VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE
RAMPAGE May 4, 2016 | Volume 40 | No. 3
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston S. Churchill
There Is No Caucus Without “US”
By: Reyan Warren
Reporter
On Sunday, May 1st 2016,
VVC held and participated in
the Democratic caucus for
both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Crowds of people
came out to support their favorite candidate, listen to each
delegate’s speech, and cast
their vote.
A caucus is a political
event that takes place at a specific place and specific time to
select their party’s presidential
nominee. Registered voters
for that political party come
out and vote for which delegate they feel is best.
A Democratic caucus is
very different from a Republican caucus. For a Democratic
caucus, it is a proportional
vote. What happens after the
doors close, is that the total
number of voters are present
are counted and asked to vote
by huddling in groups for that
specific delegate. Whichever
delegate does not have 15%
the total head count, they are
removed, and “realignment”
begins.
At 2pm on Sunday afternoon, Building 44 and Building 10 opened their doors for
registered Democratic voters
to sign in and wait for the
process to begin at 3pm.
While the turnout was small,
but mighty at the Hilary caucus, the Bernie Sanders caucus had nearly one hundred
people show up in support of
their favorite delegate.
Approximately 3 weeks
ago, Lee Ann Surande, representative for the Bernie Sanders campaign, reached out to
Robert Sewell, VVC ASB
Advisor, to use VVC as a potential caucus meeting site.
Shortly after, the Hillary Clinton campaign reached out to
do the same.
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again at MUNFW
By: Sierra Warwick
Entertainment Editor
Victor Valley College’s
Model United Nations (MUN)
team has expanded their horizons by winning to the 66th
Model United Nations Far
West (MUNFW) competition
on April 15th through the 19th
in San Francisco.
This was a major change
for VVC’s MUN team as it
was their first time competing
in MUNFW. This conference
operates under Harvard Rules
and Procedures, which are
guidelines the team had never
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seen or competed in before.
Despite all of the new changes
before them, VVC’s MUN
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team researched and adapted
to the situation to represent
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Sexual Assault
Awareness
By: Aimee’ Jo Bartolome
Reporter
On April 19th, students,
staff and visitors went to Victor Valley College to mark the
Sexual Assault Awareness
Month with a presentation at
the Student Activities Center.
The San Bernardino Sexual
Assault Services presented an
educational workshop on sexual assault and the VVC police department offered a selfdefense presentation and training. This is the second year
the Puente Program held this
informative program. April is
designated as Sexual Assault
Awareness Month. During
April, people around the country undertake efforts to raise
awareness about sexual violence and how to prevent it.
An additional awareness
event on April 26th, brought
staff and faculty together for
“Denim Day.” Denim Day is
an international campaign to
raise awareness of rape and
sexual assault. This campaign
was influenced from a rape
case that was overturned because the justices felt that
since the victim was wearing
tight jeans, she must have
helped her rapist remove her
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Cold, Wet and Wonderful: Cinco de Mayo
By: Kora Mahaffy
Reporter
The Cinco de Mayo festival
was rained on but not rained
out last Saturday, April 30th.
This day marked the High
Desert Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce’s 43rd
annual Cinco de
Mayo
Family
Festival, hosted
by VVC for its
15th year on campus.
There
was
some concern for
the event when
VVC club members and vendors
setting up their
booths in the
morning
were
greeted with foreboding grey
skies and drizzling rain.
Despite a decrease in overall attendance, the intermittent
weather did little to dampen
the spirits of attendees. “I
thought it [the weather] was
going to be a big deal, but
once you start having some
fun you don’t think about it,”
stated ASB Activities Senator,
Marco Aguayo. His attitude
was widely shared; the most
common descriptions of the
weather were “cold” and
“wet” but the attendees were
all happy to be there and spoke
about how much fun the event
was.
