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Apple’s gadgets Is he done yet? JANUARY 27, 2010 are taking over VOLUME 8 • ISSUE 1 VALENCIAVOICE.COM Official Student Media of Valencia Community College By Rex Crum MarketWatch

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. on Monday reported a fiscal first-quarter profit that surged 50 percent from NAACP VP honors MLK at VCC the same period a year ago as the tech-industry icon saw its results driv- Orlando attorney CEO of the organization, handling the liant lawyer, a former interim leader What’s your voice? Page 9 en by strong sales across all its main organization’s national programs and in the NAACP, a magnificent mind, a product lines, especially the iPhone. the 2200 units across the United States powerful speaker, and an inspiration Apple said it earned $3.38 billion, imparts wisdom on and abroad. He is a native of India- to students and young people.” or $3.67 a share, for the quarter end- napolis, Indiana, Hayes spoke with the Voice about his ing Dec. 26. During the same period 100th anniversary and earned a Bach- feelings on segregation and said: “It’s When ‘enough a year ago, Apple earned $2.26 bil- By Nikki Namdar elor of Science de- certainly unfortunate that some peo- lion, or $2.50 a share. [email protected] gree in History from ple would require for their own hap- is enough’ in Apple also said it sold 8.7 million Indiana University- piness the misery of others and put- iPhones, 3.36 million Macintosh movie quotations computers and 21 million iPods A ceremony was held at the VCC Bloomington and ting others down. I just think that it’s during the quarter. West Campus on Thursday, hosted received a Jurist a clearly a lie that they’re living and I By Barry Koltnow —MCT Campus by special speaker Dennis Court- Doctorate from In- think those are very sad people. They The Orange County Register land Hayes, the senior vice presi- diana University of usually have feelings like that because dent of the National Association for Law in 1977. they don’t understand and we tend to Stop me if you’ve heard this. Collin Dever, Valencia Voice In a movie or TV show, three friends are hav- the Advancement of Colored People “The NAACP’s D. Courtland Hayes. be fearful of that which we don’t un- (NAACP) to celebrate its 100 year sentinel is a magnif- derstand.” ing a conversation. They might be at a party, in anniversary and in honor of Martin icent achievement,” The event was a collaboration by a restaurant or even at an outdoor event. One Luther King, Jr. Hayes said in his speech. “The fact of many organizations including; Bridges of the friends is sitting across from the other two “It is a joy to be able to speak with the matter is, not many of us get to to Success Images, Student Develop- and trash-talking about a fourth person. The two friends start acting strangely and their eyes wid- young people,” he said in his speech. celebrate 100 years of anything. How ment, The Black Advisory Committee, en as they try to warn their friend that the person “You are so important to the future of this often does anyone get to celebrate a Black High Achievers Club (BHAC) being talked about is standing behind the talker. country. I’m encouraged by your energy 100th birthday?” and the Alumni Association. Advisor All of a sudden, the talker realizes what is hap- to continue in the fight for social justice. President of Valencia, Dr. Sanford to Bridges and BHAC, John Stover, was pening and says: “He’s standing right behind me, Your invitation to be here and to celebrate C. Shugart attended the ceremony. also on hand to comment. isn’t he?” Martin King’s birthday, his holiday, as “It’s a tremendous honor for us to Stover said it was an honor to meet I’m not positive, but I believe I first saw this well as the NAACP’s organization history host a distinguished national lead- Hayes, and sessions like this allows scene in “City Slickers” almost two decades of 100 years. It deserves recounting.” er in the civil rights movement,” people the opportunity to learn about ago, when Billy Crystal was badmouthing Jack Hayes is the interim president and Shugart said of Hayes. “He’s a bril- African American culture. Davie Hinshaw, Charlotte Observer / MCT Campus Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 VALENCIA VOICE NEWS JANUARY 27, 2010 2 ‘We have a long way to go’ Continued from page 1

“Through this kind of dia- Hayes said he believes that people who actually lived the logue, you learn the history,” more changes need to be history to come and talk to us Stover said. “What a group of made. “We’ve come along way about it, to keep it alive, to people had to go through in in this country,” he said, “On make sure we understand it, order to reach the point where grounds of race and I think and because it is known that if they were completely inte- most people would agree that you don’t know your history, grated into society.” we have a long way to go. We you wont know your future.” Kathy Murray, a mother of still see a lot of disparities be- Hayes said in his speech that two teenagers, commented on tween the races and between the main focus for himself and what she hopes to obtain from men and women.” Vicki Park- the NAACP. “At this cross- the speech. “Because my girls er is the chair of Valencia’s roads, this rebirth,” Hayes get so very little information Black Advisory Committee, said. “The NAACP and its al- in school, I found an awesome and welcomed Hayes before lies will let America know that opportunity.” his speech. colored people come in all col- “For me, it’s just embrac- “I am thrilled to have Dr. ors; black, white, yellow, red, ing the idea of what Martin Hayes here,” Parker said. “He and brown and that we are all Luther King would’ve wanted has such a rich history with brothers and sisters, equal be- us to do.” the NAACP and we need the fore God.”

