Volume 125 Fall 2016 Roundup Issue 2

Clubs clash on social media

Political remarks about Chicano club on campus create tension and fear for members and advisers

Controversy surrounding immigration and the Black Lives Matter movement have ignited tension nationwide leading up to the 2016 presidential election. That kind of vitriol and divisiveness has reached the campus of Pierce College.

A Facebook group titled LA Pierce College Republicans has targeted MEChA de Pierce College, a Chicano group on campus, along with its president and club adviser in an online post that has caused controversy.

“I was shocked at first, but I didn’t really get angry because it’s not uncommon to have such things said, assumed or stereotyped about the club because people don’t really understand what it is,” Angelita Rovero, instructor of Chicano studies and adviser to MEChA de Pierce College, said. “I was shocked to see my name put out there the way it was, and I couldn’t understand why all of a sudden.”

The post on LA Pierce College Republicans’ group page referred to MEChA as a racist Chicano hate group and accused MEChA de Pierce College’s president of “enabling alien invaders” and

A petition for road safety Motor accident prompts daughter to call for act

Monica Galvan, a former student, started an online petition for a turn signal to be placed on Nordhoff between Alabama and Canoga avenues, where her father was killed during a collision with a bus.

Manuel Galvan, 54, was driving home from the gym when a bus hit him after making a left turn. The collision caused him to hit a light pole, throwing him off his motorcycle. The motorcycle overheated shortly after, and a nearby pedestrian pulled him away before it caught on fire.

Monica Galvan started an online petition on thepetitionsite.com in early August of this year. Her goal was to reach 10,000 signatures, but she has now reached more than 12,500, surpassing her goal.

“Once I started to take notice after the accident exactly how the cars were driving, there would be nights that I would be so sad and I would come and sit and watch the cars pass,” Monica Galvan said. “I started to see that there was just no rules. There were rules in place but nobody was enforcing them.”

called him the “student leader in chief of the Chicano reqounquista (sic) efforts at Pierce,” essentially saying that he is part of a plan to change the racial makeup of the college.

“Since I’ve been a part of MEChA, there has been constant bullying and we’ve faced a lot of obstacles in trying to do anything at school,” Christian Diaz, club president of MEChA de Pierce College, said. “This isn’t the first occurrence that we’ve had to face, but this is just the most controversial.”

The issue of cyberbullying and intimidation is nothing new, but the republican presidential candidate’s use of social media, such as Twitter, to attack his critics, combined with comments he has made during speeches that seem to passively encourage supporters to act upon their views, may have emboldened some.

“I think these are all things that some people have always felt,” Rovero said. “It wasn’t until Trump was nominated that these people think that it’s OK now to be rude, blatant and disregard, really, the sense of humanity.”

LA Pierce College Republicans are “committed to championing the conservative voice of LA Pierce’s diverse student body promoting sound political action and exposing liberal academic bias,” according to the group’s

Facebook page.

“I’m the one who wrote the claim against MEChA,” Jason Aula, interim president of the LA Pierce College Republicans Facebook page, said. “It’s a controversial issue to challenge MEChA. I think some of the students might find it offensive for obvious reasons, but it’s just an academic thing. Maybe they’re not aware of what’s in the organization they’re supporting.”

Ali Asghar, a Pierce student,

was going to be the group’s vice president, but has distanced himself from the group after the controversial posts were made.

“I have no say in that post. Those post (sic) were never reviewed by me,” Asghar said. “If I had an opportunity to view the post, I would not have used professor Rovero’s name because I know her in a professional level.”

Though many of the posts made by the Facebook group may be seen as controversial and inciteful

Determined to reach her goal, Monica Galvan contacted Kacie Montoya, a reporter for KTLA 5 News, who helped her spread the word about the petition. Montoya reached out to her producers who agreed to help Monica Galvan. They filmed her story and aired it later that night, as well as a few times over the weekend.

Airing her story on national television jolted up the signatures almost immediately after.

Monica Galvan’s mission was also on the KTLA news website to raise further awareness, along with a link to where people can find her petition.

Monica Galvan's brother, Manuel Galvan Jr, expressed his thoughts and concerns of the cause.

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Monica Galvan did not believe that this would ever happen to her or her family. Her determination to raise awareness, and to prevent this from occurring to anyone else, gave her the idea to start a petition for a turn signal to be placed at the location of her father’s death.

“I thought what everybody else thought. ‘You’re invincible and this wouldn’t happen,’ but it did,”

Monica Galvan said. “If there’s any way to erase imminent danger, I will do that.”

Monica Galvan was not home the night of her father’s accident. However, her mom and brother had been watching the news that night, and saw the accident on TV.

They had not realized it was their father until they noticed he had not arrived home at the time he usually did.

“I am very proud of her strength and determination to see a change, and I hope that no one goes through the pain that we have experienced,” Monica Galvan’s mother, Amelia Galvan, said.

To spread awareness, Monica Galvan began reaching out to friends and family members to help her with the petition.

She began by visiting local areas her father used to frequent.

“I saw a group of bikers and I would ask them if I can get a moment of their time and they were super friendly. The guy heard me out and he contacted his buddies,” Monica Galvan said. “The bike place where my dad bought his bike, they all remembered him. At work, at the gym, everyone loved him, so they were able to spread the word on social media.”

“This petition has already shown how many people support the idea of it, and understand its importance. That intersection is dangerous as it is being so poorly lit, let alone the fact that it has no signal,” he said. “The purpose of this petition is to have a signal installed at that intersection so that another family doesn't have to suffer the loss we have.”

Monica Galvan’s brother added, “Our Father was an amazing man that was ripped from our lives. This could have been avoidable with an implementation of a traffic signal.”

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), as of 2013 there were 4.668 motorcyclists who were killed in traffic crashes. Only 6 percent less than the year before that. Following that, 88,000 motorcyclist were reported with injuries.

“My dad was very loud and vibrant,” Monica Galvan said. “My family is proud that I took this up.”

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to some, those views are not a part of mainstream conservative politics, according to Asghar.

“I feel a little bit upset because as a registered republican, our party is being blind. It’s being represented in a way that is not true,” Asghar said. “That page was the anterior right on the extreme. I’ve been very clear I’m not a part of that ulterior right.”

Asghar has since apologized in a Facebook post of his own, condemning the material that was

published in the group.

