ANTHONY TEMMFrom San Diego to Inyo County, students in Chaffey’s auto-tech show they aren’t messing around. For two weekends, the college’s auto-tech team tackled a competition called SkillsUSA, where students are timed to show off their skills on automotive and person-to-person skills.“There are two categories they compete in, skills and leadership,” Sherm Taylor, automotive technology instructor, said. “In leadership, you...

AARON THORNTON Coffee Night is a weekly event where students can attend to receive brochures, information on student activities, scholarships or planners. These informational aspects are complimented with completely free coffee and pastries. On the night I attended, the panel was set up in the student lounge where three student government workers waited for students to approach. Little by little,...

BREE PETERSONStudents had the opportunity on Feb. 10 to experience the art of filmmaking, the light of community and the terror of war. “A Generation of War,” a collaboration between director Louise Salter, artist Johan Andersson, and activist veteran Ted Haler, was screened in CAA-112. The journey of this film’s production began when Cheryl Montelle, founder of the Mil-Tree Foundation,...

The Chaffey Hustlin' Panthers basketball team undoubtedly won yet another game tonight's home against College of the Desert Roadrunners. The win almost seemed sealed as the night was filled with clean 3-pointers with almost every free-throw by CHP padding up the score. That isn't to say that College of the Desert did put up a fight, as few fouls and...

Chaffey College will host a free screening of the film Generation of War, a collaboration between director Louise Salter, artist Johann Andersson (cq) and Vietnam veteran Ted Haler. In the film, Haler describes his war experience while Andersson (cq) paints a portrait of him. Haler has been an active speaker for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He has written...

Hanajun Chung We're moving forward. The Breeze staff this semester has brought in new faces, as well as welcoming back the award-winning staff that's dedicated their time and effort in providing student news to the Chaffey Colleges. Almost immediately has work gone underway to redesign the way the news is delivered. For starters, we have a new design spearheaded by...

HANAJUN CHUNG In January, studios normally release crap. Most critics will spend this month catching up on the prestigious Academy-recognized films. When a film like “Ride Along” gets released Jan. 17 and stays number one consecutively at the box office for three weeks, it draws attention. However, its box-office triumphs are not due to the film’s success in comedy and...

ROBERTO HERNANDEZ HANAJUN CHUNG Jan. 24 was a cool night for jazz guitar enthusiasts. At 8 p.m. in CAE-108, Chaffey College Center for the Arts and Professor Brandon Bernstein, brought in master guitarists Howard Alden to perform an intimate session for students, staff and other fans. Both simply paired a hollow-body electric guitar with an acoustic tube-amp and no rhythm...

JOSHUA ARNAO When the name Shia Labeouf gets mentioned we immediately think of “Even Stevens,” “Transformers” or that “Indiana Jones” movie we would all like to forget. Now the actor/writer/director has a new title falling him around. That title is plagiarist. On May 8, 2012, Labeouf had his short film, “HowardCantour.com,” screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival to rave...

Assimilating into another culture is difficult, especially in America. Nobody would know that better than basketball center Pape Seck, 20, an international business major. Seck, who is from Senegal, has been attending Chaffey for the past two years. He enjoys a good relationship with his teammates and fellow students, but it wasn’t always like that. “Once in a tournament in...