Students may be rethinking the value of their last two years of courses under Saddleback College’s Health In-formation Technology (HIT) associate degree program, as the program is not yet accredited.

The accreditation process can take up to two years once the program acquires candidacy.

Patricia Knuth has been taking courses under the HIT program for the past two years now, and is pre-paring to graduate. Most students feel that the college failed to uphold its promise to have the program’s ac-creditation process finished by the time the first group of students were ready to graduate, Knuth said.

Until the program is accredited by the American Health Information Management Association (AHI-MA), students that are ready to graduate from the HIT program will not be able to take the Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) exam.

To take the exam, students must have an associate degree and come from an accredited program.

“What started happening was we were in compliance when we started with the accrediting agency, but then some requirements changed,” said Safiah Mamoon, the current HIT program director.

While Saddleback was trying to have the HIT pro-gram accredited during its first two years, AHIMA’s requirements changed, calling for a full-time instructor. This position however, did not exist at the college when AHIMA rolled out the new requirements, said Donna Rane-Szostak, dean of Health Sciences and Human Services.

Rane-Szostak met with students on Jan. 23, allowing them to voice their concerns.

“From my perspective, knowing that the position did not exist in the college, as a full-time position, that con-cerned me a great deal,” Rane-Szostak said. “It was my integrity that wouldn’t allow us to apply until I knew that this position existed on this campus.”

Mamoon, was temporarily full time for a year and half, and is currently applying for the full-time position that now exists on the SOCCCD’s website. The open-ing for the position is scheduled to close Mar. 25.

The accreditation process by AHIMA was discussed at this meeting. The college must first apply, and then must be accepted into candidacy.

Currently, Saddleback does not have candidacy, but is ready to submit papers to AHIMA to begin the ac-creditation process. The candidacy process takes up to 30 days.

The college has now realized what needs to be to be done, Mamoon said.

“It’s moving forward. I’m committed to the pro-gram, the college is committed,” Mamoon said. “Ev-eryone wants to move in that direction to apply very soon, and get it into candidacy.”

The current students that are preparing to gradu-ate the HIT program will receive all the credits for the courses they have enrolled and successfully completed over the last two years.

However, until the program is accredited, they will have to wait to take the RHIT exam.

“You don’t start programs that you don’t anticipate doing well or the students going on and having it as their career, you want something that will work,” Rane-Szostak said.

“If [any] of the [students] feel that [their time] has been wasted, I think [they] have gone through a really good program and that it will be accredited because now, we meet all the requirements,” she added.

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Creation of a new $500 scholarship for vets at Sad-dleback titled the “Hope Scholarship” is underway and will be awarded starting next school year.

The scholarship program was initiated as a result of the tragic death of Adam Razani, a former student/vet-eran at Saddleback College.

“Depression is a common side effect in the transi-tional stage of a vet and may have led Razani to self impose,” said Club President Jayson Vespia. “I want to promote the scholarship as a preventative measure for future vets and the first step is to walk into the center before registering.”

What originally started out as a charity to fund Razani’s memorial wreath has grown into something much more.

Surprised at how much was donated by students and faculty, the members of Saddleback’s Vet Club react-ed by using the leftover money to kick-start this new scholarship.

“I like being able to give back to my fellow militia,” Vespia said. “We will be raising money to try and make this an ongoing scholarship.”

Just who does this award cater to and what does it offer?

To qualify one must be a Saddleback College Stu-dent Veteran (No Dependents)

- Must be a full time student (12+ Credits)- Minimum GPA of a 2.5- Submit a three to five page essay regarding the ap-

plicant’s goals and how the scholarship will help him/her reach them.

Beginning fall of 2013, this $500 award will be granted to both one male and one female veteran each

school year.The club will continue to raise Hope Scholarship

funds throughout the remainder of this school year. The next fundraiser is right around the corner: Valentine’s Day.

Just what kind of romantically themed event do they have planned for students? Hallmark cards? Choco-lates? Or maybe a kissing booth?

The answer is D - none of the above. This Valen-tine’s Day, Vets will be spreading the scholarship love with a brilliantly simple and appealing venue: a hotdog stand.

If you can make it through the quad without being barricaded by loving couples and oversized balloons, be sure to stop on by for a tasty snack between classes.

For more information check out the Saddleback Col-lege Vet Center in the SSC building, located directly across from the cafeteria.

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Veteran’s Club to annually fund Hope Scholarship

Saving lives one campus at a time

Budgeting on Valentine’s Day

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Student informational meeting: Donna Rane-Szostak, dean of Health Sciences and Hu-man Services discusses the requirements for candidacy to students in the Human Information Technology associate degree program on Jan. 23 at the student informational meeting.

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meeting: Veteran memorial stands in remem-brance of those who served our country.

ASG plans future events

Associated Student Government held its first of-ficial meeting of the semester last Thursday.

Topics discussed included upcoming events such as the blood drive, awareness week, the LRC open house, club rush, and ASG recruitment.

Some ideas brought up for Awareness Week were a drag show, facts posted around school, and a guest speaker for Sexual Health Awareness Day.

Shay Sharp even had some ideas for non-profit events, such as a talent show for example. Each group participating in the talent show would represent a non-profit organization and people would make do-nations to that particular cause.

