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Volume 103, Number 1

New One-Stop Facility to Open November 2015

By Moises Torres

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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SQUEEZED IN: Baseball fans sit closely together in the few remaining grandstand seats at Stengel Field on a warm Saturday afternoon. Read the full story about the upcoming changes to the field on page three.

Burritos Beneath the Stars at the Wedge

By Fidel Cantu

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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ntil recently, the aptly named Milky Way Cafe sat beneath the planetarium dark and idle with its doors closed. Now hungry folks will have a new place to grab a burrito or some potato wedges: The Wedge.

After several attempts to keep the Milky Way open on campus, the college has decided to take a different route. The space has been leased to an outside vendor.

Examining several potential prospects, Ron Nakasone, executive vice president of administrative services, signed a lease agreement with Eugene Chun, the owner and president of World Coffee Kiosk.

After a long process of negotiations, several vendors dropped out of consideration due to the rental price demands. Nakasone narrowed the selection down

to three contractors that included of $180,000 annually.

“The way the cafeteria Mexican, Mid-Eastern/ Mediterranean and American health food, before finally deciding on Chun’s healthy American food option.

Nakasone said that the school was looking for vendors with business experience, success in past ventures, and a type of shop that would not compete with the campus cafeteria.

Chun, through his Photo by Manvel Kapukchyan World Coffee Kiosk COMING SOON: Ruben Chong works on company, owns the the sign as The Wedge nears its opening.

Cafe located in front of the San Rafael building, is structured, unfortunately, is not generating enough which has had great success.

According to Chun, the revenue,” said Nakasone. “The college approached him about Milky Way [building] is a leasing the available space way to redistribute money by previously occupied by the collecting on space rented.”

Nakasone said the school Milky Way. He accepted a six-year lease contract with is looking at about $35,000 to the college. Chun said he $40,000 a year in revenue from expects a projected revenue the rental.

Chun said he plans to sell healthy, but inexpensive food.

He said because his son is also a student, he understands the dilemma students face between eating cheap, unhealthy foods or maintaining a healthier yet more expensive diet.

Chun said the Wedge will serve fries that are pre-steamed and only fried for a few seconds as opposed to the grease-oozing fries found in many fast-food restaurants.

The new restaurant will also be serving Chipotle-style burritos, potato wedges, wraps and boba drinks that come in several flavors.

“The pricing will be less than our [local] competitors and will not be diminished in quality.” said Chun.

The restaurant plans to open within a week. The hours will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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ith a career center, a student lounge, open labs with the latest computers, and a new culinary arts kitchen — the new Lab/College Services building will be a one-stop shop.

When the new building is completed in 2015, it will house a journalism lab, speech and ESL classes, classrooms, student services and the admission and records departments, making financial aid and dealing with registration much easier.

The first floor will contain the creative writing lab, computer lab services, and the Disabled Student Programs and Services offices. The second floor will house two anthropology labs, the classrooms and the culinary department with fully staffed kitchens and offices. The third floor will hold the Admission and Records office, the Career Center, Extended Opportunities Programs and Services, the Assessment Center and the Financial Aid office.

With heavy-duty pile-driving equipment, tie-rod installers, dirt removal trucks and heavy excavating, it is evident the new building project is moving forward. With an estimated budget and a firm schedule, things are on track, according to Nelson Oliveira, director of facilities for GCC. Oliveira said the total budget of the project is estimated at $34.7 million, about $195,000 more than planned due to water complications, the retaining wall and the [See Update, page 5]

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El Vaquero GCC Recognizes Womens History Month EDITOR IN CHIEF Sal Polcino MANAGING EDITOR Agnessa Kasumyan SPORTS EDITOR Jonathan Williams ARTS EDITOR Alexandra Duncan STAFF WRITERS Alexandria Diaz Julia Orr Kendall Faulkner Alin Boughousi Kristine Dizon Lucas Ypez Anthony Huizar Moises Torres Fidel Cantu Nikki Nagrone Jennifer Rodman Tamara Hacopian Sherlyn Ann Maguit RJ Saunders PHOTOGRAPHERS

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By Julia Orr

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My first assignment writing on Women’s History Month for El Vaquero Newspaper could not have been more perfect, or so I thought. I figured I would flip open my laptop, type in those weighty words, “Women’s History Month,” and bells and whistles would go off and buzzers would sound. I would be overwhelmed as the Internet disgorged a bounty of information and events on the incredible achievements of women that would keep me busy writing all month. I would slide into my deadline and hit a home run, no problem.

Just like in the films, where the needle of the record scratches across one of those ancient objects called “vinyls” to indicate everything is coming to a screeching halt, so it did for me. The computer groaned out its less than thrilling contents, which amounted to little.

A quick phone call to Glendale’s City Council Commission on the Status of Women led me to discover that they are co-sponsoring one event, a screening of “Miss Representation.” Shocked that there would only be one event, I incredulously asked if there would be anything more.

“No, nothing,” the administrative assistant said despondently.

“Nothing else?” I asked incredulously. “No,” she replied.

I asked if there were any other organizations I could speak to that she knew of.

“Not really,” she said sadly. “I can’t think of any.”

So this is the state of feminism today, at least in Glendale, and perhaps the Los Angeles area as well. However, at GCC this is fortunately not the case. GCC professor Peggy Renner has again coordinated an extensive schedule for Women’s History Month, which includes a series of lectures, screenings and panel discussions.

“It is so important for us to really understand how much women have contributed to making America the country that it is,” Renner said.

For more than 30 years, the National Women’s History Project has spearheaded celebrations for Women’s History Month. The project acts as an umbrella organization to provide information and training in multicultural women’s history.

A specific theme is chosen every year. The theme for 2014 is celebrating “Women of Character, Courage and Commitment.” Twelve women honorees have been chosen this year, representing an eclectic mix of historical and contemporary accomplished women from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Although the origins of Women’s History Month can be traced back to the first International Women’s Day in 1911, it only became a month long celebration in the late 1980s.

Previously, it had been known as Women’s History Week after the school district in Sonoma, Calif. designed a week-long event around International Women’s Day, which occurs on March 8. After being petitioned by the National Women’s History project, congress passed a measure in 1987, designating the month of March as Women’s History Month.

As I scoured the Internet for exciting events in celebration of Women’s History Month, I could not help but feel it is all a bit dry and does not truly engage young women. We have come a long way since our suffragette sisters were beaten, arrested, and ridiculed and force fed in prison just to obtain the vote. However, it seems we are still struggling to be taken seriously.

There is an incredible disparity still to be addressed for the world’s women, a world in which the Taliban shoot a 16-year old Pakistani schoolgirl in the head for the “crime” of wanting an education, and radicals of the

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right in the U.S. seek to roll back women’s rights.

