted to emulate the

things that he did I feel a

sense of peace knowing

that my grandpa is proba-

bly enjoying the fact that I

am following in his footsteps said

Davis

Davis has won many local

awards for her photography At the

San Bernardino County Fair in

2011 she won five awards includ-

ing Best of Show First Place in the

Professional Portrait Category

Best of Division and First place in

the Digital Manipulation Category

She also won

second place

in the Eclipse

Gallery Honor

student Art

Show in 2011

―The easiest

way to win an

award in pho-

tography is to

u n d e r s t a n d

what kind of

co mpe t i t io n

you are enter-

ing and to

enter your

image in the appro-

priate category I

really didnt do any-

thing special or go

out of my way to

win these awards

other than placing

my images in the correct category said

Davis

Davis attributes much of her success to

the VVC photography instructors Her

teachers taught her that the sky is the

limit when it comes to creativity and to

not focus solely on the technical aspects

Davis also attended Victor Valley

Beauty College to get a Cosmetology

license When Davis is not being a pho-

tographer or dancing she works in a

salon as well

Davis tries to find inspiration in every-

thing around her every day

―I may be driving some-

where and see a shopping

cart on the side of the road

that will give me an idea

for an image Or I may see

something with very dis-

tinctive traits that will

spark my imagination I try

to create images that have a

story to tell or that ask

questions said Davis

Davis is now in the proc-

ess of creating a photogra-

phy business

―Olivia by Megan Davis Photo courtesy of Megan Davis

―Cleaning Day by Megan Davis Photo courtesy of Megan Davis

―Desert Iris by Megan Davis Photo courtesy of Megan Davis


Spring Break Abroad A Week in Ireland Part III

My heart was pounding I was imme-

diately in a panic I knelt down on the

ground ripped my backpack off of me

and began taking everything out of it

frantically searching through everything

I couldnlsquot find my little side purse that

held my passport wallet ID Euros and

everything I needed in it I always kept it

on me or in my backpack and now it

was missing

Waiting in line outside of the Glen-

dalough visitorlsquos center for our bus to

Dublin city my friend Samantha noted

how my backpack was unzipped Half

serious I asked her to check for my

purse just to make sure it hadnlsquot fallen

out ―I canlsquot find it she said

I began searching through my things

but once I realized it wasnlsquot in my back-

pack I ran to where we had been sitting

hoping it would be there Racing

through my head were all the possibili-

ties of what might happen if I couldnlsquot

find it I would have to pay a lot of

money to get a new one I would have to

deal with customs someone could steal

my identity I might never get home

Turning the corner and seeing the

stone wall we had been sitting on my

eyes bounced back and forth along the

wall looking for the small brown purse

It was there I saw it quietly resting on

the rocks I ran over to it picked it up

and a wave of relief washed over me I

dug through it making sure nothing was

missing Everything was there my pass-

port my wallet my camera everything

I walked back to the bus Seeing

Samantha waiting outside the bus for

me I held up my purse and smiled the

widest I may have ever smiled in my

life We both started laughing Sitting

down on the clean and spacious bus

seats clutching the tiny purse in my

hands mixed emotions rusehd through

me First I was still recovering from

almost losing the most important thing I

brought to Ireland (my passport) Sec-

ondly I was now aware of how dirty I

looked from hiking my pants were a

little muddy my boots were caked in

dirt and my hair was tangled from the

wind I was eager to be on my way to

Dublin city and finally as the bus started

rolling my mo-

tion sickness

kicked in and I

began to feel a

little queasy

again

Dublin

I havenlsquot been

to many cities

but out of the

few I have Dub-

lin is by far my

favorite It feels

safe and looks

clean Despite

the constant rain

and g loo my

clouds the air

that surrounds

Dublin is an up-

beat one one

that makes you want to kick up your

heels and have a beer and a good laugh

with friends

The bus from Glendalough dropped us

off on the side of a busy street Everyone

in Dublin at least from what I could tell

was so fashionable and put together

And here we were three girls from the

United States pulling along our over-

sized suitcases covered in mud leaves

and twigs in our disheveled hair and

trying to find a tiny hostel in a big city

with no map I can only imagine how we

must have appeared

After maneuvering through the

crowded sidewalks Victoria Sam and I

walked up to a bright red building The

paint chipped door read The Times Hos-

tel in big black lettering we had made it

to our final stop I was happy to have

arrived because I was exhausted and at

that point I hated my heavy suitcase and

desperately wanted to change my

clothes But at the same time I knew the

end of the trip was right around the cor-

ner and I wasnlsquot ready for it to end

Our room in The Times Hostel was

tiny packed full with three sets of bunk

beds and there were only three beds left

Even though the room was small and

crowded and the beds seemed a little

sketchy I couldnlsquot have been more ex-

cited about the bathrooms This hostel

had a full shower with hot water and

everything The entire trip I had gone

without a good shower but there in front

of me was a real shower

Once we explored our room a little we

rested a bit changed our mud-stained

clothes and left our hostel to experience

the sights and sounds of Dublin City

Dublin reeks of history Every build-

ing seemed to tell a story Many of the

buildings were stone and all had intricate

detailing from arched windows to en-

gravings of symbols There are historical

statues sprinkled throughout the citymdash

silently telling the story of Ireland

Dublin isnlsquot without its quirks Many

of the doors throughout the city are

painted different colors red royal blue

yellow green The door knobs on many

The River Liffey in Dublin flows through the city and to the Atlantic Ocean Photo

