Volume 123 Fall 2015 Roundup Issue 8

Horses and riders: good neigh-bors

KRISTINA VILLAMIL Reporter @KrisVillamil

Neighs filled the air as horses strutted their stuff for an audience of hundreds last weekend.

Pierce College’s Equine Welcome Center Event, best known for its Parade of Breeds, brought students, families, and members of the equestrian community together on Nov. 7 in a day dedicated to horses.

Paddy Warner, equine science director at Pierce created the show years back to test her students on different horse breeds.

“How many people still think they are getting a hundred percent,” Warner asked her students.

With a low show of hands and a smile she continued.

“Uh oh, it’s okay I’ll grade on a curve,” she said.

Though the test was not easy, equine student Olga Cortez was appreciative of the opportunity to see the horses up close.

“The parade of breeds is really good because you get to see the different types of horses, if you’re just seeing them in a book, they all look the same. But in real life you can actually see different distinguishable

marks. And know what these living creatures are,” Cortez said.

Warner had a special present for her students while giving the answers to the test.

“You want to hear the best news

of the day? The test does not count, if you showed up you get a hundred percent,” she yelled.

The parade was not a just a test, but an opportunity for students in the horse show management class

Football players arrested

Student athletes charged with first-degree robbery

SCOTT PREWITT News Editor @S_Prewitt

Two Pierce College students were arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and have been charged with a robbery that left one man seriously injured.

Devin Duckett, 19, and Michael Hildebrand, 20, were charged with first-degree robbery, a felony which carries a possible prison sentence of between three and nine years. Both entered not guilty pleas at their arraignment on Oct. 30. The robbery the pair are charged with occurred on Monday, Oct. 12, at an apartment near Sherman Way and Winnetka Avenue.

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Blood Drive

Phi Theta Kappa will be holding a blood drive on the Mall near Rocky Young Park from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The Blood Mobile will give away snacks and prizes to those who donate. Walk-ins are welcome.

Pierce Veterans Round table

to produce an equestrian event, and for students and community to immerse themselves in real horse culture. In addition to the parade, there was Ranch Sorting, a sport in which teams of two riders on

horseback drive numbered cattle from one pen to the other in the correct order.

[See HORSES, pg. 5]

Shake it off

Emergency evacuation strategies discussed

emergency preparedness on campus,” said Larry Kraus, Associate Vice President of Pierce College. “The use of our emergency coordinators is really a part of that plan.”

The Pierce Diversity Committee, English Department and the Library are co-sponsoring “One Book-One Campus community event in the Associated Students Office (ASO) beneath the Library/ Learning Crossroads on Thursday, Nov. 12.

The event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will include a Veteran round table/group discussion and a personal reflections, readings and student performances. Lunch will be provided for those who participate.

Plans to handle evacuation protocols during an earthquake, an active shooter scenario, and communication during an emergency event were just a few topics that were discussed during the Emergency Evacuation Coordinators meeting.

The group met Thursday, Nov. 5 inside the cafeteria of the Library / Learning Crossroads building to discuss safety during an emergency event on campus.

“There is a master plan for

In the event of a campus wide emergency such as an earthquake or active shooter, emergency response teams, lead by emergency evacuation coordinators, facilitate the evacuation of students and faculty to evacuation zones established across various locations on campus, as well as assisting people that may be injured during such events.

Fall Dance Concert

Pierce College Dance Department’s fall performance, “Dance Wrapped in a Bow,” will debut on Friday, Nov. 13 and run until Sunday, Nov. 15.

Both Duckett and Hildebrand have ties to the Brahmas football team.

Hildebrand is listed as a linebacker on the team’s roster, but according to football head coach Jason Sabolic, Hildebrand has been expelled from the team. Duckett was grayshirting, but has not been involved with the Brahmas since summer.

Douglas Johnson, a robbery detective with the L.A. Police Department Topanga Division, said the unidentified victim of the robbery is a man who sustained a broken jaw during the attack.

Hildebrand was arrested by the LAPD in Sabolic’s office, Duckett was arrested off-campus.

According to a source close to

the investigation, Hildebrand and Duckett were “positively identified.”

The robbery appears to have been an attempt to purchase marijuana that “went wrong,” and caused the victim to lose at least one tooth, according to the source, who added that marijuana is “by far the most prevalent” cause of drug-related robberies.

Bail for both Hildebrand and Duckett was set at $100,000. According to the L.A. County inmate information system Hildebrand posted bail. It is unknown if Duckett has posted bail as well or if he remains in police custody. Both defendants are scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Friday, Nov. 13 at Van Nuys Courthouse West.

The show will include choreographic projects representing classical ballet, contemporary and modern, musical theater, jazz, hiphop, and traditional forms. Tickets can be purchased by calling (818) 6106598 or online at www. brownpapertickets.com.

“War Comes Home”

The Library / Learning Crossroads’ exhibit remains on display until Dec. 5. For more information and the full schedule of events visit the Pierce College Library Twitter and Facebook.

Edgar Amezcua / Roundup

Associate Vice President Larry Kraus during an Emergency Evacuation Coordinators meeting on Nov. 5.

Megan Moureaux / Roundup

Michael Hildebrand during a game on Oct. 17 at. L.A. Southwest College.

Ezzat Wanas / Roundup

Steve Bender participates in a ranch sorting competition at the Equine Center Welcome Celebration at Pierce College on Saturday, Nov. 7.

If you were the president of Pierce College, what would you change?

I am writing in response to the editorial in the Nov. 4 edition of the Roundup regarding a smartphone app for Pierce College. I teach CS559, “Advanced Programming For Mobile Devices,” where students learn how to develop iOS apps. We took a vote in class and accepted the challenge of developing

-Editorial-

he fitness center on the Pierce College campus is host to all sorts of people with at least one thing in common, they’re here to exercise.However, the fitness center isn’t a free-for-all, sports teams and weight training classes dominate the gym for nearly the entire week. Pierce community services has set up an “Open Gym” Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 6:30-8:30 pm. Sessions require a fee of three dollars per visit and the participant must be at least 14 years old.

Two hours of exercise at three dollars per session, three nights a week isn’t a broad enough time slot to allow an adequate number of would be gym-goers into the fitness center. Pierce should allocate the resources necessary to keep the gym open on the weekends, when the majority of students don’t have classes.

