Coast Report
September 24, 2014
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Volume 69, No. 4
Bill to change
sexual consent
If the Governor
signs, partners will
need to say “yes”
in bed.
BY CRYSTAL NGUYEN
STAFF WRITER
Photo by Aaron Cuha
OCC’s Patti McDonald, an admissions, records and enrollment tech, and Leon Skeie, an athletics and kinesiology professor, are
collecting toys to go inside JoyJars, small gifts given to children diagnosed with cancer who are stuck in the hospital.
Give a jar of smiles
One OCC staffer has taken up the call to
brighten the day of hospitalized kids.
BY PAOLA GOMEZ
STAFF WRITER
Orange Coast College staff
member Patti McDonald is
restarting an effort on campus
to bring a little joy to children
battling cancer.
After taking a hiatus, McDonald, who works in Watson
Hall as an admissions, records
and enrollment tech, is bringing
back to OCC JoyJars, 64-ounce
plastic jars filled with toys and
goodies that are given to sick
children.
McDonald said she hopes
the OCC community will help
fill as many jars as possible
and suggests donations of Hot
Wheels, socks and Crayola
crayons. Other small items
that can fit in the jar are also
welcome.
“I just felt like it was time to
do this again,” McDonald said
of her decision to relaunch the
program.
JoyJars were the brainchild
of 12-year-old Jessica Joy Rees
who was diagnosed with two
brain tumors and died Jan. 5
2012. Rees, granddaughter of
OCC athletic professor Leon
Skeie, wanted to bring joy to
children who couldn’t leave
Children’s Hospital of Orange
County.
“It’s been an amazing thing
and it’s all because a girl said
‘how can we help,’” Skeie said.
The first donations for JoyJars on campus was in late 2011
when McDonald, who headed
up donations to the jars, filled
an entire van with the gifts with
the help of the athletic department and others on campus.
McDonald said the toy collection is important because it
was Jessie’s goal to put a smile
on the face of sick children.
Hooking up is about to get a lot
more complicated.
Rather than the standard “no
means no” campaign that has
driven sexual encounters over
the years, college students may
have to hear a verbal “yes” before
moving on.
The California legislature approved a bill in August calling for
colleges receiving state funds for
student financial aid to implement
a new affirmative consent standard
regarding sexual assault. The new
standard will require the presence
of a “yes” rather than the absence
of a “no.”
Senate bill 967 is meant to create a more secure environment for
students on campus, raise awareness about sexual assaults and
encourage measures of prevention
as well as support for survivors.
It addresses the frustrations of
students who have been victims of,
or feel threatened by, rape, which
are often disregarded or unfairly
handled, supporters say.
Gov. Jerry Brown has until the
end of September to sign the bill
into law.
“Although people’s behaviors
may not change overnight, it pleases me that the state is taking a stand
to educate students regarding this
huge problem with rape,” Olga
Perez-Stable Cox, associate professor of psychology and human
sexuality said.
Those familiar with the “no
means no” standard associated
with sexual assault prevention are
offered a different perspective on
the definition of consent. Affirmative consent means affirmative,
conscious and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity,
she added.
This is represented through verbal communication or unambiguous nonverbal cues or gestures.
The student initiating sex must obtain consent by a “yes” rather than
having the responsibility fall on
the intended partner to say “no.”
“Society teaches women to be
passive, yet the burden is often put
on women to stop aggressiveness,”
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Getting an insider’s
help to transfer
Four-year college
representatives
will be on campus
to help students.
Photo courtesy of negu.org
Donations of Hot Wheels, socks and Crayola crayons are accepted as well as other small toys that will fit in a jar.
“It’s important to keep that
going,” she said.
Jessie’s legacy is continued
by the foundation she created,
the Never Ever Give Up Foundation. The JoyJars are now a
phenomenon throughout the
world, from the U.S., to Egypt,
Germany, China and South Af-
rica. Children in 275 children’s
hospitals have received JoyJars.
Siblings of many of the patients are also getting JoyJars
at Ronald McDonald Houses.
The jars are meant to bring
joy to kids, but are also meant
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BY SEAN MILLER
MANAGING EDITOR
Orange Coast College’s Transfer Center, located in Watson
Hall, is hosting four-year college
representatives throughout the
semester for students to meet.
There will also be a Transfer Fair
on Oct. 13.
Both events are designed to
help students get into the school
of their dreams.
“We help students with the
transfer process. We help them
fill out their applications, review
it, help them with their GPAs,”
Janet Ramirez, the Transfer Center’s secretary said.
In addition to the representatives and the fair, the center also
offers tours at many four-year
campuses.
Students hoping to meet with
college representatives one-onone should make an appointment
in the Transfer Center.
There are currently 13 schools
meeting with students at OCC
and more are being added,
Ramirez said.
In addition to meeting with
representatives, students can
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Helping hungry college students one hot dog at a time
When students go
hungry, they can’t
concentrate on
classes.
BY MAYRA MARES
STAFF WRITER
Hungry and shortchanged students can find help from Doreen
Garcia, a food service worker at
Orange Coast College’s Coast
Doggs, who helps students pay
for their lunches when they don’t
have the money.
Garcia, who has been at the
Coast Doggs cart for three semesters, says that she helps financially strapped students with
money from her own pocket because she doesn’t want students
to go without food.
“They’re our students. Some-
times they don’t have a nickel,”
Garcia said. “I don’t want them
to go without eating or drinking.
So I’d rather help them.”
Garcia added that she helps
the students because she’s a
grandma and she wouldn’t want
her grandchildren to go without
eating either.
Hungry and broke college
students aren’t a new concept
to college campuses, but it is
a problem that is starting to be
noticed at OCC.
Dean of Literature and Languages Michael Mandelkern has
expressed concern for students
who come to school without
eating.
His concern began when he
noticed that students in his night
class would come to class hungry.
“Once in a while when I’m
teaching a class I ask everybody
at the beginning, ‘How many of
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you have eaten before you came
here?’ And very often very few
of them raise their hands,” Mandelkern said.
The dean added that while he
can’t prove most students come
to school hungry, he did say that
one of the implications of students not eating before class is
that they have a hard time paying
attention because they are too
focused on their hunger.
“I think it is a concern when
you’re dean whether or not
students have eaten or not,”
Mandelkern said.
Mandelkern isn’t the only one
who said that when a student
goes hungry to class it interferes
with their studies.
“When you’re hungry, you’re
not only unable to concentrate
but you’re tired and you don’t
have the energy to do the things
you want to do,” said Rayne
Lawrence, 28, a bioengineering
major. “And it sort of becomes a
vicious cycle.”
Having moved out of her parents’ house at 16, Lawrence said
she knows what it’s like to be a
struggling hungry student.
