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Guest professors share Latino American history

OC gets muddy at Irvine Lake 6 Harlem Globetrotters return 8 Jazz day grooves with Fedchock 6 Shooting spree pressures Uber 3

Saddleback College hosted the third lecture in the Latino Ameri-cans: 500 Years of History docu-mentary series featuring Lisa Alva-rez of Irvine Valley College and Dr. Marisela Chavez of CSU Domin-guez Hills on Wednesday, Feb. 17. The series has been sharing “an un-told chapter of the American Story” since Fall 2015 semester.

In the third program titled “Building America, Civil Rights and Diversity,” professors Chavez and Alvarez discussed different aspects of history behind Lati-no-American activism including the rights of farm workers, high school walkouts and women in the Chicano movement.

Although the program was open to the public and shared history behind the empowerment of Mex-ican-Americans during the Civil Rights period, one student attended. The final program of the documen-tary series will be May 4 at 7 p.m. in HS 145. An additional program will be held the following day, sharing the history of Cinco de Mayo.

“Activism saved me, kept me in college, gave me life-long friends and often landed me in jail,” Lisa Alvarez said. “At least one time with Cesar Chavez himself. Such experiences and such people taught me not to fear what would happen to me if I became an activist.”

The movement began in the 1960s and 1970s when Mexi-can-American farmworkers, led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, began striking for livable wages and humane living conditions. Ag-ricultural companies were profiting while laborers existed in extreme poverty, said a clip from “Pride and Prejudice,” one of the two docu-mentaries shown at the program.

During this time, sitting down to have a meal meant the vegeta-bles and fruit were the product of exploited workers, most of which would die by age 49, the film said.

“They are unseen, they are not usually considered American during this particular period,” said Dr. Chavez, chair of Chicano and Chicana studies at CSU Domin-guez Hills. “People buy their grapes and buy their lettuce and don’t think about the connection

between what they are purchasing in the supermarket and where it ac-tually comes from.”

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta moved away from the his-tory of violence surrounding the unionizing of farm workers, and chose a path on non-violent resis-tance that would gain public sup-port. Strategies included “huelga,” Spanish for “strike,” urging a boy-cott of California grapes and a 300-

mile pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento led by Chavez. These tactics led to the United Farm Workers union.

Dr. Chavez also discussed the student boycott of Los Angeles schools that began March 6, 1968, during the Civil Rights period. Although there was an estimated 130,000 Latino students, their grad-uation rate was among the lowest in the country.

While Martin Luther King orga-nized in the South and Cesar Chavez organized workers in California, Lincoln High School social studies teacher Salvador Castro began orga-nizing students in Los Angeles, the film said. Salvador Castro instilled a sense of pride in his students that led to the a two-week-long period of “walkouts.” School administrators began meeting demands of the stu-dents, which included Chicano and Latino studies, and Mexican-Amer-ican administrators.

Dr. Chavez also discussed wom-en in the Chicano movement who were at “triple jeopardy” because of race, class and gender.

“We have Chicanos shifting the way we think about gender and shifting the way gender roles have been laid out for them,” Chavez said while showing images of fe-male paramilitary Brown Berets in miniskirts and leather boots.

The Latino Americans: 500 Years of History was produced by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Saddleback College is one of three community colleges in the state to receive the

Limbless evangelist preaches at Crossline Church

People waited in line outside Crossline Church on Friday, Feb. 26, to hear Nick Vujicic, a limb-less evangelist, speak about his life and the Gospel.

It would be the second appear-ance the famous speaker would preach at the church, located in Laguna Hills. Although Vujic-ic had health complications, he powered through his struggles and spoke twice a day for the whole weekend.

“Nick is a one in seven billion kind of guy,” said Kenny Luck, men’s pastor at Crossline. “His story glorifies God in every as-pect. He connects to the young and old, anyone lost or hurting, bringing hope to the table like never seen. I’m proud to say he is my friend.”

Vujicic, born in 1982 in Mel-bourne, Australia, was born with-

out limbs. Facing challenges such as school, social acceptance and everyday tasks, Vujicic suffered from severe depression and was on the brink of suicide.

Then Vujicic heard the story in the Bible where Jesus had healed a blind man, Vujicic gave his life to Christ and devoted his exis-tence to spread the word of God.

“At one high school, just min-utes into my story, I could see some of my audience starting to cry,” Vujicic said. “One girl was so touched by how God has used me, she stood up, walked on stage and gave me a hug whispering, ‘No one has ever told me that I am beautiful or loved me.’”

Vujicic’s mission is to speak to all 7.125 billion persons liv-ing in this world. He has traveled the globe from high stakes teach-ings to tribes in Africa to visiting schools here in America. He has spoken over 3,000 times, receiv-ing about 100 requests to speak a

AUSTIN WEATHERMANONLINE EDITOR

READING/SIMPSON/FLICKR COMMONSFARM WORKER ACTIVISTS: 1973 UFW picket line urging boycott of non-union grapes at Safeway in Langley Park, MD.

DIVERSITY AT THE MOVIES“Is Hollywood racist? You damn right Hollywood’s racist, but you’ve grown accustomed to it. Hollywood is sorority racist. It’s like, ‘We like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.’ That’s Hollywood.”

