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insideA first-person experience of Japan’s tragediesPage 4

Summer session will offer fewer classesPage 5

Car Club Auto Show draws a crowdPages 6-7

Broadcasting Department shows its stuffPage 9

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JESSICA RUBIO

The budget deficit will be taking more than just classes away from students. Now their dollars are

in jeopardy, too. For those attending California community colleges, the fall semester will bring fewer classes and higher unit costs.

Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed the SB 70 bill, which will increase tuition fees from $26 to $36 per unit.

“There are a lot of kids like me who have struggling parents,” undecided major, Steven Lujano said. “It’s going to affect Latinos, African Americans, practically everyone, especially with the budget crisis. It’s just an overall bad idea,”

With 10 percent of the state budget being cut, community colleges in California will have to deny 40,000 students next fall and offer fewer classes to those returning.

For students outside of the state who will be attending a California community college rates will be even higher. Those students will be charged $219 per unit and then have to pay a capital outlay charge fee of $30.

California community colleges may offer the lowest fees in the nation, but the 112 schools will take a drastic hit, leaving limited seats in the classrooms.

“I’m not ready for the changes, but it’s happening. For some like me who have part time jobs, it’ll be hard to pay,” criminal justice major, Alfonso Garcia said.

The $10 fee increase will reduce state budget reductions by $10 million and allow 50,000 students to continue their schooling.

On April 17, the Hands Across California was held to raise awareness of the importance of California Community Colleges. The event raised money for California community colleges scholarship endowment.

Community colleges will all feel the effects of the SB 70 bill starting in the fall. Those who have priority registration and fee waivers will not suffer the drastic measures.

If the budget supplement does not work students will be seeing even higher rates for units by the spring semester.

KELLY BOWENStudents, staff and faculty join hands during an April 14 rehearsal of the Hands Across California. The main event on April 17 linked community college supporters in a show of unity against budget cuts and fee increases.

Fall semester brings higher unit costsThe budget crisis leaves Community Colleges in California stressing every penny

Softball:Making a comeback - page 12

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Editor-In-ChiefSteve Bovi (909) [email protected]

Online EditorJulie Cosgrove Photo EditorJustin Kenward Multimedia Editor Angelica Davalos News EditorJessica RubioOpinion EditorKurtis FrostFeatures Editor Josh Hicken Art & Entertainment Editor Joshua L’HeureuxSports EditorDaniel Zaldivar Calendar EditorElizabeth PantojaLab TechsVirginia Lucero, Sara Goding, Jessica RubioCirculation MangerSabino Villanueva

Staff WritersCarolynn Ballesteros, Eric Baltazar, Jordan Branch, Sevanny Campos, Aubrey Collins, Linda Evan, Darren Green, Virginia Lucero, Alyssa Rigoli, Noah Wilson, Victoria Wofford, Amber Yasin & Karen York

Staff Photographers & Videographers Kelly Bowan, Julie Cosgrove, Donna Davis, Obed Espindola, Darleine Heitman, Donald Kline

Video EditorCarlos Acosta

Photo Adviser Kathy Haddad

AdviserDoug Walsh

Journalism Coordinator Neil Watkins

The Breeze is published up to seven times a semes-ter by the journalism students at Chaffey Communi-ty College, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737. Telephone: 652-6934/6936. Fax: 652-6935. Opinions expressed in this publication are the responsibility of the student newspaper staff and should not be interpreted as the position of the Chaffey College District, the college or any offi cer or employee thereof. Letters and guest columns for or against any position are welcome. Letters should be kept as brief as possible (fewer than 300 words) and are subject to non-substantive editing accord-ing to guidelines established by the Associated Press. The Chaffey Breeze is a member of the Jour-nalism Association of Community Colleges and the

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OBED ESPINDOLAMichael Reul found a better use for The Breeze newspaper, which he used to built a walk-in paper-mâché cave in anticipation of Family Day celebration at the Wignall Museum on April 16.