“When I came to school the
first time around I survived on
Top Ramen,” she said.
Lawrence said she is grateful
that Garcia helps students out.
She also said there are services
on campus for students who need
help accessing food but also in
the wider community.
While not having enough money to spend on food is one of the
reasons some students may be
coming to class hungry, another
reason is that some students are
simply too busy running from
work to class, or from class to
work.
Whether it’s not having enough
money or time, Garcia is willing
to help students.
Photo by Jesselyn Voysey
Food service worker Doreen Garcia, who works at Coast
Doggs, goes into her own pocket to help hungry students.
“I’ll put in the difference because I don’t want them to go
without,” Garcia said.
The hot dog lady added that
she’s never worried about students paying her back because
she says that she trusts the students, who have become her
friends.
“There’s really nothing I can
say,” Garcia said. “I’m just doing
my job.”
And on
On the inside
the web
Lunar eclipse
Hello, Siri
Nobody walks
Get a good look through one
of the many telescopes the
Astronomy Club will put out.
The iPhone 6 was released on
Friday and one staff reporter
is already addicted.
A look at why we are so
dependant on our cars and
why we shouldn’t be.
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CRIME
BLOTTER
Old ‘n horny
A call was made by a male
student on Wednesday at 12:30
p.m. reporting a suspicious
male loitering in the men’s
restroom in the Social Science
building.
The man appeared to be
looking at other men’s private
parts, according to Chief of
Campus Safety John Farmer.
The 61-year-old suspect was
approached by the officer, who
had found him in the restroom.
When the officer asked the
man to present identification
he cooperated.
The officer concluded that
the suspect wasn’t a student
and escorted him off the premises, Farmer said.
No charges were filed.
Batter out
A vehicle was damaged
by a foul ball hit from the
OCC baseball field on Sept.
16 between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.,
Farmer said.
The call was made to the
officer by a baseball player
who stated that he had come to
school that day for a baseball
scrimmage and came back at
4 p.m. to find damage from a
baseball to his windshield.
The damage was estimated
at $300 and a bill was sent to
the district for further action.
Medical aid
There was a medical aid call
on Thursday at 10:50 a.m. at
the Fitness Complex.
The responding officer met
the student who was complaining of trouble breathing and
cramping with numbness in
both her face and legs, Farmer
said.
Due to her symptoms, the
paramedics were called and
she was transported to Hoag
Hospital in Newport Beach for
further care.
Electrifying tech
There was a medical aid call
from a report of electric shock
on Thursday at 9:20 a.m. in the
Technology building room 226.
A female student plugged an
electrical device into an adapter
with exposed wires and when
she reached for the cord her
right hand came in contact with
the exposed wires and she was
shocked, Farmer said.
The officer arrived and spoke
with the student and professor
and decided it was best for
her to be taken to the Student
Health Center.
—The Crime Blotter was
compiled by Kalie Hanson-Campa from Campus Safety reports.
TOYS: OCC staffer is collecting gifts.
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to raise awareness of pediatric
cancer. Although pediatric cancer makes up less than 1 percent
of diagnoses, an estimated
10,450 children under 15 will
be diagnosed in 2014, according
to the American Cancer Society.
Jessie never let her illness get
the better of her, Skeie said. She
understood the value of life and
she was passionate about the
jars, he said.
He added that Jessie made
three easy rules to follow when
making JoyJars: no cheesy toys,
no air in the jar and get them
out fast.
The foundation also hosts a
popular golf tournament that
professional athletes attend.
Visit Negu.org for more information.
Donated toys can be dropped
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
Blood moon rising
Astronomers will
gather on campus
to view a total
lunar eclipse.
BY KYLEE PICO
STAFF WRITER
Orange Coast College students
will have the opportunity to view
this month’s much-anticipated
blood moon eclipse through the
college’s Astronomy department
telescopes.
The department will host a
total lunar eclipse viewing at
the Coast Planetarium on Oct. 8
from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. — with the
eclipse expected to reach totality
shortly after 3 a.m. The eclipse,
which is the second this year in a
four-eclipse series, will be visible
in North America, the Pacific and
in East Asia.
“This will be the second one
this year that nearly half of the
planet gets to experience,” astronomy professor Nick Contopoulos
said.
Over the course of about 18
months, the blood moon will be
seen four times at roughly sixmonth intervals. History shows
that this lunar tetrad — four
successive total lunar eclipses
—brought a fear tactic.
However, Contopoulos says
that since then these saro cycles—a period of 223 synodic
months that can be used to
predict eclipses of the sun and
moon—have all been predicted
very strategically for hundreds
of years.
“Often when we think of an
eclipse, it is the darkness of
totality we are aware of. What
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Orange Coast College’s Astronomy department will host a lunar eclipse viewing on Oct. 8. It
will be the second of four consecutive blood moon eclipses visable in North America.
happens is indeed the Earth
blocks out all of the light, but the
atmosphere that surrounds the
earth is not solid and allows the
red component of light from the
sun to filter through, which then
reflects back to us and thus the
red appears,” Contopoulos said,
“sometimes if the atmosphere
has excess particles, maybe from
a volcano which makes it look
really red.”
According to Contopoulos,
visibility will be best between
3:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. The moon
is expected to appear in colors
ranging from a light orange to a
deeper shade of red, known as a
blood moon.
He added that a telescope is
not necessarily needed to enjoy
the astronomical phenomena —
the eclipse will also be visible
with a pair of binoculars or even
just with the naked eye.
Each year the telescopes are
brought out for the Coast family
to enjoy. The past eclipse bought
out around 400 excited students,
although Contopoulos says in the
past such event has gotten the
attention of thousands.
The event is free for both
students and the general public.
Parking is free in the Merrimac
Way Parking Lot located at 2701
Fairview Road.
If You Go
What: Total lunar eclipse
viewing
When: Oct. 8 from 2 a.m.
until 5 a.m.
Where: Orange Coast
College Planetarium
How much: Free
Parking: Free in the
Merrimac Way Parking
Lot.
Campus eateries offer the yum
Two student
restaurants are
available for lunch
every week.
FROM CAMPUS REPORTS
off until Oct. 15 in McDonald’s
office on the first floor of Watson Hall.
“I just think any amount will
help their cause,” McDonald
said.
Students in Chef Bill Barber’s
Culinary Principles 3/American
Regional class will prepare
gourmet delights representing
various locales in the United
States for the Captain’s Table
Thursday lunches throughout
the semester.
The cost of the meal, which
includes four courses and a beverage, is $12, which just pays
for part of the food required to
create the lunch, Barber said.
Reservations — if you can
get them — are advised. All
reservations are for one seating
at noon. Call (714) 432-5876,
Ext. 22, to save your place at
the table.
