Vol. 87 No. 2- Sept. 1, 2017

Faculty hired full-time

Bracing the waves

Mustang soccer begins

From Nursing to English, LMC has added nine members to its full-time family — page 3

Biology Instructor Briana McCarthy talks about her preparation to swim the English Channel — page 4

The LMC women’s soccer team started the first game of the season with a 0-0 tie — page 5

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Hispanic Heritage Month begins

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Native American Day: college campus is closed

Short term class available LMC is offering a number of late start classes this semester. For a full list of classes to register for, go to losmedanos.edu/ shortterm.

LMCAS seeks senator help If you are interested in making a change on campus, applications to be an LMCAS senator for the Fall 2017 semester are now available. The applications can be found at the Student Life Office in the portable near the Child Care Center or at losmedanos.edu. The deadline to apply is Monday, Sept. 11 at 3 p.m.

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Unrest erupts in Bay Area Politics leads to protest

By PERRY CONTINENTE

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Berkeley protestors took to the streets in opposition to the right wing “No Marxism” rally Sunday, Aug. 27 in a mostly peaceful manner. The vast majority of protesters did not resort to violence, however, a few incidents did occur between protestors and police, as well as with the anti-fascist organization Antifa.

The “No Marxism” rally was met with intense controversy, not just because of its location in Berkeley, one of the most liberal cities in the United States, but because of the recent the Charlottesville march that attracted neo-Nazis and members of other white supremacist groups.

Partially due to its controversial, and possibly dangerous, nature, the attendance of the “no Marxism” rally, along with the similar, San Francisco based, Patriot’s Prayer, were heavily reduced. Beyond the police checkpoint, there were fewer than ten members of the conservative group.

Chief among the right-wing protest-

ers was Arthur Schaper, a conservative blogger and adamant supporter of Trump. Schaper attended the rally draped in an American flag and engaged with several of the protesters, on topics ranging from unions to class disparity.

“It’s getting to the point where workers are making more than the bosses,” said Schaper to an exasperated crowd of protestors.

Shaper was joined by Erin Smith, a transgender woman, along with several people of color such as the young Sam Hyde.

Iris Archuleta, a professor of political science at Los Medanos College and lawyer, commented on the unusually high number of people of color and trans individuals in the right wing rally.

“There is a social and psychological response called stereotype threat,” said Archuleta.

He explained that stereotype threat is a situation in which members of an oppressed group align themselves See RALLY, page 6

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Berkeley protester Yesenia Mendez is detained after an altercation.

Financial cuts hit students

Kaiser raises interest Health fair comes to LMC

EOPS funds drop

By PERRY CONTINENTE

By JORDAN NEEL

Students were provided free health screenings, medical advice, and massages at this year’s Kaiser health fair. The event featured ever ything from mental and sexual health tables to a climbing wall.

The health fair, which took place Tuesday Aug. 29, was well attended with several students enjoying the climbing wall with others participating in free physical evaluations.

This free event is put on

by Kaiser hospital to benefit college students, a group who often neglect their health, both mental and physical.

Doctor Babatunde Salako was in attendance for free consultations with students.

“We are tr ying to bring our services to the young,” said Salako.

Salako continued “we are most concerned about weight, quite a few people are getting diabetes at young age due to lifestyle.” Salako also said that there is “an increase in STDs in the young ones.”

Salako recommends that college students minimize stress and anxiety, also saying “good self-care along with enough food and sleep are critical for the young.”

Representing the sexual health table, nurse Amelia Schott advised on matters

Reduced state funding and past student behavior have resulted in Equal Opportunity Programs and Services altering some benefits for recipients.

EOPS, a state-funded program that supports students from low-income backgrounds, has cut the amount of money students get for textbooks and parking permits, but has added a monetary incentive for those who stay in school.

In the past, students in the program have received free parking permits, which cost $40 this semester, and a $300 book voucher. This year EOPS students will pay $25 for a discounted parking pass and in addition the voucher has been reduced to $125.

According to Assistant EOPS Director Steve Freeman the budget, which comes from the state, has been reduced by about 5 percent a year in the recent past. Although EOPS would like to serve every student in need, reduced funding means either helping fewer students or cutting the money they get.

In addition, some past recipients would enroll classes and sign up for the program but never complete the semester.

“Before a lot of students were coming into EOPS and would take the voucher, the permit, and we would never see them again” he said. “That’s thousands of dollars leaving our department and we can’t sustain that.”

To combat that problem, EOPS has

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Blood drive on campus The Blood Centers of the Pacific will be hosting another blood drive in their truck outside of the Library Wednesday, Sept.

20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

To register your donation appointment online, visit www.bloodheroes.com, click ‘Locate a Blood Drive’ and enter sponsor code LosMC.

Transit creates new route TriDelta Transit has a new 30-minute bus route between the Pittsburg Marina and Los Medanos College. The revamped Route 381 will be free to LMC students Sept.

25 through Dec. 31.

Students must have a current/valid college I.D. to recieve a free bus ride.

For more information about where this new route will stop, vist trideltatransit.com.

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Experience • Kimberly Stelly

LMC students gather around the rock climbing display in the Outdoor See FAIR, page 6 Quad Tuesday, Aug. 29 during the Kaiser Heath Fair.

See EOPS, page 6

Debate welcomes new season

By JOSHUA WOOD

jwood@lmcexperience.com

Experience • Adria Watson

Team member Richard Stanfield gets ready for the new season during the Aug. 30 practice.

The LMC debate team has grown this semester with a burst of new members. Last week’s practice hosted a massive 26 participants, with 16 newcomers.

Debate Team Coach Kasey Gardner said the team was comprised of around 16 people,” which means the team has grown by 10.

Co-Coach Marie Arcidiacono explained that the increased size

of the team is great for practice.

“We can immediately start running rounds,” said Arcidiacono.

She further explained that the typical practice consists of a short lecture, then debates and feedback. Returning team member Richard Stanfield shared Arcidiacono’s excitement, indicating that he is “excited the class is so large!”

