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GREENWASHING
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Feature

When male or female isnt enough

Panel on transgender and intersex issues
By Chandra Smith
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he Panel: A typical day for most: wake up and get dressed in clothing that is perceived as appropriate for your gender, conduct your daily business while being both addressed and treated as the gender you identify with on the inside, and go to bed. . . All without really having to think about your gender at all. Imagine if the world constantly referred to you and treated you as a gender other than the one that you identify with. That used to be student Selena Martinezs experience. Assigned a gender determination of boy at birth, it was a jolt to learn that she was seen as different from the other little girls she was used to playing with. I think it was when I was told to start playing like a boy, and I wasnt allowed to play with my cousins, my girl cousins. We were very close, Martinez says. She had no idea she was considered other than she experienced herself, until her uncle told her to man up when she was a small child. She was told to play ball and to stop playing with jump ropes. Privilege to me is the right to not have to pay attention, Joel Baum, Director of Education and Training at Gender Spectrum, says. Both Baum and Martinez were guest speakers at the first event of the Students, Safety and Sexuality series. The series, championed by biology professor Anne Gearhart, kicked off with the panel When Male or Female isnt Enough: A Panel on Transgender and Intersex Issues, earlier this month. It is sponsored by ASCOM and by members of the Students, Safety and Sexuality Series Committee. Gearhart felt it was important to address the intertwined issues of safety and sexuality here on campus. Being a sexuality instructor for community college students, I really wanted to make sure the college that I was at was approaching that topic in the best way possible, Prof. Gearhart said. Concern about the incident that occurred on campus in January, coupled with some conversations shes had with students in past semesters, spurred her to contact the Dean of Student Success Derek Levy. Together they started the process of producing the series. The panel took place during Gearharts section of Human Sexuality, and was open to the community. It began with Baum, who gave everyone in the room a crash course on gender and the insufficiency of the current gender binary. Biology, expression, identity: For the most part, we are accustomed to recognizing two genders: boy and girl. Polarized on each side of the binary, not everybody sticks to the same side in all instances. There are three instances, or

Photo by Selena Martinez Transgender student Selena Xochitl Martinez, and her daughter Lorena Lua Martinez.

Photo by Selena Martinez Selenas Delestrogen hormone therapy, which must be injected twice a week. Photo courtesy of Trans Student Equality Resources

elements of gender. They are: biological gender, gender expression, and gender identity. Its the interaction of these three that really matters, says Baum. One person may be assigned girl gender at birth, yet express herself as a boy, while identifying as a girl. Perhaps another is assigned as a boy, and expresses herself as a girl, and identifies as a girl. Yet another may be born a girl, but identify and express herself or himself as an androgyne. Really. These are just three of many possibilities. At the end of the day, gender is about self-determination, said Baum. By the way, notice I havent mentioned sexual orientation, he said, after he finished taking us through the many possible genders one might be. Gender is about who I am. Sexual orientation is about who Im attracted to, he said. Sex, gender, expression, identity, sexuality: Not only does gender not necessarily have to do with a persons sex, neither does it have to do with their sexuality. You know the T doesnt fit with the LGB. Im not going to speak for everybody, but believe me a lot of us dont

feel that the T belongs with the LGB. LGB is sexuality, says Martinez. This is an issue that commonly arises when cisgendered people (people who identify with the gender that was assigned to them at birth) try to speak about, and understand, what it is to be a transgender person, and to live as one, in a ciscentric society. The times they are a-changin: Perhaps at a slow rate, things are changing. The most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (The DSM-5), released on May 22, 2013, did away with the now-defunct diagnosis of gender identity disorder (GID), and renamed the condition gender dysphoria. This shift reflects recognition that the disagreement between birth and gender and identity may not necessarily be pathological if it does not cause the individual distress, said Robin Rosenberg, psychologist and writer of Abnormal Psychology. This shift of the named-state of being transgender away from disorder indicates a significant
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Construction of Academic Center on schedule

