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'Riders take
National
Runner-up
for sixth
time
Champions pg. 4
Campus Beat pg. 7
Photo Essay pg. 8
How much
is too much
to pay for
gas?
American
Indian
Heritage
celebration
Thoughts from a Muslim student page 10
Zaki film heads to Vancouver page 12
Alumni student Brian Stauffer's winning cover for The Nation (top); cover artwork for The Village Voice (right). A panorama for the Los Angeles Times, titled Diversity, 2003 (below).
A mishmash of students, those fresh from high school to those pursuing their third careers, sit huddled around a cluster of draw- ing tables covered in a sea of illustrations. Every eye is focused on a small black telecom box at the table’s center; every ear eagerly anticipates the next word to emerge from it. The class is Graphic Design Illustration (ART 231); the voice on the end of the line is that of Brian Stauffer, YC alumni and son of Graphic Design Instructor, Bonny Stauffer. “I’m going to answer ques- tions in the style of the Bush administration. The answers to the first three questions are 'no comment,'” quips Stauffer. A Prescott High School gradu- ate, Stauffer decided to continue his education at Yavapai College. “YC was a perfect place to stop and reassess,” said Stauffer, reflecting on his first year; a year filled with music classes. It was not until his sophomore year that Stauffer discovered his passion for the graphic arts; a dis- covery he credits almost totally to YC instructor Glen Peterson. “I can’t say enough about him. He really held us to a higher level and exposed us to a lot of new things.” “I remember thinking Prescott is pretty far removed from the rest of the world, but where you’re at is a really great place to be,” Stauffer advises the class. “No one has ever asked me
Stauffer's cover for The Nation
voted 23 out of 40 of the best
about my education. They don’t care about that in my line of work. They care about the end result,” said Stauffer. “That being said, my education allowed me to explore and grow.” Stauffer’s work, described by his peers as ‘pulp reality’, graces the covers of popular publications such as Esquire , Rolling Stone , Time and the Village Voice , but his work also appears in more local- ized publications like the L.A. Times and the Dallas Observer. “For all artists, writers, photog- raphers and designers the main source of fear is not whether it’s going to be good, but whether it’s going to be relevant,” said Stauffer. “The highest expectations for my work don’t come when people are paying me the most money… it’s usually the opposite.” A clever combination of Alfred E. Newman and George W. Bush, Stauffer’s Nov. 13, 2000 cover of The Nation received the honor of being selected by the American Society of Magazine Editors as number 23 of the top 40 maga- zine covers in the last 40 years. “The cover for The Nation paid almost nothing, but I was pas- sionate about the subject.” Each year Stauffer generates more than 30 magazine covers and more than 300 illustrations. “There are times when I feel totally inept. Creative people are not gifted; they work really hard at what they do.” “You have to remember in
Each year, on the second Sat- urday in December, law enforce- ment officers across the country volunteer their time to make a difference to a child in need. On Dec. 10, Yavapai College Campus Police officers will join their effort by participating in the eighth annual Shop with a Cop Christmas program. Shop with a Cop pairs officers with underprivileged children who are given a $150 gift card to spend on Christmas gifts. “If it wasn’t for us doing this, they probably wouldn’t have a whole lot for Christmas,” said Dave Dvork, YC Officer and six -year veteran of the Shop with a Cop program. “They come from families that can’t afford a whole
lot.” Besides providing under- privileged children the financial means to purchase Christmas gifts, the nation-wide program sponsored by the K-Mart Corpo- ration has several other goals. According to a letter written by Prescott Interim Chief of Police, Dave Benner, Shop with a Cop boosts a child’s s e l f - e s t e e m , helps them build positive relation- ships with the officers and encourages them to make wise decisions. The children will meet Officers
at the Prescott Valley Town Hall, where they will then be whisked away in a caravan procession, complete with lights and sirens, to the Prescott K-Mart. “When we get to the K-Mart, Santa Claus ar- rives in a helicop- ter,” said Dvork. But, before the children begin their Christmas shopping, a group photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus is taken to com- memorate the event, followed by breakfast with the officers. With full bellies, thankful hearts and a few cherished gifts,
the children will return to the Prescott Valley Town Hall via the caravan procession that began this adventure and into the arms of their parents. “It’s just being able to help the kids out...you can tell they really enjoy it,” said Dvork. The local program is coordinat- ed by the Prescott Police Depart- ment, but there are many other agencies that participate, as well, including the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the U.S. Marshal, according to Dvork. “I think last year there were 70 officers that participated in this program,” said Dvork. For more information on the Shop with a Cop program in the Prescott area, contact Sgt. Tim Fletcher at 778-1444.
