October 2008 Collegiate Review

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CONTENTSnews

Truth of the Unknown College Services ...................... page 7

Sports (Or Lack Thereof) At CSN ................................... page 8

CSN’s Learning and Earning Program .............. page 9

featuresArt and Punishment ................................. page 12

opinionsMavericks, Cosmos, and Change .......... page 16

Letter from Student Body President .... page 19

fashion & beautyOut With New and In With Old ............................. page 24

movie reviews Indiana Jones & WALL-E ............................................................ page 26

The Dark Knight & Mamma Mia! ............................................. page 27


WHICH DO YOU PREFER?


NEWS

We all wish that we knew the ins and outs of our college, right? Well to tell you the

truth, we don’t know as much as we did. However, I’ve made it my job to provide you all with this information and to help students find the best way to get the services they need for school for free. Well let’s be honest. I am sure most of you know we had a tutoring service available here to help us with the subjects that we are having trouble with. But did you know it’s free? Yes, I said free-in a certain sense. You actu-ally pay for it without even knowing it. We all pay for the tutoring through the cost of our tuition; to be specific you get four hours of tutoring for every three credits you take. So if you take 12 cred-its of classes you get 16 hours of free tutoring. The only downer, however, is if you need more tutoring. After you use the 16 hours tutoring cost $9.00 an hour. Now that you know most of the details about tutoring, let’s say you need help with organizing yourself for the semes-ter. Well, there is another service called Retention that is also free to you as a student. What does retention do? Well,

to be exact, they specialize in helping you develop a successful academic plan and help you see it through. Retention also connects to your classes and can help direct you to the right resources that you need when you need them. So think of Retention as your own per-sonal mentor guiding you through the pitfalls of college helping and you stay in the game. We all know how expensive books can get. I spent about $300 for two books alone and I am pretty sure we all wish we can get a break from the high cost of books. That is where Reentry comes into play. When you use this free school program all you have to do is bring a copy of your class schedule, a copy of the book you need for your class and your ID or driver’s license. The folks at Reentry will then look in their system to see if they have that book available for you to use. That’s right. If they have that book available you can actually use that book for the whole semester and return it when you’re done with your class. Not only is that a big money sav-er but it is also easy to do. But that’s not the only thing that Reentry can do for you. Reentry can also assist you in

finding resources for financial help and scholarships. Last but not least, Reen-try can also provide employment and internship assistance. So tutoring and Reentry are free pro-grams that CSN provides but they are not the only ones. CSN is also con-nected to a wonderful website called Smartthinking.com which is an online tutoring site. Don’t worry about paying for it because the cost to use the site is included in your tuition. One of the best features about this site is that it’s open 24/7. Whenever and wherever you need tutoring for a subject this site is there. There are many subjects’ that are available for tutoring that range from math, accounting, economics, sci-ence and Spanish. So next time you feel frustrated and your schedule doesn’t al-low you to go and see a tutor at CSN, think about Smartthinking.com.CSN is dedicated to helping students out--from helping us with our studies to providing free services for so many things. So, just remember the next time you’re frustrated about everything at college and feel like you are spending money on everything--there are free things that are worth a lot at CSN.

The TruthOf the Unknown College Services

by RICHARD GUILLIAN Staff Writer


NEWS

Sports (Or Lack Thereof) at CSNby AMBER OSCAR Staff Writer

O ne of CSN’s most well known features is our men’s baseball team, the 2003

NJCAA National Champions. This team has continuously sparked unity and pride among our community. With the success of our men’s baseball team, the topic of additional collegiate sports has been discussed, however, not stressed to the point of development.

At one time CSN not only had the softball and baseball teams, but also had additional leagues, including a women’s soccer team and a men’s basketball team. Both sports were dropped during Fall 2003 due to revenue losses exceeding $300,000.

As expected by CSN’s administrators, the women’s soccer team and men’s basketball team were held accountable for raising their own funds, a plan which fell short of expectations. However, the softball and baseball teams at CSN have continued to raise independent funds, occasionally receiving assistance from the CSN student government. Assistance for these teams is generally gathered by individuals such as CSN Coach Tim Chambers.

