October 18, 2017 | coastreportonline.com Volume 72, No. 4

On the inside

Ramen night

Authentic food and music part of OC Japan Fair.

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Short drama

The 10 or Less festival offers something wicked.

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Tattoo trial

A Coast Report staffer gets her first ink of Friday the 13th.

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OCC’S PANTRY

OFFERS HELP

FOR HUNGRY

Consider the student athlete who hasn’t eaten in 48 hours.

Or the English major who doesn’t have enough to eat or doesn’t know

where her next meal is coming from.Or the single mom who struggles to find

diapers for her baby.To many at Orange Coast College, food

insecurity and homelessness are far away ideas but statistics show that many students are facing these crises every day.

“It’s a bigger problem than any of us thought. You would be surprised how many students are homeless. You would never guess. Ever.” Dillan O’Neal, a Student Support Specialist for the Student Equity program said.

The OCC food pantry located in Watson Hall is now open to all students who are in need food, toiletries and baby items.

O’Neal is responsible for the food pantry which used to be a part of the Extended Opportunity Programs Service and was only available for EOPS students.

According to a 2016 survey conducted by the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, community college students are more likely to suffer from food insecurity. The study also found 64 percent of food insecure students sur-veyed experienced some type of housing insecurity.

“A lot of college students, they are just not eating enough,” OCC Dietetic Technician Program Director Beth Blake said.

According to Blake, some students are starving between classes or eating unhealthy foods to save time. Donated foods are often items that people no longer want, she said.

“Just because somebody doesn’t have the

Students on campus who need food, toiletries or baby items can find them free at the food pantry.

Photos by Lauren Galvan

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BY MISAKI YOSHIMURA STAFF WRITER

Despite the Quad area at Or-ange Coast College being desig-nated as the campus’ free speech zone, OCC administrators are quick to clarify that the posted signs are merely a suggestion in an attempt to strike a balance between free speech and safety.

The sense of limitations of free speech at OCC and other colleges nationwide have caused ongoing confusion among many students, as it is still unclear where people can voice opinions on campuses.

In fact, when a student at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills tried to distribute copies of the U.S. Constitution in Spanish on his campus in March, he was reprimanded by an administrator and told he would need to stand in a desig-nated area, only after obtaining a permit to do so.

If he didn’t comply, he would be removed from campus.

So he sued, claiming his First Amendment rights were vio-lated.

And while OCC hasn’t had lawsuits filed for its free speech zone, administrators are quick to point out that students can speak out anywhere on campus, even while the free speech policy for all Coast Community College District campuses is being up-dated.

“There is already free speech throughout campus. It is not lim-ited to a specific area. It is limited to exclude solicitors, like people with magazines, or those that are selling things without a business license,” Chief of Campus Safety John Farmer said.

He added that petitioners or speakers can’t go into buildings or interfere with the students in an invasive way that would dis-rupt classes. According to Farm-er, “they can’t grab a student’s arm or block an entrance,” but if the person is sharing information and is not a solicitor, they are permitted to be on campus and have their voices heard.

OCC’s policy is in accordance with the Constitution’s First Amendment which says that free speech is to be allowed in any public place in the United States but with limitations to protect the physical safety of civilians, officials said.

OCC and other college cam-puses nationwide take precau-tionary actions when dealing with the topic of free speech but according to Dean of Students Derek Vergara, there is a group of district administrators currently working to revise and update the

OCC won’t limit free speech areaDistrict policy on where students can speak out is under review.

BY LYNZEE KANERSTAFF WRITER

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The designated Free Speech Zone is in the Quad, but the entire outdoor campus is open to student voices.

Orange Coast College student Chris Tom was in full character as she sarcastically greeted Maid Academy Cafe guests who sat down at her table.

“Here’s your napkin, I guess,” Tom, a 22-year-old history major said. “You wouldn’t need them if you were super tidy like me.”

As a tribute to the themed cafes popular in Japan, OCC’s Anime Academia Club held its third annual Maid Academy Cafe Saturday in the Student Center.

Some of the proceeds from the event will benefit LGBT Center OC, an organization that supports homeless LGBT youth in Orange County, organizers said.

Like their Japanese counter-parts, Maid Academy Cafe guests paid a small entry fee and were free to sit at any maid’s uniquely themed table. The placemats, candy and decorations were tailored to fit the theme of each maid’s personality.

Maids interacted with guests based on their personality and character. Some maids would entertain guests with simple table games and pumpkin decorating.