'Shop with a Cop' builds self-esteem
between each of the [published] pieces, there are 10 or so that aren’t so great,” said Stauffer. “My best ideas come when I’m half awake at three in the morning because I haven’t had time to let the fear build up.” The best advice Stauffer thinks he can offer is to just get out there. "The way you break into some- thing is to look at it for a short period of time and then jump right in."
See 'Magazine'
Story continued pg. 10
by: Tina Huyler
It's just being able to help the kids out...
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By Jonathan Takiff Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) Video game players are excited about the arrival of Xbox 360, the latest, greatest, next-generation vid- eo-game system. Should you jump on the bandwagon? Here’s some in- formation to help you decide. Q: What’s the fuss about? A: Xbox 360 is the first video-game system designed from the git-go for the high-definition TV age. It has the computer horsepower to produce high-resolution and highly articulated games formatted for a widescreen HDTV. Q: So how’s it look? A: Viewed on such a screen, Ac- tivision’s lead title, Call for Duty 2, looks and plays as an amazingly authentic battle simulation with only a few jagged edges. Even the gunsmoke you crawl through seems super realistic. Electronic Arts claims to have reprogrammed its hot sports fran- chises to exploit the super power of 360’s three, 3.2 GHz processors and half-a-gigabyte of active memory. Players in Madden NFL 06 and NBA Live 06 boast articulated fingers and limbs, plus heads and eyes that move realistically as they track the ball. EA also has pumped up the 5. surround sound. Fantasy game adventures have extra eye-candy appeal, too. Check out the sparkling platform game Kameo: Elements of Power (Mi- crosoft/Rare), whose fairy princess superhero morphs into all manner of beasts to ward off other demons. Cu- riously, you can always see a glim- mer of Kameo’s real self hovering inside these characters, a nifty effect not seen before in a video game. Overall, though, the graphic im- provements seem evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, on this first set of Xbox 360 games. Q: Must I have an HD set to enjoy 360? A: No. This system works (and will show some graphic improvement) with standard-definition TVs, using supplied composite or optional S- Video cables. Q: What are Xbox 360’s other al- lures? A: Gamers cite the unmatched on- line game-play potential that Micro- soft’s packed in. (“Real people are better adversaries than a computer, ‘cause the latter always knows
where you’re hiding!” one playa shared.) For no extra charge (nice), 360 buyers will have access to a “Silver” level of Xbox Live online activity to download free game previews, chat with other players and participate in massive, multiplayer games. Move up to “Gold” level (a reasonable $50 a year) to challenge friends and strangers to any online-enabled Xbox game. A new, personal profiling/ranking system touts your accomplishments for all to see and promises you’ll be matched with appropriate adversar- ies. Q: Should I go for the “bargain”? A: Microsoft is offering a stripped- down, $299 Xbox 360 system essen- tially, so the company can advertise that its new baby is the same price as the original Xbox and less ex- pensive than the Sony PlayStation 3 system is likely to be. But it won’t take much to convince yourself (or mom and dad) that the $399 360 is the way to go. For starters, you need the latter’s 20-gigabyte hard drive to download game emulations to play old, origi- nal Xbox titles on the new system. Plus, some 360 games are designed to play faster or only on units with hard drives. That hard drive also is better for saving games than the op- tional memory card ($40) you have to buy for the starter system. Besides the hard drive (which sells alone for $100), the fancier package also includes a wireless controller, universal media remote, high-def component video cables and an Eth- ernet connectivity cable - goodies worth $240 if purchased separately. Q: Can I play and download music and videos on 360? A: This multimedia machine’s DVD/CD drive plays music discs and conventional DVDs (delivered as a 480-line image, not upcon- verted). You can store music and pictures on the hard drive, burning from a CD or transferring content from a digital device like an iPod, Windows Media Center PC or even a Sony PSP. However, you can’t move music purchased from iTunes because it contains “digital rights manage- ment” software. Q: Why should I wait to buy? A: It irks me that the first 360 sys- tems are not set up to play high-def video discs, while later units may
get that capability if consumers demand it, according to Microsoft chief Bill Gates. Hard-disk-drive capacity also may be upped, so a 360 can store more online game content. At least 360 owners will be able to swap out the upgraded drive. Meanwhile, Sony’s next-genera- tion, super-powered PlayStation 3 system is built around a high-defi- nition Blu-Ray disc that also plays HD movies. Blu-Ray discs will have about three times the storage capacity of the conventional DVDs used in the 360, for even more in- tense game play. Most intriguing (hold onto your 3-D glasses), some PS3 titles may produce true three- dimensional images when pumped through the system’s matched set of HDMI video outputs to a special display. Of course, there’s no guarantee when PS3 will arrive next year (a spring launch date now looks very iffy), nor is there a lock on the price. PS3 could be a few hundred bucks more than the 360. Also undefined is Sony’s level of commitment to the online gaming community. Q: Which Xbox 360 games are worthwhile? A: Seasoned gamers know that that it takes game designers about two years to learn how to fully exploit a new game platform. But 360 buyers are likely to take the bait on a few undernourished, overpriced games. Just 18 titles will be available next week, with that number jumping to about 25 by year’s end. Microsoft Game Studios will price its stan- dard-edition games at $50; other de- velopers will tack on a $59.95 sug- gested list price, now justified by a per-title development cost of $ million to $15 million, according to Electronic Arts. Besides the aforementioned titles, which I’ve played or observed in live demos, your best bets are Per- fect Dark Zero and Project Gotham Racing 3. Two of the most antici- pated games, Halo 3 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, won’t be out until next year. E-mail Jonathan Takiff at takiffj@phillynews.com. (c) 2005, Phila- delphia Daily News. Visit Philadelphia Online, the World Wide Web site of the Philadelphia Daily News, at http://www. philly.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/ Tribune Information Services.
