Vol. 83 No. 10 11-06-15

Grasping the future

Celebrating the dead

Kickin’ it at LMC

Local middle school students visited LMC during the Transfer Day event Tuesday, Oct. 27 — page 3

Day of the Dead was celebrated on campus during a fundraising event hosted by Puente — page 4

The LMC kickball league kicked off the season with a double-header Wednesday, Nov. 4 — page 5

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Teams argue vaccines City hall hosts debate

November is National Native American Heritage Month

By JAMARI SNIPES

jsnipes@lmcexperience.com

Nov. 9

College closed in observance of Veterans Day

Nov. 20

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

Dinner is set to bring relief Rotary Club of the Delta, Antioch, in association with Rotaract of LMC, will host the Valley and Butte Fire Relief Dinner Nov. 14 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds to raise money for victims of the Valley and Butte fires. In addition to the dinner, a silent auction and raffle will also take place and the event will be held the inside the Mangini Agricultural Museum. Tickets are limited and cost $20 for adults, and $10 for children 12 and under.

For more information contact Deanna Rundall at 852-7457.

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Experience • Cathie Lawrence

LMC debate team member Richard Stanfield argues in favor of vaccines during a debate at Pittsburg City Hall Friday, Oct. 30.

Los Medanos College’s debate team made an appearance at Pittsburg City Hall to argue for and against a topic that has become as controversial as abortions, gay marriage and immigration — vaccines.

Two teams came prepared Friday, Oct. 30 to debate whether a new California law requiring all students entering the public school system to receive childhood vaccinations.

The city hall had been filled with LMC faculty, staff, students and members of the community, including four former debaters — Katie Lucido, Miguel

Mauricio, Dennis Tekell and Dylan Melowitz, and Lupe Mauricio, who had only found out 15 minutes prior to the debate that he was going to have to fill in for a member of the opposition, had felt the pressure.

“I felt nervous,” said team member Genaro Mauricio. “I felt unprepared, but I was willing to accept the challenge.”

There were four students on each team, one representing the California government — which included Richard Stanfield, Genaro Mauricio, Taylor Gonzalez, and Grace Babayan — and the other the opposition — which included Isaac Wimberly, Lupe Mauricio, Sergio

See ARGUE, page 6

LMC to plant a future New garden site revealed

By ALEXANDRA RIVA ariva@lmcexperience.com

Human books return to LMC The LMC Library and Transfer and Career Services are once again hosting Books Alive on Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 12 to 2 p.m inside the Library, Room L-109.

Focusing on the topic of careers, the event will feature “human books” that students can “checkout” to learn more information about the careers in which those people are employed. For more information visit www. losmedanos.edu/library.

Blood Drive is back next week Student Life, in conjunction with the Blood Centers of the Pacific, will sponsor a blood drive Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m inside the Library, Room L-109. Those interested in donating can schedule an appointment by visiting the Blood Centers of the Pacific’s website at www.bloodheroes.com, or by contacting the Student Life office at 473-7554.

Los Medanos College’s smallest neighbors in the Child Development Center received their final clue Tuesday, leading to the unveiling of a new garden for the children. Since Oct. 2, the children in Lindsay Bertolucci’s class have been making guesses as to what the surprise would be.

“I think the science based investigations made it more interesting instead of just telling them,” said Bertolucci about the predictions her students made as to what would be going in an empty space next to their playground.

The space previously contained trees and bushes, but they have since been cleared out and an irrigation system was put in to help with the potential gardening site. LMC students used to walk through this space on a narrow gravel path, but they will no longer be able to do so after the garden is built and a fence is put in place.

“It’s going to be fenced off and closed. That’s to keep it safe for the children without people coming up to them,” said Janice Townsend, the Child Study Center Curriculum Coordinator.

In class, the children were given their final clue, which included uncovering a variety of fruits and then taking a field trip to a mobile farmers’ market on the LMC campus. Fresh Approach, where the children each purchased a fruit or vegetable, has been in operation since 2009 and has been coming to LMC for several weeks.

Above, Aaron Winners of Fresh Approach watches as Child Development student Benjamin Gavay examines some grapes as part of a final hint provided by his teacher prior to revealing the plans for the garden. Left, recently removed of trees and bushes, the potential site of the new garden was revealed to the children involved in the Child Development program.

See PLANT, page 6

Experience • Alexandra Riva

Getting to know the law Aides are ‘another set of eyes and ears’

By ALEXANDRA RIVA ariva@lmcexperience.com

Most students at Los Medanos College have probably seen a police aide drive by on their golf cart or walking the halls of the college complex, but few actually know what they do.

“They lock and unlock everything, they do escorts when people ask for them,” said LMC Police Lieutenant Ryan Huddleston.

“Basically they’re another set of eyes and ears for the police.”

There are three different shifts that the

police aides, who are all students, get assigned. The morning shift starts at seven o’clock in the morning.

“It’s tough getting up that early,” said police aide Deven Neville.

Neville usually works his shifts with his partner, Michael Macias, whom he met at a Police Explorer Program through the Brentwood Police Department several years ago.

Both Neville and Macias are criminal justice majors, however this is not a requirement for the job.

See AIDES, page 6

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Police aides Logan Bangert (left) and Deven Neville examine damage left by a truck Wednesday, Nov. 4.

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GARRETT’S GRIPES

Police brutality unnecessary

Anime shows getting slept on

It’s time to stop brushing the issue under the table; we live in the age of police brutality. Last week, a black high school student caused a disturbance in the classroom as she did not want to hand over her cell phone when the teacher caught her with it out in the middle of class.

When the teacher asked for the student to hand over the phone, the student refused, prompting the teacher to call a police officer assigned to the South Carolina school. When the officer showed up, teenagers did what they do best, pull out their phone and record the incident, in case something went awry.