Deadline to drop classesThe deadline to drop full-term classes with a “W” is Friday, April 22. Courses may be dropped using MyChaffeyView.com.

Student Invitational 2011The Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art will be hosting the Student Invitational from April 16 to May 26. The event will feature the work of Donald Dreyer, Chris Hackworth, Rachel Hurton, Evert Munguia, Jaime Muñoz, Rachel Alexis Parks, Jessica Pavone, Nicole Rodriguez, and Cherie Savoie. On Wednesday, April 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. a reception will be held. An artist panel discussion is set for April 26 at 5 p.m. in CAA-211.

Budget ForumA budget forum is scheduled for Wednesday, May 4, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in room HS-143 on the Rancho Campus. The web stream can be viewed on the Chino and Fontana campuses.

Employer Career Panel Hear from local employers what students will need to get the job at a Career Panel on Wednesday, April 20 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Student Activities.

How to prepare for a career fairLearn how to network and present yourself at the career fair. on Thursday, April 21 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the GCC.

Career Fair Meet local employers! Tuesday, April 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Sports Center Patio

Faculty Lecturer of the Year AddressJoy G. Haerens professor of business and offi ce technologies will be lecturing on Tuesday, April 19 from 9:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Chaffey College Theatre. A discussion will follow from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in CAA-211.

Open ForumStudents are invited to join Vice President, Dr. Sherrie Guerrero, for an open forum on Thursday, April 28 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the SSA-227. This is an opportunity to clarify understanding on issues and raise any questions or concerns they may have.

Blankets and other PoemsLocal poets, artists, and Chaffey students have come together in support of disaster victims from the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale will go to the American Red Cross’s Relief Fund for the Japan Earthquake and Pacifi c Tsunami. The reading will be held April 18 at 12:30 p.m. on the Wignall Patio.

Campus Explosion TwoChristians at Chaffey College will present Campus Explosion Two on April 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rancho Cucamonga campus. Guest speakers, musical artists, giveaways and radio station’s Air1 and K-wave 107.9 will be featured.

Financial Aid Awareness DayThe Offi ce of Financial Aid is hosting its annual “Financial Aid Awareness Day” on Wednesday, April 27 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Sport Center Quad area.

No Classes The college will hold a fl ex activity for faculty and staff on Tuesday, April 19. All college offi ces will be open, but no classes will meet.

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JESSICA RUBIO

Several staff members of The Breeze had the opportunity to put their skills to the test at the Journalism

Association of Community Colleges, also known as JACC.

This convention holds two competitions

a year, a Southern California competition and a statewide competition for journalists of community college newspapers. More than 47 schools and 850 delegates competed in the statewide competition hosted at The DoubleTree hotel in Sacramento.

Three awards were handed to The Breeze staff, the most prestigious award

being the “General Excellence” award for the publication’s overall success. The award, based on the review of three past issues of The Breeze, is judged on numerous categories such as sports, news, headlines, photography, campus coverage, editing, advertising, design, entertainment and opinion.

Darleine Heitman, a first-time competitor and new staff member of The Breeze this semester, received an honorable mention award for her pole vault photo in the on- the-spot sports photo competition. Over 100 photographers of community colleges were sent out to a track meet to photograph a competition from afar.

“I was nervous not knowing what to expect and pleasantly surprised,” Heitman said.

Features editor and staff writer, Josh Hicken, received third place for his on-the-spot critical review piece on an adaptation Huck Finn play that was shown for JACC competitors at Cosumnes River College.

“I felt relieved, actually. I wasn’t

confident at all, though. I felt like I’d left it unfinished, so I didn’t have any hope for it,” Hicken said after he finished his competition.

Editor-in-Chief Steve Bovi also received Editor Recognition for his hard work and dedication to the paper.

“We got the General Excellence. What up world? What you know about the Chaffey Breeze? Oh, yeah,” Bovi said.

