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Volume 109 | Number 6

Aviation and Space Club hangin’ at the hangar More photos and story page 7-8

NEWS

FEATURES

SPORTS

ONLINE

Student government election results are in.

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Then and now. GCC celebrates 90 years.

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Cross country and track star Alejandro Amrosio profile.

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LETTERS

The Loss of Language Disintegrates Identities

By Anet Zeynalyan “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” - Nelson Mandela.

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anguage connects us. We are able to communicate with strangers and isolate ourselves for a moment from the rest of our surroundings. We can say things that others won’t understand, and it makes us feel powerful.

We enjoy meeting others with the same background so we can speak our own language. It connects us. We feel comfort being around those we can easily communicate with.

Unfortunately, that communication is lost between certain families. Imagine two people who share the same blood, culture and house who simply cannot understand each other’s language. I grew up knowing very little about my culture. I refused to speak Armenian, learn about Armenians, and refused to admit that I was Armenian. This was my fear of becoming a social pariah.

As a child, I was unable to comprehend why speaking Armenian was so important to my mother. Until this year. I was standing alongside a grandmother, holding her grandson’s hands on April 24. We were surrounded by thousands of other Armenians, protesting outside of the Turkish Consulate.

The little boy asked his grandmother a question. It was a question that she could not answer in the English language, though she tried. She heavily struggled to get the words out, knowing the answer was important to him. At that moment, I sensed a great disconnection between them. I felt sympathetic towards both the individuals. I now understood how disconnected my mother felt with me.

Armenians try their best to hold tight onto their culture, but

no matter how much of it gets lost, it is brought back on one significant day.

April 24, 1915, was the start of the massacre perpetrated by the Turkish people in an attempt to eliminate the Armenian race.

Although they did not succeed, they killed over 1.5 million Armenians, and took over the majority of land otherwise known as Western Armenia. Every year, hundreds to thousands of Armenians gather for a peaceful march to commemorate the genocide all over the world. As the years have gone by, more and more cultures, celebrities, and even political figures have joined us to speak up on human rights.

GCC Professor Odett Zeynalyan has a fear of Armenians marrying outside of the community.

“There aren’t many Armenians left within the world. If Armenians start marrying other cultures, the Armenian race will slowly disappear,” Zeynalyan said.

Anthropologist Madlen Avetyan has a different take.

“I have seen individuals who

have married non-Armenians, and choose to teach their children Armenian from a very young age,” she said. “While at the same time, I have seen couples where both parents are Armenian speak strictly English to their young child. To me, that loss of language is a bigger crime against the identity than marrying outside of the culture.”

This is an issue I’ve grown to understand throughout the years.

While watching the little boy try to understand the broken English his grandmother was speaking, I felt extremely grateful for having had parents who never gave up on instilling my culture into my soul. Language is a big part of a culture, but I’ve come to find out that the ritual Armenians perform once a year is much greater. I might have witnessed a connection being lost between two relatives, but there was a force pulling our spirits together.

That is the magic of marching.

Children, teens, and adults of all ages become one. I march not only to raise awareness, but to be in one spot with complete strangers that

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I still call my family.

Maybe it’s the guilt of finding myself in my culture at such an old age. Maybe it’s the guilt of putting my family to shame when I wasn’t able to answer where my family was from for the longest time. It might even be the guilt of having no knowledge of the Armenian Genocide until I was 16 years old. Whatever the reason is, I will continue to march. March for those who died, and march in celebration for those who have survived.

Anet Zeynalyan can be reached at anetzeynalyan@gmail.com

On the Cover: Glendale College’s Aviation and Space Club host their annual Hangar hang out on May 21. The college’s airplane flies at Whiteman Airport.

Photo by Ken Allard

IN THIS ISSUE:

News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Campus Comments.. . . . 12

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Women Dominate Student Gov. Elections

By Alex LaFosta

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SGCC, the official student government for Glendale Community College, held its elections last week and the women won big. More than 980 Students voted for female candidates over their male counterparts.

Former Senator of Organizations Colleen Gabrimassihi won the coveted President/Student Trustee position. The president/ student trustee is responsible for coordinating ASGCC’s business -- including administrative goals and long range organizational planning of the ASGCC Legislature.