Things certainly went south when according to nytimes.com, “two videos went viral Monday afternoon that show a white school police officer in a Columbia classroom grabbing an African-American student by the neck, flipping her backward as she sat at her desk, then dragging and throwing her across the floor.”

As a journalist, I encourage you to look up both videos shot by students in the class, and decide for yourself if you think the officer used excessive force. In my opinion, the videos depict the definition of police brutality.

The name of the officer is deputy Ben Fields, who has since been fired from his job. And to that I say, well great, but that does not fix the problem, it does not take back the fact that it happened.

Look, I get it, officers deal with unruly people every day of their lives. I’m not saying they should not have used any force on this high school girl, but flipping a girl from her chair and basically throwing her to the floor and pouncing on her seemed a bit excessive.

On the other hand, as a warning, there is no way you should ever refuse a cop. If we are to hold the police accountable for being brutal, then it is our duty as Americans to abide by the law. The student, who will remain unnamed, refused to give up her phone, stating, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”

If you feel as if you have done nothing wrong, then hand over the phone and go with the policeman. The student appeared to fight back a little bit by punching the cop in the arm, but Deputy Fields, if you mean to tell me you were in fear of getting maimed by a high school girl, then maybe being a policeman is not the right line of work for you.

To solve the problem, the US should only be allowed to employ people who are not afraid of a high schooler, and express a little more intelligence than Deputy Fields did in this incident. Make it even harder for a person to become a cop, and pay them a healthier salary. Not just any Joe-Shmo should be allowed to police the citizens of the greatest country on earth.

I am not going to lie, I am happy Fields got fired, even if some of the students from the very same school want him back and working. If you have a temper, and some high school girl refusing to give up her phone angers you to the point where you feel the need to flip her out of her seat, you probably should not be a cop in America.

As far as race goes when it comes to this altercation, it does not make a difference to me. There is no need to blow something like this out of proportion when it comes to the white authoritative figure dismantling a young black girl.

What this altercation highlighted is we have a problem in America when it comes to the proper handling of issues between citizens and police. Force is necessary in a lot of cases, but in this case, the extent of which force was used was excessive. This kind of physical altercation between a cop and a student in a high school setting is unnecessary and will always be unnecessary.

In the United States, anime for the most part, does not get the respect that it deserves.

While it does have a large fan base, it is continually overlooked by the masses and written off as weird or nerdy.

I don’t claim to know everything about the genre in it’s entirety — because there are hundreds of different animes — but I have seen enough to know that there are a lot of quality shows that are inexplicitly being slept on.

One of the main reasons anime is shunned is that it’s a cartoon. How can a cartoon possibly be on the same level of story telling and character development as other traditional shows like “Breaking Bad” or “The Walking Dead”?

Most American cartoons by nature are episodic and either appeal to kids or young adults and so when Americans see an animated show, they most wrongly lump it together with the likes of “Spongebob” and “Family Guy” when anime is so much more.

Take for example, one of the most popular animes, “Naruto.” The show follows a young ninja who was shunned by all the other kids growing up because he was different and how he overcomes his rough upbringing on his quest to become the leader of his home village.

Each time Naruto learns a new ability it’s not just given to him, he has to learn it.

Whether it be learning how to walk up walls or how to create his now trade mark attack, the rasengan, the viewer sees Naruto struggle at first then later on master the ability. You get excited when he figures out how to overcome a roadblock. Little things that give you a strong sense of progression make you more invested in the character by seeing how hard they’re working to achieve their goals.

Another reason to start watching anime is that most shows give off a nice positive message.

In an age where most American cartoons are either comedies that are meant to appeal to third graders or contain pure toilet humor, it is nice to see an animated show that preaches a positive message.

For example, the show “Death Note” which is centered around a genius who finds a notebook that grants him the ability to kill anyone who’s name he writes in it.

The main character begins killing criminals and justifies his murders by claiming he’s attempting to create a new world and he has to get rid of them.

While that sounds pretty dark, later on you see that no matter how you justify doing wrong, you always pay for it in the end which is a positive.

Or in the show “Hunter x Hunter” the main character is looking for his father and must pass an insanely difficult exam that tests your psychical and mental strength.

He shows that with perseverance and a little bit of stubbornness, you can do anything.

Finally, one last reason more people should give anime a chance is that the genre as a whole is so big that there is a show for everyone to enjoy.

From sports to action to crime drama to fantasy there are quality shows out there from each genre that people are missing out on because it looks weird.

With all things considered, there really isn’t a reason to not at the very least casually watch a few different animes.

You never know until you try you may be surprised and really take a liking to it.

It can’t hurt to try and there is a strong possiblitiy you will open yourself up to new and engaging story lines.

There are plenty to choose from and the quality of story telling and character development is unmatched by any other type of cartoon.

Experience • Garrett Belme

Editorial

Movember 30-day challenge

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ff the heels of October, which was Breast Cancer Awareness month, it is now November or Movember according to the Movember Foundation. This movement for men has been around for years, and is now hitting the media this year. The movement requires men to shave clean at the beginning of the month, and then grow a mustache. This 30-day challenge is to help raise awareness to prostate and testicular cancer, but this year mental health and physical inactivity is now apart of the movement.

Movember is mistaken “No-Shave November,” but that is a different organization that persuades people to donate what they would spend of grooming their hair to the American Cancer Society. Men tend to want to shave, but they will have to avoid shaving to participate.

The Movember Foundation is so huge, that it has campaigns in 21 countries. More celebrities have yet to join the cause, but American actress and singer-songwriter Emmy Rossum has announced that she will be partnering with the Movember Foundation via Twitter, and will have a huge role in helping raise awareness.

There will be events all month to support the cause, and LMC students/Faculty should join. These events include yoga and motorcycle shows. This may raise awareness for men’s health, but women could also participate by encouraging their friends, family or a significant other to grow a mustache and join the cause. Our health is one of the things that help us survive, and staying active this Movember can help.

