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State losing fundsCommunity colleges hemorrhaging money due to dropouts

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Students were able to ask questions to collegiate transfer representatives

On Monday, Oct 24, Skyline College welcomed representatives from several four-year universities for its annual Transfer Day, creating an air of excitement for all students who were able to stop by.

Colleges from all over attended the event to provide information for the next crop of prospective Skyline transfer students and help answer those looming questions the transfer process raises. Over 25 universities made an appearance in the cafeteria with the resources for students regarding their school’s admission criteria.

Skyline’s Transfer Center has been putting the event together for several years to help students get one-on-one time with university rep-resentatives as well as introducing students to other schools that may offer additional/optional opportuni-ties. Students at the event crowded the cafeteria taking notes at every table. Notepads, pens, and handouts were made available to students by many schools in attendance.

“It’s a great idea,” said Sky-

line student Edwin Morales about attending the event. “I’m at that point where I’m looking at my op-tions more closely. Being able to get face time and hear about what they can offer keeps me motivated to do well.”

Students the setting as they were seen collecting information from several schools.

Transfer Day is traditionally held in the fall of every year around mid-terms and is geared toward students still undecided about which school is best for them.

SFSU’s Student Outreach Rep-resentative, Doris Fendt shared what information she felt was pertinent to prospective transfer students.

“My best piece of advice for students transferring anywhere is to know the facts,” said Fendt. “Community Colleges put together events like this to provide those facts. Every university is different when making the decision to ac-cept an applicant and this (event) allows prospective students to ask specifically what is expected from them before applying.”

Fendt went on to say that al-though the CSU schools may have general requirements, transferring requires more research, and regular counseling appointments are the best idea.

Dina Valdelomar, who graduated from Skyline and later went on to work at the Transfer Center, also shared her thoughts on the yearly event.

“It definitely helped me out when

I attended,” said Valdelomar “It gives a chance for students to ask personal questions as well as get some alternative information they (universities) have on hand.” She also added, “More and more students are transferring and it’s beneficial to be able to clear some of those unanswered questions directly from the source.”

Skyline Counselor, Eric Larson shared that sentiment and even went

as far as obtaining some information for himself.

“They had information available that even counselors may not have,” said Larson. “I picked up some hand-outs myself to stay updated on what these schools were doing.”

The Transfer Center will also be organizing a Transfer Fair in the spring which will be geared more towards students considering private colleges.

tutes for Research in a new study. The report entitled “The Hidden

Costs of Community Colleges” nails California as the state with the highest amount of state and local expenditures, about $130 million, going to first-year community col-lege dropouts.

“Far too many students who enter into community colleges leave their school without a degree or certificate,” says Mark Schneider, Vice president of AIR and co-author of the report. “In fact six years after enrolling, just about half of full-time community college students are no longer enrolled in any college or university and have not earned a certificate or degree.”

The report and its authors are in no way advocating that federal, state, and local government divest in com-munity college, and actually hail the system as “an essential component of America’s higher education”. The importance of the community college system is reflected in its en-rollment numbers, which the AIR’s research estimates have increased by 25 percent over the past decade.

But the authors of the report be-lieve that for the amount of money that is going into the system, the failure rates of students are far too high.

“In 2009 more than 800,000 of these students stood at the starting gate,” the report says. “But far too

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Colleges visit Skyline

According to a recent study, millions in state and federal funds are spent every year on com-munity college students who drop out during

their first year.Over the last five years, almost $4

billion in federal, state, and local taxpayer funds went to community

many will fail to cross the finish line and far too few will even finish the first lap.”

The report does not place the blame squarely on the shoulders of students, but instead cites problems in the community college system, such as the inability to educate stu-dents who are not college ready, not knowing what works for particular students in remedial education, as well as the “lack of support services that community colleges offer”.

Taking issue with the focus of the AIR report is Christian Etienne, who as a Skyline College student senator, is an example of the success of the existing community college system.

