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Volume 108 | Number 3

Program Assists Student Parents

Debates Offer Hostility and Unprecedented Political Behavior

By Morgan Stephens

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By Sheron Page

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inger paints, building blocks, kiddie socks, nap time, toddler tools and baby drools. That is what’s happening on the top of the hill on the Glendale Community College Campus. In the corner of the lot you’ll notice a jungle gym, along with kids, tables and chairs.

This term, the Parent Education Preschool Program celebrates 65 years. The classes are a part of the college’s non-accredited program and it’s tuition-free.

Thirteen courses are offered each semester­— with some of them at night for parents who work late.

The director of the program, Barbara Flynn, a mother of two, has dedicated many years to being an innovating leader and parenting guru. This program is not daycare, but a course to prepare children for preschool. She has a staff of eight adjuncts who assist her in the daily programs, most of whom have gone through the education program with their own children.

“Many parents enjoy the interaction with other parents it a judge-free zone to ask questions,” Flynn said.

Parents attend two- to threehour classes with or without their kids. Ages can range from newborns to infants to toddlers. In these courses parents learn the [See Program, page 7]

Photo by Tess Horowitz

Olivia Rogerson plays with building blocks at the Child Development Center.

Photo by Melody Shahsavarani

Four-year-old, Sofia Vergara, enjoys playing with a princess dollhouse. Vergara attends the program every Monday.

residential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debated for the second time on Sunday at Washington University.

The tension was palpable between the two candidates, as neither opponent offered a handshake when they took the stage.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz from ABC moderated the debate. It was town-hall style, meaning undecided voters were able to ask the candidates questions screened by moderators.

Questions regarding ISIS, Syrian refugees, national security, Russia, health care reform, taxes, and nuclear weapons were the subject of debate as well as recent controversies.

The debate came on the heels of the video released Friday in which Trump bragged about groping women, which he said he was free to do because he was a star. He addressed the country with an apology Friday evening. When Cooper asked Trump about his comments, he repeatedly relayed it back to “locker room talk.”

“It’s just words, folk,” Trump said.

Numerous Republicans, such as Sen. John McCain and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, withdrew their support for Trump over the weekend.

Gov. Mike Pence, Trump’s vice presidential running mate, came out saying he “cannot defend” his comments.

In an even weirder turn of events, Trump held a press conference hours before the showdown with Hillary Clinton with Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Kathy Shelton and Juanita Broaddrick, women who had accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault.

On Sunday, while candidates were meant to be addressing voters’ questions, it took only 10 minutes before the video footage of Trump was discussed and 17 minutes before he brought up Bill Clinton’s infidelities.

“You can say it any way you want to say it, but Bill Clinton was abusive to women,” Trump said.

When asked how each candidate thought they modelled appropriate behavior for today’s youth, Clinton responded, “What we all saw was Donald talking about women, what he thinks about women, what he does to women. I think it’s clear to anyone who heard it, it represents exactly who he is. We’ve seen him insult women, rate women on their appearance, embarrass women on TV and twitter. . . . It represents exactly who he is, because we’ve seen this throughout the campaign.”

Trump took jabs at the Democratic party and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC chairwoman who resigned after emails leaked of her conspiring against Sen. Bernie Sanders in the primary election.

“I was so surprised to see [See Debates, page 3]

Athletic Hall of Fame Inducts 6 New Athletes, Coaches and the 1979 Men’s Soccer Team

By Steven Montoya

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lendale Community College elected six individuals into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The inductees performed at a stellar level during their time with GCC. This year’s group excelled either as an athlete or a coach. From the ’60s through the early 2000s, these Hall of Famers exhibited an illustrious career.

The atheletes inducted into the Hall of Fame Saturday are Tony Hoggatts, Brett Miller, Frank Farwell, Robert Dos Remedios, Dianne Spangler and the 1979 Men’s Soccer Team.

Oliver Shokouh, who is the owner of the Glenale Harley Davidson dealership, received the Distinguished Community Partner Award.

All the inductees attended GCC, but a few have coached for Glendale as well.

Spangler participated in six different sports at Glendale college and joined volleyball leagues at parks. Later on in her life, she coached the women’s Cross Country team.

Farwell played football during his time here and later coached the football team.

Miller also played football for both GCC and Iowa for two years. After Iowa he went on to to have a 10-year career in the NFL. This year’s Hall of Fame class has achieved very impressive feats.

“I wanted to be able to give back to Glendale College since they provided me with the leadership skills that I have today,” Farwell said. “It’s nice to be able to give time to the kids and take the time to help so they can be successful in their life.”

Farwell won two championships with the football team. As a player and as a coach he won three more championships. Miller also won a championship during his time at Glendale, but chose not to be a coach.

Instead Miller went on to have a lengthy career as an offensive lineman in the NFL. He spent his first six years with the Atlanta Falcons, a year with the Chargers and his final three years with the New York Jets.

Photo by Chandler Cadet

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OUTSTANDING: GCC alumni and 10-year NFL veteran Brett Miller receives the Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award Saturday at the induction ceremony.

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OPINION

Solutions to Police Brutality Must Begin with Important Conversations

By Morgan Stephens

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ric Garner, 43, died as a result from a chokehold by police in July 2014 for selling cigarettes on the sidewalk in Staten Island, N.Y., setting off a wave of protests.

A month later, Michael Brown, 18, was shot by an officer in Ferguson, Miss., and a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer sparked riots leaving local

discovering the media focusing mostly on agitators in the crowd and their voices fall yet again on a sea of deaf ears.

According to The Counted, thus far in 2016, 827 civilians have been killed by police. 2015 held the highest number of police shootings in a over a decade.

Thirty-five percent of unarmed people killed were AfricanAmerican, despite them being only 13 percent of the population.

As a caucasian woman, I realize

what I now understand to be racism, micro-aggressions or stereotyping would be not only morally wrong but a disservice to those who have taught me otherwise in my lifetime such as my family, teachers, friends and colleagues. Life experience also has a funny way of humbling you, making you empathetic to things you wouldn’t think twice about before.

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton referred to it as “implicit

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STOP THE MURDER: Breona Vaughn holds a banner depicting minority killings by police nationwide during a Black Lives Matter protest on campus in March, 2015. The list has grown far longer in the eight months since.

businesses in shambles.

Tamir Rice, 12, killed by police in Cleveland, Ohio, while playing with a toy pistol. Walter Scott, 50, was shot and killed while running away from a police officer during a routine traffic stop in Charleston, S.C. Freddie Gray, 25, died while in police custody in Baltimore, Md. Sandra Bland, 28, was illegally detained in Waller County, Texas, and died in jail three days later.

Phillando Castile, 32, was shot to death at a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn., with his girlfriend and her four-year-old in the backseat.

Keith Lamont Scott, 43, killed by police. Terence Crutcher, 40, killed by police.

The list goes on.

Charges against some of the officers involved in the killings ranged from manslaughter to murder, but others were only placed on administrative leave.

We’ve come to expect a pattern: intense media coverage, community hysteria, the victim’s past brought to light, sides taken, protests, counter protests, riots, a Department of Justice investigation. Then it falls into the back of our minds until a few months, or weeks, or days later when it happens again.

