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Volume No. LXVIII Los Angeles Harbor College 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington CA. 90744

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Marvin Martinez continues to get his feet wet after starting three months ago as the new president of Los Angeles Harbor College. Martinez replaced Linda Spink, president since 2000 Previously the Vice Chancellor of Economic and Workforce De-velopment for Los Angeles Com-munity College District, Martinez has come into office ready to guide Harbor into the next stage of its evolution. Recently Martinez has stated that on of his top priorities is to open for hire the position of Vice President for Economic Develop-ment. With ongoing construction, classes continuously being cut, and a nearly 10% rise in enrollment “it’s a good time for us to make our case for a balanced budget,” said Martinez. With a 10 year deficit, Marti-nez plans to work closely with the district to set an appropriateallotment of funds to pull Harbor out of debt. He also plans to have a balanced budget by 2011 and tocreate a “path way for us to support our needs,” which he recognizes will be a challenge. Daniel LaVista, new LACCD Chancellor, is someone that Marti-nez believes to be “instrumental”in facilitating the change needed at the district level. There are also contributing factors at the state lev-el, which Martinez described as the classic struggle between Republi-cans and Democrats. With 5 billion more needed to balance the state

A new school year, a new president.

Marvin Martinez wants LAHC students to be aware of future job opportunities.

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Traffic and parking plague LAHC campus

Campus Sheriff discuss the problems concerning campus traffic

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Graffiti claims new LAHC buildings

What’s your thoughts on graffiti on our new college campus?

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New school year, new president

by Brian BagbyHarbor Tides Staff

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Family members spoke out about the death of Los Angeles Harbor College football player Vincinson Edwards, recalling him as a really good student who loved sports and loved to play with kids. Edwards, who would have turned 25 on October 7th, was murdered in the late afternoon Sept. 16 shortly after leaving cam-pus. Reports vary, but it is believed Edwards had a confrontation with someone near the football field before he left Harbor College and the shooting occurred as he sat in his 1994 white Chevrolet Caprice on Pacific Coast Highway and Figueroa St. According to police reports, Edwards was taken with

multiple gunshot wounds to Kai-ser Permanente Medical Center in Harbor City. According to Brian Gasparian of the LAPD Harbor Division, the assailant fled in a light-colored ve-hicle. There are conflicting reports as to whether officials have identi-fied a suspect or not. Sherry Edwards, Vincinson’s mother, described her son as a “happy person, who liked every-one” and that “football was his thing.” According to his mother, he was an outstanding student who took part in an “Upward Bound” program at Narbonne High School in Lomita for three years prior to graduation. As a result of his participation in the Upward Bound program, Ed-

wards received a scholarship. He went on to attend both California State University, Long Beach and El Camino College. Travis Davis, Edward’s de-fensive back coach said “losing a player you coached is like losing one of your little brothers or family members, it’s very sad and emo-tional.” According to Davis, Ed-wards just came off a good game against Los Angeles Southwest College Sept. 11 and figured to see increased playing time in the next game. Several websites have been receiving posts in reaction to what happened including CBS.com and JCFootball.com. Police are asking anyone with information to call 310-726-7882.

Photo by Leni EstrellaA makeshift memorial in honor of Vincinson Edwards was constructed by friends, teammates and family on the corner of PCH and Figueroa

Family speaks out on the murder of LAHC football player Vincinson Edwards

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CHANGES”Tania Ramos Leni Estrella www.hctides.com Brian Bagby

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Katherine GalindoMajor: Administration of Justice Major: Biology

Major: UndecidedMajor: Undecided

“I love the idea of new buildings, but the only thing that really both-ers me is the fact that I have a class

in the science building and it is really hard to hear lecture.”

“It is really annoying, takes

up too much space and time

consuming to get to class. Think-ing of class and

hearing the noise gives me a migraine.”

“The construction has a slight

inconvenience during class.”

