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Despite planning issues, the ‘Where’s The Funding?’ (WTF?) rally, protesting against increased budget cuts and fee hikes for California’s community colleges, contin-ued as planned at Pierce Col-lege last Wednesday.
The rally, four weeks in the making, was organized by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and Stu-dents Organizing for Success (SOS), a campus club dedi-cated to encouraging students to fight for their right to an education.
“[The budget cuts] are hav-ing profound effects on our students,” said Chair of the Modern Language Depart-ment Fernando Oleas, who is also a member of AFT. “This is a way to show that we care.”
The ASO decided to pull their support for the rally after first attempting to convince the SOS to push back the date.
The event was poorly planned, according to the ASO Senator for the Political Science Department Shane Mooney.
Last semester, ASO mem-bers went to classrooms weeks before the event informing students of the rally. They also sent out mass emails and posted ads to Facebook.
“I was hoping that it would be a better turnout, like we had last semester, but I don’t think that we advertised enough,” said Mooney. “I don’t think students are as motivated as they were last semester.”
One of the major changes to the original plan was the meeting location. Originally, students who wanted to par-ticipate were to congregate by the Brahma Bull statue on the Mall at 12:30 p.m.
However, another event, Justice Day, was already un-derway prior to the planned start time. In conjunction with this, a number of vehi-
cles from groups at the event, like the Los Angeles Police Department, were parked on the Mall.
The rally, which drew ap-proximately 150 supporters at its new location in Rocky Young Park, continued through Parking Lot 1 before heading to the Mason Avenue exit and down Victory Boule-vard.
The Sheriff’s Department wasn’t notified until 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sher-iff’s Deputy Ron Nohles.
STUDENT ATHLETESThere were no athletes or
athletic department represen-tatives present at the WTF? rally.
They was no notification or advertisement about the rally anywhere for the athletic department, according to Pat Croal, athletic department secretary.
Although no athletes were present at the event, Pierce
football players were con-cerned about the budget cuts and tuition being raised.
“It is unfair because stu-dents that don’t have nothing financially will be limited in their opportunity for edu-cation,” said wide receiver Matthew Jones. “If America wants smart students for the future they can’t raise tuition and cut funds, what we really want is for education to be as cheap as possible.”
STUDENT DANCE Paula Salvador, a dancer,
was unaware of the WTF? ral-ly until one of her professors offered the her extra credit for attending the rally.
“If dance classes were to be cut, it would take me lon-ger to transfer,” she said. “I just wish we were more in-formed.”
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Club-sponsored rally draws a smaller crowd as ASO withdraws support
Rally goes off with hitches
High school should be one of the most exciting times in a young per-son’s life. For many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, however, it can be very difficult.
The “It Gets Better” movement was created to inspire hope during tough times in a teenager’s life.
“The movement is created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach-if they can just get through their teen years,” accord-ing to their website.
It was created in September by Dan Savage and his partner, Terry, in response to the countless suicides relating to bullying.
More than 25,000 user-created videos have been uploaded to the site with more appearing every day. The videos come from a mix of teenagers, celebrities and politicians, including President Obama.
“It was all over my Facebook,” said 19-year-old Elizabeth Mejia. “I couldn’t sign on without seeing the videos.”
There is a video on the Pierce website from Dr. Richard J. Follett, who has been teaching English for more than 27 years.
Dr. Follett, who is openly gay, made the video after two former stu-dents approached him with the idea. Slightly longer than three minutes, it gives an in-depth look into his past.
“People used to think being gay was an arrested development,” he said.
Follett was born in a small conser-vative town in Michigan. In 1968, he got married, but never told his wife that he might be gay. Five years later, they divorced and went their separate ways.
Follett then attended the Univer-sity of Michigan where he received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor-ate degrees and wrote his doctorate on gay literature.
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Inside
Page 4 Pierce celebrates Halloween
Page 5 Afternoon concert series continues
ANGELA TAFOYA
RALLY: JOHN OWENS LEADS A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN A WALK DOWN VICTORY BOULEVARD TO PROTEST CUTS IN CALIFORNIA’S EDUCATION BUDGET. THE BUDGET CUTS HAVE RESULTED IN LESS CLASSES FOR PIERCE STUDENTS.
