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Formaldehyde issue fizzles outby Matthew MendezBampage reporter

Construction crews fin-ished sanitary repairs in theFresno City College Math-Sci-ence building last month afternearly a year under state scru-tiny due to hazardous chemicalscirculating through the ventila-tion system.

Officials ofthe State Cen-ter Community College District

announced that a brand newventilation system had been in-stalled, along with the completesterilization of the chemicalstorage area, on Aug. 2. Offi-cials also said the building was

safe for facuþ and students, butFresno City College's President,

Ned Doffoney, said the situationwill continue to be monitored.

The school replaced thebuilding's exhaust system andvowed to replace a number ofpreviously used chemicals with

less mephitic chemicals5as wellas promise to keep track of allspecimens used in biologyclass.

The safety improvementscame as a result of an investi-gation by the state Division ofOccupational Safety andHealth, which had received a

complaint from sevetal CityCollege instructors. The com-plaint outlined a number ofhealth related inequities: venti-lation deficiencies; inadequate

controls of hazardous sub-stances and regulated carcino-gens; and expobure to formal-dehyde.

The investigation droveCaI-OSHA to smack the districtwith a $20,100 fine, which theState District is currently in theprocess of appealing. The dis-trict claims it was oblivious toany hazard or violation despitereports from teachers who workin the building that have beenlobbying for a change for the

last 17 years. Dean Fryer, a

spokesman for CaI-OSHA inSan Francisco, said in a recentarticle in The Fresno Bee. "Anappeal can take up to a year."

The most prominentchemical the investigation re-ported f,rnding was formalde-hyde, which the school was us-ing as a preservative to storeanimals for futwe dissection.Formaldehyde is one of the

see OSHA, Page 4

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OV fawana VorganRampage reporter

Can Fresno Area Express ofer asolution to FCC parking problem? Ac-cording to Associated Student Govern-ment and Patrick Stumpf, President ofthe ASG the ansn'er is, yes.

The proposal: FCC sn¡dents wouldbe able to purchase a bus pass $25-$30for a monthly pass on campus in theBusiness Offrce.

"Initially the proposal was denied

but, we are still working out the kinks,"Stumpf said. "If students and faculty are

really interested in solving the problemASG needs all the help it can get." The

ctrrrent student governnent counsel con-sists of eight members, which is the few-est number of students the school bylawsallow.

For this project, ASG needs stu-

dents who are willing to help, by sign-

ing a petition inside the ASG offrce. The

student Govemment plans on presenting

the signatures to a city council membe¡or mayor Alan Autry if a deal can notbe worked out directly with FAX.

"What ever you do just get in-volved," Stumpf said. "If students reallywant a solution to the parking problemand are not able to commit the time, weare open to suggestions and can be

reached at442-8275."ASG Meetings are held Tuesdays

at 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Senate Cham-

bers (inside the Student Lounge) The

time allotted to address the board on

agenda and non agenda items is three

minutes per item and a fifteen minutetime limit.

For more information contactGurdeep K. Sihota, Director of CollegeActivities and Advisor for the StudentBody Associ ation at265-57 1 1 or e-mail:eurdeep. sihota@fr esnocitycollege. edu

þost e-mail Suggestions Parking) Asso-ciated Student Government Offrce lo-cated in Room SC-205 (Above theBookstore).

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Fresno City College has a newunderpass it can be proud of, with thecompletion of the project on schedule,

and within budgetary confinements."It was ù great project... the

opening happened on time," said TomDriscoll, Manager of Construction Ser-

vices for the State Center CommunityCollege District.

Up against a tight agenda, con-tractors have-worked since April, at allhours of the day, to complete Phase II

in order to meet the Aug. 15 deadline.Phase I of the project began in

the summer of 2004 thanks to the mon-etary assistance of $I million dollarsfrom Caltrans, Sl.2 million dollarsfrom SCCCD, and an additional$627,000 of local monie.s, collectedfrom parking fee revenues.

"[t sure changes the geography,and the perspective when you drivearound here," Driscoll said.

The new underpass provides stu-

dents with a safer means of getting onand off campus. After the death of twopeople and the accident of another inthe last five years, former campus po-

lice chief Marvin Reyes' repeated pe-

titions to The State Public UtilitiesCommission, and The Federal Cross-ing and Trespassing regional managerwere finally heard. Both the State andthe Feds "sar¡r' how many students wehad crossing the tracks every day," saidBrian Speece, Vice Chancellor fromthe SCCCD, "it was a great project andthey agreed to participate."

The SCCCD and their engineerscompeted for state bond money, fromHigher Education funds from Sacra-mento in 2002, and were awarded the

see Undefpass, Page 3

Workers put final touches to complete FCC's new underpass. The urrdripos was started in the summe, o¡ZffiT'"aisvRææ

$2.2 million underpass was inspired by twodeaths and one injury in the last five years

@Rampage reporter

Susi Nitzel, this year's studentspeaker at the schlarship awards ban-quet, received three scholarships topursue an associate degree in anthro-pology.

The scholarships were award bythe Anthropology Club, Don Wren Me-morial Scholarship for Anthropologyand the Fresno County ArchaeologicalSociety Scholarship.

Susi will receive her associatedegree in Liberal Arts in May she willGraduate Phi Thera Kappa with High-est Honors and a perfect 4.0 GPA.

The highlighr of the evening atthe Fresno City CollegeAwards Schol-arship Banquet was student SusiNitzel, who said during her speech,"Even though I began drinking and us-ing drugs recreationally in high school,it was in my late twenties that I beganto actively pursue such activities; go-ing formy major in them, so to speak..

Susi was dignified in her deliveryand spoke about dropping out of CSUFresno and about her life experiences,which included battling a drug and al-cohol addiction.

Four years ago, after getting thehelp she needed, she enrolled at FresnoCity College and her life changed. Susiis also the 2005 Dean's Medillion win-ner in the Social Sciences Division; sheplans to finish her bachelor's degree atCalifornia State Universiry Fresno.