There wouldn’t be a need for weekend sessions if the athletic department was given a private, separate gym dedicated to the various needs of their sports teams. A student who has chosen to compete at the collegiatelevel is entitled to an environment that enhances their ability and allows them to thrive. Most equipment athletes use would seem foreign to the more casual crowd of weight trainers and

“One thing that I would change about Pierce would actually be that they offer more majors in a variety of different categories.”

Pro

GARETT CECIL

Gcecil.roundupnews@gmail.com

@Garettsfeed

Taking classes during summer and winter break may sometimes seem tiring, but it is the most efficient way to stay focused on the long term goal – to obtain a degree. Long-term breaks may be detrimental to a student’s focus, and can lead to distractions from succeeding in college.

Taking an intersession course will set a student on a fast track to success. In enables a student to get ahead, or stay on track of the goal to graduate.

“Iʼll try to improve the wifi since it always seem to be dropping out in the library.”

Quotes by Victor Hererra & Maritza Serrano

an iPhone app for Pierce. At this point, a number of the features listed in the editorial are not feasible to develop within our course framework. One factor is the upcoming implementation of a new Student Information System (SIS), which would affect a number of features and probably make them obsolete in the Fall of 2016

if SIS follows that schedule. What we do plan to implement at a minimum is a mapping app, automatic reminders regarding drop dates for full-semester classes and possibly interfaces to existing Pierce apps which serve students. Note that this is not an official Pierce undertaking, and it is not a for-profit effort, so the app will be free.

The target date to submit this to the App Store is Finals Week of this semester. We will keep you posted.

Cordially, J.H.

“Hank” Murphy Lab Assistant of Computer Sciences

If a student takes a mandatory class during break, this allows them to take a different class when the normal school semester starts. This way students can get ahead on their educational plan, and transfer or graduate, sooner than expected.

Young adults who attend community college after high school usually have a plan to transfer after two years. This is because most counselors tell them that it is possible.

However, most students don’t realize how hard this is to accomplish. The best way to reach a two year goal is to take courses during summer and winter break.

Every student can relate to being stressed because of too much work. It is hard to juggle

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treadmill users.

Los Angeles Mission College was granted an exercise facility exclusively for students. At $90 per semester, it still beats Pierce. CSUN has an enormous gym, complete with rock walls. These are made possible by including a gym membership in the final tuition price.

If a student were to utilize all the opportunities of Pierce’s open gym, the breakdown would look as follows; at three dollars per

session, open three days a week, a student would pay nine dollars a week or $36 a month. In the same vein, there are only six hours of open gym a week, or 24 hours a month. As college students, saving money is crucial. Gym memberships offcampus may better suit someone’s needs. Crunch Fitness is a more frugal $10 a month, and sits a mile away from CSUN. 24 Hour Fitness, while on the higher end at $44 a month, grants

Pro/Con: Taking intersessions

multiple classes during one semester, especially if they are trying to complete 60 units in two years. Think about completing a five page essay, math homework, science homework and writing and practicing a speech, all in one night. This can lead to sleepless nights, which is not an effective way to retain information studied the night before.

A way to avoid this type of stress, is to take less classes during the semester, and taking one during summer or winter break.

In addition to decreasing stress, taking a class during an intersession can lead to better grades. It will allow a student to focus clearly on one class. It is much easier to obtain an A with less stress during a semester.

Intersession courses are much shorter than semester courses. Semester courses tend to run around 16 weeks.

Winter and summer sessions will usually run about four to five weeks. Having a shorter class can help a student succeed in a class they might normally struggle with. If a student has a hard time with math, taking a math course during break will allow them to focus just on that class. They can put all of their energy into obtaining a good grade.

Con

As I finished signing up for a summer class, I knew deep down that my mornings were gone for the next few weeks. Pierce College offers classes to be taken at a rapid pace over the summer between June and August or over the winter in January.

The classes usually meet four days a week, and the instruction moves at an accelerated pace.

So for students that could mean weekly tests on rapid fire lectures, short due dates on papers or projects and long hours spent in a classroom followed by mounds of homework.

Take an English class for example, an essay could be assigned on the first day and due the next week. For a math or science class, a new chapter or subject could be taught every class meeting.

For students who need time to let things develop the class could be moving too rapidly that they are soon left in the dust trying hard as they might to keep up.

Not to mention the students who work as well as go to school, this could mean a full week of class followed by work and then the vast amount of schoolwork forced upon them by the class itself.

access to any branch of the franchise and is also open 24 hours.

The South Gym, which is mainly used for karate classes, yoga classes and circuit training can easily be renovated to include userfriendly weight machines and a cardio-centric area. The amount of revenue that a community gym, that invites not only students but all willing to sweat, is well worth the money that would be spent.

Leaving a student with late nights and little sleep could eventually land a student behind as they struggle to balance all the facets of their lives. For teachers the intersession classes can be equally daunting, Having to shrink down their lectures to be able to cover every section of their lesson plan. Also the shortened time frame does not allow for students to truly comprehend dense material as it is often condensed to accommodate the time allotted.

Teachers often do not only teach just one class, as students often do not take only one class leaving teachers with many late nights to grade papers, prepare lectures or get their lesson plans organized.

Pierce also only offers a few classes of each section over these intersession time frames, primarily basic classes, and students may have to adjust schedules to be free to take such classes.

Last summer I took two classes over summer and I frequently found the pace dumbed down to fit the five week semester. But yet the classes required mounds of homework, such as an essay assignment due almost every other day or a chapter of reading each night to be prepared for the next day’s class.

For some classes the teacher is forced to assign a large amount of homework or reading just to get by, and some students prefer in class discussion or lectures to the reading of a book.

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-Francisco Campos, Music theory major

“Have more student services and more tutoring individual services with that in mind.”

-Bryan Hamilton, Psychology major

“The restrooms are filthy and I think it makes our campus look not as clean and organized as everything else is.”

-Ingrid Hernandez, Sociology major

“I would have more classes available because usually adding classes is really tough, and more food options because there is nothing but food trucks to eat here.”

-Telaia Mehrban, Journalism major

“I would like more tents in the mall for more shade. That way you wonʼt have to be as sweaty when you walk. Itʼs always hot outside.”

