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City College students express them-selves in many ways—one of them being how they dress. � is week we asked students to tell us about the craziest out� t they’ve seen on campus.

Mary Sand,18 // Graphic Communications“ Hmm, I saw a guy wearing heels. Yup, he was wearing leather boot stilettos with high heels. That’s the craziest.”

Gabriel Cano, 19 // Criminal Justice“ One time, a long time ago, I was at church here, when they used to have service on campus, and I saw someone as a duck. It was sports day, and this guy was dressed as the Oregon Duck mascot.”

Manny Cervantes,23 // Commercial Music“ The craziest was last week. Some guy was wearing super baggy jeans and heels. I was wondering if that was even out.”

Sinead Kennedy, 22 // Performing Arts“ When it comes to crazy outfi ts not out here (on campus), but in theater I see crazy weird (outfi ts) all the time. It’s kinda the norm in there.”

April Walker, 20 // Music“ Oh, that’s Manny. His butt was out, no shirt, no shoes, just service. It was crazy, not bad crazy, just crazy. He was wearing just a loincloth and nothing else. Our teacher actually made him change. He had red eye make-up smeared. He was pretty much naked. I love Manny.”

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“ Bottom line, a variety of entities are in-vading our privacy. The cold truth of the matter is that those efforts are not going to stop.”

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PEOPLE VALUE THEIR PERSONAL privacy, as evidenced by bathroom door locks, window blinds and passwords.

As Americans, however, we don’t just value privacy—we expect it. And since � e Privacy Act of 1975 guarantees privacy, any sense of self-entitlement to such is rightly ours.

Recently though, our constitutional right to all things pri-vate has been under attack, giving room to question if we really have as much privacy as we once allowed ourselves to believe.

Take for example, the use of unmanned aircraft, more commonly referred to as drones. Drones have been making headlines quite a bit lately—twice on the front page of � e Sac-ramento Bee this month, and not for accomplishments in terms of the � ght on terrorism. Rather, on speculation of whether our privacy is under attack by law enforcement agencies right here in the U.S.

Yes, federal law does prohibit the use of drones in densely populated urban areas. However, an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fact Sheet released Feb. 15 by the Federal Aviation Administration says there is a way around the prohibition. One only needs “to obtain a Certi� cate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) for public aircraft.”

� e UAS Fact Sheet goes on to explain, “COAs are available to public entities that want to � y a UAS in civil airspace. Com-mon uses today include law enforcement, � re� ghting, border patrol, disaster relief, search and rescue, military training, and other government operational missions,”

A COA issued means someone is getting droned, which introduces a possibility of compromised privacy.

Who can guarantee a drone on a mission to capture surveil-lance footage wouldn’t accidently take a photo of, say, maybe a City College student sunbathing in the nude? And who can guarantee that picture won’t end up on the Internet? It could happen. After all, the FAA also states on that same fact sheet that as of Feb. 15, there are 327 active COAs.

Some may argue that Google openly admits to invading the privacy of those who use Google products, cleverly referring to it as marketing research. Opting out of such research is possible; however, � nding the webpage link to doing so is sometimes di� cult.

Say you do successfully opt out of such marketing tactics and move on to matters more studious, such as homework. Mac users who choose to use Dictate, Mountain Lion’s convenient dictation application, are subject to Apple collecting other data during dictation.

“Your computer will also send Apple other information, such as your � rst name and nickname; and the names, nick-names, and relationship with you (for example, ‘my dad’) of your address book contacts,” according to Apple’s dictation and privacy disclosure.

But Apple isn’t the only company able to collect data.According to the Google Apps for Education Agreement, as

a “FERPA School O� cial,” Google apps for education also has access to the personal information of students and as a school o� cial, can share that information with its “a� liates.”

Bottom line, a variety of entities are invading our privacy. � e cold truth of the matter is that those e� orts are not going to stop. However, you can do something to make those e� orts less successful.

• Read disclosures before clicking “I Agree to the Terms of Service” buttons. Boring, yes. But if you agree to the terms without � rst reading them, you may be giving that com-pany actual permission to invade your privacy.

• Change settings for your online accounts to private. Typi-cally, these settings are available via a redirect link from a website’s home page.

• Find out what personal information is available for scru-tiny by prospective employers, school admission coun-selors, scholarship committees, etc. Privacy Watch o� ers Facebook account holders an easy-to-use tool to learn their Facebook online privacy score, free at http://www.pro� lewatch.org/

Do your part to protect your privacy. In doing so, you can tell corporate bigwigs no, that your private information means just that—private.

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City College aims for gun-free campusStudents get a reminder of zero-tolerance policy for guns on City College property Lygeia AndreStaff Writer // lygeiaandreexpress@gmail.com

WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERN-MENT’S position on gun control is complex to some, City College has clearly de� ned its stand on the matter.

In accordance with California Penal Code Section 626.9, the SCC Student Standard of Conduct states that it is il-legal, as well as cause for expulsion, for a student to bring a � rearm on campus.

However, students do bring guns on campus, and school shootings do occur. For example, LRCCD Daily Crime Log documents an arrest made Jan. 22 at City College for carrying a concealed unloaded � rearm while on campus.

“Gun control is an important issue in our society and…in our institutions par-ticularly,” says Debra Crumpton, profes-sor of business, whose division meetings discuss campus safety.

Other faculty have seen a short � lm, “RUN.HIDE.FIGHT. Surviving an Active Shooter Event” (online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcSwejU2D0&feature=youtu.be), available to help teach students, faculty and sta� how to protect themselves if a shooter were to open � re on campus.

City College campus police o� cer Chris Boothe said he agrees with the � lm’s premise to � rst run and then hide when necessary.

“If you are cornered and you have no other choice, � ght,” Boothe said.

According to Boothe, calling 911 as soon as possible is critical to saving lives.

“� e faster we [police] get in there, the quicker we apply a threat to that person, the [fewer] people that are going to die, and the more likely it is to end

quickly,” said Boothe. Some students prefer to rely on what

they know. David Singh, 39, psychology major, says his own experience while the military included weekly training in stop-ping armed threats.

“I wouldn’t look to the cops. I would look to my veteran friends,” says Singh.

According to Boothe, campus police receive periodic training in rapid response to active shooter situations, preparing to go directly to the threat and

“to take them down before they can hurt anyone else.”