Collin Dever, Valencia Voice VCC president Dr. Shugart, left, Dennis Courtland Hayes, and VCC head of human resources Dr. Stone (right) converse duringa break after Hayes’ speech at Valencia’s West Campus. VALENCIA VOICE NEWS JANUARY 27, 2010 3 Obama proposes We’re still not in Kansas, Toto Continued from page 1 new restrictions Palance to friends Daniel Stern and Those are all funny sight gags, but Bruno Kirby. The very scary Palance the aforementioned “He’s standing on bank practices walks up, and Crystal says the famil- right behind me” is an entire scene iar line, although it wasn’t familiar at with dialogue. There should be a the time. law against such thievery. There By Jim Puzzanghera I wish I had the statistics, but I’m should be a hefty fine levied. The Tribune Washington Bureau not sure how many times I’ve seen guilty filmmaker should be forced this exact scene in a television or to watch “Daddy Day Camp” on a WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama movie comedy since “City Slickers.” 24-hour loop. Thursday proposed tough new restrictions Only the actors and locations I think it’s time to retire “He’s on the size and activities of the nation’s larg- change each time. And, of course, standing right behind me,” along est financial institutions, limiting their future the number of people who laugh with a few other bits that insult our growth and the risks they can take with de- at that scene. Nothing is funny the intelligence. positors’ money. Olivier Douliery, Abaca Press / MCT Campus 10th time you hear it. Finally, it would be nice if a fe- President Barack Obama, flanked by Cabinet members, delivers remarks on financial reform in the Diplomatic Recep- “While the financial system is far stronger tion Room January 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. Obama announced measures to narrow the size and scope of banks. Still, many other filmmakers have male character cut her own hair today than it was a year one year ago, it is still turned on the gas for an easy laugh, in a movie, and it didn’t look like operating under the exact same rules that led “This prohibition says you can choose to Chase and Bank of America, which received and I have no problem with that. I she just walked out of a Beverly to its near-collapse,” Obama said in remarks engage in proprietary trading or you can government bailouts during the financial cri- have very pedestrian tastes in com- Hills salon. I don’t know much released before his appearance at the White choose to own a bank, but you can’t do both,” sis. The proposals build on a component of edy, and the good old-fashioned about cutting hair, or even hair House Thursday. “My resolve to reform the said a senior administration official, speaking the major overhaul of financial regulations fart gets me every time. The same for that matter, but I’m pretty sure system is only strengthened when I see a re- on condition of anonymity before the White passed by the House late last year that would with a good swift kick to the groin, it’s difficult to cut your own hair in turn to old practices at some of the very firms House publicly announced the plan. give regulators the ability to break up large although that might just be a guy a dimly lit motel while on the run fighting reform; and when I see record profits Some leading economists, led by former financial firms whose collapse would pose a thing. The banana peel isn’t really from assassins. at some of the very firms claiming that they Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, one risk to the economy even if they are not on funny anymore, but Woody Allen Let me know your pet peeves, cannot lend more to small business, cannot of Obama’s advisers, have been calling for the brink of failure. used it to great effect in “Sleeper” and maybe we’ll do this again. keep credit card rates low, and cannot refund months for a reinstatement of those restrictions. Obama’s plan also would seek to limit the (he used a giant peel). — MCT Campus taxpayers for the bailout. It is exactly this Obama did not include the restrictions in the future growth of large institutions, adding kind of irresponsibility that makes clear re- comprehensive financial regulatory overhaul to an existing prohibition on any firm hold- form is necessary.” he proposed last summer. But the administra- ing more than 10 percent of the insured bank Obama essentially is proposing return tion has been taking a tougher stance on banks deposits in the nation. The administration to the Glass-Steagall restrictions enacted this year. The new proposals were designed wants regulators to impose a new cap on after the Great Depression, which sepa- with input from Volcker, who joined Obama at funds other than deposits and a firm’s liabili- rated commercial banks and investment the White