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GoFund my education

Today, there are a few ways of getting financial aid, such as loans, grants or scholarships. Nowadays, millennial students are using crowd-funding sites to help pay for their education.

Skyline College’s tuition is es-timated by College Navigator to be an average of $5,342 between in and out-of-state students. Some students may find this to be too much to afford. For students who want to transfer to a four-year college, their families will have an even harder time affording

expensive tuition, even with help from financial aid.

A student from the Bay Area was accepted to Manhattan-ville College, but her family is unable to pay the expensive $54,000 per year tuition by themselves, so they turned to a crowd-funding site called GoFundMe.

Taisha Griffie, from Redwood City, was granted a very generous financial aid package, but there was still a $4,000 gap in tuition that still needed to be paid. This is when she turned to

a crowd-funding site called GoFundMe.

“I applied to numerous outside scholarships, but didn’t win any of them,” she said. “I wrote letters to various people and companies, and then I decided that I would attend community college and then transfer. My step mom and her good friend then told me about a website called GoFundMe.”

Griffie set up her account and wrote a biography describing her success throughout high school, her involvement with clubs, activities, work experi-

ence, aspirations for school and the help she needed. After a couple months and a little over $3,000 from friends, family and anonymous donors, she was able to begin her college career in New York.

“People were so willing to help me because they know how ambitious I am and they know that I don’t come from a finan-cially stable home,” Griffie said. “Education is very important and (in most cases) can open many doors for one’s future, and one’s financial circumstances shouldn’t hinder that, and I think

the people who helped me were aware of that notion.”

Sociology professor Michael Moynihan said people would want to help a college student in this situation as a form of investing in the future and as a sense of feeling like they are doing something positive for someone.

“Sociologically, it is like a big group hug,” he said. “I could see GoFundMe as a kind of shared economy where we’re saying ‘send me some money and I will help educate my-self.’”

Adjustments have been made in one of the campus buildings for those prone to more than just the typical winter blues.

Skyline College Health and

Safety Com-mittee recent-

ly purchased two new lamps, located

on the sec-ond floor of Building Six, designed to help students who may suffer from Seasonal

Affective Disorder and its many symptoms.

Seasonal Affective Disor-der is a specific mood disor-der where a person will feel symptoms, such as, being lazy, sleepy, tired, lethargic, and even gaining weight because of the darker and colder weather that winter may bring. Accord-ing to the Mayo Clinic Organi-zation website, a few of the risk factors include being female the disorder is diagnosed more often in women than in men, but men may have more-severe symptoms. Age is also a factor for people 18-30 have a higher risk of winter SAD, and winter SAD is less likely to occur in older adults.

“During times where it’s low light and foggy people experi-

ence symptoms of depression,” a psychology teacher, Jennifer Merrill said. “Sometimes it’s called the winter blues or Sea-sonal Depression.”

Merrill explains that the hu-man brain has a suprachiasmatic nucleus in the hypothalamus, and it is the brains master clock. It tells the person when to wake up and when to sleep. To give this information to the brain, the suprachiasmatic nucleus relies heavily on light. When the weather is dark or foggy, the brain is not getting the informa-tion it needs to fully wake up.

“The whole idea behind what is causing Seasonal Affective Disorder is the lack of light,” Merrill said.

Since Skyline College fre-quently has foggy or overcast

weather, many of its student and faculty may not get that bright sunlight that triggers the brain to be more active.

Julia Luna, a student at Skyline College, says that she always feels tired especially in the morning. However, she has observed that her friends want to stay in bed longer on foggy days.

“When it’s foggy it seems that [my friends] would rather stay in bed under the sheets,” Luna said.

Luna’s friends are not alone; plenty of other Skyline students have felt similar symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder when it is cold and foggy.

Meiling Lu, another Skyline Student, said that she might be suffering from similar symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder, especially during the winter. She

Lamps combat winter blues

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Andrew Avilla/The Skyline ViewA speciality lamp in Building 6 gives off sunlight-like rays.

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Accredition commision ousted

by Laurel B. Lujan

The Board of Governors voted on Monday to dump the Accred-iting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) due to no longer meeting the needs of California’s community colleges. By March 2016, the directed state education officials will need to find a resolution for new accred-itor.

The Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges has been evaluating the 113 com-munity colleges in the state. The Commission gives them a pass or fail grade, based on how they’re operating and serving students. For the past eight years, concerns have risen about ACCJC espe-cially with the situation of City College of San Francisco.

The evaluation of City College of San Francisco caused contro-versy when ACCJC stripped the accreditation of the college two years ago on what it was consid-ered, governance and leadership problems. The City College of San Francisco fought back, causing more investigations about ACCJC and its investigations.

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Problems with ACCJC have led to calls for its replacement

Protests are happening across the United States by college students fighting for equality.

University of Missouri has sparked protests across the country on racism with the latest protest coming from Harvard, Tufts and Princeton, and state schools such as Tow-son University in Maryland. To also fight for equality, students have turned to social media to call out administrators.