Ultimately she would like to attendthe University of Tennessee for hermaster's in Forensic Anthropology. Hergoal is to work in the field of medicalanthropology.

After overcoming personal setbacks she showed academic persistenceand is an inspirational woman to manystudents and faculty alike. The 2005-06scholarship recipients had a chance tothank their benefactors in person

"Wonderful event, good opporfu-nity for students and donors to under-stand the real purpose of philanthropy,"

Rams for ReliefAugust 31,2005

under tragic circumstances it is helpful to know that we are all part of acaring communify. Join us in helping the victims of the Hurricane Katrinatragedy who have lost loved ones, friends, homçs and their businesses.Please consider making a donation to the "Rams for Rerief'campaign, aneffort by the entire Fresno ciry college family to raise money to send tothe disasto¡ relief efforts.

Your donations çan be deposited in the Business offîce unde¡ the aççountname "Rams for Relief'.

For more informafion, please contaÇt Gwdeep Sihot¿ at ext. 57l l or ateurdeçp. Sihpta@ft esnoçitycollege. edq,

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NewsFCC students receive $20,000 in scholarshi

said Dr. Ned Doffoney, president ofFCC.

The recipients received theirscholarship awards from over 131 orga-nizations and foundations for a varietyof disciplines.

This year over $70,000 will be dis-tributed, the largest in FCC history,thanks to private donors. The privatedonors provide the funds yearly orthrough endowment accounts.

Register on line for a free scholar-ship search at www.wiredscholar.com,www.fastweb.com, and http:llsearch.cashe.com (College Aid Sources

for HigherEducation) From Sallie Mae.Special Thanks to Fresno City CollegeFinancial Aid Offrce, the President'sOffrce and the State Center

Community College Foundation.For more information, contact Dr. Joan

Edwards, executive director of theSCCC Foundation at 224-5991

The Fresno City College Scholar-ship Awards Banquet program includedmaster of ceremonies Don Larson, Dr.Ned Doffoney, Dr. Joan Edwards, theSCCC Foundation Executive Director,and SCCC Foundation President KeithKompsi.

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Underp ass: Structure was on tin

under budget, CInd caused no maior iatGontinued from Page I

grant. Once funding was avail-able, Burlington Northerncame in and helped bY design-

ing the bridge in 2004, and

building the bridge in APril of2005. This job was done in be-

tween the trains, so that trainservice was never intemrPted.

As far as the Police and

traffic on campus are con-cerned, the new underPass

brought a pleasant surPrise.

"We had some backuPs

on the first day of school, butby 9:30 a.m. theY were allgone," police lieutenant Ron

Watson said. The normal Pushto frnd a parking sPot when

classes let out was stillpresent, and exPected, but bY

Tuesday, there was a signifi-cant drop in the number of cars

on campus, because students

found alternative means ofgetting to school. The trendcontinued on into the follow-ing week where even fewercars were brought onto cam-

pus."We were reallY worried

about the delivery trucks, butthe engineers did it right"'Lt-\\:atson said- referring to the

by Matthew MendezRampage reporter

There are at least twonoteworthy events in SePtember

that every student looking tobetter their current situation(and who isn't) needs to be

aware of: Transfer DaY and the

Allied Health Job Fair.

Transfer DaY will be held

onWednesday, SePt. 14. This is

a chance for students who are

unfamiliar or intimidatedbY the

whole transferring Process toget more acquainted with a four-

year universiryAll nine UC camPuses

will be represented, as well as

several California State Univer-

sities and indePendent univer-

sities.The event is much like a

college carnival, with each

school trying to sell its Pro-grams to worthY students.

School rePresentatives

will be looking to Promotenewly available majors like out-

of-work Hollywood hoPefulspitching another bad moviescript to aî annoYed

superproducer. Their sellingpoints will include housing oP-

tions, local recreational events

andhang outs, job oPPortunities

and anything else that maY Per-

suade a student to aPPIY for ad-

angle ofthe left-hand turn head-

ing under thetrain tracks toget out toBlackstone Av-enue. "'Wehaven't had oneproblem, welucked out."

Each ofthe sidewalks is

going to taketurns beingclosed the weekof Sept. 12 forthe shotcretejob to be done.

They will keepone sidewalkopen for studentaccess through-out this process.

The side-walk design iselevated offtheroad for safetY,

and will soonbegetting fencesto ensure peoPle

can't get fromthe pedestrianwalkway to the

road. The roadhad to be a lotdeeper than the

mission to their school,

Attending schools willalso provide transfer materials,

and attemptto illustrate exactly

how a student goes about trans-

ferring to a new universitY. TiPs

will include requirements forGeneral Education and GPA.

Leticia S. Canales, coor-

dinator and counselor forFresno City College's Transfer

Center, describedthe single daY

event as "One of the biggest

events ofthe year, esPeciallY for

students looking to transfer for

the Fall 2006 semester,"- ¡.tmessage to all students: "This

is the one event You should not

miss."TransferDaY will be held

atthe College Mall, which is the

main strip of land fromthe frontfountain to the bookstore; itbe-gins at 9 a.m. and will conclude

at I p.m.The Allied Health Job

Fair, which is being held in the

Fresno City College cafeteria on

Sept. 15, isn't being limited to

students hoPing to enter a ca-

reer in health science- al-though it maY be limited to stu-

dents with deeP Pockets.According to the Em-

ployment Resource Center,FCC has well over 500 students

in their allied health Pro-grams- including more than

350 mrsing students-

Fresno CitY College is re-

garded as having one ofthe best

nursing programs in the state; a

propitious program that is also

one of the largest in the nation.

Other allied health Pro-grams at FCC are Health Infor-mation Technolo gY, Radiolo gi-

cal TechnologY, Dental HY-

giene, Clinical Medical Assis-

tant, Contemporary Health,Respiratory Care Practitionerand Surgical TechnologY.

However, students inter-

ested in working in these such

fields aren't the onlY ones who

can benefit from the Job Fair.

