New professor Tom Graham

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Making Faces art exhibit

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New dance studio

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College of Marin

Volume 11 Issue 6

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Opinion: We need to regulate guns

A young fathers reaction to Americas gun problem
ith the outrage and horror inflicted just weeks ago by Adam Lanza, who killed 27 people including 20 school children in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, calls are already being cast for a change. On January 16, President Obama stepped forward announcing his plans to change regulations on gun control. His plans include a universal background check for anyone purchasing a gun, as well as restoring the ban on military-style assault weapons and reducing guns to ten rounds per magazine, which would hopefully make it harder for shooters to keep up steady rates of fire during massacres. The president gave a short speech accompanied by a group of four children who were affected by the shooting and wrote him letters. The president read passages from the letters the children had written to him, and explained that it is our duty to keep our children safe. Im not scared for my safety, Im scared for others. I have four brothers and sisters and I know I would not be able to bare the thought of losing any of them, said Julia Stokes in a letter she sent to the president. With this action taken by the president, gun-supporters such as the National Rifle Association are calling Obamas plan an attack on the Second Amendment. I doubt when the second amendment was written, our fore-fathers had a clue that assault rifles carrying thirty round clips were going to be used to murder people as they enjoyed a tub of popcorn at the local movie theatre. This is the world we are living in and as it changes, so must we. When the second amendment was written, the founding fathers feared that the government could devolve into tyranny. They were also afraid because the country is huge and there were not going to be laws out in the west where people needed to protect themselves, whether it was from bears or from other people. Times are a lot different now and though I believe in the right to bear arms, I dont think people should be able to walk out and easily get an assault rifle with an extended magazine full of ammunition, just for the sake of having one. Our society glorifies guns to the point that almost anyone who wants one and has the money for it can obtain a firearm in a very short time. In the past month more than nine hundred or our fellow Americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun, said President Obama in his speech. What more needs to be said to catch the attention of Americans? We are all afraid of terrorists killing us, but we are

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doing such a great job of it ourselves. Gunenthusiasts are saying that if more people could legally carry a gun then the next time some psycho starts shooting a movie theatre up, they will be able to put him down and save lives. That may be true but what happens when you step on the shoe of one of those five people in the movie theatre with a legal gun on their hip and they decide thats just enough for them to shoot you? Are we supposed to feel safer letting more people walk around with guns, to our grocery stores, banks, parks such as Disneyland with hundreds of children around? The thought of saving more lives by selling more people guns is insane. We are not at a point where we should be looking for a new way, we are at a place that we need a new way of regulating guns. Why would it ever be a bad idea to regulate extremely dangerous weapons with better background checks? Why do we need to be able to have guns that can hold a capacity of over ten rounds? The answer is that we

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dont. According to the ABC news statistics website, in the U.S. where more people own guns than anywhere else in the world, there are over 129,827 federally licensed gun dealers. That number may not seem very large, but when you compare that to the number of grocery stores in all of the U.S., which is 36,569, you can begin to imagine what a huge number that really is. We live in a society in which the number of places you can purchase a firearm outnumbers the places you buy food to live on, by over 3.5 times. Is this what our fore-fathers were dreaming of when they wrote the Second Amendment? I would hope not. I wonder why places like the United Kingdom have so little gun violence compared to the U.S.? In 2009 the U.K. reported the lowest rates of gun homicides in the world with .7 recorded homicides committed with a firearm per 100,000 people. The U.S. was over 40 times higher with a recorded rate of 3.0 per 100,000 people. I feel like these numbers should be telling us that we could learn something valuable from our distant neighbors. Many of their law enforcement officers dont even carry firearms on duty, and there were only three fatalities from gun violence with officers between the years 2000 to 2011. We are a great nation capable of even greater things, and we are strong enough to come together and put a stop to this senseless killing and violence. No one is asking for you to give up your rights and your means of protection. We are asking for a change. We are asking for a new way of doing things that will potentially save millions of lives, but even if it just saved one wouldnt that be worth it? We need to look at the fact that guns for protection are doing just the opposite, and as one of the greatest nations in the world, we deserve more for ourselves and the world deserves more from us.