But it always happens again.

Poverty stricken neighborhoods depleted of resources find themselves feeling defenseless, scrambling to defy the discrimination.

Peaceful protesters flee to the streets but become exhausted after

I don’t have the same daily anxieties as my AfricanAmerican peers. I don’t fear for my life if I’m pulled over in my car or worry if my clothing will increase my chances of being stopped by police. This is due to my privilege, a shameful fact but a fact nonetheless.

By acknowledging my own entitlement, the doors to honest conversations open.

Growing up in the South in the ’90s didn’t mean I was removed from the intolerant culture that pretended to be swept under the rug after the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation 40 years prior. It was still present.

The bigotry crept in different ways though, maybe without the same transparency as before but as cultural tradition or patriotism.

Although, I’d like to believe that the South has grown away from it, never to look back or relish in its haunted past of public lynchings or the Klu Klux Klan, a few childhood experiences refuse to leave my memory: Confederate flags, representing the South’s fight in the Civil War to preserve slavery, hanging starkly on a friend’s living room wall while I join them for a wholesome family dinner or waving proudly on the back of a lifted truck in the lane next to me, racial slurs among grade school friends then laughter, de facto segregation in public schools and suburban neighborhoods. That was what my immediate environment exposed me to.

To neglect in identifying

bias.” She proposed retraining police and addressing mental health concerns in the US. It shouldn’t go without saying I have the utmost respect for police who go out every day to risk their lives to protect and serve their community with the best intentions. They recognize the deep-seated issues and do their best everyday to counter that. But our existing conditions just aren’t working for them or us.

“Police are overburdened,” said Ziza Delgado, a professor of history and ethnic studies. “They are sent to scenes where they’re dealing with homelessness, drug abuse, mental illness. These are scenes that should actually be dealt with by social workers, mental health experts, teachers and community members. If police are really there to protect and serve, they need to be completely retrained.”

Efforts have begun to be made to address excessive use of force by police.

The US Department of Justice offers grants for law enforcement agencies interested in adopting community policing. Las Vegas and Chicago police department’s set up civilian review boards for independent investigations of complaints made against officers.

Politicians offers solutions such as police training and gun control.

“I hope what comes out of all of these horrific and premature deaths is a very serious policy discussion, an urgent desire to change the system. Because it’s

unsustainable,” said Delgado.

A study

by American Sociological Report found that African-Americans were less likely, by the thousands, to dial 911 immediately following a highly publicized assault or death of a black person at the hands of police.

“Whether we call on them because of a dispute between neighbors or a robbery or a shooting or sexual violence, the police rarely meet our needs,” wrote Rose City Copwatch, a group in Portland, Ore. which promoted policing alternatives and restorative justice.

“Rather than serve as advocates for true justice they use their incredible power to reinforce the oppressive status-quo. They threaten us with violence and incarceration and target the most oppressed and vulnerable people in society. This is the current state of policing and it will be the future unless we work to change it.”

Rose City Copwatch disbanded in 2012, but other movements like Black Lives Matter and The Civil Rights Project at UCLA have taken their place.

Solving racial injustice is a web of complexity with no simple remedy. But to begin, we must have the uncomfortable but necessary conversations regarding our past that is ever-sopresent in our culture today.

The shock and finality of repeatedly witnessing a person dying an unnecessary death as you simply scroll through your newsfeed can take its toll. What was once a sharp, unignorable pain becomes a dull ache and then numbness.

One is faced with a choice: to live in a perpetual state of helplessness, cursing the unfairness of it all, or to use one’s voice, refuse to become numb, to be empathetic with an open mind, to stand in solidarity with the victims, to have uncomfortable conversations so this never, ever has to happen again.

I choose the latter.

Morgan Stephens can be reached at morganstephens6@gmail.com

Letter to the Editor Thank you for writing (and publishing) the article, “Personal Account: Viewing 9-11 From Behind Bars.” It was so insightful and heart wrenching at the same time.

Quality work.

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Supporters see Duterte and Trump as Hope for Change

By Diane Roxas

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ecently elected Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been dubbed “Trump of the East” by the media for his vulgar language and foul mouthed rhetoric.

He has joked about the brutal rape and murder of an Australian missionary in Davao City, called Pope Francis and President Obama “son of a whore” and just recently, compared his war against drugs to the Holocaust and likening himself to Hitler.

Duterte has also been condemned for his anti-drug campaign that allegedly resulted in over 3,000 extrajudicial killings in the country since his inauguration on June 30.

But despite his inappropriate comments and infamous war against drugs, Filipinos still love their president. They call him their hope for change.

He has a “97 percent trust rating as of last week, despite the growing numbers of drug users and pushers killed as a result of extrajudicial killings,” according to Hazel Ramos, a professor who teaches Philippine history.

She gave a lecture on campus, Oct. 3, sharing a historical perspective on why Filipinos love Duterte.

She discussed how democracy is applied in the Philippines explaining how political leaders, who are mostly related by blood or marriage, hold the majority of wealth and power. The Philippines has a political system designed to benefit the rich and

powerful creating a huge socioeconomic gap.

Duterte bridged that gap for the people. He lives in a modest home, dresses in polo shirts and khakis and dines at sidewalk eateries.

“He communes with the people. The idea is that he is relatable to the average Filipino versus the Manila elite,” Ramos said.

He was the mayor of Davao, a city in the south of the Philippines, for 20 years before he decided to run for presidential office. Davao has seen major changes under his rule. A liquor ban and curfew for minors were just some of the popular laws he imposed on the city.

In 2015, Davao was considered the fifth safest city in the world, when in the 1980s it was one of the most violent places in the Philippines, where people were killed in broad daylight.

“Duterte, for them, is seen as a hero because of what he has done to Davao City. He has cleaned up Davao using authoritarianism,” Ramos said. “He has a track record that has worked so if he applies it to the Philippines, the hope is that he’ll clean up the Philippines and that people will do better economically.”

Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, on the other hand, has no political track record to speak of and a lot of controversial issues have dogged his name, though Trump’s vocabulary can rival that of Duterte’s.

Trump has been bashed for his misogynist and racist comments – calling former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, “Miss Piggy”

Photo courtesy of the Department of State

MEETING: US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hand with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malacañang Palace.

and “Miss Housekeeping,” mocking the reporter with a disability.

Just recently, a tape has leaked out with Trump saying crude comments towards women.

“A lot of people like the fact that he is not politically correct, he’s blunt,” Dr. John Queen, political science department cochair, explained. “He says things that a lot of people have stopped saying. There are a lot of people, conservative people, who feel

like they are not able to express themselves without being looked down on by other people.”

“The other thing that is going on is the aftermath of the great recession,” Queen said. “People’s economic situation has either deteriorated or flattened out so their income isn’t rising. A lot of people got hit very hard by that [recession] and there’s a lot of anger that comes out of that.”

He explained that Trump ap-

peals to the issue of economic equality and the stagnation of the middle class by blaming other people in the country – especially the immigrants.

Unlike Duterte, Trump does not have a modest lifestyle that allows him to reach out to the working-class people. He is a real estate mogul and a reality television personality, but the people see him as someone new, as someone who does not have a political background may be a breath of fresh air to some people who are tired of the politicians.

