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Syria’s continuing migration crisisSyria continues to see a massive outpouring of refugees from the troubled region. Find out all you need to know in a brief look at what’s driving the crisis. 2

Surf’s up in San ClementeSan Clemente played host to he latest Hurley Pro Competition. Read more about about the com-petition in our post-competition report. 4

Tanber charged with killing of Mazroei

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A massive power outage left Parts of San Diego north to San Clemente without pow-er Sunday afternoon. The outage occurred around 1:15 p.m. and lasted up to four hours in some areas, leaving thousands of people without power on a hot day.

The outage was an order from the Califor-nia Independent Systems Organization to San Diego Gas & Electric to drop 150 megawatts of power.

“The CAISO ordered us to drop 150 MW of load,” SDGE posted on their twitter feed.

One business that did not fully close was Starbucks. It continued to provide customers with coffee, tea and other beverages compli-mentary.

On the other hand, Ralphs grocery store did not allow customers to shop during the power outage.”

“Sorry, we’re closed,” said a Ralphs em-ployee informing a customer.

“We have to send people (employees) home to save our labor cost,” Ralphs Manag-er, John Terrell said

Terrell said a major concern is refigeration.“We call source refrigeration…so (refrig-

erated) inventory can be properly taken care of,”

Smaller, local businesses were losing from the power outage too.

Pets Plus business owner Scott Johnson had three out of eight Southern California stores affected by the power outage.

“We didn’t close our stores, instead we

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“It was just a regular family night,” said Jack Brewer, owner of Patsy’s Irish Pub. “We have a real ‘cheers’ atmosphere here, it’s a nice place and our reputation is being tarnished, but we’re just like a big family.”Early morning, Monday, September 7, 2015,

a 22-year-old Saddleback College student was stabbed to death at Patsy’s Irish Pub at Gold-en Lantern in Laguna Niguel. Shayan Mazroei suffered from multiple stab wounds to the upper torso of his body, he was treated at the scene of the crime and then transferred to Mission Hospi-tal where he was pronounced dead at 12:47 a.m.According to a Facebook page Shayan Mazroei

called himself Shayan Maserati, and was origi-nally from Tehran, Iran. He moved to Oklahoma as child and his Facebook page also noted that he went to Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mazroei, an only child, later moved with his family to Laguna Niguel.

Many business felt negative repurcussions of due to a lack of electricity

After taking some automotive classes at Sad-dleback College, he opened Auto Gallery LLC a Santa Ana car dealership, he was the Owner and CEO when he was killed.Mazroei was said to be an old soul with posi-

tive attitude and a bright future. Always the first person to introduce himself and welcome new-comers wherever he was.“We’re all just in shock,” said Jonathan Way, a

close friend of Mazroei’s. “He was one of my closest friends, and I can’t imagine something like this happening to someone who was always

happy, always smiling.”According to the District Attorney’s office,

Craig Tanber, 37, a documented gang member with a significant criminal record, is accused of getting into a verbal argument with Mazroei close to the door of the bar. The argument be-tween the two men turned into a physical alter-cation that ended with a fatality.Tanber, an active member of the white suprem-

acist gang Public Enemy Number 1 (PEN1), is charged with and currently in custody over Maz-

proudly accepted cash or checks…our em-ployees would calculate the prices of the product then add sales tax.” Johnson said “Having the power out definitely costs us money…we’re all (businesses without pow-er) losing hundreds to thousands of dollars.” Johnson said

Some shoppers found benefit from the power outage, including Steve Clark.

“I saw that they were out (Pets Plus) so I went to the one on Pico (Unleashed) but they were out too…I came back here because they (Pets Plus) are cheaper, but I probably lost some fuel.” Steve Clark said.

Alex Rodriquez, 58, waited outside for a CVS Pharmacy in San Clemente to open.

“ I came from Laguna Niguel…I lost money in gas and time…the time is irre-placeable.” Rodriguez said.

Other than retail businesses, the streets

and communities were having their own set of problems.

“Some street lights were working and some were flashing, it was weird,” said Mil-ton Allen, who was visiting San Clemente.

Streetlights had stopped fully working and people who lived in gated communities worried about getting back home.