The Cinco de Mayo festival
also provided an excellent
opportunity for VVC clubs to
become involved in the community by helping out with
children’s activities. Participating clubs had been preparing anywhere from a week to
several months to ensure that
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SEEK medical attention
jeans, thereby implying consent.
Students are encouraged to
inform a faculty member of
any occurrences. According to
the Victor Valley Website:
If you become the victim
of sexual assault on or off
campus:

SEEK emotional support
from local Rape Crisis
Center, such as San Bernardino. Sexual Assault
Services at (760) 9520041, (909) 885-8884, or
Project Sister - Sexual
Assault Services (909)
623-1619.

GET to a safe place
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DO NOT shower, bathe,
douche, change or destroy clothing
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DO NOT straighten up
area
Another important action
for any threats of violence and
cases of sexual assault is to
report it to the Campus Police.
The office can be found on the
lower campus (Building 80).
Call (760) 245-4271 EXT.
2555 or 911.
their activities went smoothly,
and their work was rewarded.
“We had lines all over. All
day. We had people coming
back,” stated Campus Crusade
for Christ member, Chris
Peña.
Campus Crusade for Christ
ran a goldfish toss
and face painting
station while the
Gay Straight Alliance ran a ring toss,
and the Nursing
Club ran a coloring
book station outside
of the Liberal Arts
building.
Meanwhile, Ready Rams
helped out wherever
they were needed
and the Black Student union ran their
face painting booth in the Student Activity Center to escape
the weather. When asked
about why his club chose to
participate in Cinco de Mayo,
Nursing Club member Josh
Fabian stated. “Seeing the kids
jump around and seeing them
having a good time; it’s totally
worth it.”
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their assigned country of Malaysia. The team used their
knowledge of Malaysia’s
politics and stances, and was
able to work with other countries to create resolutions to
solve the world problems set
before them. Every single
resolution created by the
MUN team was accepted and
adopted by the body as a
whole. For the team’s hard
work, professionalism, and
efforts in diplomacy, the
MUNFW body awarded Victor Valley College with an
Outstanding
Delegation
Award. This not only expanded the team’s prestige, but
further expanded their recognition in the MUNFW conferences.
The VVC MUN team
hopes to continue their success in both National and Far
West Conferences in the
years to come. The team is
currently looking at competing in over 10 more conferences for the next year, which
will include conferences in
Southern California, Washington D.C., New York, and
San Francisco.
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A Theft That Created The Legend
By: Elsie Acuna
Reporter
Her tender smile and elegant beauty has riveted curiosity with her audience for centuries. It’s no surprise that the
mystery behind her smile
caused many to believe she
hid secrets. The “Mona Lisa”
has captured the eye of more
than 8 million people that pass
through the Louvre in Paris.
During its stay in the Louvre,
no one would have figured
that somebody not only stole
Da Vinci’s original painting
but kept it in their bedroom
for two years! She kept secrets
all right, and filmmaker and
Head Writer for the Tonight
Show with Jay Leno, Joe
Medeiros, was determined to
find that truth.
On Sunday, May 1st,
Medeiros, along with his wife,
screened their humorous doc-
umentary, Mona Lisa is
Missing, to viewers in
the Performing Arts
Center. Laughter filled
the entire room as they
journeyed to reveal the
truth about the thief.
Medeiros’
obsession, as he calls it, began in 1976, when he
came to read a brief
simple sentence: the
1911 theft of the “Mona
Lisa” , taken by an Italian
immigrant painter named Vincenzo Peruggia.
It would be 26 hours before someone noticed she was
missing. Peruggia had worked
at the Louvre, working to protect the paintings with glass.
He thought it absurd for Italian paintings to be sitting in a
French museum, and so, he
casually walked out with the
Mona Lisa in hand. Why he
chose the “Mona Lisa”? It just
Joe and Justine Medeiros
so happened “she was the
smallest painting” Peruggia
could carry out.
