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by Kiriakos Vilchez
The Skyline Against Cuts is es-sentially a group of people who have come together in order to mobilize against the budget cuts being not only threatened, but actualized by California.
“Skyline Against Cuts is specifi-cally to organize against the budget cuts,” said Skyline staff member Michael D. Hoffman.
“The most important thing is building a mass movement for the future,” continued Skyline econom-ics professor Masao Suzuki.
The meeting was attended by a mixture of students and staff, adding up to about 15 people. The round-table discussion spanned subjects like the upcoming election, a run through of the different proposi-tion, and the upcoming conference in S.F. State.
The time spent speaking about the election was spent mostly dis-cussing the importance of student participation and interest.
“This election, more than any other, is going to be pivotal,” said Ashley J. Smith, a skyline student
Skyline Against Cuts plans conference attendanceMeeting urges students to vote and fight budget cuts
by Katherine Ramirez in attendance.During this section of the meet-
ing, the most prominent subject was the choosing of a candidate who had the best in mind as far as budget cuts was concerned.
“The question,” said Suzuki, “is which candidate will help build the mass movement.”
Hoffman, however, believes that, for this particular election, it is not who will do the most good for California schools, but who will do the least bad.
“Until we have some form of organized alternative,” said Hoff-man, “it will always be a vote for the lesser evil.”
After the election portion, the meeting veered into the neighboring subject of the propositions being put up to a vote. Hoffman comman-deered the discussion not only on what the propositions actually were, but also on the effect they would have to the group’s cause.
Proposition 25, in particular, was of interest to the group.
The proposition would effective-
ly eliminate the 2/3 majority necessary in order to pass a budget, instead making it so only a “simple majority” is needed.
According to cainitia-tives2010.org, the proposi-tion also makes it so that if the Legislature does not pass a budget by its due date, legislators are required to forfeit their salaries and liv-ing expense allowance.
There was a bit of dis-cussion time allotted to this particular proposition, with most of the room in agree-ment with its passing.
“A 2/3 vote means that a minority can keep the budget from being finalized,” said Hoffman.
The meeting then turned to talks of the Oct. 30 conference happening at San Francisco State University.
The students and staff present ex-pressed the hope that students from Skyline would rally at S.F. State the way they did with the march on Sacramento last year.
Suzuki expressed that even though the conference would be regarding budget cuts for state schools, it was still important to show solidarity.
“The statewide movement is try-ing to connect all sectors together,” Hoffman agreed. “Instead of orga-nizing separately, and getting money from the state separately, we’re trying to come together to get more resources for public education.”
The attendees of the meeting hope that Skyline students show their support at the conference on Saturday.
Raymond Cotella, a student who did not attend the meeting last Wednesday, said that he, too, hoped student interest would be piqued.
“We have to show a united front so that the state knows this is an is-sue we care about,” said Cotella.
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Michael D. Hoffman explains the different propositions.
Skyline College held a presiden-tial open forum on Oct. 26.
Over 100 people attended the event including students, faculty, staff, administrators, and members of the community all wanting to hear from the next possible president of Skyline College.
Donna Bestock, the dean of the Social Science/Creative Arts divi-sion, introduced the candidates and led the forum.
The candidates for Skyline presi-dent-- Dr. Stephen Schoonmaker, Dr. David Smith, and Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud-- were each given an hour to give a brief introduction and answer questions, with a 15 minute break in between presenta-tions. All three were not present at the event together, and instead took their turns separately.
Dr. Stephen Schoonmaker, the vice president of instruction at Clat-sop Community College in Astoria, Oregon, was the first to speak. He highlighted his academic qualifica-tions and professional experiences and answered questions on issues such as equity, Skyline’s budget, his qualifications, and personal experi-ences in regards to administrative decisions.
Schoonmaker also expressed his opinion on the importance of com-munity college connection with the citizens of a city or town.
“I need to go as president to com-
munities and say ‘how is it that we can better serve you?’” he said.
He was also questioned on how he would address discrimination, harassment, and hate crime here on campus.
“I think that we have to be clear that we are talking about zero toler-ance in addressing this issue,” he said. “A crime of hate is a crime not against that person only, it is a crime against our campus, and we cannot tolerate it.”
Dr. David Smith, vice president of Instruction and Student Affairs at Colorado Northwestern Commu-nity College in Rangely, Colorado was the next candidate to present. Smith was asked several of the same questions that were posed to Schoonmaker.
“What would you plan to do at Skyline to promote science and healthcare education?” asked Me-lissa Michelitsch, a professor of biol-ogy and chemistry here at Skyline.
Dr. Smith described science projects he oversaw and took part in at Lamar Community College in Colorado, and how he saw economic and educational opportunity to par-ticipate in an observatory construc-tion program that brought revenue and international scientific credit to Lamar.
Dr. Smith had an appreciative closure for his presentation:
“I appreciate you having me. This is a great opportunity. You have a
choice to make and I would welcome an opportunity to do a good job for this campus. I believe that I could do a good job for this college.”
Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud, the vice president of instruction for Skyline College since 2001, was the third and last to present.
She answered questions after speaking on her personal and aca-demic experiences.
Stroud was asked by a faculty member about what she would do for Skyline College regarding commu-nity college open access and success rates among students.
“We should take more initiatives, and put them in place in more pro-grams,” responded Stroud.
She was also asked about equity,
and how she would address it in re-gards to educational opportunity.
“There is much more we can do. If students of color are not achieving success, then that has to be abnormal to us. It has to become a way of thinking among us to address these problems that students face,” said Stroud.
Dr. Stroud made it clear to those at the forum that she has dedicated her educational career to students, and helping support social justice in the education system.