Even the CSN Coyote baseball team, which has received numerous accolades, has still not been able to collect dependable finances from CSN. Only by gathering financial support from independent sponsors and sources has the team been able to continue. If not for their fundraising efforts, the well-known baseball team would not meet the expectations of the CSN administration.

The number of sports teams at CSN pales in comparison to the

seven other schools in the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC). The average number of school sports in the SWAC is five per school. For example, the College of Southern Idaho, which has a student population of 7,500, has eight school sports, including rodeo. Further, the Colorado Northwestern Community College, which has a student population of only 1,300, offers six sports.

The only school involved in the SWAC with comparable numbers to CSN is Salt Lake Community College, which has a student population of 6,000. Even this school offers five school sports.

Additional sports could be added with the application of a small student activity fee. Of the eight schools in the SWAC, all but two, including CSN, do not apply activity fees or derive funds from student tuitions in order to support their school sports.

Activity fees for the six schools that do apply them range from $2.40 per credit to $190. With a student population as massive as CSN’s, the application of a fee as small as $1 per student could produce tens of thousands of dollars to support our sports.

David Waterhouse, the Student Body President of CSN, acknowledges the small amount of sports activities offered by CSN, but attributes the shortage to the notorious budget crunch. Although he recognizes that sports teams could cultivate an alternative source of income for our school, the budget crisis hinders the consideration of adding new sports activities.

When asked about adding a small activity fee to student tuitions, Waterhouse said, “It is possible to get a proposal started after the majority of students agree [to such fees].” He continued to say, “It’s something I can see happening in the future… When someone can pick up the torch and run with it, when the time is more appropriate.”

The question is who will pick up the torch, and when will the time be appropriate? Our current student body president is reluctant to accept the challenge. When given the opportunity to provide his input and suggestions on the matter, Waterhouse used linguistic diversions to redirect the subject at hand. He was reluctant to directly address the need for school sports at CSN; however, he insisted that he wanted to create more of an “on-campus environment for CSN students.”

While he acknowledges that applying an activity fee as small as $2 to student tuitions would fund at least one school team, Waterhouse said the current budget would not allow such a fee. “People higher up would laugh down the idea,” Waterhouse claimed, regarding the addition of a collegiate sport.

It is upsetting that the possibility of adding more collegiate sports to CSN’s sports program is not under consideration. However, the student government would like us to remember that the budget crunch is wide ranging and can affect us in many ways, including the loss of employees, students, and the closure of CSN locations.


NEWS

The Learning and Earning Program at CSN

by ABRIANA FOSTER Staff Writers

Life can be viewed as a tree – the roots are everyday relationships, the trunk is the education re-

ceived and valued, and the branches are the personality of an individu-al. The trunk of the tree holds the key to true success and strengthens the foundation of every person on earth.

In 1996, Dean Cip Chavez (formerly Counselor Chavez) de-signed the Learning and Earning Program to help lower high school drop-out rates in Clark County and make college more accessible to

high school students. A potential participant of

the Learning and Earning Program must be missing no more than two credits, be a U.S. Citizen, and be re-ferred to the program by his or her school counselor. The Learning and Earning Program coordinator ac-cepts counselor referrals from the third week of September to the end of October.

Students who participate in the program receive mentoring, pro-ficiency exam preparation, job place-ment, and work ethics training.

The Learning and Earning Program is also looking for men-tors who are dedicated to better-ing the lives of the students in the program and who can offer valu-able experiences for everyone in the program.

The College of Southern Nevada Learning and Earning Program provides the nutrients necessary for the tree of life to grow for present-day and pro-spective students, and will con-tinue to strengthen the extraordi-nary community at CSN.


FEATURES

G raffiti has been scrawled on walls since ancient times. An inscription

found on a wall in the buried city of Pompeii reads “Suspirium puellarum Cleadus thraex,” which translates to “Cleadus the Thracier makes the girls moan.” The term “graffiti” was originally used to describe the inscriptions and figure drawings found on walls of ancient ruins in Greece and Rome. The most famous old school tagger is not from east L.A. but east Italy. The world-renowned artist Michelangelo “hit up” his name on the walls of Emperor Nero’s’ “Golden House,” Domus Aurea.