Letter to the Editors

Caitlyn Jenner, Woman of the Year?

DEAR EDITOR: Upon hearing Glamour Magazine’s plan to award Caitlyn Jenner as Women of the Year, I am utterly disgusted. First and foremost it’s Women of the Year, not man. Call me politically incorrect or transphobic but just because you bolt on fake boobs, throw on make up, put on a dress and start calling yourself Caitlyn, doesn’t make you a women. You can take all the hormones you want, cut off your genitals but in the end, guess what, your still going to have that Y chromosome in your DNA and your still going to be a man posing as a women.

Out of all the women out there you cannot possibly mean to tell me there was no better option for Women of the Year other than Caitlyn Jenner? How can a transgender be more deserving of this award than a real woman?

Glamour Magazine, is in essence, saying that a man is more deserving of this award than a women.

Secondly, what exactly has Caitlyn done for women that is so inspiring or worthy of this award? Nothing, absolutely nothing. Laura Meyers said it best, “It’s what she does as a woman, to overcome struggles of womanhood, to advance womanhood, to inspire womanhood - that deserves an award. What has Caitlyn done for womanhood other than simply become a woman”.

Caitlyn’s only claim to fame is that she was in the limelight when she decided she no longer wanted to be a man but apparently that is more than enough to earn her the award. The winner of this award should display characteristics that support, encourage and inspire women in all walks of life, not demean them. Caitlyn receiving this award is a slap in the face to real women.

Caitlyn’s only other exploits since deciding that being a man wasn’t for her, was that her careless negligent driving lead to the death of another women – back when se still identified as Bruce, Caitlyn rear ended her vehicle and sent it head on into oncoming traffic. Yet, this is whom we pick for Women of the Year?

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It’s bad enough she was given the Arthur Ashe award for courage, because there’s nothing courageous about her and she is not the role model we should choose for our children to look up to. It’s sickening.

How much further as a society can we sink when this is the type of person we choose to idolize and look up to? I mean look at what a bang up job she’s done with being a role model to her own family. She allows her own daughters to be objectified and consents to them under going plastic surgery - Kylie wasn’t even eighteen! But hey, good job promoting surgery to overcome whatever body issues you may be harboring instead of, I don’t know, maybe trying to be happy with whom you are?

How about we honor someone who is actually deserving of this award? As Nicole Russell, a writer for The Federalist pointed out “What about Dafne Almazan? Just barely a woman, at 13, she has become the world’s youngest psychologist and according to Forbes is one of Mexico’s 50 most powerful women.

This year on her birthday, Malala Yousafzai, winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize (the youngest winner ever), opened a school for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, near the Syrian border. Yousafzai was targeted and nearly killed by the Taliban for advocating for women’s education.”

Apparently none of those accomplishments qualify these women for the award. They are clearly out shined by Caitlyn’s tremendous accomplishments, if you can even stand to call them accomplishments. In fact, any notable accomplishments from Caitlyn Jenner were actually accomplishments of Bruce, a man, but lets ignore that fact in order to be more politically correct. We’d hate to be labeled as transphobic and insensitive for calling her out for in fact, being a man. We wouldn’t want to upset the transgender community now would we?

Hats off to Glamour for showing everyone what we Americans actually consider to be a role model for our young women.

— Kurt Benzler

Do you think members of law enforcement misuse their authority?

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“I think that basically law enforcement is good but I think it’s probably a few people that misuse their power and that makes law enforcement look bad.”

— John Schall

“Of course they do, they have the authority so they have the opportunity to take advantage.”

— Xsaxivette Robert

“I not only think they do, I have seen it several times in my life... it’s one of our most important jobs but it attracts some of the worst people.”

— Dave Zimny

“They have the opportunity to abuse their power. But it depends on the instance whether they should go beyond the power that they’re granted.”

— Mark Sanchez

“No, I don’t I think that.

What happens is individuals misuse their authority.”

— Patrick Martucci

“Some law enforcement do misuse their authority... that’s only a few of them but those are the ones that are being shown to us.”

— Yazmyn Rahim

“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 Copy Chief ........................ KIMBERLY STELLY 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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Native American Heritage Month

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Use what you have.

Do what you can.”

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Tour impresses youth

Native American Heritage Month is an observation recognizing the contributions made by Native Americans long before the founding of the U.S. and continuing to strengthen government-to-government ties with tribal nations and expanding the possibility for all.

The declaration was made in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush, which states to, “call upon Federal, State and local Governments, groups and organizations and the people of the United States to observe such month with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.”

The commemoration aims to provide a platform for Native people in the U.S. to share their culture and traditions and gives them the opportunity to express to their community.

“While we cannot undo the pain and tragedy of the past, we can set out together to forge a brighter future of progress and hope across Indian Country and the entire American landscape.” says President Obama.

Health screenings available

Student life, in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente, will be holding free health screenings on Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Kaiser Permanente Healthy Living event’s health screenings will include checks on blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol and body mass index.

The event will be in the outdoor quad and will have free chair massages and a rock wall to climb.

Veterans given a pizza party

The Enrichment Events Committee will be hosting a pizza party for LMC veterans.

The event will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Honors Center, located in a portable building on the north side of the Campus Complex.

Experience • Cathie Lawrence

Professional Mechanic Instructor Jason Dearman gives seventh and eighth graders a tour Oct. 27 to show what goes on when rebuilding a car engine in the Automotive Department.

Middle schoolers look at LMC departments

By MARK GARRO Staff Writer

Photo from www.stmarys-ca.edu

Designed in the Mission Renaissance style, the chapel is the center of St. Mary’s College.

It is a place of reflection and consideration for all students, no matter their religious or cultural backgrounds.

