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February 25, 2013

DIEGO CERVANTES

Chaffey Club spirit arrived in the quad midday, on Feb. 13. Clubs gathered to grow in membership and make themselves known to the student body.

Club Rush also featured the Chinese New Year celebration, which included mu-sical and acrobatic performances by East West Entertainment and a dance number by Chaffey students. The celebration lured students to the quad to see what the com-motion was about.

“I was just walking by and noticed the event taking place and came to see what was going on,” Christina Mitchell, dance PDMRU� DQG�À�UVW� WLPH�&OXE�5XVK� DWWHQGHH��said. “It’s good to see all the clubs out here and I became more aware as to what clubs are on campus.”

Among the collection of clubs was Christians of Chaffey College, which seeks to spread the Christian Word to students.

“I joined because I felt like I wanted to make a commitment to spread the Word and be a part of a club that shares the same

beliefs as me,” Maria Ramos, math-ematics major, said.

The Engineering Club put the sun to work

with the debut of their so-lar oven and used it to warm b r o w n -ies, Rice

K r i s p i e Treats, and

s’mores. “We try informing

students on the various types of

engineering and what it takes to ac-tually become one,” Gerald Santos, me-chanical engineer-ing major and club president, said.

The club also aids the local com-munity through vol-unteer work, most recently volunteer-LQJ� IRU�3DFLÀ�F�/LIH�line, which serves as a transitional home for women and chil-dren.

The Muslim Stu-dent Association was recruiting members in hopes of educating the campus popula-tion on what Islam

re-a l l y is.

The club also focuses on dissolving prejudices and replacing stereotypes about the Muslim commu-nity with facts. Just because a woman wears a hijab, doesn’t mean she is oppressed.

“I wear my hijab because I want to. It preserves modesty and makes me feel protected,” Fatima Hasan, dietetics major, said.

The event took on a new beat as the 909 Breakers (break-dancing club) hit the con-crete and in a stunning display, gave stu-dents a taste of what it means to break. The moves were on beat, smooth, and spot on. The look on members’ faces communicat-ed to the audience that they were having fun and enjoying every second they were performing.

´%UHDN�GDQFLQJ� LV� UHDOO\� DERXW�À�QGLQJ�and expressing yourself through dance,” Ray Moreno, psychology major and presi-dent of the 909 Breakers, said.

7KH�FOXE�EHFDPH�RIÀ�FLDO�ODVW�VSULQJ�DQG�was started by Ryan Eslava, business ma-jor and 2012 alumni. Eslava was looking to start building a non-judgmental commu-nity that focused positive energy and had break-dancing as the foundation.

“I love seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform, we are always posi-

tive, never negative and anyone can do it,” said Eslava.

During the Breaker’s performances a lot of joking took place, which gave it a light hearted feel, giving each of the Break-er’s personalities a chance to surface and achieve their goals of self expression.

“Ryan taught me not to worry about what other people think and that whatever happens in the moment, stays in the mo-ment,” Moreno said. “There’s also the re-assurance that if you mess up you’ll always have friends backing you up,”

The club has been steadily growing and is always looking for new recruits. Meet-ings are in CAA room 218 Fridays from 6-8 p.m., where members choreograph QHZ�PRYHV�DQG�À�QH�WXQH�ROG�RQHV�

With various performances and lots of clubs participating, Club Rush was an event everyone enjoyed.

Club Rush celebrates new year and students

MICHELLE MENESPaper lanterns hang in the trees of the quad, creating a festive atmosphere for Club Rush on Feb. 13.

MICHELLE MENESThe lion dance is performed in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New year. The celebration, which was sponsored by the Interna-tional Student Center, EOPS, ASCC and Student Activities, took place in the Campus Center East Quad on Feb. 13, 2013.

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Spring Exhibition at the Wignall

The Wignall is hosting The New World exhibition through March 22. It’s featuring artists who attended art schools in southern California.

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Panther Baseball

Tues. Feb. 26 - @ Victor Valley 12 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 28 - @ Chaffey 2 p.m.Sat. March 2 - @ Victor Valley 12 p.m. Tues. March 5 - @ Chaffey 2 p.m.Thurs. March 7 - @ Antelope Valley 2 p.m.Sat. March 9 - @ Chaffey 12 p.m.

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New World Artists Panel

Artists Asad Faulwell, Chuck Feesago, Elleni Sclavenitis and Joe Suzuki discuss their work featured in the Wignall Museum on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. at Wargin Hall 142.

2013 Commencement

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Carte de California

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Radiologic Technology Program

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Opinion | 3 thebreezeonline.com | February 25, 2012

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out, every nigga in the world had to have

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9-millimeter. Damn near the same weapon,

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,Q� WKH� ÀOP�� 5REELH� GHDOV� ZHDSRQV� WR�smaller level criminals, but tells his friend during the scene that they’re misinformed RQ� SLVWROV��7KH\� DOO� UHIHUHQFH�:RR·V� ÀOP�The Killer, but Robbie is a real-life mur-derer in the world of Jackie Brown, and he knows better through experience. His clientele isn’t all that bright, but their ex-SHULHQFH�ZLWK�:RR·V� ÀOP� SURPSWHG� WKHP�to adjust their — for the lack of a better work — “craft.”

Because, you see, those “customers” would’ve done their deeds with or without Robbie’s .45 or 9-millimeter. Why? Be-cause violent people with damaged psyches will be violent one way or the other.

