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Letter from the Editor
Letter From The Editor
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“Schoolʼs out for summer!”
Thank You!
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Well, for some of us it is...
Summer Plans!
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AOA PAC
5-6
AOSA UPDATE
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Getting Connected!
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Hereʼs the deal - the JedEyes are all finalizing their ʻlast
summerʼ plans. GoldenEyes are trying to find the best
way to spend their week off before summer school
begins. Optometrist Primes are desperately trying to sell
all their furniture before they leave for rotations and last
but certainly not least the Eye Candies are saying their
good-byes and tying up any loose ends before the BIG
DAY of graduation arrives!
SVOSH: Colombia
9-11
Where did this year go?
SVOSH: Peru
12-14
Talent Show
15
Talent Show: Meet the Cobalt Blues
16
They say that time flies when youʼre having fun... well let
me rephrase that for you - “Time flies when youʼre
spending your day studying for weeks full of multiple
exams and proficiencies, sitting through lecture, rotating
through clinic and making the ever so tough decision
about which answer to bubble in on your scantron - A or
B?” But truth be told, it was fun too!
SCCO Sports
17
Bowling for Jason
18
Partnerships in Optometry
19-20
Private Practice Club
21
FCO & SOS
22
NOSA
23
Putting Optics 1 To Good Use
24
SCCO Loves FOOD!
25-26
Opto-Funnies
27
Eye Candies Say Farewell
28-31
OD Primes
32
GoldenEyes
33
JedEyes
34-35
SCCO Yearbook!
36
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S P R I N G
It has been a pleasure entertaining you all with SCOPE
and as you read through this issue I hope you can look
back and remember all the good times we had this year
as a student body. Rest assured there will be more ʻfunʼ
to come next year!
Have a great summer everyone!
- Jackie Renteria, 2014
Introducing Julie Lam (2015), the upcoming
Editor of SCOPE and newly elected President
Pro-Tem!
Hi Everyone!
I am very excited to be
the new President ProTem and editor of
SCOPE!!! It's going to
be a great year full of
new adventures, new
friends and new
beginnings as you all
start (or return) to SCCO. I can't wait to get to know
you all and start showing you around town! I look
forward to keeping you informed of all the wonderful
events happening on campus and bring new ideas to
both SCOPE and SA Board.
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SEEN AROUND CAMPUS
THANK YOU
Thank you students, faculty and admin of SCCO for all
your contributions to this issue of SCOPE. The magazine
wouldnʼt be what it is without all your continuous support.
PHOTOS
Yamam Almouradi
Taylor Chin
Fabian Corona
Rachel Grant
Vikram Girn
Daniel Harker
Maggie Jan
Tim Ng
Liz Noh
Julia Li
Alex Long
Maria Magana
David Nguyen
Nichole Nino
Brian Park
Alina Pham
Natalie Ramirez
Suzy Romeo
Ifrah Sheesfarooqui
Alana Terrizi
Thuy Tran
Jacqueline Vu
Sharon Wong
Mabel Cheung
Taylor Chin
Fabian Corona
Mackenzie Dase
Jason Egbert
Rachel Grant
Daniel Harker
Geoff Hsu
Maggie Jan
Marc Kallal
Nicole Kohan
Aaron Kwan
Alex Long
Liz Noh
Maria Magana
Kailey Marshall
Dr. Dan May
Tim Ng
David Nguyen
Alina Pham
Thuy Tran
Ifrah Sheesfarooqui
Henry Vu
Melissa Zhao
ARTICLES
Daniel Brinchman
Abby Brotherton
COVER
Jamie Lee
Special Thanks To
Abby Brotherton, Taylor Chin, Marc Kallal and
Nichole Kohan for making my life easy and
designing their own pages!!
Thuy Tran for all her unique ideas. I canʼt wait see
what you think of next!
Jamie Lee for the wonderful covers that she designs
(3 SCOPE issues in a row)! Sheʼs that good!
Brian Park for giving me access to his almost
unhealthy collection of photos (kidding...kind of...)!
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What are your summer plans?
Dr. Carmen Barnhardt
We are excited to host a
wonderful InfantSEE event in
July - the student event will
be held July 27th and we
hope all the students will
attend. Personally, I will
taking off a week trading my
clinic coat for a Girl Scout Tshirt and leading some little
girls though their first Girl
Scout summer day camp! Other than that in the
summers I take my kids out for some adventure
every Thursday . . . we call them Field Trip
Thursdays. Want to join us?
Dr. Paula Handford
I'll be heading to Montana
for my nephew's high school
graduation at the end of
May. I'll also be going to see
Chris Botti perform at the
Greek theater.
2013: Maggie Jan
After having the pleasure of
serving
you
as
Intraprofessional Liaison,
this summer I'll be retiring
the position into the very
capable hands of Thuy Tran!
Iʼll also enjoy seeing patients
off campus at my first
r o t a t i o n t h e Ve t e r a n ' s
Hospital in West LA and will
be serving out the my term
as a princess on the Miss
Taiwanese American court promoting Taiwanese
culture and heritage.
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By: Thuy Tran, 2014
2014: Tiffany Johnson
I'm so looking forward to this
summer because I'm getting
married in August! Plus I'm
ready to be in clinic more to
put all this studying to good
use with 'real' eyeballs.
Dr. Justin Kwan
I'd like to match or break my
girlfriend's score (289,000!)
on Toy Story Midway Mania. Shooting for twice a week
visits to Disneyland and
California Adventure. Iʼll also
be utilizing my new rock
climbing shoes at Rock City in
Anaheim.
Dr. Pam
Satjawatcharaphong
This summer I am going to
do a lot of traveling! I plan
visit my best friend from
optometry school in Kansas,
and then hope to take a trip
to New Orleans to enjoy
some beignets and coffee at
Cafe du Monde.
2015: Vivian Trieu
I plan to be munching on
croissants and crepes while
reading A Song of Ice and
Fire series in local cafes of
Paris, and photographing
every inch of the Trevi
fountain and Arc de Triomphe.
And also riding a Vespa
through Italian alleyways basically enjoying a month on
my first trip to Europe!
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We challenge you to .ight for your future!
What is PAC?
