Volume 115 Fall 2011 Roundup Issue 6

ROUNDUP

Court date set for former basketball playerʼs assault case

Victor Stephen Kamont

A Pierce student, charged with resisting the orders of a public officer, and refusing to comply, will be arraigned Dec. 6 at the Van Nuys Courthouse.

Monica Jackson was detained Oct. 5 after allegedly swinging an elbow at an officer in the Metro Orange Line parking lot near the corner of

“It Gets Better” for LGBT students

Gina Gutierrez

High school should be one of the most exciting times in a young person’s life. For many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, however, it can be very difficult.

The “It Gets Better” movement was created to inspire hope during tough times in a teenager’s life.

“The movement is created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach-if they can just get through their teen years,” according to their website.

It was created in September by Dan Savage and his partner, Terry, in response to the countless suicides relating to bullying.

More than 25,000 user-created videos have been uploaded to the site with more appearing every day. The videos come from a mix of teenagers, celebrities and politicians, including President Obama.

“It was all over my Facebook,” said 19-year-old Elizabeth Mejia. “I couldn’t sign on without seeing the videos.”

There is a video on the Pierce website from Dr. Richard J. Follett, who has been teaching English for more than 27 years.

Dr. Follett, who is openly gay, made the video after two former students approached him with the idea. Slightly longer than three minutes, it gives an in-depth look into his past.

“People used to think being gay was an arrested development,” he said.

Follett was born in a small conservative town in Michigan. In 1968, he got married, but never told his wife that he might be gay. Five years later, they divorced and went their separate ways.

Follett then attended the University of Michigan where he received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees and wrote his doctorate on gay literature.

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Winnetka Avenue and Victory Boulevard,

The incident began with a report to the Sheriff’s Department of a verbal altercation occurring inside a car, said Senior Lead Sheriff’s Deputy Ron Nohles.

“We sent sheriffs over to prevent a fight and injury to people,” he said.

It was during the intervention that one of the students involved in the verbal altercation alleged-

ly swung her elbow at one of the officers, according to Nohles.

During the takedown, Security Officer Bryan Chavez sprained his thumb, while Security Officer James Brown received a cut on the back of his hand, according to Detective Richard Pfeiffer from the Community College Bureau. Jackson was a member of the women’s basketball team last year and was named most

valuable player of the California Community College Athletic Association’s Western State Conference.

Jackson hasn’t shown up for practice this year, according to Pierce’s women’s basketball Head Coach, Jim Couch.

Further review of the incident will be required in order to for the Athletic Department to determine whether Jackson will still be eligible to play for

the team, said Athletic Director Bob Lofrano.

“Athletics is a privilege and not a right, so if you do something wrong you might have that privilege taken away,” said Lofrano.

The Roundup was unable to reach Jackson for comment.

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rally draws a smaller crowd as ASO withdraws support Rally goes off with hitches

Club-sponsored

Despite planning issues, the ‘Where’s The Funding?’ (WTF?) rally, protesting against increased budget cuts and fee hikes for California’s community colleges, continued as planned at Pierce College last Wednesday.

The rally, four weeks in the making, was organized by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and Students Organizing for Success (SOS), a campus club dedicated to encouraging students to fight for their right to an education.

“[The budget cuts] are having profound effects on our students,” said Chair of the Modern Language Department Fernando Oleas, who is also a member of AFT. “This is a way to show that we care.”

The ASO decided to pull their support for the rally after first attempting to convince the SOS to push back the date.

The event was poorly planned, according to the ASO Senator for the Political Science Department Shane Mooney.

Last semester, ASO members went to classrooms weeks before the event informing students of the rally. They also sent out mass emails and posted ads to Facebook.

“I was hoping that it would be a better turnout, like we had last semester, but I don’t think that we advertised enough,” said Mooney. “I don’t think students are as motivated as they were last semester.”

One of the major changes to the original plan was the meeting location. Originally, students who wanted to participate were to congregate by the Brahma Bull statue on the Mall at 12:30 p.m.

However, another event, Justice Day, was already underway prior to the planned start time. In conjunction with this, a number of vehi-

cles from groups at the event, like the Los Angeles Police Department, were parked on the Mall.

The rally, which drew approximately 150 supporters at its new location in Rocky Young Park, continued through Parking Lot 1 before heading to the Mason Avenue exit and down Victory Boulevard.