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What is your opinion on gun control?

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What do you think?

People have a right to bare arms, but that doesnt mean that it shouldnt be regulated. - Domonic, 42, Economics Guns dont kill people, people kill people. - Elson, 20, Undeclared major Im okay with certain gun laws, but I dont agree with too much gun control. - Gabriel, 29, Nursing

I think were at a point where something needs to be done. Its getting to the point where thats peoples first thought because its so powerful, so finite. But guns by themselves are not the problem. - Lance, 29, Engineering

Its dismal, its beyond pathetic. - Marguerite, 63, post graduate

I hold the 2nd a m e n d m e n t . However, if someone has a history of psychological issues, they should not be allowed to have a gun license. - Morgan 21, Anthropology

I think it should be more strict. There should be a limitation to how many guns one person can have. Some kind of psychiatric help for individuals who misuse guns instead of just throwing them in jail. - Nicole, 27, Biology

It definitely needs to be controlled. I dont own a gun, I would never think of owning a gun. Its too dangerous. They need to crack down on it its just not good. - Rosana, 20, Early Childhood Education

I think just because a tragedy like this comes along everyone jumps on the bandwagon and wants to ban guns, but we should be focusing on other important issues like the economy. - Ryan, 19, Computer Science

I believe in ammunition control. If people couldnt have more than seven rounds per weapon, the major atrocities couldnt have happened, and peoples right to bear arms wouldnt be compromised. - Steven, 52

I do not think guns have any place in our society today. Were the most violent civilized society in this world, yet we claim to be the most sophisticated. - Jim Pursley, 59, General Ed.

Im from Italy [where] we dont have guns at home, so for me this is a good thing. If you want to have a gun it should be for hunting, but you need a permit to do so. - Carlo, 56, General Ed.

Guns are bad. Weve got people shooting in schools now - thats even worse. People go to school with an open mind expecting to learn and be safe, they arent expecting to get shot. - Dwight Monroe, 21, History

It should be strict. Guns should only be used by the military and police forces. I think we should have more surveillance to find people mentally unstable before selling guns to them. - Paul, 35, Multimedia Studies

I think we have a severe issue with violence and how to handle violence. We need to have more discussions and dig into the deeper social issues that guns bring up. -Asia Fisher, 24, Political Science

News
the new SMN building. With construction recently being completed, Lot 9 has increased its parking by numerous spots as well. Staff and handicap parking has increased in Lot 16 and Lot 3. Students that commute to COM are definitely happier about the new parking scene. First year student Lamarco Mitchell said, Its cool theyve finally opened some more parking. It was really aggravating having to circle in loops or go lot to lot. With a new lot and increased spots in other lots, students are having less problems finding parking. Construction has been the main issue blocking students and staff from having the ability to park in the lots closest to campus. Many of the students may be happy about the new lot, but its the staff members that gained the most access to new parking. Chief of Police Mitchell Lemay said, The parking is both for students and staff obviously, but a good majority of the new spots are for the staff. With that being said, there are still many available spots for students. Parking permits remained at $40 this semester, with a discount for financial aid students.

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Series of new parking lots open this semester

arking is never something any student looks forward to upon arriving at school, but this semester is a little different. With several new lots opened up, parking is becoming less of a hassle.

By Johnny Bransford
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The parking is both for students and staff, but a good majority of the new spots are for the staff.
-- Chief of Police Mitchell Lemay

More than 100 spots have been opened, ranging from Lot 17 on Laurel and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, to Lot 4 by

Photo by Johnny Bransford The lot pictured above is staff-only, for now.

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Features

Photo by Tyler Botn Editor-in-Chief Nash Kurilko, Professor Tom Graham and Design Editor Chelsea Dederick review the front cover for the first Echo Times issue.