The influx of students has also been met with the appearance of a new coach. Professor of Political

Science David Zimny retired, and Prof. Edward Haven has joined the debate team this year to fill in as a volunteer coach, bringing his philosophical expertise to the arena.

At its core, debate is about pitting great minds against one another in a collaborative and competitive learning environment.

There are multiple styles of debate, and what style the team

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Not so great outside the ring

Keep chin up, phone down

Thousands nationwide paid for — or bootlegged — the historical boxing match between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Conor “The Notorious” McGregor last weekend and naturally, sides were taken in one of the most polarizing fights in recent history.

However, in the midst of all the reactions leading up to and following the fight, no one seems to have the opinion that hey, maybe we shouldn’t be rooting for either fighter.

During the first leg of the promotional tour for the fight, McGregor taunted Mayweather saying, “dance for me boy.” For the uninitiated, “boy” was a word often used to condescend and intimidate black men during slavery and the Jim Crow era. Later, when asked about his comments, McGregor denied being racist as one does and said, “Do they not know I’m half black? Yeah, I’m half black from the waist down.” He is not and the “big penis” stereotype has been historically used to fetishize and objectify black men. He then proceeded to wiggle his torso saying, “Here’s a little present for my black, beautiful female fans.” Yikes. Then things got even worse.

During an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, McGregor was asked by Kimmel’s sidekick Guillermo, “who would win in a fight, him or Rocky III”? He responded saying, “Was that the one in the celebrity gym? I can’t remember if that’s the one with the dancing monkeys or not.”

C’mon man. Even if you didn’t comprehend the historical context around the previous incidents, surely you must know about the offensiveness of equating black people to monkey’s … right? He then tried to clean it up, saying he meant the gym was built like a circus but the damage was already done.

And comments like this aren’t the first time he’s been called out. In 2016, he referred to fighter Nate Diaz as “a cholo gangster from the hood.” This caused many to take to social media, and condemn McGregor causing further tension between fans of both fighters.

These would fall under the category of “microagressions.” However, racism is racism and shouldn’t you know better?

Boxing has always been one of those sports in which fans tend to be separated by race, ethnicity and heritage but it’s usually the fans of the sport that put emphasis on these differences — it should never be the athletes themselves.

But Mayweather isn’t out of the hot seat.

He has a lengthy history rife with domestic violence and assault charges.

In 2001, Mayweather plead guilty to two counts of domestic violence. In 2003, he was charged with misdemeanor battery for a brawl that broke out in a nightclub in Las Vegas. In December of 2011, he plead guilty to one count of misdemeanor battery and plead no contest two counts of harassment against his wife after hitting her in front of their children.

Also, during a joint interview in mid-July, Mayweather referred to McGregor a derogatory name for gay people though he apologized. This has come up throughout his career and was most noted in 2015 before another highly anticipated fight against Manny Pacquiao. Oddly enough, it was just as hard to root for either party in that fight as well considering Pacquiao’s documented history of homophobia and infidelity.

Look, Mayweather has an impressive 50-0 career of which he is ending his career on.

McGregor went 10 rounds with one of the greatest boxers to date. I understand that these are two great athletes in terms of ability. But neither of them are particularly good people .

Pick a different boxer to Stan, preferably one without a history of bigotry.

Where are you right this second? In private or public? If you are reading this in a public place, take a second to look up and observe. What do you see? What’s everyone doing? How many cell phones can you count?

That is what I have been doing for the past several months. Every time I am in a public place I observe.

I take my daughter to school and every parent, aside from me, is standing there waiting for the bell to ring with their noses in their phones while their children look around aimlessly appearing bored. My daughter and I chat, I tickle her, I teach her, we laugh and I enjoy her company for the last few minutes we have together before our days truly begin.

It has become evident to me that the cell phones we cherish are a substantial distraction from the people you would think we’d cherish more. If you find yourself disagreeing, remember that actions speak louder than words. They are not only a distraction from our loved ones, but also a distraction from overall human-to-human interaction.

I am almost always early to my classes and each time I arrive I sit, and I observe. Roughly 90 percent of the students I observe before class have their eyes cast down at their cell phones. I look around to see whom I can say “hello” to and eight times out of 10 there is no one around to meet my eye contact.

Is your cell phone a distraction to you?

If your answer is no then you are simply in denial. Even if you are aware of cell phones taking away from your environment, I guarantee there is time you spend on your mobile device that could be spent more productively.

Go back to your childhood for a moment and imagine what you would feel seeing all the adults around you paying no attention to what you want or need. Everyone, even teenagers are on their cell phones interacting virtually, but no one offers time for you.

Instead, they buy you devices of your own to prevent you from interrupting the time they spend on theirs.

The problem is so serious that some state governments have had to pass laws regarding something as simple as our phones: people cannot text and drive because it has literally killed thousands. Our nation experiences roughly 1.6 million accidents a year from texting and driving, and 330,000 of them cause injuries. Eleven teens die each day from texting and driving. Do you see now?

Eleven teens — just children despite the fact they are licensed to drive — lose their lives every day because our society is allowing technology to take priority over livelihood and safety.

A study from Brigham Young University examined how technology interferes with relationships and concluded that technological interference may not only be damaging to your relationship, but to your psychological health as well. Many partners who were interviewed during this study revealed that when their significant other gives their cell phone attention, ignoring them, it hurts their feelings and contributes to them feeling unhappy with their lives.

We all need to use our phones to some degree. making important calls or responding to time-sensitive e-mails. But many of us aren’t completing imperative tasks when we allow ourselves to be distracted — rather we are engaging in leisure activities or social interaction virtually. Maybe, just maybe, those games and notifications on Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat and those text messages can wait.

Your relationships, your health, and your overall environment will change dramatically if you choose to change your relationship with technology. It could even cause a chain reaction. Chin up, phone down.

Experience • John Fritz

Editorial

No time for comparisons

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ur thoughts are with Houston, Texas” is a sentiment that can be used by anyone at any time given the chaos caused by Hurricane Harvey.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 30, the amount of Hurricane Harvey-related deaths has risen to 35 and the storm continues to endanger the lives of many in Texas, trapping people in dire conditions they currently cannot get away from.

