Volume 114 Spring 2011 Roundup Issue 8

President returns; sets 1st Town Hall

Following a three-month hiatus, Pierce College President Kathleen Burke-Kelley returned to campus this week to prepare for the first ever Town Hall on Thursday during which she plans to address proposed budget reductions threatening the 2011-2012 academic year.

The meeting will begin at 12:45 p.m. in the Great Hall and is scheduled to end at 2 p.m. Faculty, students and the community are welcome.

The proposed budget reductions facing the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) for the fiscal 2011-2012 year will also affect 112 other colleges statewide.

Burke-Kelley began her presidency at Pierce College Aug. 1, 2010 and left to serve Los Angeles Mission College on Feb. 1, six months later. She officially returned to campus Monday, May 2.

During her absence serving as Mission College interim president, Burke-Kelley sent out an email April 4 to faculty and staff, announcing her official return to Pierce College.

Included in the email was a three-page newsletter, written by Burke-Kelley.

The purpose of the newsletter was to discuss the breadth and depth of the expenditure reductions that must be considered to ensure that the college remains fiscally solvent, according to Burke-Kelley.

There are three possible scenarios, according to Burke-Kelley.

A five percent reduction would be the bestcase scenario; the 15 percent reduction is what is referred to as an ‘All Cuts Budget,’ and the worst-case scenario is an 18 percent reduction.

“This presents the college with a number of very difficult decisions,” said Burke-Kelley in her newsletter.

It’s possible that 700 Full Time Equivalent Students (FTES) would need to be cut from each primary term, spring and fall, to achieve the best-case scenario. This would mean reducing each semester by 175 sections.

That is the best that can be hoped for.

“In addition to the cancellation of classes as a means of reducing expenditures, the college is reviewing the possibility of freezing all hiring to save salary and benefit costs,” said Burke-Kelley in her newsletter.

However, the governor is still exploring other options to avoid an all cuts budget scenario and intends to place new taxes on the November ballot through the initiative process, according to Burke-Kelley.

The LACCD’s District Budget Committee met April 6 to discuss the proposed tentative budget and how the cuts would impact the district in 2011-2012.

During the most recent Pierce College Council (PCC) meeting on campus, Kenneth Takeda, Pierce College vice president of Administrative Services discussed two (of the three) possible scenarios.

Takeda confirmed that there would be no winter session next Jan. and 50 class offerings will be cut.

Governor Jerry Brown’s January budget proposal recommended reducing support to the 112 community colleges statewide by $400 million. Increasing tuition from $26 to $36 per unit was intended to alleviate some of that reduction.

This would cut the original reduction of $400 million to $290 million system-wide.

“[The state] assumed that the $10 increase would generate an additional $110 million in new revenue state-wide,” said Takeda.

Osama bin Laden death causes emotion on campus

As the rest of the world reacts to the death of Osama bin Laden, those who lost loved ones in 9-11 have strong emotions resurface from that day ten years ago when a stunned nation watched as the two towers fell. Students and faculty at Pierce College had their own feelings on the historical day of triumph.

Bin Laden was pronounced dead Sunday night as a result of a U.S. military operation conducted in Pakistan. The rest of the world heaved a sigh of relief.

The CIA led a Seal team into a compound located in Abbottabad, Pakistan in a mission to kill or capture Bin Laden, according to the LA Times.

Bin Laden, who has been on the FBI’s most wanted list since 1999, was considered the world’s most wanted criminal.

He was responsible for founding one of the world’s leading terrorist organizations, al-Qaeda, responsible for 9-11 attacks on the United States.

Security

As a result of Osama Bin Laden’s death there is increased security at airports across the country, although passengers at LAX were not experiencing delays, according to the LA Times.

The County of Los Angeles, and Pierce College is not under a specific threat according to Cristian Valenzuela, Sherriff’s Security Officer from Pierce College.

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The Sherriff’s remain ready to respond to anything that may threaten the safety of Pierce College students.

Bin Laden’s death has sparked a world wide alert for possible acts of terrorism from supporters of al-Qaeda.