"A hosPital is like a littlecity," said Sean Henderson,Coordinator for the EmPloY-

ment Resource Center, "besides

nurses and doctors, You have

security guards, maintenance

crews, the janitors and manY

other jobs."Many hosPitals have

daycare centers and hosPital

volunteer programs, wherepeople (usuallY students) can

volunteer and Provide various

auxiliary services.

The Allied Health Job

Fairbegins at 9a.m. and ends at

2 p.m.on ThursdaY SePt. 15.

The fee to attend the Job Fair is

$150 and includes a Parkingpermit, a table with tablecloth,

two chairs, continental break-

fast and catered lunch.

A sign near the railroad crossing onWeldon At'enue points

nwàrd the new underpass. This is where Deondrae Mullin

died a yeor ago, and is now closed permanentb'

walkway be-cause of ADArequirements,allowing foreasy passageboth down and

up the under-pass. Trees and

shrubs are also

scheduled to be

put ln.Speeding

along the un-derpass, whichwas designed inthe first placefor studentsafery has beenquite a concernfor campus po-

lice. Both theCity of Fresno,and campus po-lice will havetheir radar of-ficers out, peri-odicallYthroughout theyear, crtlngpeople whodrive in excess

of the postedspeed limit of15 mph.

"Thereare a lot of

people walking back andforth, and we can't afford tohave people driving throughthere at 35 mph around thatcurve," Lt. Watson said.

There will be a ribboncutting ceremony FridaY, SePt.

23, at I 1:00 at the corner oftheparking lot where the ramP

starts down toward the under-pass. Caltrans dignitaries are

coming to dedicate the under-pass.

There are other upcom-ing projects to look forwardto.

"We have another $2.2million dollars from measure

E in our local bond monies,to add additional Parking,"Speece said. SCCCD Plans tobuild a parking lot in conjunc-

tion with the OldAdministra-tion Building restorationproject. This project is sched-

uled to be comPleted bY 2009.Seventy-five to 100

parking stalls are also sched-uled to be made availableupon the completion of the

construction in Lot S. A smalllot r¡'ill increase parking oP-

tions for the SCCCD officeand campus police station as

well.

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Gontinued from Page Imore conìmon indoor air pollut-ants, and ifinhaled, it can causeirriution to rhe e1'es and mucousmembranes, resulting in an in-tense buming sensation in thethroat, severe headaches, diffi-

culty breathing and watery eyes.Formaldehyde can be fatal ifimbibed; the solution convertsto formic acid once inside thebodr'. creating an acidic increasein the blood and may possiblyresult in comatoseness or death.

Cal-OSHA inspectors

were denied entrance into theMath-Science building on May18 before their first attempt atperforming a second investiga-tion i¡to the complaints of sub-standard ventilation. During ameeting on May 20,the districtagreed to allow the investigators

into the building; however, onthat same day, state officialsobtained a subpoena from aFresno County Supreme Courtjudge forcing the college to letinspectors inside. The warrantstated that the condition of thebuilding was "not in conform-ance with the requirements formaintenance of a safe andhealthfirl worþlace."

Investigators were fi-nally able to commence theirofücial inspection on May 23.Three inspectors, one ofthema district manager for the Con-cord offrce ofthe state Divisionof Occupational Safety andHealth, spent two days interro-gating college officials aboutthe school's storage oflabora-tory specimens, as well as howit took care ofthe preservativethat specimens were packagedwith. They observed minor de-tails by scouring the depths ofevery cabinet in the laborato-ries, and paid great attention tomajor cleansing procedureswhen they studied a contractoras he removedpreserved speci-mens for disposal.

That investigation lead toyet another fine, this time forfailing to notify employeeswithin l5 days offormaldehydemonitoring results and failureto provide adequate headroomi¡ the Forum Hall ofice area.The school's offrces were 6 feet8 inches from the floor to theceiling; regulation height is 7

feet. These and two other infrac-tions (failing to mount, locateand identifl'portable fire extin-guishers and failing to providesufflrcient training for employ-ees who come in contact withasbestos) cost the district an-other $2,340.

The ordeal started on Oct.15 of last year, when the chem-istry department shut down labsfor the following week. Facultyhad complained about the stor-age ofchemicals and substancessuch as cadmium and mercury.

Cadmium is a relativelyrare, soft, bluish-white transi-tion metal occurring primarilyin copper, zinc and lead ores.Mercury is a silvery-white me-tallic element used in thermom-eters, vapor lamps and, like cad-mium, in batteries. Both ele-ments are extremely toxic evenin low concentrations; cadmiumis one of the few elements thathas no constructive purpose inthe human body. Inhaling cad-mium laden will quickly resultin respiratory tract and kidneyproblems that can tum fatal. Ifingested, it causes immediatedamage and poisoning to theliver and kidneys.

Over the last two and ahalfyears, the district has spent$155,000 to make improve-ments to the fume hoods thatexpel gasses into laboratorieswhere students are working andeliminate excess odors.

Brian Speece, the associ-ate vice chancellor for businessoperations, said at the time ofthe first investigation, "Chemi-cal odors exist because hoodsaren't completely enclosed, andthe college doesn't have fire-proofed vaults for storage."

At least one staffmemberand several students who fre-quently used the laboratoriesaround that time reported healthproblems relating to formalde-hyde gas usage in a number ofthe school's science courses.

Nearly every teacher orschool offrcial The Rampagecontacted for an intervieq in-cluding the president of theState Centerteacher's union andthe department chairman, didnot respond to emails, letters orphone calls. A few teachers whofrequent the Math-Sciencebuilding responded with "nocomment at this time."

The National Institute forOccupational Safety and Healthhas a specific limit on theamount of formaldehyde con-centration that is secured forthose in the labs.

Last year The Rampagereported that Fresno City'sformaldehyde concentrationwas at certain points four timesover the required level of 0.1-ppm (parts per million) in in-door science facilities.

scccD has spent g155,000 to upgrade thefiune twods in the Math/scierrlnå!)ffi'."""'"Students anà staffhad reported medicat problems stcmmingfrom chemicatfumes in the buitding.