Tom portrayed a hilariously blunt and emotionally guarded character named Alice and told guests they could take just one

piece of candy.When asked to describe her

character, Tom said Alice is a popular archetype in Japanese animation and media.

“My character is a tsundere,” Tom said. “It’s a character type in Japanese anime. It’s a harsh or mean character that can come off as very cold but once you get to know her she opens up.”

Other maids, like Camille Gerson, a 20-year-old English and pre-law major at UC Santa Barbara, portrayed characters with more bubbly and talkative personalities. Gerson said her character Serval is both an actual character from a popular anime series and a character archetype.

“Serval is the companion to the protagonist of her anime series Kemono Friends,” Gerson said.

It was a fine day for animeStudents gathered on campus to pay tribute to Japan’s themed cafes.

BY KEVIN BOLLMANSTAFF WRITER

Photo by Arnold Fouts

Giselle Sanchez, 22, repre-senting Umaru, helps organ-ize the Maid Academy Cafe event over the weekeend.

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The Coast Report staff at-tended the southern California regional Journalism Association of Community College conven-tion Saturday, and walked away with a total of 19 awards.

The event consisted of work-shops, on-the-spot contests, an awards ceremony and a unique opportunity to network with other student journalists.

Awards were given for papers published last semester and also for on-the-spot competitions during the event.

For last semester’s papers, the Coast Report took home general excellence for its print edition and general excellence for its online edition.

Writers also won for enterprise news story/series for its work on the Republicans Club stories last semester.

Designers took home a second

place award for front page layout for a series of three front pages.

Editor-in-chief Sara Teal won first place for opinion writing and second place for sports game story. Features editor Isabella Balandran won first place for feature story. Teal and Balandran jointly received fourth place for an informational graphic.

News editor Margherita Beale received the third place award for profile feature story on an Orange Coast College student who is also a drag queen.

Sports editor Spencer Golanka received an honorable mention for sports game story and photo editor Devin Michaels won a photo illustration honorable mention and second place for photo illustration.

Former Editor-in-Chief Clay-ton Spivey won second place for news story, third place for feature story and fourth place for column writing. Mariam Zagub, former views editor, won an honorable mention for her editorial cartoon.

For the on the spot contests, Teal took first place for copy editing and second place for opinion writing. Beale received an honorable mention for news writing.

Light theft A bike theft occurred Oct. 4

between 12:40 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the Social Science building bike rack according to Chief of Campus Safety John Farmer.

The victim’s front and rear bike lights were stolen from the Social Science building bike rack, Farmer said.

The victim was reportedly a male student and although there was a camera in the building, Farmer said the pic-ture wasn’t clear enough to identify the suspect.

Vending vandalA soda machine was report-

edly vandalized Oct. 8 at 1:45 a.m. east of the track field, Farmer said.

Officers don’t know if any money or items were stolen but contacted the vendor to assess damage, Farmer said.

Farmer said they checked the rest of the vending ma-chines and nothing else was harmed.

Vehicle burglary A male Swap Meet attendee

had multiple belongings stolen from his vehicle Oct. 8 be-tween 12:20 p.m. and 1 p.m., Farmer said.

According to Farmer, the stolen items included a leather jacket, a tool box and the black leather seats of the victim’s

GMC SUV.The victim claimed the sto-

len items had a combined worth of $1,000, Farmer said.

According to Farmer, there are no current suspects.

Bike theftA black beach cruiser bike

was reportedly stolen Wednes-day between 11:40 a.m. and 6:55 p.m. on the north side of the Fitness Complex, Farmer said.

According to Farmer, the victim is a foreign exchange student and borrowed the bike from the people he lives with.

Farmer recommended stu-dents use a u-shaped lock to protect bikes instead of a blue cable lock because “those can be cut like butter and fast.”

Campus burglary A male burglary suspect was

spotted off campusThursday and reportedly came onto campus 6:40 p.m., according to Farmer.

Officers came onto campus and searched Watson Hall, the Student Center, the Associated Students Bookstore, and the Classrooms and Labs building, Farmer said.

After an hour of searching the officers confirmed the suspect was not on campus,

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HUNGRY: Orange Coast College offers students food and other items for free.

resources to buy foods, that doesn’t mean that they should get all the left overs,” Blake said. “We want to treat them with dignity and respect so we want them to have the best food available.”

Stocking the pantry with nutri-tious options is a priority, O’Neal said.

The food pantry is available to all OCC students, who are allowed to bring home either one full bag of groceries or a single serving meal. A single serving meal allows stu-dents to come in and grab a drink or meal between classes.