“I do not entirely agree with this report, because their focus is only on the amount spent on the Community College students who drop out and not the success rate of the students,” Etienne said. “They do not talk about the percentage of students that are graduating with a degree or earning a certificate.”

Despite the large amount of California State funds spent of first-year dropouts, the retention rates at Skyline College are encouraging. According to the US Department of Education, 73 percent of students returned to Skyline after their first year, almost identical to private four-year universities.

Skyline College seems to be the exception to the rule, with the ACT

Retention Report calculating the national average for community college retention at a more modest 56 percent.

The AIR report has no shortage of ideas on how to help increase retention rates and graduation in community colleges.

For example, the report suggests shortening the time it takes to reach graduation, “by allowing students to earn credits for proven competencies rather than through seat time.” This way student will not waste time in classes they don’t need.

Perhaps a more controversial recommendation is the creation of an incentive program to improve retention and graduation rates. The study suggests that the states con-sider “performance budgeting—re-warding colleges with more money if they improve the success of their students.”

ASSC Senator Etienne is not completely adverse to some of the changes proposed by the AIR report.

“I believe that in any institution or organization, there is always room for improvement,” Etienne said. “I think a lot of the propositions made by the AIR are very good and they could provide great results if they are well executed. However, that will not necessarily reduce the (monetary) cost of supporting community col-lege students.”

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Read about Angelspit’s performance in Oakland on Pg. 7

An alleged sexual assault occured on the first floor of Building One on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at approximately 8:30 p.m.The Skyline community was made aware of the incident via the SMCCD e-mail on Wednesday, Oct. 26.

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Sometimes democracy can be messy. In the past month, this truth has never been clearer. The Occupy Wall Street protests and their subsequent national and international spin-offs have brought this into the public sphere.

Speaking out against the malpractice of an institution, public or private, is the fundamental right of people of all free nations, but there are certain laws by which you must abide while doing so.

Legal demonstrations require permits al-lowing protesters to peacefully demonstrate during certain hours at a time and place that has been agreed upon by the protest leaders and city officials.

The problem with the Occupy protests is that they are leaderless, and admittedly so. While this lack of formal organization may be in congruence with the Occupy protesters’ anti-establishment message, it is ultimately creating chaos and diluting the effectiveness of the demonstrations.

The protests in Oakland are a good local example of the movement’s ineffectiveness. In Oakland this past week, Occupy protesters set up camp in front of Oakland’s City Hall.

Firstly, Oakland protesters did not obtain permission from the city to demonstrate, result-ing in an ultimatum by the city of Oakland that all protesters disperse by Friday Oct. 21 at 10 p.m. Protesters proceeded to ignore the city’s vacate order, staying camped out through the night and effectively breaking the law.

Secondly, because of the lack of leadership, the protesters are in lack of proper living facili-ties such as garbage, personal hygiene, food and bodily waste facilities, creating a mess in Oakland’s City Hall plaza. They are using local businesses solely for their bathroom facilities

or else urinating in public, which is illegal by the way, and they are creating fire hazards with their encampments.

Thirdly, the leaderless quality of the pro-tests translates into a message that lacks unity. The thousands of protesters have seemingly hundreds of complaints about a hundred dif-ferent things and not a single solution among them.

There are many photos of the Occupy pro-tests circulating throughout the online news outlets, some of which show protesters with their children also holding up protest signs.

It is irresponsible for parents to have their children take part in these demonstrations. Not only are the protests an environment that

could be potentially dangerous for children, but children may not care about bringing down Wall Street. What do children care about cor-rupt finance institutions? They’d rather be at home playing Super Mario Bros. or watching The Disney Channel.

At The Skyline View, we support the Oc-cupy movement and believe that it is mov-ing towards something positive. If it’s not executed effectively, it will be invalidated. We encourage you to use your right to free speech and to organize peacefully and legally. So if you are planning to protest, do it the right way.