Over 100 years later, after
this little art theft, the “Mona
Lisa” continues to sit in the
Louvre, showing off her fame
to the world. Perhaps it was
the Peruggia theft that made
her famous as we know her
now. Nonetheless, this little
piece of history had a great
impact on the
world, a funny one
for that matter.
A film like
such as the Mona
Lisa is Missing
required precious
time, energy, enormous amounts of
research, and a
willingness
to
complete it. Joe
Medeiros shares
that his documentary really
taught him “what it means to
see something to the bitter
end.” As college students, we
can relate to the hard work we
must put towards an academic
career. Whether it is a twopage essay or an entire semester, Medeiros encourages students to find that interest or
passion in what we’re doing,
and stick through it to be able
to feel proud about it – such as
he did with the Mona Lisa is
Missing.
Aviation Soars to New Heights
By Jessica Vaughan
Editor-in-Chief
Last month marks the
completion of the regional and
state
competitions
of
SkillsUSA that the VVC Aviation department participated
in. SkillsUSA is a national
non-profit organization created to develop students to become professionals in their
field.
About 17 students from
VVC's aviation competed, but
only a few placed. The event
consisted of participants attempting to repair a simulated
aircraft. Victor Elizando took
the first place gold medal,
Leomar Mason took second
place, and Luke Brand took
third place. In addition, Nicole
Edlauer took the first place
gold medal in the high school
program which runs concurrently with VVC's. The regional competition took place
at the Southern California
Logistics Airport in Victorville, and the state competition took place in San Diego.
Victor Elizando will be attending the National competition will take place this June
in Louisville, Kentucky. This
was the first year that Victor
Valley College got the oppor-
tunity to take part in and they
dominated in the event.
Chris Oshita, Director of
the Aviation Department since
2013, has been interested in
the field since the Apollo missions in the 60's. He feels that
it was a great feat to have
done so well at SkillsUSA this
year. "It is like winning the
Olympics," he chuckled. "We
are the best of the best in the
state."
Oshita would like to thank
Administration, the Board of
Trustees, Dr. Roger Wagner,
and Dr. Peter Maphumulo for
allowing the Aviation department to have the opportunity
to participate and be successful in the competition.
If you are interested in
being a part of aviation, you
can register for the class for
the Fall semester.
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Before We Go To Mars
By: Brian Moon
Reporter
May 5th, world renowned
Astro-Biologist, Dr. Penelope
Boston, shares with VVC. Dr.
Boston is known for her findings of microscopic life forms
in caves that feed on rocks.
Come join in on this amazing
discovery.
Life on earth is helping
find life on other planets and
scientists are on the verge of
something big. The speech is
going to cover some pretty
interesting things about Dr.
Boston’s work, findings, and
much more. Thanks to the
head of our science program,
Linda Kelly, VVC will have
the chance to hear from the
main director of NASA’s Astro-Biology Institute.
Dr. Boston was a teacher
at New Mexico Tech before
she emerged as the main director for NASA’s AstroBiology Institute. There, she
was teaching her students
about her work, in hoping that
one day they can follow in her
footsteps and finish what she
started. Her interest is in microscopic life forms that can
survive in extreme conditions
like altitude, cold, darkness,
Image Credit: NASA/Kathy Barnstorff
dryness, heat, etc., which may
be found in caves on Earth,
and she theorizes that it
should be looked for on other
planets.
Boston came to Linda’s
attention 10 years ago. Linda
praised what Boston was doing and said that “it is something that the future would
need moving forward. What’s
more important is that we
have the passion to help the
next generation reach for the
stars.”
After the speech, some
limited edition comic books
will be released. VVC’s very
own web designer, Justin
Gatewood helped to create
these comics in aiding Professor Linda Kelly who wrote
them. Be sure to grab a copy
and check it out.