“It is pretty loud and it sucks for the people that have classes all

over campus because there is more walking to do then before.”

photos by Tania Ramos

How do YOU feel about GRAFFITI on YOUR campus?uRachel Gomez, FreshmanMajor: Undecided“Jerks, are those who graffiti on campus! I personally do not like it, it is ugly and there is a differ-ence between good graffiti and bad. Scribble scarbble is not nice graffiti.”uRudy Ramon, SophmoreMajor: Criminal Justice“Graffiti should be discouraged, it is unattractive. It is not a form of art if it looks sloppy. It makes our campus look dirty and those who graffiti on our walls have no respect for our campus or for the students who take college seri-ously.”uChris Gonzalez, FreshmanMajor: Business“Graffiti should not be done at school, it has its place. I am a fan of it but I think when it is done in a place like at our school it is disre-spectful. It hurts the appearance of our school.”uChris Irvin, FreshmanMajor: Justice Administration“Graffiti altogether is disrespectful! Especially here on campus because there has been so much money invested in the new buildings. I think we should have more security in order to catch the ‘taggers.’ Its a shame.”

uMichelle Mangoban, FreshmanMajor: Nursing“I think Graffiti is ugly. It should be frowned upon here on campus. If a student is caught they should be removed from school. It should not be tolerated.”uBrittaney Savage, FreshmanMajor: Geology“If the school is providing you with a nice building in which you are being educated in then you should have enough respect and apprecia-tion for it. Many schools do not have nice bathrooms or buildings and here people are destroying something that should not be taken for granted.”

uMy own views on graffiti...Throughout my tour of the campus I discovered many donated bench-es and tables that have tagging on them. It deeply saddens me to see this kind of vandalism in a place of higher education. This is a college, neither an alley nor a dumpster. We are here for an education, so edu-cate yourself and think about what you are doing before you decide to write on the bathroom walls or other school property. Be an adult.

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An ongoing construction project which would upgrade every classroom in the Northeast Academic Hall into a level-two classroom, which comes equipped with ceiling speakers and new computers. Started in early October, these en-hancements will force classes to be moved to the old General Classrooms for one week per room. According to the administration, “you will return to a truly functional techno-logical building”. Professor Shazia Khan has been look-ing forward to these upgrades for a while. One teacher who returned to his appar-ently upgraded room was not too happy with the results. Mark Shannon, a speech professor, who returned to his usual class-room Tuesday Nov. 9th, said “There were supposed to be improvements, but there is not”. “This is a speech class and they removed the podium”, Shannon said. The computer was also moved into a locked cabinet and is not connected to the Internet. With no Internet, “students can’t access their reports,” said Shannon. He also expressed that these issues resulted in a “loss of valuable class time”. He postponed assignment due dates in hopes that the students could use these upgrades to assist their speeches, and now they have to be pushed back even further.

Below is the schedule for class-room changes.Date NEA -> General ClassroomNov. 15 205 103Nov. 15 207 105Nov. 15 119 107

Nov. 22 225 103Nov. 22 121 105Nov. 22 122 107

Nov. 29 209 103Nov. 29 213 105Nov. 29 123 107

Dec. 6 219 103Dec. 6 221 105Dec. 6 124 107

Dec. 13 101 103Dec. 13 103 105Dec. 13 125 107

Dec. 20 105 103Dec. 20 126 105Dec. 20 127 107

Dec. 27 107 103Dec. 27 128 105Dec. 27 187 N/A

Teachers react to classroom upgrades to the NAH building

by Brian BagbyHarbor Tides Staff

How do you feel about the construction going on around campus?