-Jay De Vera, Undecided major

“First thing I would like to change is the system. There should be no crashing system in the beginning of the semester.”

-Jonni Cordenillo, Psychology major

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-Jacob Reiter, Computer engineering major

Academic Senate dispute

New bylaw changes spark disagreement

VICTOR RODRIGUEZ Opinions Editor @VRodriguez2100

The Academic Senate saw points of contention arise during discussion about approving the proposed bylaws by the Academic Senate Executive Committee.

A bylaw regarding voting rights for adjunct professors was among the most deliberated topics. ASEC had requested feedback about the revision of bylaws from all senators. Some members said ASEC had gone about it the wrong way.

“The adjuncts aren’t getting fair representation on this campus,” said Michelle Meyer, an assistant professor-adjunct of physics and planetary science.

Angela Belden, instructor of psychology, disagreed with Meyer.

“I feel like the process was very transparent,” Belden said. “ASEC informed the body and the school as a whole about when we would be meeting, about when we would be discussing.”

Anna Bruzzese, president of the academic senate, addressed the purpose of revising senate bylaws.

“We felt this was our best attempt at creating an improved, updated document. That doesn’t mean it’s perfect,” Bruzzese said. “It should be changed. It’s supposed to be changed every two years.”

According to Bruzzese, it is challenging to create a document that includes everyone’s ideas equally.

“The thing is, it’s not a document that reflects any individual’s views. It reflects something that the committee agreed on,” Bruzzese said. “That doesn’t prevent anyone from coming to the next meeting and making some kind of amendment.”

[For the full story visit theroundupnews.com]

Food options remain scarce

Focus group outlines lack of access to healthy and affordable choices on Pierce’s menu

KRISTINA VILLAMIL Reporter @KrisVillamil and MARITZA SERRANO Reporter @MSerranoRU

Pierce College faculty members met last Wednesday as part of a focus group to discuss the food services available on campus.

EMC Research, a full-service firm that provides market and opinion research services, organized the group at the request of the Los Angeles Community College District.

“We were hired by the Board of Trustees to go to all nine campuses and talk about food service and what

people want,” said Emily Goodman, an EMC Research team member.

Adjunct English professor Jeanine Brown said she has been curious about the food on campus since the college built the cafeteria attached to the Library / Learning Crossroads. The cafeteria was open briefly but has been unused and locked since its only tenant, Lovebirds Cafe, ended its lease in 2014.

“I’ve been interested in this issue all along. I’ve taught here since 89’ and we used to have a wonderful cafeteria. Ever since there’s been no cafeteria I’ve been interested,” Brown said.

David Braun, former full-time professor and business department chair, said it’s been about six years that there has been no cafeteria on campus.

Food options for students and faculty are currently limited to

three food trucks, the Freudian Sip and vending machines. Some fulltime faculty members complained that the selection is often unhealthy.

“People who work here 40 hours, they’re stuck with either going off campus to some place close which seems to all be fast food, or they stay on campus and they’re stuck with nothing much to eat that’s really nutritional,” Brown said.

Both Braun and Brown would like to see a wide range of food available to everyone.

“It’s kind of what everybody would like to have, you want a variety of food and something for everybody,” Braun said. “You want it to be reasonably fresh, reasonably priced and have some real value.”

Brown said the focus group found variety is the most requested change to Pierce’s current options.

“I think what’s indicated in this meeting is variety,” she said.

Incident Report

11/6—Petty Theft

An unknown suspect stole a wallet from a student’s backpack at about 11:15 a.m. The backpack was in a locker in the North Gym men’s locker room.

11/3—Student Dispute

An argument between a female student and her exboyfriend, also a student, occurred during class in Art 3300 at about 4:15 p.m.

11/2—Petty Theft

“Vegetarian options, options for people who prefer fast food, options for people drawn to Starbucks-like coffee.”

Despite the focus group, it is still unclear when the cafeteria space will be filled.

“I’m sure I can speak for everybody. We have no idea. We have no idea when something will happen,” Braun said. “This focus group shows there’s some movement. But there’s been some movement before. This isn’t the first time.”

Librarian Lauren Saslow said she is uncertain of what actual action will be taken.

“I mean they’re trying to find out what we need, but the consensus in this meeting is just, I don’t know that anything is going to be solved,” Saslow said. “We’ve gone so long without food. I hope to see the food court under the library open soon.”

An unknown suspect stole a wallet from the North Gym women’s locker room at about 6:15 p.m.

10/30—Student Incident

A student refused to leave the Center for Academic Success and was reported to the campus Sheriff’s Station at about 1 p.m.

10/29—Traffic Incident

A car hit a pedestrian at about 1:15 p.m. in the Village. It is unknown if there were any injuries.

10/29—Locker Burglary

A car hit a pedestrian at about 5 p.m. near the intersection of Mason Avenue and El Rancho Drive. It is unknown if there were any injuries.

10/29—Student Threats

A student threatened a faculty member at about 12:20 p.m. in FO 2500.

Pierce College Sheriff’s Station

News briefs

LAPD arrests Pierce students

Emergency protocols

“In each building, there are certain staff members assigned to be the ‘go to’ people,” said Clay Gediman, technology librarian for the Library / Learning Crossroads and one of the emergency evacuation coordinators. “These people are designated to come back and go through the procedures.”

According to Kraus, the first few minutes of an emergency situation can be critical in deciding which protocols to initiate.

“There’s a lot of ambiguity and there’s so many different variables,” Kraus said. “It can be completely different from one part of the campus to another part and how one building responds can be different than the next building. It’s the nature of an initial incident.”

Kraus said Pierce is testing different methods, including a text message-based system, to improve the sharing of information in the beginning moments of a campuswide emergency. Gediman said the see the planning include a library-specific emergency procedure.

“They’re moving forward with trying to get everyone coordinated,” Gediman said. “I’d like to see the direction of the planning going forward.”

Pierce President Kathleen Burke said the campus administration is continuously working with faculty and staff on planning these protocols.

“We are actively engaged in a variety of safety measures around

campus,” Burke said via email. “In addition to ongoing training, we have crews from Plant Facilities surveying the campus to ensure that all of our lights are working.”

The emergency evacuation coordinators meet each month. There are plans to work with local law enforcement and the fire department to create more realistic drills to prepare the evacuation coordinators and implement the protocols within the master plan.