Inspired by the marches in Ferguson, Missouri, and Black Lives Matter, University of Missouri took a stand against racial inequality. Since the resignation of its president Tim Wolfe, protesters have orga-

nized at more than 100 col-leges and universities across the United States.

Protests staged on col-lege campuses last week are the culmination of years of activism around inequality and everyday racism, and the incidents have pushed racial divisions to the surface. Stu-dents are calling for action on racial inequality through social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

Universities Harvard, Brown, Columbia and Willa-mette as well as at Oberlin, Dartmouth and Swarthmore colleges are also participating with social media including other websites.

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does not feel rested in the morn-ing even after a full night’s sleep.

“Even if I get the same amount of sleep in August,” Lu said. “I still feel extremely tired and want to stay in bed longer around De-cember.”

Merrill conducted a survey to get a consensus of just how many students experience these symp-toms. The results of Merrill’s survey showed that a little over 50 percent of the students who an-swered the questions experienced multiple symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder during the fall and winter months. These results helped Merrill come up with the solution of getting these lamps to help students who experience any of the Seasonal Affective Disorder

Colleges voted to find other ways institutions can be accredited.

The U.S. Department of Ed-ucation has the final say, and is expected to take up the issue in Washington next month.

The previous accreditation com-mission of the city colleges has been in place for half a century and is not expected to change any recent policies.

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He repeated the phrase “shared economy,” and he re-ferred to modern services such as Air B&B and Zipcar.

Moynihan also suggested that GoFundMe users update the contributors to let them know the money is being used as proposed. “People might, in their appeal, say, ‘here’s my situation, and here’s what I will provide you as way to let you know that I’m using this money as intended.’”

GoFundMe’s conditions do state, however, that the users must take the funds only for the purpose they stated in their

Crowdsourcing educationsymptoms.

The two lamps are special because they are made to combat the low light and gloomy weather by mimicking the morning sun-light that gives the brain a wake up call.

“A normal light bulb is about 180 lux,” Merrill said. “These lamps are 10,000 lux, and this light is designed to mimic early bright morning light.”

The lamps are placed next to some chairs and tables for conve-nient access and use to students. They are great resources for students, whether they are expe-riencing symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder or not, to use for studying or relaxing between classes.

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provide information relating to your campaign with donors and beneficiaries of your campaign, and with law enforcement or to assist in any investigation,” the website says.

Griffie is now a sophomore, majoring in digital media productions with a minor in marketing. She only planned to use the crowd-funding site for her first year, and she took out a student loan for the remaining $3,500 each semester.

He repeated the phrase “shared economy,” and he re-ferred to modern services such

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The last few months have seen a dramatic upheaval in societal life across the globe. Though many are far from us, some have hit very close to home, namely the numerous student protests occur-ring at college campuses across the nation.

From Claremont McKenna here in California to Yale in Connecti-cut, students are fed up with being mistreated and voiceless. However, many of these protests may only be part of the battle.

Obviously a few campus protests have seen obvious results, namely that the president of the University of Missouri, Timothy M. Wolfe, resigned. While this may be a victory right now, it will be short-lived. In the long run, the constant upheaval of authority figures won’t solve any issues, just delay them. A more beneficial and helpful tactic would be to start an open dialogue between students, administrators, and all other people involved in creating the educa-tional environment on a college campus.

According to the 2015 UCLA Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) Diverse Learn-ing Environments (DLE) Survey, 59.6 percent of students surveyed reported experiencing first-hand instances of racial discrimination, harassment, and bias. In addition,

57.5 percent of students surveyed reported witnessing discrimina-tion regarding gender, race, and religious or spiritual beliefs. These numbers are far larger than school authority figures alone. Unfortu-nately, the campus activism seen recently has not directly involved student reformation, merely a rota-tion of authority figures on a select few campuses. This will not cause a direct improvement on discrim-ination by students towards other students, the likely cause of such high survey results.

Though the issues of harass-ment and bias will never have an “easy fix,” an enormous amount of progress can be made if campuses across the country begin to facili-tate and promote opportunities for students and staff to participate in racial and cultural events and activities. Not only may this foster a more active student body, but it may just eliminate a large portion of discrimination all together.

According to the 2015 UCLA HERI College Senior Survey, 57.4 percent of seniors surveyed report-ed that they had communicated publically their opinions and ideas about a cause, either by joining protests or events, or by posting openly on social media or the in-ternet. However, only 37.5 percent of the survey reported attending workshops related to race or cul-

tural awareness. such workshops are exactly what students need, though, to be more open and aware of other students. This is proven by the fact that, of the 37.5 percent that attended workshops, 54.5 per-cent reported having meaningful and honest communication about race/ethnicity with their peers and 68.6 percent reported that they felt it was important for them to help promote racial understanding. This is compared to the percentages of seniors who did not attend those workshops, which arrive at 31.5 percent and 40.1 percent respec-tively.

With an approximately 20 percent increase in both areas of research just from attending educa-tional workshops, it seems obvious that group learning and open communication provide concrete results and improvements in the social climate of a college campus. Luckily, the protests themselves may have acted as community workshops already.