Next JACC will be in fall of the 2011-2012 semester. The team plans to take what they learned and apply it to future publications.

“Of course, the best part of the conference is the learning that the students receive. I can’t tell you how rewarding it was, after a long and tiring weekend, to hear the students excitedly talking on the way home about this, that and the other that they learned and couldn’t wait to get back to campus to implement into the next issue of the paper or online edition,” Breeze adviser Doug Walsh said.

New weight room is all beefed upJULIE COSGROVE

Enthusiasm rang out as the students swarmed into the brand new weight room. It was not like Bally’s or LA

Fitness. For one thing, the equipment is all new and state of the art. The open entry lab structure has been replaced with a tradi-tional class time. The voices ring out, “It’s better than Jenny Craig!”

Some, like Dave Vanhelf, are retired. He found out about PEACT 26 in a mar-keting brochure that described the class as suitable for all ages, “It’s working. I’m losing weight, feeling better, getting in shape.”

A project six and a half years in the plan-ning was finally achieved when the doors opened for Coach Phil Roberts’ PEACT 26 classes the week after Spring break. With the renovation of the old Sycosky Gym, the classes will now meet in one of the best

collegiate weight rooms in California. It is a weight room designed for all of athletics at Chaffey College.

Many students come from full time jobs and seized the opportunity for an exercise program in the late afternoon. The class also includes a few students who partici-pate in a Chaffey sport program, those of-ficially classified as “athletes.”

Goals can include weight loss, weight gain, strength and muscle development or simply to benefit from greater fitness. Many find the workout classes not only challenging but enjoyable. Criminal Jus-tice major Cynthia Green, who is also a snowboarder, sees working on fitness as part of her preparation for a career in law enforcement.

Psychology major Erin Lucero and Sci-ence major Deanna Willis are both taking the class for a second time. A former high school tennis player, Lucero enjoys the mix of strength and aerobic activities. Wil-lis has also been active physically, turning out for volleyball, basketball and track and field when in high school. “The class can be challenging, but it’s only as challenging as you make it,” she advises.

He teaches “ready positions” and hav-

ing an awareness of ”How do we remain stabilized?”

“Above and beyond weight loss and getting fit,” Roberts says, “we’re trying to make your body a better machine. We’re electric, we require energy, we require fuel, we require the ability to move and rotate and change direction. It’s a big machine that we have to make sure is working and functioning properly.”

Strength training has become a recom-mended part of fitness programs. It is wide-ly recommended that exercise programs include two to three days of strength or resistance training a week, to complement cardiovascular (aerobic) exercise.

Improving health is of major concern. The CDC reports that fully one third of American adults are obese and more than two thirds are overweight. But it goes be-yond the problem of weight loss and be-coming physically fit.

“We’re looking at educating people on the rest of their lives,” Roberts asserts. “It’s a complement to the academic world. It makes your mind clearer. It allows you to think on a higher level. If you have a healthy lifestyle, you should feel the dif-ference. You have the energy to deal with things, you have the energy to focus. It’s a

complement to a well rounded individual.”A number of recent studies seem to con-

firm this observation. Research in the U.S., England, Australia, Iceland, and Hong Kong has found that physically active ele-mentary school children do better than less active children in reading and math. Other studies find that older adults also seem to benefit from being physically fit.

Roberts works with football, baseball and softball players, three of the fourteen sports Chaffey students play. However, he would like to see the program open to more than just collegiate athletes, and to make fitness an important part of the cultural life on the Chaffey campus. There have been many water-cooler discussions among the faculty on how to make the new facilities available to the broader campus commu-nity.

Roberts grew up in a small Kansas town, attended Highland Community College, Doane College south of Lincoln, Nebraska and finished up at Kansas State University in the area of strength and conditioning. He completed his masters’ degree in Kinesiol-ogy at Northwest Missouri State, taught briefly at a middle school and was hired by Chaffey College where he has worked with men and women in a variety of sports.