“Every person here has a duty to perform in an active shooter situation,” said Valenzuela.

Veterans

While scenes of jubilation stream in from Washington and New York City, the Student Veteran Organization, which advocates for the roughly 500 veterans of Pierce College, thought that justice had been served, but little would change in the way of policy:

Juan Pablo Sirri, said word of Bin Laden’s death was “Good news.”

“It’s a good day, it’s a great day to be an American,” he said. Sirri, 24, a U.S. Marine sergeant and Iraq war veteran, serves as the SVO’s “group operations” expert. This gives closure to the people who lost their loved one,” he said.

SVO president Christopher Sorbello, 30, was an Army veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom from 2001-2007.

“Our main goal is that we’re not going to deter from the enemy, and that’s what [this mission] showed,” said Sorbello.

In fact, none of the SVO leaders thought that Osama bin Laden’s death would impact terror policy, but the morale of al Qaeda “was bent,” said Huettinger.

Students weren’t the only ones with opinions on the matter.

Predictions for the future

After 25 years of teaching, Lulu Laing, Adjunct Professor of Economics, sees bin Laden’s death as an opportunity for America to improve its economical status.

Laing learned the news online from her home Sunday night and like other Americans, was excited that he had been killed.

“I was happy about the news and think that it will give us pride as a nation, so that we can move forward,” said Laing.

The economy has many domestic problems and bin Laden’s death will inspire people to focus on them, according to Laing.

“I predict that his death will inspire people, regardless if they are Democrat or Republican,” said Laing.

Some economist are predicting that within the next five years China’s economy will be the number one in the world if we do not rectify our financial problems here at home, according to Laing.

“I think that his death will serve as a reminder to Americans that we can do anything, including improving our economy,” said Laing.

“I was a full-time professor at Osaka Sangyo University [a private university in Daito, Osaka Japan], my heart sunk and I was furious and wanted the government to bring us justice,” said Laing. “We are a great nation and should look forward to a bright and prosperous future.”

Dr. Kassem Nabulsi, Assistant Professor of Political Science explains what he thinks the political outcome of the United States killing Osama bin Laden will be.

“On an international level, one may argue that America’s accountability has been restored,” said Nabulsi.

He explained how there are some immediate changes that he has noticed since the announcement of bin Laden’s death.

“I looked at the Stock Market today and noticed that the American dollar has been strengthened compared to other currencies and I believe that this is an instant result of his death,” said Nabulsi.

Nabulski elaborated on how his death will hopefully discourage future terrorist action.

“By taking away their spiritual leader may deter their recruitment and in the long run violence will eventually decrease,” said Nabulsi. “I was extremely pleased with our President’s remarks about how our fight against extremist isn’t over, it existed before Osama bin Laden and it will after him, so we must continue to fight against it.”

The LACCD will finish finalizing the tentative budget for the fiscal year by the end of May.

Gov. Brown will also release his revised budget, that includes the additional revenue paid through income and property taxes at the end of this month.

“With no clear pathway to raising additional revenues colleges statewide are bracing for the doomsday scenarios that involve closing the budget deficit through cuts only,” according to the newsletter.

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However, the Sherriff’s office at Pierce College has been told to remain vigilant in their mission to preserve peace and prop-

But even with the death of Bin Laden, United States terror policy “is not gonna change at all,” said SVO vice president and veteran Coast Guard petty officer 3rd class Kort Huettinger, 31.

Laing remembered where she was ten years ago, when the twin towers fell as a result of Osama Bin Laden’s world changing attack in New York.

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“It existed before Osama bin Laden and it will after him, so we mustcontinuetofight against it.”

- Dr. Kassem Nabulsi, Assistant Professor of Poltitical Science

“Ourmaingoalisthatwe’re notgoingtodeterfromthe enemy, and that’s what [this mission] showed.”

- SVO president Christopher Sorbello, an Army veteran

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“I predict that his death will inspire people,regardless if they are Democrat or Republican.”

- Lulu Laing, Adjunct Professor of Economics

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GRATITUDE: Pierce College Criminal Justice major Geo Castaneda, Army Specialist Veteran, walks by a sign which reads “Thank you USA Osama DEAD” at the Winnetka entrance to Pierce College on Monday.