Feminism appears to have been relocated to the dusty drawer and still elicits much eyebrow raising and heavy sighs. To me, it is disheartening to observe the extremely stereotypical roles played out on campus by men and women. It is not uncommon to observe the macho peacocking of young men alongside young women tottering along in impossibly high heels.

Patriarchy is entrenched in our society and even in some of the accomplishments of the women we are honoring for this historical month. We do not have to compete in the world that men have created, to act like them, to attain their goals or to fight in their wars and climb their ladders

of power. We need to set our own goals.

This will take the courage and commitment the Women’s History Project speaks of. Female leadership is likely to be the only thing that stands between the selfdestruct trajectory of the human race and a more egalitarian, prosperous future.

It would have been good to see a banner hanging from every corner declaring “Women’s History Month” is here, and perhaps even a little Soweto-style dancing in the streets. If we took a survey right now on campus, I doubt most young women would even know Women’s History Month is upon us.

Julia Orr can be reached at jorr589@student.glendale.edu

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Today “The First Dissenters” Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer 9:10-10:35 a.m. LB 222 Moderator: Peggy Renner

Today Choices Challenges & Compromises: A Panel Discussion Ramona Barrio-Sotillo, Elizabeth Kronbeck, Hazel Ramos, Andra Hoffman Verstraete and Robyn Fishman 12:30-1:30 p.m. Kreider Hall

Thursday Family Planning, Education, Work, and “Women’s Work” 9:10-10:35 a.m. SR 138 Moderator: Michael Reed

Thursday “The Fight to Make Reproductive Rights a Civil Liberty” 10:45 a.m -12:10 p.m. AU 116 Moderator: Peggy Renner

Friday Seven Silent Films: Lost for a Century - A Collection of Short Silent Films 12:30 p.m. SG 334 Moderator: Mike Petros

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A New View from Temporary Bleachers at Stengel Field

By Jonathan Williams EL VAQUERO SPORTS EDITOR

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queezed into only two rows of seats, many baseball fans brought their own chairs to Stengel Field or stood in the grandstand behind home plate under umbrellas on an unusually warm and sunny February day.

Banners along the outfield fences hung in rows of two for few to see with the lack of available seating. Crescenta Valley High School is responsible for the new advertisements and shares the field with the GCC baseball.

The bleachers and clubhouse were condemned by the city due to water damage in 2011.

In September of last year, an agreement between the school district and the city sealed the fate of the clubhouse and bleachers.

Now the Glendale Unified School District has set up a new

row of shiny aluminum bleachers along the third baseline on Stengel Field.

This is a temporary solution to support the crowds at games until the new bleachers are built.

The city granted permission to the school district to set up the bleachers, which will be moved during the demolition of the existing grandstands and new construction in the summer to be used at another facility.

An official agreement was written in September between the city of Glendale and the school district to construct temporary seats until the demolition.

A section of the old bleachers still approved for use in the interim, consists of two rows of seats located behind home plate and the dugouts. Those few seats could not support the number of fans expected at the games.

Richard Perez, a maintenance

e-books here to stay

By Kristine Dizon

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

Cheap, paperless and light or an actual hard-bound book is a question that can lead to discussion among college students.

“Students are not aware that e-books are available on our library website,” GCC librarian Karen Knotts said.

The electronic books database can be found on the GCC library website. According to Knotts, three search engines of e-books are available: eBook Collection, eBrary College Complete and EBSCOhost.

From these three databases, students can search any keywords for their research and the screen will display and highlight the keywords on the book that was searched.

“It is accessible for students 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Knotts.

Unlike a textbook which has to go through the check-out process, e-books are easy to obtain, even from home. Students don’t have to worry about whether or not the library is open. As long as students have an ID, they can access the three e-book search engines.

Knotts said electronic books may have one drawback.

“The main health concern from reading e-books for too long is that it’s bad for our eyes because of the glare of the computer.”

Knotts said.

The physical turning pages and interactive nature of a book may be the preference among students.

Some like the physicality of the book.

“I prefer textbooks because I can flip pages back and forth,” said Jamie Jimenez, biochemistry major. “I like having the physical book with me.”

With a textbook, students can have different colored highlighters to mark important sentences and sticky notes on the side. The note-taking on the page can be crucial for college students to study the textbook.

Other students prefer e-books because they are less expensive than the a hardback textbook and weigh less.

“I’d prefer e-books to regular books because of the cost difference,” said Arthur Karagezian who is an English major. “It is much cheaper than [purchasing] regular books. Only thing about regular books is that you physically have a book.”

Students who are more

worker for the school district, has done building repair for 20 years.

“I think their main issue was the overflow of people and kids showing up and there was really no place to seat them,” Perez said.

Ed Kellogg, a Glendale resident, regularly attends games at the ballpark to watch his son, Vaqueros’ catcher Mitch Kellogg.

“They [the exisiting bleachers] take some of the fans out of the game,” Kellogg said.

Head coach Chris Cicuto had some of his players help out with the placement of the bleachers around the field.

“It’s our responsibility to make sure that place looks as good as possible,” Cicuto said.

The baseball team travels to many other fields that have the same conditions. Cicuto said that there wouldn’t be much of a difference with the new bleachers and it won’t affect the players

safety. A 4-foot fence is the only barrier separating the fans and players on the grass.

Now that fans will sit along the third base line, there may be safety concerns. The fence, at exactly 4-feet-high. Blazing fast foul balls are common among baseball games. Two foul balls had already struck the bleachers during the game against East LA College on Feb. 25.

A new bullpen is under construction just behind the temporary bleachers and may present another safety issue.

The school district has provided proper fencing for pitchers to get loose.

Glendale’s Community Parks and Services Director Jess Duran helped to oversee the project at Stengel Field.

“There is seating in the first two rows [of the existing seats],” said Duran. “People would prefer

to sit there than in left field.”

Richard Carroll, another maintenance worker, works with Perez on the project to erect the new seating arrangement at the field.

“It’s probably a compromise between the city and school district. Is it perfect? Maybe not,” said Carroll. “This is the best solution at the time. It’s only temporary.”

Carroll said if the fence was any higher, fans would have a tough time watching any of the action.

Carroll said that he doesn’t think the new bleachers will solve the seating problem with only 90 new seats. Some games will draw more fans, especially when playing against neighboring schools such as PCC. Jonathan Williams can be reached at haxial.jonathan@gmail.com

El Vaquero and the Insider Magazine Win Awards

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PROUD WINNERS: The California College Media Association awards Araks Terteryan (3rd place News Series,) Monica Terada (2nd place Opinion,) Jane Pojawa (1st place Magazine News Story ,) and Courtney Luengo (1st place Magazine Opinion.) Other winners not pictured are Jakey Galdamez (1st place Feature Photo,) Sean Moriarty (1st place Magazine Review) and the Insider staff (2nd place Best Magazine Website.)

technology-oriented would choose an e-book because they are dependent on their tablet, iPad or laptop. It is convenient to open the files while on the go.