By Dino Moreno
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he highest beam was placed on the new Academic Center on March 7, 2014 and students are now wondering what the next phase is for construction. Construction on the new 43,000 square-foot academic center has been making swift progress the past few weeks. The project is coming along really well, said Laura McCarty, College of Marins Director of Modernization. There has been a minor weather delay, but we can make up the time, she says. This marks the tenth year of construction for the Modernization Project, funded by the Measure C bond in 2004. Students would agree that the old Business Center, Olney Hall, and Harlan Center classrooms were outdated. The buildings there before were in need of serious repair. They didnt fit how we teach today. The new building will have natural lighting, up-to-date

The new Academic Center waits for walls, after the highest beams on the top story have been installed.

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technology, and be better-sized. The old classrooms were shaped differently, small and awkward, said McCarty. The new Academic Center will replace the old Business Center, Harlan Center, Olney Hall, and old academic offices, as well as the former mexican resaurant Taqueria Mexican Grill de Marin. There are several new features that

students will be able to enjoy once the new building is completed, including a large upper-level courtyard. Its a beautiful design, there are upto-date classrooms, and there is going to be a very nice courtyard in the middleupper level, said McCarty about the new building. The new building will accomidate 16 classrooms and a large lecture hall that

will seat 100 people. It is expected to have state-of-the-art technology and new computer labs. There are 30 to 40 construction workers working on the project between five to six days a week. The project will cost approximately $32 million, and the new Academic Center is expected to be completed by spring of 2015.

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News Feature

Sorting out COMs recycling mess

By Roddy Heckelman
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ecycling has become part of the routine when taking out the trash. It is so ingrained in our society that we have recycling bins, and even separate receptacles with dividers for plastic, aluminum, and paper or cardboard recycling. We all try to do it. The reasons are obvious. Landfills are at their limit, trash abounds, and we need to reuse products and materials to keep our landfills from overflowing. More importantly recycling protects our environment from becoming further polluted. If we all know that recycling is in everyones best interest, then why dont we do it at College of Marin? We have all seen the designated recycling cans with the circular green arrow symbol that signifies a recycling receptacle, but where do the contents of those bins actually go? As it turns out, the majority of the recycling bins at COM go straight to the dumpster, and from the dumpster to the landfillnot to a sorting facility, not to a recycling plant, but to a landfill.

Photo by Patrick Brown Regardless of the recycling labels on the bins, anything in a black plastic bag goes to the landfilll according to the Marin Sanitary Service, which empties COMs dumpsters.

COM biology teacher Joe Mueller discovered this and called the newspaper to report, I changed to night classes and saw custodians throwing blue paper recycling bins into the trashsaw it with my own eyes! Outraged by what he saw, Mueller investigated further, and it quickly became

clear that the scope of the problem was much bigger than just his office floor. It includes the entirety of the college itself. Around the [SMN] building there are dollies with trash cans, paper bins, and plastic or glass recycling bins. They all have black plastic bags inside them. I followed them and he [the custodian] picks up all the bags and puts them in his truck, said Mueller. The trash bags are then brought to one of the schools dumpsters. Mueller further noted, I had a thought, too much is left up to the custodians. To further add to the confusion, all of the trash and recycling bins in the new SMN building are lined with opaque black bags. This makes it difficult to determine what the contents of the bags are, or where they should end up. Whether the bags are from the recycling bins or garbage cans, no one would be able to tell. As of early April, the majority of the black plastic bags within the dumpster were actually filled with recyclables. This would not be a problem, if the Marin Sanitary Service picked up the contents of the dumpster, and transported them all to their facility in order to be sorted and recycled.

