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LAST DAY TO VOTE MAY 2, 2013 FOR SSCC CANDIDATES

The month May was named for Maia, the Greek goddess of fertility.

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THE RADIOEXPERIENCE

Not many people know that tucked away, next door to the Student Health Center, in room 132 at Chabot Col-lege resides KCRH 89.9FM, the East Bay’s Best Variety, the only FM station licensed in the city Hayward, Calif.

The signal reaches the

residents of San Lorenzo, San Leandro, Castro Valley and Union City.

What sets KCRH 89.9FM apart is that its staff is made up entirely of Chabot College students enrolled in the Mass Com-munications program who take what they learn in the classroom and lab time in

a state of the art production studio and apply it on the air on their own radio shifts.

Chad Mark Glen, Mass Communications profes-sor is proud of the fact that “our MCOM students are trained on the same pro-fessional equipment used in commercial radio which prepares them to start work-

ing in the industry with their AA in Radio and Television Broadcasting.”

“Not only are our stu-dents trained at an FCC licensed FM broadcast station; they also leave the program with an in-tricate knowledge of how the industry operates on

By Tammy [email protected]

Danica Lopez (top) works on the board at LIVE 105.3 in San Francisco, Calif, (bottom) Lopez working the board during the show ‘Into the Pit’ on KCRH 89.9 FM at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

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Measure BPublic meeting held at Chabot College

On Wednesday, April 24, the committee overseeing budget allocations to two colleges met at Chabot and discussed progress as well as future infrastructure im-provement plans.

T h e C i t i z e n s ’ Overs ight Committee held its sec-ond public m e e t i n g for 2013 at Chabot. A m o n g the attend-ees were committee

Chairperson Kim Huggett, district Interim Chancellor Dr. Judy E. Walters, new members Linda Smith and Helen Bridge, and Chabot student representative An-drea Preciado.

The committee was ap-pointed by the Chabot Las

By maria [email protected]

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Measure Bs $498 million s Finance capi-tal improvement and moderniza-tion projects for Las Positas Col-lege and Chabot Colleges Chabot has spent 83 percent

INTERNATIONAL

NIGHTSPRING 2013

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Tan Le (left) and Joel de Lara (right) perform an acoustic set at Chabot College’s 14th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in the Litttle Theater at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.

Gun control

By amy [email protected]

Over 200 years after the Sec-ond Amendment was added to the constitution, the citi-zens and thegovernment of the United States of America are still conflicted on the meaning of “the right to bear arms.”

School shootings like Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech and Colombine are becom-ing more common, and the people of the U.S. have to reconsider who is allowed to own a gun, and what kind they should have access to.

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every level.”While everyone aspires to be a radio person-

ality, it’s a competitive field.“The MCOM students who truly have the

most success in their careers in radio seem to have the following traits in common: passion, drive, eager to learn about the subject and are not just doing the course work for a grade, friendly, have people skills, and are great communica-tors” said Glen.

He went on to say, “A student can know ev-erything about the industry and be a pro on all the equipment in the studios, but it’s attitude that can make or break a person in this business.”

Reid Alexander, current Program Director at KCRH 89.9 and recipient of the “Broadcaster of the Year” award 2 years in a row, said, “KCRH has given me a platform to use my voice and made me work harder to reach my goals.”

Eric Fisher, of KMEL 106.1FM as a member of their Street Team, videographer and co-host on Drew Hef’s show on Saturday and Sunday, is a Chabot College Mass Communications alum-nus. He applied everything he learned at Chabot and KCRH and brought it to his internship at KMEL, which eventually led to a permanent po-sition.

“It [KCRH] definitely prepared me a lot.

When I got to KMEL, I knew a lot of things that a lot of interns didn’t know. We did a lot of live remotes here [KCRH], and that’s basically what KMEL started with,” stated Fisher.

Fisher also shared, “It was basically the Street Team and promotions team so we did a lot of promotional events. So I had background in going to schools and setting up the sound sys-tem and the tent and just being good at it. Also knowing NexGen and ProTools was a bonus.”

