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The DVC culinary pro-gram’s accreditation is cur-rently in jeopardy of being deferred due to in non-com-pliance of ACF standards.

The American Culinary Federation (ACF), an impor-tant institute in the culinary world, may not be able to provide the culinary program accreditation, which would re-move DVC’s prestigious posi-tion of being the only com-munity college in the state with ACF accreditation.

The ACF inspects the DVC kitchens every three years to see if they’ve maintained their standards.

On Nov. 6 through 8, the ACF performed a routine inspection and gave the pro-gram a list of non-compliance issues that would need to be settled before the ACF would be satisfied. The program was given until Jan. 2013 to resolve them, though the program au-tomatically qualified for a six month extension, giving them until June. The list included broken and malfunctioning equipment, the bakery being understaffed, Chef Paul Ber-nhardt’s expired culinary edu-cator certification, and that the students all need to wear gloves (a policy the ACF only recently adopted).

“We’ve been certified for years and years and years.”

says baking chef Chris Draa, who singlehandedly oversees the baking department. “This isn’t the first time the ACF has been concerned about our facilities”. The culinary program has proposed a paid teachers assistant position, which the administration has agreed to. If this position is filled, it will resolve the un-derstaffing issue in the bakery.

“This equipment is from the 1970’s” says Bernhardt, who is also the director chair for the culinary department. “It’s at the end of its life. We have the bond money for new equipment, but we’re only supposed to use it for the new building.”

The culinary department is slated to have its own build-ing, where the student ser-vices building stands now, but the building will not be ready for them until August 2014. New equipment will also go into the new building, and the chefs are hoping to receive some of this equip-ment ahead of schedule to maintain ACF accreditation. At present, it remains unclear if such an agreement can be reached.

Having met with the DVC administration to discuss the problems this situation pres-ents, Bernhardt claims it is “behind them 100%”, and

Culinary conundrumAIDAN HERRICK

News editor

SEBASTIAN RENE / The Inquirer

Students protest for Palestine

Student Abigail Romeo makes bagel dough with a faulty dough mixer.

Bombs drop, civilians die. Following the Nov. 14 Twit-

ter announcement of the Is-raeli Defense Force’s (IDF) “Pillar of Defense,” campaign against Palestine, continual air raids over the Gaza Strip pro-ceeded to take numerous civil-ians lives.

The Israeli Defense Force said in a Twitter posting, “There are 2 main goals of this IDF operation: to protect Israeli civilians and to cripple the terrorist infrastructure in the #Gaza Strip.”

The worldwide reaction to the end of the campaign against Gaza became ap-parent through the protest demonstrations which were sparked almost overnight.

On Nov. 19, the first in a se-ries of protests was organized outside the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Hundreds of Gaza supporters were met by a small group of Israeli supporters who waved Israeli flags while chanting.

Among the Israeli support-ers was Alex Tripetin who said, “Israel is Palestine… It has the same rights..”

According to a Huffington Post article, sanctions were placed against Gazans which were considered illegal by the International Committee of the Red Cross under humani-tarian law, after they elected a Hamas government in an openelection process.

One protestor, Howie Per-lin, was chanting for Israel at the Nov. 19 action and said the reason he was there was to, “express that Israel doesn’t want bombs and rockets com-ing down on them and that there is another side to this

conflict.”According to the Israeli

Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, the current Israeli ci-vilian death toll since the be-ginning of operation “Pillar of Defense” was 6 (4 civilian and 2 soldiers).

Pro-Palestinian demonstra-tor Stephanie Tang of the World Can’t Wait organiza-tion displayed a list contain-ing over 108 names of people who had been recently killed in Gaza by the Israeli air raids.

Tang said it is the “respon-sibility of the people of the United States to speak out

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DVC police officer assaulted on campus Contra Costa Community

College District (CCCCD) Police Officer Trina Gaines is back on duty after being struck in the face by a small metallic object on the morn-ing of Monday Dec. 3 while on duty at Diablo Valley Col-lege. Gaines was taken to Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, where she was treated for her injury, and she then re-turned to DVC to assist in the ongoing investigation.

Officer Gaines is often seen bicycling around campus on patrols as part of the DVC Police Service’s bike program, which is designed to keep of-ficers visible and available on

campus. She has worked as an officer at both DVC and Los Medanos College.

In a press release, the CCCCD Public Information Officer Timothy Leong an-nounced, “Initial findings in-dicate she was the target of the incident and this was not a random act of violence.” Al-though county resources have been allocated to assist with the investigation, there are currently no suspects.

If you have any informa-tion related to the incident, please call the District Police Service’s anonymous hotline at (925) 685-1230 ext. 1999.

JESSICA TRIMMERStaff writer

KARIN JENSEN/ The Inquirer

Officers guard the scene of an assault on DVC police officer Trina Gaines.

Once again, the Associ-ated Students of Diablo Val-ley College (ASDVC) may find itself starting a semester without an adviser.

To stave off this possibility, the student government real-located an estimated $30,000 of student’s reserve funds at the Nov. 20 general board meeting in order to partially

fund a proposed interim clas-sified management position.