However, some people still manage to make it about their own political agenda and downplay, or outright ignore, the heartbreaking destruction caused by the hurricane. This is perhaps one of the most frustrating facts anytime a serious natural disaster occurs.

How hard is it to sympathize with people who might lose everything?

President Donald Trump’s response offended people as expected. Rather than treat it like the terrible event it is, he decided to cast the victims of Hurricane Harvey as a crowd, exclaiming “Wow, what a turnout!” President Trump’s response almost ignored the conditions of the Texans, and cast them merely as a political measure of his supposed popularity.

But we can’t just gripe about notable conservative figures. We have to give a shout out to those everyday folks arguing over whether or not Barack Obama did the right thing during Hurricane Sandy, and for some reason, Hurricane Katrina and 9/11.

These are genuine complaints that people air, despite him handling Hurricane Sandy with personal visits and aid, and despite the fact that he wasn’t president during Hurricane Katrina, or 9/11.

Comparisons are understandable when it’s coming from a place of concern for the victims, but politicizing it, though expected, seriously detracts from the bigger issue at hand: how do we help?

AmeriCARES, an organization that takes medical supplies to those in need, is looking for donations as well. Visit their official site at www.americares.org for more information. Save the children is also a helpful organization. Visit their site at savethechildren.org

The power of audience engagement In 2015, University of Oklahoma psychologists Jessica Black and Jennifer Barnes dissected how watching TV dramas can help increase people’s emotional intelligence.

After doing studies that involved 100 college students watching popular shows and another 60 not watching any programs, they found that engaging in fictional TV dramas did in fact heighten that understanding of other people’s emotions.

“If the difference between our fiction and nonfiction conditions was due, in part or whole, to the presence of conflict, multiple characters with divergent beliefs, emotions, desires, and the inclusion of story arcs with a defined narrative structure, then it is possible that watching popular, as well as award-winning, television dramas may lead to increase theory of mind performance,” Black and Barnes noted in their research — that can be found on researchgate.net.

Shows like HBO’s hit drama, “Insecure,” do that for their audience members.

People tend to watch TV to escape the real world, but shows like “Insecure” will never allow you to do that. It’s both sad and funny how much a show can relate to some aspect of the place you’re currently at in your life.

It’s nearly every 20 something year-olds reality — awkward and uncomfortable situations being two of the main indications of stability in our young lives’ right now.

The relatability not only increases the emotional awareness toward others that Black and Barnes researched, it brings awareness to your own as well. But another important feature about the existence of “Insecure” are the conversations it creates following each episode.

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older probably wouldn’t be arguing on Twitter about the lack of condoms seen on a TV show.

But then again if not, discussions and threads regarding the importance of safe sex may not have happened either.

“Insecure” is essentially infroming the masses about issues the United States Educational System continues to fail at successfully teaching through their current curriculum.

The fact that the show has Black leads garners it a lot of recognition for its representation of diverse culture, but it is equally important that it touches on racism within communities of color.

The examination and discussions about racism in these communities on Twitter are brief, but the more Issa Rae and her staff of amazing writers continue to include it in nearly every episode, the more people may be willing to notice and acknowledge the issue.

“Insecure’s” consistency to bring up this issue is crucial so people can acknowledge it if and when it happens in their day-to-day life.

It’s important that TV shows introduce not only relatable content, but educational as well.

Not to the point where viewers don’t feel like a certain viewpoint is being forced on audience members, but where ideas and conversations ignite from the content in which these shows provide.

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“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

“‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ because Tom Holland plays it perfectly.”

— Sam Burgis

“‘Baby Driver’ because of the sound track and the action kept me interested from beginning to end.”

— Angel Tapia

“‘Baby Driver’ because it was different.”

— Alyssa Sefert

“‘Baby Driver,’ it was cool and I love how the music incorporated with the story.”

— Armando Jimenez

“‘Girls Trip’ because it was really funny and you should go see it.”

— Julia Mendoza

“‘Girls Trip,’ it was really funny and it was a good movie.”

— Paige Holland

Editor-in-Chief ........................ADRIA WATSON Managing Editor.................KIMBERLY STELLY Perspectives Editor..................JESSE GOMEZ Campus Editor ..............PERRY CONTINENTE Features Editor ........................BRENNA ENOS Sports Editors .......................CARLOS RUIZ & ANDREW GONZALEZ Graphics Editor .................LISSETTE URBINA 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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Job help available at LMC

Students who are interested in work should check out LMC’s CCN database. Any employer that connects with LMC is directed to post in this database. If you are interested in helping the youth learn and believe that a positive academic mentor is important for them, join the Homework Club team.

All that’s required is a basic understanding of 8th grade-level concepts. To learn more and apply for this position, log onto CCN and search for ID number Volunteer Crisis Line Counselor (job id 4636373), Child Activities Provider (job id 4636375) or Speaker’s Bureau Advocate (job id 4636377).

Students gather to discuss

A Place to Talk is a service provided by the Office of Student Life, the portable by parking lot A, that allows students to gather and discuss recent events in a safe space overseen by counselors. It is open to any students interested, and the next meeting will be held on Sept. 14, however the theme has not yet been announced.

Marina serves seafood

The 33rd annual Pittsburg Seafood and Music Festival will be held Sept. 9 and 10 at the Pittsburg Marina at 200 Marina Blvd. Pre-sale carnival tickets are available at the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce at 985 Railroad Ave and more information can be found at www.pittsburgseafoodandmusicfestival.com.

Allies to hold weekly meetings

LMC Allies will have meetings every Wednesday from 2 to 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.

Counselors ready to assist

Looking to make an educational plan or review your current one? LMC offers 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.

Get MS Office for less

Microsoft offers two exclusive discounts for California Community College students.

For Mac users, Office Home and Student 2016 for Mac includes Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and PowerPoint, and for Windows users, Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 includes all those programs as well as Access, InfoPath, Publisher and Lync.