Dr. Stroud closed by distributing a handout with her personal philoso-phy on education and leadership.
“I lead to liberate, strengthen and educate,” her handout began. “I lead to free the oppressed and to change
the racist and sexist structures of power and privilege in society-at-large and in our daily lives. I lead to develop the depth of humanity and to maximize human potential. I lead to make a difference in the world.”
Michelitsch, who questioned all three candidates, spoke about what she thought of the forum.
“One of the biggest things that impact my students is the ability to get into the classroom, because they are all over-enrolled and waitlisted to full capacity. Since I am a new faculty member here, I am coming to appreciate how important the budget and the administration is.”
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Dr. Stephen Schoonmaker begins his presentation.
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Proposition 19: Legalizes marijuana (and its taxation) on a state level while it remains illegal on the federal.
Proposition 20: Deals with re-drawing the congressional district lines.
Proposition 21: Creates an $18 increase in the price of vehicle license fees in order to help fund state parks.
Proposition 22: Protects existing funds allocated to local govern-ment, public safety, and transportation-- it would essentially prohibit the state from raiding these funds.
Proposition 23: Suspends AB 32, the Global Warming Act of 2006, California’s landmark clean air legislation, until California’s unemployment rate drops to 5.5% or below for four consecutive quarters.
Proposition 24: Stops several corporate tax breaks that are slated to go into effect in 2010 and 2012. It would prevent corporations that are eligible for the tax breaks from receiving about $1.3 billion in tax breaks per year.
Proposition 25: Ends the current requirement that two-thirds of the members of the California State Legislature must vote in favor of the state’s budget in order for a budget to be actualized. It also requires state legislators to forfeit their pay in years where they have failed to pass a budget on time.
Proposition 26: Require a two-thirds supermajority vote in the Cali-fornia State Legislature to pass many fees, levies, charges and tax revenue allocations that right now only require a simple majority vote.
Proposition 27: Repeals California Proposition 11 (2008), which authorized the creation of the California Citizens Redistricting Commis-sion.
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Students converged in the quad after the alarm rang for the Shakeout to begin.
On Oct. 21 at 10:21 a.m., Skyline College and the rest of Calfornia par-ticipated in a statewide ShakeOut; where participants were instructed to “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” to simulate proper safety measures for a potential earthquake.
The drill lasted about 10 min-utes, and included over 7.9 million participants statewide. This is the third year that the Shakeout drill has been practiced, with its roots beginning as The Great Southern California ShakeOut in 2008. The ShakeOut expanded to include all of California in 2009.
The Skyline loudspeaker an-nounced the upcoming drill at 10:15 a.m. and explained the sequence of events that were to follow. By the time the actual drill was in effect at 10:21 a.m., almost all students retreated from classes and buildings so as to not participate.
Marcus Gentero, a third year Skyline student, was amongst the mass of students that did not partake in the drill.
When asked why, he explained, “It seemed kind of silly at first.”
Many of the Skyline students were skeptical in the actual validity and usefulness in the techniques used.
Beatrice Salapago, a Skyline student who also did not participate in the drill, expressed deep concern about crawling under objects during an actual earthquake.
“If there really was an earth-quake, what’s the point of staying in the house and hiding beneath objects if the roof can drop on top of you?”
said Salapago.Daniel Rolston, a former Skyline
student who is now majoring in Ge-ology at Cal Berkley, explained the necessity for the drill and its impor-tance for the youth of today.
“It is important for [everyone] to learn and practice these methods because of the looming truth that a major earthquake can be just around the corner. Many of the students [at Skyline] today were either much too young or not born when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck in Oct. of 1989.”
Rolston also explained that al-though it may seem silly to “pre-tend” and crawl under your desk
for an imaginary earthquake, “the techniques you learn can save your life.”
“It is especially important for us, as Bay Area residents, to learn these methods of protection because of our geological location,” continued Rolston. “We are not called ‘Earth-quake Country’ for no reason!”
According to the website, earth-quakecountry.info, many of the top geological researchers, rescue per-sonnel, and emergency management officials all agree that “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” is the only method to reduce injury and death during major earthquakes. Other methods like standing in a doorway, running
outside, and the “triangle of life” method are considered too danger-ous and are not suggested over the former method.
Skyline student Jesse Domin-guez, who has an Earth Science class, was given great information from his Geology professor.
“My professor gave us valuable information regarding the many lives that were saved when using the ‘Drop, Cover, and Hold On’ techniques,” Dominguez said. “Al-though I didn’t participate in the ShakeOut because I didn’t have class that day, I am now more knowledge-able on what to do if and when we have another big earthquake.”
The California Shakeout Skyline’s third time around goes off smoothly
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Musicians Rebecca Rust and Friedrich Edelmann returned to Skyline’s theater October 20 to per-form several pieces before heading back to Germany.
The couple, who have been mar-ried and performing together for 36 years, performed from 11:00 to around 12:30. They played mostly duets and one solo by Rust. This the second time the couple has performed for Skyline, having first performed around the same time last year.
Rebecca Rust and Friedrich Edelmann are world-renowned musicians who have performed concerts all over the world includ-ing Europe, Africa, Japan, China, and Israel, as well as here in the Bay Area.
“We have played in San Fran-cisco at Old First Concerts and at the Jewish Community Library,” says Edelmann. “We played at UC Davis, at Rossmoor, in Danville, and other places of the Bay Area. These were all regular concerts.”
Rust herself was born in Concord and later moved to Germany with her husband.
“We met in a European orchestra in Belgium,” Rust says. “We were all students from 22 different countries and then I went back to New York. I finished my studies, and eventually ended up in Germany.”