“You can see on the website that she put a screenshot of what I said,” Asghar said. “I’ve fought for the Chicano studies students when the accreditation team was here. I spoke in favor for them. When I ran for ASO president, one of my platforms was to increase more Chicano studies classes.” Diaz doesn't believe Asghar’s apology is genuine.

[See MEChA, pg. 3]

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MOHAMMAD DJUAHARI Reporter

Photo Illustration by Taylor Arthur / Roundup Clubs dispute on social media and results in controversy over First Amendment rights. Social media, as a tool to express their views, is used by both parties of the political spectrum. Some of the shared material has made some faculty and club members feel threatened.

ALMA LOPEZ Reporter @alopezz2

Marc Dionne / Roundup

Monica Galvan stands and holds a petition to put a signal where the buses turn on Nordhoff Street between Alabama and Canoga avenues. Her father was killed in an accident at this intersection two years ago. Sept.

in Chatsworth, Calif.

Calvin Alagot / Roundup Pierce defensive back Abraham Teka (38) protects wide receiver Nigeil Harness-Anderson (87) as they run against the Southwestern Jaguards on Sept. 17, 2016 at Pierceʼs John Shepard Stadium in Woodland Hills, Calif. Southwestern defeated Pierce 42-13 leaving Pierce with a season record of 1-2. Full story on page 8.

STREET BEAT

Where do you get your textbooks? What would you recommend to other students?

“I got two on Amazon and one I found online, itʼs a PDF. Check amazon first before buying it at the bookstore itʼs cheaper and you can rent it out.“

-Hector Veliz, Accounting major, Freshmen

“I usually get my books online. Chegg is pretty good, Bookbuy is pretty good, and eBooks are pretty good too.”

-Rodrigo Mendez, Undecided, Freshmen

“I buy them from the bookstore or online. I usually go on eBay. I recommend them to get their books online because you save more money. Renting is another option but itʼs better to buy it because you donʼt have to be stressed out whether the book is going to be damage or not.”

-Niloufar Valizadeh, Law, Freshmen

“I get them online. Usually I buy and rent them on amazon or chegg. Do not buy the textbooks unless you are interested in the subject or it is your major. Also, if you know a friend tell them to pass the book over.”

Thereʼs no line for online

Obsolete. That is the best

word to describe Pierce College’s late classadding system.

Three weeks have passed since the fall semester started, and the dust has settled. For the majority of students, the scrambling of adding and dropping classes is now over, and they can focus on course material.

But, in order to get to that point, many of us had to wait in ungodly long lines at the infamous office of Admissions and Records.

The day a new semester begins, a student no longer has the opportunity to add classes using the online Student Information System (SIS).

Instead, prospective students need to have passed whatever arbitrary guidelines instructors have in place when they distribute an antiquated, hand-written and easily misplaced “add-slip.”

The form is then to be taken to the student services building, next to the student drop-off, both of which are not near many classrooms. A trip down there must be intentional and well planned. If you do not have all the proper materials with you, or if the professor forgets to sign the actual slip, you have effectively wasted an hour, maybe more, of your life in line only to have the over-worked, very stressed clerk at the window tell you to come back when everything is in order.

A better alternative is to thrust Pierce College into the modern age by following in the footsteps of Santa Monica College, Glendale College and Cal. State Northridge (CSUN), and provide students with online access codes to classes.

For fear of fraud, the access codes can even be made single-use with a unique digital signature, thus ensuring a virtual “admit one” ticket for certain sections.

Digitizing the adding process will eliminate gargantuan lines and make space for people with other important business. Students will no longer have to trek to the far-and-away office; instead, they can submit the code moments after

“Do not buy your textbooks in the bookstore because it is really expensive. You can get your textbooks for like half a price in Woodland Hills Textbooks.”

-Giancarlo Zapata, Dance major, Freshmen

“Well most of them are online, so definitely online. Donʼt buy them here because itʼs way too expensive -Shelley Patino, Addiction Studies and Spanish, Sophomore

-Corrections-

Volume 125, Issue 2:

Page 2: In the incident report, a student was identified as mall. The correct referal is male.

Page 3: The article “Academic Senate pushes updated tech” was not written by Monica Villacorta, it was written by Maria Trinidad. Page 6: The feature on Wendy Mazon mistakenly reported her graduating from “John Burroughs High School“ This is incorrect.

receiving it, right from their phone, to ensure enrollment.

Another alternative to the current broken system is to reinstate the waitlist method, which currently consists of showing up during class times and actually physically waiting for students to drop the class weeks after the semester starts. A digital waitlist would consist of students

adding the section online, as they would before the semester starts, and having their names appear in an online pool where an instructor can see and add students from there.

Upgrading the school’s adding process has no foreseeable downsides. A professor doesn’t have to cut class short to physically write out multiple slips. A student from the Art Hill or

the Village doesn’t have to lather on sunscreen or find a walking stick for the long trip and the clerks at the Admissions and Records office don’t have to waste their time with literally thousands of students desperately trying to add their much needed classes.

Please, take a note from Nike and just do it.

Pro/Con: Canvas vs Moodle

Recently, Pierce replaced Moodle with Canvas as its online education platform. Was the switch to Canvas for the better?

ALMA LOPEZ Reporter @alopezz2

I believe the switch from Moodle to Canvas is one of Pierce’s best improvements in a long time.

Anyone who has ever used Moodle in the past knows how frustrating it was when the system would constantly crash and cause students to miss a due date or prevent them from completing an online test.

Canvas is the younger and more fresh-looking system, compared to Moodle’s outdated ways. Canvas definitely improved the way courses are listed when you log in and makes it much easier to navigate when looking for assignments.

Not only is the navigation easier on Canvas, it has also enhanced the way you can communicate with your classmates and teachers. You can now see who’s in your class and if you would like to contact either your professor or classmate, they are able to list different types of contact options on their bio. The information they provide can be anything from their social media profiles to their email address.

Also, Moodle only gave students two options for assignment submissions: textbox entry or file upload. Canvas, on the other hand,

expanded to include a range of selections such as Dropbox and Google docs links.

Canvas has made it easier for students by providing a user-friendly app in which you’re able to check your assignments. It includes a calendar that automatically syncs each upcoming assignment and separates each course by color making it a whole lot easier to keep up with due dates.