The USA Today Network interviewed Trump supporters from across the country on why they decided to vote for Trump.

“If we continue to vote for the same old governors, the same old senator, the same old politicians, we’re going to get the same old government,” Roz Lesser, 71, from Florida said. “Changes have to take place in Washington, and I honestly feel that Mr. Trump is the one that can make those changes happen at the very minimum. It hasn’t worked with the career politicians, let’s give it a try.”

Some of them also tend to see the silver lining in Trump’s comments, pointing out that he’s being honest, unlike his opponent Hillary Clinton.

“I don’t like the fact that he is very verbally disrespectful sometimes, but I think he’s very honest, and it’s not something we see,” South Carolina voter, Meredith Mason said. “Usually politicians will tell this group [See Filipino Lecture, page 4]

Debates: Presidential and VP Candidates Lock Horns to defend. And yet, he is asking everybody to vote for somebody he cannot defend,” said Kaine.

Pence wasn’t rattled. He chuckled at some of Kaine’s remarks. He addressed viewers many times throughout the debate at home by turning and speaking to them directly.

The GOP website slipped up by declaring Pence as the winner 90 minutes before the debate had begun.

“Mike Pence made the most of his opportunity to debate Hillary’s VP pick Tim Kaine,” the GOP site wrote. The page has since been taken down.

The next presidential debate is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 19.

[from Debate, page 1] him sign on with the devil,” said Trump, referring to Sanders endorsing Clinton after his defeat.

“It’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country,” said Clinton.

“Because you’d be in jail,” Trump interjected with the cheers from the crowd.

Trump went on to publicly disagree with his running mate, Gov. Mike Pence when referring to the humanitarian crisis in Syria.

“He and I haven’t spoken and I disagree,” Trump said.

Governor Pence was declared the winner in his debate against Clinton’s vice presidential pick Sen. Tim Kaine on Oct. 4.

CBSN anchor Elaine Quijano moderated. She asked both vice presidential nominees questions regarding immigration, nuclear proliferation, women’s reproductive rights and ISIS. “Voters rarely scrutinize debates line-by-line, instead making their judgments on the overall tone and performance of

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a candidate,” said CNN analyst David Gergen. “Pence will not fare well with fact checkers, but his poise and polish played well with voters. For better or worse, style counts a lot in these debates.”

CNN reported Pence’s success

came by “throwing Trump under the bus and refusing to defend him from Kaine’s criticisms.”

Kaine was on the offensive throughout the evening. Fasttalking and seemingly nervous, Kaine drilled Pence regarding Trump’s controversial comments

throughout the campaign. Pence refused to acknowledge them altogether.

“Six times tonight I have said to Gov. Pence, ‘I cannot imagine how you would defend your running mate’s position.’ And in all six cases, he has refused

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Author Presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book

By Diane Roxas

“I

am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces…I am also a man of two minds.” These are the opening words of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Sympathizer,” by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

The author read from his novel and answered questions from the audience in an event sponsored

by Friends of the Glendale Public Library Sept. 29 at the Adult Recreation Center in Glendale.

Around 50 people were gathered in the lecture hall listening intently to Nguyen, who was introduced by Friends events vice president Robert Gordon.

“The Sympathizer” is written in the form of a confession about an undercover communist spy working as a captain for the army of the Republic of Vietnam around the time of the Vietnam War. The action of the novel is after the war, when the Americans had retreated and refugees fled from the south. The narrator came with the refugees. He was a mole.

“It is autobiographical in a sense that I took my feelings of being someone who was never quite at home — someone who is Vietnamese, but also American,” Nguyen said. “Growing up I felt like I was a spy, in a sense that when I was at home, I was an American looking at them as an outsider. And when I went out into the world, I was not quite American observing other Americans as a spy.”

Nguyen was born in Vietnam, but was raised in the United States after his family emigrated in 1975. He arrived in the country when he was 4 years old, together with his parents and his 10-year-old brother. Back then, immigrants could not leave refugee camps unless they had sponsors or employers. With no one willing to take in a family of four, Nguyen was separated from

Photo by Diane Roxas

AUTOGRAPHS: Author Viet Thanh Nguyen signs books for fans after a reading in the Adult Recreation Center at the Glendales Central Public Library on Sept. 29.

his family and stayed with an American family.

He was reunited with his family in 1978, and his parents opened one of the first Vietnamese stores in San Jose, where he grew up. He graduated with degrees in English and ethnic studies from UC Berkeley, where he also earned a doctorate in English.

He is currently a professor of English and American studies and ethnicity at USC. Nguyen read excerpts from the book in a modulated voice, befitting the book’s narrator, and talked about the film, “Apocalypse Now,” and novels that influenced him while writing the book.

He talked about “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, a novel he encountered in college, which was used to shape the “similar condition of ambiguity and racial invisibility experienced by the narrator.”

“I think a lot of people who are immigrants or refugees or minorities feel that kind of outsider status wherever they go,”

Nguyen said.

Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s “Journey to the End of the Night,” a novel that was considered “vulgar and outrageous,” was his model for some of the sensual scenes, as well as the pace of the story with the protagonist traveling from one place to another.

“The bitter, sad, melancholic recalling of the war” resonates with that of António Lobo Antunes’ “The Land at the End of the World.”

“So it was that we soaped ourselves in sadness and we rinsed ourselves with hope, and for all that we believed almost every rumor we heard, almost all of us refused to believe that our nation was dead,” Nguyen recited

the letter sent by the narrator to his aunt in Paris.

“The Sympathizer” also depicts a satirical take on Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 drama “Apocalypse Now.” His novel criticizes Hollywood and its one-sided perspective in portraying the war.

“The lack of speaking parts for Vietnamese people in a movie set in Vietnam might be interpreted as cultural insensitivity,” Nguyen quoted from his book. “Could you not even just have them speak a heavily accented English — you know what I mean, ching-chong English — just to pretend they are speaking in an Asian language that somehow American audiences can strangely understand?”

Nguyen also discussed Joseph

Heller’s “Catch-22,” which made an impact on how he portrayed the war by introducing humor to make it bearable, finding something funny in the absurdities of war.

At the end, he talked about the culmination of his novel and how “The Sympathizer” was brought about.

“You write and you read.

There’s no other mystery to it,” Nguyen shared.

He was on a break from teaching when he decided to start writing the book. He wrote a chapter per month from 2011 to 2013, giving himself a deadline of up to his wife’s pregnancy due date. Just in time, Nguyen finished the manuscript two days before the birth of his son. He used his paternal leave to work on revising his novel.

Nguyen bagged several awards for “The Sympathizer,” including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. It also topped multiple bestseller lists including the New York Times, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal.

“The Sympathizer” raised a lot of important and controversial issues, but above it all, he wants his readers to realize that: “War is a universal experience that has been with us for a very long time, and will continue to be with us if we don’t recognize our innate capacity to be inhuman.”

Diane Roxas can be reached at droxas817@student.glendale.edu

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Philippine President Duterte Compared to Donald Trump [Filipino Lecture, from page 3]

what they want to hear and then they’ll go tell the next group what they want to hear. It’s refreshing to have somebody who actually has an opinion and is not afraid to voice it.”