Know what you are protesting against. It’s important to have a clear message when par-ticipating in protests and perhaps even try and formulate potential solutions to the problem.

Be considerate of your environment and people around you. This means cleaning up after yourself and not trashing the washrooms of local restaurateurs who are just trying to go about their day.

Get a sitter for your kids. There is no place for children in a protest environment.

And lastly, be sure to keep any protests peaceful, non-violent, and within the confines of the law lest you be mistaken for an anarchist or worse yet, a dirty hippie.

Occupy the right way

Moammar Gadhafi has died at the hands Libyan rebels and an Ameri-can Predator drone, officially ending the reign of the “Mad Dog.”

It’s a sad ordeal when anyone dies, even a brutal dictator who mur-dered his own citizens. Hopefully the Gadhafi’s death will bring some well deserved peace to the citizenry of Libya and the healing process can begin. Now that their dictator has fallen, it is time for them to decide what kind of government they wish to represent them.

I have high hopes for the country and hope that the United States tries

to keep a positive relationship with the rebels-turned-government. I’m not happy we had to get involved in a new war in the first place, but I’m glad the results came out the way they did. Before the intervention,

Gadhafi was marching on the last stronghold of the rebels, looking ready to squelch the movement once and for all.

What I really would like to see come from this is more countries seeing that no matter how oppressive your government, you can overthrow them and the world will help. While Gadhafi may have fallen, there are still many oppressive regimes all over the world that continue to com-mit violence against their citizens. Syria and North Korea come to mind right away; already videos have surfaced exposing Syrian violence against protesters.

Gadhafi was a brutal leader; I

New hope for Libya after Colonel Gadhafi’s death Moammar Gadhafi’s death may usher in a new era of democracy in Libya

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wonder how many deaths he has been responsible for since becom-ing the leader of Libya. Not just Libyan deaths, but deaths outside of Libya. He has alleged connec-tions to the Lockerbie bombing. I’m glad that no one has been seriously injured during the Oc-cupy Wall Street protests. Sure, there’s been some brutality, but there’s been no police opening fire on protesters. I just hope things stay that way, and perhaps even the police brutality ends because in my eyes it doesn’t matter how rich or poor your country is, if change is necessary, fight for it and never lose hope.

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If you saw a little girl lying on the ground crying for help, wouldn’t you stop and help her or call 911? If you answered yes, then you have proven that you are a better person than most of the people involved in this story.

The incident in question took place on Oct 13 when 2-year-old Wang Yue was hit by two vans in a market place in Foshan City, China. She wasn’t taken to the hospital until almost ten minutes after she was hit and countless people passed her by. Sadly she died on Oct. 21, after spending eight days in critical condition.

The problem is that no one was willing to help her despite the countless people who walked by

and did nothing.I mean, is it that hard to stop and help some-

one in need? All it takes is a little compassion and a little of your time to become a Good Samaritan.

But like all things in this world, there are always two sides to the story. Many people of Chinese descent are hesitant to give people aid for fear that they will be held financially responsible. There have been several instances recently in which Good Samaritans have been slapped with lawsuits by individuals they sought to help. Many Chinese officials have used this lawsuit culture to explain the recent incident with 2-year-old Yue, highlighting the fact that China does not have any Good Samaritan laws.

I think the following quote highlights the problem best:

“If she is dead, I may pay only about 20,000

yuan ($3,125),” said the driver of the first vehicle to run over Yue, in an article by the Christian Post. “But if she is injured, it may cost me hundreds of thousands yuan.”

California has Good Samaritan laws, but do you really need the government to create a law so you can justify helping someone in need? You would think that simple human decency is the only necessary requirement. You can make your own code of conduct; your own code of honor.