You can also get notifications sent directly to your phone.The mobility factor will undoubtedly come as a huge advantage to students who aren’t home a lot and might need to do their schoolwork on the go in between work shifts.

As for reliability, Canvas uses a hosting platform known as AWS, which is used by companies like Netflix. Their webhost provides the speed that each and every student needs. There are no more worries about taking a test and having Moodle randomly crash in the middle of it, then having to wait to retake it.

Given all the features that Canvas provides for students that Moodle didn’t, I believe Canvas is definitely the better choice for Pierce.

For several years, Pierce has used Moodle as the primary system for both students and staff.

However, this semester, Pierce has replaced the program with a new one called Canvas, which I am not very fond of. We have now had enough time to decide whether we like this new system better than the previous one and I would still prefer to use Moodle over Canvas. Although Canvas now comes in an app, it is basically the same. However, it can be a bit confusing for those that don’t really have the time to figure out how to use this program or to our older students who may struggle with technology. Canvas is a bit odd and difficult to use. It needs some getting used to, which can be tricky considering every student does not always have the time for it. To many it can be like learning a new language, having to figure out which tab will get you where. The fact that there is a new site this semester with little warning was frustrating for me. I believe

there should have been some sort of workshop to introduce Canvas. When signing onto Canvas, it takes a couple of clicks before the correct tab is found. The new program has too many tabs and makes it difficult for a student to do a simple task, such as checking assignments.

In addition, most students will most likely take an online quiz at some point in their college career and possibly will want to go back and review the questions. Unlike Canvas, Moodle actually allowed students to review quiz questions, which would give them the opportunity to prepare for any upcoming tests.

Most students grew accustomed to the old system, which meant that they typically had no issues with Moodle. For this reason, I believe there was no reason for something that was working well to be removed. Now that Moodle has been replaced, students will face the challenge of having to do their assignments while also learning how to use Canvas.

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Quotes gathered by Maria Trinidad | Photos by Jordan Nathan

Illustration by Nelson Simmons

-Nataly Gonzales, undecided, Freshmen

The crime of copying

Policy prohibits photos at the bookstore; library allows photocopies with some limitations

VANESSA GONZALEZ

Students are prohibited from taking pictures or making copies of textbooks that have not been purchased, according to a Pierce College Student Store policy. However, students can take pictures and make copies of textbooks in the library with some limitations.

According to Assistant Bookstore Manager Candy Van, students who attempt to take a photo of an unpurchased textbook will be given a warning. If they are caught taking a photo of an access code, they will be forced to purchase the textbook. “We told the sheriff that this is a place where a lot of people hang out. This is a place where we deal with all these transactions so we want them to be present,” Van said. “We don’t want to embarrass students.”

“Our goal is to help them be successful, but we don’t want them to do it so crookedly,” Van said. “We’re not trying to accuse anyone until we actually see the whole thing.”

Holly Hagan, bookstore employee, said she first saw people

taking pictures of the textbooks five years ago and it has become a common occurrence since then.

“Although this is only a problem during the first few weeks of school, it does happen a lot,” Hagan said.

According to Hagan, when a student is caught taking pictures in the student store they are asked to delete them. If the student refuses, the sheriff is called to the scene to make sure that the pictures have been deleted. Students are allowed to take pictures of the covers of the textbooks with permission, but other than that, it is considered breaking the law.

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These incidents were reported between Sept. 12 - Sept. 19

Reported

9/12

by: Samantha Bravo

• Ill Student

Malica Mohsenzadeh, engineering major, thinks that the policy that forbids students from taking pictures of textbooks is unfair.

“That’s kind of ironic that they can take pictures of the books in the library but not here,” Mohsenzadeh

social upheaval and the civil rights movement, the core tenets of the group may seem divisive to some on the political right, but the MEChA of then is not the same group today, according to Rovero.

“His apologies seem really empty. They don’t seem wholehearted,” Diaz said. “It’s one big “I’m sorry,” and nothing else to it.”

MEChA, which stands for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, was founded in the 60s on the principles of self-determination for the liberation of the Chicano people and that political involvement and education is the avenue for change. Each letter of MEChA represents individual concepts to their cause, according to their website.

Though founded during a time of

“The foundations of MEChA in 1968 are different now in 2016. We’re not fighting the same thing,” Rovero said. “We promote higher education and learning and it’s not just for Mexicans. We’ve had blacks, whites and Asians in MEChA the past 2 and a half years.”

Asghar does not share the same views.

“I love MEChA, they’re a wonderful group, but what I have a problem is, is that our Latino, Chicano, Mexican students, I want

said. “They (the bookstore employees) shouldn’t have been that harsh on him. They should’ve just told him to pay for it and not have brought the sheriffs. It’s not like he can take pictures of the entire book in like 5 to 10 minutes.”

Pierce College librarian, Kitty Lucero, said that students with a school ID card are allowed to make copies of textbook pages when needed to complete their assignments.

“Students are given two hours to borrow the library textbooks, and when it seems that they don’t have time to finish it, they are allowed to make copies of the pages that they may need in order to do so,” Lucero said.

them to have a Puente Program here on campus,” Asghar said. “I’m going to be very honest, but I feel like MEChA, the organization, nationally, is racist.”

The Puente Project is an interdisciplinary program that started at Chabot Community College located in Hayward, California in 1981 and has established the program across 61 community colleges in California. Puente, which means bridge in Spanish, aims to increase the number of educationally disadvantaged students enrolling in 4 year colleges and emphasizes a curriculum of english, counseling and mentors, according to its website.

Although bullying and intimidation tactics may still occur

According to Lucero, a student can only print up to 10 percent of the book. When a student takes a picture of an unpurchased book, it is considered a crime because they are stealing from a place of business.

According to Sheriff’s Deputy Al Guerrero, school policy prohibits students from taking photos of textbooks. Guerrero recommends that students check for posted signs at the bookstore.

“Is it fair for somebody to go and takes pictures of a book that you paid for? Think about that. You paid full price for that book because you’re in the same class. He goes taking pictures of the pages and gets it for free. Is that

on campuses nationwide, social media sites, frequented and used by many young adults, allow a sense of anonymity that lead some people to act out their frustrations, leading to a change in terminology to cyber bullying. The state of California has anti-bullying laws that cover cyber bullying, according to the government website stopbullying. gov. Under the law, gender, religion, race and nationality, are just a few examples that are protected from discrimination or harassment.