A Pierce student, charged with resisting the orders of a public officer, and refusing to comply, will be arraigned Dec. 6 at the Van Nuys Court-house.
Monica Jackson was de-tained Oct. 5 after allegedly swinging an elbow at an offi-cer in the Metro Orange Line parking lot near the corner of
Winnetka Avenue and Victory Boulevard,
The incident began with a re-port to the Sheriff’s Department of a verbal altercation occurring inside a car, said Senior Lead Sheriff’s Deputy Ron Nohles.
“We sent sheriffs over to pre-vent a fight and injury to peo-ple,” he said.
It was during the intervention that one of the students involved in the verbal altercation alleged-
ly swung her elbow at one of the officers, according to Nohles.
During the takedown, Se-curity Officer Bryan Chavez sprained his thumb, while Se-curity Officer James Brown re-ceived a cut on the back of his hand, according to Detective Richard Pfeiffer from the Com-munity College Bureau.
Jackson was a member of the women’s basketball team last year and was named most
valuable player of the California Community College Athletic Association’s Western State Conference.
Jackson hasn’t shown up for practice this year, according to Pierce’s women’s basketball Head Coach, Jim Couch.
Further review of the inci-dent will be required in order to for the Athletic Department to determine whether Jackson will still be eligible to play for
the team, said Athletic Director Bob Lofrano.
“Athletics is a privilege and not a right, so if you do some-thing wrong you might have that privilege taken away,” said Lo-frano.
The Roundup was unable to reach Jackson for comment.
Court date set for former basketball player’s assault caseVictor Stephen Kamont
“It Gets Better” for LGBT students
Gina Gutierrez
Openly gay professor joins social movement
VICTOR STEPHEN KAMONT
ARRESTED: MONICA JACKSON GETS SEATED IN A SHERIFF’S VEHICLE.
TESSA MILLER
RALLY: STUDENTS GATHER OUTSIDE THE STUDENT SERVICES BUILD-ING AT THE END WEDNESDAY’S WHERE’S THE FUNDING? RALLY.
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Volume 115 Issue 5The Security Officer in the
lower left hand corner of the front page identified as Bryan Chavez is actually Justin Ramos.
Professor Joe Perret’s name was misspelled.
The article entitled Media Arts Dept. wins big at Socal competition failed to mention prizes won by the Bull magazine and KPCRadio.com.
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The college’s missionPierce offers a variety of ways for students to achieve their educational goals, so the mission of the college shouldn’t be changed
Maria Salvador
Maria Salvador
The jewel of California’s educational system, the community college, may soon be changing for the worse and losing the pieces that have made it so valuable.
The California state budget crisis and resulting cuts in the education budget have convinced administrators and lawmakers alike that the mission of the community college should be redefined.
In addition, Pierce is also gearing up for the accreditation process, which focuses attention on the college’s mission.
Currently, a very broad mission allows the colleges to provide educational opportunities to high
school students, those seeking an associates degree, transfer students, workers seeking specialized certifications and mid-career workers seeking to improve their skills.
The amazing and beautiful thing about California’s community colleges’ is that they cater to such a large group of people and are inexpensive, thereby allowing access to education to anyone who wants one.
A college’s success is often judged by the number of its graduates. This is the wrong way to determine a community college’s success.
Every mechanic who returns to school and receives a certificate in a
specialized program is just as much a success as someone who graduates with an associate’s degree.
Every master’s level executive who returns to college to improve their skills has succeeded as much as the student who transfers to a four-year university.
The mission of the community college does not need to be changed.
It is perfect exactly how it is right now.
Allowing anyone, no matter their age or education level, to return to school to improve their skills and create a better life for themselves is a good thing.
This idea should not be abandoned
simply because times are tough. Colleges should be receiving
more money from the state and administrators need to cut corners while times are bad.
Achieving the American dream has become difficult lately, but obtaining a good education has always been key.