by Adreana Young Editor in Chief

Story by Adreana Young

Editor in Chief

Colorful doors scattered throughout Dublin give

the city a quirky feeling Photo by Adreana

Young Editor in Chief


of the doors are in the center and over-

sized Why Why not Itlsquos very Irish

Ilsquom assuming The streets are full of

music constantly We rarely went any-

where without hearing live music Small

bands playing acoustic guitars solo fid-

dlers on the streets or the distant sounds

of bands playing inside of pubs they all

filled the air and brought the already up-

beat city to life

Our first night in Dublin started out

with shopping Of course we had to be

tourists even if we wanted to avoid ap-

pearing like that We went in

and out of little shops spend-

ing more money than we

thought There is something

about being in a foreign city

and carrying a shopping bag

or two that makes one feel a

little sophisticated and cool

Victoria Samantha and I

wanted to end our first night

in Dublin the right waymdashin a

pub We were drawn into one

by the music we heard pour-

ing out of it The moment I

walked in to the tiny pub I

was wide awake It was

crowded and noisy but that

was part of its charm

The two-man band playing

at the front couldnlsquot have fit

the scene more perfectly The

singerguitar player was charismatic and

joked with his fiddler between songs

The duo ended their gig with a fiddle

solo The fast-paced fiddle filled the

room and my ears with a bubbling en-

ergy that ended the night on a perfect

note

Our last day in Dublin we woke up

early The hostel was serving a free

breakfast toast an apple and bad cof-

feemdashbut hey it was free

Stepping outside into the brisk morn-

ing air I was surprised by how sunny it

was The weather had been kind to us all

week and our final day in Ireland was no

different

Our day in Dublin started with finding

statues of famous authors and spending a

few hours in museums and art galleries

We filled our day with art and history

something there is no shortage of in Ire-

land

After meandering around the fancier

side of the city the three of us were

starved Nothing could have been more

satisfying than a burrito and lo and be-

hold we found a tiny burrito shop It was

mid-day and I hadnlsquot eaten anything that

day except for my undercooked toast

that morning There was nowhere to sit

in the crowded restaurant so we decided

to go next door to a cafeacute and order some

tea with our food

We waited in line at the cafeacute my

stomach was growling and I just wanted

to eat Finally we sat down I unwrapped

my burrito and right before I could bite

into my appetizing burrito the cashier

barked at us ―youlsquore not allowed to eat

that in here

I guess in Ireland it is a no nolsquo to take

food from one restaurant into another

but we had already bought tea Now we

were forced to set aside our food and

chug down the hot tea so we could leave

and find somewhere else to eat

Sitting on the curb in an ally way the

three of us wolfed down our burritos

Ilsquom sure we looked like bums but at that

point I didnlsquot care Now in all honesty

the burrito wasnlsquot that good but because

I was so hungry it was entirely satisfy-

ing

The day was getting later and the

clouds were rolling in After visiting the

Dublin Writerlsquos Museum for few hours

we decided to find a cafeacute to sit in We

found an empty cafeacute near our hostel and

sat down for the first time in hours I

hadnlsquot realized how sore my feet were

until I was no longer on them

Once all our drinks arrived in front of

us the ever-graceful Samantha knocked

hers all over herself and the cafeacute floor

Embarrassed she asked the kind barista

for a rag to clean it up Now maybe he

was just a polite individual or maybe

everyone in Ireland is just really nice

but instead of handing Samantha the rag

he cleaned it all up making a joke about

being clumsy himself Still embarrassed

and now drink-less Samantha sat in

front of Victoria and I with a pout Soon

the barista had returned with another

cappuccino in a huge yellow coffee cup

complete with a foam heart decorating

the top and Samantha wasnlsquot even

charged for it Ireland is sweet

Our last night in Dublin appropriately

ended in a pub After having a few pints

of Bulmerlsquos cider in a pub called

―Doylelsquos we wandered (or maybe

stumbled) into a few others

Samantha had decided to head

back to the hostel to rest but

Victoria and I werenlsquot finished

with Dublin just yet

The last pub we walked into

before calling it a night was in

the Temple District The place

was packed full of people The

band was wrapping up their set

and the final song they played

just as Victoria and I walked in

was American Pie by Don

Mclean We were instantly

pulled into the packed mix of

drunken people dancing and

singing alongmdashof course we

started dancing and singing

along too The whole crowd

was swaying and yelling to-

gether A man behind us was

balancing a Guinness on his head a

group of women were dancing in a circle

that Victoria and I joined in In that mo-

ment we were not strangers in a pub we

were all best friends singing along and

sharing an unforgettable experience The

song ended and so did the night

I woke up the next morning to the

sound of pigeons loudly cooing Victo-

ria Samantha and I packed our things

and left our hostel room We slowly

made our way to a near-by Starbucks to

get some coffee and wait for the bus to

the airport Of course the bus was late

Once we finally made it to the airport

we hurried to check ourselves in The

three of us slowly made our way up the

escalator to the entrance of our terminal

Victoria and I said our tearful goodbyes

to Samantha and to Ireland As we felt

the plane pull off the ground below us it

hit me that our trip had ended The week

had flown by and I was leaving with a

few souvenirs and the memories of Gal-

way Inis Meain Glendalough and Dub-

lin Hopefully they will not just remain

memories and I can one day return to the

tiny country that now holds my heart

The busy streets of Dublin city Photo by Adreana Young Editor in Chief


Frank Foster a Victor Valley College

Art Professor has found an interest for

the past several years with the Salton

Sea

As a photographer Foster would like to

bring awareness to the Salton Sea and

the horrible pollution that it has encoun-

tered in recent years

―Itlsquos a beautiful area but it also has

some ugly aspects about

it said Foster

The Salton Sea is a shal-

The Beautiful Tragedy at The Salton Sea

VVC Professors of Photogra-phy Frank Foster and Brent

Wood take pictures of the

Salton Sea and dilapidated houses where pollution and

poverty have plagued residents

for years as part of their efforts to bring awareness to the tragic

reality in this majestic land-

scape located in Californialsquos Imperial Valley

Photo Essay by Keith Diamond

Reporter

Foster is not alone in this crusade to

save the Salton Sea VVC History Pro-

fessor Erik Meyer has teamed up with

Foster to write a book about the tragedy

of the Salton Sea and Brent Wood VVC

Photography Professor and Department

Chair accompanies Foster on his trips to

photograph the Salton Sea and itlsquos sur-

rounding areas Foster plans to have a

mobile art gallery of their images to help

build awareness and educate society of

the Salton Sealsquos tragedies

He hopes that our nation

would pay attention to this

area and do something

about its consistent decay

but he is not holding his

breath

―This place has become

an environmental dump

for Agro Business in my

opinion said Foster

―They just call it the poor

Salton Sea We have no

one to blame but our-

selves

low rift lake located directly on the San

Andreas Fault Itlsquos a surreal area in a

way that its beauty tries to hide the fact

that it is one of the most polluted lakes

around and some of the most poverty

stricken people live there

This area at one time fit into the grow-

ing scheme that we called the

―California Dream That dream has

since dwindled away and all that is left

is what you see in their images

Photographs by Keith Diamond Photographs by Frank Foster and Brent Wood


Photographs by Frank Foster and Brent Wood

RamPage VVC May 25 2012 0

Farmerrsquos Market Continues to Struggle on Lower Campus

Story by Arvin Sulikhanyan

Senior Editor

For roughly 16 years the Farmerlsquos

Market has served the High Desert com-

munity The thriving market set a

healthy precedent for the community

and gave farmers and crafters a place to

sell their goods The market still takes

place every Thursday until noon but

there is one major difference location

A decision was made last year to move

the market to lower campus on Fish

Hatchery road This change eliminated