Free campus tour available

Unsure of where to transfer? Sign up for the Transfer Center’s upcoming university campus tour online: St. Mary’s College: Dec. 4. Registration is now open.

The Transfer Center will provide transportation.

For additional information, registration, future tours and tour suggestions contact the Transfer Center at 4737444 or check out its website losmedanos.edu/transfer/ default.asp.

The Transfer Center is currently located in Student Services, SS4-435.

CSU workshops set for fall

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

The next workshop will be learning to complete UC applications for schools like UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara and more.

They will be Nov. 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. and Nov. 16 and 24 from 1 to 3 p.m.

The workshop on Nov. 16 will be in presentation with UC Davis.They will all be in Student Services Building Room 412.

The workshops will be hosted by transfer counselor David Reyes.

Allies to hold weekly meetings

LMC Allies will have meetings every Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. in Library Room L-105.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance, provides information, support and community for gay, lesbian, bi, trans, queer and questioning people in the LMC area, and for their straight family and friends.

Meetings and events offer a safe, friendly and inclusive place and time for our community to convene.

For more information, call 473-7861, email the group at lgbt@losmedanos.edu or stop by the Q*Spot at College Complex Room CC1-117

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.

Graduation application dates

If you have applied for fall 2015 graduation, you will receive notification of your status by Nov.15.

If you complete your graduation requirements this semester, you will receive your diploma or certificate by Feb. 15, 2016.

Students who plan to graduate in spring 2016 can apply for graduation once they have registered for spring classes.

The deadline to apply for spring 2016 graduation is March 1. Please see your counselor to make sure you are on track.

— compiled from press releases and staff reports

Students from Pittsburg’s Hillview Jr. High and Antioch’s Dallas Ranch Middle School arrived at Los Medanos College Tuesday, Oct. 27 for a general tour of the college campus.

The students were shown around campus from the Library to places such as Auto Tech, the Child Development Center and the main math building.

“I think it is good that they have the tours divided to allow the students to inquire about different majors,” said Deirdre Williams, a counselor at Hillview Jr. High about themed tours for students with different academic interests.

The field trip for both schools, which ran from 9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., was scheduled to allow the middle schoolers to also see the wide variety of colleges and universities

visiting LMC for the annual fall Transfer Day, held on the same day.

The students and their teachers were excited about both the college tour and the opportunity to see representatives from so many transfer institutions.

“I’m just excited for the kids to get a feel for college,” said Pamela Price, a counselor at Dallas Ranch Middle School.

Another instructor, Niko Debaca, said she anticipated the college fair would be big, “and I was pleased that it met my expectations for what I wanted my students to experience.”

Nicole Westbrook, a Career

and Technical Education counselor at LMC who helped out with the event, said she liked how the field trip exposed younger students to universities and the college experience. The students from both schools looked into potential future colleges and gathered information about them, as well as about LMC. Most of the middle school students had smiles on their faces during their visit and appeared impressed by the fair and the college itself.

But some said they were just happy to be out of their normal classes and away from their respective schools.

Language program free for use

By JOSEPH DELANO

jdelano@lmcexperience.com

Learning a new language at Los Medanos College just got a whole lot sweeter with the implementation of the Mango Languages resource offered through the Library.

The program, which is in its first year of being offered, “is an interactive, self-paced, language learning software covering 71 world languages, 17 [English as a Second Language]/ELL courses, grammar, pronunciation and cultural information,” according to LMC Electronic Resources Librarian Kimberly Wentworth Mango is free for LMC students, faculty and staff to use, after the cost of $2,187 was funded by a mini-grant from Student Equity Plan funds.

Languages available to learn include:

HBCUs to come to LMC

By TYLER MORTIMORE

tmortimore@lmcexperience.com

Los Medanos College’s Umoja program will be hosting a regional transfer fair featuring nine Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the indoor quad Tuesday, Nov. 17.

In addition to the open invitation for LMC’s student body, Umoja members from Contra Costa College and Diablo Valley College will be attending, as well as students from four local high schools.

“This is an historic event for Los Medanos College,” said Faith Watkins, Umoja coordinator. Watkins says Umoja has hosted HBCU transfer events in the past, but this is the first one since California Community Colleges created an initiative streamlining the transfer process for community college students looking to attend a HBCU. Students who attain their AA or complete the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum while maintaining a 2.5 GPA, are guaranteed admissions to one of several partner universities.

Representatives from Bennett College, Dillard University, See HBCU, page 6

ing specialty courses such as Medical and Legal Spanish, Soccer Celebration Portuguese, Wine and Cheese French, [and] Text Talk Spanish,” said Wentworth of the variety of available programs the service offers.

To access the software, visit the Library’s website www.losmedanos.edu/ library and search for Mango using the A to Z databases link.

Image courtesy of mangolanguages.com Mango is also available to use on a mobile device, as it is compatible with both Pirate is just one of the many Apple and Android operating systems. language choices to take.

Login is easiest to do on a computer, Mandarin Chinese; Spanish, from both and then transfer your account to the Latin America and Spain; Swedish; Amer- cellular device.

After working with ESL faculty memican Sign Language; and Italian.

And for fun, Pirate and Shakespearean bers, the Library decided to invest in the program on a trial basis.

English can be sampled.

“Mango includes useful and entertainSee MANGO, page 6

CHOOSE YOUR DOCTOR

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So it only makes sense that you have one that you connect with and can trust.

Our doctors are caring, supportive, and highly respected in their fields. And with more than 800 Kaiser Permanente physicians in Central and East Contra Costa County and the Tri-Valley area, it’s easy to find one that’s right for you.

To learn more, visit kp.org/diablo.

