Library opens today Library and Learning Crossroads building unveiled a er two years
“The natural lighting is fantastic,” Paggi said. “Being in California, that is the perfect situation.”
There are also 24 bathrooms in the LLC compared to the six in the previous library, eight study rooms that can be reserved online 24 hours in advance, working Wi-Fi and book stacks that are all on one floor.
The wait is over for the opening of the Library and Learning Crossroads building (LLC), which will be available for student use today, Wednesday, April 10.
The 89,000-square-foot complex was awarded its $40 million bond on Jan. 15, 2010 and took just over two years to complete. According to BuildLACCD, the Los Angeles Community College District’s sustainable building program.
“It is huge,” said Paul Paggi, Library Department chair. “I think it’s really inviting.”
Though it is opening, the computer lab in the new library will not be available for use due to a bug in the system, so printing and open access computers will be available in the old library until it is fixed, according to Anna Davies, vice president of Academic Affairs.
The move to the building took a 15-man crew 10 days to complete.
“I came in every day at spring break and worked full on,” Paggi said.
There is a staircase with 26 steps and an elevator open for students to use to enter the building.
The LLC features 120 open access computers, 20 reference computers, a classroom for library workshops, 325 study desks including carrels with outlets and additional soft seating, according to Paggi.
“[There’s] at least an extra 100 seats for people if they just want to open a book and read quietly,” Paggi said.
The LLC also has larger windows and skylights to bring natural lighting into the building.
“Instead of caged books, our books have been freed,” Paggi said. “Students who have graduated from here and kept in touch have told me ‘I didn’t know we had books,’ and now there’s no way they can miss it.”
The 85,000 print books will be held in 3,500 shelves.
Additionally, librarians are currently in the process of making a new website with a modern look and user-friendly design to benefit students and staff, which has been postponed to debut over the weekend, according to Paggi.
“That was going to blast already but we found out they had to be down for 24 hours, so we said we’re going to wait for that and it’ll be up this weekend,” Paggi said. “We didn’t want to affect the students’ research in the middle of the week.”
The current library site, which has not been updated in years, will be revamped completely and will have more content in audio, video, and slide show format which will benefit students of various learning styles, according to Pierce College Librarian, Marisa Diehl.
“Our existing site could be improved in many ways with the opening of the new library,” said Diehl. “Shouldn’t our great new library have a truly great website?”
Librarians Lauren Valdes and Marisa Diehl have been working on the website during their free time from their usual librarian duties along with the department chair who has access to editing the site as well.
The new website will feature many improved library guides that will
link to resources such as books, databases, and electronic books that will be useful to specific subject matters that the college offers including specific assignments for those classes, according to Valdes.
“Librarians try to make things easy, straight forward, and not confusing for students,” said Valdes. “That’s our attempt.”
Coming in June, many features intended for the open will be installed, such as a color copier, the capability to print from your laptop over WiFi, and a system called Go Print, which is a system where students deposit money into an online account to pay for printing fees.
“I hoped for that to happen, but we don’t have it for opening. I don’t want to delay the opening because we don’t have [those systems],” Paggi said.
Though the second floor is opening, there will be no ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to Paggi.
“That will happen probably in the Fall, some time,” Paggi said. “They didn’t want to have a ribbon cutting ceremony for just the upstairs, they wanted it for both [floors].”
The first floor is to contain the Center for Academic Success, Distance Education and Service Learning, the Faculty Staff Resource Center, and an open computing lab, according to a previous article by the Roundup news.
“It’s being programmed for occupancy over the summer at this point,” said Ed Cadena, project deputy director of the Swinerton Management Team.
Though the LLC has yet to open, it has already experienced its first bout of vandalism.
“They’ve already etched the glass on the door,” Paggi said “I’m hoping students will appreciate this. Not many colleges have a place like this.”
Football coach James Thornton dies at age 45
The Pierce College football team’s offensive coordinator and quarterback coach died of a heart attack while visiting his sister Saturday, March 30.
James “Jimmer” Thornton was described by family, colleagues and students as quiet, dedicated man. It seemed that everyone who knew him agreed on one thing: he loved football.