Both bundles are available for $39.99 digital download at www.CollegeBuys.org.

What’s lost may yet be found Los Medanos College’s lost and found has numerous items found on campus. If you have lost an item, check with Police Services, which is located on Level One. Inquiries must be made in person or no pick-up will be made. A brief description of the missing items will be expected by people wanting to pick them up.

LMC recruits ambassadors

Los Medanos College is recruiting outreach ambassadors to represent LMC through campus tours and outreach.

The job boasts a starting salary of $10.50 an hour and a flexible schedule in addition to providing experience for jobs and college admissions.

DVC conference for dreamers

Diablo Valley College is preparing a free conference for undocumented high school and college students, parents, educators, and thier allies to learn about the oportunities and resources avalable. The conference will take place on Saturday, Oct. 21. To register and find out more visit: www.dvc.edu/dreamers.

How to report news

If you have a news tip for a story, or a short item you would like considered for publication, here’s what to do: Stop by the Journalism Lab (Room CC3 301) on the main level or email the editor in chief Adria Watson at awatson@lmcexperience.com.

News Briefs: If you are involved in an event that you would like publicized or have a short announcement fo the newswatch collumn, stop by the journalism lab and fill out a news form No items will be printed without the name and phone number of a person the staff can contact to verify information. Publication can never be garuanteed.

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“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery”

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Meet the new full-timers Nine added to campus family

By ANDREW GONZALEZ

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As the Los Medanos College student population continues to grow with an influx of students every fall, the faculty is no different.

The continual growth of the student body brings the need for more professors, so starting this fall semester, nine previously adjunct faculty members have been hired full-time on campus.

The nursing department saw the most growth, with three nursing assistant professors joining full-time.

All three bring experience working in medical centers to campus, such as Joyce O’Rourke, who worked as a staf f nurse at Sequoia Hospital and Mission Oaks Hospital, and as a registered nurse at Kaiser Permanente.

She has previously taught nursing at LMC and at Carrington College.

Following her is Patrice Moore, who has taught several years at LMC as an adjunct instructor before being hired, and spent a good deal of her time at John Muir Medical Center in Concord. In all her time spent on campus, she expected to be back at some point.

“I was greatly impacted by my LMC nursing professors.

Even as a student, I knew I wanted to some day return to teach,” Moore said. “Everyone has a different learning style. I relish the challenge of finding a way to help each student experience those ‘light bulb’ moments.”

The last of the group is Julie O’Brien, who shares a similar path to LMC as Moore. She has also served as an adjunct instructor at LMC and a registered nurse at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. The bond between the nursing students and faculty is one she places great value on.

“The partnership that we create with our students and faculty is unlike any other school. We have a revolving door of graduates that come back with their license to mentor and tutor the next generation,” O’Brien said.

The next depar tment to have multiple full-time, additions is Biology.

Dr. Jill Bouchard will serve as a Biology Assistant Professor, with experience also as an adjunct instructor See NINE, page 6

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Field: Political Science Time at LMC: 4 weeks Schools attended: CSU

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n “Logan Lucky” Rated PG-13 Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama n “Wind River” Rated R Genre: Mystery, Crime n “A Glass Castle” Rated PG-13 Genre: Drama n “Hitmans Bodyguard” Rated R Genre: Action, Adventure n “Annabelle: Creation” Rated R Genre: Mystery, Thriller

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Teacher plans epic swim

n “Lonestar and Laundry and Bourbon” will be playing at the LMC Little Theatre Oct. 12 through the 23. Tickets will be $15 for general admission, $12 for military and college students with ID and $10 for students with middle school or high school ID. n Student writen play “Reality Check” will be playing Dec. 6 through Dec. 9 at the California theatre. This play will tackle important issues such as the BLM movement, racism and LGBTQ persecution.

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Whenever LMC biology professor Briana McCarthy is not in the classroom, she has been swimming mile-long laps in the San Francisco Bay to train for her swim across the English Channel.

Part of a five-person swimming team, McCarthy planned her English Channel team swimming trip over a year ago and will embark for Dover, England Sept. 14 and stay through to Sept. 28.

Beginning in the English city of Dover, the 20 mile long English Channel swim will finish on the shore of France, and McCarthy and her teammates will be taking turns to complete this journey. Followed by a boat with their captain who goes by the name “Steady Eddy,” McCarthy will swim for an hour at a time and will complete the distance in a relay style with her teammates until they finish.

During her two-week trip to Dover, McCarthy and her team will be waiting on-call for their day to swim the channel. The day that they swim could be any day within the two weeks they are in Dover. If the currents are too rough, they might not get to swim at all.

“It’s really competitive to even get the time block,” explained McCarthy. “We could get called (to swim the English Channel) with only a few hours notice or we might just never even get called.”

If McCarthy is lucky enough to score an early time block to swim the Channel, she could possibly visit Jennifer Saito and the LMC study abroad students in Barcelona, her swim teammate who is traveling to France or her friend who lives in Munich for the remainder of her time in Europe.

While she may be taking on exciting swimming adventures now, her earlier memories of swimming have not always been positive. Starting swimming lessons at the age of 7, McCarthy initially took the lessons to follow in her older sister’s footsteps but soon after discovered that synchronized swimming was her true passion.

“I actually hated swimming lessons,” she recollected. “I would get sick to my stomach and cry before swim practice — I was not a natural swimmer. But then I got into synchronized swimming when I was 8 or 9 and got really involved in that.”

McCarthy continued to swim on the synchronized team for up to 20 hours a week until she was 16, and during this time she was responsible to pay for the expenses that came with it.

“We went on trips and had to buy swim costumes; we had these elaborate costumes that I can still remember sewing sequins to,” reminisced McCarthy. “It was really expensive — a big financial commitment.

I started working at age 14 at a neighborhood pool to pay for the expenses, so that helped with the cost a little.”

Eventually, after a few years of lessons, McCarthy stopped synchronized swimming due to the hefty time and monetary commitments, but ending her lessons didn’t keep her out of the water.