Chance Shelley, Commercial Recycling Coordinator at MSS said, If stuff is in a black trash bag we actually dont open bags at all, because it is a danger to our employees. Anything thats bagged up is going straight to the landfill,said Shelley. This means that the multiple black bags that filled the dumpster and contained recyclables, were going straight into the ground. It is hard to believe that COM, in Marin, one of the most eco-conscious places on earth, wasnt even recycling, we were green-washing. Green-washing is when you claim to be doing something better for the environment, but it is really a sham. A perfect example of this is the green recycling bins in and around the new SMN building. They are labeled with the green arrow recycling symbol, but the contents go straight into landfill. There are however, blue, slatted, containers around the campus labeled Calrecycle. If you look closer, youll notice that there arent plastic trash bags in these containers, and the door to the bin is locked. The contents of these receptacles are recycled and sorted by the California Conservation Corps. The state has been on the leading front for recycling. Governor Jerry Brown passed a bill, proposed by Assembly Member Wesley Chesbro, which aims for a 75 percent recycling goal for California by 2020. This bill is the most ambitious of its kind, and requires every commercial business, institution, and apartment building to implement recycling programs. One would think that Marinites would be on the leading edge of recycling programs, but one look in the dumpster tells the true story. COMs Maintenance and Operations Director, Matthew Smyth, did not provide any comments regarding the colleges recycling problem. Students are not in control of where the trash bags end up, but they can choose where to put their own refuse. We all have the power and knowledge to responsibly take care of our planet, by starting small and taking care of our college.

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The politics of accreditation

A closer look at states accrediting commission
By Max Wolf-Johnson
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omposed of only 19 commissioners and nine staff members, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges is one of the most powerful California institutions in the field of higher education. The ACCJC is a private agency established by the U.S. Department of Education. Its purpose is to accredit the Community and Junior colleges in the Western United States, primarily in California and Hawaii. Accreditation is the process by which a school is federally recognized as functioning competently and sustainably in accordance with various regulations. The ACCJC enforces both the standards set for colleges by the federal government, in addition to its own standards. A college can only receive federal and state funding if it is accredited and meets these standards. While the ACCJC itself must follow certain standards dictated by the Department of Education, in practice it is separate from the federal government. As a result the exact process that occurs between a visiting team assessing a particular school, and the Commission deciding whether or not to hand out a sanction is not always clear. In 2012 the ACCJC placed City College of San Francisco on Show Cause status, the most severe sanction possible. They were given a nine-month window to correct 14 recommendations. Last July the ACCJC declared that CCSF had failed to come within compliance of its standards and revoked the colleges accreditation. San Francisco Superior Court Justice Curtis Karnow then ruled in January that CCSF would retain its accreditation, pending the hearing of a lawsuit filed by the San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera against the ACCJC. One of the major complaints voiced by protestors from the CCSF, was that the ACCJCs recommendations did not match what they had been told by the visiting team during their assessment. Former community college staff member, president of the California Federation of Teachers, and Vice President of the California Federation of Labor, Martin Hittelman stated that, the standards are so loosely defined that people can make different findings based on them. Hittelman also believes discrepancies, such as the one CCSF claims to have been subjected to, can be common because when the ACCJC commission members deliberate, the grudges come out theyll make the sanction even harder if

Photo courtesy of youtube.com City College protestors recently expressed their dissatisfaction with the ACCJC.

they feel their has been disrespect toward the commission or they feel like in the past history somehow the college has not made changes rapidly enough. [At CCSF] I think the ACCJC felt like the trustees where not obedient enough to the commission. I think they felt like some of the trustees themselves didnt believe that the ACCJC was a great organization. I think part of it was that they did not like the fact that the college was looking to continue its mission to serve all students, instead of narrowing it to make it more like a junior college, said Hittelman, it was just a real difference of opinion about how a college should be run. Over the last few years College Of Marin has had its own accreditation troubles. In 2007 COM was placed on probation by the ACCJC because of failing to comprehensively integrate program review which is a method of analyzing an academic programs effectiveness. By June, however, of 2008 COM had done enough to appease the ACCJC and was taken off probation. In 2010, COM had to conduct a self-study and was assessed by a visiting team. The colleges accreditation was affirmed, but COM was also given nine recommendations. By 2012 the ACCJC felt that COM had not done enough, and handed down a warning sanction. One of the issues which caused this sanction was COMs failure to document is usage of student learning outcomes, or SLOS, which are criteria included in every syllabus detailing what a student should know at the end of the semester. COM Academic Senate President Sara McKinnon said, I did ask the faculty, I sent out emails and said we are on warning, this is what you could do to help if you are willing: we need copies of your syllabi that prove you put student learning outcomes in them. I actually got 200 copies. As a result COM was taken off warning in 2013.

