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On life:

Mission Viejo hosts the

first of its weekly farm-

er’s market. The mar-

ket will offer a variety

of fresh produce and

healthy food choices.

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Josh Squirrell

Police chief retires

There is a large void to fill for campus police after the retire-ment of chief and Marine Corps veteran, Harry Parmer.

Parmer served in the Marine Corps for 27 years, making his position as Saddleback Police Chief a perfect fit.

Though the position of a per-manent chief is still in the air, James Pyle, deputy chief, has been appointed as the acting chief.

Pyle has been working with the force at Saddleback since 1979 and has extensive experi-ence with college level policing.

Officer Beau Arbuthnot be-lieves Pyle is more than qualified to be the chief of Campus Police as things stand.

“This campus deserves the very best chief we can find.” Pyle said.

Pyle has a strong understand-ing in the necessity of an honest, versatile and experienced leader according to those who know him.

ANOTHER LOGO BITES THE DUST: The first day of the spring semester had a surprise for some people. Village 36, the electrical building which houses transformers on campus, located across from the football field has one less attribute than when students left for winter break. The Gaucho that once graced the side of the building was painted over after repairs were made to fix water damage that was caused from rain. The painting-over comes in the middle of a heated controversy about completely changing the mascot, which leaves some to lament the decision to paint it over.

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Veterans Memorial wins awardLariat Staff

Saddleback College’s Vet-erans Memorial will receive the prestigious George Wash-ington Honor Medal Award, the highest award given by the Freedoms Foundation at Val-ley Forge’s National Awards Program.

Founded in 1949 by Presi-dent Dwight D. Eisenhower, the award recognizes excep-tional projects that reflect the high ideals of the American spirit.

Recipients are selected based on quality and content. Award selections are based on procedures established by a jury including state Su-preme Court justices, officers of national patriotic, service and civic organizations. The jury then reviews submitted nominations, according to the FFVF’s website.

“Your efforts exemplify the essence of the National Awards by promoting an understanding and appreciation for our coun-try’s rich heritage and unique freedoms,” wrote Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge president and CEO Michael Di Yeso in a notification letter.

President Tod Burnett will be presented the award on Sat-urday, Feb. 11, at the Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club from the Orange County chapter of the organization. Assemblywoman Diane Harkey will be the guest speaker.

Also saluted will be the planners, builders and donors whose project paid tribute

to our men and women who served or are currently serving in the armed forces.

The memorial’s concept be-gan in 2004. It was designed by Saddleback art instructor Richard White and ceramicist Fred Olsen.

“Saddleback College is the only campus with a veterans memorial in the U.S.,” wrote Joyce Van Schaack of the OC Chapter.

With support from commu-nity members and donors, the ground broke four years later in March 2008. Saddleback’s Veterans Memorial was com-pleted and dedicated at an April 2010 ceremony.

Local supporters helped fund

the construction of the memo-rial by purchasing namesakes on benches and bricks, honor-ing those serving in the U.S. military. Ceramics students and volunteers helped fire the clay for the construction. The total cost of the memorial was about $400,000.

“The Saddleback College Veterans Memorial would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of Pro-fessor Richard White and Fred Olsen, the talented artists who designed and built the memo-rial with unending enthusiasm and alacrity and the more than 40 art students who helped them create this masterpiece with what humbly started from

just lumps of clay,” wrote Bur-nett in the “Gaucho Gazette” shortly after the dedication.

Burnett also thanked the countless number of volun-teers including students and administration.

The awards presentation luncheon is from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $45 per person or $80 per couple. For more information, call 949-495-4567 or e-mail Joyce Van Schaack at joycevanschaack@cox.net.

The organization’s vision is that people gain appreciation for the purpose and relevance of these historic documents that helped frame the freedoms of our country.

STAND TALL: The Veterans Memorial stands off set from the quad outside the Student Services Center.LAriAt fiLe Photo

On Arts & Entertainment:

Former Associated Stu-

dent Government mem-

ber and Saddleback

alumnae Stacey Davis re-

leases her new fictional

book “Spotlight”.

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After nearly 20 years, Harry Parmer retires

from Saddleback police department

See GAUCHOS page 4

Tameem Seraj

SLAM DUNK: Gauchos forward Alex Worthen-Harris dunks the ball for a cool two points in the second half of the President’s Cup game.