Should an active shooter situation arise at City College, campus police would be in immediate contact with city and county law enforcement.

Police would also activate the Emergency Operation Center (EOC), a standardized nationwide system to im-prove coordination among emergency responders.

“� ey have the same kind of instant

command structure,” said Boothe.Of course, vigilance and preven-

tion are always the � rst defense. Boothe encourages every person at City College to be proactive and to report suspicious activity.

“See something, say something if you think someone might have a gun on campus,” said Boothe. “It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

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THE LOS RIOS POLICE Department is investigating three burglaries that struck the City College Performing Arts Center computer lab over the past three months.

� e break-ins occurred Nov. 30, Dec. 14, and Jan. 10, according to the LRPD. O� cers are trying to determine whether the burglaries are connected.

On Jan. 10 burglars broke through the computer lab door and stole at least two iMac computers belonging to the Humanities and Fine Arts Division. Police Department pursued a suspect on foot, but did not apprehend anyone.

According to campus police Sgt. Jinky-Jay Lampano, the LRPD responded to an alarm call from the Performing Arts Center.

“� ere were several computers that were taken, [and] we’re working on a suspect,” said Lampano.

According to theatre, arts and � lm department Professor Robert Gore, the theater arts and � lm and information technology departments acted swiftly to replace the iMacs stolen over the course of the three burglaries.

Although Gore said that it is unfortu-nate that students must work with older model iMacs until newer replacement computers arrive, he praised the sta� and administration for helping the � lm program recover by the beginning of the semester.

“Everybody is losing because of the e� ciency of the [temporary replacement iMacs],” said Gore. “� e people around here scrambled. IT scrambled to get us enough machines to get the lab up and running. Don Silva and [the] IT [Depart-ment] has done a great job at the last minute, getting [back to a total of] 20 machines in that lab so that we don’t have to cancel the classes.”

Silva estimated the replacement value of the stolen computers at over $12,000. Since the burglaries, Silva said he has focused on installing course dependent software onto new iMacs procured by the IT department with insurance proceeds. � e IT department’s goal is to have the new iMacs in the lab as soon as possible.

However, the temporary replacement iMacs provided by the IT Department do not work as an adequate long-term

solution because they cannot run the so-phisticated video editing and animation software required.

“� e problem is that the lab is not up to standard. � ere are students su� ering because the computers barely work, and in some cases don’t work,” Gore said.

According to Gore, the steps taken to replace the stolen iMacs with backup inventory from the IT department has adversely a� ected other City College departments.

“Now they’ve taken computers from IT that were probably going to go to fac-ulty or other places,” said Gore. “So right now they’re not going to those people because they’re in that lab, waiting for the new ones to be installed. We tried to minimalize the impact—we didn’t cancel the classes—but we’re struggling for the � rst two or three weeks.”

Despite the temporary hardship on students in the � lm program, Gore pointed out that the situation would soon improve.

“Hopefully, this summer, the lab will be completely remodeled,” said Gore. “� at should increase the student success. Unfortunately, it takes theft to make

things like that happen.”� e humanities and � ne arts divi-

sion and the operations department have renewed discussions about installing security cameras in the computer lab to deter future break-ins.

According to City College Director of Operations Gregory Hayman, digital surveillance can be expensive.

“We typically plan on about $2,500 per camera,” Hayman said.

However, Hayman said Operations is committed to safety on campus.

“� e Operations Department is taking steps to increase security in the buildings, looking at all buildings, all high- value areas,” Hayman said.

Humanities and Fine Arts Dean Chris Iwata urged students and sta� to take an active role in keeping Sacramento City College safe and secure.

“Security on campus really is some-thing that everyone can help with,” said Iwata. “It reinforces the idea that the students should, of course, watch their own belongings really carefully.”

Anyone having information about the burglaries is encouraged to contact campus police.

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THE FIELD LIGHTS FROM Hughes Sta-dium have been the cause of controversy for City College athletics and astronomy departments.

Informal agreements made by phys-ics (which houses astronomy) and athletic department heads after the Hughes renovation have led to scheduling solu-tions that largely prevent stadium light pollution from coinciding with astronomy labs during weekdays.

However, according to City College Astronomy Coordinator & Professor of Astronomy Liam McDaid, weekend ob-servatory events remain largely restricted due to Friday and Saturday night stadium games.

Hughes Stadium’s new lighting system, part of a renovation completed September scatters light from six towers out and upward. � ough aimed at an angle more downward than the previ-ous set of lights, the combined 147 light bulbs shine brighter and prevent visibility of most night sky objects from Rodda South’s third fl oor observatory, McDaid said.

“� e problem is that the lights shine directly on the observatory,” McDaid said. “Unless [my class and I] are looking at the moon maybe, there’s nothing I can do.”

On the other hand, City College Dean of Athletics Mitch Campbell said the Hughes lighting system is neces-sary for optimum visibility and safety conditions.

“It is extremely dangerous to err on the side of too little light,” Campbell said. “We have to ensure that there is enough light for the safety of the student athletes in an event.”

Student perspec-tives on the matter vary.

City College student and former football player Jesse Palnikov said viewing the night sky dur-ing a game would be frustrating, but he also understands the im-portance of the lights for players.

“It would make me want to chuck a stone at [the lights],” Palnikov said. According to Palnikov, dark spots can aff ect an athlete’s perfor-mance, making lighting important.

“In terms of a player’s perspective, light is crucial, especially in sports,” said Palnikov.

Lights Out!City College stargazers call foul on Hughes Stadium, bright lighting interference

“ It is extremely dangerous to err on the side of too little light.”

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When you think of death and dying, like most people in our society, you might want to stop and put it back in the recesses of your mind. So why would some-one want to take a class on the subject, let alone teach it?

City College “Psychology of Death and Dying” and “Loss and Grief”, professor Joanne Moylan-Aube, wants to lift the veil on the topic of death and has a passion for the subject.

The topic of death has long been taboo in Ameri-can society. According to Moylan-Aube, 62, it is time to change that.

“The natural order of life pushes us forward,” Moylan-Aube says. “Suffering is everywhere and life is painful. But it is through our suffering that we appreci-ate life.”

The experience can be life-changing for those who have taken the death and dying class.

“This class has changed my entire perspective on life in general,” says Kayla Nicolos, a City College student who took Moylan-Aube’s class in the fall.