Pierce College has no specific wording regarding cyber bullying in its Standards of Student Conduct, which applies to each campus that make up the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and can

fair?” Guerrero said. For the first two weeks of the semester students must leave their backpacks in the shelves outside the student store.

“Some are not happy with it,”

Van said. “We trust the students to come in with their backpacks, but we just want to make it easy for them or we’d have to search their bags and we don’t want to do the searching.”

“They steal chapsticks. They steal access codes. Things that are tiny like headphones, lead and calculators,” Van said. “We have students opening up books, taking pictures and stealing the codes. It’s very difficult to deter that 100 percent.”

be found on Pierce’s website, but it states that “all persons shall respect and obey civil and criminal law, and shall be subject to legal penalties for violations of laws of the city, county, state and nation,” according to policy.

College campuses value and promote a person’s right to free speech, but at what point does free speech cross the boundary into discriminatory or hate speech?

“Just by people suggesting that their safety is of concern, it’s outrageous, it’s just an opposing political belief,” Aula said.

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Male student fainted while walking to class room 1311. Paramedics were called and the student was transported to the hospital around noon.

9/13

• Reported mentally ill person Possibly homeless person was taken to the hospital for a 72 hour observation hold, on Lot 1 around 8 a.m.

9/15

• Ill student

Student was reported sick in class, room 3400 Performing Art Center. Paramedics were called and student was transported to the hospital.

Pierce College

Sheriff’s Station

General Information:

Emergency:

(818) 710 - 4311

Photo illustration by Ezzat Wanas / Roundup

A woman's appearance is partially blurred in the interest of anonymity. She can be seen posing with a textbook and a camera phone.

Features Editor

@itsvane1

“Our goal is to help them be successful, but we don’t want them to do it so crookedly.”

-Candy Van

Assistant bookstore manager

Pierce Soccer: A spirit Unmatched

The Pierce College women’s soccer team is undefeated [at the time of print] this semester despite a record number of injuries, two of which are seasonending.

The Brahmas have won 10 state conferences in the past. They have also made it to the semi-finals of the state championships three times.

Every day at 5 p.m. the team meets on the soccer field to train and

prepare for games.

Beginning with drills designed to get muscles active, the team lines up on the field and sprints to orange cones positioned in an arrow formation.

Although practice is designed to improve physical strength and agility, the team also gathers to discuss issues related to mental readiness.

With the current injuries, the team is relying on playable athletes for the

current season.

“Get fit,” was the advice Head Coach Adolfo Perez said he would give to his players going forward.

“If everyone gets healthy, we’ll do fine,” Perez said. “I think we are organized and are seeking out opportunities.”

The Brahmas’ next home game will be on Friday Sept. 23 at 4 p.m., where they hope to continue with their undefeated success.

Photos and Copy by Taylor Arthur

Above: Pierce’s Women’s Soccer team practices on the field at 5 p.m. before their Tuesday game. At Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Left: Briana Jacobo, Alejandra Carvajal, Tessa Koziol, Angie Verduzco and Ashley Oviedo along with the rest of the Pierce College Soccer team run laps around the field during practice. On Sept. 19 at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Bottom Left: Tessa Koziol helps her teammate Delaney McNulty stretch on the Pierce College Soccer Field at the end of Practice. On Sept. 19, 2016 in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Top Right: Clarissa Sanchez attempt to pass a ball to one of her teammates during a scrimmage held on the Pierce College Soccer field at practice on Sept. 19, 2016. In Woodland Hills, Calif.

Weekly Calendar

Michelangelo's pupils

Art and architecture faculty members showcase abilities in

evening exhibit on campus for viewers

VANESSA GONZALEZ

Features Editor

@itsvane1

Pierce College’s Faculty Exhibition will be open to the public at the school’s art gallery to show its featured professors for four weeks starting on Thursday, Sept. 22 and will run through Thursday, Oct. 14.

The exhibit will also be introducing artwork from our newest faculty such as Justin Dahlberg, Richard Kamimura, and Patricio Gallegos. The exhibit will be showcasing the artwork to anyone who wishes to take a look. Groups of people can come at any time and they may set up appointments if they would like to take tours of the exhibit.

“The school hasn’t had this type of exhibit before, a welcoming for the new hires and for students and their peers,” ASO President Barbara Lombrano said. “It will

give them more insight of the professors and it will bring people together.”

The last time a Faculty Exhibition was open was two years ago and it was highly successful which gives hope for this year's success, according to Monica Del Bosque, Pierce College art gallery director and associate professor of arts.

Last year the art department had a successful event called the “One Book One Campus” dedicated to veterans. The event was very well put together and it is expected that the Faculty Exhibit event will be as good and it is also being expected to bring big crowds, according to Del Bosque.

The school hasn’t had a type of exhibit where they welcome its newest faculty. It will be a great way to introduce the newest members of the art department by showing their talent at this upcoming event. It is currently unknown how many of Pierce

“The school hasn’t had this type of exhibit before, a welcoming for the new hires and for students and their peers. It will give them more insight of the professors and it will bring people together.”

-Barbara Lombrano ASO President

College’s own faculty will be participating in this event. Del Bosque is expecting a big crowd and believes that this exhibit is very important to students because it will help to not only introduce the Art and Architecture

#PopPierce

department professors but it will show the diversity from within the art. “I hadn’t heard of this event before,” environmental science major Bjana Jefferson said. “It sounds interesting and would like to go and check it out.”

Faculty will be demonstrating their artwork from their current fields in order for them to stay connected with their classes. The artwork will demonstrate to students how different art can be and to learn from the people that create the featured artwork.

“The exhibit will expose students to the different types of art,” said Del Bosque.

Before you meet the pros: workshop recap

Workshops help students prepare for life in the workforce

JOSE HERRERA Campus Lifestyle Editor @jose_herrera012

Counselor David Turcotte and SFP Program Specialist

Ngan Mork engaged students in workshops to prepare them for an upcoming event, Meet the Pros, this Thursday in the Great Hall from noon to 3 p.m. There were a total of four workshops focusing on a specific topic.

On Tuesday Sept. 13 and Thursday Sept. 15, the first set of workshops highlighted the importance of personality.