In addition to food, the pantry has hygiene items like shampoo,

conditioner, toothbrushes, tooth-paste and sometimes feminine hygiene products.

“(Some students) have 15 cents in their pocket, so why let a basic thing like food and clothing stop them from getting a job and forc-ing them to quit school because they have to work more? Why let something that easy stop them from performing to their fullest,” O’Neal said.

O’Neal said there are many full-time single parent students who face homelessness, in addition to student athletes who face food insecurity and homelessness.

“I have some sports coaches come and walk into my office with two to three students at least every

week and says can you take them to the pantry? They haven’t eaten for 48 hours straight,” O’Neal said.

O’Neal, who has been over-seeing the pantry for about three years, said seeing students who are in a life crisis motivates her to help them outside of the food pantry.

Helping students find homeless shelters, get affordable medical appointments and make DMV ap-pointments are just a few things O’Neal has done.

Check in for access to the food pantry at the Student Equi-ty office located in Watson Hall room 205. The pantry is open every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Fridays when it’s open from 9 a.m. to noon.

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Photo by Christopher Huerta

The college’s food pantry offers aid to hungry students.

Photo by Annie Kim

he Coast Report editors and staff writers display the awards they won at the 2017 JACC SoCal Conference at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday. The Coast Report is a student-run newspaper that serves Orange Coast College. The team won a total of 19 awards including several for writing, design and photography.

Workshop speakers included Steve Padilla, assistant national editor at the Los Angeles Times, Jacqueline García, a reporter from La Opinión, Matt Pearce, a nation-al reporter from the Los Angeles Times and more.

Former senior editor for the New York Times Walter Baranger kicked off the event as the con-vention’s keynote speaker, with a speech about how he used the lessons he learned at college level during his 27-year career.

A variety of authentic Japanese food, performances and merchan-dise was on tap over the weekend during the annual OC Japan Fair at the OC Fairgrounds.

The event, ongoing since 2009, typically draws in 15,000 to 20,000 people but this year the numbers seemed a lot smaller.

“We try to focus on culture, music and food,” head organizer Masataka Taguchi said. “We ac-tually brought over three vendors from Japan for food and three for merchandise to help promote authentic Japanese culture.”

The event was tucked away within the OC Fairgrounds which was a big downside but there was

still plenty to do for newcomers. Arguably the biggest draw

of the fair was the food. There was a variety of staple Japanese cuisine, from sushi burritos and Kobe wagyu beef skewers to Japanese style pancakes known as okonomiyaki.

The spicy miso ramen could be purchased from Daikokuya and for the price it has a lot of appeal. The broth was pork-based, rich in flavor and had an extra bit of kick but not too much for those who aren’t ac-customed to spice.

Other choices, like the ta-koyaki from Takoyaki Tanota, were rich with flavor and have a lot of choices. Diners had to be careful not to dig in too quickly because it was piping hot.

Vendors were selling mer-chandise such as anime figurines and plush toys to kimonos, jew-elry and even home appliances. Bookstores had different manga on display, including a virtual reality anime demo.

The event had performers come from all different back-

grounds: pop singers, cosplay-ers and hip-hop dance crews. Highlights from the first night included Che’Nelle, a Japanese recording artist, and JERU-

MEN, a hip-hop dance crew from Japan.

“It’s trying to localize Japa-nese culture,” JERUMEN mem-ber Masatsugu Sawaki (Saru)

said. “Not just culture but sub-culture. Otaku culture like anime,

cosplays, we have to bring it up, not just mainstream stuff.”

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Photo by Brandon Noh

Fried octopus (above) is one of the many authentic foods available at the OC Japan Fair. Attendee Jayden Vu, 26 (right), browses through a display at a vendor booth at the weekend fair.

“She’s a genki character arche-type, which is someone who is very energetic and upbeat and you rarely see her without a smile on her face.”

Gerson said she chose her character because a friendly genki archetype is ideal for immersing guests in the themed cafe expe-rience.

“It’s perfect for a cafe like this,” Gerson said. “It’s perfect for cheering them up and getting them hyped and into it.”

In addition to serving guests cakes, cookies and other café-style food, maids performed either a solo or group perfor-mance every 30 minutes that paid homage to Japanese pop culture and anime fandom. Performances

included singing, fan dancing and choreographed renditions of Japanese boy band songs.

Some cafe guests said they enjoyed the atmosphere and ambiance of the event. Joshua Chong, an 18-year-old mathemat-ics major and Anime Academia Club member said he enjoyed seeing such a public display of appreciation for Japanese culture and enjoys being part of the club.