AUSTIN WEATHERMAN/LARIATInspirational: Nick Vujicic, born limbless, guest speaks at Crossline Church, Laguna Hills, Feb. 26.

week.During Friday night’s service,

Vujicic held an altar call, which brings forth anyone who wants to accept Christ into his or her hearts. Over 120 individuals rose to the occasion and gathered near the stage, teary eyed and sobbing. The crowd cheered as the persons

walked to the front in celebration of gaining new members to the family of Jesus Christ.

From toddlers to the elderly, they followed the prayer of Vujic-ic, and in Christianity, became “born again”. The crowd proceeded to exit to another building where counselors await-ed them, ready to help.

Carlos Becerra, just one of the many counselors set to guide the newly saved, was touched by Vujicic’s teachings.

“I love him,” said Beccera. “God has gift-ed him to do what he does… it is really God

working through Nick.”Individuals who came and sat

with volunteers received a Bible and other materials along with encouragement to pursue their re-lationship with Christ.

“You wouldn’t just leave a baby alone to survive,” Becer-ra said. “As a church, we want

to encourage them, love them, and help direct them to a good church.”

Among the group, Greese Ramirez, an 8-year-old from Mis-sion Viejo, accepted Christ for her first time that night. Although Ramirez was choked up about the whole experience, she managed to talk.

“I live Mr. Nick,” Ramirez said. “I liked the things he said and now I want to love Jesus.”

Vujicic heads to Florida to finish his “Unstoppable Faith” series with his family and sup-porters.

Nick Vujicic, a traveling speaker, shares a message through his ‘Unstoppable Faith’ series

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SADDLEBACK COLLEGE POLICE★BLOTTERThe following are selected in-cidents as reported from the daily media log, courtesy of the Saddleback College Police department.

■ LOT 9BTuesday, Feb.16, 12:27 p.m.A report of a hit and run oc-curing in the dirt lot in Lot 9B was filed. The report has not been completed.

■CDCFriday, Feb. 19, 3:58 p.m. A report of a white Ford Es-cort doing donut turns in front of the Child Development Center.

■ LRC BUILDINGMonday, Feb. 22, 11:28 a.m.A report was taken of a stu-dent being followed into the bathroom inside the Learning Resource Center

■ PE 100Tuesday, Feb. 23, 11:01 a.m.A report was taken of theft/lar-ceny inside the locker room in classroom PE 100.

■ ON CAMPUSWednesday, Feb. 24, 1:25 p.m.A report was taken of vandal-ism on campus, specifically a car that had been keyed.

■ LOT 9BMonday, Feb. 29, 10:52 a.m.A car was illegally parked out of stall in Lot 9B. The report has been completed.

Irvine Lake may return to gloryRecent drownings and plans for new renovations have caused temporary closer of lake

JACOB TATHAM/LARIATSTRUGGLING: What once was a completely filled reservior, now sits extremely dry on Feb. 25. The Irvine Company is currently trying to take over 100 percent responsibiliy of Irvine Lake, so that they can “enhance” the experience for boaters and people fishing.

The run down Irvine Lake is set to be temporarily closed, but a return to glory may be imminent.

Irvine Lake has been a popular reservoir for fishing, boating, camping and public events in Santiago Canyon since 1941.

However today, insurance difficulties and the severity of the drought have deteriorated it’s condition.

Circumstances have only gotten worse after the 2012 drowning of Juan Flores and Thomas Rivera, followed by the 2015 drowning of Clar-ence William Brumfeld.

The lifejacket controversy and lawsuits surrounding their deaths resulted in a recent pro-hibition of boating. Now the entirety of the lake’s fishing attraction may be stripped by the end of the month as well.

As it stands now, the Irvine Company plans to transfer it’s 75 percent share of recre-ational rights over to Orange County.

The complication involves the Serrano Water District owning the other 25 percent, giving them the rights to fish-ing, boating and camping reg-ulation.

“The County is working with the Irvine Company to take over all recreation op-portunities on Irvine Lake,

including fishing, with the intent to enhance and expand them for boaters and other users,” said communications manager for Orange County Jean Pasco.

Although the county’s ne-gotiations with SWD are still up in the air, a pending offer is in the works that may bring life to the dying lake.

Serrano has stated that they are open to a deal that will eventually transfer their 25 percent share over to the county, giving OC full control of the property and it’s oper-ations.

In return, SWD wants to retain their RV storage they have on the land as well as re-

ceiving a share of the annual income that the county takes in from the lake.

For the time being however, no such settlement has been agreed upon and the revenue and popularity of Irvine Lake is seeing a downward trend.

On top of this, the drought has brought the lake to it’s lowest water levels ever ac-cording to Serrano’s general manager, Jerry Vilander.

Because of these condi-tions, Irvine Lake is set to be closed until the deal is made and drought’s effects improve considerably.

On Feb. 23, the staff of the lake was cut down from 27 to three in order to accommodate

for the lack of activity they have been receiving.

“County staff still hopes to be able to reach a mutual-ly satisfactory solution with the water district regarding its 25 percent recreation rights which would be brought for consideration to the Board of Supervisors,” Pasco said re-garding any progress in nego-tiations.

The immediate future of Ir-vine Lake may be seeing some gloomy days, but Orange County has firmly expressed determination to restore with a long-term plan.

Only time will tell if the lake will become the outdoor hot spot it once was.

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Kanye West has never had trouble making headlines in the past and due to the recent release of his new album, this week has been no exception. Shortly before his Saturday Night Live performance on Saturday, the massively suc-cessful rapper shocked the world with the claim that he is currently 53 million dollars in personal debt.