“I always liked swimming the longer events because I was never a very fast swimmer,” said McCarthy. “When I was 18, my older sister and I did

Shows at DVC

For ticket sales and additional information call (925)969-2358. n “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” will be shown Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. through Nov. 5. Ticket prices are $21 for adults, $16 for seniors, $16 for faculty and staff and $11 for students. n “The Farnsworth Invention” will be coming to DVC Friday, Dec. 1 through Dec. 10. Tickets are $21 for adults, $16 for seniors, $16 for faculty and staff and $11 for students.

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LMC biology professor Briana McCarthy is scheduled to swim the English Channel alongside her swim team in September.

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The El Campanil Theatre is located at 602 W Second St. in Antioch. For ticket sales and additional information visit elcampaniltheatre.com or call 757-9500. n A Johnny Cash Tribute show starring James Garner will be showing Saturday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets will be $27 for adults, $25 for seniors (62 and over) and $10 for youth. n “American Grafiti” is coming to the theatre Sunday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $7 for students. n El Campanil’s children’s theatre presents “Fantastic Mr. Fox” which will run Friday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets are priced at $12 for adults, $10 or seniors and $8 for youth.

— compiled from press releases and staff reports

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Quartet discovers their new ‘Harmony’

By ADRIA WATSON

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Fifth Harmony had just started their rise to fame when they announced that group member Camila Cabello was leaving late 2016.

“Work From Home” and “That’s My Girl” — songs from their second studio album “7/27” — were not only being played on the radio but in movie trailers, commercials and on a larger scale than most would have expected.

Camila’s predictable departure made fans wonder what the foursome would do after four years of catering their sound to one person who could have been considered “the face” of the group.

Aug. 25, Fifth Harmony answered that curiosity with their self-titled third studio album “Fifth Harmony.”

The title being symbolic to their rebirth as a quartet, “Fifth Harmony” is everything “7/27” tried to be, but sonically cohesive.

With R&B being at the core of the production for this album, each song follows into the next, making this more enjoyable to listen to.

Although “7/27” did have a running success with the masses, “Fifth Harmony” gives the impression that they are starting to settle into a sound that suits each of their voices.

But after preaching about how different this album was going to be, releasing “Down” as the lead single didn’t indicate that and if anything, came off as lazy.

Nothing about the work Fifth Harmony puts into their craft is lazy but

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Gallery Assistant Jennifer Ramos admires LMC’s faculty and staff art exhibit “Roll Call.”

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The sixth annual Los Medanos College faculty and staff art exhibition, Roll Call 2017, opened Aug. 24 and represents the creativity of LMC’s talented employees. The exhibit is scheduled to run until Thursday, Sept. 14.

“The art work submitted is not just from faculty and staff from the art department, we are creating community,” said Gallery Director Judi Pettite who has been at the galleries for the last six years while also teaching Studio Art and Art

History. “There is a variety of themes this year and as a curator, it makes it more challenging to arrange the art.”

The 31 diverse pieces of art on display include work on a variety of media — ceramics, drawings, paintings and photography — and each one includes the artist’s information, allowing those viewing the show to recognize the faculty or staff that created it.

Getting ready for the exhibition is exciting,” said Student Gallery Assistant Jennifer Ramos as she was getting the gallery ready for the shows opening. “The preparation, painting

the pedestals, and helping arrange the pieces gives me time to admire the artwork, up close and personal, it makes my job easy and satisfies my passion,” she added.

One of Pettite’s submissions includes and oversized drawing entitled “Poplars.” The drawing in done in Charcoal in Canson using 400-pound drawing paper and measuring 60-by-72 feet. The drawing is attracting a lot a lot of attention due to the intricate details.

“I really like Judi’s drawing, the oversize presentation captured me,” See ART page 6

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everything about their label deciding to release a song that sounds very similar to the one that was getting played out all 2016 is.

Following with “Angel” and releasing “He Like That” days before the album saved them but even then, “Fifth Harmony” is still mediocre at it’s best — forgettable, even, after the first listen.

The album is by far the better of the three that the group has released but as a longtime fan, I want more from and for them.

While they did remain cohesive throughout “Fifth Harmony,” a majority of the songs lacked the harmonies they have effortlessly produced in covers of songs in the past -- such as their “Like I’m Gonna Lose You” performance at last year’s Billboard Women in Music celebration.

This isn’t the first time they have been critiqued for their lack of harmonies. Some of that criticism may come from people holding them to higher standards because if a group See MUSIC, page 6

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World Series or bust

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By JONATHAN LITTLE jlittle@lmcexperience.com

The Los Medanos College Mustangs women’s soccer team went toe to toe with the Chabot College Gladiators in a physical game that ended in a scoreless draw Tuesday night. Chabot started with the ball at the outset of the game, and took control, in the first few minutes pressing the Mustang defense and trying to expose weakness.

However, the Mustangs responded with strength, and every time the Gladiators tried to break through they were met by LMC defenders. In the 15th minute of the game Chabot was able to make headway and try their chances of breaking the 0-0 tie, but LMC goalkeeper Norman Jara Ruiz had two impressive blocks that kept the momentum on the Mustangs’ side and kept the game scoreless.

With LMC showing a strong defense throughout the first half, and Chabot countering every offensive attack the Mustangs put in place, the game was physical. Both teams were getting close foul calls from the referee. One call that many in the crowd felt should’ve gone in a different direction was when sophomore co-captain Autumn Kish was clotheslined by Chabot’s goalkeeper in mid-flight attempting to head the ball. Instead she received the foul.

“Honestly, in my mind that shouldn’t have been a foul, and it was very physical after that, but I got up and kept playing,” said Kish By the end of the first half the women held Chabot to 0 goals with defense as solid as a rock, but the Gladiators countered the Stangs, stifling their offense as well.

The game was a 0-0 tense tie at the end of the first half, which was rough for the Mustangs, but they kept pushing through. After the game, sophomore captain Vanessa Kaulapai said communication was key during the game.