The American Optometric Association Political Action Committee is a voluntary
nonprofit, unincorporated committee of doctors of optometry. This committee is
not affiliated with any political party or any other political committee. This
organization plays a tremendous role in how we can and will practice optometry
down the road. Like many of you already know, politics play a major part in
everything that goes on at every level of optometry. That is why AOA-PAC is so
important to us. It supports the candidates that support us and fights for our
practicing rights. As a student member it is very important to get involved now.
Topics and issues being discussed today will affect us when we graduate.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
AOA Legislative Wins
1. Blocked 30% cut in Medicare reimbursement
2. Children’s vision is now one of the 10 essential benefits
required in all health plans. This was lobbied and
pushed for years and has now become a reality.
PAC
Circle of Life
Students role is to educate lawmakers about what
OD’s CAN do because most do NOT know who we
are and the type of care we can provide.
Currently Advocating
●National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Improvement Act
(HR 1219): Upon graduating, would you like the
opportunity to have part of your student loans repaid
by going to an underserved community to provide
much needed primary eye care? OD’s were once part
of the NHSC loan repayment and scholarship program
but were excluded in 2002 when Congress
restructured it. Now we are fighting to get back in.
●Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act (HR 1219): Under
Medicare, OD’s are considered physicians and can
provide primary eye health care to America’s seniors.
Under Medicaid/Medi-Cal, OD’s are NOT considered
physicians so we will not be reimbursed for the
services we provide. There is a disconnect and we are
fighting to correct it.
Threats
●Sullivan Bill (HR 451): This is the 6th year that this bill
has been introduced. If passed, it will REQUIRE you
to state “I am not a medical doctor” (or something like
that) before your exam.
●VA Ophthalmology Service Expansion Act (HR 3216):
Currently, OD’s review their own charts in VA clinics
and enable us to practice much of our scope. This bill
will create a full-time seat for an ophthalmologist to
review all charts and designate care.
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We challenge you to .ight for your future!
Meet the new AOA-PAC Liaisons for 2012
Special thanks to Abby Brotherton, out-going PAC Liaison, for
all your hard work and dedication. You leave big shoes to fill and
we know you are up for the challenge to fight for our future!
Tim Ng, 2014
Hometown: Oakland, CA
I am excited to be the new PAC Liaison so I can represent and serve YOU. This is a
critical time in Optometry due to the healthcare reform. Regardless of your political
affiliation or preferred mode of practice,
legislation affects ANYONE that has an
O.D. after their name. Nicole and I will do
our best to ensure SCCO’s student voice is
heard to support our fellow optometrists.
We have many exciting ideas planned for
next year to help you stay informed so stay
posted!
Nicole I. Kohan, 2015
Hometown: Orange, CA
In the words of Dr. David Ardaya OD, being involved with AOA-PAC is like buying "optometry
insurance". You would not buy a car without purchasing insurance, so when it comes to
protecting your profession, which is likely one of the biggest investments of our lives, it only
makes sense to get involved. As the newly appointed AOA-PAC Liaison-Elect, I want to
educate myself and other students at SCCO about optometry-related legislation and reforms,
and foster support for AOA-PAC, which is essentially only going to benefit every upcoming
and current optometrist. I want to help my classmates realize that we really do have an
impact on what happens in the political realm, and if we want the results to sway in our favor,
we must become active and take action while it's happening!
Survey of 2012 AOA Congressional Advocacy Conference Attendees
Name and Year
Method of
Payment
Expenses
How likely would
you go again?
(4+ Scale)
How involved in
politics are you?
(4+ Scale)
Ryan Zamanigan,
2015
$600
Personal investment
4+
2+
Maria Magana,
2014
$470
Personal investment
4+
1+
Gagan Kaur, 2013
$600
$450 sponsored by
local society; $150
personal investment.
4++
2+
Jessica Duran,
2012
$50
Personal investment
4+
3+
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lineage of great trustees! As TrusteeElect, my goal is to help the current
trustee build on the amazing work
accomplished at SCCO in the past. I
believe that exposure to legislative days,
networking opportunities, and more will
ignite passion to further the profession of
Optometry. I am very excited to serve
SCCO students to the best of my
abilities."
"I look forward to serving as SCCO's trustee
for the year. I will continuously keep the
interests of the students that I represent as
my focus. I have had the privilege of working
with and learning from many of the past
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GETTING CONNECTED!
Dear SCCO,
It has been a pleasure representing you at society board
meetings and COA delegation, as well as coordinating
student attendance at general CE meetings.
As the Department of Intraprofessional Relations, I try to
attend meetings with you to break the ice and introduce
you to doctors, carpool, wrangle invitations, increase the
amount of students that can attend events, arrange
RSVPs with the societies, and also represent SCCO
student interests to the doctors at our local societies.
Last but not least, this year on May 11th, the End of
Year BBQ will be the 2nd Annual and only the second
time ever that society doctors and SCCO students
are invited for a joint mixer. Come out and join the
entire school to enjoy good food, win prizes, and
celebrate the end of the year!