According to the couple, one of the reasons they willingly came back wasn’t just for the joy of performing, but for the chance to perform for the young minds in attendance.
The students in attendance dur-ing the Skyline performance were mostly from the music department, the most notable being from Jude
Navari’s choir class.After the performance, the couple
had a Q and A segment in which the students asked them various ques-tions, personal and professional.
At one point, a student asked Rust what her favorite piece to work on was. Rust answered by stating that she enjoys playing any given one at any given time, and that on average her favorite is whichever she’s working on at the time.
The couple came back to Skyline at the request of Barbara Daley, who had worked together with Navari to set up the event.
“Jude Navari and I worked to-gether to get a grant, which was through our division dean Donna Bestock,” says Daley. “And there’s a special fund for certain events such as this one. We wouldn’t usu-ally have money for special events like this.”
In addition to having a hand in helping setting up the event, Daley also got the couple to perform last year when they first met in the Sky-line library.
“Last year they came to the li-brary where I just happened to meet them because they came in to find a poetry book,” says Daley. “That’s how we discovered each other, as they came in looking for an English translation of a Greek poem that they needed for a performance.”
It was then that Barbara asked if they could play here, and they agreed. The two of them were tour-ing the area at the time, and just happened to drop by the Skyline library. Daley believes that were it not for that book, they probably would never have met and per-formed here.
Musicians returned to SkylineWhat better way to reach out to the youth than at a school
by JJ Valdez
The fall 2010 induction ceremo-ny for new Phi Theta Kappa mem-bers from the San Mateo College District campuses will be held this Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. in Skyline’s campus theater, hosted this year by Skyline’s chapter, Beta Theta Omicron.
Students will be inducted into three participating chapters, includ-ing Beta Zeta Nu at Cañada College, Beta Xi Eta at College of San Mateo and Skyline’s Beta Theta Omicron.
The featured speaker is Dr. Larry Magid, technology columnist, com-mentator and child safety advocate. Dr. Magid is the on-air technology analyst for CBS News and is heard weekdays on KCBS Radio.
“I’m very excited about speaking with the Phi Theta Kappa induct-ees”, said Magid. “One of my key messages is that ‘the only thing that won’t change is the fact that things change.’ College today needs to prepare people to be flexible and adaptive because if there’s one thing we’ve learned in the past 15 years it’s that we can’t predict the future
but we can prepare for it.”Phi Theta Kappa is the largest
two-year college honor society in American higher education. The purpose of the society is to recognize and encourage scholar-ship among community college students. Benefits of membership include scholarship opportunities, graduation recognition, letters of recommendation and special ac-knowledgement when transferring to four-year institutions.
To be eligible for membership, students must complete a minimum of 12 hours of AA/AS coursework with a GPA of 3.5 or higher and maintain a GPA of 3.25 throughout their two-year college career.
Beta Theta Omicron has earned the highest regional ranking of 5-stars and is nationally recognized as a Distinguished Chapter for its scholarship, leadership, fellowship and service. According to Dr. Chris-tine Case, Skyline’s Phi Theta Kappa faculty advisor, Skyline’s Beta Theta Omicron continues to improve their national standing.
“Skyline students worked hard on special projects last year resulting in Skyline’s chapter ranking sixth out of 1,300 chapters.”
Chapter President Charity Walden invited non-member students to at-tend Friday’s event and encouraged them to learn about Beta Theta Omicron.
“We would love for you to check out our activities. This year’s mem-bers will have lots of community involvement including teaching sci-ence to younger students and work-ing with victims of the San Bruno fire,” said Walden.
Other scheduled activities in-clude beach cleanup and conference participation.
To attend Friday’s ceremony, RSVP to [email protected] or call 650-738-4376 with your name and the number of guests you would like to bring.
To learn more about Phi Theta Kappa, go online to http://ptk.org/.
To learn more about opportuni-ties in Beta Theta Omicron, go online to http://www.skylinecollege.
Skyline Hosts Honor Society InductionBeta Theta Omicron, welcomes new members
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Top photo: Friedrich Edelmann and Rebecca Rust during a duet. Bottom photo: The couple bowing afterwards
by David Evans
- Oct. 28, 1886 marked the day the Statue of Liberty was officially built on Liberty Island in New York City.
- On its completion day a ceremony was held where President Grover Cleveland officially in-augurated it.
- On Oct. 28, 1946 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rededicated it for its 50th anniversary.
- And on Oct. 28, 1986 the statue received its centenary dedication celebrating 100 years of its existence.
The Statue of Liberty
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Fighting through the dangers of life.
Four years have passed since Shari Bookstaff, a Skyline Biology teacher, had her brain tumor surgery. Doctors claimed that after her sur-gery it would only take weeks for her to recover but it turned out to be months, and then years.
And now she’s up on her feet again thriving through life and embracing what it has to offer: Last Saturday, Shari Bookstaff received her black belt in Karate.
The ceremony gathered honor-ary guests including Great Grand Master Ming Lam, Professor Janet Gee, and Sensei Jerry Jaeger who came to witness the students claim their success.
This kind of ceremony happens once every two to three years. Each time the karate center has a big num-ber of junior students who attempt to tests to have their black belt.
Gathering the grand masters from different places is also a factor of having this ceremony once every two to three years only.
Sensei Lee Byrd the owner and head Instructor of the Family Martial Arts Center of Pacifica was very proud to be a great part of the black belt promotion of Shari Bookstaff, her sister Pat Carter, and his students.
“In running the karate center, I never turn any students away despite any disabilities,” said Lee. “I let them show their potential.”
Bookstaff, along with her sis-ter Patricia Carter, a Laboratory Technician from Skyline’s Biology Department, has achieved the fruits of their labor. Training and work-ing for a black belt takes time and
effort, taking almost seven years to complete.