the benefit of being seen from Bear Val-

ley road The college felt that the safety

hazards such as the possibility that a

tent might come loose and fly onto the

road were simply too substantial to ig-

nore

The move corresponded with an exten-

sive drop in revenue and a large decrease

in the total number of retail vendors for

the market Not much change has oc-

curred since the move a year ago and

the market is still suffering

―Nothing is going to improve when

you donlsquot have visibility Thatlsquos the first

rule of a successful business said Kerri

Santoro head director for the market

―We lost our visibility and comparing

the numbers for the last three years we

decreased 60 percent and we were actu-

ally on an incline despite the economy

until we moved Santoro said

Sarah Fuller another director for the

market explained that even after all

these months she still gets people stum-

bling upon the market

Fuller and the rest of the market have

been trying to get

the word out to

attract new custom-

ers with the use of

advertising word

of mouth and signs

located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have

little snippets in the

Daily Press welsquore

advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement

on the kiosk for the

col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been

from the EBT and WIC programs When

people sign up for these programs they

are told that they can use the funds for

the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

―Over here

people they

donlsquot know

about us Busi-

ness is worse

over here People that know come but

people that donlsquot know about us donlsquot

come over here Over there they came

Over there I was selling more said

Cappillino

Scott Willians a veteran of the mar-

ket is taking a positive outlook on the

situation

―Down here itlsquos word of mouth as far

as knowing that welsquore here thatlsquos the

best advertisement Up there it was visi-

bility people could see us from the

street business was booming over there

The market did take a hit but itlsquos starting

to build back up because people are

finding out that welsquore here said Wil-

lians ―We just need to make do with

what we have here and let people know

that the Farmerlsquos Market is still here

Not everyone is as optimistic as Wil-

lians Santoro knows that business

should pick up heading into the summer

season but is convinced that it wonlsquot be

enough to save the market if the status

quo is maintained

―If I donlsquot do something soon there

isnlsquot going to be a Farmerlsquos Market

said Santoro

Santoro Fuller and the rest of the mar-

ket would prefer to move back to the

upper campus but that idea seems unre-

alistic

―Welsquod rather be up there than here as

far as the business side goes Weve

tried talking weve had people go to

meetings Welsquove done everything to try

to get back up there said Fuller

Safety concerns donlsquot seem to be the

only reason why the college doesnlsquot

want the market in its previous location

Continued in Farmerrsquos Market on

page 16

Two directors of the Farmerlsquos Market Sarah Fuller and (second from left) Kerri Santoro (third from left) try to get the word out about the new location of the

market on VVClsquos lower campus Photo by Arvin Sulikhanyan Senior Editor

Vendor Scott Willians Farmerlsquos Market veteran looks forward to an improved economy and future for his business and the market

Photo by Arvin Sulikhanyan Senior Editor

RamPage VVC May 25 2012 Page 11 Entertainment MiB 3 Back in Black and Not That Bad

Review by Roscoe Esparza

Photo Editor

Men in Black returns to the big screen

and while the movie fails to entertain as

much as the original it proves to be

much better than the sequel

The film has a solid premise for a sci-

ence fiction film travel back in time and

restore the timeline

Agent J and K played once again by

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones re-

spectively are continuing right where

they left off protecting the people of

Earth from alien threats and the truth

While Agent K is noticeably bothered

an alien criminal K sent to prison dec-

ades earlier escapes and once he shows

up K is gone

J is told that Ks been dead for over 40

years J has no choice but to travel back

in time and save his partner

Smith does a fine job as Agent J but

he somehow fails to be

as engaging or likeable

as he was in the original

film Thats not to say he

isnt the reason most

people will be heading

to the theaters While

he has his standout mo-

ments it just feels as

though hes mostly go-

ing through the motions

A decent portion of

the film requires Josh

Brolin to fill in as Agent

K s 1 9 6 9 s e l f

Its nice to see Smith

and Jones onscreen to-

gether once again but

its Josh Brolin that

steals the movie Its

obvious that Brolin did

his homework His per-

formance as young Agent K is well

done Having a younger version of an

established main character proves to be

the most interesting part of watching

Its disappointing that

the supporting cast went

so underutilized consid-

ering they got Emma

T h o m p s o n

(LoveActually) and Al-

ice Eve(Helsquos Just not

that Into You) who play

older and younger ver-

sions of the same charac-

ter Agent O Both ac-

tresses dont do much to

assist the overall movie

MiB 3 is a watchable

movie with an interest-

ing twist from the pre-

ceding films The end-

ing while striking when

you learn the truth of Ks

past doesnt hit the in-

tensity home as well as it

wanted to

Now if only someone could neutralize

the memory of the second film from our

minds the franchise would have a much

better track record

Will Smith returns as agent J in MIB 3 that hit theaters May 26

Photo courtesy of Sony Columbia


Fun

Some Nights With a huge voice broadway-vivacity

and influences taken from producer Jeff

Bhasker (My Beautiful Dark Twisted

Fantasy) Funs second album ―Some

Nights is an ambitious record Nights is

loud dramatic and heavy with the pop-

anthems that seem to be carried off a

play-production

Norah Jones

Little Broken Hearts Norah Jones and producer Danger

Mouse team up for a perfectly com-

fortable and modest album Danger

Mouse offers room for exploration

presenting a different side of Jones

while still showcasing her ambient

jazz-voice Jones is still herself in the

sense that she still has a strong hold

on adult indie-pop

06 White Rabbits Milk Famous

The Brooklyn based six-

piece define their sound as

―honky-tonk calypso a

seemingly meaningless

string of words that some-

how accurately defines

White Rabbits Drawing

influences across the board

from the gloomy squalor of

post-punk to the atmos-

pheric austere of Radioheadlsquos ―Kid A White Rabbitslsquo

―Milk Famous has a hauntingly seamless flow While this

blend of pessimism and anxiety is hardly a new idea for a

post-punk outfit the band manages to create a unique and

alluring experience that entrances its listeners White Rab-

bits showcase that a high production quality is not necessar-

ily overproduction with a clean and crisp sound that carries

a life of its own ―Milk Famous is one of the best in the

current New York post-punk revival

Odd Future

OF Tape Vol 2 The Tyler the Creator led gang come

out with an in your face debut release

This young Los Angeles rap group

sound like seasoned veterans of the

game Tyler is still the driving force

behind this group but with members

like Frank Ocean and Hodgy Beats OF

will stay around for years to come

07 Killer Mike RAP Music

With politically charged

lyrics Killer Mike creates

an aggressive and con-

frontational album of bel-

ligerent proportions Hip-

hop has always had close

ties to hardcore punk

whether itlsquos the Beastie

Boys or Public Enemy

―RAP Music seems to

pick up punklsquos anarcho tinged lyrics ―RAP Music has a

straightforward approach with its politically-fueled lyrics

Foregoing the use of metaphors or similes Killer Mike

doesnlsquot fuss with beating around the bush going as far as to

proclaim that ―Ilsquom glad Reaganlsquos dead With Ice Cubelsquos

animosity and dead prezlsquos politics ―RAP Music is a

throwback to the textures and aesthetic of old school hip-

hop with a modern accent this is hardly a fresh approach

Killer Mike seems to have successfully pulled it off

Best Albums of 2012So Far

10 09 08

June 11 Bobby WomackmdashThe Bravest Man in the Uni-

verse

The 68 year old soulRampB singers first studio release in 12

years is one of the most anticipated albums of this summer

June 26 Linkin ParkmdashLiving Things

The follow-up to 2010s A Thousand Suns Linkin Park

looks to return back to their 2000s Hybrid Theory roots

July 24 Passion PitmdashGossamer Following up from Manners Passion Pits sophomore ef-