The incident with young Yue has sparked some debate as to whether or not China should imple-ment some sort of Good Samaritan law requiring passersby to help people like Yue. The problem in this case is that the law is reactive instead of being proactive, only being introduced after the fact. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes a tragedy like that of Yue’s death to spark real systematic and social change.

by Will Nacouzi

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Topic: Bringing American troops home from Iraq

Dear JohnnyMany of you out there are wondering what to do when it comes to your relationships, jobs, or life. My name is

“Johnny” and I would like to help you. There are some basic relationship issues everyone deals with. Think of me as Deepak Chopra, Oprah, or even Ferris Bueller. I’m just someone that wants to help with your issues. If you would like to share you issue with me and get advice email me at advice.johnny@gmail.com.

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Heal: American families

“We’re not at war with Iraq anymore. They need to go home to their families. Some of them can now get jobs and help support their families.”

-Maggie Chow

Heal: The economy

“This means a lot of money that would go into Iraq will now be kept here.”

-Eddie Arredondo

Heal: Closure for the vets

“War is really traumatic, so this will give closure to all Iraq veterans to know that all they have worked for finally comes to an end.”

-Bryce Korsgeren

Heal: Families brought back together

“There are a lot of parents and people in general who want their husbands, wives, sons, and daugh-ters back.”

-Jacky Monrroy

Heal: Weary soldiers and the economy

“They’ve been there for so many years, so they need to be with their families. It’s also good for the econ-omy since we won’t be funding that war anymore.”

-Jeffrey Aurigui

Heal: Obama

“It’s good for the troops and Obama cause he’s showing that he cares about the troops and their families. He’ll probably get more votes come next election.”

-Alan Ma

Heal: Closer families

“The families want their troops back and this will make it so they are closer together now.”

-Jennifer Ramirez

Dear Johnny,

I’m 28 years old and I go to bars and clubs to meet women. I often find myself wondering if I will ever find the right woman doing this. I have always met women at bars and clubs and none of the relationships last longer than a few months. They usually cost me a great deal of money as well. What can I do to change this and find myself someone spe-cial?

Dear Barhopper,

Although I believe you can meet the right person just about anywhere simply by living your life and being patient, only going to bars and clubs really restricts the type of woman you are going to find. For example, some women hate dancing and drinking; women that don’t like karaoke and drunken men constantly hitting on them. My point is if you really want to broaden your horizons, you need to think of other places to meet women. Parks can be a nice place to meet someone new, or how about a café, or eating dinner for one at a restaurant with a sad expression? Okay scratch the last one, but all of the other places are legitimate hang outs for beautiful women. Spend some time going to new places, talk to people, be merry, and women will notice and appreciate an easy going guy that just wants to talk.

Another piece of advice is to stop making this one of your main priorities. Sit back and enjoy life and life will throw beautiful things at you constantly. Just keep your eyes open. If you think about it, meeting people is easy. Where a lot of us mess up is when we try too hard and lose our best qualities in the process. Try going out with the intention of meeting a new friend. After all, there is not better foundation for a successful relationship than a good solid friendship.

It’s been stressful here at The Skyline View, our convention season is coming up and we’re pushing back to back issues this week and next. Things have been getting stressful to prepare for both our biannual convention, this issue, the next issue and upcoming events hosted by the journalism club.

It’s amazing how busy the life of a student can be, I always find it shock-ing when people say that just going to school isn’t that time consuming. With the homework and the inability to not think about school constantly it’s quite an undertaking. But I wouldn’t change it for the world. It was only when I got to college that I realized I am in love with and addicted to learning.

Every chance I get I’m learning new things, whether in a plethora of classes at Skyline or reading countless articles online. I’m quickly becoming a walking encyclopedia of random information and I’m loving it. College is like a time of enlightenment for me, especially com-pared to high school which I really feel like it failed me completely.