3“NEWS IN

BRIEF”GRIGORIEVOBITUARY

ECO-FRIENDLY RECYCLE BINS

“NEW LAHCPRESIDENT”

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Music instructor Igor Grigoriev dies

Born in Moscow, Russia on June 1, 1955, Igor Grig-oriev, also known as Igor “OGOGO,” passed away at age 55. He was said to have suffered from a rapid heart attack at home while spending time with his family. He is survived by his wife, Kimia, and his daughter, Darya; Kimia will always remember her husband as a

free spirited man. Igor studied guitar and came to this country to find his niche. He started in Hollywood playing gigs with his trio band. He later began his teaching career that helped many students fashion and shape their dreams. Friends and students of Harbor College will always remember him. Kael Sharp, music major, said, “He had a nice sense of humor and he was always smiling.” Mike Hiscocksa, chairman of the music department, will remem-ber him as “a wonderful teacher who dedicated many years of his life to the school.” “He was my friend and my guitar brother. This one is for you,” Rich-ard Leach says, “Can we play a blues? maybe two? show me that Django lick again that’s so cool we’ll play again soon, how about ‘How High the Moon?’” Grigoriev’s memorial service was held at Green Hills Memorial Park on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 11:00 am. In lieu of notice, the Grigoriev family hac a trust fund for their daughter Darya and any donations will be accepted and appreciated. Please make any checks payable to Darya Grigoriev. Con-tact information is available online at www.lahc.edu or at the information desk inside the Student Services & Administration building.

Photo courtesy of www.igorogogo.com

News In BriefConstruction Problems Plage

New Gynnasium-Martin Marrufo

The newly christened Physical Education and Wellness building on campus has already experienced post-construction problems. The gym will undergo an expected $70-80,000 acoustical renovation after it was reported that the acoustics of the building were deemed unacceptable. According to Dean Malone, there are also issues with the flooring and wainscoting along the walls of the building’s corridor. She says that the floor should be concrete, similar to the new Northeast Academic and Student Services and Administration buildings. However, no de-cisions have been made regarding the request.

Want to transfer to UCLA? -Laura Ramos

The UCLA TAP/Transfer conference is Friday, November 19th, 2010 at 8:30a.m.-3:00p.m. Students will be able to attend workshops, talk with UCLA academic counselors and student program representatives and tour the campus. Conference details and online registration at www.tap.ucla.edu/conference.htm

More funds? More problems?-Brian Bagby

The 2011-2012 state budget, which came 100 days late, has set $206 million of new funds for community colleges The funding is set to be used as follows: $126 million to supplement the 2.21% enroll-ment growth, $35 million to back-fill cuts imposed in 2010-2011, $25 million for the economic and workforce development pro-grams, and $20 million for career technology programs. More than 90% of this funding will be paid by deferring the spring appointed payments un-til July 2011. This will however impose more borrowing cost on the districts. These changes to the budgets will help the state repay $10 billion in anticipated cash flow borrowing and help meet next year’s $200 mil-lion guaranteed by proposition 98. However, the 2011-2012 budget is still expected to began with at least a $10 billion deficit.

June 1, 1955 - - September 25, 2010

by Tania RamosHarbor Tides Staff

Where are the trash and recycling bins? Plenty of environment-friendly recycle bins can be found around the new eco-friendly build-ings but with 39 trash cans and 65 recycle bins, it leaves students little resources to properly dispose of trash. However, that doesn’t seem to be a problem to expert plant manager Michael Pursey , who would like to see a landfill free world. Pursey seems to have a little faith in the college student body becoming full blown recyclers. “Students aren’t educated enough to properly recycle”, said Pursey. Pursey held a seminar in the cafeteria to educate students on how to properly use the big belly. It’s an electronic solar signal pow-ered compactor which is currently located in the cafeteria court yard and between the Seahawk’s center and library as of Sept. 28, but even with the workshop, students still minimally use the big belly. Van-essa Cuevas, 19, Art major said, “ I don’t know what a big belly is, and I have not used one. It’s not a manner of education just lack of promotion.” While Alejandra Camacho,18 major undecided said “It’s better than other trash cans because it helps save the environ-

ment. People just don’t use it, because they’re not educated and the big belly should be promoted by flyers, and workshops.” A large compactor called the “REAL Big Belly” by the mainte-nance crew is in perfectly working

condition located in the mainte-nance yard while twenty “big bel-lies” are scattered around campus waiting to gobble up trash on campus by the end of October, the question arises are the “big bellies” a waste of school funds?