The Sheriff’s Department wasn’t notified until 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sheriff’s Deputy Ron Nohles.

STUDENT ATHLETES

There were no athletes or athletic department representatives present at the WTF? rally.

They was no notification or advertisement about the rally anywhere for the athletic department, according to Pat Croal, athletic department secretary.

Although no athletes were present at the event, Pierce

football players were concerned about the budget cuts and tuition being raised.

“It is unfair because students that don’t have nothing financially will be limited in their opportunity for education,” said wide receiver Matthew Jones. “If America wants smart students for the future they can’t raise tuition and cut funds, what we really want is for education to be as cheap as possible.”

STUDENT DANCE

Paula Salvador, a dancer, was unaware of the WTF? rally until one of her professors offered the her extra credit for attending the rally.

“If dance classes were to be cut, it would take me longer to transfer,” she said. “I just wish we were more informed.”

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ARRESTED: MONICA JACKSON GETS SEATED IN A SHERIFFʼS VEHICLE

President now aiding students

New measure will now help students pay back loans more affordably and receive loan forgiveness faster

Students will now be able to receive total, or some relief from their student loans after President Obama announced his plan to help students with their school loans.

The act/plan is great for the all the students who have, or will have any loans to pay off in their future. Students will now pay a maximum 10% of their income and will have the possibility of having their loans forgiven in 20 years instead of 25.

Obama’s plan also will allow about 6 million people with different types of student federal loans to consolidate them into one and reduce the interest rate in half according to Alexa Vaughn from the LA Times.

The college’s mission

Pierce offers a variety of ways for students to achieve their educational goals, so the mission of the college shouldn’t be changed

The jewel of California’s educational system, the community college, may soon be changing for the worse and losing the pieces that have made it so valuable.

The California state budget crisis and resulting cuts in the education budget have convinced administrators and lawmakers alike that the mission of the community college should be redefined.

In addition, Pierce is also gearing up for the accreditation process, which focuses attention on the college’s mission.

Currently, a very broad mission allows the colleges to provide educational opportunities to high

school students, those seeking an associates degree, transfer students, workers seeking specialized certifications and mid-career workers seeking to improve their skills.

The amazing and beautiful thing about California’s community colleges’ is that they cater to such a large group of people and are inexpensive, thereby allowing access to education to anyone who wants one.

A college’s success is often judged by the number of its graduates. This is the wrong way to determine a community college’s success.

Every mechanic who returns to school and receives a certificate in a

specialized program is just as much a success as someone who graduates with an associate’s degree.

Every master’s level executive who returns to college to improve their skills has succeeded as much as the student who transfers to a fouryear university.

The mission of the community college does not need to be changed.

It is perfect exactly how it is right now.

Allowing anyone, no matter their age or education level, to return to school to improve their skills and create a better life for themselves is a good thing.

This idea should not be abandoned

COMIC

Carlos Islas

simply because times are tough. Colleges should be receiving more money from the state and administrators need to cut corners while times are bad.

Achieving the American dream has become difficult lately, but obtaining a good education has always been key.

The community college’s mission and their services should be expanded not cut.

Everyone deserves the opportunity to return to college and improve their education and a community college allows them to do that.

The plan should give hope to all those who are in major debt and find themselves paying more than 10% of their income toward their loan. It should also encourage the students of today.

As we know education is costly here in the U.S., but with Obama’s plan it gives hope to those who do not have the resources to attend expensive schools. As a student, it is encouraging to see help provided to us. Often we can feel that we are in a hole when it comes to the expenses of school.

Students should apply for student loans, but should be careful of what they are getting themselves into. They should not plunge into a major, which at the time seems to suit them, if they are not willing to fully

commit to it. This should not discourage students, but encourage them to find what they want to do. They need to evaluate their will to commit.

In order for this plan to beneficial, the word needs to spread to all students. If the president plans to help all the students in the US, he must do something to ensure everyone knows of his relief plan. It would be no good if only a few thousand took advantage and the rest continued to drown themselves in debt.

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Rallies are pointless

Occupy Los Angeles and other rallies such as the Where’s the Funding (WTF) rally are nothing more than an excuse for people to skip out on responsibilities and party in the street.