“The cafe truly shows that peo-ple can be passionate about their interests and let people join in,” Chong said. “I’m a new student at OCC and new to America. It’s great the Anime Club put this on. They have my gratitude because they helped me adjust to OCC.”

Before they began their final dance routine, the maids an-nounced that part of the proceeds

of the event will be donated to LGBT Center OC, an organi-zation that supports homeless LGBT youth in Orange County through mental health program-ming and disease prevention.

“I love to cosplay and sing and dance,” Gerson said. “It’s also for a good cause. Every year we do Maid Academy Cafe for different causes, this year we’re donating to LGBT Center OC for homeless LGBT youth so they can get the resources they need.”

Although they were not all members of the Anime Academia Club, the maids were universally passionate about their love of Japanese anime and culture. Tom said she has participated in every Maid Academy Cafe event since it began and has seen her impro-visation and acting skills improve

as a result.The Anime Academia Club

held the event because they want-ed OCC to have the opportunity to experience themed cafes rarely found outside of Japan, according to club president Carlee Hackett.

“It’s a way to bring people to-gether with certain interests and see another side of the world,” Hackett, a 22-year-old graphic design major said. “We want to share the authentic experience of what a themed cafe would be like here at OCC.”

In addition to raising money for homeless LGBT youth, the Maid Academy Cafe is part of the Anime Academia Club’s fund-raising effort for its 2018 OCC Coast-Con event that will be held during the spring semester.

Coast-Con will be an anime

convention similar to large Com-ic-Con conventions where attend-ees can dress up as their favorite characters, attend panels and visit

vendor booths from the artist and anime communities. More infor-mation and dates for Coast-Con will be announced in near future.

MAID: Japanese cafe maids served up cakes and cookies along with singing and dancing to Japanese boy band songs.

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Photo by Arnold Fouts

A guest is entertained by a maid during the third annual Maid Academy Cafe in the Student Center Saturday.

Scenes took a dark but timely transition in Orange Coast Col-lege’s Student Repertory The-atre production of “Something Wicked” Saturday and Sunday evening.

As a continuation of the rep-ertory’s 10 or Less festival, stu-dents performed and designed five chilling stories of horror under the direction and adapta-tion of local theatre director Jill Johnson and assistant director Gina Ernst.

OCC’s Drama Studio Theatre was transformed by students and faculty into a cellar-like room resembling an abandoned insane asylum. Prior to the performance, drama students set the mood by flooding the stage and audience seating area with blood-curdling screams and improvised dialogue that

could be compared to an expe-rience inside a haunted house production.

“The students came up with their characters completely on their own and besides the scripted dialogue, the screams and all the in between acting was improvised,” Johnson said. “We wanted to come up with something new and different and it was really easy for them to get into character for this.”

According to Johnson, it wasn’t difficult for the students to find inspiration in the thrilling stories and actors were given the freedom to act as outrageous on stage as they saw fit to their personal character.

The showcased short plays consisted of stories of the super-natural, the rise and ultimately deadly fall of love, anger, evil and possession.

Students banged loudly on the walls as the room transitioned from a dimly lit, eerie atmo-sphere to a suddenly pitch black, room leaving the audience with only the twisted laughs and mur-murs of the students left on stage.

The focus returned to five stu-dents in the spotlight, marking

the beginning of the first play. The 10 or Less festival lived up to its description as the students acted out part one of the play “The Monkey’s Paw” in approx-imately nine minutes.

Part one revolved around a tale of a monkey’s paw brought into the lives of an old couple and was said to have held the supernatural power of granting three wishes. As warned by the object’s previous owner, the wishes were guaranteed to bring deadly repercussions, which the couple ignored.

The repe r to ry s tuden t s wrapped up part one with yet another blacked-out stage and the unnerving cries of students who quickly morphed into char-acter for the following plays.

Each play consisted of no more than five starring roles however not once did the re-maining students exit the stage. Instead each actor and actress maintained character throughout the remainder of the series and acted as supporting roles while others were given a chance in the spotlight.

“All of the students here are fantastic actors and extremely

dedicated,” Johnson said. “They all spent so much time coming up with the details for their char-acters’ personal story and what they wanted that to be.”

The progression of the short plays was swift, without losing content and students were given the opportunity to become more confident with themselves as actors, Johnson said.