Once again, to pull a quote — this time from Wes Craven’s Scream — “Movies don’t create psychos! Movies make psy-chos more creative!”

Films — even music and video games to some extent — must be recognized as artistic expression. Whether that art is good and important is subjective, but should be recognized instead as imagined creations meant to provoke some response from their respective audiences through the content and inherent meanings.

One of the most famous moments in-volving a shooting in cinema is the dinner scene in The Godfather. We know by that SRLQW�LQ�WKH�ÀOP�WKDW�0LFKDHO�&RUOHRQH�LV�not a murderous criminal, but the act of shooting the family rival and his cop body-guard is not only remembered for the sus-penseful scene itself, but rather as a pivotal moment in Michael’s loss of innocence as he enters the family business.

Examples and references aside, blaming the media and people involved for destroy-ing America’s moral fortitude is nothing new, dating back as far as the 1930s with the Hays Code of censorship in cinema.

While the code has been greatly ad-justed to the Motion Picture Association RI� $PHULFD�� ÀOPV�and pop culture weren’t safe because of it. They were in-stead recognized as powerful elements in shaping American culture.

The Columbine shooting in 1999 at-tempted to correlate YLROHQW� ÀOPV�� WHOH-vision, music, and video games to the shootings from many different organiza-tions, ranging from local and national levels.

After decades of advancing technolo-gy and globalization, the world has seen hor-rors in the form of ter-rorism, corruption, death, and other cruel acts against mankind. We can get all that by simply turning on our mobile phone.

But we’ve grown with the realities and their representations as well. In the silent HUD�� WKH�ÀUVW�ZRUOG�ZDU� VKRZHG� WKH� UHDOL-ties outside the fantastic, storybook nature depicted in early cinema, ushering in so-phistication in storytelling and cementing genres in process.

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To lose violence in media prevents more then just the freedom dictated in the First Amendment, but could also prevent some of the greatest works of art from ever being created.

What happened in Aurora and Sandy Hook is unforgivable, and it’s understand-able that gun control became a topic that’s become the forefront of one of the nation’s several concerns. In the State of the Union, President Obama spent much time on the topic, understanding that this is the utmost importance. But the President also knows that this must be handled delicately, be-cause guns have served America as both sword and shield.

Other periodicals and media outlets have spoken out in response to this, with one as recent as Feb. 15 in the /RV�$QJHOHV�Times by Betsy Sharkley entitled “Movie Violence Must Not Be Stopped.”

Going back to the opening quote, the +RQJ� .RQJ� ÀOPV� 5REELH� UHIHUV� WR� DUH�probably most recognizable in the form of director John Woo’s collaboration with ac-tor Chow Yun-Fat in the mid-’80s. Without them, the world would not have the action portrayed in the way that’s normal, almost cliché today. We wouldn’t have The Matrix

or %DG�%R\V�,,�and all the other works they continue to inspire.

Speaking of Eastern cinema, if one wants a peek into gunless violence, watch a contemporary Japanese or South Korean JDQJVWHU�ÀOP��,Q�WKRVH�FRXQWULHV��JXQV�DUH�outlawed, but that doesn’t stop murders IURP�EHLQJ�GHSLFWHG�LQ�ÀOP��:KHWKHU�LW·V�D�sashimi knife, rope, poisons, or homemade projectiles — killers are going to kill. The violence inadvertently becomes more in-timate, heightening the disturbing nature. Anything can be a weapon, it just takes a lost soul to use it.

But for the creator, the camera, micro-phone, joypad/controller, and the various other tools for art and literature are all in-struments of creativity. Dictionaries will GHÀQH�´YLROHQFHµ�LQ�VHYHUDO�ZD\V��EXW�WKH\�all acknowledge its destructivity. Those troubled individuals who embraced art for the crime are tragic themselves to a certain degree.

,W�VXJJHVWV�WKDW�WKH�ÀOP��VRQJ��RU�JDPH�was the last failed outlet before things became inconsequential. The Columbine shooters wearing trench coats, or the Au-rora shooter dressed as the famous “Jok-er” is a misunderstanding of art they ex-perienced. It’s something too shameful, because people can misappropriate and misuse art in terrible ways, leading to dan-

JHUV�VXFK�DV�XQLÀHG�KDWH� �H[��SURSDJDQGD�in war) or even genocide (ex: “Year Zero” cleansing in Cambodia).

And aren’t there stories or anecdotes IURP�ZULWHUV��ÀOPPDNHUV��DQG�RWKHU�DUWLVWV�in which their work actually save people from their own dark depths of trouble and depression? There are and each moment that occurs is a truly thankful moment.

But the big question that everyone seems to want an answer for is “what should we do?” There are countless things we can do, but we should limit them to rea-sonable expectations.

We should not only embrace art, but also criticize it when necessary. We should formulate our own opinions, but be willing to listen to others regardless of how differ-ent things may seem.

We should all acknowledge that humans have external differences, but lives could end if we’re on the receiving end of that bullet. We need to preserve the minds and hearts of those that are still standing, hon-oring the victims by living the life that they tragically can’t.

This is especially important for Sandy Hook, because it’s the children who shall inherit this Earth, and it’s up to them to save it from disease, pollution, poverty, and the other problems that we’re to face in the future.

Their minds, and minds of students worldwide, would be tragic to lose. I know it’s dramatic and sentimental, but people should understand what happened wasn’t inconsequential like a movie death. This is very real.