VVC Art Classes
Not Just For Artists
By: Randy Noxon
Features Editor
When one hears “art class”
we often think of stuffy galleries, pretentious hipsters, and
nude models posing stoically
while a group of students furiously stab at their easels with
pencils and brushes. People
who aren’t artists tend to be
turned off by art courses.
However, there are some good
reasons why you should take
an art class at Victor Valley
College other than just to meet
a credit requirement.
VVC art instructor, Frank
Foster says, “Art is an integral
part of our daily lives. From
that phone you love so much,
to computers, to cars, to
clothing, someone with an
understanding
of
art,
conceived and designed what
we use each and every day.”
Chances are, an art class
at VVC would be much different from your other courses.
An art class will challenge
you to think in new ways and
see things from different perspectives.
“We live a visual life and
understanding what we see is
a part of how we communicate. Understanding what we
see more deeply will enrich
anyone's life, artist or not”,
says Foster.
This type of thoughtfulness and insight can be applied to any subject of study
and is beneficial as a student.
A student doesn’t need to be
an artist to reap the benefits of
taking an art class at VVC.
“When a person lacks visual literacy it prevents that
person from going beyond just
looking at something, to understanding its complexity and
message. The study of art is
the creation of visual literacy”, says Foster.
If you are interested in improving your visual literacy,
there are a variety of art clas-
ses offered through VVC’s
Art Department including:
painting, drawing, art history,
film as an art form, sculpting,
photography,
portraiture,
intro to Photoshop, and graphic design. Courses vary in
skill level from beginner to
advanced. Not all classes require artistic skills, some are
textbook based. The complete
listing of art classes for the
upcoming summer session can
be found on Web Advisor.
Upcoming events for
VVC’s Art Department include: The Annual Student
Art Show. The exhibition will
be held Wednesday, June 3rd,
from noon to 8:00 p.m. There
will be food, drinks, and music. Anyone with any questions about the event is encouraged to contact Yvonne
Hernandez or Stephen Tejas at
(760) 245-4271 ext. 2274.
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Cal Works
By: Daniel Moreno
Reporter
The California Work Opportunity and responsibility to
students (CalWorks) is a selfsufficient state and federal
program that benefits those
who are eligible to receive
cash aid for themselves and
their family. Cal Works is
being offered in all 58 counties in the state with 112 community colleges offering the
program. Students that apply
and qualify for ongoing assistance, receive employment
assistance, one-on-one academic and personal counseling, and aid for materials and
supplies. On top of those benefits, students are given priority registration, financial aid,
work–aid through VVC and
are offered multiple work-
shops.
In order to qualify for this
beneficial program, one must
have an eligible child and
must be to receiving cash-aid
for themselves and their family. For a student to be eligible
in the school system, one must
be currently enrolled as a student at VVC. Once the requirements are met, the next
step would be to verify all
information through the county. Once verified, students
will be referred to Cal
Work’s office of the school
they are attending. Once admitted into Cal Works, they
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will be required to go under
contract following the county
guidelines as follow: hours are
to be met through volunteer
work, occupation, or studies.
Also, one must provide
monthly attendance reports to
demonstrate that students are
willing and taking advantage
of their resources.
Many students have been a
product of how successful you
can become under the Cal
Works program with Assistance from Mr. Jason Kennedy, Job Placement Specialist,
and Sherry Caldwell, Coordinator of the program. With
their assistance, they have
helped students build experience tied to student’s majors,
helped students transfer to a
four year university, get of
cash aid, and become a full
time employee.
For further information, be
sure to visit their office located in Bldg. 52 MondayThursday at 8:30-5pm and
Fridays at 8:30am-12pm.
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2x + 2y = Confusion
By: Nikita Nunnink
News Editor
You sit at a desk, pencil
in hand, and stare at the mix
of numbers and letters on a
page. Some of it makes
sense, most of it does not. If
this sounds familiar, it seems
that you share a problem that
many other students face, the
problem of doing math.