fort will aim for a more evocative approach

September 25 Lupe FiascomdashFood amp Liquor 2

Fiasco has high hopes for his part deux to an album that

earned him Grammy nominations a few years back

TBA 2012 The KillersmdashBattle Born

The Killers fourth studio album Battle Born has been

worked on since last Maymdashand the band has noted it as a

difficult record to make

These are albums to look forward to before years end

List Compiled by Brandon Chiz (Senior Editor) Joseph

Ciulla (Web Editor) and Daniel Compean (Editor)


04 Bruce Springsteen mdash Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen has made his best album in years It has been a long while since we

have heard Springsteen deliver with such heart A shining moment on the album is the

track ―Jack of all Trades an ode to those that will do anything to get by The song also

features guitarist Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine Audioslave) In an eco-

nomic time that the US is trying to soon forget Springsteenlsquos Wrecking Ball couldnt

have come soon enough With songs that seem to have been plucked straight from the

last great depression Wrecking Ball can be looked at as an album to define the current

economic struggles of the 99 percent Springsteen is nowhere near your typical singer of

irrelevant American anthems

03 Death Grips mdash The Money Store Like a shattering shot from a gun barrel ―The Money Store assaults its listener with a

relentless audial barrage Death Grips brings a unique and at times bizarre blend of

genres ranging from electronic punk and hip-hop (dubbed ―Hip-Honic by the Ram-

Page) Producer Zach Hill (of math rock band Hella) and Andy Morin continue this un-

orthodox approach with caustic and chaotic drums like an onslaught of gunfire An al-

bum that is experienced rather than heard ―The Money Store is by far the most unique

inclusion on this list Front man MC Ridelsquos vocal presence combined with Hilllsquos abra-

sive beats give a sometimes jarring yet satisfying experience Death Grips is success-

fully pioneering a trail to the progressive future of hip-hop

02 Cloud Nothings mdash Attack on Memory Cloud Nothings ―Attack on Memory finds the proper blend of visceral nostalgia and

ambition Lead singer Dylan Baldi sets a good example of creating an album that is too

essential to be dismissed AoM has an expansive range with its surprisingly clean

grunge-y sometimes 90s Emocore sound However everything is kept in check with

their attention to economy in each trackmdashas proof of the album being only eight songs

Whether itlsquos Baldis raw empathic voice the feverish drums or well-traversed guitars

the album knows how to throw down and throwback to classic post-hardcore roots with-

out any important ingredient being lost or seeming too contrived After this album has

aged it will be looked back upon as the post-hardcore record of this time

01 Jack White mdash Blunderbuss With this album Jack White has finally found himself Musically and artistically he has

come into his own showing that he can succeed within a band as well as a solo artist

Whitelsquos ―Blunderbuss is just the first step to further cement himself in Rock n Roll

history While the album is still heavily rooted in the blues-rock style that is now syn-

onymous with his namesake White experiments with fiddle-accompaniments pianos

and a folk aesthetic that draws parallels to Dust Bowl era music White has now legiti-

mately paved a path all of his own being an artist that continuously evolves contrib-

utes to his genre and shows that he is his own musician With fervent soul and true

Rock n Roll roots ―Blunderbluss is the best album of 2012 thus far

05 Alabama Shakes mdash Boys and Girls There is no stopping Brittany Howard once she touches a microphone Her voice a per-

fect mixture of Janis Joplin and Otis Redding has the ability to stop everyone in a room

to focus on just her Howard is the driving force behind this band The way she can go

from stagnant to overdrive with her vocal range is just phenomenal With Boys and

Girls being their debut effort it is likely to see a very bright future for them if they can

learn to diversify just the slightest bit The band needs to be a little more innovative

What they do is a nod to classic bluessoul music and it works but if they want to be the

powerhouse band that they are capable of being they need to let themselves stand out

more and not just rely on Howards amazing voice


Dark Play Entertains Audiences Review by Eric Abrego

Reporter

and Francisco Casillas

Reporter

The Victor Valley College Performing

Arts Theatrelsquos latest production Reck-

less is a dark comedy with a humorous

but sad story Directed by Ed Heaberlin

and staring student Gilda Jo Bryant as

Rachel the first showing took place

May 24 and is playing two consecutive

weekends through June 2 in VVClsquos Per-

forming Arts Center

The original screenplay was written by

Craig Lucas in 1983 and with a mature

rating is for adults only

―Itlsquos nerve-racking and exciting Itlsquos

exhausting preparing this for the last six

weeks said Bryant

Reckless begins with Rachel sitting

with her husband Tom while watching

TV on Christmas Eve She begins to

reminisce but is brought back to reality

as Tom blatantly tells Rachel he has

hired a hitman to kill her Having sec-

ond thoughts Tom warns his wife and

asks her to leave before itlsquos too late Still

in her robe and slippers she runs away

with no where to go

Rachel is rescued by Lloyd a random

stranger who invites her to his home for

the night We are then introduced to

Lloydlsquos wife Pooty a paraplegic deaf

woman The warm-hearted couple even-

tually goes so far as to let Rachel live

with them and become part of their fam-

ily Rachel in her new life is forced to

come face-to-face with her friendslsquo dark

played females roles

in a hysterical man-

ner Brian Jones

plays all six of Ra-

chellsquos therapists and

Irran Arias plays an

e n e r g e t i c o l d

woman

―Ilsquom very pleased

with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May

31 through June 2 at

7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-

sion $7 for seniors and students As

always ASB cardholders have free ad-

mission

For tickets or questions contact the

Theatre Box Office at 760-245-4271 ext

849

histories

The major theme of the play is quoted

by Rachel ―Do you ever feel you actu-

ally know people

Lloyd his wife Pooty and Rachel travel

cross-country with winnings they earned

through a game show Shortly after Ra-

chel visits several therapists

who cannot help her realize

her problem

The story is depressing and

itlsquos hard not to have sympathy

for the characters but is

brightened by other roles

―It was dark and twisted but

some scenes touched me

said Michelle Galvin and au-

dience member who drove

from Las Vegas to watch the

play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and

male actors Gilda Jo Bryant as Rachel speaking to her therapist played by Brian Jones Photo by Eric Abergo Reporter