Newly elected Vice President of Administration Rachelle Gilbuena’s responsibilities will include recommending revisions of governing documents to the legislature and maintaining ASGCC records, agendas and elections.

Alina Gamboa, newly elected vice president of finance, will be responsible for managing the budget and making recommendations to legislature on revisions to the financial code.

Former Senator of Activities Jessica Coompson replaced Laura Thomas as vice president of the Activities Committee. Jessica Coompson will be in charge of monitoring, organizing and conducting ASGCC events.

David Khechumyan also received a title bump this election, moving from senator to vice president of relations. The Relations Committee acts as ASGCC’s historian and liaison to college departments and programs by coordinating marketing and recruitment activities for the school.

Former Senator of Activities Keran Oroudjian replaced Lilit Bazikyan for the position of vice president of organizations.

The organizations committee is responsible for presenting funding recommendations for student organizations to the legislature and recruiting student organizations to participate in the Inter-Organizational Council – a club dedicated to “fostering a spirit of unity among Glendale Community College students in order to enhance their academic, cultural and social lives,” according to their website.

The next step for executive members is to collaborate with staff and faculty to appoint 20 senators through an interview process. Four senators will be chosen for each executive position, excluding the president.

Photo By Alex LaFosta Alex LaFosta can be reached at AlexLaFosta@gmail.com

Meet Your New President!

El Vaq talks to ASGCC’s newly elected student President

Photo Courtesy of Colleen Gabrimassihi

VICTORY!: Newly elected Vice President of Finance Alina Gamboa (left) & Vice President of Activities Jessica Coompson (right) sporting vicotory grins outside of the Associated Students of Glendale Community College office on capmus.

By Alex LaFosta El Vaquero caught up with the newly elected ASGCC President/ Student Trustee Colleen Gabrimassihi to discuss this year’s student government elections.

With an active street team and even her own Snapchat filter, Gabrimassihi is already arguably the most recognizable face on campus.

Before getting too far into our discussion with Gabrimassihi, we were interrupted by a passing student shouting, “Hey, you’re Colleen! I just voted for you!”

“That’s so sweet!” Gabrimassihi said, attempting not to blush.

“Thank you!”

Student government hasn’t always intrigued Gabrimassihi. She mentioned that her cousin, who was a former GCC student, is the one who initially encouraged her to join the student government.

“He really encouraged me to make a real experience out of the

two years I had here and not just let the time pass.” Gabrimasihi said. “I like the handson learning, as opposed to classroom learning, so that really pushed me to join.”

Gabrimassihi recalled the day she decided to make the jump from senator of finance to president of the entire student government.

“I remember being very stressed out,” she said with a grin. “I didn’t even know if I wanted to join AS [this] semester… but I was very encouraged and inspired by the people around me and how much they pushed me to grow as a person.”.

During her time at GCC, Gabrimassihi has taken an interest in a wide range of postcollege careers -- from business to journalism.

Though one thing that she knows about herself from jug-

gling schoolwork and student government this past semester is that her ambition outweighs her exhaustion.

“All I know is that I don’t have a limit for myself.” Gabrimassihi said. “It’s been a great learning experience so far.”

Gabrimassihi mentioned growth a lot during her campaign, noting that college should be a domain where students can develop themselves as individuals and pursue personal and academic goals.

“My vision for Glendale Community College is to establish an environment that radiates opportunity and growth,” Gabrimassihi said. “Because when you stop growing, you die.”

Alex LaFosta can be reached at AlexLaFosta@gmail.com

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FEATURES

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Glendale College Then and Now

NOW: GCC library with students studying and books are far as the eye can see.

THEN: GCC library with plenty of seats where shelves full of books are now present.

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NOW: GCC track made of polyurethane a sythetic track surfacing

THEN: GCC track made of dirt with runners training for a meet

NOW: GCC auditorium with students waiting for class to start

THEN: GCC auditorium where comencement used to be held

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Glendale Community College was founded in 1927 and is celebrating its 90th birthday this year. The school was created to meet the educational needs of those living in Glendale and the many neighbors who suround the city’s borders. The college that was once 25 acres has grown to be 100 acres with 20 permanent buildings.