“Communication was a strength I noticed during the game. We were all helping each other with positions and encouraging each other to push through the game and play hard,” said Kaulapai.

The Mustangs started with the ball in the second half , and came out with the same energy momentum they had in the first, trying to put pressure on the Chabot defense. The same could be said on the opposite side of the ball for Chabot as they put pressure on the LMC defense late but was met with a tough defensive wall that wasn’t going to let the Gladiators have a scoirng oppurtunity. With three more key stops from goalkeeper

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LMC’s Autumn Kish, forward, is taken down to the ground by the Chabot College goalkeeper.

Ruiz, it was clear this was going to be a back-and-forth battle until the end.

As the game was coming to a close both teams were doing their best to score as the physical play continued on the field. The game ended in a 0-0 draw, yet there was a lot of confidence from everyone involved with the Los Medanos College Mustangs.

“We played very well for a new team that hasn’t played together before,” said defensive midfielder

Sydney Torrano.

Head Coach Zach Sullivan noticed the improvement from last season.

“We are a lot better than where we started last year, and a lot deeper,” he said.“It’s a good first step, and we will have our full roster next week, so there is a lot more coming for next week that will help.”

At the end of the day the Stangs displayed an overall positive team mindset after a physical match-up

with the Gladiators.

“We’re excited for game two, because we will have the full roster ready to play. This game made us excited for the rest of the season,” said Kaulapai after the scoreless tie.

The team’s next game is against Skyline College in San Bruno Sept.5 at 4 p.m.

For more information on the LMC women’s soccer team visit http:// www.losmedanos.edu/soccer .

Stangs ready for challenge

By ANDREW GONZALEZ Staff Writer

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LMC volleyball team members Malaya Salinas, hitting, and Erica Walters and Jordyn Castleberry, blocking, during a recent practice in the gym.

The sports teams that rise up and are great for one year are a great story to tell, but the ones that can string together consecutive years and have continual success are the ones who are truly remembered. This year, the Los Medanos College women’s volleyball team looks to follow the path of the latter, and build upon a accomplished 2016 campaign.

Last year, the mustangs’ record of 15-13 depicts them as a close to average team, but there was no question who the best team in the Bay Valley Conference was.

Out of the 12 total conference games teams play a year, LMC stood strong to win 11, losing only to Napa in a close 3-2 contest in early October. Their 11-1 record comfortably cemented them as the champions of the conference, with a two win gap minimum on the teams behind them.

While it is obvious the team can do well against their conference rivals, the next step would be to push that success into out of conference play, something head coach Louis Panzella believes his team can do with the help of returning players.

“This year is a different team than last year. We have five returning players from last year’s championship team and we look to those five players to lead our team by example in practice and in matches in regards to the work ethic it takes from everyone on the team to achieve our goals,” Panzella said. “It’s really easy to say ‘we want to win, we want to repeat’ but saying it without the commitment of putting in the effort and work can be a different story.”

The five returning players coach Panzella looks to lean on are Ayanna Burnett, Samantha Rhodes, Erica Wilder, Vei Finau, and Jordyn Castleberry. To fill the remaining slots left on the team, nine newcomers have joined the team, creating a fairly large squad in more See VBALL, page 6

National league west leaders, the Los Angeles Dodgers are having a magical season thus far. So special in fact that this team seems to have a real shot at breaking the all-time regular season wins record of 116, shared by the 1906 Chicago cubs and the 2001 Seattle Mariners. The Dodgers are currently sitting at a record of 91-39 with 32 games left in the 2017 season.

It has been a surprising year for the NL West to say the least. The normally formidable Giants are an astonishing 40 games back from first place and are eliminated from division contention. The Arizona Diamondback and Colorado Rockies have made impressive rebound seasons, firmly holding the National League Wild Card spots after finishing below .500 last year. As for the San Diego Padres, well they’re the same old Padres If you didn’t know I am a die-hard bleed blue Dodger fan. Now that’s out of the way we can get back to appreciating this amazing season this team is having.

This Los Angeles Dodgers team has already impressed us so much this year and we haven’t even reached October yet. For starters they completed the best 50 game stretch in baseball since 1912 going an amazing 43-7 in that span. During that run, they managed to hit an astronomical 96 homeruns.

Although this team has a serious shot at making history in the win column it is important to remember that it is World Series or bust for this team. The Dodgers franchise hasn’t won a title since 1988. The Rival S.F Giants have won 3 in this current decade. Their mini dynasty has come to the dismay of me and all the other Dodger fans living in enemy territory.

The Dodgers organization is led by President of Baseball Operations Andrew Freidman and General Manager Farhan Zaidi who seem determined to make this the year all the suffering Dodger fans have been hoping for.

They refuse to rest on this so far amazing team and did the unthinkable by adding Yu Darvish, arguably the best pitcher in the American League at the trade deadline. This addition proves that it’s not just the fan base that is all in this season. It would be irresponsible of me to not mention Los Angeles super hero and Lakers hall of famer Magic Johnson, part owner, as an important part of this franchises success.

This extremely talented and wellput together group of ball players is stacked from top to bottom. They have a league leading earned runs allowed led by future hall of famer Clayton Kershaw and CY Young award candidate Alex Wood. The team also is in the top six of the National League in all major offensive categories including home runs, batting average and runs batted in.

Th season success hasn’t come over night for the franchise. The Dodgers have prided themselves on homegrown talent refusing to buy the most expensive free agent on the market each winter.

They have one of the deepest farm systems in all of baseball and are looking to have their third season in a row where the rookie of the year comes from their roster. With steady veteran play from the likes of Justin Turner, Chase Utley, and Clayton Kershaw to go along with the youth of Corey Seager, Yasiel Puig, and rookie of the year hopeful Cody Bellinger, the sky is the limit for this team.

As the wins keep coming and the playoffs grow close every Dodger fan and Dodger hater knows its win or bust. This team and franchise is too good to have not been in a World Series in 29 years. As fall approaches so does meaningful baseball games and in October is where legends are made.