Nalani Haueter, a sophomore sociology student at Claremont McKenna, told The New York Times that she was shocked by the number of students participat-ing, claiming that the events had “grown into a large percentage of this campus being active and paying attention.”

Such support among students is

Big protests make small steps

already a step in the right direc-tion, and the campuses themselves can easily harness and direct this energy with organized workshops and proactive teaching. Some campuses have already begun implementing such plans.

In a campus-wide email, Hiram E. Chodosh the president of Clare-mont McKenna college announced plans to create a new leadership position focused on diversity and providing help to all new stu-dents in adjusting to campus life. Actions such as these will certainly help foster a sense of community among students on campus and will hopefully reduce the number of discrimination incidents seen and or experienced on campus.

At the end of the day, while it may feel appropriate to raise fists and signs against the tyranny of obviously powerful oppressors, the population of college students in America could greatly benefit from simply attending campus work-shops, lectures, and clubs. Though the protests acted as the spark people needed to begin making solutions, proactive leadership and students being more active in attending workshops and events could have prevented the whole situation. Historically speaking, replacing authority figures again and again doesn’t work, but com-municating with peers and actively improving the community as a whole does.

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Recent campus activism has seen little results, long term solutions should be sought

Hunter S. Thompson is credited as the father of Gonzo journal-ism, with contradictory accounts of when he first coined the term. The genre itself is credited for revolutionizing journalism, and was used by Thompson and his contemporaries to find and tell interesting and profound stories from a genuine, personal point of view. However, the late Thompson would roll in his grave at what has become of the genre he created.

What’s refreshing about Gonzo journalism is that the writers make no claim to objectivity. In a media landscape full of opinion disguised as objective fact, this can be a breath of fresh air. When executed effectively, the writer’s perspective is used to enhance and enrich the story being told. But when executed poorly, as it so often is now, the writer’s perspec-tive can be irritating and vacuous.

Gonzo journalism was effective for writ-ers like Thompson and his contemporaries because they had genuine voices that were unlike anything else in journalism at the time. The mod-ern bastardization of the genre has resulted in an influx of snarky, boring kids who douse their sto-ries with sex and drug references like hipsters wielding a bottle of sriracha, and with the same in-tent- to spice things up, but only

in a way that strictly adheres to a tried and true method that their peers have shown enthusiasm for.

The genre is seen at its worst when injected into material that can’t possibly benefit from it, like interviews and hard news. Giving young journalists the license to wax poetic and talk about them-selves as much as they like for no particular reason is risky. In the case of material covering

far more

important and interesting subjects, the writer’s voice rarely adds anything to the story. Young jour-nalists are egocentric people, to say the least, which is something that needs to be reigned in and reserved for appropriate contexts, not mindlessly proliferated.

Not surprisingly, the digital age has seen rise to millen-

nial centered content that has grown massively popular.

Vice News, targeted at millennials and

presenting itself as an alternative news source, has produced some im-pressive content since beginning just two years ago. But what it has also ushered in some content that poorly represents its

opinions and assump-tions about its targeted

audience.Although writers love to

talk about themselves, nobody wants to read what equates to verbal masturbation. In its cur-rent incarnation, Gonzo jour-nalism has become something that is clearly more enjoyable for the writer than the reader.

If you were to go into the Tanforan shopping center during business hours, you would find Santa’s Village, situated between the store with the sports jerseys and the other store with odd reproduction oil paintings that only a Russian mobster would find tasteful. In this village of plastic and foam, you will find the man designated as Santa; this Santa, in turn, will be surrounded by several standard sized humans pretending to be his forced-labor dwarves. To-gether they form an unmistakable image--the image of Christmassy goodness. It’s a tradition, it is: Hand screaming child to teamster in glue-on beard. Obviously stoned teenager in pointy hat takes pic-ture. Twinkly memories forever.

Now look into mall Santa’s eyes. What do you see?

Pure hate. The corrosive hate of a man who has been wearing a Santa costume since Dia De Los Muretos. Like Gary Busey being forced into a strait jacket, so too has mall Santa been forced to pre-maturely into his red suit by the ever expanding Christmas season. And mall Santa is far from alone; practically every-one complains that the continual commercial advance of Christmas cheapens the holiday season.

If the commercialization of Christmas is so shameful and dis-heartening, then why don’t you do something about it? Why don’t you make a stand and say Christmas isn’t about buying things?

No. On paper, having a non-ma-terialistic Christmas is easy; you

just don’t buy stuff. Unfortunately, the American image of Christmas is so hopelessly intertwined with commercialism that, were you to remove the presents, it wouldn’t look like Christmas.

The quintessential image of Chrismatic perfection is the severed pine tree (eg: Douglas Fir) with presents planted around it. Even if you’re beyond the age of believing that an obese man has brought you gifts, that image has been collectively hammered into everyone’s mind since childhood. Presents, and the material goods that are implicitly implied, are the lynchpin holding the ideal Christ-mas together.

What’s that? You think that I’m a cynical creep who spends his time taking notes on mall em-ployees like they’re zoo bonobos? Well, aren’t you fancy in your ivory tower. Then why don’t you try to take things a step further, and actually substitute presents for, like, love or something.