The message that is supposedly being relayed through this “protest” is that we the people are tired of the “injustices” that are happening around us everyday. From school budget cuts here on campus, to government spending down at city hall.

I will agree that many things need to change. There are severe problems with the way our school and our country are being run. solutions need to be found.

However, these organizations, if they can be called such considering there total lack of organization, have no solutions to offer.

Occupy L.A. has created a website that has a document they call thei declaration that list their complaints. The problem is the document only state complaints with no solutions.

Salvador

Kevin Reynolds

Without a clear message and without solutions to offer these movements is a waste of every ones time. We all know that there are issues; none of us are blind. What we need now are solutions; not whining in the streets by a bunch of doped up kids who know there is a problem but don’t have enough brain cells left to think up a solution.

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CORRECTIONS

Volume 115 Issue 5

The Security Officer in the lower left hand corner of the front page identified as Bryan Chavez is actually Justin Ramos. Professor Joe Perret’s name was misspelled.

The article entitled Media Arts Dept.

Maria Salvador

Maria

Alternative fuel is not so far away

West Hills resident displays his at home converted Super Beetle in the automotive department garage

mostly, such as picking up his kids and grocery shopping.

“My wife told me to build an electric car,” said Stopp. “So I did.”

A West Hills resident showcased his 1974, homeconverted, battery operated, electric Volkswagen (VW) Super Beetle to the alternative fuels class Oct. 25.

Gene Stopp, a 52-yearold electrical engineer, has achieved speeds reaching 85 miles per hour in his electric VW. It took Stopp two years to build and cost him $30,000.

“It costs about the same as a brand new car and it basically is,” said Stopp. “But now it’s entirely electric.”

Students of the alternative fuels class, taught by Michael VanDyke, professor of automotive technology, gathered around the vehicle to see its 56 Lithium Ion batteries which power the car and generate 1,000 amps and 200 direct current volts.

“That thing really moves,” said VanDyke after taking a ride with

Sheriff’s Blotter

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• On Oct. 24 there was a vehicle was vandalized.

• On Oct. 25 there was a vehicle was burglarized.

• Possible restraining order violation at the Mall area on Oct. 26.

• Petty theft occurred in building 3600 on Oct. 26.

• There was a bike reported stolen on Oct. 26.

• A traffic accident occurred in Parking Lot 6 on Oct. 26.

• A student professor disturbance occurred at the Center for the Sciences on Oct. 28th.

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HIV/AIDS awareness weeks come to an end

Stopp. Chair of the auto tech department Tom Fortune has a friend who converted a Chevy truck to electric.

“It runs alright,” said Fortune. “But it doesn’t perform the same as this one does.

Not only does the car produce zero CO2 emissions, but being powered solely by batteries, costs nothing to fill up.

“The hardest part is resisting the urge to build another one,” he said. He uses the car to run errands

The class had already converted their own VW bug, bringing the Automotive Technology Department’s total number of alternative fuel vehicles to six including a brand new VW Jetta biodiesel car purchased with money from a Stem grant, according to Tom Rosdahl, professor of automotive service technology.

They also have two Honda Civic vehicles, a hybrid and a natural gas-powered vehicle in addition to a 1977 VW Beetle they converted to electric power.

The alternative fuel class is taught by VanDyke on Tuesday afternoons.

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Remembering life well lived

A memorial service dedicated to one of the founders of Pierce College’s Media Arts Department will take place in the Great Hall Sunday, Nov. 6, from 2 to 5 p.m. Ben Adelson, who was also a faculty member of

the department, died Sept. 6. He was 90 years old.

During World War II, Adelson served as a B-24 bombardier, based in Southwest China, and earned five Air Medals and a Distinguished Flying Cross.

After teaching at Fairfax High School, Adelson

joined the Pierce faculty. He brought together a team of professors, and started the modern era of Pierce’s journalism program, while helping found the Media Arts Department.

“He would give you real sense of confidence,” said Smith. “Once he saw someone was genuine, he

was real helpful.” Adelson’s former students and colleagues, including the three other Media Arts Department founders, will be attending his memorial service on campus, according to Smith.

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HIV/AIDS Awareness Week at Pierce College wrapped up two weeks’ worth of programs Thursday, Oct. 27.