Which do you choose?

Kristine Dizon can be reached at krstndzon@gmail.com

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Health Center Helps Students Learn About Safe Sex Choices

By Alexandria Diaz EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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ex. It comes with pleasure and consequence, yet many avoid talking about it.

If students are new to the act of sex and feel uncomfortable talking about it, they can get free confidential advice at the health center. Sharon Horejsi, a registered nurse who works on campus, said there is no topic they cannot talk about with students.

Couples can even go in together, possibly alleviating the anxious feeling of going alone.

Some may think that because the health center offers free condoms and information on birth control and STD’s, that they are promoting sex, but this is a misconception. By offering such amenities, the health center is promoting safe sex. The two should not be confused.

While the health center does provide those services, they do

not provide STD testing, the Plan B pill, which protects a woman from pregnancy after having unprotected sex within 48 hours, or birth control. Students are instead referred to a low-cost or free clinic in their area.

With one out of five new HIV cases occurring in people aged 13 to 24 and with four out of five of those being male, young adults need to understand the risks they face when having unprotected sex. According to the Center for Disease Control, women suffering from an untreated STD face the long-term risk of pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and tubal scarring among many other health issues.

Although sex has been around since the beginning of time, people still find it too embarrassing to talk about.

“I don’t know why [we don’t talk about it],” said Chadd Taulai, 18, a GCC student. “We all do it.”

Freshman Amy Aviles, 18,

said more students should visit the health center, even it is just to get condoms or advice.

If a student fears being judged about their sex life, the nurses on

Implanon or Nexplanon, small devices that goes in the arm.

Although birth control may come with side-effects, they vary depending on the individual

Photo by Alexandria Diaz

HEALTHY RESOURCES: The campus health center stocks a large se-

lection of safe sex reading materials.

campus are there to look after the well-being of students, not to make judgments.

Birth control goes beyond taking a pill every day. They include patches (Ortho Evra), a shot (Depo-Provera), vaginal rings (NuvaRing), IUDs, and

woman and usually subside over time.

Aside from using a condom, there are other methods of protection, including cervical caps (such as a FemCap), diaphragms, spermicide, and female condoms.

“Sheathing Cupid’s Arrow,”

an article published in the Feb. 15 edition of The Economist, introduces various organizations that are working on developing new and improved condoms. In Los Angeles, a charity called California Family Health Council, plans on making a condom out of polyethylene, which is stronger than today’s latex condoms and a fifth of the thickness.

The new condoms currently in development will, of course, come with downsides. For example, the polyethylene condom does not have the elasticity of a latex condom; however, with various new condoms in the works, finding one that is suitable for particular couples is right around the corner.

The health center is on the first floor of the San Rafael building facing the auditorium.

Alexandria Diaz can be reached at adiaz480@student.glendale.edu

Eating Disorders : A Cause for Concern

By Nikki Nagrone

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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here are hidden dangers on college campuses across the country that can affect anyone, regardless of gender, age or race.

They are called eating disorders, which come in many forms and often hide in plain sight. a report released in February by the National Institute of Mental Health states that 25 percent of all college students struggle from an eating disorder. Studies also show that eating disorders are still on the rise, especially in males.

NEDA celebrated its 27th annual National Eating Disorder Awareness Week on Feb. 23. The event is dedicated to spreading knowledge about the stress factors, attitudes, and behaviors that contribute to eating disorders.

The organization selects a specific theme every year that focuses on important issues.

This year’s theme, “I Had No Idea,” targets detection signs, misinformation, and intervention.

Since it’s formation in 2001, the organization has been the leading non-profit organization offering support and resources to those affected by these illnesses.

Events, including a walk in Santa Monica on Saturday, will be held all across the

country to raise money for the many programs and services that the organization offers, and help spread information about early detection and social responsibilities.

According to NEDA officials,

vary from person to person and include over-exercising, stimulant abuse, and laxative abuse.

NEDA encourages individuals in every community (not just this week, but anytime) to do “just

one of the biggest problems associated with eating disorders is “body-shaming,” which is when something is done or said (intentionally or not) to make someone feel negatively about their physical appearance.

Disordered eating is very complex.

Although those suffering may want to improve their eating habits, treatment is rarely sought. Often times, eating disorders are hard to detect, even by doctors. Those affected often hide it due to shame, denial, or not wanting to stop, according to the organization. Furthermore, the behaviors and symptoms can

one thing” to spread the message.

This can be through seminars and health fairs, or even just a friendly dialogue between neighbors. The organization has even offered to help schedule speakers for independent events.

According to experts, some of the warning signs for eating disorders include preoccupation with food, the need to weigh oneself several times a day, wanting to eat alone, or skipping meals altogether. A common characteristic is also a negative image of self that worsens despite desired results.

Megan Ward, a licensed

clinical psychologist at the Behavioral Health Center Hospital in Alhambra, said that the disorders have little to do with the eating and results. Methods of control over the disorder itself are used as a tool to cope with and mask other issues, often depression related . While people are genetically predisposed, disorders are usually triggered by a traumatic event.

Anxiety, depression, changes of life (puberty or menopause), or sexual assaults can be the serious traumas that put someone at risk, especially college students.

“Sometimes college itself is that traumatic event,” said Ward.

According to a study by the Journal of Eating Disorders called “The Spectrum of Eating Disturbances,” 35 percent of normal dieters progress to pathological dieting, and out of those, 20 to 25 percent progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders.

This was how Ciara Bruyere, a 17-year-old high school student, developed an eating disorder. She had been dieting and exercising since she was very young because she was afraid of becoming an over-eater like some of her relatives.

“I didn’t really notice until a

health worker at school told me I was anorexic.” said Bruyere.

Bruyere’s anorexia did not develop until the age of 13, when her boyfriend at the time called her fat. The attitudes and comments around her would affect her greatly. A year later. a friend of Bruyere’s would teach her about bulimia nervosa, the practice of taking in excessive amounts of food followed by actions taken to prevent weight gain (such as self-induced vomiting). She would spend the next three years binging and purging.

Treatment programs like REASONS in Alhambra or A New Path in Santa Monica, offer treatment option adapted to most specific needs. Studies show that over half of eating disorders do not fit the criteria for anorexia or bulimia and fall into the category of eating disorders not otherwise specified or EDNOS. Most who suffer with a disorder do not know they have a problem or do not want to seek help.