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Folk Dance class aunique opportunity

by-Nlgell /@k theimpactthespaniardshadonRampage reporter costuÅes, dance and culture,"

The Mexican Folk Dance said Dr. Castro-Paramo.

class, instructed by Dr. Maria There are two separate

Guadalupe Castro-Paramo classes. Begirurer classes meet

Ph.D., is a unique, co-gender on Mondays and advanced

class inwhich students leamthe classes meet Wednesdays.culture and dance of the Mexi- However,therearenoauditionscan heritage. to determine whether the stu-

Even though Fresno City dent is advanced or beginner.

College is the only institution The student can decide whichthat provides this kind of class class they would do best ininthestateof California, scares based on past education inof money loss and discouraged Mexican folk dancing. Begin-

studentsmightmakethiscultur- ners' classes include all oftheally charged class unavailable. same criteria as the advanced

Mexican Folk Dancs class, except beginners learn

class is afive-hourclass involv- bits and pieces of differenting two hours of lecture and dances from different regions

three hours of movement. The and the advanced class leams

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Shooting their way to the toFresno City College goes through their final preparations before the season begins Se

By Joseph ßios

Rampage Reporter

You can tell a lot aboutthe physicality of a sport justby standing in the gym hall-way when practices are end-ing.

The tall lanky builtbasketball players come outof practice laughing and jok-ing amongst themselves.They argue over whetherthey should go to HomeTown Buffet or just havesome home cooking.

Just then a wrestlercomet flying out the wres-tling room barely able tobreathe then flops onto thefloor with his chest rising upand down in exhaustion. Afew more come out panting.They lean against the wallwhile they catch their breath.

Their shirts atedrenched. Either they justhad a wet t-shirt contest orone tough workout-

It is the beginning ofthe season and many of theseguys haven't stepped ontothe mat since the end of lastseason.

"We develop a cultureof hard work," said headcoach Jared Smith.

"They understand thatwhen they come into ourroom. They are going tohurt. They're going to dothings they never thoughtpossible. Whether they startfor me or only w¡estle onematch, they'll walk out ofhere a better man."

When you venture intothe wrestling room, eitheraccidentally or on purpose,the first thing you notice isthe smell.

It's what Mean Joe'stowel must have smelled likeafter a game - or maybe hisjock strap. The ioom has amusty odor; it's a stench youcan almost feel in the air. Butnobody seems to mind.

Out on the mat areabout eight pairs of guyssparring with one another.

By the end of the gru-eling practice, the wrestlersare so spent it looks morelike rolling around thanwrestling.

Although the guys stillshow spurts of fire, theirfaces show fatigue as theirmouths droop open and theirarms hang loosely at theirsides.

When coach calls for

them to bring it in, one guytakes a step toward coachthen heads fo¡ the throw-upbucket to ¡elieve himselfwhile Smith ends practice.

All of this will change,though, as the season contin-ues. They will get into wres-

tling shape with time.Smith is looking for-

ward to the talent in thisyear's group. With the StateChampionships being held inFresno this year, the Ramshave the advantage in vyingfor the title in front of a

home crowd."I don't care where it

is; I want to win it," saidSmith. "It would be espe-cially sweet to win it here.That's our goal. It's ex-tremely important that ourkids know that that's our goal:

to be champions here athome."

Fresno City has a handfull of guys returning to theroster that will help leadthem in the quest for a statechampionship.

"This year's squad ispretty tough," said Smith."We lost a few good guys.But, we replaced them withsome transfers and some redshirt guys."

Sabi Singh who placedfourth in the 125-poundweight class of state finalslast season and BrianWedstone a heavyweightwho finished eighth will bereturning as well.

"My goal is to winstate," said Singh. "Last yearI got hurt and I came backbut I wasn't in top shape. Idid good, but not as good asI wanted to. It made me hun-gry to work harder this yearand show what I'm reallymade of."

"I think a lot of guysare going to step up this yearbecause we're hungry andwe want it," said Singh."We're not about gettingsecond or third we're allthinking about getting firstevery time."

FCC also picked upFresno State transfer Will-iam Griffin. Griffin who isslated to wrestle at thel84-pound division and couldquite possibly jump up to rhe197 slot for the Rams.

"He's solid," saidSmith. "He had a couplegood years at Fresno State.He'll be very good for us. Iexpect to see a lot of goodthings out of him."

Another wrestlerSmith is excited about itSinai Pizzat. Sinai is a wres-tler from Farmersville thatred shirted last season for theRams. :

His olde¡ brotherYasser Pizzatwas a two timestate champion at FCC andnow a graduate assistant un-der Smith.

"Growth wise, I amvery impressed with[Sinai]," Smith said. "I thinkhe is really going to surprisea lot of people."

The Rams first regularseason match is Sept. 10 atthe Paloma¡ Dual in SanMarcos at 5 pm.

Edgar Deleon (foreground) is taken to the mat by Luis Leyva (backgroundffii:;i*one of the matches at the Red vs. white scrimmage in the FCC gym on sept. 3.

Jimmy Gallegos (top) tries to apply a submission hold on Abel "ror""';

(";:;;::îduring the Red vs. white scrimrnage. The Rams first dual of the season is sep. t0

Flying h¡gh against Feather RivrThe Rams amass 422 total yards as they win their season opener on Sept. 3.

By David WitteRampage ßeporter

When Fresno City Col-lege defensive back Ivy Jonespicked up a fumble ten yardsfrom the end zone Sept. 3, he

sa\¡/ an openmg."I saw the ball pop out

on the ground," he said. "Myeyes got wide, and I knew Iwas to the house."

What he couldn't haveknown at the time was that histouchdown on the fumble re-covery was just the first ofmany plays by a stifling Ramsdefense.

FCC kicked off its 2005campaign with a 4l-l2victoryover Feather River College,led by a defense that allowedonly two big plays.