The Student Health Center designed two of the more prominent programs of the event, speakers were invited to classrooms around campus based on instructors’ requests and free HIV testing in Parking Lot 1. The first week of HIV/AIDS Awareness Week was dedicated to the speakers, while the second week was dedicated to the free testing.

“The goal of HIV/AIDS Awareness Week is to hype up students’ awareness of the disease,” said Beth Benne, director of the Student Health Center. “I want students to know and remember that it is not something that they should playing around with.”

Two different HIV testing organizations in Los Angeles tested around

200 students during the four days that free HIV testing was available on campus.

“Only one out of four people that has HIV knows that they have it,” said Matt Goldman, HIV testing counselor on behalf of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “In fact, the fastest growing segments of the population with HIV are kids between 17 and 26, so it is very important for everybody to get tested. HIV is a manageable disease, as long as you catch it early.”

The test was free and confidential, and the results were available after 20 minutes.

“We provide our services to all communities, all races, genders and all sexual orientations, “ said Jessica Alvarez, HIV counselor from Bienestar, the other mobile unit from Latino human community services.

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“You don’t need to travel,” said Poindexter, a 23-year-old journalism major who opted for the cheek swab.

“It is coming to you. Not only do you get information, you can learn, too.”

During the process of testing, the counselors gave some information about the HIV and AIDS to the people. There were brochures and condoms available for students to take with them.

“We also have clinics, doctors and medicines to care for the people that don’t have insurance,” said Goldman. “I know it is a little mobile unit, but we really [get] the job done.”

HIV/AIDS Awareness Week is hosted two times in a year, but for the rest of the year any student can come to the Health Center and get $9 blood test for HIV. It takes 24 hours to get the result, said Benne.

They provided two different types of tests, such as finger sticks and cheek swabs.

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When people describe motorcycle riding, they usually express how free it makes them feel.

Being alone on the road, just the rider and the bike, creates the ultimate feeling of freedom.

Even though riders experience this type of freedom because of the oneness they feel with their bikes, they also feel a sense of camaraderie when riding with others.

That’s what Pierce College’s newly formed Motorcycle Club is doing.

“Being a motorcyclist is like being apart of an elite brotherhood,” said 34-year-old Brandon Garrett, the club’s president. “I’d like everyone to know who everyone is on campus.”

The club’s first general meeting took place Saturday with a meet up of riders. It was followed by a ride through the canyons along Topanga Canyon Boulevard, up

already has over 5,000 miles on his bike.

“I couldn’t wait for this to happen,” said Nunez. “I was awake at four in the morning.”

Pre-vet major and Motorcycle Club member Randi Katz was the only female rider at the meeting.

“Everyone rode really well together,” said Katz. “It’s fun riding with the new guys, and when they see a women riding it kind of inspires them because boys are much more competitive.”

ith the current economy and the rise in tuition due to cuts to the state budget, it has become a lot more difficult for Pierce College students.

Thankfully, Pierce does offer support to students and faculty who have children with its Child Development Center (CDC).

“The CDC was begun as a student service with the mission being to provide a child development center for the student parents,” said League Teacher Diana Deutsch.

If the center isn’t full upon enrollment deadlines, it opens its doors to the community as well.

Director of the Child Development Center Phyllis Schneider talks about the center being a helping hand to the Pierce parents who have kids.

have to be of low income.The center is also open to Pierce employees for a low price.

WIn order for a student parent to be eligible for this program, the student must be enrolled in a minimum of six units and earn income that falls under the income guidelines for the State of California, according to the Pierce College CDC webpage.

It is a full-day center, open Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“The reason why we’re done at 4 p.m. is because our hours were designed to match the class schedule at Pierce,” said Schneider. “So many of the classes end at 4 p.m.

That’s why the center does as well.”

Not only have the budget cuts affected the education at Pierce, but it’s also affected the CDC as well.

Sunset Boulevard and into West Los Angeles.

Jose Nunez, a 23-year-old Industrial Technology (I.T.) student, has only been riding six months but

The Motorcycle Club is revving up to not only ride together, but to help shed light on the I.T. program on campus. With budget cuts many programs, including the I.T. Department, are taking hits in classes.

“The welding industry and the

automotive industry are going to be here for a long time,” said Nunez. “It would be a shame to get rid of [the program].”

Attention to the department is important for Garrett and the club, but so is rider safety. For their first general meeting, club members drove to West Coast GP Cycles, where they were taught how to safely prepare their bikes for track racing.