“We keep working down into the structure of how we communicate to everybody,” Kraus said. “We keep running exercises and keep trying to perfect it.”

Michael Hildebrand, 20, and Devin Duckett, 19, were arrested and charged with first-degree robbery.

The robbery was narcoticsrelated, and resulted in the serious injury of an unnamed victim.

Both men were formerly members of the football team.

[See ARREST, pg. 1]

Valeska Reynafarje / Roundup

Students sit at a table outside the unused Pierce College cafeteria adjacent to the Library / Learning Crossroads on Monday, Nov. 2.

Edgar Amezcua / Roundup Pierce College Associate Vice President Larry Kraus, seen with emergency response kits, explains emergency protocols on Thursday, Nov. 5, in the Library / Learning Crossroads.

[From UPDATE, pg. 1]

Edgar Amezcua / Roundup

Beth Benne and Stephanie Schlatter test bullhorns during the Emergency Evacuation Coordinators Meeting on Nov. 5 in the LLC.

Raising Honor

The sound of a bugle was carried by the cold morning wind as four members of the armed forces raised “Old Glory” in honor of Veteran’s Day. At 7:30 a.m., two Marines, one Army Private and a Naval Petty Officer, all in full uniform, raised the American and the United States Marine Corps flags at the Student Drop Off area near Parking Lot 1. A group of about 25 spectators gathered around the flagpoles backlit by the golden morning light. The Pierce College Chapter of the Student Veterans of America blocked traffic headed up Brahma Drive to allow members of the armed forces to safely raise the flags.

The formal hoisting of the Marine Corps flag was especially meaningful considering it was done on the 240th birthday of the Corps. The flag ceremony was one of many “War Comes Home” events taking place on campus that center around the thoughts and emotions of veterans and their families upon their homecoming. Visit the Pierce Library website for more information about Veteran-centered events taking place through Dec. 4.

Copy by: Joshua Duarte

Above: Second Class Petty Naval Officer Barbara Lombrano and Marine Capitan Alex Miguel raise the United States Marine Corps. flag during the ceremony on the 240th birthday of the Marine Corps. Photo by: Joshua Duarte

Above: ASO Vice President and Second Class Petty Officer Barbara Lombrano salutes as the American flag is raised. Photo by: Joshua Duarte

Below: Lombrano carefully carries the folded American flag to the flagpole at the Student Drop Off area near Parking Lot 1. Photo by: Joshua Duarte

The Marine Corps. flag, United States flag, and California state flag fly high after being raised during the ceremony on the morning of Nov. 10, 2015. Photo by: Skylar Lester

Social Media Roundup

“You know it’s been a hard day when you claim the inventor of beds deserves the peace prize #pierceprobs”

Veterans BBQ

NOV. 12

From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

author Andrew Carrol and director John Benitz will be speaking in the Great Hall for the first One Campus-One Book event.

Equine

Holiday vendors present sold everything from decorations, jewelry, photographs, to equestrian related merchandise. Different horse exhibitions were also put on for spectators.

They included show jumping, reining, mule packing, a Peruvian Paso horse demonstration, as well as a showing of horse drawn carriages put on by the Whip’r Snapper Driving Society of Southern California. The crowd also got a surprise treat with a dpgtraining show.

The event was open to all and any who wanted to attend. Local residents Alex and Stephanie Marcus were happy to have something they could bring their son Felix to.

“When you go to wash your hands and the only soap dispenser is broken. #pierceprobs #roundupnews ”

-@StoberMarielle

Calendar

Blood Drive

NOV. 12

Phi Theta Kappa will be holding a blood drive on the Mall near Rocky Young Park from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The Blood Mobile will give away snacks and prizes to those who donate.

Speed Chat / Veterans Panel

NOV. 12

Between 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in the ASO Lounge, The Library / Learning Crossroads will a Speed Chat and Veterans Panel. The event is welcome to all and opens one-on-one communication with veterans.

Dance Wrapped in a Bow

NOV. 13 - 15

The Pierce College Dance Theater presents Dance Wrapped in a Bow, a holiday themed performance. The show will take place in the Performing Arts Building with tickets selling for $10.

“He [Felix] loves animals so it was great to see them up close. Being able to see so many varieties of horses and seeing the action of the horses too,” Stephanie Marcus said.

Student volunteer Jennifer Vasquez believes it’s good to see more participation in the event.

“A lot of people came. I think that’s what’s most important because then a lot of people will know that we have events for family all the time,” she said.

Jessica Durston, a teaching assistant and member of the mule packing team has gained valuable knowledge through the yearly event.

“I definitely have learned more about the different breeds through this event every year. It’s a lot of fun,” Durston said.

The Parade of Breeds continues to grow and occurs yearly in the fall.

“They added the demos last year. Before that they just had the running through and short intermission. They’ve just expanded on it year after year now. With the ideas that people come up with, we can have quite a bit every year,” Durston said.

People of Pierce

When War Comes Home

Pierce honors veterans throughout the month of November

FRANK ALMAREZ Reporter @FrankAlmarez

Andrew Carroll, a contributing editor of several New York Times best-selling books including “War Letters” and “Behind the Lines,” and John Benitz, an award-winning film and play director were guest speakers who discussed how they honor veterans and active duty troops.

Over the past 17 years, Americans have shared an estimate of 100,000 previously unpublished letters and emails from every war in U.S History. In 2008, Benitz approached Carroll about the possibility of a play based on Carroll’s war letters. Three years later, Benitz directed a premier called “If All the Sky Were Paper.” Carroll and Benitz were both directly involved in the When War Comes Home exhibit Pierce is holding in the library.

“The home part is in two ways,” said Chairman of the library

Space has always been something I’ve been fascinated with. I found the sun really interesting and the life cycle of stars as a kid and ever since then, it peaked my interest to learn more about the components, black holes and everything out there. I hope to work with Boeing in the future and eventually NASA JPL.

department Paula Paggi. “While the soldier is gone, the people from home and about how they’re dealing with their soldier, husband, or spouse out in war. And then when the soldier comes home, how that whole experience is dealt with because he is a changed person after all the stuff he’s gone through.”

According to Paggi, there are 700 veterans currently enrolled in campus, and through events such as the War Comes Home exhibit, it is a chance to honors our veterans.