His coaching career spanned more than two decades. Notably, Birmingham Community Charter High School won the City Section title four times under his watch.
“You got your coaches that yell, and then you got your coaches that are actual teachers,” said sophomore outside linebacker Omar Black. “He was a teacher.”
Mike Thornton, the Pierce wide receiver coach and the late coach’s brother, described Jimmer as gentlehearted and said in an email that success seemed to follow the stoic character throughout his career.
“From players to colleagues, to family and friends, those who got to know Jimmer were better people for it,” Mike Thornton said in the email.
Thornton often came to school early to supervise players who couldn’t make the team’s afternoon
workout, and Athletic Director Bob Lofrano said that showed the late coach’s dedication to his job.
“Here’s a coach going out of his way, coming in from Simi Valley, to be there at seven in the morning,” Lofrano said. “He really was more than just the offensive coordinator here.”
Head coach Efrain Martinez said Thornton was a cornerstone of Pierce’s football program.
“He’s just done so much for the program,” Martinez said. “He made the football team better. He made Pierce better. He made the kids better.”
Thornton followed in his father’s footsteps, coaching for Simi Valley Vikings and Simi Valley Patriots programs, according to his brother in the email.
After 15 years of coaching close to home, Thornton brought his talents to Van Nuys High School.
He helped Van Nuys make the Los Angeles City Section 4A playoffs in 1993 and 1994 before coaching for his alma mater, Royal Valley High School.
In his five years at Royal, he served as junior varsity head coach and offensive coordinator and earned an overall record of 24-6. Thornton helped the team make the CIF-Southern Section playoffs before moving onto Birmingham.
“He was probably the greatest coach ever,” said defensive line coach Kort Huettinger. “He’s the staple of the program. He’s irreplaceable.”
At Birmingham, Thornton served as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach. Thornton would help the Patriots win the Los Angeles City Section title in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Thornton started coaching at the junior college level with Pierce in 2008, one year after the program began.
Thornton was brought in to help Pierce’s struggling football program, according to Mike Thornton.
And, as his brother said, success followed Thornton to Pierce as well. He helped the Brahmas win two conference titles and two bowl games.
Thornton’s funeral service will be at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Simi Valley, Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Thornton’s family has asked that any donations or well-wishes for Jimmer should be made to the Pierce College football program.
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Technology enables students to triumph
Modern students are helped not hindered by today’s gadgets
Students that use technology might be perceived by some as lazy. However, in this day and age, almost all students rely on technology and prosper from its benefits.
Back in the old days, students did work and communicated by means of hard-copy paper and books. That changed when type writers, computers, and smart phones were introduced.
Today, students are using various forms of technology to help them through almost any situation.
Whether a student is accessing an online database or using a wireless printer, the average student would find it almost difficult to go back to the old ways that things were done.
Thirty-one percent of students took a class completely online in 2012, according to a survey done by edudemic.com. This has risen from the previous 15 percent of students who took completely online classes back in 2008.
The option of students taking classes online gives them room to take care of other responsibilities while still being able to get an education. This flexibility in school work has been an enormous leap for the academic world, benefiting those students who had to stop attending school due to time constraints.
In another study done by edudemic.com, 67 percent of students who were surveyed use a mobile device, such as a laptop or
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smart phone, to see what is going on in their institution. Another study showed that 58 percent use a mobile device to communicate with their teachers or other students.
As a society we naturally feel obligated to use various forms of technology in our everyday lives. Most devices that students use are user-friendly and easily accessible.
With the tech world growing at a high speed, almost all assignments that are turned in need to be typed on a computer and printed out. Using a computer to do your assignments makes it easier to save work-in-progress and transfer it to a memory device.
In fact, many institutions push for students to be more techoriented. The Art Institute is one of many schools that require their students to own a laptop upon admission.
Not only has technology helped students in a great way during school, but it has also opened future job opportunities. Computer Programming is a multi-billion dollar industry that is constantly growing with the advancement of technology.
Technology has not only been a great benefit to society but it continues to be of great assistance to students who use it in their everyday activities in school.