Here I am, sitting in my dorm room, listening to random music on my iPod and getting more and more angry by the second. I start to blame the outside forces, why is Tyler, Texas so far away? What was the NJCAA thinking when they chose that site? Three-hun- dred dollars for a plane ticket to Dallas, are you nuts? Could I sur- vive a 21 hour bus ride to Dallas to watch a few soccer games? Can I afford to put my life on hold for a week to see a bunch of people kick a ball around? All of these questions were streaming through my mind once I saw the Roughriders were going to Nationals. Again. My drive to see a sporting event that had little to no effect on my life was actu- ally getting my heart to race and when I realized how unfeasible getting to the game truly was, I almost threw my computer out the window. I have missed countless class- es, spent thousands of dollars and traveled thousands of miles just to watch a game. To watch Ran- dy Johnson pitch or Tom Brady throw a touchdown pass, even see the Yankees get hammered by the Kansas City Royals all which are worthy occasions. But I re- alize with the money and time I spent on going to sporting events, I could easily have made a down payment on a house and possibly even cured cancer. Should I regret it because my life could be viewed as ‘stalled’ due to my addiction? Of course not, I may have spent 50 hours in a car and hundreds of dollars in scummy motels, eaten pork rinds because I refused the sandwich from the excessively hairy truck stop lady in Ohio, but at least I got to see the Yankees beat the Red Sox in the Bronx. Am I unique in my undying love for sports? Do people view me as a mental case because I spend more money on a tail gate party than I do on books in a se- mester? Certainly not, people all over the world are traveling ev- eryday to see people compete in a sport. See AC Milan take on Inter Milan, the Boston Celtics tangle with the LA Lakers and even the Cleveland Browns struggle with
the Houston Texans. No matter the occasion, you can find someone who bent over backwards for the opportunity to see his/her favorite teams and athletes compete. Why do we feel the need to in- terrupt our lives to see people en- gage in a competitive sport? Why aren’t we booking it to Washing- ton D.C. to go to some insurance provider convention? People cannot help but love conflict, any form of it. You don’t see the State Farm people throw down with Geico be- c a u s e one is
cheesier in their marketing attempts than the other. Instead we are enticed by Randy Moss running down a sideline then showing off or watching Bar- ry Bonds striking out by some no name from Cincinnati and hearing the inevitable boos that follow. People tell me that it is a natu- ral instinct to see conflict, just like when you turn your head when you see a fender bender. Sports are so much more, I am buying a passport, plane ticket, hotel rooms, and euro-rail passes to see the World Cup this summer. Thousands of dollars vanish so I can see Ronaldinho kick a game winning goal and get a glass of the famous Kölsch beer. I’m not alone either, every sports fan has some story of when they were desperate and just had to get to a sporting event. How they took a loan out against their car and used the money at a ca- sino in hopes of doubling their cash to get enough money to go to the World Series. We don’t sup- port alcoholics spending all their money on booze or some drug addict spending their child sup- port money on their next fix. Yet people are wowed and impressed when someone spends part of his
college fund on getting to the Su- per Bowl. It is because the love for sports is an addiction we all share. Whether we play them or merely sit in the stands and dis- sect the game (that we would have no hopes of performing any bet- ter), we all love sports. This isn’t a new fad of enjoying sports. From the beginning of civi- lization we have thoroughly loved sporting events, from the Roman arenas to the Greek games all the way now to the bright lights of the Bronx. We will always love the conflict that surrounds all the as- pects of sports. The minor details about how Kobe is booed in his hometown of Philly to the Steve Spurrier returning to Florida with South Carolina and walking away in victory. Some of us get jobs to support our habit. I work odd jobs for people, churches and other organizations to get my tickets to the next Celtics game in Phoenix. So perhaps our world is a better place for sports; I am in college to get a better paying job so I can afford my sports tickets. If sports were never created, where is my motivation to succeed in life? All that time and money spent never would’ve been earned thus a lack of man hours worked at those respective businesses. Now, I’m a hobo in the parent’s basement watching paint dry and Taco Bell is struggling to make up for those countless tacos I pounded out. So from my perspective, sports are essential to life moving forward. Even if you don’t like sports you can easily name 20 people you know who love sports. The next time you are passing by a bar and you hear a deafening roar after a touchdown just think about the passion that is required in someone’s life to show such enthusiasm, how these individu- als run our stores and teach our students. Some upgrade their jobs from the Quick-E Mart to busi- ness executives because they just want to see Alex Rodriguez hit a home run. Without that necessary conflict in our lives we are unable to function, thus making sports an essential part of our lives, wheth- er we enjoy sports themselves or not.