The fall menus are: Thursday
— Southern, Oct. 2 — Florida,
Oct. 9 — Louisiana, Oct.16 —
Great Lakes and Midwest, Oct.
23 — Great Plains and Rocky
Mountains, Oct. 30 — Texas,
Nov. 6 — Southwest, Nov.13
— Pacific Northwest, Nov. 20
— Hawaii and Dec. 4 — California.
International menus will be
featured this spring, prepared by
Barber’s Level 4 students.
Also available on campus is
Orange Coast College’s Eclec-
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Chef Bill Barber gives students instruction in the Captain’s Table restaurant. The dining room, along with the Eclectic Café,
is open for lunch every week.
tic Café which serves lunch on
Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. in the Student Center. The
$7 lunch features an appetizer,
a choice of entrees and dessert.
OCC’s culinary arts students
help prepare the meals.
Call ext. 26435 to make a
lunch reservation or order a
take-out lunch. Take-out orders,
at a cost of $8, are available until
12:30 p.m.
TRANSFER: Students can get a head start on applications.
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attend the Transfer Fair in front
of Watson Hall on Oct. 13 from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Representatives from 70 to 80 colleges
will be available to explain their
colleges and programs with
students.
“Anything that the student
wishes to talk about they can talk
about with the representatives.
Location, how the campuses look
— that’s why we recommend
they visit the campuses too,”
Ramirez said.
Starting at the end of September, the Transfer Center will
post its October and November
dates for when four-year college
representatives will be available.
Ramirez said that the center
will have workshops this semester for students applying for next
fall and recommends students
meet with representatives as well
as with the OCC counselors to
make sure they have their classes
in line to transfer.
“New first years are always
welcome — it never hurts to
start early. But, normally we help
students who already have work
in progress,” Ramirez said. “You
don’t have to have everything
completed at the time of application but just know that the more
important thing is to be done at
the end of spring.”
She said students should start
coming in 30 to 40 units into
transferring.
“I never knew we had a Transfer Center until I took a coun-
seling class a few semesters ago
and now I have [information]
to apply to Cal Poly [San Luis
Obispo] and a few other schools.
It really helped,” Kevin Chow,
20, an accounting major said.
Ramirez said that applications
to the California State University
system schools have to be filed in
October and November, and those
for the UC system schools have to
be filed in November. Private institutions have varying schedules.
“I never knew there were so
many schools just in the state
that I could choose from,” Miranda Gomez, 26, a psychology
major said.
In addition to colleges in the
state, the center helps students
transfer to universities outside
of California too.
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
Me and my golden iPhone in love
A new Apple
device makes one
student all warm
and fuzzy inside.
BY MICHELLE MENDEZ
STAFF WRITER
When I walked into T-Mobile
at 8 a.m. on Friday and received
the iPhone 6, I knew this was the
beginning of a long and beautiful
relationship.
I was one of thousands of people
who lined up all over the world to
get their hands on this magnificent
phone. The iPhone 6 comes in two
sizes, a 4.7-inch screen and the
iPhone 6 plus which is just a really
huge phone.
I decided to get the iPhone 6
with the smaller screen in gold
because I am luxurious. It called
my name when I laid my eyes on
it and I was sold. The features are
unbelievable. The minute I had it I
fell in love. The phone is so lightweight and easy to carry around
even though it is big. It still fits
right in my pocket.
I took my phone out to lunch at
Maggiano’s and took pictures of
myself. Even though the restaurant
had dim lighting, the pictures it
took were fantastic and high quality. If I took a picture of my face,
I could see my pimples — that
is how high definition the front
camera is.
The phone also lets me edit my
pictures. Instead of logging on to
Instagram and fixing the contrast
and brightness, it lets me do it
right there in seconds with a lot
of filters to add. It saves me lots
of time when I want the photo to
look good.
The phone shoots 1080 pixels
in high definition at either 30 or
60 frames per second. This is basically shooting a video really fast
or in slow motion. It is really fun
to play with — I especially enjoy
recording my dog drinking water
in slow motion.
The phone accompanied me
all weekend. I went to Dave &
Buster’s and played games with
the phone. I sat it beside me and
even played Mario Kart with the
phone. Luckily, I won.
The best part is the battery life.
I received the phone at 8 a.m. and
after a night of fun and using my
phone for hours, it still had half of
its battery. Saturday morning, I
woke up and my phone was lying
right beside me with still enough
battery to last me a few hours.
I carefully picked it up and
realized that I could send audio
messages. It was great after barely
waking up. This phone is already
everything to me. I cannot go
anywhere without it in my hand
— even if it is just going to the
kitchen.
The iPhone 6 is well worth the
bucks but my only problem is the
phone is huge. It is hard for me to
hold it but I can adjust to it. Photo courtesy of theblaze.com
Apple employees welcome customers into a store for the launch of the iPhone 6 on Friday.
Reporter Michelle Mendez spent the whole day getting to know her new best friend.
Adrenaline junkies take note, Radical Reels is here
The short films are
a selection from
the Banff
Mountain Film and
Book Festival.
BY KATHY KORT
STAFF WRITER
Students can get away from it
all and experience world travel
and extreme sports without ever
leaving campus.
Orange Coast College’s
Friends of the Library are once
again sponsoring the Radical
Reels Tour at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 in the
Robert B. Moore Theatre.
The films are a special se-
lection of high-energy action
sports films taken from the
Banff Mountain Film and Book
Festival.
“These films are high action,
high adrenaline, big music outdoor sport films,” Carl Morgan,
OCC librarian and Friends of
the Library representative said.
“Last year we sold over 700 seats
to this event. It’s a great event for
students and one of our [Friends]
biggest fundraisers.”
A few of the highlights are
films featuring wing-suit flyers
in France and Switzerland that
will take your breath away,
the “Nine Queens” of Austria
getting insane air while freestyle skiing and American rock
climber Daniel Woods taking
on the expedition of a lifetime.
Films range from four to 26
minutes.
There will be a total of 11 films
shown.
Tickets are available online
(www.OCCTickets.com) or by
phone through the OCC Bursar’s
Office (714-432-5880). Tickets
are also available at REI, Huntington Beach and REI, Tustin.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at
the door and $5 for OCC students.
Bring two gently used books
or donate two cans of food to
Food Riders of OCC, which will
have a table set up at outside
of the theatre, and receive a $2
discount to tickets purchased at
the door. Student tickets are not
eligible for discount.
If you go
What: Radical Reels
When: 7 p.m. Oct. 1
Where: Robert B.
Moore Theatre
Price: $10 advance, $12
door, $5 students
Info: A selection of
11 films, ranging from
four to 26 minutes,
about wing-suit flyers,
freestyle skiing, rock
climbing and more.
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Radical Reels features short films on high action subjects.