Following part one was a series of four additional stories including “La Llorona,” “The Wedding,” “The Red Scarf,” and “Dolls,” all of which were created and directed from start to finish by Johnson.

The plays were not necessari-ly interrelated, yet all portrayed mutual themes revolved around horror, paranormal events and death.

The Student Repertory The-atre takes pride in its students’ abilities to create original work along with the help of guest di-rectors in some occasions.

“I thought this was perfect for Halloween and while I wanted to give them something chal-lenging, I also wanted to give something they could easily rehearse,” Johnson said. “Each

play had only five characters or so and this made it easier to hold separate rehearsals rather than requiring each student to be at every rehearsal.”

The student repertory will continue its production of “Something Wicked” Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Drama Studio Theatre. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.

district policy. “It’s not just OCC. Coastline

and Golden West College are also in these conversations, as it im-

pacts all institutions in the district,” Vergara said. “While these areas are designated on each campus for optimal interaction with the com-munity, it also helps to decrease the chances of disruption pertaining to

classroom lectures and delivery of service for our students.”

Vergara added that there are designated pathways for emer-gency vehicle access that can’t be obstructed. Although areas can’t

be restricted, the administration encourages people to exercise their freedom of expression in recommended areas.

“Free speech and expression are a big part of the educational

mission of each institution,” Ver-gara said. “The challenge with any institution is to ensure the balance between an individual or group’s right to free expression, and the safety and security of people.”

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“It’s Your Estate,” Estate planning seminars on every Friday until Oct. 26: Cover-ing topics such as long term care and equity investing, the weekly seminars focus on estate planning. College Student Center classroom. 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Free.

Exhibits

“ C a p t a i n ’ s Ta b l e Restaurant,” Thursdays: The on-campus student restaurant will offer lunch and dinner service on Thurs-day with a Great Lakes and Midwest-themed menu. Other American regions will be featured throughout the semester. Lunch seating is at noon and dinner seating is at 6 p.m. Call 714-432-5876 ext. 22 for reservations. $14.

“terəfərmə.” through Dec. 8: Kim Abeles’ Pearls of Wisdom art exhibit fea-tures elegant visuals to communicate tricky polit-ical and social subjects. It uses non-traditional ma-terials, craft and digital technology. In the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. Exhibit hours vary. Free.

“The Great Shake-Out,” Thursday: Millions of people including schools, business and organizations around the world will partic-ipate in the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill as a part of national preparedness. The Great California ShakeOut drill will happen on OCC’s campus at 10:19 a.m. and will last for 10 minutes.

“Science Night,” Friday: OCC will host its Commu-nity Science Night, inviting families and students to join in an evening filled with engaging and interactive scientific activites. Locat-ed on the OCC campus from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Free admission . Free hot dogs, chips and drinks.

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“OCC Student Rep-ertory Production,” Sat-urday and Sunday: The Student Repertory Theatre at OCC will present its 10 or Less festival, a series of short plays each complet-ed in 10 minutes or less. For mature audiences. In the Drama Studio Theatre from 7:30 p.m. until 11 p.m. Tickets are $5 in ad-vance and $7 at the door.

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Orange Coast College Sym-phony and Chorale Ensemble hosted an exquisite season open-ing gala in the Robert B. Moore Theatre Saturday.

The concert consisted of four songs and one of them included a collaboration with the chorale ensemble. Conductor Maxim Kuzin made a rather grand entrance for his first OCC per-formance.

As guests searched and found their seats, concertgoers were able to see the orchestra on stage as the musicians prepared for the concert.

The night started with the first song “Overture to the Opera”

by Gioachino Rossini and con-sisted of sounds ranging from soothing to dramatic. It was a great way to make a lasting first impression.

At the end of each song per-formance, Kuzin would take a slight break to inform the au-dience about the history of the

song. Kuzin was a phenomenal conductor and learning about the background of how each song came to be added another level of interest to the performance.

You could feel the energy re-verberate throughout the whole theater and a level of excitement building up to each song during the concert.

After “Overture to the Op-

era,” Kuzin let the audience know a little about himself, with details such as his upbringing in Ukraine and how he had the opportunity to be on “Dancing with the Stars.”

The second song “Pavane” by Gabriel Faure was my favorite of the four. The combination of all the instruments used was beautiful to say the very least.

The sound was soothing and romantic to the ear. Kuzin was right when he said one song would stick with you most and mine happened to be “Pavane.”

“Symphony No. 5” by Franz Schubert was next in line to be performed and was a great song to be played in the middle of the concert. The three pauses during the song reflected its decisively

dramatic feeling.The crowd ranged in age,

from young children to adults and appealed to all.