Flash forward to today. The Las Vegas Metro Police Department says graffiti is the most costly property crime in southern Nevada. Their website (www.lvmpd.com) states that

over $30 million of public and private funds are spent annually on graffiti cleanup and prevention. Metro set up a graffiti task force in 1993 that employs special detectives to carry out “proactive investigations.” In 2007 police made more than 500 graffiti related arrests. North Las

Vegas officials proclaimed June 23 “graffiti awareness day” (www.c i tyofnor th la svegas .com) and report that Crime Stopper tips led to 103 arrests from December 2006 to June 2007. Even humble Henderson approved funding for a $100,000 “super” van with computerized paint matching technology for covering graffiti. Taggers in a “crew”

of three or more are legally considered and prosecuted as a gang. Currently, convicted taggers face fines of $500 to $1,000 and up to six months in jail, but some officials say that still isn’t enough.

Councilman Rick Barlow says the current punishment doesn’t do enough to stop

repeat offenders. His proposal is at least a step down from our fair Mayor Oscar Goodman’s idea; in a 2005 interview

Goodman said, “Maybe you put them on T.V. and cut off a thumb. That may be the right thing to do.” Councilman Barlow wants the law changed as follows: first time offenders should be fined at least $400 and serve a mandatory 100 hours community service; second time offenders should be fined $750; and third time offenders should pay a fine of $1,000

Art & Punishment:The Great Grafitti Debate

by T. ROPELATO Staff Writer

“Maybe you put them on T.V. and cut off a thumb. That may be the right

thing to do.” - Oscar Goodman


FEATURES FEATURES

with 200 hours of community service for both second and third time offenders. The new laws would hold the parents of any underage tagger responsible for any fines and penalties, including the community service. In addition, the law mandates a judge to suspend any convicted person’s driver’s license for six months to two years. Barlow said, “I want to send a clear message to those committing these silly crimes.”

With so much time, money and energy spent battling these “criminals” a question comes to mind. Was Michelangelo a vandal? According to today’s laws yes; according to history’s

perceptions, who’s to say? Can a “silly criminal” also be a great artist? Could a great artist get the “silly criminal” urge to scrawl his name on a wall for all to see? The lines are easily blurred. The still anonymous tagger ‘Banksy’ is world famous and has sold out high-end art shows for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If thousands of years of history are any indicator, one thing is sure: graffiti will never be eliminated. The bathrooms of the Regional Justice Center were tagged recently, sending a message to the authorities that even while being prosecuted in court, the walls are still not safe. Even with its shady,

u n d e r g r o u n d u p b r i n g i n g , graffiti is an art movement that some consider a force to be reckoned with. No matter what punishments are implemented or millions are spent to combat them, street artists will still sneak into the night, to the forgotten corners of the city, to brightly and creatively show their name to the world. Most will pay the fines with a smile if and when they are caught, and as of now will walk away with all their digits intact. After all, it would have been really hard to paint the Sistine Chapel without thumbs!

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OPINIONS

Whether a senator promises change we can believe in or a maverick shakes up

Washington, they are, at their very core, politicians. John McCain was often trash-talked by his Republican friends. Watching Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, many conservative commentators and Republican senators complained about the few votes he made that went against his party. He voted, according to his senatorial voting record, against the Bush tax cuts, fought for an immigration bill that many in the conservative media called “amnesty” and stood on the choice side of the abortion debate. In speeches made only six months ago, Barack Obama spoke against a bill that would give telecom companies immunity for their illegal wire-tapping. He promised tax cuts for Middle America, and at all costs, he screamed diplomacy over war.