The Walking Man retraces his steps

Tom Graham fills retired professors shoes

By Tyler Botn
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ollege of Marin has hired a host of new professors to replace previously serving instructors, most of whom were bought out into retirement late last year, including John Gaiz. Another professor plunged into retirement is Michael Dougan, who worked as advisor to the Echo Times during the Fall 2012 semester. Dougan is not unhappy at the thought of retirement, and intends to consider a career in competitive bowling, or perhaps modern dance. Otherwise, Ill be writing and taking pictures and traveling like a monkey on meth. One such newly-hired professor is Tom Graham, 64, who had previously worked at the San Francisco Chronicle for over 20 years as a feature copy editor and prolific writer. He is well known for his epic six-year SF Walking Man project with the Chronicle, in which he hiked every hill and street in San Francisco. Only a handful of people have done it. And now I can say I have. All

2,612 streets, said Graham on his website detailing the project. When I first started, I thought it was a pretty original idea. I thought, Nobody in their right mind would do this. One Chronicle reader warned that Graham would get mugged at least 11

He is well known for his epic six-year SF Walking Man project with the Chronicle, in which he hiked every hill and street in San Francisco.

times, according to an article in his series published in December 2005. Yet, the closest to trouble he got was just north of McLaren Park in 2009. Two sinister men in a suspicious car pulled alongside him while he was walking

his beat. Tom was able to escape in good order. The sense of danger was palpable, Graham described. Apart from doing his walking series, Graham also holds the distinction of being one of the few remaining individuals who directly edited the at-first daily, then semi-daily column of the late and famous Herb Caen, who died in 1997. Caen had been writing for the Chronicle since 1938. He has also won numerous California Newspaper Publisher Association awards for his stories, editing, photography and format design. At COM, hes been hired as special advisor to the journalism department, and in that capacity he aids the studentrun Echo Times newspaper. His role with the newspaper is to help with organizational facets of production, and to guide new journalism students through the basics of the printed news industry. This includes helping new writers develop reporting and editing skills, coaching student-editors on the deeper details of newspaper production and managing deadlines.

This is not the first time Graham has taught at COM with the Echo Times, and it is not the first time Graham has taught anything journalism-related to begin with. Graham has also been teaching classes like Magazine Editing and Contemporary News Media at City College of San Francisco for nearly 20 years. As of 2013, Graham continues to act as a part-time professor who works primarily with CCSFs ETC Magazine. Prior to working with the Chronicle, Graham was the editor of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Point Reyes Light newspaper. In addition, he spent time as a managing editor with the California Farm Bureau in Sacramento, and as a reporter for the Mountain Messenger newspaper in Sierra and Nevada counties respectively. Graham also has experience with the North Star ski resort, and as a general assignments reporter with the Tahoe City-based Tahoe World newspaper. More recently, Graham worked for five years as a full-time volunteer naturalist at Camp Mather near Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite State Park. He is excited to be back at College of Marin.

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New Science Center now open

Building has medical, math, physics and astronomy facilities
pening its doors for the first time to students this semester is the new Science Math Central Plant (SMCP) building on the Kentfield campus. College of Marin began breaking ground for the new 70,000 square-foot building in mid-September of 2009 in the upper quadrant of the campus. The SMCP budget of $52.2 million was a part of the $249.5 million Measure C bond passed in 2004. The new SMCP building was to better help teachers and students with more resources and better labs. The Science Math and Central Plant building will host a multitude of classes once it is fully completed. The facility will house classes for Science, Math and Nursing programs, an IT department, and a central power plant. Classes such as anthropology, taught by Kathaeryne Soluri, geology, taught by Steven Newton, several math classes, computer skill classes and nursing classes will all be held in this one building. Kathaeryne Soluri, a part-time teacher here at College of Marin since 2008, is very impressed with the new SMPC building. Im just so happy for all the great support that we had from the maintenance crew and all the staff members. From helping with trouble-shooting to helping getting everything geared up for this semester. I am very impressed with how fast the Science and Math building was
By Chris Vannarath
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Construction personnel put the finishing touches on the new science centers outdoor ground algorithm chart.