House for the announcement. ties. The specifics of such a cap would have banks. Congress repealed those restric- The proposal also would prevent commer- to be worked out by regulators, but adminis- tions in 1999, opening an era in which cial banks from owning, investing in or ad- tration officials said they were not designed bank holding companies could own not vising hedge funds or private equity funds. to reduce the market share of any existing only institutions that accepted customer The move, which would require congressio- firm, but rather “to constrain future growth Akron Beacon Journal deposits but also Wall Street investment nal action, would affect large financial insti- that leads to excessive concentration.” Many recurring movie clips should be squashed after over-use. firms. tutions such as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan —MCT Campus VALENCIA VOICE NEWS JANUARY 27, 2010 4

The shuttle’s successor, the Constellation pro- gram, will pursue former President George W. Shuttle’s end Bush’s goal to return astronauts to the moon and launch a manned mission to Mars. Because NASA’s budget is projected to remain little changed at about $19 billion over the next five hurts county years, it won’t be able to retain all the shuttle work- force while the new program’s rockets, manned By Jerry Hart and Ryan Flinn vehicles and launch systems are designed, built Bloomberg News and tested around the country. The transition program has already retrained TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Laurilee Thompson says more than 560 shuttle workers for manufacturing her Dixie Crossroads seafood restaurant near jobs in the area. Florida’s Kennedy Space Center will lose $50,000 “The last thing we want is to go through a gap a year in tourist business after the space shuttle where these skilled workers go someplace else,” flies for the last time in September. She’s not the Mark Nappi, a vice president of United Space Al- only taxpayer in Brevard County to feel pain. liance, a Boeing and Lockheed partnership that Local unemployment climbed to almost 15 per- serves as the prime contractor for space shuttle cent after Apollo lunar launches ended in 1972. Kim Shiflett, NASA / WPBloom work, said at a public meeting on Jan. 7. Now Brevard, Florida’s 10th-most populous The end of the space shuttle program in September threatens to cripple the economic health of Brevard County. While the last five shuttle launches are slated county, where per capita income is already 8.3 for this year at the space center beginning Feb. 7, percent less than the state average, is bracing for 11.5 percent in November cut revenue. Florida is in the median home-sale price in 2008 exceeded the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station next door another blow as NASA shifts to moon and Mars among states suffering from the worst economic the state average of 19.8 percent, Florida’s eco- will continue to shoot off unmanned rockets car- flights from orbital missions. slump since the Great Depression as they cope nomic profile of the county shows. rying scientific instruments. Contractors led by Lockheed Martin and Boe- with $193 billion of combined budget deficits in Sales taxes fell 8 percent in each of the last two years, That means some busy nights for restau- ing will cut 7,000 Florida jobs, almost half the the current fiscal year, the Center on Budget and Moody’s said, and are down 6.5 percent in the current rateur Thompson, whose Dixie Crossroads nationwide shuttle workforce that stretches to Policy Priorities said last month. year, county finance director Steve Burdett said. eatery in Titusville specializes in local rock Alabama, Texas and California. Brevard, on the In Brevard County, the Kennedy Space Center “We’re already in financial straits,” he said. “We shrimp, a harder-to-peel variety served at Atlantic coast, 40 miles east of Orlando, got $1.8 employs 6 percent of the workforce. Opened in won’t have a lot of money to fall back on when it $12.99 a dozen with the skin split by a machine billion of the $2 billion the space program injected 1962 and named after President John F. Kennedy comes to the shuttle issue.” her father invented. A “good month” like No- into the state in 2008, according to a NASA report. a year later for his advocacy of lunar exploration, John Carraro, 57, has lost two security-guard vember with four launches meant a three-hour “It’s a perfect storm,” said Lisa Rice, president of the center’s average salary was $77,235 in 2008, jobs at the Kennedy Space Center and adjacent wait for dinner, she said. Brevard Workforce, which administers the Aero- almost twice the local level, according to NASA. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to cutbacks Still, the county is bracing for a repeat of the space Workforce Transition Program, a county re- Losing space work would reduce Brevard Coun- since he moved to Brevard County in May 2008 nine years from the end of the Apollo program to training agency for shuttle employees facing dis- ty’s per-capita income which, at $35,213 in 2007, after 21 years in the Bridgeport, Conn., police de- the start of the space shuttle in 1981. During that missal. “You have the economy going down, the trailed the statewide average of $38,417. It would partment. He hasn’t worked since October. period, unemployment soared to 14.7 percent in shuttle retiring and defense contracts decreasing.” lift a jobless rate that rose to 11.9 percent in No- “I had to borrow from my brother in Connecti- January 1975 and 10,000 people left the area. The shuttle shutdown will drain jobs in a state vember, according to the Labor Department, high- cut to fill my checking account,” he said outside a “It devastated the local economy,” said Al- grappling with a projected budget gap of as much er than Florida’s 11.5 percent and up from 5 per- classroom at Brevard Community College, where lard Beutel, a spokesman for the Kennedy Space as $3 billion in the next fiscal year, as a 39 per- cent in December 2007, the start of the recession. the Aerospace Workforce Transition Program Center. “We’re trying to do better than we did 30 cent plunge in home sales from their 2005 peak An exodus of workers would also erode the lo- scheduled a counseling session for displaced space years ago.” and unemployment exceeding the U.S. average at cal housing market, where a 20.6 percent plunge center employees. “Down here, it’s very slow.” —WPBloom VALENCIA VOICE OPINION JANUARY 27, 2010 5

Official Student Media of Valencia Community College Supremely stretching back to Theodore Roosevelt’s decision. As the Los Angeles Times’ Newsroom | 407-582-5040 presidency. The notion that corporate Jim Newton _ Warren’s biographer Advisor | 407-582-1170 rights and individual rights _ par- (and also my editor) _ has pointed out, For comments or general inquiries ticularly those recognized by the First “Before Fred Vinson, Warren’s prede- email us at: bad decision Amendment _ are congruent is absurd. cessor, died, the court was deeply split Do corporations have a right to freedom over Brown. At least three justices [email protected] of religion, or just to those liberties that (Tom Clark, Stanley Reed and Vinson) By Tim Rutten advance commercial interests? were inclined to uphold Plessy vs. Fer- Editor in Chief | Reese Wallace Los Angeles Times As Justice John Paul Stevens wrote guson in defense of segregation, and [email protected] in dissent: “If taken seriously, our col- two others (Felix Frankfurter and Rob- Last week’s Supreme Court deci- leagues’ assumption that the identity of ert Jackson) were stymied by the ques- Managing Editor | Alex Barrett sion granting corporations the right to a speaker has no relevance to the gov- tion of how to overturn such a long- [email protected] spend unrestricted amounts of money ernment’s ability to regulate political standing precedent. Vinson’s death, supporting or opposing candidates in speech would lead to some remarkable which Frankfurter referred to as his News | Nikki Namdar federal elections is so strained in its conclusions. Such an assumption would first solid evidence of the existence of reasoning and so removed from the have accorded the propaganda broad- God, cleared the way for that impasse [email protected] realities of American life that it would casts to our troops by ‘Tokyo Rose’ dur- to be broken. Thus Warren achieved a be grotesquely comedic, were its im- ing World War II the same protection unanimity that elevated the opinion Opinion | Collin Dever (Chuck Kennedy / MCT Campus) [email protected] plications not so dire. as speech by Allied commanders. More Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, above partisan or sectional politics.” We’re all familiar, of course, with pertinently, it would appear to afford Justice John Paul Stevens and Justice Antonin That nonpartisan character survived the disenfranchisement of corporate the same protection to multinational Scalia at Barack Obama’s Inauguration throughout Warren’s tenure and that of Features | Manny Colon America. It’s common knowledge that corporations controlled by foreigners as his successor, the Republican Warren E. [email protected] the interests of big business are rou- to individual Americans.” about this decision_considered in a Burger. Two other landmark decisions tinely ignored at every level of society, That’s hardly the end of this deci- sequence stretching back to Bush vs. of that period _ Griswold v. Connecti- Sports | Tiffany Janiczek and that the deprivation of rights suf- sion’s implications. Over time, it’s Gore_is that it demonstrates that this cut, which