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College of Marin Nov 26, 2013

Soccer team endsseason with5-9-5 record

Womens

volleyball wrapsup 5-11 season

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Freshman Stan Kaya, an internationalstudent who was born in the Republicof Congo, is the new forward on COMsbasketball team.

Cover photo by Sindy Smart

We arethe World

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COM celebratesInternationalEducation Week

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Congolese studentStan Kaya joins

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Dean of Arts and Humanities

D avid Snyder has worked with eightdifferent vice presidents in theeight years he has been the Deanof Arts and Humanities at the College ofMarin. During his tenure, the college hasfaced budget cuts, accreditation issues, andmajor construction challenges.

Snyder manages six departments:English/Humanities, Modern Languages,Communications, Fine Arts, PerformingArts, and one of the largest departmentsat COM, College Skills, which includesEnglish as a Second Language.

His administrative responsibilitiesinclude scheduling, facilities, resourcemanagement, and resolving disputesand problems with faculty and students.Part of his role as administrator involvesplanning meetings, coordinating facultyevaluations, and balancing the buget forsix departments.

His favorite part of the job is whenhe is able to collaborate with faculty andstaff on creative ideas and solutions toproblems. He nds working to resolvedisputes between individuals the mostchallenging, and recently resolved someissues with facilities. Although he feelsthat things are improving at COM, hewould love to see the college attract somegood administrators who would commit tostaying at the college longer.

As a manager, Snyder is liked andrespected by his staff. Eileen Acker, hisadministrative assistant, said, He is verysmart.

Jamie Tipton, an adjunct instructor inthe English Department, said, He seems tobe genuinely interested in the humanities.When he observed my creative writingclass, on a purely business basis, he endedup participating in the class and said hewould like to take it. People may notknow it, but hes supportive of studentsand faculty who engage in the creative artsthemselves: Ive seen him at several playsput on by the COM Drama Department. Heread my novel, and once, when I droppedby his of ce, I noticed my book of poetrybehind him on top of a stack of papers.

Snyder was born on January 25,1958 in Duluth, Minnesota. When hewas in kindergarten he wanted to be anarcheologist. In junior high he aspiredto be an architect. And in high schoolhe dreamed of becoming an adventurer.These early aspirations contributed to hiscareer path and his choices in educationalinstitutions.

His time at Evergreen State College,in Washington, where he received his B.A.in Liberal Arts, initially framed his outlookon education. The college provided analternative to a standard college education.The only major offered there was Liberal

Arts, emphasizing a coordinated studiesprogram including but not limited toorganic agriculture, community policies,anthropology and literature. College-wideenrollment ranged from 25 to 60 students.

Each student had one to two instructorsthroughout their four-year education.

Snyder engaged in a career outsideconventional endeavors. In his early 20she took a job at The Off Campus School,a drop-out prevention program for highschool students. Forty pupils attendedthis alternative high school, which was

located in two old houses in Olympia,Washington. Within two years Snyderadvanced from teacher and bookkeeper tohead administrator.

In the late 1980s, his thirst foradventure and work experience withtroubled teens led him to VisionQuest,an innovative rehabilitation program.Juveniles were sent to live on a wagon train,comprised of 10 covered wagons, ve tee-pees, and 50 horses and mules. Seventy-ve students, ages 16 through 19, werereferred to VisionQuest by the CaliforniaYouth Authority, as an alternative to goingto jail.

Snyder was a tee-pee parent on thewagon train for a year.

The wagon-train traversed the desertsof the Southwest and the western slopesof the Rocky Mountains. To earn theright to ride a horse, people had to walk25 miles in the desert... in a day. Snyderpassed the endurance test, and enjoyedriding a horse as a scout, either in the frontof the wagon train or at the back. He saidhe enjoyed the solitude, the desert and theearly morning sunrises. He noted that thekids were less angry after the program,but he was uncertain if it had a lastingimpact upon them because once the kidscompleted it, they returned to their originalneighborhoods.

After this job, Snyder worked on

a shing boat in Alaska, then drove abus in Seattle. Later, he enrolled at U.C.Berkeley, where he earned his mastersin City Planning with an emphasis onCommunity Development in 1992, and got

his Ph.D. in Education, with an emphasison social and cultural studies, in 1995.

After graduate school, Snyderspent three years as a camp counselorin Encampment for Citizenship, ayouth leadership program at the MarinHeadlands. Youth from a variety of ethnicand cultural backgrounds participated,including Lakato, Navajo, and inner-citykids.

Over the next several years he held jobs at three different colleges: AlberniaCollege (now Albernia University) locatedin Amish Country one hour outsidePhiladelphia; Middlebury College inVermont; and San Diego Mesa College,where he served as associate dean ofHumanities and Languages for two and a

half years.In a family whose names all start withD, (parents: Don and Diana; siblings:Dori, Debbie and Dan) Snyder stands outfrom the crowd.

At 6-foot-one, green-eyed and lean,his skin has that ruddy tone normallyattributed to young men in the prime oftheir life. He claims living in the Paci cNorthwest for much of his adult life hasshielded his skin from sun damage, Hes apescetarian who enjoys yoga, biking, andweight training.