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Put public meetings in the Great Hall
Shared governance meetings should be held in shared spaces
Many of the policies, regulations and recommendations that govern our campus are taken to vote in the College Services Building’s Conference Room. Wait. The what? Where?
Exactly.
Some policies have been approved during the semester that highly affect students. For example, the district fundraising policy that is now being enforced and the new parking permit policy that is preventing students that have not paid their dues from purchasing permits.
Per the Brown Act of 1953, the minutes and agendas for these meetings are posted online, but they’re hidden deep within Pierce College’s unorganized website.
Discussions about governing procedures, regulations and policies that affect our campus and community are held during Academic Senate and Pierce College Council meetings, which are open to the public, also per the Brown Act. While the meetings are open to the pulic, the cramped room they’re held, tucked in an easily-overlooked nook next to the Business Office, isn’t exactly inviting.
These meetings were moved from their original location in the Great Hall for the sake of convenience. Though this is understandable, it is not practical.
Public meetings should be held in a public place.
The AS and PCC should return to the Great Hall: a readily visible, well-known campus landmark with room enough for all of Pierce’s voices.
This might create scheduling conflicts with the Associated Student Organization’s meetings, but, considering that the ASO should be at these meetings anyway, this might be less of a problem and more of a solution.
By combining these meetings, the ASO could learn from the faculty and staff meeting’s well-honed structure, and perhaps both parties could engender stronger communication that could benefit the entire school.
Combining these meetings could ensure the ASO would learn a thing or two about how they should be conducting their meetings, or vice versa.
To encourage shared governance, the space in which governance is taken should be shared.
Thumbs up & Thumbs down
Movers make marvels manifest
A team of 15 workers, aside from Pierce faculty assistance, took 10 days to move the library department into their new building. This is an amazing feat, that even required ramps to be built to bring books down from the upper book stacks. Thank you for your hard work.
No ribbon cutting to ring in new library
The Library and Learning Crossroads opens Wednesday, but the building will not have a ribbon cutting ceremony. While the whole building is not opening, the Roundup feels some event announcing its debut would be nice. We are disappointed, but understanding, that there’s no ceremony.
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Pierce philosophers present documentary; symposium to follow The Philosophy Club and Department of Philosophy and Sociology present “Artworld Perspectives: Herb & Dorothy.” The documentary screening will be on Monday, April 15 in the Great Hall at 4 p.m. with a panel discussion to follow. Panelists include Gallery Director and Professor of Art Monika Del Bosque, LA-based artist Robert Standish, and Emily Sudd, a former executive assistant to the chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, LA.
Scholarship deadlines approach
Three Guild scholarship opportunities are still available. The deadlines for Jean Trapnell, Bill Doyle, and Hy Weintraub scholarships, all of which are for $1,000, is April 19. Apply at www.aft1521.org.
Garcetti to come to campus
LA mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti will be speaking at Day of Politics 2 on Thursday, April 18 in the Great Hall from 4 to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Denise Robb at robbdm@piercecollege.edu. Choir and Cabaret join to fundraise
Cabaret, an annual fundraiser, dinner and silent auction, presented by the Philharmonic Choir, will take place in the Great Hall on Saturday, April 20. Dinner will start at 6:30 p.m., followed by an 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $40 before April 16, $50 at the door, and $20 for children 12 and under. For ticket information call 818-753-3306 or visit www. brownpapertickets.com.
A day after its online release, a press conference featuring California’s chancellor of community colleges at Pierce College Wednesday will unveil a new tracking tool for measuring student success.
California’s Student Success Scorecards individually present benchmark data about the state’s 112 community colleges’ completion rates categorized by a student’s degree of preparedness, and segmented into race, ethnicity, gender, and age.
“This new tool . . . gives the California community colleges an unprecedented level of transparency, making the nation’s
Chancellor Brice Harris said in a video released on YouTube Tuesday.
Wednesday’s conference, at which Pierce student and coPresident of the Black Student Union Jerry Peralte will be speaking, is one of only two unveilings. Northern California’s Diablo Valley College hosted the other on Tuesday.