The first came whenFeather River's A.J. Montanofound a wide open KevinMurray for a 54-yard foot racetouchdown, followed by a

missed extra point. It wasMontano's only completion ofthe day, and Murray's only re-ceptron.

"The best thing was thatwe regrouped from it," saidFCC defensive back AndreJones. "We didn't let that oneplay take us down, '¡'e didn'tget on each other or nothinglike that. That's when we sot

September 7,2005 Sports Rampage 7

to come together even tighter."FCC scored another de-

fensive touchdown midwaythrough the third quarter,when Feather River quarter-back Rudy Artuyo avoidedgoing down in his own endzone for a sack, only to fumblethe ball. Linebacker JoeyPalacio jumped on the ball forthe touchdown.

Three Feather Riverquarterbacks combined tocomplete five out of 11 passes,

compiling only 83 yards."We knew this wasn't

really a passing team," Andresaid. "But we didn't want tounderestimate them either. Wesaw they couldn't pass on us,

and they weren't that effectiveon the run, so we just came to-gether and made sure we madeour tackles and played our as-

signments correctly."On offense, Jeff Schott

completed 20 of 33 passes for225 yards, but he did throwtwo interceptions and notouchdowns.

"They did a good job,their punter pinned us,"Feather Rir-er head coach RobCushman said. referring totwo punts by FCC's TerrenceBrown that were downed in-

side the Golden Eagles' 5-yard line.

The highlight of thegame came late in the firstquarter, when Schottlaunched a bomb into double-coverage. Wide receiverDonShay Warren leaped intothe air and snatched the ballfrom the.two defenders, thenfell on the 2-yard line.

Jose Rojas took thenext play for a2-yard. touch-down run.

Backup quarterbackStanley Nihipali showed hisability to escape would-betacklers when he ducked un-der a defender's tackle. andshot a22-yard strike to RyanHudgins in the end zone.

The Golden Eaglesspread the running game tol1 rushers, who combined for124 yards on 35 carries, ledbyBrylee Callendar, who had90 yards.

"We run the football."Cushman said. "I mean, weled the state in rushing lastyear. We have to improvethat first."

See Flying: Page I FCC\ Ryan Hudgins (2) teaps to mnke an acrobatic iotrh ¡o, otouchdown against Feather River's Kael Johnson at the end ofthe third querter on Sept. 3.

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Flying: Rams score 4I poinß in secßon openerGontinued from Page 6

River's offensive yards were

Callendar gained most gaingù by FCC penalties,of those yards on a 70-yatd---s6<mething the Rams struggled

touchdown run down the side- with all day.

line in the third quarter, clos- "Being that it was the

ing the score to 27-12. first game of the season, we

Feather River went for the were tired of hitting each

two-point conversion, and other," Andre said. "We fi-failed on the rollout. nally see a different-colored

A full third of Feather jersey, andit'sjusttheheatof

September 7 ,2005

the moment, you know."The Rams gave away

120 yards on l0 penalties."The first game '\¡/as a

little sloppy on both sides,"Cushman said. "They're a

good football team. Their de-

fense did a good job againstus, and v/e \ilere our ownworst enemy."

Right: HeatherMathos (center)

weaves her wayaround two Collegeof the Canyonsdefenders duringFCC's 2-0 victory on

Aug 31. Coming offtheir best season inrecent years, the

women are pickingup where they left offby shuting out their

rtr$ tuo opponentsin the '05 campaignwith SabrinaLawrence in the box

as Kerri Ward, whoplayed goalkeeper

for the Rams lastseasorl, received a

full scholarship to

Cal State Fullerton.

Photos by Daísy RosasAbove: FCC's Raul Gomez dribbles the ball through Canyons

defender Nick Garcia on Aug. 31. Canyons starting goalie Eric

Cordova sustained an iniury five minutes into the game which

allowed the Rams to unload on reserve goalie John Vedin as

FCC compiled six goals in a 6-1 victory.

ptember 7, 2Q05

Underpass r good or barWorth any kind of incon- The underpass is not worthvenience and monq) the loss of parking spots.

Now that we have the underpass wecan rest knowing no lives will have tobe claimed just from crossing a railroad.This subject might seem small and in-sigrrificant to some but I promise you, itis not.

As soon as one person had lost theirlife on the tracks this problem shouldhave been in the forefront and resolvedsooner.

The tracks running through campusis an important issue that we must ad-dress together. It is crucial to rememberthat we are the generation of tomorrowand we should show that we care aboutmore that MTV or HipHop.

We should show that we care aboutthings happening around the world andespecially on our campus.

The underpass is by no means a sac-rifice or even an inconvenience but apure salvation. Whenever there is a

choice between life and death you shouldalways chose life.

I encourage every student on campusto not only look at this project as an im-provement but I also encourage studentsto get involved, have your voice heard.Join the Associated Student Govern-ment!

Let's be a "do-generation," a genera-tion that doesn't sit on the sidelines. Letus be the ones everyone looks up to.

In the end, we will get some parkingspots back anyway, and since this rail-road underpass will prevent studentsfrom getting injured or killed whilecrossing the tracks, it is worth all thetime, effort, money and hard work.

by Christine Haeussling

Rampage reporter

Finally, the underpass. While someFCC students do nothave any clue ("Un-derpass? Never heard of it, this is myfirst semester."), others seem to be ob-sessed, whether they are for or againstit. I am against it albeit not so much thatI would not use it. But it was not neces-sary.

Yes, some people died crossing thetracks on campus. Of course that istragic, however it happened. Meanwhile,how many people did daily cross thenacks without getting hurt? Yeah, carshad to wait ats the tracks when a trainpassed. Now that is not the case an¡rmorebut instead we have a little intersectionwiththree stop sius. Thiswill alsomakepeople wait during rush hour on c¿ìm-pus, believe me. Already makes themwait, I should say.

I do not think the underpass was nec-essary. Even students who are not com-ing to class in their own car know thatthere are not quite as many parking spots

as we would like to have and use. Nowguess what: theunderpass took a few more from thesome 3,000 parking spots we had, forthe roughly 10,000 students who buy aparking permit every semester.