Photo by tAmeem serAJ

Saddleback beat Irvine Val-ley College in the first leg of the President’s Cup Wednes-day night on the road in an 81-78 slugfest.

The Gauchos got out to an early lead and led at halftime 27-21.

The first half featured some

poor shooting for both teams as the Lasers shot only 23.8 percent from the floor and the Gauchos were 0-5 in 3-point-ers. The Lasers didn’t go down easy and chipped away at the lead with second chance points as they ripped down 15 offensive rebounds.

Saddleback wins President’s Cup

Friday the 13th turned out to be an ironically lucky day for the Mission Viejo farmers mar-ket that debuted this Friday at the Civic Center.

The City is promoting the Healthy Eating and Active Liv-ing (HEAL) Act, and the market supports this by providing lo-cally grown fresh produce for both the health of the residents and the environment.

Keith Rattay, city counsel member, was the driving force behind the new market.

When interviewed, he stated that he was “Very excited about all the new and growing possi-bilities for emphasizing and en-dorsing healthy and active liv-ing for the residents of Mission Viejo, and hopefully this is just the beginning of more wellness and prosperous changes for our city.”

Over 31 different vendors participated in this event. Ap-proximately 900 people turned out to welcome the new market to the city.

The market is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday, rain or shine. The event host

live entertainment from noon to 1p.m. Fortunately, the parking and admission is free.

The family friendly, open-air market stimulates all the sens-es through its variety of booths with its prismatic arrays of fresh and natural fruits and vegeta-bles.

The tastes of cold pressed av-ocado oils, blood oranges and biscotti, textures of organically grown produce, and smiles from friendly vendors all made the market an enjoyable place to be.

“We come out to sell our or-anges because we believe that fresh and local markets can sus-tain cities, not just huge com-mercial grocery stores. Plus it’s fun!” said Aaron Edison and Ryan Barlow of Riverside pro-duced SunnyCal Farms.

The City of Mission Viejo hopes to become a healthier and more self sustainable, and the youth of the city are strongly encouraged to participate and enjoy in the benefits.

The city hopes to continue to expand the market, and possi-bly even double the number of participating vendors, expand the live entertainment to local artists and even have live cook-ing demonstrations from trained chefs in the upcoming year.

For any question pertaining to potential vendor participation or market regulations, contact the Farmers Market Manager, Verge Hagopian at 949/648-1033.

Attention all Saddleback mu-sicians! For information regard-ing the entertainment aspect of this event, or if you wish to be a performer, contact Dru Maurer at 949/470-8440.

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The adapted kinesiology pro-gram at Saddleback College recently had a fundraiser that raised $10,000.

This program is dedicated to helping disabled students from a variety of backgrounds reach their desired level of physical fitness.

These individuals are able to overcome physical or mental

impairments, past injuries, and other degenerative or restrictive diseases through the efforts of the AKP.

In pursuit of its noble goals, the adapted kinesiology pro-gram hosted a walkathon and fundraiser on Dec. 14 at the Saddleback track.

This event was an outstand-ing success, boasting an obsta-cle course provided by Wound-ed Warriors, a demonstration from Adapted Cycles, a Tai Chi demonstration, and a luncheon provided by BallPark Pizza.

riley tanner

Weekly Mission Viejo farmers market opens

Proud Produce: Andrew Guardado, culinary arts, holds up the fruit he purchased earlier at the market.

S a d d l e b a c k’ S P h e n o m e n a l c r o w S

“I’ve seen them everywhere. I was walking through the parking lot and they were all around me. All I could think of was they might attack, like the movie ‘The Birds.’”

live or HitcHcock?: From about mid-October through the winter, anyone on the Saddleback College campus just before sunset will notice the sky full of black birds flying in large groups in a southernly direction and congregating on the south part of the main and Village campuses. These crows live in a small canyon near the back of campus and are returning home after a day foraging for food throughout Orange County. The sight can leave a casual observer stuck in his tracks, fixated with daily return.

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“They creep me out... sort of ‘death is upon us.’ It reminds me of [the movie] ‘The Birds.’ It’s sort of a phenomenon, you don’t see it everyday.”