At VVC, there are many
resources available to students
to help them along their college careers. There is the writing lab in the ATC, the
library for research, and
the Transfer Center for
continuing of education.
Also in the Academic
Commons is the Math
Success center, where
students can go to get
tutoring for math. But
there is a club for the
mathematically
challenged, open to all.
Every
Wednesday
morning in the quiet
room on the top floor of
the SAC (Student Activities
Center), the Math Club meets
to help students and nonstudents alike in their pursuit
of bettering their math skills.
Led by Aaron Windsor and
Professor Stough, the club is
open to everyone and its main
goal is to help all people with
understanding and applying
math. Though they are not an
official tutoring service, they
provide help with all levels of
math taught at VVC, including
math associated with the sciences like chemistry and physics.
When asked why students
should join the club, Windsor
stated, “The main goal of math
club is to provide a comfortable setting for students to relax, have fun, study and make
new lasting friendships. One
of the best things one can do in
college is to be surrounded by
people with similar goals and
mindsets, it makes everything
so much easier and enjoyable.”
So if math is not your
strongest
subject,
Aaron
Windsor can be contacted at
awind00@gmail.com. Every
week, he sends an email out to
interested learners about the
specific place and time of each
club meeting.
Rams Bookstore Near You
By: Ranika Blakeney
Reporter
Is there one word to describe the Victor Valley College
Ram's
Bookstore?
“Accommodating”
stated
Maria Rempfer of General
Merchandise. Accommodating is a perfect word for the
reason that they are always
convenient and reliable when
students need them.
A few things that the
Ram’s Bookstore provides is:
buying your used books for
cash, renting variety of books,
ordering nursing and graduation uniforms, and hosting
bookstore events. To kickoff
graduation, there was a Grad
Fair, May 3rd 4 p.m. - 6p.m.
and May 4th 12p.m.-2p.m.
Graduation announcements,
honor cords, tassels, and tickets could be picked up and
purchased for this event.
Bookstore employee Mareena
Snyder stated that the
bookstore, “provides students
with books, food, scantrons,
and everything that they
need, therefore it is accessible at their hands.”
All of the employees
during the 16 week semester are VVC students, in
addition to some of them
coming from job placement programs such as
Federal Work Study. During the 5 week sessions of
winter and summer, nonstudents are able to work
during this time period. If
interested in a position at
the Bookstore, provide a
resume to one of the man-
agers. The Ram’s Bookstore
offers great service to the students and faculty here. Hours
are: Monday- Tuesday: 8 a.m.
- 7 p.m., Wednesday- Thursday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Friday: 8
a.m. – 2 p.m., and closed on
Saturday and Sunday.
If you have any additional
questions feel free to visit
their website http://www.vvc
rams.com/, or drop by during
hours of operation.
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Kids and Play
By: Richard Martinez
Reporter
Victor Valley College
students may have been surprised to have seen hundreds
of little kids in front of the
performing arts center. Well
that was because VVC hosted
802 elementary students from
six high desert elementary
schools to watch the California Theatre Centers (CTC)
production of “Jack and the
Beanstalk.” Endeavour School
of Exploration (Victorville),
Victoria Magnathan Elementary (Adelanto), Rio Vista
School (Apple Valley), Yermo Elementary, Riverside
Prep School (Oro Grande),
and Helendale Elementary
(Helendale) all sent staff
and students to watch the
production. The CTC held
two separate performances
for the students. “Jack and
the Beanstalk” follows the
traditional story of a young
man named Jack who
trades the family cow for
three magical beans! The
beans turn out to be truly
magical as they grow into a
giant beanstalk that has a
menacing giant at the top.
The CTC have had two
other productions at VVC
since the beginning of the
2016. The first two productions were “Beauty and
the Beast,” and the final act
was “Rumpelstiltskin.”