“The gate guards had to manually open the gates,” said Scott Keely, Marblehead res-ident “People had to go in and out of the entrance.”

Despite all the displeasure that came with the power outage some people took advan-tage, enjoyed and learned because the power was out.

“It’s nice not to have the lights on…I got my drink, I get to people watch…it’s relax-ing.” Said Kirsten McCartney, 18, fashion design major.

JORDAN RANGEL/LARIATA VERY SLOW WORK DAY: Pets Plus employees in Kirsten McCartney (left) and Helga (right) keep watch near the entrance during a power outage in San Celmente.

The charging of Shayan Mazroei’s killer is the latest development in the saga of a local tragedy

JORDAN RANGEL/LARIAT DRINKS AND DEATH: Patsy’s Pub in Laguna Niguel was the scene of a deadly

altercation that saw the death of Shayan Mazroei at the hands of Craig Tanber

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SADDLEBACK COLLEGE POLICE★BLOTTERThe following are selected in-cidents as reported from the daily media log, courtesy of the Saddleback College Police department.

■ TECHNICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCESTuesday, Sep. 1. 2015, 3:32 p.m.A smell of natural gas was reported coming from the science building causing hazardous conditions.

■ LOT 12Tuesday, Sep. 1, 6:55 p.m.A suspicious person with their vehicle was hanging around in the parking lot in front of the Learning Resource Center. The person was later found inside on the third floor. No other reports were filed.

■ LOT 13Tuesday Sept. 15, 5:40.A criminal offender was found to be in the possession of al-cohol. Police took two hours to deal with the offender.

■ LOT 5AWednesday, Sep. 2, 8:47 p.m.A suspicious vehicle/person was seen in front of the ten-nis courts with a narcotics violation. There was a report taken. No other information was found.

■ CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERThursday, Sept. 3, 11:38 a.m.By the back fence towards the shed, near the Child Devel-opment Center, a snake was found. When police arrived, the snake had gone away. There were no other reports.

■ STUDENT SERVICES CENTERThursday, Sept. 3, 4:19 p.m.By the Health Care Center there was a suspicious person who disappeared upon arrival. Campus police are still unable to locate the person.

■ FOOTBALL STADIUMFriday, Sept. 11, 11:37 a.m.Under the bleachers at the football stadium a fire was re-ported. It took ten minutes for the fire to be put out.

■ STUDENT SERVICESWednesday, Sept. 9, 4:25 p.m.By the cafeteria there was a suspicious person. No other reports were filed.

■ TECHNICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCESTuesday Sept. 15, 5:40.A criminal offender was found to be in the possession of al-cohol. Police took two hours to deal with the offender before reporting the incident over.

A look at Syria’s refugee crisisSyria’s refugee crisis continues to be driven by numerous issues JONATHAN ANSON NEWS EDITOR

The sciences building continues to to progress without major issue or delay. The installation of floor and wall tiles on the first floor re-strooms has recently been completed with lighting motion sen-sors now being installed. Wall power outlets throughout the first

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Ongoing issuesin Syria continue to drive many refugees from the country to migrate to other countries.Much of the hardships derive from an

ongoing civil war between the govern-ment of President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.Mike Petri, professor of social sciences

and author of “The Middle East: Histo-ry, Culture, & Politics, 1st Edition” ex-plains this war has been devastating.“In a nutshell, the civil war that began in

March 2011, has displaced over four mil-lion refugees across the Middle East, Europe, and parts of Asia along with an additional 12 million internally displaced. The majority of the refugees began to leave in 2013.”The war’s lead to even worse problems Petri

says.“The prolonged conflict has led to the dete-

rioration of economic and living conditions, such as the lack of security and basic goods and services (housing, food, water, medical treatment, etc.). Efforts to provide aid to the Syrian people from the Global community is being blocked by all factions, thus increasing human suffering.”As a result, millions continue to abandon

their homes to escape the region. According to a recent U.N. Refugee Agency report ap-proximately 4.1 million people have been re-corded as having fled their homes.