NOW: GCC administration building where palm trees now stand in the front of the building

THEN: GCC administration building photo

“Then” photos courtesy of the GCC Library Digital Archives

“Now” photos by Johnny Ruiz

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Hanging Out at the Hangar Aviation and Space Club hosts a party in the sky

SAFE LANDING: GCC flight instructor Edwin Sahakian taxies over to hangar M7 after giving an in-flght tour.

SKYHAWK: This Cessna 172 Skyhawk II is co-owned by GCC flight instructor Bruce Allport.

Photos by Ken Allard See story Page 8

NICE VIEW: Aircraft enthusiast Arthur Poghosyan records a video on his phone from the backseat of a Cessna 172.

REFUEL: A maintenance worker at Whiteman Airport refuels a Cessna 172. Whiteman Airport has its own maintenance crew that attend to all of the planes periodically.

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Aviation and Space Club Hangs at the Hangar

By Ken Allard

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he cramped single-engine propeller plane shuddered in the hot San Fernando Valley winds as we made our approach toward the runway.

“It’s a light plane so it gets tossed around quite a bit,” said pilot Edwin Sahakian, flight instructor for GCC’s Aviation Program. “It’s more like a ride at Magic Mountain than one in a plane.”

A rollercoaster ride, indeed.

Our Cessna 172 Skyhawk made a rough one-hop skip on the runway at Whiteman Airport before touching down and coming to a crawl 2,000 feet later.

We taxied over to hangar M7 so the next crop of excited attendees of Glendale’s aviation program open house event could get their own flight-induced adrenaline rush.

The GCC aviation department open house was held on May 21 as a way to showcase to the Glendale community what the flight program is all about.

“Well that was awesome,” said Arthur Poghosyan, fellow passenger and open house attendee. “Especially your first time getting up there in a small plane, it’s been a dream of mine for awhile.”

Our plane only flew three quick “patterns,” essentially a medium-sized loop around the airport with its own take-off and landing sequences, but it was enough to get a feel of what fly-

TALK TO ME GOOSE: One of GCC’s three Cessna 172s full of excited open house attendees takes off from Whiteman Airport in Pacoima.

ing is like — which is exactly what was planned.

“We love to get people up there, especially kids, and give them a taste of flying,” said Chad Krueger, President of the GCC Aviation and Space Club and one of the organizers of the event, “it’s a great way to get them hooked.”

Hooked, and hopefully into the aviation program at Glendale, which is always looking for promising new recruits.

GCC’s 88-year-old aviation department offers two programs: pilot training and the flight attendant and travel career program.

The flight attendant and travel career program prepares students to become a flight attendant in

I’VE GOT THE NEED: Looking north-northwest out the back window of a Cessna 172 towards Santa Clarita.

the airline, corporate and travel industry, offering courses dealing with airline reservation systems to travel safety and first aid.

The pilot training program is the more popular of the two. It is a four-semester program that offers a combination of ground classes and flight labs to get students ready for their private pilot or commercial aviation license. The array of classes offered includes meteorology, navigation, aircraft structure and aerodynamics, radio procedures and flight regulations as well as many others.

Glendale’s lab portion is held at Whiteman Airport, an inconspicuous landing strip 17 miles west of Glendale’s campus in Pacoima, where students can log

some real-world hours in college-owned aircraft.

“Whiteman [Airport] is perfect, there’s hardly any other air traffic to deal with, which makes it ideal for training,” Krueger said.

A low-pressure environment for student pilots, the airport also has its own air traffic control tower, giving students valuable experience with proper take-off and landing protocol. To the north you have Santa Clarita, which, according to Krueger, is perfect for practicing “stalls.” To the west you will find Van Nuys airport, a much busier hub of airplane traffic, which offers an additional dimension for aspiring pilots.

About 150 to 200 people par-

PREPPED FOR TAKEOFF: GCC has its own hangar at Whiteman Airport where all three college-owned Cessnas are housed and maintained.

ticipate in the program currently, according to Robert Newman, another flight instructor who has about 30 years experience flying.