In a response to COMs latest midterm report, the ACCJC stated that the college had no sanctions and no recommendations. We are a small enough school where a small portion of us can really put our back in to this and make sure it happens, stated McKinnon. The ACCJC is lead by president Barbara Beno, and chair, Sherrill Amador. Beno is the former president of Vista Community College, and was fired by the Peralta Community College district in 2000. Amador resigned in 2004 from her role as President at Palomar College after receiving a no confidence vote from her faculty.

Critics of the ACCJC say that its leadership is too aggressive in attempting to influence the colleges they judge. They really want to impose on the colleges their idea of what good practices should be. That includes: how a college should be run, how the board of trustees should act, how faculty should be evaluated, things like that that are really not their business, said Hittelman. During a proposal of an audit of the ACCJC before the Joint Legislative Audit Committee in 2013 California State Senator Jim Nielson stated, Senator Beall and I met with President Barbara Beno in my office. In all my career, my thousands of meetings with agency individuals, representatives, secretaries, etcetera, I have never dealt with a more arrogant, condescending, and dismissive individual. Under the leadership of Amador and Beno the ACCJC has distinguished itself from other accreditation agencies. In a report written by Mr. Hittelman, ACCJC Gone Wild, he details that from 2003 to 2008 the ACCJC handed out 112 total sanctions, and five terminations. All of the Community and Junior colleges in the rest of the country combined saw only 14 sanctions, and no terminations. In August 2013 the ACCJC received a letter from the department of education informing them that they are out of compliance with several of the federal departments criteria. They now have a year to fix their deficiencies or else loose their ability to accredit Junior and Community Colleges.

A New Take on an Old Idea: The Looking Glass Quarterly

Over 25 years ago, the Mariner, College of Marins Literary and Artistic Magazine closed its metaphorical doors. Since then, the creative voice of the College of Marin community has been shrouded in silence. That is until now! College of Marins Student Literary Magazine Club is pleased to present The Looking Glass Quarterly. Like the Mariner, The Looking Glass Quarterly contains poetry, fiction, art and a special retrospective section of gems from past issues of the Mariner. Look for it this May at the College of Marin Student Bookstore. For more information and submission guidelines go to:

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Arts & Entertainment

When five women wear the same dress

COM stages a runaway hit by Oscar-winning writer
By Chandra Smith
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he setting: polite, Southern society. The problem: bridesmaids who just arent buying it. College of Marins final theatre performance of their 49th season will be the play Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. Directed by Molly Noble, the play was penned by Alan Ball, the Golden Globe and Oscar-winning writer of the film American Beauty, and creator of oft-nominated shows Six Feet Under and True Blood. The play takes place during the opulent wedding reception of a proper southern bride. Five women her bridesmaids have sequestered themselves in the sisterof-the-brides room, upstairs and away from the festivities. My sense is that these women are participating in a ritual that no longer makes sense to them, Noble says. Set in the upper class of Knoxville, Tennessee, the bridesmaids are the unfortunate friends and family of the bride, and the grandiosity of the wedding celebration is no longer something they can relate to in a sincere way. Ball is writing about change and culture and writing about people who are unhappy within the structure in which theyre living and they sometimes behave very badly, Noble points out. The brides sister is really the biggest rebel of the piece. Shes the one who walks in with a leather jacket over her beautiful, exquisite bridesmaids dress, she says. This, in direct contrast to what a southern wedding ought to be. You know its going to be an exquisite wedding. Its going to be pearls and peach dresses and perfection, says Carol Mayo Jenkins, professional actress and Knoxville resident. As an instructor for the COM drama department, Noble has been teaching and directing students here for 14 years. A performer, teacher, and director, Nobles career has included modern and contemporary plays, as well as the classics. She founded the Porchlight Theatre Company in 1999, which was a well-loved and award-winning company right here in Marin. Currently a member of Playground The Bay Areas Leading Playwright Incubator, Noble is not attempting to hide her excitement about directing this play. In some ways this is probably the most naughty play that Ive ever directed. The things that the women divulge are very fun and naughty, and its very rebellious in a way, Noble says. There is a lot of substance too, and thats in part what makes this such a great