The community college’s mission and their services should be expanded not cut.
Everyone deserves the opportunity to return to college and improve their education and a community college allows them to do that.
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President now aiding students New measure will now help students pay back loans more affordably and receive loan forgiveness faster
Students will now be able to receive total, or some relief from their student loans after President Obama announced his plan to help students with their school loans.
The act/plan is great for the all the students who have, or will have any loans to pay off in their future. Students will now pay a maximum 10% of their income and will have the possibility of having their loans forgiven in 20 years instead of 25.
Obama’s plan also will allow about 6 million people with different types of student federal loans to consolidate them into one and reduce the interest rate in half according to Alexa Vaughn from the LA Times.
The plan should give hope to all those who are in major debt and find themselves paying more than 10% of their income toward their loan. It should also encourage the students of today.
As we know education is costly here in the U.S., but with Obama’s plan it gives hope to those who do not have the resources to attend expensive schools. As a student, it is encouraging to see help provided to us. Often we can feel that we are in a hole when it comes to the expenses of school.
Students should apply for student loans, but should be careful of what they are getting themselves into. They should not plunge into a major, which at the time seems to suit them, if they are not willing to fully
commit to it. This should not discourage students, but encourage them to find what they want to do. They need to evaluate their will to commit.
In order for this plan to beneficial, the word needs to spread to all students. If the president plans to help all the students in the US, he must do something to ensure everyone knows of his relief plan. It would be no good if only a few thousand took advantage and the rest continued to drown themselves in debt.
Carlos Islas
Occupy Los Angeles and other rallies such as the Where’s the Funding (WTF) rally are nothing more than an excuse for people to skip out on responsibilities and party in the street.
The message that is supposedly being relayed through this “protest” is that we the people are tired of the “injustices” that are happening around us everyday. From school budget cuts here on campus, to government spending down at city hall.
I will agree that many things need to change. There are severe problems with the way our school and our country are being run. solutions need to be found.
However, these organizations, if they can be called such considering there total lack of organization, have no solutions to offer.
Occupy L.A. has created a website that has a document they call thei declaration that list their complaints. The problem is the document only state complaints with no solutions.
Without a clear message and without solutions to offer these movements is a waste of every ones time. We all know that there are issues; none of us are blind.
What we need now are solutions; not whining in the streets by a bunch of doped up kids who know there is a problem but don’t have enough brain cells left to think up a solution.
Kevin Reynolds
Rallies are pointlessRecent rallies just an excuse to complain with no effect
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A West Hills resident showcased his 1974, home-converted, battery operated, electric Volkswagen (VW) Super Beetle to the alternative fuels class Oct. 25.
Gene Stopp, a 52-year-old electrical engineer, has achieved speeds reaching 85 miles per hour in his electric VW.
It took Stopp two years to build and cost him $30,000.
“It costs about the same as a brand new car and it basically is,” said Stopp. “But now it’s entirely electric.”
Students of the alternative fuels class, taught by Michael VanDyke, professor of automotive technology, gathered around the vehicle to see its 56 Lithium Ion batteries which power the car and generate 1,000 amps and 200 direct current volts.
“That thing really moves,” said VanDyke after taking a ride with
Stopp. Chair of the auto tech department
Tom Fortune has a friend who converted a Chevy truck to electric.
“It runs alright,” said Fortune. “But it doesn’t perform the same as this one does.
Not only does the car produce zero CO2 emissions, but being powered solely by batteries, costs nothing to fill up.
“The hardest part is resisting the urge to build another one,” he said.
He uses the car to run errands
mostly, such as picking up his kids and grocery shopping.
“My wife told me to build an electric car,” said Stopp. “So I did.”
The class had already converted their own VW bug, bringing the Automotive Technology Department’s total number of alternative fuel vehicles to six including a brand new VW Jetta biodiesel car purchased with money from a Stem grant, according to Tom Rosdahl, professor of automotive service technology.
They also have two Honda Civic vehicles, a hybrid and a natural gas-powered vehicle in addition to a 1977 VW Beetle they converted to electric power.