Fisher, who learned to film and edit videos while a student at Chabot, found his niche at KMEL by being primarily their videographer, where he films their events, edits and up-loads it on the KMEL website.

Another current mass communications stu-dent, Danica Lopez, and co-host for “Into the Pit,” KCRH’s metal show, recently got hired on at LIVE105 after interning there and as a result, was offered a permanent position as a board op.

Lopez concurs with the general sentiment that KCRH has prepared her for LIVE105, “it’s been really great so far working with the “Into the Pit” guys. They’re teaching me a lot on the board, how to do interviews and talk to people, running the board better and interviewing local bands” especially recently with BFD coming up soon.

Both Fisher and Lopez set themselves apart from everyone else. They were not afraid to ask questions and both took the initiative and let KMEL and LIVE105 know what their skillsets

were and how they used those skills to make them a valuable asset to the radio stations they interned at.

One thing Glen also said in all his classes is that KCRH, the radio station, and the mass communications department is one big extended family. Everyone looks out for one another.

Alexander notes that Fisher was his mentor when he first joined KCRH and how he in turn

mentored others. One of Glen’s former students, Aar-

on Axelson is now the Music Director and Assistant Program Director at LIVE 105 as well as DJ and radio host for the shows “Soundcheck” and “Subsonic” and he has mentored many Chabot Col-lege mass communications students.

Alexander perhaps sums it up best when he notes that, “KCRH is for the students. We’re here to have fun but we’re here to help and we’re focused on trying to mend the relationships with the other mass communications departments so we can all work together to make it bigger.”

KCRH 89.9FM plays today’s best new mu-sic as well as yesterday’s classics with a variety of specialty programs which cover many genres including but not limited to: R&B, rap, hip hop, pop, Latin, oldies, alternative, indie, metal, in-dustrial, punk, ska, reggae, hardcore, new wave, pop, and electronica.

For more information on KCRH 89.9FM, the East Bay’s Best Variety, you can visit their web-site at http://kcrhradio.com.

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KCRH 89.9 FM staff members at the Annex Rehearsal Studios in San Lorenzo, Calif. after the ‘Flavors of Rock 3: Just Desserts’ show on Friday, April 19, 2013.

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Eric Fisher, former KCRH 89.9 production director now works for KMEL as part of their street team and as a videographer.


On April 25 the Chabot Col-lege Health Center teamed up with the Students for So-cial Justice or SSJ for sexu-al assault awareness month.

The event at Chabot College displayed a clothes line project which students displayed decorative jeans which hung from the trees in the courtyard. Ribbons represented one in 10 wom-en through statistics said to be raped by the time they leave college.

Dominique Hail of SSJ said out one out of four women before they gradu-ate college worldwide will

be faced with rape, he also said “Chabot College has 8,500 students and out of those students here at Chabot 2,000 of them will be raped.”

This year Denim Day in United States is encourag-ing all their residents and people everywhere across the nation men and women, to help bring awareness to sexual assault and give sup-port to its survivors.

Here in California the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault or CALCASA busily prepared for Denim Day by spon-soring a rally that stood at the State Capitol in Sacra-mento. It featured legisla-tive speakers, volunteers, survivors, district attorneys

and advocates in the effort to bring awareness.

Denim day at Chabot was geared to encourage everyone to help in the movement to symbolize this important day as well sexual awareness month for justice brought in the behalf of all women who have faced sexual violence. Many students, faculty and clubs throughout “campus believe that by preventing and changing the attitude of those that tolerate sexual assault can help in the end to all sexual assaults and speak up.”

Many students present at the event replied, “There is no excuse and never an invitation to rape”.

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By Latanya [email protected]

Support for rape victims


Denim Day at Chabot College

Chabot students decorated donated jeans in support of rape victims at Chabot’s Denim Day on Thursday, April 25, 2013.