The final song, “Tantum Ergo” was the collaboration with the chorale ensembles, a perfect way to end the night. Each student showcased their talent, which was something beautiful to see.

The concert included selections from Rossini to Schubert.

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Conductor Maxim Kuzin (right) addresses the audience during the Orange Coast College Symphony and Choral Ensemble con-cert Saturday. The concert included four songs and an explanation of the history of each song.

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Wickedly short plays frighten and delightThe 10 or Less Festival continues Saturday and Sunday.

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SPEECH: Orange Coast College administrators say free speech is not limited to the Free Speech Zone.

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H e a v y metal music blares in my ears, rubbing alcohol stings my nose, anx-ie ty shoots through my chest and the buzz ing o f tat too guns hums through a busy parlor

on Friday, Oct. 13.Four of my friends and I crowd-

ed inside Q Tattoo in Huntington Beach with only vague ideas of what we were about to perma-nently ink on our bodies. We handed over our IDs, signed the waivers and spontaneously chose the designs for our very first pro-fessional tattoos. In less than an hour, Q Tattoo gifted the five of us with a tombstone, a heart, two skulls, Jack Skellington’s face and an inseparable bond.

Recent decades have morphed the notoriously superstitious day into a Black Friday for ink-seek-ers, as many shops offer small tattoos for a fraction of the regular price, often at $13. Tattoo parlors offering this deal typically offer pre-drawn designs on flash sheets for their clientele to pick and choose upon walking in.

Q Tattoo’s special was $40 for any small design. I chose Q Tattoo because of the appeal of bringing any design and the higher than av-erage price point suggested better quality. I felt it was worth the price, considering the shop’s hourly rate

is $160 and I was impressed with the fine line work of my piece.

One friend in my group felt her dime-sized heart was over-priced, but another friend was extremely satisfied with the deal as her piece was customized and complete with lettering.

I’d been trying to get my first tattoo since my 18th birthday, but a year and a half later, my skin was still a totally blank canvas. I wanted my first piece of perma-nent body art to be meaningful and beautiful, but I failed to com-mit to a design and artist and was slightly horrified by the thought of the needle and pain.

While waiting in line, hesitation began to overtake me. I sucked it up and tattooed something stupid and cute onto my ribs: a quar-ter-sized skull with the number 13

carved into its forehead.I purposely chose to tattoo

one of the most sensitive spots on the body to get over my fear of the pain. It stung like hell, but because of the tiny size and lack of shading, all I had to do was suck it up for a few minutes.

After the experience, I feel much more mentally prepared for committing to a larger, more meaningful tattoo. Plus, I’ve got a new good luck charm to remind me of my friends and inspire more spontaneity in my life.

Paying to get scared, sugar over-loads and the spine-chill-ing terror of finding a cos-tume. These a r e j u s t a few th ings that come to mind when I think of Hal-loween.

It’s not all bad though.A chill fills the air, pumpkins and spider-webs decorate front porches and friends come together to party plan. Yet the panic sets in with the first sight of creepy skeletons at store entrances and aisles full of trendy costumes.

Of course it’s fun, it’s like being a kid again for an entire month. But at some point all of the pressure to have fun starts oc-cupying more time than actually

having fun. First off, you have to decide

which parties you can actually make it to — lucky for you, everyone wants to have them on the same day. Then there’s the thought of finding a costume that is witty enough for everyone to understand it yet unique enough that no one else will think of it.

No pressure. You also have to consider it

might be cold out. So really, there is no way to tell with enough time to actually plan your outfit accordingly. But you won’t be worried about that any-ways if you’re already planning on going out half naked.

If you buy a costume, you might regret it because everyone seems to be so amazingly creative in their homemade outfits. If you make a costume, you might realize you weren’t born with the creative genes and you’ll just have to buy something.

Then you involve yourself in the Halloween-time shopping problem. I mean, that problem that Americans spend A LOT on Halloween. We can’t help it that we want to buy those sparkly skulls and try candy corn again because this time we might ac-tually like it. But then we try it again and yeah, it’s still gross.

But kids like it because kids will eat anything. We worry about the kids stuffing them-selves with sugar but we end up hiding it from ourselves too.

Watch out for that sneaky sugar and for those disturbed people dressing up as Pennywise the clown from “It” to chase children away. But don’t let all of it keep you from enjoying the wacky holiday.

If anything I would like to thank Halloween for distracting us from the important stress by giving us mindless and silly things to worry about.