The Breeze brings home top honor from JACC

JUSTIN KENWARDDennis Gopez and Juan Rayes perform ‘lawn mowers.’

DARLEINE HEITmANCoach Roberts corrects Cynthia Green‘s form as she performs short pull lift in the new weight room in the newly refurbished Sykosky Gym.

KELLY BOWENThe Breeze staff took names in Sacramento.


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Today’s news broadcast-ers reported that radio-activity from the nuclear

power plant in Fukushima cov-ers the northern hemisphere. The situation is more serious than we thought and we feel that our gov-ernment is acting too slowly.

The survivors have started leaving the area most affected by the earthquake and tsunami. They have dispersed all over the country. A few stayed, but most of them have decided to leave for a safer environment.

Most of them cannot work because their workplaces were hit by the tsunami. The products

from the key industries, such as agriculture and fi shing, are not wanted because of the radioac-tive contamination.

By summer many of the com-panies will be out of business, “This is not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster,” one fi sher-man said angrily, in reference to the nuclear plant damage. Most people who work for primary in-dustries (fi shing and agriculture) work for small private companies and others are self-employed. There is no government help or subsidies for them.

Chiba prefecture, where my family lives, is a peninsula with the east side facing the Pacifi c Ocean and the other facing To-kyo Bay. They live in the Tokyo

Bay area, which is reclamation land. Reclamation land is man-made land built on sea or river-beds. My parents have seen some cracks in the streets with posted “Keep Out” signs because sea water is seeping through.

The Tokyo Bay area is almost 100 percent reclamation land. The photograph shows a manhole that popped up about two meters high (about six and one half feet). This photo was taken near To-kyo Disneyland which has been closed since the earthquake. No one knows when it will re-open.

I have heard that if the earth-quake had been centered in To-kyo, Japan would not have been able to function. See more at www.chaffeybreeze.com.

NORI KOSUGEIn the aftermath of the earthquake, and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, a manhole cover protruded six and a half feet near Tokyo Disneyland.

A student’s eyewitness account of the disaster in Japan, part 3



ELIZABETH PANTOJA

Kendall Garabedian, social and behavioral sciences major, has joined forces with other college student across the country to make a difference. Their soul

purpose is to help the displaced children in Uganda, Africa who have been affected by the 23-year civil war.

Through an organization called “Invisible Children,” Garabedian was inspired by a documentary called Invisible Children: Rough Cut, which depicts children hiding from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA is run by the leader Joseph Kony. His purpose is to overthrow the government of Uganda. The people were not supportive of Kony’s idea and the LRA reacted by abducting children and forcing them to fight as child soldiers. Kendall described, “ [They’ll] make the kids kill their parents so they don’t have anyone to go back too. [They] take them into the bush (jungle) and give them guns, and force them to fight and join the army.”

Garabedian became aware of this tragedy in her sophomore year of high school when the documentary was shown to numerous students. In her senior year of high school she also held a rummage sale and raised $600 for the organization.

Since then, she joined several protest that were held to help the children. One of them was “The Rescue” in 2009 where she and thousands of others walked two miles in Santa Monica and protested at city hall.

“That was really like the most inspiring day of my life,” she said. That day over 250,000 signatures were collected for the citizen’s arrest of Joseph Kony, and a bill for Uganda was turned in, signed by the representatives that supported it.

The Northern Uganda Recovery Act was signed into law in May, 2010 by President Barack Obama.

This whole experience has further inspired Garabedian to join an organization called “The Real Uganda” where she will travel to Mukono, Uganda where she will teach and run an orphanage with other volunteers. She will be staying there for a month. The expenses are high, but nonetheless she is determined to raise the rest of the money.

The dedication to help others seems like a lot work, but she responded by saying,“It’s not as hard as it sounds to make a difference. You just do little things to change the world. It’s an amazing feeling.”

Students interested in helping can visit www.invisiblechildren.com.