“We can appreciate some of the things they’ve gone through and most of us have family that has gone through some of those too at one point or another,” said Paggi. Outreach librarian Lisa Valdez helped organize a number of events throughout the month of November to honor veterans. Events throughout the month includes an Art Gallery from November 2-December 4 where the veterans enrolled on campus have put on display, a veteran’s panel being held in the ASO from 11-12, a trivia that is held at

the library every Monday, and a poster art contest that is open to all students where they reflect on what they saw at the Art Gallery exhibit, and a fundraiser barbeque for veterans on Tuesday.

“It really is [going well],” said Valdez. “The students have really showed a lot interest in it, and I think it gives them all a different perspective.”

Pierce is also having a dance performance that starts off the Fall Concert being held in Nov. 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. that directly correlates with the theme to honor the veterans.

“I think it’s really really awesome,” said Benitz. “I think more should be done, and I really appreciate Pierce reaching out to us to do this, and try to make a connection with the students because it really is a worthy thing to put a focus on.”

Carroll wanted to share with everyone who has letters that they have and want to share, to go to warletters.us to find out more information.

[From HORSES, pg. 1]

Ezzat Wanas / Roundup

Andrew Carroll shows letters that had been written by soldiers during previous wars on Nov. 4.

Skylar Lester / Roundup

Constancio Babilonia pets a horse during the Welcome Celebration at the Equine Center located at Pierce College

Quote gathered by Mohammad Djauhari

Photo by Gustavo Sanchez

-Victoria Mabry, 21, Aerospace Engineering

“It’s raining and I parked a mile away from my class #PierceProbs”

“Ugh this is the worst wifi in the entire world, chuck e cheese’s wifi is better than this #PierceProbs”

Her chemistry with horses

New chemistry department chair has been horseback riding for 23 years

Assistant professor of chemistry

Sara Harvey has chemistry with students and horses alike.

Harvey has been teaching Chemistry 60, 101, and 102 at Pierce for about nine years. But every morning she horseback rides before class in Westlake Village.

This semester she has added a new responsibility—department cair.

“It’s a new position. I’m learning new things everyday,” Harvey said. “It’s 50 percent appointment, so half of my full-time job is teaching, and half of my full-time job is doing department chair responsibilities.”

When Harvey isn’t teaching students, she enjoys horseback riding. She’s been horseback riding for 23 years, beginning when she was 14 years old.

“A neighbor was riding and invited me to go,” Harvey said. “I enjoyed it. I enjoyed being outside with the horses. I wasn’t very good, but it was fun.”

Harvey rides most days before teaching class at Pierce. On Mondays and Wednesdays she arrives at the barn at around 7:30 a.m. to groom her horse. She rides from 8-to-9, is out by 10 and at school by 11, just in time for her class.

She acknowledges that teaching chemistry and horseback riding are different animals, but they share similar approaches.

“With both you are always trying to improve. As a chemistry instructor I’m always trying to think of other ways I can improve on the difficult concepts that I’m

teaching,” Harvey said. “Being a chemistry teacher requires a lot patience as does riding horses because if the horse does not understand what you’re saying you can’t just get angry, you have to stay calm and think about another way to explain it. Same is true with teaching.”

According to Harvey, she mostly participates in horse shows at Foxfield Riding School where she rides. There are flat classes and jumping classes. Flat is based on the horse’s movement and rider’s equitation. Jumping is based on how smoothly they make it over the jumps.

when she was in high school, but she had to give up her lease when she went to college. She rode once a week until she started grad school and leased Josh “Dollar Boy” while at UCLA. She had him for eight years.

Harvey was a teaching assistant while at UCLA. She instructed students in eight different chemistry courses for general and organic chemistry courses.

According to Harvey, while in graduate school for chemistry she was paid to research, publish papers, and be a teaching assistant.

She realized she enjoyed teaching more while she was in the labs having discussions with students.

“It’s time consuming, kind of stressful, but it’s nice to see all your hard work pay off when you do well,” Harvey said.

In college, Harvey wanted to pursue a career in chemistry but had no idea what she wanted to do.

“I think chemistry is important in your everyday life. There are basic chemistry concepts that people experience everyday, concepts such as why it’s hotter upstairs than downstairs when you turn the heater on,” Harvey said.

Sara Harvey was an undergrad at the University of California, Santa Barbara and went to grad school at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she got her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in 2008. While at UCLA, Harvey spent most of her time as a teaching assistant and doing research.

She had leased her first horse

“I was happiest when I was working with students,” Harvey said. “I enjoy sharing new concepts with students, figuring out a couple ways to explain something and seeing that light bulb turn on, interacting with students, and doing my best to inspire and motivate them.”

Before she was a full-time instructor at Pierce, Harvey taught as a part-time instructor for Cal. State Channel Islands, Pierce College, College of the Canyons and taught over the summer at Glendale College.

“As a part-time instructor you teach at several types of schools to create a full time job,” Harvey said. “Then I got a full-time job here at Pierce in 2010.”

MakerSpace makes haste to mark space

Two clubs join together to envision and create using 21st century technology

Architecture and club co-advisor

Beth Abels has high hopes for what the Makerspace could become and looks forward to it growing each year.

“We’d like the students to have a place to work and solve problems in the community”, Abels said. “We’ve looked into moving the facilities to north of Mall, but that will have to wait for now while we grow.”

Elizabeth Cheung, professor of engineering and club co-advisor with Abels, sits in on meetings as well. She and Ables both make sure that the club stays on track to productivity, as the excitement of what’s to come can become overwhelming to the members and they could get carried away with brainstorming.

“This is what we have to work with,” Simonoff said. “Since this is really our first semester, we can make the club whatever we want.”

on it every day possible until it’s done,” Simonoff said.

One way the club looks to make its mark is to enter Design Village, hosted by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

In the competition, students are instructed to create a structure that they can bring to a predetermined location and inhabit for a weekend. The competition is held the second weekend of April.

Ables referred to the competition as “Burning Man for architects and engineers.”

The MakerSpace Club meets in the Art and Technology building 3802, a small room wedged between larger labs.

Although the room barely houses the 3-D printers and laser cutter, there is ample outdoor space, which is where the clubs were able to construct their booth for Club Rush.

sooner the better,” Macander said.