As for the convention it’s a conven-tion we attend every semester, in the fall it’s only for a day, in the spring we’re there for several days and spend the night in the hotel. This semester we’ll be in Sacramento for a day to participate in contests and sit through workshops. Next semester we’ll be in Burbank which to me is a far step from downtown Los Angeles last time we were in southern California. Last time we took the sub-way over to Hollywood Boulevard and walked around, tried to get into a club, didn’t, and just explored the area.

We hope to bring home a lot of awards and make Skyline proud, so if you root us on from here, we’d really appreciate it.

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a handy list that instructed newcomers, or “virgins” in Rocky Horror parlance, on when to deploy the items in their bags.

A “virgin,” according to the official fan site of The Rocky Horror Picture show is “anybody who has never seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.” There were over 20 of these virgins on this night. These newcomers are marked with a scarlet letter “V” on their foreheads and have to step on stage before the show and compete for prizes in various humiliating contests that are dripping with sexual innuendo. Some of contests in-cluded speed banana eating, pronouncing various sex related words while one’s mouth was stuffed with marshmallows, and the most tawdry of them all, a couples balloon popping, in which two contestants had to press their bodies together to pop the aforementioned balloon. The latter challenge was too sexual for one mother in the crowd as she promptly collected the young women in her charge off the stage and brought them back to their seats.

The show itself was amazing; especially when you consider that the cast had only a little over a week to rehearse and they were mainly working off memory from last year’s performance of the same production. The charismatic Abel Gomez effort-lessly portrayed the gender bending and outright naughty character, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. He strutted around the stage in

The Skyline drama club tantalizes with the Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Frank-N-Furter makes his new guest feel at home...

The Skyline Theater Club presented a one-night-only performance of the sexy and campy The Rocky Horror Picture Show Experience. The show began at the stroke of midnight on Friday, October 21.

The movie, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” pre-miered in the U.S. in 1975. It was not until 1976, when it started to achieve cult status with raucous and hilarious crowd participation, that it attained the entertainment value that allows it to thrive today. This is when The Rocky Horror Picture Show started showing at midnight at the Waverly Theatre on 6th Avenue in New York City. The promoters would play the movie’s soundtrack before the show began and once the movie commenced the revved-up crowd started shouting insults at the villains on the screen and cheering the heroes. This is how The Rocky Horror Picture Show, its choreographed crowd involvement, and its traditional midnight starting time began to take shape.

The fun began at the Skyline Theater the second you entered the lobby, as many costumed cast members greeted theatergoers and urged them to purchase a prop bag so the crowds could also partake in the frivolity. The bag included bubbles, glow sticks, a newspaper, latex gloves, noisemak-ers, toilet paper, and playing cards. Attached to the bag was

...And now “The Experience”

by Christopher Korp

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast

and Crew:Dr. Frank-N-Furter - Abel Gomez Janet Weiss - Sterling Wolper Brad Majors - Evan Fi tch R i f f R a f f - E d S t a n l e y Magenta - Jamie Weinstock Columbia - Michelle La Chance Dr. Everett V. Scott - Brad Bollinger Rocky Horror - Ray Kurttila E d d i e - J e r e m i a h M i l l e r The Criminologist - Michael Corzonkoff Light designer and operator/ Trixie -- Sara Rovai

his high heels with the same grace and ferocity as actor Tim Curry achieved on the movie screen behind him.

The other performers joining Gomez on stage also did their best to assure that the newcomers in the audience would be back for future shows. Evan Fitch and Sterling Wolper played the innocent and naïve Brad and Janet to perfection when they are quickly lured into Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s sex-laced insanity.

One of the most amazing things about this night of cinema/theater is something that normally goes unmentioned—the set changes. These changes have to be accomplished at the pace of the movie playing on the screen and not that of a normal theater production.

“I think that is the main problem with it,” said Skyline Stu-dent and set designer/deck charge Ben Rampley. “You can’t just stall or blackout like you would in a normal play or musical. You actually have to keep up with the movie, and if not, it just ruins the whole flow…the whole production.”