Student government electionsFrom May 1 through May 2, 2013, students have the opportunity to vote on who they want to represent the student body at Chabot.

There are two separate elections being held for two important roles, the presi-dent and vice president po-sitions.

There are three candi-dates who will be running for president.

The first candidate run-ning for president is Emaun

Eta Barfei. Barfei, a politi-cal science major has had previous leadership posi-tion before while attend-ing high school. “I wish to serve as president because I care about how our school functions. I intend to work with the student senate, fac-ulty senate, and the Board of Trustees to better the educational opportunities available at Chabot Col-lege, “says Barfei. “I hope to work with the student senate as a team to ensure that all committee needs

are met, whether it is cam-pus safety, scholarships, or working with our clubs.”

The second candidate is Erika Cortez, a criminal justice major. Cortez feels that the leadership skills she gained from the Puente program which included ac-quiring great listening skills and understanding the im-portance of teamwork will help her become a good president. “I believe I can bring these skills to SSCC and enhance student

By EdrEnE [email protected]

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Ribbons planted on the lawn of Ceasar Chavez Plaza, each one rep-resents ten rape victims at Chabot’s Denim Day on Thursday, April 25, 2013.

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4Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees to “[assure] voters that proceeds of the $498 million bond are spent as required by the ballot measure,” as stated in their annual re-port addressed to the community.

In 2004, voters passed Measure B – a gen-eral obligation facilities bond - to finance capital improvement and modernization projects for Las Positas College and Chabot College. In addition to quarterly meetings, annual reports are distrib-uted to households within the area.

Project planner Doug Horner discussed up-dates and future construction plans for Chabot. As of Feb. 28, 2013, Chabot has spent 83 per-cent, or $211 million of its total budget alloca-tion, as stated in the project progress report.

Among the renovations done were: seismic upgrade; plumbing; A/V equipment, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning or HVAC sys-tems, telecommunication, and electrical system upgrades. The project also included computer

labs and lecture spaces. Construction on Buildings 1800 and 1700

were 50 percent funded by the state, according to Horner. The former is now completed while planning and construction on Building 1700 is ongoing.

Construction on Building 1200/School of the Arts (SOTA) Plaza was also finished with a new “state of the art instructional recording studio.”

The P.E. Complex renovation is now on its final phase of construction. According to the re-port, “the scope of the project is the renovation of 70,700 square feet of academic, special pro-gram, athletic and office space.” The project is said to be completed by December 2013. Con-struction on Building 3400, which houses the BMW Automotive Technology program, will be completed by November 2013.

The report also stated that planning is under-way for the renovation of Building 100 or the library. Renovation will include a remodel of the first floor, lighting, furnishing, and HVAC. It will also “consolidate the Center for Teaching

and Learning programs into one space.” New signage and landscaping for the Hes-

perian Boulevard frontage project are underway. Also, a security project for parking lots G, H, F, and J is currently out to bid.

Helen Bridge commended the project and said, “I think that the money was used very well to get the new computers and to get the ar-rangements made so that everybody can contact everybody at anytime.” Bridge was mainly im-pressed by “the way the buildings are now wire-lessly connected.” She is representative for the senior citizen organizations.

The next committee meeting will be held on July 24, 6 p.m. at Las Positas College. The proj-ect progress report, Measure B annual report, and meeting minutes are available on the web-site: www.clpccd.org/bond.

As mentioned by district Facilities Special-ist Zahra Noorivaziri, the meetings “[are] for the taxpayers.” Community members are always welcome to participate.

involvement within SSCC,” says Cortez.The third candidate running for president

is Andrew Michael Quirk. Quirk has also been part of the student body before as activities di-rector for the ASCC student government. “To truly make significant change and create a global mind shift, we need to begin to build stronger networks and connections with one another cre-ating a sustainable sense of community,” says Quirk. “Chabot is full of talented people. We need to build support for one another at Chabot. We need a stronger community to make sure folks don’t fall through the cracks and reach the success they deserve.”