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“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

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The struggle for survival

n “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” Rated R Genre: Suspense, Comedy, Zombies n “Burnt” Rated R Genre: Comedy n “Our Brand is Crisis” Rated R Genre: Comedy, Drama, Political n “Spectre” Rated PG-13 Genre: Thriller, Adventure n “The Peanuts Movie” Rated G Genre: Family, Animation n “Room” Rated R Genre: Drama

LMC gallery showing

Día De Los Muer tos is a popular celebration of the dead. The latest Los Medanos College art show “Día De Los Muertos” is now open. The show runs through Thursday, Dec. 10. Artwork for the show features sculpture, drawing, painting and installation.

Brentwood open mic

Presented by Brentwood Writes, an adjunct of the Brentwood Art Society and the Brentwood Community Library, City of Brentwood Poet Laureate Kati Short will be hosting a free open mic.

All short work, poetry, short story, nonfiction or any other creative work is welcome. Participants are allowed five minutes each to perform. Open mic is held at the Brentwood Community Center in Conference Room B on the second Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Railroad Book Depot

Experience • Cathie Lawrence

Elysse Green and Michael Burks as “Sophie” and “Commander Osembenga” in the LMC’s latest production “Ruined.”

‘Ruined’ set to open in early December

Improv workshops will be held at the Railroad Book Depot store on Sunday, Nov. 8, 15 and 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. The bookstore is located at 650 Railroad Ave. in Pittsburg.

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 Contra Costa Chamber Orchastra, a group of 45 musicians ages 15 to 94, will be performing a concert on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for students. n The International Film Showcase will be screening a showing of the sentimental Italian film “Cinema Paradiso,” Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $8 for adults and $7 for seniors and students. n Presented by the Vagabond Players, “Too old for the Chorus But not Too Old to be a Star,” a musical about men and women who find themselves to be suddenly 50 Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.

Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and $10 for youth 18 and under. n The worlds of Oz and Wonderland collide in the show “Dorothy in Wonderland” Friday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for youth 18 and under. n Starring acclaimed performer Jim Curry, there will be a tribute to the music of John Denver matinee show Sunday Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. Ticket prices are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors and free for youth 18 and under with a paid adult.

By BEATRIZ HERNANDEZ

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The drama department rehearses for the Pulitzer Prizewinning play in the Little Theater.

The Los Medanos College drama department is bringing the show “Ruined” to the community and will be performed at the California Theatre in downtown Pittsburg beginning Dec. 2 at 7 p.m.

Drama department Chair Nick Garcia will be directing the Pulitzer-winning play by Lynn Nottage, which tackles issues on equity. “[We’re] showing other peoples struggles in life and still finding the beauty and strength in that struggle, allowing people to be proud of where they came from,” said Garcia, “To show there’s still incredible human strength and kindness out there.”

The story, set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, centers on the struggles during the civil war.

“They are definitely r uined emotionally,” said Elysse Green who plays Sophie. “My character, for instance, she’s ruined. Meaning she is of no use sexually because she was raped in such a horrific way.”

Green brought up the problems of performing a play set in a place most people only know from television.

“This is taking place in another country and it’s specifically dealing with African women, but it’s not a stereotype. It is what it is. It’s real life,” said Green.

The show is intended to educate the LMC and the community on the

‘Fed up’ hits the spot Documentary inspires

By TYLER MORTIMORE

tmortimore@lmcexperience.com

LMC students at the Brentwood Center got a post-Halloween sugar intervention by the Health & Wellness Committee with a showing of “Fed Up” Monday, Nov. 2.

The 2014 documentary ex-

plores the causes of America’s obesity epidemic, which the film’s experts blame on the high sugar content of our food. The film says 80 percent of foods have added sugar, and that ostensibly healthy “low-fat” foods counter the lack of fat with an increase in sugar, which the

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body stores as fat.

The film also highlights the lobbying prowess of the food industry, which has routinely defeated legislative attempts to regulate the quality of our food, fast food advertising aimed at children and corporately-sponsored public school lunches.

The most troubling aspect to the film’s subjects, experts and See FED, page 6

Bay School to host Jazz Ensemble

By SARAH GONZALES Staff Writer Courtesy of pittsburgcaliforniatheatre.com

Promotional art for the Official Blues Brothers Revue.

Shows at the theater

The California Theatre is located in Pittsburg at 351 Railroad Ave. For ticket sales and additional information call 427-1611. n Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty will be bringing soul to the California Theatre as part of a Official Blues Brothers Revue concert will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets for this event are $49. n In its third year, VETJAM, featuring Doc Kraft and Company and Billy Schaub will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14.

Tickets for this event are $10. n Erik “Awesome” Alston is bringing comedy to the Bay Area Saturday, Nov. 14 at 9 p.m. at “The Erik Awesome Comedy Show” Tickets for this event are $20 general admission and $25 at the door. n The comedic coming-of-age story of “13 the Musical” is being brought to the theatre beginning Friday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. and will continue Nov. 21 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.

— compiled from press releases and staff reports

The Los Medanos College Jazz Ensemble is preparing for its upcoming performance at the Bay School of San Francisco Nov. 11 at 7 p.m., and Jazz band instructor Rob Dehlinger has been working studiously with the jazz musicians since the beginning of the semester.

Dehilinger said that the concert “should be fun because it’ll be a chance for the students to get out and play in the city.”

The Bay School is a private high school located in Presidio, near the Walk Disney Family Museum and Lucasfilm.

The Jazz Ensemble will be playing five pieces at the event; two of the pieces will feature a vocalist ­— “Who’s Sorry Now” and “All the Things You Are.” “A standard that any jazz player should know.

So I picked that one in order to make sure the students were exposed to it,” added Dehlinger.

The band is also doing “Spring Can Really Hand You Up the Most” and “Sir Duke.” “[‘Sir Duke’] is one of my favorite Stevie wonder Tunes,” said Dehilnger, “And ‘Nutville,’ which is by jazz composer/pianist Horace Silver. It’s an energetic arrangement which features many soloists and gives them a chance to really work on their improvisation.”