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" Do people view me as a mental case because I spend more money on a tailgate party than I do on books...?"
'Riders take second
by: Jeff Hans The YC ‘Riders fell just short of their sixth National Championship in a 3-1 loss to Georgia Perimeter. Last year the ‘Riders went into Tyler and lost in the first round against one of their nation- al rivals, Georgia Perimeter from Atlanta. Again this year the ‘Riders ran into the Georgia Perimeter Jaguars looking for a little revenge. The Jaguars scored three early goals and managed to hold the lead. “They defended us really well,” said All-American Forward Obed Becerra. “It was one of those days where you couldn’t get the
ball in the back of the net.” The Geogia Perimeter Panthers finished second last year and came into this year’s tournament with the fourth seed. The Panthers lost last year’s championship to Mercer County Community College and were forced to play them this year in the second round. This time, however, they came up with a 3-2 victory in overtime. Despite losing in the Championship the ‘Rider’s played very well in the previous two rounds. The first round was against the sixth ranked Illinois Central College. YC walked away trium- phant in a 5-1 landslide victory. The following day they had to play the best record in the country from North Carolina, Louisburg College. In a close battle with the Louisburg Hurricanes the ‘Riders escaped with the narrow 3-2 vic- tory. “We just played better [than Louisburg]; we overall had better players,” said Becerra. The ‘Riders finished the 2005 season with a record of 24-2; their best record since the 2001 season. “I have never seen a team as consistent as Yavapai; it is really amazing,” said YC student Hawaii Cypriano. They averaged four goals per game while only giving up an average of less than one goal per game, both of which are below the all-time average in the school’s history. “Everybody played really well,” said Becerra. Although the season ended on a down note, the team kept their heads high. “The whole team tried their best; it was just one of those days,” said Becerra.
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Attacker Tyler Turner fights with the goalie of North Idaho during the West District playoff on Nov. 5 at Ken Lindley field in Prescott. The 'Riders went on to become Regional Champs and lost 3-1 in their Na- tional match-up with Georgia Perimeter. Photo by: Kasie Congrove.
Roger Espinoza, 19 Hometown: Denver, CO Sport played at YC: Soccer, first season Position: Left back Favorite professional player: Kaka of AC Milan Best memory of playing soc- cer: ODP Nation Champions Future athletic plans: Advance to Division I, then play profes- sionally. Future educational plans: Go to a university.
James Lester, 19 Hometown: Glendale, AZ Sport played at YC: Basketball, first season Position: Power Forward Favorite professional player: Jermaine O’Neal of the Indiana Pacers Best memory of playing bas- ketball: Playing in America West Arena and winning a State Championship. Future athletic plans: Go to the next level. Future educational plans: Fire science.
Ledreece Smith, 17 Hometown: Las Cruces, NM Sport played at YC: Basketball, first season Position: Small Forward Favorite professional player: Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat Best memory playing basket- ball: When I got my first dunk my eighth grade year. Future athletic plans: To go to Division I and further. Future educational plans: To work with kids or as a coun- selor.