Photo by Robin Brown Melanie Bandera, Shawn Oda, Elexa Poropudas, Chandra Gordon, and Amanda Eckstut (bottom) round off the cast of COMs latest play.

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Final dress preview Thursday, April 24, 8 p.m. $10 Performances Friday and Saturdays, April 25, 26, May 2, 3, 9 and 10, 8 p.m. Sundays May 4* and 11, 2 p.m. *There will be a talkback with the director and members of the production following May 4 performance Where: Performing Arts Building, Studio Theatre, room 32 Admission: $20 general, $15 senior, $10 students/COM employees and alumni Box Office (415) 485-9385 Online at Brown Paper Tickets.

play, especially as its a play focused on women. They really bond over several issues and truths. Every woman in it gets a moment in the sun. You get to see them all have either a monologue, or a moment of self-discovery and that is the biggest revolution of all discovering the self. In addition to a terrific season leading up to its 50th anniversary, COMs theatre department has also garnered critical recognition this year. It is the only Bay Area community college to receive nominations for this years annual San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards. The nominees are faculty member Patricia Polen for the Costume Design category, alumna Floriana Alessandria for Featured Female Drama category, and alumnus Phillip Percy Williams for Featured Musical Male category. The 38th Annual Critics Circle Awards Gala will take place on May 5 in Oakland. At its essence, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is a perfect piece to wind up a season that included, A Streetcar

Named Desire, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Taming of the Shrew. All of the plays in some ways are about breaking current morays, and about women in particular, who are...in a clever way, circumventing the current zeitgeist of how women should act, either successfully or unsuccessfully, Noble points out. One actress in particular, student Elexa Poropudas, is experiencing this first hand. In October, she began the 2013 season playing the iconic Blanche Dubois, who ultimately, is unsuccessful at fighting the status quo. In Five Women, she plays the brides friend Trisha, and shes been enjoying the role. Youll see more of me in Trisha than in any other roll Ive done. As this is a comedy compared to A Streetcar Named Desire, we are hoping for better for this female character. Its an amazing experience. Its a lot heavier, and deeper, and darker, than when I initially read the play, Poropudas says. Its not like True Blood or Six Feet

They really bond over several issues and truths. Every woman in it gets a moment in the sun. You get to see them all have either a monologue, or a moment of selfdiscovery and that is the biggest revolution of all discovering the self.
-- Molly Noble, Director Under, its not that dark, but the writing is very cutting, its very harsh, but its also very funny. And the way Molly is doing it thank God. Noble found an excellent play for her actors to do their deep emotional work in. This play is about people revealing their true selves, in a setting that seems wrought with artifice and show. A gay man from the south, its no surprise that Ball wrote a piece like this. Of course he isnt writing many plays now because hes so successful in television and film, so come soak up the emotional depth of drunken southern bells. As an audience, we really cant ask for more. The play opens April 25, and will be performed in the intimate Studio Theatre, which only seats 80. Be sure to get your tickets, and join the rebellious fun!