It’s (almost) the most
wonderful time of year
One television
network gets ready
to launch a full
Christmas lineup.
BY COAST REPORT STAFF
OK. The sun is out. In fact, it’s
hot. But it’s nearly October which
means Halloween and then just
a blink of the eye until Thanksgiving. And you know what that
means.
Christmas.
And Christmas music, food and
movies.
Hallmark Movies and Mysteries has announced its annual
holiday-themed programming
event, most wonderful movies of
Christmas that will begin Oct.
31 with 1,300 hours of Christmas
programming.
The event includes an exclusive
lineup of the highest-rated holiday
original movies of all time.
The holiday schedule, which
will run around the clock, will
also feature the world premiere of
two new Hallmark originals and
movies from the Hallmark Hall of
Fame Christmas Collection.
Also, the annual yule log will
burn from Christmas Eve through
Christmas morning.
“Hallmark Movies and Mysteries is the exclusive home of traditional and classic holiday fare and
since its launch, our commitment
to producing unique and inspiring
original content for the network
is unparalleled,” said Michelle
Vicary, executive vice president
of programming for Crown Media
Family Networks.
Last season’s inaugural most
wonderful movies of Christmas
was a proven success and boosted
the network to No. 1 in households
during primetime and delivered its
highest quarter, month and week
of all time.
This year the network will unwrap exclusive premieres of some
of the most celebrated, highly-rated original movies including “The
Christmas Card,” “A Christmas
Wish,” “A Christmas Visitor,”
“Fallen Angel,” “Christmas with
Tucker,” “The Christmas Heart,”
“The Wishing Tree” and “Our First
Christmas.”
Also, Christmas movies from
the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection including “November Christmas,” “A Dog Named Christmas,”
“A Season of Miracles” and “Silver Bells” will air.
Two world premieres will also
be included. “Signed, Sealed,
Delivered for Christmas” will
premiere Nov. 23 at 9 p.m. and
stars Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth,
Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson,
Marion Ross and Rob Estes.
“The Christmas Secret” will
premiere Dec. 7 at 9 p.m. and stars
Bethany Joy Lenz and John Reardon and is based on the bestselling
novel “The Christmas Secret” by
Donna VanLierre.
Traditional Christmas movies
will also air. They include “A
Christmas Carol (1951),” starring
Alastair Sim and Jack Warner,
“Holiday Affair,” starring Robert
Mitchum, Janet Leigh and Wendell Corey, “It Happened on 5th
Avenue,” starring Gale Storm,
Victor Moore and Ann Harding,
“Christmas in Connecticut,” starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis
Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet,
and “The Bishop’s Wife,” starring
Cary Grant, Loretta Young and
David Niven.
BILL: State senate approves change to sexual consent.
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Perez-Stable Cox said.
This proposal of shared responsibility eliminates the defense
stating that the victim did not
say “no” in campus sexual assault investigations, which can be
taken advantage of, according to
proponents.
The bill specifies that “lack
of protest or resistance does not
mean consent, nor does silence
mean consent.” Also, affirmative
consent cannot be given under
the influence of drugs or alcohol
or while asleep or unconscious. If
these conditions are not met, the
sexual conduct would be considered nonconsensual or rape.
Critics state that SB 967 would
undermine due process rights of
the accused.
Moreover, they deem it impractical that the accused student must
prove the consent was ongoing,
which makes it more difficult for
colleges to distinguish most legal
sexual activity from sexual assault,
critics said.
What students refer to as date
rape is only one form of sexual
assault that has expanded into an
increasing issue around the world.
According to the White House,
approximately one out of every
five women is sexually assaulted in
college, and this is just in America.
Despite what critics have to say,
SB 967 undoubtedly introduces
a prospect that has the potential
to help alleviate those statistics,
supporters said.
In addition to enforcing these
affirmative consent standards,
colleges must educate students
on the magnitude and depravity
of rape culture to influence them
in making the right decisions, the
bill states. It requires schools to
implement comprehensive prevention and outreach programs
addressing sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence
and stalking.
Under the bill, it is required by
law for the schools to have trained
counselors to support survivors,
investigators to thoroughly examine cases, and a timely hearing
process. Contrary to other crimes,
complainants of a rape case are
subject to assumptions that they
are lying or exaggerating.
“If people show support for
the bill, it assures rape victims
that they will have a voice that is
heard,” Cecilia Pham, 19, kinesiology major said.
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4 Arts & Culture
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
A new found love of Legends
Playing online
games brings a
world of fantasy to
an old timer.
BY QUY HUA
STAFF WRITER
It is impossible to ignore a
popular phenomenon that is
happening all over campus, especially in the cafeteria.
And no, I’m not talking about
the delicious chicken fingers or
the salad bar, I’m talking about
the tables barricaded by laptops
and cheering students. This
marvel is fueled by the ever-addicting game called “League of
Legends.”
“League of Legends” is a PC
multiplayer online battle ground
for all ages. It is essentially a video game that challenges players’
tactical skills, cooperation experience and attention to details and
the ability to think on their feet.
You’ve probably seen students playing in the cafeteria,
the Library or even lecture halls.
“League of Legends” has definitely raised some eyebrows — mine
included. Although I only started
playing a couple of months ago,
it has introduced me to eSports,
organized competitive video
games played with teams. More
importantly, it has rekindled my
love for video games.
I had a spoiled childhood and I
owned every video game console
starting with the Nintendo 64.
Next came the Game Boy, then
the GameCube, PlayStation 1,
PlayStation 2 and the Xbox 360.
But, I stopped investing my time
and money when I couldn’t keep
up with the callous market’s skyhigh prices for new consoles and
the individual games themselves.
So I parted ways with the expensive electronic devices and
began doing more real-world
activities like getting involved
with clubs and playing sports,
which definitely made me more
busy and distanced from the
gaming world.
I still played some games,
like “Counter Strike,” “Halo,”
“Final Fantasy,” but it wasn’t
until I discovered “League of
Legends” that I refound my inner
gamer. Maybe it was because
of the fast-paced intensity and
the fusion of real-time strategy
with role-playing game style that
makes the game so exciting, or
the abundance of more than 100
champions I can select and play.
Each champion is unique with
their own skills and gameplay
style. With a lot of practice,
players are able to adapt and
learn how to play different champions, almost like turning them
into personal chess pieces with
awesome abilities.
Some popular characters include the barrel-bearing giant
(Gragas), adorable Stitch’s cousin The Sea Tyrant (Fizz), the
cold-blooded lady that turns into
a dragon (Shyvana), the quirky
robotic golem (Blitzcrank), the
ancient alien hybrid carnivore
raised from Hell (Gho’Gath), or
the demonic little girl that possesses her teddy bear (Annie).
The list continues to expand with
endless discoveries to be made.