“Probably a roller coaster - they had handelbars around them.”

Kira Gryczka18, marketing

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Brandon Nguyen20, undecided

Alycia Oostinga19, English

“There was a really great Freddy Krueger. It was really realistic.”

“Some girl was a stripper and her boyfriend was the pole.”

“I saw a really cool remake of the Golden Girls.”

“Somebody was a washer and dryer which I thought was really

cool.”

Michael D’Ilyn18, graphic design

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The OCC pantry needs help

EDITORIAL

Campus administrators say a surprising number of home-less athletes, single mothers and underprivileged students depend on the Orange Coast College Food Pantry to sur-vive.

The food pantry helps stu-dents with economic and academic barriers buy pro-viding food, toiletries and baby items.

Although other aspects of EOPS require specific quali-fications, the food pantry is open to all OCC students who may need it.

As an editorial board, we once again are inclined to look to the administration for an explanation as to why this program lacks the proper re-sources to attend to student’s needs.

Pantry coordinators have recently expressed concern over a lack of donations and funds which they rely on to keep the program afloat. Furthermore, very few people on campus are aware of its existence.

We call on our fellow class-mates and peers who are a part of the OCC community

and recognize that there are students on campus in need of our help. Any donation, no matter how small or big, could have a massive impact.

Similarly, we call on the administration at OCC to harness the importance of the food pantry so that students can focus on their education instead of their next meal.

Donations can be submit-ted to the pantry which is located at the Student Equity office in Watson Hall room 205. Healthy and nutritious canned and boxed foods, as well as basic toiletries and feminine hygiene products are just a few items the pantry needs.

It’s easy in a school of 25,000 people for a program with no system of advertising to fall through the cracks. The administration can help by giving more visibility to this important program and aid those who are struggling and starving.

If you truly believe in each students’ equal and fair opportunity to learn and flourish, the OCC food pantry needs your help.

Brittany McCoy19, business

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Tried and tattooed

In the wake of the sexual assault allega-tions against Harvey Wein-stein, much of the main-stream media has decided to focus on vilifying al-most anyone except Wein-stein himself.

One of the more egregious takes going around is the idea that, somehow, the victims, Ben Affleck and now Hillary Clinton are more to blame than Weinstein himself.

This is a classic example of the rampant rape culture in the United States. Society shuns the victims as attention seekers and liars while simultaneously excusing the behavior of the perpetrator.

We blame the victims for putting themselves in these situations.

Josh Barrow of Business Insider and Left Right and Center recently said that office cultures should be more formalized and less “fun” in order to avoid sexual harassment.

Why is it that society as a whole puts the responsibility on the victim to not get raped instead of teaching people not to rape one another?

Could this stem from a patri-archal society and a toxic mas-culinity that has plagued many societies over the centuries?

Is it possible that it comes from the victim’s fear of vilification or loss of opportunities if they come forward?

Too often we find that when victims come forward, their voices fall on deaf ears. An ex-ample of this is Anita Hill, who challenged the confirmation of

Clarence Thomas as a supreme court justice because he sexually harassed her. Clarence Thomas was subsequently confirmed and Anita Hill’s claims were dismissed as unimportant.

Many media outlets are focus-ing on “Powerful Executives” and “Hollywood Elites” but sadly rape culture does not only apply to people of power. Brock Turner was convicted of raping an uncon-scious victim behind a dumpster. He was sentenced to six months in prison, and released after three for good behavior.

Turner’s judge decided to focus on how being convicted would affect Turner’s life, in-stead of focusing on how the victim will deal with this lifelong trauma. That is the epitome of rape culture.

A common misconception about rape culture is that it can

only happen to the weak and vulnerable. This is inherently un-true. In the wake of the Weinstein allegations, Terry Cruise has come forward to shed light on an incident where he was sexually assaulted in a public setting. He decided not to come forward be-cause he believed people would either dismiss him as attention seeking or that the general public would not believe his claim. This is a classic example to show that rape culture isn’t about gender or sex, it’s about power.

The media has also spent an inordinate amount of time chal-lenging Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Ben Affleck and others for not knowing and not immedi-ately disparaging Weinstein and his actions. The idea that these people are to blame at all for the actions of an alleged pervert and serial sexual assaulter is

absolutely appalling. Donald Trump has been ac-

cused by multiple women of sexual assault including his first wife Ivana Trump who accused him of rape under oath. The idea that this can be known and he was still elected president is another example of the perpe-trator getting away without true consequence.