I found this information very hard to believe due to the popularity of Kanye’s high selling albums, concerts and merchandise, however he explained that he got to this point through failed moves in the fashion industry. In 2013, he collaborated with Adidas to manufacture his own line of sneakers among other products that have not sold as well as he hoped.

Despite the massive debt he is in, I wouldn’t expect Kanye to be out on the street any time soon. He explained on Twitter that he and his family are still living comfortably, yet he is concerned about his freedom as an artist.

“I need access to more money in order to bring more beautiful ideas to the world.” said Kanye. “If I spent my money on my ideas, I could not afford to take care of my fami-ly. I am in a place that so many artists end up.”

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The next time you go to or-der an Uber, maybe think twice. An Uber driver in Kalamazoo, Michigan, has been arrested af-ter a seemingly random series of shootings on Saturday, February 20th. The prime subject, Jason Brian Dalton, allegedly shot eight people Saturday night. Six were killed and the injured includes a nine year old girl.

In between the horrific shoot-ings, Dalton supposedly picked up passengers. After hearing of the atrocities on the news, one of Dalton’s passengers who wished to be anonymous gave a statement

to CBS earlier this week, saying “And I halfheartedly joked at him and said… ‘You’re not the shooter are you?’ And he said ‘No… and I said ‘Are you sure?’ And he said ‘No, I’m just really tired,’”.

According to Michigan offi-cials, Dalton had a rating of 4.73/5 and had completed over 100 rides. This has called the Uber back-ground check process into ques-tion.

Uber claims that in order to check their drivers, the drivers’ names are run through seven years of county and federal courthouse records, a multi-state criminal da-tabase, national sex offender regis-try, Social Security trace and mo-tor vehicle records, anyone with a history of violent crimes, sexual offenses, gun-related violations or resisting arrest.

This in-depth background check still may be for naught as crimes with active Uber drivers

are becoming quite commonplace. An Uber driver whom under-

went a background check alleged-ly took a drunk female passenger to his home and raped her in Hous-ton, Texas last April. The State of California filed charges that Uber’s background checks failed to find 25 drivers with criminal records including convictions for assault, sex offenses, child abuse, and murder.

Uber is no stranger to the courtroom. A class-action lawsuit against the taxi-takeover mogul regarding its wording of “safe” rides in its app cost the company $28.5 million. If you’ve taken an Uber from 2013-2016, you may be entitled to your admittedly small settlement. If the judge approves the settlement, an email will be sent to any registered riders with an option to be paid via credit card or rider account. Maybe take a Lyft next time.

With the presidential election just around the corner, people are faced with a choice of who will become the next president of the United States.

But is the person we are voting for going to be the next president? The United States Electoral Col-lege is the system used to vote for the president and vice president.

Every four years people walk into a booth and select who he or she wants to run the country. But what most people do not know is that the citizens do not directly elect the president or vice presi-dent. What really happens is the voters directly elect designated intermediary, also known as the elector or mediator. They are se-lected by according to each states particular law.

The Fifteenth Amendment say, “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condi-tion of servitude.”

People are used to the “win-ner-takes-all” system, which is not required by the Constitu-tion. It turns out that Americans are voting for electors who have pledged to support a nominee for the U.S presidency.

When the Founding Fathers were writing the Constitution and deciding how to select a leader for the country, they came up with a plan that worked in their favor. They decided to select a group of people representing each state to make the choice for the people. Hence, making it so people are really voting for electors who vote for us, our individual votes don’t matter.

This is why even when a pres-ident wins the popular vote and it seems like he has won the elec-tion, it is actually the votes of the Electoral College that truly make the decision.

Electoral College is an undem-ocratic and ridiculous system that gives vastly more power to differ-ent voters depending on the state they live in.

For those living in a small state like Montana where there is less

people they end up having more say then a place like California where there are more people. If your state has less people that state has more power, making the voting process completely uneven. Your vote can count for less just because of where you live with this unfair process.

The Electoral College also creates swing states. This means that the presidential candidates can ignore most of the country since only a few small states make the ultimate decision on who will become the next pres-ident and vice president. Swing states like Florida, Ohio and Philadelphia have so much pow-er that at least 80 percent of the states had no voting power out-come. Meaning people who want to vote might as well stay home.

When voting day comes, you will be voting for electors of the state. They are supposed to represent whom the people of the state want for the next pres-ident. But really they are main-ly a group of retired politicians and party flacks who choose who they want.

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ply don’t trust them—their perception is that women can’t handle funds.”

Actor Bill McGuire who teaches in the college’s theater program, ref-erences friends in the industry who have fallen victim to perception.

“I have friends that are people of color in the industry, they are called to do the criminal roles, to do the gangster roles, and they always have to have an accent,” McGuire said. “These Yale trained actors can speak beautiful verse, and if they can’t do ghetto, they don’t get work—because that’s the perception.”

Ultimately, McGuire said once the negative perception changes, so will the attitude in Hollywood.

“There is a lot more commonali-ty than there is difference. It’s really the perception of difference is much greater than the actuality of differ-ence,” McGuire said. “If we can be-

gin to see that, then I think we can begin to see things start to change.”

And change often starts with a conversation—a conversation that was recently started by the hashtag #oscarsowhite, when for a second straight year, no persons of color were nominated for an Oscar in act-ing categories.