Photos by Chris Vannarath

built. Everything in this building is very impressive, from the lighting and how well built the classrooms are, said Soluri. Dianne Faw, the Administrator Assistant of the Dean of Math and Science,

loves the new building. She especially loves the lighting inside the new facility. Compared to the old science center, the new building has hallways, allowing students to be free from the weather outside, Faw said. The first floor of the SMCP building hosts several classrooms, faculty offices, an IT department, the math lab and a science museum. The second floor of the SMCP

The telescope room consists of many telescopes that will be accessible to students accompanied by an instructor.
-- Jay Dobbson, Physics Lab technician

A typical interior hallway of the new Science and Math Center.

Photo by Chris Vannarath

building hosts several more science and math labs while the third floor holds the offices of the Dean of Math and Sciences, Jim Arnold, the Dean of Health Sciences and Child Development, Roz Hartman, and many more faculty offices. Its a cool building from the outside, but when youre inside it kind of has an opaque feel to it, kind of bland in a way. Though its way better than the previous building. Way better, commented Nic Pruno, a student attending College of Marin. Chi Kai Cheng, a first semester

student here at College of Marin, loves the new and clean-looking space. [It] seems there is more space and it seems really organized. For example first floor science, second floor nurses and third floor faculty. Cheng also hopes for more commonplace areas in order to study. This building is a lot different than the old building, said Laura Cooper, a chemistry lab tech for the department. In the other building before, the chemistry stock room was connected to the lab. So thats the biggest difference, which is a bit of an adjustment. Now I am just kind of open to the world and anybody coming into the building for any reason. Before, someone had to come into the chemistry lab to find me. When looking at the directory of the building, one can see Fourth Floor: Telescope. When asking several staff members and students if they had seen the telescopes on the fourth floor of the SMCP building, they were perplexed. I didnt even know this building had a fourth floor for telescopes, commented Steven Newton, a geology teacher who has been teaching at College of Marin since 2004. I wasnt even aware of telescopes on the fourth floor, said Kathaeryne Soluri. In that case the telescopes are probably restricted access to the astronomy people because I know there are astronomy classes being offered out of this building. And I know one of the things they were trying to do when they made this building was to try and really create spaces that were ideal for

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Photos by Nash Kurilko A view of the front of the new Math and Science Center, the building is LEED certified.

the different sciences. So our room that we are sharing with geography, theyre really outfitting it with all the different cabinet space and map storage, and things like that which our two disciplines need. Jay Dobbson, the lab tech for physics, astronomy and engineering, shed a little light about the telescopes. The telescope room is just consisted of many telescopes that will more likely be accessible to astronomy students accompanied by their instructor. The label of the fourth room is a mistake and will be removed. Although the telescopes are only accessible by astronomy students, Dobbson believes that a public viewing night would be a great idea to attract more people to the college and to astronomy. Realistically, everyone is overwhelmed with moving and adapting themselves into the new building, so the telescope issue is last on the list of priorities, he said. When asked about any facts Steven Newton knows about the building construction, he mentioned a high risk of flooding to the building. You can see the Corte Madera creek out there and it doesnt take too much survey to know that the creek frequently comes out of its channel. And with only a couple of feet elevation, I wouldve thought they wouldve raised it just a little more. Just a couple of feet can make a huge difference, and with that being said maybe it wont happen. Lets hope not. All in all the new building seems to be up to par with the expectations to most students and faculty members.
The new garden outside the Science and Math Building.