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Students need work experience

College students can benefit from on the job experience in their chosen field.

Pierce College should partner with local businesses to provide job outreach, job training and work study opportunities for students.

Students are working toward degrees in fields in which they have never worked, and they have little real world experience.

Its entirely possible for students to work for long semesters, taking grueling classes in their chosen field, only to realize years later that they hate working in their chosen career, thus wasting an enormous amount of time and money.

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Likewise, it is always wise to gain experience in your area of expertise, preparing for graduation. This is the same reason colleges foster academic clubs and conventions.

Local businesses would benefit from cheap, motivated labor and students would benefit from increased knowledge of working in their field as they work toward graduation.

Businesses are always looking for ways to cut costs and internships are highly sought after.

Students and businesses have work together for mutual benefit.

There’s no reason to limit these opportunities to internships, in fact, instead they should be expanded to include work-study financial aid recipients as well.

Pierce College currently has an employment office and work-study, but these programs don’t go far enough.

Work-study positions are often designed to let the student do homework while performing little or no actual work. They do nothing to train students for their future.

It would be far better if these same students were able to learn and earn at the same time.

The employment office offers job listings to motivated students seeking off-campus jobs.

However, many of these jobs are low paying, low level retail jobs in which students learn nothing more than how to deal with an angry public.

In these tough economic times many businesses would be happy to accept a cheaper labor pool. All that is needed is someone to approach them.

The purpose of an education is to garner a higher paying job, however, recent graduates often find it hard to find jobs because they lack experience.

This is one reason some people are tricked into high-priced private schools that promise employment in as little six months; they are hooked by the guaranty of work experience.

Recent studies indicate that graduating students who have work experience on their resume find employment much faster than graduates who don’t.

Community colleges would fulfill their mission to serve the working public by offering work experience to their students.

Americans binge on happiness

Students’ perspective on Americans celebrating the death of Osama

It’s disrespectful; I feel shouldn’tpeople be celebrating to the extent where they’re drinking and partying. I feel America is being immature about it. People are going to rebel because he died.

I don’t feel it’s right celebrate,to they celebrateshouldn’t they should be aware of what’s going to happen next – it’s going to get worst. There are probably a lot of angry people out there.

In Pakistan they were death.celebrating Theyfinally got their revenge but their revenge isn’t going to bring back their people. I don’t think people should be Theycelebrating. shouldn’t be theirloweringstandards to people they frown upon.

If you think about it, probablythey’ll think we’re terrorists just like we think they’re terrorists. It can go either way. I feel the whole celebrating thing America is setting us up for a retaliation.bigger It’s just going keep going back and forth.

We’re still in a war troops aren’t pulling out. All the people who are terrorists are still terrorists. It’s going to make them mad. We’re still going to be conscious, now we’re expecting people to rebuttal.

It was a good victory. It made people feel like they got closure on the matter. It took Obama three years to do what Bush tried to do in eight years.

If they did him…that’sget good. I don’t think celebrating is going to resolve anything. Maybe changesthisthings, but who knows.

It’s hard to be optimistic about stopping terror, with something like this because they’re so deep. Even though we got rid of this asshole we have to look out for other people.

Where’s our humanity? It’s really ruff, it’s nice to know we did it. I personally feel we should have a moment of silence for the people who were killed or hurt in battle. It seems like we’re participating in an immoral act. I don’t think it means anything really, there’s people recruitingstill– even on American soil. Terrorism isn’t solely based in al Qaeda; it’s always going to be around when people use violence to get a message across.

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Pierce to hire profs despite budget cuts

Despite the state budget crisis threatening California community colleges, Pierce College is looking to hire additional full-time faculty members for the coming fall semester.

The hiring is being done in order to meet the faculty obligation number: a state-issued legal requirement that dictates the amount of fulltimers a district must have with relation to part-timers.

According to Kathy Holland, an adjunct faculty representative for the Pierce College academic senate, the state law requires at least 75 percent of all classes in the district to be taught by full-timers.