According to outgoing AS-DVC adviser, Yvonne Cana-da, 50 percent of the time for the proposed position would be used to fill the duties of the ASDVC adviser, support the student life department and work with the Inter-Club Council.

The money for the AS-DVC adviser position was

previously approved but it at that time, it was under a dif-ferent classification.

Vice President of Student Services Newin Orante and Dean of Student Services Emily Stone approached the ASDVC at the Nov. 20 meet-ing to “request that… [ASD-VC] use the funds differently than… [ASDVC] originally approved them for the spring of 2013,” said Canada.

Concerns were raised about approving the re-al-location. Not every voting board member was provided a draft copy of the proposed position, which included an explanation of how the stu-dent reserve money would be used.

ASDVC President and Inquirer staff member Eric Lee said, “The general AS-DVC board haven’t gotten

a chance to look at the draft yet. However, the Budget Oversight Committee mem-bers have reviewed the docu-ments twice.”

The recommendation of the Budget Oversight Com-mittee was to support the re-allocation of the reserve funds.

Before a formal vote was

The ASDVC’s $30K scrambleHAKEEM MONTES

Editor in chief

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How the perspective has been on Palestine

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“It is under this government...

that these crimes are made possible”

~STEPHANIE TANGWorld Can’t Wait

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against this because it is un-der this government… that these crimes are made pos-sible.”

DVC student Omer Fazli came out to San Francisco to

join the march for the people of Palestine.

Fazli said he wanted to “Show solidarity with what was happening…and was contributing to the, “spread-ing of awareness in our soci-ety.”

A cease-fire was announced

on Nov. 21 and has held since its inception. Though the cease-fire is in place, both sides are ready to reengage if provoked.

A Nov. 29 United Nation decision to grant Palestine a non-member observer status was a cause for Gazans to cel-

ebrate among the destroyed building and suffering people.

Fazli referred to the U.N. decision as, “a small step towards liberation in the fu-ture.”

that DVC Pres. Peter Garcia “loves the pro-gram”, and hopes that a resolution to the is-sue can be found. Chefs expressed optimism be-cause of their long-held good standing with the ACF.

“I do not believe that there is a possibility that the program would lose its accredited status with ACF,” says Kim Schenk, dean of career technical education and education-al development. “It is my opinion that there would be no repercussions for DVC students or the community.”

Concern was also raised about hard to clean areas, made by appliances being bolted to the floor, and the design of the kitchen in general. “The kitchen

was designed poorly, and it makes it very difficult to clean” says Chef Brian McGlynn. “The students work hard to deal with it and maintain ACF stan-dards.”

The culinary staff in-sist that the food is not at risk, and that the non-compliance issues affect the students. The un-reliable equipment and cramped kitchen “affect productivity, not food”,

urges Bernhardt. “Right now, in facili-

ties, we’re easily near the bottom of the list” says Bernhardt. “The minute we move into that build-ing, we’re going straight to the top.”

If the program can’t broker a deal for new equipment ahead of schedule, the program could lose its accredita-tion, which would affect opportunities for culinary

students. “I feel like all of the work I did for the last two years will have meant nothing” says student Russel Fernando. “Hav-ing ACF accreditation means I met the standards of what a culinary stu-dent is supposed to have, and to have that stripped away makes me feel like it was all for nothing.”

On Nov. 21, International Student Cub (ISC) held International Edu-cational Week (IEW) in the student union quad. ISC has held International Educational Week for the last couple of years in order to “educate students of the diverse cultures in DVC and to help different international students express themselves,” according to Lee Tsung Hsun, president of ISC.

The event started around 10 a.m. in the morning and went until 3:30 p.m. IEW included distinctive performanc-es by clubs including Kendo DVC, Indo DVC, Latino Student Alliance, Dance club, and Japanese Club. Some clubs expressed their traditional danc-es and activities. A professional belly dancer also performed. Free food was offered as well. “We have foods that represent different cultures, Chinese, Brazilian, and European” Tsung Hsun said.

The event represent cultural diversi-ties among students, and the event has distinctive activities” said Gary Karl-srud, who participated in IEW from the start, And the food is delicious.”

Mike Chong, a participant from In-ternational Christian Fellowship, said, “It’s wonderful experiences for both

international and American students to learn. I learned about the event through Facebook and I think this event is very informational.”

Many DVC students also stopped by and participated in the event. Jae Hee Youn, a Economics major student said, “I didn’t know there were many inter-national students here in DVC; [IEW] was a creative and informative event. I like the free food and entertainment.” There were many students in the quad, socializing and watching the performance. According to a culinary student, who was serving food during the event, “I think about or more than 150 students participated.”

“Atmosphere is alive; music and performance is very nice. I hope this event continues next year and ASDVC

is in support of this event. I promot-ed my club during the event and met some new people.” Said Alvin Delius, a representative from Indo DVC, who tabled during the event. While the performances were going on, many clubs tabled and promoted their up-coming events. “I think this year’s IEW is very successful,” said Delius. Editors note: Eric Lee is ASDVC presi-dent.

