December 2018 – Page 2

6Dec

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Opinion

The depressing reality of life with depression

By ERIK MEDINA There are various misconceptions of depression, the most common and my personal favorite is that you’re just sad. Depression isn’t just something you wake up with, it’s something that lingers with you until it becomes crippling. Everyone experiences depression differently. There isn’t a code of conduct that tells you how to live your life. Depression is better known as unipolar depression, according to the “Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology” (Eighth Edition), a textbook used to teach Psychology 214 at Pima Community College. It also states that “whenever we feel particularly unhappy, we are likely to describe ourselves as ‘depressed.’ In all likelihood, we are merely responding to sad events, fatigue, or unhappy thoughts. This loose use of the term confuses a perfect...

6Dec

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Sports

PCC soccer are the national champions

By KYLE MCDANIEL The Aztecs previously were 0-2 in national title games before their win on Nov. 17. However, State Fair College who beat them in 1999 vacated its title. Sophomore Hugo Kametani was voted MVP of the tournament after scoring three consecutive game winners. Coach David Cosgrove received the Coach of the Tournament award for leading the Aztecs. Both certainly deserved the awards after the season and national tournament they had. The season was full of drama, with the team playing in six overtime games this year, including the championship game. “Honestly, we had played so many and had been so successful, and of course the fact is we had Hugo, who scored four game winners,” Cosgrove said. “We felt confident going in and we felt like if anyone was going to make a play...

Women’s Basketball in slump, drop last 3

6Dec

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Sports

Women’s Basketball in slump, drop last 3

By HANK ROUBICHAUD The Aztecs fell to 3-4 on the season and 0-2 in conference with their third straight loss on Nov. 28 by the score of 85-74 to the Eastern Arizona Gila Monsters. The Aztecs started well, having outscored the Gila Monsters 26-14 in the first quarter. From there, the Gila Monsters went on a 23-5 run to give them a double-digit lead 39-28. Pima then trailed 44-37 at the half. The Aztecs started the third quarter on an 8-2 run, then took a 65-64 lead at the start of the fourth quarter. The Gila Monsters took the lead back with a 15-7 run to open the fourth, and the Aztecs could not recover. Sophomore Jacqulynn Nakai led all scorers with 27 points on 10 for 18 shooting. Fellow sophomore Shauna Bribiescas had a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds. Freshmen Tyra Do...

6Dec

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Sports

C.H.A.M.P.S. Bowl for Aztecs

Story by HANK ROBICHAUD Photos by MADYSON HOWARTH The No. 20 Aztecs (6-4) traveled to Texas Dec. 1 for the C.H.A.M.P.S. to face off with No. 4 Kilgore College Rangers and play the program’s final game. The game was played in Waco Independent School District Stadium in Waco. The Aztecs were shut out by the Rangers in a 28-0 loss. The offense could not get momentum going in the game as they had a total of 195 yards (unofficial). The Aztecs only had 41 yards at the half. They also had 5 turnovers on the day, and allowed 13 points off those turnovers. The one bright spot on the offense for the game was Larry Rembert with 11 catches for 107 yards. He earned Player of the Game for the Aztecs. The defense played a decent game overall cutting the turnover margin to 2 with 2 interceptio...

6Dec

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News

Teaching the next generation of leaders

Interview and photo By JOE GIDDENS Jennifer Wellborn is the West Campus Student Life Coordinator, she’s been in this position for the last four and a half years, previously she worked at the East Campus for a year. Wellborn is also the coordinator of Pima Community College’s Jade Retreat, a three-day leadership and social justice conference. There will be more opportunities for Pima students in the Spring. On Feb. 15 is the Emerging Leader Summit, which you can register for at: http://bit.ly/PCCEmergingLeaders. Q: What is student life? A: We are where students get involved in clubs, leadership programs, multicultural programming, basically if it’s happening at Pima and it’s not part of a student’s class. Typically it’s Student Life either putting it on or has a hand i...

6Dec

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Uncategorized

The Word

By: HANK ROBICHAUD Q: What is the thing you are most excited for over the winter break and why? David Martinez Audio production and music, 27 “Truthfully being able to spend time with my family and my daughter and sister. If anything probably just work on my car and continue to be a great father day by day.” Aaron Escavary Liberal arts history 20 “To catch up in sleep, and to get out of town and see family.” Briana Muncy Liberal arts major but studying early childhood education 19 “Probably seeing family and my birthday.” Elias Lopez Welding 20 “Resting that’s for sure not only that I get to relax and being a full time student I get to shut my brain off for a while. Not only that because its cold and you get to spend time with yo...