Once people realize that there is aconvenient underpass north of McKinleythey might, if they are in a hurry, try tocruise through campus instead of wait-ing at the crossing. We probably do notneed more trafüc on campus, people justtrying to get through as fast as possible.

Although I have no classes this se-

mester on the east side of the tracks, Inoticed something: The way for pedes-

trians is a lot longer than before and I donot think that many people get their carjust to drive through the underpass. Af-ter all, possible time gainedwiththis ma-neuver would be lost again, looking fora parking spot on the other side.

As I wrote in an article about theparking situation last semester, there willbe more parking lots for Fresno City Col-lege. In the year 2009, that is, after thereconstruction of several buildings, in-cluding the old administration building,finished. The new lots will be on thelawn behind the old administrationbuilding where 1þg þrmgalows are no\ry.

Could we have not skipped diggingthe underpass, instead focused on the re-constuction so theparking mightbe herea little earlier? Not that I plan on attend-ing FCC for four more years but I feelwith my fellow future students. I don'tbelieve that the parking problem willmysteriously solve itself until then.

by Eddie Ortiz

Rampage reporter

Among,the major consûrrction thatFresno City College has been undergo-ing lately is the underpass.

Finally, after more than one incident,the tracks on campus will not have to becrossed anyrnore but we can go and drivethrough an underpass.

Now, some may not agree with theproject because of numerous reasonssuch as: we lost parking spots.

First of all, considering that peopledied while crossing the tracks, losing a

few spots is a minor sacrifice. Besides,once construction is frnished we will getsome 70 parking spaces back.

A railroad underpass is an improve-ment FCC can use since three studentshave already tragically been killed cross-ing the tracks. One girl, a male studentand a football player have lost their livesin the past few years.

Recently another female student ofFresno City College was badly injuredin a similar accident.

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way steetto get on toBlackstone."

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Eaverdro ÞÞîngFor years, I have been writing downquotes ofpeople I talkto, or people Idon't even know. Sincel consider a lotof it very funny, I am so generous as toshare it withyou.

Christine: "Danny, what happened toyour dreads?"

Danny: "I cut them off. Well, I firstcut one off and I dissected it and I waslike'Eww!"'

could have some ham and eggs, if wehad some ham."

While I was sitting at Starbucks inTower District, I listened' to aconversation next to me and heard a guysay : "Ifyou're having a drinking contest

with Shawn.. (meaningf (meaningfulpause) You're not gonna make it."

DJ: "Well, yeah, without the wholelowering my standards- thing: I wannaget laid."

When I said thatthepopulation ofmyGerman hometown is only 20,000, someAmerican guys v/ere really amused.

Chris: "Come on, 20,000 people,might have it's own airport."

James: "Yeah, for paper-planes!"

In Santa Cruz, abig poster in a sr¡rfstore read: "Sanity is ovenated. Keepyour screws loose."

I never heard about Gennans þsing a"samFer-nation" until some guy asked

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me: "'What part of the German anthemis about the RVs?"

Marc: "A 200-piece silverware-set,who's gonna put that together?"

Curt: "You slammin' beers?"Christine: "No. Just enjoying A beer."Cr¡¡t: "Followed byA-nother beer and

thenA-nother beer."

Johnny: "That's not weird. It's totallysick is what that is."

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Evolut¡on is a theory, not lac

by Mike Read

Hi!Evolution is not science.

The theory ofevolution hasjustbeen taught long enough and ina manner that has caused stu-dents to accept it (and teachers

to teach it) as a scientific expla-nation for our origins.

In reality the jumps offaith and logic which must betaken to give evolution validityare no less wide or reasonablethan that of my Christian faith.Yet evolution is the first state-

funded religion.Follow me as I start this

by trl¡ing to clear the haze on

two very important terms. Thefirst is macro-evolution, the pro-cess that would occur over a

long span of time where a dog,for example, would eventuallyproduce something that is not a

dog. This is not science becauseit has never been observed or re-peated. It is based on belief.

Next is micro-evolution,.a process that creates variationwithin species. This means catSproduce a variety of cats, forexample, or roses produce a

variety ofroses. This is sciencebecause it is observable and canbe seen repeatedly in nature. Itis based on facts.

I have not found soundevidence supporting macro-evolution. Yet through dozensof examples ofvariations withinspecies, we are somehow led tobelieve that these are groundsfor macro-evolution. It does notmake sense.

A leap of faith must bemade in order to make the con-

nection. The whole theory ofevolution rests on this leap butsomehow it has been deemedworthy to be taught in ourschools.

Adolf Hitler once saidthat if you tell a lie long enough,loud enough, and often enoughthe people will believe it. Andit is with this that my pointcomes to focus. This theory isthe only one being presented intext books which inherently

.gives the impression that it is theonly logical hypothesis for ourexistence.

An organized movementhas begun as a viable option fordetermining the origin of hu-mans and this universe. Rival-ing the theory of macro-evolu-tion, the theory of intelligent de-sign is being pushed fonvardbymany scholars and scientists inopposition to the theory ofmacro-evolution.

"[Intelligent design] is

controversial because ofthe im-plications of its evidence ratherthan the significant weight of itsevidence."

@Intelligent design focuses on thescientific process ofdesign de-tection.

And it is with these im-plications that I say the patternsand complexities of this worldscream for a creator.

All the physical laws anda completely structured uni-verse of galaxies, systems, stars,plants, moons orbiting in per-fect balance and order beg thequestion: "Where did it comefrom?"

I admit being biased onmy reasoning but let me answerthat both, the theory of intetli-gent design and the theory ofevolution, take faith.

Neither can be proven. Ithink it is wrong for the theoryofevolution to be presented as

fact without allowing intelligentdesign to also be debated.

These are important is-sued that demand your exami-nation. Awell of knowledge isout there waiting for you to tap.Seek, learn, and understand.

I encourage you to comelearn with me. You can find mein the Rampage newsroomMonday and Wednesday$omI to 1.50 p.m.