Listed are the fabulous students who received an
opportunity to meet doctors, network, check out their
future practice locations, and see what leadership in
organized optometry is all about. Events each month
range from courtesy invitations from societies for SCCO
students to attend board meetings, general meetings,
holiday parties, or special annual CE events. If you have
any questions about what it's like, ask your classmates
for first hand testimonials! Next year, Thuy Tran will be
stepping up to this position, and you'll be in her very
capable hands! <3
Best always,
Maggie Jan --> signing out
SA Board 2011-2012 Intraprofessional Relations Liaison
September 2011:
LACOS: Maancy Mehta, Sara Heikali, Nicole Kohan
RHOS: Yasman Sakhakorn, Nicole Kohan, Hilary Hopkins
IEOS: Jessica Duran, Matthew Love, Heidi Miller, Jennifer
Magbitang, Shaya Assareh
SGVOS, Sarine Ishakian, Danny Wong
October 2011:
LACOS: Tyna Ahdout, Alvin Tan, Kevin Tomita
SBOS: Echo Lai, Irene Flores, Jacqueline Vu
IEOS: Ann Nguyen, Tracy Ho, Jonathan Ross, Quan Nguyen
SDCOS: Ramon Merino, Mo Alcock
RHOS: Cam Ly, Dat Bui, Lisa Fan
OCOS: Linda Bui, Ashley Pempek, Dorothy Lea, Virginie Dang
November 2011:
SDCOS: Mona Adams, Stephanie Tsang, Irene Flores, Ketan
Patel, Ashley Pempek, Sarah Bixby-Dubois, Jessie
Dinkel, Matthew Love
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COA President's Council September 2011 in San Francisco with
COA President Dr. Moses D'Janbatian O.D., COA Board of
Trustees Dr. Fred Dubnik O.D. MBA, Justin Chin (2012) SA Board
President, Maggie Jan SA Board Intraprofessional Relations, and
Greg Wingren UC Berkeley COA Trustee
LACOS: Rebecca Delshad, Michelle Mijares, Maancy Mehta
SGVOS: Stefanie Wong, Adriana Ramirez, June Tse
IEOS: Frances-Lynn Capulong
RHOS: Catherine Tuong, Timothy Ng
December 2011:
RHOS Holiday Party: Julia Li, Fabian Corona, Catherine
Tuong, Julia Schrammel, Kristin Stupiansky, Aileen
Chang, Angela Wong, Rachelle Lin, Julia P. Lee, Breanne
Flores, Nicole Hamilton, Jacqueline Vu, Ann Nguyen, Kimberly
QC Pham
OCOS Holiday Party: Dan Harker, Jessican Fang, Maedi
Bartolacci, Steven Kleen
Janurary 2012:
SDCOS: Dan Harker, Dan Brinchman, Jason Lee, Thanh
Mai, Mona Adams
IEOS: Frances-Lynn Capulong, Jennifer Tran, Michael Baker
RHOS: Erin Igne, Diem Hang Le
LACOS: Gagan Kaur, Sara Heikali, Michelle Mijares
February 2012:
IEOS: Gabriela Avila, Jonathan Ross, Alexander Shepherd
SGVOS: Alvin Tan, Alice Kim, Jeffery Shiau
OCOS: Kim QC Pham, Monica Reyes, Catherine Tuong
RHOS: David Nguyen, Sandra Ruezga, Christy Guenther
March 2012:
RHOS: Neda Ghanbari, Catherine Tuong, Tina Doan, Danielle
Benosa
SDCOS: Gabriela Avila, Thanh Mai, Jacqueline Vu
LACOS: Belinda Chang, Maancy Mehta
LACOS CE: Thanh Mai, Maancy Mehta
SBOS: Jana Giebel, Yasaman Sakhakorn
April 2012:
SBOS: Michael Baker, Belinda Chang
OCOS: Gabriela Avila, Julie T. Lam
IEOS: Julia Schrammel
SGVOS: Aileen Chang, Jennifer Magbitang
RHOS: Roxanna Jahangirian, Latisha Patel, Hilary Hopkins
LACOS:Justin Chin, Son, Tynda Ahdout
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The Mission: Provide eye care to the Caquinte
people of Peru
Location: “In the jungle, the mighty jungle,” but
more specifically in the village of Tsoroja (-11° 17'
60.00", -73° 37' 12.00" )
Date: February 25th - March 4th, 2012; SCCOʼs
Spring Break
The Team: Dr. Dan May, Dr. Judy Tong, Fabian
Corona, Mackenzie Dase, Lauren Hazelton, Julia
Li, Sonia May (Dr. Mayʼs wife), Heidi Miller,
Jackie Renteria, Henry Vu
Mission: COMPLETED!
Lima
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VISITING THE FAMILY
Dr. May: Tell us a little about your family that lives in Peru and
how this mission trip came about. Did you ever think you would
bring a group of SCCO students into the jungle?
My son and his family are missionaries in a small village deep
in the Amazon jungle of Peru. They have 3 boys ages 3, 3 and
4, with another baby on the way. They work with the Caquinte
tribe there, bringing them hope and help. They provide some
health care (under my guidance and advise), lots of assistance
with the tribe's gradual transition from the stone age to more
modernization, and the hope of a God who loves them, rather
than the fears of evil spirits that are so ingrained in their
culture.
Because they are in such a remote location I never really
thought it would be feasible to bring a team of eye care
providers there. In fact none of the rest of my family here had
ever been out to their jungle village. I off handedly mentioned a
potential for a trip there to the current second year class, and
later some of them approached me to see if it could really
work. I answered that it would be a very expensive trip, and
challenging physically and psychologically. They considered it
and said they would be up for the challenge. I was skeptical at
first, but this incredible team stepped up on every front! The
trip was a tremendous success, and a huge help to my son's
work there.
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GROWING AS A STUDENT - Julia Li, 2013
When I was a first year student I was offered by my
church to set up a short term eye care clinic in the slum
of Nairobi, Kenya. I was so excited for this experience but
at the same time I had never been so terrified. Due to my
lack of skill and knowledge as a first year student, I was
doubtful of my ability and worried that I would cause harm
instead of doing good. Thankfully, Dr. Kammer and Dr.
Stark spent extra hours during the summer teaching me
various skills such as how to use the direct
ophthalmoscope with a 20 diopter lens. Dr. Kammer also
provided glasses, medications and equipments to help
set up the eye clinic. With the help of our wonderful
faculties and the power of the Will's Eye Manual, I was
able to make a difference in 80 people's lives. Do not
underestimate how much we learned during our first year
here at SCCO. The quality of care that we can provide is
far beyond what the people in the Third World Countries
can ever receive.
limitation for the two tiny bush planes that flew into the
jungle was no easy feat. In addition to our equipment we
took three hundred readers, two hundred frames with
round loose lenses that could be adjusted to the
appropriate axis and a number of high prescription
glasses and bifocals. We also brought hundreds of
medications ranging from artificial tears and OcuSoft
wipes to topical antibiotics and glaucoma medications.
This trip would not have been possible without of my
SVOSH counterparts Chandra Kawewat & Nissa Miranda
as well as Drs. May and Tong, and the entire team that
went to Peru. Having such an amazing group of people
to work with made planning that much easier. With the
collaborated effort of everyone involved the trip was a
huge success!
The recent trip to Peru was quite a different experience.
This time I was accompanied by a team of amazing
optometry students and our leaders Dr. Tong and Dr.
May. The second year team members are so advance in
all aspects of their clinic skills. It is surprising how much
we have learned in the past few years at SCCO. As a
third year now, my confidence in patient care has built up
dramatically. Furthermore, having Dr. Tong there to
patiently teach and guide us made the Peru mission trip a
great learning experience.
Being provided with the opportunity to get a glimpse into
the life of different cultures and to give myself to those in
great need are experiences that are forever etched upon
my heart and memory. I feel blessed to be in our
optometry school and be able to use what I have learned.