For the Domestic Abuse Awareness Day some club members suggested having men wear high-heeled shoes and running a race called “Walk in her shoes.”

For the dedication of the new LRC building to the public, ASG will be helping set up an open house on Feb. 28th.

There is another event coming up on Feb. 13th, club rush. “One idea is there will be ice cream and each club will have a different topping for the stu-dents. In order to get the toppings; students will have to go around to the table that has the topping they want, seeing just what that club is about while they get their toppings,” Nina Alavi said.

The ASG Senate discussed further how they can recruit new members and their duties overall. Shireen Ebrahim said, “It’s the senate’s job to nominate who we think should be teacher of the year at our school.”Ucius autet arum dolupta turepta ex et mag-nis voluptas et ut alitat moluptatiure maion re, to tet.

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donating: Daniel Gann, 20, undecided, signs up to donate blood at Saddle-back.

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Saddleback and IVC held their first blood drives of the semester through the Red Cross Blood Mobile and UC Irvine Healthcare on Jan. 29 and 30.

The Red Cross Blood Mobile visits at least once every three months.

“Someone needs blood all the time,” Red Cross Team Su-pervisor Carol Jones said. “We love this campus because the students are always willing to donate.”

“I always like investing time to help others,” Student Donator Valeria Ibarra, 19, said. “Getting the free snacks is also nice.”

The blood donated at the mo-bile center is transported to the Pomona manufacturer at Cal Poly’s University campus.

Red Cross graciously re-ceived 41 healthy units of blood from the 50 Saddleback students who donated.

Meanwhile at IVC, the UC Irvine Healthcare hosted their seasonal blood drive on Jan. 29 and 30.

“College Students are really good at donating blood,” Teresa Bewley, Head of Donor Recruit-ment at the UC Irvine Health-care said. “We started off doing blood drives at IVC once a year, but last year we had one for fall, winter, spring, and summer due to the amount of students will-ing to donate.”

The blood donated is then transported and used for the pa-tients at the UC Irvine Medical Center.

“I donate blood most of the time at the UC Irvine Blood Mo-bile,” Demitri Gomez, 19, IVC theater major said. “ The people there are friendly and it makes it a more comfortable environ-ment to donate blood.”

Many students still come to the UC Irvine Donor center lo-cated on the UCI Campus after they transfer or leave IVC to do-nate blood during these drives.

“We ended up having 93 do-nors show up to donate and col-lected 70 units of blood,” Bew-ley said, “That is excellent!”

The Red Cross plans on re-turning to the Saddleback cam-pus this month. The next blood drive hosted by the UC Irvine Healthcare will be held around April of this year.

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“Eat your veggies, ignite your spark and live like you mean it!” urges author Kris Carr of the Crazy Sexy Diet.

Your body will thank you, energy levels will rise and people will compliment you on your confidence and glow. Sim-ply minimizing your processed food intake, cutting out caffeine and increasing greens will vis-ibly change your body.

“The Crazy Sexy Diet” is not a diet book; it’s about treat-ing your body right from every possible angle. Making sure you get enough sleep, exercising regularly, and daily meditation will benefit energy levels and confidence in yourself.

Guillermo Naranjo, com-

munications said, “I saw it as a lifestyle change, I felt how eat-ing fast food effected my body, so I just minimized the fast food I ate and instead started juicing organic foods, and my energy level throughout the day went up.”

Organic foods are defined as foods that are produced us-ing methods of organic farm-ing, which means they do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

There have been a number of documentaries, over the past few years, encouraging healthy living and showcasing its ad-vantages.

For example, “Hungry for Change,” is a documentary that aims to inform people to take care of their body and has the

leading experts testimonials on what eating healthier can do for you.

Hungry for Change advo-cates how to overcome food ad-dictions and cravings, why fad diets don’t work, which food additives to avoid, what fat is, and the most effective strategies for detoxifying and cleansing.

The film gives the example of hunter-gatherer villages, which consume foods with high nutrition and low calories. In opposition, the western diet today consists of consuming high calories and low nutrition. While the obesity rate states that over 68 percent of Americans are now obese or overweight, they are starving on a nutritional level.

Although some people don’t see how eating healthy can

drastically change their life-style, they do see a small differ-ence between organic and non-organic.

“I can’t really tell the dif-ference between eating organic food and non-organic, although organic food feels lighter” Josh-ua Reyes, music said.

An article published by or-ganic.org identified foods that contain the highest number of pesticides, they have been identified as the “Dirty Dozen” foods that should be bought organic. The three worst foods are apples, peaches, and straw-berries. Also the list contains the “Clean 15” , foods lowest in pesticides, the top three best are onions, corn and pineapples. The full list can be found on their website.

“No matter what you do with the gun control, there will always be a black market and it will always be out there anyways”

Thomas Flansburg19, engineering

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Editorial: Gun control is it Effective or not?

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On Jan. 24, 2013, President Barack Obama unveiled a plan to reduce gun violence. The plan includes a few primary fac-ets: a proposal to reinstate the ban on high capacity magazines and military-style assault weap-ons that expired in 2004, close loopholes pertaining to prevent-ing and prosecuting gun crimes, beef up background checks and research, and put an emphasis on mental health treatment and counseling. Additionally, the plan provides that Congress confirms a director to the Bu-reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-arms, and Explosives (ATF), which has not had a confirmed director since 2007.

