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‘Laura’ captivates audiences at WCT

Deadly kiss? -- Amy Anderson and Jay Miramontes share an on-stage suspensful moment inWhittier Community Theater’s production of ‘Laura’.

SPORTS // SoftballThe Lady Roadrunners keep a perfect winning streak on their new home field.

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The new Freshman SuccessCenter is now available to allfirst year students.

Located in the new StudentServices Center in room SS350,the Freshman Success Centeropened in the fall and continuesto offer help with a variety ofprograms to help jump start newand returning student’s educa-tional careers. Some services in-clude: help with registration,counseling services, assistancewith the financial aid applica-tion, navigating through the Ac-cessRio website and muchmore.

As part of the new StudentSuccess initiative, Rio Hondo’splan is to focus on the two-yeartransfer path and to properlyprepare new students for theireducational careers.

The initiative for this suc-cess center was prompted by thestates 2012 Students SuccessAct, which funds communitycollege services such as orienta-tions, assessments, counselingand advising. This initiative isall about the success of the stu-dent.

Since student success at RioHondo is crucial for the collegeas a whole, administratorswould like to focus resources onthe needs of the freshmen.

See FRESHMAN page 6

FSC returnsto assist newand return-ing students

NEWSLed by ICC, ASRHC andstudent-run clubs join to-gether to recruit and informstudents during the bi-an-nual Club Rush festivities.

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The enigmatic noir ro-mance-murder drama, “Laura,”directed by Suzanne Frederick-son and Karen Jacobson, openedFriday at the Whittier Commu-nity Theatre, entertaining audi-ences with a colorful cast andcompelling plot.

“Laura,” will be showingfor four more days at the WCT;Feb. 21, 22, 23 and Mar. 1 at 8p.m.

First adapted for the stageby Vera Caspary and GeorgeSklar, and based off Caspary’snovel, it was produced initiallyin 1944—the same year a filmversion was released by OttoPreminger.

Just as it captivated audi-ences then, so the WCT versiondid Friday night.

The drama itself placesmuch of the weight of its suc-cess on the actors, as it largelydepends on not just dialogue,but the ponderous exposition ofmonologues, in the noir style...

See LAURA page 14

Steven WardArts and Entertainment [email protected]


Theater Review

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Clubs rush to recruit new members at DiscoveRioOver 30 clubs lined up

along the Lower Quad to hostyet another successful ClubRush, newly known as Discov-eRio.

With help from the InterClub Council (ICC) andASRHC (Associated Studentsof Rio Hondo College), theclubs had an early-semester op-portunity to advertise their pur-

poses and semester plans to po-tential recruits.

Although there were a lot ofreturning clubs that have been apart of the ICC for a while, therewere two new clubs that at-tracted large crowds.

The Mixed Martial Artsclub, established for fans of theMMA world, got many reac-tions from students who blurtedout, “There’s an MMA club?” asthey walked by.

Students really enjoyed theportable screen that featured fa-

mous MMA fight videos, aswell as the neck lanyards withclub information that werehanging at the booth.

Without a meeting date andtime set, they are still preparingeverything before they start clubactivities.

The SMART club, whichstands for Student MechanicAuto Repair Technicians had aninteresting set up at their booth,which won first place for designand creativity. Members weretossing soft footballs with meet-

ing dates and times on them atstudents and faculty that werepassing by. SMART also had anelectric vehicle engine that at-tracted a lot of attention fromcar enthusiasts.

They meet Wednesdaysfrom 12 - 1p.m. in SS305.

The Club Rush festivitiesincluded inflatable basketballgames, pie tossings, fund rais-ers, music from a Jarritos DJ,and more.

Clubs sold a variety of fooditems, ranging from caramel andcandied apples to Hot Cheetos

with nacho cheese drizzled allover them.

The Roadrunner mascotjoined students in a conga lineof dancing and fun while DJGeorge Cervantez played differ-ent classics and current music.

After the two-day festivites,many prospective studentslinked up with potential clubsand provided the ICC with anaccomplishing event.

For more information re-garding clubs and opportunities,visit the Student Union buidinlocated above Cafe Rio.

Krystyn [email protected]

Dario Lopez / El PaisanoA student participating in an inflatable basketball game in theLower Quad during Club Rush.

“The Mixed Martial Artsclub, established for fans ofthe MMA world, got many re-actions from students who

blurted out, ‘There’s an MMAclub?’ as they walked by.”

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoThe special guest of Club Rush, Roadrunner, making an appearance on day two of Club Rush.

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A 21-year-old Fontanawoman has been charged withsix counts of murder after beinginvolved in a deadly wrong-waycrash on the 60 freeway accord-ing to prosecutors.

Olivia Carolee Culbreathwas charged on Thursday, Feb.13, by the L.A. County DistrictAttorney’s office for the sixdeaths that occurred when shedrove her red Chevrolet Camaroeast in the westbound lanes inDiamond Bar around 4:40 a.m.on Sunday, Feb. 9.

She was traveling morethan 100 miles per hour, accord-ing to law enforcement.

According to Los AngelesCounty Office, Gregorio Mejia-Martinez, 47, Leticia Ibarra, 42,Jessica Jasmine Mejia, 20, andEster Delgado, all passengers inthe Ford Explorer from Hunt-ington Park died as did KristinYoung, 21, of Chino, and Cul-

breath’s 24-year-old sister MayaLouise Culbreath from Rialtowere riding with Culbreath anddied.

Prior to this incident, Cul-breath was convicted in 09’ of aprior DUI in San BernardinoCounty.

Sarah Ardalani, spokes-woman for the District Attorney,says that Culbreath faces a max-imum sentence of life in prisonand is being held on $6 millionbail.

Officials said that Cul-breath is being held in the jailward at L.A. County-USC Med-ical Center as she recovers frominjuries that include a brokenfemur and a ruptured bladder.

A Facebook page was cre-ated in memorial of KristinYoung where Monica Santos, aformer classmate, wrote, “Hear-ing the news made me feel sodevastated especially to know itwas someone whom alwaysbrought a smile to everyone’sfaces.”

Wrong way driver charged with six counts of murderDavid LozaNews [email protected]

Maya Culbreath, Kristin Young, Jessica Mejia and Gregorio Martinez are four of the six vic-tims killed in a freeway crash in Diamond Bar on Feb. 9. Culbreath is the sister of the allegedDUI driver suspected in the crash. (Credit: DMV)

A photo taken at the accident scene. (Credit: KTLA)

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The Lady Roadrunnerscharitably dedicated the basket-ball game against Barstow to theCoaches vs. Cancer fundraisingcampaign on Wednesday, Feb.5.

To further their contribu-tions, the game began with amoment of silence for all thoselost to cancer as well as a roundof applause for cancer survivors.

RHC’s women’s basketballteam, as well as some fans,physically showed their supportin wearing pink Cancer vs.Coaches t-shirts.

Together, Rio Hondo’s menand women’s basketball teamsraised money with collecting

donations and selling pink pompoms for $1 and Cancer vs.Coaches t-shirts for $15, asstated by Margie Munoz.

One of the fans showingtheir support was Isabel Perez,mother of RHC basketballplayer Bianca Garcia, expressedher thoughts on Coaches vs.Cancer, “I think it’s a great ideaand more teams should do it.”

The Coaches vs. Cancerprogram joins the AmericanCancer Society and the NationalAssociation of BasketballCoaches (NABC) to encouragebasketball coaches to take astand in their communities.

According to coach SteveJohnson, both Rio Hondo’s menand women’s basketball teamshave raised over $100,000 dol-lars in donations and sales.

Jazmin LuceroLifestyles [email protected]

RHC basketball shootshoops for Coaches V.S.Cancer charity game

Marissa De Leon, No. 25, joins the Rio Hondo women’s bas-ketball team by sporting their "Coaches vs. Cancer" shirts insupport of breast cancer awareness.

Gabriel Preciado / El Paisano

After semesters of desire tocreate a fun and educationalclub that correlates with both carenthusiasts and auto technicianmajors, The SMART Club hasfinally formed.

SMART, which stands forStudent Mechanic Auto RepairTechnicians announced their es-tablished club at the bi-annualDiscoveRio/Club Rush event onFeb. 11 and Feb. 12 in the lowerquad.

The President of SMART,Andrew Lopez, and the VicePresident Jose Chavez welcomeanyone who is interested in autorepair.

Whether it’s fixing enginesor learning about heavy equip-ment, welding, etc., SMARTclub ensures members that theywill experience and learn

President Lopez says thatSMART not only works on cars,but they additionally represent

Rio Hondo College with morethan 45 members already work-ing with nuts, bolts, andwrenches.

Sponsored by Honda,SMART is a part of a nationalorganization that awards certifi-cations for appreciations andrecognition in both academicsand community services.

SMART also offers tutoringto those that need assistance.

The club is currently work-ing on a website where memberscan send private messages witheach other and where peoplewho are not in it can post com-ments or questions and the clubmembers can respond to them.

SMART is also trying tosee if they can work alongsideintermediate schools and highschools to be able to promotethe club so when future studentsgo to college they will havemore knowledge about the cluband auto repair.

SMART will also be ac-knowledged by FBLA-PBL in a

conference on March 28-30,where state advisor, Glenn Mor-ris will give his signature of ap-proval for all awards andrecognition.

Club members are alsogiven a platform to share theirachievements and experiencesin job interviews and promo-tions while being apart of PBL.

SMART club is aiming toget members to meet other indi-viduals and have a social net-work not just with in their groupof friends, but with more of thestudents at school that may havenever thought of meeting.

The club is promised to bea fun way to connect with peo-ple and establish many acquain-tances, both fond of andinterested in auto technicianlifestyles.

They encourage both newand continuing students to par-ticipate in their club by attend-ing their meetings that takeplace on Wednesdays from 12 -1p.m. in room SS305.

SMART club opportunes aspiring RioHondo students with auto experiencesEsmeralda Hernandez & Krystyn Bristol

Julissa Vargas playing hard defense against their opponent,Barstow, during the Coaches V.S Cancer charity game.

Gabriel Preciado / El Paisano

“Sponsored by Honda, SMART is a part of a national or-ganization that awards certifications for appreciations andrecognition in both academics and community services.”

The SMART club taking a break from working their Club Rush booth to take a photo with theRHC mascot, Roadrunner.


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President/ Superintendent,Teresa Dreyfuss has been re-cently working with the com-munity to voice Rio Hondopositive progression.

On Jan. 29, she attendedThe Next Generation of GlobalLeadership: A Conversationwith Honorable Madeleine Al-bright, an event at UCLA’sRoyce Hall,

She appeared as the guestof Ruthie Retana, the Directorof Marketing and Communica-tions, who is on the UCLAAlumni Association Board ofDirectors.

Michael Dukakis, the for-mer Governor of Massachusettsintroduced the Honorable Al-bright. Honorable Albright is the64 Secretary of State of theUnited States. She was pre-sented with the UCLA Medal,which is given as the highesthonor for extraordinary accom-plishment.

Albright spoke of her expe-riences as an immigrant from

Czechoslovakia, her familybackground, and more recenttopics like her opinions on theSyria talks, the NSA and Wik-iLeaks.

Just two days after on Jan.31, President Dreyfuss co-chaired the President’s AdvisoryCommittee with Jake Alarid ofthe American G.I. Forum. Pres.Dreyfuss gave a brief update ofthe first week of new semesterand the Governor’s Budget for2014-2015.

Vice President of StudentServices, Henry Gee, gave anupdate on the Student SuccessInitiative that was followed by aquestion and answer session.

Following after Vice Presi-dent Gee the Director of Gov-ernment and Relations, RussellCastaneda-Calleros, who intro-duced two Governments Rela-tions Ambassadors forCommunity Events (GRACE)who shared with the committeetheir background, career goalsand experiences as Rio HondoAmbassadors. They weregreeted with applause and con-gratulated for their services.

Later, Retana gave an up-

date on the Marketing and Com-munications Department ac-complishments by showcasing avariety of recent marketing ma-terials, press coverage, and so-cial media and digital tools suchas the recently produced “Tran-sitway” electronic media kit.

Representative of SenatorRon Calderon’s office, LuisGonzales, complimented theMarketing and CommunicationsDepartment for the President’smonthly updates that areemailed to the community. Hevoiced his interest in forwardingthese updates to SenatorCalderon’s constituents.

Pres. Dreyfuss also gave anupdate on the Taste of Rio event,which will be held May 2 atCafé Rio. This event wasformed to help raise scholar-ships for Rio Hondo Collegestudents. The next meeting willbe in late spring/early summer.

The Board of Trustees alsomet on Saturday, Feb. 1, wherethey participated in a presenta-tion on the Brown Act, whichwas given by Richard Padilla ofthe law firm of Olivarez andMadruga.

The Board also receivedupdates on the Education MasterPlan provided by Dean HowardKummerman; Facilities MasterPlan provided by Peter Mitsakosof West Edge Architects; and the Information Technology Plan given by Gary Van Voorhis the

Director of Information Tech-nology.

Dean Kummerman re-viewed the climate survey withthe Board, as well as the draftBoard Self Evaluation Instru-ment.

Dreyfuss works to enhance Rio Hondo communityAndrea LugoStaff Writer [email protected]

Financial aid will be host-ing their annual 2014-15 Infor-mation sessions fromWednesday, Feb.12, throughThursday, Feb. 27, at the WrayTheatre.

The mandatory sessions arefor all students receiving anyform of financial aid this up-coming year or are interested inapplying for financial aid.

These important sessionsprovide students with importantinformation about the financialaid process and updates to fed-eral regulation changes to aidthem in having an accomplish-ing financial aid year.

Students are encouraged toattend as they prepare to com-plete their 2014-15 FASFA orCA Dream Act application tomeet the March 2, deadline.

Students should receive in-formative e-mails of the ses-sions with dates and times intheir AccessRio accounts.

Financial aid hosts informative sessionsDavid LozaNews [email protected]

“Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basisuntil filled. Sessions begin promptly as posted. NOLATE ENTRANCE WILL BE PERMITTED. Dueto limited spacing, it is recommended that only finan-cial aid students attend. Thank you for your cooper-ation and we look forward to seeing you at the2014-2015 information sessions! Remember don’twait until the last sessions to attend, seating is limited.Please bring a pen/pencil with you. Thank You.”

- Financial Aid OfficeIndividuals waiting in line at the Financial Aid office locatedon first floor of the Student Services building.

Kyle Morton / El Paisano

President/Superintendent Teresa Dreyfuss at a Board meetingin 2013.


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The Rio Hondo Foundationis once again hosting an eveningfull of food and wine in thelower quad on May 2, at 6 p.m.

After 2012’s successfulevent, “A Taste of Rio” is backto show off its many culinaryarts and bring satisfaction to theindividuals who will be attend-ing.

This event has brought to-gether board members, profes-sors, and local businesses in thehopes to rally up support for theschool and its students.

Many restaurants andwineries have been brought tothe campus to showcase their se-lections and students may take apart by having a silent auctionand proving entertainment, sim-ilar to 2012’s event.

Like many other events that

have taken place on the Riocampus, A Taste of Rio will ben-efit students and college pro-grams.