In my family, love was always a threat around Christmas time. “Well, maybe we don’t need pres-ents. Maybe all we need is love.”

That’s a lie, and you know it. Try telling that to a seven year old. “Well, Wee Jimmy, I know you were asking for that snazzy new X-Station or Play Box, but I’ve got something even better—love!”

No sane American child would accept this. Wee Jimmy would undoubtedly turn to drugs--Unlike you, his dealer would provide him with hours of addictive enter-tainment his developing mind so desperately craves. Way to parent.

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This is the new way people are finding their significant other, or their next hook-up. Online dating through dating apps are great new tools people are using to find the connection they want from one another. Don’t believe the negative stigma behind dating apps, they’re fun and useful.

There are numerous amounts of dating apps out there that cater to all crowds. From the famous Tinder, that caters to everyone to apps likes Grindr, where its main focus are for gay guys. We can get even more specific, to apps like Tindog, where it’s easier for dog owners to meet.

Like most tools in the shed, you first need to know what you are going to do with said tool before you use it. So when you sign up for one, or more, of these many apps, make sure you know what you want. Do you want a short-term relationship? Long-term relationship? Hook-ups?

The versatility of dating apps is where the fun of online dating begins. You can anything from getting to know three people all at the same time, or focusing all your attention on that one girl or guy that hooked you with their cute

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For the longest time, I never actually took the time to sit down to talk to anyone and to express my feelings about the issues Afri-can-American people deal with on a daily basis. I know it is never too late to voice your opinion on any matter, so I decided to finally talk about it.

We’ve all heard in the media of African –American people’s lives taken away due to excessive force by police officers who do not seem to receive any form of punishment/suspension for their wrongdoings. As a person of a mixed race, I can sympathize with them because I am part African-American. Also, growing up in Oakland gives me so much insight to how people of other ethnic backgrounds get treated by the police.

According to The Guardian, when adjusted to accurately reflect the US population, the totals in-dicate that black people are being killed by police at more than twice the rate of white and Hispanic or Latino people. Black people killed by police were also significantly more likely to have been unarmed. Crazy, right?

During the time of the black lives movement, many people in Oakland and other inner-cities in the United States with populous communities of Black people started protesting, which is fine because I have so much respect for the people standing up for themselves and the people of their culture.

On the other hand, sometimes I wonder if the protesting is worth it because there are always going to be people who try to disturb the peace. The one thing I can’t stand to see in the media is riots. I find it

stupid that people all over Oakland and other U.S. cities feel the need to express their anger towards the authority of the police by rioting and acting out in a destructive manner.

I don’t mean to be disrespect-ful when I say that destructive behavior is one of the main causes of why police officers target Black people. For example, it’s right here in front of our eyes. Every time that another person of our own ethnicity is shot dead by the police and is not brought to justice, there are protesters and rioters. Have you ever thought that maybe the justice system purposefully lets these white police officers off the hook just to see our own people self-destruct? If anyone else pays attention to the news like I do, you would see that riots always seem to occur after this happens. It’s very appalling to see my own people destroying the city that we live in and jumping on freeways, and for what? Attention? A call to action? If anything, it is the opposite of a call to action. Protesting is a call to action, but the act of riots is what will make the police come after you.

If we’re ever going to see a change, we need to start by doing better as people. Instead of acting like animals in the streets, I think Black people need to find other ways to express their anger and other strong feelings toward the police in another way other than acting detrimental to our city.

All in all, I have so much love for my own people, and I feel for you and think that we are not treated with the utmost respect, but there are positive ways to make a change to that and to get attention from people who actually care about the issues that affect us.

Dating apps: use them or lose them

Think before you react

pickup line. Getting to know new people is fun especially by finding differences and similarities in one another, and seeing where it goes from there.

Of course not everyone you talk to will become your next sig-nificant other. Quite the opposite actually, many of the people you

chat with will just be a short con-versation that usually ends with one party not responding anymore. But you move on, and start over again until you find the connection you want. Or until finally getting laid, whichever one was your end goal.

Dating apps have garnered a lot of negative stigma over the years. Some people think dating apps are just for hook-ups. Other people think online dating is a complete joke and that long lasting rela-

tionships only build from meeting someone in person.

The truth is, it’s what you do with these apps that builds the experience for you. Yes there will be a lot of rejections and failed relationships, but that’s life in general. In the end, does it really matter where you met someone?

According to USA Today, research done at Stanford Uni-versity shows that 22 percent of couples have met online. The same research also showed that those who met online are two times more likely to marry than those who didn’t.

Online dating will never replace “offline” dating. Dating apps are just another tool that people can use to connect with one another. And honestly, who cares where you meet your significant other. What matters is that you love each other. Are you really going to judge a happy couple that met off of Tinder? Of course not. You congratulate them for being happy.

So if you are ever curious in signing up for one of the many dating apps, go for it. What do you have to lose? Who knows, you might meet you and your dog’s significant other on Tindog.