The alternative fuel class is taught by VanDyke on Tuesday afternoons.
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Kevin Reynolds
A memorial service dedicated to one of the
founders of Pierce Col-lege’s Media Arts Depart-ment will take place in the Great Hall Sunday, Nov. 6, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Ben Adelson, who was also a faculty member of
the department, died Sept. 6. He was 90 years old.
During World War II, Adelson served as a B-24 bombardier, based in Southwest China, and earned five Air Medals and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
After teaching at Fair-fax High School, Adelson
joined the Pierce faculty. He brought together a team of professors, and started the modern era of Pierce’s journalism program, while helping found the Media Arts Department.
“He would give you real sense of confidence,” said Smith. “Once he saw someone was genuine, he
was real helpful.”Adelson’s former stu-
dents and colleagues, in-cluding the three other Media Arts Department founders, will be attend-ing his memorial service on campus, according to Smith.
Alternative fuel is not so far awayWest Hills resident displays his at home converted Super Beetle in the automotive department garage
Jose RomeRo
Weight Class: gene stopp CheCking the Weight of his eleCtRiC CaR.
Jose RomeRo BatteRy poWeRed: a 1974 VW supeR Beetle that has Been ConVeRted to eleCtRiC With 56 lithium ion BatteRies pRoduCing 200 dC Volts and geneRated 1,000 amps .
Sheriff ’s BlotterLior Haykeen
Remembering life well livedTaylor Rouch
HIV/AIDS Awareness Week at Pierce College wrapped up two weeks’ worth of programs Thursday, Oct. 27.
The Student Health Center de-signed two of the more prominent programs of the event, speakers were invited to classrooms around campus based on instructors’ requests and free HIV testing in Parking Lot 1. The first week of HIV/AIDS Aware-ness Week was dedicated to the speakers, while the second week was dedicated to the free testing.
“The goal of HIV/AIDS Aware-ness Week is to hype up students’ awareness of the disease,” said Beth Benne, director of the Student Health Center. “I want students to know and remember that it is not something that they should playing around with.”
Two different HIV testing organi-zations in Los Angeles tested around
200 students during the four days that free HIV testing was available on campus.
“Only one out of four people that has HIV knows that they have it,” said Matt Goldman, HIV testing counselor on behalf of AIDS Health-care Foundation. “In fact, the fastest growing segments of the population with HIV are kids between 17 and 26, so it is very important for everybody to get tested. HIV is a manageable disease, as long as you catch it early.”
The test was free and confidential, and the results were available after 20 minutes.
“We provide our services to all communities, all races, genders and all sexual orientations, “ said Jessica Alvarez, HIV counselor from Bien-estar, the other mobile unit from La-tino human community services.
They provided two different types of tests, such as finger sticks and cheek swabs.
“You don’t need to travel,” said Poindexter, a 23-year-old journalism major who opted for the cheek swab. “It is coming to you. Not only do you get information, you can learn, too.”
During the process of testing, the counselors gave some information about the HIV and AIDS to the peo-ple. There were brochures and con-doms available for students to take with them.
“We also have clinics, doctors and medicines to care for the people that don’t have insurance,” said Goldman. “I know it is a little mobile unit, but we really [get] the job done.”
HIV/AIDS Awareness Week is
hosted two times in a year, but for the rest of the year any student can come to the Health Center and get $9 blood test for HIV. It takes 24 hours to get the result, said Benne.
Arash Rod
HIV/AIDS awareness weeks come to an end
• On Oct. 24 there was a vehicle was vandalized.• On Oct. 25 there was a vehicle was burglarized.• Possible restraining order violation at the Mall area on Oct. 26.• Petty theft occurred in building 3600 on Oct. 26.• There was a bike reported stolen on Oct. 26.• A traffic accident occurred in Parking Lot 6 on Oct. 26.• A student professor disturbance occurred at the Center for the Sciences on Oct. 28th.• Two employees were reported for arguing in front of the Student Services Building on Oct. 28.