The Foundation gathers thefunds for this event in order toraise money for student scholar-ships or necessities needed forschool as the student body pop-ulation continues to grow eachsemester.

The community can cometogether once again and con-tinue to manifest its support to-wards Rio Hondo and all thepeople within.

Individuals will not only beable to show their support, buteveryone can have a good timedoing so while enjoying the dif-ferent dishes available to wineand dine off.

A Taste of Rio welcomes allthose who can come in to showsupport and benefit the entirestudent body.

RHC invites you tohave ‘A Taste of Rio’Noemy PadillaStaff [email protected]

The safety Committee metover the weekend to set dates forthe emergency drills that aresoon to take place.

By error, students and fac-ulty were informed earlier thatthe first daytime drill would beon March 12, at 10:17 a.m.

The schedule has now beenupdated and the first drill will bea nighttime drill on Feb. 26, fol-lowed by a second daytime drillon March 12.

Both drills will be earth-quake drills resulting in the

usual procedure where studentsand staff are required to gounder their desks and evacuateto their specified emergency as-sembly areas until further no-tice.

Like the usual drills, thesedrills will use the campus alertsystem that will send alert mes-sages through every computerand phone on and off campus.

It is important to make anote of these drill dates so thatclasses may be adjusted to ac-count for the missing time.

These drills are required bylaw to prepare students and fac-ulty for any kind of emergencythat can happen at any moment.

New dates set foremergency drillsJoey Perez and David [email protected]

Led by Rio Hondo Englishprofessor, Theresa Freije, the es-tablished Creative Writing Clubset out to make new changes this

semseter to further entice stu-dents already involved withthem, as well as recruit new andpotential members.

During the Spring 2014Club Rush / DiscoveRio event,Creative Writing sold Valen-tine’s themed cookies and cards.

With the help of anotherpopular club on campus, the ArtGuild of Rio Hondo, they cre-ated one-of-a-kind cards thatwere written by CW membersand designed by AG members.

With this team collabora-tion, Club Rush was a success

on both ends.New meeting times have

been set for CW, which are nowThursdays at 1p.m. in roomA222.

For more information con-tact Creative Writing club Pres-ident, Melissa Andrande by

email [email protected],or attend a meeting.

If you are interested in join-ing, don’t be self-concious aboutyour writing abilities. Theclub’s motto states, “It takes agroup to raise a writer.”

Creative Writing Club prepares for new semesterKrystyn [email protected]

Students and faculty evacuating to one of the campus emergency points located next to the Aparking lot.


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The Freshman SuccessCenter is designed to manage1,800 students and ensures thatstudents not only declare amajor, but that they develop aneducational plan early on.

The new centers objectiveis to increase in degree comple-tion and certifications as well assuccessful transferring to a four-year University.

This center can be com-bined with other great studentresource centers here on campussuch as the Transfer Center lo-cated in the Student Servicesbuilding in Room SS250.

With the help of centers likethese students can create a cul-ture of learning and success tohelp students pursue greatnessand prepare them for the future.

FRESHMAN: New students get aid

One of the window displays at the Student Success Center,where students are welcome to visit and receive help regard-ing their educational plans.

Jessica Estrada / El Paisano“The new centers objectiveis to increase in degree com-pletion and certifications as

well as successful transferring.”

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Nikki’s Red Velvet CakeNikki NadvornickStaff [email protected]

Cake Ingredients:- 2 cups all-purpose flour (plusa little extra to line your bakingpans with)- 1 teaspoon baking soda- 1 teaspoon baking powder- 1 teaspoon salt- 2 tablespoons unsweetened,cocoa powder- 2 cups sugar- 1 cup vegetable oil- 2 eggs- 1 cup buttermilk

- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract- 1-2 oz. red food coloring- 1 teaspoon of white distilledvinegar- ½ cup of prepared plain hotcoffee (no skipping this ingredi-ent!)- Shortening, Crisco, (used forlining baking pans)

Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients:- ½ cup of butter (1 stick), atroom temperature- 8 oz. of Philly cream cheese (1package), at room temperature- 2-3 cups of powdered sugar- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degreesbefore anything else. Using a mediumbowl, whisk together the flour, bak-ing soda, baking powder, cocoa pow-der, and salt. Place to the side forlater.

2. In a larger, separate bowl, combinethe sugar and vegetable oil. Oncethose two ingredients are mixed, addin the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla ex-tract, and red food coloring until com-pletely combined. Then stir in the hotcoffee and white vinegar. Slowly com-bine the wet ingredients into the dryingredients, mixing thoroughly be-tween each pour just until the two arecompletely combined.

3. Generously grease your two 9 inchcake pans with the shortening(Crisco) and flour. This will ensurethat the cakes do not stick to the panafter baking. Don’t get too crazy withthe Crisco though… it is basicallypure yummy fat.

middle rack, for about 30-40 minutesor until you are able to place a tooth-pick in the center of the cake and pullit out cleanly. My two cakes tookabout 30 minutes to bake. Just re-member, once you bring the cakesout and let them cool within the panson the cooling racks they will con-tinue to bake on their own. Once thebaking pans are warm to the touch,slide a knife around the sides and re-move the cakes to allow them to coolon their own on the cooling racks.

Once the cakes have cooled com-pletely, frost them up with the icingand enjoy! (Make sure to place thecake in the fridge, it contains dairy)

Cream Cheese Icing

1. Using an electric mixer, combinethe butter and cream cheese togetheron medium speed for about 3 minutesuntil the mixture is very smooth.Make sure to scrape the sides of thebowl with a spatula to ensure that youare evenly mixing the ingredients. (Inorder to allow the butter and creamcheese to become room temperature,let them sit out for about 2 hours)

2. Mix in the vanilla extract with your spat-ula. Then slowly add in the powderedsugar, mixing after each cup. The amountof powdered sugar you include determinesthe consistency and sweetness of the icingso feel free to take taste tests in betweeneach addition.

Have you ever walked upthe aisles of a store andbegan subconsciously danc-ing to the song playing fromthe speakers? Do you wishthat you could find out whosings the song that plays onyour local radio station? Isthere a part of a song stuckin your head that you wantto share with your friendsbut you can’t remember thetitle of it?If you are an avid music

fan that loves to discovernew music, or if you an-swered yes to any of my pre-vious questions, I highlyrecommend downloadingthe app “Shazam” onto yourmobile device.Shazam let’s users

quickly tag any song, any-where, at any time. With agreat interface that is simple

and easy to use, first-timeusers will have no problemwith searching for audio in-formation that they seek. To use Shazam, hold your

mobile device close to thespeaker providing the audio,open the application, andsimply tap the spinning cir-cle that is on the home page.It will begin to load andprompt a message to the userthat claims it is “listening” tothe audio. If there is back-ground noise, it may delivera message that says, “Wecouldn’t find a match. Getclose to the sound. Singingor humming won’t be iden-tified.”If the audio does get

picked up in the app,Shazam will immediately di-rect you to a page with thetrack name, artist, album orsong image, a button that

will give you an option todownload the mp3 iniTunes, listen to it onYouTube, Spotify, or theirfree radio player called“Rdio”.

With Shazam, you canpreview and save yourfavourites, share what youShazam on Twitter, Face-book & Google+.Shazam even works when

you don’t have any cover-age; this useful app willmatch when you have a con-nection and get back to youwith the result.Android users can also

Shazam from your phone’shome screen with theShazam Widget.If you are always hum-

ming a song in yout head orlove discovering new tunes,download this handy musiclover’s app for free today.

ShazamMy rating: 4.5/5

The apps are available for downloading in both Apple and Android stores.

Actual screen-shots from the iPhone version of Shazam:

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Dealing with damaged haircan be a mess and it might seemthere is no other way out thancutting it off completely. Manyindividuals happen to mistreattheir hair which causes it to loseits natural oils thus becomingdry and prickly.

It might also start fallingout earlier in life due the exces-sive handling it over goes.

Hair comes out of a hairfollicle that is underneath theskin. Inside the hair follicle isthe hair root which absorbsmany nutrients that contribute tothe hair’s growth.

A person’s diet can be keyto having healthy hair since theroot absorbs nutrients. A defi-ciency in protein can affect howfast your hair grows since every-body loses hair on a day to daybasis.

Eating fruits and vegeta-bles are beneficial to hairgrowth while eating sugary highprocessed food cause the oppo-site effect.

Fruits and vegetables de-liver the nutrients needed forhair follicles to continue produc-ing strong hair strands.

Water is also a crucial partin hair growth since it addsmoisture to the scalp and even-tually every hair in it.

Hair health isn’t only fur-nished through nutrients and anadequate diet.

Knowing what kind of hairyou have can help you chose theright shampoos and conditionersit needs in order to restore everystrand on the scalp.

Shampoos are all labeledwith the different formulasthey’re made of to treat differenthair types. From moisturizingshampoos to heat protectingconditioners.

There are formulated hairtreatments that can help or evenworsen the condition of yourhair.

That is the importance ofknowing your hair type becauseyou don’t want to add moremoisture to already oily hair.

Furthermore, hair that isconstantly under a lot of heattends to become dry and would

require the extra moisture. The different shampoos

used to use hair do make a dif-ference and also the way the dif-ferent products make along-term affect.

Besides using products inthe shower there are leave inconditioners that can be used forvarious reasons such as detan-gling or just to not having towash it all together.

Being able to restrain fromwashing your hair every otherday also helps prevent over-dried hair.

It might seem that washingyour hair is cleaning it and actu-ally helping but it does com-pletely the opposite when it isdone constantly.

Washing your hair con-stantly only takes away its natu-ral oils that it needs in order toremain healthy.

Hair that is usually dry un-dergoes too much and alike yourface it will need a break from allthe different chemicals.

Like mentioned beforethere are various hair types andif your hair is naturally dry thenthere might be the need to actu-

ally having to wash it everyday.Other than that the natural oilsare important.

At times, there is cases ofpeople who have naturally reallygreasy hair.

For this hair type there istreatments that only wash awaywhat is necessary and do nottake away the oils so much thatit leaves your hair completelydry.

Using heat to style hair canbe one of the most damaging.Not only does it burn your hairit is causing the hair stands toweaken and thus break, causingthe well-known “split-ends”every girl hates.

Like anything else that hasto do with hair there are leave insprays that help the hair shapewith the heat while also protect-ing against it.

These sprays are recom-mended to those who use a lot of

heat on their hair and feel thereis no other choice on how tostyle is.

Lastly, there is no necessityto use heat everyday. In order tomaintain healthy hair overall isactually restraining from any-thing that isn’t natural to yourhair.

Although girls believe otherwise, a simple braid down yourback or wearing your hair downis also very beneficial.

Having your hair up all thetime actually pulls the hairs out-ward of the scalp and can causefor hair to fall out.

Whether it is a woman witha full set of hair or a man with acomb over.

The hair that rests on top ofeverybody’s head adds to theperson’s style, personality orany other trait and it is importantto being able to maintain it in tiptop condition all the time.

Making Your Hair Count for More!Noemy PadillaStaff [email protected]

Noemy Padilla / El PaisanoBrandon Landollt, 25, washing one of this clients’ hair atMarinello Beauty School in Whittier.


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Teacher Spotlight: Linda Brown

Stephanie Buenrostro VegaStaff [email protected]

music teacher when she was inthe fourth grade, as she was apart of the school choir, taughtby Mrs. Scott.

Brown was astonished atthe fact that Scott was able toteach her students to sing whileshe played the piano as well.

The fact that she could helppeople create music was theideal job for her.

At that point, Brown knewshe enjoyed making music withother people so much, and thatis all she wanted to do for therest of her life.

She took hundreds of les-sons and practice many hours aswell to learn and better her self.

The hours paid off whenshe became part of the USCchoir, were she played theorgan. With time she played theorgan, harpsichord or the pianoin many orchestras and was ac-companist for many choirs.

Her passion for music wasimmense and drover her to aMasters and a Doctorate degreefrom USC in pipe organ per-formance.

So, how did her careerstart? It started in 1976, as an el-ementary school music teacherin Westminster, CA. For manyyears she went from school to

school, teaching music lessonsand choir.

After teaching elementaryschool, Brown taught music atjunior high school and highschool level.

In 1991, she started to teachmusic in college at Imperial Val-ley College in Imperial, CA andthen started teaching at RioHondo in 2002 as a music pro-fessor.

Even though teachingmusic was what she lives for shenot always taught it.

She taught fifth and sixthgrade, and took part in adminis-trating a federally funded dis-tance-learning project thatbrought online AP classes to stu-dents in rural areas.

When she was teachinghigh school, she also started amagnet program for the arts atSouthwest High School in ElCentro, CA and 20 years laterthe program is still up and run-ning.

Dr. Brown has been teach-ing a total of 38 years, and 12 ofthose have been at Rio HondoCollege. She feels blessed forbeing able to teach Music Fun-damentals, history of Rock andRoll, Musical Theatre, andChoir at Rio. In addition, she

mentions she enjoys teachingRock and Roll the most.

Since 2002 she has partici-pated with professor Bill Korfon musical theatre productionswere they have done 11 full-scale musical productions andtook an original show on tour toChina in 2005.

Dr. brown has not onlydone great things for Rio Hondobut she also shares her gift outof school.

She goes out to a church inTustin every week were sheplay's the pipe organ, directs ahand bell choir and accompaniesthe choir as well.

When asked who inspiredher to become a teacher she said,"I was blessed to have wonder-ful teachers that inspired me."However one stood out to her,Dr. Orpha Ochse, Dr. Brownmentioned how she knew thepotential of each one of her stu-dents and challenged them sothey can see all their possibili-ties.

Dr. Brown also mentionshow Dr. Ochse had many out-standing ways of teaching andsome of those strategies Brownhas incorporated them in her ca-reer as a music teacher.

"Dr. Orpha Ochse, was par-ticularly inspirational, and she isstill a wonderful inspiration tome. She is nearly 90 years oldand going strong!" said, Brown.

Her favorite composer hap-pens to be a man named JohannSebastian Bach who was a Ger-man composer in the BaroquePeriod.

Which is no surprise be-cause her musical experiencehas been focused on performingclassical music.

When it comes to recent erashe is inspired by the creativityof Pink Floyd and Sting.

There is no doubt that Dr.Linda Brown is very passionatefor her career. She is not only aninspiration for those pursuing amusic major but for everyoneelse as well.

Her dedication on helpingout and making the best out ofeverything is a great inspirationnot only as a professor, but alsoas a human.

When asked what is someadvice for the students her re-sponse was " Always, always,always do your very best work,and in order to do your bestwork, you have to practice hard!Even at my age, I have to prac-tice every day to do my best."

A smart man once said,“Music gives a soul to the uni-verse, wings to the mind, flightto the imagination and life toeverything.” This man wasPlato. Music does not only bringhappiness to some, but inspira-tion as well. Music professor,Dr. Linda Brown, has dedicatedher life to music.

Dr. Brown decided to be a

Linda Brown

Student Spotlight: Vanessa RodriguezBritny ArevaloStaff [email protected]

Many students don’t knowwhich career path to take letalone pick a major to declare.Rio Hondo student, Vanessa Ro-driguez, however, is not one ofthem. She has been attendingRio Hondo for two years nowstudying psychology and plansto transfer out to the Universityof La Verne in hopes of receiv-ing her Bachelor’s Degree and“eventually become a familytherapist”.