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Performing Arts Showcase filled with variety and energy

Jazz dance students perform to “More” by Madonna at the Skyline theater on Nov. 14, 2015.

The thrill, the intensity, and the energy- everything was left on the stage Saturday night, Nov. 14.

Once every year musicians, vo-calists, dancers, and actors/actress join to show off their talents and skills at Skyline’s Annual Perform-ing Showcases. They practice each day leading up to this performance. They want their audience to long for the next Performing Arts Showcase. Although the audience is filled with friends and family members they still performed as professionals.

This is the only time where all the talent at Skyline College per-forms in one venue. The highlights of this event start off with the danc-ers, the concert band, the jazz band, the solos, and the dramatic excerpts. Each performance brought its own style and charisma to the stage. The energy of the crowd played a big role. The dance choreography was something extraordinary to witness. Hitting each move with ease and each dancer was in sync. “It was nice to have a variety of dance pieces from Fosse numbers, to hip-hop, to Tahitian, and also Broadway jazz style of dancing” Amber Steele Director of the dance department said.

These performances showed how much work they’ve put into this show. Their practicing and connection as a dance group paid off. As for the jazz band and jazz vocal ensemble nothing could have went smoother. The vocalist and musicians were in rhythm which made everything sound superb. “I was really pleased at the quality of

musicianship. They worked hard and it payed off with a fantastic performance,” Zachary Bruno, Jazz Band Director said.

During the Jazz Band’s per-formance of “Splanky”, Daniel Taufer pianist and Marcos Estebez saxophonist began their solo’s- ( ).... Once they were towards the end of their solo’s the crowd would begin to applaud and whistle compli-ments at the musician. Each actor or actress gave the audience their raw emotion. In a small excerpt from “The Time of Your Life,” the dramatic scenes were satirical, hys-terical, but serious at the same time.

These performances were di-rected by Amber Steele (Dance Di-rector), Zachary Bruno (Jazz band Director), Michelle Hawkins (Vocal Jazz Ensemble Director), Jude Navari (Concert Choir Director/Voice/Class Instructor) and Kevin Simmers (Acting Class Instructor/Fall play Director).

“When we first decided as the groovy 60s as our theme this year it’s because we are doing per-formance and collaboration with Community College League of California and they had requested it, I’ve been thinking about what the 60s meant to us as Americans and to young people of that time and I wanted to share that with our students,” Steele said.

Steele added that this particular theme not only gave a look but a better understanding into the his-torical background of the 60s- the marches for peace, the sexual revo-lution, and women’s independence.

“These students were able to share their emotions and experience

with the audience at the showcase. It really had renewed the desire to buckle down and work as a team. We have a ton of strong individual dancers, so we want to work on becoming a strong synchronized team,” Steele said.

Although there were many new-comers participating in this show-case, they were a lot of returning students as well. Even though they have performed many times, they

still tend to get anxious before their shows. However. once they get onto the stage the audience is always astounded. The performers throw all of their energy into the show and are very focused on connecting with the crowd.

“My favorite performance was the medley that ended the first half of the show. This was the perfor-mance that our dance class put the most effort into and it was entirely

student choreographed.” Student dancer Jeremiah Agcaoili says. “Choreography in general is just a measure of patience and breaking down the moves. How long it takes depends on the experience, state of mind, and one’s persistence.”

The seventh annual performing art showcase was successful. Full of talented students that brought style, rhythm, and historical rele-vancy.

Percussionist Mike Kiely performs an instrumental solo called “Frag-ments for Timpani,” at the Skyline theater on Nov. 14, 2015.

(Left to right) Rorie Azucena, Ben Rampley, and Steven Marshall perform a scene from “The Time of Your Life” at the Skyline theater on Nov. 14, 2015.

Part of being an adult is man-aging your own; whether it is your money, car, schedule, etc. However people are unware of the fact that card fraud is a growing problem. In this day in age, there is much more of an increasing threat of it.

According to NASDAQ, data breaches totaled 1,540 worldwide in 2014 – up 46 percent from the year before – and led to compromise of more than one billion data records. United States was the country most affected by data breaches in 2014, accounting for 1,107 or 72 percent of breaches in the world.

Identity theft is a big and grow-ing problem for the United States; especially to students. The United States only account for 24 percent of total worldwide card volume, but a research note from Barclays (Barclays Banking) stated that the U.S. is responsible for 47 percent of the world’s card fraud.

For students the probability of identity fraud is much higher. Twen-ty-two percent of students were notified that they were a victim of identity fraud according to Javelin Strategy and Research. This is three times higher than average fraud victims.

Ludy Padua, restaurant owner, had mysterious charges on her cred-it card invoice.

“I don’t use [credit card] online,” she said.

As a result, the possibility that her card number was stolen online is slim. When she asked her bank on what was going on, the bank told her that it was possible that someone has seen or even dupli-cated her card during a purchase. It

took her about an hour to resolve the problem.