If someone, in February, decided to take a long nap and only just awoke today, they would no longer recognize their red and blue saviors. John McCain, suddenly, has developed a fond affection towards the bourgeois-Bush tax cuts. He has traded in his pro-choice hat for a very fancy pro-life fedora, and has even said that he would now vote against his own immigration bill. With the words and philosophies of George Bush spewing from his

stump speeches, the maverick lays dead on the floor of the senate.

Obama whipped out a new face and voted yes for the telecom immunity. Though he talks often about his tax cut for Middle America, in the middle of the summer, he said that he’d keep the Bush tax cuts, and shockingly, he has even promised to give more money to the national defense (though America already spends more money on its military than all other counties combined). He has even changed his campaign song from Stevie Wonder’s “Sign, Sealed, Delivered” to a number of whitewashed Bruce Springsteen songs. Perhaps, in an effort to avoid alienating a certain number of white voters that Hilary Clinton had scared away from him, Obama traded in the R&B stylings of Stevie Wonder for the same old recycled anthems of the working white man.

One must ask themselves two very important questions: Who are you, and what have you done with my candidate? Sadly, your candidates may never have really been there. A politician, it seems, is nothing more than a player trying out his latest pick-up line on the American people. A politician is that creepy guy at the end of the bar wearing a leather Members Only jacket and a pair of aviator sunglasses. They come up to unsuspecting voters on a

Friday night, buy them a hard cosmo and promise many things.

“I’m not like all those other guys,” they say. “I want change. I’m a maverick. I’ll give you anything you want.”

Then, they bring the voter to their hotel room, have them “cast their vote” and never call back.

With different answers from the candidates for the same questions, with ever changing and re-changing ideas, it is hard to stay informed about the issues. If one talks to other people, if they watch their Fox News and listen to their AM radio stations, they will quickly become aware of the fact that no one seems to know what they are talking about. No one offers any truth, any objective fact, or any solace in the cold world of politics. All that is offered is a hard cosmo, a wanting smirk and empty promises. While sipping your drink, ask yourself, “Shouldn’t change be more than bus fare?”

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by DAVID WATERHOUSE Staff Writer

An Open Letter From ASCSN Student Body President

Have you heard about the latest budget cuts? CSN is currently cutting the past

tense from the English department, square roots from Math, and the 1600’s from the History folks. Seriously though, welcome back to another academic year at the College of Southern Nevada! Sadly, summer passed us by too quickly and we find ourselves having successfully made it past the first few weeks of class. I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself as your new student body president and tell you about a few projects and goals that we have for this upcoming year. Club rush was a huge success! We had a great turnout and hundreds of students managed to get themselves signed up for many of the great clubs that we have at the school. For those who missed out, there was an appearance by our new coyote mascot! We held a naming contest over the last few weeks and shall declare the new official name for our college mascot soon. If you want to get involved with a club or sign up for an intramural sport, stop by one of our Student Government offices on all three campuses. During the summer, Student Government worked hard

to prepare for various student life projects and events for the academic year. In the next of couple months, we will focus on upgrading lounges, installing video arcade machines and installing gaming tables in the lounge areas. Is anyone up for some Guitar Hero or foosball? I know I am! Currently, we are planning to complete and implement the Book Exchange program. This concept, started by last year’s Student Government, will create an online marketplace similar to Craiglist.org, where CSN students can trade or sell their textbooks. Imagine being able to place your books online for free and have a buyer setup before you finish the last day of class. This should help with those expensive textbook prices we all have to deal with each semester. You could even trade your books straight up for that textbook you need for next semester. Have any of you noticed how much paper and plastic we throw away? CSN campuses should have recycling facilities available. Last year’s Student Government set aside funds to start a recycling project and we have picked up the torch and will see it through to completion. Recycling bins

will appear on each campus in the coming months as we strive to make this college greener. A number of people have expressed excitement over recycling being implemented and I urge them to contact Student Government and get involved. Some of our long-term projects include responding to a student survey at our Henderson campus expressing the wish that childcare services be made available. I am pushing for a study to be done on the costs associated with maintaining a facility in the coming years that correlates with the increased growth rate in Henderson. In addition, we are helping to promote the expanded wireless internet coverage from the Office of Technology Services. Pretty soon you won’t have to suffer from that dreaded wireless dead-spot you experience in some classrooms or outside in the courtyards. I know how much you guys miss being able to Facebook in class! We have also started on an endeavor to upgrade our student ID cards. I find it annoying to have to get a new student ID taken each semester. Wouldn’t it be great if you could have one card made and be able to use it through