–JONATHAN ANSON

Many of the refugees has sought asylum in neighboring countries such as Turkey, Leb-anon, Iraq and Jordan. The after mentioned U.N. Refugee Agency report says that the nation of Turkey’s hosts the most migrants of any country; approximately 1.9 million.Migrants have also fled to more distant

countries such as those in the Caucasus, the Persian Gulf, North Africa and Europe. The latter has in recent years seen the most migrant activity with Another U.N. Ref-ugee Agency report estimating that about 381,000 have arrived in Europe seeking asylum.Petri says this owes to how geographically

attractive itto refugees.“One can see in reviewing the map of the

region, how a land path to Europe from the Middle East runs through Turkey and Northeastern Greece. Once they enter Bul-

garia, Macedonia, and Albania to Serbia, the first European Union (EU) member nations they reach are Hunga-ry and Croatia.”Reaction from Eu-

ropean countries has been mixed. Germany has said it expects to take approximately one million refugees according to its vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel.In contrast, Hungary remains the most ve-hement in opposition to the migration of refugees. The gov-ernment has been criticized by the

United Nations and human rights groups for using tear gas, pepper spray and wa-ter cannons to keep immigrants out.“When reviewing the history of hu-

manity,” Petri says “Part of our core na-ture is to immigrate whenever our cur-rent living conditions are unsustainable. Europe has a history of groups coming and staying, but it is generally human nature to dislike rapid change.”Petri also says those who are within

the country of Syria face great hardship should they stay in Syria.“Within Syria over 12 million dis-

placed individuals are in desperate need of these basic services, goods, and as-sistance, with an estimated 5.6 million being children.”

floor is still ongoing. A energizing sub-panel throughout the building is still in the pro-cess of being installed. Taping, mudding, and sanding is still ongo-ing throughout the building. Painting remains a still ongoing pro-cess with the installation of walls and ceilings on the second and third floors being another.

roei’s murder, but his case is not being defined as a hate crime said OC Sheriff Department Public Information Officer Lt. Jeff Hallock.Friends and family of Mazroei are certain that it was.“He was Saddleback College student, this was a clear hate crime,”

said Mazroei’s mother, Shahzad Maz on Facebook. “No one should be senselessly murdered for the color of their skin, especially not my sweet Shayan. The monster who did this must pay.”The defendant is accused of fleeing the bar and was at large until ear-

ly Friday morning. Based on the investigation and the evidence, OCSD SWAT deputies were able to arrest Tanber at a Motel 6 in Westminster on Sep. 11, 2015.

Killer charged in murder caseCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

FREEDOMHOUSE/CREATIVE COMMONS TANKED SOCIETY: Signs, like this one at protest in Erbeen city, reflect the discontent and plight of Syria’s many citizens.

“Since the crime occurred the homicide department has been working tirelessly around the clock,” said Hallock. “Last Thursday night the SWAT team successfully was able to make the arrest at Motel 6 without any harm or injuries.”Tanber is being charged with a felony of murder and a sentencing

enhancement possessing a deadly weapon. He will also receive en-hancements for not remaining out of custody for five or more years. His next court date is set for Oct.2, 2015, and his bail is set at

$1 million. The violent crimes Tanber has committed made him a strike offender, with this being his third. If convicted, he is looking at 76 years to life in state prison.

The low-down on the Republican hoe-downLast week brought 15 of the top Republican presidential candidates together, but what did they bring us?JULIA MCCLOSKEYOPINION EDITOR

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“This.” As he holds up his phone

Laughing “My phone!”

“My phone, I guess.”Politics aside, the Republi-

can Debate delivered at least one powerful message to its viewers last Wednesday September 16th: mudslinging, name-calling, and immaturity push Americans to be disconnected from the subject matter, and not focused on how to fix this country.

Regardless of one’s political affiliation, among the 11 candi-dates shown in the “big kid” read: primary debate Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush as well as Carly Fiorina managed to capture the majori-ty favor. Consistently, all three candidates delivered a strong and controlled response to the debate questions.

Having a strong tension with Jeb, Trump was noticably slump for the majority of the debate. Offering his account only when asked, Trump likely failed to de-

liver the same hard-hitting and uncensored attitude as seen in previous occurances.