HOW MANY PLANES?! - Mackenzie Dase, 2014
Coordinating any mission trip
requires a lot of planning.
Taking a team of seven students
and two doctors into middle of
the jungle takes it to a whole
other level. There were
countless logistics to work out
for this week long stay in Peru.
Our trip entailed six flights, two hotels, and a couple
of jungle bungalows. Packing all of the necessary
equipment while trying to remain under our weight
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CAQUINTE CULTURE - Henry Vu, 2014
6 MILES OF ADVENTURE! - Fabian Corona, 2014
What amazed me most was to see how little people can
have. Their culture seems like it is much less materialistic
than ours simply because there is little to own there. For
many of them their housing is no more than a platform to
keep them above the mud and a roof over their head
(much like a dinky looking gazebo). From what the
missionaries told me, it
seems that the Caquinte
people were nomads in
their previous generation
and had recently settled in
Tsoroja. I think this is
largely why their homes
and roads are so
underdeveloped, they
aren't used to settling
anywhere for long and never found a need to develop
their homes.
Dr. May's son, Danny May, led me on a crazy adventure
into the jungle to see a home-bound woman who could
not make it to the clinic due to back problems. We
trudged through thick plots of mud, climbed over a giant
tree that had fallen over, and swung our machete to clear
branches, brushes and spiderwebs along a treacherous
hike that involved some spiky caterpillars and the ever
painful bullet ant.
The Caquinte people's diet seems to consist mostly of
Yuca, which I thought was like a very starchy potato.
There isn't much nutritional value in it, but it fills the
stomach. There are also some
native fruits and I noticed that
chicken were being raised, but I
was told there wasn't much game
in the area to hunt. I only know of
one type of drink which we were
able to.... enjoy. It was called
Masata. Basically the Caquinte
people would chew up yuca, spit it
into a container and allow it to
ferment for a few days until it
became a liquor. Masata tastes
worse than I thought it would,
think salty and sour at the same
time without enough alcohol to
really enjoy it.
After what seemed like hours we finally made it to the old
woman's home and presented her with glasses that
would improve her quality of life. The best moment was
witnessing her thread a needle for the first time in years!!
Her family was excited for her, and by the look on her
face, I could tell she was too. Although I was not looking
forward to the three mile journey back through the
perilous jungle, that moment with her made it completely
worth it.
The Caquinte culture seems to be
going through some interesting
changes right now. An oil company
is surveying the area and is
pumping money into the village
helping to bring in a source of
running water, a generator and
promises to invest more money
into the village itself. Many of the
Caquinte men have also been
hired to work for the oil company
itself and although I don’t
remember exactly how much they
were being paid, I do remember
being very surprised at how high the pay was. What was
really interesting was to know that the Caquinte people
are just recently learning the concept of money. It seems
that money has never been a part of the culture until just
recently and many of the people are beginning to use it
more and more to trade. Traditionally favors were simply
given and exchanged amongst each other.
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The Talent Show
- We do more than refract!
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Meet the Cobalt Blues!
Interview by Jackie Renteria
DANIEL: It's a good thing you got this interview email to us now; we're at JFK delayed on layover to Bolivia where our tour is continuing next so we have some time to get back to you. A A R O N : Y o u s i n g a n d p l a y guitar...wow...can you dance too? I would have to say I'm not much of a dancer, the only real dancing I do other than for DO, is through the dreams and fantasies of ladies all over the world. That's right, Jackie, YOU know... No? You don’t? ...O wait I'm sorry I was thinking about Fabian and his accent...so dreamy.... Anyway, in all seriousness, it's actually a little known fact about me, dance is my actually my Kirst true passion, trained throughout my younger years, and eventually went pro for some time. It was actually how I put myself through college. Yeah you know the upcoming move "Magic Mike"? That's actually about me. They asked me to be cast in it but at the time I was too busy doing research to Kigure out the correct pronunciation of the words "Weber" and "Temporal" with Dr. Ng.... still inconclusive. So I gave the part to my understudy Mr. Tatum of whom I have exactly 3 more levels of handsome and 2 more packs of abs. So to the question CAN I dance? The answer in short is, I AM dance.
DANIEL: Are those prescription sunglasses you wear? Its funny you ask that. I rock these glasses during shows to honor my musical idol: Dusty HIll from ZZ Top. I can't really say that I've heard a lot of his music, but I respect that he's making it. You can say the rock gods prescribed them to help me channel his power.
Tell us a secret of the band? Listen. I swore an oath to never tell any secrets of my bandmates when we Kirst got together in '87. Then we broke up and got back together so I'm pretty sure that means S C O P E
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the oath is void. After a crazy night celebrating in Vegas last year we all wound up married to a group of Scandanavian diplomats. Everyone got an annulment that next day, except for Geoff who is still happily married to Karita.
FABIAN: What's it like to be a member of the Cobalt Blues? Has fame gone to your heads? Look, we put our pants on just like the rest of you, one leg at a time... except once our pants are on we make platinum records. I'd like to think we are a pretty humble group though. We would never say anything like "we're more popular than Jesus" ...but if Jesus could have any band play for him at his birthday party, it'd be us.
GEOFF: What was the inspiration behind the ever so popular bubble making machine? The bubble machine dates back to my undergrad days, actually. It's fun for everybody, and this year we just wanted to spice things up. It was all about adding some special effects and presentation. Next year...well....I'll keep that a secret for now. but it'll be fun :)
MEL: What are we up to now you ask? We're right in the midst of our year-­‐long world tour. The radio stations have been hailing it as one of the most explosive and mind-­‐blowing tours to ever hit the music industry. So far, we've had the pleasure of rocking out in the Asia-­‐PaciKic rim -­‐-­‐ in the tiny paciKic island of Rota, center food court in the Mall of Asia in the Philippines, aboard an unsteady boat on the water markets in Thailand, and in the highlands of the Himalayan mountains, just to name a few. And as our ringleader announced at the live show a few weeks ago, we've just been signed to a major record label so be on the lookout for our next EP entitled STAINED. The album reKlects some of our most beloved inKluences of all time -­‐-­‐ from the heavy metal workings of Metallica, Van Halen, and Black Sabbath, to the acoustic and soft rock sounds of Eric Clapton and Tom Petty, and a dab of the recently young and famous Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and Rebecca Black. We hope you guys can all get out to the stores or on iTunes and pick up our album or have the chance to catch one of our tour dates. Support the worldwide phenomenon known as The Cobalt Blues. Rock on SCCO. E D I T I O N
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Bowling For Jason!