In part, because of its taboo status, death is not widely taught. City College’s classes are the only two classes on the subject offered in the Los Rios district. The only other class on the subject offered in the area is at California State University Sacramento.

Moylan-Aube’s clothes are as soft and flowing as her teaching style. Her hair is a little grayer than when she started at City College about 25 years ago. She wasn’t teaching then. She was a counselor. Teaching just dropped in her lap, she says.

While counseling a student in 2005, she realized the “Grief and Loss” class wasn’t on the books any longer, so she went to look for Tom Bruce, the professor who had created the class. When the elevator doors slid open,

there he was.“I was just coming

to find you,” Moylan-Aube says she told Bruce. “Where’s that class? I would refer students to it.”

Bruce told her he was no longer going to teach it and asked her if she wanted to. Without think-ing, she agreed.

Moylan-Aube genuine-ly cares about her students. This is understandable having a background in counseling. She is very cau-tious when moving to new topics.

“She addresses this class from a counselor’s perspective rather than an educator’s perspective,” Nicolos says.

Moylan-Aube says her interest was piqued during her internship while completing her master’s in counsel-ing at Sonoma State.

“I found myself most interested in people that were grieving,” Moylan-Aube says, “because to me, it’s the richest, most pure emotion that we have. And yet we’re so discouraged to express it.”

According to those brave enough to face the subject head-on, the taboo status of the subject should become a thing of the past. Though it is a subject society often wants to sweep under the carpet, it’s something people can’t ignore.

“We’re surrounded by it,” says Jeff Nakata, re-turning Sacramento City College student. Nakata was

enrolled in Moylan-Aube’s death and dying course in the fall. “So, what better class to take because we all have to deal with it, for our loved ones and eventually for ourselves? There’s no way around it.”

If Moylan-Aube had her way, this type of course would be taught everywhere.

“I think everybody should have an opportunity to take a peek at their own death anxiety,” Moylan-Aube says.

She is not alone in this way of thinking.“I honestly think it should be part of your manda-

tory A.A. requirements,” says Nicolos. “Just like any of your health classes, this is health of your psychology.”

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Joanne Moylan-Aube, psychology professer speaks in front of the student body for her death and dying class inside the Student Center.

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FedEx DonatesBoeing 727 toCity CollegeAeronautics department receives cargo planefrom global delivery company to use for training

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Speaking at the donation ceremony, Sutton said the same was true of Gideon.

“� is Boeing 727-200, registration number N466FE, serial number 21292l, was manufactured in December 1976 for Eastern Airlines,” said Sutton. “In October 1992, I took the liberty of this aircraft from Eastern. And until just yesterday, she has been faithfully hauling packages for Federal Express.

“So after 16 years in passenger service at Eastern and almost 21 years cargo service at Fed Ex, in those 37 years this aircraft has accumulated 55,481 fl ight hours and 39,722 landings, including her fi nal fl ight here to Sacramento,” Sutton said.

City College Aeronautics department chair Profes-sor Phil Cypret said that while Gideon may be retired, she’s not fi nished with her service just yet.

“Gideon will continue to function as an airplane with the help of the California Aerospace Museum,” said Cypret. “� ey have volunteered some repairs as well. So between Sacramento City College and California Aero-space, we’ll keep it in operational condition.”

Before Gideon’s arrival at McClellan Park, City Col-lege students and faculty shared their excitement and speculations about the impact the 727 will have on the aeronautics program.

City College student Nick Ware, 22, aeronautics major in the Air Traffi c Control program, said he looks forward to the hands-on experience.

“What’s nice for us is that we will get in there and be able to use the instruments,” said Ware. “We can look at them in a book, but [we are not] able to turn the knobs.”

“FedEx has been phenomenal,” said City College

Dean of Advanced Technology Division Donnetta Webb. “� is will make the program so much better. We’ll be able to use the plane for hands-on learning and it has enough space to hold class inside.”

Jeff ery credited Cypret for putting the wheels in motion to make the donation happen. According to Jef-frey, Cypret has hoped for a plane for the department for quite some time.

“I want to thank Phil Cypret,” said Jeff ery. “� is guy is always doing something at City College to keep us on our toes. A couple of years [ago], he told us, ‘I think we’ll be able to get a jet for our students to run on,’ and I’m thinking, what is Phil up to now? But he pulled off , what I would say, is one of the biggest coups of the aeronautics program.”

A model of Gideon, pictures, and certifi cates will be displayed in Rodda North, 2nd fl oor.

The Boeing 727 named Gideon was formally donated by FedEx to City College’s Aeronautics Department at McClellan Air Force Base.

Above: Pilots of the Boeing 727 donated by FedEx to City College’s

Aeronautics Department gather in front of the jet.

Right: City College President Kathryn Jeffrey

gives a moving speech in front of City College

alumni, instructors, students and techni-

cians in the aeronautics program during FedEx’s

donation of a Boeing 727 at McClellan Air F orce

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The interior of the FedEx Boeing 727 donated to City College’s Aeronautics Department.

Left: City College aero-nautics Professor Phil Cypret speaks before the crowd at the donation ceremony of a Boeing 727 at McClellan Air F orce Base.

Far left: Aircraft rest at McClellan Air Force Base during the Friday, Feb. 15, ceremony of a Boeing 727 to City College Aero-nautics Department.

FEDERAL EXPRESS DELIVERED A package of its own Fri-day, donating a Boeing 727 to Sacramento City College.Over 200 people attended the arrival of City College’s

newest aeronautics program training tool: a cargo plane named Gideon.

� e City College aeronautics hangar at McClellan Park Airfi eld hosted the donation presentation Friday of the retired FedEx cargo plane to City College. � e aircraft was donated for student training in support of City College aviation program.

According to David Sutton, Federal Express managing direc-tor of aircraft acquisitions and sales, Gideon is the 64th plane FedEx has donated in the United States since beginning its aircraft retirement program in 1995.

City College President Kathryn Jeff ery said the retired Gideon is in good hands.

“Gideon will have a very, very good home with us at SCC. In partnership with the Aerospace Museum of California, SCC initiated an agreement to assure the safety of this aircraft.”

Gideon made its fi nal landing on McClellan’s runway at 9:40 a.m., arriving to a fanfare of applause while “California Sun” by � e Rivieras played in the background. United States Coast Guard Metro Fire Department fi re trucks sprayed arches of water over the nose of the 727 as it taxied up the airfi eld.