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Thursday, Dec. 6 Piano Ensemble Recital 2:00 p.m. M-101 DVC Dramatic Society Presents: Mutant Lounge Show 7:00 p.m. Arena Theater Friday, Dec. 7 Deans and Department Chairs Meeting 9:00 AM - 11:00 a.m. BFL Community Conference Center Monday, Dec. 10 College Council 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. BFL Community Conference Center Curriculum Committee 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Media Conference Room (L-151) Friday, Dec. 14 Budget Committee Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Media Conference Room (L-151) Student Equity Committee 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Media Conference Room (L-151) Saturday, Dec. 15 Guitar Ensemble: The Roots of Latin American Music 8:00 p.m. Performing Arts Center $7 in advance, $10 at the door.

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called, a student and member of the public, Elijah Ziskin, questioned how many of the ASDVC board members were actually familiar with the re-allocation process because, “This decision [was] obviously a big one.”

However, ASDVC Vice President of Leg-islative Affairs Ryan Souza recalled the thor-ough discussion surrounding the original ap-proval and encouraged the vote to take place.

The re-allocation of the student reserve funds was overwhelmingly approved.

According to Stone, there is discussion tak-ing place on how to fund the permanent pro-posed position.

After the meeting closed, ASDVC board members Sheren Hotama and David Choi re-vealed they had not viewed the draft of the proposed position. When Choi was asked if he voted in favor of the re-allocation he stat-ed, “Yep.”

Editors note: The author was a board member of the ASDVC in 2010.

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Wednesday, Nov. 14 7:10 a.m. The Athletic Director found a man sleeping in the locked P.E. office when she arrived for work. 9:33 a.m. Student came to police services to report an altercation with an instructor. Sunday, Nov. 18 5:40 p.m.

An employee reported that two subjects were inside the old Student Service Center removing items from the building for personal use. They were instructed to bring the items back. Monday, Nov. 19 9:10 p.m. Student reported a subject asked to use his cellphone and then fled with it.

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Best finish ever for water polo

The men’s water polo team lost 16-10 in a heated state championship match against Golden West College (GWC) on Saturday, Nov. 17. The game’s physicality led to a fourth quarter brawl in which six players were ejected.

The loss placed the Vikings second in the state, the best finish in DVC water polo his-tory. The women’s team placed fourth.

“I am regretful because… we were so ag-gressive and I am disappointed about the fight but after all we played very well the whole sea-son and I think this cannot be a bad thing,” said DVC’s Bora Dimitrov. “We made the best result DVC has ever made in water polo.”

The Vikings defeated Cerritos College in Friday’s tournament grudge game to deter-mine who would go to the state champion-ships with GWC taking a Friday victory away from West Valley College to advance to the finals.

DVC’s had a mere four regular season loss-es, one against Cerritos and three against the state champion GWC Rustlers.

“We were ready to play we just made a few mistakes and then we had to play catch-up and this team was too good to do that,” said DVC head coach, John Roemer. “We had a lot of kick outs, which is good for us. We got them kicked out almost over a dozen times and we didn’t capitalize on as many of them as we should have. And that’s a credit to them; they

were an undefeated team this year.”DVC won the first possession of the

championship match and quickly capitalized. A quick pass from DVC’s Raz Yuval led to a Bora Dimitrov goal within the first 25 sec-onds, the only DVC lead of the game.

However, the ensuing possessions would set the tone for the game. GWC responded immediately with a goal of its own only 20 seconds later and after a foul sent the ball back to GWC, the visiting Rustlers were able to score again.

Dimitrov spoke on DVC’s pre-game strate-gy to combat the aggressive Rustlers, “Before the game coach (Roemer) told us we need to stop their counter attack and their whole set. We did that, but unfortunately they had

a lucky day and scored from the perimeter.”GWC went on to score three more goals as

part of their 5-0 run making the score, 5-1. The first quarter ended 6-3 in favor of the Rustlers.

The third quarter started hopeful for the Vikings with DVC’s Ori Raz stealing the ball from a GWC player only to turn the ball over on a 30-second shot clock violation. However, DVC would still be the first to strike with a Peter Djurakovic goal to make it 9-5. After three GWC goals, Djurakovic followed with another goal of his own, the only two DVC scores of the quarter.

With the score at 13-6 entering the final quarter, tensions were high. Fans and players alike on either side of the contest voiced frus-

tration at the lack of fouls called by the refs on several particularly aggressive plays.

DVC’s Ori Raz was ejected after reaching the foul limit and shortly after, the GWC coach was given a yellow card. Both sides traded scores after the card was issued mak-ing it 14-7.

With 5:31 left in the fourth quarter, fight-ing broke out after a goal by Dimitrov made it 14-8. Dimitrov scored with GWC center, Ricardo Guimaraes closely guarding him. Af-ter the goal, Guimaraes, who had complained of an ear injury earlier in the game, punched Dimitrov in the head. Dimitrov swung back and soon the GWC goalie and two other play-ers went after Dimitrov who was soon aided by his teammates in what turned into an al-most entire team brawl.

After the two teams were broken up, the game was delayed while referees decided on ejections and Contra Costa Community Col-lege Police officers tried to straighten out what had happened.

When all was said and done, ejection were given to DVC’s Dimitrov, Federico Epis, and Roman Novak while GWC also lost Guima-raes, Nate Sfreddo, and Derek Iglesias for the rest of the game.