Not only is she handling theworkload of a full time psychol-ogy major at Rio Hondo but shealso balances a part time job atthe El Monte Parks and Recre-ation Center as a Pee Wee Cheercoach for Gibson MariposaPark.

She takes the girls on trips,has them perform in communitywide parades, and prepares thegirls for Jamboree in the spring.

A Jamboree is a dance and

cheer competition between thepee wee cheer parks throughoutthe community and coaches likeRodriguez have to preparemusic and theatrics as well asteach the girls the choreography.

Although she never realizedit before becoming a coach, Ro-driguez loves to work with thechildren.

She believes in her workbecause it brings children andthe community together sincemost kids who grow in the ElMonte area are not as privilegedand believes that these programshelp children experience a betterchildhood.

Growing up, Rodriguezwas always a dancing, she wasa cheerleader for a period oftime, and in high school joinedthe El Monte High School SongTeam. She was never able to af-ford to do such things on herown so she understood the valueof the programs in El Monte.

She loved performing andwhen she got the opportunity tobe a cheer coach for young girls,

she jumped at the opportunity tobecome a mentor and was as-tounded by how the girls lookedup to her so much. She loved theidea of being able to help chil-dren and families however shecould.

After a year of beingaround the children, a chord inher struck, often wondering whysome children behaved the waythey did and it intrigued her somuch to point that she beganconnecting her psychology stud-ies to the kids, making her desireto become a family therapist thatmuch stronger.

During her own childhood,her family visited a family ther-apist because of her sisters so-cial phobia and her mother’sdepression which she believeswas also a big part in her careerchoice. She wished to help otherfamilies the way someonehelped her own.

With all the action she istaking in her local community,the part time coach is also a fulltime student here at Rio Hondo.

During a regular week shewill sometimes go to morningclasses, go to work, and laterdrive back to Rio for nightclasses. With a class packedMonday through Thursday classschedule, Rodriguez says shespend most of her time in the li-brary appreciating the quite,saying, “Seeing everyone elsestudying gives me more motiva-tion to keep doing my work in-stead of getting distracted withsomething else”.

She tells us that her secretto being able to keep up witheverything is being a very or-ganized person. Joking that hercar may not be the most organ-ized thing in her life, her sched-ule is and she takes pride in it.Rodriguez says, “I plan thingsout and I’m talking aboutmonths before.

She plans out deadliens, soshe is grateful to her professorswhen they give out the syllabuswith dates because she makessure school comes first andwork and play come second.

Vanessa RodriguezRodriguez admits that even

though she has a busy life shestill easily finds time for a so-cial life on the weekends be-cause what college studentdoesn’t find time to have a littlefun. For now though, she willcontinue her studies at Rio untilshe can transfer out, get her de-gree and make more changes inpeople’s lives.

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For lunch today I decided totake my mom with me to tryWhittier’s California Grill lo-cated off of Philadelphia andPainter Avenue in the lovelyarea of Uptown.

I have driven past thisrestaurant over the last ten yearsand I finally decided to give it ataste.

Looking at the website nowI have to laugh at their motto:Fresh, Fast, Fun. The servicewas definitely not fast. The out-side appearance of the restaurantwas very tropical themed.

They had some plants andpalm trees around the parkinglot entrance which gave it its ap-peal. The host happened to be afellow classmate at Rio Hondoin which case he noticed meright away.

The inside was very calm-ing. They had three huge saltwa-ter fish tanks located in differentparts of the restaurant housingmultiple colorful fish.

They even had this rarelooking urchin fish that wasslurping onto the rock next to acouple eating. By next to them I

mean directly in their peripher-als right next to their faces.

That part was pretty amus-ing. The place seemed veryclean, cute and friendly so mybeginning impression was great.

The waitress approachedthe table asking for our drinkorder in a very timely mannerand we had the drinks at ourtable within the first couple min-utes. After that the wait periodsbecame longer as the lunch datecontinued.

Once the waitress finallyreturned I decided to go withone of their healthy choices (lo-cated with a heart next to the se-lection on the menu) andordered the Hawaiian Chickensandwich plate with a side soupof Chicken Tortilla. The Hawaiian Chicken sand-wich plate consisted of a char-broiled piece of chicken,teriyaki sauce, and pineappleplaced on top of a piece ofwheat toast with a side of freshfruit and cottage cheese.

While my mom and Iwaited about ten to fifteen min-utes for our food to arrive I wasbeginning to think they mightactually serve my soup with mymain dish (which is a definiteno-no in the restaurant busi-

ness). I finally was given my soup

and I have to say it was prettymediocre. They layered the topof the soup with grated low fatmozzarella and crunchy tortillachips, but underneath were abunch of soggy tortilla pieceswith two large chunks ofchicken. I wasn’t very im-pressed.

The main course finally ar-rived about five minutes afterthat and it was very visually ap-pealing. They were very gener-ous with their portion of fruitand cottage cheese which wereboth very appetizing.

The chicken with thepineapple drizzled with teriyakisauce was also very flavorful,but I was not a fan of it being ontop of the slice of bread.

It just didn’t taste like thewhole combination flowed welltogether. Plus after a while theteriyaki sauce began to make thebread soggy.

Overall I would rate Cali-fornia Grill three stars. Not onlywas the service very slow, butthe menu was also a bit pricywhich would have been tolera-ble if it was accommodated withquality service.

Kmart hosts ‘Hot Wheel’ event: ‘KDay’Christian DelaoStaff [email protected]

Restaurant review: California Grill Nikki NadvornickStaff [email protected]

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A bowl of freshly prepared Chicken Tortilla Soup topped withcrunchy tortilla strips.

California Grill's main sign located next to the frontentrance facing East onto Painter Avenue.

When is the last time youhave played with hot wheels?For the majority of Rio Hondostudents, it was probably duringchildhood. Kday is a hot wheelsevent that is hosted by Kmart.

Kdays are always held inFeb, Sept and Nov on the secondor third Saturday of the month.It is targeted towards hot wheelscollectors and kids. The simpleexplanation is that you get toopen an unsealed box of hotwheels.

You walk on over to the ap-pliances and Kmart employeesamong with the manager will behanding out a raffle ticket. Onceeveryone that is participatinghas a ticket, the manager (iden-tifiable by his headset) will callout the numbers.

The employees will bringout five 36 count boxes on a

table. The 5 numbers called willhave a choice of taking thesealed box and buying all 36cars or having an employeeopen it and you get to pick thecars you want.

The majority of people pickoption B because it is morepractical to buy a few cars com-pared to 36.

When you’re selecting yourcars you have a time limit of twominutes. The ones you didn't se-lect get left behind on the table.

Once all of the boxes aregone then the unchoosen cars onthe table get arranged into a neatpile then the free for all begins.

This looks similar to beingby the entrance of a retailer on a“Black Friday” opening.

Kmart has a exclusive mailin offer of a premium car if youmail 20 card backs and your re-ceipt.

This is why it’s common tosee customers purchasing 20 ormore cars.

The mail in car in the Febevent was a '69 Chevelle SS396.

Why so many cars just forone? Besides only being avail-able for a limited time as a mailin, The Chevelle is made withhigh quality spectra flame paint.It is also made out of metal in-stead of plastic.

The tires are actual rubberwith rims when normal cars use1 piece plastic wheels.

Artwork on the chevelle iscustom made for the kday mailins.

Kday provides a boost to astruggling retailer and is free toattend with no registration re-quired.

The event is marketed to-wards kids which encouragesfamilies to attend. The Februaryevent already passed but ifyou’re interested the next kdayis tentatively scheduled for Sat-urday Sept 13. Maybe you’rewondering what's the big deal

about hot wheels?The main reasons collectors

go to kday is for the treasurehunt cars. Treasure huntsare a series of hard to find carsthat come in two tiers. The reg-ular treasure hunt has a flamesymbol on the car and is in-cluded in every kday box.

The super treasure hunt israrer with a very low chance offinding one. A super treasurehunt is a premium version of anormal car that blends in if youdon't look carefully.

For example the supertreasure hunt at the Feb eventwas a '55 Bel Air Gasser.

Compared to the normalversion, it has rubber Goodyeartires and TH on the rear fenderamong with a darker shade ofblue.

The must have cars werethe Homer car from the Simpsons and the camouflagedversion of the tumbler from TheDark Knight.

Among all the good carsMattel makes 4 cars in a Kmartonly color and has 3 sneak peakcars that will come out later thismonth.

Christian Delao / El PaisanoKmart workers unload HotWheels packages.


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As we ask the student bodyat Rio Hondo what meals werenutritious and delicious that wecan pick up before school andduring pass classes the re-sponses were admirable.

1. Yogurt One of the easiest things

you can pick up from any localmarket or liquor store to refrig-erate and just grab it and then gobefore you head to school.

2. SandwichA little more time consum-

ing but should not take morethan five minutes to get it done.The sandwich selection is a va-riety from hand and cheese topeanut butter and jelly. The hun-grier you are, the more you canget creative with it adding addi-tional toppings and meats.

3. OatmealA delicious morning meal

to get your mind going and yourday started. Very little time thatis necessary and an instanthealthy meal is ready by buyingthe cup oatmeal and just addingsome water and putting it in themicrowave, and it will be readyin about three minutes.

4. LunchableIt’s a nonexpensive snack to

have in between classes. It canbe a little something to keepyour mind going and not tiringit out from being busy takingnotes and listening in class.

5. Hot PocketIt’s a little more expensive

but its quality over quantity.This can actually substitute awhole meal and fill you up. It’seasy to pick up and too worryabout spills or anything like that.

6. Granola BarA convenient snack you can

have at any time and any placedoes not take up much space andyou can have as much as youlike. They all do the same job tofill up an empty stomach andmaintain your brain active soyou won’t have a hungry dis-traction.

7. SaladA salad takes up some

more time but we always wantto feed out body more and keep

it healthy. We must need to feedit healthy so it can produce uspositive energy throughout theday and give us the right state ofmind to absorb everything wepossibly can during class time.

8. BagelsA very easy and quick meal

to have at any moment you arehungry. It’s very easy to makeand carry around for wheneveryou get hungry and don’t wantto spend money on somethingthat will take up more timewhile waiting in line or spend-ing more money on not so godfood. A bagel is good on yourstomach and can hold on till youcan get home and prepare your-self a very good and healthymeal.

9. Cup of NoodlesFood in an instant. It’s a

snack you can have any timeyou are incredibly busy andhave no time to cook or pick upsomething. It’s good and easy atany time of the day.

10. Muffin/Breakfast MuffinYou can always grab a muf-

fin when running late it’s easyno heat involved and very en-joyable. A breakfast egg muffinis a little more time consumingbut you can cook one right up athome and that will just holdyour stomach for a big part ofthe day and you will not need.

Top ten on the go meals for studentsVanessa CamposStaff [email protected]

To submit questions anonymously, visit ask.fm/elpaionline.

Anon: Elle, I feel pressure to like things my boyfriendlikes so he won’t break up with me. I’m scared he willleave me if I tell him I have different interests than him.What do I do?

Elle: Anon: You should never, ever, feel pressured to likeanything anyone likes, let alone your own boyfriend. Relation-ships are about compromises and if you think he would breakup with you over having different interests, maybe you shouldthink twice about staying with someone who would do such achildish thing. Every person is different. Nobody expects youto like the same things as your boyfriend. If you both alwayshave the same interests, where is the fun in that? Where is theadventure? Stop being scared. You’re obviously not scaredenough to have a boyfriend, so you should definitely not bescared of telling your boy you may not like certain things hedoes.

Anon: Dear Elle, I turn 21 next month, what do you rec-ommend my friend legal drink be?

Elle: Birthday anon! I have the best advice for you assumingyou are going out to a restaurant/bar/lounge/anywhere with amenu! Listen (err… read) carefully, once you get to this loca-tion with a menu, open that thing up, close your eyes thenmove your index finger around the menu. When your sweetlittle heart desires, stop your finger and open your eyes.Whichever drink your finger lands on, order it. For the nextround, close your eyes and repeat. Repeat this action until youare fully intoxicated and can barely read the menu. Once youget to that point, you have succeeded in having the right kindof 21st birthday. Remember to always have a designateddriver. Don’t drink and drive, and have a wonderful birthday!

Anon: I have been looking for a job for the past sixmonths and I have had no luck. I finally got two randominterviews and got both jobs. I’m full time in school rightnow and I’m not sure if I should keep both jobs or if Ishould pick one over the other. What is your dvice?

Elle: First, let me congratulate you for finally succeeding inlanding not only one but two jobs. Second, I would recom-mend you to decline one of the positions you got. Being fulltime in school means you are taking 12 or more units andevery 3 unit (3 hours of classes) require minimum of 6 hoursof homework/studying. To top it off, working just one parttime job would require about 20 hours and if the position yougot is a full time, you already have your plates completely fullwith school and work. You still need to add in family, friend,girlfriend/boyfriend time and not to mention the “me time”you should definitely be taking weekly. Don’t put extra stresson yourself than you need. Weigh out the pros and cons ofboth jobs and accept the one that would best fit to your sched-ule.

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7. GunganThe annoying walking duck thingin Star Wars, or better known as theinfamous Jar Jar Binks is a Gun-gan, and even though he makes youwant to shun the race forever. Butthe fact is, the Gungans are actuallya pretty advanced race. These guysare probably the closest thing tomermaids, or Atlantis that you aregoing to get. Notable figures: Jar Jar BinksPlanet: Naboo

6. The Greys- Probably the only

real aliens out there, so why nothave it on the list? These little guyshave been depicted on the walls onancient civilizations, and probablyjump started the human race(if youbelieve that kind of stuff). Al-though they do occasionally swoopdown and abduct a few test sub-jects, those people should considerthemselves lucky to be a part of theexperimentation that will lead tothe next ruling race. Notable figures: RogerPlanet: Unknown

5. Tamaranean- The warrior racefrom the DC universe earns a spoton this list for their love of war, andthe ability to learn any languagefrom a mere peck on the lips.

Notable figures: Starfire, Black-firePlanet: Tamaran

4. Irken- Nothing will stop theIrken Empire from achieving totalgalactic control. Equipped with aSIR, they begin developing a secretbase and disguising themselves asthe natives of a planet, these extra-terrestrials take down the planetfrom the inside. Be very carefulwith who you associate yourselveswith, they can be masters of dis-guise and are probably living inyour very own neighborhood. Notable figures: Zim, TheAlmighty Tallest, TakPlanet: Irk3. Evil Hot Alien Chicks

You know these aliens from themovie "Dude, Where's my Car?"Those girls in the spandex cloth-ings, and sexualized to the max.But with the ability to engulf an en-tire Big Stick in one gulp, and ifyou take one of them you get themall is enough to put them on the listno matter what argument you use.On the downside, they are hellbenton the destruction of the universe,but I'd prefer them over thoseNordic aliens.Notable figures: All of themPlanet: Unknown

2. Cybertronians- The highly ad-vanced race of Cybertron is an au-tomatic list-maker on any alien list,because giant fighting robots are

awesome no matter how manytimes you slice it. But it's importantto note that not all Cybertroniansare good. In fact, the whole basis ofthe story is the never ending warbetween Autobots and Decepti-cons.Notable figures: Optimus Prime,Megatron, StarscreamPlanet: Cybertron(destroyed)

1. SaiyansTwo words and a number. Super.Saiyan. Four. Deal with it.Notable figures: Goku, Vegeta,BrolyPlanet: Planet Vegeta(destroyed)

Top seven pop culture aliens

Gustavo RangelStaff [email protected]

Whovians from all over theworld gathered together for the25th annual Doctor Who Conven-tion, Gallifrey One from Feb. 14-16 at the Marriot Los AngelesAirport Hotel. This year’s conven-tion was entitled Gallifrey One: 25Glorious Years and tickets sold outwithin the first 12 days.