David Durkin, Lee’s student, was all out in helping Bookstaff for her preparation in black belt promotion.
Karate helps her exercise to gain back her coordination and balance. In addition to that, with the help of adaptive physical education profes-sor Chip Chandler, the Wii-hab program, video game rehabilitation, is now helping Bookstaff get up and running again.
“It takes her hours to burn move-ment in her mind and body... Shari as a student is an inspiration, she’s out
there and gives her all, before and after her surgery,” said Lee.
Bookstaff first took up karate with her kids to develop a bond in 2005. She never thought of having a black belt; in fact she did it just for fun.
“At first I didn’t have a goal, I just wanted to play,” Bookstaff said.
Sensei Lee encouraged Bookstaff to pursue karate, get back on the mat and aim for that black belt.
”It was all about surviving, learning all the basics again,” said Bookstaff.
The ceremony and black belt pro-
motion was a reward of Bookstaff’s hard work. Karate was something that gave her family and friends bonding sessions as well.
“She was like everyone else,” Carter said. “She was a go-getter in karate, active and strong, she even got me into karate!”
Carter and Bookstaff have been working together almost 15 years at Skyline and have been training for karate for five years.
“There is something about karate that when you’re doing it, all you’re thinking about is doing karate,” said Bookstaff. “Not the laundry, not doing work; It’s not about anything
Kick high for life; a true inspiration by Alexis De Guzman
else but you and hitting the target. It’s where you can leave your wor-ries.”
She shares her rigors and hard-ships in life which is written on her very own book, “When Life Throws you Lemons, Make Cran-berry Juice!”
Bookstaff’s life chapter is true evidence of courage and what kind of mindset she had as a karate student.
She continues fighting using pre-arranged techniques in karate known as “Kata” and struggles with what life has to offer regardless of the challenges she had to overcome.
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Shari Bookstaff testing for promotion to the rank of Black Belt in Karate
This year’s One Book, One Com-munity event at Skyline on Tuesday Oct. 19 was met with an unfortunate lack of student interest and a smaller than average turnout.
Each year, the One Book, One Community (OBOC) program chooses a book written by a rec-ognized author and urges residents of San Mateo County to read this same book at the same time and
culminates in a series of free book talks and lectures spread out over a month.
According to the OBOC website, “[OBOC] is a county-wide reading program held annually to build com-munity, call attention to reading and literacy, and create a meaningful dia-logue about books and reading.”
Skyline College has been par-ticipating in OBOC since 2006, when “The Kite Runner” by Khaled
Hosseini was the chosen piece. This year’s book was “The Amazing Adventures of “Kavalier and Clay” by Michael Chabon, who wrote the book, “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh”, which catapulted him into literary stardom while attending University of California, Irvine, for graduate school.
“The Amazing Adventures of “Kavalier and Clay” is a book of historical fiction based on Chabon’s love of comic books. It is a story about two young boys (cousins) who decide to create a comic that soon becomes very popular. The book goes into themes of nostalgia and identity and is peppered with an hon-est reverie of the comic book world. The book went as far as winning the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Chabon chose to write the book after finding a box of comic books done by the legendary Jack Kirby, who is notable for creating the character Captain America. Chabon read through the books and decided to then write a fictional novel based on the golden years of comic book making.
Skyline hosted two different events in relation to the OBOC pro-gram-- a lecture with Cartoon Art Museum Curator Andrew Farago, and a round-table book talk.
Farago’s lecture was comprised of a contextual look at the different chapters of “Kavalier and Clay” and was filled with a deep knowledge of comics and comic book history. While quite a bit of staff attended, only about 2-3 students were present at this particular lecture.
The lecture itself took a look at real-life comic book artists and compared them to the fictional “Ka-valier and Clay”. Farago attempted to show that, even though these were not “real” people, they were still very well represented in their fears and in the ideas that they had for furthering themselves in the comic book business.
“It’s a case of art imitating art,” said Farago.
The book has an interesting subject matter that the OBOC board hoped would appeal to students, if only to remind students that you can come from any background and still do something you love.
“You might be weak or ill in real life, but if you got the opportunity you would be able to do something-- to really do some good.” Farago said during his lecture.
The lecture had a total of about 13 people in attendance which turned out to be a little more than twice the amount of people who would later attend the main book talk.
According to Library Services Director Thomas Hewitt, only 6 people actually went to the book talk-- 5 of which were library staff. The sixth? A Skyline English professor who wanted to give his support.
Hewitt explained that the lack of student turnout, however, was not due to a lack in advertising.
“We put campus flyers up [...] and sent some flyers to public li-braries in the area-- like [South San Francisco], Daly City, and Pacifica [...], but that still didn’t bring in
any people from the community” explained Hewitt.
Hewitt believes it to be a shame that this book wasn’t more widely read by our community.
It was a tough thing to go through, Hewitt said about the lack of student attendance. He, being both the Li-brary Director and a lover of litera-ture, hoped more people would actu-ally choose to go the book talk.
“We are a public library,” said Hewitt, “we try to serve the com-munity as well [as Skyline College], so it’d be great if we could’ve gotten some people to come up here from off-campus.”
One of the students who attended the Farago lecture said that he was surprised that more people didn’t come.
“Andrew Farago is a pretty big-ticket get as far as what he does,” said Jay Hernandez. “The book itself was really interesting, too.”
Hernandez’s friend, Joseph Gaynes, who did not attend the lecture, says he hopes Skyline con-tinues with the program.
“I know that it seems like stu-dents don’t care, but it’s more that they’re not really proactive about it,” said Gaynes. “I just hope they keep going with the [OBOC] program.”