LINDA EVAN

It is almost time for summer school registration, and many students will find

that the budget cuts have affected them in a big way. There will only be 90 courses offered, the majority of which will be limited to core general education classes.

Additionally, the college will only be open Monday through Thursday, and there will be no evening classes. Student services will also be reduced. Beginning June 20, 2011, the college Library and the Success Centers will only be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. All Success Center activity will be centralized and located in the Berz Excellence Center.

With the limited number of courses offered and reduced campus hours, many students will be adversely affected.

Sherrie Guerrero, Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, warns students to be prepared, “Plan, plan, plan. Register early, pay your fees, and commit to your classes,” Guerrero said.

The summer schedule of classes will be posted online April 29. Continuing students do not need to reapply for admission into summer school. Registration notifications for continuing students will automatically be mailed out May 6.

As a reminder, fees are due 10 calendar days after the date of registration. Students who fail to pay their fees before the deadline will be dropped from their classes.

Although these are difficult times we are facing, Guerrero assures that staff and faculty will be available to assist students, “We remain committed to student access, success, and completion,” Guerrero said. For more information please visit www.Chaffey.edu.

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Let the good times roll

DONALD KLINEWinners of the car as selected by members of the Car Club Left: Eric Ford, center Derek Meseuli Auto Tech Major and President of the Chaffey Car Club and on the right Jack Ford.

CASSI STEVENSToney Tarpley was more than happy to show off his 2008 Harley Davidson Deluxe at Chaffey’s Car Show.

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DONALD KLINE

The students who are part of the car club for the past few months have been working long hours

and putting in a lot of miles going to meetings, attending other car shows, talking to sponsors, putting together gift bags and setting up for their third annual Car, Truck and Bike show.

Many people may not realize that this show is run by the students in the club for the students at Chaffey and they were on campus at 5 a.m. setting up for the show.

The show serves many functions other than a venue to showcase some customized vehicles.

It helps to raise money for various programs that all Chaffey students benefit

from, not just the members of the Car Club.

There is money for book grants and programs like Fund a Dream. All the money raised from this four-hour event goes on to help students all year. It also teaches the club members how to organize events, public relations skills and work together as a team.

The show had 83 registered participants. The types of vehicles attending ranged from roadsters, classic sedans, trucks to racing vehicles, and a pair of customized motorcycles.

The vendors were located around the perimeter of show. On the north side of the parking lot was Crown Toyota with a couple of new cars including a Scion XB,

Lucas Oils, Eibach Springs which had a display of a V8-powered Volkswagen bug that once belonged to actor and race car driver Paul Newman.

The DJ and MC area were on the west side along with a barbecue table where lunch could be bought. Car show participants that pre–registered got a free meal. Next to them was the Italian Ice company giving out free samples of their products.

To the south, the Car Club had a table to purchase raffles tickets for the various prizes being offered that included shirts and car care products. Next to them were the Veterans Club and the Christians at Chaffey.

There was also the Fueled by the Fallen

Memorial Car Honor Tour that displayed two cars that had names of fallen military members on them.

ABATE Local 27 of Riverside brought their trailer and handed out information for motorcycle riders and anyone wanting information about motorcycling.

ABATE stands for American Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education, a motorcycle right’s group.

And rounding out the vendors was the Fiat Dealer from Ontario with the new and very popular Fiat 500.

The final amount of money raised was not available at press time, but Automotive Technology Instructor and Car Club Advisor Sherm Taylor approximated that $1,600 had been collected.

DONALD KLINEWinners of the car as selected by members of the Car Club Left: Eric Ford, center Derek Meseuli Auto Tech Major and President of the Chaffey Car Club and on the right Jack Ford.

Several muscle cars showed off the power under their hoods at the Chaffey Car Club 3rd Annual Show on Saturday, April 10.

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Student journalists are nerdy. Really nerdy. They’re in fact so nerdy that every semester they meet to learn and

compete in JACC (Journalist Association of Community Colleges) conventions, where the budding newswriters and photographers fight to prove the superiority of their intellects in — what else — writing and photojournalism contests.