What makes this online game
so much fun for me is the chance
to cross over to a world of fantasy — a world that alters the
tiring reality of routine classes
and familiar faces.
I’ve made friends with players
from many different countries. I
once battled with a 31-year-old
pregnant lady too, and it built up
my tolerance for impolite people.
The game can also be therapeutic at times. I can blow off
some steam by going on a rampage and destroying the enemies
with my teammates.
“League of Legends” has
reminded me of how friendly
the gaming community can be,
the fellowship of conquering a
common victory makes the game
very interactive. Working in a
“Radical Reels,” Oct. 1:
A part of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World
Tour, sports filmmaking
will showcase whitewater kayaking in Southern
Mexico, wingsuit flyers
in France and Switzerland and snowboarding
in Norway. At 7 p.m. in
the Robert B. Moore Theatre. Admission $5 student,
$10 advance, $12 door.
Concerts
File photo
Students gather in the Orange Coast College Cafeteria to play video games during their breaks
from classes. “League of Legends” is a big draw for students.
team causes a rush of adrenaline
because everybody contributes
a variety of gimmicks to win the
game — along with their unique
champions.
Beginners shouldn’t feel intimated. The game offers many
stages for them to develop and
learn about different skills. One
can start at a lower level until they
feel comfortable enough to move
on to the next stage. The game also
matches players with the same
ranking so fairness is in place.
“League of Legends” has
grown exponentially over the
years. There are competitions
hosted around the world with
top ranking teams battling for
prominent status and money. The
world championships includes
prestigious legends from Asia,
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Europe and North America, with
the top team taking $1 million.
Also recently, the band Imagine Dragons released a song
titled, “Warriors” to celebrate
the game and welcome the world
championships — which started
on Thursday and ends on Oct. 19.
Watch the live tournaments
online along with millions of its
audience on www.twitch.com, or
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watch the rebroadcasts on www.
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I’m glad my enthusiasm for
gaming is slowly coming back.
It is amazing how video games
like “League of Legends” can
pull back my interest and make
me feel like a kid again.
The game is free to download,
so there is nothing to lose for
newcomers to join.
Film brings
laughs, truths
BY KATHY KORT
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Film
“This is Where I
Leave You” is a
cross between
funny and serious.
Call 911
Campus
Events
As I walked into the Lido Live
Theatre in Newport Beach just
days before last week’s release of
“This is Where I Leave You,” the
crowd was buzzing as we waited
with anticipation for the movie.
The film inspired non-stop laughter and transported the audience
out of their reality.
The film, directed by Shawn
Levy (“Night at the Museum”),
offers an all-star cast with a great
mix of actors including Adam
Driver (“Girls”), Tina Fey (“30
Rock”), Dax Shepard (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”),
Jane Fonda (“9 to 5”), and Jason
Bateman (“Horrible Bosses”).
The screenplay was adapted by
Jonathan Tropper from the novel
of the same name, and reads like
a cross between a sitcom (and
sometimes stand-up) and a drama
— known as a dramedy. The story
is both familiar and unexpected
— adult siblings come home to
bury their father whose last wish
was for them to sit shiva with
their mother (Fonda), a tell-all
author who has just had a boob
job and is constantly blurting out
inappropriate truths.
What happens over those seven
days of shiva is life changing to
the characters. The movie gives
viewers hope that even their annoying siblings might one day be
your best friend.
From the opening scene, middle son Judd (Bateman) walks
in on his wife Quinn (Abigail
Spencer), in bed with his shockjock boss Wade (Shepard), in an
explicit sex scene, things never
seemed to slow down.
From that opening scene to the
last shocking family truth, it’s a
wild rollercoaster of hysterical
and emotional crises. Although
director Levy gives viewers almost more than they can take in,
the actors succeed in making this
a relatable and refreshing story.
The all-star cast rattles off metaphors and one-liners so fast that
some of them are missed because
the audience is laughing so loud
from the last joke. I felt I missed
some of the story because of the
crowd’s laughter.
The movie is at times hilarious,
obnoxious and crude, with jokes
that are somewhat repetitive and
juvenile and a cataclysmic jumble
of problems, but it is entertaining.
There are also some heartfelt
moments, like the quiet rooftop
confessions shared between Judd
(Bateman) and his sister Wendy
(Fey) that left me feeling hopeful
for my own dysfunctional family
ties.
Most of the lines and the humor
are spot on, but a few of the jokes
felt awkward and wrong, such as
when the rabbi (Ben Schwartz),
who was once the neighborhood
dork, attempts a rap-mix stand-up
comedy stint at the podium.
Yes, it is a familiar tale. Yes, it
is a bit raunchy. But the film left
me with a message worth hearing.
Fonda said it twice in the movie,
“Honey, it’s OK. You can laugh
or you can cry. There is no correct
response.”
Another plus for the film was
its soundtrack featuring Alexi
Murdock, Saint Raymond, Psychedelic Furs, Distant Cousins
and the classic Cyndi Lauper. It’s
definitely worth a listen.
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“Beethoven Spectacular,” Oct. 4: The OCC
Symphony and Chorale
Ensembles present a night
of Beethoven, including
Piano Concerto No. 5.
Ricardo Soto and Eliza Rubenstein conduct
with Alison Edwards on
piano. In the Robert B.
Moore Theatre. Curtain
7:30 p.m. Admission
$10 student, $15 general.
“Faculty Dance Concert,” Oct. 25: The annual performance features
OCC instructors and guest
stars performing tap, jazz,
modern, ballet and world
dance. Directed by Amelie Hunter. In the Robert
B. Moore Theatre. Curtain 8 p.m. Admission
$10 advance, $15 door.
“Here’s Johnny!”, Nov.
2: Directed by Dana Wheaton, the concert will feature
music soundtracks from
popular movies composed
by John Williams. In the
Robert B. Moore Theatre.
Curtain 3 p.m. Admission $5 advance, $7 door.
“Fall Choral-Vocal
Showcase,” Nov. 15: The
OCC Chamber Singers
and Chorale will present
Johannes Brahm’s “Leue
Liebeslieder-Walzer,” or
“New Love-Song Waltzes.” Directed by Eliza
Rubenstein. In the Robert
B. Moore Theatre. Curtain
7:30 p.m. Admission $10.
Theatre
“10 or Less Festival,”
Oct. 10-12: A festival of
short plays, all 10 minutes or less. For mature
audiences. In the Drama Lab Theatre. Curtain
7:30 p.m. on Oct. 10, Oct.
11 and Oct. 12. Admission $5 advance, $7 door.
“Musical Theatre
Workshop,” Nov. 8:
Musical Theater students
will present songs and
scenes from Broadway
hits. Directed by Beth
Hansen. In the Robert B.
