Visitors lose more than the game Saturday

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Some loved ones of the players’ whose valuables were stolen wanted serious action to be taken, like Carolin Hyman, there to support Al Buckley, a defensive backer whose iPad was among one of the missing items.

“Since it happened here, on their turf, I think they should not be able to play again,” she said. “[Pierce’s] whole season should be ended.”

Similarly, according to Sheriff’s Deputy James McKain, on Sept. 21 sometime between 8:30 and 10 p.m. in the second half of the football game between Valley College and Mt. San Jacinto College, the home team’s locker room was burglarized as well.

An undetermined amount of items were taken from the building, which is a short distance from the field, after a break-in through a window.

Pierce is the fourth college after Cerritos College, Santa Monica College, and Valley College to be hit by robbery according to Lofrano.

According to Southern California Football Association Commissioner Jim Sartoris, who sent out an email warning colleges of the increasing amount of theft this football season, several locker room break-ins and robberies have occurred in the past three weeks and “thieves are targeting locker rooms when the teams are out on the field.”

In the email, he recommended that precautions for the host colleges should include reviewing security procedures and station extra security personnel at locker rooms; he recommended that visiting team members should not carry valuables to away games; perhaps creating a “valuables bag” to be kept on the sidelines to prevent theft.

Bobby Sojka, #43 safety for Pierce, did not believe it was his team’s fault; he said while they were having a meeting on the field, a few of the players on the other team decided to enter the home team locker room, which is why he believes the confrontation came about.

“I think their whole coaching staff and their whole team could have handled it better, and we could have handled it in a better way too,” Sojka said. “[But] it’s not our fault that somebody on Pierce campus decided to break in there.”

Ean Katz, #54 defensive end, said that he did not believe it was anyone from the Pierce team because they were all on the field or on the sidelines, and that it could have been a worse situation had they not been calmed down by their coach.

“[Coach Martinez] talked to us, [and] he told us to keep our composure—you know, show some class,” Katz said. “Bad things happen when you’re upset.”

Former Pierce president dies at 89

A former Pierce College president died on Thursday, Oct. 3. Dr. Herbert Ravetch, who led the college from 1979 to 1985, was the last one to hold a term in office for at least five years according to a 2007 Roundup article. Ravetch started as an English professor before moving on to the administrative route, which led to his presidency. He was also the founding president at Los Angeles Mission College. Transfer Center [10/9 & 10/21]

Representatives from UC San Diego and UC Irvine will be having workshops at the Transfer Center on Oct. 9 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Representatives from UCLA will be on campus on Monday, Oct. 21 and CSUN representatives will be here Wednesday, Oct. 23. Students are encouraged to schedule appointments online.

Screening of “Chicago 10” [10/9]

The Humanities Department will be hosting a screening of “Chicago 10” for the second film in their Resistance Documentary Film Series in the Great Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 2:30 p.m.

$1 taco Thursday [10/10]

The Hot Sauce Truck near the South Gym will be offering chicken or beef tacos on Thursday, Oct. 10 for $1 to show appreciation to students and staff who support their food truck. This deal “is anything but a tease.”