A more extreme example was the case of Melisa De Guzman, registered nurse, where the thief didn’t need her identity to cash in a pre-made check that was found in the mail of the house that she moved out of. The culprit was able forge her signature and cashed out $4000 from the check. She said that the check was cashed out in Hawaii, which signifies that this crime was organized. The situation took at least three months to fix, causing Melisa to pay for the inter-est that the credit caused since she was guilty in the bank’s eye since there was no proof that she wasn’t involved.

Nowadays, banks have safety measures to prevent fraud by pro-viding assets like online bank moni-toring and online bank statements to let people check their accounts on an instant.

However this also means that there are more ways for an identity thieves to steal your personal in-formation because we do live in a digital world.

People should always keep in mind that losing your wallet isn’t the only way someone can steal your identity.

“I only buy things on my credit card with just trustworthy web-sites,” biotechnology major Ashley Hoenisch said.

Just like De Guzman’s case there are plenty of ways a person can get a hold of your information and money. Make sure to dispose of per-sonal information properly, like us-ing shredders or a pair of scissors to render them useless. Only provide your personal information to rep-utable websites as well as people. Remember, especially as students, to protect your identity and credit cards because people now make a career out of stealing them.

Card fraud needs more attentionBy Blynn BeltranTSV mutlimedia reporter

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“At the moment, I am fine with my money situation but I would to

make it easier for my family.”

Would you use a crowdfunding site to raise money for college tuition?

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Tech

Four years later, and Apple is only just debuting an update to a cable-cord cutter, the new Apple TV. With this highly anticipated update, there’s a lot to say about this product, and simultaneously not much at all.

In the box, one will find the newly designed remote to navigate through the TV soft-ware, a lightning cable to charge the remote (say goodbye to that removable battery in the previous Apple remote), the power cord, and the tv itself. The product is definitely heavier than it’s previous generation, and almost doubled its height. Besides that, not much has changed on the outside. There are two models, the 32GB for $150, and the 64GB for $200. If you’re going to use this mainly to stream video, and not download excessive amounts of multimedia, go with the 32GB version. If you’re a heavy media junkie and know you’ll need more room, spend the extra $50.

At first, I enjoyed using the new touch-sensitive remote to swipe through apps, movies, and games. However, after a few days, I struggled rigorously with that same sensitivity. If I swiped right, the cursor would move down. At one point I got so frustrated that I almost threw the remote at the tv after trying to scroll through my music query for a solid fifteen minutes, only to maneuver between the same two tracks over and over. I ended up

having to reboot the TV, and the remote seemed to work properly again. Over the past couple of weeks I have encountered this issue at least five times, so I’m hoping that the problem lies with-in my unit.

Another problem I’ve had with this experience, and one I will never let Apple live down until it’s changed, is the fact that Siri cannot help you with music. How can Siri help you with something so specific as filtering through comedy films to find a particular actor, yet can’t even register a command as simple as “start music?” Why is that so difficult? On top of that, Apple has yet to update their remote app on their own app store. I can un-derstand why, as this new remote has Siri functionality, and if one were to try using Siri through their iPhone or iPad while on the

remote app, Siri will register your command through the phone and not the tv. It goes without saying that it’d be pretty neat for a legit-imate “remote mode” to exist on those two devices.

There’s a lack of 4K playback on this tv, which is odd because the background screen-savers are those that you’d find while strolling through the 4K displays in an electronics store.

If you’d like to own a streaming box set, and are a part of Apple’s device ecosystem, I’d recommend this. However, if you do have the older model, I’d say wait for a future generation product; one with 4K, and better app implementation.

Apple’s latest product not ripe enough to pickBy Jordan SweidanTSV sports editor

“Welcome to Night Vale” gives readers a chill

“Welcome to Night Vale” is perfect for anyone who loves science fiction. The podcast is as if “The Twilight Zone” conceived a baby with H.P. Lovecraft and the TV series, “Twin Peaks.” The novel, originating from an inter-nationally popular podcast, may leave newcomers in the dark if not familiar with the background of the popular audio file.

The podcast is creepy and exhilarating because of Cecil Baldwin’s voice and the vague descriptions given about the town, leaving the rest up for peo-ple to imagine. Anything that fans of Night Vale might have thought about the podcast will also apply to the book as they are relearning about the town of Night Vale.

Cecil, the voice of Night Vale, runs the Night Vale local commu-nity radio, lulls the audience with his voice, capturing attention by stating in the beginning of the first podcast, “It is a friendly desert community, where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep. Welcome to Night Vale.”

The intensity of the podcast causes the audience to shudder with excitement, wanting to know more about the bizarre, Southwestern desert town.

The book, however, does not focus on Cecil but rather on three main characters who have been mentioned occasionally in the podcast: Diane Crayton, Josh Crayton (her son), and Jackie (the eternal 19-year-old) who runs a pawn shop in Night Vale. The novel begins by explaining Jack-ie’s life and how, like most Night Vale citizens, routine it is.

However, her routine is thrown off when a mysterious customer, known as “The Man in the Tan Jacket” in podcasts, shows up and leaves a mystery slip of paper behind with the words, “King City” on it. Jackie cannot go back to her routine since the paper is stuck to her hand, compelling her to search for the mysterious stranger.