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Dressed as the Great Pumpkin from Charlie Brown, the president of 4 Corners Co-Op hung colored foil pumpkins Monday afternoon to help decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall for the Halloween Feast.
The themed event, which went on from 1 to 9 p.m., was co-sponsored by Ars Poetica, 4 Corners Co-op, Latin American Culture Club, French Club, Performing Arts Club, and Architecture Club.
Headstones and student art on the walls transformed the Great Hall into a party, complete with costume-wearing students celebrating the haunted holiday.
Pierce College students weren’t the only ones getting into the Halloween spirit.
Children from the Child Development Center (CDC) also donned costumes and went trick-or-treating around campus Monday morning.
The CDC staff members walk alongside the kids as they parade their costumes and collect their candy.
Sharon Morgan, vice president
of French Club, dressed as Captain Picard from Star Trek for Halloween. She sat under spider streamers while eating her festive food.
French Club organized a costume contest for the event.
Laughter and chatter filled the air while music played and decorations swayed.
“It’s Halloween and we are in the spirit,” Geoffrey said, “We are also trying to get our club’s name out there, since we are a new club.”
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When people describe motorcycle riding, they usually express how free it makes them feel.
Being alone on the road, just the rider and the bike, creates the ultimate feeling of freedom.
Even though riders experience this type of freedom because of the oneness they feel with their bikes, they also feel a sense of camaraderie when riding with others.
That’s what Pierce College’s newly formed Motorcycle Club is doing.
“Being a motorcyclist is like being apart of an elite brotherhood,” said 34-year-old Brandon Garrett, the club’s president. “I’d like everyone to know who everyone is on campus.”
The club’s first general meeting took place Saturday with a meet up of riders. It was followed by a ride through the canyons along Topanga Canyon Boulevard, up
Sunset Boulevard and into West Los Angeles.
Jose Nunez, a 23-year-old Industrial Technology (I.T.) student, has only been riding six months but
already has over 5,000 miles on his bike.
“I couldn’t wait for this to happen,” said Nunez. “I was awake at four in the morning.”
Pre-vet major and Motorcycle Club member Randi Katz was the only female rider at the meeting.
“Everyone rode really well together,” said Katz. “It’s fun riding with the new guys, and when they see a women riding it kind of inspires them because boys are much more competitive.”
The Motorcycle Club is revving up to not only ride together, but to help shed light on
the I.T. program on campus.With budget cuts many programs,
including the I.T. Department, are taking hits in classes.
“The welding industry and the
automotive industry are going to be here for a long time,” said Nunez. “It would be a shame to get rid of [the program].”
Attention to the department is important for Garrett and the club, but so is rider safety.
For their first general meeting, club members drove to West Coast GP Cycles, where they were taught how to safely prepare their bikes for track racing.
The club meets by the I.T. Building every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.
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With the current economy and the rise in tuition due to cuts to the state
budget, it has become a lot more difficult for Pierce College students.
Thankfully, Pierce does offer support to students and faculty who have children with its Child Development Center (CDC).
“The CDC was begun as a student service with the mission being to provide a child development center for the student parents,” said League Teacher Diana Deutsch.
If the center isn’t full upon enrollment deadlines, it opens its doors to the community as well.
Director of the Child Development Center Phyllis Schneider talks about the center being a helping hand to the Pierce parents who have kids.
“The Pierce College Child Development Center is here to serve [not only] the children of Pierce students, but also the community,” said Schneider. “We have children from the community that also attend the center, so there is a variety of opportunity here.”
The CDC also has a day care center. Personnel there take care of children ages 2 years and 9 months to 5 years. Children have to be toilet trained in order to get into into the day care.
Children at the CDC have a fixed schedule that includes: “outside time,” when they are able to play in the playground; “inside time,” when they learn lessons from a variety of curriculum areas; and story time.
Breakfast and lunch are also served at the center.
The Child Development Center is a state-funded program, which means that it is offered on very minimal charges.
The state pays for the preschool, and in order to qualify, families
have to be of low income.The center is also open to Pierce employees for a low price.