“Arguably the most divi-sive proposition included in the president’s plan is the ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” according white house gov-ernment site. The term “high-capacity magazine” pertains to any magazine holding more than 10 rounds. The assault weapons mentioned in the Pres-ident’s plan are semi-automatic versions of automatic machine guns designed specifically for the military and characterized by specific attributes, including but not limited to pistol grips, barrel shrouds and detachable magazines. “Among these is the

popular AR-15 rifle,” accord-ing to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.

According to senator Di-anne Feinstein’s website (D-California), she proposed a bill in the senate banning the same weapons that President Obama proposes banning in his plan. In a press release relating to her bill, Feinstein defended her ef-fort against gun enthusiasts and those opposing the ban. “We must balance the desire of a few to own military-style as-sault weapons with the growing threat to lives across America”, She says. “If 20 dead children in Newtown wasn’t a wakeup call that these weapons of war don’t belong on our streets, I don’t know what is.”

The public, however, are not firearm connoisseurs. The term “assault” is not a comfort-ing term, it does not conjure up pleasant images. Add it to “weapon” and tack on “mili-tary-style” and it becomes fiery and emotionally charged.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) cited a general misunderstand-ing of assault weapons by the populous as a major problem. “This entire discussion does not concern machine guns, and yet I would venture to say a large percentage of Americans do not understand that”. In fact, machine guns have been ille-gal without special permission since 1934 under The National

Firearms Act.A ban on military-style as-

sault weapons and 10 round magazines is an infringement on the rights guaranteed to United States citizens by the second amendment: the right to bear arms. According to GunCite, In the court case United States v. Miller (1939), the Supreme Court defined arms as “the kind in common use”. The AR-15 and other military-style assault weapons are arguably in com-mon use.

“Law abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged crim-inals,” Wayne LePierre, Execu-tive Vice President and CEO of the National Rifle Association, said in a Congressional hearing on the prevention of gun vio-lence. “Nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families.”

GunCite said the most ef-fective argument against a mil-itary-style assault weapons and 10 round magazines ban is the fact that gun violence is not en-tirely a gun issue, it is a people issue.

“On Jan. 26, 2013, President Obama signed 23 executive ac-tions (which are different than executive orders) reflecting the goals of his previously proposed plan in an effort to jumpstart his push for stricter gun laws,” ac-cording to the Washington Post.

Interestingly enough, of the 23 executive actions the Presi-dent signed on Jan. 26th, not one of them mentions a ban on military-style assault weapons despite being a pivotal part of the preceding plan. The Wash-ington Post also explained, “they instead focus on the ATF, school security, background checks, mental health, and re-search.” These notions are in-

credibly reasonable, all geared towards reform and improving effectiveness.

Washington Post also stated that, Vice President Joe Biden calls stricter gun laws and the President’s plan a “moral obli-gation.”

“I believe first gun control should always start with gun safety,” Says Kyle-Cortez Da-vis, 25, Psychology. “Back-

ground checks on mental disor-ders is a definite must.”

Although the proposed ban on military-style assault weap-ons and magazines that hold 10 rounds or more is unreason-able and ineffective, the 23 ex-ecutive actions that President Obama signed on Jan. 26th are well-researched and provide real solutions in prosecuting and preventing gun crimes.

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“Regular people should not have automatic weapons. Only military personnel should have automatic weapons. Only people who are highly trained should use them. I am a marine corp. veteran”

Amanaad Lee28, undecided

“Regarding what hap-pened in Connecticut. guns should not be allowed in schools. Allowing teachers to have guns and guards to protect the schools is not the solution. Fight-ing guns with guns is not the solution”

Clara Limongi18, iology

“I feel like in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook we need to look more into the mental health system instead of blaming guns and media violence”

Rohan Diddee21, computer network-

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Coachella lineup is a flop

Coachella, a $400 excuse to do whatever for three days within the bounds of the law and festival gates. Just be sure not to start thinking about the number of sweaty humans you will brush up against over the course of the day in the 100-degree weather. And don’t read too much into the $15 dollars you spent on lunch, and the $9 12oz beer you bought to wash it down. Forget about showering. And sleeping.

Apart from those financial and hygienic details, the only thing one really has to worry about at a music festival is the music. That is—if there are bands one wants to see.

In the past, Coachella and its host, Goldenvoice, have pulled through in a big way when it comes to headliners. They’ve served up The White Stripes (a personal favorite) as well as Beck, Paul McCartney, The Cure, Radiohead, and even

Prince. With a repertoire like this, Coachella worshippers ex-pected a lot from the music fes-tival gods when the 2013 lineup came out. Daft Punk (despite playing at my house) was sup-posed to be there. According to Rolling Stone Magazine, Gold-envoice posted a picture of a “stone” “rolling” around on the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA (Coachella festival grounds) on Instagram. The “stone” turned out to be just a polo ball on the polo field with no ulterior mo-tive.

I know I’m biased because I hate the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but the 2013 headliners are blas-phemous. Phoenix isn’t bad. Blur has that one song that I love, and I know The Stone Roses from Guitar Hero. But they’re no Ra-diohead. Honestly, I’d rather see Kanye West.