Although this recent
show was closed to the public
as it was for the elementary
students, throughout the year
their are multiple opportuni-
ties to catch a public showing
of great shows whether they
be from the CTC or VVC’s
own productions. To make
sure you don’t miss out on
future shows, you can visit
ctcinc.org for CTC Productions,
and/or
http://
www.vvc.edu/offices/
performing_art/events.shtml
for VVC productions.
Smith, had a couple solos on
the trumpet to Legend’s song.
His solo was breathtaking and
well received by the audience.
The third group, Studio
Singers, played two songs
each with their own solo singer. Michael Michaels and Tonya Michaels performed their
own solos beautifully. The
fourth group, the Studio Jazz
Band, performed their own
instrumental rendition of oldies such as “Route 66.” This
group was a total hit, leaving
the audience with smiles on
their faces.
Throughout the entire
show, the audience of about
60 people showed love and
admiration for the performance.
Spring Music
is in the Air
By: Cassie Zody
Reporter
Spring music was a big
event and this first show in the
series, was free admission.
Backstage, performers seemed
excited as they were getting
ready to perform the April 21,
Ensemble Showcase. Students
put on a mesmerizing show
demonstrating their talent for
the community. The show
featured a variety of performers with different musical interest. These performers from
different groups came together
and created magic.
The first group, the Guitar
Ensemble, was catchy, intriguing, and captivating as it
included all acoustic guitar
players. The second group, the
Jammin’ Rams, played songs
including “All of Me” by John
Legend. Student, Brandon
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Whip It Real Good
By: Cassie Zody
Reporter
VVC students were nominated to compete in the April
speech contest located in the
Student Activities Center.
Jackie Augustine, Jessica
Boykin, and Willow Waters
all nominated Joel Johnson,
they had faith he would win
first place.
Joel, whose speech was on
bull whipping, stated he received about six plus bruises
from learning bull whip. His
interest in bull whip began
seven years ago. He said,
“trust yourself to not get hit”
because having an 8-foot bull
whip go over your head is the
most complicated technique.
Joel was practicing before the
big speech contest, when the
bull whip went across his
face; leaving him to worry it
would leave a mark- it didn’t!
Joel’s motivation behind bull
whip is “reaching the physics
aspect of the speed.” Bull
whips can go up to at least 50
or 60 feet long.
Joel did not expect to win
first place, but at least second
or third until he was asked to
change his speech which almost forced him to “rethink
and restructure” his presentation. Joel stated, however, two
hours before the contest there
were concerns that the bull
whip may not have been safe
inside a tight space. Luckily
for Joel, whipping the bull
whip worked out just fine.
Once second and third place
was announced, he realized he
was the only one left. His
award was $125 cash and a
certificate for first place.
Sergio S. Reyes placed
second, Dakota Brooks placed
third, and Miguel Magallon
placed fourth. Other speech
contestants included Matthew
Heywood, Jessica Coromina,
Makenna Dykstra, Nikita
Howard, and Greg Marahta.
Great job to everyone who
competed and congratulations
to those who placed!
In Memory of Fernando Torres
By: Veronica Mora
Reporter
On April 23rd, an art exhibition, in memory of Fernando
Torres was held at VVC in the
Performance Art Center lobby. Torres was a long time
Victor Valley resident until
his death in January 2015. He
was an employee at Daily
Press for 31 years as the editor
of Hispanic Edition. Aside
from his editor position,
Torres was also a well known
artist throughout the High
Desert.
The art exhibition featured
Torres’ work as well as many
other artists including: Beverly Kendell, Stuart Kellogg,
Trevor Bennett, Thom Bond,
and more. Daily Press reporter
Matt Cabe commented, “Both
of them [Torres and Kellogg]
were extremely talented. I
wish I knew them both.”