There are two candidates running for vice president. The first is Christopher Gutierrez, an English major. Guitierrez feels that the experi-ence he gained by writing proposals, joining commitees, and advocating for the student voice will help him with being vice president. “I be-lieve I’d be an exceptional candidate for vice president because I’m a professional, dedicated, innovative leader who has the best interest of the students at heart.” says Guitierrez “I am hon-est, enthusiastic, committed, and helpful! More importantly, I’m a great listener, observer, and writer.”

The opposing candidate running against Gutierrez is Vanessa Sadsad, a political science major. Sadsad has had previous leadership expe-rience with the Political Science Club and also was the ICC Chair for the ASCC. “I firmly be-lieve that, we, as Chabot College students are the keepers of our legacy I want to collaborate with our Board of Trustees in order to ensure trans-parency, quality, and affordability within our dis-trict of CLPCCD.”

Voting will take place May 1, 2013 and May 2, 2013 in the cafeteria lobby 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Chabot students vote in the cafeteria lobby during student election day, on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.

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KCRH 89.9 FM Students host assembly for Ochoa Middle school “Find your own greatness”.

On Friday, April 19, the staff from Chabot’s KCRH radio hosted an assembly for the students and staff at Ochoa Middle School. The outreach that the KCRH team had to present was provided by Principal Ariel Dolowich which stated, “Find your own greatness.”

Although the KCRH team hosted two assemblies; one for the sixth and seventh graders, and the other for the eighth grad-ers, they managed to maintain their spirits and energy in high levels in order to en-courage the students to search for their in-ner greatness all while having a great time.

In order to maintain the students in-volved, the KCRH staff decided to include the students as part of the event by hosting games such as cake eating contest, Polyne-sian dancers and freestyle dancing. Not to mention dancing along as Rayven Justice performed on stage.

Ochoa counselor, Bonnie Lewis states that the reason for the assembly was to en-courage the students to excel in their up-coming examinations as well as making their yearly transition to the following year and even into high school. The assembly was also expressed as a stress reliever from all the studying the students must partake for the last two months of school left.

“Where getting ready for our [Califor-nia Standardized Testing] and were just try-ing to get the kids motivated, excited about learning [and about] finding their great-ness,” Lewis said. “Chabot College radio always comes here and they work to moti-vate the kids and the kids enjoy what they bring and so do I.”

Lewis also stated that she hopes to see

the KCRH staff back again soon.KCRH member Lucia Cabrera, “Lovely

Luci,” explained how the assembly helped the students to come out, participate and show their own greatness.

“They [showed] the courage to go on-stage and expressed what they were able to do, like in one of the games and the dance battle. It was a very fun experience for them as well as other students to see that they can also find the same courage that their class-mates had.”

The assembly consisted of two games, and one musical performance that the stu-dents seemed to enjoy as DJ Reid and DJ Lyvell hosted humorously both assemblies.

“This event was like amazing, unbeliev-able,” anonymous eighth grade student and participant in the dance battle said.

The two Polynesian sisters who also performed for the students, Leilua and Sala Malieitulua shared how their performance connected with the students.

“It encourages them to enjoy of differ-ent cultures, to embrace diversities. We just hope they enjoy and pursue their dreams.”

As the games and fun progressed, the message sank in deeper into the minds of the students as explained by Music Direc-tor for the top 40 Jesus Cabrera, “Classy J” who stated that one of their goals was to find common ground with the students and to help them realize that there is motivation out there, “that we once had the same shoes that their wearing right now. So don’t be afraid to be yourself.”

KCRH Music Director, Yazmin Suarez, “Super Yazzy,” gives the main goal they managed to implement on the students.

“The message is find your own great-ness and don’t be afraid to find what you’re good at because that will take you far in life.”