—Keenan Duran, 21, Int. BusIness

—HannaH GallarDo, 24, art HIstory

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Walk-a-thon

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on tHe table: Innumerable varieties of citrus fruits are grown, displayed, and offered for sale.

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Pro / Con: With SOPA and PIPA both on hold, the question remains, if they eventually pass will it be a leap forward or will our voices be hindered?

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With its sweeping epic cin-ematic flair, the film “War Horse, directed by Steven Spiel-berg, is a beauty of a film. You can never call Spielberg’s style “daring” or edgy even. But when he is at his best, his films really hit the viewer right at the heart, which “War Horse” does very effectively.

The film is set in 1914 in Eu-rope, on the brink of World War I. At its heart, the film is about a boy named Albert who trains a beautiful horse by the name of Joey. They develop a connec-tion to each other and grow a close bond as Albert trains the beast.

The two friends have to part ways when Joey is sold at auction for use of the British

cavalry’s war effort. Joey is the fastest horse in the cavalry, hence the soldiers have confi-dence in a battle victory.

The adventure carries on when German troops hiding in the woods attack, claiming battle victory, taking all the British’s uninjured horses. In the German unit, Joey is used to pull ambulances.

In a surprising turn, he is left behind and a young Emilie hides the abandoned horses on her grandfather’s farm.

What makes this film experi-ence different is how the horse Joey is the lead character in the film. When Albert has to part ways with Joey, the young Al-bert is forgotten and the plot changes direction to the life of a military horse.

You will have to be made of stone not to feel anything after watching this movie.

Yes, “War Horse” is old fash-ioned and not as edgy as, “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” But it is a cinematically gorgeous film with fine performances by all

the actors in the film. The per-formance by Albert’s father Ned was played with stoic elegance by Peter Mullan.

“War Horse” takes you back to a simplicity. For a few hours this movie will make you forget about your everyday troubles and get caught up in a simple story about a boy and his horse.

ANOTHER EPIC: Speilberg’s period piece won’t disappoint.

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For love of a horseAlbert’s beloved horse Joey is auctioned off to support the war effort of the British cavalry.

A young Hollywood celebri-ty, fed up with the Hollywood lifestyle, yearns to live the life of a typical high school girl. Yet, the pretty Brooklyn Ash-bury find there’s more drama at Niguel High during her se-nior year than any soap opera plot of which she’d been en-twined.

Teens in the South Orange County bubble of Laguna Niguel, with their new cars, plastic-surgery-perfect faces, and perfect hair, had no clue what it was like to be on your own at 15, living in Sherman Oaks and sharing an apartment with two other novice ac-tresses. The only similarity is knowing what it’s like to grow up in a dyfunctional family. To add further drama, Brooklyn has to deal with her cheating baseball player-boyfriend,

getting kidnapped at knife-point and other surprises.

Aptly named “Spotlight,” this 350-page contempo-rary romance was penned by former Saddleback College student Stacy L. Davis, for-merly Stacy Bergman. The book hit the shelves just in time for the winter holidays.

While Davis was at Saddle-back, she was a member of the Associated Student Gov-ernment. Her father, Howard Bergman, was a counselor at the college from 1970 until he died in 1993 after battling can-cer. A plaque hangs outside the counseling center in tribute to his dedication to students, Bergman-Davis wrote in an e-mail.

A romance isn’t complete without a love interest. The young protagonist finds herself attracted to William Langton, a childhood friend who also has a special relationship with

her father.This book offers not only ro-

mance, and the pain that tends to go along with it, but in-trigue, mystery, and suspense. The plot hits its high point when the clouds of love clear and dreams are broken when Brooklyn discovers Langton isn’t who he seems, and his dedication to her father goes beyond her imagination, re-vealing secrets that cause her to wrestle to keep what’s truly important. Follow Brooklyn from Southern Calif. to Cam-bridge University.

With its local flair, readers can decide for themselves if Davis is right on the money about being a high school stu-dent in this part of Southern California, yet readers with-out that insight will that high school life carries the same drama anywhere. “Spotlight” is first in a series. The second book “Curtain Call” follows

Brooklyn to Cambridge Uni-versity in England, where the drama continues. There is no release date yet for the sec-ond installment, according to Davis’ website, www.spot-lightbookseries.com.