Pooty played by Denise Pemberton contributed to the dark comedy of the play Photo by Eric Abrego Reporter


Ghost Recon Future Solider not the Future of Shooter Games

Review by Eric Abriego

Reporter

venient tools from near-invisible cam-

ouflage to sensors that detect any en-

emy in the vicinity re-

gardless of how well

hidden they are

Online play progres-

sion follows a formula

similar to the Call of

Duty games play games

to gain experience points

and gain levels to unlock

new weapons weapon

mods and equipment

Future Soldiers multi-

player isnt about getting

kills its about complet-

ing objectives It also

requires for you to work

with your team In multi-

player you choose from

three roles Rifleman

Engineer and Scout The

Rifleman is the all-

around fighter with

ammo supplies the engi-

neer is the close combat

supporter with sensors

and flying cameras and the scout is the

stealthy sniper Its the best strategy to

have a balanced amount on your team

since they all provide different tools for

the team

Gun customization is a nice feature the

game includes A vast majority of guns

and gun mods must be unlocked through

spending hours playing the game ndash you

have to complete challenges to unlock

them in single player mode and level up

in multiplayer There is not much else

you can customize since appearance is

limited to pre-set faces

Guerrilla mode is ―survive as long as

you can mode played alone or with

friends Players defend a headquarters

from groups of mass soldiers If youve

played Survival Mode in Modern War-

fare 3 or Firefight from Halo dont ex-

pect much difference from Guerrilla

This could be a good or a bad thing I

personally do not like it as its just not

exciting and doesnt have anything new

For any renters or used game buyers

youlsquoll be missing content with Ghost

Recon To access all content of the

game you must have a U-Play passport

which can only be obtained by buying

the game new or paying ten bucks

Without a U-Play passport you will be

unable to play co-op on the single-player

campaign or guerrilla mode and cannot

progress your character past level five

on online multiplayer

Itlsquos a fun game but not much of a

unique experience The stealth action

hybrid and futuristic gear are the main

draws of the game However its lacking

somewhat in excitement It doesnt get

me going as much as other shooters

have

Shooter games have become extremely

popular in gaming Tom Clancyrsquos Ghost

Recon Future Soldier is the latest addi-

tion to this genre Unfortunately the

game doesnt bring much to make it

stand out from others in its category

Future Soldier came out May 22 and

was released on PC Xbox 360 and Play

Station 3 Future Solider takes its set-

ting in the near future in an almost mod-

ern setting with some futuristic technol-

ogy Gamers play as the leader of a four-

man squad tracking down the source of a

dirty bomb around the world

This game is a third-person cover-

based shooter a system similar to the

Gears of War series The third-person

camera is convenient for this type of

game play since you can peek over

walls without endangering yourself

There are skirmishing gunfights in

campaign mode but this game is not all

on-going action fights as many parts of

the game require you to slow down and

use stealth ―Sync-Shot is a neat game

feature in which you tell your teammates

ahead of time to lock in on an enemy

and prepare a synchronized shot killing

four enemies at once before they have a

chance to alert anyone

The game gives the player many con-

Photo courtesy of g4tvcom

Ubisoft has created some heart pounding action throughout the Ghost Recon Future Solider game Including this battle zone of destruction and warfare in campaign mode

Photo courtesy of ubicom

RamPage VVC May 25 2012 Page 16 Sports Ready Rams Third Annual Dodgeball Tournament