Early detection and intervention by an informed family member or friend can sometimes be the difference between life and death.

Nikki Nagrone can be reached at nagrone988@student.glendale.edu

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By Agnessa Kasumyan

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hen my male friend casually dismissed feminism as an ideal only “ugly” and insecure girls buy into, I was disturbed at the ignorance of the statement yet not entirely surprised.

What I found particularly disheartening, however, was the fact that many of my female friends viewed feminism in a negative light, often rolling their eyes when the topic of feminism came up.

Curious as to why they held such an attitude toward a movement that helped make them equal to men in the eyes of the law, I asked what they found so annoying about feminists.

It soon became evident that people have a tendency to associate

the movement with the more extreme views of some feminists and the negative stereotypes associated with it, including the promotion of abortion and the very Freudian belief of penis envy.

A feminist myself, I do not find it insulting when a man holds the door open for me. It’s just common courtesy, though not only reserved for women. I support a woman’s right to choose, not what some may callously term “the murder of babies.” Nor do I envy my male friends their genitilia.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record due to the constant debate on the topic, the stereotypes placed on feminists are heavily emphasized in the media. As Miley Cyrus channels Lady Godiva while swinging on a wrecking ball, she

and other popular female artists of her caliber demolish the values of feminism.

In recent music videos, women either display excessive sexuality or extreme violence toward men, as if one or the other is supposed to somehow prove that they are either equal or superior. However, being violent or excessively sexual does not necessarily equate to being modern and liberated.

To some, promiscuity and nudity may be a symbol of female and sexual liberation. In reality, they are often only used as nothing other than marketing tools for the debutantes of popular culture—and their patrons (or matrons), the marketing and studio executives that rake in the profits.

As I watch Christina Aguilera

violently blow up her love interest in a car or beat up another one of her male conquests with a baseball bat after luring him into sex in the music video for “Your Body,” I cannot help but reel over the nauseating message swinging its way to men and women everywhere.

This is not meant to slut-shame women who like sex or dress provocatively. If someone wants to bare it all to attract a suitor or stir mayhem in the media world, they can knock themselves out.

It becomes a problem when they disguise it as a form of feminism or art and inadvertently encourage young girls and women to behave the same way.

Neither is this meant to serve as another critique on pop-culture Alecia Moore, famously known as

‘Handicap This!’ Stops by the Mainstage

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he international production “Handicap This!” came to the GCC auditorium on Monday. The show brings to life the story of Mike Berkson and Tim Wambach and play illustrates the difficulties the handicapped face in daily life. It also shows how one can overcome obstacles.

Berkson and Wambach spent over a year writing the script.

“It’s always different,” Wambach said.” You never see the same show twice.”

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“Pink,” is another popular female artist who is not shy about her body; however, her actions don’t attempt to stimulate shallow attention but instead poke fun at the ridiculous standards set up for women in media.

In her video “Stupid Girls,” Pink mocks sexed up celebrities.

As she ponders whether flipping her blonde hair or wearing a push-bra will get a guy to like her while “girls with ambition” are demonized and ostracized, Pink begs the question we should all be asking: “where, oh where, have the smart people gone?”

Agnessa Kasumyan can be reached at agnessaks@gmail.com

elvaq.com Lot 34: Nope, Nada, Zilch!

Starting today a large portion of Lot 34 will be closed.

The closure will continue through November.

Construction Update: Lab/College Services Building Opens November 2015 [Update, from page 1] addition of building foundation costs. The board of trustees approved the contract price increase and has granted a 14-day time extension to cover additional costs and delays caused by the groundwater.

In the month of November, groundwater was found during the shoring pile process, which pushed GCC to proceed with removal of water services. Water was also removed for installation

of new concrete structural columns located within the building footprint.

“Water was encountered in the shoring pile, water has been managed, and piles completed,” Aldridge said in an e-mail interview.

Costs for groundwater management reached $180,000.

Aldridge said they have a $2 million contingency for these kinds of problems.

Workers also ran into a previous drainage system that

caused gravel problems. To make sure the ground is compact and safe, they reworked the foundation.

Faced with water problems, construction was pushed 35 days behind schedule said Oliveira. The board of trustees will evaluate and adjust the contract for unforeseen groundwater conditions.

The original project’s estimated completion time was late August of 2015, but with the complications and delays in construction, completion of

the project was pushed to early November 2015.

February saw more progress.

It consisted of installing underground utilities, continuing the “legging,”, and “benching,” which is strengthening of the foundation. Strengthening on the North End building foundation and rough grading which is leveling of the ground, also took place.

January was a busy month as workers reinforced the retaining wall. They also created measures

to ensure safety while they installed utilities and prepared the soil for foundation.

The development of fire water and domestic utilities dominated the work in December.

“I think the building is going to accommodate more students which is always a plus. I can’t wait to see what the building will include inside,” said Jacqueline Ayala, an accounting major.

Moises Torres can be reached at moisestorres187@yahoo.com

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hough not quite at the level of Real Steel or Wall-E, some of these robots built by students can serve functions in the medical field or even the Mars Rover mission. Mentors guide students as they build their own robots to compete in matches. Many of these students are the engineers of the future.

Feb. 22 marked the GCC Robotics club’s second year of hosting the VEX Robotics Competition for the middle and high school division. More than 7,300 teams from 25 countries play in 400 tournaments around the world. Every year tmembers face a new challenge.

Mentors guide students as they build their own robot to compete in matches. The club will compete for the first time at the college-level division, VEX U, at Anaheim in March.

Student Chandler Brown, 18, came with her team representing J. Serra Catholic High School. Brown described hers as having a 3-joint arm and a hydraulic system to shoot bucky balls into the tubes. Her plan is to study engineering at Purdue University in Indiana.

“It’s a great social experience here, building while having fun,” said Brown Brown had some advice for newcomers.

“Let every idea bloom. Don’t shut it down,” she said. “ It can actually become something.”

Among another group of students was Cameron Schiller, 14, who came by himself to compete with his robot. He got his funding from his parents, who gave him $2,000 for parts.

Schiller described his robot as having a sturdy base, a 6-bar arm-lift that can do everything and a catapult that shoots balls, can hang above the ground, and can pick up both balls. It took him around eight months to complete, using C-based programming encoders on arms to make it easy to know where the arms are. The arm holds and pulls the robot a foot off the ground. His team ,Nrds Roc, will compete in the state

competition in March. the Title V grant, which will Antony Magana, help buy extra parts and 14, an Miraleste Robotics,fieldfrom actual competition at Palos Verdes.. Magana has GCC. experience with obtained building Money is also several robots in three other through fundraisers like competitions.