“We need to have people trained in the equipment,” Abels said about the program’s 3-D printers, software, and other mechanized equipment. “This is not a place where anything at all can be made. We have a lot of junk in this world, a lot of Yoda heads. We want to make things that are needed or add value to the community.”

Jerome Watts, 20, sat outside waiting for the meeting to start to be first in and first to participate given any task. Watts, an architect major, captured the spirit of the MakerSpace and Architecture and Design club, both of which he is a member of. “I’ve always been interested in building since way back in the day. I used to spend all day thinking of things to build, then bringing them to life with Legos,” Watts said.

The creative display of partnership between the MakerSpace and the Architecture and Design Club at Club Rush generated students’ interest, but now focus has shifted from getting attention to keeping it.

MakerSpace club co-president, Joel Simonoff is focusing most of the club’s attention on ways they can drum up more support and excitement to continue the

momentum gathered during Club Rush, which caused the club’s Facebook page to gain 90 new members.

The MakerSpace and Design and Architecture Club is geared to offer students a place to learn about 21st century creative technologies and to give them the tools to create revolutionary and conceptual things to push students forward in the field.

During the meeting, club members huddled around the program’s several 3-D printers and large laser cutter, to spitball ideas on how to work with their

momentum.

The Architecture and Design Club and MakerSpace Club go together like bacon and eggs. The Architecture and Design Club focuses on the design, and MakerSpace focuses on making.

The club’s mission statement is:

The Pierce MakerSpace Club is a community of students dedicated to empowering themselves and that community by creatively and cooperatively addressing hands-on, real world problems and educational projects in an environmentally sustainable way.

Assistant Professor of

A primary concern of Simonoff during the inaugural meeting was to determine when the area would be available for students to work.

“People don’t want to work on projects they’re excited about just once a week, they’ll want to work

When the matter of funding came up, opinions were thrown around as to when it should be taken care of and who should bear the responsibility.

“Funding is not the part of the club that everyone wants to jump into, but it has to be done. The

The MakerSpace Club meets every other Wednesday in AT3800. The Architect and Design club is currently working out and agreeable meeting time and location.

Skylar Lester / Roundup Chemistry Department Chair Sara Harvey poses for a portrait with horse Griffin at the Foxfield Riding School in Westlake Village, Calif. on Nov. 6, 2015.

“I was happiest when I was working with students.”

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Sara Harvey Assistant professor of chemistry

Simonoff and Paul Macander, co-presidents of the

club, discuss the Makerpace club meeting in AT 3800 on Oct. 14, 2015.

Just for kicks

Professional clubs wanted him, Pierce got him

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Cruz Hernandez has been involved with soccer as long as he can remember.

The current Pierce College women’s soccer assistant coach has a long and rich history with the sport, spanning over 40 years.

“The only thing I can remember is that a soccer ball was put in front of me, probably when I was about 10 years old,” said Hernandez. Hernandez was born in Mexico, he lived in Tijuana for the first 12 years of his life.

“I came to the United States when I was 12,” said Hernandez. “They saw me play at a park. The coach from Alemany (high school) was the one who really opened the doors for me. He said, you’re an amazing player. I want you to play for Alemany.”

Hernandez was a decorated soccer player all four years of high school.

player, varsity player, and CIF player all four years.”

Opportunities were presented to Hernandez due to his success in high school. He was sought after by many colleges, and some of the best pro clubs in the world.

“In 1976, they picked the best players in the valley and they took us to England. I actually have a letter from Club Everton,” said Hernandez. “They told me they wanted me to stay. They offered me a contract, but I was only 16. My parents said, ‘no you’re coming home.’”

After returning from England, Hernandez had multiple colleges offering him a scholarship. Ultimately, he decided to stay close to home, and attend the California State University of Northridge.

“I had a lot of opportunities with college. UCLA, USC, UC Davis and Northridge. There was probably about six or seven different schools,” said Hernandez.

Hernandez had an opportunity to play in the MLS for six months. However, during the time of his career, the MLS did not have enough money to function.

Hernandez left and started working for the postal service.

“It was suggested for me to go to Mexico because the MLS was not going to continue,” said Hernandez. “I was offered to go to Mexico and practice with Chivas. By then I was already working for the post office, and they only offered me a one year contract. So, I decided to just stay home.”

Hernandez has been coaching soccer for 35 years and has coached multiple teams.

Hernandez has been the assistant coach for Pierce College for three years now. Adolfo Perez, head coach of the Brahmas, values Hernandez’ leadership and passion.

“He brings veteran leadership and experience. He gives us the balance that we have here on this team. He is the calm one,” said Perez.

Hernandez and Perez’ relationship stems further back than Pierce College. Perez, who is ten years younger than Hernandez, used to watch him play when they were younger.

“I have known him for a long time. I used to watch him play, back in the day. He is a great player,” said Perez.

Desiree Raygoza is a captain of the soccer team. She said that Hernandez, at 55 years old, still has his game.

“He still plays with us during practice. He is really good. He’s still got it,” said Raygoza.

Although Hernandez played a specific role on every team he played for, his coaching role is more broad.

“He’s an all around assistant mostly,” said Raygoza. “I think what he brings to the girls is motivation. He brings positivity around us, and that’s what we need.”

The Pierce College women’s soccer team is currently preparing for the playoffs. If the team goes on to win, it would not be the first time Hernandez has seen success.

“As a player, I have three championships in high school,” said Hernandez. “In 1983, that was my first successful career year. I won CIF at Alemany High School.”

“My main position was midfielder. My freshman year I was all-american, varsity player, CIF player,” said Hernandez. “I was actually an all-american

“I coached at Alemany High School. From there, I coached at Mission College,” said Hernandez. “That was probably five or six years ago. I coached multiple different clubs. I have always liked to get involved with the community so I coach a lot.”

Hernandez has always worked hard for his success, but he believes he was blessed with talent.

“I think I was blessed. God blessed me with a gift. I just took advantage of it,” said Hernandez.

Brahma Week of the

Zaire Dartis - Outside Hitter

Volleyball

Persistent Pierce

The Brahmas’ consistency gave them the victory

The Brahmas played with an intensity you would expect them to come out with against a top ranked team.

points each.

Pierce ended the second set winning it 25 to 17.