Fed Ex Captain David Shows, First Offi cer Mike Ware, and Second Offi cer Robert Dittman opened Gideon’s door to greet the crowd.

Dozens of attendees hoisted cameras, cell phones and even one tablet computer to catch a shot of the 727.

According to Shows, Gideon departed from Roanoke, Va., Feb. 17.

While Gideon may seem to be an unusual name for a plane, the 727’s namesake is the son of Kurt Bohm, a member of the Memphis FedEx fl ight crew.

“At FedEx, we have the tradition of naming our aircraft af-ter the children of employees,” said Sutton. “� at’s why you will shortly note the name Gideon on the side of the aircraft.”

Dave Keslar, a senior Ground Support Equipment techni-cian for FedEx, said consumers tend to forget the global delivery company relies on a large fl eet of cargo planes.

“A lot of times people don’t think of Fed Ex as an airline,” said Keslar. “[People] think of [FedEx] as package carrier, but we ship anything from large freight to whales to you name it.”

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A new, provocAtive trend is popping up for colleges across the United States. Instead of taking on a typical student job, like bartending that pays a minimum wage plus tips, young people are turning to other sources to pay for their college education. Sources like Seek-ingArrangement.com.

SeekingArrangement.com is an online dating site that matches young, ambitious “sugar babies”—typically women—with a successful and gener-ous “sugar daddy” or “sugar momma,” an older person who will offer financial help or gifts in exchange for companionship or friendship.

It’s a prospect many college students may find appealing. With the country fac-ing an economic downturn and tuition on the rise, many college students are look-ing for alternative ways to pay for their educations that don’t include grants and loans, according to a report written by The Project on Student Debt. After all, if a student does take out loans, the difficult job market does not guarantee a salary high enough to repay student loan debt, says the report.

That is where sugar daddies come in. “They see something special in these

young people and want to help them suc-ceed,” says Angela Jacob Bermudo, public relations manager for SeekingArrange-ment.com.

Whether this type of relationship is healthy is a difficult judgment to make, says Grace Austin, a psychology professor at Sacramento City College.

“For the older man [this relation-

ship] could be perceived as being able to help the younger generation,” says Austin. “Potentially unhealthy, poten-tially healthy, it’s hard to say. There’s not a right answer.”

According to Bermudo, many of these men are not simply seeking sex in return for money and gifts. Rather, she says, these menare looking for someone who is interested in them and wants to listen. In return they provide gifts, mentorship and financial assistance to a young woman in whom they see potential and wish to aid in the achievement of her goals.

“What a lot of sugar daddies do is open up opportunities,” says Bermudo.

According to their recent annual report, SeekingArrangement.com saw a 58 percent rise in female college student memberships this year, putting its overall membership of female college students at 44 percent. University of California Berkeley and University of California, Da-vis are among the top 50 fastest-growing sugar baby schools in the nation.

Sacramento City College has 65 female college student members of SeekingArrangement.com, with 22 new sign-ups just this year, according to Bermudo. These young women may not have made an arrangement yet, but they have created profiles on the site and are potentially on the prowl for a sugar daddy to help pay for tuition.

And it isn’t just tuition that needs to be covered. The average cost of living for a full-time student at Sacramento City College is $17,682, according to num-bers released by the Financial Aid Office. Attending a four-year university such as

CSU Sacramento costs an average of $25,042 for the academic year ac-

cording to the estimates released by its Financial Aid Office.

Attending UC Davis will set a student back $31,199, ac-

cording to the Finan-cial Aid Office.

In other words, a college education can

be prohibitively expen-sive and some students

are getting resourceful about finding new ways to pay for it, or finding someone who is willing to pay for them.

“I will say I can understand the appeal for a lot of women,”

says Dr. Gayle Pitman, a psychol-ogy professor at Sacramento City College. “I think it shows how

pressed against the wall they are with the pressures of student loan debt and the pressures of finishing their education in the first place.”

Bermudo says this type of rela-tionship is becoming more attractive because it takes up less of a student’s time than a part-time job. According to Pitman, the women are

being smart about their options. These women have their needs taken care of for minimal intrusion on their time.

“I think a lot of women bring it down to a cost/benefit analysis,” says Pitman. “It’s sick, but if you think about it, it is a pretty attractive option.”

People who visit SeekingArrange-ment.com know what they are getting into. When creating their profiles, the women state what they are looking for in terms of gifts or monthly allowance, and the men state their incomes and what they are looking for in terms of compan-ionship.

SeekingArrangement.com does of-fer background checks for more secure dating, says Bermudo. Of course, dating online is always a risk.

“You are interpreting the infor-mation that is posted and creating an expectation in your mind about who this person is,” says Austin. “Your expecta-tions can be vastly destroyed.”

Dating in the real world is a risk people take all the time. People seek relationships with others to fulfill certain emotional needs, but people also seek relationships to fulfill certain monetary needs.

And society seems more comfortable with having it out in the open.

“How sad that we live in a society that men are willing to pay for compan-ionship,” says Pitman. “It says something about what we value in this culture, what we are willing to pay for and what we are willing to do for money.”

College students are finding new ways of paying for their education

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MAKE ME A SAMMICH! Burgers, burritos and fries from the cafeteria can get old, but there are plenty of places to get food that don’t cost an arm and a leg right around campus. And sometimes a fresh sandwich, whether slapped together deli style or hot and messy just hits the spot.

toGo’S Great Sandwiches4421 Freeport Blvd(916) 452 6453A brisk two and a half-block walk and a fast deli sandwich can be made to your specifications at this chain shop. Basics like ham, turkey and salami with cheese and veggies on a roll pepper their menu in endless combinations and will only set the wallet back about $6.

The Sandwich Spot2108 11th Ave(916) 444-7187Even closer to campus, The Sandwich Spot specializes in sandwiches of the hot and messy persuasion. With signature sand-wiches titled things like “The Freeport,” “The Curtis Park,” and “Good Day Sacra-mento,” this hip sandwich spot caters to the Sacramento local. Make sure to get their “BOMB” sauce (spicy ranch). A little pricier, a super-tasty concoction is $7.50 a pop.

dad’s Kitchen2968 Freeport Blvd (916) 447-3237For the eater who can spare a little more time and cash, Dad’s Kitchen is definitely an option for a solid sandwich. Served with fries to make a full meal, their sandwich options range from marinated portabella mushroom to breaded chicken tossed in buffalo sauce to garlic steak. They even have gluten-free bread and quinoa patties available. A sand-wich here will cost about $9-11.