Now, it’s not like the 2013 Coachella lineup is a complete flop. Tegan and Sara, Franz Fer-dinand, and the Postal Service are all great bands and all had a coveted place in my iPod in

2007. I love Hot Chip, and New Order is classic. If I had pro-cured tickets, I would be beyond excited. And there are plenty of people who are.

“The headliners could be bet-ter, but there’s plenty of really good artists,” said Saddleback College student Dustin Strong, 19, journalism. “There’s a huge variety of genres with legends like Lou Reed and Wu-Tang

Clan performing.”The folks pulling the strings

for Coachella seem to sincerely understand the ubiquitous re-sponse received when you ask the average person what kind of music they like: “I like ev-erything”. From Passion Pit to Social Distortion to 2 Chainz, they’ve got whatever you like… Except country. They save that for another weekend.

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How to make a Decadent Chocolate Mousse

Saddleback’s health fee offers students a variety of health services

All students who enroll in classes held at Saddleback College are re-quired to pay a $18 Health Fee per regular semester and $14 per summer session. Fee is paid at enrollment.

Physicians, Nurses, Psychologists and Mental Health Counselor services are available at Saddleback and as in all health care, your records are con-fidential.

The Health Fee entitles students to a variety of health services, including:

• Basic health care• Emergencyfirstaid• Immunizations and TB testing• Physical examinations

• Low cost lab testing• Birth Control• PAP Smears• Mental health counseling• Low cost medical referrals “That’s mostly for our Emer-

gency Medical Technicians and other Medical Programs, and sometimes for DMV. We also do blood. There is a charge for these services and the cost varies.” Debby Vail, Registered Nurse andfive-yearstaffmemberat thefa-cility, said in regards to Physical Ex-aminations

Researching students on campus, manyhavenotgottentheflushot.Thecost is $20 for students, $25 for staff.

Karisna Fernandez, 19, undecided major, is not planning to get the flu

shot. “Every time I get the shot, I get

sick.”“IfIgettheflushot,Igettheflu.If

Idon’tgettheflushot,Idon’tgettheflu.”MitchellHandler,19,undecidedmajor said.

“It used to be that we suggested the veryyoungandtheveryoldgettheflushot, but now we suggest it for every-one in close contact (students) and one reason people get the flu when theyhad gotten the shot, is usually another virus. Some students can’t afford the $20. Others get the shot through their parents’ insurance.” Vail said.

The flu shot is not a guarantee.“The influenza (flu) viruses selectedfor inclusion in the seasonalfluvac-

cines are updated each year based on which influenzavirus strains are cir-culating, how they are spreading, and how well current vaccine strains pro-tectagainstnewly identifiedstrains.”According to cdc.gov.

There are many different strains of theflu.Whilewemightgetsickfromanotherfluvirus,itprobablywon’tbeas severe with the shot as without the vaccine, according to the CDC.

“We’ve already had many cases offluhereatSaddleback,”Vailsaid.“We ranout of the immunization se-rum and had to order more, but it is here now, and we suggest everyone gettheflushot.”

The Orange County Public Health website, ochealthinfo.com gives a

listofcommonflusymptoms:Fever,cough, headaches, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, chills and fatigue. Go to the Saddleback Health Center with these symptoms for eval-uation.

Vaile said the most asked question the Health Center gets is, “Do I need an appointment?” She said that it is important to make an appointment (except emergencies) and walk-ins will be taken only on available open-ings.

Appointments can be made in room SSC 177 or by calling (949) 582-4606.

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Need something sweet to cook up for your Val-entine? Well we have something simple, sweet and delicious for you to make!

Chef Lisa Inlow, an instructor at the Saddleback College culinary department, has generously pro-vided a great recipe for those who need an idea to impress his or her valentine.

Inlow has been a culinary instructor at Saddle-back for 11 years, helping prepare her students for future jobs in the Hospitality Industry. The culinary department is a fast paced professional program where students can get their associate degree in the CulinaryArtsoracertificateinCulinaryArts,foodservice or catering. Each program can take up to one and a half or two years.

The recipe Inlow has prepared is the Decadent Chocolate Mousse. This mouth-watering dessert is a perfect way to end the night with your valentine, who will cherish this and want more... dessert of course!

Here’s how to make the Decadent Chocolate Mousse:DECADENT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE• Starttofinish:1hour• Servings: 2• 2 cups heavy whipping cream• 2.5 ounces of baker’s chocolate or chocolate chips• 1/8 cup of powdered sugar • strawberries• whip cream

• 1 package of frozen phyllo dough, thawed (this can be found at any grocery store)

• ¼ cup of melted butter• ¼ cup of Sugar• 1 damp towel• 1muffin/cupcaketin• 1 pastry brush (a new paint brush can be used as well)

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Roses are red, Violets are blueWe have a little something laid out for you. A dinner and date, at a cheap rate. Here are the top dates that you can create.

1. Picnic with a sunset: Pack your favorite snacks and beverages.Head to the beach for a romantic night under the light.

2. Createyourownscavengerhunt:Sendyoursignificantotheron a hunt for some treasure. This focuses on spending time together. Share a secret or give a card when the booty is found.