When the subject of Donald’s “ugly” comments aimed at Carly Fiorina were placed in the spot-light, Donald, this time at the mercy of the camera, revised his stance, solemnly proving an ex-planation that it was Carly’s per-sonality, not face that Trump was referring to.

Fiorina, however, addressed a strong talking point; if a per-son has been in the (government assistance) system their whole lives, they don’t know how bro-ken it is, comparable to how a fish in water is unaware of what the world is like outside of water.

Additionally, Fiorina ended her note in the Republican debate by stating “If you want to stump a democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Clinton’s.”

Candidate Marco Rubio deliv-ered a powerful platform for his

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A. Build a border, eventually...B. Make the Mexican Govern-ment build a border!C. Make every city in U.S. a sanctuary city!

campaign, citing strong disapprov-al of the Iranian nuclear deal as well as the best route for the United States was a methodology of free enterprise and limited government.

Although Rubio did enter with an awkward entrance on his “Cal-ifornia water” comment, he was supportive of Trump’s criticism on the use of spanish in the U.S., saying “English is a unifying part of this country.”

Jeb Bush’s powerful com-

ments on the jailing of the Ken-tucky clerk Kim Davis should have been solved at the ‘local level’ was absolutely heard by the conservative community, and candidate Mike Huckabee agreed,

in his own way.Huckabee, adamant in the no-

tion that “Christianity is being criminalized” stated that even inmates in Guantanamo Bay re-ceive better treatment than the Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.

Trying to address the foremost topic at hand and citing Obama’s strong failure in both policy and leadership, Ted Cruz arguably made the most powerful entry. Cruz was adamant in ripping up the Iran deal the day he is to be elected as president, calling the Iran deal “catastrophic.”

Carson was soft in his presen-tation, giving little enthusiasm in much anything of his policies or belief. I found his statement that it was “not in his interest to lick the boots of billionaires” to be exclusive upon any of the other candidates, so I applaud his in-dependence from special interest groups preferential treatment.

In conclusion, the Republican debate showed us a powerful set of both men and women with an even more powerful campaign which they lead. Let’s hope it stays that way.

“If you want to stump a democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Clinton’s.”Carly Fiorina

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Since Saddleback College started the fall semester there have already been three school shoot-

ings across the nation. Although for Americans this is not new.

The earliest known school shooting happened on July 26, 1764. It was known as the Pon-tiac’s Rebellion school massacre. Four Lenape American Indian children went into a schoolhouse near present-day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, and shot, killed and then scalped schoolmaster Enoch Brown.

After killing Brown the kids continued to murder 10 or more children after. Reports vary on the actual number. Only two children survived.

Children creating and joining gangs seemed to have always

started in schools where they couldn’t get along with each oth-er.

“Federal and state statistics tend to grossly underestimate the extent of school crime and vio-lence,” said Ken Trump, president of National School Safety and Se-curity Services, to the Washington Post. “Public perception tends to overstate it. Reality exists some-where in between these two, but in terms of actual real numbers, nobody honestly knows exactly where this ‘somewhere’ is.”

The marginalized kids would then start to form groups and either make up their own rules or copycat the more notorious gangs. For example, meet the in-famous Jesse James.

In the 1880s a group of kids heard of a guy named Jesse James and his crew of misfits. The boys decided to go to a schoolhouse nearby to have a secret meeting. The police also had heard about

this “Jesse James Gang,” so a few officers went to check it out. The kids saw the officers coming, so they started shooting. Between five to eight kids were a part of the mishap but only two were caught. Among the escapees was the actual shooter of the night.

Then there’s one of the most memorable school shootings in recent history: Columbine. In Littleton, Colorado, two teenage students massacred 12 of their classmates and one teacher be-fore dramatically ending their own lives.

But the most deadly school shooting in the past 20 years oc-curred at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007 when an English teacher shot and killed 32 people, injur-ing 17 others. Six more people were injured while trying to es-cape through a classroom win-

dow. This is one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history by a single gunman, but another was much worse when a bomb-ing occurred in the small town of Bath Township, Michigan.