The club meets by the I.T. Building every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.

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Dressed as the Great Pumpkin from Charlie Brown, the president of 4 Corners Co-Op hung colored foil pumpkins Monday afternoon to help decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall for the Halloween Feast.

The themed event, which went on from 1 to 9 p.m., was co-sponsored by Ars Poetica, 4 Corners Co-op, Latin American Culture Club, French Club, Performing Arts Club, and Architecture Club.

Headstones and student art on the walls transformed the Great Hall into a party, complete with costumewearing students celebrating the haunted holiday.

Pierce College students weren’t the only ones getting into the Halloween spirit.

Children from the Child Development Center (CDC) also donned costumes and went trickor-treating around campus Monday morning.

The CDC staff members walk alongside the kids as they parade their costumes and collect their candy.

Sharon Morgan, vice president

“The Pierce College Child Development Center is here to serve [not only] the children of Pierce students, but also the community,” said Schneider. “We have children from the community that also attend the center, so there is a variety of opportunity here.”

The CDC also has a day care center. Personnel there take care of children ages 2 years and 9 months to 5 years. Children have to be toilet trained in order to get into into the day care.

Children at the CDC have a fixed schedule that includes: “outside time,” when they are able to play in the playground; “inside time,” when they learn lessons from a variety of curriculum areas; and story time.

Breakfast and lunch are also served at the center.

The Child Development Center is a state-funded program, which means that it is offered on very minimal charges.

The state pays for the preschool, and in order to qualify, families

“Some of the funding has been cut. Thats why we’re no longer open till 7 p.m. In fact, this year some families are having to give us a small monthly tuition fee which never used to be the case,” said Schneider.

The center has provided hundreds of Pierce student parents a chance at furthering their education.

“The CDC has helped me to continue my education. Without the preschool here I wouldn’t be able to continue going to Pierce.” said Child Development major Jennifer Rauterkus.

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of French Club, dressed as Captain Picard from Star Trek for Halloween. She sat under spider streamers while eating her festive food.

French Club organized a costume contest for the event.

Laughter and chatter filled the air while music played and decorations swayed.

“It’s Halloween and we are in the spirit,” Geoffrey said, “We are also trying to get our club’s name out there, since we are a new club.” RUOnline?

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Afternoon concert series lends its stage to Brahmas

by singing, “Sing Like You Like to Sing, for God is the Simplest of All.”

The Afternoon Concert Series took a new direction with the ‘Student Concert’ Thursday, in the Music Department in room 3400.

Sandra Saad highlighted the concert with a strong rendition of “Revenge.”

She said after the concert that she was just in character and didn’t have any grudges that motivated her performance.

Carl Jacobs kicked off the concert

His soft, melodic, measured voice rendered “Simple Song” in prasie of the Almighty. We were also treated to the saxophone gymnastics of Bruce Salyer. His quick work of the sax came out in flowery notes that moved up and down the octaves, perfuming the hall. The music hit you in waves with slight pauses while he caught his breath. There was something special

about how Deanna Tyndall sang the word “love”. She sang “Power of Love” by Candy DeRouge and Gunther Mende.

Pianist Frank Garvey was very smooth on his piano, resulting in a cool classical take of the song.

Organizer Jim Bergman said he was pleased with the performance and didn’t want to pick any favorites.

Next Thursday at 1 p.m. we will be treated to Kanae Matsumoto’s free piano concert at Music 3400.

Pierce student Jennifer Rivera

liked Alisa Galper’s voice and Isaac Gome’s guitar in “Ain’t No Sunshine.” She said, “They combined together so good.”

Jessica likes to sing hip-hop and rap but those popular styles haven’t been presented at Pierce.

Alisa sang with a perfect, soft voice that you’ll never hear from recorded music.

Isaac’s guitar performance grew as the song progressed and reached its peak with a moving soliquie. The crowd was very pleased and

cheered loudly afterwards.

David Durrani sang “New Perspective.” He started of with the lyrics,“I feel the salty waves come in”, he continued with, “They’ll never win.”

The song sank into a silly love song while he played his raspy sounding guitar.

The final performance of classical music had some high points.

Pricilla Schneider played her piano with “The Force.”