3. Game night: A blast from the past. Recreate your childhood by playing old board games together.

4. Rentamovie:FindaromanticmovietocuddletoonNetflixor head to the nearest RedBox Kiosk.

5. Visit museums: Take a trip to LA and spend the day at the Ghetty.

6. Learn something new: Spend the day learning something new or fun, that neither of you have tried before.

7. Customizebouquet: Gooutandpickyour favoriteflowerstogivetoyoursignificantother.Everyfloweryouputinthebouquet comes with a reason why you love them.

8. Recreateyourfirstdate:Takeyourlovedonebacktowhereit all began.

Now that you have some ideas for a date. Go have some fun with your mate.

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Perfectly manicured fingernails and sharp threads — as in clothes — weren’t the only things the Minneapolis Guitar Quar-tet (MGQ) was packing as they walked onstage on Sat. Jan, 26, at the McKinney Theatre. MGQ has six strings a piece and the capacity to use them.

Frontman Joseph Hagedorn (A current member, and one of the founders of the band back in 1986) was joined onstage by Ben Gateno (A former student of Hagedorn’s), Wade Oden and Maja Radovanlija. Before the band graced the stage there were only four chairs and four footrests, once the quartet was in view there was poise, grace, sophistication and a laugh or two.

“They say that if a guitarist lives to be 80 years old, they have spent 60 years tuning,” their instruments, Oden said as the rest of the quartet politely waited for him to be ready. This wasn’t the only time that the intimate crowd chuckled gayly.

Going from A Scottish Fantasy -- Written for MGQ by David Crittenden -- to Ghetto Strings -- written for MGQ by Daniel Ber-nard Roumain, the musicians masterfully plucked, strummed, and drummed their guitars in delight. The men bobbed their heads as they shut their eyes, and smiled while their passion fled their fin-gers to fill the ears of audience members.

At one point Gateno, before playing Concertino -- a piece origi-

nally composed by Igor Stravinsky, asked to recognize the birth-day of someone who was uniquely inspirational to him, Eddie Van Halen.

The spectators, again, laughed, and Gateno continued, “I think that it’s only fitting, since we’re in a school, that I play a few bars from Hot for Teacher,” one of Van Halen’s famous hits. He did indeed and was received fantastically.

Oden modestly commented afterward that it was his mother’s birthday. He called her shortly after the performance.

Maja Radovanlija on the other hand tapped her foot to the tempo as she held her own among the three men. “Maja is the first woman in the group” since its founding, Hagedorn commented, after we discussed how she was outnumbered.

“It feels good,” Radovanlija said, to be a woman in a band pre-dominated by men.

She held her own, and then some. The newest member of

MGQ, Radovanlija joined this season, starting in 2012. She said that it’s been challenging, “especially the memorizing part. It’s so different than memorizing solo, because you have to learn… what everybody’s playing. I think that was really, really challenging, but it made me a better musician.”

For students at Saddleback who are forging potential careers as musicians, the quartet had some sound advice.

“Become a monk of whatever instrument that you are using. Yeah. Just dedicate yourself to it. At least for a few years, espe-cially. If you really put in good dedicated practice early and it’s ef-ficient, that can go a long way towards affecting your career later,” Oden said.

“Eat and play, and that’s it,” Radovanlija said. “I think a student musician should practice as much as they can

stand to and then when they’re not practicing they should listen to music,” Hagedorn said.

“Keep very open ears, and listen to everything you can, and gain something from everything you listen to. Then, as far as mak-ing a career out of music, just be nice to everyone. I think that goes a long way,” Gateno said.

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The jazz fac-ulty played a swinging con-

cert in the McKinney Theatre, Mon-day Jan.28, to an intimate, but

engaged audience. Joey Sellers (trombone), director, said they

play a concert at the beginning of each semester.

“It’s a nice way to set the tone for our jazz students, a lot of the time we match it up with whatever’s go-ing on with the kids,” Sellers said.

At 7 p.m., Sellers opened the show with an upbeat “1,2,3,” accom-panied by faculty members: Ron Stout (trumpet), Jerry Pinter (tenor sax), Ariel Alex-ander (alto sax), Jamie Ro-senn (guitar), Luther Hughes (bass) and Paul Johnson (drums).

The first song, “Unti-tled Blues,” was a cheer-ful medley. Hughes kept a laid-back rhythm as Johnson, Stout and Rosenn joined in on the tune.

After the song ended, Sell-ers joked that audience mem-

bers could write their sugges-tions for a song title on 20 dollar

bills.During “As It Were,” Johnson

used metal brushes to create a gen-tle pitter-patter sound, as Alexander swayed and nodded her head to the beat.

The following piece, “Over You,” by Stout was well received by the audience and the players.

“I like Ron Stout’s piece, be-cause that’s a new one for us and it’s a beautiful tune," Sellers said. "Anytime I get something new that I

haven’t played before, I get happier.”

Hughes, Rosenn and Johnson executed the fifth song, “Will You Still Be Mine,” as the rest left the stage. Johnson had a solo on drums before the other two rejoined him.