He also loves to garden. He growsvegetables, such as kale and carrots, herbssuch as St. Johns wort, and recentlyplanted some gardenia bulbs that hismother sent to him.

Snyder also enjoys camping in his2005 green Honda Element because itsseats can be con gured to maximize carcamping needs for sleeping and cooking.He has traveled around the world andenjoys seeing other cultures. Bali is one ofhis favorite spots because the people areso warm.

Two of his friends Hobie and hiswife, April are living with him thissemester while they attend classes atCollege of Marin. Both are Americanswho live and work in Nicaragua. Theyrun a yoga and health spa and are startinga farm there. Hobie is taking classes in

Integrated Pest Management at the OrganicFarm at the Indian Valley Campus, whileApril is pursuing her general educationrequirements at Kent eld.

Snyders interests, education, andcareer experience contribute to hisunique vision for COMs future. He sayshed like to see the college move towardoffering accelerated transfer learningcommunities, where you can get all ofyour general educational requirements outof the way by linking your classes togetherto ful ll more than one general educationrequirement.

He notes: College is a place forstudents to open their minds. Studentsshould use all the resources we haveto offer to enable them to do that. Takeadvantage of the facultys of ce hours ifyou need help and talk to our counselorsfor support.

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By Leslie Lee

David Snyder, dean of Arts and Humanities.

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News

O n Friday October 25, 2013 Collegeof Marin hosted guest speaker ErikaAndiola, an immigration activist fromArizona and undocumented resident.

I had to leave everything that Ihad known friends, family, my homeat a very young age, I had no choice,said Andiola. I left Mexico with only a

backpack full of [trinkets], not what peopleassume drugs, and walked the desertwith my siblings and mother in search of a

better life. Better life is the opportunity togrow with education.

Andiola said she came to the U.S.when she was 11, when her mother lefther abusive father in Mexico and illegallycrossed the border. When the statelegislature passed strict new immigrationlaws, she was majoring in Psychology atArizona State University. Andiola losther scholarships when these new wereimplemented. Thats when she began hercareer as an activist crusading on behalf ofthe DREAM Act.

The original DREAM Act bill, calledthe Development, Relief and Education

for Alien Minors Act, was rst introducedto Congress in 2001. The purpose of the

bill was to provide millions of children ofillegal immigrants who graduate from highschool the opportunity to become a U.S.resident. Children who arrived in the U.S.

before the age of 16, and have been livingin the U.S. for at least ve years before the

bill is enacted into a law, would be grantedresidency.

Since its introduction, the DREAM

Act has been controversial. Its enactmenthas repeatedly been blocked byRepublicans for the last decade. Multipleversions of the bill offering different formsof citizenship have been proposed, butnone have passed.

Andiola spoke about the importanceof education for the immigrant community,and her hopes that passage of the DREAMAct would create better opportunitiesfor higher eduction. Several versions of

the law have included clauses requiringful llment of academic standards.

In 2009, after losing her scholarship,Andiola was able to complete her

psychology degree. Early in 2013, herfamily was arrested and threatened withdeportation. They were released afterallegations that the arrests were re tributionfor Andiolas activist role. She continuesto campaign for immigrant rights, and the

passage of the DREAM Act.

ECHO TIMESBy Erika Rosales

Photo by Erika Rosales

Erika Andiola, an Arizona immigration activist, spoke here last month about the signi cance of the DREAM Act.

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T he Board of Trustees election wrappedup two weeks ago, with incumbenttrustees Wanden Treanor and Diana Contiretaining their seats. The race betweenBarbara Dolan and newcomer Brady Beviswas tight, but in the end, Bevis pulledahead with 21.3 percent of all tallied votes,compared to Dolans 20.5.

Previously, Bevis worked for thestate Department of Labor, and beforethat, she practiced public interest law for10 years. She also served on the MarinCounty Board of Supervisors. Afterserving a successful term, she left politics

temporarily to focus on starting the BayArea Multimedia Partnership, or BAMP,at the request of the Bay Area EconomicForum. BAMP was a public-privatepartnership that operated between 1997

and 2000, designed to coordinate the BayAreas private industry leaders with thelocal schools and community collegesin order to better prepare prospectivestudents for employment in the emerging

digital industry.When asked about the results of the

election, Bevis said, Im overjoyed thatover 20,000 people voted for change atCOM, and I will work hard to make COMa better place for students and facultyalike.

She unseated trustee veteran of 25years, Barbara Dolan, joining the Collegeof Marin board of trustees. Bevis plans tounite the college with the community inorder to provide better job opportunities

within the local job market.This will be the rst new trusteeon the board in over ve years, and awelcome change to the college. Dolan wasnot available for comment.

Following the opening ceremonymuch of the audience stayed to watch thefriendship games held on the quad. Twomixed teams of American and internationalstudents amicably battled in four events: ateam ski race, a balloon popping game, arope-ball transfer challenge, and nally,tug-of-war. All participants were rewardedwith ice cream and the games helped set thetone for the weeks theme of interculturalexchange and friendship.