Mavy Keating was uplifting with

her violin. Nancy Perillo started off slow but quickly entered into harmony and the trio sounded great.

Many of the students in the crowd were like Sheeva Kish, a 19-year- old Behavioral Science student. She is required to attend all the concerts for her Music class. Last week’s performance of Turkish folk music, “Steal the Bridge” was calming to her. Sheeva’s favorite performer is soulful pop singer Adele.

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Nov. 3 Afternoon Concert Series- Kanae Matsumoto - Piano, Music Department room 3400 at 12:45 p.m

*Free

Nov. 10 Domestic Vandal Exhibit opens, geust lecture at 7 p.m. at Art Department, room 3300- *Free

Afternoon Concert Series-Duo Amantis - Michael Kudirka- Guitar, Tara Schwab- Flute

Nov. 17 Afternoon Concert Series- Music of Persia

Nov. 26 San Fernando Valley Symphony concert at the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Plaza * $25

Dec. 2 Opening night of ‘Side Show’ directed by Gene Putnam in the Temporary Perfroming Arts Complex (located near the Child Development Department). The show will run from Dec. 2 to Dec. 11

Dec. 11 LA Winds Holiday Concert in the Valley Performing Arts Center Great Hall at CSUN 3 p.m.-

*general admission $25, for seniors and students $15

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Occupy the cuts

Students gathered last Wednesday at Rocky Young Park for the Where’s The Funding? (WTF?) rally, to protest budget cuts and fee hikes.

Signs made by students were carried as the students rallied from Rocky Young Park to Mason Avenue and across Victory Boulevard, chanting things like, “no more budget cuts!”

The rally, which was in the works for about four weeks, had approximately 150 students participate, and was organized by the American Teacher’s Federation, and the Students Organizing for Success club.

Despite the Associated Students Organization putting together rallies against cuts and hikes in the past, they did not sponser the WTF? rally due to a lack of planning according to ASO Senator for the Political Science Department Shane Mooney.

Organizers plan to continue their rally by protesting in the free speech area on the Mall every day.

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Trying to grasp for answers

Football teams woes continue as they lose seventh game of their disappointing season

Offensive struggles caused the Pierce Brahma football team to lose its seventh game of the year.

The Brahmas’ lost to Los Angeles Southwest College this past Saturday 26-19.

13 of the 19 Pierce points came from freshman place kicker Brian Gutierez.

Gutierez made a carrer long field goal in this game, it was a 34 yard feild goal.

“Offensively we just couldn’t get anything going because we had problems all over the place,” said assistant head coach Jason Sabolic.

Pierce had 11 penalties for 103 yards.

LA Southwest only received 5 penalties throughout the game causing a loss of only 40 yards.

The Brahmas running game was very efficient by having a 176 yards on 34 carries.

Josh Johnson who started the game carried the ball 21 times for 107

yards rushing.

Starting quarterback Jake Basmagian threw three interceptions and completed less than 50 percent of his passes.

“We started out really good in the first half. We came out like we were ready to play, however we just couldn’t finish our drives,” said Sabolic.

Volleyball is running strong

Nelger Carrera

The volleyball team, with a rocord of 21 wins and only 3 sets lost during the 21 matches played, added another victory to their winning streak.

The Brahmas won on the road at Bakersfield College this past friday.

Pierce has already played Bakersfield earlier this year, were they won in 3 sets also.

Bakersfield is one of the toughest teams that Pierce plays in their schedule according to head coach Nabil Mardini.

The Bahamas started off by winning the first set 25-16 and the second set 25-19.

Pierce ended up losing the third set in a tight and sloppy fashion 2624.

“We made lots of errors,” said Mardini. “But we bounced back and took the 4rd set.”

“Overall we are playing good volleyball.”

Pierce come back from losing the third set and winning the fourth one by a close score of 25-21.

Janelle Futch had all the assit for the Brahmas’ as she had 56 assist.

Freshman Sakurako Fujii led the team in kills with 16.

“We played well, but our errors made us loose the third set,” said player Kathleen Wright. “We need to be more consistence.”

Pierce will be going into a bye week before they head into their last game of the year.

The Brahmas’ last game of the year on Novermber 12 will be against their rival Valley College.

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Pierce will be off on Wendesday for a bye before their next game against Glendale College at home on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.