Hewitt himself was thinking along those lines after the book talk.
“We’ll just regroup,” he said. “I was thinking after the book discus-sion, ‘I don’t know if I want to keep doing this anymore,’ but I think we will keep doing it. It’s a worthwhile endeavor.”
One Book, One Community disappoints organizers Staff hopes for better future turnout
by Kathrine Ramirez
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A collection of Michael Chabon’s works in a display case outside the Skyline library.
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Thumbs up: Beating an addiction
It feels so good to finally get an addiction kicked, I’m boot-ing my caffeine addiction to the curb.
-Stephen Benoit
Thumbs up:Dan Savage’s Youtube “It Gets Better Project”
Because it gives hope to bul-lied LGBT kids.
-Robyn Graham
Thumbs down: Swear words
I mean, I understand the need to use appropriate language in certain situations, but still… sometimes a well-placed swear word can make you feel so much better.
- Katherine Ramirez
Thumbs down: Being sick
How in the world will you get a job well done in such condition? *sobs*
-Alexis de Guzman
Thumbs up: Hats
You need more hats-JJ Valdez
Thumbs down:Not enough vegetarian food in the cafeteria
They need more choices!-David Evans
Thumbs up:Magic The Gathering “Scars of Mirrodin”
The combination of Artifacts, Poison, and Metalcraft made for an entertaining Draft Set
-Daniel Beckman
Thumbs down:Limewire shutdown
No one downloaded illegally off of there anyway.
-Mario Rodriguez
It’s cold and flu season. I’m currently learning this the hard way. Today was the first day I missed a production day over the course of three semesters I’ve been on the staff of The Skyline View.
The sickness that I’m currently getting down with is probably just a common cold, but I figured it would be best not to infect everyone else on the staff with it.
While I’m not about to say that I don’t like taking days off of class to relax and get better, I do feel guilty about missing some classes and shirking responsibilities, such as being there helping produce the paper.
However, I kept in touch using email and instant messaging to make sure the process went smoothly. I’ve found that most instructors are pretty friendly, and understanding when you email/call them and inform them that you’re going to miss class, rather than just not showing up.
I’ll definitely recommend that if you, a student, is sick with a cold/flu like illness, to take a day off or two. While you’re probably going to miss something in class, you’re keeping your classmates from getting sick, which is keeping them from missing class.
You can minimize the amount of material you miss by keeping in touch with your instructors and your fellow students. Having a friend or someone you can contact outside of class in a particular course can definitely be helpful in this situation.
I am proud of my staff for being productive without me being there, however. I knew that they would, but it’s awesome to see (or at least hear about) them taking the initiative and working to produce the paper and make sure it’s high quality. Kudos to them.
I think the part of production night I’m going to miss the most is around 6:00 p.m., where we order a pizza for the staff and enjoy cheesy delicious-ness.
However, I plan on ordering a pizza for myself and trying to simulate the experience alone by sitting at a computer, having a half finished news article open, and watching the Daily Show with Jon Stewart while eating delicious pizza.
Voting is a very important aspect of American society. It allows us to choose what laws we follow and what leaders we want to direct the course of our city, state, and federal governments. We at the Skyline View strongly encourage you to vote on Nov. 2 and make sure your voice is heard in the 2010 midterm and state general election.
This year, many propositions on the ballot directly affect our campus. Proposition 24, a ballot measure that would implement a tax increase to help college revenue, is just one of the many things you can vote for this election. Voting is important not only to exercise your right as an American, but to support your community as well.
By voting in this midterm election, you will be allying yourself with many who want to see a positive change in their community. Whether they want environmental reform, or worry about their school’s budget, you will be doing your part in making an educated choice that will affect your community. Casting your ballot is one of the best ways in supporting causes that you care about.
This election also holds the gubernatorial election for governor of California. The governor is very important in relation to state funding and budget reform, so this is another reason to vote this election. Only if you vote will you be able to decide who will lead California after Arnold Schwarzenegger leaves office.
Also, keep the current state of our country in mind, and remind yourself that you are a part of where America is headed. You hold the power in elections, and it is your vote that can affect who wins or loses an election. Fixing the budget, helping the environment, reforming legislature, and helping others are what you’ll be do-ing if you vote.
No matter where your political beliefs lie, and whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, it is essential that you vote on Election Day. If we want things to change in our society, we have to make sure we put those who want change in power. At the Skyline View, we strongly believe that change comes with the people speak-ing for what they believe in.
With all this said, do your part and cast your vote on Election Day. Whether you vote for Jerry Brown or Meg Whitman for governor, support or oppose Proposition 27, you have the right to make sure your govern-ment knows that issues are important to you. Get out to vote and make sure change starts happening.
GET OUT THE VOTEEncouraging Skyline students to vote
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Topic: Marijuana being decriminalized
Heal: Police/Court efficiency
“It costs more money for the police to arrest and make people go to court while just fining them is simpler and faster. Also the court will be less busy.”
-Sinead Campbell
Heal: People’s priorities
“Marijuana has always been around; people take it way too seriously. Now the government and police can focus on more important things.”
-Ashley Romero
Heal: Users
“I think people are too afraid to experience things, like smoking marijuana. Now they’ll be less fearful of smoking it as well as fearful of the police”
-Allen Sanchez
Heal: Marijuana legalization
“I don’t see it as big deal compared to something like drinking. It’s not that bad and if they do legalize it there won’t be that whole underground drug trade that incorporates crime and danger which is the real issue. Also, tax payers won’t have to waste money prosecuting marijuana users.”
-Jacob Gellinger
Hurt: Users state of mind
“If we have marijuana becoming less of an offense, then people will use it more often during daily life. It’ll affect them to the point where they’ll be brain dead all the time.”
