Vol. 83 No. 5 10-02-15

Teachers honored

No place like home

Seeing pink

Members of the community gather to honor Teachers of the Year award winners. See story inside — page 3

Los Medanos volleyball takes the win against Laney College during home opener. See story inside — page 5

LMC football shows its colors as it takes part in the Catch Pink rally Sept. 24. See story inside — page 5

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Veteran’s Day — college closed.

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Last day to drop classes with a “W” appearing on your transcript.

MESA speaker to talk success The Los Medanos College MESA program speaker series will be hosting Dr. Flor Mounts Friday, Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. in Science Room 202.

Flor will be discussing her journey from being an immigrant in inner-city LA to medical school to working in rural medicine.

For information go to losmedanos.edu/mesa.

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‘Life’s good’ at LMC LG joins college in newest venture

By DAMIAN LEWIN

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In what Dean of Career Technical Education and Social Sciences Natalie Hannum called “a great partnership between higher education and business,” students and faculty of the Appliance Service Technology program are preparing for a new joint venture with LG Appliances and Electronics, one that shows promise of a future in the service industry for many of the students completing the program.

“I’m honored,” said student

Samuel Cano, who is in his second semester of the program. “I’m ready to get into those products.”

As the only community college in California providing an appliance ser vices program, LMC was contacted by LG early last spring in an effort to find more information on how the company could support the school.

“They sent out their senior service adviser and they came and visited the school along with one of their trainers. And they liked what they saw,” said instructor

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Students Samuel Cano (left) and Steven Silva diagnose an LG washing See TECH, page 6 machine inside the Appliance Service Technology lab Thursday, Oct. 1.

Campus goes clubbin’

Gazing into the ‘Times’ Database now open to college

By BEATRIZ HERNANDEZ

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Lower stress with pet hugs The Los Medanos College Library and MESA are putting on an event Monday, Oct. 12 to help students de-stress during midterms. From 12 to 1 p.m., students are being welcomed to come hug a pet in Science Room 202 where dogs from the Pet Hug Pack Team will be available. For more information got to losmedanos.edu/library.

MESA seeking volunteers The Los Medanos College MESA program is looking for volunteers to help with the Antioch High School science students’ visit to LMC Thursday, Oct. 15. LMC students are needed to be on a panel from 9 to 9:45 a.m. to discuss being a science major and life on campus as well as give tours of the science building from 9:40 to 10:15 a.m. For more information or to volunteer contact Nicole Trager at ntrager@losmedanos. edu.

Daily updates For up-to-date information on class cancellations, campus events and other LMC related news, visit our online edition at lmc experience.com.

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Students Emmanuel Pantoja (left) and Jesus Briseno take part in a photograph during Club Day on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Throughout the day, various clubs on campus took part in the event to show students and faculty the many different groups open to those who wish to join. See page 3 for full story.

Education Manager of the “New York Times” Todd Halverson gave an in-depth explanation of the NYTimes.com database and its use as an academic resource during a presentation at Los Medanos College in L-109 Tuesday, Sept. 22.

The presentation began with an introduction from Electronic Resources Librarian and Department Chair Kim Wentworth.

With a plan to launch in January, LMC students, staff and faculty will soon have full access to the New York Times as a part of an institutional subscription through NYTimes.com.

As a part of the Academic Site License program, students and staff will be provided with an annual subscription to the publication.

“We have 1.4 million students and faculty and staff on our Academic Site License program,” said Halversen. “We just started in April of 2015.”

The program has been used at other schools in order to provide students an online academic resource that is less expensive than textbooks and is updated on a regular basis.

After the account has been set up, it can be accessed anywhere online or through smartphone apps. This can also allow students to set alerts and to track specific keywords.

Saint Mary’s College was the first college in California to sign up for the Academic Site License See TIMES, page 6

Plans set for the future ‘union’ Designing process to begin for new building

By JAMARI SNIPES

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Los Medanos College is almost done with the design-planning phase of the Student Union Building that is expected to start being built in fall 2017.

“We are almost done with the schematic design phase, but are not able to provide a visual that can be shared yet,” said LMC Vice President Kevin Horan.

The design phase will be completed in six to eight weeks; with the result being an actual design of the building.

“We are currently working with architects

on the initial design phase of the building, which will hopefully be completed this fall,” said Belman. “However, there are many stages in the process of bringing a new building to fruition, but it is currently anticipated that it will be completed in late 2019.”

The Student Union is “part of the LMC facilities master plan and has been in the works since 2007,” said Horan.

The design of the building with official renderings will be unveiled in the spring.

Experience • Joseph Delano Currently, the building will have two floors.

The Bookstore, Student Life, and the Cafeteria With a proposed location decided upon, design plans See UNION, page 6

for the new Student Union Building has begun.

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Getting over test anxiety

Technology has changed music

In my 18 years of life, I have never once met someone who enjoys taking a test.

Whether it be a simple pop quiz or a final exam that counts for the majority of a grade, they’re all terrible. I understand that tests are an important part of education, but filling in miniature bubble after miniature bubble on scantron sheets brings about a fear in me unlike anything else I have ever experienced.

I think it all started when I was in the third grade. Our class was on the fifth day of the yearly, standardized testing and my 8-yearold brain was struggling to keep up. I came across a question I wasn’t sure about, so I skipped it, promising myself that I would get back around to it. But as luck would have it, I did not get back around to the question.

Instead, I filled in the answer to the next question in the space I skipped, and so on until the end of test when I realized I had an extra row left at the bottom.

On the verge of tears, I explained my dilemma to my teacher, who ended up collecting my test and saying, “Don’t worry, we can take care of it later.” The infamous, ‘we’ll take care of it later’ spiel I’d come to hear many more times in my educational career, but I never saw that test again.

When the results came in the mail a few weeks later, I realized just how horribly I had done on the test, which thankfully wasn’t being put into the grade book, but I was still ashamed. From that day on, every scantron test I take is checked and rechecked a thousand times before being handed in.