“There is a really strong need for students to understand their personality types as they develop into their careers, workforce, and to their education,” Turcotte said. The personality workshop is designed to help students learn

Eddie Moore, business major, on his dreams and his father who influenced him:

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more about themselves and clear a path among the different career choices.

According to Turcotte, students are also looking forward to attend the interview and resume workshop to revamp their interview skills and learn some new techniques to ride along California’s evergrowing economy.

The second set of workshops, scheduled for Monday Sept. 19 and Tuesday Sept. 20, focused on personal confidence and interview techniques.

“I think it was great, a lot of information,” political science major Efren Lopez said. “It’s a lot of detail onto your resumé."

Mork explained that these events were created to supplement the technical skills taught in classrooms.

"I think we were just looking for an opportunity of getting the

Taylor Arthur / Roundup

The 2016 Faculty Exhibition will open on Thursday Sept. 22, at the Art Gallery located on Art Hill. At Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. Painting by Justin Dahlberg, oil on canvas, 2011.

Hackathon at CSUN in the Grand Salon from 9

to 5

“I got interested in business because my dad is a business owner. He owned a clothing store, liquor store and a smoke shop. I would like to open up my own bar and lounge after I get my business degree.”

A beauty queen without borders

Miss Teen California Belleza Latina starts a path to a humanitarian foundation

SKYLAR LESTER Reporter @slesterphoto

There are many people who are quick to reduce pageant girls to looks and a crown, but for Jennifer Godoy Lopez, competing as Miss Teen California for the Belleza Latina Beauty Pageant created opportunities for her to expand on her dream of helping children in need.

Fresh out of high school, Lopez started taking college classes this year, but also participated as a spring semester cheerleader at Pierce before enrolling.

She plans to join the team again this coming spring semester after taking a break from cheering this fall to focus on the creation of her charity. Her foundation, which does not yet have a name, focuses on providing necessities to impoverished children in Jutiapa, Guatemala.

After visiting Guatemala with her family, Lopez was shocked upon seeing the lower standard of living experienced by locals, especially the school children who would often have to attend class without food or shoes.

There is a school in Jutiapa, called El Grandillo, located deep in the mountains that is very difficult for anybody to access. Visitors must use a car part of the way and walk the rest. It is a very poor area and the kids don’t like to go to school because of the distance.

Lopez started visiting the school because her cousin was a teacher there.

“I took shirts to them and gave them snacks just so that they would enjoy coming to school,” Lopez said.

After having such a positive experience her first time visiting, Lopez started talking to her cousin about continuing to help the students of El Grandillo, even while back in her home state of California. Together they partnered up to collect, ship and deliver necessities to the children.

There were originally 30 kids in the class but the amount of students has dropped to 15, a number Lopez hopes to raise again through her work.

While visiting El Grandillo, Lopez mostly speaks Spanish with

the children but also helps them learn English. Lopez comes from a bilingual home. Her father is from Guatemala and her mother is from El Salvador.

Lopez’s father, Nery Godoy, who does not speak English, had some comments about his daughter’s participation in pageants that she helped to translate for him.

“I think that her competing is good because it’s not only helping her to help others, it’s also helping Jenny, not just physically, but mentally, and creating a better future for her,” Godoy said.

Glitz and glamour aside, pageantry is one way for young adults to gain recognition and help to promote their cause whatever it may be. Correa has also used her pageant title to help others, and is a motivational speaker at elementary schools.

“I think any girl in pageantry that you ask will tell you the same thing, it’s not just a sash and beads. It’s not just rhinestones and a title. It means more than that to us. We worked hard for it. It’s dedication, time and effort. The sash and crown do help us though if we want to volunteer, it helps us get our name out there more, it helps us to help others,” Correa said.

It is currently Lopez’s family who has been helping her while she starts her foundation. They help to pay for the supplies that the children need and fully support her passion for volunteer work.

“We’re happy to see that she likes going there and she likes to help others. They need support and she’s happy to provide that. I think that it was a beautiful experience for her,” Godoy said.

Miss Teen International Belleza Latina 2015 was held in August in Orlando, Florida at the Caribe Royale Hotel and is where Lopez competed for the international title. She plans to return to compete next August but as Miss Teen Guatemala.

Participants traveling from places such as Rhode Island and Puerto Rico, prepare for an entire week by attending rehearsals, a party, dinner with the judges, and orientation where the contestants get a chance to mingle and meet one another.

“We all want to get to know each other before the pageant so that we walk out as sisters not as competitors,” Lopez said.

Six teens competed in front of five female judges at nationals in 2015. One of the girls who Lopez became close with that summer, was Miss Teen Texas Belleza Latina, Jasmine Correa. Correa is proud to see the international humanitarian work that Lopez is doing.

“To see that she’s doing work in Guatemala and lives in California is amazing. If she has a platform that she really wants to push and help people with, she can really do more now to spread the word,” Correa said.

He didn’t sweat the college debt

BRIAN CALDERA Reporter @BTVCaldera

Devon Coombs rose up from the depth of college debt and has built a stable life for himself without owing a single dime.

Coombs began attending Pierce College at an early age with the encouragement of his mother. At age 15 Coombs’ mother died in her sleep, and he became homeless by the time he was 18-years-old.

“When we were kids it wasn’t obvious; it never really is in those situations. The home life doesn’t seem like the pressing concern that it really is,” Coombs’ longtime friend and former News Editor of the Roundup, Scott Prewitt said.

Coombs lived in and out of his car for roughly a year, periodically sleeping on a friend’s couch when he had the opportunity, and finding creative ways to maintain appearances.

“I had a nice gym membership, and I would shower in the gym, and

The graduating class at El Grandillo was so grateful for all of the assistance Lopez provided, that they named her the “godmother of graduation” and gave her a group photo of them with her image photoshopped in.

“It’s hard to describe the way I feel when I see the joy on the faces of the kids when they have all the things they need. They don’t have anything. I’ve seen kids with ripped shoes that still have to go to school like that. I’ve seen kids go to school barefoot and they have to go up mountains just to get to class. To help them is an amazing experience,” Lopez said.

Currently a nursing major at Pierce, She hopes to transfer to CSUN in two years and train to become a certified nurse.

“The goal is to get some experience [in the US] and then go to Guatemala to help the kids,” Lopez said.

With no plans of slowing down, Lopez aspires to have everything set up and ready for her foundation by next summer and plans to return to Guatemala for an entire month over winter break to continue her volunteer work.