As for Diane and her son Josh, Josh wants to know more about his father even though Diane is hesitant to talk about it. In the novel, she has been seeing her estranged husband around, unnerving her. Her investigation eventually leads her to the words

By Laurel B. Lujan TSV News Editor

“King City,” like Jackie, needing to uncover it’s origins which will affect their futures. They are eventually drawn together be-cause of the man in the tan jacket. Again, it would be easier to follow along and make sense of it if you’ve listened to the podcast.

There is so much informa-tion to be absorbed and so many inside jokes, making the novel much more detailed and enjoy-able. It could be understood much more smoothly by science fiction

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fans, because the authors Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor cater to the futur-istic feel of the town living among celestial beings known as, “Angels,” who are not described with the ortho-dox looks.

Night Vale is a town that intrigues all, making people cringe at the details of flesh eating librarians or the fact that books are dangerous. The suggestion still stands, if newcomers of the fandom want to get more out of the novel, listen to the podcast.

On Nov. 6, LA metalcore su-pergroup Devil You Know released its sophomore album, "They Bleed Red" in the US through Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Current-ly sitting at number four on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart, the album is certainly a step ahead of the band's first release, and is an altogether enjoyable oddity in the world of metalcore.

Formed by drummer John Sankey (of Divine Heresy and Fear Factory) and guitarist Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish), with the addition of ex-Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones, Devil You Know stands out from traditional metalcore in a few ways. The occassionally operatically clean vocals of Jones may be a bit interesting to some, not to mention the favoring of actual guitar solos as opposed to the traditional -core genre breakdowns. While a little different from the norm, Devil You Know manages to keep each song tightly knit and exciting from start to finsih.

As the second album from this band, "They Bleed Red" is an

obvious improvement over the first album from 2014, "The Beauty of Destruction." "They Bleed Red" is certainly more well thought out and streamlined, potentially due to the band getting a better feel for each other's playing styles over the last year or so. Not to mention this album sees the addition of bassist Ryan Wombacher. On "The Beauty of Destruction," Artusato had done both bass and guitars.

Overall, this album is some-thing many can expect to love, especially fans of Jone's previous band, Killswitch Engage. Though the musicians around him are different, Jone's trademark clean vocals and style follow him even here, and many of the songs are eerily reminiscent of "The End of Heartache." However, this isn't re-ally a bad theng. "They Bleed Red" stands firmly on it's own as a solid album that any fan would enjoy.

From start to finish the chug-ging riffs and galloping drums of "They Bleed Red" reel you in and the immense voice of Howard Jones makes you stay. Devil You Know is only getting better so far, and "They Bleed Red" is a sure thing for anyone really interested in something familiar, yet fresh.

By Haley HolmesTSV chief copy editor

Sophomore release from Devil You Know even better than the first

Devil You Know’s latest album cover

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Leave your ego at the door

Results from across the Board

Coast - North pts gp Record

West Valley College 34 13 11-1-1

City College of San Francisco 26 13 8-3-2

Canada College 26 13 8-3-2

Cabrillo College 22 13 6-3-4

Men’s soccer

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Volleyball

Las Positas College 15 13 5-8One of the most harmful things

a person can bring into the gym is their ego. To put it plainly, your ego can, and will, lead to injuries one way or another. It’s better to admit to yourself that, when it comes to lifting, you don’t know everything and need to take things slowly.

Weights are a very interesting thing. If you talk to anyone who has spent years lifting they’ll tell you that the weights are almost a sen-tient object. If you disrespect them, they’ll hurt you, plain and simple. This is where a person’s ego can be a dangerous thing.

We all have goals we want to achieve in the gym, and that’s a good thing, but you can’t rush the process. If you take someone who is naturally athletic, or has strong genetics, and put them in the gym chances are they’re going to think they’re ready to lift heavier then they should. It’s one of the most common mistakes when it comes to weightlifting. There’s always that feeling of accomplishment when you lift a weight that others strug-gle to, and that’s not a bad thing, but you have to take the time to build up to that weight.

If you try and lift a weight that your body is literally not prepared to lift, you will get hurt. It’s not the good kind of pain either. You will get injured. You might not notice

it immediately, but you will a day or two after you’ve made the mis-take of lifting too heavily. We’ve all seen videos of people “failing” in the gym, dropping incredibly heavy weights in vain attempts of internet fame, or trying to impress their friends. While it’s funny for those watching the videos, the bru-tal truth is that these injuries are se-vere and serious. Broken ribs, torn hamstrings and quadriceps, dislo-cated elbows and fractured arms. Even paralysis and death. The con-sequences of lifting too heavily too quickly, or not understanding the forms and techniques that coincide with such heavy lifting, are serious business.