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COM panel discusses transgender and intersex issues

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change in perception, at least in the medical sector. Australia now allows a third gender option for passports, for transgender or intersex citizens. Germany allows an indeterminate gender option at birth. In February, The Daily Beast reported on 51 gender options now on Facebook. Many health plans cover hormone treatment and sex reassignment surgery, should a person decide thats what is best for their life. Again, not all transgender people option for surgery. It is a selfdetermined identity, and only ones self knows what that encompasses. For Martinez, estrogen has completely changed her life. I am no longer living in limbo, waiting for the next life in order to be a whole person, she says. This is the experience of many transgender people, who choose to go through hormone therapy, and live as the person theyve always experienced themselves to be. Who I am now is about a 1000 times more accurate than who I was before, said Dean Scarborough, transgender man and guest panelist. Strides are being made in government,

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education, and healthcare, yet a lot of people dont completely understand what all the issues are. Panel-discussions like the one that took place in Gearharts class are a place where people can learn the basics, hear some first hand stories, and learn how to further educate themselves. I mean obviously the goal is to just eliminate that whole thing and just have transgendered people considered normal, cause they are, said Kristian Sloan, an English student in attendance at the panel. Sloan took advantage of the question and answer period after the presentation, and asked how to be a better cisgender ally.

So I guess I just wanted to know whats the best way to talk to a transgendered or intersex person without treating their gender identity like its an elephant in the room. Like, both acknowledging it, but also not being too intrusive, to the point where it would be inappropriate, he said. Student Alex Karimzad learned more than he expected. When we went to the panel it really hit home for me. It was really eye opening. It opened my heart in a way, because I had no idea about these things they were talking about you know? I had no idea.

Scarborough had explained that, The isolation and the sense of shame are probably the hardest aspects of being transgendered, and it seems as though there are students who are trying to remedy that problem. For Sloan, its basically this, as he quotes Vonnegut, Theres only one rule that I know of, babiesGod damn it, youve got to be kind.

Tracking progress
By Rachel Mouton
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his season for College of Marins track and field team have been running along quite smoothly. The new head coach is Carlos Suarez, who had a previous assistant coach position at Sacramento City College. Suarez has high hopes for his new team here at COM, and intends to train them to be the best. The season has improved marks for the mens team. The men have been running personal bests every week, Suarez says.

Photo courtesy of Youtube, Eugene Kim Runners on the College of Marin track.

That means that they are beating their previous weeks running record by some odd seconds. There are two women runners who are just starting out and are new to the team, and track itself. This season COM has a small track team. Carlos plans to recruit more runners by the time the 2015 season starts, and may compete in more events other than running, like the discus throw, javelin, and pole vault. So far there has only been one runner from last season. Suarez is hoping that more runners come back next season and are dedicated to improve their personal best and have a tight knit team. I just have to imperialize their training and pay attention to how their bodies are responding to the training, I think that will help us toward the end of the season, he says. Carlos is well aware that there is a lot of frustration and patience with this sport. His strength is communication and being able to relate one-on-one with each runner in order to improve their ability to do better. Just like any other sport here at COM, in order to be recruited to be on the team one must be enrolled in at least 12 units and maintain a 2.0 GPA. Carlos says that he does plan on being here for the next season because he sees a lot of potential in the current runners. He wants to create a better training environment and wants more people to be more excited about the program. For him, this is a small team compared to his previous coaching positions in his three-year career.