Message From Jason:
The Student Association sponsored a new event this year -­‐ bowling night at Cal State Fullerton! The event helped fundraise in support of fellow classmate Jason Egbert who is currently Kighting against medical complications from cystic Kibrosis. It was great to see SCCO come together and show so much support for one of our own. The night was full of cheering and laughing as SCCO students and faculty tried their best to show off their bowling skills, or in many some cases their lack-­there-­of bowling skills. Maybe we spend too much time studying and not enough time bowling? -­ Jackie Renteria, 2014
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“We've been blown away by the love and support from the SCCO family since we got the news about my lung transplant. Students and faculty have given so generously to us and we don't know how to thank you. You have made a big difference in our lives and given us hope and courage through all of this. Please know that the love is reciprocated and we will be forever grateful for everything. The bowling night and the pizza party brightened our day. It was great to see all of you guys and break away from the treatments and stress. We'll be around for the next several weeks, so stop by and see me. It's not like you're busy being doctors and stuff.” -­ Jason Egbert
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15th Annual
Partnerships in
Optometry
Have you ever wondered how to design the interior of your practice?
How exactly do you maintain the connections youʼve made while
networking at all these Optometry events?
The Student Association Department of Education - Ann
Nguyen (ʼ14) hosted the 15th Annual Partnerships In
Optometry on Sunday March 18th at SCCO. Both preoptometry and SCCO students were invited to spend the day
becoming more educated about topics that are unique to
Optometry students. Mabel Cheung and Fabian Corona are
interviewed by Ann below about their experience...
Partnerships: Mabel Cheung
What makes Partnership's different from other
speaking/ lecture engagements?
Partnerships is definitely a much larger event than several
other speaking engagements with a group of lecturers
rather than just one or two. Different topics and
experiences within optometry, rather than just 1-2, are
shared and discussed so variety is what I think makes
Partnerships more unique.
What did you learn?
All the speakers provided so much advice and tips, but I
would say it’s their mottos they live by that they shared
with us that I took away the most.
Who was your favorite speaker?
Choose a favorite? How can I? They were all so good, and
provided interesting insights on different aspects in
optometry.
What was great about this year's event?
Well-organized and never a dull moment from breakfast to
lunch (yes they provided free food too!) – they even raffled
out prizes in between speakers so there’s no long pauses or
gaps. Oh and finally winning a raffle prize this year made it
even more exciting.
Do you recommend students attending it in the future?
Most definitely! I’ve even attended a Partnerships as a pre-optometry student, and in every Partnerships I’ve
attended, there were different speakers, different topics, different raffles and food, but the same inspiring
atmosphere. So it’s never boring and always fun and encouraging. It saddens me to think that the busy
schedules in 3rd and 4th years may even prevent me from attending in the future, so I definitely recommend
going to Partnerships as early (and as often) as you can!
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Partnerships: Fabian Corona
What makes Partnership's different from other speaking/ lecture engagements?
Partnership's is different from other events because it brings people from different industries of optometry and presents us
with several opportunities that are beyond the traditional practice of optometry.
What did you learn?
Partnership's helped reinforce that networking is key. It is never too late to start networking! What are you waiting for?
Go do it!!
Who was your favorite speaker?
My favorite speakers were Dr. Gin and Barbara Wright. Dr.
Gin gave students a taste of what life is like for young O.D.s
and the challenges that come with it. Barbara Wright was
cool because she highlighted a business side of optometry
that people don't often think about.
Who knew that
rearranging your floor layout while adding some
strategically placed lighting could influence the success of
your practice so much!!
What was great about this year's event?
What was great about this year's event was that each
speaker brought a unique story to share with us and
showed us how diverse a career in optometry can really be.
There was something for everyone!
Do you recommend students attending it in the future?
I highly recommend students attend in the future. In fact, it
behooves you to go if you want to be more than just your
"average" optometrist!
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Mission Statement: We help student realize their private prac2ce dreams. If members were able to take away at least a few key pieces of informa2on that could help them feel be<er equipped for private prac2ce, this year was definitely a success!
Private Prac2ce Club’s Execu2ve Board would like to thank all the members who a<ended the seminars and events this year. We strived to plan and deliver speakers and events that were relevant to where private prac2ce is today and headed toward in the future. It was a pleasure serving you!
-­‐ Carlo Castro, Sara Heikali, Maancy Mehta, Tim Ng, and Elizabeth Noh
Recap of this year’s events
Seminars:
●Fall Seminar: “Market Trends affec2ng Optometry” by Erik Hough
Winter Seminar: “Contract Negotiation, Sales and
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Merchandising, & Building a Medical Model
Practice” by Drs. Scot Morris and Ben Gaddie
●Spring Seminar: “Making Great Hires” by Shauna
Harrington
General Mee2ngs:
●“7 Habits of Highly Ineffec2ve Prac2ces” by Kevin Roe
●“Optometry and Finances” by Bob Phillips
●“Doctor Spotlight: Dr. Tran” by Dr. Long Tran
●“Neuro-­‐optometry and Low Vision in Private Prac2ce” by Drs. Gary Asano and Carl Garbus
“The Prac2ce Buying Process” by Jack Krech
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PPC’s Execu;ve Board for 2012-­‐2013
●President: Carlo Castro, 2015
●Vice President: Lawrence Yu, 2015
Lakhani, 2015
●Secretary/Treasurer: Yasmeen !