The hashtag sparked controversy with actors like Jada Pinkett-Smith making the pledge that she was go-ing to boycott the Oscars. The actress also posted a video on Facebook talking about the issue.

“The Academy has the right to ac-knowledge whomever they choose, to invite whomever they choose,” Pinkett-Smith said in the video. “And now I think that it’s our responsibili-ty to make the change.”

Chris Rock host of the 2016 Acad-emy Awards was even pressured to boycott the Oscars, but stuck to his commitment. The comedian took no liberties this past Sunday in address-ing the issue head on.

“Why are we protesting this Os-cars? It’s the 88th Academy Awards, which means this no-black nomi-nees thing happened at least 71 other times,” Rock said on the show.

Despite the recent controversy, this is an issue that has been going on for years. Sociology Instructor Allison Camelot said this issue is not unique to Hollywood, and soci-ety still has a long way to go to make lasting changes.

“I will say that this has been an is-sue discussed in academics for many decade and is only now gaining some attention from the media,” Camelot said. “Minorities are underrepresent-ed in all leading areas and positions of power in our society. This further indicates that we still have a long way to go to achieve equality in our society.”

Professor Julie Brady-Jenner also says that another problem is that of-

ten times when it becomes a conver-sation in the media, minorities and women are often lumped together.

You don’t hear one without the other and it’s shameful because both are separate entities and both are un-der represented,” Brady-Jenner said. “It’s an insult to both parties. A con-versation is always good if it leads to some type of action and follows a productive path, but honestly, this has been going on for decades and Hollywood is not only well aware of the double standard, it fosters it.”

However, some conversation is better than no conversation.

“The film industry still functions as a straight, white boy’s club,” the study said.

The controversy has sparked re-sponses from organizations like the SAG/AFTRA union, whose “It is a core value of SAG-AFTRA that our strength

is in our diversity. The union president stated in a press release that would take those in power to create change.

“There does seem to be momen-tum now towards inclusiveness,” added SAG-AFTRA Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris. “But we won’t really see change happen until those in authority take responsibility and choose to make decisions based on authenticity. These decisions di-rectly impact which stories and peo-ple are present and, more important-ly, which are missing.”

To keep the conversation going, to work to change perception and strive to overcome this lack of representa-tion in Hollywood is the goal of this movement.

Your heart is racing, you’re nervous and you walk into a room full of peo-ple. It’s a room full of emotionless fac-es and blank walls. You introduce your-

self and you’re told to start whenever you’re ready. You recite your lines, you may or may not receive feedback and then you leave.

This all happens in less than five minutes.

In those five minutes you are judged on a number of factors. All factors central to the cast in a role. However, along with the talent, your “look” is central in the decision pro-cess. Often times this is tied to race, ethnicity and gender.

At least this was the experience of former actress, Britney Vargas, 22, a student at Irvine Valley College.

Vargas is a first-generation Amer-ican whose parents come from Co-lumbia. In high school she found her passion for theater and decided to pursue acting at The American Acad-emy of Dramatic Arts. After gradua-tion, she landed an agent and began auditioning.

Vargas recalls that she knew when she chose this career path that the industry would be tough. However, what she didn’t realize, her ethnici-ty would have a heavy impact on her getting the role she was after.

“I realized that getting into this in-dustry would be very hard and I knew my ethnicity would be a factor,” Var-gas said. “But I didn’t think it would have such a heavy impact on being casted.”

Often times Vargas would walk into an audition and they would tell her that she didn’t look right.

“I didn’t fit the stereotype of what

they were looking for—you either have look very Hispanic or very white,” Vargas said. “There really was no grey area.”

After almost a year, of disappoint-ment, Vargas decided to take a hiatus from Hollywood and pursue a degree in psychology. She plans to possibly pursue acting in the future, but decid-ed it was in her best interest to take another path.

Stories like Vargas’ are not un-heard of—considering that in a re-cent report done by USC on diversity in Hollywood, only 5.8 percent of speaking characters on screen Lati-na, compared to the 71.1 percent that were white.

With numbers like that, it is no wonder why Vargas might have cho-sen to leave the industry.

In terms of race, USC’s report, ti-tled “Inclusion or Invisibility” finds that Hollywood is very still very

“The film industry still functions as a straight, white boy’s club.”USC report, “Inclusion or Invisibility”

#Hol lywoodSoWhiteMaleStraightFollowing #OscarsSoWhite, a USC study finds that all major studios earn a 20 percent diversity rating. Sadddleback instructors and students speak out, saying perception is a key component in Hollywood’s lack of diversity.By Breanna Greenup

John Boyega, left, as Finn Right: Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” faced controversy when the first trailer premiered de-picting black man and a woman in leading roles.

whitewashed. And considering that the report was done over the course of the last 10 years, displays that Hollywood has not taken the steps to change this statistic.

Despite these facts, there are still thousands of actors and actresses who still live this reality every day, still working to get their opportunity to be seen on screen.

USC’s study analyzed race, gen-der, hypersexualization and sexual orientation. Aside from race—wom-en are already at a disadvantage. The study said that out of all the speaking roles in film, only 28.7 percent were women.

Saddleback College’s April Cub-bage, sociology and women’s and gender studies instructor, said the USC report did not include the type of speaking roles these women played, which makes an interesting point considering that women are of-ten cast in stereotypical, hypersexu-alized roles.

“It would be interesting to see of the 23.7 percent, what those actual speaking roles were—it would give us more insight on how we view women,” Cubbage said.