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YC 'Rider's basketball teams hit the road
by: Jeff Hans The 'Rider men’s basketball program is not one to be over- looked. Through the years they have amounted an impressive .700 winning percentage and since their inaugural season in 1971 have had individual suc- cess seeing five of their players drafted by the NBA. This season the hopes of the team are as high as ever. “We’re capable of winning the confer- ence and going to Nationals,” said freshman player Ledreece Smith. “We are defending really well and we have good athletism,” said Head Coach Howard Brown. But for everything that the team does well it seems there are areas that need improvement. “We’re shooting very poorly, 40 percent; we need to be around 50 percent, like we were last year,” said Brown. Last year the team was squashed in the first round of conference play, ending the year a dismal 18-
- This year they have the first 14 games on the road and have started out 2-2. After the opening run on the road the team will fin- ish the season with 10 of the last 16 games at home. Although injuries to the team have threatened their goal to start off the season with a bang, the coaches and sophomore players have helped the team adjust to the adversity that they face. “They [sophomores] help us prepare; they have done a pretty good job; they not only can teach you but they can also show you on the floor,” said Smith. With the season thus far look- ing to be a successful one, the fan base is equally excited. The confidence around campus is that they can conquer Cochise, the team currently ranked third in the Nation. “They will definitely beat them,” said YC student Derek Lewis. The men’s team isn’t the only basketball team on campus to be looking toward bigger and better
things. The women’s team had a successful season last year finish- ing the season 26-5. This year they have started off to a quick 5-2. “We will probably go to Nationals this year,” said Nicole Anders. The Lady 'Riders will have to contend with Central Arizona, the top team in the Nation. "We will have to limit their shots and rebound well," said Anders. The coaching staff is up for the chal- lenge as well. Head Coach Brad Clifford isn’t new to the basketball suc- cess scene, being honored as the Region Seven Coach of the Year, during the 2003-04 season. He was an alumni of the school and basketball program playing at YC during the 1986- 87 season, where he experienced a career ending injury. He then turned to coaching and has been here
since 1996 as the women’s head coach. He has also held tenures as assistant coach under Kevin Becker and Dolph Carroll. Nov. 17 he led the team to a victory, marking his 200 career win; he currently stands at a 202-83 life- time record. The sophomores are credited as the leaders of the team, helping the younger players adapt to the system. “The sophomores are the big time leaders on the team, they run the show,” said Anders. This season should turn out to be an interesting one and a fight down to the wire. The Lady 'Riders are looking up at the Nation’s best, Arizona Central, with one goal in mind, take them down and continue onto Nationals. Both the men's and women's squads play at home on Jan. 11 in the Storm Center.
As a native
from the
Hopi tribe,
tradition
is very
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Sitting in art history and reviewing paintings from the Renaissance through Impressionism, I kept thinking about how we see our lives...and if our lives were to be painted, what would they look like? Would they be as serious and orderly as a Michelangelo or as free and light filled as a Monet? Looking at the way we choose to live and the decisions that we make, makes me wonder just how individu- als choose to see their own lives. Are they working to please others or are they searching themselves to find their own meaning? Sometimes I think that it is more important for people to appear the way they think will please others rather than be themselves. Impressions are everything in our culture and society. We strive to either match a standard or stand out from one. In the process we may be losing who we are to who we want to be. A sense of self has become less vogue than a sense of belonging, such as belonging to a group or classification that we want people to identify us with. Are we doing this to search for meaning or to say that we've already found it? Standing inches away from a Monet for the first time, my mind cleared and I melted into the canvas and oils that hung before me. My eyes were jumping from color to color, it seemed so chaotic and confusing. But then I took one step back and then another. Slowly as I moved away, each color began to make sense and the chaos that I first saw began to meld into a bigger more beautiful scene. When is it that we need to stop, step back and look at the chaos that is life? All of the mundane static that may not make sense at first will slowly meld into a reason, a purpose. If we do this, will we see the importance that underlies everything that happens to us? When we do take a step back, are we allowing others to make the next brush stroke, or are we taking control and adding to our own work of art? I get the feeling that even though Claude may not have been accepted into the art community, he knew each brush stroke that he laid downwould be remembered for the better. When someone takes a look at you and your canvas, he may not understand it. In the end, though, you will know that the once blank canvas will be rich with the colors of good decision making and choices that were the result of your ability to take control, step back and think through life. I do not know everything about life or the challenges I may face, but I do know how I react depends on how I perceive things. So next time life seems like a Monet, stop, step back and look at the bigger picture. Maybe then you will be able to see it in a new way. Besides, what is the harm in seeing life the way you want to?
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Guest Editorial by: Andrew Pounders
Should a tax break be available to those who choose fuel efficient vehicles?
Should the government impose a lid on gas prices?