This semester the Breeze staff attended the JACC state convention in Sacramento from April 7 to 9, where they learned much more than how they measure up against other community college journalists.

The staff also found out how to navigate the neighborhood of a questionably-located hotel, what it takes to prank a journalism instructor, how long you can ration a carton of generic cigarettes, and how to smoke a celebratory cigar (without pulling a Pinocchio).

The convention was hosted at the Sacramento Doubletree, inconveniently located near the mediocre Arden Fair Mall, streets equally harrowing for drivers and pedestrians, and nothing actually useful. From arrival mid-Thursday to departure

early Sunday, every street around the hotel was occupied by cop cars, pulled-over drivers, JACC-contracted buses, and students avoiding the reckless Sacramento drivers that had somehow managed to avoid-ubiquitous police.

Fortunately the Breeze students had a plan for what to do between running over the competition and nearly getting run over by bad drivers. The staff used an elaborate distraction months-in-the-planning to get instructor Doug Walsh away from his hotel room, procure his keycard, and paper his room with pictures of scantily clad, generously rumped women.

When he returned to his room after a mandatory meeting, Walsh was greeted by the tempting girls of “Smooth” magazine, who plied their assets from the television, the ceiling, the bed, the Gideon’s Bible, and even Walsh’s personal can of breath mints. No stranger to journalists’ hijinx, Walsh simply said, “This isn’t as bad as it could’ve been.”

The race to keep up with competitions that started as late as midnight and broken-toaster breakfasts that opened at 7:15 a.m. forced most students to sustain themselves on a steady diet of coffee and tobacco.

Breeze Editor-in-Chief testified to the JACC smokers’ plight.

“The thing about JACC that was so much fun was that no matter how hard I worked I felt the need to work harder, because if I didn’t hurry I wouldn’t get as many cigarette breaks.” said Bovi. Bovi was then on his fifth pack of Rave cigarettes, a fantastically generic brand of smokes whose only real virtue is their carton-for-carton affordability — an important consideration for any serious student journalist.

In the Saturday evening award ceremony the JACC powers-that-be recognized The Breeze staff for general excellence. The judges also awarded Bovi for Editor-in-Chief achievement, staff photographer Darleine Heitman for honorable mention in sports photography, and features editor Josh Hicken for third-place in on-the-spot Critical Review writing.

Following the awards ceremony the attending Breeze staff celebrated the general excellence of their lungs’ resilience by smoking flavored CAO cigars, generously provided by staff-writer and healthnut Sara Goding.

Even the inexperienced smokers in the

group, like staff-writer Sevanny Campos, faced this challenge with same boldness and tenacity as they had the rest of the weekend’s competitons. “It was my first time smoking a cigar, so I didn’t really know what to do, but thankfully everyone around me was an expert at smoking,” Campos said.

For Chaffey’s newspaper team, these cigars and JACC 2011 shared the same aftertaste — victory. “It was nice,” Campos said. “It tasted like honey.”

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Broadcasting department shows its stuff

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In a dark room, a bright light from the projector poured creativity onto the big screen. A hush spread over the room.

Everyone turned off their electronic devic-es and moved to the edge of their seats. An-ticipation was in the air as the show began.

People gathered on April 12 in the Cen-ter for the Arts Building for the Second An-nual Student Showcase of the Broadcasting and Cinema Department partnered with the Cinema and Television Club.

“This is an event in a series we have every year, for the last two years, named Center for the Arts Presents,” professor of art history, John Machado said. “Every month we have a different department that showcases its students and faculty so peo-ple know the great cultural events and art that we have around campus.”

The show began with a student spotlight on a stop motion project done by broad-casting major Barbara Church. “The best advice I could give to an aspiring broad-casting student is to have an open mind, be creative and be yourself,” Church said.

Broadcast 55, the audio and announcing class, showed an auditory interpretation of outer space, intonation of animated words and radio show promo montages.