Bomber Andrew Kehoe first killed his wife and then blew up their farm. He then continued to Bath Consolidated School. He set off a series of bombs killing 38 elementary school children, injuring 58 other people and then ending his own life. This current-ly stands as one of the deadliest mass murders in a school distract in the United States.

What went through the killers’ heads? In one instance, a student retaliated against a teacher for a rejected marriage proposal. Other kids might feel like they are being picked on. And multiple incidents where parents thought teachers didn’t have a right to complain about their kid, so they killed those teachers.

Earlier this month, another school shooting happened in the small of Gautier, Mississippi on Sept. 14. The shooter killed his girlfriend in her home and went to Delta State University and killed a history professor.

The public remains unclear what exactly motivated Shannon Lamb to commit this crime. Lamb was found dead Monday Sept. 14 with alleged-ly self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Amidst so many shootings, questions begin to circle the Sec-ond Amendment. While it gives

Americans the right to bear arms in order to protect themselves and their families from harm, others challenge its use when so many people are dying.

“There’s no other developed coun-try that looks like this or that would tolerate this kind of violence among schoolchildren,” said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, to The Huffington Post.

For Sherry Towers, a research professor at Arizona State Uni-versity, shootings are “conta-gious,” according to her recent

study. When a school shooting happens within two weeks anoth-er will occur in a different area.

“What we believe may be hap-pening is national news media attention is like a ‘vector’ that reaches people who are vulnera-ble,” she said to CNN.

The question remains, what can be done so students can feel safe at school? Do guns need to be taken away because shootings occur? Or is there a way to put more regula-tions on trying to buy a gun? But does that really fix the problem?

Strengthen gun laws. This can help by restricting certain people from buying guns like criminals or those with mental illnesses.

Improve school security. If officers are have a greater presence on campus, people might be less inclined to act upon their aggression.

Cut down violence on the media. Why should the media be allowed to glorify weapons and killings? If it’s not on TV, video games or movies as much maybe people won’t think about weapons as much.

Improve mental health care. Many shootings involve assailants with a mental illness or emotional breakdown. If there is a way to help a person with a disturbed history or someone who just needs to talk, providing the right resources can be very beneficial.

Bolster kids social skills. With the growing popularity of the Internet and social media, people tend to lose many of their social skills. If people spend less time plugged in, future generations might be able to communicate properly.

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How to prevent school shootings

A brief history of school shootings

in the United StatesBy Betsy Johnson

“Public perception tends to overstate it. Reality exists somewhere in between these two, but in terms of actual real numbers, nobody honestly knows exactly where this ‘somewhere’ is.”Ken Trump, president of National School Safety and Security Services

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B. A police investigator questions students after a shooting at Santa Monica College. Six people were killed during this slaying, including the shooters.Paul Alvarez

C. A memorial for the victims of the shooting at Virginia Tech. An English professor murdered 32 people and injured 17 others. Wiki Commons

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It’s safe to say Johnny Depp knows how to play a crime lord and knows how to do it well.

His role as ‘70s kingpin James “Whitey” Bulger was nothing short of terrifying and his fellow co-stars did not disappoint.

The gangster film gives a look at the true story of Bulger’s life led by a narration of his fellow gang members as they tell the FBI how Bulger gained his power in Boston in hopes of getting re-

Imagine you are running. Run-ning, not being able to stop, for fear of them catching you. Always looking over your shoulder, always checking the dark spaces, and wait-ing for the next bad guy to make his move.

This, combined with a few co-medic scenes, comprises “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.”

Plot-wise, “The Scorch Trials” begins where “The Maze Runner” left off. Thomas (Dylan O’Brien), along with his gang, Minho (Ki Hong Lee), Teresa (Kaya Scodelar-io) and Newt (Thomas Bro-die-Sangster), have just escaped the maze that WCKD (World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department) created “for the great-er good,” as they say.

WCKD has been striving to create a cure for the Flare, a dysto-pian disease that is slowly wiping out the entire world’s population. WCKD’s scientists believe that the answer lies within the anatomy of teenagers and children, and that

As with most summers, mov-ies eager to meet the appraising eyes rival and push to be seen, and as such, are put on the chopping block to be dissected for every penny they’re worth, and Everest will certainly be no exception.