It has come to my attention, since returning to col- lege, that there is a serious problem among the student population. The problem has become established not only during night classes, but during the day as well. If you were to attend any class you might simply observe someone who's sleeping. There are at least one or two students that sleep the class away. That is, if they decide to show up at all. Why is that? Why would you pay to attend a class and not bother to take notes, or at the very least, stay awake? As a returning student I can step back and realize that many YC students are directly from high school and may have done the same thing while they were there. Yet sleeping is not the only thing that happens in the back of classrooms. Almost everyone is carrying a cell phone these days, yet the technology can be used to text message, get on the internet, play games, take photos and listen to music. Students can't live without these little de- vices. I can't neglect to mention my personal favorite, the graphing calculator. That tool can be loaded with games, turning it into a Game Boy. If the instructor looks around the room, it appears the students are engaging in work. In reality they are playing Donkey Kong. I suppose that when you get right down to it, I only have one question to ask. Why are you in school in the first place? Save your money and your time and stay at home if you don't want to be here. Get yourself some sleep at night, turn the cell phone off, delete the video game from your calculator and make the most out of your time here. Because none of these things will get you your new job or your degree any faster.
Sincerely, Joshua Sink
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world holds, I will not be affected because I believe in my tradition. I am strong at heart to reach all my goals and dreams without any failures. Within my mind, body and soul I know that I have the courage to take any risks. I am no longer afraid of the challenges that I may face within my life. I have been able to overcome all of my fears and become stronger and more successful as a person. I never really thought that my tradition was important and helpful until I experienced it as a young girl. I was only 12 years old when it came to me in a dream. I was at my house, which is located below the village of Hotevilla where I am from. It is not that far from the highway so sometimes you could hear all the cars that were passing by, but there was no one around except my family and I. It was a day of stillness and quietness; I was able to concen- trate on my own thoughts. I was in my room lying on my bed thinking that I would never be able to finish school and become successful. I was very deep into my thoughts, then I fell asleep. In my dream, I was lost and didn’t know where to go or what to do. All I could see was complete darkness, then I saw a very bright light and I walked toward it. It seemed to be calling me and pull- ing me at the same time. Once I reached the light it felt like I was not sleeping at all. I was sitting in a strange place, I could not see exactly where I was, but all I could hear was people talking and telling me I did great and that I will go far in my life. Then all
The value of my tradition has helped me to succeed in my own life. My tradition helped me to grow into a young mature person. It taught me so many knowledge- able and useful things that could help me to survive in the real world. It taught me great lessons of life that I didn’t even know about, such as respecting others. It has made me feel that I had a purpose in this world, to live a healthy life, help others out, and most importantly, to succeed. By my parents and grandparents I was taught never to abandon or give up my tradition for anything in the world. It has always been a part of me even before I realized what it was. My grandparents always told me that, “Tradition is something that you could not just forget about, but something that will always be remembered.” They would also say that if I was ever lost in the world or in my own thoughts, my tradition would guide me until I found my way again. The tradition I hold will be the key to my survival in the devastating and cruel world. As a native from the Hopi tribe, tradition is very important. I learned from my own tradition that I will strongly succeed in my life and in reaching all my goals. With all the criticism that the
of a sudden I woke up and found out that it was all a dream. It was not real at all. That was the day I realized that my tradition had told me that I would be success- ful if I just believed. The struggle of trying to keep my tradition has inspired me to teach our children the true value that it holds. I would like to make presentations in our com- munity to show the kids in school about our tradition. I’d also like to have conferences that the parents could attend so that they could learn the information that has been gathered by our elders. I would like to visit each of the villages on a scheduled date to instruct children, to show them how they can stay out of trouble, how they can succeed. I'd also like to make fun activi- ties according to the tradition that the children could attend. Perhaps they would be able to realize the importance of their tradition and to hold on to it. I'd hope to teach them how our elders have succeeded in mak- ing it this far into the world by keeping the tradition alive. How they knew what was going to happen in the future and what will be next if we don’t keep the tradition that we have. I hope to gain more experience of dealing with the struggles that may come along with teaching my people about their tradition. My tradition is a value that I will always hold. It has helped me to become successful and to go to get a better education. I know that I will live the life that I have planned for myself.