Lunch time on the rst day featuredfree Chinese, Japanese, Puerto Rican,Korean and Turkish foods sponsored byASCOM and the International EducationOf ce.

Im enjoying the free food,commented international student TroyEmano, It feels nice because Ive onlybeen here for two months. I came from thePhilippines.

After eating, a large crowd gathered

to watch the nine members of CapoeiraMandinga of Marin perform in the centerof the cafeteria. Capoeira is a martial-art-dance and the audience was clearlymesmerized by their acrobatic moves andimprovisation.

The rst day was completed with aninternational education information fair inthe Deedy Staff Lounge and an excitingfashion show on the quad featuring ninemodels.

To see our students proudly wear thetraditional dress from their home countrywas amazing, said Freeland. You have toremember that our international studentsare extremely far from home, but for thatday they were able to share a piece oftheir home with us here, and it was trulytouching.

Staff from Greenbraes Peets Coffee& Tea were present after the show toprovide complimentary tastings ofinternational coffees and teas.

Tuesday, November 13, the secondday of International Education Week wasalso packed with activities. A workshop oncrossing cultures was held and a hands-on demonstration of making spring rollstook place in the cafeteria.

The cooking demonstration was funas students were taken out of their comfortzone and asked to make somethingnew, said International Education

Administrative Assistant ValerieMarckwordt.

After lunch, college employee JesseKlein, and her husband Mike, sang twosongs in Tagalog, a language of thePhilippines. This moment was madeeven more moving by the recent typhoonand loss of life in that island nation. Thesecond day was rounded out with classesin both Hula and Bollywood dance whichwere attended by a small but enthusiasticnumber.

The nal day of InternationalEducation Week was no let-down. Apanel discussion was held in Deedy on thetopic of Adjusting to Life in a ForeignCountry.

Four international and one Americanstudent spoke candidly and revealinglyabout their personal experience withcultural adaptation. The engagingconversation lasted for an hour and aquarter but could have easily continuedlonger.

Next, Chinese calligraphy practice,under the direction of Chinese andESL Professor Shuyu Liu, had studentscrowding the tables set-up in the StudentServices Building entryway.

The closing event of International

Education Week was a competition calledthe World Trivia Challenge. Five teamsof students answered questions over verounds and the winners received giftcerti cates from Sol Food Restaurant andBarnes & Noble.

Commenting on the entire week,student Peter Tallo said, Its been prettyfun, a lot of interesting people. It getsme away from my studies. I was walkingaround and I had no idea it existed. I sawsome signs and it sounded good, so I gotinvolved.

Because this was the rst year, manystudents may have been taken by surpriseby this new, multi-day event. But one thingis certain, International Education Week ishere to stay and according to Freeland,This will soon become the event thateveryone looks forward to year after year.

Another initiative of the InternationalEducation Of ce that has been gainingmomentum is the Conversation PartnersProgram open to anyone in the collegecommunity wanting to practice anotherlanguage or make an international friend.

The Conversation Partner Programfeatures an online registration form wherebrief biographical information is submittedand used to help the International

Education Of ce match participants.Once a match has been achieved, partnersmeet when able for informal conversationpractice. Currently the database holds overtwo dozen potential language partners.

The development of this program is notonly a tremendous asset for internationalstudents at COM but also for domesticstudents engaged in foreign languagestudy or planning to travel overseas.

I think it has the potential to certainlyenrich the international student experiencehere at COM and hopefully weve gotsome domestic students that are actuallyparticipating in the program because then Ithink that the opportunities would be two-fold, said President Coon.

The programs rst conversationalmeet-up took place on November 4.To help kick-off the program, Coonagreed to meet with Mariana Weber, aninternational student from Brazil, for alunch conversation at Woodlands Caf inKent eld.

Its very scary to come to a differentcountry without knowing what youretalking about and without knowingpeople so I really hope that this can helpinternational students. Im very proud tobe a part of this, said Weber.

Photo by Marco Minoia

COM students display their diversity at a fashion show held recently in the quad during International Education Week earlier this month.

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I nternational student Stan Kaya willnever forget the day rebel soldierscame knocking at his door. He wasonly 5 years old at the time. What startedoff like any other evening with his family

would quickly turn into the most terrifyingnight of his young life.The pounding at the front door that

night was so loud it startled the wholefamily, with the exception of his father,who was napping in a back room.

As Kayas mother hurriedly crossedthe living room to open the door, theshouting became louder and more urgent.It seemed as if the door would bust open atany moment.

Even at his age, Kaya knew that hiscountry, the Republic of Congo, was inturmoil. There were powerful factionsat odds with each other. Boniface Kaya,his father, was a prominent physician,not only in his hometown, Dolisie, butthroughout the Congo. As a supporter offormer President Pascal Lissouba, whohad been overthrown in a coup, Bonifacewas a target. Rebels were scouring thecountryside for Lissouba sympathizers.

Before Stans mom, MariniqueLembe, opened the front door, her childrencould hear men shouting in Lingala.

Where is Dr. Kaya? Get him now!The family recognized the rebels

as Northerners from the Mbochi tribe enemies of their tribe, the Bembe. Thechildren watched as their mother tried toexplain that Dr. Kaya was asleep in theback of the house. The rebels insisted.They wanted her to get him right away.Intimidated by the AK-47s the soldierswere brandishing, Marinique complied.