My mishap with those evil little bubbles made me a nervous test taker for years to follow. It was not just that incident that caused my distaste for test taking, but other small events that added to my anxieties as well. For instance, when my math teacher began requiring a parent signature on all tests or the time when the test was nothing like the study guide.

A world without tests would be great, but that just isn’t realistic. Tests, while annoying, do serve an important purpose in learning.

I’m sure most people have experienced the overwhelming feeling of relief after doing well on an exam, which makes all the stress worth it.

In all seriousness, the only way I have been able to get past some of my testing hang-ups is through studying and asking the teacher for clarification on things I don’t understand.

Through these mistakes, I have learned a lot about myself as well as the test taking system, that being said neither is perfect.

If you have difficulties taking tests, or have anxiety of certain educational goals in general, don’t be afraid to ask an instructor for help, that’s what they’re there for.

So, for my fellow test loathers out there, be sure to study as much as you can, take a deep breath and make sure you go back to the questions you skipped.

Do you remember the music of the 2000s?

Remember how diverse it was? And when CDs were a big hit? I certainly do. The music scene of the 2000s made it a decade of being “hood” or “emo” — when everyone was buying either My Chemical Romance or G-Unit. Then there was hype around Britney Spears’, “Oops I Did it Again” album, which has sold 24 million copies to date.

As a person born in the mid 90s, the 2000s meant a lot to me but it seemed like music got worse by 2010.

As technology progressed, CDs beat out cassette tapes, then digital downloads beat out CDs. We have smartphones with apps that have changed the way we access music.

According to an article on complex.com, “we’re now living in a digital era where audio hardware, enhanced media formats and on demand streaming services determine our music intake.”

Goodbye compact discs, hello Spotify and iTunes. Pandora is here too but it is not as popular since the ads bother listeners, but they always advertise the ad-free Pandora One app for $4.99 a month or $54.89 a year, which is too expensive for a lot of people.

Apple is dominant with its sales of the iPhone 6 and the iPad Pro, but when a new streaming service such as Spotify comes along, of course the increase of competition occurs.

According to an article from the Wall Street Journal, “The tech giant is betting that for the second time in as many decades it can persuade millions of people around the world to change how they listen to and pay for music.”

Yes, technology is changing the way we purchase and view music. Now there’s many ways beyond CDs to access music.

The digital era is taking the world by storm.

Some people in the music industry might not like the constant technology changes from product sellers.

“Not everyone in the music industry is optimistic about the change. Some artists and smaller labels have complained about low royalty sales for streamed music, over which they have little control.”

So it seems as if the advances in technology is affecting musicians, in a way of not having control.

But customers are looking at various ways to discover new music besides digital streaming, and one of the ways is social media. According to the article on complex. com, “social media and music seem to go hand-in-hand these days especially since everyone loves an audience and the industry’s biggest names consistently remain trending topics.”

In the 2000s, we only had popular social media sites such as MySpace and YouTube and now we have even more sites that connect to each otherin a seamless way to access music.

But as technology is advancing, things musically could get worse especially for the musicians. It changes the way they can sell their products especially with Apples constant changes.

According to the article from The Wall Street Journal, “Persuading a significant share of those buyers to switch to a product that costs $120 a year will be a challenge, but would be lucrative for apple and the record companies. But the move could backfire, if many subscribers are drawn from the elite ranks of iTunes purchases who spend more than $120 a year.”

In other words, as technology is progressing, customers who are drawn to certain products can be overlooked. With the costs of music streaming service and with this decade’s technology, it’s better to be safe than sorry, and have back up ideas in case something goes wrong.

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Experience • Kimberly Stelly

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Explore vocational studies

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ocational training at a community college is a favorable option for students, industry partners and the community. With the rapid advancement of technology and the growing global competition, more and more students are taking advantage of vocational training. Other students should look into schools that offer these specified programs.

Rather than attending a vocational school, community colleges offer short-term programs, which are usually cheaper, with hands-on training aimed at helping students get employed as soon as possible.

By working with industr y partners such as Shell or USS-POSCO, it helps the community become open to more career opportunities. Students learn skills needed for their career and companies gain people who are able to work for them straight out of college.

By joining a vocational program, students have the convenience of being able to focus on their career and find employment quickly. This focus on career paths provides some clarity for student’s futures and goals.

The reason why vocational programs can be effective is student’s don’t have to waste their time and will spend most of their focusing on their career. This may be why some students in traditional majors find themselves struggling to figure out what they want to do in their lives.

LMC’s latest industry partner, LG Appliances and Electronics, is training students in the Appliance Service Technology program on how to work with their products. This helps students gain the proper training to work real world jobs in the field.

Working with these companies also allows for more internship, apprenticeship and job shadowing opportunities for students.

With these opportunities, students also have the chance to network and create contacts in the industry. Networking in this day and age is something that is becoming more important as the global competition is increasing.

Dow Chemical Company for example has partnered with the college to provide mentors for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program students.

Vocational programs are an effective way to get students excited about their education and

Keep bias out of the workspace We all remember that snot-nosed teacher’s pet from elementary school: answering all the questions and stealing all the attention from the rest of the class. Well this translates well into adulthood both in the workplace and in college classroom. Favoritism is fairly common in the workplace and in schools after all, everyone has their biases no matter how objective you think you are. However, people need to learn how to downplay these biases because it can cause tension.

This is applicable to most situations and life in general; sports, family and relationships, but it seems to be most prevalent in school and areas of work.

Favoritism in the classroom can make for a toxic environment by preventing other students from getting the attention they need. It seems counterproductive to spend time on students who don’t need your help or support. Time is better spent giving as much personalized attention as possible to all your students rather than chatting with your “faves” during lab hours about how you both like Starbucks and romantic comedies.

For those of us who work, it’s fairly simple to tell who the boss has picked as their right hand employees. It doesn’t bother everyone but some end up feeling unappreciated for the work they do. An employer’s job doesn’t necessarily involve catering to the emotional needs of their workers, but it’s unfair to praise certain individuals while ignoring the hard work of others.