JESSICA RUBIO

If there’s one kind of student that an-noys you in school, it is probably the cheat-er. Not the lying and deceitful type, but the “let me write the answers on my phone” kind.

Many college students lose countless hours of sleep and even switch or cancel work shifts in order to study for exams. They put in the time and dedication to study the material.

While others look for the easy route out by cheating, you can usually pick up on who they will be. They are usually the ones who sleep through the whole class session or spend the whole time doing anything but

paying attention in class.These same students are the ones who

on test day freak out and begin to write any class material that will help them to pass an exam.

Students get pretty creative with cheat-ing. From writing on their hands, wrists, cell phones and sometimes even on the desk.

Then there’s my personal favorite, the student who makes a test review and places it on the front of their binder and places it under their desk.

Not only are cheaters bound to get caught, they are making every other stu-dent who actually studies really pissed off. We all have those tests when we feel

unprepared, but that does not mean you should cheat.

Accept the fact that you messed up. It’s the whole “coulda, woulda, shoulda” ex-pression.

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If you do not study and get an F on an exam, you probably deserve the F. School is all about time and dedication. If you put in the work you are bound to get results.

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Cal States are making a degree easier for students to achieve.

On Wednesday, Jan. 23, Cal State trust-ees approved a plan to lower the units need-ed to complete most Bachelor degrees.

“My knee jerk reaction is that it makes a lot of sense considering the budget cuts and the need to streamline the academic system. But, I think they’re addressing the

V\PSWRPV�DQG�QRW�WKH�SUREOHP�µ�VDLG�/\Q�don Hunley, nursing major.

The new plan comes after Gov. Jerry Brown released his 248-page budget pro-SRVDO�IRU�WKH���������À�VFDO�\HDU��2IÀ�FLDOV�within the Cal State system have struggled to reach this decision for a decade, realiz-ing the need to reduce the units needed for a bachelor degree down to 120.

As of today 81 percent of the degrees in the Cal State system meet this requirement.

7KH�YRWH�FRPHV�DIWHU�RIÀ�FLDOV�DQG�VWX�dents alike have had to navigate a hard hit education system that has seen severe budget cuts which included $100 million in cuts to the Cal State and UC system.

“We are in the new normal with reduced resources,” Cal State Chancellor Timothy P. White said.

“It’s all about the details,” David Al-lison, President of the Cal State student Assn, said. “Will there be a decrease in

quality and education outcomes?”“We’re trying to change that campus

culture that automatically believes that a four-year completion of a degree is the exception instead of the standard,” Erik Fallis, CSU media relations manager, said.

The board plans to implement their new plan by fall of 2014 and will be meeting on June 15 to discuss further plans.

ERICA LMUTH

Chaffey College may be making chang-es to the way it provides funding for its classes.

When students register for a class, they are provided with the course’s name, ac-companied by a course description, and in-cluded in this description is a material fee. These fees may range from as little as $1 to as high a $35, depending on the class.

The material fee pays for many of the general resources that are essential for stu-dents to learn, from materials as simple as RIÀ�FH� VXSSOLHV�� WR� PRUH� H[RWLF� PDWHULDOV�like clay or lab chemicals. What exactly these fees pay for, however, has never been VSHFLÀ�HG�

Changes are now being implemented to SURYLGH� WKRVH� ZKR� HYDOXDWH� &KDIIH\·V� À��nances with a clear outline detailing where

the funds are actually going.Classes are funded now is by a gener-

al blanket amount determined by Chaf-IH\��´:H�ZHUH�HTXDOL]LQJ�WKH�IHHV�µ�/DXUD�Hope, Dean of Instructional Support, said.

Chaffey is now looking to provide au-ditors, people who examine the college’s À�QDQFHV��ZLWK�D�OLVW�WKDW�ZLOO�RXWOLQH�ZKDW�the material fees are going to entail.

“[The list] is for the chancellor’s of-À�FH�µ� +RSH� VDLG�� ´:H� DUH� EHLQJ� DVNHG�to identify criteria for the material fees, ZKLFK�SURYLGHV�D� MXVWLÀ�FDWLRQ� IRU� WKH� IHH��When we have audits, people look at our accounting in terms of the business aspect RI�WKH�FROOHJH��DQG�WKDW�MXVWLÀ�FDWLRQ�ZLOO�EH�a new accompaniment to that evaluation process.”

The list is not made for students. There won’t be any changes in the catalog. So what do these changes mean for students?

“Some classes are more materials inten-sive than others,” says Hope. “We’re help-ing to keep fees low in other classes, so now fees will align exactly with the costs. Some classes previously being covered by other classes’ fees are now going to be much higher, and other classes that don’t have as many materials associated with it, say, a math class, are going to be lower.”

What this means is that students may actually get what they pay for. But despite making the decision to provide auditors with a framework that helps allocate fees more appropriately, Hope is still uncertain of the future of Chaffey’s funding or what the impact will be.

“We’ve examined the fact that it may be we’ve got to search for some money in order to pay for some materials. I’m still really not sure what the costs are going to be for some classes that are very materials

intensive.”Chaffey may have to resort to improvis-

ing where its funds are obtained.This material fee can only be used for

things that students can take outside of the classroom, something that has “enduring value.” Some classes have materials that were previously covered by this fee, but they don’t fall into that category.

“In a biology class, students have to dis-sect a dead cat. You don’t get to take that with you, it has no enduring value, but cats aren’t free.” Hope said. “These are things we have to look at in order to make sure we’re charging fees in the appropriate manner, but that we also have the materials that students need in order to learn.”