He organizing had some selling coffee and building a good aadvice movie for night. robot. Safarian and Tamara Vivian “Develop a creative mind, Talverdian, 20-year-old co-a large skill-set with Robotics building founders of the coding, and started knowledge as of Academy,

gears,” said Magana.

Finishing in the semifinals, Magana cites playing with Legos as an influence in robot building, since they served as a creative outlet.

He found out about the STEM program in sixth grade.

Standing next to Magana was 12-year-old Tanner Johnson, who was on a

different team, 7035C, at the same school. Influenced by his woodshop teacher, his ship-builder father and also Legos, Johnson claimed to have done the majority of the building for his team. The student described his robot as having a scoop front that brings up balls big and small, and the arm shoots them.

“It may start out really hard

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BOTS Engineering Students’ LASH C T Twelve-year-olds building state of the art robots may sounds far fetched, but it has become a reality. Many schools, from junior high to college level, have their own robotics program.

hough not quite at the level and can pick up both balls. It of Real Steel or Wall-E, took him around eight months some of these robots built by to complete, using C-based students can serve functions programming encoders on in the medical field or even the arms to make it easy to know Mars Rover mission. Mentors where the arms are. The arm guide students as they build holds and pulls the robot a foot their own robots to compete off the ground. His team ,Nrds in matches. Many of these Roc, will compete in the state students are the engineers of competition in March. the future.

Antony Magana, 14, Miraleste Feb. 22 marked the GCC Robotics, from Palos Verdes..

Robotics club’s second year Magana has experience of hosting the VEX Robotics with building several robots Competition in three other for the middle competitions. He Students in the and high school had some advice GCC academy division.

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Mentors guide arm and are currently Finishing in students as they the semifinals, working on build their own Magana cites robot to compete playing with Legos a mechanical in matches. The as an influence club will compete in robot building, 3D printer. for the first time since they served at the college-level division, as a creative outlet. He found VEX U, at Anaheim in March. out about the STEM program in Student Chandler Brown, sixth grade.

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the Title Title V V grant, grant, which which will will the help buy buy extra extra parts parts and and an an help actual competition competition field field at at actual GCC. GCC. Money is is also also obtained obtained Money through fundraisers fundraisers like like through selling coffee coffee and and organizing organizing selling movie night. night. aa movie Vivian Safarian Safarian and and Tamara Tamara Vivian Talverdian, 20-year-old 20-year-old cocoTalverdian, founders of of the the Robotics Robotics founders Academy, started started as as Academy,

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teacher’s assistants for the summer robotics academy, a two-week program that taught students programming,designing, and building robots.

“It’s cool to see kids who never had experience in the competition build amazing things,” Safarian said.

They both plan on getting a master’s degree, Talverdian

in mechanical engineering management, and Safarian in electrical engineering.

After taking courses in engineering, the students revived the club through the assistance of professor Thomas Voden.

Lucas Yepez can be reached at lyepez7@aol.com

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By Alin Boughousi

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n escape from daily stress is just minutes away at the First Baptist church where noontime concerts of classical music replace the incessant noise of the city.

String quartets, chamber music and much more are featured at the church located at the corner of Wilson Avenue and Louise Street in Glendale, where vaulted ceilings lend the expansive church the feeling of a concert hall.

GCC music appreciation teachers suggest the Wednesday concerts.

“Many of our music students attend concerts from this series in order to write their concert reports for class,” said GCC music professor Ted Stern.

The concert series began when the Glendale Symphony Orchestra was invited to play in the summer of 2008. Violinist Jaqueline Suzuki fell in love with the acoustics of the room and the Glendale noon concerts

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were born. Suzuki now books professional musicians for the concerts.

Tim Boatman, the stage manager, also a former Glendale Symphony Orchestra member.

“Jackie approached Rev. Charles Updike back then and he loved the idea,” said Boatman.

“This room is perfect.”

Gregory Newton, another music appreciation teacher is well aware of the noon concert series.

“I know the director of the series, Jacqueline Suzuki, very well. Our music appreciation students are informed of the series, have attended concerts there, and continue to do so,” said Newton.

Calico Winds, a classical quintet, performed on Wednesday Feb. 19.

Rachel Barry of Calico Winds said the quintet has played there a few times before.

Although she wishes more people could come out to the concerts, she is pleased with the audience reaction.

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CONCERTS AT THE CHURCH: Calico Winds members Eileen Holt, Kay Nevin, Rachel Barry, Theresa Treuenfels and Ted Sugata take a bow after their performance at the Glendale First Baptist church on Feb. 19.

of our music,” said Barry.

Calico Winds has been together for 15 years. The name Calico Winds reflects different textures and colors of the wind quintet. She wishes more people

would attend the concerts. Barry says the group usually knows everything by heart but for new music they rehearse for two or three days. The way she rids herself of the stress of going on stage is by doing a lot of exercise and realizes how much of performing is mental it really is.

Barry plays the French horn and says that her past influences are her mother and educators at a music camp in Vermont. Her favorite composer is Johannes Brahms. She would have liked for him to have written more than six sonatas.

Rouzan Vanesian, a professional pianist and teacher, attended the concert as well.

“The experience was very good and I enjoyed the ensemble a lot,” Vanesian said. “I enjoyed it.

There were a lot of contemporary songs and I thought the first piece and last pieces were very well done.”

“It was my very first time coming here and I enjoyed it a lot,” said one concert-goer.

“The last song [“The Flea Circus Comes to Town”] brought up many childhood memories of

going to the circus.”

The pieces that Calico Winds performed were “Bothnian Rhapsody,”(2003) composed by Jukka Viitasaari and “Adagio and Allegro K. 594,” composed

by W.A. Mozart and arranged by Michael Hasel. The final piece was “The Flea Circus Comes to Town,” (2011) composed by Lou Rovner. The other band members are Eileen Holt, Ted Sugata, Kathryn “Kay” Nevin and Theresa Treuenfels.

“My students frequently write reports on the noon concerts at Glendale First Baptist,” said Graham Raulerson, music professor from GCC. “It’s a very handy way for busy students to attend a free concert without disrupting their schedules.”

The concerts begin at 12:10 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and last about 30 minutes. Admission is free, but they do ask for donations. For more info visit: www.GlendaleNoonConcerts. blogspot.com Alin Boughousi can be reached at alin.boughousi@student.glendale.edu

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FEATURES

It’s a Family Affair at GCC Athletics

By Kendall Faulkner EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

After 14 years of coaching, GCC’s head baseball coach Chris Cicuto has proved that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

Chris Cicuto and athletic director John Cicuto are not only colleagues, but father and son.