Some workers come in late and get a slap on the wrist, other employees might be written

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up for these infractions. As an instructor or manger of any body of people, you must learn how to dole out equal punishments even for those you place a higher value on.

There are those who have easier personalities to deal with — it isn’t imperative to get along with everyone in the same way. At least make an effort to treat everyone the same. If they care about being close to you they’ll understand if you have to tell them about something they did wrong; even though they won’t want to hear it.

For those of you dealing with nepotism-prone employers and professors, understand that it isn’t personal. Sometimes people aren’t aware their bias is showing. If you are the one receiving special treatment, keep in mind that other people need encouragement as well — everything isn’t about you. Also, stop counting on your superior to let you off easy just because they think you’re the bee’s knees.

For those of you causing the divide however, keep in mind you could be ignoring the potential of certain students or employees.

Try and keep your personality bias out of the way of teaching or supervising those who work for you.

What do you think about the possible defunding of Planned Parenthood?

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“That sucks, because I believe it is free for someone who doesn’t have money and who can’t go buy the pill or condoms.”

— Jarrelle Tramble

“My opinion on these subjects are usually nothing, I don’t like to talk about them because it seems to start problems.”

— Ethan Pfeiffer

“They wouldn’t have the funds to keep going, so a lot of people would lose resources that they have there and it would all fall apart in the end.”

— Kasey Batista

“If the government took away funding ... people wouldn’t trust Planned Parenthood anymore, so they wouldn’t go.”

— Erin Palmer

“Some females get raped and they may not want to have that child. I believe in Planned Parenthood.”

— Lisa Fobbs

“[It] would be a negative thing for all people that need the services ... for example pregnant teens or people who are worried about STDs.” — Isaac Wimberly

“Were it left for me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

— Thomas Jefferson

Editors-in-Chief ...............DAMIAN LEWIN and CASSIE DICKMAN Perspectives Editor .....YETUNDE OGUNLEYE Managing Editor...................JOSEPH DELANO Campus Editor....................LISSETTE URBINA Features Editor............BEATRIZ HERNANDEZ Sports Editor.......................BRENDAN CROSS Photo Editor......................CATHIE LAWRENCE New Media Editor....................JAMARI SNIPES Special Projects Editor..........LUKE JOHNSON The LMC Experience is published Fridays by students in the Journalism Program. The newspaper serves both as a laboratory for journalism classes and as a First Amendment forum for campus communication. Opinions expressed in the Experience are solely those of the students and do not represent the views of the college.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness month is an annual health campaign to increase the awareness of the disease. It was founded in 1985 as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of AstraZeneca to promote mammograms as the most effective method to fight against breast cancer.

The goal of the campaign is raise funds for research for the cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of the disease. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer for women behind lung cancer with about 1 in 8 women in the US having the disease.

About 40,000 women and 400 are expected to die from breast cancer each year. There are a variety of events to raise awareness and fund for the disease like walks, runs and even the pink illumination of landmark buildings. For more information about early detection and other info, visit www.nationalbreastcancer.org.

CSU workshops set for fall

Transfer Services are offering fall workshops for students interested in transferring.

The next workshop will learning to complete a CSUMentor application to schools like CSU East Bay, San Francisco State, CSU Long Beach and more on Oct. 7 and 13 from 3 to 5 p.m. and Oct. 19 from noon to 2 p.m. in Student Services Building Room 412.

The workshops will be hosted by transfer counselor David Reyes along with CSU representatives. There will be more workshops later in the month and in November.

Daily cancellations online

Save yourself from making an unnecessary trip to campus for a class that has been canceled.

Professors sometimes cancel classes unexpectedly and often can’t tell their students in person.

The LMC website offers a daily class cancellation page for students to see if their class has been canceled.

For the list of daily cancellations, visit www.losmedanos. edu/classcancel.

The LMC Experience Facebook page also posts class cancellations as well as other campus updates. Visit www. facebook.com/lmcexperience.

‘Fixed’ to rethink disability

In honor of Disability Awareness Month, a screening of “Fixed: the Science Fiction of Human Enhancement” will take place Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall.

The documentary explores what effects human augmentation has on society.

The event, sponsored by LMC DPSP and the Drama and Counseling departments, will also include a discussion after the film with film director, Regan Pretlow Brashear.

While the event is free, space is limited. RSVP online at losmedanos.edu/access.

For more information, contact Student Life at 473-7554.

Information on the film can be found at www. fixedthemovie.com

Experience • Cathie Lawrence

Puente members Jesus Briseno, Emmanuel Pantoja, Alexander Chavez, Sergio Ramos, Jorge Guerra, Izevbuwa Omokaro and Jonathan Rodriguez play with beach balls at Club Day on Sept. 30.

Clubs recruit members

Event goes on as planned despite rain

By MARISSA PERRY

mperry@lmcexperience.com

Amidst the rain and the clouds, the Los Medanos College students gathered in the outdoor quad to enjoy food, games and of course, to check out the clubs. Many clubs were in attendance, despite the weather from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Some of the clubs represented included the newly char tered LMC Ar t Club, Debate Team Society, LMC’s Dance Team and the American Medical Student Association.

Numerous booths had catalogs and raffles where students could win prizes such as gift cards and t-shir ts. There was also food and music for students to enjoy while they browsed the different tables.

“Clubs are a good opportunity for students to get involved with volunteering, fundraising and even community service,” said Melissa Cobarruriaz of the AMSA club. Club Day attendees had smiles on their faces while talking to those running the booths and socializing with

their peers.

“Joining a club is also good to have on your transfer transcripts and teaches you to be on time as well as responsible,” said AMSA club member Arslan Sagheer.

LMC has a total of 23 clubs to choose from, from Puente to League of Legends. Even though the rain was not his favorite part, Solomon Uhuru of the LMC Art Club said, “My favorite part about Club Day is seeing the students interested and engaged with the school.

The Art club teaches students to not only be creative, but successful with their art.”