The show closed with the liveliest piece of the night, “Madagabucci,” by Sellers. The tune was fast paced with a strong trumpet and bass sec-tion. It was interrupted several times as Sellers yelled out the word, “Mad-agabucci!” with an animated excite-

ment.After the performance, students

were enthusiastic to share their ap-preciation and fondness for the con-cert and the faculty.

Luke Reeder, 18, music said, “I absorb all the music I can. I thought all the songs were amazing. It’s great to see everyone come out for the monster faculty players.”

Reeder takes classes with most of the musicians, but says the rest make appearances throughout his classes.

Another student, Robert Felix, 18, music said, “It was the first time I’d seen the jazz faculty on stage and I was just amazed at the teachers’ talent.”

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The 2011 Gauchos football squad was led by star quarter-back Ben Gomez, who set re-cords for most touchdowns and most passing yards in a single season. One of the biggest keys to Gomez’s success was the high level performance from the offensive line. This year, two of those players, left tack-le Kyle Long and right tackle Menelik Watson, are entering the NFL Draft.

Long, a 6-foot-7-inch senior at the University of Oregon this season, comes from a ma-jor football family. His older brother, Chris Long, was the second overall pick in the 2008 draft and plays defensive end for the St. Louis Rams, and his father, Howie Long, is a Hall of Fame defensive end for the Oakland and St. Louis Raid-ers. Long was a two sport ath-lete in high school, playing for the St. Anne’s-Belfield School baseball and football teams. In 2008, Long was drafted as a pitcher by the Chicago White Sox in the 23rd round. He ended up not signing with Chi-cago, instead opting to continue his career pitching for Florida State University. Before he ever threw a pitch for the FSU Semi-noles, Long left the university due to poor academics, and moved to southern California.

Long’s football career with the Gauchos began in the fall of 2010, when he recorded 16 tackles and one sack playing defensive end for Saddleback. The following year, he shifted positions from the defensive line to the offensive line, where he took over the role of starting left tackle. When asked, Long said that he enjoyed his time playing for the Gauchos. “My playing time at Saddleback was

a great experience. It was my first college football environ-ment,” Long said. “Saddleback is often a stepping stone for people who are trying to get to the next level, and that’s defi-nitely what it was for me.”

After an 8-3 season that end-ed with a bowl appearance, and earning first team all-confer-ence honors, Long committed to playing for the University of Oregon Ducks in December 2011. “Oregon was a great op-tion for me,” Long said. “With the one year window that I had to play Division-I football, I wanted to showcase all of my athletic ability and my football skills, and in that offense I re-ally feel like it was the best way to showcase it.”

In his lone season with the Ducks, Long appeared in sever-al positions, including left tack-le, right tackle, and left guard. The Ducks capped off their 13-1 season with a 35-17 win in the Fiesta Bowl over Kansas State. Long attempted to appeal for another year of eligibility to play from the NCAA, but his request was denied.

Before joining the Gauchos in 2011, Watson had never played a game of football at the high school or college level.

The 6-foot-6-inch Manchester, England native instead grew up playing soccer and basketball before he came to the United States to play basketball for the Marist College Red Foxes. Watson played at Marist from 2009 to 2011, before moving to Orange County and joining the Gauchos.

Long remembered the first day of practice in 2011, when he saw Watson take the field as a defensive end. “I remember sneaking out an extra offensive line jersey to practice, and I told him to put it on and said that he would play right tackle and I would play left tackle,” Long recalled. “Sure enough, he

ended up being our starting right tackle. He’s a great kid, a great athlete, and a very hard worker.”

According to CBSSports.com, Watson is ranked as the 10th best offensive tackle pros-pect, and is projected to be tak-en in the third round. However, his ranking as a third round pick is not a consensus projection among draft analysts. ESPN NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. ranked Watson as a first round pick in the draft, going to the Indianapolis Colts with the 24th overall pick. In an online chat later that day on ESPN.com, Kiper defended his decision to have Watson ranked so highly.

“He’s 6-6, 320 and has great feet,” Kiper said. “He was a (heck of a) player at FSU this year at (right tackle). He’ll be a 23 year old rookie, but all of the top programs wanted him. I like his long arms, his feet. He’s a little raw now, but has a lot of upside.”

Watson declined to comment until after the NFL Combine at the end of February.

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Gauchos softball starts offseason with a bang

Six days after their season was originally slated to begin, the Saddleback softball team came out swinging in their 6-1 season opening win over the Palomar Comets.

The star of the game for the Gauchos was freshman pitcher Sydney Abounassar. In her first game for Saddleback, she went the distance, throwing seven in-nings of one run ball. Abounas-sar struck out one and gave up six hits, only one of which went for extra bases. She struggled through the first inning, giving up three hits and her only run of the day while facing seven bat-ters. She quickly settled down

though, retiring 13 of the next 15 batters, including at one point setting down eight in a row.

Along with a solid pitching effort, the Gauchos bats were on fire as they drove in six runs on 12 hits. Left fielder Tiffany Mc-Cracken got the offense started in the first inning, when she connected for a three run homer to left field. McCracken finished the day 2-2 with a home run, two runs scored, four runs bat-ted in, and two walks.

