Pick Round up 2014

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The Roundup has selected the best photos over the spring and fall semesters of 2014 that best describe the events that have occured this calendar year. The school has been a part of three evacuations/lockdowns, said its farewell to the Farm Center and witness the baseball team make it to the second round in playoffs.

Isla Vista , Calif.

May 26

Isla Vista shooter once attended Pierce. Students embrace at the memorial site for Christopher Ross Michaels-Martinez inside the

The Great Hall

Deli Mart in Isla Vista, Calif.,. Flowers were placed in the window where bullet holes remained at the opened deli. On May 23, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people, wounded 13 and took his own life in a premeditated rampage near UC Santa Barbara. Rodger previously attended Pierce College in 2009, according to a manifesto he au thored.

Nov. 6

Parking Lot 7

May 30

Diego Barajas/ Roundup Community demands independent investigation of Pierce Farm Center closure. Robert McBroom Plays a recording of Vice President of Administrative Services

Rolf Schleicher to the trustees, as part of his defense during a Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees meeting in The Great Hall. McBroom raised concerns about the motives behind the decision to not renew their lease with the college after having owned and operated the center for 10 years.

Nicolas Heredia/ Roundup Pierce College campus evacuated after possible armed man is spotted. Los Angeles County Sheriffs prepare to search the Center for Sciences building of Pierce College. A suspect was taken into custody around 1:00pm after a report of a person with a gun on campus. Police became aware of the individual after a suicide letter was found by his mother. The contents of which led police to believe the suspect was at either Valley College or Pierce College. The lockdown was the first of 3 in the 2014 school year.

Oct. 23

Center

April 27

Joe Kelly Field

March 19

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Nicolas Heredia/ Roundup Harvest and Horrors. Asif Baig, a scare actor for the last Farm Center Harvest Festival, poses in the Factory of Nightmares. Each year, the Harvest Festival has been host to attractions including haunted houses and a zombie-infested corn maze, which give Halloween junkies a chance to get their adrenaline fix, as well as a pumpkin patch for families. Pierce College has elected not to renew the McBroom family’s lease for the Farm Center and the center will cease all activities on December 26, 2014.

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SLIDESHOW: Farm Walk 2014. Jimmy McGill rounds up cattle by number as part of a rodeo competition during the Farm Walk at Pierce College. The annual event allows visitors to get to know the farm by showcasing its animals such as goats, cows and chickens, and includes attractions like sheep shearing, hay rides, face painting and a petting zoo.

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Late game heroics give Pierce baseball home victory. Michael Knopf, #10 of Pierce, gets wrapped up with Brooks Fages, #28 of Hancock, and looks to the umpire for a call. Fages was called out and Pierce won the home game 10-9. Brahmas made it to the second round of playoffs in the Spring 2014 season before losing to Oxnard 6-5 in game two of the Super Regionals.