Gallifrey One offered the fansaccess to over 40 different panels,vendors, and events. Some of thepanels included interviews with theguests, prop making classes, andscreenings of various Doctor Who

episodes. The convention even of-fered events for adults includingtwo nights of karaoke and an afterparty.

Attendees could even meet,get autographs from, and take pic-tures with the convention’s guests,at a cost.

The headlining guests thisyear ranged from Colin Baker (6thDoctor), Billie Piper (Rose Tyler),Paul McGann (8th Doctor), andArthur Darvill (Rory Williams).

Most fans had no troublemeeting new people and makingnew friends since most of all the at-tendees were fans of the show, “ata regular convention, there are somany different fandoms whereas atGallifrey One, everyone is here for

the same thing, it’s an awesome ex-perience,” one fan explained.With most conventions, fans usu-ally cosplay, in which the fan at-tends dressed up as their favoritecharacter. Gallifrey One was thehome of some of the most creativecostumes.

One fan made a TARDIS cos-tume out of cardboard, others worecostumes they made from scratch,and one group of women dressedas various Doctors but in can-canoutfits.

The guests seemed to enjoythemselves as well, as Darvill elab-orated, “It’s amazing coming tothese things ‘cuz you get to meet somany people that it means so muchto.” Nerdist founder Chris Hard-

wick and girlfriend Chloe Dykstraare both fans of Doctor Who andmade an appearance on the secondday.

One new trend that is appear-ing at conventions all over theworld is the exchanging of ribbons.Attendees customized their ownribbons before the event and ex-changed ribbons with other fans.The ribbons have a strip of glue atthe top to attach to one’s conven-tion badge or another ribbon. For alot of people, ribbons are not onlya trophy symbol, but also a greatway to make connections with newpeople.

In celebration of their 25th an-niversary, Gallifrey One made agame for attendees to play the

whole weekend. Every programbook listed all the conventionthemes throughout the years, who-vians were to find stickers withyears on them (the stickers werescattered throughout the hotel) andput the correct sticker next to thecorrect year. Fans that completedthe challenge won a prize and wereentered into a drawing for a biggerprize.

Gallifrey One is the world’slargest Doctor Who convention,founded by members of the localSouthern California fan organiza-tion, The Time Meddlers of LosAngeles back in 1989. Tickets tothe 2015 Gallifrey One: the 26 Sea-sons of Gallifrey One go on sale onMarch 7 for $90.

Jazmin LuceroLifestyles [email protected]

‘Doctor Who’ fan celebrate 25 years at Gallifrey One

One new trend that is appearing at conventions all over the world is the exchangingof ribbons. Attendees customized their own ribbons before the event and

exchanged ribbons with other fans.


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The four day annual Doctor Who convention, Gallifrey One, swept creators, fans, and cosplayers off their feet on theweekend of Valentine ’s Day. Vendors upon vendors were set up at the Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel, showcasingmany merchandises and memorabilia. Panels were held during the expo and special guests included the beloved RoseTyler herself, Billie Piper, and Arthur Darvill who portrays Rory Williams.

Photo Essay by Jazmin Lucero and Lalig Tarbinian

From left to right, Danica Lisiewicz, Dawn Rose, Bridget Landry, Belle Benson, and Kate Morgenstern as thetenth, fourth, sixth, eleventh, and the fifth doctors.

Guests of Gallifrey One attend the compan-ion’s panel, “Traveling with the Doctor.”

Arthur Darvill amd Billie Piper, or better known as thecompanions Rory Williams and Rose Tyler, attend a panelat Gallifrey One.

Sarah Elmassian, 56, portrays NoviceHame of the sisters of Plenitude.

Andrew Elkins, 43, portrays the fourth Doctorplayed by Tom Baker.

The Oodkind are a race of telepathic humanoids in the show, Doctor Who.Hanna Cathcart, 11, dressed as a weeping angel at this year’s Gal-lifrey One.

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LAURA:Whittier Community Theater entices spectators

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... to carry the play’s emotion and com-plicated plot.

Frederickson has assembled a hand-some and entertaining production, allow-ing her actors to maintain the correctflow of intensity and loyalty to their re-spective characters, in a way that, for themost part, did not detract from the dra-mas believable suspense and anticipa-tion.

When beautiful Laura Hunt (AmyAnderson) is murdered, via a shotgunblast that destroys her lovely face, Detec-tive Mark McPherson (Steven Sullivan)is brought in to investigate. He's soon ob-sessed with the portrait of the victim thathangs in her apartment. It appears as ifhe is falling in love with the deadwoman, and we seem to be in for a hu-morous, but perverse tale ofnecrophilia—until the drama takes amassive, but not its only, twist.

Laura's housekeeper, Bessie Clary,(Candy Beck) may not be as loyal as sheseems. Danny Dorgan (Kieran Flana-gan), the son of the building manager,nurses a secret passion for Laura and hermusical fancies. Shady fiancé ShelbyCarpenter (Jay Miramontes) is engagedto Laura, but oozes the grease of a possi-ble two-timer. Building manager Mrs.Dorgan (Julie Breihan) has always hatedLaura for her Jazz-influence on her son’s“failed” musical aspirations. The prissyand “precious” antique collector andmagazine columnist Waldo Lydecker(Norman Dostal) is obsessed with Laura

and bitterly resentful of the he-men towhom she's attracted.

Sullivan’s detective has the rightlook and bursts with the charisma and in-dividuality that would make us careabout him. In the title role, Anderson ischarming and credible, and allowsenough mystery to surround her under-lying motives that puts the audience inthe delightfully uncomfortable decisionof whether or not to trust her.

Miramontes’ Shelby is shifty andblustery enough to arouse distrust but notto suggest a killer; the occasional stum-ble over lines also removed some senseof passion and realism to his character atkey points in the plot. Beck’s house-keeper contributes the much-neededhumor throughout the tense play, andBreihan’s Mrs. Dorgan is persuasive as amother resentful of Laura for seducingher son away from his classical-musiccareer, and into the debaucheries of Jazz.As Danny, Flanagan captures the boy'spassionate adolescent infatuation withLaura and his fascination with 1940sjazz. But only Dostal, as Waldo, trans-forms the kind of flamboyant, baroqueperformance that makes the play comealive. He nimbly sketches Waldo as afinicky, possessive control freak,seething with resentment and petulantrage; but whose charisma dominates theatmosphere when he is on stage.

A puzzling, nail-biting detectivestory until the curtain falls, the WCT hasdone it again with, “Laura;” audiencesand fans of the playhouse are sure toenjoy this 1944 classic.

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoThe cast of ‘Laura’ goofing around on stage after their final dress rehearsal before production on Feb. 13.

Lalig Tarbinian / El Paisano(L to R) Steven Sullivan and John Francis in the first act of “Laura.”

Lalig Tarbinian / El Paisano(L to R) Kieran Flanagan and Steven Sullivan in act one of “Laura.”

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Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoShelby Carpenter, Laura’s fiance, is portrayedby Jay Miramontenes.

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoDetective Mark McPherson, played by Steveb Sullivan (left), spending a quality moment with Amy An-derson in “Laura.”

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoLaura, played by Amy Anderson, smiling in a scene.

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoCandy Beck portraying the character BetsyCary in the play “Laura.” Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoJay Miramontes (left) and Amy Anderson (right) in a scene together during “Laura.”

Lalig Tarbinian / El Paisano(L to R) Laura, Detective McPherson and Waldo Ly-decker in a scene together.

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoNorman Dostal portraying the accentric characterWaldo Lydecker.

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Gabriel Preciado / El PaisanoDJ George Cervantes spinning his music for the crowd of students that attended Spring Semester’s ClubRush at the Lower Quad.

Kyle Morton / El PaisanoRio Hondo students walking alongside clubbooths during the Spring 2014 Club Rush.

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoCo-President of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Nancy La, 22, huggingthe Roadrunner shortly after sharing a dance together.

Gabriel Preciado / El PaisanoL to R Mikayla Nguyen, Marco Martinez, and Justine Aguilar pose in front of their‘Breaking Bad’ themed booth.

Club Rush occupied the Lower Quad on Tuesday, Feb. 11 and Wednesday, Feb. 12.Booths were set up from 10 a. m. until 2 p. m. to showcase and recruit new members forclubs that are a part of Rio Hondo’s activities. Among the old clubs, many new oneshave chartered this spring, such as the Auto/SMART Club. The traditional pie tossingfundraiser attracted many students, along with faculties, to participate. RHC’s mascot,the Roadrunner, joined the festivities late Wednesday. With the help of DJ George Cer-vantes, whom provided the music, Roadrunner lead the students in a line dance. Thefunnel cake vendor and the giant ballooned basketball hoops that were set up were thecherry on top of the bi-annual festivites.

Photo Essay and Design by Lalig Tarbinian

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Gabriel Preciado / El PaisanoRachael Garcia participated at the pie tossing fundraiser along with the Vice President of Student Services, Henry Gee, who was played the victim of getting hisface slammed with a delicious pice on day two of Club Rush.

Left, members of the AGS (AlphaGema Sigma) posing pridefully attheir booth.

Right, President of the VeteransClub, Jack Valenzuela showed hispatriotism with his AmericanFlag.

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Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoThe newest RHC group, S.M.A.R.T goofing around with the Roadrunner mascot during the final moments of Club Rush.

With a lushly buyoant combi-nation of synth and danceablemelodies, Pet Shop Boys havebeen redefining the electroniclandscape of techno-pop sincethe early 80s. Strings give wayto a body-turning melody ofglittering synth and an elusivebase in this famous song by theduo. An easy listen, the rapid

tempo, buzzing vocals, andmelancholic tale of a dissillu-sioned romantic in the heart ofEngland, will push you to yourfeet without much resistance.Their song, “West End Girls,”is another place to start whenexploring the sublime disco-gaph of these Brit-pop legends.

Festival season is here, but so is the dry season when it comes to money for them.Get more tunes for your buck at these inexpensive venues and show; these bandsand artists are diamonds in the rough you don’t have to empty your wallet for.

1. Lord Huron -- Fonda Theatre, Hollywood

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Vancouve based producer andartist Jamison, who operatesunder the moniker, Teen Daze,has been creating atmosphericsythn pieces since 2010. Hisbittersweet and sensual FourMore Years is only a tid-bit ofteasing power Jamison has inhis ambient inspired, midnight

dwelling sound. Most recently,Inner Mansions, and Glaciers,are both promising in their dar-ingly danceable and articulaterhythms. The show is Mar. 7,doors open at 9 .m., L’usine isopening, face value tickets yetto be priced but check Song-kick.com for updates.

2. Teen Daze -- King King Hollywood, Hollywood

How to Dress Well -- RoxyTheatre, West HollywoodWith influences dipping intolate ‘80s and ‘90s R&B, metaland hardcore, and electronic,Tom Krell has transcended mu-sical genres to create a ghostly,lo-fi groove set under the stagename, How to Dress Well. His

Love Remains album is a stun-ning example of shimmeringsynth and storytelling, and hislive shows are atmospheric setsof spectacular musicality. MarkMar. 18 on your calendar, doorsopen 7:30 p.m., tickets are start-ing as low as $14.

3. How to Dress Well -- Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood

Odesza -- Echoplex, Los Ange-lesThe duo that is Odesza has onlyone album to show for; they’rea relatively new group emerg-ing into the electronic popscene, but Summers Gone de-serves the aesthetic and artisticrecognition. Complete with the

vintage clicks and cracks of avinyl; the synth and reverb thatechos artists like Neat Beatsand The xx; Odesza has formu-lated astounding debut album.The show is on Apr. 3, doorsopen at 8:30 p.m., tickets startat $10.

4. Odesza -- Echoplex, Los Angeles


Vinyl records are spinningtheir way back into the main-stream in a big way.

You all remember vinyl’sright? Why though, in the digitalage, is this outdated analog for-mat making a comeback?

So much so, that some peo-ple even pay up to 500 dollars tohave their ashes pressed intothese plastic discs. The answerto this question is not clear cutnor is it easy to answer. Somepeople still scoff at the idea ofvinyl being a legitimate formatfor music, suggesting that thereemergence of vinyl in popularculture is nothing more than apassing hipster trend destined tosuffer the same fate as tapes orCD's, although, even tapes aremaking a comeback, but that’s adifferent story.

Reports from NielsonSoundscan would paint a verydifferent picture though. Theirrecords show that vinyl has seena steady increase in sales since2007 and last year alone vinylrecords saw a 32% increase insales since 2012.

Not only is vinyl on the in-cline, but CD's and digitaldownloads are on the decline.It's no surprise though that CD'shave taken a hit what with digi-tal downloads becoming the so-cial norm for musicalinteraction.

Why though, has there beena decline in digital downloadsales in the age of the digital en-terprise?

Most would suggest that theemergence of streaming servicessuch as Spotify is to blame.While others, most famously themusic industry itself, wouldblame the ever popular past timeamongst the music savvy youthof the world: illegal download-ing. So again, the question mustbe begged: Why has vinyl beenthe only format of music to seean increase in sales and popular-ity in the past year?

Like I said before the an-swer to this question isn't astraight forward answer andmost people would attribute it tohipster culture as a passing fad.Honestly though, what was the

last fad you saw increase in pop-ularity over the stretch of sixyears? The vinyl record boomdeserves much more credit thanthat. There are plenty of reasonswhy vinyl would be making acomeback.

For starters, nostalgia isplaying a big part of it. As vinylbecomes increasingly more pop-ular with a new generation ofmusic fans, the music industryhas not forgotten about the daysof old, when vinyl was the pre-miere format for music listeningand buying an album was an ac-tual experience, not just a fiveminute process on your com-puter.

Record companies are con-stantly re-mastering and re-re-leasing older records which aredrawing back an older genera-tion of music fans who, let’sface it, probably don’t knowhow to use an mp3 player tosave their lives or in all fairnesshave no actual need for one.Record companies are playingon the hearts and experiences ofan older musical generation andit seems to be working in theirfavor.

Honestly, who could passby Iggy Pop's Raw Power,David Bowie's Hunky Dory orThe Beatles Revolver without atleast picking it up?

The vinyl record boom maycome from a tired and restlessgeneration of kids who are fight-ing against a generation ofmusic that’s become so easilymetabolized and such a com-modity that it's as easily dis-posed of as a used tissue. Somepeople enjoy the experience ofgoing into a record store andpurchasing a physical piece ofthe band they so dearly love—itis a very romantic experience.