Zaire Dartis hit a .600 kill percentage against Mission College this week. She got 23 kills total for the week.

How would you evaluate your play this week?

“I’d say I played good. I mean I hit a .600 so it’s pretty nice.”

Do you have anything you have been trying to improve on throughout the season?

“Yes, I have been working on improving my passing and getting more blocks. Also hitting when the set isn’t that great so I can still go in and get the kill.”

What are some of your strengths as a volleyball player?

“I would say being able to score points and hitting very hard.”

How do you feel about where your team is right now?

SCHEDULE

Nov. 11 to Nov. 18

Friday-Sunday, Nov. 13-15 5 p.m. (Pasadena tournament)

Thursday, Nov. 13 at Cuesta, 3 p.m.

Pierce College controlled all three sets in its home game against Mission college on Friday, Nov. 6 in the South Gym.

The Brahmas volleyball team beat the Mission College Eagles in three sets by an average of 13 points a set.

The Eagles were able to start stronger than Pierce. They drove home four quick kills to give them an early lead but when the offense for the Brahmas started going, there was not much Mission College could do.

Brahmas retaliated with good passing and multiple assists, taking the lead at 14 to 8.

“We never like to underestimate teams,”outside hitter Zaire Dartis said. “We just go to each game like we’re about to play Santa Barbara every time.”

The Brahmas won the first set with a score of 25-13.

During the second set of the game, the Eagles seemed to struggle with communication and could be seen running into each other during play. They missed kill opportunities, the players weren’t spread out wide enough and it resulted in dropped passes and unreturnable possessions.

The eagles were able to tie the game up at the score of 8 and 10

During the break, the dynamic between both teams were polar opposites. Pierce teammates come together strategizing for their next set, cheering each other on. Mission’s players were spread out with no visible energy.

With back-to-back kills, Dartis led the third and final set as Pierce continued to control the game.

Pierce won the final set 25 to 10 as the Mission Eagles served the ball out of bounds.

“I think we played a good game, but there’s always room for improvement,” head coach Nabil Mardini said.

“I’d say we have come pretty far and we want to go all the way which means winning state. I know we can do that but we just have to play how we play.”

What obstacles present themselves when you go into games as the favorite?

“I would say we just have to play consistent. Every single game it has to be the same. I think that our main obstacle will be playing Santa Barbara again.”

Do you have any pre-game rituals?

“Yea, I listen to a certain song before every game. It’s Ace Hood, kind of ratchet, but it gets me pumped before the game.”

Saturday, Nov. 14, at Santa Monica, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Cuesta, noon.

Wednesday, Nov. 18 vs Hancock, 6 p.m.

“I think I was blessed. God blessed me with a gift. I just took advantage of it.”

- Cruz Hernandez Assistant Soccer Coach

GARETT CECIL Reporter

KE-ALANI SARMIENTO

Reporter @kealaninews

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Shanon Volpis (6) and Zaire Dartis (24) go up to block the ball during the game against Mission College, on Nov. 6, 2015, at Pierce College Woodland Hills Calif.

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Assistant soccer coach Cruz Hernandez dribbles the ball at Pierce College on Nov. 9, 2015 in Woodland Hills, area of Los Angeles Calif.

Photo by Luis Ayala Quotes gathered by Sal Fariaz

Football drops last home game Brahmas lose to Marauders and out of potential Bowl game

on offense and an interception on defense.

“I haven’t played defense in so long, it’s something new,” said Austin. “We got to take practice more serious, practice makes perfect, we got to execute little things, it’s always the little things, as long as we get the little things out the way, we will be cool for next week.”

Starting Quarterback, Sean Smith had some bad luck with some of his throws that were tipped and intercepted, which was costly to the Brahmas late in the game.

“Not really bad plays, but just bad luck, tipped balls, and interceptions,” said Smith. “One of them was my fault, I threw behind the guy, but the other two is like what are you going to do about it, stuff happens and we just got to keep playing through it.”

Pierce started the game by receiving the opening kickoff. After punting away on their first possession, they quickly got the ball back with an interception by Defensive Back Eric Waters. Pierce ended up kicking a 23yard field goal the next possession to go up 3-0.

The Brahmas then caught a second interception by and put them on good field position again, but then the Marauders responded with an interception of their own. Brahmas could have capitalized on back to back possessions to put up more points on the board but was held to just a field goal on the first two drives.

Antelope Valley Marauders then score 16 unanswered points until the Brahmas score their first touchdown to make it 16-10. The offense got off to a slow start in the first half.

Jalen Bogans-Love (38) tries to avoid a defender and run up field during the Brahmasʼ loss to Antelope Valley on Nov. 7, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Bad field position and turnovers caused the Pierce College Brahmas to lose the team’s second game in a row, and the last home game of the season on Saturday Nov. 7. Coming off a bad loss last week to rivals L.A Valley College, the

Brahmas were more explosive on offense, but we’re not able to get the job done, losing to the Antelope Valley Marauders with a final score of 57-37.

“We found some good things, tried to put certain players in a position to be successful. We’re real dinged up so we really had to dig deep and find a way to get the ball into the playmakers hands,” said Head Coach for the Brahmas Jason Sabolic.

“We did that a lot better tonight on offense, we were held to 7 points last week, it was a pretty dismal offensive

showing. We scored 37 tonight. It was a much better effort; very happy about that but unfortunately they scored more points tonight.”

This drops the Brahmas record to (5-4) and suffers their second divisional loss of the season. The team is now tied for third in the American Pacific division with Antelope Valley (5-4) who came out with the win on Saturday night.

Wide Receiver, Jamere Austin showed some versatility by playing on both sides of the ball and was credited for a receiving touchdown

He doesnʼt take any bull

Depression won’t keep this Brahma down

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Assistant Sports Editor @S_Fariaz

Torry Hughes is now the defensive coordinator for the Pierce College football team, but when he was 11 years old he had to go through something that no sixth grader should have to go through.

He was living in South Los Angeles with his mother and grew up playing football in that area.

“Everybody loves football,” Hughes said. “I’m developing into a pretty good, little, skinny-skilled guy.”

There were times that his mother’s drug addiction would get bad and he would go back and forth between living with her in South Los Angeles and living with his father in Denver, Colorado.