Will new eco-friendly recycle bins save environment and school funds?by Zuzanna Cermak

Harbor Tides Staff

Photo by Zuzanna CermakLAHC student makes use of the new eco-friendly “big belly” recycling machines found around campus.

budget, Martinez said “Democrats want to raise taxes to acquire the funds, Republicans don’t.” This issue is supposed to be resolved in the following months. Martinez also plans to work with the surrounding community to ex-pose students to the growing job markets in the area. Markets such as the aerospace industry, health-care careers, and logistics compa-nies working in the surrounding ports. Martinez believes Harbor is “in a position to support new stu-dent directions on campus and the world around it.” With an aging workforce, Martinez feels aerospace giant Northrup Gruman can turn to Harbor to fill the 15,000 en-gineering jobs they stated they will need over the next five to ten years. The way to help students along this path is something Martinez called a good “steam” programwhich sets emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. This along with a “strong” transfer program will help prepare and guide students toward achiev-ing their career goals. Martinez also wants to establish an internship program for students

wanting to get into the public ser-vice field, not only at the state and local level, but the federal level as well. This internship will be paring students with house mem-bers, senators, and other federal

agencies in Washington D.C., Sacramento, and in the local surround-ing areas. With Harbor on schedule to be energy

independent by 2014 when con-struction is finished, Martinez also wants to offer more courses in green technology sighting it as the “future”. Already producing 1 mega watt of solar energy, Harbor is 1.5 mega watts away from its energy independence. Martinez’s main goal is to ensure the experience will make students want to use Harbor Col-lege and will expose them to a work environment in which they can excel.

Martinez’s prescribed “steam” program sets emphasis on Science,

Technology, Engineering and Math...

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photo by Brian BagbyNew LAHC president Marvin Martinez.

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Week No. 1 - 9/4Opponent: CerritosFinal Score: 29 - 14 (Loss)The Los Angeles Harbor College Sea-hawks faced a tough opponent in week one due to a recent league switch bumping them into a tougher division. During the first game against Cerritos, the Seahawks could not score in the first half, leaving them starting the second half down 20-0. Starting quarterback Chris Smith was injured leaving back up, Michael Ponce, from Banning High, a chance to get some playing time. With the Seahawks offense finally putting up points and the defense holding Cerritos to field goals in the sec-ond half the Seahawks came to within 6 points. However, the lead was too much to overcome leaving the final score 29-14.

Week No. 2 - 9/11Opponent: Los Angeles SouthwestFinal Score: 21 - 7 (Win)With the Harbor Seahawks going into week two with an 0-1 record, they were determined to get a win against the L.A. Southwest Cougars. With starting QB Chris Smith still out due to a foot injury, it was left to third-stringer Ryan Dayton to lead the offense to victory. Running back John White also had to have a big game with Smith out, and he did, put-ting up 205 yards rushing on 31 carries. It was generally a low scoring game with Harbor’s defense keeping them in it by causing the Cougars score once and two turnovers. Linebacker Kendall Warren had a solid day with 4 tackles, 2 sacks and a recovered fumble caused by A.J. Ropati. With the game close at the end, Harbor’s defense stopped Southwest on a poten-tial game tying drive, which led to the Seahawks Ryan Dayton throwing a bullet to wide reciever Nick Jones, scoring the final touchdown. With the extra point good, Harbor finished strong with a score of 21-7. This leaves the Harbor Seahawks 1-1 going into week three against Orange Coast College.

Week No. 3 - 9/18Opponent: Orange CoastFinal Score: 46 - 10 (Win)Harbor (2-1) had a great victory with a final outcome of 46-10. With the Sea-hawks defense doing another great job (only allowing 10 points), the offense was able to step it up and put some points on the board. It was a scoreless game until Theron West had an incredible punt return splitting, juking, spinning, and sprinting to the end zone causing the start of Harbor’s dominating game. Freshman Elijah Sala was remarkable with 7 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and a 95-yard interception return for a touchdown. This was a much needed victory to prepare Harbor for week No. 4 against El Camino.