So, rather than rushing your body and risking serious injury, accept that it is going to take some time to work up to those weights. If you’re hitting the gym seriously, and maintaining the correct diet and habits outside of the gym, you’ll get to those goals. But part of the grind is understanding that it’s going to take time. You can’t cut corners and rush this kind of thing because the consequences are frighteningly real and they will catch up to you one way or the other. If you’re unaware of correct form or techniques, take the time to do your research. The internet is an obvious option, or you can talk to a trainer at your local gym and ask them what you should be doing. It’s worth the awkward questions in the long run I promise.

by Steve PerottiTSV Senior staff writer

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Cabrillo College 9 9-0 100 percent

City College of San Francisco 9 8-1 88.9 percent

Hartnell College 9 5-4 55.6 percent

West Valley College 9 4-5 44.4 percent

Skyline College 10 2-8 20 percent

Monterey Peninsula College 10 0-10 0 percent

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Ohlone College 26 10 8-0-2

Skyline College 19 10 5-1-4

West Valley College 15 10 4-3-3

Cabrillo College 14 11 4-5-2

De Anza College 8 10 2-6-2

Chabot College 2 11 0-9-2

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SportsSkyline

Upcoming Games:

Volleyball

Women’s BasketballNov. 19-21, Mendocino College Tourn., TBA

Nov. 25, @ San Jose City College, 3:00 p.m.

Dec. 4, vs. Hartnell College, 5:00 p.m.

Dec. 11-13, Skyline College Tourn., TBA

Dec. 18, vs. De Anza College, 5:00 p.m.

Men’s Basketball

Trojans celebrate sophomore night regardless of loss

Nov. 20 @ De Anza College, 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 24 vs. Mission College, 7:00 p.m.

Dec. 2 vs. College of Marin, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 11-13, Fresno City College Tournament

Dec. 18-20, CCSF Tournament, TBA

On Nov. 11, the Skyline Trojans faced the West Valley Vikings on home turf in a women’s volleyball game. Unfortunately, Skyline lost to West Valley with a score of 1 – 3, but the team made great efforts to hustle throughout the game.

“They’re definitely a competitive team to play against,” Skyline’s set-ter, Rachel Lopez said. “We played against them a month ago and we went to five. It was a heart-breaking loss but it was still very competitive. They’re a very scrappy team, so it was good for us defensively to get the ball up.”

The first set ended with a score of West Valley 25 and Skyline 20. The second ended 25 – 23. Throughout the entire game, Skyline was very vocal and made good defensive hus-tle.

After the timeout in the third set, both teams amped up their aggres-sion and the score came very close. The score was 25 Skyline and 24 West Valley. Since a team has to win by two points, the set continued and Skyline pushed to 26 points, beating West Valley in this set.

In the fourth set, Skyline con-

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tinued to show aggression and play good defense. Unfortunately the set ended with a loss for Skyline with a score of 17 Skyline – 25 West Valley. This was the final set in the game, making West Valley the winning team.

“We played okay,” Skyline lib-bero Marlene Alcantara said. “We could have done better. The last time we played them we played to five sets and we lost by three. Our offense was slow this game and our serve receive was okay. Our hitters weren’t doing as well but our play-ers Lacey and Laura, they’re both freshman, they really stepped up this game and I’m really proud of them.”

Head Coach Rayannah Salahud-din made a case that the team is not offense oriented.

“We are a defense oriented team,” she said. “We don’t have a lot of the height that a lot of the teams have, some kids - they’re learning in positions, but one strength we have is defense. Defensive players think a lot…They think when they’re hit-ting and some of their hits don’t end up being competitive. They struggle with that because they don’t like to make errors because they’re defen-sively oriented, so they take that

same mind set in hitting and they need to understand that you’re going to make a couple errors and that’s okay.”

While the team has one more game of the season, this was the last one at home. Because of this, the team celebrated sophomore night, where the team’s sophomores were recognized and congratulated on their season.

“As a sophomore you really have to become a leader, keep the team together, keep everyone’s energy up, and take responsibility for every-thing on the court,” Skyline opposite Michelle Lam said. ”Sophomore night is celebrating our sophomores; this is our last year playing and our last home game.”

Sophomores were recognized with gifts and flowers on the court

prior to the game beginning. The team has three sophomores who are all transferring. The team has high academic standards and the three sophomores are leaving with a com-bined GPA of 3.9.

“This is a learning year for us,” coach Salahuddin said. “Our fresh-men are learning every day. Our sophomores are leaving…as a coach I have to be proud.”

“I’d probably support the movement because the school is the community you go to. If you don’t

feel welcome or safe, you wouldn’t want to be in

that position.”

Soren CarpenterPoint

Trojans Talk

“I’d feel the same way. It would hold me back from

playing a sport and having fun at school.”

Mizelle ParkerPoint

“How do you allow some-thing like that to happen? It bothers me, and I try to not think about something

so disgusting like that.”

“I would want to support my coaches and students,

most definitely.”

In light of the incident involving University of Missouri’s football players boycotting from partici-pating in all football-related events until President Tim Wolfe resigns after instances of racist van-

dalism, how would you feel if something similar occured here?

Seth SnoddyForward

Joseph Morello, Jr.Dean of Kinseology

by Alexandria KenyonTSV Staff Writer

Rachel Lopez sets up a shot for teammate Corabelle Nivelaeva during Skyline’s match against West Valley College on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015.