After Stans father appeared, therebels led him outside for questioning.The following minutes seemed like aneternity for Marinique and her family asthey waited inside.

Stan still recalls that terrifying nightin 1999, when the Northern rebels invadedhis familys home in the Congo.

When they took my father outside, wedidnt know if they were going to kill him.

After questioning Dr. Kaya, the rebelsordered the remainder of the family outside

as they proceeded to riddle the housewith bullets to make sure they werentharboring Lissouba supporters.

Then they forced Marinique backinside the house to show them where the

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By Shirley Beaman

Stan Kaya points to the spot on the globe where his country is located. Marin County is 8,725 miles from his home, the Republic of the Congo in equitorial Africa.

Congolese star basketball playerlooks forward to his new role

Pro le of international student Stan Kaya

Photos by Sindy Smart

Freshman Stan Kaya joined COMs varsity basketball team as a forward this year.


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every day to see how hes doing.He currently lives with his new host

family in San Geronimo Valley near the golfcourse. Aidan OSullivan, an independentcontractor, agreed to host Stan in his homefor two years while he attends COM. Itworks out well, since OSullivans sonPaul is both his roommate and teammate.

The two compliment each other. Andthey share similar experiences.

Paul is good at defense, and Stan isgood at offense. Im hoping the two willlearn from one another, says OSullivan.I cook. Paul cooks. Stans learning hisway around the kitchen, too.

It goes deeper than sports and cooking.My mom passed away in December,

Paul says.

Stan, whose father died when he was17, knows all about that kind of loss.

My dad thought it would be good tomix things up a bit, Paul says. The wholesituation is unique. Im a white boy from

Marin and Stan is from the Congo. Thatsstuff Ive seen in a movie, but now I knowsomebody who was in that situation, soIm closer to it.

Stans grateful to the OSullivans fortheir generosity. He feels right at homewith their family.

They are good people, he says.Paul and Stan have much in common,

including a love of gaming.The two have become like brothers,

going to school together every day, playingbasketball on the same team, watchingmovies, and playing video games together.

He works hard, Paul says. And Ilike working hard.

Coach Granucci says both young menare indeed hard workers, and they are partof a mentally tough and con dent team.

Living together has provided them

with the opportunity to learn from eachother, as teammates and family.

[Im] lucky that Ive got somebodyfrom the Congo living 15 feet away fromme, Paul says.

The College of Marin mensbasketball team posted its rst winof the season during a tournament

at City College of San Francisco onNovember 9. After shaking off a rst roundloss to Santa Rosa in the tournament, theMariners were victorious over Napa thefollowing day with a 51-38 win.

Head Coach Dave Granucci reportedthat Neil Chavez, son of Pro-Am leaguelegend Bucky Chavez, contributed byshooting a consistent 8 for 11 from the freethrow line. Point guard T.J. Rhodes alsoplayed an important role by controlling thetempo of the game.

The win over Napa earned the

Mariners a spot in the consolationchampionship game against returning JCstate champs, Mount San Antonio, thefollowing day. The Mariners trailed by just5 points at halftime, 30-25. COMs PierreCarter led the charge for the Mariners,contributing 20 points, including two fromthree point range, and shooting 7-11 fromthe line. Miller Blake and Allen Santoscontributed 15 and 12 points, respectively.Mt. SAC outshot COM at the free-throwline, and it was costly in the end. TheMounties came out on top, 67-56.

(On November 22, the team postedtheir rst win at home against West ValleyCollege, 63-59.)

With 12 freshman on the roster thisyear, Granucci understands there might bea few bumps in the road early on.

We have a lot of work to do toultimately become the team we wish tobe. These are committed young menand I think we will get there, Granuccisaid. With the rst game jitters out ofthe way, the Mariners have the rest of the

season to work toward and improve uponlast years 16-10 record, the best seasonCOM has had in 14 years.

Both Granucci and assistant coachTroy Ratto, Marin natives, take pride in

their teams success on and off the court.Allen Santos, who contributed 15points in the game against former statechampions Mt. SAC, is also a businessmajor with a 3.5 GPA.

Forward Stan Kaya, an internationalstudent athlete from the Republic of theCongo, was honored as the All CountyAthlete of the Year out of St. Marys

Ryken High School, in Maryland. Kayacan now add English to the list of threeother languages he speaks uently.

Granucci can relate, having playedprofessionally in Italy, as well as in the

Pro-Am league.Three of last years starters receivedfull ride scholarships to Division Twoschools. Assistant coaches Troy Ratto,Ken Streckfus, Mike Mitchell, and JesseLumb are doing what they can to improveupon that. Granucci and his staff havecultivated a family friendly atmosphereamong their players that they hope will

contribute to their teams quest for successon the court and in the classroom.

Team members break their huddleswith FAMILY!

The head coach describes this years

players as mentally tough, con dent,relentless, and hard working. All our guyswork their tail off. Keeping these guystogether for the next two years is key. Nowwe have a group we can build on.