Recent polls show a decline on Trump supporters though it is still a close match between the two presidential candidates. After the second presidential debate, there are stills a lot of issues and questions left unanswered by both parties. But one of the big questions is, ‘what can Trump do for

the country if he wins?’

“A lot less than he thinks he can,” Queen explained. “He could have a lot of influence in trade.

He could make a lot of changes in regards to climate change. He could have an immediate impact on the Court, pushing it in a conservative direction. Several of the justices are quite old and he might have the opportunity to appoint more than one justice. And that impact would last decades.”

Diane Roxas can be reached at droxas817@student.glendale.edu

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GIRL POWER: GCC hosted the Aspire, Initiate and Master program with Ana Hernandez, from left, Ilona Bodnar, Gemma Busoni, Janet Barrientos, Madeline Martinez, Nikka Esfahani and Janeth Vargas.

By Breanna Hamilton

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hat if there were more women in technology?

Glendale College’s Aspire, Initiate and Master program hosted Latina Power in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) conference on Oct. 1. Over 300 middle school and high school Latina attendees were introduced to activities, TECHNOLOchicas, Microsoft, Apple, etc.

TECHNOLOchicas is a

collaborative project designed to raise awareness among young Latinas and their families about opportunities and careers in technology.

“Statistics show that within the field of technology, only 25 percent of the tech industry is made up of women. Out of that, only 1 percent are Latinas,” said Lolita Taub, keynote speaker from TEDx Women in Tech and Business. Taub focuses on including people of different cultures in the corporate world and has continued a career in the technology field.

According to a graph from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on TECHNOLOchicas. org, over a million jobs will be added in information technology by 2020.

After the presentations, groups were sent off to participate in hands-on activities from coding to robotics.

The conference emphasized the message to diversify and spread the word to young women and encourage all to Breanna Hamilton can be reached at bhamill3707@gmail.com

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GCC Alumni Performs Stand-Up in Hollywood

By Diane Roxas

“I

’m not racist, I’m just racy” is the tagline of Graig Agop, a GCC alumni who is making his way as a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles.

“People ask me if anyone gets offended at my show,” Agop said.

“I tell them everyone gets offended at my shows. But I am trying to be a little less horrible and a little more adorable.”

He has a dark, twisted sense of humor, preferring things to be shocking and inappropriate because he thinks, “that is when it’s more alive.” He delivers punchlines with a poker face that makes one think twice if he was joking or not.

“Before we go any further I just wanted to say that though I have never been inside a black woman before, that I have a black woman inside me,” he said.

“Her name is Loretta and she’s a 46-year-old diabetic that loves potlucks and saying things like ‘I a pre she ate shoe’ which means ‘I appreciate you’ for all you white people.”

“I can understand why some people might get offended by his sense of humor, but when you’re at a comedy show, being ‘polite’ goes out the window,” said Nairi Varteressian, one of Agop’s closest friends. “I think Graig’s style is meant to shock you. I love that he has his own style and he’s not afraid of pushing people there. We need to be pushed past our comfort zones so that we can grow and learn more, not only about others but also about ourselves.”

Agop started out in Glendale College with a passion for photography and joined the El Vaquero team as a photographer.

When he won awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges conferences and was encouraged by staff members, he decided to trade his camera for a pen.

He started writing for the paper, where he eventually got his own column and was given the freedom to explore. He covered anything about pop culture and entertainment, putting a twist in his stories by inserting his own brand of comedy.

“I wrote an article about the Jonas Brothers called ‘Congratulations Disney, Your Fruitcake Is Delicious’ and the editor had to change his email,” Agop said.

He graduated in 2013 with an associate’s degree in mass communications that led to a career in marketing.

“I feel like I got so much from my time at Glendale College,” he said. “I mean I spent 8 ½ years because it was impossible for me to meet my math requirements.

I kept accidentally graphing swastikas in pre-algebra. It may have been a cry for help but it made me who I am today.”

He and his brother, Hovsep Agop, started their own online publication called “Idol Magazine,” a satirical magazine featuring entertainment news.

Last year, his article on Gabourey Sidibe losing 179 pounds while horseback riding went viral. It got 400 million views before his brother had to take it down. It was featured on

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A. County firefighters line up to salute slain officer Sgt. Steve Owen at a memorial service held in La Crescenta on Friday.

Owen, 53, a 29-year veteran of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, was shot and killed while on duty in Lancaster on Oct. 5. Owen was the first officer ever slain on duty in that city.

Graig Agop

“The Wendy Williams Show” and people even bought domain names of the fake diet he created.

He also dabbled in writing scripts for the big screen.

Agop wrote a screenplay with his brother called “Black Magic,” which is about an aspiring entertainment journalist, Colin Laferty, and his best friend Tabooky Tabucky Green III, the heiress of ranch dressing. He got it into Jonah Hill’s hands but had a hard time finding a producer to finance the project.

“That’s why I love stand-up,” he explained. “You can write something earlier that day and perform it that night, and you

Photo by Tina Compise

don’t need $8 million to do so.”

He started taking improvisation classes with the Upright Citizens Brigade where he improved on his craft before taking it to the stage. His first show was at The Comedy Store, front-lining for comics such as Chris D’Elia and Iliza Shlesinger.

“I’ve always known comedy was Graig’s path growing up, and stand-up has been a great testing ground for his ideas,” his brother said. “He’s a natural entertainer and I’m looking forward to what his brain comes up with next.”

He has only been in the business for about a year, but has made headway in launching his

career as a comedian.

Earlier this year, Agop produced his own show in Hollywood called “Cheat Day! The Super Secret Weight Management After Party,” hosted by Playboy playmate Irina Voronina. The sold-out show featured comics like Mary Basmadjian and Gilli Nissim.

“I realized early on in life that if you are not feeding someone, making them laugh or getting them off, you’re just wasting their time,” Agop recounted. “I am a terrible cook and have had signs of pre-rheumatoid arthritis and you can’t get anyone off with that.

So I had no other choice but to be a comic.”

He confessed to having a lot of anxiety going onstage, but he owes it to a great support system – his brothers, aunts, friends, and co-workers – that he is able to pursue this career path.

“They have all pushed me to work harder, get it together and keep it together,” Agop said.

“I learned that you have to be your own agent and your own manager, and you have to make things happen for yourself. You also have to work hard. I have great work ethic. I put in an hour or two a day and the hard work is what pays off.”

Graig Agop will be at The Comedy Store’s Main Room at 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 and he performs at the HaHa Comedy Club every month for Armenian Nights.

Tickets are available on his website: www.graigagop.com

Diane Roxas can be reached at droxas817@student.glendale.edu

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Food for Thought Helps Hungry Students

Photos by Elena Jacobson

SHORT BREAK: Volunteers Tatevik Shahinyan and Joe Pallon take a break in between helping distribute dry goods to hungry students at the campus food bank located in the San Rafael building Thursday.

By Elena Jacobson

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t is hard to imagine a student here on campus not having enough food to eat regularly, it happens often in colleges. The Academic Senate has taken steps to help those students in need with the new GCC Food for Thought Pantry.