Story by Mario Gonsalez

Sports Editor

The Ready Rams Club hosted their

Third Annual Dodgeball tournament on

May 24 located in the Victor Valley

College basketball gym

The day began with sign-ups and stu-

dents trying to put together teams This

was a fundraising event hosted by the

Ready Rams Club and the cost for each

team was $5 for a full team of six

Ready Rams is a community service

club that helps not only students but the

community as well Volunteer work and

fundraising events such as the annual

dodgeball tournament raise money for

the community and the less fortunate

Our club is a community service club

we always raise money to give to differ-

ent charities We do cancer walks like

Relay for Life and Angel Tree Thatlsquos

what the money from the tournament

will go to the less fortunate said Eve

Evylsquo Anderson Ready Rams club

member

Not only is this a fundraising event but

it is a chance to get out and have fun

Though the crowd was not as big as the

previous dodgeball tournaments this

seemed like somewhat of a stress re-

liever for students with finals right

around the corner

Students came out and brought their

friends to the event and put together

their teams for the tournament If a team

was short a few players people would be

seen calling up friends to join them or

finding people who were there and still

needed a team

I honestly expected more of a crowd

because they did a better job of advertis-

ing this time I felt But finals are close

and everything so people are probably

in class You know you have to be a

student before you are an athlete said

Marcus Wilson participant

The tournament had eight teams of six

Each team in the tournament had unique

names Squad Cuties ReadyRams

Team Skinny Jeans The Global Gym

and The Average Joes Not only did they

have unique names but they had their

own unique ways of playing Players did

the splits to dodge a ball catching a ball

while already holding one to get a player

out and jumping in the air while tossing

the ball at the opposing team to get a

player out

The final two teams of the tournament

were Operation Swag formally known

as Operation Black and The Double Gs

Though mostly everyone who partici-

pated didnt dress up for the event the

theme was to dress up in 80s attire just

like the previous tournament

The winners of the tournament Opera-

tion Swag received gift cards to In-n-

Out Burger and plaques for each mem-

ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played

we have been in cham-

pionship games so I

expected nothing less

than that commented

Wilson member of

team Operation Black

Wilson has played in

all three of the past

dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has

won the championship

in the last two

Overall the atmos-

phere at the event was

great and everyone

seemed to have a good

time with other VVC

students and friends

This is an annual event

so Ready Rams will be preparing to

bring another dodgeball tournament in

the Fall semester

The tournament got quite competitive at some points as opposing teams tried

to gain the upper hand

Photo courtesy of Evan Anderson Ready Rams

the retail vendors have dropped off from

60-80 to 20-30 today

VVC has suggested a move to Satur-

day to generate more revenue which

Santoro has tried in the past to no avail

Santoro who is a former VVC student

herself has reached out several times

offering to put together presentations

showing how the college benefits from

having the Farmerlsquos Market

―I get the impression they donlsquot

really want to talk to me Ilsquove even of-

fered to have a sit down I guess I could

bring it before the public board but I

donlsquot want to be political I have enough

going on This is hard enough to hold all

this together and do everything welsquore

doing said Santoro

Despite the discouraging response

from VVC Santoro enjoys her role and

would like nothing more than to work

something out

―I want to be here because I love the

college it gave me my education and I

love giving back to the community

Farmerrsquos Market from page 10

―Ilsquove been told that it doesnlsquot go along

with the image they want to put out

whatever image that is This is a com-

munity entity and this is a community

college so if theylsquore not trying to be a

community entity theylsquore doing a good

job The publiclsquos not very happy about

the way theylsquove been treating us and

neither am I Ilsquom trying to do the best I

can with what welsquore given and then they

keep telling us they want more money

The money that we do give them really

reflects almost 25-30 percent on a good

day of what we take in which is a huge

chunk for rent for something that is half

a day a week said Santoro

Santoro having fallen behind on rent

says she is unsure of the marketlsquos future

―Welsquore behind because welsquore losing

the retail vendors because the retail ven-

dors are what actually pay the bills they

give us the money to operate for adver-

tising said Santoro

With less revenue being generated


Rams Golf Ends Disappointing Season

Story by Kevin Hunzeker

Reporter

The Victor Valley College golf team

finished the Spring 2012 semester with a

disappointing season placing at the bot-

tom of the Foothill Conference The

team lost three players prior to the sea-

son due to academic and conference

rules The remaining team suffered

mainly from inexperience Many of the

players had difficulty with courses that

they had not played before

―We struggled as a team admitted

Head Coach Greg Combs who also

spoke optimistically about the future of

the golf team

―We have seven returners [next sea-

son] including the three that didnlsquot play

this year said Combs ―The returners

will be more comfortable with the

courses

The experience will help the returning

playerslsquo confidence The team will also

have recruits from local high schools

Despite the teamlsquos struggling efforts

one stand out player represented the

Rams in state competition for the first

time in our schoollsquos history Player

Blake Gentry had a great individual sea-

son He took first place overall at one

league match in Antelope Valley and

finished the season with the sixth lowest

scoring average in the conference quali-

fying him for regionals at Glendora

Country Club a two round 36-hole tour-

nament

Successful Season for VVC Menrsquos Tennis Story by Arvin Sulikhanyan

Senior Editor

Donlsquot be fooled by the Victor Valley

College menlsquos tennis teamslsquo record the

2012 season was a good one for the

Rams despite finishing 0-9 in conference

and 4-14 overall The Rams enjoyed

their most successful season in the last

four years as two doubles teams made it

into the regional tournament

Finishing his last season with the

Rams as its most valuable player Raul

Nava led the team both on the court by

example on and off by being a vocal

leader Nava led the Rams to a respect-

able four wins playing in a three team

conference in which they were severely

outmatched against perennial contenders

for the state title Mt San Jacinto and

College of the Desert

Trevor Gentry Junior Villalon and

Chris Rapaj also had good seasons

the Rams number one doubles team next

season

Christian Young another returnee

looks poised to take over the role of cap-

tain of the team next season Young

benefited greatly from the playing time

and experience he gained this season and

will certainly carry that over into next

season

―Welsquore building as a team and welsquore

progressing positively for next season

We already have several players in the

program practicing for next year and

welsquore looking for top players coming out

of high school Ilsquom looking forward to

see how Christian Young Chris Rapaj

and Junior Villalon progress into next

season said Harper who is also look-

ing for more ways to improve the team

in the offseason ―Welsquore looking to get

the team into more matches more condi-

tioning and more tournaments in the

offseason so they can be ready for next

season

highlighted by their great singles play

One player who experienced a lot of

growth and success this season was

Villalon Nava played a large role in his

growth

―I think I did good as a freshman

made it to regionals with Chris (Rapaj)

Things are a lot faster at this level but I

feel my skills have improved and as a

team we improved overall all throughout

the year said Villalon ―Rual helped us

out a lot cheering us on and helped im-

prove our playing skills when we were

practicing When welsquod be down helsquod be

there supporting us and coach would

always tell us what we would need to

improve on if we were down in games

he continued

With the 2012 season under their belts

the Rams and head coach Justin Harper

are looking ahead to the 2013 season

with four players returning to the team

including doubles partners Rapaj and

Villalon The two are expected to form

Blake Gentry stands out as this seasonlsquos top player representing VVC in regionals

Photo by Kevin Hunzeker

Star Player Gives Them Something to be Proud of

―I felt good on the range and I birdied

the first hole which is always good

said Gentry who posted a 3-over-par 75

in the first round

He followed this up by carding a solid

even par round of (72) for his second 18

Gentrylsquos 3-over-pa for the overall tour-

nament earned him a tie for ninth place

and qualified him for the State tourna-

ment at Santa Maria Country Club 20-

year-old Gentry is the first player to ever

represent Victor Valley College at state

Gentry will not be returning to VVC

next year He instead plans to attend and

play golf for Sonoma State University

where he has already been accepted

During the off season the Foothill

Conference will be restructuring its

schools Antelope Valley College will

leave and join the Western Conference

Palomar College and Cuyamaca College

will join the Foothill Conference

―The cool thing is that we are going to

pick up two new courses to play in San

Diego said Combs

As the team caps off this semesterlsquos

season below par they are confident that

it will be up hill from here


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May 25 2012 Page 20 RamPage VVC

News RamPage VVC May 25 2012

Students Honored at Third Annual Transfer Celebration


Reporter

The Victor Valley College Transfer

Center held its third annual Transfer

Celebration on May 23 2012 to honor

students who are transferring in the Fall

All students transferring to a CSU

UC private or out-of-state university for

the 2012-2013 academic year who regis-

tered for the event received a certificate

of achievement at the celebration VVC

transfer counselor Lorena Ochoa hosted

the ceremony

―It makes us coun-

selors proud to see

these transfer students

get to their educational

goals and to see them

get to universities

said Ochoa

Ochoa called each

students individually

to the Performing Arts

Center stage to receive

their certificate There

was a large turnout of

transfer students this

year even though

there were stu-

dents who did not

show up to re-

ceive their cer-

t i f i c a t e o f

achievement

The celebration

featured repre-

sentatives from

Azusa Pacific

University Cal

State San Bernar-

dino and the

University of La

Verne After the

ceremony students were able to talk

with the representatives

Michelle Angulo student speaker for

the event spoke about her struggle to get

to this point in her life and how she is

the first member of her family to go to

college She is now transferring to Cal

State San Bernardino as a political sci-

ence major

ASB President Christopher Dustin

was part of the ceremony as he is trans-

ferring to Cal State San Bernardino at

the end of the semester

―I am so proud of the people who are

transferring said Dustin ―This is a

great opportunity as they start new chap-

ters in their lives

The ceremony concluded with a round

of applause from everyone in atten-

dance

―When you go to your university re-

member to work hard but play hard as

well said Ochoa as she ended the cere-

mony with a few things for students to

remember as they head off to their re-

spective universities ―Be proud to have

come from a community college

Students who have any questions

about transferring you can go to the

Counseling and Administration Building

(Bldg 55) or call at (760) 245-4271 ext

2139

ASB President Christopher Dustin gave a speech at the transfer celebration Dustin also participated in the ceremony as he will be transferring to CSUSB

in the fall Photo by Keith Diamond Reporter

Celebration participants enjoyed snacks and refreshments provided by VVC Restau-rant Management before the awards ceremony began