COM students, friends and family areinvited to get in on the action by sportingschool colors and joining the Sixth Mancheering section at home and away games.

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By Shirley Beaman




Mens basketball season unfolds

San Geronimo family hosts international student

COMs basketball team prepares for its next home game against Napa, which will be held after the holidays on Thursday, January 2.

Stan Kaya, right, enjoys playing video games, like FIFA, with his teammate / roommate, PaulOSullivan, whose family is hosting the international student at their San Geronimo home.

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C OMs mens soccer team nishedoff a middling season comprised ofve wins, nine ties, and ve losses.Coach Ben Studholme thinks the nextseason will only be better. Its gone well,he said prior to the nal game. Theresspeci cally a fall season, in this season weplay 20 games, 12 are conference games

and eight are non-conference games. Itstarted in mid-August and it ends in mid-to-early December depending on thatability of the team to make the playoffs.

Mens soccer hasnt been in theregional playoffs since the 2008 season,and this season, with a lot of new bloodand fresh faces, the Mariners were nearlyset to follow through on that. They boasteda strong backline of defenders like LarryEstrada and Mohammed Manneh, andtheir offense, while mostly newbies, wereset to increase their skills and help drive uptheir ability to score. Last season, that wasthe exact problemthere werent enoughplayers skilled enough to consistentlyscore. Over the 20 games of that season,the Mariners only bagged 11 goals. Thisseason, the tally was raised somewhat to14 goals in 13 games.

The rst two games were uneventful,the rst a 2-2 tie with De Anza and thesecond a 2-0 loss against Chabot. But byfar the most dramatic game of the earlyseason was the September 13, Fridayafternoon game against Skyline. Initiallythe Mariners lagged behind at 2-0, butthen, when all hope had failed, our ladscame back with a resounding four goals towin the game at 4-3. Those four goals inone game, out of a total of 14 goals in 13games, clearly show that the Mariners gavetheir best performance that day. The game

was played at Kent eld.The rst Mariners goal of the gamewas during the rst half, when StrikerMichael Carvalho scored. COM wentinto halftime trailing 2-1, but then, justve minutes into the second half, StrikerLarry Estrada scored, tying up the game.The Mariners went on to score twicemore, a third by Estrada and a fourth byMohammed Manneh in the dying gasps ofthe game. The Mariners played Ohlone onthe road on the following Tuesday, whichresulted in a 1-1 tie.

The next few games followed a similarpattern of trading losses for ties, until theOctober 8 game against Napa, where theMariners won 2-1.

The pattern continued again until the18th, when the Mariners won again againstYuba, again at Kent eld. With two goals inthe rst 20 minutes of the game, it endedat 2-0. Again, the coordinated Mariners

defense was on full display.Were fast, were not the most

physical team in the world, but if we do getthe ball to the players, we have about veor six guys that are true playmakers. Andif we play quickly and get away from themore physical teams, then we tend to havequite a bit of success. Ive got a couple ofkids who are really good around the goal,so its just a matter of staying away fromthe physicality of the games and dictatingthe tempo through ball movement andspeed of play, Studholme said.

Imran Nana is a mid eld player onthe team and he also studies economics atthe college. [the season] went okay. Wede nitely could have done better, but itwas just about what we expected. We dotend to score a decent amount of goals,and were pretty even all around. Guesswe dont keep enough shutouts wouldprobably be my thing, he said regardingthe teams strengths and weaknesses. Wedo score goals, though.

Theres three probably Id call thebest on the team, Austin Miranda ondefense, standout, he kept out a lot of goals.When hes on our team he just makes it so

much better. Alan Estradas played reallygood, hes one of the more creative players,and then his brother Larry Estrada. Almostevery goal has one of them behind it.

Right-left defence and English/Creative Writing student Andrew Linoagreed with Nana about the Estradas. Iveseen Larry do some incredible things onthe eld to pull us out of holes that wedug ourselves in, Ive seen Alan playing inmid eld also pull us out of holes. A lot ofit is that when things go wrong in a soccergame, you just have to keep playing on,he said.

But on any given day, it could besome other player who steps out and wins

it for the team.Asked what he thought about theMariners strengths and weaknesses,he also agreed with Anna that AustinMirandas defensive game was alwaystop-notch. We have a very strong defensewhen our starting defensive line is in tip-top condition. Our offense has potential tobe really strong when they arent gettingdown on themselves or dealing withinjuries. Our mid eld has a lot of potential,theres still disconnect between the defenseand mid eld, and sometimes between themid eld and the offense, and whetherthats the offenses fault of the mid eldsfault, well, I dont know. Its touch-and-go.

I would say the most valuable playersare Larry Estrada, hes a sophomore, hessmaller in size and frame but he knowshow to go, hes got a real motor, great skilland a true passion for the game. Another

sophomore is Michael Carvalho, hes justaround the ball, hes got a nose for the goal,hes very fast and light on his feet, Linosaid.

Studholme said that the 2.0 grade-point average required to play on the teamwas normally too demanding, but that itdid depend entirely on the student.