Students have yet to see how these ma-terial fee changes will impact them in the future.

New material fee guidelines could alter course costs

CSU Trustees approve unit limit plan for degrees

JOCABETH SALVADOR

According to a recent Gallup Poll, American’s believe that the “Most Im-portant Problem” in the U.S. today is the economy (25%), followed by unemploy-ment/jobs (19%), dissatisfaction with gov-

ernment (16%), and the Federal debt and WKH� GHÀ�FLW� �������7KHVH�ZHUH� DOVR�PDMRU�topics of discussion in President Obama’s Feb. 12 State of the Union address.

“Fifty-one years ago JFK said, ‘The Constitution makes us not rivals of pow-er, but partners of progress,’” President

Obama told the packed halls of Congress.Both political parties have said that they

are trying to put their issues aside to come up with plans to better the country and its current state. With multiple bipartisan laws now in the works, maybe that sentiment will move beyond rhetoric.

The State of the Union address was À�OOHG� ZLWK� ELSDUWLVDQ� IHHOLQJ�� DV� 2EDPD�said to Congress, “The American people don’t expect government to solve every problem. They don’t expect those of us in this chamber to agree on every issue. But, they do expect us to put the nation’s interest before the party. They do expect us to forge reasonable compromise where we can. For they know that America only moves forward when we do it together.”

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The President also talked about health-care and the need to keep it alive.

“Yes, the biggest driver of our long term debt is the rising cost of healthcare for an aging population,” he said. “But, we can’t make senior citizens and their fam-ilies shoulder the entire cost of the bud-JHW� GHÀ�FLW� ZKHQ� QRW� DVNLQJ�PRUH� IRU� WKH�wealthiest.”

Obama said that both parties have ZRUNHG� WRJHWKHU� WR� UHGXFH� WKH� GHÀ�FLW� E\�more than $2.5 trillion in the last few years, showing that bipartisanship can work.

Obama also called attention to closing loopholes for the wealthy.

“We should do what leaders in both par-ties have already suggested,” Obama said. “To save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting rid of tax loopholes and deductions for the well-off and the well-connected.”

The President also announced that about 40,000 more U.S. troops will come home from Afghanistan by the end of the year, and all troops will be back by 2014.

“I think it’s good that all the troops are coming home,” undeclared major Nicole Santana said. “I want them to be safe, but I think it’s good that he’s bringing back the

soldiers so that their families can enjoy them.”

The President also devoted a good seg-ment of the address to investment in the nation’s infrastructure. Repairs to aging roads and bridges will bring new jobs. “And to make sure taxpayers don’t shoul-der the whole burden, I’m also proposing a partnership to rebuild America that attracts private capital,” he said.

Obama also called for the nation to do more to combat climate change.

“But, if Congress won’t act soon to pro-tect future generations, I will,” he declared. “I will direct my cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take now and in the future to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of cli-mate change and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy.”

When Obama talked about education the whole chamber seemed to stand up and applaud. “Preschool [should be] available to every child in America,” he said. “It is not fair to poor children whose parents are not able to afford to send their children to preschool.”

Obama also said that high school stu-dents should have the opportunity to grad-uate with technical education so that they could be ready for a job upon graduation.

Further, he said that he would reward high schools that partner with community colleges. This concerned one student.

“It would mess it up for the people that are already going [to community colleges], and it would mess up classes,” Nichole Gil-bert, English major, said. “If [high school] students pay for [classes] it would be al-right. [However, current] students enrolled [at CC’s] should get priority.”

Immigration reform and raising the minimum wage was also on the President’s agenda. He called for a better border en-forcement, cuts in waiting periods and making it easier to attract engineers and scientists to help grow the economy.

He urged Congress to raise the feder-al minimum wage to $9 dollars an hour. ´/HW·V�UDLVH�LQFRPH�RI�D�PLOOLRQ�SHRSOH�VR�it actually becomes a wage you can live on.”

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Student Discount Card to all of its students.The card was developed by ASCC and

the Alumni Association. The driving force behind the idea was

Kevin Coduto, ASCC Senator, with the help of the Alumni Foundation’s Executive Director Nick Nazarian.

Coduto said what sparked the idea was the need to develop something that would EHQHÀW� DOO� VWXGHQWV�� DQG� QRW� MXVW� D� VPDOO�portion.

That’s how the Student Discount Card came about.

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Students can get discounts of up to 20% from places ranging from smoothie bars to ice skating rinks.

The card contains discounts to 18 dif-ferent local businesses around the Rancho Cucamonga campus area, including some businesses around the Fontana and Chino campuses.

Each business was approached by Coduto, who presented a contract that each business has signed. They have all agreed to honor the discount through the end of the year.

Beyond just discounts at restaurants, there are also fun recreational activities, such as bowling, and ice skating.

“I wanted to make sure every single business was in walking distance to a bus stop,” Coduto said. “So anyone could real-ly access it.”

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Each business was hand-picked by Coduto, based on factors such as review quality, preference, and discount amount.

“I approached about 55 to 60 business-es, asking them if they wanted to be on the card,” Coduto said.

“A lot of those businesses said yes, but I actually turned down a lot of them be-cause they either got poor reviews, some students didn’t particularly like those busi-nesses, or they weren’t offering very good discounts,” he said.

Coduto said the card will be available to every student at no cost, with no conditions or prerequisites.

“Other schools that do these kinds of cards usually have some sort of prerequi-site,” Coduto said. “You have to be either an honor student, or you have to pay for it, or you have to be at the school for so long.”