Bands themselves are alsoplaying a massive part in the re-cent vinyl boom. Well knownbands such as Queens of theStone Age, Nine Inch Nails, andRadiohead are just a few namesin a very long list of bands ad-vocating for younger genera-tions of kids to go in to localMom and Pop record stores andpurchase this long forgotten for-mat.

Why? Not because theymake more money. It's no secret

Steven ValdovinosStaff [email protected]

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Founding member Ben Schnei-der began writing music in hishometown of Okemos, Michi-gan, and the indie-folk groupLord Huron was born. Whatbegan as solo project trans-formed into a progressivelyacoustic and vocalized har-mony that has exemplified the

folk scene, and Lord Huron isno different in its ability to uti-lize simplicity to convey pow-erful emotion. Their LonesomeDreams album portrays thisbeautifully. The show is on Feb.28, Superhumanoids will beopening, doors open at 9 p.m.,tickets start at $49.

The National & Portugal The.Man -- Santa Barbara Bowl, SB For only $44, you can see twosoon-to-be legends in the rockworld. The National’s bottom-less well of subdued intensitystems from baritone vocalistMatt Berninger, whose lyricscut deeper than his voice. Thenthere is Portugal The. Man;

their music, like their name, anentity of life and soul that existsapart from the band itself. Withaggressive songs, drawingsfrom other artists to create asmall orchestral sound, and alive show to be reckoned with;Apr. 25 is the day to see twolarger than life groups at thesame venue. Doors open at 7

3. The National & Portugal The. Man -- Santa Barbara Bowl, SB

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Love was in the air atthe Empresa Frias Dance inAnaheim this past weekend.This dance brought to us by Em-presa Frias and Cerveza Victoriahad great artists like Banda ElRecodo, Los Recoditos, Voz deMando and Noel Torres.

Espinoza Paz and wasalso set to perform that night,but did not make it. The Em-presa Frias Dance was hosted atthe Anaheim Convention Centerin Hall D.

Upon arriving, therewas one line for VIP ticketswhich included a front seatingarea, and then one line for Gen-eral Admission. It took about 2hours to get into the hall.

Hall D is a big, openfloor area, and there were notenough seats to rest from danc-ing.

The hall also seemed tobe behind with setting up, andthe first artist’s sound was off,but was fixed after for the rest ofthe performers.

The first artist of thenight was Noel Torres.

Torres is from LaPuente, and began singing as ateenager at family and friendcelebration events.

He mixed his setlists

with his original corridos like,“La Guanabana,” his new worklike, “Porque Tantos Besos,”and even performed “Tragos deAmargo Licor,” originally fromRamon Ayala.

Based on the cheersand shouts from both genders, itis safe to say that his good looksare not the only aspect thatmakes him pass by, Torres isalso a great performer.

After Noel Torres, Vozde Mando, from HuntingtonPark, went up to perform.

This artist has beenaround for five years, and be-came successful in 2010 with“Comandos del M.P.”

Voz de Mando per-formed songs that fit the lovetheme like “Ahora Resulta,”“Versos de mi Alma,” and“Muchacho de Campo,” duringthe show on Saturday night.

Being close to theirhome of Huntington Park, theirfanbase for the night was large,any cheered, sang along, anddanced through their songs.

More popular is BandaLos Recoditos who performedafter Voz De Mando.

Los Recoditos wasformed in Mazatlan, Sinaloa byfriends and family of Banda ElRecodo.

After over 20 years ofunion, the band became success-ful in 2010 with their hit song,

“Ando Bien Pedo,” which wasalso performed on Saturdaynight. Other songs like, “En Re-sumen,” “Mientras tu Jugabas,”and “La Escuelita,” were alsoperformed.

They also introducedthe closing artist, Banda El Re-codo.

The closing artist wasthe Banda Sinaloense el Recodode Don Cruz Lizarraga.

They have been to-gether for over 75 years, by theLizarraga family, and are alsofrom Mazatlan, Sinaloa.

They were introducedwith a powerpoint that showed atimeline of their overall success.

The dancing area filledup when they hit the stage, mak-ing them the best closer for theevent.

They performed twohours of their best hits, includ-ing, “Te Presumo,” “Pena trasPena,” and “La Mejor deTodas.”

Overall, the EmpresaFrias Dance was a great way tospend Valentine’s Day weekendwith the ones you love, whetherit would be a significant other,family, or friends.

There were great musi-cal artists, good alcoholic bever-ages, and good tacos. Nothingbeats eating tacos when you arehungry from drinking, or tiredfrom dancing.

Empresa Frias Dance festival brings ‘amore’ toAnaheim for Valentine’s Day weekend

"Banda El Recodo plays their hitsong, “Te Presumo,” at the EmpresaFrias Dance in Anaheim on Saturday.

Vanessa CamposStaff [email protected]

It’s been thre years since themusic world has heard a tunefrom Northern-London rockeroutfit, Bombay Bicycle Club,which is something of a milddanger when it comes to smallerbands such as this. But the post-punk, guitar-

driven, and highly sensualizedvocals of the rising quartet,could not stay away from thestudio for long. Their new album dropped

this month, and already, SoLong, See You Tomorrow, ismaking the promising ripplesand foreshadowing of a bandthat is both competent enough torecognize and exploit theirstrengths, and daring enough topush them.Escaping from the punk-

rock scene, if only for a mo-ment, the opening tracks,“Overdone,” and, “It’s AlrightNow,” exemplify their fresh, al-tered sound.The former opens with an

Eastern melody of strings andthen drops into the guitar driventones guitarist Jamie MacColl isknown for.But it’s the vocals, no longer

so subdued, sensual, or as hid-den, that really stands out. Lead vocalist Jack Steadman

actually sings his lines, and witha flurry of passion fans may ormay not have realized he held.

“Carry Me,” is a danceableremix of drums and synthetictones, but the deep barritone ofSteadman’s few lyrics make it ajustifiable transition into thesoothing, piano and drummerSuren de Saram’s percussionpushed ballad of, “Overdone,”which features the angellic vo-cals of Rae MorrisThe pop-like drumming and

over vocalized themes of,“Luna,” is one of the most up-beat tracks on the album, andbuzzes with the hypnotic ca-dence of contrast in the Stead-man’s and guest singer LucyRose’s vocals.The slow and soft, “Eyes Off

You,” is another ballad that be-gins with Steadman murmuringover a piano, but rises out of thebleakness into a powerful,thumping combination of synth,guitar, and Rose again. Steadman’s trip through Eu-

rope and India, which inspiredthe album, is seen in melodic in-fluences on, “Feel,” and, “ComeTo.”The album fades into soft

percussion melodies a final re-turn of Rose with Steadman, assynth overtakes Ed Nash’s deepbase, and disappears finally intoa glittering wink of pop-rock.

So Long, See You Tomorrow,isn’t album of the year, but it isa remarkably exciting peak intothe growing ability of Bombayto not be contained by thesounds of its past victories.


New directions for Londonborn Bombay Bicycle Club

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that bands make very littleprofit off the sales of theirown records nowadays, andthat fact doesn't change withdifferent formats of music.

It's because these bandsunderstand the importance ofa large music community andwhat it can do for not just theindividual, but for the worldat large.

Some may argue thatthat's a very idealistic notion,but when we're talking aboutmusic shouldn't we be a littleidealistic?

The biggest and pos-sibly the most importantevent for local record shops isRecord Store Day, an annualevent that usually takes placeat the end of April.

This day, more than oth-ers, is likely the most impor-tant day for local recordstores. It's a worldwide cele-bration of both the vinyl com-munity and the format itself.

Hundreds of bands re-lease exclusive vinyl record-ings only available at recordstores on this day, usuallydrawing massive crowds forrecord stores around theworld and generating morebuzz and popularity with eachpassing year.

With record stores al-ways looking to out duethemselves the next year inhopes of generating more cu-riosity in vinyl records.

So what is it that’s madevinyl’s more popular thanthey have been since the 70'sor 80's?

It would appear that theanswer is a multilayered andalmost impossible to properlydefine.

When we’re talkingabout something as pure andpersonal as music, even if it'sjust about a specific format,it's almost impossible to ex-plain or rationalize whatmakes something popular. Bywriting this article, by youreading this article, we havepotentially become part ofwhat's made this format sodesired and resilient.

Regardless of how youfeel about vinyl’s, what’s un-deniable is that it's beenaround for decades and basedon the recent resurgence ofthis "lost" format it's safe tosay it's not going away any-time soon.

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Photos by Krystyn BristolMonterey’s premiere of First City Festival, a celebration ofthe city’s claim as the “first capitol” of California, featuredbig names like Michael Angelakos (left), lead singer of PassionPit, and electronic giants MGMT (above).

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First City Festival’s return dates released for summer 2014Goldenvoice is proud to an-

nounce the return of its highlysuccessful boutique, music fes-tival to the Monterey CountyFair and Event Center on Satur-day August 23rd and Sunday,

August 24th. More than 20,000 attendees

enjoyed First City Festival in itsinaugural year last August, ex-ceeding original estimates forthe festival, which is namedafter the city’s claim as the offi-cial ‘first capital’ of California.

Held over two days, the fes-tival consisted of three music

stages with performances bybands such as Passion Pit, Mod-est Mouse, Capital Cities, BeachHouse and more.

The festival also included afull carnival, handmade jewelryand art vendors, a Vaudeville va-riety stage, gourmet food pur-veyors and much more.

Attendees spent the week-end exploring the fairgroundsprogrammed with more than 30bands, Vaudeville performers,epicurean delights, art and a fullcarnival with rides and games.

For more information and

the latest festival news and arecap video visit firstcityfesti-val.com, connect socially at:Facebook.com/firstcityfestival;Twitter.com/firstcityfest; Insta-gram.com/firstcityfest.

The El Pai team had theprivilege of covering First CityFestival at its premiere last year;for a detailed review of thisspectacluar musical and artisticexperience, as well as an arrayof spectacular photos, visit ourwebsite at http://elpaisanoon-line.com/ae/2013/08/30/fcf-lights-up-monterey/


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El Monte Transit ShowFebruary 3 - 28RHC Art Gallery

Zen Shorts - Rogue ArtistsEnsembleFebruary 13Wray Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Choral Concert - VoicesMarch 7Wray Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Undercurrent - ThePaintings of Cole Case andJoan KahnMarch 10 - April 18RHC Art GalleryMarch 13, Reception andArtistTalk, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Project Eranos - “Memo-ries: a) very pleasant b)rather sad”March 15Wray Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Faculty RecitalMarch 18Wray Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Chorale Bel Canto - BachFestival ConcertApril 5Whittier College Chapel,4 p.m.

Writes of SpringApril 24 - 25Wray Theatre, 8 a.m. - 9p.m.

Almost, Maine - SpringPlayApril 24 - 27Campus Inn Theatre,Thrusday, Friday, Saturday,8 p.m.

Sunday matinee, 2 p.m.

Student Art ShowMay 7 - July 31RHC GalleryMay 12, Reception/ArtistAwards, 7 - 8:30

An Evening of Dance - RioHondo Dance ProgramMay 8 - 10Wray Theatre, 8 p.m.

Choral Cabaret - The PoetSingsMay 9First Friends Church, 7:30p.m.

The Diverse Insruments Ensemble: Workman MillIndustrial OrchestraMay 13Wray Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Chorale Bel CantoJune 7Garrison Theatre, ScrippsCollege in Claremont, 3p.m.

Chorale Bel Canto -America SingsJune 8Downey Civic Theatre, 4p.m.

Project Eranos -“Memories: a)very pleasant b)rather sad”March 15

Wray Theatre,7:30 p.m.

Rio Arts & Entertainment Spring Events Calendar

Visit the Rio Hondo Division of Arts website for more details on the various programs & future events:

The Cultural Events Hotline: (562) 908-3492http://www.riohondo.edu/arts/

NY Times best selling bookZen Shorts by John J. Muth,came to live at the Wray theaterlast week. The story was toldusing puppets, video projec-tions, and original songs.

This was made possible bythe talented cast that consistedof Troy Guthrie, Jonny Rodgers,Heidi Hillier, Miles Taber, SarahKay Peters, and Noelle Hoff-man. And is produced by RogueArtists Ensemble.

The cast does an incrediblejob at sharing the story of a giantZen master panda named Still-water, who takes Michael andAddy on an incredible journey,as he shares Zen stories aboutbuilding friendship, and grow-ing up.

The show began withMichael coming home fromschool, having not experiencedthe best day, he decided to playa video game, when his sisterAddy comes in eager to showhim the panda drawing she had

created.Not paying attention to her

Addy continues to be persistentcausing Michael to become fu-rious with her after causing himthe game.

Furious by this Michaelgrabs Addy’s drawing and ripsit, a small breeze causes thedrawing to be blown out thewindow.

Addy goes out on a searchto find her drawing only to findStillwater whom tells her thestory of a princess and her ser-vants, teaching Addy that when-ever she finds herself in asituation that seems to be gettingout of hand to “just breathe”.

When she returns home, al-though Michael refused to admitit was relived to se her.

Addy tells Michael aboutmeeting Stillwater and what hehad taught her.

When Michaels video gamebreaks, his video game seemedto come to live and Stillwaterappears right before him to tellhim another of his Zen stories.

This one included the story

of a farmer who’s answer toeverything whether it was goodor bad was, “Maybe.”

The moral to the story wasthat in life no matter what hap-pens you are gonna have baddays and some good days, but inthe end everything occurs for areason.

Stillwater teaches both ofthese kids valuable lessons, andhelps change their point of viewof life. Rogue have been produc-ing work in Los Angeles since2005.

Along with the productionof Zen Shorts, they also producevarious of other shows, somewhich include Hyperbole,Gogol Project, Mr.Punch, andtheir most sophisticated projectto date with ten years in themaking, Pinocchio, which willpremier in 2015.

The Rogues do an incredi-ble job at bringing a story to livein a creative and entertainingway.

If you are ever in the LAarea makes sure to catch one oftheir shows.

Andrea GaliciaContributor

Zen comes to life at the Wray Theatre

One Saturday morning outof boredom I decided to seewhat cartoons were on TV. This ended up being an eyeopening expercience. Out of thebig OTA networks,only CW channel five has a Sat-urday morning block geared to-wards kids. It airs: sonicgenerations, Dragon Ball Z Kai,Yu-Gi-Oh, Bolts & Blip, Thespectacular Spider-Man, JusticeLeague Unlimited and Yu-Gi-Oh zexal.

Yes out of Fox, NBC, ABC,CBS and MY13, only the CWnetwork broadcasts cartoonsin the morning. NBC airs libertykids but one show does notmake a block, especially be-cause of how infrequent it’sbroadcasted.

Why do I make such a fussout of this? My favorite memo-ries of me growing up is wakingup early and pouring myself abowl of frosted cheerios then Iwould sit on the coach and tuneinto Fox. I didn't have cable butI lived without it due to theabundance of children’s pro-

gramming.Just on Fox they aired:

Xmen, Spiderman, Bobby'sWorld, Life with Louie, Goose-bumps, Space goofs, Toonsylva-nia, Space Goofs, Ned's Newt,V.R. troopers, Mighty MorphinPower Rangers, Eek the Cat andBeetle Borgs.