●Historian: Sandra Lee, 2015
●President-­‐ Elect: reserved for 2016
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Fellowship of Christian
Optometrists
Why optometry? All of us had to answer that question in our personal statement and again during interviews. Now that we’re in school, so many things occupy our time that it’s easy to let weeks and even months go by without considering the purpose of it all. Jesus summed it up in a few words: love God and love others. FCO seeks to help the Christians on campus make that more a reality in their lives. Sometimes that means getting together over lunch or praying for one another. On other weeks, we discuss various topics like what it means to follow Jesus as an optometry student – while sitting in lecture, studying for exams, hanging out with classmates, the whole deal. One of our favorite events took place right before winter break. Several members baked treats and packaged gift bags for school employees as a small thank you for serving us students day in and day out. God has blessed us in more ways than we could ever count and it’s only appropriate to respond with gratitude. -­‐ David Nguyen, 2015
Spanish Optometric Society
The Jed-­‐Eyes have been busy studying for neuro practicals, making VA charts for visual psychophysics, and practicing for hours for clinic methods and medicine. Despite all this activity nearly half the class made it out to the Spanish Optometric Society’s speaker event for the spring quarter. SOS was lucky to have Dr. Escobar, who works at OCLA, come down for an evening and deliver an inspiring and enlightening presentation. The Jed-­‐Eyes happily munched on a Mexican food dinner while Dr. Escobar talked about her life journey and about cultural sensitivity when dealing with Latino patient populations. Dr. Escobar was born in Cali, Colombia went on to become an optometrist in Bogota, Colombia and later on to a residency in Madrid, Spain. She then moved to the US where she struggled to overcome the language barrier and pass the national boards to obtain her rights to practice optometry. While eventually s u c c e s s f u l , h e r story was challenging and inspiring. Fellow Jed-­‐Eye Sandra Lee said about Dr. Escobar’s story, “I loved her Kighting spirit and character. Her journey to get to the place she is now made me re-­‐evaluate myself in maximizing what I have and can have. I greatly admired how she could balance her independent ambitions and yet give herself up for the community and family. I hope I can see more of her!” Her tips on cultural differences between the growing Latino population in the US and mainstream American culture were insightful and relevant and struck a note with many who have had experience interacting both clinically and socially with this population. Currently SOS is looking to have a Kinal meeting before the year is over to wrap up what we have been learning. -­‐ Kailey Marshall, 2015
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NOSA members speak to another 70 high school
students about Optometry during reading week
A special thanks goes out NOSA members and ofKicers Stacie Cavillo 15’, Adriana Ramirez 15’, Chandra Kawewat 14’, Allyson Chun 14’, Michelle Mijares 14’ and Maria Magana 14’ for visiting the Sophomore and Junior AVID classes at Valencia High School during reading week to speak about Optometry and Optometry school. Like many students in our prior outreach visits, many did not know what the profession of Optometry consisted nor what it took to become an Optometry degree. We were able to clear up many misconceptions about what Optometry is and what Optometrists do. A lot of students were fascinated by our slides on optical illusions were further amazed by our various fundus pictures with different ocular diseases. Some students had no idea that OD’s could detect various systemic diseases just by looking at the back of one’s eye. The mere fact that many of the students found our presentation extremely informative and interesting makes waking up at 6:00am during reading week to give a 6:30am optometry presentation all the worthwhile. NOSA is extremely proud of its members for helping out with our high school outreach initiative this year in which we have presented to over 200 high school students!
Co-­‐Presidents: Maria Magana, Michelle Mijares; Vice President: Allyson Chun; Secretary: Alana Terrizzi; Treasurer: Aakash Shah
TOP: Adriana Ramirez and Maria Magana present about Optometry!
LEFT: NOSA members Chandra Kawewat, Adriana Ramirez, and Maria Magana pose with students from Valanica High School
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Putting Optics I to good use!
Jacqueline Vu, 2014 Label Maker Use #498
Natalie Ramirez, 2013 When The Faculty Are Out
Alex Long, 2014 “Control Those Lids!”
Sharon Wong, 2014 Making BIO Hair
Alina Pham, 2015 Series: Diamond in the
(Pupillary) Ruff
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Best Greasy Food #1 -­‐ The Hat (Brea) #2 -­‐ Boiling Crab (Garden Grove) #3 -­‐ Five Guys Burgers and Fries (Fullerton) #4 -­‐ Gina Messia Pizzeria (Fontana) #5 -­‐ G burger (La Habra) Worth The Extra $$ I love Tacos & Co,
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#1 -­‐ California Fish Grill (Brea) #2 -­‐ Bruxie (Brea) #3 -­‐ Food trucks in Brea (Imperial Hwy) #4 -­‐ The Boiling Crab (Garden Grove) #5 -­‐ Žƒ–‡”ǯ•ͷͲȀͷͲȋƒŠ‡‹‹ŽŽ•Ȍ -Kim Q. Pham, 2013
I love Sushi Pia, Piology, In-N-Out,
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Fruii Yogurt!
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Exotic/Foreign C uisine Beans and Leaves #1 -­‐ Starbucks (Fullerton) #2 -­‐ Half and Half (Rowland heights) #3 -­‐ Tranquil Tea Lounge (Fullerton) #4 -­‐ Coffee Code (Buena Park) #5 -­‐ Night Owl (Fullerton) #1 -­‐ New Capitol (Rowland Heights) #2 -­‐ Class 302 (Rowland Heights) #3 -­‐ Shehnai Cuisine of India (Brea) #4 -­‐ Kentro Greek Kitchen (Fullerton) #5 -­‐ Felix Continental Cafe (Cuban) (Oldtown Orange) I love Mas
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Stix, Thai Specialty
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2015 -­‐Dr. Borsting -Tim Ng, 2014
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Eye Candies Say Farewell
Seeing as how this is our last update to SCOPE as students, this only means that the Eye Candies are nearing the end of our 4 year journey at SCCO. Many of us have been preparing for life after graduation over this last year, whether that be looking for a job, signing a contract to buy into/start up a practice or pursuing a residency. In less than a month, if you are on campus, you’ll notice an inKlux of cars and unfamiliar faces in late May…no, they have not moved up matriculation from August to May; it means that the Eye Candies are back on campus for our last few lectures as a student and to celebrate the day that we all have been looking forward to since our journey began in August 2008!
In the spirit of counting down the days to our graduation…
5… million miles (more or less) that we have traveled collectively to our rotation sites scattered around the world
4…years of blood (glucose strips), sweat (proNiciencies and exams) and tears (RGP fabrication)
3…quarters of off-­site externships under our belt (almost!)
2… National Board Exams (Parts 2 and 3) taken during this year
1…more ofNicial piece of paper to make us ofNicial doctors!
Here are some more updates from our adventures of Flat Stanley and Sandy! For more, go to: http://sccoclassof2012.tumblr.com/.
Left: Flat Sandy with Donna at Pearl Harbor (almost blew away in the wind!)
Left: Flat Sandy having fun with Jessica, Anny and Jen in AZ after a hard day of work at the Tucson and Sandy and Aletheia scrubbed up to watch an Sierra Vista evisceration at Southwestern Eye Center-­
VA’s!