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The sTressful life of waking up at the crack of dawn every day to defend American freedom may be never-ending for some military personnel, but for others it is no longer a requirement. The hope of going to school after a term of service was an anticipated reality until recently.

Many prior military service members are finding it increas-ingly difficult to attend college because of courses they took while they were still in the service. Many men and women in the military put themselves in harms way to preserve America’s freedom with the hope of being able to strive toward a degree when they return to civilian life.

According to Kevin Powers, a consultant to California Sen. Marty Block, AB 2462, the bill that was passed last year to help military veterans receive more academic credits has run into a few snags. The fact that there are 72 community college districts in California and each district has its own set of rules and regulations doesn’t help matters either.

In an ideal world it would be nice to have all 72 districts on the same page, says Powers, but such a scenario is highly unlikely unless it becomes a law. One of the main issues is that some campuses accept Smart transcripts — the transcripts that are given to military personnel for complet-ing outside courses provided by the military — while others don’t due to not being able to properly match the courses they took with

the school’s course codes.“You’ve got some campuses

that won’t accept them and some that will accept a few,” says Powers. “Not everyone is on the same page. It would be easy to say, ‘All right, everyone needs to come to a resolution on how things should be run,’ but the educational system frowns on being told how they should run their school and they enjoy hav-ing a bit of flexibility. ”

According to Powers, many veterans and current service members have had problems getting their service assessed for academic credit and having their units count toward core credit for a particular degree.

Depending on the branch, military personnel are required to take certain courses to enhance their job performance. Those courses go onto what is called a Smart transcript or Art

transcript, according to Sacra-mento City College Veterans Affairs staff member Justin Turner. The transcripts are then turned into the schools of choice with hopes of not having to retake courses they have already taken and passed while in the military.

Turner says Sen. Marty Block’s bill will help military personnel by al-lowing them to use courses they took while still in the military to transfer. Many veterans are find-ing it increasingly difficult to attend college because courses they took while they were still in the service are being held against them by

financial aid. The financial aid department

makes turning in transcripts a los-ing battle for military personnel, says Turner. A good portion of the academic credits they took end up on the elective list, which are non-transferable to a 4-year college. According to Turner, electives count toward the 72-unit financial aid cap and once the financial aid

department has sorted through all of the courses, there are only maybe one or two semesters left to qualify for federal aid.

“I think vets that serve our country and take classes while in the military are getting screwed when they come out,” says Turn-er. “The units should be going toward their degree and not just financial aid. The units from the transcripts go toward electives which are used against them due to the financial aid cap. ”

Gov. Jerry Brown is presently looking into the issue, says Pow-ers. Brown is proposing moving the unit cap from 72 to 90 units with hopes of giving students a chance of being eligible for finan-cial aid, says Powers.

“There is a bipartisan desire to see vets get taken care of when they get out of the ser-vice,” says Powers.

California Sen. Marty Block created the bill AB 2462 last year with hopes of restructur-ing the process for veterans to receive academic credit for their military training, and it became law on Jan. 1, 2013.

“My goal, last year as it will be this year, is for our veterans to receive as much academic credit as is possible and appro-priate,” says Block.

In the near future, Block says he plans to address the is-sue with his community college partners in regard to his con-cerns that veterans and current service members may be penal-ized for their service due to the unit cap. But he says he intends to make sure that anyone who has or is currently serving is exempt from the restrictions put in place by the unit cap. ¡

What’s so ‘smart’ about Smart transcripts?Military personnel can’t use credits earned while in the military to transfer to colleges

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iT’s a sunny february day at Sacra-mento City College. The type of day that students want to be out enjoying, not sitting in a boring economics class.

On this day, one economics profes-sor at City College is trying to break the monotony of graphs and endless lectures with classroom participation and exer-cises to help the students obtain a better grasp of economics

Sandra Camarena, assistant profes-sor of economics at Sacramento City Col-lege, has been teaching macroeconomics and microeconomics at City College since August 2012. Every semester she holds a silent auction that is intended to help the students learn about demand and how demand works.

“Economics professors usually come in one type and that type is boring,” says Jack-son Summers, 22, undeclared major. “It’s not that they themselves may be boring. It’s that they teach material that seems, at least to me, to be incredibly dry.”

Camarena got the idea for the auction from attending the Economics Teaching Conference, sponsored by Cen-gage Learning, an international company dedicated to fostering new styles of teaching and learning. The conference is held once a year and gathers economic professors from different community col-leges and universities.

At the conference, Camarena at-tended a workshop that discussed how to get students more involved. Soon after she worked a silent auction into her les-son plan.

For each silent auction, Camarena picks an item to sell, such as a digital photo frame, USB drive or food item. She then hands out slips of paper and asks students what they would be willing to pay for the item and to write that number down. After all the numbers are written down, she tal-lies the results and declares a winner.

Because it is a silent auction, the successful bidder really does purchase the item. The winner pays the second highest price, so that the price isn’t completely over the top, Camarena says.

Khanh Luong, a 28-year-old account-ing major won the auction this semester He bid $25 for a digital photo frame and ended up paying $21, the second highest price that was willing to be paid.

“I bought the gift as a Valentine’s present,” says Luong. “I think it will make a good gift.”

There was some uncertainty as to how the silent auction worked. Kevin Barron, 19, undeclared, said that he wasn’t really sure what was going on and that the class was told to bring money. On the day of the auction, Camarena explained the outline of the exercise.

Andu Adane, 18, a business adminis-tration major, said he would have liked to participate, but didn’t bring any money with him.

“The most [Camarena] told us to bring was $20,” Adane said. “She’s a good, informative instructor. She helps us out and I think she’s just very good at discussing the power points and helping us with that. I think that a class exercise like this will be helpful too.”

The silent auction usually goes fairly

smoothly. According to Camarena the first time she did the exercise she brought a purse hook to auction off. That incident was the only time there wasn’t enough data to teach the lesson that she had planned.

“My friend suggested that I auc-tion off a purse hook — you know the kind that an older woman would hang her purse on,” says Camarena. “And that didn’t go well. The highest bid I got was 98 cents and I paid $20 for it.”

Camarena now brings a back-up item in case the item she brings doesn’t sell.