Head coach Nick Trani was impressed by the team’s per-formance in the win. After the game, he said, “We dominated. I was worried because (Palo-mar) had played a game and we hadn’t, but the girls did a great

job.”The next day, Saddleback

played host to the LA Valley Monarchs. In a much closer game, the Gauchos managed to squeak out a 6-5 victory over the Monarchs thanks to a walk off sacrifice fly from designated hitter Sarah Ditommaso. Mc-Cracken, proving the previous day was no fluke, finished 2-3 with a double and her second homer of the year.

The Gauchos next two home games are scheduled for Wednesday Feb. 6 versus Cer-ritos, and Wednesday Feb. 13 against Santa Ana College.

Former Gaucho Erik Nel-son, enrolled at Idaho State University on Jan. 14 to play linebacker on the school’s football team.

The 6-foot-2, 225-pound transfer was recognized as a second-team all-league honorary as a senior at Tes-oro High School. He placed fourth on the Gaucho football team in tackles as a sopho-more this past season.

“Erik was definitely a vo-cal leader and lead by exam-ple,” former Gaucho team-mate Dominick Ela said. “Giving up is not an option with Erik. He was an ath-letic linebacker and made big plays when he needed it.”

With 10.5 sacks, 3 picks and 3 fumbles, Nelson helped lead the Gauchos to win the divisional conference title this last season.

Ending their season with a strong five win streak, the Gauchos finished with a 6-5 overall record and an impres-sive 5-1 record within their southern conference.

“Football has taught me how to be selfless and put others before myself, like the team for an example.” Nelson said. “Your teams’ success is ultimately your success.”

Learning life lessons dur-ing the duration of his foot-

ball career, Nelson believes that he has grown as an ath-lete and has matured as a stu-dent in accordance with the sport.

“If he plans on carrying himself the same way he car-ried himself at Saddleback, and plans on being a leader and play maker for the Ben-gals, he will contribute to Idaho State.” Ela said.

Led by head coach Mike Kramer, the Idaho State Ben-gals are a National Collegiate Athletic Association Divi-sion-l team. Affiliated with the Big Sky Conference the Bengals face 12 other teams from the Western United States, including: University of California Davis, Cal Poly Pomona, Portland State and Northern Arizona University.

Last season the Bengals finished with a record of 0-8 within their conference and an overall record of 1-10.

The born and raised Cali-fornian man is finding it hard to adapt to the Idaho weather, but he has managed to find a connection with the new school and football team. Enjoying the experience thus far, Nelson is excited to start a new football season and chapter within his life.

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Saddleback Wins President’s Cup

It was the best of times and it was the worst of times for the Gauchos in their 51-49 win over Ir-vine Valley on Wednesday.

After starting out in the first half by making 64 percent of their shots and leading at the half 41-19, Saddleback struggled to make a basket in the second half, making just under 19 percent of their shots. Irvine Valley took advantage of this, and out-scored the Gauchos 30-10 in the second half. With seconds left on the clock, the Lasers were one shot away from forcing overtime, but the shot came up just short, and Saddleback held on to win. Lasers head coach Jerry Hernandez said after the game that it was really hard to see the team fall short. “That was tough,” Hernandez said. “It is always challeng-ing after such a big come back to get to the very end and to not have enough to finish.”

Sophomore guard McKay Lasalle led Saddle-back’s offense in the win, making four of five shots from the field, and two for two from the free throw line for a team high 14 points. Sophomore forward Carlton Hayes fell one rebound short of a double-double, finishing the night with 11 points and nine rebounds.

After the game, head coach Andy Ground said he was glad to get the win, but wished that it had not been so close. “I thought we played great in the first half and very poor in the second half,” Ground said. “We gave them many chances to win.”

Shaquille Hunter, Zach Mills, and Michael Bold-en were the only Lasers to score five or more points, combining for 36 of the team’s points in the loss.

Saddleback’s win was their tenth straight vic-tory, and was also head coach Andy Ground’s 125th win with the Gauchos. Saddleback remained in first place in the Orange Empire Conference, while Ir-vine Valley remained in third place. The Gauchos have four games remaining in the regular season, with their final home game coming Feb. 20 against Riverside Community College. The Lasers have two home games left this year, one against Cypress College on Feb. 13, and on the final game of their season on Feb. 22, they play host to Riverside.

In the Gauchos baseball season opener, Saddleback sent out 19 position players and four pitchers out onto the field in their 19-2 win over the San Diego City Knights.

Most of the Gaucho’s runs came in the second, fourth, and fifth innings. After put-ting up four runs on four hits in the second, Saddleback put up five runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings. Despite being held scoreless in the third and seventh innings, the Gauchos still managed to have runners on base in every inning of the game.

Left-hander Evan Manarino started the game by pitching five shutout innings, al-lowing only two hits and one walk. Mana-rino ended the night going 5.2 innings, al-lowing four hits, two runs, two walks, and a strikeout on the way to picking up the win. The bullpen picked up where Manarino left off, as the Gauchos had three pitchers com-bine for 3.1 innings of one hit ball.

Most of the offensive power came from the Gauchos middle infielders, second base-man Jeff Butler and shortstop Josh Fuentes. Butler had only one at-bat on the night in which he doubled to right center field. In each of his other three plate appearances, Butler was hit by a pitch. Along with being hit three times, he scored three runs, stole three bases, and was credited with an RBI after getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the second inning. Fuentes went 3-3 with a triple, four RBI, two runs scored, and a stolen base.