As of Tuesday, all 112 of California’s community colleges have a Scorecard posted on the chancellor’s office’s website, cccco. edu.
By gauging and publishing measurements of student achievement, the Scorecards are posed to help increase transfer and
graduation rates, according to the chancellor’s office’s website.
Pierce was selected to represent the community colleges of Southern California partly because of the results the collected data yielded, according to Vice President of Academic Affairs Anna Davies, who said Pierce’s data scored above the state’s average. Davies said the data shows that success and completion rates are directly affected by a student’s preparation, and Davies feels the Scorecards could help incoming community college students gain perspective on what it takes to succeed.
“I’m hoping that we can work closely with our local high schools, so that potential students can begin to see the characteristics
of successful students at Pierce,” Davies said.
The information presented on the scorecard details the different rates of progress through percentages, but is not intended to be used as a way to rank or compare schools. The press conference and town hall discussion will be held from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. in the Great Hall. In addition to Harris’ appearance, Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Daniel LaVista will also be speaking.
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Automotive service started at Pierce College in 1969. With the innovation of the auto industry the technology needs to be constantly up to date. Alternative fuels and fuel emissions are the future of the automotive industry. Automotive service currently works with Hybrid and Bio-diesel vehicles to keep up with future trends. Along with the future of cars Pierce College Automotive service is an o cial Snap-on training facility. Snap-on scanners are electronic diagnosis tools used to connect with on-board computers installed in most modern vehicles.
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Pierce College student Sergio Suarez, prepares to start up an alternative fueled propane powered 350 Chevrolet engine in the Automotive Technology Building on April 9.
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Far Left: Chairman for Industrial Technology Tom Fortune makes adjustments to a propane powered engine on April 8.
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Jose Barrera (center) and Francisco Gutierrez go over different solutions to get the engine of a Chevrolet Camaro running in the Automotive Building on April 8.
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Left: The handheld Snap-on electronic scanner is used for the diagnosis of modern vehicles.
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Success is in the numbers
Pierce’s oldest program will soon send o its 200th grad student
Since Pierce College’s Pre-Veterinary program was formed in 1990, students like Dr. Shane Marie Nelson have successfully transferred to veterinary graduate schools from Davis to Dublin and Gainesville to Guadalajara.
Graduate schools accept pre-veterinary students 87.5 percent of the time, according to Dr. Leland Shapiro, pre-veterinary adviser and chair of the Agriculture Department.
This year will mark the 200th Pierce alumnus to successfully transfer to a veterinary graduate school.
“I don’t think you can find another pre-vet program anywhere in the United States that has students as successful as ours,” Shapiro said.
Nelson transferred to University of California, Davis in 2006 and graduated in 2010. She said that, although not every Pierce class translated well to graduate school, small class sizes, personal instruction and student support more than made up for it.
“I chose to go to Pierce because I knew they had a good record of getting students accepted into schools,” Nelson said. “I was going to go to Santa Monica [College] and it sounded miserable—I would’ve been the only one trying to get into vet school—it’s just so helpful to be surrounded by people that are trying to do the same thing.”
Shapiro publishes a play-by-play preveterinary handbook that strongly encourages students to participate in the Pre-Vet Club.
The club is one of the oldest on campus and currently has around 175 members, Shapiro said.
“What’s nice about the club is it offers a fun but still very instructive area for the students away from the faculty members, to get to know the program and to be able to talk about what classes we can take,” said Benjamin Merkel, club president.
Coincidentally, Nelson was also a past president of the club.
“It was good. It gave us an organized way to motivate each other,” Nelson said.
Alice Song, 28, says that she enjoys the challenge of the pre-veterinary program. Song has a master’s degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine from South Baylo
University in Los Angeles.
“There are so many experiences that you can have here. From the farm and the people here and how you network, it’s all worth it,” Song said.
Many students credit Shapiro as an influential part in their success.
“He is an amazing person. He’s so helpful,” Song said. “[If there’s] anything you need, just go to his office. He is always, always there.”
Merkel said that the guidance and support of Shapiro is instrumental to the program’s continuance.