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5Chabot’s KCRH 89.9FM reaches out to local students

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UPCOMING

LOCAL EVENTS CommunitySan Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery Friends Group Meeting on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6 p.m.• Join the efforts to preserve historic San Lorenzo Pioneer Cem-

etery for future generations.• Meet at 22380 Foothill Boulevard, Hayward, Calif. • For more information, call (510) 581-1202

MusicSan Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery Clean-Up on Saturday, May 4, 2013 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.• Help clean up Pioneer Cemetery.• Meet at the corner of Usher Street and College Street and bring

gloves and rakes.• Water and light snacks will be provided. • For more information, call (510) 581-1202

MusicCinco de Mayo• Thomas Boots and Kurbie Brodie of KCRH 89.9FM, the East

Bay’s Best Variety, will be hosting a Cinco de Mayo event Sat-urday, May 4, 2013 at Pizza Ultimate, 32681 Mission Boulevard located in Hayward, Calif. showcasing local bands.

• Scheduled to perform include Just Like the Movies, The Çires, Old Devil Moon and Margaret the King.

• The show begins at 6 p.m. It’s free and all ages are welcomed. Come support a local business and local talent.

CommunityCinco de Mayo• La Alianza de Hayward will be hosting the annual Cinco de Mayo

celebration this Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Hayward City Hall Plaza located in downtown Hayward.

• Admission to the celebration will be free of charge and will take place starting 10 a.m. with various entertainment, performances, and festivities throughout the day.

CommunityFairy Houses & Gnome Homes at the McConaghy House on Saturday, May 11,2013 at 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.• Join the scavenger hunt of fairy-sized items around the McCon-

gahy House gardens and Carriage House. • Listen to magical stories about fairies and gnomes, and make

your own small fairy house.

CommunityMarble & Molding at the Meek Mansion on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10 a.m.• This fascinating tour focuses on the architecture of Meek Man-

sion.• Learn about different architectural styles, deor and details fo the

Victorian and other eras.• Space is limited and advance reservations are required.• Call (510) 581-1202 to reserve your space.

CommunityUncovering Hayward Area History at Pancho Villa Event Center on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.• Graduate students from the History Program at CSU East Bay

are thrown into the deep end of the local research pool every year and amazing stories afloat to the surface.

• Come hear about their works-in-progress and their process for uncovering the details of the past they never thought they could find, and challenge them to help you get underway chasing down your own historical curiosity!

CommunityVoices from the Past - Paranormal Investigations on Friday, May 24, 2013 and Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 6:30p.m. - 3:30 a.m.• Are you curious about the paranormal?• Are you convinced there’s something spooky inside Meek Man-

sion or McConaghy House?• Here’s your chance to be a paranormal investigator!• Space is limited.• For more information or tickets, call (510) 581-1202 and ask for

Heather.

On Friday, April 26, 2013, Chabot College’s Puente program held their annual Fiesta Caliente at the cam-pus cafeteria to help stu-dents raise money for future scholarships.

Many Chabot College students and dozen other community members from other schools attended the schools dance event which was organized by the clubs president of the Puente Pro-gram, Hector Huerta.

“The purpose of this event is to raise money for scholarships and we want students to have fun and

also we have live Banda music. We had Fiesta Cali-ente last year and it was great, we hope to have it again.” Hector Huerta also

said. “The event is open to everyone, they’re people that attend Chabot College and also there’s people from high schools and middle

schools too.”The event included a

Mexican food truck, a live D.J. and a live Mexican band that played great mu-

sic which everyone attend-ing enjoyed.

Students that attended, mentioned they like the school event and hope to see it return again next year. Chabot College student Christopher Gutierrez said “I went to last year’s Fiesta Caliente and it was really cool and I really enjoy it and there were a lot of people who attended the event.”

Friends and family non chabot students also men-tioned “We like coming to events like this one because it is a safe event and we re-ally like that Chabot Col-lege do events like this.”

For other questions regarding events from the Puente program you can contact Hec-tor Huerta at [email protected].

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Puente presents ‘Fiesta Caliente’Raising money for scholarships with a fun time dancing

By Omar [email protected]

Puente program host its annual Fiesta Caliente dance with band Banda Rio Verde at Chabot’s cafete-ria, on Friday, April 26, 2013.