He said most of the students decide to go fly commercially once they graduate.

The program is equipped with an on-campus FAA-certified flight simulator, three Cessna 172 Skyhawks, its own airport hangar to house the training planes, and a handful of flight instructors with thousands of flight hours logged between them.

“It’s a very great program with instructors that know what they’re doing” said Harry Artsvelian, who attained his own private pilot license in 2013 through the aviation program and now flies out of El Monte airport with a private flight club.

Mr. Artsvelian may have undersold just how good these instructors at Glendale are. The combined résumé of the program depth chart rivals the best of them.

Among the staff, you have: a retired police helicopter pilot, a former airline pilot, a retired U.S. Customs pilot, an international private charter pilot and another who is licensed to fly most Boeing airliners.

All of this instructional talent at a fraction of the normal cost, too. “The Glendale program is probably the cheapest in Southern California,” Kruger said. “You can easily save thousands of dollars by going through here.” The cost of GCC’s program is $8,000 while most private programs will charge you anywhere from $10,000 to $12,000.

The website Pilot-Colleges, which ranks college flight programs on a number of categories, places Glendale’s program at No. 7 in the state of California and 97 nationally. That ranking is rather impressive, considering most of the schools occupying the list includes major universities with vastly superior program budgets.

The price, availability, handson experience, and the wealth of knowledge to be cracked open from the passionate instructors makes GCC’s aviation program the hidden gem of the Jewel City.

Ken Allard can be reached at Kenallard4@gmail.com

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FEATURES

Alumna Credits GCC for ‘New Path’

Antonella Wilby now creates robots exploring the sea

By Carolina Diaz

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hen she attended Glendale College, Antonella Wilby loved robots.

She wanted to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering since she enjoyed building things, but everything changed once she constructed an autonomous robot.

Then she realized she liked programming the robots as much as making them.

“I don’t think I would have discovered this new path had it not been for GCC,” said Wilby, “and I’m grateful I was able to take the time to figure out what I really wanted to do.”

Wilby returned to GCC on May 23 for a talk on “Robot Explorers: Technology For A New Age of Ocean Conservation,” about how robots can be used to explore the ocean and map the

floor with more detail.

“Coming back to GCC always feels like coming home,” said Wilby Wilby transferred from Glendale College in 2012 to UC San Diego. She earned doctorate degree in computer science. Wilby is also part of the National Geographic Explorer, creating custom underwater cameras that help monitor endangered species like the Vaquita porpoise.

Wilby is now in the process of starting a nonprofit program to help build technology for exploration and for educational outreach.

Her goal is to start workshops that will teach STEM students through robotic explorations.

“I believe that we all have an obligation to use our individual talents and unique skills to do something that helps the world,” said Wilby.

ROBOTS: Antonella Wilby presenting her future robots ideas to the attendees.

But robots are not her only interest.

“If I ever move back to Los Angeles the first thing I’ll do is

sign up for one of Beth Pflueger’s advanced music theory classes and re-join the orchestra!,” said Wilby.

Photo by Carolina Diaz

Carolina Diaz can be reached at itscarodiaz@gmail.com

Student Directors Showcase Their Wares

By Nareg Atteukenian

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he theatre arts program introduced a student-written, student-directed, student-designed and student-viewed play program known as a the “10 Minute Play Fest.”

“Out of my playwriting class in the fall, it was a goal to put student works and people who took that class into a designated slot,” said Jeanette Farr department cochair and producer of the series.

The plays, showcased through May with a final performance tonight, were created by the students and came from their creativity. The themes varied from ice cream and cookies to dramatic tragedies.

Farr had hoped to make it all about students and by students, putting her previous classes and other students who hoped to participate into the mix.

“It builds on all the skill sets that are job appropriate today,” said Farr. “People are looking for who can work in a collaborative environment, they’re looking for folks who are multi-taskers. All of those things theatre arts pro-

vides.”

With the many different aspects of producing a play, the theatre arts department helps a variety of students.

“Whether it’s in our technical theatre arts, or our acting, it’s working with people in a collaborative environment,” said Farr.

The similarities between a sports program at a college level, and the theatre arts department are strikingly similar.