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“It’s completely free to everyone, just IRU�WKH�VDNH�RI�EHQHÀWLQJ�WKH�PRVW�DPRXQW�of people possible,” Coduto said.

Students are enthusiastic about the idea of the card.

“I’m excited. It feels good,” Sean Swee-ney, CIS major, said. “Now I can get some cheap pizza.”

Other students see the new doors this opens.

“It opens up a lot of doors,” Sahadi Cal-KRXQ��ÀUH�WHFKQRORJ\�PDMRU��VDLG��´,W�JLYHV�students opportunities to try places they wouldn’t otherwise.”

The card was paid for by the student service fee, and the Alumni Association, and cost about $200 to make.

That breaks down to about $0.01 per en-rolled students, and has a payoff of about $50 in discounts.

The card easily folded to the size of a business card, and is easy to place in your wallet.

The card is now available in Student Activities, and digitally online on ASCC’s Facebook.

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DIEGO CERVANTES

In celebration of Black History Month, The Black Faculty and Staff Association, along with the Glee Club invited singer and song writer, Sheléa to perform in CAE 102 on Feb. 20.

Co-sponsoring the event, the Glee club gathered outside CAE room 102 in order to welcome Sheléa.

“I’m really looking forward to hearing

KHU�VLQJ�µ�)UDQN�/RSH]��WKHDWUH�DQG�PXVLF�major and vice president of the Glee Club, said. “We’re here in order to help her out with anything that she might need.”

While waiting for Sheléa to arrive, sev-eral of her videos were played for the audi-ence, including her Whitney Houston trib-ute, which has received more than 700,000 views on YouTube.

Sheléa isn’t just a YouTube sensation, but an up and coming artist with the White

House, Nokia Theatre, and a debut album under her belt.

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“I’ve only heard about her from the movie, ‘Jumping the Broom,’” Dawnae Maldonado, physicians assistant major, and Glee Club president said. “I’m really looking forward to seeing how she per-forms in person.”

Sheléa arrived on time, scoping the room to make sure everything was just right for her audience.

She requested that the audience bring their chairs closer to the piano and form a semi-circle around her, giving the perfor-mance a more intimate feel for the audi-ence of about 40.

As soon as Sheléa took to the keys, the URRP�FDPH�WR�OLIH�DQG�WKH�DXGLHQFH�ZDV�À[-ated on her voice.

Sighs and smiles came from some audi-ence members when their favorite Whitney Houston song was performed.

Having been a year since Houston’s death, the tribute was well received and the audience roared with applause and tears in the eyes of those that felt Houston’s spirit.

The intimacy of the performance also granted the audience a chance to get to know Sheléa on a more personal level by hearing about her journey through her mu-sical career.

Although she was matching notes at the age of two years old, Sheléa never thought she was going to be doing this profession-

ally until she had already entered college. “Junior year in college I never would

have thought that I would be a singer,” she said.

She shared that the music industry real-ly does test an artist in that there were mo-ments in her musical career where she was the only one believing in herself.

Feeling overlooked by Stevie Wonder when she wasn’t invited to perform at the White House three years earlier, relatives began to ask her what her plan B was.

Still, she clung to her dream and pushed forward. She then was asked to perform at the White House last year.

She gave advice to the audience to hold onto their dreams and making them come true by never giving up on them.

Members from the Glee Club also got a chance to sing with Sheléa where she gave them pointers on improving their craft.

“Singing with her was exhilarating,” Shon Sapp, performing arts major, said. “Her live performance was one of the best I’ve seen and it was way more than I ex-pected.”

The audience size was perfect for the mood of the music, and allowed the audi-ence to connect with Sheléa in a manner that would have been impossible had it been larger.

Her original music was a mixture of nostalgia with the right amount of unique and her tribute to Houston was one that all fans of Houston will appreciate.

Sheléa performs weekly at Mt. Rubi-doux Seventh-day Adventist Church in Riverside.

DARLENE GARCIASinger Sheléa performs her Whitney Houston tribute in CAE 102 on Feb. 20, 2013.

Sheléa inspires students to keep pursing their dreams

DARLENE GARCIASheléa gives Shon Sapp, performing arts major, a music lesson during her concert on Feb. 20 in CAE 102 .

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JULIE COSGROVE

When “Carte de California” opened in the Kellogg Gallery of Art on the cam-SXV�RI�&DO�3RO\�3RPRQD��WKH�JDOOHU\�ÁRRU�looked like a Chaffey reunion.

Curated by Rebecca Trawick and De-nise Johnson, this exhibit focuses on the scarred landscapes that surround the val-leys and byways of our state, illustrated by SKRWRJUDSK\��ÀOP�� DQG�JUDSKLF�GHVLJQ�E\�artists Enid Baxter Blader, Jeff Cain, Julie Shafer and Dee Williams.

The director of the Kellogg Gallery, 4XLQWRQ� %HPLOOHU�� KDLOV� IURP� &KDIIH\�where he is an adjunct instructor in art and art history.

Trawick in turn directs the Chaffey Mu-seum of Art and Johnson is also an adjunct instructor of art.

At the opening reception Feb. 9, pho-tographer Julie Shafer was surrounded by colleagues, supporters from Cal Poly, and by many of her own students from Chaf-fey.

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landscape made beautiful again by pin-hole photography.