With an overwhelming correlation found in studies between college students not having enough to eat and underperforming in class, a task force was developed by the Academic Senate, to find a solution. The food pantry was the answer.

“Twenty to 25 percent of students have severe food insecurity,” said Paul Mayer, chair of the task force. “Fifty four students have visited in the

last week.”

No student is turned away or asked for proof of need, making it accessible to everyone. The food pantry also offers a few items for students with children, including diapers.

Each item they receive is given a point value no higher than three, according to size and price. Each week a student is given 10 points to spend, on The food pantry gets donations, not only from students, but from local restaurants, churches, and volunteer groups throughout the community. There are collection bins across both the main campus and the Garfield campus, where any non-perishable food can be donated, the food for thought pantry also accepts money donations.

“Every dollar donated is

spent on food.” said Paul Mayer “That’s one of the reasons it works so well.”

The Food for Thought food pantry is a non-profit project and is run by volunteers, in which cash donations are solely used for food. The money is spent at grocery stores, where they sometimes get discounts for being a non-profit.

“This program helps students go for their goals” said Tatevik Babayan a volunteer at the pantry “because when you are hungry you can’t study and this helps.”

The project has only gotten positive reactions since its start, not only from the students and faculty on campus but the surrounding community as well.

“We have been receiving nothing but unfaltering support from the faculty, staff,

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Tatevik Shahinyan puts together a food package.

administration, and students.” said professor Ellen Oppenberg, the outreach coordinator for the task force. “In addition, community groups have also come together to support us with generous financial contributions. It is truly heartwarming.”

The pantry has big plans for the future, including expanding to add another pantry to the Garfield campus and helping the student there as well. The pantry also wants to expand into perishable

items that need to be refrigerated, as well as meal cards for the cafeteria.

Food for Thought is located in SR 133, down the hallway marked SR 134 on the first floor of the San Rafael building. It is open from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Elena Jacobson can be reached at laneyjacobson520@gmail.com

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‘Wicked Lit’ Livens Up Local Cemetery

By Elena Jacobson

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hree horror plays, a cemetery and a mausoleum… at night, what could possibly happen? Right?

The scene is talent night at Camp Mountain View and the audience will be taken through three classic horror stories.

However this is not a typical stage play, each story takes place in different parts of the mausoleum and cemetery across the street. The story leads the audience through different areas, while still being a part of the story. These walking plays create a level of interaction as you go room to room.

“I loved it and it was so exciting” said Cassandra McKimson, an attendee of “Wicked Lit.” “ It was also pretty scary. I ran ahead of my friend to catch up to the story guide and left her in the mausoleum by herself.”

She was not the only one, throughout the various plays audible gasps and whispers were heard throughout the audience.

The wide-eyed audience clearly had a lot to take in with the amount of details built into

each set, creating a creepy and disturbing setting for the horror stories.

Before talent night starts, the camp director and counselors greet the audience. The camp director is a vampire and the counselors are an assortment of creatures, each with their own backstory. They all have their own tents and activities to check out independently during the two intermissions.

Talent night features “From Beyond” by H.P. Lovecraft, a story of an invention gone wrong; “Anansi,” and “The Demons,” adapted by Jonathan Josephson, a story of trickster demons out for revenge; and “The Shadowy Third,” by Ellen Glasgow the story of an insane, hallucinating woman, who actually might be more sane than anyone in the house.

It was seven years ago, that three friends started a small stage production that changed the way audience’s experience literature by interacting with stories rather than watching from afar.

Wicked Lit started out small, but grew to successful heights over the years. The production first started at Greystone

Mansion in Beverly Hills, then moved to their current residency at Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery in Altadena .

“It’s amazing how many ways, you can transform a room,” said Jeff Rack, one of the founders, about creating each set. “We use the space in a different way.”

With a lighting designer for each show and two sound designers plus a full cast, the show is a full production.

The stage is set in a mausoleum, the fear clearly comes through in the colors and characters throughout the scenes.

Tickets cost $50 and comfortable shoes are recommended. The run time is approximately two hours and 45 minutes, the pre-show starts at 7:15 p.m. “Wicked Lit” runs until Nov. 12 and is located at 2300 N. Marengo Ave., Altadena.

Actors McKenzie Eckels and Eric Keitel.

Photo courtesy of Daniel Kitayama

Elena Jacobson can be reached at laneyjacobson520@gmail.com

Child Development Center Helps Kids, Parents [Child Care, from page 1] importance of not only being a parent, but becoming educated on how to adapt to family changes, lifestyles, growth and understanding one another socially and emotionally.

“It’s a wonderful environment to see children interact with their parents. It’s an amazing feeling to see growth and discipline,” said Sofiya Nazari, who has been program secretary for 10 years.

In the curriculum are the practice of positive school parenting, successful toilet training, behavior tools, and how to build selfconfidence in both parents and children.

“Society has showered our children with technology and it is no longer allowing children to be children,” Flynn said. “Catch

Photo by Nancy Villalobos

LIFE IS GOOD: Twin brothers Kevin and Matthew Zeynalian, 4, are enjoying themselves during playtime on Sept 26, at the Life Skills Center daycare.

your child being good.

“As parents we are often so busy with emails, phone calls,

and work we forget to give our children recognition just for being a child,” Flynn said. “It’s not

always about what they are doing good, but it’s about how we teach them to do good.”

In 2011, GCC faced budget cuts and the Parent Education Program was in danger. The program was saved, but courses have been cut by about 50 percent. There are now 16 courses per semester.

After the cuts, the student parents formed a group that is known as the Glendale College Parent Education Association (GCPEA).

“Having this Association allows us to make sure our children and parents are getting the proper tools we need to further our knowledge in better parenting as well as preparing our children for the future,” said Merrin Marra, a mother of two and member of GCPEA. “I love being involved and finding new ways of being a better mother. I love the trial runs

of mimicking preschool hours.”

“As we celebrate 65 years of our program we would like to thank the administrative, which has been extremely supportive,” Flynn said. “So many of the surrounding colleges aren’t offering tuition-free parenting and student development courses with hands on experience. We will continue to teach and enjoy the journey of our parents and children as we all grow and learn together.”

If interested in being a part of The Parent Education Program register online at www.glendale. edu.com for spring or winter semesters. For more information contact the office at (818) 2435196.

Sheron Page can be reached at Sheronepage@gmail.com

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It Ain’t Swede: Traditional Celebrations

By Tina Fernestam

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ello again, last semester this column was launched to point out some differences between the way things are done here and in my country of Sweden. Things like what to say or not say to a Swede, what kind of food we think is weird, and the differences in the weather. For those who were following, and anyone new onboard, we now continue on the path to make you fully Swedish. Here I will teach you about traditions.

In Sweden, we celebrate a few of the traditions you have here, like Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Easter and Valentine’s Day. But our ways of celebrating may seem strangely different.

There are few things we do on almost every holiday. We drink schnapps (a small shot of a strong alcoholic beverage) on Christmas, Midsummer and Easter. Meatballs, mini-sausages, herring, eggs and salmon are standard on these days. The only change is that we have a Christmas ham, Jansson’s temptation (potatoes mixed with onions, anchovies and cream) and ris á la Malta (Christmas porridge.) When we talk about herring, we don’t talk about one or two different herrings, we talk about endless choices. It’s almost like we have as many choices of herring as you have Oreo flavours.