Photos by Nash Kurilko

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The Faces of Our Lives

By Kyle Dang
ECHO TIMES

Arts & Entertainment

ntitled Making Faces, a solo art exhibition has been on display at the College of Marin Emeritus Club since January 3, 2013. The artist, College of Marin alumni Kathleen Lack, was welcomed by the club in a reception on Thursday the evening of January 24. Lack greeted guests, and once she had a sufficient crowd, gave a brief description of a few of her paintings and what they meant to her. Her audience consisted mainly of Emeritus Club members, and a few students drawn in by the large, handwritten Art Show sign outside the Emeritus Club room. Len Pullan, chair of the Emeritus Club art exhibits, is allegedly responsible for Lacks solo exhibition at the College. Len saw my first painting over there and really liked it, which was great. Hes worked with me to build this show and hes just been great, said Lack. I was going in to the atrium at the Marin General Hospital, down near Bon Air Road. And what do you know but theres an art show. I remember looking at her [Lacks] work and thinking it was really good. That she was moving somewhere new. It was definitely intriguing, and they [the paintings] make you think, said Pullan. It was then that Pullan contacted

Lack and began working with her to organize her COM exhibit. The main piece of the exhibit is a painting entitled Making Faces. A

Photo by Kyle Dang Kathleen Lacks Making Faces portrait has set the name and the tone for her entire exhibition. It depicts three stilt-walkers at the Marin Arts festival painting their faces in preparation for their performance.

portrait in oil, it depicts three stilt-walkers as they apply makeup during the Marin Arts Festival. Lack, a student at COM for over seven years, said, Most of my

Photo by Kyle Dang Many of Lacks paintings are snapshots of her life as a Mother and a Grandmother. In this portrait, three of Lacks seven grandchildren play.

training was through this school, even though I pursued a classical degree at San Jose University. I took seven years [of art classes] at the Indian Valley Campus. On her life as an artist and a mother, Lack said, There wasnt really any time for me to be an artist when I was raising my kids. I mean, I would draw or paint sometimes but I never studied it seriously. Not until they were nearly all gone. Now I paint or I teach painting or I draw, its all a big part of my life now. Providing music for the event was Lacks granddaughter Elia Sovereign. Playing the harp, 12 year-old Sovereign kept the mood of the show quiet and introspective, and closed out the evening with a quick recital that ended in boisterous applause. Sovereign has been playing the harp since the fourth grade, and the piano for two more years before that. Young Elia is the continuation of a strong artistic tradition in Lacks family. Mother to four children, and grandmother to seven, Lacks oldest daughter Laura was present at the exhibit. This exhibit is great, a lot of the paintings are of my daughter or my son. Elia seems like shes having fun. Laura went on to say that while she was growing up her Mother didnt paint much, but that now shes surrounded by it. My sister is a painter as well, and she paints big pictures, so Im surrounded by art. In addition to her professional painting career, Lack also pursues a career in art instruction. She teaches a class in oil portraiture at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. The Making Faces art exhibit is open to the public until March 28. It is located in the College of Marin Emeritus center in the student services building.

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A&E

Big river musical

By Jasmin Demil
ECHO TIMES

he theater community of Marin welcomes a new musical titled Big River. Coming to the James Dunn Theater at the College of Marin Kentfield Campus on March 1, Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will feature country and bluegrass songs. Big River debuted on Broadway in 1985 and won a Tony Award for Best Score the same year, however since 1985 its rarely been shown as a musical. The James Dunn Theatre production gives the local audiences a rare opportunity to see this musical brought to life on stage. The show depicts young Huck Finns experiences in the pre-Civil War South as

a young teenage boy who lost his father and was then raised by a typical middle class family. Huck does not like to follow rules, and he doesnt fit in well with the ideas of the rest of society. On his journey, Huckleberry learns about prejudice, and he doesnt like it. As a result he rebels and helps his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom. Dunn, who turns 80 in February, said, I have been doing this for forty-nine years, I will never retire. I have been able to work in the theater since I left College. I am a lucky man, even though I have been doing this all these years, I still get a kick out of it. Every show is new, every show presents a new challenge, I am a story teller! Dunn has a lot of experience, and is highly recognizable in the theater