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your entire stay as a student at CSN? We hope to set in motion the initial stages of a project that allows for just this. The “Coyote Card” will be very similar to the student ID cards you see at four-year universities where a magnetic strip on the back allows you to renew the card with an easy swipe through a card reader. You’ll also be able to use the card to purchase food, supplies, textbooks, and other things at the cafes or bookstores around campus. I’d like to thank all of you who took a moment to fill out our Student Government surveys while waiting for your student IDs. We received plenty of great ideas and suggestions and are currently compiling all of the data together. We hope to raise

the bar this year, with the level of student events and activities that we sponsor and organize. If any of you have additional suggestions for an event, sport, or activity you’d like to see on campus, stop by and drop a note in one of our Student Government suggestion boxes. By now most of you have heard about the impending budget cuts to education that CSN and students in Nevada will potentially face. I stress to all of you to become more involved in your education. Join a student club, talk to your professors and classmates about the budget cuts, and write letters to your state representatives and the governor. If we do not stand up and make our voices heard to state legislators, then education is all but guaranteed to take a big

hit next June. What can you do in the time being? Make sure you are registered to vote, educate yourself on whom to vote for, and make sure you vote on November 4th! Vote for higher education, vote for class availability next semester, vote for the professors you’ve enjoyed learning from, vote for yourself because CSN students are the future of Nevada. I will provide you with additional info on budget cuts and how they will affect students in the future. Look for advertisements on campus that relate to this issue. If you have any questions for me, whether it be about classes, student clubs, or how to become more active in fighting these budget cuts, feel free to contact me by e-mail at [email protected].

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BEAUTY & FASHION

A new semester equals a new season. This fall you will be amazed at

all the new trends. Tons of leggings, leather, plaid, floral prints, and even the famous cardigan from PBS will be in sight this fall.

Remember that guy who welcomed you into the neigh-borhood and gave you a ride on the trolley to the other side of the bridge? Well not only did Mr.

Roger have phenom-enal ratings and success with his show on PBS, but so did his cardigan. Knit cardigans, to be exact, are one of the many “must-have” items for this season. The knit cardigan is an extremely versatile piece. It can work well worn any way, even as a dress!

Plaid will no longer only be a trademark for pri-vate school uniforms. This season plaid will be seen on headbands, handbags, and pants. Try on a pair of para-chute plaid pants with a nice white blouse for work. If you

don’t think you can pull off that kind of an edgy look try to apply plaid to your ward-robe in different ways, such as on a scarf or maybe on your kicks.

Floral would be the last trend in anyone’s mind for fall. But this year the CFDA ( Council of Fashion Design-ers of America) could not get enough. So don’t put away your summer dress just yet. You can dress it up or dress it down just in time for the sea-son. Try adding to your floral dress a pair of ankle boots and a knit cardigan. If you want to go for something more edgy, try adding a leather jacket, some skinny leather pants, and leather ankle boots.

Don’t feel overwhelmed with all these new trends. If you think you won’t be able to pull through because of fi-nancial issues you are wrong! The students at all three CSN campuses have been able to manage and they look better than ever.

by OLGA VIZCARRA Staff Writer

Out With The New, and In With The Old


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MOVIE REVIEWSby CAITLIN SALADINO Staff Writer

F inally, Har-rison Ford is

back where he belongs as Indi-ana Jones under the direction of the timeless Ste-ven Spielberg. It has been nearly nineteen years since the last in-stallment of the Indiana Jones saga, but the ad-dition of new faces and the re-

turn of old made Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull a hit. Taking place in 1957 during the Cold War era of the United States, the plot puts an older and wiser version of Indiana Jones against psychic powered Soviet agent Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett). In order to get the crystal skull out of enemy hands, Indiana Jones gains the alliance of greaser Mutt Williams (Shia LeBeouf ), the help of Professor Harold Oxley ( John Hurt) and joins up again with former love interest Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen). Actor Shia LeBeouf was an excel-lent choice for the role and we can only hope that after this film, the Indiana Jones franchise contin-ues. It is truly amazing that 64 year old Harrison Ford still has enough spirit left in him to continue the Indy legacy. The important thing is that he does and according to an interview with Ford by USA Today, “He also might consider a fifth installment of Indiana Jones, though he hopes it wouldn’t take 20 years to pull together.”