“You’re going to see some talent that is going somewhere,” said professor Jeremiah Munsey, theatre arts instructor/house manager. “You’re seeing GCC teaching a discipline and kids exercise that discipline as if they were in the professional world.”

Students learn to work with each other and they also experience what working in the professional setting is like.

This program allows students to write and direct other students plays, and by doing so it helps them to work together and get a taste of the real-world experience.

“I want people to come and see the 10-minute play festival and key into the fact that it is

mainly a student driven event,” Munsey said. “It’s a brand-new project and they’re getting to work in as much as we can offer in a professional setting.”

From writing and directing, students gain the opportunity to do something that doesn’t always appear before a student: being their own boss.

“Writing my own play is really exhilarating,” student Joshua Archer said. “You get to take your own thoughts and feelings and create a piece from start to finish.”

Writing their own pieces is a truly inspiring part of the theatre arts department and helps the students to take a larger role by taking those plays written by fellow students and then directing them.

Students get to direct their own plays and they get to have an unusual role for a student.

“So far it’s been really great,” Josie Basford a GCC student said.

“The support I have from the theatre department and having a space to work from, is a really supportive system.”

Photos by Jeanette Farr Nareg Atteukenian can be reached at natteuk376@student.glendale.edu

ICE CREAM SUNDAE: Fernando Vazquez, above, stars in “Quality Ice Cream” and Kano Perfors, left, performs in “Crumble.”

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S P O R TS Athlete Profile:

Alejandro Ambrosio Star of Two Sports Cross Country / Track Runner Places High in State Championships

By Ricardo Nuño

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e was 10 years old when he had to leave his friends and family behind to start a new life, make new friends, learn a new language and be the new kid in school. And that was just the start for Alejandro Ambrosio.

Ambrosio has gone on to become a star in track and field at Glendale Community College.

This year, he placed second in the Western State Conference for the 1,500-meter, first place for the 5,000-meter and the 10,000-meter. Last year, he placed fifth in the SoCal Cross Country Championship and 20th place in the State Championship.

“He’s loyal, his loyalty to his teammates, to the program, to the coaches, he never talks bad about people, he’s always smiling and he loves to run,” said cross-country coach Eddie Lopez.

Ambrosio was born in a small town in Oaxaca, Mexico. Growing up there he described it as “not being too bad” his parents had a steady income where his mother owned a store in their pueblo. After arriving in the United States, it was sports that helped him adjust.

“In the 12th grade I wanted to try something different so I joined Students Run LA, and that trains you to prepare for a marathon,so little by little I started to do more distances until I did the run finally,” he said.

From there Ambrosio’s peers and teachers encouraged him to join the track team. To his surprise, Ambrosio found himself going to the city finals on what he calls a good experience.

Ambrosio said his parents inspire him because they are hard working people and that’s where he feels he gets his work ethic.

His drive comes from wanting to be the best at everything he does;

it’s just his competitive nature and wanting to leave a legacy behind.

Lopez said his first impression of Ambrosio was quiet and soft spoken. But after team members voiced their opinions that there’s more to the all-around athlete.

“He’s a well rounded athlete, good student, never misses practice and he’s always d o i n g more,” Lopez said.

“He runs about 90 miles a week that’s a lot of running.”

Ambrosio said his childhood was good and playful growing up.

He described himself as an active kid. His parents allowed him to focus on school and having fun. He would spend hours going out into nature and playing soccer with family and friends.

“It wasn’t always play and school for me; my mother believed I had to have a g o o d

work ethic, so she regularly gave me chores,” Ambrosio said. “One of the best memories was to take care of my cousin’s herd of animals, even though I wasn’t demanded to do such work, I found it fulfilling because I would be around nature and good company.”

Coming to the states and enrolling in the fifth grade, he said the hardest adjustment was getting accustomed to the culture here and learning English.

“Being the oldest is especially hard because I had no one to help me with my homework and it was a struggle but I eventually learned,” Ambrosio said.

Ambrosio said that the language barrier and being a shy person made it hard to make friends here, but later he learned to skate -- and that’s where he was able to form friendships.

