Attack in library

to physical violence with the male striking the female twice, according to Mollasalahi.

“The belief here at Santa Monica has been to recruit in our district area, believing that’s the best strategy,” Santa Monica head coach Gifford Lindheim–whose 2012 roster only shows 12 out-of-state players– said.

An out-of-state player has to pay $225 a unit, unlike the $45 a California resident has to pay, according to Lofrano.

“It’s going to be a burden for many players financially– to come to Pierce College or anywhere else that’s out of state– for these kids to play football,” Lofrano said.

Martinez believes the problem about recruiting players from in California is that there are too many schools out here, so many of the kids take it for granted.

“These kids have so many different options of which school they want to go to, as kids that live 3,000 miles away have no choice but to come out here, play football, and pursues their dream,” Martinez said.

According to Martinez, former players Ty Harris and Nate Ingram made the transition to California, and gave the blueprint for other players to succeed in making the move from another state.

“Those guys got their own apartments; and got to and from school themselves, which is all you need to ask from them to see they made the transition of moving here,” said Martinez.

There are 144 schools that play two-year football in the entire country, and California has over 70 of these schools.

“So where are they going to go to play football in states that don’t even have junior college football?” Lofrano asked. “Basically their only choices are to go to out-of-state schools, and figure it out from there.”

This is the reason why assistant head coach Jason Sabolic never worries about out-of-state recruiting, because there are few options out there to play two-year football.

“There will always be an influx of out-of-state players coming to Pierce,” Sabolic said. There are only a few states that offer kids a second chance at playing football after high school if they couldn’t get a scholarship from a university.”

Martinez says defensive coordinator Ty Greenwood is the reason for much of his success to recruiting out-of-state players.

“[Greenwood] has a great connection to many of the high schools on the east coast,” Martinez said.”Which makes him very valuable to our staff.”

Greenwood joined the Pierce coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in 2007,

A fight occurred up in the Library according to campus authorities.

The violence took place around 9:30 a.m. on the second floor of the Library in computer Lab B.

“Three people were involved,” said Officer Jody Clounch, denying to release the names of the people involved.

The parties involved did not want to speak to the Roundup.

Architecture major Susan Mollasalahi was sitting at the computer next to the people involved, and saw the entire ordeal.

It began with a woman accidentally bumping into a man sitting next to her, which led to the two fighting verbally, according to Mollasalahi.

The verbal situation escalated quickly, with the male repeating his warning, according to witnesses.

The male grabbed a cup of coffee the female had brought with her to the computer station and dumped the hot liquid on her, according to Mollasalahi.

“He took her coffee and spilled it at her face,” Mollasalahi said.

Then the confrontation turned

“I saw him punch her in the face two times,” Mollasalahi said.

A friend of the woman saw the situation unfolding and got involved, at which point he was attacked as well, according to Mollasalah.

The friend was soon on the floor of the library, with the man mounted over him striking him repeatedly.

After pummeling the male student, the attacker then left the library, where he was met by campus law enforcement personnel, who had been contacted about the incident.

An ambulance came to the scene to treat wounds while the attacker was handcuffed for interrogation by law enforcement.

The female and male were both treated for cuts and bruises, and both were given ice by first responders in order to bring down the swelling on their faces.

“I don’t feel like talking right now,” the woman said, “I have to go to the health center.”