In order for a student parent to be eligible for this program, the student must be enrolled in a minimum of six units and earn income that falls under the income guidelines for the State of California, according to the Pierce College CDC webpage.
It is a full-day center, open Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“The reason why we’re done at 4 p.m. is because our hours were designed to match the class schedule at Pierce,” said Schneider. “So many of the classes end at 4 p.m. That’s why the center does as well.”
Not only have the budget cuts affected the education at Pierce, but it’s also affected the CDC as well.
“Some of the funding has been cut. Thats why we’re no longer open till 7 p.m. In fact, this year some families are having to give us a small monthly tuition fee which never used to be the case,” said Schneider.
The center has provided hundreds of Pierce student parents a chance at furthering their education.
“The CDC has helped me to continue my education. Without the preschool here I wouldn’t be able to continue going to Pierce.” said Child Development major Jennifer Rauterkus.
For more information about the Child Development Center, visit http://www.piercecollege.edu/offices/child_development_center or call (818) 719-6494.
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PIT STOP: MEMBERS OF THE MOTORCYCLE CLUB STOP FOR A BREAK DURING THEIR LONG RIDE SATURAY TO WEST LOS ANGELES.
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Campus supports student parents
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Halloween celebrated on campus
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Nov. 26 San Fernando Valley Symphony concert at the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Plaza * $25
Dec. 2 Opening night of ‘Side Show’ directed by Gene Putnam in the Temporary Perfroming Arts Complex (located near the Child Development Department). The show will run from Dec. 2 to Dec. 11
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ROUNDUP: November 2, 2011 Arts & Entertainment 5
The Afternoon Concert Series took a new direction with the ‘Stu-dent Concert’ Thursday, in the Music Department in room 3400.
Sandra Saad highlighted the con-cert with a strong rendition of “Re-venge.”
She said after the concert that she was just in character and didn’t have any grudges that motivated her per-formance.
Carl Jacobs kicked off the concert
by singing, “Sing Like You Like to Sing, for God is the Simplest of All.” His soft, melodic, measured voice rendered “Simple Song” in prasie of the Almighty.
We were also treated to the saxo-phone gymnastics of Bruce Salyer. His quick work of the sax came out in flowery notes that moved up and down the octaves, perfuming the hall. The music hit you in waves with slight pauses while he caught his breath.
There was something special
about how Deanna Tyndall sang the word “love”. She sang “Power of Love” by Candy DeRouge and Gun-ther Mende.
Pianist Frank Garvey was very smooth on his piano, resulting in a cool classical take of the song.
Organizer Jim Bergman said he was pleased with the performance and didn’t want to pick any favorites.
Next Thursday at 1 p.m. we will be treated to Kanae Matsumoto’s free piano concert at Music 3400.
Pierce student Jennifer Rivera
liked Alisa Galper’s voice and Isaac Gome’s guitar in “Ain’t No Sun-shine.” She said, “They combined together so good.”
Jessica likes to sing hip-hop and rap but those popular styles haven’t been presented at Pierce.
Alisa sang with a perfect, soft voice that you’ll never hear from re-corded music.
Isaac’s guitar performance grew as the song progressed and reached its peak with a moving soliquie.
The crowd was very pleased and
cheered loudly afterwards. David Durrani sang “New Per-
spective.” He started of with the lyrics,“I feel the salty waves come in”, he continued with, “They’ll nev-er win.”
The song sank into a silly love song while he played his raspy sound-ing guitar.
The final performance of classi-cal music had some high points.
Pricilla Schneider played her pia-no with “The Force.”
Mavy Keating was uplifting with
her violin. Nancy Perillo started off slow but quickly entered into harmo-ny and the trio sounded great.
Many of the students in the crowd were like Sheeva Kish, a 19-year- old Behavioral Science student. She is required to attend all the concerts for her Music class. Last week’s perfor-mance of Turkish folk music, “Steal the Bridge” was calming to her. She-eva’s favorite performer is soulful pop singer Adele.
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Students gathered last Wednesday at Rocky Young Park for the Where’s The Funding? (WTF?) rally, to protest budget cuts and fee hikes.