Camarena says she isn’t turning a profit or even breaking even on the items being sold, but one day she would like the program to be self-sustaining.

“I take a loss each year when I sell the items,” says Camarena. “It would be good if this could sustain itself in the future because I always end up paying out of pocket for the auction.”

But for her, the important thing is what the students take out of it.

“It helps the students to learn about demand,” she says. ¡

Students bid for their gradeCity College economics professor works silent auction into her lesson plans to show how demand works

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Students and veterans eat lunch and discuss changes to the GI Bill, in the veteran resource room Feb. 19.

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Veteran’s Resource Book and numerous military flags are set up in the veteran resource room for student veterans to reference.

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In 1972 TITle IX, a portion of the Educational Amendments that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether in sports or academics, was passed into law. After its passage, Jan High became a vo-cal advocate for its regulation.

“Jan spearheaded the efforts of the women coaches to ensure that the college was in compliance with title IX,” said track and field coach Julie Ferrara-Jones.

High, 77, died January 9 of cancer. High, who coached basketball, golf and swim during her time at City College, was born in Modesto, Calif. the third of five children. Her father was a heavy equip-ment operator and her mother a home maker.

Lisa Baudin, a friend of High as well as the City College women’s track coach, remembers her colleague as an innovator.

“Jan was a proponent of equality in athletics before title IX was enacted,” says Baudin.

High received a master’s degree in physical education from California State

University, Sacramento after graduat-ing from California State University, San Jose. She taught for 11 years at Sacra-mento High School before joining the fac-ulty at Sacramento City College in 1969.

While coaching the women’s basket-ball team in the 1970’s and 1980’s High posted a record of 304-185. She led the team to postseason play every year after women’s playoffs were started.

High also coached the women’s swim team as well as the golf team which she helped found in 1995. High was the women’s athletic director when Tim Kier-nan, who now coaches the women’s golf and softball team for City College, arrived in 1981.

“Jan was a friend and a mentor,” Kiernan recalls.

High’s career as a coach and educa-tor spanned more than forty years and during her 32 year tenure at City College her duties extended beyond coaching as she was also a Physical Education teacher, women’s athletic director and interim

dean of physical education.In 1985 she was named coach of

the year by the California Community College Athletic Association. In 2007 she was inducted into the City College Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the CCCAA Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and Christian Brothers LaSalle Club hall of fames.

High’s love of sports was shown one last time in her family’s choice of pallbearers. Five of her pallbearers were former members of her sports teams. The sixth, longtime friend and co-work-er Girta Davis, never played for High, but that didn’t stop the coach from helping her.

“Jan used her own time to coach me in softball. She loved sports,” Davis says.

Even though High retired in 2001, she showed her love for City College by coming and helping out the athletic department whenever possible.

Joanne Walker, High’s sister, said, “Jan bled red and gold.”

A lasting legacyLong time coach and educator Jan High passes away.

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Sac cITy college’S 18 different sport programs have coaches who teach as well as coach, all led by Athletic Director Mitch Campbell, who sets the tone: the student comes first in student athlete.

“There is nothing wrong with being a great athlete but it’s about achieving as a student first,” Campbell says from his office tucked in the southwest side of the horse-shoe that makes up Hughes Stadium.

Campbell, 48, has been the acting athletic director for the Sac City Panthers since 2007. A fixture at most home sport-ing events, you probably have seen the tall former UC Davis quarterback and basket-ball guard strolling the sidelines.

“Our student athletes are the most tracked students,” says Campbell, refer-ring to the 450 student-athlete Panthers who are monitored and have their grades regularly tracked by the school.

“Getting the educational plan manda-tory and priority registration for athletes,” says assistant Athletic Director Paul Car-mazzi, “to have resources in place to achieve success, Mitch has done a great job.”

Campbell came by this philosophy, having played under coach Bob Hamilton at UC Davis in the 1980s and working with Pam Gil Fisher in a non-coaching role at UC Davis in the late 1990s.

“Pam was very conscious and global in her thinking,” says Campbell, of working with the UCD Hall of Fame coach, “the stu-dent athlete model and what that means.

She talked the talk and walked the walk.”

‘They’ is a word that Campbell uses several times during the interview. He wants it known that this is a group effort of coaches, faculty and staff.

“The variety of issues that come across this desk,” says Campbell as he points down toward his large corporate style desk, “manag-ing all these things without the great help of the adminis-trative staff would be impossible.”

According to an email from women’s softball head coach Tim Kiernan, Camp-bell works hard and supports his coaches. His idea of how the student should act is passed down to the student athletes, by the coaches.

Among the resources offered is the Sport 90 study skills class which provides tutoring, a place to study, and free printing resources for student athletes.

“My first year we were required to go eight hours a week,” former baseball player Patrick Armstrong says.

“From my perspective any healthy ath-letic program is student-athlete centered, emphasis on student,” says Campbell. Ac-cording to Campbell student athlete’s goals must have a “policy and procedure” that enhance their chance of success.

Importance of character and work-ing together are two ideas that Campbell stressed throughout the interview.

“All head coaches teach,” says Camp-bell, who stressed this was a requirement

and a way to enforce the idea of student first, athlete second.

“I learned a whole lot about how to study and how to carry myself,” said Arm-strong.

Campbell was born in Missoula, Mont., and moved to Danville, Calif., at age 10.

“I knew from an early age on that I wanted to be in the athletic realm,” says Campbell. “My first non-coaching position was at Davis.”

Campbell coached college basketball at several colleges in California and Washing-ton before returning to Davis in 1997. He obtained a PhD A.B.D from Oregon State in 1997.

When asked what keeps him from being overwhelmed by the demands of his job, “My rock,” says Campbell of his wife, Shauna, of 22 years.

An athletic director with principlesMitch Campbell’s own athletic experience puts the student before the athlete.

Mitch Campbell, City College’s athletic director keeps a golf ball in desk.

“ There is nothing wrong with being a great athlete but it’s about achieving as a student first.”