The clubs on campus offers recreational activities, entertainment and many other opportunities to get the students more involved on campus.

There are also chances for students to fundraise for future club events and field trips.

While this club day was cold and cloudy, ever yone still participated as much as they could even though the rain made it difficult for people See CLUBS, page 6

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Top: LMC’s Dance Team members Raquel Ellis, Na’Orie Harris and Miranda Hughes table to recruit new members, like Erika Pree. Above: Elizabet Curiel and Nallely Navarro cover their heads with binders to keep off the rain.

Security cams to be added

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The UCSC McHenry Library is one of the smallest general libraries in the UC system and the largest research library between Stanford and Santa Barbara.

Free campus tours available

Unsure of where to transfer? Sign-up for the Transfer Center’s upcoming university campus tours online: n UC Santa Cruz-STEM Day: Oct. 23. Registration is now open. n St. Mary’s College: Dec. 4. Registration opens Nov. 4.

The Transfer Center will provide transportation. For additional information, registration, future tours and tour suggestions contact the Transfer Center at 473-7444 or check out its website losmedanos.edu/transfer/default. asp. The Transfer Center is currently located in Student Services, SS4-435.

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Obrigewitsch, a representative of the group. Referendum’s grievance lies with Senate Bill 277, a recently enacted law requiring all children to be vaccinated before attending public or private school, passed in response to the measles outbreak of last winter.

“They have found out that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism in African-American boys,” said Obrigewitsch, referring to a study that has since been retracted due to a conflict of interest and questions about the methods and analysis used in the study. “It’s like 300 percent more autism than originally.

If the trend keeps going, one out of two children will have autism.”

Los Medanos College will be receiving new security cameras in the coming months.

“There are ongoing discussions on a district wide level of adding cameras to all the parking lots that are monitoring the entrances and exits of all the parking lots and there is also further discussions on top of that that would discuss bringing those cameras into common areas such as the quads, hallways and things like that,” said police lieutenant Ryan Huddleston.

District Office Chief Facilities Manager Ray Pyle reiterated Huddleston’s comments.

“They will be installed at the entrances to the campuses so that we can capture all the cars coming in and out. They will also be installed at the exterior entrances to child development sectors.” Pyle jokingly added, “cars and kids.”

Pyle also gave more details on how the cameras will work.

“They will be recording cameras, they’ll be cameras that feed to a video recorder and the recorders will just store the information and then if there is an incident, the police can go back and review the footage and see if there’s any evidence or clues from that footage.” Pyle continued with, “It will go straight into the video recording device; the police may have some ability to monitor them in real time

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Sharpen your business skills

LMC is offering a unique, focused Business Career Academy during this semester. The “Fundamental Business Skills” Academy will prepare students for entry-level positions by providing instruction in the Microsoft Office Suite and in business math and English skills, skills valued by employers.

LMC business certificates provide skills needed for immediate employment, while preparing students for advancement to positions that require more in-depth knowledge of organization and business principles.

For more information and an application, see the East Bay Career Academy on the LMC website, or contact Melina Rodriguez at mrodriguez@losmedanos.edu or call 473-7416.

Counselors ready to assist

Looking to make an educational plan, or review your current one? Do you need career advice or a personal counselor? LMC offers general counseling at both campuses.

Drop-in hours are offered throughout the week and change on a weekly basis. Students must have a student ID number and a photo ID to meet with a counselor.

Appointments on the Pittsburg campus can be made at the Counseling Department in the Student Services Building, Level 4, calling in at 473-7449, or by visiting www.losmedanos.edu/counseling and clicking on the Make an Appointment link.

Appointments at the Brentwood Center can be made in person, or by calling 513-1625.

— compiled from press releases and staff reports

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The display case in the Library building between Room L-109 and the Art Gallery features books and documents on the Constitution.

Constitution celebrated

By TYLER MORTIMORE

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Los Medanos College commemorated the 226th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States by holding a fair in the quad from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 17.

Students were treated to free pocket-sized copies of the constitution, music and patriotic swag.

“We have a program fair happening, sandwich boards available for students to share their thoughts on the Bill of Rights, free giveaways [and] we’re doing a film screening of ‘Constitution USA,’” said Student Life Coordinator Demetria Lawrence.

Other groups made use of their First Amendment rights.

Professor Jeff Mathews had

a table promoting his LMC Freethinkers group. Mathews spoke highly of the Establishment Clause, a piece of the First Amendment that states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

“The First Amendment gives you the freedom to worship, but a lot of people think that it also gives you the freedom to exercise your prejudices, like Kim Davis in Kentucky,” said Mathews.

Another group, calling themselves the SB 277 Referendum, also took advantage of the free speech area provided by LMC. “We are using our constitutional right to petition the government for a redress of grievances,” said Sharon

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n “Black Mass” Rated R Genre: Gangster, Drama, Crime n “Captive” Rated PG-13 Genre: Drama, Adaptation n “Hotel Transylvania 2” Rated PG Genre: Animation, Family, Comedy n “The Intern” Rated PG-13 Genre: Comedy n “99 Homes” Rated R Genre: Thriller n Legend Rated R Genre: Biography, Drama n The Martian Rated PG-13 Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi

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Yeong accepts award Teacher of the Year honored

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Screenshot of a new show “Moon over Buffalo.”

El Campanil events

The El Campanil Theatre is located at 602 W Second St., Antioch. For ticket sales and additional information visit elcampaniltheatre.com or call 757-9500. n The band Hotel California’s “A Salute to the Eagles” will be performed as part of a tribute show for ’80s band “The Eagles,” Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors and free for youth 18 and under with a paid adult. n Musician James Garner will be performing a tribute show for “The Man in Black” Johnny Cash Oct. 24 with 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. showings. Ticket prices are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors and free for youth 18 and under with a paid adult. n The International Film Showcase will be screening a showing of social comedy 1960s French film “The Woman on the 6th floor,” Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $8 for adults and $7 for seniors and students.