community. According to the James Dunn feature story in the COM Spring 2013 Credit/Noncredit Class Schedule, Dunn has received six Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Directing, the Los Angeles Dramalogue Award for Directing, the San Francisco Dramalogue Award for Directing, and a Mill Valley Arts Comission Milley Award. Dunn was nominated for the Academic Senate for California Community College Hayward Award for Excellence in Teaching and received an award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Marin County from the Marin County Cultural Society. He also recently received a Life Achievement Directing Award from the San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle. After a long absence, musical plays are

finally back at College of Marin. When asked about the obstacles to create a musical like Big River, Dunn responded, Musicals are more difficult then straight plays, because you have singing, dancing, and acting at the same time, you just have to put it all together. We have Musical Director Paul Smith, and Choreographer Sandra Tanner from the Dance Department. We will need five to six weeks to create the musical, and it will run for three weeks. Dunns Big River will be open for the public at the James Dunn Theater for an Opening Night Gala Performance presented by the Performing Arts Department of College of Marin on March 1 at 8pm.

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New dance studio opens after long wait

fter five long years, the wait is over for College of Marin dance students and teachers. The brand new dance studio is officially open and in use, an endeavor nine years in the making. The bond was issued in 2004. It took that whole nine years of planning and working, said Deborah Graham, dance choreographer at College of Marin. The choreographers had plenty of meetings and sessions in the span of time it took to acquire the space, let alone start building it. I had meetings the entire way through, said Kristi Kuhn, another of the six dance choreographers at the school. Until the new space was ready, the dancers were holed up in a temporary space known as MS3, a portable studio in the middle of campus. I was planning for both spaces at the same time, that was a riot, said Kuhn. COM ballet dancer Jenner Musser has been dancing at the school for two years, she said she is so excited for the new space. This place is so much better, the other spot was so small. Plus its so nice to have windows! The new studio is not only in a spot that gets plenty of natural sunlight through

By Lisa Kelly
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The bond was issued in 2004. It took that whole nine years of planning and working.
-- Deborah Graham, Dance Choreographer

Photo by Lisa Kelly Dance students practice their choreography in the new dance studio.

the various large windows in the room, it is also conveniently and aptly located in the Performing Arts building. This is where it should be, said Kuhn. This space was specifically made for dance. Plus now the drama students and music students can see us and observe whats going on here. The room is not only a smart room, meaning it has built in wireless connection and a special sound system and projector capability. It also has state of the art sprung floors. The floors are maple with special sprung pads built in. Its for joints so it doesnt jolt your body, said Kuhn. In addition to the main dance studio there is a second smaller adjacent space. This space was specifically designed for the choreographers to have a place to rehearse small groups and solos. Its gonna be so nice to not have to choreograph stuff in my kitchen anymore, said Kuhn. Dancers and teachers alike are excited to have a place to call their own that doesnt feel secluded and tucked away from the rest of the school. Not only is the new space conveniently located in the Performing Arts building, it is also equipped with a box office which will come in handy for future dance shows and performances.

Photo by Lisa Kelly The new dance studio can be found in the recently renovated Performing Arts Building.

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Drama Department Big River Feb 28, March 1,2,8,9, and 16 @ 8 p.m. March 10 and 17 @ 2 p.m. The James Dunn Theatre (PA 150). Kentfield Campus For Reservations call 415 485 9385 Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller and Book by William Hauptman (Based on the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain) Directed by James Dunn BROWN BAG THEATRE, (Scenes Directed by Student Directors) All Performances are at 12:30 in the Drama Classroom (PA 134/136) Feb 21 Making Faces Paintings by Kathleen Lack Exhibit Jan 2 March 28 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mon - Fri Reception for the Artist: Thurs, Jan 24 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Music by Harpist Alia Sovereign @ 6:45 p.m. College of Marin Emeritus Center Room 146 Students Services Bldg. 835 College Ave., Kentfield, CA Exhibit sponsored by Emeritus Students of College of Marin BASIC @ COM: Basics mission is to foster community among students of the Christian faith and students interested in exploring Christian Spirituality Every Tuesday at 12 noon Every Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.