There are other shows I'mforgetting but that list gives youan idea of the variety. All ofthose shows were only on foxthroughout the 90's in a 3 yearperiod. I haven't even mentionedABC and one Saturday morn-ing. That channel was my sec-ond favorite since it aired:Doug, Recess, and Pepper Ann.The WB and UPN and CBSweren't too shabby either withtheir Saturday morning shows.

Some of my favorites fromthose three networks are: Duck-tales, Batman, Freekazoid, andBill Nye the Science Guy. How-ever networks didn't just limittheir kids programming sched-ule to Saturday mornings.

They also had an afternoonblock of shows that would usu-ally start at 2pm and end at 5pm.Every weekday I looked for-ward to getting out of school

and rushing home to watch TV. Among my favorites were:

Goosebumps, Animaniacs, Lifewith Louie, Tiny Toon Adven-tures, 101 Dalmatians, Spider-man, Mighty Morphin PowerRangers, Arthur, Gooftroop,Gargoyles and Bonkers. Ofcourse I would do my home-work during commercials or Iwould put it off till the night.Kids avoiding homework isprobably why only one networkhas a block of children program-ming nowadays.

One network that attemptsa after school lineup is channel56 KDOC.I would not call theKDOC lineup kid friendly evenIf the shows are rated TV-PG.King of the Hill, American Dadand The Cleveland Show are notfor children. That 70's show ispart of that programming sched-ule also even if it’s not an ani-mated show. The only other kidfriendly option is PBS but thedrawback is the programming is geared towards kindergarten-ers.

I can understand why net-works shy away from kids Sat-urday morning and weekdayafternoon programming due to

declining ratings. I feel as If kidsgrowing up in today's worlddon't get to enjoy television theway I did. Sure watching TVwas only a small part of mychildhood but It was an impor-tant part.

I still have fond memoriesof my favorite childhood shows.In today's youtube generation itis much easier for a kid to lookup videos on a computer orsmartphone or tablet. Howeverit is not the same as cominghome from school or waking upthen kicking back on the sofawith your favorite sugarysnacks. It was common to dis-cuss the latest episodes at schoolthe next day.

Maybe it’s because I grewup in a simpler time but to me anafternoon of cartoons on thecouch brings me more joy thensearching for a video on myphone. I still watch cartoons onSaturday mornings only now Ineed to tune into Nickelodeon orDisney Channel instead of thebygone WB and UPN.

Saturday mornings in frontof the TV maybe a relic of a pre-vious era but it's something Ihold dearly.

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El Paisano OPINION Christian DelaoStaff [email protected]

Rogue just so happens tobe one of my favorite brew-eries, so I was very excited totry this ale inspired by the fa-mous and drool-worthy Port-land, Oregon donut shop thatgoes by the name of VoodooDoughnuts. This is one out ofthree ales that Rogue put outas tribute to Voodoo Dough-nuts

Founded in 1988 out ofOregon, Rogue produces a lotof specialty and “full-fla-vored” beers; “dedicated tothe rogue in all of us” isprinted right on the bottle cap.

This creative pink pintcaught my eye from islesaway in World Market, andthe art on the label is freakin’adorable!6.75% alcohol and made using14 ingredients which are listedon the back label.

You could really smell thedark chocolate in the bottle,and when poured it resembleda flat coca cola. I preferred todrink it out of the bottle. Itstaste matched its smell; thechocolate was very prominent,a hoppy-raspberry aftertasteengulfed your mouth, andeven the pretzel slightly re-vealed itself to your tastebuds. This is definitely adessert beer, but the taste wasvery smooth!

It was little pricey, around$13, but for all the beer ex-plorers and donut connois-seurs it’s an experience worthtasting. I give it a 5 out of 6—only downside being the priceand availability.

This week’s beer:Rogue Voodoo Doughnut

Heather Cardoza / El PaisanoA bottle of Rogue Voodoo.

Where did Saturday mornings go?

Not too long ago a policeofficer was responding to a bur-glary alarm set off at a house lo-cated in Fort Worth, Texas. Asthe police officer approached thehouse to question the familyabout the burglar alarm, thefamily’s Chesapeake Bay re-triever saw the officer as an un-known intruder. Withouthesitation the dog assumed itsduty as a guard dog and beganto defend its home against thepolice officer. The police officer,caught off guard, quickly drewhis firearm acting on “self de-fense” and fired on the animalseveral times.

Another similar event tookplace in Hawthorne, Californiaa man named Rosby was walk-ing and taking a video of theHawthorne SWAT team with histwo-year-old Rottweiler, Max. Afew police officers claimedRosby was obstructing officersduring the barricade. While

Rosby was putting his dog intothe vehicle, the officers beganmoving towards him they thenbegin to put him into custody.

Meanwhile, Max escapesfrom the vehicle from an openedrear window. He then heads to-wards the police officer whilebarking. One of the officers thenmotions towards the dog, caus-ing the dog to act in self defense,making it jump towards the of-ficer. The startled officer, with-out hesitation, then draws hisfirearm and shoots the dog

After reading these stories,I feel that it was necessary tobegin regulations as to when apolice officer should draw theirfire arm on an animal. There aremany police departments whereit is not mandatory for police of-ficers to train in how to interactin these types of situations.

I feel that they desperatelyneed to learn how to handle andrespond to animals correctlywhen dealing with a suspect orin this case, witness. The mainpoint of these courses should be

of how to properly deal with thedomestic pets without any fataloutcome.

There are many stories likethese, regarding an officershooting a person's house holdpet. The first story, about the re-sponse to the burglar alarm, isderived from a research videoabout how law enforcement inthe United States shoot and killinnocent animals out of panic.

This video also includes anestimation of how many of thesescenarios occur every day. Theamount of animal deaths causedby law enforcement is at a stag-gering 1 every 98 minutes.

These types’ of incidentsgets higher and higher each yearand is becoming more commonin the United States. There hasto be more regulations the copsmust follow for these situations,standards that must be made forthe sake of the animals' safety.

The animals are not theonly victims from this type oftragic outcome. Their owners,who have been caring for them

and grown attached to them, arealso suffering.

They lose not only a house-hold pet but also a best friendbecause as we all know; dogsare man's best friend.

These animals do not de-serve to die over a misunder-standing or lack of training bythe police officers. Whether ornot their threat was an imminentone, it was never intentionallymeant to be just a random at-tack.

Dogs are loyal pets and al-ways have been, and that loyaltycan go as far as needed when itcomes to the safety of theirowner. It is a tragedy that thesepoor victims, both the ownersand pets, have had to been dealtwith in such a manner due to amisunderstanding.

If there was a better way ofhandling dogs that seem hostiletowards an officer, or evenequipment to add protectionfrom bites, then there could befewer casualties like these every98 minutes.

Use your skills, not your weaponsElizabeth RomeroStaff [email protected]

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This last year or two therewas a cultural explosion ofhookah pens, vape-pens, vapor-cigarettes, electronic cigarettes,and whatever else you crazykids are referring to them as.

They are literally every-where you turn! From tattooshops to local liquor stores to abunch of shops dedicated specif-ically to vapes and oils, they’vesprung up and are scattered allthroughout any city you stepfoot in.

The other day I was drivingpast a high school right around3pm and there was a groupsweet-sixteen-year-old-looking

kids all puffin’ away on thesethings.

Nowa’days you can’t evengo into a bar or restaurant with-out somebody enjoying a littlepuff now and then; to be honest,you can’t go anywhere—indooror outdoor, without spottingsomebody exhaling sweetsmelling clouds.

I’m not going to lie, theselittle gadgets are very conven-ient and the oils taste absolutelydelicious!

I’ve had every gummy bearflavor, they make flavors anycandy, any fruit you can think of(probably even snozzberries),and even cereals. You can evenmix them together if you’re feel-ing daring.

The possibilities of flavors

are seemingly endless. Onecould even add their own cus-tom amount of nicotine to theirsmoke-able concoction if theywanted, for an extra kick.

Vapor isn’t smoke, so youcan smoke anywhere withoutbeing thrown off the premises,ticketed, or being shunned byyour surrounding peers.

Especially with all thesmoking bans around the stateof California, the popularity ofsomething you can smoke thatISN’T smoke spread like wild-fire. I personally even know alot of people who have quitsmoking cigarettes with the helpof these little pens.

However, there are still a lotof studies to be done in regardsto these e-cigarettes. They aren’t

proven to be 100 percent safe.There are also a lot of variablesto it; like how much nicotineyou add in, and how often youare puffin away at this thing. Itcan be very easy to get carriedaway with your vapor intakecompared to cigarette intake.

First of all, it’s hard to notlook like a total douchebagwhile enjoying these products. Isee it all the time: huge obnox-ious clouds while in a restaurantor a movie theater, people’swords muffled by that metal-battery they can’t seem to detachfrom their mouths. It can getpretty silly. The different modelsof the pens themselves can bejust as obnoxious.

I personally know a guywho spent hundreds of dollars

on one that was so bulky andheavy it resembled a light saberhandle (which may soundcool… okay it was kind of cool..but ridiculous regardless). The lingo affiliated with this“vape-culture” is a little off-putting too, along with the factthat when I say, “vape-culture”a lot of you know what I’m re-ferring to because it’s actually athing!

Remember, if you’re enjoy-ing yourself a little too much it’sreally easy to come off as ana**hole.

Although, this all could bethat I’m just bitter about the factthat I did purchase one last yearand managed to drop and breakit only three days afterpurchase.

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Heather CardozaStaff [email protected]

Whatchu’ smokin on?

Gabriel PreciadoStaff [email protected]

In 1947 Jackie Robinsonbroke the color barrier ofAfrican American players join-ing the Major Leagues. MichaelSam hopes to break the barrierof being a gay player in theNFL.

On Sunday, Michael Samannounced that he would enterthe NFL draft and also an-nounced that he was gay. “I ama gay man and I’m happy to beone,” said Sam in an ESPN in-terview.

Then announcement cameas a shock to most of the worldbut not to his Missouri collegeteam mates.

There have been numerousplayers that have gone throughtheir entire career in the NFLwithout people knowing theirsexual orientation.

The fact that he is gay maybring up numerous questions :

How will his teammatesfeel about it? How will coachesreact to this announcement?How will NFL fans deal with it?But more importantly how willhe be able to handle it all?

According to some leaguesources, yes. There is fear thateven though scouts will want todraft him some teams are a bithesitant because they don’tknow how teammates will dealwith him in the locker room andon the field.

Also, some teams do not

want to attract that kind of atten-tion to their franchise. JackieRobinson had to deal with al-most the exact same things.

He had to worry about howhis teammates, fans and coacheswould treat him.

Just like Robinson, Sam hashis supporters. Robinson had hissupporters that would tellcoaches that they didn’t care ifhe was black, yellow, or stripedlike a zebra if he could play,they wanted him on the team.

Sam also has his supportersas well but he is his biggest one.

When asked about howteams should look at him be-cause he’s gay he responded: “itshouldn’t matter,” and “If I workhard, if I make the right playsthat’s all that should matter”.

Sam is trying not to makesuch a big deal about it as we allare. To him, he just wants toplay football.

He does understand thatcoming out has a lot of conse-quences that come with it and heunderstands that people willjudge him for it.

“I don’t think I should bedefined as Michael Sam the gayathlete”.

Although, at the same time,he realizes that he is a trailblazerfor future athletes.

“I may be the first, I won’tbe the last,” said Sam.

What Mr. Sam is doing forgay athletes is what JackieRobinson did for black athletes.Opening the door to numerouspeople for numerous opportuni-

ties. Not just in sports, but in

everyday life; he is setting a paththat will help the gay commu-nity in moving forward for abetter and brighter future.

Standing at 6 feet 2 inchesand coming off of a 12-2 seasonwith Missouri he will be an im-pact player in the NFL.

Whether or not teams de-cide to pick him because of hissexual orientation remains to beseen. There are a lot of questionmarks ahead of them in this up-coming NFL season.

Michael Sam has not re-frained from who his identity is,because if you ask him, he willrespond, “I’m Michael Sam, I’ma college graduate, I’m African– American and I’m gay”.

Michael Sam: Our generation’s Jackie Robinson

One of the biggest strugglesstudents face at the beginning ofeach semester is the horribleparking situation, especially inLot C.

I, along with many otherstudents, show up a minimum oftwo hours prior to the start ofmy first class just to ensure aparking spot, as well as give my-self extra time to prepare for theday.

Tuesday, Feb. 11 was nodifferent than any other day atRio Hondo. I showed up to

school as early as 8:30 to helpset up El Paisano’s booth forClub Rush.

Multiple cars were lined upalongside the pick-up/drop-offzone waiting for a student toleave.

It was just an ordinary dayof waiting, what it feels like, forhours, until the moment I no-ticed a police car parked in LotC.

I wanted to ignore the irri-tation I was feeling at that sec-ond but a moment later I noticedanother police car parking justacross from the one I initiallynoticed.

I immediately put my car

on park, grabbed my camera andgot out of the car. I ignored thelooks many students gave meand I walked up to the vehiclesand snapped a few shots.

I was infuriated for manyreasons.

Some might think, “Heywhat’s the big deal? Police cando whatever they want.” Well, tothose, I simply say no.

There are many questionsthat need answering.

Why should students haveto pay every semester to park,yet the police can park as theyplease without permits? Are wenot already paying for theirsalary? I am pretty sure they

could afford a $3 day parkingpass.

Why did the cops choose topark in the student parking lot,rather than staff parking lot? Dothey even realize there is an Ad-ministrative of Justice buildingwith its own parking lot? Whybe selfish and take the limitedstudent parking?

Why are the securities notallowed to ticket the cops? I findit funny how we have to pay forour “mistakes,” yet the policecould get away with unethicalactions.

Why should civilians fol-low laws that the authorities en-forcing it don’t even care to?

I have heard the statement “copsare above the law” many timesfor years, but, says who?

I refuse to allow powerhungry people to take advantageof everyone else. It is just notfair.

Inconsiderate people, espe-cially those with public influ-ence, aggravate the livingdaylight out of me.

As if students did not al-ready have enough to deal with;it would be nice for officers tostick to their duties of proctect-ing, enforcing and followng thelaws of California, as well as re-frain from acting selfishly andaffecting individuals.

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Lalig TarbinianPhoto [email protected]

Iconsiderate cops at Rio: An aggravating experience

“Why are the securities not allowed to ticket the cops? I find it funny how we haveto pay for our ‘mistakes’, yet the police could get away with unethical actions.”

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoA line of student’s cars waiting for a parking spot while two cop vehicles take potential spots.

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoA police vehicle parked in a student parking space in Lot C.

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoOne of the two cop cars parked in Lot C.

26 OPINIONelpaisanoonline.com Friday, February 21, 2014

California’s legalization of CannibisThis issue’sdebate:Staff writers Carlos Prado (for) and Andy Vega (against) elaborate their feelings towards the legalization of the widely-used drug, Marijuana.

Marijua-NAH!Herb, bud, ganja, weed, grass,

dank, pot, green, cannabis, kush, maryjane, reefer, the list of nicknames goeson.