‘Macbeth’ at Drama Factory

The Drama Factory presents the classic Shakespearean play, “Macbeth,” which will be performed at the Nick Rodriguez Community Theatre at 213 F St., Antioch.

Performances will begin Oct. 30 with a 7:30 p.m. showing and will continue to run Oct. 31, Nov. 1, Nov. 6, and Nov. 7 with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. showings. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors.

Friends, students, family and colleagues watched as Los Medanos College English Professor Michael Yeong, was honored along with 21 others at the annual Teacher of the Year ceremony at the Concord Hilton Sept. 24 The room was filled to capacity as many came to witness the acknowledgement of Contra Costa County’s finest educators.

“This event is to honor all of our caring, and wonderful teachers in our district —it is one of the best in our state. This shows how our teachers go above and beyond,” said County Superintendent of Schools Karen Sakata.

The banquet hall was filled with aromas from the dimmed lights and tables, which were decorated with bright colored porcelain books from the event’s sponsors. The event opened up with a performance as 40 students from the Alamo Elementary school choir in San Ramon Valley School district singing up-tempo songs.

Laughter could be heard throughout the room as guests ate their appetizers and watched humorous clips about how sports drafts would look if it were teachers instead of athletes.

Fellow LMC teachers nominated Yeong for teacher of the year as he has shown a vast amount of consideration for his students.

“I have the pleasure of having my office near his, so I see the way that he talks with students, and how they come and seek him out,” said English Department Chair JoAnn Hobbs. “He really spends time with them and that is something that I really appreciate. He takes that time — he goes beyond the classroom.”

Yeong grew up in Brooklyn, NY, where he attended school from kindergarten through 12th grade. Always being intrigued with words and how influential they were on a person, Yeong knew he would be a teacher.

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Community college Teacher of the Year Michael Yeong.

He attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY for his bachelor’s degree, then went to Antioch University for his masters in Education.

Professor Yeong has been teaching at the Pittsburg and Brentwood campus for 24 years and the dedication he has shown to his students has been noted. Not only

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The California Theatre is located in Pittsburg at 351 Railroad Ave. For ticket sales and additional information call 427-1611. n The comedic play “Moon Over Buffalo” will have showings at the California Theatre Oct. 9 at 8 p.m., Oct. 10 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for youth 17 and under. n Award-winning comedian Marc Yaffee, known for his original topics and sarcasm, will be performing a comedy show Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $18 in advance and $21 at the door. n The classic interactive performance of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” will be put on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 10 p.m. It is a comedic spoof of Hollywood horror movies.

There will be a pre-show beginning at 9:30 p.m. and live shadow casting by The Bawdy Caste. Ticket prices range from $12 to $15.

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The first Halloween Fun Run/walk 5K will be held at Railroad Ave. and 6th St. in Old Town Pittsburg Saturday, Oct. 31 from 8 a.m to noon.

People are encouraged to wear costumes to the event.

No inappropriate costumes will be allowed as it is a family event. Medallions will be presented to the first three finishers by age group and gender. Tickets cost $30 for adults and $10 for children $12 and under. For additional information call 252-6970.

Railroad bookstore activities

The Railroad Book Depot is located in Pittsburg at 650 Railroad Ave. For additional information call 427-2334. n There will be book signing and workshops by various authors including Tanicia “Shamay Speaks” Currie, Nataushia Miller, Stephanie Boggs-Johnson and Susan Pace-Koch Oct. 3 10, and 1 to 3 p.m. and Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon. n Improv will be held Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Located in the lobby of the historic Creative Arts Building on the Pittsburg High School campus, the Pittsburg Entertainment and Arts Hall of Fame (PEAHOF) will be holding its second induction ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 4 honoring 18 of Pittsburg’s cultural icons. Tickets for the ceremony are $10 general and $20 reserved.

— compiled from press releases and staff reports

A dozen or so years ago I remember listening to Audioslave’s eponymous first album every chance I got, quickly wearing out the disc that was graciously ripped for me from my dad, whom my rock-centric musical taste can be attributed.

The coarse and powerful vocals of frontman Chris Cornell kept me listening and exploring his catalog throughout the years, starting with Soundgarden’s first album, Ultramega OK (1988). Seventeen years, three bands, two breakups, a reunion and four solo albums later, Cornell once again showcased his aging-gracefully pipes with Higher Truth, his latest, and acoustic-led, one-man release.

His last solo album, Scream,

was a critically-panned pop album executively produced by Timbaland, with contributions from Justin Timberlake and One Republic’s Ryan Tedder. For many fans, including myself, Higher Truth is welcome step in the right direction. It’s an altogether easy listen, there is just enough heavy guitar and patented yelps to keep the Soundgarden and Audioslave fans intrigued, and plenty of softer melodies to keep the Temple of the Dog and Euphoria Morning (his 1999 soft rock solo debut) admirers pleased.

Perhaps it’s just my bias, but the 51-year-old rocker cannot do much wrong. I did not even mind the aforementioned Scream, as I can appreciate someone stepping

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The Stage Right Conser vator y Theatre performs their shows at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center Theatre located in Antioch at 213 F St. For Ticket sales and additional information call 216-4613.

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” will be performed Oct. 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 7 p.m and Oct. 11 and 18 for Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors and $5 for students. On Sunday matinees tickets are $5 for seniors only.

does he seem to inspire to his students, he also influences his colleagues. Being an English teacher and coordinating the Puente program on campus, as well as teaching in the Umoja scholars program, are some of the reasons Yeong’s colleagues’ think he is dedicated.

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Vocalist Chris Cornell performing in Oakland.

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Mustang wide receiver Jacob Punte gets away from San Jose City College defensive backs Paepaeiua Silifaiva-Keha and Holland Fisher while scoring a fourth quarter touchdown that aided in their win. The Mustangs are 2-2 overall and head on the road to face Contra Costa College Saturday, Oct. 3.