However, Cubbage praised the study for doing the report in propor-tion to the population, making these

statistics even more impactful.“They did this report in proportion

to the population—they compared the number to the US census. That is really powerful because it is showing true invisibility on the screen,” Cub-bage said.

This issue is not just limited to the people in front of the screen, but be-hind the screen as well.

Only 3.4 percent of all directors in film are female.

Julie Brady-Jenner, who teaches Women in Cinema at Saddleback, said these numbers have only de-creased.

“You have to remember that these numbers have been declining for a long, long time and the power players are not terribly interested in chang-ing it,” Brady-Jenner said. “The peo-ple who green light films and decide what will be brought to the screen, are young Caucasian men.”

She also said that diversity is tied to perception, something women have to overcome. Perceptions make decisions.

“Dr. Martha Lauzen, the go-to re-searcher from SDSU for this topic, has confirmed that many men who ‘run the business’ don’t want to give women large sums of money to direct a film,” Brady-Jenner said. “They sim-

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Chris on #OscarsSoWhite

Chris Rock made the most noise at the Oscars, with his cut and dry monlogues that put the Academy in their place.

“Welcome to the Acad-emy Awards, otherwise known as the White People’s Choice Awards! You realize, if they nom-inated hosts I wouldn’t even get this job. You’d be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now.”

“Not everything is sexism, not everything is racism. They ask the men [on the Red Car-pet] more because the men are all wearing the same outfits. If George Clooney showed up with a lime green tux on and a swan coming out his ass, someone would go, ‘What you wearing, George?’”

“If you want black nom-inees every year, you need to have black cat-egories. You already do it with men and women. Think about it: there’s no real reason for there to be a men and women category in acting … It’s not track and field. You don’t have to separate them. Robert De Niro’s never said, ‘I better slow this acting down so Mer-yl Streep can catch up!’”

“Is Hollywood racist? You damn right Holly-wood’s racist, but you’ve grown accustomed to it. Hollywood is sorority racist. It’s like, ‘We like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.’ That’s Hol-lywood.”

“But why are we protest-ing this Oscars? It’s the 88th Academy Awards, which means this whole no-black nominees thing has happened at least 71 other times.”

THE BECHDEL TESTING OSCAR For a film to pass the Bechdel test, it must:1) have at least two women in it2) who talk to each other3) about something besides a man

Fail “The Big Short”“Creed”“Bridge of Spies”“The Revenant”“Sicario”“Straight Outta Compton”

Dubious (they past but the subtext is about men)“Danish Girl”“Ex Machina “The Hateful Eight”

Pass“Brooklyn”“Mad Max:Fury Road”“The Martian”“Room“Spotlight”“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”“Inside Out”“Steve Jobs”“Carol”“Cinderella”“Joy”

DISNEY PICTURES

Owners and their dogs enjoyed warm weather and clear skies as Tara Berro, a trail guide and na-ture specialist, led them on paths along the cliffs of upper Newport on Sunday, Feb. 28.

Many different dog breeds were in attendance on the hike in-cluding pugs, chihuahuas, pit bulls and German shepherds. All sizes and shapes of dogs could be seen and the mood was friendly. The hiking group was as diverse as the dogs ranging in age and where the people traveled from.

People came from southern and northern Orange County and some dedicated dog owners, who had hiked with the group before, made the trip down from Los Angeles. The hike can be very re-warding for both the owners and the dogs. Spending time with na-ture, exercising and meeting new people are all positives that come out of the hike for the people and the dogs.

“I think its just people wanting to get out and socialize in the com-munity, outside, in nature, with people and their dogs,” Berro said. “Its a great thing to do because most people have gotten a little bit stuck behind their computers.”

The hike around the back bay of Newport is challenging, span-

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Grammy nominated artist inspires students

MATTHEW KIRKLAND/LARIATGROOVIN’: World renowned trombonist John Fedchock feels the music and performs with the Saddleback Big Band during Jazz Day 2016 at the McKinney Theater. This event showcases student talent and provides funding for the jazz department.

MATTHEW KIRKLANDLIFE EDITOR

2,000 get down, dirty at Irvine Lake mud run

John Fedchock and the Saddleback Big Band raise money for the jazz department

MATTHEW KIRKLAND/ LARIATGET ACTIVE: Owners and dogs experienced warm weather and clear skies as they hiked the Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve with trail guide Tara Berro on Sunday, Feb. 28.

MATTHEW KIRKLANDLIFE EDITOR

World class trombonist John Fedchock took center center stage with the Saddleback Big Band for Jazz Day on Saddleback’s cam-pus Saturday, Feb. 27.

The sound of jazz was ring-ing through the theater, and Fed-chock’s own piece, “Havana,” had the crowd tapping along. Fast rhythms and long solos seemed to be the mood of the night, inspired by the career of Fedchock.

Fedchock’s Grammy nomi-nated composition “You and the Night and the Music” was the lasting impression of the concert, providing some inspiring trom-bone play both by Fedchock and the Saddleback students. It was the perfect way to end Jazz Day 2016.

“Damn. Its like the only word that comes even close, besides the ones I know definitely can’t go on the paper,” Ramsey Hampton, a Saddleback Big Band Trombon-ist, said. “He is just world class. There is only a few people at that level and he is definitely one of the guys.”

The concert was impressive and raised money for Saddle-

back’s Jazz department, but Fed-chock believes that these types of events serve a greater purpose.