Anybody thinking theydo have sound evidence please

e-mail me alspiikemiike@hotmail. com.

There is a major debateemerging in the U.S. on whetherschools should teach the theoryof intelligent design as well as

Darwin's theory of evolution.As a devout Christian. I

believe the theory of evolution,which has been taught as a fac-tual explanation ofour origins,needs to be balanced by alsoteaching the theory of intelli-gent design.

September 7,2005

by Matthew T. Mendez

I think it's safe to say we allcan remember where we werethe day those commercial jets

heaved themselves in ournation's financial and militaryheadquarters.

That historical event fero-ciously rocked whatever sense

of security we had as theworld's last superpower. Hope-fully, that day hasn't becomejust a distant memory in theminds of those living in Cali-fornia.

The four-year-anniversary of9/11 is approaching, and Dr.Ayman al-Zawahtri and Osamabin Laden aren't finished withus yet- not by a long shot.

To make matters worse, ourrepresentatives in Washingtonaren't in touch with the every-day citizens of America, butthere's nothing new or unusualabout that. The problem is, itdoesn't seem like enough ofthesuits working selfishly in ournation's capital care about us

common folk- or much for ouropinions.

Recent polls show that Presi-dent Bush's approval rating israpidly falling below 40%o, andthe country's view toward thewar in Iraq has beçn below thatpercentage for months now.

However, there doesn't seem

to be any mention of that when

2005.On the flip side, the unem-

ployment rate and the availabil-ity ofelectricity has sharply de-clined since the days of theBaathist regime. However, thereal permutation of Iraq can berevealed by tallying up bodycounts.

There was a monthly aver-age of zero foreign civilianskilled by May of 2003 (the firstfull month after the fall ofBaghdad); by June 2004, thataverage skyrocketed to 22 for-eign civilians killed per month.Thankfully, that average hasbeen cut in half, as the monthlymean now stands at 11.

There was an average of25kaqi civilians killed by warfareduring Hussein's reign, and nowthat average is up to a prodi-gious 600 a month. Insurgentsattack eitherAmerican forces ortheir own people at an insanerate of 70 times a day. The esti-mated ratio of insurgents to for-eign fighters is 16:l (in thou-sands).

Everyday the American mili-tary confirms the death of atleast one more U.S. soldier, andusually they release three orfour names due to roadsidebombings being the enemy'sweapon of choice. As of Sept.5, 2005, the number of con-firmedU.S. hoops killed inlraqis exactly 1,876.

But did Saddam Hussein andhis Baath regime really haveanything to do with the attackson Sept. 1l? Nope. Have wecaptured those who are respon-sible for the events? Nah, whocares about those guys-we'vetaken down Hussein and his re-gime with impeccable preci-

sion. Meanwhile, Iraq (espe-cially BaghdaÐ has become theperfect training ground foryouthful militant extremists.

lt is becoming increasinglydifücult for the Bush adminis-tration tojustiff oru occupationin the first place. Everyone isaware that there have been noweapons of mass destructionfound, and ifyou buy into anyof this current democracy/lib-eration talk, you must be livingunder a chthonic stone.

We can't simply evacuateIraq now, no matter how hardCindy Sheehan and her follow-ers protest and beset the presi-dent. Ifwe do, we will no doubtallow the inception of a civilwar between the Shiite andSunni Muslims. After they'redone frivolously killing eachother, who do youthinkthey are

going to blame for all their suf-fering?

Saddam Hussein was cer-tainly an iconoclastic dictator,bot Iraq wasn't this dangerousuntil we. the United States ofAmerica, invaded their country.

Even the mere rumor of asuicide bomber can prove cata-strophic, as \rye saw on August31, when over 950 Shiite pil-grims were killed in a stampedewhile crossing a bridge. Thatmassive loss of life came onlya few minutes after insurgentsfued mortar rockets at the shrineof the Shiite Islam martyrknown as Imam Musa Kadhim,where the pilgrims were head-ing, and after U.S. forces firedback in retaliation. Nearly allthe survivors blamed the insur-gents for the stampede.

I'm no war strategist, buthaving 140,000 troops overseas

Arewe t€ally looking furOsam¡One of the best scams ever: distracting from Osama bin Laden by rtshting Saddam Ht

we hearanyone fromthe admin-istration give us another one oftheir unctuous, upbeat soundbytes.

"Our nation has given so

much to the haqi people, andwhat are they giving us in re-turn?" Senator John W. Warner(R-Va.), the Chairman of theArmed Service Committee. saidto Secretary of State Donald H.Rumsfeld while asking him totestiff in front of Congress.

Wow.Anyone up for a debate? I

know of about a couple millionpeople living in Iraq who wouldbeg to differ.

Granted, there is a substan-tial amount of Iraqis who are

siding with the Americans(roughly 75%;40% Sunni), buthow many of them believe theircounü.y is a safer place todaythan it was before the day al-

Qaida launched 19 oftheirmeninto the U.S.' conscience-along with sending nearly 3,000unsuspecting people to theirsquishy deaths?

To get a clearer perspective,let's take a look at how thingshave changed since the 2003invasion of lraq.

There are more wealthierIraqis today than before 2003,and a new stock market is actu-ally trading billions of shares a

month.There were absolutely no

commercial TV or radio stationsduring Saddam Hussein's re-gime; today there are atleast 23and 80 commercial broadcaststations respectively. Therewere only eight independentne\ilspapers and magazinesprior to U. S. occupation- therewere 170 by the end of May

in Iraq-while deploying lessthan 20,000 troops searching forbin Laden and al-Zawahiri be-tween the border of PakistanandAfghanistan-is not a verygood strategy for punishingthose who attacked us Sept. 11.

For those who do not know,bin Laden and al-Zawahiri arethe leaders of al-Qaida.

Those two are still runningloose and gainingmore follow-ers daily with our questionableoccupation of kaq.

Lee Hamilton, Vice Presi-dent of the 9/ll Public Dis-course Project, illustrated someof the diffi culties that come withworking alongside Afghan andPakistani forces.