Moore Theatre. Curtain
7:30 p.m. Admission $10.
“You Can’t Take It
With You,” Oct. 31- Nov.
9: Directed by Tom Bruno, this comedy features
Alice Sycamore and her
family as they meet the
millionaire parents of her
lover. In the Drama Lab
Theatre. Curtain 7:30 p.m.
on Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and
2, Nov. 7 and 8 and 2:30
p.m. on Nov. 9. Admission $10 advance, $12
door, seniors and students
$8 advance, $10 at door.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
EDITORIAL
Expansion is
good for Coast
While there are a few
who speak negatively about
Orange Coast College’s expansion, the editorial board
of the Coast Report believes
the expansion can only be
beneficial to the college.
Costa Mesa Mayor Jim
Righeimer, who is running
for re-election, spoke out
at a recent public meeting
against the planned campus
expansion outlined in the
OCC Vision 20/20 plan.
The plan calls for new facilities such as a four-story
parking garage, a four-story
mixed-use development
which would feature retail
spaces, restaurants and a
145-room hotel, student
housing with more than 800
beds and an expansion of
the recycling center.
The plan will allow for
more students, which means
more money and more possibilities at Coast.
Ernesto Munoz, Costa
Mesa’s public services director, said there will be
added traffic in all directions around OCC with the
higher enrollment.
What he didn’t mention
are the apartment complexes and retail outlets already
approved by the city that
will add traffic and congestion to Harbor Boulevard
and the OCC area. Already
there is a new apartment
complex on Harbor Boulevard and Mesa Verde Street,
and many new eateries have
moved into the area.
Unlike these projects, the
college can stagger class
time to ease congestion at
rush hours. The estimated
increased traffic needs to
be expected and accepted
here — it comes with living in a densely populated
urban area.
The recycling center upgrades will ease traffic on
Adams Avenue by having
additional parking for recycling center customers.
And although Righeimer
said OCC doesn’t need
to educate international
students, we believe that
international students are
beneficial to the campus.
They increase diversity and
bring more money through
higher tuition prices.
Those same students will
increase local business.
We support the campus
expansion and argue that
international students bring
diversity and interest to our
campus.
Views 5
We need to walk
The claustrophobic
maze of twisting roads and
dead end culde-sacs. The
jumbled series
of McMansions litter- Miles White
Staff Writer
ing the outer
cities with
an ocean of
cheap stucco, red tiled roofs and
garden gnomes.
It is the suburban dream, to
own a parcel of dirt you can call
your own.
What some academics and
experts in the field of engineering
are finding out is that this dream is
creating more problems than solving in terms of health, safety, the
environment and even psychology.
The solution is a new school of
thought called New Pedestrianism
which seeks to put the focus of
urban development projects on
the person walking rather than the
person driving.
So why do we stray away from
building roads in straight lines
when constructing suburbs?
By increasing the amount of
space needed to cover traveling
from point A to B, you make reliance on some motorized vehicle
all the more necessary. Car companies love suburbs.
In a way, the original experiment of crafting neighborhoods in
this fashion could be looked at as
a conspiracy by the car companies
to sell product.
For thousands of years, even
dating as far back as the Roman
Empire, capitals and dense cities
in Europe laid out their streets
Roger Goodell needs to go
The National Football League
is a corporation where a
player can get
suspended
playing the
Brandon
game hard,
Ross
Staff Writer
but also one
that will turn
a blind eye
to issues such as concussions and
domestic violence.
Entering his ninth season as
the commissioner, Roger Goodell has ruined the most popular
sport in the country in countless
ways and it is time for a change.
According to CNNMoney,
Goodell has made $105 million
in salary over the last five years.
Most if not all of the NFL front
office along with the owners and
players make tons of money,
but this is an outrage for a guy
who is changing the game in a
negative way.
Although the recent news on
domestic violence in the league,
such as that of former Baltimore
Ravens running back Ray Rice
and Minnesota Vikings running
back Adrian Peterson, have given
Goodell really bad press, it goes
beyond that.
Goodell was named commissioner of the NFL on Sept. 1,
2006 by former commissioner
Paul Tagliabue. Soon after he
got hired, multiple media outlets
were wondering what this new
era would mean for the league.
“I want to make the game safer
for the players and more enjoyable for our fans,” Goodell said
in an interview with ESPN.com
soon after he got hired.
I recall an opening day game
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Roger Goodell answering questions for the media.
between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets,
where the Patriots won 38-14. In
the first half of that game, there
were 18 penalties called against
both teams, which were really
unnecessary.
Goodell has a track record
of fining players for penalties.
According to the Elias Sports
Bureau, in just nine years as commissioner, he’s fined NFL players
for penalties 19 percent more
than any other commissioner in
league history.
Concussion rates have gone
up eight percent since Goodell
has been in office, according to
Elias Sports Bureau. In fact, in
2012, the NFL Players Union
filed a lawsuit against the league
for lack of concussion awareness and treatments for current
and former players affected
from these head injuries.
Goodell has failed in fan experience as well, especially for
the second biggest market in the
country, originally promising
Los Angeles a football team by
2010 when he took office.
The LA Times conducted a
survey of 50,000 Los Angeles
and Orange County residents
asking football fans if they want
at least one NFL team back in
Los Angeles. Eighty nine percent said yes, while five percent
answered no and six percent did
not have an opinion.
I will always love watching
football, but something needs to
be done to fix what’s wrong with
the league.
Between all the uncalled for
penalties and fines, a lack of
commitment bringing the NFL
back to Los Angeles, player safety, and now virtually ignoring
domestic violence from players
around the league, there is only
one solution to the problem that
is Goodell.
It’s time for Goodell to resign
and for the NFL to turn in a new
direction.
QUESTION
of the WEEK
Davis Vo
21, mathematics
“I use it because a teacher can
make the different between
passing or failing a hard
class.”
according to the original grid-like
format, with each block literally
taking the shape of a square.
There is nothing new to the idea
of planning a neighborhood in
this fashion, it is actually more
traditional.
In the mid-1930s the Federal
Housing Authority declared dense
block-like patterns to be unsafe,
and characterless, which is ironic
considering what the suburb would
gradually morph into.
As the postwar boom took off
and excelled through the 1950s,
Ford, Chrysler and General Motors were at the top of their games,
and Americans wanted a taste in
luxury. Owning a car was a rare
privilege at the time but teetered on
the verge of becoming an ordinary
household staple.
To facilitate this new demand
for vehicles of long distance
travel, engineers and urban planners, from the mid-20th century
forward, began designing their
communities in ways that would
intentionally make it difficult and
time consuming to walk around,
or increase our reliance on cars.
Among the driving forces behind the original movement to
make our cities into autotopias
was the idea that walkable cities
were somehow more dangerous.