Photo by Keith Diamond Reporter

Accreditation from page 1

According to Allan the revision of the

mission statement should be completely

resolved by the end of June and the rec-

ommendations for the board of trustees

have been fully resolved

―The visiting team observed that the

board of trustees was trying to micro-

manage so theylsquove had several training

sessions about how to act as a board of

trustees There were two recommenda-

tions on that and we feel that welsquove

completed those recommendations

stated Allan

Issues such as campus climate will

take more time to get completely re-

solved

―We did a campus climate survey in

2010 and the results were not very good

It indicated that there were a lot of un-

happy people on campus So a year later

we did another one and campus climate

improved It still isnlsquot 100 percent said

Allan ―Itlsquos not something that can be

sold overnight

As the June 8 review date draws near

the college is preparing to hear a deci-

sion on the standings of the accredita-

tion whether or not it will stay on pro-

bation or a best case scenario will be

moved to a warning

―I feel pretty confident that welsquore go-

ing in the right direction I wish I could

say that we could get off of sanction I

mean Ilsquom hoping that will happen but

Ilsquom trying to be practical said Allan

―Realistically if we go from probation

to warning thatlsquos a step in the right di-

rection I give us six more months to

write up another report maybe by Janu-

ary welsquoll be off of sanction assured

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diploma icon


Reporter


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student newspa-

per some pa-

pers dated back

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can see it can

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said Foster ―I

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Activities Center

Learn to benchmark



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digital photography












photography









Davis









She also won

second place

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student Art

Show in 2011

―The easiest

way to win an

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u n d e r s t a n d

what kind of

co mpe t i t io n

you are enter-

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enter your

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phy business















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rolling my mo-

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little queasy

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Dublin

I havenlsquot been

to many cities

but out of the

few I have Dub-

lin is by far my

favorite It feels

safe and looks

clean Despite

the constant rain

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been trying to get

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attract new custom-

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advertising word

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located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have



advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement


col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been




the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

―Over here

people they

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page 16







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10 09 08


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Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












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woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707