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Events
Annual Healthcare and Dental Career Fair Skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, dentists and dental labs from the Bay Area will be on campus to take applications for employment at the annual Healthcare and Dental Career Fair. When: April 28, 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Where: Student Services Building, Kentfield Campus Jazz Ensemble Cayce Carnahan, directorMiles Ahead, special guests The Music of Miles DavisThe College of Marin Jazz Ensemble and special guest Miles Ahead, 7 p.m., COM theater When: May 1, 7 p.m. Where: James Dunn Theatre, COM Kentfield Campus Donation suggested: $10 general/ $5 student staff, seniors, and alumni Chamber Music Recitals Jessica Ivry, instructorPlease enjoy music performed by our college chamber music students. Small ensembles of trios and quartets will be performed. Different repertoire will be performed each evening. When: May 3, 7:30 p.m., May 4, 7:30 p.m. Where: Recital Hall, PA 72, COM Kentfield Campus Donation suggested: $10 Jazz Symphonic Band Martin Seggelke, directorThe Symphonic Band will be performing concert band works. New members welcome. When: May 7, 7:30 p.m. Where: James Dunn Theatre, COM Kentfield Campus Ensemble at the Seahorse in Sausalito Cayce Carnahan, directorCome swing with the College of Marin Jazz Ensemble at the Seahorse in Sausalito. Great music, great food, and great atmosphere. Bring your dancing shoes. When: May 8,7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: Sausalito Seahorse305 Harbor Dr, Sausalito COM Symphony Orchestra Tara Flandreau, directorThe College of Marin Orchestra in concert. When: May 10, 7:30 p.m. Where: James Dunn Theatre, COM Kentfield Campus When: May 11 Where: Unity in Marin, Novato Adv. Voice Class Recital - From the Garden - Flower Themed Songs One of poets and composers favorite topics, in any style, there is an amazing amount of literature highlighting the beauty of the flower, both literally and as metaphor. We will scan the repertoire of art song, aria, musical theatre and contemporary music to bring you a beautiful musical bouquet. Join us this Mothers Day with a celebration of song! When: May 11, 2014 Where: The Tamalpais Retirement Community, 501 Via Casitas, Greenbrae When: May 19, 2014, 11:10 a.m. Where: Lefort Recital Hall (PA 72), Kentfield Lefort Recital Hall (PA 72) in the Performing Arts Building located on the corner of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Laurel Ave. in Kentfield. Beginning Voice Class Recital: Just Offstage Linda Noble Brown, instructor Our beginning singers have been working all semester on their first-time performance. You will hear a lovely mix of folk songs and art songs, and maybe even a short aria, as the singers are allowed to make their own choice from within the class repertoire. Come celebrate with us. When: May 19, 2:10 p.m. Where: Lefort Recital Hall, PA 72, COM Kentfield Campus Marin Oratorio: Johannes Brahms Boyd Jarrell, directorThe 100 voice chorus will be joined by full orchestra and a stellar cast of vocal soloists in presenting this work of universal and timeless significance. When: May 17, 8 p.m.; May 18, 3 pm Where: James Dunn Theatre, COM Kentfield Campus Admission: $20 general; $15 students, staff, seniors, and alumni.All proceeds go to support the programs of Marin Oratorio Jazz Ensemble Cayce Carnahan, director Tony Lindsay, special guest An Evening of Classic Soul and R&B, College of Marin Dance Band, featuring Tony Lindsay of Santana and special guest Juke Joint. When: May 17, 8 p.m.; May 18, 3 p.m. Where: Friday, May 16, 7:30 p.m.The Seahorse305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito Admission: $20 at the door College Chorus Concert - Songs of the Sea Boyd Jarrell, directorJeffrey Paul, accompanist Join College Chorus as we present our delightful survey of sea songs from around the world. Music of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Mary Lynn Lightfoot, and Alan Ridout will be featured. Bon voyage! When: May 20, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Where: James Dunn Theatre Admission: Donations kindly accepted.

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Big 8 Conference Meet When: 4/22 & 4/25, 2pm Where: Delta College, Stockton Nor-Cal Trials When: 5/3, All day Where: Sacramento Nor-Cal Finals When: 5/10, All Day Where: Sacramento State Meet When: 5/16-5/17, All Day Where: San Mateo

Dates to Remember
Last Day of classes before Final Exams: May 16 Final Exams for Saturday Classes: May 17 Final Exams: May 23 Holiday - Campuses Closed: May 26 Final Grades available: mycom.marin.edu: June 11