“Like every program, we are fighting for budget,“ Merkel said. “If Dr. Shapiro was
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not here fighting everyday for fundraisers, for support from the local community to keep this program going, it wouldn’t still be here.”
Seven years later, Nelson’s connections to Pierce continue.
“Dr. Shapiro still sends me a happy birthday email every single year,” she said. “I’m still very close friends with two of the girls that I went through Pierce with. It was an overall wonderful experience.”
Shapiro thought about a goal of 100 students shortly after forming the program, he said. In the first year, all 18 of the Pierce applicants were accepted. Shapiro then raised his goal even higher.
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The lofty goal of 200 students, which he also set, is coming to fruition just in time 23 years later. In July 2011, Shapiro suffered a brain tumor. It was successfully removed last year but it advanced his plans, he said.
“I would like to stay another two years,” Dr. Shapiro said. “Right now there’s no money to replace me when I retire.”
Although it is not exactly as he planned, when the next student is accepted by a graduate school, Shapiro will reach his personal goal before retirement.
“I don’t even know of any other pre-vet programs,” Nelson said. “The program is him.”
New face represents the clubs
Tim Toton/ Roundup PRESIDENT: Or-el Vaknin, 18, is the new club council president. Fahema Kakar/Roundup akar.roundupnews@gmail.com
In addition to taking on 18 units this semester, Or-el Vaknin is responsible for overseeing Pierce College’s chartered clubs. Vaknin, an 18-year-old political science major, was voted to be the new club council president by the Associated Students Organization Senate in early March. The ASO had to vote on a new executive after the last one stepped down.
As club council president, Vaknin speaks at and organizes meetings, decides the agenda, and helps club members get more involved.
“He is always asking if there is anything he can do to help, and he is an organized speaker,” said 19-year-old Krishna Ayungao, who was also nominated for the position.
To run for club council president Vaknin had to be an ASO senator, gather 75 endorsement signatures and complete 35 hours of service as senator, among other things.
“I am happy he got elected. He is a very good speaker and he gets involved,” said ASO Vice President Kevin Sparks.
Vaknin hopes to still be involved in politics in the future.
“I personally hope to enter politics, one day reaching the presidency,” he said. “While it’s a long path and a far goal, this is a great step to helping me exercise leadership skills and management skills while managing my time effectively.”
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ADVISER: Chair of the Agriculture Department, Dr. Leland Shapiro laughs during a Pre-Vet Club meeting on March 19, in Room 91126 at the Center for Sciences building. The club meetings are held every Tuesday.
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Getting his big break
Television show inspires young actor to take comedy one laugh at a time
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Once a week, from 11:30 p.m. Saturday night to 1 a.m Sunday morning, viewers are given a fresh look at entertainment from some of the best comedians and gueststarring musical performances through a variety show known as “Saturday Night Live.”
For Pierce College student and film major Frankie Manes, 19, getting a chance to follow in the footsteps of well-known actors and comedians to become a cast member for “SNL” is all that he is working toward.
Manes graduated from Notre Dame High School in 2012 and hopes to transfer to University of Southern California or California State University, Northridge in the near future. He is also currently a member of the men’s volleyball team.
“I’m only here at Pierce right now to play volleyball and get my [general education] done,” Manes said.
Although Manes, as part of the volleyball team for Pierce, is helping them have a successful season, the athlete has a greater passion for comedy, film, and acting.
Manes seemed destined to land in the spotlight, as he is the child of successful actress Judy Kain, who has made appearances on hit shows “Mad Men,” “ER,” and “Friends,” to name a few.
“Although I prefer he not be an actor,” said Kain, referring to the harsh side of the acting business. “I’m in full support of him. I’m part of some of his videos and sometimes give him suggestions.”
Kain recalled the first time Manes grabbed his first job at the age of 4, taking a commercial job for Bob Evans Restaurants from her.
“I usually left Frankie with someone to watch him color or play Gameboy in the waiting room but that day he wanted to go in with me,” said Kain. “They thought we went in together as a motherson duo, and he ended up with the callback.”