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“There is a cycle of debt that is extremely unacceptable and there’s really no help out of it. Financial education is paramount,”

-Devon Coombs

sleep in gym chairs,” Coombs said.

He spent a majority of his days sleep deprived while working two or more jobs at a time.

“A lot of jobs don’t care if you’re going to college or not. So, I was working a lot of service jobs like bartending and bar-backing, and serving and bussing, and washing tables and dishes,” Coombs said.

“When you’re doing that, if you don’t show up for work one day or if they call you in and you can’t, someone else is going to get your job.”

Coombs met a woman named Cynthia (whose last name he withheld). She said she had a religious experience speaking to Coombs and offered him a place to stay – he rejected it.

After maintaining a relationship with Cynthia for about a year, Coombs went through a rough breakup with his then girlfriend, and finally decided to take Cynthia up on the offer and paid her a low priced rent.

“I was able to finish college, graduate from CSUN (Cal. State University, Northridge) [as] one of

their top four students in the whole university, in less than four years as soon as I had the stability,” Coombs said.

Prewitt was concerned about Coombs’ homeless situation, and was unsure whether he would be able to escape it.

“I think at one point along the line he really just decided. He made a very real decision that he would get out of it,” Prewitt said. Coombs applied and earned

many scholarships during his time at CSUN.

“I think I was the most decorated scholar at CSUN, ever. I won so much that they couldn’t pay me anymore, legally they couldn’t pay me. Which is pretty cool, but I wish I knew it earlier because I wouldn’t have had to be homeless. I probably could have graduated three or four years earlier,” Coombs said.

Denise Robb, Associate Professor of Political Science has known

Coombs for some time, and has insight when it comes to students in difficult situations.

“There is sort of a stigma...but I think there is a lot more students that just don’t tell people because they think there might be some [stigma], but they may feel ashamed, or embarrassed about it,” Robb said.

After his graduation from CSUN, Coombs started giving seminars at local colleges and making YouTube videos to answer commonly asked

questions about earning scholarships. Coombs soon figured it would be best to accumulate his answers and publish them to help as many financially struggling students as he could.

In June 2016 Coombs released his book “Scholarships: Quick and Easy.”

“The reason I originally wrote it was because, if I knew everything I know now about scholarships, I probably wouldn’t have had to go through anything I went through,” Coombs said. “I didn’t realize there was so much accesses to financial aid and it’s not a very common topic in our culture. It’s not just for people who are poor, or homeless, there are scholarships for everyone.”

“There is a cycle of debt that is extremely unacceptable and there’s really no help out of it. Financial education is paramount,” Coombs said.

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Jennifer Godoy Lopez juggles a soccer ball on the stage of the Performing Arts Building for a portrait on Sept. 15, 2016. The ball is an example of what she handed out to children through her humanitarian work.

Former Pierce student graduates from CSUN debt-free with scholarships

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Devon Coombs poses beside a brick wall. Coombs discusses his financial struggles throughout his college journey on Wednesday, Sept. 12 in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

“... it’s not just a sash and beads. It’s not just rhinestones and a title. It means more than that to us. We worked hard for it. It’s dedication, time and effort,”

-Jasmine Correa Miss Teen Texas Belleza Latina

Former Pierce College student

Brahma of the Week

Brianna JacoboFreshman

Quotes gathered by: Felipe Gamino

Photo by: Taylor Arthur

How do you prepare for games?

“Usually just concentrate and think in my head telling myself to calm down. To take this as a game. To be myself. I know what I can do, and also to make sure no goals go in for the team.”

What is your goal for the season with the team?

“To win overall. To be conference champions. Playing my part to be a good goalkeeper and stopping all the shots I can.”

What are your individual goals for this year?

“Being a Freshman I just want to prove everybody wrong and

to be well known.”

Is there anyone that inspired you to play soccer?

“My sister. She was a keeper for CSUN. She was amazing.

I want to follow her in her footsteps.”

At the end of the season how do you want your coache to remember you by?

“Outgoing and hard working.”

Goals to defend the streets

JOSHUA MANES Reporter @tweeporting

She currently patrols the soccer field, but Samantha Fagerburg dreams of one day patrolling the streets.

For most of her life Fagerburg, 19, has talked about being a cop.

“I just can’t imagine doing anything else,” Fagerburg said. “There is no other option.”

According to Head Coach Adolfo Perez, Fagerburg had been set to come to Pierce in 2015, but a visit to her high school by three Army recruiters changed those plans.

“They were talking about how war is good and war is bad,” Fagerburg said. “I wanted to talk to them more just to see if there was any possibility that I wanted to join.”

Recognizing the benefits of a military background to achieve her dream of becoming a police officer, Fagerburg enlisted in the Army, joining the Military Police. She was soon stationed as a prison guard at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, what she describes as a “rough job.”

Fagerburg was honorably discharged due to an injury after serving only one year of the six she was contracted. While she

had wanted to serve out her entire enlistment, her early dismissal is Pierce’s gain.

“She brings a physical presence,” Perez said. “Something we haven’t had the last couple years. She brings tremendous strength to the backline.”

SCHEDULE

Sept. 21 to 28 Water Polo

Wednesday, Sept. 21 vs. Ventura 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 28 @ Citrus 3:30 p.m. Soccer

Friday, Sept. 23 vs. Chaffey 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 27 vs. Ventura 4 p.m. Football

Saturday, Sept. 24 @ Mt. San Jacinto 1 p.m.

Womenʼs Volleyball

Friday, Sept. 23 and Saturday, Sept. 24 Brahma Invitational

Friday, Sept 23 vs Butte 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24 all day Matches TBA

Since her return, Fagerburg has started going on ride-alongs with the Oxnard Police Department, as well as shadowing the Orange County District Attorney’s Chief of Staff. In two years she may even have an internship with the US Marshals through Northern Arizona University she says. Fagerburg plans on majoring

in sociology with a minor in criminal justice, in pursuit of her ultimate goal to be a detective in the LAPD Major Crimes Division.

While she enjoys the game, soccer is not necessarily in Fagerburg’s future plans, despite Perez’s strong feelings that she is fit to be a four-year school player.

“I’m not looking to play at a four-year [school],” Fagerburg explained, “but if there’s a good enough offer then I might consider it.”