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Edith Dominguez

Coming of a three assist game vs Valley College, Dominguez scored an impressive goal from a strong shot from the left side of the box against Glendale last week. She has six goals for the season, two shy of the team leader, and leads the team with nine assists in their current campaign.

Veronika Ban

The Sophomore co-captain had an outstanding all-around game spiking 14 kills in 32 attempts, one shy from leading the team for the game, she also added three aces for her 21 total so far in the season. Ban has currently completed 142 kills in 310 attempts and averages 2.54 kills per game.

Gutierrez

Gutierrez was the overall MVP for the football team as he completed four field goals, one of them being his season’s longest in 34 yards, and an extra point that accounted for 13 of the 19 total points the team scored on Saturday’s loss against L.A. Southwest. The freshman kicker has completed six field goals out of 10 attempts.

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The Pierce College women’s soccer team continued their offensive display of power against Glendale City College at home on Tuesday.

The score at the end of the 90 minutes was 5-0 in favor of the Brahmas who have scored a total of 12 goals in their last two matches.

Much like their game against Valley College on Friday, Pierce was in charge throughout the game.

They forced the Vaqueros to commit several turnovers during the game and did not let up on their defensive pressure.

“We defended from the top,” said assistant coach Jose Mejia “[the new formation] Forces us to defend.”

The Brahmas first goal was scored within the opening minutes of the first half.

The goal was scored by sophomore midfielder Sophie Forrester and was set up from a cross into the box by midfielder Jessica Gonzalez, who had two assists in the game.

Defender Emily Streb, who has three goals in the last two games, scored the second goal off of a corner kick just before the ten minute mark of the first half.

Right when Glendale College was starting to get a feel on the ball, Pierce’s freshman Robinette Ramirez scored their third goal of the half with an outstanding finesse shot from the top of the penalty box.

The score at this point was 3-0 and the Brahmas were in absolute control of the game and only allowed the Vaqueros a couple of opportunities, which they failed to capitalize on.

Much like the first part of the match Pierce came out strong and scored in the opening minutes.

Forward Arely Blanco did not give up on a goalie’s rebound that came from a shot from outside the box.

The final goal of the game was scored by freshman forward Edith Dominguez who dribbled into the box and tucked it away from the goalie’s reach for her sixth goal of the season.

“We just played well together,” said sophomore

Beyond regular gym class

Yoga provides total relaxation and helps build muscle strength for alternative minded students

distinctive order to develop strength and flexibility.

“I like empowering people, it is like an instant gratification,” said Nelson. “I am giving them a skill that they can take with them.”

Nelson went to graduate school at California State University Northridge (CSUN) where she specialized in Kinesiology, the study of human movement. She was also the wellness coordinator for the Army Corps of Engineers and part of the Air Force for four years and is currently the president of the Kinesiology Alumni Chapter at CSUN.

“Basically you strengthen and increase your range of motion at the same time,” said Nelson. “This is what makes it different than weight training.”

The music in her class ranges from yoga chants, light jazz, nature sounds and the sound of running water.

As the class wound down Nelson spoke to her students as they lay on their backs on the gym floor.

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Soothing, upbeat music played softly as 30 students relaxed and stretched into their yoga positions inside the North Gym’s basketball and volleyball courts. The court transformed into a calm temple that would normally be bristling with athletic competition, darkened to a quiet meditative atmosphere.

“Listen to your body and let it tell you what is good for you today,”

said Shilo Nelson, instructor of physical education. “Inhale to prepare and lengthen, exhale to move into and execute.”

Yoga classes teach stress reduction, healthy blood pressure, and a range of motion, according to Nelson who teaches the Vinyasa yoga class.

Vinyasa is a form of yoga that links poses together in a

“Expand your finger tips, palms up, let your feet open up,” said Nelson. “Allow the force to take over you and observe what the practice has done to your body.”

defender Jennifer Venegas. “We got everything we needed to get done.”

Head coach Adolfo Perez believes that Pierce’s 12 goals in the last two games is a statement to the other teams in their conference

“When you play good,” said Perez. “It doesn’t matter where you play.”

Pierce soccer will travel to Bakersfield to play the Renegades on Tuesday, Nov 1st with kick off scheduled at 4 p.m.

“Basically you strengthen and increase your range of motion at the same time.”

-Shilo Nelson Physical education instructor

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