Consistently, you know, with theJC, itll always be a young team. Youllalways hear we have a lot of freshmen,unfortunately, thats just the way it works.Guys just dont understand the real collegeatmosphere in terms of responsibility.Theyre not used to it, so they have a

tendency that when push comes to shove,they fail. And then gure out how to dealwith failure. So usually, Ill have a kidwholl come here and take three years toplay two, or four years to play two. He just

wont understand how to compete in theclassroom yet.

I would say Im very hands on, Imvery strict and rigid, since what Im askingthem to do is very speci c. I would say thisis a players game, so I try to give them asmuch information and training as possibleso that they can apply whats necesarry forsuccess I wouldnt say I try to constrainthem on any level other than I try to letthem know, Hey, this game will rewardus if we do simple things well, Studholmesaid.

I think hes a devoted coach, Linosaid of Studholme. The last game was on

Tuesday, November 12, and was againstNapa in Napa at 3:00 PM. Unfortunately,the Mariners suffered a 4-2 loss, andultimately nished out the season with a5-9-5 record.

Mens soccer teambreaks even with5-9-5 seasonECHO TIMES

By Nash Kurilko

COM soccer players Jose De La Rosa and Quinn Lima double team Moises Arroyo of Napa Valley College on their way to a 2-1 win last month.

Photo by Lisa James / Napa Valley Register


If we do get the ball to the players, we haveabout ve or six guys that are true playmakers.

And if we play quickly and get away from the more physical teams, then we tend to have quite a bitof success.

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Sports / A&E

Physical Grafti staged at James Dunn Theater

T he College of Marin hosted a two-week run earlier this month ofPhysical Graf ti, a dance concert,featuring guest performances from theSan Domenico Dance Ensemble, BransonDance Performance Ensemble, and thePrimus Ballet Theatre, the concert was astylistically diverse showcase of youngand upcoming talent in the Marin dancescene. It was an opportunity for studentsof COMs performing arts department toparticipate in a live show, and to networkwith other local dancers.

The concert was held in the JamesDunn Theatre on the Kent eld campus,and ran for four nights. The rst andsecond nights featured guest performancesfrom Branson and Primus, with the thirdand fourth nights featuring San Domenicowith Primus.

Directed by Georgia Ortega, theBranson Ensemble performed threedances. The last dance, Sixth Sense, wasan excerpt from Perception of the Senses.The dance will be presented in February2014 at Branson Schools annual BodyTalk dance concert.

It was a very fun show. Very energeticand youthful, said Kent eld residentDebra Ward.

The San Domenico Dance Ensemblewas joined by Domenicos Advanced VocalEnsemble for their single performance,Freedom. Directed by Lily Kane, it stoodout from all the other performances of thenight.

Pre-recorded music was used in everyroutine on every night, except duringFreedom, where the Vocal Ensembleprovided the aural backdrop. The PrimusBallet Theatre performed every night

of the concert. Choreographed by ColeCompanion, Allegory of the Cave is basedon Platos epynomous story. The allegory istold in the form of a conversation betweenhis Brother, Glaucon, and his mentorSocrates. It is one of the most studied

pieces of Platos most well-known work,The Republic.Ive always wanted to do the Platonic

works, said Companion. Ive becomeobsessed with the idea of imperial thinkingand objective reality, and as a result of that,Socrates always comes to mind. I read TheRepublic to prepare.

Every night was opened with COMdance instructor Alan Sco elds FlockLogic, a mercurial routine that switchedrepeatedly between heady interpretivechaos and synchronous calm. Hip-hop andJazz dance instructor David Alonzo Joneschoreographed two shows for the concert.Let the Groove In, a routine set to JustinTimberlakes song of the same name, andBig Spender, a sizzling 1920s burlesqueset to Dorothy Fields Sweet Charity thatset re to the theatre.

Intermission was proceeded byBereft, choreographed by Sandra Tanner.Dedicated to her mother, it is an attemptto honor the memory of our relatives whoperished at the hands of Hitlers ThirdReich. It was a somber performancetelling the story of a mother, father, theirthree girls, and the breaking apart of theirfamily by war.

I was really touched. It was verysad, I almost cried, said theatre patronCaroline Reynolds.

The concert concluded with Kristi

Kuhn and COM ballet students. Set toVivaldis La Folia, A Gathering was aowing blue river of dancers featuringthe pas de deux of Cammy Schinner andChristopher DiViase.

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By Kyle Dang

Photo courtesy of Kristi Kuhn

Jenner Musser, one of the dancers in Physical Graf ti, performs a striking Arabesque move.

Despite small roster,womens volleyball endures

I t has been a tough season for the Collegeof Marin womens volleyball team,which wrapped up a 5-11 conferencerecord.

The beginning was rough, its beenan up and down kind of year, but it hasgotten better, said head coach LindsayBacigalupi.

The team won ve games and losteleven in conference. Overall they went5-19. They have played more tournamentsthan usual this year, giving them a lot ofplaying experience.

The volleyball team, which hasyet to win their rst championship,has consistently placed fourth in theconference for three of the four seasonsthat Bacigalupi has been coaching.

We seem to beat the teams were

supposed to beat and play hard against thebetter teams without beating them , shesaid.