-Raymond Gaela
Hurt: Marijuana dealers
“In the wrong hands it can be hurtful, since having it now is less of an offense, more people will be prone to sell it which is still against the law”
-JP Diaz
Heal: User safety and profit
“It doesn’t matter mostly because legal or not, people will smoke it. But this will help in completely legalizing it which means those who smoke can buy it cheaper and safer. And sales will increase by a lot which is good.”
-Mousa Baqain
Hurt: Overuse
“People will want to use it everywhere without fear and that will have a bad influ-ence on kids who see it. Then, they might want to do it or join the wrong crowds.”
-Cheyenne Balasta
Unions vs. Corporations Is one side or the other really evil? by Stephen Benoit
The opposite sides of the politi-cal spectrum are playing the blame game as to who or what is causing all the woes of the country; for the liberals the corporations are a prob-lem and for conservatives the unions are the problem.
The question is: are either of these general groups really a serious problem? The answer is yes; both of them can be a problem to a certain degree. The real root of the problem is greed. When either grows to such an enormous point, all they care about is their bottom line.
For unions, the bottom line is maintaining their large member-base, keeping their power and maintaining the lifestyles of their members. While this doesn’t sound necessarily evil, some unions have gotten to the point where they in-fringe upon others for the sake of the union. The strongest example I can think of is the California Correc-tional Peace Officers Association, the strongest lobby in the state of California.
The CCPOA has provided well for its members but at the expense of the state. They had their hand in California’s Three Strikes law which is the harshest in the country. This is because if people go to prison for 25
years, it gives them plenty of work to do. While keeping criminals off the streets may sound like a good idea, it gets very expensive very quick if you have lots of people going to prison for 25 years after committing crimes like stealing pizza or video tapes to feed your drug habit.
What exacerbates the problem is that reform programs have been cut drastically, so prison has become a revolving door. When people get out of prison, it can be problematic finding work or getting out of old habits, thus end up going right back to prison.
On the other side of the coin are the corporations. Their bottom line is profit, and there are many compa-nies out there taking unethical steps to ensure the highest profit possible. It’s similar to unions in the sense that it seems the larger a company becomes the more harmful to others it becomes. However in recent years they seem to be becoming harmful to themselves, or at least the lowest levels of themselves.
Take United Airlines for exam-ple. My father worked there loyally for 40 years and was rewarded by having his pension destroyed while the upper echelons of the company lined their pockets.
In relation to the larger compa-nies becoming problematic, look at the idea of “too big to fail.” So we the taxpayers have to pay for their mistakes and risky gambles, and as we can see, this has crippled the economy as badly as the union example given before.
The trick, in my opinion, is that both sides can be right in a way, because like individual people, these entities are all different from one another. In general I feel like unions have their heart in the right place because they are looking out for people in the end and not just trying to line their pockets.
If either side does something you don’t agree with, don’t support it. For example I’m getting ready to pull all of my money out of Bank of America and moving it to a lo-cal bank. I don’t support what the CCPOA has done to the state, so I won’t support laws that they sup-port unless it’s in the best interests of the people of the state and won’t bankrupt us.
I’m still waiting for a candidate to step forward who stands against the wrongs on both sides of the aisle. We can only hope that our next governor has the guts to stand against greed.
There are a lot of games out there that claim to be free to play except for little things here and there, but are they really free?
Many games out there bait play-ers in by claiming “free to play,” but to compete or have an edge you HAVE to pay. A lot of these games tend to be Korean. I’m not sure if it’s something to do with a cultural gap, or a different prominent busi-ness model. I’ve played games that have done it this way, and there are games that in my opinion have done it right.
Games that ensure you keep put-ting money in that come to mind are games like Rakion or S4. Just when you get to a point where you’re pow-erful and don’t need to spend any more items, a new item set would come out and you’d have to buy that to compete again. These types of games I have completely stopped supporting because it eliminates the fun of the game and turns it into an expensive time vacuum.
Recently, Western developers have been playing their hands at developing free to play content, and it has been quite successful for some of the companies that have done it, and in my opinion done it right.
Dungeons and Dragons Online went free to play, and there are al-ternate ways to get premium content besides buying it, so paying is NOT a necessity. Paying obviously speeds things up, which is what they have placed their business model on, and to much success. Dungeons and Dragons Online had massive profit increases after going free to play.
Lord of the Rings Online had similar results when it went free to play, using the same system as Dun-geons and Dragons online. People thought it was strange to do, as Lord of the Rings Online was much healthier in terms of subscription numbers. However, it paid off. Their revenue has skyrocketed as a result of their gamble.
One game that I feel has done
excellently with its business model is League of Legends. The game has been gaining popularity this past year, which is no surprise. Real life money does not equal power in League of Legends, as the ob-jects that most directly affect your strength can only be bought with in-game currency.
I’m curious to see in the future how many games go the route of free to play. Many seem to be jump-ing on the bandwagon after seeing Turbine Entertainment’s immense success with Dungeons and Dragons Online. As an avid gamer, I have to admit that I’ve spent well over $100 on League of Legends, way more than I’d spend on a $60 game that I bought once and that’s it.
So, while there are a lot of crappy free games out there, there are winners that are out and more on the way. It’s always interesting to see how the entrepreneurial spirit persists in a chaotically changing market.
Free to Play, or is it? Deceiving marketing can be annoying
by Stephen Benoit
Come on, are you serious? Sky-line’s cafeteria prices on produce are absolutely ridiculous, and I’m fed up with paying 90 cents for a freaking apple! Not only apples, but all fruit they sell, including oranges and bananas. Do you know how quick a banana is gone? If the jungle charged monkeys for bananas at those prices, they would go extinct. In a time where money is taken from schools, the fact they would charge that much for produce takes away my patience for businesses.