–Mitch CampbellATHLeTiC direCTor

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UPCOMING GAMES BaSeBallTues 2/26 vs. Los Medanos College at City College

Tues 3/5 vs. Cosumnes River College at CRC

Thurs 3/7 vs. Cosumnes River College at City College

SofTBallSat 3/2 and Sun 3/3 ‘Bash at Buchanon’ at Clovis North High School

Sat 3/9 vs. Modesto Junior College (double header) at City College

TennISTues 2/26 vs. Fresno City College at City College

Fri 3/1 vs. Reedley College at Reedley

Tues 3/5 vs. Modesto Junior College at City College

SwImmIngFri 3/1 ‘Panther Invite’ at City College

Sat 3/9 ‘Mariner Invite’ at College of Marin

Fri 3/15 ‘Big 8 Invitational’ at Diablo Valley College

women’S Track and fIeldFri 3/1 and Sat 3/2 ‘Beaver Multi’ at American River College

Sat 3/9 4-Way Meet at Mt. San Antonio

Fri 3/15 De Anza Invite at De Anza College

men’S Track and fIeldThurs 2/28 and Fri 3/1 ‘Chico Multi’ at Chico State University

Sat 3/2 CSU Stanislaus Kim Duyst Invitational at Turlock

Sat 3/9 4-Way Meet at Mt. San Antonio

GAME StAtS men’S BaSkeTBall2/14 SCC 85, Diablo Valley College 602/19 SCC 94, Cosumnes River College 872/22 SCC 60, San Joaquin Delta College 68

women’S BaSkeTBall2/14 SCC 48, Diablo Valley College 672/19 SCC 33, Cosumnes River College 712/22 SCC 42, San Joaquin Delta College 43

BaSeBall2/16 SCC 7, Butte College 32/22 SCC 1, Riverside College 22/23 SCC 0, Riverside College 5

SofTBall2/16 SCC 10, Reedley 02/23 SCC 9, Napa Valley College 12/23 SCC 2, Shasta College 4

TennIS2/12 vs. Shasta CollegeMen tied with Shasta CollegeWomen lost to Shasta College

Track and fIeld2/23 SCC OpenerWomen’s team had first place finishes in 10 events Men’s team had first place finishes in two events

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by JOE HALL

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Title IX – “Fair” turned foul

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NiNe years ago wheN men’s Track and Field Coach Rob Dewar began coaching at City College he faced hurdles that in-cluded a poorly assembled and dysfunctional team. In the time since, he’s managed to get the program on track and has also helped athletes and students accomplish their goals both on and off the field.

Now Dewar says he feels like he’s built something he can be proud of.

“When I came in there were only 12 guys on the team and now we have 54,” Dewar says. “My first year when I came in there were no uniforms, no sweats. What I thought were the practice sweats were actually the competition sweats and they had holes in them.”

“Coach Rob,” as he is known, describes a team with no structure. At the time the players had an interim coach —as it had for the five years since the previous coach had stepped down due to health concerns. It was a situation, Dewar says, that hurt the team more than it helped.

“You have to have a full-time head coach to be successful,” Dewar said. “You can’t have a part-time coach and be successful because of the time that is required of a head coach.”

Dewar says he can’t come up with a number for how long he spends coaching each day. A typical day for Dewar consists of teach-ing until noon, coaching on the track from 12:30 p.m. until 5 p.m., and then he goes home. After his family goes to sleep he’s up from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. working on items related to the track and field program and then the cycle repeats itself daily.

With meets most weekends, Dewar says it can be a lot, but he says that he loves his job and where he’s at in his career. Still, he adds, every year he sits down and evaluates whether or not he should continue coaching.

“When that day comes that I feel like it’s no longer a ben-efit, like it’s doing more harm than good. That will be the day I quit because there is no point in me being around if I’m not be-ing effective or if I’m too old to do the job,” Dewar said. “When that time comes, I’ll know and I’ll step aside so that someone else can take over for me.”

Dewar works closely with the sprinters, but many of his ath-letes say that he is extremely approachable and easy to talk to.

Eric Ninh, 19, a 1500-meter runner, says he feels Dewar makes time to help his athletes with whatever they need.

“He gives you time, no matter what. If there’s a room full of people and you need something he’ll take a minute to talk to you,” Ninh says. “He inspires me to work harder. He’s definitely one of the best coaches here.”

In addition to coaching Dewar teaches a variety of athletics classes during the year. One of his former students, accounting major Marco Smith, 21, has since left City College and trans-ferred to Sacramento State, says that Dewar was a positive influ-ence for the semester that he had him.

“I took a weight training course with him and I always ap-preciated the strong and positive feedback from him,” Smith said. “It wasn’t like he was picking on you or pushing you too hard, but he definitely knew how to push you and I liked that.”

Dewar takes a special interest in each athlete. He says that although there may be one individual athlete he might be focus-ing on at the moment, he is ultimately trying to get all of his student-athletes to transfer to a four-year university.

Dewar also brings this philosophy to his coaching staff, re-quiring that each assistant have four-year degrees and that they be working on master’s degrees.

“I want them to be able to move ahead in life and use this time here assisting me as a stepping stone,” Dewar said. “This isn’t a final stop, this [is] another part of their career and I want them to understand that I want to help them get where they want to go.”

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The CiTy College meN’s and wom-en’s track and field teams are hoping to build on past successes for their 2013 season. In 2012 the teams each boasted All American athletes in multiple events. The men’s team had ten, includ-ing two state champions. The women’s side had six of its own, including one state champion.

Currently, the women’s softball team is off to a strong start, going 9-1 so far, after a rebuilding season in 2012 with an end-of-the-season record of 11-26-1. The Panthers team is ranked fifth in Northern California and seventh in latest 2013 California Community College Fast Pitch Coaches Association State and Regional polls. The team jumped from an un-ranked position in the previous state and

regional poll voting.“We still have some

work to do,” said softball coach Tim Ki-ernan. “Just because you win [it doesn’t] mean there are not things you can get better on.”

Meanwhile, the swim team will host the Panther Invite at Hoos Pool located at City College on March 1.

“We will not be the doormat in con-ference this year,” said swimming coach Steve Hanson. “We’re [going to] have a lot of good swimmers place in the top eight in our conference.”

On the baseball field, the men’s team has started with a 4-7 record that had them split wins and losses with Fresno City College, Chabot College, and Butte College. They were also swept in their most recent series in Southern California

against Riverside Col-lege. Starting pitcher, Dan Sayles, holds a 2-2 record for the Panthers, with his losses coming against Fresno City and Riverside.

“Guys are playing hard. We just needed another couple breaks to go our way to get those wins,” says Coach Derek Sullivan.

On the courts, the tennis team hosted a match against Shasta College so far in their 2013 season. The men’s team tied 3-3, while the women’s team was defeated.