“Being with my father is a blessing, it’s unique,” said Chris Cicuto. “He is a mentor to me.”

They have brought a very unique circumstance to Glendale College, a family name and a history. John, who has been on staff at the college for 38 years, brought his son to work with him at the sports department since Chris was born in December 1977.

The elder Cicuto started on the football staff in 1975. He was recruited by a former high school classmate, Jim Sartoris. He spent 14 years as an assistant coach while Sartoris was head coach.

After Chris was born, Sartoris and his wife became his godparents.

Sartoris became Glendale College’s Athletics director in

1988 and hired Cicuto to become the head coach. Sartoris retired in 2007 allowing the opportunity for John Cicuto to become the director of athletics. When he was hired as the athletics director, he remained the head football coach.

“After a year, I couldn’t do the best job, in my mind, as head coach and athletic director,” he said.

He retired from coaching in 2008.

Chris, at just 6 years old, was the ball boy for the football team while his father coached. Years later, the younger Cicuto attended Glendale College for a short period of time as a student and baseball player.

After graduating from UC Riverside in 2000, he was hired as an assistant coach for Glendale. In 2003, he was able to accept the position as Vaquero baseball’s head coach. He became the assistant director of athletics in 2012.

John said, “For a father to come into work everyday with his son is a father’s dream.”

The baseball players take notice of the family environment.

Casting ‘Firebugs’ for New Play

By Alexandra Duncan EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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uditions for, “The Firebugs” had few, but promising actors present. Only four students showed up to the first round of auditions and five for the second round.

The play was written for radio in 1953 by Swiss playwright and novelist Max Frisch, but was later adapted for television and the stage in 1958, with a total of six scenes.

The, “Firebugs: A Morality Without a Moral,” is centered around a town that is often attacked by arsonists who disguise themselves as door-to-door salesmen and eventually talk their way into the homes of their victims.

Director Ed Douglas chose the play after much deliberation.

“We were going round and round about what we were going to do,” said Douglas. “ I had plays on every flat surface of my house. And then I saw “The Firebugs” and realized ‘that’s it.’”

Douglas, who has directed such plays as “Three Friendships, Two Urns, and a Bird,” and

“Twelfth Night,” is also a fight director who has choreographed fight scenes for “Romeo and Juliet” and “Hamlet.” He has not only directed the play before, but has also acted in it.

Auditions on Feb. 20 held not only first-time auditioners but also students who had been called back from the previous day as well.

One student who was called back that day was two-time GCC production veteran Aldo Garcia, 23. He appeared in, “A Pleasant Life” and “A Flea in Her Ear.” “It’s a great experience to audition,” he said. “It was nervewracking but rewarding.”

Garcia, who first wanted to be an architecture major switched his major to theatre arts.

“I was with a company that was building sets, but I took a theater class, auditioned, got a part and I was hooked,” he said.

Anthony Leyva, another theater arts major had good feelings about his audition.

“I projected and it created an awesome effect, so it went well,” he said.

[See Auditions, page 12]

“They’re family oriented,” said Nick Padilla, 20, an infielder for Glendale baseball.

“They are big on family, not just their family, but the Vaquero family as well.”

Coach Cicuto has two young children, Jackson, 2, and Samantha, 4. He and his wife Kelly bring their children around the baseball field and the athletics Photo by Jonathan Williams department just LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Chris Cicutio, left, and John Cicuto talk baseball at Stengel like John did with Field. Chris Cicutio’s Vaqueros are 5-6 and gaining momentum this season. his son.

“How lucky is it? that I can their swing just as much as their has been a part of the school and see my grandkids and see my son home life,” said Chris. will continue to do so. [at Glendale], it makes me want Personal relationship “It has been a blessing. There to stay longer,” said John Cicuto development is something Chris is not a day that goes by that I as his face lit up and smiled from admired about his father and don’t say ‘thank you’,” John said. ear to ear. carries over to his team.

John and Chris hope to bring The tradition of the Cicutos the feeling of family to all those as coaches and a part of the who they encounter and to build athletic department has created trust with their athletes. an influence on many players Kendall Faulkner can be reached at “It’s important to talk about over the 38 years that the family kendallafaulkner@gmail.com

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Vaqueros Gallop Into Basketball Playoffs

By R.J. Saunders

EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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ith a 21-5 record, and a second place finish in the Western State Conference, the Vaqueros have their sights set on the playoffs.

Assistant coach Murphy Davis is very proud of the team’s accomplishments this season.

“We had three All-Conference Players this year and had Brian Beauchemin being named Coach of the Year. So we are very

Scoreboard R E S U LT S Track and Field: Feb. 28 : WSC South women — finished first men — finished first Men’s Basketball: Round 1: BYE Round: L.A. Valley 62-50 W Round 3: L.A. Harbor 67-65 W Baseball: Feb. 26: Cerritos 9-1 L Feb. 27: rained out Compton Women’s Tennis: Feb. 27: Antelope Valley 9-0 L Men’s Tennis: Feb. 25: Ventura 6-3 W Softball: March 1: rained out Pasadena Men’s Golf: Feb. 24: Bakersfield WSC finished sixth

UPCOMING Track and Field: Monday: WSC Ventura 11 a.m.

March 17: Crystal Aire Tournament Crystal Aire CC 10 a.m.

Men’s Basketball: Today: at San Bernadino 7 p.m.

Baseball: Saturday: at Antelope Valley 1 p.m.

Tuesday: at Bakersfield 2:30 p.m.

March 13: vs. L.A. Mission 2:30 p.m.

March 15: at Citrus 1 p.m.

Women’s Tennis: Tuesday: at Bakersfield 2 p.m.

March 13: at Santa Monica 1 p.m.

Men’s Tennis: Tuesday: vs. Bakersfield 2 p.m.

March 13: vs. Pierce 2 p.m.

Softball: Saturday: at S.D. Mesa noon/2 p.m.

March 13: vs. L.A. Mission 2:30 p.m.

Men’s Golf: Monday: Ventura WSC 11 a.m.

For more information visit: www.glendale.edu/athletics

confident going into the playoffs this year,” Davis said. Davis isn’t the only one who’s confident in the team’s chances this year in the playoffs.

“This team has a different mindset now coming into the playoffs,” Vaquero forward Nick Kahn said.

Sophomore center Gor Plavchyan also showed confidence in the team.

“We’re working hard every day in practice. We are trying to stay ready for the tough task we have ahead of us,” he said.

However, even with all that confidence, injuries still plague the roster. Plavchyan, who was named First team all-conference and is currently averaging 16 points per game this season, is still battling a wrist injury that he suffered a couple of weeks back.