Mesa’s surgical center in Arizona.
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Eye Candies On Rotation
As the school year comes to an end 4th year Intern Daniel Harker tells us about his once in a life time experience having a rotation site on a Naval Base in Japan. Also, Rachel Grant gives us a glimpse into the life of an Intern on a Indian Health Service site and all the traveling perks that come with it!
Lovin ’ L i fe O v e r S e a s...
- Daniel Harker, 2012
Where did you do your rotation and what type of site was it?
I did my rotation at the Navy Hospital in Yokosuka Japan. It's a hospital setting with both optometry and ophthalmology. We mainly saw military personnel 18-­‐50.
Where did you live and what did you do for fun?
The site provides students with a modest apartment right next to the hospital called the stork's nest. Normally it's used for expecting mothers, but we've got a room just for optometry.
The site is a 10 minute walk from the train station to Tokyo. It was a lot of fun to go venture into the big city, and see the ancient temples near the rotation site.
The best part about the Hospital is that it literally is on the beach. The window in my room overlooked Tokyo Bay, and the sunrises were amazing. It was a lot of fun to spend time at the beach with the locals as well.
I went to Japan just shortly after the Tsunami devastated Sendai. While I was there I had the opportunity to help clean up a village that was destroyed by the huge wave. People ran up to us and thanked us in the best English they could, and even a small group of school kids sang to us while we were working in the Kields. It was a really neat experience.
Describe a typical day.
Normally I would see 7-­‐9 patients, all full exams with dilation. I got really good at BIO/slit lamp, and greatly improved my speed and skill. We worked hard but we got out early with most days ending around 3pm. Plenty of time to jump on the train and explore Japan.
Do you feel like you were exposed to any particular types of patients?
While I was at the site, one of the largest ships on the base was exposed to EKC. We had dozens of people come into the clinic with excruciating pain from that one outbreak. I quickly learned how to assess EKC and treat it properly. I even got to try out Betadine Treatment on many of our patients and was surprised to see how effective it was.
What was one of your most memorable moments while living in Japan?
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I would deKinitely bring a smart phone and pay for a data plan. I didn't have one, and I felt lost all the time. But... getting lost was an adventure in and of itself.
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Where are you?
When family and friends ask me where I am currently living, my response is the middle of nowhere, New Mexico. And while that might be a bit of an exaggeration, (technically I am not in the middle of the state…Just in the North-­‐West corner), it’s deKinitely the most isolated of all my rotation sites. Crownpoint is located about 2hrs NW of Albuquerque, 1.5hrs south of Farmington and about 50 miles from Gallup. If that still doesn’t help you locate where I am, it’s about 700 miles from SCCO at just over 7000ft elevation.
Crownpoint Gas Station in all it's splendor
Dr. Bartlett, myself, Dr. Glover & Dr. Cordes; Crownpoint
IHS Spring 2012
What type of site is this?
Incase you couldn’t guess by my location, I am at an Indian Health Service site. Here on the Navajo reservation of Crownpoint, there are 2 staff doctors (Dr. Glover and Dr. Cordes -­‐ who is leaving in May ), 1 resident (Dr. Bartlett), 2 front desk-­‐technicians/do-­‐
everything-­‐else (Rosie and Ernest) and myself. Both Rosie and Ernest have been with the clinic for many years; Dr. Cordes thinks it’s funny that Ernest started working in the clinic about 2 weeks after he was born (30+ years…). body there, and a lot of diabetes. I arrive at the clinic at 7:30am and set up my (own) room to start seeing patients at 8am. I see 4-­‐5 patients in the morning and another 4-­‐5 in the afternoon and typically I am done before 6pm. As it’s a small clinic, everyone contributes to make things Klow smoothly; there are lots of opportunities to help patients select glasses and dispense them. Oh, did I mention that I only work 4 days a week? Yep, I have Mondays off. Which gives me lots of answers for that next question…
What’s a typical day?
As the clinic is located within the hospital itself, we have a wide variety of patients that come from all over the Navajo reservation. For the most part it’s primary care exams, but there’s almost always some strange twist to each case…a little amblyopia here, a foreign Canyon de Chelly
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What do you do for fun?
Explore! Three-­‐day weekends are a great incentive to get out and explore the area. In fact the staff doctors encourage it! One of the things we talk about most through out the week is what plans I should make for the weekend! I just got back from visiting Chinle and Canyon de Chelly in Arizona with my classmate Marina Su. I explored the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Flagstaff last weekend with another student from Crownpoint. Another classmate Sammy, is just up the (dirt) road at “Dz” and we have toured around Farmington (nearest Target), Aztec and Durango, Colorado. We have a trip planned for Mesa Verde and are looking into a Moab, Utah adventure. A few weeks ago I was in Santa Fe, checking out the historic Plaza and Taos, and made a pit stop in Albuquerque for a bit as well! When gas prices slow me down, there’s always the Crownpoint Navajo Rug Auction, Shiprock, Four corners, Navajo tacos, the crazy Gallup Klea market (Saturdays only) and hiking on the nearby mesa.
in Crownpoint is to trust myself, and learn how to stand on my own two feet as an optometrist.
Road to Crownpoint
Oh and if you like the show Navajo Cops on the National Geographic channel…Well, let’s just say Crownpoint along with a few of our patients have made guest appearances!
Exploring the South Rim of the Grand Canyon
How would you summarize your last clinical internship?
The clinic services a fairly large part of the Navajo reservation, and at full capacity there’s only Kive full time staff and one student. By the fourth rotation site, it’s easier than you realize to just sit back and see patients. Luckily for me, this clinic setting provides a plethora of interesting and often unique cases, but I still have to actively take the opportunities to learn, ask questions and inevitably, make mistakes. That being said, there are times when you may be called onto use skills that may be a little on the rusty side (hello dispensing), but in order for everything to Klow, everyone has to carry the weight. It might sound corny, but the biggest strength I have gained since being here S C O P E
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“What have you been up to?” you ask…
Facebook Tells All!
Between boards, clinic, and
adjusting back to life with lectures,
the Class of 2013 has been a pretty
busy bunch this quarter. After a
quick headcount, it appears
everyone made it out of the NBEO
Part 1 exam alive—and the results
are just around the corner! Send
good vibes, everyone! We’re all
gearing up to take our last finals
EVER, then it’s off to bigger things
on rotations. It’s been such an
experience growing into the role of
“doctor” over the last year, and as
far as I can tell, the growing is far
from over. Enough with the
sappiness—let’s let our students’
Facebook statuses speak for
themselves!