“Spotlight” was published by Tate Publishing. The paper-back is available from Tate’s website, www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore. It is also avail-able from book retailers both in stores and online.

Alumnae pens romantic novel set in the bubble of South OC

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Stop shoving your SOPA down my PIPA. If I create a unique work, only to discover that a website hosted outside the U.S. is infringing on my copyright, there’s no legal recourse because it’s outside the nation’s jurisdiction. Yes, I’d be a bit upset. It’s intellectual property theft.

So, in steps the self-pro-claimed heroes, the U.S. Senate and House who draft acts to allegedly pro-tect those rights. However, the problem is the word-ing is too vague and overly broad , using terms such as “enables” and “facilitates.”

The issue lies with the government going after anyone it considers an en-abler of perceived online piracy. For example, I wouldn’t fault Google or Bing for doing their jobs as search engines, or PayPal for collecting funds. Why? They were established to make an online presence

accessible and to reach its goals. To make matters worse, if I post on my blog posting casually mentioning a Canadian website that sells pharmaceuticals or a Russian website hosting music one can download, am I liable as an “enabler.”

“Shoot first, think later,” is what online educator Salman Khan called these policies in

a video posted on YouTube where he walks the casual in-quirer through the “what is” about the convoluted issue involving the SOPA/PIPA legislation.

Come on legislators, don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Look at the bigger picture before you put your pen to paper thinking you will save my rights.

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The Stop Online Piracy Act was brought into light by U.S. Representative La-mar S. Smith, and the act will help provide a safer environ-ment for those worried about copyright.

SOPA is to protect the in-tegrity of online intellectual property, in every way pos-sible.

Some concerns of this are that there will be no freedom and a higher prosecution for the innoecent.

But in the terms of copy-right there is no justice in allowing property to be stolen online, and SOPA

protects the rights of intel-lectual property holder.

The bill is intended to fo-cus on the piracy of foreign websites. The objective is to be able to get rid of pirated material.

The question is why are so many people protesting against SOPA when it will help keep online integrity clean and free of piracy?

According to The Dys-function Junction website, SOPA will make it easier for the government to pur-sue copyright violations that occur on the web and to prosecute those who sell counterfeit goods online.

SOPA will help regulate according to regulations imposed by the govern-ment. This bill will prevent scams and frauds, creating a safer online environment.

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LARIATWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 4Gauchos beat Lasers in first leg of Cup in double overtime

Lasers guard Chris Taylor thought he had the winning shot as he extended the lead to 62-59 with just seconds remaining in regulation.

Gauchos forward Josiah Thropay took only one shot during the game but he made it count as he sunk a 3-pointer as the clock ran out to tie the game at 62-62 and send it into over-time.

The first overtime period pro-duced another clutch moment, this time coming from the La-sers’ Jordan Hamamoto. Sad-dleback held the lead at 69-67 but Hamamoto drove in the lane and finished with a layup with five seconds remaining and sent the game into double overtime

with the score at 69-69.In double overtime the Gau-

chos held the lead again at 81-78 with two seconds remaining.

IVC had the ball but the La-sers made a poor pass into the hands of a Saddleback defender and the Gauchos hung on for the victory.

The Gauchos were led by freshman guard Aaron Brevard with 24 points off the bench. Freshman forward Darnell Taylor also had a strong per-formance with 18 points and 7 rebounds.

The leading scorer of the game was the Lasers’ sopho-more guard Kalob Hatcher with 26 but it came in a losing effort.

The game was physical from the beginning and continued throughout the game as the teams combined for a total of 70

free throw attempts. Even the coaches were get-

ting fired up as the Saddleback coaching staff received two technical fouls in the game.The first was given 14 minutes and six seconds into the first half to head coach Andy Ground.The second was given with two minutes and three seconds left in double overtime. Even though IVC hit both technical free throws, Saddleback still got the win.

“I’m happy about the end re-sult but I’m not happy about the

way we got it done,” Ground said about the victory.

Ground noticed his team turn

the ball over several times and was not afraid to voice his dis-pleasure to his players.

The Gauchos had 23 turn-overs in the game compared to only 18 for the Lasers.

“We need to improve on tak-ing care of the ball better and defending by keeping their guys in front of us,” Ground said.