Marijuana is a natural drug that isconstantly being supported to be on avoter’s ballot. Here in United States this

ongoing tug-o-war has been settled intwo states so far, Washington and Col-orado.

On Dec. 6, 2012 Washington votersapproved an initiative to decriminalizethe recreational use of marijuana mak-ing it one of the first states to do so.

In Colorado the first stores offi-cially opened on Jan. 1, 2014. Sometimein 2011 it was legal to smoke marijuanain California, with an appropriate andapproved recommendation, but it wasonly a couple of months after that an ex-tensive and coordinated crackdown onCalifornia's dispensaries was announcedby the chief prosecutors of the state'sfour Federal districts.

Some dispensaries still remain butonly in certain areas in the Los AngelesCounty. California is claimed to bewhere this plant flourishes best due tothe state’s great soil, weather and geo-graphic location. But what benefits cana drug possibly bring? Revenue and lessdrug dealers, these are two major topicsalways used in the arguments and battles

of why marijuana should be legalized. However, are they worth the trou-

ble? I think not! Let’s just say they le-galize marijuana in California, who isgoing be there to refrain a student walk-ing into class high or an employee serv-ing up customers “faded” or even a busdriver transporting commuters while onthe elusive effects of marijuana.Drugged driving is no different thandrunk driving.

Marijuana creates bad dietinghabits, poor judgment, extreme lazinessand a sense of curiousness towards theuse of other drugs, frequently being re-ferred to as the gateway drug. Nothingbut negativity is derived from the use ofthis natural drug.

Often referred to as the“munchies”, is a phase that causes ex-treme hunger acts when being under theeffects of marijuana, when in reality youare not hungry. Regular use of mari-juana means regular attacks of themunchies which equals very bad eatinghabits. Having these bad eating habitscan result into a number of illnesses.

When your senses are heighteneddue to marijuana you begin to think ofmultiple things all at once and at atremendous speed, therefore giving youmarijuana minutes. It is said that underthe effects of marijuana, time seems toslow down. All of this irrational think-ing that is going on in your head cancause extreme paranoia. Many timesparanoia has led users to suicidal at-tempts, crime, violence and in some ex-treme cases thinking you are possessedby evil spirits.

Another big factor is the shortmemory span that is caused by the useof this drug. Over time, experts believethat marijuana can affect your short-term memory as well as your long-termmemory.

This can be dangerous in manyways, suppose you are cooking some-thing and in the time it takes for yourwater to boil or something to bake youdecide to get high this is one you canforget all about what you were doingand run into a huge problem.

Not only will you be smoked outbut your kitchen or home as well. Mar-ijuana will also provoke you to takechances and risks due to the laziness thatis produced after smoking a joint, bluntor bowl of marijuana.

To give an example, had I beenhigh, I probably would not have com-pleted this opinion article, or even at-tempted it.

Andy VegaStaff [email protected]

Just legalize itOver 25 million; that is the number of

annual marijuana users according to an ar-ticle in "High Times" magazine. That is alarge number, is there a reason why thegovernment has failed to regulate the useand distribution of marijuana?

Cannabis is recorded to be the largestcash crop in the United States (HighTimes), and the third most used recre-ational drug, behind alcohol, and tobacco,that says something.

It means Americans enjoy smokingweed, whether it be for medicinal purpose,or recreational, we smoke it, and a lot ofit. So why doesn't the government figureout a way to tax marijuana and make itlegal?

We all know by now that Washingtonand Colorado have legalized marijuanause, and the first week numbers for thesales in Colorado are staggering, over fivemillion dollars worth of marijuana wassold in the first week alone.

Think about that and ask yourself this,if a the state of Colorado can make fivemillion plus dollars in the first week ofsales, what could the state of Californiamake, which in nearly double the size ofColorado, there is a lot of money to bemade here.

When you think about all the drinkingand driving that goes on around us, all thelives that are lost due to alcohol abuse, theway alcohol can rip a family apart, around50,000 people a year die due to alcoholpoisoning, and around 400,000 due to to-bacco.

When you compare marijuana to bothalcohol and tobacco, you will find thatweed is non-toxic and cannot cause anoverdose.

This only leads me to ask, why is mar-ijuana illegal again? There has never beenan overdose due to smoking weed, but Ibet you can find several people that havehad to be rushed to the hospital and havetheir stomach pumped due to alcohol poi-soning. That just doesn't happen with mar-ijuana.

Many people claim that marijuana ishighly addictive, but that is just not thecase.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Cor-respondent for CNN, reported that mari-juana leads to addiction at around a 10percent rate of adult users, while cocainehooks about 20 percent, heroin gets around25 percent, and the worst, tobacco, with a30 percent addiction rate.

As a regular user I will say from ex-perience, I have never even felt half as badsmoking weed as I have when I've had adrunken night. People make stupid deci-sions when alcohol is involved, I'm notsaying people don't do that with marijuana,but I can confidently say the number is ex-tremely lower.

Not to mention the amount of peoplethat are arrested and jailed due to mari-juana, that number could be dramatically

lowered with the legalization of marijuana.Enforcing prohibition on marijuana is

costing tax payers billions, annually, 10billion to be exact. The arrest rate is740,000 people a year, which is nearly onemillion Americans arrested a year for mar-ijuana. That number is higher than thecombined arrests of all violent crimescommitted, such as, murder, rape, robbery,and aggravated assault, there is somethingwrong with that stat.

We need to stop jailing Americans forsuch petty things such as marijuana, andfocus on the individuals that are out herekilling our brothers and sisters, sellingcrack to the addicts, raping our women,and endangering our children out here withweapons and drugs.

Weed is from the earth, it’s a plant thatgrows when nurtured properly, you don’tneed to cook it up, and add dangerouschemicals to it. With the proper regulationsand taxes I see no reason why we can’t allrelax after we fulfill our work or schoolduties and smoke a joint, the same waypeople drink a beer.

Carlos PradoStaff [email protected]

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EDITORS SPEAK OUTName: Lalig TarbinianPosition: Photo EditorAge: 26“Why should a plant be illegal? Don’tlegalize it, decriminalize it.”

What are your feelings towards the legalization of marijuana in California?

Name: Jazmin LuceroPosition: Lifestyles EditorAge: 19“Whether you legalize it or not, peo-ple are still going to be smoking it soit really doesn’t f*cking matter.”

Name: David LozaPosition: Online EIC / News EditorAge: 29“Legalizing marijuana will make it eas-ier to fine, thus reducing supply anddemand and reducing billions of tax-payers money on fighting an unbeat-able war.”

Name: Krystyn BristolPosition: EIC / Opinion EditorAge: 20“Did you know the U.S constition waswritten on hemp paper? Hemp makespaper, clothing, fiberboard twice asstrong as wood, etc; but it’s illegal,which has caused one of the most help-ful plants to be inuseable which causesus to chop down trees. Go green.”

A week ago I was asked towrite an article about the suddenpopularity of vinyl records -overthe past few years.

As I was writing that articleI realized how difficult a taskthat actually was and that therewas no exact explanation whythis phenomenon has occured.

Chances are if you're read-ing this article you might haveread that one.

My objective was to shedsome light and inform thosewho had no comprhension onwhy this was occuring and toshow those who weren't aware anew way to experiment in theirlistening experience.

This is my companion pieceto that article and the point ofthis is to give a first hand ac-count of how vinyl has changedmy musical experience and dareI even say my life.

With that being said, I'msure their are people who willautomatically dismiss my lastarticle as biased or call me thatoften feared and despised word--- "Hipster".

I can assure you that the lastarticle was not biased and wasonly intended to try and explainwhy the vinyl boom is occuring.This article on the other hand isbiased, and is intended to be so.

My earliest memory ofvinyl records is lodged deep inmy adolesence, waking up in themorning to go to school and mymom blasting what I thought atthe time was god awful music.

Later on I would realizethat that horrible music was nonother than Elton John, some-thing I still kick myself for tothis day.

I remember not knowingwhat the big black circle shewas playing it on was called andat the time I didnt much care,like most everyone else in mygeneration I grew up on CD'sand caught the very tail end ofcassette tapes and that was re-ally all I knew.

Fast forward some fewyears later, I'm 12 years old andI'm in a Wharehouse Musicabout to buy my first CD, It wasThe Strokes' Is This it? Likemost people in my generationthey were the starter band, thefirst one we could call our own.

From that moment on I washooked, music became every-thing I cared about, it becamemy first love.

For the next few years itcontinued on that I would buyCD's whenever I heard a band Iabsolutely needed in my life,and it seemed I quite often feltthat way. Everything changed bythe time I turned 17 and vinylhad entered my life.

My cousin was the first per-son to introduce me to AmoebaRecords in Hollywood and thefirst person to bust the doorwide open for me musically tobe qiute honest. She was the firstperson I personally knew be-sides my mother that owned anyvinyls and I was all too curious.The first moment I walked in tothat all too legendary mecca ofrecords I, like most people, fellin love.

It was at that moment I re-alized records aren't just a com-modity or a form of socialcurrency to increase your "cool"factor, it's a community steepeddeep in the love, purity and de-votion of others who also lovemusic and specifically music onvinyl. It's easy to be cynicalabout a thing like this, but ifyou've ever had an experice likethis you know what I'm talkingabout.

I can remember everythingabout that experience, the smell,the excitement, the confusion. Itwas that one experience 5 yearsago with my cousin that keepsme venturing in to local recordshops chasing that feeling ofcommunity and in some waysfamily.

I bought my first two vinylsthat day, Arcade Fires' NeonBible and Yeah Yeah Yeahs'Show Your Bones.

The excitement I felt on theway home was unexplainableand it didnt really have anythingto do with the vinyls themselves,it was knowing that I was aboutto experience something newmusically, a new sonic land-scape to explore and find myplace in.

I rushed into my room andplaced the first of these tworecords on the turntable andplaced the needle in the groovesfor the first time. It was at thatmoment when the first noteplayed that I was hooked.

The warmth that came outof my speakers, the intimacy

that comes from a vinyl is some-thing that just can't be repro-duced by any digital format. Iremember being completely en-amored with having to flip therecord. It's something so simple,but it makes you work for themusic, having to get up andphysically continue the albumyourself.

It's like being in love, if youcare about it enough and need itenough you'll work as much asyou have to to keep it going.Maybe it's too romantic a notionfor some, but for others thatshow it feels having to work tohear the music.

Having a form of music Ican't just throw on in my car orplay on my computer has cre-ated a community and bond be-tween my friends who collect

vinyls as well. Listening tovinyls has become an active lis-tening experience as much as ahobby, waiting for a record tocome out just so we can go outand buy it on vinyl so we can sitin one of our rooms and listen toit. Listening to an album onvinyl with a group of peoplesomehow forces you talk aboutthe music as much as it doesmake you listen to it.

Creating an atmosphere ofappreciation and understandingthat you just cant get by listen-ing to an album by yourselfsometime during your weeklycommute. After all this is whatthe artist was hoping would hap-pen when they were making therecord.

It's easy to be cynical andundermine what something as

simple as vinyl can mean to aperson, but honestly this simplepiece of round plastic has dras-tically changed my life and myperspective on music.

I'm so glad that I've becomepart of this great community thatis so enriched by the honestyand purity of the people wholove this format. It's much,much more than just a form ofplaying music, it becomes alifestyle.

Some may say i'm preten-tious, I'd prefer to think of my-self as a romantic. Hopefullythis offers understanding tothose who don't have any and toall those who feel the same wayI do, I salute you.

Oh, and I've since stolenthat Elton John record from mymom, but she understands why.

Steven ValdovinosStaff [email protected]

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SPORTSWomen’s Basketball looks to finish on a high note

The roadrunners defeatedCollege of the Desert, 78-59, onFeb. 12, four days after a disap-pointing loss to Chaffey Col-lege, 88-68, at Rio HondoCollege.

After the roadrunners vic-tory against College of theDesert, head coach Steve John-son said, “I expect us to go outand play (the next two games)just as hard as if it was our firsttwo games. We have more ex-perience now and the playersunderstand how to play witheach other. Since we haveplayed these two opponents be-fore we know strengths andweaknesses both ours andtheirs.”

Without a doubt one of RioHondo’s strengths is the domi-nant and scintillating post playof Bianca Garcia. Garcia leadsthe Foothill conference in re-bounds, averaging 11.5 boardsper game, and is joined at thetop of the category by teammate,Evelyn Ramirez, who is averag-ing 8.6 per game.

In the victory against Col-lege of the Desert, Rio Hondoout rebounded their opponent40-28, which was essential indefeating Desert who shot 52.5percent on the night and 10-19from three-point range.

Ramirez lead all players with 11boards in the game and Garciagot nine of her own.

“Those two players are vitalassets to the team,” coach John-son said. “We have been doingrebounding drills every day inpractice since August. It’s skilland mental toughness to be ableto consistently go out everygame and rebound the way theydo it.”

The leading scorer on thenight was Shelvena Turner, whoturned in a magnificent perform-ance, scoring 33 points, 9-19from the field, including, 5-7from three-point range and 10-13 from the free-throw line.

Ramirez chipped in 14points and Garcia, who went 5-11 from the field, scored 13 ofher own. Sophomore, KlarissaAyala, also scored 13 points inthe game and Rio Hondo de-feated College of the Desert bya final score of 78-59.

“They bring more than justrebounds and points”, coachJohnson said. “Bianca and Eve-lyn are developing a true under-standing of the game and how itshould be played at this level. Itry to challenge them as well asall the other players daily inpractice with the drills we doand the conversations we haveabout the game.”

Against Chaffey College,on Feb. 8, the lady roadrunnersturned the ball over 28 times and

were defeated, 88-68.The panthers, with their

scorching defense and full courtpressure, forced 28 turnoversand scored 33 points off of thoseturnovers.

Rio Hondo allowed 21 fastbreak points in a game that gotout-of-hand when Chaffeybegan the half on an 18-4 run tolead 58-39.

Chaffey shot 34.1 percentand scored 45 points from be-yond the arc and held the road-runners to 12 points on 4-20shooting from the three-pointline.

Garcia was the leadingscorer for the roadrunners with19 points and also had anotherfine game on the glass with 14rebounds. Ramirez scored 18,7-10 from the field, and had 14boards.

When asked what he ex-pected in the final two games ofthe season, coach Johnson an-swered, “I expect us to win.”

Rio Hondo Women’s bas-ketball team looks to finish offthe regular season with a victorywhen they take on SanBernardino Valley College, Feb.22, at Rio Hondo College.

The lady roadrunners, whoare sitting in third place in theFoothill Conference, enter theirfinal game of the regular seasonlooking to improve their overallrecord of, 12-13, and 5-3, inconference play.

Ivan GarciaStaff [email protected]

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Dario Lopez / El PaisanoEvelyn Ramirez, No. 24, executing a layup against ChaffeyCollege.

Los Angeles Dodgers Spring training coming upSpring Training is in full

swing. The first spring traininggame versus the Arizona Dia-mondbacks is on Feb. 26, aweek from today.