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International night proved to be a big success. The event was hosted by the International Club in the Little Theatre on Wednes-day April 24, 2013.

The event was tasteful and portrayed the beauty of diversity in other cultures, something students may not have an opportunity to see. International Night had representations of the Japanese, Mexican, Indian, Irish, Hawaiian, Vietnam-ese, Filipino and Nigerian cultures. Acts included mu-sic, singing, and dancing.

Occasionally, the audi-ence participated with the acts creating a friendly and

more enjoyable environ-ment. Students participating in the Vietnamese and Fili-pino acts even got a stand-ing ovation supported by fellow students and family.

The Heiwa Taiko was one of the stand out perfor-mances with an all female group with the average age of 72! Krista Schaarschmidt, a high school student from Moreau Catholic performed a Celtic folksong that im-pressed everyone in the the-atre.

Dr. Marshall Mitzman , member of the Board of Trustees marveled about the event. “I’ve been com-ing to International Night for about seven years. It’s a wonderful presentation of

our international students and we’re so proud of them. There’s no better year than the othe. However, Interna-tional Night is usually held in the cafeteria and I think holding it in the newly ren-ovated Little Theatre was a bit more intimate with the lighting.”

Schaarschmidt said, “I heard about International Night three weeks earlier, the piano player at my par-ish asked me to perform. We started to prepare for it and it was really fun, I re-ally enjoyed myself.”

International Night has become one of the many treasures on campus. It makes people appreciate others and where they come from. If you would like to get involved with Interna-tional Night contact the In-ternational Club for more information.

14th Annual International Night

By ryan [email protected]

Chabot International Club students Jolie Luu sings Vietnamese pop songs while Tan Le (left) plays an acoustic guitar and joel de Lara (right) plays on an electric guitar at Chabot College’s 14th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in the Litttle Theater at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.

Ballet folklorico de James Logan at Chabot College’s 14th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in the Litttle The-ater at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif..

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Chabot International Club students and volunteers at Chabot College’s 14th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in the Litttle Theater at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.

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7Many citizens see the right

to bear arms as an essential nat-ural right. With the power to kill a person with a small movement of one finger, guns are a power-ful method of self-protection. Actual use of a gun is not neces-sary to reap the benefits of own-ing protection; the presence is enough of a threat.

However, the issue with guns arises with misuse, not mere ownership.

The Assault Weapons Ban, proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein, aimed to eliminate access to guns that are able to fire multiple rounds with one press of the trigger. These mili-tary style guns are designed to hit multiple targets at one time without having to stop and re-load frequently. Such guns carry more than just a threat against an intruder; they carry the threat of causing harm to multiple people within a few seconds.

Designed for warfare, it is hard to see a reason to need one in their home,for protection or for sport.

Beyond the presence of guns, the availability of assault rifles also contributes to the mis-use.

Criminal background checks

are a part of current gun laws, but these checks are not manda-tory for all sales. The recently proposed Toomey-Manchin amendment would extend these background checks to gun sales over the Internet and transac-tions at gun shows, where back-ground checks are not currently-mandatory, but would not affect gun transfers between family and friends.

Despite 83 percent support from voters, the Toomey-Man-chin amendment was rejected by the Senate in April and the assault weapons ban is not ex-pected to pass.

With no changes to current gun control, it is unclear how fu-ture mass shootings can hope to be prevented.

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More than 100 years have passed since the first film was adapted from a book.

In 1896, “Trilby and Little Billee”, by Gerald Du Maurier was adapted to the screen. Nowadays novels turned into movies are becoming more popu-lar.

Every few decades there would be a couple books that get adapted onto the screen which would make fans excited to see the words on the pages come to life. But does the film hold the same expectation of the book or does it lack imagi-nation?