Sophomore Forward and fellow All-Conference member Emmett Duvall, who is averaging just under 15 points per game,

is still recovering from an ailing a foot injury he suffered against Antelope Valley just last week.

Even with the injuries to Glendale’s key players, other players have really stepped up this year and have carried the load as their key players try to get healthy for the playoffs.

“We know our roles,” Glendale forward Sammy Darling said.

“When key players are out, we know how to step in and still get the job done.”

Duval, would also agree with the team’s success even when he’s out of the lineup. Adding, “This team is on the same page.

We’re hungry to win, and we get on the court, we look to handle business.”

“Though Duvall and Plavchyan have been out of the lineup,” Beauchemin said. “We still had a winning record against opposing teams.”

Though Plavchan and Duvall are battling injuries, both said

they’re doing the necessary things to treat them. Both guaranteed that they’ll be ready for their Round one playoff matchup against L.A. Harbor this Friday.

Beauchemin said that the focus for this year’s playoffs would be defense in the half court set.

“In the playoffs, the game really slows down and that there is no such thing as easy buckets.” he said.

“Defense wins championships,” guard Vahe Aristakessian said.

“When you look at the great teams who’ve won in the past, they won due to their defense,” said Aristakessian. “If we’re looking to hang another banner in the Vaquero Gym, we have to play defense for the full 40 minutes.”

If the Vaqueros want a shot at the title, they will have to get past the likes of Chaffey (25-5), San Bernardino Valley (25-7), and Western State Conference

champions Antelope Valley (264). who will be the year’s number one seed heading in this year’s playoffs. The Vaqueros road to the championship will not be an easy one.

However, Beauchemin is still confident that his team will make a run in the playoffs.

“We belong in the playoffs,” Beauchemin said.“Our record proves that. And as long as we’re here, we have a shot at winning the title.”

The seventh-ranked Vaqueros beat the 10th-ranked L.A. Harbor Seahawks 67-65 at home in the second round. They will face the second seed, San Bernardino Valley, tonight on the road for a spot in the semi-finals. The hosting Wolverines are coming off a 16-point win against Irvine Valley.

RJ Saunders can be reached at rsaunde243@student.glendale.edu

Vaqueros Broadside Ventura Pirates

By Sherlyn Ann Maguit EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

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t’s been nine years since the Glendale College Vaqueros tennis team beat the undefeated conference champion Ventura College. One goal was set, to end the Pirates domination of the Western State Conference. The Vaqueros hit the mark with a 6-3 win, their first over Ventura since 2005.

“It seems like forever,” Coach Bob MacKay said. “To beat Ventura no matter what the story is was a good win for us today.

Just for the sake of knowing that someone else is leading in the league and not Ventura.”

The battle between Vaqueros’ own Hosep Orojian and Ventura College’s Victor Mendes was a close one. The intensity in their eyes and the concentration level that these two players had, showed both were determined to come out of this match a winner.

Orojian, who lost in the first set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (0), fought his way through taking the second set winning 4-6. With his teammates cheering him on the sidelines and giving him words of encouragement, the third set was in play. Orojian was up 4-2, but fell short to Mendes, who came back to win the match 6-4.

Earning four points in the singles was a victorious lead for the Vaqueros. Dat Le at number four in singles won 6-0, 6-0. With the help of Dro Demegerdichian his singles led to a 6-0, 6-2. The next set was by Cameron Braun at number five, who won 6-4, 6-2.

Lastly, Santiago Segovia finished 6-0, 7-6 (5).

Dat Le and Son Tran, the dynamic Vietnamese duo won their fifth point match with a score of 8-2. Having played in Vietnam together, Le and Tran’s chemistry helped them with their win.

Ventura has dominated the WSC for a long time. That ended when the Pirates lost their first conference match since 2006.

“They are the best team in the conference and we know what we needed to do,” Le said.

Cameron Braun and Clayton Pauff would win 8-3 at number three in doubles giving the Vaqueros a triumphant victory over the Pirates.

“Doubles has been the key to us. So getting into doubles knowing we are up 4-2 was a big gain for us,” Coach MacKay said.

The Vaqueros are poised to win the conference title this year.

Going into Tuesday’s game Coach MacKay had a pep

talk with his team about the importance of beating Ventura.

“I think the important thing is that Ventura has dominated and consequently I wanted to win this match today to let people know that Ventura can be beat. We got

it,” Coach Mackay said.

Glendale will face off against Bakersfield on Tuesday at the Vaqueros Tennis Complex.

Sherlyn Ann Maguit can be reached at sherlyn_maguit@hotmail.com

Photo by Jonathan Williams

TOP SPEED: Vaquero Dro Dermegerdichian serves during his match agaisnt top ranked Ventura Pirates.

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Calendar Campus Events EVENTS Persian New Year —The event will feature booths including a decorated table, a tea house, Persian food and music by DJ Alex.

Sponsored by the Persian Students Association. March 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Plaza Vaquero.

Swap Meet — The swap meet is on March 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the upper campus parking lot.

Free and open to the public. For more information, call (818) 2401000, ext. 5805.

Ceremony — The unveiling ceremony for the Garfield Campus Donor Wall will be held on March 17 from 4 to 5 p.m. at 1122 E. Garfield Ave.

WOMEN’S HISTORY March is Women’s History Month.

The college will host various lectures, films and panel discussions on a wide range of topics. Free and open to the public. For more information and for future event schedules visit www.seco.glendale.edu/socialsciences/whm.

Lecture — History professor Peggy Renner will present “The First Dissenters,” a lecture on Puritans Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer from the 1600s. Today from 9:10 to 10:35 a.m. in LB 222.

Panel Discussion — A panel discussion including Ramona Barrio-Sotillo, Elizabeth Kronbeck, Hazel Ramos, Andra Hoffman

Verstraete, and Robyn Fishman will discuss “Choices, Challenge, and Compromises.” Today from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Kreider Hall.

Lecture — History professor Michael Reed presents “Family Planning, Education, Work, and Women’s Work.” Thursday from 9:10 to 10:35 a.m. in SR 138.

Lecture — History professor Renner presents “The Fight to Make Reproductive Rights a Civil Liberty.” Thursday from 10:45 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. in AU 116

MEETINGS Board of Trustees Meeting — The third meeting of the year is on March 17 at 5 p.m. in the Community Room of the Mariposa Building in Garfield Campus.

For more information visit: www. glendale.edu/boardoftrustees.

LECTURE Local Politician — Assemblyman Mike Gatto from the 43rd district will present “A Day in the Life of Assemblymember Mike Gatto.” Admission is free and open to the public. Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. in Cimmarusti Science Center 177.