It was during this time that he moved back to Colorado in the middle of the school year to a small town called Littleton. He can recall getting to his new school where he was one of four black students. The majority were predominantly caucasian.

At school the kids would play a game where they threw the ball up and they would try to tackle you. When you were caught the other kids would “open your legs and start mashing his nuts,” as Hughes recalls.

When they would play that game, everyone would get tackled at some point except for Hughes. So he would never be punished for getting tackled but he would always be part of giving the punishment. Never in a vicious way but just as a part of the game. “I will never forget one day after

the game we were going inside after recess and one of my best friends at the time was walking in and looked like he was hurt,” Hughes said.

The next week everyone who was playing in that game was getting called into the school’s office. Everyone except Hughes. He was getting nervous because he said he knew something was going on.

“His father was a lawyer and to make a long story short, the kid was urinating blood and they all tried to blame it on me,” Hughes said.

They called him into the office a week later and there were five members from the Littleton Police Department there with the administration of the school. A police officer then asked for Hughes to demonstrate what the game was and what happened.

“They are telling me I have assaulted this kid,” Hughes said.

“There are all of these white men in a room with me who was 11.”

Hughes tried to demonstrate to the police officer what the game was.

“He lays me on my back and starts stomping on my nuts,” Hughes said. “He started going crazy to the point where everybody in the room had to pull him off of me. He was yelling, ‘is this what you did?’ I’ll never forget the rage in his eyes.”

An assault charge was filed against Hughes and his mother advised him to plead guilty to it and put it behind them. So he did.

“I plead guilty to something I didn’t even do,” Hughes said.

After that traumatic experience, Hughes started struggling with depression.

“As a little boy, you can find yourself alone,” Hughes said. “At that age you don’t know how to deal

with your emotions.”

Hughes said he also has obsessive compulsive disorder as well as attention deficit disorder. He says that all of that overlapping led to more depression for him.

“I think one of the most unique things about human beings in our position in the universe is our wide range of emotions,” Hughes said. “We can go from hot to cold really fast. I think that sets us apart from anything in the animal kingdom.”

Hughes said that through his depression he is able to empathize with people and he can help them when they are going through a similar situation.

One of the biggest factors in bringing Hughes this far in life has been the game of football.

“Football is the greatest game that humans have ever come up with on the planet,” Hughes said. “It’s like an ever-evolving science. It’s like studying law or studying medicine. It keeps changing and it’s complex yet simple at the same time.”

“As an analogy, football is life,” Hughes said. “You can be down in the fourth quarter with three minutes left 28 to 7 and if you keep fighting you can find yourself the winner of the game. And that is life.”

Athletic director Bob Lofrano says that Hughes is an important part of the football program.

“He is really dedicated to make Pierce football a place where you would want to come and play,” Lofrano said. “He puts more than 100 percent effort into it, a lot of time and effort that he is not paid for. He really cares a lot about the program.”

second half allowing back to back touchdowns after losing the ball on their first possession on offense making the score 33-10.

After both teams traded touchdowns on their next possessions 40-17, the Brahmas got it going on offense with quarterback Sean Smith connecting with Tight End Trevor Kanteman with 2 catches in a row to help Running Back Yusupha Foster run it in for the 1-yard touchdown.

Then after the defense forced the Marauders to punt with a big sack, the Brahmas capitalize with a big forty-yard catch by Wide Receiver Keotae Stenhouse down the middle of the field. The Brahmas then score another touchdown by Foster to make it 40-30.

Antelope Valley then took advantage of the Brahmas tipped passes which resulted in two more interceptions in the game and take the lead 57-30 after scoring seventeen points in a row.

Brahmas score a 26-yard touchdown catch by Stenhouse to cut the lead to 57-37. That would be the last score of the game and Antelope Valley Marauders hold off the Brahmas 57-37.

“I think we did good, we just need to execute better on defense. We lost as a team,” Offensive Linemen German Valenzuela said. “We can do everything better, we need to improve as a complete package.”

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Pierce volleyball beat the Pirates

The Brahmas were hosted by the Ventura Pirates and defeated them with a score of 3-1 (25-15, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20).

The Brahmas started strong in the first set and held the Pirates to 15 points.

In the second set, the Pirates were looking to get even. The Brahmas didn’t allow them to take the set as the team continued to play well.

The Pirates however were able to take the third set but the Brahmas ended the game in four sets and walked away with a win.

The Brahmas will be hosted by Cuesta College on Wednesday Nov. 11 at 6 p.m.

Soccer close to being number one

At the half, Pierce was down 19-10 after another field goal was made by the Marauders. The Brahmas could have avoided being down by 9 before the half, but instead called a timeout before the missed kick which gave Antelope Valley a second chance to kick it in.

“Started off slow, offense started off slow, we definitely came out on the second half and fired at all cylinders,” said Smith.

In the first half both teams played well defensively with 3 interceptions, a lost fumble and a blocked PAT (point after touchdown) combined. On offense not so much as each team had 2 turnovers each.

The Brahmas opened the

“There’s no individual performances, we lost as a team, we made a lot of great plays, but we just made great plays at the wrong time,” Waters said. “Our defense, we tried our best to hold them, and offense was coming up but it was a little bit too late.

Coach Sabolic later credits the Marauders defensive performance. “It was a field position issue, defense started with their backs against the wall quite a few times, turnovers put Antelope Valley in positions to score and they took advantage of the turnovers,” Sabolic said. “We just didn’t do a good enough job fighting back into the game and then we brought it to within 10 and we had a chance but then those 2 bounced interceptions killed us.”

Pierce College (5-4) will play Santa Monica College (9-0) next on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m.

The Brahmas were able to pass through Santa Barbara with a score of 2-0.

Two Brahmas were injured. Forward Makayla Nichols was escorted off the field while goalie Cindy Godina remained playing.

Abigail Chavez scored the first goal of the game early in the first half.

Sara Hernandez scored the second goal for the Brahmas in the 47’.

The Brahmas will take another win with a score of 2-0. As the Brahmas are 10-1-6 they are close to becoming number one in the WSC Conference.

The Brahmas will play away against Ventura College on Tuesday, Nov.10 at 6 p.m.

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Defensive Cooridinator Torry Hughes stands on top of a blocking sled at John Shepard Stadium on Nov. 10, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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