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Womens/ Mens Swimming & Diving
Feb 10: Tri-Meet; COM v.s. Chabot & DVC 3:00 p.m. @ Hayward Feb 24: COM v.s. Las Positas Invitational - All day @ Livermore

Baseball
Feb 5 COM v.s. Cabrillo College - 2:00 p.m. @ COM Feb 7 - 9 COM v.s. College of Sequoias Tournament @ Visalia TBA Feb 7 COM v.s. Reedley - 3:00 p.m. @ Reedley Feb 8 COM v.s. College of Sequoias - 2:00 p.m. @ Visalia Feb 9 COM v.s. Bakersfield - 10:30 a.m. @ Visalia Feb 12 COM v.s. Monterey - 2:00 p.m. @ Monterey Feb 14 COM v.s.San Mateo - 2:00 p.m. @ San Mateo Feb 16 COM v.s. Canada College -1:00 p.m. @ Canada

There will be open discussions of the Christian faith with scripture and spiritual living. Robert Green Fine Arts American Masters Exhibition by gallery painters Sam Francis, John Grillo, Paul Jenkins and Gustavo Rivera will be on display through February 154 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley For more information, contact 415 381 8776 or please visit rgfinearts.com de Young Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis - A collection of paintings from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis at The Hague, will be on display through June (SF) For more information please call 415 750 3600 or check out: deyoung.famst.org The Walt Disney Family Museum Snow White and Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of the Classic. Featuring more than 200 works of conceptual art, model sheets, layouts and animations, will be on display through April 14 (SF) 415 345 6800 Or for more information visit: waltdisney. org

Softball
Feb 5 COM v.s. Mission - 4:00 & 6:00 p.m. @ Santa Clara Feb 12 COM v.s. West Valley- 2:00 p.m. @ West Valley Feb 16 COM v.s. City College SF -12:00 & 2:00 p.m. @ COM Feb 19 COM v.s. Santa Rosa JC - 1:30 p.m. @ Santa Rosa

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Womens Softball Team Ready for Action

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By Shauna Browne
ECHO TIMES

ollege of Marin competed in a double header against College of the Redwoods on Friday, losing 5-0 in the first game and 11-5 in the night game. Although they were both tough losses, this COM team is still evolving into

We made it far and we showed everybody what we could do.

-- Samantha Schilling, COM softball pitcher

professional softball players. After being of the verge of cancelling the softball season, the seven girls went around the school, recruiting people to join the team. The new softball coach, Melanie Gregor even made flyers to post all over the campus. They succeeded and now have 13 girls willing and able to play. This is only the third year that COM has had a softball team since the 1990s.

Even with the struggle of both losses on Friday, the girls are happy to have a solid team. Rian Hoover is from Novato High, Rebecca Pearlstein is from Redwood, and Marissa Mellor is from San Rafael. They also have a first time player named Sandra Boyd. Not to mention Samantha Schilling, a knowledgeable pitcher from Terra Linda High, who threw a total of 205 pitches. Of those 205, 18 were first-strike pitches and nine were strikeouts. Marissa Mellor helped the team with a home run and 3 RBIs. Elena Trujilo contributed with an RBI as well. There were two runs scored each in the 3rd and in the 5th, and Marissa Mellor homered in the bottom of the 7th. The girls have a 2-6 record in non-conference games this season, but they hope to get better as the year goes on. Melanie Gregor has high hopes for her team as well. The fact that Samantha Schilling came in as an experienced pitcher is HUGE for us, said Melanie. She has got a world of potential. All the players help take leadership roles during practice to get every player up to speed for the games. If anyone can turn a team around, Sammy can do it. She did it at TL, said

The womens softball team.

Photo courtesy of COM website

Brad Lucci, who was her coach from Terra Linda. No one thought Terra Linda would ever make it to NCS, let alone the final game, said Schilling. We made it that far and we showed everybody what we could do. Thats what COM could also be. A lot of

people think its just COM, but we could surprise people. This team has a lot of potential and they can only go up from here. You can watch these girls compete against the City College of San Francisco on Saturday, February 16th, right here at COM.