“Most campuses can use the budget dilemma as an excuse not to hire at all,” said Holland, an adjunct instructor of political science, economics and criminal justice. “In fact, the state education code allows districts to drop as low as 60 percent of their minimum obligation of full-timers.”

Pierce has a rough estimate of 200 full-timers and 450 part-timers, according to Holland.

The hires will replace an estimated 12 full-time employees that retired last year, according to Academic Senate President Tom Rosdahl. However, the college is only looking to fill four positions.

Rosdahl said that in the last three years, the state has continuously reduced the amount of students that they pay for. This results in the

diminishing number of classes Pierce is able to offer.

This workload reduction, in turn, affects the total number of hires that the school is able to accommodate.

“Because we have fewer sections, there’s less demand for full-time faculty,” Rosdahl said. “We still lost a lot more people than we needed, so we have to gain the four positions.”

Anna Davies, interim vice president of academic affairs, admits that it would cost the college less to replace last year’s retirees with part-timers, but she also says that it would benefit students to hire full-timers.

“It would be better for students to have professors that are available to give them full-time assistance,” she said.

It costs somewhere between $30,000 and $35,000 to service a group of classes by a full-time employee rather than the same amount of classes by part-timers, according to Rosdahl.

Another benefit of having adjunct faculty members has to do with their period of occupation.

Adjuncts are not tenured, nor are they on a tenure track that would lead to full-time status. That means that adjuncts can be easily unemployed at the whims of department chairs and administrators, according to Holland.

“Adjuncts are the first to be without a job, whereas tenured faculty are guaranteed a full load of classes, no matter how low the budget or enrollment are,” she said.

Adjunct faculty also benefit the district overall with regards to medi-

Unfinished construction

Buildings north of the Mall slated to be occupied during the 2011 fall semester have failed to meet building code standards and will have to be finished by an undetermined contractor, according to an announcement at a Pierce College Council (PCC) meeting.

Seven of the nine buildings currently under construction north of the Mall were found to be out of code because the walls separating class rooms from lecture halls were not thick enough to meet fire codes.

These buildings will have to undergo further construction in order to bring them up to code, which will delay their use as classrooms in the fall semester, according to the PCC.

However, under the Los Angeles Community College District

(LACCD) guidelines which were used to design and bid these projects, no more than 10 percent of the total cost can be used to repair these buildings.

This means Pierce must consolidate all of the necessary repairs and then hire a different contractor to complete the project.

The BuildLACCD program is nearly finished with most of the buildings having already been designed and contracted out, which leaves Pierce very little money to repair these buildings.

“At this point in time, I don’t foresee that we have to descope any south of the Mall projects,” said David Tsao, project director for the Swinerton management team.

Meanwhile, the trailers which make up a large portion of the Village have been slated to be replaced during the summer, and with no buildings to move into

north of the Mall, there is a logistical problem of where to place Pierce College students. The current contractor who provides the Village trailers was underbid recently, and in an effort to save money, the college decided to replace the existing trailers with less expensive ones during the summer, according to the PCC.

A new bid process was started April 26, which may make it possible for Pierce to retain its existing trailers thus maintaining space in which to hold classes.

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The Freudian Sip and CopyTech will remain closed on Saturdays at Pierce College in accordance with student demands in an effort to cut the campus’ financial burden.

Kim Saunders, bookstore manager, oversees the operations of the bookstore and partners with CopyTech’s leadership.

When making changes to the campus’ operations, Saunders discusses each issue along with the entire administrative services faculty and staff.

cal benefits.

“The district is not required to provide medical benefits to adjuncts,” said Holland. “In fact, if adjuncts want these benefits, we have to pay the premiums out of our own paychecks.”

The aforementioned benefits result in adjunct professors being “a very cheap way of providing educational services,” according to Holland.

“The campus budget is often balanced on the backs of adjuncts,” she said.

According to Rosdahl, regardless of whether the hires coming in are full-time or part-time, Pierce will be saving money from the move.

“When you’re on a reduction and you don’t replace retirees coming out, you in a sense save money,” Rosdahl said.