Off to a fast start Spring sports at City College

Since its inception in 1972, Title IX has been an adamantly debated topic in the gender equal-ity discussions involving collegiate athletics. Although its creators’ inten-tions were to require schools that receive

federal funds to provide women with an equal opportunity to compete in athletics, it currently disenfranchises male athletics at City College.

This legislation has spurred the growth of female athletes in sports, and even academic success in women, which is clearly a benefit to society. The same research, however, shows a severely negative impact on men’s ath-letics. Much like human biorhythms and talking to plants, it is time to rethink another idea from the ’70s, because the statistics involving the loss of male teams is distressing.

“Between 1981 and 1999 uni-versity athletic departments cut 171 men’s wrestling teams, 84 men’s ten-nis teams, 56 men’s gymnastics teams, 27 men’s track teams, and 25 men’s swimming teams,” according to the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver in 2009.

This is still an ongoing trend; even City College is affected. A men’s soccer or water polo team has been missing from City College for years, because we have neither team available to male students. On the contrary, both sports are available to female athletes on campus. Currently there are only five male teams and three teams both male and female athletes can compete at City College, as opposed to the seven sports teams available to women.

Wasn’t Title 9 ideally supposed to make things equal instead of adversely unbalanced?

Male athletes who want to be on both the water polo and swim team are forced to go to American River College, because although we have a swim team, we currently have only a women’s water polo team. Title IX is not only responsible for the lack of one team, but indirectly keeping another from further success.

“Why do we not have a men’s team?” women’s soccer Head Coach Jang Oh explains: “This is a gender issue, a Title IX issue.”

To voice your opinion to legisla-tors and tell them to make common sense changes to out of touch legisla-tion, contact the California Office of Civil Rights to formally complain about the negative ramifications of Title IX.

File a complaint at www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/pages/ocr.aspx

Much like human bio-rhythms and talking to plants, it is time to rethink another idea from the ’70s.

Running the showCoach Rob Dewar has built the men’s

track program from the ground up.

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City College men’s track and field head coach Rob Dewar takes to the tracks at Hughes Stadium.

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� e Sacramento City College � eatre Arts depart-ment celebrates the return to the Art Court � eatre with a production of the classic drama, “All My Sons,” by the late American playwright Arthur Miller.

“All My Sons” is a serious show, drawn from a true story of World War II military supply fraud. Miller’s � rst successful staged play was written just after the war in 1946, and tackles universal themes such as loyalty, truth and personal responsibility.

Miller’s tale of a dysfunctional family fraught with underlying guilt allows the performers to exercise a wide range of emotions, which the theater students say is fun.

“I just like the emotional whirlwind,” says actor El-liot Herzer, a 20-year-old student undecided about a ma-jor. “It has everything—it has the sadness…romance…anger…comedy.”

Herzer portrays George Deever, the character responsible for provoking much of the play’s con� ict be-tween two families with a history of shared love, tragedy and guilt. � ese families are discovering unacknowl-edged truths under the microscope of a post World War II suburban backyard.

� e backyard setting of “All My Sons” doesn’t need much space. Using the Art Court � eatre for this family drama will bring the audience into the action, according to the play’s production team.

Professor of design and technology for theater

Shawn Weinsheink’s stage design in this smaller, more intimate space places the audience barely outside the ac-tion, peering over the fence into the Kellers’ yard.

“People are all seeing everyone’s business, because that’s how towns were back then. � at’s how the audi-ence is going to feel as well,” says Matt Canty, 25, a City College and University California, Davis, drama alum-nus. Canty portrays Chris Keller, Joe Keller’s son and a World War II veteran who wants to move past the family history and marry George’s sister, Ann.

During the renovation of the Performing Arts Center, City College theater performances were staged across the river at the Black Box � eatre in the West Sacramento Community Center.

� e Performing Arts Center is expected by the de-partment to be perfect for big musicals with over thirty performers, while the more intimate Art Court � eatre is an ideal space for a family drama with a smaller cast, according to theater students and faculty.

Director Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin, City College professor of theater arts, says she embraced the oppor-tunity to direct one of Miller’s plays, but admitted, “It isn’t happy stu� —but it’s real.”

DeLappe-Grondin added that she feels that this provides a powerful challenge to the student actors.

“� e roles in the play are really good acting opportu-nities for our students, because they’re di� cult, they’re vulnerable—and it requires them to use all of the skills they’ve been gaining in their classes,” she says.

To prepare for the production, DeLappe-Grondin dedicated some rehearsal time for the cast to learn about

postwar American culture. On stage, they’ll dress in the appropriate style for the era, including some vintage pieces, in costumes designed by costume shop manager and resident costume designer, Nicole Sivell.

DeLappe-Grondin used a variety of exercises includ-ing vocal warm-ups, development of pace and rhythm, and subtext to help the cast feel the unspoken tensions and undercurrents between characters.

Luther Hanson, professor of theater arts, portrays Joe Keller, Chris’ father, and is the only faculty member in the show. To prepare, Hanson says he developed a subtext exercise that helped connect these modern stu-dent actors to the motivations of characters put to paper almost 70 years ago.

Breanna Reilly, 22, psychology major, says she thought it was helpful in portraying her character, Ann Deever.

“I thought a lot of us just kind of let o� some steam doing it—a lot of really horrible names thrown around at people,” says Reilly. “But it did get you to where you needed to be—got you to understand what you were re-ally saying to somebody.”

� e play will be performed March 1 through March 24 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. with tickets rang-ing from $12-$15, and Sundays at 2 p.m. at $10-$13.

Now, Nathan Cline, 18, theater major, says he’s ready to put his character, a neighborhood boy, Louie, up on stage.

“� e only thing left is the audience,” says Cline.

Theater students tackle great American story

THE SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE Theatre Arts department celebrates the return to the Art Court Theatre with a production of the classic drama, “All My Sons,” by the late American playwright Arthur Miller.

Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”set to produce a lot of drama on the

Art Court Theatre stage in March

Breanna Reilly, 22, psychology major, who plays Ann Deever stands on stage with “All My Sons” vocal coordinator Bradley Moates.

Matt Canty, 25, SCC & UCD drama alumnus, plays Chris Keller in the play “All My Children”.

City College students rehearse for the play “All My Sons” in the Performing Arts Center.

Claudia Wrazel rehearses her lines for the City College play “All My Sons”.

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