Are these allegations about Weinstein going to actually change society’s perception and willful ignorance towards rape culture?

Instead of blaming victims, acquaintances, the industry, clothing choices or how inhib-ited one is, how about we blame the rapist. The only person re-sponsible for rape is the rapist. Until America stands up and realizes that, rape culture isn’t going anywhere.

Henry Bate Staff Writer

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A tale of two halves

Just before the beginning of the second half in their first Orange Empire Conference matchup against Palomar College, Orange Coast College head football coach Kevin Emerson pulled his team aside to reassure a mindset.

“It’s 0-0. They can’t stop our running game. We need to min-imize our mistakes and put the game away,” Emerson said.

The score was actually 21-3 as they ran on to the field to start the third quarter. Emerson, however, stressed the importance of winning the game one snap at a time. His team is not known for keep their leads and seeing games through.

An underlying whiff of skepti-cism arrived with the heavy marine layer that sat over the field as the sun disappeared over the stands. Palomar put their foot on the gas pedal in the fourth quarter, with the momentum in their favor.

Following a late fumble from OCC as the scoreboard read 28-13, Palomar drove down the field

and squeezed into the corner of the endzone with a spectacular catch by sophomore Nate Johnson who,

by some miracle, kept both feet in bounds.

The Pirates eventually ran out

the clock and held on for the win, 28-20.

“Complete team effort,” Em-

erson said. “The defense did an amazing job holding Palomar to three points [in the first half]. We are proud of our guys.”

As freshman kicker Cory Lewis kicked the game off, the Pirates played arguably their best first half of football all season. The offensive mistakes were quickly cancelled out by the aggressive and determined defense.

“You want your defense to be able to step it up and keep the points in a winnable position. That’s what they did,” Emerson said. “They worked their butts off this week.”

OCC freshman quarterback Pete Mitchell started the first half onslaught with a rocket touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Bayley Wolff. Mitchell had to leave the game in the second half with a lingering ankle injury.

Sophomore quarterback Nathan West took his place and got the job done thanks to his quickness and awareness of the powerful Palomar defensive front.

Although their record (2-4) doesn’t mirror their efforts, the Pirates are improving every week. They face another conference ene-my in Grossmont College at Dick Tucker Field on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Walk-off homer makes for Turner classic momentI t ’s a t ie

game, bot -tom of the 9th. There are runners on first and sec-ond with two outs. And here comes Justin Turner. With the crack of his bat, Turner sends the ball high into center field — and as the baseball romantics say “it’s outta here!”

It’s a walk-off home run. The

first the Dodgers have seen since Kirk Gibson’s in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

If you’re worth your salt in base-ball lore, you can easily picture Gibson’s iconic fist pumping as he rounded the bases. In similar fashion, Turner’s triumphant chest pounding and raising of his arms will certainly go down in history.

It already has. In addition to being the second postseason walk-off homer in Dodgers his-tory, it happens to have happened exactly 29 years after the first. That’s right. Kirk Gibson’s walk-off home run was hit on Oct. 15,

1988. Turner’s is marked in the record books as Oct. 15, 2017.

It’s enough to inspire goose-bumps for even the most apa-thetic sports fan.

There’s been quite a lot of chatter surrounding this team all season long. Whispers of this Dodgers squad being a World Series-bound team were passed around as early as spring training. The season was spent shattering baseball records, establishing a historic win streak and, with the Dodgers’ usual flair for dramatics, almost losing it all.

The boys in blue have been se-

rious contenders for the past four years, getting so close to the big show that they can almost taste it. Each year, they came up short.

But this year is a different year. And the Dodgers seem to feel just as defiant of past mistakes as their most loyal fans. Turner’s classic moment in Sunday’s game marked a new way of repeating history.

Justin Turner is a force to be reckoned with. His presence, both in the dugout and on the field, are paramount. The Dodgers’ Sunday night 4-1 win is a testament to that.

In a postgame interview, he re-called his own childhood memory

of watching Kirk Gibson celebrate the exact same moment Turner had just lived. A legend in the making himself, Turner showed that know-ing his Dodgers history made him destined to repeat it.

The Dodgers will now travel to Wrigley Field for the next three games of the National League Championship Series and they will do so with a 2-0 advantage over the Chicago Cubs.

If we truly are to let the chips fall as they may, then these chips sure have fallen quite nicely. The future for this Dodgers team doesn’t bear any resemblance to bleak.

Sara Teal

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The Orange Coast College football team huddles up prior to kickoff against Palomar College.