Week No. 4 - 9/25Opponent: El CaminoFinal Score: 56 - 37 (Win by forfeit)In week No. 4 Harbor (3-1) lost a close game to El Camino 56-37, but due to an ineligible player on El Camino’s roster, El Camino had to forfeit their recent games, leaving the Seahawks with another win on the season.

Week No. 5 -10/2Opponent: Golden WestFinal Score: 31 - 24 (Loss)The Harbor Seahawks (3-2) played a tough Golden West (2-2). This 31-24 loss against Golden West was due to a lack of focus on the offense, who had 7 fumbles and lost 3 of them. Harbor’s defense al-lowed multiple running backs to run for over 100 yards, leaving Harbor within six with 5:38 in the third. Harbor’s offense relied heavily on John Williams who had 126 yards on 20 carries, and Theron West who ran for 134 yards. Despite their running game, the Seahawks could not overcome the deficit leaving them 3 and 2 going into week 6 against Long Beach City College on the first game of league play.

Week No. 7 - 10/16Opponent: Long Beach CityFinal Score: 34 - 27 (Win) This week was Harbor’s (4-2) league opener against rivals Long Beach City College (2-4). This game was another close game until the fourth, when John White had a 51 yard touchdown run with 10:21 left leaving the Seahawks up 21-14. Long Beach’s next possession ended quickly when Bryon Moore took one of his two picks to the end zone leaving Harbor up 28-14 with 10:07 left in the fourth. Those back to back touchdowns left the score 34-27 at the end of the game. QB Mike Ponce had a solid passing game going 7 of 12 for 113 yards with one touchdown and 1 interception, but it was Harbor’s rush defense that was outstand-ing, leaving Long Beach with -8 rushing yards; however, they did give up 424 pass yards.

Week No. 8 - 10/23Opponent: ChaffeyFinal Score: 42 - 20 (Win)Going into the second week of league play the Harbor Seahawks (5-2, 2-0) faced a tough Chaffey College (4-3, 1-1). Dur-ing the game, rain was falling which is a difficult environment to play in. The first half started off slow, leaving the Seahawks down 17-14 at the end of the second. It was a slow game until the fourth quarter hit and Harbor’s offense sparked. With 7:12 left in the fourth, RB John White had a 44 yard touchdown run to put Harbor up 28-20. After that score, Chaffey could not regain any momentum, giving Harbor’s offense a total of 242 yards in the fourth alone. The offense picking it up in the fourth and the defense playing outstand-ing the whole game left Harbor defeating Chaffey 42-20. John White had a great game finding 252 yards on 25 carries putting above the 1000 yard mark on the season (1033 yards).

2010 football roundup Men’s Soccer Women’s SoccerOverall SCC ScoresW L T W L T Harbor Opponent0 0 1 0 0 0 0 L.A. Mission 01 0 1 0 0 0 1 Glendale 01 1 1 0 0 0 0 Southwestern 12 1 1 0 0 0 3 Orange Coast 02 2 1 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbra 23 2 2 0 0 1 3 Chaffey 33 2 3 0 0 2 4 East L.A. 44 2 3 1 0 2 3 El Camino 05 2 3 2 0 2 2 Compton 05 2 4 2 0 3 0 Pasadena 05 2 5 2 0 4 1 Cerritos 15 2 6 2 0 5 1 San Antonio 1------------Oct 22 - @Long Beach City 4 p.m.Oct 26 - @East L.A. 4 p.m.Oct 29 - El Camino 4 p.m.Nov 2 - @Compton 3 p.m.Nov 5 - Pasadena 6 p.m.Nov 9 - Cerritos 3 p.m.Nov 12 - @Mt. San Antonio 6 p.m.