RamPage VVC May 25 2012






























term





Carey
















diploma icon


Reporter


Micah Raimo

News Editor





he stumbled

upon a box con-

taining pictures

of VVC after its


along with clas-

sic issues of the

VVC RamPage

student newspa-

per some pa-

pers dated back

to the 1970lsquos


Jan Miller is the

daughter of the



















ville room




can see it can

branch out to

the college

said Foster ―I

was so excited

to see that

someone had

saved these

pieces of in-

formation and

saw enough of

the informa-

tion to honor

us with donat-

ing this so that


Forster continued












need said Greulich







seum as well


News Editor







































jor
























dino










is open for classes

Get directions and


homepage



July 9

Summer registration

has begun Classes


August 11


holding their third

annual Pow Wow Sat-


noon ndash 10 pm










classes



Activities Center

Learn to benchmark



deserve


the EMT responder




Allied Health



Reporter












digital photography












photography









Davis









She also won

second place

in the Eclipse

Gallery Honor

student Art

Show in 2011

―The easiest

way to win an

award in pho-

tography is to

u n d e r s t a n d

what kind of

co mpe t i t io n

you are enter-

ing and to

enter your

image in the appro-

priate category I


thing special or go

out of my way to

win these awards

other than placing


Davis










salon as well
















phy business















was missing













































rolling my mo-

tion sickness

kicked in and I

began to feel a

little queasy

again

Dublin

I havenlsquot been

to many cities

but out of the

few I have Dub-

lin is by far my

favorite It feels

safe and looks

clean Despite

the constant rain

and g loo my

clouds the air

that surrounds

Dublin is an up-

beat one one



with friends











must have appeared










































Editor in Chief














beat city to life































note









different






land











tea with our food







that in here













ing




















































































Sea







it said Foster











Reporter


















breath




opinion said Foster




selves


















Senior Editor

















nore





















been trying to get

the word out to

attract new custom-

ers with the use of

advertising word

of mouth and signs

located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have



advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement


col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been




the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

―Over here

people they

donlsquot know

about us Busi-

ness is worse





Cappillino



situation

















quo is maintained



said Santoro




alistic










page 16







Photo Editor
















up K is gone
















A decent portion of



K s 1 9 6 9 s e l f















ering they got Emma

T h o m p s o n

















wanted to




better track record




Fun








play-production

Norah Jones









on adult indie-pop





















Odd Future






























10 09 08


verse


































































Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












ner Brian Jones





woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707









































jor
























dino










is open for classes

Get directions and


homepage



July 9

Summer registration

has begun Classes


August 11


holding their third

annual Pow Wow Sat-


noon ndash 10 pm










classes



Activities Center

Learn to benchmark



deserve


the EMT responder




Allied Health



Reporter












digital photography












photography









Davis









She also won

second place

in the Eclipse

Gallery Honor

student Art

Show in 2011

―The easiest

way to win an

award in pho-

tography is to

u n d e r s t a n d

what kind of

co mpe t i t io n

you are enter-

ing and to

enter your

image in the appro-

priate category I


thing special or go

out of my way to

win these awards

other than placing


Davis










salon as well
















phy business















was missing













































rolling my mo-

tion sickness

kicked in and I

began to feel a

little queasy

again

Dublin

I havenlsquot been

to many cities

but out of the

few I have Dub-

lin is by far my

favorite It feels

safe and looks

clean Despite

the constant rain

and g loo my

clouds the air

that surrounds

Dublin is an up-

beat one one



with friends











must have appeared










































Editor in Chief














beat city to life































note









different






land











tea with our food







that in here













ing




















































































Sea







it said Foster











Reporter


















breath




opinion said Foster




selves


















Senior Editor

















nore





















been trying to get

the word out to

attract new custom-

ers with the use of

advertising word

of mouth and signs

located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have



advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement


col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been




the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

―Over here

people they

donlsquot know

about us Busi-

ness is worse





Cappillino



situation

















quo is maintained



said Santoro




alistic










page 16







Photo Editor
















up K is gone
















A decent portion of



K s 1 9 6 9 s e l f















ering they got Emma

T h o m p s o n

















wanted to




better track record




Fun








play-production

Norah Jones









on adult indie-pop





















Odd Future






























10 09 08


verse


































































Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












ner Brian Jones





woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707






RamPage VVC May 25 2012 Features From Dance to Photography a True Fine Art Story


Reporter












digital photography












photography









Davis









She also won

second place

in the Eclipse

Gallery Honor

student Art

Show in 2011

―The easiest

way to win an

award in pho-

tography is to

u n d e r s t a n d

what kind of

co mpe t i t io n

you are enter-

ing and to

enter your

image in the appro-

priate category I


thing special or go

out of my way to

win these awards

other than placing


Davis










salon as well
















phy business















was missing













































rolling my mo-

tion sickness

kicked in and I

began to feel a

little queasy

again

Dublin

I havenlsquot been

to many cities

but out of the

few I have Dub-

lin is by far my

favorite It feels

safe and looks

clean Despite

the constant rain

and g loo my

clouds the air

that surrounds

Dublin is an up-

beat one one



with friends











must have appeared










































Editor in Chief














beat city to life































note









different






land











tea with our food







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been trying to get

the word out to

attract new custom-

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advertising word

of mouth and signs

located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have



advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement


col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been




the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

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people they

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woman


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Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

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play

Rachel is

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in the last two

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great and everyone


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the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















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something out



























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season







season















season





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in the first round





















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phone to go to our

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the fourth is on us


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effects their

emotions and

people really


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Opera

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been trying to get

the word out to

attract new custom-

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advertising word

of mouth and signs

located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have



advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement


col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been




the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

―Over here

people they

donlsquot know

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up K is gone
















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weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












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woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


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an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

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mission



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her problem










play

Rachel is

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talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

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Operation Black has


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great and everyone


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60-80 to 20-30 today
















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something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















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Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













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in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

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extension 2707
















beat city to life































note









different






land











tea with our food







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it said Foster











Reporter


















breath




opinion said Foster




selves


















Senior Editor

















nore





















been trying to get

the word out to

attract new custom-

ers with the use of

advertising word

of mouth and signs

located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have



advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement


col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been




the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

―Over here

people they

donlsquot know

about us Busi-

ness is worse





Cappillino



situation

















quo is maintained



said Santoro




alistic










page 16







Photo Editor
















up K is gone
















A decent portion of



K s 1 9 6 9 s e l f















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T h o m p s o n

















wanted to




better track record




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play-production

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on adult indie-pop





















Odd Future






























10 09 08


verse


































































Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












ner Brian Jones





woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

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actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






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hidden they are







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mods and equipment











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the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707










Sea







it said Foster











Reporter


















breath




opinion said Foster




selves


















Senior Editor

















nore





















been trying to get

the word out to

attract new custom-

ers with the use of

advertising word

of mouth and signs

located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have



advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement


col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been




the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

―Over here

people they

donlsquot know

about us Busi-

ness is worse





Cappillino



situation

















quo is maintained



said Santoro




alistic










page 16







Photo Editor
















up K is gone
















A decent portion of



K s 1 9 6 9 s e l f















ering they got Emma

T h o m p s o n

















wanted to




better track record




Fun








play-production

Norah Jones









on adult indie-pop





















Odd Future






























10 09 08


verse


































































Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












ner Brian Jones





woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707











Senior Editor

















nore





















been trying to get

the word out to

attract new custom-

ers with the use of

advertising word

of mouth and signs

located on Bear

Valley Road

―We advertise all

the time we have



advertised on the

Farmerlsquos Market

online and we have

our advertisement


col lege said

Fuller

The one real

boost the market

has seen has been




the Farmerlsquos

Market This

has he lp ed

bring in some

new customers

Vinny Cap-

pillino has been

with the market

for over 20

years selling

fruits and vege-

tables and helsquos

one of the many

vendors that

had been im-

pacted by the

change

―Over here

people they

donlsquot know

about us Busi-

ness is worse





Cappillino



situation

















quo is maintained



said Santoro




alistic










page 16







Photo Editor
















up K is gone
















A decent portion of



K s 1 9 6 9 s e l f















ering they got Emma

T h o m p s o n

















wanted to




better track record




Fun








play-production

Norah Jones









on adult indie-pop





















Odd Future






























10 09 08


verse


































































Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












ner Brian Jones





woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707






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up K is gone
















A decent portion of



K s 1 9 6 9 s e l f















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T h o m p s o n

















wanted to




better track record




Fun








play-production

Norah Jones









on adult indie-pop





















Odd Future






























10 09 08


verse


































































Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












ner Brian Jones





woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707







Fun








play-production

Norah Jones









on adult indie-pop





















Odd Future






























10 09 08


verse


































































Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












ner Brian Jones





woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707






















































Reporter


Reporter









forming Arts Center






weeks said Bryant










with no where to go












ner Brian Jones





woman


with them They did

really well said

Heaberlin

The upcoming date

and times are May


7 pm There will be

an early showing

June 2 at 2 pm

Ticket pricings are

$10 general admis-



mission



849

histories



ally know people






her problem










play

Rachel is

a n e x -

t r e m e l y

talkative and

o u t g o i n g

p e r s o n

so met imes

talking a bit

too much

and annoy-

ing other

characters

Many of the

actors skill-

fully played

m u l t i p l e

roles and






Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707









Reporter





hidden they are







new weapons weapon

mods and equipment











around fighter with








the team





































have





































Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















Community Colleges

ADVERTISING







extension 2707






RamPage VVC May 25 2012 Sports Ready Rams Third Annual Dodgeball Tournament


Sports Editor























member







around the corner







needed a team



















player out











ber of the team

Honestly every time

my team has played


pionship games so I


than that commented

Wilson member of




dodgeball tourna-

ments and his team

Operation Black has


in the last two

Overall the atmos-


great and everyone


time with other VVC





the Fall semester





60-80 to 20-30 today
















doing said Santoro




something out



























tising said Santoro





Reporter














the golf team





courses















nament


Senior Editor






















season







season















season





growth













he continued













in the first round





















Diego said Combs






phone to go to our

website
















the fourth is on us


vvcrampagegmailcom

vvcrampageyahoocom



―RampB music

impacts peo-

ple because it

effects their

emotions and

people really


Joe Gay III



















Opera

it depends




RAMPAGE STAFF









Thomas



Desiree Rollins





Williams


CONTACT INFORMATION






GENERAL INFORMATION

















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