“I keep reading
‘full time wear’
(FTW) as ‘for
the win’.
“Occlusion foil
on SRx FOR
THE WIN!”
Ehh...still
makes sense.”
End of the Year Banquet
"What did you put
for the one about...."
Besides "1 or 2",
there's nothing I've
said more in the last
3 years.”
“I have a very strong feeling I’m
developing a highly dangerous
addiction at exactly the wrong time
--"running" away from boards!!!”
“Its sad when you look in the mirror and
refer to yourself as a real object and start trying to figure out
where your image is...but then its a flat mirror.”
“You know boards is coming up when....you forget about daylight savings
time and have a moment of panic because you're late to study.”
“Last lab proficiency/practical
done for our optometry career
until boards!! Am so overjoyed I
don’t even care that today I still
have clinic then a conference
and have to finish studying for
a test tomorrow!“
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Hey 2014 and 2015!
For even more insight on what life as a third year entails,
check out this video made by our class historians, Jen
Dang and Monisha Parpatyadar, appropriately entitled
“%#!* Third Years Say” – Enjoy!
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The Golden Eyes had a busy year! But between proKiciencies for OHP I & II, memorizing drug after drug for Systemic and Ocular Pharm., getting our Kirst dose of clinic and being grossed out in Disease we managed to keep our heads above the water. Here’s a little glimpse into the minds of a few Golden Eyes....
Least favorite ocular health procedure? Nissa/Chandra/Melissa: Lacrimal dilation & irrigation!!!
Quan: DO
Jackie Vu: As a patient is Gonio. As an intern it is extended BIO because it is difKicult to get those full and clear peripheral views! Where is the ora serrata?!
W h i c h c l a s s m a d e f o r t h e b e s t d i n n e r conversation? Nissa, Melissa, Jackie Vu, Tiffany: Ocular disease.
Tiffany: Disease. Best way to go on a diet is to discuss conjunctival discharge. Add pictures for extra potency.
Favorite contact lens? Melissa: Acuvue 1-­‐day moist
Jackie Vu: B&L PureVIsion
Tiffany: BioKinity by CooperVision, plus Cooper is my dog's name!
Quan: O2 Optix because I can sleep in them!
If you had an ocular disease which one would you want? Nissa: Tristichiasis!!!!!
Virginie: Keratoconus so I can see through Jed's eyes (literally)
Tiffany: Chrysiasis, gold deposits in the eye!!!!
Longest you’ve been on campus for? Nissa: 16 hours
Jackie Vu: Longest time is probably close to 20 hours during Kinals preparations.
Tiffany: Maybe 13-­‐14 hours
Quan: Continuously...12 hours
Virginie: Studying and working from 8am to 11pm
What is your go-­to study spot?
Melissa: Midastee
Nissa: Toffee nut soy iced coffee from Starbucks, study in the library, go to Starbucks for reKill, study in library until it closes, study in study rooms until Mike kicks us out
Tiffany: My desk at home, I'm not the study at school type.
Virginie: Lecture room
By: Alex Long & Geoff Hsu (Class Historians)
Favorite VT training exercise? Nissa: Penny drop using candies.
Melissa: Single aperture (cause I can’t do it)!
Tiffany: Brock string and aperture-­‐rule trainer. Some of those clown vectrographs scare me.
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Highlights of the Year!
Vision Expo in Las Vegas!
"Vision Expo was really eye-­‐opening! I didn't realize how multi-­‐level the Kield of optometry really was! I really enjoyed looking at all the new machines and technologies at the event! I would deKinitely come back next year!" – Dat Bui
As a Kirst year student, I had no idea what to expect at Vision Expo. However, it exceeded my expectations and I enjoyed talking to representatives and learning more about the profession. Not only did Vision Expo give a glimpse into my future in optometry, it also provided a great bonding experience with my classmates!” – Wendy Nguyen
Vision Screenings!
"Going to vision screenings is very rewarding because I get to apply what I am learning directly onto people in need. Health fairs are especially exciting because we meet a lot of professionals from other health Kields that can broaden our horizon for our future practice. It's a very humbling experience!" – Shirley Chio
SCCO vs. WUCO bball tourney!
“The SCCO vs. WUCO Basketball Tournament was a mix of fun, excitement, and friendly competition! Not only was it a chance to display SCCO’s “ballers”, but it provided a wonderful opportunity for students to show off their school spirit and cheer on classmates, faculty and staff alike!” – Stephanie Cheung
Ping Pong Tourney!
"The SCCO Ping Pong tourney was a blast! The highlight was Matt Khamis' full-­‐extension diving save. I am already looking forward to next year's opportunity to defend my championship." – Steve Kleen
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First proficiency!
"I was very nervous about the time constraint! During all
of my practice exams, finishing on time was a problem.
The adrenaline factor, made up for that. The 2nd Years and
the Omega Delta Mock Proficiency were excellent in
giving us either that extra confidence or criticism. 'Trust
your ret.!', they always said." – Matt Love
Eye Choose You!
"Eye Choose You was an idea I came up with based on
past date auctions I've been a part of in the past. We
wanted to switch it up a little bit and auction talents and
skills instead to make it more interesting and less creepy!
Overall, it was a very enjoyable experience making the
YouTube videos, witnessing the action-packed live
bidding war, and revealing the hidden talents of our peers!
I'm very proud of the success of ECY and hopefully this
can become a new SCCO tradition."
– Austin Ofreneo
"Eye Choose you was a really exciting event because I
didn't know what to expect, but once everyone started
bidding, adrenaline took over me and I bid more than I
had intended to!"
– Julie Lam
JEDEYE Potlucks!
"The food was awesome. I was surprised at how many
chefs and bakers we had in our class. It's definitely a
tradition I look forward to enjoying every quarter."
– Jessica Youn
"The food was like a banquet that only kings deserve to
eat at and we all partook together in gratefulness. The
games were comparable to the gladiators of ancient Rome
except there was no death nor destruction. So overall
probably more comparable to family feud- fun-filled,
action packed, and pleasant surprises! Our class is
awesome like that."
– Rob Gilbert
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