Before we dive into SpringTraining, I had the pleasure ofattending the annual Dodger’sFan Fest. The buzz of last yearhad continued as thousandspacked into Chavez Ravine. Thecrowd was abuzz with theDodger’s stars just feet in frontof them.

This event, much to my sur-prise, was very intimate for thefans. I had the pleasure of meet-ing Puig face to face in an auto-graph line later that day.

Yasiel Puig’s character has

been in question ever since alate arrival to the scheduledplayers arrival time before agame in Miami. He was even ar-rested just recently for RecklessDriving in Florida.

Even in my brief meetingwith Mr. Puig, I could see, first-hand, that this 23-year-old kidwas humble and just as big a fanof the public as the public wasof him.

There was an obvious lan-guage barrier but that did notstop him from signing an extraitem for my younger brother,taking a picture with him, andeven trading jerseys with an-other fan.

Spring Training has begunin good spirits. The most recentconcern has been the contract ofHanley Ramirez. Ramirez, ar-guably the Dodger’s best player

when healthy, is on the finalyear of his contract. TheDodgers would love nothingmore than to lock him up on amultiyear deal. Hanley will bethe best hitter on the market nextwinter. With power hittingshortstops being a rarity, andcertain New York shortstop re-tiring this season, it would be agamble to get into a biddingwar.

The Dodger’s have alreadylocked up Clayton Kershaw to amassive deal. Kershaw offeredthe early quote of Spring Train-ing, saying, “Everything stillworks.” The Dodger’s faithfulwould hope so.

The City of Los Angelescan only hope “every thing stillworks” with slugger, MattKemp. Kemp is not runningbases or shagging balls in the

outfield, but has finally enteredthe batting cage. He offers thepublic the update of “being a lit-tle behind schedule.” This is notpromising for the Dodgers, as healso addressed to ESPN, that he“is not a fourth outfielder.” Thiscan show hubris or confidence,however the Dodger faithful in-terpret this, they can only hopethis attitude does not become adistraction.

Second base is a questionwith answers that can be filledwith Cuban rookie Alex Guer-rero, a redemption story inChone Figgins, and the journey-man in Justin Turner. Guerrerois a favorite, but the hard workof Figgins or the steadiness ofTurner could put the potential ofAlex Guerrero in the back seat.It is a battle that will be ana-lyzed closely and a question that

will be solved in the comingweeks of Spring Training.

With four of the five start-ing pitchers cemented the battlefor the fifth holds two veteransin competition. The storied JoshBeckett and the Dodger veteranChad Billingsly will competefor the final spot in the rotation.Some may wonder if the storiedJosh Beckett has anything left inthe tank can stay healthy.

The same question can beapplied to Billingsly, coming offTommy John. This competitionwill be watched closely. OtherMLB teams should be enviousto have these two as fifthstarters.

Spring Training will givethe fans insight into who will betaking the field for the openingpitches in Sydney, AustraliaMarch 22.


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The Rio Hondo Women’sSoftball team overcame a slowstart to defeat Long Beach Col-lege on February 5.

On a clear and chillyWednesday afternoon, thewomen’s softball team hostedLong Beach Community Col-lege in their third preseasongame. The schools new and to-tally remolded Softball fieldrepresents a fresh new start tothe upcoming season and pro-vides a great atmosphere inwhich the team can take advan-tage of.

Knowing that Long Beachhas always been a strong team,Head Coach Bianca Urquidiknew she had to prepare herteam in the best way possible.Entering her eighth year ofcoaching here at Rio Hondo,Coach Urquidi is coming off herbest season last year where theteam managed to earn a 21-14-1 record. This situation serves as

nothing new to Coach Urquidias she has been in games likethese countless of times before.

This year’s team is verypromising and offers many ofthe same components as lastyear’s team.

Coach Urquidi also statedthat the team has improved of-fensively and defensively bystrengthening their pitching. Sheis very confident and eager tosee what the season has to offerand how well her team meshestogether.

Despite the team beingdown one run the majority of thegame, they were able to makeup for their lack of offense withtheir steady defense. Lead bypitcher, Jacquelyn Valdez, thedefense was able to hold theirground for the rest of the gameafter allowing one run in the firstinning.

Although Long Beach wasable to get several hits, the de-fense’s determined composureclosed out each inning as theydid not allow anymore opposingrunners to reach home plate.

It wasn’t until the sixth in-ning where Rio Hondo’s offensewas finally able to execute.After Valdez and pinch hitter,Monica Gomez, were each ableto get on base with base hits, itwas third base, Ariana Duran,who rose to the occasion.

With runners on first andsecond, Duran stepped up to theplate and hammered the ball tooutfield which brought bothValdez and Gomez home tomake it a 2-1 lead.

The sixth inning was soonbrought to an end and all theteam had left to do was to closeLong Beach out in the last in-ning. Rio Hondo’s defense ulti-mately decided the game andwith much confidence, shutdown the Long Beach offense inthe closing stages.

Upon mercy rule, the teamwon with a final score of 2-1making their record 5-1.

Coach Urquidi was verypleased with the team’s win thatafternoon and was happy thather team fought hard and mademany crucial defense plays.

Miguel CorralesStaff [email protected]

Men’s Basketball falls short to ChaffeyThe Roadrunners came up

short falling 61-84 on Feb. 8against 1 ranked Chaffey.

Rio Hondo Men’s basket-ball team played Chaffey Col-lege at home on Saturdayafternoon, Chaffey is rankedFirst in the Foothill Conferenceahead of San Bernardino, RioHondo, Victor Valley, Barstow,and Desert.

Chaffey has the leadingrecord in the conference with 7-1 and an overall record of 24-4,while Rio Hondo has a record of5-3 in conference and 10-14 intheir overall season.

Chaffey’s startingGuard, John Gilliam started thegame with a 3 pointer, whichwas followed by a 3 point shot afew seconds after from RioHondo Guard Anthony Farmermaking the score 3-3.

Rio Hondo Forward Maid-ana followed with 4 free throws

in the 18 and 17 minute givingthem a 7-3 lead.

Chaffey ended the halfahead with a score of 23-36 overthe Roadrunners.

The start of the second halfled to Rio Hondo playing catchup.

Maidana crossed over twoplayers making a layup and set-ting the score to 27-45 with a 4-0 scoring lead.

Rio Hondo’s Shawn Bennhad a 3 point shot in the 16thminute making the score 30-17leaving them only down 17points.

Rio Hondo came up shortat the end with a final score of61-84 giving them their 5-3 con-ference record.

Rio Hondo starting For-ward Leo Maidana had an aver-age night of 15pts, 1 steal, 1assist, and 4 rebounds leadingthe Roadrunners in points.Maidana is ranked tenth in scor-ing averaging about 14 points agame.

Starting Forward Shawn

Benn played a total of 25 min-utes in the game with a total of5 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assistand steal. Off the bench ForwardKyle Maloof had a 13 point 2 re-bound night.

For Chaffey, starting For-ward Adom Jacko is ranked 2 inrebounds with a total of 67 re-bounds this season, is ranked 13in scoring with an average of 13points a game, scored 15 pointsand had a total of 5 reboundsagainst Rio.

Meanwhile starting GuardJulian Nichols had a total of 12points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assistthat afternoon.

Guard John Gilliam had atotal of 20 points, 3 assist, and 8rebounds against the Roadrun-ners.

Rio Hondo Men’s Basket-ball has their next and last homegame against the 2 ranked in theconference San Bernardino onSaturday Feb. 22 at 3pm.

San Bernardino has a con-ference record of 7-1, and anoverall record of 23-7.

Brenda CervantesStaff [email protected]

Softball defeats Long BeachCollege, raises record to 5-1

“Coach Urquidi also statedthat the team has improvedoffensively and defensivelyby strengthening their

pitching.”

Dario Lopez / El PaisanoEvelyn Ramirez, No. 24, executing a layup against ChaffeyCollege.

Gabriel Preciado / El PaisanoEvelyn Ramirez, No. 24, executing a layup against ChaffeyCollege.

El Paisano

SPORTS 31elpaisanoonline.comFriday, February 21, 2014

El Paisano

Post player Marisa DeLeonhas had a great experience in col-lege basketball so far as an 18-year-old freshman at Rio Hondo.

Coming from Santa Fe HighSchool, Freshman DeLeon hascome to Rio Hondo to expand herfuture in basketball.

She explains that it’s morechallenging because there is a lotmore talent but it helps her growas a player.

When asked about her viewson her season so far DeLeon an-swers, “It’s getting there, it’spretty cool. We have our last twogames this week.”

She also speaks on practicessaying “They’re good we all getalong so they go pretty smooth.”

The Women’s Basketballteam has a record of 5-3 in Con-ference, and is in third place be-hind San Bernardino and Chaffey.

DeLeon has had an averageof 5 points a game along with 5rebounds per game.

DeLeon speaks on her teamsdetermined coach saying, “He’s agood coach, he demands a lotfrom us but it’s because he has alot of faith in us.”

With two remaining games inthe season, DeLeon expects bothwins and to finish second in Con-ference this season.

Athlete feature:Marisa DeLeonBrenda CervantesStaff [email protected]

Brenda Cervantes / El PaisanoRio Hondo freshman andWomen’s Basketball player,Marisa DeLeon, 18.

Rio Hondo defeated thePasadena City Lancers in 10 in-nings, 9-8, on a bases-loadedwalk-off single by second base-men Nick Piraino Feb. 19 at RioHondo College.

With the roadrunners down,8-7, Ray Gonzalez lead off the10 inning by reaching base onan error by Pasadena’s thirdbasemen, Eric Grajeda. Gonza-lez would then steal second andadvance to third on a throwingerror from the catcher, JasonClark.

Matt Zurita came up to batwith one out and lined a singleover the third basemen to drivein Gonzalez from third and tyingthe game.

The stage would be set for

an emphatic finish whenPasadena’s pitcher, Zach Britt,hit two consecutive batters,loading up the bases with thepossible winning-run on thirdand two outs.

Piriano, who got a single inhis first at-bat and came into thegame batting .400, hit agrounder to the right side of thesecond basemen and beat out thethrow to first, ensuring the dra-matic win for the roadrunners.

Pasadena scored 4 runs inthe 9 inning to tie the game andsend it into extras after RioHondo had established a 7-3lead at the end of 8 innings.

Rio Hondo had a chance towin the game in the bottom ofthe 9 when David Marquez hitan infield single and advancedto second on a sacrifice buntfrom Piraino. Jacob Grijalva,flied out to right for the second

out and Pasadena made a pitch-ing change, bringing in a lefty,Ryan Reyes to face left-handedbatter Aaron Ashton.

Ashton had doubled off thewall in deep centerfield in the 6inning, and worked Reyes into afull count, but Reyes struck himout to end the threat and headinto extra innings.

Pasadena would go aheadin the 10 inning scoring on anerror from the catcher, but RioHondo would not be denied andimproved their home record to4-1.

Matt Young started thegame for the roadrunners andpitched 6 innings and allowed 2runs on only 2 hits. Young, whocame into the game with arecord of 3-0 and an ERA of2.30, walked 2, struck out 6 andretired the final seven battersthat he faced.


The Roadrunners walkoff Pasadena City College

Lalig Tarbinian / El PaisanoStarting pitcher, No. 32, pitching agressively during the com-petitive match up against Pasadena City College.

The Rio Hondo Women’sTennis Team caught a toughbreak as they fell to El CaminoCollege on Tuesday February18.

The Women’s Tennis teamtried to bounce back on a chillyTuesday afternoon after theirfirst season loss to the experi-enced and deeply talented, Mt.Sac. Despite a valiant effortfrom the Roadrunners, the teamwas unable to capture the winagainst El Camino College.

The players knew thatteams were going to be a lotstronger in the South Coast Con-ference. Along with a new con-ference, comes a new set ofrules.Players are still having troubleadjusting and finding theirgroove against unfamiliar teams

and situations. As the matches were almost

underway, Head Coach KarenUnger kept reminding her play-ers to keep calm and to play likethey train. Although Rio Hondofought hard, players were notable to completely capitalize ontheir opponent’s weaknesses al-lowing El Camino to win 5-1 insingles matches.

The results are not ideal butCoach Unger seems to alwaysbe very proud and supportive ofher players for the work thatthey put in day in and day out.She sees much potential in herteam and remains optimistic forthe upcoming games.

Even with tough losses, thelady Roadrunners kept theirhead up and displayed goodsportsmanship the entire after-noon.

The team’s next homegame will be on ThursdayMarch 6 at 2:00 pm.

Women’s Tennis off to a bad start Aaron ValdezStaff [email protected]

32 SPORTSelpaisanoonline.com Friday, February 21, 2014

The Lady Roadrunners gottheir second straight win and arestill undefeated at home as theyshutout LA Valley 8-0 Tuesdayafternoon at Rio Hondo

Monica Gomez was thewinning pitcher of the gameafter pitching a shutout, allow-ing 5 hits one walked batter, andone strike-out. This was her 4win of season which leads allpitchers in the foothill confer-ence.

Rio started the scoring earlywith RBIs by Jacquelyn Gomez,which gave Rio a 4-0 lead. Ari-ana Duran, who is 3 in thefoothill conference with 13

RBIs, also got into the act andshe blasted a solo homerun togive Rio a 5-0 lead. TiffanySoria, who is 4 in the FoothillConference with an insane bat-tering average of .520, got 2more hits and drove in 2, whichputs her ahead of Duran with 14RBIs. Aisha Ruiz, SelenaQuezada, and Doralicia Loza allgot 2 hits apiece.Eileen Rodriguez was the losingpitcher for LA Valley as shegave up 8 earned runs in 4 in-nings pitched.

Rio Hondo was in controlthe entire game as they contin-ued to show their dominanceover the last two games. Theyhave been blazing with the batsas they been beating teams witha combined score of 24-7 and

scoring a conference high ninehome runs and sixty-six runsdriven in this season.

Rio has also been grindingand winning it with their pitch-ing and defense, as they are 2 inthe foothill conference with a5.31 team ERA and are 1 in theconference with an .945 fieldingpercentage.

Overall Rio is 4-0 at homeand 2-2 on the road.

In the next few days, Riowill play a double header atSouthwestern on the 21st beforereturning home to play East LosAngeles College on the 26th ofFebruary and start conferenceplay on the 28th against SanBernandino College at CesearCollege Park.

Lady Roadrunners remain undefeated at homeMiguel CorralesStaff [email protected]

2/18 L (113-103) v.s. Spurs 2/13 L (107-103) v.s. Thunder 2/6 W (2-1) v.s. Bluejackets 2/8 W (5-2) @ Predators

2/12 W (122-117) v.s. Trailblazers 2/11 L (96-79) v.s. Jazz 2/3 L (5-3) v.s. Blackhawks 2/5 L (2-0) v.s. Blackhawks

2/9 W (123-78) @ 76ers 2/7 L (92-86) v.s. Bulls 2/1 L (2-0) vs. Flyers 2/3 L (4-2) v.s. Blue Jackets

Your bi-weekly L.A / O.C team update:

Dario Lopez / El PaisanoTennis player Stephanie Rodriguez sets up in a rally against El Camino College.

Gabriel Preciado / El PaisanoInfielder Tiffany Soria, No. 9, at bat during a home game.

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