Rosdahl also adds that faculty members coming in will be lower on the salary schedule set by the union contract.

Pierce is currently in the beginning stages of hiring. In fact, Rosdahl says that the four positions have yet to be advertised. Still, the move to hire the four full-timers is still tentative.

“If the budget gets really crappy, it’s possible that come August, we end up hiring no one,” he said.

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in partnership,” Saunders said. “We don’t make slam-dunk decisions on our own in this environment.”

Saunders says that operational shutdown for Freudian Sip and CopyTech was determined in part because of a decline in demand for the services on Saturdays.

“This is about providing the students with the products and services that they demand,” Saunders said. “However, we all are aware that California is in a budgetary crisis and we cannot be wasteful in how we make business decisions.”

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classes on Wednesday April

“A lot of students don’t recognize that we are a nine campus district; the LACCD is the largest community college district in the United States,” Saunders said. “With that said, we are in a family, and we are in a financial family as well.”

Saunders says Fridays are the slowest business days, a common factor on all college campuses. She says that some campus bookstores and cafeterias are not even open on Fridays because they don’t have the customer flow to support the business.

“We always make decisions based on that factor, but it’s always

When asked about student concerns or complaints, she says that the administrative crew does the best they can to offer services to students, but they can’t make services available at all times; that is why there are vending machines available.

“Saturday has always been one of those days that fluctuates based on demand,” Saunders said.

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T-Shirts share stories of strength

Denim Day brings awareness to and for sexual assault victims

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The Clothesline Project set up a booth near Parking Lot 7 in honor of Denim Day last week.

Denim Day started in 1998 in Italy when a 45-year-old driving instructor was convicted of raping a 17-year-old driving student.

The instructor filed for an appeal and the case made it all the way to the Italian Supreme Court where a judge decided to overturn the ruling.

The judge stated that since the victim was wearing tight jeans, she would have had to assist the driving instructor in taking them off. Therefore it was consensual and not rape.

The women on the Italian Parliament were so enraged by this that they all wore jeans to work that day in protest of the court’s decision.

Since 1999, the Peace Over Violence Organization has hosted Denim Day every year.

Holly Hagan, a buyer for the bookstore in association with the Clothesline Project hosts Denim Day at Pierce College every year.

The event asks students and faculty members to wear jeans to work and school.

The Clothesline Project also hosts an event every year in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, according to Hagan.

The occasion calls for students and faculty members who have been victims, or know victims, of domestic violence or sexual abuse to write their story on a T-Shirt that will then be hung from a clothesline for all to see.

Child development major, Sarah Moore, shares about the importance of being self-ex-

UNVEILED: Messages describing the personal experiences of Pierce students hang pinned to clotheslines along the Mall during Denim

pressed and having safe outlets to go to.

“I have been through this stuff in the past,” Moore said. “It’s important to have someone to talk to. It has made me stronger.”

The colorful shirts are intended to catch the eyes of those walking by so that they can read the stories and become aware.

It’s important to have some to talk to. It has made me stronger.

sayings and stories into a book. Professors, such as James McKeever and Jae Farkas, offered extra credit to the students that attended and participated.

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“At some point we hope that the shirts will span from one end of the mall to the other,” said Hagan.

Other students stopped by the booth to show support for their community.

“I have a lot of friends that have been victims of abuse,” said Edgar Deleon, 18-year-old psychology major. “I have a lot of respect for the people putting their stories out [there], it really gets to me.”

Hagan also collects the shirts at the end of the day and is working on compiling the

The tragic stories touched the hearts

of those who stopped to read them, as well as inspired others to tell their tails.

“My mom told me that my cousins were molested by their father and they didn’t know it wasn’t’ okay,” said Silvia Ramirez a 19-year-old pre vet major. “I think this is really good. People should know they

don’t need to be afraid, and they should tell someone.”

There were volunteers including students and faculty members, helping to get the messages out.

“It’s not right, you shouldn’t be subjected to rape because of the clothes you’re wearing,” said Susan Perkins, a 25-year-old psychology major. “No matter what you go through there is someone that has been

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through what you have, and is willing to help you.”