Photography by Dee Williams and PXOWLPHGLD�E\�-HII�&UDLQ�ÀOOHG� WZR�RWKHU�rooms of the Gallery, tracking the marks on the landscape created by immigration, urbanization and development, and hint at the scars on the psyche created by our en-thusiastic boom and bust cycles.

In a small corner, shielded by a heavy black curtain, Enid Baxter Blader’s 2008 ÀOP�� ´/RFDO���HUµ� H[DPLQHG� D� FRUQHU�of the southland, branching out from her home in Upland.

For 20 minutes, she casts a cynical eye on development at Victoria Gardens, the Preserve at Chino, Ontario, Montclair and the sad shoreline of the Salton Sea. At the same time, she views her eccentric neigh-bors with affectionate acceptance.

Shafer is scheduled to present an “Art-ist’s Talk” forum where she will discuss her work, the history of her subject and the technical challenges she faced using a gi-ant pin-hole camera in the countryside.

It will be held at the Gallery, Thursday at 6pm, Feb. 28 and, like the Kellogg Gal-lery, is free and open to the public.

FORREST SAM

Earn good grades and win free and dis-counted supplies from the Chaffey book-store.

As the semester has begun, Chaffey bookstore is encouraging students to get better grades in class for free goodies.

For every A or B students get, the book-store will reward them with discounts for Chaffey Gear, and free snacks, drinks such DV�&RIIHH�%HDQ�DQG�7HD�/HDI�DW�WKH�HQG�RI�this semester.

The bookstore is also hoping to work with dining services for more rewards for the students.

“A gift card for either the bookstore or

the cafeteria would be great,” Yessenia Hi-GDOJR��$6/�DQG�SKRWRJUDSK\�PDMRU��VDLG�

“We consider one of our core missions to be helping support students’ education,” Jared Ceja, director of the auxiliary ser-vices, said.

“In the past, we have sponsored the ASCC scholarships, graduation fests, and ‘Welcome-Back’ for student clubs on cam-pus. We want to help support students’ suc-cess.” Ceja said.

“I think it’s a fun way to get students ex-cited and engaged about doing well in their classes,” Rachel Dunkley, media arts major student, said.

While some students respond with ex-citements, some are uncertain of the effec-

tiveness of this event.“It is a good concept,” says Ashley Or-

tiz, undecided major, “But I don’t think a lot of students would try hard for a pack of pencils.”

It seems that the incentives may not be strong enough to motivate students, but Dunkley disagrees.

“Students really should already have the motivation to do well in school,” She said. ´/LWWOH�HYHQWV�DUH�IXQ�WKRXJK�µ

Indeed, students are expected to study and do well in school as they are free to choose to take classes or not.

However, some students still have ques-tions about the rewards.

“I do not necessarily buy foods or cloth-

ing at the bookstore, but discounts for text-books would really help me out.” Patrick Jimenez, philosophy major, said.

College life can be tough for students. This is one of the reasons that the book-store is having these rewards for the stu-dents.

“Every bit of it would help,” says Ortiz.

More details about this event will be released on Facebook later this semester (http://www.facebook.com/chaffeycol-legebookstore).

Good grades to get rewards from bookstore

Chaffey faculty represents at Cal Poly gallery

JULIE COSGROVEGallery Director Quinton Bemiller escorts photographer Julie Shafer to the room where her photographs have drawn a curious group of students, faculty and friends.

JULIE COSGROVEPhotographer Julie Schafer exhibited black and white prints created with a room-size “camera obscura,” for her project “Conquering the Vertical.”

JULIE COSGROVEAt the opening of the exhibit “Carte de California,” photographer Julie Schafer answered questions and talked about her photographs that lines the walls.

JULIE COSGROVEPhotographs depict the ubiquitous mustard plant spread by Spanish monks along the roadways that connected the missions they planted and which became the foundation of Span-ish imperialism and American manifest destiny.

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As students approach the hills at the Rancho Cucamonga campus they may have a hard time receiving their favorite radio programs.

But if they switch the dial over to 1630 AM, they can tune into Chaffey’s own ra-dio station.

One of the featured on-air personalities is Annie Mendoza, known on the radio as DJ Phunkette.

Now in her second year on air, DJ Phun-kette’s theme for her show is “Feel the mu-sic” as she plays electrical, disco, funk, some new wave and ‘80s.

“Basically music that can get you up to dance, because that’s something I love to do,” Mendoza said.

Her show also features campus an-nouncements and news.

Mendoza’s evolution to the airwaves happened quite by chance.

“I did not have the intention to do any-thing with audio or broadcasting of any sort,” she said. “I was simply [at Chaffey]to get credits to transfer to Cal State San Bernardino.”

Once she began involved in the pro-gram, however, she admits to truly enjoy the broadcasting classes offered at Chaffey and recommends it to other students.

“We have a amazing program,” she said. “We have many resources.”

This includes a fully equipped lab, which includes a radio studio, mock news-station, editing room and top-of-the-line software.

“There are a lot of opportunities for anyone willing to put in hard work to get the experience,” Mendoza said.

“Unfortunately, with all the budget cuts we have all this wonderful equipment but are unable to use it to the fullest due to not being fully staffed. Yet the faculty still goes above and beyond. I wish we had more staff.”

While working in the broadcasting program, Mendoza has had experience in sound design, TV production and video editing.

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Mendoza looks forward to a future in radio.

“Soon, I will have an interview to see if I can get a internship with KOST 103.5

FM,” she said. “I would love to be my own radio per-

sonality and have my own show,” Mendo-za said.