“After my goal, the guy just came right be-hind me and punched me in the face, so I re-acted a little bit aggressive and I tried to get back at him, and after that, four of them sur-rounded me and the guys from my team came to help me,” said Dimitrov.

The fourth quarter was the only one in which DVC outscored the visiting Rustlers (4-3), but it was not enough to close the deficit. DVC lost 16-10, but closed out the 2012 sea-son with a better finish than any previous year.

Men come 2nd in state, after a loss to Golden West College

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Ryan Sevilla, of DVC, prepares to shoot the ball against GWC in the state championship finals.

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ANDREW O’CONNOR-WATTSManaging editor

DVC football took down Laney College to win the in-augural East Bay Bowl last Friday, Nov. 16, at Viking Sta-dium.

DVC received the open-ing kickoff and proceeded to jump all over Laney on their first drive, with Quinn Kaehler completing five straight passes. DVC took the early lead on an option pitch from Kaehler to CJ Best, a four yard run on first-and-goal.

Laney’s subsequent drive resulted in a three-and-out, and most of their first quar-ter drives followed suit. Laney quarterback Charles Cobb dealt with relentless pressure led by linebacker Kyle Kragen and defensive lineman Siuea Vaesau. With about three minutes left Kaehler took off for a 30 yard run into Laney’s redzone, their best scoring opportunity since the open-ing drive. However Kaehler was sacked and stripped from

behind on the very next play and Laney managed to recov-er the ball.

The first quarter ended with DVC leading 7-0. Laney was able to muster just one third down conversion.

DVC’s first drive of the second quarter resulted in more points. Sustained by two Andre’ Lewis sideline catches, it was capped off with a 37 yard touchdown pass over the middle to Terrance Young. The extra point was missed, leaving the score at 13-0. A few minutes later Laney got their first touchdown of the game on a two yard run by Daron Duong. Their kicker also missed the extra point, making it 13-6.

With 3:10 left, Kaehler threw a pass over the middle that got deflected, intercept-ed, and taken back for an 80 yard touchdown by Laney cornerback Jamal Mayo, ty-ing the score at 13-13. But the stalemate didn’t last very long: running back CJ Best sparked DVC with a pair of 20 yard runs, and Kaehler hit Trevor

Smith down the seam for a 24 yard touchdown. On Laney’s first play after the kickoff, Cobb’s pass went through his receiver’s hands and fluttered in the air, where cornerback Robert Johnson snatched it and sprinted into the endzone for a score.

The first half saw DVC dominate on both sides of the ball. The Vikings were able to march up and down the field, whereas Laney compiled a plethora of three-and-outs and mistakes.

The third quarter ended with just three points scored between both teams. DVC was able to move within the middle of the field but not in scoring distance, while Laney’s offense was stymied by pressure in the backfield on run plays and constant ha-rassment on Cobb dropbacks.

Just under a minute into the fourth quarter Laney found the endzone on a 74 yard dash by Cobb, cutting their deficit to 10. For the next

Football wins East Bay BowlGABRIEL AGURCIA

Staff writer

Vikings’ LAX: Strength through unity

Midfielder Cory Callahan eludes Stanford defender while run-ning towards the goal. Callahan scored five goals against Stan-ford, helping DVC win 12-11.

DVC Vikings’ Lacrosse finished their fifth season with an impres-sive 12-4 record, their best season finish since their establishment in 2008. Despite ending the sea-son with a 8-12 loss to St Mary’s College, the team’s achievements throughout the season proved that despite being just a “club team”, their caliber as athletes is not to be overlooked.

Highlights of the season include wins over Stanford University, Chi-co State University, Simon Frasier University, and UC Davis.

“We played as a team and as a family on those days,” explained goalie Alec Hamlin. “We played like brothers day in and day out – we bled and fought for each other in every game.”

The win over Stanford was cer-tainly an accomplishment the Vi-kings were immensely proud of. The frustrating loss to UC Berke-ley at the Davis tournament only fuelled the Vikings’ determination prior to the Stanford game.

The Stanford game met with both excitement and grim reso-lution by the DVC team. Goals were hard-earned and constantly matched, resulting in a mostly even score throughout the game. Dur-ing the game, coach Dean Walla-han emphasized the importance of not only controlling the ball, but also the pace of the game.

“We need to take the lead and never give it back,” said Wallahan during the halftime break. “This is what we practiced for. We’re going to bring it to them.”

The suspense in the atmosphere hardly faded as the game pro-gressed, with both teams fighting down to literally the last second. Midfielder Cory Callahan managed to even the score to 11-11, with a mere 2:50 minutes left in the last quarter. The subsequent face-off was won, allowing the Vikings to gain crucial possession. It was clear that DVC was not here to tie, but to win.

A desperate slash to Callahan by a Stanford defender afflicted them with a damaging penalty. With one man up, the Vikings seized the op-

portunity with Callahan scoring once more with less than a minute left on the clock. The 12-11 win to DVC was met with a surge and up-roar of excitement from both the team and the crowd.

The Vikings continued with their momentum by securing their second win against UC Davis the following week, 15-12.