The Clothesline Project will be back on the mall at Pierce College in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The exact date has yet to be determined.

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Day last week. Topics ranged from verbal abuse to gang rape, and hung along side shirts asking forgiveness or promoting strength and hope for victims of abuse in all forms.

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Better lucky than good

Bushart’s squad limps into post-season

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The Pierce College baseball team’s playoff hopes have suffered severely after a heartbreaking defeat to Citrus College on Thursday, April 28.

The Brahmas who were in first place gong into the game with Citrus College will now have to go head to head with Citrus once again in a onegame playoff May 3 after losing 12 – 2 in the regular season’s last game.

Brahma pitcher Josh Derry, who has had a good year according to Head Coach John Bushart, was struggling on the mound but managed to hold Citrus scoreless until the 6th inning.

“Derry’s been great all year, but he’s tired,” said Bushart. “When you pitch as many innings as he has, it’s going to catch up to you.”

Citrus College pitcher Mikey Ramirez was on fire, pitching a shutout until the 8th inning and giving up only 2-runs for the game.

“I think I just had them off balance,” said Ramirez. “We just came together as a team.”

The playoff picture is still undetermined, accord ing to Bushart.

“We’re not out, but it’s up to a committee,” said Bushart immediately after the game. “Everything has to settle first. We need to see what the other

teams did in conference; there are a lot of teams at the top.”

After the win, Citrus College left the field confident, practically a sure bet to go to the playoffs but remain unsure of what place they will finish in conference, according to Citrus College Head Coach Steve Gomez.

“The first round of the playoffs will be known on Friday,” said Gomez. “Depending on where we get in, the first playing day should be Tuesday.”

The Citrus ball club was right to feel good about what they had accomplished over the last week of the season. They came out of nowhere to make it to post-season play and now fate has them paired with the Brahmas.

“I don’t even want to talk about next season yet,” said Bushart. “This isn’t over yet, and I just want to stay focused on this season right

Baseball shines light

The planes that struck the twin towers and the Pentagon temporarily paralyzed this nation, and the sporting world responded.

Our country was stunned after terrorists attacked the United States roughly 10 years ago. Sports shut down as every level ceased action immediately.

There were no Friday night-lights flickering over the Thousand Oaks football field, no catchers’ mitts popping at Chavez Ravine. Athletics came to a screeching halt as everyone searched high and low looking for answers.

Sunday night, we all got the collective answer we yearned for: bin Laden is dead.

At about 8 p.m. locally, while I was watching the Mets – Phillies baseball game at work, the crowd of roughly 30,000 people in attendance started chanting “U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A.” My phone, vibrating every other minute at this point, started receiving text messages reading: “We got him! We got bin Laden!”

As jubilation swept across the stadium on television, and as shots were being poured in celebration across the bar, I took a moment to look the scene over and reflect upon what I was witnessing; or in other words, what we’ve been missing.

It’s easy to forget how united we were as a country during the immediate aftermath of 9/11. Everyone’s hearts and minds were fixated upon New York City and Washington D.C. in that trying time.

Major League Baseball suspended it’s season for five days to let the country recover, losing roughly a billion dollars in the process.

We turned to athletics in an attempt to find some kind of solace in something familiar to us. Fans afterward wanted something more from their athletes than just another game.

We wanted to be uplifted somehow, some way, to both forget and remember at the same time. We wanted to be reminded that sports can heal and inspire, that sports were still a dominant part of the American spirit.

Games resumed Sept. 16, a day that was filled with the kind of patriotism usually reserved for the 4th of July or Memorial Day.

The game of baseball is called our “National Pastime” for a reason.

How many of you remember throwing the ball around in the backyard with Pop during a warm summer afternoon feeling like you were on top of the world?

After watching what transpired Sunday night at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia, it put everything into perspective. Our compasion for those who lost their lives on that sunny September morning is still just as strong as ever; it’s just been dormant for a while.

“Who are our real heroes?” is still the question that gets fearfully lost sometimes during this the technological age where the selfish unfortunately outweigh the selfless.