“You hope you give them some valuable information that they can use, but I think the main thing you really hope for is that you inspire them, and theres no guarantee you are going to inspire all of them, or even a large portion of them. It might just be one kid out there,” Fedchock said, “But I was that one kid many years ago that got inspired by something like this. So it is a special thing

and you don’t even find out about it until years and years later.”

Saddleback’s Big Band start-ed off the night by playing “Bar-becue and Breakfast” by Thad Jones, “Peacocks” by Jimmy Rowels and “Let’s Fall in Love” by Arlen and Koehler. Each band member was introduced by performing a solo within the songs during the first half of the show.

The second half of the con-cert started off with “Caravan,” a piece written by an amazing

big band trombonist named Juan Tizol. Fedchock followed it with another original piece of his own titled “Big Bruiser.”

The energy between Saddle-back’s Big Band members and the renowned Fedchock was a joy to see. Having the chance to meet someone of such high stat-ure with similar goals can some-times be nerve racking or even in-timidating but the band members stepped up to the challenge.

“I try not to focus on the nerves and I look forward to the work we

get to do with [Fedchock], be-cause in everything he does there is a bunch of wisdom coming out of what he’s got to say, through his mouth and through his horn.” Hampton said. “Its just a thrill and an honor to work with a world class person like that and get to be immersed in their presence, because every time that happens you just get better.”

This year’s Jazz Day was host-ed by jazz department chair Joey Sellers and was made possible by Angels of the Arts.

People from all over Orange County got muddy this past weekend at Irvine Lake’s annual mud run for their Spring Break at the Lake series. Sponsors in-cluded Shock Top and KROQ radio.

“Spring break at the Lake is our first mud run of a two race series here at Irvine lake,” said mud run director Paul Rudman. “We moved it up to February this year and then we have another one coming in the summer called Summer of Mud.”

The run is an approximate 5k course beginning and ending at Irvine Lake. The course is par-tially on the road and partially on trails, including hills, water, professionally built obstacles and over a dozen mud pits.

Participants may compete as individuals or as part of an open sized team with an unlimited number of runners.

The start of the race consisted of separate “waves” with the first wave of individual timed runners at 9 a.m. and then timed teams at 10 a.m. Then untimed individuals at 11 a.m., untimed teams at noon, and then the kids run at 1 p.m.

The race brought out many vendors and volunteers spread

out all over the lake grounds help attendees stay safe and full.

“Today’s race we’re helping raise the South Bay Spartans Woman’s Rugby Club,” Rud-man said. “They provide a bunch of volunteers and they’re all out here.”

The volunteers were wearing bright yellow and could be found at multiple tents, at the start and finish line and all over the course itself.

“As the volunteers they go out on the course move people on, hand out water and if someone is having trouble getting over an obstacle or something they help them over,” volunteer Tammy Irizarry said. “Then we also have volunteers at bag check so when you check your bag its in a se-cured spot and they make sure ev-erything is safe over there.”

The race brought out approxi-mately 2,000 people this last Sat-urday morning but has brought out as many as 8,000 people three years ago.

The race started in 2009 with only 800 people attending the first race rapidly growing into some-thing much larger. It started in the front part of Irvine lake and even-tually had to move further back to were there was more parking and space available to meet the needs or the events growing popularity.

Dog days of winterKSENIYA TARANYUKEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ning a little over an hour in total time and tiring out most of the dogs, but was completable by all. Berro and volunteers from, The Healthy Spot, assisted any owners or dogs who needed help on the slightly more treacherous parts of the path. They were able to provide knowledge on both their products and the surrounding area.

The Healthy Spot, a dog wellness company that provides pet owners with organic food and eco-friendly toys, sponsor the Howls and Hikes events and provides volunteers. Their mission is to inspire healthy pet lifestyles by creating authentic experiences and fostering commu-nity, one pet at a time.

“The Healthy Spot is basical-

ly like the whole foods of dog food,” Berro said. “It is organic, it is whole, it doesn’t have all the crappy byproducts and things that dogs should not be eating.”

Howls and Hikes plans dif-ferent hikes all around Southern California with dozens of people showing up on average for each location.

“[The Healthy Spot] is getting lots of response to these. So I think last time was about the same, thir-ty or forty people.” Berro said.

Multiple animal websites and blogs have events all over South-ern California aimed at network-ing dog owners and helping them and their dogs achieve healthy lifestyle.

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Women’s softball has winning conference record

JULIA MCCLOSKEYSTAFF WRITER

Gauchos ‘beat up’ Spartans, advance in playoffs

NICK NENAD/LARIAT CUTTING: Saddleback guard Devonte Klines (No. 24) drives towards the basket, as players look on, against MiraCosta College in Saturday’s playoff game. Klines had 17 points, which led the Gauchos for the night. Saddleback will play Bakersfield College in the third round of the playoffs.

NICK NENADASSOCIATE EDITOR

Saddleback had major production from eight players and they never gave up the lead after gaining it early in the game

The No. 1 seeded Saddleback College basketball team continued on their quest for a second consec-utive state championship by defeat-ing MiraCosta College, 79-54 on Saturday.

The Gauchos came into the game as the Orange Empire Con-ference champions, after going un-defeated in conference play, hold-ing a 27-1 overall record.