Considering the midnight starting time of the show, the turn-out was impressive, but because of the large number of novices in the crowd, the lines shouted out by audience members were confined to about three small groups of Rocky Horror devotees, but their presence and the dedication of the cast were enough to make the night a memorable one.

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Abel Gomez and Ed Stanley reprised their roles as Frank-N-Furter and Riff Raff . In this scene they are preparing to create the Rocky Horror himself.

Disoriented? Malnourished? In need of schol-arly assistance? If so, you may have found yourself inexplicably drawn to building 4 on October 21 where Skyline College hosted a multicultural event organized by the Honors Transfer Program.

The gathering involved representatives from the campus’ various learning communities, including ASTEP, Puente, Kababayan, Asian Studies, FYE, and the Honors Transfer program. The gathering gave students an opportunity to become better ac-quainted with the different on campus groups, and the potential opportunities that they can offer, such as studying abroad.

One of the main organizers of the proceedings was Skyline English professor Lucia Lachmayr, who helped to orchestrate much of the multicultural event. Lachmayr, who was one of many educators who were enchanted by the student turnout, cited student involvement as an integral part of the event’s success.

“It was wonder-ful to have people coming by,” Lach-mayr said. “Stu-dents did a lot of work . . .” Lach-mayr went on to name particular contributors, such as students Claudia Valle for contributing artwork, and Jasmina Bannag and Christina Jugo for handling hosting duties.

The idea behind the event developed in a fairly organic fashion, springing out of a desire to make the most of the new multicultural center.

“We had a meeting with everyone in the Multi-cultural Center over what to do with the conference room,” said Vanson Nguyen, coordinator for FYE,

or First Year Experience. “[It] spurred out the idea to open up the multicultural center to students. If they don’t know about it, then how can they use these resources?”

The various groups represented offer different educational benefits to students. First-Year Experience offers guidance to new students. Puente helps to expose Mexican and Latino students to college at a university level and specialized curriculum. Kapabayan and AS-TEP both seek to aid the Filipino and African-Ameri-can communit ies respectively through the implementa-tion of specialized learning courses that emphasize cultural awareness, as does the Asian Studies program, which also seeks to acclimatize students to the pros-pect of conducting business overseas. Many of the programs also offer additional methods to enrich one’s educational expe-riences. For example, FYE offers priority registration and scheduling, and Asian Studies provides students with opportunities to travel to Asia through the study abroad program. The learning communities are open to all students regardless of their backgrounds.

Based on the positive outcome of the multicultural event, plans to hold similar gatherings may become a regular occurrence, as was indicated by Skyline English professor and Honors Transfer Program Coordinator Katherine Harer.

“I think it was a really successful event with a re-ally nice mix of people,” Harer said. “There is a plan to do this once a month. . . . It provides a great forum to discuss plans.”

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Skyline student, Geoffrey Wong utilizing the recycling bins placed around campus.

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From left to right: Puente Coordinator Lucia Lachmayr with students Damante Cade and-Jazmina Bannag

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Adam and Kyle prepare to shave Adam’s head.

Finding humor when life hits you

with the worst, that’s what “50/50” is all about. Being able to laugh at misfortune doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re diminishing a tragedy’s importance or ignoring the feelings this is how Will Reiser wrote the story inspired by a true story.

The comedy centered around Adam Lerner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a 27-year-old man who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. Adam has a fairly good life, a great job, and a girlfriend. He seems to have it all. When Adam finds out that he has cancer, his life turns around.

It is a heartbreaking movie be-cause it takes Adam becoming sick with cancer and to realize what’s be-hind the “great” life he had. Before he can process the reality of cancer, his chemotherapy treatment starts. His family, girlfriend and friends

struggle to deal with this too. While everyone tries to deal with

this, Adam’s best friend Seth Rogen does his best to keep things different and out of his usual lifestyle.

“50/50” is definitely about cel-ebrating life, and getting the best out of it. It’s about achieving laughter through tears.