While many of the players while be transferring or leaving DVC next year, it is evident that the play-ers all share both a brotherly bond and a genuine passion for lacrosse.

“Year after year, our team con-tinues to improve,” said captain Devon Bahary. “We had an amaz-ing season and we our victories this season brought more pride to our program. I felt closer as a team than I have felt in the years before.”

“If there’s one guarantee about DVC lacrosse, it’s that it will always be great lacrosse,” summarized de-fender Brandon Hall - much to the agreement of his teammates.

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“Yes, I think they do have enough healthy options.

They do sell fruit. It could be worse. At leastwe have options.”

MARK VALDEZ, 21

“Every time I go in there they have fruits and veg-etables. I was able to eat

on campus even on agluten free diet. The cu-linary students do a great

job.”

MITCHELL HAMMOND, 19

ELIZABETH ESCALANTE, 19

“I think the culinary pro-gram and the cafeteria can always have more options,

I try to havehealthy options available.”

CHARLES ADAMS, 43

“They have vegetables but we need more options, it is

good to have variety.”

R.J. JOHNSON, 18

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“I don’t eat lunch here but I eat breakfast here. The cafeteria has very

little healthy food.Students look for mostly affordable options not

healthy options.”

The United States of America plummeted to 47th place on the 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index rankings produced by Reporters Without Bor-ders. This is a decline of 27 rankings from the previous year’s report.

According to Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General Jean-Fran-çois Julliard in a statement posted on their website, “More than ever before, we see that economic development, institutional reform and respect for fundamental rights do not necessarily go hand in hand. The defense of me-dia freedom continues to be a battle, a battle of vigilance in the democracies of old Europe and a battle against op-pression and injustice in the totalitar-ian regimes still scattered across the globe.”

After a Twitter posting which an-nounced the Israel Defense Forces’ “Pillar of Defense” campaign against Palestine, bombs started dropping and it became increasingly difficult to sift through the information being re-ported.

Israel justified the initial air raids, which claimed Palestinian civilian lives, by stating that they were target-ing a Hamas leader named Ahmed

Al-Jabari who was hiding in a civilian hideout. What was not as widely re-ported was Al-Jabari being a subcon-tractor of Israel.

According to a Huffington Post ar-ticle, Aluf Benn, editor in chief of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, pointed out that “Ahmed Jabari was a sub-contractor, in charge of maintaining Israel’s security in Gaza….”

Jabari’s responsibilities included en-forcing the truce between Hamas and Israel. Jabari also played a key role in the negotiations for the release of an Israel Defense Force soldier, Gilat Shalit, who had been imprisoned for more than five years.

Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin stated in the Huffington Post article, “Jabari was the ‘key actor on the Hamas side.’” Jabari maintained peace in the Strip and successfully en-forced the cease fire across the differ-ent factions throughout the Strip and on Hamas.

Most early mainstream headlines followed the trend of the Israel De-fense Force’s Twitter post and simply focused on the Hamas leader/terrorist being taken out theme.

Spinning the start of the Israeli air

raids against Gaza did not serve the public. It was misleading and unethical to omit the important fact that Israel killed their subcontractors, who were maintaining peace in the Strip, and use it to claim justification for taking civil-ian lives.

As reported on the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, as of Nov. 22, Israeli casualties from the recent violence included “6 killed (4 civilians and 2 soldiers)….”

Aljezeera reported in an article, as of Nov. 19, the number of Palestinian deaths had reached 100.

If one performed a search on Google titled, “How many rockets has Israel fired into Gaza?” the predictive suggestion would present the oppo-site. The search engine would auto-matically generate the question,” How many rockets have been fired into Is-rael from Gaza?”

The Google search engine draws keywords from the plethora of ar-ticles which are currently available on the web and uses them when making the suggestion. It would appear there is censorship taking place when one is unable to readily find any information on the amount of missiles Israel is de-

ploying into Gaza. As we can see in the civilian death

tolls reported, there is quite an imbal-ance. The level of aggression which Israel used against Gaza was not clear in western media.

During the increase of air raids into Gaza, images of bloodied and dead innocent Palestinians continue to flood social media websites. The pho-tos that were posted brought a face to the level of aggression which was in-flicted upon the Strip.

It is not difficult to understand why the U.S. has fallen so many rankings on the Press Freedom Index so quickly. We must protect our freedom of the press. If censorship and selective re-porting continues to be compromised, freedoms and rights will only dimin-ish. The continual restriction of infor-mation through a corrupted press will only cause more voiceless people to be left in the dark, or even dead.

Threatening the right to freedom of the press is an issue which affects everyone. It is the duty of the people to call an end to the manipulation of information.

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Letters to the editorSharks are the top predator in the

ocean; they come silently, without warning. Some people say sharks are dangerous, mysterious, aggressive and are human-eaters; however some say they are profitable, delicious and healthy as well. To change their im-pression of sharks and to know more in depth about the school of marine animal, which are at risk of extinc-tion and endangered. We will examine shark fin soup.