The radio show promos gave a variety of genre for students’ listening pleasure from ‘80s to hip hop, to Japanese inspired, to mariachi music.

After a brief intermission, Cinema 20 demonstrated their scriptwriting talents with clips from a feature fi lm and a feature documentary.

The show ended with opening titles and montage sequences for future projects from the Broadcasting 70 applied postpro-duction class. The crowd applauded and the fl oor was opened for questions.

The Cinema and Television Club an-nounced the Panther Student Film Festi-val on May 13 where a number of shorts and projects from student entries will be screened.

“What I could recommend for anyone who is in the festival, instead of being in the back looking at your stuff, go in the front and watch how people are reacting to your work,” Camilo Ramirez, broad-casting major, said, If the art is affecting them, what it is doing is creating emotions in them.”

The deadline for student submissions is April 22. For more details or questions contact the Cinema and Film Club Presi-dent, April Kibbe, at [email protected].

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KURTIS FROST

In the 2011 Fall semester community college fees will rise...again — this time from $26 per unit to $36. Full

time students are now expected to pay close to $500 per semester, which makes community colleges no longer accessible for most of the community.

Community colleges still offer the most affordable education in California, but many students rely on low costs to be able to work part time and go to school.

Now that money is being drained and students’ stay at community colleges will be extended, because many will not able to afford the raised tuition without putting in more hours at their day jobs.

In the past two years fees have gone up and classes have been cut.

Those of us who need only a few more classes to transfer are finding it harder and harder to get the classes we need and cannot afford to keep taking classes that we

do not need to stay in the system.This is not Chaffey’s fault; our school

does what it can with the money it gets, and the rates for tuition are fixed throughout all community colleges in California.

It seems asinine to think that charging people at the lowest budget level of continued education will not have an effect on California’s future.

Although an idea that asinine would be similar to the idea that the economy can

be fixed if everyone from California buys paraphernalia with the governor’s dog on it...oh wait that is another one of Governor Brown’s ideas (http://www.cafepress.com/SutterBrown).

Maybe it is about time California thinks its decisions through before making them. Maybe it is time California looks at the people it will affect with its decisions.

Does the state really want to take money from the starving students, the single

mothers, the kids working three jobs to pay for the only education they can afford and the people looking to better themselves at community colleges?

Things are going to get worse before they get better, but if we keep working toward our goals we will succeed.

We should not take these increased fees and education cuts silently. Remember, it is your future they are screwing with.

All you have to lose is your fee increaseStudents unite

Arts & Entertainment chaffeybreeze.com | April 18, 2011


SEVANNY CAmPOS

Graffiti: the word typically describes conventional street art that usu-ally tells a story. This year’s spring

dance concert, Physical Graffiti, is taking the definition of the word and incorporat-ing it into an 18-piece production.

Artistic director and head of the dance department Michele Jenkins, along with her 30-member cast, has been working on this production throughout the year.

“All my students look forward to this production,” said Jenkins. “I’ve had stu-dents come back just for this production. In fact some of my dancers have done the spring concert for five, six years.”

In addition to her cast, Jenkins enlist-ed the help of choreographer BJ Brasier, instructor for hip-hop and social dance classes, tap instructor Coye Dahlstrom and Donte Philips of MYO productions and MTV Asia. “I’m going back to my roots. I want to keep the arts alive at the place that gave me my start,” Philips said.

Also keeping the arts alive is student choreographer and dance major Thuan Nguyen. He is incorporating modern dance into a number by Lou Reed titled “Always looking forward never looking back.” Nguyen wants his audience to feel the struggle of life.

“At the end of the day, no matter what the struggle, this dance encourages people to keep going, that it’s OK to cry and to fall but keep going,” Nguyen said.

Physical Graffiti promises to be a cap-tivating performance that appeals to all types of audiences. The production hopes to display grace and athleticism using a mix of modern dance, contemporary bal-let, jazz, tap, hip hop, musical theatre and ballroom. “This production is a unified the-atrical element,” Jenkins said. “It is going to be beautiful performance that can’t be missed.”