Overall SCC ScoresW L T W L T Harbor Opponent1 0 0 0 0 0 5 L.A. Mission 01 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rio Hondo 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 Glendale 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 Santa Monica 02 2 1 0 0 0 2 Orange Coast 32 3 1 0 0 0 1 Santa Barbra 32 4 1 0 0 0 0 Chaffey 42 5 1 0 1 0 0Long Beach City12 5 2 0 1 1 0 East L.A. 03 5 2 1 1 1 2 El Camino 14 5 2 2 1 1 2 Compton 04 6 2 2 2 1 0 Pasadena 24 7 2 2 3 1 0 Cerritos 45 7 2 3 3 1 1 San Antonio 0Oct 22 - @Long Beach City 2 p.m.Oct 26 - @East L.A. 2 p.m.Oct 29 - El Camino 2 p.m.Nov 2 - @Compton 1 p.m.Nov 5 - Pasadena 4 p.m.Nov 9 - Cerritos 1 p.m.Nov 12 - @Mt. San Antonio 4 p.m.

Nov 6 - @Moorpark 2 p.m.Nov 13 - Barstow 5 p.m.Nov 20 - Mira Costa 5 p.m.Nov 26-28 - @Oxnard Tournament TBADec 3 -@Orange Coast 7 p.m.Dec 8-10 - @Rio Hondo Tournament TBADec 22 - @Santa Monica 5 p.m.Dec 28-30 - @Citrus Tournament TBAJan 5 - @L.A. Southwest 6 p.m.Jan 7 - El Camino 6 p.m.Jan 12 - Cerritos 6 p.m.

Jan 14 - @Mt. San Antonio 6 p.m.Jan 19 - Long Beach City 6 p.m.Jan 21 - @L.A. Trade Tech 6 p.m.Jan 26 - Pasadena 6 p.m.Jan 28 - @East Los Angeles 6 p.m.Feb 2 - Compton 6 p.m.Feb 4 - L.A. Southwest 6 p.m.Feb 9 - @El Camino 6 p.m.Feb 11 - @Cerritos 6 p.m.Feb 16 - BYEFeb 18 - @Long Beach City 6 p.m.

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by Adam ArandaHarbor Tides Staff

Los Angeles Harbor Community College award winning executive chef Giovanni J. Delrosario de-clared a mission to change the culi-nary program by adding a hands on approach, or 200 hours of industry experience, to the 2011- 2012 cur-riculum. Delrosario said “I want to create worker bees, stu-dents are paying dues by attending class from 6 am to 1 pm sacrificing and burning the mid-night oil”. Unlike many majors which may require in-ternships which many times are ineffectual in the “real world,” Delro-sario’s extra-curricular requirement pays off considerably. Delrosario said, “If students pay attention, are

coachable, and open the book, the world is open to them.” The change of approach to the curriculum has also netted the pro-gram accolades. This past summer Delrosario lead nine students to win 12 medals including 1 gold, 2 silver and 9 bronze at the triad culi-nary olympics event in Las Vegas, Nevada. This qualified the students to participate in the 2012 culinary olympics in Germany. Besides revamping the culinary program and leading the team to

medals, Delrosario, a 20 year veteran, has changed the nature of the cafeteria by imple-menting healthy yet affordable food options for the cafeteria. Delro-sario said they changed the format to fresh soups and salads but also left cheese fries

and chicken strips on the menu to keep the cafeteria’s loyal custom-ers satisfied and happy.

by Zuzanna CermakHarbor Tides Staff

“KEEPING IT FRESH”

“SCIENCE BUILDING”

HCTIDES.COM “TRAFFIC WOES”

Zuzanna Cermak Christopher Rios Harbor Tides Martin Marrufo

Deputy Mendonca of the Sheriff’ s Department on the Los Angeles Harbor College campus updated the student body on some of the nagging traffic problems that con-tinue to pester both students and campus police alike. Mendonca, who mainly over-sees transportation on campus, said that many of the problems with parking stem from students’ un-willingness to make the long walk from certain parking lots to their classes. He referenced parking lots 6 and 8, which present to students the most daunting walk from car to class. While it is the officers’ duty to hand out tickets for violations, Mendonca said that he would rath-er not have to do so. Deputy Men-donca also noted that the difference