When I was small, I always won-dered why people like to have this soup, I don’t feel it is particularly mouthwatering but my parents told me that it is a very expensive dish and we have to treasure it. One time, a television program caught my atten-tion because it was about how shark fin came. At that time, I felt deeply sorry for those poor sharks that got slaughtered and dumped back into the ocean. Since then, I vowed I will nev-er ever have shark fin again! I don’t want to motivate the society to kill more sharks.

Shark fin soup is so popular be-

cause it once was favored by Chinese Emperors for its rarity in the old days; nowadays people use this extravagant soup to celebrate special events, such as birthday and weddings; it demon-strates good fortune of the host and the guest. Basically shark fin tastes bland, a noodle-like cartilage and it have a special texture; while shark fin soup tastes terrific because of its broth and other flavorsome ingredi-ents, such as mushrooms, wood ear and lean meat. The side ingredients are not as expensive as shark fin, but they work excellently to enhance the taste of the soup.

Even though there are some old Chinese sayings which said shark fin is extremely good for one’s health, af-ter going through some scientific re-searches, we proved that, the shark fin we consume actually contained a lot of toxic metals. We use water every single day; many factories use tons of water to cool down their machines. At some industrial and urban areas, toxic waste water was discharged to the ocean, and the worst part is that the

polluted sewage contains trace metals. Trace metals cover many elements,

for example Mercury, Cadmium, Cop-per, Magnesium etc. Excess consump-tion of trace metals might develop health risks to humans. Seafood is an excellent choice of protein and it is very easy to reach. Unfortunately, the water contains neuromas of trace metals and other toxic chemicals which would slowly make all the sea-food harmful to us.

No one knows what is the exact diets and food of fishes, but they certainly take food which contains metals. Intestines and gills of fishes are the main site of absorption; from time to time, fishes absorb all the tox-ic metals in the ocean and accumulate in the body. Sharks are high in food chain and are top predators, therefore they accumulate more toxic.

Unlike other fishes, shark do not have bones; instead they have carti-laginous skeleton which include their fins. Sharks and other marine animals live in polluted areas, and after years of accumulation, their body contains

high level of metal. Although differ-ent sharks will target different prey, still all of their food are caught in the ocean. When human have shark fin, it means we are having all kind of met-als dissolved in the ocean which is ap-palling.

People who consume shark fin are selfish to the environment, to our offspring and to all the marine ani-mals. We should stop shark finning and eating. Sharks had been living in the ocean for 420 million years, they did survive through the Ice Age, but soon, number of sharks will decrease. I did carry out my plan of never e ver having shark fin soup again, and my action even influenced my fam-ily. After my explanation, they agree with my point and they agreed that they will spread this message to their friends as well. I hope my wish can come true before it’s too late.

Sincerely, Alicia Hoi

Just say ‘no’ to shark fin soup

Limited press has deadly impact

I am writing this letter to you be-cause I have some concerns on the recent budget cuts. These cuts have affected many people around the country. This has impacted schools and jobs across California. Students and workers are suffering because there is no money, so students don’t have the supplies and activities they need to help them learn, and work-ers end up losing their jobs. You are cutting out summer programs, sports, music, art programs and physical edu-cation from k-12 as well as in colleges.

Community centers are being shut down, and that has an impact on the youth, especially in the inner-city. And that is not right because for some youth those activities are the only way they can escape certain circumstances in their households or neighborhoods. This also plays a part in people getting

laid off from their jobs because now there will be a tremendous increase in the crime rate because people are go-ing to do whatever it takes to take care of their families.

Cutting activities out of schools leaves young students at a loss. It af-fects how students learn in class be-cause teachers are getting laid off and classes are increasing to over 30 stu-dents. Not having the money to buy new equipment can have an effect on how students learn. For example, students at an L.A. school were issued a survey and they were asked about the lack of supplies. From the survey, most of the students said that they have to share textbooks. They don’t have enough computers or paper for their assignments so they have to copy from the overhead. Not only is that wrong, but now you have to pay

for certain activities in school that are usually free. For instance, the same survey asked if anybody had to pay for activities at school. The majority answered yes and said they had to pay for field trips, science lab fees, music programs, art supplies, and sports uniforms. That is outrageous; I be-lieve that those things should be pro-vided to for the students without pay.

Budget cuts are so bad now that it is not only affecting K-12 anymore, but it is affecting colleges all over the country. Schools are starting to raise their tuition and officials are saying that they had to decrease enrollment by 10 percent due to lack of money. More schools are threatening to shut down. Not only are the cuts affecting education, but it is also affecting jobs. According to experts, in L.A. 14 per-cent of the residents are unemployed.

More and more businesses are start-ing to lay off people.

I believe this has to change because at the end of the day the youth are being affected. The reason why is that when kids don’t have anything to do, they tend to get into trouble.

When you lay people off, it af-fects families tremendously because people can’t provide. For example, in Chicago during the month of Au-gust, there were 55 murders of teens. I also believe that we should put the money into schools and not into wars and things of that nature, because the youth is our future and one day they will be doctors, lawyers and presidents and they need all the resources to be successful.

Sincerely,Devontae Anderson

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filled speech. I was not ex-pecting my night to be this fun.