ANGELSPIT TEARS UP OAKLAND by Stephen Benoit

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Lead singer of Angel Spit captivates the crowd.

Angelspit played a full set of songs; I had been worried that, as an opener, they were going to play a few songs and be done.

The headliner was a band called Blood on the Dance Floor, who seemed to only appeal to all the young people at the show, as most of the older people like myself left after all opening bands finished.

The opening bands I hadn’t heard before were also really good, especially a band called New Year’s Day.

The tickets were only $14 each and were well worth it, as I got to meet the band at the merchandise table after the show and get a T-Shirt and CD combo for $25. I was also able to get the paperwork that came with the CD signed by the band. Plus, I got to talk to them briefly and found they were all really nice and glad to meet their fans. Amelia Arsenic, the female vocalist even wrote, “Steve rules!” with her autograph after I paid the show a

compliment.Because the amount of energy the

band had on stage was really intense, it was an awesome experience. You could just tell this is what they ab-solutely love to do, and the songs had the crowd jumping as a result. Honestly, it was the best show I’ve seen since Nine Inch Nails played the Warfield in 2005.

They played my favorite song “100 percent” and several tracks off the new album. I left at a reason-able time so that I wasn’t tired for a school night, and was not disap-pointed. If you’re thinking about seeing a show just for an opener, I’d highly recommend it.

Never before have I felt like a hipster or such an old dude. On Oct. 18, I went to a concert at the Oak-land Metro Opera House, where my only interest was an opening band, Angelspit. I left before the headliner even finished a single song.

I learned about Angelspit through Pandora, on my station that used Nine Inch Nails as a seed, and my interest has steadily grown for many years now.

The band is punk and plays in a very electronic style, so much so that they have a guy on stage with them doing live visuals. His sole job is to sing along, pump up the crowd, and change video clips on a projector.

When I got to the concert, I felt out of place due to a swarm of middle school kids and early high school kids who were interested in the headliners. Luckily, there were others like me, attending to see the opening bands. I was happy that

by Diana Rodriguez

SportsSkyline

Upcoming Games

10/28 VS Las Positas College 2 p.m.

11/04 VS CCSF 2 p.m.

11/08 @ Chabot College 3 p.m.

11/11 VS Ohlone College 12:30 p.m.

Women’s Soccer10/28 @ Ohlone College 4 p.m.

11/01 VS Foothill College 2 p.m.

11/08 VS Las Positas College 2 p.m.

11/11 VS Monterey Pen. Col. 2:45 p.m.

Men’s Soccer

Wrestling Volleyball11/02 @ Santa Rosa 7 p.m.

11/05 @ Menlo College Open 9 a.m.

11/12 @ SFSU Tour. 9 a.m.

11/18 @ Menlo College 7 a.m.

10/28 @ SJCC 7:30 p.m.

11/02 VS CCSF 6:30 p.m.

11/09 VS Monterey Pen. Col. 6:30 p.m.

11/11 @ Chabot College 6:30 p.m.

Trojans crushed by West Valley Men’s soccer team continues to struggle against visiting teams

by Estrella BenavidesThe weather on Tuesday, Oct.

25 was ideal for the Skyline Trojans Men’s Soccer home game against West Valley College that was sched-uled at 2 p.m. Unfortunately after 90 minutes of soccer, the Trojan team walked off the field defeated by a score of 2-1 to the visiting Vikings.

The team defended well and impressed spectators as they worked hard to prevent West Valley College from getting in scoring position. The Trojans on the field encouraged goal-keeper Luis De Paz, known by his teammates as “El toro,” as he helped them stay in the game, slowing down the Vikings offensively. Despite his hard work, two goals was all it took for the Trojans to fall.

The Vikings got on the board first, scoring before the end of the first half and taking a 1-0 lead.