Produce at Safeway, a com-mercial grocery store, is surprisingly way more legitimate. Peaches are one dollar a pound! At the cafeteria, that’s one piece of fruit. It’s not even like these fruits are larger and weigh more, as they are even smaller (not the apples but everything else). If you wanted to make a fruit salad
from scratch, with the cafeteria’s fruit, it would cost you nearly eight dollars.
Cafeteria worker Juan Perez commented on my judgment of the prices of their produce, and my ques-tion of why it’s so expensive.
“I don’t know, they put the stuff out there and I scan it. This place is privately owned, and that’s just the way it is. If you brought your own sandwich, of course it would be cheaper,” said Perez.
Although the last part of the quote has no relevance to anything else said, it just goes to show these guys are out for the profits, and care less about what students can and can’t afford. The worst part is, their burgers and beverages are actually legitimately priced. This means if all I wanted was an apple, I would end up buying the entire burger meal because at least it’s worth it. I’m in-
sulted that I was not given the chance to vote on these produce prices. They just happened, like some kind of natural disaster you have no control over. I’m sure many don’t find a protest necessary for pricing over fruit, but in this economy it’s a big deal. More and more, health organizations spend a lot of money to promote healthy eating, and all that hard work goes to waste when people can’t afford produce.
I’ve reached a conclusion that I would rather go to jail for a week than buy produce at the cafeteria, because at least in jail the fruit is free. I would not be surprised if the cafeteria began charging for straws. I understand that nobody on this earth can fly, but everyone at least knows how much produce is actu-ally worth!
by Michael Hall
Isn’t that a sour apple? How produce here at Skyline is just too expensive
by Mason MartinezAlways Sunny in Philadelphia
season started on Thursday Sep 23. Fans of the show will not be disap-pointed, as it seems the gang is preparing for yet another hilarious season.
All of the original characters are back with new ideas in order to keep the show fresh. The first episode left me feeling like I had missed a lot during the off-season though. It started out with Glenn Howertons’ character, Dennis, mar-ried to a women new to the show. Also Frank and Charlie were in-volved in a marriage together, for legal reasons, and Sweet Dee dating a married man.
Although I found the premise of the show funny, I found Dee’s character a little unbelievable; be-
cause of the way they try to hide the fact that she’s noticeably pregnant. During shooting of the latest season actor Kaitlin Olson, had a baby boy,
named Axel lee. This makes me won-
der if the show will try and work the pregnancy into the storyline, or continue to hide it for the rest of the season.
I look forward to finding out and watch-ing the gang up to their usual antics. Seeing the first episode diffidently
left me wanting to see more.
I’m glad to see that the person-alities of the characters haven’t changed especially Danny DeVito’s character Frank, who promises to deliver another great comedic performance. Get ready for a great sixth season of the show that will not disappoint.
Its still Sunny In Philadelphiaby JJ Valdez
With the original Law and Order now over, SVU is now the top dog of the franchise. If the season pre-miere of SVU i s o f a n y indication, the SVU se-ries is still as good as when it first began. How-eve r, t ha t isn’t to say there weren’t some small problems.
The sea-son premiere was a two hour special, with each hour devoted to a new case. And although these cases are somewhat different, they do connect in a way that would be deemed spoilers.
Much like in true SVU fashion, the detectives of the Special Victims
Unit are called to solve a series of incidents in where children are being abused, thus sparking a race to find who is responsible.
Both epi-sodes have twist endings with gradual story telling, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats constantly g u e s s i n g as to what will happen next. Fans
of the series undoubtedly expect this from the workings of Dick Wolf.
However, towards the middle and end of the second half of the special, things start to get a little predictable when certain scenes are set up in a way that make it easy to at least
guess what happens next. Well, at least to me anyway.
However, my biggest complaint remains with the overall format of the both the show and the Law and Order franchise altogether. I can’t help but feel that the writers of this series have completely missed the point of the whole legal aspect of this “police procedural and legal drama” television series.
Although the season premiere is great, and far better than last year’s, it’s almost completely old fashion detective work with almost no legal drama. Which to some may be all well and good, but the legal drama in coherence with the police procedure is what made Law and Order in the first place.
The series can’t build itself solely on one and not the other; so for what it’s worth, great season premiere but if they continue with this format, they may end up losing their core audience.
Law and Order SVU—the good, bad, and predictable
To those who are regular viewers of the show, The Big Bang Theory will be treated with a season pre-miere they deserve.
For the most part, I can’t re-ally think of a single com-pliant about t h e s e a s o n p r e m i e r e . Not only are the jokes and situation the characters get in drop dead funny, but the show still continues to experiment.
Case in point, we are introduced to one of the lead characters, Shel-don, with a new story in which he explored his new relationship with his girlfriend. Anyone who has ever watched even one episode of the series will realize how extremely incredible this concept is.
But what’s even more impres-
sive is how they masterfully pull it off without ruining the character in the process, which is more than I can say about other lead sitcoms
nowadays.This show
h a s a l w a y s been good at character per-sonalities and this greatly ap-plies to the sea-son premiere. Each character pulls off their performance
flawlessly, with one character never over shadowing any other.
The writing is always great, the jokes are extremely funny, and the wiggle room available for experi-mentation and character develop-ment is as always present, leaving loyal fans wondering where the se-ries can expand from here. Overall, a great first episode back.
Big Bang Theory rocks new season!by JJ Valdez
On your mark, get set, and acap-pella! Glee starts with a bang with Season 2; what’s different you might ask? The first thing you notice is the cast—former cast member Dijon Talton (or for all you Gleeks out there Matt Rutherford in show persona) has apparently transferred schools and is no longer going to grace Glee with his stylish dance moves and lip-synching lyrics.