The 20-student Jazz band is a combination of saxophone, trombone, trumpet, piano and bass players with an addition of a vocalist.

Dehlinger said he is delighted with the

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Emmanuel Pantoja gets his face painted in the indoor quad Nov. 2.

Puente fundraises for scholarships a variety of desserts were Day of the Dead and sold as part of the fundraiser.

“We’re putting on this fundis celebrated raiser to support the Puente

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Puente, a program focused on improving college success for underrepresented students, hosted a Day of the Dead lunch fundraiser to help generate money for its scholarship fund Monday, Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the indoor quad.

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program here and to help support the transfer students so we can help give them scholarships,” said Puente President Selena Martinez.

The scholarship fund is meant to raise money for Puente students who are looking to transfer to four-year universities.

“The Puente scholarship fund is a fund that helps Pu-

ente students on their road to transfer,” said Puente Adviser Stacey Miller. “They can apply for the scholarship to help with books or tuition here at LMC or to give them money to take with them when they transfer to a four-year university.”

There was also some face painting of the classic sugar skull and dancing as music was played at the event.

“We’re just trying to spread love, that’s all we’re really trying to do, have a good time,” See DAY, page 6

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Volleyball 10-2 in conference Stangs win fourth matchup in a row

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Los Medanos Volleyball were rude hosts Wednesday night, trouncing Marin College three sets to none.

The Mustangs cruised to easy victories in the first two games, winning 25-15 in each. They started slowly in the third game but eventually came out ahead 25-19.

Coach Lou Panzella was satisfied with the result.

“I thought we played really well,” said Panzella. “We’ve been working really hard at practice on cutting down hitting errors, and the first two sets were probably the best we’ve had all season.”

The first game began with LMC and Marin trading points before LMC broke the deadlock with a blistering 15-2 run, with a couple aces by freshman Janessa Seei. A surgical ace by freshman Caitlin Sadler turned the Marin players into helpless bystanders and secured the first game for LMC. Marin found little mercy in the second game, with LMC starting the game with a 6-0 run on the back of Sadler’s two kills. The Mustangs maintained a comfortable lead the entire game, with more deadly precision from Sadler, Seei, and freshman Taylor Green.

The third game started off rocky for LMC, with Marin appearing to have found a defensive answer for Sadler after blocking the freshman twice early on, but the Mustangs managed to stay in the game. Tied at 17, LMC went on an 8-2 run to finish

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LMC’s Janessa Seei taps the ball over the net as Marin’s Tate Dobbins attempts to block. The Mustangs won all three sets of the conference bout and are third in the Bay Valley with four games remaining on the schedule. the game and the match.

The win brought LMC to 10-2 in conference play, just one game behind second place and a playoff spot.

Coach Panzella says the upcoming matches are do-or-die.

“Friday night we play Solano, we

won in five last time, that’s going to be a big match. The next two weeks we play all the people we have to beat,” he said, referring to matches against Mendocino, second place Napa Valley, and the final game against conference leaders Yuba City.

“Our destiny is in our hands. We keep playing like this, we’ll be OK.” LMC has four games left on their schedule including two home games against Mendocino Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. and Napa Valley Friday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m.

“Our destiny is in our hands. We keep playing like this, we’ll be OK.”

— Lou Panzella

Kickball league launches Teams consist of students, staff and faculty

telling players to stay on base or to keep running along the base path — with both teams making defensive The Intramural Kickball League began at Los Med- personal adjustments early on in the game.

Despite the high energy radiating from both squads, anos College with a doubleheader Wednesday, Nov. 4 in the end Wolf Gang bested the in the first of a five-week tournament.

Arse Kickers by 16 points with the The LMC softball field was the sight crushing final score 19-3. for the two match ups, with the Baby LMC’s intramural sports program, Bounces and the Free Agents set to which is sponsored by Student Life, do battle first. aims to get students, faculty members The wind was chilly and the energy and teachers all hanging out together. level was mild during the first game as “Student life started intramural the Baby Bounces beat out the Free sports program in fall of 2014,” said Agents by a score of 8-4.

Student Life Coordinator Demetria “We did pretty good, we had some Lawrence. “We started with a domino nice plays out there, you know made tournament in the fall and then last it happen,” said BJ Erwin, a member spring we did 3 on 3 basketball.” of the winging Baby Bounces, after The matches last for 40 minutes the game. “It’s a team effort, there’s or 7 innings, whichever comes first. no I in team.”

Experience • Brendan Cross The winning team of the entire tourIf the energy level of the first game ney will win a trophy and have their was a 6 out 10 then it was ratcheted K’la Davis pitches during the names on a plaque. up to eleven for the second game of inaugural contest.

The games they will be taking the doubleheader.

Both the Arse Kickers and Wolf Gang were constantly place every Wednesday until Dec. 2 on the softball field yelling and rooting for their respective teammates — from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

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LMC Alternate Media Specialist Kenny Purizaga celebrates scoring a run during the first Intramural Kickball League game.

Shutout loss

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LMC defender Haley Weder handles the ball as Solano College’s forward Juliet Ramirez and midfielder/defender Nikki Castro attempt to pry it away. The Mustangs lost the game 7-0, getting shutout for the sixth time this season. They are currently second to last in the Bay Valley Conference, just ahead of bottom-dweller Merritt. The soccer team has a 3-6-4 conference record with three contests remaining. The last home game of the season is Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. against Napa.

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Ramirez, and Yetunde Ogunleye — with each member taking a turn to provide facts and arguments for their side of the issue.

The government was up first, which is traditional in parliamentary-style debate.

“We on the government team proudly suppor t the California law that will go into effect July 2016 that states that all children must be vaccinated before entering the public school even a pre-school,” said Genaro Mauricio, who is new to the LMC debate team. “The only exemptions for this law would be medical exemptions such as someone who’s suffering from acute leukemia or transplant patients that have weakened or compromised immune systems.”