Every Dodger fan alike would love to see a record breaking season with a World Series cherry on top but I’ll take the ring Although I haven’t waited as long as Cub fans did to finally bring home a championship, I can honestly say as someone who lives and dies with the success and failures of his team, it’s time.

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at LMC and at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Kyle Hanks will do the same as Bouchard, serving as a Biology Assistant Professor — bringing over ten years of experience at LMC with him.

Trinidad Zavala is transitioning from her role as an adjunct General and English as a Second Language counselor at LMC, yet her experience stretches farther. Zavala has gained counseling experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist at Family Works Community Counseling and with Catholic Charities.

Camille Santana, now a Career & Technical Education counselor, has made her way to campus after serving as an adjunct counselor at Diablo Valley College.

Santana’s experience includes several roles at San Francisco State University: Academic Counselor, adjunct counseling faculty, Metro Advising Coordinator, and Student Success Specialist.

She also worked as Interim MESA Coordinator and adjunct counselor at the College of Alameda.

“I am interested in positive and powerful personal, collective, and intergenerational change. Education is self-empowerment,” Santana said in reference to choosing to be a counselor.

One of the last two new faculty members is R yan Hiscocks, a Political Science Assistant Professor, making his way from Southern California having taught at Cerritos College, Santiago Canyon College, and Long Beach City College.

Rounding out all the new members is April Nogarr, now an English Assistant Professor, having previously taught at Freedom High School since 2001 and as an adjunct at LMC. She prides herself in helping out her local community.

“As a longtime educator in the community, I am thrilled to continue my service in the local area. Also as a former community college student, I hope to use my experiences to help students explore the many pathways that Los Medanos has to offer,” Nogarr said. “The warm welcome of the Los Medanos community has been my favorite part of transitioning to the campus full time.”

Los Medanos looks to continue its educational success with the new hires, thriving on its faculty that help shape not only the students, but the community as a whole.

has the word “harmony” in the name, then harmonies are expected. But from a fan’s perspective: if we’ve heard greatness once, we expect to hear it again.

If you have embedded yourself into this group’s journey like I did when they were first manufactured on “The X Factor” five years ago, then you know the potential these four girls have.

I am proud of how far they have come and how they lear ned to use members’ versatility on “Fifth Harmony.”

After skipping “Down,” the album really starts with “He Like That” — which samples MC Hammer’s “Pumps and a Bump” — and if listened to through headphones, it does not capture how fun the song truly is.

“Sauced Up” features the beauty that is Lauren’s low, raspy vocal styling and “Deliver” emulates the attitude Danity Kane embodied in their music.

But the best song on the album is “Lonely Night.”

The lyrics read in a list of “what you shouldn’t do’s” for potential suitors, but what really grabs your attention the first listen is how smooth the beat and melody changes are throughout the song.

“Lonely Night” starts low but builds-up by the time it gets to the pre-chorus, making you believe there’s going to be a drop until Dinah comes in angelically singing “If you don’t treat your mama right,” soft and low only just for the beat to pick-up again at the first “lonely night” in the chorus.

The final track “Bridges” may be a emblematic to accepting and loving one another —amidst all that’s going on in the world — but when Ally sings “we’ve come way too far in our story,” it becomes nostalgic and emotional for those who do actually know and have been apart of their story since the start.

From struggling to find a place in a label that consistently tossed them to the side to losing a group member and enduring doubt from people who thought they could not succeed without her, Fifth Harmony can only get better from here.

This album is definitely not their peak, but it’s their best thus far.

“Fifth Harmony” is this group’s reintroduction to the world and set the tone for what’s yet to come in this new era.

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Antifa protesters after they over ran the police barricade during the rally in Berkeley Sunday, Aug. 27.

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with their oppressors in order to gain favor with them.

Nicki Miller, a member of Communities Against Racism and Fascism, led a small group of eager protesters. Miller said her group’s goal was to “get the fascists out of the Bay Area.”

Miller continued, “Berkeley is a battle ground for them, this is a stunt.”

As more and more protesters poured into the park, Schaper’s crew exited the park surrounded by protesters shouting things like “Nazi scum off our streets,” and

“down with white supremacy.”

It was at this time that the arrests began, several left wing protesters were detained by the police, including Yesenia Mendez. Mendez, and her service dog, were mobbed by police drawing boos and shouts of outrage from protesters.

Shortly after Schaper’s exit, a surge of members of Antifa overran the police barricade and a few members chased down stragglers from the “No Marxism” rally.

While the bulk of Antifa did not resort to violence, some members did assault people, beating them with sticks and throwing punches. Most of

these incidents happened on a side street, away from the bulk of the protest.

Among those beaten was NPR host Al Letson, who dove on top of a Trump supporter to protect him. Then members of Antifa surrounding Letson continued to beat the supporter and Leston until bystanders intervened.

These actions, however, drew the attention of police who fired tear gas and advanced in a human wall towards the protesters.

Despite the scattered incidents of violence, the bulk of the rally was quite peaceful, nobody was killed or even hospitalized, and only thirteen

individuals out of the nearly 7000 in attendance were arrested.

While both the police and Antifa did resort to violence at times, it was relatively minor.

The bulk of Antifa did not use physical force and police also minimized unnecessary altercations.

Both the police and Antifa refused comment at the protest.

Berkeley resident Genoise Hunter was grateful to the protesters in the park opposing white supremacy. “I grew up with restrooms that said colored,” said Hunter, “I had to pay ten cents to get in a semi clean restroom.”

Dr. Zarir Marawala, who teaches biology, has three pieces of art in the show. It has been two years since he became seriously interested in painting and discovered his true passion for the art. His entries include a digital print entitled “Golden Gate in Fog” where he captures the Golden Gate Bridge, and two other paintings, “The Orchid” and “Cabin by the Lake.”

Art and photography instructor, Curtis Corlew, also has three pieces on display this year designed to provoke thought and contemplation.

His self-por trait adding a twist to the imagination, resulted when he turned his head as a slow-moving sensor captured his image, creating an unusual distortion that causes the viewer to take more than a second to understand.