Valborg: (Walpurgis Night) April 30 is the day when we welcome summer by lighting huge bonfires all around the country. The entire city comes together and celebrates together.

Since the next day is a public holiday in Sweden, people usually use Valborg as a day to throw a party. In Landskrona (my city) we also have the fight between representatives of summer and winter. Two people on horses will ride against each other with a sort of sword to see who wins, and of course, the winner every year is summer.

Midsommar: One day in late June, we get together with our families and/or friends to celebrate John the Baptist’s birth.

It’s said to be the day where we Swedes drink the most alcohol. On this day we make our own flower wreath to put in our hair, we then collect seven different flowers and put them under our pillows because then we’ll dream about the person we will spend the rest of our lives with (I’m still waiting for you Channing Tatum). Maybe the part that sounds weirder than that is, we cover a pole, called midsommarstång, with leaves and flowers, then we dance around it and sing about little frogs, sleeping bears and foxes. On this day we eat a lot of herring, but the food that is most associated with midsummer is nypotatis (the first potatoes from that year’s harvest) together with sour cream and chives. For dessert, there are fresh strawberries. We always try to be outside no matter what. But like I said in an earlier column, Swedish weather cannot be trusted.

Photo by Carles Tomás Martí

MIDSUMMER: Swedish people dance around the Midsommar Pole, decorated with flowers and greenery. The tradition is similar to the Maypole in the U.S. Advent: Every Sunday in December we will light a candle, usually we have an advent candlestick with four candles, one for each Sunday. I don’t really know why we celebrate it but we

start preparing for Christmas on the first Sunday.

Lucia: On Dec. 13, children will dress up as little santas and gingerbread men, and one girl gets to be Lucia, which means that

she will wear a long white dress and candles in her hair. Then all of the children, with Lucia in front, will go in a Lucia train and sing traditional songs. On this day we also bake Lussekatter (saffron buns), gingerbread and drink glögg (mulled wine.)

Christmas: Here in the states you celebrate the holiday on Christmas Day, but we Swedes can’t wait that long to open our presents, so we celebrate on Christmas Eve instead. On that day, children (yes, on Christmas I am still a child) get to open one present when they wake up.

Then at exactly 3 p.m., the family gathers around the TV to watch “Donald Duck and His Friends Wish You a Merry Christmas.”

It’s a collection of old Disney shows from the last 60 years, such as Robin Hood, Mickey Mouse and of course Donald Duck. The show is the same every year, except that it always ends with one or two new Disney movies.

After Donald Duck it’s time to eat julbord (Christmas food table) and then it’s time for the moment everyone’s been waiting for, the presents. In Sweden when it’s time for the gifts, one person says that he or she’s going out to “buy a newspaper” and then comes back dressed as Santa and gives everyone their presents.

On this day you’re also allowed to eat from the lower layer of the Aladdin and Paradis box (popular chocolate boxer during

Christmas) without anyone complaining.

We also have a big issue in Sweden, one of the biggest questions that comes up every Easter and Christmas is about the two beverages we have, påskmust and julmust. The drink is a sort of soft drink that we associate with these two holidays. But to the big question, are these two beverages the same thing but with different labels? With that question you will see our country split, some say yes, it’s the same, but some, like myself, say that it’s not the same thing and it doesn’t taste the same. No matter how much research people have done, the country will still be split. But if you are wondering which one’s the better choice, you can never go wrong with a bottle of julmust.

These traditions are the most important for us Swedes, and of course we have Halloween, Easter, New Year and others, but it’s very much like yours except we don’t go all in with decorations like I’ve seen here (some people do, but not the most part). But to summarize, we can’t wait one more day to open our Christmas presents, we love to eat the same food a lot, we love to drink both alcohol and julmust and we dance around a covered pole while singing about animals. We are normal people too, I promise.

Tina Fernestam be reached at mfernes239@student.glendale.edu

Interested in Journalism? There’s a transfer major just for you...

EL VAQUERO AA-T Journalism OPTION

Program Learning Outcomes: • • •

The Associate in Arts in Journalism for Transfer Degree is designed to prepare the student for transfer to four-year institutions of higher education and is specifically intended to satisfy lower division requirements for a baccalaureate degree in Journalism at a California State University.

The Journalism AA-T degree requires: completion with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 in all of the 60 CSUtransferable semester units; completion of the major and the CSU General Education (40 units) or IGETC (37-39 units) requirements.

All courses used to satisfy the major for the Associate in Arts degree must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.

List A: Select One (3 Units)

Required Core (9 Units)

JOURN 104 – Student Publications Editors

Prerequisite JOURN 103 or equivalent

JOURN 102 – ReportIng The News – an introductory course in

JOURN 110 – Photojournalism JOURN 250 – Visual Communication

Prerequisite Eligibility for ENGL 101 List B: Select Two (6 Units) ENGL104 – Critical Thinking and Argumentation

Prerequisite ENGL 101 PHOTO 101 – Introduction to Photography POLS 101 – Introduction to Government

Prerequisite Eligibility for ENGL 120 or ESL 151

the gathering and writing of news, features, and editorials. Recommended preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 101.

Transfer Credit: CSU (C-ID JOUR 110)

JOURN 103 – Student Publications Staff – This course produces the campus newspaper, El Vaquero.

Recommended preparation: JOURN 102 or equivalent; Eligibility for ENGL 101; LIB 191 Transfer Credit: CSU (C-ID JOUR 130) MCOMM 101 – Introduction to Mass Communications – an introductory course exploring the history, institutions, and social impact of mass communication media.

Recommended preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 101.

Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC 3.0 Units

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‘Enough Said’ Explains Political Word Games

By Sal Polcino

“I

f for I want that glib and oily art. To speak and purpose

not.”

In Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” Lear’s daughter Cordelia says that she doesn’t have the skill to lie.

In Mark Thompson’s auspicious book, “Enough Said,” the author attempts to explain how that particular skill, the use of rhetoric to lie and deceive, is what has gone wrong with politics and the use of contemporary public language.

Thompson, president and CEO of the New York Times Co. and former director-general of the BBC, is in a unique position to investigate this issue.

“Public language matters” is the opening statement in Thompson’s book. In this age of digital media, there is a virtual world where a politician can plant an idea that could reach 10 million minds before leaving the

podium.

This phenomenon was witnessed Sunday evening during the presidential debates. Truth doesn’t matter, only words and how they are presented.

Thompson’s first example of media swaying public opinion is a statement made by former Lt. Gov. of New York, Betsy McCaughey, attempting to discredit the Affordable Care Act while on Fred Thompson’s radio show in 2009.

“Every five years, people in Medicare will have a required counseling session that will tell them how to end their life sooner,” McCaughey said.

This statement was completely untrue, yet began a negative campaign, which vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin perpetuated by using the epithet, “Death List.” These false and misleading statements influenced millions.

Uncompromising ideology permeates both political parties in the U.S., despite the fact that compromise is the key to

successful government.