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Football and dance teams raise ‘Pink’ awareness “The Catch Pink game is ver y important and provides an opporkstelly@lmcexperience.com tunity for our campus community The Los Medanos College Mus- to learn more about Breast Cancer tangs beat the San Jose City Col- while supporting our sports teams,” lege Jaguars 24-16 Saturday, Sept. she said.

Balloons and other 26, defending their pink-laden memorahome tur f, thanks bilia decorated the to a 16-play, 90-yard stadium as the game touchdown drive in began. the fourth quarter In the first quarduring the Catch Pink ter, the Mustangs event designed to kicked off the scoring boost breast cancer with a touchdown awareness. run from halfback A rally for the Catch Billy Wells. It was Pink game, sponsored quickly thwarted by by the LMC Athletic a 59-yard scoring run Department and Stufrom Juawan Etherdent Life, was held idge, who r ushed Thursday, Sept. 24. for 146 yards and 2 The Mustangs dance touchdowns, which team performed to tied the game. start the rally as the Experience • Cathie Lawrence A field goal was football team memadded on each side bers in attendance LMC’s Jacob Puente during the second were introduced by and Gabe Taylor head coach Chris celebrate after a score. quarter making the score 10-10 heading Shipe.

Student Life Coordinator Demetria into the third quarter.

LMC quarterback Julius Mozee Lawrence shared her thoughts on threw his second interception of the significance of the event.

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LMC’s dance team performing during the Catch Pink rally for breast cancer awareness sponsored by the Athletic Department and Student Life last Thursday in the outdoor quad. the game just seconds into the third quarter that led to SJCC taking a 16-10 lead after a failed extra point.

The Mustangs quickly scored and regained the lead the next drive with a 43-yard pass from Mozee to wideout Andrew Crawford, who broke multiple tackles on the play.

In the fourth quarter, Mozee and backup quarterback Gabe Taylor orchestrated the aforementioned 90-yard drive that ate up nearly eight

minutes, which ended in a Taylor pass to wide receiver Jacob Puente, which all but sealed the game.

The Jaguars were held scoreless in the fourth quarter due to a strong defensive effort from LMC, led by defensive linemen Joseph Neal-Clark and De’Angelo Powell, who respectively had two and one-and-a-half sacks during the game.

Shipe was happy with the end result, but knows there is more to work on.

Laney skunked, 3-0

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In Los Medanos College’s Volleyball home opener, the Stangs beat the Laney Eagles in less than an hour, with the team walking away with 3-0 matches against their opponent.

The first set was won 25-11 with the help of three aces served by team captain Aubrey Dejesus’ multiple kills and passing to keep the ball floating off the ground. During the first set, the Eagles showed a lack of communication which the Stangs quickly took advantage of to clench the first set.

In the second set, the Mustangs’ servers had a combined 10 aces from Dejesus, Linsey Baynes, Janessa Seei and Kiana Abrego. “ We d e f i n i t e l y p u l l e d through, we struggled a little more during the second match, but we got our stuff together and did it,” said Dejesus. The Lady Stangs won the second

match 25-10.

During the final set, the Eagles’ miscommunication and frustration got ahold of the players on the court and the Mustangs were not afraid to pour salt in an open wound.

Adding another three aces to the count from Taylor Green and Caitlin Sadler, the team showed no mercy by quickly distancing the scores 16-4. The defense turned on and had numerous blocks and LMC won the final set 25-7.

“I was really pleased with the way we played,” said Head Coach Lou Panzella. “We played hard through the whole match.

We didn’t play the score, we played the match — I liked our enthusiasm. We stayed focused on what we were doing and I liked that a lot.”

Panzella pointed out one of the key features to the team’s Experience • Cathie Lawrence successful night was their which was their passing.

LMC’s Taylor Green spikes the ball during the See VBALL, page 6 Mustangs’ shutout of Laney.

“We have to be connective with our offensive plays with completed passes and a strong defensive side like today,” said Shipe.

The Mustangs are now 2-2, and their next two contests are road games against Contra Costa College Oct. 3 and Hartnell College Oct. 17.

— Beatriz Hernandez, Brendan Cross and Luke Johnson contributed to this report

49ers season in shambles The San Francisco 49ers’ season is over after only three weeks. Having been blown out the past two games, it’s hard to believe that the Colin Kaepernick quarterbacking the 49ers right now is the same guy who came up five yards short from hoisting the Lombardi trophy a mere three years ago.

Expectations were low for the 49ers coming into this season after losing all-pros such as Patrick Willis, Aldon Smith and Justin Smith, along with pro bowlers Frank Gore and Mike Iupati.

As a fan, you’d think that the organization knows what they’re doing and though your team did lose a lot of great players, you’re still going to have a competitive team.

However, that wasn’t the case with the 49ers due to General Manager Trent Baalke’s refusal to conform to conventional wisdom. Because of Baalke’s stubbornness, it’ll take nothing

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short of a miracle for this team to reach six wins.

Had Baalke made a handful of different decisions throughout the offseason, the 49ers would be in much better shape than they are right now. I know hindsight is 20/20, but these decisions would have made the team, at the very least, an easier watch.

The 49ers also lost both their starting cornerbacks, Chris Culliver and Perrish Cox, to free agency after not even attempting to re-sign either of them. Those two alone, accounted for nine of the team’s league-leading 23 interceptions.

Baalke, instead of reaching out and signing a solid veteran — they did sign Shareece Wright, note I said “solid

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out of his or her comfort zone for the sake of trying something different.

The standout songs on Higher Truth happen to be the first three on the record, lead single “Nearly Forgot My Broken Hear t,” “Dead Wishes,” and “Worried Moon.”

It took a couple listens, but as a whole, it grew on me, and I find something else to like about the release every time I press play.

It is not the sludgy and haunting Soundgarden or the hard-rocking and howl-laden Audioslave, but it takes just enough from all of his musical ventures and created something entirely different, yet familiar.

I also had the pleasure of seeing Cornell live Sept. 26 at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. As the venues get larger and his voice gets older, the quality begins to go down the drain, but this 3,040 seat concert hall was perfect so he didn’t have to strain his voice and focus on hitting ever y attempted note with ease.