Los Angeles Writers Reading Series— Author Matias Viegener will read passages from his book “2,500 Random Things About Me Too.” Viegener will answer questions from the audience. afterward. March 13 at 12:20 p.m. at the Student Center

ORIENTATION Fire Academy Orientation — Learn more about GCC’s Fire Academy classes and application process during this orientation.

Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. in AA 108. For more information visit www.glendale.edu/fire or call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5906.

MOVIES Documentary—“Armenia’s Breaking Backbone,” a documentary on the consequences of mining in Armenia will be shown on Thursday from 12:20 to 1:30 p.m. in Kreider Hall. A discussion will follow afterward.

Friday Flix — A screening of the 1984 drama, “A Passage to India,” will be shown Friday. Mike Petros will facilitate a discussion after the film. Snacks and drinks are encouraged. Free at 12:30 p.m. in SG 334.

PARKING Lot Closures — Due to the Canada Boulevard. construction project, City Lot 34 will be closed to student parking through November, 2014 for construction staging. City Lots 30, 31, 32, 33 and the Civic Auditorium garage may still be used for student parking unless restricted by the city for an event. Lot B (the open parking lot area and floors 3-6 of the parking structure) remains open for student parking.

Other closures — Lot 31 will be closed today from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 12 to 6 p.m. on Thursday. The entire lot will be closed from March 10 to 25 for the circus, Circo Cabalerro. The Civic Auditorium parking structure will be closed from 6 to 11 a.m. on March 13.

TUTORING Math Discovery Center — The facility offers computer access and drop-in tutoring for math.

Must be currently enrolled in a math course. Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in AS 103. For information call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5362.

Learning Center — Tutors are available for a variety of subjects. Referral from an instructor, counselor or librarian required.

Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in AD 232. For information visit www.glendale. edu/index.aspx?page=154 or call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5333

HEALTH Nutritional Counseling — Nutritional counseling is available in the Health Center starting this Tuesday. Walk in to make an appointment or for more information call (818) 551-5189.

TB Testing — Tuberculosis skin testing is available for registered students. Mondays and Tuesdays

from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Results can be obtained by returning to the Health Center Thursdays and Mondays from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Appointments are not necessary.

For more information call (818) 551-5189.

PLANETARIUM Afternoon with the Stars — Students and staff can attend a free lunchtime program highlighting the planetarium’s features. “The Moon and Lunar Phases” will be presented Thursday and March 13 from 12:30 to 1 p.m. in CS 257. For more information visit www.glendale.edu/planetarium or call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5275.

ART GALLERY “Paper Trail” — The exhibit showcases work constructed from paper by Daniella Woolf. The exhibit begins March 15 and runs through April 11. Admission is open and free to all. Art gallery hours on Monday and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2 to 5:30 p.m. Hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Friday hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Opening reception is March 15. from 3 to 5 p.m. For information call (818) 240-1000, ext 5663.

Around Town THEATER Glendale Centre Theatre — The Glendale Centre Theatre’s production of “Battledrum” will run Friday through April 19.

Christian Lebano directs and the play is written by Doug Cooney.

The theater is located at 324 N. Orange St. For ticket prices and times visit www.glendalecentretheatre.com or call (818) 244-TKTS. A Noise Within — An adaptation of Molière’s “Tartuffe”

will run through May 24. The production is directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott. A production of Shakespear’s “Macbeth” will begin Saturday and is directed by Larry Carpenter. Located at 3352 E. Foothill Blvd Pasadena. For prices and schedule information, visit www.anoisewithin.org.

COMEDY The Ice House — Kathleen Madigan performs standup comedy Friday at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m and tickets start at $20. On

March 15, Michael McDonald will perform a standup routine at 9 p.m. Tickets start at $20.

Both shows are for ages 18 and up and require a two drink minimum per person. The Ice House is located at 24 N Mentor Ave Pasadena For more schedule information and tickets, visit www. icehousecomedy.com/shows.

Chelsea Handler — Comedian and latenight talk show host Chelsea Handler will be at the Alex Theater to discuss her book “Uganda Be Kidding Me” and

interview actress and frequent “Chelsea Lately” guest Gwyneth Paltrow. Tuesday at 8 p.m. at 216 N. Brand Blvd. Tickets start at $23. For more information vist

vary. North Piazza, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. For information, visit www.lacma.org or call (323) 857-6000.

www livetalksla.org.

Art Exhibitions — Pasadena Museum of Cultural Art. Exhibitions include “Picturing Mexico: Alfredo Ramos Martínez in California,” “Serigrafía,” and “Flora Kao: Homestead.” 490 E. Union St., Pasadena. Runs through January 2014. Visit www.pmcaonline.org or call (626) 568-3665.

EXHIBITIONS “David Hockney: The Jugglers” — LACMA. This project features a film created with 18 cameras The film is displayed in a multi-screen grid. Runs through April 20. Ticket prices and hours

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LIFESTYLE

ASGCC Unleashes the Hot Dogs

Photos by Jonathan Williams

WELCOME BACK BARBECUE: ASGCC members Solene Nanoukian, top left,

and Anna Aleksanyan help out with with all the ammenities including food, drinks and cotton candy in Plaza Vaquero. Student body members Lucinne Garibyan, bottom middle, and president Davit Avagyan grill hot dogs at the barbecue on Feb. 25.

Auditions for Firebug Play

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“I projected and it created an awesome effect, so it went well,” he said.

Leyva has auditioned for four GCC plays and has been in “Almost, Maine” and will also be appearing in the musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” that opens on April 3.

Angela Thompson, a first-time auditioner, sat on an empty table, intently studying a scene from the play for her audition.

“I’m not really nervous because I’ve been reading this for the past hour,” said Thompson. “But when you audition, you get this tingling feeling and it’s addictive.”

Throughout the auditions Garcia and Leyva showed off their acrobatic skills when they proceeded to defy gravity, executing various aerial and side flips.

Glen De Bont, stage manager for “The Firebugs” and an international student from Belgium, chose between

his managerial position over auditioning for the play.

“I hope I made the right decision,” he said. De Bont also appeared in past GCC productions such as, “A Doll’s House” and “A Flea in Her Ear.” De Bont decided to be the stage manager of the play for experience.

“I wanted to audition,” he said. “But I’ve already been in two plays. It’s a small cast, so I thought I’d give other people who need experience and the class to graduate a chance.”

According to Douglas, the audition process is not easy on anyone. However, Douglas was very pleased with the actors who tried out for the play.

“My philosophy is to go with the best actor, and try to stay out of their way,” he said.

Opening night for “The Firebugs” will be May 1 at 8 p.m. and will run from May 1 to 4 and May 8 to 10.

Alexandra Duncan can be reached at alexandran.duncan@gmail.com