She could also see herself running her own production where she can call her own shots.

“I would like to do something like com-edy, or lighthearted things — something that can touch the masses,” Mendoza said.

For now, students can get to know Men-doza best as DJ Phunkette.

Tune in Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m. from any radio on the Rancho Cucamon-ga Campus or online at www.chaffey.edu/

broadcasting.

Students can also email her a shout out or a song request at [email protected].

SANDY FLORESDJ Phunkette live on air giving the 7-day forecast for the Inland Empire on Feb. 7.

The history behind the name DJ Phunkette comes from the band called Chrome out of Montreal, Canada. Fans of the band are called “Chromics” or “Phunketters.”

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VALEEN GONZALES

Hungry people are grumpy, irrational and compulsive.

Snickers candy bars’ commercials con-vey that idea with a hefty dose of humor, while enticing people to reach for a Snick-ers to satisfy their hunger and improve their mood.

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There were also talks on more pragmat-ic, everyday topics such as hunger.

Hidehiko Inagaki, a graduate student at Caltech, and Ketaki Panse, a Caltech undergraduate student, discussed their re-

search into the genetic basis of the connec-tion between hunger, mood and behavior.

“In science, we always try to understand something complex by studying something simple,” Inagaki said in his TED talk with Panse.

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Three of those brain chemicals — dopa-mine, serotonin and neuropeptides — are responsible for how the brain processes in-formation that is received and translates it into emotion.

“The human brain interprets informa-tion in different ways depending on its in-

ternal state,” Panse said. “And this is a key component to emotion.”

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“When I get hungry, I’m not picky,” po-litical science major Estfania Zarco said. “I get very indecisive because I want ev-erything just because I’m hungry. I can’t think.”

Although hunger affects mood in some students, it doesn’t make them any less picky.

“When I’m hungry, I get really moody and snappy,” English major Melissa Marti-nez said. “But, no matter how hungry I am, if I don’t like it, I won’t eat it.”

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“Students come in here to buy things all the time and say ‘I don’t want this, but I’m so hungry,’” anthropology major and stu-dent worker in the Panther Express Kristen Tuosto said. “Normally you’d get some-thing practical, maybe something a little bit healthier, but students tend to buy a lot of junk food when they’re starving.”

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Creatures is purely plot device.But credit is due in its successful at-

tempt at delivering romantic charm for Valentine’s Day.

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that she rightfully deserved her title as a “siren.”

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Overall: D+

The Breeze Reviews: Charming, forgettable Creatures

JAY ADAMSON

Under the microscope for review is the survival horror game: Dead Space 3.

The last two games have led up to the WKLUG� DQG� ÀQDO� LQVWDOOPHQW� RI� WKH� 'HDG�Space trilogy.

The series revolves around Isaac Clark, a simple engineer in the 24th century, who travels through space to distant stars.

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You follow Clark on the mission throughout these games to destroy these artifacts.

The third installment of the series prom-ised a cinematic, suspenseful story.

The demos and commercials show a battered and bruised Clark, staring daggers through a frozen wasteland, ready to de-stroy anything in his way to get to his goal.

Needless to say, it was a game that was

very much looked forward to by many.Despite not living up entirely to the ex-

pectations of the fans, who were swayed into being hyped by the demo and adver-tisements, the makers of the game deliv-ered a fairly impressive game.

With a tense, intriguing plot line, the game really pulls you into the environ-ment. In some cases, one might feel like they are Clark as you make the decisions and movements to ultimately reach your goal. The game comes with a co-op for the storyline, letting a friend play along as you progress.

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All in all, the features, storyline and co-op gameplay really sold this game. How-ever, this game isn’t perfect, since it hyped players up for an “awesome” game, then gave us a “fairly impressive” one.

Overall: 8 out of 10.

Dead Space 3 delivers survival horror with depth

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ANNALEY BARRIENTOS

With long nights which consist of tons of homework and papers to write, it’s hard to stay awake.

The easy way to stay awake at night and stay awake the next morning is to drink an energy drink.

,W�GRHVQ·W�PDWWHU�WKH�EUDQG�RU�Á�DYRU�\RX�prefer. What matters is the potential result students will get from them.

Energy drinks may be the easiest choice. But if overused, they can lead to serious dangers.

Many energy drinks are marked as sup-plements, not food. This allows companies to circumvent government regulations, which are given to other food products such as soda.

Experts have spoken openly about con-cerns and some students agree.

Sara Montanez does not like the way her body reacts to energy drinks and does not drink them.

“I don’t like energy drinks because I found that the times I have drank energy drinks, it produces anxiety attacks for me,” Montanez said.

K. Steven Whiting, Ph.D., of Phoenix Nutritionals in San Diego, speaks about the potential affects of drinking excessive amounts of caffeine.

“One, it targets the central nervous system directly. Two, it can lead to dehy-dration and loss of water-soluble nutrients that have that have a calming effect on the central nervous system,” Whiting said. “This combined effect can cause agitation and sleep problems and potentially lead to the development of long-terms anxiety is-sues.”

“I just think they are really unhealthy. I’m not the only person that gets anxiety after drinking them because I see peo-ple feel really gross after drinking them,” Montanez said. “I would recommend to read the labels on the back of them and check out the ingredients.”