Fagerberg started playing

soccer at the age of six, but things almost ended there before they really had a chance to begin.

“My first team wasn’t very good,” Fagerburg said. “So my mom had to talk me into trying another season. We had a really good second season, and then I was recruited to play for the A team in club my third year. I’ve been playing ever since.”

Perez can see the influence Fagerburg’s military training has had on her discipline out on the field, and so do her teammates.

“I can depend on her a lot,”

co-captain Sara Hernandez said. “I know she has my back 100 percent.”

Athletics are in Fagerburg’s blood. Two of her grandparents were professional tennis players. She grew up playing tennis as well as club basketball on top of soccer.

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Circus acts on the court

Volleyball player leaves the high wire act to play as a setter on the team

MONICA

Reporter @monica_a_vigil

Sweat glazes Peyton Moyle’s face as she pushes through another day of rigorous physical training, past the aches in her trembling legs and the resistance of her exhausted arms. She knows all too well the “no pain, no gain” routine. Before she played volleyball for Pierce, she trained at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Moyles, who is a setter, graduated from Redlands East Valley High School in California in 2013 and was immediately recruited to play volleyball for the Air Force in Colorado Springs, a member of the Mountain West Conference.

She has been playing volleyball since the sixth grade for club and school teams. In 12th grade, she was number one among hundreds of seniors in a showcase for students who had not yet committed to play for a college.

The Air Force Academy took an interest in Moyles.

However, soon after joining the Air Force, Moyles realized that her philosophies about life were far different than those at the academy. She left the Air Force in the middle of her sophomore year.

“Volleyball was a huge reason I went there and I realized that’s not the reason I was staying there,” Moyles said. “I didn’t want to be there anymore and I hate to say that because some of my best friends are there… It made me the person I am today. It really has. It shaped me, but it just wasn’t for me.”

During her sophomore year in

the Air Force, Moyles didn’t have the chance to play volleyball which made being there even harder.

“Not being able to play was a huge upset. As far as my volleyball career, that was the biggest hurdle,” Moyles said. “I really had to find myself and if I wanted to be there and who I wanted to be. But I started playing again and I came home and I was like this is where I need to be.”

Despite leaving, Moyles is very proud to have gotten into the Air Force and is grateful for her experience. She attributes a lot of her mental toughness to the academy.

“There’s a lot of things I learned there that made me the athlete I am today,” Moyles said. “They broke you down a lot over there. They really did, just to see how you would handle it. Like stress, putting you in worse situations, and all that kind of stuff and like being here, I’ve just been able to take a deep breath when it comes to certain situations and I thank the academy for that.”

Moyles came to Pierce because of the women’s volleyball team’s reputation for winning. She felt she was compatible with the coach and the players.

“I’m really, really excited for this year. I know we’re a really good team, “ Moyles said. “I can feel it. All of us can feel it, and I know we can do some real damage.”

Pierce women’s volleyball coach Nabil Mardini said Moyles is the type of player the team needs, describing her as a great leader.

“She’s got a lot of good coaching before she came here so she came to us very prepared and ready

to take us to the next level and she has,” Mardini said. “She’s a phenomenal volleyball player,and an outstanding human being.”

Moyles coaches volleyball on the weekends and will coach at the Los Angeles Volleyball Academy in the spring. Being a coach and a player has given Moyles a dual perspective. She is able to coach while simultaneously understanding what it means to be a player and vice versa.

“I love coaching and I love being able to make a different type of impact in someone else’s life,” Moyles said. “I love making a difference with sports. I just want to be involved in it.”

“She’s a lot of fun to be around, but she’s even more fun to play with,” teammate Cassidy Rosso said. “She makes amazing plays all the time and she constantly surprises you.”

Moyles started as a soccer

player for 10 years as she began playing at the age of four. She would play as right or central midfielder. Even she played forward and as a striker.

“My dad was the coach. He is the man. He is the reason why I am the athlete that I am today,” Moyles said. “I started there, but I found volleyball when I was 12, and so I was playing both sports at the same time.”

Moyles was also involved in the circus for six years as she and her family would do different acts to entertain the crowd.

“I was a flying trapeze. I was a trapeze artist and then I would do tightwire, olympic rings, unicycle you name it. I probably did it,” Moyles said. “I did that for six years. Actually my whole family did it and all those were going at the same time and it got really expensive for my family.”

Moyles was involved in many

Mitch’s Pitches

Let me pitch you something: athletes should be allowed to utilize all the medical benefits of marijuana or consume any THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) based products, without repercussions.

Lester Grinspoon, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, has been studying the medicinal effects of marijuana for 45 years. He has stated that there is a correlation between THC and healing concussions.

Cancer patients who are going through chemotherapy have turned to marijuana to help alleviate pain, nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite from the intense therapy. The pain relief that marijuana induces could play a major role in recovery from sports-related injuries.

We have seen major progression in the marijuana movement among professional athletes in 2016, with several athletes speaking out and advocating the use of marijuana in sports.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which deals with drug policies for The Olympics, have been more lenient toward marijuana use. According to USA Today, the WADA amended its rules on cannabis use for the Rio Olympics, raising the threshold for a positive test from 15 nanograms per milliliter to 150 ng/ml. Ben Nichols, a spokesperson for WADA, said the raising of the threshold is meant to catch only athletes who smoke during the period of a competition. The drug isn’t prohibited out of competition.

More recently, during the weekend, former NFL player Eben Britton, told the New York Post that he smoked cannabis before at least three NFL games. He also stated that the three NFL games he played high were some of the best games he ever played.

acts with her father as he was her base and spotter, but not all her family were involved at the same time.

In addition to, Moyles had to make a decision as in what sport she wanted to play. It was either soccer or volleyball.

“I chose volleyball cause that’s what I loved to do,” Moyles said I got a little burned out with soccer and I found volleyball and I loved it so I never stopped.”

Moyles’s parents were athletic as both also attended college.

“My dad played football all through college. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona,” Moyles said. “My mother did not play any sports, but she was a cheerleader in high school.”

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Now, I am not advocating to let these athletes play under the influence, in fact, I am not saying that athletes necessarily have to get high to get better, but rather, to utilize the medicinal purpose of CBD (Cannabidiol), which is a key ingredient in marijuana that does not get you high and low doses of THC as a medicine without psychoactive effects getting you high.