During halftime, Head Coach Daniel Link tried to raise his team’s spirits, emphasizing intensity. He made sure to address Skyline’s defensive awareness for the rest of the game. His encouragement was heard throughout the second half particularly during plays by Diego Sanchez and Conor McNab.

“We heard phrases like, ‘Step up, get together’ from Coach Link” said Trojan Forward, Chris Hazelwood as the team ran endlessly from one end of the field to the other.

Hazelwood also tried to encour-

age his teammates saying, “We need to score.”

Momentum eventually favored the Vikings, leading to a 2-0 lead.

At this point in the game, the Trojans raised their level of play and excited the home crowd, but despite the new energy, Skyline had trouble getting the ball through the West Valley defense. Coach Link remedied the situation by putting in high-scorer Andres Portillo to replace mid-fielder Gerardo Burgos after receiving a yellow card. This change in lineup paid off as Portillo managed to put Skyline on the board with a goal midway through the sec-ond half; the Trojan’s only goal.

“We’ve lost a couple of games. The morale is down and it’s hard, but we’re trying,” expressed Ge-rardo Burgos after the game. It’s been a tough season but Burgos looks forward to next season not-ing Portillo’s passion for the game. This year’s team had to learn how to play together with only four re-turning players and it was reflected on the field. With only four games left in the season, the 2012 season looks promising if the team can stay intact.

The Trojans will host the final three games of the season after a final trip to Fremont to face Ohlone College on Oct. 28 at 4 p.m.

Attempting to leave their los-ing streak behind, the Skyline Women’s Volleyball Team faced off against a team they’ve already beaten this season on Wednes-day, Oct. 26. Unfortunately, the Trojans did not have their way this time.

In their Coast Conference game against De Anza College in Cu-pertino on Oct. 5, the Trojans demolished the Dons 3-1. The Dons came to Skyline to return the favor.

As the game started, the Dons were able to take the lead as they sought to control the rhythm of the game. The Trojans were play-ing catch up and were not able to take a significant lead. The Dons came out with the win in the first set, 25-20.

The second set started in the Trojan’s favor as they took the early lead. The Trojans almost took the win as they were the first to reach game point. The Dons were able to regroup, regain the lead, and steal the win, 26-24.

The final set of the game proved

to be the Trojan’s weakest. The Dons were able to take control of the game and eventually win the set, 25-18. The Dons kept the Trojans on their losing streak with their clean, 3-0, sweep.

After the game, Defensive Spe-cialist Theresa Ferrari explained, “We missed 5 serves in the first set, and then I think, 7 in the sec-ond, and then only 3 in the third. Which wasn’t too bad, but for a college level like us, we shouldn’t be missing serves at all.”

Middle Blocker Cierra Peel also gave her take on the game.

“We were going in like we thought we had it, and they fought back,” Peel said. “We were not passing well or servicing. We could have done better with that.”

When asked what they will do to prepare for their next few games, Defensive Specialist Kim-berly Lopez stated, “We just need to pull together as a team. I mean, if we play together, I know we can do it. We’ve done it before, we can do it again.”

by Jervis Lawas

Recent GamesWomen’s Soccer:Win, 4-0 @ West

Valley (10/18)

Win, 6-0 @ Mission

(10/21)

Win, 5-2 VS Cañada

(10/25)

Men’s Soccer: Loss, 0-1 VS Santa

Rosa (10/20)

Win, 6-4 @ Mission

(10/21)

Loss, 1-2 VS West

Valley (10/25)

Volleyball:Loss, 0-3 @ Ohlone

(10/21)

Loss, 3-0 VS De Anza

(10/26)

The Dons prove to be too much for usSkyline Volleyball team lose 12 consecutive sets

ESTRELLA BENAVIDES/THE SKYLINE VIEW

Ohlone’s players overwhelmed the Trojans throughout the match.

RICH ESTRADA/THE SKYLINE VIEW

Skyline’s Volleyball team battled the referee’s calls in addition to De Anza.