$OWKRXJK�/XLV�*DPERD� KDV� KDG� D� EDG�experience with energy drinks, he still likes

to drink them occasionally.“I work at a warehouse and one day

while I was doing heavy lifting I decided to get a Monster energy drink. An hour after I drank it, I started getting chest pains and had to stop working for 30 minutes before I could continue to work again, because I couldn’t breathe,” Gamboa said. “I still drink them, but not as much as I used to,”

Since Gamboa has stopped drinking en-ergy drinks as often he used to, he noticed a difference in the way his body feels.

“Since I have stopped drinking ener-gy drinks, I feel my body is less tired. By drinking them so often, I would substitute the drink for my sleep,” Gamboa said. “Now I sleep more and drink them less and feel more rested.”

Carlos Castellanos, a music and politics major, doesn’t drink energy drinks at all.

“I think that energy drinks are just bad for the body because when people drink them too much their bodies become de-pendent of them. I don’t even drink coffee, what I do is that I just get up in the morn-ings and drink orange juice instead,” Cas-tellanos said.

Steven Gastlum, engineering major, believes that energy drinks are sometimes misjudged.

“It depends how much you drink a day,” Gastlum said. “It is just a negative stereo-type to think that all energy drinks are bad. In reality it’s based on which energy drink you’re drinking and how often you drink them,”

The truth is that we consume many things that may not be the best health de-cisions.

What is important is how we control what we put into our bodies.

*DVWOXP�KDG�VRPH�À�QDO�DGYLFH� WR�JLYH�to students.

“Don’t drink them often. Make sure you manage how much you drink a day. Don’t exceed two per day because that’s a heart attack waiting to happen. If you’re on medication do not drink energy drinks like Nos.”

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Energy drinks: stamina booster or silent killer?

ROBERT ORTIZ

,QVSLUHG�E\�WKH�/�$��8UEDQ�&ROOHFWLYH��which focuses on the Skid Row area, the I.E. Urban Collective aims to help the homeless in the local communities.

The program, which was begun this year by Associated Students President Car-los Huizar, an urban planning major, and his friend, Gina Duran-Salazar, a psychol-RJ\�PDMRU��KRSHV�WR�À�OO�D�KXJH�QHHG�

The city of San Bernardino, the name-sake of the county and the largest city in the I.E., has the second highest poverty rate in the nation, ahead of only Detroit.

Due to recent economic turmoil and scarce employment opportunities, the numbers of those who are homeless or near homeless have been steadily increasing.

For Gina this mission is personal. She recounted an experience she had years ago with a homeless woman. This woman who lived by a freeway on-ramp had construct-ed a house out of discarded blankets.

The authorities decided that this house could not continue to stand and demolished it, forcing the woman into a more dire sit-uation.

“I knew I needed to help these people,” Duran-Salazar said. She jumped at the

chance to work on a project that did just that.

Students who may have had similar experiences and haven’t found an outlet to help or students who just want to make the world a better place can donate blan-kets and other necessities in several boxes around the Chaffey College District.

Two boxes are at the Rancho Cucamon-ga campus, one in Student Activities and the other in the Wignall museum. There are DOVR�ER[HV�LQ�WKH�'HDQ·V�RIÀ�FH�DW�WKH�&KLQR�campus and the student lounge at the Fon-tana campus.

This group has already begun the help-ing process and will be distributing their À�UVW�GRQDWLRQV�WR�WKRVH�LQ�QHHG�LQ�WKH�FLW\�of Muscoy. They also have plans to dis-tribute in other cities, such as Ontario and Riverside.

Although called the Inland Empire Ur-ban Collective, Huizar said his group’s ef-fort will extend to any area where they see a need.

“Our mission is to help the homeless and give them hope,” Huizar said.

He said he knows that a turn around is possible for everyone and wants to give ev-eryone an equal chance to start anew.

Students take up cause to help homeless with basics

12 | Sports thebreezeonline.com | February 25, 2013

HERMAN DUGBARTEY

Chaffey’s men’s basketball team is known for its up-tempo game as well as its target-shooting point guards.

The Hustlin’ Panthers currently stand alone atop the Foothill Conference. Their win against Mt. San Jacinto 93-78 on Feb. 20 put them in a favorable position going into the postseason.

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quickness and agility make him an overall threat. His passing abilities and footwork on defense complete him as a whole player.

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some recognition. He is currently ranked third in the state in points per game. Aver-aging 14.9 points a game this season and shooting at an amazing 82.2 percent over-all.

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His stats tell his story as a leader on the court, but off the court he wants to do the same. He is majoring in sociology and communications. He plans on being a mo-tivational speaker and mentor for youth in his community.

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“I watch a lot of DVDs and spend time ZLWK�P\�PRP�DIWHU�WKH�VHDVRQ�µ�/RQJ�VDLG��/RQJ�LV�D�IDPLO\�RULHQWHG�PDQ�ZLWK�D�JRRG�head on his shoulders. His hard work on the hardwood and in the classroom is an-other thing that he has been working on.

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No. 1 brings his team to No. 1

LAUREN SMITHThe team watches on as the score gap merges closer during lose to Antelope Valley on Feb. 9. Through Feb. 20, the men were 22-6 overall and 11-2 in conference play as they ready for post season play. First-round action begins Wednesday, Feb. 27.

LAUREN SMITHJustin Long calls the play during a Panther home game on Feb. 9. Despite his efforts, his team fell to Antelope Valley, 83-73.

CHRIS JACKSONFront and back — Jersey No. 1 belongs to J. Long, lined up before basketball practice on Feb. 4.

CHRIS JACKSON

“My favorite movie is Training Day.”— Justin Long