After Jared’s performance was the impromptu speech by Joshua Blas, a 30-year old Navy veteran aspiring to be a teacher. As the audience picked the choice of topics, we came up with “Batman, the song ‘Sexy and I Know It’, and the idea of ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’”. It was amazing how cohesive his speech was considering the short amount of preparation time.

Following him was Court-nee Stagner speaking on the importance of names and the possible predisposition it has on your life from school performance to career oppor-tunities. “Names are a repre-sentation of who you are” was the theme of her speech. At one part she quizzed the audience on whether they recognized the original names

of famous celebrities such as Carlos Irwin Estevas becom-ing Charlie Sheen and Natalie Hershlag becoming Natalie Portman. She left us ponder-ing the question “What will you name your child?”

Afterwards was the most emotionally intense perfor-mance of the night. Sabrina Sakdikul and Allen Miller per-formed “A Duo Interpreta-tion”, acting out a counseling meeting between a wife and a husband about the husband’s racist father living with them. The argument built up until the wife revealed that her fa-ther-in-law tried to bribe her for sexual favors. The hus-band decided that they would kick out the father, and the performers walked off-stage.

Lastly, the night ended with a Parliamentary Debate between Sasan Kasravi (Af-firmative) and Shayne Rucki and Melissa Huggins (Op-position) debating whether DVC should have the power to restrict internet access to sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and so on. The audi-ence was instructed to shout “Here! Here!” or “Shame!

Shame!” when they agreed or disagreed with arguments. Both sides performed well between bringing up the right to freedom, followed by au-dience members shouting “’Murica,” and applauding for Viking pride as we endorse internet restriction in order to get a more productive school environment.

The night finished with a closing by Patrick Moe, DVC speech instructor and coach of the debate team. After-wards, there was a meet-the-team session as students left to write their reports while still remembering the details of the performances. Speech night was like nothing I ex-pected. I truly enjoyed my night, and I now look forward to attending the next one. Even if one is not taking a speech class, I highly recom-mend attending this entertain-ing event. You’d better buy your tickets fast before the next one sells out!

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Reinertson dubs her education “Califor-nian.” simply meaning it is different than the realistic sculpture she does now. When I asked her about her own teaching style she told me that for her DVC classes next semester she wishes to introduce a new tech-nical way to work to the students. She said she does not teach by saying, “‘Copy me’ and ‘Do what I say’” but rather employs, “cre-ative problem-solving.” Students can expect to be challenged while listening to classical guitar, a favorite studio sound of Reinert-son’s.

An exhibition of ceramic works at the Pence Gallery in Davis this upcoming spring will be exclusively Reinertson’s which will fo-cus on endangered animals. Her interest in humans’ connection with nature appears in a large portion of her work as well. As the

interview with Reinertson was coming to a close, she was asked, “what was next, any projects?” She laughed and answered, “Al-ways. I’m always working on a project.”

Reinertson proves to be an inspiration to her fellow sculptors, whether they be peers or students. When Reinertson substituted for a sculpture class at DVC this fall, a former student of hers that attended her presenta-tion and introduced her, praised her, saying she is “a world-class sculpture artist. She is in my estimation, terrific.” Mark Messenger, a teacher of ceramics and sculpture for 25 years, described her as a “modern day Ro-din, one of the best figurative sculptors in the country.”

Reinertson currently teaches ceramics sculpture at the San Francisco Art Institute.

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seven and a half minutes the teams punted back and forth. Kaehler dropped back, shuf-fled around the pocket, and stared down Smith in the flat. Laney Cornerback Justin Brandon jumped in front of the pass and walked in a pick six, cutting DVC’s lead to just 3.

Laney saw their comeback attempt end at the hands of the Viking defense. With about 4:30 left in the game, on a pivotal 4th and 3 at DVC’s 39, Kragen fought his way around the offensive line and clocked Cobb in his throwing motion, forcing an incompletion and turnover on downs.

On 3rd and 2 from the DVC 41, with just under 3:00 left, Best sealed the game with a huge 42 yard run down to Laney’s 17 yard line. “I was thinking big time the whole way,” Best said. “And just making sure I stayed in bounds.” Laney took over on downs with 1:30 remaining, and a few Hail Mary attempts proved unsuccessful, giving DVC the victory,

30-27.“Like every game this year, the guys played

really hard,” said coach Mike Darr. The de-fense only allowed only two touchdowns, a reflection of Darr’s gameplan. “We wanted to stop the run. We knew they liked to run some play action pass, so we wanted to take that away from them.”

Overall, Darr was very proud of the way his team closed out the game, and the season. “Winning this bowl game is a very rewarding feeling. The defensive line finished this game, like they did every game, just relentless.”

CJ Best was given Offensive MVP, amass-ing 113 yards on 14 carries and a touchdown. Defensive MVP went to Laney cornerback Ja-mal Mayo, who finished with six tackles, three pass breakups, and an interception.

DVC completes the 2012 campaign with a 7-4 record, along with a shiny new East Bay Bowl trophy.

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You know what sounds boring? A speech night. Not just any speech night, but one where I have to listen to fellow students at the school I can’t wait to escape from by graduat-ing or transferring. No wonder Speech 120 Teachers offer students extra credit each se-mester for attending!