As I sat waiting for the festivities to start for the 2005 American Indian Celebration, bits and pieces of my own lost heritage began to float around in my head. As I watched the festivities and the young women in their beautifully hand- crafted dresses, I realized there was a story in each bead. It was tangible evidence of love passed from parents to children. I was captivated by their ability to hold onto their culture. I walked around and smelled the fry bread and studied Nanabah Aragon as she wove gracefully on her loom. “I learned to weave at the age of six. I learned from my mother and I’ve traveled all over the world doing weaving demonstrations,” Aragon said. She motioned to a thread about one quarter of the way up and said that the weaving had taken more that one hundred and fifty hours to complete. I stared at her turquoise brace- lets and thought about two tur- quoise rings my parents had given me as a child. I wore them out; the silver is now mis- shapen and they are too small for my fingers. I listened intently as the young performers sang songs in a tongue I could not under- stand. I couldn’t help but tap my foot to the beat of their drums as the dancers swirled and stomped with their bells and painted bodies. I have Native American grandparents on my father’s side; their blood runs some- where in my veins. I did not even know where I had come from until I was a young teen. I started asking questions and even then the explanations to my inquiries were insufficient. Navajo… and some Apache, was all I was told. My par- ents chose not to expose my siblings and me to our Native culture at all. This festival presented a brief look inside another world within our state. It was a glimpse of lives rich in history and tradition and I’m grateful to have been a witness. I’m walking away with an appreciation and a new understanding of Native culture, which is more than I had before.
Navajo weaver, Nanabah Aragon, demonstrates her craft for several curious on-lookers (top left); a group of middle school students from San Carlos encourage the audience to participate in the Crown Dance (top right); a masked crown dancer per- forms for an eager audience (center right). YC student, Nikki Lewis, mod- els her traditional Native American dress (center).
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For a moment Bacerra appears melancholy. Then he smiles and shrugs. “It’s like my team mates and I say to one another, ‘You’re going to have to make sacrifices if you want to be successful.’” Apparently his determination is paying off. YC’s ‘Riders finished second at Nationals this year. His coach Mike Pantalione is impressed with Bacerra's deter- mination as well. “The way he’s come back from the setbacks to become and even better player is amazing,” said Pantalione. Whether it was that fourth place trophy that hooked Bacerra, or the sheer joy of the sport that keeps him playing, anyone who’s watched him maneuver on the playing field can see that he not only loves soccer, he’s highly skilled at it. If the “world is always ready to receive talent with open arms,” as Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, then get ready soccer fans. Here comes Bacerra.
Autumn leaves gather in all the nooks and crannies around Prescott, as they have here, on the Courthouse steps. Photo by: Kasie Congrove
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Find an internship, he says, “it helps take away a lot of the mys- tique, the day to day mystery. You see they are people; they put their pants on one leg at a time.” Stauffer encourages students to keep pushing themselves to reach new heights and explore new opportunities. “I didn’t ever say, ‘I’m going to do this now.’ It’s the energy that attracts you. Pay attention to what you like and what you don’t and be honest with yourself about it.”
“My mom [Bonny Stauffer] is a really good example of someone who is constantly peaking,” he said. “After raising a family, she came back and got a degree.” Although Stauffer has lived on both coasts, from L.A. to N.Y. to Miami where he cur- rently resides, he says, “Prescott remains one of my favorite places on the planet.” “It’s worth saying it’s [graphic design] a really great life. It’s hard and challenging, but the rewards far outweigh the challenges.”
Sharing a name with a terrorist
by: Patrick Ford
Hussein is a name some people associate with so many things, from the war in Iraq to the $30 dropped on gas in the last two days. But what about that guy in your Hu- man Sexuality- class with the afro? You might see Hussein Mohsen Heshmat wan- dering around campus in Polo overalls with his headphones, but unless you've met him you might not know the interest- ing life he's led. If not the only, he’s one of the few Mid- dle Eastern Muslims in this town. Heshmat said, “When people hear my name their first thought is terrorist, Saddam Hussein. Most people say ‘That’s not a good name.' A lot of people don’t believe me when I tell them my name is Hussein.” Heshmat was living in Ne- pal on 9/11. His first response was, “We hoped it wasn’t Mus- lims.” He elaborated by saying that his fear was what the attack would do to the United States' perception of Muslim people. Toi Havea, a YC student, said, “I feel that people in the United States stereotype Arab-Ameri- cans as all being terrorists.” Heshmat experiences evidence of this perception on a daily basis here in Prescott. While Hesh- mat was working at a local res- taurant in town, a man came in and requested an employee with “an American name” to take his order. On another occasion, a car drove by him and a pas- senger yelled ”Nig***!” at him. Heshmat said,“People ask me if I’m black or white or mixed.” Heshmat is African Ameri- can; Egypt is part of Africa, which is news to some people. Heshmat has lived in six coun- tries and speaks five languages.
This coupled with his extroverted personality are some of the reasons he's met so many young people.