Back in Mexico he would have to travel if he wished to further his education. He’d have to leave his family, live on his own and depend on his parents to send him supplies to survive and go to school.

Ambrosio now has to bike 10 miles from his home to GCC. He says he doesn’t mind biking. At

TAKING THE LEAD: Alejandro Ambrosio gets a few steps on his opponent at the SoCal Track Finals.

first he says it was difficult but he got used to it. Also biking those miles has helped him prepare for his races.

Coach Lopez recalls a memory where Ambrosio missed the van going to West LA and a friend saw him riding a bike all the way to the meet and still won the races.

Lopez described it as a wow moment for him, but he knew that Ambrosio wouldn’t ask for a ride to meets so he has assigned the

captain to make sure he always does.

Ambrosio said he liked the coaches here in GCC. “The coaches really helped me,” he said. “They really pushed me to do my best, and I feel like without them I wouldn’t be where I am and I’d like to thank them.”

Ricardo Nuño can be reached at rickynuno818@gmail.com

Photos courtesy Alejandro Ambrosio

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SPOTLIGHT on campus PERFORMANCES Dance — Performance 2017 will be presented in the Glendale Community College Dance Theatre at 8 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free and open to the public. No children under 5 will be admitted. Seating is limited and on a first come, first serve basis. The performance is directed by Dance Professor Dora Krannig and Emeritus Professor Lynn McMurrey. The students both perform and choreograph the dances as part of their course work from the dance production classes.

Showcase — Theatre arts students will showcase an introduction to acting at 7 p.m. on May

31. Seating is limited.

by Linda Zoolalian. Admission is free.

Showcase — Theatre Arts Student Showcase presents “Acting Fundamentals II” and “Voice for the Actor.” It will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday in the Auditorium.

Admission is free. Seating is limited.

Jazz — Big Band concert led by director Byron Delto will take place in the Audiotirum at 4 p.m. on June 11. General admission is $10 and $7 for students and seniors.

CONCERTS Jazz — GCC will be holding a Chamber Jazz Concert led by music director Christian Coulter. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Audiotirum.

General Admission is $10 and $7 for students and seniors.

Recital — Students from advanced piano classes will be performing at 7:30 p.m. on June 9 in AU 211. It is coordinated

Chamber Music Recital — Chamber Music will be performed by ensembles from the chamber music class. The recital is coordinated by Dr. Paul Sherman. It begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in AU 211. Admission is free.

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MISCELLANEOUS

Ceramics Sale — Decorative and functional pieces made by students in stoneware, porcelain, majolica, raku and earthenware.

Proceeds from the sale help fund equipment and supplies for the ceramics program. It runs from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday in SC 212. Open to the public. Call 818-240-1000, ext. 3059 for more information.

The GCC Food Pantry — Now open in SR 134. Hours are noon to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday; and 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday. The Food Pantry is open to any currently enrolled GCC student who completes a short Food Pantry application. Donations are welcome. More info at www.glendale.edu/foodpantry.

Art Show — The Annual Juried Student Art Show will take place in the Art Gallery located in the library building. Art Gallery, Library Building. For gallery hours go to www.glendale.edu/ artgallery.

Planetarium — The GCC Planetarium presents “Afternoon with the Stars” from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and “Starlit Rest and Recharge” from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday. Both planetarium shows are free.

around town THEATER Mixed Show — Los Angeles Ballet Academy Presents Mixed Show 25th Anniversary Gala at 2 p.m. on Sunday. In case you miss Saturday’s “Let’s Dance!” the LABA has prepared an exciting diversity of dance ranging from jazz to contemporary, hip-hop to tap. Come early to view the Silent Auction and purchase a flower or two for our dancer. The show takes place at the Alex Theatre.

For tickets and more information call (818) 243-2539.

Ballet — Los Angeles Ballet Academy presents its 25th Anniversary Ballet Gala. Join in on the celebration of the award-winning Los Angeles Ballet Academy. Arrive early to view the Silent Auction and purchase a flower or two for your favorite dancer. The gala will begin at 7 p.m. on June 3 at the Alex Theatre. For tickets and more information call (818) 2432539.