At least, this is what I imagined most people thought when they heard about DVC’s Speech nights. Hold on speech majors, faculty and de-bate team, I’m going somewhere with this…

As I entered the Performance Arts building on Nov. 27, I passed a huge group of disap-pointed students because the event was sold

out. Most were Speech 120 students hoping for some last minute extra credit as the semes-ter winds down.

I made it in time for the first performer, Jar-ed Chernila, who did “After Dinner Speaking”. He walked on stage holding an empty sheath of a kukri, a machete-like weapon originat-ing in Nepal, which was also the topic of his speech. I was not expecting what followed for the rest of the night. Joking about his Jewish heritage he said the kukri was “used for cutting off my schmeckle.” Later, after noting that newer Kukris are made using recycled truck parts, he said, it’s good to be green”. These are

If comic art and creative

writing is your passion, then it is time to get those creative juices flowing and prepare an entry for the third annual O’Keefe Prize for Graphic Literature.

According to the press re-lease, the DVC English and Arts Departments are accept-ing entries to highlight the best in comic art and writ-ing; any story, poem or work of literature that integrates words and pictures to tell a story. The format can be a comic strip, single-page or multiple-page.

The contest is open to any currently enrolled DVC stu-dents, and students can work alone or in a duo to create their entry. Drafts were ac-cepted Dec. 3 for review and feedback, but are not neces-sary to submit a final draft due Jan. 21. Students still have time over the winter break to prepare their submission for the start of the spring 2013 semester.

Entries will be collected by Adam Bessie (FO 106) and Arthur King (A 103). English and art professors will select

the finalists. Prizes for the contest include cartooning art materials, comic prize packs, and publication for the DVC student body. The awards are named after notable artists, including the George Harri-man Grand Prize, the Mary Blair Award, The Basil Wol-verton Award, and the Robert Crumb Award. Winners art-work will be featured at San Francisco’s Alternative Press Expo and the Spring Student Art Show.

Kellyn Borst, online edi-tor for the Inquirer, is look-ing forward to the upcoming contest. Borst said, “Entering this contest allows me to get valuable exposure important to those hoping to enter the creative industry.”

The contest honors James

O’Keefe, who was a long time English professor and created the English 176 Graphic Novel as Literature class. “This contest is meant to honor his relentlessly cre-ative and passionate spirit, one that inspired me when I started teaching at DVC,” said professor Adam Bessie. “With the contest, we hope to provide the same creative op-portunity for DVC students today that O’Keefe offered in his dynamic classes, and to pass on the passion!”

Visit the contest blog at jamesokeefeprize.blogspot.com for more information.

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Her father marched with Martin Lu-ther King Jr. Her mother stood for civil rights. And she marched with Cesar Chavez in 1966.

Lisa Reinertson’s passion for the civil rights her parents valued influences her exceptional art which will reflect dur-ing her semester of teaching at DVC this spring.

At 11-years-old, Reinertson partici-pated in the 1965 march led by Cesar Chavez from Delano to Sacramento. Her mother and her best friend were at a Democratic meeting when some-one asked them whether anyone could provide housing for the marchers in Sacramento once they arrived. Reinert-son said her mother and her best friend were involved in “civil rights and blue-grass” so they began organizing places for the 2,000 people to stay. Reinertson described the event as a “biblical sto-ry.” Girl Scouts provided cookies and others provided other necessities such as meat and housing. After Reinertson marched up Highway 99 and stood on

the stage with Chavez she remembers him as a “soft-spoken, humble person” who is etched in her memory. Reinert-son feels strongly about the local story and sculpted Chavez in 2001 for the city of Sacramento. She said, “Not ev-ery sculpture is as deeply meaningful to me as Chavez.”

Reinertson incorporates her educa-tion into her sculpture as well as her passion. She began taking art classes in high school which focused more on drawing and painting. She then stud-ied her art further at CSU Sacramento, graduating with a B.A. and then choos-ing to take a short break to be married and have her first child. Reinertson returned to her schooling at age 24 to UC Davis where she focused on figura-tive sculpture. A year after she finished her graduate work, UC Davis became the location of her first commission.

At first, Reinerston was not interest-ed in public art; however, after her idea for a sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen for the commissioned piece at UC Davis and she completed it, she realized she enjoyed sculpting

for the people. She said she wanted a sculpture, “in a public place to speak to the people.”

Creating the King piece excited her as she thought of her dad and how strongly he supported that man and his movement. When she sat down to conceptualize, she asked herself “How would he [M.L. King Jr.] want to be portrayed?” She answered herself with “the values he fought for.”

Her sculpture is a narrative of those values and a history of the civil rights King stood to uphold and move for-ward. Civil rights leaders such as Ghan-di and Rosa Parks are sculpted on the robe to pay homage to their efforts. Michael W. Panhorst PhD describes her work of King as a “...phenomenal portrait of a man and a movement [that] is among the finest memorial sculptures produced in recent years.”

Her expertise and talent is recog-nized in more places than Northern California. Reinertson’s work can also be found in Southern California, Mich-igan, and Guam.

Art professor sculpts a new futureJULIA KINKELA

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