Third baseman Brian Romero had a solid performance also, finishing the game 1-2 with a double, an RBI, two runs scored, and two walks. After the game, Romero was very excited at the team’s prospects. “I think the game was great. Everyone had a lot of energy,” Romero said. “We’ve got a great squad out here. I think we have a lot

of talented players out here, and I think we have a good shot (at reaching the playoffs).”

Entering his second year as head coach, Coach Sommer McCartney was excited about how the team looked Friday. “We scored 19 runs on 18 hits. That’s pretty nice,” McCartney said. “I like our group. I think we have a good, balanced attack.” McCartney continued on, saying that he felt the team had solid chemistry, and he felt they would perform well. “We’re taking

it day by day. We have goals and we want to make the playoffs,” McCartney said. “I think our ceiling is pretty high.”

Saddleback returns home from San Di-ego for a four game home stand this week, which culminates in a double-header on Saturday against Santa Barbara City Col-lege Vaqueros.

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IVC men’s volleyball kicked off its season with a win in five sets (18-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-20, 15-13) over the Santa Barbara City College Vaqueros on Wednesday.

After a rough first two sets, which included a 12 hitting error first set by the Lasers, IVC strung together three winning sets to give them the win.

Freshman outside hitter Beau-General Osborne led the Lasers in the win with 16 kills and 11 digs. Sophomore Jon Guymon and freshman Arek Halaj combined for 29 kills for the Lasers.

The Laser’s next home game is scheduled for Wednesday, February 13, when they host the Moorpark College Raiders.

The Lasers women’s ten-nis team rolled over the Cuyamaca College Coyotes in their first game of the year, winning 6-3.

IVC took four of the six

singles matches against the Coyotes, thanks to strong play from freshmen Ash-ley Athanas, Kristina Ebon, and Gabrielle Alviar in the number two, three, and five singles matches. Sophomore Alyssa Harper dominated in the number one match, win-ning in two sets, 6-0, 6-0.

Irvine Valley also took two of the three doubles matches, as Harper and Athanas won 8-1 in the number one match, and Alviar and Ebon won in the number two match.

The Lasers are set to return home for the first time since their season opener on Friday February 15, when they play host to the Glendale College Vaqueros.

Saddleback’s track and field teams are set to kick off their season this Friday, Feb-ruary 18.

The women’s track and field team ended last season on a high note, finishing in ninth place at the Southern California Championships, and in sixth place at the State Championships.

The men’s track and field team finished its season by placing 10th at the Southern California Championships, and 22nd at the State Cham-pionships.

For the first time in three years, Saddleback College took home the President’s Cup, thanks to the women’s basketball team defeating Irvine Valley 52-44.

Freshman point guard Myishia Watkins led the Gauchos in scoring with a game high 21 points. Not only did Watkins outscore anyone in the women’s game, but she also outscored anyone in the men’s game prior. Head coach Fentriss Winn was impressed by not only Watkins performance, but also by his team’s performance as a whole. Winn said that they played at a high level, espe-cially on defense.

The win was even more special for Coach Winn because of his connection with the family of SOCCCD Board of Trustees President Nancy Padberg. Padberg’s late husband, Tom, was an enthusiastic supporter of the Gauchos for years. In a ceremony between the men’s and women’s games, the crowd in the Saddleback Gym shout-ed out, “Let’s go Gauchos!”, a shout that in years past had been led by Tom Padberg. “(Winning the Cup) is special this year because of Nancy and Tom,” Winn said. “They are great, great people and I know them personally. So to come out here and to get it back to Saddleback and all the money we raised for Tom Padberg, it’s awesome.” 100 percent of the proceeds from the President’s Cup games went into a scholarship fund in Tom Pad-berg’s name.

Saddleback president Dr. Tod Burnett had a huge grin on his face as he held the trophy up after the game. “We’re happy now that we have won three out of the five years,” Dr. Burnett said. “All four teams played great and I’m really proud of Saddleback. The women played great, and the men played great too.”

Despite the win over the Lasers, Saddleback remained in fourth place just behind Irvine Val-ley in the Orange Empire Conference standings. The Lasers have two home games left this season, on Feb. 13 against Cypress and then on Feb. 22 when they host Riverside in their season finale. The Gauchos will be on the road for three of their four remaining games. Their final home game will take place Feb. 20 when they host Riverside.

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Gauchos outlast Laser’s 30 point second half and hang on for the win in the men’s game

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(top) The Lady Gauchos pose with SOCCCD Board of Trustees President Nancy Padberg and the President’s Cup trophy mo-ments after their 52-44 win over the Lasers.

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(right) Gauchos forward Darnell Taylor (white) bumps up against La-sers forward Zach Mills while driving toward the basket. Taylor finished the night with nine

(bottom right) Gauchos guard Myishia Watkins made seven of 13 shots from the field in the win over Irvine Valley. Her 21 points were the most by any player in both the men’s and women’s game.

(bottom left) Lasers guard Dathon Spencer (blue) attempts a hook shot over the outstretched arm of a Gauchos defender. Spencer made only one shot on five attempts in the 51-49 loss.

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