Unique paintings hung
from the walls as others sat on
tables and stands. Paintings,
ranging in different sizes, included bright-popping colors
that caught the attention of
many guests. The exhibit included Torres’ “Guarded
Christ” was a piece of a
wooden cross accompanied
with a staircase. Jesus was on
the cross as metallic pieces
cover his arms, face, and
heart, as little metallic soldiers
guarded him. A Michael
Crawford mask was also for
sale. “It was interesting. Good
atmosphere and the paintings
were very original,” stated
Mary Bonilla of Adelanto.
Victor Valley residents
also participated in the exhibition by bringing in artwork
they had purchased from
Torres. An auction also took
place during the exhibition.
Paintings sold from $50$500. Cabe purchased the
painting “Train at Night” from
Torres. “Train at Night” was
initially the painting that Cabe
had the connection with because of his love for trains and
traveling.
Refreshments included fruit,
cookies, water, and Starbucks
coffee available to guests at
the exhibition in addition to
free admission. All the donations collected by TPS Creative Expressions, Inc. are in
the name of Fernando Torres.
TPS Creative Expressions,
Inc. helps support youth programs around the community.
To donate please call: 760261-7605. Donations can also
be mailed to: TPS Creative
Expressions, Inc. 171700 “B”
Bear Valley #223 Victorville,
CA 92395.
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Softball Team Face New Challenges
Upcoming Season
By Jonathan Martinez
Reporter
The VVC Softball team
finished the 2016 season last
month with just three more
wins than the previous season.
According to Coach Amber
Schubert, “this season there
were lots of injuries from our
sophomore and freshman players," which held the team back
from reaching their true potential and reaching coach Schubert's goal of getting second or
third place in the conference.
Next season, the team will
be going into a new conference with even more competitive schools. Coach Schubert
says her goal for the upcoming
season is "to be able to comCaucus from page 1…
Robert says that having
both caucuses on campus is a
great thing for VVC and its
students. “It’s very important
to get our students and community stakeholders involved
in this election. If you want
change, you need to be involved in the process. That is
how big this caucus is.”
Delegate Michael Magana,
pete with the most prestigious
teams in the state... and would
like to make playoffs." With
all nine players returning next
season, she would also like to
have more girls on the team so
they wouldn't have to stress
too much about injuries.
"We are looking for dedicated
athletes ready to compete at
high level in Universities,"
Coach Schubert said as a mes-
sage to future softball players
and anyone interested in joining next season. When asked
what makes a good key player
in her softball team, she responded with "leadership, and
the ability to shake off mistakes and focus on the task at
hand."
Schubert would also like
to have the team ready by fall,
so if interested, VVC students
can sign up for Summer/Fall
softball classes and be prepared to play in the 2017 softball season beginning next
January. To play on the softball team it is required to have
at least one credit per semester. Come be a part of the
family and have a successful
season together!
on the Hillary side, is standing
up for LGBT rights and disabled people rights. His goal is
to get less discrimination in
the workplace and equal pay.
Michael also says that Hillary
Clinton is the most qualified
candidate in this entire election and he is 100% sure she
is going to win. “Everything I
want is based around equality.
That is why Hillary is going to
be the best president.”
On the Bernie side, delegate David Morrison believes
in the ultimate American
dream. He says that Bernie is
the person to take care of
childhood poverty, immigration, and invest in youth who
will lead this world. Morrison
says he believes in fundamental reform in the economy,
and there’s no way to do it but
“Feel the Bern.”
Despite the physical pro-
cess of a Democratic caucus,
there were two very different
tones between Building 44
where the Bernie caucus was
and Building 10 where the
Hillary caucus was. Although
Bernie was greater in numbers, it seemed to be very hectic and chaotic, while the Hillary’s caucus was much more
serene.
“Going to vote isn’t good
enough, telling people to vote
isn’t good enough, we have to
tell people, to tell people to
vote. We can make it happen,
but we have to do it together,”
Morrison says.
May 1st, 2016 marked a
great day for Victor Valley
College history, and Robert
Sewell provides first hand
knowledge that VVC will also
be hosting the District Supervisor voting on May 11 or
May 16.
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