The win improved Saddle-back’s record to 11-7 overall and 2-1 in conference, while Irvine Valley fell to 14-4 over-all and 1-1 in conference. The Cup isn’t the highest priority for Ground.

“The President’s Cup is nice but every conference game is

huge for us right now. With a young team every win

gives them experience and con-fidence which is a positive,” Ground said.

Saddleback, 4-1 in Orange Empire Conference, travels to Riverside tonight to play for first place in the Orange Empire Conference against the 4-1 Ti-gers at 5:30 p.m.

IVC hosts Fullerton College tonight at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are tied for second in the OEC.

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GAUCHOS FREE THROW: Sophomore forward Devin Golston shoots a free throw after getting fouled in the second half of Wednesday night’s game against IVC. Golston was 6-6 from the line as Saddleback won the first leg of the President’s Cup 81-78 in double overtime.

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Irvine Valley College is cel-ebrating its 2012 Homecoming Feb. 1 with a basketball game against Santa Ana College at Hart Gymnasium at 5:30 p.m.

The Associated Students of Irvine Valley College is once again sponsoring the pre-game festivities, which begins at 4 p.m. in front of the gym.

Plenty of free food and activi-ties will be available throughout the event, including an In-N-Out catering truck providing free burgers and beverages.

DJ The Wanderer will be playing live music, along with artists on site to airbrush tattoos, and a photo booth to capture memories, among many other unconfirmed surprises.

Several hundred people

showed up to watch the wom-en’s game last year.

“We had about 600 burgers, but we ran out.” said Helen Locke, director of student de-velopment, “That shows you the foot traffic. We anticipate the same turnout this year.”

A pep rally will follow the carnival starting at 5:15 p.m. to hype up the crowd for the homecoming game.

The IVC Lasers women’s bas-ketball team will play against the Dons as part of the Orange

Empire Conference. The men’s team hosts Santa Ana at 7:30.

During halftime of the wom-en’s game, the homecoming king and queen will be an-nounced. To build suspense, the results are hidden from both the

college and the candidates.Student-elected home coming

court began campaigning for second-round votes on Jan. 19. Students will be able to vote for their king and queen online be-ginning Friday via the school’s website when the link becomes available. Voting runs through Tuesday at 5 p.m.

The winners of the men’s court are Arya Sadeghi, Tony Mota, Orr Kozky and Atal Jala-wan.

The women’s court consists of Altaj Sanducci, Shelby Viv-ian Munoz, Kathleen Wong and Crystal Love.

According to Locke, the purpose of the family-friendly event is to welcome back alum-ni so they are able to reunite with faculty, classmates and meet new friends.

The Homecoming court will be awarded a $300 scholarship by the ASIVC while the king and queen will receive $500 each.

JASON CHUNG

IVC Homecoming to reveal king and queen in annual campus ceremony February 1 Alumni return to

show support for their former college and to take part in festivities.

“We anticipate the same turnout this year.”

—Helen Locke

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LASERS 3-POINTER: Guard Kalob Hatcher shoots a 3-point shot when IVC was trailing by one late in the second half against Saddleback.

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Upcoming events

Saddleback College Gauchos

Wed., Jan. 25Women’s and Men’s Basketball @ Riverside CC, 5:30 / 7:30 p.m.Fri., Jan. 27 Women & Men’s Basketball vs. Santa Ana College, 5:30 / 7:30 p.m.Swimming, OEC Relays @ Riverside CC, 10 a.m.

Sat., Jan. 28Softball @ Cerritos CC, vs. Cerritos, 10 a.m.; Antelope Valley, 1 p.m.Mon., Jan. 30Men’s Tennis @ El Camino, 2 p.m.Men’s Golf, Tee-off ClassicSoftball vs. L.A. Valley @ 5 p.m.

Irvine Valley College Lasers

Wed, Jan. 25Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Fullerton College, 5:30 / 7:30 p.m.Sun., Jan. 29Men’s Golf, Tee-off ClassicSoftball vs. L.A. Valley @ 5 p.m.Men’s Volleyball, Long Beach City Tournament

Mon., Jan. 30Men’s Golf, Tee-off Classic

Tues., Jan. 31Men’s Tennis @ OCC, 2 p.m.

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