Genaro Mauricio also quoted statistics to support their claim that vaccines have saved several lives.

“The Centers for Disease Control estimated that 732,000 American children were saved from death and 322 million child illnesses were prevented from 1994 to 2014 due to vaccinations,” said Mauricio.

But the opposition’s opener, Wimberly, argued that mandatory vaccinations would cause rebellions because the new law would limit rights and said it would cause children to lose their natural immunity.

Stanfield from the government countered with the fact that we have many mandatory things for children in our society already — such as being required to enroll in school or be placed in a car seat.

“When it comes to protecting our children, we do things that are mandator y,” said Stanfield. “Not because they are mandatory, but because they are right.”

He also noted that this particular area of California has a high level of children who have not been vaccinated.

“In Contra Costa County, this is from the California Department of Public Health, 93.83% of kindergarten children are not immunized,” said Stanfield.

Stanfield also reminded the opposition of the situation in Disneyland, when a person who had the measles went to amusement park and 132 people were infected as a result.

“Had all of those children been immunized or even just 95% of them, we would not of had that outbreak,” Stanfield explained.

Lupe Mauricio countered that the vaccines could actually be harmful to children instead of helping them and brought up that the companies making them earn a large profit from

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“As long as you’re a student, you can apply,” said Huddleston about the application requirements.

Students looking to become police aides must be currently enrolled in at least six units, and have a minimum 2.0 GPA. While any student can apply for the position, criminal justice majors are given a unique opportunity to use what they have learned in their classes in real life and prepare for their future careers.

“It’s really good for the experience,” said Macias.

Neville and Macias both have other jobs in addition to this one, but their work is similar.

The pair does armed security all over the bay area. “I am licensed to be armed and wear everything a California Police Officer wears.”

On campus, however, police aides do not carry guns and do not usually get into physical altercations. This is not to say that there isn’t a certain level of excitement involved in the daily routine.

“See that car there? We could ticket them for parking like that if they were blocking other cars,” said Neville about a crooked car in parking Lot A. Writing tickets for cars without parking permits and those illegally parked is a normal part of their day.

“If the machines are out of order we don’t write tickets.

That’s not really fair,” said Neville.

Police aides at LMC don’t have an amount of tickets that

these vaccines, when they should be more focused on the citizen’s health.

Another argument brought up by the opposition was that some companies combine vaccines and that we do not have enough information people would react to taking these types of vaccines.

Gonzalez, on the government side, countered that we live in a capitalist society that strives to make a profit on things and so the pharmaceutical companies can’t be blamed. He also added that vaccines have been tested for possible negative reactions.

The government also argued that people who don’t get immunized leave everyone else vulnerable.

“Vaccinating children is our greatest defense we have against these diseases because when there is another outbreak, it will be too late to be reactionary,” said Gonzalez.

Ramirez, on the opposing side, said the government should not be allowed to intervene on the citizen’s decisions for reasons such as religious or personal exemptions.

“There are sometimes serious and fatal side effects because of the harmful ingredients that are inside of these vaccinations,” said Ramirez.

“That is something that [the government has] failed to bring to you.”

Babayan countered the opposing team with the fact that they talked about natural immunity being the best way against diseases and that they are failing to recognize that people with no natural immunity would be at a disadvantage.

“Any argument that goes against children’s safety and health we find unethical,” said Babayan.

The government also stated that they are in favor of making laws mandatory when it protects the majority of people.

Opposition closer, Ogunleye, said personal rights should be above the mandatory law.

“Thirty percent of vaccinations have adverse reactions.

15% of those cause brain damage, permanent illness, paralysis, disabilities and potential death,” said Ogunleye.

LMC student Heavenly Prater was impressed with one of new debater Richard Stanfield’s performance.

“I thought Richard was really well spoken,” said Prater.

“He’s just really enthusiastic about what he talks about.”

LMC President Bob Kratochvil was also in attendance. “[The] students did a great job,” said Kratochvil. “I felt each of them was pretty well prepared.”

For more information on the debate team www.losmedanos. edu/speech/debate/.

need to be written during a given shift, but every fine paid and permit purchased goes directly back to the school.

After Neville and Macias leave the parking lots they often walk around the campus and perform odd jobs that staff members ask them to do.

“We’ll bring people their mail. It’s not in the job description, but we’ll do it,” said Neville.

Neville and Macias are often tasked with putting up and taking down all of the yellow ‘class cancellation’ signs around campus. Talking to students about how their days are going is another role the police aides fulfill.

“We’ll say hello to people.

We talk to a lot of the students just to make sure everything is going smooth,” said Neville.

Courtesy goes a long way when it comes to bringing a sense of unity between the police aides and student body.

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audience was sugar’s addictive qualities. According to a study cited in the documentary, sugar is more addictive than cocaine, at least to lab rats.

Communications professor Marie Arcidiacono said the documentary made her more aware of her purchasing habits.

“I think it’s easy to be afraid to buy some of the packaged food,” she said. “You don’t need to be afraid, but you need to be smarter about it. You have to make better choices.”

One of the documentary’s

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“Going to the food truck, they figured out it was a garden. Now, they’re trying different fruits and vegetables to see what we should grow in our garden,” said Townsend.

Of the 13 students in the class 10 children voted for grapes, two chose pomegranates and the last chose persimmon as possible growing options. The students are part of a farm-to-table project that helps them learn about healthy eating habits.

“We were awarded about 30 thousand dollars from the district because we submitted an innovation grant called ‘farm-to-table’. You had to partner with one of the other colleges, Diablo Valley College or Contra Costa College, and we partnered with DVC’s culinary department. Once we have a garden and we have lots of produce they are going to come and teach us how to cook it,” said Townsend.

The garden is an educational and a lifestyle tool, helping promote healthy eating for children and their families.