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When the Science Complex is completed at Harbor College in mid 2012, it will be a state-of-the-art 21st century building. It will have photovoltaic panels that harness the sun’s rays to create energy, and it will even have a wind turbine for student research. The building will have all the necessities that allow students to comfortably attend college. There will be spacious smart classrooms with ventilation, heat and air-con-ditioning to combat the California weather. However, this reality is years in the future. The current state of the Science Building is far different. Over the past few months, California has experienced extreme heat as well as icy cold days and nights. The conditions are not ideal for students taking courses in the Science Building. The building has no ventilation or air conditioner to cool the students and teachers on hot days. The building’s fans have been broken for quite some time. So why not open a window and let in some fresh air? The windows in the Science Building won’t open because they are also broken. Add

in the unique element of noisy con-struction outside when keeping the doors open and we have a deepen-ing problem. The New Library Science Re-search Center is being built right outside the Science Building’sdoors. Teachers find themselves in a tough position. They could either open the doors to try and cool the room, which will add more dis-traction to the class, or suffer the intense heat. Ironically, with the approach of winter, another unpleasant aspect of the Science Building is the heater. Some days it simply will not turn on, turning the rooms in the Science Building unpleasantly cold. Dr. Tissa Munasinghe, profes-sor of Earth Science, explains the conditions in which studentsare often forced to learn. “Some days the temperature is 60 degrees; it should be 70….very uncomfort-able.” On hot days, Dr. Munasing-he says the room temperature can reach 85 degrees. These are extremes for students to bear. It is even having an effect on student learning. Dr. Munasing-he says that students can’t concen-trate when it’s so hot and noisy, so

students lose interest in the class right away. The noise problem is at its peak Mondays through Thursday from the start of morning classes untilconstruction ends in the afternoon. Steps have been taken to com-bat the problem. Alternate class-rooms are a proposed idea, but there are no available classrooms to which classes can move. One solution proposed by Dr. Munasinghe would be to install some portable air conditioning units. However, he realizes the economical reason why this idea would be rejected. A.C. units would cost the school additional money it does not necessarily have. Dr. Munasinghe asks the question, “Why waste money on portable A.C. units that would serve no pur-pose when the new Science Build-ing is finished?” With no forseen alternatives, it seems the situation will remain at its current condition for time being. After fighting this problem for ten years, Dr. Munasinghe says,”I’ve learned to deal with it. I just want students to know about the situation.”

by Christopher RiosHarbor Tides Staff

Students and faculty brave the elements while awaiting the completion of new Science Building

LAHC parking and traffic woes remain a big problem

by Martin MarrufoHarbor Tides Staff

between a ticket and a warning can be as small as one’ s attitude. He said that drivers who refuse to admit any wrong doing when they commit an obvious violation are the most likely to be punished. Many violations occur in the parking lots closer to central cam-pus, where students desperately try to squeeze in, even if the lots are full. “ If there are ten parking spaces in a row, people will try to make twelve out of them,” Men-donca explained. According to Mendonca, anoth-er main problem is the Recreation and Parks parking lot across from campus. He remembered having to tell motorists to back out of the horseshoe-shaped driveway when people park there illegally, block-ing traffic from going all the way through. “ I’ve had to tell people to move out of there in reverse,” Mendonca recounted. He places most of the blame on poor plan-ning on the part of the school. When asked about a problem-atic spot near the café at the Harbor golf course, Mendonca mentioned that a lack of upkeep has led to the red curb fading into a brownish color. As a result, motorists often park there illegally causing even more traffic problems. Deputy Mendonca made it a point to tell the Harbor Tides that even though the on-campus park-ing problems can be annoying, his major “ pet peeve” continues to be motorists who talk on their cell phones while driving. “ I have a zero-tolerance policy for cell phones,” he said conclusively.