Dance — The Los Angeles Ballet Academy Presents “Let’s Dance!” in celebration of its 25th anniversary. Come see L.A.’s youngest dancers give an unforgettable performance. Arrive early to view the Silent Auction and purchase a flower or two for your dancer. The show begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Alex Theatre.

MUSIC Noon Concert — Concert Singers Performance led by Dr. Peter Green will begin a 4 p.m. on Sunday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Brand Blvd. General Admission is $15 and $10 for students and seniors. For more information, call (818) 240-1000 ext. 5622.

Concert — GF Bayona Productions presents Sharon Cuneta and Ian Veneracion in concert. The

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performance languages will be English and Tagalog. The events begins at 7 p.m. on June 24 at the Alex Theatre. For tickets and seating call (818) 243-2539 or visit www.alextheatre.org.

Concert — Philippine Patrons of the Arts presents “Musikahan!” with Maestro Ryan Cayabyab. It begins at 6:30 p.m. on June 25 at the Alex Theatre. For tickets and more information call (818) 2432539 or visit www.alextheatre. org.

EVENTS Festival — The DTLA Arts & Music Festival 2017 will run from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on June 11.

There are only 52 tickets remaining, free tickets are sold out. The festival kicks off with a Kemetic Yoga class then stage performances all day and evening, including hip-hop dance, DJs, vendors and food trucks. The

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location will be announced on Friday via email to all registered ticket holders.

Exhibition — Glendale Arts and Dublab present “Open Shows: Mndsgn, Sudan Archives, Cat500.” Open Shows presents a night of emerging sights, sounds, crafts, and experimentations. It is a one-night-exhibition hosting artists and their projectors. The event begins at 8 p.m. on June 29 at the Alex Theatre. Tickets sell at $15 for General Admission Seating. For additional information contact info@openartsmusic. com.

Downtown — Glendale’s 24th Annual Cruise Night will be from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on July 15. Continuing the tradition of Cruise Night, the 24th Annual Cruise Night Also features Fireworks Spectacular at the end of the program near the main stage.

There will also be live entertain-

ment and will be hosted by Brian Beirne. The event will take place in Downtown Glendale on 216 N. Brand Blvd.

MISCELLANEOUS Open Mic — Pierre Garden Restaurant will be holding an open mic night at 7 p.m. on Thursdays and at midnight on Fridays. It is a new Open Mic on the circuit, but has received a wonderful and eclectic group of musicians, singers, comedians & writers. Every Thursday performers show up and share their talents and artistry together.

They connect, mingle, eat and drink and support each other in the name of appreciating the arts. Sign-ups are at 7 p.m. and the first performance begins at 8 p.m. Admission is free. For more information visit www.pierregarden.com or call (818) 551-5455.

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Campus Comments: GCC Students Voice Their Opinions How Are Studens Preparing for Finals?

By Carolina Diaz

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he end of the semester is near and that means finals week has arrived. From English to math and the endless study guides, students are stressing and preparing for the last few weeks.

Students add lost hours to their deprived sleep schedule, drink caffeine to stay awake and leave their social life for a week.

During the whirlwind of exams, the campus will host a series of de-stress events for students.

From June 7 to 13 starting at noon to 2 p.m. the Learning Center will host de-stressing activities like: - June 7: A screening of the film “Baraka” while coloring Mandalas.

- June 8: Come on down and watch the Star Wars classic “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.”

- June 12: Relax with some board games and zen music.

On the last day June 13: Students can draw on whiteboards while listening to Pink Floyd’s album “Dark Side of the Moon.”

Finals week runs June 7 to 14.

Michelle Nambo, 41, Accounting Certificate “This semester I feel lost. My hardest final is for my Written Business Communication class. I have to make a LinkedIn profile, resume, and cover letter, and my final will be having an interview with a professor.”

Sarah Seo, 23, Graduated “I only have one class which is physiology. I am just studying every day consistently.”

Alexis Silva, 20, Pursuing to be Detective “I am flying to Salem, Oregon to explore the city, probably get a tattoo and look for job opportunities around Salem.”.

Carolina Diaz can be reached at itscarodiaz@gmail.com