According to Thompson, there is low trust in politics.

Conspiracy theories and anger abound. Donald Trump feeds on this anger.

“There is great anger. Believe me,” said Trump in a campaign speech in March.

Thompson compares Trump to Hitler in that they both believe that if language sounds authentic, then it is authentic.

The anger extends to individuals as well. Thompson cites George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher,

President Obama and now Hillary Clinton as shouldering the blame for many of society’s problems.

In 2007, British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused journalists of replacing responsible reporting with sensationalism and character assassination, making harder to find honest dialogue.

Thompson said the informed public is the elite and that truth, facts and science no longer have the privileged status they once held. The public and the journalists do not fully understand the issues. Politicians distort reality with jargon and doublespeak, deliberately ambiguous or euphemistic speech used to obscure or evade.

Political speeches are filled with catchphrases and slogans. Trump uses parataxis, which are short sentences and repeated words like “believe me.”

“Trump has found a wanton ecstasy in it, a joyous spasm of indignation in which his supporters are only too happy to lose themselves.”

Thompson points out that Trump adapts to the mood of his audience with “great skill.” Another rhetorical trick that Trump takes advantage of is alliteration. Like Caesar’s “veni vidi vici,” the candidate uses phrases like “walls work.”

Thompson writes of his own role in journalistic integrity. In 1986, after the U.S. bombing of Libya, he felt that the reporting was whitewashed and sensationalistic. BBC was behind in its reporting of daily news, so he produced a late news segment to present more timely news, striving to compete with the following morning’s newspapers.

Crucial stories were presented in a nine 9 o’clock broadcast.

The author cites George Orwell from his 1946 essay “Politics in the English Language,” in which Orwell advises against clichés and other pitfalls and misuse of public language, such as “the unnecessary use of long words, over-writing, excessive use of

the passive voice and pretentious foreign or technical terms.”

Thompson thinks politicians have ignored that advice.

The author feels that the legacy of honest and in-depth reporting has been destroyed by the internet. Because of the “instant news” presented in posts, tweets and memes millions of people get their news in abbreviated form and many don’t even read the full story, but just the click-bait headline.

According to Thompson, politics has become marketing.

The first 10 words of a story cause readers to form snap judgments, very much like advertising. Nancy Duarte, in her book, “HBR Guide

“Trump has found a wanton ecstasy in it [parataxis], a joyous spasm of indignation in which his supporters are only too happy to lose themselves.” to Persuasive Presentation,” says, “We live in a first draft culture.

Compose an email. Send. Write a blog. Post. Why care about being an excellent communicator when you have so many other pressing things to do.”

After reading “Enough Said,” one will not come away with any real solution to the dumbing down of language in politics. The author believes it would take a global catastrophe to cauterize public language, like a third world war.

The principles of rhetoric, ethos, pathos and logos, now lean mostly to pathos—pity and sadness. Yet the author tells us, “Don’t despair. Public language has come back before. Just open your ears, use good judgment, think, speak and laugh. Cut through the noise.” Not very encouraging.

Sal Polcino can be reached at elvaqed@gmail.com

WANTED: Illustration by Wesley Merritt

PARATAXIS: Donald uses short sentences, repetition and catchphrases in campaign speeches to sway supporters.

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S P O R TS Women’s Golf Oct. 9 9:45 a.m.

Brookside Golf Club Pasadena

Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Oct. 7 @ El Camino Win 1-0

Oct. 7 @ Citrus Lost 5-0

Women’s Cross Country First in State

By Steven Montoya

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he Women’s Cross Country team dominated their competition and it’s nothing new. The team won their fifth straight meet Oct. 7 at the San Bernardino Invitational, it’s their sixth win out of seven races. The Lady Vaqueros are currently ranked No. 1 in the entire state.

In a game of endurance the team seems to have the right collection of runners to have blow out wins. The overall score is determined by the runners’ place; first place runner’s score one point for their team, second place scores to points for their team and so on. When all the runners finish the points are added up and whomever has the least points are the winner. It’s most definitely a team game and it showed at the San Bernardino Invitational where the Vaqs scored 23 points and were 47 points ahead of the second placed College of the Canyons.

“It’s a tough sport that is very mental, you have to have a certain mindset to get you through the tough runs,” sophomore runner Serena Garcia said. “You

know your team is counting on you.”

The Lady Vaqueros are steamrolling every meet they show up to and it’s no fluke. The wins are continuing from last season, after winning the State Championship. Last year’s championship win was the fourth championship they’ve earned since 2007.

Glendale Community College has a gem in their hands that no one seems to talk about — a wrecking machine team that runs over every competition like the 2007 Patriots, absolutely unstoppable. They’re a dynasty like the Pittsburgh Steelers of the ‘70s.

“Running is a positive outlet that gives you a natural high and makes you feel so alive and strong.” Garcia said.

Running most definitely gives a natural high, especially when the team wins practically all of the races. Last season, during the State Championship, all five of the cross country runners finished either 14th place or above which qualified them to be 2015 All-Americans. This team is no joke.

“Being on a team with people who have similar mindsets to push their limits help the indi-

Cross Country Upcoming WSC Championship @ Oxnard Oct. 21.

Another Tough Loss for Vaqs Football

vidual push themselves more.”

Garcia said. “Knowing your teammates are hurting just as much as you are and running along side you, that’s all the motivation you need.”

The dominating performances that have transitioned from last season to this season most definitely has the team fixed on a certain mindset that will push them above and beyond.

The team has lost before at a State Championships meet. They weren’t there for the experience, they were there to win and just like every meet this year, they’re there to win. The results speak for themselves.

The cross country team has dominated its division since 2007, when coach Lopez joined the staff.

“Our team’s goal is to win the State meet.” Garcia said.

This Friday the Lady Vaqs have a bye week and will race again Oct. 21 in Oxnard for the Western State Conference.

Hopefully, GCC will continue its excellence in Oxnard.

Photo by Sal Polcino Steven Montoya be reached at s.montoya.sm62@gmail.com

WE WERE ROBBED!: Vaquero Mincy Randall breaks away for a 40-yard touchdown in the first quarter of a home game against West L.A.on Oct. 1.

The TD was called back after a penalty against Glendale.

Athletic Hall of Fame Honors 1979 Men’s Soccer Team [Hall of Fame, from page 1]

Photo by Chandler Cadet

CLASSIC SOCCER TEAM SCORES: Players and coaches of the 1979 Vaqueros men’s soccer team unite once again for a photo after the Glendale College Hall of Fame award ceremony at the student center on Saturday. The entire team was inducted to the Hall of Fame.

San Diego Chargers and his final three years were with the New York Jets.

“Everything that I did and accomplished started here and I wouldn’t have had that here career without these guys here.”

Miller said. “It’s the coaches and the guys that I’ve played with that kind of opened my eyes to what the game of football is about and it kind of took a life of its own.”

Spangler is better known for her time as the coach of the Women’s Cross Country, however she is the first female coach to ever be inducted. So she most certainly is the spearhead for other players turned coaches.

“I’ll be the first female outstanding coach in the Hall of Fame,” Spangler said. “I was just working my tail off doing what I did for my job.”