Athletes making millions of dollars shouldn’t hold a candle to those who risked their lives, and in some cases gave their lives to capture and kill the most infamous villain walking the planet.

The scene in Philly yesterday reminded me to take pride in who I am, and not to forget that I’m lucky to be an American. mgillman.roundupnews@gmail.com

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JUMP: Pierce’s Alex Gonzalez (#7) is tagged out by Citrus College shortstop Charles Ball while attempting to grab the extra base April 28 at Joe Kelly Field.

Joe Kukuczka / Roundup Sarting pitcher Josh Derry (#30), and Justin Fredlender (#21) left the field April 28 not knowing their playoff destiny.

“I dont even want to talk about next season yet, this isn’t over.”

-John Bushart Pierce Head Baseball Coach

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This freshman has been about as dominant as they come in the water this season. Elam won the 200 yard freestyle event at the State Championships. Elam also took third place during the women’s 500 yard freestyle competition.

TEAM: The Brahmas swim team have enjoyed great team success this spring, which showed at state competition. —SWIM—

Swim team impressive at state Many swimmers standout at State Championship meet

The Pierce College Swim and Dive Team competed against swimmers from all over California in the State Swim Championships Thursday through Saturday at East Los Angeles College.

“I feel I could have done better if I was a lot faster,” Samantha Elam said after finishing first in the women’s 200 yard freestyle event.

Elam opened Thursday’s competition by finishing in third place in the women’s 500 yard freestyle championship. Sareen Hagopian competed alongside Elam, taking third place in

the women’s 500 yard freestyle consols.

Both swimmers, along with Malia Naslund and Diba Alemi, were able to finish second in the women’s 400 yard medley relay consols. Finally, to end the first day of competition, Ryan Anderson finished in fifth place in the men’s 3 meter diving competition.

The second day of the championships saw the Brahmas open up with a fourth place finish in the women’s 200 yard medley relay.

“We did really well,” said Hagopian. “Everyone was really enthusiastic, and it was really fun.”

The weekend normally serves as a great measuring point in a swimmer’s career bfore they go onto compete at higher levels.

“I would give myself an ‘A’ based on the effort,” said Hagopian, who opened the singles competition with a new school record setting time of 2:10.89 and fifth place finish in the women’s 200 yard individual medley. “A lot of it is also that people are naturally taller, but I went my best time so that is all I can ask for.”

The second day of competition rounded out with Samantha Price finishing in seventh place in the women’s 50 yard breaststroke consols,

Blair Kroetz taking second place in the men’s 100 yard backstroke consols, Ryan Anderson finishing eleventh in the men’s 1 meter diving, and lastly the Brahmas finished in eleventh place in the women’s 800 yard freestyle relay. The last day of competition saw Elam open up in the women’s 1650 yard freestyle event where she finished in third place.

“I think I did really good,” said Kroetz, who finished in seventh place in the men’s 200 yard backstroke championship. “Next year when I come back to state, hopefully I am rested for this meet and I will be able to do better.”

The third competitor of the day was Hagopian, who finished in second place in the women’s 100 yard breaststroke championship. Finally, the last event the Brahmas competed in was in the women’s 400 yard freestyle relay consols where the Brahmas finished in sixth place.

As the State Swim Championships came to a close Saturday night, when it was all said and done it left the Pierce Women’s Swim Team in thirteenth place. As for the men’s team, they finished in twenty-sixth place.

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Blair Kroetz, a freshman, has been a consistant performer for the Brahmas swimming squad this semester. In just his first year, Kroetz qualified for the State Championships that took place last weekend and finished second during the men’s 100 yard backstroke consols competition.

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Sareen Hagopian has been the glue to the women’s swim squad. Only a freshman, Hagopian anchored the second place finish during the 400 yard medley relay consols. She set a new school record en route to a fifth place finish in the 200 yard individual medley (2:10.89)

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Blair Kroetz

Sareen Hagopian

Samantha Elam

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“We did really well, everyone was really enthusiastic.”

-Sareen Hagopian Pierce swimmer

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