The notes he still manages to hit are amazing, and he is a joy to experience in concert. The 30-song setlist was a melting pot of old and new, comprised of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave hits, as well as covers including Franz Schubert’s “Ave Maria” and Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” as well as his solo material.

Cornell’s eclectic career continues to broaden his fan base, chances are, regardless of your particular tastes, he has done something that appeals to you, as it all has to me.

will be on the first floor. The Conference Center, also on the first floor, will let the college host larger events.

“Other than the Recital Hall, we currently don’t have a space to gather for large scale events,” said Student Life Coordinator Demetria Lawrence.

On the second floor, there will be different learning communities like Umoja, Honors and Transfer Academy.

“I like it because Honors will now be in one building instead of being on the first floor of the College Complex.” said LMC Associated Students President Darren Meeks.

Some learning communities currently do not have a space of their own.

“Transfer Academy will have their designated area instead of just finding different rooms,” said Meeks.

Student Unions serve as the social part of campuses where students can hangout. It will include student lounge spaces and spaces for activities.

The Bookstore will also have the opportunity to redesign their area.

“We will be able to expand the convenience store area,” said Bookstore manager Robert Estrada.

Construction of the Student Union building is expected to begin in fall 2017 in front of the math building in the open grass field. It is a combined project with the new PE Complex.

Together, it will cost about $60 million, but will change in the future.

“We will have a more specific cost at the conclusion of the construction bidding process in 18 months,” said Horan.

A small portion of the funding comes from the Student Union fee students are required to pay to register at LMC. “The Student Union project originated in 2002 when the LMC student body voted to create a Student Union fee to help construct a New Student Union for the campus,” said Dean of Student Services Dave Belman.

program.

A short video was shown entitled, “The New York Times: Because The World Has A Lot To Teach.” It showed the uses of the New York Times as an academic resource such as its ability to provide students with the opportunity to join the global conversation and its wide range of topics to choose from.

In the comments section, students will have the opportunity to be picked specifically by the New York Times as a part of the featured comments.

“Thinking critically and creatively, that’s really the basis for the New York Times since we started as an actual department back in 1932,” said Halversen Although the New York Times currently ranges anywhere from a 9th to 10th grade reading level, the new stand alone academic resource New York Times in Education allows educators to access the site and provide course material at the appropriate college level. It also provides teachers with prompts and exercises for the students.

“The New York Times does a great job providing source material that really supports your learning outcomes,” said Halversen.

The New York Times is available in a variety of languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and French.

It also is broken down into different versions of the site such as International or U.S. Newspapers that have been digitalized as far back as 1907 are also available.

“We also have a resource called the New York Times in Leadership that is going to provide you with curricular material and reference material to help build effective leaders that think ethically,” said Halversen Prior to the academic license, students, staf f and faculty can view and share up to 10 articles per month before being asked to subscribe to the website.

veteran” — in free agency or drafting a corner, decided to roll two second-year players coming off of injuries, Kenneth Acker and Keith Reaser. Both have yet to make a difference on defense.

Kanas City’s rookie cornerback Marcus Peters was one player many draft exper ts had the 49ers picking in the first round of this past draft.

Despite it being a major need, the 49ers didn’t draft a single cor nerback in any of the rounds, opting to use their first rounder on Oregon defensive linemen Arik Armstead. While Armstead hasn’t been awful in his first three games, he hasn’t made as much of a difference as Peters has, having racked up two picks and a touchdown in his first three games.

The offensive line for the 49ers has been atrocious to start the season. They don’t open up lanes for running backs and they make up for that by not giving Kaepernick any time to go through his progressions in the pocket. In the offseason, left guard Mike Iupati, jumped ship to Arizona Cardinals, the division rivals and right tackle Anthony Davis shocked everyone and retired at age 25. With center Daniel Kilgore still nursing an ankle injury he obtained last October, It’s no wonder they’re playing this poorly.

Baalke did sign right tackle Erik Pears who has had an ok start to the season, however the same cannot be said for backup center Marcus Martin and right guard Jordan Devey.

There was an oppor tunity this offseason to strengthen the offensive line and again Baalke refused to make the logical decision.

When former all pro left guar d Evan Mathis was cut by the Philadelphia Eagles, you’d think the 49ers, who’s of fensive line is in shambles, would do everything in their power to sign him. Of course, that being the logical thing to do, they passed opting to stick with the players they already have.

Had Baalke done the sensible thing and signed Mathis, right guard Alex Boone would be able to play his natural position, left guard, and the offensive line as a whole would be sounder.

Despite the gaping holes on the roster and even with all the players the 49ers lost this offseason, they still have a talented core group of players.

Baalke chose to ignore the hole completely and hope for the best. It’s that type of mishandling of the team that is going to cause the team to be picking in the top 10 in the next five drafts.

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Leonard “Len” Price, describing the company’s initial visit to the campus that resulted in LG’s desire to support the appliance program.

While the formal signing of the contract between LG and LMC will not happen until Oct. 8 when company representatives return to campus, students in the program have already been able to begin taking a look into some of the products the company has to offer.

“They have diagnostics with an app on your phone,” said student Steven Silva as he described having recently worked on an LG refrigerator.

“The refrigerator will just tell you exactly what’s wrong with it.”

Along with Silva, who is concluding his final semester in the program, LG service technicians currently working in the industry will also benefit from the upcoming partnership.

“When a new product comes out, technicians from the area will come to LMC to be trained,” said Price, “And LMC students can attend for free.”

In addition to supplying appliances for students to learn on and the promise of future training on new products, LG has also provided web-based and written materials to the college to further implement its involvement with the program.

“We want to see the curriculum reflected in the partnership,” added Hannum, stressing the importance of having students learn hands-on with the products that a partnering company has to offer.

“You got to have industry support,” added Price, describing how the ultimate benefits can be achieved not only for students pursuing a career in the appliance service industry, but to the local community as well.