Everest, while providing the viewer with near endless scenery of both breathtaking storytelling and striking imagery, spares no expense as using as much, if not more, drama than your Saturday afternoon soap opera.

Let there be no mistake, “Everest” certainly provides a somewhat-factual recount of Jon Krakauer’s original tale of surviv-al on the least hospitable place on Earth... somewhere deep down in the cold crevices of the scriptwrit-er’s discarded ideas bin.

As one who has consumed both author Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air,” the work that primar-ily inspired the movie, and now director Baltasar Kormákur’s “Everest,” I doubt I’d be alone in classifying Everest as basing itself upon a solid piece of story-telling, with flimsy execution.

It is important to note, how-ever, that “Everest” is not sole-ly based on the book “Into Thin Air,” but a set of factual accounts given by the 1996 survivors re-volving around the concept of ‘man vs. mountain’, with Krakau-er’s account having most notable presence.

In “Into Thin Air,” we are given great detail into the back-ground, personality and humanity of our crew that the movie cannot merely deliver in the 150 minutes it plays with its characters. This isn’t a new concept.

Movies whose source materi-al are books tend to exclude the least pertinent information, and double down on the most exciting and thrilling aspects that will like-ly appeal to a large audience, and while “Everest” certainly flaunts its masterful visuals, it falls short in explaining why we should even care for the characters in the first place.

If anything, catch this movie on cable television in a few years; as although experiencing this movie in IMAX 3D was a nice touch, it cannot make up for what is overall a forgettable and forced piece of storytelling.

duced jail time. The movie begins with Bulger

ruling the streets of Boston, loved by those who know him and feared by those who don’t.

When approached by a child-hood friend, and now FBI agent John Connolly, played by Joel Edgerton, he pressures Bulger into helping him capture the An-giulo Brothers who seemed to be constantly sliding under police radar.

Not liking the idea of being a “rat,” Bulger initially refuses the offer but once the Angiulo Broth-er killed one of Whitey’s Winter Hill gang members he agreed to be an informant helping Connolly further his position with the FBI.

This also gave Whitey full free-dom to whatever he wanted as long as he helped the FBI catch who they needed to catch with only one rule, no crime or killing.

Whitey, though, had his own agenda breaking this rule ever so quickly and continuously. But be-fore the FBI could pull the plug, they catch the Angiulo’s discuss-ing criminal activities leading to their arrest.

This in turn allows Bulger’s empire to grow rapidly, leading to him eventually skip town when the FBI realizes everything he has done and it plans to put him be-hind bars.

He was on America’s Most Wanted list for 12 years until he

was finally found and arrested in Santa Monica, California after the police received an anonymous tip.

With his icey blue eyes, Depp’s performance was remarkable, making an incredible comeback from his recent comical misfires.

The cast was packed with big names like Benedict Cumber-batch who also gave a well-done performance but the role of Bulg-er’s wife played by Dakota John-son fell a bit flat even though she only played a small portion.

Overall, the film was well made, well cast and a home run showing us that Johnny Depp is back and better than ever.

But, did we really need yet an-other gangster movie?

their blood enables them to be im-mune from the Flare.

Thomas and friends meet Jan-son (Aiden Gillen), the seemingly benevolent leader of an army-type fortress that contains other teen-agers that came from other maz-es. The fortress serves to protect what’s left of the world’s healthy people safe from the dry, blistering life outside, known as the Scorch.

Thomas, Minho, Teresa and Newt, along with a few new friends, discover that Janson and his fortress aren’t actually shipping

the dozens of other survivors to a safer place. Instead it turns out that Janson is working for WCKD, the very organization that Thomas and company fled.

Escaping from Janson and WCKD does not prove to be an easy feat. Outside, in the Scorch, inexplicable lightning storms strike constantly; and Cranks (zom-bie-like beings that are a result of the Flare) are lying in wait.

So, for the rest of the movie, Thomas and his group are basical-ly running. They’re running from

WCKD, from Cranks, and from the terrifying people that they meet along the way.