Signs made by students were carried as the students rallied from Rocky Young Park to Mason Avenue and across Victory Boulevard, chanting things like, “no more budget cuts!”
The rally, which was in the works for about four weeks, had approximately 150 students participate, and was organized by the American Teacher’s Federation, and the Students Organizing for Success club.
Despite the Associated Students Organization putting together rallies against cuts and hikes in the past, they did not sponser the WTF? rally due to a lack of planning according to ASO Senator for the Political Science Department Shane Mooney.
Organizers plan to continue their rally by protesting in the free speech area on the Mall every day.
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Offensive struggles caused the Pierce Brahma football team to lose its seventh game of the year.
The Brahmas’ lost to Los Angeles Southwest College this past Saturday 26-19.
13 of the 19 Pierce points came from freshman place kicker Brian Gutierez.
Gutierez made a carrer long field goal in this game, it was a 34 yard feild goal.
“Offensively we just couldn’t get anything going because we had problems all over the place,” said assistant head coach Jason Sabolic.
Pierce had 11 penalties for 103 yards.
LA Southwest only received 5 penalties throughout the game causing a loss of only 40 yards.
The Brahmas running game was very efficient by having a 176 yards on 34 carries.
Josh Johnson who started the game carried the ball 21 times for 107
yards rushing.Starting quarterback Jake
Basmagian threw three interceptions and completed less than 50 percent of his passes.
“We started out really good in the first half. We came out like we were ready to play, however we just couldn’t finish our drives,” said Sabolic.
Pierce will be going into a bye week before they head into their last game of the year.
The Brahmas’ last game of the year on Novermber 12 will be against their rival Valley College.
ROUNDUP: November 2, 2011 Sports 7
Trying to grasp for answersFootball teams woes continue as they lose seventh game of their disappointing season
The volleyball team, with a rocord of 21 wins and only 3 sets lost during the 21 matches played, added another victory to their winning streak.
The Brahmas won on the road at Bakersfield College this past friday.
Pierce has already played Bakersfield earlier this year, were they won in 3 sets also.
Bakersfield is one of the toughest teams that Pierce plays in their schedule according to head coach Nabil Mardini.
The Bahamas started off by winning the first set 25-16 and the second set 25-19.
Pierce ended up losing the third set in a tight and sloppy fashion 26-24.
“We made lots of errors,” said Mardini. “But we bounced back and took the 4rd set.” “Overall we are playing good volleyball.”
Pierce come back from losing the third set and winning the fourth one by a close score of 25-21.
Janelle Futch had all the assit for the Brahmas’ as she had 56 assist.
Freshman Sakurako Fujii led the team in kills with 16.
“We played well, but our errors made us loose the third set,” said player Kathleen Wright. “We need to be more consistence.”
Pierce will be off on Wendesday for a bye before their next game against Glendale College at home on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.
Volleyball is running strong
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ANGELA TAFOYA
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ROUNDUP: November 2, 2011Sports 8
The Pierce College women’s soccer team continued their offensive display of power against Glendale City College at home on Tuesday.
The score at the end of the 90 minutes was 5-0 in favor of the Brahmas who have scored a total of 12 goals in their last two matches.
Much like their game against Valley College on Friday, Pierce was in charge throughout the game.
They forced the Vaqueros to commit several turnovers during the game and did not let up on their defensive pressure.
“We defended from the top,” said assistant coach Jose Mejia “[the new formation] Forces us to defend.”
The Brahmas first goal was scored within the opening minutes of the first half.
The goal was scored by sophomore midfielder Sophie Forrester and was set up from a cross into the box by midfielder Jessica Gonzalez, who had two assists in the game.
Defender Emily Streb, who has three goals in the last two games, scored the second goal off of a corner kick just before the ten minute mark of the first half.
Right when Glendale College was starting to get a feel on the ball, Pierce’s freshman Robinette Ramirez scored their third goal of the half with an outstanding finesse shot from the top of the penalty box.
The score at this point was 3-0 and the Brahmas were in absolute control of the game and only allowed the Vaqueros a couple of opportunities, which they failed to capitalize on.