“I remember I went to school one day and someone was like, ‘Hey you’re the kid from the Lowe’s commercial.’ It was such a great feeling,”
From that point on, Manes has been hooked. He has booked several commercial gigs, including a Cool Whip commercial that ran nationally for seven years. Just recently, he was in a nation-wide commercial for Lowe’s.
“I remember I went to school one day and someone was like, ‘Hey you’re the kid from the Lowe’s commercial.’ It was such a great feeling,” Manes said. Although doing the commercials helped Manes with getting a familiarity for the acting business, it was his class clown attitude of “always do anything for a laugh” that directed him to the realm of comedy.
“He can be really annoying at times, but that’s because he is so passionate about getting people to laugh,” said longtime friend and YouTube partner Brian Kary, 19, who is majoring in film at Los Angeles Valley College.
Manes and Kary have only been working together for the past few months, but they have known each other since middle school and have a lot in common with one another, including the same birthdate.
“Right now, YouTube is my main focus. Next year I’m hoping to gain enough followers and subscribers to become a YouTube partner and make some money,” said Manes.
Kary and Manes are usually seen meeting every night to bounce ideas off one another for the next sketch.
“We can either be on the exact same page or in completely different areas,” said Kary.
The comedy of former “SNL” cast members like Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon and Andy Samberg is what fuels Manes when it comes to writing some of his sketches and ideas for his YouTube channel.
“I just want to get right to the funny,” Manes said. “I’ve done my research and I want to cut as much of the fluff as possible.”
Much like Samberg, Manes is passionately working to get his name out to the public through Internet success. He hopes it will help propel him in the direction of landing a spot for “SNL.”
Manes is usually filming with his friends or editing at home alone motivated to reach his goal with a special quote always in the back of his mind: “success is the best revenge.”
Student Health Center hosts
films dealing with mental illness
As May is designated “Mental Health Month,” Pierce College has several outlets to help students during stressfull times
The Student Health Center and the Building Healthy Communities Initiative (BHCI) will host a film festival on mental health and wellness in May.
Two short films will be screened during the festival. “First Break”, a 48-minute film, depicting the stories of 3 students experiencing psychosis breaks. This film will be shown on the first day of the event.
The second day will feature a shorter film, “Coping With Stigma of Mental Illness”. The 26-minute film, starring Joanne Woodward, Rod Steiger, and author Kathy Cronkite, highlights a conversation between the three and their struggles with mental illness.
Discussion will follow after both films have been shown. BHCI doctoral intern, Dylan Keenberg, will facilitate it.
The film festival will be in the Great Hall on Wednesday, May 8, 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and on Thursday, May 9, 4 to 6 p.m.
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Remembering Coach James Thornton
James “Jimmer” Thornton’s Career:
1993 - 1996: Van Nuys High School
1996 - 2001: Royal High
School
2002 - 2007: Birmingham High School
2008 - 2013: Pierce College
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Image of Coach James Thornton, who died on March 30. His funeral is scheduled to for Wednesday, April 10 in Simi Valley.
was a smart guy and dedicated.” Adens remembers Thornton as a coach dedicated to his job.
“He was always here,” said Adens. “He helped me get better.”
Place kicker Brian Gutierrez, who is in his third year at Pierce, remembers his friendship with Thornton. The last time he saw the offensive coordinator was the week before spring break.
“I’m trying to still soak it in. Everyone is shocked. I think no one saw it coming,” he said. “I go up to the [football] field and it doesn’t feel the same. He has always helped me.”
Line backer Jesse Hitt remembers Thornton as the one who did everything for the team.
“He ran everything,” Hitt said. “He was honest, straight forward and [he] didn’t let you slack off.”
“Those who will not be coached by him are missing out,” added Hitt.
Proof Chamberlain remembers Thornton for his dedication to the game of football.
“He was the best coach we had,” said Chamberlain. Chamberlain remembers how Thornton could run a play in more than just one way.
“He could take one play and show you how to run it five different ways.”
“He would give us whatever we needed,” said Chamberlain. “He did the job other coaches didn’t do.”
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Michael Adens wants to try to engrave Thornton’s initials on an object in memory of his contributions to the football team and program.
we can put up a sign and tap it on the way out to field” said Adens. “He
Quarterback
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