recognized a constitutional [email protected] fered by those unfortunates who pop- bound to provide the rationale for is a partisan court, willing to hand right to privacy, and Roe v. Wade _ were ulate its executive suites is a continu- overturning state and local electoral down sweeping decisions that ignore decided by 7-2 majorities. In the former, Sales | Kenny Wagner ing affront to the national conscience. regulations based on federal law_as decades of jurisprudence based on one of the dissenters, Hugo Black, was [email protected] That, at least, was the suggestion of the those in Los Angeles are_and will fur- five Republican votes. a Democrat; the other, Potter Stewart, strident tone taken by Justice Anthony ther undermine the influence of the That was not true of the activist court a Republican. In the latter, one of the Design | Alex Barrett M. Kennedy. “If the First Amendment parties at a time when U.S. politics over which Chief Justice Earl Warren minority justices, Byron R. White, was has any force,” he wrote, “it prohibits seem increasingly chaotic. presided. At the time he was sworn a Democrat, and the other, William H. [email protected] Congress from fining or jailing citizens That’s true because, though corpo- in, Warren was the only member of Rehnquist, a Republican. or associations of citizens for simply rate contributions to the parties con- the court appointed by a Republican Our current ability to predict Su- Photo Editor | Collin Dever engaging in political speech.” tinue to be regulated, expenditures president. Still, he inherited a group of preme Court decisions by weighing [email protected] You would think that the federal pris- made outside the parties on behalf of justices deeply split over the overrid- the issues against the two parties’ pro- ons were overflowing with corporate candidates now are unlimited. The ing question of the day _ segregation grams is worse than melancholy. It For advertising information contact martyrs to freedom of expression. This is predictable effect on parties is par- _ and fashioned a unanimous rejection marks a new low in our nation’s de- Kenny Wagner at reasoning ludicrous on its face and radi- ticularly odd from this court, given of legalized racial separation in the scent into corrosive partisanship. cal in its dismissal of judicial decisions that one of the most distressing things landmark Brown v. Board of Education — MCT Campus [email protected] VALENCIA VOICE OPINION JANUARY 27, 2010 6 POLL Will the healthcare reform bill pass? No hope for change By Collin Dever [email protected]

President Obama and the democratic party could not help but feel the sting of defeat at the election of Scott Brown to Edward Kennedy’s va- cant Senate seat. Now, with the filibuster-proof majority gone, Keneddy’s life work, health care reform, could be derailed, in a large part, by his former seat. Brown, the first republican senator to be elected in Massachusetts since 1947, can be seen as a mi- No. I think if they get together, they I think the pork barell will mess it up. It better not get passed. No, it keeps getting pushed back more crochasim of american sentements. could make it better. and more. Unhappy with the democratic houses’ progress —Darelys Viera —James Weaver —Erika Rossis —Joanie King and the president’s decsion making the Demo- crats can expect to lose more seats in the fall 2010 elections. Over the past months the health care bill has been left tattered and stained. What started as a lofty ideal to make health care available to all has been tattered by buracracy No longer government but very much business, capitol hill would love to have an insurance pro- gram to cater strictly to the young and the healthy, to those less fortunate, which grows with every jobless figure release, a viable options needs to made available. Some people get sick, some stay healthy but they all pay the same and the burden of health- care costs are shared by all. By stealing up all the money making costumers it will only create more hardship for anyone to provide healthcare to those Yes. It has to pass. Obama has to pass it. No I feel like some senators represent a I think a lot of people are pushing for No. I don’t feel like it will pass. Scott who really need it. lot of voters and not everyone is hap- it but it might not be the best thing Brown is the first republican in 30 years. —Kaveen Williams py. With both parties working against around. It is a determining vote. Obama’s bill it’s going to fail. —Michael Diaz —LaToya Taylor

—Vionet-Edith Segana Photos by Collin Dever; Reporting by Tiffany Janiczek VALENCIA VOICE FEATURES JANUARY 27, 2010 7