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Once in a while, a super-popular thing – a toy, a gadget, or even a website – comes along that imme-diately becomes known by almost everyone. The present-day “next big thing” that bears this descrip-tion is undeniably the social web-site Facebook.com. Los Angeles Harbor College librarian Robyn Lamoreux explains the phenomenon. “Facebook is ad-dictive,” she manages to say while helping a student check out a Pre-Calculus book.“It’s not a problem until behavior becomes a problem,” says Lamor-eux’s boss, Jonathan Lee. He notes that Facebook use is not frowned upon until facility computers are in heavy demand. Only then, Lee points out, students will be asked to move in favor of students who need the computers for school work. Whether Facebook becomes disruptive depends on the library’s triage standards, allowing fair use of the computers for all students who need them. Lee and his staff have not con-sidered blocking the popular social networking site. “[Blocking Face-book] would take a huge change of policy” in standards at the district level, Lee claims. Lee also refuses to monitor the activities of students that use the library’s computing facilities. “We’re not going to examine what they’re doing,” Lee says. He told

the Harbor Tides that the Library is not in the same position as public libraries, which must follow a much stricter code. “Everyone here is an adult,” Lee said. Therefore, the limits on computer use on campus are much looser than in a public library, which sometimes receives visits from children. “We don’t block anything,” as long as it follows district standards.The Los Angeles Community College District does put limits on what websites students can visit, only blocking particularly offen-sive or harmful websites. Lee says that blocking Face-book would require a unilateral decision from campus officials. In fact, Lee even goes so far as to say “we’d oppose” any attempt at blocking the website on campus.

He also adds that browsing Face-book is not an entirely disruptive activity. “Any kind of leisure activ-ity can be positive,” Lee acknowl-edged. He also said that faculty and staff use Facebook. As the phenomenon expands in popularity, LAHC students provide their take on the matter. “To me, it’s important. I communicate with my family,” says student Bryant Orozco, whose family is spread out geographically. Many students use the website for similar purposes, including distant friends as well. Orozco’s friend, Ramon Ro-driguez, does not share the same sentiment. “People overblow it,” Rodriguez says. He listed the fact that people become “hooked” on the network, and that people now ask for other people’s Facebook instead of their phone numbers. Rodriguez told the Harbor Tides that he does not have a profile on the popular network. People like Rodriguez might look at the Facebook-laden head-lines of the last few days and say “I told you so,” as recent security

breaches have put many users at risk and have put the website under heavy scrutiny. These breaches stem primarily from the popular applications, or “apps,” openly available for use on Facebook.An October 18 article from the Wall Street Journal titled “Face-book in Privacy Breach,” cited its own research in finding that “all of the 10 most popular apps on Face-book were transmitting users’ IDs to outside companies,” including the very popular “Farmville” app. These breaches occur even when users’ profiles are set to the strictest privacy settings. These apps send out the user’s Facebook profile number, which, according to the article, is “a public part of any Facebook profile.” This num-ber is available to anyone, regard-less of privacy settings. According to another Wall Street Journal article titled “More Questions for Facebook,” “U.S. Reps. Edward Markey (D., Mass) and Joe Barton (R., Texas) sent Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg a letter expressing con-cerns” about the breach. The letter requested information such as “how many users had been affected by the breach, when Face-book became aware of it, and what changes Facebook plans in order to deal with the problem, among other questions.” This level of scrutiny from the government, as well as the recently released hit movie The Social Network, has put Facebook on the global spotlight for better or for worse. Whether this worldwide phenomenon is here to stay may hinge on how the network responds to this scrutiny.

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Photo Illustration by Sunny ZahedinLAHC Librarians say they will not police the use of social networks on campus.

Photo Illustration by Sunny Zahedin

Lee says that browsing Facebook is not an entirely disruptive activity.