Bacigalupi, who has been coachingsince she was 19, played Division 1 outof high school at Cal State Fullerton, andDivision 1 and 2 at Sonoma State.

She has also coached high schoolteams and at the club level.

With a mostly freshman team, CoachBacigalupis goal was to give her teamplaying time so they could develop theirskills.

We are a very young team, she said.We have nine brand new players, so werea little inexperienced. But they work very

hard and really want to be good. Its kindof a rebuilding year for us.Christina Thermidor, who played

center on COMs basketball team, madethe transition to volleyball this season. At5-foot-11, shes the tallest player on the

team.I played volleyball in high school

and I really missed it, Thermidor toldthe Marin Independent Journal. I cameto College of Marin to play basketball.

Volleyball wasnt on my mind. But in theoffseason, I realized I was missing it.

Although the team has had a lot ofturnover, they have played really well, butnot to [their] potential, said Bacigalupi.

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Stephanie Nava, Diana Patrick, Annie Cockcroft, Christina Thermidor, Ashley Hernandez, NoraDivjak, and Makena Guasco (not pictured) played against the odds with a small roster.


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Features

Adjunct faculty are always on the move

S ome part-time community collegeteachers drive themselves crazy.In order to pay the bills, they workseveral jobs at numerous colleges andcampuses scattered around the Bay Area.They call themselves Freeway Flyers.They sometimes drive more than 100miles a day getting to and from classes hours that could be better spent preparingfor class, grading papers, and counselingstudents. Formally they are known as part-time or adjunct faculty.

There are many challenges associatedwith commuting four hours a day betweenclasses, not the least of which are thelogistics of getting to each college. Theyoften arrive in a sweat, carrying theirle boxes, instructional materials, andtextbooks.

One of the biggest challenges ofteaching at multiple colleges was makingit work logistically, said David King, anEnglish instructor at College of Marin, andformer freeway yer.

Scheduling was especially dif cultbecause, as a newer faculty member ateach institution, I had little to no say in theclasses I was offered or the days and timesI would teach them.

One major challenge associatedwith being a part-timer is qualifying forbene ts. Unlike full-time faculty, part

timers only receive medical bene ts ifthey teach more than 50 percent of a full-time workload.

Many part-timers are not eligible forCALSTRS pension plan. In addition, theyare laid off at the end of each semester.Consequently, many of them have to goon unemployment during summer andwinter school breaks. Although they areoften rehired at the beginning of eachsemester, there is no guarantee. It dependson enrollment.

Familiarizing themselves withevery campus is also a challenge. Evensomething as simple as getting their e-mailcan be problematic when each school hasits own communications system and webportals.

Each college has its own localprocedures and idiosyncrasies too, from

basics like copying and of ce supplies tomore signi cant differences like coursecontent and expectations for students,says King.

This resulted in a lot of scrambling togure out how things work in each college.I often felt fragmented.

Even after successfully navigatingfreeways and cities to get to a collegecampus, they must adapt to differentcollege cultures, facilities, procedures, andtechnological infrastructures.

While one colleges deadline forsubmitting grades is midnight, anothermight be noon the same day.

Getting WiFi and Ethernet access forthemselves and their students can also be

time-consuming and problematic.If theyve prepared a Powerpointlecture with internet links and they donthave access to a smart classroom theirlesson plan gets compromised.

Adjunct faculty comprise more than50 percent of COMs teaching staff. Thereason is obvious: Its sometimes cheaperto hire part-timers.

There are some 46,000 non-tenuretrack faculty in Californias communitycollege system.

More colleges and universities arerelying on such contingent faculty people they can easily lay off as a lessexpensive alternative to degree-laden,tenured professors, the San FranciscoChronicle reported in 2011.

The worst part is the insecurity,one part-timer told the Chronicle. You

dont know from one semester to the nextwhether youll have a job or not. I wasafraid to turn anything down.

By the end of this year, College ofMarin will have hired 44 new full-timeprofessors since December 2010, whenCOM President David Wain Coon washired. That will represent 36 percent ofthe full-time faculty. Twenty-two of thosepositions were created by converting part-time into full-time positions. Twenty-three vacancies occurred as a result ofthe Supplemental Employee Retirement

Program implemented last year. Oncehiring is completed for this year, Coonintends to evaluate the possibility ofconverting additional part-time units tofull-time positions.

There can be drawbacks to studentswhen a college has too many part-timefaculty. Getting in contact with freewayyers can be a dif cult. They usuallydont have of ce phones, and sometimesdont answer school e-mail promptly.Occasionally, their of ce hours are notposted on the COM website. Some,though, drive great distances on their owntime to meet with students.

Cliff Nelson, an Adjunct MathProfessor, teaches classes at Santa RosaJunior College and College of Marin onTuesdays and Thursdays. He commutes

an hour and fteen minutes one way in asmall car, which causes him back pain.

At COM his parking permit is free,though, and he is allowed to park in anylot. At SRJC he has to buy a parkingpermit, and often struggles to nd parking.

Even though part-time professorsstruggle, they are valued by the College ofMarin. They bring their real-life experienceand expertise to the classroom.