In front of a packed house at Saddleback that saw a mixture of loud MiraCosta fans and the usual hometown followers, the Gauchos never lost the lead after going up 4-2 very early in the game. Al-though never regaining the lead, the MiraCosta faithful were into the game the entire time and some of the Saddleback players noticed the rowdiness of the opposing crowd.

“I try to cancel that out, I didn’t really hear [the fans],” Saddleback guard TJ Shorts said. “I think they might have been calling my name out a little bit ... that doesn’t really affect me.”

The Gauchos grabbed a quick lead, going up, 10-4 in just less than five minutes into the game. The Spartans defense was on top of its game though and they even-tually almost tied the score with 9:42 remaining in the first half, the score being 15-13.

From that point, Saddleback gradually increased their lead and played better defense. Going into halftime, the Gauchos had a 34-20 lead.

MiraCosta’s first half defen-sive strategy was to disallow Sad-dleback’s big men to get into the paint. They executed this strategy

successfully, causing the Gauchos to shoot more three-point shots then they normally do.

“The change of their defense bothered us a little bit and we were settling for [three-point shots],” said Saddleback head coach Andy Ground. “It was out of the ordi-nary, we took 12 [three-pointers] in the first half and you usually want to shot about four or five.”

When the second half started, the Gauchos and Spartans each went on small scoring runs for around eight minutes. The score was 47-35, with 12:05 left in the game, MiraCosta having only cut Saddleback’s halftime lead by two points.

One of the big reasons for the Spartans inability to mount a comeback was Saddleback’s game plan to stop MiraCosta’s top scor-er, Buddha Boyd, who was aver-aging over 22 points per game.

The Gauchos’ guards Devon-

te Klines and Charles Trotter had the responsibility of doing so and when the game was over, Boyd only had 15 points.

“Devonte Klines and Charles Trotter did a great job taking turns on him, wearing him down, de-nying him the ball,” Ground said. “That was our game plan defen-sively.”

After the midway point of the second half, Saddleback took over control of the game and never looked back. The Gauchos moved

their lead up to 25 points at one point and they cruised to victory, 79-54.

Saddleback pounded the paint in the second half—something the coaching staff stresses every game and stressed at halftime. This was a big reason for the solid second half of play from the Gauchos.

“We definitely started out shaky, we weren’t rebounding the ball and we were taking a lot of [three-pointers],” Shorts said. [Coach Ground] told us he want-

ed us to pound it in the paint when the second half [started] and that’s exactly what we did.”

Multiple Gauchos contributed to the win in a big way. Klines led Saddleback in scoring with 17 points and he contributed five rebounds and four assists. For-ward Breaon Brady had a double double, gaining 16 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. Shorts and guard Josh Mishler led the team in assists, five and had 12 points and 11 points respectively. Guard Maurice Jones contributed 13 points and got seven rebounds.

Ground believes his team’s depth, which he says goes 12 play-ers deep, will be a key part to their continuing playoff run. In Sat-urday’s contest, nine players got solid playing time and five players were in double digits in the point category.

“That’s helped us all year long and that’s a goal of ours every year, to have ten guys that can play,”Ground said. “I’ll be honest with you, we probably got more guys that can play, but it’s too hard to play them in a game.”

Saddleback will now defend home court against Bakersfield College (23-5). BC beat Moorpark College in their first playoff game. The Gauchos have not played BC this season.

“We just know that they’re a good team, they live in the paint and they’re probably gonna be the best team we’ve faced this year,” said Saddleback forward Brandon Fagins.

Ground thinks Bakersfield will be a tough opponent, because their style of play contrasts with Sad-dleback’s style of play and they have size.

“It’ll be very difficult. What they do well is stuff that we don’t [do well]. They really drive [the ball] well and we have trouble de-fending the drive,”Ground said. “They’ve got a good big guy, that can really score, he’s one of the better players in the state, and they got some guys that can shoot it, so it’s gonna be a difficult task.”

Saddleback plays Bakersfield, Wednesday at 7 p.m. at home.

The Saddleback softball team achieved another vic-tory last Wednesday at Trani Field, earning a 5-3 victory against Fullerton College.

Saddleback is now 2-1 in conference play, placing them third in the Orange Empire Conference stand-ings. This was the Gauchos second consecutive victory.

Saddleback’s game on Friday, Feb. 26, versus Or-ange Coast College was not as victorious. Orange Coast

managed to score four runs while Saddleback shied in at two. Then on Saturday, Feb. 27, Saddleback only managed to score two runs, while Palomar got nine for the win.

Gauchos head coach Nick Trani was upbeat about the win, despite the two losses Saddleback suffered.

“I thought the team played well and took advan-tage of Fullerton’s errors by coming through with some clutch hitting,” Trani said. “It was an important confer-ence win against a very good

Fullerton team.”Wednesday’s game was

hallmarked by a slow mov-ing Saddleback team initally. Then, in the bottom half of the fifth inning, the Gauchos managed to find their pace and ended up tallying three runs and score two more in the sixth to snag a 5-1 lead.

Fullerton aided in Sad-dleback’s quest for victory by committing three errors, qualifying the Gauchos for three unearned runs.

Saddleback now has a 6-7 overall record after all three games, and only conference games from here on.

Saddleback will play Cy-press College next Wednes-day, March 3 on the road.

JORDAN RANGEL/LARIATFULL SWING: Sadddleback softball infield Drew Moore, 19, chemistry, follows through during practice. She gets ready for the next OEC game.