Many directors take on their interpretation of how the book is and realize many points that were im-portant in the book. Many films that were adapted from novels have built up a fan base with the people that have read the novel and a bigger fan base is built when announce-

ments are being made of a movie coming out. Au-diences are curious to see how their favorite novel will jump out at them vi-sually instead of reading descriptions on the pages.

The biggest concern for many fans is how true the characters’ appearanc-es will be like in the film compared to the book. Many films have come out in the last couple of years such as the Twilight Se-ries, The Hunger Games, Beautiful Creatures, I am Number 4 and The Host. These series are popular now with the fantasy genre especially among teenag-ers and young adults.

Many fans that read the Twilight series were severely disappointed with how the film turned out because of the special effects and certain scenes that were cut out.

Michelle, who blogged about the first Twilight movie said, “When I first saw the movie with my cousin, I was very disap-pointed, because like you said, the movie was too short, I anticipated the parts were cut, the part like

where they had blood typ-ing in their Biology class, Edward listening through Jessica’s mind about how much Bella liked him…etc.) but however, I liked the parts where Edward drives Bella to school; his charming smile, the funny looks on people’s faces when they see them to-gether.”

People who haven’t read the series got lost during some of the scenes where certain supernatural terms were used that were perfectly defined in the book but not in the movie.

If you didn’t read the book then you wouldn’t understand what “imprint-ing” on someone meant, which is meeting some-one for the first time and there’s an instant connec-tion to be with him or her as a brother/sister or a lov-er to always protect them.

Many readers imag-ine a certain way that the character looks, how their personality is and have a perfect understanding with the character. You either root for the main character or despise their enemy.

From print to screen

By Lucrecia [email protected]

GUN from page 1

Protection Against Crime ...................... 67%Target Shooting ...... 66% Hunting ................... 58%

Did you know?

A 2005 nationwide Gallup poll of 1,012 adults stated they own firearms for the fol-lowing reasons:

INFOGRAPHIC BY ALLEN S . LIN

The Spring sport season is over and some of our teams are in post season play.

Swimming and ten-nis finished off their state Championship contention this past weekend. Congrat-ulation to both the swim-

ming and tennis programs.Baseball finished off the

season as conference cham-pion and is seeded fifth in NorCal to face number 12 seed Sacramento City Col-lege this weekend May 3-4. This will a two of three game series. Friday game will start at 2 p.m. and Sat-urday’s game will begin at 11 a.m. Once again, Con-gratulations to the Chabot Baseball Program for the conference title.

Track and Field will be competing in the Norcal Championships this week at American River College.

Chabot women’s track will be represented by Ty-ler Alsobrook (400-meter), Janae Mayfield (800-me-ter), Kelsea Bowersmith (100-meter hurdles) Bre-onna Alexander (400-me-ter hurdles). Chabot men’s track will represented by Will Latin (400-meter), Jared Shohfi (800-meter), Arthur Ruvalcaba & Jesse Chestnut (1500-meter), Abraham Espinoza (10K), Da’Rell Calvin (110-me-ter Hurdles and 400-me-ter Hurdles), Mareek Scott (110-meter hurdles), Chabot will team a 4x400 team, Je-sus Morales, Inder Takhar, Trevor Hubby (pole Vault), Ron Taylor (long jump), Paul Fifita and Mick McEl-vogue (discus), and Travis Vandegriff (Javelin).

BASEBALL DIVISIONConf. W-L

ALLW-L

Chabot 17-5 24-12San Mateo 16-6 22-14Mission 12-10 22-13West Valley 11-11 16-20

De Anza 9-13 16-19

San Francisco 4-18 7-29

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, Chabot College was able to host the event this year Coast Conference Track Championships and their track team hoped to show-case their talents to the rest of the conference as well as compete with the schools in their conference.

The event exhibited events such as: the 100-me-ter dash, javelin throw, the high jump, the pole vault, and countless of other events. Chabot participated in all of these events, and their goals for each of them were simple, and that was to try and win each of them.

During the event, two members of the Chabot Track and Field Team were able to talk about what ex-

actly brought them to be a part of this team, and what their motivations are.