We could not do what we do withoutour valued part-timers, says Coon.

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By Leslie Lee and R.J. Heckelman

Photo courtesy of Wallpoper.com

Photo by R.J. Heckelman

Part-time faculty often commute between several campuses throughout the Bay Area to teachtheir courses, which adds to the number of hours they put into a workday.

You canidentifyadjunctfaculty bythe numberof schoolparkingstickerson theirwindshield.Their carsare usuallyloaded withle boxes,laptop

computer,briefcase,change ofclothes,and jumpercables.


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Calendar

EventsSymphonic Band ConcertWalter Mikolajcik, directorThe Symphonic Band will be performingconcert band works including: Clifton Williams

The Sinfonians; Pineapple Poll by Sullivan;La Marcha de Zacateca; Leroy AndersonsTrumpeters Lullaby; Marsch by Carl Teike;the College of Marin premiere of TheNewfoundland Deception by Adrian L. Quince;Quarter to Nine medley; Amparito RocaSpanish March composed by Jaime Texido;42nd Street by Harry Warren; and Christmasmusic by Alfred Reed and Leroy Anderson.When: December 4Where: James Dunn Theatre, Performing ArtsBuilding, Kent eldAdmission: Free- donations welcome!

Jazz Ensemble ConcertCayce Carnahan, director; Tommy Igoe BigBand, special guests

Tommy Igoe is one of the worlds nestdrummers and his big band is an elite groupof the Bays greatest musicians in a landmarkevent that rede nes the genre. Musicians fromSantana, The Doobie Brothers, Boz Scaggs,and Bay-Area legends Tower of Power are allfeatured; as well as music from Brazil, Cuba,

Argentina, Spain, and more. If you love music,the Tommy Igoe Big Band will blow you away.When: December 5, 7:30 p.m.Where: James Dunn Theatre, Performing ArtsBuilding, Kent eldAdmission: Free- donations welcome!

The Importance of Being EarnestBy Oscar Wilde; director: Lisa MorseThe high farce and witty dialogue have helped

make this one of Wildes most enduringlypopular and frequently performed plays. A giddy round of manufactured mistakenidentities, lost relatives, misplaced affectionsand questionable respectability, TheImportance of Being Earnest pokes deliciousfun at all strata of Victorian society. The humoris as fresh and pertinent today as when it wasrst performed in 1895.When: December 5, 6: 8 p.m.; December 7, 8:2 p.m., 8 p.m.Where: COM Studio Theatre, Performing ArtsBuilding Kent eldAdmission: Pay what you will: December 5All other shows: $20 general, $15 seniors,$10 staff, students, and alumni

Club Mud Pottery Sale

College pottery students and instructors havecreated beautiful items for every purpose andbudget for the holiday sale. All proceeds go tobene t the Ceramics Program. For more info,contact Jason Dunn at (415) 485-9471.


COM Mens Basketball vs. ColumbiaWhen: December 7, time TBAWhere: Columbia

COM Mens Basketball vs. SkylineTournamentWhen: December 13-15, time TBAWhere: Skyline

COM Womens Basketball vs. ShastaWhen: November 30, 4 p.m.Where: Shasta

COM Womens Basketball vs. MontereyWhen: December 6, 6 p.m.Where: Kent eld

COM Womens Basketball vs. Allan HancockTournamentWhen: December 12-14, time TBAWhere: Santa Maria

Womens Basketball

Dates to Remember

Holiday, Campusesclosed : November 28 -December 1

Deadline to submit anInternational StudentApplication for Spring2014 : November 29

Last Day of classes before Final Exams:December 13

Mens Basketball

When: December 5 - 7, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Where: Ceramics Studio, Fine Arts Building,Room 131

Jazz Ensemble at the SeahorseGreat music, great food, and greatatmosphere. Bring your dancing shoes!!!When: December 9, 7 - 9 p.m.Where: Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr.

COM Symphony OrchestraJessica Ivry, director; Joanna Pinckney, guestconductor; Alex Kelly and Jessica Ivry, cellosoloistsThe College of Marin Orchestra will performdramatic and enchanting music from theBaroque to the late Romantic era. Theorchestra will perform the Serenade in E- atmajor, Op. 7 by Strauss followed by Vivaldis Gminor Double Cello Concerto. The concert willend with the emotional and rousing SymphonyNo. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 by Tchaikovsky.When: December 7, 7:30 p.m.; December 8, 4p.m. (location: TBA)

Where: James Dunn Theatre, Performing ArtsBuilding, Kent eldAdmission: Free - Donations welcome!

Advanced Voice Recital The Songs ofRichard RodgersRichard Rodgers (19021979) was an

American composer of more than 900 songsand 43 Broadway musicals. He is best knownfor his songwriting partnerships with thelyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar HammersteinII. His compositions have had a signi cantimpact on popular music to the present day,and have an enduring broad appeal. Unlikesome more contemporary musicals, these aremeant to be sung in a more classical style, andwe are delighted to be able to perform thesefor you.

When: December 8, 3 p.m.Where: The Tamalpais Retirement Community,501 Via Casitas, Greenbrae

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