‘The Lovely Bones’ Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan, “City of Ember”) was 14 when she was murdered and within the first few minutes Saintly Masterpiece of the film, the audience already know who killed her. The viewers are led to believe that the film may be of Boondock sequel Some of the old characters are back such as not all it can be gruesome nature because of the horrific images are seen Il Duce (Billy Connolly "Fido"), and the three By Roxy Smith as Susie is remembering her final moments, but this is the exceeds expectations idiot cops that we love so much. [email protected] only somewhat gruesome scene in the entire movie. It is mind shattering as to how many great The pace of the movie is ridiculously slow and I found By Manny Colon actors there are in the independant film in- Having a versatile cast, “The Lovely Bones” included myself itching for the movie to get to the climax and the [email protected] dustry. Flanery and Reedus retain the same Golden Globe nominee Mark Wahlberg (“Four Brothers”) killer to be caught. elements that made who has received awards for his standout roles in films and The film had strange sequences where Susie is in the in- At long last the sequel to “The Boondock their characters for his role as an execute producer for HBO’s hit series “En- between dancing and twirling, running alongside flowers Saints” has arrived (after 10 years mind you), To be honest, I tourage.” and clouds in her perfect world. Every time this happened and it is worth a mention to say the least. Sure was expecting a Directed by Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings”) who I felt like I was looking through a kaleidoscope as I was the actors have aged over the years, and I fig- sophomore slump, is better known for his action movies, “The Lovely Bones” brought into a different world and out of the actual film. ured this would be one of the many challeng- especially since 10 is based on the widely acclaimed and national best seller These maneuvers made it hard to really connect with es that would affect the making of this film. years have gone by book by Alice Sebold. anyone in the rest of the film. For the most part I genu- But Sean Patrick Flanery ("The Dead since the first movie, The film hasn’t proved to do exceedingly well at the box inely enjoyed the film, but would not dare compare the Zone") and Norman Reedus ("Pandorum") but I was wrong. office, only raking in an estimated $31,624,000. film to the book. made a tremendous comeback in “The Boon- Director Troy Duffy dock Saints II: All Saints Day” with the same, didn't derail from authentic portrayal of their respective charac- the original film. ters. Instead, this movie Lionel Hahn/Abaca Press Billy Connolly The story begins with some copycat hit felt like a direct ex- man who kills the saints' childhood priest, so tension of the first they go back to Boston from Ireland to seek installment. This film most certainly feels like revenge. a true sequel (despite waiting so long to make There are many twists within this story it). however, and it gets more interesting the fur- His vision of the characters hasn’t changed, ther it goes. and he did a very good job in maintaining the The news characters added to the roster add story equally intriguing as the first one. a new, but familiar flavor to the story. Romeo, The sequel, however, felt more maturewith portrayed by Clifton Collins Jr. ("Brothers"), its dialogue and action, whereas the first one replaces the now defunct Rocco (David Della had more comedy and was more laid back. Rocco, "Jake's Corner") as the comic relief. Ju- This demonstrates the serious nature of the lie Benz (from Showtime's "Dexter") plays the saints’ mission of vengeance. sassy Special Agent Eunice Bloom, who has I saw, and I experienced the greatness that taken over as the saints' guardian angel when is "The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day," Special Agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe and there is no question in mind that this is “Spider Man”) allegedly died sometime be- one of the movies of ‘09. It’s definitely a great (DreamWorks / MCTCampus) tween the two story lines. movie with which to close out the decade. Director and producer Peter Jackson, right, works with Saoirse Ronan, left, on the set of “The Lovely Bones.” VALENCIA VOICE SPORTS JANUARY 27, 2010 8