With the ongoing support of companies such as Maytag, Whirlpool, Bosch and now LG, the “industry support” that Price described now looks to become even greater as the list of partnerships between major corporations and LMC continues to rise.

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Michael Yeong (right) shakes hands with Karen Sakata during an awards ceremony Sept. 24.

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“Mr Yeong has brought a wealth of new ideas and energy into our department,” said English professor T.D. Caldwell. “He is professional and leads by example.”

As the 21 honorees lined up to receive their plaques and goodie bags, Sakata, shared a memor y she had when she entered Yeong’s class and saw him interacting with students.

“The students were participating in a lesson in gender

where they were motivated students participated in small groups. Yeong asked students to flip it and pretend they were students of the opposite gender,” said Sakata.

The room was silent as Sakata painted a picture for the audience.

“We are shown a lot of different perspectives. Mr. Yeong’s class has helped us change the way we view things — change the way we looked at the world.”

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but we’re not going to set them up so they are monitoring everything in real time.”

With the college opening in 1974, why is it that LMC is just now getting security cameras?

“We now have the money to get them,” said Pyle.

While the idea of new security cameras in the parking lots and common areas seems like a good plan, instructional assistant Eric Sanchez brought up a few concerns.

“Will the new equipment will have funding support, the new policy can have support to ensure cameras are in operation and recording, and will the college can provide file retrieval support

within 24 hours of the request?” asked Sanchez.

Sanchez’s last concern is important seeing how the few cameras that LMC already has operating.

“Our current cameras in Graphics and Jour nalism record to a ser ver and are not monitored by Police Services, if an incident occurs, Police Service must have a request tied to a police report, police services then request IT to get access to the file,” said Sanchez.

Regardless of how the security cameras will operate, students at LMC will receive some peace of mind knowing that their cars are being monitored.

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“I thought we served the ball extremely well. We had a bunch of aces, numerous blocks which is more than we have been averaging, but even better was how we passed the ball. Our serve and receive was really spot on tonight. If you can’t pass, everything else falls apart,” said Panzella.

“Offense did their job, they were putting balls away and we did what we needed to do,” said Dejesus. “Defense did awesome, our defense is always pretty good so they got their job done too.”

Like any team, there can always be improvements, even from a high home opener.

“We can always improve.

There isn’t an area of the match we can’t improve on.

We could hit better, we could ser ve better, we could dig more, you could always do everything better. However, I am very happy with how we played,” said Panzella.

The next lady volleyball home game is Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Gym against Solano College.

to actually stop at the tables.

The theme for this semester’s Club Day was, “A day at the beach.” Despite the season, there were brightly colored tablecloths, seashells, beach balls and plastic sunglasses out on some of the tables for decoration.

There was also a summer theme in the music that was played. Songs like Will Smith’s “Summertime” and the Isley Brothers’ “Summer Breeze” blared out of the garbage bag

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It’s cool ... free cupcakes.”

Constitution Day is a federal holiday, but it has a unique quality.

“It is a requirement by law that all schools receiving federal funding acknowledge [Constitution Day],” explained Lawrence.

The late senator and former Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd wrote the amendment to an appropriations bill in 2005 requiring schools and federal agencies that receive federal dollars to provide information about the Constitution Sept. 17 of each year.

ALUMS OF THE WEEK n Sterling Moore (NFL): compiled nine tackles and a pass deflection in Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 19-9 loss to Houstan Texans. n Taylor Scriven (NCAA volleyball): leads Alcorn State in kills with 83 through 36 sets played.

Cathie Lawrence n Terrence Polk (NCAA football): led Ottawa in receiving, five catches Taylor Scriven, for 55 yards, in a 41-17 victory LMC outside hitter against Bethany College. during 2013-14.

covered speakers as students milled about the quad inquiring about how to join some of the clubs.

Many booths had brochures informing students about what their club entails. Each club had representatives out as well who gave prospective members a more detailed explanation of their club’s activities.

If you would like more information on the Clubs LMC has to offer, visit www.losmedanos. edu/clubs.

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USA LMC’s Transfer Services department had a civic-themed table, with information for students looking for careers in government.

“I’m happy to promote any type of career to any student and it’s a great way for me to reach out,” said Director of Transfer and Career Services Kristen Conner.

Students seemed to enjoy the event as well.

“I think it’s pretty cool,” said Noah Tan. “Everyone’s coming together.”

“I think it’s a good effort,” said Keith Wimberly. “I learned what the 4th Amendment was.

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elieve it or not, walking is one of the easiest ways to get exercise and stay healthy. Experts recommend at least 2½ hours of moderate activity a week, such as brisk walking, brisk cycling, or yard work. It’s fine to walk in spurts of 10 minutes or more throughout your day and week. Before you start, talk with your doctor to make sure it’s okay for you to begin a walking program.

Brisk walking is aerobic exercise, which helps strengthen your heart, lungs and muscles. A strong heart carries more blood, along with oxygen and nutrients, to the rest of your body. Walking can help lower blood pressure, improve your mood and energy; and help you maintain a healthy weight. Regular exercise also helps prevent anxiety and depression. Walking is also a weight-bearing activity, meaning it works the muscles and bones against gravity, so it also helps reduce your risk of osteoporosis and broken bones.

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Start with a short-term goal. For example, walk for 5 or 10 minutes every day. Or increase your number of steps by 300 to 500 each day.

After you’ve made walking a habit, set a longer-term goal. You may want to set a goal of walking briskly for at least 30 minutes a day or work up to 10,000 steps a day. You can try to do this 5 days a week or more.

You can wear a pedometer to track your steps each day.

To stay motivated, find a walking partner, such as a family member, friend, or coworker. Daily dog walks are also a great way to keep up your walking routine.

For more information on walking for fitness and other exercise ideas, go to Kaiser Permanente’s Web site at www.kp.org/fitness.

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This article is proudly sponsored by Kaiser Permanente.

Mary Klemm, DO, is Physician Site Leader for the Antioch Medical Center.