The Hall of Fame plaque will be in the J.W Smith Student Center, room 212.

Steven Montoya be reached at s.montoya.sm62@gmail.com

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SPOTLIGHT on campus EVENTS

LECTURES

MUSIC

Flea Market — Glendale Community College will hold a hilltop flea market and a SWAP meet at the upper campus lot from 8:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct..

For more information, call ext.

5805.

Lecture — Professor of Anthropology Dr. Wendy Fonarow will be giving a lecture on “Guy Fawkes: The Political Face of Halloween.” It will delve into her decades-long research of Halloween and other holidays. It will take place at 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 26 in CS 266.

Faculty Recital — The Music Department will be holding a recital presented by the GCC music faculty. The recital will be held 12:30 p.m. on Thursday inside the GCC Auditorium. There will rich sounding French flute/piano music, Vaughen Williams songs, jazz/guitar duets, and brilliant Rachmaninoff pieces.

Holiday Hiring — The one-day holiday hiring events will have on-the-spot hiring for seven Macy’s stores: Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Sherman Oaks, Laurel Canyon, Eagle Rock and Santa Anita. The event will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Oct. 27, in the GCC Auditorium.

All applicants must bring an ID/ Driver’s License and Social Security Card. For more information call (323) 730-7900 ext.

CAREER Workshop — The Career Center is offering a workshop for for undecided students working to find a major that works for them.

“Undecided/Undeclared Major I” will be presented from noon to 2:00 p.m. on Oct. 14. Register online at MyGCC, or call ext.

5407 for more information.

ART GALLERY Paintings — “Re-entanglement”

by Sandeep Mukherjee and “Phantasmagoria” by Stas Orlovski art exhibition in the GCC Art Gallery through Nov. 17. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 12 to 5 p.m. Free admission. The gallery is located

Jung Trio: Jennie Jung – piano, Ellen Jung – violin, Julie Jung –cello

in the Library Building. For more information, see: www.glendale.edu/artgallery.

PLANETARIUM Afternoon with the Stars —The planetarium will be offering a free showing called “Astrology vs. Astronomy” from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

Astronomy Film — The GCC planetarium will be showing a collection of short films from 12:30 p.m to 1 p.m. on Friday.

MISCELLANEOUS The GCC Food Pantry — now open in SR 133. Hours are noon to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday; and 10:30

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 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.

THEATER Performing Arts — “Elephant’s Graveyard” by George Brant presented by the Theatre Arts Dept. Directed by Jeanette FarrHarkins. Auditorium Mainstage Theatre. Opens Oct. 27 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: general admission is $15 and $12 for students/seniors. Purchase tickets online at www.glendalearts.org or at the GCC box office. Call 818-240-1000, ext.

5612 for more information or go to www.glendale.edu/theatre.

GCC PLANETARIUM: Offers regular showings of astronomy films every Friday.

around town MUSIC Glendale Noon Concerts — The Glendale Noon Concert Series will be featuring the Jung Trio, performing Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 100 from 12:10 to 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church, located at 610 E. California Ave. Glendale, 91206.

For more information, email glendalesda@gmail.com or call (818) 244- 7241.

Coffee Gallery Backstage at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The venue is located at 2029 N. Lake Avenue, Altadena. Tickets sell for $20.

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Charles Aznavour — French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour will be holding a concert on Friday, Oct. 28 at the Hollywood Pantagese Theater located at 6233 Hollywood Blvd.

Alex Theater — The Russian Grande Ballet invites you to experience the tale of Sleeping Beauty, featuring majestic sets, Tchaikovsky’s brilliant score, and fantastical characters played by talented dancers from the upper ranks of the great ballet academics. Russian Grand Ballet was founded by and incorporated graduates from the Great Russian Choreographic schools of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev.

The ballet will be held at the Alex Theater at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.

Altadena — Guitarist and singer Jonathan McEuen and his trio with Austin Wrinkle and Fred Schmitt will be playing at The

Faculty Play — Theater 40 of Beverly Hills officially presents the world premiere of “Moral Imperative,” a play written by GCC

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English teacher, Samuel Warren is free, however, parking will be Joseph, and directed by Howard under the museum at $6 flat rate, Storm. Showtimes are 8:00 p.m. cash only. on Oct. 13, 14, 15 and 17, and a 2:00 p.m matinee will be on Oct. MISCELLANEOUS 16. Tickets sell for $30 each, but Glendale College students pay a Yoga — Lulumelon Athletica discount price of $15 per ticket. will be offering free yoga classes on the green at the Americana COMEDY at Brand. The class will be held 11:00 a.m. to noon on Thursdays Comedy — The Hammer Mu- and 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on seum will be promoting two jam- Sundays. packed days of free comedy called “Get a Room,” which features a Bookfest — POPUP! Bookfest is variety of comedic programs and Glendale’s first annual free literary talents, including stand-up acts, event series featuring multilingual screenings and more. The muse- readings and public writing, pubum is located on 10899 Wilshire lishing, and zine-making workBlvd. Los Angeles, and will fea- shops. The PUBLISH! Workshop ture comedians from Comedy by Writ Large Press will be held Central, MTV, Adult Swim, and 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. this Thursmore. It is open to all ages with day, Oct. 13 at the Abril Bookstore food and cash bar at AMMO. The from located on 415 E. Broadway event will go from noon to mid- Street.. Also, the reading, “Our night this Saturday, and noon to City is Multilingual” will take 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Admission place 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on

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Friday Oct. 21 at the Glendale Central Library, Lot 10.

Doo Dah — Tryouts for Doo Dah Queen will be held on Oct. 22 from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the East Pasadena American Legion Auxillary Hall at 179 Vinedo Ave, East Pasadena. The 39th Doo Dah Parade will be held on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. on E. Colorado Blvd.

EXHIBIT The Autry — The Autry Museum of the American West presents “California Continued,” with projects spanning to two new galleries and an ethno botanical garden. Exhibitions include “Human Nature,” “The Life and Work of Mabel McKay” and “California Roadtrip.” The museum is open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

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Campus Comments: Did the Presidential Debate change your opinion?

GCC Students Voice Their Opinions Compiled by Diane Roxas

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he second presidential debate was held Sunday at St. Louis, Miss. with ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper as moderators.

The debate was conducted in a town-hall style with the audience given the chance to ask questions.

Glendale College students were asked if the debate changed their opinion on who to vote for on the presidential election.

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Chris Frausto, 19 “No. It just supported my decision more.

I saw how Donald handled the questions. He still attacks Clinton instead of answering what was being asked.”

Ashley Martinez, 20 “No. I don’t feel like we really have an option on who to vote for. It’s like they put us between a rock and a hard place.

So I’m voting for somebody who has more experience in politics.”

Edita Amirkhanyan, 18 “Yes. They showed their characters and opinions. I think Clinton is a better representative for our country than Trump.”

Chris Bouchard, 19 “No. I don’t think there is much that can change my mind. I’m voting for someone that will move our country in the right direction.”

Dahlia Ledesma, 19 “No. It just proved that Donald Trump is not a good candidate. I like that Clinton said we’re going to celebrate cultural diversity and provide better education.”

Diane Roxas can be reached at droxas817@student.glendale.edu