Physical Graffiti will run April 28, 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. and May 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12. Contact Chaffey Box Of-fice at (909) 652-6067.

LINDA EVAN

The Theatre Department presented a family-friendly production of “Cornfield of Dreams… or the Vil-

lain was a Laughing Stalk” on April 9. The play was dubbed as the ‘corniest play this side of the Mississippi’ by production staff.

The play debuted to an all-ages audi-ence, and is hitting the road to perform at local elementary schools for grades K-6 in May. Filled with corny puns and even cornier characters, this was a play which encouraged audience interaction.

Christa El-Said, theatre department di-rector, said “The audience gets to cheer the hero and boo the villain.”

The theatre was filled with students, parents and children who got to do just that.

Biology major Jessica Ballesteros brought her two young girls to the produc-tion. “I knew my little girls would enjoy it and so did I...we had a great time,” Balles-teros said.

After the play, cast members gathered in the lobby of the theatre to meet and greet audiences.

Cornfield of Dreams debuts

Physical Graffiti: Telling a story with your body

DARLEINE HEITmANTiana Powell and Marlenna Dick rehearse for the upcoming Chaffey Dance Concert 2011.

DARLEINE HEITmANAndy Carballo and Thuan Nguyen rehearse for the upcoming Chaffey Dance Concert 2011.


Sports chaffeybreeze.com | April 18 , 2011

DANNY ZALDIVAR

The softball team powered themselves to a pair of victories against Mt. San Jacinto and

San Bernardino Valley College after a loss against the No. 1 seeded Southern California Antelope Valley Marauders.

The Antelope Valley Game started out competitive in the first two innings as the Lady Panthers were able to tie up the score at two, but the lead slipped away from them in the top-half of the fourth inning after a Marauder two-run homerun.

“We just left too many on the bases,” Head Coach Jimmy Rodriguez said. “We couldn’t get the key hits to keep our rallies going.”

The ladies were shut out for the rest of the game as Antelope Valley was able to score four more runs to make the final score an 8-2 contest. The Lady Panthers did start a rally in the final inning by loading the bases, but were unable to bring any runs across. The Marauders recovered and shut down the Chaffey offense. Freshman pitcher Evelyn Espinoza had five strikeouts while sophomore Marissa Diaz went 1-4 with a double.

The next two games were against fellow conference rivals Mt. San Jacinto and their cross-town rival San Bernardino Valley College.

The ladies were able to defeat San Bernardino Valley in mercy fashion after a walk off grand slam by freshman Stephanie Reynolds, which sealed the mercy rule effect. Chaffey came right back out against Mt. San Jacinto College and secured their second-place finish in the Foothill Conference with the victory.

Freshman pitcher Kimberly Lessnick, who replaced Espinoza on the mound after she was hit by a line drive, allowed two runs on four hits. Freshman Mary Bautista went 3-4 while teammate sophomore Amanda Carrasco also went 3-4 with a double and a triple. Diaz also contributed by going 2-4 with a home run and two RBI’s, all in her final regular season game as a Chaffey Panther.

“I thought hitting a home run was pretty cool since it was my last game here,” said Diaz, “We still need to go into the playoffs with confidence.”

The Lady Panthers finished the 2011 season with an overall record of 18-18 and a conference record of 11-3. The ladies are now waiting on whether or not they will secure a spot in the playoffs, which begin on May 7.

“I thought hitting a home run was pretty cool since it was my last game here.”- Marissa Diaz

OBED ESPINDOLAAs the team huddles during their game against San Jacinto on April 13, Dana Betancourt sits in the dug out.

OBED ESPINDOLAMarissa Diaz ponders her future during the final game of the regular season she will play with Lady Panthers.

Lady Panthers rebound from AVC loss

volume 21, issue 13 (april 18, 2011)

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