When asked about the differ- ence between American young people and the rest of the world Heshmat said, “Young people are a lot more aware abroad. You see more student protests and young people abroad speak at least two languages, normally English and their native lan- guage. American youth don’t care unless it is about the U.S.” Abroad Heshmat says America is not viewed as a freedom bring- ing, benevolent, super-power but more as an “angry bully." Heshmat offered an analogy regarding peoples' perceptions of Muslims post Sept. 11. “It would
be like another country assuming the United States is entirely ex- treme fundamentalist Christians who will kill you for not accepting Jesus. There are different groups of Muslims just like Christianity.” Heshmat feels like the blame falls in part on the media. While visiting his homeland, Egypt, a conflict broke out in Palestine between the Israelis and Palestin- ians. Heshmat and some Ameri- can friends turned on two televi- sions, one with the local news channel the other CNN. CNN showed a few Palestinians throw- ing rocks at a tank and reported that the conflict had been quickly controlled by the Israeli forces. The local news showed the rows of dead Palestinian young peo- ple who had been unarmed and slaughtered by the Israeli U.S. backed forces. The two reports, according to Heshmat, couldn’t have been more different. “I think the BBC is the only reliable news. I think the rest is biased,” Heshmat said. Heshmat is a United States citizen and has been for 13 years. His parents work for the U.S. Em- bassy in Washington D.C. Hesh- mat said, “I am not anti-America, I am anti-American ignorance.”
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Holiday Open House
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courtesy of Paula Blankenship If you’re still hunting for that special gift, Yavapai College ar- tisans invite you to find the un- expected during their “Holiday Open House” December 7-9 on the Verde Valley Campus. “Every year we offer distinctive items from hand-built to wheel thrown objects, and from utili- tarian to decorative pieces,” said Liz Stark, who began her ceram- ics studies at Yavapai College just four years ago. Now with numer- ous awards for her ceramics and work featured in collections in California, Montana, Texas, Ar- kansas, and Arizona, Stark helps
organize the unique work available at the Holiday Open House. “The whole idea of taking ceramics is to make beau- tiful items,” said Stark, president of the YC Clay Club. “To now have the opportunity to dis- play and sell them to our community is another wonder- ful part of the pro- cess.” Visitors to the open house may not only pick up unique pieces of pottery and original craft items, they also may enjoy hot lunches, homemade deserts, and confections. During the Holi- day Open House gift shoppers may also make a needy child’s wish come true by adopting a Christmas Angel or participating in the Collegian Service Club’s turkey dinner raffle with proceeds benefiting the Christmas Angel Project. “This event showcases our students’ best work in ceram- ics while giving the community a rare chance to purchase unique pieces for their holiday table or as decorative art pieces for the home,” said Paula Blankenship, communications manager for the Verde Valley Campus. “And you never know what you’ll find or who you’ll discover during this sale. The future’s next big artisan may very well be the maker of this year’s Christmas present.”
Program keeps at least one family memory intact. “During the holiday season lo- cal women’s shelters house many displaced families with children who need additional support,” said Paula Blankenship, commu- nications manager of the Verde Valley Campus. “If we can help with a few presents these women can concentrate on creating a safe haven for themselves and their children.” To begin your own holiday tradi- tion, adopt your Christmas angel in the Student Lounge or at our new location in the M Building on the Verde Valley Campus of Yavapai College beginning Nov.
- Angels designate a child’s age and gender. Donors are asked to complete their shopping early since the unwrapped presents must be returned to the college by Dec. 8. Gift-filled holiday stockings for Christmas Angels are also avail- able for adoption. “What’s great about this program is that our students realize the dif- ference they can make not only in the community but in a child’s life,” Chavez. “With the help of student leadership and communi- ty donations we all can be part of making a Christmas memory.”
courtesy of Paula Blankenship Every year Yavapai College trims its holiday tree with Christ- mas Angels. Unfortunately, this season one evergreen wasn’t enough. “We have more than twice the number of children in need of support this year,” said Campus Activities Coordinator Barbara Chavez, who will help place a second holiday tree on the Verde Valley Campus this month. “We know we’re going to be busy but we also know we’re going to make a positive difference in the lives of even more local families.” For nearly a decade, student leaders on the Verde Valley Cam- pus have organized the Angel Tree Program to provide a special holiday for children referred by the Department of Economic Se- curity. “If it wasn’t for organizations such as Yavapai College these children wouldn’t receive gifts” said Donna Goodman, investiga- tive supervisor for Child Protec- tive Services. “We have almost as many children receiving services through CPS as we do children in- volved in court proceedings.” For women and children seeking a safe environment in the midst of domestic violence, the Angel Tree
Angels in waiting
Each year more than two dozen members of the Yavapai College Clay Club create unique pieces of ceramics for the Holiday Open House on the Verde Valley Campus. Courtesy photo