off Favre in overtime. This time, Favre didn’t “I may wake up tomorrow and who knows?” even have the chance to touch the ball in OT. Coach Brad Childress said he does not However, he did throw two picks in regula- know if Favre will return, adding, “I told him tion, including one with 19 seconds left in the to go home and lick your wounds and I’ll do fourth quarter, the Vikings at the Saints 38- the same and we’ll catch up down the road. yard line and the score tied. Nobody wants to be rash about any decision- Favre said he came to Minnesota to win a making, I’m sure, right now.” Super Bowl and made it clear that was still Favre completed 28 of 46 passes for 310 his goal. The problem is time is running out yards and one touchdown with two intercep- for a future Hall of Famer who will turn 41 tions Sunday. He wasn’t sacked but he took a next October. serious pounding, and he had to be helped off “I’d love to win the Super Bowl. Who the field after throwing an interception late in wouldn’t?” Favre said. “Of course, I can’t print the third quarter. anything for you guys, but I know I’m going “I knew when I got hit I felt my ankle — out on top one way or the other. I didn’t feel I can’t tell you how many times I’ve twisted like I had anything to prove coming in, but if my ankle or had it bent one way or the other,” there were doubters out there maybe I served he said. “That was one of those times where I Jerry Holt, Minneapolis Star Tribune / MCT Campus Brett Favre ended another season with an interception. The speculation as to his future has begun. notice to them but my goal is to get to Miami, knew if I were to come back I needed to come and obviously that’s not going to happen.” back right away. Because that’s one of those Favre said “yes” three times when asked if the when you sit around for a little bit ... I won’t season was a success. “It’s hard to even think be able to move it tomorrow.” Favre mum on future about anything other than the loss,” Favre said. — MCT Campus

By Chip Scoggins and Judd Zulgad ing their eyes or will roll their eyes. In a sit- Star Tribune uation like this, I really don’t want to make a decision right now based on what’s hap- NEW ORLEANS — Fighting off tears that pened, because I do know the year could not welled in his eyes and dealing with a sprained have gone any better aside from us not going left ankle, Brett Favre stood at a podium inside to Miami. the Superdome on Sunday night and made no “I really enjoyed it, to be honest. Just won- promises about what the future may hold. dering if I can hold up, especially after a day The Vikings’ painful 31-28 overtime loss to like today. Physically and mentally. That was the New Orleans Saints in the NFC title game pretty draining. I am going to go home, (take) less than an hour old, Favre said he did not a couple of days and just talk it over with the expect to take long to make a decision about family.” whether he will return for a 20th season. Fa- Favre’s first season with the Vikings ended vre signed a two-year contract when he ended just like his last season with the Packers: with an his second consecutive attempt at retirement extremely painful overtime loss in the NFC title last August in order to join the Vikings. game in which he threw a crucial interception. “I wouldn’t say months,” Favre said when In January 2008, it was the Giants who asked for a timetable. “I know people are roll- kicked the winning field goal after picking VALENCIA VOICE SPORTS JANUARY 27, 2010 9 POLL Should Brett Favre retire from the NFL? Retirement? For how long? By Elise Mucha and Tiffany Janiczek [email protected] [email protected]

Once again there are rumors swirling of Brett Favre announcing his retirement soon. But let’s be honest, he has little to no cred- ibility left in regards to retirement. In honor of this lets take a look at the Brett Favre timeline. April 21-22, 1992 -- Favre is drafted 33rd overall to the Atlanta Falcons Feb. 10 1992 -- Favre is traded from the Fal- If he’s doing good for the team why fire No. He’s my idol. Maybe he should. Yes, because I’m a Saints fan. cons to the Green Bay Packers, where he will him? —Charles Baker —Darius Henry —Karan Manghnani play his first game, four games into the sea- —Anali De Jesus son. He then starts every game as a Packer until his “retirement” in 2008. March 6, 2008 -- News conference with Fa- vre telling the world that he is officially done with the NFL and that “...he [doesn’t] think [he’s] got anything left to give...” Aug. 7, 2008 -- Favre comes out of retire- ment and is traded to the New York Jets. Feb. 11, 2009 -- Favre tells the Jets that he is once again retiring. Aug. 18, 2009 -- Favre comes back out of retirement and signs with the Minnesota Vi- kings. Farve is the only player to win the AP MVP three consecutive years (1995-97). He led the Packers to seven division cham- pionships, four NFC championships, and two Super Bowl appearances, winning once. No. He’s a great Quarterback. He’s a really good Quarterback and No, he shouldn’t Maybe. I think he should, but I think he So the question at hand is, should Brett Fa- —Keith Sellers even though he’s old he’s still in good —Nate Miller still has a few more years. vre, the 40-year-old quarterback from Gulf- shape. He’s an inspiration. —Ricardo Negri port, Miss., leave the game with what little —Nahid Hemani credibility he has left? Photos by Collin Dever; Reporting by Tiffany Janiczek