“We definitely started out shaky, we weren’t rebounding the ball and we were taking a lot of [three-pointers]. [Coach Ground] told us he wanted us to pound it in the paint when the second half [started] and that’s exactly what we did.”T.J. Shorts, point guard

Despite losing record, Gauchos show promise during Orange Empire

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Harlem Globetrotters returned with fun to SaddlebackGlobally-renowned comedy basketball show fills gym with laughterANGEL GRADYSPORTS EDITOR

World famous Harlem Globe-trotters played their final of two games at Saddleback College on Monday night.

Fans filled the gym and nearly sold-out seats to watch the Glo-betrotters take on the World All-Stars. The game was loaded with comedy and basketball skills. Fans awed the dribbling, dunking and

the way players moved the ball across the court.

“Oh it was just fun,” said Harlem Globetrotters fan Lorna Hixon. “Just the razz ma dazz, the boys loved it.”

The tricks performed, as well as the humor involved had the au-dience anxious for what to expect next. Players spun the ball on their fingers, head, body and even face. Constantly making the long dis-tance 4-point shot, created by the Globetrotters helped them keep the lead throughout the game.

The battle between the two teams was not the primary focus of the game. Involving the com-munity and making sure those in the stands had a great time was more important to the Harlem

Globetrotters.“What you see on the court is

only a small percentage of what we do off the court,” said Globetrotter guard Scooter Christensen. “For us, we love that so much cause it makes it more personable for our fans, you never know who’s life you’re touching and I think that’s probably one of the best parts of being a Globetrotter.”

The comedy basketball team involved several fans at random from the stands in their show. When doing so, they made the audience laugh and gave away signed jerseys and other Globe-trotter memorabilia for participat-ing.

Those who purchased a Magic Pass had the privilege of meeting

players, getting autographs and learning basketball tricks. They also have the chance to shoot with the stars and takes photos before the game.

The Globetrotters sold-out seats for their first and only ap-pearance last year at Saddleback. Their arrival received such a posi-tive response from the community, that this year they pursued the col-lege for the two shows.

“They kept bugging me all year because it had such a great turn-out,” said dean of kinesiology and athletic director Tony Lipold. “So they wanted to do two this year, so we did two.”

The Harlem Globetrotters came out in their throwback uniforms as they continued to celebrate 90

years of touring, this time with the fans gathered at Saddleback.

Over the years the players have changed, however, first Globetrot-ters left legacies behind.

“If you ask anybody in the world about the Harlem Globe-trotters, there’s two names that you will hear,” Christensen said. “Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal were the peers that came be-fore us. We’re dedicating our sea-son to those two guys that paved the way for us.”

The Globetrotters show com-bines comedy, family entertain-ment and amazing basketball skills. The Harlem Globetrotters will continue celebrating 90 iconic years of providing smiles, sports-manship and service to millions.

ANGEL GRADY /LARIATFOOLING AROUND: Harlem Globetrotters teasing the referee behing his back by dancing to foul call. In their retro uniforms the Globetrotters each had their own dance and style while moving up and down the court making fun of the referee. This was another part of the show that earned lots of laughs from the crowd.

Saddleback ends losing streak with conference winNICK NENADASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Saddleback College women’s tennis team defeated Orange Coast College, 5-3 on Thursday. After a four-game losing streak before Thursday match, the Gauchos finally got the win they needed and it was in conference play.

Saddleback’s head coach, Jay Amos, attributed the losses and poor play to injuries that caused him to move players up to spots they weren’t necessari-ly ready for.

“We went on a losing streak, because we were missing a cou-ple of players.” Amos said.w

Saddleback played well to start the season, before they went on their losing streak. The Gauchos got two close victo-ries against Grossmont College

APU SPORTS INFORMATION/COURTESYNICE HIT: Saddleback’s team captain Ashley Glick hits a serve to-ward her Orange Coast College opponent in Thursday’s matchup.

and Santa Barbara City College and they blew out Cuyamaca College, 9-0 to start the season 3-0.

The Gauchos lost their first singles match, which involved team captain Ashley Glick, 6-2, 6-2, but went on to win four consecutive matches after that to take a big early lead. OCC won the final singles contest 6-2, 6-3 to end the winning streak, but Saddleback had 4-2 lead after all was said and down.

Moving on to doubles, the Gauchos again lost the first con-test badly 8-2, but came back and won the next match, 8-3 and the rubber match, 8-5 to secure a victory in doubles and a win in the overall match.

During the match, Amos said that the reason the team had a chance to win was because they

were very balanced between their doubles and singles play-ers. He ultimately believed that doubles had a slight edge.

“It’s a pretty balanced team, but I think that our doubles is

really strong though,” Amos said. “We should be strong all the way down [the lineup] in doubles.”

Amos also said that Sad-dleback’s No. 1 doubles team,

Glick and Dominique Willette were ‘”going to be a tough out for anybody they play.” Ironi-cally, Glick and Willette lost their doubles match against OCC.

The Gauchos followed up the OCC victory with a 5-4 loss to Ventura College. From here on out, Saddleback will play conference opponents. When asked about if he stress-es winning conference games over non-conference games, Amos gave an interesting re-sponse.

“I never talk about winning, I talk about getting better,” Amos said. “I tell the girls that the only player that they have to be better than, is the player they were yesterday.”

The next opponent the Gau-chos will face is Cypress Col-lege on the road at 2 p.m.