D isney/Pixar’s newest film,

WALL-E, is cer-tainly a film that will tug at your heart. Finding yourself crying over this lovable little robot is a definite possibil-ity. WALL-E, a Waste Alloca-tion Load Lifter Earth-Class ro-bot, has been programmed to

clean up trash left behind by human activity. After a corporation known as Buy ‘n Large buys up earth, the company lets waste spread, destroying the environment and forcing humans to evacuate and be transported to luxury space ships. WALL-E is the last functioning robot left on earth as the humans forgot to turn him off before they left. This leaves WALL-E to continue making little cubes of trash and collecting knickknacks that he finds interesting. On an ordinary day, his little robotic life is changed forever when a more sophisti-cated robot named Eve arrives on earth. WALL-E in-stantly falls for her and begins to show her what life is to him. When Eve is programmed to return home to the luxury space ship, WALL-E follows her there because he cannot let her leave. WALL-E couldn’t have been released at a more crucial time. The underlying message of preserving the earth and taking care of the planet we live on is certainly not one to take lightly. This film is a must see without a doubt. WALL-E is another fantastic addition to the Disney/Pixar film collection.


The Dark Knight is

definitely the greatest film of the summer, if not the greatest movie ever made. The sequel to the 2005 film Batman Begins, The Dark Knight emerged as a new darker kind of comic book film that makes the audi-ence squirm with

spine chilling relation to real life. Of course the film is overshadowed by the sudden death of supporting actor Heath Ledger, but that certainly is not the only reason fans have been flocking to see this movie. Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker is nothing less than spectacular and should earn him the Oscar without question. The plot line is absolutely phenomenal thanks to the screenwriting team of Jonathon and Christopher Nolan, the latter being the film’s director as well. As the Joker begins his terrorism on Gotham City, Batman/Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) steps in to try to end it. The Joker forms an agreement with the mob to kill Batman for half their money. Although reluctant at first, the mob eventually agrees, leaving the Joker with the go ahead to claim Gotham as his city. Getting to Batman by targeting the people he cares about, the Joker begins to take over Gotham, leaving Batman with an ultimatum that forces him to fight for the lives of his friends. The last 25 minutes are guaranteed to increase heart rates. All in all, if you haven’t seen this film, don’t see another film until you do. The Dark Knight is everything that movies should be.

Aside from the fact that fans

have had a hard time accepting that James Bond now dances and sings, Mamma Mia! is a unique movie experience. It has been viewed by audiences with the enthusiasm of the stage play as a driving force, with singing and clapping at the

end of each song. Mamma Mia! is outlined by the music of 70’s band ABBA and is based on the musical of the same name that is currently performed at the Mandalay Bay. The movie begins with 20 year old Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) preparing for her wedding with the help of her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep). On the eve of her wedding, Sophie finds her mother’s diary and reads of three men who could be her father. Troubled, Sophie decides to invite all three possible fathers to her wedding, convinced that she will know which one is her father at first sight. When the candidates, Harry (Colin Firth), Sam (Pierce Brosnan), and Bill (Stellan Skarsgård) arrive, Sophie realizes how wrong she was. The presence of the three men stirs up separate issues for both Sophie and Donna leading up to a wedding that is out of the ordinary. The whole cast sings in the film and Mamma Mia! is certainly a fun movie for all audiences. Mamma Mia! the Sing Along Edition is being shown in select theaters with the words to all 22 songs in the film shown on the screen in Karaoke format.

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