Next thing that I noticed changed was the music. The first two songs played on the Season 2 premiere were, wait for it, pop music! They start the episode with the gang singing Jay Z’s “New York.” This is followed up with Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” and Travie Mccoy’s “Billionaire”—a unexpected sur-prise for all Glee regulars.
I personally love Queen, Ma-donna, Journey, just to name a few and was hoping to see some of the same with the new season, but I guess things must change. Fin and Rachel, played by Cory Monteith
and Lea Michele, have a whole new set of relationship debacles after their first summer of being an official couple.
Fin and Rachel aren’t the only ones feeling the sting of relation-ship woes in Season 2. Artie and Tina, played by Kevin Mchale and Jenna Ushkowitz have just been recently bro-ken up. Tina’s eyes begin to wander during Asian camp in which Mike Chang, played by Harry Shum Jr., are counselors together. Overwhelmed by pas-sion, Tina and Mike cultivate a relationship leaving Artie once again lonely and watching in the distance.
Personally, I like how they kinda’ flipped everything on its ear and made sure to leave a lot to be fixed in the world of Glee. The singing as usual is on point and very entertain-ing. There are a couple of new Glee
hopefuls and their interest in the club and acceptance make for a very en-tertaining first episode. I would like to see more story and less singing. Don’t get me wrong, I love the sing-ing. I just prefer the orginial recipe
for success, which was one or two songs in each episodes, except in the episodes that contained a competi-tion.
Overall, the new season of Glee deliv-ers a fun and exciting new cast that carries forward the expecta-tion of success that the original cast and
its fans had. The sing-ing, celebrity cameos, cat fights and rivalries that is Glee explodes with success and I can’t wait to see where all of these new plot twists end up. Do yourself a favor and stay tuned.
Tuesdays @ 8:00pm on FOX.
by Daniel Beckman
Gleeks get ready for a new season of singing, GLEE!
Friday Black Dynamite
Hey Arnold! Grapes of Wrath
Invader Zim
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Women’s Basketball
Four straight losses. (�nd streak of two or more this season)
�-8 this season Tied for first place in Coast Central Division. (Being they have played one conference game)
Women’s Soccer
Men’s Soccer
Playoffs begin November �0. Trojans are back one game with � to go.
All games remaining are
division games.
� straight losses heading into this season.
(Schedule not yet released)
November �rd bout with Modesto JC is the final home game on schedule.
Men’s Basketball
Final cuts to be an-nounced in late October.
All conference matches start at 6:�0 pm, playoffs in November.
Wrestling
Volleyball
Headlines
Nov.6 @ Lassen College
Nov. 1�-1� @ Martin College Classic
by Michael Hall
Trojan chat
MH: Sam, congratulations on your honors from themat.com. Coach Haddon says this team may be the best since 2000. First, talk about your home town. What’s your family’s role in your success?
ST: My hometown is Half Moon Bay, where I was raised until I was 18. But I was born in San Francisco. My family is very supportive, especially my father. I come from a large line of wrestlers in my family.
MH: The name Temko, is that of Russian descent?
ST: No, its Lithuanian.
MH: When did you start wrestling? Where did you get the idea from?
ST: I started wrestling at the age of 14, when some friends said they wanted to try wrestling.
MH: By the way, what is your nickname on the team?
ST: Actually, I don’t have a nickname on the team. They tried a few, but none have stuck.
MH: What does it mean to be a leader on this year’s team?
ST: It means a lot to me to be a leader on this squad. I am older than most of the guys on the team, and more experienced in wrestling,
with two years from a division one p r o g r a m ( C a l P o l y ) .
MH: You were named wrestler of the week by themat.com. Has that had any influence on your confidence?
MH: Do you plan to go pro in wrestling, like join the WWE? I know its fake but I’m just asking
ST: I do plan to go pro, but in MMA, not wrestling. I can’t stand fake wrestling. I’ve had three ama-teur cage fights so far,and would like two more before I go pro.
MH: Lastly, what would you call your career highlight?
ST: Just to have the oppurtu-
nity to wrestle one more collegiate season with coach Haddon, and the Skyline Trojans.
MH: On the academic side, what is your major right now?
ST: My major is currently business, but I’d like to switch it to Kinesiology.
MH: Thank you for your time Sam. By the way, I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and used to do Olympic style sparring. Maybe we can spar some time?
ST: After the season would be great. I’m sure you probably know some crazy kicks.
The race for NovemberWith only six games left in the girl’s soccer regular season, the trojans stand at third in the division.Coast Confrence North standings.
Overall Record Games Back Division Record
1. CCSF
2. Las Positas
3. Skyline
12-1-3
12-1-4
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0.5 5-2-1
11-3-1
4. Ohlone 8-6-2
5. Canada 9-4-2
6. Chabot
7. Mission
2-11-1
0-17
1
4.5
3.5
10
13
4-2-1
4-3-1
1-3-2
1-4-1
0-6
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Sam Temko performing a move in practice.
Sophomore Sam Temko, recipient of the-mat.com’s “Wrestler of the Week,” leads The Trojan wrestling team to a hot start.
11/� Modesto JC � p.m 11/� @San Francisco City College 6:�0 pm 10/�9 @Ohlone College 6:�0 pm
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10/�9 San Francisco City College � p.mWomen’s SoccerSkyline
Upcoming Games
11/� Hartnell College � p.m 10/�9 @Canada College � p.m
11/� @Canada College � p.m
Men’s Wrestling 11/� @ De Anza College � p.m