"They will not let our forcesin there to capture Osama binLaden."

That may be true, but theAmerican invasion of Iraq has

made the "lWar onTerror" muchmore complicated than simplyterminating Osama bin Ladenand al-Qaida.

So, is the world safer todaythanbefore Sept. ll, 2001?

Well, co4sidering that Lon-don and Jamaican born citizensare willing to blow themselvesup in order to punish western in-fidels, I'd say no.

Considering we have about80% of our active armed forcesfighting an ambiguous war, in-stead of sending 100% of ourtroops to locate and capture thepeople who att¿cked ow nationon that horrific day (and fer-vidly vow to do so again)- I'dsay no.

Maybe we shouldn't havetrusted the president as much as

we did.I'm afraid it's only a matter

of time.

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The Rampage claims noresponsibility for any injuriesresulting from the reading of

these horoscopes.

ARIES (March 2l-April 19)The next few hundred years willbe rough, but after that, it'ssmooth sailing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)You will successfully avoidyour boss and get off workearly, but you won't have as

much luck avoiding that cementtruck.

GEMINI (May 2l-June 20)You will be trapped inside a

warehouse for three days, onlyto discoverth'e door says "pull,"not'þush."

CANCER (June 21-July 22)You will have a small accident,but shoot, who needs a smallintestine anyway?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Youwill earn the lead role in"Rambo IX: A Day at theDMV," and yow acting careerwill end shortly thereafter.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You should really have a morepositive outlook on life, youjerk.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Twothings will have an effect onyourweek: One is yourEnglishprofessor's lecture onShakespeare, and the other isviral meningitis.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)A forest fire will destroyReedley, forcing the govern-ment to declare it a national"Don't Really Care" zone.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-D ec.21) A Catholic, a Baptist, and aJew walk into a bar - what.you've heard this one?

CAPRICOR¡I (Dec. 22-Jan.19) You will find yourselfthink-ing about how ftrnny the phrase"devoured by dingos" sounds.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb. 18)You will be treated to one oftherarest spectacles in nature whenyou witness the Mating Danceof the Catatonic Brazilian TreeFrogs.

PISCES (Feb. l9-March 20)Your day will be ruined whenyou step in dog crap. Oh, andthere's that whole wife-running-off-with-the-Hell's-Angelsthing.

Po'Girl's genres come to Fresno

The alternative countryband Po'Girls played in Fresno at

Club Fred's in Tower disfict onAug.22, on one of the last stops

oftheir west coast concert tour, be-fore San Francisco.

Po'Girls consists of Trish,playing the guitar, and Allison,who fourded Po' Girls four years

ago, singing all vocals and play-ing the clarinet.

Diona has now been play-ing the fi ddle and keyboard for twoyears, and John has been drum-ming and singng in some songs

for a year. Awna, playing the fin-to-look-at gut-bucket base, joinedthe band in February this year.

The gut-bucket base is a

buckeg standing on the floor up-side down, with a stick mountedto the rim.Arope tiedtothe top ofthe stick goes to the center of thebucket. The tighúer the rope, thehigher the pitch" A gurbucket base

is tunedby ear.

All members of the bandmet within the Vancouver/west

Canada music scene. While theyeach play in different bands, ev-eryone comes from the cross-over/altemative counEy scene. Amatch made in Vancouver playswhat guitarist Trish calls mod-

ern urban folk with countrvroots.

All Po'Girls are full-timemusicians. With being part ofseveral ensembles, every oneof them spends the better time

of the year touring.Po'Girls have already been

to the UK and Scotland fourtimes,toured the east as well as the westcoast of the United States. Texas

and, ofcoruse,Canada.Vagabond Lullabies is their

second album after the debut inJune 2003.

Tracks six and ten, PoorGirl andDriving soundlike amix-ture between county and rap. Johnis telling a story speaking alongto the music.

It actually sounds reallynice, albeit you need to hear it. ..

Vagabond Lullabies is anexcellent soundtrack to sittingaround a bonfire during a coldnight in fall, maybe somewherearormd Kerman.

Although most ofthe songs

on the album are rather slowpaced, the sound is never lame butalways kept going by good beats.

And the voice of the gut-bucket

base, ofcourse.As Tony Peyser from the

Santa Monica CA Mirror put it,"If wild flowers that grew out ofholes in sidewalks could start aband, this is what they'd soundlike."

For more information go towww.pogirl.net. Besides informa-tion on events and song þics,there also are numerous songs tolisten to and contact informationto order their CDs.

'Exorcism' doesn't rely on cheap scares

In a movie such as this,there are key ingredients an au-dience member expects to see.

A typical horror movie inrecent years depends on out-landish gore and jump out ofyour seat frights.

The Exorcism of EmilyRose does not depend on thesetactics to thrive. It relics moreon a general creepiness, the kindthat follows you home long af-ter the movie is over. Sure, it hasits moments of easy scares soyou can grab onto your date, butthere is a sense ofeeriness inthestory that is missing in a lot ofhorror movies in recerit years.

The story of Emily Rose(played by the very convincing

Jennifer Carpenter) is based onactual events, and no one can besure what actually happened tothe young college student. Theevents in the movie follow thetrial ofa priest accused ofneg-ligence resulting in Emily'sdeath. The story is told in terri-fuing flashbacks as we see ayoung girl experiencing violentvisions and hallucinations sheclaims to be because of a de-

monic possession. Emily's fam-ily decides to rely on the helpof the family priest in an exor-cism, which was recorded andplayed a crucial role in the trial.

The movie drags alongduring the scenes ofthe trial, butis well worth it when Carpentercomes to the screen. She por-frays Emily in a realistic, terri-Singway. She was creepy, verycreepy.

Was Emily Rose reallypossessed by demons, or wasshe just a sick girl who neededto be taken care of? This movieposes lots ofquestions and I'msure will be quite controversial.

This kind of controversymight draw a different kind ofcrowd to see the film, but truehorror fans should appreciatethe film as well.

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