Much like the first part of the match Pierce came out strong and scored in the opening minutes.
Forward Arely Blanco did not give up on a goalie’s rebound that came from a shot from outside the box.
The final goal of the game was scored by freshman forward Edith Dominguez who dribbled into the box and tucked it away from the goalie’s reach for her sixth goal of the season.
“We just played well together,” said sophomore
defender Jennifer Venegas. “We got everything we needed to get done.”
Head coach Adolfo Perez believes that Pierce’s 12 goals in the last two games is a statement to the other teams in their conference
“When you play good,” said Perez. “It doesn’t matter where you play.”
Pierce soccer will travel to Bakersfield to play the Renegades on Tuesday, Nov 1st with kick off scheduled at 4 p.m.
Soothing, upbeat music played softly as 30 students relaxed and stretched into their yoga positions inside the North Gym’s basketball and volleyball courts. The court transformed into a calm temple that would normally be bristling with athletic competition, darkened to a quiet meditative atmosphere.
“Listen to your body and let it tell you what is good for you today,”
said Shilo Nelson, instructor of physical education.
“Inhale to prepare and lengthen, exhale to move into and execute.”
Yoga classes teach stress reduction, healthy blood pressure, and a range of motion, according to Nelson who teaches the Vinyasa yoga class.
Vinyasa is a form of yoga that links poses together in a
distinctive order to develop strength and flexibility.
“I like empowering people, it is like an instant gratification,” said Nelson. “I am giving them a skill that they can take with them.”
Nelson went to graduate school at California State University Northridge (CSUN) where she specialized in Kinesiology, the study of human movement.
She was also the wellness coordinator for the Army Corps of Engineers and part of the Air Force for four years and is currently the president of the Kinesiology Alumni Chapter at CSUN.
“Basically you strengthen and increase your range of motion at the same time,” said Nelson. “This is what makes it different than weight training.”
The music in her class ranges from yoga chants, light jazz, nature sounds and the sound of running water.
As the class wound down Nelson spoke to her students as they lay on their backs on the gym floor.
“Expand your finger tips, palms up, let your feet open up,” said Nelson. “Allow the force to take over you and observe what the practice has
done to your body.”
“Basically you strengthen and increase your range
of motion at the same time.”
-Shilo NelsonPhysical education instructor
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~FOOTBALL~
~SOCCER~
~VOLLEYBALL~
VICTOR KAMONT
TWIST: YOGA INSTRUCTOR SHILO NELSON SHOWS HER STUDENTS THE ART OF HOW TO HOLD A YOGA POSITION DURING HER EVENING CLASS WHICH IS HELD MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS IN
THE NORTH GYM ROOM 5603.
Edith Dominguez
Brian Gutierrez
Veronika Ban
Carlos Islas
TESSA MILLER
DRIBBLE: FORWARD ARELY BLANCO DRIBBLES TO KEEP THE BALL AWAY FROM GLENDALE COLLEGE’S FRESHMAN DEFENDER CINDY CORTEZ.
Beyond regular gym class
Coming of a three assist game vs Valley College, Dominguez scored an impressive goal from a strong shot from the left side of the box against Glendale last week. She has six goals for the season, two shy of the team lead-er, and leads the team with nine assists in their current campaign.
The Sophomore co-captain had an outstanding all-around game spiking 14 kills in 32 attempts, one shy from leading the team for the game, she also added three aces for her 21 total so far in the season. Ban has currently completed 142 kills in 310 at-tempts and averages 2.54 kills per game.
Gutierrez was the overall MVP for the football team as he completed four field goals, one of them being his season’s longest in 34 yards, and an extra point that accounted for 13 of the 19 total points the team scored on Saturday’s loss against L.A. Southwest. The fresh-man kicker has completed six field goals out of 10 attempts.
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Yoga provides total relaxation and helps build muscle strength for alternative minded students
Victor Kamont
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SPRINT: MIDFIELDER JESSICA GONZALEZ SPRINTS AWAY WITH THE BALL.
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