Cities like New York or Chicago
are known for their density in population. Too many pedestrians on
the streets could increase the likelihood of getting hit by a car. The
original logic was to discourage
incidents like this from happening
by putting everybody behind a
wheel and dissuade people from
walking altogether.
These urban planners thought
they would remove man-on-car
collisions by removing sidewalks.
Unfortunately, they did not anticipate how much worse car-on-car
collisions would become.
In 2012, the U.S. lost 33,561
people in highway-related accidents, according to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Many of those were the
fault of distracted drivers. Somehow, the problem of distracted
walking becomes a lot more
innocent by comparison.
Our physical health is not the
only thing that suffers — our sense
of social cohesion does as well.
You don’t have the same sense
of togetherness, of being a part of a
greater community when you wall
yourself off within a large roomy
home and a moat of grass. There
is also a cosmopolitan element
lost in the suburbs that you would
normally get if you lived closer
to the downtown area of a big
metropolitan city. Perhaps that is
the suburbs greatest crime: its lack
of culture.
The solutions to these problems, is an obvious one: go back
to the grid format, make sidewalks and bike lanes wider,
streets smaller, and have blocks
be shorter, more dense, with residential areas located closer to, not
farther from, working/shopping
destinations.
I do not plan on seeing every
neighborhood convert overnight
to this format since this would
require undoing almost the entire
infrastructure of the country from
the 1950s forward, but every little
step counts.
A bike rental program on campus would be a good start.
OCC should regulate
smoking more strictly
Many colleges prohibit
smoking on
campus today
while Orange
Coast College
is very tolerant of smokShotaro
ers.
Hifumi
We can see
Staff Writer
outdoor ash
trays everywhere on the
OCC campus which is good for
both smokers and non-smokers.
Since the ash trays are located conveniently, smokers can
light cigarettes even during
their break time.
And it is good for non-smokers that OCC places smoking
spots so that they can see where
they are and avoid inhaling the
smoke.
But many smoking spots
are provided by paths between
buildings, therefore, non-smokers cannot avoid it.
People who really hate smoking cannot make a shortcut
to the next building they are
going to without inhaling the
smoke, if the smoking spot is
in between.
Some people who vape electric cigarettes would claim
that electronic cigarettes are
not harmful for human bodies
because it contains less chemicals, but for non-smokers,
smoke is smoke.
They don’t want to inhale any
smoke in their lungs.
I recommend to set up tall
walls (transparent ones are
better for criminal preven-
tion) around at least smoking
areas where non-smokers are
unavoidable to pass and force
smokers to pay a fine if they
smoke outside of them, or decrease the number of smoking
spots.
Smokers tend to gather
around the smoking spots such
as the one in front of the John
R. Clark Computing Center.
Sometimes, I wonder if they
are even students or not.
I think Orange Coast College
should regulate smoking more
strictly.
I have seen before that a few
people advise smokers not to
smoke at smoke free areas,
but the rule seems to be meaningless like skateboarding on
campus.
I, a smoker myself, don’t
prefer to smoke on campus
because I know the majority of
students don’t smoke cigarettes
and I don’t like the non-smokers’ eyes on smokers.
Also it is annoying that some
people pester to get cigarettes
for free at Orange Coast College.
I usually smoke cigarettes in
my car in the parking lots.
Tell us what you
think about about
smoking on
campus or share
your thoughts on
any of the articles.
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
Pirates undefeated early in season
Women’s volleyball
improves to 2-0
on the year with a
sweep on Friday.
BY BRANDON ROSS
STAFF WRITER
Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team took it to the
Southwestern Jaguars, beating
them in a convincing straight-set
win in the Basil H. Peterson Gym
Friday.
Now 2-0 on the season after
their second consecutive nonconference victory, the lady Pirates are
rolling early in the season. In their
first home game of the season,
OCC blew past Southwestern 252, 25-17, and 25-13.
“I liked the way we started,”
head coach Chuck Cutenese said.
“We served well which I thought
was really important.”
In the first set, OCC dominated,
scoring 17 unanswered points
before Southwestern even scored
one.
Outside Hitter Sierra Brown, 19,
a psychology major was one of the
key players of the game, helping
lead the way with eight kills and
six aces.
“I think I did well,” Brown said.
“I went in and did my job and
that’s all I can ask for.”
Even though Brown only saw
action in the first set, her contribution set the tone for the rest of the
team, winning the next two sets.
“In the first game it was all
about ball control,” Brown said.
“Everyone coming in did their
job.”
From start to finish, Brown
isn’t kidding. Other standout
performances included outside
hitter Lahuna Alama-Jordan with
13 kills, outside hitter Danyelle
Brown had eight kills, and setter
Danielle Boyette contributed with
26 assists.
Middle blocker Anna Breese, 18, a business major was
impressed with the teams focus
throughout the game.
“We had positive energy the
whole time,” Breese said. “We
had goals before the game and we
worked on them before the game
which really helped a lot.”
In both the second and third sets,
Southwestern challenged OCC
and made both sets more competitive, but their lack of depth caught
up to them. The Pirates played all
of their players which kept them
fresh the whole game.
Outside of these first two games,
the lady Pirates have high expectations for the season going forward,
starting with the man in charge.
“We’ve put the challenge in
front of them to win conference
and go to the state tournament,”
Cutenese said. “I definitely think
we have the potential to be a top
state team.”
While it may be early in the
season and conference play hasn’t
started yet, Cutenese has his players believing in their chances as a
team as well.
“I think we are going to be really good,” Breese said. “We are
really athletic and we play well
as a team.”
OCC’s next three games will be
on the road, with its first stop being
at San Bernardino Valley College
Photo courtesy of Orange Coast College
Orange Coast College outside hitter Sierra Brown (7) had eight kills and six service aces during
Friday night’s game against Southwestern College in the Basil H. Peterson Gym.
tonight before returning home Oct.
1 against Pasadena City College.
With their next three games in
Coast breezes past Dons
OCC’s women’s
water polo team
wins 16-1 in their
first home game.
BY TERAN RODRIGUEZ
SPORTS EDITOR
Orange Coast College’s women’s water polo team managed
to open up conference play with
a 16-1 win over Santa Ana at
OCC’s pool deck.
OCC’s win improved its overall record to 4-1 while Santa
Ana remained winless at 0-3 on
the year.
“We’ve made a big commitment to our defense this year and
it showed early on. Our offense
was patient and methodical as
well,” OCC head coach Anthony
Iacopetti said.
OCC never gave the Dons of
Santa Ana much room to operate
offensively, as the Dons were
held scoreless throughout the
first three quarters. The Pirates
almost got the shutout against
the Dons until Leslie Jimenez
managed to score the Dons’ only
goal at the 3:03 mark in the final
quarter.