A second brain tease by Corlew, is a photo of a refined gentleman with a purposefully cracked glass frame, that reflects the image of another hidden face. Totally mind boggling to say the least and an art lesson via visual distortion another that added adventure for connoisseurs of fine art.

Spending an afternoon in LMC’s Art Gallery yields many new and exciting expressions of art from faculty and staff providing a rewarding and educational experience that deserves a spot on your calendar.

The faculty and staff art exhibition is held in the LMC Art Gallery Room in the Library.

Students interested in meeting the artists who submitted the pieces, can attend the Art Exhibition Reception Thursday, September 7 from 4p.m. – 6p.m.

The galler y runs Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12:30-2:30 p.m. and 4-6 p.m.

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said Gallery Assistant Sabrina Sorvari. “It just pulled me right into it.”

Sorvari credited her first experience inside the LMC Art Gallery as the reason she chose fine arts as her major.

She was still a student at Freedom High School when LMC hosted an art show in 2015 and she entered a piece entitled “All Smiles” that took first place honors. She currently has a banner on display at the Brentwood campus entitled “Delta Cinema” as part of her own catalogued artwork.

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our first ocean race together and I loved that.”

Since her first race in open-water, McCarthy has swam in many locations including a four-mile swim in Turkey from Asia to Europe, along the north shore of Hawaii, Iceland, Copenhagen and more.

With McCarthy’s open-water swimming, she has endured long distances, exhaustion, ocean currents and other natural elements and factors.

In the San Francisco Bay alone, there are otters, sea lions, sharks, jellyfish and more that while not naturally aggressive, can always pose danger to swimmers. Despite the vast array of danger in the water, McCarthy’s one ocean fear has nothing to do with sea life, currents or her exhaustion.

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competes in varies from college to college. The LMC debate team uses British Parliamentary format, commonly shortened to BP or worlds. BP focuses on large-scale issues, and aims to make the debates accessible to the audience by avoiding technical language and obscure facts.

Teams are presented the motion, a kind of prompt, and the side they will argue for only a short 15 minutes before the debate. Each team is comprised of two teams of two debaters.

The individual pairs are not allowed to plan together, and must adapt their arguments as the debate progresses.

Stanfield notes that one of the key aspects of the practices is

FAIR “My number one fear is totally irrational and it’s going to sound impossible, but it’s dead bodies,” explained McCar thy. “My mom was really into forensics when I was younger so maybe that had something to do with it.

I think it’s also because I saw a bunch of scary movies that had bodies in the water — I don’t know what it is, but I have this fear that I’ll be swimming and a dead body will float up underneath me.”

Despite her fear, McCarthy will be putting everything on the line during her English Channel swim in two weeks.

While this may be the biggest swim she will conquer yet, McCarthy already predicts that it won’t be her last.

“I know there will be more after this.”

“training to look at things from more than one perspective.”

He also added that, “World’s, more than other debates… focuses on arguing a good argument,” as opposed to a more jargon-filled speech.

Haven explained that, because BP asks broad questions, often times students are posed with “what should we do” scenarios. “It’s important to have flexibility,” Haven added. “You need to be able to pivot your moral argument as a response.”

The team’s first debate will be at Dominican University in San Rafael, Nov. 4 and 5.

Students interested in the debate team are encouraged to enroll in Speech 160, or drop by practice, Wednesday in room CC1-115, 4-7 p.m.

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of STDs and contraceptives.

“College students are very sexually active,” explained Schott, adding, “they need to protect themselves from STDs.” He continued, “people may even be unaware that they have these diseases if they are asymptomatic.”

Students also had the opportunity to get a free physical which detailed ever ything from height and weight to the concentrations of different types of cholesterol in the blood.

The results from this test could be taken to Salako who would then advise what actions could be taken to improve bad results or maintain good ones.

Not all of the tables were focused on serious medical

matters however, as massage therapist and LMC alumna Joe Bruno of Pit Stop massage and her team were giving students free massages.

“We provide onsite chair massages,” said Bruno adding that they will “bring the massage to you.”

Bruno was also complimentary of the studious nature of LMC students, explaining that “many students are coming back, they didn’t want to be late for class.”

One of the students in attendance, Manny Jimenez was grateful for the event and the services it provided.

“The fact that they have all of the ser vices for free is great,” said Jimenez, “I wouldn’t know how to go about doing some of this stuff if it wasn’t here for everyone.”

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ways than one.

“We have our largest team in numbers, and height that we have had in my six years at LMC. We have players pushing each other to earn playing time, and that’s a good thing,” he said.

However Panzella knows that height and a large team aren’t enough to win games alone.

“The other eight teams in our conference also have a lot to say about how we do this year, they aren’t going to hand us anything, we will need to go out and earn whatever success we have.”

The Mustangs have gotten off on the right foot to start

the season so far, earning a win against the College of the Siskiyous Eagles with a final score of 3-2.

The team cer tainly has the capabilities to reach new heights, and Panzella believes they only need to manage three things.

“What we hope to do is go out in every match, play the best we can, outwork the other team and let the score take care of itself. If we concentrate on the three things we can always control, attitude, effort, and desire, we will be fine.”

For more information on the volleyball team, please visit http://www.losmedanos. edu/volleyball/

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has added a cash grant to help successful students make up for the cuts.

“Some people may think ‘you’re taking away my book voucher money,’ but we’re giving you that money back if you fulfill your contract,” said Freeman.

EOPS students are required to meet with a counselor three times during the semester, maintain a 2.0 GPA and take advantage of priority registration for the next semester.

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In the Aug. 25 issue of the Experience, the name of Hubert Dreyfus was misspelled. We regret any confusion this caused.

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LMC student Rodney Kelley, who both works for the program and as an EOPS recipient said it is easy to “to tell which students are just here for the vouchers and other benefits, they would sit in orientations, get what they need and never show up.”

The changes will mainly impact them and the money saved will allow EOPS to help more students on limited funding.

“Reducing the book voucher means we’re able to serve more students, and that’s a great thing,” he said.