Honestly, all of the running was exhausting. Not just for the charac-ters, but for the viewers as well. It never stopped; there was no break from the action. As an audience member, I felt like I had to con-stantly be on red alert, anticipating what Thomas and crew would have to run from next. It was almost like a real-life Knott’s Scary Farm, but in a movie theatre.

O’Brien did a wicked job play-ing the role of Thomas. It became obvious that all of Thomas’s ac-tions for the benefit of others, es-pecially for his friends. Lee and Brodie-Sangster were also brilliant as second-in-commands but I felt the script limited their possibilities.

Lastly, the cinematography and special effects were both beautiful and scary. The Cranks were per-fectly terrifying, the wasteland-like Scorch was absolutely blistering and the intricacies of the camera work added another level to poten-tially one-dimensional sets.

If you were expecting a carbon copy of the book, you will be disap-pointed. If you like action-packed movies on steroids, however, this is the film for you.

★ ★ ★ ★

“Black Mass”

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★ ★ ★ ★

“The Scorch Trials”

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“Everest”

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UNIVERSAL PICTURESLOCKING EYES WITH THE BEAST: Jake Gyllen-haal and a star-studded cast attempt to climb Mt. Everest when faced with a storm.

‘Scorch Trials’ will get you more lost than the ‘Maze’

WARNER BROS. PICTURES BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Depp, as James “Whitey” Bulger, right, as he agrees to a deal with John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) to become an informant for the FBI helping them catch the notorious organized criminals Angiulo Brothers.

FOX PICTURESHANDLE THE BURN: Dylan O’Brien, right, Alexander Flores, Thomas Brodie-Sangster hide from the enemy WCKD.

Johnny’s back and he’s scarier than ever

‘Everest’ Breaks Summer Heat

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Mick Fanning wins Hurley Pro and takes the leader jersey

The World Surf League wrapped up competition on Fri-day at the Hurley Pro and Swatch Women’s Pro at Trestles as Mick Fanning and Carissa Moore tri-umphed over the rest of the field to take the win and move into the number one ranked spot on the Jeep leader board.

The highly anticipated event provided surfers with an abun-dance of quality waves, except on Finals Day, and surf fans with a great spectacle to witness along with some unlikely interferences, scrutinized judging and an unex-pected retirement from veteran surfer Freddy Patacchia Jr. after receiving the only 10-point ride of the event.

The cobblestone-bottom beach is arguably the most progressive and high performance wave on tour. At Lowers, competitors have the ability to take to the air and get above the lip, or dig their rail into the face of the wave and put on a display of power surfing.

It took a mix of both to win, but the powerful approach to Lowers forgiving point break wave seemed to be the favored approach amongst surfers.

The event started with great

waves, calm winds and tropical like humid conditions thanks to extremely warm Pacific Ocean surface temperatures and Hurri-cane Linda making its way north to select spots in Southern Cali-fornia from the South Pacific.

Waves were plentiful through-out the first four days of competi-tion as the top 34 men and women in the world faced off.

Day five was the first of five consecutive lay days for the event.

WSL commissioner Kieren Perrow explained on Sunday, Sept. 15’s dawn patrol show, the reasons for the delay. A dying swell and state park permit regu-

lations were the reasons that the contest was halted.

After a few days of rain and a week’s worth of flat surf, compe-tition finally resumed on Friday, Sept. 18, and Finals Day got un-derway.

With smaller and weaker surf in store for the finals, aerials and the above the lip surfing that Lowers makes possible was ex-pected to prevail.

While Brazilian standout Filipe Toledo stuck to his air games, it was the heavy carves and powerful snaps off the top that proved to catch the judge’s eyes.

This in itself drew criticism

from spectators about the judging criteria, but setting all opinions aside, the top-two ranked surfers in the world competed in the final.

Adriano de Souza and Mick Fanning’s traditional and pow-erful approach to surfing didn’t only deliver them to the final, but it is the reason they are ranked number one and two in the world, and it’s the reason Fanning al-ready has three world titles.

Never the less there was limit-less debate about the judging and rulings surrounding the surfing.

The scrutiny began with Kelly Slater’s uncompleted and out of control backside air reverse that resulted in a broken board and

less than average 4.17 score from the judge’s in his fifth round loss to Mick Fanning.