Gladiator Arthur Ru-valcaba was able to finish in first place overall in the men’s 1500-meter event. As a business major at Chabot College, he received a time of 4:06.47 which was good enough to capture the top spot in the race. “Just beat-ing the next person,” Arthur said when asked what is his main motivation is, “just being the fastest.”

When asked why he runs he responded by say-ing, “Honestly, I started be-cause I was bored. My best friend joined track and I didn’t have anything to do, so I joined. Then it turned out that I was pretty good so I continued with it.”

The second athlete for Chabot was freshman Da’rell Calvin who cur-rently is undeclared for his major. In his event, the 110-meter hurdle, he was

able to finish in third place with a time of 15.89. For his motivation he said, “First it was football that motivated me. Another reason was my cousin, he did track, and he was killed at a young age. He inspired me to do track.” He runs because, “It’s a

good way to just stay out of trouble.”

The Chabot Track and Field Men’s Team finished with an overall score of fif-teen points, which had them finish in sixth place in the tourney. The Women’s Team finished with a final score of

two points, which had them finish in last. Chabot’s next event will be the NorCal Community College Cham-pionships 2013 at American River College.

The event will start on May 5, 2013 and conclude on May 11, 2013.

SportsHayward, California Thursday, May 2, 2013www.thechabotspectator.com

8Track championships come to Chabot

Gladiator Arthur Ruvalcaba (13) wins the 3,000 meter steeple chase in 9:37.94 overall, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID SORIANO

By Chris [email protected]

Arthur Ruvalcaba a coast conference champion

BASEBALLMay 4 - 5 Calif. State Playoffs

TBA

May 11 - 13 Calif. State Playoffs

TBA

May 18 - 20 Calif. State Playoffs

TBA

SOFTBALLMay 4 - 5 Regionals TBAMay 10 - 12 Regionals TBA

May 17 - 19 State Tour-nament

TBA

SOFTBALL DIVISIONConf. W-L

ALLW-L

San Mateo 15-3 36-4De Anza 11-7 21-14Foothill 9-9 20-18Ohlone 9-9 20-19San Francisco 4-14 10-21

Mission 3-15 5-25

Chabot 1-17 3-34

Gladiators end their seasons strong OVERVIEW

By Jose LopezContributing Writer

The 2013 Coast Conference Championships were held over April 18-20 at DeAnza College in Cupertino, Calif.

Tyler Tomei, a swim-mer on the Chabot College Men’s Swim Team says, “We had a very young team this year, and had a lot of improvements from the be-ginning of the season.”

The team however is really proud of Kelly Arth, a second year Chabot Col-lege student who swam the 50 Fly at the Coast Confer-ence April 18, 2013 and got her “A Cut” in (meaning she placed in the top 16 in the state thereby securing her a

spot to compete at State). Having placed second

for her 500 Free at the Coast Conference last year and al-most qualified for State “but just wasn’t there yet.” Arth notes that moment was the turning point and she “made the commitment to work really hard so that I would make it to State this year.” Making it to State, Arth says, “was by far the big-gest accomplishment in my swimming career.”

At State, Arth swam the 50 Fly, the 100 Fly and the 50 Free, the same events she swam at the Coast Confer-ence.

Going into State, Arth was ranked number 12 in

all of California and is now number 15.

Reflecting on her ac-complishment, Arth says reaching her goal to go to State has been bittersweet given that this her last year competing for Chabot.

Tomei said it best when he summed up the season and what they have accom-plished together and the direction the Chabot Swim Team is headed, “The team is very excited for next year and to move up in the stand-ings due to the amount of returners that will be com-ing back and the men’s team will be a contender for a conference championship next year!”

Chabot College Gladiators swim for 2013 Coast Conference Championships

By Tammy [email protected]

TAMMY LEE/STAFF PHOTOKelly Arth practicing her butterfly stroke on March 26, 2013 at the Chabot College swimming pool.

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