The Pirates on the other hand
were much more successful
on offense. The team had 11
players score and were led by
Katelyn Hansen who had three
goals.
“The entire team stood out in
this game and they all played
hard,” Iacopetti said.
Also contributing to OCC’s
offense was Lauren Babb and
Harley Owens who each had
two goals.
“I wasn’t surprised that we
almost shut out Santa Ana. We
were able to set up our offense,
make safe passes and be patient,”
Hansen, 19, an undecided major
said.
Defensively, OCC’s defense
was anchored by goalies Amy
Jensen and Daniela Jimenez,
as they both combined for nine
saves.
“I was on my toes the entire
game and I anticipated counterattacks from the opposing
FROM CAMPUS REPORTS
Photo courtesy of Orange Coast College
Waterpolo player Lauren Babb (18) fires a shot during a recent
game. The Lady Pirates beat out Santa Ana on Wednesday.
team’s offense,” Jensen, 17, an
undecided major said.
OCC’s next game will be in
the Mt. San Antonio tournament
on Friday with the time yet to be
determined. OCC’s next conference game will be Oct. 1 against
Riverside at OCC at 4 p.m.
“Riverside is a good team.
They’ll have a strong defense
when they come in. We just
have to pass under pressure and
be able to set up our offense,”
Hansen said.
BY TERAN RODRIGUEZ
SPORTS EDITOR
After coming up with no
wins in their first three games,
Orange Coast College’s men’s
water polo team returned home
Wednesday and was able to
beat the Santa Ana Dons 21-7
at OCC’s pool deck.
“We played good position
defense in the beginning of the
game and our defense led to
our offense,” head coach Adam
Lee said.
OCC wasted no time against
Santa Ana, as they jumped out to
a 6-0 lead at the end of the first
quarter. From there on out the
Pirates proved to be too much
for Santa Ana.
“The ones who stood out
were Jake Davis, Luis Martinez
and Garret Glore,” Lee said.
OCC, which had 12 different
players score, was propelled by
Davis who had five goals. Santa
Ana was led by Nima Kashani
who had five goals as well.
“I thought we had stellar
coaching from coach [Adam]
Lee. We just need to keep pushing past our limits and for gets
lots of rest,” Scott Brush, 23, a
medical science major said.
Although Brush wasn’t at full
strength due to illness, he finished with two goals for OCC.
Defensively, OCC was led
by goalies Maath Brodsky and
Martinez who had six and five
saves in the cage.
“I thought the other team
made a lot of pressing and
countering mistakes. It feels
good to get our first conference win, but we have to train
a lot of rest,” Breese said. “It’s a
lot of team bonding which helps
us out a lot too.”
Football edged out
by Moorpark
The Raiders barely
pulled out a win
from Orange Coast
College football.
Men’s waterpolo takes down Santa Ana
OCC’s men’s water
polo team was too
much for the
visiting Dons.
as many days on the road, this will
be a good test for the lady Pirates.
“We have to make sure we get
Time of possession did not
favor the Orange Coast College
football team on Saturday night
and as a result, the Pirates came
up just short against the Moorpark College Raiders, 39-31, at
Griffin Stadium.
With 106 plays conducted
by the Raiders (only 64 for
Coast) and 39:04 in offensive
possession by the Raiders (only
20:56 for Coast), the Pirates
saw themselves chasing the
Moorpark offense for most of
the night.
Raider quarterback Zach
LaBar threw for 303 yards and
two touchdowns on 29-of-37
passing, with his favorite target
being Cody Tuttle, who set a
MC record with 14 receptions
for 195 yards and one touchdown.
For the Pirates (0-3), the
quarterback tandem of Alec
Dombkowski and Kody Whita-
ker combined for four touchdown passes and 261 yards
passing.
Wide receiver Mark Munson
led the way with seven catches
for 113 yards and a pair of
touchdowns.
But three costly lost fumbles
by Coast helped the Raiders
(1-2) keep the ball and drain
minute after minute off of the
clock.
With 3:02 left in the game, a
12-yard pass from Whitaker to
Munson helped get the Pirates
to within striking distance at
39-31, but the onside kick by
Griff Amies was recovered by
the Raiders.
Coast held on defense and
had one final drive with less
than two minutes to go, but the
MC defense forced a fourthand-long, which went incomplete, giving the Raiders the
win.
Moorpark had 62 first-half
plays to 30 by the Pirates and
had the ball for 19 minutes, 23
seconds of the first half to just
10:37 for Coast.
The Pirates will return to action on Saturday night against
Fullerton College, beginning
at 7 p.m. at LeBard Stadium
at home.
Photo courtesy of Orange Coast College
The Orange Coast College men’s waterpolo team wipes the
floor with Santa Ana Dons 21-7 on Wednesday.
as hard as we possibly can,”
Robert Harris, 18, an undecided
major said.
OCC’s next game will be Oct.
1 against Riverside at OCC and
will start at 3 p.m.
“Every game is just as important for us, but I think this is the
best team OCC has ever had,”
Brush said.
Bengals rally around player with sick daughter
D e v o n
Still, who
went
to
Pennsylvania
State University and was
drafted by
the Cincinnati Bengals, Max Mayer
Views Editor
is more than
just a defensive tackle.
He is also a loving father.
Still found out last fall that
his daughter, Leah, had pediatric cancer-neuroblastoma and
that she had a 50 percent chance
of survival.
He also learned that her
treatment would cost around
$1 million.
Leah, 4, was getting ready
for a dance recital, but she had
to go to the hospital emergency
room due to a high fever.
She originally had a tumor
the size of a softball, which has
fortunately shrunk since first
discovery due to four rounds
of chemotherapy.
All of this was occurring
during the most important
time of Still’s life — trying to
make the cut to remain on the
Bengal’s team.
This greatly limited his ability to be a full time contributor
on the Bengals. However, he
still was able to stay on the
team.
The Bengals decided to put
him on the practice squad instead of cutting him despite his
limited availability.
That allowed him to keep
his insurance and still remain
as close to his daughter as
possible.
She lives with her mom in
Delaware and Still is there as
often as he can be.
The Bengals also chose to
sell Still’s No. 75 jersey for
$100, announcing all of the proceeds would go to Cincinnati’s
Children Hospital to help support pediatric cancer research.
Sean Payton, the head football coach of the New Orleans
Saints, has already bought one.
Despite the controversy over
how poorly the NFL is managing its issues and situations
within its respective organization, the Bengals were kind
enough to designate a spot for
Still on its roster even though
he couldn’t really contribute to
the team’s performance to the
fullest of his ability.
Even though many football
organizations are viewed as if
they are run by greedy egomaniacs, there truly is some good
in many, if not all of professional sports organizations.
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