Former NFL quarterback — and now cannabis advocate — Jake Plummer, credits cannabis for healing his muscle and joint pain, as well as frequent headaches. In fact, the type of cannabis Plummer is taking are cannabis derived oils, which has anti-inflammatory properties and no psychoactive effects.

Of course, athletes do not always consume cannabis for its medical purpose, but rather for recreational use as a means of lowering anxiety and for relaxation. But

I say: let them have THC running through their blood. A common argument cannabis users would say to their naysayers would be that alcohol is much worse with no real health benefits, and is legal for recreational use, but I’ll spare you from the humdrum. With four legal recreational marijuana use and 25 legal medical us, it’s time the sports world acted more like the government, and be more tolerant to marijuana use.

Soccer player has dreams of one day becoming a cop

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While Samantha Fagerburg is currently a force on the Pierce Soccer team, she also dreams of becoming a police officer. At Pierce College on Sept. 19, 2016 in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Peyton Moyleʼs poses near the South Gym at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, CA on Sept. 19, 2016

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“My first team wasn’t very good. So my mom had to talk me into trying another season. We had a really good season and the I was recruited to play for the A team in club my third year. Ive been playing ever since.”

- Samantha Fagerburg Defender

Southwestern crushes Pierce football

e Jaguars defeat the Brahmas 42-13

RICHARD ESPINOZA Reporter @rjnews71

The Brahmas had trouble connecting with its wide receivers, resulting in many turnovers that may have led to them losing the game. The Southwestern College Jaguars played a better game than the Brahmas, and did so from start to finish.

Out the gate, the Brahmas had a fire under them but the flame seemed to dissipate as the first half dragged on. Both the Brahmas and the Jaguars had a tough first quarter with continuous turnovers and punts, but the first score ultimately went to the Jaguars.

As a result of multiple penalties the Jaguars got a safety and the Brahmas from that point forth appeared to play a different game. By the end of the first quarter the Jaguars lead the Brahmas 9-0.

The final score was 42-13, the Brahmas just couldn’t stop the Jaguars drives. The Brahmas were able to score a field goal in the first half and a touchdown in the second half giving them 13 points. The Brahmas held onto the ball almost 15 minutes longer than the Jaguars did but, had trouble scoring on a drive.

Jaguars’ Iman ChatmanDixon caught a 29 yard pass from Michael Glass III providing the first touchdown of the game. The Jaguars used their first and second string, while the Brahmas used first, second and third.

First string quarterback, Glass III for the Jaguars, had 219 yards with a 58 percent completion rate. Joe Hudson was the other quarterback for the Jaguars, who had 61 yards and a 50 percent completion rate.

Brandon Perdue and Eugene Sainterling, for Pierce, were both in a large portion of the game. Perdue had 78 passing yards, one of which was a 5 yard touchdown

pass to Gabriel Lourenco. He had 7 successful passes out of 20. Sainterling had 36 yards with a 31 percent completion rate.

The Brahmas defense had no time to recover because they were on the field a lot more than the offense was. This could factor into the inability to keep the Jaguars from scoring.

The Jaguars had a few penalties against them that drew back at least

Sending them to the next level

JOSHUA MANES Reporter @tweeporting

Most community college football players have a dream of playing at the next level — at a four-year university — and for years the Pierce football program has helped them achieve that dream.

The team of the graduating class of 2016 continued the tradition with 41 players moving on to four-year universities, including 21 players to Division I schools. This was a 25 player increase from the 2015 graduating class, which previously had 16.

The progress for Pierce alumni doesn’t stop at the collegiate level. The last six years have seen four former Brahmas’ names called at the NFL draft — including former Arizona State star receiver and current Houston Texan, Jaelen Strong. According to Head Coach Jason Sabolic, there should be two more in the 2017 draft and another two in 2018.

“This is the premier place to want to come and play if you want to move on to the next level,” Sabolic said. “There’s no doubt in my mind.”

According to defensive coordinator Torry Hughes this is what attracts players to Pierce.

“Whether we win or lose,” Hughes said, “You come here you get an opportunity to play at the next level.”

In fact, ESPN published an article in 2013 that headlined: “Pierce College now poised as a recruiting paradise.”

With so much talent moving on, preparing players for the next level is a big part of the coaching staff’s focus. Sabolic tries to make everything they do prepare players for the next level.

“We try to mimic the next level,”

Sabolic said. “The way we hold the kids accountable. The way academics is important. The way that we handle life situations.”

The talent for the Brahmas comes from across the nation. Local players are recruited from throughout Los Angeles County, up into Ventura County, the Antelope Valley, and San Bernardino. The battle over local talent is fierce, with nine community colleges in the area. The coaching staff tries to embed themselves in the local football community.

Sabolic estimates that he attends 60 high school football games a year.

Offensive line coach Tyler Staley helps coach at Agoura, and recruiting coordinator Bryan Wilson coaches at

two touchdowns but, the Brahmas were unable to capitalize on these calls. Coach Jason Sabolic felt that opportunities were missed while playing against a good team.

“Just do the little things,” Sabolic said. “We are not doing the little things right, we got to do better.”

Although the team overall had trouble scoring, there were a few players that stood out. Brahmas

Ah’mad Brashears and Sam Warren both contributed largely to the defense.

“My thought was to make that tackle because I am the last man to finish,” Brashears said.

Brashears had a forced fumble and Warren recovered the ball, giving the Brahmas some confidence yet again.

“I was in a good position to recover the fumble,” Warren said.

“It goes back to pursuit drills in practice.”

Although the Brahmas lost to the Jaguars this week, they need to take what happened in this past game and apply their knowledge to their upcoming game against the Mount San Jacinto Eagles on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 1:00 p.m. respinosa.roundupnews@gmail.com

Calabasas.

“The best kid at Chatsworth, or the best kid at Granada, or the best kid at El Camino,” Sabolic said. “We should have those kids if they have to go to junior college.”

However, with no coaches on the staff full-time, local recruitment suffers.

“We’re getting beaten out by other schools in our area that have full-time coaches that get to spend day-in and day-out making phone calls,” Sabolic said.

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Pierce running back Sterling Salguero is stopped by Southwestern's defensive l ine on Sept. 17, 2016 at Pierce's John Shepard Stadium in Woodl and Hills, Calif.