The aerial took freakish surf-ing ability to pull off, which is why many including WSL com-mentator Strider Wasilewski felt that it should have been scored slightly higher.

Other controversial calls in-cluded the interference by Sebas-tian Zietz in the second round. This instance was costly and unique in that Zietz suffered the penalty while having priority.

The priority rule is designed to give the surfer who reaches the peak first, priority over wave choice. When a surfer has prior-ity, it can be used to block their opponent from catching waves or to select the best wave of the set.

In Zietz’s situation, he had priority and took off on a wave his opponent Michel Bourez was already riding as the horn blew marking the end of the heat.

Because the heat ended, Zietz lost priority and suffered an inter-ference taking away his second scoring wave because Bourez was already on the wave.

The ruling left competitors and commentators alike confused, but despite the outcome, Zietz ap-peared to be calm and collected in his post heat interview where he looked eager to get to the Europe-an leg of the tour.

The Quicksilver Pro France is next on the schedule for WSL with the waiting period beginning October 6 through 17.

Gauchos dominate El Camino in first win of 2015 season

The Saddleback College foot-ball team looked impressive in their first win of the season de-feating the El Camino College Warriors, 42-17. The Gauchos on both sides of the ball were a collective unit. The offense com-piled almost 600 yards, while the Saddleback defense held the War-riors offense to 17 points.

“It’s nice to get a victory un-der our belt and I think really the credit goes to the whole team,” Gauchos head coach Mark McEl-roy said.

In the first drive of the game Saddleback forced the Warriors to a punt. The ensuing drive by the Gauchos had them go 72 yards down field to the El Camino one yard-line, but the Gauchos were unable to find the end zone, set-tling for a field goal.

The Warriors quickly respond-ed with a 72-yard run of their own taking a 7-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Gauchos struck 30 sec-onds into the second quarter as Saddleback’s sophomore quarter-back Johnny Stanton completed a

pass to sophomore wide receiver Dominic Collins that went 93 yards for a Gauchos touchdown giving them a 9-7 lead.

Later in the second quarter the Gauchos fumbled, but the defense responded, sputtering the War-riors offensive drive and forcing them to kick a 25-yard field goal.

With less than four minutes to go in the second quarter Stanton rushed one yard into the end zone for a Saddleback touchdown re-gaining the lead, 15-10.

On the next Warriors drive the Gauchos defense caused a fumble that was recovered by freshman Kai Ross, setting up the offense with good field position.

The Saddleback offense capi-talized on the opportunity quickly with a 24-yard touchdown pass from Stanton to sophomore wide receiver Cody White which gave the Gauchos a 22-10 halftime lead.

The Gauchos opened up the second half with a 12-play 69-yard drive resulting in a Stan-ton four-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Alexan-der Coplan extending the Saddle-back lead to 29-10.

Mid way through the second quarter the Gauchos added anoth-er field goal. On the ensuing of-fensive possesion Stanton threw his fourth touchdown pass of the night to freshman wide receiver Remy Wasserbach, making it 39-10 Saddleback.

A rather lack luster fourth quarter had the Gauchos adding a field goal and the Warriors a touchdown, the final score 42-17

“It was really about playing with one heart tonight and playing as a team and I think that’s what we did,” said freshman linebacker Karson Block. “We came out here and executed and I have no doubt in my mind that we could play like this for the rest of the year.”

When asked about the defen-sive effort, Block states that the defense had something to prove during the game.

“We really wanted to make a statement this week that we ar-en’t a pushover team and I think we did that really well tonight,” Block said..

The Gauchos offense was led by Stanton who passed for 466 yards and four passing touch-downs, while adding one rushing touchdown. After the game Stan-ton gave praise to his offense and defense.

“The amount of yards we got tonight was such a collective effort and the success that we had was from a whole week of great prac-tices,” Stanton said. “The defense was really on point, I mean hold-ing a team to 17 points after 56 points last week that was great.”

The Gauchos will have a boost of confidence heading into their next game on Sep. 26 at 6p.m. at home against Palomar, a team the Gauchos defeated last year 42-31.

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