“The children experience a lot more food and they are more likely to eat something if they grow it,” said Townsend.

The children brought the food they chose at the food tr uck into the classroom where it was stored for the next day’s snack. Another step in the preparation for the garden will be to build planter boxes.

“All the planting will happen next semester in the spring,” said Townsend.

The idea behind the program is that it “can be used by Nursing and EMT students to learn medical Spanish,” said Wentworth.

She added, “It can [also] be used by students and faculty in our study abroad programs.”

At the end of one-year subscription the administration will decide whether or not to continue offering the software.

Mango is not the first program to of fer this type of service, but they feel its way can leave lasting imprints on the end-user.

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number of new members that joined the ensemble this year.

The band’s pianists, Israel Castro and Solomon Uhuru, both had never played for a jazz band before.

Uhuru has no prior live musical experience, but has a knack for playing by ear and has been doing so for years.

“I never thought I would be playing in a jazz band,” said Uhuru, “I feel like a cool guy, and when I say ‘cool guy,’ I mean, I’m playing with a lot of talented people. It puts me on a pedestal.”

Castro was previously with the Pittsburg High School Marching Show and has enjoyed the LMC Jazz band so far.

“Since I love music, I didn’t want to stop playing, so I joined Jazz,” said Castro.

“I love it,” said newcomerKristen Harroun. “It’s a lot of fun and I’ve met a lot of cool people.”

The ensemble holds practices every Tuesday and Thursday where Dehlinger works with the students on ear training and improvisation, a “big part” of jazz band according to Dehlinger. Many songs picked for the Bay School performance will have solos for part of this reason.

“He [Rob] distributes the parts, but if there is a solo part marked on it, you just do it,” said trumpeter Tony Hedrix.

Another concer t will be held on Dec. 2 that will feature the Jazz Ensemble as well as the Jazz Studio Band, a band made up of LMC students and musicians from the community.

Dehlinger said the studio band provides great exposure to graduating high school students and has high hopes for more members joining the LMC Jazz ensemble next year.

Hedrix encourages students who enjoy music to join the LMC ensemble.

“Here’s the place to be if you’re [a] music major,” said Hedrix, “if you really want to have fun with music.” proposed solutions was to buy less processed food, but that can be hard in “food deserts,” where fresh produce is largely unavailable.

“I grew up in Pittsburg, and I see Pittsburg starting to become a food desert,” said Arcidiacono. “Grocery stores that were there when I was growing up are now getting replaced with stores that are heavily focused on packaged food, like Food 4 Less.”

Students who missed the screening can view “Fed Up” on Netflix or check out the DVD at the LMC Library.

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issues women struggle with especially during time of war.

“It’s a great platform to discuss a topic like rape,” said Green “Rape is very serious, but it’s not a topic that is often talked about.”

According to Garcia, the show will also be worked on in collaboration with the English and Honors departments. In the upcoming weeks before the show there will be a series of public speakers, brought in by the school through an innovation grant, giving speeches addressing issues of equity within the community.

People will also have the

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said Puente Inter Club Council Representative Jesus Briseno.

“Sí se puede,” meaning yes, it can be done, is the slogan of Puente.

The Day of the Dead, also known as Día De Los Muertos, begins on Oct. 31 and is runs through Nov. 2. It is meant to commemorate the dead, rather than a fear death.

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cally placed memory-building exercises to help users remember what they are learning in addition to critical thinking exercises, which help them to intuitively understand the language and adapt it to similar conversations,” reads the company’s website.

The Library also offers many other resources available to the LMC community.

According to the website, “Resources including eBooks, streaming videos, newspapers, magazine and journal articles are available to LMC students and employees … from any computer with Internet access.”

For more information about Mango Languages, contact Wentworth at 473-7573. opportunity to participate in a Q&A with the actors after the shows.

The actors have advised people to not bring kids to the show, as the content of the production can be graphic.

“Ruined” opens on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. and runs through Dec. 5.

Tickets will be $12 for students or those with military ID, $15 for the general public and $10 for middle school and high school students with an ID. “We show how people find hope in hell,” said Arionna White who plays Salima, “This isn’t just a show that we’re doing for fun. These are women’s lives. We only get to tell a portion, but this is [real] life that we’re living on stage.” our culture, we want to keep those memories alive,” said Briseno.

The holiday is associated with the catholic All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day, which take place Nov. 1 and Nov. 2..

“Here in the U.S. people celebrate Halloween and in Central America they celebrate Day of the Dead,” said Martinez. “We celebrate it to remember those who have passed and to let them know they’re not forgotten.”

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Fisk University, Lincoln University, Philander Smith College, Stillman College, Talladega College, Tuskegee University and Wiley College will be present to talk to students.

Watkins said that Umoja has hosted larger HBCUs like Howard and Spelman in the past, but that this event is meant to promote the new partnership, which she says should be growing soon.

“They are in the process of accepting the next batch of applications from HBCUs interested in joining the partnership,” she said.

LMC’s Umoja program has existed since 2008, with LMC staff Dr. A’kilah Moore and Professor Tess Caldwell serving as the first co-coordinators of the program. Watkins has worked as the Umoja counselor and co-coordinator the last two years, with Jamila Stewart serving as the other coordinator.

Watkins says LMC’s Umoja program has worked over the years to establish relationships and transfer agreements with HBCUs like Fisk University, Clark Atlanta University and Norfolk State University.

The Umoja program is “committed to enriching, fostering and nurturing the educational experience of all students, especially African American and first-generation college students, ultimately preparing them for academic, personal, and professional success beyond Los Medanos College. This program addresses student needs through academic support services and a curriculum that focuses on African-American literature and history as well as contemporary issues facing the African-American community.”

The fair begins at 10 a.m. and concludes at 12:30 p.m.

A workshop will be held afterward at 1 p.m., in Library Room 109.

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